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Friday, June 14, 1991

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CCA ends 50th year at alltime high total Bishop Daniel A. Cronin an~ nounced today that the 1991 Catholic Charities Appeal has concluded its 50th year with the largest sum yet realized by the fund drive: a total of $2,291,186.30.

Appeal proceeds are distributed throughout the year to diocesan agencies, enabling them to continue providing a wide variety of pastoral, educational and social services to residents of SoutheastBISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin views the final Catholic ern Massachusetts.

The bishop's statement follows: Charities Appeal report compiled by Appeal director Father "The final results published in Daniel L. Freitas. (Hickey photo) this week's Anchor show once again , a successful Catholic Charities Ap"The 1991 Catholic Charities nonetheless is most welcome. The peal in our beloved diocese of Fall River. The 1991 Appeal manifests Appeal realized a gain of$73,042.46 parishes once again have brought clearly the hard work and generos- over last year's Appeal. This repre- about the major proportion of the ity of so many of the clergy, relig- sents a 3.3% rise which, although it contributions of the Appeal and • is less than what we had hoped for, ious and laity of our diocese.

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Singing priests, kids. rated standing 0 Story and photos

by Marcie Hickey What has just the right measure of music, humor, antics' and fun?

Okay, besides "Late Night with David Letterman"?

Think sacred and secular music, show tunes, instrumental and vocal solos, comedy and church hymns, all on the same stage and presented by performers in Roman collars and children in Catholic school uniforms.

They may not have hit the big time yet, but Priests for Life have a loyal following - enough to fill to capacity the 850-seat auditorium of Fall River's Bishop Connolly High School May 24, even after a five-year hiatus since their last performance.

The concert benefited Birthright, an organization which assists women with unplanned pregnancies in choosing alternatives to abortion.

Organized by Janet Barbelle, regional Birthright consultant for Massachusetts, and directed by Father Stephen Fernandes, head of the diocesan Pro-Life Apostolate, the c,oncert featured the talents of nine diocesan priests, two seminarians and the St. Anthony's School Choir of New Bedford. Steven Massoud of St. James parish, New Bedford, was accompanist.

Final rites for Bishop Gerrard

By Pat McGowan

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AT PRIESTS for Life Concert: students from St. Anthony's School, New Bedford·, rehearse their numbers before the show; as Benjamin Franklin, Father Stephen Fernandes, center, debates with Thomas Jefferson (seminarian Edward Peck) and John Adams (Father Jon-Paul Gallant) the merits of making the turkey the national bird in "The Egg" from the musical 1776; and Father Clement Dufour demonstrates he wears many hats during a solo act.

The evening's entertainment included renditions by the priests of traditional hymns, some in Latin, intermixed with secular songs and selections appropriated from the scores of musicals.

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A sun-drenched St. Mary's Cathedral was the setting for the June 7 Mass of Christian Burial for Bishop James Joseph Gerrard.

Cardinal Bernard F. Law, archbishop of Boston, spoke and gave the final commendation and Bishop Daniel A. Cronin of Fall River was principal celebrant and homilist.

Ten other New England bishops, well over 100 priests and deacons

and hundreds ofthe faithful, many of them former parishioners of the slight, unassuming auxiliary bishop, crowded the cathedral for the liturgy.

Bishop Gerrard died June 3, six days before his 94th birthday. A priest for 68 years and a bishop since 1959, he was the first New England bishop appointed by Pope John XXIII and, as Bishop Cronin pointed out in his homily, "the last bishop who could recall, as a young boy, when the saintly Pope Pius X

established the diocese of Fall River in 1904. (The complete text of the homily appears on pages 8 and 9.)

Preceding last Friday's Mass, the Evening Prayer for the Dead took place Thursday in the cathedral, where Bishop Gerrard's body lay in state, with a large silver bowl of red roses at the foot of his coffin, and an honor guard from Bishop Stang Assembly of the Turn to Page Nine

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PATTERNS: Iron fence, white-robed priests and the shadows of St. Mary's Cathedral create rhythmic patterns as procession enters cathedral for funeral Mass of Bishop James J. Gerrard. Other pictures pages 8-9. (Hickey photo)

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49.252.00 36.855.50 33,383.00 31,610.00 29.160.00

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

83,403.00 67,107.00 44,155.00 42,786.20 40,829.50

FALL RIVER AREA Holy Name Our Lady of Fatima, Swansea SI. Thomas More. Somerset SI. John of God, Somerset 51. Stanislaus

50.205.00 30.374.00 25.207.00 24,495.00 23.536.00

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

43.342.25 36,515.90 33,173.00 27.156.00 25,182.50

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24,495.00 14,923.00 42,786.20 31,267.00 29.658.00 5.150.00 36.034.00 67.107.00 30.843.00 15,147.50 29.137.50 7,600.00 27,845.00 20,712.00, 26,400.00 10,149.00 44.155.00 83,403.00 8.095.00 6.335.00 40.829.50 10,297.50

13.847.00 4,711.00 15,991.00 3,505.00 50,205.00 15,916.50

Our Lady of the Angels Our Lady of Health Holy Rosary Immaculate Conception Sacred Heart SI. Anne SI. Anthony of Padua SI. Elizabeth SI. Jean Baptiste 51. Joseph SI. Louis SI. Michael SI. Patrick SS. Peter & Paul SI. Stanislaus SI. William Santo Christo Assonet-SI. Bernard North Westport-O.L. of Grace Somerset SI. John of God SI. PatriCk SI. Thomas More Swansea Our Lady of Fatima SI. Dominic SI. Louis de France SI. Michael . Westport-SI. John the Baptist NEW BEDFORD AREA New Bedford Holy Name Assumption Immaculate Conception MI. Carmel Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Perpetual Help Sacred Heart SI. Anne SI. Anthony Padua SI. Casimir SI. Francis of Assisi SI. Hedwig

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19.555.50 4.599.00 36,515.90 43.342.25 9,477.00 7.013.00 6,438.50 4.069.00 7.237.37 4,643.00 7.050.00 2,815.00

SI. James SI. John the Baptist 路SI. Joseph SI. Kilian SI. Lawrence SI. Mary SI. Theresa AcushnetSI. Francis Xavier East FreetownSI. John Neumann FairhavenSI. Joseph SI. Mary Marion-SI. Rita MattapoisettSI. Anthony North Dartmouth51. Julie Billiart South DartmouthSI. Mary WarehamSI. PatriCk Westport-SI. George TAUNTON AREA Taunton Holy Family Holy Rosary Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Lourdes Sacred Heart SI. Anthony SI. Jacques SI. Joseph SI. Mary SI. Paul Dighton-SI. Peter North DightonSI. Joseph North EastonImmaculate Conception Raynham-51. Ann South Easton-Holy Cross

12.847.50 18.058.00 11.522.60 3.662.44 19,702.00 25.182.50 11,474.00 12.210.00 .

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In Poland, pope pushes, guidelines for new Eastern democracy WARSAW, Poland (CNS) Pope John Paul II gave his fellow Poles and citizens of the other post-communist countries of Europe guidelines for building democracy during his June 1-9 trip to his homeland.

The "Slavic pope," as he called himself, took some of the credit for tumbling the walls of communism and warned that the newfound'freedoms would not endure unless they were built on ethical values. The pope showed himself to be a concerned pastor, a patient teacher, a proud Pole and a fiery preacher as he called for the values of "solidarity" to be guaranteed in the new democratic constitutions.

He endorsed a separation of church and state that would respect the autonomy of both while fostering cooperation. He defended the right to life of the unborn and blasted liberal abortion laws on both sides of the old Iron Curtain.

He told Poles they deserved a European standard of economic well-being, but did not need "the European style of consumption."

He preached personal morality based on the Ten Commandments and said it is the only way to guarantee healthy families, communities and nations.

He condemned extreme nationalism, ethnic tensions, anti-Semitism and intolerance, calling them "glaring anachronisms" and a violation of God's commandment to love one another.

The crowds were smaller than during his 1987 visit, when Poland was still under communist rule.

Polls conducted just before the papal trip said the church's influence is slipping, especially in the wake of debate over constitutional

church-state separation and a proposed law to ban abortion. Abortion has been legal in Poland since 1956.

But the pope didn't seem overly concerned about the apparent slide in popularity, even in his homeland, which is 95 percent Catholic. In fact, he told the Polish bishops to "expect criticism and, perhaps, even something worse."

He was having a good time in his newly free homeland and showed no hurry to get on the plane back to the Vatican. The farewell ceremony, scheduled to. last 20 minutes, approached an hour as the pope embraced President Lech Walesa, his wife,

Danuta, and each ofthe more than \00 Polish bishops lined up on the tarmac to say goodbye.

He then worked the crowd, kissing babies and toddlers that the security guards lifted over the barricades. He seemed disappointed when he got to the end, so he kissed the Walesas again. With energy to spare, he walked the length of the plane as it rolled toward the runway, greeting the crew, Vatican employees and journalists.

He asked if he was satisfied with the trip. '" would say so," he answered. 'n a meeting with cultural leaders the evening before, he departed

THE POPE talks to a patient in a pediatric hospital in Olsztyn, Poland, during his June 1-9 trip to his homeland. (eNS/ Reuters photo)

from his prepared text to tell them that he feared 'he might return to Poland to find "a tomb," but instead, '" found the resurrection."

On many occasions the pope has credited the Solidarity labor union and Poles in general with knocking over the first domino of communism in Central and Eastern Europe.

But he reminded Poles that democracy carries responsibilities and that a market economy is not a license for self-centered moneygrabbing and ignoring the poor. '" love my nation," he said. '" was not indifferent to its sufferings, the limitations on its sovereignty and the oppression it endured. Now, , am not indifferent to this new test of freedom before which we all stand."

His homecoming also was a celebration of communism's fall throughout the region and, in some ways, was a dress rehearsal for a papal trip to the Soviet Union which Vatican officials said could take place as early as next year.

The pope held separate meetings with ethnic Ukrainians and ethnic Lithuanians living in Poland. And tens of thousands of Ukrainians, Lithuanians and Byelorussians crossed the Soviet border to participate in those and other papal events. 'n Lomza June 5 the pope told the Lithuanians, who are trying to gain independence from the Soviet Union,. that every nation has a right to self-determination.

After reading part of his speech in Lithuanian, he also told them, '" must learn more Lithuanian before , come to visit you. It's good I had a start in Lomza."

