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UNDETERRED by heavy rain, 91-year-old Jack Rivers, grand marshal for Provincetown's 41st annual Blessing of the Fleet ceremony, prepares to cast memorial wreath for fishermen lost at sea into Cape Cod harbor. From left, he is watched by unidentified young acolyte; Father Manuel Ferreira, pastor of Immaculate Conception parish, New Bedford; Msgr. John J. Oliveira; Father Bento R. Fraga, pastor of St. Peter Apostle parish, Provincetown. (Kearns photo)

Blessing held despite storm It rained on his parade, in fact, the parade wasn't held at all, as Msgr. John J. Oliveira subbed for Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at the 41st Blessing of the Fleet, held Sunday in Provincetown.

But despite thunder, lightning and a Capewide power outage that made the pre-blessing Fishermen's Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Peter Apostle Church a candlelight ceremony until its last few minutes, the diocesan chancellor retained his sense of humor.

"I don't take this personally," he quipped. "Scripture says it rains on the just and the unjust."

He brought Bishop Cronin's

greetings to the St. Peter's congregation, saying that although prevented from attending by the U.S. bishops' meeting at Collegeville, Minn., the diocesan shepherd was "with the fishermen in heart and mind."

In lieu ofthe traditional parade,

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Asks spiritual renewal, decries Nazi attitudes INNS BR UCK, Austria (NC) Traveling through Austria's wooded hills and rolling farmlands, Pope John Paul II preached a low-key call for spiritual renewal and an emphatic warning never to let Nazi extermination policies happen again.

The five-day trip was a tapestry in which "existential questions" about life and death were woven together with the need to assume greater responsibility in preventing the "political earthquakes" which derail human history.

At the root of both is the increased turning away from God, especially in Western secularized societies, the pope emphasized in his June 23-27 visit.

The trip was mostly to. rural Austria, where religious identification still runs deep although religious practice is shallow.

About 85 percent of Austria's 7.6 million population profess Catholicism, but only 30 percent fulfill the weekly Mass obligation.

Most people ignore church teach-

ings on sexual ethics, particularly birth control.

The trip was an effort to quietly encourage a spiritual renewal by tapping the nation's religious culture. The pope softened criticisms of religious indifference with praise for Catholics faithful to teachings and working to improve church life.

He praised Austria's ecumenical activism, especially its efforts with Orthodox churches in the Soviet bloc. Austrian Catholics were encouraged to continue being a bridge to East European Christians.

The pope put the blame for the decline in religious practice on the growth of secular attitudes. Although he asked Catholic publications not to be so critical of the church, the pope did not see a general trend toward dissent from church teachings as the cause of the drop in Catholic practice.

Instead, he campaigned to convince Austrians that faith is needed to overcome "the fear of death and Turn to Page Six

an old-fashioned trolley transported Msgr. Oliveira and his escorts, including 91-year-old Jack Rivers, parade marshal without a parade, to MacMillan Wharf on Cape Cod Harbor.

There, protected by umbrellas, the blessing took place. The traditional "sail-past" of fishing and pleasure craft' was precluded by a small craft advisory, therefore it was Msgr. Oliveira who did the walking, passing up and down the wharf to sprinkle the anchored boats with holy water.

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A t bishops' meeting

SOl, AIDS, TV are top topics COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (NC) - Sharp criticism of President Reagan's "Star Wars" plan and a surprise decision to join Mother Angelica's Eternal Word Television Network highlighted the U.S. bishops' June 24-27 meeting in Collegeville.

After meeting in executive session June 27, the bishops announced they would form a committee to issue a new AIDS statement, building on the current statement by their Administrative Board and in dialogue with the Vatican.

The criticism of "Star Wars," as President Reagan's Strategic De-

fense Initiative is popularly known, came in a report, approved overwhelmingly by the bishops, which assessed the state of nuclear deterrence five years after the bishops' 1983 pastoral lette! on war and peace.

In the television action, the bishops approved a two-year contract to use EWTN exclusively as the cable network for programs produced by the bishops' conference.

The approval came only after the network changed a contract provision to give the bishops' conference controlling votes in a panel which could censor a bishops' conference program.

In other actions at their fourday meeting, the bishops: - Discussed the first draft of a pastoral letter on women's concerns and offered suggestions to improve it.

- Criticized inadequacies in a draft Vatican document on the theological and juridical status of bishops' conferences and formed a blue-ribbon panel of bishops to write their response to it.

- Debated general absolution at length but came to an inconclusive vote on a norm for its use in the United States.

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THESE 8TAINED-GLASS windows in Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Springfield, Ill., link American and Catholic history. At left, George Washington commissions Father John Carroll to seek support in Paris for the American Revolution. The priest later became first bishop of Baltimore, the first American diocese, whose boundaries were coextensive with those of the United States. At right, Abraham Lincoln gives New York Archbishop John Joseph Hughes information to take to Europe for use in seeking support of presidential efforts to hold the Union together. (NC photos)

Cardinals form a WASHINGTON (NC) - By adding 24 members to the College of Cardinals Pope John Paul II has given new emphasis to the importance and international scope of that 8-centuries-old Catholic institution.

The installation of the new cardinals in Vatican ceremonies June 28, including U.S. Archbishops James A. Hickey of Washington and Edmund C. Szoka of Detroit, brought the total number of cardinals to a record 161.

A potential 162nd cardinal,

Cardinal-designate Hans Urs von Balthasar, an 82-year-old Swiss theologian, died June 26, two days before he would have been installed.

The new members also, for less than a month, form a record of 121 who are under age 80 and eligible to elect a new pope. When Italian Cardinal Corrado Ursi turns 80 July 26, the number of papal electors will drop back to the limit of 120 set by Pope Paul VI. The term cardinal has been around since at least the sixth century.

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But the modern definition of a cardinal as a close papal adviser and an elector of a new pope was not established until the mid-11th century.

From then until recent years the college has usually been dominated by clergy from Rome and other Italian dioceses. A limit of 70 members, established in 1586, was retained until 1959.

It was four centuries ago, in 1588, that Pope Sixtus V began the practice, whic~ continues today,

force in church of appointing groups of cardinals, called congregations, to direct the main departments of the Roman Curia, the pope's administrative offices.

Since Pope John XXIII first raised the limit on cardinals in 1959, the total number has been more than doubled. In less than 30 years the college has been transformed from a largely Italian and almost exclusivefy European club into an internationally representative group.

In the same time, advances in

global travel and communications have given cardinals from farflung dioceses more influence in the Vatican, tempering the power of those who live in Rome and head Vatican offices.

Unless he is already past 80 at the time of his appointment, every cardinal is named a member of at least one Vatican congregation, commission or similar administrative office. The most important decisions of each office must be Turn to Page 12

Fall River nun at CHA parley

ESCORTED BY Knights of Columbus, Msgr. Oliveira blesses fishing boats. (Kearns photo)

Blessing held Continued from Page One cast the traditional memorial wreath honoring fishermen lost at sea into Cape Cod Harbor.

Gail Vasques was coordinator for the day's events.

Blessing Memories Previous to Sunday's blessing, Alice Joseph, 62, a longtime member of St. Peter's parish, discussed the cherished event.

"The blessing is so basic," the wife of retired fisherman Anthony Joseph said. "We thank God for the fruits of the sea and pray that he'll continue to supply us with a good harvest of fish. We thank God for the past year and pray for the coming year."

Most people have forgotten the close ties between nature and God and our economic survival," Mrs. Joseph added.

The Blessing of the Fleet was begun in 1948 by the late Msgr.

John A. Silvia, then St. Peter's pastor.

Father Bento R. Fraga, the present pastor, said he had previously attended three or four blessings.

"I enjoy being with the fishermen," he said, reflecting on the deep meaning the colorful tradition carries.

Alice Joseph has been a blessing regular since 1948 and has jotted down many of her observations over the years. Her memories ran in a recent edition ofthe Provincetown Senior Citizens News and are reprinted with that publication's permission.

1948 It is the year of the first blessing of the fishing fleet of Provincetown. Bishop Cassidy presides. And Msgr. Silvia's long anticipated dream becomes a reality.

Edith Codinha remembers sailing with her father Manuel (Belo) Henrique on his boat "The Sea Fox" up to Gloucester to see their blessing.

1955 The blessing of the boats had been completed. Most 6f the vessels were anchored off Race Point.

People were visiting boat to boat.

Suddenly a violent squall hit. The storm sent everyone scurrying back to the safety of the wharf.

It was so violent that women and children were sent below in the foc'sle. Only the crew was allowed on deck in the wild race back to port.

Some years later, at a banquet held at the Provincetown Inn prior to the blessing an overflow crowd celebrated the weekend with a conga line that at first circled the swimming pool, and then congaed up onto and off the diving board into the swimming pool.

Fortunately, there was enough time for people to go home, change their clothes and return for dinner.

1971 Bishop Cronin had succeeded Bishop Connolly. Father Duarte was appointed pastor of St. Peter's.

Msgr. Silvia,was transferred to St. John the Baptist in New Bedford.

Even though it was a first blessing for both, the ceremony went off without a hitch.

1974 Father Duarte had died. Father Martins was appointed pastor at St. Peter's. It was a difficult year, but the blessing took place without incident.

1976 The blessing this year was an international event. Provincetown was host to a Swedish training ship.

In crossing the Atlantic the Swedish cadets were studying a handbook of baseball rules in preparation for the traditional fishermen's baseball game at Motta Field. During their visit the question most asked by the cadets was "How do you play this baseball?"

Protocol mandated a gun salute

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (NC) To survive in a constantly changing industry, Catholic health care must use collaborative management techniques and streamline bureaucracies, a Harvard University professor told over-I ,000 delegates to a Catholic Health Assembly held last week in Nashville.

Among the delegates was Sister Dorothy Ruggiero, OP, superior of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation who staff St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River.

"People are much more demanding, less 'brand-name' loyal, and more likely to pick and choose among health care services they think they need at the moment," said Rosabeth Moss Kanter of the Harvard Business School in a keynote speech.

The theme of the annual meeting was "Partners in Leadership: Governors, Managers, Physicians."

Ms. Kanter said managing health care systems, particularly not-for-

profit systems, is difficult in today's deregulated marketplace where "everything changes unexpectedly."

She said health care providers must be "focused, fast, flexible, and friendly."

"When presented with opportunities to be first on the block in your community with a new service, hop on it," she urged. "Be innovative, be first in a highly competitive industry."

She added that hospitals must be wary of hierarchies and bureaucracies which stifle creative ideas.

"Create an atmosphere where people are not status-conscious," she said. "Ideas and finding new ways of doing things should be everyone's job.... You have to make people feel their input is important regardless of one's status in the company."

Speaker Robert B1endon, also from Harvard, told delegates that Catholic hospitals should ride the current wave of public concern for

social issues, such as health care for the uninsured poor.

Blendon, a professor and chairman of Harvard's department of health policy and management, said Catholic hospitals should seize the opportunity to "take a public stand" and change the public's perception that hospitals are just big business.

Catholic hospitals have been "politically inept," B1endon said, adding that the hospitals should create a small budget to address social concerns.

He added that the "safety net" for the poor is unraveling with reductions in Medicaid coverages and federal and state grants and lack of direct support for "charity care". from business and labor.

According to the St. Louis-based Catholic Health Association, expenditures for health care at Catholic institutions accounted for 16.5 percent, or $23 billion, ofthe $143.5 billion spent in the United States in 1987.

Josephinum College to mark centennial Msgr. Dennis F. Sheehan, Rec- Skylstad and Amarillo Bishop tor! President of the Pontifical Col- Leroy Matthiesen.. lege Josephinum, Columbus, 0., The Pontifical College Josephhas announced the formal centennial observance of the national inum was founded in Columbus in seminary, which prepares priests 1888 by Msgr. Joseph Jessing, a to serve the church wherever t.hey German-Catholic immigrant who operated an orphanage in Columare most needed.

The Josephinum is celebrating bus and wished to educate a few its 100th anniversary throughout needy boys for the priesthood.

1988 but the formal observance He placed a notice to that effect will be held Sept. 27 and 28. Sev- in a newspaper he published to eral hundred of the school's nearly support the orphanage and re1100 ordained alumni are expected sponse was so great he decided to to attend a reunion to be held in begin his own seminary, initially conjunction with the observance. for priests to serve German immiWilliam Cardinal Baum, prefect grants in the United States. of the Congregation for Catholic In view of its national scope, in Education at the Vatican, will join Archbishop Pio Laghi, apostolic 1892 the Vatican granted the pronuncio in the United States seminary its unique status as the and chancellor of the J osephinum, in hosting the September event.

