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ORDAINED to the priesthood June 5 by Bishop Sean O'Malley were Fathers Charll~s A. Jodoin (left) and Andre H. Faria. Center, the pries'thood candidates lie prostrate before the altar before ordination. Among those

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POI)e urges bishops to avoid undue restrictions on infant baptilsm

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II said U.S. bishops should encourage more frequent participation in the sacraments as the key to a healthy spiritual life that goes beyond self-centered forms of happiness. In particular, the pope said U.S. dioceses should: - Avoid placing undue restrictions on infant baptism. - Promote individual confession and a "sen:>e of sin" among their faithful. - Make a new push for vocations to restore regular eucharistic celebration to priestless parishes. The pope made the remarks in early June to bishops from Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican. On baptism, the pope noted that church law says the sacrament should be administered only when there is a "well-founded hope" that the child will be raised a Catholic. But he expressed concern that dioceses may be too strict in applying this rule. "On occasion baptism has been unwisely denied to parents requesting it for their child," he said. "Pastoral charity would bid us to welcome thosl: who have strayed from the practice of their faith, and to refrain from making demands not required by church doctrine or law," he said.

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He recalled that grace is "gratuitous and unmerited," and said this is most evident in infant baptism. While pastors should prepare parents for the sacrament, it is above all a divine gift to the child. Remarks on penance reflected the pope's concern at the world-

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wide drop-off in individual confession over the last few decades. He said restoring a sense of sin is the first step in confronting the "grave spiritual crisis" looming over men ar.d women today. "Given the prevailing idea that happiness consists in satisfying oneself and being satisfied with

oneself, the church must procla:~m ever more vigorously that it is only God's grace, not therapeutic or self-convincing schemes, which can heal the divisions in the hum3n heart caused by sinfulness," he said. The pope said bishops shOuld stir up a desire for forgiveness in

Supreme Court says after-school religious programs, graduate-led prayer OK WASHINGTON (CNS) - In two cases June 7, the Supreme Court wedged open the door permitting some religious activities on public school property, saying a church may use school meeting space and letting stand a lower court ruling allowing student-led graduation prayers. The court reversed a 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that the Center Moriches Union Free School District on Long Island, N. Y., did not have to permit the Lamb's Chapel congregation to use school property to show films. Though several justices cited different reasons for "agreeing with the church's case, all nine members of the court said the school district was wrong to exclude Lamb's Chapel from using public property to show a film series that addressed

family problems from a religious perspective. Writing for the court, Justice Byron White said considering that the school district permitted a wide variety of organizations to use school property after hours, "there would have been no realistic danger that the community would think that the district was endorsing religion or any particular creed, and any benefit to religion or to the church would have been :10 more than incidental." District employees had testified that the Lamb's Chapel request to use the school had been turned down because the film series "does appear to be church related." By reject~ng the church's application solely because the conte:nt was related to religion, the district violated the free speech clause of the Constitution, the court said.

White's opinion, in which he was joined by Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Harry Blackmun, John Paul Steve:ls, Sandra Day O'Connor and David Souter, pointedly avoided the Lamb's Chapel's claim that the district policy violated the Establishment Clause of the Consti-:ution and was hostile to religion "Because we reverse on another ground, we need not decide what merit this submission might have," a footnote said. In separate opinions, Justiees Anthony Kennedy and Antollin Scalia, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, found fault with the majority's use of the court's IS71 Lemon vs. Kurtzman ruling to decide the Lamb's Chapel case. Lemon established a three-put Turn to Page II

peoples' hearts through teaching. They should also take steps to make penance readily available in their churches and promote its frequent use, he said. He stressed that for Catholics in a state of mortal sin, individual confession remains the normal way for reconciliation. General absolution should be use:d only in cases of . grave pastoral necessity, he said. Bishops should also make sure that priestly formation programs train candidates in confession. Confessors should be patient, never hurrying penitents or restricting the number of sins they can confess, he said. The pope said the Eucharist is the'center of the church's life, and he encouraged bishops to "root out abuses" such as illicit additions or omissions to the approved texts. He acknowledged that the clergy shortage has forced some U.S. parishes to conduct Sunday services without a priest, but emphasized that this is 21 temporary solution. He said a "truly living community" cannot resign itself to being without a priest. He urged bishops to become personally involved in inviting young men to consider the call to the priesthood. On another topic, the pope said he hoped the church in the United Turn to Page II

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Responsibility "Each person is responsible for his own salvation but each person is also responsible for the salvation of others insofar as he has the possibility of begging for grace for those others through his prayers."-Blessed Edith Stein St. Anne's Hospital gratefulltacknowledges contributions that we ave received to the Remembrance Fund during May, 1993. Through the remembrance and honor of these lives, St. Anne's can continue its'Caring With Excellence.'

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL REMEMBRANCE FUND Anne Marie Ballesteros Alma Bearse Norman J. Daigle Phyllis H. Desmarois Danna Dzialo Virginia Furgiuele Pauline Gauthier Thelma Gauthier Rita Griffin Collette M. Hill Allen l. Jarabek Charles A. Johnston linda Kelly Robert LaFrance Gerard LaVigne Jody Leite James Lenaghan, Jr. Daris C. Macedo Carmelita C. Manahan Frances Normandin Genevieve R. Nowak Everett Ormerod Raymond E. Parise Leonidas Prevost Lawrence Premlar Manuel Roderigues Joseph C. Saulino Steven Singer Henry Sliwa Gail M. Squillace Carlos John Stow Lucille Thiboutot Louis D. Tolley Joan 'Jo' Visscher Mary Viveiros Walter H. White

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Dr. Simon Youngsoo Kim, 50, an oncologist at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, died June 5 in a head-on auto collision on Route 6 in Swansea. Also killed was local radio and television personality Mike Sands, whose west-bound car clipped the corner of a vehicle 'making a right-hand turn into a parking lot, then flipped into the. east-bound lane of Route 6 and collided with Dr. Kim's car. Through his father, the late Joseph Hyung Tae Kim, Dr. Kim was related to St. Andrew Kim, the first Korean ordained to the priesthood and among Korean martyrs killed in persecutions between 1839 and 1867. St. Andrew Kim was canonized May 6, 1984, by Pope John Paul II duringa visit to Korea. A native of Korea, Dr. Kim was a graduate of Kyung-Pook National University School of Medicine in Taegu and studied thereafter in Seoul, Korea, and in New York and Boston hospitals. He had been a member of St. Anne's radiation oncology department since its opening in 1979. Active in the Cursillo and Marriage Encounter movements and the Secular Franciscans, he also assisted the Korean congregation of St. Bridget Church in Lexington. He was a member of St. Patrick's parish, Somerset, where the Mass of Christian Burial was offered for him yesterday. He is survived by his mother, Joanna P. (Bang) Kim of Seoul, his wife, Theresa Moonja (Pyun) Kim, and two children, Andrew Wansup Kimand Christina Yunmi Kim, by three brothers and four sisters, all of Taegu, and by nieces and nephews.

Sister Costello The Mass of Christian Burial was offered Monday, June 7, for Sister M. Amadeus Costello, RSM, 85, who died June4 at Mt. St. Rita Health Center, Cumberland, Rl. She was a native of Yorkshire, England, and the daughter of the late Thomas and Bridget (Gorman) Costello. Entering the. Sisters of Mercy in 1926, she taught in schools in Fall River, New Bedford and Taunton in the Fall River diocese, retiring in 1988. She is survived by a sister, Nora Leaver of Fairhaven.

Sister Maynard The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated yesterday at St. Timothy Church, Warwick, RI, for Sister Irene Maynard, RJM, 86, of St. Timothy Mission Center, who died June 7. A native of Providence, RI, she was the daughter of the late T oussaint and the late Louise (Duhamel) Maynard. She professed. final vows as a

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Norma Tosti The Mass of Christian Burial was offered today at St. Joseph's Church, Taunton, for Norma (Ginesi) Tosti, 80, who died June 7. The wife of the late Antonio M. Tosti, she is survived by a son, Father Ronald A. Tosti, pastor of Christ the King parish, Mashpee; a brother, Ginesio Ginesi of Mansfield; and nieces and nephews. She was a native of Mansfield and had lived in Taunton from 1934 to 1991, thereafter living in Mashpee. While in Taunton, she was on the staff of Marian Manor Nursing Home, retiring from her position in 1975. Active in the Assumpta Guild of St. Joseph's Church, she also taught in the parish CCD programs. Donations in her memory may be made to the Antonio and Norma Tosti Scholarship Fund, PO Box 1800, Mashpee 02649.

Stonehill graduate earns award Debra M. White of South Easton has received the John Weihrer Award for outstanding volunteer contributions to Stonehill College's Evening Division adult education program. Ms. White graduated summa cum laude from the North Easton College 'on May 16, receiving a bachelor of arts degree in psychology with a minor in business administration. She earned a national scho.larship from the Alpha Sigma Lambda Education Foundation and was listed on the National Dean's List. A paper she authored was published in "Writing in the Disciplines," a supplement to "The Rinehart Handbook for Writers." Ms. White's volunteer contributions included working at open houses, student orientations, and registration and serving as an intern in the Evening Division office, representative to the Library Committee, vice president of the honor society and a peer counselor. She plans to work as a career counselor in continuing education or in human resources while pursuing a master's degree in educational administration.

St. James-St. John Third grade students at St. James-St. John School, New Bedford, were visited recently by Tony Petrarca, a meteorologist from Channel 12 in Providence. Petrarca spoke to students about weather patterns and predictions. The pupils asked questions about storms, hurricanes and tornadoes, and they presented the guest with a tie decorated with the weather flag symbols representing his initials.

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Jesuit ordinations June 19 Rev. Mr. Robert J. Araujo, SJ, and Rev. Mr. Thomas J. Massaro, SJ, will be among six men ordained to the priesthood for the Society of Jesus June 19 at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester. Bishop Alfred Jolson, SJ, of Reykjavik, Iceland, will be the ordaining prelate. Rev. Mr. Araujo Rev. Mr. Araujo, born Oct. 30, 1948, is the son of Agnes Araujo and the late Caesar Araujo of St. Peter's parish, Dighton. He attended Dighton-Rehoboth public schools and Georgetown University in Washington, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1970, and a juris doctor degree in 1973. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army, then was associated with Francis O'Boy, Esq., in Taunton before returning to Washington, where he worked for the Solicitor of the Interior from 1974 to 1979. Upon leaving government service, he joined the law department at the Standard Oil Company in Ohio, then served in private practice until he entered the Society of Jesus in 1986. Since pronouncing first vows, he studied philosophy at Loyola University in Chicago, held the Chamberlain Fellowship at Columbia Law School, and earned a master of divinity degree at Weston School of Theology. He also served in the Middle East Jesuit Mission. He plans to teach law and to continue writing and publishing in the field of public law and Christian social ethics after a year of advanced research at Oxford University. He will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving at 2 p.m. June 20 at the Newton Campus Chapel of Boston College. Rev. Mr. Massarao Rev. Mr. Thomas Massaro, a former teacher at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, is a native of Floral Park, NY. Born Sept. 9, 1961, he is the son of Dr. Joseph and Nancy Massaro. He graduated from Amherst College, where he triple-majored in political science, economics and religious studies; was elected to Phi Beta Kappa; and won numerous debating awards, including the 1981 National Championship in Parlimentary Debate. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1983 in Boston, pronounced 1I1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I1111111I111111111111 THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River. Mass. Published weekly except the week of July 4 and the week after Christmas at 887 Highland Avenue. Fall River. Mass. 02720 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Subscription price by mail, postpaid $11.00 per year. Postmasters send address changes to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7. Fall River. MA 02722.

first vows in 1985, and earned a master's degree at Fordham University. He taught American and world history at Connolly from 1987 to 1989. /While at the school he founded and moderated the speech and debate society, which won numerous awards for individual and team achievement at tournaments sponsored by the Massachusetts Forensic League and the Providence Catholic Forensic League. Under Rev. Mr. Massaro's leadership, two Bishop Connolly students advanced to the 1989 National Catholic Forensic League championships in Philadelphia. Rev. Mr. Massaro also served on a number of Connolly faculty committees, including the Faculty Senate; volunteered for school fund raising activities, serving as master of ceremonies for two annual auctions; and was a frequent presence at student social activities and sports events. He left Bishop Connolly for studies at the Weston School of Theology, where he earned a master of divinity degree and was ordained a deacon in 1992. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies in theology at Emory University in Atlanta and when finished plans to join the theology faculty at one of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States. Rev. Mr. Massaro will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving at 11:30 a.m. June 27 at Our Lady of Victory Church, Floral Park.

