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ANNA BERGALIS watches over her daughter Kimberly, left photo. Above, Kimberly with her cousin, John Cathcart, her mother and her sister Sandra. (CNS photos)

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AIDS victim seeks to save others Sr. Gottem'oeller to head new Mercy Institute Sister Doris Gottemoeller, RSM., has been elected first president of the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, one of the largest orders of religious women in the world.

The news delighted Sister Mary Noel Blute, RSM, Episcopal Representative for Religious for the Fall River diocese.

"She has the attributes needed for the job and I have every confidence in her," said Sister Blute, who in the 1970s as superior of the Providence province of the Sisters of Mercy of the Union, worked with Sister Gottemoeller on the general administrative conference of the nine-community union now subsumed into the new institute.

The new president, among four nominees for the position, was elected on the first ballot to head the 7,400-member institute which serves in North, South and Central America, Guam and the Philippines. It unites 25 regional communities of sisters in one papally chartered organization with headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. The election took place in Buffalo, NY, where 3,000 sisters representing their colleagues in 29 countries and 45 of the 50 United States, have been meeting for two weeks not only for elections but to set an agenda for the next four years for the new institute.

Possibly unique 'among them was Sister Constance Monahan, RSM, 82, now retired and living in New Bedford, who in 1929, as a young sister, signed the founding document for the Sisters of Mercy ofthe Union. Last week she was in

Buffalo to sign the document founding the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. While there, she said, she met no one else who had been a 1929 signatory.

During her years of active ministry, Sister Monahan taught at St. Mary's Cathedral, SS. Peter and Paul and St. Patrick's schools in Fall River and at Holy Name and Holy Family schools in New Bedford.

A native of Cleveland, Sister Gottemoeller entered the Cincinnati Sisters of Mercy in 1953.

Currently she serves on the boards of the Eastern Mercy Health System in Radnor, PA, and the University of Detroit. Previously she was a board member for Salve Regina University, Newport, RI; Edgecliff College and Mercy Health Care System, Cincinnati; and Mercy Hospital, Baltimore.

Prior to her election, she was an administrative intern at the Sisters of Mercy Health System in St. Louis. From 1983 to 1990, she was administrator of the former Cincinnati province of the Mercy community.

She holds doctoral and master's degrees in theology from Fordham University and a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Notre Dame.

In remarks prior to and following her election, Sister Goettemoeller said, "I believe in the importance of the Institute for the ongoing life of Mercy, ofthe church and of the world."

She added that she believed that "one of the chief reasons for our Turn to Page II

FORT PIERCE,. Fla. (CNS)As 23-year-old Kimberly Bergalis lay dying of AI DS at her family's home, Anna and George Bergalis struggled to understand why their daughter contracted the disease.

Hers is the first confirmed case of an AIDs-infected doctor infecting a patient, according to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.

Her parents say their Catholic faith has given them the fortitude to help Kimberly achieve something by her death - to see federal legislation enacted to require certain health workers to be tested for AIDS and to punish those who are infected but fail to tell patients of their disease.

"It is such a shock to us," said Mrs. Bergalis, a public health nurse. "Our goal is to keep it from

happening to other families. It should never have happened to this family, either."

During an interview with the Florida Catholic, newspaper of the Palm Beach diocese, Mrs. Bergalis sat next to her blonde-haired, blue-eyed daughter, now so emaciated and diseased that she cannot talk or walk.

"Kim could have easily laid out in her backyard and quietly slipped away," Mrs. Bergalis said. "This is a tragedy as it is, but if we had not done anything it would have been more of a tragedy.

"I feel in my heart that this is her assignment," she added. "I am sure her mission in1ife was to educate people about AIDS and bring to attention that it is not just a gay disease."

In December 1987, while a stu-

dent at the University of Florida studying for a career as an actuary, Kimberly went to Dr. David Acer in Fort Pierce to have her wisdom teeth extracted. Two years later, in December 1989, she was diagnosed as having AIDS. "It WllS the shock of my life and my family's as well," Kimberly wrote in a much-publicized letter to Florida health officials in April, pleading for laws to protect others by requiring health professionals to be tested for the AIDS virus.

After the diagnosis, investigations began, going back as far as her grade school days at St. Anastasia School in Fort Pierce.

Kimberly didn't fall into the categories of typical AIDS victims: She said she had never used Turn to Page II

For sur.vival, U .8. Maronites must evangelize, says leader CINCINNATI (CNS) - Maronite Catholics must reach out to those in their church who are inactive if the rite is to survive, says \rchbishop Francis M. Zayek of the Diocese of St. Maron.

"We can disappear as a rite if we don't gather together and if we don't try to reach other Maronites," he said at the 28th annual National Apostolate of Maronites convention, held July 16-21 in Cincinnati.

The convention was preceded by a business session for priests, attended by Msgr. Norman J. Ferris, pastor of St. Anthony of the Desert parish in Fall River and Father Edward T. Nedder, pastor of Our Lady of Purgatory parish,

New Bedford. Both parishes, although territorially in the Fall River diocese, belong to the diocese of St. Maron, which includes all U.S. Maronites and has its headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y. Massachusetts has seven Maronite parishes, the second largest number among the states, exceeded only by Pennsylvania, with eight parishes.

MSJr. Ferris said that the next year's national conference will be held in Boston and that a regional conference is scheduled for late September in Waterville, Maine.

There are 500,000 'Maronites in the United States, but only about 52,000 are practicing the Maronite rite, Archbishop Zayek said.

"Where are the half million Maronites?" he lamented. "Why do they not come?"

Some Maronites no longer associate with the church because they attend Latin-rite churches, have married into other faiths, no longer practice any religion, or have no interest in their Maronite heritage, Archbishop Zayek said.

He added that it has been difficult to get a feeling of togetherness among practicing Maronites because they are scattered about the country, with 60 Maronite parishes and missions in 23 states and the District of Columbia.

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AT LEFT, the imposing Desert Shield/ Desert Storm monument in St. Mary's Square, Taunton; right, scene at ecumenical service in St. Mary's Church. (Photos courtesy of Taunton Daily Gazette)

Gulf vets' official welcome begins at St. Mary's .

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S1. Mary's parish, Taunton, Tauntonians who during the Gulf played a large part in the recent crisis attended a special weekly official state homecoming·celebra- Mass for peace at St. Mary's. 'tion for Gulf War military personFather Paul G. Connolly, St. nel. Based in Taunton, the daylong "Stand Tall for America" Mary's pastor, said the Tuesday festivities began with an ecumeni- night Masses, offered at the spontaneous request of many parishcal prayer service at St. Mary's.

Its highlight was the dedication . ioners, were attended by hundreds. of a monument in S1. Mary's both within and without the pare Square to all Gulf War veterans. ish. The celebrant was Father Raul Of pink and black granite, it and a M. Lagoa, himself a Vietnam vetenearby flagpole were the gift of ran, who was then chaplain at

in raising funds for the St. Mary's Square monument, which was crafted from marble originally at a former Carmelite COnvent chapel "No one was in a hurry," said in South Dartmouth. He said that Father Connolly, "and the Masses the monument and flagpole, which might go for an hour and 15' minare illuminated at night, have drawn utes. At the prayer of the faithful, much favorable attention from area the names of over 100 per~ons residents. serving in the Gulf were individuFollowing the dedication service, ally mentioned." , " . '. . . the state tribute to Gulf veterans The pastor said that children at continued with a parade and eventhe parochial school assisted greatly ing fireworks.

Taunton's Morton Hospital and is now parochial vicar at St. Michael parish, Fall River.

State pro-lifers to fight parental consent changes BOSTON (CNS) - Pro-life advocates are gearing up to fight Massachusetts.. Gov. William Weld's proposed changes in state law that would make it easier for teen-age girls to' get abortions without parental consent.

Weld and Lt. Gov. Paul Cellucci said they would seek to lower from 18 to 16 the minimum age at which girls do not need approval of their parents to get an abortion.

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They also want to change the law so that only one parent must give consent for a girl under 16 to have an abortion instead of both' parents, as the law now requires.

"This is a major anti-life, proabortion position by both the governor and the lieutenant governor," said Gerry D'Avolio, executive director of the ,Massachusetts Catholic Conference, who vowed to "work very hard to defeat any efforts by the administration to weaken our present laws on abortion."

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Weld, who promised in his campaign last year to protect abortion rights for women, said the changes were needed to guard against an increasingly conservative U.S. Supreme Court which could overturn the landmark 1973 Roe vs.

Wade decision legalizing abortion in this country.

In an interview with the Boston Globe, Cellucci said the administration believes 16- and 17-yearold girls are mature e.nough to decide for themselves whether they should have an abortion.

But Theresa Hanley, president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, said it 'is "outrageous" to assume a young woman is capable of informed consent in such cases, when she probably cannot even give a doctor an accurate personal medical history.

"A child has to have permission to get her teeth drilled or her ears pierced," Ms. Hanley said. "And [Weld and Cellucci] want to allow her to have a procedure which can have immediate medical complications and long-term psychological complications, without her parents having any say."

Parents will automatically have to assume responsibility for the child if anything goes wrong, she added, so they have a right to be informed.

Barbara Thorp, director of the Pro-Life Office ofthe Archdiocese of Boston, said the proposals were especially radical in light of a national poll last year which found that 76 percent of Americans favor

requirements that both parents be informed ifa minor under 18 wants an abortion.

"I can't think of any other medical procedure that a teen"would undergo where the parents would more want to be involved with the decision," Mrs. Thorp said. "We're talking about the taking of a human life by a minor."

"I think this administration is becoming extremist in their policies," said D'Avolio. "They seem to be on a trend toward abortion on demand up through all nine months [of pregnancy] ."

The proposals are expected to come before the Massachusetts Legislature in the fall.

Death law nixed DENVER (CNS) - The Colorado Supreme Court has overturned the state's death penalty law, saying it violates state constitutional clauses on cruel and unusual punishment and due process. The court said the law, amended in 1988, was unconstitutional because it automatically imposes the death penalty when aggravating and mitigating circumstances are equal. Prior to 1988 the law required a jury to be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that mitigating factors did not outweigh aggravating factors.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - The House voted July 25 to lift a ban on the use of fetal tissue in federally funded research projects, but , fell five votes short of the number needed to override a threatened veto by President Bush.

The vote was 274-144 to authorize $4.4 billion for the National Institutes of Health. The Senate is not expected to take up the legislation before September.

Administration officials have said Bush would veto the legislation if it did not continue the ban on fetal tissue research. Rep. Christopher H. Smith, R-N.J., said the vote "demonstrated that we will be able to sustain the veto. I'm not worried about it."

Douglas Johnson,legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee, mourned passage of the legislation, saying that "it is unworthy of us, as a nation, to kill our unborn children and then cannibalize them for spare parts."

The legislation would overturn a 3-year-old ban on the use offetal tissue from most abortiQns in federally funded research. The only exceptions in the ban are on tissue from miscarriages and from abortions performed to save a mother's life.

Researchers say they have had some success in using fetal tissue to treat Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, leukemia and diabetes and in research to prevent birth defects.

Helen Alvare, planning and information director for the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, said an "unfortunate" result of the debate over the use of fetal tissue has been that "the sympathetic appeal by people with diseases that they believe can be cured is burying the real truth of what abortion is and what it has always been and makes abortion seem like a lesser evil."

In a May letter to a House committee, Vincentian Father John W. Gouldrick, then executive director of the U.S. bishops' pro-life office, urged that the ban on research using tissue from deliberately aborted fetuses be upheld.

To lift the ban, he said, would "require federally sponsored collaboration with the abortion industry"; would allow parents planning an abortion "to give consent for use of tissue as though they could speak for the child~s best interests," and would provide "an additional, allegedly 'altruistic' reason for going through with' an abortion." .

Heads pro-life unit WASHINGTON (CNS) - Gail Quinn, who has worked with the National Conference of Catholic Bishops since 1966 on family and pro-life matters, has been named executive director of the -bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, the first layperson to hold that post. She is the author of "Life Issues Forum. a syndicated column, and a founding member of Women Affirming Life 'Inc., an organization of professional Catholic women seeking to have an impact on the nation's abortion debate.

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Nigerian missioners NEW YORK (CNS) - The church in Nigeria is now not only . receiving mission aid but sending missionaries to other countries, including the United States, says the U.S. director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Bishop William J. McCormack went to Nigeria for the ordinations of 13 priests of the Missionary Society of St. Paul, an agency ofthe Nigerian bishops comparable to the U.S. Maryknoll Fathers in the United States. The bishop said Nigeria, the most populous coun-

try in Africa, was the only one with such an agency.

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BOSTON PRIESTS participate in a candlelight ceremony closing Emmaus, a yearlong spiritual renewal program. (eNS photo)

Boston priests end renewal year BOSTON (CNS) - About 750 priests of the Boston archdiocese gathered recently for a retreat and concelebrated Mass closing a yearlong Emmaus program of spiritual renewal and mutual support.

Emmaus, a yearlong spiritual renewal program for priests begun in 1974 by an Iowa priest, Msgr.

Frank Bognanno, has been used by a number of dioceses. It focuses not only on the prayer and reflection of a traditional spiritual retreat, but also on opening up communication among priests and improving their sense of priestly identity, fellowship and mutual support.

It draws its name from the town near Jerusalem cited in the Gospel of Luke. A few days after Jesus' death, two disciples traveling to Emmaus were joined by a stranger,

and it was only after walking, talking and sharing a meal with him that they recognized him as Jesus.

The ,"basic and simple" point of the story is that "the Lord only works through an open and cooperative heart," said Msgr.

Bognanno, moderator of the curia of the Des Moines diocese.

The Boston program began in June 1990 with an archdiocesewide priests' assembly. In the 12 months that followed, the priests met regularly in small groups to discuss conflicts, loneliness, rectory life and other issues affecting them as priests. .

Boston's Cardinal Bernard F. Law, who inaugurated the program and participated in it, said it helped him feel more a part of the archdiocesan priestly community.

He said it has already improved

parish life. "I've heard not only from priests, but from laity, about the difference they have perceived."

So far, Boston is the largest diocese in the country to have used the Emmaus program.

