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WASHINGTON (NC) - Arch bishop John R. Roach, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, accompanied by Msgr. Daniel Hoye, NCCB general secretary, discussed tui tion tax credits and abortion with President Reagan a~ the White House last Friday. During a brief session, the leaders discussed the progress of tuition tax credit legislation, which Reagan backs, and the Hatch Amendment, a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit abortion, which the president does not specifically back. Speaking to reporters outside the, White House, the archbishop said tuition tax credit legislation is "moving along very nicely'" and is among the president's top priorities. He said he is more concerned about the fate of the Hatch amendment than about the chances for tuition tax credits and added, "I think it's a more difficult kind of measure." 'Nevertheless, a day previously, in a filmed message to a Nation al Right to Life Committee con vention in Cherry Hill, N.J., the president had declared that he wants the Congress to debate abortion legislation soon. Reagan told the pro-lifers that "the time has come for Congress to face the national tragedy of

abortion, to fully discuss and debate on the House and Senate floors the heartbreaking dimen sions of this tragedy." In other convention activity, delegates heard speeches by leaders of pro-life movements and individuals who described, personal experiences; and attend ed an emotional closing rally. The convention also drew pickets, led by Bill Baird, Long Island, N.Y., abortion clinic owner, and a counterrally on the final day by groups favoring legalized abortion. Some 100 pro-choice groups, banded to gether under the slogan, "In Sup port of Women's Lives," said their counterrally drew some 5,000 to 10,000 particlpants. ,Convention officials said some 2,000 people took part in the three-day affair. But Dr. Jack Willke of Cin cinnati, president of the Nation al Right to Life Committee, said that number comparisons be tween the convention and pro choice rallies were "like com paring apples and oranges." "Our goal (at the convention) is not numbers, but to bring the leadership together for dialogue. Our rally is Jan. 22 in Washing ton," he said. Jan. 22 is the an niversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abor tion.

fled from poverty-stricken Haiti to enter the United States illeg ally. , McCarthy said resettling the detainees coul~ save the gov ernment millions of dollars. The WASHINGTON (NC) - El MRS director suggested that the Salvador, shoved off the front government "put that $25 million pages by new wars in the, Falk each year into Haiti so people lands, Lebanon and Iraq, is re wouldn't have to put two-by turning to the center of attention fours under their chins and pad again as the July 28 deadline dle up the Caribbean." nears for a second certification The Haitians who have come by the Reagan administration of to 'the United States, when re human rights progress there. leased, will be, considered appli The House, on a 399-1 vote cants for political asylum and July 13, approved and sent to will be on parole. If they violate the Senate legislation which that parole they can be detained would require the administration again; if their asylum applica to certify progress in the inves tions are refused they can be 'tigations of the murders of six deported. Americans including four Before being released the Hai Catholic churchwomen - before tians'must go through a medical any more military aid can be screening procedure, McCarthy sent to EI S'alvador. said. He said the detainees will A State Department official said later that the administra Tum to Page Fifteen

tion did not oppose the added requirement. Thomas O. Enders, assistan~ secretary of state for inter-American affairs, also pre dicted that the Salvadoran judge handling the case of the five ex National Guardsmen accused of the murders of the four women would set a trial date in August with the trial itself to follow in the fall. The U.S. Catholic Conference, public policy arm of the U.S. bishops, urged Congress to ap prove the added certification re quirement because of what it called the significant questions still remaining in the deaths of the Americans. The four women - Maryknoll Tum to Page Sixteen

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FOR 50 YEARS the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home of Fall River has joyously and quietly served New England. At a traditional Fourth of July picnic, from left, -Sisters Cor dis, Joseph and Imelda with patients Kenneth Carter, Lucien Arquin and Anita Dupont. A special section honoring the Hawthorne Dominicans on their 50th anniversary in the Fall River diocese begins on page 3. (Torchia Photo) ,

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Vol untary agencies, including the U.S. Catholic Conference Migra tion and Refugee Service, have begun the process of resettling HaiUan detainees despite the lack of clear assurances of fin ancial help from the U.S. govern ment. At a press conference last week John McCarthy, MRS ex ecutive director; Wells Klein, chairman of the Migration and Refugee Services Committee of the American ,Council of Volun tary Agencies; and Livingston Chrichlow, coordinator of the Cu ban-Haitian Program of Luther an Immigration and Refugee Services, said their agencies were working out the logistics of re settlement. About 1,800 Haitians have been detained, some for over a year, at camps in Puerto Rico and around the United States.

The 11 th Circuit Court of Ap-' peals in Atlanta July 13 upheld a ruling to release the detainees. Klein said it would, be "about two weeks before the first Hai tian leaves" detention but "we are working as fast as we possi- , bly can." , The agencies will submit pro posals to the government for funding, but "there is no com mitment," according to Klein. Although not specifically out lined, he said, the voluntary agencies have "a partnersh,ip with the government." "The coffers of the' churches are not that deep," he said, but "we have the necessary human resources." Whatever the cost of resettling the refugees, either to the church agencies or the taxp~yers, Klein and McCarthy said that it would be less than the money spent to detain all of the refugees who