Provincetown fleet blessing June 27 The 46th Blessing ofthe Fleet in Provincetown will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. June 27 by Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, vicar general of the Fall Riverdiocese. A host of events connected with the blessing ceremony will be held that weekend in Provincetown. On June 25, opening ceremonies will be held at 2 p.m. at MacMillan Pier, followed by a Blessing Banquet, open to the public, at the Provincetown Inn. June 26 will feature children's games at 9 a.m. at Motta Field, a Fishermen's Quahog party for fishermen and guests 12:30 p.m: at the VFW hall, and an Old Home Dance 8 p.m. at VFW Hall. On June 27, a Fishermen's Mass will be celebrated at II a.m. at St. Peter the Apostle Church, followed by a parade from the church to MacMillan Pier for the blessing and a harbor race and rowing competition sponsored by the Viking Dory Club.

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Father Richard Beaulieu, superintendent of diocesan schools. celebrated a graduation liturgy at Dominican Academy, Fall River, on June 6. He told thl~ 20 graduates to go forward and be disciples Jor Jesus. Valedict'orian Mary Noone re'minisced about her years at DA and encouraged her c:Iassmates to be all that they can bl~ as they go on to high school. " An academic awards ceremony was held June 3" at which Miss Noone and Aylshill Allaire received the Light of Christ Award for Christian service. Holly Brooder was class salutatorian. DA has become a charter member in the Junior National Honor Society. Eleven inductees were awarded pins and gold honor stoles at a recent ceremony.

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MISS MARY Little of New Bedford, a 1933 graduate of Dominican Academy grade and high school, is shown above at age 6, in the dress she wor,e when she crowned Our JLady in the academy's traditional May ceremony. This year, she again crowned the statue (picture at right). Also participating in the ceremony ~ere DA sixth grader Tracy McElroy and Cameron Ramsay, a student at neighboriing St. Anne's. School, who carried a basket of silk flowers, each one bearing the name and intention of people asking for prayers. (Gaudette photo at right)

Two Sisters of Mercy retiring from the faculty of Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, will be honored at a Mass and following reception at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 20, at St.. John the Evangelist Church, Attleboro. . Sister Regina Coughlin, Feehan director of guidance, has been on the school's facuhy for 22 years. She plans to begin her retirement

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with a period of sabbatical studies in Berkeley, Calif. Sister Enda Costello has taught English literature and the humanities at Feehan for 29 years, in addition to moderating the school's award-winning yearbook, Flashback. Over the years she has also published 17 volumes of notes on world literature, history, geography and teachers' handbooks, described by one admirer as "the MercedesBenz of Cliff Notes." In 1988 she was honored by the National Cath-

olic Educational Association for her outstanding service to Catho.. lic education and to the NCEA itself. She has been a eucharistic min.. ister at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro and recently she and Sister Coughlin joined to mah daily visits to a terminally ill patient. Further information on the June 20 reception, to which all are wei·· come, may be obtained from Nancy Healey, tel. 222-0059.

Bishop keynote speaker for Judaic Institute .Bishop Sean O'Malley will be keynote sp'eakerfor the 14th annual , Judaic Institute to be held June 13 to 17 at the UMassDartmouth Center for Jewish Culture. . . Dr. Robert Waxler, chair of the university's English department and . co-director of the Jewish Center and the Judaic Institute, said that a prime goal of the institute is the '. building of bridges between the Christian and Judaic traditions and that Bishop O'Malley's address will aid in accomplishment ·of that goal. Speaking at 8 p.m. Sunday in the university's main auditorium,

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the bishop will be the firs~ institute keynoter from outside the Jewish community. He will 'address the gathering's theme: "Quest: The Modern Jew's Search for Meaning, Purpose and Direction in Life." Dr.' Waxler said the Center for Jewish Culture recognizes the need for celebration of diversity in religious belief and that was part of the reason for asking the bishop to contribute to next week's program. He and other program organizers feel that the bishop has reached out to all religious groups since his arrival in the Fall River diocese. Co-directing the instit'ute with Dr. Waxler will be Rabbi Bernard Glassman of Tifereth Israel Synagogue in New Bedford, who is also (.':o-director of the Center for Jewish Culture. Also on the five-day program will be Karen Katz, a Jew by choice, who will discuss "The Quest of a Jew by Choice"; a music and narrative program, "The Chasidic Quest for the Meaning of Life ," presented .by the Mary Wolfman Players; and several speakers and class sessions by UMass faculty members including librarian Dr. Janet Freedman whose topic will be "Learning and Living as a Jewish Feminist."

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The Plight of Refugees The recent grounding outside New York City of a freighter carrying some 300 Chinese nationals once more brings home to us the desperation of immigrants and refugees. Up to now, over 100,000 Chinese have thought it worthwhile to risk their lives and in many cases spend their life savings to flee the trauma of their homeland and attempt to reach these shores. Their situation is but one of many examples of the plight in which millions of people throughout the world are finding themselves. In Germany, Turkish immigration has incited riots and we hear daily about the horrors to which the displaced peoples of the former Yugoslavia are subjected. As more and more nations in the fractured former Soviet Union break apart, the flow of peoples across frontiers will continue. In addition, wave after wave of Central American Hispanics is inundating our urban centers. Despite all this, many of our citizens simply refuse to recognize this new reality. Their attitudes toward immigrants and refugees are negative and biased. This mind-set, too often found among those who are themselves children of immigrants, is more than a mere defense mechanism. It is often selfish and self-centered. No one has been more concerned about the welfare of newcomers than the church, although it has received little public recognition for its tremendous efforts in this particular area. In 1982, Pope John Paul II described the problem of refugees as "a shameful wound of our time," a description far more true today than II years ago. Indeed, the world family has done a poor job of addressing the refugee issue. The church has raised the one constant voice upholding the dignity and rights ofthe human person. But her voice of hope is seldom listened to by those political powers that foment and nurture the hates and wars that force people to flee their homes. In addition, many countries, like our own, which in the past offered a generous reception to refugees,路 are now attempting to reduce the influx of immigrants. In the United States, some of this feeling is due to our prolonged recession, which has reduced to a trickle the flow of funds available to aid indigent newcomers. In short, it is obvious that the monumental refugee problem will affect each and everyone of us. In this situation, the communications media can help form public opinion through presentation of a clear and positive image of refugees and their difficulties. We simply must pull together to get the word out in such a manner that it disregards national boundaries and political expediency. Above all, we must beware of tokenism in handling this issue, which is basically a matter of human rights and duties. Each country should and must ensure that refugees are respected as much as native-born citizens, all legalities being equal. They should never be abused for being what they are. ' The church must never tire in this matter. Catholics should unwearyingly affirm the all-inclusive dignity of each person formed in the image of the Father. It must never be forgotten that Jesus himself was a refugee who had to flee to a foreign land and that he is knocking at our door in the person of today's immigrants and refugees. Let us hope that our church and we as its members will always welcome all who come to our door. The Editor

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Devotion may be at alltime high WASHINGTON (CNS) - De- the phenomenon in future studies spite claims of secularists, religion in Eastern Europe, to see if the still matters in modern societies, sudden increase in belief in an says Father Andrew Greeley in a: afterlife among young adults in report on studies of religious those societies translates into' "a attitudes in 13 nations. , religious rebound" in terms of other Most of those surveyed believe beliefs or practices. in God and life after death, and He found a significant shift in Americans are among the most religious practice in Hungary, where under a communist governreligious, he said. "In some countries, most notably ment in 1986 only 28 percent of the Ireland and the United States, people said they ever attended religious devotion may be higher church services. In 1991,68 percent than it has ever been in human of the people said they attended history," he added. church at least occasionally. In He said Americans, Poles and postcommunist Hungary the the Irish are among the highest in number of regular churchgoers belief in God, heaven and hell and tripled, from 6 percent to 19 in frequency of prayer and church percent. . attendance. Father Greeley said his 39-page His report, "Religion Around report, plus 31 pages of tables and the World," was released in Chi- graphs, is based on data compiled cago May 17 at the annual meeting in 1991 from 19,000 respondents of the International Social Survey in 13 countries. Program, a consortium of social Other countries surveyed were science research centers in 21 coun- Great Britain, the United States, tries. the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, "God didn't die, not even under Ireland, Northern Ireland, Poland, socialism," said Father Greeley, a Norway, Israel, Slovenia and New sociologist at the University of Zealand. Chicago and the National Opinion "With the exception of East Research Center. Germany and the Netherlands, In the formerly socialist countries substantial majorities in all of Eastern Europe, he said, "belief countries believe in God," he in life after death ... climbs sharply reported. among those under 35 to almost Well over four out of five the same high as among the very respondents in five countries said old." they believed in God. These, with He called that a "dramatic and percentages in parentheses, were unexpected" social change which the United States (94), Northern defies many current theories of Ireland (94), Ireland (92), Poland secularization and religious decline. (88) and Italy (85). He suggested careful tracking of About three-fifths to three-

fourths in Israel, New Zealand, Britain, West Germany, Hungary, Slovenia and Norway said they believed in God. In the Netherlands, only half the people said they' believed in God. In East Germany, only 26 percent were believers. In the United States and the Irelands, only 2 percent of the people said they were atheists. Atheists made up more than 20 percent of the people in only three countries: the Netherlands (22), Slovenia (27) and East Germany (61). Father Greeley said that the new data support his argument that a person's relationship with God, measured in terms of frequency of prayer and intensity of images of God, shapes and reflects a person's relationships with other people, from closest family relations to concern for "the distant other." He said he compared frequent prayer with "personal happiness, opposition to the death penalty, opposition to cheating the government, and support for government intervention in aid of the poor and the unemployed." In most of the comparisons, he said, he found statistically significant correlations - meaning that someone who prays often and feels close to God is more likely to be personally happy, to oppose the death penalty and cheating and to support help for those in need. "Thus religion both as doctrine and as devotion is important in shaping attitudes on crucial issues. ' Religion does matter," he said.

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from God Deuteronomy 8:2-3,14-16 1 Corinthiami 10:16-17 John 6:SI-58 Our parish council recently discussed the way we distribute the Blood of Christ during our Eucharists. Concerned with the possibility of contracting disease if we continue to receive from a common cup, some members suggested we begin dispensing the wine in small, individual cups. After thoroughly discussing the question, we eventually decided to retain our present system - not so much because of liturgical regulations on the subject, but because of the importance of the "sign" conveyed in the way we receive this particular sacrame:nt. We learned from our earliest instructions in the faith that a sacrament is "an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace." But though this defi::lition contains three elements, before Vatican Council II we emphasized only the last two. The Council bishops, called together to renew the Church, realized that the sign element of all seven sacraments had suffered from centuries of neglect. We not only celebrated the mysteries in a language which almost none of the participants understood, we also "fudged" in the way we used the signs (instead of bread, we used wafers; instead of sharing the wine with all, we limited it to the priest alone). We had forgotten one of Thomas Aquinas' most basic principles: the purpose of a sign is to instruct, to call to mind the reality that it signifies. Within 10 years of the Council, the Church started to reshape the signs of each sacrament. Though that process continues into our own day, we can clearly see the direction it's taking in the Eucharist. More and more we're trying to conform to Jesus' original reasons for leaving us his Body and Blood. How do we surface those reasons? By carefully listening to Scripture, especially today's three passages. Our gospel, from John's famous chapter 6, gives the most basic reason for celebral:ing the Lord's Supper. "Whoev,er eats my flesh and drinks my blood," Jesus proclaims, "remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent

