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WASHINGTON (NC) - The ment also argued- that the federal Reagan administration, prompted appeals courts rulings in the by abortion law oases from Pennsylvania and Illinois cases Pennsylvania and Illinois, asked should be overturned because the U.S. Supreme Court July 15 the rulings in those cases, too, to overturn its landmark 1973 were "multiply flawed ...· decision -legalizing abortion.

By urging the court to overturn its 1973 decision, the Justice De­ The administration, in a Jus­ partment apparently sought an tice Department friend-of-the­ ovenuling for the first time court brief, argued that the Con­ since 1954, when the depart· stitution itself contains no lang­ uage guaranteeing abortion ment successfully asked the rights and that the court's 1973 court in' Brown vs. Board of Roe vs. Wade abortion ruling Education to throw out the 1896 ruling permitting racially "sep­ was flawed.

A "compelling ground for our arate but equal" schools.

The Supreme Court had agreed urging reconsideration of Roe vs. in April and May to hear the Wade is our belief that the tex­ tual, historical and doctrinal Pennsylvania and Illinois dis­ basis of that decision is so far putes.

The Pennsylvania case in­ flawed that this court should overrule it and return the law to volves the state Abortion Con­ the condition in which it was be­ • trol Act, passed in 1982 but fore that case was decided," the largely gutted by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court' of Appeals in brief declared., "There is no ex­ plicit, textual warrant in the Philadelphia.

Provision of the law struck Constitution for a right to an down by the appeals court de­ abortion."

Prior to the high court's 1973 manded that a woman seeking I'uling, various states forbade ,an abortion be told of the ad­ verse psychological and physical abortion while others did not.

The Justice Department also effect and be advised of poten· stated that the 1973 ruling "is a tial prenatal and childbirth assis­ source of such instability in the tance; that a second physician be available to save a viable law that this court should re­ consider that decision and on fetus aborted; that the physician reconsideration shoUld abandon use an abortion method most likely to save the unborn baby it."

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THE RIBBON is a project for young an d old. Top, youngsters at St. Vincent's Home ' WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope work on their panel; bottom, Mrs. Anna Souliere, RN, and Sister Virginia Ptaz, FMM, help John Paul II accepted the resig· nation of Cardinal Timothy Man· Sister Diane Talbot, OP, add her signature to those of sisters who have lived through the ning of Los Angeles July 16 and two world wars of the 20th century. (Gaudette Photos) named Bishop Roger M. Mahony

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By Pat McGowan Youngsters at St. Vincent's the White House.

In the making since 1982, The Home, Fall River, too young to remember ,the Vietnam War Ribbon is the brainchild of Jus­ and Dominican Sisters, also in tine Merritt, 61, a Denver grand­ Fall River, who clearly recall mother of seven. Contributors, who are from all 50 states and World War I are among contri­ butors to The Ribbon, a 10-mile ,many foreign countries, were r:eace statement which on Aug. asked to embroider, paint, quilt, 4. will enwrap the Pentagon and applique or otherwise embellish t.xtend through the streets of 18 by 36-inch panels of material

with symbolic or realistic repre­ sentations of what they would most fear to lose in a nuclear holocaust.

In Washington on Aug. 4, the Sunday before the 40th anniver­ sary of the Aug. 6 atomic bomb­ ing of Hiroshima 'and the Aug. 9 bombing of Nagasaki, over 17,000 panels will be held by Turn to Page Six

of Stockton, Calif., to' succeed him as head of the largest arch­ diocese in the country.

Cardinal Manning, who turned 75 late -last year, submitted his resignation after nearly 40 years as a bishop and 15 as !head of the Los Angeles See. Church law requires bishops to submit their resignations at age 75.

Cardinal Manning's retirement draws the U.S. church closer to the end of a major era. Of the four remaining active cardinals in the country, only Cardinal _John Krol of Philadelphia, who turns 751ater this year, attended the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s as a bishop.

The changes in the Los An­ geles Archdiocese, which has, more than 2.5 million Catholics in t.hree Southern California counties (Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura), were an­ nounced in Washington by A:rch­ bishop Pio Laghi, papal pro­ nuncio to the United States.

Archbishop-elect Mahony. 49, a bishop for 10 years and bishop of Stockton for five, gained a national reputation in the early 19705 as a leader in social jus­ tice struggles, especially for California farmworkers and the nation's Spanish-speaking minori­ ties.

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Trio of Westport camps of.fers fun summe~ Story and Photos

by Joseph Motta The only thing that can ruin the fun is five consecutive days of rain according to Father Wil­ liam L. Boffa, director of St. Vincent's, Catholic Boys' Day and Nazareth Camps in Westport.

The camps opened for the season July 1 and will operate until August 24. Most of the children served by the 50-plus acre fa- cilities are from the Fall River anO New Bedford areas.

A pool, a barn, an "art shop" and a well-stocked petting zoo are available to campers and there is diocesan-owned beach property nearby. The petting, zoo houses quail, chicken, rabbits, ducks, geese, ponies, puppies and kittens, some of which are offered at the end of each session to campers who have permission to keep them as pets.

Father Boffa, in his third year as director of the camps (he also f.'ervcs the diocese 'as parochial vicar of Immaculate Conception parish, North Easton), notes that camp ,histories are quite sketchy, with most records lost some years before he arrived.

Some buildings now standing on the camp grounds came from Otis Air Force Base, since the facilities were occupied by the military during World War II. Among those helping Father Boffa, ,keep the trio of camps

funning smoothly are Ernie Sennett, ,caretaker for 17 years, nurse Lorraine Bussiere, secre­ t&ry Gladys Baiestruccci and Southeastern Massachusetts Uni­ versity senior, Steve Mendonca, In his second year as head coun­ selor of Catholic Boys' , Day Camp.

Dr. Wayne Christiansen is on call throughout the season. tie provides services at no charge and has also given many free physicals to campers, Father Boffa noted with appreciation. ,"What we offer here is a fine, ~'tructured and safe experience for kids," Father Boffa said. He ,has much pr~ise for the staffs of the .three camps. "They give a tremendous amount of them­ selves in dealing with the child­ ren," he said, "much more than they're paid to do."

A typical day will find Naza­ reth and Catholic Boys' Day campers arriving by 9:30 a.m., joining the St. Vincent's atten­ dees who have stayed the night.

'Grouped by age and f~cility, campers move from one "depart­ ment" to another. In addition to athletic, art, nature and swim­ ming classes ,there is an Indian department offering Native Am~ \ erican lore and archery lessons.

St. Vincent's Camp St. Vincent's Camp was es­ tablished on a pastoral basis: . parish priests may send boys that they deem underprivileged,'

including inner city dwellers, fatherless boys, and those from broken homes. Picking up the expenses for thes~ campers are the St. Vincent de Paul societies of their home parishes.

The overnight" camp is staffed exclusively by diocesan semin­ arians, Father Boffa said, the majority of whom serve at the camp sometime during their priestly training.

St. Vincent's Camp will serve approximately 100 boys during each of its four two-week ses­ sions this summer.

Catholic Boys' Day Camp Established about 25 y~ars ago to give children a summer respite from the inner city at a reasonable cost to parents, Cath­ olic Boys' Day Camp serves boys ages 5-14, as does St. Vin­ cent's. It will accommodate up to 140 campers during each of its one-week sessions.

The camp is staffed by teach­ ers and college students. They provide the boys with an oc­ casional opportunity to test out their overnight camping skills.

Nazareth Camp Father Boffa believes that Nazareth Camp for mildly re­ tarded children capable ,of taking direction is unique in the area.

A staff~to-camper ratio of 1 to 4 is among its fine features. , Bob Wood, head of the special needs department at West~rt High School, .leads a staff which includes many college students studying special educati?n., The camp, the only one of the mons decided to reach out and SALT LAKE CITY (NC) ­ three that serves both sexes, ac· The Church of Jesus Christ of "lock ~rms with the Catholic cepts children of a minimum age Latter-day Saints has, donated Cburch" inste{ld of starting their of 6 or 7. There is ,no upper age $1.4 million to Catholic Relief ,own relief effort. limit; one camper in his twenties Servcies for emergency aid to With 39 relief organizations hils been enjoying the facilities Ethiopia, according to Elder M. working there already, "why add for many. years.

Russell Ballard. ' a 40th?" Bal1ard said.'

Campers are taken bowling or to the beach as special treats, The donation was part of over $6 million raised by .the Mor­ Father Boffa said, adding that mons by having'its members par­ !>wimming seems to serve as therapy for some. ticipate in a fast for Africa,n re­ Calisthenics' are offered to lief, Bal1ard said. those campers able to do them.

"We ask our people' to fast ,Physically handicapped attend­ from 'two meals a day each Nlembers of the Fall River dio­ ees enjoy, among other things, month and give the money saved' cese are asked to join- in prayer arts and crafts lessons and the as a fast offering. The principle for the speedy and uncomplicated '\ petting zoo. of the fast,is as' old as the Mor­ recovery of President Reagan What do the kids at the three mon Church," Bal1ard said. from his July 13 operation for camps have to' say about their According to BaHard, because removal of a cancerous tumor summertime experience? the need in Africa ,is bigger from his intestine.

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Bishop Mahony to Los Angeles Continued from Page One .

Farm Lahor, formed in Novem­ ber 1969 to medi·ate the bitter battle between California grape growers and Cesar Chavez' fledgling United Farm Workers union.

When California enacted a, law forming a state Agricultural Labor Relations Board in 1975 to oversee farmworkers' union elections, Bishop Mahony, who . had just become an auxiliary bishop of Fresno, chaired the board through its first turbulent year-and-a-half. This July, mark­ ing the board's 10th anniversary, Bishop Mahony wrote that it de­ served only ~'a D-minus rating" for its overall performance.

In 1981 Bishop Mahony was one of the first U.S. bishops to argue forcefully against the pre­ sumed morality of U.S. nuclear policy. In a 5,000-word pastoral lE::tter that preceded the U.S. bishops' national war and peace

pastoral by a year-and-a-half, he urged "a fundamental about-face in the arms race"~nd called on Catholics to make their church a "peace-advocate church."

Irish-born Cardinal Manning has spent half his life as a bishop ,in Los Angeles - first as an auxiliary bishop from 1946 until 1967, when he became bishop of Fresno - then as coadjutor arch­ bishop with right of succession from 1969 until Cardinal James F. McIntyre's retirement the fol­ lowing year. He was made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI in 1973.