Father Thomas Powers, pastor of St. Patrick's Church in Lowell, said many priests were initially skeptical about the program and the ability of such a large group of priests to develop a sense of commurtity.

"They were surprised to discover in one another reservoirs of zeal, courage, trust and humanness qualities that swept away the barriers that so often can create differences in generations," he said.

"We have been forcefully reminded to discard the temptation to think we live separate lives."

500 turn out for bone •. marrow donor searcH Last June 30 local residents responded enthusiastically to a search for a bone marrow donor for a four-year-old leukemia victim. The need oflittle Andrew Cabral was publicized in a June 28 front-page story in. the Anchor.

In response to the story, to advertising and to other public~ ity. some 500 potential bone marrow donors crowded into Espirito Santo church hall in Fall River, said Andrew's mother, Lucia Cabral.

The search for a donor for the Pawtucket, RI, boy ofPortuguese descent began in March, but as yet no match has been identified. His parents have focused their search on areas of ethnic Portuguese populations to increase the chance of finding a compatible donor, "Five hundred is a lot ofpeopie to come forward. We were very pleased,"said Mrs. Cabral.

"But you never have enough until you find a donor," she added.

Mrs. Cabral recently traveled to Portugal to have relatives there tested but the family has received no results as yet from the effort.

Lucia and Joseph Cabral's.

hopes lie in donor drives like the one at Espirito San!9, where persons are asked to' donate two tablespoons ofbl~~d for ~nitial analysis. If a' P9tential . match is discovered, the donor is recalled for a se~ond, more precise screening. , Because of donOr~~~"clen­ tiality rules, the Cabi'als will" not receive information blood test results unless a positive match is discovered and that person agrees to donate marrow for transplan.t.

Meanwhile Andrew is believed to be in remission, a con~ dition that could change at any moment, and he requires intravenous chemotherapY treatments during three-daY hospital stays on alternate weeks.

As there is no way to know how long remission will last, and therefore no way to know how long they have to find a donor, the Cabrals continue to schedule donor searches, the next one on Aug. 25 at St. Elizabeth's parish in Bristol, RI. Another is planned for early September in New Bedford, with information forthcoming. The family can be reached at (401) 72~-4393 or (401) 724-2478.

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the moorina-, Exodus from Massachusetts People are running away from Massachusetts. An analysis of the 1990 census by Northeastern University indicates that close to 150,000 white residents left the state in recent years. On the surface, this figure is not reflected in the total population due to the fact that births exceeded deaths and immigration was on the rise. But information gleaned from the postal service, moving companies and truck rentals, clearly shows that people are on the move out of the Commonwealth.

Much of this situation is caused by the prolonged recession that has so agonizingly afflicted the state. From the area of computers and banking to that of housing and construction, hundreds of thousands are out of work, while other thousands of college graduates are unable to find employment in their chosen fields.

The problem of unemployment is matched by that of the high cost of living, a hallmark of Massachusetts, a very expensive state in which to live. Housing costs, although on the decline, are still exorbitant. Rents are out of sight. Public services are diminishing, while food costs are at an alltime high. The list of depressing facts seems endless and what is even more depressing is that despite political babble, we are a long way away from a turnaround in the situation.

Another and often overlooked cause of decrease in the population has to do with the flight of senior citizens from the state. For most people on fixed incomes, Massachusetts is a complex financial horror show. The state income tax with its unpredictable increases, together with the state sales tax, depletes the fragile resources of the retired. Their hard-earned savings are yielding less interest while state demands do nothing but increase. If retirees own a home, they have another . tax burden in the form of local real estate taxes which never seem to level off, since they are the mainstay of the more than fragile finances of our cities and towns.

As if all this were not sufficient torture, the dismal reality of outrageous inheritance taxes faces many of the ·elderly. The solution has been easy for the thousands able to make a move: become a Florida resident. Reside in Florida for six months, become a legal resident and many Massachusetts tax burdens become past history. Not only that, but auto insurance is low in many areas ofthe state and heating costs are negligible in the southern parts.

This senior exodus is quiet, constant and very real. The losers, of course, are the Commonwealth and all of us who can't escape to a Disneyworld existence and must take up the slack here' at home. What also makes this senior departure so significant is that this is the age group that votes, cares for its property, has a low crime rate and, to speak practically, places no burden on school systems.

In other words, the state is losing thousands of people who would stay in their homes if they could. The insatia,ble tax appetite of Massachusetts is decimating the senior population and no one is filling the gap.

Our liberal politics and policies can no longer plead 'good intentions. We need public servants who wish to serve rather than receive; we need a citizenry no longer satisfied with mediocrity and handouts.

The longer the concerned residents of this state remain silent, the longer it will take to renew the potential of Massachusetts.

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OVER 3,000 SISTERS OF MERCY SIGNED A DOCUMENT ESTABLISHING THE SISTERS OF MERCY OF THE AMERICAS AT A JULY 20 "FOUNDING EVENT" IN BUFFALO, NY. NOW ONE OF THE LARGEST RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE WORLD, THE NEW ORDER JOINS 7,400 MERCY SISTERS IN 29 COUNTRIES AND 45 OF THE 50 US STATES

"Where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." Mt. 18:20

Helping WASHINGTON (CNS) Agreeing that children should be a national priority sounds as American as watching the night sky light up with fireworks on the Fourth of July.

More difficult is agreeing how to do it at a time when the federal deficit has skyrocketed and raising spending for social programs is as popular as deposed Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega.

But a bipartisan 34-member National Commission on Children, chaired by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W. Va., has taken a crack at it. After two years of studying the conditions of the nation's youth, commission members June 24 proposed a $I,OOO-per-child tax credit as the best way to protect U.S. children from poverty and to strengthen the family.

Calling the report "a step forward," Sister of Charity Carmel Somers, organizer for a churchbased community group in California's San Fernando Valley, said that in the greater Los Angeles area, schools "are just not working," younger children than ever before are joining gangs, and many families are unable to find affordable housing.

In their report, Rockefeller commission members said that while most children in the country are healthy, happy and secure, too many are in jeopardy.

"Some adults take on the responsibilities of parenthood with little thought or planning; others shed them with equal abandon. In the halls of government, public investments in strong families and healthy, whole children are grudging and piecemeal," said the report.

The commission, appointed by Congress and the White House, in its report recommends a series of steps to ensure children have financial security, strong families and access to good health care and education. It estimated the proposals would cost the federal government between $52 and $56 billion in the first year.

America~s children Rockefeller has suggested that eliminating federal funding for a manned space station would be one way to pay for the program.

About $40 billion would go for a refundable' tax credit for all children through age 18 that would replace the existing personal tax exemption for dependent children.

Families that don't owe taxes would get a check from the government.

A chapter of the report that focused on health resulted in a dissenting opinion from nine commission members.

Dissenters objected to the report's call for spending $9 billion to extend health coverage to uninsured pregnant women and children.

Other recommendations in the report included: - Testing a plan to guarantee single parents a government-paid benefit if the absent spouse doesn't make his or her child support payments. , - Making the Head Start program for low-income children available to all eligible 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds.

- Encouraging states to give parents a choice in selecting which public schools their children attend.

- Requiring employers to give workers job-protected leave for childbirth, adoptions and family emergencies. A minority on the

praye~BOX Prayer of Praise God of all creation, grant us this summer day some meeting with bird or moon, sheep or star, insect or the sun itself: that we might marvel and know our place and praise you again and for ever and ever. Amen.

commission opposed a federal requirement for family leave, but said businesses should be encouraged to offer it.

- Putting more emphasis on helping families stay together and less on foster care.

Sharon Daly, U.S. bishops' director for domestic social development, said the U.S. Catholic Conference has plans to increase its focus on public policy affecting children.

While the bishops' conference has taken no official stand on proposals included in the commission report, Ms. Daly noted that it has backed a family leave requirement and the concept that "every person is entitled to health insurance" for many years.

The bishops' increased focus on children makes sense, she said.

"It's where the poverty is. Catholic social teaching says first look at those who are most vulnerable, most poor," said Ms. Daly.

Robert Rivera, director of The Metropolitan Organization in Houston, said in Texas there are long waiting lists at Head Start preschools which were designed to give economically disadvantaged children a chance to begin school at the same skill level as their peers.

"So many children start school way behind ... lagging behind in language and social skills," said Rivera, whose community organization includes members of 60 Catholic and Protestant congregations and receives funding from the bishops' anti-poverty agency.

Debbie Kline, Midwest regional director for a CHD-funded agency in Toledo, Ohio, that lobbies for greater enforcement of child support laws, favors the commission's idea of government assistance for families not receiving child support from an absent spouse.

Ms. Kline said $18 billion is owed children nationwide in child support payments. When support payments aren't made, she said, children are "plunged into poverty."

Changing with a God of • surprIses Exodus 16:2-4,12-15 Ephesians 4:17,20-24 John 6:24-35 God is unchangeable, but he certainly does not come across that way on a practical day-by-day level. There is so much about him that we do not recognize or understand, that whenever we receive the smallest new insight into his personality, we must reconstruct our image of him.

This process never ends. Our knowledge of God's creation the best way to learn about him is always expanding. A recent Newsweek cover story on the universe mentioned that .....some 90 percent of the matter in the universe is zipping around totally undetected by any instrument, let alone the human eye. Somewhere out there is a shadow of creation, an entire unseen universe!" How can we believe we already know everything there is to know about God? Of course, when our concept of God changes, we also must change. , When the Lord goes beyond the limits our minds have put on him, we too must go beyond the limits we have placed on ourselv-es.

Whenever one person in a relationship changes, the other must also change, else the relationship dies.

Each of today's liturgical readings implies or demands a change for its readers. This is because the authors have experienced God and his relationship with us in a new way.

Paul addresses this change directly. "You should put away the old self of your former way oflife," he teaches, "corrupted through 'deceitful desires, and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put

By FATHER ROGER KARBAN on the new self, created in God's way in righteousness and holiness of truth." Conversion and the change of heart accompanying it are ongoing.

The ancient Israelites needed to change not just before but during the most important event in their history: the Exodus. They could not imagine God doing the unexpected. Though he had just led them dryshod through the sea, they now begin to grumble: "Would that we had died at Yahweh's hand in the land of Egypt, as we sat by our fleshpots and ate our fill of bread." These were recognized ways to take care of hunger, but they could not happen in the wilderness. So instead of deciding to walk into freedom with a God who demands constant change, they opt to return to Egypt without him and end their days in predictable slavery.

No wonder the Sacred Author mentions the community's reac-. tion when the manna appears.

"What is this?" they ask. They had never seen anything like it. Not only was Yahweh saving them in a way they had never anticipated, he was feediog them with a food they did not even know existed! Those who thought they already knew everything there was to know about the Lord must have had a difficult time during the Exodus.

This "hang looseness" is also demanded of Jesus' followers. No one in today's Gospel pericope had anticipated a bread multiplication; yet what happens after the

miracle is even less anticipated.

Jesus begins to teach the crowd about a hunger they had never before noticed. "You should not be working for 'perishable food," he proclaims, "but for food that remains unto life eternal, food which the Son of Man will give you.. ."

Then, just as some are beginning to draw parallels with Moses and the wilderness, the Lord takes another sharp turn, and looks for his disciples to hang on tightly enough to take it with him. "I myself am the bread of life," he announces. "No one who comes to me shall ever be hungry, no one who believes in me shall thirst again." No one could ever have anticipated such statements.

Just as today we cannot appreciate the amazement of those who first observed heavenly objects through telescopes, we are likewise so conditioned to these Scripture passages that we miss their original impact. Yet unless we understand how these events and words were at right angles to everything people believed in those days, we will never see the necessity to change enough to continue a meaningful relationship with a God of surprises.

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DETROIT (CNS) - Whether a city can turn pro-life demonstrators into trespassers by making a public right-of-way private property may be decided when a federal judge renders his decision in a suit brought by five pro-lifers. U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn has heard final arguments in the suit

Daily Readings Aug. 5: Nm 11:4·15; Ps 81:12-17; Mt 14:13-21 Aug. 6: Dn 7:9-10,13-14; Ps 97:1-2,5-6,9; 2 Pt 1:1619; Mk 9:2-10 Aug. 7: Nm 13:1-2,25-14:1, 26-29,34-35; Ps 106:6-7,1314,21-23; Mt 15:21-28 Aug. 8: Nm 20:1-13; Ps 951-2,6-9; Mt 16:13-23 Aug. 9: Dt 4:32-40; Ps 77:12-16,21; Mt 16:24-28 Aug. 10: 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2,5-9; In 12:24-26

Convention Program Theologian and author Megan

McKenna will deliver the convention's keynote talk Sept. 15 on Catholic socialleachings. Sister of Charity Paula Gonzalez, a biologist and director of the Future Awareness Project, will address a plenary session Sept. 18 on biological and ecological challenges.

Seminar speakers will include William J. Cox of the Catholic Health Association; Sharon M. Daly of the U.S. Catholic Conference Office of Domestic Social Development; Beverly Carroll of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Black Catholics; Mary Cunningham Agee, executive director of Nurturing Network Inc.; and Jesuit Father Richard Ryscavage of USCC Migration and Refugee' Services. .

Also featured will be a dramatic . portrait of Dorothy Day by Lisa Marie Wagner ofthe Call to Action Performing Arts Ministry.

"We at NCCW are emphasizing that this is where Catholic women must be today - involved in social justice issues," said Beverly Medved, council president. "We want Catholic women to be familiar and comfortable with these issues and to know that they, in fact, can do something about sexism, racism, ecological problems, hunger and the other social issues we all must face."

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"The case could be a major precedent-setter ifthe city were to win," said attorney Walter M. Weber of Free Speech Advocates, a project of Catholics United for Life.

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From District II, New Bedford: Dorothy A. Curry,'diocesan treasurer Helen L. Stager and diocesan third vice president Theresa Lewis.

From District III, Taunton: Madeline Wojcik, immediate past president of the diocesan council.

From District V, Cape and islands: diocesan council president Mary Mikita, district president Margaret Everard and diocesan fifth vice president Betty Mazzucchelli.

Also JoAnn Quirk, Margaret Shaughnessy, Madelyn Clancy, Kathleen Maddison, Ethel Zink and Mary Murray.