Among other prelates expected to attend are Josephinum alumni KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NC) Boston Archbishop Bernard Car- The Catholic Church in the United dinal Law, Dallas Bishop Thomas States shouldn't treat rural parTschoepe, Yakima Bishop William ishes as if they were baby parishes "waiting to grow up," says Holy Cross Brother David Andrews.

1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Brother Andrews, director of for the Swedish vessel as it entered the Rural Ministry Collegium based port. The borrowed cannons from in New Rochelle, N.Y., was the Camp Edward couldn't be hauled main speaker at a recent teleconthrough the sands to Race Point ference on rural parishes.

The church must overcome urban so the salute took place on Macbias which gives short shrift to the Millan Wharf.

The concussions were so loud value and contribution of small that windows rattled and some res- and rural parishes, said speakers at the teleconference, sponsored idents feared an invasion. by the Pastoral Life Institute in There was an invasion! Hundreds Kansas City and broadcast by the of Swedish cadets, cameras around Catholic Telecommunications Nettheir necks and "Swedish - English work of America. . dictionaries in hand, had landed in "The rural parish is not a small Provincetown.

only pontifical seminary outside Italy.

The Josephinum is comprised of a college of liberal arts and a school of theology. Nearly 800 alumni serve in 123 U:S. dioceses, in 16 foreign countries and in 16 religious communities. Today its students represent 44 U.S. dioceses and religious communities as well as four foreign countries.

For many decades, alumni served in needy dioceses in the south, southwest, and northwest regions of the United States. Later emphasis was placed on training seminarians from dioceses with a need for ministry among Hispanics; thus programs of Latin-American studies and Hispanic ministry have been added to the curriculum.

They're not "baby parishes" version of a big parish, it is not a baby parish waiting to grow up," Brother Andrews said.

The "bigger-is-better" syndrome which is part of U.S. culture has resulted in a perception that large urban and suburban parishes are better than their rural counterparts, he said.

"Larger parishes with lots of programs are different, but not more advanced," he said, noting that almost half of U.S. parishes are small and one-third of U.S. Catholics belong to them.

The community-building difficult to achieve for many large parishes comes naturally in smalltown parishes, Brother Andrews said.

Sr. Marie Augustine

JUBILARIAN Sisters of St. Joseph, from left, seated, Sisters Marie Joseph Leblanc, Rosa Plante, Marie Lucie Faucher; standing, Sisters Bertha Leblanc, Cecile Lafond. Sisters Marie Joseph and Bertha are blood sisters. Not pictured, Sister St. Jean Masson. (Motta photo)

Jubilarians saluted as to-year plan approved Recently celebrating jubilees at Blessed Sacrament Convent, Fall River, and Mont Marie, Holyoke, were five Sisters of St. Joseph, all with ties to the Fall River diocese.

A sixth, Sister St. Jean Masson, resides in the community infirmary at Mont Marie, Holyoke.

70 Years Marking 70 years in religious life are Sister Marie Lucie Faucher and Sister St. Jean Masson.

Sister Marie Lucie, a native of St. Maurice, Quebec, in her early years in religious life taught in a school serving primary grade children of both St. Anne and Blessed Sacrament parishes, Fall River.

Also in Fall River, she served at St. Jean Baptiste School and St. Joseph's Nursery School, now St. Joseph Montessori School; at St. Louis de France and St. Michael's schools in Swansea; and in Vinton, La. Sister St. Jean was sacristan at St. Mathieu parish, Fall River, for over 20 years and served in the same capacity at Blessed Sacrament parish, Fall River, and St. Louis de France, Swansea.

65 Years Sister Rosa Plante, a religious for 65 years, is a native of Manchester, NH. She has taught at St. Jean Baptiste and St. Mathieu schools, Fall River; St. Joseph School, New Bedford; and St. Michael and St. Louis de France schools in Swansea.

60 Years New Bedford native Sister Marie Joseph Leblanc is celebrating 60 years in the St. Joseph community. She has taught in St. Jean Baptiste, Blessed Sacrament, St. Roch and St. Mathieu schools in Fall River; St. Anthony High School

and St. Joseph's school, New Bedford; and St. Michael's, Swansea.

50 Years Sister Cecile M. Lafond and Sister Bertha Leblanc are golden jubilarians.

Sister Cecile, a Fall River native, is librarian and a French teacher at St. Jean Baptiste School, Fall River. She has also served at the former St. Joseph novitiate, preparatory school and teachers' institute, all in Fall River; at a school and a seminary in Indiana; at a New Hampshire retreat house; and at St. Louise School, Webster, Mass.

Sister Bertha, the sister of Sister Marie Joseph and also aNew Bedford native, taught at St. Roch, St. Jean Baptiste and St. Mathieu schools in Fall River; St. Therese and St. Joseph's in New Bedford; and St. Michael's, Swansea.

10-Year Plan The St. Joseph community earlier this month announced approval by nearly 400 of its members of a 10-year financial plan designed to insure both continuation of the community's ministry and care of its infirm and retired sisters.

With headquarters at Mont Marie center in Holyoke, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield and the Sisters of St. Joseph of LePuy-Velay, France, the original Fall River community, merged in 1974.

Sister Mary Frances Honnen, president ofthe congregation, said in connection with the IO-year plan, "We want to make the best possible use of our resources, so we can continue to serve people who need us." The resources include the land and buildings at Mont Marie and the Fall River convent.

"Our other main resource is our membership," Sister Honnen explained. "Each month sisters who are working send a portion of their salaries to congregational headquarters for the infirm and retired.

But as the number of workers decreases and the number of elderly increases, additional means of funding are needed.

"At present our median age is 61, and in 10 years it will be 70.

Our present retirement costs amount to $1 ~ million a year and projections show that, without a plan and action now, we would be in debt in ten years."

Through the years, she said, sisters worked for very small wages and received no benefits.

The Mass of Christian Burial was offered Tuesday at St. Joseph's Church, Fairhaven, for Sister Marie Augustine Connard, S5.CC., who died June 25 at Rose Hawthorne Lathr~p Home, Fall River.

Father William Heffron, SS.Ce., East Coast provincial ofthe Sacred Hearts Fathers was principal celebrant and homilist and numerous Sacred Hearts Fathers were concelebrants. Interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery, Dartmouth.

She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

Born in Mayette, France, on Sept. 9,1896, Sister Marie Augustine (Clemence Angele) was the daughter of Marie Gaugain and Auguste Connard. She entered the Sacred Hearts Congregation in 1922 and was professed in 1924.

The same year she was assigned to Sacred Hearts Academy, Fairhaven, where she served until 1980, when the community's House of Prayer and retirement home was opened in Fall River.

An appreciation of Sister Marie Augustine by one of her fellow community members follows: Sister dearly loved "Ia belle France," knew its history well and loved to tell about pilgrimages she had made to

shrines in her homeland during her youth.

For S4 years she was c'ook for the large community of sisters and the many students who boarded at the Academy.

She also enjoyed raising vegetables and flowers in the spacious Academy garden.

According to Sister Margarita Denis, sister in charge of the Fall River House of Prayer, Sister Marie Augustine was remarkable for her humility and generosity. For years she insisted on continuing to serve, despite an arm partially disabled due to surgery for cancer.

Prayerfulness was also one of her dominant features.

Many will remember Sister Marie Augustine, Sister Margarita said, because of her simplicity and genuine hospitality. "She ~new how to welcome others warmly, her face reflecting her real joy. She would lovingly make and keep promises to intercede for others 'with Ie Bon Dieu.' " When burdened with illness and old age, her main concern was not to give extra work to her sisters. "Our community will continue to treasure the memory of her patience, serenity, and gratitude for the least service. We now count on her to intercede for us," Sister Margarita said.

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New Vatican agency VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II announced the creation of a new Vatican agency to deal with labor issues in a minireform of the Roman Curia that left most administrative departments intact.

The long-awaited reform was outlined in an apostolic constitution "Pastor Bonus" ("The Good Pastor"), made public at the Vatican June 28. The pope presented the document to the church's cardinals during a consistory the same day.

Introducing the document, the pope stressed that the Curia - the church's network of central administrative agencies - was a pastoral instrument serving the Vatican and local churches. He said it was "unthinkable" that the Curia should ever injure relations between bishops and the pope or act as a barrier between them.

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themoorin~ The Reason Why The Fourth of July conjures up many images: flags and parades; picnics and backyard barbecues; vacations and beach trips.

In all, it's a special time of year for most Americans. It's a holiday and a long weekend; it's a get-away from the mill and sweatshop; it's a day trip to the Cape and even the Islands; it's fireworks and memories.

It's the great and glorious Fourth. Its meaning is renewed as we look at the hopeful faces of those seeking freedom in our land.

Millions throughout the world want to make America home. It's the only land that offers this possibility to so many embattled people. But obviously, everyone who wants to be here cannot achieve that goal; and it is equally true that they are often impeded by unjust obstacles and absurd legalities, too frequently promulgated for political profit.

The feeble attempts to restrict Hispanic flight from Mexico and Central America have failed quite miserably, even in the light of current amnesty programs for illegal immigrants.

The cry from behind the Iron Curtain is being stifled by current political attempts to sanctify the rule of Gorbachev, as if it were some new and holy revelation. Millio,ns of Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians and Poles would come to the United States if the opportunity presented itself. But we seem too busy counting destructive missiles and inventing new deterrents to pay attention to hurting people. As so often, they are ignored.

To date, no candidate for the White House has honestly addressed the question of an immigration policy that meets not only national but also human needs.

Indeed, even if such a policy is put forth as part of the Republican or Democratic platform, be sure it's only to get votes. Isn't it strange that each and every so-called public servant who wants to keep people out of America would not himself or herself be in this land, had his or her forebears been similarly treated. Very few Native Americans are seated in the Senate or House of Representatives. Those seats are for the most part occupied by sons and daughters of immigrants who made it to America.

This year as we celebrate the Fourth and wave Old Glory, may we recall the plight, fears, hopes and uncertainties of millions who want to be our fellow citizens. If we really affirm the Philadelphia Declaration of 1776, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, then we might also affirm an immigration policy devoid of public bias and bigotry, as well as political hypocrisy and deceit.

This is not an easy task or challenge. Too many ingrained factors challenge fairness and openness on this issue. Festering fears and intimidating distrusts make objective thinking in this regard almost an impossibility. The antics and even deceptions of well-paid lobbyists who playa very important role in swaying congress on any given political issue are also a major obstacle to a reasonable and impartial solution to the immigration problem.

May the Fourth be a time when amid our celebrations and gatherings, we take just a moment to remember the millions who want to join us. We might not be able to invite everyone to our party, but that doesn't mean we should forget how we and our 路ancestors won our own right to attend.

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"[He] exhorted his people. to fight manfully and to stand up even to death for ... their country and citizens." 2 Ma. 13:14

The importance of curiosity

By Father Kevin J. Harrington One ofthe least heralded virtues of humanity is curiosity. I am not referring to the unwarranted curiosity that focuses on the foibles of men and women. The cliche that curiosity killed a cat expresses the righteous moral outrage that condemns such prying.

Small children, on the other hand, are blessed with a healthy curiosity that helps their young minds grow in understanding of the world.

Children demand time. Their constant question, "What's that?," can drive one to distraction. Take a small child for a walk, for example, and you will find it takes twice as long as usual because he spots the tiny ant, the hidden soft moss and the rich variety of texture and color of walls and stones.

They are free of prejudice. A young child may embarrass his parents by shouting "Hello" to a poorly groomed vagrant or unfriendly businessman or amaze them by the delighted smiles he engenders.

To look at the world from the viewpoint of children is instructive. Their curiosity reflects their capacity for wonder. However, in adolescence and adulthood this gives way to intense self-consciousness when the thought of seeming stupid by asking straightforward questions often guarantees not-soblissful ignorance. . .

The hunger for learning is tragically replaced by the desire to appear learned, while the emphasis of schools on grades often encourages youngsters to study primarily in order to score well on tests and only secondarily in order to learn about the subject matter.

Books have been written about how little our 17-year-old high school seniors have learned after 12 years of formal education.

Somewhere between the cradle and the diploma the virtue of curiosity has been lost.

It is more than an exercise ofthe intellect, although it involves it.

Curiosity brings into play intuitions, imagination and emotions, whose subjective value is often belittled by educators.

I recently watched children being ushered through a Boston art museum by a pushy teacher who made them hold hands and blitzed the galleries as if she were hungrily ingesting her favorite dessert. . She simply pointed at paintings, saying, for example, "That's a Monet and that's a Renoir," witheut any explanation of the painting's intrinsic value. Obviously she cared little for art, knowing only which paintings were most highly regarded by connoisseurs.

My curiosity made me wonder why a teacher with no inclination towards the fine arts would take her students to such a museum. I also wondered how she recognized the works of great artists without

evincing any appreciation of them.

Perhaps she was required to take an art course in college and was forced to regurgitate the data fed her.