The son of a blacksmith, Tim­ othy Manning was born Nov. 15, 1909, in the Irish village of Bal­ lingeary, County Cork. He at­ tended the village school, Chris­ tian Brothers School in Cork City, Mungret College in limer­ ick and St. Patrick's College in Menlo Park, Calif. After his or­ dination in Los Angeles in 1934, he earned a doctorate in canon

Pope Pius IX declared venerable VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II declared Pope Pius IX venerable July 6, saying the controversial pontiff lea a me of heroic virtue.

Pope Pius IX, once described by ,Pope John XXIII as one of the most loved and hated persons of the 19th century, de­ fined the dogmas of the Immaculate CO"lception and papal infallibility and published the widely discussed Syllabus of Errors.

Pope Pius IX was born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti in Senigallia, ltalY,in 1792 and died in Rome in 1878. He called the ,First Vatican Council in 1869. .

During his pontificate, he oversaw the centralization of church authority in the Vatican. The Catholic Encyclope~ia said that in his unsuccessful attempts to resist annexation of papal territories by European powers 'Pope Pius IX gained the devotion of large segments of the Catholic world, above all in France."

The 19th-century pope frequently criticized modern so­ ciety, and his Syllabus of Errors focused on the confusion of freedom and license.

During his lifetime, he was "exalted as a saint and criti­ cized as a vain autocrat and unintelHgent puppet maneuve~ed by obtuse reactionaries," the Catholic 'Encyclopedia said.

law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

He was only 36 when Pope Pius XII named him an auxili­ ary bishop of Los Angeles on Aug. 3, 1946. Twenty-one years later he was named first bishop of Fresno, Calif.

Less than two' years later, he returned to Los Angeles as co­ adjutor archbishop to. Cardinal McIntyre, then nearly 83 and ailing. In January 1970, upon Cardinal McIntyre's retirement, he became archbishop of Los Angeles, and in 1973 was made a cardinal.

Cardinal Manning has. led a simple lifestyle, residing in a three-room apartment in a priests' house in a poor section of the city. He has been known especially for his work with Mexican-Americans, who make up more than half of the arch­ diocese's populatiOn, and he speaks Spanish fluently. ' He was also devoted to young people. F:ach week he visited an archdiocesan high school to n1eet with the senior class, not to lecture them, but to hear "what they feet' most strongly. about the church."

Cardinal Manning has also spoken out frequently against abortion, saying in a 1976 ad­ dress, "The next emancipation will have to be the emancipation of the fetus. It has 'life. It has the right to live. And until we do the curse of God hangs over us as it did as long as we 'had slavery."

In the same speech he spoke of "a responsibility for racial justice" and a year later joined other religious leaders in pled­ ging not to allow schools under their jurisdiction "to become havens for 'those who wish to .avoid ,the integrated public I>chools."

Archbishop-elect Mahony, also fluent in Spanish, was born in Hollywood on Feb. 27, 1936. Or­ dained a priest of the Fresno diocese in 1962, he then spent two years at Catholic University of America, receiving a master's degree i"n social work.

He . later became' director of Catholic Charities' and Social Service 'of the "Fresno' Diocese and was diocesan vicar general.

On 'Jan'. 7, 1975, he'was named au'xiliary bishop of Fresno and five years later bishop of Stock­ ton. "

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Health Care for All When the president of the United States is ill all the world is made aware of every detail of the fact., The busy,media leave . nothing to one's imagination.

In graphic color the nation has been presented an ongoing television surgery saga, with the president's innermost parts discussed ad infinitum.

The entire matter, however, has surfaced several aspetts of health care worthy of comment. . ' , .

Above all, it has underlined the vulnerability of all to cancer; and has moved us to pray that the optimism of the surgeons is justified and that the president enjoys complete recovery.

The open discus,sion of his operation should prompt us all to pause and take ~tock of preventive actions we can take against cancer. There can be little doubt that good eating habits com­ bined with other health practices can help us avoid certain types of cancer. or at least serve to give us early warning of possibly malfunctioning cells.

But what is sad is that not all Americans have the advantages the president possesses by virtue of his office. The statement made that the health care procedures followed in the Reagan surgery are available to all citizens of this land is unbelievable.

Indeed, this presidential illness points to just the opposite: there are millions of men, women and children in this land who do not and will never receive a fraction of the care lavished on Mr. Reagan - ' much of it at the taxpayer's ~xpense.

For all the wealth, progress and luxuries 'available in this country, 'ther'e are still areas where even am,odest standard of Hving is completely beyond the reach of citizens.

One such area is that of health care. If you are wealthy and have good insurance, you can get the best thishtnd offers. If you are poor and mUlst depend on government programs, you will in most cases not receive the quality of care Jhat should be available to all Ameri'cans. "' ' If there is one area' of ,obvious inequality in the United States, it is this. It is 'the result of a system based first and foremost on'the principle of mediCine fOf.p'rofit. Ipdeed~ one might say that the world df medicine and its satellite indti~tries comprises one of the most powerful unions;in the land! The might of the American Medical Association and'its uncounted lobbyists surfaces every time public health care concerns are raised on Capitol Hill. ' ' There is much that is good in American medicine, yet there is ,much that should be changed. One's life should not be at the mercy of a health card number or a public assistance form. Too \ many Americans go to the hospital and are treated as sec;ond­ class citizens relegated to second-class care in a second':class ward.

M~ch of this situation; of course, has come about because - the United States has yet to develop a national health care plan that will insure proper and equal medical care' for all. How such a plan is to be fprmed or implemented is another ques­ tion; however, the fact that it is essentiai to our quality of life is indisputable.

Certainly it is understandable and reasonable to take excel­ lent care of our president. . , , . But it is just as understandable and reasonable and a matter of justice besides,that equally good care be available to,ev.ery citizen. ' Taking away health benefits in order to build better bombs is senseless, heartless and conte'mptible. 'The defenseless" the poor~ the uneducated and·the mentally ill should be priorities of our nation'scons<:ience. ' To ,ignore their.m:eds, deplete their benefits or deny'their right to a healthy life is no more than politiCal tyranny.

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Tips for summer reading

By Father Kevin J. Harrington A famous book reviewer was asked what he' thought was the greatest problem confronting con­ temporary authors. He replied: "Today no one loves trees!"

He then explained to his baffled audience that if every author was imbued with a deep love for trees he or she would bele~s eager to put ~very thought into print.

While many books can be rightly acc~sed of being a waste of trees, we sho,uld not forget that trees are replaceable while creative thought is not. The summer often provides me with the l~isure needed to roam a library seel,cing hidden treasures.

I recognize that recommendations' are often too subjective to be gener­ ally useful; however, there are two books I found truly worthreadirig.

In the f}eld of psychology"there is Loneliness, written by Irma Kurtz ,' , - 'The E~itor in· 1984 .and' published by Basil Blackwell; and' in natural scienc'e there is Rainbows,Snowflakes, ,and Quarks by Hans C. von Bae­ yer, a)984 publication of McGrawHill., .

Both authors possess the rare 'OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE.OF FALL RIVER. ability to express complex con­ Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River cepts in language understandable by readers unfamiliar with scien­ 410 Highland Avenue' tific jargon. Both authors sense Fall Riv~.r Mass: ,92722 675-7151 that their readers will find their PUBLISHER field of inquiry as fascinating as Most Rr:v. Oani~1 A. Cronin, D.O., S.LD. they do. Their enthusiasm for the 'EDITOR ' , FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR insights they have gleaned through Rev. John F. Moore .• Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan their· rigorous pursuit of study is ....... Leary Pre5s-Fall River .

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Irma Kurtz is a popular maga­ zine columnist and while she self­ deprecatingly views herself as an "agony aunt," her insights are rich because they have been garnered ,through a remarkable blend of personal experience and dispas­ sionate analysis. .

rather than by the worst (such as fear, greed or bigotry).

If we agree that the idea of human solidarity is implicit in revel­ atory moments, then sharing our faith in a community makes emi­ nent sense. ',.

If God can be found implicitly Her sharp distinction between in community, he certainly can be loneliness and aloneness and her discovered in the traces he leaves critique of Western society's pen­ in the natural order. In his book; chant for fleeing loneliness in a Professor von Baeyer has captured self-destructive manner are con­ the awe and wonder of creation. vincing and devastating. One can­ Unlike Ms. Kurtz, he is a believer not read her book without becom­ who is not the least reticent in giv­ . ing more aware of the dangers of ing God the glory that is his due easy solutions to the pain of loneli- , for the marvelous work ofcreation ness. he has left us to p.robe and ponder.

''The author's penetrating insights into the nature of man can be par­ ticularly helpful to counselors.

Although all her teachings are not harmonious with Church doctrine, she exudes an optimism the more remarkable when one takes into account her professed atheism. As a counselor, she has seen that reli­ gious ,people often turn, to God in , difficulties he has already given them the wherewithal to solve.

Indeed, I am sure that the pro­ found sense ofsolidarity she reports experiencing in moments of soli­ tude is heaven sent.

Community should be based upon the direction given at such revelatory moments. People would thus be united by the best that they know (their sense of the sacred),

Von Baeyer's inspiration comes rom the familiar natural pheno:. mena that surround us. His grasp of fundamental scientific princi­ . pIes i.~ such that he can explain nature's mysteries without resort­ ing to complicated mathematical formulas. f

Keats lamented that science had taken the beauty and magic out of nature, but von Baeyer clearly shows how scientific understand­ ing makes the world a more fasci­ nating and beautiful place in which to live. His points of departure are commonplaces such as the fall of a stone, the symmetry of a snow­ flake or the color of the sky that reveal secrets of nature hidden , from all but careful obervers.

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By I've had a lot of good gifts from my children but the best I've received recently was the Trivial Pursuit game. We are. not a card or board-game playing family, preferring other activities, but Trivial Pursuit has won us over. It has led to much laughter and bonding among us. We've even taken a stack of cards in the car to while away distances.

I've heard the same reaction from families all over the states and Canada. The game, inciden­ tally, originated in Canada, a n.ice gift from our good neighbors to the north. In reflecting on why it is so popular with families, I've asked others in the field of family studies for their analyses.

Several theories emerge. One is that it's cross-generational. Fam­ ily members of all but the youngest can play it - grandparents, cou­ sins, parents and children.

Another is that all are ignorant and all knowledgeable - only in different areas. My family, for instance, knows they can stop me from winning by forcing me to take a sports card. I not only do not know who won the World Ser­ ies in 1970, I don't care. The only sports cards I can answer are those like, "What's the singular of dice?" (die). .

But I cim answer literature well so I throw that at them when they're threatening to win. They get downright irritated when I can name an obsure author and they

say something like, "Why would anyone know anything like that?"

My husband retains trivia in so many areas that we all want him on our team. His easy recollection of history and old movies led one of our children to say in exaspera­ tion, "Gee, Dad, I didn't know you , knew so much junk."

