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Nicaragua assessment continues
Bishops keeping watch NEW YORK (NC) - The U.S. bishops are denouncing oppression in Nicaragua with "much stronger statements today," Cardinal John O'Connor of New York said Aug.
4. Butthe shift is caused by developing circumstances in Nicaragua, not by any "philosophical or ideological" change on the part of the . bishops, he said. The cardinal, who chairs the U.S. Catholic Conference Committee on Social Development and World Peace, said his committee is reassessing the Nicaraguan situation "constantly." A major new church-state controversy arose in late June and early July when the government expelled Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega, vice president of the Nicara-
guan bishops' conference, just a week after it denied reentry to Msgr. Bismarck Carballo, communications director of the Managua archdiocese. Cardinal O'Connor said he was currently reviewing a paper to be sent to the U.S. Senate in connection with its upcoming action on military aid to the contras, the anti-government guerrillas in Nicaragua. He said the U.S. bishops' position would reflect the Nicaraguan bishops' statement April 6, which said: "It is our judgment that any kind of help, whatever the source, that leads to the destruction, sorrow and death of our families, to hatred and division between Nicaraguans is to be condemned."
Cardinal O'Connor answered reporters' questions during a brief appearance to open a forum sponsored by the Northeast Catholic Pastoral Center for Hispanics. Both Bishop Vega and Msgr. Carballo were originally scheduled as featured guests, but Bishop Vega was uriable to attend. He had been delayed in Italy for further talks with Pope John Paul II and other Vatican officials, Cardinal O'Connor said. . Bishop Sean. O'Malley of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, chairman of the pastoral center's board, read a statement condemning Nicaragua's actions against Bishop Vega and Msgr.-Carballo.He said that ifthere were specific charges against Bishop Vega, as Nicaraguan PresTurn to Page Six
Thinks nukes prevent·WW3 TURIN, Italy (NC) - Without nuclear deterrence there might have been a third world war, the Vatican's chiefU.N. representative said. Archbishop Giovanni Cheli also said the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl power plant in the Soviet Union showed nothing new about the dangers of nuclear power. Nuclear power cannot be "disinvented," he said, describing calls for its abolition as "unreal." Archbishop Cheli is head of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, where he has served since 1973. His comments were part of an interview published Aug. 4 in the Turin newspaper La Stampa. While expressing concern about the arms race, Archbishop Cheli said everyone is convinced that no one wins a nuclear war. "The reciprocal deterrent exercised until now by the two greatest nuclear arsenals has served, good or bad, to avoid a third world war; an affirmation that one may not like, but absolutely realistic," he said.
If the world was armed only with conventional weapons, he added, "probably the strongest would have already taken the initiative" of attacking its rival. The debate over the morality ·of deterrence has engaged Catholic leaders in the Vatican and in the United States for several years. In a 1982 message to the U.N. special session on disarmament, Pope John Paul II said, "in current conditions 'deterrence' based on balance, certainly not as an end in itself, but as a step on the way toward a progressive disarmament, may still be judged morally acceptable." The U.S. bishops' 1983 pastoral letter on war and peace, while adopting this papal statement on deterrence, added that it is a "transitional strategy justifiable only in conjunction with resolute determination to pursue arms control and disarmament."
the concept of deterrence in the light of recent arms control efforts. Concerning the peaceful use of nuclear power, Archbishop Cheli said the Chernobyl nuclear accident "added nothing to what we already knew about the dangers and benefits of atomic energy." Calling the possible abolition of nuclear energy "an unreal hypothesis," the archbishop said it is a discovery that cannot be "disinvented." He said he hoped, however, that the "cleaner" process of fusion energy will be made available as an alternative to present forms of nuclear power. Archbishop Cheli said that during his 13 years as Vatican representative to the United Nations, the world situation has grown worse.
He said he worried most about the lack of a nuclearrarms accord, the Third World debt crisis and A new commission of U.S. bish- such "extremely dangerous conops headed by Chicago Cardinal flicts" as those found in the Middle Joseph Bernardin is reexamining East.
Feasibility study report In April of this year, St. Anne's Health Care System, Inc., the parent corporation of St. Anne's-Hospital, Fall River, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River initiated a study to examine the feasibility of conjoining St. Anne's Hospital, the only Catholic hospital in the diocese, and the four long-term care facilities. Specifically, these facilities are the Catholic Memorial Home in Fall River; Our Lady's Haven in
Fairhaven; Marian Manor in . The Most Reverend Daniel A. Taunton; and Madonna Manor in Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, and North Attleboro. The study has Sister Dorothy Ruggiero, O.P., been completed, and it hils been Chairman of St. Anne's Health determined that a corporate change Care System, Inc. and Provincial Superior of the Dominican Sisters is not appropriate at this time. of the PresentatioQ, emphasized The study pointed out that in the importance of a closer collabothe rapidly changing health care ration between the two groups of field a closer working relationship health care facilities and pledged between the two groups of facili- to continue to work together to ties will enhance the quality care insure quality health care in the diocese. that they provide.
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"It is governments and their people which destroy the environment and thereby threaten the survival of future generations. It is acts of man, not acts of God, which pose the fundamental threat to the human species." - Brian W. Walker (see page 10)
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Texas-size welcome in works for pope
Priest decline slowing as ordinations rise VATICAN CITY (NC) - The worldwide decline in the number of Catholic priests is slowing and ordinations are rising, says a Vatican study. However, the study also shows a continuing global decrease in the ratio of priests to other Catholics. The study, comparing yearly statistics on diocesan and religious priests from 1973 to 1984, was prepared by the Vatican's Central Office for Church Statistics and released in July. In 1984, the last year for which complete figures are available, there were 405,959 priests, a decrease of 1,964 from 1983 and ·a drop of 27,130 from 1973. There were 6,333 ordinations to the priesthood in 1984, an increase of 123 over the previous year. However, the rise was outstripped by the combined number of priests who died and who left active ministry. The ratio of priests to other Catholics in 1984 was one per 2,069, compared to the 1983 ratio of one per 2,032. The 1973 ratio was one per 1,586. . Ordinations have risen steadily since 1979, when the total for the year sank to a low of5,765. But the rise still falls far short of the figure of7,169 ordinations in 1973. At the same time, the number of priests leaving the active ministry has decreased steadily since 1973.
The highest figure was 3,690 in 1973, more than double the 1984 figure of I,049. The Vatican figures do not distinguish between priests who left with church permission and those who left without it. During the same period the number of priests who died remained steady at about 7,000 per year. The study givesregional breakdowns on the numbers of priests but does not give a country~by country breakdown. It indicates that Asia is the only region where the number of priests increased from 1973 to 1984, rising from 25,981 to 28,266. In North America, comprising the United States and Canada, the figure. dropped from 72,749 to 69,337. The study predicts that ordinations will continue rising worldwide because of a constant increase in major seminarians, those in the final years of study for the priest-' hood. The number of major seminarians has risen almost 17,000 between 1973 and 1984. The 1973 figure is 63,795, and the 1984 figure is 80,302. U.S. and Canadian figures, however, buck this trend. From 1973 to 1984 there was a drop of 5,000 seminarians in North America.
1985 most active CRS year NEW YORK (NC) - Response to the drought .in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa brought Catholic Relief Services activity to its highes~ level in history last year, accordlOg to the 1985 annual report recently released. It showed a total income of$499 million, and disbursements totaling $471 million. The 1984 figures were, respectively, $437 million and $407 million. The difference between receipts and expenditures in the two years led to a large buildup of CRS's general fund balances, reaching $90 million at the end of 1985. During 1985, CRS came under criticism for not using more of its receipts in Ethiopian relief. But the agency said it was carrying out as much relief work as was possi,ble in the circumstances, and that some fundS needed to be set aside for long-term development projects. The annual report noted that the bishops set up an investigative committee under the chairmanship of Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia, and stated that it "completely vindicated CRS." Of the $499 million received in 1985, about half, or $248 million came in the form of food aid fro~ the U.S. Food for Peace program, up from $230 million in 1984. In a~dition the U.S. government proVIded $85 million in reimbursement for ocean freight costs and $44 million in grants. . The 1985 contribution by the bIshops was $9;618,000, up only , marginally over 1984. Operation Rice Bowl, which encourages families to make Lenten gifts, brought in $3,093,000, up from $2,900,000 in 1984. Other private U.S. sources contributed $50 million, an increase
from $38 million in 1984 which r~presented the extraordinary pubhc response to the starvation in Ethiopia. Among other sources of CRS income is the European Economic Community, which gave commodities worth $17 million in 1985, up from $13 million the year before. A breakdown of expenditures in 1985 showed $258 million for development, $125 million for emergency relief, $60 million for general welfare and $15 million for refugee work. Costs for support services, the report said, included $10 million for management and general costs, $2 million for fund raising and $8.59,000 for "public awareness. " The report showed that although Ethiopia and Africa in general were a major focus of activity in 1985, CRS responded to needs in many other areas. Among 1985 djsasters that brought special CRS efforts were the earthquakes in Mexico City and the mudslides that destroyed entire villages in Colombia. In an introduction to the report, CRS director Lawrence Pezzullo said, "In the course of the year, CRS programs touched the lives of nearly 14 million people in over 60 countries." The report was dedicated to Servite Father Lawrence Jenco, CRS Lebanon director kidnapped Jan. 8, 1985, in Beirut, and released July 26.
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Taunton's· smiling faces By Joseph Motta A group of 3-year-olds at Sacred Heart parish, Taunton, sang in Korean, Swedish and other languages for their families at the closing of their three-week vacation camp. They hoped their moms and dads wouldn't notice that they were lip-syncing the lyrics. If the adults did recognize the ploy, they didn't let on. There were lots of smiling faces in Taunton that day.
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VACATION campers perform at the program's closing, top. Above, camp director Denise Crowley. (Motta photos) themed to the values of the day's song, said Mrs, Crowley, and the closing program for parents and other relatives reflected what the children had learned. "I was overwhelmed with this," Mrs. Crowley said of her initial reaction to the idea of directing the camp. "'I can't do it,' I said, but I felt the Lord wanting me to do it. And it was fun, like putting the pieces of a puzzle together." In fact, so comfortable did she become with the role of director that she will coordinate grades 1 through 6 in the parish religious education program after Sister Fromm's departure. Mrs. Crowley said that her son Ross, 8, attended the vacation camp and that her husband and daughter Tara, 12, were among volunteers. "I'm only reaping the benefits of what Sister Peggy worked at so hard," she said.
The annual Sacred Heart vacation camp is designed "to meet the children's needs in the summer," said its director, parishioner Denise Crowley. "It provides them with a place to see the Body of Christ in action, a place to see people working together," she said. The camp is open to 3 to 12year-olds ofall faiths in the Greater Taunton area. It was originated in 1980 by Sister Peggy Fromm, SUSC, who has just completed her last year of coordinating the parish religious education program, and will soon travel to Worcester to work at a Catholic youth minisST. PAUL, Minn. (NC)- Archtry center. bishop John Roach of St. PaulSister Fromm calls the camp Minneapolis has created a new "another way to be with the chil- position, vicar for retired priests, dren and to continue building com- filled by retired Father Edward S. munity and relationship with the Grzeskowiak. Father GrzeskowiChurch and each other." ak's job description indicates he In her second year of directing will handle problems or questions the program, Mrs. Crowley was of retired priests with special conassisted by Father Richard M. cern for those who are ill or require Roy, parochial vicar at Sacred 'hospitalization or nursing home Heart, 26 dedicated parishioners care. He will also help develop a and Sister Anita Desrosiers, CSC. retirement preparation program Sister Desrosiers took time from for all priests. her position as a spiritual counselodn Manitoba, Canada, to involve herself with the youth project. During her Taunton stay she TOKYO (NC) -Japan's Prime was the guest of parishioners Bill Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone said and Deirdre Butler, who also he's inspired in his job by Pope designed costumes for participants John Paul II and Japanese in the camp's closing presentation. Emperor Hirohito. The prime Held three mornings a week in minister credited the 85-year-old Sacred Heart's parish center, the 'emperor's efforts for his country camp drew about 70 children for a ' despite advanced age, and praised program that daily included story- the pope for his efforts to foster. time with Sister Desrosiers, games, world peace. Nakasone met crafts and presentation of a song recently with the pope, giving him incorporating specific Christian a volume of haiku poems he had values. Each day's events were written in Japanese and French.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (NC) - In a letter to members of his diocese, Bishop Joseph P. Delaney of Fort Worth urged them to deepen their faith in preparation for Pope John Paul II's September 1987 visit to Texas. The pope is expected to visit San Antonio, Texas, during a trip through the southern and western United States. Although an official itinerary has not been released by the Vatican, it has been reported that the pope will also visit Miami, Columbia, S.C., New Orleans, Phoenix, Ariz., Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Monterey, Calif. The Fort Worth diocesan newspaper, the North Texas Catholic, reported July 25 that Bishop Delaney in his letter announced that the theme of the papal visit would be "Unity in the work,of service: Building up the body of Christ," taken from St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians (4:11-12). The bishop, a Fall ,River native, said that to prepare for the visit the bishops ofthe 13 dioceses of Texas are calling on Catholics to deepen their faith and make "the presence of the Lord Jesus felt in our communities." He also wrote that the cost of the pope's one-day stop in Texas is estimated at $2.5 million. The estimate includes travel expenses, construction of an altar and sound system, security, crowd control, sanitary facilities and other services needed by the thousands expected to attend an outdoor papal Mass tentativelyscheduled for Sept. 13 in San Antonio. The 13 Texas dioceses are sharing the cost of the trip, the bishop said, with the diocese of Fort W'orth's share amounting to $200,000. He asked for contributions to a papal visitation fund set up by the diocese.
