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Bishops urge new debate on abortion

REP. MICKEY LELAND, D-Texas, holds a child during a 1984 visit to an African refugee camp. He was on a similar trip when the plane carrying Leland and 15 others crashed on the way to an Ethiopian camp. (CNS/ UPI-Reuters photo)

Leland remembered for dedication to plight of hungry WASHINGTON (CNS) - Rep. Mickey Leland, D-Texas, who died in an airplane crash on his way to a refugee camp in Ethiopia, was "a man on a mission" haunted by the plight of the hungry, said Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of GalvestonHouston.

"Mickey wanted his career to make a difference. He worked hard at being a Catholic," said Bishop Fiorenza, adding that he had worked with Leland on Houston housing issues.

The bishop celebrated Mass at Leland's home parish, St. Anne's Catholic Church in Houston, on Aug. 10. .

Leland had "witnessed the angel of death hovering over the skins

and bones" of the starving in Africa, said Bishop Fiorenza, making reference to a story Leland often told about a little African girl, suffering from extreme malnourishment, who died in front of him while he. was talking to a relief worker about her.

A U.S. Air Foree helicopter Aug. 13 found the wreckage of the small twin-engine airplane that disappeared six days earlier while carrying Leland and 15 others to a refugee camp in Ethiopia.

Leland, 44, who was in his sixth term in the House of Representatives and was chairman of its Select Committee on Hunger, was on his

WASHINGTON (eNS) - The unborn child "is often obscured in U.S. Supreme Court's July 3 rul- the current debate, where abortion ing that allows states to enact is presented solely as an exercise of more restrictive abortion statutes personal autonomy or as a conflict "marks the beginning of a new between state prerogatives and the debate," said a statement issued by individual right of privacy."

But "as Catholics and as U.S. the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro- citizens we have a duty to participate in shaping our nation's public Life Activities.

The debate requires that "many policies so that they truly protect, voices must be raised in defense of nurture and defend human life," life," said the statement, titled "The . the statement said.

The bishops said anti-Catholic Supreme· Court's Webster Decision: An Opportunity to Defend sentiment "has never been entirely absent from the pro-abortion camLife."

"We do not intend to be ruled paign," but abortion-rights advoout of this or any social debate," cates .seem to be trying to put new said the seven bishops on the· com- life into it "now that the efforts of mittee, headed by Cardinal Joseph Catholics and other pro-life citiL. Bernardin of Chicago, in the zens have begun to bear fruit."

Catholics involved in the-aborstatement.

Ruling in Webster vs. Repro- tion debate are accused, the stateductive Health Services - one of ment said, of "seeking indiscrimithe most hotly debated abortion nately to impose our moral ideals cases since its original Roe vs. on other Americans: an attitude Wade ruling 16 years ago - the that would exclude us at the outset Supreme Court upheld most parts. from this debate."

But, the statement said, "We are of a controversial Missouri law making it more difficult to obtain committed to establishing constitutional protection for the unborn an abortion.

The bishops said the new ruling child to the maximum degree pos"opens up challenges" to "develop sible." The statement urged "legisand expand efforts" in the areas lators, especially Catholics, to help build a consensus in our society in of: - Education and public infor- support ofthe unborn child's right to live." mation.

- Pastoral services for women, The Webster case has opened children and families. "limited and complex" opportuni- "Public policy efforts to en- ties to state legislators, the bishops sure effective legal protection for said, but added that some shortthe right to life of the unborn." term efforts could address limits The statement said the "central on direct and indirect government truth" about the humanity of the funding of abortion; parental noti-

fication and consent; safeguards to prevent uninformed°-abortion consent; and restrictions on lateterm abortions.

Lawmakers will be urged to "improve public programs of prenatal care, parental leave, child ·care and other needs of pregnant women and their families,"· the statement said, to complement "essential programs" sponsored by dioceses and Catholic organizations that "must be continued and expanded" in their service to pregnant women.

The statement said church-sponsored services include free or lowcost maternity care, adoption services, and emotional and spiritual support; educational and vocational assistance; and foster care, social services, and other assistance to neglected or needy children.

"Providing alternatives to abortion serves all of us, especially mother and child," the statement said.

"By working together with other concerned Americans we can bring about a change of heart and a change of policy in our society so that unborn children will enjoy the law's protection," the statement said.

What abortion opponents demand of civil law, it said, is "recognition of the principle that all human beings - regardless of age, sex, race, ability or condition of dependency - share the same inalienable right to life."

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Auschwitz project strains Jewish-Catholic links WASHINGTON (CNS) .,.- A cardinal's decision to suspend an interfaith project at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, a papal speech and Jewish protests have turned up the tension between the Catholic Church and Jewish organizations.

Meanwhile, some prominent Jewish figures counselled calm and dialogue, and France's Cardinal Albert Decourtray said the Auschwitz project must be completed as

_agreed upon in a Catholic-Jewish pact.

The latest twist in the Auschwitz controversy came when Cardinal Franciszek Macharski said it was impossible to continue work on an interfaith center near the camp because of a "violent campaign of accusations and defamation" against the Carmelite nuns in a convent located at Auschwitz.

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A PRO-LIFE demonstrator holds a Bible as she is carried away on a stretcher after being arrested for blocking the entrance to the Baltimore Women's Health Center in Baltimore. (CNS photo) \.

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Archbishop Quinn condemns路 violenc~ ,~gainst ,gays, church'leaders

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Archbishop路. John R. Quinn of S~n Francisco has condemned "violent acts, violent rhetoric, threats and contempt" directed at the city's gays and at church leaders.

Violence aimed at members of the two groups is "absolutely incompatible with the name of Christian or Catholic," he said.

"Those who perform these acts of violence cannot consider themselves true sons or daughters of the church. They make themselves the instruments of evil and enter into solidarity with the powers of darkness," said Archbishop Quinn.

