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Bishops nix contra aid

WASHINGTON (NC) - Prolifers expressed optimism about President Reagan's plans to deny federal family planning funds to programs offering abortion counseling and referrals but also advised caution until Reagan's intentions actually take effect.

Addressing right-to-life leaders July 30, Reagan announced plans for new regulations to "specifically state that a program which does provide counseling and referral for abortion services as a method of family planning will not be eligible for Title X funds."

Title X is the federal family planning program.

"I welcome President Reagan's announcement," said Father Edward M. Bryce, director of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops Office for Pro-Life Activities. "The ideas which the president articulated are clear. I await the publication of the regulations with the sincere hope that they will be equally clear and unambiguous."

Reagan said the regulations would "ensure that no Title X funds go to any program that encourages, promotes or advocates abortion, or which assists a woman in obtaining an abortion" and would mandate "that any organization that provides abortion-related services will bo required to clearly separate these from Title X programs."

WASHINGTON (NC) - Individual U.S. bishops in late July voiced opposition to U.S. aid to the Nicaraguan rebels but differed over whether Nicaragua's government is influenced by Soviet ideology.

Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston, meanwhile, said the Nicaragua debate focuses too much on whether the U.S. should aid the counterrevolutionaries, popularly known as the contras, and not enough on creative solutions to the conflict.

The comments were made as the Iran-contra hearings began winding down on Capitol Hill and as Central American foreign ministers met at a regional summit in Guatemala Aug. 6-7 to try to bring about a negotiated peace.

Brooklyn Auxiliary Bishop J oseph M. Sullivan, chairman of the U.S bishops' Committee on Social .Development and World Peace, said after a meeting with Central American bishops that he had come to believe the Sandinista government of Nicaragua is "MarxistLeninist" and "totalitarian."

But he said in a July 27 interview he still opposed aid to the contras and expected the U.S. bishops would reaffirm their opposition at their November meeting.

Bishop Sullivan was among five U.S. bishops, representing the U.S. Catholic conference, who met with a delegation of 11 Central American bishops from SEDAC, the episcopal secretariat of Central America and Panama, July 21-23 in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton, however, said July 23 in Baltimore that Nicaragua is buying weapons from the Soviets, "but they are not buying Soviet ideology."

His meetings with Nicaraguan government leaders lead him to believe that "they're determined to be an independent nation. They have been kind of a colony for 130 years. They are not going to give up their independence to be a backyard country to the Soviet Union or anybody," he said.

"From what I know, the Nicaraguan government is based "as much on Catholic social teaching as any government I've ever heard of," he said.

Cardinal Law, in a 1,200-word statement titled "Breaking the Nicaragua Statement," said debate on Nicaragua has centered too much on the question of assisting the contras.

Instead of treating Nicaragua as a "political football," he said, the United States should develop a bipartisan policy toward Nicaragua, support the Contadora process of regional peace negotiations, and push measures to promote Turn to Page Six

Further, he said, family planners opposed to abortion would be able to participate in Titl.e X because the new regulations would remove a stipulation that abortion be mentioned as an option for a pregnant woman.

"Now the president is coming to the assistance not only of the unborn children but also of natural family planning agencies which deserve Title X support," Father Bryce said. "Again, I applaud the president's effort on behalf of the unborn child and anticipate supporting the regulations if they say what the president says."

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America rejected the proposed changes. .

"These regulations are politically motivated and only designed to give satisfaction to the anti-abortion extremists in this country," Faye Wattleton, the group's president, said July 31 in a television interview. Earlier, she also promised that "w~ will go to the hearts and minds of the people. But we will also go through the judicial process."

Dr. John C. Willke, National Right to Life Committee president, said it was clear that "the president wants to remove abortion providers from the program - a step which we have long urged."

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BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin enjoys a laugh with diocesan seminarians Craig Pregana, left, and Christopher Santangelo during a recent visit to St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Westport.

Pregana, a member of St. Louis parish, Fall River, is camp head counselor. Santangelo, of St. John Neumann parish, East Freetown, is among other seminarian counselors. More pictures . page 2.

Pope-bishops' parley seen u.s. high point the pope will criticize the U.S. hierWASHINGTON (NC) - When archy are likely to be disappointed.

Pope John Paul II visits the United States this September, one of "One of the themes the Holy Father stresses" on his travels, said Archthe most crucial events for U.S. Catholicism will almost certainly bishop Thomas C. Kelly of Louisbe his Los Angeles talk to the ville, Ky., is his mission as successor of St. Peter to "strengthen his nation's bishops.

That talk "will probably be one brothers." of the most important ones of the Archbishop Kelly, head of the trip as far as the church in the yni- papal trip planning committee, said ted States is concerned," said Mil- he hopes and expects that the pope waukee's Archbishop Rembert G. will commend, encourage and afWeakland, one of four American firm the bishops in their work, as bishops who is to address the pope he did in 1979 during his last major on that occasion. trip to this country.

Controversial issues of personal and social morality, obedience to During this trip the pope will church teaching authority, the role meet with the bishops Sept. 16 at of the laity, priestly vocations, and Our Lady Queen of the Angels the often tense U.S. church rela- Minor Seminary in San Fernando, tions with the Holy See are among a suburb in the greater Los Angeles central issues Pope John Paul is area. likely to raise.

The meeting is to start at 9 a.m.

"There is a tension" between and last about four-and-a-half U.S. bishops and Rome, and it hours. It will include a time for the needs to be addressed "without a bishops and pope to pray together. lot of euphemisms," Archbishop "You have no idea what impact Weakland said. that can have," said Archbishop "If you look at the whole history Kelly. of his pontificate," said Archbishop Expectations of a major papal John R. Quinn of San Francisco, speech are based on the direct another bishop designated to ad- preparations for the approaching dress the pontiff, "it's clear that meeting and on Pope John Paul's this pope is not one who shies well-established practice of using away from facing these things such meetings to speak to the directly." bishops of a country about key At the same time, those hoping church issues affecting them.

In Los Angeles he will do so in response to substantive statements on major issues prepared by some of the leading U.S. bishops. Their statements were sent to the Vatican in mid-June, giving the pope and his advisers a full three months to study them and prepare a response.

Archbishop Weakland, interviewed by phone in late July, said he and the other speakers were not permitted to discuss details of their presentations, although the general topics have been made public.

The Milwaukee archbishop, former abbot general of the world's Benedictines, was the central figure in development of the U.S. bishops' 1986 pastoral letter on the economy and is part of the U.S. delegation to this fall's world Synod of Bishops on the laity, which starts less than two weeks after the pope returns to Rome.

Archbishop Weakland's topic is Catholic laity in the United States.

"It's a little hard to talk about it without going into the content," he said. "I tried to take a descriptive approach, to describe what I see. I also relied heavily on sociological data."

Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago, a former president of Turn to Page Six

IT'S A MINISTRY of fun at Catholic Boys' Day, Nazareth and St. Vincent de Paul camps in Westport.

Directed by Father William L. Boffa, the camps offer youngsters safe and spirit-filled activities.

Nazareth serves mildly retarded children of both sexes, while Catholic Boys' Day offers a daily break from innercity summers and St. Vincent's boys enjoy overnight camping.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin recently visited St. Vincent's, greeting each camper and meeting with the ten-counselor staff, eight of whom are studying for the diocesan priesthood.

Seminarian Craig Pregana is St. Vincent's head counselor. Other seminarian counselors are Donald Currie, Andre Faria Jr., Gregory Mathias, Antonio Medeiros, Douglas Rodrigues, Christopher Santangelo and Douglas Sousa.

George Telheiro, 18, of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, New Bedford, and David Pregana, 17, Craig's brother and a senior at Fall River's Bishop Connolly High School, complete the counseling staff.

Overheard at the counselors' meeting with the bishop: Bishop: "When you eat tonight, will you eat with the kids?"

Counselors: "Yes." Bishop: "Is that to keep them from throwing the food at each other?"

Counselors: "It's to keep us from throwing the food at each other."

CLOCKWISE from top right: the St. Vincent's gang poses with the bishop; seminarian Antonio Medeiros with St. Vincent's camper Ross Dugan; seminarian Greg Mathias acts as a St. Vincent's dinnertime waiter; seminarian Don Currie gets in the swing with St. Vincent's camper Sammy Desroches; Bishop Cronin greets St. Vincent's camper Jamie Monteiro; a scene at Nazareth Camp; Catholic Boys' Day campers Nicholas Estrela and -Michael LeBreux admire Michael's copper tooling project. (Mhtta photos)

Church vocations mixed picture VATICAN CITY (NC) - The latest Vatican figures present a mixed picture of church vocations worldwide.

The number of priests and religious continues to drop while the ratio of Catholics to priests continues to grow.

Yet the number of major seminarians has risen steadily during the 1980s, keeping pace with the increasing number of Catholics and offering hope to the hierarchy that the situation eventually might improve.

Priestly ordinations are also on the rise, but are still insufficient to make up for losses due to deaths and departures from the activ~ ministry.

There has also been a sharp rise in the number of permanent deacons, but this has been confined almost entirely to the United States.

The latest worldwide church figures were published in July in the Statistical Yearbook ofthe Church for 1985. The data were compiled by the Vatican's Central Statistics Office from information submitted by local church officials.

In the 1980-85 period, the number of religious and diocesan priests dropped from 413,600 to 403,480. The major losses were in the United States and Western European countries. Africa, Latin America and Asia showed slight increases in the number of priests.

During the same period, the ratio of Catholics to priests rose from 1,895 per priest to 2,112 per priest. The ratio also rose in Africa, Latin America and Asia, showing that even where priests are growing in numbers, the increase is outstripped by the overall rise in Catholic numbers.

On the positive side, religious and diocesan major seminarians, those studying philosophy and theology, rose sharply from 66,042 in 1980 to 85,042 in 1985. The number of seminarians also shows a slight rise in proportion to the Catholic population.

The 1980 figure represents 8.43 seminarians per 100,000 Catholics, while the 1985 ratio is 9.99 seminarians per 100,000 Catholics.

The rise has been worldwide, except for the United States and Canada, which registered drops of 357 and 98 respectively between 1980 and 1985.

There were 7,488 major seminarians in the United States in 1980, compared to 7,131 in 1985.

Canada had 1,055 in 1980 and 957 in 1985.

The steady downward trend in the two countries during the first half of the 1980s contrasts with other regions registering increases.

The general rise in seminarians has been reflected in a rise in ordinations, especially for the diocesan priesthood. During the 198085 period; ordinations for the diocesan priesthood rose from . 3,860 to 4,822. Ordinations to the religious priesthood rose only slightly, from 1,927 to 1,963.

The worldwide Catholic population in 1980 was 784 million.

