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At Mass for handicapped Bishop Cronin greets Carla DaSilva, 3, and Kevin Medeiros, 6. Both are deaf.

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VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope John Paul II was rehospitalized last Saturday because of an inflammation in his right lung accompanied by occasionally high fevers. Late Monday the Vatican press spokesman, Father Romeo Panciroli, delivered an oral communique saying the fever was dropping and the pope's health was improving again. The pope, 61, was suffering from a "pleuro-pulmonary infection," the spokesman added. '

WASHINGTON (NC)-The chief legal adviser for the U.S. bishops has strongly denied allegations that he has allied himself with abortion rights groups for questioning the constitutionality of the proposed human life bill. Wilfred R. Caron, general counsel for the U.S. Catholic Conference, made the denial in response to a letter from Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-Ill.) accusing Caron of opposing the bill and being "in the company" of groups like the National Abortion Rights Action League. Caron said a legal memorandum he wrote in April questioning the constitutionality of the bill did not mean he was opposed to it but only that he had legal problems with the measure. .

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (NC)-A former administrative secretary of murdered Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, her husband and three children were arrested in Tegucigalpa hy security agents. There was no warrant for the arrest of Nora and Jose Maruicio Barillas, said the Christian Movement for Justice, to which they belong along with other refugees from EI Salvador. "We are asking for their immediate release, particularly since we learned that they are being tortured along with the children," the NCJ added. Mrs. Barillas, 31, was archdiocesan secretary for administrative affairs under Archbishop Romero. The family left the country after his assassination in March 1980, settled in Tegucigalpa and became active in refugee relief.

WASHINGTON (NC)-Human rights must be ,respected and not limited if a country is to have national security, according to Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou Hwan of Seoul, South Korea. He said this is one of the key themes he discusses with South Korean officials, who are often "difficult to convince." He also said he favors continued U.S. military aid to this country. Cardinal Kim, interviewed in Washington last week, said he favored the release of South Korea's most prominent politicat prisoner, Kim Dae Jung. Kim Dae Jung was coiwicted on sedition charges and has been a leading opponent of the South Korean government. '''Kim is a Catholic and I am his bishop," said Cardinal Kim, discussing his support for Kim's release. "The government thinks differently."

NEW YORK (NC)-Children are becoming fatalistic after constant exposure to violence, such as the assaults on President Reagan and Pope John Paul II, the murders in Atlanta and fighting in Northern Ireland, according to New York youth counselors. Tom Sheehan, an archdiocesan social worker, reported "The kids are almost fatalistic over what ,is going on in society. They are scared, they have a lot of anger and they feel that things are out of control. I get the sense that they are not getting the chance to enjoy life as children," he sa路id. WASHINGTON (NC)-Mother Teresa of Calcutta ~ook her plea for the poor and for the unborn to cities around the United States during a visit which began June 2 and was scheduled to enii June 28. During her stay she opened convents and shelters, promoted natural family planning and voice strong opposition to abortion. In cities including Washington, New York, Milwaukee, Chicago, Cincinnati and Miami, Mother Teresa, the founder of the Missionaries of Charity, urged people to see Christ in one another.

A HAPPY SMILE is common to all the graduates pictured above. Top, 42 aides and orderlies of the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, who completed a 34-hour course in geriatric training. At left is Msgr. John J. Regan, graduation speaker and director of diocesan health facilities. Center, Virginia Meyers and her husband Roger receive honorary bachelor of arts degrees at Mercy College, Detroit. Retarded, they were the subjects of a newspaper series, book and television movie, all entiled "Like Normal People." The newspaper articles were by Roger's brother Robert, who also gave the Mercy commencement address, chosen in observance of the UN International Year of Disabled Persons. Bottom, temporarily disabled Judy Robinson receives diploma from Case High School, Swansea, at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, where she was a patient following an automobile accident. From left, Paul Monahan, Case principal; Mrs. Carl Robinson, Judy's mother and an operating room technician at St. Anne's; Howard O'Hare, Case guidance counselor.

WASHINGTON (NC)-Killing a fetus afflicted with Down's syndrome, everi though the procedure may have saved the life of its healthy twin, has been called morally irresponsible by pro-life leaders in Washington. Reacting to the report that doctors last year killed the abnormal twin after the mother threatened to abort both fetuses, the heads of the U.S. bishops' pro-life office and the National Right to Life Committee said the procedure nevertheless was lifedestroying rather than life-saving. LONDON (NC)-The wholesale violation of human rights in Vietnam, mainly in the form of arbitrary detention without trial, was found by an Irish lawyer, Dermot Kinlen, on a visit to the Asian country last year. His visit followed a petition to the Vietnamese government in 1978 asking about the fate of those held in re-education (detention) camps. It was signed by 13 people from various countries, including Archbishop Helder Camara of Olinda and Recife, Brazil. Kinlen found that detainees in Vietnam had been held without trial since 1975, despite the government statements that no one would be detained longer than three years. No date for their release had been set, he added.

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YOUNG COUPLES and their babies meet at S1. Francis of Assisi parish, New Bedford, Standing, Deacon and Mrs. Leo Racine. Clockwise, from right, Sister Lucille· Levasseur, explaining natural family planning technique; Cathy Langelotti; Ray and Norma Belli; Mary and David Shurtleff; Natalia and Victor Reis; Bernard and Debra Desrosiers; Paul and Phyllis Balestracci; Anne and Alex Magalhaes; Bill Langelotti. (Rosa Photo)

"The pope himself is tempor- assisted as ushers and aides to arily handicapped," Bishop Dan· the handicapped. "The handicapped have a iel A. Cronin told a large congregation at a Mass for the special role in witnessing to handicapped and disabled last Christ," said Bishop Cronin in Saturday at Bishop Connolly his homily. He said the gift of the Eucharist proves "how valuHigh School, Fall River. The Mass came the day Pope able each one of us is in God's John Paul II was readmitted to . eyes." He praised those in attendance the Polyclinic Gemelli in Rome. Suffering a persistent fever for their "courage, patience, percaused by a virus infection, he severance, compassion, sensitivwas expected to remain hospital- ity to others and faith." These virtues in the handiized at least two weeks. capped "can witness to Christ Plans made before the May 13 assassination attempt on the and serve in the mission of pontiff had called for him to be evangelization," he said. The bishop expressed gratipresent at a Corpus Christi liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica to be tude to the committee responsible attended by disabled persons for Saturday's Mass, naming from many parts of the world. Father James F. Lyons, its chairThe Fall River Mass was held in man, Msgr. John J. Oliveira, viceconjunction with the Rome ob- chancellor and episcopal secreservance, which took place as - tary, and Father Frederick J. scheduled _but without the pope. O'Brien, SJ, Connolly principal, The Connolly scene was color- as among those making a special ful, enlivened by the red-rObed contribution to the event. The proceedings were signed choir of Sacred Heart Church, New Bedford, and by the uni- for deaf participants by Father forms of Girl and Boy Scouts Joseph Viveiros, director of the and members of Camp Fire who diocesan Apostolate to the Deaf.

'Forgotten people' concern them "They pray for each other's By Pat McGowan The forgotten people of the needs," said Mrs. Racine. "Bechurch are the concern (If Father fore being in the group, that Ronald A. Tosti, director of the would never have occurred to Diocesan Office of Family Min- them." istry, and Deacon and Mrs. Leo Prayer is a part of each meetRacine, a remarkable married ing, she said, and a recent highcouple. light was a vesper and BenedicOn the surface, all se!ems well tion service-of thanksgiving for with the forgotten: they're the entrance into the church of young, attractive, usually cap- a group member. able jobholders, often relatively The seven original couples are well-off. still together, said the Racines, Look again. They're young and there is no thought of susmarrieds, the group primarily re- pending meetings for the sumsponsible for the gloomy satis- mer. tics that a couple today has only "They're an important part of a 50 percent chance of remaining our lives," said one of the young together until old age and that wives. one out of every five children The deceptively simple meetIi~s in a single-parent houseing format has proved its worth, hold. Mulling over the problem and said Father Tosti, who noted that the lack of attempts to solve it, as far as he knows the group, Father Tosti and the Racines de- lacking even a formal name, is cided to see if couples married the first of its kind in the nation. The family ministJ'y director less than five years would resaid he would like to see a simispond to the idea of a casually structured group that would lar group in every diocesan parmeet to share their difficulties . ish. "The need is so great," he declared. and experiences. To this end, the Racines have Father Tosti flew a trial balloon in his own parish, St. Fran- explained the program in some cis of Assisi in New Bedford, 10 parishes. A group is already and seven couples rE!sponded. off the ground in St. George parThey have met in the parish ls~ Westport, and they are hall for the past 19 months, willing' to help any other unit complete with babies and assort- get started. ed toys, and have become close'~Leaders should be a parish ly supportive of one another. couple married at least 15 "Meetings are like a visit with years," said Racine, noting that loving relatives," said Racine. he and his wife have 23 years "We're not mariage counselors, of marriage and the experience we just listen and facilitate." of raising six children to draw He and his wife Marguerite on in advising young couples. have arranged for experts on Working with the New Bedsuch subjects as nutrition, insurance, child care, budgE!ting and ford group is Racine's assignnatural family planning to ad- ment as a pennanent deacon dress the group. But the main • and he said the diaconal trainthing that goes on at meetings ing his helped him enormously. is the interchange and support "When I listen, I hear," he comof the couples for OnE! another mented. as problems are discussed and. It is necessary, however, said somehow made more manage- the Racines, that parish leaders able. be deacon couples.

The ministry "is nothing more than what we've always done," they said, noting that they were family-centered long before the diaconate came into their lives. "We emphasize family prayer to the young couples," said Mrs. Racine. She said that the Racine children, who for several years formed a family folk group often heard at Masses and other liturgical events, took turns preparing family prayer services and that recitation of the rosary is a standard feature of car trips. The Racines have been active Cursillistas and took part in many organizations in their parish, St. Joseph, New Bedford. Now they are concentrating on helping young families achieve the happiness they have found in their own marriage.

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Parishes or individuals interested in formation of a young couples' . group may contact Faber Tosti at the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry, 500 Slocum Rd., North Dartmouth 02747, telephone 999-6420.

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Sr. Marie-Ange Funeral services were held Monday for Sister Marie-Ange Collette, OP, 87, of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena. Known as "the singing nun," she was noted for her ability to play the piano by ear and for her unfailing cheerfulness as she brought meals to the . sick of her community, her assignment during most of her religious life. Born in St. Simon, Canada, Sister Marie-Ange was the daughter of the late Alfonse and Elise Collette. During her 63 years in religion, she served in Acushnet, in Plattsburgh, N.Y., and at the Fall River Dominican motherhouse. Interment was in Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River.