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Father Healy Father William J. Healy, SJ, 74, a former president of Holy Cross College died unexpectedly on July 9 at the rectory of Our Lady of the Isle Church, Nan tucket, where he was serving as a summer associate pastor. His funeral Mass was offered July 13 at Holy Cross College chapel and interment was in the Jesuit cemetery on the campus. Father Healy was a native of South Boston. He entered the Jesuit community after gradua ting from Boston College High School 'in 1925. He served as . president of Holy Cross from 1945 to 1948 and in 1945 was named to the U.S. Naval Acad emy Board of Visitors by then President Truman. He was dean at Sophia Uni versity in Tokyo from 1950 to 1953 and served in the same capacity at Fairfield University in Connecticut from Hl53 to 1962. He retired in 1977 as an English professor at Holy Cross.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - The papal secretary of state, Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, will undertake an examination of the 'vatican bank and has enlisted three banking experts to assist him. The bank has been under in vestigation by an.Italian govern ment commission seeking to clarify links between it and the financially troubled Banco Am brosiano, Italy's 'largest private bank. ' Banco Ambrosiano's president, Roberto Calvi, was found hang ing under London's Blackfriars Bridge on June 18 and the cause of his death, whether murder or suicide, was under investigation. . Cardinal Casaroli is one of five cardinals on a "commission of. vigilance" to oversee the op . erations of the Vatican bank, which exists to fund religious and charitable works. The experts on his panel are Joseph Brennan, former president of the Emigrant Savings Bank of New York; Philippe de Wech, Juy 17 former president of the Union of Rev. William J. Smith, 1960, Swiss Banks; and Carlo Cerutti, Pastor, St. James, Taunton vice president of an Italian tele Rev. Edmond Rego, 1981, As communications holding ,com pany. , sociate Pastor, Espirito Santo, The establishment of the panel ,Fall River of experts came also at the re July 18 quest of Archbishop Paul Mar Rev. Adalbert Szklanny, '1968, cinkus; the Vatican bank's presi St. Patrick, Fall River dent, said the Vatican. Arch July 19 bishop Marcinkus, 60, is a native Most Rev. Daniel F. Feehan, of ,Cicero, Ill. D.D" 1934, 2nd Bishop of Fall Press speculation has suggest River 1907-34 ed that the Banco Ambrosiano Rev. Francis M. Coady, 1975, collaP~e was triggered by the Pastor, SS. Peter &Paul, Fall . Vatican~allk'~ refQsal to back· River loans made by AmbroSiano sub-. July 23 sidiaries on the strength. of 'let Rev. Patrick F. Doyle, 1893, ters of patronage issued by the Founder, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall Vatican bank. River On July 16, three international Rev. George B. McNamee, banks declared Banco Ambrosi-, 1938, Pastor, Holy Name, Fall ano in default of loans totaling River $140 million. Banking sources said that by formally declaring these debts . THE ANCHOR (USPS·54S-020). Second Class Paid at Fall River, Mass. Published overdue, the creditors hope to Postage weekly except the week of July 4 and the week after Christmas at 410 Highland Aven· put themselves in a good position ue, Fall River, Mass. 02722 by. the Cath· .if Italian banking officials now olic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Subscription price by' mall, postpaid $6.00 in charge of Banco Ambrosiano per year. Postmasters send address change. Thee Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, MA work out a repayment schedule. to 02722.

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SISTER BETTY Ander son, OLVM, will mark her silver' jubilee as a Victory Noll Sister Thursday, Aug. 5, at her community's moth erhouse in Huntington, Ind. She served eight years in the Fall River diocese, five at Regina Pads Center, New Bedford. She is presently doing parish outreach work in EI Centro; Calif.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at St. Lawrence Church, . New Bedford, for Sister Mary Daniel Storey, RSM, 90, who died July 17. at her community's retirement center in Cumberland, R.I. A Fall River native, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary (Brennan) Storey. She taught in city public schools be fore entering the Sisters of Mercy in 1916. Sister Mary Daniel held a bach~lor's degree from Provi dence College and a master's in education from Boston College. She taught at St. Patrick's School, Fall River, from 1918 to 1932, then being assigned to Holy Family High School, New Bedford. Assignments in Belize, Central America, and at SS. Peter and Paul School, Fall River, followed; and in 1946 she returned to Holy Family, teaching there until her retirement in 1970.

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GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY AUGUST 2, 1982

.Rose Hawthorne's

• unique apostolate

The following article appeared in the January, 1976, issue of Immaculate magazine ami is ex· cerpted by permission. It is by the late Sister M. Juliana, OP, who was stationed at the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home during the 19508.

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-~PAUL METHOT, RN, WITH ROSE HAWTHORNE LATHROP PATIENT OSCAR COURVILLE

'It was for just, such people that we came into this work.'

- Rose Hawthorne Lc:ithrop

The Catholic Church has play. ed an important part in the his· tory of our nation. A formidable number of Cath· olics in every walk of life have made contributions in 'different spheres of our national develop. ment. To the list we might add the name of Rose Hawthorne La. throp, the younger of two daugh. ters of the famous American novelist, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Certainly Hawthorne himself could never have foreseen the role she would play, nor could his little "Rosebud," as he would lovingly refer to' her. Even in Our own day many have never heard of the unique apostolate brought into being by this re markable woman. What is the story of Rose Haw thorne? To put it in a few words, we might say that God took one of Nathaniel's outstanding en· dowments, his compassion, and placed it in the hands of his daughter, Rose. She in turn gave of it generously to those she felt needed it most at the time - the poor afflicted with incurable cancer.Rose Hawthorne was born on May 20, 1851 in Lenox, Massa chusetts, into an exceptionally happy home. She was the third child to bless the union of Na thaniel and Sophia Hawthorne (nee Peabody), the other two being Una who was almost eight years her senior and Ju lian, a lad of six at the time of her birth. The atmosphere of this home could be summed up in one word - love. It permeated every corner, whether the home was in Lenox, or Concord, or Liverpool, or Rome. This enumeration would indicate that the Hawthornes were a traveling family, and so they were. But this did not de tract from their togetherness as a family. , An especially intimate bond existed between Hawthorne and his "Rosebud," and he himself gives us the reason: "I think I felt more interested in her than I did in the other children at the same age, from the consideration that she is to be the daughter of my age - the comfort (at least so it is hoped) of my declining years."