This rose to 866.7 million in 1985.

The number of permanent deacons is also on the rise, jumping from 7,654 to 12,541 in the 198085 period. But this is predominantly a U.S. phenomenon. The United States had 7,560 - 60 per-

cent - of the total permanent deacons listed in 1985.

The only other country with a significant number of permanent deacons was West Germany, with 1,108. .

Religious brothers and women religious continue to register sharp losses in membership, with brothers dropping from 73,090 to 65,208 and women religious from 960,991 to 917,432 in the 1980-85 period.

The figures show that in 1985 because of the priest shortage, 1. 5 percent of the church's 212,021 parishes and quasi-parishes worldwide were administered by nonpriests or had no one in charge.

Lay people directed 872 parishes, 40 percent ofthem in France; women religious 783,53 percent in Latin America; permanent deacons 212, almost half of them in North and South America; and religious brothers 77. 1,224 pastoral centers had no one in charge.

SUSAN GIMBLET, director of nutrition and food services at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, for 11 years, is the only such director in Southeastern Massachusetts to receive a certificate of recognition as an Accomplished Healthcare Food Service Administrator. The award is one of the highest conferred by the American Society for HospItal Food Service Administrators of the American Hospital Association. She received it at a recent convention in Chicago.

Bishop to address First Friday Club The First Friday Club of Fall River, in its 41 st year of meetings, meets each First Friday evening October through June in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The program consists of a Mass, supper and a talk. Past speakers have included Father James Keller, founder of the Christophers; Ambassador William Porter; Boston Red Sox players Walt Drapo, Russ Gibson, Dick Raditz, and Jerry Remy.

Members meet at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, whose pastor, Rev. Edward Byington, is the club's spiritual director.

Father Byington was the club's most recent speaker, discussing his experiences in Poland during sabbatical year of study. He noted

that the Polish church is experiencing crowded Masses, full monasteries and seminaries, and a deep faithfulness amongst its members.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will participate in the 40th anniversary celebration of the First Friday Club as principal celebrant and homilist of a Mass at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at Sacred Heart Church. The bishop will remain for dinner and will address the members.

Club officers are Daryl Gonyon, president; Dennis Griffin, vice-president; William Lynch, secretary; Kenneth Leger, treasurer.

Like Father, Like Son "Christ is the visible likeness of the invisible God." - Co. I: 15

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Do Something for Your Church Within a few weeks, Pope John Paul II will once more visit these United States and pray with us. 'This should be a very special moment for Catholic Americans.

Catholics are the largest religious body in this country, numbering over 52 million by official count and unofficially possibly over 75 million. The difference in figures is explained by the mo bility of people and the failure of many who consider themselves Catholic actually to affiliate with a parish.

It follows from this that despite their tremendous numbers, today's American Catholics are a diverse and somewhat divided lot. There are the well-established and socially acceptable Catholics, drifting in many ways towards mainstream America, with all the negatives that label implies.

In contrast, there are the new immigrant Catholics who are struggling for survival and token acceptance. Many do not speak English and often live in inner-city ghettos, maintaining their own culture and customs.

As a church family, in one way we have come a long distance from the days of John Carroll; in other ways, we are back to square one. The diversity of the church in America is at once its greatest strength and its most worrisome potential weakness.

In addition to coping with internal factions and fractions, we Catholics must deal with the realization that we are still relegated to the position of second-class citizens. Bigotry and prejudice still cast their pall of suspicion and mistrust, the cry of"No Popery" is still heard. In short, many Americans still do not trust Catholics and their misgivings are inflamed by some fundamentalist preachers.

Into all this comes our pope and there are natural fears that old suspicions and new controversies will dim the joy of the occasion.

But it is imperative that we do not become overdefensive and unduly alarmed by the possibility of difficulties while the pope is with us. Rather, we should regard his trip as a wonderful opportunity for Catholics to come together in the bond of' family unity. We should also regard the media impact of the visit as an opportunity for evangelism.

In that connection, it is indeed refreshing to see various Catholic agencies cooperating to spread the papal message.

Mother Angelica ofthe Eternal Word Television Network has spearheaded this effort. EWTN will work with the U.S. Catholic Conference and the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America to bring coverage of the pope's visit to homes acrOss America.

In order to implement this plan, EWTN is encouraging Catholics to inform local cable television channels that they can carry "Papal Visit '87" freely. Yes, cable channels everywhere may broadcast EWTN transmissions of this special production at no charge. Papal visit coverage in its entirety will be offered daily Sept. 10 through 19, from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m., Eastern daylight time.

If we want to spread the good news of Pope John Paul's messages to America, we should by letter, phone and in person encourage local cable channels, presently 19 in this diocese, to put EWTN on line and let them know it will not cost them a cent. ' Take a pen or pick up the phone to ask your cable channel to carry the papal visit. Let the channels know that 53 million Catholics want to watch the media event of the year, Papal Visit '87.

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IN ATHENS, A PRIEST PROTECTS HIMSELF FROM THE SUN AS HE LEADS A FUNERAL PROCESSION FOR A VICTIM OF 118-DEGREE HEAT

"The eyes of the Lord are upon them that fear him. He is their powerful '. protector and strong stay" a defense from the heat and a cover from the sun at noon." Ecclus. 34:19

Investing in social justice

NEW YORK (NC) - An investment advisory firm established by ,the Christian Brothers in 1981 for Catholic agel1cies now manages capital resources amounting to nearly a half billion dollars and has emerged as a major force in the corporate responsibility movement.

Christian Brother Raymond R. Blixt, who became president of Christian Brothers Investment Services last year, said in a recent interview at his New York office that the firm offers religious orders, dioceses and other Catholic agencies investment counsel stressing both professional financial management and social responsibility.

The idea has won over hundreds of investors, including a third or more of the Christian Brothers' own institutions, orders such as the Passionists, Presentation Sisters, Mercy Sisters and Marist BroThe Editor thers, and archdioceses and dioceses such as New Ulm and Winona, Minn.; Dubuque, Iowa,; and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The total portfolio managed by the firm totals some $462 millon from three sources: - Religious Communities Trust l . OFFICIAL News,APER OF THE DIO~E O' 'AU RtvER '. i'ubfl$hed weekly by The Cotholic , ..... of the Oioc... of FoU Rive~ money market fund, with assets in i . .

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Christian Brother Louis DeThomasis, president of St. Mary's College in Winona, Minn., sold the Christian Brothers on theidea, Brother Blixt said, and served as parttime president until the directors decided a full time president was needed.

Manhattan College, a Christian brothers institution in New York, and seven of the order's eight U.S. provinces founded the investment firm, and the board consists of one representative of each. The California Province did not participate because in connection with its wine business it already had investment arrangements.

The Christian Brothers contract with Bear, Stearns and Co., a Wan street firm, to do the actual trading in the stock and bond markets.

Founded in Illinois, the firm until a year ago had offices only in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook. but Bear, Stearns agreed to make some of its space available, and in January 1986 Brother Blixt opened the New York office.

Last October, the firm joined the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, an agency related to the National Council of Churches but operating under its own board. In cooperation with the center, which coordinates most of the church activity in this field, the Christian Brothers firm has

become a co-filer of corporate responsibility resolutions for the first time this year.

In a resolution filed with General Electric, for instance, it calls on the directors to adopt a policy against any involvement in the space-based Strategic Defense Initiative and to promote space technology only "for peaceful application and direct human benefit."

The Christian Brothers firm said it would be voting 17,500 shares for its resolution.

Brother Blixt said all the firm's earnings for itself were taken to repay' start-up costs until last year, when it finally came into the black.

He said a foundation had been set up to serve the economically disadvantaged in education, and about $40,000 of the profit would go to it. In subsequent years, some of the profits will go to the foundation, and the rest to other work of the Christian Brothers.

Although not all, the Christian Brothers understand what their investment firm is doing or why, Brother Blixt said, he is convinced it fits in with the order's educational apostolate. The firm also does more direct education in counseling about investment strategies and holding seminars. It plans a major symposium on the West Coast in October, and Brother Blixt recently flew to Rome to address 90 international treasurers of religious orders about socially responsible investment.

Using scandals It's been quite a year for sex scandals: limy Bakker, Gary Hartand the U.S. Marines. It seems that although women don't always have power, they certainly can disrupt it.

This isn't, however, going to be yet another column on the right and wrong in public places. It's a column on the fallout of such scandals on parents. While we try to teach youth to trust and respect our institutions and those who represent them, they're listening to media jokes, reading headlines and becoming more cynical and less respecting of government and religion.

"We were treated to the Jimy Bakker jokes coming home from high school," o,ne parent said.

"These were after the Contragate jokes and before the Hart jokes.

'What could we say? Were we supposed to laugh or defend our public figures and institutions?"

10 years ago, I wrote a column on the difficulties of post-Watergate parents who felt disgust with the government but who still felt responsible for rearing patriotic and lawabiding children. This dilemma eased with the advent of conservatism in both religion and law-andorder government. It may even

have accounted for a return to conservatism.

But we're back to square one with a fund mentalist preacher calling for family values while modeling otherwise, a law-and-order White House subverting the law, and Marines giving out secrets they were supposed to be guarding.

Once again the task of defending values verbalized but not acted upon by leadership puts parents on the spot. It is easier to teach honesty, trust, respect, and pride in country when those in charge exhibit these values. It's unlikely these values will take root in youngsters treated to a s~andal a week.

Youth, like adults, tend to regard values widely touted but easily ignored as rhetorical rather than lived. /' So what do we do? Stop trying to pass on these values to our children? No. We use the scandals to teach a deeper lesson, that people can espouse a value without acting upon it, that what leaders preach can be expedient rather than lived, and that because prominent figures behave in this way does not mean it is okay unless one is apprehended in the act.

If we don't do this, we will find ourselves with a new generation of cynics who, like those of the 60s, distrust religion and democracy

Prophetic laity Will this October's world Synod of Bishops on the laity resurrect the section on the laity in the Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the' Church? There is a paragraph in that document which, iftaken seriously, could change the lives of many laypersons and, consequently, our society.

In that paragraph Christ is called "the great prophet" who continuously fulfills his prophetic office.

This he does not only through the hierarchy who teach in his name but also through the laity. Christ made the laity witnesses so that the power of the Gospel might shine forth in their daily social and family life, the Vatican II document says (No. 35).

To understand the impact of this statement the exact meaning of the word "prophet" must be defined.

In ancient times a prophet was "one called," "a spokesperson," "a mouthpiece." Contrary to popular opinion, a prophet does not necessarily forecast the future. In the biblical books of the prophets we read how God calls them, commissions them and gives them the mission to go out and preach.

Because of the audience they had to face, none of the prophets embraced this calling without qualms. Their audience consisted of kings, princes, false prophets and priests who had gone astray.