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No Joy in Mudville The current baseball embarrassment in the world of sports is but another reflection of the low state of our social mores. Who ever would think that the national pastime would come to the bargaining table? What has happened t.o that all-American athlete whose only commercial venture was the endorsement of the cleancut efforts of a Jack Armstrong? Where have all the heroes gone ~ho inspired millions of our nation's youth to work hard and play honestly and honorably? Indeed, there is no joy in Mudville. America is striking out. As fans stare reluctantly at TV substitutes, the buying and selling of American sports continues its downward spiral from ideals, vision and gift. Once players allowed themselves to be bought and sold as so many chattels, once the dollar bill became the ultimate running score and once owners considered teams merely another stock in a stuffed portf<:>lio, prqfessional sports in this land lost truth and trust. The word "sport" has various shades of meaning. In one sense it denotes making a public and usually ostentatious show of something, while "making sport" usually implies mockery or ridicule. In the athletic context, however, the word has the connotation of a physical activity engaged in for pleasure. A sportsman was one who lived up to the ideals of sportsmanship. He or she was fair, sincere, a grand loser and a generous winner. Somehow these concepts have lost meaning within the narrow boundaries of federal mediation and union/player greed. Sportsmanship, once regarded as a standard of perfection and a model to be imitated, has come to a crashing halt in the battle for the buck. Is this not the case with all professional sports in the country today? The sporting world has become the plaything of TV rights, commercials and interviews. Success is now measured not only by one's athletic ability but also by one's media projection. To achieve this, an athlete must from the outset of his career not only develop his physical gifts on the playing field but also engage a good lawyer for the boardrooms. In fact, the world of sports has become a major American employer. Agents, advertisers, sponsors, photographers, sports writers and public relations people are but a few of those supported by athletics. And of course we can't forget the Howard Cosells of this world. Where would they be without sports? No longer are sports heroes made by the people. Rather, they are made for the people. Owners know this. Players know this. Only the fans remain ignorant. All those involved in professional and amateur sports should once more realize that athletics can be a wonderful opportunity for a young man or woman to achieve a dream, . not to live a nightmare. The current baseball impasse should be a clear indication that something is very wrong in the sports world. People need heroes. Young people need ideals. Athletics and athletes once supplied this need. There was a day when men and women brought to millions the pride, excitement and inspiration only to be experienced in the wide, wide world of sports. But when such individuals sold their dignity, individuality and personalities for cash, the world of sports became another Casey at the bat.

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BISHOP BLANCHETI'E BIDDING FAREWELL TO HIS DIOCESE TWO YEARS AGO (SEE ARTICLE BELOW)

'Even as I write, I am glad of my suHerings ... as in this mortal frame of mine, I help to pay oH the debt which the aHlictions of Christ still leave to be paid for the sake of his body, the church.' Col. 1:25

A bit of humor By Bishop Romeo R. Blanchette In 1979 Bishop Blanchette resigned as bishop of Joliet, III., after he learned that he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, "Lou Gehrig's disease." Though he is now immobile and voiceless, his mind is unaffected and he communicates through a system of blinking his eyes. In that long and tiring way he wrote the article that follows. JOLlET, Ill. ~C) - Someone once said that when God created man, one of the things he gave man to distinguish him from other animals was a sense o'f humor. Of course, we may have met a few men who seemed devoid of a sense of humor, but generally, most people show wonderful humor, some in an extraordinary fashion. When I became ill with a disease that would render me immobile and without voice, I detided that I had a choice of being angry, grouchy, irritated, rebellious or just plain ornery. Another choice was to laugh at myself, be cheerful, and try to see humor whenever possible. The second was my choice, which, with the help of God, I have tried'to follow to the best of my ability. At first, I used to drop things and, inwardly, I would laugh at myself and think how clumsy I was. While still able to walk, I began to fall. One day I fell in my room and could not get up on my chair. Like a snake, I crawled and wiggled slowly on the floor until I reached the phone. I blindly knocked the receiver off the hook and dialed the operator. When I

heard a voice, I asked her to send someone to pick me up. Shortly after, I had to go to the nursing home of the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Many humorous events happened during my stay. there for over a year. One day, nurses and aides were helping me from my bed to my reclining chair, when suddenly my knees buckled and my helpers lost their grip. I was falling when an aide pulled me to the chair where I sat down, but to her surprise (and mine) on her lap. In spite of my scary experience, I laughed to relieve the distress of the nurses and, especially, to relieve the embarras~ment of the young aide. Because of weak neck mustles, my head used to bobble up and down and move sideways. When my helpers moved me, I would hit my head on them, the wall or the towel rack. As a joke, I began to count the bumps. The nurses and aides would ask me, "How many times does that make?" I stopped counting when I reached 120. During my two-and-on-half years of helplessness in the'nursing home and hospital, there were many times my fingernails had to be cut. It amused me to have someone cut my nails, when her own nails were so long that a bald eagle would love to have them as his talons. Of course, this is an exaggeration but some. really have nails that are long and sharp. Sometimes one has the tube for suctioning phlegm from my mouth while another is lifting my leg

for exercise and someone else is washing my arm. I am reminded of a three-ring circus where there is always something going on. Twice daily, I receive inhalation therapy. After each treatment, the therapist gives me percussion, to loosen the phlegm, by pounding on my rib cage with both hands. I try to picture the rhythm of African bongo drums. Each day, priests COmE! to lift me from and back to my bed so that I can" assist at Mass from a reclining chair. This is a painful procedure. One day, after a very difficult time, one priest said, "We didn't do so well today." After piltting me back in bed, they saw me laughing. The priest said, "I guess it wasn't so bad after aiL" Another priest replied. "Don't be fooled. The more it hurts the more he laughs." Since it was Lent, I said, "For my penance I shall get up an extra time daily." One day, the scripture reading and homily were about God touching us with his finger. The homilist applied this to, those with trials, difficulties, illness, suffering, etc. After Mass I, with a smile, spelled out the following comment: "In my case it seems that God touched me not only with a finger, but used both hands." Many other things have happened which, if written, could fill several books, but this was written to show that joy can exist with suffering and to help others suffering with a rebellious or downhearted attitude to obtain peace of mind.

The joys of celibacy Parents, you're Jgoing to like this one. My friend, the nun, got caught in her tiny apartment with a family of six when it began to snow . . . and snow ... and ... well, here it is in her own words. I am one of those non-parents who for years has triE~d to help parents be better parents. But it was during one of Minnesota's great blizzards that I found out what this parenting business is really like. It began on a Friday evening when a single mother and her five children, aged sbc to 16, carne to share dinner and the luxury of the indoor ,swimming pool in my apartment building. The evening progressed pleasantly. The children were in the pool and I was clearing the table, scraping the mushrooms they didn't like into the garbage, when we noticed that the rain that began in the afternoon had turned to snow and aCI::umulated to about eight inches. It was getting colder. The media was warning people to stay put. And mine did.The only thing I remember about the rest of thE~ night is that I found places to hang wet towels, and somehow arranged for the sharing of fOl.l.r pillows, one blanket, an afghan, a sheet, and three nighties for the night. It was then that the fight for the one bed ensued. After what looked like a slapstick scen.e from an old Marx Brothers' film, it was

decided that the girls would take the bedroom and the boys the living room, including the four folding chairs one of them lined up for a bed. Saturday morning I was awakened early by a whimpering prepubescent, more snow, wind, ice, and the stark realization that all I had for breakfast was four oranges and 12 slices of bread. No butter. I decided the best approach was to put out the food possibilities, let all fend for themselves, and go back to bed. Unfortunately, someone had taken my place. The rest of the day was spent wondering if the children were drowning, disturbing the other tenants, eating my plants, or spilling candle wax on furniture and carpet. Somehow I managed to collect enough food from my usually. sparse shelves to feed us lunch but was slightly concerned about dinner, which it seemed was going to consist of tomato soup and honey sandwiches. Cars not only refused to start on Saturday, they were frozen shut, and couldn't have gone far anyway. The snow, wind, and dishwasher continued with equal velocity, and for some reason, the phone rang almost continually all day. That, coupled with the fact that I was rapidly. approaching the point at which I was severely tempted to make five grease spots of the five children, turn off TV (which had

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been running more hours than it had run in four years), scream, "Help!" and commit hara-kiri over the balcony. Besides, I knew there was no way that I could feed all of us one more meal after Saturday's dinner. As the day progressed, my usually neat apartment looked more and more like a disaster area, the wet towel scene kept repeating' itself like a bad take in a poor movie, the washer and dryer down the hall were running in competition to the dIshwashers and telephone, the boys who had decided to brave the elements for victuals hadn't returned and their mother began to worry. I wanted to cry but there was no Kleenex left and only a half roll of toilet tissue in the whole apartment. And so Saturday afternoon became Saturday night with the shared bedclothes, the fight for the bed, the wall-to-wall children, all sleeping on spilled popcorn, and I went to sleep praying that morning would bring spring. It was then that I began to understand what parents endure. Eventually the snows ended. But my celibacy vows? Never!

'Guest workers,' WASHINGTON (NC) Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo's· recent visit to Washington for two days of talks with President Reagan helped revive a long-simmering dispute over the idea of admitting Mexican "guest workers" to the United States. The Reagan administration has made no secret of its desire to revive a guest worker program. When Lopez Portillo came to town, the administration privately outlined its plans for a two-year trial program granting 50,000 guest worker visas for Mexicans. Though no agreement was reached, the two sides reportedly came closer to implementing a guest w(lrker program. _ But at the same time representatives of labor, religious and Hispanic groups launched a counterattack, charging that such a program would be little more than legalized slavery for the guest workers thel:Dselves as well as a blow to unemployed and marginally employed Americans near the borde'r. The controversy surounding guest workers dates back several decades to the time of the bracero program, in which as many as 500,000 Mexican guest workers were admitted to the United States annualLy to hold jobs that American employers said could not otherwise be filled. But the program was rife with

problems, displacing U.S. workers and depressing U.S. wages and working conditions. Congress closed the program at the end of 1964. Still, the United States retained a smaller temporary worker program called the H-2 program. Under it some 30,000 foreign workers are admitted annually for seasonal or temporary jobs. The H-2 program also includes safe guards which attempt to insure that there are no qualified U.S. workers to perform the same functions. Earlier this year - in fact, shortly before Reagan revealed his interest in a new guest worker program - the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy released its final report, including a recommendation that no new guest worker program be started and that minor adjustments be made to the H-2 program to make it more responsive to the needs both of foreign workers and employers. The rationale behind Reagan's support for guest workers is that it provides a "safety valve" for Mexico's high unemployment. Rather than allow a potentially unstable situation along the U.S.Mexican border to become exacerbated, guest workers would help control the high levels of illegal imigration providing U.S. employers with workers for jobs they have been unable to fill. Not so, say the proposal's

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critics. For one, the program -might lead to the end of the United Farm Workers union, since farm owners would have a new source of cheap labor, at least according to Msgr. George G. Higgins, retired U.S. Catholic Conference labor specialist who worked with the bracero program in the 1950s. Others argue that the program would do little to end U.S. immigration problems and would only force resident workers onto the unemployment and welfare rolls. To the argument that a guest worker program could be established with adequate safeguards to protect both U.S. and Mexican worker, opponents cite the poor record of the bracero program, which also had built-in safeguards which never worked. The bracero program, they also comment, was a sore spot in U.S.-Mexican relations, fitting Chicanos in this country against Mexican workers admitted as temporary workers. Increasing Mexico's economic dependence on the United States, they say, would work against solution of its long-term problems.