In his farewell address, he put the finishing touches on his be-

yond-Poland perspective: "The nations of our continent now have the opportunity of building a common house in which reconciled and friendly nations live, conscious of their responsibility for the world at the turn of the millennium."

Family right upheld NEW YORK (eNS) - The right of families to decide about the care of hopelessly ill patients who cannot make decisions for themselves was defended at a New York seminar by the New Jersey attorney who won the 1976 Quinlan decision. Patient care decisions were made privately until recent times because most people died at home, said Paul W. Armstrong.

But he said the pattern of more people spending their last days in institutions and, especially in the United States, the specter of physician liability have brought court battles, the "bureaucrat at the bedside" and publicity in the mass media about the private decisions of individuals.

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Church reaction mixed to "mother of parades" NEW YORK (CNS) - New York Mayor David N. Dinkins' promise to hold "the mother of all parades" for the men and women returning from the Persian Gulf War drew a mixed response from Catholics.

Tons of confetti and ticker tape were showered on the troops at the June 10 "Operation Welcome Home" as they marched or rode up Broadway to the cheers of a throng of supporters estimated by police to number in the millions.

But Pax Christi, together with some other peace groups, held an alternative "service of lamentation" in Brooklyn as the parade was ,getting underway in Manhattan, and a "service of repentance" that evening in Manhattan.

Bishop Thomas V. Daily of Brooklyn, who was in Rome for a meeting of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, refused to let the "service of lamentation" be held in his cathedral, St. James.

He wrote Mercy Sister Camille D'Arienzo, a leader in arranging the service, "It is my prudential judgment that we can find more suitable 'teaching moments' in which to prayerfully reflect on and

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shape our vision of war as truly a human tragedy."

But Auxiliary Bishop Rene A. Valero of Brooklyn participated in the service, saying, "I really couldn't be any place else but here."

"I cast my vote for those who will lament the sufferings of children, the men and women who died in battle, the innocent victims of bombings, the families shattered, the hate that is solidified," he said.

In an opening statement, one of the principal organizers, Father Edward F. Doherty, a high school teacher, said the alternative service was not held to disparage the homecoming parade, but to "focus on the victims" of the war. "We cannot celebrate," he said. "We can only mourn."

Participants, who numbered about 150, held an alternative walk in the late afternoon up the Broadway route of the ticker tape parade, then went to the Catholic chapel of New York University for a "service of repentance," arranged by area Pax Christi chapters.

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OFFICIAL Pastoral Assignments Rev. James A. Calnan from Parochial Vicar at Corpus Christi Parish in Sandwich to Parochial Vicar at Holy Name Parish in Fall River.

Rev. Raymond Cambra from Parochial Vicar at Santo Christo Parish in Fall River to Parochial Vicar at St. Pius the Tenth Parish in South Yarmouth.

Rev. Robert T. Canuel from Parochial Vicar at Notre Dame Parish in Fall River to Parochial Vicar at St. Anne's Parish in Fall River.

Rev. Richard E. Degagne from Parochial Vicar at St. Anthony's Parish in New Bedford to Parochial Vicar at Notre Dame Parish in Fall River.

Rev. Stephen A. Fernandes from Parochial Vicar at St. James Parish in New Bedford to Parochial Vicar at Christ the King Parish in Mashpee.

Rev. Thomas A. Frechette from Parochial Vicar at Holy Name Parish in Fall River to Parochial Vicar at Holy Trinity Parish in West Harwich.

Rev. Daniel W. Lacroix from Parochial Vicar at Holy Redeemer Parish in Chatham to Parochial Vicar at St. Patrick's Parish in Wareham.

Rev. Raul Lagoa from Hospital Ministry at Morton Hospital in Taunton to Parochial Vicar at St. Michael's Parish in Fall River. ~ev. David J. Landry from Parochial Vicar at St. Anne's Parish in Fall River to Hospital Ministry at Morton Hospital in Taunton with residence at St. Mary's Rectory in Taunton.

Rev. John J. Oliveira from Parochial Vicar at St. Michael's Parish in Fall River to Parochial Vicar at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Fall River with parttime responsibility for Pastoral Ministry at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River.

Rev. John A. Raposo from Parochial Vicar at St. Anthony's Parish in Taunton to Parochial Vicar at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in New Bedford.

Rev. Jose M. Sousa from Vice Chancellor and Technical Assistant at Our Lady of Health Parish in Fall River to Parochial Vicar at St. Anthony's Parish in Taunton with parttime responsibility at the Chancery Office.

Rev. Joseph Viveiros from Hospital Ministry at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River to Parochial Vicar at Santo Christo Parish in Fall River.

Effective July 3, 1991 Rev. Bruce W. Cwiekowski from Hospital Ministry at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford to Sabbatical Leave for one year in the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon for work in AIDS ministry.

Rev. Francis J. McManus, S.J. to Chaplain at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford with residence and fa'culties of a Technical Assistant at Saint James Parish in New Bedford.

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River native Brother Robert A. Francoeur, FIC, is celebrating his golden jubilee year in education, having taught at the elementary, secondary, college and university levels.

He began his career as a third grade teacher in Montreal, Quebec, and has taught at schools directed by his order, which he joined 53 years ago.

He has also'taught at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Akron, 0., where he obtained a law degree. He is now a full time professor of philosophy and business at Walsh College, North Canton, O. One of Walsh's seven founding faculty members-administrators, he is the only one remaining active on the college campus. (Kutz photo)

Special ministers to be installed Following instructional sessions conducted earlier this month, special ministers of the Eucharist to serve in diocesan parishes will be installed at ceremonies to be held at 7:30 p.m. at the following dates and locations: Tuesday, June 18: St. Pius X Church, South Yarmouth Tuesday, June 25: St. John Evangelist Church, Attleboro Thursday, June 27: St. Thomas More Church, Somerset.

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the moorins..-, Educational Warnings As thousands of Americans graduate from our colleges and universities, fewer are entering the job market, not just because of the current state of the economy, but because more and more are entering graduate studies.

Employers' expectations of advanced degrees, together with the rapid increase of specialization, have forced students into extending their educations. Considering the soaring costs of colleges and universities, one sees a very dangerous trend.

Education is becoming a "class" issue.

For millions, a college education has been the means of moving up the social ladder. For immigrants, a degree has been a powerful means of overcoming much of the prejudice they experience in their attempts to build new lives. Advanced degrees, especially doctorates, have virtually guaranteed successful careers.

Well, such wonderful opportunities are diminishing as it becomes more and more difficult for middle and lower middleincome students to attend any college, never mind the so-called Ivy League schools which still open the door to success.

On all levels, the cost of education is climbing out of sight. A growing number of qualified high school students simply can't afford the basic $20,000 annual tab at most private schools and to make things worse, financial aid sources are drying up. The next choice is the prestigious public schools; and the demand on them is forcing other smart students into second and thirdtier state schools. And the spiral continues downward.

Much of the problem is the fault of a federal government that refuses to assist in the ed ucation of its citizens. Like all the nations of Western Europe, our government should promote educational equality. Its limited interest in this vital issue is yet another proof that unrestrained capitalism is as ineffective and useless as communism.

Indeed, commercialism is fast becoming the sole standard of our secular society, certainly ruling on all levels of government policy. The defense industry is a horrible example of this: it has taken over our government to such an extent that we support weapons, not education, bombs, not brains. What a terrible indictment.

The current recession has made matters worse for moderate income families, thus stude~ts are increasingly seeking loans from, of all places, banks, many of which are themselves in trouble. They are therefore often refusing to grant student . loans, especially for postgraduate studies.

In addition, cash shortfalls have forced many public universities to curtail enrollment while increasing tuition and fees. At the same time, stude'nts can't wQrk their way through school, especially in these days of job shortages.

All in all, the situation is like a tidal wave threatening to destroy the American ideal of equal opportunity. The rich can still buy their way through colleges and universities. The less affluent are being thrown away.

The current situation of education is flashing a warning light that we are in greater trouble than we thought. If we are truly to support civil rights, we' must reach beyond the barriers of bigotry and bias. The failure of our federal government to adequately fund higher education restricts our liberties as Americans.

We should support efforts to ensure that this land of the free and home of the brave is also a place where education is regarded as the foremost means of guaranteeing the rights enumerated in our Constitution.

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Religion in TV scripts?

WASHINGTON (CNS) More than 90 percent of Americans embrace a religion, according to a recent survey by the City University of New York.

You'd never know it from watching television.

If aliens are studying American life via television transmissions, they have little idea that men and women go to church, pray or seek counsel from clergy.

Perhaps TV writers shy away from the topic because of fear that by citing one group, they'll offend another. But would they?

It's doubtful a Catholic viewer would mind watching a Jewish adolescent prepare for bar mitzvah.

Nor one suspects, would a Jewish family be put off by seeing a Catholic panicking over having to read the Scriptures at Mass.

There's more of a connection between religion and drama than creative artists might realize. Both deal with how we face and overcome crises.

One wonders what would happen if the great educator that is television were to present religion as part of everyday life.

Look at what the tube has done for other aspects of life, such as mental health. It's given informa-

tion and formed wholesome attitudes, almost painlessly and often with soul-touching dramas.

The NBC series "L.A. Law," for example, with just a couple episodes, taught millions of Americans about Tourette's syndrome.

And for two years ABC's "Life Goes On" has exposed America to an up-close look at Down's syndrome.

If TV writers wanted to, they might acknowledge religion's existence in many ways.

They could build programs around religious themes. For example, a legal show might do stories about people who for religious reasons choose not to sue people who have accidentally injured them. .

TV writers also could make regular references to religion in sitcoms, thereby treating religion as the part of everyday life that it is.

Whether or not to have a child baptized is a question a TV sitcom family might address.

It's possible to show religion on screen without making fun of it or promoting a specific ideology. It might be portrayed as offering comfort to people, for example.

Millions find comfort in the belief that there is a Supreme Being who loves them, walks with

them and understands them. Surely there are ways to acknowledge this belief: in casual remarks, in a character's pausing for a moment's prayer -be it a 路plea for guidance, a desperate cry for help, or an exultation of gratitude.

Religious figures also are a part of life. The evening news conveys shock at accounts of clergy pedophiles precisely because such figures betray what most people feel - that clerics are people you trust and to whom you turn.

It might be more true-to-life to see clerics as more than persons who make you feel guilty for sinning. ("Pardon my French, Father.") Clerics als9 could be seen in their other roles, such as social workers, counselors and community leaders.

