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WASHINGTON (CNS) - The U.S. Supreme Court's June 30 decision upholding the constitutionality of a "bubble zone" around a Florida abortion clinic has been roundly condemned as an attack on free speech by organizations opposed to abortion.

The court ruled 6-3 that a 36-foot, noprotesters zone around the Aware Woman Center for Choice in Melbourne was constitutional. But by an 8-1 margin, the justices also said broader restrictions on approaching clinic clients and employees or displaying signs visible to people inside ~ went too far.

Liberty Counslel attorney Mathew Staver, who repre:sented Judy Madsen and two other plaintiffs in their appeal of the injunction, said the ruling "has trans...

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formed public sidewalks normally open for expre~sive activity into a type of Tiananmen Square. By doing so, the court today has retreated to the Dark Ages, when speech was permitted only at the discretio~ of government officials."

Staver said the ruling sends a message to all forrps of social protest "to beware."

The National Right to Life Committee said the o,nly effect the Madsen ruling will have is that it "makes being pro-life a thought ~rime." , A stat~ment from Right to Life presi- . dent Warlda Franz said as a result of the Madsen case, women en route to having abortions will be denied a chance to be given information that might make them change their minds.

"This decision is a devastating blow,

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not only for pro-life persons who wish to speak out against the destruction of unborn children, but also for the free speech rights of all Americans," Mrs. Franz said.

Similar injunction or local laws in several jurisdictions limiting protests near clinics have been in limbo while awaiting the Madsen ruling.

A Phoenix city ordinance restricting protests within 100 feet of clinics has been the subject of an injunction barring its enforcement woile the Supreme Court case was pending.

In May, the California Supreme Court cleared the way for an injunction requiring protesters to stay on the opposite side of a busy street from a Planned Parenthood clinic in the city of Vallejo.

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And in Texas, a ruling has been pending on a request for a permanent injunction barring Operation Rescue and Rescue America protesters from demonstrating close to 10 abortion clinics.

Jay Sekulow, an attorney With the American Center for Law and Justice who has represented key Operation Rescue defendants several times, said the Supreme Court ruling "crushes both the pro-life message and its messengers."

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, writing for the court, specifically said the injunction was properly based not on what the protesters said, but on their previous disruptive actions.

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Mass., U .8. bishops oppo~e allti-child initiatives I

Both nationally lind in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, bishops are expressing strong opposition tiD proposed programs affecting chiIdr~n, born and unborn. A story Olll a grassroots campaign to be mounted by the U.S. bishops in opposition to inclusion of abortion coverage lin any universal health care 1)lan follows, A 'statement of the Massachusetts bishops with regard to Governor William F.; Weld's .veto of welfare refqrm elements in the 1995 state budget is on page 3.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - Armed with new surVey that shows most Americans support universal coverage and oppose abortion coverage in health care reforms, the U.S. bishops are launching a grassroots campaign to reignite the flickering health care debate. "\t's time to swing into high gear," said Bishop Jame$ T. McHugh of Camden, N.J., a member ofthe bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, at a July 13 press conference at the National Press Club in Washington. i "Our message [to Congress] is direct and unambiguous - put genuine universal coverage in and take the abortion mandates out," said h.uxiliary Bishop John H. Ricard of Baltimore, chairman of the bishops' Domestic Policy Committee.

Press conference participants stood in front of bo~es containing an estimated half million of the 5 million postcards sent earlier this year to Congress as part ofthe National' Project Life Sunday campaign against abortion coven\ge in health care.

During the new campaign, those who signed the cards will be asked to contact their congressional representatives again to reiterate their' desire that mandated abortion coverage be excluded from any health care reform pla:n, said Helen Alvare, director of planning and information for the bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.

Other aspects of the campaign include placement 9f print, radio and television ads supporting the dual goals of universal coverage and no:abortion mandate; a Project Life hot line (800-451-3344) providing Western Union t~legrams to two senators and a representative for a $8.95 fee; and a new letter from Catholic leaders to Congress.

"We will continue to work for true reform, but we ~igorously oppose measures that advance an abortion agenda in place of a real committnent to universal coverage," said the July 13 letter signed by Bishop Ricard; Cardinal Rpger M. Mahony of Los Angeles, chairman of the pro-life committee; and Archbishop ,William H. Keeler of Baltimore, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

"Abortion mandates are opposed by the American people; they will force millions of employers, churches and individuals to subsidize abortion in violation of their consciences; they will jeopardize the future of Catholic and other religious providers of health care; and they will destroy the chances for real refbrm," the letter added. "We are determined to persuade Congress to eliminate abortic?n mandates on the floor and we promise our vigorous opposition to any legislation that includes them."

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AT TOMB dedication ceremony, from left front, K of C District Deputy Charles Pine; State Treasurer :James Sawyer; Faithful Navigator Robert Canalis; Grand Knight Joseph Hurley; Father Lucio Phillipino, pastor of Immaculate Conception parish, North Easton. At rear, partially hidden, Knight Sonny Santino; Knight Don Berstorm; District Deputy Francis Kennedy.

Tomb for Unborn is dedicated At a June 26 ceremony, Easton Knights of Columbus dedicated the first Tomb of the Unborn Child in the Fall River diocese. The ceremony at Immaculate Conception parish cemetery, North Easton, followed a Mass at the church.

Some 150 members of Immaculate Conception and of Holy Cross parish, South Easton, as well as state officials of the Knights of Columbus, were present for the dedication of the tombstone by Father

Lucio Phillipino, Immaculate Conception pastor and cemetery director. Father Phillipino donated the lot on which the tombstone was erected and the Knights provided the monument. An honor guard was made up of members of the Cardinal O'Connell Assembly of Fourth Degree Knights.

Speakers for the occasion were Joseph Riley, executive secretary of Massachusetts Citizens for Life and John Spillane, pro-life chairman for the Knights.

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OBITUARY Sister Beaulieu The Mass of Christian Burial was offered July 7 at St. Mary's Church, North Attleboro, for Sister Adrienne Bea'ulieu, SUSC, formerly known as Sister Bernadette Elise. Sister Beaulieu, 90, died July 3.

She was a native of Taunton and the daughter of the late Clcophas and Elise (Raymond) Beaulieu. She entered the Religious of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts in 1920 and thereafter taught in schools in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York.

Sister Beaulieu is survived by a niece, Sister Adrienne Elise de Champlain, SUSC, of Taunton and by several other nieces and nephews.

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1994.Through the remembrance and honor of these lives. Saint Anne's can continue its "Caring with Excellence."

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Jose Araujo Julia Ashley Joseph Bento. Jr. .

Frank P. Botelho· Beatrice Capeto Jeannette Charest Frederick Chartier Donald Corr William Desmond Marcelle Duval Gertrude H. Eaton Walter J. Eaton Carmela Ferraro "-heodore Fillion Antone Franco Edmond Gagne Frank \.]omes Antonio Grenier Paul K. Johnson avila J. laVigne Rose Lauro David L. Martin Ullian "Pat" Mish Rita Moore Thomas Moore Stanley Nowak Michael O'Brien Adeline Occhiuti Raymond E. Parise Cecilia H. Pelletier-Desmarais Alice Raposa Mary Raposa Muriel B. Riley Dr. James Sabra Joseph C. Saulino Robert J. Silver Marie Snyder Margaret Sylvia John J. Tierney. Jr. Evelyn Thiboutot Margaret Vezina

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in 'cel~ibac)/'~sulipolrt called challenge to priests

NEW YORK (~NS) - Declining suppor~ for priestly celibacy means priests need to internalize their commitment more than ever, priest-psychologist Father Stephen J. Rossetti said in an article in America magazine.

He said a written survey of I ,810 active Catholic adults in the United States and Canada showed . that only three in 10 supported the church's requirement of clerical celibacy. Among persons under the age of 50·that dropped to one in four.

He suggested that there may be a variety of explanations for the decline in support for celibacy and a variety of solutions'advanced as well.

But if a celibate priesthood is to continue, he said, "the imperative for today is an internalized celibacy. For the priests of today and tomorrow, celibacy will have to be a personal, heartfelt commitment.

More than ever, priests will have to make the promise of celibacy their own."

Father Rossetti is executive vice president and chief operati'ng officer of St. Luke Institute in IN A PEACEFUL moment, teenagers walk along the Suitland, Md., a psychological and bank of the Miljacka River past a mosque and a Catholic psychiatric treatment facility for priests and religious. He has trachurch in besieged Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (CNS/ veled the nation speaking on child Reuters photo) sexuaf abuse, discussing the subject at St. Louis Church, Fall For inactive Catholics River, in January, 1993.

His survey on attitudes toward AUSTIN, Texas (CNS) - It's still in the church. They want to priestly celibacy was conducted not as though the 20 million inac- know, 'What do they see that I through the mailing list of Twentytive Catholics in the United States don't see?'" To help them find the never come to church, says Paulist answer, Father Campbell devel- Third Publications in Mystic, Conn., which specializes in pubFather Jac Campbell. "They're at oped a program called Landings, lishing materials for Catholic parbaptisms, marriages, Ash Wednes- which is established in 18 states, ish leadership and ministry. day, Easter, first communions," he from Alaska to Florida, and has Just under 800 of the respondsaid. "They want to know why the touched an estimated 8,000 to ents were clergy or religious, and people kneeling around them are 10,000 people. among the I,OOO-plus lay people who answered "87,17 percent are active lay ministers in their churches," he said.

Thus "the low support for celibacy found in the survey is not that of a disaffected minority or 'Sunday Catholics.' These are the church's most committed members," he wrote.

Father Rossetti reported that respondents who were more personally a ware of child sexual abuse by a priest were less likely to support clerical celibacy. Among those from a parish where a pfiest had OUR 31,000 READERS ARE LOOKING been accused of abuse, support for • celibacy dropped to 18 percent.

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evidence of a link between clerical celibacy and a tendency to s;~xu­ ally abuse children.

Father Rossetti said the lack of support for celibacy does not mean dissatisfaction with the church or with priests. Of those surveyed, 89 percent thought the church today is as good as or better than the church in the past, and 76 per,:ent ranked today's priests equal to or better than those of the past.

He said there seems to be "a generational cultural shift a way from the value of celibacy" w:hich . removes traditional social and cultural supports for a celibate life.

Among likely effects, he said, are "more pressure for priests to be sexually active" and "more pressure for priests to leave the pr:iesthood for marriage."

"Declining support for mandatory celibacy may be affecting the priesthood in a third, more indirect way. Informal discussions with seminary and formation perso:lUel around the country strongly ;;uggest that the percentage of homosexually oriented men in our priestly formation programs is rising significantly," he said.

While arguing on the one hand for more emphasis on heiping priests achieve a personal celibate commitment, on the other hand he said the data "suggest a need for compassion."

"Internalizing a celibate commitment cannot be completed by the end of seminary training.

Priests must grow, possibly with setbacks, into this spiritual liJe," he said. "As a society, we are not forgiving when our leaders fail.

When they falter because of sexual problems, we can be positively cruel."

Pope John Paul II has said the Cecile Masse, a gift shop volun- church's commitment to celibacy .teer at Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall among Latin-rite clergy rem.~ins River, for the past three years, has firm despite modern obstacles to been awarded a $100 regional and . living a celibate life. The Catholic a $500 grand prize in a Woolworth Church has become more convincCorporation International volun- ed throughout the centuries 'that teer service award competition. celibacy is valuable for its pri.ests She· was among 21 grandprize~ and that it follows Christ's design winners out of 102 finalists from for the priesthood, the pope ,said Woolworth stores throughout the last. year. world.

The total $600 award goes to a Portuguese, Spanish charity of the winner's choice; and Cape Cod Masses Miss Masse selected the Friends of Saint Anne's Hospital, gift shop A Portuguese-language Mass is sponsors., as its recipient. A· Fall offered at 6:30 p.m. each Sunday River native, she worked 43 years at St. Francis Xavier Church at.the former Woolworth store on Hyannis. Confessions are hl:ard Pleasant Street in the city, first as a beforehand. bookkeeper, then for 13 years as A Spanish-language Mas, is store manager. She was recently offered at 3 p.m. each Sunday at cited by the Friends for over 2,000 St. Pius X Church, South Yarmouth. . hours of service at the gift shop.

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DA 45-year reunion The Dominican Academy Class of 1949 will meet during the Fall River school's centennial year for their ninth class reunion 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 16 at the Fall River Country Club.

The event will include a cocktail hour, dinner and pictures and memorabilia from the group's years at DA. For information call Barbara Jackson, 674-5432, or Grace Taylor, 678-5385.

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Plans are complete for the annual Evening on Cape Cod with Bishop O'Malley sponsored by the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women.

To be held from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the Cape Codder Hotel in Hyannis on Route 132, off exit 6 of the Mid-Cape Highway (Route 6), the: midsummer event will benefit Catholic Charities.