Social Security dilemma House Speaker Tip 0'"Neill's historic appearance on a Sunday television talk show - his first in three years - did one thing, it assured the Democrats that they have an issue against Ronald Reagan. Reagan handed it to them with his peremptory proposal to cut back by 25 percent benefits received by people who retire at age 62 - beginning next January. The blunder was born of the arrogance that came with his triumph on the budget proposal and the mistaken assumption that if he picked out just a few he would not set off a stampede in the herd. He was quite wrong. Democrats who have been moving around with their coat collars up trying to explain they were not to blame for Reagan's charm, invincibility and je ne sais quoi found their constituents had use for them after all. They were to tell the president to stop fooling around with their safety net. O'Neill's appearance on "Issues and Answers" fell short of the Democrats' dreams. of a spokesman: They want; says Majority Whip Tom Foley, "the looks of Robert Redford, the eloquence of John Kennedy and the manipulative genius of Lyndon Johnson" - and O'Neill is still undisputably a comfortable old pal from North Cambridge. But without being asked about it, he touched on the raw nerve of- Social Security and House Democrats were delighted. "How do you think we kept the Social Security Bill together, because that is one of the basics which the members of the Democratic Party believe in," he said. "If it hadn't been for the Democratic Party, if it hadn't been that I spoke out as quickly as I did . . . do you think it would be withdrawn?" As one Democrat said, "No one really understands the tax bill and, to be honest, we don't sound too credible when we say how concerned we are about deficit spending. But when we talk about protecting benefits for the working stiff, people remember who we are," Democrats, who had been complaining that O'Neill had been showing all the scrappiness of a hibernating bear, were mollified, even though they know that the imperiled Social Security program is not the strongest crutch in their current invalid state. Ronald Reagan's history on Social Security was perhaps sufficient to cause unease in leisure village. Over the years, he has fretted over this massive federal program on which so many depend. He has, indiscreetly, suggested it be made _voluntary. 0' Neill's characterization of Rea-

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gan's opening move for change as "despicable" and "stonehearted" was ratified by a Senate vote of 96-0 against. "It is a most seductive issue," said one Democratic congressman. "But we can't just enjoy it. We have to do something responsible." The House leadership is inclined to let the whole thing soak in awhile and delay any action on Social Security until the tax-cut bill is out of the way - and until the idea gets around that the president, for all his warmth, is surrounded by the "selfish" people whom O'Neill identified as the source of bad decisions such as the Social Security gaffe. The adminstration is fully aware of its blunder. Richard Schweiker, secretary of health and human services, has been telephoning the speaker several times a week, imploring him for a meeting at which a "bipartisan alternative could be worked out," O'Neill has been unable to find time for the ~eeting. But one Democrat is not willing to wait. The chairman of the House Social Security Subcommittee, Rep. Jake Pickle of 'texas, wants to bite the bullet. Pickle says that work must begin immediately if the system is not to go broke in 1982. He introduced the bill that gal_ vanized Reagan into the wrong action. He· wants to transfer funds from the Hospital Insurance fund, which has a surplus, to the general pension funds. Money from general revenues would be used to replenish the H. I. treasury. Reagan Republicans, as a matter of strict doctrine, oppose such a move. For long-range repair, Pickle proposes raising the retirement age to 68, but with 10 years' notice. He also suggests a six-year phaseout of survivors' educational benefits, which Reagan would prefer to eliminate immediately. Says Pickle, "There are no winners on Social Security. We have to face that. You're bound to offend someone. But we have to do it," The problem for the Democrats is that while Reagan's proposal chilled the - seniors and their families, the prospect that the whole system will run out of money in another year alarms them just as much. They can· not savor short-term embarrassment without courting longterm disaster.

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Church satellite Iletwork Father John F. Moore represented Fall River at a recent Worcester meeting of directors of communication for the dioceses of New England. The directors' discussed participation in a National Catholic Telecommunications Network, a satellite communications system expected to be operational by March 1982. The New England area expects to utilize the system on a regional basis. Among the new network's objectives: - Support and enhance the church's current communication efforts. - Provide via cable or broadcast stations religious and general interest programming for homes. - Supply services such as "teleconferencing" meetings to reduce travel' costs. - Provide sacramental cate-

chesis in several languages for church institutions and parishes; continuing edl,lcation; delivery of photos from the National Catholic News Service to diocesan newspapers; programs for hospitals, schools, and general and specialized audiences, such as migrants, shutins, ethnic and charistmatic groups.

Eire medalist BOSTON (NC) - George E. Ryan, a consultant to the Boston archdiocesan Office of Communications and a member of the editorial staff of The Pilot, the archdiocesan newspaper, since 1952, is the recipient of the 1981 gold medal of the Eire Society of Boston. The award recognizes achievement in public service, the professions, philanthropy, education or the arts.

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Sister ,Eugenia: she tended the seeds ren, entered religion after working for two years after high "Education sows not seeds in school, "so my father could be you but makes your seeds grow." , sure I knew what I was doing." That quotation conveys the philFrom 1935 to 1955 she taught osophy of Sister Eugenia Belcourt, RJM, retiring principal of a~ various schools of her comNotre Dame School, Fall River, munity, in 1955 coming to Notre who has served the Flint section Dame for five years as teacher parish as principal and teacher and six years as principal. The assignment was followed a total of 18 years. by four years in ,Cornetchahwan, The words express her conviction that parents are the Lebanon, again as principal. The prime educators. "Children come Jesus-Mary school there has to us with the seeds already been closed since last October platlted," declared the veteran due to the unsettled conditions educator who numbered among .in the country, said Sister Euher charges this year many pu- genia, adding that due to her pils whose parents she had knowledge of the area, very near Beirut, she is most empataught. Despite the attractions of sub- thetic to the troubles of the urbia, she noted with pride that people, many of whom she knows Notre Dame is an "old and stable well. Positions in the United States parish" and that attendance at its 81-year-old school is a tra- and a stint in Brussels, BelgiiJm, dition that "goes from genera- followed the Lebanon experience before Sister Eugenia returned to tion to generation." Looking back on her academic Notre Dame in 1974. career on the eve of an eagerly feeling of She admits to anticipated sabbatical year, Sis- freedom at the prospect of her ter Eugenia declared that her sabbatical, which will begin with years at Notre Dame "stand out a family vacation and continue in my life. They challenged me' with stays in England, Ireland, to fulfill my goals as an educa- France and Rome. In Rome ,she tor." anticipates attending the Oct. 4 She singled out as most re- beatification of Claudine Thevewarding the parent-teacher re- net, foundress of her community. lationship at the school and' She was feted last month by noted that there had been no her students and faculty at a change in its lay hculty for the "This Is Your Life" program past seven years. "r think that highlighted by the surprise apmeans that people are happy pearances of a sister and several here," she commented. With the children, she de- other family members from New clared, "We stress the spiritual Hampshire and many priests and angle of life. We try to make former faculty members with the children see the Lord in the whom she had worked at Notre things that happen to them and Dame. not to try to 'get even' for the bad things." She singled out fifth grade as he'r favorite because "the childVATICAN CITY (NC) - Baren are young but they're ma- sic Christian communities are turing and they don't understand making a major impact on the why they feel as they do. growth of the Catholic Church They're a real challenge to a in Burundi, Vatican Radio said. teacher. i ' The Jesuit-run radio station reA native of Manchester, N.H., ported on the development of where she attended a school basic Christian communities staffed by her community, the since the church began actively Religious of Jesus and Mary promoting them in the small Sister Eugenia, one of 10 child· Central African nation in 1974. By Pat McGowan

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Later in the month she was honored at a parish Mass and reception. "Over 300 people were at the reception and most of them had been my pupils," she reported. Asked how she thought she'd be remembered at Notre Dame, she said with a twinkle, "The children say I'm strict but I'm fair." And they always knew she loved them.

Sister Noel at Trocaire Sister Mary Noel Blute, administrator of the Providence province of the Sisters of Mercy, will be among some 100 delegates of the international community who will meet in DUblin next month to celebrate the 150th anniversary of their founding by Catherine McAuley. The theme for the meeting,. the first international convoca· tion of the community, is "Trocaire," the Gaelic word for mercy: It will be dedicated to "fashioning the future, global in vision, rooted in mercy." Sisters present will re:?resent Mercy congregations in Ireland, England, Africa, Latin America, Newfoundland, the United States, New Zealand, Guam, Australia and New Guinea. Latin American representatives will include Sisters Carolee Chanona and Leonor Franco, also members of the Providence province, which serves in Belize, and Nicaragua as well in the U.S. dioceses of Fall River and Providence. The Trocaire program will consist of five days of conferences presented by international panels. The presentations will identify positive and negative elements in countries served by the Sisters of Mercy and will conclude with a daylong pro· gram seeking to discern the community's "mission and ministry for the future."

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Mrs. Patricia Schmitt, St. Rita's parish, Marion, and Deacon Manuel Camara, St. Anthony of Padua parisl\ Fall River, represent the Fall River diocese on the newly-formed New England Service Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Organized in January, the committee numbers 22 members, two from each New England diocese. Its goals include promotion of the charismatk renewal in New England through sponsorship of regional general conferences, the next of which is scheduled for August, 1982. It also facilitates regional workshops and institutes, acts as a communication agency among prayer group and identifies resources available fOJ:" sharing throughout New England.

