FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSEnS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS
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Friday, June 5, 1987
F ALL RIVER, MASS.
New Appeal record set The Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, is pleased to announce that the 1987 Catholic Charities Appeal in the Diocese of Fall River has recorded an alltime high level of contributions. Diocesan headquarters, reports that the total sum realized in the annual springtime campaign was $1,859,900.21, an increase of some $80,000 over the 1986 total. Bishop Cronin described the most successful Catholic Charities Appeal in the 46-year history of the endeavor as an inspiration to all concerned with the ministry of God's people. "When one realizes," he said, "what this campaign represents: thousands of people throughout the 114 parishes of the diocese contributing in such a generous way to the continued supp'ort of the varied apostolic endeavors it is a magnificent example of Christian love, of people helping people. For another record year, the people throughout the diocese have responded so generously to God's call to share, to help build up His kingdom." The bishop also took note ofthe support manifested by firms and individuals engaged in business and professional life in southeastern Massachusetts. "It is obvious," he stated, "that our pastoral, educational and social service endeavors have earned the admiration and enthusiastic sup-
port of friends and neighbors throughout our area. On behalf of these apostolates, I am truly grateful to one and all for their support." The Catholic Charities Appeal is the single most important source of funding for a wide variety of activities conducted under diocesan auspices. In making note of the unprecedented success of this year's Appeal, Bishop Cronin expressed delight that many worthy programs benefiting Catholic and non-Catholic diocesan residents would enjoy secure operation and stable growth in the fiscal year beginning July 1. Bishop Cronin thanked Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan Appeal director, and George Agostini of Seekonk, Appeal honorary lay chairman. He also took note ofthe 22,000 volunteers whose time and energy ensured success of the 1987 Appeal. Taken in conjunction with the increase noted in the 1985 and 1986 campaigns, this year's gain evidences healthy annual growth in Appeal support. The drive has registered a gain of almost $300,000 during the past three years. St. Pius X parish in South Yarmouth registered the largest tally in this year's Appeal- an amount in excess of $66,000! Msgr. Henry T. Munroe noted with obvious delight the support and concern his parishioners show for the needs of diocesan apostolates.
The largest actual increase, over $5,000, was received at S1. Anthony's parish, East Falmouth. Father Leonard M. Mullaney, pastor, reported that there was increased emphasis on door-to-door canvassing of parishioners. Father John A. Gomes, pastor of Sacred Heart parish, Oak Bluffs, which showed the largest percentage increase over last year, com, mented that his parishioners were well awareof their responsibility to help others, partially because he had told them of his seven years of experience in hospital ministry, a service funded by the Catholic Charities Appeal. In all, 102 parishes were listed on the Appeal Honor Roll by virtue of reporting returns in excess of last year's results. Msgr. Gomes noted that this significant number of successful parish campaigns essentially fulfilled his initial expectations. Following St. Pius X parish, the two other leading parishes and their returns are St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis, $56,596 and Holy Trinity parish, West Harwich, $41,974. From the greater New Bedford area, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, leading in that deanery, had returns of $37,886.10. Holy Name parish led the Fall River deanery, reporting $35,594.25. St. Ann's parish, Raynham, led the Taunton deanery with $23,588, and St. John the Evangelist parish, Attleboro, led the Attleboro deanery with $37,643.
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REV. MR. Landry, left, and Rev. Mr. Healey: ordination's just hours away. (Motta photo)
An expression of their faith By Joseph Motta What's so great about being a priest? If you ask that question of transitional deacons Edward J. Healey and David J. Landry, get ready for answers full of hope and enthusiasm. The men will be ordained for the diocesan priesthood at II a.m. tomorrow in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. "I think it's exciting to be a priest in this day and age," said 32-year-old Rev. Mr. Healey. "It's a time of transition. A priest is called to be a leader of the Christian community and to build up that community by calling people to get involved. I think that's exciting. It's a time of challenge." "The totality of the ministry is that which is exciting," says Rev. Mr. Landry. The 24-year-old thinks that "the ministry is trying to bring people to a closer relationship with God.
This is carried out through sacramental, liturgical and catechetical preaching, every aspect of the priestly life." Tomorrow's priests realized their vocations in very different ways. Rev. Mr. Landry said that he had been thinking of the priesthood since he was about 10 years old. "I've always had a desire to help people," he said, "and when I was about 15 I translated that into helping people find the same joy that I had in God." From North Dartmouth and a member of S1. George parish, Westport, Rev. Mr. Landry said that his nickname at Dartmouth High School was "Rev. Landry." His good friends there, he said, were "questioning" his desire for the priesthood, and from others he heard "snickering, laughing, sarcasm." But after a few months, he said, many of the people who laughed Turn to Page Six
Marian year opens in diocese Sunday Related story on page 15
BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN and Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes express delight at completion of the successful Catholic Charities Appeal. (Gaudette photo)
Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will open diocesan celebration of the Marian year at 5 p.m. Mass Pentecost Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral. The cathedral is dedicated to Mary, patroness of the Fall River diocese, under her title of Our Lady of the Assumption. At Sunday'S Mass, some 150
diocesan adults not yet confirmed will receive the sacrament from Bishop Cronin, on the same day the universal Church celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles. Bishop Cronin noted: "This is truly a wonderful way t(> begin a year of special devotion to the Mother of God. I hope that this Turn to Page Six
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37.643.00 27.037.00 24.990.00 24,943.00 23,372.00
St. John St Mary, Seekonk St Mary, Mansfield St Mark, Attleboro Falls Mt Carmel. Seekonk CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AREA St Pius So. Yarmouth St. Francis Xavier. Hyannis Holy Trinity, W. Harwich Corpus Christi. Sandwich O.L. of Victory, Centerville
66.296.85 56.596.00 41.974.00 38.931.00 31.666.00
FALL RIVER AREA Holy Name Our lady of Angels St Thomas More. Somerset Santo Christo Our Lady of Fatima. Swansea
35.594.25 22.180.00 19,354.00 18,46&.00 17.168.00
NEW BEDFORD AREA Mt Carmel St. Mary. So. Dartmouth Immaculate Conception St. Mary St. Patrick, Wareham .
37.886.10 33.086.00 32,317.33 19,579.00 18,467.00
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TAUNTON AREA St. Ann. Raynham St. Mary Holy Cross. So. Easton Immaculate Conception. N. Easton St. Joseph
23.588.00 19.857.00 18.817.00 15,815.09 14,001.00
Parish Totals
24,990.00
Mansfield-St. Mary North Attleboro Sacred Heart St Mary Norton-St Mary Seekonk Mt. Carmel St. Mary
7.080.00 13.868.00 13.110.00 23,372.00 27,037.00
CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS AREA Brewster-O. L. of the Cape Buuards Bay-St. Margaret Centerville-o. L. of Victory Chatham-Holy Redeemer Cotuit-Christ the King East Falmouth-St Anthony Edprtown-St. Elizabeth Falmouth-St Patrick Hyannis-St. Francis Xavier Nantucket-O. L. of the Isle North FalmouthSt Elizabeth Seton Oak Bluffs-Sacred Heart Orleans-St Joan of Arc Osterville-Assumption PocassetSt. John the Evangelist Provincetown-St. Peter Sandwich-Corpus Christi South Yarmouth-St. Pius X Vineyard HavenSt. Augustine WellfleetOur Lady of Lourdes West HarwichHoly Trinity Woods Hole-St. Joseph
ATTLEBORO AREA
18.714.00 13.286.00 31.666.00 26.120.00 15.968.00 26.271.50 3,740.00 26.083.00 56,596.00 13,247.00 19.919.00 5.285.00 21.588.00 18.328.00 22,111.00 6.530.00 38.931.00 66,296.85 7.104.00
"15.328.00 37,643.00 9.447.97 24.943.00 8.676.22 19,105.00
Fall River St. Mary's Cathedral Blessed Sacrament Espirito Santo Holy Cross Holy Name Notre Dame
Special Gifts TAUNTON $200 Knights of Columbus Msgr. James Coyle Council H82 S25 Taunton Chapter of Catholic Nurses
NEW BEDFORD
22.180.00 7,420.00 13,525·110 6.364.00 10.734.25 11.031.00 11.686.00 7.087.00 5.883.00 8.821.00 6.685.00 2,514.00 12,538.00 12.561.00 9,759.00 16.756.00 8,400.00 18.466.00 9.204.00 12.791.25 16.156.00 10.991.00 19.354.00 17,168.00 14.093.00 15.164.00 9,870.00 9,382.50 10.055.00
5.090.00 41,974.00 7,115.00
FALL RIVER AREA
Attleboro Holy Ghost St John St Joseph St Mark St Stephen St Theresa
Our Lady of the Angels Our Lady of Health Holy Rosary Immaculate Conception Sacred Heart St Anne St. Anthony of Padua St. Elizabeth St. Jean Baptiste St Joseph St. Louis St. Mathieu St Michael St. Patrick SS. Peter & Paul St Stanislaus St William Santo Christo Assonet-St. Bernard No. Westport-o.L. of Grace Somerset St. John of God St. Patrick St Thomas More Swansea Our Lady of Fatima St. Dominic St. Louis of France St. Michael WestportSt. George St. John
10,200.00 3.625.00 13.130.00 3.135.00 35,594.25 11.956.00
NEW BEDFORD AREA New Bedford Holy Name Assumption Immaculate Conception Mt. Carmel Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Perpetual Help Sacred Heart St Anne St Anthony Padua
S75 Anonymous; S60 In Memory 01 Our Mother &Father Charles S. &Madeline I. White, from Their Children; S50 Anonymous, Wilfred M. Boulanger, M·M William J. Brennan, Mrs. Johan Christiansen, M·M James Griffin, Col. & Mrs. John J. McCarthy, Martin McHugh, M·M J. Donald Plunkett, John A. Roy, lewis R. Sullivan, M·M Thomas Sparkes, M·M Richard Griffin S30 M·M Henry Murphy; S25 M·M Edward Alex. Anonymous, AFriend, Honor olSt. Anne, M·M Herbert Bober, M·M Gererd Barry. M·M James Burns, AIty.lM leo Concannon, H. Edward Foote. M·M Richard lamb, M·M Paul G. Mansuy. M·M W. Frederick McKendree, Mrs. louis Roderick, M·M Paul St. John, M.M Donald St. Pltrre FAll RIVER Holy Name SI,OOO Atty. Kenneth F. Sullivan; S500 In Memory of Bishop Connolly; S300 M·M Daniel E. Bogan; SI50 M·M William F. Patten; SIOO Dr. Daniel T. Harrington. M·M George lavoie, In Memory of Catherine Worden, In Memory of Grace Sullivan, M·M Henry J. Pleiss, Jr.; S80 M·M Federick B. McDonald; S50 M·M Francis Collins. M·M Antonio Castro, Helen G. law, M·M Steven Sabra; S45 Diane Pacheco; S36 AFriend; S25 M·M Robert Margetta,ln Memory of Margaret T. Gagnon, Mary Ann Dillon, Alice C. Harrington, Eleanor Marie Kaylor, Mrs. Edward Murphy, Mrs. William Connelly, Mrs. Edward Nicoletti & Family. M·M Henry J. Kitchen Sl. Mathiau S50 Paul E. Lapointe S35 M·M Nelson Julius, Jr. & Family
14.065.00 2,702.55 32,317.33 37.886.10 7,778.00 5.027.00 5,496.00 3,778.00 7.696.00
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FALL RIVER $25 Cypress Tool & Die Co., Inc.
Sacred Heart S50 Mary E. Fortin, Rita D. Fortin $300 In Memory of Mary Healey Our lady of Heaflh S200 Rev. David Andrade Sl. Anne S700 Rev. John R. Foister; SIOO Dr.lM Paul DeVillers; S50 Mrs. Jeanne Thibault; S30 M·M Roland Beaulieu; $25 M·M Normand Berube, M·M Antonio M. Raposo. M·M William l. Cyr, M-M Raymond Morin. M·M Ophir Antaya, M·M Emile Maflon, M·M Robert Mello, Children of Mary Sodality, ladies of SI. Anne Society, Holy Name Society Sl. Michael SI,OOO AFriend; S35 Anonymous Sl. Sllnislaus SI25 SI. Stanislaus Woman'sGuild;Sl05 M·M Stephen Kulpa; $102 M·M Robert Astle; S25 M·M Thaddeus S. Chrupeala, M·M Patrick Fingtass Slnto Christo S50 M·M Anibal C.lage,ln Memory of Antonio M. Tavares; S35 Botelho Family; S30 M·M J.M.C., Anonymous, M·M Herculano B. Oliveira, Mrs. Maria M. Pacheco & Family, M·M Alexandre Pereira &Family, M·M Antonio C. dos Santos & Family; S25 Arthur Bernard, M·M John R. Cabral, M·M Claudio Chaves & Daughter, M·M Paul A. laCroix, Moniz Family, Anonymous, AFriend, Frank R. Perry Sl. Jeln IlIptiste SIDO M·M Francisco Cabral Jr., M·M Ronald Patenaude; S50 A Friend; S25 Anonymous Blessed Sacllment S50 M·M leo Paul Beaudoin, AParishioner; S35 In Memory of Albert LaFlamme; S25 AFriend, AParishioner, M·M Roland lavoie, M·M Salvatore DiPaola, Robert levesque, M·M Roger Daniels. M·M Paul DeMelo, M-M Augustino Gagliardi, Jeanne Gamache SI. Miry SIOO M·M James A. O'Brien, Jr.