Those in attendance will have the opportunity to me:et Bishop

Sean O'Malley and dance to the music of the Music Plus Combo.

Hors d'oeuvres and canapes will be served.

Tickets are available at all rectories, said Mrs. Madeline Lavoie, publicity chair for the Evening on Cape Cod. General co-chairs are Mrs. Bella Nogueira, DCCW president and Rev. Edward C. Duffy, moderator for DCCW Cape and Islands District 5. District vicepresidents are in charge of tickets for their respective areas.

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Planners say that by the year· 2000, conditions should be improved for the hundreds of thousands of sick and handicapped people visiting the shrine yearly.

Plans include: - Renovating the hospitals that house bedridden pilgrims.

- Improving walkways and access ramps to the shriine and its churches and buildings, laking into account the needs of sick and handicapped people.

- Creating pedestrian walkways in the village of Lourdes surrounding the shrine, expanding parking facilities, improving roadways to Lourdes and restoring the mosaics in the main shrine church.

Project organizers say financing will come from the French government, local governments, a tourist tax and private contributions.

The Lourdes shrine is located in southern France at the site where the Catholic Church says that in 1858 Mary appeared 18 times to 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous.

The spring that the girl discovered through Mary's aid is said to have miraculous curative powers.

CATHOUC BISHOPS' STATEMENT ON WELFARE REFORM We, the four Roman Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts, strongly oppose Governor Weld's veto of the welfare reform elements of the 1995 St:llte budget.

The welfare reform plan, drafted by our State Legislature, included some components that we oppose and left out some that we supported in our previous statement on welfare reform, "We Are Responsible for One Another." Although it calls for such measures as a "famil)' cap," which would withhold AFDC support for children born on welfare, we believe that the legislature's version is more humane than the alternatives suggested by the Weld administration.

The real work of welfare reform in Massachusetts is to: free the poor from the dependency that stifles the soul and dampens incentives to self-sufficienl:y. The legislative plan represents a b~ginning to that task. . .

We therefore urge the legislature to override the Governor's veto so that poor children and families are not needlessly punished along the.way. + His Emin·ence, Bernard Cardinal Law

A rchbishop of Boston + Most Reverend Timothy Harrington Bishop of Worcester + Most Reverend Sean O'Malley Bishop oj Fall River + Most Reverend Thomas Dupre Diocesan A dministrator of Springfield

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the moorins.-., A Dreadful Lesson Each day America is more mesmerized by crime. The recent hearings in the O.J. Simpson case provide a prime example of our national fascination with violence. A simple 路judicial procedure became a media feeding frenzy. From sunup to sunset, millions were tantalized by the gory details of murder.

The more blood the better, and in living color to boot.

Millions changed their routines so as not to miss a ghoulish moment of television commentary. The omnipresent cameras recorded every minuscule detail while commentators filled in any gaps with senseless theories.

People ate it up. They loved it. From shopping mall to restaurant, not a thing failed to be rehashed and dissected. For many it was the best television programming of the year and they can hardly wait for the next installment. It is areal-life soap opera.

Given all this, it should be obvious that something is very wrong with our national mind-set. More and more we wallow in violence and murder; more and more we become calloused to the evil involved. Escalating depravities shock us only momentarily.

There is no doubt that our own attitudes nurture violence. It is well and good. to blame the media for its sensationalism -but we are the ones who turn on the tube, pay for the movie, rent the tape. Crime and violence are acceptable to us and the media know this only too well. In order to raise ratings and gain advertisers, they eagerly feed our insatiable appetite for violence and perversion. If voices are raised to say enough is enough in this regard, the speakers are relegated to the status of religious fanatics.

In the' meantime, crime levels rise, jails are overcrowded, and courts backlogged. Only when crime is experienced personally is there a soberi ng moment of reflection. But until that . happens, let the titillation continue.

It is past time for serious changes in our own attitudes.

Crime should not be considered a matter of personal entertainment. We must remove the darkness that is in ourselves and become aware of our own attraction to violence. We should admit this in ourselves and stop blaming others. Such an honesfapproach cou ld even help us to turn off the television w~en it becomes nothing more than a conduit fo~ violence and cnme.

As a nation, we must find ways to ensure that mon'ey and power are not ends in themselves in the world of communications. People do indeed have a right to news, but should not be manipulated by means of overpowering doses of crime.

It takes age and wisdom to learn discernment and choice.

Many young and immature pe~ple are victimized by their lack of perception and to a gre~t extent the media are responsibJe for this. Too often they play the game ofheadli'nes under the guise of information but all too often vivid crime spawns emulation and reenactment.

As the media blitz continues in the areas of crime reporting and commentary, may we have the common sense to realize that we, as the viewing audience, are being demeaned.

It is true that our country is a violent place, but 路it can ~e changed if we as citizens and voters use the power that is in our ,hands. May we take that initiative before more of us fall victim .to mindless crime.

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THROUGH THE ANNUAL PETER'S PENCE COLLECTION, TO BE TAKEN UP THE WEEKEND OF AUGUST 6 & 7 IN THE FALL路 RIVER DIOCESE, CATHOLICS SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR PAPAL WORKS OF CHARITY

"0 clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the vo:ice of , joy...for God is the king of all the earth." Ps. 46:1,8

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The following editorial appeared in the June 23 issue of the Catholic Herald, newspaper of the diocese of Superior, Wise.

The unfolding saga of O.J. Simpson, culminating in his arrest and incarceration on charges of two counts of murder, left our nation in shock. Although Simpson is still innocent. in the eyes of the law, the circumstances do not look promising.

Those of us whogrew up watching the Juice make his mark in the National Football League as a member of the Buffalo Bills _ and later make an even bigger mark on life after' sports _ saw this effervescent, outgoing athlete as a role model, a guy we'd like to meet and have our sons imitate.

We looked up to him. In many ways he broke racial barriers the way he snapped NFL running records. The color of his skin was of no importance to Americans, who watched Simpson running through airports as a car rental agency spokesman or starring in Hollywood movies.

More recently we watched O.J. interview football players from the sidelines on NBC Sunday football games. He was the epitome of the Yankee rags to riches story.

But there was another 'side of O.J. that none of us knew. He was an ordinary human with weak- . nesses that apparently led to marital problems and divorce. According to news reports, he had abused his ex-wife physically and had fits of jealousy even after their se'paration.

It was a side of him that he dis-

guised from the public or that was kept hidden by those around him.

In time we will learn the extent of the physical and verbal abuse Simpson heaped on his ex-wife Nicole during their marriage and after.

If iJ,l fact Simpson had a problem coping with his fits of anger and jealousy and those around him - people who profited from his popularity - did nothing to help him receive counseling, there is guilt to be shared here. _ What this sad and tragic story tells us is two things: first, that all the inoney and fame a person can attain in a lifetime is no guarantee

praye~BOX Act of Faith

o my God, I firmly believe that Youare one God in three divine persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; I believe that Your Divine Son became man and died for our sins, and that He' will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches, because .y ou revealed them, wh'o can neither deceive nor be deceived. Amen.

of happiness. This is a lesson we need to preach over and over to our children.

A person can spend all of his or her life's energy striving to attain fame and fortune while di,carding the valuable relationsh:.ps that ma!<e us Whole. Without the love and bonding that goes on in human contacts, all the glitter and gold are worthless. Sadly, this is what Simpson is discerning in his jail ce,ll.

Secondly, if in fact Simpson is found guilty, the case iIl.ustrates that anybody - rich cor poor, black or white - is capable of domestic abuse. It points to the need for better protect'ion for women and children who are trying to escape abusive relati onships.

Reports of harassm'~nt and threats by ex-spouses or friends must be taken more seriously. There have been too many cas,es in the news where women who s;eek protection from abusive mates are found murdered. . The traditional Ameril:an family unit has suffered a blow in the Simpson case. How are we adults, much less our children, supposed to make sense of this heinous act of violence?

The best we can do is pray. Pray' for the surviving Simpson children, that they are comforted in their time of confusion and despair. We should also pray for our own families, that we n:member the preciousness of each child's life, the sacredness of life that breathes in our spouses. And pray that God will help us to cope in those times of stress when physical force seems to be the answer.

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that rejiect VaticaJrl II Q. My husband and I recently attended a Latin Mass: at a monaster)' in. a neighboring state. It. brought back many fond memories and some things that I believe are not so important anymore women had to wear head coverings, no jeans were alliowed, etc.

What bothered me was that the priest said no one wa:§ to come to communion unless they talked with

By FATHER1JOHN him beforehand. SOml! people who DIETZ~N think they are in the state of grace, he said, are not. in force in the church, the one Also, he said any marriage promulgated in 1969 and now in annulments since Vatican II were general use throughout the world. not valid and any baptisms since All the Catholic faithful, says Vatican II were not recognized the Holy Father. must be faithful unless they were done under the "to the church's tradition, authenconditions laid out by this con- tically interpreted bY:the ecclesiasgregation. tical magisterium ... especially in The nuns and priestii told us that the ecumenical councils from Nito attend Mass at our regular parcaea to Vatican II." , ish was a sin and that we were In this context, the~pope calls on obliged to find a place where Mass theologians and other experts to is said in Latin and go there if we. reveal clearly Vatican II's "contiwant to attend a real Mass. nuity with tradition,' especially in points of doctrine" ("Ecclesia Dei," I don't know what order these 5). priests and nuns are from, but we The 1991 guidelines repeat these are confused. My fflther thinks they are renegade prhlsts and that cautions. Priests who celebrate the the bishop does not recognize them. Tridentine Mass "should not fail I don't know! Can you help us in their preaching lilnd contacts figure out what is going on? with the faithful attending such (Pennsylvania) Masses to emphasi~e their own A. Many Catholics are as con- adherence to the legi~lation of the universal church and their acknowfused as you are by situations like ledgment of the doctrinal and jurthe one you experienced.

The very least that can be said is idical value ofthe liturgy as revised that any professed Ca.tholics who after the Second Vatican Council."

Obviously, churc~ authorities teach and practice what you describe have clearly separated them- consider this a cause for some conselves from the official beliefs and cern, and your experience proves the concern is not unfounded. practices of our church.

The group you encountered Of course, they would often be clearly considers everything that the first to admit as much, feeling the church has don~ consequent as they do that they are the only on Vatican II to be a denial of the ones who have kept the "orthodox "true faith." faith."

I can assure you tiley are by no If nothing else, it may help to me~ns alone; there are many thouknow that their position stands in sands like them. Nearly' each week clear and open contradiction to my mail brings mea periodical, the teachings and official positions newsletter or other publication of the church. from one group or another saying The two most recent documents pretty much the same. relating to the use of the 1962 Some go so far as to vilify in the Roman Missal, the last one to in- most slanderous language the carclude the so-called Tridentine Mass, dinals, bishops and' even popes, were the 1988 apostolic letter of not to mention lay people and Pope John Paul II titled "Ecclesia priests, who disagree, with them.

Dei" and the 1991 "Guidelines on My advice is to use your good the Tridentine Mass" from the basic Catholic insti~cts in such Vatican commission formed to im- matters, pay attentidn to the offiplement the Holy Father's letter. cial positions and policies of the (I say so-called Tridentine Mass church about them' and if you because the order of Mass estab- really need to know the church lished in the 16th century just after stand about a particular local the Council of Trent [in Latin, group, contact your chancery "Concilium Tridentinum] actually office. underwent a number of changes A free brochure on confession and additions in thl:.,.more than 400 without serious si!1 and other years between then and now.) questions about the sacrament of Both of these documents point penance is available by sending a out that the Latin Tridentine Mass stamped sel1l"-addre~sed envelope is part of the church's rich and to Father Dietzen, Holy Trinity diverse tradition of liturgical spir- Church, 704 N. Main St., Blooituality and worship, and the "as- mington, III. 61701. Questions for pirations" of those who "feel at- this column should be sent to tached" to such previous forms of Father Dietzen at the same address. worship sliould be respected, in accord with the judgment of each 111111111111111111111111111111111111I11111111111111111111I11111111111111 THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second local bishop ("Guiddines on the • Class Postage Paid at Fall River. Mass.

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Cardinal O'Connor synod co-president VATICAN CITY (CNS) - New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor has been named by Pope John Paul II as one of three co-presidents for the October Synod of Bishops on religious life.

The appointment means the cardinal will alternate in guiding the procedural workings of the synod sessions in the pope's name.

The other co-presidents are Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo, who heads the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, and Cardinal Ed~ard Bede Clancy of Sydney, Australia.

The Oct. 2-29 synod will have as its theme, "The Consecrated Life and Its Role ill the Church and in the World."

The pope named Cardinal George Basil Hume, archbishop of Westminster, as synod recording secretary.