He made the comments earlier BISHOP DANIEL A, CRONIN poses with the staff of this month at the closing Mass of St: Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis, during a pastoral visitation. an 'annual 40-hour Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament dedicated to persons with AIDS at Most, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, located in the Castro district of San Francisco - home to a large gay population. At this year's prayer service participants prayed for a 'By Cindy Wooden, ' we are having coincides with the .... cure for AIDS, acquired immune BALTIMORE(NC) - The bicen- celebration of the bicentennial of deficiency syndrome.

Tensions in San Francisco were tennial of the establishment of the the Constitution," the passage of U.S.hierarchy is not only a cele- the Bill of Rights, and the religious heightened in early July when the bration of Catholic faith in the freedom it granted in the First city's new domestic partnership United States, but of religious free- Amendment, Archbishop Borders law was suspended after the filing of a petition to take the issue to dom, social service and coopera- said. tion among religious, public and Events planned include: voters. Petition ~igners aim'to block private groups, said retired Arch- A symposium of historians, the law and put It on the November bishop William D. Borders of Balt- bishops and others discussing "the ballot. imore.

The law, which recognized gay interplay of religion and society" Events for the bicentennial cele- in the United States. and lesbian couples as well as bration, which marks the Nov. 6, - The annual meeting of the unmarried heterosexual unions, 1789, appointment of Bishop John National Conference of Catholic was unanimously approved by the Carroll of Baltimore, were announ- Bishops in Baltimore. city's Board of Supervisors in May. ced at a press conference in Balti- , _ An exhibition of liturgical ~an Fr~~cisco M~yor Art Ag~os more during the annual meeting of and religious art from the Sistine Signed It m.to law 10 June, '!1akl~g the Catholic Press Association.

Chapel, Vatican Museums and San FranCISco th~ fir~t major city Archbishop Borders, chairman Vatican Library. to adopt such leglsla~IO~. . of the U.S. bishops' committee _ A prayer service celebrating The ne~ law ~ermlts l~ve-m lovplanning the bicentennial celebra- the experience and history of the ~rs to register w~th.the city ~or $35 tion, and his successor, Archbi- African-American Catholic comm- 10 a pr~ced~re Similar to fihng for shop William H. Keeler, were join- unity. , a marna~e license: . ed by leaders of the Baltimore arts _ A benefit concert for the Archbishop Q~mn. had,Pubhcly community, city and state govern- homeless by the Baltimore Sym- oppose~ t~e leglslatlo.n. ~ecause ment at the press conference. phony Orchestra. he feels It dilutes a~d trlVlahzes the "The national celebration that The exhibit of Vatican art illus- sacrament of mar~lag~a~d further trates that the bicentennial cele- buf~ets ~he ~acred mstltutlon ?f.the bration "is not only something for family, said Norman D. ~hllhps, the Catholic Church in the United a spokesman .for the a~chdlO~e.se.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Cath- States, but it recognizes our relaThe ar~~blshop, said ~hllh.ps, olic News Service, the world's tionship to the church around the felt other ~art~, of the legislation largest news wire specializing in world," Archbishop Keeler said. w~~e really JUst. . religion reporting, announced staff The benefit concert, a yearlong We tned to mak~ It clear we changes in its Rome bureau and . celebration in the Archdiocese of supported.the extendm~ of h~~lth Washington office.

Baltimore and commemorations c.are b~neflts. and (hospital) vlSl.taIn Rome, Cindy Woqden, a in other U.S. Catholic institutions tlOn nghts If they were apphed CNS staff member since early 1988, for the past 200 years, he said. across the b?a~d, to aged pa~ent.s, joined the bureau as a reporter "This is not the celebration of a retarded slbhng ... or a hve-m starting Aug. 9. She replaces Greg the hierarchy; I see it as a celebra- lover," s~id Phillips.

Erlandsoli;" who has been with tion of the establishment of the Ar~hblsho~ Qumn has,come unCNS for three years. local church ... a celebration oCthe der fire for hiS stance. On~ o~ the Erlandson will be in the bureau pilgrim people we are," said Chris- city's homosexual organ~zatlO.ns . until Aug. 24, when he will return topherJ. Kauffman, editor of U.S. wrote an open letter blammg ~Im to the United States. ijis future Catholic Historian. fo~ ~n alleged attack o~ a lesbian plans will be announced later.

"John Carroll embraced the sep- mlm~ter at the M~tropohtan C?mIn the Washington CNS office, aration of church and state and the mumty Church 10 San FranCISco Robert H. Davis, manager ofpho- pluralism" promoted by the Con- "be~ause ~e had "not ~poke~ ~ut tos and graphics, has resigned to stitution, said Kauffman, who pre- agamst vlolenc~, ~ald .Phllh~s. pursue other interests. He will be- sented workshops on the bicen- Lat~r, ~hen po.h~e cI~ed I~consls颅 replaced on an interim basis after tennial during the CPA meeting. te~c.les 10 the mlnl.ster s claims, the Labor Day by Barbara Baker Ste- "He didn't just tolerate religious mmlster left the city. phenson, a free-lance photographer liberty; "e said it was a value and In late .July member~ of a gay and editor from McLean, Va., that religious would thrive" under and lesbian community group . who previously worked for the the freedom. Bishop Carroll em~ dressed "in drag" handed out U.S. Catholic Conference in the braced religious liberty because pamphlets in front of St. Mary's Creative Services office. , Catholics had "suffered from the 'Cathedral in San Francisco before Thomas N. Lorsung, director unity of church and state in the Sunday M~ss. When they ~ould~'t , and editor in chief of CNS, made colonial eXDerience." . leave, pohce were called 10, said the announcements.

While European Catholics "can Phillips. . .

Ms. Wooden joins bureau chief lash out at American society" for Then dunng Mass when It was .Agostino Bono and reporter John its materialism and blame the' time for the sermon, six men locked Thavis in Rome. church for not exerting more in- arms and refused to sit down, he fluence on the nation, he said, said. indicators such as church attendIn Phillips's view, the criticism ance rates show that "we have of the archbishop is misdirected.

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It's sad."