Almost always those who should have welcomed the advice of prophets hated and persecuted them.

Justice was the primary concern of the prophets. It consisted of a righteousness associated with a burning compassion for the oppressed, imitating God's own compassion. .

For the powerful who were living offthe misfortunes ofthe poor, this was an unwanted message.

Nor did those living lasciviously

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Aug. 7, 1987

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of the behavior of their representatives.

In all the media coverage of scandals, I have yet to read or hear anything dealing with their effect on the upcoming generation. As commentators dissect the impact of scandals. on elections, televangelism and security, family seems forgotten. ' If we think the effect is minimal, let's ask our kids what they think about honesty in politics, government, religion and Marine security. Their distrust might disturb us and well it should.

Then let's hear some instructions from those in authority on how to continue to rear trusting children in a dishonest society.

For instance, what about putting leaders into office ,who model the virtues 'they call for in campaign speeches? Our only other choices are to teach distrust, vigilance and wariness in leadership or that it's OK to shelve values once a degree of success is attained.

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want to hear, "You have lost your FATHER ability to blush."

A driving force behind the EUGENE prophets was their view of the human family as made up of HEMRICK brothers and sisters. The prophets believed that people share a common nature and possess a common responsibility and solidarity. fronting a friend with an unwelA prophetic layperson in the come truth. At times it means conSecond Vatican Council's vision is fronting a lifestyle which has a concerned person, interested in - become too materialistic, or consocial justice issues. According to fronting those in power who do this vision, as God is experienced not know how to use power. mpre and more, a person will be Often prophetic sensitivity motivated to put on the hat of touches the heart so deeply it almost righteousness, in its best sense. breaks. Put succinctly, being proAt times being a prophet means phetic means venturing out under being the best of friends by con- God's inspiration and relying on faith as one's most potent weapon.

Dare the Rome Synod address the importance of this gift of every baptized lay person?

It could start a revolution.

August 8 1880, Rev. William Brie, Founder, St. Joseph, Fall River August 12 1974, Rev. Victor O. Masse, M.S., Retired Pastor, St. Anthony, WASHINGTON (NC) - Cable New Bedford television systems nationwide are being offered free access to a live August 13 1896, Rev. Edward J. Sheridan, broadcast of Pope John Paul II's September tour of the United Pastor, St. Mary, Taunton 1964, Rt. Rev. LeonardJ. Daley, States.

The telecast is being offered by Pastor, St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis Mother Angelica's Eternal Word August 14 1947, Rev. Raphael Marciniak, Television Network, by the U.S. OFM Conv., Pastor, Holy Cross, bishops' Catholic Telecommunications Network of America, and by Fall River 1969, Rev. Conrad Lamb, the national Conference of Catholic O.S.V., Missionary in Guatemala Bishops.

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A tale

of two cities Q. My 24-year-old son, a practicing Catholic, lives and works in San Diego. He is engaged to a lovely non-Catholic woman who also lives and works in that city.

However, the wedding will take place in San Francisco, which is the hometown of the bride-to-be and the residence of her family.

The ceremony will be performed in the Presbyterian Church and my son would like a priest to be present and take part in the ceremony to make it valid in the eyes of the Catholic Church. The wedding is 'scheduled for summer of 1988.

Obviously all the paper work and premarriage preparations will take place at my son's parish in San Diego. But since he has no parish priest in San Franci5co, how does he go about getting a priest to be present at IUs wedding?

My son's fiance has expressed interest in becoming a Catholic in the future but that will not take place until some time after the wedding. (Ohio) A. First, we should clarify a serious misconception which you and your son seem to be under.

From your letter it is obvious he is preparing this marriage with the assistance of a Catholic priest, who will, I assume, ask the local bishop for a dispensation from the form of marriage. That means that the Catholic partner (your son) may be married by someone other than a Catholic priest and still have that marriage valid in the eyes of the Catholic Church.

If that is done, no priest need be present at'the marriage for that marriage to be a true marriage according to Catholic Church law.

It is important to be clear about that.

I can understand that a Catholic would like a priest to be present, but this presence is not essential.

As to having a priest in San Francisco present, that would best be planned, if it is possible at all, through the priest now arranging the marriage with your son and his fiance.

The most a priest can do in these circumstances is attempt to find a parish close to the Presbyterian church where the marriage will take place and inquire if a priest from that parish is free to be at the wedding. Sometimes that is possible; often it is not, simply because of the schedule of weddings and other resposnibilities priests have in their own parishes, especially on Saturdays. .

Please ask your son to talk to his priest and learn what might be done.

In any case, remember again that even if a priest cannot be present, the marriage is a true Catholic marriage if the dispensation is obtained from the bishop.

It seems ~lear that this is what is happening in the preparation for your son's marriage.

Q. I just recently found out that I have been excommunicated from the church for a mistake I made years ago. I am heartbroken. Please tell me what to do. (North Carolina)

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A. The only important thing for you to do is to go to a priest, in the sacrament of penance if you wish, and tell him the situation. He will help you more easily than you expect.

Many things are required before a person is excommunicated from the church. One is that the individual must be aware, at the time a particular act is committed, that an excommunication will be incurred ifthe act is carried through.

From your letter, it seems obvious that this was not true in your case. Whatever wrong you may have committed and however sinful, I think it is highly unlikely that any excommunication was involved.

As I said, a priest in your parish or a neighboring parish, I'm sure, can take care of any problems and relieve your anxieties very quickly.

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would "deal with a whole range of moral issues," including questions of personal and social morality and topics on which controversy has raged over cliurch teachings, but he refused to be drawn into discussing details.

Fri., Aug. 7, 1987

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Separated and divorced persons are invited to attend a free program on Self-Esteem, presented

by Sister Jane Hogan, OSF, at 7 p.m. Aug. 12 at St. Francis Xavier School, Acushnet. The session is sponsored by the diocesan Office of Family Ministry.

Sister Hogan, a teacher and clinical pastoral educator, is associate director of The Listening Place in Lynn. She spoke at a February forum for the divorced and separated, also held at St. Francis Xavier, and was asked to return by many who heard her there.

"Our personalities are our tool kits for handling life," she told her audience at that time. "Are you fragile like a carton of eggs or are you tough like a can of coffee?

How you perceive yourself determines how others will treat you."

Retreat Weekend Also to be sponsored by the Family Ministry office are two weekends for the separated and divorced, Sept. II to 13 and Dec. I) to 13. Both will be held at the Family Ministry building, 500 Slo·cum Road, North Dartmouth, telephone 999-6420..

The retreats will be conducted

by Father Bill Murphy, an atone-

ment Friar and an advocate for the marriage tribunal ofthe New York archdiocese. He was heard as keynote speaker at the February forum in Acushnet.

The theme for the retreats will be New Life, considered in relationship to God, others and oneself. Also to be discussed will be loneliness, guilt, stress, self-worth, anxiety and prayer.

Contra aid Continued from Page One dialogue among contending factions in Nicaragua.

"While it is legitimate to be concerned about the present orientation and drift of the [Nicaraguan) Sandinista regime,) question whether the only way in which permanent change can occur is through military pressure exerted by the contras."

A VISIT to Hyannis' well-known St. Francis Xavier parish was part of a three-day bus tour of Cape Cod for Mr. and Mrs. Leo Champagne, members of Sacred Heart parish, Lawrence. The touring sweethearts have been married for 52 years.

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The contras will not win, he said, without "overpowering" military pressure, which would likely mean direct U.S. intervention.

"This) would consider to be most ill-advised."

the NatIonal Conference of Catholic Bishops and long one of the bishops' leading national spokesmen on war and peace and pro-life issues, is to speak about the relationship between local churches,

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His topic is intimately tied to virtually all the major controversies in the u.s. Catholic Church in recent years, ·because in almost every case one of the central points of dispute has been the extent and style of Vatican involvement in local church affairs.

Archbishop Quinn, also a former NCCB president, former head of the bishops' Committee on Doctrine, and head of the papally appointed commission on religious life in the United States, is to address issues of the church's moral teaching.

He acknowledged that his talk

JIM BISHOP, 79, awardwinningjournalist and author. of the bestseller "The Day Christ Died," died July 26 in Delray Beach, Fla. He began his journalism career in 1929 with a New York daily. He also worked briefly in the Catholic press and from 1953-1955 was executive editor of Catholic Digest magazine.

As free-lance writer, hecontributed to several monthlies including Sign, the now-defunct Passionist order publication, which published his famous "The Day Christ Was Born," which later was expanded into a book following the a-day-in-the-life format, which became Bishop's trademark.

An Irish Catholic, Bishop often spoke warmly of the church. Although he admitted he seldom attended Mass, he described himself as a "deeply committed" Catholic.

He once noted that during his lean days as a writer, when "nobody seemed to want my stuff' he began to receive checks for $175 from the editor of Sign, Passionist Father Ralph Gorman.

"When the first one arrived I called Father Gorman and

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Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, NCCB vice president, who drew strong praise from the country's bishops when he spoke to them about ordained ministry at a special meeting last year in Collegeville, Minn., is to speak about vocations.

The growing shortage of priests and religious in the United States, an area of growing concern to the bishops, is known to be one of the pope's chief concerns as well.

Asked ifthe tensions he referred to between the U.S. bishops and the Vatican were accurately portrayed in the press, Archbishop Weakland said, "The press can very often pit the 5 percent on the extreme right against the 5 percent on the extreme left, and find a good story. I'ln not blaming the press - [finding controversy] is part oftheir job. But that's not the story of what's happening in the middle."

The real tension "is much deeper" than specific controversies of the moment and "goes back many decades," he said.

From the Vatican's side, he said, the tension stems from "the size of the United States and its influence, religiously and politically, around the world."

Archbishop Quinn, while acknowledging that the pope's meeting with the bishops would probably be one of the major events of the papal trip, warned against viewing it in isolation from the many other speeches and events over the 10-day span that the pope will be in the United States.

asked 'What's this forr " Bishop reminisced years later, adding that he told the editor he had not written an article for Sign.

"Don't worry, you will, as soon as I think of one," Bishop said, quoting the priest's reply.

"That help from Father Gorman," Bishop said, "helped me support my family at a desperate time. I'll never forget it." When Sign published "The Day Christ Was Born," the then-famous Bishop refused payment for it from the magazme.

Other works by the prolific Bishop were "The Day Lincoln Was Shot," "A Day in the Life of President Kennedy" and "The Day Kennedy Was Shot."