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SANTA FE, N.M. (NC) Archbishop Roberto Sanchez of Santa Fe has annoum:ed establishment of a National. Resource Center for Hispanic Ministry, sponsored by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. The center will gather information on pastoral work and programs, as well as academic resources, and will serve requests from dioceses, parishes and groups for resou:rce people qualified for the apostolate among Hispanics, said Archbishop Sanchez, who heads the NCCB Ad Hoc Committee for Hispanic Affairs. Franciscan Brother John Diercksmeier of Oakland, Calif., wiII direct the center, to be housed at the Mexican-American Cultural Center, San Antonio, with which it will share resources.

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BUZZARDS BAY, St.· Margaret, 141 Main St; Schedule effective June 27; Sat. 5, 7 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m., daily, 8 a.m. Mon.Fri.; confessions, Sat. 4·4:45 p.m. ONSET, St. Mary Star of the Sea, Onset Ave.: Sat. 6:30 p.m.; Sun. '8:30, 9:30, 10:30 a.m.; daily, 9 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 6:15-6:3f CENTERVILLE, Our Lady of Victory, 122 Park Ave.: Schedule June 20·21 - thru Labor Day weekend, Sat. 5, 7:30 p.m. Sun. 7, 8:15, 9:30, 10:45, 12 noon; daily, 7, 9 a.m., First Fridays, Masses 7, 9 a.m., UItreya, 8 p.m.; confessions, Sat. following 9 a.m. Mass. WEST BARNSTABLE, Our Lady of Hope, Rte. 6A; Sat. 4 & S:15 p.m.; Sun., 8:45, 10 a.m., daily 8 a.m. confessions, before each Mass. CHATIlAM, Holy Redeemer, 72 Highland Ave.: Schedule July 4, Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m.; daily, 8 a.m. SOUTH CHATIlAM, Our Lady of Grace, Rte. 137, off Rte. 28: Schedule July 4, Sat. 7 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 a.m.; daily, 9 a.m.

EAST FALMOUTH, St. Anthony, 187 East Falmouth Highway: Sat. 4:30, 7 p.m.; Sun. 7:30, 9, 10:15, 11:30 a.m; daily, 8 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3:30·4:15 p.m., weekdays! any time by request. EDGARTOWN, St. Elizabeth, Main Street: Sat. 4, 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 9, II a.m.; daily, Mon.· Sat., 8:30 a.m.; confessions, Y2 hr. before Sat. Masses. FALMOUTH, St. Patrick, 511 E. Main St.: Schedule June 27-28 Sat. 5:30, 7 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:45, 10, 11:15 a.m., 5:30 p.m.; daily, 7 a.m.; Sat. 8 a.m. FALMOUTH HEIGHTS, St. Thomas Chapel, Falmouth Heights Rd.: Schedule June 2728, Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, 11:15 a.m.; daily 8 a.m. HYANNIS, St. Franels Xavier, 347 South St.: Schedule effective July 4-5, Sat. 5, 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8, 9,"10, 11 a.m., 12 noon,S p.m.; daily, 7 a.m., 12:10 pm.; confessions, Sat. 4-5 p.m. and following 7:30 p.m. Mass. " YARMOUTHPORT, Sacred Heart, off Rte. 6A: Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 4:30-5 p.m., Sun. before 9 a.m. Mass.

MARION, St. Rita, 113 Front St. (schedule effective: June 27-28Aug. 29-30): Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 10, 11:15 a.m.; daily, 8:30 a.m.; confessions, Saturday, 4:305:00 p.m. MATrAPOISETr, St. Anthony, 22 Barstow St.: Sat. 4:30, 7 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9:30, 11 :00 a.m., daily 8 a.m.; Confessions 3:30-4:20 p.m. NANTUCKET, Our Lady of the Isle, Federal St.: Sat. 5, 7 p.m. Sun. 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 a.m., 7 p.m.; daily, 7 a.m. & 12:10 p.m. rosary before daily Masses; confessions, Sat. 4-4:45 p.m. SIASCONSET, Union Chapel: Sun. 8:45 a.m. during July and August. NORTII FALMOUTH, St. Eliz· abeth Seton, 481 Quaker Rd.: Sat. 4, 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:45, 9, 10:15, 11:30 a.m., 5 p,m.; daily 9 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3:15-3:45, 4:45-5:15 p.m. OAK BLUFFS, Sacred Heart, Circuit Ave.: Sat. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9:15, 10:30 a.m.; daily (Mon.Fri.) 7 a.m.; confessions, Sat.· 5:15-5:45 p.m. ORLEANS, St. Joan of Arc, Bridge St. (schedule effective June 20-21 through Labor Day): Sat. 5, 7 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 4-4:50 p.m.; Our Lady of Perpetual Help novena, at 8 a.m. Mass Wed. NORTH EASTIIAM, Church of the Visitation (schedule effective June 20·21 through Labor Day): Sat. 5, 7 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 a.m.; daily Mass 9 a.m. Mon.-Wed.-Fri during July and Aug.; confessions, Sat. 6:30·6:50 p.m. OSTERVILLE, Our Lady of the Assumption, 76 Wlanno Ave. (schedule effective June 27·28 through Aug. 29-30): Sat. 4:00 and 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m.; daily, 7, 9 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3:30 to 4:00 p.m. SANTUIT, St. Jude Chapel, Rte. 28: Sat. 4:00 and 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 9, 10:30 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3:30-4:00 p.m. MASHPEE, Queen of AU SaInts, New Seabury: Sat. 4:00 and 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3:30 to 4:00 p.m. POCASSET, St. John the Evan· gelist, 15 Virginia Road: Sat.. 4, 5; Sun. 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily, 7:30' a.m.; except Thursday and Saturday; confessions, Sat. 3-3:45 p.m. PROVINCETOWN, St. Peter the Apostle, II Prince St.: Sat. '7 p.m.; Sun. 7, 9, 11 a.m., 5:30 p.m.; daily, 7 a.m., confessions, Sat. 6:30-7:00 p.m. and by ap. pointment.

SANDWICH, Corpus Christl, 8 Jarves St.: Sat. 5, 7 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m., 12 noon; daily 9 a.m. SAGMiORE, St. Theresa, Rte. 6: Sat. 6' p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 a.m. SOUTH YARMOUTH, St. :Pius X, 5 Barbara St.: Sat. 4, '1 p.m.; Sun. 7, 9, 10:15, 11:30 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily, 7, 9 a.m. BASS RIVER, Our Lady of the Highway, Rte. 28: Sun. H, 9:30, II a.m.; daily (Mon.-Fri.), 8 a.m. VINEYARD HAVEN, St. Augus· tine, Church and Franklin Sts.: Sat. 5, 7 p.m.; Sun. 8, 11 a.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 4-4:30 p.m., 6-6:30 p.m. WAREHAM, St. Patrick, 82 High St.: Sat. 4, 6 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:30, 10, 11 :30 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; . confessions, Sat. 3-3:45, 7-7:30 p.m. WEST WAREHAM, St. Anthony, off Rte. 28 (sebedule effective July and August): Sat. 7 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10 a.m.; confessions before each Mass. WELLFLEET, Our Lady of Lourdes, 56·58 Main St.: Sat. 4 and 5 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m.; daily, 9 a.m., confessions, before all Masses; Tues. 7:30 p.m.; charismatic prayer meeting; Holy day Aug. 14, 4:00 and 5:00 p.m.; Aug. 15,8,9, 10, 11 a.m. TRURO, Sacred Heart, Rte. 6A: Sat. 7 p.m.; Su.n. 9:30 a.m.; confessions before Masses; Holy day, Aug. 14, 7 p.m.; Aug. 15, 9:30 a.m. NORTH TRURO, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Pond Road: Sat. 4, 5 p.m.; Sun. 9, 10, 11 a.m.; confessions before Masses; Holy day, Aug. 14, 4, 5 p.m.; Aug. 15, 9, 10, 11 a.m.; Air Foree BaseMass Sat. and Vigil of Holy Day. .4:00 p.m. WEST HARWICH, Holy Trinity, Rte.. 28 (sehedule effective June 27·28): Sat. 5, 7 p.m.; Sun. 7:30, 9, "0:30, 12 noon; daily 9 a.m.; cOliifessions, Sat. 3, 4:30 and 7:45 p.m.; Eve of 1st Friday, 3, 4:30 p.m.; First Friday, additional Mass at 11 a.m. and Benediction at 2 p.m. DENNISPORT, Our Lady of the Annunciation, Upper County Rd. (schedule effective July 4·5): Sat. 4:30 p.m..; Sun. 7, 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m. Daily 7:30 (effective July 6) Confessions, Sat. 3-4 p.m. WOODS HOLE, ~t. Joseph: Schedule June 27·2&, Sat. 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 9:30, 11 a.m.; daily 8 a.m.; Confessions 1'2 hour before Sunday Masses.

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34 adult leaders honored Adult volunteers in the Boy Scout, Girl Scout and Camp Fire programs were honored at the 22nd annual Recognition Night sponsored recently at St. Elizabeth Seton Church, North Falmouth, by the diocesan Catholic Committee for the three organizations. Bishop Daniel· A. Cronin was principal concelebrant at a Mass and presentation ceremony. Awards honored "outstanding services to youth in the spiritual development of their lives," said Harvey L. Martindale Jr., chairman of the Cape Cod aI'l~a committee on youth and in charge of arrangements for the Recognition Night program. Presented for the first time was a new award, the St. Elizabeth Seton medal, replac:ing the Our Lady of Good Counse,l award formerly conferred. The medal was merited by 11 adult leaders, registered in their respective programs for at least three years, "who have given unselfish ser-

vice towards developing an awareness of God in their life for boys and girls in the Camp Fire and Girl Scout programs." Similarly, the Pelican Award went to 13 Boy Scout leaders registered in the organization at least three years. The St. Anne award, received by four leaders, recognizes spiritual service for eight or more years to Girl Scout and Camp Fire members; and the St. George award, merited by six persons, is for eight or more years as a Boy Scout leader. / The names of award recipients follow: St. George Fall River area: Timothy Kelly, Robert LeComte. New Bedford area: Elsie Silvia. Cape Cod area: J. Roger Pooler. Taunton-Attleboro area: Rev. Roger LeDuc, Wesley Ridlon. Pelican Fall River area: Albert A.

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children. But after a lew weeks they seem bored. We usually take a vacation as a family and they also join some community activities, but this does not seem enough. I don't know how to keep them occupied all summer. (Missouri) A. With the many camping, sports and craft programs offered, it is a wonder that children run out of things to do. But your children are not unusual. Sometimes even the most avid swimers get tired of spending every afternoon at the pool. Family activities' have some advantages over those provided by the community. Family activities are individualized. They reflect'the unique t~lents and interests of your smalI unit. Summer is frequently the only period when busy parents and busy children find time for each other. The talents and skills you sh~re with your children are part of their heritage. Special ways of doing things, large and smalI, are unique to your family. Cooking classes can be. taught in school, but only you eliO pass on favorite family recipes. Son learns which green beans grow best in your climate.