In his homily at Most Holy Redeemer Parish, Archbishop Quinn told the congregation he had personally expressed his sadness to two ministers who had received threats of violence as a result of the dispute over the new law. One was the Rev. Charles McIlhenny, a pastor at First Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Sa'n Francisco, who submitted the petition to bring the new law to a referendum, and the other was the Rev. James Mitulski of Metropolitan Community Church.

Noting that many in the churc\1 cared for pertons with AIDS, the archbishop said "all of us are filled with growing apprehension"as the number of AIDS cases climbs while the social service and medical systems grow more and more strained.

He said there had not been an adequate response from the government.

Archbishop Quinn said that in his role. as pastor and bishop he must "daily confront crises and problems to which the answer is not always or even often clear to me." , "I am misrepresented sometimes, sometimes the object of hatred and hostility. And so, like you, I often feel overwhelmed," he said.

Personal prayer, he said, is a "tremendous source of peace, light (and) understanding."

He said Christ calls San Franciscans to "match the great natural and unique man-made beauty of our city with a new beauty of the human spirit ... capable of bringing to our city a true peace marked by rational and civil discourse among those who differ even about matters of conscience."

Catholic school $tudents do better- in reading WASHINGTON (CNS) ~ Students in Catholic schools outperform their public school counterparts in reading tests, according to a study released this month by the National Catholic Educational Association.

The NCEA study, conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan, found the difference greatest among Hispanic students.

Ttfe study measured the average reading ability of a random sampling of500 to 970 Catholics school students in grades three, s~ven and 11 based on 1985-86 National Assessment of Educational Progress test scores. Among the findings were: - Catholic students surpassed their public school counterparts at all three grade levels and in all racial and ethnic groups.

- Minorities, while not matching the success of whites, came closer to matching them in Catholic schools than public schools.

- In Catholic schools, students whose parents express no interest in their schoolwork score as well as students whose parents talk to them about it on a daily basis.

- The'lack of early educational experiences appears to make little difference in the reading proficiency of Catholic school students, while it "seems to have an adverse relationship" for public school students. ._' The report's release will have a "special impact" since "literacy has emerged as a pressing national problem," NCEA president Sister

Catherine T. McNamee, a Sister of St. Joseph, said in a statement.

Christian Brother Robert Kealey, NCEA executive director for early education, told Catholic News Service that the study shows the reading proficiency "gap becomes greater" between Catholic and public school students as they grow older.

He attributed the widening gap to the "impact of children who remain in our schools,". showing "the quality not only of individual teachers but the quality of the school program."

Brother Kealey said that as Catholic schools helped immigrant students enter the mainstream at the turn of the century, "the determination of our teachers that every student can succeed" is helping the "new immigrants," referring to black and Hispanic students.

The NCEA study showed Hispanics in Catholic schools scored 6.4 points better than their public school counterparts in seventhgrade average reading proficiency, and 8.1 points better in 11 th grade.

For blacks, Catholic school students outperformed public school students by 3.9 points in seventh grade and 4.. 2 points in 11 th grade.

Barbara Keebler, NCEAspokl;Swoman, told CNS the study.corroborates three pas~ studies conducted during this decade by the University of Michigan researchers on Catholic school effectiveness using the National Assessment of Educational Progress results.

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Seminars for evangelizers CLEVELAND(NC) - The National Council for Catholic Evangelization has developed two three-day seminars for use in training Catholics as evangelizers.

Based on Pope Paul VI's document, "On Evangelization in the

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PRESIDENT B'USH gestures during aphoto session inthe White House shortly before he and Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston met for a private lunch and discussion of world issues.

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Bush, Cardinal Law confer on issues of world peace

PRAG UE, Czechoslovakia ,(CNS) - In a move aimed at preventing a clash, Prague's Cardinal Frantisek Tomasek has offered to mediate between the government and the supporters of a movement fot political liberalization. The cardinal, warning against violence, made the offer in a letter, said Dana Nemcova, a spokeswoman for the Charter 77 human rights organization. The cardinal later met with Deputy Prime Minister Matej Lucan. Organizers of a proliberalization petition say 15,000 people have signed the appeal.

Independent political activists are increasingly concerned that authorities will use force to crush prote~ts expected in the capital on the 21 st anniversary of the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia Aug. 21.

Modern World," they are designed to be informative and practical.

The first, "Catching the Evangelizing, Spirit: First Steps," gives an introduction to the document and its suggestions for bringing the Gospel message to the world.

The second, "Evangelization Team~: Continuing the Journey," focuses on qualities and skills of an effective evangelizer, development of teams, and evangelization resources.

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"No," Cardinal Law said. He WASHINGTON (CNS) - Car- Cardinal Law I have a more per-' dinal Bernard F. Law of Boston sonal feeling about the Holy Father did not comment further.

The White House did not reveal recently joined President Bush for that made me feel the other day lunch in the White Hquse, where just inclined to pick up the tele- the substance of Bush's talk with FORMIA, Italy (CNS) -Calthe prelate, described by the chief the two discussed issues of world phone'and call him and ask for his help in the return of (William) executive as "a friend of long stand- vin Smith, former world record peace.

BECOME Bush also asked Americans to Higgins," the U.S. Marine lieu- ing and a man for whom I think we holder in the I OO-meter dash, wanted A to meet Pope John Paul II. So the pray for the hostages in Lebanon tenant colonel who was apparently all have great respect."

28-year old U.S. Baptist won ari Presidential spokesman Marlin murdered by' terrorists in L~banon.

FOSTER PARENT and cited his ties to Pope John :Paul Ihnd'his willingness to' learn .. "Arid so', 'you .learn ~' I' learn fitzwater, during his briefing for international ~ace h.eld in the pope's ':from wise p,eople," the president the press, earlier ,in' the day, said, honor at the Wortd Formia Meet. from i'wise people.'" : .. ;. '.

CALL Anna Mason , "The cardinal requested the meet- , He was handed his first-place " " The public comments came when said. trophy by the pope who was the ing with the president no specifIn a 12-minute phone conversa1·800·322·5875 a press pool was allowed to briefly VIP spectator at the event. question the president as he wel- tion with Pope John Paul early ics on why."