Suicide threats are serious

By Dr. la_. and Mary Kenny

Dear Dr. Kenny: How do you DOW when to be concerned IIbont talk -of suicide? My .6-ycar-old plfrlend bas told me on Hveral occasions recemly that sbe docs not want to Jive. I think sbe'sjust .,.Joa: tbal to let attention. Once she even took sis. aspirin, but I know that was jult II enture. What thould hay to her? Whatshould I do! I love her "Iuy much. - Iowa.

You arc: right to he concerned.

Do not dismiss a threat by saying, "She'sjost saying that to get atten~

lion," or consider an act such as taking too many aspirin as "'just II

gcBture."

I take every threat of suicide seriously, no matter how vague.... don't want to wake up tomorrow."

"Life isn't worth living."These are examples ofWry.general statements that still call for action on your part.

The first thing you mut.t do is notify a responsible adult, a parint or the school counselor.

Next. stay with your girlfriend.

See that she is not alone. My rule is that anyone who makes a suicide

threat or gesture IS going to have company, at ieast for the next 72 hours.

Realir-e now important you are to your girlfriend. Teens are more lihly to talk to other teens than to adults. Be a good listener. Be sympathetic to her pain and distress.

Don't come on too quickly with false reassurance such as. "Everything will work out all right." That may ·or may not be true. but it indicates to the upset person that you do Dot understand.

Once you know what she sees as the problem, help her think about other ways to get relief. Often a person sees death as the only way for pain to stop.

Some pr9bl.cms are helped by talking with a friend. Putting it in words, getting the emotions out and feeling a human response may do much.

At other times. the depressed person may need to get away from her troubles for the moment. The best belp may be to get out for an ice cream, a walk, a ride. or an evening's entertainment.

Still other problems require a

tangible soIution that calls (or time, money or medical care. People may get deeply depressed because of financial worries, illness or a surprise pregnancy. You may need to help witb more than active listening.

Take the obvious precaution of seeing that no pills orsbarp instruments are available. Her parents should check your girlfriend's room and rid their medicine cabinet of any dangerous medications. You might check. her purse. Remove anything that might be harmful.

No alcohol or drugs. Sometimes a person uses alcohol or drugs to eSCape, but this u!lually makes de-pression worse:. They are a mistake for anyone who has even momentarily considered ~uicide.

As you can sec, you can do a lot for your girlfriend. Tell a responsible adult what she has said. Take the obvious precautions. And be present for her.

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The true heroes of the world

By Antoinette Boeeo

1 was talking recently to a friend who Wasan ace pilot during World War II. Col. Russell Agneta racked up so many bombing roi~sions in those terrible war years that be was said to be on the Nazi must· ,boot~ownlist. But with the grace of God. he made it home !Sfely.

1 asked him what kind of cour· age it took to get up every day and know this could be your last one on earth. He smiled and said simply.

"It wall my job."

How much is contained in that simple sentence - the ingredients ofdependability. fidelity, unselfISh· ness. dedication; the "right stuff.'"

I thought of my father, Joe Oppedisano. When my father was sick in those last w~ks before he died, my brothers Joe and Dick and I took his hands one day and told him "thank you." We wanted him to know how much we appreciated his fidelity.

He looked at us. smiled and said. "You don't have to thank me.

It was my job."

Remarkably, the words and the smile. both with my pilot friend and with my father. went hand in nand.

When I first met Agneta and his lovely wife. Helene, several years aso, they were my new neighbors.

My daughter Mary lived with me at the time and used to say how he was like the sunshine with his smile and the Agnetas were the salt of the earth. . Shortly after we met them, they brought us apples from their apple tree. Mary wall so touched by thi~ simple act of homespun neighborliness that she. fOr the first time in her life, made two apple pies, one for us and one for the Agnetas.

That was when we learned about Agneta's war years and his further accomplishments. He was one of the designers of the landing gear for the Apollo II Mission which took tbree astronauts to the mOOD for the first time in history. His name is among thme on the plaque that rests on the moon.

Again, no bragging. no ego, no trappingS- of honor. He was just a man who smiled and brought apples to his neighbors.

On Memorial Day this year, Mf9. Agneta_died. Her husband took care of her for the long months she was incapacitated by her failing heart. He was accustomed to giving care because he also had taken care of his mother· in-law who was ill for two decades before she died.

Again be said.'''h waa my job.'"

It never would have occurred to him to complain or to renege on his rnponsibilities.

Lately I have heard people 58y that the problem with youth today is that they have no real role models to follow. Too many peopie in leadenhippositions are purveyors

of greed or tell lies.

So where are the great leaders for youth to emulate? They are around but they are the quiet ones - the men and women who go about their daily tasks, heroic or mundane. doing them wen for God and others. They are the one' who never flinch on their respon· sWilities. who don't wastea moment fteling sorty for the'mselvc:s, who, in the face of danger, pain, bore-' dom and deatb, still give to others with a smile.

"I don't want to be the heavy anymore," my husbandannounced as he came in the door lasl night. . "You are not that overweight,") told him.

"I don't mean that." he said. "I was reading an article on the modern falher today at work and l decided I don't want to be the threat held over the kids' heads."

He plunked into his chair. "For example," he went on, "How many times a day do you tell one of the kids, 'Just wait until your father comes home'?"

"It depends on the whether..' I said. "Whether my threat to tell you is abazooka on them, whether my evil eye look works or whether they. are behaving themselves because they need a ride or money."

"See what ) mean?" he said.

"They are gradually being conditioned to think of me as the menace, thedark power. the looming punishment" , "Yes, yes. yes," 1noddedeagerly. '"But that's not good," he said.

"For whom?"

"For me." he protested. '"How would you like it if you were thought of as the great baseball bat in the wingsT'

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"This is the 20th century. We don't need artificial sex roles anymore. We should share equally in the nurturing of our children." ""So what did your article say I should do when your oldest is nurturing herself on the cake I've made for dessert while she's talking for the seCOnd hour on the telephone I told her to hang up a long time ago?"

"That wasn't the point," he coun~ teredo "h is for me," I told him. "It sounds Ii lot better to say, "Just wait until your dad comes home: than "Hang up or die: or 'You win.

You've driven me insane. Drive me to the home.' ..

My voice was beginning to rise.

"Oon't you see, 'Just wait until your father comes home' is to mothers what the steam Valve is to the pressure cooker. It's a figure of speech. It's a verbal life jack:et.

It·s....'

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Sister Dympna, RSM, a Dioce~ san Depttrtment of Pastoral Care for the Sick chaplain on the pas· toral team at Cape Cod Hospital, trained tbe team members.

Mrs. Hannan-..said the sister showed the group "how to handle situations a' they arise" and offered "tips on what and what not to say.

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"Their job is just to be the presence of church," Father Tosti said, "an extension of the priest and his pastoral ministry. It really is an evanlC1iution.

"And you've helped people come back to the church as a result of your visits.," he said to Mrs. Hannan.

"We set as much out of it as we give," she answered. "It's such a fultillin. thin....

Conference members, who meet monthly, work in pairs, a Vincentian tradition. Mrs. Hannan used to work with the late Pel Brennan.

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A Cotuit resident and member of Mashpee and Cotuit's Christ the King parish, she is president of its Society of St. Vincent de Paul conference.

And the conference, according to Christ the King pastor Father Ronald A. Tosti, is "a vibrant part of thill parish."

II women and five men are Christ the King Vincentians. Their conference was formed by Father Tosti almost immediately after Christ the King was established, three years ago in November.

The group's main work, Mrs. Hannan said, "is to make weekly visits to parishioners in Cape Cod Hospital (Hyannis] and Falmouth Hospital, jUlt to let them know we're there if they need us."

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The facility serves homeless adults, Mrs. Hannan said, including the mentally handicapped and those with drug or alcohol-related problems. Guestsare served break· fast and an evening meal and offered sleeping facilities.

A nearby shelter accommodates families.

The conference president said that Noah accepts donations of time and money and that Cape religious groups and civic organizations have been most supportive of the undertaking. ~

Mn. Hannan orpniied Christ the Kin. involvement in Noah and is a member of one of five parish teams lIerving the shelter. Teams take turns providin. suppers, their members dividing the chores of shopping for, cookinl and delivering them.

A Noah suppet consists of an entree, vegetable, salad and- des· sert. Mrs. Hannan said chicken casserole. lasagne, chili and soup are typical of main dishes brought 10 the ,helter. Franks and beans, she said, are a favorite of the approximately40 guests each even· ing. "'H', always something that's easy to transport," she said, noting that some team members have lengthy drives from their homes to the shelter.

"They're the neediest of theneedy," she says of those aided by Noah. "You go home feeling very humble and thankful."

Guests are treated with dignity, she said, adding that volunteers are welcome to visit with them. wit's a lovely experience," Mrs. Hannan said.

She also noted that the shelter calls on the Vincentians when it needs such items as laundry detergent and razor blades.

The conference hopes to continue meeting the needs of Christ the King parishioners. The about 1100·family parish is growing, noted Mrs. Hannan, "and there will be more people with more needs."

The Vincentians are also IUpportin.a food pantry heing organized in Mashpee, she said.

"I'm very proud of what they have done," Father Tosti said, "not only in following my initiative, but also in following their own initiative in responding to the needs."

EAST BREWSTER. Immaculate Conception, Route 6A: (Schedule effective July and Aug.): Sat. 4:30 and 6 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Confessions, Sat. 4:00-4:25 p.m.

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ONSET, 51. MIUY Star orthe Sea. Ontet Ave.: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 10:30 a.m.; daily Mon., Tues., &. Fri., 9 a.m. Confessions, Sal. 3:3()..4:00 p.m.

CENTERVILLE, Our Lady or Vldory, 130 So. Main St. Sat. 5, 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 7,8:15,9:30, 10:45, 12 noon and 5:15 p.m. daily, 7, 9 a.m., Confessions, Sat. following 9 a.m. Mass and 4-4:45 p.m.

WEST BARNSTABLE, Our Lady of Hope, Rte. 6Ai Sat. 4 &. 5: 15 p.m.; Sun., 8:45, 10, 11:15 a.m. daily 8 a.m. confessions, before each Mass.

CHATHAM. Holy Redeemer, 57 Hipland AYe.: Schedule July ~, Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, II a.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; C.onfessions, Sat. 11:30 a.m. - 12 noon; First Friday -Mass 8& 9a.m., Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after 9:00 a.m.

Masll. Closing at 10:30 a.m. with Benediction.

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COTUIT/MASHPEE, Chrlat the Klnl, COTUIT, SI. Jude Chapel, ....1 Falmouth Road, Rte. 18: Sat. 4:00 p.m.; Sun. 9, 1-1 a.m.; daily, Mrm.Fri. 8:00 a.m. ,MASHPEE, Queen or All Salnb, Great NKk Rd. (to"lUdl Ne" Seabury): Sat. 4:00 and 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 10, 1l:30 I.m.; naily 9:00 a.m. Mon.-Fri. EAST FALMOUTH, StAntbony, 167 Ea.t Falmoutb Hllh"ay: Sat. 4:30, 7 p.m.; Sun. 7:30, 9, 1O;15~ 11:30 a.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3:30-4:15 p.m., weekdays, a!ly time by request.