Mrs. Armstrong is a candidate for third vice president of the NCCW and Miss Curry for a position on the NCCW nominating committee.

Mrs. Quirk will be installed as the new director for the NCCW Boston province, which is composed of diocesan councils from Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont as well as Massachusetts.

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Members of District I, Fall River, attending will be 'Claire McMahon, current chairman of the NCCW nominating committee;

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Pro-life newsletter' WASHINGTON (CNS) - The U.S. bishops' Secretariat for ProLife Activities has begun publishing a monthly newsletter on U.S. euthanasia trends. Called Life at Risk, it will go toall U.S. bishops, state Catholic conference pro-life directors, members of the Catholic and secular press, magazines, wire services, public affairs shows, syndicated columnists, and legal, political and Supreme Court writers on newspapers.

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The Anchor Friday, Aug. 2, 1991

By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN Q. Many years ago I thought I was in love with a 'young man.

True to form I believed I would not get pregnant but I did.

Instead of disappointing and upsetting my family and friends, I had an abortion. ',

Consequences of an abortion I have come to regret what was sinful, but also to accept my action as part of my life and have found an inner peace.

I have married a wonderful man and have a beautiful healthy child.

I truly believe in my heart that God has forgiven me.

But now I have been hearin'g the word "excommunication" linked to abortion and have been afraid to go to confession.

Since some bishops threaten to excommunicate anyone who votes pro-choice, I wonder what would happen if I did go to confession.

Should I, or can I, receive the sacrament of penance? Please help me. (North Carolina)

A. I am terribly sorry you have been away from the sacraments all these years. I hope you will go to a priest and change that immediately.

It is important to be clear about a couple of points. It is true that, according to our church, anyone who procures a completed abortion incurs an automatic excommunication.

However, a number of critical conditions must be met before that, happens.

For example, the person must be at least 16 years old. In addition, and this seems to apply to you, the person must be aware when the act is committed that an

excommunication will be incurred if the abortion is carried through.

Obviously, many people wh'o, know that an abortion is seriously wrong do not know that an excommunication could be involved. This seems to have been your circumstance.

We cannot go to into detail here about other conditions which also could apply in your case. f>lease to to confession as soon as possible, and get back to communion. It' will not be necessary for you or the priest to unravel all the details'of guilt and seriousness which may have been involved years ago.

As you indicate, the past is past.

What has been done is history and cannot be changed. We place all that in God's forgiving arms.

What is important and what you can deal with is where you are today. The priest you talk with will help you to路do that and will welcome you ~ack, as I do.

A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about Mary, the mother of Jesus, is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen" Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, Ill. 61701. Questions for this column, should be sent to Father Dietzen at ,the same address.

Life's not what'you want b,ut what you get By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

I was in the Denverairport waiting to return hom~ 'when }. was distracted by the interaction of a young mother and her four childreno Her oldes~, a boy about 7 or 8, started giving her a hard time because he apparently wanted money to buy candy and, she had said no. tlanding him a peanut-

By Dr. JAMES & MARY KENN,Y

Dear Dr. Kenny: My husband drinks too much. He drinks nightly and gets drunk every Friday and Saturday night. When drunk, he gets unpleasant and irritable, but has never been physically abusiv,e.

Otherwise, he is a good provider, so I've made my, peace with his drinking.

Attending AI-Anon meetings has helped a lot. My problem is our 12-year-old daughter. How do I explain her dad's drinking to her?

By DOLORES CURRAN

Marilyn Van Derbur delivered her finest motivational speech last May. For those unfamiliar with her name, she was Miss America in 1958 and, according to popularity polls, remains a favorite Miss, America. ' After her reign, she developed a career as a motivational speaker who travelled around the country delivering words of inspiration at high schools, conferences and national conventions. I found myself sharing a podium with her in Baltimore many years ago -

when medicine was a man's domain, , bedded within me. She said that if butter-and-jelly sandwich, the would like to have a home of her own but, for lack of money, lives and then she fell in love. She had she had her life to live again, she mother told him: ' , to make the most difficult decision 'would ask only' one thing of the "Life isn't what you want, it's , instead with her daughter. of her life, medicine or marriage. Lord: "Make it difficult."

What had me struggling was what Y9,u get," adding, "and thank From accepting her 'pain, she that young mother's declaration of , Agonizingly, she chose the former.

God, you get what you need."

Several years later, this man, had gotten what: she needed to I mulled that over, wondering if faith: "Thank God, y'ou get what now married, brought his preg- make her the strong, compassionher son could comprehend the you need." nant wife to be the author's patient. ' ate; sensitive healer she had hoped To accept that, one has to be on statement, for it contained a bucket The doctor revealed that when she to become. a higher level of spiritual of wisdom.

I still find it hard to accept life's delivered the baby - with feelings It set me thinking, with objec- maturity.

I remember when I was preg- that it might have been hers - she difficulties. But I cannot' deny that tions welling up about the second half of her comment. I know and nant with my sixth child and dis- faced the most difficult moment of through the pain, rejection, deprivations or losses I experience her life. "agree with the first. part. It is the tressed over my troubled marriage.

My doctor, a woman, gave me a But it was also the most impor- along with the Lord's generous story of everyone's life. , Faces appeared ,before me: my book on pregnancy that was writ- tant. For she learned then who she gifts - I become the person I am , sister-in-law, who didn't want her ten by one of her favorite profes- was and how strong a fabric she supposed to be.

Meanwhile, I think of that was made of. From her pain she terminal breast cancer; my sister, sors, also a woman doctor. mother at the airport, whose It was the book's introduction learned, especially, that she was who hadn't wanted to be a single mother; another sister, who wishes that brought me out of my gloom. doing what she had been pilt on optimistic faith led her-totell her children, "Thank God, you get ' ,her husbaQd didn't have Parkin- The writer toid how she had been 'earth to do. what you need."

Her final words became emson's Disease; a coworke~, who determined 'to be a doctor in an era

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"'m afraid she'll start wben she gets rebellious feelings are often ex- A good rule of thumb is one ounce pn;ssed through the use of ~Icohol. of alcohol (one mixed drink, one older.

I am glad t~ hear you have ,What can you say ,to your canofbeer,onefive-ounceglassof found AI-Anon. Patterned after daughter that might help her? Don't ,wine) for every 50 pounds of body ,,Alcoholics Anony'mous and found lecture or nag h'er. That will be weight. Our body. can deal .with in most communi'ties, AI-Anon is ineffective and may work in reverse. this amount efficiently enough to .a self~help ~upport group for' Here are a few thoughts you might ,avoid serious damage. spouses of alcoh<?lics. To fin(j the share when the right moment Alcohol can bring joy or it can neares't AI-Anon group, look in comes. , betray. , your phone book under Alcohol. As Scripture says, ,"Wine is t1ie ~etting' (Jru.nk is like having a bram concussIOn. The symptoms ics Anonymous or AI-Al)on or call gIft of God that gladdens the hearts your, local mental health center. of men." Don't be afraid to admit are more or less the same: dis.. ,' 't't' b ' d that alcohol offers the benefit of orientation, loss of balance .

You are correc 0 e c o n c e r n e ' , , .' about our dau hter:She has three pleasure.. blackouts, loss ?f conscl~uness, I y . ~ All people dnnk for the same etc. The only dIfference IS that e~r ~ warmng sIgns., . " reason: it m'akes them feel good. some concussions are caused by a ,FIrst, she may have mhented a There is nothing wrong with wantblow to the head' others are caused ing to.feel good. , b y alcohol. ' , tendency toward alCoholism from her f~ther. , , :iJ However, alcohol is a toxin, a How do you know if Dad is an Second, she has the example of poison. Unfortunately, it stays in alCoholic? You can explain to your her father's drinking, and parental the bloodstream a long time and '~daughterthatalcoholism comes in example shapes behavior. destroys brain cells. two varieties: dependence and Third, she is about to enter adoF or those old enough to drink it abuse. Perso.ns who suffer from lescence, a time when normal is important fO set absolute limits. alcohol abuse are causing other

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life problems through their drinking: marital discord, driving under the influence citations, health problems, poor job ratings, etc. Still they drink.

Explain to your daughter that alcoholism ,is a disease and needs treatment.Not all alcoholics will accept treatment. Many whose alcoholism is obvious to everyone else deny that they have the disease. Denial is one of the difficult side effects of alcoholism.

Some people can drink. Some people can't. Some must be very careful. Tell your daughter she is one of those who may have to be more careful than most if she begins to drink.

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her story of incest

not an enviable position, sitting on childhood sexual abuse and con- ,to <;onflict before a federal blue a stage next to Miss America for flicting emotions of love and fear; ,ribbon panel on domestic violence toward the molester. Some adults in San Antonio. By coincidence, all the world to compare. I offered are never able to overcome the the day I was slated ,to testify was it up. shame and guilt of their hidden the day 2Q; incest survivors told But last May her star rose the their stori~s-. -" childhood. It' haunts their .lives highest when she revealed publicly and affect,S their relationships'with.' Listening to them constituted that she had been sexually molspouses and children' as well as the most painful day in my profesested from age five to 18 by her their parents. sional Jife. One after another, these father, 'a respected society milMany have questioned 'why women (no men chose to testify) lionaire and philanthropist. She 'planned to"reveal this dark side of , Marilyn Van Derbur has chosen ,tO,ld, now t,hey Ijved in a limbo her hi~tory at a program being to reveal an evil side of her father 'be~wee~ lOVe and fear of their fathers, brothers, 'or other male launched for adult survivors of who, after all, died in 1984 and incest af' the -renowned Kempe cannot defend himself and his, relatives an~ friends. " National Center for the Preven- name. _ . ' ,:, t ' S9.o n a thread began to emerge.

Almost all of ,them testified that I ask why we nee(J to ask why. tion and Treatment of Childhood they had divulged what was hapAbuse iIi her home city of Denver~' Until victims break that silence but when she learned the press was barrier, incest will continue."The 'penfng'to some member of the family 1;>ut we're cautioned against to be there, she called a press con- molester will feel safe as long as ference and told her story in her the family remains silent out of 'telling anyone beca,~se of the famloyalty and fear of tarnishing the, \!y name. Family pride ,was more own words. important than family health.

Hers was an act of courage and family name.

In the early 80s I was asked to One woman whose father brua gift to women and men, ,too, struggling to come to terms with testify on healthy family reaction tally molested her from ages five to

15, when she ran away from him and home, said her mother warned her not to tell anyone-because her daddy would have to leave and it would be her fault.

Until she joined an incest survivor's support group at age 35, she lived with ongoing shame and guilt.

When she was finally able to express her story and feelings, she started her own healing process.

And that's what Marilyn Van Derbur is doing. She is making it acceptable for victims to cry out, "It was wrong. It wasn't my fault. I am a good person."

Whatever criticism non-incest victims might have of Marilyn Van Derbur, I salute her. If even one child is prevented from becoming a future victim of incest because of her words, Marilyn Van Derbur's sacrifice will not have been in vain.

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Diocese oJ Fall Riyer -.Fri., Aug. 2, 1991

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Covenant House head urges "reinvestment" in youth Thanksjor help bear Editor: In the name of the entire family ofthe Campaign for Human Development, I wish to express our deepest gratitude to Bishop Cronin, the priests, religious and lay persons of the Diocese of Fall River for your generous diocesan contribution. Your support enables the People of God, acting as the Church through the Campaign for Human DeVelopment, to support our common efforts toward the empowerment of the poor through the funding of self-help projects and education for justice.

Over the years, you have experienced and expressed your admiration and support for the many ways the efforts of. CHD have incarnated in the contemporary United States, the rich tradition of Catholic social teaching. Indeed, this latest contribution from your Catholic people enables the Campaign to continue these efforts this year, around education, empowerment and solidarity. So, thank you!

In this year in which we together celebrate, in a spirit of gratitude and re-commitment, 100 years of modern Catholic social teaching we at CH D recall the prophetic message of the U:S. bishops' statement of November, 1990: "Our efforts to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, welcome the stranger. and serve the poor and vulnerable must be accompanied by concrete efforts to address the causes of human suffering and injustice.... We are called 10 transform our hearts and our social structures. to renew theface ofthe earth."

Again, I express our appreciationto you, to the people of your diocese and to Rev. Peter N. Graziano, your CH D Diocesan Directar, for helping to bring this challenge and opportu,nity to life.

Joseph R. Hacala, S.J. Executive Director, CHD

Countering

bigo~ry

Dear Editor: . The editorial which appeared in the July 12 issue of The Anchor was the tonic that Catholics ~eeded to awaken them as to the bigotry which is very rampant toward the church.

Aug. S 1917, Rev. Martin J. Fox, Founder, St. Paul, Taunton 1934, Rev. Thomas A. Kelly, Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River Aug. 6 1961, Rev. Joseph P. Lyons, Pastor, St. Joseph, Fall River Aug. 7 1986, Rev. John F. Hogan, Pastor, St. Julie Billiart, North Dartmouth 1987, Very Rev. Roger L. Gagne, Pastor, St. Mark, Attleboro Falls Aug. 8 1880, Rev. William Brie, Founder, St. Joseph, Fall River

The time has come to castigate men like Governor Wilder, Senator Kennedy, Senator Cuomo and .all of the political personnel who harbor hate and contempt for the spreading of the Go~pel.

It is incumbent on our bishops to lead their flocks in a campaign that will not only obliterate the false doctrines of the National Organization of Women and American Civil Liberties Union but will be a warning that the Church will no longer be silent when attacked.

As mentioned in the editorial, NAACP and B'nai Brith would not tolerate the treatment that is heaped upon Catholics such as Judge Clarence Thomas. Perhaps it would be wise to inquire of Governor Wilder how close he is to Satan.

Father, your editorials are very enlightening and make interesting reading to the subscribers of The Anchor.

Re~pectfully yours, George M. Thomas New Bedford

COKIE ROBERTS, an ABC-TV special correspondent, said she received "a lot of vitriolic hate mail from antiCatholic people" after she identified herself as a Catholic on the Sunday morning news program "This Week with David Bflnkley."