Daughter learns that not alI pie crusts come from the supermarket. She can and does make one from scratch. A teen-ager learns how to make grandma's oatmeal bread, and the recipe remains alive and well into the third generation. Here are some suggestions for selecting activities and carrying them out: 1. Pick something you and your child both enjoy. If you are not a reader, .don't pick reading because you think it would be good for your child. You might quickly lose interest. On the other hand, if you want to learn about horses or woodworking or Chinese food, reading might be an excellent first step. 2. Pick only one activity per child. Grandiose plans rarely materialize. If you complete one project in a few weeks, you can start another. 3. Make .a schedule. Specify when you will work together and for bow many weeks. For example, cooking or sewing les- . sons might run for six weeks on Wednesday afternoons. Tennis might involve two dates per week. Reading might involve one or two trips to the library week· Iy at specified times. 4. Keep track of your project in an attractive way. Construction paper and a few colorful stickers can be the start of an

eye-catching chart. Indicate what the project is and mark down each time you pursue it. Although you and your child are working on only one activity together, your child might like to keep track of other summer activities as well - baseball practices, swimming lessons, books read. That's fine. The chart belongs to the child' and helps him persevere. At the end of the summer it is a source of satisfaction to the child to see the many things he has accomplished. The chart can become a keepsake, tucked away with old report cards and the' certificate for spelling achievem4~nt. The time for sharing projects with your child is brief. Preschoolers lack knowledge and skills for many projects. Older teens frequently work full time during the summer and are unavailable. The elementary - and middle school years are ideal, but pass quickly. Summer vacation can be long and boring. It can also be a time of new beginnings, Ii time to share interests, a time when both parents and children grow in new skills and have fun doing it. Questions on family living and child care are invited. Address .to the Kennys c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.

'Not for my daughter' Only 23 percent said that if WASHINGTON (NC) - Americans by a 3-1 margin support they had a 15-year-old unmarabortion either on demand or in ried daughter who told them most circumstances, according she recently had become pregnant they would advise her to to a new Washington Post ABC News poll. have an abortion. Sixty-six perBut in an apparent demonstra- cent said they would not advise tion of the mixed feelings many an abortion, and 11 percent had Americans have about abortion, no opinion. the poll also found that: Of participants who said they - Few adults would advise knew at least one woman who their unmarried teen-age daugh- , has obtained an abortion, 53 perters to have an abortion; in cent said that the woman's abor· other words, it's OK, but not tion was proper under the cirfor my daughter; cumstances, but 43 said it was Nearly half of those who know not. a woman who has obtained an Asked "At what point do you abortion think her abortion was think a fetus becomes a human not proper under the circum- being?" 41 percent said at constances, and ception when sperm meets egg, - More than 70 percent be- 30 percent said during the first lieve a fetus becomes a human three months of pregnancy, 12 being either when sperm meets percent said during the last six egg or in the first three months months of pregnancy, 11 percent of pregnancy. said at the time of birth, and 6 The poll was taken May 18- percent said they had no opinion. 20. A total of 1,533 persons Americans generally support'across the country, selected to ed abortion for health reasons reflect the overall population, but split on economic reasons. were questioned, and the sponOnly 47 percent said.abortion sors of the poll said it was subject to a sampling error of should be legal for families who about 2.5 percent in either direc- cannot afford another child. But 88 percent favored legal abortion for most questions. Those polled were asked tions when the woman's life is whether they generally agreed endangered, 82 percent in cases that a woman should be able to of rape or incest, 84 percent get an abortion if she decides when the woman might suffer she wants one no matter what severe health damage, 70 percent the reason. Forty percent ap- when there is a chance the baby proved abortion on demand, 34 would be born deformed, and percent approved abortion in 73 percent when the woman's most circumstances, 16 percent mental health is endangered. disapproved in most circumForty percent supported fedstances, and 10 percent disap- eral funding of abortions while 54 percent opposed it. proved in all circumstances.

Seven percent of the respondents said they have voted for or against a candidate because of the candidate's position on abortion. That finding prompted a debate over the political clout of pro-lifers. Karen Mulhauser told the Post that the finding substantiated her long-held belief that prolifers have overstated their strength. ·But Sen. John East (RN.C.), a freshman who is chairing the Senate's current hear-. ings on abortion, noted that he won last fall by only 11,000 votes and said even a small percentage of people voting primarily on the issue of abortion can make the difference in a close election. An Associated' Press - NBC News poll taken May 18-19 said that 75 percent of those questioned believe that thEl decision to have an abortion should be left to a woman and her doctor. In the poll, 21 percent disagreed and four percent were not sure.

The price ROME (NC)-In Sou:h Africa, "the Catholic Church continues to pay - with detentions, restrictions of liberty, expulsions' and mistreatment of priests and laymen - for her loyalty and decisive action in favor of the oppressed and of those who suffer discrimination," according to Fides, news agency of the Vati· can Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

WASHINGTON (NC) _. The ized by the Farm Labor Organboycott against the Campbell izing Committee (FLOC) in 1979. Soup Company by a Midwest FLOC leaders say that the large farm worker organization has processing companies control misled people, a Campbell prices growers pay farm workers and that striking only against spokeman said. "We frequently get letters growers will not improve the saying "until you quit mi!itreat- migrants' poor working condiing your migrants, we're going tions. to boycott . . . ' But Campbell ,Baldemar Velasquez, FLOC does not employ a single migrant , president, said the main issue is worker," according to Roger that FLOC wants to participate Duncan, director of publi<: rela- in negotiations between Camptions. Furthermore, he said, the bell and the growers. He said Midwest growers who sell toma- that FLOC does not claim Camptoes to Campbell have mechan- bell is a direct employer of miized their operations and do not grants. employ migrants either. According to Duncan, "There's The boycott against Campbell, no way we're anti-union. There's and against Libby, was organ- just nothing to negotiate with FLOC." Campbell has contracts with unions in other areas, he said. The boycott is supported by Moyn4~ some religious groups, but Dun-' can said it has not hurt his SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NC) Jesuit Father Frank R. Haig, company. younger brother of Secretary of One measure of Campbell's State Alexander M. Haig Jr., has success has been its Labels for been named president of Le Education program, in which Moyne College in Syracusl~. schools can exchange Campbell Father Haig, 52, will tali:e over labels for educational equipment. as head of the I,SOO-student "In 1980 the number of Jesuit liberal arts college July 1. schools participating increased He has been with Loyola Col- 18-20 percent," Duncan said. lege in Baltimore since 1972 and "which substantially tells us that was named head of Loyola's De- there has been no impact." partment of Engineering Science, He said he does not underComputer Science and Physics stand why FLOC singled out in the fall of 1980. Since his ar- Campbell for the boycott, but rival at Loyola the physics and Velasquez explained that Campscience program has grown from bell's and Libby's are leaders in a small "engineering option," their industry, thus were initiwith about 30 students, to an ally targeted. undergraduate department and However, Duncan pointed out a master's program with a total that the Midwest tomato crop is of about 400 students. largely mechanized, therefore Father Haig, a Philadelphia the FLOC issues "are largely native whose principal field is astrophysics, was president of moot." Velasquez agreed that Wheeling College in Wheeling, mechanization is the future of the tomato industry but said W. Va., from 1966-1972. that if migrants are given' the first opportunities to operate the new equipment and are paid wages competitive with other equipment operators, the end result would be beneficial. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NC) Although mechanization would Reports that a Chicago-area firm elimiJ:tate many field jobs, he is producing a movie on the said "two-thirds of these are "love life" of Jesus are "abso- children, mothers with infants, lutely false as far as we can people who shoudn't be there. If determine," according to Illinois head wage earners were paid Attorney General Tyrone c. Fah- adequately they could support nero He said his office is being the &!mily and the family could bombarded with letters and peti- stay-in one place." tions protesting the non-existent film and that a bar:rage of telephone calls on the subject is interfering with office operaBILLINGS, Mont. (NC) tions. By early June SOmE! 50,000 letters of protest had been re- With the endorsement of Bishop Thomas J. Murphy of Great ceived. Protests began after Modern Falls, Mont., a group of CathPeople magaZine of Franklin olic priests and nuns has joined Park, Ill., carried a story that a the Crow Indians in protesting film portraying Jesus as El homo- a U.S. Supreme Court decision sexual was being planned in Den- on fishing rights on the Crow mark. The film was cancelled, Reservation. The court in a 6-3 but the magazine began receiv- decision ruled in March that the ing protests against whnt some state of Montana, not the Crow believed to be its connection Indians, has regulatory rights and ownership of the Bighorn with the film. River. Fourteen priests and nuns on the reservation called the deWhat He Asks cision "a blatant violation of "God does not ask a perfect Crow treaty rights" which could work but infinite desire." threaten the rights guaranteed St. Catherine of Siena by all other Indian treaties.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., June 25, 1981

Tomatoes are now moot., says Campbell's Soup

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CHRISTIAN BROTHER William H. Manning, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Man.ning of Falmouth, will take perpetual vows in his community at ceremonies Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Church, New Rochelle, N.Y. Educated in New York City and a graduate of Creighton University, Brothe~ William holds master's degrees in educational, administration and religious education. He has taught at various New York high schools and is currentlY'stationed at All Hallows Institute, Bronx, N.Y.

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (NC) - A Pennsylvania parish has celebrated its 25th anniversary by presenting a check for $25,000 to Bishop Vincent M. Leonard of Pittsburgh to aid mentally retarded and handicapped children. St. Margaret Mary Parish in Coraopolis, near Pittsburgh, also celebrated with a jubilee Mass and by burning the parish mortgage. A parish jubilee is often an occasion to purchase something for the parish, Father Dompka, pastor, said, "but we wanted to do something for the handicapped and retarded." The program was not widely publicized, even in the parish. Aid came from the women's guilds and from individuals, but mostly from the "bingo men," the men and boys who run the

[necrolo9Y) June 26 Rev. Charles P. Gaboury, 1931, Pastor, Sacred Heart, New Bed; ford Rev. Msgr. Albert Berube, 1973, Pastor Emeritus, St. Anthony of Padua, New Bedford

June 27 Rev. John Cory, 1863, Founder, St. Mary, Taunton, Founder, St. Mary, Fall River Rev. Dario Raposo, 1933, Pastor, Our ·Lady of Lourdes, Taunton Rev. Msgr. Thomas F. Walsh, Pastor Emeritus, St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro June 28 Rev. Thomas C. Gunning, 1947, Assistant, St. Lawrence, New Bedford June 30 Rev. Alphonse M. Reniere; O.P., 1961, Dominican Priory, Fall River July 2 Rev. Gerard A. Boisvert, 1967, Assistant, Notre Dame, Fall River

Somalia aid NEW YORK, N.Y. - In response to refugee influx and severe drought in Somalia, East Africa, Catholic Relief Services, Church World Service and Lutheran World Relief have formed an aid consortium. Dubbed Inter-Church Response for the Hom of Africa, it will aid thousands of refugees and Somalians, providing food and other survival needs.