Father Grou named to head Holy Cross NOTRE DAME, Ind. (NC) ~ Holy Cross Father Claude Grou, assistant provincial superior of the Canadian province of the Holy Cross Congregation, was elected superior general of the congregation at a general chapter meeting held last month in Notre Dame. He succeeds Father Thomas O. Barrosse, superior general for the past 12 years. Born in St. Laurent, a Montreal suburb, Father Grou, 44, was ordained in 1968 then studied and taught until 1980 at the University of Pune in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Returning to Canada in 1980, he directed operation of the seminary program and justice and peace fund of his province. In the Fall River diocese the Holy Cross Fathers staffStonehill College and Holy Cross Retreat House, North Easton; St. Joseph's Hall, North Dartmouth; and Holy Cross parish, South Easton.
Uganda warning, KAMPALA, Uganda (NC) Uganda's bishops have warned the government against promoting a totally political view of life, saying' citizens also have a religious dimension. The warning, contained in a pastoral letter calling for church-state cooperation, was mixed with praise for a new government 'political education program.
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Dominican Republic seminarian Attleboro intern By Jose.,h Motta
The approximately 300 Hispanic Catholic families worshipping at St. Joseph's parish, Attleboro, recently welcomed a seminarian from the Dominican Republic into their community. Juan Dolores Mirabal, a Spanish-speaking 27-year-old entering his third year of theology as a student for the diocese of Santiago, interned in the Fall River diocese under supervision of Father Peter N. Graziano, director of the Diocesan Apostolate to Hispanics. Mirabal worked and lived with Father Paul E. Canuel, Attleboro area Hispanic Apostolate director and pastor of St. Joseph's parish. With Father Canuel as translator, Mirabal said he was one of two seminarians from his country to intern in New England. 12 others studied in th~ New York area. Arrangements for them were made by Manhattan's National Hispanic Catholic Center, a regional facility that regularly convenes Hispanic ministry directors and provides programs and coordinates worksites for students. Mirabal said that this was both his first missionary experience and first trip to America. He arrived here June 2 and returned home last week. His diocese sends seminarians to this country, he said, to experience American life in order on their return better to prepare future emigrants for the cultural adjustment that awaits them. "Here in the United States a priest's work seems to be of a
much wider scope. It's harder in some ways," Mirabal said. People in the Dominican Republic are "less complicated and more open" than Americans, he observed, noting that Dominican priests rely more heavily upon the laity than do their American counterparts, since parishes are very large and currently there is a short. age of native priests. But many foreign clergy work inthe country, he added,and many young Dominicans are preparing for the priesthood. "The diocese is looking forward to our completing our studies," he said. Two years from onHnation . himself, he said that 21 native
Sister Goforth The Mass of Christian Burial was offered Aug. 2 at St. Mark's Church, Attleboro Falls, for Sister Marie RosaireGoforth, RSM, 64, who died July 30. Chairman of the business department of Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, since 1974, she had previously taught business subjects in high schools of the Providence diocese. She was a native of Washington, D.C., and the daughter of the late Joseph and Ellen (Shea) Goforth. A graduate of Catholic University in Washington, she was active in state and regional business educators' associations. Sister Goforth is survived by a brother, Fred Goforth, and a sister, Arlene Godo, both residents of Maryland.
priests were ordained in June for the cO,untry's eight dioceses. According to Father 'Canuel, there are about 1000 families in St. Joseph's parish, about 30 percent of whom speak Spanish. Half of that group are Puerto Ricans, with Guatemalans, Colombians and El Salvadorans making up most of . the other half. Mirabal was welcomed into Hispanic homes, Father Canuel said, and has learned that while immigrant families tend to take pride in . retaining their cultural roots, younger members tend to grow away from use of their native language. Father Canuel pointed out the strength of family ties among Hispanics and noted their low divorce rate as compared to the general American population. While at St. Joseph's, Mirabal organized a youth group and a charismatic prayer group for His.panics and also conducted Bible study sessions. Among recreational activities, he planted a garden at the rectory and toured Boston with Father' Canuel and the other New England-based seminarian.
SEMINARIAN Juan Dolores Mirabal, right, with Father Canuel. (Motta photo) attendance may even have to be urged via phone calls. The majority of the six million people in his country are Catholic and poor, he said. Their principal source of income is cane sugar. Many are assisted by Caritas Internationalis, an association of Catholic relief agencies supported by the U.S. bishops and govern-
ment which provides social, emergency and developmentai aid to Caribbean and Central and South American countries. "I'm going. to be taking a very nice experience home with me," Mirabal said before leaving, "because I've been able to see a very different approach to pastoral ministry."
Mirabal noticed at least one major difference between Dominicans and Americans. In his country, he said, an activ- . ity such as a prayer meeting would draw almost 100 percent attendance of parishioners after being announced at a Mass. In America,' he was astonished to observe that participants are usually few and
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AT A SERVICE AWARDS ceremony at Madonna Manor, North Attleboro, Sister Thomas More, OP, administrator, presents a 20-year pin and certificate to Lorna Riordan. (Rosa photo)
KIDS' STRIKER HOOPLA TURTLE RACES "HIGH STRIKER" TEST OF STRENGTH
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路the moorin~ A Sorry State Many in our Commonwealth are shouting from the housetops the miracle of Massachusetts. Jobs are plentifu.l, taxes are being held at bay and new industry has found a prosperous environment. Amid this hoopla it is sad to see state politics remaining stagnant. This is demonstrated by the current feeble attempts. to bring political choice to the voters. But such freedom just does not exist in Massachusetts. We are for all practical purposes a one-party state. Much of the blame for what might be called this sorry state must be placed squarely on the shoulders ofthe Republican Party. The belittling and demeaning process of selecting a candidate for governor in the upcoming election is a perfect example ofthe level to which the party has fallen. It has for all practical purposes handed a crown of victory to the incumbent Democrat. But more than this, it has lost credibility as an organized, effective political entity in Massachusetts. This does very little to assure an effective two-party choice at the polls. It also makes the Democrats a bit demonic in their total grasp of power. How did the state Republican Party slip to this most embarrassing level? After all, is it not the heir to the tradition ofthe Lowells and Cabots? For years it dominated state politics with a Yankee mentality that never knew defeat. Perhaps this inbreeding favored the growth and flourishing of the seeds of self-destruction. Indeed, .for decades the state party was one to which' newcomers were not welcomed. The immigrant and the foreigner never took to the GOP and the party for its part rarely accepted such individuals. In recent times, of course, some changes were effected by John Volpe. In retrospect they seem like tokenism. It was his personality that gave the state Republican Party its zip. It needed him and he responded. That is not the current case. There is no one willing or able to take on such a leadership role for the GOP. This inability to produce new blood, new faces and new challenges is politically devastating. As a result, practically anyone who can thumb a ride to a state GOP convention can be considered a possible candidate. It seems if you are alive, healthy and able to move about you have a chance to be on the ticket. On the other hand, the Democrats have not necessarily been the party ofthe people but rather good political opportu"nists, managing to outmaneuver the Republicans at every level of state government and building themselves a. nice little empire. The problem is that you must go along with all this ir"you want to get anywhere in Massachusetts politics. The current tiff between the governor and the state board of regents demonstrates that it is not nice to cross the "Duke." With such authoritarianism in the saddle, few issues can be up for discussion or dissent. This is not good politics. Massachusetts needs a viable political choice. That is why all should be concerned about the future of the state GOP. If young people are to become good politicians they must see that good politics has a chance of success. This never has and never will occur where disproportionate power is given or assumed by a single political party. We are not advocating party politics, we are hoping for political choice. GOP presence in this state is a necessity if such choice is to be more than a farce. The Editor
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THE POPE AND FATHERJENCO
"We suffer persecution but are not forsaken." 2 Cor. 4:9
Father.Jenco welcomed, home By NC News Service In his first days of freedom after a year and a half of captivity in Lebanon, Servite Father Lawrence Martin J enco met with Pope John Paulll; the archbishop of Canterbury, President Reagan and thousands of hometown wellwishers in Joliet, Ill. FatherJenco, 51, was freed July 26 after being held for nearly 19 months by a group of religious extremists known as the Islamic Jihad (Holy War). The Aug. 2-3 Joliet homecoming was the end of a whirlwind trip that included a brief stay at a hos'pital in Wiesbaden, West Germany; a visit at the Vatican with Pope John Paul; a visit with Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie in London; and one with Reagan in Washington. In his meetings the former hostage appealed for release of his cocaptives, Associated Press reporter Terry Anderson; David Jacobsen, administrative director of American University Hospital in Lebanon; and American University professor Thomas Sutherland. Another U.S. hostage, William Buckley, has been reported killed but no body has been found. At his homecoming thousands of people with signs and flags lined the motorcade route in Joliet and about 2,000 more crowded into the city's Rialto Theater for further festivities. Father Jenco thanked the "dear hearts and gentle people" of Joliet for their support. He said that many times during his captivity he felt no one cared but that since he was released he has learned of all the efforts to free him.
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Father Jenco said he forgave his captors and asked Americans to remember all the captives in Lebanon. Bishop Joseph L. Imesch of Joliet, scheduled to give the opening 'prayer, said, "If one cannot find words to say today *eil I think that one has never prayed in his or her lifetime." The bishop praised Father Jenco's family as "people who never stopped caring and never gave up, who insisted that others care and work for the release oftheir brother. And there is no doubt in my mind that it was their prayers and their perseverance that brought Father Martin home." . At a Mass Aug. 3 at the Cathedral of St. Raymond, Auxiliary Bishop Roger L. Kaffer told Father Jenco, "You are a living martyr." He drew a parallel between the priest and Jesus. "Born in suburban town, priest, serving in the Middle East, held captive, loving his captors, unexpectedly seen alive again on a Sunday afternoon walking with friends." Father Jenco had said he delivered confidential messages to the pope, Archbishop Runcie and Reagan but a statement published in Beirut Aug. 3 claiming to be' from the Islamic Jihad denied that it had given any message. The statement said Father Jenco was released for health reasons. InJoliet Father Jenco responded; "I don't know who'Islamic Jihad even is. It could be five or six different groups, so I don't know. I'm responding, and keeping a promise to a man who held me captive, and his name is Raj. And I just want Raj to know I've kept my
promise and I've passed the message on." After his release and brief stay at the Wiesbaden hospitill, Father Jenco expressed joy at being in Rome July 30 and with meeting Pope John Paul but he offered little else to reporters, anxious to know about his captivity and the content ofthe message he delivered from his captors. During his stop in London to visit Archbishop Runcie, Father Jenco had a surprise reunion with another former hostage, the Rev. Benjamin Weir, a Presbyterian missionary. The two were in cap-. tivity together until Mr. Weir's release last September. At the White House Aug. I, flanked by President and Mrs. Reagan, Father Jenco expressed gratitude for his release and appealed for the release of Anderson, Jacobsen and Sutherland. "I pray for those held captive and I also pray for my captors," Father Jenco said. Four days after his meeting with Father Jenco Pope John Paul appealed for the quick release of all other hostages in Lebanon. The plea came less than 24 hours after the Islamic Holy War threatened to kill three remaining hostages unless its demands were met. "Let's thank the Lord for the' liberation of Father Jenco and ask with trust that all the kidnapped may soon be released," the pope said Aug. 3. "I am thinking not only of the foreign hostllges but also of the hundreds of Lebanese - Christians and Moslems kidnapped in numerous acts of violence and war."
:Smart moves' It's a sad but familiar pattern in families. Daughters who were good students in elementary school lose interest in studies and grades when they get into junior high. Their study habits deteriorate, their grades drop and they don't seem to care. In fact, they like themselves better than before. Baffled parents tend to blame the school. Junior high is held responsible for changing their former eager students into strangers. Because of this, many parents fear and dislike junior high. But it's scapegoating to blame. the school for girls' dip in scholarship. Junior high teachers would love to inherit eager students but they catch them at a time in their development when peer pressure and popularity are far more important than grades. True, some girls surmount the temptation to throw grades over in favor of popularity but many cannot. Girls learn very quickly society's message that smart girls aren't popular, especially with boys. A new study reveals the prevalence ofthis pressure on girls. Penn State researcher Anne Peterson, in an ongoing study of 355 Chicago area students, found that as junior high girls' grades drop, their self-
considered the "unsinkable" luxury liner until an iceberg taught modern engineering that nature is not awed by steel. The space shuttles defied grav. ity and imagination. It seemed we had mastered the cOqlputer in a step-by-step approach to conquering the heavens. With 'horror, we learned that the best oftechnicians do not always use good judgment. Recently the Soviet power station in Chernobyl reinforced these lessons with a reminder that nature still has the power to defy us and that the good use of nature depends on how well human weaknesses are controlled. When the Titanic sank, many people beat their breasts and said that it was wrong to say that "even God could not sink her." The space-shuttle disaster shocked the public and caused a number of people to wonder if technology had grown too complex. The nuclear mishap is cause for much greater concern. At what .point does the atmosphere say "I have had enough!" and cease to protect its' inhabitants? When technological catastrophes occur, the first tendency is to say, "We have gone too far. God did not intend this." Technology and science are put on. trial. Suddenly nuclear enterprises' and higtt-tech designs which were considere,Uhe hope of the future become the'fear' of the future. But are science and the technology it produces the'real culprits? Don't the works of nature invite us to explore them and use them? Technology and nature don't deserve to be put on trial. U not,
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image rises. The reverse is true for DOLORES boys. As their grades drop, their self-esteem does also. \ CURRAN This dichotomy helps explain why girls move from academic superiority to inferiority as they move through school. Some observers attribute this drop to lack of female ability in difficult that girls can be smart and liked, too. So I just never believed you subj~cts. As courses get tougher, they hold, girls are less able to can't. And they helped me find ways to deal with teasing about compete. being smart." But if being smart is a social What were these, I asked. "Well, handicap for girls, it follows that many will choose popularity over not to show off is important. Not acadeIllic success. Junior high to talk about having the highest seems to be the time of demarca- test score and not answer all the time in class. They also said to take tion and choice for girls. time to have fun with the kids The sad results is that decisions not to study all the time. made at this age are fundamental "Most of all, they said that if to future achievement; Once girls you're smart, why should you have sacrifice scholarship for popular- to hide it just because you're a ity, they set themselves ~n a course girl?" she added. "It's not fair to difficult to reverse. have to pretend to be dumb. And How can parents help daughters that's harder to pretend than to choose both scholarship and pop- deal with being smart." ularity? Let's looK at the girls who Lucky girl to have such parents. don't sacrifice studies for boys, but They have given her a much greater tend to have a higher self-image .gift than merely haranguing her than other girls. They don't try to about grades the gift ofself-esteem, hide their academic abilities, but which says, "Be yourself. Value they don't flaunt them, either. your gifts. Enjoy your friends. They get a lot of parental under~ Keep a balance." standing and encouragement for When girls hear this message both their academic and social from their early years and from lives. parents they admire, they escape "My mom and dad are great," the trap of lowering their scholarone told me. "They keep telling me ship standards to achieve status.