This, as we shall see, was not to be. However, his affection for his youngest child found whole. hearted reciprocation. Years later Rose was to write, reminis cing on her stay in Rome as a youngster:" ••. To playa simple game of stones on one of the grey benches in the late after· noon sunshine, with him for courteous opponent, was to feel my eyes, lips, hands, all my be ing, glow with the fullest human happiness." This "fullest human happiness" was to come to an unexpected end in the spring of 1864, when Nathaniel Hawthorne died rather suddenly and was laid to rest on the day before Rose's 13th birthday. That the death of a father thus loving and loved should be a great shock to the child, is under standable. Yet, in a way she had been prepared to meet the vicis situdes of life. Hawthorne, ideal ist though, he was, was realist enough to know that life was not just a matter of affection and love and literary achievement. And while the Hawthornes moved in an atmosphere of refinement and comparative security, they were by no means unaware of, or insensible to, the sufferings and distress of the less fortunate. Both parents were exemplary in their charity towards the poor and indigent, although they them. selves never possessed more than moderate means. The compassion of Hawthorne _thus began to shine forth in the of his youngest daughter. It would, however, undergo many a setback and would not come to the fore again until many years later. 'In the meantime, Una would be its more stable expon ent as we see from an incident which occurred during a visit to London. Una was about 26 years old at the time, and Rose a lovely- 18. The two girls had gone out walk· ing and, taking a wrong turn, suddenly found themselves in what would now be called the slums of the city - "narrow little streets of dirty houses and sickly, filthy children." Rose in. stinctively shrank back and tried to draw her elder sister away from 'the unpleasant surround ings. But Una seemed held to the spot by a strange fascination and gazing 'intently at the children eyes shining, she said: "Rosie some day I'm going to help clean up children like those." The thought made Rose shudder, and she was all for letting "other people" do it. Turn to Page Five

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A Refreshing Insparation

From the earliest days of the churcl) there have been men and w~irien who have come together in. community to serve the needs of God's holy people. With church approval, many of these communities· grew into special religious families serving the church as it built the body of Christ-. The history of such families has varied greatly over the centuries. Some communities have disappeared; new ones have been founded. Some have been' suppressed; others have suppressed themselves. Some haveu ndergone major re form; others are in need of reform. . Many religious communities in today's church are at.a · crossroads. For some the attempt to be relevant -has been self-destructive. There have been those who sought to'serve · the Lord in. the marketplace on their own, apart from com .munity and even apart from the church. There are others who have thrown out the baby with the bathwater as they subjectively and introspectively have attempted to read the mind of the church. In the view of some, everything that took place before Vatican II was irrelevant, burdensome and above all inhibiting. Vnfor,: tunately, many who espoused this attitude have left not only their religious family but the church itself. However, it would be wrong to think that because many religious families face difficulties,all communities of faith are at risk. On the contrary, those families who through difficult days adhered to the concept of community are now energetically and selflessly renewed. in their service of the church. Among families of women religious who have refused to be ensnared by the turmoil and deceit of the secular are ·the sisters who staff the Rose Hawthorne Home in Fall River. These sisters spend their lives in community caring for their brothers and sisters. . . Long before incurable illness was a matter of grave concern to the general public, the Hawthorne Dominicans gave themselves to the relief of suffering. Fo~,50 years, with' speci~l love, they have nursed the terminally ill in their home on Fall River's Bay Street. . Encouraged to come to the diocese ·by Bishop Cassidy, ROSE HAWTHORNE LATHROP supported and sustained by Bishop C~nnolly and enthusias tically reassured and' reenforced by Bishop Cronin, these 'She hath opened her hand to the needy and stretched out her hands to the poor.' Hawthorne sisters have been a model of community and . - Provo 31 :20 love to all within and without the church. They have brought peace and joy to many who initially traversed the long driveway to their home with feelings of fear. Day and night, they console and comfort. Their dedi cation to prayer embraces all who come to their home whether patients or visitors. ' The following editorial appeared in the eager aI.ld untiring cooperation of Bishop · What is seemingly dismal and despairing is made hopeful and promising by their love. Without self-seeking, Fall River Herald News Aug. 2, 1932, the Cassidy, have developed, at Woodman and remuneration, fanfare or publicity, they serve the Lord with day the: Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home Bay Streets,' a home for the afflicted that opened its: doors. It is reprinted' by per compares favorably in equipment, arrange refreshing humility.and Christian hope. . ment and location with the best institutions It is a joy to salute these wonderful churchwomen on mission•. for the care' of the sick to be found anywhere the occasion of their presence among us for '50 'years. The: Rose Hawthorne 'Lathrop Free in America. It is more than an institution; May their lives offer model and pattern for all in the Home for Advanced Cancer begins its minis it gives one an impression of hominess that chu~ch; and may they inspire in particular those especially trations ~o the afflicted today. It is difficult is very rarely found in a place devoted to the dedicat~d. to. the Lord to persevere with loyalty in their to conceive of a finer or more unselfish care of the afflicted. own mlmstnes. service to suffering humanity. I Although founded, managed and admin The Servants of Relief, a religious com istered by a religious community of Catholic munity of women founded in N~w York City women, the Home is open and free to every py Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, daughter of the person ill of cancer "not financially able to distinguished. author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, obtain proper care elsewhere," regardless of to care f9r those afflicted with cancer who creed, nationality or color. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER' OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER had no means to care for themselves; have Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River It is a splendid charity to contemplate. given Fall R~ver an institution for which it It is a distinct credit to Fall River and to 410 Highland Avenue may well' be most grateful. . Fall River, Mass. 02722 675.7151 America. It will bring incalculable consola . PUBLISHER With, a kno~ledge of the needs of the tion and comfort to those unfortunates, who, Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, ,D.O., S.T.D. sick gained through long experience and an without this institution, would be· deprived UITOR FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR attention: to every detail that is at once of the services and expert attention so essen Rev. John F. Moore, Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan . . . . . .eary Press-Fall River • apparent,! these devoted· women with the tial to the seriously ill.