But education should be far more than a matter of pumping information into people. After all, computers can store data; possibly our high regard for them offers a clue as to why society seems to value the logical intellect over intuition, imagination and emotion.

As a result, curiosity is understimulated in those realms. Such a lack of harmony and balance leads to a warped spirit that can never fully enjoy life.

Education at its best sensitizes the spirit. Formal education for far too many people marks the end of learning. If our youngsters lack teachers who appreciate the fine arts, they are at risk of losing the lifelong joy of access to the subtle truths conveyed by the best artists.

At the end of my museum visit, I was in the building's cafeteria. My curiosity got the better of me and J. eavesdropped on the children whose field trip I had observed.

They were complaining of how boring it had been. At the same time the teachers were grumbling about their aching feet.

My own reaction was to wish that the teachers could be as aware of the ill effects of their sagging spirits as they were of their sore feet! ..

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On the flip side, I thank God for those who accept others' ideas and DOLORES say, "How can I help?" These are the doers, not the critics. A doer is CURRAN one who says, "I am willing to at a lake. One of the seminarians make this a better community by decided to build a pontoon boat in . offering my time and energy." his leisure time.

I'm afraid more of us are critics Each day his peers would come than doers. It's easier. We come up 'taking on a leadership role but down, inspect his progress, and ask, "Why don't you put this over with solutions that others have to enables others to do so. there?" and "Why don't you add carry out. We're too busy or too The fourth is the model - that preserving of personal time to get person of consistency who makes some more weight here?"

In spite of and in honor of these actively involved. We give the sug- us humble because he or she trudges uninvited dockside superinten- gestions and get out. along doing the work we suggest. dents, the shipbuilder finished his As a basic Whydon'tcha, I find Models are the valuable volunboat and named it, "The Why- myself in both camps - the one teers in a parish. They know that don'tcha?" that says, "We welcome your their effort may not payoff but if Whydon'tchas come in a variety ideas," and the one that says, someone thinks it's a good idea, of guises in society, especially in "When can you do it?" The tension they're willing to try. church society. These are the pro- between the two can become The important idea is that there's fessional critics who ask, "Why strained at times. room for all of us - the Whydon't you do it this way?

Should I keep my ideas to myself don'tchas and the We're-doing-its.

At times, Whydon'tchas seem to for fear of committing myself to When we can honestly determine assume a superiority that says, time I don't have, or should I offer what we are - leaders, nudgers, "I'm not willing to do the work but ideas without that commitment? enablers, or models - and fulfill I'll tell you how it should be done."

It's a situation many of us face. I our role well, our community will They mirror the cynic who quipped, "A critic is a person who knows don't want to be a Whydon'tcha benefit. the way but doesn't know how to but on the other hand, I don't want We need people with ideas who to be regarded as an adviser with- can't fulfill them and people willdrive the car." ing to act on those ideas. We need Pews are filled with Whydon't- out commensurate action.

How to deal with all this? I . not apologize for being the leader chas. And the same churches have to beg for volunteers. These spe- believe the answer lies in under- we aren't but accept what we are cial experts hllve all kinds of ideas standing leadership. It comes in a and perceive a value in it. Every to offer but no time to implement variety of forms. One is the visible community, from family to nation, leader. Another is the nudger, the needs all of us, even the Whythem. They're the ones who say, "Whydon'tcha have coffee after person who perceives needs and don'tchas. When we reach the stage Mass," but who also say, "I can't attitudes but isn't necessarily ac- where we value all four kinds of get involved" when the time comes tively involved. A third is the en- leaders, we're on our way to buildabler. He or she isn't interested in ing strong community life. to brew it.

What excites one person does not necessarily excite another. I am sure that a recent experience I found exciting in my research would not immediately seem that way to most of my readers. But allow me to explain.

For six months my colleagues and I have been conducting research on the attitudes of bishops, professional directors of religious education and parishioners toward the whole field of catechetics. The data collected took weeks to process.

Finally the day came when we conducted statistical analysis on the responses. Then the computer began to spew out the message that the responses of the bishops, the directors of religious education and the parishioners were significantly different from one group to the other. The data were such that there could be virtually no doubt about the finding.

One time the parishioners would be significantly more positive on an issue while at other times the bishops or directors of religious education were more positive.

Sometimes the responses of the directors of religious education were significantly different from those of the parishioners and bishops, and so on.

My colleague turned to me gleefully and said, "We sure have some good results! We have a lot of red flags!" You could feel the excitment run through our laboratory.

But why get excited about significant differences among people?

Wouldn't the results be more exciting and welcome if all three groups agreed in their responses?

To share a certain unity with others in thinking and feeling is truly an ideal to be desired. But life, tainted with original sin, never quite reaches the ideal.

Often, whether in the world of catechetics or in family life, people become like ships passing in the night, or they collide.

The beauty of discovering significant differences among people is that it sends out an alert which can help people head off a collision.

How many husbands and wives have patched up their differences by noting red flags and doing so'mething about them? To clear the air we need to bring significant differences to the surface and address them.

When Pope Paul VI envisioned renewal he saw dialogue at its heart. If we carl get people to talk together, renewal will follow.

But clarity is at the heart of dialogue, Pope Paul said. One way to obtain clarity is to identify the significant differences of those who are entering into dialogue.

July.2 1967, Rev. Gerard A. Boisvert, Assistant, Notre Dame, Fall River July 3 1942, Rev. Thomas P. Doherty, Pastor, St. Kilian; New Bedford July 4 1955, Rev. James A. Coyle, S.T.L., Pastor, Holy Name, Fall River July 5 1943, Rev. J.F. LaBonte, Pastor, Sacred Heart, New Bedford 1985, Rev. Edward P. Versailles, M.S., LaSalette Shrine July 6 1963, Rev. Edmond Francis, SS.CC., Pastor, St. Mary, Fairhaven

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FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

Every time the computer identifies a significant difference among those serving the church I see an opportunity for better. dialogue and the possibility for the church to apply the principle that "in unify there is strength."

For those who need renewal, whether in parishes or at home, I recommend identifying significant differences with an eye to improving dialogue and enhancing unity.

Who knows - this just may restore an excitement heretofore missing in your life.

July 7 1965, Rev. James E. Lynch, First Pastor, St. Joan of Arc, Orleans July 8 1887, Rev. Edward J. Murphy, Pastor, St. Mary, Fall River July 10 1938, Rev. Pie Marie Berard, O.P., Dominican Priory, Fall River 1972, Rev. Maurice E. Parent, Pastor, St. Michael, Swansea 1987, Rev. John E. Morris, Retired, Maryknoll Missioner 1987, Rev. Theodore M. Morin, LaSalette Shrine July 13 1979, Rev. Arthur P. Deneault, M.S., LaSalette Father July 14 1938, Rev. Nicholas Fett, SS.CC., Pastor, St. Boniface, New Bedford 1949, Rev. Edmund J. Neenan, Assistant, Sacred Heart, Oak Bluffs

Egyptian symbol for life Q. Shortly before my grandmother died a few weeks ago she gave me something very dear to her, what she called her Egyptian Handle Cross. I've never seen anything like it, a kind of half-cross with jewels, with a round hook on top for a chain. Have you ever seen or heard of a cross like this?

(California) A. Yes. What your grandmother gave you is not actually a cross. It is the ancient Egyptian symbol for life.

Almost since they first came to Egypt, Christians knew of this sign, a figure shaped like our T with a circle on top. It appeared on inscriptions of various sorts and on artifacts such as jewelry.

Thinking it was a form of cross they called it, in Latin, the "crux ansata," the cross with the handle, or sometimes the Egyptian cross.

Thus it was known nearly into our own century.

Only in the 1800s, for the first time since Christ, did scholars learn to read the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic language and system of symbols. They found the "crux ansata" to be not a cross at all, but an "ankh," the symbol of life. The sign is part of the name of at least one Egyptian king familiar to most of us, Tut-ankh-amen.

Interestingly, the ankh is often used even now for its religious meaning. Its similarity to the cross combined with its ancient meaning makes it a beautiful Christian symbol as well. For us, life comes in and through the cross of Christ.

Your grandmother gave you a fascinating gift.

Q. Some time ago you replied to a question about whether a child's godparents can be changed.

I call to your attention a 1984 statement from the Vatican Congregation for the Sacraments concerning substitute godparents. It may be helpful to your readers.

(New Jersey) A. I am grateful to the chancery official who referred me to this document. It indeed may be enlightening and helpful when a child's godfather or godmother either has died or has proven for one reason or another unwilling or unable to serve appropriately in that role.

When a godparent abandons the Catholic faith, for example, the child's parents understandably might wish another person to become godparent, one more likely to care for the child's spiritual welfare should the parents die or become incapacitated.

The Congregation for the Sacraments has acknowledged that very possibility, stating that the bishop of a diocese officially may designate a substitute sponsor, whose name could be inscribed on the official baptismal register. This ruling has been sent to bishops in both the United States and Can: ada (Reply of Nov. 13, 1984; printed in 1985 "Roman Replies" of the Canon Law Society of America).

There may be on occasion good reason for this kind of official change of godparent. However, as

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I explained previously, a loving, concerned friend or relative usually can do just as much good for the child without going through all this formality.

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Austria's President Kurt Waldheim, himself under fire for his role in the World War II German army, called the Nazi era a "shameful period of our century."

At a June 24 meeting in Vienna, he heard Paul Grosz, head of the Jewish community in Austria, ask Austrians and Catholics to reexamine their past regarding responsibility for the Holocaust.

"It would be unjust and untruthful to put the blame on Christianity for these unspeakable crimes," Pope John Paul replied. He noted that Christians also died under Nazi persecution.

Grosz criticized the pope for meeting Waldheim in 1987 at the Vatican last year and for not dip~ lomatically recognizing Israel.

Waldheim has been accused of war crimes by international Jewish agencies and Israel. He has denied the accusations. A government-sponsored study said he was not guilty of war crimes during World War II but knew of them and did nothing to stop them while an officer in the German army.

Grosz asked the pope to recognize Israel as an aid to peace in the Middle East and as "a clear rejection of Palestinian terrorism."

Regarding Israel, the pope said the church opposes all violence.

He added that he supports security for Israel but that Palestinians also deserve a homeland.

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Turn to Page Six Decided on an allocation plan to distribute an estimated $20 million a year that they expect to collect in the nation's parishes to help meet critical retirement needs of men and women religious. ,- Had a day of prayer and relaxation on Sunday, June 26.

- Held a three-hour closeddoor seminar June 27 on the psychosexual development of priests.

The executive-session discussion of acquired immune deficiency syndrome was prompted by but not limited to a statement on the fatal disease issued last December 'by the Administrative Board of the USCC, the bishops' public policy arm.

Some bishops objected to the statement's position that the Catholic Church could tolerate information about condoms in public .<".~ education programs on AIDS prevention if such programs were set THE POPE meets with Austria's chief rabbi, Paul Chaim in a moral context of promoting Eisenberg, right, and Paul Grosz, center, president of the / Christian family values.

Jewish community in Austria. (NC/ UPS-Reuter photo) Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican's doctrinal congregation, had written to the bishops before the meeting urging that they present a united front on the he told Catholics in warning age," Continued from Page One He asked them in the future issue. nothingness" spawned by modern that many of the same attitudes of to consult the Holy See beforeNazism are growing in a Western disbelief in God. . hand when planning statements "The tedious cycle of 'working- secular society, uncaring about the which could have worldwide ramdefenseless. earning one's living, consumingifications.

"What society is this, in which working again' does not yet proCardinal Joseph L. Bernardin vide an answer to the question of old age is often regarded as a disof Chicago, who made the motion what ultimate purpose all this may ease, where the sick are sometimes VIENNA, Austria (NC) - A to prepare a new AIDS statement, seen as a hindrance to a comforta- reported assassination attempt said at a press conference later that serve," he said.

The maxim that "if God is dead, ble life ... Where tens of thou- against Pope John Paul II in Aus- he had made the same proposal as all is permitted" has had tragic sands of children are killed each tria was a hoax, a government Cardinal Ratzinger two months consequences for humanity, he year even before they see the light official said. earlier. He said there was no effort of day," he said. said.

Two Turks were arrested for by bishops during the executive Reinforce your faith to overThe pope cited "the mechanized claiming they wanted to kill the session to withdraw or retract the death of two world wars, the per- come the current "hour of dark- pope, but no attempt on his life original statement. secution and annihilation of whole ness" marked by "wars, oppres- was made, Interior Minister Karl.

The deterrence assessment report groups of people because of their sion and injustices," he said.

