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WASHINGTON~NC) - Pope John Paul II established two new dioce~es in Florida July 17 -.;. the Diocese of Palm Beach and the Diocese of Venice-and named auxHiary bishops from Boston and Miami to head them.

Auxiliary Bishop Thomas V. Daily, 56, of Boston was named the first bishop of ,Palm Beach, which was formed from 4,515 square 'miles taken from the existing archdiocese of Miami and the Orlando diocese.

Auxiliary Bishop John J. Nev­ ins of Miami, 52, was named first 1?ishop of Venice, formed from 8,460 square miles taken from the Miami archdiocese and the dioceses of Orlando and St. Petersburg. .Archbishop Edward A. Mc­

Carthy of Miami said at a July 17 press conference that the new dioceses "reflect the dynamic growth of the state of Florida and of the Catholic Church within the state.

"Only 26 years ago there was but one diocese in 'JF'lorida," ithe archbishop said, :referring to the Diocese of St. Augustine. "We are 'pleased that through the new dioceses and under the leader­ ship of two outstanding bishc.ps the church will now be able to respond even more effectively to the distinctive needs of the faith­ fU,1 in :their particu1ar areas."

The announcement brings the numbE!l' of F,lorida dioceses to seven.

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ASSISTED BY Sister Irene Therese, OP, St. Anne's Hospital treasurer, and Msgr.

John J. Oliveira, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin blesses the Fall River institution's new com­ puted tomography whole body ,scanner. The diagnostic device gives physicians a tool of ~~:)ede~ted accuracy, often eliminating the necessity for exploratory surgery (Torchia

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VERY REV. JOHN P. DRISCOLL, pastor of St. Lawrence parish, New Bedford, studies an 1882 issue of The Pilot, newspaper of the Boston archdiocese, as the cornerstone of the former ·St. Joseph School, predecessor of today's Holy Family High School, is opened in connection with Holy Family's centennial. (Rosa Ph~to)

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Re­ affirming Pope Paul VI's teach­ ing that "each marriage act must remain open to transmitting life," Pope John Paul II last week told his weekly general audience that the statement is a basic tenet of his predecessor's 1968 'encyclical, "Humanae Vitae."

The teaching, he said, is cen­ tral to, the encyclical and is based on "the inseparable con­ nection, which God desired and which man cannot break on his own initiative, Ibetween the two aspects of the cO}Jjugal act: the unitive aspect and the procreative aspect."

Pope John Paul said the con­ nection in marriage between pro­ creation ,and the union of the couple "is founded on the inti­ mate structure of the conjugal act itself, which enables husband and wife to generate new Hie, according to !Jaws inscribed in the very being of man and woman."

"By safeguarding both of these essential aspects, the conjugal act preserves in its fullness the sense of true mutual aove," the pope said. "At the same time it remains faithful to God's design for the purposes of marriage in directing husband and wife to­ ward their high calling of parent­ hood."

A Vatican official said the

pope's remarks were part of a series of talks aimed at counter­ acting "confusion and dou1>t" caused by' some Catholic theo­ logians on the issue of birth con­ trol.

At a press conference after the audience, Msgr. Carlo Caf­ farra, president of the Pontifical Institute for Studies' on Marri­ age and the Family, named Father Charles· Curran o~ 'The Catholic University of America in Washington as one of a group of theologians whose opposition to the "clear teaching of the church" on marriage and pro­ creation "can have caused con­ fusion and doubts in the minds of the faithful."

Msgr. Caffarra also named Father Hans Kung of Tubingen University in West Germany,' Father Franz Bockle of the Uni­ versity of Bonn, West Germany, and the late Father Marc Orai­ son of France.

Msgr. Caffarra said the theo­ \logians "have contested 'Hu-· manae Vitae' from the time dt came oilt."

Father Curran was a leader in the dissent against the encyclical in 1968. In 1979, he told the Italian magazine Expresso that the teaching that "contraception is always and everywhere wrong was to be rethought."

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THE ANCHOR~Oiocese of Fall River-:-Fri., July' 20, 1984

.Catholicism convention issue

the gift of faith; but others have not. I have no right to impose One way. and another, Cath­ olicism 'was a major issue at this my beliefs on them. I firmly believe, given my curent si~a. week's Democratic convention. tion, that I could never have an Topping stories of particular abortion.

Catholic interest was Walter "I am not so sure, however, if Mondale's historic .choice of Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, D-NY, as his I was the victim of rape and faced with a pregnancy question vice-presidential running mate. whether or not I would be so Ms. Ferraro, 48, brings Cath­ selfrighteous," she said. olic, feminist, ethnic, working­ Dr. John C. Willke, president class values' to the Democratic of -the NRLC, said that in select­ ticket. ing Ms. Ferraro, Mondale "has . The dau~ter of italian-Ameri­ caved in to radical feminist de­ can immigrants, she has a mixed mands that his vice-presidential record on issues of Catholic in­ nominee Ibe a solid supporter of· terest. -She has opposed legal legal abortion on demand and of restrictions on abortion but sup­ federal funding of abortion on ports tuition tax credits. demand."

She· has attacked Reagan'~­ On the other hand, Ms. Fer­ foreign' and domestic policies, raro holds' a high ranking from opposed deployment of the MX Network, a Catholic social justice missile, "reckless adventures in aobby, agreeing with Network Latin America" and mandatory on 10 of 11 issues on defense school busing, she supports Is­ spending,foreign policy, human rael and is pro-ERA. rights jobs and food stamps.

Ms. Ferraro has said that as Abortion votes were not review­ a matter or' conscience she is ed. , against abortion.. Yet according After graduating from Mary­ to a National Right to Life Com­ mount Manhattan College in mittee survey she opposed the 1956, Ms. Ferraro ·put herself anti-abortion position 17 out ·of through Fordham University Law ' 17 times from 1979 to 1984.

School at night while teaching She has said she supports public s~hool during the day. abortion funding as public policy First elected to Congress in in spite of her personal opposi­ 1978, she serves on the Budget tion because of the suffering she Committee, the Public Works saw as an assistant district at­ and Transportation Committee torney prosecuting,' rape and and the Select Committee on child abuse cases.

Aging. .In a June 1979 House debate Married to John Zaccaro for on federal funding for abortions 24. years, Ms. Ferraro retains for the poor Ms. Ferraro said, her maiden name to honor her "As ,a Catholic, I accept the widowed mother, who struggled premise that a fe,rtilized.ovum is financially to raise her. a baby. I have been blessed with Priest - Delegates In other convention news af­ fecting Catholics, a Detroit caU as soon as he could. priest whose parish assignment Bing called Father Pat back was terminated because he was within the hour.

"This is Bing Crosby," crooned a Democratic delegate said his dilemma stems from his com­ that famous voice.

"Thanks be to God," said mitment to Christian social Father .Peyton. "I'm a priest in justice. I But a priest from the St. Paul­ Albany. Will you do something Minneapolis 'archdiocese, also for the Blessed Virgin Mary?"

Bing later told me he said a delegate, said he saw no con­ "yes" before he' knew what he flict between being a priest and being a delegate and said his was saying. archbishop had no objection.

"I had a feeling that if I turn­ .Archbishop Edmund Szoka of ed him down, it would snow dn Detroit suspended the priestly my living room," Bing said.

So it happened on May 13, faculties of Father Robert Wil­ 1945, that Bing Crosby along liams, .'28, and terminated the priest's assignment as associate with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sulli­ van of Waterloo, Iowa, prayed pastor at St. Lawrence Parish, the rosary on the first Family Utica, Mich., when Father Wil­ liams refused to resign as a Theater network broadcast.

The SuIIivans had lost five member of the' Michigan dele­ sons when' the cruiser Juneau gation to the convention. was' sunk by the· Japanese in The archdiocese said se!I'Ving Wor.ld War II. as a convention delegate viola­ After that, Family Theater, ted church law prohibitions of with a format of uplifting dra­ political activity by priests. matic shows, became a weekly In February 1982 Archbishop fixture of the Mutual Broad,cast­ Szoka ordered Mercy Sister Ag­ ing System. Practically every. nes Mary Mansour to quit as big star in Hollywood performed director of the Michigan Depart­ free for the unassuming priest. ment of Social Services because And when television came in', she refused to oppose state Father Pat got into that with funding of abortions. such big names as Princess Grace She subsequently left the Sis­ and Pope John Paw II praying ters of Mercy rather .than quit the rosary.' ' the state position.

Soon big Ibackers began to help The other priest at the con­ finance his crusades. vention, Father Leo Tibesar, 41, Little has changed at Family is director of the library at St. Theater since those days except Paul Seminary in the Archdio­ that they now have to keep doors cese of St. Paul-Minneapolis. He locked. Hollywood is a dangerous was· attending his third conven­ . neighborhood at times. tion as an uncommitted pro-life

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FATHER PATRICK PEYTON takes his own advice and prays the rosary in front of his Family Theater build­ ing on Hollywood's Sunset. Boulevard. <

An Olympic message

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Dropped out to Family Theater in the heart of Hollywood to visit with myoid Notre Dame classma'te, Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., one of the most remark­ able men I have ever known.

Father Pat wanted to show me a sign he had erected ,for the Olyinpic Games. On one side of the sign is the world-famous

~'The family that prays together stays together."

On ,the other side is the Olym­ pic message - "A world at prayer is a world at peace."

Dynamic in its simplicity. . When the Oympic athletes and visitors come here, Father Pat wiH he one they all know. He has preached his Family Rosary.

Crusade in every remote spot in the world to crowds that have numbered in the millions. His biggest crowd was in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where 2 million heard him preach. Even in fun~loving Rio de Janeiro where people samba and sing all night long, he attracted a million souls.

H happened ,in 1964, and the ,last' time I was in Rio people were stip talking about it.

Father Pat, in his quiet, ~n­ cere way, ·is the greatest sales­ man I have ever known. Hlld he sold automobiles or insurance, he would have been a millionaire many ti~es over. . He ju~t sells devotion to Mary, the Mother of Christ, which makes you rich only ·in spirit.

How he launched Family Theater defies credulity to this day but Bing Crosby onc~ con­ firmed to me how Father Pat did it.

Early, Father Pat saw the value of mass communication in spreading his message. He had a weekly' radio program in Al­ bany, N.Y., in which he recited the ,rosary.

He decided to go' national,

walked into the -glass-walled of­

fices of the Mutual Broadcasting Co. in Manhattan a.nd asked for 'a free half-hour of network radio time.

Everybody told him the rosary was bad radio.

But he walked out of .there wi,th a half-hour of national, time for Mother's Day, May 13, 1945.

The network people said he should get a big Hollywood star to be on the program. He asked who was the biggest. Everybody said Bing Crosby, who had just won an 'Oscar for playing a priest.

What happened nex,t is hard to Ibelieve, especiaUy if you know how elusive Crosby was in those days.

Father Pat picked up a phone, dialed the operator and said: "I would like to speak to .Bing Crosby~in Hollywood, California."

Father Pat wIth his Irish charm got the operator to locate Bing, who was •making "Bells of 'St. Mary's." He couldn't come to the pho~e but promised tq

delegate.

He said he notified Archbishop John R. Roach of St.Paul-Minne­ apolis "the day after I was elect­ ed" a delegate and said the archbishop had no problems with his participation as long as the priest did not seek elected 'public offiee-. .

He had mixed comments on the selection of Ms. Ferraro.

"From a party point of view it's an energizing decision," he said. "From a Catholic point of view it's encouraging because her !I'eligiori is not an impedi­ ment. However, from a pro-life point of view it's a grave dis­ appointment."

Archdiocesan Welcome . Joining in California's welcome to delegates was the archdiocese of San Francisco, which provided Catholic delegates with informa­ tion packets containing a sum-, mary of the U.S. bishQPs' pas­ toral letter on war. and peace and copies of separate' pastoral 'letters on- Central America by the U.S. bishops and San Fran-, cisco Archbishop John R. Quinn.

In a cover letter accompany­ ing the packet, Auxiliary Bishop Daniel F. Walsh and other lay and clergy chancery officials noted: "It is not the role of the church to endorse candidates, a political party, or a political platform. "It is never the role of the church to tell people how to vote. It ·is proper, however, for the church to take a strong moral stand on issues and to inject th~ rich traditions and contemporary reflection of the church dnto' the political debate."

Catholic delegates were also greeted at a July 14 evenin.g.

Mass at Mission Dolores, a 200­ year-Old parish in whose original church the city of San Francisco was founded in 1776. . Father John O'Connor, Mis­ sion Dolores pastor and secre­ tary to the archbishop for social ministry, said the Mass was planned to ask God "to bless the people who'll be forging the policies of this country . . . and affecting the whole' world" through their actions at Demo­ cratic and Republican cOI).ventions. ' Pseudo - Nuns

In another matter, the Cath~ olic League for Religious and Civil Rights urged the Demo­ cratic National Committee to bar the "Sisters of Perpetual Indul­ gence," homosexual men who dress in sequined nuns' habits with fishnet stockings and make­ up, from staging !l demonstra­ tion in San Francisco in con­ nection with the conventil;)n.

In a telegram to Democratic chairman Charles T. Manatt, Jesuit Father Virgil Blum, presi­ dent of the 'league, said the group's actions are a desecration of religious symbolism that of­ fends Catholics.

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WASHINGTON '(NC) - Pirate attacks on Vietnamese refugee boats have increased while $5 mHlion approved by Congress to combat piracy in Southeast Asian waters is going unused, says the U.S. Catholic Conference's Mi­ gration and Refugee Services.

The disclosure is "an attempt to get ourselves and our church / and civic communities involved," said John E. McCarthy, MRS ·lVlRS. 'SELLMAYER executive director, in the report's foreword.

The study, released July 15" said Congress in 1983 authorized $10 million to support anti· piracy efforts in fiscal years 1984 and 1985. To date, said the reo port, only $2.3 million of the $.5 Led by Mrs. David Sellmayer, Quirk, Mrs. Fran Coppus, Mrs. million embarked for fiscal year president of the Diocesan Coun· Harry Loew and Mrs. Thomas 1984 has been turned over to cil of Catholic Women, and Msgr. Long. Working with them are anti-piracy projects.