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• Rose Hawthorne's unIque. apostolate

love which was to culminate in ism, but it was her visit to the

Continued from Page Three Life was, indeed, smiling on marriage in the autumn of the city of Rome which had left an

her. Poverty and disease were same year. After three dreamy indelible mark. In fact, this city

completely alien elements. Yet months of enjoying the English had exercised an influence on

the whole Hawthorne family. In

20 years later we find a mature countryside Rose and George re and chastened Rose, now Mrs. turned to America. They were spite of some aspects which did

Lathrop, confiding to her friend, starry-eyed now, but forebodings not appeal to Nathaniel Haw

Emma Lazarus, in New York: were already forming on their thorne, he was later to say, when

"Sometimes I wonder whether all marital horizon. They were very leaving Rome tempQrarily: "I am

young and their temperaments glad it is not a final departure.

my trying, all my insistence up were very different and soon be What a deep hold this city of

on perfection in the arts, shouldn't have been turned to gan to clash. However, their the soul can have on the mind."

something which more closeiy' common literary interests Rose, together with her hus

concerned humanity, the human George and Rose both did some band, was received into the

. more-or-Iess .successful writing heart . . . " She goes on to say Catholic Church in 1891. This

how the sight of the poor child - held them together. raised a new hope that their mar·

ren of New York, "so ragged In 1876 a boy was born to them; riage might be saved, but the

and unkempt," brought back to a new bond was created and hope soon faded. They parted in

her mind the incident of the things looked promising. But little 1893. Thus, another, and prob

London slums, and how Una had Francis seemed not meant for ably her greatest, sorrow came

understood but she had not. But this world. After five precious her way. It seems as though God

" . . . now," she concludes, "I years God took him to himself. were removing all her human

feel differently." It was a crushing blow. Many loves in order to prepare her for

What had brought about this avenues of diversion were a greater love - a more self

resurgence' of the Hawthorne sought, as well as channels of less love. She sensed this; but

compassion? Surely not the gay fulfillment, to fill the void left the future was as ye~ a mystery.

social life of Boston and New by the child's death. To some ex It is at this point that we see York. Nor could the ·literary tent time would heal the wound. her confiding to her friend, Em circles in which she moved have ma Lazarus, her desire to. pick . The greatest source of fulfill fostered in Rose Hawthorne this 'up the "unlovely children" of new 'vocation.' But, something ment and strength was yet to society. God would soon be lead It came in the form of an come. had been instrumental, and that introduction to, and a growing ing her to them. And he would something was sorrow. interest in, the Catholic Church use the fatal illness of a seam The second great sorrow had on the part of both George and stress, whom she had previously come into her life with the death Rose. As regards the latter, this employed in New York, to point of her mother during the above· interest had far deeper roots the way. In her search for this mentioned stay in England early than she knew. lady she was given the shocking in 1871. The keenness of this news that the poor soul had been loss would, however, soon be As a young girl Rose had had "exiled" to Blackwell's Island be. 6'.Il1uaged by that newly-found several contacts with Catholic· cause of her cancerous condition.

Rose followed her there but did not find her. A merciful God had taken the sufferer home. But Rose Hawthorne had found her vocation. She had found her "unlovely children," and she knew father would want her to "pick them up." Rose did not procrastinate. She immediately took steps to learn all she could about the nursing-care required by those afflicted with this particular sickness. Then, braving all the din and squalor of the lower East Side of New York, she step ped bravely into an atmosphere most repugnant to her. She who had been accustomed to gracious living, who had frequented the drawing rooms of the elite had now come to the poor and, in order the better to .understand their needs, had chosen to be come' one of them.

gifts of flowers and bird-song a'nd cheerfulness prevailed where earthly interests waned and those of heaven waxed strong. She would bring her understaking to the attention of the public - h~re her literary ability stood her in good stead - and she was confident God would inspire generous souls to come to her assistance. And he did.

Needless to say, the sentiments evoked by her work were varied. Among the cancer sufferers who were the immediate objects of her care there was wonderment, bordering in some cases almost on disbelief which would gradu ally change into trust and untold gratitude. Within the circle of her friends there was a mixture of shock, apprehension, admira tion (plus some financial sup port), and a good bit of head shaking. Of course, there were those who supported the inevi The mustard seed of her apos table it-won't-last theory. tolate was planted in 1896, in a But it did last! The sick came 3-room tenement at 1 Scammel in ever greater D\,1mbers, 'and

Street. It was nurtured by an un several doctors offered their ser

swerving faith in DivineProvi dence which was to be the very . vices. The work became steadily

foundation stone of her future more demanding, and Rose won

Congregation. 'There was to be dered how long she would be

no renumeration on the part of able to carry on unaided. Then.

her patients. Her "guests," as on a December afternoon of 1897

she preferred to call them, should , a much-needed and much-prayed·

be free of all financial cares. Her for helper made her appearance

in the person of Alice Huber, an

hospital-homes were to be "ves tibules of heaven" where God's Turn to Page Six

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Rose and Alice both knew the Continued from Page Five important part religion would artist from the south, who was play in their chosen work. If or. intrigued when she read about dinary illness was difficult to Mrs. Lathrop's undertaking. She bear without its consoling influ investigated and soon fell under ence, how unbearable must be its the sp.ell of Rose's personality an incurable illness. absence in an~ enthusiasm. By March of Christ's Gospel alone could take the next year she decided' sh~ ·the sting out of death and prove would do more than just help it to be what it really was ~nce or twice a week. She would throw in her lot with· this reo the gateway to life. Nor did the two women fail to sense their markable woman. own lives,but only in a vague It was not long after this that sort of way. Then, on·a spring af Mrs. Lathrop was c;alled to the temoo~ of 1899,Father Clement bedside of her dying husband in Thuente, O;P., of St. Vincent Fer a New York hospital. For a few .rer's church in New York step ped into their lives. His visit was. moments the past became vivid to shape their destiny. ly alive. Then it bowed to the ur gency of the present and the After several visits Father hopes of the future. And the fu ture was to. bring not only ex· Thuente suggested they become Dominican tertiaries. St. Rose pansion but solidarity as well.

