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Cuba's Church undergoing change, says visiting cardinal •

Cardinal Ortega visits with Bishop O'Malley and offers update on progress in the wake of January's papal visit to the island nation.

ago. It was at the invitation of the cardinal that Bishop O'Malley joined the U.S. clergy that accompanied the pope during his Jan. 21-25 trek of evangeli2(ation.

After receiving an honorary degree at Provi.dence College Sunday, the cardinal, accompanied by Providence Bi$hop Robert E. Mulvee, who had also participated in bringing the Gospel message to Cuba in January, met with Bishop O'Malley.

During an informal interview with The Anchor at the bishop's residence, Cardinal Ortega .stressed that since the pope's visit, "There have been many favorable changes on the international level with other countries. The Holy Father had issued a call to the world to. be open to Cuba and many countries have responded to that and .initiated diplomatic relations. For example, Spain, and different Latin American countries have come forward and entered into new diplomacies, some of then actually renewing relations with Cuba.'~ The cardinal said that the rela-

tionship between the Church and the government in Cuba that existed even before . the Holy Father's arrival, has shown a progressive improvement. "However,

By JAMES N. DUNBAR since the pope's visit, the state of affairs has FALL RIVER-As the Cathocontinued to grow lic Church on the island nation of better. We can say Cuba continues to advance folthat it is without lowing the January pastoral visit great advances but is of Pope John Paul II, the nation's at least making increasing interplay with other progress." governments across the world is Cardinal Otega crucial to the humanitarian needs described as "posiof all its people, says its spiritual tive" the connection leader. between Cuba and Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega the United States. y Alamino, archbishop of San Cristobal de La Habana, Cuba, "The measures CUBAN ISSUES-Cardinal Jaime Ortega and Bishop O'Malley talked visited with Bishop Sean P. President Clinton has about the world's impact on the Church in Cuba during a meeting SunO'Malley here Sunday, and with made to allow direct day . flights to Cuba as . enthusiasm offered an optimistic well as allowing Cubans in the report on today's Cuba in the United States to send money pewake of last winter's five-day pariodically in certain amounts to pal visit. their relatives in Cuba and also The cardinal and the bishop providing for the purchase of have been friends since Bishop Tum to page 11 - Ortega O'Malley visited Cuba 10 years FALL RIVER-Returns from the ing anecdotes which pastors have 1998 Catholic Charities Appeal in the shared with him as they visit the headdiocese are approaching the $2 million quarters office to make reports and remark, according to campaign officials. turns.

"One pastor told me about a "We're in the middle stages of the drive," reported Msgr. frail man in a nursing home, who, after attending Mass, ofThomas 1. Harrington, director of the· Appeal, as the figfered the priest a crumpled dolmala has pledged that a full inves- .after release of a report that the ures totaled $1.92 million. lar bill. 'This is for Ca.tholic • The president and tigation into the heinol!s murder of Guatemalan bishop had coordiRecalling the images Charities,' the patient said. It other government Guatemalan Auxiliary Bishop Juan nated on atrocities committed dur- drawn from the world of colwas added to the parish total." officials slip quietly into Gerardi Conedara, will not jeop- ing that country's 40-year civil lege and professional athletics that Donly said that contributions have city for meeting with ardize that country's peace pro- war. The 1,400 page report named were commonly used by the late been presented to Bishop Sean P. cess, reports Bishop Sean· military officials and guerrilla Msgr. Anthony "Tony" Gomes, who O'Malley py students at the regional Bishop O'Malley on commanders responsible for hu- guided the Appeal for many years, diocesan high schools, by confirmalocal refugee situation O'Malley.

Msgr. Harrington said: "Right about tion candidates and by religious inArzu, a longtime friend of man rights violations. and report on probe Bishop O'Malley, visited with him Bishop Gerardi was slain as he now, if Msgr. Gomes was referring struction classes throughout the diointo murder of here on May 13 under tight secu- arrived back at his rectory and was to baseball he would probably say cese. "There are many poignant sto;rity conditions and without public bludgoned by someone using cin- we're entering the sixth inning. If he ries," Donly noted.

Guatemalan bishop was talking about football, he would , Contributions to the 1998 Appeal, notice. der blocks, according to CNS rebe telling us in the Appeal that we which provides the funds needed to

By JAMES N. DUNBAR Bishop Gerardi, 75, who was ports. He died instantly. were about midway into the third maintain and improve the many in"I have known President Arzu's quarter."

FALL RIVER - President also a friend of Bishop O'Malley, . stitutions, apostolates and ministries Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen of Guate- was murdered April 26, two days family for more than 30 years, and While returns to date are encour- serving the southeastern Massachulong before he was presi- aging, Msgr. Harrington cautioned setts area, are still welcome. dent," the bishop said in that efforts must continue in order to Prospective donors may approach an interview with The bring the campaign to a successful any of the 111 parishes of the diocese Anchor. "He was in the conclusion. "I believe it was Yogi or communicate directly with Diocarea for the graduation Berra who said, 'It ain't over until it's esan Headquarters, 344 Highland of a son from Notre over.' I think [Msgr.] Tony Gomes Ave., P,O. Box 1470, Fall River, MA Dame and a daughter would approve of that observation."

02722. The office may be contacted Micliael Donly, diocesan director by calling (508) 676-8943 or by FAX from Bentley. He also gave me the opportunity of development, ·who is assisting at (508) 676-6591.

The following returns have been to discuss with him the . closely in coordinating this year's Applight of Guatemalan peal, alluded to the many heartwarrn- registered: immmigrants in the LEADING PARISHES U.S., and particularly in Attleboro Area the Fall River Diocese - Our Lady of MI. Carmel, Seekonk , $58,159 in the New Bedford SI. Mary, Mansfield 40,025 area."

SI. John the Evangelist, Attleboro 27,745 , , 15,1B5 A number of Guate- SI. Mark, Attleboro Falls 13,899 malans have fallen on SI. Theresa, South Attleboro Cape Cod Area hard times and are inQUICK UPDATE-Bishop O'Malley chats with Guatemalan Presi- volved in deportation SI. Pius X, South Yarmouth , $118,232 51,656 dent Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen in the bishop's residence in Fall River. The and citizenship. issues, Our Lady of Victory, Centerville Corpus Christi, East Sandwich 46,455 talks focused on the probe into the recent murder of Archbishop Juan Turn to page 6 Turn to page 11 - Anu Gerardi Conedara. (Anchor/Kearns photo)

Guatemalan President Arzu meets with Bishop 0 'Malley

Charities Appeal Drive spirals to nearly $2M

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THE ANCHOR -. Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., May 22, 1998

I~~~~~~~II Ronald Evans, owner of Leary Press, dies ~t 49

was more like a son than a boss, hav- ment of Paula Potts. ing worked with him since his first "I always went above and beyond FALL' RIVER-Last Friday the day at Leary Press over 30 years ago for Ron because he was more than a Anchor lost a friend when Ronald. and watching his progress to becom- boss," said John Motta.

Evans, 49, died at St. Anne's Hospi- ing president and part-owner.

"I'll miss his kind and generous tal. For many years a part-owner of "As a boss, he was a good one. nature and most of all his sense of Leary Press in Fall River, as well as He spoke out when it was needed, humor," contributed Cry:>tal Smith. of Smart Advertising and the Lizzie gave credit when it was deserved and ' "Ron was a very special person.

Borden Bed & Breakfast, all located shared our good and bad times with He was' always there if he was in the same downtown Fall River understanding. He is, and always needed and always ready to lend a bl,lilding and its attached yictorian- will be, sadly missed." helping hand. Although his time era house, he began his career at the "Ron was a wonderful guy to with us was short, his caring and press as a member of a high school work for. I will never find another compassion ,will live on because he work-study program. Over the years boss like him. I will miss him touched many hearts while here," he became proficient in all aspects dearly!" said Dee Motta, also a Leary said Michelle Corvelo. of printing and mailing services.

Press veteran. .

Rest in peace, Ron. You will not A Fall River native who lived in "His life was his work. He loved be forgotten by The Anchor or by Tiverton, R.I., the past 24 years, he it. We will miss him," was the com- your fellow wo.rkers. was the husband of Simone J. (Carpentier) Evans and is also survived by his mother, Clarice Evans POCASSET.....:.Leonard Cheney Dexter Sr., of Shore Road, died Tuesday, of Fall River, and by four brothers and a sister, Randall, Robert, Russell May 12,at Bourne Manor Extended Care Facility. He was the husband of the and Rodney Evans and Janice Reed, late Mary E. (Haskins) Dexter, and father of Leonard C. Dexter, Jr., a perma. all of Fall River; and Judith WOOd of nent deacon at St. John the Evangelist-Church.

Born in Marion, the son of the late Robert W., and Lena Dexter, he was We~tport, also a sister, as well as educated in Marion schools. He served during World War II and received the nieces and nephews.

An appreciation of his service to Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the American Service Medal. He The Anchor by Editor Father John F. was a carpenter by trade and worked in the Bourne and Wareham area most of Moore, follows today's editorial on his life, retiring in 1988.

Survivors, in addition to his deacon son, include two sister>, Mildred page 4. . "He did his utmost to cooperate Alexander of Orlando, Fla. and Ruth Murphy of Patchogue, N.Y.; and several • with us. There was never a time grand and great-grandchildren·. o Graveside services were he~d at the V.A. National Cemetery in Bourne. when I didn't consider him a per-sonal friend," commented Anchor General Manager Rosemary , Dussault. ' ASTORIA, N.Y.-Word has been received in Fall River of th~ April 25 Members of the Leary Press Staff expressed heartfelt mourning at his death of Holy Union'Sister Margaret Kernan, 69, formerly known as Sister loss. Press co-owner Martha Edna Maria. A native 'of Baltimore, Md., she entered the Holy U;:tion noviMcGinn said "Ron was not only my tiate Aug. 15, 1947, making her final profession of vows in 1955.

She held a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Fordham Unibusiness partner but my best friend. versity and a master's degree in library science from Villanova University, His honesty, work ethics and compassion have influenced us all; at also taking courses at John Hopkins University.

During her active career she taught at Holy Union schools in New York, work and in our hearts. He'can never be replaced and will always be re- Pennsylvania and Maryland and in the Fall River diocese at the fornler Sacred Hearts Academy elementary school, where she became principal, and at Coyle membered.'·' .

Longtime employee Marion and Cassidy High School, Taunton.

While at Coyle and Cassidy, she also participated in student mini!'try at Frizado declared "To me, Ron Evans nearby Bridgewater State College.

She is survived by a sister, S.ister Ann Kernan; two brothers, Edward and James Kernan; and a niece and three nephews.

Interment was in St. Patrick Cemetery, Fall River.

GARDNER Rose Eva (Lavigne) Fournier, 80, of47 Lake St., died May 12 at home following a long FALL RIVER-Father Anto'nio Cardoso of Faial, the Azores, brother of illness.

Born in Gardner, she was the wife Father Luis A, Cardoso, pastor of St. Michael Parish here, died May 14.

A natiye of the Azores, he had always resided there. of A. Maurice Fournier and the Besides Father Luis A. Cardoso, he leaves two other brothers, Joao Cardozo mother of Paul M. Fournier, a permanent deacon at Holy Ghost Church, ofVancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Francisco Cardoso of the Azores; Attleboro. She was the daughter of • a sister, Francisca Cardoso of Flores, the Azores; and nieces and nephews. ,Albert and Diana (Boulanger) He was the brother of the late Maria, Victoria, Anna, Antonino and Jose Cardoso.

Lavigne. ' The funeral Mass and interment took place in the Azores.

Until her retireme.nt in 1979, she was a cafeteria worker employed by the Gardner School System for several years and was formerly employed

By Nancy Hartnagel, Catholic News Service by the Gardner State Hospital. . She was a member of Our Lady WASHINGTON - Frank Sinatra, considered by many the century's greatof the Holy Rosary COhurch and its est popular singer, personally requested that, in lieu Ladies of St. Anne Society and was a of flowers at his death, people make donations to member of the Holy Family League Catholic Charities agencies and a children's center of Gardner and '! volunteer for named for his wife, according to a family spokesMontachusett Home Care and woman.

Wachusetts Manor Nursing Home.

The singer, known as "01' Blue Eyes" and "the I3esides her husband of 56 years Chairman of the Board," died of a heart attack May and her deacon son, she leaves two 14 in Los Angeles. He was 82, and had been in faildaughters Lucille A. Fournier of ing health since a heart attack in January 1997.

Gardner and Claire M. Richard of . Born Dec. 12; 1915, in Hoboken, N.J., Sinatra Hubbardston; a brother, Blessed Sac- was baptized a Catholic, and because of the presidrament Father Lionel V. Lavigne of ing priest's confusion, was christened Francis Albert Manhattan, N.Y.; a sister, Cecile E: instead of Martin Jr. Levesque of Gardner;' and several Despite three earlier marriages, his 1976 margrandchildren. riage to Barbara Marx was subsequently validated FRANK SINATRA Her funeral Mass was celebrated in a private ceremony at St. Patrick's Cathedral in at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary New York, Catholic News Service reported in 1979. He had been photographed Church. Burial was in Notre Dame receiving Communion at St. Patrick's that year, which prompted questions Cemetery, Gardner. about his Catholic status.

The sin'ger's first marriage to' Nancy Barbato was annulled by the Catholic Church, CNS reported, and his subsequent marriages to actresses Ava Gardner and Mia Farrow never were recognized as valid in the eyes of the Church.

The Our Lady' of Mt. Carmel, In a 75th birthday tribute in. 1990, Jesuit Father George W. Hunt, then 230 Bonney St., New Bedford, editor of America magazine, celebrated the perfection, not of Sinatra's life, prayer group in English meets on but of his work, which he called "that of the greatest popular singer of our Mondays at 7 p.m. century."

By PAT MCGOWAN

Leonard C. Dexter, Sr.

MOTHER FAIREST-With a boost from a ladder held by Pastor FatherGeorge C. Bellenoit, Erin Smith places a garland crown on the statue. of the Blessed Virgin Mary at traditional May crowning ceremonies' held on Mother's Day in S1.

Mary's Church, Mansfield. (Photo by Charlene McNeil) .

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DEBORAH OSUCH, registered nurse arid geriatric care manager for the Diocesan Health Facilities (DHF) recently ,earned care manager certification by the National Academy of Certified Care Managers and is one of 250 so certified in the U.S. Osuch offers assistance to older people and families making healthcare decisions to maximize independence and well-being. She has been with DHF for three

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Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., May 22, 1998

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St. Joseph Sisters marking jubilees served diocese HOLYOKE-The Sisters of St. Joseph at Mont Marie will observe anniversaries of several members at celebrations June 7. Several of the sisters have served many years in the Fall River diocese.

Among them are Sister Marie Lucie Faucher, who will be honored for 80 years of service.

Others include Sisters Blanche Benoit, Madeleine Marie Cormier and Marie Norbert Lepine, who are observing their 65th anniversary as

religious, and Sister Cecile Lafond (St. Veronique), who is marking her 60th anniversary.

For more information call the Sisters of St. Joseph at (413) 5360853.

pleOle prolj for our reliqioul lilter/, brotheu. deoco", ond priertl

ST. STA"ISLAOS PARISH presents

37th Annual Polish Fun Festival GOLDEN JUBILEE-Father Pio Olivo Giovanni GoUin, OFM Cap., stands in front of a collage showing him in different scenes during his religious life at a recent celebration in Taunton marking his 50 years as a priest. Known as Padre Pio, the Italian immigrant has served the Cape Verdean community in New Bedford since 1975. Fluent in Italian, English, Creole and Portuguese, he is well known as a counselor, assisting Cape Verde immigrants and those of that heritage to understand life in this country and the assimilation process.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., was a concelebrant at a Mass in Boston celebrated by Cardinal Bernard F. Law in observance of the anniversary.