However, that notion was discomed the cardinal to the Oval this month, Bush asked for and puted by the Archdiocese of Bosobtained the pontiffs pledge of Office. help in getting Higgins' body back. ton.

"His eminence has a keen inter"It was my understanding that it Bush also told reporters that "I est in many areas in the world,' just want to suggest that this week- was not his idea," said Joan Carincluding Cuba, Haiti and Eastern end, each in our own way, that we ney, associate director of the Office NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH Europe," Bush said. "I talk to a lot say a prayer for the American hos- of Communications in the Boston of people outside of the White tages, for their families, and indeed Archdiocese. "I think it would be HealthCareServires CARE PERSONNEL House and outside of our govern- for world peace." unusual for the cardinal to ask the ment in order to learn ... how we 24 hr. Immediate Nursing Care 24 hrs.lday "I believe in prayer," he con- president for a meeting. It's not his can help the cause of world peace, tinued, "and I think it would be style. I ~im totally discount that 7 days/wk. the cause of human rights. And I most appropriate with the situa- . (report)."

• Hospitals. Nursing Homes. Private homes. expect we're going to touch on tion that we consider this. So I She said she thought that CarIndustrial/Occupational, and Doctors offices. those th~ee. areas here, along with would ask the churches and other dinal Law had already been invited others.

• R.N.-L.P.N.-C.N.A.-H.H.A.-Therapists places of faith to say a special to private ceremonies for the swearing in of Thomas P. Melady "His eminence knows of my prayer this weekend." are all carefully screened. bonded and insured. as ambassador to the Holy See respect for the Holy Father, indeed A reporter questioned the reaServing: all of Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Plymouth counties. and that the separate White House , has helped me unqerstand the ded- son for the cardinal's visit, asking, lunch invitation "came very late in ication that the pope has to world "Do you have some special mesContact your Staff Builders representative for your health peace." , . , . care needs or employment opportunities. sage - (from) Divine Providence the game."

Cardinal Law later said that he . He added that "perhaps through or from anywhere else?"

Call our toll free number day or night! thought Bush's appeal for prayers 1-800-698-8367 was "a wonderful thing."

He said that he himself offered a prayer at the lunch, which was also attended by Bush's Chief of Staff, John Sununu, who is Catholic, and National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft.

Lunchtime conversation included not merely "the terrible situa"It's Worth The Visit" tion of the hostages" but in addition ~the broader issue of Lebanon.

His E~cellency, the Mpst Reverend Daniel A. Cf6'riin,oishop The .hosta~e situation has to be Fall River announcesthe following appointments: ' seen In the context of the question Deacon Thoma~ Bailey to Saint Pius the Tenth~atishinS~tlth_ of Lebanon as a whole," he said.

Noon until 8 pm Yarmouth;':","" , ", ';//' "> Once, Christians and Moslems :\D:\1I~SIO~: $:J.oo I).. r per~un in Lebanon could "forge out a very Deacon Louis A. Bousquet to Saint Anthony's Parish in', unique kind of political experiMattapoisett; , ,i ' ,', FREE!!!

FREE!!! ment ... live together in a politiDeacon Os~ar T. Orinkwater to Sacred Heart Parish in Nortti<i' • Polka Bands· Dance Groups' Parking cal systef!l that really was a model," Attleboro; , ',' the cardmal added. Now, Chris• Entertainment· Rides For All Ages Deacon Maurice LaVallee will retain his present assignment at tians seek to flee, he said. "If there Saint Rita's Parish in Marion and will also assist at Saint Joseph's :, isn't quickly some resolution to National Shrine Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish in New Beqford; th~ Lebanese situation ... then Box 2049. Ferry Ru.. Dovlloslown, PA (215) 345-0600 Effective September 1, 1989 one would despair of that Christian presence."

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New Winds Nationalism, as defined by Webster, is "exalting one nation above all others and placing'primary emphasis on promotion ' of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups." .

What a perfect description of the current world situation!

But the new nationalism has old roots. Long thought suppressed, if not eradicated, it has suddenly become a very real issue in international diplomacy. Look where the restless winds are blowing: Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Georgians, Byelorussians, Armenians,' Slovaks, Hungarians anq Poles are but some of the national groups seeking recognition in Europe alone.

Add the rainbow of world families in Africa, Central and South America and th.e Far East, especially China,- and it becomes obvious that a dramatic and dynamic force is at work.

European nationalism, for example, is almost tribal and has been the one powerful continuing force in the history of the continent. In this century alone, it has sent untold millions to early graves in the course of two world wars.

Since the beginning of the Cold War, the superpowers, especially Russia, have kept the lid on their subject peoples by , force. But force c;annot long suppress the desire of a people for nationhood.

The longing for national identity is far more than political, combining the powerful influences of religion, culture and ethnic heritage. The Russian situation has given rebirth to European nationalism. Perestroika and glasnost have rekindled the embers of patriotism. In the process, the real feelings of people have surfaced and the satellite nations of the Eastern bloc have had the opportunity to be heard. Among the results are the visit of a president of the United States to Poland and Hungary and renewed attention to the question of the reunification of Germany. , . .In this country, much of this activity has barely received the, recognition it deserves. Americans have difficulty compre.hending the nationalism of other countries. After all, we are a conglomeration of everyone from everywhere. .

Yet even amidst our own hodgepodge, it is instructive to . note the' nerve that has been touched with regard to the Supreme Court decision on flagburning. The matter has proved a barometer of our own nationalism.

Indeed, flags have a way of waving in unexpected breezes.

Events in China especially have evidenced growing national pride; 'and because of today's communications, the entire world saw the student manifestation of man's independent spirit. The spectacle was not lost on American·s.

These thoughts may seem abstract. The contrary is true. The events of the next decade will be affected by today's attitudes.

As a people, we tend to be egotistical, elusive and isolated. We have paid dearly for this insularity. In a world where the action is now and history is present tense, w'e have no choice but to be aware that our tomorrows are being shaped by the harsn crucible of today.