His Waterloo and our salvation is that he blocks easily. He knows the answer but it escapes him momentarily. So he taps his fin­ gers on the table and delivers a lecture on related details.

Finally, our daughter says, "That's enough. We just want an answer, not a story." And we all laugh, he the hardest.

My theory for the immense popu­ larity of Trivial Pursuit in families is that we are hungry for shared play and laughter. Families have forgotten how to play together.

The spontaneous piano singalongs and baseball games are a thing of the past for many families. They have abdicated play together to televisi~n - watching together.

Indeed one family scholar attri­ butes the success of past shows like the Waltons and Eight is Enough to meeting a deep need in families to bond through shared activities.

"If we can't have it in our own families, " she says, "we can at least watch it in other families and get pleasure out of their pleasure."

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Catch the spirit

Are you a parishioner won­ . the apostles, needs the added strength of being commissioned dering about all the new min­ istries popping up in your and backed by the parish com­ mun}ty, pastor and bishop. parish?

Cardinal Bernardin makes some Are you a priest confused about the different ministries you are practical suggestions. For instance, it is not enough for parishes and expected to initiate?

Or are you a lay minister with dioceses to sponsor programs and activities. Instead, the cardinal says, some questions about your role?

If you are any of the above, you each parish activity "must con­ are not alone in your puzzlement. tribute to building up the whole The exact definition of ministry community."

The document also warns that has stumped many. Now, thanks competition among parish groups to a recent pastoral letter on minis­ try by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin does "not give witness to authentic of Chicago, we can understand it ministry. Individual programs and activities must contribute to the better. His letter is titled, "In Ser­ bonding of parish members into vice of One Another." one community.'" , The cardinal defines ministry by Cardinal Bernardin 'writes that starting with the foundation of our parish associations ·"must avoid faith - Christ's ministry. His mis­ sion was the proclamation that the exclusiveness and narrow~ess of kingdom of God is at hand. Those perspective." who believe this are expected to Looking back over the pastoral live that belief by serving others, letter, I find it gets at the heart of espec'ially the destitute. what is admirable in ministry while The heart of service is to create at the same time bringing to the supportive relationships in which surface those elements that can a minister offers himself or herself make a sham of ministry. as a gift to others out of love of It emphasizes the best in altru­ God. . ism which is to serve others out of Although gratification is derived love for God. The implication: A from ministry, this should not be minister should be well grounded the expectation. . in spirituality. . .

Does ministry mean just helping

The worst impressions pari­ another person or being of service shioners have about ministry come to a parish? By no means does it from ministers who make ministry stop here! The goal is to demon­ individualistic, private, elitist, exclu­ strate that this action is motivated sive or who are shallow in their by a love for God. Through this understanding of it. The genius.of witnessing, it is hbped a union will the pastoral letter is its emphasis be created among those receiving a on building the parish community service, the minister and God. through a concerted community The pastoral letter states that effort. ministry involves an "empowering In light of this principle petti­ of the recipient." Since ministry ness and divisiveness - which implies greater participatiol) in the . lead to the demise of most minis­ service of God, the minister, like tries - are exposed.

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After observing how much fam­ ilies enjoy the camaraderie and laughter of Trivial Pursuit, I was surprised to hear a woman say in a group of mothers, "Does anyone else resent being forced to play Trivial Pursuit?" Two nodded in agreement.

"Why do you resent it ?" I asked. After some verbal detours, they admitted they hate being ignor­ ant in front of the children. What a pity.

There was a time when admit­ ting ignorance caused a loss of credibility for parents, teachers or bosses. But today we gain credibil­ ity when we can admit we don't know everything. When parents can laugh and say, "I don't know," it gives children permission to .be real and fallible as .well.

As we played Trivial Pursuit during our last holidays, I was struck anew by the relationship between family fun and family bonding. Bonding doesn't come just from living and working to­ gether but from playing and laugh­ ing together. This game and others gives us an excuse to do that and that's why I believe it's so popular.

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

Almost all parishes have expe­ rienced the growth of ministries.

Not all have caught the spirit behind them. Perhaps a study of "In Ser­ vice of One Another" is just what is needed to understand where the spirit is and how to catch and pre­ serve it.

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Rev. Joao Medeiros, Retired Pastor, 1983, St. Elizabeth, Fall River July 23 .

Rev. PatricJ.c F. Doyle, Founder, 1893, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River Rev. George B. McNamee, Pas­ tor, 1938, Holy Name, Fall River July 25 . Rev. Michael J. Cooke, Pastor, 1913, St. Patrick, Fall River • Rev. Raymond R. Mahoney, SS.CC., Retired, 1984, Our Lady of the Assumption, New Bedford July 26 Rev. Msgr. Alfred J.E. Bonneau, Pastor Emeritus, 1974, Notre Dame, Fall River THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. Pub­ lished weekly except the week of July 4 and the week after Christmas at 410 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02720 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River Subscription price by mail, postpaid $8.00 per year. Postmasters send address changes to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, MA 02722.

Q. Recently I received a maga­ zine published by a group using the name of a famous shrine of our Blessed Mother.

One article insists that to save your soul you must be a Catholic and quotes Vatican Council II as saying: "Outside the church there is no salvation." The article also says that anyone who is a Catholic must remain a Catholic or be lost forever.

Not many years ago, as I recaIll, the church condemned the teach­ ing of an American priest, Father Leonard Feeney, for saying the same thing as this article says. Do you have an answer? Is the quota­ tion wrong? (Florida)

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By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

As for non-Christians who have no knowledge of Christ, or per­ haps even of God himself in any explicit way, our church believes that they too are under the saving love and care of God. The Consti­ tution on the Church affirms: "Those also can attain to everlast­ ing salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the Gos­ pel of Christ or his church yet sin­ cerely seek God and, moved by grace, strive by their deeds to do his will as it is known to them."

This simply repeats traditional Catholic teaching when it adds: "Divine providence does not deny the help necessary to salvation to A. The substance of the quote those who, wiahout blame on their you give is from the Second Vati­ part, have not yet arrived at an can Council (Constitution on the explicit knowledge of God, but Church, No.14) and from other who strive to live a good life, Catholic documents. However, one thanks to his grace" (No.l6). must understand that statement as You ask whether those who are the church clearly explains it. And, Catholic must remain Catholic until as the church explain~ it and death or be lost spiritually. Much believes it, the statement absolutely of what is said above applies here does not mean that those who are as well. But the Vatican Council not members of the Catholic refers to that situation explicitly Church are unsaved or "lost". and with extremely careful words.

The Catholic Church, and by "Whoever' -- 'knowing that the that I mean its members, including Catholic Church was made neces­ its leaders, does believe that the . sary by God through Jesus Christ' fullest riches of the means intended - would refuse to enter her or to

by Christ for our salvation exist in remain in her could not be saved" our church. These include the sac­ Constitution on the Church, No. raments and liturgical life, unity of 14). The emphasized words are faith, communion in organization, essential and critical. and so on. (One would assume Just as many outside the church, that members of other churches so many Catholics - because of believe something like the same about their church, or they would lack of trainiJJlg and education or opportunity for true commitment join another.)

However, it explicitly and very _. may have little or no real aware­ ne:ss or belief in what those words strongly teaches that many essen­ say. Ultimately, of course, it is a tial elements of salvation, includ­ matter between them and God if ing the saving guidance and pres­ ence of the Holy Spirit, are also at they turn away from their Catholic work in other churches. This goes faith.

It cannot be said, however, and particularly, of course, for other the church clearly does not believe Christian denominations, but app­ lies to non-Christian religions and,., that such people have automati­ even those people struggling to cally sinned seriously and lost any live a good life who do not even hope for eternal salvation. know of God or Jesus Christ.

Q, I have noticed in the Gloria Thus the Catholic Church sees of the Mass it says, "You take these others as closely related to us a,vay the sin of the world." But in in the saving faith in Christ. Bap­ the Lamb of God it reads, "You tized Christians who live their faith take away the sins of the world," in the Scripture and in Christ, and Why the difference? who often receive sacraments with­ A. The variation in the wording in their own churches, are "in is deliberate; the words mean two some real way joined with us in the different things. "Sins" refer to the Holy Spirit, for to them also ~e a(:tual Offenses committed against gives his gifts and graces, and IS God and our fellow man, that are thereby at work among them with contrary to the law of God and his sanctifying power. Some indeed neighbor that' we are bound to he has strengthened to the extent follow.· of shedding their blood" as mar­ . "Sin" denotes more generally tyrs (Constitutionon the Church, the sinfulness of the world - the No. 15). disharmony, alienation and self­ Pope John Paul II, incidentally, ishness and other tendencies under repeated this thought, nearly word which human beings live, from for word, in his recent visit to the which sinful actions and many Netherlands. other evils come.

Far from being lost outsiders, (A free broclllure giving the basic the Catholic Church sees all peo­ prayers, beliefs and precepts of the ple justified by faith through bap­ . tism as "incorporated into Christ. Catholic faith is available by send­ They therefore have a right to be ing a stampecll,'self-addressed enve­ honored by the title of Christian, lope to Father Dietzen, Holy Trin­ and are properly regarded as ity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloom­ brothers in the Lord by the sons of ington, III. 61701. Questions for the Catholic Church" (Decree on this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.

Ecumenism, No.3).

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese. of Fall River-F~i., July 19, 1985

The Ribbon reached at 401-421-5633, ' Continued from. page one The bus' or buses will leave volunteers to form The Ribbon.

Among them will be the panels Woodridge United Church of

Christ, 546 Budlong Road, Cran­ . from the Fall River diocese. ston, R.I., at 11 :30 p.m. Aug, 3, , The St. Vincent's youngsters reaching Washington for the 10 used marking pens to draw pic­ tures of people and things dear 'a.m. to noon demonstration Aug. to their hearts. They include par­ 4. Departure' from the capital ents, home, children, mountains, will be at ~:30 p.m. Aug. 4, re­

turning to Cranston at 3 a.m. sunset, snow and sailboats.

Aug, 5.

There was also .a poignant

one-word notation: hope.

The elderly sisters at the Dom­

inican Convent of St. Catherine

of Siena signed a panel proclaim­

Continued from page one ing in bold letters: "We have as long as the woman was not seen 2 World Wars! Peace threatened; and. that the physi­ Please!" cian file various reports with The sisters joined hundreds of the state, members of the Leadership Con­ The Illinois law, also invali­ ference' of Women Religious dated in' large part, demanded 'across the nation in adding f!'!r­ that doctors use abortion meth­ vent prayers for peace to their ods most 'likely to preserve the contribution to the ecumenical child and that doctors tell wom­ riBbon-making propect. The first en that certain tools or forms completed panel sent to The of pregmincy prevention Ribbon's Arlington, Va., head­ such as intrauterine devices ­ quarters was from Sister Agnes are abortifacients.