Some heartwarming discussions in families have touched on personal moral codes. A parent explaining about heaven might hold script potential. So does teaching such truths as God loves you no matter what you do.

God also is the figure mothers and fathers turn to when they try to decide how to guide their young or when adults are called on to counsel a friend.

Television could do worse than talk about God.

Father Columba to mark jubilee

From' minuteto gigantic Ezekiel 17:22-24; II Corinthians 5:6-10; Mark 4:26-34 The famous theologian Karl Rahner maintained that the world's major problem is that there are too many Christians! If we grow to more than 20% of any population, he contended, we no longer can bring about the reforms Jesus thought essential. Once Christians become "socially acceptable" we start to water down the basic teachings of our faith. More people might profess faith in Jesus, but the faith to which they adhere is not the same faith to which the Lord adhered ...and passed on to his disciples.

Many contemporary theologians agree with Rahner. These scholars view Christian history as a sad, continual "accommodation." Through the centuries we have often modified our beliefs, fitting them into specific cultures and power structures. We no longer have to worry about hatred or persecution. Instead of being in conflict with the status quo, our diluted faith strengthens it. We . still call ourselves Christians. But Jesus, the Christ, would never recognize us if our actions were the only criteria considered. Rarely do we do anything different from others in our culture.

The Sacred Authors are allies of these theologians. For instance, today's three author~, writing as long as 2,500 years ago, realize that any human who gives himself or herself over to God has to live in some conflict with his or her civilization. They warn their readers not to judge success by counting the numbers of people who agree with them.

Ezekiel, prophesying dur.ng the Babylonian Exile, knows that one of the main causes of this political disaster was the Chosen People's desire to be like everyone else.

Instead of relying on Yahweh, they began to find their security in arms and treaties. They were more concerned with what others thought than with what the Lord commanded.

Those others no longer matter now. Before he brings his people back to the Promised Land, Yahweh proclaims, "I will take from the crest of the cedar, from its topmost branches tear off a tender shoot, and plant it on a high and

By FATHER ROGER KARBAN lofty mountain; on the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it. It shall put forth branches and bear fruit. .... Only a "tender shoot" will survive the ordeal. This small, faithful remnant will become the foundation for future growth.

Mark seems to be following the same principle in his seed parables.

We must be careful not to put concepts into Jesus' stories which originally were not there. The Lord narrates such anecdotes because of their contrast. He shows how something minute can, with proper care and conditions, become gigantic. Primarily these stories were intended to give confidence to early disciples worrying about the presence of God's kingdom. Faith revealed the Lord work:ing in their daily lives. But in the beginning these occurrences seemed small, insignificant incidents.

Certainly nothing on which to build a lifetime commitment to God. Jesus' message is clear. "Try it!

The more you use your faith to discover God's reign, the more his reign will affect your lives. It will develop from small beginnings into the greatest force in your being." The object is faith growth, not numencal growth.

Paul recegnizes that the reason we so desperately need faith is because the Lord continually calls

Franciscan Father Columba Murphy, who has been stationed for the past decade at Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford, will celebrate his 50th anniversary of ordination at 9: 15 a.m. Mass Sunday at the chapel.

Father Columba was ordained June 9, 1941, at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC, by Bishop James Corrigan, then rector of the Catholic University of America.

He is a member of the Holy Name province of the Order of Friars Minor.

Before coming to New Bedford, he served as a college and university professor, a missionary in North and South Carolina and a hospital chaplain. us to go beyond our human instincts. "We know," he writes, "that while we dwell in the body we are away from the Lord. We walk by faith, not by sight...This being so, we make it our aim to please him whether we are with him or away from him."

God calls us to be different. Yet our calling takes place in conditions and environments which relentlessly pull us away from that vocation. As long as we stay in this body our values must continue to be shaped by the faith Jesus developed. What merit would there be in converting the whole world to Jesus, but losing his faith in the process?

98:1-4; Mt 5:38-42 June '1'8: 2 Cor 8:1-9; Ps 146:2,5-9; Mt '5:43-48 June 19: 2 Cor 9:6-11; Ps 112:1-4,9; Mt 6:1-6,16-18 June 20: 2 Cor 11:1-11; Ps 111:1-4,7-8; Mt 6:7-15 June 21: 2 Cor 11:18,2130; Ps 34:2-7; Mt 6:19-23 June 22: 2 Cor 12:1-10; Ps 34:8-13; Mt 6:24-34 June 23: Jb 38:1,8-11; Ps 107:23-26,28-31; 2 Cor 5:14-17; Mk 4:35-41

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Dear Dr. Kenny: I teach preschool and first-grade religion classes. I love the little children, but am not quite sure how to teach them. I know they like to hear stories about Jesus and the saints.

What else? How can I know which texts are best? - Louisiana Dorothy Day, as quoted by

Trust children's sense of th'e spiritual Robert Coles (The Spiritual Life o/Children. Houghton Miflin, 1990), reminded us to listen to children and teach them in ther own style: "Jesus kept on telling us we should try to be like children - be more open to life, curious about it, trusting of it; and be less cynical and skeptical and full of ourselves, as路 we so often are when we get older."

Miss Day said she remembered "all the wondering I did, all the questions I had about life and God and the purpose of things, and even now, when I'm praying, or trying to keep my spiritual side going, and before I know it, I'm a little girl."

Coles goes on in his book to ask children to be his teachers. He

laments that too many adults teach children without listening to them, try to provide answers without first hearing their questions.

He laments how far the churches have to go to be worthy of their children.

Developmentally, the children you teach are at a stage of awe and wonder. They are curious about the unknown. They love a mystery. And they have imaginations that can literally take them out of this world.

We need to trust a child's sense ofthe spiritual world as they begin to ask the big questions. "Who am I?" "When I grow up, willi still be me?" "How do I get here?" "What am I supposed to do?"

This is not a time to indoctrinate

children. Rather, a good teacher will experience the searching, the confusion, the excitement and the adventure with her children.

Children do this well, and sometimes we adults spoil it by providing "answers" too early.

The style that you suggest in your letter sounds very appropriate for teaching young children.

Choose a text that makes you comfortable and supports your style.

I remember teaching first-grade religion and playing a game called "Let's Pretend." I asked the children to shut their eyes, put their heads down on their desks, and visualize a scene.

One time we imagined coming down a hill into a small village, past a well where a woman was

gathering water, up the other side to a home cut into the hill, with a door better made than most (the father was a carpenter).

The children were asked'to imagine themselves knocking on the door. A beautiful lady answered and said, "Hello, won't you come in?" And the children asked Mary, "Can I play with Jesus?" At that point I was quiet, asking the children to use their imaginations.

Later, every child had a marvelous story to tell. AIl involved being in Jesus' presence. Some verged on mystical prayer. My favorite was a young boy who told us, "Jesus and I played checkers."

"How did you do?" I asked.

"He beat me two out of three,'" the boy replied seriously, "But you see, he's God."

"My father always used to say ..."

By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

I always liked the fact that Father's Day falls in June. My father's birthday was June I and I liked to believe the month had been selected in his honor.

He left this world five-and-ahalf years ago and I still have a hard time saying he is dead.

Just about every day I find

myself repeating, "As my father used to say ..." For what he taught me had such a deep impact on my beliefs and values.

He had a great reverence for learning, perhaps because he himself, with his brilliant mind, had only gone through third grade. He was born in southern Italy in poverty, and by age 13 left home to make his way through Italy and France to America. I still can't imagine how he did this in 1915, when Europe was at war. It took him three years, but he made it.

He used to say, "They can take away everything, but they' can't

take away your education." He was careful to make sure I understood the difference between book learning and education. In Italian .two words spell out the difference: istruito means book learning and educato means gentleman or gentlewoman. I was to be educato, he said - knowledgeable, always kind, considerate, respectful, mature.

I was to strive for health in body, mind and soul. All we need, he would tell me, is a place to live, good food to eat, decent work to do, concern for others, a clear conscience and a loving family. If we had that, we had all one needed to be happy.

I have become convinced as I've grown older that the blessed people of this world are the ones who have had healthy, loving fathers. It has become a kind of habit of mine when I get to know people I consider well balanced to ask what kind of a father they have. Without exception, it turns out that they had a father who left them a great legacy of self-esteem and values.

And always they respond to my question by starting, "My father always used to say ..."

A professional harpist once told me her father always said, "As a man thinketh, so he is. What your

mind conceives, you can achieve.

The first step is always in your head. And never forget, as you sow, so shall you reap."

His emphasis on thinking positively helped her get to th~ top of her profession and later overcome the tragedy of losing her husband and mother, both within a short time.

I have read that it is the father who is essential in communicating self-esteem in daughters.

For sons he is the essential role model, communicating what manliness is. I am convinced that is true, and lucky are we who had such fathers.

Best Supporting Father and oth'er路 winning dads' By DOLORES CURRAN

"I was lucky in life. I had the father every boy wants," one, man told me. "He was interested in me and my activities, took time for me, and supported me emotionally all my life."

The pain crossed his face. "Why didn't I ever tell him how much I

By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN

Q. I have been dating a Catholic for more than two years. We plan to be married soon. I have been a Presbyterian, but want to join the Catholic Church.

I feel that religion is important in a family, and that ifat all possible the husband and wife and children should go to church together.

The problem is that my fiance wants to have a Mass at our marriage ceremony. Do I have to be Catholic before we can be married at Mass? How long would it take for me to become Catholic? (Illinois)

loved him? I just couldn't, even when he was dying. I'll regret that my whole life." h's always sad when it's too late to tell our loved ones how much they mean to us. In this Father's Day column, I want to issue some awards. Perhaps readers might want to clip them and send them to their dads.

Best Supporting Actor: To the dad who's always there when we need him and even when we don't.

Support to him is more than house payments, braces, and tuitions; it's being there when we're feeling down, needy, failing. He doesn't give unwanted advice but listens

and lets us know we are worthwhile and loved in spite of our setbacks and doubts.

Best Director of an Original Production: To the dad who prizes our individuality and uniqueness, even if we're different from him and the rest of our siblings. He lets us know in dozens of little ways that we're acceptable just the way we are and that we don't have to change to win his love or approval.

Best Director of a Liglit Subject: To the dad who enjoys life, humor, and play. He can lighten up and be silly. He knows that humor is often the best way to deal with conflict and disappointment

and he isn't afraid to laugh at himself. When the family is down, he's the one who starts a pillow fight.