The hatred was based simply on her "being a Catholic," Ms.. Roberts told Catholic News Service.

She raised the issue of religion and mentioned she was a The "Catholic issue" Catholic during debate on the show over reaction to PresiDear Editor: dent Bush's nomination of Congratulations on your editorial commenting on Virginia Gov- Judge Clarence Thomas to ernor Douglas Wilder's query as the U.S. Supreme Court to to whether Supreme Court nomi- succeed retiring Associate nee Clarence Thomas' loyalty to Justice Thurgood Marshall. the pope might obfuscate his Thomas has a Catholic backresponsibility to faithfully interground but more recently has pret the Constitution.

This is, as you know, the same attended an Episcopal church. divided loyalty question put to Al Attacks on Thomas, Ms. Smith and John Kennedy and, we Roberts said, were really antihad all thought, buried by Kennedy in his response to the nation's Pro- . Catholic, which was what testant ministers in Texas and val- sparked her comments on idated by the voters in his election. "Brinkley:' She said that durIt is sad that the issue is still with ing the discussion she identius and that, even as we move into fied her religion to give more the next century, Catholic spokesmen, such as yourself, are com- credence to her remarks. pelled to again address this subject.

Ms. Roberts, an awardI hope that others in the Fourth winningjournalist who also is Estate will pick up on your percep- a news analyst for National tive comments.

Public Radio, is active in litJohn Davitt tle Flower parish in Bethesda, Cotuit Md.

Appalachia outreach

by Kentucky hospital lauded LEXINGTON, Ky. (CNS) - A program that takes two nuns throughout 15 Kentucky counties to visit discharged hospital patients has won the Catholic Health Association's highest award, the Achievement Citation.

The award was presented to St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington for its Appalachia Outreach Program.

Last year, Sisters Betty Shelton and Joan Wilson made more than 4,000 contacts through telephone calls or personal visits to discharged patients.

The hospital is run by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, the order to which both nuns belong.

"We work as a counselor, a social worker and a chaplain," said Sister Shelton ofthe outreach program she has run for five years.

"It brings comfort to people and it shows them that someone really cares."

NEW YORK (CNSY - Daughters of Charity Sister Mary Rose McGeady, president of the Covenant House ministry to homeless and runaway youngsters, said the church should "ring the bell long and hard" to awaken society to the growing number of its "throwaway children" and "disconnected kids."

"The church needs to make support for family life a priority on its advocacy agenda and on its own internal agenda as well," she said, adding that "every segment of society" had decreased its investment in youth over the past 30 years.

"In the days of my youth - 1 admit that was a long time ago -rare was the parish without a youth program, usually a combination of religious, social and athletic events, and usually, too, under the direction of its youngest priest," she said.

Now, she said, fewer parishes sponsor such programs, and young ,people "hang out" in shopping malls and "bright-light zones."

Sister McGeady, who succeeded Covenant House founder Francis.can Father Bruce Ritter as president last September, made her comments in the annual Murray Lecture sponsored by the Jesuits of America magazine. _ The lecture, delivered at Fordham University in New York, honors the late Jesuit Father John Courtney Murray, noted for his work on church-state issues and considered a principal influence behind the Second Vatican Council's document on religious liberty.

Sister McGeady said the best service that parishes could render would be initiating "parenting ·assistance programs that help parents to cope before crisis hits."

"Very few applications to services such as child guidance programs are initiated by parents/' she said. "Alm'ost always, after a problem surfaces and is flagged by teachers, guidance personnel or police, the family is recommended or required to seek assistance....

The provision of preventive guidance by professionals through parent training would help to reverse this bad situation."

Sister McGeady described "dis-

connected kids" as "kids who have lost that most critical of social neces~ities: a sense of belonging."

She said Covenant House sought to reconnect the youngsters it served with their families. But she said this .goal was "growing progressively harder to attain because this (disconnection) is so total."

Sister McGeady drew a somber picture of the situation she said was characteristic of growing num. bers of American youth.

Many of them have dropped out of school, they are committing a growing percentage of all cr~mes and more and more of them are being arrested on drug charges, . she reported.

"By age 17, 50 percent of girls and 66 percent of boys have had sexual intercourse," she said.

"About one in seven teens is actively carrying a sexually transmitted disease, with 2.5 million infected last year."

"Our Covenant House crisis line has dealt with a steady number of calls from youngsters contemplating suicide," Sister McGeady reported. "And our statistics are similar to the surveys showing that 47 percent of teens who attempt suicide citefamily problems as the reason and 23 percent cite depression."

She also gave statistics on teenage "unintended" pregnancies, and said most ofthese mothers had not completed school and had poor prospects for supporting themselves and their babies.

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True listening is always an act of love The following article is drawn from a weekly seminar on Spirituality for Adults being presented this summer in St. Joseph's parish, Woods Hole, by Father William W. Norton, pastor. In subsequent weeks, articles will deal with Surrender to God, Adult Relationships, Environmental Responsibility, Talking to God and Talking to Each Other.

In 1973, public television aired "An American Family," a series that offered a candid portrayal of the day-to-day life of the Loud family:. husband, wife and five children. Although the revelations about the "average family" which included the divorce of the parents and the open homosexual life of the oldest son shocked many viewers, a detailed analysis of any family probably would have been equally shocking.

The film, made with the full permission and knowledge of all the family members, showed in painful detail our tendency to avoid at all costs the experience of pain.

Painful issues remained unmentioned and embarrassing situations were simply denied.

Pat, the wife and mother, expressed this attitude best when she

said "I don't like things that make me feel uncomfortable." The 18year-old son said "You see seven lonely people trying desperately to talk to each other and not one of the seven is listening. Each tries to love, and does not always succeed."

Why Don't We Listen?

It is true that sometimes we

might be willing to listen but are not given the opportunity. For instance, we did not know the truth about Watergate or Vietnam until long after the fact and we all recall the irony of the Massachusetts "miracle." In other words, evaluation presupposes accurate information.

More than that, listening is a learned behavior, an act of love. It requires undivided attention and the presumption that the one talking is telling the truth. It means hearing what the other person is not saying; and it is essential to adult relationships. If you listen to me, you learn who I a~.

Listening is an active verb. It requires active participation. To be a good listener, one must be at peace with oneself and present to the other person. Also, one must not interrupt.

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Thomas Merton.once said: "The Trappist day remains, on the whole, as arduous a day as any with plenty of hard work and long hours of prayer and chores. The monastic setting is one of great simplicity and poverty in which little thought is given to bodily comfort. The monks are bound by a rule of strict silence. They rarely converse with one another except on special feasts and speak only to the superior only when it is necessary. Newspapers and radio are rarely found except for special occasions and only special headlines of the world's news reach the ears of the monks."

Why this life? The silent life is a valid way to God, to personal . sanctity. Basically, Anthony the hermit was gripped by the realization that sanctity is listening to God. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, in her book, "Gifts from the Sea," says it well for the laity: "Actually these are among the most important times in one's life - when one is alone. Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. The artist knows he or she must be alone to create, the writer to work out his thoughts, the musician to compose, the holy person to pray. Solitude is a garden where contemplation and prayer may grow."

The silent life is listening to the Lord, a witness to the truth that Christ comes first. In the spirituality of the early church, emphasis Lifetime Listener shifted from being a martyr ~ a One ofthe fascinating figures of sacrifice of life - to a life of sacriearly Christianity is an Egyptian fice, spiritual day to day martyrnamed Anthony. His well-to-do dom.

Christian parents died when he Listening to Children was 20 years old. Six months later, Anthony walked into a church and .

There are various ways in which listened to the Gospel as our Lord adults listen to children: l. They Jesus counseled a rich young man don't really listen and the child is "If you want to be. perfect, go sell literally talking to himself; 2. They all you have, give it to the poor and pretend to listen, now and then come follow me." . interjecting an "uh, huh," "that's Home Anthony went and gave nice," or "isn't that special?"; away 200 fertile acres ~o his neigh- 3. They listen selectively, really bors, all else he owned he sold and paying attention if a child is, for gave the proceeds to the poor. For example, describing his day with a the next 85 years he lived a hidden divorced dad. life of solitude, dying in the open It is true that it can be very bordesert 100 miles from Cairo, 20 ing to listen to childish babble, but miles from the Red Sea. it's possible to strike a balance, The world beat a path to his regularly giving a child your full desert door. The sick and the heart- attention. sore, the wealthy and the poor, Your willingness to do this is the philosophers, soldiers, all stormed best evidence of your esteem for his solitude. After he died at 105 the other person. When you listen,

tener should be calm, avoiding judgment or put-downs. He or she' may sometimes just listen, not supplying answers. Often the person speaking can uncover the meaning of what is being said and arrive at answers simply by expressing himself or herself.

A good listener should try to be aware of what a speaker is communicating through eye contact, hesitation, lowering of the voice, gestures, changing the subject or simply being silent. Remember: silence is a statement.

One should allow the other person to speak until words have been exhausted and should invite further meetings if it is felt they are needed.

Examples of such active listening are found in the confessional and in the contemplative life.

Indeed, the vocation of the contemplative is to be a lifetime listener.

In the confessional, the penitent speaks while the confessor listens attentively without interruptions.

The situation is one of complete confidentiality and simply the act of coming to confession is a tremendous statement on the part of the penitent. Today, however, reconciliation is the forgotten sac,rament and many fail to experience its healing power because they are misled by such erroneous teachings as that there is no such thing as mortal sin or, indeed, accountability for any sin. Some aver they speak directly to God and need not go through another human being; or that there is no need to, feel contrition.

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To sum up: true listening is total concentration on the other and is always an act of love.

525 million raised in collection for retired religious WASHINGTON (CNS) - More than $25 million was distributed to U.S. Catholic religious orders recently to help with retirement and health costs for their aging members.

The funds came from the third annuliJ collection of the Retirement Fund for Religious, held in most U.S. dioceses in December 1990. The collection raised $25,786,114.03, making it the most successful of the fund's three ~peals t~us fa~ .

The Tri-Conference Retirement Office, ajoint effort ofthe National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Leadership Conference of Major Superiors of Menan the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, runs the annual national collection, which is to run for 10 years from its inauguration in 1988.

In all, the retirement office has distributed $74.6 million, either through basic grants exclusively for support of currently retired religious or for deposit to their retirement fund, or special assistance grants, designed to help congregations plan for future retirement needs.

Funds from the 1990 collection went to 482 basic grants to women's religious congregations; 138 basic grants to men's congregations and 26 special assistance grants - 20 to individual women's congregations and six to collaborative projects of several religious orders.

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MARYKNOLL, N.Y.(CNS)Donations to the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers held steady in 1990 at about $29 million despite weakness in the national·economy.

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Canned liturgical 'music strikes sour note with pastoral musicians WASHINGTON (eNS) - A national organization of full time professional church musicians has condemned the use of"prerecorded accompaniment" for liturgical music, except in those limited circumstances permitted by church norms.

"To replace live musicians with prerecorded music would be akin to replacing live homilists with recordings by theologians," said a resolution from the National Association of Pastoral Musicians' division for directors of music ministries approved at the organization's annual meeting.

"In particular, we deplore ~he manufacture, advertising and sale of devices designed explicitly to provide prerecorded instrumental accompaniment for the singing of the assembly during liturgical celebrations," the group said.

In another resolution the musicians urged parish, diocesan and national action to upgrade the "low salaries and poor benefits" of pastoral musicians.

Members of the Director of Music Ministries Division held a meeting in conjuction with a convention last month ofthe National Association of Pastoral Musicians in Pittsburgh. Resolutions were later released by association headquarters in Washington.

Association membership is open to clergy and all those involved in liturgical music, paid or volunteet, fulltime or parttime, but only members with fulltimejobs in parishes or dioceses as music directors belong to the association's Director of Music Ministries Division.

Father Virgil C. Funk, the association's executive director, said the resolution against canned music for liturgical services was sparked by what apparently is a growing use of computer technology to generate musical accompaniment for singing at parish Masses. .

The computer-generated music is essentially a highly sophisticated version of the old player piano or music box. An electronic box that can store hundreds of preprogrammed songs is used to drive an electronic keyboard.

There are only a few circumstances in which any form of prerecorded accompaniment is allowed in worship under Catholic liturical norms, Father Funk said.

Msgr. Alan Detscher, associate system that offers instant access to director of the U.S. bishops' Secretprerecorded organ accompaniment ariat for the Liturgy, agreed. "It's for a wide range of liturgical songs. only permitted for children's liturFitzGerald said the system is used gies. Otherwise, there's no permisin about 500 parish churches, hossion to use it." pital and nursing home chapels "The act of worship is a living and other places of worshio.

He said he agreed that instruact of the assembly," Msgr. mental music in worship should be Detscher added. "Tape-recorded live whenever possible. music is not a part of that."

"Our customers are usually parThe music directors' resolution ishes in remote areas" or in places cited comments on recorded music like resorts, he said, where the pasin "Liturgical Music Today," a tor cannot find enough compe1982 statement of principles and guidelines by the Bishops' Com- tent, regular volunteer musicians to establish a reliable program of mittee on the Liturgy. liturgical music.

Recorded music "should, as a For a parish facing frequent or general norm, never be used within weekly liturgies with no instruthe liturgy to replace the congregamentalist available, he said, "singtion, the choir, the organist or ing a capella regularly can be very other instruments," the 1982 docwearing." ument says.

McGrath expressed similar It allows certain exceptions, views. If instrumentalists "are not saying: "Recorded music. may be available, even though you try used to accompany song during an your level best, what do you do?" outdoor procession and, when used he asked. carefully, in Masses with children.

Synthia, his company's product, Occasionally it might be used as an aid to prayer, for example, during is a computerized system developed long periods of silence in a com- by a computer specialist who origmunal celebration of reconcilia- , inally did not intend to market it but simply wanted to help meet the tion."

The document also recognizes needs of a small mission parish.

Advantages of computer-generthe use of electronic music in conjuction with - but not as a ated over tape-recorded music replacement for -live instruments include the ability to decide how in certain liturgical compositions many verses to play, to set one's in which such music is an integral own key and tempo, and to use the full range of instrumental capabilpart of the composition.