TAUNTON AREA Taunton Holy Family Holy Rosary Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Lourdes Sacred Heart St Anthony St. Jacques St Joseph St. Mary St. Paul Dighton-St Peter North Dighton-St Joseph North EastonImmaculate Conception Raynham-St Ann South Easton-HolY Cross
S50 Cape Cod Co-Operetive Bank, Yermouthport S25 Riverway lobster House, So. Yarmouth
SI. Dominic S50 M·M Donald Pavao; S25 M·M Walter laberge, M·M Bruce lachance, SI. Dominic's Women's Guild S25 In Memory of Annette & Norbert Cousineau Our lady of Fitillll S50 Anonymous. M·M Robert l. Germane NEW BEDFORD Holy Nlme S50 M·M Arnold Avellar, M·M Carlos Fontinha; $40 M·M Antonio Mendes; S25 Mrs. James Murphy, Rose Neves, Olivia Perry SI. Mary SIOO Deacon & Mrs. lawrence SI. Onge; $25 Mona Provencher
PARISHES BUZZARDS BAY
Immlculate Conception S40 M·M Nelson Torres; S30 M·M Jose Esteves; S25 M·M Manuel C. Texeira, M·M Jose Macedo, M·M Moses R. Souza NORTH DARTMOUTH SI. Julie BiliiartSIOO M·M David Bolton; S50 M·M Stephen Souza, M·M Robert Peckham, M·M William O'Donnell; S25 M·M John J. Barros, Mrs, Ruth S. O'Brien, Mrs. Sheila Isherwood, Mrs. Grace Moreira, Mary lou Delgado, M·M Wayne Rezendes, M·M Ronald Tetrault, M·M Jay Carolus, Jane Brightman S25 M·M Joseph Arruda
12,773.00 14.385.00 7.116.50 2.144.00 5,842.00 11.038.00 18.437.00 33.086.00 18.467.00
11.125.00 5.055.00 11.047.00 7.951.00 11.198.00 12.647.00 7.082.00 14.001.00 19.857.00 13,456.00 4.699.00 8.119.00 15.815.99 23.588.00 18,817.00
WEST HARWICH Holy Trinity SIOO John R. Blackburn, M·M Carmelo lociciero. M·M John Shea; S50 M·M Paul Kelley; S36 Mrs. Arthur Wells; S25 M·M Russell Hamlyn,lII, M·M Andrew Johnston, M·M William F. Maher, R.l. Ruggles, M·M H.E. Silman S50 Mary E. & Helen A. Doherty; S40 M·M Roger Cahill; S30 Raymond S. Yetten; S25 M·M Richard Hazelhurst, M·M William Brown NORTON SI. Mary S75 M·M Herbert Allen; S50 M·M Bradford Bramwell, M·M Theodore Candiloro; S35 M·M Paul R. Grenier, S25 M·M David P. DeCosta, M·M Robert E. Gendrolius, M·M Donald G.langevin, M·M Phillip Peck, M·M Donald J. Percenti, M·M Keith King FAIRHAVEN St. Joseph S80 M·M Raymond Starvish; S50 M·M Frank Jarvis; S25 Mrs. Ernest Bouley, M-M Robert D'Anjou WAREHAM SI. Pltrick S75 M·M Frank C. Medige NORTH FALMOUTH SI. Elizabeth Seton SI,500 M·M Joseph B. McCarty MARION SI. Rill S25 Mrs. C. Joseph Nowak TAUNTON SI. Jlcques S300 Rev. Andre P. Jusseaume; S500 M-M Wesley Schondek; S50 M·M Robert Bouchard, M·M William Grundy, Paul Ouillette, Jeanne Richard; S4D Irene Boutin; S30 M·M Francis Welch Jr.; S25 M·M David Barreiros, M·M Bernard Berube, Rhea Bilodeau, M·M David Darosa, louis Donnelly, Mrs. William Dubois, M·M Paul Ferris, M·M George Frates, M·M Richard Hamel, M·M Roger levesque, Mrs. Joseph Miga, Mrs. leo Murphy, M·M Waller Numes, Paul Ouellette, M·M Roger Parent, M·M Denis Proulx, M·M Roger Renaud, M·M Gerard Yelle SI. Miry S50 Mary E. McNamara M·M leni Palazesi; S35 M·M Gerald Tripp Sacred Heart S200 In Memory of Rev. Bernard Unsworth SI. Joseph SI2D John Costova; $46 lubell Higgins; S35 Charlotte Carr, M·M Richard Simmons; S30 M·M Richard Morrison, Dr./M Michael Broutsas; S25 M·M Raymond Harnois, M·M James Brito Our lady of Lourdes SIOO M·M Frederick Reams; S25 Kathy Marie Hay, Russell D. Reed NORTH EASTON ImllllCullte Conception SIOO M·M Henry J. Walcolt; S25 M·M Ralph C. Thomas St. Ann S50 M·M Aynes Souza; S25 M-M Richard laBonte, M-M Joseph R. DeCoste, Connie Phillipe, IlIrbara A. lindenman HYANNIS SI. Fllncis Xavier S75 M·M John P. Gillen; S35 M·M John Gillen; S25 M·M Robert Whitty. M·M l.A. Mooney, M-M David Houghton COTUIT Christ the Kinl S500 Caroline R. Guida, Rita E. Plotke; S25 Mrs. Remigio P. Alberico, M·M Paul Finn, Milano Family ORLEANS SI. Joan of Arc SIOO Dr. Robert B. McLaughlin; S25 Catherine H. Mahlstedt SANDWICH Corpus Christi $50 The Daniel Webster Inn, M·M Gerard E. MacDonald II, M·M William Murphy; S25 M·M James Lehane SOUTH YARMOUTH
NORTH AmEBORO SI. Mary SI25 M·M Robert Wessman; SIOO M·M James Coogan, M·M Stephen linfield, Anne Marie Vandette; $50 M·M Mark H. Vandenberghe; S25 M·M Fred Bulterworth, M·M Daniel J. Cavanaugh. George l. George, Mrs. Edward Joyce. M·M Gerald LaFontaine. M·M Henry K. McCarthy, M·M Charles Phalen, M·M Kevin Poiri~r, M·M Fred Thorpe. Sr., M·M Fred Thorpe. Jr.
SI. Mary $50 M·M John Connor; S30 M.M Joseph Mullin. In Memory of Napoleari Cabana; $25 Mrs. Jonathan Carroll, M·M Frederick Conlon, M·M Philip Shea, Barbara Tarsa
AmEBORO
Holy Redeemer $500 Holy Redeemer Bingo; si50 M·M Robert M. Byrne; S200 A Friend, Holy Redeemer Confirmation Class, Holy Redeemer Ushers, M·M Richard Maranhas; SI50 M·M Thomas J. McGrath; SI25 M·M Thomas J. Mahoney; SIOO Anonymous, AFriend. James R. Deignan, Frank Keyes, John Ichols, M·M Charles Rydel, In Memory of U.S. War Dead. In Memory of Priests who served Holy Redeemer Parish, Holy Redeemer FirstCommunion Class, In Memory of Our Parents, Walter and Ann,ln Honor of St. Joseph
9.013.00
SI. Pius Tenth S300 M·M Joseph Neely; $150 Afly.lM James Quirk, Jr.; SIOO M·M James E. Keefe. In Memory of Agnes T. Myers; $60 M·M Thomas Sheehan; S50 M·M John Davidson, M·M Ralph Mann, M·M Michael Zielinski; S30 M·M William Bullock; S25 Mrs. Joseph Chaisson, Edmund Connolly, Samuel Guarino, M·M Henry Hampson, Mrs. Donald lake, M·M Charles A. Murphy, Anna M. Roche S250 Mary J. Falla & Mrs. Mary A. Falla; S25 John K. Russo, M·M OJ. Toomey SIOO James Myers, louise Scally; S60 MIM Domenic Di Cori
St. Margaret S25 Paul A. Caldwell CHATHAM
1,842.00 3,685.00 6,759.00 2.217.00 12.793.00 15.060.50 10.277.50 2.773.00 14.190.00 19.579.00 7.788.00
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SI. Pltrick S35 Mrs. Joseph Levesque; $25 M·M Michael Massa, Joan Darcy SWANSEA
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St. Boniface St Casimir St. Francis of Assisi St. Hedwig St James St John the Baptist St. Joseph St. Kilian St Lawrence St Mary St. Theresa AcushnetSt. Francis Xavier East FreetownSt John Neumann FairhavenSt Joseph St Mary Sacred Hearts Marion:""St Rita Mattapoisett-St Anthony North DartmouthSt. Julie Billiart South Dartmouth-St. Mary Wareham-St. Patrick
Our lady of the Holy Roury S75 Dr.lM John A. Gagliardi; $25 M·M Donald Deschene American Press. Inc.
CHI'RITIES
Holy Ghost S50 Daniel Carvalho
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Long prayer vigil ends jor sister, 101 The Mass of Christian Burial was offered last Friday at St. Joseph's Church, Fairhaven, for Sister Marie du Divin Coeur,
SS.CC., 101, the former Virginia Machado, who died May 26 at Sacred Hearts House of Prayer, Fall River. Father William Heffron, SS.CC., East Coast provincial of the Sacred Hearts Fathers, was the main celebrant and homilist. Numerous Sacred Hearts Fathers and Msgr. Norman Ferris, pastor of St. Anthony of the Desert Church, Fall River, were concelebrants.
"LITTLE Heart" at prayer in House of Pl'ayer chapel.
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, Sister Marie du Divin Coeur was one of 21 children of the late Dr. Jose Antonio DeSousa and Maria Augusto (Montinho) Machado. When she told her parents she wished to enter the Sacred Hearts community, her physician. father discouraged her because of her fragile health. "In a convent, you will not live un.til25," he told her. Professed Aug. 5, 1910, in France, she shortly thereafter atrived at the Fairhaven house of her community. There she taught until she lost ber hear-
ing, then becoming receptionist at the former Sacred Hearts Academy and developing her skill in needlepoint. She was fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English. Since 1980, she had lived in retirement at the Fall River house of prayer, where she was affectionately known as "Little Heart" because she weighed only 48 pounds. In tribute to her, Sister Margarita Denis, sister in charge of the Fall River house of prayer, wrote: "She was most faithful to our spirit ofadoration. Every night for at least 50 years she Was present before the Blessed Sacrament from 11 p.m. till midnight, one of her many prayer-life commitments. In our retirement home her presence in the chapel was constant, this presence will be greatly missed. We will remember her as a woman ofstrong will and determination." Sister Marie du Divin Coeur is survived by a brother and sister in Portugal.
Two Connolly Jesuits to be transferred The ParentS and Friends Association of Bishop Connolly High School will sponsor a testimonial on June 14 to two veteran priests who are being reassigned by the Jesuit order after many years of service to the Fall River school. Father George S. Mahan and Father Laurence C. Langguth entered the Society of Jesus in 1928 and were ordained together in 1940. Father Mahan was originally an archaeologist in the Middle East, then for 30 years was an administrator and fundraiser at Fairfield yniversity, Fairfield, Conn. Since 1980, he has been director of development at Connolly and has been instrumental in developing the school's annual auction and its current capital development campaign. Late this summer, he will begin duties as assistant director of the Jesuit Missions office in Boston. Father Langguth, a mathematician and physicist by training, was also closely identified with Fairfield University, serving in the 1940s as its first dean. During his tenure he oversaw construction of a number of buildings, gaining so much
FATHER MAHAN experience that he was called on in the 1950s to assist in designing the Jesuit seminary in Lenox. He later served as that seminary's rector. By the 1960s, the Jesuits had agreed to staff Bishop Connolly High School and again Father Langguth was consulted on its design and construction and is responsible for incorporation of many farsighted and energy efficient features. For almost 20 years, he has taught courses in physics, mathe-
MARIAN MANOR Home for the Aged, Taunton, whose <;hapel is shown above, will mark its 25th anniversary with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday. The former Taunton Inn, in the heart of downtown Taunton, serves 83 residents. The open house will offer the opportunity to view the facility and refreshments will be served. The anniversary observance will continue June 9 when Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will offer Mass in the chapel, followed by a dinner for board members and Manor officials. (Motta photo)
FATHER LANGGUTH matics, electronics and electricity to Connolly students. Predictably, his new assignment calls on his skills: he will be administrator of a Boston Jesuit community which is due for relocation, supervising the process of moving and resettling. The testimonial will take place at White's restaurant, Westport. Further information may be obtained at the Bishop Connolly office, telephone 676-1476.
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New principal for Stang Father Richard W. Beaulieu, executive director of the Diocesan DepartmenfofEducation, and Sister Ann Moore, CND, superintendent of diocesan secondary schools, have announced appointment of Theresa E. Dougall as principal of North Dartmouth's Bishop Stang High School. Mrs. Dougall will assume her post July I. She was chosen from 13 applicants. A Marion resident and member of that town's St. Rita parish, Mrs. Dougall graduated from Stang in 1964, earned a biology degree at North Easton's Stonehill College, then returned to Stang to teach science and occasionally fill in as a religion teacher. Since 1970, she has chaired Stang's science department. She has also been a member of the school's athletic and curriculum review boards and has been head coach for the field hockey, spring track and girls' basketball and volleyball teams. Mrs. Dougall was senior class adviser from 1977 to 1983. She was named 1986 Science Teacher of the Year by the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society of Southeastern Massachusetts University, Boston Globe Field Hockey Coach of the Year in 1980 and 1986, and Southeastern Massachusetts Conference Field Hockey Coach ofthe Year in 1985 and 1986. In 1985, she was named a state finalist in competition for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching. Mrs. Dougall holds a master's degree in secondary school administration from Bridgewater State College. "We have a very special school
here at Bishop Stang," Mrs. Dougall said at a press conference called to announce her appointment. "It is a school with a strong tradition of excellence both academically and in extracurricular activities, including athletics. "This excellence is based on our commitment to provide the best quality education to¡ everyone of our students. We want to prepare them to be able to meet the challenges they will face after high school. "We are unique. As a Catholic school we teach Christian values through words and example. "We are unique in that we gather our strength through prayer. This makes us special and we are proud of the difference. ~'I am anxiously and excitedly looking forward to working with the Stang community to take what we have, move forw!lrd and grow." Mrs. Dougall will be Stang's first female lay principal. She succeeds Thomas B. Donahue, who has accepted a position at a school in Monterrey, Mexico.