Also appointed were a special secretary and two assistants. The special secretary helps prepare documents and reports during the synod and provides explanations of specific points to participants.

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Daily Readings July 18: Mi 6:1-4,6-8; Ps 50:5-6,8-9,16-17,21-23; Mt 12:38-42 July 19: Mi 7:14-15,18-20; Ps 85:2-8; Mt 12:46-50 July 20: Jer 1:1,4-10; Ps 71:1-6,15,17; Mt 13:1-9 July 21: Jer 2:1-3,7-8,1213; Ps 36:6-11; Mt 13:10-17 July 22: Sg 3: 1-4 or 2 Cor 5:14-17; Ps 63:2-6,8-9; In 20:1-.2,11-18 July 23: Jer 7:1:11; Ps 84:3-6,8,11; Mt 13:24-30 July 24: 2 Kgs 4:42-44; Ps 145:10-11,15-18; Eph 4:1-6; In 6:1-15

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"Three-fourths of religious are women and one-fourth are men, so I suppose they wanted to appoint a woman to see the female poi nt of view," she said.

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Sister Ehrlich, a Polish nun who has lived in Rome for 17 years, described her position as "a .little helping role."

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By The Bible says that "for eyery- couldn't do that to his mother and thing there is a season," and judg- started' running after him. ing from the, popularity of angels I was left bereft on that corner, these days this must be their season. no. purse, no identification, no Not only d.o you find shelves full money, no keys, no son. I called of angel books in bookstores, but after Paul, "Come back," scared to now there are stores fully devoted death that he would get a knife or a to angel products, everything from bullet in his body. pins to writing paper. And in May, At that moment, a tall, gentle , angels m,ade primetime television. looking young man was next to me It is kind of nice to know'that saying calmly, "I saw the whole something we Catholics have al- thing. Don't be afraid. The police ways believed is now catching the are right across the street." He led imagination of others. But I worry me to them. We told them quickly ,a bit that the angel phenomenon what had happened. They ordered might be bordering 9n show biz. If me to go back across the street and so, it won't last, and that's too bad. wait, as they went into action.

The entrance and exit of angels That young man crossed the always defies physical explanation. street and said he'd wait with me. I Many times in my life, especially , argued that.he probably had more while driving, I have come close to important things to do. He said an accident and was spared, I felt, no. We chatted a bit, and it was by unseen help that I attribute to a clear that he was trying to reassure guardian angel. me that all would be all right.

Once I had an experience that' We were together for about IS made me wonder if angels really minutes when I saw Paul running do show up when we are in desper- toward me, calling out that they ate need of help. It happened in had caught the thief. I ran tohim New York City on 40th:Street and ,and hugged him, and then turned, 8th Aveneue while I was walking telling Paul about this young man arm in arm with my son Paul. . right here... But he was gone! He was nowhere in sight. I never had Suddenly, a big man sitting on the walk bounded up, pulled my the chance to thank him.

I have wondered ever since ir' he purse from my hand and started to !un. Paul yelled at him that he was art angel sent to help me in this

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cnsls. Joan Wester Anderson's book, Where Angels Walk," is a collection of stories about such visitors, who appear, mysteriously, to help people in trouble.

Father James Collins, in his wonderful book, "Dante, Layman, Prophet, Mystic," (Alba House) tells how the great Florentine poet placed angels in purgatory, making them mediators, "analagous to .'the unique mediator, Christ. It is the angel who pilots the souls acros,s the sea to purgatory." . Father Collins goes on to show how Dante's journey from hell to purg\ltory "was strengthened and given hope by the arrival of the angels.... Throughout pmgatory angels will function as fii:ures of Christ who aid Dante in his ascent." , .H~re's hoping that the current angel mania will derive its validity from'this type of solid base, and that it won't turn out simply to be the latest fad in the sea.rch for entertainment and magic.

The s'acred under sea Many readers are surprised (some say edified) to learn I do not make my living by writing. , "Why from wading through, uh, I mean reading through, your column," one told me recently. "I wondered if you mixed cement or maybe sold recycled mayonnaise jars on 'consign'ment."

It's flattering to think there are those who feel I could handle the pressures of construction or sales.

Actually; I am a diver. The underwater variety. Mostly I chase sea urchins and sea cucumbers (sea . slugs), put them into a bag and then sel,l them to the Japanese and Taiwanese export markets.

When tides and winds allow, I spend four to six hours a day under the surface of Puget Sound ~ ~miling, at least to the exten,t you can smile with an airregulator in your mouth.

To use my teens' word, it is awesome. Every dive is an adventure.

O'nce you spaloosh below the surface, you're never sure what you might discover: ahdent anchors, not so ancientgill net, humongous

Interested in a vocatior; vaca- the community's novItiate. "We are delighted with the' number and tion?

The Dominican Sisters of Haw- quality of women who are enterthorne, well known in tl:e Fall ing," she added. "As we increase River diocese for their work at the' our numbers we h<;>pe to open Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home other homes in areas where there is in Fall River, where they care for . a great need for our service."

Women wondering if they have patients-with incurable cancer, are offering a vocation week July 24 a religious vocation' are encourthrough 31 at their motherhouse aged to visit the sisters' various communities to see if they are . in Hawthorne, NY. "We hold these vocation weeks drawn to the life they see. for the convenience of women who . __,"Everyone who visits is looking are exploring their religious voca- , for some assurance or confir'mation," said Sister Marie Edward, tion that she'is really being called," formation directress.. "Our sisters Sister Edward said. "A recent viscome from' all over the country, itor .asked me, if the women who and so, for women travelling any come to visit are already certain of distance to visit us, the vocation their vocation.' If so, how did they week is an opportunity to combine find the answer? And when? How a vacation'with a vocation search." long did it take? What did they do?

The sisters, who also have homes There is'an urgency to thes,e quesfor ,cancer patients in the archdio- tions.. In all honesty, I would say ceses of Atlanta, New York., Phila- that about IS to 20 percent of the delphia and St. Paul-Minneapolis 'women who have entered our com- ' .and in the diocese of Cleveland, ,":\unity felt for cer~ain, before their . hold such weeks regularly. Sister; first yisit, that this was where God Marie Edward said "The idea be- . was calling them. Bu~ most of our hind the ~eeks is to give visitors an visitors aren't that! sure. They' are opportunity to see what we're all searchi!1g and their visit. is part of about. They get to meet us, we get that' search.

"Of c.ourse, not all women who , to meet them. 'They can judge for visit us, will join' our community. ,themselve~ the quality of.our lives and, while visiting, they also par- But I find that those who do come, . regardless of their final decision,' ticipate in our active pra¥er life. find their visit a very positive "A visit of several days or a experience and part of their sinwee" is particularly helpful to wo-, cere effort to respond to what they men who 'may be interested in our think God may be asking of them." community but are frightened by Anyone who would like to make our apostolate. They'll be surprised a reservation for the vocation at the number of women who have week,forwhich there is no charge, joined our community without any or would like more information nursing background. In fact, the about the community, should conwomen who started this work tact Sister Marie Edward at (914) Rose Hawthorne and Alice Huber 769-4794.

- had no nursing experience, yet The Dominican motherhouse is not only did they endure, they locat~d in Hawthorne, NY (Westfound the work to be a joyful gift chester County), 30 minutes north to them from Our Lord." of New York City and convenient Sister Edward said three nov- to reach by public or private ices and four postulants are now in transportation.

By ling-cod, mating crabs, rays the size of car hoods, majestic marine DAN floral displays, acres of mud', giant rock sculptures (around and over MO~RIS which you may float for closer examination).

For the most part, what we ,Oi encounter out there is unspoiled, God-crafted wonder. Just being in to rather impressive proportions its presence has a powerful effect. in my part of the world'. This one, This came to mind twice within a however, was maybe Sill. inches few moments earlier this week. to i.nk-squirting sten,. It was stem First, I came upon a rare albino just plain fun to observe this sea cucumber. youngster cavort around my hands, It is a very, very strong supersti" eventually zipping back into its tion among divers that to harvest rocky home.. one of these incredibly resplendent I watched the place where the creatures is to invite incredibly tiny guy had disappeared for a few resplendent bad luck.

Being Roman, Catholic and' moments. Truthfully, I was hoping he'd come back out ar..d play. averse to superstitions, I take little Then, 50 feet under water, I Was stock in this although I, did take filled with a sublime sense of the the regulator out of my mouth, sacred. Hard to describe. Remarkgently stroke the. gorgeous creaable how a sea cucumber "sea ture, kiss it and leave it darn well slug" and a baby octoPU!. can do alone - just for form, you underthat. stand.

I consider myself one' of the Not much later, my bubbles world's luckiest humans. Rememspooked an infant octopus from ber, I earn a living doing this. its den. As you know, octopi grow

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Forgiveness and. faith .'. "

By Mitch Finley In his captivating book" A History of the Amish," Steven M. Nolt recounts the story of a summer. evening in 1957 when two non~ Amish youths, Cleo Eugene Peters, 19, and Michael G. Dumoulin, 20, met in Holmes County, Ohio.

The two had met earlier in prison, Nold writes, and had agreed that when released they. would "celebrate" being on the outside again. They targeted the home of Old Order Amish Paul M. and Dora J. Yoder Coblentz for no particular reason.

The two young men robbed the couple of $9. Mrs. Coblentz was molested and her husband was killed with a gun. Apparently the Amish couple offered no resistance. Their 19-month-old daughter was not harmed. Peters and Dumoulin fled to Illinois in a stolen car, where they were appre-

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..Back in Ohio,the trial was held for the murder of Paul Coblentz.

Peters was convicted and sentenced to die in the electric chair.

Peters' death sentence put the Amish community in a unique situation, NoH writes, because it has long opposed capital punishment in the belief that "human life was too valuable and the chance of repentance too real for Christians to approve of executions."

The community concluded that God's forgiveness must be extended to all. Amish from as far away as~ Iowa wrote letters to Peters offering forgiveness and promising their prayers. Even Dora Coblentz, widow of the murdered man and herself a victim, wrote Peters.

Amish families invited Peters' family into their homes for meals,

and Amish leaders visited the con.. dem~ed man in prison The Amish launched an all-out effort to call for'a stay of execution. An Amishman from Ontario wrote, "Wili we as Amish be left blameless in the matter i:: we do not present a written request to the authorities asking that IPeters'] life be spared?" ,

Gov. William C. O'Neill received letters and petitions up until the day Peters was scheduled to die.

Finally, seven hours befofl~ he was to be strapped into the electric chair, the governor commuted his sentence.

"God has been speaking to many Amish people through this act," several Old, Order Amish leaders wrote to Peters. "We believe that God allowed this, especiaUy to call us back to him in the work of winning souls to his kingdom."

Letters are welco me but the editor reserves the right to condense or edit, If deemed necessary. All letters must be typed, signed and Include a home or business address (only thll city name Is used In print). Letters do not necessarily reOect the editorial views of the Anchor.

It wasn't "adroit" Dear Editor: This is partially in reply to Mrs. Eileen Burton's It:tter in the June 17 Anchor and partially a reply to others who have written elsewhere in a vein similar to hers.

Mrs. Burton wrote that Jacqueline Kennedy .....adroitly suggested that the title 'Camelot' be used to describe the brief Kennedy reign in the White House."

I remember that soon after the assassination of President Kennedy, a reporter wrote that Mrs. Kennedy said to hiim wistfully and self-deprecatingly that whereas her husband always was able to comment appropriately on events of importance, all sht: seemed able to do was to remember when they used to listen to the score of "Camelot." ! think the Caml:lot theme grew out of that statemtlnt and was not suggested "adroitly" or any other way by Mrs. Kennedy.

W.E. Hannan Attleboro

Another v,iewpo;nt Dear Editor: It was with sadness and anger that I read the art ide "Civic virtue essential to our society" by Father Kevin J. Harrington (Anchor, July I.) With all due respect, it is inconceivable to me that he thinks the views of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, and those promoting them, can be overcome with the "civic virtues" of logic, c:ommon sense, and moral values. Christians have been passive, silent, and patient with those who do not have a sense of morality and Christian truths for the past 30 years or more. (In my view, there is no virtue in what Joycelyn Elders is promoting, civic or otherwise.)

The result ofthe patience, silence, and passiveness of the Christian

viewpoint is the decadent society we now live in. lIate and violence are always wrong. However, what Father Harrington regards as "civic virtue" is not the answer in my view. The strength we have is that we are right and that truth and morality should not be compromised. To compromise the truth in the name of tolerance is to be weak-not tolerant.

My dictionary defines "tolerate" as: " ... to permit by not preventing or forbidding." To have "tolerance" is defined as "permissible variation in weight." Is this what Jesus taught? Didn't He say to spread the "Good News" of salvation through Him? To find wrong and sinfulness acceptable by not protesting and strongly protecting morality and truth, has led the world and our own country into the chaotic state we are now in. Who is it that has been intolerant? If what has happened to the right-to-life activists, who are openly trying to make people understand what a terrible crime abortion is, does not convince you that it is those who are against Christians who are intolerant-nothing will.