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however, what action should be FATHER taken? . I believe the starting point is to ·EUGENE esteem the formation of a fully developed conscience in society. HEMRICK The conscience has been described as a witness for or against oneself. It is a tribunal within us. Properly formed, it never lets us good the primary principle on rest when something fooks out of which decisions are made? order. - Is there a concern that reaches If there is to be a future probeyond the moment of glory, taktected from the misuse of naiure ing into consideration those who and technology, there must be a come after us in life? revitalization of conscience - a '- Whether it is Ii piece of earth conscience which will ask ques- or a whiff of air, do we respect tions like these. n!lture as a source of life that - Is concern for the common should never be taken for granted? - Do we take time out from our la.boratories once in awhile to wonder how the Creator of nature wants us to use it? If there is to be a future in the August 12 nuclear age, much of its success Rev. Victor O. Masse, M.S., will depend on how much attenRetired Pastor, 1974:S~. Anthony, tion we give to putting our conNew Bedford ' sciences in order. August 13 Rev. Edward J. Sheridan, Pastor, 1896, St. Mary, Taunton . Rt. Rev. Leonard J.·Daley, Pastor, 1964, St. Francis Xavier, SAO PAULO, Brazil(NC)-A Hyannis 33-year-old priest, active in the August 14 church land reform program, has Rev. Raphael Marciniak, OFM been killed by a gunman in northConv., Pastor, 1947, Holy Cross, ern Brazil. Father Josimo Moraes Fall River Tovares was shot in the back as he walked up the stairs to a church August IS Rev. Charles W. Cullen, Foun~ office in Imperatriz, a town in der, 1926, Holy Family, East Brazil's eastern .Amazon region. The Brazilian bishops said the Taunton priest was killed for defending '~the life. of his suffering flock" and THE ANCHOR (USPS.S4S-Q20). S~cond Brazilian President Jose Sarney Class Postage Paid at Fall River. Mass. Published weekly except the week of July 4 ordered the country's top police and the week after Christmas at 410 High· officer to investigate the murder . land Avenue. Fall River. Mass. 02720 by personally. the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall The priest was due to become River. Subscrilltion price by mail. postpaid regional coordinator of the local $8.00 per year. Postmasters send address pastoral land commission. He had changes to The Anchor. P.O. Box 7, Fall received death threats in the past. River, MA 02722.
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Q. When Pope John Paul II came to this country he made dear he' would like the sisters to return to wearing their habits, and said he requests from members of our pardidn't want women at the altar as ish to try something which was lay ministers. I would iike to know completely legitimate, but which why our priests and nuns don't do for one reason or another I objected what he told them. He is their to. After explaining my reasons leader but they don't seem to care. for misgivings, and hearing their I am a convert and I really love reasons in favor, the experiment the Catholic Church but I am dis- was tried as often as not. We always learned something, appointed in it today. Maybe I'm and most of the time the result was out of line, but this has been bothsomething very valuable for our ering me. (Pennsylvania) parish. A. I think perhaps you, and prObably a lot of other Catholics, . There's nothing unique or speneed a little restudy of how the cial in that approach. My guess is Catholic Church is run, and how that the pope has enough confithe pope exercises his position as dence in the faith and goodness of the chief shepherd of our church. . his Catholic people - clergy, reliTo put it simply and bluntly, the gious and laity - to believe that life of the church is not dictated by the same thirig is happening in the the whim, nor even by the likes church all the time. and dislikes, of the pope. Perhaps Incidentally, just for the record, we can understand this bettedf we special ministers-of the Eucharist compare it to other levels of our normally are to distribute. Comhuman family. munion only when sufficient Parents, as well as pastors and bishops, have their own inclina- priests or deacons are not present tions and personalities, their own to do so. Obviously, such a situalikes and dislikes about many tion never arose when the pope was in the United States. things. They do not feel it necessary or even fair always to impose Q. Our daughter who lives in what they like on everyone else in another state is seeking an annulthe family, parish or diocese. ment. It is five years since she was .They may "feel strongly, in fact, divorced; her ex-husband remarabout some facet of theirfamily or ried immediately.' " , church life, and have very good The priest told her she would reasons for their convictions, withhave to pay for the annulment in out considering it wise to make a the amount of perhaps $2,000. rule about it. They may recognize This is news to me. Whogets the it as a matter of judgment and money? (New York) valid difference of opinion. Any good leader acts on this A. A fee is usually requested by principle, the pope as well as anyone diocesan tribunals for processing else. marriage cases. This fee normally By no means do I imply that the equals only part of the actual cost pope cannot or should not exerof processing the case. cise a strong command when he For an annulment the fee may feels it is right and necessary. Howbe a few hundred dollars, but ever, when he does wish to bind never approaches the figure you the entire church to a particular mention. .course or policy, he has very clear ways of doing so. In fact, if he is If unusual medical, legal or psyconvinced that a particular course chiatric professional consultation is absolutely necessary for the good is necessa~y, the one petitioning ofthe church, we believehe has the the annulment is asked to defray obligation to do so. these expenses if possible. Surely in a family, or any other As I have written before, wilinstitution that should function lingness of diocesan officials to with mutual respect and love, the . pursue a case is not dependent feelings and convictions of the upon the individual's ability to pay parents - or of whoever has the this fee. Since significant costs are responsibility of authority - de- incurred it is only fair, however, serve to be listened to and sensi- that petitioners be requested to tively conSidered. But again, unless pay at least some part ofthis cost if it has become an outright serious they are able. matter of obedience, it is unfair Absolutely no one is denied and even rash judgment to accuse access to any of these services of someone of disloyalty or infidelity the church because he or she lacks if he or she acts otherwise. the money. Officials in Rome, in The priests and sisters who are each diocese, and insofar as possidoing the things with which you ble in each parish specifically pro(and perhaps the pope) disagree vide for those who are too poor to are doing only what the la w~ of the pay the fees or other costs involved· Catholic Church permit them and, in their case. . in some cases, encourage them.to do. It may, in fact, be only through A free brochure outlining basic their experiences that the church, prayers, beliefs and practices of and even the pope, will discover the Catholic faith is available by new and better ways to respond to sending a stamped, self-addressed future needs with fidelity to the envelope to Father Dietzen, Holy Gospel of Christ. Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions If you will excuse a personal note, as a pastor I have been temp- for this column should be sent to ted many times to turn down Father Dietzen at the same address.
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25 U.S. religious leaders unite against pornography NEW YORK (NC) - An interfaith campaign against pornography has been launched by some 25 U.S. religious leaders who said the U.S. attorney general's recent report on the issue prompted their effort. The group, which met at the residence of New York CardinalJohn J. O'Connor, seeks to recruit religious leaders nationwide to fight "hard-core and child pornography." In a post-meeting statement, the clerics said they are "in unanimous agreement that hard-core and child pronography, which is not protected by the Constitution, is an evil which must be eliminated." The meeting was convened by the National Coalition Against Pornography, a predominantly Protestant group based in Cincinnati. . . . Among Cathohc participants were ~ardinal O'Connor, ~hicago Cardmal Joseph ~er~ardm, Co~ference. of Cathohc Bishops pres~dent BI~hop Ja~es Malone, Phlladelphla Cardmal John Krol, . BrooklY,n. Bishop Francis Muga-
vero and Hoston Auxiliary Bishop Robert Banks. The group included two pornography commission members: Father Bruce Ritter, founder of Covenant House youth ministry, and James Dobson, head of the Focus on the Family agency. At a press conference,. Father Ritter said he considered the group's meeting historic because it showed that the debate on how to deal with pornography was now "mainstrea",ed." Also group members are Greek Orthodox Archbishop Iakovos, chairman of the Standing ConferAMONG ONCOLOGY nurses from St. Anne's Hospital. ence of Orthodox Bishops in the Fall River. who attended the 11 th annual congress of the Americas; Rev. Harold C. Bennett, executive committee president Oncology Nursing Society held recently'in Los Angeles are. of the Southern Baptist Conven- from left. Carol Gribbons. Donna Clarke. Jacqueline Maltais. tion; Rev. Dean Kelley, religious' Carole Billington. 'and civil liberties specialist for the National Council of Churches; Richard Lindsey of the Church of . Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Four oncology nurses from St. The test covered cancer prevenLouisville Bishop Paul Duffey, United Methodist Council of Bishops; Anne's Hospital, Fall River, were tion, detection and treatment, canand Rev. Billy Melvin, director of among 1,600 nurses who took a cer epidemiology and current issues the National Association of Evan- certification examination at the . and trends in cancer care. 11 th annual congress of the OnThe congress as a whole, said gelicals. cology Nursing Society held re- Ms. Clarke, offered the nurses cently in Los Angeles. "the chance to share ideas about Head Nurse Donna Clarke, caring .for the cancer patient. It Nurse-Clinician Carol Gribbons, allowed us to offer suggestions Radiation Therapy Coordinator about how we can make the Jacqueline Maltais and Clinical patient's hospital stay and treatNurse Specialist Maria Quindlen ment process easier. It also gave Castle before escaping, then fleetook and passed the examination. oncology nurses the opportunity ing to England in the late 1560s. She was imprisoned by Queen Eli- . Also at the congress but not taking to update their knowledge base the examination was Carole Bil- regarding the latest in cancer zabeth and executed in 1587 for lington. therapy." plotting to overthrow her.
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British PO nixes commemorative hoporing Mary Queen of Scots GLASGOW, Scotland (NC)Great Britain's Post Office has rejected the idea of a special stamp .to commemorate the death of Mary Queen of Scots on the grounds she remains "too controversial." A Scottish government department, the Directorate of Historic Buildirigsand Ancient Monuments, proposed the stamp to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the execution of the 16th-century Catholic monarch. But Britain's Post Office Board and its stamp advisory committee said the anniversary of an execution is not a "happy event," historical subjects had already been lined up for 1987 and "the character and story of Mary Queen of Scots still arouse religious contro- . versy." Gordon Donaldson, royal historiographer for Scotland, was indignant at the rejection of the stamp. . "Relatively insignificant events have been celebrated in the past, and here is something which is of immense importance, and they ignore it," said Donaldson. "It should not be a matter of whether it was controversial or not; it was important," he said. "The Post Office appears to be taking the English point of view that the proper thing to do with Queen Mary was to chop off her head." Queen Mary was seen as a threat to Queen Elizabeth I of England, who favored the Protestant.cause. Queen Elizabeth's father, King Henry VIII, had split with the papacy when he divorced his first wife and married Elizabeth's mother, Anne Boleyn. Many Catholics considered Mary rightful queen of England, because they regarded Elizabeth as illegitimate. Queen Mary upheld the Catholic cause in Scotland, opposed Protestant reformers and was imprisoned for II months in Lochleven ?
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Vatican has corner on rare films VATICAN CITY (NC) - When Pope John Paul II wanted to learn more about India before his trip there, he booked a seat at the Vatican's film library and saw the 1982 Academy Award-winning "Gandhi." These days, the pope is one of the privileged few to use the littleknown screening room, a remodeled chapel behind St. Peter's Basilica. Film library officials hope that will change soon. .Their goal is to make the library's 2,000 or so commercial classics and church documentaries accessible to scholars and pastoral workers around the world. It is a unique collection, according to Msgr. Enrique Planas, its curator. The films, many in celluloid, range from one of the best existing prints of "Ben Hur" to a documentary on altar boys. Somewhere in between are such features as "Going My Way," with Bing Crosby's classic portrayal of a Catholic priest, and "The Red Hat." All meet a rather broadly defined standard of"religious content." What makes the collection potentially invaluable to scholars are its noncommercial films, Msgr. Planas said. "The large majority of these are unique pieces, and their rarity is important" he said. "After all, there were many copies of 'Ben Hur' produced, but only one of Pope Leo XIII walking in the Vatican gardens." That short film, the library's oldest piece, was made in the 1890s by a student of August and Louis Lumiere, the French brothers credited with inventing cinema.
