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MEMORIES OF PORTUGAL: From left, a Terceiran villager paints his house in anticipation of the pope's visit; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin with his host, Bishop Aurelio Grana·da of the diocese of Angra, Azores; the bishop in front of the Fatima guesthouse at which the pope, he and Msgr. Oliveira were accommodated. (Msgr: Oliveira photos)

Bishop, chancellor recall Fatima papal trip By Pat McGowan with Catholic News Service reports A friendly wave from Sister Lucia dos Santos, only survivor of the

shepherd children of Fatima, Portugal, to whom Our Lady appeared in 1917; the sight of nearly a million candles thrust skyward in the night as throngs prayed the rosary with Pope John Paul II at the

Plane memorializes Fall River brother A very special plane landed last weekend at the Fall River municipal airport. Dedicated to Brother Normand Berger, it memorializes the Brother of Christian Instruction who grew up in Fall River and Tiverton, RI, attended the brothers' former Prevost elementary and high schools in Fall River, then entered the community at age 18. After graduating from Walsh College, conducted by the broth-

ers in Canton, 0., Brother Berge,r became an announcer and the chief engineer at a Jesuit-run radio station in Nome, Alaska. While there he earned a private pilot's certificate and later was certified as a commercial pilot and airplane mechanic. In 1987 he went to Zaire, Africa, as a bush pilot with a group of Canadian brothers. There, in 1989, at age 40, he, thre~ other brothers Turn-to Page II

STANDIN G beside plane memorializing their son, Brother Normand Berger, are Lorraine and Normand Berger. At left, Guy Gervais, a bush pilot with Brother Berger, who flew the plane into Fall River. (Studio 0 photo)

Fatima shrine: those are among memories of Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, the only U.S. bishop to participate in the May 10 to 13 papal pilgrimage to the Azores, Madeira and mainland Portugal. The bishop was invited to share the pope's 50th trip outside Italy by Bishop Aurelio Granada of the diocese of Angra, Azores. He was

accompanied b'y diocesan chancellor Msgr. John J. Oliveira. The Angra and Fall River dioceses have had close ties for many years. Fall River has the largest population of Azorean immigrants of any U.S. diocese. . Bishops Granada and Cronin were the only bishops to greet the pope on his arrival on the Azorean

island ofTerceira May II, although other prelates, including Cardinal Antonio Ribeiro, patriarch of Lisbon, were aboard the papal plane. Bishop Cronin participated in the pope's motorcade through several small villages en route from the Terceira airport to Toiros di Turn to Page II J

Children killed for body parts, allege, Latin American bishops WASHINGTON (CNS) Latin America's bishops have condemned the kidnapping, illegal adoption and killing of Latin American children - which they say in some cases are committed for the sale of body parts to First World countries. "How could we keep silent when we are confronted with so many sins against life like abortion,con~raception, euthanasia, and the trafficking of children and their physical elimination for the transplant of organs," the Latin American bishops' council, or CELAM, said in a May I statement. The council, meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, agreed to push for the investigation of 20 possible cases of alleged murder and organ theft. Bishop Luis Armando Bambaren Gastelumendi of Chimbote, Peru, told Catholic News Service May 14 that the bishops spent a great deal of their time discussing the injustices and violence plaguing Latin American children.

He said some 1,400 street children were murdered in Brazil from January to April. "Children deserve Our respect and love and nothing less," he said. "As a society we need to give protection to our children and their rights." The National Movement in Defense of Street Kids, a human rights group in Brazil, said the children are being murdered by off-duty

security guards, police and death squads who are being paid by small shopowners to eliminate petty thievery. More than 7 million children roam Brazil's streets. Vigilante groups blame them for hurting tourism and business. Joao Ricardo Dornelles, a law professor at Rio's Pontifical Catholic University, said civil Turn to Page II

Appeal at $1,949,827.61 Reports from parishes and Special Gift collectors have brought the total of the 1991 Catholic Charities Appeal to $1 ,949,827.61. Collectors for the Special Gifts and parish phases of the Appeal are asked to complete their calls this weekend, May 25-26. The Catholic Charities Appeal Office will be closed on Memori~l Day, Monday, May 27, but Appeal books will be open until 10 a.m. Tuesday,

May 28. All reports received by this time will be credited to the 1991 Appeal. To assure 'such credit, last-minute reports should be brought in person to Appeal Headquarters, 410 Highland Avenue, Fall River. Parish Honor Roll Parishes which have surpassed their 1990 final Appeal totals in this year's Appeal will be enrolled Turn to Page 13

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Leading Parishes AITLEBORO SI. John, Attleboro SI. Mary, Seekonk MI. Carmel, Seekonk . SI. Mark, Attleboro Falls SI. Mary, Mansfield

42,272.00 34,079.00 29,371.00 24,374.00 22,412.00

CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AREA SI. Pius X, So. Yarmouth SI. Francis Xavier, Hyannis Our Lady of Victory, Centerville Holy Trinity, West Harwich SI. Patrick, Falmouth

80,175.50 57,814.25 34,188.20路 34,165.50 31,199.00

FALL RIVER AREA Holy Name Our Lady of Fatima, Swansea SI. Thomas More, Somerset SI. John of God, Somerset SI. Stanislaus

36,834.50 24,416.00 23,355.00 22,447.50 22,147.00

NEW BEDFORD AREA MI. Carmel Immaculate Conception SI. Mary, So. Dartmouth S!. Mary, New Bedford S!. Julie Billiart, No. Dartmouth

40,918.25 34,545.90 27,832.00 20,632.50 20,292.00

TAUNTON AREA SI. Ann, Raynham St. Joseph, Taunton SI. Mary, Taunton SI. Paul, Taunton Holy Cross, So. Easton

29,403.00 20,219.00 18,067.00 17,759.00 16,232.56

Parish Totals AITLEBORO Attleboro \ Holy Ghost SI. John SI. Joseph SI. Mark SI. Stephen SI. Theresa

14,238.65 42,272.00 9,958.00 24,374.00 9,125.00 21,565.00

FALL RIVER AREA Fall River SI. Mary's Cathedral Blessed Sacrament Espirito Santo Holy Cross Holy Name Notre Dame

$90 Residents of Marian Manor' $75 In Memory of Isabele & Edward Murby, Sr. ' . In Memory of Edward MurbY,Jr. .

$50 Holy Rosary Church ceo; Gondola Cafe, . . \

Parishes FALL RIVER rington; $150 Stanley j, Wineta; $120 M/M George McCauley; $100 M/M William Rys, M/M Edward DeCiccio, In Memory of James E. Judge; $75 M/M E. Connors; $60 M/M Alfred Dufresne; $50 M/M Daniel Konarski, Robert Regan, M/M Rene Perron,Dorothy j, McCann,

12,284.00 3,619.00 15,027.00 3,380.00 36,834.50 12,356.50

Sarah Gagnon, Mrs. Horace Travassos $500 St. Vincent de Paul, St. Patrick; $100 M/M Antone Amaral, Mrs. Evenly Arsenault, M/M Thomas Harkin, M/M' Raymond Halbardier, Patricia Leary; $75. M/M Frank Tinsley; $50 M/M Anthony. R. Ruggiero, In Memory of John Cote St. Joseph $200 M/M Russell Pichette; $150 Joseph D. Harrington; $100 Emily

20,203.00 10,075.00 17,875.00 6,91~.00

14,228.00 10,495.00 16,617.00 6,194.00 7,582.00 10,438.00 8,400.00 13,701.00 11,944.00 11,150.00 22,147.00 10,506.00 18,676.50 8,885.00 22,447.50 13,466.00 23,355.00 24,416.00 15,289.61 15,691.00 11,359.00 13,308.00 14,066.00

NEW BEDFORD AREA New Bedford Holy Name Assumption Immaculate Conception M!. Carmel Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Perpetual Help Sacred Heart St. Anne SI. Anthony Pad ua SI. Casimir SI. Francis of Assisi

Inc.; Holy Family Women's Guild, East. Double Twelve: Loung~, Inc., East Taunton; St. Jacques Women's Guild

Tau~ton;

$100 O'Keefe Funeral Home, Inc. Council of Catholic Women, District III Kof CSt. Ann Council #10289, Raynham Robertson Factories. Inc. St. Peter Conference, Dighton I.C.!. American, Inc., Dighton Fatima's Herbs & Gifts, East Taunton Sowiecki Funeral Home Holy Rosary Conference Mr. and Mrs. Marcellus D. Lemaire

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St. Patrick $300 Rev. Kevin j, Har-

29,371.00 34,079.00

Our Lady of the Angels Our Lady of Health Holy Rosary Immaculate Conception Sacred Heart SI. Anne SI. Anthony of Padua SI. Elizabeth SI. Jean Ba ptiste SI. Joseph SI. Louis SI. Michael SI. Patrick SS. Peter & Paul SI. Stanislaus SI. William Santo Christo Assonet-SI. Bernard Somerset SI. John of God . SI. Patrick SI. Thomas More Swansea Our Lady of Fatima SI. Dominic SI. Louis de France SI. Michael WestportO.L. of Grace SI. Joh.n the Baptist

$200 St. Mary Women's Guild, Taunton Immaculate Conception Women's Guild, Taunton Holy Rosary Sodality St. AnnWomen's Guild, Raynham $175 St. Maximillian Kolbe Guild $150 St. Yves Nissan Sales, Berkley $125 Polish American Citizen Club

$3000 Rev. James F. Kelley $500 Sacred Hearts Community, Fairhaven Rev: Arthur K. Wingate $300 Rev. Msgr. Alfred j, Gendreau Rev. Raymond P. Monty $100 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph David Roda & Family, Fairhaven Mr. & Mrs. Dominick Roda, Fairhaven $50 , j,K. Scanlan Company, Inc., West Bridge路 wate]

$600 Taunton District, St. Vincent de Paul St. Ann Conference, Raynham $500 Montfort Fathers, Dighton $400 Holy Family Conference; East Taunton $250 St. Jacques Conference .Holy Cross Conference, South Easton Immaculate Conception Conference, Taunton

7,178.00 15,917.00 14,982.00

CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS AREA Brewster-O. L. of the Cape 21,680.00 Buzzards Bay-St. Margaret 9,670.00 Centerville-O. L. of Victory 34,188.20 Chatham-Holy Redeemer 24,216.00 East Falmouth-St. Anthony 19,390.00 Edgartown-SI. Elizabeth 3,100.00 Falmouth-SI. Patrick 31,199.00 Hyannis-SI. Francis Xavier 57,814.25 Mashpee-Christ the King 24,908.00 Nantucket-O. L. of the Isle 11,622.50 North FalmouthS!. Eliza beth Seton 20,605.50 Oak Bluffs-Sacred Heart 5,240.00 Orleans-SI. Joan of Arc 27,220.00 Osterville-Assumption 19,667.00 PocassetSI. John the Evangelist 22,768.00 Provincetown-SI. Peter the Apostle 9,114.00 Sandwich-Corpus Christi 29,428.00 South Yarmouth-SI. Pius X 80,175.50 Vineyard HavenSI. Augustine 7,095.00 WellfleetOur Lady of Lourdes 6,235.00 West HarwichHoly Trinity 34,165.50 Woods Hole-SI. Joseph 9,672.50

Special Gifts NATIONALS

22,412.00

Mansfield-SI. Mary North Attleboro Sacred Heart SI. Mary Norton-SI. Mary Seekonk MI. Carmel SI. Mary

FALL RIVER

15,376.00 3,613.00 34,545.90 40,918.25 6,997.00 6,928.00 5,394.50 3,952.00 7,237.37 4,643.00 6,285.00

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SI. Hedwig SI. James SI. John the Baptist SI. Joseph SI. Kilian SI. Lawrence SI. Mary SI. Theresa AcushnetSI. Francis Xavier East FreetownSI. John Neumann FairhavenSI. Joseph SI. Mary Marion-S!. Rita MattapoisettSI. Anthony North DartmouthSI. Julie Billiart South Dartmouth-. St. Mary WarehamS!. Patrick Westport-S!. George

2,815.00 11,537.50 15,969.00 , 9,772.60 3,662.44 18,800.00 20,632.50 8,234.00 10,417.00 . 15,224.00 13,547.00 6,957.00 6,265.00 14,585.00 20,292.00 27,832.00 17,181.00 10,279.78

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

15,027.00 5,736.00 10,783.00 11,321.00 10,143.00 10,220.00 7,329.00 20,219.00 18,067.00 17,759.00 6,868.00 10,888.00 13,423.00 29,403.00 16,232.56

St. Pius XConference, South Yarmouth $1000 Martelly Construction Corp. & Family, $800 Swansea : St. Vincent De Paul Particular Council of Cape Cod & Islands $500 $730 Staif of St. Vincent's Home Friends of St. Peter's, Provincetown Priority Finishing $500 $400 Our Lady of Victory Guild, Centerville Borden &Remington Corp. $400 $375 . Our Lady of The Cape Guild, Brewster Thomas P. Egan, Inc., Somerset $330 $300 Holy Redeemer Guild, Chatham John j, Foley, Jr., Tiverton $200 $225 Atty. Joseph H. Beecher, Hyannis Cyntex Co. d/bla Benetlon, Barrington, $125 R.I. Jake's Tap, Inc., E. Falmouth $150 $100 K of CCassidy Council #3669, Swansea Our Lady of The Cape Men's Club, White Spa Caterers Brewster St. Patrick Circle #335, Daughters of Nantucket Sportslocker Isabella, Somerset Our Lady of Victory Men's Club, $100 Centerville Browning-Ferris Industries $75 Watuppa Oil Co. . John H. Macedo Plumbing '& Heating, Fall River-New Bedford Express, Assonet Falmouth Manuel Rogers & Sons $50 Oliveira Funeral Home Waystack Realty, Inc., Harwichport; Hart $50 Farm, Dennisport; Sea View Play land, Assonet Bootery; Hathaway Funeral SerDennisport; Falmouth Bark & Topsoil, E. vice; Boule Funeral Home; F. W. HarringFalmouth; Dunes Edge Campground, ton Insurance; J M Canvas Company; Provincetown; Highland Chimney Sweep, Atty. Peter Collias; Kof CFall River Coun路 No. Truro cil #86; Fall River Shopping Center Associates; Catherine Kaufman NEW BEDFORD

CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS

$1200 Venus de Milo, Swansea

$2500 St. Pius XBingo, So. Yarmouth

M. O'Brien; $50 M/M Belisario A. Almeida, M/M Normand H. Menard, M/M Edward j, Ponte $10'0 St. Vincent De Paul Conference, Walter Stetkiewicz, 'Julia Harrington, Francis L. Harrington; $50 M/M Jose Borges, M/M James Blackburn, Bernard Tomlinson, Mrs. Bernard Tomlinson Immaculate Conception $50 In Memory of James Bentley, Mrs. Flora Mellen, Immaculate Conception Women's Guild Mrs. Thomas King Immaculate Conception $50 In Memory ofThomas j, & Anne V: Fleming, '

$110 M/M Raymond Lafleur; $100 Imm'aculate Conception St. Vincent de Paul; $50 Immaculate Conception Credit Union, M/M James Gillet, Immaculate Conception Men's Club, Leo j, Marcoux, Mrs. Roger Messier. Peter Sullivan Blessed Sacrament $60 AParishioner, In Memory of My Family; $50 M/M Roland Lavoie, Jeanne Gamache, M/M Augustino Gagliardi St. Anthony Padua $50 MlM Emmanuel Resendes, M/M Mario Lopes St. William $1000 Rev. William j, Shovelton; $250 M/M James Finglas;

$100 The Pine Framery Sea View Fillet Company State Nitewear $100 M/M Daniel Araujo, M/M Gilbert A. Faria, Sophie Rzasa, M/M Maurice Bosse;\ $60 Mrs. Bert Galford . $50 M/M John V. Arruda, Christopher Lake, Jr., Thomas Lowney, M/M Louis Perreira, M/M Clement Paquette, M/M Rocco ladicola, Mrs. Howard Worthington, Paul H. Martin, Mrs. James McCarthy

St. Anne$100 Rev. Michael M. Camara, OFM; $50 M/M Joseph E. Toole Holy Cross $100 Franciscan Fathers, St. Vincent de Paul Holy Cross Conference'

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Jusseaume marks 50 years Father Lucien Jusseaume will mark 50 years in the priesthood on June 7. He was ordained on that .date in '1941 by the late Bishop James E. Cassidy. The retired former Episcopal Representative for Religious and chaplain of Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven, will celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving and of prayer for vocations at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 9, at Sacred Heart Church, New Bedford, where he was parochial vicar from 1943 to 1945 and again from 1946 to 1969 and where he still from time to time assists Rev. Clement' E. Dufour, the present pastor. All are welcome at the parish Mass, which will be followed by a paris'h council-sponsored reception in Sacred Heart parish hall. The June 9 date is also the patronal feast day of the parish, noted Father Jusseaume. Among those present will be the jubilarian's sisters. Sister St. Lucie. RJM, a CCD coordinator in the Providence diocese and Mrs. Anita Stebenne, with whom he lives; and

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Annabelle Melville., Catholic historian . By Pat McGowan Boston Auxiliary Bishop Daniel A. Hart, representing Cardinal Bernar!l.Law, gav,e the final commendation and· Fathet Carl" Peter, representing the Catholic University of America, was principal celebrant and homilist at the Mass of Christian Burial for Dr. Annabelle M. Melville, 81, who died May 17 at Morton Hospital, Taunton. Dr. Melville, Commonwealth Professor Emerita of History at Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, was a leading American Catholic historian, the author of definitive biographies of St. Elizabeth Seton; Archbishop John Carroll, the first bishop of the American hierarchy; Cardinal John Lefebvre de Cheverus, the firs~ bishop of Boston; and Archbishop Louis William Dubourg, SS, a 19thcentury bishop of New Orleans. She was the first woman president of the American Catholic Historical Association and the only person to hold the Catholic Daughters of America chair of American church history for two consecutive years. A native of Minotola, New Jersey, the daughter of the late Norman R. and Janet (Cunningham) McConnell, she held bachelor's and master's degrees from the State University of New York at Albany and a doctorate from Catholic University. She received the John Gilmary Shea Prize for excellence in American Catholic history from the American Catholic Historical Society and the General L. William Kemper Prize from the Louisiana Historical Society, the latter for her biography of Archbishop Dubourg. The day after her death, at previously planned commencement day ceremonies, ~h~ rec~ption area of a new admiSSions centre at Bridgewater State College was

Deaco'o Nunes to be ordained .a priest June

service at Sacred Heart, New Bedford. He was appointed pastor at the f"nTlPr <;;t. Mathieu Church, Fall River, in 1969, St. .George, ~" Westport, in 1972 and at St. Roch, 'Deacon James Ronald Nunes, Fall River from 1976 until the parMS, of Our Lady of the Cape par- . ish closed in 1982. Father Jusseaume was Episco- ish, Brewster, will be ordained to pal Representative for Religious the priesthood for the Missionfrom 1968 to 1986; and from 1982 aries of Our Lady of LaSalette on until his retirement in 1990, he was June 8 at St. Jo~eph's Church, North Dighton. Bishop Daniel A. . chapll!in at Our Lady's' Haven. In retirement, he and his sister Cronin will be celebrant and orlive in the priest's home next to the . daining prelate at the ceremony. Deacon Nunes will celebrate his former Blessed Sacrament School first Mass at 3:30 p.m. June 9 atSt. on Fall River's South Main Street. Father Jusseaume recounted that Joseph's. He is the son of Shirley Coyle as a college student he helped his father and a contractor uncle to Nunes of Taunton and the late Robert Nunes. He graduated from build the house, which became the family homestead, now also occu- Taunton High School in 1978 and received a bachelor's degree in pied by a nephew and his family. DEACON NUNES FATHER JUSSEAUME Throughout his priesthood, marketing from Southeastern team at Our Lady of the Cape, a brother, Leo, a resident of Father Jusseaume has had a keen Massachusetts University in 1983. where he directs the parish AIDS Vienna, Va. He prepared for the priesthood interest in the church in Africa and Outreach Committee. in evangelization of U.S. blacks. at Weston School of Theology in Another brother, Armand, and He said the crowning joy of his Cambridge, also working as a bea sister, Sister Claire ofthe Blessed golden jubilee is the fact that 1991 reavement counselor and drug and Sacrament, SSJ, are deceased. ARE YOU PAYING will see the ordination of Severo alcohol counselor. Father Jusseaume, a Fall River Presently he is chairperson of Kuup,uo, a young Ghanian semiTOO MUCH FOR' native and the son of the late narian he has aided for many the pastoral mini~tries committee Octave and Clarience (Gregoire)' years. HEALTH. of the Cape Cod AIDS Council as Jusseaume, studied at St. HyaIn addition to assisting at Sacred well as a member of the parish INSURANCE? cinthe and St. Alexandre colleges, Heart, he also fills in at Blessed Quebec, and prepared for the Sacrament and Immaculate Conpriesthood at St. Mary's Seminary, ception churches, Fall River, and Baltimore. After ordination, he Our Lady of Fatima, Swansea, was parochial vicar at,St. Steand is volunteer First Friday chapphen's parish, Attleboro, and at Tub &Sink Refinishing lain at Melville Towers elderly the former St. Hyacinthe's, New with Polyglass • MAJOR MEDICAL HEALTH INS. housing development in New Bed• LIFE INSURANCE Bedford, in addition to his long ford.

named in her honor and she posthumously received an honorary doctorate of humane letters. Msgr. John Tiacy Ellis, d.eanof American CathQl.ic historians, was· mentor for Dr. Melville's doctoral dissertation. "None of my students has done better," he told Father Peter. In his homily, Father Peter conveyed the regret' of Msgr. Ellis, now86, that he could not travel to Bridgewater. '.'How I wish I could go," he said. Father Peter noted that Dr. Melville held an honorary as well as an earned doctorate from Catholic University -" and that's not often done for one of our own graduates." As the then dean of the school of religious studies at Catholic University, Father Peter said he knew Dr. Melville well during her days as a graduate student. "She was a good friend and she was a scholar," he said, noting that he has preserved her letters to him over the years and will donate them to the archives of Catholic University. He said that after her 1975 retirement from Bridgewater State College, where she had been a faculty member since 1952, and for part of that time also department chairperson, she held the Catholic Daughters of America chair in American church history in 1978 and 1979, returning for an additional year of teaching. "I loved doing it so much, I think I should pay you," Father Peter recalled her saying. In fact, he continued, she donated her salary for the three years of teaching to endow an Annabelle Melville Fund for tl:te assistance of Catholic University history students. . "She knew how to enjoy this world," concluded Father Peter, "but was convinced that there's. another world far more important. She was a woman of culture

and refinement, scholarship and generosity, but most of all of faith." In his remarks,' Bishop Hart expressed sympathy for the family arid frie'nds of Dr. Melville "on the part of the whole church, which has been blessed by her 4edication to truth." St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Bridgewater was crowded and somber for the solemn Mass of Christian Burial but the mood changed at the following reception, pre-arranged by Dr. Melville and held at the Catholic Center on the Bridgewater State College campus. There there w~s talk of Dr. Melville's legendary parties and of her joy in entertaining her friends, most notably at a yearly . "Farewell to Riotous Living" event, held the Sunday before Ash Wednesday. ' Reflecting on her life, one friend called to mind Hilaire Belloc's "Epitaph On a Dead Hostess": Of this bad world the loveliest and the best Has smiled and said '~Good . Night," and gone to rest.

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the mooril19--Two Priorities for This Decade. Perhaps the t'Yo most pressing issues facing the nation are those of he~lth care and education. Few would disagree with the statement that America is failing to cope with either. For all practical purposes, our health system is a leaking sieve, while public education amounts to much verbiage and few resuits. . Despite the fact that each area is vital to our existence, each has received but second-rate attention.. In truth, we have a Las Vegas mentality. We are gambling .withthe quality of our lives and so far we are losing the wager. Education is second-rate because we refuse to work at it on a national level. The results are obvious: spotty at best in places where there is interest and concern; disastrous at worst w.here schools really need the National Guard to prevent murder and路 riots. In our quest for some dubious national destiny, we are ignoring truly serious matters. Our friends in Western Europe and Canada are overall faring much better than we in health care and education. Our foolishness about states' rights, a far cry from our original national concerns, has earned our care for the sick and for education of the poor one of the lowest ratings in the First World. It is narrow and limiting to place almost the full burden of education on states, cities and towns, while the federal government, .unlike those of Europe and Canada, does very little. The same can be said of health costs that are left to the states, if one qualifies, or to private insurance, if one can afford it. More and more Americans fallinto neither category, thus are not receiving the health services they need just to survive. This is a very sad c<?mmentary on American life. We refuse to take care of the basic issues that affect every Citizen, while at the same time we strive to be the world's policemen, spending billions annually for new guns, tanks and Star Wars weaponry. Have we become so enamor.ed of our belligerent attitudes that all we want to do is support death and destruction? What has become of our ideals and dreams in an America that seemingly takes care of others and neglects its own? Why is it that we can feed and care for so many in other nations while Americans go to bed suffering in body and starving in mind? The answer is simple and selfish. Despite the rhetoric of liberal and conservative alike, the rich get richer and the poor, poorer. The verbiage of Congressional do-gooders has done nothing to accelerate help for our schools or our clinics. The lack of sincere effort on the part of our elected officials to develop a national health insurance or a national school standard is plainly evident. States and local communities cannot solve the problem on their own; we need national policies, guidelines and controls to meet these emergencies. The leadership must come from Washington. If this does not happen then this land will certainly suffer more than recession or depression. Time for talk is running out. Time for action is limited. The health of each and every American citizen, and likewise their education, must become the priorities of this decade. If we fail to assume the responsibility on all levels Of our social order, then we will surely fail as a people. Neglect of education and health issues leads to denial of the human dignity that is a constitutional right of each and every citizen of this land. The Editor

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MEMORIAL DAY

"When this mortal hath put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory." 1 Cor. 15:54

Vision of Columbus needed today By Father Kevin J. Harrington Many celebrations will highlight the fifth centenary of Christopher Columbus' epic first voyage to the New World. There has been a not too subtle effort on the part of many to belittle this celebration as a useless effort to exalt the undemocratic imposition of the cultural values of Western El,lrope on the New World. Indeed, many colleges and universities are responsible for presenting history from a jaundiced point of view that distorts Columbus's motives. But Columbus came to the shores of the New World not as a conqueror but as an explorer and any true historian would acknowledge that the spread of the Christian faith and practice was among his primary motives. A replica of the cross planted 500 years ago in the soil of the present-day Dominican Republic was the focal point of a papal visit to Santo Domingo in 1984, at which time Pope John Paul II called for a decade of evangelization to counter the forces of secularization espoused by many of our national leaders, among them our government's efforts to privatize religion and promote secular humanism. This year marks the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights, a document that protects citizens against tyranny. The First Amendment reflects the simplicity of this magnificent document: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

However, in my opinion, many society through promoting justice have exploited the simplicity of and harmony among human bethe First Amendment to foster ings. When we look to our colleges unscrupulous agendas. This is most notable in areas in which and universities we see a preview civil laws have been reinvented to of our brave new world. Recently accommodate the newly exalted at Stanford University, a group of gay and lesbian students deright of privacy. Our civil laws reflect traditions manded the same subsidized housdeeply rooted in- our J udaeo-Chris- ing for their "domestic arrangetian heritage. Many have survived ments" as married couples. Stanthe test of time and have protected ford not only acceded to this our civilization from anarchy. Our demand but extended its subsidy laws against fornication, adultery to unmarried heterosexual couand abortion historically were not ples. A residence director at the viewed by the citizenry as religious university stated that Stanford has laws arbitrarily imposed upon always prided itself upon an honor them by a church but as natural system and must assume that roomstandards applied by every civil mates who are not sexually active authority in any civilized jurisdic- with each other will be honest and tion. Reflecting concern for the not apply for~subsidy. Insurance rates are now being protection of the innocent and unborn, they were based on sound adjusted to benefit a "significant natural reasons reinforced by -other" rather than a spouse. Taxpayers' money is funding this supernatural authority. The Ten Commandments have change for all state workers in worked their way into every code Oregon! In 1492, Columbus unabashof civil law with or without a Judaeo-Christian background, for edly planted a cross in the New the justifiable reason that路 they World. Contrast Columbus' act have led to the betterment of with Neil Armstrong's 1969 planting of the flag on the surface of the moon. Note well Armstrong's carefully chosen words: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." In the intervening years God seems to have been left out of the picture. Columbus had a great deal of Holy Trinity courage and vision when he first Most Holy Trinity, landed in the New World. It will who art dwelling by Thy take as much courage and vision today to spread the Christian faith grace within my soul! Make and practice in face of the obstame love Thee more and cles that confront contemporary more. Amen. society.