DAILY READINGS June 14: 2 Cor 6:1-10; Ps

98:1-4; Mt 5:38-42 June 15: 2 Cor 8:1-9; Ps 146:2,5-9; Mt !5:43-48 June 16: 2 Gor 9:6-11; Ps 112:1-4,9; Mt 15:1-6,16-18 June 17: 2 Cor 11:1-11; Ps 111:1-4,7-8; Mt 6:7-15 June 18: [It 7:6-11; Ps 103:1-4,6-8,10; 1 Jn 4:7-16; Mt 11:25-30 June 19: 2 Cor 12:1-10; Ps 34:8-13; Mt 6:24-34 June 20: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 69:8-10,14,li',33-35; Rom 5:12-15; Mt 10:26-33

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By FATHER ROGER KARBAN me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me ... Whoever eats this bread will live forever." Everything the Lord says and does revolves around life. So his Body and Blood must be an essential part of his overall plan. Long before Jesus' night-beforehe-died-gift, food from God was a sign of God's love - as we see in today's Deuteronomy reading. But as significant as the original gift of manna was for the survival of the ancient Israelites, later Jews saw a deeper meaning in this feeding. "He [Yahweh) ... let you be afflicted with hunger," Moses reminds his people, "and then fed you with manna, food unknown to you and your fathers, in order to show you that not by bread alone does man live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord." Just as food is essential for life, so listening to, and following, God's word is essential for life. If the Israelites ate Yahweh's manna, they also were obligated to "eat" Yahweh's word. The first is simply a sign of the latter. Paul also explores the sign value offood - Christian food - in our Corinthians pericope; but he does so from a very unique perspective. For the Apostle, this food doesn't just nourish, it also unites. "Is not the cup of blessing we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ?" he asks. "And is not the bread we break a sharing in the blood of Christ?" Jesus gives us the Eurcharist not only to strengthen us, but also to join us with him. But as we know from other parts of I Corinthians, Paul never refers to the "body of Christ" without thinking about the Christian community which makes up that body. "Because the loaf of bread is one," he adds, "we, many though we are, are one body for we all partake of the one loaf." We're only one with Jesus if we're one with one another. And as John realized in our gospel, such unity is the source of the life which Jesus promised. What signs best express this unity? One cup and one loaf. Individual servings might get the job done quicker and neater, but they'll never help us understand what Jesus intended when he gave us his Body and Blood.

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I was asked to write the history of an orginization to which I've belonged only a couple of years. It's one of the occupational hazards of being a writer. Since I write better than I cook or organize, however, I usually acquiesce. - Anyway, I said I'd be happy to write it but that I didn't know the history. "Not to worry," the longimers chorused. "We'll give you the information."

Guideline for perfectionists: Is it worth the effort? ' They did - more than I wanted and more of it conflicting, including the year of founding. I wrote a rough draft and foolishly distributed it for correction, receiving seven different versions in return. When I called for clarifications, memories got even muddier. Finally, I called the president. "I can't write this accurately unless there's accurate information," I said. "Oh, don't worry about it," she responded blithely. "We just need something to send to the national office. They're requesting a history of every group." In other words, it was busy work. As long as there were good sounding words on paper and it looked professional, content was unimportant. I finished it in a halfhour and sent it to its destination

where it was most likely filed away unread. I've written the topic of perfectionism to death in this column but I still broke rule # I in controlling it: Give each project the amount of energy it merits and no more. Perfectionists find such a simple rule difficult to follow. We judge our success against what we could do perfectly, not what will suffice. If I said I'd write the history, I was going to give it my best. I ignored the basic question underlyingrule#l: "How much time and effort is this worth?" When I discovered that it was busy work, I felt cheated and angry. I resented the amount of time I had put in on the project. Our lives are full of meaningless assignments and projects. It is a

tion of having to have the pins and wires in my knee removed. Surgeons told me the sooner the "hardware" was removed, the better insurance against future problems. (W ouldn't precious metal be a more appropriate medical term than hardware, considering costs?) Finally, I decided to act. I stuIfwe want calmer lives, we need died my calendar, realized I had to pray for the wisdom to judge the two relatively free months to spend value of our efforts against the 'in the hospital, wheelchair and worth of the project. Is a Hallo- splint again. Feeling well-prepared I called ween costume worth two weeks or the surgeon last week to schedule one evening? Is a one-hour meeting worth five hours of prepara- my surgery, only to discover it's a tion? Should I spend more time simple procedure - outpatient, preparing for a vacation than Ace bandage, and three days on crutches. enjoying it? I broke the rule again and I feel I'm feeling particularly aware of cheated. I probably spent more my weakness this week. For a time worrying about it than I will year, I've lived with the anticipa- recovering. I'm a slow learner.

paradox that when we overprepare, whether for a presentation, paper, or dinner party, we get dimishing returns. If a project is worth five units of energy and we give it 10, the results will be poorer than if we stopped at five. The only time I get writer's block is when I over-research.

Turning the tide back to wholesome entertainment By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

One of these days you might see a film advertised with the dreamy name of "Wind Dancer." From what I know of previous work by its producers, this film should have a story that touches the heart with.a tone that you would call wholesome, positive, inspiring and upbeat. The -movie will star some wellknown actors, like Brian Keith, Matt McCoy and Mel Harris. Paul

By Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY Dear Mary: Weare parents of a 4-year-old girl. Across the street lives another girl, also 4. This 'neighbor family has had some problems, including domestic violence which led to divorce. The abusive ex-husband has since been welcomed back. Neither parent is particularly warm toward us. The girl shows signs of her home environment. She uses foul lan-guage, is prone to hitting and seems always unsupervised.

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JOHN J. DIETZEN Q. A neighbor of my cousin is a married Catholic priest who helps - in their parish. He was an Episcopal priest before turning Catholic. We've read about others like him and about some former Lutherans and I think Methodists who are now Catholic priests. Yet ordinary Catholic priests 1

Sapiro, one of its executive pro- were attracted to "Wind Dancer" ducers, calls it an honest family _as a movie that promised plenty of film. action but no violence, sick sex or I've gotten to know Sapiro, inhumanity it. because the base of operations for "We want to produce and sell the producers, Sunset Hill Partners, good family products," Sapiro said. is 'Iocated in the town where I And knowing him as someone work. who holds to his Catholic faith, I believe he would put these princiNaturally, when Sapiro called ples into his productions. to tell me about the new film they were working on, I was interested. Matt McCoy, one of the film's He got my ear because I sensed stars, agreed that it's time to prothat for him, the crew and cast, duce films for families that "don't, this film was more than a job. just entertain but also teach." McCoy told me in a phone interThe film seemed to have taken view from Utah, where they were on the flavor of a mission. Sapiro still filming "Wind Dancer," that kept emphasizing how all who were involved with this film are _he accepted the role because it sick and tired of other kinds of seemed right for him. films offered today. "Maybe it's because I'm a father, For that reason, cast and crew something touched a cord," said

McCoy, who has three young children. McCoy plays the father of a young girl-who is seriously injured - in a fall from a horse and is confined to a wheelchair. M<;Coyexplained how in the film his injured daughter is "sometimes at odds with me. After all, my daughter is being tested every day by this thing, and Isee the pain. she is in," McCoy said. . Occasionally there's a struggle between him and the therapist he has hired to help his daughter recover, McCoy said, "but eventually the therapist helps to bring my daughter back to herself." Sapiro said "there's been too much violence for kids to see at too young an age," -adding he

believes children prefer a really good story. If Sunset Hill Partners can get the attention that the principals believe it deserves, "Wind Dancer" may be only the first of a number .oftruly honest films from the firm. The more I've been reading about TV violence, the more I believe there should be a comeback of family films. Recently I sat with two of my grandchildren to watch the latest genre of children's Saturday morningTV fare, a serialized adventure cartoon called "X-Men." After watching my grandchildren glued to that mayhem, all I can say is more power to Sapiro and the people involved with "Wind qancer'~'for trying to turn the tide back to wholesomeness.

Child's playmate comes from a troubled home We are uncomfortable having. our daughter play with the girl, and we do not want our daughter going inside that home without us. But we're unsure how to explain this. There has got to be a more Christian way to act than simply ignoring the neighbor child. Any suggestions? - Illinois You show concern not only for your own little girl, but also for the neighbor child. How can you be a good parent and a good neighbor? The neighbor has not invited or welComed either you or your child. You understand that the father is abusive and might be present. I agree that you cannot let your child play in the neighbor's house. When the neighbor child invites your child to come in her house,

explain that the neighbor mom must invite your child before she can go, and this has not happened. You can show kindness and" friendship to the child by letting her play in your home. This gives you the opportunity to supervise the children. I suggest you invite her in only when you have the time to supervise carefully. This is not to say you must stop -everything you are doing, only that you select tasks where you can be in the vicinity of the children. When the neighbor child wants to play at a time not convenient for you, tell her so, and if possible suggest another time she can come over. "Come back after lurich," gives her another opportunity and softens her disappointment~

Before she comes over, determine what behavior is and is not acceptable in your home. Keep your demands simple, appropriate to 4-year-olds. You might insist on no foul language (define the specific words) and no hitting. Enforce the same rules for all children. The first time unacceptable behavior occurs, stop what you are doing and immediately go to the child, get down to her eye level, take both her hands to get her full attention and explain simply, "When you play in our house, you may not hit other children. The next time you hit someone, I must take you home." Should she again hit, stop what you are doing, take the child home -and try to talk to her mother. Tell her mother that the child is welcome, what rules -youenf6rce

and why you brought her home. Emphasize that she is welcome to come back another time. The neighbor mother may be appreciative, she may be angry. Do not get into a discussion. Be pleasant and brief. If you continue consistently the neighbor child should learn your rules quickly. She may alter her behavior to conform in your home even though she does not do so elsewhere. Should you find actual evidence of abuse such as serious unexplained bruises on the child, you must report it to your local police or welfare department. You can reach out to this child and make her welCome while setting limits. This child may need your friendship more than most children. -

Are married conv:~rtsc~ndidates-forpries路thood? cannot get married. And as far as we know Catholics can't get married and then be ordained. Can you explain? (Ohio) It is important first to realize that' our church's policies regarding acceptance ofmarried converts . to the Roman Catholic faith as candidates for the priesthood are still in their infancy. The largest number (around 50) of married Roman Catholic priests in our country. are former Episcopal priests. For it long time those- Episcopal priests who leaned toward the Roman Catholic Church felt they should remain within the Anglican

By entering a marriage in the tradition and worktoward corpo- , approved -their reception into the rale reunion with' Rome Roman Catholic Church and even- church, therefore, the church assumes'they have made this Later mariyof these decided to tual ordination as married men. apply individually for acceptThey were~ in other words, choice -of the marriage sacrament ance into the Roman Catholic dispensed from the promise and over the priesthood and vice versa. Church. commitment of celibacy. There is at least some evidence They were formed within the These same arguments would_ not apply to formerly orained that this distinction underlies the Catholic "system," they argued, Methodists or Lutherans who are difference between decisions about embraced Catholic tradition and doctrine and thought they were now Catholics. Obviously, their "born" Catholics and converts to Catholic except that they were not relationship to the Catholic tradi- our faith. Normally, no convert to Rome Catholicism from the Episin union with the pope. tion is quite different. The Vatican Congregation for To address yolir second ques- copal or any other faith is consithe Doctrine of the Faith appar-_ tion, people who are raised Catho- dered a candidate for ordination if ently accepted this line of reasonlic are presumed to know and be that individual had once been Cathcommitted to the Catholic Church's olic, later entered another faith ing. It recognized that these Episdiscipline that married men are and is now returning to the Cathocopal priests and their families lic Church. were acting in good faith and not ordained to the priesthood.