Anthony M. Gomes, coun~il Msgr. Maurice Souza, pastor of Meanwhile, the report estima· moderator, a committee has been St. Anthony parish, East Fal· ted that almost half of all Viet· working for the past year to are mouth; Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, namese refugee boats arriving in range An Evening on Cape Cod St. Pius X, South Yarmouth; and Thailand are attacked by Thai with Bishop Cronin, a summer Very Rev. Edward C. Duffy, St. fishermen. Although freqency of gala to take place from 7 to- 9 Francis Xavier, Hyannis. attacks is 'lessening with a de· p;m. Thursday, Aug. 9, in the crease in new boat people, the Royal- Suite of the S'heraton attacks themselves are becoming Regal Inn, Hyannis. more brutal.

Planned as a pleasant oppor· They routinely include rob· tunity for priests and other bery, abduction and rape and members of the Fall River dio­ WASHINGTON (NC) - Wil­ sometimes result in death, the reo cese to mingle with summer liam A. Wilson, U.S. ambassador port said. It stated that in 1981, visitors and greet the bishop, the to the Holy See, was given a the latest year for which statis· reception wiU feature music by . special exemption last January tics were avai'lable, 571 refugees the Chatham Bars Inn Combo. to remain a director on two cor­ died in attacks. Six hundred wo° Punch and hors -<i'oeuvres will porate boards, State Department men were- sexually assaul,ted and be served and a cash bar will spokesman Alan Romberg said.

250 were abducted, most never also be available.

Romberg confirmed a report heard from again.'

Tickets are available at all in The New York Times July 12 In addition, MRS observed that parJshes and from Diocesan that, despite rules which normal­ the number of refugees who Council members. Mrs. Sell· ly prohiIbit government officials drown because 'their Iboats were mayer notes that proceeds from from holding corporate posts, sunk by pirates is unknown. the evening will aid charitable Wilson was allowed to keep directorships on the boards of Pirates are rarely captured, ac· works of the diocese. cording to ·the report, which Serving with her and Msgr. Pennzoil Co., a petroleum firm, urged concerned citizens to con· Gomes on the arrangements and Earle M. Jorgensen Co., a tribute to the anti-piracy effort committee are DCCW board California steel manufacturer.

Romberg said that beC8lUse of and urged them to formulate members Mrs. Aubrey Arm· ideas, join interest groups and strong, Mrs. Albert. Jackson, "Privacy Act considerations" he communicate with government Mrs. Gilbert Noonan, Mrs. James could not comment further on the circumstances of 'Wilson's officials. exemption.

"It is important that govern·· The New York Times reported ~ent officials be apprised of our on the exemption after Wilson deep concern and urged to take Sister Mary CatherJne Guier, an aggressive and 'leading role a native.of Washington, D.C., has became the focus of new public in the struggle against piracy," been named superior 'of the Pro· attention because of other al­ leged ,improprieties. The Los An-' the report said. vince of St. Raphael of the Sis­ geles Times disclosed three days ters of Providence. She will be earlier that Wilson had been headquartered at the congrega­ reprimanded by Justice Depart­ tion's provincial house in Fall ment and State Department offi­ River, where she has been sta­ cials for inappropriate involve­ tioned for the past four years as ment in U.S. criminal investiga­ first councilor to her predeces· tions.

July 23 sor, Sister Francis Michael Dris· One case reportedly involved Rev. Patrick F. Doyle, Founder, , coIl. an effort by WHson ,in 1982, 1893, SS. Peter & Pa'ul, Fall River The laUer, who was provIncial when he was Presid~nt Reagan's Rev. George B. McNamee, for eight years, was previously personal envoy to the Vatican, Pastor, 1938, Holy Name, Fall a member of the faculty of Bish­ to Jearn whether American Arch.

River op Connolly High SchoQI, Fall bishop Paul Marcinkus, presi­ July 25 River. She will spend a sabbati. dent of the :Vatican bank, was cal year in studies at Gonzaga an object of any criminal inves­ Rev. Michael J. Cooke, Pastor, University, Spokane, Wash. tigations by the Justice Depart­ 1913, St. Patrick, Fall River St. Raphael's Province has 100 ment. At the time Italian officials July 26 were investigating the role of members serving in nine gram­ the Vatican bank in the collapse mar schools and two high schools Rev. Msgr. Alfred J. E. Bon· neau, . Pastor Emeritus, 1974, in four archdioceses and six of Italy's largest private bank, .the Banco A:mbrosiano. dioceses.

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,THE A~CHQR~Diocese, of Fall River-Fri., July 20, 1984

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Was Walter Mondale's selection of Geraldine Ferraro - as his running mate a sincere recognition, of the place of women in politics or a mere' act of desperation?

It is of course about time that women gained the political 'recogni~ion they deserve. The appointment "of Justic~ Sandra Day O'Connor paved the 'way. The choice of Ms. Ferraro follows suit. Few would dispute that women must receive equal consideration in politics, on~ of the last frontiers to remain largely closed to them. The time for a woman vice-presidential candidate is long overdue., Susan B. Anthony has truly been vindicated. .

The basic concern' that should be raised about Ms. Ferraro's candidacy is that of motivation. It is obvious that the Democratic party is using her to restore some balance and vitality to a political campaign that to date has been lackluster. ' ,, In the struggle for votes, it is hoped that she will bring the women, liberals, ethnics and Catholics to ·the Democratic side, restori'ng the party's eroding constituency.

The really serious concern that arises in the midst of all this political maneuvering has little to do 'with women's issues, the liberal persuasion or the ethnic Yote. It has' a lot to do with the attempt to woo the Catholic vote.

One cannot fault Ms. Ferraro's position as a liberal or a feminist. But one can shudder at her voting record and position in the area of aborti.on politics. She has been a consistent upholder of abortion. She is in no way a supporter of the pro-life position. Her oWn words and record stand as evidence of this.

Catholics in politics, it must be remembered, cannot have it both ways as they pursue their personal ambitions at the expense of the unborn.

It is a horrendous contradiction for a Catholic elected official to declare that he or she, is personally opposed to abortion but approves of it for the public welfare.

Too many Catholics in congress, including Ms., Ferraro, have played that"'game for far too long at the expense of far ,too many lives. People in public life who think they can walk a middle way in this national issue are no better than the merchants of death· who are allowed by' their approval to operate' abortion clinics.

The public support of abortion by Ms. Ferraro is a mockery of the most basic values of the Catholic Church.

These indeed are strong sentiments. However, now is the time to uphold not only the basic truths of faith but also. those supposedly safeguarded by our Constitution.

It must be recognized that the liberty and the pursuit of happiness proclaimed by this hallowed document have , no meaning unles.s the right' to life is also safeguarded by , those who represent all Americans, regardless of race, color, or gender, in the Congress of the United States.

The American Catholic community should not be used or abused in this election. We have the right to uphold our national charter as well as our religious creed.

But during the months' to come it may well be that we will be 'scorned because of our belief in the sanctity of life. , This should neither dissuade us from nor discourage us in our witness to the Gospel. ' .

Party politics cannot be weighed in the balance with human life. "

A YOUNG SOU,TII 'AFRICAN STANDS ,BEHIND THE BARBED WIRE TIlAT CONFINES HEIR TO A GOVERNMENT-DESIGNATED HOMELAND

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Liberation theology .

By Jerry' Filteau NC News Service

A new debate seems to be rising in the chur<:h over libera­ tion theology. <A movement that originated in Latin America in the late 1960s' and early '70s, it is a significant force there and has also affected African theo­ logy and North American femin­ ist theology. . The' latest signal of renewed controversy came in late June as an internatiohal group of prom­ inent theologians protested against a leaked critique of lib­ eration theology by Cardinal J 0­ seph Ratzinger, prefect of the Vatican congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The docu­ ment was a report the cardinal gave at a recent meeting of top Vatican officials. Leaked in Chile,it was later published in Italy.

Cardinal Ratzinger cited the . documents of the 1968 and 1979 general assemblies of the Latin American bishops as acceptable liberation theology, expressing "the proper place of the Chrls­ OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River tian's necessary responsibility to­ ward'the poor and oppressed."

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Several U,S: theologians ques­ the critique is whether liberation theology is inextricably tied to tioned by National Catholic News Marxist ideology and analysis.

Service disagreed with Cardinal All liberation theology begins Ratzinger's characterization of with a lived experience of lack the thou~ht of Father Gutierrez. of freedom and finds in Chris­ , The Peruvian the910giim has tian faith awareness of personal described his position as be­ lieving ",that liberation, the sal­ dignity and the impetus to over­ come oppression. Uberation is vation of God, also encompasses , seen as from both personal sin the -Hberation from all the social and unjust social structures. conditions of oppression. It is Among unacceptable propon­ not limited to social liberation, ents of liberation theology, Car­ but I think that social '1iberation dinal Ratzinger cited Peruvian ., is one aspect of liberation; of ' Father Gustavo Gutierrez, often salvation. called the father of liberation "The salvation of God is, after theology, and Jesuit Father Jon all, the liberation from s!n," the Sobrino, a Spanish priest work­ priest said. "But it is also the ' ing in El Salvador. ,liberation from all the' unjust The theologians who protest­ structures which do not permit ed were editorial' board members a person to fulfill himself." of ConciHum, a periodical found­ , "I think he (Cardinal Rat­ ed in the 1960s as a forum for zinger) was way off on Gutier­ theological trends and views fol­ rez," said Jesuit Father Waiter. lowing the Second Vatican Coun­ Burghardt, editor of Theological cil.

Studies, a leading' American , The Conciliuril. theologians de­ Catholic theological quarterly. clared solidarity not only with Father Avery Dulles, another the theology' but with "the con­ leading American Jesuit theolo­ crete positions" of liberation gian, also said he did not think theologians. They said that Father Gutierrez was "guilty" of grassroots liberation movements reducing theology to politics or in the Third Wotrd arc "a sign political action. But he said of of hope for the whole church" the Concilium statement that it and that theology needs "free­ "was too much a blanket ap­ dom of research and expression" proval of liberation theology" in to reflect on those movements. declaring not only with the move­ "Any premature' intervention by ment in general but with "the higher authorities risks stifling concrete positions that they the Spirit," the group said. (liberation 'heologians) take."

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Family Night A ~eekly at-home program forfamUies sponsored by the Dioeesan Offiee of Family :Minis~y.

OPENING PRAYER Dearest Lord, hurrah, hurrah, it's vacation time. Bless us, Lord, during this vacation and protect us on our trip wh(:ther it be near or far from home. Thank you for all the fun we are anticipating together. Be with 'Us, Lord, and share our joy. Amen.

LESSON Young Family Materials: 'crayons, tape, color­ ed tissue or aluminum foil, smaH cardboard box for each family member. The small boxes are for each family member to keep in the car for his special li,ttle things; examples: tiny trucks, crayons, paper dolls, cigarettes, gum, facial tissue, wash'n dries, camera, film, small radio. Deco­ rate the boxes with the ,tissue or foil and have each person mark his box "(Name)'s Special Box." Each take a turn finishing this sentence, "As a result of this vacation, I want my family to

cation for the whole family. Then each make a list of five ways fights usually star:t in the family.

Each read his list to the family.

Then combine the lists to five.

Eaoh person write a~ter each point one way to minimize its occurrence. Share. Take the list dn the vacation to refer to.

"Good luck."

Adult Family Materials: pencils, paper, Bible. Each list what his goal is' for the vacation, and how much money ,the family can afford to spend for the vacation. Plan how the goals can be kept within the budget. Look up "vacation" in the dictionary. Share thoughts about its definition. Read aloud Psalm 90:12 and Ephesians 5:15, 16.

SNACK Cupcakes and soda.

ENTERTAINMENT (Ideas for a Car Trip) 1. "I See It" game; decide on

Middle Years Family Materials: pencils, paper, dic­ tionary:' "Everyone has needs."

Each family member write a list of what he wishc:: to experience from the family vacation. Ex­ amples: rest, excitement, see relatives, learn some history, en­ joy nature, grow closer as a family. After everyone shares his needs, integrate them and make a priority list for the va-

something to watch for ­ examples: cows, tractors, horses, Volkswagens. Who­ ever sees it first gets a

and when we heard that a fire had consumed it, we felt a little as if our home had burned.

Because the chapel didn't be­ long to us but to the university it served, our community did not -lose a lot of physical goods, about $13,000 worth of vest­ ments, linens, and the like. Our pastor told us that the oupboard In which our blue plastic-coated song 'books were stored did not burn but everything inside melt­ ed, so that when it was opened, a blob of purple-looking plastic rolled out. A lot of joyous music represented in a purple' blob. • It's a tough time f(lr our com­ munity because we are also without a pastor, ours having been reassigned by his Domini­ can community. So we find our­ selves without a place to worship and without a priest. We know how the early Christians must have felt starting from scratch.

One beautiful symbol emerged from the ashes. When the debris was sifted, the corpus from our processional cross was found scorched but intact. It was fast­

SHARING 1. Share a high point from

last week.

2. Share a very important ino­ ment with a friend.

3. Share a time you felt lonely.

CLOSING PRAYER -Spontaneous Prayer -Psalm .39:4-7 Suggested prayer: Dearest Jesus, thank you fqr tonight, but even more, thank you for vaca­ tions. They give us tirrie to re­ lax, to love, to enjoy and to be together as !!. family. Thank you, dearest Jesus. We love you.

Amen.

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Sad news. Our church has burned. Gone totally. We've worshipped at the Newman chapel for the past 13 years

point.

2. Memorize a poem or Scrip­ ture passage.

3. Alphabet game-I came from A (complete as the name of a 'town) with a truck ,load of B(oomplete as the name of a fruit, vegetable or animal) and my n,ame is C (complete as a person's first name). The next family member con­ "tinues with D for the name of his town, E for his fruit, etc., and so on through the alphabet.