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Remove the Rascal One of the most glaring disappointments of the Reagan administration is its record with regard to the environment. Philosophically, legislatively and politically it has totally opposed conservationist proposals. In fact, the administration has set back the cause of environmentalism with seemingly callous indifference. The recent juvenile and insensitive reflections of Interior Secretary Doriald P. Hodel evidence a heart hardened to all reason in such matters. The recent and truly alarming report concerning the deterioration ofthe ozone layer that shields us from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays led Hodel to remark flippantly that people could protect themselves with sunglasses, hats and sunscreen ointment. To most caring and concerned people, of course, the answer to this urgent problem is to cut production of the indu'strial chemicals that are eating away the ozone layer. But our government as much as says forget it, let industry have its way. Who cares about the ozone layer? Well, for starters, this editor does. Fighting skin cancer for over 20 years has made him more than aware of the dangers that lie in the seemingly innocent rays of the sun. The public should be made thoroughly aware that ultraviolet light does more than tan sun worshipers. It induces many skin cancers, including the dread melanoma. Over 25,000 Americans will get skin cancer this year. Close to 8,000 will die. The Secretary of the Interior apparently couldn't care less. He should be removed from office. But in this administration that obviously shares his attitude, ignorance will once more be surpassed only by stupidity. It is true that the ozone issue has been discussed for many years. However, today more than ever, there is substantial and broad agreement that the threat is serious. And additional dire predictions are being made, should deterioration of the ozone level be allowed to continue. The food chains of both land and sea could be disrupted; in fact, all life on Earth would be at considerable risk. For years this country has led the world in identifying this danger and in taking steps to avert it. The threat to the ozone layer comes mainly from fluorocarbons used chiefly as lubricants and refrigerants and in making resins and plastics. It is interesting to note that there are no major obstacles to development of suitable alternatives to these fluorocarbons. Du Pont, the world's largest manufacturer of such products, has stated it could produce safe and effective substitutes within five years. But Hodel has inhibited efforts to reduce production of these deadly chemicals. He has acted in opposition to efforts being made in industrialized Europe and has led this country down the path of a disgraceful and humiliating retreat from earlier achievements. If agreement cannot be reached within our own government and with the world family on such a life-threatening issue as the deterioration of the ozone level, we might just as well hang up our sneakers on attempts at action against acid rain and the warming of the atmosphere, commonly referred to as the greenhouse effect. A word of warning to all who rush to the beaches to bask in the sunshine. Skin cancer is a real and deadly danger. You should care for yourself, even if your government does not. The Editor
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Vietnam church described Catholic priests are still imprisoned in Vietnam and ordinations are discouraged, but adult conversions have increased since the communists captured South Vietnam in 1975, said Archbishop Paul Nguyen van Sinh. The 76-year-old archbishop <if Ho Chi Minh City - formerly Saigon - also said coexistence with the communists has been easier in the south than in the central or northern regions ofthe country. However, a U.S. State Department report said that in the south, the church "appears to have more successfully survived in the cities than in the countryside." It also said refugees from Vietnam have reported "constant government harassment of the Catholic Church." Archbishop Sinh's comments appeared in a French Catholic weekly magazine, La Vie. About 100 priests are still in "reeducation camps," the archbishop said, although "the bishops tirelessly appeal" to the government for their release. Only 250 active priests serve the 3.5 million people of Ho Chi Minh City, the archbishop said. All Vietnamese seminaries were closed for the past five years, he said, but the government has allowed the reopening of the seminary in Ho Chi Minh City, limiting seminarians to 50. Archbishop Sinh said he has been able to ordain about 15 priests since 1975. Religious orders are not allowed to accept new members, he added. The State Department report also noted the imprisoned priests and the reopened seminary. However, i! said "no candidates met the
new enrollment criteria" for the seminary. A former seminarian has reported that no Catholic priest has been ordained since 1980, said the report, titled "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1986." The report said authorities "routinely disapprove" half ofthe applications parishioners are required to submit for permission to attend services and often schedule "required 'voluntary' work and other activities" during services. "In some areas, daily Masses must be celebrated before 6 a.m. or after 6 p.m." the report said. "Sermons must be cleared or monitored by the local police." The report said Catholic congregation sizes have decreased since 1975 because the government requires Catholics to register as such and then discriminates against them. Archbishop Sinh said that while catechesis hours are limited, adult conversions have increased. "Conversions are more frequent, more easy," he added, calling it "curious" that "after the liberation there have been more conversions than before."
Happy Birthday Bishop Gerrard Congratulations to BishOp James J. Gerrard, living mretirement at the Catholic
Memorial Home, Fall River, who will celebrate his 90th birthday Tuesday. Ad ..oltos annas,. Bishop!
The archbishop said one of his priests is a government deputy and another is on the city council with his permission. They have helped "in the discussions with the government," he said, "but this decision [allowing the priest to hold government posts) was badly welcomed by Rome." The archbishop said he does not know if the government-formed Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Patriotic Catholics risks becoming a "national church." He said he "tries always to keep it under my' authority as bishop" while also "preserving friendly relations with the priests who are members." The State Department report said most clergy and laity have ignored attempts-to develop a national church and weaken links with the papacy. It also said priests and nuns are subject to surveillance, and "priests who do not follow government regulations are subject to confinement in remote villages, house arrest and incarceration." The government requires most religious to work fulltime in secular jobs, "thus limiting their church activities," it said. Although the church in the south has survived in cities, "the teaching role of the church has been severely restricted, and many churches and all but one Catholic seminary" have been closed, said the report. "In central Vietnam, thousands of Catholics have been forcibly relocated and made to work on government construction projects," the , report said.
More on depression "I've wasted so much of my life being sad," a reader wrote to me. "What causes depression anyhow?" This third in my series on depression will offer some information on the three types of depression and eight areas in our lives to utilize in alleviating it. There are three types of depression and they spring from different roots: endogenous (organic), reactive (loss), and neurotic (personality/ stress). There are also three lengths: acute, recurrent or chronic. Acute may be a one-time bout or it may recur in cycles. It comes on quickly and lasts a week to four months. Chronic comes on gradually and can last a lifetime. Let's look at the three types. Endogenous or organic depression springs from a disturbance of the brain and nervous system. It is generated internally but affected physically. This is a depression caused by chemical, hormonal or physical causes like PMS, postnatal, post-surgery, menopause, aging, allergies, adolescence, glandular disturbance, physical or mental fatigue and manic-depressive or schizophrenic imbalance. Reactive or grief/ loss depression is caused by an event outside the body which affects one's well being. It is a reaction to the loss of a loved one, relationship, job, divorce, children (empty nest), robbery, youth and beauty or family home. Neurotic or personality stress arises from a maladaption in per-
sonality function or the exhaustion of emotional energy in dealing with stressors in our lives. Common feelings associated with neurotic depression include suppressed anger, fear, agitation, perfectionism, hopelessness, unworthiness, indecision, fatigue, lack of concentration, spiritual emptiness and despair. If we recognize ourselves in any of the above, what ~an we do? Begin by recognizing the symptoms of early depression by finishing the sentence, "I know I'm depressed when ..." If we alert ourselves to the first signs we can take action to offset deeper depression. Next, we take control of the depression and act on it. There are nine areas we can use to help us do this. 1. Feelings: How can I deal right now with my anger, resentment and disappointment? What can I do today to be less critical of and kinder to myself? 2. Physical: What physical activity relieves my depression? Walking, gardening, housecleaning? What will I do today that is physical? 3. Recreation: Am I doing anything that is fun or am I always doing things that other people say are fun? Can I take a few hours today to do something I enjoy and not care about taking time off from my duties? 4. Work/volunteerism: Has it lost its zest? Is it time to give up the
Church frustration Can you guess who might be responsible for the following statements? I. Five-year planning pro-
real question of responsibility and leadership. As long as leaders are on this planet they must be responsible for providing creative plans.
grams are a waste of time! Nothing worthwhile ever comes from them. 2. I am not an organizational person and really don't want to become involved in the nitty-gritty of administration. 3. I live from crisis to crisis, from moment to moment, like the Hebrews in the desert, from manna to manna. The only way to live life is to abandon oneself to the moment. The statements are from a pope, an American bishop and a young associate pastor. After reading the comments, those who advocate structured organization in the church must be .muttering to themselves, "N 0 wonder the church is having problems." A psychologist might add that neglecting planning and living from moment to moment goes against people's most basic need for order. Although the attitudes of some church leaders jolt everything that is logical within us, don't dismiss them as foolish. They can lead to framing some serious questions that need discussing. For example, when 'all is said and done, do we humans really create a better future through all our planning? In the end, doesn't God do it his way, a way that is often much different than we planned? Aren't we merely cooperators in his creation? In history, haven't we seen some of the most non-organizational people make great impact on the church? Now I can hear readers saying Father Hemrick is avoiding the
But many busy people in active ministry today are making it clear that they don't think formal pastoral planning is needed. It is an argument that is heating up. And it is raising some frustration to the surface. For instance, those involved in church work expect to find the same kind of order, planning and goal setting that is found in the business world. Often they find the institutional church nowhere near the business world mentality. At the same time, other sincere church leaders follow the principle that plans may be good for the business world but the church is not a business, it is a people of God who espouse God's plan. They argue that God's plan needs no improvement or five-year strategizing. If God's plan is followed, all else will fall in its proper place. But for lay people and priests or religious with organizational skills who want to do some planning to avoid living from crisis to crisis, such an approach is not palatable. This could mean that talented people will be lost to church work. As the church moves into a future which demands even more planning and organization, I think those working in the church must get together and ask themselves some searching questions. - On the one hand, how much do they honestly feel that they alone are responsible for the church's future? Does working for the church mean they must be more conscious of divine providence?
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old and try something new? Can I make that phone call today? Right now? 5. Family: Can I state my true feelings to my family about their expectations of me? "I feel like a servant around here." "I feel like a wallet around here." "I am depressed and need some special attention." 6. Friends: Do I nurture friends who are "up" or do they depress me further? Can I call that friend who is fun and say, "Let's go for a picnic"? 7. Spirituality: Has my relationship with God gone stale? Can I grab Sunday's bulletin and pick out something offered and call to register? Can I find a prayer meeting to go to tonight? Or shall I try morning Mass? 8. Something to look forward to: What have I got to anticipate? Am I waiting for someone else to furnish it or can I comb the papers and find something to attend, visit, study and enjoy in a week so I have something to look forward to beside my work, my home and the darkness beginning to creep up on me? Taking that first action and making that phone call puts us in control of our depression. We don't have to give into it. It's our choice.
By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK
- On the other hand, why has God put a need for order within us? When does relying on divine providence degenerate into neglecting the welfare of those God has given to our care? If the church is to enjoy peace in its ranks on these questions, it must solve the question of what world or worlds those working for it are in. '
Pr.aise for Soviets , ROME (NC) - A Jesuit magazine has given a largely positive review to recent reforms in the Soviet Union, including the release of two Christian activists from prison. The article said Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's "openness" campaign contains some "confusing and contradictory" signs, but more often has revealed "elements capable of giving a positive vision of the country." The article appeared in La Civilta Cattolica, a biweekly magazine that frequently reflects the views of the Vatican. 1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIlIIlIIlIIlIJII,' THE ANCHOR (USPS-S4S-020). Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. Published weekly except the week of July 4 and the week after Christmas at4JO Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02720 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Subscri}ltion price by mail, postpaid 58.00 per year. Postmasters send address changes to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, MA 02722.
Why is the altar kissed? Q. My family finds your column in our archdiocesan newspaper very informative. We have a question about kissing the altar. Why is this done by the priest? Some do it after the last blessing at Mass and some do not. Is there some reason? (California) A. For us Catholics the altar is not only a piece of furniture. It is loaded with all kinds of precious symbolism. Along with the pulpit, where the Word of God is proclaimed, it is the focal point of our meeting with God the Father in and through Jesus Christ. If the liturgy of the Eucharist is the central event which brings us to the Father "through him ,(Christ), with him and in him," the altar around which this happens holds for us a place of primary honor and dignity. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal explains: "The altar, where the sacrifice of the cross is made present under sacramental signs, is also the table of the Lord. The people of God is called together to share in this table. Thus the altar is the center of the thanksgiving accomplished in the Eucharist." The church extends this thought even further by referring to the altar not only as the place of renewing the sacrifice ofJesus, but as Jesus himself. He is the "altar" in which the sacrifice of the new covenant took place, and in whom that sacrifice is continually reoffered until the end of time. The fifth Easter preface to the Eucharistic Prayer (which you can find in your missal) proclaims, "As he gave himself into your (the Father's) hands for our salvation, he showed himself to be the priest, the altar and the lamb of sacrifice." This is why the church sees the altar (not the crucifix, or even the tabernacle to reserve the Blessed Sacrament, which should be apart from the altar) as the central and focal point ofthose buildings where we gather to celebrate the Eucharist. It is also why tradition has called for the bishop, priest and deacon to venerate the altar, usually with a kiss, at the start of each Mass. Instructions for the Mass' are clear about the priest and other ordained ministers kissing the altar at the beginning of the eucharistic celebration, as they enter the altar area. (General lnstruction of the Roman Missal, Nos. 27 and 85) As for the end of Mass, kissing the altar is either not mentioned at all (No. 57) or is called for "ordinarily" (No. 141). Obviously the priest is given leeway here, depending on circumstances. Q. 1joined the Catholic Church when I was 14, was active a few years and then went through a period when 1 questioned. everything. During this time 1 married a non-Catholic outside the church, at a justice of the peace. I didn't know he did not want children until after we were married. We almost never had sex and a few years later we divorced. When 1 returned to the church
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about five years after the divorce, the priest told me that if I felt the marriage was never valid I could receive Communion, but that my conscience must be free of doubt. Now for the problem. For the past couple of years I've been seriously considering joining a religious order. I believe I am called to that and have been receiving Communion and of course going to Mass regularly. But I need to know where I stand. I am confused by the different views I've been given. (Kentucky) A. If you're reflecting accurately what you have been told, your confusion is understandable. Perhaps the priest misunderstood your situation, but your marriage was unquestionably not valid according to Catholic Church law. As a Catholic you were obliged to be married before a priest for a valid marriage. According to your letter, you were not. So the marriage was invalid because of what is called defect of form. You have every right to the sacraments, including penance and the Eucharist. At least as far as your marriage is concerned, no obstacle exists to your enter4ng a religious community. " Please talk with a priest you have confidence in, and perhaps write to a representative of the religious community in which you're interested. Tell them your situation and your desires. Good !uck! A free brochure, "Infant Baptism: Catholic Practice Today," is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main Street, Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.