The Joycelyn Elders and those who promote her un-Christian views are the ones who are intolerant and have beqome strong and powerful. It is they who have been successful in making unjust and immoral laws and "dressed them up" to be protecting "rights" and separation of church and state.

Our founding fathers founded this country on Christian principles.

Just recently, Pope John Paul II was subjected to ridicule and bashing at a world conference. Who is it that is e:~pressing hate and intolerance? It would be much more constructive if Father Harrington would give us the facts on how we have allowed ourselves to be so ridiculed and so bashed because we are Christians. It would serve us not to make the same mistakes and get back to a society of morality and truth. .. It's not whether you win or lose-it's how YOli play the game."

Because of my faith, I believe God always wins because He is the ultimate judge of right and wrong; good and bad. The way of Jesus is the truth--not an opinion, for me as a Catholic. Pray, Pray, Pray, says our Blessed Mother in her appearances at Medjugorje. My prayer is that it isn't too late.

Jenny F. Ferranti Fall River

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July 16 1937, Rev. Bernard Percot, O.P., Dear Editor: Founder, St. Dominic, Swansea In reply to Michael Kennedy's July 17 assertion that Senator Kennedy 1960, Rev. William J. Smith, will not .bring up the issue of reliPastor, St. James, Taunton gion, it is certainly understand1981, Rev. Edmond Rego, Asable! He does not want to bring sociate Pastor, Espirito Santo, Fall attention to the fact that he has River turned his back on the Catholic July 1:8 Church by rejecting its policies in 1968, Rev. Adalbert Szklanny, his unrelenting pro-abortion efSt. Patrick, Fall River forts.

1984, Rev. Lionl~1 G. Doraisi, .

He, as well as President Clinton, SSS., Native South Attleboro has found that appeasement of July I IJ NOW and all extreme feminist 1934, Most Rev. Daniel F. Fee- groups by advocating the murder han, D.O., Second Bishop of Fall of innocent and helpless babies in River 1907-34. their mother's wombs will gener1975, Rev. Francis M. Coady, ate many votes. Babies are such an Pastor, SS. Peter and Paul, Fall easy target, since they are so helpRiver less. I will pray that all Catholics 1992, Msgr. Joseph R. Pannoni, will remember when they cast their Pastor Emeritus, Holy Rosary, ballots in the next election, that Taunton Senator Kennedy finds religion expendable when it is politically July 20 1983. Rev. Joao Medeiros. Re- incorrect. tired Pastor. St. Elizabeth, Fall E.C. Klein R.N. River Gulfport, FL

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Fall River area CYO golf tourney set The annual Fall River area CYO golf tournament will be held July 19 at Fall River Country Club, with registration at the club from 6:45 to 7 a.m. that day, Father Jay Maddock, diocesan CYO director, has announced.

Fall River, Assonet, Somerset, Swansea and Westport golfers are eligible to play in the senior division, for those born on or after

Jan. I 1968; intermediate, on 0 after Jan. I, 1975; junior, on after Jan. I, 1978; cadet, on 0 after Jan. I, 1980. The top two i each division will be eligible f the diocesan tournament at Poca set on Aug. 22.

Everett Smith will direct th Fall River tournament, aided b Roger Dugal. They remind pia ers that collared shirts are require at the club.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS)- With a solid basis of love, acceptance and cooperation within Capuchin communities, its members can serve others more generously and show the world what true brotherhood means, Pope John Paul II said in a meeting July I with members of the Capuchin general chapter and their new superior, Canadian .Father John Corriveau.

As Christians, and especially as members of a religious order, Capuchins are called to witness to the reality of Godin a world that often acts as if God does not exist, the pope said.

The Capuchins. like other orders with a Franciscan heritage. must emphasize the value of fraternity. which "St. Francis, moved by the Holy Spirit, sowed in his first companions to heal the divided society of his time," the pope said.

Today the Franciscan lifestyle must be strengthened again because "the virus of division and individualism is particularly aggressive," he said.

"Be examples of brotherhood and agreement: Offer in your communities the witness of brothers who live together in peace, prayer, true charity, mutual pardon, poverty and acceptance," the pope said.

The same kind of creativity that led St. Francis to found his community will free the order from "the risk of immobility as well as from the temptation of comfortable acquiescence to the fashions of the moment," he said.

At the same time, the pope said, a strong formation for new members of the order and ongoing formation for all members will help ensure that any changes made will be faithful to the tradition of the order.

Pope John Paul also encouraged the order to keep its missionary outreach strong and asked Capuchins, wherever they minister, to "be apostles of peace."

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Pope, Chretien meet at Vatican VATICAN CITY (CNS) - On the eve of a meeting of leaders of the world's top seven industrialized nations, Pope John Paul II lnd Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien met at the Vatican.

Chretien told reporters his 25minute private discussion with the pope July 7 and a separate meeting with the Vatican secretary of state tncluded discussions about the Group of Seven summit meeting, he crisis in Haiti and Bosniaf-lerzegovina l!.n9,the .upcoming .

U.N. Conference on Population wd Development.

But the greatest focus, Chretien ,aid, Was on the situation in Rwanda.

The prime minister said the pope lnd Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of state, thanked Canada for the work of the Canadian forces as part of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and for their humanitarian assistance to the war-battered people of Rwanda.

The prime minister also said he told the Vatican that Canada has 110t yet finalized it~ position on proposals to be discussed at the September International Confer~nce on Population and DevelJpment in Cairo, Egypt.

Pope John Paul has deplored ;alls in the conference's draft docLIment for a wider availability of ;ontraceptives, sterilization and Ibortion services.

A Canadian official traveling with Chretien characterized the Vatican's treatment of the Cairo ;onference as "very aggressive."

The pope gave Chretien, a CathJlic, medals of his pontificate and :he prime minister gave"the pope a wapstone sculpture of a bird in Ilight made by Inuits from the '1orthwest Territories. The pope met Inuit leaders and other repre,entatives of Canada's native peoples in Canada in 1987.

REUNION CELEBRATIONS

AFTER 50 YEARS without a reunion, the 1944 class at the former Holy Family High School, New Bedford, made up for lost time with a weekend's worth of events, beginningJune4 with a dinner dance at Hawthorne Country Club, North Dartmouth, and continuing June 5 with a memorial Mass for deceased classmates at St. Lawrence Church, New Bedford, where their graduation ceremony took place. The weekend closed with a brunc~ at Seaport Inn, Fairhaven.

Rome church will honor HI. Escriva

ROME (CNS) - Rome church authorities have launched construction of a parish church dedicated to the founder of Opus Dei, Blessed Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer.

Cardinal Camillo Ruini, papal' vicar of Rome, recently blessed the cornerstone of the new church, which will be in a southern suburb of the city. It is expected to serve some 8,000 parishioners when com- ' pleted.

Pastoral care will be entrusted to priests of Opus Dei, a mostly lay organization that counts some 74,000 members worldwide. It was begun in Spain in the .1920s by Msgr. Escriva, who died in 1975 and was beatified in 1992.

At the time of the founder's beatification; Opus Dei offidals pledged to build one of 50 new ;hurches targeted for Rome subLIrban areas by the year 2000. Conributions for the parish complex .vere collected. by Opus Dei mem)ers around the globe.

Opus Deiisa personal prelature, with its own priests generally ministering to its members. In unllsual circumstances, however, parIshes are entrusted to the organization. Opus Dei promotes a call to holiness through ordinary life and one's professional work.

N'CC'W'bac'ks no-abortion health plan

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NCCW's tens of thousands of members are "longtime suppor':ers - of universal health care," wrote Rita Greenwald, NCCW presidl~nt, in a July 6 letter to Mrs. Clint-:>n.

"We will use our very effective grassroots capabilities to rally behind a bill that protects the most vulnerable members of our society including the unborn," she said.

"We will, however, oppose any health care legislation that covers abortion services."

Mrs. Greenwald noted Mrs. Clinton's remarks in a rec:ent address indicating her "potential willingness to drop abortion services" from a health plan to better ensure its passage.

"There is wisdom in such a compromise," Mrs. Greenwald said, arguing that hundredn. of thousands of Americans do not want their tax dollars to cover abortions.

"Though you may not a,gree with our position, we ask that you would consider our concerns,'" she continued. "We do not represent the Religious Right and do not have a political agenda that .;upports one party over another."

NCCW's chief concern is for helping the poor and the disenfranchised, Mrs. Greenwald added.

In her letter to Mitchell, a Democrat from Maine, Mrs. Greenwald made the same arguml:nts, noting that her organization, a federation of some 8,000 women's groups, would rally to support a bill that "clearly" leaves out abortion coverage.

However, any reform plan that includes such services "will leave us no choice but to actively oppose" it, she said.

Program is aiding rural preaching AND ON JUNE 12, the 1944 graduates of Dominican Academy, Fall River, the, only class of the 99-year-old school tb have held eight reunions, marked their 50th anniversary with a celebration at Fall Rivc:;r Country Club. A memorial Mass is planned for a later date for deceased class members. (Gaudette photo)

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In an era when the Marines are looking for "a few good men," an experimental three-year program in improving rural preaching has found nearly 50.

The invitation-only program for ordain~d pastors in Catholic and Evallgeliof Utrecht were involved in Father chairman of the Church of Eng- cal Lutheran Church in America parisheS in three states is meant to Leonard's consecration as a bishop land's Council for Christian Unity, of the Church of England. The said that "recent ecumenical dia~ get what is preached from tht: pulpit more in tune with rural pariVatican recognizes orders in the logue has stressed the importance of recognizing the apostolic suc- shioners' daily lives.

Old Catholic Church as valid.

Bernie Evans,' a theology proCardinal Humesaid many com- cession of the ordained ministry at St. John University in fessor context of the apostolic within the piex factors would be considered Collegeville, Minn., who heads the and faith of the whole church." life in each case of a former Anglican program, said that when he travArchbishop George Anglican clergyman seeking conditional orto two churc:hes a els, he often goes ClI;rey of Canterbury, England, dination as a Catholic priest. spiritual head of the Church of weekend and' at each one h~ars a "It is most unlikely that suffiEngland, said he wished Father stock sermon that "could have cient evidence will normally be Leonard well "in his continuing been preached in an'y town." available," he said, "but in' Dr. 'pilgrimage of faith."

In some cases, rural parishionLeonard's case, very full documenIn what is thought to be the only ers have pastors who are marking tation was available which enabled previous example of the condi- time before retirement, Evans told 'the authorities in Rome to reach a tional ordination of a former Catholic News Service. Other times, judgment, and in this particular Anglican priest, Father John Jay, the pastor is "just not enthused." case, that judgment was that a In still others, dioceses put "a Hughes was conditionally ordained 'prudent doubt' exists." in 1968 by Bishop Joseph Hoffner, priest with a problem where he can A statement from the Church of of Munster, Germany. The same do the least amount of harm. And England expressed surprise at the year, Father Hughes published a that's judged by the number of people" in the parish and its disreasoning behind the conditional study of the 1896 papal bull and ordination. ,called for a reappraisal or' Pope tance. from the~ chancery, Evans said.

Bishop David Tustin of Grimsby, 'Leo XIII's condemnation.

Anglican bishop conditionally LONDON (CNS) - The retired Anglican bishop of Lond~n has been received into the Catholic Church and has been conditionally ordained to the Catholic priesthood. , Cardinal George Basil Hume of Westminster conditionally ordained Father Graham Leonard April 23. Father Leonard, who was Anglican bishop of London from 1981 to 1989,IefttheChurch of England because of disagreement over its policy of ordaining women as priests.

His ordination was conditional because authorities in Rome judged that his ordination as an Anglican clergyman might be valid in the eyes of the Catholic Church.

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First Communion day at St. Joseph's parish, Fairhaven, was the culmination of many months of preparations that brought together as a parish family 65 'children from nine different schools. Here is their story in pictures assembled by religious education coordinator Sister Dolores Pavao, SSe CC. .

GROUP DYNAMICS: Preparations included six Sunday afternoon retreats for second-graders, three focusing on first penance and three on first communion. Children were divided into smal\'groups1like the one led by Anne

Marshall, above. Programs included discussion, reflection, prayer, arts and crafts, singing, viewing videos and telling Bible stories.

GALA EVENTS: Joshua Roderiques takes a swing at a pinata during the food, fun and game-filled First Communion Gala.' Pastor Father Patrick Killilea, ss.cc., prepares to bless an azalea bush planted in honor of the class as

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COMMONWEAL PUBLISHER Edward S. Skillin is congratulated on his 90th birthday last January by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, the magazine's editor. (eNS photo)

Commonweal publisher has hints for long life NEW YORK (CNS) - Edward S. Skillin, publisher of the lay Catholic magazine Commonweal has advice for anyone wanting to stay healthy and active to age 90 and beyond.