As Earth becomes ever·more one family, we cannot retreat to an isla·;;d. We are, in the words of John Donne, a part of the main; and the problems ofthe peopl~s with whom we share the planet are our problems.

We live in a difficult but exciting time, a turning point in history. How we·respondtothe new winds across the world will determine our survival. .

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'Choice' lacks true values . By Father Kevin J. Harrington

The incontrovertible facts remain evident to an objective observer. A The abortion issue, long sim- fertilized ovum, unless impeded by mering in the United States, was a mother's choice to terminate her rekindled this summer by the Su- pregnancy, becomesa'babydeserv-' preme Court. The justices voted to ing of legal protection. That deciexpand the power ofstates to regu~ - sion to terminate a pregnancy may late abortions - a decision' that not technically be a murder, but it caused a firestorm among women's does involve a killing. Unforturights a.ctivists. What many people nately, a woman in a moment of cannot understand is how a single personal crisis may assent to the issue can bring about such div- killing through ignorance or isiveness. Abortion clearly is an through a deliberate denial of the issue that appeals to values deeply significance of that decision. Those embedded in our consciousness involved in Operation Rescue are and thus unleashes a sense of moral guilty only of trying to use their outrage. As one pundit said: "Show' powers of persuasion to convince me a person with no opinion on those contemplating an abortion abortion and I'll show you a per- . to reconsider their decision. The son without values." goal of Operation Rescue has never' I believe the only way the pro- been to prevent women from enterlife advocates will make abortions ing abortion clinics 24 hours a day, less accessible is to clearly identify 365 days a year! the superiority of their agenda's The pseudo-values of the provalues over the pseudo-values of choice movement are easy to un-. the pro-choice movement. This mask. Their argument always begtask is made more difficult when ins with the accusation that pro-life the media routinely refers to the people are heartless people who pro-abortion movement as prochoice and the pro-life movement as anti-abortion. I always refer to the pro-abortion movement as prochoice as a simple courtesy to accept their chosen vocabulary.

Obviously, that same courtesy is not extended by the so-called objective media, which continues to use the negative-sounding anti-aborA?ctolLove tion label. .,i;VNy,.<~od~,:! beli*we!(.; The media often portrays the 'Phee, I hope in Thee, I love pro-life movement as a group of people who want to impose' their Jhee",~ove all things ~it~; strong religious convictions upon IiII mysoulj.',withall my; a pluralistic society: Ironically, a ~~art and with all my true reflection of our pluralistic \~(!ng(1J; I love Thee ·.b~'!j; society may be found in the proe,iwse 'Thou 'art injini(ely' life movement, which is supported hy , b~~~ by atheists, Jews, Moslems, Roman ",tl.,~(l Catholics and Protestants alike. ed;ilhd ,because llovei' What holds such a wide spectrum 7;hee, t,epent with all my of religious believers and unbe'(;;t!..hilv.ing oltf!~4~fl; lievers together is a deeply held eel have mercy on me,. a conviction that a fetus is a human being and deserves the protection ~li~l,u~.9-i.:· of the law.

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deny victims of rape or incest the . opportunity to abort and ends with the assertion that it is a women's right to control her des.tiny according to her whims.

Planned Parenthood used as their logo in the 1970's, "Every Child A Wanted Child." After 16 years and 25 million legal abortions the cases of child abuse and neglect have increa~ed among the fewer wanted children who have .been born! Planned Parenthood now has a poster with a pregnant black teenager saying: "Being Pregnant Is Like Being Grounded For 18 Years!" Ironically, the area that was proposed to be "Mandela City" was one of the strongest areas to vote pro-life in the last statewide referendum while the wealthy suburban communities that surround Route 128 were some of the strongest areas to vote pro-choice. That fact speaks volumes!

Obviously, women who put a high priority upon career, material possessions and comfort will find protection of the unborn on the bottom rung of their priorities.

Safe, 'affordable and accessible abortions are the priority of a society that looks upon a baby as a choice instead of a gift from God. When society elevates that·choice to a constitutional right it solidifies a choice of the pseudo-value of privacy. The right of privacy is invoked simply as. a means for women .to have the freedom to control their ret>roductive destiny -so· that they can conform to a world -that values material goods overlife itself.

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Sports' dark side "I knew my daughter's knees were hurting," a mother testified before a hearing on youth sports, but the soccer coach told her it was normal. "Now she has irreversible arthritic damage at age 18. I should have checked it out."

She's right. She should have checked it out but she also should have checked out the coach. The vast majority of the 3.3 million volunteer coaches in youth sports have had no training in coaching or first aid.

Physical injuries and emotional trauma in youth league sports are getting more attention these days, particularly in those areas ~here childhood injuries can create lifelong problems. Typical are chronic lower back pain in gymnasts, tennis elbow and knee problems in soccer, football, wrestling and track..

Emotional damage can also be lifelong. It's significant that although sports should be played for enjoyment, 75 percent of children in youth sports drop out by age 14.

Why? Too much criticism by parents and coaches, sitting on the bench too much and the stigma of -losing are the three most cited reasons.

When the stress of these get high, physical injuries increase. Kids overtrain, push themselves too hard or insist on playing with an injury.

One New Orleans study found that

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stressed players were five times more susceptible to injury than their non-stressed counterparts.

What can a parent do to support a young player while simultaneously monitoring his physical and emotional health? We must become advocates for our children in their sport lives. T.hey are too young to recognize the potential danger of punishing painful knees or to object when the coach tells them they are wimps because they hurt.

Our first task is to monitor the child. Is the sport fun or stressful for him? Is he playing for enjoyment or approval? Is he minimizing pain even though parents are aware of it?

These are all warning signals and it's the parents' responsibility to take control if the child can't. It may mean pulling the child out of a given sport temP.orarily or permanently. Some children are secretly relieved when parents step in and deal with a situation which is beyond the child's control.