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Plumbing Scripture's depths Deuteronomy 4:31-34,39-40 Romans 8:14-17 Matthew 18:16-10 Many Christians view the Hebrew Scriptures with arrogance, regarding them only as a warmup for the main event. Since we have the Christian Scriptures, we no longer need preliminaries. (One of my seminary spiritual directors believed that we continue to have the Old Testament in the Bible only because publishers can make more money on thicker . books!) . The proponents of such reasoning forget that Jesus based much of his reform of Judaism on the theology contained in the Hebrew Scriptures, The Lord would be amazed at some of his followers. How can they do without something which he considered essential? Deuteronomy, for instance, is significant for many reasons. Not . only does Jesus quote it more than any other biblical book, but without it there would have been no Scripture as we know it. Deuteronomy was the first book regarded as "Bible." Though it is not the oldest writing - certainly not composed by Moses in the 13th century BC - it was the earliest Jewish work to be considered a norm of faith. Soon after its acceptance the chosen people started to put other books in the same category. Sacred Scripture was beginning to ta.ke s.hape. . . '" .. Yet the writers and original readers of the Bible never believed anyone book or set ofbooks could totally convey the reality of Yahweh. The author of Deuteronomy helps lead his people into a deeper understanding of God's importance in their lives. But his reflection on the past is simply a way to comprehend and appreciate the present. "That is why," he writes, "you must now know, and fix in your heart, that Yahweh is God in the heavens above and on earth below, and that there is no other." We who follow Jesus believe that our union with him has joined us so closely to God that we actually become part of him. As Paul

Obituaries Three religious die May 15 Three religious, all with ties to the Fall River diocese, died May 15 in the Providence diocese. Sister MaryTheophane McLoughlin, RSM, 93, died at Mt. St. Rita's Health Care Centre, Cumberland; Sister Marie Grise, RJM, 75, died By. FATHER ROGER at Zambarano Memorial HospiKARBAN tal, Burrillville; and Sister Helen expresses it: "All who are led by E. Robinson, FMM, 74, died at the Spirit of God are children of St. Joseph's Hospital, Providence. Sister McLoughlin God... But if we are children, we are heirs as well: heirs of God The former Catherine E. Mcheirs with Christ, if only we suffe; Loughlin was a New Bedford natwith him so as to be glorified with ive, the daughter of the late James him." According to the apostle, we A. and Catherine (Waldron) Mcreceive new insights into God only Loughlin. She entered the Sisters when we join our own sufferings to of Mercy in 1914,.thereafter teaching at' St. Patrick's and St. those of Jesus. Today's Gospel and its Trinitar- Joseph's schools and St. Vincent's Home, all in Fall River, and at St. ian form of baptism is very familiar. "Go," Jesus commands, "and Edward's School in Providence, thf,: latter for over 50 years before make disciples of all the nations. Baptize them in the name of the her retirement in 1982. Father and of the Son and of the She is survived by a niece and .' ,H?ly Spirit." We· may consider nephews and was the sister of the thIS to be the way people have late Sister Loyola McLoughlin, always been baptized; but in sevRSM. The Mass of Christian Bureral of Paul's letters, written 25 to ial was offered for her last Satur30 years before Matthew's Gospel, day at St. Edward's Church, Prov- ' the accepted form of baptism was idence. "in the name of Jesus" or "in the Sister Grise name of the Christ." No mention The Mass of Christian Burial of either the Father or Spirit! was offered for Sister Grise at the The early church grew and Church ofthe Presentation; Marieevolved in its God experienc~s. ville, last Saturday. A native of Eventually it recognized that its Central Falls, she was the daughrelationship with Jesus also' in- ter of the late Philippe and Anna volved a relationship with his Fa- (Marier) Grise and was christened ther and Spirit. Two centuries Jeannette Y. Grise. after the completion of the last She entered the Religious of Jesus and Mary .in 19~4 and book of the Christian Script.ures . !hes'c'-iri'slgntscon'thiued'to' gro\\i " ~or1(ed in'India aridTanada'and Into the doctrine of the Trinity. .In the states .of Massachusetts, ' ~?t only was God intimately M~ryland and Rhode Island. She JOined to us, but the three divine retIred as a teacher and clerical perso'ns were also intimately worker, residing at Jesus and joined to one another. Many bishops at the Council of ONLY FUll·lINE' RELIGIOUS GIFT STORE ON THE CAPE Nicea (325) objected to this new formulation. They thought it dan• OPEN MON:SAT: 9-5:30 gerous to go beyond what ScripSUMMER SCHEDULE ture itself had proclaimed. Yet the OPEN 7 DA majority held that it was necessary ~to extend our understanding of God further than the Bible had led Sullivan's us. Religious Goods In doing this they were being 4-28 Main Sl. HyanniS faithful to the mind of the Sacred Author. Each biblical writer ex775·4180 tended the boundaries of GodJohn & Mary lees. Props. comprehension beyond those of his immediate predecessor. In like manner, God's followers eventually acknowledge that they SHAWOM~T will only begin to understand him correctly after plumbing Scripture, then going beyond it. 102 Shawomet Avenue Scripture never permits us to Somer.et, Mall. remain static. It continually forces us to change and evolve.

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By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

I sometimes think that one group in society is considered undeserving when it comes to rights. I'm talking about single fathers. . Attitudes are hard to change. One longstanding belief is that unwed fathers are deadbeats, uncaring toward their children and that they don't deserve any rights

and privileges of fatherhood because they are not married to the mother of their children. If this were a perfect world, we all know there would be no such thing as unwed fathers. Children would have loving parents, faithful to each other. But that is not the way it is. In a culture and era of sexual "freedom," it stands to reason that there will be children born out of wedlock. Should these children be denied access to their fathers? One unwed father has been fighting for several years to 'get a negative answer to that question. So far he's been unsuccessful, blocked from access to his child. Michael Hirschensohn of California got his story aired, however, on national television. He

took his appeal to have the right to visit his daughter all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The appeal was denied June 15, 1989. A petition for a rehearing was denied Aug. 30, 1989. On March 27, Hirschensohn filed a second petition for a rehearing, asking the highest court in the United States to reconsider its prior decision, written by Justice Antonin Scalia. In conversations I've had with Hirschensohn and his attorney, it seems to me there was something bizarre about the court's decision. The case began in 1978 when Hirschensohn and a married woman named Carole began an affair. Three years later, she gave birth to his daughter, Victoria, and they all lived' together as a family until

1984. Then Carole reconciled with her husband, taking the child with her. Because California law presumes that the husband of a married woman is, de facto, the legal father of her child, Hirschensohn was no longer considered Victoria's father. All his legal efforts to regain visitation rights as Victoria's biological father failed, including his appeal to the Supreme Court. Scalia wrote: "The Constitution does not give an 'adulterer' the right to disrupt a marriage by asserting his paternity." Hirschensohn has filed his new petition, claiming he was denied due process on more than one count. The outcome of his case affects not just him, but many others, says

Communicating with a child after divorce

My 20-year-old, son lives with my parents. He isn't living with me Dr. JAMES & because he is torn between me and his father. Since I have been MARY separated, I am in a relationship with a man and now have another child, age 3. My son resents this. I KENNY heard that the children hope their parents get back together. I have tried talking to him sevDear Mary: After four children eral times. It just seems he doesn't want me to be happy. His father and numerous moves, my spouse has since remarried, had another decided he didn't want to be marchild, started a new business and , ried any longer. We separated in all this seems OK. What about me? July 1984 and divorced in 1988. - Pennsylvania' Finances dwindled to nearly How fortunate to have parents nothing. I had a great deal of hurt. who can, provide a home for your Now it is just anger. Mainly I'm oldest son at this difficult time. angry because of how all this Your son felt the effects of your affected the children, now 20, 12,9 , estrangement and divorce throughand 1. . - ~.~. ,,' ~.. _.. ::.. .........

out his adolescent years. No wonder he is still torn apart. For a variety of reasons adolescents frequently need "time out" from their family. Be glad your son has a place for a much needed timeout. You may achieve a better reconciliation with him when you do not live under the same roof. Physical separation might defuse some of the intensity of his feelings. It is healthy of you to be able to define and express your own needs. To reconcile with your son, however, you need to try to understand his feelings and needs. You suggest he does not want you to be happy. More likely, he wants his former family reunited. He does not want to have to

choose between his father and you. Your son's feelings are not meant to hurt you. They are just there. Accept them. Do not expect, his feelings to agree with your feelings. The choices you make in life are your responsibility. You cannot insist on your son's approval of them. In relating to your son, try these guidelines: Do not constantly knock your ex-husband. Try not to discuss his father unless he brings up the subject. Do not defend yourself or rehash the issuesiri your divorce. Do not insist ,he live with you. .

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': Abraham Lincoln's namesake cousin was Catholic President Lincoln, does not agree. Is there any substantial evidence to support this claim? (Massachusetts) A. An Abraham Lincoln was Catholic, but the Catholic Lincoln , did 'not becQme president of the United路States. Sources which claim our 16th president was Catholic are confusing him with his cousin who had the same name and who is buried in an obscure pioneer cemetery here in central Illinois. There were in fact three Abraham Lincolns. The (irst, grandfather of the president and of the Catholic Abraham, lived in Virginia. In 1782 he sold his farm, moved the family to Kentucky, and in, ,1788 was killed by an Indian.

This Abraham had three sons, ville, Ky. Nancy later died, and the among them Thomas, father of the family moved to Illinois. president, and Morde~ai~ who conThere is no record that Lincoln verted to Catholicism when he himself ever joined any church, married Mary Mudd; daughter of 'though he was familiar with and a prominent Catholic family. Their' fond of the Bible. His wife, Mary marriage is on record at Bards- Todd, attended Presbyterian servtown, Ky. , iC,es in Springfield, Ill., and in In 1830, Mordecai m'oved his Washington. family, including his children During the 1830s, the pioneer Mordecai Jr., the Catholic Abra- priest Father Irenaeus St. Cyr ham, James, Elizabeth, Mary and offered Mass among the scattered Martha ~ to Hancock County in Catholic settlements along the western Illinois (my diocese) where Mississippi valley from St. Louis they and other Catholic settlers north to Chicago. founded St. Simon the Apostle Historians have reason to believe Chapel. Mordecai Sr. died in 1831. that he remembered things rather Meanwhile, Mordecai's brother, hazily in his old age. He spoke of Thomas, married Nancy Hanks, President Lincoln's immediate who gave birth to the future presi- family, but it seems certain that his dent Feb. 12, 1809, in Hodgen- recollections were rather of the

Catholic Lincolns in Hancock County, where he had been a wellknown missionary. President Lincoln was a man of faith, but there's no convincing evidence that he was raised Catholic, or that his visits to his Catholic cousins altered his position. More than once I have visited the cemetery where the Catholic Abraham is buried, at the site of St. Simon Chapel, which has long since disappeared. For many years now the burial plot has been part of a cow pasture. The tomb of his famous cousin is just a short distance away in Springfield. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., BloominKt~n, III. 617010.

Christianity must take on the real issues of women

of women face dai'ly. But we don't seem to see them as faith-related. Why the church silence on physical, sexual, and verbal abuse of CURRAN women by men? Is it because "it's to be expected," or because "women ask for it," or because the ones who interpret and preach the sinfulness of abuse are male? Men who live in families are One in 12 American women will be the victim of an attempted or trained in the faith by churches completed rape in her lifetime. and church leaders. One out of five American women They need to hear that abuse is is abused by her husband or , sinfUl even though their good Christian dads abused their mothfather. 50 percent of divorced American women do not receive ers. They need to understand that child support from their children's alcoholism leading to abuse is not an acceptable exuse for their father. Yet, when was the last time you actions but that it is sinful and heard a sermon on the sinfulness needs to be confessed if they are to of any of the above? These are the receive God's forgiveness. They need to hear that when real issues hundreds of thousands DOLORES

Hirscheilsohn. He has founded an association he calls Equality Nationwide for Unwed Fathers ENUF. Using statistics from the Census Bureau, he shows that in 1988 alone, 1,005,000 children were born out of wedlock. "That figure, represents one out, of four children born that year that have no right to begin or continue a relationship with their natural, biological father," said Hirschensohn. I agree with David Levy, president of the National Council for Children's Rights, who is supporting "the right of Victoria to continue bonding with her father." For, no matter what the courts say, every child has the right to have a relationship with his or her mother - and father.

they fail to send child support, they are committing a sin, even though that may not have been part of their religious education upbringing at St. Agatha's. And they need to be confronted with these messages while sitting in church with their families who may be nodding inside. The hands-' off stance we have taken toward these everyday sins of men is no longer acceptable in the Christian church family. I know a priest who is director of family life in his diocese. He held workshops on family spirituality, communication, marriage enrichment, practically every aspect of family imaginable. He had modest success in drawing parents.