Former publisher will deliver Communications Day address

Readings

May 25 Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-7; In 16:29-33 May 26 Acts 20:17-~~7; Ps 68: 10-11,20-21 ; In 17:1-11a May 27 Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68:29-30,33-36; In 17:11b-19 May 28 Acts 22:30;23:6-11 ; Ps 16:1-2,5,7-11; In 17:20-26 May 29 Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2,'11-12, 19-20;Jn21:15-19 May 30 Acts 28:16-20,30-31; Ps 11 ;4-5,7; In 21 :20-25. Pentecost Vigil - Gn 11 :1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a,16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or JI3:1-5; Ps 104:1-2, 24,27-30,35; Rom 8: 22-27; In 7:37-39 May 31 Acts2:1-11;Ps104: 1,24,29-31,:34; 1 Cor 12:3b-7,12-'13; In 20: 19-23 or Acts 2:1-11; Rom 8:8-17; In 14:15-16,23b-26

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year" awards for both daily and Sunday publications from the New England Newspaper Association and the New England Press Association.

Rixon currently serves on a national committee for the Associated Press. He is a past president of the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association and the New England Newspaper Association. In recognition of his many contributions to the community he was named Attleboro's "Person of the Year" last fall.

FALL RIVER-Former Sun Chronicle Publisher Paul A. Rixon will be the guest speaker at the Communications Day noon luncheon May 28 at White's of Westport hosted by the Diocesan Office of Communications.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., and diocesan communications officials will join with members of the media from throughout southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the Islands to participate in the program.

Rixon retired as publisher of the Attleboro area daily on March 31 after 45. years in the newspaper business.

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PAUL A. RIXON A native of St. Alban's, Vt., he began his career there as a sportswriter for the Daily Messenger. At age 22 he became the newspaper's youngest managing editor.

He came to Attleboro in 1960, working first as a news editor and then as managing editor. In 1970 he was named publisher of the North Attleboro Chronicle, also owned by the Attleboro Sun, and became general manager when the two newspapers merged. He was named Sun Chronicle publisher in 1983.

Under his leadership the Sun Chronicle enjoyed substantial, growth. Significant circulation gains were achieved, and the physical plant was expanded three times.

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A path to annihilation There are world events that display the dark side of humanity. They bring with them nothing but ominous clouds of darkness and destruction. The nuclear arrogance of India is one such event. As the nations of the world attempted to enter the new millennium in the spirit of hope and mutual cooperation, the deadly decision of the new Indian government casts a pessimistic pall over such aspirations. The world family condemns and laments this political decision that impacts every nation. ' What makes it so appalling is the fact that its purpose is simply the restoration of a Hindu political party. In that party's attempt to remake India, the peaceful voice and aspirations of Gandhi have been cast aside; and the India of Muslims, Buddhists and Christians has become a muddled democracy as the ideals of nonviolence and peace have been dashed by a religious and national mind-set that deserves only condemnation. It revives old hates, pitting China and Pakistan against India, but it also gives strength to those who seek a fanatic Hindu nation ruling the entire continent of Asia.

All this is being justified by a false sense of nationalism and regarded as the fulfillment of the mission of the Hindu gods of destruction and death. But neither motivation is an excuse for nuclear destruction. , This action becomes more horrendous in the face of the abject poverty of millions of Indians, in fact the majority of the population.

The moneys spent on nuclear development could be much better expended on relief services. So many nations have tried to help India fight its poverty. 'Why can't Indiajoin that effort, especially since by its outrageous actions it stands to lose billions of dollars in aid?

Its old allies, especially Russia, are in no shape to help it, but somehow India thinks it can go it alone. But arguments based on the intricacies of Hinduism cannot absolve the decision of a government apparently bent on self-destruction and refusing to recognize that the political community exists for that common good in which the whole community finds justification and meaning.

To be sure, many differing people make up the political,community and they may have diverse ways of doing things. But the common good must always be kept in mind as a goal for all and nations must be free of despotism. The present leaders of India failed to recognize or uphold this concept with regard to the. use of nuclear power and have singlehandedly plunged the entire family ofnations into fear and outrage.

We must never be soft but daily maintain vigilance with regard to those who endanger our very existence. Our world family should unite in condemning India's actions, not merely in words but in deeds.

A word of gratitude For 40 years The Anchor staff has worked with Leary Press, not only for the printing of the paper but also for our mailing services, which can sometimes be more than complicated. It has been a very positive relationship, ,due to the efforts of the Leary staff in general, but of Ron Evans in particular.

Last Friday Ron died. From his high school work-study days until the very end, he was a good friend to The Anchor. In the world of journalism there are deadlines, last-minute changes and must-go stories that can try the patience of any printer. The radical changes in procedures introduced by the Postal Service over the years were also a continuing cause of concern for a publication mailed weekly to over 30,000 subscribers.

But through all the ups and downs, ins and outs, difficulties and obstacles, Ron was always there with his help, expertise and patience.

We simply could not have been able to get The Anchor into each of your homes without his help. His passing will be a time of adjustment and reordering for both his fellow workers at Leary Press and for us on The Anchor staff. We deeply mourn the loss of a friend who did so much to help us in our mission. We will be forever grateful to him.

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SEVENTH GRADER MATT RENAUD . OF NOTRE DAME SCHOOL, FALL RIVER, SERVED AS A CROSS BEARER DURING THIS MONTH'S MASS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR FALL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. STUDENTS PRESENTED GIFTS HONORING THE HOLY SPIRIT. MORE THAN 700 ATTENDED THE SERVICE.

"Jesus said to all: 'Whoever wishes to be my follower must deny his very self, take up his cross each day, and follow in my steps.'"

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Cardinal: A for-profit hospital is not Catholic

By CATHOLIC

NEWS SERVICE

LOS ANGELES - Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles has declared that a hospital being sold to a for-profit health group is no longer Catholic.

For-profit health care "goes totally against what Catholic health care ministry has meant," he said.

"This indeed is a very sad day in the long history of Queen of Angels Medical Center here in Los Angeles," he added.

On May 19 California Attorney General Daniel E. Lungren approved revised terms for the sale of Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center to Tenet Healthcare, the nation's second-largest for-profit hospital chain, which has 123 acute care facilities in 18 states.

When the medical center first accepted the Tenet bid last October, Cardinal Mahony acknowledged the need for Catholic facilities to consolidate in the current health care climate but said he was strongly opposed to their sale to forprofit corporations.

In his statement he said, "The trend in the United States for large for-profit health organizations to take over not-for-profit facilities has only increased in recent years. The , principal objective of these takeovers is to control the market share in health care, to sell health care as a commodity and to pay dividends to their shareholders."

He said that view of health care stands in contrast to the Catholic health care mission, in which there is "a particular emphasis ori providing ... quality care for the poor" and any profit made is "turned back into delivering health care" instead. of going to investors.

"Recent history shows that when health facilities become for-profit, there is usually a reduction of staff,

the downsizing or closure of those made the winning bid for purchase areas of care that are not making a of St. Louis University Medical profit, and a realignment of how Center. Archbishop Justin F. Rigali health care is delivered," he said. of St. Louis opposed the sale but "There is no reason to doubt that, eventually accepted it reluctantly in the long term, this too will occur after the Jesuits, who own the university, obtained Vatican approval at this f~cility."

Queen of Angels Hospital and for the transaction.

In the Queen of Angels-HollyHollywood Presbyterian Medical Center were started in the 1920s, wood Presbyterian sall~, Tenet about three miles apart in north- agreed, amon'g other things, to procentral Los Angeles. They merged , vide more than $15 million a year in 198~ when each of the 400-bed in charity and indigent care and to facilities was operating at about 50 create a permanent endowment of percent capacity. The merged in- $160 million to assure funding of stitution maintained the Catholic- continued inpatient, outpatient and ity of Queen of Angels, which was emergency charity and indigent care.

It also agreed to create a $32 founded by the Franciscan Sisters million endowment 10 fund of the Sacred Heart.

Tenet was involved in another Franciscan free and community controversy over purchase of a care clinics in neighborhoods surCatholic hospital recently when it rounding the medical cemer.

Letter to the Editor ] Editor: It is important that our citizens become aware of the fact that Planned Parenthood Federation of America is the largest provider of abortions in our nation. We must realize the terrilJle impact on society as it carries on its work as the leader of the abortion industry which kills unborn defenseless and innocent human beings.

This organization oversees more than 140 affiliates, with more than,900 clinics, of which 130 perform surgical abortions. In our nation alone, it has about 20,000 employees and has an income of a half billion dollars, one third of this income coming from U.S. taxpayers. During the year 1996, this organization performed more than 150 thousand surgical abortions.

For those who were referred to this organization for a prenatal adoption, abortion has been recommended in a 10 to 1 ratio. Their president has said, "We know that abortion is our issue ... we are not going to be an organization promoting celibacy or chastity."

As a founder of sex education in many of our public SGhools the organization hopes that one of its chief purposes is to win the battle for abortion on demand.

For Planned Parenthood of America, public decency is a forgotten~em. ' Thomas A. 'Walsh Roslindale, Mass.

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Director named to national board TAUNTON-Diane Craig, RN, director of Bethany House Adult Day Health Care in Taunton, has been named to the National Board of Editorial Advisors for the "Adult Day Services Letter" newsletter.

The monthly publication provides information on adult day services programming. Craig's responsibilities to the board will include commenting on articles and giving insights on trends and medical conditions that affect the adult health care services population.

VOLUNTEERS- Above left, Catholic Memorial Home volunteers and assistant administrator Carmelite Sister Margaret Jackson pose before a luncheon during National Volunteer Week. Above right, Barbara Belyea, director of volunteers and community development at Madonna Manor, serves Catherine Gagne and Rita Budjinski during a "Hats Off to Our Volunteers" tea party. Below left, Dan Sullivan,president of the Family Council at Marian Manor, enjoys an appreciation luncheon for Marian Manor volunteers with Dominican Sisters Lucia Gomez and Paulina Cardenas, director of pastoral care. Below right, Lillian LaFrance, director of volunteers and community development at Our Lady's Haven, greets volunteers Tony Blanchard and Roger Savaria during its recent appreciation luncheon.

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The Mass was organized by the home's Mission Effectiveness Committee led by Sister Elaine Heffernan, RSM, director of pastoral care. "It's a very important day for us. Our purpose is to live that mission statement," said Sister Heffernan. The mission statement, part of which reads "Catholic Memorial Home provides love and care to the elderly and infirmed in a Christian home-like environment," and its motto of "Love Made Visible," are two things she said were key to the context of the home.

Mass was concelebrated by Fathers Edmund J. Fitzgerald, director of Diocesan Health Facilities and Arthur Wingate, chaplain of Catholic Memorial.

Kathie Barboza, principal of St. Jean Baptiste School, Susan Pacheco and Mickey Arruda provided music for the celebration.

As part of the offertory procession, representatives from each of the home's departments presented an item to symbolize the importance of all departments working together. Father Fitzgt:rald said that the employees all bring different gifts to the home but all come with the same spirit. "Mission unites our departments and services toward

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Continued/rom page one Our Lady of the Assumption, Osterville Holy Trinity, West Harwich Fall River Area Holy Name, Fall River SI. Thomas More, Somerset Holy Rosary, Fall River Santo Christo, Fall River 51. John the Baptist, Westport New Bedford Area .

Our Lady of MI. Carmel, New Bedford SI. Mary, South Dartmouth, SI. Julie Billiart, North Dartmouth Immaculate Conception, New Bedford SI. Mary, New Bedford : Taunton Area SI. Anthony, Taunton SI. Ann, Raynham Holy Cross, South Easton Immaculate Conception, North Easton Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton

43,291 43,124 $34,962 29,565 23,210 20,439 19,814 $39,330 30,796 26,004 24,482 24,061 $21,350 18,939 17,537 17,018 12,732

BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY GIFTS Cape Cod Area $4,500 - SI. John the Evangelist Bingo, Pocasset $1,875 - Society of SI. Vincent de Paul, Cape Cod and the Islands $1,000 - Our Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet, St Vincent de Paul Society$500 - Falmouth Lumber Inc., East Falmouth $300 - Holy Redeemer, Chatham, 51. Vincent de Paul Society $250 - Dowling & O'Neil Insurance, Hyannis . $100 - Harkenrider Builders, Yarmouthport; Hart Farm Nursery, South Dennis; Holdgate's Island Laundry, Nantucket; Carol O'Loughlin Real Estate, Falmouth; Stage Stop Candy, Ltd. Dennisport Fall River Area $500 - C.J. Leary & Sons, Inc. $400 - SI. John of God SI. Vincent de Paul Society, Somerset $375 - SI. John of God Women's Guild, Somerset $350 - Conlon Electrical Contractors, Inc. $300 - Ashworth Brothers, Inc.; Herald News $250 - Fall River Municipal Credit Union Cape Cod and the Islands Area $2,500 - SI. Pius X, South Yarmouth, SI. Vincent de Paul Society $2,000 - SI., Pius XBingo, South Yarmouth $1,200 - Doane, Beal &Ames/Nickerson Funeral Home, South Dennis $1,000 - SI. Pius XWomen's Guild, South Yarmouth $500 - Corpus Christi Women's Guild, East Sandwich $300 - SI. John the Evangelist, Pocasset, SI. Vincent de Paul Society $100 - Coffin's Gift Store, Nantucket; Hallett Funeral Home, South Yarmouth; Elizabeth T. McGowan, Falmouth; Teaticket Hardware Co.; Wood Lumber Co., 路Falmouth; Winston's Res- . taurant, Falmouth

NATIONALS $1,000 - JaHe Foundation, Stockbridge, MA; Father James F. Lyons $900 - Father Arthur K. Wingate $500 - Father Cornelius J. O'Neill $425 - Campus Ministry OHice, Stonehill College $150 - Daher Family &Beatrice Howe

Parishes ACUSHNET St. Francis XavierJ $l,OOO Mary Plourde &Vincent Plourde, Rose &William Sullivan; $200 Eleanor &Matthew Charbonneau; $150 M-M Donald LaFond; $100 Jeanne Losack, Jason & Michelle Hamel, Pauline & Laurier Cormier, Walter & loraida Bohn, Eva Rousseau &Pauline Teixeira.

ATILEBORO Holy Ghost $1,500 M-M Raymond Kelliher; $600 Constant Poholek; $200 M-M Joseph Luerken, Mary Sullivan; $125 M-M George Ryan; $100 M-M Manuel Amaral, Mrs. Lewis Benson, Mary Bullard, Jacqueline DaSilva, Mrs. Ralph Tinkham, M-M Roland Tremblay, M-M Charles Fox. St. John the Evangelist $500 Gilbert Rea; $450 M-M Thomas Cuddy, Jr.; $250 Dr. & Mrs. John Killion; $200 M-M Kevin Beagan, M-M Daniel Flynn, Mrs. James Foley, Edward Kelley, M-M Earl D. Kelly, Ralph Sears; $160 M-M Richard CoHey, M-M John Mcintyre; MMRobert Edwards, M-M Richard Marsh, MMPaul Rockett; $130 Arlene Doherty; $125 M-M Edward Casey; $120 Mrs. Clifford Dieterle, M-M Paul T. Harris; $100 M-M Leo Bessette, Elizabeth DeStefano, M-M John Dolan, In memory of Brian and Patrick Duffy, M-M Walter Doraz, M-M Thomas Fenton, Mary H. Friedman, Mrs. William GoH, M-M Eugene Goulet, Sr., M-M William Habershaw, Mary Hafey, Julie Hammond, M-M Gerard Kenton, M-M Peter Lynch, M-M Jerome O'Brien, M-M Egino Savioli, Peter M. Silvia, Mrs. Richard Smith, M-M Gerard Vachon.