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There's unity, too

When the Council of Churches discussed this issue at our May 13 meeting, one of our delegates made Dear Editor: pertinent point. She said that she a On behalf of the Greater Fall is a retail clerk. It used to be River Council of Churches, I write optional, she said, to work on to express our collective dismay at Sundays. But it really is not opthe erosion of the "blue laws." tional anymore! If you want to The observance of a common keep your job, you have to work day of rest is an ancient religious your assigned hours. She would prescription whkh has every bit as support anything,' she said, if it much validity today as it did in meant she would no longer have to ancient Israel when the Ten Comwork on Sundays. mandments were first written Our society has become busier down. The commandment is from Exodus chapter 20: "Remember and busier, with Mom and Dad and the teenagers all working, often the sabbath day and keep it part-time without benefits, at odd holy...Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh hours and irregular schedules. day is a sabbath to the Lord your When family members are not God; you shall not do any work working, they're often attending -you, your son or your daughter, to chores. A common day of rest, your male or ft:male slave, your when the whole family can be livestock, or the: alien resident in together and just relax, is a rarity! But is our society better offfor this your towns." state of affairs? Are our homes Please note that there is no menmore stable, our marriages haption of attending religious servpier, our children more secure, our ices! The purpose ofthe Sabbath is streets more peaceful? NOT to attend worship services; It has been said that if Massathat was a later development. The intent of the Sabbath was to estab- chusetts stores open on Sundays lish a mandatory day olrest to be and summer holidays, there will be more jobs. But what sort of jobs observed by everyone, not just the will be created by a few more work masters or wealthy people. The commandment spells all this days? Will they be full-time jobs out, because the writers were well with benefits? And will consumers aware of the power of human sin really spend more money if they and rationalization. They knew can shop around the clock? It has been said that Massachuthat those in power would try to get around the letter of the law and setts should abolish the "blue laws" force those who had less power to because "everyone else is doing it." What would we say if a teenager work seven days around the clock. Has our world changed since told us that he wanted to do drugs the time the Bible was written? Do because "everyone else is doing those in power protect the rights of it?" The real issue in the "blue laws" those with less power? Can we rely today on human benevolence to is commercialism vs. quality of life. We human beings need time protect the worker? Of course, the: answer is no. We to stop business as usual, to relax, still need laws that protect the to reflect on our purpose in life, to remember God who created us, to ordinary worke·r. We still need spend time with our family and laws mandating a day of rest. The friends. We need a common value United Nations recognized this system which is supportive offamcontinuing need when it passed the ilies and communities, not a value Universal Decla.ration of Human system dominated by the economic Rights in 1948. Article 24 of the order. We need a break from stress, Declaration asserts that "everyone from the constant demand to be has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of doing something. We need time to working hours and periodic holi- sit back and relax and enjoy life, . before we lose it. days with pay." Keeping the Sabbath, observing a common day of rest, is a good thing. Life is more than shopping and making money. God gave us life to enjoy! The "blue laws" still JUllle 12 have their place and should not be 1966, Rev. Thomas H. Taylor, repealed. Pastor, ImmaClllate Conception, The Rev. Susan H. Lee Taunton Greater Fall River Council of Churches June 13 1974, Rev. Edward F. Donahue, S.J., B.C. High School, Dorchester

[~ June'14 1980, Rev. Msgr. George E. Sullivan, Retired Pastor, St. Joseph, Fall River 1982, Rev. Msgr. Joseph A. Cournoyer, Re:tired Pastor, St. Michael, Swap5.ea June 16 1975, Rev. James McDermott, Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset June 18 1935, Rev. Jlames M. Coffey, P.R. Pastor, St. Mary, Taunton 1984, Rev. De:clan Daly, SS.Cc., Associate Pastor, St. Joseph, Fairhaven 1992, Rev. H,cnri Laporte, O.P., Former Pastor, St. Anne, Fall River

Straying sheep

Dear Editor; While walking early one morning I came upon a small herd of sheep grazing in a meadow. I stood and watched as they aimlessly chewed on patches of grass. They did not raise their heads but went from one area to another. Before long, each one had wandered away from the pack and stood off alone' eating. Suddenly, I coughed, and they looked up and finding they had traveled so far away from the rest, beat a hasty retreat to return to the fold. I thought thai we are much like those sheep, going about our daily chores and growing further and further from the safety of faith.

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League asks removal of commission chair The Massachusetts chapter of the Catholic League for Religio:Js and Civil, Rights has called for removal of David LaFontaine as chairman of Governor William Weld's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth. The league cited LaFontaine's involvement with ACT-UP, which it termed an "anti-Catholic hate group" and his 1990 arrest for attempting to disrupt a State House press conference. In a letter to Weld, the league stated: "It is fundamentally unacceptable that someone who willfully associates himself with the extremist activities of a violent hate group should hold a gubernatorial appointment from you in Massachusetts. Moreover, it is grotesquely hypocritical that someone who took part in an antiCatholic demonstration, marked by... hatred, bigotry, and obsce:nity, should be charged by the Commonwealth with the task of promoting tolerance and respect for diversity." David LaFontaine has admitted being present at a June 1990 ACTUP assault on Holy Cross Cathedral in Boston, where newly-ordained priests and their parents were pelted with condoms. Referring to LaFontaine's hly 1990 arrest for attempting to disrupt a State House press conference, the league stated that it was an outrage that someone arrested while harassing others exercising their civil rights should head a commission whose ostensible purpose is to end harassment and promote civil rights. 11111I111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

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SCENES AT annual Cape Verdean celebration of feast of Our Lady of Fatima, held in Roxbury and attended by many members of Our Lady ofthe Assumption parish, ,New Bedford. Top picture is of Espirito Santo group members from Our Lady of Assumption with Padre Pio Gottin, OFM Cap., left, who comes monthly to New Bedford to celebrate Mass in Crioulo, and Bishop Sean O'Malley. Other pictures are of the feast procession and the celebrants and congregation at an outdoor Mass. (Photos by Arlindo Rodrigues) . , .... \

HISPANICS FROM all areas of the diocese gather with Bishop O'Malley at SS. Peter and Paul parish, Fall River, for Mass followed by entertainment and a meal. From top, Mass procession; left to right, Father Peter Graziano, immediate past coordinator of Diocesan Hispanic Apostolate, Bishop O'Malley, Father Paul Canuel, present apostolate coordinator; Mass congregation; entertainers from New Bedford and Cape Cod; Sister Betty Rivera, OP, who had worked in the Hispanic apostolate but is taking up other duties, cuts a farewell cake. (Photos by Sister Maria Teresa Pacheco, MG~p.S)

India missioner to be memorialized

RECIPIENTS OF Diocesan Health Facilities scholarships, pictured with health facilities director Father Edmund J. Fitzgerald, include, from left, Cheryl Hess, Tracy Strother and Denise Hoestere:y. Another scholarship went to David E. ·Sylvia.

Diocesan health facilities honors employees The Diocesan Health Facilities office awarded four $1,500 employee scholarships and recognized longtime employees of the four diocesan nun,ing homes at a recent gathering at White's of Westport. Scholarship recipients were: -Denise Hoes1.erey, LPN, of Westport, a charge nurse at Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, who is studying at Bristol Community College, Fall River, for an associate's degree in nursing. . -David E. Sylvia of Assonet, a cook at Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven, who is studying medical technology at BCe. -Cheryl Hess of Dighton, a receptionist at Marian Manor, Taunton, who is studying nursing at Rhode Island College. - Tracy Strother, LSW, of Attleboro, a social worker at Madonna Manor who is enrolled in the social work program at Bridgewater State College. Employees honored for years of service are as follows: Catholic Memorial Home 30 years: Louise Rogers. 20 years: Eileen Gabus. 15 years: Doris Carpenter.

Mary Hoxie. Colleen Machado. Ana Maria Medeiros. 10 years: Gloria Bancroft. Patricia Frazer, Mariette Gendreau. Lois Teves. Pauline Thibeault. Linda Silvia. Five years: Lisa Arpa. Michaelene Bradbury, Karen Chamberlain. Addolorata Consonni, Jeanne Ducharme. Charlene Gagne. Muriel Guevara. Pauline Levesque. Vicki Levesque. Sharon Martin. Diane O'Neil. Maria E. Pavao, Margarida Resendes. Maria Resendes. Edward Santos. Nelia Silva. Dorothy Sorel. Natalie Vaillancourt. Normand Valcourt, Duane Viveiros. Shannon West. Our Lady's Haven 20 years: Barbara Gifford. to years: MaryAnn DaSilva. Five years: Charles DaRoza and Irene Souza. Madonna Manor 20 years: Evelyn Pellow. 15 years: Catherine Parker. Five years: Lorry Blasetti. Susan Caldwell. Virginia Dabreau. Cindy Farquharson. Cynthia Gallant. Ray King, Molly Puhl. Lyle Smith. Marilyn Smith. Cheryl Sprague. Marian Manor 15 years: Adelaide Chaves. to years: Norman Fournier. Natalie Reynolds. Steven Silba. Five years: Alice Bedard. Pamela Costa. John Dansereau. Nancy Folcik. Deborah Foster. Suzanne Gatz, Elizabeth Karol. Patricia Murray. Natalie Rodriques. Jennifer Salem-Russo.

LONDON (CNS) - A memorial Mass is to be held June 15 at London's Westminster Cathedral for Benedictine Father Bede Griffiths, internationally known theologian and founder of an experimental monastery in India. Father Griffiths, 87, died in Shantivanam, India, May 13. He was born in England and raised as an Anglican. After studying classics and English at Oxford University, he moved with two friends to a rural cottage, where they lived an ascetic life, working the land and reading. He became interested in philosophy, the Bible, Christian classics, fasting and prayer. In 1932 he was received into the Catholic Church and joined the Benedictines. At Prinknash Abbey, near Gloucester, England, he became interested in Chinese and Indian philosophy and church history. He was ordained in 1940. Father Griffiths and a Belgian Cistercian priest received permission to leave their cloisters and set up a monastic community in the Indian state of Kerala. In March 1958 they opened their monastery at Kurishumala, which means "the Hill of the Cross." With permission of the Vatican, both priests switched to the Syro-Malankara rite. In the early 1960s, Father Griffiths called for a broadening of ecumenical dialogue to include all the religions of Africa and the far East. He worked to merge Christian monasticism with some of the tra·· ditions of Hindu society. In 1963 he told an audience at the Carne·· gie International Center in New York that Christians could do for Hindu philosophy what St. Au·· gustine, the church fathers and St. Thomas did for Greek thought: incorporate its insights and modes of expression into the Christian message. Father Griffiths was the author of at least IO books, including his autobiography, "The Golden String," as well as "The Marriage of East and West," and "Christianity in the Light of the East."

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Celebrating Mom or Dad's birthday By Monica and Bill Dodds

Sexuality program gets teens, parents talking

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HERITAGE, Pa. (CNS) Spending five consecutive Sunday evenings at church talking with their parents was the last thing some eighth-graders at Notre Dame parish in Heritage wanted to do. But once the "Love and Life" program got fully underway in March, some opinions changed. One of the students, Emily Lackey, told the Lake Shore Visitor, newspaper for the Erie diocese, that "sometimes you don't feel like going on a Sunday, but 1 think it's a good idea. 1 think it'll help us later on." "Love and Life" is a diocesesponsored teen chastity program that teaches young people and their parents to communicate about sexuality and other personal development issues. Parents support the program as Âˇwell. "To me, it's already opened a door of communication and has us talking about topics we wouldn't talk about otherwise," said Karen Lackey, Emily's mother. The program offers parents a chance to talk to other parents and students an opportunity to talk to their peers. Also, parents and their children get a chance to discuss various issues and work on "homework" together. The Lackeys completed homework assignments that included discussion of what parents think gives their children a lot of stress; the child expresses what he or she feels most stressed about. Other discussion topics include what the parents and children appreciate. Forty-seven eighth-graders from Notre Dame School and the Notre Dame religious education program are participating in the program. Father Philip Pinczewski, the parochial vicar at Notre Dame, told the Lake Shore Visitor the program was a success. "For the kids, it gives them a chance to hear clearly what the

church expects and the way God sees our sexuality as a good, positive thing," he said. "It also helps them to know they can talk to their parents. It [human sexuality) is not something they can only talk about when there's trouble." The priest added that he has been sold on the chastity program since it was started by the diocese at another school several years ago. Notre Dame decided to offer the program when its school board had asked that a greater focus be given to Christian sexuality and morality. For some parents, the program has been the first time for frank discussion. "We're getting comments from parents like, 'We should have done this 20 years ago,''' said Elaine Shearer, an eighth-grade religious education instructor who is facilitating some sessions. She told the Lake Shore Visitor how "Love and Life" has broken down barriers. "There are some parents who assume that children know if communication isn't occurring. That isn't the case," she said. "This [program) starts parents and children talking. Everything else, then, falls into place." "Love and Life" functions as a support network also. Parents get to meet other parents who often hear the justification that "everyone else is doing it." Students learn that they aren't alone in how they feel about themselves and others. Father Pinczewski hopes to offer the program every year and include seventh-graders in the discussion as well. "We need to gather and talk about God's gifts in a positive light, especially the gift of our sexuality," he adds. "There are so many mixed signals in our media and in our schools today about sexuality."