ED~ARTOWN, St. Elizabeth, MalO Struti· Sat. 4 and 6 p.m.; Sun. 7, 9. II a.m.: daily, Mon.Sat., 8:30 a.m.; confessions, 3:30, Saturdays. Rosary: 8:15 a.m. weekdays, 8:30 a.m. Sundays.

Holy hour (July & Aug.) Mon.• Fri. 1:30·2:30 p.m.

FALMOUTH, St, Patrlek, 5JJ E. Main St.: Sat. 5:30, 7 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:45, to, 11:15 a.m., 5:30 p.m.; daily, 7 and 9 a.m., Sat. 8 a.m.; confessions: Saturdays 3:45-4:45 and following 7 p.m. ,Mass.

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HYANNIS, St. Francis Xavier, 347 South St.: Schedule effective May 30 - Oct. 10 - II, Sat. 4:00, 5:15, 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11:30 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily 7 a.m., 12:10 p.m.; confessions, Sat. 3:00 ·3:50 p.m. and following 7:30 p.m.

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WAREHAM, St. Patrick, 81 Hlp 51.: Sat. 4, 6, p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:30, '10, 11:30 a.m" 5 p.m.; daily, SIASCONSET, Union Chapek 8 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3-3:"5 Sun. 8:45 a.m. during July and p.m.

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WEST WAREHAM, St. Anthony, off Rte. 18 (Summer Scbedule NORTH FALMOUTH, St. bellnl June 10 - :zl): Sat. 4 p.m.; Ellzabetll Seton, 411 Quaker Rd.: Sat. 4, 5:30 ~p.m.; Sun. 7:45, 9, Sun. 9, 10a.m.; confenions, before each Mass.

10:15, 11:30 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily 9 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3:15-3:45, WELLFLEET, Our Lady of Lourdes, (Sdteclule belins Jum 4;"5~5:IS p.m.

OAK BLUFFS, Our Lady Stu of 18).56 58 Main St,: Sat. 4 and 5 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9,10, II a.m.; daily, 9 Ih~ Sea, Malnlolt Ave.: Sat. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9:15, 10:30 a.m.; a.m., confessions, before all daily (Mon. - Thurs.) 7 a.m. con- Masses. Novena to Miraculous Medal Tuesday before Mass. Nofl:$sions, Sat. 5:15 - 5:45 p.m. vena to St. Jude Friday before ORLEANS, St. Joan of Arc, Mass. Rosary before daily Mass Bridie Road. (Schedule effective ...... 8:45 a.m. throUlh Labor nay): Sat. 5, 7 NORTH TRURO, Our Lady or p. m.; Sun. 8,9:30, II a.m.; daily, 8 Perpet.al Help, Pond Road: Sat. a.m.; confessions, Sat. 4-4:50 p.m.; 4,5 p.m.; Sun. 9, 10, II a.m.; con· Our Lady of Perpetual Help nov. fessions before Masses. ena, at 8 a.m. Mass Wed. TRURO. Sacred Heart: Sat. 7:00 NORTH EASTHAM, Cbureh or p.m.: Confessions before Mass. tbe Villtadon (Sehedule ell'edlve tbroulb Labor nay): Sat. 5, 7 WEST HARWICH. Holy Trinity, p.m.; Sun. 8:00, 9:30. 11:00 a.m. Rte. 18: Sat. 4:00-5:30 p.m. Sun. daily-Mass9a.m:. Mon.•Wed.-Fri. 7:30,9,10:30,12 noon; daily 9:00 durinl July and Aug.; confessions, a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; confeuions, Sat. 2;00-3:30 p.m. and 7:30-8:30 Sat. 6:36-6:50 p.m. p.m, Fir5t Friday. Mass at II a.m.

OSTERVILLE, Our Lady of the followed by Exposition of ASlumptlon.76 Wianno Ave.; Sal. Blessed Sacrament cIosinl with 4:00 and 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:30, Benediction at 2 p.m.; confelllions 10:30a.m., 12:00 noon; daily, 8:00 eve of Ist Friday 2:00-3:30 p.m. a.m., confessions, Sat. 3:30 to 4:00 DENNISPORT, Our Lady of p.m.

Annandatlon, Upper CoWdy Rd.: Sat. ..:30 p.m.; Sun, 7, 8:30, 10, POCASSET. St, John the Evan11:30 a.m. Daily 8:00 a.m.; lellst, IS VI'Ilnla Road: Sat. 4, Confessions, Sat. 3-4 p.m.

5:15 p.m.; Sun. 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:45 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily, 7:30a.m., WOODS HOLE, SI. Jonpb: except ThUrsday and Saturday; Schedule June 27 - 28, Sat. 5:30 Tues. and Thurs. 9:00 a.m.; Sat. p.m.; Sun. 7, 9:30, II a.m.; daily 8 8:00 a.m.; Confessions Sat. 3-3:45 a.m.; Confession ~ hour before p.m.

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SAGAMOR£, St. Theresa, Rte. 6A: Sat. 5:00 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 a.m.. First Friday 5:00 p.m., confessions Sat. 4:00 4:45 p.m.

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At my very first charismatic meet· ing in April 1910, I did not hear people praying in tongues because the St. Boniface prayer group in Philadelphia had Mass on that First Friday. My attending in 1970 came more from curiosity than conviction, so I was somewhat resolved not to return. However, at my second enarisma.tic meeting, in 197J, I had enough experiences to blow my mind.

That second night. Brother Pan· cratius, C.SS.R., the founder of the Renewal in Philadelphia, was awaiting me because J had phoned him that morning. He offered me a choice. I could attend the prayer meeting in the big room or go into the church for a newcomer's tallc:.

I felt I ought to start at the bottom. He led me into the church where about IS people, of every background, were sitting in the fint few pews, listening to two laymen explaining the Renewal.

As 1 slipped into the pew, I recognized the, Y9'W8 man sitting beside'1m!:: as a high school student I bad'iaught three years earlier.

The Lord really had me in the learner's seat!

The teacher spoke of his own experiences with praying in tODgues. Before Brother Pancra· tius came to Philadelphia in January 1970, he had begun to read a bout charismatic experiences and had begun to pray in tongues on his own. However, he had many doubts about the gift.

Soon after, he joined tile newlyformed prayer group and one night decided. to pray aloud in his tongue.

After tbe meeting, a Greek-rite

priest told him that he was speak· ing in Gree~ and that the prayer was part of the Greek eucharistic prayer.

Soon the prayer meeting ended, and about 120 people joined us in church. Brother stood at the mi· crophone and invited them "to praise God in the gift you have received." Suddenly the church was filled with beautiful sounds of harmonious singing in tongues. A trained musician, who was also a newcomer, said that it was six-part harmony.

Suddenly, though no one was leading them, the singing stopped, as ifa choral director had given the

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invited anyone who, needed prayers to go to the end of the pew and people would pray with them. By this time, ] felt] needed a lot of prayers. so I quickly scrambled to the end.

Soon five people surrounded me, including that night'. newcomen' teacher. He asked me my need. and I asked for God's blcssing olla retreat the next day for the nUrM:! of Jefferson University Hospital. He said a prayer in English and then began to pray in his Greek tongue. As be did so, allfive began to pray in their tongue. It was a beautiful experience.

The next day, two people came from the prayer group and held a 20-minute prayer service before lunch.

No tongues were used, but I noticed that &11 the nurses were getting up and going to their pocketbooks. Then J realized that they were aU crying. (Later,. would learn a lot more about Ihis gift of tears.) ,+ . ',. ",'. ,>.For the rest of the.da-y. all they could talk about was their experiences during that prayer time.

"Father," they would say, "we have been on retreats with you before, but never one like this."

This was only my s.econd day of Pentecostal involvement! God was so good. There were so many signs so early that I couldn't doubt for a single moment that he had plunged, me, with little help on my part, into the middle of tremendous spiritual powers.

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Legion of Mary work described by member With the forthcoming Synod of Bishops which will have as its topic the role oflaity in the church, diocesan members of the Legion of Mary have called attention to the fact that the Legion is a lay organization with a focus on evangelization, an area ofthe Christian mission which the pope has described as a prime responsibility of laity as well as clergy.

A committed member of the Legion has prepared the following article on its work.

Our Lady's Legion The Marian year has begun, giving all a chance to discover or renew devotion to Mary. Leading us is the pope, an example of true devotion and dependence on the Mother of God. In the Fall River diocese, the Legion of Mary will hold events in each parish in which it is established, celebrating feasts honoring Our Lady.

During the Marian year, i"t is hoped that interest in the apostolate of the Legion of Mary will grow.

God uses persons as instruments.

Do you enjoy speaking to people?

Are you willing to share your faith? Do you want to fulfill y()ur duty of evangelization?

If your answer is yes, you may very well be suited for active membership in the Legion of Mary.

The time you spend (about three hours a week) will be well worth it.

The joy of seeing smiles on the faces of nursing home patients, the feeling of achievement when, because of Legion visits, people return to the sacraments - these are among the rewards that come to the active Legionary.

We are told that we are faced with a vocation crisis. Here the Legion of Mary could playa major role in encouraging and fostering vocations, especially to the priesthood.

Legion meetings are essentially spiritual and the main object of membership is personal sanctification. Together with the apostolic work assigned weekly, this orientation towards holiness gives one a sense of being an active part ofthe church.

It may be noted that many junior and senior Legionaries have gone on to become priests, religious and permanent deacons in our diocese.

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The public is invited to be at the cathedral at 7 p.m. Aug. 14, the vigil of the Assumption, for a Legion-sponsored service comprised of recitation of the rosary, a procession and Mass.

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Deacons, spouses to hear pope With NC News reports Seven permanent deacons and spouses from the Fall River diocese will be among 2,900 deacons and their wives who will meet with Pope John Paulll in Detroit on Sept. 19, the last day of the pontiffs U.S. trip.

The diocesan representatives are Deacon and Mrs. John H. Schondek; Deacon and Mrs. Antonio M. dil Cruz; Deacon and Mrs. Richard J. Murphy Sr.; and Deacon Robert B.,Raymond. Deacon Schondek serves at St. Paul parish, Taunton; Deacon da Cruz at Our Lady of Assumption, New Bedford; Deacon Murphy at Corpus Christi, Sandwich; Deacon Raymo'nd at St. Anne, Fall River.

16 years old, Detroit's permanent deacon program is one of the oldest and largest in the nation, with about 150 deacons serving in parishes, hospitals, jails, youth groups and a variety of other ministries.