St. Joseph $250 M-M Raymond Laferriere; $200 M-M Richard Bronsdon, M-M Albert Dumont; $100 M-M Richard Audette, M-M Albert Dumont, M-M Julien Forget, M-M Adib John leind, M-M Ralph lito.

St. Stephen $550 SI. Stephen's Conference-SI. Vincent de Paul; $500 M-M Kenneth Claflin; $200 M-M Richard TrUdell; $100 M-M .

James Cassidy, M-M Sean Whelan, M-M George Bosh, Edward Lapierre, Mrs. Magdalene and Glenn Doucette, M-M Edward Corbett, Mrs. Sharon Hewitt, M-M Eugene Therriault, M-M Anthony Viera, III. ATILEBORO FALLS St. Mark $600 Thomas Gledhill Family; $400 Curtis Fauth; $300 Mrs. Robert Cunningham, M-M Albert Dumas; $275 Paul & Karen Lenahan; $200 M-M Victor Larkin, M-M Edward Buckley, M-M Norman Thorburn; $150 Mrs. Pauline DeWitt; $100 MMMichael Croke, M-M Domenic Cuce, M-M Fred Endler III, Mrs. Louise Farrands, Mrs. John Friedman, M-M Harold Fuller, M-M Bernard Holmes, M-M John P. Kearney, M-M . Robert Loiselle, M-M W. Lawrence McNeil, M-M Francis Martin, Mrs. Florence Murray, M-M Donald Ouellette, Mr. William Saint, M~ MRichard Sebastiao, M-M Thomas Slowey, M-M Frank Duffy Jr., M-M Joseph Howard, M-M Edward McCrory, M-M Henry Violel.

BREWSTER Our Lady of the Cape $500 Mary Bond; $350 M-M Charles X. Sampson; $250 M-M James F. Christie; $125 M-M Charles Dedon, M-M Francis D. Campion; $100 M-M John Vincent, M-M Lawrence Furey, M-M Robert A. McLellan, M-M Francis J. Peters, M-M Joseph Cheney, M-M Richard Hassett, M-M Rudolph Grenache, M-M Edward Quinn, MMFrank J. Shealey, M-M John Foley, Jr., MMLeonard Reed.

BUZZARDS BAY St. MargaretlSt. Mary $150 Elizabeth Stephens, $110 Joseph Kish; $100 Daniel Chauvin, John H. Hickey, Barbara Decic Lawrence, John Silva.

CHATHAM Holy Redeemer $1,200 Father James F. Buckley; $500 M-M Walter Butler, M-M Richard Smyth; $300 Association of the Sacred Hearts, M-M Richard Maranhas; $250 Mrs.

Ministry in' a place of business Out of bad news often comes good news. When a person gets downsized after 27 years of service, that's bad news. But finding a shop that is unusual enough to write home about is good news.

"This is a ministry, not just a business," Tony Detje, owner of Stephanos Christian Bookstore in Bridgeport, Conn., said. "If somebody needs a place to come and talk about God, we're here. We'll stop and talk. It doesn't matter what religion anyone is. We want people to know this store is for everybody."

The first thing you see when you enter the store is a "prayer box," inviting you to leave a petition there. Detje and his staff Marie Paradise and Terry Earles open each day with prayer for the people who have left messages in the box. . Detje is a deacon at St. Joseph's'Church in Brookfield, Conn., and for the past 11 years he has served as formation director in the Permanent Diaconate Program of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn.

He named his store "Stephanos" after the first deacon and martyr, St. Stephen, and the small wooden cross called the "Stephanos Cross" that many early Christians wore. To avoid identification by those persecuting Christians, "they wrapped the cross in leather thongs and hung jewelry from the thongs" Detje explained.

Detje, father of two, served in the National Guard, had an advanced degree in accounting and had worked 27 years with the same company when he found himself downsized a few years ago. At first, he said, "it hurt." He went on interviews and kept getting rejected. He came to believe, as a psychiatrist told him, that downsizing after

a longtime position leaves a person "permanently scarred."

He said that his father, a convert to Catholici.sm, had taught him to value commitment and not walk away from life because you were "dealt a hard time." So hl~ started to visualize a new path.

With encouragement from his wife Isabelle, a teacher,

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By Antoinette Bosco he began to focus on something he always loved -- books, specifically spiritual ones. He started a Christian book mailorder business and did exhibits and sales at local churches.

He soon became a regional representative for the Liturgical Press ofCollegeville, Minn. After two successful years, he took a deeper plunge. He got a small business loan from a community bank, found a place with reasonable rent and, in December 1996, Stephanos was bom.

Although it is a Christian resource center, he emphasizes that "people orall religions come here and .are welcome. In most social situations, people avoid talking about religion." In this store he hopes they are finding "'a place to open up about their religious beliefs."

When teens say they are. grown up Dear Dr. Kenny: How do you know when your child is grown up? Our 17-year-old says he's old enough to set his own rules. He argues that he earns his own money, that he knows the dangers of drugs and unsafe sex, and that he knows better than we do what is best for him. What do you think? (Illinois) As your son points out, being "grown up" can be defined in many ways. In the past, women were considered grown up when they began menstruation and could conceive; young men when they took their place beside their father in the hunt or on the farm.

In simpler times, chitdren were emancipated as young as 12 or 13. They were capable of functioning as adults in those societies. Not so in ours. Adolescence today is usually delayed until high school graduation and even longer.

Young people, however, mature at different rates.

Some are mature at 18. Others are still struggling with independence at 30. Most parents, like yourselves, would like some personal measure of maturity.

Freud defined maturity quite practically in very few words: 'The ability to love and 'to work." I have expanded these into four "marks of maturity."

I. Self-sufficiency. A person is mature when he can take care of himself. This means he pays his own way.

Does your son pay room and board? Did he buy his own car? Does he pay for the gas? Auto insurance?

Medical insurance?

One can make life decisions when one can pay one's own expenses. In a normal situation this requires a fulltime job. To the extent your son depends on you, his parents, he is still not independent or grown up.

2. Responsibility. He takes responsibility for his own actions. He doesn't blame someone else when things go wrong. You don't hear that favorite complaint of all immature people, "It's not my fault!"

He fulfills the family expectations with minimal prodding. He is a self-starter and gets things done on his own initiative.

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DARTMOUTH St. Mary $500 SI. Vincent de Paul Society, M-M G. Albert Roy; $400 Father Terence F. Keenan; $250 Dr. & Mrs. Roger Pocze; $150 Mary T. Luiz, Olivia M. Luiz; $125 M-M Michael A. Kehoe; $100 Ladies' Guild, Mrs. Louis E. Cormier, Theresa Almeida, M-M Edwin J. McQuillan, Margaret Dias.

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3. He listens and learns. He sees the other a.; different, no longer judging the other person as not being like himself. Other people are not us. They have different preconceptions, different values, different ways of doing things..

Children see the world as revolving around them-

Family Talk With Dr. James & Mary Kenny selves. Adults no longer see themselves as the nonn. They don't call other people "crazy" simply because th(:y don't understand them.

Adults can accept an opinion other than their c,wn and disagreement without criticizing the other perscn. This wortdview rarely comes before the late 20s.

4. Compassion. The self expands. The "I" of self is slowly growing into a "we." The other person's joy and pain are experienced as one's own.

As the English poet, John Donne, says: "No man is an island.... Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind." This aspect of maturity is rare before 40.

Work and love. The ability to provide for one~:elf and to relate positively to others. No one is ever fully mature, but these are guidelines for parents as they prepare to give their soon-to-be-adults increasing freedom.

Reader questions on family living and chi:ld care to be answered in print are invited. Address qUf~StiOns: The Kennys; St. Joseph's College; 219 W. Harrison; Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

St. Peter $100 M-M James Murphy.

EAST FALMOUTH St. Anthony $600 Mrs. Joseph Sullivan; $400 Ms. Ruth Shaughnessy; $350 M-M Anthony Briana; $300 M-M Timothy Brenock, M-M Melvin Gonsalves, William A. Joyce, MMJohn Michael; $250 M-M George Costello; $200 Council of Catholic Women, M-M Joseph GriHith, M-M Joseph Losi,M-M Charles Mahoney, Margaret R. McGaHigan; $.175 MM Robert Boccuzzi; $150 SI. Anthony's Couples Club, M-M John J. Tulka, Mr. William Soares; $125 M-M George Botelho, MMJohn L. Lopes, M-M John R. Martin, M-M Anthony Spagone; $1 00 M-M William Bonito, M-M Richard L. Corey, M-M Thomas Donahue, M-M Albin Gusciora, Patricia M. Hildebrandt, M-M Ernest R. Keating, Mr. Edward Kendrigan, Alvaro Lopes, Leo Luckraft, M-M Thomas McCann, Mrs. Helen Patuto, Shirley M. Pecue, M-M Julio Santos, M-M Anthony Solimine, M-M Kevin Sullivan, Miss Emma R. Tavares, M-M Frank M. Teixeira, M-

MJoseph Tenca, Falmouth Bark and Topsoil, Frances Barry, Francis J. Brown, M-M John Burke, J. Jenneth Deignan, M-M Ph lip Fullin, M-M William Gilmartin, M-M George Howarth, Mary Uttle, Elizabeth McCarty, MMJames O'Neil, M-M Joseph Paruti, James S. Pine, M-M Edward Sullivan, M-M Joseph Tierney, M-M Robert Whelan. .

EAST SANDWICH Corpus Christi $1,000 M-M Dante F. Gallerani; $600 Mary C. & Be~,trice E. Gleason; $500 In memory of Catllerine F. Judge; $400 M-M Gary M. DeliapoHta; $250 M-M Bruce F. McDaniel, M-M Richard Jack, M-M RudolphW Howes, Cheryl A. Gushing, M-M James J. Bonarek Jr.; $200 M路M David A. McQueen, M-M Patrick D. Mcl.aughlin, June H. Miller, M-M Frank Belanger, Dorothy Neary, M-M Ronald A. Downing, Vlarie B. Kelleher, M-M Mark G. Bergeron, M-M Robert F. Rogers; $150 Mr. David W. Ju:Jge Jr. & Ms. Margaret Lurate, M-M Daniel T. Stack, Turn to page 8

The bread for Communion Q. We look forward to your articles. My question concerns the host we receive at Communion.

In our area we receive a very small white wafer, and have always been umght to let it melt in our mouth and say a prayer.

When I visit my son's family, the host is a larger round host, which looks like it is made from whole wheat. I feel uncomfortable seeing everyone walking back from the altar looking as if they're chewing. (pennsylvania) • A. Your question may appear trivial to some, but it has significant implications that are worth considering.

First, the teaching you remember was at one time not unusual. When I was in elementary school, in fact, we were told it was a sin to let the host touch one's teeth..

At very least, these sorts of strange teachings never had real foundation in Catholic doctrine or authentic practice.

Jesus told the disciples several times that his Eucharistic body was to be thf:ir food, which they were to eat.

The Church's rules about the nature of bread for the Eucharist reflect that belief. Regulations in the General Instruction on the Rom.an Missal, for example, require that the bread used in the Eucharistic celebration "appear as actual food" (No. 283).

In other words, it: should look and taste like bread people actually eat.

There's nothing at all unusual in this rule. A funda-

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mental principle in the theology and celebration of the sacraments is that the signs - oil, water, gestures, bread, words - should reflect as genuinely as possible the reality they signify.

Dirty baptismal water or gummy oil, for example, while perhaps valid for the sacraments, are, to say the

Questions and Answers

By Father John J. Dietzen least, inappropriate and defective sacramental signs. , Similarly, bread which no one would otherwise recognize as bread isn't what the Church urges for the celebration of Mass. As one child first communicant said when asked whether he believed the bread is now Jesus, "1 believe it is Jesus, but I don't believe it was bread."

The hosts you experience at your son's parish are common. They attempt to honbr as well as possible the requirement that Eucharistic bread be made only of water and wheat, with no added ingredients, and still "appear as actual food," as real bread.

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A quiz for divided Catholics In our continuing selies on theological name-calling in the Roman Catholic Church, we will examine further, more deeply and more intensely the characteristics of the right, left and middle "positions" of conservative,liberal and moderate Catholics.

This will be followed by a brief vocal exercise in which we will practice intoning, "nanner, nanner, nanner," in a theologically devastating way which will convince persons of dissimilar cbnvictions that they don't have a chance of getting to you by just sticking out their tongues.

First, however, it would be wise to determine ·if you are a liberal, moderate or conservative. You may do this by responding to the following Catholic Theological Spectrographic Survey and Time-Wasting Instrument.

I. When the words "for us men" come up in the creed, do you: a) Concentrate really hard so you can leave out the word "men" and keep going? . b) Read every word directly from the missalette even if you have to sneak a missalette into your parish? c) Keep looking at the ceiling tiles and see if you can get the whole thing from memory without a mistake?

2. If someone you'vejust met leams you are Catholic and says, ''How do you guys put up with all that superstitious stuff like worshiping Mary and plaster statues?" do you: a) Reply, "We should sit down and talk about this when you have some time." b) Reply, "It's not nearly as difficult as putting up with ignorant bigots like you who are obviously not exactly doubled over with intelligence." c) Reply, "It isn't hard at al!."

3. You generally prefer to attend: a) Social justice raIlies. b) Pro-life marches. c) Crab feeds.

4. When someone asks you to name a Church hero or heroine, your answers might include: a) Dorothy Day or Daniel Berrigan. b) St. Augustine or Archbishop Sheen. c) John F. Kennedy or Bing Crosby.

5. If you run for parish counci I it will be' because: a) You feel the parish needs to become more active in the wider community.

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6. Iffellow parishioners are holding hands during recitation of the "Our Father," do you: a) Participate with enthusiasm, sometimes standing on your pew and stretching several feet to grip the nearest person's hand?' . b) Try to position yourself in another parish? c) Try to position yourself between family members?

To determine if you are a liberal, conservative or moderate, give yourself one point for every "a" answer, three for every "b" and seven for every "c." .If you did this exercise at all, you already know what you are.

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Running a sheltering program for the homeless has some fun-filled moments. We try to respel;t the dignity of everyone who comes to us, and for the most part they respond with courtesy and appreciation.

Nearly 300 of them come to our kitchen each day for a free hot mea!.

Sometimes our guests make me chuckle, like the young man who volunteered to say a prayer bc~fore the meal.

We invite a volunteer each day to come forward to do this, and we get people of all faiths praying in their own way.

Normally they take off their hats before the prayer, but this volunteer came up with his cap still on. As he stood there ready to give thanks to the Lord, I whispered, "Since everyone has removed hats, maybe you should too."

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With that, he yanked off his cap, and his hair popped up about four inches.

He laughed and said, "Ya see?"

The prayer went beautifully, but when it was over he quickly covered up and slinked back to his seat.