Cecile Prendergast, 78, a Domini­ The Illinois law was struck can from the Adrian. Mich., con­ down by the 7th U.S. Circuit gregation of the order. ' Court of A'ppeals, based in Chic­ Mrs. Merritt,' a convert to Catholicism, said she conceived ago.

In their rulings, according to The Ribbon, not as an abrasive the Justice Department, the ap~ demonstration .but as a "gentle peals courts "betrayed unabash­ Gaudette Photo reminder" to· the military estab­ ed hostility to state'i'egulation of' lishment that millions of citizens abortion and ill-disguised sus­ "love the earth and all its peo-' r-icion of state legislators' mo­ pIe." tives."

Her idea has appealed to·a The administration claimed the wide spectrum of people, includ­ information provision struck

By Hi~da Young ing churchwomen in the Soviet down in the 'Pennsylvania law Union, male priSoners in the U.S., Tadpoles play an interesting role in our family.

Buddhists arid readers of Vogue "is identical to" a similar meas­ ure found unobjectionable in the There is a small, shallow pond near us. During spring mag'azine, which publicized the 1983, ruling on .Ak­ high court's evenings its residents offer an impressive croaking lmdertaking. Panels have come ron, Ohio, abortion restricti.ons. from the Netherlands, New Zea­ It is a siren call to our Johnny, Joey, Mike and chorus.

Furthermore, the Justice De­ hind, Tanzania, France, Canada Marie. partment said, the' Illinois law and ·Guatemala 'as well as from So we dress in anti-mosquito fatigues (baseball was changed after it was iriiti­ Russia. hats and sweatshirts) and go to the pond armed 'with ally challenged, but the appeals Many area residents plan to the old version of the court used coffee cans. go to .Washington Aug. 4 in per­ Shoes thrown on ·the grass and pant legs rolled sonal witness to their desire for law in making its judgment any­ way. peace; and bus transportation is up, the kids wade into the mucky water, t~ey stoop A third of the brief, however, offered by the Rhode Island Con- . and stare into the murk, hoping. to' spy tadpoles and attacked Roe vs. Wade itself.' ference of the United Church of _scoop some of these sprinting, wriggling pieces of life The Justice Department de­ Christ:J..ast week a spokesper­ scribed as "inherently unwork­ into their coffee cans. son said the orig~na] bus is full 'able" the decision's reliance on~ , Back home, they're transferred into their. new hut names 'arebeing accepted for a waiting list and if sufficient the trimester system to deter­ home -:- a two-gallon glass jar. mine when in pregnancy a state people express interest addition­ During the following days we watch the bug­ can act. In part,' it said, medical al buses will be chartered. The eyed things metamorphose. In slow motion black , technology has changed the point cost is' $30 per person round trip 'specks .turn into little legs. The long tail shrinks. The . and the conference can be of fetal "viability" and compli­ cated the idea that' the state has bulbous. head contracts into the c~test little froggy compelling reasons to intervene, face you'd ever want to see. in' abortion decisions only onte Nurtured with fish food, fresh swamp water and a the fetus reaches vi,ability. lot of convers,ation and affection, the polliwogs trans­ .The Justice Department, while form themselves into delicate green, sticky-fingered, pointing out that the Constitu­ Sales and serVice.,.... tion does not mention abortion, hyper little creatures who can escape through air for Domestic I

also noted that Roe vs. Wade and Industrial ­ ,holes in tinfoil, climb bathroom walls and stick to TV cites the 14th Amendment, screens.

995-1631 which applied federal "due pro­ 2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE Our ritual ends with II summer trek to the frog cess" standards to the states.

NEW BEDFORD pon~l. The coffee cans are laid on their sides and the . However,at the time, the 14th' foil 'roOfs removed. Once in a while one of our emerald.

Amendment was satisfied, strict anti-abortion Iaws prevailed in friends pauses briefly on the edge, as if to blink a most- of the states,', the ' brief ORGANIST·CHOIR DIRECTOR quick: goodbye.., . added.

LITURGICAL MINISTER ' . 'Without speaking about it much, I know our Use of privacy to justify the., ' FU L L TIM IS . " .. chilqr~n:are learning about God - not unlike the way right to an abortion; "'far 'from' Liturgically Alive , they learn about me when they help in the kitchen or being anchOred in text,' hist~ry 1000 Household Parish or pr.ecedent, i,s an abrupt de­ , learn.. about their father when' they, pitch in on un­ Ip. Southern Maine parture from theeourt's prior­ 'plugging a sink or building a bike stand.

Join 6 Member Pastoral Team decisions," the brief added. -, God teaches them' in a wordless way that must SALARY $15,000, BENEFITS The .SupremeCourt is to heilr AND STIPENDS be the envy of catechists. As a matter of fact, if they arguments on the 'Illinois 'and WR IT E: everask me to suggest a mascot for religion teachers, . Pennsylvania cases sometime Most Holy.Trinity Church I'd vote for tadpoles. during ,its 1985-86 term, which BOX 310 • SACO, MAINE 04012 ,. begins Oct. 7.

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Pope to go to Africa in' August VA1'ICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John 'Paul II plans to visit seven countries during a pastoral visit to Africa Aug. 8-19, the Vatic'an has announced.

On the trip, his third to Africa, the pope will visit Togo, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Zaire, Kenya and Morocco and will conclude the Aug. 11-18 International Eu­ charistic COJlgress in Nairopi, Kenya.

In Zaire, the pope will beatify Sister Anuarite Nengapeta, the country's first native woman to be beatified. She died in defense of her virginity in the 1964 rebel uprising in that nation.

This third trip will bring to 14 the number of African countries visited by the pope. In 1980, he visited Kenya, Zaire, Ghana, Congo Republic, Upper Volta <ind Ivory Coast. In 1982 he visited Benin, Nigeria, Equator­ ial Guinea and Gabon.

The journey will be Pope John Paul's 27th outside Italy since he . assumed the pontificate in 1978.

Mercy Coalition justice parley Some 100 Sisters of Mercy from across the nation attended th~ first Mercy Coalition Justice Conference, . held earlier this month at Salve Regina College, Newport.

Seeking to aid Sisters of Mercy in taking action on justice issues, the conference had as speakers Sister Margaret Brennan, IHM, who discussed Spirituality for Justice; Sister Patricia Wolf, RSM, who described techniques for analyzing social 'structures and initiating change :in unjust practices and policies; and Sister Carol Costan, OP, who drew on her experience as the·former di­ rector of Network, a Catholic social justice lobby, to explain use of "action strategies" to ef· feet social change,

Art award Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, has announced that senior Steven Ganoarski earned the Best of Show award for his portfolio at a recent com­ petition among high school stu­ dents at the Marion Art Center. . Student Liam O'Neil was hon­ ored for an untitled pen and ~nk drawing of a motorcyclist in a contest sponsored by Congress­ man Gerry E. Studds. His win­ ning work was chosen from over 400 entries and will hang in Congress for the summer.

Dean's list Margaret Anne Butler of ,New Bedford has been named a dean's list student for the spring sem­ ester at Salve Regina College, Newport. A biology major, she is a 1982 graduate of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth.

Also placed on the list was New Bedfordite Laura J.Sequin. . .'"

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., July 19, 1985

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Liked survey Dear Editor: What a wealth of information was revealed in the Readership Survey (Anchor May 3). Sur­ veys are very important tools when searching for comments, challenges and suggestions, as I know from experience when I was writing my thesis fora Bos­ ton College master's degree in education.

The title, "Which Are Your F,avorite Features?," was an at­ tractive eye catcher and a source of important information.

For me and the others who re­ sponded to the survey - we owe of grateful thanks to the editor and his efficient staff for 'a high­ . Iy commendable job in tabula­ ting and evaluating.

Best wishes for a happy An­ chor year!

Sister Theodosia Gildea Nazareth, Ky

Thanks from CHD Dear Editor: I wish to thank the people of the Diocese of Fall River for their continuing and generous support of the Campaign for Hu­ man Development. 1\ check for $47,500 has been received here 'at the national office. This amount is the % portion to be distributed nationally to self­ help projects controlled by the poor themselves and designed to remove the causes of poverty.

Thus far the Diocese of Fall River has received eight national CHD grants totalIing $243,800. ·By this continued support, the people of your diocese are help­ 'ing to fulfill the wish expressed in the first draft of the bishops' pastoral, "Catholic Social Teach­ ing and the U.S. Economy," sta­ ting: We want to ·renew our own initiative begun through the Campaign for Human Develoment, to find ways of empowering all persons to a fuBer measure of partici­ pation in social me.

CHD provides an opportunity for us to make the same option Jesus did, to ,live in solidarity with the poor, the wounded, the marginated and those consider­ ed "least" in our society.

On behalf of the entire CHD family, I express sincere thanks also to Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, and to Rev. Peter N. Graziano, your Diocesan Director.

Father Marvin A. Mottet CHD Executive Director

114th Annual

Solemn Feast

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Rita's parish, where we pray aloud for the list of those study­ ing at S1. John's Seminary in Brighton every morning.

Our blessings 'still go with these men and may they find peace, joy and inspiration in the parishes to which they are as­ signed. Our prayers will con­ tinue daily for the others on our list -and may their number increase each year - for they are certainly much needed in our Fall River Diocese.

One fact noted about these six new priests - they were all from Catholic schools.. This proves the great need for good Catholic schools - and the nec­ essity for their support. It. also makes us wonder why more priests are not forthcoming from our public schools?

Maybe we'll all have to pray a little harder. It was said "More things are wrought .by prayer than this world dreams of" ­ and I'm a firm believer in that!

God bless alI our priests ­ and may we always give them our encouragement, support, re­ spect and love.

Kathryn Nowak Marion

New Bedford parish plans open house Father Martin L Buote, pastor of St. Anne's parish, New Bed­ ford, has announced 'a church open house to be held from 5 to 7 nightly during a July 24 to'26 triduum in honor of the feast of St. Anne.

During the event refreshments will be served and the church will be open to non-parishioners and/or non-Catholics for view­ ing of exhibits and either self­ directed or guided tours. If de­ sired, guides will explain items such as the altar, 'altar vessels, the stations of the cross, vest­ ments and the crucifix.

A special point of interest will be the church's over a century old organ, listed as a historic instrument by the Organ Histori­ cal Foundation.

7 o'clock Mass will follow the open house each evening of the triduum and on July 26, the feast of St. Anne, the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick will be offered to communicants in ill h.ealth or of advanced years.