4. One person reads a story.

5. Hold a songfest.

For families with, small child­ ren, plan a ,lot of stops along the way and take along extra little snacks.

ened to a new cross and the next By Sunday' carried .into, the first of DOLORES many tempornry liturg:: sites.

I don't know where we will worship permanently but we all CURRAN sensed the symbolism' of the scorched corpus. Our physical plant was gone, but Jesus and the community lived on. As one one, utilizing visiting priests for member put it, "it hurts but OUT Sunday liturgies. If so, we as community's still here." community will be tested. Can The loss of both pastor and we take on the functions we so chapel forces us to reflect seri­ routinely assigned our pastor ­ ously on what is church. We finances, education, sacraments, know it isn't a specific leader or social justice, and spiritual­ a beautiful old chapel but it has growth - as our early Christian left us without a locus. If our forebears did? 'We can, but will pastor were staying, we would . we? simply expect him ,~o find a That's what we will discover. place and we would follow.. But We are blessed with unusually he's leaving and we're forced to talented laity but we are also assume the Tesponsibmty for forging ,a community without unusually' busy people. We also must provide a community that either a home or a father. adequately serves the college stu­ That we wiU do it I have no doubts. Last Sunday we had an dents in our pews. They, after outpouring of voluntarism such all, have first claim to any New­ as we've never had. Already our man community.

It won't be easy. Last Sun­ search committee has stopped its seemingly futile search for a day's voluntari~m was on paper. pastor in a priestless church era Can we bring flesh to it? We ask your prayers for this unplanned and is actively reviewing applica­ tions from trained lay adminis­ ,pastodess and homeless com­ munity. God has seen fit to test trators.

It's probable that by the time 'us but he has given us his Son you read this, we will have hired and each other so we have hope.

Dying without baptism

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

Christians always have pon­ dered the exact meaning of these biblical words since obvi­ ously many people die without baptism, or ever hearing of God Catholic, nor were the majority or Jesus as we know him through of his family and friends. revelation.

The priest; who was assisted If God loves all people, and jf by a minister, asked all present Jesus came for the salvation of to receive communion. I have' all which is certainly one of the heard this is done, but I read m~jor pieces of "good news"in recently that it was not allowed. the Gospels, how does he fulfill Is it? (Ohio) that intention?

A. Unless you left out some­ Through the centuries theolo­ thing significant, the open invi­ gians have offered numerous pos­ tation to communion certainly sible explanations, for adults as violated the rules of our Church well as for unbaptized children. concerning communion by non­ But one principle is clear: Con­ Ca'tholics. sidering God's clear, universal Catholic regulations on this intention for the salvation of the matter are clear. Five conditions human race, his redeeming love must be fulfilled for adminis­ is offered to anyone who does tration of the eucharist (or pen­ not place a personal obstacle in ance, or anointing of the sick) its way. to non-Catholic Christians. The This would apply to people person must: such as your friends' child. How 1. Be in danger of death, or God might accomplish this he in urgent need, which might has not told us, as he has not happen during a time of perse­ told us many details of his plan cution, warfare and so forth; of salvation.

2. Be unable to approach a My own opinion, in accord minister of his own faith; with some major theologians 3. Request the sacrament on through the centuries, is that his own initiative; God sees the child of such par­ 4. Have faith in the euc~arist ents as a Christian part of a in accord with the belief of Christian family. The Christian the Catholic Church; (and Catholic) identity of the 5. And not be aware of any mother and father is not plas­ serious offense against God tered on their "natural" life like which would preclude proper frosting on II cake. You, for ex­ disposition for the eucharist. ample, are not some sort of neu­ In other urgent necessities the tral person with a veneer that bishop of the diocese may allow we call Christian. Your very reception of the eucharist by personality, so to speak, is non-Catholics. This has been Christian. done in some circumstances but The church recognizes this in I feel certain no bishop would a practical way in its regulations give the kind of blanket per­ for the funerals of catechumens mission you describe. and unbaptized infants.

If you're still uncer:tain you A catechumen, one preparing might talk to the priest in ques­ to enter the Christian faith, is tion and ask him about it. considered a member of the Q. Some friends recently lost church and entitled to a Chris­ a baby through a miscarriage. tian burial, even though unbap­ Naturally they are very upseL tized.

For one thing, as good Christians The same applies to children and Catholics, they wonder what who die before their parents are happened to their child. able to have ,them baptized Some time ago, your column (Canon 1183). answered a mother and father in Both these policies illustrate similar circumstances. I meant the church's belief that the grace to save it, because it was help­ of baptism is working long be­ ful to my brother and his wife. fore the pouring of ,the water.

Could you repeat some of that Perhaps most important, we information? I think our friends must remember that the Father's would appreciate it. (Ohio creation of us is itself, in the A. I'm happy the main ideas 'light of the incarnation, an act of thalt column helped other par­ of his redeeming salvific will. ents.

Certainly God loves this child First, you deserve praise for as much as he ·Ioves the parents. your own interest and care. Most Jesus died for that child as much people have no conception of the as for any of us. And their baby pain parents bear when a baby is in the Lord's 'loving and re­ dies before birth. This pain is deeming care. exceptiomilly heavy: when it is I will pray for them - and, a couple's first child. as I know from my mail, many Jesus said that baptism is the readers of this column will also. sacramental or "sign" way by Advice which people enter into his com· munity 'of faith. However, that "Think of the Lord in good­ by itself does not tell the whole ness and seek him in. simplicity story. of heart." - Wisd. 1:1

Q. Can a non-Catholic re­ ceive communion at Mass? I recently attended a wedding where the groom was not

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these theologians is very graye,"

Msgr. Caffarra; said.

He accused such theologians of having "a vision that has ac­ cepted without sufficient aUi-" cism many 'pseudo-dogmas' of the contemporary sexual cuI, ture.' Examples of theological error, he said, were "the failure to see that the creative capacity of man is not a purely biological fact," and "the failure to under­ stand that the i'elationship be­ tween human bodies is not a re­ lationship of property or use."

Msgr. Caffarra said the pope to use audiences throughout the next 12 weeks to hI~hlight the lessons of "Human­ ae' Vitae" on the regulation of birth, focusing particularly on its prohibition of artificial birth control. pl~ed

Father Curran" asked about the criticism that dissenting theo­ logians_have 'accepted contem­ porary thinking on sexuality too uncritically, said,. ''Most people in the modern culture who have commented on my writings con­ , sider them too conservative and too critical .of contemporary thinking."

He said he agreed with Msgr.

Caffarra's comments that bio­ logi~al reductionism and reduc­ tion of human relationships to property or use are theological errors.

"Human relationships should be governed by human norms" and not merely biological ones, he said.

Quick response to train wreck WILLISTON, Vt. ~C) - As rescue workers Were seeking bodies and evacuating survivors of the derai'led A'intrilk Mantre­ aler train July 7, Father John R. McSweeney, vicar for finance for the Diocese of Burlington, Vt., was also on the scene of ; Vermont's worst railroad wreck in nearly 100 years.

Five persons died, about 150 were injured as a result of the derailment. Officials said a rain­ weakened roadbed crumbled be­ neath the northbound train, causing three cars of the 13o<:ar train to pile on top of one an­ other.

CONGRATUlATING RECIPIENTS' of Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses' scholar­ ships. are Father Edmund' J. Fitzgerald, C9un cil moderator, and Patricia Lackey, far right, scholarship committee chairpersoQ. The recipient~ are Kathleen Kelly, Fall River (left) and Kelli-Ann Morin, Taunton. Applications fo r next year's scholarships are available from Sister Mary Margaret of St. Anne's Hospita I Department of Pastoral Care. (Gaudette Photo)

Science" religion seen complementary CHICOPEF.1, ~ass. (NC) ­ If he were "czar for a day," Jesuit Father Robert A.' Brungs

says he would ban comments about, scientists "playing God." 'This is playing' human; this is not playing God," said Fa­ ther Brungs. 'This is what God meant us to do ;.,... to use our minds to' underStand the world and to ferret out his laws."

'Father ,Brungs, who heads the InstitUJte for Theological En­ counter with Science and Tech­ nology in 81.· Louis, says that science and religion are com­ plementary disciplines, each' hav; ing implications for the ·other.

His organization sponsors two conferences 'a year to bring to­ getherscientists and those in-, terested in how technology re­ lates to the world of faith. He ' founded ,the group in 1968, a few years after receiving a doc­ , torate in physics from St. Louis University.

By NC l'\lews Service In a recent talk at' the Col­ lege of OUIj Lady of the Elms in A Catholic communications Chicopee, Father Brungs said organization funded by the Mil­ science can enhance knowledge waukee-based De Rance Foun­ of God. . dation has launched a newsatel­ lite television network in an effort "to foster Christian docEDICTAL' CITATION ~trine" throughout North Amer­ DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL ica.

FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSmS Santa Fe Communications, Since the actual place of residence of EVELYN TAVARES CAMARA is un- which has ,its main production known. , studios in Hollywood. 'initiated We- cite EVELYN TAVARES CAMARA to appear personally before the Tribunal programming in April aimed at of the Diocese of Fall River on July 23, calling "Catholics everywhere to 1984, at 10:30 a.m., at 344 Highland a basic love for Jesus' Christ'arid

Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to the church," 'said Richard Ben­ give testimony to establish: " nett, a Santa Fe official.

Does the nullity of the marriage

Among respondents to the dis­ aster was the rescue squad of St. Michael's College in nearby Win­ ooski, Vt., 'Ole student-operated squad at the Catholic college provides fire and ambulance ser­ ! vice to surrounding, communities. i More ·than 75 persons were treated at the Medical ,Center Hospital of Vermont in Burling­ ton, seven mBes from the site.

An additional 60 were brought to the state's only Catholic hos­ pital, Fanny Allen Hospital, in .r~'t'hp.Jlter. nine miles away. ~

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great need for development of "It }S axiomatic ~at God re­ veals himself to us in creation church teaching in this area.

Father ,Brungs said that scien­ as well as in Scripture," he said.

Father Brungs discussed how tific ideas like the model of current recombinant DNA re­ man as machine must not be ignored because they could de­ search could· advance under­ standing of the, "unities" in termine real alterations in real God's universe .which in turn . people.

"It makes a great deal of dif- . could be "the' springboard for a much more mature theology." ference now whether one views Today's scientific discoveries the human as a molecular ma­ are presenting ,the church with chine or as a being whose dig­ nity and freedom arise from profound chaHenges, he said.

"We are in the midst of the within/' he said. greatest dogmatic challenge ev­ In an interview, he said the er. I know enough dogmatic existence in today's society of history to understand ,how big surrogate mothers. the birth a statement' that is - and I control pill and fertilization str.ongly believe it to be true." outside the womb presents a He said science has a lot ito tremendous chaHenge to the say about the body, and, since traditional understanding of ma­ the body topic is involved in trimony. ~He said he believes every significant issue affecting this will eventually necessitate the church ,today, there is a a review of the sacrament.

New Catholic TV network .launched

exist in the CAMARA·TAVARES case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pas­ tors having the knowledge .of the resi­ dence of the above person, Evelyn Tav­

ares Camara, must see to it that she is properly advised in regard to this' ,edictal citation.

Henry T. Munroe Officialis Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this, the 11th day of July, 1984.

Headed by Harry .G. John, president and founder of De

Rance, the organization produces several- daily and weekly Cath­ olic-oriented television programs, operates a toll-free telephone

ministry service and owns tele­ vision stations in Los Angeles and E1 Paso.

The programs are available

via satel~ite to- individuals and cable television networks in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The cornerstone of the net­ work is "Heart of the Nation," a daily three-hour magazine­ styled program offering news features, interviews, documen­ tary reports, inspirati'onal interludes and entertainment. Regu­ lar segments in~ude ."Fatherly Advice," in which a priest re­ sponds to submitted questions; "Great Moments in Catholic His­

tory," and "Good News Update;" a segment which ,carries only positive news items, such as.the latest medical breakthroughs.

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Continued from page one mont, Mass., was ordained in 1952. He served at St. Anne's Parish in Quincy, Mass., trom 1952 to 1960, then volunteered to work in 'Peru for five years as a member of the Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle.

After returning to the United States he held parish and chan­ cery posts prior to his appoint­ ment as auxIliary bishop of Bos­ ton. His episcopaI ordination was Feb. 11, 1975.

Following the death of Car­ dinal Humberto Medeiros lin September, 1983, Bishop Daily was administrator for the arch­ diocese until the appointment of Archbishop IBernard .F. L~w as successor to' the cardinat in March of this year;"" , The new· Palm 'Beach diocese has a Catholic population of 103,361. It is comprised of five. counties: Palm Beach and Mar­ tin, which had been part of the Miami Archdiocese, and St. Lucie, Okeechbee and Indian River, which had been ;·in;,.r~he Orlando 'diocese. " '" Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, 'also a former· auxiliary bishop of the ,Boston archdiocese,' was among the' first ·to call 'Bishop Daily to congratulate him and express joy at his appointment. ·Bishop Nevins, a native of New Rochelle, N.Y., was or~ dained a priest of the Society of the Fathers of Mercy in 1959 and transferred to the Miami Archdiocese in 1960. There he served in parishes and held sev­ eral archdiocesan administra­ tive posts. He was named rector of St. John Vianney Seminary in Miami in 1975 and served ~n that post until being named auxiliary bishop of Miami Feb. 6. '1979.

The new Venice diocese has a Catholic population of 115,359.

The Miami Archdiocese, which before the split had 925,700 Catholics, now has a Catholic population of 740,560 and an area 9f 4,958 square miles.

The two new dioceses bring to 184 the total number of dioceses ,and other church jurisdictions in :the United States.

The 184 inolude ,33 arch­ 'dioceses, 147 dioceses, the U.S. Military Vicariate (a worldwide See for U.S. Catholics and their dependents in the armed forces) and three exarchates,' Eastern Rite jurisdictions similar ito a diocese. , Two, of the 33 archdioceses and seven of the 147 dioce.$es are also Eastern Rite.