"Have a problem like Commonweal you are handling, so you're thinking about it and not about how you feel."

Skillin, on the Commonweal stafffor more th'an 60 ofthe magazine's 70 years, said Commonweal's approach is orthodox in theology and liberal on issues of social justice.

"I consider Commonweal 'sui generis,""he said. "We want to be as competent in discussing social and political issues as, say, The New Republic. But we tend to have our own slant on these issues."

Commonweal is distinct, he said, because it takes the social encyclicals of the popes as a framework for the analysis of issues.

Skillin lamented that many Catholics graduating from college today show no interest in such. an outlook. But he said every class probably has a few members who are potential Commonweal readers but know little if anything about the magazine. The magazine plans increased efforts to reach them, he said.

Skillin was interviewed at the Commonweal offices in a modest building in the Wall Street area.

As usual, he had taken the train from his home in Upper Montclair, NJ, to the World Trade Center and walked from there to the office.

He had been a readeI' of Commonweal since it began publication in the fall of 1924. In 1925, he tried to join' the staff when he graduated from Williams College.

There was no vacancy at the time, but in the fall of 1933 he began working as a volunteer, he recalled, and by early 1934 got on the payroll. ' Skillin and Philip Burnham became co-editors in 1938. Burnham left Commonweal in 1947, and Skillin served alone as editor until 1967.

He then became publisher "because I wanted the younger people to have their say."

Skillin has a serenity about him he attributes to regular Mass attendance and Benedictine spirituality.

Until a few years ago, Skillin jogged to Mass before coming to work. Now unable to do that, he said he tries to visit the Blessed Sacrament the days he goes to work and attends Mass the other days.

Skillin and his wife have five children and seven grandchildren.

Their adopted da,ughter has two children. For a time, the Skillins also cared for two young Vietnamese refugees, and one still returns to their place as home.

In addition to his duties as publisher, Skillin continues to do some writing. "I also read proofs for every.issue," he said. "I have a certain skill in that, getting names right and the foreign phrases and catching ordinary typos." ','I'm confident the magazine is in able hands," Skillin said. "But as long,as I can be useful, I want to hang on."

councils on aging Rehoboth "Grand Day for Grand People," to which elders are invited to bring friends and grandchildren for an ice cream social, July 28. Fraternal Order of Police second annual BBQ for seniors at COA Aug. 5; call COA for reservations. Cake decorating demonstration by Val Souza 1:30 p.m. Aug. 10. Hair styles and cosmetics presentation

by Linda Godfrey 10 a.m. Aug. 16.

COA: 252-3372.

Provincetown A new program offers assistance with banking problems. COA: 487-7080.

Dennis IDS Financial Services will provide free individual financial counseling July 27 by appointment.

Meeting on changes in Blue Cross/ Bltie Shield Medicare insurance 2 p.m. July 26. Food is being collected at COA to aid the food pantry in Dennisport. COA: 385-5067.

Amplify your -memory If you understand your problem Dear Dr. Kenny: I think I'm losthis way, then a good method to ing my min~. Or more specifically, deal with it rs to make events more my memory. vivid, especially those facts that I go into a room and forget why you will want to recall later.

I went there. I'm cooking dinner You need methods for mentally and can't remember whether I put underlining events when they occur, . in a certain ingredient. I am supstrategies to make sure things get posed to give someone a message coded and "saved" as they happen. and it slips my mind.

Here are three simple strategies.

I am 75 years young, and I don't I. Learn to use all your senses. want you to say that my brain is shrinking or thafmemory loss is a- Don't just see things or say them.

In addition, ask yourself what an sign of old age. I want to know event tastes like. Smells like. Feels what to do, how can I handle this. like. Sounds like.

I am otherwise in good health and Doing this will have the added happy. - Chicago.

Blessings on you for your posibenefit of living your daily life in a tive attitude. What a delight to poetic way. The more senses that hear that you see memory loss as a you can involve in an experience, the more likely it is to be firmly developmental problem to be solved as best-you can rather than encoded and available for recall.

2. Take notes as you go. Don't as a sign of deterioration.

First, consider the cause of your be embarrassed to write things down. Don't count on your recall. problem differently. Manyexperts Amplify your memory by encodon human memory today do not ing things on paper. believe in the "loss" of memories.

Keep a small spiral notebook in Rather, they would describe your problem as a failure of an item or your pocket or purse. Check off the ingredients as you put them in event to get stored in memory the stew. Write down any meswhen it happens. sages you are asked to deliver.

In other words, your problem may be that certain events are not Surprisingly, this will make you imprinting. They happen, but they more apt to remember them. But don't get coded in memory. They even if you don't, the notebook cannot be recalled because they will be your backup. were never really put there in the 3. Use memory connections. first place.

When you want to remember some-

By Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY

thing, connect it mentally with something else. For example, if you want to recall five things to do, make up a word that includes the 'first letter of each thing you must do. Or make up a brief poem.

Other memory connections or memory joggers include associating the item to be remembered with everyday events. For example,.if you are to call your daughter around noon you might repeat to yourself several times: "Phone Jan/ Lunch." Or put an item in your pocket that will re:nind you what you are to do.

Each age has its own joys and its own problems. Your problem at 75 is to make sure that important events are properly encoded and stored for recall. Open up your senses and try to makl~ impressions more vivid.

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What can you do with your free

By Monica and Bill Dodds Today's senior generation didn't just embrace the American work ethic, they embodied it. They are people who triumphed over a devastating economic depression and , world war, men and women who took great pride in giving an honest day's work for an honest day's . wages.

That is, until it was time to retire. And then, so abruptly, that precious and rare commodity known as free time filled their lives.

Some took a while to adjust to their new state oflife. Others acted like the proverbial ki'd set loose in the candy store.

Defining "leisure" isn't easy. One person'sjob is another's hobby. In general, leisure activities fall into several broad categories.

There is temporary disengagement, - acting like the classic couch potato. (J ust about everyone enjoys that from time to time, although obviously it's not good when it fills up an entire schedule.)

Another is comfortable solitude.

This might be reading or "people watching."

A third is expressIve solitude.

This would include activities such as knitting or carpentry projects.

And a fourth is sometimes referred to as expressive service. It's another name for volunteer work.

While a recent retiree may find a combination ofthe four categories satisfying for a while, that initial burst of enthusiasm doesn't always last. Then, too, as the years go by, declining health may mean adjustments have to be made.

As an adult child, what can you do to encourage your aging parent to keep active? Here are six recommendations: First, understand why your parent may be doing less. It could be that an illness has become the focus of his attention for a time and as he begins to feel better or'to adjust to his new circumstances, his old hobbies will start to appeal to him again.

On the other hand, it's important to know that a lack of interest in the things that used to give him pleasure is one ofthe symptoms of clinical depression.

Second, keep in mind that sometimes your parent hesitates to continue a favorite pastime or to take it up again because she knows it's not going to be the same as it was before. Maybe Mom played cards with a group of friends for years and now she's the only one who hasn't moved away or died. Playing with other people, with new people, just isn't the same for her.

After all, it wasn't the card game that mattered. It was the companionship.

And even though she may want to make new friends, she hesitates.

"Won't they just move on, won't they die too?" she wonders.

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asking, "What is it you've always wanted to do?" Follow l:hat up by seeing to it that your parent gets whatever supplies, equipment or instructions he or she may need.

Fourth, check out what resources are available in the community. Some community colleges offer classes for senior citizens at little or no cost. Senior centers and adult day activity centers provide a multitude of program:;.

Fifth, explore with y()ur parent what type of volunteer work he or she might enjoy doing. One organization, the Retired Seni.or Volunteer Program, is listed in most phone books.

And sixth, be careful not to fall into the trap of trying to pack Mom's or Dad's schedule from dawn to dusk. Remember the point is to encourage, not to dictate, not to overwhelm.

At diocesall health facilit RICHARD D. MEDEIROS has been promoted to food service director at Marian Manor nursing home, Taunton.

Medeiros will be responsible for all dietary operations at the 116 bed home, including menu planning, production and service. _ A Fall River resident, he worked as a cook at the Manor for three years. He holds a bachelor of science degree in food service management from Johnson and Wales University, Providence, R I.

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THERESA MAGELLAN, R.N., B.S.N., has been named the new assistant director of nursing services at Marian Manor. She has several years experience as a longterm care and medical-surgical nurse.

A Fall River resident, Mrs. Magellan earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from Rhode Island College and is currently studying for a master's degree in health serv-

ice administration at Salve Regina University, Newport, RI. She is a member of the American Nurses Association and the Ma:isachusetts Nurses Association.

* * * * JOANNE ROQUE, R.N., B.S.N., has been namc:d the new director of' nursing !:ervices at Madonna Manor, North Attleboro. She has been the assistant director of nursing services at the nursing home for the: past five years. .

Mrs. Roque will be responsible for the planning, organization, implementation and assessment of all nursing department programs and services.

An Attleboro resider.,t, she earned a nursing diploma from St. Joseph's Hospital School ofNursing and a bachelor's degree in nursing from Salve Regina University. Previously, she was a nurse manager at Sturdy Memorial Hospital.

Bubble zone ruling Continued from Page One the ruling seemed aimed at protecting the right oftile Florida trial judge to control the cases before him.

He agreed, however, that there seemed some merit to the "abortion distortion" argument of Justice Antonin Scalia. In a fiery dissent, Scalia said the injunction would have been summarily dismissed if the content of the protesters' speech was on any other subject.

Paige Cunningham, president of Americans United for Life, said one "unseen and unheard" point about the ruling is that "the court has bowed to the notion that abortionists need 'quiet' to carry out their work."

She said the ruling means even pro-life protestors who have no intention of disrupting clinic operations "will be swept off the sidewalks."

Injunctions such as the one in Florida have become an increasingly popular method of limiting how close to a clinic certain abortion protesters can be. Ms. Mad-

sen's appe~1 to the Supreme Court was based on the fact that she was included in the injunction even though she had never been charged with violating a law, as had many of the other people it included.

Beverly LaHaye, president of Concerned Women for America, said the ruling breaks new ground in singling out one type of protest group.

"It is clear that We have entered. a new dimension of constitutional interpretation that caters to the pro-abortion elite," she said in a statement. "Pro-Life peaceful protesters may be targeted now, but we have to ask ourselves, who will be next?"

While not condoning violent protests, Mrs. LaHaye said the members of her organization believe strongly that public sidewalks should remain a forum for peaceful demonstrations,.

"America has historically defended tht: right to free speech even if the content is disturbing or offensive," she said. "Today the Supreme Court w~ighed two conflicting rights in the balance and

Bishops are opposed Continued from Page One The national survey released at the press conference showed'that although 70 percent of Americans support universal coverage, the inclusion 'of abortion coverage in all the major plans currently under consideration in Congress erodes overall support for reforms.

Forty-nine percc:nt of the respondents said they would oppose health care reform "if it required that abortions for allY reason must be covered by every insurance policy," while 38 perc;cnt said they would favor reform under those circumstances.

An even higher pt:rcentage - 65 percent - opposed health care reform "if it required that coverage of abortions for any reason be taxpayer-subsidized." Twenty-four percent favored rc:form in that case.

The survey found much confusion among respondents about abortion coverage under their current medical insurance. Asked

about such coverage, 58 percent were unsure, 35 percent said it was not covered, and 9 percent said it was.

found that the right to an abortion is greater than the right of free speech."

Supporters of legal abortion praised the ruling. A Planned Parenthood statement said it "makes clear that opposition to abortion is not a license to harass, threaten or stalk women and clinic staff."

The injunction affecting protesters at the Melbourne clinic was issued after physician David Gunn was shot outside an abortion clinic in Pensacola, Fla., in 1993.

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New c'atechism has four parts

By Jerry Filteau Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) - The new Catechism of the Catholic Church is an official, approved synthesis of what Catholic Christians believe.

The catechism, first completed in French and approved by Pope John Paul II in 1992, is intended as The Catechism 'is divided into four parts: a standard reference work to be used around the world in many CREED~ languages.

What the church believes...

It has 2,865 numbered paragraphs with marginal cross referCod's revelation. Humanity's response ences to other paragraphs'dealing with the same or closely related SACRAMENTS ~ themes. ' The one-volume text, over 800 What the church celebrates... . pages in the U ~S. edition - includHow Cod's salvation is present today ing more than 100 pages of indexes - is divided into four main parts.

The Apostles' Creed is the frameCOMMANDMENTS ~ work for Part I. It describes basic What the church lives...