He believes it's never too late for a happy childhood.

Best Spiritual Director: To the dad who isn't embarrassed to pray aloud, talk about God, or share his own faith doubts and beliefs. He doesn't feel less manly for being spiritual. He doesn't force his beliefs on others but models them.

Best Coproducer: To the dad who knows that fathering means more than siring. He takes an active role in household responsibilities and caring for the children.

You're apt to find him reading to a

toddler, teaching the five year-old how to tie his shoes, and cooking dinner. He never says he's babysitting but, rather, "spending time with my children."

Best All-Around Actor: To the man who can fix anything: toys, check-books, broken hearts; take Jon any difficult role: confessor, coach, mother, doctor, auto mechanic, teacher, accountant, advocate, transporter, protector, shoulder-bearer" nurse, disciplinarian, and recreation director.

Often he does several of these at the same time, without stopping to study his lines. He's just the best, all around.

Conditions for Mass at interfaith wedding A. Many couples looking forward to marriage find themselves in much the same situation. Some insights and information I can give, some you will need to discuss with your local parish priest.

It is possible for an interfaith wedding ceremony to include the celebration of Mass, under two conditions. The non-Catholic' partner must be a baptized Christian, and both partners, not only the Catholic, must desire and freely request that their marriage be celebrated during Mass (Rite of Marriage, Introduction, 8).

The reason for the first is that normally only another Christian would understand and believe in the religious significance of the Lord's Supper, and therefore be to some degree aware of what our celebration of the Eucharist is all about and how it would relate spiritually to the commitments being made by the couple.

The second condition acknow-

ledges that the entire marriage ceremony should be relevant and spiritually expressive to both persons; ~ne of them should not be in the position of saying to the other: If you want a Mass, go ahead, but it doesn't mean anything to me. , This same condition recognizes other considerations when deciding whether to have a marriage during Mass. The legitimate sensibilities of the non-Catholic's family must be carefully weighed, for example.

Neither the non-Catholic partner nor others present who are not of our faith would be able to receive Communion, a separation during the marriage rite that could be hurtful and embarrassing to the Catholic and non-Catholic fami~ lies alike.

If your plans have not progressed too far already, I hope you will investigate the possibility of entering the Catholic faith before your marriage. You would be able

emotionally and spiritually to share so much more in your preparations and in the wedding ceremony itself.

To learn how much time might be required to become Catholic,

you need to sit down and talk with a priest or other parish staff person. Much might depend on the religious background and Christian commitments which are already part of your life.

Encyclical not pro-capitalism, he says NEW YORK (CNS) - Jesuit Father and theologian David Hollenbach says neoconserVatives and libertarians who claim that Pope John Paul II's new encyclical on capitalism supports their positions "couldn't be more wrong."

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Final catechism draft expected v ATICAN, CITY (CNS) - catechism will list "essential and Catholic officials preparing a uni- fundamental contents of Catholic versal catechism expect to have a 'faith and morals [and will be] a final draft ready for Pope John point of reference for development Paul II's approval in October, with of future diocesan and national publication planned in 1992. The catechisms."

shoulder the responsibility of upholding the principles of the Catholic faith' in health care.

I honestly believe this diocese needs a Catholic hospital. Healing and ministry to the sick are firmly rooted in the tradition of our Church, as far back as the miracles of healing which Jesus himself perNotice: Weare happy to receive letters for the Mail formed for the people of his time.

Packet hut in fldrness to all correspondents we have estab- Medical technology certainly has ~d 'the'policy tbat one person's letters will be used more the capacity to perform great good for mankind. With the guidance of than once :.every two months. Editor Catholic principles, however, the potential benefit is greatly enmuch .; ~ " •• world - and religion hanced.

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Healing is not a strictly physical The gender feminists have launched Deaf'l~dlti)r: a ferocious campaign against the phenomenon. There is also a spir'Father K'evin Harrington skill- family and society itself: THEY itual aspect. The pastoral care fully. exposes the erroneous rea- label matrimony as "legalized pros- offered by the priests, nuns, and sonini of Paul Cellucci and the titution." Gender feminists postu- laypeople of St. Anne's enriches pro-choice mentality which de- late the thesis that a married the recuperative experience by lights in. labeling the Church as woman cannot "consent" to an act addressing both body and soul. As "intolerant" (Anchor, May 19), of conjugal intimacy in an op- a Catholic institution, St. Anne's yet 'frequently Itlouths such inan- pressed society; they asseverate is devoted to the protection and ities as that any religious institu- that eV~.IJl~tQfsexualintimacy in_ . sanctity of hum~Ji[~ons.~ tion-that-presumptuously -speaU aheterosexual union at best ex- q-uentlyTfisthe only hospital in the out against the "created" constitu- ploits and at worst rapes women.

Southeastern Massachusetts area The argument for inclusive lan- that does not perform abortions. tional right of abortion is somehow violating the spirit of toler- guage in speech and even thought As Catholics we must all recogance and openness apparently end- patterns is primarily the proven- nize that abortion is one of the emic to only the supporters of ance of this group; all art, phQto- cruelest crimes against humanity. abortion. Unfortunately, Father graphy or speech deemed offen- By supporting the hospital, we are Harrington succumbs t~ t~e ten- sive to radical feminist sensibilities making the statement that we will dency - all too pervasive m our must be proscribed; any tradition- not condone such a crime. I myself time - of conceding too much al notions of masculine and femi- came to St. Anne's eight years ago, nine identity, status, sexuality and because abortions were being perground to the opposition.

I refer to the following passage: even biological difference are to be formed in the hospital where I "It is sadly true, of course, that we washed away in a sea of gender used to practice. I consider St. tolerated slavery, imperialism, restructuring.

Anne's to be a haven where I can While the incidental use of the practice medicine and stay within racial prejudice and sexism for far too long...." While I heartily con- incongruous term "sexism" may the moral boundaries of my faith. cur in the first and third categories strike many as primarily innocuSt. Anne's needs your help. Its (with the second lying a bit outside ous, its "code word" meanings are very survival as a Catholic health my realm), it is the term "sexism" all too apparent to the adherents that is most problematic. of the movement as well as to a care institution depends upon the The chief problem with this society that rushes to embrace pro- backing of the Catholics of this term is that unlike racism where liferating categories of victimiza- diocese. What I mean by backing distinctions in employment, oppor- tion (except of course where the is simply the act of choosing St. Anne's whenever hospital care is tunity. association, ability and unborn are concerned). humanity b!\'SC,d o,n'the c,?lo.! of, .

Gender feminiSm Iuls developed necessary. I'm asking everyone to '! one's skin bell( only Illogical con- its own "theology'" of divisiveness pleasereqllestof their physicians' tinuities to the human person, sex- and confrontation that encom- that any hospital procedure be ism presupposes that all logical passes legal analysis, social com-. performed at St. Anne's. It is the distinctions based on the sexes be mentary,linguistic concepts, liter- right of any patient to enter the rendered similarly eradicable. ary criticism and a religious ad- health care institution of his or her choice.

Philosopher Christina Som- vocacy of goddesses. .

I would also like to ask the pasThe Roman Catholic Church mers has brilliantly dichotomized tors of our diocese to encourage feminism into two basic classifica- should serve as an impenetrable tions; liberalalid genderfeminists. bulwark in opposition to the their parishioners to choose St. While the former are more tradi- tenets of gender feminism's malo- Anne's for their health care needs. tionally based, and have de- dorous waragainst nature, its con- The Catholic Church survives manded equality in terms of job comitant redefinition of the sexes through aid of its members workopportunity and a monetary guer- and the cult of misery it leaves in ing as a community. In the same way, St. Anne needs that sort of don, the latter feminists see the its wake. community support. The city of Peter J. Benevides Fall River alone is 70 percent Somerset Catholic. If we cannot unite as Catholics to rescue one of our own

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institutions, I feeUt is a sad reflection on our community.

If everyone just made the effort to choose St. Anne's, the hospital would be well o'n its way to financial recovery. Of course, volunteering time, and financial contributions would also help, and be greatly appreciated, but the primary need now is for support. Please consider my request carefully. In

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June 16 1915, Rev. James McDermott, Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset June 18 1935, Rev. James M. Coffey, P.R., Pastor, St. Mary, Taunton 1984, Rev. Declan Daly, SS.CC., Associate Pastor, St. Joseph; Fairhaven June 19 1916, Rev. HormisdasDeslauriers, Founder, St. Anthony, .New Bedford ".i ~ , .

June 20 1931, Rt. Rev. Msgr. James J. Coyle, P.R., LL.D., Pastor, St. Mary, Taunton.

June 21 1926, Rev. Desire V. Delemarre, Pastor, Blessed Sacrament, Fall River 1948, Rev. Francis D. Callahan, Pastor, SLPatrick;Wareham 1964, Rev. Clement Killgoar, SS.CC., St. Anthony, Mattapoisett' ' 1976, Rev: David O'Brien, Retired Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River

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Bishop Cronin's hotnily at Mass of Christian Burial for Bishop Gerrard Your Eminence, Bernard Cardinal Law, Archbishop of Boston, My brother bishops, My brother priests and deacons, My dear Religious brothers and sisters, My dear brothers and sisters, faithful laity, People of God, one and alI:

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Before suggesting one or two thoughts for our meditation on the Scriptures of today's Liturgy of the Word, I would like to express some words of thanks.

First of all, please accept, Your Eminence, this expression of gratitude on behalf of myself and the clergy, religious, and faithful of the Diocese of Fall River for your presence here, today. We are all aware of your 0Vf:lwhelmiI!&lY busyschedule. The rapidity with which you were willing to arrange everything to be with us today is greatly appreciated. These are no empty words, Your Eminence, believe me.

It is interesting to note that your predecessor, Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, as a young monsignor, served as master of ceremonies for the consecration of Bishop Gerrard, and his predecessor, Richard Cardinal Cushing, was the homilist at the same Liturgy.

To you, my brother bishops, I express my heartfelt thanb for your presence. To the priests of the other dioceses present, I say, "Thank you," but I also wish to convey a word of sincere condolence because, as you can well realize, we have lost an illustrious and elder member of our well realize, we have lost an illustrious and elder member of our priestly family. My thanks go likewise to all the deacons of the diocese.

To you, the various members of special delegations and representative groups of the religious and laity of the diocese, I express heartfelt thanks. To you, the Carmelite Sisters of the Aged and Infirm and to your staff at the Catholic Memorial Home who for so many years have attended to the needs of Bishop Gerrard, I say, "Thank you."