June 8 1961, Very Rev. John S. Czerwonka, Assistant: St. Stanjslilus, Fall River ., June 9 1945, Rev. Timothy J. Calnen, Pastor, St. Joseph, Woods Hole 1966, Rev. Joseph S. Larue, Pastor, Sacred Heart, North Attleboro June 10 1915, Rev. William H. Curley, Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul. Fall River 1949, Rev. George A. Meade, Chaplain, St. Mary's Home, New Bedford June 11 1973, Rev. Msgr. Augusto L. Furtado, Pastor Emeritus, St. John of God, Somerset 1986, Rev. Richard J. Wolf, SJ, Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River June 12 1966, Rev. Thomas H. Taylor, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Taunton
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Faith Continued from Page One hardest at his goal came to him with questions about their own relationships to the church. Rev. Mr. Healey said that "careerwise, I was always interested in working with people. "After I got out of college and I really thought about what to do with my life," he said, "the thought of priesthood came up and I thought it was too radical a step, so I put it off." He began a career in social work, he said, but found that it "wasn't the fullest expression of me and my faith" and his thoughts again turned to the ordained life. An influence on his decision was Father Brian J. Harrington, pastor of New Bedford's St. Francis of Assisi parish and formerly chaplain at Attleboro's Bishop Feehan High School, Rev. Mr. Healey's alma mater. "He made me think that the life of a priest is viable," said the ordinand. The Attleboro native said he had expected negative reaction from close friends and professional peers when he announced his intention of becoming a priest. He was surprised at their enthusiasm. "Even my unchurched friends were supportive," he said. Father Rene R. Levesque, pastor of Blessed Sacrament parish, Fall River, was the model for Rev. Mr. Landry. The young man said that for him, Father Levesque was "an example of prayer and embodying the Gospel," since he "follows the joy that he has in the priesthood and brings people to God's love." What do the pair think is a priest's most important task? . "To fully embrace and live out the Gospel," says Rev. Mr. Landry, "and the values and ways of life contained therein." Rev. Mr. Healy thinks the big responsibility is "to embody Christ's love for people, and make him real for them. "I think that many vocations go unanswered today," he added, noting that societal values don't support a decision for religious life and that parents don't usually see vocations as viable options for their children. "Even the most sincere Catholic people in America want their children to be successful," he said, pointing out that for most, success is measured in dollars. "People have to be able to see the camaraderie of the life," he said, referring to the strong support network among priests.
Irish hopes TULLAMORE, Ireland (NC) - An Irish Anglican clergyman involved in ecumenism said interfaith cooperation is progressing in the republic but has a long way to go before it reaches the American standard he favors. "I'd freely confess my own views and hopes are greatly influenced by what I've seen and heard in America itself," said the Rev. Albert Waterstone, pastor of St. Catherine's Anglican Church in Tullamore. The clergyman said he is impressed that many different churches exist equally under the law. The motto "E Pluribus Unum" should be engraved on every Irish coin, he said.
AFTER DISTRIBUTING silk Roses for Life on Mother's Day, members of the New Creation Prayer Community of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, New Bedford, meet with Father James Ferry, parochial vicar. The group was one of many in the diocese which helped raise pro-life funds through distribution of the roses. Other parishes will distribute roses on Father's Day and during October, pro-life month. Mary Ann Booth, campaign coordinator in the Fall River diocese, said pro-life films, speakers and literature are available through MCFL at 227 Union St., Room 707, New Bedford, 02740, or through calling her at 636-4903. At Immaculate Conception parish, New Bedford, the first roses distributed were placed in a vase before a statue of Mary; by the end of the day the vase was filled to overflowing.
New office addresses retirement costs WASHINGTON (NC)-A Retirement Planning Service Office to help religious orders plan for the growing retirement costs of their members is being funded by a $400,000 grant from the Lilly Endowment of Indianapolis. The new office was announced in Washington by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. It
Marian year Continued from Page One first day of the year our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has asked us to celebrate, will bring many blessings to our diocese. "As the year progresses, there will be a number of diocesan celebrat'tons to commemorate this significant celebration in the Church. I ask all our good people to enter into this forthcoming period of grace with devotion and love." Earlier in the morning, at St. Mary's Church, New Bedford, Bishop Cronin will bless the site where a new church will be built in honor of the Blessed Mother. "This even't expresses the continuing growth of the Church and I am happy to preside at this significant event on the occasion of the beginning of the Marian year," noted Bishop Cronin. The diocesan worship commission, headed by Father James Lyons, has discussed plans for celebration of the Marian year in the diocese. Msgr. John Oliveira, Vicar for Administration and secretary for the worship commission, stated that along with devotional activities, "it is anticipated that educational programs will be conducted so that all may come to a better understanding of God's gift to us - Mary, Mother of the Church.
will be part ofthe year-old Triconference Retirement Project established by the NCCB, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, and the Conference of Major Superiors of Men. The Lilly grant will cover operational costs for the new office, consultative services and meetings of retirement experts for a threeyear period, the announcement said. A study released a year ago showed that although male and female Religious were increasing efforts to fund their retirement needs, the debt for their retirement costs had reached $2.5 billion. Religious orders of women have been hit hardest. Sister Andre Fries, former superior general of the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood, O'Fallon, Miss., will direct the new office. One of her first tasks will be to update the study on religious retirement costs and identify religious communities most in need. Then her office will help find financial management strategies to best address their retirement needs. "The expected result of these activities," according to the proposal approved by Lilly Endowment, "will be models for regional networks I affiliations that will stimulate both intra- and intercongregational financial management and retirement planning." Experts will propose collaborative programs in areas such as pension planning, facilities and property management, insurance coverage, health and retirement centers, and joint ministry projects. These results will then be incorporated into "alternative stewardship models" to be provided to religious congregations. Sister Fries headed her order
from 1980 to 1986. She holds a master's degree in business administration from Southern Illinois University and has published reports and articles dealing with religious institutes and their leadership. School Sister of Notre Dame Mary Oliver Hudon is the overall triconference project director.
Missioners ousted ROME (NC) - A member of the Missionaries of Africa has been expelled from Burundi and 10 more will have to leave shortly because their residency permits have not been renewed by the government, said the head ofthe religious order. The expulsions are part of ongoing church-state problems in the African country, said Father Etienne Renaud, superior general of the community. Since 1979 some 100 members have been expelled, he said. Vatican Radio recently reported that the Burundi government has prohibited lay people from engaging in religious instruction or pastoral counseling. A new law limits these .activities to priests and religious. In the past, government officials have said restrictions are needed because many church people are involved in anti-government activities. But church officials say the restrictions are imposed because church health and education services are frequently better than those provided by the state, causing the government to consider the church a rival in influence among the people. Nearly 60 percent of the 4.4 million population professes Catholicism.
ROME (NC) - Mother Teresa of Calcutta says she has been permitted by Pope John Paul II to open a 74-bed hostel inside the Vatican for Rome's sick and destitute. The house, to be called "Gift of Mary," will be run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, who minister to the poor of India and some 60 other countries. The pope is expected to lay the cornerstone for the new building, the Albanian-born nun said. She announced the project during a visit to a Rome hospital May . 25, and her remarks were reported by Italian newspapers the next day. "The pope has given us a gift, a place in his house, where we can welcome the sick and the poor," Mother Teresa said. "This place is a 'gift of Mary' and that will be its name." "These poor people are Jesus, and how could Jesus be left, sad and cold, outside the house of the pope?" she asked Italian reporters. The hostel will be built near the Paul VI auditorium just inside the Vatican walls, and it is hoped it will be ready by winter, Mother Teresa said. The center will have separate sections for men and women, and will include a large dining hall where hot meals will be served. The pope approved the project in a private audience May 19, the missionary said. She said the pope was convinced of the idea after his visit last year to her Calcutta house for the dying. Dozens of street people can be seen daily around the Vatican and on Rome's church steps, often sleeping under rags and pieces of cardboard. The situation worsened in recent months when a city-run hostel was forced to close its doors.
New Life retreats Do you wonder if the Church has any good news for divorced Catholics? Do you feel lonely as a result of your separation? Do you feel distant from God? If your answer to any of these questions is "yes," you're a candidate for participation in a New Life retreat weekend for divorced and separated Catholics. Sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry, the retreats will be conducted at North Dartmouth's Family Life Center September I I to 13 and December II to 13, 1987. Retreat director Father William Murphy, SA, an advocate for the New York marriage tribunal, has ministered to the divorced and separated for almost a decade. He is the founder of eight Massachusetts and II New York support groups for these Catholics. In 1982, Father Murphy directed the Family Life Center's first-ever retreat for the divorced and separated and last February he gave the keynote address at a diocesan forum for divorced and separated Catholics. Retreat information is available from Office of Family Ministry program directors Jerry and Scottie Foley, 999-6420.
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Giving hope Dear Editor: It was heartening to read in the May 22 issue of The Anchor ofthe recent annual convention of the National Federation of Priests' Councils. Not only was the U.S. bishops' pastoral on the economy highlighted as the theme, but among the resolutions passed were several which did much to lift my spirits. For example, there was a vote of 121-3 for restoration of the authority of Seattle Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen "immediately, completely and unconditionally." There was opposition, 115-4, to further US aid to the contras, the guerrilla forces fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. There was support, 119-2, for the recent antinuclear peace protest at the Nevada test site at which Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit and retired Bishop Charles Buswell of Pueblo, Colo., were arrested for crossing the line onto the test site. There was support, 119-1 for the efforts of the Sanctuary movement to give safe U.S. haven to refugees from Central America. May the National Federation of Priests' Councils continue to give us hope. Ruth Dunning Brewster
U.S. bishops form AIDS task force WASHINGTON(NC)-A u.s. bishops' task force on AIDS and related questions has been formed. It is headed by Bishop William Hughes, of Covington, Ky., chairman ofthe bishops' Committee on Education. . Members are Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago, chairman ofthe bishops' Committee on ProLife Activities; Bishop Raymond Lessard of Savannah, Ga., chairman ofthe bishops' Committee on Doctrine; and Bishop Anthony Bosco of Greensburg, Pa., chairman of the bishops' Committee on Communication. The establishment of the task force, created in March, was not made public at that time. Its existence has been confirmed by Msgr. Daniel Hoye, general secretary of the USCe. It is expected to work through the four committees chaired by the task force members.
K of C convention reelects Almond At the 92nd annual state convention of the Knights of Columbus held recently in Boston, delegates reelected Walter L. Almond as state deputy. . In other action, the delegates voted to donate $100,000 to Por Cristo, a medical volunteer .group . active in Latin America. The money will fund establishment of the first pediatric burns unit in Ecuador. Delegates unanimously demanded that the Boston Globe apologize pUblicly for an anti-Catholic cartoon it recently carried and they opposed a sex education plan proposed for Boston public schools. They said the plan has no moral component and "specifically calls for the dispensing of birth control devices and counseling on abortion."
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WASHINGTON (NC) - "Rites of Death and Dying" will be the theme of the Oct. 5-8 National Meeting of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions and Offices of Worship, to be held in Breckinridge, Colo. To be discussed are the sacrament of the anointing of the sick and the celebration of Christian funerals. The session is being sponsored by the NCCB Committee on the Liturgy and the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions. Fall River native Bishop Joseph P. Delaney of Fort Worth, Texas, chairs the bishops' liturgy committee. Scheduled speakers include Paulist Father Lawrence Boadt of the Washington Theological Union, Mary Dombeck of the University AT CELEBRATION, from left, Sister·M. Mildred, FSSJ; Father Joachim Dembeck, of Rochester, N.Y., and Holy Cross OFM Conv., parochial vicar; Sister Valeriana, FSSJ; Father Charles Porada, OFM Conv., - Father Richard Rutherford of the pastor; Father Berard Dudek, OFM Conv.; Sister Vincentia, FSSJ; Albert Cartier, arrange- University of Portland, Ore.