Msgr. Planas, 47, a former chemical engineer, had no special training in cinema before coming to the Vatican's Commission for Social Communications 14 years ago. The library's greatest holdings might still be undiscovered, he said. About 200 original negatives of films, forgotten or ignored for years, remain unopened and unviewed. Msgr. Planas said it would be risky to screen or handle them until the Vatican acquires sophis.... ticated cleaning and projection equipment. The pope and his close aides occasionally make viewing appointments "after working hours," he noted. "Gandhi" was obtained on loan, but other material in the Vatican collection could have helped the pope prepare for his India trip. For example, one film follows Pope Paul VI's trip to Bombay in 1964, and another examines India's spiritualism. The collection is being catalogued in a computerized system that may eventually be consulted by telephone from anywhere in the world. For the present, however, most films are stored in what Msgr. Planas admits are poor conditions. Around the corner from the film
Cardinal dies VATICAN CITY (NC) - Cardinal Carlo Confaloilieri, 93, personal secretary of Pope Pius XI and former head of the Vatican Congregation for Bishops, died Aug. I after an extended illness.
library, a few feet past a city gas pump, hundreds of reels are kept in an improvised concrete shed. "We need refrigerated rooms, especially to protect the color on some films," said Msgr. Planas. "We also need a special protective projector, because a single piece of dust can put a big scratch right down the middle of an old film." That equipment probably will come later, he said. Meanwhile, the library has acquired a viewing and splicing machine and soon hopes to make some films available to scholars. "We get a student in here occasionally, and we try not to send him away empty-handed," Msgr; Planas said. "But if he's interested in one of the older films that is not in viewing condition, we just have to say: 'Sorry, come back and write your thesis in five years. ,.. The library was created in 1959 by Pope John XXIII, but fell into disuse until recently, Msgr. Planas said. He credited U.S. Archbishop John Foley, president of the Social Communications Commission, with reviving interest in it. The hope, Msgr. Planas said, is not just to maintain the library's rare films, but to use them in creative ways. . He has begun work on a "filmography," a critical catalogue of all religious cinema. It is a task never before attempted. "If we don't do it, no one else in the world will," he said.
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Continued from Page One ident Daniel Ortega had indicated, they should be made "before a court of law presided over by a competent and impartial judge. " "For the sake of peace, and as a contribution to reconciliation, we call on the Nicaraguan government to allow the immediate, unconditional return of· Bishop Vega and Msgr. Carballo to their own country," said Bishop O'Malley, who visited Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala in mid-July. Bishop O'Malley said in a brief written report on his visit that Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo of Managua was convinced that Bishop Vega and Msgr. Carballo would not be allowed to return to their country. As a result, he reported, the cardinal believed "they could take advantage of this moment to let the world know what is happening in Nicaragua." "Bishop Vega hopes to be able to accept some speaking engagements while his case is still news to help focus attention on the plight ofthe church in Nicaragua,"'Bishop O'Malley reported. He said he thought the U.S. and other bishops' conferences "can be of great assistance both to afford him access to the media and also to prevent political groups from instrumentalizing his testimony." Msgr. Carballo, speaking through an interpreter, said he WIshes to return to his country, even if he might face trial and a . possible prison sentence. Asked about U.S. military aid to the contras, he said he shared the view expressed by the Nicaraguan bishops in the April 6 statement quoted earlier by Cardinal O'Comior. . Asked where he would stand if the United States were to invade Nicaragua, he said he would side with "the people of Nicaragua."
STATE DEPUTY Walter L. Almond of Belmont, newlyelected leader of over 56;000 Massachusetts-members of the Knights of Columbus, recently directed a two-day conference in Newton for some 450 grand knights and local council officers. Speakers discussed statewide K of C programs to be sponsored in the coming year, including support of Por Cristo, a team of volunteer doctors and nurses who travel annually to Latin American nations to treat sick and handicapped children. Targeted for this year is establishment of a Latin American center for treatment of burns.
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Land reform asked TRINIDADE, Brazil (NC) At a recent national meeting, members of Brazil's basic Christian communities asked officials to implement land reform on church properties as an example to other landowners. Addressing what has become a major church-state issue, in the country, members also approved peaceful occupation of unused land and resistance to expulsion attempts. The five-day meeting, largest even for basic communities, drew about 1,600 participants, including basic community members, international observers, pastoral workers and Protestant and Pentecostal representatives. Among some 50 bishops present was Brooklyn, N.Y., Auxiliary Bishop Rene A. Valero.
The Unborn Child I've only been in her for a few months and already I have to go. Just because I haven't been out there, it doesn't mean I don't know what she is up to. What I don't understand is why I should pay for her mistake. Why doesn't she realize I'm a human being and not something that's fake? She just wants to get rid of me so I won't be in her way: so she can do what she wants to do. I don't think it's fair, do you? Can't she let me come into the world and decide for myselfwhether or not I want my life? Why should she be allowed to kill me and get away with it? The funny thing is: this whole thing don't bother her one bit. My life is about to be ended; because here comes the doctor with his good ole knife. . From now on I'll be called the unborn child. Oh! God!!! Why? Why does she have to take my life!!!! ' Gail (Gaspar) Fernandes Fall River (Written at age 16)
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FALL RIVER'S St. Patrick's parish recently reopened and renovated its parish convent, which will house over a dozen Sisters of Mercy. Taking a moment from the fun of opening gifts WASHINGTON (NC) - Msgr. at a parish shower for the convent are shower committee members and several sisters. Standing, Patrick Hessian of the Archdiofrom left, Phyllis Mousseau, Marguerite Silvia, Sisters Theresa Sparrow and Lea Malley, and cese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Ann Oliveira, seated, Sister Mary Madeline Strang. (Torchia photo) has retired as Army chief of chap-
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57 diocesans complete LaSalette course Among 142 religious educators from eight New England dioceses recently completing a one-week program at LaSalette Center for Christian Living, Attleboro, \Vere 57 from the diocese of Fall River.
Dear Editor: I wish to thank the people ofthe Diocese of Fall River for their continuing and generous support The program, "Teach the Chilof the Campaign for Human Dedren Well," covered all levels of velopment. A check for $70,000 parish religious education programs has been received here at the and merited credit toward basic national office. This amount is the certification as catechists for diportion to be distributed nation~ ocesan participants. Staff members ally to self-help projects controlled presenting the program were Father by the poor themselves and designTed Brown, M.S., Father Ernest ed to remove the causes of poverty. Corriveau, M.S., Brother Edward By this continued support, the Nolan, M.S., Sister Mary Hammill, people of your diocese are helping R.S.M. and Sister Mary Rose Zacto fulfill the wish expressed in the cari, M.P.V. final report of the 1985 Extraordinary Synod of Bishops stated in _ the section entitled: The Church's Mission in the World: Affirmed ... is a missionary openness for the integral , VATICAN CITY (NC) -Pope salvation of the 'world. John Paul II plans to visit Chile, Through this, all truly human Argentina and Uruguay for about values not only are accepted two weeks in April 1987. but energetically defended: the The Vatican confirmed the trip dignity of the human person, after it was announced by Archfundamental human rights, bishop Bernardino Pinera Carvallo peace, freedom from oppresof La Serena, Chile, president of sion, poverty and injustice. the Chilean bishops' conference. But integral salvation is obtained only if these human he:'~~I ~~~~dh;~I~r~~%~~:dAt:~~ realities are purified and further elevated through grace to human familiarity with God, through Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit. CHD provides an opportunity long, narrow nation of Chile. for us in the spirit of Vatican Council II to claim as our own the joys, hopes, griefs and anxieties of people of our age, especially those Catholic Relief Services, the who are poor. It allows us to do overseas relief program of Amerithis in the image of Jesus who gave can Catholics, has resumed food of his own power that all might airlifts within Ethiopia to expedite experience human dignity. deliveries to strife-torn areas. The On behalf of the entire CHD . lifts are expected to bring 8,000 . family, I express sincere thanks to tons offood to some 200,000 EthiRev. Peter N. Graziano, your opians in Tigray province. OverDiocesan Director. all, CRS feeds two million EthioRev. Alfred LoPinto pjans monthly through various CHD Executive Director programs. It is the largest private supplier of food to the nation.
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Participants from the Fall River diocese were: Frank Alberto, Barbara Giargarra, Ellen Westlund, Mansfield; Kathie Barboza, Mary Lou Reinhagen, Lucia Marcille, Somerset; Karen Bergeron, Ann Costa, Margaret Cushman, Eleanor Hayes, Arthur Bergeron Jr., Agnes Walek, Seekonk. Sandra Carvalho, Judith Fernandes, Henry Correia, Lillian Carney, Joan Silvia, South Dartmouth; Claudette Cormier, Sr. Jeannette Gignac, CSC, Bobbi-Jo Woodbury, Fernanda Lewis, New Bedford; Jane Downs, Graciela Herrera, Doris Castro, Jacqueline DaSilva, Flo Fournier, Cheryl Gemme, Susan Herrera, Charlotte Santos, Carol Standley, , Fanny Ortiz, 1ttleboro.
Pau.la Kelley, Carol Levesque, Cynthia Levesque, Elaine Lucas, Assonet; Marie Leavens, Adeline Vadala, East Falmouth; Lorraine LeBrun, Bette Songer, Marilyn Timo, Buzzards Bay; Terry Alexander Judith Moniz, Westport; Sr. Mau~ reen Crosby, SSD, Bridget O'Hearne, Annamae Schondek, Margaret Travis, Taunton. Lorraine Fajao, Ann Marie Simon~, Centerville; Debra Kenney, Manan LeBlanc, Marion; Annette Pineau, Jeanne Nadeau, Swansea; Dr. and Mrs. Francis Walsh, West Yarmouth; Robin Miller, East Dennis; Bro. Roger St. Germain; Brewster; Patricia Stone, North Falmouth.
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Parish gears for 75th year Boston Cardinal Bernard Law will be the main speaker· at an October banquet marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of St. Anthony of the Desert Maronite parish in Fall River. To be held at 6 p.m. Oct. 12 at Venus de Milo restaurant, Swansea, the banquet will follow a 4 p.m. Mass of thanksgiving at the church, located at 300 North Eastern Ave. With Cardinal Law as principal concelebrant of the Maronite-rite . liturgy, concelebrants will be Archbishop Francis M. Zayek of the diocese of St. Maron in Brooklyn, N.Y., serving U.S. Maronites; Archbishop Joseph Tawil of the eparchy of Newton, serving U.S. Melkites; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Msgr. Norman J. Ferris, pastor of St. Anthony of the Desert; and other invited clergy. Maronites are members of the oldest rite of the R·oman Catholic Church, using the ancient Syriac liturgy of Antioch ascribed to St. James the Less, first bishop of Jerusalem. Syriac, also called Syro-Chaldaic or Aramaic, is the language spoken by Christ. Lebanese Christians are mainly Catholics and Orthodox, with the Catholics for the most part Melkites and Maronites. The Maronites date their beginnings to a small band of Christians in the Church of Antioch which was founded by St. Peter before he journeyed to Rome. The liturgy was brought by him and the apostles to Antioch where it developed concurrently in Greek and Syriac forms. The Maronite name is derived from St. Maron, a fifth-century' hermit-monk who was a close friend of St. John Chrysostom.