Parents must also monitor coach behavior, especially during practice, where coaches are often less restrained than during games. Does the coach belittle the young player who misses an easy fly? Does he humiliate instead of encourage?

Does he pooh-pooh pain? If the answer is yes, parents should look around for a different team or . league.

The emotional fallout just isn't

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Q. Would you please explain in your column about the living will.

I am 84 years old and Catholic.

Would it be possible for me to make a living will?) want to die with dignity. (Maryland) A. If you have family or friends who love you and a doctor in whom you have confidence, there is no question you will die with much dignity and respect and love, whether or not you have such a signed "will."

Perhaps a few thoughts will help you see what I mean and help you attain some peace of mind about this. . The subject of living wills is not only intricate; today it is thoroughly muddied by all kinds of fuzzy and cloudy talk that frequently deliberately confuses people about their traditional and basic beliefs.

Several states now legally allow such wills by which a person refuses certain kinds of treatment in a terminal condition that might later occur.

Some of these laws are unbelievably broad. In at least one state, if you become mentally unab.Je to make your decisions a legally appointed guardian can refuse you medical treatment. It matters not that this individual may be a government employee who is trying to save money, one of your heirs or another person who might not be looking out for your best interests.

Some state laws are not that bad, but it still is my opinion that such living wills are at best unnecessary and at worst dangerous.

First, the motivation behind the push for such living wills is by no means always pure and good. Certain societies, operating from purely atheistic principles, are aiming toward legal and popular appro-

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worth the damage to a child's selfesteem. Horror stories abound but most common is the practice of keeping the child who practices faithfully on the bench in favor of playing the star who may show up only for games. ...

A good youth coach cares more about the kids than the win-loss record. I believe kids do, too.

Many studies prove that I<ids would rather play on a losing team than sit on the, bench of a championship one.

Parents won't always be popular with thl:ir children when they become their advocates but popularity 'isn't a common parental experience.

One wrestler's mother who watched him starve himself to "make weight" reported that three years after he quit the sport, he was looking at photos of his anorexic years. "Why did you let me do that?" he asked accusingly. "You should have known better."

We do know better and we know our children better than anyone else. We know when they're under pressure or in pain. If we don't intervene, who will?

Every so often TV audiences are treated to a night at Washington's Kennedy Center at which some of America's greats are honored.

We as a church could learn from this. Too often we don't give our own the honor due them. That realization leads me to dedicate this column to Father Eugene Gomulka. .

I might describe him as a lone wolf, a priest who, although belonging to a diocese or religious order, has assignments far from home.

The idea of writing about Father Gomulka came to me after enjoying one of his home-cooked dinners.

How many of you have had the experience after such a dinner of being trapped into watching your host's favorite home movies?

Yes, Father Gomulka did this to us!· His video started with him working out in the exercise room of the Naval Academy at Annapolis.

Suddenly God's voice calls him ,to report to the commander's office.

Father Gomulka is beamed up in typical "Star Trek" style to the office and there is shown a movie of his next assignment:'

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Aug. 20 1983, Rev. Thomas Cantwell, SSJ., Retired, St. Joseph's Seminary, Washington 1982, Rev. Bernard H. Unsworth, Retired Pastor, St. Mary, New Bedford Aug. 22 1962, Rt. Rev. Manual J. Teixeira, Pastor. St. Anthony, Taunton 1972, Rev. William R. Jordan, Pastor, St. Louis, Fall River 1980, Rev. Msgr. Joseph C. Canty, Retired Pastor, St. Paul, Taunton

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He then is commanded to go wherever there are Navy personnel; to celebrate Mass for them, hear confessions and be their spiritual father.

He explained that he has to visit more than 100 ships in the course of his duty.

"I have only six to seven days per ship for 150 to 200 people to even know that a Catholic priest is aboard ship," he said. "So as soon as I arrive I have the commander play this tape, which is shawn in every part of the ship."

We stopped our kidding then and began to ask questions about his work. We learned that the video was his idea. He also pointed out that at sea there are no other priests with whom to enjoy "ship talk," no familiar faces, no fellow members of one's diocese or religious community.

The intensity with which he'spoke said even more than. his video.

I salute him and the men like him who are serving our 'armed forces miles from home.

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val of "self-termination."They feel the living will concept is an important first step, toward their more radical anti-life goals.

Even under present policies and laws, physicians and family as well as the individual have broad leeway in making decisions that the ordinary, honest and thoughtful patient would wish to have made in a time of such serious illness.

The biggest danger in my judgment is the 'confusion and fuzziness about what exactly is being signed away.

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The person who makes a liVing wiil is rejecting some unspecified .future treatment at some unspeci~ fied time. In addition to other obvious difficulties, a legally executed living will might force a good and wise physician (or at least make him feel forced) to act against his own better medical and humanjudgment, even ifthatjudgment is made in consultation with the family of the ill patient.

Some medical centers offer certain such documents in order to protect themselves legally. You might check with your hospital.

In general, however, signing something this ambiguous and unspecific does not make good sense at any time. It makes even less sense when what is signed away is possibly one's own life.

Should that time ever come for me, I hope I would be willing to entrust myself to the good judgment and care of my doctor, my family and my friends ..

If I have any desires along this line, I can communicate them directly to these pe.ople much more effectively and safely than through .a living will.

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

"Did you know that most people take great pains with some of their finances and completely neglect others. We know all about . budgets, savings accounts and credit cards.

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Auschwitz called Cardinal Macharski's stateContinued from Page One "This kind of attitude and actions ment "brutal and violent" and said make the realization of the center, the Vatican should take direct reas I had undertaken, an impossi- sponsibility for carrying out the bility," the cardinal said. "In the 1987 agreement. atmosphere of aggression and dis."Silence by the Vatican on this quiet sown among us, there is no occasion would repeat a historical way for undertaking together the tragedy," the World Jewish Conbuilding of a place dedicated to gress said. reciprocal respect."

The Synagogue Council of AmerJewish reaction to Cardinal ica said protests at the convent Macharski's statement ran from "reflected the extent of the frustraanger to concern over interfaith tions and disappointments of the relations.