One day, one of the counselors passed by my office. ''How are you doing?" I asked. He grinned and replied, '1 feel very serene today." With that someone from another office who overheard the exchange shouted, "What, you've been here for two hours, and you're still feeling serene?"

I sat down to have lunch with the guests one day and said to the man opposite me, ''Hello, I'm Father John, what's your name'!' He looked at me with a blank stare and mumbled, "I'm eating!"

So much for amiability. It takes all kinds. Fortunately we are not doing this to receive kudos from the clients.

Most of them are grateful, but the joy is in the giving.

Eva's Kitchen and Sheltering Programs in Paterson, N.J., were named

after Sister Eva Hernandez, who was our chief cook when we got started back in 1982. We had about five employees then, and now we have 65.

Most of them derive a real sense of joy working for the poor.

Joy is the byproduct of a meaningful life. Joy goes beyond job satisfaction. Joy is God's gift to those who care about their neighbors.

In our treatment centers we have about 125 young men and women living in-house. They are struggling to overcome their addiction to drugs and alcohol, and most stay with us for as long as nine months, returning home clean and sober. .

These are the sons and daughters of concerned parents. They got caught up in the drug subculture and lost their way. Once they came to realize they were powerless over their addictions, they came to us. .

We enjoy helping them. The greatest honor anyone can give to almighty God, is to live joyfully because ofthe knowledge of his love.

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River ~ Fri., May 22, 1998

Continued from page six M·M David J. Gibbons, M·M Michael A. McNamara; $125 M·M Richard T. Mannion, M·M George C. Campbell, Robert F. Rooney; $100 M·M Richard E. Nycz, M·M Charles E. Hughes, M·M Michael M. Amrich, M-M Rob· ert D. Whearty, M·M Albert Montani, M-M Peter A. Cadieux, Dorothy Costello, M·M Kenneth Corbin, M-M Robert E. Corradi, M· MRobert E. Farrell, Elizabeth Baltusis, Joan Siecke, M·M James Gallagher, Dr. &. Mrs. Robert F. Mealy, Leona Demoranville, M·M Brian T. Flynn, M·M R. John Barrett, Dorothy E. Gallant, Barbara J. Hadley, M·M James Connolly, M-M Russell F. Landrigan, Helen Kelly, M·M William Peeso, M·M Robert D. Wentworth, M-M J. Ward Harrigan, M·M Robert F. Kilduff, M·M Edward F. McCann, M·M Jeffrey D. Youngquist, Suzanne Sivco, Jane F. Dowling, Sally Latimer, M·M John -B. Cahalane, Ruth K. Everett, M·M Victor M. Devine.

EASTTAUNTON Holy Family $500 M·M Robert Gallagher; $200 M·M Paul Tapis; $150 M·M Mark Murphy; $100 M-M Richard Ducharme, M·M Francis Perry, M·M Anthony Lacourse, M·M Gerard Ducharme, M-M Ted Labrecque, M· M Richard Martin, Mrs. Mary Murphy, M·M Glen Gregory, M·M Richard Vincent, M·M Richard Torres.

FAIRHAVEN . St. Joseph $300 Domenick Nicolaci; $100 .Mr. Robert Foster, M·M RicharCl Bordas, M· M Bernardion Fortunato, M·M James Greenway, M·M Patrick Hunt, 'M-M Armand R. Marien, Mr. Robert Paine, M-M Stanley Wojcik.

St. Mary $200 M·M Matthew Hart; $150 M·M John Ferro; $1 00 Miss Ullian Desrosiers, M·M Donald Upsett, Miss Blanche Pepin, M· MRaymond Vary.

FALL RIVER Holy Name $1,000 Atty. & Mrs. Kenneth Sullivan; $500 In memory o/Gerry Fortin, M· MRoger F. Sullivan; $350 In memory of Rev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo;$300 Mrs. Anthony, Geary; $200 Michael Sullivan, Mrs. Wilson Curtis, In memory of John and Margaret McDermott; $125 In memory of Dr. Thomas F. Higgins and Dr. Anne Marie Higgins; $100 In memory of Joseph C. McGuill, Maureen Dorsey, Richard Wood, Mrs'. Thomas Collins, Mrs. Joseph Malvey, Mrs. John K. McC/oskey, Mary Ann Dillon, Dr. Rene P. Nasser, Mrs. John Hart, Mary Carvalho, M·M John W. Toulan, Jr., M·M Vincent Mannion, Mrs. Will· iam Hacking, Margaret J. Turner, Mrs. Ralph Gilbert, M·M Rodney P. Bergeron, Anne T. Botelho, M·M Robert Rebello, M·M Paul Petit, M·M Joseph Doran, M·M Stephen Pereira, M-M James Wilcox, M·M Wilfred Morrissette, Robert & Claire Margetta, Margaret P. Kelliher, Mrs. Elizabeth Soares, Mrs. Eleanor Manchester, Dr. & Mrs. Andre Nasser, M·M Adelino Flores, M·M Antero Monte, John F. &Ellenor Fanning, Thomas Ponton, Jeffrey· Catherine Messier.

Holy Rosary $1,100 Father Vincent F. Diaferio.

Immaculate Conception $130 M·M Raymond LaFleur; $100 M·M Albert W. Jalbert, Mrs. Margaret Wiles.

Our Lady of the Angels $250 In memory of Manuel Tavares (by Helen). , Notre Dame de Lourdes $1,000 Joseph Hubert; $300 Father Roland B. Boule; M·M Gerard Duquette; $125 M·M Paul Levesque; $110 Cecile Masse; $100 M·M Leo Gerger, M·M Robert Levesque, M·M Robert Phenix, M·M Robert Boutin, M·M Roland Desmarais, M·M Romain Saulnier, M·M Theodore Bernier, Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Fournier, Patricia Mortensen.

Sacred Hea!1$350 Constance A. Lynch; $300 Sacred Heart Chess Club, In memory of Michael, Margaret and Eugene Grace; $250 John H. O'Neil; $200 M-M Peter Healy; '$180 M·MRobert Christopher; $175 M·M John J. Patota; $165 Mrs. Robert Nedderman; $150 Mrs. John L. Dean, M·M Raymond Rosa; $125 Mrs. Joseph Akers, Mrs. Walter H. White, M·M John J. Sullivan, M·M Charles E. Curtis; $100 Donald &Agnes Black, Thomas Dolan, Alice and Mary Harrington, Mrs. Edmund Mitchell, Robert Carey, Paul A. White, Mrs. Thomas .McVey, 'M·M Timothy Breidegom, David and Lori Costa.

Saints Peter & Paul $200 Standard Pharmacy.

Santo Christo $300 Osvaldo & Susan Pacheco; $200 M·M Manuel' Alves; Alexandrina Pacheco; $160 John B. Moniz; $100 M·M Joao Moniz, M-M Antonio Tavares,

Belanger, M·M Jean Sevigny, M·M Robert NORTH FALMOUTH Walmsley. u ouc Berche, M·M Anthony Enos, M·M Timothy P. St. Elizabeth Seton $1,000 M·M William St. Thomas More $ 1,000 In I at""" .., Black; $500 Father Joseph L. Powers, M·M memory of Elizabeth M. zalenski; Mary Souza, Irene Campos, Manuel J. Paul, M-M Victor DeFrias.

OUf Lady of Mount Carmel $1,000 Fa- Thomas Kennedy; $300 M·M Ralph Vaccaro; $600 Father John J. Steakem; Souza, Alfred Carreiro, Francisco Moniz, Jr, St. Anne $1,500 Dominican Fathers; $200 ther Antonino C. Tavares; $500 Anonymous $250 M-M Joseph Dixon; $200 M·M Peter $500 M·M Eugene Pepin; $350 E:arbara A. Gerard A. Beaulieu; $120 Arthur N. Picard; • In memory of Guilherme & Maria M. Luiz; Carr, Judge & Mrs. Roger Champagne, Dr. & Dunn; $300 Raymond Aylward; ~;200 M·M $100 Loridas &Emile Jolivet, Paul &Theresa $400 Anonymous; $300 SI. Vincent de Paul Mrs, Donald Delinks, M·M William Doyle, Edward Blake; $175 M-M Nurman F. Paquette, Lorraine & Roger Richards, Society; $250 Two anonymous donors, Por· Judge & Mrs. James Nixon, M·M Herbert Bessette, Rosemary Dussault; $160 Atty. & Germaine Carrier, Mary Ellen O'Neill, , tuguese Prayer Group; $200 Three anony· Sullivan; $175 M·M Paul Boudreau, M·M Mrs. Stephen C. Nadeau; $150 M·M Leo mous donors, Father Michael Camara; $150 George O'Brien; $150M·M William Dillon, M· Caine, Margaret L. Dunn, M-M Rich ard Kelley, Josephine Goddu.

St. Elizabeth $550 Ladies of SI. Elizabeth. Three anonymous donors; $125 Two anony· MWilliam Stone; $125 M·M Paul Halpin; $120 M·M Dominick'Massa, M·M John Mitchell, St. Louis $100 M·M Gilbert L:Heureux, mous donors, M·M Arthur Caetano; $100 Ten M·M Timothy Martinage; $100 Isabelle Bene, M·M Francis J. 'Silvia; $125 M·M Louis F. anonymous donors, Theresa & Robert Mrs. N.G. Bottiglieri, Mr~. Francis Corrigan, Fayan, M·M William Phaneuf; $120 M·M Theresa Ryan: St. Mlchael $700 Father Luis A. Cardosa. Almeida, M·M Jose Claudino, M·M Donald Mrs. Eunice Dahlborg, M-M John Donohoe, Michael Stubbs; $100 M·M Alan ,J. Arruda, St. Patrick $115 Evelyn Arsenault; $100 A. Correira, M·M Carlos M. Farias, M·M M-M Eugene Donovan, M·M John Donovan, M·M Kenneth J. Beaulieu, M·M Leonard In memory of M·M James E. Judge, M·M Wil· Carlos B. Lima, M·M John'Lourenco, Mr. Mrs. Arthur Aaherty, Mrs. William Leary, Mrs. Burgmyer, M·M Albert Capeto, M·1,,1 Vincent Iiam Rys, Mrs. R. Correia, In memory of Anna Serafim Mello, M:MManuel Mendonca, Mt. James Lyddy, M·M Richard McKinney, M·M A. Coady, Catherine C. Connelly, M-M Paul B. Biltcliffe.

Carmel Seniors Associates, Miss Celina John O'Brien, M·M George Pelletier, M·M AI Daley, M·M Milton Davidson, M·lvI Joseph St. William $2,000 A parishioner; $1,000 Oliveira, Ms. Albertina Puente, Mr. Manuel Piccirilli; M·M James Quinn, Mrs. James Diogo, M·M Gerald Driscoll, M·M Roger A. M·M David Lafrance; $350 St. Vincent de Paul Rapoza, M·M Hildberto J. Sousa; M·M Luis Tansey, Mrs. Katharine Weidman, Mrs. Gaspar, Margaret Hague, Dr. &Mrs. William George West, M·M Eugene White.

H. Langfield, Jr.,M·M Charles Leary, Dr. & Society; $200 In memory of Mary L. & Paula Torres, M-M Eduardo I. Melo. ' ORLEANS Mrs. Eduardo Leonardo, M·M Wilfred Sacred Heart $150 Positive Action Day Martin.

St.Joan of Arc $500 M·M Richard L:Heureux, M·M Robert Meehan, M·M James Care, Memory of Denaull/lecomte families; MANSFIELD St. Mary $500 M·M Philip Crimmins; $300 $125 M-M Joseph Bettencourt; $110 M·M , McLaughlin, $250 M·M Dave Kaval, M·M Mullins, M·M PiiUl Quellette, M·M Earnest M·M Brian Healy; $250 Edward Sliney, Sr.; Marcel Rogissart; $100 Mrs. Constance Alfred Williams; $200 M·M Thomas Lawson, Rapoza, M·M Joseph A. Reidy, Jr., M·M Leo $200 M·M Eric E. Butler, M-M Stephen Scala; Menard, Deacon & Mrs. Eugene H. $150 M·M ~oseph Kelley, M·M Harold Folger, L. Rodrigues, M·M James Sullivan, M-M $150 Mrs. John King; $125 M·M ABoldrighini; Sasse\iille, J. Doris Coburn, Mrs. Normand Elizabeth Rewcaslie, M·M Robert Troy; $125 Phillip Warren, David G. Gauthier.

Mrs. Loretta,McGahey, $100 M·M David SOUTH EASTON $120 M·M George J. Barlow; $100 M·M Seguin.

Holy Cross $300 Holy Cross cCiffimunity; St. Anne $1,100 Father Martin, L. Buote; Brown, M·M James Cashin, M'M Robert Francis Baldini, M·M Thomas Crimmins, A.D. Onofrio, M-M John L. Girouard, Jean Lee & $109 David DeTerra, Joseph Maillet, Lucien Reilly, J. Frank Sheridan, Eunice Turgeon, M·M Henry Hobaica, M·M James Fisher; Beverly Adamkovic, Regina Collyer, Marga· $250 M·M George Tyrrell; $200 Charles Ray Martin, Lester McGoldrick, M·M John M. Collin, Lucille Walsh, Jeanne Bowden.

Moran, Mrs. William Morton, M·M Joseph St. Anthony of Padua $2,000 Father ret Cruckshank, M·M Stephen Caliri, M·M Crowley, M-M James Tuominen, Mrs. Cecelia Murphy, Anna Palanza, William J. SuUivan, Edmond A. Levesque; $350 Father Bertrand Dennis Degnan, Patricia Gagnon, Ruth Clark, Mary Edmonston, M·M Charles A. Chabot; $200 Anonymous, Roberta Roy; Kantor~ki, Jane M. Lee, M·M Lawrence Leonard, Louise McMahon, M·lvI Daniel M·M Vincent Tighe, M·M Walter L. Wilk, Jr. MARION $100 Anonymous, Dolores J. Masse, M·M J. Nugent, M·M Alex Patterson, Harriet Royal, O'Reilly, M·M William Hadge, M·M Harold St. Rita $200 M·M·Robert E. Hart, Mrs.' Normand Dumonl.

Virginia Sanning, M·M Fred Sauer, Ann Smith, M·M James Sullivan. , SOUTH YARMOUTH Joseph Kairys; $150 M·M James Canty, Jr.; St. Casimir $300 Mrs. Charles Arruda; Spellman, M·M William Stempsey.

St. Pius X $6,000 M·M Philip Baroni, $100 Mrs. Daniel L. Murphy, M·M David St. $150 Afriend; $100 Mrs. Claire Gonet, M·M POCASSET St. John the Evangelist $2,000 Father $1,100 M-M Kenneth Streight; $1,000 Msgr.

Aubin, Dr. & Mrs. Robert Tremblay.

Edward Jarosik, Frank Kmiec, Three from a Robert C. Donovan; $250 Thomas and Amy John J. Smith, M·M Edward Young, Mrs. A.M. MASHPEE friend.

Christ the King $2,500 Father Ronald A. , St. Francis of Assis! $600 Father Albert Fantozzi; $150 Marie T. Johnson; $125 M·M Crowell, Jr.; $500 M·M Augustine Gouveia, Joseph Dauphin; $100 M-M Gordon Wixon, Sophia Perrone, M·M Robert Benljer, Dr. & Tosti; $2,000 Edward Daly; $1,000 M·M John J. Ryan.