ments committee chairman. All the sisters were teachers at the former Holy Cross School. (Torchia photo)
Cornerstone laying anniversary marked Parishioners, friends and school become an active member of the alumnae of Holy Cross parish, Niagara Neighborhood church Fall River, met May 23 for a reun- group, participating, for example, ion marking the 60th anniversary in yearly observance of the Week of the laying of the church corner- of Prayer for Christian Unity. stone. A concelebrated Mass was Such memories were discussed followed by a banquet and a high- ' at the May 23 reunion, attended light of the evening was a display of school and parish memorabilia. by those associated with the parish Although the Holy Cross church in the past and present. The occabuilding is only 60 years old, the sion was summed up in a letter to parish itself has been in existence parishioners and friends carried in a dedicatory booklet published for 71 years. the occasion. It was founded in 1916 by Bishop In the letter, Father Charles Daniel F. Feehan for the convenPorada, pastor, and Father Joaience of Poles in the east end of Fall River, who previously had to chim Dembeck, parochial vicar, travel to St. Stanislaus Church in expressed "the purpose and intent of this observance-our looking the west end to worship with felforward to the future which this low countrymen. celebration is all about. We gather For. II years members of the new parish used the facilities of to reenergize and strengthen ournearbySS. Peter and Paul Church. selves spiritually as we leave our They were originally served by separate ways to continue to worship, work and live our daily roudiocesan priests, among them tine. Fathers Stanislaus Bona, Andrew Baj and Hugo Dylla. In 1922 the Friars Minor Conventual, still at Holy Cross parish, assumed charge of Holy Cross and shortly thereafter the first permanent pastor, Father Piotr Hajna, was named. He soon established a parish school, at first in two temporary buildings, and built a convent for the sisters staffing it. The present church building was dedicated Oct. 23, 1987" to serve a parish of over 200 families, about 150 school-age children and 22 organizations. Soon an unused public school. building was purchased for Holy Cross School, a new convent was built and the previous convent became the rectory. In 1955 a mortgage-burning ceremony signaled that the parish was debtfree. In recent years Holy Cross has
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It is not yet a household word, like Father Flanagan's Boys Town or Father Bruce Ritter's Covenant Houses for street kids. But Boys Hope is a program that began in 1975 to help boys who might otherwise become statistics among teen suicides, reformatory residents, or lost lives on the streets. A Jesuit-sponsored program of living and learning for troubled youth, Boys Hope already has 13 homes in seven states. Four more homes are scheduled to be opened in the next two years. The project provides home instead of institutional life for boys age 10 and over who have been sexually abused, beaten or thrown into the streets, not because of destructive behavior on their part but because they lack supportive homes. Others are children of loving parents who because of physical illness, age or overwhelming poverty cannot adequately support them. . Most have high academic potential and have demonstrated qualities of leadership. In less than 10 years, Boys Hope has grown from one home in St. Louis to 13 homes in New York,
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activities and hobbies. Any teenager who achieves these goals during adolescence will go on to lead a normal, healthy life. "Families are essential. Schools can help. Parishes can support. But unfortunately, many kids fall through the cracks. A program like Boys Hope, it seems to me, is essential in every community, large or small, but it requires vision, dedicated staffand, ofcourse, funds to make it happen." Father Sheridan founded Boys Hope after experience at Boys Town, Neb., and in Scout and other youth programs in poor areas of St. Louis. He saw the need to break the cycle of violence and poverty that can trap a child for life. The first Boys Hope was opened in St. Louis. There and in every Boys Hope city, an affiliated Jesuit high school has been part of the program. The goal of a current fund drive is to support Boys Hope annual budget of $700,000 and to help educate some 30 boys who will be college and university students by 1988. Donations may be sent to Father Sheridan at Boys Hope, 4200 Ripa Ave., St. Louis, MO 53125.
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What is the Renewal? WITH THIS Pentecost weekend issue, The Anchor begins a monthly series of articles on the Catholic Pentecostal Renewal. The author, Msgr. VincentM. Walsh, Vicar for Charismatic Prayer Groups of the Philadelphia archdiocese, will discuss his personal experiences in the Renewal and its history, teachings and practices. How It Began The Catholic Pentecostal Renewal began in the 1966-67 academic year with two lay professors at the University of Duquesne in Pittsburgh. Upset by the seeming decline in faith practice among the students, they came together each day for prayer. In this spiritual searching, they realized three things. First, the source of God's power is the oftenoverlooked Holy Spirit. Secondly, Pope John XXIII had called for a New Pentecost. Thirdly, the Vatican Council had said that Catholics could learn from Protestant denominations. Their determination to find some answer to the spiritual malaise led them to seek out a nearby Pentecostal prayer meeting where they went faithfully on a week night. Being trained in Catholic theology, they soon realized that these Pentecostals had worked out their own doctrines and practices which could fit in with Catholic teaching. At peace, and convinced that God had led them (strange as it might seem), they sought the laying on of hands, the Baptism of the Spirit, and the gift of praying in tongues (all these Pentecostal practices will be explained in later articles). Afterwards they knew they had received a great gift. Yet, where would they go from here? The next step would be even more startling. They decided to remain quiet about their spiritual experiences, go about their normal routine, and see where the Spirit would lead.
The next surprise of the Spirit is called "The Duquesne Weekend," as the professors gathered some students for a retreat weekend. Again, they did not reveal their Pentecostal experiences, but did speak in general about the Holy Spirit's powers. On Saturday night, the Catholic Pentecostal Renewal began - suddenly, surprisingly, and totally guided by the Spirit. A decision had been made to celebrate a birthday with a party, but the party never happened. Instead, one by one those on retreat came to chapel. As they did, they received, quite spontaneously, the Baptism ofthe Spirit. The joy ofthis experience, in addition to the gift of prayer tongues, led the group to praise God for hours in the chapel. After that, it was only a matter of time until the word spread that Catholics were praying in tongues and experiencing the Spirit. The wildfire stage of Catholic Pentecostal Renewal had begun. As the word spread, prayer meetings sprung up on other campuses. Within a year, the first gathering of Catholic Pentecostals took place
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.at the University of Notre Dame. This gathering led to the annual charismatic conference which is still held each spring. Soon books began appearing and the mass media (religious and secular) spread the word quickly. The growth was phenomenal as many sought to find out how Catholicism and Pentecostalism could ever fit together. In 1968, Brother Pancratius Boudreau, a Redemptorist lay brother, while stationed in the Washington, D.C., area, was doing his own personal searching. He had read an article on the Movement while in a doctor's waiting room and was moved to seek out a nearby prayer group. After two· years of charismatic involvement, he was changed to St. Boniface parish in Philadelphia. During the few months before Brother "Panky" arrived, a group of people had become interested in Catholic Pentecostalism through the books that had begun appearing. When they heard that someone had arrived who actually had experience in the Renewal, a small group met with him and, in January 1970, there began the first Catholic Pentecostal prayer meeting held in the archdiocese of Philadelphia. Six people attended. After that more and more came to St. Boniface to find out what the Renewal was all about. From those small beginnings many groups came forth until today there are 160 prayer groups in the archdiocese. The Renewal now has a history of more than 16 years, with many books and tapes published by me in trying to explain the many manifestations of the Spirit that are fostered by the Renewal. In the hope that readers will be able to learn about this Renewal, I will attempt in future pieces to explain the various phenomena, such as praying in tongues, the gift of healing, the gift of interpretation, the Baptism of the Spirit, and the many other terms that people hear about but do not thoroughly or adequately understand.
Catholic "living will" cards issued by health association ST. LOUIS(NC)- The Catholic Health Association is distributing wallet-size "Christian Affirmation of Life" cards that give directions for the bearer's treatment in cases of critical illness or injury. The association represents Catholic hospital and other health care institutions. The card, which could be termed a Catholic response to ethically questionable "living will" documents, states that the bearer requests that if recovery cannot reasonably be expected, no ethically extraordinary means be used to prolong life.
" 'Ethically extraordinary treatment' is treatment that does not offer a reasonable hope of benefit to me or that cannot be accomplished without excessive expenses, pain or other grave burden," the card explains. The Christian Affirmation of Life begins: "To my family, friends, pastor, physician and attorney: Because of my Christian belief in the dignity of the human person and my eternal destiny in God, I ask that if I become terminally ill I be fully informed of the fact so that I can prepare myself emotionally and spiritually to die."
Although the card is not a legal document, it may have legal effect in some states, according to the Catholic Health Association. It is available from the association at P.O. Box 500082, St. Louis, Mo. 63150. Single-copy orders are 25 cents plus a stamped, self-addressed envelope. The card!> are also available in bulk.
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not have to give in when a child expresses resentment, but it might be wise to listen. Often negative feelings are expressed in unacceptable ways, like shouting or defying. Part of good parenting is teaching children not to suppress angry feelings but to phrase them in acceptable words. Sometimes this takes a while, but learning how to express resentment is much better than learning it must be kept inside. The best way to learn proper expression of negative feelings is from parental example. Do you show your children respect? Are you able to express your own feelings in "I" statements, without blaming your spouse or children? Do you keep your own voice down and avoid inflammatory words? If you do allow some negative expression, certain rules are obvious. Some words need to be outlawed, particularly obscene and swear words. Perhaps you can institute a small fine (10 cents) every time anyone raises his or her voice in anger or uses one of the "outlawed" words. Put the money in a "love jar" and contribute it to a worthy cause. Another rule is "no hitting." If the feuding degenerates to hitting, then the combatants must be separated. It is best to do this firmly, but
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the loving arms of a friend, says Advertising people justify their the brochure. It adds that "inwardly we have business by saying a good product heard the call of eternity even as deserves good exposure. An ad man told me once it wouldn't be we have struggled to leave a lasting right for the company he repre- mark on the world as we pass sented to "hide its light under a through." But, it continues, "we have also bushel." That expression, of course, witnessed the destructive powers comes right from the Bible. It of nature...the atrocities of war, made me wonder why the Catholic the unkindness of others.... These Church didn't try some new ap- challenges and contradictions force proaches to getting its light out us to look within ourselves," to from under a bushel, perhaps in search for meaning and inner peace. ways not totally foreign to the Such a lifetime task "is a journey world of advertising or at least of faith." The idea for the brochure came borrowing a few of that f1eld's best techniques. Now I've seen this come to pass. The Catholic Church Extension Society, which supports mission By Hilda Young activity throughout the United States, has come out with a 16Here's the scene: Mother standp.age brochure about the Catholic ing with locked knees, stiff back Church. This brochure, a true with one han~ on hip like a Marine evangelization effort, is contem- drill sergeant. She's pointing down porary, colorful, full of action shots at a white object. Her three sons and loaded with life. It's the kind are within visual range: One has a of copy that captures attention. piece of cinnamon toast half in his The brochure has an attractive mouth. One is sprawled on father's cover. Photo inserts show a couple recliner reading Sports lIIustrated. getting married, teenagers sitting One is walking out the front door on the grass in conversation, a with a baseball glove on his head. bishop in the midst of a crowd and Mother opens the dialogue: a nine-member interracial farm "Stop in your tracks, your eating family sitting on an old vehicle and your shimping around and with a dog. look at this." Boys glance dutifully at the white The headlines inside are catchy: object on the front room floor. "A Searching People" . . . "A "This is a sweat sock. Not a Worldwide Family" ... "A People of Worship" ... "A People of Sac- clean sweat sock. It's an 'I've-beenraments" ... "A People of Life." in-the-adolescent-boy's-shoe'sweat The brochure begins, "We, your sock who yearns to leap into a Catholic neighbors, would like you clothes hamper with his buddies to get to know us - to understand and commiserate about not being a little about our beliefs and about born an argyle. Who dropped it here?" the values that guide our lives." Boys exchange glances. What does it mean to be a "No, don't answer me. I don't "searching people?" "All of us as human beings, no matter what oilr want to hear how it wasn't you, or beliefs, have felt the presence of a you, or you. (Mother sights with Power beyond ourselves" in a sun- one eye over her index finger as set or the crash of waves upon the she snaps off a point at each son in beach or in the smile of a child or turn.) I don't want to hear that the
from editors at Franciscan Communications. They got the idea from brochures used by other religious groups as inserts in metropolitan newspapers. "Although there are many wellwritten pamphlets and books about Roman Catholic truths and morality, the church had no contemporary brochure to introduce itself in a popular way," said Capuchin Father Anthony Scannell. He is president of Franciscan Publications, which produced the brochure and also a complementary 64-page book titled "What It Means to Be Catholic."
The sweat sock soliloquy dog might have drug it out here. Or that it crawled out here to escape the air under your bed." Mother wheels head 180 degrees to take in each boy with the same glance. "It's never any of you. Well, I'm sick of it. This front room is not your private groundfill project. You'd all be willing to walk around, over or on this sweat sock until you leave for college or go on Social Security, whichever comes first. Would you pick it up on your own? No way. If I asked you, you'd say, 'I didn't put it there.' " Mother pauses to make eye contact with each of the three again. "Well, I'm fed up with picking up your sweat socks, your golf balls, your overdue library books, your apple cores, your empty water glasses and anything you feel like just plopping down." Mother sucks in breath for effect. "All of you pick up this sock. Now." As a group the three ceremoniously pick up the sweat sock and walk solemnly toward the utility room. Overheard from stage left: "What's eating her?" "I don't know." "What's an argyle?"
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Holocaust memorial first in Virginia RICHMOND, Va. (NC) - Virginia's first memorial to the victims of the Holocaust is on the grounds of Sacred Heart Cathedral in Richmond. It was dedicated at an interfaith service April 26, the day observed as Yom Shoah in remembrance of the 6 million Jews slaughtered by the Nazis. The concept of the bronze and copper statue, "Rachel Weeping for Her Children," is based on words in the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah: "A voice was heard on high of lamentation, of mourning and weeping, of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are not." About 400 attended the service, which included lighting of six candles for the Jewish victims and a seventh for "righteous Gentiles" who assisted the Jews, sometimes perishing as a result. At the ceremony, Rabbi Leon Klenicki, director of interfaith affairs for the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, pointed out that "The ideology of Nazi totalitarianism as well as other forms of totalitarianism, both in the past and today, is essentially an attempt to destroy God and God's kingdom, to exterminate the people of God, Jews, Christians and those of other faith commitments." Bishop Walter F. Sullivan of Richmond, who commissioned the statue, said his decision came after hearing a comment by Father Edward Flannery of Providence, R.I., a specialist in Christian-Jewish history. The priest said he was often asked: "When will Jews forget the Holocaust?" He replied that Jews would forget when Christians begin to remember. The 8-foot statue depicts a slender woman, hands to her face. She is surrounded by six tongues of flames representing the 6 million slaughtered Jews.
Canadian pro-lifer gives cause his all TORONTO (NC) - A veteran Catholic pro-life crusader plans to sell a successful health food store he has run for a decade and campaign fulltime to have Canada's abortion law declared unconstitutional. "There is still one more step to go, and that's the Supreme Court," said Joe Borowski, 54, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, who for nine years has sought to overturn the law permitting abortion if an accredited therapeutic abortion committee rules that continuing a pregnancy would threaten the life or health of the mother. Borowski said the law violated the constitution's Charter of Rights, which calls for equal protection "for everyone...· On April 30 the three-member Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled the Charter of Rights protection does not apply to unborn children. . Borowski called the court's decision "absolutely shocking." A former cabinet minister in the Manitoba provincial government, he first challenged Canada's abortion law in 1978. He said his battle has cost "more than half a million dollars" in legal fees.