Then he sent out a confidential survey asking parents what they would name as their greatest needs. "I was stunned," he said. "The two that landed on the top were alcoholism and abuse. I didn't suspect we had much of either in our middle class diocese. After all, we don't see either at Sunday Mass. But the rest of the week ..." He changed his workshops and emphasis. He began by educating the priests in his diocese to the extent of the problem, encouraging them to preach on the sinfulness of alcoholism, abuse, and incest, and offering parish-based support groups for families with these realities. He developed workshops for women on self-esteem, for couples

on non-physical ways of dealing with conflict, and for fa,lllilies of alcoholics. Attendance exploded but he suffered. His priests reported that men were telling them to layoff, that these were not religious topics, and ifthey continued they would withdraw financial support. I believe that is a strong reason for church silence on theset9pics - fear of the men's reaction. The questions we need to ponder are: are these religious topics and. if so, how are we going to begin addressing them on a practical level? Alcoholism, abuse, and financial neglect are not foreign to Catholicism. These sins cross all economic and educational lines. If we really want to address women's issues, let's start with these.'

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Judge agrees. conception is start of life MORRISTOWN, N.J. (CNS) - A municipal court judge who last month convicted 15 abortion opponents of criminal trespass at a local clinic nevertheless said he accepted "as true fact" that individual human life begins at conception. Judge Michael Noonan also suggested that the U.S. Supreme Court should "perhaps" address its 1973 Roe vs. Wade abortion ruling in light of new scientific findin&.s about the start of life. "But Roe vs. Wade is still the law of the land," Judge Noonan said, as he found Alex Loce, father of an eight-week-old fetus, and 14 other defendants guilty of criminal' trespass for trying to stop Loce's fiancee from having an abortion. The finance, however, had the abortion and the two did not marry. Defense attorneys Patrick Mullaney and Richard Traynor said they planned to appeal the verdict but they hailed the overall decision 'as "exactly right" and "the only thing he could do." Based on current knowledge about when 'life begins, Roe vs. Wade permits "legal execution of a human being," JUdge Noonan said in explaining his verdict, and the defendants were guilty of trespass in the same way people would be if they tried to forcibly enter a place to stop the legal execution of a convicted murderer. Although Loce agreed to the facts of the case, his attorneys sought to justify his actions under a "legal necessity" defense, citing statutes protecting efforts to defend the lives of others. Testimony in that regard was given by Dr. Paul Lejeune, known for his discovery of the chromosomal abn~rmality that results in Downs syndrome; by F. Russell Hittinger, philosophy professor at Princeton University; and Dr. Bernard N. Nathanson, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Cornell Medical College and a former abortionist now a leader of the anti-abortion movement. In his statement about the start of life, JUdge Noonan cited "undisputed" scientific testimony by the witnesses, recalling Lejeune's remark that the eight-week fetus was a "person separate and apart from his mother." He went on to say that today there is "no disagreement" among scientists about when life begins and that had the Supreme Court had the benefit of those facts their 1973 decision might have been different.

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JOAN A. MORIN, left, incoming president ofthe Dioce~ san Council of Catholic Nl,lrses, receives gavel of office from Betty Novacek, immediate past president. (Rosa photo) .

Nurses install, hear panel on AIDS, allied diseases At their annual spring meeting, held earlier this month at S1. John the Baptist church hall, Westport, members of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses installed new officers and heard a daylong presentation on se~ually transmitted diseases and AIDS research"and on their impact on the community. Seated by Father Edmund J. Fitzgerald, DCCN moderator, were Joan A. Morin' of the Cape Cod Council of Nurses, president; Sister Rachael La France, New Bedford Council, vice president; Alice LeBlanc, New Bedford Council, secretary; and Diane McCrackin, Cape Cod Council, treasurer. Immediate past president Betty Novacek was installed as a director. Presenters' for the day's program were Greater New Bedford Community Health Center members Amelia M. Cabral, BA,RN, AIDS program nurseeducator; Jacqueline Ray, BSN,RN, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Diseases program coordinator; Barbara Teixeira, HIV /STD administrative assistant; and William Dumas, RN, HIV /STD epidemiologist with the state Department of Public Health. It was announced that New England diocesan councils of Catholic nurses will convene in Worcester Oct. 4 through 6 and that the Fall River diocesan council will offer two scholarships for the 1992-1993 academic year to persons pursuing careers in health care. The diocesan council's fall meet-

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Faculty, staff, alumni, students, parents and friends of Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, plan a testimonial to honor principal Sister Mary Faith Harding, RSM, who is going on sabbatical at the end of the school year. Beginning with a reception and social hour at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m., the event will be held June 9 at the Venus deMilo Restaurant in Swansea. Master of ceremonies will be. Sister Evangela McAleer, RSM, of Bishop Feehan. Speakers will include Sister Rosemary Laliberte, Sisters of Mercy provincial; Feehan faculty member Sister Rose Angela McClellan, RSM; state representative Steve Karol; and vice principal Paul O'Boy. Father Paul Caron, Feehan chaplain from 1986 to 1989, will give the invocation. Speaking on behalf of alumni will be three members of Feehan's Class of 1966 who are now faculty and staff members: Peter Galligan, dean of discipline; Christopher Servant, head of the English department; and Louis Gazzola, English teacher. Kevin Delano,

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Vatican language gets UNICEF OK UNITED NATIONS (CNS)The executive board of UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, adopted language favored by the Vatican on family planning during its recent annual meeting. In a resolution on support of health programs, the board asked UNICEF to strengthen its cooperation with the U.N. Population Fund and other agencies. But it added the qualification "each within its own mandate," and specified that family planning should be conducted "with due respect for cultural, religious and social traditions."

Parish pro-life representatives to meet The Diocesan Pro-Life Apostolate, directed by Father Stephen A. Fernandes, will hold a workshop for parish pro-life representatives June 3 at Our Lady of Fatima church hall, Swansea, with a repeat session June 5 at Corpus Christi parish center, Sandwich. Both sessions will run from 7 -to 9 p.m.; representatives may choose either meeting. The workshop will focus on establishing active pro-life committees in parishes that have none and on strengthening already existing committees through planning local pro-life efforts.

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By Pat McGowan with photos by Studio D and art from Appreciation Day booklet The photographer -was photographed last Sunday as unassuming Sister Gertrude Gaudette, OP, was feted during a Pentecost Sunday Appreciation Day organized by students of her: popular Creativity Center at Dominican Academy, Fall River. Woodcarvers, painters, ceramicists ,and artists in charcoal, all were present for a Mass celebrated by Father William Norton, now_ pastor of St. Joseph's parish, Woods Hole, but former pastor of St. Patrick's parish, Fall River, where the front lawn is adorned with a striking sign designed and painted by Sister Gertrude, whose other talents include photography, carpentry, plumbing, calligraphy and the care and feeding of recalcitrant furnaces, elevators ,and electric systems. At a dinner following the Mass Father Norton said that the diminutive Dominican is the embodiment of her community motto: "Good is done quietly." At the Mass, terming the second-story Dominican Academy, chapel 'an "upper room," he said "We're grateful for being here

today in this Upper Room... one hundred years ago the Dominican Sisters began a mighty work of God in this place. We celebrate their presence and their spiritual gifts to our city and our diocese."

"No one in this Upper Room," he continued, "is unaware that Sister Gertrude Gaudette is more than an art teacher. She is a teacher par excellence in the matters of the human heart and God matters very much to her. She is the witness in our midst, along with her fellow consecrated sisters, that God calls and we follow him. She has taught me and all of us that God is first. Gertrude taught me to be a priest and she didn't know it. She has taught me that God loves you and me." At the end of Mass, on behalf of the Creativity Center students and other friends, Father Norton presented Sister Gertrude with a check to be used for scholarships to the center; and to the accompaniment of a standing ovation, a sheaf of roses was presented by Sister Elizabeth Menard, OP, prioress general ofthe Dominicans of St. Catherine of Siena, "in recognition of love and service to the sisters, students and community."

Quoting poet e.e. cummings, who wrote "With you 1 leave a remembrance of miracles," Father Norton concluded "For your miracles, Gertrude, your friends give thanks today, tomorrow, until there is no more time to be grateful." At the following dinner, Raymond Chausse, who was organist and leader of song for the Mass, played and sang "You Are the Wind beneath My Wings" in further tribute to Sister Gertrude. And the'guest of honor expressed her appreciation to her fellow community members for their support'during a recent pe'riod when she was sidelined by a leg injury. To her students she said "I love you all, 1 wouldn't give you up for anything. 1 hope you're all slow learners!" 'Many members of Sister Gertrude's large family were present for the event. Their gratitude for the tribute was expressed by a brother, Bernard Gaudette. The committee masterminding the day had as members Father Norton, Linda Bertoncini, Janice Bonner, Phyllis Carpenter, Chausse and Sister Joseph Marie.

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Charities Division of the Massachusetts' Attorney~General's Office reveal that the Boston Globe contributed $5000 to the Planned Parenthood League of ' Massachusetts. "The Globe's anti-Catholic bias is inherent, intrinsic, pervasive, and institutional. Catholics who are consumers of the Globe, as either readers or advertisers, should carefully reflect on whether their money is being used to subsidize its virulent and relentless bigotry."

"St. Stan's" determined to rise again The Fall River parish that declared "We'll build again" even as fire still licked at the roof of its beloved church, is making good on its word. Buoyed by support from the Jewish and Protestant communities of Greater Fall River, by donations from members of other area parishes, from former parishioners now living out of state, and even from a Florida parish where St. Stanislaus parish pastor Father Robert S. Kaszynski recently preached a mi~sion, "St. Stan's" is determined to rise again. The night after the April 21 fire that left St. Stanislaus Church roofless, some 7 or 8 parishioners met to brainstorm fundraising ideas for rebuilding costs expected to exceed insurance payments. Now numbering 30 people, including some non-parishioner friends, the committee decided on a "kickoff rally of hope and renewal," to be held from 6 to II p.m. June 10 at Venus de Milo restaurant, Swansea. Full information on the event is available at St. Stanislaus School, tel. 674-6771 and Walsh Pharmacy, 679-1300. Not to be outdone by their elders, young people of the parish community and many of their friends from other churches have formed a "Children Who Care Crusade," likewise aimed at rallying support for the rebuilding campaign. The ambitious goal: $1 per week per

youngster for the next four years, hopefully earned through useful projects such as delivering papers, mowing lawns and washing cars or windows. No one who knows the people of St. Stan's, a small but mighty parish community, doubts their gritty determination to rebuild their church home. For the 93-year-old Polish parish, there's special meaning in the traditional Polish toast: Sto Lat! May you live 100 years! But mem- ' ' bers are looking far beyond their first hundred years as they look in faith towards their second century as a community.

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ROME (CNS) - The Catholic Church is offering a bland dish to the "spiritually hungry" and more are leaving the table, ,said U.S. Archbishop John P. Foley, the Vatican's top 'communications official. The church needs to raise the professional level of Mass homilies and its mass media programming, said the archbishop; president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. Despite growing spiritual hunger, church attendance is declining because "people find church dull," he said.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CNS) and the other sisters had made to Sister Mabel Stringer doesn't spend sell.~. as much time as she once did In 1936, Sister McGinniss said, rehearsing, but she wouldn't miss Sister Stringer came to the Franone of her weekly concerts. ciscan center where she was put in Every Friday, as a member of .charge of路the sacristy, "keeping it the Providence Civic Orchestra, clean and making any repairs to Sister Stringer entertains the resi- albs that were necessary. She's dents of various senior centers wonderful seamstress and she used throughout the area. She plays the to make alI our stockings on a violin and thinks she "may be" the knitting machine." oldest in the orchestra. - Through it alI, Sister Stringer Sister Stringer, a member ofthe has kept on playing the violin. Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, "Even in the wintertime, when I will be 100 years old Oct. 29. Born in Southport, England, worried about her going out in the Sister Stringer spent five 'years cold, Sister Mabel continued to traveling thoughout England with practice with her group every her father, who played the cello Thursday and give concerts on and the violin for a living, after her Friday," Sister McGinniss said. And she'lI continue to play, Sister mother died when she was 2. Her father, John Charles String- Stringer said, because she "can't er, handcrafted her first violin for let the old people down." her when she was only 3. The violin she plays now once belonged to him and although the case is scratched through years of use, the "There are no shotgun ordinaviolin's shine shows years of tender tions," the late Cardinal John care. "I've been playing this violin for Wright of Pittsburgh, P A and the a long time," Sister Stringer said. Roman curia once said. "I remember my father playing it, If Cardinal Wright's statement too. He'd take me with him wher- in support of celibacy and an ever he went. While he played the unmarried clergy were to be pubcello and the violin, 1would practice lished in some key American daily newspapers today, it would be rig~t along with him on the one he had made for me." outweighed by the statements of Sister Stringer moved to Meth- those opposed to priestly celibacy. uen, Mass., at the age of 9 to live Thirteen men are to lie face with her aunt and uncle. Raised an down before the high altar of the Episcopalian, she said she "liked cathedral of St. Paul, MN, at the the Catholic Church and alI its end of this' month to be ordained beautiful"ceremonies" so much that priests forever. No shotguns were she attended a mission in Lawrence, involved, and each man made his Mass., when she was 10 and was decision in the face of unprecebaptized aCatholic when it ended. dented attacks on the celibate At 17, she became a member of priesthood. The campaign against celibacy the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary order. She spent two years receives major support from the at a novitiate in Quebec because American media, which love a there were no U.S. novitiates then. fight, support the underdog and She made her first vows in FalI know that sex sells. Asajournalist River and took her final vows in more than half a century, 1 know the press loves controversy. I also 1920 in Quebec. Sister Rita McGinniss, who has 路know bias when 1 see it. The ordination of 13 men into a known Sister Stringer for 56 years and lives with her at the Franciscan life of service to God and neighbor Missi,)naries of Mary facility in rather than wife and family comes North Providence, said Sister at a time when new evidence has Stringer was sent to Woonsocket, appeared attesting to the bias and R.I., in 1921 and spent the next 15 prejudice of major media against the Catholic Church. years doing "commission work." In the four major media studied: "That's what it was calIed back then," Sister McGinniss added. Time. CBS News,-the New York "She would go around to the rich Times and the Washington Post. families in the area begging for the church is portrayed as "oppresmoney to feed\- the orphans \\,~o .sive and anachronistic," and "more were part ofthe mission. Sometimes attention [is given] to critics than she would bring things that she to defenders of church doctrine."