U.S. dioceses have taken a lead in developing the permanent diaconate since it was restored in the church 17 years ago. The United States has nearly 8.000 permanent deacons, about three-fifths of the world total.

Leo Bistak, a deacon in Sterling Heights, Mich., noted that "the deacon can offer the witness of marriage that's not there with priests. When I stand up and preach, people know you have to struggle every day and you bring that to your preaching.... And I can be a witness at work."

At his parish, Bistak works with engaged couples, preaches at Masses, oversees the lectors and teaches baptismal classes.

He also heads the Detroit permanent deacons' assembly, which organizes retreats, days of recollection, continuing education and , social events.

Director of ministry for the Detroit diaconate is Father George Charnley, a pastor in suburban Canton.

The deacons' most important function, Father Charnley said, is "being part of the marketplace, being a sign of the church, a presence of the church in the marketplace."

The "sign value" ofthe ordained is "dynamite," he added. ' "I put liturgy last. They're not just minipriests. It's a totally different ministry and they do not just do what the priest doesn't want to," he said. "Many priests are happy to have deacons and others don't want anything to do with them. I've had one at every parish [I've been in] and I think they're great and an asset to parish life."

The number of U.S. deacons is a "great tribute to the church of the United States because the U.S. is one of the few places where men go to church," the priest added.

The pope's September meeting with deacons will be "a boon" to programs and "a sign the pope recognizes it asa viable ministry," he said. '

Good Things "Fill your minds with those things that are good and that deserve praise: things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely and honorable. " - Phil. 4:8

ONE OF THE MORE astonishing souvenirs of the papal trip to the United States has to be this John Paul 11 sprinkler. Also available are Elvis Presley, Liberace, Reagan and Jim and Tam.my Bakker models. (Ne/UP} photo)

Holocaust survivor advises pope on family issues CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (NC) - In 1945, when the German concentration camp of Ravensbruck was liberated, an emaciated Polish woman crawled out from a pile of corpses where she had been left for dead. A witness to four years of atrocities, she was determined to dedicate the rest of her life to children and the unborn.

Today, Dr. Wanda Poltawska - medical doctor, psychiatrist and family planning expert - is one of the few women in the world who has the ear of Pope John Paulll on family issues. As friend and adviser, she speaks to him with increasing urgency about abortion, birth control and what she sees as a large-scale Catholic defection from church teachings.

"We have to call evil by its name," Mrs. Poltawska said, recalling the lesson ofthe Nazi camp.

"In the world today, there are some, not many, who understand this and are faithful to what the church is saying."

Mrs. Poltawska, a member of the PontifICal Council for the Family and a teacher at the archdiocesan seminary in Krakow, Poland, spoke in an interview outside the papal summer villa in Castel Gandolfo, 15 miles south of Rome.

She and her family were spending part of their vacation with the pope, as they have for some 25 years, she said.

For the pope, it's almost like having his own family, according to Vatican sources; Mrs. Poltawska's young grandchildren call him "Holy Uncle."

The sources say the 65-year-old mother of four has become an influential contributor to the pope's teachings on the family, bringing pastoral experience to his ethical reasoning. "The pope often uses philosophical'language. I use everyday language. All I know is from life's experience," she said.

Her "everyday" language is frequently and deliberately blunt. On the abortion issue, for example,

she recently suggested approaching doctors with the question: "How many babies did you kill today?"

To couples and conventions, she defends periodical sexual abstinence, saying it is not a churchimposed family planning solution but a natural part of sexual life.

She rejects the view that natural family planning diminishes the spontaneity of sex.

"Why shouldn't couples make an appointment for that great moment?" she asks.

She faults Catholic universities and seminaries around the world, saying that, in many places, "No one teaches Christian ethics anymore." During her first meeting at the Council for the Family in 1982, she said, she realized that even many of the 18 other membercouples "were not completely educated in morality."

"I speak in black and white, and for that reason I have many enemies," Mrs. Poltawska said.

Several of her talks and writings, she said, have been translated and distributed in the United States

by Catholics United for the Faith.

She called the organization "the one group that I have faith in in America."

Her relationship with the pope began in postwar Krakow, where she was studying medicine and running a small home for unwed mothers.

"I met a young priest there, Father Karol Wojtyla," she recalled. As the local parish vicar, he baptized the babies born in the home and was impressed with her program.

Their collaboration increased when Mrs. Poltawska began work-

ing with married couples. She organized a weekend encounter with 10 couples on the verge of divorce and asked Father Wojtyla to give them a Saturday night sermon.

Afterward, not one of the couples broke up, she said.

"We saw that a pastoral program was needed," she said. When he was named bishop and then archbishop of Krakow, the future pope founded the Institute for the Theology ofthe Family and named Mrs. Poltawska its director. Later, she began teaching "pastoral medicine" to Krakow seminarians, focusing on issues like abortion, contraception and euthanasia.

After the pope founded the Pontifical Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family in Rome, she taught there briefly, too.

A bout with cancer in 1962 illustrated her spiritual closeness with the pope. A week before she was to undergo an operation, then-Bishop Wojtyla asked Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, an Italian Capuchin famous as a holy man, to pray for her. When she went for the opera- ' tion, she said, she was told the cancer had disappeared. The episode is under study as a possible miracle in Padre Pio's sainthood cause.

She describes the pope as kind with people but "hard as a rock" when it comes to ethical norms.

She thinks criticisms about his and the church's attitude toward women are misplaced.

"If there's a feminist, it's the pope. He speaks about women in a way that elevates their personality as a treasure," she said. The papal adviser added: "I don't understand why women want to be priests.

They don't understand that they have the chance to be mothers and be so close to God." Along with her husband, Andrzej, a philosophy professor at Warsaw's Catholic university, Mrs. Poltawska has impressed some Vatican officials with an aggres-

sive approach to church teaching on procreation.

In a report two years ago to the Council for the Family, the Poltawskis (in Polish usage, the husband's name ends in "i," the wife's in "a") proposed that terms such as "unwanted pregnancy" and "unwanted child" be "excluded from Catholic literature." Natural family planning methods should never be mentioned together with contraception, they said, because it promotes the "confusion" that natural family planning is merely another birth control technique.

They also proposed an end to "efficiency" charts comparing natural family planning methods and contraceptive methods. They chastised Catholic doctors who are "afraid" to say that "ifa couple abstains from sexual activity during a woman's fertile period, there is always an 'efficiency' of 100 percent."

In the interview, Mrs. Poltawska praised the recent document on procreation by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, but said it should have been stricter in disallowing all sperm- and ovumtransfer techniques. The document said such techniques are allowed when they help rather than substitute for sexual intercaurse.

She also said the instruction, which condemned in vitro fertilization and surrogate motherhood, "came 15 years too late."

"As soon as we heard from Australia that they were experimenting with human sperm, the church should have said it was illicit," she said.

Mrs. Poltawska is outspoken' about the Roman Curia, criticizing its slow methods and its mostly clerical composition. There is no reason lay people could not fill more curial offices, she said.

"The Vatican is not a place where women are easily accepted," she added. "The first year, the Swiss Guards never saluted me.

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A-3 Approved for Adults'Only Adventures in Babysitting Assassination The Bedroom Window The Believers The Big Easy Blind Date Children of a Lesser God The Color of Money Critical Condition Ernest Goes to Camp The Fringe Dwellers Gardens of Stone

Good Morning, Babylon Hot Pursuit Impure Thoughts The Lost Boys Making Mr. Right The Mosquito Coast Police Academy 4 Predator Raising Arizona Revenge of Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise

Roxanne Spaceballs The Squeeze Straight To Hell Summer School Tampopo The Untouchables The Whistle Blower Wild Thing Wishing You Were There Withr!til and I

,A-4 Separate Classification (Separate classification is given to certain films which while not morally offensive, require some analysis and explanation as a protection against wrong interpretation and false conclusions) Full Metal Jacket

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O-Morally Offensive The Allnighter Angel Heart Beyond Therapy Beverly Hills Cop II Broken Mirrors Creepshow 2 Dragnet Extreme Prejudice Gothic

Hanoi Hilton Heartbreak Ridge Lethal Weapon My Demon Lover The Night Stalker Nightmare on Elm Street III Personal Services Prick Up Your Ears Rita, Sue and Bob Tool

River's Edge Robocop The Secret of My Success Steele Justice The Stepfather Street Smart Tin Men Witchboard The Witches of Eastwiek

Area Religious Broadcasting The followina television and radio programs otiginate in the diocesan vieWing ...d listening _a. Their listings normally do not vary from week to week. They will be presented in the Anchor the first Friday of each JnOpth and will renect any changes that may be made. Please clip and retain for reference. ' On TV Each Sunday, 10:30 a.m WLNE, Channel 6. Dioces...

Television Mass. ' Portuguese Masses from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Churcb, New Bedford: 12:15 p.m. eacb Sunday on radio station WJFDFM, 7 p.m. each Sunday on television Cbannel 20.

Portuguese Masses from Out Lady of Lourdes and St. Anthony ofLisbon parishes, Taunton: 7 p.m. each Sunday and 6 p.m. eacb Monday on U.A. Columbia Cablevision, Channel 27.

Mass 9:30 a.m. Monday to Friday, WFXT, Channel2S. "ConOuence," 8 a.m. each Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of soci.' services; Right Rev. Georae Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island, and Rabbi Barucb Korff. . "Breakthrouab" 6:30 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 10, a program on the power of God to touch lives, produced by the Pastoral Theological Institute of Hamden, Conn.

"Tbe Glory of God," with Father John Bertolucei, Sundays 7:30 a.m., Channel 27, 10 p.m.

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"Maryson," a family puppet show with moral and spiritual perspective 6 p.m. each Thurs~ day, Fall Riverand New Bedford Cable Channel 13.

"Spirit and the Bride," a talk show with William Larkin, 6 p.m. Monday, cable channel 35.

On Radio Charismatic programs with Father John Randall are aired from 9:30 to 10:30a.m. Monday through Friday on station WRIB, 1220 AM; Mass is broadcast at I p.m. each Sunday.

"Topic Retigion," presented by two priests, a rabbi and a Protestant minister, is broadcast at 6:06 a.m. and 9:06 p.m. each Sunday on station WEEI Boston, 590 AM. Programs of Catholic interest are broadcast at the following times on station WROL Boston, 950 AM: Mon(lay through Friday 9, 9: I5, II :45 a.m.; 12: I5, 12:30, I p.m,.

A Polish-language rosary hour. conducted by Father Justin, is broadcast at 1:30 p.m.

Sundays on station WALE, 1400 AM. A Polish-language Mass is heard from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. every Sunday oDitation WICE, 5SOa.m.