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Hunger

Concern By Katherine Bird

By Bob Koenig Hunger is a huge problem in the Third World. But it can also be a heartrending problem in the developed nations - even in one's own city or parish. Jack and Marge Hohenstein of St. Joachim Parish in Philadelphia have seen starvation and malnutrition in Latin AJnerica and Afghanistan. They joined the Bread for the World organization to do something on the personal, parish and governmental levels to fight starvation. Founded in 1974 in New York City by Lutherao minister Arthur Simon, Bread for the World is a Christian movement whose 40,000 U.S. members have heJped push national Right-to-Food legislation and a U.S. grain reserve. The Hohensteins are program coordinators, for the organization in Philadelphia. "Our work has a double thrust," Mrs. Hohenstein said. "First, there's the education thrust so that people may learn what Bread for the World is all about. Then there's the activist component where we alert our senators and congressmen to legislation we think important." "Through our travels" said Jack Hohenstein, "we saw that a lot of problems of starvation in the world were really the problems of the United States. We saw that U.S. policies greatly affected other countries." He feels that Bread for the World increases U.S. security by reducing the possibility of revolution due to poverty and hunger in Third World countries. Finally, he said, "We saw that we had to help educate American people about hunger." Turn to Page Thirteen

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By Janaan Manternach

It was almost midnight. Paul and Silas stood in their maximum security cell, their feet chained to a stake. It was dark and damp. Their backs hurt terribly from their public flogging earlier that day. But their hearts were full of praise for God. They were singing hymns and praying out loud. The other prisoners could not believe that anyone could sing in so awful a place. Suddenly the prison shook violently. It was a severe earthquake. The locked doors flew open and the prisoners' chains tripped free. The' jailer woke up with a start. He saw the open doors. He was sure the prisoners had escaped. That meant punishment for him, maybe even the death penalty for negligence. The jailer raised his s~ord, ready to thrust it into his heart. Suicide would be better than facing his angry superiors. Just then Paul called, "Do not Turn to page thirteen

The church is multicultural and transnational.

Making your cOllnections 'By -Father Philip J. Mumion Parishes and their people are part of a worldwide church. Indeed, the international character of the church is getting clearer all the time, especially in reports of the threats to life many missionaries and their people face in turbulent Third World nations. Father Karl Rahner, the wellknown German theologian, that in the Second Vatican council the church was trying to act as truly a world' church for the first time. He was referring to the fact that so many cultures were represented at the council. With Vatican II, tht church's people got a good glimpse of something. intended from the start. On the first Penecost, when the apostles proclaimed the good news, their message was received by people speaking every language. Today, too, the church is multicultural and transnational. This is reflected every three years when bishops from all parts of the globe meet in Rome for a Synod and realize anew that their unity must be forged from considerable differences. The travels of Pope John Paul II also bring the world character of the church into view. As he

travels, it has become clear that, while there is unity under him, there is also great diversity in the church. Actually, it is not just geographically or nationally or culturally that the church is universal. Her universality also means that .nothing in human life lies' outside her concern. This universality reminds us of something important for our personal lives as well. For, just as people are tempted to isolate themselves from strangers or from foreign people and cultures, they are tempted to com-

partmentalize their personal lives, sometimes keeping religious convictions separate from daily life or family life. If we do that, we imply that our beliefs have little to do with our work or our private lives or with the laws and policies of society. Yet it is vital to connect all the parts of our lives. One thing a parish does is to help people make such connections. And more and more parishes want to nourish concern for the church in other parts of the Turn to Page Thirteen

Falling on your face By Father John Castelot

It was evident to St. Paul that a chief fault of some Corinthians was exaggerated self-confidence. They fancied themselves so spiritual that they did not have to be concerned about what they did with their bodies. They felt they could eat and drink anything and sleep with anyone they pleased. They thought they had all the answers, and looked down on fellow Christians less magnificentlyendowed. In Chapter 10 of First Corin-

thians, Paul brings the people up short with a sober warning: "Let anyone who thinks he is standing upright watch out lest he falL" He gave examples of people who grew complacent and fell flat on their faces. The events he calls to their attention are concerned with the Exodus - the journey of the Israelites from Egypt to a new land. He begins: "Brothers, I want you to remember: Our fathers were all under the cloud and' all Turn to Page Thirteen

Father Enda McDonagh, professor of moral theoUogy at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland, currently teaches at Notre Dame University. In an Interview, he discussed Christian COMem for people in other countries. Q. Father McDonagh, why should Christians be interested in people such as those in the Sahel region of Africa? Is true interest possible for people in a land of plenty - pletl.ty of material things and plenty of its own problems? A. As Christians, we call God our "Father." We have a sense of being the family of God. But if God is our Father, this family reality has to extend to all whom he created and redeemed. If we exclude some humans, we can't honestly call God our Father. Jesus showed us that care for the poor is a priority. Discussing the Last Judgment, Jesus clearly indicated that we serve him in feeding the hungry and clothing the naked. One hundred years ago people could know and help only those who lived down the road. Today we can know what is happening to people thousands of miles away. So we have an obligation to do more. Q. Why is it all su(:h a problem? A. Sometimes, it is simply that we are unaware of the great needs of people in other countries. But it is also because we are selfish. We are reluctant to share what is ours. This is part of our sinfulness. Q. How did you develop your special interest in social justice, especially in Zimbabwe? A. In 1973 I was asked to visit Zimbabwe as an lldviser on moral issues facing the church during the country's prolonged conflict between blacks and whites. During extensive travels I often met whites entrenched in their search for more power, more goods. They were consumed with getting- security by buying more guns and building better defense systems. As a result, they became more and more insecure. In contrast, I often encountered lay people and religious living with poor blacks in the bush country, who were far more secure even though materially they had very little. Content in serving others, they found the only true security. Q. If a family came 110 you for help in educating theil!' children for Justice, what would you rec-

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A. Part of my job as a priest and teacher is to try to open people up to the claims of the poor, to convince people they should share their goods - that doing so has a double-b~rreled advantage: It enriches them and helps the poor. This may lead to a different lifestyle for families - one where they are not so consumed in gathering goods but are interested instead in people. I've seen this lead to simpler lives Turn to Page Thirteen

A Verdclde E A Vida Dirigida pe;lo Rev. Edmond Rego

Chamados Por Deus Deus nos chama ... E nao teriamos nunca respondido, se antes a Su~ voz se nao tivesse feito ouvir. Abr1mos a porta a quem bate e 0 Senhor encontraSe a porta a beiter, esperando 0 acolhedor gesto duna porta que se Lhe escancara. _ aramos porque Deus n~s chama ~ 0ra9aO. Falamos em Seu nome, anu~c1a mos a Sua Verdade, procuramos V1ver a caridade, descobrindo nos outros Cristo que ai se encontra, sempre porque antes Deus em nos pensou, porque no momento preciso somos pensados amorosc mente, isto e: interessadamente por Ele. a Catolicismo diz-nos que Deus Se encontra em toda a"parte. Quer dizer: Deus e presen9a viva. e voz sonora em todos os momen'tos do tempoe em todos os pontos do espa90' Para onde'fugir que Te nao encontre, Senhor? .. interroga-se 0 salmista. Deus nos chama pessoalmente. Em crian9a, Santa Teresinha, apontando as estrelas que desenhavam nos ceus urn T, exclamava qu~ 0 seu nome se encontrava escrito no Ceu. ~ certo que nos chama tambem no conjunto da humanidade a que pertencemos, ja que a Renden9aO e universal, pelo menos no que respeita ao homem. Mas este chamamento no conjunto jamais esquece os casos pessoais. Deus nao Se interessa pelos casos de conjunto para atingir os casos particulares a maneira dos politicos: Deus esta no conjunto da hurnanidade por cada urn que a humanidade pertence. Cristo assurniu a humanidade em geral, sendo urn homem concreto, pessoal, com casos muito seus. a chamamento de Deus e sempre urn apelo pessoal, dirigido directamente a este e aquele, para 0 bern e aperfei90amento, para a salva9aO, de todos. Jeremias nio encontra calmaria ao responder a voz de Deus. Paulo teve a vida transtornada e em todas as suas cartas, quando se esquece das elocubra' 90es teologicas para estar mais perto da vida concreta, insiste na mudan9a: Ja nao sou eu que vivo, e Cristo que vive em mime Pedro deve tar-se espantado com as palavras duras que 0 Mestr( lhe dirigiu: ~s para mim urn escandalo! Retira-te da minha frente! Ainda se na( tinha operado a grande transforma9aO el Pedro, ainda nao mergulhara por comple' to no amor de Deus. Se 0 tivesse 'feito, teria encontra' do 0 que verificou mais tarde: as terriveis exigencias de Deus. ~ precise deixar tudo e seguir sem olhar para tri como a mulher de Lot. Importa que os mortos enterrem os mortos. Tem-se de il ate ao fim, pois so 0 que luta ate ao fim sera salvo. Equal e esse fim? A morte e nao a morte tranquila e acompal hada por amigos saudosos e louvaminhei" ros: a morte infamante da Cruz. Quando 0 Crista~ recebeu 0 sacramer to do Baptismo, nao comprometeu urn momento, mas a vida inteira.