When no musicians are availa- ities available on the electronic ble for a mass, Father Funk said, keyboard, he said. the liturgical norms call for the Just Pay assembly either to sing a capella or The resolution on just pay for to worship without music. those employed in music minisRecorded Music Defended tries cited a 1990 national survey Officials of two U.S. companies by the association which "found that manufacture prerecorded that salaries of pastoral musicians music systems were, however, quick in the United States fall well below to defend their products as a those of' other lay and religious "practical" help for Masses that employees" ofthe Catholic Church. would otherwise be without music.

"The need for fostering musical "Ofcourse it isn't the ideal thing," art in the liturgy is more critical said Bob FitzGerald of I.T. Verdin than ever," it said, but fewer qualiCo. of Cincinnati. "It's something fied musicians are entering the a pastor can use as a backup when field because of inadequate compenhe's in a bind." sation.

The resolution particularly asked A prerecorded music system "is not designed to take the place of the U.S. bishops to develop a system for "portability of benefits" so anyone. We don't want to see that that a musician who moves from happen," said Michael McGrath one diocese to another will not of Sun Coast Systems in Pensacola, Fla. lose the value of pension benefits LT. Verdin produces a cassette accumulated in the first dioceses.

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FATHER JOHN Kolanko in the running long jump competition at the Wisconsin Senior Olympics. (eNS photo)

Priest, 78, goes for gold in senior olympics

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MILWAUKEE (CNS) - Four years ago, Father John Kolanko, a 78-year-old priest of the Milwaukee Archdiocese who has maintained a weekly fitness regimen since the 1960s, slipped on some ice and wrenched his knee.

Although arthroscopic surgery helped heal the injury, the priest didn't believe his knee was back to its original condition. So he decided to enter the Wisconsin Senior Olympics this summer "to see if I was still competitive," he said.

The answer came in gold medals: .

Father Kolanko won them in three of the five events he entered. The priest, participating in the 75-79 age group, won the 4oo-me~er run, the discus throw and the shot put.

Father Kolanko's love for athletics dates back to his seminary days.

"I wasn't a brilliant student so, in the seminary, it was athletics that gave me my fuzzy points.

Others could excel in scholarship, but I wasn't that brilliant," Father Kolanko told the Catholic Herald, Milwaukee's archdiocesan newspaper.

In the seminary, he played baseball, basketball, hockey, tennis - "I considered myselfthe best tennis player-at the seminary." As ajunior in a football game against the seniors, he recovered a fumble and ran 64 yards for the game's only score.

"You accent the positive and make the best of your best," Father Kolanko said.

In residence at Our Lady of Good Hope Parish in Milwaukee, he is involved with the parish St. Vincent de Paul Society and senior citizen club and a northwest Milwaukee ecumenical dialogue. He also regularly visits sick parishioners.

"I can identify with the older people. I think it's sad that we have more and more older people and there are fewer older priests," Father Kolanko said.

He recalled one hospital visit when he addressed a 62-year-old parishioner as "kid." "I told him since I'm 78, I could call him a kid.

They usually enjoy that," Father" Kolanko said.

And he has no intentioh of slowing down. His current 'goal is to compete in the U.S. National Senior Olympics scheduled for Baton Rouge, La.. in 1993.

"There's the old saying 'you use it or you lose it,''' Father Kolanko said. "The temptation at my age is to sit around and do nothing and that's not good."

Two other priests represented the archdiocese in the Senior Olympics. Father Michael Sablica, 71, won eight gold medals, five in swimming events and three in distance dashes. Jesuit Father Leo Burns, 86, took six medals in other events.

~ praye;:~>BOX Life of Marriage o Father Almighty, raise up generous men and women who are willing to procreate saints for the Kingdom of Heaven, and to make the family of man on earth a community of peace, truth and justice according to Your providential plan.

Amen.

The way we were Been to any reunions lately? We seniors get to go to more oldtimer gatherings than anybody, naturally, because we're survivors. I've been to a few in my day, but consider this.

By the time you stumble on to these words I will have attended the 60th reunion of my 1931 eighth grade graduating class.

Like other public and parochial schools in those days, the Ascension parish school graduated its eighth graders twice a year, in January and June. Having skipped a half grade, I was a January product, and I started ninth grade in a public school - unable to afford the only boys' Catholic high school in town.

I've weathered both high school and college reunions - my wife's and mine - but never a grade school gathering. There were more than 100 kids in the two '31 classes, and mote than 20 are dead. I have no idea how'many will make the 60th.

Reunions are not everybody's cup of tea, I know. Those who go are usually extroverts, in good health or the ones who've "made it." It's hard to get widows and widowers to come, and even harder to find class members who have moved away.

Other holdouts are shy people, like Minnesota's wandering boy, Garrison Keillor. They don't like to get up and talk about themselves, and they would faint ifthey had to give a speech.

To prepare for my big 60th I have prepared a speech. I haven't been asked to give one yet, but just

in case ... 'It's a general purpose speech for senior reunions, and I want to share it with you.

You probably have heard it. It comes in many versions, but the one I like best is called "The Way We Were." I found it in the parish bulletin at Madonna of Jerusalem church, Sharpsburg, PA, where the Rev. Michael J. Vecchio is pastor. Father Vecchio, 65, got it at his 45th high school reunion a few years back.

I've retouched it lightly, as I do all my speeches, but here it goes.

(Clip and save it. You might be called on. No credit needed.)

We were before television, the pill, polio shots, antibotics, frisbees, frozen food, nylon, Dacron and Kinsey.

We were before radar, fluorescent lights, credit cards and ballpoint pens.

For us, time-sharing meant togetherness; a cbip meant a piece of wood; and software wasn't even a word.

In 1931, bunnies were small rabbits, and rabbits weren't volkswagens.

We were before Batman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Snoopy, before DDT and vitamin pills, disposable diapers, jeeps and the Jefferson nickel; before Scotch Tape, M&Ms and the automatic shift.

When we were in school, pizzas, Cheerios, frozen orange juice~ instant coffee and McDonald's were unheard of. We thought fast food was what we ate during Lent.

We were before FM radio, tape recorders, electric typewriters, word

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processors, VCRs, elevator music and disco dancing. We were before pantyhose and drip-dry clothes; before refrigerators and dishwashers, clothes dryers, freezers and electric blankets; before men wore long hair and earrings and women wore tuxedoes. We got married first and then lived together. How quaint!

In our day cigarette smoking was fashionable. Grass was mowed.

Coke was something you only drank, and pot was what you cooked in.

We were before coin vending· machines, jet planes, helicopters and interstate highways. In 1931, "making out" referred to how you did in an exam.

In our time there were five and 10 cent stores where you could buy things forfive or 10 cents. For one nickel you could ride the streetcar, make a phone call, buy an ice cream cone, or purchase enough stamps to mail one letter or two postcards. You could buy a new Chevy coupe for $900, but who could afford it? Nobody. A pity, too, because gas was 18 cents a gallon.

We were not before the difference between the sexes was discovered, but we we.re before sex changes. In 1931, wejust made do with what we had.

open joint retirement home

BALTIMORE (CNS) - In an of each order and the nuns were unusual approach to the problem brought together for group discusof caring for elderly and infirm 'sions and tours of each other's members, two of Baltimore's facility.

Founded in Baltimore in 1890, oldest religious orders have opened an intercommunity retirement the Mission Helpers are a relahome for members of both orders. tively small order of 133 sisters The Villa, dedicated in May, committed to religious education, will house up to a total of 70 particularly for the poor and needy.

Members travel from their Baltmembers of the Mission Helpers ofthe Sacred Heart and the Sisters imore base to ministries throughout North and South America to of Mercy.

The project involves a $3.5 mil- help people with special needs lion expansion and renovation of families in inner-city neighborthe existing Mercy Villa near hoods, immigrant communities, Towson, a Baltimore suburb. The students on college campuses, the facility was built in 1974 to house deaf and the handicapped. Once a year, they return to the Baltimore 50 Sisters of Mercy.

Construction was completed, motherhouse for contemplative ahead of schedule, this April but .retreats with their religious sisters.

The Baltimore'Sisters of Mercy The Villa actually had its beginnings in the late 1970s, when reli- are part of a larger international gious leaders in the Baltimore religious organization, founded in Ireland in 1831. There are more Archdiocese began discussing posthan 300 sisters in the Baltimore sible solutions for caring for retirprovince, whose ministries extend ing religious.

In March 1988, the Sisters of ·through Maryland, the District of Mercy and the Mission Helpers Columbia, Georgia, Alabama and agreed to ajoint capital campaign northern Florida.

Design of The Villa reflected to help fund the project and some unique needs of the two appointed the formal committee for The Villa Joint Retirement orders and an interest in preservConvent, with equal representa- ing the retired sisters' independence as much as possible. tion from both orders.

Mercy Sister M. Kathleen SteinAs the project progressed, Sister kamp, project director, helped the Angela Marie Ebberwein, Balti- architects understand the needs of more provincial administrator of a contemplative lifestyle. the Sisters of Mercy, an~ Sister The architectural firm of EdDanielle Murphy, major superior munds and Hyde had first envisifor the Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart, took steps to assure that their members were familiar with the project and comfortable with members of the other order.

In addition to giving the sisters progress reports on the construc-· tion, the Mission' Helpers' audio. visual office began taping a history

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oned The Villa's chapel as similar to a public church. Honoring the sisters' desire for private devotional prayer and quiet, the final design is an elegantly simple area, with a gentle sloping ceiling.

The modern nurse-call systems, the wider doors for wheelchairs and the special whirlpool baths all are designed to help the sisters maintain their independence.

Eldercare Locater offers aid to aged Eldercare Locater, a new tollfree telephone service available in the six New England states, offers elders and caretakers access to the National Aging Network.

The Locater number, 1-800-67711 J6, may be called between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for connection to information sources for services such as Meals on Wheels, transportation, legal assistance, housing options, recreationai activities, adult day care, senior center programs, home health and nursing home services and advice on prevention of elder abuse. .Eldercare Locater is expected to be of particular assistance to persons interested in services for a parent or other relative living in another state, since it brings together information from area, state and national agencies on aging.

Those using the service should have at hand the name and address of the person in need of assitance and be able to describe the type of aid sought.

-Information from article in Senior Events, publication of Mansfield COA

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri" Aug. 2,1991

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,Young refugees recount harrowing experiences

I~ BUFFALO, Sisters of Mercy are welcomed in English, Spanish and Gaelic, the latter recalhng that the 7,400-member 'community was founded in Dublin, Ireland. (eNS photo)

AIDS victim seeks to save others Continued from Page One drugs and ,,:as a virgin. She said she had led a chaste life, having made the decision, in accordance with her Catholic upbringing, to wait for marriage for sexual relations.

Genetic sequencing tests eventually linked Acer's AiDS virus with Kimberly's strain. The Bergalis family later discovered that some health officials' in Florida were aware of Acer'sAIDS three months' before Kimberly saw him.

The family's paStor, Father Mark Christopher of St. Anastasia Church, said Kimberly's experience has been "almost biblical. If you are suffering, your message will come through.", He said she is frustrated that AIDS is seen as a "political issue rather than a medical issue." But without her, he said, the warning would not get through.

"When Kimberly speaks, because she was young and vibrant" and because hers is the first confirmed case of a patient infected by a doctor, "now she is being heard," Father Christopher said. "I think if it were not for Kimberly we would st~ll.be back in the days when we were spreading condoms and clean needles and blaming the Haitians and gays. She brought it out of that era and now she'is winning."

Kimberly has forgiven Acer, who died Sept. 19, 1990, the pastor said, but the continued absence of laws t9 test doctors is a source of anger.

Father' Christopher said Kimberly hopes to live long enough to see the U.S. House of Representatives pass the so-called Bergalis Bill, already approved in the U.S. Senate, which would direct states to require thai health professionals engaged in certain procedures be tested for the AIDS, virus.

Anothed;i'n 'pas~ed by the Senate mandates pris'on terms for health worke~s who know they have AiDS but fail to inform patients. , Mrs. Bergalis asked Kimberly if she was pleased'. by the Sena'te vote. Very slO\vly pressing, eight keys on a laptop computer with which she communicates, Kimberly typed, "E-C-S-T-A-T-I-C." Her determination to see such legislation pass has its roots in her

upbringing, according to her father, finance director for Fort Pierce.

"As with most parents, you try to place your children in an 'envi- , ronment that they will grow up and live with the values you teach them," he said .."I anticipated that she was a strong enough girl in her faith'that she would practice her convictions~" , "I also credit the Catholic school system here," 'Bergalis added.' "I think it helped 'prepare her for this' situation. They prepared her (or life and death."

Mrs. Bergalis agreeq, recalling that when one of Kimberly's girlfriends, a 16-year-old classmate at John Carroll High Scho'ol, was killed in an automobile accident, the Catholic high school "haq all these prayers and Masses and that helps prepare them for what life is all about."

"I think this is where you put your faith into practice - by believing in eternal life," she added.

"It does sustain us. This is just a sh!Jrt time we have together."

Evangelize, Maronites'told Continued from Page One clergy and not for the chancery," he said. "It is not easy to gather as a people."

If the Maronite rite in the United States dies out, the archbishop pred icted, the entire Catholic Church would .suffer.

"To let a church die means we are going to see Christ without an arm or without a foot. The Maronite church is part of the richness of his body, the chu,rch."

Sr. Gottemoeller , Continued from Page One reorganization is to maximize our commitments, enthusiasms, talents and specialized expertise.

"One of the most powerful resources we have to bring to the' alleviation of suffering, of loneli.ness and alienation in the world is the witness of ourselves' as a 'community.

I , "Religious life is not about the individual pursuit' of individual holiness. We named ourselves as 'communities' ~ we need to exploit the meaning ofthis as a gift for the chu'rch and for the' 'world.!' We 'should not be satisfied that· we have made a difference unless there is some new sense of hope, of God's love, of enhancement of human dignity." , .

Sister G9ttemoelleris the daughter of Charles and Bertha Gotte,moeller of Cleveland. A sister, Marilyn, is a Sister of Mercy in Toledo, Ohio, arid she .has two other, sisters, Martha Sinydra of Detroit and Elizabeth Bartelme of Cleveland.