Jewish people."

Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum,a maj"I look forward to the Polish or American figure in Catholic- Catholic authorities and other leaJewish dialogue, warned of turn- ders of the Catholic Church fulfiling Auschwitz into a symbol of ling their commitment and (takChristian martyrdom rather than ing) all steps necessary to relocate of the Holocaust which took mil- the convent," said council presilions of Jewish lives. 81,1t he also dent Rabbi Joel Zaiman. said that he was told that Cardinal Bronx Rabbi Avraham Weiss, Macharski intends to continue con- one ofseven American Jews beaten struction once tempers have cooled. by Polish workers after attemptOther reaction ranged from con- ing to hold a vigil on the convent demning the cardinal's statement grounds in July after scaling the as "brutal" to denouncing it for convent fence, called the cardinal's statement "repugnant." He said it increasing interreligious tensions.

Rabbi Tanenbaum, a consultant could lead to a "tragic rupture" in with the American Jewish Com- Catholic-Jewish relations. mittee, which he once chaired, said The cardinal's statement folhe fears that extremists on both ' lowed weeks of escalating tension sides are seizing the initiative in in Jewish-Catholic. relations trigthe controversy. gered by the failure to meet the "We simply cannot let them Feb. 22 delldline for relocating the have the field," he said. convent.

However, the rabbi also warned Cardinal Decourtray of Lyon, that many Jews and sympathetic France, said Aug. II that the 1987 Christians see the Christian sym- agreement must be honored. bolism at the camp as signifying "An accord commits those who that Auschwitz "is now being com- sign it," he added. memorated as a place essentially On another touchy point, a major of Christian martyrdom." international Jewish organization In 1987 high-ranking Catholic asked the Vatican to clarify what it and Jewish representatives forged said were "unavoid,ably .prejudian accord whicb calls for relocat- cial" remarks by Pope John Paul ing 14 Carmelite nuns housed in II and said the papal comments the. convent and establishing the implied the Jewish people no longer interfaith center for education, in- have a special bond with God. formation and prayer a short disThe Anti-Defamation League tance away from the camp. Jewish of. B'nai B'rith said the pope's organizations had protested the remarks, delivered at his Aug. 2 convent's siting at the camp, which audience, implied that the Jewish they regard as the major symbol of covenant with God has been superthe Holocaust which took 6 mil- seded by the Christian covenant. lion Jewish lives.

According to a Vatican text, The World Jewish Congress Pope John Paul said: "The history of the Old Testament shows many instances of Isra~l's infidelity to ",New England Itml'lt<llu)' God. Hence God sent the prophets Wlllt <l European Flair" as his messengers to-<:all the people to conversion, to warn' them of their hardness of heart and to foretell a new covenant still to come.

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West Fdl>rlOlllh, Md. 025i-l The ADL's U.S. director, Abraham Foxman, said in a statement Open year round (508) 540· 7232 he was dismayed by the pope's . implication that the Jews are no longer God's "special people," Eugene Fisher, executive secretary of the U.S. bishop's Secretariat for Catholic-Jewish Relations, said the ADL had made a hasty reading of what the pope said. He said the audience talk "neither asks nor answers" the question of God's fidelity to the Jewish people.

He also said that a process had been agreed upon in a meeting with the ADL in January to handle just such problems through quiet dialogue rather than by"Iurching to the press release."

"We thought we had it worked out," Fisher said. The ADL should IDEAL LAUNDRY have given "the process a chance."

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L,eland'rememb'eted Continued from Page One "He seemed to be a very human- homeland, hunger was ravaging sixth visit to refugee camps along itarian person. He said that it was , the population," said Mr. Lowery.

A strong backer of Israel, Leland the Ethiopian-Sudanese border incredible that such conditions exist when his charter plane crashed in the United States, and that there is said to have helped to bridge the into a rocky cliff 300 feet below the must be changes," said Mrs. Gua- black and Jewish communities. jardo, a 37-year-old mother of He sponsored an internship propeak of a 4,500-foot mountain. gram enabling young blacks and There apparently were no survi- three, in Spanish. vors among the nine V.S. pasShe said the tour was part of an Hispanics from his district to make sengers and seven Ethiopians effort by the Border Organization, , six-week visits to an Israeli kibbutz.

Among his major achievements aboard the plane. a community group funded by the The camp is hometo some 57,000 Campaign for Human Develop- .was obtaining congressional apSudanese exiles. ment, to lobby politicians to bring proval for nearly $800 million for Basilian Father Vincent Thomp- drinking water and sewer systems starving Africans during the subson, associate pastor at St. Anne's to their makeshift communities in Saharan famine in 1985. A year Parish, told CNS that Leland was south Texas, known as "colonias." later, he and others won approval known at the parish for "his con- The Campaign for Human Devel- for an aid package for U.S. homecern for the underdog and the opment is the U.S. bishops' anti- less, including easier access to food stamps and job-training programs. poor." poverty program.

"He was an upbeat person who Vpon hearing of Leland's death, He said the baptism of Leland's child at the parish last August had President Bush said in a statement had time for the little people even "turned into a dramatic event" in the Texas representative's "sense though he moved in the circles of the church's history because of the of compassion and desire to help the famous and powerful," Bishop 'presence of Anglican Archbishop those in need has aided millions of Fiorenza told CNS. He said that after an audience Desmond Tutu of Capetown, South people from Houston to Addis with Pope John Paul II a couple of Africa. Leland's wife, Alison, is Ababa," the capital of Ethiopia.

In other reaction, House Speaker years ago the legislator had voiced pregnant with the couple's second Thomas S. Foley, D-Wash., said, his pleasure with the pope's knowlchild.