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had been one and had nursed the sick. After thoughtful deliberation and much prayer they acted upon his suggestion. In the aut· umn of the same year they were received as tertiaries, taking the names of Sister Alphonsa, and Sister Rose respectively. On De cember 8th of the following year, 1900, with special permission of Archbishop Corrigan, they re ceived the full habit of the Dom inican Order and made their first Profession. They were now true religious. The "Rose of the Hawthomes" had became a mem ber of the great ,Dominican fam ily. In 1906 her Congregation was formally affiliated with the Order and was placed under the patronage of St. Rose of Lima. She, herself, was now Mother Alphonsa. In the meantime the first St. Rose's Home had been establish ed on Cherry ~tr:eet, to be re pl~ced in 1912 by a much larger building on Jackson Street. This was a well-choselJ site as the pa tients would benefit. by, the scenery and activity both on the East River and in Corlear$ Park across the street. Nor was this spot relinquished when, in 1957, modern needs required the build ing of a completely new St.· Ro~e's. It was blessed' by His Francis . Eminence, Spellman in May of thatCardinal year. - St. Dominic seems to have had a special care of his new daugh· ters, for he inspired his sons in Westchester, N.Y., to offer them a spacious building, beautifully located atop a hill, at a very low price. This was to become the Motherhouse of the Congrega· tion under the name of Rosary Hill Home. It would ultimately be replaced by a fireproof struc' ture which was begun under Mother Alphonsa's direction, but she did not live to see its com pletion. She died in her sleep on 'July 9, 1926. Other Homes were eventually established in Phila. delphia, Pa.; Fall River, Mass.; Atlanta, Ga.; St. Paul, Minn.; and Cleveland, Ohio. Yes, Hawthorne's great love of his fellow human beings was perpetuated not only in his im· mortal writings but in a human apostolate as well, brought into being by his daughter, Rose. That . apostolate was born out of sor row. It carried within it th~ seed of ecumenislll since. from its very inception it served can cer victims of all faiths. Also, it embodied the principle of racial equality long before this princi ple was to become a national is sue. And, above' all, it remained faithful to its original commit ment: that of being true Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer (now the legal title 'of the Con. gregation), accepting no remun eration for the care of its guests, trusting to Divine Providence for its sustenance. And this trust has never failed. A most gener ous public has seen to that. Today this apostolate among the incurably ill has become es· pecially relevant due to the pres ent emphasis on death and dy ing and death with dignity. And ,should it not be so, since death is for all of us the beginning of life, etemal, with our Father in heaven?

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"Seek not what you shall eat or what you shall drink • . • but seek first the kingdom of God and his justice and all these thiRf:S shall be added unto you." Most of us agree with Christ's words in principle but in practice make very sure of getting what we consider our rightful share of this world's goods. But suppose someone really let go, really trusted God, not just for the peanut butter and

jelly on tbebread but for the bread itself? What might happen? ' For 50 years the Hawthorne Dominicans have been answering that question, right in the Fall River diocese. God is to be trusted for basic needs - and often for the peanut butter and jelly as well, they have discovered. Not that there haven't been worries. Once, said Sister Mary Christopher, a past superior of the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home (hereafter to be referred to as the Rose Hawthorne, be-

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The reaction was the same 50 years ago. In the Fall River Herald News for July 30, 1932, repo~er W. D. Dwyer wrote of Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, known in religion as Mother Alphonsa, 'that she "frequently expressed the fervent wish" that she might be able to establish a home in her native state, "but she passed away before her great ambition was fulfilled. "It was destined, however, that her wish should not fail, for, in d~_ time, through the perspicacity) vigilance, and energy of Most Rev. James E. Cassidy, D.O.,' LL.D., Apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Fall River, Mother Huber, who succeeded Mother Alphonsa, became easily convinced that the vacant Bay View hospital here on the hillside overlooking Mount Hope bay, was the ideal place, provided that its reconditioning and remodeling would be possible and meet with all requirements. . "The land and building were bought from the city and the

work, under competent contractors and almost daily under under 'the watchful' eye of Bishop Cassidy, went on apace until today there stands on the beautiful hillside a free home for cancer sufferers that cannot be sur. passed anywhere for perfection of arrangements, for desirable location, for panoramic view of sea and forest· which includes historic Mount HOpe across the blue waters of the bay. "Only an architect or highly skilled .building mechanic could give any adequate idea of the beauty and perfection of the building. Needless to say that the very best of material and workmanship has been put into it, but it is really in the architectlUre the planned arrangements, the intelligent grasp of construction requirements for the greatest degree of comfort to the sufferers, that the wisdom and architectural genius of Bishop Cassidy are seen. "The transformation that has taken place in the old Bay View premises defies description. The

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Continued from Page Nine called the administration section in the center of the building. Here are the office to the left and a reception room to the right. Both are decorated with pictorial works of real merit that, in a measure, accentuate the color cheerfulness." The home takes year.round advantage of its magnificent location by means of two huge sunparlors. Of them Dwyer wrote: "On the westside is a great long shaded sun room exquisitely furnished, commanding a view of the bay from Fog Island to the Borden Flats' light, 'and across to the wooded shores of Bristol, Swansea and South Somerset. At the northern end of the building is another lengthy sun room, en· closed, where provision is made for heating so that even in winter time the inmates may enjoy the incomparable land and sea scapes." Still treasured is a fiddleback cane-seated maple chair decora· ted some 150 years ago by Rose Hawthorne's mother. In 1932 it was on display in the home's office, according to Dwyer's article. Now in need of repair, it has been. withdrawn from public view for the time bei~g, said Sister Joseph, at 28 the "baby" of the current Rose Hawthorne community of six sisters. Headed by Sister Marie Cordis, they are, in addition to Sister Joseph, Sisters Bernadine, Imelda, Margaret and Ursula. In 1932, eight sisters, headed by Mother Rose Huber, cofoundress with Mother Alphonsa of the Hawthorne Dominicans, formed the home's pioneer Fall River group. Mother Rose stayed with them a few weeks, said Sister Joseph, before returning to her duties as superior general at the motherhouse in Hawthorne, N.Y. "Behind this enterprise is charity of the purest, broadest character. It is for the alleviation of the most acute physical suf· fering to which the human body is subject. It is for these, who cannot obtain any such care and tender solicitude elsewhere, as this home and all the sister homes established by Mother AIphonsa, are for the care of those sufferers who are absolutely without means. No compensation is accepted . . . and the care they receive cannot be excelled in any institution in the land," concluded Dwyer. Through the years the home has attracted similar notice . from area newspapers and of course from The Anchor, whose Rose Hawthorne Lathrop file has been building since its first issues in 1957. A notable addition to that file came in April of this year, when the Rose Hawthorne officially celebrated its golden jubilee, although the actual date of opening the home was Aug. 2, 1932. On April 18, nearby St. Patrick's Church hosted with pride a liturgy of thanksgiving. Fall Riverites who have been touched over the years by the Rose Hawthorne's apostolate at· tended in droves. John McManus, a very special friend who has