in the United States, he visited Christian and Moslem factions New England and celebrated a are waging a bloody civil war in pontifical Mass at the Cathedral Lebanon. of the Holy Cross in Boston. "For II years the Lebanese The Maronites have approxi- Christians have fought to mainmately a half million members in tain their independence, and yet, the Middle East and a million and in the world's eyes, they have not a half who have emigrated to other died as heroes," said Msgr. John areas. In the United States they Esseff, former director ofthe Ponhave 53 parishes. At first under the . tifical Mission in Lebanon.. administrative jurisdiction of the "The world is well-informed American hierarchy, since 1966 they have been members of the about the Holocaust of 6 million Jews during the Third Reich," diocese of St. Maron. Msgr. Esseff said. "The world is Fall River community thoroughly informed about the The Fall River Maronite-Melkite plight of the Palestinian refugees community continues its ancient that came about after the estabtradition of worship in union with lishment of Israel. ... The world knows little or nothing of the sufRome.. St. Anthony ofthe Desert Church feri~g of Christians in Lebanon." Archbishop Zayek told the deleparish numbers approximately 350 families. It was first' established in. gates that "as human beings and as 1911 wit4 Rev. Ignatius Sayegh as Christians, we look for justice its first pastor and Rev. Caeser everywhere. Being in a great part of Lebanese descent, we look for Phares its second. It flourished under the leader- justice in Lebanon,." ship of its late beloved pastor, Father Faris said that "Lebanon Chor-Bishop Joseph Eid who asis the only truly pluralistic society sumed charge of the parish in in the Middle East. The basic 1929. problem is. that it has not been Today it continues its growth permitted to be Lebanese," he addand development with Msgr. Nor- ed. "If the people were left to man J. Ferris, who was ordained themselves, they could solve their in the Latin Rite in 1953 and who own problems." assumed administration ofthe parish upon the death ofChor-Bishop A topic of special interest to Eid in 1970. Msgr. Ferris has the delegates was the July 26 release of . privilege of celebrating Mass in Servite Father Lawrence Martin both the Latin and Maronite rites. Jenco,held captive in Lebanon for Serving the parish as deacons 19 months by Shiite Moslems. While Maronites welcomed the are Dr. Andre P. Nasser, a Melkite, who was ordained a perman- priest's release, they do not see it as ent deacon in 1980 by Archbishop a sign of a relaxation in hostilities, Tawil; and Donald Massoud, a ac.cording to Father Faris, who Maronite who is now a subdeacon noted the continued waves of car and anticipates ordination as a bombings in Christian areas of the country and stressed that Marpermanent deacon. onites want Lebanon to return to political structures that ensure that Lebanese Threatened The Maronite patriarchate of the See of Antioch was founded in On the national scene, a U.S .. "Moslems, Christians and Jews the seventh century with St.. John Maronite official recently warned can live in peace." Maron (627-707) as the first patri- that Christ "will disappear" from Also addressing the delegates arch. At that time the faithful fled the Middle East if the threat to was Bishop Emilio Eid, Maronite to Lebanon to avoid persecution Lebanese Christians continues" patriarchal vicar to the Vatican and settled in the mountains. ANational Catholic News Serv- and yice-president of the 'PontifiThe 76th successor to St. John ice story dated July 30 reports that cal Commission for the Revision Maron is His Beatitude, Anthony according to Father John D. Faris, of Eastern-rite Canon taw. He Peter Khoraiche of Lebanon, Mar- chancellor of the diocese of St. said he expects the new code to be onite Patriarch of Antioch and All Maron, "all of Christianity is put into effect by the beginning of threatened in Lebanon. If we don't the East. 1989. In 1981, His Beatitude was invit- do something, Christ will disapBishop Eid was in Fall River ed to the United States by the pear from the Middle East." last weekend, celebrating Mass at National Conference of Catholic Father Faris and other MaronSt. Anthony of the Desert and Bishops to report on the Lebanese ite Catholic leaders addressed the being honored at a following dinsituation and to meet with Presi- annual convention of the National· ner. A nephew of Chor-Bishop dent Reagan for conferences re- Apostolate of Maronite Catholics; Eid, he has frequently visited Fall garding Lebanon's survival. While. hel~ in Philadelphia July 23-27. River.
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NANTUCKET, Our Lady of the Isle, Federal St.: Sat. 5, 7 p.m.; Sun. 7,8:30, 10 and 1I:30a.m.and BASS RIVER, Our Lady of the 7:00 p.m.; daily, 7:30 and 9:00 . Highway Rte. 28: Sat. - May 26a.m.; confessions, Sat. 4-4:45 p.m. Sept. 7 - 5:30 p.m.; Sun. - July I -Sept. 2 - 8, 9:30, II a.m.; daily (Mon.-Fri.) 8 a.m. SIASCONSET, Union Chapel: WEST BARNSTABLE, Our Lady of Hope, Rte. 6A; Sat. 4 & 5:15 Sun. 8:45. a.m. during July and VINEYARD HAVEN, St. Augp.m.; Sun., 8:45, 10, 11:15 a.m. August. ustine, Church and Franklin Sts.: daily 8 a.m. confessions, before NORTH FALMOUTH, St. (Schedule effective June 28 thru each Mass. Elizabeth Seton, 481 Quaker Rd.: Labor Day): Sat. 4:00 and 6:00 CHATHAM, Holy Redeemer, 57 · Sat. 4, 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:45, 9, p.m.; Sun. 8, II a.m.; daily 8 a.m.; Highland Ave.: Schedule July 4, 10:15, 11:30 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily 9 confessions, Sat. 3-3:45 p.m. NovSat. 5 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, II a.pt.; a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3:15-3:45, ena to O.L. of Perpetual Help, daily, 8 a.m.; Confessions, Sat. 4:45-5: 15 p.m. Monday, after 8 a.m. Mass. 11:30 a.m.-12 noon; First FridayMass 8 & 9 a.m., Adoration of the OAK BLUFFS, Our Lady Star of WAREHAM, St. Patrick, 82 Blessed Sacrament after Mass. the Sea, Massasoit Ave.: Sat. 6 High St.: Sat. 4, 6, p.m.; Sun. 7, Closing with Benediction at noon. p.m.; Sun. 8, 9:15, 10:30 a.m.; 8:30,10,11:30 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily, SOUTH CHATHAM, Our Lady daily (Mon.-Fri.) 7 a.m. confes- 8 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3-3:45 p.m. of Grace, Rte. 137, off Rte. 28: sions, Sat. 5: 15-5:45 p.m. Schedule July 4, Sat. 7 p.m.; Sun. ORLEANS, St. Joan of Are, WEST WAREHAM, St. 8:30,9:30, 10:30, 1I:30a.m.;daily, 9 a.m. Confessions Sat. after 7 Bridge Road. (Schedule effective Anthony, off Rte. 28 (Summer through Labor Day): Sat. 5, 7 Schedule begins June 21-22): Sat. p.m. Mass. "COTUITjMASHPEE, Christ the p.m.; Sun. 8,9:30, II a.m.; daily, 8 4 p.m.; Sun. 9, 10 a.m.; confesa.m.; confessions, Sat. 4-4:50 p.m.; sions, before each Mass. King, COTUIT, St. Jude Chapel, 4441 Our Lady of Perpetual Help novWELLFLEET, Our Lady of Falmouth Road, Rte. 28: Sat. 4:00 ena, at 8 a.m. Mass Wed. Lourdes, 56-58 Main St.: Sat. 4 p.m.; Sun. 9, II a.m.; daily, Mon.NORTH EASTHAM, Church of and 5 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, II a.m.; Fri. 8:00 a.m. the Visitation (Schedule effective daily, 9 a.m., confessions, before EAST FALMOUTH, St. through Labor Day): Sat. 5, 7 all Masses. Anthony, 167 East Falmouth p.m.; Sun. 8:00, 9:30, II :00 a.m. Highway: Sat. 4:30, 7 p.m.; Sun. daily Mass 9 a.m. Mon.-Wed.-Fri. NORTH TRURO, Our Lady of 7:30,9,10:15, 11:30a.m.;daily, 8 during July and Aug.; confessions, Perpetual Help, Pond Road: Sat. 4,5 p.m.; Sun. 9, 10, II a.m.; cona.m.; confessions, Sat. 3:30-4: 15 Sat. 6:30-6:50 p.m. fessions before Masses. p.m., weekdays, any time by request. OSTERVILLE, Our Lady of the WEST HARWICH, Holy Trinity, Assumption,76 Wianno Ave.; Sat. Rte. 28: Sat. 4:00-5:30 p.m. Sun. EDGARTOWN, St. Elizabeth, 4:00 and 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:30, 7:30,9, 10:30, 12 noon; daily 9:00 Main Street; Sat. 4 and 6 p.m.; 10:30 a.m., 12:00 noon; daily, 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; confessions, Sun. 7, 9, II a.m.: daily, Mon.- a.m., confessions, Sat. 3:30 to 4:00 Sat. 2:00-3:30 p.m. and 7:30-8:30 Sat., 8:30 a.m.; confessions, 3:30, p.m. p.m. First Friday - Mass at II a.m. Saturdays. Rosary: 8: 15 a. m. followed by Exposition of weekdays, 8:30 a.m. Sundays. Blessed Sacrament closing with Holy hour (July & Aug.) Mon.- MASHPEE, Queen of All Saints, Benediction at 2 p.m.; confessions Great Neck Rd. (towards New Fri. 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Seabury): Sat. 4:00 and 5:30 p.m.; . eve of lst Friday 2:00-3:30 p.m. - - . FALMOUTH, St. Patrick, 511 E. Sun. 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m.; Daily DENNISPORT, Our Lady of. Main St.: Sat. 5:30, 7 p.m.; Sun. 7, 9:00 a.m. Mon.-Fri. Annunciation, Upper County Rd.: 8:45, 10, 11:15 a.m., 5:30 p.m.; POCASSET, St. John the EvanSat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:30, 10, daily, 7 and 9 a.m., Sat. 8 a.m.; II :30 a.m. Daily 8:00 a.m.; confessions: Saturdays 3:45-4:45 gellst, 15 Virginia Road: Sat. 4, Confessions, Sat. 3-4 p.m. 5 :15 p.m.; Sun. 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, and following 7 p.m. Mass, 10:45 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily, 7:30a.m., I WOODS HOLE, St. Joseph: FALMOUTH HEIGHTS, St. except Thursday and Saturday; Schedule June 21-22, Sat. 5:30 Thomas Chapel, Falmouth Tues. and Thurs..9:00 a.m.; Sat. p.m.; Sun. 7,9:30, II a.m.; daily 8 Heights Rd.; Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:00 a.m.; ConfeSSIOns Sat. 3-3:45 a.m.; G:onfession ~ hour before 8,9, 10, 11:15a.m.; daily8 a.m. p.m. Sunday Masses. .- """~4\"\'l ~>:·,!;'~''''''··.·'''~'l'''\·\·\ \ , , \ ' \ . , . ,,1) 1 ~) " ,
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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Reporters and photographers jockeyed for position around the fragile white-bearded American priest as he held an informal, outdoor news conference after a meeting with Pope John Paul II. . Amid clicking cameras, the V.S. cleric smiled and expressed joy at being in Rome and in the ptesence of the pope. But he offered little else to the reporters, anxious to know about his nearly 19 months of captivity in Lebanon and the content of the message he delivered to the pope from his Shiite Moslem captors July 30. He parried the questions, saying he did not want to endanger the lives of other Americans still held hostage. , The priest was Servite Father Lawrence Jenco, Catholic Relief Services director in Lebanon. For many church officials he symbolizes the fraility of Christianity in the biblical lands of the Middle East. The fear is that, like Father Jenco, Christianity can be quickly swept out of sight, a casualty of the region's religious and political strife. Except for Lebanon, Christians are a tiny minority in Middle East countries. In Lebanon, they constitute about half ofthe 2.6 million population and are guaranteed a majority share of the top military and government posts, including the presidency, under a 1943 French-mediated accord with Moslem leaders.
The agreement was based on census figures showing a slight Christian majority. In the Middle · . an d re I"Iglon are mter. East, po IItlCS twined. Political parties often follow religious lines because of the Arab custom of identifying socially through religion. V ntil the 1970s the accord provided a sometimes uneasy political stability and national peace. It was also an example to the Moslemdominated Middle East countries that Christians and Moslems could live in 'civil harmony under the same political roof. In the 1970s however Moslems began demanding great~r political power, saying they were now in the majority. The result has been a bloody II-year civil war with Christian political leaders refusing to cede power . Besides causing the loss of more than 100,000 lives, the war has shattered the symbol of ChristianMoslem political stability. "We are very much afraid from a Catholic perspective that if Lebanon falls, 8 million Christians in Egypt and Christians throughout the Middle East are in grave risk. They look to Lebanon as a shining light where it was possible for people of different religions to live in 'peace and harmony," said Cardinal John O'Connor of New York last June after a fact-finding trip to Lebanon. Catholic worry has been spurred by the rise since the late 1970s of
fundamentalist Moslem movements in ~~e Mide~st which advocate pohtlcal d0!D~nance over members of other rehglons. The rope ~~s set the tone for the church s posltl(~n on L~banon. He has ~sked the mternatlOnal comm~D1ty .t? help pro.tect Lebanon s reh~J(:~us plu~~hsm. He has told Chnstlan .poht~cal l~aders. to be more f!exlble 1D dl~CUSS1Dg power-shanng reforms wIth Moslems. Throughout, he has condemned the "blin~ vio!ence" w~ich has turned reSIdential areas .I~to battlefields and scenes of VICIOUS reprisal bombings. . Just before meetmg Fat~er ~en co, he calle~ a car ~ombmg 1D a
.~oslemsectlOnofBelrut,Lebano~: another horre~dous massacre.
He noted that It came 24 hours after a similar bombing in the' Christian sector, which he also condemned as a "massacre." Father Jenco was held captive by Islamic Holy War, a Shiite' group trying to pressure the V.S. government. Although parrying reporters' questions about his papal meeting, Father Jenco hinted that it was arranged as more than a welcomeback-to-freedom gesture by the pope. "To keep my promise I have given a confidential message from my captors to the Holy Father," he said. "The religious factor is of great importance," said the priest.