New priests

Assisting Father Buote in di· rection of the three-day program will be Father Rene Belanger, SSS, guest assistant pastor at St. Anne's.

Dear Editor: ' It was so good to see the pic­ tures of the six young men re­ cently ordained to serve in our diocese. Some were familiar (as to name) to those of us at St.

"Death is an ending to the son of the earth but to the soul it is the start of the triumph of life," - KahIil Gibran

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Old 'Testament . VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has declared that the Old Testament, although "in· complete," should be revered by Christians. "The divinely inspired books of the Old Testament pre­ serve a lasting value for Chris­ tians, even though they contain some things which are incom­ plete and provisional," the pope said during a, weekly general audience. "As the authentic word of God they contain divine teaching and, as such, should be accepted with veneration and· reverence by ,Christians," he added.

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New Catholics celebrate their journeys

his wife began theirjourney toward Catholicism. They were influenced by both their daughters having become Catholics, he said, and they felt "extremely comfortable" with the "family of God" atmos­ phere atSt. Pius X. It was about three years ago, he said, that "I approached Father Bill Wassmuth (St. Pius X pastor) HUGH CARTER and asked -him about the papal privilege. He referred me to Bishop Treinen."

Father Taylor said that "within until recently pastor of Gulf Breeze A Dineell P<lmily /{('sort 538.75-551.50· the Anglican (Episcopal) Church Presbyterian Church in Gulf HO;l( I'i., Shore SI. ' F<llmouth, MA 02541 «(;17) :>4().:moo there's always been a strain of Breeze, Fla. MA residenls {"<III HtT IiOO';i52·7100 b ut OUr believers who were Catholic.. .I've Ask a 0 nodatiOOS Carter, 66, is now .a Catholic 'Per person IK"r ni~hl, dhl. ()(TUp. always been in that identity." t ACCOll\1 Cioqd until (j·2B·H;;. and a member of St. Ann parish, a waterfron Harbor But the biggest influence on his Min. 2 niWlIs. holidays ~I ni)(hls. at Greco Tax. J.(rcuuilit·s nOI indo journey to Catholicism, he said, tenth of a mile from his former was the Second Vatican Council in pastorate. He is believed the first the early 1960s and the church minister of the Presbytery of Flor­ renewal it brought. "It's a return to ida to have been formally com­ ; . what the Catholic Church was mended by his presbytery into the '~~~~.~.~~;~~~.~ d~en. ~ . -,.....:._ Father Taylor was ordained in about at the time of the apostles," care of a Catholic parish. said.

Carter said he was mildly anti­ ~; ~r"I'; ~ St. Pius X Church, where he and he Father Taylor has been assigned Catholic as a child, when he consi­ for the next three years as asso­ dered Catholicism as wrong and '~ ciate pastor at St. Pius X. threatening. Those views were 00 The privilege under which he strengthened during his seminary training, he said, and for nearly was allowed to be ordained a Cath­ half of his 36-year ministry "I used olic priest is available to married jrruIDlillUL or celibate Episcopal priests who Reformation Sunday as an occa­ Round Trip From Cape Cod - Personally Escorted become Catholics. In effect only in sion to speak against the Roman Catholic Church. " the United States, it is adminis­ THROUGH YOUR LUGANO, MILAN,· VERONA, VENICE, PADUA, BOLOGNA, WINDOW. AN INVITING tered by Cardinal Bernard Law of But Pope John XXIII and the FLORENCE, PISA, LAKE TRASIMENO, PERUGIA, ASSISI, W1:f11E BEACH. LOVEL Y Boston, papal delegate for the pro­ Second Vatican Council two de­ NAPLES, SORRENTO, CAPRI, POMPEII, AMALFI DRIVE, GARDENS AND GRASSY gram. Each case is individually cades ago "opened the door" and LAWNS. MONTE CASSINO ... AND ROME. considered by the pope. started him on a 20-year path TRADITIONAL The privilege allows former Epis­ TOUR INCLUDES: ROUND TRIP TRANSPOR.TATION, 1st' toward becoming a Catholic, he YANKEE CHARM. copal priests to retain certain ele­ said.

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(NC) - From Episcopal priest and Presbyterian minister to the .Catholic church were long jour­ neys for Father Gordon Taylor and Hugh Carter.

It took him 60 years to make the move, but "I've been a Catholic at heart my entire lifetime," said Father TaYlor, a former' Episcopal priest ordained a Catholic priest in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

When Bishop Sylvester Treinen of Boise ordained him, Father Taylor' became the 28th former Episcopal priest to enter Catholic ministry in the United States under· . a special program approved in 1980 by Pope John Paul II. He was the 26th of the 28 to enter the Catholic priesthood while married. He and his wife of, 34 years, Joann, have two married daughters and several grandchil-

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By Joseph

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"The gathering of God's people into a family unit" is how Father Ronald A. Tosti describes the par­ ish of Christ the King, Cotuit/ Mashpee. Father Tosti is the found­ ing pastor of the diocese's 114th and newest parish, established Nov­ ember 25,1984, by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin.

Father Tosti arrived in the Cotuit/ Mashpee area from New Bedford, where he served as pastor of St. Francis of Assisi parish for seven years.

"For me, it's coming back," he said. He began his ministry at Our Lady of the Assumption parish, Osterville, of which Christ the King was formerly a part.

The new parish encompasses the entire town of Mashpee and parts of Barnstable. Father Tosti noted that Mashpee, whose resi­ dents have welcomed Christ the King, has been designated the fast­ est-growing town in the northeast­ ern United States. At the moment, there are approximately 900 fami­ lies permanently residi"ng in the parish, making it one ofthe largest in the Fall River diocese. Addi­ tionally, parish population quad­ ruples in summer. Father Tosti observed that very few parishion­ ers have lived in the area for more than 20 years.

parish complex that will unite the two chapel communities into one adequately-sized parish church.

Eight acres of centrally located land have been acquired just above the Mashpee rotary at Route 151.

"What's very exciting about the new church is not only the fact that we're combining two former mis­ sions into a parish, but that .the new parish will be situated in a prominent position in a new town center," Father Tosti said.

Mashpee town center plans include a common with a library and town hall bordering two si4es, and Christ the King church at its head.

Speaking of the responsibilities associated with building a church, Father Tosti said "It's a tremen­ dous challenge to me, one that I thoroughly enjoy." He expressed

his gratitude to Bishop Cronin for his confidence.

"What is really the joy of all this is bringing the people together," Father Tosti said.

"The development ofa commun­ ity of God's people" in a parish is an important goal for the priest, who is also director of the Dioce­ san Office of Family Ministry and the Family Life Center. The first Organization to be established with­ in Christ the King was a parish council; a youth group and a St. Vincent de Paul conference soon became reality as well. A Catholic Women's Club was started in Decem­ ber; it now has 96 members.

Two more organizations are on the drawing board: a Family Com­ mission which will develop pro­ grams such as trips and retreats;· and a Couples' Club, with the objectives of "fun and fundrais­ ing," according to Father Tosti.

Missio'naries believed kidnapped

ROME (NC) - A Jesuit priest and two Sisters of St. Dorothy are missing and believed kidnapped by a rebel group in Mozambique, officials of the orders said July 15.

Father Theodoro Rebelo, 62, and Sisters Maria Alice Miranda, 40, and Glorinha Leao Dias, 52, all Portuguese, were believed to have been kidnapped by the anti­ Two chapels are presently util­ government Mozambique National ized by the Christ the King family: Resistance, Jesuit Father John St. Jude's in Cotuit and Queen of Dullea told National Catholic News All Saints, Mashpee. The former Service in Rome.

The religious were the latest of was built in 1939 and seats only 150, so parishioners had to come several kidnapped in the southern up with an imaginative response to African country this year.

Father Dullea said the Jesuits the summer seating problem. They did. Since May, a tent behind the had few details on the incident. He chapel has provided adequate room said the order was notified July 12 for all. Tent Masses will continue that the religious were missing.

Sister Denise Wood, general coun­ through mid-October. cilor for the Sisters of Dorothy, Queen of All Saints, constructed said that the car in which the three in 1967 to care for the growing. were riding was found abandoned summer population, seats 750 and July 12 in Ulongwe, Mozambique, is being utilized as a parish center. an area in which the guerrillas are Five Masses are held there' each active. weekend.

She said that earlier in the day, These days, Father Tosti is busy the sisters, who had crossed into overseeing the building of a new the neighboring country of Malawi

for supplies, had telephoned their provincial headquarters in Portu­ gal with an update on the situation in Mozambique because "they knew the situation there was dangerous llltely. " Sister Wood added however that the sisters did not say that they felt threatened and had said that "there was a lot of work to do and that they did not intend to move out."

The U.S. province of the Sisters of St. Dorothy is located at Villa Fatima in Taunton and the sisters staff Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School. New Bedford.

Sister Elizabeth Hayes, U.S. pro­ vincial, expressing deep concern at the news of the Portuguese Doro­ theans, said the community would "offer prayers for the safe return of our sisters overseas."

The suspected kidnapping in Mozambique occurred about one month after the disappearance in Ulongwe of two other Jesuits, Brother Adelino Rodrigues, 50, and Father Domingos Da Silva, 60, Father Dullea said. The order .has had no news of them since, he said. .

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Can you work part time? Part­ that it is very difficult to find good child care. I have a 3-year-old girl time work leaves you more time and a 7-year-old boy who is in " and energy for your family.

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Another mother who is warm Each of you works half time and with small children and shares cares for both sets of children your views on child care would when the other is working. You make an ideal baby sitter. Such both gain a half-time income and 'good persons, however, are in great pay nothing for baby-sitting. Your demand. Many working mothers children receive consistent care must take whoever is available. from a'person with needs and out­ Unfortunately, they do not even look similar to you'r own. , consider the care person's attitudes Your 7-year-old still needs some toward children. supervision during non-school Since your 3-year-old especially hours. Consider a junior high still needs much personal care, you school student, around age 12 or

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Summer reflections

in the summer than other seasons because the cumulative warm days 'Every year, when we're heading of summer hold the invitation to into midsummer, I get drawn into re-create ourselves. Recreational a reflective mood. There's some­ activities have a healing effect. thing about warm days that sl9wS They charge our batteries and nur­ the pace. I don't feel like running ture us. and rushing to get the wC!rk done, Recently, stealing a moment in the state that all too many of us are the sun, I came across some words into these days, given the need to written by essayist Lyman Abbott. make a living and support a family.

He wrote: "The universe is Go'd's The summer season comes like a house." friendly visitor with a message.