STORY TIME: Retired Bishop Michael J. Begley of Charlotte, NC, reads to first-graders at All Saints Catholic School in Charlotte recently as part of Reading is Fundamental Week. (CNS photo)

The adult child of an aging parent needs to remember that Mom or Dad may approach a birthday with mixed emotions, a strong combination of joy and sadness. There can be a wonderful sense of accomplishment: "In spite of all that I have been through I have survived. 1 have been richly blessed." But there can also be a sense of confusion, anxiety or even dread: "I never expected to live this long, 1 didn't plan to, 1 didn't want to. "Why am I still here when my spouse and so many of my friends and relatives are gone? How much longer am 1 going to live? How much worse will my health be on my next birthday? So what's an adult child to do? Let your parent take the lead. Maybe this is the year Dad would like the extended family to gather to celebrate his turning 85. Maybe this is the year Mom wants only a quiet lunch with you and your siblings. How do you know? You ask, you talk and you listen. Most of all, you listen. Rather than feeling festive, an older parent may be feeling depressed as this emotionally charged

day approaches. When Mom or fort to an adult child after Mom or Dad mutters, "I wish I had gone. Dad has died. These gifts can give It's time for me to go," it's hard not so many priceless, lifelong memoto immediately answer, "Don't say ries to grandchildren. that!" If you are going to have a party But this isn't a time to argue. It's for your parent, there are a few a time to give support by telling a things to keep in mind. First, reparent, "I can see why you feel that member that many older people way sometimes," then add why tire easily. Planning a four-hour you're glad he or she is still around. blow-out or open house with The greatest birthday gift of all dozens of guests might simply be too much. might be to finally say out loud: Second, remember that these "This is what you mean to me.... This is what you mean to my days, with siblings often living in different parts of the country, it children..." It isn't always easy finding out might be impossible to get the famwhat Mom or Dad wants for a ily together at the same time on the birthday present. The first several 'same day. The solution may be inquiries might be quickly shot several smaller celebrations on difdown. For example, "I want my ferent dates. And third, party or not, rememhealth back." . ber that sometime on that day it's In a sense, they're right: often a good to stop and recall family good present isn't one that's members and close friends who bought. It may be one that gives have died, especially a spouse. the two of you time together. All too often the fear of saying It's arranging to go out to lunch the wrong thing or of upsetting a once a month over the next year. parent prevents an ad ult child from It's planning to come over with the saying anything. Unfortunately, children to fix Mom's or Dad's that silence can be interpreted as favorite meal. It's taking your par- forgetfulness, or even worse, inent to a First Friday or Sunday difference. morning Mass at the old parish. Keep in mind that the best birthThese are gifts that can mean so day celebrations - those that much more to an aging parent, touch the heart - often include gifts that can bring so much com- tears as well as laughter.

Test your parenting know-how By Dan Morris One of the problems with parenting is that, more often than not, you are saddled with the same children from the time they are very young until they move out (assuming they do). Just because you are good with infants, for example, does not mean you are cut out for toddlers, the Our Gang age, preadolescents, adolescents or young adults. Especially if you are 47 and consider yourself a young adult. Some of our neighbors and my wife and I agree it would be nice if surveys existed that would at least give indicators one needs and some help or training. Such a survey would have been welcome as our own preadolescents snuck into their teen years, we all nodded. See how you might have scored on some of our test questions: I. What is the correct amount of allowance for a 14-year-old? a. An amount equal to the price of a movie, soft drink, medium popcorn and phone call home. b. An amount equal to what you paid for your first car. c. An amount you would have approximated as a "fortune" when you were 14. d. Whatever amount your 14year-old claims his friends are given by their parents. Answer: All the above because they are about the same figure. 2. How can you tell when a 15year-old has complied with your request to "clean your room before it oozes into the hall and infects the rest of the house?" a. He or she says, "All done. Can 1 go to Bobby's now?" b. The. dog will enter without whining. c. His or her sweat socks have been removed from the lamp shades. d. You are presented beforeand-after photos with visible differences circled in red. Answer: d. 3. What should you be doing while your teen child is reciting an

impressive litany of items to substantiate the fact that he or she is unable to carve 45 seconds from his or her hectic schedule to lift a two-pound sack of decaying refuse and accompany it 32 steps to a large receptacle for such bags? a. Smile gently and softly hum a calming melody. b. Practice some intimidating facial muscle movements. c. Do jumping jacks. d. Listen attentively, occasionally adding a sympathetic, "Oh, my." Answer: c. Few of us get enough exercise. 4. Do you know when your 16year-old will listen to you with the utmost respect, attention and responsiveness? a.' When he or she "needs" the car.

b. At dinner, just after grace. c. At I a.m. as you are explaining the, reasons for asking him or her to be home at midnight and outlining the probable consequences for his or her inability to tell time. d. During Geraldo. Answer: a. Easy question. "c" is not a bad second choice, however, as 1 believe 1 have recited my own father's 1 a.m. lecture nearly word for word in the past, so 1 must have been paying some kind of attention. I ran the survey idea past our oldest. "You know," she said, "the problem with growing up is that more often than not you are saddled with the same parents from the time you are born until you move out. Assuming 1 do."

A pet is one of the family Last December, Kachina, our family cat of 15 years broke her leg and, despite modern surgery and devoted nursing, died. My 13-year-old son sobbed for an hour, and later after dinner we dug a grave in the ground beneath the raspberries, Kachina's favorite summer spot in the dirt. Friends offered replacement kitties, butÂˇwe weren't ready. A pet isn't like a broken bicycle. The sad spot in our affections needed healing, and we needed time. Besides, 1hesitated to get another pet. First, the practical reasons: Our house has no garage or basement;, I work during the day; pet food is expensive and so is the vet; pets track in mud and fleas and occasionally they bring home dead squirrels as an offering. Yet pets fill a special niche in family life and perhaps particularly in a teenager's life. I'm not thinking of the old saw of teaching a teen responsibility, although having a pet can do that too. More importantly, a pet can be a confidant and a friend when no one else understands or cares. A pet is not only "someone" you can

love but "someone" who returns that love without reserve. And when tensions are high between parents and teens, or when brothers and sisters can't find a thing to say to each other, the antics of the family pet can be a happy neutral ground, providing laughter and memories. The day I brought home, the puppy. my son hugged me har.d and smiled until the corners of hIS mouth cracked. Since then Sascha the puppy has cried all night. mastered jumping up and down steps, and learned to gnaw a knotted sock instead of my hand. Already she is helping us to grow, calling upon us to be more flexible. to think less of ourselves and more of someone else. Thanks to Sascha we've practiced forgiveness for her accidents on the rug, patience in housetraining her, and cooperation with each other as we practice the extra chores of puppy-raising. Each of us is welcoming Sascha into our hearts in our own way, and despite all the work, our new pet is a special part of our family.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of F:all River-Fri., June II, 1993

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PREPARING TO CELEBRATE the 40th anniversay of Bishop Cassidy Council 3669 of the Knights of Columbus are, seated from left, celebration chairman and Council Warden William DaPonte; District Deputy Robert Mathieu; Chaplain Father Stephen B. Salvador; Grand Knight Robert Desrosiers; standing, Recorder Mike Ziobro; District Deputy Al Moniz; Past Grand Knight Al Bolduc; Deputy Grand Night Bob Goddu.

Cassifiy Council K of C marks 40th year On June 26 Bishop Cassidy Council 3669 Knights of Columbus will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the granting of its charter. The celebration will begin with a Mass ofthanksgiving at St. John of God Church on Brayton Avenue, Somerset. The principal celebrant will be council chaplain Father Stephen B. Salvador, director of pastoral care at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford. A reception and banquet will follow at the Council home on Old Wa.rren Road, Swansea, with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley OFM Cap. as guest of honor. Bishop Cassidy Council began its service to thl~ Catholic men of Swansea and Somerset on April 13, 1953, when council founders held an organizational meeting at St. Louis de France Church, Swan-

sea. Over 65 men attended the 1958 the council dedicated its new meeting despite an unseasonable home. The hall has undergone blizzard. many renovations since that time With James Murphy as its first and today stands as one of the Grand Knight, the council sought most impressive halls in Swansea. a site for meetings and monthly Today Bishop Cassidy Council social events. Their search ended has a. membership of over 300 when an agreement was reached men. Some charter members rewith St. Michael's Church in Ocean main a vital part of council activiGrove to rent St. Andrew's Club ties and many members. with over on Ocean Grove Avenue, Swansea. 30 years of service are on hand to By 1958, with a membership of . lend advice to the new generation. over 500 men, there was a need to Present Grand Knight Robc;:i find a larger and permanent facil- Desrosiers and his brother Knights ity. A building committee investi- conduct popular theme socials gated various properties in Somer- monthy, while the council, through set and Swansea and eventually the generous contributions of citithe council decided on a former zens of Swansea and Somerset to dairy farm on Milford Road, now an annual Tootsie Roll Drive, has Old Warren Road, in Swansea. netted thousands of dollars for the Renovations began immediately youth of Massachusetts. and on Columbus Day weekend of This year, after a 3D-year absence, youth dances are once again being held on Friday nights at the Council home. Well-chaperoned Continued from Page One "A majority of the students can by Council members, they provide test for weighing whether a prac- do what the state acting on its own a wholesome environment for our tice violates the separation of cannot do to incorporate prayer in children. The Knights of Columbus is a church and state. Scalia has made public high school graduation cereCatholic family organization dedmonies," the appeals court said. clear he believes Lemon should be During the last year, school ad- icated to the principles of charity, overturned. However Kennedy, Scalia and ministrators around the country unity and fraternity. Any Catholic Thomas agreed with the majority have struggled with how to apply male interested in membership may conclusion, that Center Moriches. the Weisman ruling to their grad- visit the Council home, see his parSchool District violated the free uation programs, with the result- ish priest or contact the Grand speech rights of Lamb's Chapel ing policies ranging from total Knight for information. Those interested in· attending bans on any prayer, to acceptance m~mbers. the 40th anniversary celebration In the secondl case, the court let of student-led invocations. stand a ruling from the 5th U.S.. The 5th Circuit's ruling applies '. may contact chairman William DaCircuit Court of Appeals that per- only to three states. But by refus- . Ponte at 675-4614 after 5P.M. or mits students in Texas, Mississippi ing to hear an appeal, the Supreme Grand Knight Robert Desrosiers and Louisiana to include prayers Court sends'a signal as to ,how it at 674-9261. in graduation ceremonies, as long would view similar cases from ' as they are student organized and other jurisdictions. led. A year ago the Supreme Court ruled in a Rhode Island case that public school e:mployees may not SHAWOMET be involved in arranging prayer at GARDENS graduation ceremonies. In Lee vs. Weisman, the school's principal 102 Shawomet Avenue arranged for a rabbi to deliver a Somerset, Mass. prayer and provided him with Tel. 674-4881 guidelines for making the invocation and benediction non-denomi31f2 room Apartment national. 41f2 room Apartment But last November, the 5th CirIncludes heat, hot water, stove, n~ cuit said praye:rs that are planned frlgerator and maintenance service. and led by graduating students would be permitted.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II's June 12-17 trip to Spain takes him to a country that embodies papal hopes and anxieties about Christianity's influence in modern Europe. The pope's itinerary takes him to southern strongholds of popular devotion and to the launching areas of Spanish missionaries who followed Christopher Columbus to the New World beginning in 1493. But during the trip - his fourth to Spain - the pope will also come face to face with a new society, shaped in part by a decade of Socialist Party policies and 'waning church influence. In 1991 the pontiff shocked some observers when he used the term "neopaganism" to describe an emerging Spanish culture beset by hedonism, marital infidelity, divorce, abortion, drug abuse and violence. At the same time, the pope recognized that most Spaniards still turn to the faith in life's crucial moments. . "Modern Spain is a great paradox. The image one receives from the media is that of a society marked by permissiveness. Yet if you go beyond this image. there are very deep Christian roots which are still alive," said Vatican spokesman Joaquin NavarrooValls. a Spaniard. But there is a serious gap between Spain's rich religious traditions . and its current moral values, and the hope is that the papal visit can help bridge it, said a Spanish churchman in Rome. At ceremonies to close the 45th International Eucharistic Congress in Seville, the pope will ordain 35 new priests and, to underline the social value of evangelization, will

inaugurate a home for the aged in the nearby city of Dos Hermanas. After closing the congress, on June 14 the pope follows the historical footsteps of Columbus in a swing through the coastal province of Huelva. The 15th-century explorer set sail from there in 1492 on a voyage that would take him to the Americas. But for the church, equally important was Columbus' second voyage in 1493, when he brought along the first Spanish missionaries. In Madrid June 15-17 the pope will consecrate the city's cathedral of Our Lady of La Almudena. The pope also meets with government leaders in the capital - an encounter that comes 10 days after national elections, in which Socialists won 39 percent of the vote against 34 percent for the more conservative Popular Party. Some church leaders were publicly hoping for an end to the current term of Socialist Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez, and bishops' guidelines for the elections focused on problems that worsened under his term: a struggling economy, political corruption and increased crime and drug addiction. At the Vatican, Gonzalez's policies are said to have damaged the moral life of the country. One Vatican official pointed to more liberal abortion practices, legislation penalizing large families and a general attempt to marginalize the church's influence. The pope is expected to address all these issues head-on, as well as a general decline in religious practice. The pope's last major ceremony in Madrid will be a canonization Mass for a Spanish priest, Blessed Enrique de Osso Cervello.