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for 13 years been collecting coffee cans full of coins for the sisters, arranged with members of the Fall River Antique Auto Club to chauffeur them to St. Patrick's for their special day. Some 30 priests concelebrated Mass with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and singing was led by Glenn Giuttari, St. Mary's Cathedral director of music. In his homily the bishop spoke for the thousands who are grateful to the Rose Hawthorne when he said: "My dear sisters, your work, over these 50 years and to the present moment, has been quietly done. But your apostolate has, without a doubt, spoken loudly to countless num· bers of Catholics and non-Catholics alike in its witness to the Church's constant regard and concern 'for the sanctity of human .life. The loving care, which you have lavished without hesitation upon the many clergy and religious, lay men and women and, yes children too, in their last days, has brought comfort not only to the patients themselves, but to their families as well. Your apostolate of love has indeed been a visible manifestation of the love of Christ to literally countless numbers of people." After the memorable Mass, the Rose Hawthorne sisters, in line with their traditional gimerosity, gave tl~e community another gift. *ther than themselves being fe~ed, they entertained over 1,000 friends at a buffet dinner at St. Patrick's school, cooked singlehandedly by home chef Ray Perry. The occasion offered many diners the opportunity of once more expressing their gratitude to the haven from which their loved ones had passed peacefully to God. One person with particularly warm memories of the home is Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, diocesan chancellor and rector of St. Mary's Cathedral, who for seven and a half years, until his appointment to the cathedral in 1978, was the Rose Hawthorne's chaplain. "No matter what the hour, he insisted on being called if a patient were dying," said Sister Imelda. , Msgr.Harrington mentions as part of the "nice ambience" of the home that children are welcome visitors and that the sisters supply patients with such ameni'ties as beer and wine. The monsignor himself was part of the ambience, say the sisters, always willing to play his accordion and lead singalongs for the patients as well as demonstrate his expertise as a mag'ician. "I tried to see everyone every day," he said, "and I was often able to hold a patient's hand as he went home to God." Another memory cherished by the sisters is that of retired Bishop James L. Connolly who often popped in to share their recreation pe~od, usually bearing a gift of candy. "He knew us from our home in St. Paul," said Sister Imelda. Many priests have been chaplains at the home over the years, each contributing his

hearts' measure of comfort and support. The present chaplain is Father Edward F. McIsaac, who was on

hand at the Rose Hawthorne's recent Fourth of July picnic, an important annual event at each of the Hawthorne Dominicans' seven homes. For the occasion every patient who could possibly make it was out on the spacioqs lawn enjoying the day's perfect weather and an all-American repast featuring hamburgers, hot dogs, beans. salad, beverages and assorted desserts. It was prepared entirely by Chef Perry, a mere nothing for the unflappable former Navy cook after his achievement in April. Lest anyone forget the day's significance, small American flags lined the driveway, red, white and blue stick-mounted ornaments paraded jauntily around a statue of St. Therese and patriotic streamers marked of the picnic area. As always, friends and members of patiel1ts' families attended tile picnic. Usually several hundred guests, including scores of children, are on hand, said Sister Marie Cordis. She said the community's patriotic tradition was inculcated by Mother Alphonsa, who initiated the, annual picnics. "When I was superior at our Atlanta home," recounted Sister Cordis, "I arrived just before the Fourth. On the morning of the holiday the mother general called to see how I was doing. The first thing she said was 'Do you have the flag out?' I had ~o admit I hadn't given it a thought. She was horrified - and I became an instant patriot!" .fl1 visitor to today's Rose Hawthorne Home is impressed, as has been every visitor over the years, by the cheerfulness 0 fthe sisters. "We have a happy spirit because of why we do our work," matterof-factly explains Sister Bernadine, confined to a wheelchair for the past seven years but before that the home's cook. Now she is in charge of the office and is very grateful that since the sisters accept no payments for patient care, she has no Blue Cross, Blue Shield' or Medicaid records to worry about. "Thank God, there's not too much paper work," is how she sums it up. She is equally carefree about whether or not she gets the munificent one day a month and yearly ll-day vacation that the sisters allow themselves, an attitude shared by her colleagues, who've been short of free time lately because some of them have been sick themselves. When one considers that the monthly day off doesn't begin until 10 or 11 a.m., after the home's current 27 patients have been readied for the day and that each Sister is on "night watch" every fourth night, one agrees with Sister Bernadine's laconic comment that "everyone is very dedicated." One might go further and agree with Dwyer's 1932 description of the Hawthorne Dominicans as "this heroic little band of living martyrs." Turn to page thirteen