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Gospel diplomacy WASHINGTON (NC) - The religious authority of the pope. not his position as head of Vati­ can City-State. is the church's basis for diplomatic relations· with variQus nations. said Arch­ bishop Pio Laghi. apostolic pro­ nuncio to the United States.

Church diplomacy is "deeply motivated by the spirit of the Gospel of Christ...· he said at a Catholic University of America ceremony at which he received an honorary degree and conferred papal medals on 39 members of the .university community.

Incompatible NEW YORK (NC) - Anti­ Semitism is incompatible with Catholicism. said Archbishop John J. O'Connor in his first ad­ dress to a Jewish audience since Q)ecomling archbishop of Newt York. The Second Vatican Council's declaration on Cath­ olic-Jewish relations is "obliga­ tory in conscience on aU Cath­ olics," the archbishop said. He interpreted :it to mean a person cannot be "in true communion w.ith· the Catholic Church and be anti-Semiltic." He spoke at the 78th annull!1 meeting of the American Jewish Committee.

African crisis ~ndated) Problems rang­ ing from a lack of spare tires to basic mistakes in economic development have combined with the worst drought in decades to spread hunger through thousands of African villages. Besides try­ ing to prevent mass starvation. international aid agencies and American governments are seek­ ing ways to prevent similar dis­ asters in the futurE.'. The most pressing job is to "get people eating" a~ain in the rural areas. said At'lmeth Hack"tt director of Cath"iic Relief Services in Sub-Sah6ra Africa. In addil'ol' tc food. a "maS~I'Ie injaction" (It cash is needed to help rural families plant crops needed in coming months. Hac!tett sai1.

Meal good theme NAIROBI. Kenya (NC) - To Africans. the meal is an impor­ tant part of family tradition. so "The Eucharist and the Chris­ tian Family" is an appropriate theme for the 43rd International Eucharistic Congress. according to Father John Mutiso- Mbinda. secretary general of the Associa­ tion of Eastern African Catholic Bishops' Conferences. The con­ gress is scheduled for Aug. 11-18.

1985. in Nairobi.

"A meal is pethaps the most basic and most ancient symbol' of frien~ship, love and unity," Father Mutiso-Mbinda said. The International Eucharistic Con­ gress is a worldwide Catholic assembly held every four to five years.

FR. VON. BAlLTHASAR

of married priests was "not theo­ ·Iogically impossible." He said he didn't know if there were in­ surmountable obstacles to wo­ men priests. !but added he be­ Heves the chureh will not change its thinking on the matter.

Father Von Balthasar praised modern church movements in­ volving lay people. "I'm inter­ ested in all that's alive dn the I church." he said.

But he voiced doubts about "the way," Msgr. Jose Maria Escriva de Baluguer, founder of Opus Dei. one of the church's fastest growing international or­ ganizations of priests and lay people. "I am not absolutely satisfied that the book written by the founder. who' had extra­ ordinary qualities. is enough to be a spiritual base for such an enormous movement," he said.

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Theologian honored· VATICAN CITY ~C) - Swiss, theologian Father Hans Urs Von Balthasar. who says he was seen as a aiberal before the Second Vatican Council and as a con· servative afterward. has re­ ceived the first Paul VI Interna­ tional Award from Pope John Paul II. Father Von Balthasar. 78. a Jesuit who ,left the order to found a secular institute. accept­ ed a $60.000 prize for use by a publishing house he directs. The biennial award. made by the Paul VI Institute of Brescia.

Italy. recognizes "important contributions to the development of research and religious know­ ledge."

In presenting it. Pope John Paul praised Father von Baltha­ sar's "passion for theology."

The Paul VI Institute cited the wide scope and originality of.

Father Von Balthasar's work. It singled out his longest work. the 10-volrume "Gloria." as a "great synthesis of Western theology."

During the award ceremony Father Von Balthasar spoke of leaving his "spiritual homeland. the Society of Jesus."

"I had to abandon it in order to carry out a kind of extension of the society's ideals into the world," the priest said.

That extension was the "Com­ munity of John," a community of lay peOple and priests found­ ed with Swiss mystic Adrienne von Speyr. who died in 1967. , Father Von Balthasar has pub­ lished 75 books. 85 translations of early church writings and hundreds of articles. His 1952 book. "Tear Down the Bastions," is credited with anticipating the Second Vatican Council in argu­ ing for changes within the church.

The author later remarked, how­ ever. that "a little too much was torn down."

At a press conference. he joked that he had once complain­ ed to friend and fellow theologian Father Karl Rahner: "Before the council. we were all leftists; now we're aU rightists. But we've stayed the same - it's the others who have changed."

He predicted to reporters that the church would maintain celi­ bacy for priests. even if the idea

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,FATHER SAE EUL KIM, 34, gives communion to his mother duIing his ordination Mass in Killeen, Texas.

Severely burned in a 1968 shoe factory fire in Seoul, Korea, he was initially refused permission to enter a monastery by a director who speculated that he was trying to hide from the world. Family members traveled from Korea for his ordination. (NC Photo)

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TIDS PICTURE of superiors of women's religious communities active in the Fall River diocese, taken at a March meeting with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, illustrates the diversity of apparel worn by today's sisters, symbolic of the variety of expressions of religious life in the conte~porary church. (Torchia ~hoto)

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NC News Service Seventeen U.S. bishops got a Members Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. crash course on the history and . ' .

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widows, sixth-century Benedic­ tine monasticism, medieval Fran­ ciscan and Dominican mendi­ cants, 16th century apostolic orders of priests and congrega­ tions of women religious in the past four centuries.

"The monk took not vows of .

If they did not know it be­ poverty, chastity 'and obedience, , _ __ .. , , DAILY 4:30 _ 5.30 P M fore, they learned that: \ . .• " .. _ - Even before the Second but simply those of. stability and '..

Open 7 Days A Week Vatican Council, American nuns reform of life," he said.

He recalled that church re­ THE - A LS 0 differed significantly from their quirem~nts of cloister for women CATERING TO WEDDINGS European counterparts.

AND BANQUETS - Most modem ~r~ers of religious were-a source of major ;; women follow a tradItIOn that difficulty in the 17th and 18th LUNCH - Monday Thru Friday centuries, when the church's goes back only two to four cen­ Rte. 28, East Falmouth 11:30 - 2:30 "imagination failed and failed turies.

Hosts - Paul & Ellen Goulet .D1f(NER - Monday Thru Sunday - From the beginning, many grievously."

Only the Daughters of Charity, of those orders had to compro­ 4:30 - 9:30 P.M. Tel. 548-4266 through the "pious juridicism" mise between their founding pur­ l.~ pose and the rules Rome required of taking simple instead of solemn vows, succeeded at the them to follow. time ip becoming a fully apos­ - The thrust to revitalize re­ tolic order of women, he said. digious orders and revise their Speaking of the profoundim­ constitutions and rules goes back "110M( ,IIA_

not just to Vatican II but to 1950 pact of the French RevoliJtion and subsequent events in Europe COUIICI MfMIfI"

,actions 'by Pope Pius XII. on Catholic religious orders, The bishops, along with 45 Father Padberg noted that aside FOI "OMPT 14 HOlt, Srrw~ major superiors of women and from the Jesuits not a single Charles Velora. Pres, 2·WAY RADIO 31 major superiors of men, met male religious order founded be­ at Boston College for a three­ fore the revolution has regained day conference in which experts its pre-1789 size. analyzed the historical, theo­ He said that Americans "have logical and sociological back­ ,almost no sense of" how deeply ground to religious life in the the 19th-century European con­ -..;:.

United States today. text has shaped church thinking The presentations indicated' on religious -life. He asked how Offa .. OAK GlOVE AVI .• fAU IMI one overreaching theme: that different American Catholicism, new forms of religious life have tlien in its infancy and separated arisen to meet new perceptions .from Europe by an ocean, would and needs throughout the have been jf "we had- experi­ church's history, that older enced churches 'bumed, convents forms have often discarded some piHaged, nuns degraded, priests tradition; and adopted new ones, killed, Christians exiled, all in and that inany signs point to the name of 'liberty, equality, the beginning of an era calling fraternity ,and democracy." for new adaptations.

Sister of St. Joseph Karen The Boston College Confer­ Kennelly traced the development ence was convened as part of the of religious orders 'in the United program of study and service of States, emphasizing how they the U.S. bishops to religious responded to U.S. to produce the - "Ior the pleasure , called for by Pope John Paul II distinctive American religious 01 d;ning" last year. communities.

In the opening keynote speech, She said much of the impetus Jesuit Father James Hennesey, a for modem rethinking of religious LUNCHEONS - DINNERS Boston CoHege church history life goes back to 1950, when professor, said that "American Pope Pius XII "urged relig'ious Banquet Facilities religious . life grew in political to 'I'etum to the spirit which had and soc~al circumstances vastly animated their founders and to From 25 :1000 different from those which ob­ adapt outmoded customs to the tain today. demands o.f the day,'~ Another historian, Jesuit oClaretian Father John Manuel Father John Padberg, discussed Lozano sharply criticized parts historical forms of religious com­ of a 1983 Vatican document, mitment, including early hermits "Essential Elements of Religious TEL. (617) 675-7185 and communities of virgins and 'Life,"

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In a theological analysis com­ paring, it with other more au­ thoritative ,church docwiients, he particularly criticized its treatment of. the nature of conse­ crated life, distinctive religious habit, the personal authority of the religious superior, and the place of community life in apos­ tolic religious orders.

Noting that the document was intended to summarize elements considered essential for religious in apostolic orders, he said that

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limitations of mistaken method­ ,ology: it descends from the gen­

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aspect," The genesis of apostolic ~mlers ­ was exactly the reverse, he said.

"We have become religious in, order to better develop a minis­ try required by the people of God ... Our way of understand- ' ing and living our consecration, our vision of the world, our public witness and our experi­ ence or' community me are deep­ '1y related to our apostolic mis­ sion." .

Popular pope ROME (-) Rome has named a square in honor of Pope John XXIII.

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It is on the Tiber River at the foot of the Via Della CaneHill­ zione, the four~block-long broad street leading into St. Peter's Square.

At a dedication ceremony City Assessor Mario Debartolo caHed the pope who reigned from 1958 to 1963 a man "so 'dear to the memory of all, believers and un­ believers." ,:~ Romans continue to hold Pope' John in fond regard. Some taxi drivers, for instance, carry his picture in their cars. He was the first modern pontiff to keep in regular contact with Rome thtdugh frequent visits to city parishes.

God's Hand "The souls of the just are in the hand of God and the torment of death shaH not touch them," - Wisd. 3:1

Chapel belonged to three parishes

Many people have asked about Our Lady of Hope Chapel in West Barnstable. Located on Route 6A between Routes 149 and 132, it has a long and in­ teresting history.

It was designed by the late Father Mortimer P. Downing, then pastor of St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis. He took its Moorish/Spanish design from a church in the Basque region of Spain that he had visited during summers as a seminarian. Its copper dome and stained glass . windows especially reflect that influence.

At the time the chapel was construoted there was in West Barnstable _ a smaH colony of Polltuguese fishermen and far­ mers. Mary and Antone George donated the land for the chapel and the men of the area dug its found~tion. The church is con­ structed of West Barnstable brick. The brickyard owner gave the materials and the local men made the bricks.

Several members of the pres­ ent parish are descendants of the original group. Meredith Glydon is the granddaughter of Mary and Antone George. Mary Alexander, Mary Dutra, and Mary Duarte' O'Neil are also members of those first Catholic families in West Barnstable.

The chapel was constructed by the Peter Childs Construction Company. One of Peter Childs sons, ,the late Msgr. Felix Childs, was a pastor for many years in Fall River and many members of the ,Childs family are still in the parish. , The chapel was dedicated JuIy 8, 1915, and was a mission first of St. Francis Xavier in Hyannis

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It pays to advertise in The Anchor, the largest and then of Our Lady of the As­ sumption in Osterville. On May weekly newspaper in Southeastern Massachusetts, 1, 1960, it became part of Our reaching 27,000 subscribers and an estimated Lady of Victory.

Over the' years it was used 100,000 actual readers. mostly in the summer but in the early 1970s, under the pastorate of Father Francis B. Connors, it rwas also opened in the winter.

Father John Feeney, a ,retired priest from New Hampshire, was responsible for a new heating system, eleotrical work and or­ 24-hour banking, gan. Father Feeney also offered 335 Stafford Road, Fall River daily Mass at Our Lady of Hope during 'the summer months: Last winter the house next to the chapel was purchased and will be used as a CCD center and meeting piace for the people of L...:.-----m·~m·:-:;:m·mmmmmmmml.1mmmm~mr----J West Barnstable.

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It's a job disJtosing of all those gifts

VATICAN CITY (NC) Some people have a problem de­ ciding what to give someone.

Pope, John Pauo! II's problem is what to ,do with what he gets.

Each year the pope receives thousands of gifts ranging from works of art and handcrafted replicas of his coat of arms to sumptuous butterball turkeys and homemade brea~ and cheeses; What happens to them? Papal aides have the answers.

Some go to a private store­ room for papal gifts in the Vati­ can library. Edible items are given' away immediately, usually to Vatican employees or chari­ table institutions in Rome.

OccasionaHy the pope and his household enjoy some of the cheeses and sweets which pil-' grims bring as gifts, said a memo ber of the papal household.

In April, a group of yorung people gave the pope a cocker spaniel. He went to the pope's summer residence in Castel­ gandolfo to join the cows, chickens and lambs on the poPe's farm.

The pope frequently receives money. Gifts earmarked for specific purposes, such as aid to Poland or Africa, go to funds established for these purposes.

Gifts for tlle missions go to the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the office which oversees mission­ aries worldwide.

Undesignated monetary gifts go' into a charitable fund which the pope 'may use as he wishes.

It was from this fund that the pope made a recent donation of $50,000 to a Thailand hospital for refugees.

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, Some people send money as Mass'stipends. It goes to bishops in mission lands where priests celebrate Masses for the inten­ tions requested.