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VAT1CAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican has nearly finished a study on female altar servers and other forms of lay liturgical participation, but no final decisions have been made yet, Vatican officials said. The officials commented after a report iri the June 7. issue of Time magazine said the pope "appears to be prepared to allow girls to serve at Roman Catholic Massess." Archbishop Geraldo M. Agnelo, secretary of. the Congregation for Divine Worship and Sacraments, said that the congregation had :tlmost completed its work on a document on the subject. The study was begun after questions about church ministries were raised at the 1987 Synod of Bishops on the laity. The congregation will submit its

study to Pope John Paul II for any final decisions. he said. "It seems we're close to a solution," Archbishop Agnelo said, but stressed that it was up to the pope to decide what to do with the document.

PAPAL ENVOY Cardinal Roger Etchegaray and Bishop Franjo Komarica of Banja Luka, Bosnia, greet parishioners after a Mass in the Serb-held town. (CNS/ REUTER photo)

African named dean of cardinals VAT1CAN CITY (CNS) - For the first time, a black African cardinal has been chosen as dean of the College of Cardinals, a position that carries important duties during the election of a pope. Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, a native of Benin and a longtime Vatican official, was elected to the post June 4, and Pope John Paul II gave his approval the next day. Cardinal Gantin replaces Brazilian Cardinal Agnelo Rossi, who was retiring at age 80. Cardi nal Gantin, 71, becomes "first among equals" in the College of Cardinals, presiding over its

Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls confirmed that the issue of female altar serv.ers was under study but that no decisions had been made. He emphasized that the question was seen as a pastoral one, unrelated tu the larger issue of the ordained ministry. While church law excludes the formal institution of women into the ministry of acolyte or lector, as a practice many women do the readings at Mass and in some places women or girls have served at the altar.

The FamilyFest Mass in St. Peter's Square was celebrated the day after a three-hour, five-continent teleconference on the problems and joys of family life. Sponsored by the New Families branch of the Focolare Movement, the conference brought some 12,000 Christian, Jewish, Muslim and BudCatholics have fled the area because of the war and the "c1imate of ter- dhist family members to Rome ror" faced by Catholics and M us- and to satellite reception sites Iims. On the surface the situation throughout the world. FamilyFest '93 was billed as a appears calm, but people live in preparatory meeting for the 1994 fear of being killed. he said. Cardinal Etchegaray praised / International Year of the Family, Bishop Franjo Komarica of Banja declared by the United Nations. Luka for acting as a "shield" for "The International Year of the Catholics and Muslims. The bishop Family will offer a providential has reason to fear for his life, he opportunity to deepen the basic said. values of this natural institution," Father Berislav Grgic, an offi- the pope said. cial of Caritas, the Catholic welHe told the New Families that fare agency for the Banja Luka "special attention must be reserved diocese, said ethnic-cleansing polfor families who live in poverty, in icieshave not prevented Serbs from allowing weekly convoys of the midst of wars, who are forced to leave their own countries or food and medicine to reach Cathwho experience various kinds of olics in Banja Luka. pain and suffering." But getting the 100 tons of supJohn Chesser, a FamilyFest plies into the city each week is an participant from Dubuque, Iowa, adventure mixing Serbian and U. N. said the pope's remarks reflected red tape with looking out for banan ongoing theme of the gathering dits and safeguarding the supplies, and of New Families, which sees he said. "the family as an archetype of any Meanwhile, Serbian Orthodox society." bishops asked for an end to the fighting in Bosnia and criticized When human relations on all world sanctions against Serbia and levels are eroding, families must offer hope to other families and to Montenegro. entire societies, he said. In addition to celebrating the Mass, the pope was one of many meetings but without exercising religious and political leaders addressing the FamilyFest during governing powers. the three-hour broadcast. In the case of a pope's death, the He said the family is the result of dean ofthe college assumes several key functions: convening regular divine love, "and it is through this love that the family develops, meetings of cardinals before a grows, matures and becomes a conclave, notifying the cardinals nest for human beings, the nest of of the conclave and - unless he is life and love, where they find earthly over 80 himself - chairing the happiness while journeying toward conclave. eternal happiness through the comCardinal Gantin presently heads munion of the family." the Congregation for Bishops; his In a message to the FamilyFest, career has set milestones for the Chiara LUbich, the founder of the African church. He was the first Focolare Movement, said the famblack African in modern church ily is God's masterpiece of love history to become an archbishop and can be the source of inspirawhen he was named head of the Cotonou Archdiocese at the age of tion for a better world. 37. A family holds its material In 1976 he became thefirst Afriresources in common, strives to be can to head a department of 'the a place of justice, values the life of Roman Curia, when he was appoinothers, provides food and clothing ted president of the Pontifical J us- and shelter for its members, and tice and Peace Commission. He becomes a place of teaching and was named a cardinal in 1977, and learning, she said. some observers gave him an outMary Pfeiffer of San Antonio side chance to succeed Pope Paul said she was impressed with Miss VI in 1978. Lubich's comparison of the family After serving as secretary of the and society. Congregation for the Evangeliza"We must see the world as one tion of Peoples, Cardinal Gantin big family," she said. "The way the was made head of the bishops' family works - feeding, educacongregation in 1984. The departting, taking care of the sick and the â&#x20AC;˘ ment. which coordinates selection old" must be the way society works. of new bishops around the world. "Love begins in the family, but is considered one of the most it must go beyond," she said. important attheVatican.

Climate of fear prevails in Bosnia-Herzegovina VATICAN CITY (CNS) Major religious leaders pleaded for an end to fighting in the Balkans. noting feelings of helplessness as countries stood by and watched atrocities. After the deaths of three unarmed Italian aid volunteers in BosniaHerzegovina, Pope John Paul II urged prayers so that people understood "that violence and hate do not contribute to the good of the country, but only sow destruction and death." After visiting Bosnian Catholics in the Serb-controlled diocese of Banja Luka, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray said he felt "humiliated" at Europe's inability to stop the gross violations of ethical principles there. The cardinal. who is president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the charity council"Cor Unum," visited Banja Luka May 28-31 to express Pope John Paul's solidarity with the church there. He said he was unable to travel to large parts of the diocese because of security restrictions. He said he found that many

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) Families must reach out to their neighbors and communities to spread the values of love and sharing that are the basis of just reJa-' tionships on any scale, said participants in FamilyFest '93. "The values of giving, communion, generosity, love and the sublime tasks of procreation and education, which are born and grow in the family, are grounds for reflection by everyone concerned about the destiny of the human person and of human existence," Pope John Paul II said during a conference Mass.

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ARLINGTON, Va, (CNS)-It had been 25 years since Bobby Kennedy's murder on the presidential campaign trail, and even the children of Camelot were going gray. But they sought to rekindle some of the Kennedy populism in the 1990s with a call to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable during a commemorative Mass at Robert Francis Kennedy's grave in Arlington National Cemetery on a cool, June 6 evening. A musical backdrop was provided by a gospel choir from All Saints Catholic Church in Baltimore, crooner Andy Williams and soul singer Aretha Franklin. Kennedy's burial place lies beneath a plain white wooden cross on a hill in the shadow of the old Custis-Lee mansion. The land that comprises Arlington cemetery was once Robert E. Lee's property. Nearby is the grave of Robert's assassinated brother, President John F. Kennedy. Eldest son Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, D-Mass., 40, faltered with emotion as he stood next to the altar and recalled his father at the beginning of the "Mass for Courage and Reconciliation." He said that in the midst of the mythologizing over the years, "I have to remind myself ... he was a living person." His remembrance drew on a picture his father often painted of honest, struggling working-class Americans abused by greedy bankers and corporate magnates. At the end, he started to say: "This was a man, my father. .. " and stopped to compose himself. Joseph was 15 when Kennedy was shot in a Cal:ifornia hotel kitchen, June 5,1968 as his 11th-hour bid for the presidency seemed to be catching fire. The congressman took a deep breath and began again. "Meanwhile ..." Another pause, the strain showing on his face as he struggled to contain his feelings, a cough, then he continued, ending with: "May the Good Lord hold Robert Kennedy close and may we too hold on with our hearts and minds." Daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, 41, read a call to worship which quott:d from one of her late father's speeches: '''I come to ask you to help in the task of national reconci liation.... An estimated :I 8,000 came to the

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ceremony sponsored by the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial- a private human rights and social service organization based in Washington. Some 40,000 invitations had been sent to persons who have supported the memorial's work. A carpet of whites, pinks, yellows and blues spread down the steep grassy slope from the old mansion as people in summer tourist dress took their places. In the VI P section near the altar, Kennedys - distinct with their sandy hair and toothy smiles took seats with friends and allies from the past. Father Michael Kennedy, a cousin from Ireland with a striking resemblance to the late president, helped with the Eucharist. There was plenty of nostalgia just in the faces in the crowd: - Ethel Kennedy, wife of the late senator, who continues to be active in the work ofthe memorial. - Sen. Edward Kennedy, Robert's brother. - Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic Decathalon Gold Medal winner and member of the 1968 presidential campaign team. He helped bring the gifts to the altar. - Sargent Shriver, contemporary of Robert, a family member by marriage and first director of the Peace Corps. - John F. Kennedy Jr., who as a 2-year-old was locked in photographic history as he saluted his father's funeral cortege on a cold Washington day in 1963. - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Martin Luther King Ill, and Thurgood Marshall J r., who read the responsoriaI from the Book of Psalms. - Father Robert Drinan, activist Jesuit, former congressman and member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The intercessions were read by other Kennedy children, plus former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young, Attorney General Janet Reno, author Toni Morrison and Sarah Brady, whose husband Jim was left permanently disabled during the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. The intercessions were snippets from Robert Kennedy's speeches on social issues, for example, one read by Rory Kennedy from a 1966 visit to South Africa: "Those with the courage to enter the moral conflict will find themselves with companions in every corner of the world."