Blecha said June 28. He issued his approved by the bishops praised ethnic and religious background, Youths, as the future of the statement after ABC News reported improved U.S.-Soviet relations and the helplessness of ma"n confronted church and the world, received a an attempt on the pope's life was the recent intermediate-range nuwith unspeakable misery in many special appeal to remember that uncovered and foiled. clear weapons treaty. parts of the world." belief is the basis of personal and At the same time the report critThe Turks had pistols that fired These examples raise the ques- social betterment. blanks. They also had photographs icized some missile deployment tion, "Has not man forsaken GodT' "Do not simply sweep the re- of the square in front of St. Ste- policies since 1983 as contrary to he said. mains of your failures, your faults phan's Cathedral, where the pope the principles ofthe bishops' peace The five-day trip was punctu- and your unkept resolutions under participated in vespers June 23. pastoral, and it maintained the ated with frequent reminders of the carpet," he told them. "If you Austrian authorities confirmed 1983 pastoral's stance that the Austria's 1938 annexation by Nazi do they will poison our spiritual the photographs showed sniper bishops could give only a "strictly Germany and the "cruel tyranny" environment or ma"ke us find positions in a nearby unfinished conditioned moral acceptance" to it brought until the end of World scapegoats for our own mistakes." building, with lines' of fire toward nuclear deterrence.

War II. Throughout Austria's green the areas outside the cathedral On SDI, the major new strategic The pope used Nazism as an fields, the pope preached a mes- where the pope was to make development since 1983, the report example of a "lunatic ideology" sage that social progress and spir- appearances. judged that the risks, problems in which was spawned by a disbelief itual conversion "walk hand in In 1981 another Turk, Mehmet technological feasibility and high in God. hand, one sustaining the other." , Ali Agca, shot and wounded Pope costs of the system are such that a "Sweep away all that blocks the He left Austria after a farewell John Paul in St. Peter's Square at limited research program can con"way to belief in God in our day and ceremony at Innsbruck in which the Vatican. tinue but it is not morally acceptable to move toward deployment of the system.

"The bishops also approved unanimouslya short pastoral statement accompanying the report. It urged Catholics to make 'peace and justice priorities in their personal and civic lives.

Approval of the EWTN conX-RAY QUALITY PIPE FABRICATION tract was part ofa series ofcommunications-related items on the bishops' agenda. As part of the EWTN agree~ent, the bishops votSPRINKLERS. PROCESS PIPING ed down a proposal to pursue negotiations to join VISN. a new PLUMBING. GAS FITTING. HEATING ecumenical cable television network.

They also approved a wide range of proposals to improve their own na,tional communications posture, especially in the further development of their own Catholic Tele32 Mill Street (Route 79) P.O. Box 409 communications Network of America. They voted down a proposal Assonet, MA 02702 to increase the national share of the annual communications collection in U.S. parishes from 50 644-2221 percent to 60 percent. , The first draft of a pastoral on women discussed by the bishops

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calls sexism a sin and urges equal treatment of women in the church and in society. It urges men to become sensitive to ways in which they treat women as less than equal and to recognize the dignity of women.

In their discussion the bishops criticized some aspects of the pastoral, but many of their suggestions were requests to expand the document's treatment of various issues and concerns.

The Vatican's document on the theological and legal status of the bishops' conferences received far more critical treatment. While some comments were approving, the words "inadequate" and "underdeveloped" were used repeatedly to describe the document's theological content.

When one bishop urged tolerance for the document's weaknesses because it was only a first draft, sent out for comments, another bishop said that no office of the bishops' conference would dare issue a draft statement so poorly put together.

Archbishop John L. May of St. Louis, NCCB-USCC president, devoted his presidential address to issues raised in the document. He announced that he had formed a committee of all the former presidents ofthe NCCB to the Vatican draft.

The bishops' discussion of general absolution was occasioned by a proposal to establish a month without access to confession as the time in the United States which would be considered adequate to fulfill a church law stipulating among the conditions for giving general absolution that penitents must be in a situation where they would otherwise be deprived of the sacraments for "a long time."

Some bishops warned of abuses of general absolution and complained of confusion surrounding that form of the sacrament of penance. But many praised proper use of general absolution as a legitimate form of the sacrament in some circumstances and argued that many people have experienced conversion and a return to individual confession as a result of general absolution.

The vote on the one-month norm itself went undecided. Those at the meeting voted 168-62 in its favor, but a ruling that two-thirds of all conference members must approve the norm meant that 70 bishops not at the meeting would have to be polled by mail before the matter would be decided.

National Catholic News Service learned from several sources that the June 27 afternoon executive session ofthe bishops was devoted to discussion of what bishops could do to improve the psychosexual development of priests.

Several bishops afterward expressed surprise that, even though the session was closed to the press, there had been no public announcement about it. They described it as a very positive session on the need for priests to have a healthy sense of sexual identity as part of their commitment to celibacy.

Three years ago at another meeting on Collegeville the bishops had a closed-door seminar on the problem of pedophilia, or abnormal sexual attraction to children, that faces some priests'. That seminar led to numerous workshops for priests around the country and clear guidelines in many dioceses for dealing with cases of child abuse by a priest.

"What about us?" ask parents of pregnant teens KANSAS CITY, Kansas (NC) - Parents of pregnant teens told The Leaven, newspaper ofthe Kansas City Diocese, of the grief, guilt and loneliness they felt as they tried to help their children through difficult times.

The parents spoke in interviews with The Leaven. To protect their privacy full names were not used in the article.

About I million teen-age girls become pregnant every year. While churches and social workers address the plight of the pregnant teen, the problems of parents of those teens often are overlooked, according to The Leaven.

"When I first heard that Shelly was pregnant," said Barbara, "I didn't know how to relate to her.

Here this l4-year-old had done something that I considered 'adult.'

She had somehow become one of my peers. I felt uncomfortable, different around her."

If parents had not discussed sex with the children, or had difficulty discussing the topic, that discomfort was more pronounced.

"I was embarrassed," said Tony, the father of a l6-year-old. "I was ashamed. I didn't want my little girl to be involved in a thing like ,lex."

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Another parent blamed herself for telling her daughter about sex.

"I thought I gave Ann too much information.... I thought it was my fault."

All the parents interviewed wrestled repeatedly with guilt.

"I remember the first days after learning Chad's girl was pregnant," recalled Dave. "I thought of the times I told him I was too busy with work to play with him. I thought of the times I went away on business trips and missed his school concerts or Little League. I wracked my brains to find the incident that could have caused to get a l5-year-old pregnant."

Anger is another emotion that parents faced - anger directed at themselves, at their children, and at people who could have helped but did not.

"I still want to lash out at peo'ple," said Dave. "I want to tell them that they could never hurt like I've hurt in seeing this pregnancy through with my son.

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"I wanted to hurt those who shunned him, but most of all I wanted to hurt those who took away his responsibility for the pregnancy, those who laid the blame entirely on the girl."

Bob and Pat said they were able to offer their l7-year-old daughter support but that they were not prepared to deal with the reactions offriends and fellow parishioners.

"They were nice enough," recalled Bob, "but they made it plainly clear that although they accepted it, understood because it was the right thing to do, they didn't approve and that we certainly had a part to play in what happened. One person even had the guts to say, 'I'm sorry about Janet, but that's one thing my daughter wouldn't do to me. She loves us too much to hurt us.' That made me feel like such a failure.

And that's not mentioning the anger I felt."

"I felt uncomfortable at church," Pat said. "Word spread and most everyone we knew knew about Janet. They weren't mean. They just wouldn't mention her, ask about her, ask about how we were doing. That hurt the most. It was as if our daughter of 17 years just no longer existed."

Bob said, "I berate myself time and again for what I didn't do to keep this from happening. In my saner moments, I realize I'm angry because I didn't teach my daughter and myself one of the biggest lessons you need in life - how to deal with mistakes when they happen.

"You can't control your kids' decisions. You can't control anyone's decisions, only your own.

But you can help to control the outcome of those decisions. That's what we as a family are learning. If more people learned that, this experience of a teen-age pregnancy within a family wouldn't be so terrribly painful," he said.

"What I couldn't stand," said Terry, "was the feeling that what my daughter did was still considered a sin, a sin terrible enough to cause her and us to be cut offfrom the community. For all the preaching of acceptance and understanding, there was none when it came down to the day-to-day living of those nine months and the time after."

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Double-grade schools lauded Mrs. Denita C. Tremblay, principal of St. Stanislaus School, Fall River, has recently returned from a four-day national conference in Chicago on "The Small Catholic School: Advantages and Opportunities."

Mrs. Tremblay was one of 70 educators from 16 states who learned from a national study that classes in small Catholic schools succeed academically at a level significantly beyond national norms. The study credited a very supportive learning environment for student success.

The Small Schools Study was initiated and directed by Carleen Reck, SSND, Ph.D., in 1986 while she was director of the Elementary department ofthe National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) in Washington, D.C. The initial survey showed that 94 percent of classes score on or above grade level on composite standardized tests, with eighthgrade composite scores an average of 1.8 years above the national norm.

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The survey results also showed tives in Catholic Education through above-average achievement in math- the National Catholic Educational ematics as well as exceptional learn- Association. ing - up to two years above norm Mrs. Tremblay has been princiby eighth grade - in reading and pal at St. Stanislaus School for reference skills. five years after having taught seThe reasons for such achieve- cond grade at St. Philomena School ment became obvious when Sister in Portsmouth, RI. She resides in Reck and Suzanne Hall, SND de Tiverton with her husband KenN, Ph.D., met with selected Catho- neth and daughter Denita. lic school principals across the Both mother and daughter are nation. of St. Stanislaus School graduates The educators found that stuand lifelong members of St. Stadents in such small schools have nislaus parish, of which Mrs. Tremmore opportunities for participablay's grandparents were founding tion; while students in doublemembers and where her parents grade (e.g., grades 5-6) have builtand brother and his family still in opportunities for year-long prereside. view or review of subjects.

Of her own parish loyalty, Mrs. Because these youngsters work much of the time without direct Tremblay notes that during a period teacher assistance, they are given a when she and her husband lived in much greater variety of learning Maryland for two and a half years, materials and tasks; their tests they drove to Fall River monthly tend to elicit higher levels of think- to attend Mass at St. Stanislaus. ing (requiring explanatory paragraphs rather than "fill in the blanks"); and they have many opportunities to develop sound study habits.

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THIS SATURDAY IS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Honor the Immaculate Heart of Mary Practice the devotion of the five First Saturdays' This devotion was requested by Our lady of Fatima on July 13, 1917, when she said: "God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart.

"I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of reparation on the first Saturdays. If people listen to my requests, Russia will be converted and there will be peace."

Then again, on December 10, 1925, Our lady appeared to Sister lucia, one of the children of Fatima, and told her the following: "Announce in my name that I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, shall

1. Go to confession and receive Holy Communion, 2. Recite the Rosary, 3. And keep me company for a quarter of an hour while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary 4. With the intention of making reparation to me."

PLANNING FOR the annual Evening on Cape Cod with Bishop Cronin are, from left, Diocesan Council of Catholic Women moderator Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes; DCCW recording secretary Rita Rock; DCCW president Dorothy Curry; and Cape and Islands DCCW moderator Very Rev. Edward C. Duffy. Meeting at St. Franics Xavier parish, Hyannis, the group worked on arrangements for the summer reception, to be held at 7 p.m. Aug. II at Sheraton Regal Inn, Hyannis. Those in attendance will greet the bishop and will enjoy hors d'oeuvres and dancing. Tickets are available at all rectories and from DCCW members. The event benefits diocesan charities. (Lavoie photo) \.'tl','

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(Courtesy of. the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Hedwig parish, New Bedford, Mass.)

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THESE ARE THE FIVE ACTS OF BLASPHEMY WHICH ARE COMMITTED AGAINST THE

Immaculate Heart of Mary 1. Denying Mary's Immaculate Conception 2. Denying Mary's Virginity 3. Denying Mary's Divine Motherhood (refusing at the same time to recognize her as Mother of men)

4. Teaching children a hatred and contempt of Mary and an indifference toward her.

5. Dishonoring Mary's holy images You can make reparation for these insults to Our Lady by practicing the devotion of the five first Saturdays of the month.

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Dormition: sign of inner gift lay hands on each ofthe priests for a special infilling of the Spirit.