Catholic beliefs about God Father, Son and Spirit ~ and How to act toward Cod and about such concepts as creation, neighbor human nature, angels, sin, revelation. It discusses Jesus' birth, life, passion, death and' resurrection, OURFATHER~ the church, Mary, heaven, hell and many other areas of Catholic faith.

What the church prays...

Part 2 focuses on the sacraments, The meaning and especially the Eucharist, and on the liturgical life of the church, importance of prayer through which Christ's saving work for the believer 'is revealed and made present to each new generation of his disciples.

C1994 CNS Graphics Source: U.S. Catholic Confarance Part 3 is built around discipleship, life in Christ and the Spirit, and the 10 Commandments. It spells out the Catholic understanding of the moral law, placing , "Be kind,be kind, and you will rules for winn{ng souls: the first is it within the deeper context of the be saints" is a saying ascribed to kindness, the second is kindness, law of love and the Christian belief St. Francis de Sales, known as and the third is kindness."· in redemption, grace and justifica"the gentleman saint" for his great St. Francis de Sales has these tion. charity and gentleness. The virtue' famous words of wisdom: "Y ou The Lord's Prayer is the basis of of kindness will be explored in a catch more flies with a spoonful of Part 4, on Christian prayer, dissummer series by Father Pierre E. honey than with a barrel of vine- cussing the meaning and imporLachance, OP, superior of the gar." tance of prayer in Christian life, Dominican community at St. the ways in which Old and New If you want to convert sinners, Anne's Church, Fall River. don't criticize, don't denounce their Testament figures prayed, and evil ways. Love them, like Jesus. 'various forms and, attitudes of What is kindness? It is love with Be kind, constructive. Heed the prayer in church tradition. It then a special nuance, well expressed in recommendati6n of Father James studies the Our Father - "the' a child's prayer: "God, make bad Keller, founder ofthe Christopher most perfect o(prayers" - analyzpeople good and make good movement: "Focus on the good ing what it teaches Christians about people nice." points you see in others, however prayer.

You can do good because it is As Pope'John Paul put it in his few they may be.

Then, in a conyour duty, with little show of announcement of the catechism's structive manner, point out posi. affection. You might even at times tive steps that can be taken to right '. publication: "The four parts are be a bit rude. related to one another: The ChrisKindness is just the opposite. It what is wrong." tian mystery is the object of faith Abraham Lincoln was not only is that little social virtue Thomas (first part); it is celebrated and Aquinas calls "amicitia," friend- a great president, he was also a communicated in liturgical actions great Christian who knew the power liness. of kindness. One day, when he (second part); it is present to enIt is easier to describe kindness lighten and sustain the children of than to define it. We can say, for spoke kindly of the Confederates, God in their actions (third part); it he was reproached by a prominent . example: kindness is that special is the basis for our prayer, the privquality that makes people gentle, dowager who said, "I should think that you would seek to destroy considerate, thoughtful, agreeable. those enemies of ours instead of Kind people are tactful and careful not to offend. They radiate a cer-, trying to have us love them." "But:' VATICA\'l CITY (CNS) - The tain warmth that makes you like asked Lincoln, "don't I destroy them as enemies when I make murder of a Colombian soccer them and enjoy their company.

Underlying these qualities is the them our friends?" player who accidentally scored a virtue of humility. Only the humgoal for the United States in the ble forget themselves and show World Cup tournament is one sign' genuine interest in others. that the game has "degenerated:' A great French bishop, Jacq'ues the Vatican newspaper said.

VATICAN CITY(CNS)- Pope Bossuet, may have paid the highAndres Escohar was shot sevest compliment to this humble John Paul II has appointed Dr. eral times July 2 outside Ii bar in Robert J. White, a neurosurgeon virtue when he said, "When God Medellin, Colombia, after his team and professor at Case Western was eliminated from the tournamade the heart of man, the first Reserve University in Cleveland, ment. thing he put into it was kiridness."

And Father Jean Baptiste Lacor- to the Pontifical Academy of SciWitnesses said 'the murderer ences. White, 68, is chairman of daire extolled kindness in these words: "It is neither genius, nor the Brain Research Institute and shouted "Goal" each time he fired. of the surgical neurology departglory, nor even love that measure Escobar's scoring a goal against ment at the university's medical his own team when the ball was the greatness of a soul; it is kindness." center. deflected off his leg "was an insigHis research on the effects on nificant error when seen from the Do we want to save souls, bring the brain and spinal cord of modi- viewpoint of sport's most noble sinners back to God, win converts fication of circulation and metab- and authentic significance:' said a to the faith? To do so, we need to olism has led to development of commentary in the July 4-5 issue win their he'arts and the key to the new therapies for treating head ofL'Osservatore Romano, the Vatheart is kindness. As Archbishop arid spinal cord injuries.

Fulton Sheen said: "There are three ican newspa{Jer.

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ileged expression of which is the Our Father '" (fourth part)."

The word "catechism" comes. from the Greek verb "katechein," which means to teach orally. Early Christians used the term to refer to instruction in the elements. of the faith. Those who were instructed were called catechumens.

Over the centuries there have been many commentaries and manuals instructing people in the faith, but "catechism" became the standard term for such texts only after the appearance of Martin Luther's "Kleiner Katechismus" ("Little Catechism") in 1529. His "Grosser Katechismus" ("Big Catechism"), a more detailed compendium for tea<;hers and preachers, appeared the following year.

Like the new catechism, Luther's catechisms were divided into four parts, but in different order.

He put the commandments first, then creed, then prayer, and finally sacraments.

The first official Catholic catechism for the whole church was mandated by the Council of Trent.

Cornpleted in 1566, it was called, the "Catechismus Romanus" (Ro'man Catechism), It divided Christian teaching under the same four headings as , Luther but rearranged them in the order of creed, sacraments, commandments and prayer. That approach better integrated the sacraments into the plan of redemption and placed morality in the context of faith.

EWTN announces ,catechism series WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Eternal Word Television Network cable channel has launched a weekly call-in series to explain points of the new "Catechisl1} of the Catholic Church."

The series, "Pillars of Faith: The Catechism Explained," is shown at8p.m. EDT Mondays on EWTN, with repeats at lOa.m. EDT Tuesdays, 2 p.m. EDT Saturdays, and I:30 a.m. EDT Sundays.

The catechism is explained section by section and a toll-free number will appear on the screen for viewers to ask questions relating to the discussion being aired.

The series is designed to help viewers understand how the catechism can enrich their lives, said EWTN.executive producer Michael Wana~ •

The new catechism, the first official catechism for the whole Catholic Church since the Roman Catechism, retains the structure of the 16th-century text.

The400-page RO'man Cate<:hism was written primarily for parish priests as an aid in instructing their people.

Similarly, the new catechism is directed primarily to bishops as the premier pastors and teachers in their dioceses.

Paragraph '12 of the catechism, after describing bishops ElS its primary audience, says that after, bishops it is addressed to cate:chetical writers and publishers, to priests and to catechists. It i:. also presented as useful reading for all Catholics and other Christians.

Many older U.S. Catholics recall learning their faith through the Baltimore Catechism. A simplified version of the Roman Catechism, it was mandated by the U.S. bi;,hops in 1884 and completed in 1885.

The bishops issued a revised version in 1941.

There are two major differences between the Baltimore Catec:hism and the new catechism: - The Baltimore Catechism was written in question-answer format: "Who made you? God made,me.

Who is' God? God is the supreme being who made all things." The ne~ catechism is expository and offers a far more detailed treatment of Catholic teachings. , - The Baltimore Catechism is an example of what catechis·ts call a minor catechism, aimed at young students and intended for classroom use. The new catechism is considered a major catechi:.m, a reference work for teachers rather than a text for learners. ItH language, length and style an: well beyond the capacities of most children, and even adults will find its organization of the material dictated more by systematic: concerns for a comprehensive presentation than by teaching methodologies.

In some senses, however, the new catechism combines the attributes of both a major Elnd a minor catechism. At the e:lld of each section, typically several pages long, is a shorter "In Brief' summary of the essential eleme:llts of doctrine it covers. Thus, if one reads only the summaries, one will have a minor catechism, of less than 100 pages.

Next week: The new catechism's presentation ofthe Apostles' Creed.

Vatican paper deplores soccer player's murder

On papal panel

But the error becomes 'a serious offense when framed'in the logic of soccer as a big money~making business, something to be won at all costs and a game that is becoming more and more marked by vio~ lence, the paper said.

L'Osservatore said it is even more worrying if Escobar's death was related to the Colombian drug cartels.

"The assassins, some observers maintain, may have acted on behalf

of criminal organizations in Medellin that also run cland(:stine gambling and lost enormous sums of money with Colombia's ,~limi­ nation from USA '94," the ,Paper said.

"But soccer has already lost its match:' the commentary said.

Especially in large internal:ional tournaments like the World Cup or the Olympics, the newspaper said, the sport '~should be the bearer of universal concepts of peace, brotherhood and loyalty; instead it has become the occasion for new violence."

"When one remembers US 1\ '94, the image that remains will riot be that of a cup joyously raised 'to the sky, but rather that of the player on the ground in the penalty area, disheartened after the [wrong-way) goal, a symbol of desperatioll and death together."

Serra Club unveils vocations strategy INDIANAPOLIS (eNS) Featuring regional hearings and a national assembly for young people, a tentative strategy for increasing priestly and religious vocations was preview(:d during Serra International's July 1-4 convention in Indianapolis.

The plan, to be brought before the U.S. bishops in November, envisions a national gathering of men and women, ages 16 to 39, in August 1996 in a city yet to be selected.

Goals of the national strategy include involving more people in vocation discernment through national and local programs, testing, recruitment and invitations; collaboration among bishops, diocesan clergy, and religious in vocational pastoral ministry; creation ofeducational and media materials conveying a positive image of priesthood and religious life; and directing vocations awareness initiatives to specific audiences, such as families, parishl~s, campuses, minority communities and rural areas.

Plans also call for national print and television media efforts and for sending vocational materials to dioceses and religious communities requesting them.

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On TV Each Sunday,8:00a.m. WLNE, Channel 6. Diocesan Television Mass, also broadcast on radio station 87.9 FM. Portuguese Masses from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford: 7 p.m. each Sunday on television Channel 20.

"Vivendoa Nossa Fe"(Portuguese), 9:30 p.m. SlIturdays Fall River/New Bedfonl Channel 20; 2 p.m. Sunday:. Fall River Channel 13.

"Confluence," :8:30 a.m. each Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, pastor of St. Mary's parish, Mlilnsfield; Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island, and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

Mass 9:30 a.m. Monday to Friday, WFXT, Channel 25, "Rejoice and Hope" 6:30 a.m. alternate Sunday!., Channel 10, features Providence Bishop Louis Gelineau.

The Stations oflhe Cross are telecast at 10 a.m. each Friday on Fall River cable channel 13.

Faith and Values channel, (formerly VISN I ACTS), an interfaith national cable TV network, is offered at various times on cable channels in Attleboro, Barnstable, Chatham, Dennis, Harwich, Rehoboth and Yarmouth. Consult local listings.

EWTN can be viewed in most parts of the diocese on various channels. Consult local listings.

On Radio The American Cutholic, "5:45 a.m. Sundays, WPXC, 102.9 FM, Hyannis.

St. Jude Novena, 6:45 a.m.

Sundays, WHTIl:, 1400 A.M. Fall River.

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"Talking Religion" with Sister Mary Hennessey, a rabbi and rotating Protestant ministers 5 a.m. Sundays, WRKO, 680 AM. The rosary is recited by Bishop Sean O'Malley in Portuguese weekday mornings at 5: 15 a.m. and weekends at 5:45 a.m. and in English every night following the II :00 news (approximately 11:06 p.m.) on WHTB, 1400 AM, Fall River. .

"Quince Minutos de Musica y Quince Minutos de Mensaje" (Spanish), with Father Kevin Harrington, pastor of SI. J 0seph's parish, Attleboro, 8:30 p.m. each Sunday on WJFD, 97.3 FM. Charismatic programs with Father John Randall are aired from I :00 to 1:30 a. m. Monday through Friday on station WRIB, 1220 AM, Providence.

Other Catholic programs run daily at 7:00 and 9: 15 a. m. and I:30 p.m. Mass is broadcast at I p.m. Sunday.

Programs of Cat,holic interest are broadcast at the following times on station WROL Boston, 950 AM: Monday through Friday 9, 9: 15, 9:45 a.m.; Tuesday and Thu~sday .

II :00 a.m.; Wednesday 6:30 p.m.; Saturday 6:30 and 8:0010:30 a.m.; Sunday 7:00 and 10:30 a.m.; 12 noon - 3:00 p.m.