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St. Vincent's program named outstanding The vocational program at St. Vincent's Home, Fall River, has been named one of six outstanding Massachusetts programs for special needs students. Together with the others, it was showcased at a recent workshop in Boxborough. The workshop was sponsored by the Council of Occupational Placement Education, a division of the Massachusetts Association of Approved Private Schools, a group of over 100 schools serving students unable to function in normal educational settings. St. Vincent's Home, which marked its 100th anniversary last year, currently serves over 70 students with behavior or learning problems. At the Boxborough workshop, St. Vincent's principal, Gerald Poisson, outlined the home's history and, noting current state emphasis on development of career awareness and prevocational skills in special needs youngsters, said that St. Vincent's has been involved in such programs for about five years. "The real excitement," however, "rests in the program development over the past two years," he said. He credited his teachers with the progress, saying they "willingly give 150 percent effort all of the time, working hard to give these
children the very best chance at success and improved self-esteem." The St. Vincent's program offers a life skills class, directed by Mrs. Gina Sasso. In it, youngsters learn to cook, sew and balance budgets and may participate in a workstudy project in which they are paid for various tasks. Mrs. Sasso is also preparing older students to apply for learners' driving permits. Ms. Nancy Ford is in charge of an arts and crafts program that includes silk screening and photography. A special pride is St. Vincent's new computer lab, directed by Raymond Fereira. It features nine Apple II E computers and two black and white and two color printers. "Ray Fereira's idea of fun is to explore new software," Poisson told Boxborough workshop participants. "It is this enthusiasm which has made the lab a true success and in turn gets the students excited." Spinoffactivities from the vocational program are conducted during the summer vacation, said Poisson. They have included bicycle repair and construction of a "par course" on the home grounds. The latter develops physical skills through mastering of various obstacles. Alan Medeiros and John Medeiros (not related) of St. Vincent's faculty wear two hats. Alan
Diocese gets in housing business BROOKLYN, N.Y. (NC) - The diocese of Brooklyn as part of a Catholic-Protestant coalition has provided a $1 million loan in a project to turn abandoned buildings into affordable family housing. A coalition of Catholic and Protestant churches in Brooklyn signed an agreement with New York City to renovate the buildings and sell the apartments to low- and middleincome families. The $1 million is to be used as a revolving loan fund to help with preconstruction costs. The coalition carrying out the rehabilitation program is Brooklyn Ecumenical Cooperatives, organized in 1979 largely at the initiative of United Methodists to help
churches work together on reducing energy costs. In 1984 it began the housing program by buying two of many abandoned buildings the city was selling for $1 each to people who would renovate them. In 1985, it got 12 more buildings and will continue to get them as renovations continue. Mortgage funds are being sought from banks and insurance companies, and the New York State AFL-CIO is supporting the program by placing some of its pension funds with a bank involved in the financing.
conducts a woodworking program which teaches the use of power tools while John is in charge of a graphics shop in which younger students assemble precut kits and older children learn wood burning. Beyond that, the two men have collaborated in development of a video lab. One of its products was shown at Boxborough, a 15 minute student-produced show which took viewers on a tour of St. Vincent's campus and offered closeups of its cottages, its·chapel and its 70 children at work in schoolrooms and the various vocational programs. Available to those at the workshop were leaflets explaining St. Vincent's behavior management program. On display were some of the children's projects, along with photographs of activities. Concluding his presentation, Poisson told the workshop that St. Vincent's overall goals included "making school time more practical by giving basic job skills and showing kids that learning by doing can not only be fun but may also set directions for future job selection."
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expected to meet privately with Lech Walesa, the former Solidarity leader who is still a symbol of political opposition in Poland.
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., June 5, 1987
CARDINAL JOZEF GLEMP of Warsaw and Gniezno (fourth from right in front row) prays with a group of German bishops at the Warsaw grave of Father Jerzy Popiel?szk~, murdered in 1984 by Polish security officers. The pope is expected to visit the grave dUrIng hIS June 8 to 14 trip to his homeland. (NC/KNA photo)
Reconciliation probable Polish theme ROME (NC) - Some of the Polish leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruplaces Pope John Paul II is sched- zelski at the Vatican in January uled to visit during his June 8-14 and renewed church-state dialogue trip to Poland harbor bitter memo- sessions in Warsaw. ries from the struggle between govThe conciliatory atmosphere was ernment authority and' human reflected in May by Polish primate rights. Cardinal Jozef Glemp of Warsaw The birthplace of the now-sup- and Gniezno, who told reporters pressed ind~pendent Solidarity in Stockholm, Sweden, that "things union movement and the tomb of are slowly getting better in Poland." a slain activist priest are among The cardinal has spoken increasthe sites he plans to visit which ingly of church collaboration in symbolize that struggle. helping Poland out of its "isolaBut the trip is exp.ected to set a tion" and its economic crisis. tone of reconciliation rather than But not all Polish Catholics, political challenge, and the pope and not even all bishops, are pleased will probably dwell more on Po- with that collaboration. land's spiritual direction than the A well-informed Polish source shortcomings of its communist at the Vatican said many Poles are government, said a number of confused by the new atmosphere. church sources interviewed in "The church (in Poland) is cauRome. ; tious, often too cautious. There's The release last fall, following the risk that by proceeding toward church pressure, of the remaining safety, toward protection of its group of political prisoners did own position, it will lose its basic much to ease Polish tensions, the 路 links with the people," he said. sources said. So did a subsequent While several church-state difmeeting between the pope and 路 ferences remain, notably in areas
of education and the right of association, there are signs that Poland is moving toward the kind of national dialogue the pope called for during his last visit in 1983. This year, the pope plans to visit Gdansk, the birthplace of Solidarity, as well as nearby Szczecin and Gdynia, also union strongholds. But, according to a high Vatican official, the pope's message there is not expected to center on workers' rights as it did in 1983. "There is a religious and moral character to this trip. There's the feeling that something needs to be said in Poland about the 10 Commandments," the official said. "There will be some reference to human rights, but one cannot repeat the same things in every trip," he added. The trip revolves around a national eucharistic congress, and many of the pope's talks are expected to be on the importance of prayer and communion. As he did in 1983, the pope is
But Walesa himself said recently the trip "will be a moment of reflection for everyone." Its success will not be a question of "who draws the most advantages from it: the communists or the Catholics?" he said in an interview published May 17 in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera. The mood of collaboration has also been reflected in recent meetings between church and state leaders. After years of hard negotiations, Poland's bishops and the government appear closer to agreement on a formula which would, in principle, protect church rights. At the same time, the stage is being set for full diplomatic relations between Poland and the Vatican, perhaps in the second half of this year, Vatican and Polish sources have said. "The building for the nunciature is ready and waiting in Warsaw," a Polish diplomatic source said in an interview in May. Many Poles, said the Polish source at the Vatican, will be looking for the pope to clarify the church's role in a socialist state, as he outlines a moral direction for Polish society. For them, a highlight of the trip will be the pope's private visit to the tomb of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, an outspoken critic of the government who was murdered by security officers in 1984. His burial place in a Warsaw church has become a popular shrine, and there is a strong movement for his beatification as a martyr. Vatican sources said they see progress in many traditional areas of Polish church-state conflict. They said mass media have been opened up somewhat to the church, citing the first broadcast of the pope's midnight Mass last Christmas and the expected telecast of a papal rosary recital in June. Official censorship has lessened, they said, although paper rationing continues to be a problem for religious newspapers and journals. Church construction still requires a series of time-consuming permit applications, but estimates are that since Pope John Paul was elected, more than 1,000 new churches have been built. Moreover, the churches are often full- for Sunday and weekday Masses, catechism lessons, youth meetings and other events.
Poland's bishops last fall denounced a new "science of religion" course introduced in public schools, calling it "atheization." Vatican sources said that the government has since removed the atheistic content of the courses, and may scrap the plan altogether. Another topic the pope is likely to' address, sources said, is the right of Catholic lay people to form associations independent of political parties. The Polish government is so sensitive about the issue, and its implications for state socialism, that it suppressed an article on the subject that was to appear in a Catholic journal last fall. At stake is the future of a myriad of cultural groups, many aimed at youths, which have a strong Catholic element but are technically separate from the church. Typical are the chapters of the Catholic Intellectuals' Club, which offer lectures open to the public on a wide variety of religious and political issues. They are tolerated by authorities, but the state has so far refused to grant a permanent legal basis to such groups. World peace and Poland's -experience in World War II is likely to be a central theme when the pope visits Gdansk, where the Nazi invasion of Poland began, and Szczecin, the city once described by Winston Churchill as a northern pole of the postwar Iron Curtain. Outside Lublin, the pope is to visit the former Nazi concentration camp of Majdanek and later will beatify a Polish bishop who died in the camp at Dachau - the fourth beatification or canonization of a Nazi victim in recent years. "The Second World War is important to this pope. He sees and speaks of the war in a Christian light, and believes it offers valuable lessons on man's pride," said a Vatican official. The program may also give Pope John Paul a chance to return to a favorite theme: the spiritual unity of Europe.
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borns. While professing a "bias on the side of life support and treatment if profound uncertainty or disagreement exists" about a given case, Epstein said there were times when medical intervention "makes little or no sense."
which came to be known as Baby Doe, gained national attention because the infant's parents denied permission for surgery to open a blocked esophagus. A similar Baby Jane Doe case arose in New York in 1983. Epstein said in such dilemmas there was a "tremendous need" to avoid the extremes of "vitalism," or holding life "sacred above all other considerations," and of social utilitarianism, by which treatment would be withheld because one baby would "ultimately ... be of less benefit to society" than another baby.
in the individual situation are we able to make a judgment" about cases when intervention simply means prolonging dying. In the Doe case, the nun said the medical complications were such that "this baby could truly be said to have been born dying. It wasn't a simple matter of removing 'a He called federal "Baby Doe" minor impediment to continued regulations designed to protect handicapped infants from denial of survival." medical treatment "an absolutely . She. said the ultimate concern disastrous case of government's "is for the good and well-being of 路 intrUsion into medicine and health our patients, and also, at the same care to no good end." time, for the maintenance of socieThe rules, struck down by the tal and moral norms that protect Supreme Court last June, allowed the lives we are called upon to Dominican Sister Diana'Bader, serve, both,in their healthy vitality withholding of medical treatment - but not food and water - from director of clinical. ethics for the and in their demise." a'handicapped newborn in limited Catholic Health Association, also Lisa Sowle Cahill, an associate referred to the Baby Doe case dur- professor and a director of a gradsituations. The regulations were developed ing her presentatidn on euthanasia. uate theology program at Boston She made a distinction between' College, said the church isjustified after the 1982 death of a Bloomington, Ind., infant boy born, life-saving and life-prolonging med- in "attempting to influence the with Down's syndrome. The case, ical intervention, adding that "only way rights and duties are inter-
preted in the partiCUlar area of medical care. "To say that certain positions regarding treatment must not denigrate" the value of human life is not to make some narrowly religious claim, but it is to'enter as a religiously motivated actor upon the scene.of pUblic discourse about the structure and nature of a just society," she said. To be considered in the debate about medical care to critically ill newborns and the terminally ill, she said, are:', .:..- Society's responsibility to support a socially non-contributory member. - Enforcement of such responsibilities by the law. - Just allocation of medical goods and resources. - The definition of what currently constitutes extraordinary and ordinary medical intervention.
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Area Religious Broadcasting The following television and radio programs originate in the diocesan viewing and listening area. Their listings normally do not vary from week to week. They will be presented in the Anchor the first Friday of each month and will reflect any changes that may be made. Please clip and retain for reference. On TV Each Sunday, 10:30 a.m WLNE, Channel 6. Diocesan Television Mass. Portuguese Masses from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford: 12:15 p.m. each Sunday on radio station WJFDFM,7 p.m. each Sunday on television Channel 20. Portuguese Masses from Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Anthony of Lisbon parishes, Taunton: 7 p.m. each Sunday and 6 p.m. each Monday on U.A. Columbia Cablevision, Channel 27. Mass 9:30 a.m. Monday to Friday, WFXT, Channel 25. "Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island, and Rabbi Baruch Korff. "Breakthrough" 8 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 10, a program on the power of God to touch lives, produced by the Pastoral Theological Institute of Hamden, Conn. "The Glory of God," with FatherJohn Bertolucci. Sundays 7:30 a.m., Channel 27, 10 p.m. Channel 68.
"Maryson," a family puppet show with moral and spiritual perspective 6 p.m. each Thuts-
day, Fall Riverand New Bedford Cable Channel 13. "Spirit and the Bride," a talk show with William Larkin, 6 p.m. Monday, cable channel 35. On Radio Charismatic programs with Father John Randall are aired from 9:30 to 10:30a.m. Monday through Friday on station WRIB, 1220 AM; Mass is broadcast at 1 p.m. each Sunday. "Topic Religion," presented by two priests, a rabbi and a Protestant minister, is broad.. cast at 6:06 a.m. and 9:06 p.m. each Sunday on station WEEI Boston, 590 AM. Programs of Catholic interest are broadcast at the fOllowing times on station WROL Boston, 950 AM: Monday through Friday 9, 9:15, 11:45 a.m.; 12:15, 12:30, 1 p.m. A Polish-language rosary hour, conducted by Father Justin, is broadcast at 1:30 p.m. Sundays on station WALE, 1400 AM. A Polish-language Mass is heard from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. every Sunday ()n stati()n WICE, SSOa.m.