The author expressed his faith This is the time to pause and savor ' in the one "whose mercies are new the beauties, the gifts of the earth. every morning and fresh every Nature sets the example. The evening; who brings into every hectic moments of spring, when epoch of my life a new surprise and the earth returns to life and regen­ makes in every experience a new eration, have calmed down. And the bustle of fall, with its harvest­ ing and gathering, is still far in the distance.

Summer is the time to relax, and nature now in full bloom cooper­ LONDON (NC) - Anglican ates by slowing its pace. Nature has become God's canvas, there Bishop Eric Kemp of Chichester, for us to enjoy, there to inspire us. England, has asked his followers In the summertime, I feel no not to panic after several leading guilt for doing what poet William Anglicans converted to Cathol­ Henry Davies suggested: "What is icism.

Since Novem~er, three present this life if, full of care, we have no or former members of the Church time to stand and stare?'"

I love to stand and stare in the of England's general synod - one summertime at c1oud~, rivers and canon and two lay people - have lakes, tre~s and birds. Somehow, become Catholic. One ofthem was when the sun is caressing me, I Canon John Tinsley, who was also a member of the crown com­ don't want to move away into air­ conditioned, spaces that jolt me mission that nominates Anglican back into the "real" world and bishops.

Bishop Kemp recalled the period remind of'the frenzy of tasks that around 1845 when Anglican are involved in my job as a news­ theologian John Henry Newman , paper editor.

But when I am in ,the sun, 1 converted to Catholicism thou­ know who I am - the child of sands of Anglicans converted in God. I always visualize the sun as the next 100 years.

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Abbott added: God "makes every year better than the, year preceding and every new experience an expe­ rience of his marvelous skill in gift-giving. " That is my faith too. Yet i~ the other seasons of the year I forget sometimes. When summer comes I fake time to remember.

In these moments, I am' re­ created and I know that my value and importance come not from what I produce but simply because I share the life of the creator.

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November vote calling for legis­ lation to allow women to be ordained priests. They say another factor may be that the Catholic bishops of England and Wales are prepared to consider accepting married, former Anglican priests for ordination to the priesthood.

A third factor cited was reaction to recent controversy over newly appointed Anglican Bishop David Jenkins of Durham, England, who expressed doubts about the phys­ ical reality of the virgin birth and argued against a simple inter-. pretation of the Resurrection.

Besides the general synod members' conversions, several Anglican priests have converted.

The chaplain of Lincoln College in Oxford, England, and the vicar of St. Mary's, the Anglican church at Oxford University, are among them.'

However, next to its reports on Anglican conversions, "Church Times," a leading Anglican weekly, printed a photograph of Rev. Gerry Reilly, a Catholic religious for nine years who is now an Anglican prir,rt. ~/j

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By Father Virgil Elizondo After all the excitement of the civil rights movements of the '60s and '70s, it seemed as if prejudice and segregation would become pretty much ofthe past in the Uni­ ted States. Today, however, they are far from gone and even are showing up in new ways.

Prejudice continues against His­ panics in the mainstream of the United States,. that is, those who are natural-born citizens. Segrega­ tion, now more subtle and more difficult to deal with, continues, especially in education, the media and business. As a result, many Hisoanics remain in oovertv.

Hispanics have become a signif­ icant market in the United States, and business concerns recognize the need to appeal to their interests in ways that will attract their atten­ tion and their dollars. They are seeking Hispanic models to appear in specially produced commercials.

Lacking experience in the highly sophisticated ways of the commer­ cials, these models are often exploit­ ed, usually hired underscale and without guaranteed payments for continued use of the commercial.

One San Antonio model was paid a very low sum to do a com­ mercial. Although the commercial is still in use throughout the coun­ try, he receives no additional royal­ ~ies and, because he has become so identified, with that product, is unable to get other commercial jobs. , In an age of growing technol­ ogy, many U.S. schools introduce children in the primary grades to the use of computers and word processors. These instruments are typically absent in predominantly Hispanic schools. Thus the His­ panic child will finish school with .a major handicap.

While use of computers will be second nature to most U.S. school: children, it will be totally unknown

to children in predominantly His­ panic schools. There seems to be a hidden presupposition that His­ panic children are incapable of high tech and will do better in the simpler trades - housekeeping, gardening, etc.

At the other end of the scale, the University of Texas at San Anto­ nio recently eliminated remedial courses for incoming students. This also eliminates the possibility of a university education for students from substandard schools.

It is a vicious cycle: The primary schools don't prepare students to deal with the tools of modern society, and the universities are unwilling to assist those who want to make up such deficiencies.

Despite much progress in the development of Hispanic entrepre­ neurs, the culture of business and of production remains in the hands of the dominant group. Although some Hispanics make it into mid­ dle management, they find the closed inner circle of top execu­ tives impossible to penetrate for those of dark skin.

I travel a lot, crisscrossing the country regularly. Yet I have never seen a Hispanic member of an air­ plane crew, whether pilot, flight attendant or baggage handler. It seems there are no Hispanics in the air travel industry.

The litany could go on indefi­ nitely. The point is that race and ethnicity remain important factors in determining one's ability to enter and succeed in the socioeconomIc structures of opportunity in the United States.

To be an Anglo and English­ speaking is certai'nly no guarantee of success; but to be Hispanic means constantly having to strug­ gle harder and prove oneself more.

The general supposition would seem to be that Hispanics are not as good as the rest of the pop­ ulation. .

What Thyme is it?

By Hilda Young I remember when children's names came in streaks, like loads of Roberts and Christines or, more recently, classes full of Jasons and Heathers. Things have changed.

Convention has been abandoned and the only rule for naming infants is creating a word with consonants and vowels, vowels being optional.

"Can I call Thyme?" my 6-year­ old asked this morning.

"It's 8:30 a.m.,"1 told him.

"No, I want to call my friend, Thyme," he said.

"That's her name?" I asked.

"His name," he corrected.

"Like the spice?"

He gave me a puzzled look. "We want to go to Ryder's and play."

"Does his father rent trucks?"

"Huh?" "Never mind," I said. "By the way, does anyone in your class have the name Patrick or John?"

He thought a second. "There's Jedidiah and Germaine. And Jurel and Meesha. And Hybernia and Firefly......

I should have remembered from his Valentine's Day list. How can you forget names like Sunset, c.J., Summermoon, Honey and Speed?

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It's a hard job ARLINGTON, Va. (NC)-Car­ dinal Silvio Oddi, the Vatican offi­ cial in charge of catechetics, recent­ ly told Arlington catechists that their job is harder than that of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

"All he (Cardinal Ratzinger) has to do is protect the integrity and the purity of the faith. But you must take that faith and try to pour it effectively into little heads and distracted' hearts," he said.

Cardinal Oddi, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Cler­ gy, urged loyalty to church teach­ ings during his speech at the Notre Dame pontifical Catechical Insti­ tute in Arlington.

He called on catechists to set aside "individual, personal prefer­ ,ences" and accept church teaching "loyally and happily, .. without the protest or nagging typical of small children."

Cardinal Oddi visited Arlington on his way back to Rome from Green Bay, Wis., where he also praised catechists and stressed that church teaching is not decided by popular vote. .

Catechists are his favorite peo­ ple, he said in Green Bay. "You take time which you could use for profitable employment or recrea­ tion. Your generosity is to give these hours to passing on the faith," he said.,

Daffodil could be considered deriva­ tives of St. Dymphna, and Cas­ sandra is close to St. Casimir.

The Arlingtpn catechtical insti­ tute that Cardinal Oddi visited was established by Cardinal John "It's this generation's way of giv­ Wright, Cardinal Oddi's Ameri­ ing their children a sense of ihdi­ can predecessor in the Congrega­ viduality," my husband philoso­ - tion for the Clergy. It is the first phized one afternoon. . pontifical institute for catechetics in the country. ' The phone rang. I answered.

"It's Thyme," I told my 6-year-old.

"Since when does 'time~ call people?" spouse asked.

"Ever since his mother, Dawn, WASHINGTON (NC) - The taught him how to dial," I said Vatican Commission for Religious with a smile.

Relations with the Jews, in a document issued in Rome and Washington, has warned against subtle forms of anti-Semitism in JOHANNESBURG, South Catholic teaching and preaching.

Jews and Christians share a Africa (NC) - The Southern "great spiritual patrimony," said African Catholic Bishops: Con­ ference has called for an end to the the document, adding that. the military draft in South Africa. In a Jewish nation "remains a chosen related action, South African people" with a fruitful spirituality. authorities withdrew the visa of Titled "Notes on the. Correct Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arnes of Way to Present the Jews and Sao Paulo, ]Brazil, who was Judaism in Preaching and Cat­ scheduled, to speak at a recent echesis in the Roman Catholic peace festival which was part of an Church," the document was aimed anti-conscription campaign. "We more at explaining how Catholics are concerned (about) the growing should understand Judaism numbers of young men faced with through teaching and preaching a crisis of conscience caused by within their own church, rather· their conscription," the bishops than at how Catholics and Jews said in a June statement. should relate to one another.

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ment. What's more, you've never heard of this correspondence course before.

Now what? Will you be stuck .with either the trouble and expense of sending the. pa,ckage back or liability for the ·bill? . ' In earlier days, you really might have been stuck. If you didn't send . the unordered package back, any­ thing you did with it that indicated. you meant to accept ownership of it would have left you liable for the purchase price.

Giving the package a way, trying to sell it, throwing it away,looking through its' contents, or even just opening it might have been consi­ dered an act of "acceptance. "The seller who mailed unsolicited goods usually had the baffled recipient over a barrel, or at least thinking he was.

An occa~ional canny recipient managed to beat the seller at his own game. He would declare him­ self a sort of warehouser for the seller and demand that the seller both get the goods off the recip­ , ients hands' and pay storage fees..

Abandonment of the ,goods was the usual reslJlt in these cases. If more recipients were of the canny kind, the practice of mailing unsol­

In 1979, Congress passed a sta-· tute in response to the "uncons­ cionable practice" of shfpping unordered merchandise to unsus­ pecting consumers. After the act, if you receive anything in the mail that you didn't order (addressed to you, of course), you may treat it as a gift and do anything you like with it. ' ' And it is now flatly illegal for anyone to mail unordered mer­ chandise unless it is a conspicu­ ously labeled free sample or an item (Easter Seals, for instance) mailed by a charitable organiza­ tion soliciting donations.

Any unordered merchandise sent to you, even a free sample or an item mailed by charity, must clearly indicate that it is yours to do with as you please. And no sender may send you a bill or oth­ erwise seek payment for the unor­ dered goods. , Even ifthe unsolicited merchan­

dise didn't arrive by, mail, but by commercial carrier, you may still consider it a free gift under Massa­ chusetts law. Sending unsolicited . merchandise is an "unfair or decep­ tive"trade practice, in violation of the Massachusetts Consumer Pro­ tection Act. So, you can feel free to wear the flowered shirtj play the flexidiscs and sing along. Pedal Steel has sent you a free gift.