To you, Msgr. John J. Oliveira, I say "Thank you", not only for your part in organizing and directing today's liturgical celebration, but more importantly for the unknown hours of care and love you showed to Bishop Gerrard, particularly in these past few years.

You attended to the bishop's personal affairs, his personal needs, his mail and correspondence. The bishop looked forward to your visits. There was always a warm exchange between you both. To the many who have collaborated in making this liturgy worthy of our proper worship of the Lord in commending the soul of Bishop Gerrard to him, I say, "Thank you" indeed. Particular thanks go also to Father Travassos, rector of the Cathedral, to his assistant, to the master of ceremonies, to the choir, to the ushers, to everyone.

All three readings from Scripture today reflect the underlying theme of faith in the Lord and his Word. From faith in the Lord and the keeping of his Word come growth in the spiritual life here on earth and the expectation offuture life and resurrection.

Job cries out: I know my Vindicator lives; that is, we say, I know my Redeemer lives.

Paul clearly states: "None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself. For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die,'we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. For this is why Christ died and came to life, that he might be the Lord of both the living and the dead."

John in his writing ofthe Gospel makes it quite clear, "Amen, Amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not come to condemnation but has passed from death to life."

We are here today to celebrate the life and to commemorate the death of one who fulfilled in his vocation as Christian, priest and bishop, the messa~~(lfSCIi~!JIre wltich we have~heard in the Liturgy of the Word.

It is a simple phrase, is it not: "Amen, Amen, I say to you, whoever hears my Word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life."

We hear it often, but rarely, perhaps only on occasions such as this, does the full force of those words impress itself upon us because not only do we meditate on the message we have heard, but we have before us the example of one who understood and lived the message. James Joseph Gerrard, Christian, priest, bishop, heard the Word of the Lord and believed in him.

Now we know, with the assurance of faith, he has eternallif-e.

Bishop Gerrard would have been 94 years old this Sunday, having been born on June 9, 1897. He was ordained a priest in 1923 and consecrated a bishop in 1959. He was blessed by Almighty God with almost 94 years of Christian life, 68 years in the priesthood, and 32 years in the episcopacy.

With his death, an era in this diocese comes to an end. He was the last bishop of the diocese to have been born in the last century; the last bishop who could recall, as a young boy, when the saintly Pope Pius X established the diocese of Fall River in 1904.

He was the last bishop of our diocese who knew well Bishop Daniel Feehan, the second bishop of the diocese. Indeed, he was ordained a priest by him. He was the last bishop of the diocese who knew well Bishop James Cassidy, the third Ordinary of Fall River.

He had been an assistant to him in St. Patrick's parish in this city, and then, later, secretary and chancellor of the diocese under him.

Then, subsequently, he was vicar general and auxiliary bishop to Bishop James L. Connolly, the fourth bishop of Fall River. He was appointed auxiliary bishop to me in 1971 by Pope Paul VI, and was of invaluable assistance before and long after the Holy Father accepted his retirement in 1976.

Bishop Gerrard has lived through the life of the diocese of Fall River. and has been intimately involved in diocesan affairs under four of the five bishops of this see. Truly, then, an era comes to an end - but not without fond and loving memories and spontaneous expressions of gratitude for the life and ministry of a sincere and holy priest and bishop.

It was St. Joseph's day, March 19. 1959, when Msgr. James J. Gerrard received the fullness of

the priesthood through episcopal consecration in this cathedral.

At the luncheon which followed, the Archbishop of Boston, His Eminence Richard Cardinal Cushing, delivered an address. It was, no doubt, intended to be a formal after-dinner talk. It was, in fact, a magnificent vision of the universal church - the Catholic Church worldwide. The great cardinal was mindful of the feast day - St. Joseph's day - and he noted that St. Joseph was the patron of the universal church.

He drew a beautiful picture of the many peoples, races and cultures that go to make up the church - men and women of every background. He then said that the diocese of Fall River is the church In mlcrocosm:-Bishop Gerrard kept that address in his file. Let me quote a bit from it. It was a thrilling experience for me to read the inspiring words that conveyed so forcefully the worldwide vision of the late cardinal, whose voice I could hear ringing through the words.

"Each nation, each people, all races have their .special patrons. Today is the feast of that saint whose privileged relationship to the New Eve and Saviour of all mankind makes him patron of Christ's flock.

Each parish, each person, each priest has his particular national background, his special personal or family, heri- , t~ge to set him apart inthe.life., .of the community and the life of the church. But a great diocese, especially a typical New England and American diocese like Fall River, is a coming together of peoples and persons of every race, class and condition of men and women, all in the unity of one Lord, one faith and one baptism, but all retaining, within the symphonyofthe united whole, the special, individual characteristics by which each contributes to the many-faceted beauty of the one true Church.

The diocese of Fall River is a microcosm of the universal church, an image, I repeat, of the worldwide Catholic Church, in that here many and diverse peoples are made one in Christ and under the shepherding of the united episcopacy.

Since the consecration of a bishop forges another link in the mystic chain by which the unity in diversity ofthe Church is guaranteed, and since today's consecration takes place on the feast of the patron who ~symbolizes that unity in diversity, which is the pride and the mark of Christ's Church, I venture this morning a simple reminder of how such a divinely-appointed unity manifests itself in this so happy diocese."

Those words are 32 years old, but they launched the episcopal ministry of Bishop Gerrard. As we commemorate his life and ministry today, may the stirring message of Cardinal Cushing continue to inspire us in this diocese in the ongoing work of evangelization locally, and together with the Church worldwide.

One final reSection. Today is

the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Lord said, "Learn of me, because I am meek and humble of heart." We return to the Lord Jesus today one who learned that message. He carried out his priestly and ,episcopal ministry with a meek and humble heart, as everyone will testify. May he now enjoy the rewards of that life welllived.

May the noble soul of Bishop James Gerrard rest in peace.

Final rites Continued from Page One Knights of Columbus keeping watch.

Msgr. John J. Oliveira, dioce-mnct1ancellor anoliom.iI1st for the prayer service, recalled that the bishop was ordained on the feast of St. Joseph and that, like the saint, he was a "trustworthy guardian" of souls, fulfilling the calling of the priesthood to be "celibate yet loving, single yet never alone, caring for the concerns of people."

To Bishops Daniel F. Feehan, James E. Cassidy, James t.-Connolly and to Bishop Cronin, under all of whom he served, he gave the same "humble and gentle service" that he gave his brother priests and the people of the diocese, said Msgr. Oliveira. "He never looked for honors, never looked for praise.

He just did his work."

"Dear Bishop Gerrard," concluded the chancellor, "your work has been completed. You have served well. May you reap the reward you deserve."

Speaking briefly during the funeralliturgy on Friday, Cardinal Law, looking out over the packed cathedral, expressed his sympathy and that of hOis brother bishops to the Fall River diocese. Referring to words of the late Cardinal Richard Cushing of Boston quoted earlier by Bishop Cronin, Cardi-

nal Law said that he, like the late cardinal, saw in Fall River a microcosm ofthe universal church "and what I also see is a beautiful manifestation of your love and appreciation for a saintly bishop. ...such an outpouring oflove and devotion is a magnificent testimonial to this church."

Cardinal Law also echoed Bishop Cronin's words of gratitude to the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm. "The great way in which they show us how we are to love and care for the aged and dying is a necessary lesson indeed," he said.

Following the Mass, prayers at the bishops' crypt of the cathedral, where Bishop Gerrard was laid to rest, were led by Bishop Cronin. In attendance were the bishops present at the Mass, the deans of the Fall River diocese, a few other clergy, servers and pallbearers. The brief final rite concluded with the "Salve Regina," the Marian anthem traditionally sung at the funerals of priests and religious.

Prelates in attendanCe were retired Archbishop George Pearce, former Ordinary of Suva, Fiji; Bishops Daniel P. Reilly, Norwich, CT; Louis E. Gelineau, Providence; Leo E. O'Neil, Manchester, NH; retired Bishop Walter W. Curtis, former Ordinary of Bridgeport, CT. m-Also-Auxiliary Bishops Kenneth A. Angell, Providence; Daniel A. Hart and Alfred C. Hughes, Boston; Amedee Proulx, Portland, ME; and retired Auxiliary Bishop Lawrence J. Riley of Boston.

Altar servers at the June 6 afternoon rite of welcoming Bishop Gerrard's body to St. Mary's Cathedral were from Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River; for the Evening Prayer service, Holy Family/Holy Name School, New Bedford; and for the Mass of Christian Burial, seminarians of the diocese.

Readers for the Mass were Miss Dorothy Curry, a past president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, and Sister Sean Connolly, O.Carm., administrator of the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, where Bishop Gerrard spent his final years.

Bearers of gifts were Sister Noel Blute, RSM, Episcopal Representative for Religious, an office once held

by Bishop Gerrard; Mrs. Andrew Mikita, president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women; Frank Miller, president of the diocesan Society of St. Vincent de Paul; and Michael Kusay, representing the ushers of St. Mary's Cathedral.

Pallbearers were Atty. Maurice BISHOPS of New England leave St. Mary's Cathedral Downey, Joseph H. Feitelberg, James A. O'Brien Jr., Robert J. Rubano, following Bishop Gerrard's. MD, Leo F. St. Aubin and Atty. Frederic J. Torphy. funeral rites. (Hickey photo)

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As the titular head of a big, rambunctious family (six kids), I always had plenty to do to prepare for the Sunday meals that crowned the day. Now,as a grandfather, all I do is preside at table and lead grace before meals.

Everybody humors me, and I get to do the things I like, such as carving the turkey and slicing the ham. As the family grows, meal preparation gets easier. The menu expands as the children and their spouses show off their kitchen arts.

--If-you want an exotic dish, you can have it if you cook it yourself. I like rutabagas. I get to cook them, and I get to eat them - usually for several weeks.

Like everything else, doing things gets easier with repetition.

I've had lots of practice being a father, and I'm getting better at being a grandfather.

Right now I'm gearing up for my role as the father of the bride.

Weddings are mostly joyful, but they are touched with sadness when you realize you are no longer the most important man in your daughter's life.

There's a touch of glory as you escort down the aisle the woman in satin and lace you once cradled in your arms, whose knees you bandaged, whose tears you wiped

away, and whom you taught her . prayers.

Then comes the moment of separation at the foot of the altar.