P. Urban, M·M Robert Halligan, M·M Gregory St. Kilian $100 Robert Marcondes.

M·M Robert T. Mulcahy, M·M Michael M. Mrs. Robert Clancy, M·M Louis F!<)rio, Mrs. St. Lawrence $700 M·M David A. Nelson; Raab.

Vincent Keeffe, James McGonagle, M·M JoM. Dunn, Sr.; $500 Mr. Arthur ~rennan, M·M RAYNHAM' seph McTiernan, M·M James Quirk, Jr.; $400 Roliert Kirby, Dr. & Mrs. Edwin M. Thomas, $500 M·M Richard T. Saunders, Jr., $200 St. Ann $625 Mr. Theodore Kapala; $250 M·M James Campion, Mrs. William Smith; M·M Carlton F. Meredith, Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Gerald Lawler, In memory of Ernest and Vitale, June Manton; $365 Stephen &Deidre, Gertrude Kruger; $175 Mrs. Frances A. Fahy; M·M William Tripp; $200 M-M Patrick Cady, $350 Ruth Mulford; $300 Mrs. Flonald P. Greelish; $300 M·M Ignatius G. Reed, M-M $150 M·M Anthony Ferreira, M·M Dalpha M·M Raymond Cooke, M·M William Vareika; Murphy, Dorothy Desmond, M·M Charles James F. Remillard, Jr.; $200 Marie Lewando, Lavallee, M·M Walter Loveridge; $140 Dr. & , $100 M·M Henry Crombie, Mr. Paul Foun· " Eager, Edward Murphy, Jr., M·M Rqbert Dr. & Mrs. Richard Peotrowski, M·M John Mrs. Robert Small; $125 M·M Paul E. tain, M·M Thomas Levy, .M·M A. Michael ,Welch; $250 M·M John Mullen, M·M ThoJordan, M·M James W. Crowley, M·M ' Marshall, M··M Donald H. Racine; $120 ' Whitty. mas Eaton, M·M Richard Stanton, M·M Ri· Chester A. Brown, M-M Robert A. Jutstrom, Roland &Leona Dumas; $1 00 M·M Theodore, SEEKONK chard Sullivan, Russell Murphy, M·M Philip M·M Robert W. Costello, M·M Michael J. J. Calnar', Mrs. Leopold F. Harnois, Mrs. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel $1,200 Fran~is Gunther, M·M Richard Neitz, M·M Thomas Howley; $150 M·M George E. Balch, M·M Ernest King, James F. Murray, M·M Philip C: A.Venditti; $650 M·M E. Paul Sorensen; $400 Donohue; $225 M·M John Witheford; $200 John Thorn; $100 M·M Robert Baum, M·M Beard, M-M Leo F. SI. Aubin, M·M Martin E. M·M Arthur A. Gareau; $300 James Risko, Paul Long, Thomas Quinn, M·M Robert Peter Hannon, M·M Jeffrey Cameron, Dr. & T r e a d u p . ' M·M Anthony Andrews; $250 M·M Robert Leary, Richard Cr9teau, M·M William Daniel, Mrs. Bernard E. Maney, Lynne Pasciuti, M·M St. James $500 James Mullin,Jr.; $225 Breen"M·MJose M. Tavares; $240 M-M An· Mrs. George Kirvan, Mrs. Arthur laFrenier, Thomas A. McGinnis, Alice E. Mullert. M·M M·M Gerald Lewis; $1 00 Mrs. John Callanan, thony Alves; $200 Glenn Larrabee, M·M Rob- James Lavita, M·M Robert McGQvlan, M·M Michael T. Leahy, M·M Francis Mullin, Marie Mrs. Daniel F. Dwyer, M·M Raymond ert Leavitt, Dr. & Mrs. Anthony Potenza, M· Peter McNamara, Mrs. John O'Hara, Mrs. Wyatt, Estelle D. Godleski, M·M Frank Bottos, Fontaine, Kathryn Mahoney, M-M Donald M Kenneth Patterson, M·M J.. Peter Wilfred Pa~uet, Joanne Romotsky, M·M James B. Kelley, M·M Nick Drepanos, M·M Medeiros, Mrs. Ellen S. Vaughan.

MacDonald, M·M James Kinder, M·M Rich· Charles Rosenbach, Rose Tocci; $160 M·M Daniel A. Grady, Marian ,J. Ego, Catherine NORTH ATILEBORO ard Johannia, M·M Edward S. Squire, M·M Emerson Snow; $150 M·M Thomcls Bailey, Horgan, M·M Paul T. Lebel, M·M Kevin M. St. Mary $800 M·M Nelson Chaffee; $750 Christopher Durand; $185 Dr. &Mrs. Stephen M·M Allen Malloy, Mrs. John David:;on, Dor· Boyar, M·M John J. Scanlon, M·M Harold D. Father John M. Sullivan; $500 Nelson Gulski; Falco; $175 Elizabeth Gaebe; $150 Mrs. Rob- othy Butters, Thomas Butler, Margaret Allick, William F. Schirmer, M·M Rocert L. $250 M·M Francis Leary; $200 M·M James ert'Coccia, M·M Ronald Lavoie, M·M John F. Flaherty, Paul Dempsey, Mrs. Paul Grady, M· Keim, M·M Howard D. Lane, M·M Joseph Hall,. In the name of Bishop Sean O'Malley . Costa, Charlotte Mello, M·M George M Leo Kenney, Mrs. Job Lippincoll, James Lynch, Nora Donahue, M·M Daniel H. Coon, from the parish family, M·M Joseph Doran; Medeiros, M·M Raymond J. -Silva, M·M Ed· Scott, John & Casey McLoughlin, M·M Ed· M·M Allen J. Jarvis, M·M Joseph C. Joyce, $150 Mary Kennedy; $100 Louise Farrands, ward Olean, M·M William Harrison; $140 M·, ward Oberlander, M·M William Paney; $125 M·M Kevin J. Smoller, M·M Anthony Albert Vanbever, Agnes Byrnes, M-M Joseph MRichard Gregoire;$125 M-M John Furtado, Frank Hutchinson, M·M George O'Brien, Camerota, M·M Herbert D. Flynn.

Greer, M·M Leo Cloutier.

Mrs. Manuel Mello, M·M James Roberts, Mrs. Margaret Lucht, M·M William Hogap, M·M MATIAPOISETI NORTH DARTMOUTH Louise Oakland, M·M Raymond F. Silva, M· Dennis Lucier, Mrs. Joseph Colgan, M·M St. Anthony $4,000 M·M Paul Duchaine; St. Julie Billiart $1,998 M-M Victor Reis; M Anthony Piq\lette; $120 M·M Joseph James Donovan, M·M James Buns, Mary $400 Gertrude Collins; $250 Dr. & Mrs. Jo- $1,000 Dr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Sullivan; $600 McCabe; $110 Betty Ball; $100 M·M Paul Donovan; $120 Madelyn Clancy, M·rA Francis seph Costa, M·M Maurice Downey, St.' M·M Harding J. Carrier; $300 In memory of Donohue, M·M Dennis Rebelo, M·M Pignone, Edith Black, William Palmer; $110 Anthony's Conference; $230 Dr. & Mrs. Shirley Babiec, Mary C. Halloran; $250 Wil· Raymond Bentley, Jr., M·M Kenneth Greene, M·M Thomas Dean; $100 Dr. &Mrs, Raynold La.wrence Oliveira; $225 M-M George liam Q. MacLean; $150 M·M Robert Bolduc; Sr., Josephine Kerwin, M-M George Arcuri, Cora Alberto, M·M Edward Barry, Charette; $150 M·M Edmund Butler; $125M· $125 M·M William Winsper; $100, David Creighton, Florence Turner, M"M Alfred Jud~h Maguire, M-M Leonard Marino, Dr. & M Edwin Allard, M·M Charles Rodrigues; Amaral, M·M Raymond Barbero, David Benoit, M·M John MacKenzie, M-M Ralph Mrs. Robert Tilley, William Tracy, NI·M Ken· $100 Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Barley, Dr. & Mrs. Bolton, M·M Joseph M. Cabral, Louise Castino, M·M William Heaney, M·M James T. neth Bell, Edward Clark, Leo Du ln, M·M John Bender, Jane Breton, RitaCaires, M·M Cabral, David J. Creamer, M·M Norman Rassol, M·M Thomas J. Miller, M-M John Armand Fontaine, M·M John Varanelli, M·M William Carter, M·M Frank Cooper, M·M John Dussault, Dr. &Mrs. Gerald E. Pietsch, Alice Kelleher, M·M Joseph Rose, M·M John Walter Welker, Mrs. John Gallagher, M·M Gibbons, Dr. & Mrs. James Kearns, M·M Reis, In memory of Joseph Soares, Manuel Khorey, M;M Robert Caron, M·M George Peter Gatti, M·M James Hoar, M·M James Charles Kelly, M·M Bruce ll~mitlux, M·M E. Rodrigues &Elvira Ferras, M·M Gilbert 11. Zimmerman.

Hosey, M·M John Marques, M·M Robert James Lind, M·M John O'Leary, M·M John Tavares, M·M John Wenc.

SOMERSET McCracken, M·M Joseph Mirisola, William Perry.

NORTH EASTON St. John of God $800 Jdg. &Mrs. Milton' O'Neil, M·M Donald O'Connor, Emi~1 Piekos, NANTUCKET Immaculate Conception $500 SI. Vincent A. Silva; $175 Agnes M. Costa; $150 M·M Harold Rosecrans, Rita Richards;)n, M·M St. Mary $1,000 SI. Vincent de Paul; $175 dePaul Society; $300 Manuel Paulino; $250 Arthur Carvalho; $1 00 M·M Paul Grillo, Maria Eugene Mauro, Daniel Shanahan, Elizabeth M·M Walter Folger; $125 Eunice Sjoiund; In memory of Aline Dallaire, M·M John McCoy, M·M Henrique Malos, M·M Leo Terrio, M·M George Vigneau, Mrs. Thomas $100' Brian Gallagher.

Kossowski, M·M Lewis Chapman; $200 M· . Barboza, M·M Antonio F. Alberto, M·M Wood, M·M James Wyse, Mrs. James H. . NEW BEDFORD MBrian Maclaine; $160 M·M Edward Casieri; Ronald Miranda, Janice Patridge, Edgar Quirk, Robert Robida" Douglas ,~ Helen Immaculate Conception $800 Father $150 M·M Francis Mahoney, M·M Stephen Rebello, Camilo Viveiros, Maria Chaves, Ri- Murray, Dorothy Black, Mrs. Carl Palm, M·M DanielO. Reis; $500 SI. Vincent de Pal!l Con- Drummey; $100 M-M John Butler, M·M Tho- chard Torres, Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Arruda, M· James Donohue, M·M Luke Fannl)n, M·M ference; $400 Father Brian E. Albino; $250 mas Chamberlin, M·M Edmund Richard, M A. David Vargas, M-M Mark Ferreira, In Jeffrey Terrio, M·M John Roman, Hubert & M·M Victor F. Rebello, Jr., Confirmation Class; James Gorman, M·M Henry Donahue, M-M memory of' Marianna & Ignacio Luistano Mary O'Neill, M·M Roger Breton, Ruth & M·M Hermano S. Medeiros, Holy Ghost So- Kevin Johnson, Dr. &Mrs. Christopher Corey, Andrade. .

Andrew Corrigan, Madeleine Flynn, Mrs. Wil· ciety; $150 M·M Joao B. Teixeira; $120 Mr. M·M John McEntee, M-M John Tuite, M·M St. Patrick,$500 M·M Leonard Worsley; li~m Garrity, M·M James Greeley, William Euclides Cabral; $100 M·M Jose Chereta, Daniel Polillio, M·M William McEntee, Charles $300 Dr. & Mrs. Roger Cadieux, In memory Herbert, Mr. Harry Hyra, Eddie Jone!s, Lillian Mrs. Alzira A. Cabral, M-M Jose Soares, M· McMenamy, M·M Philip Tarallo, M·M James of Elizabeth & Patricia Darcy, M·M David Kennedy, William MacKenzie, M·M Henry Dunne; $150 Dr. & Mrs. Owen McGowan; Cassidy, M·M Joseph Perna, Edward MRaul Vultao, M·M Gualter A. Raposo, M·M Thrasher. $100 Mrs. Malcolm Borden, M·M James Ghiazza, M·M Chester Savery, Loretta Tino Pires, Holy Rosary Society, M·M Joao NORTH DIGHTON Pereira, M·M Michael J. DaSilva, M·M Durval St. Joseph $250 Daniel Hoyng; $200 Jo- Bradbury, Dr. Roland Chabot, M-M Ernst Ahern, M-M Albert Anastasio, M-M J Barnes, A. Costa, In memory of Fernando Fernandes. seph Coelho, Charles Cronan; $125 Vincent Cummings, M·M Lionel Desrosiers, M·M Alice Boehler, M·M Richard Brons<e, M·M OUf Lady of Fatima $500 Father James Furtado, Vincent Scully; $100 Frank Phillipe, Arthur Gagnon, M-M Denis Gaudreau, M-M Paul Butler, John Carey, M·M Johr Coway, F. Greene; $250 M-M Paul Pelletier; $200 M- Mrs. Michael Caswell, In memory of Ned and Donald laPorte, M-M Umberto Latessa, M· John Curry Jr., M·M John Danforlh, M·M MAnibal Medeiros; $150 M·M Louis LeBlanc; Dot Donnelly, Michael J. Delaney, Mrs. Arthur MJohn McCarthy, M-M Thomas Reis, Jr., M- Daniel Desantis, Mrs. Ernest Eastman, M·M $125 Carolyn C. Pime.ntal; $100 M·M Brian Bourgault: M Maurice Rousseau, M-M Thomas Turn to page 16 L

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River -:- Fri., May 22, 1998

Retired religious campaign collects best ever $29M

By CATHOLIC

NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - Donations to the 1997 Religious Retirement Collection topped $29 million, the best yet in the campaign's lO-year history.

The exact total was $29, III ,238, 8.2 percent above the previous high of$26.8 million, collected in 1995.

In addition to the money collected from Catholics throughout the United States, 115 dioceses increased their gifts over the previous year to support retired members of religious orders of sisters, brothers and priests.

The national col1ection was taken up during Masses on the second Sunday ofAdvent in most dioceses around the country. Some dioceses conduct the campaign at different times of the year, while still other dioceses have their own'campaigns in place to meet the retirement needs of religious,

The National Religious Retirement Office, which oversees the collection, will begin in June to distribute the funds collected through grants. .

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The grants are calculated on a formula based on the ages, number of members and level of retirement

needs of each religious order. individual grants have ranged from $300 to $800,000.

But the unfunded retirement liability of all U.S. religious orders continues to grow, and was last estimated in 1996 at $7.9 billion, according to a survey by the Arthur Andersen Inc. accounting firm.

Signs of the religious retirement crisis began to emerge in the 1970s as health care costs rose sharply and vocations declined, leaving more older than younger members in orders. The younger members' wages could not cover the costs of supporting the retirement needs of the older members. . Also, religious were prevented until the .1970s from being allowed into the nation's Social Security system, so they were unable to accrue significant benefits. The average annual Social Security payment to a retired religious is $3,215.92, according to the retirement office.