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Bishop Delaney announces six RCIA workshops WASHINGTON (NC) - The Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy has slated six four-day workshops this fall and winter to prepare bishops and diocesan liturgy and education leaders for implementingthe new Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults next spring. The committee is chaired by Fall River native Bishop Joseph Delaney of Fort Worth, Tex. Last fall the U.S. bisho'ps approved a number of changes in the 13-year-old rite and a five-year plan to put the changes into effect and strengthen the place of the rite in church life. The six regional workshops are expected to draw more than 1,000 people. Bishop Delaney said that each diocese is being asked to limit its group to four or five diocesan staff people, "plus the bishop, if possible." The rite, established as part of the liturgical reform mandated by the Second Vatican Council, is a revival of the adult catechumenate of early Christianity, with adaptations to modern times such as the reception of converts already baptized in another Christian church, The catechumenate is the period of preparation for entry into the church. The East Coast workshop will be held at Mont Marie Center, Holyoke, Nov. 9 to 12. Bishop Delaney said the work-
shops will review the rites, including the U.S. adaptations that the bishops approved last November. Participants will also learn of various models for catechetical preparation of converts and be "sensitized" to the need to recognize when candidates are ready for the sacraments. The committee also announced that it is preparing a "Pastoral Companion to the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults," a commentary on the rite and discussion of related educational, pastoral and legal concerns. Msgr. Alan Detscher ofthe bishops' national liturgy secretariat said the changes in the rite approved by the bishops last November have been sent to Rome for final approval by the Holy See before implementation, planned for Feb. 21, 1988, the first Sunday of Lent. Lent is the final preparation period for reception of adult converts into the church during the Easter vigil.
Be Involved "Give full and free expression to what is just and true; do not withdraw yourselves from responsible participation in public affairs and the defense and promotion of human rights." - Pope John Paul II
FILM RATINGS A-I Approved for Children and Adults An American Tail (Rec.) The Aristocats 84 Charing Cross Road (Rec)
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LORRAINE Charest, a French teacher at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, has been awarded an Avignon summer scholarship by the French government. She will spend five weeks this summer in A vignon, France, where she will be involved in a program that includes three courses in' language and culture plus excursions to various areas of France. Mrs. Charest, a 1963 Stang graduate, expects this experience to add a new dimension to her understanding and appreciation of a ianguage and people that are ner focus of academic interest.
Holiday Inns stung by NFD boycott TUPELO, MS - The National Federation for Decency. says that its national boycott of Holiday Inn is cutting into that company's sales so much that the motel chain is threatening to sue some motels that have discontinued showing in-room pornographic movies. NFD has asked for a Holiday Inns boycott, saying that the motel chain is the world's largest distributor of such films. NFD picketed some 40 Holiday Inns across the country on April 18 and says it will repeat the action. Rev. Donald E. Wildmon, a United Methodist minister who heads NFD, said "Holiday Inn, through Comsat, with which the motel chain is connected, is threatening large lawsuits against local motels which discontinue the porn movies. We have learned that many managers of local Holiday Inns did not know that the porn movies were part of the package when they signed their contract. Since seeing the movies, they have decided they don't want them in their rooms."
No evidence BROOKLYN, N.Y. (NC) Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati said after his first Vatican visit as vice-president of the U.S. bishops' conference that he found no evidence for reports of negative Vatican attitudes toward the U.S. church. Accounts of Vatican officials "wringing their hands" over the U.S. church are largely a press invention, he said.
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What's on your mind? From time to time this column has told the stories of young people who made their way back from drug and alcohol addiction. But 'what happens after they have sobered up and thrown their booze ,and pills away for good? One of these young people, 24year-old Jim, volunteered to tell about his new life. Jim's stormy career of alcoholism and drug abuse began even before he was a teen. Now that is gone for good, he hopes, and in the past year...well, let's let Jim speak. "This has been a year of exploring. 1 wanted to understand better what led me into alcohol and drug abuse so that I'll be better equipped never to go back to that way oflife. "I see myself more clearly now; although 1 realize 1 still have a lot to learn. Sometimes delving into my past and finding out what is in me can be very painful. But I have to do this as a step toward greater freedom for myself. "I know now that there was a lot of fear in me. For example, I was afraid of being abandoned, of being rejected, of being without friends. "One way I got rid of this fear, or mistakenly thought I got rid of it: was to take some liquor or some pills. I did the same with other fears. "I had to look some serious family conflict squarely in the eye, something I had not really done before. In the past, to escape the pain of these conflicts I'd turn to booze and pills.
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THE WAYITIS "I used to like the risk, the danger, the excitement of taking new pills and harrowing amounts of liquor and drugs. This excitement helped me escape the monotony and boredom of daily life. "Sometimes during the past year when my low-paying job seemed dumb and boring, I would long for the risk and excitement. But luckily I never came close to actually taking a drink or doing some drugs. "I've made lots of new friends among recovered alcoholics and drug addicts. They accept me, even love me, and this helps to drive away my fear of abandonment. I'm working on my other fears too. "In the coming year I hope maybe I can begin to resolve some of my family conflicts. And I'll work on overcoming my selfishness. Just as I was out of control in regard to drugs, I also have trouble controlling myself in regard to spending money and in regard to sex and food. With the help of an older, wiser friend I'm trying to solve these problems too. "Also I. have a spiritual program. I pray to God every day and I try to do his will, not mine. I couldn't make any changes in my life at all without God's help. And I'll need his help a lot in the years ahead." For Jim, the years ahead sometimes may be difficult but they promise to be happy and fulfilling ones too. Send comments and questions to Tom Lennon, 1312 Mass. Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.
Standing in line marking time Waiting for the welfare dime 'Cause they can't buy a job Tbe man in tbe silk suit hurries by As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes Just for fun he says, "Get a job." That's just the way it is Some things will never change That's just the way it is But don't you believe them They say "Hey, little boy, you can't go Where the others go 'Cause yOU don't look like they do" Said "Hey, old man, how can you stand To think that way Did you really think about it Before you made the rules" . Well, tbey passed a law in '64 To give those who ain't got A little more But it only goes so far Because tbe law don't change another's mind When all it sees on tbe hiring line Is tbe line on the color bar. Recorded by Bruce Hornsby and Tbe Range. Written by B.R. Hornsby. (c) 1986 Zappa Music-ASCAP. THERE'S A NEW sound in that prejudice exists in our society. rock music these days - the As the song states, laws have piano. Several recent hits have made direct harassment of peofeatured this sound, inclUding pie illegal but it will take more Bruce Hornsby's first Top Forty than a law to change the narrow hit, "The Way It Is," from the attitudes of people's minds. Two examples of prejudice are album of the same name. The song discusses some ways presented. The first describes an
individual's contempt for the unemployed and those on welfare. The second reminds us how personal prejudice keeps minorities from having greater freedom in our society. The given excuse for both instances is simply, "That's the way it is, some things never change." Christians cannot accept such a response. Any act of prejudice breaks God's law, a law of the heart that goes beyond any civil code. We need to confront prejudice wherever it surfaces. The most important place to examine it is in our own attitudes toward others. Do we find ourselves putting down individuals who are different from us? At school, do we avoid people of another race or from a different social background? Prejudice can be found also in racial remarks orjokes. Showing disapproval ofthese kind ofcom路 ments takes courage. Yet if others are to realize the impact of their words, they need to know that such comments are not funny. One of the best ways to confront prejudice is to learn more about its causes - for example, by becoming more involved in your sociology and economics classes. Use these opportunities to learn why some people are impoverished and how we might work toward the removal of racial and economic barriers. Bruce Hornsby is right. We don't have to accept or believe in prejudice. What one person does can make a difference in lessening prejudice's effects on aU of us. Your comments are always welcome. Address Charlie Martin, 1218 S. Rotherwood Ave., Evansville, Ind. 47714.
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Two from diocese are Byrd scholars Steven j. Dias an4 Charles J. Ba!1on, respectiv.ely. 1987's salutatorian at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, and valedictorian at Taunton's Coyle and Cassidy High School, have won Robert .' C. Byrd scllolarships. . They were among 104 Bay State .graduates honored by state educational and congressional leaders at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Named for its originator, Senate Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd, the. program grants $1500 college scholarships to top students in each of the nation's congressional districts.
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Roughrider bishop PUEBLO, Colo. (NC) - Bishop Arthur N. Tafoya of Pueblo is recovering from injuries he sustained when an all-terrain vehicle in which he was riding in overturned in a creek. Bishop Tafoya was found downstream, badly bruised and incoherent, by a road crew, after apparently having been in the cold waters over an hour.
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FALL RIVER Catholic Woman's Club president Mrs. Kenneth Leger presents scholarship to Kellie Donnelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Donnelly, as Brenden 'F. Hayden Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Brenden F. Hayden; also a'scholarship recipient, looks on.'N present was a third winner, Mark J. Wills, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wills. (Torchia photo)
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THOMAS B. Donahue, principal of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, with the winners of $500 Stang scholarships. The eighth graders were the top five scorers on a placement exam recently taken by 286' students. From left, Erin Hayden, Fall River; Erin Callaghan, New Bedford; Nicole Houdelette, Mattapoisett; Jason Silva, New Bedford; and Jeremy Piques, Westport.
Science, religion tv, movie news linked by rosary WASHINGTON (NC) - AJune 6 recitation of the rosary using satellite television to link Pope John Paul II with people at shrines around the world "allows science and religion to move closer together," said Tony Verna, organizer of the event. Verna, producer of Live-Aid, which brought rock stars together for a famine-relief benefit in 1985, spoke about the telecast, titled "Prayer for World Peace," at a May 28 press breakfast in Washington. It's "a simple prayer and a simple idea," he said. The hourlong broadcast links 17 countries on five continents via 18 satellites, 75 cameras and 1,000 technicians. In the United States participants will pray the rosary at noon Eastern time at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, responding to the rosary the pope will lead from Rome's St. Mary Major Basilica at 6 p.m. Rome time. The pr0p'am will be carried locally by Channels 3, 7, 11 and 12. The televising ofthe regular first Saturday of the month papal rosary, usually carried only by Vatican Radio, marks the eve of the start of the Marian year, which begins the following day, Pentecost. During the Washington press breakfast, Verna said the pope will be aware of his linkage to shrines everywhere via a television set next to his kneeler in the basilica. A second TV will be located at the rear of the ancient church so the pope can see Catholics waving white handkerchiefs at him from shrines around the world, he said. The custom of waving white handkerchiefs as a gesture of respect comes from Fatima, the shrine in Portugal where tradition holds that the Blessed Virgin appeared and encouraged recitation of the rosary. The complex TV project, which will include a shot of the planet Earth from a weather satellite, will be coordinated by Verna from a London studio being built to accommodate the broadcast. With him at the studio will be Archbishop John P. Foley, president ofthe Pontifical Commission for Social Communications and a Philadelphia native. Archbishop Foley will give the program's English-language commentary, one of seven for the program. The multilingual event also will include briefScripture meditations in five other languages, including Russian. Russian was chosen "in recognition of the special devotion to the Mother of God" in the Soviet Union, which in June 1988 celebrates the millennium ofthe introduction of Christianity in the nation, Archbishop Foley said at a May 8 Vatican press conference. Voice of America will carry the broadcast into the Soviet Union, Verna said. Other readings will be in Greek, the original language of the church; Polish, the pope's native tongue~ Dutch, in honor of the Netherlands' tradition of sending missionaries to foreign lands~ and Arabic, the language of many biblicallands today, Archbishop Foley said.
Verna, president of Global Media Ltd., said the production, being done in conjunction with the Vatican's communications commission, will cost more than $2 million, funded primarily by grants from the Bic Corporation and Lumen 2000 International, a foundation recently established by the Vatican. Lumen 2000 International, with headquarters at the Vatican Television Center and headed by American Redemptorist Father Thomas Forrest, is preparing for a decadelong media event - 1990-2000 to celebrate the 2,oooth anniversary of Christianity. Anything above Verna's costs is slated to go to the Catholic Media Foundation, established in March 1987 by attorneys for Global Media and Paul Dietrich, publisher of Saturday Review, Dietrich said May 29. The Catholic Media Foundation is expected to develop future television projects and will have its first board meeting in July when it is to be turned over to a group of prominent Catholics in media who will completely control it, said Dietrich, a former CBS executive. The idea for the Catholic Media Foundation was developed at a Vatican meeting between officials of Global Media and the communications commission to provide a means to accept tax-deductible donations to pay for the rosary program and to ensure that if there are profits, they continue to be used for Catholic evangelization through television, Dietrich said. He said that Verna's fees are limited to 20 percent of the profits from distribution of videocassettes which will be offered for sale in the United States through a toll-free number flashed on the screen at the end of the program. Photographic books on the event also will be sold.
Fall River sister to be installed New officials ofthe Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield will be installed at a prayer service at 3 p. m. Sunday at Mont Marie Center, Holyoke. To be installed are Sister Mary Frances Honnen, president; Sister Maureen Kervick, vice-president; Sisters Mary Behan, Joan Bellenoit, Kathleen Hinga, Kathleen Keough, and Maxyne Schneider, councilors. Sister Bellenoit has been coordinator ofthe Sisters of St. Joseph's infirmary and compound in Fall River. She was previously a director of religious education in New Bedford and in Harlingen, Texas, and taught in parochial schools in Swansea and in Vinton, La. Born in Phoenixville, Pa., she is a graduate of the former Annhurst College, Woodstock, Conn. and holds a master's degree in religious education from St. Thomas University, Houston. The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph is a diocesan religious community based at Mont .Marie, Holyoke. Its 540 members serve in education, parish ministry, social work, nursing and other fields in the dioceses of Springfield, Worcester, Fall River and Providence, and in Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas and Africa.
Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Films Office ratings, which do not always coincide. General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted. unsuitable for children or young teens. Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; 4-separate classification (given films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive. Catholic ratings for television movies are those of the movie house versions of the films.