As we gathered for our weekly He loked at me and said. "Gee, I priests' prayer group, Brother Pandon't wimt anyone to get hurt." cratius, founder ofthe charismatic "What do you mean?" I asked. renewal in the archdiocese, paid us "Well," he said, "when I begin to a surprise visit, accompanied by a pray over people individually, some Redemptorist priest from Boston. of them go into dormition and fall The priest had just arrived in Phildown. Could you provide someadelphia for a weekend teaching body to - stand behind them to and Brother thought the priests catch them on their way down?" should get to know him and his So that is what happened. The healing ministry. He struck me as 10 priests who had gathered that being unique in the healing minisnight came up to be prayed over. try because he worked out of a Another priest stood behind them definite place, the old Mission in case they went into dormition. I Church in Boston. Later I discovwas about the fifth priest prayed ered that, as a teenager, he had over and I knew I was going into been healed through the sacrament . dormition because I had experof the anointing of the sick. ienced the beginning lift five minThe priest began by explaining utes earlier. his weekly healing ministry and As it came my turn, Father took the gift of dormition, or resting in ~y hands into his and, as he the Spirit. I had heard about this prayed, this somewhat unexplaingift but had never experienced it able gift, an extremely gentle gift, nor heard any explanation of it. was given. I felt very light and just Father spoke about his healing wanted to lie down. Since I knew services and how people would another priest was behind me, I let "rest in the Spirit" when he prayed over them. ~ "'. '..p ~/ j ."~ .. ;,,. }If . .

Naturally, in a predominantly « J, ~ Catholic city like Boston, this at, ". tracted wide-scale attention, beginning with a small newspaper article and quickly ballooning into full television and press coverage.

After our prayer meeting, the priests went to a small chapel for a final prayer and visit. Rather than follow our usual routine of spontaneous petitions, I asked Father if he would lead us in prayer. He stood in the front of the chapel and began to pray. The prayer itself was simple enough - asking Jesus, his Blessed Mother, and various saints to come to our aid. During the prayer, I was standing in the third pew. I could feel myself getting weak and so I held on to the pew.

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The gift lasted about five to eight minutes. I wasn't asleep, but could hear the prayers and conversations of the other priests in the small chapel. There was an intense gift of God's presence and a clarity in hearing God's word. I knew enough not to try to get up or to move, because God was acting within me through this gift of dormition.

Eventually the action was over and I calmly got up. At no time was I asleep, nor at any time did I lose control of my free will. It was just a very deep action of God which I know brought about some healing, especially in my emotions and body. .

"Dormition" or "resting in the Spirit" is a very common gift associated with persons with powerful healing ministries. Some healers have people sit while being prayed over. Some have "catchers." Others help people themselves as they go down. The "going down" is not the gift, merely a manifestation of it. The gift is God's inner action.

Because people falling down can easily become a spectacle or can be a somewhat expected response, dormition is open to many abuses.

However, the gif! itself is real and seems to be widely present among those with powerful healing ministries. It is also present in some degree whenever God wants His power to manifest itself.

Unfortunately, dormition is most known through the televisi'on evangelist-healer who seemingly is pushing people down. I cannot comment on the validity or invalidity of their ministry. What I can attest to is the validity of this gift when properly used.

Msgr. Walsh is the vicar for charismatic prayer groups of the Philadelphia archdiocese.

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The high court found that "especially offensive" picketing by the pro-lifers did not warrant total free speech protection and that homes must be safeguarded from "devastating" intrusions.

The high court acknowledged that free speech activities can only be limited for narrow reasons but distinguished between picketing geared toward the general public and that targeted solely at an individual at home.

"The type of focused picketing prohibited by the Brookfield ordinance is fundamentally different from more generally directed means of communication that may not be

completely banned in residential areas," said the majority opinion, written by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

"The type of picketers banned by the Brookfield ordinance generally do not seek to disseminate a message to the general public but to intrude upon the targeted resident and to do so in an especially offensive way," she wrote.

"Moreover," the ruling added, "even if some such picketers have a broader communicative purpose, their activity nonethless inherently and offensively intrudes on residential privacy. The devastating effect of targeted picketing on the quiet enjoyment of the home is beyond doubt."'

The case, Frisby vs. Schultz, involved an ordinance stipulating that "It is unlawful for any person to engage in picketing before or

about the residence or dwelling of any individual' in the Town of Brookfield," a Milwaukee suburb.

The pro-lifers in the case were represented in court by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and drew support from such diverse organizations as the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Life Le!lgue.

Brookfield enacted the ordinance in 1985 after anti-abortion activists, in groups of II to more than 40, picketed the home of Dr. Benjamin Victoria.

Pro-lifers challenged the town and contended the law was an unlawful violation of free speech rights. The pro-l.ifers won a U.S. District Court injunction against the law. A split decision by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also upheld the pro-lifers' contention, but the case then went to the Supreme Court.

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ROBERT McCARTHY with his Scouting insignia.

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This guy's a Girl Scout

By Joseph Motta When most men reach their 60s, they look forward to spending time with their grandchildren. Rohert McCarthy is no exception. He has four grandchildren.

But the 62-year-old resident of Fall River's Flint Village neighborhood has something more - an extra 21 children to love, members of Fall River's Brownie Troop 1044.

McCarthy has led the Brownies for four years. "I couldn't begin to tell you how much those kids mean to me," he says.

The lifelong member of his home city's Immaculate Conception parish lost his sight about 13 years ago to retinitis pigmentosa, a disease which narrows the vision field and eventually blinds its victims.

In his earlier years, McCarthy was a millman at Fall River's. former Firestone plant and drove., a school bus for his parish. He is a World War II and Korean War veteran.

McCarthy's son Timothy, a'I975 graduate of North Dartmouth's 'Bishop Stang High School, teaches social studies at his alma mater, . and coaches football and boys' baseball there. His son Mike's wife, Jacqueline Bertrand McCarthy, a '69 Stang alumna, is the school's foreign languages department chairperson.

He speaks matter-of-factly about his disability. "Being active like I am," he said, "I don't notice it too much." His trust in God has helped him, he said. "You've got to have faith."

Doris, his bride since 1950, was involved in Girl Scouting as an assistant Brownie leader when their daughter Karen was a child.

A friend, Claire Amiot, of Notre Dame parish, Fall River, was also . a Scouting volunteer.

Years later, McCarthy saidjokingly to her, "If you ever need any help, just let me know."

She did. At a Scouting awards ceremony McCarthy and his wife attended soon after, Miss Amiot surprised him by pinning him a Scout leader.

McCarthy lived up to his word, beginning as an assistant troop leader to over 25 Girl Scouts ages nine through II.

"What am I doing here with all these girls?" he remembers asking himself. "My God, what am I going to do?"

But the children took to Bob McCarthy and he to them. "I couldn't wait until the next meeting:' he said.

He has been a registered Girl Scout leader since 1976. The 21 six to eight-year-old Brownies he now leads meet Tuesday evenings at Fall River's St. Mark's Episcopal Church.

McCarthy has been told he's the only Fall River male involved with Girl Scouting, aside from men who informally help their wives.

He's been camping with the children annually for the past 12 years and this year marched with them in Fall River's Memorial Day parade.

As a leader he's helped many Catholic Brownies and Scouts prepare for their Catholic Service awards, "Family of God" medals for Brownies and "I Live My Faith" medals for Scouts.

The former Marine softens when he tells you how Mindy, a sixyear-old in his troop, t.old him at a recent meeting that "I love you a whole laundry basketful."

The children, McCarthy adds, do not treat him differently because of his disability.

Prior to losing his sight, he was a National Little League Baseball coach for about eight years and was also a parish CYO baseball coach. After losing his vision he was a general supervisor and basketball coach at Fall River's Anawan Street CYO and assistant parish CYO moderator.

McCarthy is an honorary member/ leader of the Catholic Girl Guards of Ireland; the equivalent of American Girl Scouts. In 1983 he was awarded the St. Elizabeth Seton Medal from the Fall River diocese for his service to Girl Scouting and the church.

Scouting, CYO and diocesan awards fill his small, comfortable den and a framed certificate from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts recognizes his Scouting work.

The awards are appreciated, McCarthy says, "but you don't look for them."

He'd rather have the gratitude of the kids.

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advanced age, we are seeing an increasing number of birthday parties for folks the sociologists call "old-old," those who are 80 or more.

Did Irving Berlin ever dream he would have a nationwide birthday party when he reached 100? If he did, he might have written a song about it. But what's to get excited about a birthday party for a centenarian? Some 25,000 Americans are at least 100!

Everyone knows the age of oldold celebrities like George Burns, who's in his 90s. But Bob Hope?

Who'd ever guess he was 85? Still, four in 10 Americans who are now 65 will celebrate their 85th birthdays in 2003!

I had the good fortune to be invited to a birthday party recently for a friend who reached what we used to call the "ripe old age" of 90. He is a priest who has never retired.

I got to know Msgr. Francis J. Gilligan better in recent years, but he was my teacher briefly during the Depression when he was a seminary professor and I was a cub reporter. It happened at a Catholic labor school in Minneopolis where the young "labor priest" taught church-sponsored classes for union members on labor law, the papal encyclicals on labor and justice, and practical matters like parliamentary procedure.

In this week's column, Bernard Casserly profiles Msgr. Francis Gilligan, a native of St. Mary's Cathedral parish, Fall River, who was ordained in 1924 and in 1926 became one of "three wise men from the East" who went to St. Paul, Minn., in response to a request for priests from the late Archbishop Austin Dowling.

The others, both now deceased, became Bishop James L. Connolly of Fall River and Archbishop William O. Brady of St. Paul. , Msgr. Gilligan frequently returns to Fall River to visit his sister, Miss Claire Gilligan, still a Cathedral parishioner. Editor Aren't birthdays wonderful? I mean birthday anniversaries of course, but no one ever calls them that.

Perhaps birthdays are wonderful only for older people-say from 60 years and up. We're just happy because we've lasted one more year. Ask some older folks their age and they'll say they're "going on 65" instead of "I'm 64."

Children love birthdays because of the parties. For those in between, however, birthdays can be traumatic. When one of our daughters became 30, she found her office desk draped in black. Because she was single, she was told, she was over the hill in the marriage department.

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Msgr. Gilligan was on the cutting edge of that effort. As one of his students, I helped rid the Newspaper Guild and the state ,and county CIO of the followers of Stalin and Trotsky. After 29 years on the St. Paul seminary faculty and 15 years as pastor of a big city parish, he began a new career as archdiocesan director ofthe Propagation of the Faith. He was only 74 then; today at 90, he works fulltime on that job.

Several parties were held to honor Msgr. Gilligan when he turned 90 on April 26. At one gathering with his brother priests, this tireless servant of the church, whom I have never seen without his Roman collar, twice declared: "I thank God for allowing me to be a priest."

Continuum of elder health care needed WASHINGTON (NC) - A Catholic Health Association task force has said the long-term health care needs of the nation's frail elderly are "urgent" and called the current health care system a "nonsystem" in need of "fundamental reform."

The task force made the comm"ents in a report issued last week.

The U.S. system of public and private long-term care programs, the report said, "is best described as a 'non-system' - a set of expensive and uncoordinated programs and services that have evolved in an irregular and often patchwork manner."

"Fragmentation in funding," through Medicare, Social Security and other programs, has reinforced "fragmentation in service delivery," it said.

While most elderly have sufficient income to cover health care, there are 2.6 million elderly living in poverty, "the report said.

What is needed is "a continuum of care" through which families, communities, the church, Catholic

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It said such a system would build on and support home care by family members, who currently provide 60 to 80 percent of such care for impaired elderly people.

The task force recommended: - Scaling Medicare premiums to income.

- Increasing Medicare home health and nursing home benefits, now strictly limited even with the new health care bill approved by Congress in June.

- Requiring physicians to accept Medicare-approved charges as payment in full.

- Expanding eligibility and benefits for Medicaid, a federalstate program that ~elps pay costs of health care for the poor.

The task force suggested paying for expanded services by taxing Social Security benefits, increasing the amount of earned income subject to the payroll taxes working individuals pay into Social Security, and increasing inheritance, alcohol and cigarette taxes.

health facilities and various levels ofgovernment together meet health care needs of the elderly at all stages, it said.

It also said that as society ages, there will be an increasing burden on the working population to meet the needs of old and young people.

In 1985, it said, the ratio of elderly to people of working age was 19 to 100, compared to 7 to 100 in 1900. By the year 2020, it will be 29 to 100, and by 2050, 83 to 100.

The report focused on "the elderly at risk," defined as those over age 65 facing changes - from physical and mental to social and spiritual- that might reduce their ability to live independently.

A "successful continuum," the report said, focuses on the needs and preferences of those served

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By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Mary: I read your column about getting involved in some way in our neighborhoods or our communities. One of the actions you suggested was writing to prisoners. Please send me the name of the prisoner who requested mail. I would like to write to him. - Pa. Thanks to the many readers who asked for opportunities to become involved and to the many more readers who opened my eyes to new opportunities.

The opportunity to write to a prisoner is yours for the asking.

Prison Pen Pals is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit group, whose only mission is to put letter writers in· touch with prisoners who have requested pen pals.

Lou Torok began corresponding with pen pals in the early 1970s when he was a prisoner in a penitentiary. He knows from experience that a single letter can change another person's thinking and his life.