San Francisco archdiocese plans to publish newspaper up costs of $50,000 to $75,000 lic households in the archdiocese. would come from the "It's agiftto the people," he added. archdiocese's central fund and its Healy said the goal "is for WASHINGTON - The Arch- 50-percent share from the U.S. people to see it and read it," and diocese of San Francisco plans to bishops' national communications noted that the local Church has establish a new weekly newspaper campaign. much to gain from a wide distrito be mailed free to Catholic The new weekly, as yet un- bution. He said the archdiocese has households and will collaborate in named and likely to be tabloid- initiated a national search for edia regional Spanish-lan- ....__- __- __- - - - - , . . . - - - - - - - . . . tor of the paper, which is

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With the entry of the San Fran~ cisco Archdiocese, said Healy, circulation of the monthly is e?tpected to increase from 18,000 to 30,000.

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CHAPLAIN - Father Eric V. Swearingen, a captain in the California National Guard, celebrates Mass for a unit at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. He is one of two Catholic chaplains ministering to 7,000 Catholic guard members from California. (CNS photo courtesy of California National Guard)

Army National Guard needs Catholic chaplains •

Chief of chaplains describes the situation as a "desperate shortage."

By CLARE MACDONNELL CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

ARLINGTON, Va. - For 361 years, the civilian men and women of the Army National Guard have been activated to serve the country and their states in times of crisis - wars, disasters, emergency missions.

But what happens when there is a crisis in the National Guard?

According to Father Donald Hill, a colonel who is the Army National Guard's chief of chaplains, the guard currently is experiencing a desperate shortage of Catliolic chaplains.

To minister to nearly 83,000 professed Cathol.ics in U.S. guard units, there are only 65 priests, he said. Forty-five percent of Catholic guard members are in Hawaii, with another 20 percent in Illinois, where there are no Catholic chaplains.

A similar shortage also has affected the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, which certifies active-duty chaplains for U.S. military service branches. Earlier this year a spokesman said the archdiocese needs at least 700 active-duty chaplains but has only 459.

Father Hill, who was "Ioarred" to the guard by Bishop Paul A. Zipfel of Bismarck, N.D., in 1993, completes his term as the first Catholic chief of chaplains in July. He is based at National Guard headquarters in Arlington.

In an earlier interview with 'California guard magazines, he said, "I believe the main reason priests are not serving is because the guard is not asking them to serve."

Father Jim Murphy, director of communications for the Sacramento Diocese, said in the same article that many diocesan chaplaincies, such as police, fire, hospitals and prisons, are competing for priests.

"The bishops must consider dozens of needs," he said. But a guard chaplain's part-time schedule of one weekend a month and two weeks of training annually is "not' a terribly big demand," he said.

He told the Arlington Catholic. Herald that chaplains are vital because, unlike civilian priests, chaplai~s are active officers who understand the workings of the military and can relate to their peers.

Father Hill said many Catholics in.the guard are missing the opportunity of placing confidence and trust in a chaplain, especially in the event ·of mobilization, when "the chaplain going with the troops is a familiar and secure person in their midst who understands what they are going through."

The chief of chaplains said any man considering priesthood can choose to serve as a military chaplain. Through a special cosponsorship program of the Military Archdiocese and local dioceses, a priest is ordained for a diocese and works there for three years, then is loaned to the Military Archdiocese for a career as a military chaplain. Following military retirement, the priest returns to the diocese.

Father Hill is confident that the current crisis can be resolved. Despite the acute shortage of priests, long hours apd extensive traveling, he said he relishes the challenges and looks forward to going to work every day.

"I get to work with America's best and I get to serve America's best," he said.

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The st.inging indictment of the 'annulment process contained in Robert H. Vasoli's book, "What God Has Joined Together," originated over 10 years ago when Vasoli became the respondent in an annulment proceeding. Convinced of his marriage's validity, he began to investigate the rationale for annulments and the' system that produces them.

His conclusion: "Revisionist marriage theology, pronullity jurisprudence, the pastoral imperative, psychologization of the annulment process and tribunal administrative policies have been formed into a canonical apparatus designed to euthanize thousands of marriages." He claims marriagetrib"unals in the United States "are profaning Christian marriage."

An indictment, however, is not a conviction. There are certainly problematic and painf!JI features in the theology, policies and practices of American marriage tribunals.,! know some of them firsthand, since my own marriage was annulled. But this jury member .must vote "not guilty." There is still reasonable doubt - lots of it.

To convict the tribunals, Vasoli has to show (among other things) that Vatican II did not modify the Church's teaching on marriage. He bases his argument on just one paragraph of the council's rich treatment of marriage and family life..Since he admittedly cannot read Latin, he bases his case on a mistranslation of this one paragraph of .the council's official text. Apparently, he consulted neither the conciliar discussions that shaped the council's treatment of marriage nor the extensive commentary upon it. In short, he ignores basic principles for interpreting a Church text in his rush to judgment. , If the Church did not modify its teaching on marriage, the requirements for a valid, sacramental, indissoluble marriage are still minimal and easy to me~t. The increase in annulments must, therefore, have a sinister explanation and Vasoli provides one. Theologians and canon lawye.rs have made notions about love, community, and intimacy somehow essential to marriage. Thus they turned an ideal into a norm that few marriages can meet. Then, motivated by "misguided pastoralism," canonists misused psychology to concoct -"defective consent" to this nearly impossible ideal of marriage as grounds for annulment. Their willing and ignorant followers, the personnel of American marriage tribunals, proceed to chum out the judgments that make "mockery of Christ's solemn enjoinder that mere mortals ... can tear asunder what God himself has put together." There are, of course, more reasonable, responsible and generous explanations for the contemporary increase in annulments granted.

Vasoli expects that some will read the book as a "mean-spirited polemic."Well, yes; for it is' drenched in rancor. He misses few chances to disparage and even insult those with whom he differs: while he never examines his own assumptions. (Why, for example, does his sociology professor provide no data to show that facilit~ting annulments will cause more divorces?) There is much useful information collected and organized here, but it is finally sad to see so much energy and intelligence expended on a diatribe.

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"Horse Whisperer" is fascinating story, .film Based on Nicholas Evans' novel, in for the duration in the ranch guest the nearly three-hour movie is dehouse.

Living in the wide open spaces liberately paced to only gradually NEW YORK - Robert Redford opens Annie's eyes to a simpler peel away the psychological destars before and behind the camera lifestyle she has never known, fenses of !TIother and da1Jghter at a in "The Horse Whisperer" (Touch- .where respect is not tied to wield- crucial crossroads in the:,r relationstone), a beautifully filmed tale of ing power in the corporate world. ship. The movie manage:s to be an fractured relationships, both human Grace remains resolutely closed to unusual combination of understated what she considers her rI:lother's yet overlong, and the potential roand animal.

Opening in upstate New York, domineering w~ys but has the time mance is diminished to more of a Grace (Scarlett Johansson), 14, is and space to begin adjusting to the subplot.

With its meticulous attention to the only child of hard-driving loss'of her limb and guilt feelings magazine editor Annie (Kristin over losing her best friend. Plus, detail; 'The Horse Whisperer" Scott Thomas) and gentle lawyer Tom insists Grace earn her keep and should shout for Oscar nomina' tions.

Robert (Sam Neill), a couple for start doing chores.

Because of a gory veh.icular. acMonths pass as Tom works daily whom politeness seems to have replaced passion. with Pilgrim and proves a good lis- cident, mild sexual innuendo and a Grace's early morning horse ride tener to both mother and daughter few instances of profanity, the U.S. in the snow with her best friend as each confides her self-doubts to Catholic Conference cla~sification Judith turns disastrous when the him. An undercurrent of growing is A-II - adults and adolescents. horses slip down an icy slope onto sexual attraction between Tom and The Motion Picture Association of the highway in the path of a huge Annie leads to an impassioned em- America rating is PG-13 -- parents truck that cannot stop in time. brace - and a big decision for are strongly cautioned that some The ghastly accident leaves Annie just as her husbaQd arrives material may be inappropriate for Judith and .her horse dead; Grace's for a visit. children under 13. leg must be amputated and her injured horse, Pilgrim, is so traumatized and violent, it is reco,mmended he be put down.

Knowing Grace's love for Pilgrim, Annie refuses, but as time passes the horse remains a danger to all, and Grace has bottled up her emotions except for hostile outbursts against her take-charge mom.

Having researched articles about emotionally disturbed horses and those who can heal them - called horse whisperers - Annie calls one, Montana rancher Tom Booker (Redford), who scoffs at the idea of making a house call to New York and politely hangs up.

Undeterred - and barely listening to Grace's and her husband's 'objections - Annie packs up the ROBERT REDFORD and Scarlett Johansson star in the horse, Grace and her crutches and drives straight to Montana where romantic drama "The Horse Whisperer:' The U.S. Catholic the startled Tom agrees to look at Conference classification is A-II - adults and adolescents.

Pilgrim. . The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 Offering no promises or any - parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be time frame, Tom will try' to win inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo from Touchback the horse's trust as the esstone Pictures) tranged mother and daughter settle

By GERRI

PARE CAtHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

NEW YORK (CNS) - The fol- gmige and profanity. The U.S. Catholowing are ~apsule reviews of mov- lic Conference classification is 0 ies recently review~d by the U.S. , morally offensive. The Motion PicCatholic Conference Office for I:i1m ture Association of America rating is and Broadcasting.

"Chinese Box" (Trimark) Disjointed pastiche of scenes from the unhappy life of a dying British reporter .(Jeremy Irons) in Hong Kong on 'the eve of the Crown Colony's return to Chinese Nilson is an associate professor of theology at Loyola Univer- sovereignty. Directed by Wayne sity, Chicago, specializing in contemporary Roman Catholicism.

Wang. The use of the dying reporter.as a metaphor for the end ofBritish rule only gets in the way of what is essentially an impressionistic picture of Hong Kong as 1IIIl!i1". . . . . .--&lilil!lfil!iidl'r: : a cultural crossroads of East and ~Y GERRI PARE West which its new rulers will likely R - restricted.

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE ''Lawn Dogs" (Strand) find as puzzling as American viewers.

Disturbing tale in which a Io-yearSexual situations and some rough lanNEW YORK - Here are some television programs of note for the guage. The U.S. Catholic Conference old girl (Mischa Barton) stubbornly . week of May 31: classification is A-ill ~ adults. The seeks out the friendship of a dirt-poor Sunday, May 31, 6-7 p.m. EDT (A&E) "Treasure!: The Quest' Motion Picture Association ofAmerica 21-year-old laborer (Sam Rockwell) for the Maravilla." Documenting treasure hunter Robert Marx's 12- rating is R - restricted. but their innocent relationship is misyear search of the Bermuda Triangle before finding the legendary understood by vicious adults, with ''Homegrown'' (TriStar) Spanish galleon that sank more than 300 years ago "Vith its bounty of路 Dreary tale of three dopeheads tragic results. Director John Duigan gold and silver - and a life-size, solid gold Madonna.

(Hank Azaria, Billy Bob Thornton , delivers a darkly manipulative drama Tuesday, June 2,9-10 p.m. EDT (PBS) "Fooling with Nature." A and Ryan Phillippe) who unwittingly of class prejudices which stacks the "Frontline" documentary examining new evidence in the debate over promise to sell their murdered boss' deck by pitting an entire community the danger of man-made chemicals to human health and the environ- marijuana crop to both a dealer and against a brash but well-meaning to the mob. Director Stephen youth. Sexual situations, some full ment.

Gyllenhail1's lurching mix of sup- nudity, scattered violence and interThursday, June 4, 9-11 p.m. EDT (AB'C) "Alma Awards." Hisposed comedy, drama and suspense mittent profanity as well as rough lanpanic awards special hosted by Jimmy Smits and Daisy Fuentes with is an abysmal failure which treats guage. The U.S. Catholic Conference performances by Patti LaBelle and Celia Cruz, Jon Secada, Stevie drug sales as a highly profitable lark. . classification is A-IV - adults, with .

Wonder and Las Alondras.

Stylized violence, sexual encounters, reservations. Not rated by the Mo~ion Saturday, June 6, 7-8 p.ni. EDT (PBS) "Birding for Kids." Spe- brief nudity, benign attitude toward Picture Association of America. cial introduces children to the colorful,and.fascinating world of birds substance abuse and other criminal ''Little Men" (Legacy) Uneven tale of an 1871 Boston and the wholesome hobby of birding, with tips on how to get started. activity as well as much rough lan-

Upcoming TV programs

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street urchin (Michael Caloz) who makes great progress in a ruml boarding school until his scrappy city pal (Ben Cook) turns up and causes severe problems for the dedicated couple (Mariel Hemingway and Chris Sarandon) who run the school. Directed by Rodney Gibbons from Louisa May Alcott's novel, the dramatization does well in recreating the look and feel of the period but fails to bring any fresh insights to the sentimental story and its sentimentalized characters. A bloody fist fight. a dangerous game with a knife ancl a few curse words. The U.S. Catholi.c Conference classification is A-IT -- adults and adolescents. The Motion .Picture .

Association of America rating is PG -..:... p~ental guidance suggeste:d. , "Quest for Camelot" (Warner Bros.)

Animated fantasy in which a young girl grows up to help a blind youth save King Arthur (voice of Pierce Brosnan) from a false knight (voice of Gary Oldman) with evil powers. Directed by Frederi,;k Du Chan, the movie features numerous violent encounters on a perilous journey to Camelot, which the story changes from a feudal Christian city into a stronghold of democracy on the outskirts of Stonehenge. Heavy fantasy viol~nce and much menace. The U.S. Catholic Conference clas:;ification is A-IT - adults and adolescents.

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G - general audiences.

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medicines in the United States are very positive things, and very much appreciated by the Cuban people."

Asked how he finds most people in the country with a population of 11 million reacting following the papal visit and the response by governments to open up to Cuba, the cardinal said that "On the part of the Catholics (about 4.5 million) themselves, it has generated a great enthusiasm and not only that, but the number of people attending Mass and participating in parishes has increased dramatically."

Even a Protestant pastor told him that the numbers going to his church had increased, the cardinal said with a laugh.

But the cardinal warned that America and other nations should not expect quick and gigantic changes.

"In Cuba, things don't change fast," he asserted. "There: are no giant steps forward. There is just a sort of a constant evolution. The people themselves don't expect radical changes instantly. Instead, in the last 10 years them has been a steady forward improvement in the relationships with the government and the possibility for people to practice their faith. Certainly, the Holy Father's visit was a push that allowed this to move fOlward even quicker. But there already had been a period of growth and evolution, that has continued."

Asked what America can do to

help, Cardinal Ortega flashed a bright smile.

"Everyone asks that same question, not just here in the United States, but everywhere," he said. "Well, there are two levels: one, the more difficult, is the relationship between' governments. The other is between people and people and Church and Church. Many things.can be brought about. The United States certainly helped us prepare for the Holy Father's visit. It was not as costly perhaps as in other countries, but there were expenses that had to be met, and the Church in Cuba did not have the resources to do that. The Church in the United States, Germany and Latin

America certainly assisted."

And there has also been substantial humanitarian aid, he said.

"We have received a great deal of assistance from Catholic Relief Services and from Caritas Cuba, our local Catholic Charity organization. Of the many organizations worldwide that have helped Cuba, the most is CRS. It is the contact that has helped Cubans with medical equipment and medicines, and is a principal means by which Catholics in America have and can help us so much."

The cardinal was scheduled to visit in Toronto, Canada, last Monday and fly back to Cuba last Tuesday.

Arzu

On eve of his 78th birthday, the pontiff issues gentle message about the journey to old age.

By CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ROME - On the eve of his 78th birthday, Pope John Paul II told young people it was important for him to remember he was once young, but it was also important for them to remember they will grow old.