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New Films "The Stepfather"(New CenturyVista) - Chilling portrait of a psychopath who slaughters his family, changes his identity and remarries, only to be inspired once again to kill. Brutality, bloody murder and some brief nudity. 0, R
"Ernest Goes To Camp" (Buena Vista-Touchstone) - TV commercial legend Jim Varney plays the slap-happy goon Ernest, who bears the brunt of summer camp pranks and the villainy of land developers in this lame, often violently slapstick comedy. Ex-football star Lyle Alzado's convincingly brutal beating ofthe Chaplinlike clown and Ernest's numerous pratfalls are too realistic to be funny. A3, PG "Amazing Grace and Chuck" (Tri-Star) - A Little League baseball player (Joshua Zuehlke) and a pro-basketball star (Alex English) go on a strike protesting the existence of nuclear weaponry. The latter is suspiciously killed in a mid-air explosion precipitating a U.s.Soviet accord on disarmament. Director Mike Newell provides a strained example of how the altruistic actions of the individual can
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Films on TV Sunday, June 14, 9-11:30 p.m. EDT (ABC) "Brubaker" (1980). Prison reformer Robert Redford goes undercover as an inmate to learn about how officials profit from their prisoners' misery. Uncompromising in its depiction of prison brutality, director Stuart Rosenberg's movie unfortunately reaches no dramatic or themetic conclusion in exploring a badly flawed penal system. Numerous scenes of physical and psychic violence, some profanity and brief nudity. A3, R Thursday,June 18,8:30-11 p.m. EDT (CBS) "Rocky II" (1979). Writer-director Sylvester Stallone stars as the boxer unable to settle down with a new wife (Talia Shire), house and baby. Low on cash and brains, he accepts a rematch with champ Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). Though the sequel is formula entertainment with its theme of the victorious underdog, the movie clearly celebrates the violence of the ring, assigning value as much to the brutal sport as to its likeable hero's will and determination. A3, PG TV Programs Tuesday, June 16, 9-10 p.m. EDT (PBS) "Keeping the Faith." The black church was once the soul of its community, a rallying point and a force for change. This "Frontline" documentary examines the growth of the black middle class and its effect on the church now seeking to learn whom it serves and to what end. Religious TV Sunday, June 7 (CBS) - "For Our Times" - CBS presents a portrait of Father Pedro Arrupe, the retired superior general of the Jesuits who led the order through the post-Vatican II era. Religious Radio Sunday, June 7 (NBC) "Guideline" - Rebroadcast ofthe first of two interviews with David K. McDowell, New Zealand's ambassador to the United Nations, discussing the international significance of the South Pacific region.
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Bishop Feehan High School Over 75 percent of the 235 young people who graduated Tuesday from Attleboro's Bishop Feehan High School will attend four-year colleges. Nine percent will attend technical schools or begin c,reers in business, and several students will enter the armed services.
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Among awards made .at the school's recent Parents' Night, graduate Michelle Gagnon received a certificate of merit for graduating with highest honors. Students Mary Ann Guillette, Eric Haskins, Suzanne Lefebvre, Timothy Marrah and Raymond St. Pierre earned high honors, and Christine McCarthy, Joan McDonagh, Ellen Healy and Joanne Zern merited honors. . Diane Ison was awarded a plaque for four years of perfect attendance and the Sist~r Marian Geddes
Award for school spirit. The late Sister Geddes was Feehan's first principal. The school's first Eleanor Drew Kenney Memorial Award, honoring a recently-deceased Feehan Latin teacher, went to graduate Daniel A. Pearson. The award goes to a student who has had at least two years of Latin, is in the top quarter of his or her class and plans to major in Latin or humanities at a four-year college. Paul Lambert earned the Feehanite of the Year award, which memorializes Sister Carmelita Grimes, remembered for enthusiasm and exemplary service. Jeffrey Carvalho and Jonathan Braga earned Vinny Fagone Hockey Scholarship a wards, granted to students who exemplify the high character and courage of the late hockey coach and math teacher.
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O.L. FATIMA, NB O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK First Friday holy hour, with rosary, The Ladies' Guild will celebrate 7 tonight, chapel; all welcome. its 20th anniversary at I I a.m. Mass June 14; dinner follows, Kate Cory's HOLY NAME, FR Parish school graduation Mass 7 restaurant, Westport. p.m. Monday, church. School Board 'VINCENTIANS, TAUNTON meeting 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Taunton Vincentian meeting with' School appreciation night 7 p.m. Mass 7 p.m. Monday, hosted by Wednesday, gymnasium. Youth Immaculate Conception Conference; group Ipswich River canoe trip July Mass is for the intention of canoniII. zation of society founder Frederic ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Ozanam. HYANNIS Parishioners Wil and Frances Rosary 7:20 and 11:50 a.m. daily. Sampson are celebrating their 40th ST. JOSEPH, NB First Friday Mass 5:30 tonight. Pray- wedding anniversary. U1treya 7:30 Parish school graduation exercises er group meets 8 p.m. Tuesdays, par- tonight. after II a.m. Mass Sunday. Eighth ish center. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence grader Melinda daSilva won the Aman are celebrating their 45th SS. PETER & PAUL, FR New Bedford Bicentennial Essay wedding anniversary. Holy Name Contest; classmates Christine leBeau Parish school graduation at 7 p.m. Society communion breakfast fol- Mass Monday, reception follows, and Lori Gauvin received honorable lows 9 a.m. Mass June 14, parish Father Coady Center; kindergarten mention. Prayer Group will sponsor center; information; Lou Cataldo, closing ceremony 7 p.m. Thursday, a triduum in preparation for the 362-9484. Testimonial dinner to Center; parishioners welcome. Flag feast of the Sacred Heart after II honor parishioner and retiring Barn- day ceremony to a.m. Thursday, a.m. Masses June 24 to 26; other stable Police Chief Donald F. Kane schoolyard; raindate: Friday; all welmeetings 7 p.m. each Wednesday. June 17, Sheraton Regal, Hyannis;. come. information: rectory; 775-0818. LEGION OF MARY, NB First Friday holy hour 5 p.m. CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, Knightline, official publication of today, St. Joseph's Church. Corpus SWANSEA Christi holy hour follows II a.m. the Knights of Columbus State New Youth Group officers: David Council, which includes an article Mass June 21. Members thank Fred Levesque, president; Tom Proulx, about the newly-established SandBastarache and Mrs. Roger 'Marvice-president; Christine Pestana, wich K of C council, is available at cotte for help in arranging May treasurer; Alexis Marsden, secretary. the church entrance, as are copies of devotions. Pope John Paul II's Marian enST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA The parish thanks Yvette Ashley cyclical. for making alterations on altar boy HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO albs. Board of education meeting 9 SILVER SPRING, Md. (NC) New Women's Guild officers: Roa.m. tomorrow. First Friday holy salie Gordon, president; Julie Ma- Auxiliary Bishop Angelo T. hour 7 tonight. . chada, vice-president; Claire AneAcerra of the U.S. Catholic Archlunde, secretary; Anita Joyal, treaNOTRE DAME, FR diocese for the Military Service Father Marc Tremblay will speak surer. First Friday Mass 7 tonight has been named a member of on Christian maturity at 7 tonight, Crown-Dove symbol, seventh week, the bishops' Committee to Assess Lourdes Chapel. at Antonio and Conceicao Rebello the Moral Status of Deterrence. 292 Thatcher St. home, CATHEDRAL, FR Bishop Acerra, 61, was an Air Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will con- CATHEDRAL CAMP, Force chaplain for 20 years before firm adults at 5 p.m. Mass Sunday. E. FREETOWN his 1983 appointment as an auxilFirst Friday Masses 8 a.m. and 12:05 Diocesan education office conferiary bishop of the military archp.m. today. First Saturday Mass 8 ence ends today. St. James parish, diocese. a.m. tomorrow. Erica Goncalo and New Bedford, youth day retreat 9 Robert Kennedy have been awarded a.m. to 4 p.m. today. Emmaus weekThe deterrence assessment comRev. Francis A. McCarthy scholar- end today through Sunday. St. Anne mittee, chaired by Cardinal Joseph ships by the Women's Guild. Mem- School, Fall River, class picnic bers ofthe successful girls' and boys' Tuesday. Tiverton, R.I., Middle CYO basketball teams will attend to School class picnic Wednesday. a.m. Mass June 14 and receive troOpen house I to 4 p.m. Sunday. phies after Mass in the school.
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ST. MARY, SEEKONK Women's Guild cookout follows 6 p.m. Mass June 15; information: Ann Costa, 399-8791. Parish youth newsletter available in sacristy. Youth softball I p.m. tomorrow, North School field. ST. JAMES, NB Parish school day of recollection today, Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown. HOLY NAME, NB Women's Guild banquet 6:30 p.m. June 8, Whaler Inn. SECULAR FRANCISCANS, POCASSET St. Francis of the Cape fraternity meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, St. John the Evangelist parish center; Father Edwin Dirig, OFM, will offer Mass and speak on poverty of spirit; information and rides: Robert Collyer, 563-2654 (Upper Cape); Dorothy Williams, 394-4094 (Middle and Lower Cape). CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, FR New officers: Mrs. Kenneth Leger, president; Mrs. William Paul, vicepresident; Mrs. Belisario Almeida, secretary; Mrs. Henry Thomas, treasurer. Board of Directors: Mrs. James Kelliher, Mrs. Manuel Ponte and Mrs. Robert Ouellette. Registrars: Gertrude Mercier, Mrs. John Kiley, Mrs. Robert Leonard, Mrs. Joseph Burns, Mrs. Robert Reid, Mrs. Edward Gibbons, Mrs. Richard Giannini and Mrs. Raymond Conboy. A memorial Mass for deceased club member Irene Boucher was recently offered at St. Mary's Cathedral; a Mass for late member Mrs. Mary P. Glynn will be said on June 16. O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Men's Club communion breakfast follows to a.m. Mass Sunday; information: Bernie McManus, 896-7856. ST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBORO Parish council elections at Masses June 13 and 14. Bookcases needed for parish library; information and pickup: Rose Lamoureux, 226-1067.
CATHOLIC MEMORIAL HOME,FR Students from St. John's Seminary, Brighton, will sing at the 9:30 a.m. Mass June 14, chapel. A music group led by George Vibbert will perform for residents and guests at 2 p.m. June 15, auditorium. The Sunshine Boys will entertain at June's coffee hour/birthday celebration 2 p.m. June 19, auditorium. "Celebrate the Family" event, featuring residents' family photos and entertainment by Yvette and Norman Caron, 2 p.m. June 21. Senior Sweethearts' performance 2 p.m. June 23, auditorium. DOMINICAN LAITY, FR Our Lady of the Rosary chapter' meeting with Mass I p.m. Tuesday, chapel at 818 Middle St. D of I, NB Daughters ofisabella meeting 7:30 p.m. June 16, VFW Hall, Park St. ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Youth Group liturgical celebration to honor 1987 graduates, 9 a.m. Mass Sunday; coffee and doughnuts follow, parish center. BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR The parish congratulates all graduates.
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ST. STANISLAUS, FR 17 young men have been invested as acolytes. Holy Rosary Sodality meeting I :30 p.m. Sunday. Senior Citizens' board meeting noon June 8; general, meeting I p.m. ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH Women's Guild members will lead the rosary after 8 a.m. Mass tomorrow and after 11: 15 a.m. Mass Sunday; all welcome to participate. ST.GEORGE,WESTPORT School graduation exercises 2 p.m. Sunday include Mass. Kindergarten graduation to a.m. today, school. ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Women's Guild scholarship winners: Richard Regan, Joyce Senna and Jennifer Teixeira.
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ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Dominga next week: Viveiros family, 24 Alpine Ave. First Friday Mass 7 tonight; Sacred Hearts Association meeting follows, rectory. Family Mass 9:30 a.m. June 14. HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON A plaque honoring charter members ofthe parish Vincentian conference, founded in 1932, has been blessed. ST. JULIE, NO. DARTMOUTH Prayer meeting 7:30 p.m. each Monday, church hall. LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO "Come and Pray on the Mountain of the Lord," a journey through Scripture in prayer and song, led by Sister Lucille Gauvin, OP, 2 p.m. Sunday, People's Chapel; all welcome. 11 volunteers will participate in the LaSalette Summer Experience June 13 to 23; sponsored by the LaSalette Vocation Office and coordinated by Fathers Alan Beauregard, MS, and Ted Brown, MS, the experience involves assisting the elderly of the Barona, Viejas and Sycuan Indian reservations in San Diego, Calif., where the order serves. Information on future projects: LaSalette Vocation office, P.O. Box 538, Attleboro 02703.
MASSES: Monday路Friday 12:10 & 5:10 P.M. Saturday: 12:10 & 7:30 P.M. CONFESSIONS: Every Day 1:00 - 5:00 P.M. Saturday evening: 6:30 - 7:25 P.~.
ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Women's Guild luncheon June 16; information: Patricia O'Donnell, 759-8222. First Saturday Mass 8 a.m. tomorrow precedes rosary.
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CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/MASHPEE First Friday Mass 8 a.m. today, St. Jude's Chapel, Cotuit; adoration of Blessed Sacrament follows until 4 p.m. Benediction. Catholic Women's Club dinner June 10; information: Gertrude Wilding, 428-5156.
Tuesdays at 12:10 & 5:10 Masses REV. DONALD PARADIS, M.S.
Bernardin of Chicago, was formed in early 1986. Its job is to reevaluate the U.S. nuclear defense posture in light of the bishops' 1983 pastoral letter on war and peace and developments in government policy since then.
Faith the Substance "Faith is the substance ofthings to be hoped for, the evidence of things that appear not." - Heb. II: I
the anchor logbook Do you remember? JUNE 1957 New Bedford's Holy Family High School alumni Association awarded a $100 scholarship to Patricia Harrington, who was entering Mt. St. Rita Novitiate, Cumberland, R.I.
1962 St. George School, Westport, graduated its first class of eighth graders.
1967 The Anchor profiled Mrs. Mary McCormick of Our Lady of the Cape parish, Brewster, surmising that at 82 she was the oldest CCD teacher in the diocese.
1972 Among 230 seniors graduating from North Dartmouth's Bishop Stang High School were four sets of twins: Linda and Vincent Nanni, Edward and Barbara Sylvia, Paul and Philip Benhener and Marc and Marguerite Rou~seau.
1977 Rev. John J. Oliveira was named a monsignor by Pope Paul VI.
1982 Msgr. Arthur G. Considine retired from the pastorate of St. Mary's parish, South Dartmouth, where he had served since 1954.