You must hand over your little girl, 'now fully grown, to another man, this virtual stranger, with whom she will spend the rest of her days.

Molly's wedding to Mike will be the third in our tightly-knit family.

Still, I will find it hard to smile at that moment of surrender. The nuptial Mass will remind us, however, that a new union is being formed, and the old familiar ways are gone forever.

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As a three-tiette'loser of beautiful daughters to Qther men, I have come to accept the role of father of the bride with resignation and, I hope, ,some d~~;'lfii~ding.a small essay in a" pa~lsoh~ull~t1D several years agoI1elped'greatIy. So I raise this; toast" to fathers everywbere on their specialday!i~I offer it also to mothers, as we parPartings are always difficult, ents smile whe,n our childrenleave, and we've had lots of them with and scarce forbear a tear.

-Ollf sons and daughters.l.ea\ling- -- Ci1fe-a----CffiTdren~--..:Ike for college was most difficult - as Kites," the words apparently have first time separations are. Going no father - or mother. away to distant jobs was rough "Children are like kites. You enough, and Molly has had more spend years trying to get them off than her share. the ground. You run with them I still marvel at how my mother until you are both breathless. They handled all the partings in her life crash. Tbeyhit the rooftop. 'tou - not only her husband's death patch, comfort and assure them but the days when all her sons that someday ihey will fly.

Finally, they are airborne; they went off to war. Mom had four need more string. and you keep stars in the service flag in her front letting it out. They tug, and with window. Thank God none turned each twist of tbe twine, there is gold. sadness that goes witbjoy.

I kn'ow well that motber's faith The kite becomes more distant, sustained her. My faith will help and you know it won't be long me realize that the marriage of before tbat beautiful creature will Molly, our "joy" (her nickname snap the lifeline that binds you came from countless report cards), together and will soar as it is is not separating as much as addmeant to soar - free and alone. ing a strong new branch to tbe Only then will' you know that family tree. you have done your job!"

Osteoporosis, calcium and estrogens Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones become weakened.

Usually afflicting older people, it results in fractures of tbe hip, wrist, spine and 'other bones.

Some 1.3 million fractures a year are attributed to the condition.

Women are more prone to osteoporosis than men. Among those who live to be 90, about one out of three women and one out of six 'men will suffer a hip fracture, most due to osteoporosis. So prevalent is the problem among women that a condition in whicb the spinal bones become ,so weak they.literally collapse,leaving a huncbed back, has become known as "dowager's bump." Such a condition can rob a woman of 2 to 8 incbes in height.

With osteoporosis, the weakenIng of the bones is due to a loss of bone mass or density. A shortage of calcium is one reason for this loss. Another is a lack of the hormone estrogen. Body levels ofestrogen decline during menopause, and tbe resultant bone mass loss continues three to seven years after.

But estrogen loss is not the only reason that four times as many women as men over 55 suffer bone fractures. Women start out with 30 percent less bone mass than men.

Osteoporosis was the subject of a consensus conference at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in April 1984. Conference experts agreed on the need for more calcium in the diet as well as the possibility that some women require extra doses of estrogen.

Stepping up calcium intake may also mean a need for more vitamin D, which is required for optimal calcium absorption. The vitamin D link is particularly important because as people get older their

intestines may not absorbCaIcium as well.

The conferees said that smolting and alcohol contribute to osteoporosis. On tbe other band, they agreed that exercise could belp prevent bone loss.'

Bones contain 99 percent of the calcium in the body. The otber 1 percent is found in the blood and other body fluids where, among other things, it belps in blood clotting and nerve transmission. (See "Calcium: More Tban Just Tbe Strong Stuff of Bones" in the JulyAugust 1981 FDA Consumer.) Calcium is stored in the bones and drawn upon wben the daily intake isn't enough to meet the body's needs.

The U.S. Recommended Daily Allowance for calcium is 1,000 milligrams (mg) for adults. However, the consensus conference said that actual intake for adults is only 450 to 550 mga day, and that women who have passed menopause may need as much as 1,500 qtg daily.

Milk and other dairy products, fish (such as' canned salmon and sardines), oranges, leafy green vegetables (such as collards and turnip greens) and broccoli are among the major. sources of calclum. A cup of lowfat yogurt contains 350 to 450 mg of calcium, whil~ a cup of skim milk has 300 to 350 mg. A half cup of ice cream and an ounce of mozzarella cheese offer 100 and ISO mg respectively.

Those figures indicate that getting up to 1,500 milligrams a day may be n'o easy task; As a result, some experts are recommending calcium supplements for older women. The consensus conference went a step further, recommending that the calcium intake be increased "well before the menopause."

However, a couple of woras of' caution have been voiced about calcium supplementation. Some people fonn urinary tract (kidney) stones. Anyone with a history of kidney stones sbould consult a physician before using calcium supplements.

The second caution· concerns tbe source of calcium. Some peopie take bonemeal and dolomite(a rock mineral source) for additional calcium. But FDA warned in its April 1982 issue of tbe Drug Bulletin that would constitute a risk for infants, cbildren, women of childbearing age,' and possibly the elderly.

Growingalongwithcalclumsupplement sales is the market for oral estrogen drugs, although a prescripti~n is required to obtain these. The dominant estrogen pill maker bad a 6 percent sales gain in the first seven months of 1984.

FDA's Fertility and -Maternal Health Drugs Advisory Committee has recommended a labeling change for estrogens that would include their use for preventil;ln and treatment of osteoporosIs. The committee also rec,ommended retention of the boxed warning on estrogen labelsabou! ~lte reported increased risk of endometrial(lining of the uterus~ cancer faced by women who receive estrogen therapy. The consensus c~nferees noted that estrogen-associated endometrial, cancer "is usually manifested at an early stage and is rarely fatal when managed appropriately."

Estrogen therapy also has raised some concern about breast cance~, but both the NIH experts and tbe FDA advisory group said the bulk of evidence didn't back up such a link.

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"Many in the business community and many of our parishioners have been constrained in some instances to limit their contributions due to difficult economic times. To record this increase in these circumstances is indeed an achievement, and it demonstrates the willingness on the part of our people to sacrifice for others. We are confident that once the economy turns around, as we pray it will soon, our benefactors will once again be as generous and even more so to our Catholic Charities Appeal.

"As Bishop of Fall River, I take this occasion to thank all the priests, religious and laity who have given of their time, hard work and money to make the 1991 Appeal successful.

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"If Catholics and Christians are to win the battle for the lives of the pre-born, we need to enlist the support of students such as these and educate them with reference to life issues. We need to reach our parish youth - the youngsters in CYO baseball and basketball, the kids in our choirs, and instruct them on the dignity of life and its sacredness.

Priestsfor Life were:pastors Fathers Thomas L. Rita, St. Mary. Seekonk; William G. Campbell, St. Dominic.

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Singing priests, kids rated standing 0 eral Broadway musical selections that were sung by children, with three youngsters taking lead roles in "Where is Love?" from Oliver; "Tomorrow" from Annie; and "Do Re Mi" from The Sound ofMusic.

Father Fernandes called the young performers a wonderful advertisement for Catholic education, musing that they would be able to pray at their school graduations.

In a joint performance of "Fill the World with Love" from Goodbye. Mr. Chips. the school choir and the priests earned a standing ovation.

And of course the evening would not have been complete without the priests' rendition of "There's No Business Like Show Business."

In a sing-along segment, audience members enjoyed lending their voices to familiar church hymns, leading Father Fernandes to suggest they return to their parishes and impress their pastors with such thunderous sound.On a more serious note, Father Fernandes noted that while this was a lighthearted evening, its motivation was the need to overcome the tragedy of abortion.

Many women, he noted, terminate the life of an unborn child because they are led by the abortion industtry to believe that they have no other option.

Birthright exists to give them an option.

Speaking on behalf of the organization, Ms. Barbelle told audience members how Birthright of Greater Fall River (one of 600 chapters internationally) has in its 17 years of existence helped nearly 5,000 women.

Free and confidential services include counseling, information on community resources, baby and maternity clothing, housing and legal advice. Birthright local offices are listed in area telephone books and there is a tollfree .national number: 1-800-848-LOVE. Among responses to the Priests for Life concert was that of Atty.

Edward M. Hodkinson of Swan~ea, a member of Lawyers for Life.

In a letter to the editor he said: "I was in attendance at the Priests for Life concert. .. [and] I wanted to commend all the participants on their outstanding work. The performance ofthe choral participants left me feeling refreshed and uplifted.

"One of the elements of the evening that left a lasting impression was the participation by the St. Anthony's Youth Choir of New Bedford. They provided a notable example' of Catholic youth getting involved in "life" issues.

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Continued from Page One the clerics lamented the problems of curates, pastors, bishops and congregations. Mentioned among the trials of curates were the pastor's "holy naps" and among those of pastors multiple directives from the chancery office.

Father Fernandes impersonated Ben Franklin to seminarian Edward Peck's Thomas Jefferson and Father Jon-Paul Gallant's John Adams in "The Egg" from 1776.

Father Clement Dufour kept the audience spellbound with a solo act in which a series of hats 'paid tribute to his musical sources: Tony Bennett, Robert Preston and A Chorus Line.

Also a soloist was Father Fernandes with "Be Thou My Vision," while Fathers Richard Degagne and William Campbell offered classical piano selections.

Making a cameo appearanceall the way from St. Joseph's parish, Woods Hole, to his old haunt, Fall River - was Father William Norton, who entertained with "A Letter From an Irish Mother" in a convincingly affected brogue.

It can-besaidthat'eacti 'participant had a unique talent, and Father William Baker was no exception.

In a skit mysteriously advertised in the program as Father Baker's Spot, he donned a somehow familiar jacket and pair of sneakers, asking "Won't you be my neighbor?" - all the while lip-synching to the folksy theme of the enduring television show hosted by the benevolent Mr. Rogers.

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CLAR officials picked by Vatican VATICAN CITY (CNS)- For the first time in the 32-year history ofthe Confederation of Latin American Religious, the Vatican has chosen the organization's officers instead of allowing them to be elected by the membership.

The namings "favor a smoother cooperation" with the Latin American bishops, said a June 5 Vatican announcement. The confederation, known by its Spanish initials CLAR, represents 160,000 religious.

The decision by Pope John Paul II to directly intervene in confederation matters comes after several years of controversy between the confederation and the Latin American Bishops' Council over pastoral programs in preparation for 1992 celebrations of the SOOth anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Americas.