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night watch. She enjoys taking them for weekend runs and makes sure their food dishes are welI ' supplied. Sister Imelda's association with the Hawthorne Dominicans began when she was a .IS-year old schoolgirl who got up early to help serve breakfasts at the community's Philadelphia home - before beginning her school day. "Someday you'll bring your bed over there," she recalls her mother telling her. "And I did," she said. ' She comments that a happy feature of the home is that sis ters' parents and other relatives are welcome as patients if the need arises. Sister Margaret, home sacristan in addition to her nursing duties, is currently car ing for an aunt, while her mother recently died at the home. Sister Cordis, commenting on the fact that the sisters accept no renumeration from patients or their families, said that she tells relatives "You know people we will never reach. Help others, if we've helped you." But there's no rule against' donations from others and tra ditionalIy the Fall River diocese has had' a special spot in its heart for the Rose Hawthorne. For years women's guilds have sewed bandages for the home, while the profits from uncounted projects find their way to the sisters. Currently' in the works

is a drawing to be sponsored this Sunday by the Montaup Country Club. Thinking over his experiences at the Rose Hawthorne, Msgr. Harrington said ruefully that it's unlikely Mother Alphonsa will be canonized. "Her story is very similar to that of St. Elizabeth

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FRIBOURG, Switzerland (NC) - The Vatican has reaffirmed to a Swiss bishop the suspension imposed in 1976 on French Arch bishop Marcel Lefebvre. Arch bishop Lefebvre's followers are active in Switzerland. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the. Vatican's Congre gation for the Doctrine of the Faith, reconfirmed the suspen sion in a letter dated June 24 to Swiss Bishop Pierre Mamie of' Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg. Bishop Mamie, who had asked the congregation for a statement on Archbishop Lefebvre's status, disclosed the contents of Car dinal Ratzinger's letter July 15. Archbishop Lefebvre, 76, who has rejected reforms that fol lowed the Second Vatican Coun cil, was suspended by Pope Paul VI in 1976 after he ordained sev eral priests in defiance of a di rect papal prohibition. His suspension means that he is still a priest and a bishop but cannot licitly celebrate Mass, ordain priests or administer other sacraments. Despite the suspension, he has established a seminary at Econe, Switzerland, and has continued to administer the sacraments. Bishop Mamie, ina statement based on the letter from Car dinal Ratzinger, said that the suspension "is still in force and there have not been facts or de cisions by competent authorities which have modified the canoni cal situation of this prelate, as it results from actions performed illegitimately by him under the pontificate of Paul VI and suc cessfully repeated." Under POP!! Paul and Pope John Paul II there have been dis cussions aimed at reconciliation, but so fal" no agreement has been reached~

Brief relief WASHINGTON (NC) - 'Presi dent Reagan has given the Cath olic press and other non-profit groups an unexepected gift; a $42 million postal subsidy that will help offset, for at least two months, substantially higher postage rates. After twice vetoing similar measures, Reagan accepted the postal subsidy as part of a $5.5 billion spending bill designed primarily to keep several govern ment agencies and programs running to the end of the current . fiscal year, Sept. 30. James E. Doyle, executive di rector of the Catholic Press Asso ciation, estimated that the sub sidy would result in about a 35 to 40 percent temporary reduc tion in postal rates for Catholic newspapers and magazines. He also said passage of the subsidy, scheduled to expire Sept. 30, could "have significant im pact on the possibility for keep ing rates at the 10weI: level for the next year." Under a 1983 budget plan ap proved by Congress in June, o Catholic press postage rates could jump an additional 30 per cent Oct. 1. Budget details are still being hammered out by con gressional committees.

Petition 2493

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Procter and Gamble has prob lems with its "man in the moon~' trademark, thought by some to have a connection witQ devil worship; and' American. Cath olics can't seem to be uncon vinced that Madalyn Murray 0' Hair, she who has made a career out of being an atheist, is out to J~.. put a stop to all religious broad ,. casting. Several diocesan parishes have recently asked members to send protests against her nonexis tent petition to the Federal Com munications Commission. Such' communications have been thorns in the side of the JO-ANN PRICE BAEHR, FCC for several years. They also 57, a prizewinning religion have been frustrating Catholic editors, who have to cope with reporter for the New York requests from well-meaning Herald Tribune for 14 years readers to join in the campaign and New York correspon to overturn the proposal. dent for the National Cath There is no such proposal. The latest wave of letters has olic News Service for nearly FCC officials' mystified. Accord a decade, died July 15 in ing' to Zora Brown, a consumer Brooklyn Hospital of cancer assistance specialist at the FCC, and heart disease. \ a "massive" public information campaign by the agency had suc ceeded in getting the flow of letters of the phantom proposal Continued from page lone down to 300 a month by fall. But now, she said, 1,500 letters need to be taught English and a month are coming in "and we how to apply for jobs. haven't been able to figure out McCarthy and Klein empha sized' that the agencies would why." That still· is a drastic reduc avoid resettling many of the Hai tians in the Miami area, which is tion from the 15,000 letters' a day that Ms. Brown said the FCC already crowded with other im migrants, but said if the Haitians once was receiving on' the pro have family members in Miami posal. Most of the letters refer to FCC some of them may stay there. The Krome Avenue Center in petition number RM 2493, a pro Miami, the largest facility for posal which, while it had noth Haitian detainees, is the first ing to do with Madalyn Murray O'Hair, did in fact exist before place MRS is working, accord ing to Don Hohl, associate MRS it was rejected in 1975. Rather than propose a total director. MRS preparations be gan July 10 in Miami and July ban on religious broadcasting, however, RM 2493 merely urged 12 at Fort Allen, Puerto Rico.. the FCC to take a closer look at Archbishop Edward A. Mc religious organizations, such as Carthy of Miami said of the im pending release, "I am relieved fundamentalist groups, which' that an inhumane situation had obtained broadcast licenses which was embarrassing to our under the category of providing community has been resolved. educational services to their lis teners. The proud American and spirit The two broadcast producers ual tradition of respect for the dignity of the human person has who urged the FCC to look at prevailed in the face of inappro-' the religious licensees said some priate efforts to protect our of the religious organizations were broadcasting only religious nation. "Now is the time for healing, propaganda, not legitimate educa tional material. for recognition of the good inten The petition was rejected by tions by those on both sides of 'the controversy, for cooperation the FCC on the grounds that a in expediting the directions o( the special examination of only re courts and for restoration of ligious license-holders would tranquility with a minimum of violate the constitutional separa additional human hardship," he tion of church, and state. But before the petition was said. rejected, a number of fundamen The city of Miami has alloca ted $91,000 to help establish a talist 'Protestimt churches and halfway house for refugees the' National Association of Re ligious Broadcasters launched a when they are released. campaign against it. Some how, Madalyn Murray O'Hair's name was dragged in and the protests Robert A. Fink, director of ,the have pever stopped coming. college center and Student ac Best Way . tivities' at Stonehill I College, "The best way any adult can North Easton, has been elected help a child on the road to. God to a three-year term on ,the Na tional Association for Campus is .by traveling the road them Activities board of directors; He selves, through prayer, worship, has been at Stonehill College the sacraments, Bible reading and since 1975 and has been active personal silence in meditation." in NACA on the' regional and - Alicia Marsland in U.S. Cath olic magazine natio,nal level for eight years. "~~