"In Season & Out of Season" with Father Tom DjLorenzo, 3 and II: 15 a. m., 9:45 p. m., station WEZE, 1260 AM. A Polish-Iangua~e Mass is heard from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. every Sunday on station WICE, 550 AM. The rosary is broadcast at 5:43 a.m. Monday through Saturday on WPLM Plymouth, 1390 AM, 99.1 FM,

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BRIDGE BUILDERS: Winners of a Fun Day btidgebuilding contest at Our Lady of Lourdes school, Taunton, were, from, left, Ainy Boivin, Jessica Dias, Julie Gilbert, Nicholas Vieira and Daniel Da Rosa, Their gumdrop-andtoothpick construction. supported two dictionaries and two encyclopedias, Other even~s of the day were softball, scavenger hunts,games and movies. '

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NEW BEDFORD - Twentyone eighth-graders graduated June 14 ata liturgy celebrated by pastor Rev. John F. Moore.

Principal Angela L. Stankiewicz presented the F. Orner Grenon Religion Award to Anne Connolly and the Sister Louise Angele Christian Service Award to Tracie Vieira.

Father Moore honored Ba.rbara Connolly as the 1994 Parent of the Year for her service and dedication to St. Mary's School.

On behalf of the Class of 1994, president Julie McNamee'read an original poem and the students presented framed copies of it to their teachers.

"Spring into Summer Week" closed the school year for grades 1-7.. .

On '''Show Your Spirit Day," the children dressed in school colors of blue and white and decorated classroom entrances. Grade 6 won the decorating contest. . On Flag Day the students were attired in red, white and blue. During the afterno09, students and teachers competed in a "Jeopardy" game. During a farewell celebration, students presented cards and gifts to retiring custodian Charles Macedo, 4th grade teacher Sister Rhea Quintin, and Chapter I teacher Mary Oooley.

Sports Day brought the students of all levels togetherfor a morning of supervised sports and games.

The morning concluded with a cookout prepared by parent volunteers.

The Class of 1995 planned the" closing school liturgy and served as lectors, gift bearers, and altar servers in anticipation of their leadership roles in September: Rev. Mark R. Hession was the celebrant. Women's Guild president Miriam McCoy and scholarship chairperson Irene Beaulieu presented scholarships to Andrew DaSilva, Andrew Desrosiers, Daniel .

Lavardo, Christine Jasinski, Nicole Beaulieu, Robert Levesque, Marianne Phillips and Mitchell Vigeant.

CULTURAL FIELD TRIP: The' Dominican Academy, Fall River, Portuguese Club recently visited Santo Christo' qlUrch, where pastor Father John Co Martins spoke about the church and the Portuguese roots of its parishioners. The day of cultural exploration continued with a meal at a Portuguese restaurant. The students are' 'advised by Marianne Rc:go.

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TAUNTON --'- Six members of championship tea'm were junior FALL RIVER - Three 1994 Kenneth Perry, recipient of a the Coyle and Cassidy Warrior Tim Sheerin, sopho'moresMatt graduates, all Fall River residents, $400 CSF Scholarship, will attend Weight lifting Club took home McArdle, Sean McNearney, and received scholarships from the Cit- the University of Massachusetts·Amtrophies and the Warrior Club finMike Neves, and freshman Kyle izens Scholarship Foundation of herst. ished in second place in the team Quigley.

Fall River at a recent awards Graduate Colleen M. Noilln of standings in tne recent American The Warriors qualified for the ceremony at Henry Lord Junior Barrington, RI, is the recipient of Drug- Free Powerlifting Associastate team golf championship.

High School. . the Christopher M: Leahy Scholtion's New England States PowerIn softball, Kerrie .Robbins of Teresa Carreiro, recipient of arship, memorialiiing a member lifting Championships.

Taunton and infielders Jaime the '$1,000 Father Richard Wolfe, of the Class of 1987 who died in a Junior Kevin Avilla of Taunton Leonard, a junior, and senior SJ, Memorial Scholarship, will 1992 car accident. Miss Nola:) will finished second in the teenage open, Michele Casey, both of Taunton attend Boston College. ' attend Boston College. middleweight division. Sophomore were selected to the all-conference Matthew Tracy, recipient of the The third annual Memorial ScholarJosh Dorsey of Taunton placed squad. The team c<?mpleted its' $1,000 John Correiro Honorary ship Road Race in memory of third in the teenage open, lightsecond straight successful season, Scholarship, will attend Vassar Leahy will be held 9 a. m. Aug. 7. A weight divison. Sophomore \.\'flyne finishing the 1994 campaign with a College, Poughkeepsie, NY. three-mile race for adults, it also 16-1 record.

Veiga took third in the teenage, includes a one-mile Junior Fun novice, heavyweight division.

The Lady Warriors' two-year Race for youths 12 and under.

Freshman Ryan Ballard of record under JV coach David Walkers are welcome.

Taunton finished in fourth place Casavant of North Dartmouth is in the teenage open, lightweight 30-2-1.

Registration forms may be divison. Freshman Steve Matos of picked up from the Bishop Con· h "These past two y'ears have been T aunt on pace I d fourt h In t e teennolly Development Office. 373 very successful due to talent and Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River, age novice, lightweight division.

Elsbree St. Sophomore Allegra Dutzmann of dedication to winning put forth by has adopted six-year-old SamanRaynham placed fourth in the .,the girls on the JV squad," said tha, one of the thousands of chil, t't' Casavant. dren caught up in the civil war of women s open compe I IOn. u • • • • Ninety-three students were the former Yugoslavia. The parish The Coyle and Cassidy \... arhonored for outstanding scholar. h· I d 234 students made the honor riors were weI represente on t IS ship at an Academic Aw.ards Night. St. Vincent de Paul Society has so . ,s Eastern Athl et'IC Confer - roll ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) _ Video spnng , for the fourth marking period, Eighth-graders Anne Connolly, far sent $300 to 'provide essentials e.nding June 10. ence all-star teams.

Jaime Eubanks and Brian Padel- fOf Samantha and her mother in sets 0 f f'Ive filI ms I'In k'Ing d eve IopJ umor . catc her J ac· k T'ay Ior of J ' A my W ong 0 f T aunton, ford received Presidential Aca- Split, Croatia, since t.he girl's fa,ther men ts'In the II'fe of Chrl'st alld h'ls umor .Lakeville, senior outfielder Howie and freshman Desiree Pero of demic Fitness Awards and Brian was killed in the war 18 910nths mother to modern problems, espeand senior util- Middleboro made the HeadmasCosta and Julie McNamee received ago. . " cially those facing teen-agel's, have Orloff of Brockton Y . .P Iayer R'h ofM'ld -, tel's " 'h 40GPA Says pastor Father Edwa,rdJ. been donatdtothel87USarch ' . Ity IC ).jennon List W,lt a perfe,ct. . " Presidential Extraordinary Effort· e ' .. _ Awards.

Byington in the Sacred Heart bul- . dioceses and dioceses by the Famdleboro received conference base, .

21, students ball honors. , were ' awarded·.the ~ .' Sports Awards N,ight honored' letin, "Her m.other has. e, xplained . :I'1Y R osary aposto Iate. . . .Highest . d b y stu d y gUI'd es, Senior"Seim Flaherty'of Rayn-' distinction " of " , Honors. the members of. the SMS cheering as best she can what death means' ,,' Accompame under-' the' VHS'd ham was named to the· boys , ,trac k :squad, "A" and "B" boys' basket- and Samantha·seems.to l ' VI eos went to d'locesan . 'h ' top •ml"Iel'., .. .' t , . I me d'la I'b . f or use S ball teams and, the girls' basketball stand, but'at other time's sh,e talks. cate.c hetlca I ranes team as t e Ieague,s .. ed u<;atlOn . '. 't'les an d 0th er . E ns k 00f " t e a m : , Coaches Robin Desrosiers, . about wHe'.n,her,father . , . . will retunl ' In achvi Sophomores Chri.stme' · " . ." t nes.,: .

Brockton and Caryn D ommgos 0f John Duggan, M.:ichael Richard, and take·.·her bicyclc~' riding as he miniS PHI"L:.ADELPHIA(C'NS)-T'he, Willi.am ,.Conriolly .and ,Gary· Tra- used t?,.· ',:,~, / .. '" :. " . Each half-hour film is designed West Bri<;lgewatermade ~he girls: . t'h e 2QO- . .

"Her'mot.her trac k a II -star team In ." " e'offl'-, han received than.ks fro. m. players.. . , tells us that .despite '. 'for yo'u'ng' p'eople and th,eir tfamimeier and'discus .events', respec- I~k Will ~arely be dry .?n th. ' and patents fpr thelfuntmngefforts this tragedy,.'Samaptha has done, ' lies: The' videos address such con'. ' ,.,., ; clal ~nghsh-Ia~guage . ,C~tl;c'lIsm '. on behalf of the.students.':. :. very we~gin kindergarten and',has, ,~ teml,(miry issues asteen-ag;~ runtively. . ' , lil boys' tennis, senior llyan .of the ~athohc. ~hurch before ,. Students in Grades I 3' 4 and 5 . even I~arne.d.a fe.~. wo~dsa~d . a'\\iays,drinking and driving.; gang Levesque of Middleboro earned ~ ~hree abndged vers~ons, for grad~s ~, entertained family and f;ie~~s with songs In Enghsh: She. Will begl.n .. activity, drug dealing, ,pregnancy sp~t. on t~; all~~?nfe,r~nc~ tea,:" as .' 4 to.~, 7 and 8,~n,d high ~c~oo!'; ~II.l a program of music and drama. the first grade in September. She IS and abortion, homelessnes!:, and a Singles, pla):'er.· .... .' '. ' , .. ' be In tl,1e h~n~.~ Phlladelphla;- : '. ."1' E ' a bit scared about the school phys- AIDS. Th e "go If. t ~ll:m': w0 n,'.the '" ,1994'area ~he claSSIC tale he.lephant,s i,cal.becau~e she doesn't like Family Theater Productibns of , ' . ''Catholic . ' .,., stUdents. . ' . . "The'\ , ,Child" was broug'ht to .1Jfeby the , I'k bl need EasternAthletlp~oilf~rencech~~~ abnd~edtexts,.~obepub~l~.he.dby 'fi _ '.' d ' h' 'd h" ,; . dIes' and Qoesnt I etosee 00. Hollywood, media affilia.te of pions hip wit.h a league',record <;>( . IgnatIUS Press'lil San FranCISco, " Irst gra er\wh 0 m~ e t ell' ~~n, This should not surprise us as the Family Rosary, produced the films.

11-1 d' v rllll record of 13-2.. are to be titled, "Catechism of the ,c?stumes Wit t e llsslstance 0 t e. children of her area have seen too On a public service basis, Family ,anteam an leaderw;ls oe ." ". . h "Tit 'd' '.. eighth-graders.

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I SWEAR I sweslr by the moon And the stars in the sky And I swear Like 8 shadow That's by your side I see the questions In )'olllr eyes I know what is weighing On your mind You can be sure I know my part 'Cause I stand beside you Through the years You11 only dry Those happy tears And though I've made mistakes 111 never break your heart I swear by the moon And the stars in the sky 111 be there I swealr Like a shadow That is by your side 111 be Ilhere For better or worse Till death do us part 111 lov.: you With every beat of my heart And I !i\Vear 111 giv(! you Everything I can 111 build your dreams With these two hands We11 hang some memories On the wall And when Just the two of us are there You won't have to ask If I still care 'Cause as time turns the page My love won't age at all Written by Frank J. Meyers/Gary Baken. Sung by AII·4· One (c) 1994 by Atlantic Recording Corp.

WHAT'S THE best way to The song offers us pure rofollow up on a hit'! Put out mance. The guy in the song tells another release that zooms to his girl that everything will be the top of the charts. Very perfect. He tries to take away recently AII-4-0ne's "So Much any questions weighing on her mind by vowing, 'Tl!love you in Love" was hot. Now, their"l Swear" ranks No. I. with every beat of my heart."

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Her only tears will be of the happy variety. She'll never"have to ask if I still care, 'cause as time turns the page my love won't age at aiL" Such thoughts might well convey one persor's full intention to be commitLd to another.

Yet they do little to provide us with realistic understandings about love.

Suppose the guy said something like, "I really care about you. I know that I'm likely to make mistakes, and at times you'll probably get hurt. I hope we both will rearn about love through our times of disappointment and discouragement. I can't say for sure if our romance will end ure. Yet I will try to treat you with kindness.

Through God's help, maybe our love can lead us both to become better human beings."

Could a recording group turn these ideas into a hit?

I might be asking too much.

Romance is not necessarily based in reality. However, when speaking to another about your love, be careful what you promise.

Each of us enters romance with a history of hurts. Some of this pain might be based in how we grew up. Other injuries relate to former romances. Whatever the source of our hurts, a new loving relationship offers us the chance to learn more about ourselves, including a chance to understand and heal our hurts.

What if a person swore to do his or her best to empower learning and healing for both people in the relationship?