The children ofAssumption Parish on the northeast outskirts of Rome sang "Happy Birthday" in

Italian to the visiting pope May 17, the day before his birthday.

Pope John Paul described himself to the children as an "elderly priest."

"This morning, when I met the children, I thought, 'You, too, were once like this,''' he told parishioners after Mass. "Now I am a peer of those who are more elderly."

The pope told young people in the parish, "Do not forget that one day you, too, will be elderly, just as I do not forget that I was once young."

During his homily, Pope John Paul told parishioners that, like the apostles, they must be open to the Holy Spirit as they seek to spread

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the bishop reported. "I encouraged the ambassador that accompanied President Arzu to prevail on the U.S. government for a more positive attitude towards the immigrants. The last Congress has been hard on them."

"It was also an opportunity to get a briefing from the president himself into the ongoing investigation into Bishop Gerardi's murder.

Arzu was also accompanied by the war minister. They described for me the status of the investigation. They have received help from the FBI and are seeking help from Scotland Yard and the InterpoL" But most important, says Bishop O'MaIley, "is that the

Pope reminds youth they will grow old •

Fri., May 22, 1998

the Gospel in their neighborhood and care for their hurting neighbors, especially the elderly who are alone and young people addicted to drugs.

He prayed that they would follow the Spirit's lead as they evangelize "where people live, study and work, in the places of joy and suffering, in celebrations and in the daily unfolding of events."

"Do not be discouraged if sometimes your strengths seem limited or inadequate for the breadth of the mission," the pope said. "In today's Gospel, Jesus assures us that the Consoler, the Holy Spirit sent by the Father in the name of Jesus, is always with us."

president assured me that the investigation will not jeopardize the peace process. Despite this terrible setback; he feels that there is a great 'hope that the process will continue. He assured me that he will do everything to solve this crime. There are some recent discoveries that have not been made public yet. The investigation is intense and they want to demonstrate their desire to have a transparent investigation so that when all is done, people will be satisfied."

Bishop O'Malley said that in the past, government investigations of this kind have had little credibility and even the current investigation has been criticized as being flawed, "But President Arzu truly wants to get to the bottom of this. Now that democracy has been initiated and the peace process begun, he feels it is important to demonstrate the serious [intent] of this government to deal with this," Since the murder, Church officials have been cautious in their public criticism of the murder inquiry ordered by Arzu. A high level government commission, including government ministers, has been named to follow the case.

After weeks of deliberation, the bishops' conference declined President Arzu's offer to join the commission. Thirteen of the 16 bishops opposed the Church's participation, and instead asked the government for a permanent channel for communication in the case.

Arzu has promised to do this, said Bishop O'Malley.

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Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., May 22, 1998

Rabbi. to receive papal knighthood â&#x20AC;˘

Rabbi Mordecai Waxman of New York is the first rabbi to receive the honor.

By GEORGE P. MATYSEK JR. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

BALTIMORE Rabbi Mordecai Waxman, for more than 30 years a tireless promoter of Catholic-Jewish dialogue, was recently made a Knight Commander of St. Gregory the Great at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore.

He was the fifth Jew and the first rabbi to be enrolled in the 167-yearold papal equestrian order, to which non-Catholics have been admitted only in recent years.

Acting on behalf of Pope John Paul II, Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore draped the goldtrimmed, enameled medallion of the order around Rabbi Waxman's neck in ceremonies at the end of a meeting of the National Catholic-Jewish Consultation. The rabbi and the cardinal cochair the consultation.

"Over the years, Rabbi Waxman has been a consistent peacemaker and has worked for reconciliation between the Jewish people and the Catholic Church," the cardinal said.

"He has done so consistently and, at times, has spoken also in a criti-

cal role.... He has been a firm yet fair teacher to all of us in the dialogue."

Rabbi Waxman, 81, recently celebrated his 50th anniversary as rabbi ofTemple Israel in Great Neck, N.Y. He is president of the National Council of Synagogues, former president of the Synagogue Council of America and former editor of Conservative Judaism, a quarterly publication of the Rabbinical Assembly, the national rabbinical association of Conservative Jews.

In 1987, as chairman of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Relations, he played a key role in rebuilding Catholic-Jewish relations th~t nearly collapsed following a papal meeting with Austrian President Kurt Waldheim, whose long-hidden World War II record as part of a Nazi military unit had recently been revealed. .

That September Rabbi Waxman addressed the pope on behalf of the U.S. Jewish community at a papal meeting with Jews in Miami. Just weeks before he had led the Jewish delegation in intense Catholic-Jewish negotiations in Italy which prevented a cancellation of the Miami meeting.

That same year Rabbi Waxman and Cardinal (then Bishop) Keeler, the U.S. bishops' episcopal moderator for Catholic-Jewish relations,

collaborated to establish the National Catholic-Jewish Consultation.

Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before .the immensity ofYour Light, that Your eternal goodness may open to me the doors and make me enter into It to form my life all in You, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little group of the sons and daughters ofYour Supreme FIAT. Prostrate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it clothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, Divine Will. It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, the enrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not want the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast it away from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happiness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall have a singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things and conducts them to God. Here. prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and thus return in me the first order of creation, just as the creature was created.

Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Fiat, take my hand and introduce me into the Light of the Divine Will. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and will teach me to live in and to maintain myself in tJte order and the bounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the doctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively to Your lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so that the infernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to entice me and make me fall into the maze of the human will.

Heart of my greatest: Good, Jesus, You will give me Your flames that they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to form in me the Life of the Divine Will.

Saint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian of my heart, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands. You will keep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everything so that my Eden may flourish and be the instrument that draws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen. ( In Honor ofLuisa Piccarreta 1865-1947 Child ofthe Divine Will)

Pope John Paul II has brought to the church."

CARDINAL WILLIAM H. KEELER congratulates U.S. Rabbi Mordecai Waxman clfter presenting him with the medal of the Knights of S1. Gregory the Great in Baltimore. Waxman, a key promoter of Catholic-Jewish dialogue, is the first rabbi to receive the papal honor. (CNS photo by Denise Walker)

Despite tragedy, Swiss Guar(l serves¡ faithfully . By LYNNE WElL

Consecration to the Divine Will

Rabbi Waxman said the honor was a "testament to the spirit that

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - The interim head of the Swiss Guard said in a statement that the corps would continue to serve faithfully despite the difficulties in the wake of their commander's shooting death.

Col. Roland Buchs, brought back from six months' retirement in Switzerland to head the army of 100 until another successor is named, said the corps would continue "in the hour of great tension (as well as) in tranquil moments, with pride and courage and in absolute faith."

He added that each member of the guard would act "according to the best, centuries-long tradition" of the corps, honoring "the memory of their fallen commander."

The statement, made available in German, French and Italian at the Vatican was dated May 7. Authorities at the Vatican press office said they could offer no explanation for the delay.

On the night of May 4, Col. Alois Estermann and his wife were killed in their home, hours after Pope John Paul II had promoted Estermann to head the Swiss Guard.

Investigators found that Cedric Tornay, a guardsman with an apparent grudge against his commander, shot the couple at close range with his service revolver, then turned the gun on himself.

Buchs wrote that the corps was "profoundly touched" by the incident, which had produced "deep p\lin" and questions that "only God can answer."

He recalled that each Swiss Guard had sworn to give "his person, his time, his life" to protect the pope, "and we affirm that now, even

today, forever."

Buchs also noted that each guardsman "owes his obedience and loyalty to his superiors and to orders received."

Shortly before the shooting, Tornay had left a note with another guardsman complaining that he had been unfairly denied an award after suffering "all the injustices" of more than three years' service.

Members of Tornay's family and

his friends in Rome told journalists that the 23-year-old guardsman felt Estermann was unduly harsh on him, applying disproportionate disciplinary measures agciinst him while sparing others.

At Tornay's May 7 funeral Mass, Bishop Amedee Grab of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, Switzerland, said the shooting incident indicated a need for some reorganization of the Swiss Guard.

Lebanese monk, Spanlsh nuns are beatified

By CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE VATICAN CITY - Beatifying a Lebanese Maronite monk and 11 Spanish nuns, Pope John Paul II prayed for an increase of p1eace ~nd solidarity in Lebanon and Spain.

Lebanese President Elias Hrawi was among the hundreds of Lebanese who traveled to Rome for the beatification Mass in St. Peter's Square.

"May the Lebanese land continue to be a land of witnesses and saints and become, furthermore, a land of peace and fraternity," the pope said' after beatifying Father Nimatullah Kassab al-Hardini, who died in 1858.

The pope said Maronite and other Catholics should look to Father al- .

Hardini as an example of a Christian whose faith was nourished in contemplative prayer and asceticism, but who also sought to know his faith better through the study of theology and live his faith through serving the needy.

Ten of the II Spanish nuns beatified at the same Mass were martyred in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. "I ask God that the marvelous example of these women who shed their blood for Christ, forgiving from the heart their executioners, will support the firm resolve of Spanish society to live in peace and freedom," the pope said after the Mass.

The pope beatified seven Visitation Sisters, two Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and a Discalced Carmelite nun who were killed in 1936.

He also beatified Discalced Carmelite Sister Maria Maravillas Pidal Chico de Guzman, a founder of several Carmelite monasteries in Spain; she died in 1974.

During his homily at the Mass, the pope said, "We give thank:; to God for the great work he has accomplished in this brother and these sisters of ours, who shine like beacons of hope for all."

Archbishop: Limit any U.S. sanctions for India nuke tests

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -A U.S. bishops' official urged the Clinton administration to exempt humanitarian and development aid if the U.S. government imposes restrictions on India because of its nuclear tests.

Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, chairman of the U.S. bishops' International Policy Committee, also said that the United States' moral credibility in urging India to forgo nuclear weapons depended on U.S. willingness to ratify the comprehensive test ban treaty.

Archbishop McCarrick's letter to National Security Adviser Samuel Berger quoted the U.S. bishops' 1993 pastoral letter, 'The Harvest of Justice is Sown in Peace:."

In that letter, the bishops said "an active commitment by the United States to nuclear disarmament and the strengthening of collective security is the only moral basis for temporarily retaining our deterrent and our insistence that other nations forgo these weapons."

Archbishop McCarrick told Berger he shared "the dismay of the Clinton administration and so many others at the decision of the Indian government to test nuclear weapons."

But he said the government must "take due care to avoid imposing burdens" that the poor"can scarcely bear."

"It is regrettable that India has diverted scarce resources to develop weapons of mass destruction when so many of its own people suffer intolerable misery," the 'archbishop said. "Nevertheless, U.S. government aid is vital for large numbers of India's most vulnerable people."

Meanwhile in Tokyo, the Japanese bishops' Council for Justice and Peace said India had destroyed its

heritage by conducting the nuclear ern state of Rajasthan, demonstrated tests, reported UCA News, an Asian India's capability to manufacture church news agency based in Thai- nuclear weapons. On May 13, India land. performed two more nuclear tests in In a letter addressed to the Indian the same region. ambassador to Japan, Siddharth Singh, the r---------------...., council said, "As a naI. tion with Mahatma Gandhi's vision of nonviolence, it is tragic to witness India destroy its own heritage of liberation and national idenURDD tity.

"We have admired the great religions of your nation and their traditions of nonviolence. It was with your leadership that we, along with others, had hoped to bring OUI1 world into a truly peaceful era," the coun~ cil said.

"Where now will the world find a voice of peace on behalfof those people and those nations who stand in the threat of your nuclear weapons?" it asked.

Speaking as "the only .. nation that has experi. f • enced the hell and de- t struction of nuclear weapons;' the Japanese group wrote that India's blasts have damaged "the fragile efforts" toward VISITORS to an Indian army exhibit "the future destruction of look over an exact-scale replica of the all nuclear ~eapons;" , Prithvi missile in Bombay in April. The An Indian go~ern- Indian-made surface-to-surface missile is ment statement smd the . three underground capable of carrymg a nuclear warhead. nuclear tests May Il at India announced that it had carried out Pokhran, a desert re- three successful nuclear tests May 11. gion in the northwest- (eNS/Reuters photo)

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I~~"S~t~u~d;=:=e~nt~s~w~o~r~k~i~n="~=~~~~-=========~~â&#x20AC;˘ .community, receive awards FALL RIVER-The chapter of Habitat for Humanity at Bishop Connolly High School has elected officers for the next school year. Dean Lauzon, chapter moderator announced them as follows: Fred Torphy, president; Bill Sylvia, vice-president; Chris Brodeur, secretary; and Anne Elliot, treasurer. The group had a successful first year according to Lauzon, ~ho said that they are looking to expand and involve more students n"ext 'year. They constructed and refurbished housing on the corner of Buffinton "and Rodman Streets in Fall River this year. " The school's community service program has been bUSy. with involvement in the Boston Walk for Hunger and clothing drives for local shelters. The"ir next project will be the "Pan-Mass Challenge," a bike-a-thoQ from "Boston to Provincetown." Lauzon will be representing the school in the fight against cancer.

Connolly students have won awards for their artwork this academic year. Bayley Capodilupo won two gold keys, a portfolio nomination and honorable mention in the Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards (BGSAA).

Jessica Morse and Carrie Novo also received honorable. mention in the BGSAA. Dawn Brooder won "first place for grade 11 in the Greater Fall River Art Association and Lindsey Capodilupo received first place for grade nine. Elyse Travers was nominated for Art All-State held at th~ Worcester Art Museum and Stephen Medeiros was nominated and accepted for the event.

Bishop Connolly will conduct its second annual Soccer Camp August 17-21. For younger players, ages 9-12, it stresses fundamental skill development in all aspects of individual and team play. For more info~ma­ tion call the athletic department at 676-1032.

Junior Andrew Gaboury has been selected to attend the summer sessions of the 1998 Presidential Classroom Scholars Program in Washington D.C. As a scholar, he will meet with and question some of the country's most influential leaders, observe Congress in action and visit sites throughout the capital.

LEARNING ABOUT SAFETY-Officer Phil Lacerda teaches elementary students; at St. Joseph's School, Fairhaven, about safety in a program offered by the Fairhaven PoliGe Department. "It consisted of show and tell cards with questions and children learned how and when to call 911, what to do if a stranger approaches them and many other safety precautions.

Sports teams finding success ATTLEBORO-Bishop Feehan High School Senior Class Moderator, Sheila Haskins, has "announced that a senior class cruise aboard the Spirit of Boston will take place onMay 26. The evening includes dinner, dancing and a three-hour cruise.

The annual Student Council Awards Night will"take place on May 27 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Parents are invited and there will be a reception immediately following in the cafeteria.

Athletic Director Paul O'Boy announced that the Senior Sports Awards Breakfast will be held on May 31. Mass will take place in the school auditorium at 8:30 a.m., followed by a buffet breakfast in the cafeteria.

The school's golf team, under the direction oOO-year coach Neil Loew, clinched the Eastern Athletic Conference with a thrilling 6-stroke victory over defending division II state champions Coyle Cassidy of Taunton.

Freshmen Justin Ciombor's score of 42 clinched the victory for the undefeated Shamrocks.

With a recent win, the Feehan boys' baseball team was vaulted into sole possession of first place in its division. The team rode the masterful 6-hit pitching of senior David Grof who recorded his 17th career victory, making him the winningest pitcher in the school's history. He was supported by the hitting of senior Jeff Renga who banged out four hits.

Sister Pat Harrington, student council moderator, has announced that the la~t dance of the year will take place on June 11 from 7-10 p.m. in the school cafeteria.