Religious objects are frequent­ ly given away. During a recent trip to South Korea, the pope gave an image of Our Lady of Czestochowa to a church where a new sanctuary was being built.

Some art works given to the pope decorate the papal house­ hold. One is a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe given to Pope John Paul II by the people of Latin America. Gifts also decorate his summer residence.

Most works of art, however. go to the Vatican museums, the Vatican library or the Vatican Curia offices.

WalterPersegati, secretary of the Vatican museums, said that he "accepts only those works which would add to our collec­ tion."

One gift accepted is the moon rock given to Pope Paul VI by President Richard' Nixon.

Fine works of art also decor­ ate the Vatican library. These in­ elude a large crystal vase, a gift from the church of Poland.

Papal aides say that what can be used to aid the poor is used for that p~rposes but the Vati· ,can never sells a gift. f Gifts can be given away, how­ ever, papa,l aides said, because no one expects that the pope will personally use every gift he receifes. As a result, a few priests in Alpine countries travel the mountains and plains on skis and snow shoes given-to the pope. And at the North Am­ erican College in Rome, U.S. seminarians bowl on alleys given to Pope John XXIII.

Gifts to the pope are presented in farious ways. Most people mail them. Others hand tliem directly to the pope at his weekly' gen­ eral audience as he travels through" the crowd. Other gifts -are presented to him during the Offertory procession at special Masses.

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The society, founded by church historian John Gilmary Shea and headquartered in Yonkers, cele­ brates its 100th anniversary this year.

But,ler, a New York podiatrist -and 'a Knight of Malta, holds a master's degree in history from Manhattan College, New York.

He joined the historical society in 1978 and has been a director and chairman of the develop­ ment committee since 1983.

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At 59 you may have 30 more less' importance on noting !holi­ days and sending greeting cards. years :to ~ive. You mention that Some super mamas remember you have never been legally sep­ arated from your husband. If family !'lvents and aU the holi­ days plus relatives' special days. this is important to you, begin Many other perfectly good now to see what can be done. iBreak the task into smaloJ mamas do not do too well on the latter occasions. That may steps, write down the steps, then plan to do :the first one within be a failing, but an understand­ the next week. Consider other able one.

I suggest that your children are goals for your aife and atta~k with their own families and that . ihemin similar fashion.

Your chHdren should not be they are doing their best under the circumstances of their .Jives. criticized because they are busy You se'em unduly sensitive in with their families. This is their connecting their' behavior to task right now. If you can be you. ' supportive and understanding and also pursue your own goals, Your son "seemed very un­ you are more likely to be wel­ happy." Perhaps he has prob­ comed in their Uves. lems at work which have noth­ Reader questions on famUy ing to do with you. Your son's children "seem to shy away." living and child care to be lin­ Most chHdren shy away from swered in print are invited. Ad­ dress The Kennys, Box 872, St. older adults they see infre­ quently.

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seminary for delayed vocations.

In the interview, Msgr.."Cass spoke of the difficulties he had in making his voice heard on this issue. He praised the late Car­ dinal Richard Cushing of Boston for being the person who took his idea seriously enough to open ­ I such a Seminary, Pope John Please Print Your New Address Below : XXIII in Weston.

I I Msgr. Cass made a good case I for older men entering the sem· NAME :_ inary. He ticked off a number of qualities they possessed.: STREET ADDRESS...................................................................... :_ - Realism, having faced and deaIt with youthful fantasies Apt. #, CITY, STATIE.....,.......................................................... : about Hfe; NEW PARISH . ,~ - A better understanding of interpersonal relationships, es­ DATE OF MOVfNG.................................................................. : pecially with women, an essential \ . I quality for a man choosing celi· I .' bacy; And please attach your OLD ANCHOR AD­ ~ - Compassion, Ibecause few DRESS LABEL below so we can update your : people get much past age 30 without experiencing pain; record immediately. :I .

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I In a word, Msgr. Cass con­ The idea of older men entre­ I I . ing the priesthood is' not new. It sidered older men more mature.

I simply hasn't received much pub· And his idea certainly was a CLIP THIS ENTIRE FORM AND MAIL TO: : Iicity. And in the beginning, prophetic response to the declin­ I \ opening seminary. doors to older ing number of priestly vocations men ~id not proceed in a par· . that would be encountered in the ticularly smooth way. nem two decades.

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By Antoinette Bosco "God calls to priesthood at any age," the huge billboard pro­ claimed as I drove along the Con­ necticut ':turnpike. The sign showed a decidedly older priest, holding a chalice. Large letters said: "Holy Apostles Seminary, Cromw~II, Conn., Father Francis.

203·635-5311;'; The billboard. has attracted much attention, said Missionary of the Holy Apostles Father Francis Fajella. He is director of

the 'second-eareer vocation pro­ gram for the Connecticut semin­ ary in the Diocese of Norwich'.

Since the billboard was put up in January 1984, he reported, his office has recieved 400 inquiries and sent out 240 applications to the seminary.

To promote the idea of priest· hood as a second career, Father FajelIa rents the biJ:lboard at· $25,000 a year. He said he would like to encourage church organ­ izations to sponsor similar bilI­ boards in major Catholic areas across the country.

catchy methods like billboards where necessary.

The call to the priesthood may stir in older men as .they become aware that something is missing in the 'life they've pursued so far, even men with highly successful careers.

That appears to be the case with many of the 18 second· career priests ordained ·in the Bridgeport, Conn., diocese in the past five years.' They are men like: Father John Sanders, ordained in 1973 at age 47. A jazz trom· bonist, he once traveled with~'tlie Duke Ellington orchestra; Father Frank Wissel, ordained at 39 after an 18-year career as an educator and counselor; Father William Galya, now'67, a widower who was a machine designer for Sikorsky Aircraft in Connecticut for 24 years.

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Nicaraguan bishops

By Agostino Bono consultation about the situation The July expulsion of 10 for- ill Nicaragua, particularly con­ eign priests from Nicaragua !has cerning Jesuits who have pub­ resulted ,in strong international Holy criticized the Nicaraguan church solidarity, med by Pope , bishops, according to the radio

John Paul II, with the Nicara- report.

guan bishops in their widening Father Cardenal has been di­

conflict with the Sandinista gov- rector of the Sandinista Youth

ernment.

Movement and an adviser on a It ,also has harmed' the inter- government literacy campaign.

He is the brother of Father Er­ national image of the Nicara- nesto Cardenal, a diocesan priest guan government, which has' who is Nicaragua's ~nister of ,been courting Catholic support culture. ' since coming to power in a 1979 revolution~ The brothers have been criti­ cized by Nicaragua's archbish­ 11he priests were expelled July ops for their roles in the San­ 9 in government retaliation for a church-sponsored march to pro- d:inista government. In 1981, the ..,.es t the government arrest of • Cardenals and other priests in another priest on subversion government positions, agreed charges. The march was led by with the bishops to suspend Archbishop Miguel Obando exercise of their priestly roles Bravo of Managua, and some of while holding office. the expelled priests participated But in their July 12 com­ ill it. munique the bishops warned The Nicaraguan 'Bishops' Con- that having priests in goverfto. ference cailed' the government ment positions dl?es not indicate action "a petsecution in its con- smooth church-state relations. frontation with the ohurch" '81ld " "The fact that some piiests Archbishop ObandoBravo de-" and religious hold political and

creed 10 days of prayers in the government posts is not consid­

Managua Archdiocese for "the ered by the church a's a sign of

. church which suffers ,in Nica- benevolence toward it, especially

ragua and for those who have at a :time when it serves only to

caused this suffering." conceal the true situation of the

Good relations with the Cath- Catholic Church in Nicaragua," olic Church are crucial for the said the communique. government because 90 percent Despite Qpposition by the bish­ of the nation's 2.8 mUlion popu- ops~however, many Nicaraguan Jation professes Catholicism. priests, religious and laity sup­ But the expulsions have fUl'ther port the government and are ac­ angered the Nicaraguan bishops tive in Sandinista organizations. and rallied international church Initia!lly, the bishops gave cau­ support for them. tious support to the Sandinistas Joining'the protest was Bishop - a broad coalition of Socialists, James 'Malone of Youngstown, Christian Democrats and Marx­ Ohio, president of the Nationalists. But their opposition began Conference of Catholic Bishops. growing over issues of freedom He cal1ed the' Sandinista action of the press and religious broad­ ",unjustified and detrimental to casting media, treatment of the the cause of justice and peace." Miskito ilndians, and a 'military Criticism from the U. S. bish- con~cription law which the bish­ ops is harmful to Nicaragua be- ops said was aimed at indoctri­ cause the bishops have been nating youths with Sandinista general,ly criticaI of U.S. policy ideology. toward that country.

Tension grew when the bish­ lin :a July 12 speech to State ops in 1983 urged Catholic con­ Department officials, Cardinal scientious objection to military Joseph BemaMin of Chicago service and in 1984 when they said that "resort to covern action asked the government to nego­ (by the United States) erodes tiate with guerrillas. respect for law - even if it is Pope John Paul got into a done 'in the name of freedom.'" shouting match in Managua with He denounced expulsion of government supporters in March the 10 priests, but added that 1983, demonstrators tried to U.S. refusal;, to "provide eco- shout him down when he pub­ nomic aid which is' needed for licly praised Archbishop Obando humanitarian reasons" undercuts Bravo, by then considered a po­ U.S. "leverage" for achieving litical opponent of the Sandinis­ hu~an rights goals in the countas, and asked Catholics to re­ , main united with him. The Santry. ' MeanwhHe, the Sandinistas, in dinistas' had hoped the pope an effort to improve their image would support them. with Catholics after the expulThe July conflict developed sions, named Jesuit Father Fer- after.a Nicaraguan priest, Fa­ nando Cardenal minister of edu- ther Luis Amado P~na, was ar­ cation. The Jesuit superior gen- rested and charged by the gov­ eral, however" quickly ordered ernment with meeting a guer­ him to decline the post. riHa agent to plan anti-governFather Peter Hans Kolvenbach ment activities.

ArchbishOp warned Father Cardenal that Obando Bravo organized 'a pro­ taking Ute job would be incom- test march in support of Father patible with his role as a priest, Pena. reported Vatican Radio.

Father Kolvenbach also called , Wisdom the Jesuit's assista,nt provincial "The words of the wise are as for Central America, Father goads, and as nails deeply fas­ Juan Ochagavia, to Rome fot' te~ed in." - Eccles. 12:11

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Brother freed CAIRO, Egypt (NC) - The Sudanese government has freed from prison Italian Brother Jo­ seph Manara, who had been pub­ licly flogged, fined and sentenced to 60 days imprisonment for .possessing a small amount of alcoholic beverages contrary to Islamic laws.

Brother Manara was released after an appeal by the Italian government. The Vatican's apos­ tolic nunciature in Sudan had also lodged a formal protest against the punishment.

The, brother had testified he had obtained the oliquor for use at a Sudanese, bishops' meeting.

It had been the understanding of church authorities that non-Mos­ lems were not bound by Islamic law.

Bishop gets two

One of the Ibest things that but beef and chicken offerings has happened in New Bedford is were !limited. Salads were small the revitalization of its historic but crisp in quality. harbour area. It's a real "joy to Our entree, choices were a see what historic preservation zippy chicken curry, a zesty can achieve when people really scallop medley and a mouth­ care. Set in the heart of this watering poached salmon. All area is the Candleworks Restau­ were served to exact expecta­ rant, appropriately named for tions and everyone in the party the original use of the building felt that the chef had given them in which it is housed. individualized care.

For this reviewer, the Candle­ Our choice of wine to accom­ works proved just right for a pany such varied offerings was delightful dinner. Since week­ a cool and refreshing Moselle. ends can be busy, one should If you are tired of a dry Chab­ make reserVations at this or any lis (again a wbject for future restaurant; but more about reser­ columns) try a Rhine or even vations at another time. better a Moselle wine.' They The decor of the Candleworks might be a bit sweeter, but they is more than charming, enhanced never taste like oliquid limestone. by a background of soft classical Wine priCes at· the Candle­ music. The lounge, in the original works were not outrageous. basement of this historic build­ Vegetables offered were accept­ ing, makes creative use of beams able. One does have a choice of and stone and offers comfort­ potato, legumes or wild rice. All able wing chairs for seating. The meals are served with dinner main dining area is a glass-en­ rolls and desserts are home­ closed patio and here the only made. criticism one could make of the For the area, meals are top table arrangement is that some dollar.

Appetizers range from are just too close for comfort.

In a few cases you could have $2.50 to $5 and entrees your elbo',\' in someone else's average from $10 to $15. It would , be difficult to get change from a soup. $20 bill. However, it should Our party of three was warm­ be noted that there are daily Iy greeted and well served. The dinner specials.

Candleworks menu has a distinct In the past there have ,been French accent; and of course, being in New Bedford, it presents , complaints that the Candle\Yorks has been spotty with regard to the best of seafood with a gour­ quality of food, but this could met touch. not be said of the meal we en,; Appeti~ers of cherrystones and a :lobster/scallop combination in joyed. From where we sit, this restaurant is highly recommend­ a patty shell were quickly con­ ed if you want a leisurely even­ sumed.

The summer menu of entrees ing of fine dining and are will­ featured numerous seafood dishes ing to pay for it.

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Dear Editor: I wish to' thank the people of RAPID CITY, S.D. (NC)­ Most golfers' are happy with a the Diocese of Fall River for their continuing and generous support single hole-in-one in their life­ of the Campaign for Human De­ time. But Bishop Harold Dimmer­ ling of Rapid City has scored development. A check for $45,O~0 two, the second coming 26 years has been received here at the national office. This amount is after the first.

The' 69-year-old bishop made the % portion to be distributed his latest hole-in-one May 30 on nationaHy to self-help projects the 181-yard 12th hole at Rapid' controlled by the poor themselves City's Arrowhead Country. Club. and designed to remove the His high drive was caught by a causes of poverty. slight wind which carried tile Thus far, the Diocese of Fall tall to the green and into the River has received eight national hole.

CHD grants totaIirlg $;243,800.