Like its Latin-rite counterpart, the Maronite rite is in need of evangelization.

"Let our brother Maronites know we are waiting for them," Archbishop, Zayek said, urging conference delegates ,to be "apostles" of the Maronite way.

By revitalizing the Maronite tradition, the entire Catholic Church will be enr'iched, Archbishop Zayek said, noting .that the church's survival through years of persecution was due in part to the "tenacity, faith and love of Maronite people." , He said, "We can indeed enrich the Catholic Church and enrich the Christian community by our triiditions, by the values we have," .Archbishop Zayek urged Maronites'to honor Mary, cllliing her the protector of the 'Maronite peopie. " ,"She must have a place in our hearts, in our ~omes, in our parishes and in our dio'ceses," he said, "Because where she'is, so is Jesus, but if she is shut out, she will take 'the baby with her."

, ,WASHINGTON (CNS) in the orphanage was made to feel S~ortly after Juan Carlos Hidalgo like an outcast.

Though she has been in the Unifled his, native Guatemala for fear . of being killed for his membership ted States for seven years, Miss in an anti-government youth group, Vu, whose father was a black U.S. an unidentified caller told his soldier and mother was Vietna- . mother the 16-year-old's body had mese, said she has not found where she fits in American society. She been found in a jungle.

Hidalgo, now 18, told a recent said many of her Amerasian friends conference of Catholic and Luthe- admit to carrying guilt about the ran refugee workers that he believes Vietnam War since they are consimembers of Guatemala's notorious dered "products of the war."

"I don't feel 1 fit in the Ameripolice force made up the lie to ,force his mother to disclose his can, Vietnamese or black communities," she said, "That's been diffiwhereabouts.

At the time his mother had cult for me."

Tesfaye W. Debelie, a 19-year.received the call, Hidalgo had safely crossed the border into the United old who fled his native Ethiopia nearly three years ago, said his St~tes but was captured and held for more than three months by the family was harassed continuously Immigration and Naturalization , by the Ethiopian government for Service at a refugee detention cen- his brother's anti-government activities. ter'in Texas. ' "My future was very bleak there," Hidalgo was one of five young refugees who recounted their har- he said. "I left because I hoped to rowing experiences at a Washing- find a peace of mind. I feel bad ton conference titled "Dilemmas when I think o'f the' kids suffering ofthe Refugee Child" cosponsored in refugee camps.',' , Sahba Samimi, 16, said that by the U.S. Catholic Conference's division of Migration and Refugee when he left his 'native. Iran two Services and Lutheran Immigra- years ago, he broke his father's heart. tion and Refugee Service.

But Samimi said his family supHidalgo, about to enter his senior year in a Boston high school, said ported his decision, knowing that he has finally found the peace he his chances for survival would was looking for and the love of a increase dramatically if he left Ethiopia, a~ war .with Iraq at the foste'r fath~r. " ' But the youth admits his pain is time. Two bombs had landed in not over. He cannot write' his the family's yard shortly before he " . mother because he fears she will be left.

"When you leave your loved harmed, and he cannot return to his homeland because even his ones behind; you .feel as if your fathl,:r, Ii Guatemalan government heart is divided in two: one half is ,left with your family and the other worker;has 'denounced him.

Mai Le, a 20-year-old from half keeps you going," Samimi Vietnam, said that if her father said. had not planned her escape from 'Vietnam ~s a stowaway on a boat Montie, Plumbing. when she was 14 years old, she Heating Co. 'would have never survived in Over 35 Yea'is Vietnam, much less work as a beautician or attend college. of Satisfied Service Miss Le said she had a difficult Reg. Master Plumber 7023 time at first adjusting to living JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. with a foster family because she 432 JEFFERSON STREET had learned to take care of herself Fall River' 675·7496 in the year it took her to arrive in 'the' United States and she felt , ' guilty about leaving her father behind.

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BISHOP-STUDENTS at the Vatican Observatory were awed by sights such as this of the planet Saturn and two of its satellites. (CI\~S/NASA photo)

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The star of the class, one participant said, was Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash.

But Bishop Skylstad, who had taught physics in a high school seminary; said he found the two courses - a historical investigation of the case of Galileo Galilei and a scientific survey of galaxies - as "challenging" to him as to his brother bishops.

"The magnificence of the universe" prompted spiritual reflections amid the scholarly pursuits, Bishop Skylstad said.

"It's really exciting," agreed Bishop Dinualdo D. Gutierrez. of Marbel, Philippines. "You look at the heavens, and a star is so beautiful it knocks you down. You say, "Oh God, thank you.'''

Bishop Gutierrez and U.S. Archbishop John P. Foley, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, said they were amazed at the telescopic view of Saturn and its rings.

The July 1-20 school was held at the pope's summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, where the Vatican Observatory has offices. The telescopes at Castel Gandoifo are now used only for practice and demonstrations because oflight pollution from Rome.

Jesuit Father George Coyne, director of the observatory, said the summer school is part of the research institute's responsibility "to give the church an idea of what the wori'd of science is like."

Father Coyne said the galaxies were chosen as "a topic that's very hot in modern research" and would allow the bishops "to learn what scientists do by doing what scientists do."

The study of Galileo, condemned by a 1633 church inquisition for

promoting the view that Earth revolves around the sun, gave the bishops a look at "one of the prime, classical examples in history of the meeting of the culture of faith and the culture of science," Father Coyne said.

Galileo's teaching contradicted a literal reading of Old Testament passages that implied the sun revolved around Earth. It also seemed to undermine the theological belief that human beings, redeemed by Christ, were the center of the universe.

The course, of course, recognized the truth of Galileo's discoveries, but also painted him as "abrasive" to the point of cutting off dialogue with the church and causing normal human reactions among church Ie-aders - they wanted him to shut up.

Perhaps if Galileo had been more of a "gentle spirit," more open and respectful in his dialogue, things would have turned out differently, Bishop Skylstad suggested in one class.

Bishop R. Pierre DuMaine of San Jose, Calif., said "the ghost of Galileo hovers over" all of the church's discussions with scientists.

Archbishop Foley said he and his classmates took advantage of good professors and evening free time to explore other faith-andscience topics not on the curriculum, including discussions on the origins of life.

The summer students included four bishops from the Philippines, two each from Iraq and the Dominican Republic, one each from South Africa, Jamaica and Ireland and eight from the United States.

In addition to Bishops Skylstad and DuMaine and Archbishop Foley, the other Americans were Archbishop John F. Whealon of Hartford, Conn., Bishops Manuel D. Moreno of Tucson, Ariz., and Daniel L. Ryan of Springfield, Ill., Auxiliary Bishop Roger L. Kaffer of Joliet, Ill., and retired Bishop Nicolas E. Walsh of Yakima, Wash.

Pope makes curial assignments The assignments announced by VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has named Los the Vatican were: - As members of the CongreAngeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony to the l5-member council of gation for the Doctrine of the Faith: Cardinals Angelo Sodano, cardinals overseeing Vatican financial affairs and Philadelphia Car- Vatican secretary of state; Robert dinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua as a Coffy of Marseilles, France, and Edward I. Cassidy, president of member of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum." the Pontifical Council for PromotThe appointments, announced ing Christian Unity.

- Congregation for EasternJuly 25, were among dozens of curial assignments involving the rite Churches: Romanian-rite Card20 prelates under age 80 who were inal Alexandru Todea of Fagaras inducted into the College of Car- and Alba Julia, Romania. dinals in late June.

None ofthe appointments involve transfers. Every active cardinal is named a member of at least one Vatican congregation, councilor administrative office. The most important decisions of those offices are made at the plenary meetings of their members.

Cardinal Mahony will join New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor asa U.S. member of the l5-member Congregation for Divine Council of Cardinals for the Study ofthe Organization and Economic Worship and the Sacraments: Questions of the Holy See. The Cardinals Virgilio Noe, archpriest council's main concern is helping of St. Peter's Basilica; and Henri the Vatican overcome persistent Schwery of Sion, Switzerland.

- Congregation for Sainthood budget deficits.

The Los Angeles and Philadel- , Causes: Cardinals Bevilacqua and phia cardinals were also named in Noe. - Congregation for Bishops: the July 25 announcement to positions they already hold. Cardinal Cardinals Sodano; Antonio QuarMahony continues as a member of racino of Buenos Aires, Argenthe pontifical councils for Justice tina; Camillo R uini, papal vicar of and Peace and for Social Com- Rome; Pio Laghi, prefect of the munications, and Cardinal Bevi- Congregation for Catholic Educa' lacqua remains a member of the tion; and Cassidy.

- As counselors of the PontifiCongregation for Sainthood Causcal Commission for Latin Ameres. ica: Cardinals Nicolas de Jesus In his new assignment Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez of Santo DoBevilacqua is the only cardinalmingo, Dominican Republic; and member - other than its president - of the Pontifical Council "Cor Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo of Guadalajara, Mexico.

Unum," the Vatican office which coordinates the church's charita- Congregation for the Evanble activities. The council presi- gelization of Peoples: Cardinals dent is Cardinal Roger Etchegaray.

Frederic Etsou-Nzabi-Bamung-

wabi of Kinshasa, Zaire; Cahal B. Daly of Armagh, Ireland; Laghi; Jose T. Sanchez, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy; and Fiorenzo Angelini, president of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers.

- Congregation for Clergy: Cardinals Giovanni Saldarini of Turin, Italy; Schwery; and Laghi.

- Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life: Cardinals Lopez Rodriguez; Jan Chryzostom Korec of Nitra, Czechoslovakia; and Angelini.

- Congregation for Catholic Education: Cardinals Georg M. Sterzinsky of Berlin; and Sanchez.

- Pontifical Council for the Laity: Cardinal Saldarini.

- Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity: Cardinals Todea, QuarraCino and Daly.

- Mem bers of the presiding committee of the Pontifical Council for the Family: Cardinals EtsouNzabi-Bamungwabi and Posadas Ocampo.

- Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace: Cardinal Mahony.

- Pontifical Council "Cor Unum": Cardinal Bevilacqua.

- Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue: Cardinal Coffy.

- Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non-Believers: Cardinals Korec and Sterzinsky.

- Pontifical Council for Social Communications: Cardinals Lopez Rodriguez and Mahony.

--Council of Cardinals for the Study of the Organization and Economic Questions of the Holy See: Cardinals Mahony and Ruini.

- Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See: Cardinal Cassidy.

- Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses: Cardinal Sanchez.

Bishops urged to push pro-life efforts VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has urged the world's bishops to step up their fight against abortion and euthanasia, saying the practices amount to a modernday "slaughter of the innocents."

In a strongly worded letter sent to every bishop, the pope blamed a "prevalent death mentality" for blunting Christian consciences.

The pope's letter, was a followup to an extraordinary meeting of the world's cardinals at the Vatican last April. The meeting centered on the rising number of abortions worldwide and the increasing acceptance in some places of euthanasia, or mercy-killing.

The pope said the meeting had revealed a "striking picture" on numerous and violent attacks on human life, especially on the weakest and most defenseless.

"When legislative bodies enact laws that authorize putting innocent people to death and states allow their resources and structures to be used for these crimes, individual consciences, often poorly formed, are all the more easily led into error," he said.

every opportunity" on pro-life issues.

- Exercise particular vigilance over the teaching being given in seminaries, Catholic schools and universities.

- Make sure the practices followed in Catholic hospitals and clinics are "fully consonant with the nature of such institutions."

- Contribute to programs that aid the suffering and the dying.

He called on bishops to: - Make "public declarations at

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Arrests end nuclear test site retreat LAS VE'GAS (CNS) - For participants in the Corpus Christi Desert Experience, their recent weeklong stay at a Las Vegas Catholic church was a bit more public and a lot more legally complex than most retreats.

The retreat at Christ the King Church drew more than 400 people from 31 states and eight other nations. Their number included lay people as well as priests, nuns and brothers representing 118 orders and at least one bishop who came to the desert for a week of meditation, discussion and prayer.

For 291 of the group, the week concluded with arrests for trespassing and time spent in a makeshift jail.

Cospon~ored by the Nevada Desert Experience, which regularly arranges protests at a nuclear test site northwest of Las Vegas, the retreat culminated with a speech

by Detroit Auxiliary Bishop ThomasJ. Gumbleton. He called upon retreatants to "resist the evil of the nuclear arms race. There is too much structured violence in the world. There is no longer such a thing as low intensity conflict."

After receiving instruction about how to resist.nonviolently, participants at the test site performed ritual blessings taken from Native American traditions. Then groups of about .\0 retreatants at a time walked across the cattle guard that marks the edge of the test site and

were arrested. After being held for several hours in a makeshift jail -a fenced pen - the protesters were cited for trespassing and released. Charges are likely to be dismissed.

As, one demonstrator thanked Capt. J. D. Marlino of the Nye County Sheriffs Dept. and gave him a desert flower, the officer said he was sympathetic with the protesters and thought the group "had every right to protest nonviolently." . "We came to the desert to protest the violence that has for too long been policy in our country," said Dominican Sister Dolores Brooks, speaking for the retreat organizers. "When our children go to sleep hungry and we continue to spend $13 million each on these tests, that is truly evil. We are here to say no to that eviL',' Sister Brooks, who works at the Eight Day Center for Justice in Chicago, said weapons testing in Nevada is symbolic of the increasing militarism of the United States.

The Nevada Test Site covers 1,350 square miles about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The area makes up about I percent of Nevada's total land area and has been the site of about 700 weaponsrela~ed tests since 1951.

Speak Wisely "If I hold my tongue for a day I will speak much more wisely tomorrow." - Fulton J. Sheen

Area Religious Broadcasting The following television and radio programs originate in the diocesan viewing and listening area. Their listings normally do not vary from week to week. They will be presented in the Anchor periodically and will reflect any changes that may be made. Please clip and retain for reference.

OnTV On Radio Each Sunday, 8:00 a.m. WLNE, "Be Not Afraid," 15 minutes of Channel 6. Diocesan Television music and Gospel message coorMass, Those in the Greater New dinated by Father Craig A. PreBedford area who do not have gana, parochial vicar at St. John cable TV see a rebroadcast of the the Evangelist parish, Attleboro, Mass at 11 a.m. on UHF Channel is heard at 8 a.m. Sundays on 20. station WARA, 1320 AM. The CathPortuguese Masses from Our olic clergy of the Attleboro area Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, sponsor the program.