Father Damien's cross stolen HONOLULU (CNS) - A 10inch wooden cross belonging to Father Damien de Veuster - the famed "leper priest" of Molokai -has been stoIf:n from its display case in a Waikiki museum. Officials ofthe Damien Museum at St. Augustine Church in Waikiki and the Sacred Hearts Fathers, Father Damien's order, were offering what they called a "modest" cash reward for return ofthe cross but said the cross had little cash value. The reward amount was not made public. Its value is instead based on its historical and religious significance, said Father Joseph Bukoski, provincial superior of the Fathers of the Sacred Hearts in Hawaii. The cross, made of black wood and bearing a silver-covered image of Christ, was stolen on May 17 or 18 from the museum in the church, which also operates a soup kitchen for the homeless six days a week. Announcement of the theft was

delayed until early June in hopes the cross would be quickly returned. The missing cross was held by Father Damien as he lay dying of Hansen's disease in 1889 and was placed in his hands during the viewing of his body after death. Father Damien, who contracted leprosy in 1884 after working with victims of the disease for nearly a dozen years, died in 1889 at age 49. He is to be beatified by Pope John Paul II on May 15, 1994, in the priest's native Belgium. Beatification, when a person is declared blessed, is the final step before canonization, or declaration of sainthood. Confirmation of a miracle after beatification is usually needed before canonization. Father Damien's body was returned to Belgium in 1936. His tomb is in Leuven, where he first entered the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

Each was followed by: "Let us hear your word and let us act." Father Gerard Creedon, family friend and celebrant of the Mass, said in a soft Irish brogue that "I believe that Robert Francis Kennedy lives at the righ~ hand of the father." Father Creedon, a priest of the Arlington diocese who works in the Dominican Republic, also said that Kennedy had developed a deeper sense of compassion out of the despair he experienced over his brother's assassination in 1963. "Out of his dark grief burned hi:; brightest light," said the priest, who was ordained IO days after Robert Kennedy's murder. A different kind of "Kennedy kid," President Clinton, presen't throughout the service, said in a speech at the end of the ceremony that Kennedy told Americans "w~ can do better." He wove a speech around the theme of national reconciliation. Clinton, who cites the Kennedys as his inspiration for public service, was on the eve of his graduation from Washington's Georgetown University when Robert Kennedy was killed. He urged Americans to keep the faith in a better society, just as Robert Kennedy "did not lose his

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By Charlie Martin

STAND By Christopher Carstens feel valuable and interesting. That's If you pay attention;you will why people who are good listeners notice that people usually don't always have plenty of friends. listen to each other very well. If you'd like more friends, beJim is talking about a movie he come a better listener. It's as simsaw. As he pauses for breath, Sara ple as that. changes the subject and starts comYou might begin by paying careplaining about her algebra class. ful attention to the first word in But when she slows down for a the sentences people speak. It is second, Janine jumps in with some remarkable how often they begin comments about her boyfriend's with the word "I." When kids are bad habits. Jim listens for a mo- showing off and trying to impress ment, but as soon as it is his turn, each other, the word "I" comes in he's talking about the movie again. flurries, like flocks of birds. It looks like a conversation. It "I love your jacket." "I got it at even sounds like a conversation. Nordstroms." "I never shop there, But it isn't: Three people are talk- I only like Nieman Marcus." "I ing and nobody is listening. They're was at the sale at Nieman's yesterjust waiting for their turn to hold day, and I saw the coolest shoes!" forth. "I was at that sale. I didn't see Really listening is one of the anything I liked at all." most useful skills in any social When you start a sentence with relationship. Because real listen- the word "I," there's only one ing is so rare, it s'ets yo,u apart as a thing you can talk about and that's special person. yourself. Your opinions; your preferences, your experiences, We all know people who only talk about one subject: "Me, me whatever: It's allyou. Good listeners talk about something besides and some more about me." Face it: When people drone on and on themselves. about themselves, it quickly gets Listening is a skill, just like hitting a tennis ball or baking chocoboring. The one doing the jabbering late chip cookies. It isn't all that may think she is particularly tough, but getting good at it takes charming or insightful or funny, practice and effort. but when you keep talking about One good practice exercise is yourself it only communicates one avoiding the word "I" at the beginning of any sentence. It's harder thing: "I'm important and you aren't." than it sounds, because the "I - I When you listen - really listen, - I" habit is so well developed. and not just politely wait for your However, intentionally avoiding turn to talk - it sends a clear mes- that word tricks your mind into a sage that you value the other per- receptive, listening mode. son. People like feeling important, When you don't begin the senlike they matter to someone. When tence with "I," you are forced into you carefully listen while someone talking about something other than is speaking, it shows you care yourself. That moves your !lttenabout what the person says. tion out of your own mind and People like talking with some, , focuses you on what the other perone who listens, People like being son is saying, which is the key to around people who make ttiem reil1listening. '

We all carry the cross And speak what we we're taught Lies and money become The white man's god We've burned all our bridges One too many times The time has come now To draw the line You know you've got to Stand, stand for what you believe You know you've got to Stand, stand, stand For what you believe Oh, you got to Stand for what you believe All right, all right You got to listen now Express yourself In the face of change Repress yourself You surely seal your fate You got to look inside The answer lies in wait Resurrect before it's too late You know you got to Stand, stand, stand For what you believe You know you got to Stand, stand, stand For what you believe Stand, stand for what you believe Somebody rescue me, Come down and rescue me I know the soul of a good man Has got to be free When you stand, stand' For what you believe Written by Bret Michaels, Bobby Dall, Rikki Rocket and Richie Kotzen. Sung by Poison ÂŠ 1993 by Cyanide Publishing/Richie Kotzen Music I'M NOT much of a Poison "draw the line" and express yourself. ' fan. However, once in a while We need to "look inside~' they release an acousticnumber where "the a,nswer lies in wait." that I like. This softer sound is the style on their current chart Then we state publicly where hit, "Stand." our convictions and values lie. I suppose few of us would' The song's message is clear' disagree with the song's mesand succinct: "You know you've got to sta'nd; stand, stand for sage. Yet standing up for what you beIieveisn't always easy,to what you believe." There are do. situa,tions where you, must

Consider how peer pressure affects us. If we refuse to go along with a group's decision, can we deal with their disapproval? Further, how do we find the courage to stand up for our opinion when clearly those in authority or our peers do not agree? There are,no simple answers to these questions. We may not be sure how we will react in such situations. Yet there are considerations that can help us stay true to personal integrity. First and foremost, knowing what you stand for and what you believe is important. God gave us hearts and minds so we could determine what is right for us. Use them! Think through issues that you are likely to face. Decide what responses are true to your own values. If you feel unclear about what is the right action for certain situations, talk to a trusted adult. This person can help you reflect on ways of acting and what consequences may evolve. In the case of genuine doubt, don't act at all. Give yourself more time. Many a mistake could have been avoided if a person had waited until he or she was sure about what outcome was desired. Next, pray for guidance. Ask God to help you be true to your values and principles. Also ask God to be with you and give you courage when you need it most. Finally, when it comes to peers, understand who your real friends are. A true friend will not put you down for standing up for what you believe. A friend may not completely agree with your point of view, but will not try to change you or ridicule you because of your opinion. Today's teens face a variety of circumstances where they will need to take a stand. But no matter what our age, we need to be ready to voice our beliefs or values. Trust in God and in yourself, knowing that you will . be able to take a stand. Your comments are welcomed by: Charlie Martin, RR 3; Box 182, Rockport,IN 47635.

Holy' Family-Holy Name School Holy Family-Holy Name School, service led by Father Dan LaCroix New Bedford, held its annual Edu- at the Stang chapel. Kindergarteners were visited by cation Fair May 26 with the theme Dina the Dino at their recent "Celebrating Our Faith." The evening opened with the "birthday party" for TV's Barney song "Who Built the Ark?" per- the Purple Dinosaur. Students reformed by the-junior choir under ceived balloons, decorated birththe direction of Teresa Ouellette. day crowns and cookies and played Performances by the school's string , "Pin the Heart on Barney" during their "Dino-Mite Day." They also and piano students followed. Visitors then toured the class- had their phot,os taken with Dina. Grade I students spent the spring rooms, where various displays and performances were offered. Espe- nurturing their "Butterfly Garden." cially popular were grade 6 stu- They watched the development of dents' portrayal of Old Testament the critters from the egg stage to figures and grade 8 students' mod~, adulthood, when the butterflies els of Catholic schools and churches were released, into the wild blue. As part of the project, students ' in the Fall River diocese. The scho'ol's annual walk-a-thon also learned butterfly poerns, songs was held June 4 at Buttonwood and fingerplays. Sixth-graders investigated the Park. A wet and overcast start gave way to both sun and fun as business world through Junior students completed their walks and Achievement and heard from headed to Bishop Stang High Debbie Trombley of Com Electric GETTING THE SCOOP: Judy Cleary, serves ice cream sundaes to 90 winners of the St. School for lunch and field day and Susan Smith of Titlelistj Foot activities, including an egg toss Joy Company. The class also at- Joseph's Church, North Dighton, "Religion Olympics," which had CCD students maintain tended "The Secret Garden" at the high grades, memorize prayers, and remain faithful to homework, attendance and class and basketball shootout.. The day closed with a prayer Zeiterion Theatre. projects.

our schools Bishop Feehan High School Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, honored graduating seniors at its annual awards ceremony on Class Day, June 3. 106 academic awards were presented to top students in each department, with gold, silver and bronze medals given to students with the highest cumulative average in each subject. Gold medal award winners were: Nita Patel, English, science, mathematics; Timothy Famulare, theology, Spanish; Erinn Hoag, theology, French', Latin; Karen Coombs, social studies; and Piyush Zaveri, computer science. Darcie Dennigan was among national winners of the 1993 National Council of Te:achers of English Excellence in Writing Award. Larah Secher received the 21 st Century Book Award for outstanding improvement in English. Raymond MartE~1 received the art department award; Brendan Dee and Colleen Fanning earned visual arts awards, and Rachel Reeves received the Gower Award for dance. Special awards were as follows: Sister Sheila Sullivan, RSM, Award (foreign language): Erinn Hoag. Eleanor Drew Ke:nney Humani-

ties Award: Darcie Dennigan, Erinn Hoag. National Association of Secondary School Principals Leadership Award and Sister Carmelita Grimes, RSM, Award (school service): Richard Yngve. Sister Marion Geddes, RSM, Award (school spirit): Kelly Myles. Father Gorman Award (athletics/citizenship): Stephen Zaneski. Sister Mary Faith Harding, RS M, Award (athletics): Christine Robillard. Sister Virginia Quinlan, RSM, Award (female scholar-athlete): Kelly Fitzsimmons. Msgr. Shay Award (male scholar-athlete): Dana Alexander. Sister Vincent Ferrer Cox, RS M, Award (student who exemplifies values, mission and philosophy of Feehan): Timothy Famulare. Valedictorian Medal: Nita Patel. Salutatorian medals: Timothy Famulare, Erinn Hoag. Also presented during the program were awards, plaques and certificates for participation in 19 extracurricular activities. Class Day also included a baccalaureate Mass and dedication of a class tree with a prayer and the song "Where Everybody Knows Your Name," theme of the TV series "Cheers."

Connoll:y names top 10 graduates ship seminar and was a student intern for Rep. Al Herren's reelection campaign. At the class awards banquet he received a silver medal for excellence in religion and U.S. history and was voted "An Outstanding Senior and All Around Student" and one of the "Most Admired Catherine Torphy, class Vale- Students." He received the Yeardictorian, is the daughter of Mr. book Award and the Ignatian and Mrs. Frederic: J. Torphy of Award presented by the Jesuit Little Compton, RI. She has been Secondary Education Association. a member of the National Honor He is also a recipient of the Junior Society; the Foreign Language Achievement Executive Leadership Club; Amnesty International; the and Public Speaking Awards, the cross country winter and spring Harvard Book Award, the Spottrack and tennis teams and the Ski light Program Award, the PresiClub. A three-year memberof the dential Academic Fitness Award soccer team, she was captain in her. and the Principal's Award for Volunteerism. He was named Teensenior year. At the Senior Class Awards ager of the Month for October and Banquet she receivf:d a silver medal Bishop Connolly's Teenager of for excellence in AP English and the Year. He received the AmeriFrench and was voted by'faculty can University Presidential Schoand peers as .bne of the "Most larship, the Georgetown UniverAdmired Students." She also re- sity scholarship, the Stanford Uniceived the Presidential Academic versity scholarship, the Yale UniFitness Award, the Boston Globe versitY' Scholarship, the Junior Scholastic Art Silver Key Award, Achievement Scholarship, the Fall the Georgetown University Honor- River Elks Scholarship and the ary Bellarmine Award, the Holy Massachusetts Elks Scholarship. Cross Book Award and a certificate for excellence in French from Stephanie Schuller is the daughthe Massachusetts Foreign Lan- ter of Mr. and Mrs. David D. guage Association. Schuller of Portsmouth, RI. She She has been named a Tandy has been a member of the National Technology scholal' and a National Honor Society, Junior AchieveMerit Scholarship Program com- ment, the Drama Society, the yearmended student. She received a book staff and the spring track Francophone Association Scho- team. She is also a member of the larship. Newport Navy Blues swim team. At the class awards banquet she David Silva is the son of Mr. received a silver medal for exceland Mrs. Claudio Silva of Fall lence in world literature and math, River. He has been a member of and the Assistant Director Drama the National Honor Society, Jun- Award. She was named Junior ior Achievement, Amnesty Internation- Achievement Outstanding Business al, the Connolly Choir and the Woman of the Year and Best Delecross country team. He has been a gation Leader, and was the recipNational Honor Society tutor and ient of J A's Vice President for a yearbook editor. He attended Finance and Perfect Attendance the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leader- Awards. She also received the

The Rev. John P. Murray, S.J., Principal of Bishop Connolly High School, has announced the names of the top 10. students in the Class of 1993 which graduated May 29. There were 99 students in this twenty-fourth gra.duating class from Connolly.