"Creeping disasters" inexcusable, CRS official says so long as we can possibly mount and subsequent loss offorests and cultivation of suitable crops, conjungles, topsoil for agriculture, ani- servation of the environment and an operation." In 1985, he told the committee, mal and plant resources, and fresh development of appropriate, comCRS allocated $125 million, more Water supplies - all necessary to munity-based technologies. Finally, he urged a more conthan one-fourth of its available 'Iluman survival. To combat these problems, par- sistent attitude of respect for all resources, to emergency relief. "While we can perhaps draw some ticularly in Africa, Walker recom- life, animal and plant as well as satisfaction from our recent emer- mended rural, village-based, labor- human. "All things hang together," gency programs, we feel little temp- - intensive projects, designed and he said. "V ntil we realize that...we developed by community members, will make no real ,progress. " tation to complacency," he said. In written testimony for the House Select Committee on HunTo help prevent or alleviate the ger, Alex Rondos, a CRS consul- results of disasters, he suggested tant who spent 18 months helping the developed nations and relief upgrade CRS' relief efforts, dis- agencies invest more "in the plancussed "creeping disasters"-those ning and preparation -for disasallowed to occur and which are ters"and redefine "emergency relief tied up in politics or war. to include both preventive and Catholic Relief Services is the rehabilitative measures as well as overseas aid agency of V.S. Cath- survival measures." As an emergency donor, CRS olics. "would like to emphasize the still"Whatever their cause, such dis- undeveloped potential for famine asters invariably end up as fam- prevention," he said. ines," Rondos said. "Famines do Brian W. Walker, president of not occur overnight. They are pre- the International Institute for dictable: the consequences of a Environment and Development, a community's gradual restriction of research agency, urged efforts to access to food supplies." return to a balance between human An.~ because they are pred,~cta- and the natural resources on which . ble, they can be averted, he I they depend for life. . added. " For example, in Africa, a balResponses to a "creeping disas- ance that once existed between ter" will "be fraught with political people, animals, grasslands and· obstacles," Rondos said. "In fam- other resources has been destroyed ines where civil strife is a major by wars, colonialism and other cause, food relief can easily become developments, he said. the cannon fodder of those who "It is governments and their seek to profit from humanitarian people which destroy the enviassistance. ronment and thereby threaten the "In such circumstances, where it survival of future generations," he has not been possible to prevent _said. "It is acts of man, not acts of famine," CRS takes "a very single- - God, which pose the fundamental minded view," he said. "It is the threat to the human species." victims who are the prime focus He suggested one source of and our every effort will be directed trouble is a rapidly escalating world NEW YORK Cardinal John l. O'Connor witha small to getting assistance to them, population, whose needs are linked regardless of the political climate, to problems of overuse, pollution famine victim in Ethiopia. (NC photo) WASHINGTON (NC) - Because humans often aggravate famine and other problems - or even cause them in the first place ---:. they must provide solutions, representatives of Catholic Relief Services and other international agencies told a congressional committee July 24.
NFP value-oriented says cardinal WASHINGTON (NC) -- Natural family planning is not j~st a technique but a moral stance that demands dialogue and mutual respect from the husband and wife, said a Vatican message to a recentinternational natural family planning congress. The message scored as unfair any government program th.at would not allow natural famliy planning teachers to teach the values behind their approach as well as the techniques involved. "The choice made by a couple of, the natural methods implies an acceptance of the cycle of, the woman, and thus an acceptance of dialogue, mutual respect, shared ~",'" responsibility and self-control," wrote Cardinal Edouard Gagnon, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, in a message to the CONVENTIONERS enjoy getting an updated wedding International Federation for Famphoto. (NC photo) ily Life Promotion meeting in Ottawa. Stressing the moral dimensions of "responsible procre'ation," Cardinal Gagnon said that with natural planning methods sexuality is "never used as an 'object' and TAMPA, Fla. (NC) - For three read a letter from Pope John Paul no attempt is made to impede its life-giving dimension." . days in mid-July, Tampa became II to the delegates. the marriage capital of the world The pope praised Marriage EnNatural family planning involves as more than 1,700 couples and counter for what it has done "to teaching couples to recognize when 2,300 children celebrated marriage inspire married couples with a true a woman is in her fertile and inferand family life at the Worldwide Christian vision of their vocation tile periods, and to use knowledge Marriage Encounter national conven- to marriage and family life." of that natural cycle in decisions to tion. . The pope said it was important seek children or avoid them. OffiMarriage Encounter is a week- to recall that the vocation of mar- cial church teaching accepts birth end retreat offering couples a new ried couples "must give concrete spacing based on the woman's approach to communicating with expression to the demands of the natural cycles but rejects as objeceach other. Throughout the world truth in daily life. " tively evil all forms of artificial some 2 million couples have parThe gathering abounded in light contraception. ticipated in the ,program. moments, with New Yorkers wearCardinal Gagnon said that The convention's closing liturgy ing'Statue of Liberty crowns to all abstinence from sexual intercourse brought eight bishops and over events, New Jerseyites sporting 150 priests to the University of styrofoam tomatoes attached to during the woman's fertile period, Florida Sun Dome, where it was wire headbands in honor of the required in natural family planning, is not just a "negative" absticelebrated. Garden State and cutout figures of nence. "There is a positive concept In his homily, Jesuit Father a bridal couple providing the Chuck Gallagher, among U.S. opportunity for updated wedding of continence" that involves "selfmastery" and control over one's founders of Marriage Encounter, photos. sexuality, he said. listed what he would do if he were But the high spirits did not hide "pope for a day," including canon- the fact that the convention had a "To advocate the combination izing a "couple-saint." serious purpose and that, for some, of fertility awareness with the use "Then I'd name St. Valentine's the price of attending was high. of barrier methods during the ferDay the feast of passion," said Gab and Suzy Mahelone of Hono- tile period. would be to promote Father Gallagher. lulu, Hawaii, for instance, flew.17 something alien to the fundamenThe priest counseled children to hours to be present and Joe and tal character of natural family . be creative in promoting loving Becky Doring of Fort Wayne, Ind., planning," he said. relations between their parents. Because of this, he added, natumade the trip with 17 of their 19 "Some parents say they'll pray children. ral family planning "is gravely before disciplining their kids, but I More than 70 priests also attend- compromised" if it is offered to think you11 come out better if they ed the weekend. Maryknoll Father couples as one option alongside make love instead," Father Gal- Frank Diffley of Honolulu said programs of artificial contraceplagher told the children. that aside from his ordination, tion. Priests were advised to "get a "Marriage Encounter has had the couple to be your spiritual direc- deepest effect on my life as a priest. tor" and "make every apostolate in It got my faith, my thinking and my spirituality on the other side of the church couple-centered," CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Archbishop Pio Laghi, apostolic the altar. It showed me what lived Philippines (NC) - President Corpronuncio to the United States, religion is." azon Aquino has asked Philippine Catholic schools to adopt impoverished public schools, suggesting that they might share teachers and WASHINGTON (NC) - MemHe added that "our experience other resources. bers of Congress have been told to date indicates that food aid is that overseas hunger relief agen- most effective when carefully tarcies need more money and less geted and combined with other bureaucratic interference if they resources. These additional components - technical expertise, are to achieve long-term success. training in appropriate technoloLawrence A. Pezzullo, execu- gies - require funding. This means tive director of Catholic Relief that more effective food programServices, in written testimony for a ming will cost more." , recent hearing of the House Select He also advised that "effective Committee on Hunger, criticized a food-for-development programs, "plethora" of paperwork in govern- like most effectiv.li development ment-funded overseas programs. programs, must be planned and '''While no one would deny the implemented carefully over a numneed to be accountable, it is ques- ber of years." This requires assutionable whether the current ple- rances "that the necessary resourthora of paper that surrounds food ces will be available for the entire life of a project," he said. programs is necessary," he said.
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Sex is the way human beings reproduce but also a way to express affection and love. In the biblical "Song of Songs" and in much secular literature, sexual intimacy becomes a model or analogy for all other forms oflove, including God's - love for us. What a letdown to see sex presented as carefree and uncommitted, and as a method of dominating. That is to sell sex short. Today sex is for sale. Gross and flashy sex is sold for cheap enter-tainment thrills. It's added like sugar to 'everything else, to sell that too. That's like using Beethoven's Fifth Symphony to sell used cars. How sad! Silence is not golden. It is a dangerous cop-out, leaving the field clear for the carefree and exploitative commercialism of television, the crude writings on bathroom walls and the gross misinformation of older youngsters. The question is not whether a youngster will receive a sex -education too soon, but what kind and who will provide it.
The first rule is to give sexual instruction naturally as questions and opportunities arise. The birth of a baby, a pregnant pet or something children see on television may offer an occasion. By age 6, children should know where babies come from, how they get there and how they get out. If they do not learn from their parents, they will receive less than
accurate answers from playmates colored by worldly values. ' The information- you offer will s~tisfy children. One little boy asked hiS mother how babies got out. When she reminded him she had told him last week, he replied "Yes, but I forgot." The child wh~ is given a proper education early will acce!?t it matter-of-factly. . Touching of one's genitals, peek109 and even obscene words are common in children under 8. This' is normal. Parents need not get excited about this, but should discourage it with a simple statement such as: "Stop that. Mind your manners." By age 10, or at least a year before physical maturation, a child should possess the full facts of life. The natural events of puberty can be terrifying for the child who has an incomplete idea of what is going on. Morality is best presented positively. The virtue of modesty can be discussed from the view that the body is beautiful and deserves respect. The virtue of purity can also be presented positively. Sex is a wonderful gift, to be used according to God's plan. If your child does not ask questions about sex, don't think you have lucked out. Parents should then look for opportunities to discuss this wonderful matter, and' are wise to get there first with the right message. Sex is God's marvelous plan of creation and love.
Natural. Fam·ily Planning' be taken to encourage fertility and power of th~ couple's creative potential." " ' , .. , For those who missed it the first before it is ,too late. Fertility should be seen as a NFP is as effective as artificial time around, I highly recommend shared c~ndition. Unlike artificial the recently revised edition of"The methods of birth control" Ms. methods, NFP makes birth conNew No-Pill, No-Risk Birth Con- Aguilar says, without the danger- trol the responsibility 'of the coutrol," by medical journalist Nona ous or uncomfortable side-effects ple, not just one partner. ' of those methods. Aguilar. . Many men report that at first It also offers a healthy alternaMs. Aguilar's book presents inthey resented haying to be involved formation about Natural Family tive to surgical sterilization. More in the birth-control process. Later, than one-fourth of the married Planning, a method of postponing however, many report developing pregnancy which does not rely on women in the United States have a feeling of gratitude for being able chosen sterilization, Ms. Aguilar the use of drugs, chemicals, IUDs to take part in something ~o imporstates. or barrier devices. tant. The obvious drawback to NFP NFP does require a period of In reading Ms. Aguilar's book, I is that it requires a period of abstinabstinence but it is not the old was struck by the sense of joy that ence from sexual activity in every rhythm method. It offers an apthe author communicates. The joy . proach which is now undoubtedly cycle. But in many reports from comes from the fact that NFP is a NFP, abstinence couples who use familiar to most Catholic couples. way of living in harmony with ferUsed correctly, advocates report is called a positive-element oftheir tility instead of fighting against it. sexual relationship, enhancing their that it is 99 percent effective, even A couple can confidently choose if a woman's cycles are erratic. The appreciation of lovemaking. to defer pregnancy while still advantage over the old rhythm Ms. Aguilar points out that "the experiencing a monthly reminder method is that NFP tells you pre- deferred act of lovemaking is a of the miraculous potential for cisely when you are fertile and positive affir~ation of the sweep human conception, when you are not. An enormous amount has been learned about women's fertility in the past 10-15 years, including the effects of stress on fertility. We now know that there are several, easily detected changes that occur in a woman's body when she is ovulating. Learning to understand these "fertility signs" is what NFP is all about. By Antoinette Bosco
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Silence is itself a statement. The message is clear: "Don't talk to me about sex. I'd rather pretend it is not there." If you feel awkward and uneasy, do your best. Most of us have qualms. At least your child will know it is not a taboo subject with you. What shall be told? The truth. Use the proper terms and avoid fables. The stork and the cabbage patch are out. The truth can be to~d in general terms to very young children; the details can be filled in later. For example, young children can be told that babies come from God. Later they can learn that babies come from God through their mother. Finally they can learn that father plants the seed in mother. As the child grows, the truth becomes more specific. When should sexual education be given? The mistake many parents make today is allowing knowledge from the good sources to come far too late, after the damage , is done.
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Reviewer questions truth of "Love Is Always" By Msgr. George G. Higgins On paper, book pUblishers subscribe to a voluntary code of professional ethics. But it has been my experience that many of them interpret this code rather loosely. In recent years, this has been particularly true ofsome who published sensational books about the church and related subjects. I am not referring to books that contain objective criticism. That can be salutary. For the church, according to its own teaching, always needs reform. I am complaining about books that capitalize on people's hunger for sensatio.nalism, distorting the work of the church and its representatives. A new book by Michael Miles, "Love Is Always" (Morrow, New York), is a case in point. The jacket of Miles' exceptionally well-written book calls it "a true story of a man and woman's challenge to Catholicism's forbidden world of the married priesthood." That in itself is enough of a teaser to trap the unwary buyer. But the publisher will go on to say that "the author shares with the reader his suspenseful, emotionpacked years of falling in love with Joan and their'search for freedom which, in turn, led them to challenge a centuries-old tradition and thereby survive for five years in Catholicism's forbidden world of the married priesthood." Still, the real clincher is yet to come when the jacket says, the book "reveals the support of a pioneering archbishop, and the author's own confrontation with the hierarchy before he and Joan are finally forced into exile by the highest levels of the Vatican." That is a way of saying that Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen, Miles' ordinary in Helena, Mont., and now archbishop of Seattle, gave Miles permission to exercise a married priesthood for five years. It also pits Archbishop Hunthausen against the Vatican and the rest of thehierarchy. As I was reading Miles' book, I became increasingly skeptical about his practice (a practice common today) of quoting verbatim and at length from strictly personal conversations going back a period of years. Unless Miles taped his conversations with the archbishop (and there is no evidence he did) how could he recall them verbatim? Whatever, as an experienced ecclesiastical bureaucrat, and a friend of the archbishop, I had no way of determining whether or not Miles was accurately reflecting the archbishop's decision on Miles' status in the priestly ministry. How many readers will take it all on faith? On July 17, a few days before the official release of Miles' book, Archbishop Hunthausen issued the following statement to the press: "Whatever a reader might construe from the book, at no tim.e did I ever agree to, much less foster, any kin.d of experiment in married priesthood." The archbishop said he "allowed Michael Miles to con~ tinue a restricted form of church service in his parish after he became laicized and married." But, the archbishop added: "From the day he received his rescript of laicization from the Holy See, Michael Miles' status was no longer that of priest-minister but oflay-minister. I fully accepted this fact and my
consequent decisions were consistent with church teaching and discipline." A nationally known church lawyer, Father James Provost, was chancellor of the Helena Diocese 'during the years surrounding Miles' laicization. Under the pseudonym "Caston Broderick," the book identifies Father Provost as the diocesan "whiz kid" who found a "loophole" in church law that allowed Miles to continue functioning as a priest after laicization and marriage. Father Provost, contacted by NC News Service, rejected that summarily, agreeing 100 percent with Archbishop Hunthausen's statement. What are we to make of all this? I take Archbishop Hunthausen and Father Provost at their word and regret to say that Miles, who says he has the highest regard for the archbishop, has done him a tremendous disservice. None of this suggests that advocating a married clergy is completely out of bounds. People are free to state their position on this as forcefully as possible. But the point here is that, unless Archbishop Hunthausenand Father Provost are lying, Miles and his publisher have sold the public a bill of goods. I do not think Archbishop Hunthausen or Father Provost are lying.