New Bedford: 12:15 p.m. each "The Beat," Christian rock Sunday on radio station WJFD- music and information produced FM,7 p.m, each Sunday on tele- by Building Block Ministries of vision Channel 20.

Taunton, is broadcast at 7:00 "Confluence," 10:30 a.m. each a.m. Sundays on station WVBF Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel Boston, 105.7 FM, and may be program moderated by Truman heard in the Attleboro, Fall River, Taylor and having as permanent New Bedford and Taunton deanparticipants Father Peter N. Gra- eries. ziano, diocesan director of social Charismatic programs with services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Father John Randall are aired Episcopal Bishop ofRhode Island, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday and Rabbi Baruch Korff. through Friday on station WRIB, "The Beat,"produced by Build- 1220 AM; Mass is broadcast at I ing Block Ministries of Taunton p.m. each Sunday. and aired on many cable systems "Topic Religion," presented by in the Fall River diocese features two priests, a rabbi and a Protvideos from and information on estant minister, is broadcast at contemporary Christian rock art- 6:06 a.m. and 11:06 p.m. each ists. Check local listings for times Sunday on station WEEI Bosand dates. ton, 590 AM. Mass 9:30 a.m. Monday to Programs of Catholic interest Friday, WFXT, Channel 25. are broadcast at the following "Breakthrough"6:30 a.m. each times on station WROL Boston, Sunday, Channel 10, a program 950 AM: Monday through Frion the power of God to touch day 9,9:15, 11:45 a.m.; 12:15, 12:30, I p.m. lives, produced by the Pastoral Theological Institute of Hamden, A Polish-language Mass is Conn. heard from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

"Maryson," a family puppet every Sunday on station WICE, show with moral and spiritual 550 a.m. perspective 6 p.m. each ThursThe rosary is broadcast at 5:45 day, Fall River and New Bedford a.m. Monday through Saturday Cable Channel 13. and the St. Jude novena at 9:15 p.m. each Thursday on WPLM "Spirit and the Bride," a talk Plymouth, 1390 AM, 99.1 FM. show with William Larkin, 6 p.m.

Monday, cable channel 35.

Both programs are simulcast.

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CRS administrator warns_ of worker co'mplacency WASHINGTON (CNS) .-:.... A tendency by government workers to disparage humanitarian activities and an increasing complacency about poverty and chronic hunger are among the major problems faced by relief workers. a Catholic Relief Services administrator said July 24.

There is a danger that "imminent starvation will become accepted as an 'emergency,' and desperate poverty and chronic hunger seen as 'normal,''' said John Swenson, deputy executive director of CRS, the U.S. bishops' overseas relief and development agency, in testimony before the House Select Committee on Hunger.

"Such complacency is dangerously contagious, exhausted as so many are by responding to a seemingly endless flow of catastrophes in the world," he said.

Swenson also took issue with what he sees as reluctance by government workers to take responsibility for food distribution programs.

"Food distribution programs are not in wide favor and many do not see a career in them,~' Swenson told the committee. Directors of U.S. Agency for International Development missions "are likely to put the need for a Food for Peace office very low on the order of priorities" when making personnel requests, he added.

Members of the committee questioned why the administration budgeted $1.3 billion for food assistance but $7.9 billion for military and other security aid.

"It's true that we provide more (food aid) than anyone else," said committee chairman Rep. Tony Hall, D-Ohio. "But it's also true that we have billions of people who are at risk (of starvation), and we spend $7.9 billion on security assistance."

Food assistance from the United States also has decreased since 1985, when contributions totaled about $2 billion, Hall said.

But an AI D spokesman said he thinks the agency is "quite responsive to global needs." John F. Hicks, acting assistant administrator for AI D's Bureau for Food for Peace and Voluntary Assistance, said representatives of his office recently encouraged members of the European Economic Commun-

ity to increase their donations of food aid.

Swenson said it is important to "strive for a balance between simple economic solutions, the education of communities in nutrition and primary health care, and the provision of food to either supplement these programs or enhance nutrition."

Simply putting food in front of people does little to solve longterm nutritional or economic factors in starvation, he explained.

Programs begun in the last decade that give the poorest people access to income through poverty lending and microenterprise programs are an "important new tool in the fight against hunger."

CRS also has taken the lead in distributing food through private. indigenous agencies rather than governments, Swenson explained.

Questions of accountability that arose about distribution programs over the last decade have led to other changes. While the arguments proved to be exaggerated and largely untrue, Swenson said CRS nevertheless reviewed the rationale of some of its food programs and made some changes.

As a result, CRS food distribution has become more diversified, as in food-for-work programs or by swapping commodities for local foods to encourage continued production, he said.

Finally, Swenson said CRS workers have noted in dealing with AID and other government organizations the tendency to "deprecate activities that are considered purely humanitarian or charitable."

The field of human development work has become too wrapped up in technocratic ideals, he said. But "'development' must not be narrowly construed as increasing economic productivity." Treatment of the needy and vulnerable is a measure of the quality of a socie~ ty's development, according to Swenson. Therefore, "helping a country or a community build and support humane institutions to care for those who are not or cannot be economically 'productive' is a vital task," he said.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) With $4,000 of his own money and an air of mystery, Father Richard Daunhauer and his Fairdale, Ky., parishioners raised more than $19,000.

The pastor ofSt. Jerome church told the Record, Louisville archdiocesan newspaper, that he hoped his plan might raise as much as $10,000 but never imagined the total might stretch to $19,000.

The unusual fund raising campaign got its start with an anonymous donation of $4,000.Father Daunhauer told his parish team about an anonymous letter with the $4,000 donation with the writer stipulating that St. Jerome parishioners match the contribution with $4,000 of their own.

What Father Daunhauer told no one but Louisville Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly was that the money was his own.

A majority of worshipers at a Sunday Mass last October voted accept the unknown donor's challenge to distribute the $4,000 in the amount of $10 to each of the parish's 400 regis,tered families.

A check and a copy of the donor's letter were mailed to each family with the request to use the money to finance their own funddraisers or return the $10 plus personal contributions.

One family raffled off its check at $1 a chance and raised another $70. A dentist offered to clean teeth one Saturday for $10 per patient. Others got together and sponsored a craft show, a chili supper and a dance.

Father Daunhauer's letter further instructed the parishioners to present their contributions at a party in the St. Jerome school gym. The priest said he wanted to bring the parish together as well as raise funds.

"Dropping the money off at the rectory just doesn't generate that unity," he said.

At the end of the campaign, about 30 families gathered in the gym where refreshments were served while the contributions were tallied.

Some families addressed the crowd, telling how they raised their money. One parishioner alone contributed $4,000, Father Daunhauer said. ' Although his role in providing the seed money had been secret until then, Father Daunhauer acceded to the wishes of his parishioners and revealed the donor's identity, to the astonishment of those gathered.

The evening's total collection was $19,159. But Father Daunhauer said the parish gained something the tote board couldn't measure.

"More than the money, I wanted the people to feel they had accomplished something," he said. "And they did."

Consultor named VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has named retired U.S. Bishop Mark Hurley as a consultor to the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education.

Bishop Hurley, 71, retired in 1986 as head of the diocese of Santa Rosa, Calif., where he had been in office since 1969.

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By Tom Lennon Before me was a huge chocolate sundae, as yet untouched by a spoon. Just as I was about to dig into this mountainous delight, I looked up and saw Donna and her husband, Fred, coming toward me.

My heart sank. .

They sat in the boothjust across the narrow aisle from me, and I knew there would be quite a bit of conversation. I' felt awkward. I wondered what to say and how to act. / Elaine, a mutual friend, had told me that Donna had been operated on for a brain tumor. It was virtually certain'that six, eight or 12 months down the road Donna would die.

She had had chemotherapy; the small, colorful veil over her head was witness to her hair loss.

What do you say to a dying person in a noisy, cheerful restaurant?

The question nagged at me.

We exchanged greetings, talked about the weather and my "sinful" sundae, and then discussed what' they should order. Fred was just recovering from a heart operation and had to watch his cholesterol, and we joked about all the fish he ate. The mood was light.

Donna, I knew, was a woman of faith. She also was a cheerful person. So I spoke the truth: "Donna, you seem very chipper tonight.

How are doing?"

She smiled, but weakly. "Surviving, Tom. But this week I'm finding it hard to use my hands. I like to read so much, and my hands get so tired holding the' book."

We chatted some more about various symptoms. Her cheerfulness was temporarily gone, and she told how hard it was at times.

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Then .gradually the conversation drifted toward lighter topics.

I finished my sundae, and as I made ready to leave I clasped Donna's hand and said, "Donna, you know you are in my prayers.

Be of good heart."

Softly she replied "I know. Thank you, Tom." I turned and walked out of the restaurant. What I feared would be an awkward encounter had not been. . . Someday, perhaps sooner than you think, ·you too will meet: someone whose life. has taken a tragic turn. A classmate whose mother has died, a relative injured' seriously in an auto accident or. maybe a shut-i~ ~ho is a meplber . of your parish: All oftheseciln use, your tactfulness and love. . ..

Here are a few tips for such encounters: , . Try to be relaxed and natural. Be yourself.

Don't overwhelm the person with sympathy. and remarks like,~'How perfectly terrible this must be for you." Say instead something'simpIe and gracious like, "I'm so sorry, Ellen." And if the circumstances are appropriate add, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

If the person obviously wants to . talk about his or her difficult circumstances, be a good listener and tell how you admire his or her. courage.

If you now and then visit a shutin in your parish, be not only a good listener but also a good talker.

You can bring your everyday life into the home of the shut-in. Such people usually welcome your youth and vitality and like to hear about what you are doing.

For them, hearing about your real life is a lot better than the artificiality of television.

In all these encounters take your cue from what the other person may say; and be guided by your own loving instincts and tactful spirit.

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YOU ARE HERE - SOMEWHERE: students at St. Patrick School in Carlisle, Pa., take their U.S. geographY,seriously enough to have painted a permanent map of the nation in the school parking lot. During the next school year the project will continue with the addition of state names, capitals and time zones. (CNS photo)

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A-III (PG-13) couple's love is supposed to give must accept each other for who Six winners were chosen among 6. Reversal of Fortune, each other the gift of personal they are and for all that they do, more than 1,000 entrants in a A-III (R) worth. It is the willingness to sacri- " 7. :The Grifter:;, 0 (R) recent students' essay and poster during good and' bad times. They should be able to work together fice yourself in order to make the contest for World Marriage Day. 8. Green Card, A-III (PG-13) other person happy. You must be 9. Not Without My Daughter, well, giving each other the necesCoordinated by Jackie, and A-II (PG-13) selfless and become one wjth a Ralph Tygielski, the national con- sary support and encouraglJlent.

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Marriage," . was sponsored by ship, especially marriage, is ~om­ munication and that involves both Worldwide Mar.riage Encounter, Lisa Turco the largest marriage enrichment talking and listening. Another very The definition of marriage is, important ingredient of marriage organization in the world. is trust. The couple should be,able "the union of man and woman as Essay contest winners were, for husband and 'wife'." Two people the sixth through eighth grade div,- to share all that they are and all list tolIIesy 01 Variety who are different become one. ision, Lisa Turco of Philadelphia, that they,have.

They are united. in ~espect for one should Sex within the marriage and, for the high school division, SyDlbols followi~g reviews be the perfect expression of saying another. It is the glue to a good Tricia G. Hew of Miami. indicate both general and' that you love the other person marriage. They stand together as Their essays follow.

Catholic Films Office ratings, unconditionally. Sex is giving o( compaJ,lions for life. Friendship is which do not always coincide. their foundation.

They share Tricia Hew your whole self and you can only Marriage is something that is do that with one person. Marriage dreams for the future.

General ratings: G-suitable, Marriage is a beginning and an very sacred. I truly believe that it sets up the basic structure for a for general viewing; PG-I3must be a relationship where Jesus family. Sex should be used in end. It is the start of building a home filled with love: It is an end ,parental guidance strongly binds the couple together. The order to create a family, more to being selfish and alone. It is the marriage should be sacramental children of God. Only within the suggested for children under where God's presence always shines sacrament of marriage can one start of putting ,your spouse and 13; PG-parental guidance through and their lives should be a have a true family. children first and material things suggested; R - restricted, unMarriage involves so many things second. A good marriage takes symbol of God's love. Hopefully their values will be in accordance and I believe in it because we need responsibility and maturity. It is suitable for children or young one special person with whom we never easy. Marriage is a strong teens. with the teachings of Jesus.

I believe in marriage because can love and be loved by for the bond. It holds up easily when Catholic ratings: AI-apyou need someone with whom you rest of our lives, Marriage is great things are rosy. If the marriage is proved for children and adults; because you would always know truly right, it will also hold up can share the rest of your life. when sickness and hard times come There are going to be some diffi- that you would have someone to A2-approved for adults and cult times and the· problems can depend on, that you would never along. adolescents; A3 -approved better be solved if two people are be alone. Through all that you Marriage is peace of mind in for adults only; 4';"separate working together. Your spouse can would do, there would be someone knowin·g that you are with the one classification (given films not give you the comfort and strength to do it with you. It would be such person in the world who is right morally offensive which, howthat you need,' It is good to know a great feeling to always have for you. It is comfort, a hand to that when you come home from a someone who could simply hold hold, ,a hug when you need it. . ever) require some analysis long, hard day that there will be you in their arms. It would also be Marriage is a couple's retreat from and explanation); O-morally someone there who you can talk to so great to nurture, teach, and love the hectic pace of the 90s - two offensive. about that hectic day. When all is your children, the ones that you people whO'can make each other going wrong, those are the times created with your. spouse. laugh, and be there for each other when you need someone to wipe A great example of why I believe when there are tears. A good marthe tears from your eyes and to just in marriage is shown to me through riage is never boring, because WASHINGTON (CNS) - In hold you in their arms. every day reveals something new my grandparents. They have been an effort to build up business, about two people.