Your family -or your job? Could you choose between your job and your mother or father? Myra Guski had to make that choice. Guski is a medical technologist from Florida. She had worked for the same' hospital for over ten years when her father suffered a severe heart attack up north. Guski took the twenty days . of vacation time she had saved up, plus two weeks of unpaid leave, so she could go north to bring her father to Florida and care for him during his recovery. She then returned to work, and everything was fine fOr three months. But路then her father became' terminally ill. Guski requested one month's unpaid leave of absence to look after him during his final days, but her request was denied. "Your father has been dying before," she was told. Guski resigned from her job to care for her father as he died. Eventually, she found another job. But she is still angry that her responsibility to her father was counted as irresponsibility in the workplace. .. MYparent's need shouldn't have put my job in jeopardy," she said. "I should not have been asked to choose between my father and my job." Another working American tells another tragic story. Su.san Noggi, who worked as a cashier in the state of West Virginia, tells a similar story. In July, 1987, herfather was diagnosed with termin.al cancer, and his condition worsened rapidly. Noggi immediately went to her employer, and asked to use her sick leave and vacation time to go to her father's bedside. She asked that if her accrued days off were not enough, could she please

have an unpaid leave of absence until she could return. But her employer denied her request for a leave of absence. While 'at her father's bedside in Alabama, Noggi received a letter ordering her to return to work by September 2. She was unable to leave on such short notice, but she did report to her office on September 9. When she got there, she was told she rio longer had a job. She had been fired. Fired because she took care of her father when he needed her. These are not isolated cases. Three-fourths of all long term care is provided within the family. Four out of five Americans have experienced a long term care crisis themselves, or expect to have such a problem in their immediate family in the near future. But, studies show that more than one out of nine family caregivers have had to quit their jobs because of the demands of caring. Some 25 states and the District of Columbia have some form of family medical leave protection. Other states are now considering enacting such a law. Do these laws cost businesses enormous amounts? 'No. Studies of existing laws in Oregon, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Rhode Island have shown that the laws do not inflict burdensome costs upon businesses. In fact, the laws may save businesses money, by reducing turnover of staff and improving the welfare and productivity of their employees. Many of our competitor nations have family leave laws. They work well for workers and their families - and for employers as well. Both Japan and West Germany even require paid leave for family medical emergencies!

By Ron Pollack Congress decided last year that we ou'ght to have a family leave law, too. Just before Mother's Day last May, the House of Representatives passed a national Family and Medical Leave Act. And the Senate passed the same measure - by unanimous consent in time for Father's Day. The Act would require employers with 50 or more employees to provide up to 12 weeks' unpaid leave per year for employees needing time off to care for a spouse, parent, or child. The employer would have to keep up the employee's health insurance during the leave of absence, and the employee would be entitled to return to the same job or a comparable one. This law would have saved the jobs of Myra Guski and Susan Noggi, and thousands more like, them. But it was vetoed by President Bush. Americans like Guski and Noggi make sacrifices to meet their responsibilities to their families. In .return, they are being.punished. That's just plain unfair. Ron Pollack is executive director of Families USA Foundation

Senior Walch is an editorial senice 01 Families USA Foundation

Media bias

By The study demonstrating media bias against the church was directed by S. Robert Lichter of BERNARD the Center for Media and Public Affairs. He co-authored a 1981 report disclosing the liberal bias of CASSERLY U.S. elite media. Commissioned by the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic theologian, a seminary dean, a League for Religious and Civil sociologist and an ex-priest. The findings of the Star Tribune Rights, the new study charges that "on most controversies involving research are distressing enough Catholic teachings, the church though understandable in a came out on the losing side of the society where sex sells everything issue debate reported in the press." - without the demonstrable bias Responding to critics of the favoring the critics of Church study, Lichter told Our Sunday teaching on celibacy. Visitor that the research surprised Themail survey was sent to pastors only, not all priests - despite him because the "language was so the front page headline - ' to deal one-sided. J ournalists aren't being with those "who work with the careful; it doesn't occur to them to flock and not administrators or balance the charges." bureaucrats," Rob Day, the pap"If two different dissidents are quoted every time [the same er's research director, said. member of the hierarchy) is," he Some 500 of Minnesota's 1,235 priests were contacted, and 51 peradded, "they outweigh the hierarchy." cent (255) responded. It was they A textbook example of such who produced the survey claims unfair coverage rolled off the that 21 percent of pastors "had a presses of the Minneapolis Star sexual relationship in violation of Tribune last month. Three days of a vow of celibacy,"'and "9 percent copyrighted stories ended in a had engaged in homosexual behavfront page story subheaded: "One ior." Angry over the celibacy quesin Five Catholic Priests Reports Sexual Activity Despite Celibacy tion, St. Paul-Minneapolis .. Archbishop John Roach called it a Vow." The story that followed ex- "serious mistake" and an "invaceeded Lichter's two-to-one sion of privacy." The paper quoted imbalance. Two archbishops him as saying the question "chips defending the church were quoted. away at the credibility of people Six critics were quoted: one arch- who minister to people at the most bishop, one bishop, a Lutheran intimate times of their lives.';

Editor Bob Zyskowski of the St. Paul-Minneapolis Catholic Bulletin, had another idea: "When is the Star Tribune planning to pub-. lish the percentages of its editors who have used illegal drugs, and extramarital sexual relationships, engaged in homosexual behavior, violated their marriage vows?" I believe most Catholics will react to the Star Tribune findings not with demands for a change in celibacy but with anguish and understanding over their pastors' fall from grace. If one out of five (or two out of 10 pastors may have been "sexually active" during their long lives of service, consider this. . When our Lord picked his 12 apostles, one turned out wrong. Two out of 10 is not that far removed. We are all sinners, even those set apart to lead us. We can all mend our ways, go to confession, be forgiven and begin anew. Deo gratias.

Life comes "N 0 one who believes, whatever may have been his condition, however great may have been his fall, need fear that he will perish, When anyone believes, the wrath of God departs and life comes." -St. Ambrose

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Continued from Page One and two lay missioners died when the plane he was piloting crashed ; into a volcano. The plane that was in Fall River will be flown to Zaire and used for transportation between mission stations, as was Brother Berger's plane. Funds for its purchase were contributed by families, friends, other pilots and various organizations, including Avions Sans Frontieres in Quebec and Wings of Hope in the United States. Brother Roger Millette, 'associate principal at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, ,made arrangements for the plane's Fall River visit. Piloted by Guy Gervais, a missionary and a bush pilot with Brother Berger, it has been visiting various areas where the Brothers of Christian Instruction are stationed. ' Among those at the airport to view it were Brother Berger's parents, Normand and Lorraine Berger, now residents of Keyport, Wash., as well as other relatives living in the Fall River area. Brother Millette said it will take about 50 flying hours for the small plane, which has a speed of about 150 miles an hour, to reach' Zaire. Fitted with an extra fuel tank, it POPE JOHN Paul II (at left) walks in procession behind the statue of Our Lady of Fatima will hop from St. Louis to Montreal, thence to St. John's, New- as the statue is carried to the altar for an open-air Mass in front of the basilica of Our Lady of foundland, then, for the longest Fatima in Fatima, Portugal, May 13. (eNS/ UPI-Reuters photo) leg of the trip, will fly 14 hours to the Azores, thence to Dakar, Senegal, and finally to Zaire.

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They include a red leather, gold Continued from Page One ROME (CNS) - The Jesuit Angra Plaza, where the pontiff engraved book of all papal rites conducted during the four-day visit, order has established a new pro- celebrated Mass. commemorative medals, editions vince of China that includes mainIn preparation for the pope, ,,'land China, Taiwan, Hong: Kong -'every village'hadcarpetl!d its main ' 'of Portuguese newspapers reportand Macao. The step was taken to street with elaborate mosaics of ing papal events and security passes prepare for the end of the 1990s, flower petals, traditional for reli- issued to the prelates, who stayed when Hong Kong and Macao will gious festivals-and very slippery in the same Fatima shrine guest and meeting house as the pope. revert to mainland China, said a underfoot, noted the bishop. Both Bishop Cronin and Msgr. . Jesuit official. The reorganization Petals also carpeted October 5 eliminates the province of Hong Plaza in Ponta Delgada on the Oliveira distributed communion Kong-Macao. There are an esti- island of Sao Miguel, where the at papal Masses, with the bishop mated 50 Jesuit priests on the pope conducted a Liturgy of the among those bringing communion mainland, where Catholic Church Word and preached on May I I. to the sick at the Fatima shrine. "We were accompanied by a activities are strictly controlled. For the occasion, said Bishop nurse and a guide," recalled the Cronin, the Santo Christo statue was brought outdoors from the bishop, noting that the assistance made a sometimes difficult proceWASHINGTON (CNS) - Pope church where it is kept. Normally dure "very smooth." the statue emerges only for the John Paul II has accepted the In the course of the trip, Bishop resignation of Archbishop Joseph Santo Christo feast, prototype of Cronin had several opportunities T. Ryan, head of the U.S. Archdi- the several held in the Fall River to speak to the pope, using both ocese for the Military Services and diocese during the Pentecost Portuguese and Italian. He said has named as successor auxiliary season. The bishop's most vivid memory that the pope's command of Porand vicar general, Bishop Joseph of.a May 12 Marian vigil at the tuguese was praised by numerous T. Dimino. ' Fatima shrine on mainland Por- persons. tugal was of hundreds of thouThe. bishop summed up particisands of candles raised aloft at pation in the papal trip as a "magDaily Readings each'recitation of the Glory Be to nificent and spiritually uplifting the Father prayer during the papal experience" for him and Msgr. May 27: Sir 17:19-27; Ps rosary. Oliveira. 32:1-2,5-7 His next memory came the foi"We went both because we were ling day as he processed from the invited and because we felt that the May 28: Sir 35:1-12; Ps papal Mass at the shrine. Catching Portuguese members of the Fall 50:5-8,14,23; Mk 10:28-31 sight of Sister Lucia in a section of Riyer diocese would appreciate seats behind the altar, he waved to the tribute paid them by acknowlMay 29: Sir 36:1,5-6,10her and she returned the wave. edgment of their numbers in this 17; Ps 79:8-9,11,13; Mk "The bishop of the Azores was area," he said. 10:32-45 very surprised that she did that," Bullet at Shrine , commented Bishop Cronin, who May 30: Sir 42:15-25; Ps A Catholic News Service story added that the cloistered Carme33:2-9; Mk 10:46-52 lite nun, now aged 84, almost appearing after the papal trip begins with, the statement that the never appears in public. May 31: Zep 3:14-18 or "What a sight for her to look out pope "etched in metal his belief Rom 12:9-16; Is 12:2-6; lk over the million people at the that Our Lady of Fatima saved his Mass and think of how it all began life 10 years ago when Megmet Ali 1:39-56 on what was then the sheep pas- Agca's gunfire critically wounded him in St. Peter's Square." June 1: Sir 51:12-20; Ps ture of Fatima," he said. Woven around this belief, says Souvenirs of the bishop and 19:8-11; Mk 11:27-33 chancellor's memorable trip were the story, is a Marian mysticism June 2: Ex 24:3-8; Ps 116: displayed last week at the Fall formulated by Fatima devotees. It River chancery office and will be links Mary's 1917 apparitions at 12-13,15-18; Heb 9:11-15; on permanent display at the dioce- Fatima, the rise of communism Mk 14:12-16,22-26 san archives, said Msgr. Oliviera, the assassination attempt, a papai consecration of the world to Mary who is also diocesan archivist.

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and the recent crumbling of communist rule in Eastern Europe. The metal is the bronze comr1?e.morative. medal fo~ the pope's vwt~..t,'?t:rO!tpgl\h ,~t ,ls.:;elJ~r-aved . With an.lmage路o(the statue of Our' Lady of Fatima, the word "Fatima," and the date May 13 framed by the years 1981 - when the attempted assassination took place - and 1991 - the 10th anniversary visit to Fatima. May 13 is also the date of the first Marian apparition in 1917. Normally, papal commemorative medals name the country or countries' visited and the starting and the ending dates of the trip.' The pope often has expressed his belief that Mary saved his life in 198 I and that she helped bring about the fall of East European communism. But the mystical link between these elements was made by Bishop Alberto Cosme do Amaral of Leiria-Fatima in greeting the pope May 12 atthe Fatima shrine. Many people believed that the assassination attempt was "something more than a criminal act," said the bishop. "We all spoke of a sign and the mystery; of a painful and necessarily fruitful mystery, as if it was a bloody renewal of the redemptive passion of Jesus," he said. The bishop then noted how the pope visited Fatima in 1982, on the first anniversary ofthe attempted assassination. The 1982 visit was "a mystery and a sign of hope," he said noting that the pope consecrated the world to Mary at Fatima in 1982, "especially those nations that Our Lady most hoped would be entrusted to her." The consecration was renewed in 1984 in St. Peter's Square "where the heart of Christianity beats," added the bishop. "It is legitimate for us to think that the entrusting that was then deposited in the heart of Our

Mother was fulfilled in a surprising wayin the quick opening and progressive liberation of the heroic countries of East Europe, after a martydom which seemed unending," he said, The bishop was alluding to many aspects of the Fatima message as retold by Sister Lucia, who has told of private revelations to her in which Mary asked that Russia be consecrated to her Immaculate Heart. A key condition is that the consecration be done on the same day by the pope and the world's bishops, each in their dioceses. Sister Lucia has accepted the 1984 consecration in St. Peter's Square as fulfilling Mary's conditions. What does the pope think about this Marian mysticism? He' has avoided giving an anticommunist political interpretation to the Fatima message but without making a direct connection, he often mentions Mary in the same breath with the near-successful assassination attempt and the collapse of commuriism. In 1984, the pope gave a fragment of. the bullet that ripped through his abdomen to Bishop Do Amaral to be placed at the Fatima shrine. It is, now embedded among the jewels in the crown on the shrine statue of Our Lady of Fatima. But it is so tiny that Archbishop Angelo Sodano, head of the Vatican Secretaria't of State, and Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Vatican spokesman, could not see it until it was pointed out to them. "I t is on the underside of the top part of the crown. You have to bend down and look straight up to , see jt.,:'-~aid ~avarro-Valls. ... " .