Under the new system, the pope and the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life chose the officers from a list submitted by the CLAR general assembly. The new president is Father Benito Blanco Martinez, provincial superior of the Jesuits in the Dominican Republic, who was chosen by the pope, the Vatican said.

The other officers, chosen by congregation, Precious Blood Sister Elza Ribeiro of Brazil, first vice president; Marist Brother Arturo Chavez of Mexico, second vice president; Assumptionist Father Julio Navarro of Chile. third vice president; Handmaidens of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sister Josefina Castillo of Ariari Colombia, general secretary.

The papal decision was criticized by outgoing president, Capuchin Father Luis Coscia of Argentina. But he said the confederation accepted the decision and would "try and salvage things as much as possible."

Besides changing election procedures, the pope named Bishop Hector Lopez Hurtado of Ariari, Columbia, as his delegate to the general assembly and to monitor future confederation activities.

Appointments VATlCAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has appointed CardinalJamesA. Hickey of Washington and Archl>ishop Aloysius Ambrozic of Toronto to be members路 of the Vatican Congregation for Clergy.

Cardinal Hickey also is a member of the congregations for Sainthood Causes. for 1nstitutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life and for Catholic Education and is on the governing committee of the Pontifical Coun" cil for the Family.

Dissatisfaction "All our discontents spring from want of thankfulness for what we have." - Defoe

"30 Days" group breaks up WASHINGTON (CNS) - Citing insurmountable editorial disagreements, the U.S., French and Mexican publishers of the international Catholic magazine 30 Giorni (30 Days) have split from their parent group in Rome and announced plans to form their own international publication.

With their departure, only two editions - the original international edition in Italian and the Portuguese-language edition published in Brazil - remain in the former five-language partnership.

The three editions that broke off - titled "30 Days" in the United States, "30 Jours" in France and "Proyeccion Mundial" in Mexico - accounted for about 70 to 80 percent of the magazine's total international circulation, said Jesuit Father Joseph Fessio of Ignatius Press in San Francisco, publisher of the U.S. edition.

The priest said significant shifts in editorial policy in the Rome office - which dictates the contents of the monthly publication - - had caused the rift.

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In the months that followed FaTHE SISTINE CHAPEL: "We can hardly go in and install a sprinkler system on the ther Fessio opened several pages ceiling." (Mari photo) of 30 Days to a debate on the direction of the magazine, including letters and commentary not carried in 30 Giorni.

In April he replaced six news and editorial pages of 30 Giorni Som.ehow, a kitten had gotten with his own readers' letters on the VATICAN CITY (CNS) - It's In terms of the water supply at the top of a very high controversy. stuck to the firefighters, Vatiavailable been a busy spring for the VatiHe also placed a full-page notice column. probably after slipping can City may well be the best procan's l2-man fire department. on the inside cover informing down a nearby Vatican roof.

First there was the blaze in the tected state in the world. But to the readers that if the policy conflicts As tourists joined the lament, sacristy of St. Peter's - a night- pope's firemen, there are built-in were not resolved soon, "Ignatius firemen arrived with the Vatican's mare scenario that fortunately was problems. too.

Press will join the publishers of longest ladder and performed the "Just take a look at the Sistine snuffed out quickly, with the help other disaffected national editions mission of mercy beneath the Chapel. We can hardly go in and of Italian reinforcements. to produce a new international pope's apartment winr)<)w. Once install a sprinkler system on the Then in late May. a full-fledged Catholic news magazine that will down, the kitten quickly found a rescue was staged in the upper ceiling." said one Vatican techcorrespond to the intentions and caretaker from among the crowd. reaches of St. Peter's Square. com- nician. aspirations of the original 30 Rounding up the Vatican's The same is true of most of the plete with a 100-foot extension Days." honey bees is another seasonal ladder. To the cheers of a large painted or gilded ceilings in the is moved with the duty.

The swarm In May, instead of the magacrowd, a fireman descended safely Apostolic Palace, where the pope zine. he sent subscribers a letter with a kitten about the size of a lives. So the department relies help of the long ladder and a spray notifying them that Ignatius Press instead on a centralized system of of sugar water, which temporarily softball. was no longer publishing 30 Days.

On other days. the firehouse smoke and heat alarms, and above immobilizes the wings.

He said he and the Mexican and When they're not busy with Vathad its share of business as usual: all on 24-hour-a-day vigilance.

French publishers planned to The firehouse, where the corps ican wildlife, the fire brigade is checking smoke alarms. trimming begin a new magazine. trees, draining wet basements and eats and sleeps. is located three most commonly seen on inspecIn the February issue publishrounding up the swarm of bees floors below the pope's living tion rounds. One tour winds er's note Father Fessio listed his that a Vatican monsignor some- quarters. That's where the exten- through every corner of St. disagreements with the internasion ladders are kept too. The Peter's, including the undertimes loses track of. tional editors; including "inThe Vatican fire department is department does without fire en- ground papal grottos and the steep creased reference to some kind of gines because, as one official passage up to the dome. Other .c~lebrating it$ 50th birthday this international Masonic conspiryear, and its role is probably more pointed out, they couldn't man- routes include the highly flammaacy"; a "higher incidence of artivaried than that envisioned by euver through the warren of Vati- ble Secret Archives and the Vaticles promoting Communion and Pope PIUS XII. The pontiff was can alleyways, ramps and court- can Library, and the audience hall, Liberation," an international concerned about possible damage yards. where thousands of tourists see the Catholic lay group that is a powerduring World War II; ultimately, In part because the Vatican is pope each week. ful force in the Italian church; If necessary, the Vatican fire only one bomb fragment landed made mostly of marble, in part "more intrusion of editorial opinbecause of continual surveillance, department has at its disposal an inside Vatican City. ion and moralizing into factual Fear offire, however, goes back fires are a rarity inside the Vatican array of generators, mobile reporting"; "emphasis on路 'the centuries at the Vatican, and small walls. There have been no major pumps, ladders, gas detectors, Power'" - a nebulou!! notion of a extinguishers were kept in its hall- or life-threatening fires over the lamps, nozzles and foam. Special pervasive force of destruction in ways as long ago as the early last half-century, and Italian help equipment is kept at the Vatican's helicopter landing pad behind the l800s. In 1934, a massive reservoir is hardly ever needed. the world put forward in the 1970s by the late filmmaker Pier Paolo was excavated beneath the VatiIn case of emergency, though, gardens, used for the pope's frePasolini. can Gardens and later a pumping Italian firemen will come to the quent trips in Italy and to his station was built nearby.

In a recent telephone interview. rescue. They showed up several summer villa south of Rome.

Today's corps is small in numThe firemen once boasted of Father Fessio said he had never weeks ago when an alert Roman ber and relies on round-the-clock reported a column of smoke over flashy uniforms that rivalled those been able to figure out the exact inspection tours to prevent fires relationship between 30 Giorni St. Peter's Basilica. By the time of the Swiss Guards. Today, the from breaking out. The insurance they arrived, the Vatican's own only remnants are the buttons, and Communion and Liberation. policy IS an incredible system of corps had extinguished the blaze which feature a flame insignia He said the "people on the core water delivery that winds in and and kept it from spreading outside beneath the papal tiara. If things staff in Rome are all CL (Comget really hot, each fireman gets a around every Vatican building the sacristy. munion and Liberation) memdelivering pressurized water The recent kitty-rescue came helmet and a pickaxe. But the Vat- bers," but the publishers of the through pipes that extend more after passers-by heard loud mew- ican brigade spends most of its various national editions are not than 20 miles and serve more than ing near the marble colonnade time making sure it doesn't need required to belong to the organ500 hydrants. that surrounds St. Peter's Square. them. ization.

From fires to bees, Vatican firemen keep busy keeping things cool

Guadalupe cloak is parley topic The Queen of the Americas Guild, -devoted to bringing the story and message of Our Lady of Guadalupe to the United States and Canada, will hold its first New England regional meeting July 25 to 28 at the S1. Paul Center in Augusta, Maine.

Guild president Frank Smoczynski explains the program wiII include experts discussing an image of Our Lady which appeared in 1531 on the cloak of Juan Diego, a Mexican Indian, and is now displayed in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

Pope Pius XII called Our Lady Queen of all the Americas, as her appearance in the New World occured at a time when there were no national boundaries. Each year the guild meets in a different location to make Our Lady of Guadalupe better known in the United States and Canada.

Information on the meeting may ,be obtained from The Queen of the Americas Guild, P.O. Box851, St. Charles, IL 60174, or Mrs. Denise Heisler, (Maine conference coordinator), 6 W. Sewall St., Augusta, ME 04330; tel. (207) 623-2675.

Prudence "He who can take advice is sometimes superior to he who can give it."

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., June 14, 1991 Brookline police denied any mistreatment and blamed Operation Rescue for necessitating a police action which they said could cost the town between $35,000 and $40,000.

The protesters were defying a year-old court injunction barring Operation Rescue from blocking entrances to abortion clinics in Middlesex County. The superior

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court judge who issued the injunction said violators could be subject to up to two-and-a-half years in jail and fines up to $5,000.

Mishaps "Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle." - James Russell Lowell

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BOSTON PRIESTS Father David Mullen, left, and Father Michael McNamara discuss their experiences with Operation Rescue. (eNS/ Pilot photo)

Boston priests go distance with Operation Rescue BOSTON (CNS) - After about five arrests each in Operation Rescue protests at abortion clinics, Fathers Michael McNamara and David Mullen say they could write their own guidebook.

Area Religious Broadcasting The following television and radio programs originate in the diocesan viewing and listening area. Their listings normally do not vary from week to week. They will be presented in the Anchor periodically and will reflect any changes that may be made. Please clip and retain for reference.

On TV On Radio Each Sunday, 8:00 a.m. WLNE, "Be Not Afraid," 15 minutes of Channel 6. Diocesan Television music and Gospel message coorMass. Those in the Greater New dinated by Father Craig A. PreBedford area who do not have gana, parochial vicar at St. John cable TV see a rebroadcast of the the Evangelist parish, Attleboro, Mass at II a.m. on UHF Channel is heard at 8 a.m. Sundays on 20. station WARA,1320 AM. TheCathPortuguese Masses from Our olic clergy of the Attleboro area Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, sponsor the program.

New Bedford: 12:15 p.m. each "The Beat," Christian rock Sunday on radio station WJFD- music and information produced FM, 7 p.m. each Sunday on tele- by Building Block Ministries of vision Channel 20.