He was playing for only the second time this ye'lr.

The continued generosity of His first hole·in-one was -the people of your diocese fulfills scored in 1958 on a courstl in the spirit of the words of Pope John Paul II: ~lbany, Minn.

"Christians are called by God to be involved in the world in order to transform it according to the Gospel.

These duties involve posi­ tively contributing to the estil.b- ' lishment of just laws and' structures that foster human values."

CHD provides an opportunity for iUS to make the same option Jesus did, to olive in solidarity with the poor, the wounded, the marginated, and those considered "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.

Reverend Marvin A. Mottet Executive Direotor , "Campaign for Human Development Washington, D.C.

Rewarlll of Virtue "Right done, honest folk re­ joice and knaves tremble." ­ Provo 21:15

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., July 20, 1984

When apartments become condos

By Am.

ARTHUR

MURPHY

And Am.

RICHARD MURPHY

If you rent an apartment, the message you dread to hear from your landlord'is, "I have to raise the rent."

You can't imagine how you can afford a rent increase and still have money Jeft over for some "luxuries" - Hke food, clothing and gasoline.

The day may come, however, when you will wish the landlord was' just increasing the rent.

Tha·t wHI be when he or she'tells you your apartment is being converted into a condominium.

With a rent ,increase, at least you had a chance of keeping your "home." , Undoubtedly, your first re­ action to condo conversion wHl he extreme anxiety; That will pr9bably be your second and third reaction, too. Nightmarish, scenarios will run through your mind: You will .be evicted im­ mediately. You will ,have to take

the first available apartment, no leaves the apartmeih:. matter what it~ condition or However, the owner is only :rent. You 'wiil have to" Hve in a obliged to pay them if the ten­ tent on the sidewalk. Or, horror , .. ant: 1), has paid all rent due of horrors, if' the old homestead prior to the date he or she moves is still in operation, you'll have and 2) leaves th~ apartment vol- 'to move back. untarily by thEi expiration of the In most communities, some of notice period. these" nightmares might have The law also limits to.I 0 per­ come true a year ago. But today, cent ,the rent increase a landlord thanks to a Massachusetts law can assess a tenant during the which took effect last Nov. 30, ,notice period. you can't be left out in the cold Even, if you, the tenant, are by a landlord's decision to con- interested in "going condo," the vert your, apartment to condo :law protects you. The owner or coop ownership must pffer you a chance to purIf the building you live in has chase your apartment on "terms' been used for residential purposes and conditions which are sub­ within the year prior to the time stantiaUy the same or more the owner files official papers to favorable" as those extended to convert it into c0!1dos the o~ner the public. You have 90 days to must give each tenant at least 'decide whether to buy. Depend­ a year's written notice to vacate. ing on how far along a condo An elderly (62-year-old), handi- conversion has progressed, you capped or low or moderate in- may be protected by this new come tenant, as defined by the state law even If the conversion law, is entitled to two years' process, began prior ,to its Nov­ notice. ember 30, 1984, passage.

The notice period for an elder- Housing, not covered iby the Iy, handicapped or low moderate new law includes that which income tenant can Ibe extended contains fewer than' four units, for up to an additional t,wo years is owned or operated by the fed­ if the ?wner fails to find the ten. eral or state government, is op­ ant comparable housing for equal erated exclusively for charitable or less rent-in 'the same com- or educational purposes or is munity. Eviction proceedings located in hotels, motels or the can't even begin until the, above- lfke. mentioned notice periods' expire.

An ow~er who converts his Tenants who must move are property in violation of the con­ entitled to up to $750 in moving do law faces a minimum $1,000 expenses from 'the building fine and 60-day,jail sentence for owner. Elderly handicapped and each" offense. Each unit'· con­ low ,or moderate income tenants i vertedin violation of the law are entitled to up to $1,000. constitutes a separate offense.

These "actual, documented costs Finally, the law created a com­ of moving . . . " must be paid mission which is studying the within 10 days atter the tenant possibi:lity of providing 10w-

interest loans or subsidies to help elderly tenants threatened with displacement by condo conver­ sions to buy the condo involved.

The condo controversy came to a head In the 1970s, when over 350,000 rental housing units nationwide were converted to condominiums. The conversion boom is expected to continue at an even more rapid pace this de­ cade, with housing experts pre­ dicting conversion of over one million units of currently QCcu, pied housing between 1980 and 1985.

Condo conversions decrease the number of available rental units, especially those units best suited for 'Iow and moderate in­ come tenants. A person dis­ placed by a conversion loses on several counts. It costs the ten­ ant to move. His or her new apartment is likely .to cost more rent than the old one. Finally, many well-entrenched tenants suffer emotional damage from having to leave an area where family and/or friends are located.

On the other hand, middle to high 'income renters can bene­ fit from conversions. Unable to afford their own homes, they may find that 'a condo is within their financial grasp. They can become property owners, enjoy­ ing the accompanying ·tax 'deduc­ tions for paying mortgage biter­ est and property taxes. r ' . ' The condo concept is also at· tractIve to landlords who are finding i,t increasingly difficult to turn a profit on rental proper­ , ties. The advent of rent control and increased tenant ~ights has

made it plU\ticularly difficult for ,urban landlords to make money.

Although many communities have been concerned for years about the impact of condo con­ versions on tenants, they have been powerless to regulate the conversion process without specific approval from the State Legislature. Some communities, such as Boston, Cambridge and Brookline, got that approval and have been controlling condomini­ um conversions for several years.

The new law protects tenants even in communities which have not as yet considered condo con­ version regulations. At the same, time, it aHows each community to establish its own regulations if the local government decides to do so.

These new regula,tions are bound to rekindle the constitu­ tional issue associated with t~ condo regulatory process. Apart­ ment owners argue that certain conversion regulations severely limit their right to get full value for their property. They say such regulations violate the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, which prohibit governmental taking of priyate property for public use without compensation to the owner.

One such constitutional chal­ lenge - to condo regulations in Cambridge - was rejeoted by this state's highest court, but with the advent of new regula­ tions, there may be further chal­ lenges.

The Murphys practice law In Braintree.

Catholic ·teaching and the U.S.

By Jerry Filteau

WASHINGTON (NC) - A: mid­ J'll'ly meeting in New York show­ ed how much differences in philo­ sophical approach and practical judgment can color what Cath­ olics think about U.S. social and economic policy.

Among differing approaches to fundamental theological ques­ tions, one of he root theoretical issues is the way one deals with questions of sin and human dig­ nity.

On the practical side are com­ plex questions about the effects of social policies and programs on individuals and on their atti­ tudes and decisions.

In the next year and a half, as the u.s. bishops prepare a pas­ toral letter on "Catholic Social Teachings and the American Economy," debate on such, issues ~ilI intensify.

The New York meeting, a six­ hour hearing on issiles of p~verty and welfare, was sponsorea by the Lay Commission on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy, a group of pronunent American Catholic laypersons es­ tablished in May by the Ameri­ can Catholic Committee. The commission plans additional

hearings on other. topics this summer and fall and wiU write a lay Catholic letter "parallel to" the one being drafted by the bishops.

One key difference among - hearing witnesl!es was in ap­ proaches to human dignity and sin: WhHe no witness denied basic human rights and dignity, they diverged sharply in relating those rights to individual and social obligations and individual and social sin.

Most who testified could be called politically conservative.

As a group, they tended to em­ phasize individual sin and obliga­ tion, holding ithat while disaster may' befall anyone, normally one exercising pers.onal responsibility and standard moral virtues can support himself. One who fails to live up to his obligations, in their view, aJso gives up his rights: In this view, the chief failure , of U.S. social policy is i,ts per­ missiveness: by failing to demand that the poor m~et obligations of work and self-support and by removing incentives which would reinforce that demand, social policy has created large class of able but unmotivated welfare re~

cipients.

Although fewer in number, witnesses espousing a more lib­ ,eral political philosophy present­ ed a sharply different viewpoint which emphasizes social sin and social responsibil!ty and holds that unjust and discriminatory economic and social realities are among the chief caus~ of poverty.

-For example, according to the "more <liberal interpretation, the­ fact that women are far more likely than men to be poor does not mean that they are more im~ moral or irresponsible bu·t that social factors outside their con­ trol lock them, into poverty.

These include disadvantages in the labor market, the fact that social structures do not consider child care obligations of si~gle parents, practicaHy all women, and the further faot that pro­ grams to help people out of poverty are geared to meeting the needs and. possibilities of men.

In this view, the chief failure of U.S. social policy is that it has not overcome or compensa-, ted for the sins of society which cause poverty and which make it difficult or impossible to break,

out of its cycle.

Because of the stances adopt­ ed by the U.S. bishops on num­ erous public policy questions over the years, conservative writers and speakers have pre­ dicted that their pastoral on the economy will amount to endorse­ ment of the Hberal Democratic social agenda.

The lay commission's composi­ tion, mainly of successful busi­ nessmen and conservative writers and thinkers, with neo-conserva-' .tive theologian Michael Novak I

as vice chairman and chief the­ oretician, leads most observers to anticipate that it will produce a conservative counterpoint to the presumptively liberal pastor­ al of the bishops.

Such prejudgments do not do full justice to the seriousness wj.th which both groups are ap­ proaching their project. Ameri­ can Catholics might do better to judge each letter by how well 'it succeeds in challenging both sides to a fai,th-based v:ision of the individual and society.

KERRY ANN SCHMI1T, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schmitt of St. Rita's ­ parish, Marion, has gradua­ ted cum laude from Im­ maculata College, Immacu­ 'lata, Pa. She holds a, bache­ lor's degree with a major in biology, chemistry and pre­ medicine, and will enter Oral Roberts Schooi of Medicine. ,

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"The emergence of the world church sets the main agenda for Catholicism in the decades to come," the Catholic University of America Theologian said in the keynote speech opening the recent annual convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America in Washington.

The only comparable "abrupt cultural shift" experienced by. the church, he said, was the Hellenization of Christianity in the age of the apostles, "when Gentile Christianity separated it· self culturally from the Jewish mother church."

Speaking before a packed auditorium at Georgetown Uni­ versity, Father Dulles outlined some of the dimensions of the challenge that Catholicism faces in its "de-Europeanization."

He drew extensively from the work of the late German Jesuit theologian Father Karl Rahner, who in 1979 proposed the thesis that the Second Vatican Coun­ cil marked the start of the church's passage from being a singll6-culture European entity to becoming a multicultural or­ ganization.

Warning of "perils" in such a shift, Father Dulles said that the brief period when Jewish and Hellenistic Christianity lived side by side "shows how cultural shifts can involve matters of life and death for the church."

The coexistence of the two culturally distinct Christian com­ munities "occasioned a sharp conflict and nearly led to schism . . . The crisis was eventually solved by the virtual extinction of the Jewish Christian commun­ ity after the destruction of Jeru­ salem. The church then became

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"The current crisis is more "appears to be clearly favored complex than that of the first by Vatican Council II and papal , century, for it involves not two documents issued since the but many cultures," he added. council."

"It is by no means easy to see Like the confrontation model,' how the church can adjust to this approach "asserts that Chris­ the new technological culture of tianity imposes demands on every the West and at the same time cultural, heritage, calling for con· ' implant itself in the ancient, tra­ tinual renewal and' reform," he ditional cultures of Asia and said. At the same time, like the Africa. synthesis model, "it holds that "Can a church that simultan­ 'Christianity must embody itself eously moves in these contrary in appropriate cultural forms," ' directions keep enough internal he said. homogeneity to remain a single The church today, said the social body? Cali the church Jesuit theologian, must main­ adopt new symbols, languages, tain something like a "common structures, and behavorial pat­ culture" that keeps Christians "a terns on a massive scale with­ single people" grounded in Jesus out losing continuity with its Christ and sharing common be­ own origins and its own past?" liefs and ,symbols expressing he asked. their unity and apostolic contin­ Noting that "every culture uity. carries with it a set of mean­ At the same time, he said, it ings, attitudes and behavorial must find "new symbols, rites, patterns," ,he said that "accept­ words and concepts" that can ance of a new culture (by the bring the faith to life in different church) would seem to bring cultures and circumstances. with it a modification of the "Cultural reciprocity" should church's established meanings, attitudes and behavorial norms." , mark the multicultural world church, Father Dulles said.

Asking how the church should Ideally, each local church would be incu'lturated, or actively en­ develop its own cultural' expres­ gage in and interact with differ-, sion and contribute its insights ent cultures, Father Dulles re­ to the church in other cultures, jected as inadequate a "con­ while being guided by the prin­ frontation" approach that views ciples of compatibility with the Christianity as fundamentally in Gospel and communion with the conflict with culture. "Even a , universal church." critique of culture, it would seem, The theologian noted that in must be mounted in culture," he the church the pope is the "sym­ said. bol and agent of unity," with He also rejected the "syn­ the responsibility of protecting thesis model" which views legitimate differences and seeing Western civilization - the his­ torica" synthesis of Christianity that they do not hinder unity.

"Far from becoming less im­ and culture in Europe - as something to, be exported, with portant, the papacy takes on some adaptations, to other cul­ greater responsibilities than ever tures. In Asia and Africa that is as the new world church becomes increasingly viewed as cultural a reality," Father Dulles com­ imperialism, he said. mented.

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HE L L 0 rve been alone with you inside,my mind ' And in my dreams rve kissed your lips a thousand times I sometimes see you pass outside my door Hello Is it me you're looking for.

I cim see it in your eyes I can see it in your smile You're all rYe ever wanted And my arms are open wide 'Cause you know just what to say, And' you know just what to do And I want to tell you so much , I love you.

I long to see the sunlight in your hair / And tell you time and time again How mUch.I care ' .

Sometimes I feel my heart will overflow Hello rYe just got to let you knoW. 'Cause I wonder where you are And I wonder ,what you do Are you somewhere feeling lonely Or Is someone loving you Tell me how to win your heart For I haven't got a clue But let me start by saying I love you Hello Is It me you're looking for 'Cause I wonder where you are And I wonder what you do Are you somewhere feeling lonely , Or Is someone loving you Tell me how to win your' heart For I haven't got a clue But let me start by saying I love 'you.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall 20, 19_84 . .. . River~Fri.,. ,-July-.,-:: .