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Continued from Page One rights in Brazil are only for the wealthy. Dornelles said most poor Brazilians '!are considered second-class 'citizens that threaten the system." Brazil has invited human rights groups to investigate the child killings. Bishop Bambaren said it has been brought to his attention that there also is a small but growing movement to "eliminate poor or physically limited" children for the sale of body parts. He did not name names or provide specifics, but his comments have led the Peruvian government to form a commission to investigate the matter - particularly since he said some of the killings may take place after children are adopted from Latin American countries. He said 80 percent of the adoptions from Peru are by foreigners and many of those adoptions are illegal under Peruvian law. "We need to investigate the final destination of the children," Bambaren said. "Many children are torn from their countries illegally, but then they do not路 receive either the appropriate attention or the guarantee of education or upbringing to which every human being has the right."

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Memory of Katherine MacArthur; $100 Yvonne Miller, Walter Shea, M/M Lawrence Perrault, Agnes Woods, M/M Robert Keane; $75 M/M John Nelson, M/M Vincent Corsano; $50 M/M Joseph Murtha, M/M Charles Hapenney, M/M Lester Johnson, MlM Angelo DiModica, M/M Henry Lennon, M/M Donald Ward, M/M Robert Primmerman, Catherine Delaney, M/M Robert McCann, M/M William Beninghof WEST HARWICH Holy Trinity $500 Harold W. Murray; $300 Elizabeth J. Dolan; $150 Mary Lacy; $120 Anthony & Irene Salvato; $100 Eugene B. Kirk, Dr/M 1. Szymkowicz, M/M Carl Johnson, William M. Brown, Mildred A. Donahue, M/M Vincent Fleming, Catherine Allen, MlM John Brassil . $75.M/M George Gardner,'M/M William Brophy; $60 M/M G. Stephen Beals, Sr.; $50 Paul J. Back, Mrs. James Charles, M/M John Feeney, In Memory of the Doran Family, In Memory of Theresa J. Fennell, M/M Edward Immar, M/M Kenneth R. Whelan, M/M Richard Pickett. John' & Jane Jannell

Catherine M. Andersen, M/M Bernard Cassidy, Alice W. Colliton, M/M John B. Crowley, Leo J. Curran, M/M Thomas F. Dorsey, M/M Charles U. Fay, John F. Flaherty, M/M James Green, Marcella

Hart, M/M T. Leonard Matthews, Jr., M/M Frank Medeiros, Karen & James Mooney, M/M Michael Phelps, Eve Rouke, M/M Edward Studley, M/M Robert Wichterman

CATHOLIC CHARITIES representatives: Appeal chairman Deacon Claude LeBlanc; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gonsalves of Our Lady of Health parish, Fall River; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Soderlund of St. Michael's parish; Swansea. (Hickey photo)

BREWSTER Our lady of the Cape $100 Stanley S. Warden, Louise Symmonds; $50 John J. Havlin, Or/M C.V. Manganelli, Paul Saint, Frederick Sciarappa PROVINCETOWN Continued from Page One St. Peter the Apostle $150 Chrison th'e honor roll. Last year 107 topher J. Snow; $100 M/M Ronald Lopes; $50 M/M Ernest Carreiro, M/M Warren parishes were on the honor roll. Costa, M/M David Roderick, M/M Joseph Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, diocesan Roderick director of the Appeal said, "We are anticipating that every parish MASHPEE - III' - will be on this year's Christ the King $240 Rev. John G. Carroll; $500 M/M John Urban; $250 honor roll. We must have substan'M/M Gregory Beckel; $200 Marcia tial increases in every parish to Hackett, M/M Norman Fitzgerald; $150 surpass last year's total of Ronald Donway; $100 M/M Andrew $2,218,143.84." Carmichael, Mrs. Chester Brown, Mrs. The following additional parMary Duffy, George W. Mahoney, M/M ishes have surpassed their 1990 Peter Hannon, M/M George Balch totals: St. Mary's, Norton; Our $85 Misses M. &C. O'Brien; $75 Anne Lady of Assumption, Osterville: Fitzgerald; $55 Howard Pendergast; $50 M/M Nello Traverso, M/M Charles WhiteCHATHAM head, M/M Peter Skala, M/M Stephen Holy Redeemer $200 M/M Stephen Greelish, Ellen Tucci, M/M Lawrence Bernard; $125 MlM Robert Wolin; $100 Drago $50 M/M William Gerson, Barton Cecilia Aide, M/M Joseph Forbes, Anna McLaughlin, M/M William Sheehan, Cramp, M/M Robert Bottos, M/M Samuel . ST. LOUIS (CNS) - A woman Dr/Mrs. Weiler; $60 M/M Eugene Kissel; Re, M/M Joseph O'Keefe, M/M Thomas whose life is disrupted by the time$50 M/M Joseph Ahern, M/M Leo Con- McDermott, M/M Ronald Butler, Mrs. consuming preparation process leadcannon, Mary Daly, M/M Philip Fallon, Lawrence Bjork, Gina & Mary Abreau, M/M John Ford, M/M Paul Fougere, Patricia Mullane ing her husband to the permanent M/M William Hagerty, John Roy, Eleanor diaconate often tells herself that CENTERVILLE Slyva life will be "simpler, more normal" Our Lady of Victory $250 Atty/M after her husband's ordination. ORLEANS Robert Donahue, Helen 1. McCabe; $130 "Boy, is she in for a surprise!" St. Joan of Arc $350 Dr1M Larry Har- Lillian F. O'Neil; $125 M/M Alfred C. said Dottie Mraz of Parma, Ohio, tung; $250 M/M Francis O'Neil; $100 Bafaro; $120 M/M James W. Higgins; the widow of a deacon whose Enid Cavanaugh, MlM George McDonald, $110 M/M George R. Young $100 M/M Garrett F. Bowler, Joseph experiences led her to a unique Richard St. Onge; $75 M/M John Prendergast, M/M Robert Robida; $50 M/M Cairns, Sr., M/M Robert Ellis, M/M, ministry - helping the wives of deacons cope with the changes the Howard Floan, M/M AI Franz, Jr., M/M Edward J. Gibbons, Sr., M/M Richard Charles Lehmann, M/M Joseph Moran, Griffith. Mary C. Hamilton, M/M Stanley diaconate brings to th~ir lives. Anna Morse, Patricia Rotman, Donna' Kectic, E\len O'Connell, M/M J.J. Pen· "I don't think enough people are dergast, Jr., Dr/M Joseph Ryan, M/M Smith aware of the sacrifices a deacon's George C. Schmidt, M/M Edward D. Tocio BUZZARDS BAY wife makes for (her husband) to $75 M/M John F. Desmond, Mrs. minister," Mrs. Mraz told the St. St. Margaret $150 Thomas P. O~Brien; Frances Guertin, M/M John Lonergan, Louis Review, archdiocesan news$100 M/M Charles Mason, M/M Charles Marjorie McCready, M/M Donald Roypaper. And "women don't realize Fuller, John F. Hickey; $50 M/M Tony croft, M/M John Sweeney; $60 Helen L. Vieira, MlM Joseph Curley, M/M William Kelleher; $50 M/M Thomas F. Bigony, what they have gotten into until it Levangie, M/M Roger Lincoln, Helen Nina Bremer, Dr/M Loren C. Burger, happens." Barber, Maurice Savage, M/M Louis M/M Joseph L. Cairns, k, M/M LawHer husband, Philip, was a Fachetti permanent deacon in the Diocese rence F. Chenier, Kathryn Connors VINEYARD HAVEN $50 M/M Thomas Creighton, M/M of Cleveland when he died in Sep. St: Augustine $120 M/M Eugene William H. Crowley, M/M Corneli.us Fair, tember 1982. Mrs. Mraz, who has written a DeLorenzo; $100 M/M Francis Metell; M/M Robert D. Farrell, Gertrude A. book on "Ministry and the Family $50 James R. Reynolds, Diana Helfrich, Fisher, M/M Daniel J. Gallagher, M/M Wayne L. James, M/M David Johnson, of the Permanent Deacon," led a M/MAlfred Ferro MlM Richard, Kennedy, M/M Robert workshop, "She's Called 'The WELLFLEET McDonald, M/M Everett B. Merrifield, , Our Lady of Lourdes $50 Francis & Jr., M/M Robert Morris, Mrs. Stephen Deacon's Wife'" during the recent , annual convention of the National Blanid O'Bert O'Brien, Sr., M/M Gerald M. Ott Association of Permanent DiacoOSTERVILLE nate Directors, held in St. Louis. FALMOUTH Our Lady of Assumption $1000 In the workshop, Mrs. Mraz St. Patrick $500 Rev. James A. McAnonymous; $200 M/M Thomas Harti- Carthy, Dr/M Ambrose Finnell; $400 recalled the stream of conflicting gan; $100 Nancy Daniel, Margaret Hag- Dr/M Paul Bouche; $200 Martha Hearn; emotions - ranging from pride to gerty, Anonymous; $75 M/M John Szymanski, Anonymous; $50 MlM Thomas $145 M/M Louis A. Tessier; $100 Dr/M jealousy and alienation - that Hennigan, Mrs. Thomas Powers, Kathryn Joseph Cafarella, William J. Drew, M/M women tend to experience as they Ernest P. Foley, James McDonough, M/M adjust to their husband's new role. O'Connor, M/M Benjamin Perry, AnonyJames Ridley, Mrs. Edmund Sherman, mous "The woman in the diaconate Edmund C. Wessling has gone through formation with POCASSET $75 MlM Cyril A. Fennelly; $60 M/M her husband," she said. "She may St. John the Evangelist $750 In James Burns; $50 M/M William Buckley, be just as well-equipped to minis-

Catholic Charities Our Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet Holy Cross, Sacred Heart, St. Louis and 'Santo Christo, Fall River; St. John of God, St. Patrick, Somerset. Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Casimir, St. Kilian, St. Lawrence, New Bedford; St. George, Westport; Holy Family, Holy Rosary, St. Jacques, St. Joseph, St. Paul, Taunton; St. Peter, Dighton; St. Joseph, No. Dighton; St. Anne, Raynham.

Deacons' wives need help in their roles ter as her husband, maybe more so, yet she's not ordained." After her husband's ordination, a wife may have difficulty finding him after church events, Mrs. Mraz said. She may not be invited to or feel comfortable at clergy activities, parishioners may ask her to "talk to the pastor" for them, and she may feel like a single parent because of additional duties she must take up at home to allow "more free time for her husband to minister to others," she said. Diaconate programs can help deacons', wives by providing "a concerned, caring director and staff who are aware of a woman's call, her' commitment and her needs," Mrs. Mraz said, and by fostering community among wives, offering opportunities for continued growth, and urging couples to. place their marriage high on their list of priorities. Once a woman give's up the idea of "trying to be a perfect deacon's wife" and begins to pursue her own interests, Mrs. Mraz said, the diaconate can enhance her life and marriage. "There needs to be less pressure on 'us to minister, to 'always be doing, and more emphasis on being- being real, well-rounded, faith-centered women," she said.

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he listens to the very rhythm of his heart it reminds him of his "precious home," a place where "the ocean meets ,the sky," a place to "be sailing." Think for a minute abo~t yO':1f own home. Few aspects of life so greatly influence who we become as the place we grew up and the people there. Even when our memories are painful, the legacy of these events influences our current relationships, no matter where we live. Reflecting upon our first home can lead to a new sense of appreciation. How can you show gratitude? First, tell your parents and' all those you live with that you appreciate their efforts to make a home. Too often others' small everyday acts of kindness are overlooked, and at times taken for granted. Next, adopt the attitude of forgiveness. There are no perfect homes, just as there are no perfect parents, sons, daughters, brothers or sisters. Even when we fail, most of us are /' trying to do our best. Indeed, we need to realize how events that were hurtful have affected' us, but we also need to let go of anger and resentment. Whether they are older or younger than you, see those, in your home as fellowlearners,in the adventure of life. Finally, remember your physical surroundings. Think about the trees, yards, countryside surrounding your home. All are gifts from the Creator God. Show your respect and gratitude by doubling your commit- ' ment to take care of the Earth. No matter where we live or where we grew up; our Earth is ~he only planet-home we have! Your comments are welcomed by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 181, Rockport, Ind. 47635. '

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RHYTHM OF MY HEART

By Christopher Carstens

Across the river the river runs Down in the gutter Life is slipping away Love may still exist in another place Running on the clover of a hilly plain Flames are getting higher in every way Burning down the bridges of my memory Love may still be alive Somewhere, some way In a down and lonely dear A hundred steel towns away The rhytbm of my heart Is beating like a drum With the words "I love you" Rolling off my tongue Never will I roam For I know my precious home Where the ocean meets the sky. I'll be sailing Photographs, kerosene Light up the darkness, light it up, Light It up, light it up I can still feel tbe touch Of your thin blue jeans Running down the alley I've got my 'eyes all over you baby I got lIibfning in my veins Shooting out like a ball in a slot macbine Love may still exist in anotber place I'm just yanking back the camera No expression on my face Written by Marc Jordan, Jobn Capek. Sung by Rod Stewart (c) Warner Brotbers Records for tbe United States, and Wea International . I.n, the, song; an individual BAGPIPES in a rock song? Maybe my e~rs are fooling me, remembers what it means to but thiil is what 'I hear in ROd have a horrie he 10ves.ApparStewart's latest hit, "Rhythm' of ently, he has been depressed, My Heart." Stewart recently feeling like his "life !S slipping returned to Scotland to open away." He wants to find a way to his new world tour. The song seems to be a tribute to his "exis't in another place" where "love may still be alive." Yet, as Scottish roots.