Bishop labels book as fictionHELENA, Mont. (NC) - BishopElden Curtiss of Helena has labeled as "fiction" an autobiography of a former Montana priest who wrote that he exercised a married priesthood for five years with permission from diocesan authorities. The book, "Love Is Always," was "filled with half-truths and distortions, and even totally erroneous statements," Bishop Curtiss said in a July 29 statement. Miles was laicized and married in 1973 but continued for the next five years to work in Resurrection parish, a campus ministry parish at Montana State University in Bozeman. He had worked in that parish as a priest for two years before he was laicized. In the book he says he was forbidden to use the title "Reverend" and to "preside" at the Eucharist, but that he was allowed to continue a priestly ministry, including concelebrating Mass and administering the sacraments. When the book was published in July, Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen of Seattle, who was bishop of Helena from 1962 to 1975, said he allowed Miles to continue working in Resurrection parish as a lay minister after his laicization, but gave him no permission to function as a priest. Bishop Curtiss, who succeeded Archbishop Hunthausen in 1976 and ordered Miles to stop working at the parish in 1978, said in his statement: "The whole point of Miles' book is to prove he was allowed, before I arrived on the scene, to function as a married priest in Bozeman, which is clearly not true. If he did so, it was in opposition to all church authority and the clear intent of the bishop 'and priests of this diocese."
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Native American cu'lture not opposed to Gospel ALBANY, N.Y. (NC) - Native Americans need to know that they can be Catholic without abandoning their own cultur~, said Bishop Donald Pelotte, who recently became the first Native American bishop in the U.S. Catholic Church. "The major need ofthe people is to know that it is possible to be Catholic, Christian and a good Native American," he said. "For so long; they've been told that their customs and traditions are pagan and foreign, and could not be integrated into their life as Christians." Bishop Pelotte, 41, a former , provincial superior of the Congregation of the Blessed' Sacrament, was ordained May 6 as coadjutor bishop of Gallup, N.M. He was interviewed byThe Evangelist, Albany diocesan newspaper, in conjunction with a visit to northern
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (NC)The Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kan., will provide $5.2 million to help meet retirement costs ofelderly nuns serving in the archdiocese. Archbishop IgnatiusJ. Strecker, writing in The Leaven, archdiocesan newspaper, said financially haJ'd-pressed communities would share $1,273,654 in immediate relief, followed by another $4 million over 10 years. The money is to make up for the lack of retirement assistance in the past. Fum!s for the first installment are coming from a loan from priests' retirement fund moneys and from archdiocesan finances. Future payments will come from parish assessments. Explaining the need for the payments, Archbishop Strecker tied it to a lack of vocations. "No one ever thought of the day when half of the sisters in a community would be over 70 years of age and the median age of the community would be 60 years," Archbishop Strecker wrote. "No one doubted younger sisters would be there to serve - and they would be the 'retirement fund' for the community.
New 'York to mark the feast of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. He said Blessed Kateri, a 17thCatholic, Christian and Native century Mohawk beatified in 1-980, American at the same time. is a strong unifying element among "If blacks and Hispanics can use Native Americans. This, he said, is their C\lstoms in liturgy - and I've "absolutely overwhelming and seen them done beautifully - why miraculous" in light of the wide can't Native people do the same?" diversity in customs,language and he asked. tradition among North American As an example he cited Native tribes. Americans' appreciation of creHe said his greatest obstacle in ation. New Mexico is the area's over"My ordination ceremony was whelming poverty. "The ,largest held outside, at a place where tribe in the diocese is the Navajo, Indian ceremonial dances and and they have a 65 percent unemrodeos are held," he said. "One ployment rate," he said. "Many Navajo woman told me, 'When have no running water or electricyou were there lying prostrate, ity in their homes. being blown by wind and sand, it Noting that in the past Native - was like you were being swallowed Americans were asked to abandon up by mother earth and being their cultural heritage to become anointed and consecrated by her Christian, he said,'''Now we must elements.' She captured the feeling try to show them that they can be of.Native Americans,"
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Pray, read and listen By Cecilia Belanger I received three notes this week asking about prayer life, reading the Bible, and talking and listening to God. I can respond only from my own experience, from what I've heard and read, and what I spend time thinking about in quiet moments. About prayer life: I think about Psalm 5:3: '"Morning by morning, o Lord, you hear my voice; morning by morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation." It is good to remember that "Very early in the morning,.while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, wh'ere He prayed." Prayer is beautiful. If we let it happen it can transform our lives. There are those who feel that there is no need for' prayer "since God is in charge and taking care of everything." , The Bible contradicts these people. In Luke we have Jesus teaching His disciples how to pray. Were prayer not necessary would our Lord have taught them how? Jesus indicated to his followers that they should not h,esitate to approach the Father and make their needs known. And He told them some parables in connection with prayer. They can all be summed up in this statement: "Ask and .it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." I do not suggest that one begin the voyage of reading the Bible from cover to cover, that is, to begin at the beginning and plough on through. Perhaps the Book is
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'Q. Why is sex considered so , bad? (North Carolina) A. This six-word ques'tion needs a much longer and considerably , more compl~cated answer. First, let it be said loudly and clearly that sexual intercourse within the frame' of marriage is ' something genuinely' wonderful, good, pleas'urable and even sacred. -TKe sexual'littrllciIortbeiween an unmarried man and woman is also full of wonder and not at all "bad." It is good. What then might the questioner ,be talking about? ,"Sex" indeed can be, used in "bad" ways worthy of condemnation. An example would be the topless bars where the sexuality of both men and women is exploited in a sensational and lurid manner. Other examples of "bad" sex, would be the special cable television channels or video cassettes where sexual acts are presented in a. way that is far from good and sacred. Some magazines, books, films and "adult" TV programs also
neglected by so many, because, like many scholars, we run aground in the book of Leviticus. Many feel betrayed, as if the Bible is not at all what they expected. I have found that beginners who go to the central message of the book find the going much easier and more relevent to their lives. They come upon their Lord and Savior immediately. Now and then, a beginner might return to earlier books after reading the New Testament. So start with the Gospels, but do not finish with them. Be sure to read the Old Testament also. Therein one finds all those beautiful prophecies about the coming of Christ. rsaiah is a tremendous book. It is an experience. Try it. If one throws up one's hands and cries, "I just don't understand what I'm reading," be assured .you are not the first person to do so. There are books available that can help one understand. And remember that the four Gospels are the key to understanding the rest of the Bible. . "You will find the Holy Spirit speaking ,to you from the p'ages. Your faith will become stronger, your courage unshakeable and your hope unwavering. In Exodus we read: "The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend." Isn't it wonderful that ordinary people like us can actually speak to God? What a privilege! And yet people cry out, "I have no one to talk to!" We can speak to Him because we were created in His image. God's speech to Moses and others in Exod.us and the other books is also His message to us. Let's listen to that message.
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An experience to "pickle" MADISON, Wis. (NC)-"Unbelievable," "fantastic" and "awesome" are just some of the words lO-year-oldJason Verhelstand his family used to describe their experiences as a result of Jason's winning a national essay contest honoring the late teacher-astronaut, Christa McAuliffe. ' Jason, a fifth-grade student at St. Maria Goretti School in Madison, was the national winner ofthe Christa McAuliffe Liberty Essay Contest. On the morning ofJuly 5, in the shadow ofthe Statue of liberty on Liberty Island and with Nancy Reagan and other dignitaries in attendance, Jason read his essay. His parents, Suzy and John Verheist, said their son looked like he
cashed in airline tickets provided by the contest to finance the trip for both families. "We didn't know until we arrived at Rutgers University, where the, 50 state contest winners stayed,
had done this kind of thing all his life. His mother only wished she could stop time and "pickle" the experience for posterity. The Verhelst family, including son Robbie, 8, made the trip to New York along with Jason's teacher, Mary Ellen Ruppert, and her family. The Verhelst family
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a way that is divorced from the two goals of Christian marriage, love and procreation. Casual sex would be one example of this. Words, actions, attitudes - all these can involve a spirit of "bad sex." A person can be used as a sex object and in a selfish way that has nothing to. do w~th love. And this is what is at the heart of "bad sex" - a lack of enduring love, a lack of the .spirit of total giving and permanent commitment. The heavy emphasis is on physical pleasure; the sex is characterized by irresponsibility. How might good and holy sexual attraction be manifested? Finally, what does good and holy sexual expression between a married couple really mean? Send questions to Tom Lennon, 1312 Mass. Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.
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Nuclear war fears healthy says child psychologist DENVER (NC F- Parents should not try to eliminate children's fears about nuclear war because those fears are healthy .and lead youngsters to want to change the situation, says child psychologist Dr. Henry Coppolillo. But they should try to d~spel a child's despair or despondency about the issue, he added. He commented during a seminar on nuclear issues at Regis College, Denver. The meeting brought together nuclear experts, Department of Defense representatives and peace group members to discuss teaching nuclear issues in schools, consequences of nuclear war, nuclear strategy and the U.S. bishops' teach. ing on the arms race. "What needs to be abolished is despair, apathy and despondency but fear is very healthy and lead~ to an initiative to do something" Coppolillo said. "I hope we nev~r - get blase about a burnt planet."
Children often try to protect parents by keeping silent about upsetting topics while parents may attempt to shut out youngsters' concerns about nuclear war, he said. We often don't want to hear what our children tell us," Coppolillo said. "The feeling of guilt is enormous that we've left this for the children to deal with." Parents must teach children about the issue but also offer them hope, he said, adding that parents should offer teen-agers ideas about what individuals can do and should try to address specific fears of younger children. Speaker Joseph Schmitt, Denver archdiocesan director of family life compared parental reluctance to discuss the nuclear threat to hesitancy in talking about sexuality. He noted that teen-agers seem to reflect. their parents' attitudes toward nuclear war and suggested parents discuss their own fears between themselves before talking to their children.
Strikeout queen DETROIT (NC) - 'So Roger Not so, said coach Don LukomClemens of the Boston Red Sox ski. "Everyone was just holding struck out 20 batters earlier this their breath" during the strikeout string "hoping that she'd get it," he season. Big deal. The next day Jennifer said. Marquette of SS. Peter and Paul "I was really nervous," Miss School's eighth-grade softball team Marquette said. "I've never had a in Detroit struck out 21. game with 21 strikeouts before." That, by the way, was in a sevenIn her first four games this season, Miss Marquette whiffed 64 inning game. Let's see now - at three outs batters, an average of 16 per game. per inning - yes, every out was a While the popular concept of strilCeout. softball is the high-arc, slow-pitch' Only one walk, with two out in the second inning, marred Miss game, SS. Peter and Paul plays Marquette's mound mastery in an fast-pitch, where the ball can rise 8-0 win over 路St. Albert the Great dip and break on its path to th~ . from Dearborn Heights. After the plate. , "This'year she's faster and more walk, she mowed down the next 16 accurate," Lukomski said of Miss batters in order. .So complete was her perfor- Marquette, adding that she is "the mance that only two St. Albert's . best ever, really. I've had other fast batters managed to make contact pitchers, but they weren't really with the ball. Both were foul tips accurate." to catcher Jean Taraskiewicz. In Come fall, she will attend Divine essence, Miss Marquette and Miss Child High School in Dearborn. Taraskiewicz played a seven-inning Are they aware of her softball game of catch. prowess? "The rest of my 'team was won"I'm not sure," she replied. "We dering if they should go out for the' next inning," Miss Marquette played (their grade school team) joked. "They were getting bored." once. And we beat them."
Symbols following film reviews indicat~ both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide. Gen~ral. ratings: G-suitable for gen路 eral viewing; PG路13-parental guidance' strongly' suggested for children under 13; P~parental .guidance suggested; R-restncted, unSUitable for children or younger teens. .. ~atholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; 'A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; A4-separate classification (gi~en to films not. morally offensive WhiCh, howe~er, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.