SISTER Mary Margaret Souza, S.S.D. celebrated her silver jubilee of religious life at a Mass last Sunday at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford.

A graduate of Mt. Carmel' School and Sacred Hearts Academy, Fairhaven, she entered the Sisters ofSt. Dorothy in 1962 and was professed in 1972.

Sister Mary Margaret attended Catholic Teachers College in Providence, where she earned a bachelor of science degree in education. She holds a master's degree in theology from Fordham University and did additional graduate work in administration and supervision at Boston College and St. lohn's University.

She has taught and been at St. Elizabeth's School, Bristol, RI, and the Academy of St. Dorothy, Staten Island, NY. At the academy she has also served twice as superior and twice as community coordinator.

The jubilarian is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Souza of New Bedford. A brother, Col. George Souza, USAF, resides in Alexandria, Va. princip~l

Vincentians send children to camp Taunton area members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul have sent children to Camp Wonderland in Sharon for the third summer. Working in cooperation with the State Division of Social Services, the Vincentians assisted in making arrangements for 37 youngsters under age 14 to attend the Salvation Army-sponsored camp.

The children's one-week stay, which ended yesterday, saw them participating in swimming, arts and crafts, nature study and campfire programs. , Vincentian Roland Ducharme said his group had sent children to various camps for over 30 years, originally just boys, but now both boys and girls. Supporting him in emphasizing the benefits of camp life were Heidi Offley and Crystal Fernandes, 1986 campers who are now over the age limit for Wonderland. They and he agreed on the need for camps for older youngsters.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Aug. 7, 1987

By Charlie Martin

LUKA My name is Lub I live on the seoond floor I live upstairs from you Yes I think you've seen me before If you hear something late at night Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight Just don't ask me what it was I think it's beeause I'm dumsy I try not to talk too loud Maybe it's beeause I'm crazy I try not to act too proud They only hit until you ery And after that you don't ask why You just don't argue anymore Yes I think I'm OK I walked into the door again Well if you ask that's what 111 say And it's not your business anyway I guess I'd like to be alone Witb nothing broken, notbing thrown Just don't ask me how I am Written and sung by Suzanne Vega, (c) 1987 by A &: M Records Inc. SUZANNE VEGA'S "Luka" is hurts is the loss of a positive sense an unusual record, perhaps even of self-identity. Abuse steals away unique. I can't remember any other much of a child's ability to experpop release that describes the ience the good in him- or herself. tragedy of child abuse.

As the song clearly states, abused Abused children suffer many children also tend to blame themphysical and emotional injuries. selves for what is happening: "I One of the most severe of these think it's because I'm clumsy. I try

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Q. How do you deal with loneli- times and you may have to do it ness? I find it hard to make friends with more than one person and and my brother and sister are so you may have to endure some mucb older than I am that we failures. don't have much in common. (TenBut I would urge you to keep nessee) struggling to make some friends, Some other people out there no matter how long you have to also are lonely and find it difficult try. That, after all, is the main ~o make friends. Can you spot solution to the problem and pain them, the quiet ones, the ones who of loneliness.

It may be that before you sucaren't popular, the ones who (like you?) linger on the edge of the ceed you will have to endure many crowd? hours of being alone. What to do These quiet ones are often not as during this lonely period? formidable to approach as are Mr. and Ms. Popularity. Have you With a view to learning more thought of trying to-make one or about people and the makeup of more friends among lhe boys and human nature, try reading some girls who seem not to have many worthwhile novels. As you may friends? already know, there are some excelYou may discover that one or lent novels for young adults, stomore of these quiet ones are inter- ries that avoid the pitfalls of shalesting in an offbeat way, have low romances. unsuspected qualities of goodness Why not try some biographies and maybe a sly sense of humor too and perhaps find out how and fun. some great and famous persons So, well ahead of time, arm dealt with loneliness? Perhaps you'd yourself with severaitopics of con- also like to experiment with readversation, and then, perhaps dur- ing some poetry or even writing a ing the lunch hour or immediately poem - about loneliness and your after school, approach one of these longing for a friend. less popular people and see where Have you any hobbies to occupy , .your time? One young woman told a conversation leads.

You may have to do this several me recently that during the looeli- .

not to talk too loud. Maybe it's because I'm crazy. I try not to act too proud."

Abused children do not possess an understanding of what is really going on, namely, that the abusing adult is acting out his or her own pain.

It is not my purpose here to discuss the causes and origins of child abuse in depth. What I do want to point out is that almost any community offers professional resources that can help abused individuals.

Since my reading audience is primarily teen-agers, I particularly appeal to you. If you have been abused in any way, reach out to a trusted adult and share your feelings and your pain.

I know that is difficult to do. Yet your courage may be a highly important step in getting help not only for yourself, but also for the individual who has abused you.

"Luka" reminds us of the dam~ aging effects on people of any type of abuse. Most of us are aware of the pain caused by sexual and physical abuse. However, verbal abuse also can be devastating.

At times, any of us can become verbally abusive toward others.

"Luka" prompts us to reflect on this - on why we are sometimes led to put others down or to use other forms of verbal abuse - and to work at removing such behavior from our lives.

No matter what your age, you can help to remove hurt from the world and to bring healing into it.

Your comments are always welcome. Please address Charlie Martin, 1218 S. Rotherwood Ave., Evansville, Ind. 47714. ness of her growing-up years she became fascinated by many aspects of nature and found pleasure in learning about trees, flowers, rocks, insects and aniJIlals.

Might you make some new friends by getting into volunteer work with the Junior Red Cross or with the Candy Stripers? Or are there some interesting classes at a nature or art museum that you might attend - and meet new people?

Not recommended are long hours of watching mindless television.

But why not embark on a schedule of selective TV-watching and find out if some of those programs on PBS might be more interesting than you thought.

Also not recommended are liquor and other drugs to ease the pain of loneliness or to bolster your sagging ego. That way lies far more pain than you are experiencing now.

Send comments and questions to Tom Lennon, 1312 Mass. Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.

New book group WILMINGTON, Del. (NC) Publishers of Catholic books in America have formed the Catholic Book Publishers Association. It includes university presses, denominational houses and major U.S. publishers, including Doubleday and Harper and Row. With temporary headquarters at Michael Glazier, Inc., in Wilminton the association elected Michael Glazier, president. Board members are Patricia Kossmann of Doubleday, John McHale of Christian Classics, and Eileen Carzo of Michael Glazier.

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New Bedford Serrans' pray for vocations

By Joseph Motta Serra International is a Catholic men's organization that seeks to help members fulfill their own Christian vocations to service and to foster religious vocations, showing young people that it is interested in them and that it respects and admires men and women who dedicate their lives to God. The Greater New Bedford Serra Club's approximately 30 members, according to Gilbert J. Costa, its president, think that prayer is important in encouraging vocations.

The group, he said, is participating in The 31 Club, a ·Serra International project, in which participants attend one extra Mass per month for a year, offering it for priests and religious who have served their parishes in the past, for the perseverance of those serving now and for more vocations to come from parish families. Costa explained that the club takes its name from the maximum number . of days in a month. Each participant chooses one day a month on which to attend the extra Mass.

Birthdays, he said, are easy to remember.

"Mine happens to be August 4 so I use the fourth of each month."

The president said that club members are asking people in New Bedford deanery parishes to participate in the program. "Pastors have been super in offering support," he said.

"What we're really doing," he added, "is asking the laity to join with us in recognizing the vocation crisis. There are no rules, no dues.

What we're asking for is their prayers."

Costa said that his group began involvement with The 31 Club after Bishop Daniel A. Cronin asked them to· pray for vocations during the Marian year.

"We're the bishop's club," Costa said. "Our loyalty is to him and to what he wants us to do."

Wilfred Rousseau, a New Bedford club charter member, chairs The 31 Club for that deanery's Serrans.

"So far," Rousseau said, "it has been received very well."

Costa invites new members to The 31 Club, and asks people who wish to participate who have not already signed up in their parishes to write to The Serra Club of Greater New Bedford at P.O. Box C-207, New Bedford 02741, in-

forming it oftheir names, addresses, parishes and the days ofthe month they have chosen to pray for vocations at Mass.

He also welcomes New Bedford area Catholic men to contact him for information aboutjoining Serra and its over 9,000 U.S. members.

He may be reached by mail at 185 Milford Street, New Bedford 02745.

Costa and his wife Patricia, married 36 years, are members of St. Mary's parish, New Bedford. They have nine children, ranging in age from IO to 35.

The Costa clan's dad, like Rousseau, is a charter member of New Bedford's Serra group, which was established in 1958. He has served as its president once before.

Costa is also a past governor of Serra's District 40, which comprises the dioceses of Fall River and Providence. Tim Mitchell of St. James parish, New Bedford, another New Bedford club member, is the current governor.

Also of note to those praying for vocations, the 45th annual Serra International convention was recently held in San Diego.

The meeting drew 1,500 participants and was the largest gathering of Serrans ever held in the United States. Delegates represented 502 clubs in 29 nations.

Noting the convention's theme, "Unity in the Work of Service," the newly elected president of Serra International, Bill Cicherski of Dallas, urged members to promote the Serra vocation programs.

Serra also needs more members, he said, announcing a "Two Today for Serra" campaign during which each ofthe current 16,000 members will be asked for the names of two prospective Serrans.

Washington Archbishop James A. Hickey, episcopal adviser to Serra, told Serrans they "get things done" and thanked them for their vocation promotion efforts.

In an interview with the Southern Cross, newspaper of the Diocese of San Diego, Archbishop Hickey said U.S. vocations were "holding their own" and that the church has begun to recognize and value vocations of people in their 30s and older.

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CYO baseball, golf action The curtain recently fell on regular season play for the Fall River area Cya Baseball League. The league began its championship playoffs on Sunday.

The top six teams in the eightteam league made the playoffs, with the two top-ranked groups gaining first-round byes.

Final standings for regular team play were as follows: Immaculate Conception, 17-4; Swansea, 16-5; St. Michael, 14-7; St. William, 138; Our Lady of Health, 9-12; S1.

Elizabeth, 6-15; Notre Dame, 516; St. Anne, 4-17.

When semifinal action began Sunday, St. Michael topped S1.

Elizabeth II-I, and S1. William took Our Lady of Health 4-1.

The second games of the series were played Tuesday night, and tiebreakers, if necessary, were held on Wednesday.

Immaculate Conception will take on the surviving team that finished lowest in regular season play on Sunday, while Swansea will play host to the other first round survivor. Again, games will be played on Tuesday, and, if necessary, on Wednesday.

The championship round, best two out of three, is scheduled to begin on Aug. 16.

Al "Val" Vaillancourt, associate director and chief umpire of the CYO league, expects spirited and close competition.