OUR LADY OF LOURDES School, Taunton, held its annual May Crowning Ceremony recently. The entire school participated through prayer, song and procession. Kindergarten students Tahra LaCroix (left) and Kendra Amaral were chosen to crown the statue of Mary. The ceremony was led

by Father John A. Gomes.

INDUCTED-Bishop Feehan High School Athletic Director, Paul O'Boy (left) stands with Tom Glynn ('72), his wife, Joanne O'Boy, and Lou Sousa ('72) at the school's third annual athletic hall of fame induction. Sousa, a football and baseball standout, was inducted into the hall and was joined for the ceremony by his former teammate Glynn.

BISHOP FEEHAN High School junior Amy Womack and her mother, Linda Womack, enjoy breakfast at the 32nd annual North Attleboro-Plainville Alice Agnew Chamber of Commerce breakfast at Highland Country Club, Attleboro. The event honored newly inducted National Honor Society members from North Attleboro, King Philip, Tri-County, and Bishop Feehan High Schools.

THE ANCHOR -Diocese of Fall River - Fri., May 22, 1998

Is friendship possible with Mom and Dad?

·Our Rock and Role

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To tell the truth

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It's their job.

I started by saying that my daughter and I had a wonderful weekend. Jessica has graduated from college and lives on her own.

Teens and their parents may get along, but they are almost never friends.

I just had a really wonderful weekend with my daughter, now 24, and it struck me that actual friendship is finally a possibility.

Teenagers, living at home, can hardly be friends with Mom or Dad. You can 'really like each other. You can have a lot of fun together. Still, FOR YOOTH • flBOUT YOUTH you aren't friends.

Friends are social equals. A bossy friend, who tells you what you can and can't do, makes you We took a short trip together beangry. "Where do you come off, cause we enjoy each other's com. giving me instructions?" pany. . In friendship one may take the We often traveled together when lead some of the time, but it goes she was a teen, but it was obvious back and forth. Friendships that how much had changed. It was great.

First, I wasn't making any rules. work are based on shared decision A 24-year-old woman doesn't need making.

But parents make rules for their her Daddy giving instructions. She teens. Well-behaved, responsible said what she'd like to do, and I did teens don't require much supervi- the same - and we did whatever sion, but there must be understand- we both thought sounded like fun.

Driving along a country road we ings about things like curfew, school attendance and chores. Par- saw a field full of Shetland ponies. ents make those rules, and kids fol- On impulse I pulled over and we stood along the fence, looking at low them·.

When parents and teens try to be them - just because I wanted to.

Later in the evening, we made friends, the whole rule thing gets confused. Teresa, thinking of Mom popcorn and watched a movie as her friend, gets upset when Mom because Jessica thought that insists that she take care of her sounded like fun.

We didn't have rules, because younger sister instead of hanging we're social equals now. out at the mall with her friends.

It was different another way - a ~'Friends:' she may think,"don't make you do things." Friends don't, way that surprised me and pleased me quite a bit. When we checked out of .but parents do. It's their job.

Parents trying to be friends with the motel and the bill came for the their teens can worry so much about room, Jessica said, "Dad, you paid to whether or not their kids like them . rent the car, let me pay for this."

She meant .it. A grown woman, that enforcing rules is forgotten.

That causes problems for parents she thought she should pay her half of our shared expenses. and teens alike.

I let her. I've hardly felt so taken There's another difference.

Friends usually share expenses care of in my entire life. This equally. If one always pays for the wasn't some kid, it was my fullmovies, while the other goes along grown daughter. And it was my without putting money in, it isn't friend Jessica. fair. Teens recognize unfairness, Your comments are welcome. and in friendships that work the Please address: Christopher contributions are nearly equal.

That isn't so with parents and Carstens, c/o Catholic News Serteens. Grown-ups pay for almost vice, 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washeverything - the house, the bills. ington, D.C. 20017.

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These lyrics seem to be a metaphor for behavior that harms you or others. Especially hurtful are words or actions that deceive others. When we lie we create a secret and dark life.

I often encourage teens to live in the light of their integrity. This means choosing to tell the truth, even in the smallest of matters. Sometimes telling the truth leads to unwanted consequences. Yet few actions "lose the soul" quicker than decep~ion. If you are doing something wrong, own up to it.

Don't lose your soul to lying.

If you do temporarily give up your integrity, you can recover it. As Catholics, we are fortunate to have the sacrament of reconciliation. This is a special way that God helps us to rediscover the person we were created to be.

We need to learn from our mistakes, but God does not want us to get stuck in guilt and regret. By going to confession we can turn to a new page in our lives. God's forgiveness is a way for us to recover our souls and establish new ways of behaving in the future.

Yes, there are ways that we can lose our souls. If you realize that you are not becoming the person God wants you to be, turn your current behavior into a temporary detour rather than a destination. Start today to recover your soul.

Baby you're missing Something in the air.

I got a name but it don't matter.

What's going on?

It's cold in here.

You have a life but it's torn and tattered.

Maybe you're losing Pieces of your heart. .

You have a world but it stopped turning.

You lose the day And gain the dark.

Love was a fire but it stopped bl!rning.

Refrain: So spare your heart save your soul But don't ~rag your love across the coals.

Find your feet, and your fortune can be told.

Relax, relax, let go.

And hey now let's recover And hey now let's recover And hey now let's recover your soul.

(Repeat first six lines) (Repeat refrain twice) Written by Elton JohnlTaupin Sung by Elton John Copyright (c) 1997 by William A. Bong Ltd.

Elton John's latest hit, "Re- your own personality, interests cover Your Soul," off his new and abilities. It is a mistake to CD "The Big Picture," sings of change yourself just to be acthe steps to take when you feel .cepted by others. No accepyou are losing your soul. tance or approval is worth as The song says, "Maybe much as that which comes you're losing pieces of your from within. heart." We can lose our souls Consequently, know your when we don't live according values and act on them. Exto our hearts. That mean~ each press your own goals. Don't of us must be \yho God created give away pieces of your heart Your comments are aius to be. We cannot be some- just to belong to a certain group 'ways welcome. Please address: Charlie Martin, 7125 one else. Neither do we need or be accepted by peers.

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Publicity Chairmen· are .will be at the shrine on May 29 ai' asked to'submit news items for 7:30 p.m. for an evening of song, this column to The Anchor, P.O: ,witness and prayer. All welcome. .The musicalgroup'''Brethren'' Box 7, Fall-River, 02722. Name of city or town should ·be in- will perform .at the shrine's cofcluded,. lis well as full dates of feehouse series on May 30 at 6:30 all' activities. DEADLINE IS p.m: All welcome.

NOON ON MONDAYS. AT'T L E B 0 R 0 - St. Events published must be of interest and open to our general Stephen's Parish will hold a Meread'ership. We do not nor- morial Day Mass on May 25 at mally . carry notices of 10 a.m. in its cemetery: Refreshfundraising activities, which ments will be served'at the church may be advertised· at our regu- following Mass. Those attending lar rates, obtainable from our are encouraged to bring lawn' business office at (508) 675- chairs. In case of rain the Mass 7151. will be held in the church.

ATTLEBORO-The sixth animal Filipino Pilgrimage Day and Mayflower Festival' will be held at La Salette Shrine on May 24. The day begins at 10:30 a.m. and includes a rosary and procession, Mass, potluck reception, and entertainment. Participants are encouraged to' wear traditional Filipino attire. For more information call Father William Slight at 222-5410 or Charito Paz at (617) 479-6471.

A Portuguese Healing Service will be held at; the shrine on May 24 at 2 p.m. It will be led by Father Manuel Pereira and include Mass, music and' the opportunity for people to be prayed over and anointed individually.

Singer and musician John Polce

FALL RIVER-On May 31 Father Horace Travassos, pastor of St. William's Church, will celebratethe 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood with. a Mass at 11 :30 a.m. A reception' will follow in the Msgr. Considine Center on Stafford' Road at Chicago Street. All welcome.

FALL RIVER~There will be no regular meeting of the'rall River Widowed Group this month. Members will attend the 10 a.m. Mass on May 3 r at the Cathedral and attend a hmcheon following. the service. For'm()re information call Annette Dellecese at 679:'3278.

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O'Connell; $200 Mary Jean Birch, M·M Albert St. Michael $1,OOO'ln memory olldola M. McEntee, M-M P~ul M. Murray, M-Ivl Henry Rainbows is' a program for children whose parents have divorced Hargraves; $300 M·M Paul Raymond; $135 Noon, M-MArthur F. Watson, Ann Wttte; $180 In memory of Catherine G. & James P. Fox; M;M, Anthony Salvato; $165' M-M Stanley or separated. AU welcome. $125 M·M 'Charles Viens, M-M John M. Nowak; $150Hik:la and Joann Dagenais, M-M, Farias; $100' M-M Paul Gagnon, M·M Alan Paul'F. Kelley, M·M Paul P. O'Brien; $'125 M·M SANDWICH'-The Cape Hutchinson, M·M Manuel H. Silveira, Dr./Mrs. Rocco Locantore, Sr.; Han. Mary Sullillan; $1 00 Jleritage Rehabilitation & Nursing Robert Wilcox, M~M Norbert Flores; M-M Evelyn M. Arnold, William Bamatt, M-M Ralph Center will present the "Annual Robert Peloquin, M-~' Roger Lamonde, M- Bames, M·M Thomas Blute, M-M EVElrett Boy, Kathryn Brophy, Patricia Concannon; ,IA-M EdSenior Health Spring Break" as MBernard Grabert, M-M Billy E. Dolin.

TAUNTON: ward J. Cox, Jr., M-M Joseph E. Crowley, M-M part of its health and wellness seImmaculate Conception' $100 Allan .Garroll R. Cusick, Mrs. Albert Davenport, John ries on· May 28 from 9-10 a.m. It .Curley, M·M Allen Hathaway, M·M Normand Devincentis, M-M John M. Doyle, Cornelius J. will be held in the conference room Marotte, M·M Steven Coughlin.

Driscoll, M-M Richard C. V. Fish, M~W William at Cape Heritage,. ~7 Rte. 6A, and Our Lady of Lourdes $600 SI. Vincent Greenwood, M-M John J. Hanratty, M-M refreshments will be served. Free dePaul Society; $150 Mrs; Louise Perry; $1 00 Raymond L. Hebert, M-M John JOYCI~, Marie health screens include: blood pres- Mrs. Fernanda Oliveira; M-M Brian Carr, M·' M. Kelley, M·M JosephA. Kudera, M·M Riehsure, glucose, hearing and choles- MJames Copeland, Mrs. Julienne Phillips, ard Larkin, Mrs. Gordon Uster, M·M Fobert J. M-M Manuel Medeiros, M-M James Keough, Lowrie, Mrs. Patrick Mathews, M·M J<lmes R. t~rol tests. The program "Avoid M-M' Joseph Figuerido, M-M Dinis Correia, McGrath, M·M Richard Meaney, M·M James Suinmer Slip-Up~" will also be M·M Emanuel de Sousa, M-M Vasaco De Moore, William R. Mosher, M-M Richard A. conducted. AU welcome. ' Barros, M·M Mark Perry, Paul Camacho, M: O'Connor, M-M Thomas Peterson, Jr., Kathryn M Richard Veilleux, Rev. Mr. Robert Faria, Prindiville, Alice Pumphret, Mrs. Charllls Reid, ~ M·M Robert Mendes. .

M-M Duncan'R. Roberts, Susan Smilh, M·M Our l;ady of'the Holy Rosary $125 Mrs. Albert Stiglmeier; Mary Sylvia, Barbara Tessier, Frances G. Gorczyca, Mrs. Anna Sienko; Margaret Walsh, M·M Paul T. Kirk, Ann P. '.

NATION·AL $100 Anne Kalacznik, M-M Gilbert Levesque; O'Keefe, Gladys Zinkevich.

Mrs. Anita Maciejowski, M-M Theodore J. ,WESTPORT MORTGAGE Wojcik, M-M Joseph Arcikowski, Jr. Our Lady of Grace $700 Father flichard .

Sacred Heart $!160 M·M Richard Andrade; L. Chretien; $250 Beverly Guinen; $2UO M-M . $125 Miss. Rita O'Donnell, M-M Monsour John 'DucloS; $150 M-MJohn Ducloli; $125 Hanoud; $110 M·M Gilbert Perry, Mr. Arthur M-M Robert Eastwood, M-M Joseph Moniz, Low, low rates starting at Travers, Mrs. James Fahey, M-M Robert John J. Sparks; $100 M·M Richard Bussiere, Dennen.

M-M Peter Duclos, M-M Paul Vidal, M-M ° St. Anthony $1 ,615 Afriend of CCA.; $500 Dennis Heaton, M-M Patrick Ruddy, M-M Daniel Camara, Father Maurice O. Gauvin; Bruce Fernandes, M-M Jean Boule, Phyllis No points, no closing costs $350 In loving memory' of John C. Correia; Carpenter, Joseph Simonin, In memory of 1st, 2nd, 3rd MORTGAGES $250 Afriend, Atty. &Mrs. Joseph DeMello; Carol AM Garand PhelJix, John Wol~:ey, MPurchase or Refinance Improvement &. Repair $200Two from afriend, Cynthia Abreau; $175 MDonald Maynard, M-M Robert Eas:wood, Debt Consolidation Afriend; $125 Afriend; $120 Afriend; $100 M-M Joseph Moniz, Beverly Guinen.

Credit Card Pay Otis Nine from afriend, Margaret Aleixo & Manuel SI. George $500 Father Gerard A. Hebert; HorTie Equity Loans Medeiros, M-M.Joseph Amaral, M·M Manuel $200 M-M Carlos Costa; $180 M-~I Paul Commercial Loans Camara, Jr., M-M Manuel Costa, M-M Ernest Dion; $150 M·M Paul Methot; $140 M-M 2nd Homes Tuition' Enos, Herbert Jacinto, In memory of Larry Natale Lapriore; $100 M-M Joseph Sell Employed Keating, M-M Anthony Medeiros, Donald McConnell, Pauline Rubbo, M-M Thomas No Income Verfication Nunes, Dolores Nunes, M"M Duarte' Pedro, Kenyon, Ernest Bohnoutka.

Poor Credit - No Credit M·M Joseph Sousa. .

St. John the Baptist $1,000 M-M John P. Pay Oil Uens & Attachments . St. Jacques $1,000 Father Thomas E. 'Raposa, Dr. Wilfred Carney; $200 M-M John Foreclosure - Bankruptcy Morrissey; $150 Yvonne Labonte; $125 Fennelly, Mr. Leonard Rock;,$11 0 M-~I John Free application on Intemet http://www.ccnm;com Maurice Larocque; $100 Mayor & Mrs. Rob- Fazzina; $100 Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Callen, Application taken on phone ert Nunes, M-M Clive Olson, M·M Wesley Cramilda Costa, M-M Walter Grundy, Mrs. No application lee.

Schondek, M·M Paul Slivinski, M·M Robert Clare Long, Ms. Gail Martin, M·M Donald Fast service. Call Now· We Can Helpl Souza, M-M Michael Yelle.

McCarthy, M·M Joel Sunderland, Mr. Francis , 51. Mary $500 Eileel) Martin; $360 Toohey, MrS. Eileen zalewski.

MB # 1161 Catherine McCarthy; $300 Clotilde Nason, WOODS HOLE \..

'APR 8.375, 30 yr $10k min. ~ William & Veronica Watson; $250 Daily & St. Joseph $500 FatherJames P. Dalzell.

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