What if a person swore to live the relationship one day at a time, attempting to fill each day with fairness and respect?

What if this individ ual swore to work with you so that God's gifts of joy and meaning might increase in your lives together?

Perhaps his or her words would not give you the makings of a Top 40 hit. But you would have received a treasured invitation to walk on the genuine path of love.

Your comments are welcomed

by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 182, Rockport, IN 47635.

By Christopher Carstens I often end up talking with teens about their plans for life after they finish school and move out on their own.

While many aren't sure, I often hear that they'd like a job that involves helping people. "Something like being a doctor or a teacher - like that."

I've got a suggestion for someone who is serious about working with people. If you have a heart for service, if you think you can be there for people when it really matters, then here's my suggestion. Become a cop.

Most teens don't think of police work as a helping profession. After you watch a few thousand hours of television, it might seem to you that police spend all their time chasing crooks and putting them in jail.

Sure, there's some of that. But even more, the police are the helping hands ofthe community. Twentyfour hours a day, in any town or city in America, if you're in real trouble, the first person offering assistance will probably be a police officer.

As a psycholo'gist working in a big-city hospital, I see a different sort of police work than the kind that shows up on television.

When a young woman calls the crisis hot line, sobbing, telling the story of a family fight or a lost job or a broken heart - and then admits having taken a bottle of aspirin - who goes out to the house? It isn't a priest, and it isn't a psychologist. Who goes out and comforts the caller, brings her to the hospital and often stays there until all is under control? It's the cop, the police officer.

When a teenager disappears into the night, angry, running away, who goes to the home and takes a report? The police. I've seen officers working with the families of troubled teens, gently asking questions, reassuring the parents and then effectively working to get the teenagers home again. It isn't the sort of stuff that makes good action-adventure television, but it's amazing to watch in real life.

There are few things more frightening than domestic violence. When brutality breaks into your household, there's no place safe anymore. Here again, it's the police officer who knocks on the door,

SCOUTING OUTING: Father Richard Andrade celebrates Mass at Camp Greenough, South Yarmouth, for participants in a rece,nt three-day' Encountering Christ in Scouting retreat offered for Cape and Island Boy Scouts by the Catholic Committee on Scouting.

takes control of the situation, and often helps the victims find protection and safe harbor.

Most of the jobs we call helping professions, things like doctors and teachers and counselors, are set up so you have to bring your need into somebody's office. But the really big problems, the utterly demanding situations of life, don't wait around for a convenient time and place.

The police officer goes to the problem and tries to help. If our police are the community's helping hand in times of need, then we need to be sure that our best, brightest and most caring young people consider entering the profession.

Some say that cops are gunhappy, but most officers go years without firing their guns. Some say that the police are crooked, that they're on the take, but the vast majority of officers in any city wear their badges with pride and would never do anything to hurt the reputation of the force they represent.

If you are a young man or woman looking for a way to serve your community and make an impact for good on the lives of people every day, I can hardly think of a better opportunity than this. Serve your community wear a badge.

Your comments are welcomed

by Dr. Christopher Carstens, c/o Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth St., N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017

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SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS, CAPE Support group meeting 7 p.m.

July 17, St. Pius X parish center, S. Yarmouth. Newcomers welcomed at 6:30 p.m. information: 362-9873.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED CA THOLlC~, NB , Support group meeting 7 to 9 p.m.

JUly 25, Family Life Center, N. Diutmouth; Paula' Ripple video on "The Impact of Divorce" will be shown.

CYO GOLF, FR AREA The annual FR area Cya golf tournament will be held July 19 at the FR Country Club, with registration 6:45 to 7 a.m. PartiCipants must have been born in 1968 or later and Our Lady of the Cape parish, will compete in age divisions. Top Brewster, will conduct a food two finishers in each divisi'on will and medicirie drive for Haiti 8 advance to diocesan tournament Aug. a.m. to 4 p.m. July 18 to 22 arid 22 in Pocasset. Goifers from FR,. before and after aU Masses July Westport. Assonet, Somerset ,and 23 and 24.

Swansea are eligible for the local 'Goods will be shipped through tournament. . the Haiti Parish Twinning Pro~' LaSALETTE SHRINE, gram (HPTP), which has perATTLEBORO mission from the U.S. Treasury VietnameSe Pilgrimage day 9 a.IIi. to'8 p.;m; tomorrow. Services honorand Foreign Affairs Office to ing the Blessed Mother will observe ship humanitarian goods Via Vietnamese traditions, in language, . CirCle International to the Domcostume and music; Healing' service , inican Republic aM from there with Brother Armand Binette; MS, to ~on Voss, "PTP represen2 p.m. Sund'ay. Participants wiIl tative in Haiti. Donations will have the opportunity to be anointed go to Our Lady of the Cape's and prayed over individ'uaiIy. ' sister parish, St. Claire's in ST. PATRiCK, WAREHAM Dessaline, and'to St. Marthe's Father Ralph D. Tetrault will be parish in Marmelade. installed as pastor by Msgr. Henry Needed are dried foods such T. Munroe at 5 p.m. MaSs July 24. as beans, rice, cereals and deAll welcome. hydrated vegetables and fruits, ST. ANNE, FR and over-the-counter medicaThe I 23rd novena honoring Good tions and first aid supplies such St. Anne will be held July 17 to 25 at as aspirin, antiseptics, vitamins, 3 and 7 p.m., with Rev. Pierre Lachance, OP, as preacher. band-aids and similar small bandages.

All items must be packaged in metal'containers, labeled and 123rd Annilal thoroughly sealed. Donations of metal containers are needed, Solemn Novena as are volunteers to pack donationsfor shipping. Also needed in honor of , are contributions for postage costs and purchase of prescription medications.

For further information, call Patrick or Vivian Tortora, 89'6Parish and Shr'ne 5647. ,

ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS Dawn Derow, recipient of the St. Joan of Arc Guild scholarship, will sing at II a.m. Sunday Masses in Orleans for the summer and in the fall will enter Boston Conservatory . of music, majoring in vocal performance.

CATHOLIC MEMORIAL HOME,FR The nursing home will host the seIIiiriar"ContinuousQiJality Improvement in Long Term Care" 9 a. m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 3. Presented by Marianne Raimondo, PhD, vice president of Applied Management SystemS in Burlington, the program will address strategies to improve service, increase team work and prevent problems in long-term care environments. Registration required by July 22. Information: Anne Marie Kelly, 679-0011.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Father john R. Foister will be installed as pastor" by Rev. Msgr: Henry T. Munroe at' II a.m. Mass Sunday.

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Eula 'Sforza, acting presIdent" of the National Association of Catho- . lic Nurses USA, will attend the 15th World Congress ofthe International . 11 "-::~~""1 Catholic Committee of Nurses and Medico-social Assistants II :t'.::i" (CICIAMS) in Leuven, Belgium, Aug. 28-Sept. 2, accompanied by representatives of 16 Councils of Catholic Nurses of New England, New York and lIIinois. The organization of a national association has empowered the American nurses to have a vote in the international group.

Council representatives will meet at the 35th conference of the New England councils Oct. 14-16 in Farmington. In the Fall River diocese, the Council of Catholic Nurses is active in Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton and Cape Cod.• Information on the National Association of Catholic Nurses may be obtained by writing the organization AT INST ALLAnON banquet of St. John of God at P.O. Box 3016, Lisle, IL 605323016.

Women's Guild, Somerset, from left, Sister Elaine Heffernan, ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN RSM, guest speaker; Mrs. Claire Rocha, corresponding secreParents' support grpup meets each tary; Mrs. Rita Paskavitch, recording secretary; Miss RoseThursday 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in rec,mary Ferreira, pre:sidertt; Rev. Daniel L. Fre'itas, SLJ ohn of tory meeting room. All welcome.

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Daily - July 17 to 25, 1994, 3 P.M. .- repeated at 7 P.M...... in the Shrine Preacher: the Rev. Pierre E. Lachance, O.P. Theme: Popular Devotions in Christian Piety or Reflections on The Different Ways People Pray

SatUlrday, July 23; 1994 Masses at 7: 15 a~d 11:30 a.m. and 4' and 6:30 p.m.

7:45 p'.m. ~ Candlelight Rosary Procession

Sunday, July 24, 1994 Masses at 8 and 10 a.m" nooil. and 6:30 p.m. Solemn Exposition of the Blessed Sa'crament after the Noon Mass. 2 p.m. Healing Service inclUding the Sacrament of the Sick. Followed by a Procession with the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction' of the 'Blessed Sacrament.

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The Feast of St. Anne (;randparents' Day Masses in the upper church at 8 and 10 a,m., noon, and 6:-30 p.m.

Devotions in the Slirine at 3 p.m. After the 6:30 p.ni. Mass - Devotions and Procession with the Statue Of St. Anne.

Martha Murphy, vice-president.

Nightwatch participants for G.. 7 leaders

NAPLES; Italy (CNS) - As le'aders Of the seven richest industrial nations debated the effect of a weak dollar on the world economy, Some 10,000 church people p'ntyed thapheir decisioris would heip the poor.

They united' in a I3-hour Nightwatch of the Little People of the Earth during the' Group of Seven meeting of world leaders in Naples.

The leaders met to coordinate economic policies and examine political flash points such as the war in Bosnia.

An appeal issued by nightwatch organizers urged a "world social contract" that would "put into motion a redistribution of the wealth."

The purpose would be to recognize the right of each person to an "income permitting a house, necessary nutrition, health and the possibility of education," said the appeal. ' The nightwatch was held at a Naples sports arena the night of July 8-9 as leaders of the United States, Great Britain, France, Japan, Germany, Italy and Canada gathered for two days of consultations.

About 10,000 people attended the night cif speeches and songs organized by the Emmanuel Community, an Italian social action group founded by Jesuit Father.

Mario Marafioti.

ST. JOHN NEUMANN, Among those present Were; Abbe E. FREETOWN Pierre, 81-year-old French FranA 5 p.m. Sunday Mass has been added to'the schedule of Eucharistic ciscan known for his work with the homeless; Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garliturgies, effective immediately. cia of. Sari Cristobal de Las Casas, CAtHOLIC HOME Mexico', site of an indigenous reSCHOOLING bellion several months ago; Bishop informational meeting of Catholic Antonio Riboldi of Acerra, Italy, ,Home School Support Group will an intermediary for members of be held 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. July 18; crime organizations wanting to information: Donald and, Mary Jo Spencer, 880-2438. turn themselves in; and street child'ren (rom Sao Salvador da ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Bahia; Brazil.

Father John F. Andrews will be installed as pastor by Msgr. John J. The "little; people" are those Oliveira at 9 a. m. Mass July 17. . Who "do· not have sufficient auCURSILLISTA PICNIC tonomy to manage their own lives," Fantily picnic for Cursillistas 9:30 said Father Marafioti. He mentia.m. to 4 p.m. July 17, Cathedral oned the poor, the sick, the handiCamp. Participants should bririg capped and drug addicts. food, grills, bfankets, towels - and Economic imbalances are "due sunscreen! Activities will, include to a system based on the law ofthe volleyball, swimming and a special children's program, ending with an strong who grab the goods of the Outdoor Mass. If weather is uncer- world," he said. "Twenty percent 'tain, call 672-1523 for information ofthe wOi'ld's population consumes on possible cancellation.

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The West, for instance, spends billions of dollars on "information superhighways" benefitimg only a few; he said. . "If this money were committed to constructing houseH for the homeless, it would show a concrete change of mentality and perspective," Father Marafioti said.

Bishop R uiz said world economic plarning is based on ".tructural selfishneSS" favoring wealthy nations.

Abbe Pierre said the p'llrpose of the nightwatch was to make world leaders aware of their responsibility to take steps towards ending problems such as unemployment.

Work must be done to convert the arms industry to peal;eful uses, he said.

When asked what he would teIl the 6-7 leaders if he cO'l1ld, Abbe Pierre, who has spent' 40 years seeking to put roofs over the heads of the homeless, said: "Do you need five-star hotels?"

Holy Cross brother to head Rural Life DES MOINES, 10wa(CNA)Holy Cross Brother David G. Andrews has been named executive director of the National Catholic Rural Life Conferenc~:. He will join the Des Moines-ba.ed organization after finishing law school at Loyola University ill New Orleans.

Sandra LaBlanc was promoted from communications d.irector for the conference to assoc:iate directot. She has been interim director since this spring.

Brother Andrews has been involved with institutio:ns serving , the rural church for 15 years.

Founded in 1923, the conference seeks to bring the Gospel m~ssage to rural life issues and works from a faith perspective to promote a family farm'system of agriculture, a healthy environment and strong rural communities.

It distributes educational materials, develops prayer a:nd worship resources, joins other groups in advocacy efforts, and operates programs on grass-roots rural ministry, faith and justice, and land ownership by churches.