Af.ter his parole, Lou Torok believe in God.· But Vic always founded Prison Pen Pals. Using a writes, 'Don't stop praying for small volunteer staff, Prison Pen me.' ..

Pals serves as a clearinghouse beToday letter writing is almost a tween prisoners who desire pen lost art. Even loved family members pals and persons outside who wish do not get letters. Yet letters are a to write to a prisoner. They pay no powerful way to overcome isolasalaries, rent or operating expenses. tion and loneliness.

All these are donated. Their only Perhaps you were once a stuexpense is for postage to mail out dent away at school, a worker materials to interested parties. temporarily located in a strange Anyone wishing to write to a town, a military recruit suffering prisoner can obtain a free list of through basic training. How faithprisoners all over the United States fully you checked your mailbox! who desire letters. Write to Prison How disappointed you were when Pen Pals, Box 1217, Cincinnati, it was empty!

Ohio 4520 I. Please enclose a selfWriting a letter might take you about one half-hour, the length of addressed stamped envelope.

What do pen pals write about? many television shows. Isn't there Monica is a pen pal to Vic, a pri- one television show you could skip soner for over 20 years. She says, each week? If so, you,like Monica, "We tell him about our way of life have the time to write to a prisoner ... the simple things such as school who has requested a friend . activities, vacations, birthdays, Reader questions on family livwalks on Sunday afternoons. We ing and child care to be answered tell him about our church activi- . in print are invited. Address the' ties and how we feel about God Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's even though he says he does not College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

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By Antoinette Bosco Not long ago I visited my son and his two children in Colorado..

It's always special when we're together because with 2,000 miles between us we only get to see each other three or four times a year.

Nicky is now 6 and Angela 4, those wonderful ages when children are curious about earth, space and everything in between. I find it joyous and exciting to see developing minds and souls in action.

I always marvel at how human beings can be pint-sized and yet so amazingly capable of absorbing information, sensing feelings, expressing emotions and reacting to the world around them.

Too often people tend to regard children as empty vessels for adults to fill, or as blank tablets on which to put imprints. They aren't. They are fully formed human beings who need to be nurtured with love so that their God-given potential can bloom.

Adults don't pour knowledge into children; we lead it out, as the Latin word "to educate" indicates.

It means "to lead out," as from a source.

During my Colorado visit, an incident with Nicky gave me a touching lesson. Their daddy had bought a new self-propelled lawn mowe'r and Nicky had "helped" him mow and trim their acre of land. Because he was so proud of this, he invited me to take a tour of the yard.

He pointed out the poppies, the irises and the blue wildflowers.

When we got to a rosebush, he said that it didn't have a flower yet but, pointing to a bud, he added that pretty soon there would be a flower there.

My son came out then and Nicky, looking up at him, said, "You know, Dad, the world never seems to run out of beauty."

We both had tears in our eyes.

We needed that reminder of the splendor of the world - and beyond that, of the Creator who gave it all to us. We had been through some dark clouds in the past months, with personal pain. I But on that cool morning with the sun shining on Nicky's golden hair, the white ofthe irises and the green rosebuds, we had heard a

small boy state a fundamental truth: "The world never seems to run out of beauty."

Sadly, adults forget that. We get bogged down in our troubles, problems and deadlines, and frustrated with people we don't want to deal with and work we don't want to do.

All this clutter crowds out the reality of the gifts the Lord has

given us to help us cope with the ambiguities of life.

This goes on until something happens to remind us of the light that can transfigure 'the daily inconsequentials.

Jesus 'said, "A little child shall lead you."

Ye's, indeed, if we let him. Thank you, Nicky.

How to clean your room

By Hilda Young How to clean your room: When your mother asks if your room is clean, say "yes."

When she asks if your bed is made, shoes put away, clothes off floor, balls and bats in garage, dribble cage sanitized, say, "I was just getting to it."

She will say, "I am sick and tired of having to tell you to clean your room. It's a pigsty. Aren't you embarrassed to have friends over?

I sure am."

Think, "So keep your friends out of my room, old woman. Or just shut my door. There's no window in it, you know."

L., Shuffle to your room. Kick your soccer cleats under the bed. You won't need them for three months anyway. Same thing for your jean jacket, dead batteries, unfinished model airplane, barbells, magnifying glass and Mad magazine.

Yank the bedcover from the pile of sheets and blankets at foot of bed and throw it over bed. Pull edges to floor on side facing door to block line of vision to storage area. Smooth bed surface by patting lumps until evenly distributed.

Discover dad's missing socket set under old Buick hubcap. Rehang hubcap. Put socket set in brother's room.

Practice jump shots and hook shots with dirty socks using corner behind door as target.

Stuffclothes hanging from dresser drawers and force them closed.

On top shelf of closet, stack the following: football helmet, varnish can, empty cardboard box,. old three-ring binders, wood burning set, BB gun, box of baseball cards.

Restack pop cans into a pyramid on windowsill. Remove baseball cap, belts and slingshot from soccer trophy. Stuff under bed.

Place miscellaneous cassette tapes and storage cartridges in shoe box and push under bed.

Turn on a tape of Whitesnake at full blast. Flop down on your back on bed and pretend you are playing lead guitar.

Your mother will come and stand in the doorway with her hands on her hips and the vacuum cleaner at her side.

Say, "Better Homes and Gardens might call later to do a feature on my room. Would you take a message for me?"

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Significant force Continued from Page Two approved in a plenary meeting of its members.

For cardinals heading dioceses, such posts used to be largely nominal, since difficulties of travel and communication often prevented them from going to Rome for plenary meetings and from keeping abreast of agency activities.

Today, however, it is not uncommon for diocesan cardinals to travel to Rome two or three times a year for such meetings, thus taking an active role in decision-making of Vatican departments.

Much power remains with the fulltime Curia cardinals, however.

They know the Vatican's inner workings better, have staff aides working daily on issues facing each agency, and u'sually hold membership in several different Vatican departments.

Cardinal William W. Baum, for example, the highest-ranking American in the Curia, not only heads the Congregation for Catholic Education but is a member of nine other Vatican departments, including five other congregations.

By contrast, Chicago Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin, the senior active U.S. cardinal, is a member of only two Vatican congregations and one secretariat.

World attention turns to the cardinals only when the death of a pope brings them to Rome for their most important single duty, electing a new spiritual leader for more than 800 million Catholics.

Between papal elections, however, their influence on major church policies and decisions is often unrecognized or underestimated.

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Pope John Paul II has made several efforts to increase the role ofcardinals in the Vatican. He has called the whole College of Cardinals together every three years to advise him on administrative issues.

The first such ~eeting led to the formation of a council of cardinals to oversee Vatican finances and propose structural and procedural reforms in the Roman Curia.

Within his own nation or region, a bishop who has been made a cardinal usually enjoys far greater influence on local church life than his fellow bishops, Even in the United States, where there is a strong tendency to' emphasize performance over rank, cardinals are generally among the most influential members of the hierarchy - partly because of their greater influence in Rome and partly because of the extra experience and knowledge they usually gain as cardinals.

Cardinals are divided into cardinal bishops, cardinal priests and cardinal deacons.

There are only six Latin-rite cardinal bishops, usually senior

Vatican officials. Eastern-rite patriarchs who are made cardinals路 are also cardinal bishops. The dean 01 the College of Cardinals is elected from among the cardinal bishops.

Cardinals who head dioceses are ordinarily named cardinal priests and made titular pastors of churches in Rome.

Cardinals who hold posts in the Roman Curia are ordinarily named cardinal deacons and are also assigned to titular churches in Rome, which are called diaconal churches.

Until the 20th century, laymen could be cardinals. Since 1918 only a priest could be a cardinal.

Pope John XXIII decreed that if a priest were named a cardinal, he had to be ordained a bishop before he could be installed as a cardinal.

Three of Pope John Paul II's appointees, including Cardinal-designate von Balthasar and two from previous years, obtained exemptions from that rule.

In liturgical ceremonies cardinals can be recognized easily by their bright red zucchettos, or skullcaps. A bishop's zucchetto is purple.

But gone from the cardinal's regalia is the galero, a widebrimmed, round-domed red hat with a five-tier triangle of tassels hanging from each side, which had been a symbol of cardinals since the 13th century. When Catholics used to speak of a bishop "getting a red hat," they meant the galero.

A red hat is still conferred but now it is a simple biretta.

From collecting garbage to erecting lightning rods, Holy See keeps busy VATICAN CITY (NC) - One of the Vatican's keyholes was opened for peeping through this month.ltisintheformofa 1,771page yearbook, "The Activity of the Holy See, 1987."

The publication's first half gives and encyclopedic account of major Vatican events last year, beginning with a cover photo of the pope embracing Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.

But the second half offers a rare peek into the everyday workings of the world's smallest city-state.

Here, in detailed reports from each Vatican department, the narrative ranges from the prosaic - an entry noting that nearly 2 million pounds of garbage was collected in Vatican City last year - to the sublime - an account of the discovery of Renaisance frescoes in St. Peter's grotto, with scenes from the lives of two popes.

The book contains news and clues for Vatican-watchers. Among previously unreported 1987 items, for example, was disclosure of a Vatican meeting on the prospects for dialogue with Chinese Marxists, a proposed excavation in search of St. Paul's tomb, and a ruling by the Roman Rota that a woman' can be "impotent," even if she's had two children.

For outsiders who may wonder what Vatican personnel do all year, here is a sampling of answers for the 1987 volume: - The Vatican's health services department kept busy treating more than 30,000 outpatients, responding to 226 first aid calls and 197 work accidents, and conducting more than 51,000 blood tests. Doctors made 39 house calls in the 109-acre state, while the public hygiene department made dozens of bacteria checks in the Vatican's kitchens and throughout its water system.

- The Vatican's telephone system handled 5.4 million incoming and outgoing phone calls - about one every three seconds. Several automation and computerization projects helped relieve the switchboard operators, 12 nuns who work

split shifts to provide 24-hour service.

- To keep buildings in good shape, the technical services department responded to more than 500 repair calls in 1987. When fixing up the outside ofthe Swiss Guards' barracks, workers had to devise an electronic mobile scaffolding to avoid placing an illegal base on Italian soil. This year's report from technical services included a warning: the Vatican's thick border walls, affected by chemical pollution and normal weathering, risk crumbling apart unless quick restorative action is taken.

- Vatican City planted 28 new trees, described as "aboreal units," to replace those lost in a heavy freeze two years ago, and had a problem with an older tree that played havoc with an office building wall.

- The number of visitors at the Vatican museums was up 15 percent last year. More than 1.7 million people came through their doors, an average of about 5,600 per day. Most paid the standard ticket price of 7,000 lira (about U.S. $5). The Vatican used some of the money to build ramps for handicapped visitors.

-The museums' restoration department solved a major problem when it found a northern Italian company to provide silk and dyes to match an 18th century French tapestry titled "The Descent of the Holy Spirit."

- At the Roman Rota, which handles marriage cases, only one annulment was granted this year for reasons of impotence. It went to a woman with two children. The court, acknowledging the difficulty of proving such matters, nevertheless explains in perfect Latin how this particular medical situation was possible. A Latin lexicon would be useful for navigating through the 41 pages of marital case histories provided in this section.

- A number of tourists at St. Peter's Basilica were said to have complained that there was no place to make donations toward Peter's Pence, the annual collection for papal projects. So last July, offi-

cials hauled in a large kneeler with a slot big enough for coins and folding money, added signs in four languages and placed it conspicuously in front of St. Peter's crypt.

- High above St. Peter's main altar, on a stairway that winds inside the dome, wire mesh was installed to prevent tourists from aiming video cameras through the bars and possibly dropping them on people below. On the roof of the basilica, higher fences were added to protect "the growing number of tourists who dangerously lean out over the void, in search of little-known panoramas or new emotions," said the report.

- At the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls, a major Rome church under Vatican control, "experts of high qualifications" have proposed an excavation beneath the altar to unearth what they expect will be St. Paul's tomb. The report says such a discovery would be of "incalculable religious, historic and cultural fascination." The problem is that the project might cause collapse of a section of the church. The idea is being studied by the pope, the report concluded.

- At the papal villa in Castel Gandolfo, new lightning rods were put up on the farmhouse on the property, and Jesuit astronomers continued their long-range spying on magnetic double stars.

The yearbook reveals the Vatican to be a thriving human enterprise, dealing with everything from plumbing problems to printing the pope's encyclicals. The reader may be left with something new to wonder about: How can so many activities be crammed into so small a place?

papal briefs Mariology urged VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican has urged Catholic theology departments and seminaries to increase and improve their courses in Marian theology.

"It would be unthinkable that the teaching of Mariology be obscured today: It is necessary, therefore, that it be given its just place in seminaries and theological faculties," said a Vatican letter to bishops, heads of theology departments and seminary rectors. It came from Cardinal William W. Baum, head of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education.