But suppose you're worried about other people who may not know their rights? ,Or worse, suppose you didn't know yours and Pedal Steel managed to con'{i,nce you 'that you had a legal obligation to pay for the package, threatened to destroy your credit rating if you didn't and you sent a check?

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and you can protect other consu­ mers from falling victim to unfair trade practices.

If your unordered package didn't arrive by mail, but by commercial shipper, the FTC will be just as interested. Sending unordered mer­ chandise by any means is an unfair trade practice within the FTC's jurisdiction.

The Public Protection Bureau of the Massachusetts Attorney Gen­ eral's office will also be interested in your experience with Pedal Steel.

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Patti Frustaci, '30, of Orange, Calif., who gave birth to the sep­ tuplets in May, had taken such a drug, Pergonal. One of her infants was stillborn and three others died from severe respiratory complica­ tions common with prematurity.

The three still living as of mid-July , remained in serious condition in the intensive care unit of Orange , Co'unty Children's Hospital. ' Jesuit Father Richard McCor­ mick, Rose F. Kennedy professor of Christian ethics'at the Kennedy Institute at Georgetown Univer­ sity in Washington;'saidhe thought taking of the hig~-potency'fertility drug could bejustifia~le in some, ca~,es. '. <,. .',.~;...... u . ' " In gener~l, .he .sa\d,; + would. . say that it c~:uld be u~ed i,:\' situa­ tit>ris in whicnjt ism9sUikely to be , successful and Jeast 'likelY to be harmful - to,'eiih,er'the,mother or the fetus. ., '•. " .

R. Connery, professor emeritus of Father Edward J.Bayer, direc­ theology at Loyola University in , tor of continuing educationfor the Chicago, "a certain amount of fer­ Pope'John XXIII Medical-Moral tiiized ova are, lost. The question Research and Education Center in is, how mpch more risk is involved Braintree, Mass., said, he doesn't in using fertility drugs? " see use offertility drugs as immoral, "It seems to me, "he s'aid, ,"if a even if they help induce multiple woman is notable to have children pregnancies that may result in mul­ otherwise, she could tolerate more tiple deaths. risk." :, "Moralists from centuries past," he said, "have held that even if While acknowledging that in­ fants born in multiple 'p~egnancies children never see the light of day, run a higher than average risk, of they have still received. existence, dying, Father Connery said, "I'm the mo~t basic kind of gift, and this in itself is good. not sure how bad that is. , "If baptized, they ~chieve the i. And even if thb' child is still­ b~sic goal the rest of us, aspire to born, it has existed, ';he said. "From -that of salvalion," he said.

And if thc.y are stillborn, or die conception it has existed, which . before they are baptized, ",they are would have' been a' blessing."

According tei Dr: Safa Rifka, a in the 'hands of an all~merciful God, ': ~e, said.' ' . ,WashIngton (ertility specil\list, "all

multiple pregnancies are, by defi­ nition, high risk. ':' Besides the risks to .the mother, he said, children of multiple births run the risk of being inadequately nourished since they share the mother's limited nutrients. This can cause a variety of problems for the child, including retardation or even death. .

Multiple births occur naturally in about 1.2 of every 100 pregnan­ cies. Women who, become preg­ nant after taking Pergonal have ,a one"in-five chance o,fhaving a mul­ tiple pregnancy, but a physician can do much to minimize the risk of multiple pregnancies, Rifka said.

He added' that he has'no ethical problem with prescribing Pergonal.

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Children are their ,home improvements the family include Colleen, who penter from Colorado moved in had been adopted and rejected with his dog in exchange for CORNELIUS, Ore. (NC) three times before settling down helping the family with its build­ Carl and Sherry Scott have 13 with the Scotts; Clodagh, who, ing projects. children of their own and have though said to be both blind and And the Hillsboro Kiwanis adopted 14 more "home improve­ deaf when they adopted her, may Club sponsored an auction to ments." not be; Ao,dham, who is a Downs benefit the family. It netted They started· adopting children, Syndrome child; and Christine, $6,000. six years ago with a boy named who was said to be retarded and The family also 'gets help from Kevin, ten 6 years old, who suf· severely, emotionaJ.ly disturbed, a group of parishioners and oc­ fered multiple handicaps, includ­ b,ut in fact is not. casional anonymous contribu­ ing retard'ation, bone deformation "It's clear that there's .noth­ tions, "just when we need them," and a cleft palate, the result of ing wrong with her," Mrs. Scott Mrs. Scott said. fetal alcohol syndrome. said. "She's an absolute golden But whHe help comes in many "Kevin is now 1l Special Olym­ girL" forms to the Scotts, they say pian," Mrs. Scott said. He has their lifestyle is not dependent Eleven new bedrooms have won a silver medal for softball­ on aid from ,others. throwing and placed seventh in been added as a third story to the Carl Scott makes about $17,000 house, and while none was fin­ the 50-meter run. a year driving a truck and the ished, each was occupied. ' In fact, she said, six of their Downstairs remodeling has 'family pays tuition for each of children were in the Special put windows from an old' Zion its eight children at Visitation Olympics, winning three medals into the new dining room Catholic School in Verboort. The church and a number of ribbons. area. Floor j<;lists from the old handicapped children attend "The most exciting ,thing is to agriculture shop at St. Anthony public schools, where special fa­ see what these kids can achieve," Church in nearby Forest Grove cilities and classes are available. she said.

And the Scotts keep a run· (the Sco~ts' parish) support the Before ,their first adoption, the new floor above the dining area, ningaccount ~ith their attorney, Scotts had been foster parents and cabinets from that 'building who handles only adoptions. for several years.

But basically, Carl Scott said, are noW in the Scotts' new kit­ "It really disturbed me that chen. "the Lord provides. Things just kids go on to other foster homes," work out."

Recently an unemployed car­ she said, "that there was no permanency in family life for them."

It took 1l long time, she said, VATICAN CITY (NC) - Sci· and power are beyond measure," ,before she and her husband de­ ence cannot prove that God ex· he said. cided to adopt, in view of their .ists, but reason can, 'Pope John already large family, which in­ The pope also said that the cluded 10 children at that time. Paul II declared at a recent gen­ "history of humanity and our eral audience in St. Peter's But because they were willing Square. constant search for meaning" lead people to believe there is a to adopt "special kids - those "Science needs to recognize "supreme being that directs the nobody else wanted - the Scotts its limits and its powerlessness lives of' all." found adopting to be asy.

"It was the fulfillment of a in proving the existence of God: He added that nature, art and dream," Mrs. Scott said. "We it can neither affirm nor deny the longings of the human heart pray before each one, and if his existence," the pope said. also prove the existence of God we're in agrement, we know it's "God surpasses the scientific because they "make us aware world," he added, sayin'g that the right thing to do." that so much beauty must have Each time they decide to adopt despite science's limitations, an ultimate source in a trans­ another child, Scott goes to the "philosophical deductions" show cendent God." bank 'and takes out a home there is a God. improvement" loan.

"Before the tiniest atom's We Know marvelous complexity or that "Banks won't ,lend for adop­ "We don't know what the great immensity of the cosmos, ~e said, "but we think tions," of these kids as real home im· the human spirit perceives that future holds for us but we know such intricacy and proportion re·, who holds the future." - Or­ provements."

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The best books are people We hear people expressing terrible fears for the future. It - Yesterday 'had conversations stops them from' enjoying the with people in.·a discount store, day that has been granted them. a supermarket, a clothing store Ten years they may have ex­ and on the street· of a nearby pressed the same fears; yet they city. Just by 'listening, I learned nre still around, the sun continues what bothers people in general, to shine, the rain falls on the what their fears and' conflicts just and the. unjust. . are, and ~bouttheir seeming Christians must be ever watch­ helplessness in the face of their ful, yes, but they must also tread problems. But they were not. doubt and fear underfoot and giving up. They were just try­ speak with the energy of living ing to understand.. hope. Otherwise Jesus' words will So often the men and women have been in vain. There is a I meet are q~ick' to' say their want of faith in God's ultimate' . mora). and social s,entiments. are victory. Christianity can bring fed from the fountain .which' about a higher development- of flows '50 freely;,~that of 'their humanity than is now witnessed. religion. Their: cOQscie,n<:es 'are, If that happens, we ·will. see strong because'of belief in God. .' much of .the present corrupti~ns '1 talk with 'many 'who are cop­ go. down·.~~e dZ:ilin.. '. ' Christ and his'dis.ciples left us ing with. suffer;ng. Tiley. have accepted the.. fact '. that nature, the glori<?us inheritance, of the spirit Of faith. Those who have for m~n, ·is pot '''a: bed: ol'ro~~s" God did not mean it to be. We no faith' in a higher future find live in a world .in which people that decay quickly sets in. In· losing hope, one .Ioses, the very take .risks, and not always w.ise ' , breath of me. Where there is ones. no deep faith, there is no cour­ Many have told me their suf­ ferings have' helped' develop age and ~o victory over evil. : . spiritual personality.. Suffering, Christ tells us. not to despair. depen~ing upon the attitude of We must tell one another the the one affected often enters same thing: Stay, away from the into God's purpose. It may lead voices of doom,and look. to the us to him..

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(Maine) ; ,'" " A. I took your' situafjol~i' ,apd. question to' MY,ssi, a ,1~~lrf'!8year-old who deScribes herself as 'a "grateful'. recovering alcO- . . holic.'" ; ·Both of us .think yOIl sho.uld, show this coiumn 'to your boy­ f~iend, .. '. . " Here" 'is Myssi's message for the two of you:' :~~About a year.. and a half, ago" I was at home alone late one 'afternoon.:T. haa: been ..arinRing.. my., 'dad'~~ ~:wfiiskey' .for 'lte,arly,'. two ~ hours,,:· 'Then;' suddenly.: I thougli~ . (:o!:1ght: tel: g~t .~~ome; supper/,":' " ""\ . ',:' "',; "" "I h ad thOIS crazy J'd ea.·th a t I wanted some french 'fries, while I 'was trying to cook th~m,· I' started a fire in the kitchen and' it' got out of control. The neigh­ bOrs called the, fire department for me. I was too drunk to do it.

"Eventually ~y parents sought help for me and our ~octor guided me to Alco~olics AnoJ)Y­ mous.

"I felt strange at first. But you don't have. to sign anything and nobody hassles you with ques­ tions. You don't" have to tell

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This song touches on an im­ · .portant aspect of -relationships ' - timing, It is an element often · overlooked when two people are tTying to determine where their relationship is headed. , Whether a relationship will ! . ' .. endure and continue to grow ofte!1 dep'ends. on the needs and readiness of the two individuals

By Charlie Martin concerned. One person may be . ready fO,r a serious., cOlpmitted ONE, .M 0 RE N I ~ H 1J' relationship, while the other is not.