What's

on'your mind?'

By TO~

LENNON

Q. Why do I act so different when I am with 'my friends thaD because we are ashamed or be­ 'cause we,' are 'hypocrites, but when I am alone?' (Florida) simply ,because ,life wHl run A. Ralph is a wild man" a more smoothly if we take 'this hard-drinking 22-year-old guy diplomatic approach. , who gets in trOuble with, the You, however, seem unusually law rather 'frequently and whose concerned about your public and speech is peppered with four­ private behavior.' If the differ­ ietter worns.

• ence between them is as great He is also a generous, friendly as you indicate, perhaps some person whom I chat with from soul-searching is, in orne.... May-: time to time at a local gym. We' be the best way 19 answer your get along. great. question is to suggest Borne But I wou,ld never tell him I other queStions, for you to ask enjoy the Shakespeare plays on yourself: Do you attach too much im­ television. He probably has foro: gotten who Shakespeare was portance to what people th'ink . and he wouldn't be interested in of you?

Are you tryin'g to hide some­ the plays anyway., : thing about yourself? If so, With some of my other' ac­ quaintanc;:es I don't reveal other what? Why are you trying to aspects of my personality. Mu'ch hide it? Will others really make of the time, for example, I keep , fun of what you're -trying to hide? my politica:} views to myself.

There 'are times when ,it is Are your friends rea'lly good wise to more or less' hide part friends if you can't he yourself of our personality. This is not when you are with 'them? .

LIONEL RICHIE hit the top of the charts, with· "Hello." He is music's acclaimed master of the ,love ballad and his continued success shows that romance !has a market.

Among summer activities for schools and CCD classes' and en­ youth in the dioceses of FaIl couragement 'of participation in River and Providence will be a the Good News series by youth inv9lved in such retreat programs Good News concert series, spon­ sored by a team of musicians and as ECHO, TEC and search. Ad­ ditionally he hopes to videotape youth ministers. the concel'lts for use in schools Featuring guitarist John Polce, "Hello" describes someone and on cable TV. \ concerts aTe scheduled for Satur­ trying to~get though to one who An information sheet Medeiros ,day, ,Al.!g. 18 at st: 'Mary's does not know about his feel­ School, Taunton,' and, Satul'lday, -is distributing to individuals and ings of love. He dreams about a relationship but feels unc.ertain ,Sept. 1 at Father Marot CYO groups also asks Jor support of the series by way of prayer and HaH, ,Woonsocket. whether ,his 'love is waJlted. ' Team members, in· addi,tion 11:0 fasting "for wisdom, discern­ Feelings dominate the song's, Polce, are Tony Medeiros, a ment, protection al!d other message, just as they often do founder of the Building Block graces we need to perform this iii relationships. We need to youth ministry ~n Taunton and important task of reaching young recognize the different types of . this summer assistant director people," feelings we experience and find "We are very excited about the at 'Cathedial Comp, East Free­ appropriate ways to share them. town; Gerry Schnell; a t~acher future of this program," he said. heard regularly on "The Spirit "It seems to be similar to what , 'Love isfrequentIy confused and the Word~' radio program; is being developed in other parts with feeling~ of physical attrac­ and Debbie 'Smith, intercessory of the country, according to the tion or emotional infatuation.

National Catholic Evangelization prayer minister. ' , But understanding the differ­ Association, using contemporary' Young people in southeastern ence is imPortimt when a, rela­ Christian music to reach young are urged to at­ New England tionship begins. Otherwise we tend each concert in the series, people and bring them !back to may seDd wrong messages and said Medeiros. He hopes that the Lord. Our program seems to eventually hurt both ourselves travel bt!tween the diOCeses of be the first in this part of the and the ouier person if and when Fall River and Providence will United States," our feelings change.

Further information is avail­ encourage "sharing the Catholic Sometimes people rush into able by calling, 617-824-8378 in .' Christian experience," dating before they are ready.

Massachusetts or 401-722-1543 ~e said that future team plans Starting with friendship can be calI for presentations to Catholic in Rhode Island. .better.

Dating raises ,expectations we may not yet be ready to meet.

On the other hand, friendship gives a: new 'relationship a By, Cecllla Belanger And many feel we are 'letting chance to de,velop more freely. go of- much we should be hold­ I keep hearing from concerned ing on to, cutting loose from not I, cannot agree with Richie Christians about "new move­ that the best way to begin shar­ only time-tested customs but ments," cults and fronts for this from the tradition of the apos: ing one's feelings' is hy saying and that. AU I can say is "Be tolic gospel.' One writer feels "I ~ove, you." We need to slow on guard but don't worry.'" down and give friendship the we are adapting too much to the OPPol'ltunity to gro~.

It' one has a strong faith, why mood of the times, that the sec­ WOl"ry or be affected by winds ularhas crept in and churches Perhaps Richie's way is more of change that whistle up and are being robbed of theirheri­ dramatic but good relationships down the [and but are merely a tage. She writes, ",I don't ,like n,eed more than drama. Real love fad. We must weigh and meas­ ,to see the church become just develops slowly and moyes ure everything that tries to im­ through many stages. another institution,"

press or innuence us, but not

Take the time to discover We must 'be sure that changes worry -about it. We are con­ do not "come to destroy, but to' what your feelingS' truIy mean. .stantIy tested by outside forces fulfill." We should hold on to but we must be strong enough 'life-giving traditions; they sus­ to face our own moment of tain faith and help us stand firm.

Should you gradually begin to truth. ,Those shaken by doubts and the Btand on your own two feet "Stand insecurities of our troubled times The apostle telIs us: more and gently but firmly as­ should :look to the "rock that is firm and hold fast to the' tradi­ sert your 'likes and'. dislikes and tions which you have learned higher than I," There is Bolid other opinions? from us by word or by letter," footing.

Might you run into trouble now or :later if you are not true to yourself in public? What are .some forms this trouble might Highest honor students for the Brien, Peter O'Connell, Roben take? last 'quarter of the' academic Ouellette, Robert Resendes, Mi­ Is the heaJlt of your problem Sabra, William Therriault. year have been announced at cael Freshmen - Rosemarie Ar­ not knowing how to deal with Bishop ConnolIy High, Fall River. ruda, Donna Baxendale, Kevin peer pressure? If so, where' and Seniors - Susan Bates, Kevin Bouchard, John Cunha, Steven how do you think you might Bongiov2nni, Cbire Campbell, , Dias, Christopher Lamora, Rich­ find the courage to resist such ard LaSalle, Melissa Lavey.

David Cardoza, Michael Cavan­ Kelly O'Brien, Kara Parme­ . pressure? agh, Melanie Closek, Maria- Fer­ reira, Christopher Joncas, Dawn lee, John Pereira, Jeffrey Consider for a moment an­ Pontes, Stephen Raymond, Scott Kelly, RodDey Larue. other 22-year-Old. Scott drives a Jacqueline Leblanc, Marc. Rix, John Sabra, Chris Therri­ ault. beer truck and is tough as nails.

Morrissette, Lynne O'Oonnell, 42 students merited high Once when we were talking, he Mona Phelan, Karen Pontbri­ and, Edward Ramsden. Laura honors and 69 merited honors. said, "I don't like foul language Sunderland. and I don't :like dirty jokes,'~ Juniors Charles Braga, Monique Cote, Carolyn Duby, His remark was occasioned by Cara, Escobar, Peter, Estrela, another person who had just Marya Fleming, Barbara Gab­ ,told a dirty joke. Scott had sim­ riel, Roger Gaudreau, Alexia 'ply walked 'away' unsriUtJing KadiUs, Charles Lapointe.

PatriCk Lynch, Dean Medei­ from the conversation. He want­ rOS!, Mary Ellen Medeiros, ed no part of it.

Joseph Nadeau, Paul Pacheco, 1 have reason to think that Joell Paul, Cristina Pellechio, Kathy 'Pereira, Susan Stack, Scott became tough enough not Diane Szargowicz, Elaine Tur­ to tell or laugh at dil'lty jokes in cotte. the same way he acquired his Sophomores - Lisa Calise, Mark Condon, Michelle Cyr, considerable physical strength: Angelique Davi, Christine Dos­ gradually and w.ith constant tou, Elizabeth Fasy, David Fav. The best way to forget your effort. olise, Helen Ferreira, Kristen own problems is to help Fleming, Mary Holland.

Send qUeS'tions to Tom ,Len­ someone else solve theirs, Kevin Legault, Catherine Lo­ non. 1312 Mass. Ave. N.W., trionte; Douglas Lowenstein, '-.

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ports ·WQtch Hospitals To Benefit From Golf Tourneys The Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home and St. Anne's Hospital, both in FaH River, will. benefit from upcoming golf tournaments.

Next Sunday the third annual Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Cancer Fund tournament wlll be held at the Mon~up Country Club in Portsmouth, R.I. Registrations

or a Montaup Country Club membership.

Saint Anne's Hospital's second annual golf tournament is set for a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday. Aug. 21, at the Fall River Country Club. Proceeds wiU ibenefit St. Anne's new On­ cologyIRadiation Therapy Cen­

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All tournament proceeds wiU .go to the hOme. Manny Linhares, club president, notes that the Montaup club has thus far given over $25,000 to the Rose· Hawthorne.

Non-golfers who wish to do their part may purchase tickets for prizes, including a trip for two to Atlantic City or Montreal

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C. Berube and Anthony Imbriglio, tournament co­ chairmen, note that it is open to anyone. The registration fee in­ eludes golf; golf cart, refresh­ ments .and im awards dinner.

Persons interested in the tour­ nament or dinner may contact the hospital's public relations department at 674-5741, exten­ sion 411.

Golf TQurney Tuesday

The 25th CYO Diocesan Golf phies will be awarded to the win­ Tourney wm be held next 'I1ues- ner and the ronnerup in each day, starting at one p.m. at the division and they wiU qualify Pocasset Golf Course, Pocasset. for a New England CYO tournaGolfers from Fall River, New 'ment next month.

Bedford, Attleboro, Taunton and The outstanding golfer in the the Cape will compete in four diocesan tourney will be award­ age brackets. Each area of the ed the Marty Higgins Memorial diocese is, allowed two repre- Trophy, honoring the late Fall sentatives in each division. Tro- River Country Club pro.

Cougar All Stars Coach Don Chouinard has been named Coach-of-the-Year and three of his players named to the Fall River Herald News AU-5cholastic Large School All­ Star Baseball team: Tim McCoy, Scott Brown and Doug BritIand are the Cougar all-stars. McCoy, a junior, was the team's batting star with a .369 overall average and .450 in Division One of th~ Southeastern Massachusetts Conference. With seven doubles, he set a new school record' and, also ·led his team with 21 runS batted in.

Brown, a senior tri"captain, committed only two errors while hitting at .333. Britland, a junior and a right-hander, was the team's winningest pitcher with a 6-3 record. High point of his senior season was a 3-0 nine

inning shutout of Cardinal Spell­ man High in the post-season playoffs.

Other all-stars are Stev.e Kern, Bob' Hargraves and Norm Rego of Durfee, Keith Miranda and Craig PhiUips of Somerset High, Tim Leary and Steve Correira of Tiverton High.

Runners are reminded that the fifth annual 10 kilometer Paul Fraga Memorial Road Race wiU ,be held next Saturday at 6:30 p.m. sharp from' St. Paw's Church, route 140, Taunton. Post entries wiU be accepted between 5 and 6 p.m. on race day, and number pickup will take place' in the church basemen~ at the same time. :For. information contact· Steve or Brian Fraga, 133' Tremont Street, Taunton 02780. .

tv, mOVIe news

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

General ratings: G-suitable for gen­ eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sug­ gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for 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.

NOTE Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local li~t­ iogs, which may differ from the New York network sched­ ules supplied,.to TheADcl1or.

New Films "Bachelor Party" (Fox) Pretty much what you'd gather from the title: full of gross, unfunny jokes. Because of these and :its exploitation of nudity, it is rated O,R. "Cannonball Run ll" (Warners) This is the latest automotive home movie by, Burt Reynolds and friends, a sort of cinematic People magazine on wheels.

Avoid it. Because sexually­ oriented humor, it is rated A3, PG. ,

"Careful, He Might Hear You" (TLC-Fox) A sensitive, extreme­ ly well-acted Australian film about a custody fight between two sisters over the 6-year-old son of a third sister who died in childbirth. This is a rewarding film for mature viewers, but be­ cause it involves ,the less-than­ wholesome attraction of a wo­ man for a young child, it is rated A3. There is no industry rating.

The movie wallows in bloody violence and cruelty, unjustified by tits civil rights plea. O,R Satur.daY, July 28, 8:30-11 p.m.

EDT (CBS) - "The Rose" (1979) - Bette Mldler is a popular singer living close to ·the edge.

A flawed but entertaining film, sometimes quite moving. Defin­ itely mature fare because of rough -language, illicit sex and the use of drugs. A4, R Religious 1V 'Sunday, July 22 (CBS) "For Our Times" - Douglas Edwards reports on the politics and reli­ gion in Peru.

Religious Radio Sunday, July 22 (NBC) "Guide­ line" -:- Journalist Penny Ler­ noux discusses international banking.

Syrian Orthodox, Vatican affirm common faith

By Father Kenneth J. Doyle VATICAN CITY (NC)- The Catholic Church and the Syrian Orthodox Church June 23 signed a joint statement affirming a 'common faith in the nature of Christ and permitting members of each church to receive sev­ eral sacraments in the other church when their tOwn priest is not available.

The statement was signed by Pope John Paul II and Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Moran Mar Ignatius Zakka I 'Iwas of An­ tioch.

Films.on 1V Satu~day, July 21, 8:30-11 p.rn.

EDT (CBS) - "Chariots of Fire" (1981) - Ben Cross and Ian Charleston star in the stirring Academy Award-winner about two English runners in the 1924 Olympics. Highly recommended.