There are also going to be some married for 44 years and have had counteract decreasing numbers of The reason I know all this. is great times in your life, when you nine beautiful children. My grandU.S. Jewish tourists and recover want to run home and share the parents are such a great couple, that for 12 1/2 years I have lived from the virtual collapse of tourtwo married people.

I have with good news. There are so many they know how to have fun toism during the Persian Gulf War, great things in life, but they become gether, and they really go out of watched them hug and kiss everythe Israel Tourist Office has even greater if you have someone their way to take care of each day, I have seen them worry launched an intensive campaign to really special to share them with. other. They have been through a together, kid each other, lay on the attract U.S. Christians to the Holy floor watching TV side by side, With whatever you do there would great deal of good and bad times, Land. Israel has hired evangelist be someone to experience all the but yet still their marriage is so and wash dishes together. They joys of life with and then you could strong because they truly respect are different and yet they are the and singer Pat Boone as spokesman, offered travel junkets to simply smile and laugh together. and love each other; and more same. They respect each other's Christian journalists and televanopinions and are best friends.

They Marriage, to me, is a lifelong than anything, Jesus is the bond have this look in their eyes when gelists and opened an 800 number commitment that people make be- that has always kept them together. one comes in the door and they see for travel information featuring cause they truly love each other. I I truly admire my grandparents Boone. "I feel closer to the Lord in believe that partners should be and I hope that I can find someone each other. These two people are the land he called home," Boone my parents, Their example is what friends to each other first. They who I can happily grow old together makes it easy for me to believe in says in the recorded message and should be very willing to com- with!

The purpose of matrimony is to marriage. I watch it every day and in advertisements. The latter are promise and be able to understand signed "Love, Israel."

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Fall River CYO baseball all stars battle Sunday Rev. Jay Maddock, director of the Fall River Area CYO Baseball ,League, announces that the first . annual All Star Game will be played 6 p.m. Sunday at Lafayette Park. The game will feature 24 of the league's top players as selected , by the team managers.

The "Americans," managed by Charlie Medeiros of St. William's, will include Bob Kennedy, Eric Schecter, Jim Rapoza and Mario Silva of St. William's; Kevin Timberlake, Jeff Tallman, Roland St. Denis and Todd Johnson of St. Anne's; Glenn Depina and Aaron Strojny of Holy Name and Greg Giasson and Tom Ferrarini of Notre Dame.

The "Nationals," managed by Horace Mistumdo of St. Bernard's, will counter with Steve Shimp, Brian Copely, Armando Santo and Scott Lafleur of St. Bernard's; Mike Lavoie, Dave Gaspar, Rick Rogers and Joe Pacheco of St. Michael's and Rob Lachapelle, Joe Perreira, Mark Lavoie and Chris Lafrance of Our 'Lady of, Grace.

In other league news, the regular season is coming to Ii close this week. Ai press time, St. William's, was in first place by a half game with a record of 18-4 while St. Bernard's was just ,behind with a 17-4 mark. They have three games to play this week and St. William's has two. If they finish in ii,tie, a one game playoff will take place at 6 , p.m. Aug. 6 at Kennedy Par.k. .League playoffs are scheduled to begin Aug. 7 with the fourth and fifth place teams battling in a best two of three series and the third place team taking on the winn~r of a one~game qualifying contest between the sixth and seventh place teams. These.will be followed by the semifinals and then the fi~al series.

Stang alumni plan golf classic The Bishop Stang High School Alumni Association will sponsor the fourth annual John C. O'Brien Memorial Golf Classic Sept. 29 at the Hawthorne Country Club in North Dartmouth:' ' The annual event benefits the North Dartmouth school's Alumni Association Scholarship Fund.

Last year the Alumni Association was able to contribute $3,000 in scholarship aid to Stang students.

All who applied for the aid received some stipend.

This year 33 students have applied for scholarship aid, over five times the number of requests last year. Stang alumni hope to support theses students with proceeds from the event.

The tournament memorializes Stang's legendary athletic director John O'Brien; also, one golfer will be invited to playas a living memorial to Andrew D. O'Neil, who sponsored the Hole in One at the tournament since its inception.

Alumni and friends are invited to play in the event or to attend the reception at the conclusion. Applications are· available from the Bishop Stang development office at 996-5602.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Aug. 2,1991

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HOLY NAME, FR . Youth group council meeting 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, followed by annual "blitz" and cookout. Those interested in being council member or officer may attend. Youth group outing to Riverside Park Aug. 18; contact Joel Andrade, 678-8173, or Rocky Raxter, 672-7460, by Aug. 7.

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LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Twilight Garden Concert Series continues 7:30 p.m. tomorrow with performance by "With Faith" of traditional and contemporary selections in a musical chronicle of life and Passion of the Lord titled "For Thirty-Three Years." Seating provided; spectators may also bring chairs or blankets. Mass will be celebrated at 6:30 p.m.

Healing service with Father Andre Patenaude, MS, 2 p.m. Sunday.

ST. MARY, S. DARTMOUTH Father Arthur G. Considine'Scholarship recipients are Christine Anuszczyk, Carey Clifford, Michael Cabral, Tracey Karl, Sean McPherson, Marty Silvera. Jeffrey Wright. Father Andre Patenaude concert 12: 15 p.m. Aug. JO'.

ST. ANN, RAYNHAM Father Philip Davignon will be installed as pastor at 11 a.m. Mass Sunday; Msgr. Daniel Hoye will preside. Reception will follow in parish center.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB Altar boys may pick up assignment schedule in sacristy. Items for Sunday bulletins should be submitted to Father Thomas O'Dea by 4 p.m. Wednesdays. Registration for parish Girl Scouts 6:30 p.m. Aug. 5, church hall.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Cardinal Spellman High School retreat today through Sunday.

ST.GEORGE,WESTPORT Holy hour 7 tonight. Westport Ultreya 7:30 tonight, hall. Jane L. Wilcox is new religious education coordinator.

SACRED HEART, FR Mass for Sacred Hearts Academy alumnae 5: 15 p.m. tomorrow; dinner will follo~ at Venus de Milo restaurant.

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ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Youth group trip to Six Flags Great Adventure Amusement Park in New Jersey Aug. 7 and 8. Donations of used sheets, pillow cases and other clean Qedding materials are welcomed anytime by cancer pad group; leave at rectory.

ST. JAMES, NB - St. James pro-life committee meeting 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8, CCD building/ parish center; all invited.

ST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBORO Those interested in becoming relig': ious education teachers and assistants notify Fr. Dick Gendreau, 2220641; teacher preparation in August and September. Pro-life steering committee meeting 7:30 p.m. Aug. 14, parish hall. Parish picnic Aug. 18, Dodgeville Field, across from church. If planning to share in provided lunches, please register.

ST. JULIE BILLIART, N. DARTMOUTH Bible Vacation Time volunteers, meeting 7 p.m. Aug. 6, Family Life Center.

CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE Respite care services. available; information: Patrick Schmidt, 5403503 or 457-9283. Bocce games 6:30 p.m. Mondays; Andrew Carmichael will teach newcomers. Men's Club Bocce League plays 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Over 50 Club League at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Names ofproposed parish council members may be submitted to Msgr.

Henry T. Munroe.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH RCIA inquiry session 7:30 p.m. .

Aug. 5, parish center.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS St. Francis ofthe Cape Fraternity Mass 7 p.m. Aug. 13, St. John Evangelist Church, Pocasset, followed by meeting in church center.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Healing service and Sunday Mass with Father William T. Babbitt, parochial vicar, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

NOTRE DAME de LOURDES, FR ST. MARY,NB Women's Guild will distribute Shut-ins who would like to receive communion at home may call rec- membership booklet at Sept. 9 meeting; addendum will follow with new tory, 679-1991. members' names and addresses. New ST. MARY, NORTON .

Cubmaster and den leaders for Pack Pre-baptism class 7 p.m. Aug. 7, 12 needed for September; informaparish center; expectant parents also welcome. Monthly collection for tion: Maria Cabral, 998-3704. SemiFood and Friends Kitchens this narian Michael Racine will speak at Masses this weekend. First Friday weekend; fruit juice packages espeexposition of Blessed Sacrament all cially needed. day in Memorial Chapel; novena ST. ANTHONY OF THE prayers 7 tonight.

DESERT, FR Adoration of Blessed Sacrament ST. MARY, SEEKONK Softball 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, North noon to 6 p.m. Sunday; holy hour 5 p.m., St. Sharbel chapel, 300 North School Field. Youth meetings Aug. 5, parish center: grades 6 through 8 2 Eastern Ave. ' to 4 p.m.; high school 8 to 10 p.m.

ECHO RETREAT PROGRAM, Youth ministry outing to Pawsox CAPE COD game Aug. 7; meet at parish center This coming year ECHO retreats parking lot 6 p.m. Blood drive 5 to for high school juniors and seniors 8:30 p.m. Aug. 8, parish center. will r.eturn to the original site of ST. STANISLAUS, FR Craigville Conference Center, BarnYouth ministry outing to Pawsox stable. The next girls' weekend will game leaving school 5 p.m. Aug. 8. be Nov. 8 to 10; boys' weekend Dec. Mass for intention of beatification 6 to 8. For information on program of late Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski contact Father Dick Roy, 548-1065, 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. or your local parish.

ST. ANNE, FR. .

WORKSHOP ON ANGER St. Anne novena service 3 p.m.

The workshop "Anger: Justified, Real, Expressed, Forgotten," in pro- Sunday~hrine.

Cub Scout committee meeting 7 gress at the Family Life Center, p.m.

St. Anne novena serNorth Dartmouth, this month, will vice 2Sunday. and 6:20 p.m. Aug. 6. Fellowbe repeated in Septemb'er. Sessions, all from 7 to 9 p.m., will be: Sept. 3: ship committee meeting 7 p.m. Aug. 7, rectory. St. Jude novena service "Is Anger a Good or Bad Feeling'!'; 6:20 p.m. Aug. 8. .

Sept. 10, "From the Anger of a Child to Adult Anger"; Sept. 17, "Spiritu- LEGION OF MARY ality and Reality"; Sept. 24, "From Picnic noon to 4 p.m. Sunday on Doormat to Resilience."

Sacred Hearts Fathers grounds, Registration is suggested; contact Adams St., Fairhaven; all welcome. the Diocesan Office of Family MinThe event will include games; those istry, 500 Slocum Rd., North Dart- attending asked to bring lunch and mouth 02727; tel. 999-6420. Dead- chairs. Day will conclude with rosary line is Aug. 23. and Benediction. Information on membership: . Father Barry Wall, ST. JOSEPH, NB Prayer meetings 7 p.m. Wednes- director, 758-3719, or Father Matdays in August. Vincentians meet thew Sullivan, SS.CC., 993-2442.

9:30 a.m. Sunday. Adoration of ST. ELIZABETH SETON, Blessed Sacrament following 11 a.m. N. FALMOUTH .Mass until 4:45 p.m. Benediction First Saturday rosary after 9 a.m.

Mondays.

Mass tomorrow.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Ultreya 7:30 tonight, R.E. center.

First Friday holy hour 7 tonight.

R'efugee children need "humanistic" attention, says child psychologist WASHINGTON (CNS) - A Duke University professor trained in child psychology told a conference of Catholic and Lutheran refugee workers that refugee work needs to "return from legalistic to humanistic" and should be "more child- and family-oriented."

The university professor, Neil Boothby, said that 50 percent of the world's refugees are under 15.

He made the comments at a recent conference titled "Dilemmas of the Refugee Child," cosponsored by the U.S. Catholic Conference's division of Migration and Ref1Jgee Services and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. The three-day meeting was held in Washington.

Boothby said the world spends thousands of billions of dollars each year on armaments and not eI!ough on children.

"45,000 children die of starvation every year. It's all legal and it's obscene," he said.

Boothby told the story of a Guatemalan boy who had been with other children when members of his nation's militia began to grill them on the whereabouts of members of a rebel movement.

"They were all questioned, tortured and beaten," he said. And everyone was killed except for this boy. His grandfather had told him never to let the government know anything about guerrillas, and the warning had saved his life.

Soon after the incident, the boy began to frequent a church in the neighborhood.

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cause he had survived a moment in time that no one else had," said Boothby, who was working in the young man's village.

It's important to note, he said, that the boy "didn't come to me.... It was the church that had potential to heal, not the mental health worker."

In war-torn areas of Mozambique, Boothby said, 77 percent of children have witnessed civilian murders, often in large numbers.

Fifty-one percent of Mozambican children have been abused or tortured themselves, he said.

During the recent Persian Gulf War, the educator said, he was frequently called by television news reporters asking if U.S. children were suffering anxiety over the war.

He said some children were experiencing anxiety, especially those whose parents were overseas in the military. But he was more a ware of the number of children "equating war to Nintendo." , The way adults explain conflict to children is important, he said.

"How adults talk about the enemy," he said, has an impact.

During the Persian Gulf War, he said, children heard "the president calling Saddam Hussein a madman and a Hitler."

"We need to be careful we're not producing a country where it's too easy to go to war," he said.

Boothby said that when resettling refugee children, social workers should remember that "survival is a collective act, not an individual act."

If refugees can remain with their families or be placed in neighborhoods in which their compatriots live "it's in their best interest," he said.

Steven Muncy, executive director of Community and Family Services International, a private non-profit agency based in Manila, Philippines, told conference participants that Vietnamese unaccompanied minors are "in limbo" in refugee camps in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

"I cannot say letting them stay in refugee camps is in the best interest of the children," he said. . While the minors must be interviewed on a "case-by-case basis," he said, children without legitimate asylum pleas who have no relatives in resettlement nations should be returned to their families in Vietnam.

Given refugee camp conditions, he said, governments and refugee workers need to "move from [using] tJ1e best-interest principle to the least-detrimental-alternative-available" principle.

Current refugee camp conditions, Muncy noted, are "harmful to unaccompanied minors."

But he said "if we're 'going to point fingers at Thailand, Malaysia and Hong Kong, we should also point fingers at Washington, at Canada and Australia. Children are not moving [out of the camps to nations that accept refugees] as fast as they should be," he said.

The children's current "limbo," he commented, "is wearing down their coping capacity."