they are going to make you stop being a kid. In the spring of 1966 I graduThe great attractions of adult ated from Valley High in Albulife are freedom, choice and responquerque, N.M. Frankly, I had been looking sibility. But being a kid has some forward to graduation. High sC,hool benefits. Like, for example, grownups was far from the happiest period worry a lot about stuff like paying of my life and graduation day held rent and buying groceries and figthe promise of release, freedom, uring out taxes. Kids are generally the end of my sentence. spared that kind of concern. Sometime in the 1950s, an East And kids are expected to make Coast duo had written the most mistakes. You get lots of second sentimental song imaginable about and third chances - but when high school graduation titled "Valyou're out of school they start takley High." ing your slip-ups much more serLocal legend had it that the two iously. , singers had visited our very school Sometimes around April or May and used the name because it was of your senior year, it sinks in that so poetic. That mayor may not this isn't about somebody else. It's have been true, but apparently the about you. And all the certainty song made a minor hit for about you had about life after high six weeks in 1955 and was then school.starts·to evaporate as the forgotten - everywhere else. last four years start looking better Not in Albuquerque. Each spring in retrospect. the DJs at KQBO would dig out There's a powerful urge to sometheir copy of that record and,play how slow down the clock, to make it over and over for about two these final months stretch out just weeks, just before graduation. a little longer. As a s9phomore, I had observed The closing days of senior year thaFwheneve'r the s6rig came on are ,life onthe edge of a cliff. What the' radio, all the seniors would you have come to know so well is cry. Gloppy, sentimental, ''I'm about to disappear forever. Even· going~to-miss-this-all~so~very the awful parts of high school life much" sorts of tears. Yuck. are at least familiar, and. what One thing i knew for sure was comes next is utterly unknown. that I would never cry, when they I moved through senior week in played "Valley High" on the radio. a wide-eyed trance. For the first I would laugh at all the, sillies and time in my life, I knew that I was congratulate myself on living , looking at things I would never see through high school and then I again. I wanted to soak up every would happily go on to something image, every experience, to' put it better. all in a memory bank so I could But a really scary thing happens' play it back again and again forBy Hilda Young the spring of your senior year. You ever. Our parish recently suffered a realize that they really mean it. I didn't cry when they played profound loss. The McFetch famYou are going to graduate and "Valley High." But I wanted to. ily moved, including Lilly, its grandmother and matriarch. Lilly, you see, was the foundress of All Saints' Annual Flea Market and Bazaar, billed fondly as the t~en Bizarre Bazaar of Hodgepodge a Compilation of a Great Deal of BALTIMORE' (CNS) - Hard $4.2 billion a year on alcohol" the Known World's Most Extraorfacts and loving hugs will go further according to Mrs. Novello. dinary Miscellany, Collectibles, in addressing, the problem of "When I talk to kids who drink I Memorabilia and Junque. under-'age alcohol abuse than will tell them to save their change from 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 punishment alone, the U.S. sur- the six-packs so they can use it for the audience to take extra time to geon general recently told a Catho- their transplant," she said. find out what's happening in their lic high school audience 'in BaltiAmong the factors leading to children's 'lives. , ' more. teen alcohol abuse is that young "Talk to them. Don't send them Surgeon General Antonia Novel- people "don't' think beer is an to their rool,11. Hug your kids. Tell 10 told 'the audience of students, alcoholic beverage," Mrs. Novello them you care. Remember too, it's parents and teachers,at Maryvale said, even though a can of beer hard to preach when you're doing High School t~~t responsibili,ty contains as much alcohol as four what you tell them not to do." for teenage drinking must be shared ounces of wine or a shot of vod ka. Mrs. Novello also urged teachers by children,-parents a~d. t.eachers. Peer pressure and mixed signals and school counselors to step in. "I'm trying to enlist you so we also are factors, she believes. The with the facts. can help each other," Mrs. Novello belief that drugs are bad but alco"They need to trust," she said. said. "This problem is not little; I hol is not is prevalent and the bev~ "They need to know we count on will not tell you what to do. But erage industry doesn't help with its them. They need to have the option let's look at data and facts." unrealistic advertis!!18. of talking confidentially to someStudies show 92 percent of all "I'd ,like to see a commercial one at the school." high school seniors ha·ve 'tried with a fat, belching person drinkAnd to the students themselves, alcohol at least once and 33 per- ing beer," Mrs. Novello suggested. Mrs. Novello advised, "Don't let a 'cent regularly binge, she said. "Kids today have tons of presstupid accident take your life. It's Am'oilg younger children, 24 per- sures," Mrs. Novello said. "They all right to say 'no' but that's not cent of.eighthgraders regularly go know a lot but they don't yet know enough. You have to think about on alcoholic binges. how to ascribe it to life." what you want to do when you 'those iJnder-age drinkers spend She encouraged the parents in grow up."

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Lilly loved flare, like spelling junk with a "que." She was the Picasso of parish hall transformations and referred to her startling work as experiments in "Neo-Modern Surplus Chic." Her best efforts culminated in creating the ambiance of head-on collision between a five-and-dime supply truck and a Halloween costume freighter. The hall (referred toby detractors as "the basement") would be elegantly adorned with weathered hammocks, headless mop handles, cracked crockery, racks of shape-, less dresses, abandoned appliances, tubeless TV cabinets, webless lawn furniture, rusting tools, tilting barbeques, and leaky beanbag chairs. Lilly always knew where to put. the pink flamingos for best effect Tables would be heaped with wonders - gaudy ashtrays, chipped" china, pots without handles, handles without pots, wire-rimmed glasses, singed hotpads, rubber galoshes with rusty latches, bowling balls, well-traveled suitcases, wooden fruit bowls, plastic fruit, birdbaths, hamster cages, Mason jar lids, cast-iron pans, cracked mirrors, mountain scenes with' cheap frames, horseshoe games with one stake and gas station water glass collections. L

The impressive scene would be illuminated by shadeless pole lamps and Lilly's watchful eye. Besides being a peerless choreographer ofjunque, the woman was shrewd. One year the bazaar was packed because someone had started a rumor that Marilyn Monroe's costumes and stage jewelry had been donated. Sporting a grin and a pair of earrings that had been wind chimes in an earlier life, Lilly denied starting the rumor. Under cross examination at the Caffeine Club later, however, she did recall mentioning to a Jocal reporter how nice it would be if a famous person donated something to this event. . Interestingly, the' next year's bazaar was overrun with buyers when it was rumored Vice President' Quayle might attend. It was with tears in our eyes that we said goodbye to her at a reception this week. "I'll miss you troops too," she'said. "Write me. Junquemail would be nice!"

Three Things "There are three things that cause faith to stand firm, devotion to remain constant, and virtue to endure. They are prayer, fasting; and mercy." - St. Peter Chrysologus

THE ANCHOR-:Diocese of Fall River-Fri., May 24, 1991

in our schools Bishop Connolly Faculty, staff, parents and students of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, took steps toward building the school's Bishop Connolly Memorial scholarship fund with a May 21 Walk-a-Thon. Beginning at the Elsbree Street campus, walkers followed a 12mile route in the Watuppa reservoir area before returning to the school for lunch, entertainment, games and music. Development director Carol McGill coordinated the event. Food, video games, an African Big Game Hunt and horse racing were among activities that greeted returning prom-goers at Connolly's seventh annual all-night, chemical-free Post Prom. The event began at 11:30 p.m.. May 17 following the junior~ senior prom and ended at 6 a.m. May 18 with a breakfast prepared by faculty members. A highlight of the party was a showing of the Connolly version of the "Voices that Care" video salute to US troops in the Persian Gulf. The freshman class captured first place in competition against the sophomore and junior classes on Olympics Day, May 17. Student government and facuity members assisted senior Ryan Doyle in coordinating the day, which included events ranging from a singoff to an egg toss, tug of war and relay race. Recent Teenagers ofthe Month, named. by Jhe J:Q.ll ,River Elks.. Lodge, are seniors Jodie Medeiros and Philip Tavares for March and Muffy Merrick and Tyler Carlson for April. Miss Medeiros, treasurer of the senior class, is a member of the foreign language and ski clubs and the yearbook staff. A participant in five sports, she is also coordinator ofthe student government recycling program. Tavares has been active in the basketball and track teams and in the photography, ski and drama clubs. He is a member of the National Honor Society -and Amnesty International and is an Eagle Scout. He recently received . an AFL-CIOscholarship. Miss Merrick, a three-year member of the student government, has participated in the s.ki and foreign language clubs, chOir, cross country, spring track and the National Honor Society. Carlson is a member ofthe Cross country, tennis and ski teams. He is active in Amnesty International, the Big Brother program and the foreign language club, and he served as treasurer of the ski club..

Bishop Feehan.. In recent days, science students at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro" h/l.ve been studying· topics ranging from the growth of tomato plants nurtured in space to . childbirth to the physics of pasta. Students are currently growing' second generation seeds, produced . by tomato plants grown from seeds kept in an orbiting NASA space lab for several years. After retrieving the seeds, NASA launched the earthbound project "SEEDS" to allow students nationwide to observe the effects of zero gravity on the plants. .

Senior A Boys Playoff Champs: Holy Ghost, Jeff Berube, Mike Braga, Chris Campion, Paul Dufault, Richard Gilbert, Robert Helger, William Kulpa, Scott Mello, Bob Turcotte. Coaches: Bob Ferreira, Jim Cox. Prep Boys Champs: Santo Christo, . Mike Cioe, Derek Santos, Chris Couto, A~dy Custadio, Kevin Dias, Joe Martinho, Chad Carrigan, Jay Sullivan, Mike Labouliere, Antero Tavares, Joe Cidade, Jay Davis. Coaches: Peter Jude Szady, Joe Forand. Senior BBoys Champs: S1. William's, Chris Martins, Derrick Reis, Bill Paulino, John Cabral, Jay Bomback, Jeff Wilson, Ron Bouchard, Steve St. Pierre, Mark Silva, Joe Dias. Coaches: Steve St. Pierre, Tom Coute, Pat Richards. Junior CBoys Champs: Notre Dame, Shaun Lambert, Andrew Ouellette, Norman McCarthy, David Jang, Darryl .,,,,'hi. Diosomito, Jeremy Corriveau, Ryan BISHOP CONNOLLY High School, Fall River, senior Berube, Joseph Desrosiers, Jason Reminding close to 300 people Jamie R. Borges accepts a scholarship check from Fall River Dumont. Coaches: AI Vaillancourt" Catholic Woman's Club scholarship committee member Eileen gathered at McGovern's Restau- Charles Ouellette. rant, Fall River, for the annual Junior B Boys Champs: Our Lady Higgins as club president Catherine Audette and moderator Fall River Area CYO basketball of Fatima, Sean Haley, Mike FlanaFather Vincent F. Diaferio loo~ on. The club awards a schol- awards banquet that "when you gan, Chris Kelly, Matt Garand, Kevin arship to the son or daughter of a member each year. Borges climb the ladder of success and Kelly, Tom Casey, Barry Mello, Neil reach the top, you should turn Austin, Jonathan Goss, John McMaplans to attend Boston University in the fall. (H ickey photo) around and bring others with you," hon. Coaches: Kevin Kelly, Fran Kelly Coach John Calipari of the Uni- . Junior A Girls l:hamps: Our Lady Anatomy and physiology stuMagna cum laude certificates to veristy of -Massachusetts in Amdents toured the Childbirth Center Nita Patel, Christopher Murphy, herst spoke of the importance of of Grace. Care Ann Maltais, Kelly at Women and Infants Hospital in John Gledhill, Jane Skober, Lisa teamwork in life and how basket- Albanese, Michelle Feigo, Melissa Ann Providence. After a pre,sentation Toscano, Kelly Fitzsimmons, ball offers a great opportunity for Maltais, Lynn St. Martin. Tracy Jackson, Rachel Ann Maltais. Coaches: by members of the nursing staff, Derek Wesley, Emilie Bousquet, young people to learn this. Bob Maltais, Jim St. Martin, Glenn the class visited labor and delivery Keith Wade, Paul Flanagan; Calipari, who led his team to the rooms and the neonatal intensive Cum laude certificates to Erinn semifinals of this year's National Medeiros. Junior B Girls Champs: St. George, care unit. Hoag, Keri Larocque, Kathleen Invitational Tournament, also reKatie DeMello, Sara Troia, Amy SampSheridan, Heather Galligan, Susan Conceptual physics students reminded those gathered that if they son. Carrin Piccard, Erika Carlson, . cently competed in a "Fettucini Flynn. Cristina Cataldo. want to achieve success in anyLatin II: magna cum laude cer- thing at any level, they must work Cheryl Vieira, Kerry Tripp, Erin Senay, Physics" (or "spaghetti towers") Kim Pacheco, Sarah Chase, Nicki Gencontest. Mike' Bush created the tificate to Marjorie Llacuna; cum hard. dron. Coaches: Etta DeMello, David laude certificates to Matthew Freesturdiest pasta structure, while the "Winning is not the important Chase, Tracy DeMello. best design was cooked up by the man, Stephen Brady and Gino thing, it is competing to the very Junior A Boys Regular Season team of Keith Wade, Mark Hum- Delsesto. best of your ability that really Champs: St. William's, Mike Brodeur, phrey and David Cloutier.' Ray counts," said the 31-year-old coach Kevin Furtado, AI Levrault, Steve Wolters, Joe DiMartino and Bill who has just completed his third Pacheco, John Kolleck, Brian Andree, DePippo were winners of a horseyear with the UMass Minutemen. Scott Jackson, John Fillion. Coaches: End-of-the-year activities have power contest. Rev. Richard Chretien, pastor Matt Burke, Pat Burke, Tim Burke On May 17, the physics classes begun at St. Anne's School, Fall of Our Lady of Grace Church, Junior A Boys Playoff Champs: River. traveled to Canobie Lake park in Westport, gave the invocation and Santo Christo: Eric Couto, Richie Many students are going on Salem, NH, for an "amusement Rev. Jay Maddock, director ofthe Ewens, Bob Walsh, Ryan Oliveira, class trips this month and next. park physics" day. Fall RiverArea CYO, was master Ken Martin, Nelson Carreiro, Shawn Kindergarteners will travel to a of ceremonies. Head table guests pizza restaurant to create and sam- included Park Commissioner and Thanes, Brian Mauricio, Val Tavares. Nine students participated in Coaches: Peter Jude Szady, Norby ple their own pizzas, and preschool Mrs. Gilbert Amaral, CYO asso- Martins~ academic, athletic and creative classes will visit the Dartmouth ciate director, Albert "Val" Vailevents at the annual State Junior Children's Museum June 6. lancourt. Ken "Jersey Red" Ford, Classical League convention May Grades 2 and 6F will visit the . Charlie and Jackie Medeiros, Rick II at Minnechaug Regional High Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut. LePage.and Tracy Furness. League School. CHICAGO (CNS) - Sister of As a reward for having raised referees were also honored as Charity Margaret M. Fitzpatrick, Kristen Saintdon placed first in during the fall kit the most funds invited guests. an English oratory contest for her vice president and assistant to the speech Cura Mini. Futuri ("My drive. grade 4 willge treated to a Father Maddock thanked the president at St. John's University pool party at Durfee High School, coaches and parents for their help' in New Yqrk, is the 1991 r.ecipient Concern is the Future") and also and noted that the three most of the U.S. Catholic Award, given won a ribbon in a costume contest, Fall River. Grade 8 will spend a day at Durfee participating in Proprized trophies were awarded for by U.S. Catholic magazine to a as did Nita Patel. sportsmanship and that they repre- person or persons who have signif. Juniors Lisa Rowe and Ronald ject Adventure. a program teachDiggett are among 150 Massachu- ing survival skills and the interde- sent what the CYO League tries to icantly furthered the cause of accomplish. The director also women in the church. setts All-State artists. The award pendence of people. Reiigious activities are especi- thanked Mrs. Vivian Burke for her recognizes juniors of exceptional Sister Fitzpatrick's work with artistic potential and provides them ally important at this time of assistance in planning the banquet. students at St. John's, especially in. This yearthe CYO had 70 teams , confronting the problem of sexual . with the opportunity to. ·attend·a year, including Marian devotions .. in eight divisions. Over 800 young violence, "serves as a healthy June 7 and 8 Art All-State Festival Classes are bringing flowers to at the Worcester Art Museum,' adorn a statue of Mary. and spe- . people between tRe ages of Wand model for the church and for where they will learn about art· cial at"tention has been given to 20 took part in the program. society by openly and honestly Sportsmanship awards went to responding to a problem that's careers and contemporary art saying the rosary. communion students reFirst Thomas Ferreira, St. Michael's prevalent throughout the society forms. parish, Fall River, Junior A Boys; and within the church itself," said Junior Kerri Simoneau, a pri- ceived theEucharist on May 19. A Mother's Day tea was held for vate voice student of Elaine SaulAimee Cleary; Sacred Heart, Fall Claretian Father Mark Brummel; .' nierfor nine years, won first place third grade mothers and the Home River, Junior A Girls; Anna editor of U.S. ·Catholic. Szlemp, St. Stanislaus, Fall River, in the recent Chaminade Scholar- and School Association hosted a Junior B Girls. ship auditions, earning $300 to- luncheon for the school staff in Basketball camp scholarships. ward musical studies this summer. celebration of Teac'her Appreciawere awarded to. Shelley Lavoie She hopes to attend ·the Eastman tion Week. HAVANA(CNS) ---' Five thouAn Art Fair was held at the School of Music summer program and Sean Cleary. sand Spanish-language Bibles have school on May 13, as was the elecin Rochester, NY. . __ Team members and coaches gone on public sale in Cuban The following Bishop Feehaq tion for 1991.92 Homeand School awarded championship trophies bookshops in a sign of increasing students earned awards in the Na- Association board members. and jackets follow: government tolerance of religious Entertainment was provided by tional Latin Examination: Senior A Boys regular season teaching and worship. music students and the school choir champs: Santo Christo, John Siniero, Latin I: gold medal and summa cum laude certificate to Deirdre and by dancers from the junior Bill Martins, Paul Tavares, Norby Palerritino; silver medals and max- high classes. Martins, Richie Costa, John Oliveira, Teachers are planning language Joe Couto, Manny Pereira. Armendo GOD" ANCHOA HOLDS ima cum laude certificates to Karen Hillman, Darcie Dennigan, Keith curriculum for.next year at a Pro- Aberca, Tony Martins. Coaches: Peter fessional Day today. Collins, Jessica Allan; J. Szady, Ben Coelho, Lou Soares. '