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ica Chorus will present the Du In connection with a family ment of one man's experience of rufle Requiem in the church at festival, to be 'held the weekend the proximity of death,. 8 p.m. Friday, July 30. of Aug. 14 and 15, children are A non-monetary, special Hu invited to participate in a doll STONEHILL COLLEGE, manitas prize went to Lloyd carriage and bicycle parade and N. EASTON ' Dobyue for his "NBC White contest, a dog show, and a clown College Academy, a summer Paper" entitled "America Works program for gifted children in parade. When Amedca Works; cited for grades four through eight is in 'CAN.ULLUS CLUB, progress at the college. Asec-' OAK BLUFFS its creative exploration of work ond session begins Monday. Friends of the Aged will offer and self-esteem. Courses include rocketry, lan entertainment in the long term guages, chemistry,' 'astronomy, care unit of Martha's Vineyard mathematics, engine repair, com Hospital at 2 p.m. Monday. puter science, journalism and Friends and relatives of patients film making. are invited'. Continued from Page One DEAF AlPOS'll'OLATE ST. 'RITA, MARION , Donations, of paperback books Sister Renee 'Dhibault will Sisters Ita Ford and Maura are requested. "Contributions speak at Masses this weekend Qn Clark, Ursuline Sister Dorothy may be left at the Apostolate behalf of the missionary work of Kazel and a lay missionary, Jean office at' Clemence Hall, Fall the Religious of Jesus and Mary. Donovan - were found murder River, or brought to 'any meet ing.' , ed near the San Salvador air ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB A new statue of St. Francis port in December 1980. O.L. GRACE, WESTPORT has just been erected; A plaque Enders said that under Salva A parish picnic is planned for listing benefactors is in prepara Sunday, : Aug. l,at St. Vincent tion. Those wishing to, be in doran law the judge in the case de Paul Camp, Westport. cluded may contact Father Ron had five months in which to com ald A. Tosti, pastor. Chapter 10 of St. Mark's Gos plete his review of the evidence ,pel will be the topic for an adult compiled by a special investiga Bible study meeting from 7 to 9 O. L. ANGELS, FR The ,parish council will meet ting commission. p.m. Sunday in the parish center. 'at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16, at All welcome. Enders was not asked and did the parish hall. ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Holy. Name Society members not volunteer any information on A triduum iIi 'honor of the pa will attend 8 a.m. Mass Sunday, whether the investigation had tronal feast of the parish began Sept. 26. A breakfast meeting pointed to involvement of Salva yesterday. The feastday Mass will follow. doran officials higher than the will beat 11 a.m. Sunday, with Other September events will Father Arnold Medeiros as hom sergeant being held in the case. include a candlelight procession ilist. A procession will follow at at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, for Several persons in EI Salvador 2 p,m. All parish organizations Holy Rosary Sodalists, and all and the United States, including are requested to participate. o1'her parishioners, followed at 8 Bishop Arturo Rivera Damas, a.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, by a COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS apostolic administrator of the Positive resolution of grief will feastday Mass and a breakfast be discussed at a meeting set for meeting. An appreciation night San Salvador Archdiocese, have for parish workers will take expressed skepticism that no one 7:30 p.m. Monday at St. Louis de France Youth Center, Swansea. place at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, ~igher than a sergeant ~as in The group is open to all parents at White's restaurant. : The parish patronal feast will volved in the murders. who have lost a child. Informa Enders also denied charges that tion: Mrs. Georgette Le Comte, take place the weekend of Aug. 6 through. 8, with the feastday the State Department was trying 676-8458. Mass on Sunday, Aug. 8, follow PRIESTS' PRAYER ed at 1:30 p.m. by an outdoor to cover up aspects of the inves Priests of the diocese will 'procession. 'tigation. lte said the murdered meet at 11 a.m. Monday, July 26, women's families, who recently a,t St. Julie's Church, N, Dart filed suit over the State Depart~ mouth, 'for prayer and sharing. ment's alleged refusal informa A cookout will follow. All ,priests welcome. tion about the investigation, had WASHINGTON (NC) - Arch been provided with '''a substan NOTRE DAME, FR bishop Jaines A. Hickey of Wash tial number of documents." The Circle of Friends is spon ington has called on Catholics in soring its first annual family He ,added that· some were be the nation's capital t9 study the picnic beginning at 11 a.m. Sun fng withheld because of fears. morality of the "sober, even day at St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Westport. Parishioners and frightening issues" of nuclear that their release might jeopard friends 'are welcome. ,weapons. Announcing a multi. ize the trials, but that all docu- ' The folk group practices at 7 level archdiocesan program of ments would be made available p.m. each Monday at the paro chial school under direction of study and prayer on the nuclear after the trials. ,Enders comments came at a , issue, the prelate cited papal and Claire Amiot. Sunday Masses are now held other church statements con hearing called to examine the at Mt. St. Joseph Chapel on St. demning the use of nuclear Reagan adminstration's p'roposed Joseph Street at 8 a.m. in, French and 9 and 10:30 a.m. and weapons and calling for treir 1983 aid package for El Salva· global' banning. , dor, no'on in English.

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