I'V~ been, trying oh so long When such a difference exists, To let you' know ,'" · even "one more night" will not Let you know how ~ feel help the relatio,nship to survive. , If I stumble or If H fall';'

We cannot· force the right .) . Just help 'me back

,timing on' a relationship. Love So I can make you see.

needs'space and' freedom to un­ -, Please"give ·me one. more night

, ,fold n~turally. P,ressuring for a Give me Qne' more night .

. more serious COmmitment before One more night .

another is ready is not really - ' .'Cause I can't wait foreve'r loving' the other, person. ~ " Give me just ()ne more nigtit One aspect of timing is experi­ OOh just, 'one more night ence.'

How -much 'a person has Ohone more night" . previously dated affects other 'Cause I can't wait forever. . relationships, j've .been Sitting here so long: .

A summer romance after . Wa~ting time . senior year may be deeply af­ J.ust sti,ringat the phone fected by one or both individ­ , . And I was' wondering shoulcJ 1 call you uals' plans for college. Sustain­ , Then I thought . ing a long-distance romance is Maybe you're not alone; very difficult. . :Like a river to the sea High 'school youths '. should I will always be with you know that their love will be af­ And if you sail away fected by all types of circum­ I will follow you. stances, that is, by people's I knoW' there'll. never be a time needs and by their plans for the. :V0\i;1I ever feei the same next, few years. Consequently ' .. t\nd.l know it's only words ·few high school people are ready ,. ~~t If you' change your mind

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You' know that I'll be here

I' would like to hear your " . And ,~~ybe :we both can learn.

,thoughts', about this. Do you agree or disagree with my 'be­ Written and sung by Phil Collins (c) i984'.by Phil Collh1s Ltd. lief that high school: is not the . . and Pun Music Inc. ' right time for a serious love reI HAVE A SPECIAL question know how I feel." He conveys a lationship? . for teen-agers who are reading sense' of urgency: If the message' W1'ite to me and I will share this column. ,But first" I want to is not communicated tonight the ,thoughts of readers in an talk a bit about the song by J:lhil then, his special relationship may upcoming column.

Collins, "One More Nigli't," Address Charlie Martin, 1218 end. .

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anything about yourself unless' ; . you want to., .... , ,', "At first I did a lot of listen­ ing:' Gradually I . maqe friends with other young people: <?,ne poor guy wanted desperately'to , quit drinking; but his father is' an alcoholic and his three older' brothers drink all the, time, so there's always 'liquor around his house to tempt nim:':'. .', ", '''Most p~opi!,! 'think that Alco­ holjcs Anonymou~ is Qn!y· about drin)(ing ~nd drunkenness.. That's.

110t true. These new friends, '9f mine helped me with problems that w~re partly. the, cause of, my drinking. ., , '. ' ' "I taiked to pe~ple' aboM ~y shynesS and', 'also 'how ~ i , got angry at my parents' because I thought" they didn't understand me, In talking to. these people I . found, better ..Wl!YS to manage

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' "lam a much happier person :. now, not, J'ust .becaus~ I ·don't·. drink any more but also because r,ve' found new ways of dealing : w.ith 'life's problems and because I' have 'sb~eworiq.eifui, new friends.­ ' "I hope the' girl .who. asks' the question. can ge~ _her. boyfriend. to go with her to one A'A meet­ ing, just to see what it's like. A phone call to AA headquarters can tell them wher«; a meeting can be found. .

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Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG-13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved fOI children and adults; A2-approved fOI adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; A4-separate classification (given to films not .morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

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Diocesan Golf Tourney Upcoming The Diocesan CYO Golf Tour­ Wilson each fired 78s. Rounds nament will be held Tuesday, won second place in a sudden.

July 23, at Pocasset golf course. death playoff that went two Rev. Jay Maddock, director of holes.

Brandon Bouchard, of Fall the Fall River area CYO, has announced Fall River tourney River, won first place in the winners.

Cadet Division with a 43-41~84.

In the Senior Division Rich Following the trend in other Coieman shot 39-35-74 while. divisions there was a ·tie for Don Daley, of Somerset, fired second place. Doug Smith and 40-34-74. Coleman finished first Trevor Ashley' tied with 87s based on a match card.

Smith won the second place after In the Intermediate Division a one-hole sudden death.

Greg Clarke, of Swansea, took first place on a 40-43.78. Joe The first and second place Lifl'ak, 38.41.79, and Tom Keyes, finishers have qualified for play Somerset, 40.39.79, tied for sec. in the Dioce&an Tournament ond place. Lifrak took second which has a tee off time of 1 place on a sudden death hole p.m.

Father Maddock expressed his playoff.

Bobby Coleman, of Fall River, . thanks to Tom Tetreault, Fall emulating his older brother, took River Country Club pro, and first place in the Junior Division club members for their coopera­ with a 38-38·76. Again in this . tion as well as to Everett Smith division there was a tie for sec­ and Marty Bernat, tournament ond place Greg Rounds and Don codirectors.

Baseball

The schedule of games next week in the Bristol County CYO Baseball League is: Sunday - Kennedy vs. Ana­ wans, South End vs"North End. Monday - Maplewood vs. South End, North End vs. Somerset.

Tuesday - Kennedy vs. Somer­ set. Wednesday - Anawans vs.

South End, also make 'Up of game previously rained out. Thursday - Maplewood vs. North End. The Fall River CYO Baseball League has a full sIate of games next week starting with a pair ~f twin bills Sunday, (July 21).

In Sunday's games it wiH be St. William vs. Our Lady of Health and Sainte Anne vs.

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The remainder of the week's schedule is: Monday - St. Patrick vs. St. William, Kennedy. Park. Tues­ day - St. Michael Parish vs. Our Lady of Health, Kennedy Park and Our Lady of Grace vs. Notre Dame, Lafayette Park. Wednes­ day St. Michael Club, vs.

Swansea, Kennedy Park; Sainfe Anne vs. Notre Dame and St. Patrick vs. Immaculate Concep­ tion, Lafayette Park. Thursday - Sainte Anne vs. Our' Lady of Health, Kennedy Park, and Swansea vs. Immaculate 'Con­ ception, Lafayette Park. '

NpTE Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local list· ings, which may differ from the New York network sched­ ules supplied to The Anchor.

New Films "Back to the Future" (Univer· sal) A teen-age boy is transport­ ed back through time and obliged to serve as matchmaker for his parents or face retroactive non­ existence. A major problem is -that his mother-to-be finds him far more attractive than she does his father-to-be. Funny and clever with a bit of genuine sentiment, this is better than average enter' ta.inment for a fairly wideaudi­ ence. Unfortunately, there is the usual casual resort to profanity and the usual depiction of vio­ lence as manly and uplifting and of parents as far less competent than their offspring. Then, too, though there is no depiction of it, there is a troubling implicit acceptance of sexual promiscuity as standard teen-age behavior.

A3- PG "Day of the Dead" (United Film) The third of director-writer George Romero's zombie movies is as loathsome and nauseating and unimaginative' as the first two. Because of its violence and its plethora of blood and guts, it has been dassifitld O. There is no Motion 'Picture Association of America rating.

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Some profanity iri the mouths of the young heroes. A2, PG "A Flash of Green" (Spectra) A reporter in a small town in South Florida lets himself be drawn into the orbit of a cor­ rupt politician intent on enrich­ ing himself .on an ecologically disastrous resort development.

An interesting, very well·acted, if flawed fjlm based on a John D. MacDonald noveL Because of violence and a fairly graphic bed­ room scene, it is rated. A3.

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A illGHUGHT of a triduum honoring Our Lady of Mt. Cannel at Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven, was investiture of residents in the Brown Scapular of the Cannelites. Here Father Lucien Jus&eaume, chaplain, presents the scapulars to Mrs. Mary Joaquin. Also adding to the spiritual dimen­ sion of life at Our Lady's Haven was the recent commission­ ing of tv'liss Margaret Goggin and Mrs. Patricia Broadland as specia,l ministers of the Eucharist. They will assist Father Jusseaume in distributing holy communion to residents.

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Religious TV Sunday, July 21 (CBS) "For Our Times" - Programs spon­ sored by religious groups that offer legal services for the poor are examined.

Religious Radio Sunday, July 21 (NBC) "Guide­ line" - The second of a two­ part interview with Barry Ma· son; former Hell's Angel, about > his present work as a prison "The Emerald Forest" (Em· chaplain. bassy) A father searches Ama­ :Lonian jungles for 10 years and finally finds, the son who was kidnapped by Indians. The boy, however, now a teen-ager, has SHEET METAL 110 desire to go back to civiliza­ J. TESER, Prop.

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Father Jim Brennan, C.SS.R. will outing: Lincoln Park, July 23.

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ST. ANNE, FR , her efforts in making new vestments.

- The annual Summer Program at ST. PATRICK"FALMOUTH ST. STANISLAUS, FR Information night at School of St. Anne's School concludes today.

Healing service: 7:30 p.m. August Religion: 7:30 p.m. July 24: ST. MARY, SEEKONK Father John Z. Vargas will speak ,14. Father Edward McDonough will ST. JULIE, NO. DARTMOUTH in behalf ofBishop Jose C. Sorra of officiate.

Special Eucharist to open Polish Lector and Eucharist minister the'diocese of Virac, Philippines, at Heritage Month: 4:30 p.m. August schedules are available in sacristy. all Masses this weekend.

3. ' Parishioners are invited to attend ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT Devotions honoring St. Anthony a Life in the Spirit seminar.

Infor­ Christian Coffee House: 7:30 to­ of Padua precede Masses each Tues­ night, church hall. Folk group will mation: Pauline L'Heureux, 336­ day. perform. ' 6349.

O.L of Czestochowa devotions SS. PETER & PAUL, FR CATHEDRAL, FR each Wednesday: Polish, 7:30 a.m.; Seven parishioners have been com­ English, 6:35 p.m.

Catholic Guild for the Blind mem­ ' missioned as Eucharistic ministers. ber Wilfred Blanchette was recently Aerobic classes: 7 p.m,. Mondays COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS, honored with a tribute by the Fall SOMERSET and Wednesdays. All welcome. ,River Association for the Blind.

Meeting: 7:30 p.m. July 22, St. Louis de France School, Buffington St., Swansea. For information about this support group for bereaved par­ ents, call Georgette Le Comte, 676­ 8458.

Fall River"':-Pr'i.', 'July 19," 1985

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