Final exams for Grade 8 will be given from May 28 to 31. Kindergarten graduation will be held June 7 in the school auditorium.Eighth graders will present a variety show for the rest of the student body that afternoon. Eighth grade graduation will take place at St. Anne's Church on June. 10. There will be a steppingup ceremony for preschoolers June II. The final day of school will be June 14, with a morning liturgy at St. Anne's Church and an afternoon cookout sponsored by the Home and School Association. Teachers will complete the school year June 17. During the summer, plans will be made for the fall schedule and the annual Harvest Family Festivfll

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ST. PATRICK, FR Women's Guild installation Mass 6 p.m. June 3; banquut follows at Ramada Inn, Portsmouth, RI. Information: Ann Oliveira, 672-3768; deadline May 26. SACRED HEART, FR Women's Guild Rose E. Sullivan Scholarship recipients are BMC Durfee High School students Bridget Murphy, to attend Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and Keith Waring, to attend Bristol Community College.

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ST. ANTHONY OF DESERT, FR Adoration of Blessed Sacrament noon to 6 p.m. June 2, with holy hour from 5 to 6 p.m. . ST. MARY, MANSFIELD The Catholic Woman's Club closed the 1990-91 season with a banquet at Theodore's Landing, Plainville; guest speaker Father John Oliveira of St. Michael's parish, Fall River, discllssed women's roles in the church today. Club moderator Father Armando Annunziato blessed St. Mary medIUs for club members in commemoration of the organization~s 75th anniversary. New officers are Lauren Malay, president; Patty Coyne, vice president; Claire Maragano, treasurer; Kathy Tartufo and Maureen O'Sullivan, secretaries. FREE BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING, ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR St. Anne's Hospital, in conjunction with Mass. Department of Public Health, will offer free blood pressure screening II a.m. to Jp.m. May 30, hospital lobby. Information: 674-5741. SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR Clover Club Choir will sing at II a.m. Mass Sunday. SS. Peter and Paul School will be featured on the Jean Caya Bancroft talk show on 1420 WBSM radio 8 a.m. tomorrow; guests will be principal Kathleen Burt, teacher Sister Davida Dunne, parent Peg McCaughey and student Patrick Jackson. TAUNTON CATHOLIC CEMETERIES Friends and relatives of those buried in Taunton Catholic cemeteries are invited to IQ a.m. Memorial Day Mass at St. 'Francis Cemetery; please bring chairs if you wish to sit. . HOLY NAME, FR School advisory council meeting 7: 15 p.m. May 30, rectory.

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HOLY NAME, NB The parish raised $615 through the Mother's Day Roses for Life drive. Couples' Club communion breakfast foIlowing II a.m. Mass June 2; reservations: Joseph Sylvia, 997-0966, or Casmirio Sylvia, 9934608, by May 26. n.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Dinner for graduating seniors 6 p.m. June 4, Paddock Restaurant; reservations: Bobbi Paradise, 7711614, or parish office, 775-5744, by May 31. Renewal of marriage vows for parish couples noon Mass June 2, foIlowed by brunch in parish center; reservations: parish office, by May 30. BIRTHRIGHT, CAPE COD New or used blankets and other layette items are needed; information: 771-1102.

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR Summer junior volunteer program for high school students 14 years old by July or older; applications in volunteer office open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Information: 6745741 ext. 2080. BREAD OF LIFE PRA YER COMMUNITY, FR Catholic Charismatic prayer meeting 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Blessed Sacrament Church, FR; concludes with Mass. WIDOWED SUPPORT FR area meeting 7 p.m. May 28, St. Mary's Cathedral School Hall, FR. NOTRE DAME de LOURDES, FR "Build a Library" program after Masses June I and 2. CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN LeRepos retreat with Anna Maria Schmidt May24 to 26. VINCENTIANS Taunton District monthly Mass 7:30 p.m. June 3, St. Jacques Church, 249 Whitte'nton St., Taunton; meeting will follow in church hall. SACRED HEART, N. ATTLEBORO Parish pastoral council nominations due by June 2; afternoon of prayer for the council will be held that day beginning with Exposition of Blessed Sacrament after 10:30 a.m. Mass until Eucharistic Devotion and Benediction 6 p.m. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, HYANNIS Women's Guild scholarship recipients are Kathleen Maclachan, to attend Roger Williams College, and Patricia Harrington, to attend Wheaton College.

L.SALETTE CENTER, ATTLEBORO Silent guided retreat, "Wisdom in Your Heart," for laypersons, religious and priests June 15 to 21. WiIl include daily Eucharist, conferences and opportunity for quiet prayer. Rev. Paul Rainville, MS, Mrs. Kathryn Wrobel and Sister Patricia Cocozza, SND, wiIl direct. Directed retreat for laypersons, religious and priests June 15 to 21; will aIlow time for personal reflection and daily opportunity to meet with retreat directors Rev.' Gilles Genest, MS, and Sister Cocozza. Information: 222-8530. ST.THERESA,S.ATTLEBORO _ Food pantry is open 9 to II a.m. Wednesdays in church haIl; 200 Ibs. of food was received recently from a coIlection by the Attleboro Public Library. The parish congratulates ST. JOSEPH, WOODS HOLE Christopher Brillon on receiving an Summer Mass schedule begins Eagle Scout award. The parish tomorrow. Finance committee meet.. raised $268.50 for Massachusetts ing 7:15 p.m. May 28. Citizens for Life in the Roses for Life Drive. ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN SEPARATED/DIVORCED Youth group meeting 7 p.m. SunCATHOLICS day; nominations for '91-'92 council Attleboro area support group members and guest speaker on drug meeting 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, St. addictions:Mary's, North Attleboro, rectory. O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Cape Cod support group meeting 2 Men's Club supper meeting 6:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Christ the King p.m. May 28; guest speaker: Jack parish library, Mashpee; topic: Twohig. Reservations: Don Dunn, "Making the Best of the Worst." 385-4085, or Jack Shea, 385-3198. Information: 428-7078, evenings. Mass of Anointing of the Sick will LaSALETTE SHRINE, be celebrated at Brewster Manor ATTLEBORO , Nursing Home May 30. Ecumenical Healing Service with Father Andre celebration for graduates and their Patenaude, MS, 2 p.m. Sunday. families 8 p.m. May 30, parish Memorial Day Mass for Peace 6:30 center. p.m., marking the close of Monday ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB night prayer vigils for peace in the Men's League meeting II a.m. world which have been held each Sunday, lower church. In the faIl t!te week since New Year's Eve.' league plans to dedicate a memorial Service personnel who served in plaque for deceased members; the Gulf will take an active part in names may be given to a member or the Memorial Day ceremony, and pla'ced in coIlection basket. special prayer wiIl be offered for per, SUMMER SPORTS CAMPS, sonnel whose names were inscribed ST. JOSEPH; FAIRHAVEN ATTLEBORO· in LaSalette's Book of Names as weIl Mass for high school graduates of Basketball, soccer and football as for those who died in Operations the parish 9:30 a.m. June 2; students camps at Bishop Feehan High Desert Shield and Desert Storm. will wear caps and gowns and gather School; information: 226-6223. ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET in church haIl for procession. INFANT CARE SKILLS FOR St. Patrick's FeIlowship meets .7 CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE p.m. Sunday, parish center. FATHERS, NORTON Volunteers needed to work in parSt. Mary, Norton, parishioner HOSPICE OUTREACH, FR ish library after weekend Masses. Abel Rodriques, LPN, will offer II th annual dinner and meeting Old eyeglasses (in any condition) are 'Basic Infant Care Skills for New' ,6:30 p.m. June 6. Independence Harbeing collected in boxes at church Fathers, a two-hour class followed bour, Assonet. Diann B. Uustal, entrances to be recycled for the poor by weekly support group meetings; RN, MS, EdD, founder and presiof Central and South America. information: 285-9871. dent of independent educational conST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBORO ST. MARY, SEEKONK sulting network Educational ReLadies' exercise class 7 p.m. May All students in parish enrolled in a sources in Nursing and Wholistic 28. Catholic school may apply for FaHealth, will speak on "Caring for the ther Cornelius Keliher Scholarship; Caregiver." Meeting is open to the MASS IN PORTUGUESE public; reservations: 673-1589 by 6:30 p.m. Sunday, St. Francis please send letter of intent to Father May 31. Xavier Church, Hyannis; celebrant: Thomas L. Rita as soon as possible. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes. ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, SWANSEA Memorial Mass for parishioners who have died in the past year 9:30 a.m. May 27. Youth group softbaIl EAST PROVIDENCE, RI Sister Farrell went to Bay View game I p.m. May 26, Somerset High School field. Youth group will cook Sister Mary Theresa Farrell, from Bishop Connolly last year and serve lunch at soup kitchen on RSM, a mathematics teacher at and was recently appointed to Memorial Day; those wishing to St. Mary Academy-Bay View and coordinate the mathematics curhelp may caIl 675-8596. Donations former faculty member at Bishop. riculum in grades 7 through 12. accepted, including clothing. Connolly High School, Fall River, She wiIl be honored June 17 at a ST.MARY,NB has been named a Djstinguished Washington, DC, ceremony, toCub Scouts will coIlect returnable .Teacher by the White House Com- gether with 140 other winning bottles and cans 9 a.m. to noon June teachers from across the nation as mission on Presidential Scholars. I, chur!=h parking lot. She· was nominated by Con- part of National Recognition ST. JULIE BILLIART, nolly senior Philip Nadeau, Week, June 15 to 20. N. DARTMOUTH Events wiIl include an address Vincentians meet 7:30 p.m. May recently selected as a 1991Presidential Scholar, who identified by Secretary of Defense Dick 30, church hall. Sister Farrell as the teacher who Cheney and a Presidential Schomost influenced his outstanc,iing lars Medallion Ceremony at the academic achievement. White House.

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