AI, PG.

Syrian Orthodox and Catho­ lics have been divided doctrin­ ally since 451 A.D. when the CouncH of Chalcedon con­ demned monophysitism, by which the Syrian church held that Christ was human and di­ vine in one nature. The council stated that Christ had a duai nature, fully human and fully divine.

_ Sunday, July' 22, 9-1I:~O p.rn.

EDT (ABC) - "Midnight Ex­ press" (1978) - A young Ameri­ can, convicted on a drug charge, escapes from a Turkish prison.

'But the new agreement states that the historical disagreement "arose only because of differ­ ences in terminology and cul­ ture and in the various formu-

eya Baseball Fall River Area League games next week: Sunday Notre Dame vs. Immaculate Concep­ tion, St. Michael's Parish vs.

Our 'Lady of Health, Lafayette Park; St. WiUiam vs. St. Eliza­ beth, St. Patrick vs. Westport's Our Lady of Grace, Maplewood Park. Both programs start at 5:30. Monday - Our Lady of Health vs. Sainte-Anne, Kennedy 'Park, 6. Tuesday - Immaculate Conception vs. Our Lady of Grace,Kennedy Park, Swansea vs. St. ~ichael's Olub, Lafayette Park, bQth at 6. Wednesday ­ St. Pat~ck vs. St. Elizabeth, Kennedy ~ark, St. WiUiam vs.

Notre Dame, St. Michael;s Club vs. St. Michael's Parish, Lafa­ yette Park, both programs start­ ing at 6. Thursday - Swansea vs. Sainte-Anne, Kennedy Park, Our Lady of Grace vs. Notre Dame, Lafayette Park, both at 6.

Bristol County League: Sun­ day - South End vs. North End, 8 p.m. Monday - South End vs.

Anawans, Somerset vs. Maple­ wood, 6. Wednesday - South End vs. Somerset, Anawans vs.

Maplewood, 6. Thursday ­ South End vs. Kennedy, North End vs. Somerset, 6. All games at Thomas,Chew Memorial Park Fall River.

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lars adopted by different theo­ 'logical schools to express the same matter."

Both churches' accept the Ni­ cene Creed, formulated in 325, according to which Christ was "one in being with the Father" but was also "born of the virgin Mary and became man." Both agree that the word of God was "made flesh and became truly man," that he !took to himself "'a real :body with a ra­ tional soul" an,d that he "shared our humanity in all things but sin."

The statement says certain doctrinal questions remain still unresolved 'and that the Eucha­ rist still cannot be concelebra­ ted by priests of the two churches since it "is the chief expression of Christian unity be­ tween ,the faithful and between bishops and priests."

The 89,OOO-J;nember Syrian ,Or­ thodox Church now has the same relationship with the Vat­ ican as most other branches of the 200-miHion member Ortho­ dox churches.

Orthodox churches 'generaUy share a common understanding wi'th Rome on most church doc­ trine but differ on papal au­ thority, with the Orthodox ac­ knowledging the special posi­ tion of the bishop' of Rome but considering the position one of honor not of final authority.

The new agreement a:1so es­ tablishes new policies on colla­ boration ,in pastoral care. When Catholic Or Syrian Orthodox faithful find "access to a priest of their own church materially or moraHy impossible," they are authorized to ask for the sac­ raments of penance, the Eucha­ rist or anointing of the sick from priests of the other church.

Trost Needed "The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?" - Provo 20:24

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PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN ara asked to submit news Items for this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, fall River, 02122. Nama of city or town should ba Included as well as full dates of all activities. Pleasa send news of future rather than past events. Note: We do not carry news of fundra Ising activities such as bingos, whlsls, dances, suppers and bazaars.

Wa are happy to carry notices of spiritual programs, club meetlnRs, youth projects and similar nonprofit activities. fundralslng pro­ Jects may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business office, telephone 675-7151.

On Steering Points Items fR Indicates Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford.

SACRED HEART, FR A Mission Cooperative Appeal collection will be taken up at weekend Masses to benefit the Society of St. Peter Apostle, the church's organization assisting young persons in miSsion coun­ tries who are preparing for the religious life.

In the ongoing window resto­ ,ration program, three vestry windows are being repaired and next to be worked on are the rose window and lower church windows. .

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS Support group for bereaved parents: meeting 7:30 p.m. July 23, St. Louis de France School, Buffington Street, Swansea. In­ formation: Georgette LeComte, 676-8458; Susan Coombes, 769­ 6017.

ST. RITA, MARiON Gratitude is expressed ,by the Maryknoll Missioners for the parish contribution of $746 un­ der the Mission Cooperative Appeal.

ST., MARY, NB Choir rehearsal: following 7 p.m. Mass each Sunday.

July intention lor the rosary prayed daily 'before 7 a.m. Mass: return of young families to Jesus.

ST. JAMES, NB Sister Lucy Donohue, RSM, will speak on the needs of Sis­ ters of Mercy missions in Cen­ tral Ameri<:a at weekend Masses.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET The church is open for prayer until noon daily and all day Saturday and Sunday.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Applications for St. Vincent de Paul camp for the last week of August are available for boys 8 to 13. Information: Stan Mc­ Lean, 7,75-9595.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK' Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. each Wednesday in the churchhaU.

ST. JOHN QF GOD, SOMERSET The parish patronal feast will be celebrated July 27 through 29, with the feast Mass offered at 11 a.m. Sunday, July 29, with Rev. James Ferry as homilist.

A procession will follow at 2 p.m., including all church or­ ganizations 'and the first com­ munion' class..

ST. ANNE, FR A reminder: guided tours of. the ehurch are available daily in ,July and August from 1 to 4 p.m.

Annual novena to Good St. Anne now in progress: devo­ tions at 3 and 7:30 p.m. daily.

Children's summer program: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 25 through 27 at the school.

Retreat for those who have made a Gift Weekend: July 27 through 29.O.L. ANGELS, FR The patronal feast will be ob­ served Aug. 10 through 12, with a procession at 2 p.m. Aug. 12.

A,t>preciation night for feast workers and other parish work­ ers: 6 p.m. Sept. 30, White's -restaurant. ­ Pa.rish council meeting: 7 p.m.

Aug. 20, church hall.

ST. ANNE'S ·HOSPITAL, FR Natural Family Planning ses­ sions 'begin July' 21, Aug. 4 and Aug. 11, with each consisting of three monthly sessions. Infor­ mation: Mariette Eaton, RN, 674-5741, ext. 326.

S~PARATED/DIVORCED

The Fall River -area support group 'for separated, divorced and remarried Catholics will meet a.t 7 p.m. July 25 at Our Lady of Fatima church hall, 560 Gardne~s Ne,ck Rd., Swansea.

LaSALETTE SHRINE,

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Prayer intentions for the ATTLEBORO

"Listen to the Children," a month: openness to God's grace large folk group of Connecticut .and a positive attitude in inter­ . children ages 5 to 17, will sing personal relationships.

The names of persons confined and play guitar at a praise Day celebration beginning at 11 a.m. ,to their homes who wish to re'" tomorrow. The children will be ceive holy communion should heard at a 12:10 p.m. outdoor be given to the rectory.

Mass. To be 'heard in the 'after­ SS. PETER & PAUL, Fa noon are ,the 9-member Witness Openings exist in ,grades 2, in Song group and the. speaker 3, 4 and 6 of, ,the .parochial will ,be Dr. Judith Hughes of' school. Information at rectory.

Worcester, a psychiatrist, CCD A parttime or fulltime job teacher and mother of six. A exists for a church custodian.

7:30 p.m. twili~ht Mass will be Information at rectory. offered ,by Father Andre Pate­ An aerobics course will begin naude MS and an outdoor con­ ,July 23 and continue Mondays certby Jon POlce will follow. and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. for All welcome. six weeks. Information: Pat July 26 Father Joseph Ross, Williams: 672-1712.

MS, will conduct an observance Rosary Guild meeting: July of the feast of SS. Joachim and 26, 'home of Kathleen Doucette, Ann, the parents of Mary. An - Rodman Street.

11 a.m. reflective homily will be 'followed ,by 12:10 p.m. Mass. ST. ELIZABETH, FR Boys wishin'g to ,be 'altar boys ST. STANISLAUS, FR may register with Steven Mello after any Sunday Mass.

Missionary Cooperative col­ lection at weekend Masses will ST. 'PATRICK, FALMOUTH ·benefit the Society of Christ, Parishioners are asked to con­ whose members have served the tri'bute canned foods to the Fal­ parish for the past 12 years. mouth Service Center. Dona­ Arrangements for use of tions may be left at the church school facilities should be made vestibule for delivery to the through the principal or school center. custodian.

ST. THOMAS MORE, Women's Guild scholarship SOMERSET applications for members' chil­ Donations of' garden flowers dren in high school or college are available.

Information:, for the altars are welcome and may be brought to the rectory Irma Emond, 676-0325.

Friday or Saturday morning. , ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, , SWANSEA .. ;

Youth group: camping trip July 20 to 22: softball game 6 GOD'S ANCHOR HOLDS p.m. July 25, South Middle School; Aug. I, trip to Rocky Point.

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PREDATORS AND PROUD FATHERS

The predator at our door was about 30, a dark, lank, straight-haired, bleached­ blond, bitter-faced -woman.

Her quarry, 17-year-old Richie, , was safe inside.

"I want him," she raged. "He agreed to work for me.',' Our security people were not polite. "He doesn't want to go with you," one said curtly. The bitter-faced woman turn­ ed tQ leave, malevolence incarnate.

Richie, a really good kid, had arrived at Covenant House a few days earlier begging food and Pampers for his 18­ month-old baby-abandoned by her junkie mother and be­ ing cared for by him in a cheap hotel. The room rent was being paid by six prostitutes who had taken pity on the homeless and incompetent young father.

"Jaime's hungry," Richie said. "She doesn't eat too often. I haven't either." We quickly provided Pampers for the baby and food for both.

"We can't go home," he told us. "My stepfather doesn't want anything to do with us. We've been on the street for about a year, usually with some friends. I rip people off to get money to feed.her. Sometimes I have to hustle johns."

The beautiful baby squirmed in his arms. "She's a good baby; she doesn't cry at all when I hold her:.. ."

Richie and Jaime stayed on with us at Covenant House, and our staff began the difficult and sensitive process of trying to help a young street kid get his life back in order.

Richie's brief history-a runaway at 1~gave us an all­ too-familiar glimpse into that netherworld of the Strip; the smoking hell beneath the bright lights and glitte'r and crowds.

"I didn't like ripping people off," he said. "I never hurt anybody. I didn't like hustling johns either. Last month this woman offered me $500 to, to....'· (he flushed and dropped his head) "to have sex with her on ~tage in front of a lot of people. It's pretty bad you have to look happy when you do it. At least you can't see the customers though-the lights are too bright. But I'm afraid of her," Richie said. "She wants me to work for her some more."

There are acouple hundred other kids who really needed us this week: Father Bruce Ritter, OFM Conv., is the founder and President of Covenant House, which operates crisis centers for homeless and runaway boys and girls all over the country.

Laurie, 13-a classic middle-class, runaway from a classic middle-class family-was picked off by apimp last week and raped and brutalized before finally being put out on the street to make some money. Early Monday morning, Laurie had the wit and the courage to escape and come to Covenant House. , Beth, originally from Pittsburgh, came in last night, tired, cynical, desperate-older inside her mind and heart than any of us will ever get. She's 17 now, has been a prostitute since 15. You might say she came by it naturally.

You see, her mother-a prostitute-was killed by her pimp. (The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.)

"Seventeen-year-old Richie arrived at Cove­ nant.House begging food and Pampers for his '18-month-old baby. " Sometimes people write me very concerned about the traces of anger or sadness that occasionally appear in my tal~s and in my letters. Although I try pretty hard to control these feelings, I'm not always successful. It's their faces.

Kid's faces are supposed to be happy and open and excited and alive. Their eyes should be filled with trust an'd in­ nocence. , My kids' faces are worn and cold; their eyes filled'with fear. Richie and Laurie and Beth know the chances are downright excellent that they will not make it. I mean they will die. Quite 'young, deformed and made ugly by an in­ dustry that caters to our pleasures. Society (thilt's us) has been unable-or unwilling~to protect these kids or punish their exploiters. Meanwhile, quite literally outside our doors roam-and wait-the predators, the pimps7'" and a bitter-faced woman.

It's very hard to be true to the dangers and suffering my kids face every day and always be upbeat. Sometimes it's only the certain conviction that God loves these kids in­ finitely more than we do-even when they stand condemn­ ed by their own hearts-that makes it possible for me to' meet tomorrow and next week and next'month the hun­ dreds of other kids who will come to our Covenant House Centers. And, sometimes, aletter from afriend on my mail­ ing list makes me feel really great-like this one from ~ mother in Ohio: June Dear Father Bruce, I just wanted you to know that the letters you send not only elicit a contribution from us, but have _a profound

effect on our family life. We have a 16-year-old boy, the youngest of six, who definitely marches to his own drum.

He has been reading your letters ever since you preached at our Church a year or so ago. He asks to see the letters and, I think, sees himself reflected in many of the situations you describe. His rebellions and experiments are temper-, ing and he is developing into a very nice young man. although frequently headstrong. Your letters have made him realize, I think, that running from your problems never solves them; and that. althpugh we may not be perfect. he does have a very intact, loving home.

Thanks for all your help. We pray God will give you the energy and fortitude to continue your ministry, Cordially,

What.a great letter! Boy, I needed that.

The only reason these kids have any chance at all is because our Covenant House Centers are here when they need a place to come. to run to-a-place where they can be . safe from the pimps and predators and johns. They're good kids. You shouldn't think they're not. It would be wrong for you to think they're not good kids. Most of them are simply trying to survive in aworld totally hostile to kids all alone.

We are here for them because of you. Almost,all of the money we need to help these kids comes from people like yourself who care about children. With summer here. we need your prayers and financial help more than ever.

Please pray for us, we pray for you.

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