Bausch and Lomb Science Award, the Georgetown University Ignatian Award and the Presidential Academic Fitness Award. She was named a Tandy Technology Scholar, Teenager of the Month for April and Bishop Connolly's Teenager ofthe Year. She received the Boston College Scholarship, the Canisius College Presidential Scholarship, the Le Moyne College Full Tuition Scholarship, the Marquette University Ignatius Scholarship, a Providence College Grant, the University of Rochester Bausch & Lomb Scholarship, the Fall River Carousel Lions Club Scholarship, the Junior Achievement Scholarship and the Fall River Elks Scholarship. Monica Sylvia is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Sylvia of New Bedford, MA. She has been a member of the National Honor Society, the Law Team, the Foreign Language Club, the Drama Society and the Connolly Alcohol and Drug Awareness Team. She was a National Honor Society tutor, a member of the Accordion Teacher's Association of Massachusetts from 1989-91 and a Junior Volunteer at St. Anne's Hospital from 1990-91. At the awards banque~ she received a bronze medal for excellence in psychology and the Salt of the Earth Award. She was Teenager of the Month for November. She is also the recipient ofthe Presidential Academic Fitness Award, the Top High School Psychology Student Certificate, the Law Team Certificate from the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Catholic School Counselors Association Commendation as an Outstanding Catholic High School Graduate. She is the recipient of the Bristol County Estate Planning Scholarship and the Massachusetts Elks Scholarship. Melanie B. Arruda is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jose M. Arruda of Somerset. She has been a member of the National Honor Society, the Drama Society and Spirit Week Communities. At the awards banquet she received a bronze medal for excellence in physics, the Presidential Academic Fitness Award and a Certificate of Merit for contributions to Connolly's literary magazine.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., June 11, 1993

STUDENTS' GIFT: Bishop Connolly High School National Honor Society offictrs Tara Gauthier, Lauren Stiles and Sarah Anne Ryder present a check for $150 to St. Vincent's Home director Father Joseph Costa. The donation will be used for an emergency clothing fund for St. Vincent's children. The NHS also raised $150 for the Make a Wish Foundation and set aside $400 to be used for a scholarship to Connolly. "We wanted the funds wt raised to help other kids," said Miss Gauthier, NHS president. computer science and was Teenager of the Month for February. Sarah Anne Ryder is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Ryder of Tiverton, RI. She has been a member of the National Honor Society, the Connolly Alcohol Awareness Team and Peer Training Corps, the volleyball team (receiving the coach's award) and the tennis team. She is a CYO secretary, CCD community service coordinator and a junior volunteer at Gharlton Memorial Hospital. At the awards banquet she was voted"An Outstanding Senior and All Around Student" and one of the "Most Admired Students." She was also the recipient of the Ignatian Award presented by the Jesuit Secondary Education Association, the Presidential Academic Fitness Award, the Xerox Award for outstanding achievement in history, the National Honor Society Award for service as secretary and the Connolly Alcohol and Drug Awareness Award. She was the Bishop Connolly winner of the Fall River Evening Lioness Youth Speech Competition and was teenager of the Month for October.

Christine M. Bounds is the daughter of the late Joseph P. Bounds Lauren Stiles is the daughter of and Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy . Mr. and Mrs.. Ke'vin P. Stiles of of Portsmouth, RI. She has been a Portsmouth, RI. She has been a member of the National Honor member of the Nati'onal Honor Society, Amnesty International, Society, the Law Team, Junior the Drama Society, the Foreign Achievement, the Drama Society, Language Club and the softball the Foreign Language Club and and track teams. A four year mem- the varsity tennis team. At the ber of the soccer team, she was awards banquet she was recipient Captain in her senior year. She of a bronze medal for excellence in also worked for Meals on Wheels Spanish and the National Honor for two summers. Society Award for her service as At th'e awards banquet she re- vice president. She was voted one ceived the Presidential Academic of the "Most Admired Students." Fitness Award and she was named She is also the recipient of the PreTeenager ofthe Month for January. sidential Academic Fitness Award, the certificate for academic excelElizabeth Sisson is the daughter lence in Spanish from the Massaof Mr.路and Mrs. Richard Sisson of Portsmouth, RI. She has been a member of the National Honor Society, the Drama Society, the yearbook staff, the soccer, track and ski teams and the Ski Club (as vice president). Elizabeth has been involved with the Habitat for Hum'anity and the Explorers. At the awards banquet she received the National Honor Society Award for her service as treasurer and the Presidential Academic Fitness Award. She was named a Tandy Technology outstanding student in mathematic~, science &

chusetts Foreign Language Assl,lciation and the Law Team Certificate from the Massachusetts Bar Association. Maryann Souza is the daugher of Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Souza of Fall River. She has been a member of the National Honor Society, the Foreign Language Club, the Drama Club and the Photography Club. At the awards banquet she was a recipient of a bronze medal for excellence in' Portuguese and the Salt of the Earth Award. She is also the recipient of the Presidential Academic Fitness Award and a certificate for academic excellence in Portuguese from the Massachusetts Foreign Language Association.

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EMMAUS/GALILEE Galilee monthly reunion 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Neumann Hall, Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown. Father John Gomes of Our Lady of Angels parish, FR, will be Mass celebrant and topic will be "Being Christian and Being Single: What a Dilemma!" Team for Emmaus 98 retreat weekend (J une 18-20) will be commissioned. All welcome. O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Lower Cape Ultreya 7:30 tonight, parish center. ST. JOSEPH, NB Prayer group will sponsor triduum June 16 to 18 in preparation forfeast of the Sacred Heart, beginning after II a.m. Mass June 16. ST. JOHN EV ANGELIST, POCASSET Mass with anointing of the sick 2 p.m. June 27; all those eligible to receive the sacrament along with family members, friends and caregivers are welcome. Reception will follow in parish center. Information: Nan Bouche, 548-1698.

HOSPICE OUTREACH, FR Bili ngual Port uguese-s peaki ng volunteers are needed for service providing home care for terminally ill patients. Volunteers visit patients, do errands and provide transportation. Training session will be held Sept. 27 to Nov. 15. Information: Joan Kenower, 673-1589. PRA YER GROUP PILGRIMAGE Marking the 12th anniversary of reported apparitions of Our Lady in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Queen of Peace Prayer Group members from St. Dominic's parish, Swansea, will sponsor a June 25 bus tour to St. Joseph the Worker shrine in Lowell. Mass and a holy hour for peace will begin at 7 p.m., with the bus leaving from St. Bernard's Church, Assonet, at 4:30 p.m. Information: Judy Norman: 644-2198. SECULAR FRANCISCANS, FR St. Clare Fraternity Secular Franciscans will meet 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, 1600 Bay St. Newcomers welcome. ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR High school students age 14 or older and entering at least ninth grade in September may serve as junior volunteers beginning in July. Applications are available at the volunteer office, room 151, Clemence Hall, Forest St., open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays; tel. 674-5741 ext. 2080. Application deadline is June 18. CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Girl Scouts retreat 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow. GREATER ATTLEBORO CATHOLIC WOMEN Group will hold its second meeting 7 p.m. June 17. St. Mark's Church, Attleboro Falls, with Mass and refreshments. Information: 6432412 or 226-5770. ST. MARY, NORTON Items for children, particularly over-the-counter medicines, are being collected for shipment to areas of the former Yugoslavia. Information: 285-7998.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET The parish bulletin honored three high school graduates: Cheryl Macek, who has played the organ for Masses since she was an 8th grader; and Michael Belanger and Emmanuel Gaspar, who have been altar servers for II years, since making their first communions. CATHOLIC ALUMNI This international Catholic singles' club will hold an open dance at 8:30 p.m. June 18 at Muldoon's Saloon, Taunton, on Mozzone Blvd., 1/4 mile north ofthe intersection of Rts. 24 and 140 in Taunton, near Silver City Galleria. The club will also hold its regular monthly social gathering June 20 at Ramada Inn, Seekonk,. Further information: 824-8378. ALTAR BOY DAY Diocesan altar boys are invited to the annual altar boy day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 30 at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown. The program will include athletic and waterfront competitive activities. Participantsshould bring lunch, swimsuit, towel and a baseball glove. Parishes should call Sacred Heart Rectory, Fall River (673-0852), or St. Mary's Rectory, Taunton (822-7116), by June 25 with the number of boys attending. ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Donations of plants needed for Community Garden. Information: Don Fredette, 992-8969. Feast of Sacred Heart 5-hour vigil 7 p.m. to midnight June 18, beginning and ending with Mass. All welcome. CATHEDRAL, FR The parish welcomes diocesan seminarian Michael Onyekwere from Nigeria for the summer months. ' KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, CAPE COD The FO'urth Degree Assemblies of the Cape request unused regalia such as capes, head coverings, swords, baldrics, tuxedos, etc. Donations may be sent to John Giorgio, 32 Swift Brook Rd., S. Yarmouth 02664, or he may be called at 394-7038 for pickup. CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NB Executive Board meeting 7 p.m. June 16, St. Lawrence Rectory, 110 Summer St. FOOl> PANTRY, GREATER FR Drivers need'ed to pick up 40 lb. food loads from area markets and deliver to food pantry on regular basis. Information: Frank Vieira, 672-5381.

MEMORIAL DAY: Bishop Sean O'Malley visited Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River, on Memorial Day, praying at the graves of priests buried there and celebrating Mass at the cemetery mausoleum. Among participants in the service were (from front row, left) St. Joan of Arc Sisters Noella Thibault, Cecile Chouinard, Clothilde Fortin, Laura Boutin, Rita Teasdale and Laurette Moreau; Notre Dame pastor Father Ernest E. Blais, Bishop O'Malley, Msgr. John J. Oliveira. (Masse photo) COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS, HARWICH CENTER Support group for bereaved parents and siblings meets each third Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., First Congregational Church parish house, corner Routes 39 and 124. All welcome.

HOSPICE OUTREACH, FR Hospice Outreach is a sponsor of the ninth annual Hike for Life, beginning at noon Sunday at the YMCA, 199 N. Main St. Proceeds aid in providing supportive care for terminally iII cancer and AIDS patients and children's camperships.

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CABLE TV AWARDS: Sister Mary Dumond, CP, a teacher at St. Anne's School, Fall River, and SS. Peter and Paul School, Fall River, principal Kathleen Burt were named regional winners of a Cable in the Classroom lnnovation Award, given by Greater Fall River Cable TV in recognition of creative use of educational cable programming in the classroom. Each school received five TV / VCR sets with mobile rarts and winning teachers each received a 35mm camera. In top photo, St. Anne's student Leah Viera congratulates Sister Dumond (second left). Also standing are Janice Rogers, Greater Fall River Cable TV general manager; Sister Michaelinda Plante, RS M, associate superintendent of diocesan schools; and St. Anne's principal Irene Fortin. Sister Dumond used Discovery Channel programs for the classroom project "Water of Life," studying water, matter and the environment. At SS. Peter and Paul School, Ms. Burt accepts her award from, Greater Fall River Cable's Tom O'Grady, Ms. Rogers and Tim Kelley as Jim Phillips films the scene. Using CNN programming, Ms. Burt created the club SPEAK (St. Pete's Environmentally Aware Kids), which covered such topics as water and' energy conservation, alternative energy resources and recycling.