Falling on your face Continued from page twelve passed through the sea; by the cloud and the sea all of them were baptized into Moses." It is not hard to see the connection between the waters of the sea and the waters of baptism. Less clear, but still recognizable, is the cloud as a symbol of the Sprit. The spiritual food and drink referred to in verses 3 and 4 were, of course, the manna and the water from the rock in the desert provided by God. The strange little reference in verse 4 to the rock that was follow· ing them reflects a later popular legend to the effect that God actually supplied them with a mobile drinking fountain, a stream or even a moving well! The identification of this rock with Christ is mysteribus, to say the least. Obviously Christ was not with the Israelites in the desert 13 centuries before his birth. Perhaps Paul is trying to suggest that the eternal God is the master of all history. At any rate, the allusion to the Corinthians' own baptism is unmistakably clear, as is the refer-

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Continued from page twelve harm yourself! We are still here." The jailer called for lights and rushed into the maximum security cell. Paul, Silas and the other prisoners were sitting on the floor. The jailer was amazed. He could not understand these unusual men. He fell at the feet of Paul and Silas. His whole body was trembling. He could not even speak. Then he got to his feet. "Come with me," he said to Silas and Paul. He led them out of the prison, turned to them and asked very seriously. "Men, what must I do to be saved?" Paul answered without any hesitation. "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with your whole family." Paul's words summed up the Christian message. Faith in Jesus as Lord and savior was the way to salvation. It still is. The jailer believed what Paul and Silas told him. He professed his faith in Jesus. Even though it was so late, the jailer took Paul and Silas home. They talked more to him and his family about God, then baptized them all. The jailer, in turn, invited everyone to a festive dinner. The family was celebrating its new faith in God.

Concern' Continued from page twelve for people but lives rich in relationships with others. More concretely, I suggest: 1. Parents should give children appropriate information about how people in other countries live. 2. To help children feel personally involved, make direct contact, perhaps as a pen pal, with a particular family or group. 3. Start children giving smaIl sums regularly to the poor.

ence to the Eucharist they now enjoy. Paul's main point is that, in spite of God's gifts the Israelites fell into all sorts of sins and "were struck down." This should be a warning to smug Corinthians. If they have fallen in the past, that should remind them that they are only human. For the future they should be careful, but they should not be discouraged: "He will not let you be tested beyond your strength. Along with the test he will give you a way out of it so that you may be able to endure it."

Connections Continued from page twelve world. The assassination of four U.S. women in El Salvador last December brought home to many people in a tragic, vivid way the unity of the international church. In many parishes there were prayers for the people of El Salvador, as there have been for the troubled people of Poland and the murdered children of Atlanta. There is a sense in which the whole family's mysteriously present in each family member and each member is part of the whole family. It's like that for the church. The whole church is somehow present in each parish.

Hunger Continued from Page Twelve The Hohensteins settled in St. Joachim's. They joined Bread for the World the year it began and eventually formed a parish Bread for the World program. Mrs. Hohenstein continued: "We met through the spring of 1975 and had a corps of people who helped during the 1976 Eucharistic Congress whose theme was 'The Eucharist and the Hungers of the Human Family.' At the time we were also doing food collections in the parish and even had our own parish food coop," she added. Mrs. Hohenstein noted that even though the parish group eventually dispersed, "a lot of people spun off to related pro· jects or to other forms of social justice involvement." Parishioners also worked by writing letters to public officials, an activity he called the most effective means of attaining hunger-related legislation. This year Hohenstein was ask· ed to join the 25-member board of trustees for Bread for the World where he will work alongside Senator Mark I:{atfield and Jesuit Father Robert Prinan. Popular singers John Denver and Harry Chapin have also helped call attention to the Bread for the World cause.

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What about Playboy? By Tom Lennon

Q. Are magazines like Playboy, Hustler, Chic or Oui bad for me to look at? A. This brief question from a high school student is really a complex one that deserves a long, serious answer. For starters, let's listen to Brad. I invited him over last weekend, and we talked one night until the early hours of the morning about your. question. Brad is 24 now: In' high school he was a .bell-raising football jock who also enjoyed fights, beer and sex. Here is part of what he told me that night: "Along about my second year in high school, I stopped going to Mass, and I didn't miss it much - for about two years. ". enjoyed football and I'd go out drinking with my buddies, and • had a swell girl. • think that in a way I really loved her sometimes. "My buddies on the team used to get all 'sorts of porno stuff, and I looked at it all and read some of it, just like the rest of the' guys did. "Sometimes I' look for quite a while at,one of the nude magazines, and I'd get worked up. "So I'd go over to my girl's house and pick her up. Then I'd talk her into having sexual intercourse with me, maybe at my house or at a cheap motel if I had enough money. "While we were doing it, I thought. loved her. And I know now that she was absolutely certain,. did. "'But, man, on the way home I'd feel rotten. I'd park the car at my house and start walking around the block. In the darkness of the night I knew that what I had done had very little to do with love. I had just used her for my pleasure. ". know I can't blame all my selfishness on the magazines, but, man, they sure could arouse : me sexually. "I'd say you should tell the guy who asked you about those magazines to stay the hell away from them. Period. "Some of the pictures in them are really bad stuff. "That's what is so bad. For in three years I'll be ordained a priest. And to some extent • suppose I'll have to struggle with those images for· years to come. "And that girl. Well, she knows by now, and she will always know, that I used her, selfishly, in a shoddy way, for my pleasure." One may say that Brad is an exceptional case and that not everyone is affected by magazines which feature nude women the way he was. So • asked a number of other young men for their opinions. Here are some replies: "Man, some of those pictures can really mess up your mind. Some have had a powerful impact on me." "Hustler would give you some

wrong ideas about sex. Some of the stuff it shows is bad. It isn't what sex is really like." "Sometimes I'll look at one of those magazines, and then put it aside and think I'll forget all about it. But those images are stored in your mind - something like a computer. "It's not just the pictures. Some of the articles are really bad." A Christian view of such magazines will take into account teachings in the New Testament. One example is found in Chapter 5 of the Epistle to the Ephesians: "Be imitators of God as his dear children . . . As for lewd conduct or promiscuousness or lust of any sort,let them not be mentioned among you; your holiness forbids this. Nor should there be any obscene, silly or uggetive talk; all that is out of place." If the inspired New Testament writer rules out ob~cene conversation, would he not rule out the kind of vivid, colorful, photographs well-calculated to arouse sexual desire? One highly sophisticated woman described both male and female nude magazines as "demeaning" not only to the person photographed but to the viewers. I checked the dictionary. Demean is defined this way: "To lower lin dignity." • think a person can become a prostitute by "selling" his or her body to viewers of magazines. ' ~nd so - is it bad for you to look at such magazines? Absolutely. Stay away from them. But what can you do when all your friends are looking at them? How can you say "no" in a "yes" society? Maybe the story of Jeff ,:""ill give you some ideas.' He is 22 and every year he works as' a summer camp counselor. He is tall, bearded, lively, fun and a good athlete. While he frequently gives advice about athletic skills, just as often his counseling is about other matters. One weekend last fall, he told me about a talk he gives to the young people at camp: "I know that just about every guy at that camp can get any kind of obscene magazine, even real heavy porno, that he wants. "I know that some of it is floating around camp. "If a guy doesn't look at those magazines, his' buddies will think he's either crazy or homosexual. "So at summer camp I always give a talk about saying no in a yes society. "It's important for a, young person to learn to be an individual. One way you do that is by doing what you want to do and think is right, and not necessarily what everybody else wants you to do. "It takes a genuine individual to say no when everybody else is saying yes. ". remember once in my sophomore year in high school I finally got up the guts to say no about marijuana. To my surprise,

two guys • hardly knew came to me privately afterward and told me they admired what I had done. "They said they had wished for a long time that someone besides them - would have the courage to say no. They were looking for a leader. "That was my first taste of being a leader, and it felt good. ". think young people who say no will almost always find that some of their acquaintances were looking for someone who was tough enough to say that no. "Lot~ of people think peer pressure is a problem just for teen-agers. Baloney! It's a prob· lem all life long. Today adults are being pressured by all sorts of forces in our society." Jeff looked grim as he said to me with finality, "In a society that's pagan in so many ways, the Christian, whether an adult or a teen-ager, is going to h/ilve to say no many, many times when the rest of the world is saying yes." Questions on social issues may be sent to Tom Lennon c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.

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FOR THE SECOND time Stang student Carolyn Fontes is a top winner in an annual French contest sponsored by l'Association Culturelle Francaise of Fall River. Presenting her with a $100 prize is Deacon Bernard Theroux, association president. Left, Mrs. Eugene J. Dionne Sr., awards comrhittee chairperson; rear, Mrs. Jacqueline McCarthy, Miss Fontes' French teacher. (Sr. Gertrude Gaudette Photo)

JOHN LENNON'S final album, "Double Fantasy," reflects the insights .of .his last five years, when he centered his energies on raising his son and establfshing his home.

By 'Charlie Martin

WATCHING THE WHEELS People say I'm crazy Doln' what I'm doln' Wen they give me all kinds of warnings To save me from ruin When I say that I'm OK Wen they look at me'kinda strange "Surely you're not happy now You no longer play the game." People say I'm lazy Dreamin' my life away Wen they give me an kinds of advice Designed to enlighten me When I tell 'em that I'm doin' fine Watching shadows on the wall "Don't you miss the big time, boy? You're no longer on the ball." I'm just sittin' here watchin' the wheels go. round and round I really love to watch them roll No longer riding on the merry-go-round I just had to let it go. People asking questions Lost in confusion WeIll ten them there's no problem Only solutions ' Well they shake their heads and they Look at me As if I've lost my mind I tell them there's no hurry I'm just sitting here doing time. (c) 1&80, 1&81 by Lenono Music, All Rights administered by Geffen-Kaye Music.

He tells us he had to let the past go to find the future. His music indicates how satisfying he found the change. A world of new alternatives awaits anyone who acts with courage. Often the familiar is more comfortable, but a comfortable life might' not ,grow and mature. Aiternatives should not be chosen just to do something different. Yet no aspect of life should trap us, looking around, we see that everything that lives also changes and grows. No living thing is trapped at one stage. Yet sometimes we feel trapped. Relationships, education, one's job may develop In unexpected ways. Change and courage may be needed to build one's future. Lennon speaks of "people asking questions,'lost in confusion." Asking questions is often the source of growth, although there are times when questions do not lead easily to answers or solutions. But we can at least share questions and perhaps answers with people we care about. What are some of your big questions? Charlie Martin welcomes insights about current II'luslc and Its meanings. He can be addressed c/o The Anchor, .,.0. Box 7 Fall River, Mass. 02722.

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portswQtch Prop. 2 % Ws Not All Lament Proposition 2~ has triggered a great deal of lament in some circles but not so with Athletic Directors Tom (Skip) Karam of Durfee High School and Joe Bettencourt of New Bedford High. They just adapted to it, as far as football is concemed. Their answer to 2 ~: Durfee and New Bedford gridde:rs will play two games in the faR They will meet under the Sargent Field floodlights in New Bedford on Oct. 3 and close out their seasons with the traditional Thanksgiving Day game at Mac

Aldrich / Field, the Hilltopper's home base. The two ADs feel that their schools will benefit financially from the arrangement since, stressing the theme "Support your footbalI team," no complimentary passes will be issued. In other news emanating from the HiIltop school, Jackie Carey, long associated with the Bristol County CYO Hockey League will replace the retired Bob Richards as hockey coach and that Joe (Skippy) Lewis has retired as baseball coach.