They're immune

IN THE GROTTO of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope John Paul II prays before the tomb of his predecessor, Pope John XXIII, who died June 3, 1963. (NC/UPI-Reuter photo)

ROME (NC) - A recent ruling

by Italy's Constitutional Court has confirmed that officials ofthe Vatican bank are immune from prosecution for their alleged role in Italy's largest banking scandal. The ruling has apparently closed the door on further legal action against the bank's president, U.S. Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, and two bank lay officials of the bank. The decision let stand an earlier court's ruling that arrest warrants for the three officials were invalid because they violated the Vatican's "sphere of sovereignty."

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On TV p.m. Monday, cable channel Each Sunday, 11:00 a,m 35.

WLNE, Channel 6. Diocesan On Radio Television Mass.

"Be Not Afraid," 15 minutes Portuguese Masses from Our of music and Gospel message Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, hosted by Father James M. New Bedford: 12:15 p.m. each Fitzpatrick, parochial vicar at Sunday on radio station WJFDSt. John the Evangelist parish, FM, 7 p.m. each Sunday on teleAttleboro, is heard at 8 a.m. vision Cbannel 20.

Sundays on station WARA, Portuguese Masses from Our 1320 AM. Tbe Catholic clergy Lady of Lourdes and St. Anof the Attleboro area sponsor thony of Lisbon parisbes, Taunthe program. ton: 7 p.m. eacb Sunday and 6 "The Beat," Christian rock p.m. each Monday on cable music and information produced channel 27.

by Building Block Ministries of "Confiuence," 10:30 a.m. each Taunton, is broadcast at 4:30 Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel a.m. Sunciays on station WVBF program moderated by Truman Boston, 105.7 FM, and may be Taylor and having as permanent heard in the Attleboro, FaU participants Father Peter N. River, New Bedford and TaunGraziano, diocesan director of ton deaneries. social services; Rlgbt Rev. Cbarismatic programs with George Hunt, Episcopal Bisbop Father John Randall are aired of Rhode Island, and Rabbi from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. MonBarucb Korff, day through Friday on station "The Beat,"produced by BuildWRIB, i220AM; Mass is broading Block MInistries of Taunton cast at I p.m. each Sunday. and aired on many cable systems "Topic Religion." presented in the Fall River diocese features by two priests, a rabbi and a videos from and information on Protestant minister, is broadcontemporary Cbrlstian rock arcast at 6:06 a.m. and 9:06 p.m. ' tilts. Cheek loeaIllstlnp for times each Sunday on station WEEt and dates.

Boston, S90 AM. Mass 9:30 a.m. Monday to Programs of Catholic interFriday, WFXT, Cbannel 25. est are broadcast at the follow"Breaktbrough" 8 a.m. each ing times on station WltOL Sunday, Channel 10, a program Boston. 950 AM: Monday on the power of God to touch through Friday 9, 9:15. 11:4S lives, produced by the Pastoral· a.m.; 12:15, 12:30, I p.m.

Theological I nstitute of Hamden, A Polish-language rosary Conn. hour, conducted by Father Jus"Maryson," a family puppet tin, is broadcast at 1:30 p.m. show with moral and spiritual Sundays on station WALE, 1400 perspective 6 p.m. each ThursAM. day, Fall River and New Bedford A Polish·language Mass is Cable Channel 13. heard from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

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U.S. bishops asked to aid Lebanon COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (NC) - The head of Lebanon's Maronite Catholic Church has asked U.S. bishops to study the situation in his war-torn country and take some sort of action.

"If something drastic is not done in the very near future, Christianity will disappear in the land where our Lord walked," Patriarch Nasrallah P. Sfeir told the bishops June 25 during their general meeting in Collegeville... It is our firm hope that the light of the Gospel will not be extinguished in that land as we begin the third millennium."

Lebanon has been battered by civil war and foreign invasion for more than 12 years. Maronite Catholics and Moslems make up most of the approximately 2.6 million population.

The patriarch, in the United States for a month-long visit, will meet with Maronites in the Boston, Springfield and Fall River dioceses at a Boston banquet July 12. Msgr. Norman J. Ferris, pastor of St. Anthony of the Desert Maronite Church in Fall River, said some 40 parishioners will attend the event.

The church recently honored two new monsignors with Fall River ties, Msgr. Kenneth Michael, who formerly served at the Fall River parish, and is now a pastor in Scranton, Pa., and Msgr. Ronald Beshara, now a pastor in Danbury, Conn., who is a native of St. Anthony's.

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What's on your mind?

Q. Will my life get any easier as I become older? (Ohio)

A. Consider for a moment a six-week-old baby in a crib. We'll call him Brad, and his weightlifting ability would be measured not in pounds but in ounces.

His days are spent sleeping and eating and generally exploring the small world where he lives. All his simple needs are met by those great big adults. His life consists largely in getting.

Fast forward 19 years. Brad is a young man now. He benchpresses 300 pounds, does 100 sit-ups every day and can chin himself 17 times in a row.

His muscles and strength were not come by easily. His many workouts involved pain, sweat, determination and courage. Many

Although this was hard, Brad realizes now that it helped hm develop 'spiritual muscles and strength. It's easier these days for him to say no to alcohol when he's tempted to drink too much.

Brad is aware that he'll have to develop new emotional and spiritual strengths for marriage and probably for jobs that he'll get in the course of his working career.

By TOM LENNON

a time he worked out when he didn't feel like it. But he's glad now that he did and pleased with his strength and muscles.

Physically life became much harder for Brad as he progressed from 6 months to 19 years.

Ifs been the same in his emotional and spiritual life. Ever so slowly he came to realize that life - a happy life, that is - is not all getting. It involves giving too.

At home, at school, at church and in Appalachia doing service work in the summer, Brad has discovered the truth of Jesus' words, "It is a better thing to give than to receive."

Learning this great truth was not easy. Brad knows he still has a lot to learn about living these words and giving of himself.

He's had other spiritualtroubles

By Charlie Martin

I Don't Want to Live Without You I find myself in a strange situation And J don't know how What seemed to be an infatuation Is so different now I ean't get by if we are not together Can't you see Girl, I want you nOw and forever Close to me I'm longing for the time I'm longing for the day Hoping that you win promise to be mine And never go away I don't want to live without you I don't want to live withOut you I could never live without you Live without your love I ask myself, if there is no explanation To the way I feel I know I've reached the right destination And I know it's real I'm longing for the time I'm longing for the day When I'll be giving you this heart of mine Believe me when I say Recorded by Foreigner. Written by Mick Jones and touGranun. (c)1987 by Atlantic Recording Corp.

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FOREIGNER is back pn the charts with "I Don't Want to Live Without You." As the title suggests, the person in the' song has made up his mind that "I want you now and forever:" When we feel this strongly about someone, we are likely to think about him or her as an eventual marriage partner. Yet, we might ask ourselves whether the feeling can be trusted. Per-

too. Viewing Sunday Mass with the eyes of faith did not come easy for him. Many a time he went to church when he didn't feel like it.

haps the intensity we feel is no more than a sign of deep infatuation.

Choosing a marriage partner is one of life's more serious decisions. But t"-e teen and young adult years are not the time to be looking for a lifetime partner.

And later on men and women are in a better position to make this decision if they have dated several people.

But the challenges and burdens do not frighten him. He has come to realize that hardships are part of life and, if used properly, can help him become a happier person.

Recently Brad watched his grandmother face the hardship of her husband's death. She seems so alone now, so vulnerable. Now in her late 70s, she will have to develop some new spiritual and emotional strengths. Brad is hoping he can help her somehow.

So - in answer to this week's question: Your life probably will get more difficult as you become older. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. You will hopefully find great joy as you develop into a strong, courageous, giving person.

Send questions to Tom Lennon, 1312 Mass. Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005

After having dated several people you might find yourself wondering how you can tell if someone would be a good choiCe for marriage.

Certainly there is no perfect way to know. Love always remains a risk. Yet there are clues to guide the choice.

Real love brings genuine openness and honesty. Ask yourself: Is there anything that you do not feel free to discuss? Is there anything that your partner refuses to discuss?

Another important concern is respect. Every marriage blends individual interests, values and goals. Often this process brings out innate differences ofopinion, personality and desires. Real love never puts another down for different choices or preferences. Instead, it facilitates a dialogue on how to live together given these differences.

A Sure test of love is found in what happens when you end up in a conflict. If you seldom or never have conflicts, there is a good chance that the relation· ship is built on infatuation. Each person still is trying to put his or her best image forward.

Real love allows us to be ourselves, even when this leads to conflict. However, such conflicts should be marked by fairness.

Both people need to work toward a consensus that each can accept.

Love never leads to one-upmanship, where one person wins but the relationship toses.

Teens and young adults have plenty of time to think about marriage. Later, when you may wish to think seriously about marriage, look for the openness, respect and successful handling of conflict that are essential for love to endure.

Your comments always are welcome. Address Charlie Martin, 1218 S. Rotherwood Ave., Evansville, Ind. 47714.

STUDENTS at Bishop Stang High, North Dartmouth, obviously enjoyed their recent production of "Grease."

Bishop Stang High School Students may receive help in fall scheduling from the guidance department from 9 a.m. to I p.m. each Tuesday and Wednesday, beginning July 26. Beginning July 28, students may also call 9938963 for assistance from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. each Monday and Thursday. And don't forget summer reading assignments, says Mrs. Theresa Dougall, principal.

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Uniforms will be available at the school Aug. 10, from 9 a.m. to noon for students with hist names beginning A-K, from noon to 3 p.m. for names L-Z. And seniors will be notified of appointments for yearbook photos.

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There'll be a meeting in the school gym at 7:30 p.m. July 28 to discuss bus transportation for the coming year from Westport, Tiverton and North Fall River:

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Congratulations to Molly Fontaine, Dawn Higson, Katie Rivet and Suzanne Harrington, selected

for the field hockey Bay State Team.

In baseball the team finished the year with a 10 and 10 record, jayvees with 9 and 9 and freshmen with 7 and 7.

Track team members sustained injuries to key performers but Paulo Oliveira did well individually as he won state class championship and all-state team membership in shot put.

In tennis, Chris Shannon was undefeated to lead boys to an 8 and 2 league record, while girls qualified for the state tourney and finished second in their division.

The boys meanwhile clinched a trichampionship in Division II for the first time in school history.

At the annual athletic banquet, James Gouveia received the Carlin Lynch Award for outstanding male athlete, Liz Lanagan and Lisa Charron shared the Theresa Dougall Award for outstanding girls and Paulo Oliveira merited the John O'Brien Outstanding Scholar Athlete Award.

Physicals for fall sports will begin at 6 p.m. Aug. 23.

Bishop Feehan Laura Lopes, a student at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, was recently elected Student Council president for next year.

Thomas Stearns is vice-president, Arnie Carges and Jennifer Giusti are secretaries and Jacquelyn Dooley treasurer.

Michael Atwood is senior class president, Brenda Cahill vice-president and Elizabeth Hastry secretary/ treasurer.

Jason Tausek and Skip Tramontana are junior leaders and Kevin Hurley and Jason Adamic will be freshman president and vice-president. . 40 homeroom representatives were elected to the student coun.cil.

Feehan junior Doreen Baltadonis is a winner in the 1989 Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence competition at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has been offered a merit scholarship with a four-year waiver oftuition if she enrolls at UMassAmherst in September, 1989.

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Junior Melanie O'Connor has been nominated to attend the Congressional Youth Leadership Council's Youth Inaugural Conference in Washington, D.C. She will participate in four days of activities surrounding the presidential inauguration, including the White House inaugural ball.

Teens side with bishops SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NC) Teenage members of the Youth Advisory Board of the Catholic Times, diocesan newspaper of Springfield, Ill., agree with 'the recent statement of the U.S. bishops regarding school-based health clinics.

The bishops' statement said school-based health clinics mislead youths about premarital sex, contraceptives and abortion. It called on communities to "drop the idea of school-based clinics" and to teach young people "honesty, moral responsibility, promise-keeping, self-control, commitment, and respect for other persons."

"The criticisms you have made about the school-based clinics are very good," said LuAnn Aiello in responding to the bishops. "As a teen-ager reading this, I feel as if school-based clinics do not care much for teens and think that teens are too unintelligent to make decisions in their life."

Another teen-ager, Terry Kirts, told the bishops that many teens are not aware of some Catholic stands on sexuality issues.

"I would like to pledge my support to your efforts and let you know that there are many of us working toward a morally sound society," he wrote.

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General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted. unsuitable for children or young teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; 4-separate classification (given films not morally offensive which. however, require some analysis and explanation); a-morally offensive. .

Catholic ratings for television movies are those of the movie house versions of the films.