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New Films "Heartburn"(Paramount) Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson are professionals whose marriage dissolves over his infidelity. Mike Nichols' essentially pessimistic view of the contemporary state of romance in路 the 1980s implies more than it expresses but focuses amiably on the plight of women who must find options to the failure of the American male to provide lasting support and love. An adult theme, harsh language and sexual innuendo will not entertain children. A3,R "Malcolm"(Vestron) This Australian import by Nadia Tass and David Parker is about a misunderstood young man lacking social graces who, unable to use his Godgiven talents for conventional goals, teams up with friendly small-time thieves in this amiable but adult comedy of social misappropriation. A3,PG-13 "Pirates"(Cannon) Roman Polanski's obsessively detailed and ornamental portrait of pirates features Walter Matthau as the irascible Captain Red, who has an obsession to possess a certain golden throne. Vulgarity, brutality and disproportionate amounts of realistically treated pirate fights make this large-scale, expensive production less suitable for youngsters. A3,PG-13
Dialogue asked VATICAN CITY (NC)Mozambique's bishops have called for an immediate cease-fire in that country's .ll-year civil war and . have appealed to Eastern and Western bloc powers to stop supplying military aid. The bishops called for dialogue between the warring parties, saying it was the only way to achieve peace.
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VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Chilean and Argentine national soccer teams have agreed to'play a two-game series as part of the official program for Pope John Paul II's visit next April. Vatican Radio said the teams will play. for the Peace Trophy, named in honor of the pope's successful mediation of a territorial dispute between the two countries.
Films on TV Sunday, Aug. 17,9-11 p.m. EDT (ABC) "The China Syndrome" (1979). Prophetic drama suspensefully dealing with nuclear safety features Jack Lemmon and Jane Fonda, whose consciences won't let them conceal the imminent danger of nuclear meltdown at a power plant. A2,PG Wednesday, Aug. 20, 8-11 p.m. EDT (CBS) "Sophie's Choice" (1982). Lengthy, somewhat miscast dran;ta directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Meryl Streep as an Auschwitz survivor now caught in a hopelessly estranged love triangle which leads to a tragic conclusion fueled by sorrowful revelations from each character's past. A3,R Religious TV Sunday, Aug. 10 (CBS) - "For Our Times" - The parable of the lost sheep is discussed in "Marshall Efron and His Simplified and Painless Sunday School." Religious Radio Sunday, Aug. 10 (NBC) "Guideline" - Actor Paul Keenan talks about death and dyin~.
CYO golf tourney Matt Carroll of Fall River won the Marty Higgins Memorial Trophyas the most outstanding player in the recent Fall River Diocesan CYO Golf Tournament, held at the Pocasset Golf Club. Carroll shot a 78, 'finning the under-16 junior division. Somerset's Don Wilson finished second with an 81, defeating Ian Chamberlin of East Sandwich in a sudden-death playoff. The under-26 senior division was won by Fall River's Rick Coleman, who defeated Paul DeBortoli of New Bedford in a playoff. Both golfers shot 79. Paul Saunders of Fall River placed third with an 80. Scott Turner of New Bedford won the intermediate under-19 division with an 80. Taking second and third places with an 81 and an 82 were Sean Spencer of Brewster and South Yarmouth's Pat Fannon. Brandon Bouchard and Doug Smith, both of Fall River, placed first and second in the cadet under-14 division with an 80 and an 83.
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ST.GEORGE,WESTPORT A Franciscan missionary will speak at all Masses Aug. 24. , O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Former parishioners Deacon Ben and Lois Nogueira, recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Deacon Nogueira, now a Fitchburg resident, served in the parish from 1980 to 1982.
ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Clothing drive for Sacred Hearts Vincentians meeting 2 p.m. Sun- Fathers' Texas mission through end day, rectory; coffee and pastry after of month. Clean, lightweight clo9:30 a.m. Mass tomorrow. thing, especially baby clothing, RESIDENTS of Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven, enjoy ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET needed. Donations may be left inside bingo during one of a series of picnics to which residents of Family parish picnic, sponsored church side door. by the parish prayer group, Aug. 17, ST. THOMAS MORE, other area nursing homes are invited. Upcoming recreational Colt State Park, Bristol, R.I. All SOMERSET at "the Haven" include a mystery ride, a Cape Cod activities welcome. Bring musical instruments Family Festival tonight through for sing-along. Canal cruise and a picnic at Buttonwood Park, New Bedford. Sunday features ethnic foods, flea market, auction, games and enterST. STANISLAUS, FR Father Robert S. Kaszynski, pas- tainment including "Zip and Zap" tor, beginning his 25th year of minis- and Portuguese folk dancers. try at St. Stanislaus, has presented BREAD OF LIFE, an icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa PRAYER GROUP, FR WHITHORN, Scotland (NC) chairman of the Whithorn Trust - to the parish; Solemn Czestochowa Foundations, an 8-week course in - Archeologists in southwest and former moderator of the prayer days Aug. IS to Aug. 26. Christian maturity, will begin Aug. Scotland are seeking artifacts of Church of Scotland's General 29 following 7:30 p.m. prayer meet- Ninian, a, fifth-century saint who assembly. He called CatholicLaSALETTE SHRINE, ing at Blessed Sacrament Church, preceded the more famous St. ATTLEBORO Anglican cooperation in running Healing service with Father Albert Fall River, beginning each one-hour Columba as a missionary. the trust "practical ecumenism." Fredette, MS, 2 p.m. Aug. 10, session about 9: I5 p.m. It will be Whithorn, the site oftheir dig, is open to all who have completed a Garden of Worship. Special teachwhere -St. Ninian built a stone ing on "Why People· are Not Life in the Spirit seminar. church known as Candida Casa Healed." All welcome. CHARISMATIC CONFERENCE and described in eight-century "ST, ANNE, FR Many diocesan charismatics will literature. The site also includes A LaSalette Missionary will speak attend the New England General ruins of a 12th-century monastery. KNOCK, Ireland (NC) - The at all weekend Masses; Father Jean- Conference of the Catholic Chariscountry priest who launched a St. Ninian is honored by .Dominique Pare, OP, recently cele- matic Renewal, which opens at 8 Ca~holics and Anglicans. Both rural Irish Marian shrine into the brated his 50th anniversary of reli- tonight at Providence Civic Center. jet age died Aug. 1 while visiting gious profession in the Dominican Speakers will include Rev. John serve as administrators of a trust Lourdes, France, one of the most order. Randall of Providence and a healing established to supervise research famous sites dedicated to Mary. work and raise funds. service will be led by Father Edward CHRIST THE KING, Msgr. James Horan, 75, died in The saint was born in what is J. McDonough, C.SS.R. The threeCOTUIT/MASHPEE his sleep in a hotel at Lourdes, now England and preached to the day program will conClude at 1:30 Parishioner John Medeiros, a where he often made pilgrimages. eucharistic minister at St. Jude the p.m. Sunday with a Mass celebrated southern Picts, an ancient Scottish He recently underwent a stomach Apostle Chapel, Cotuit, recently· by Providence Bishop Louis E. tribe, after entering the operation. priesthood. published a book, .. Antiquing: The Gelineau. His body was brought home to He founded a monastic training Art of Glazing." Knock by air, landing at the intercenter which drew many Irish O.L. ANGELS, FR national airport he campaigned to monks in the sixth century. Parish council meeting 7 p.m. have built in the remote and ecoCatholics hold an annual pilAug. 18, parish hall; parishioners nomically depressed region of grimage to a nearby seashore cave wishing to be lectors may leave western Ireland. Thousands of MILA:N, Italy (NC) - Mother reputed to have been used by St. names and telephone numbers in the sacristy after Mass; parish Teresa of Calcutta, founder ofthe Ninian as a retreat. mourners lined the funeral route. appreciation night Sept. 28, White's Missionaries of Charity, said her Msgr. Horan had enlisted the Archeologist Peter Hill called restaurant, Westport; Feast of Our order will open a mission in Cuba aid of the Irish government and the Whithorn site "an archeoloLady of Angels procession 2 p.m. in October. gist's dream" because it includes private donors to build the multiAug. 10. All welcome. Mother Teresa said her recent buildings, graves and trash dumps million dollar Connacht Regional CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH meeting with Cuban President Fidel spanning 1,500 years. The site Airport. He said he hoped it would New religious education coordi- Castro convinced her that "he loves "undoubtedly holds the key to bring visitors to the shrine and nator Sister Doreen Donegan, the poor." She said he respects her many crucial questions about the economic improvement to the area. The Knock shrine grew under SUSC; was welcomed with an order because of its lack of political origins and development of Chrisinformal reception after 9 a.m. Mass involvement. the monsignor's direction from a tianity in Scotland," Hill said. Monday. small country church to a basilica The 1979 Nobel Peace Prize The reputation of St. Colum~a, that can hold 20,000 worshippers, winner also said she hopes soon to HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON a sixth-century Irish missionary Old Fashioned Polish picnic noon open a mission in China, noting who influenced a larger area of a rest home, a folk art museum and other buildings. that her order already has houses t09 p.m. Sunday, with all-day polka Scotland, has overshadowed St. Last year, after an Irish govern, dancing with Polish kitchen featur- in the communist countries of Po- Ninian's. Some reference books ment study indicated the airport ing golombki, pierogi and other eth- land, Yugoslavia and Ethiopia. She said her 36-year community credit St. Columba with bringing would lose money, Msgr. Horan nic favorites. has 3,000 sisters in 75 countries Christianity to Scotland, but that predicted that 100,000 people would ST. JAMES, NB credit is being reassessed in light of use it annually. Mary Mello has been appointed and that it succeeds because young his predecessor's work. The facility opened two months people want challenges and seek a principal of St. James - St. John life of prayer and. poverty. School. The archeological site "is the ago. Msgr. Horan began his camcradle of Christianity in Scotland ST. ANNE'S HOSITAL, FR paign after Pope John Paul II from which we have all sprung,." Annual blood drive 9 a.m. to 2 said the Rev. Peter P. Brodie, visited the shrine in 1979. p.m. Aug. 20. Information: 674He received $11.5 million from 5741, ext. 2482. MILWAUKEE (NC) - Archa previous government. Further bishop Rembert G. Weakland of aid was frozen when the presentNOTRE DAME, FR Parish picnic II a.m. to 5 p.m. Milwaukee has denounced antiVATICAN CITY (NC) - Reli- government decided the project Sunday, St. Vincent de Paul Camp, abortion protests involving vio- gious who overwork themselves in would lose money. Westport; American and papal flags, lence and destruction of property The priest raised another $5.5 a gift of the Msgr. John E. Boyd as "morally unacceptable" and pastoral tasks run the risk of million from donations, primarily becoming spiritually empty, said Knights of Columbus Council 295, termed "inappropriate" the picketwill be blessed at 4 p.m. Mass ing of the homes of doctors per- Pope John Paul II in a message from the United States. Knock became a shrine followsent to the Brazilian Religious tom.orrow. .forming abortions. The archbi- Conference. ing reports of an appearance of shop, in a column in the Catholic ST. RITA, MARION "It is easy," he said, "to run the Mary accompanied by St. Jbseph ·Family Fair 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Herald, Milwaukee archdiocesan risk of falling, into an activism and St. John the Evangelist in the tomorrow features musical entertain- newspaper, also rejected "abusive" which could lead to a spiritual gable of the local church on Aug. ment by Cross Winds, a bike race and "offensive" gestures by anti- emptiness and a premature ex- 21, 1879. Several townsfolk said abortion activists. and a silent auction. they' saw the apparition. haustion." ST~ JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN
St. Ninian comes into his own
Knock priest dies at Lourdes
Mother Teresa to open Cuban house
Violence denounced
Emptiness a risk
ROME (NC) - The departing Iranian ambassador to the Holy See said a representative of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini will be among religious leaders attending a day of prayer for peace this October. "We have accepted the invitation" of Pope John Paul II, said Ambassador Sayyed Hadi Khosrowshahi, "even if no one will be permitted to make a speech or transmit his own message of peace." Khosrowshahi represented Iran at the Vatican for five years before returning to Iran in July. He commented on the planned Oct. 27 prayer summit for world peace, to be held in Assisi, Italy, during an interview with the Italian monthly 30 Giorni. Sheik Salman Ghaffari, the new Iranian ambassador to the Vatican, will attend the October meeting, Khosrowshahi said. The October gathering of world religious leaders to pray fOf peace was announced Jan. 25 by Pope John Paul II. Assisi is the birthplace of St. Francis of Assisi. At a recent press confererice discussing meeting preparations, Cardinal Rogers Etchegaray said a "great assembly of Christians, Moslems, Buddhists and Jews" will attend. The pope is inviting only religious leaders because "the meeting is only for prayer," he said. In announcing Iran's acceptance of the invitation to the day of prayer, Khosrowshahi said the search for peace depends not only on prayers, fasts or ceremonies. What is truly important is to spread the message ofthe prophets, he said. "U nfortunately at Assisi, not much attention will be dedicated to this point," he added. "I hope, however, that this will be a prelude to a more useful meeting, to a sincere and rational dialogue. "
Paper denies that abortion's a right VATICAN CITY (NC) - In a recent front-page editorial, the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano said making abortion a matter of women's rights was "adolescent confusion," resulting from a "pseudo-liberated" mentality. Rejecting what it called the "emotional and passionate argumentation of feminist claims," the editorial said the issue for women is not one of being "a slave to nature," but of"cultivating in one's self a call to maternity." The argument that abortion is a woman's right has been made by Cath9lics critical of church·teaching, but the editorial said such . claims miss the true problem. "Shifting onto abortion talk of the dignity of woman and of sexu'ality means missing the true problem," it added. Such an approach justifies "feminine egotism that subordinates the male and female involvement in the process of life," it said. It criticized as "simplistic and obsessive" some pro-choice reactions to "those who deplore abortion and judge it objectively to be murder." The editorial called maternity "the destiny that identifies and exalts the woman."