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On July 27, The Fall River Country Club was the site of the Annual Fall River Area CYO Golf Tournament. Play was divided into four divisions, and each, save one, saw keen competition.

In Senior play, Rick Coleman repeated as champion as he shot 44-36-80. John Carroll and Marty DeAngelo tied for second, both

shooting 83. Carroll won the sudden death playoff on the first hole.

Derek Leonard of Somerset led the Junior division field with a 4141-82 day. Doug Smith of Fall River followed, 46-41-87.

First place Intermediate division player was Brad Steever of Somerset, who checked in with 41-38-79.

Don Wilson, 42-38-80, and Matt Carroll, 41-39-80, tied for second, with Wilson winning the sudden death playoff on the first hole.

Runaway victor in the Cadet division was Brandon Bouchard, 39-41-80. His closest competitor was Kevin Purdy, 58-49-107.

The winners and runners-up became eligible to play in the Diocesan Tournament, held the following day at the Pocasset GolfCourse on Cape Cod. In diocesan play, Fall River's Senior runnerup Carroll came in second to Taunton's Chip Wheeler.

Mike Goff and .Ian Chamberlain, both of East Falmouth, placed first and second in Junior.division play.

Jim Stanley of Taunton and Matt Carroll took Intermediate honors.

In Cadet competition, Bouchard took top honors for the Fall River area. Second place shooter was Adam Bradshaw of North Dartmouth.

Father Jay T. Maddock, Fall River Area CYO director, expressed his thanks to Tom Tetreault and the members of the Fall River Country Club for their kindness in once again hosting the tournament.

He also expressed appreciation to Everett Smith, who served his third year as tournament director, and to Smith's assistant Roger Dugal.

tv, movie news . Symbols follOWing film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Films Office ratings, which do not always coincide.

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

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; 4-separate classification (given films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

Catholic ratings for television movies are those of the movie house versions of the films.

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Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local lil,t· ings, which may differ from the New York network schedules supplied to The Anchor.

Tuesday, Aug. 18, 9-11 p.m.

EDT (NBC) - "The Man from Snowy River" (1982). Kirk Dou. glas is seen in a dual role as a grizzled prospector and wealthy rancher who befriends a young orphan, leading him to manhood in the Australian outback. Impressive scenery but violence and sexual elements. A2, PG

New Films "Superman IV: The Search for Peace" (Warners) - The man of steel (Christopher Reeve) battles his evil clone in this even-tempered sequel. Mariel Hemingway appears as a romantic rival to Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). Violent conflict.

A2, PG "Summer School"(Paramount) - A gym teacher (Mark Harmon)

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"If Father Bertolucci is having financial dificulties, it must be related to his own efforts or the popularity of his own program," he said.

Father Nadolny warned about the financial security of a religious program that relies too heavily on the personality of its host.

"Everyone peaks," he warned, adding that locally produced programs, such as TV Masses, are doing well.

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(NC) - A Catholic radio program carried by more than 140 stations has canceled a fund raising appeal because it feared a poor response in the wake of the scandal surrounding TV evangelist Jim Baklic faith as inspired by the world ker. vision ofSt. Francis of Assisi. The "Crossroads," produced in West fraternity patroness is St. Clare of Springfield by the Passionist order, Assisi, a contemporary ofSt. Fran- relies on donations to keep it on cis and foundress of the Poor the air in the United States, CanClares, a community of Francis- ada, the Philippines and the Carican contemplative nuns. Follow- bean. It is not the first national ing St. Clare's example, Fall River Catholic program to feel a ripple fraternity members have as their effect from the scandal at the PTL special ministry the encourage- ministry headed by Bakker. ment contemplative prayer.

In June, a charismatic TV proFurther information about Tues- gram, "The Glory of God," anday's meeting or fraternity mem- nounced a 50 percent drop in bership is available by calling 675- donations, amounting to about 1273. $70,000 a month.

Other church broadcasters report no fallout from the PTL crisis, however.

• Roberto Gutierrez, producer of "Nuestra Familia," the most widely available Spanish-language broadcast in the nation, said May and June donations were down "about 5 percent" but blamed it on being given "less favorable" time slots by networks.

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St. Clare Fraternity to be established St. Clare Fraternity of Franciscan laity, meeting at Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, Fall River, will be canonically established at ceremonies in the home chapel at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, POCASSET Church open for prayer and adoration of Blessed Sacrament until noon weekdays and all day weekends. First Friday Masses 7:30 and 9 a.m. today. Marian year rosary recitation after 8 a.m. Mass Saturdays.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Parishioners welcome to participate in an ecumenical service celebrating 350 years of religious history in Sandwich, II: 15 a.m. Sunday, Church of Christ. Meeting for prospective altar servers 3:30 p.m. Aug. 13, church. Parish Scripture study group resumes in fall, new members welcome; sessions 9:30 a.m. Thursdays, Father Clinton Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays, St. Theresa's Hall; sessions include individual study, small group discussion, prayer and a video lecture; register by Aug. 20; information: 428-9456.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Congratulations to new Eagle Scout Andrew Schultz. First Friday Benediction 10 a.m. today. El Paso Bishop Raymundo J. Pena thanks the parish for its aid to the parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Saragosa, reCently destroyed by a tornado.

ST.ANNE,FR First Friday Masses 7: 15 and II :30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. today. Guided tours of shrine I to 4 p.m. daily begin inside shrine near office.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Reception for former pastor Father Francis L. Mahoney, I to 4:30 p.m.

Sept. 13. Adult Bible discussion 7 to 8: 15 p.m. Wednesday and 9:45 to II a.m. Thursday. Altar servers' pool party noon Monday. Softball 6 p.m.

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ST. MATHIEU, FR The parish will celebrate its 100th anniversary October 4; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be main celebrant at II a.m. Mass; dinner will follow at White's restaurant, N. Westport; a large committee is planning celebration details.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON Widowed support group meeting 7:30 p.m. Aug. 17; travel expert Mary Wentworth will speak.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Garden flowers requested for weekend services. Portuguese First Friday Mass 7 tonight.

ST. ELIZABETH SETON, NO. FALMOUTH Charismatic prayer group meets 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, parish hall.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will celebrate 10:15 a.m. Mass Sunday, and retire the parish mortgage afterwards; all welcome.

ST. JULIE, NO. DARTMOUTH Prayer meeting 7:30 p.m. Mondays, church. First anniversary Mass for former pastor Father John F. Hogan 9 a.m. today. .

NOTRE DAME, FR Choir rehearsal for Brothers' celebration 7: 15 p.m. Aug. II. ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN First Friday Mass 7 tonight.

Clothing drive for Texas mission underway. The parish welcomes new pastoral minister Sister Rita Abramavage, RSM. LEGION OF MARY, NB New Bedford curia meets 6:30 p.m. Aug. 9, St. Mary's rectory, Fairhaven. .

CATHEDRAL, FR Altar boys' outing Aug. 19.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR The parish extends sympathy to the family of sexton George E. Simcock, who died July 30. Evening prayer 6:30 Sundays, upper church.

O.L. ASSUMPTION, OSTERVILLE Summer clothes, underwear, white cotton socks and toiletries may be left in the rectory garage for shipment to the Pine Street Inn and Rosie's Place, both Boston shelters.

First Friday Mass 8 a.m. today.

HOLY NAME, FR Altar boys' outing to Pawtucket Red Sox game Aug. 12.

ST. JAMES, NB Lectors needed; information: rectory, 992-9408.

ST. KILIAN, NB Widowed support group social meeting 7:30 p.m. Monday, rectory basement; all widowed persons welcome; information: 998-3269.

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR Steps have been taken towards acquisition of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, a technology using magnetic and radio frequency fields to detect and monitor diseases. Free workshop on communication in aging 9 to 10:30 a.m. Aug. 27, Room 112, Clemence Hall, cosponsored by the hospital speech and language center in cooperation with Morton Hospit;ll, Taunton. Information: 674-5741, ext. 2472.

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1962 Father Louis J. Joseph, assistant at Sacred Heart Church, Oak Bluffs,joined the chaplain corps ofthe U.S. Air Force.

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1967 Establishment of the new parish of St. Mark, Attleboro Falls, was decreed by Bishop James L. Connolly.

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1977 Sister Mary Laurita Hand, PBVM, assumed duties as assistant superintendent of diocesan schools.

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A farewell party honored Alice Stone, retiring from the staff of Fall River's Catholic Memorial Home, after 18 years of service. Entertainment was highlighted by an unscheduled dancer, the two-year-oJd daughter of the home's assistant director.

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ST. JEAN BAPTISTE, FR Marian devotion 7 p.m. Monday with organ music by Laura Nobrega and commentary on and recitation of the mysteries of the rosary. All welcome.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Father Andre A. Patenaude, MS shrine director, better known a~ "Father Pat," will give a free concert 4 p.m. tomorrow, Garden of Worship, indoors in case of rain; lawn chairs and blankets may be brought.

Twilight Mass follows at 7:30 p.m. with music by Father Pat; all welcome.

Brothers Jerome, Michael, John and Charles Downs of Vineyard Haven were all enrolled at Holy Cross College, Worcester, one in each class.

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DR. BERNIE Siegel, a general surgeon at Yale University Medical School, will speak on the roles of hope, love and spirituality in the healing process at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Garden of Worship at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro.

Dr. Siegel has developed a therapeutic approach to patients with chronic or catastrophic illness, aimed at integration of mind, body and spirit. A healing prayer service will follow his address. All welcome, free admission. Information: 222-5410 .

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ST.MARY,NB Deacon Claude A. LeBlanc is welcomed to the parish and Deacon Lawrence A. St. Onge, who has been assigned to St. Bernard parish, Assonet, is thanked for his service.

Finance Committee meeting Aug. 10, rectory.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Polka Mass 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

Rosary 7: 15 a.m. weekdays.

CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/MASHPEE First Friday exposition of the Blessed Sacrament today until 4 p.m. Benediction, St. Jude the Apostle Chapel. The parish welcomes Permanent Deacon Robert LeMay.

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CATHOLIC MEMORIAL HOME,FR Coffee hour/birthday celebration 2 p.m. Aug. 21, auditorium, with entertainment by Judy Conrad. Welcome to new residents Raymond Jewell, Albert Vezina, Anna Gagnon, Yvette Goyette and Mary Souza.

Employee ofthe month is Clara Ferreira of the rehabilitation department.

BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR A holy water receptacle has been donated in memory of Juliette E. Landry and Roland Croteau.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Day of adoration 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. today. Call Joe Begnoche, 9927371, for information on helping out at the soup kitchen on the first Friday of each month. Information on joining parish music groups: Deborah Osuch, 994-3405.

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