"Dragon Chow" (New Yorker Films) - Follows the plight of two Pakistanis (Bhasker and Buddy Uzzaman) who, despite their status as illegal aliens in Hamburg, West Germany, attempt to settle into permanent homes and jobs. A heartbreaking view of immigrants caught in a bureaucratic web of exploitation. English, subtitled. Incidental use of rough language.

A2, no Motion Picture Association of America rating.

By Mick Conway arranged for informal talks by As a substance abuse counselor several community resources, such (my children call me the Beer as the county attorney, police chief and sheriff, to name a few.

Slayer), and as the mother of five The most popular speaker was a grown children, I can speak with young recovering alcoholic. Now some authority on the problems "Red Heat"(Tri-Star) - Buddyassociated with accompanying a college senior, she told the group cop thriller pairing a tight-lipped of her experiences with alcohol young people through the teen-age Soviet cop (Arnold Schwarzenand drugs. Her candor won instant years. egger) with a loud-mouthed ChiSomewhere between the ages of approval from the class. cago cop (Jim Belushi) in a manShe spoke of her adolescent 13 and 19, most adolescents feel hunt for a Soviet drug smuggler New Films the need to prove their maturity by experimentation with chemicals, (Ed O'Ross) on Chicago's streets. experimenting with alcohol or stealing ·alcohol from her home "Bull Durham"(Orion Pictures) Much violence and too much proand buying street drugs. As she - A romantic comedy set within fanity weaken an otherwise fine drugs.

Peer pressure can be intense and continued drinking and using baseball's minor leagues features a effort. mllny teen-agers find it impossible drugs, she began losing interest in has-been catcher (Kevin Costner), Film on TV to take a stand against drinking or school and friends and soon a rookie pitcher (Tim Robbins) dropped out of previously enjoyed and an overage baseball groupie using drugs.

Sunday, July 10, 8:30 -11:21 The availability of alcohol and activities.

(Susan Sarandon). Glorifies sex- p.m. EDT (NBC) - "The NatuHer high school years became a ual promiscuity as a comedy ele- ral" (1984) Screen version of the other drugs i~ a serious temptation nightmare of drinking and using ment. Much rough locker-room Bernard Malamud novel about a for adolescents. Impatience to be a part of the adult world can lead to drugs, lying and stealing money to language and several sexuaIly phenomenal baseball player(Robchemical use, often with disastrous support her chemical habit. explicit encounters involving par- ert Redford). Muddles the story's Her first year in college was a tial nudity and kinky practices. results. underlying themes of self-deceit, My husband, a physician, can disaster because of her escalating· evil and mortality. Promiscuity is recite a litany of horror stories use of alcohol and drugs. Minimal "The Decline of Western Civilitreated with restraint. A2, PG about teen-agers' drinking and driv- class attendance resulted in failing zation Part II: The Metal Years" Religious TV ing. Those middle-of-the-night grades and the need for money to (New Line Cinema) - A 90-minute phone calls from the emergency buy chemicals led her into'prostitu- documentary exposing the posturSunday, July 3, (CBS) - "For room usually mean trouble. When tion. ing, wanton performers and fans Our Times" - Rebroadcast of the Her family, after finally realiz- in the L.A. heavy-metal scene. first program in a..t.wo-part docucar accidents are involved, you can be fairly sure alcohol is in the ing the extent of her illness, com- Much profanity and bragging about mentary on religion and racial mitted her to a treatment center sexual promiscuity, drug and alco- conflict:Reports on the World Counpicture.

When our own teen-agers were for chemical dependency. hol abuse, some nudity and several cil of Churches consultation on She had managed to fool even sexually provocative interactions. not home at the designated hour, racism held earlier this year in Los my husband would become so those closest to her, family and O,R Angeles. nervous about their safety that he friends, until the disease of chemiwould drive around the country- cal dependency had reached an side looking for them, certain that advanced stage.

Now in recovery, her life has he would find their car upside down with its occupants unable to taken on new meaning. She has dral in New York and studied preLOS ANGELES (NC) - Sinescape. He now knows almost every found a closeness to God never ger Dennis Day, 72, Jack Benny's law at Manhattan College. before experienced. She thanks comic sidekick, died June 22 in ditch in the county.

He had hoped to enroll in law I teach an education-prevention and praises her family for inter- Los Angeles of amyotrophic lat- school at Fordham University when class for high school students vening on her behalf. She is an eral sclerosis, also known as Lou he sent a recording of his singing charged with underage possession enthusiastic member of Alcoholics Gehrig's disease. His funeral Mass to Benny's wife, Mary Livingston, of alcohol or drugs. Many schools . Anonymous lind credits the group was held June 27 at St. Martin of in 1939. for her continued sobriety. have implemented such classes.

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She pursuaded Benny to give The message she brought was In spite of some initial relucDay, a radio and television perDaya trial on his radio show. Taktance, participants soon begin to that alcohol and other drugs are sonality of the 1940s and 1950s . ingthe name Dennis Day, hejoined take an active part in our weekly dangerous substances. If chemical who sang Irish melodies and prided "The Jack Benny Program" on sessions. In a light moment, they dependency develops, the very himself on wholesome entertain- radio, continuing with it when it decided upon a name for our group: course of one's life is altered. ment, aided many Catholic chari- moved to television. He also had "The Drunk Class" won by popuMick Conway is a free-lance ties. his own program, "The Dennis lar vote. writer and substance abuse coun. In 1962, he broke a contract to Day Show."

As part of the curriculum, I selor in Emmetsburg, Iowa. play at a private club in Seattle He is survived by his wife, Peggy Almquist McNulty, and 10' chilwhen he found strip-tease dancers had been booked for the same dren. evening.

"I may lose money by breaking the contract, but as a Catholic I Albert Vaillancourt, associate or after Jan. I, 1972; and cadets, took the Legion of decency pledge. director of the Fall River Area born on or after Jan. I, 1974.

I am a Knight of Malta and a CYO, has announced information Knight of-the Holy Sepulcher and regarding summer programs spon- CYO SUMMER BASKETBALL I will do nothing to discredit my sored by the area CYO. Boys or girls entering 6th, 7th or faith, my family, or my good name," 8th grade this fall may join the Day said.

F ALL RIVER AREA In an interview later he said, "It CYO summer basketball league.

CYOGOLFTOURNAMENT Games will be played at 9:30 and is time to stand up and be counted.

On Monday, July II, the annual 10:30 a.m. Monday through Wed- There are a lot of good, honest, Fall River Area CYO Golf Tour- nesday at CYO HaIl, Anawan decent people in my profession. nament will be held at the Fall Street, FaIl River, from Monday, Anybody can get a laugh out of a River Country Club. Registrations July II, through Wednesday, Aug. dirty joke, but a true comedian will be accepted at the country 10. doesn't have to and will not resort club between 7 and 7:30 a.m. the Registrations will be accepted at to this." day of the tournament. None will the haIl from 10 a.m. to noon July Born Eugene Dennis McNulty be accepted after 7:30 a.m. Golfers 5 through 8 and on the first day of in New York, Day gave his birth from other diocesan areas are not play. date as May 21, 1917, but his eligible for the Fall River competidaughter, Eileen Savage, said her ....... ...... ......--......--......-- ...... tion. father was actually born in 1916.

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ST. STANISLAUS, FR Michael Zwolinski will head a committee planning for the parish's 90th anniversary observance Oct. 16. A gift has been received from the Brown University library staff in memory of Mildred Murphy, to be used for needs of the parish kindergarten. Parishioners Pam Reid and Kristina Whipp have received athletic honors at Connolly and Durfee high schools respectively.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON A mission appeal in behalf of Conventual Franciscans in Japan, Africa and Alabama will be held the July 9-10 weekend.

HOLY NAME, FR Altar boys meet July 6. Youth group outing to Rocky Point Park July 9.

DOMINICAN LAITY, FR Cookout noon Sunday, residence of Annette Pineau, Swansea.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Five youth group members will attend a Christian leadership program next month at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown.

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ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT A questionnaire is in preparation to enable a study of parish strengths and needs. It will be mailed to all parishioners. The summer daily Mass schedule will see 9 a.m. Mass Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 5 p.m. Mass Wednesday and no regularly scheduled Saturday morning Mass in order to allow for weddings and funerals.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Donations of returnable bottles and cans are welcome and benefit the parish youth ministry. Softball for all, 6 p.m. Sunday, North School field. AA group meets 7:30 p.m. each Wednesday, church basement.

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ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA New pastor Father Andre P. Jussaume will be officially installed before II a.m. Mass July 10. Youth group summer activities directors are Alexis Marsden, Debbie Levesque and Sheldon Blais.

K of C, HYANNIS A $1,000 scholarship for a qualified graduate of Barnstable High School is offered by the Knights of Columbus. Applications may go to "Scholarship," K of C, PO Box 2525, Hyannis 02601.

NOTRE DAME, FR 14 parishioners have been commissioned as new eucharistic ministers.

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ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Four new eucharistic ministers have been commissioned for the parish.

Pro-life head WASHINGTON (NC) - Vincentian Father John ·W. Gouldrick, professor of religious studies at Niagara University in Buffalo, N.Y., has been named executive director of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' secretatriat for Pro-Life Activities.

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ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO A Sister of St. Joseph of Cluny will speak at weekend Masses on behalf of missions in West Africa.

The recipient of the Father Keliher scholarship will be selected after 8:30 a. m. Mass Sunday. CCD teachers and office assistants are needed.

Information: 695-6161.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Twilight Garden Concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. July 9 with a concert by Father Andre Patenaude, MS, and Sister Lucille Gauvin, OP. The program will be preceded by 6:30 p.m.

Mass and followed by a pastry party.

All welcome. Healing service 2 p.m.

July 10, shrine garden. Terre du Coin cafe program 6:30 p.m. July 19. Reservations: 222-5410.

CATHEDRAL, FR Two parishioners have been commissioned as eucharistic ministers.

ST. MARY, NB Choir rehearsals will continue for the summer, 7 p.m. each Wednesday, school cafeteria. Bible Study sessions will resume in September.

Father Kevin Mobray of the Marist Missionaries will speak at weekend Masses.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Exposition of Blessed Sacrament until II a.m. today.

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PASTORAL MINISTRY, NB St. Luke's/ Parkwood Hospital will begin a 9-month training program for eucharistic ministers and pastoral companions in September. Information: Rev. Bruce Cwiekowski, 101 Page St., New Bedford 0274I. ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Cookout for special students, rectory grounds 12:30 p.m. Sunday, sponsored by pro-life committee.

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WIDOWED SUPPORT, NB St. Kilian's group will have a picnic 3 p.m. July 10, Vezina residence, 22 Westland Ave., Acushnet. All widowed welcome; bring food, drink, a chair. No group JTIeeting July II. ST. ELIZABETH SETON, N.FALMOUTH Newly-ordained Father William F. Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Murphy of N. Falmouth will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow, followed by a reception in the church hall. All welcome. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament until II :30 a.m. follows 9 a.m. Mass today.

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ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Elton and Grace Buckley are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. Vincentians will collect canned goods and donations for the needy on Sunday.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA New Women's Guild officers: Frances Jensen, president; Shirlee Tharrett, vice-president; Claire Carty, secretary; Rita Pavao, treasurer. Eucharistic holy hour 7 tonight.

O.L. ASSUMPTION, OSTERVILLE Mary E. Curley and Peter Ryan have been awarded Guild student assistance grants. Bible study sessions resume in the fall.

ST. ANNE, FR First Friday Masses 7: 15, 11:30 and 6:30 today. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Simard and Mr. and Mrs. James Jennings are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversaries. Novena in honor of Good Saint Anne begins July 17; devotions 3 and 7:30 p.m. daily through July 25.

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50 CYO members from St. Kilian parish, New Bedford, appeared on ChannelS's Boston Ballroom show.

Holy Family High School students Anne and Mary Jane Rimmer presented accordion duets.

1963 A cable informed Bishop James L. Connolly that-Pope Paul VI had bestowed an Apostolic Blessing on the Fall River diocese.

1968 Argentinian artist Hector Ubertalli's mixed-media impressions of Cape Cod, which The Anchor judged to echo "the splendors of Creation," were on display at a North Truro art gallery..

1973 Beverly Johnson, a graduate of Bishop Gerrard High School, Fall River, was named one of 17 outstanding U.S. cheerleaders by the U.S. Cheerleaders' Association.

1978 The Anchor profiled the Mulligans of Centerville, prolifers who adopted children from Korea and India and were counselors to other prospective adoptive parents.

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Understanding One Another was the theme of a multicultural awareness conference at Bristol Community College, Fall'River. Among speakers was Father John J. Oliveira, then associate pastor at Espirito Santo parish, Fall River, who spoke of problems facing Portuguese immigrants from small Azorean villages as they adapt to - American culture.