Taunton, is broadcast at 7:00 "Confluence," 10:30 a.m. each a.m. Sundays on station WVBF Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel Boston, 105.7 FM, and may be program moderated by Truman heard in the Attleboro, Fall River, Taylor and having as permanent New Bedford and Taunton deanparticipants Father Peter N. Gra- eries. ziano, diocesan director of social Charismatic programs with services; Right Rev. Georle Hunt, Father John Randall are aired EpIScopal Bishop ofRhode Island, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday and Rabbi Baruch Korff. through Friday on station WRIB, "The Beat,"produced by Build- 1220 AM; Mass is broadcast at I ing Block Ministries of Taunton p.m. each Sunday. and aired on many cable systems "Topic Religion," presented by in the Fall River diocese features two priests, a rabbi and a Protvideos from and information on estant minister, is broadcast at contemporary Christian rock art- 6:06 a.m. and 11:06 p.m. each ists. Check 10caiUstings for times Sunday on station WEEI Bosand dates. ton, 590 AM. Mass 9:30 a.m. Monday to Programs of Catholic interest Friday, WFXT, Channel 25. are broadcast at the following "Breakthroulh" 6:30 a.m. each times on station WROL Boston, Sunday, Channel 10, a program 950 AM: Monday through Fri-' on the power of God to touch day 9,9:15, 11:45 a.m.; 12:15, 12:30, I p.m. lives, produced by the Pastoral Theological Institute of Hamden, A Polish-language Mass is Conn. heard from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

"Maryson," a family puppet every Sunday on station WICE, show with moral and spiritual 550 a.m. perspective 6 p. m. each ThursThe rosary is broadcast at 5:45 day, Fall Riverand New Bedford a.m. Monday through Saturday Cable Channel 13. and the St. Jude novena at 9: 15 "Spirit and the Bride," a talk p.m. each Thursday on WPLM show with William Larkin, 6 p.m.

Plymouth, 1390 AM, 99.1 FM. Monday, cable channel 35.

Both programs are simulcast.

"We'd call it "The Rescuers' Guide to New England Jails," said Father Mullen, laughing. "We could rate the food, the accommodations, the service."

Individually or together, the two priests of the archdiocese of Boston have seen the inside of holding cells in Worcester, Hyannis, New Bedford and Brookline and in Washington, D.C. Most recently they have charged the Brookline, Mass., police with using excessive force in their latest arrests June I. Fathers McNamara and Mullen said several police officers abused protesters during and after arresting them at Operation Rescue blockades at two Brookline abortion clinics.

Jail conditions were poor and many people, even elderly and disabled demonstrators, were treated roughly, said Father McNamara, director of Servants of Christ ministry in Scituate, Mass.

"The whole (Brookline) police department has to be called on the carpet, and the Catholic community better do something about it," he added. "If we're supposed to be standing for life, the rest of the church is going to have to start backing us up on this."

Father Mullen, associate pastor of St. Paul parish in Wellesley, Mass., said that when he was arrested, he was handcuffed and his wrists were bruised, even though he was wearing clerical attire.

"There was unnecessary force used on me," said Father Mullen, adding that he sympathizes with the majority of police officers.

"I feel for them," he said. "A lot of these guys are Catholics. Why should they be forced to arrest rescuers?"

In addition to the two priests from Boston, those arrested included one from the diocese of Worcester, Mass., and one from New Hampshire, as well as two religious brothers from a Capuchin Franciscan community in New Jersey. In all, about 200 people were taken into custody.

While jailed, the priests said, they were not allowed to say Mass or administer communion to the other protesters. Visits from lawyers were also refused, they said.

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SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR Teachers' planning day June 17. cya outing to Martha's Vineyard 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. June 22; permission slips due by noon Sunday.

Women's Club officers for 1991-93: President Maggie Hyland, vice president Frances Tyrrell, treasurer Brenda Mendoza, secretaries Connie Stankiewicz and Mary Tyrrell.

ST. JAMES, NB Vincentian food drive this weekNOTRE DAME de LOURDES, end, meeting 7 p.m. June 19, parish FR renkr. .

The school year will close with a 9 a.m. Mass Sunday.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Youth ministry camping trip June ST. ANNE, FR 28 to 30; information: 761-8911 or School closes today with a 10 a.m.

Father Bill Baker, 399-8440; planliturgy and dismissal at 2:30 p.m. ning meeting 7 to 9 p.m. June 20.

ST. ANTHONY, TAUNTON Women's Guild Mass with installaTestimonial for retiring pastor tion of officers 6 p.m. June 17 folFather George E. Amaral noon June lowed by cookout; information: 23, Taunton Holiday Inn. Joseph Judy Hodge: 399-7418.

Amaral will be master of ceremonies; Father Americo Moreira of ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Applications are being accepted Cambridge will speak. Reservafor Women's Guild Father Keliher tions: Mary MeIlo, 1224 Somerset Scholarship to Bishop Feehan High Ave.; Louis Dansereau, 179 WashSchool; those interested should ington St.; St. Anthony's rectory, write a paragraph expressing why 126 School St., tel. 822-0714. they want a Catholic high school ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN education and send to St. Mary ParFirst communicants eucharistic ish Guild, P.O. Box 1027, N. Attlecelebration with prayer pals at Our boro 02761 by June 30.

Lady's Haven 9:30 a.m. Sunday.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER . Religious education registration Vincentians are looking for a for new students after all Masses playpen in good condition; informaSunday, parish center. tion: 896-5719, evenings.

HOLY NAME, FR ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Family picnic II a.m. to 4 p.m.

Women's Guild bylaw committee June 23, St. Vincent's Camp, Westmeeting 7:30 p.m. June 17, rectory port. Signup sheets for new altar meeting room; eucharistic ministers' boys in sacristy. School will be dismeeting June 18, same time and missed for the year at II :30 a.m. place.

June 17.

ST. PATRICK, FR ST. STANISLAUS, FR Rev. Pat GaIlagher will speak on Father Boniface Lele of the dioNigeria's National Missionary Semi- cese of Kitui, Kenya, East Africa, nary of St. Paul at Masses this weekwill speak at weekend Masses. Caro.1 end. New altar servers being acKelly and Colleen Whipp have joined cepted; contact rectory. Ruth Murray the youth ministry team. is new parish religious education HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON coordinator. Newly-installed WoFather's Day novena of Masses men's Guild officers are president begins Sunday; enrollment cards at Grace Correia; vice president Elizachurch entrances. beth Murray; treasurer Ann Oliveira; and secretary Theresa Sirois.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Ladies Guild June banquet on O.L. ASSUMPTION, . cruise ship Vista Jubilee June 25; OSTERVILLE bus will leave church parking lot Mass. Citizens for Life Roses for 5:45 p.m.

Life at weekend Masses.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Montie Plumbing Diocesan priests' quinquennial· study week June 17 to 20.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., June 14, 1991

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ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Pastor Msgr. Thomas Harrington and parish Vincentians are attending the organization's northeast regional conference at Anna Maria College, Paxton, this weekend. Newly-installed Guild officers: Jean Arikian, president; Dottie Emond, vice president; Rita Hall, treasurer; Margaret Coulombe and Lorraine Hickey, secretaries. Calix meeting 6:30 p.m. Sunday, parish center.

Liturgy committee meeting 6 p.m.

June 17, rectory. 50th anniversary Mass for Joe and Lina Coelho, 3 p.m. Sunday.

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ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, \ HYANNIS Mass of Thanksgiving to mark Father Edward C. Duffy's 45th anniversary of ordination II :30 a.m.

Sunday; luncheon hosted by Women's Guild to follow in parish center.

D,ofI. Hyacinth Circle 71 Daughters of Isabella, NB, will meet 7:30 p.m.

June 18, Holy Name CCD center, NB; a Catholic action meeting is planned.

ST. ANTHONY, . MATTAPOISETT New Guild officers are president Kay Levine, vice president Kathleen Renzi, secretary Norma Beaudry and treasurer Joan Black.

ST. JOSEPH, WOODS HOLE Mary Garden and bell tower are now open. Applications for parish scholarship available for graduating high school seniors; information: Rosita Geishecker, 540-7517.

New Bedford

The New Bedford Catholic Woman's Club recently elected officers for the 1991-92 season.

They are president, Mrs. Joanne P. Long;. first vice president, Miss Stella Marnik; second vice president, Miss Dorothy A. Curry; recording secretary, Mrs. Mary L. Whelan; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Marianne T. Trundy; treasurer, Mrs. Jeannette F. Plavo.

Registrars are Mrs. Ann Callanan, Mrs. Gilda M. Gomes, Mrs. Rita D. Mendes, Mrs. Eileen M. Cyr, Miss Marguerite A. Ronan and Mrs. Maria L. Langevin.

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SACRED HEART, NB Strawberry festival and lawn party II a.m. to 4 p.m. June 23 with square dancing I p.m. and strawberry recipe contest in church hall.

BREAD OF LIFE PRAYER COMMUNITY, FR Catholic Charismatic Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Blessed Sacrament Church, FR. ST. ELIZABETH SETON, N.FALMOUTH Guild scholarship went to Theresa Maurer and Men's Club scholarship went to Rick Eggleston.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS Cape and. Islands support group meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, St. Pius X parish center, S. Yarmputh; video presentation and group discussion will be featured. Small group or oneto-one ministry for recently divorced or separated begins 6: 15 p.m. Information: Father Richard Roy, 548-1065, or 362-9873.

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DIOCESAN NURSING home employees receiving scholarships from the diocesan health facilities office are, from left, Stacy Sykes, dietary aide at Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven; Fernanda Bulcao, restorative aide at Marian Manor, Taunton; and Arlene Melcher, rehabilitation aide at Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River; all of whom are enrolled in physical therapy assistant programs at various campuses of Newbury College; Father Edmund Fitzgerald, diocesan health facilities director, who awarded the scholarships in a recent cere,mony at Catholic Memorial Home; Kristine Medeiros, restorative nurses' aide at Madonna Manor, North Attleboro, attending the Community College of Rhode Island; and Susan L. Caldwell, personnel director at Madonna, pursuing a master's degree in business management and public health administration at Bryant College.

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praY8r~BOX To the Holy Trinity o divine Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, present and active in the Church and in the depths of my soul, I adore You, I thank You, I love You! And thr()ugh the hands of Mary most holy, my Mother, I offer, give and consecrate myself entirely to You for life and for eternity, Amen.