Case Gil'ls Are State Champs The Case High Schoo:1 girls' the helm. At the school's annual wintersoftbalI team of Swansea is the state's new Division Two cham- spring sports awards banquet, pion. The Cardinalettes clinched Maureen McCabe and John Mcthe crown with a 5-4 victory over Mahon were honored as athletes Grafton High School at Lacha- of the year. Miss McCabe was pelle Memorial Field, Whitins- also named most valuable playville. Case pitcher Melanie Fig- er in basketball and softbalI. uerado, backed with some outOther MVP awards went to standing defense by teammates, posted her 15th victory in 16 out- Jeff McMahon, hockey; Brian ings as the team boosted its Manton, basketbalI; Nancy Cyr, season record overall to 2:1 wins gymnastics; Roy Fons.eca, Paul Silvia and Jason Khoury, baseand three losses. The clinching of the state balI; John Kenyon, tennis; Beth crown was cause for elation for Stansfield and Dale St. Pierre, coach Chris Stanton who has track. Pam Green and James piloted the Case girls to the . Monahan were recipients of AmEastern Mass. tournament in five erican Legion Post 303 basketof the six years she has been at balI awards and scholarships.

tv, mOVIe news Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide. General ratings: .G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sug· gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens. Catholic ratings: Al-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; B~bjectionable in part for everyone; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive Which, however, require some analysis and explanation): C-condemned.

New Films "Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams" (Columbia): Cheech and Chong are up to their usual tricks, this time as entrepeneurs dealing marijuana from an ice cream truck and having the usual rambling misadventures involving sex and drugs. Because of nudity, ghaphic sex and drugs, This film is classified C, R. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (Paramount): Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and his feisty girlfriend Marion (Karen Allen) save the Ark of the Covenant for the good old U.S. despite the worst efforts of a clutch of Nazi villains in this failed attempt to recapture the excitement of the old serials. Tiresome and repititious. Because of graphic violence, gruesome effects and questionable use of something as sacred as the Ark, it is rated A3, PG. Film on TV Sunday, June 28, 9 p.rn. (ABC)

- "The Odessa File" (1974) Jon Voight is a German journalist who learns that a Nazi war criminal thought dead is still alive. Determined to track him down, Voight comes into conflict with the dreaded Odessa, a secret Nazi organization bent on regaining power. Too heavy and slow moving to be really effective as the melodrama it is, this is run-of-the-miIl. A3 Religious Broadcasting Sunday, June 28, WLNE Channel 6, 10:30 a.m., Diocesan Television Mass. "Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m. each Tuesday 0J1I Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social services; Rev. Dr. Paul Gillespie, of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches; and Rabbi Baruch Korff. Sunday, June 28, 12:30-1:30 p.m.' (ABC) "Directions" presents "The Space Between Us: The Family in Transition," which examines raising a family when both parents are working. Check local listings for time. Sunday, June 28, 11:30 a.m. (NBC) This Religious Special presents "Parish Partnerships with the Disabled .. in honor of the 1981 International Year of the Disabled. The work of the Bethel Center for Developmentally Disabled in San Francisco is highlighted. Check local listings for time.

basebalI complex. The camp is open to boys from Somerset, Dighton, Swansea, FalI River and other area towns. Those interested should contact William Aguiar at the Somerset Recreation Department in the Town Office Building, Somerset. John Viveiros, former Bishop Connolly High School hockey star who transferred to Mount Saint Charles, Woonsocket, for his senior year, is the recipient of the Merrimack College's most improved award. Viveiros, a sophomore, was credited with 38 points in his second season at Merrimack. Senior Karen Hjerpe, No. Attleboro High School, has been added to the Hockomock League's alI-star team in girls' track. And Andy Reilly, Bishop ConnolIy High's track star, has been named to the triple jump slot in the New Bedford StandardTimes' alI-star track team.

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ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN The parish folk group will be heard only at 10:30 a.m. Mass at the school until further notice.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NEW BEDFORD A boat ride on Cape Cod Canal for senior citizens will take place Thursday, July 16. Reservations may be made at ST. JOHN OF GOD, 992-0660. SOMERSET Young married couples are inCCD students and confirma- vited to a meeting at 7:30' p.m. tion candidates will be register- . Monday at which a nutritionist ed from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday will speak, PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN SS. PETER & PAUL, in the CCD center. An appreciaare asked to submit news Items for this A family picnic is planned for FALL RIVER column to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall tion night for CCD teachers and Sunday at Sacred Heart SeminRiver, 02722. Name of city or town should Sisters of the Sacred Hearts their spouses will begin with be Included as well IS fUll dates of all are praying for the parish this Mass at 7 tomorrow night. Addi- ary, Wareham, sponsored by the ,ctivltles. please send news of future rather than past events. Note: We do not carry Men's League. week. news of fundralsln, activities such as tional teachers are needed for bingos, whlsts, dances, suppers and bazaars. . Sister Eleanor, fifth grade the coming year. Volunteers may MEN OF THE SACRED We are happy to carry notices of spiritual teacher, will leave the parish contact the rectory or Mrs. Agnes .HEARTS, FAIRHAVEN programs, club meetin,s, youth projects and similar nonprofit activities. school to accept a position· at Barboza, CeD coordinator, tele· Fundl'llsln, projects may be advertised at A I2~hour vigil of reparation, our regular rates obtainable from The Feehan High School. Anchor business office, telephone 675·7151 phone 678-5139. to begin at 8 p.m. tomorrow at New schedules for lectors, St., Mary's Church, North FairSTONEHILL COLLEGE, special ministers and altar boys ST. DOMINIC, haven,will honor the memory NORTH EASTON SWANSEA are available in the sacristy. of Father Francis Larkin, SS.CC., Some 400 incoming freshmen Registration is open for a a native of West Harwich and will attend an orientation pro- ST. STANISLAUS, special program for children in the first American member of grgam tomorrow through Sun- FALL RIVER grades four and up who have not the Congregation of the Sacred In observance of the feast of received the sacraments of penday, beginning with a parachute jump at 4:45 p.m., followed by the Sacred Heart, the Blessed ance or first eucharist. Those in- Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Father Larkin, who died last the president's dinner and a Sacrament will be exposed in terested may contact the relithe lower church following 7:30 gious education office 675-7002. October, was national director square,dance. The Bay State Antique Auto a.m. Mass and holy hour tomor- Volunteer teachers may also con- of the Sacred Heart Home Enthronement Apostolate. Club will meet from 11 :30 a.m. row through 8:30 a.m. Saturday.. tact the office. to 4 p.m. Sunday on the campus. Coffee will be available from Tomorrow's vigil will begin ST. ANNE, A wide variety of restored cars midnight on. and end with Mass and will inFALL RIVER will be on view. clude a holy hour and guest Parish Boy and Girl Scouts speakers, among whom will be will sonsor a bloodmobile in Father Thomas Landry, OP, who the school cafeteria from 3 to 8 will discuss "Dives in Miserip.m. Monday. Appointments may cordia," the second encyclical be made by calling 674-8120. . of Pope John Paul II, 'dealing A Marriage Encounter meeting with the mercy of God. will be held at St. Anne's Shrine at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., June 25, 1981

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LA SALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO A healing service will be conducted by Father Andre Patenaude, MS, shrine director, at 2 p.m. Sunday. It will include' a teaching on healing and music by the director, more commonly known as "Father Pat." Individual prayer and laying on of hands will be conducted by him and by La Salette prayer teams. Also at the shrine, a charismatic coffee house will be held following 7:30 p.m. Mass Saturday. The evening will feature John Polce and the Upper Room Ministry of St. Margaret's Church, Rumford, RlJ:. Polce, who has recorded two albums, will include some of his music on the program. He is associated with Father John Randall in presentation of an area Christian radio program, "The Spirit and the Word." SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER Tomorrow, the parish's patronal feast, a Eucharistic holy hour will begin at 4 p.m., fol· lowed by a special Mass at 5:15 p.m. BLESSED SACRAMENT, FALL RIVER . A Cana Conference will take place at 7 tonight in the church hall. All married couples are invited.

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cmCINNATI (NC) - Arch· bishop Joseph L. Bernadin of Cincinnati urged members of the Catholic Theological Society of America meeting here to use their talents to confront challenges facing today's church. The archbishop expressed fear that "much of our Catholic teaching and discipline has become disconnected in the minds of many people from the objective realities from which they , flow and which give them their meaning. "What is needed," he said, "is a . new synthesis of Christian teaching which will be understandable, credible and, indeed, appealing to the people of today." He called for a renewal of Christian ethics which would incorporate "the best of the 'old' and the 'new.''' Much discussion at the meeting centered on the theme of the "local church," which Archbishop Bernardin defined as the diocese, "the community of believers in a particular locality gathered around its bishop." Speaking as "a pastor of a local church," he also called on the theologians to assist with issues such as a deeper understanding of the sacrament of reo conciliation and the development of a more positive theology of sexuality. In his keynote address a Scripture scholar, Father Raymond Brown, said the term "local church" is used in the New Testament not only to express the oneness of ,the church of Jesus but also refers to the variety of individual churches which ..differed significantly according to locality.

Father Philip Murnion, director of the Parish Project in New York, told CISH members that the Catholic Church is "at a time of extraordinary vitality" in the United States and spoke of the "great freedom" for theological and pastoral initiative and the flourishing of ministry. But he also listed challenges before the church today, including needs to address the problem of alienation from church teaching, to clarify women's place in the church, to address the "great erosion" in church discipline, to study"seriously neglected" pastoral issues such as the quality of preac:hing and to narrow the growing gap between poor and Hispanic Cath· olics and those in the middle class. The convention theme of the local church, with particular focus on the Hispanic experience, was also explored in two sessions on basic Christian communities. Such communities are flourishing among U.S. Hispanics, said Father Virgilio Elizondo of the Mexican-American Cultural Cen· ter, who described them as more mystical in style, more spontaneous and more charismatic than traditional U.S. parishes. He urged the theologians to help enrich the dialogue between Hispanic and Anglo worship styles. The Hispanic community is primarily made up of the poor and uneducated, he said, and "if God has a special place for the poor, perhaps they nave privileged images of God, which can help Americans to discover God in a pew way."