Father Thompson said St. . "In his search to look into the edge of Leland's work and with the Anne's, which seats 450, was plight of the world's most desper- pontiffs own commitment to fight"packed to overflowing" during a ate and hungry individuals, Rep. ing hunger. prayer service organized after the Leland represented the best in compassion that we as a nation posmissing plane was located. sess," Charolette T. Davis, director of Leland brought "a real sense of GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (CNS) the Office for Black Catholics of urgency" to combating poverty, - At age 93, the nation's oldest the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, bishop is still active and shepherdsaid Leland had attended the 1988 said the Rev. Joseph Lowery, presordination of Auxiliary Bishop ident of the Southern Christian ing the cause of lepers worldwide.

Retired Bishop John L. PasCurtis J: Guillory of Galveston- Leadership Conference. It "bothered him deeply that in Africa, the chang, who retired in 1972 after 21 Houston. . years as biShop of the Diocese of "It was there he let me know of Grand Island, by himself has raised his desire to always be close to the $150,000 over the years to buy Catholic Church, that first, before Continued from Page One medical supplies and train health anything else, he was a baptized Signing the statement were Car- care workers to treat lepers in Catholic," said Ms. Davis. dinal Bernardin; Cardinal John J. To Houston's black commun- O'Connor 'of New York; Arch- India and Africa.

He does all that through the ity, Leland "was a way maker," she bishop William J. Levada of PortDamian Leper Relief Society he said. "He learned what he had to land,. Ore.·;, Bishop Edwa'rd D. founded·in 1'976'.''' :."..' ' .. do to be effective, and then taught Head of' Buffalo, N.Y.; Bishop . .Bishop Paschange, who has never others what to do .. '. in order to James T.. McHugh of Camden, visited India or Africa but is an keep passing the baton," said Ms. N.J.; Auxiliary Bishop Francis J. avid reader, said he receives 'about Davis.

Dunn of Dubuque, Iowa; and 200 requests a month for aid.

Leland was chairman of the Auxiliary Bishop Edward J. "There is so much need in the Congressional Black Caucus in O'Donnell of St. Louis. world," he told the West Nebraska 1981-85. He represented Texas's Commenting on the statement, Register, diocesan newspaper.

18th Congressional District, which Bishop McHugh said Catholics Bishop Paschang, a. Nebraska is 70 percent black and Hispanic "have to have the courage to take a native, said he chose to focus his and includes one of Houston's stand on the issues and the bishops retirement years on leper's needs poorest neighborhoods. wanted to provide leadership." because"their conditions have been "He himself knew of the poor The Supreme Court decision sad through the ages and they are living conditions in and around made it necessary for the commit- still ostracized," Houston and when in his travels, tee to make a statement, Bishop The society is named for Father he came upon the motherland and McHugh said, because "the general Damien Joseph de Veuster, a Belfound it to be so devastated, he press coverage and political re- gian priest who ministered to the decided that was where his mission sponse has overshadowed the fact leper colony at Molokai, Hawaii, would be," she said, referring to . that abortion means destruction from 1873 until his death in 1889. his efforts to curb hunger in Africa. of the life of the unborn child," Fund raising for the society has Esperanza Guajardo, a member The press has also focused on the never included formal appeals. of Sacred Heart parish in Eagle "ideology of radical feminists," he Bishop Paschang said that when Pass, Texas, gave Leland and other said. he started the society, he agreed Bishop McHugh, director ofthe with then-Grand Island Bishop members of the House Select Committee on Hunger a tour of her bishops' pro-life office from 1972 John J. Sullivan not to make such poverty-stricken south Texas bord- to 1978, said the position of "free appeals. Instead he has published er community called "Quintas and easy abortion without any reports of contributions and disserious justification ... paid for bursments in the West Nebraska Fronterizas" on ,May IS. .by the government" must be seen Register. , as "an extreme position and it "I thought this was something must be labeled as such and people would be interested in," NEW YORK (CNS) - Notre rejected," Bishop Paschang said, adding that the quarterly reports of donations Dame Sister Eileen Claire Fitz- - The refusal by the U.S. Hous~ from $S to $3,000 attest to the Maurice, who has represented her of Representatives to continue progenerosity of people in the diocese. order on issues at the United Na- hibiting the District of Columbia Most of 'the money is turned tions since 1977, has been named to spend local government funds executive director of the Interna- for abortions is not a "signal of over to the Catholic Medical Mistional Catholic Organizations In- any kind of tidal wave" in favor of sion Board, based in' New York, because "they can buy medicines formation Center. The one-person abortion, Bishop McHugh said. and medical supplies at wholesale center assists representatives of Pro-lifers, he added, need to "careprices ... so our modest funds go . international Catholic organiza- fully wo'rk outpolitical strategies," Pro-lifers in New Jersey are further and buy more," he said. tions that have consultative status Society funds also have suppat the United Nations. Sister Fitz- working on adding a state constiMaurice succeeds St. Joseph of tutional amendment that would lied dowries of $3S0 each for 10 Peace Sister Janet Davis Richard- protect the right to life from con- young women to enter convents in India and be trained as nurses. In son, who left to work with Catholic ception to natural death, Bishop Relief Services. The center and its McHugh said. The Camden Dio- addjtion to helping improve health counterparts in Paris, Geneva and cese, he added, will use Respect conditions in India and Africa, the Vienna are affiliated with the Con- Life Sunday, Oct. I, to begin a society also is "helping the church ference of Catholic International "yearlong education program" on get started" in these countries, the pro-life issues. bishop added.

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Bishop says U.N;, draft draws attention to rights of children NEW YORK (CNS) -' T"" proposed U. N. Convention on the Rights of the Child is "basically a good draft," and the Io-year process to draw it up has brought allention to the humanity of the child, said Bishop James T. McHugh of Camden, N.J. But Bishop McHugh, former director of the U.S. bishops' prolife office, said that the church should continue working to improve the draft, which comes up fOT a vote by the U.N. General Assembly this fall.

Bishop McHugh advises the Holy See Mission at the United Nations on population issues. The Holy See do•• not, iuuIe a vote at the

Geneva and completed last December after nearly a decade of work.

It was approved in March.

"In broad terms the Io-year effort has been very helpful," Bishop McHugh said, "because it has focused the attention of governments on the rights of children. They are .0 often victimized in both the' developing world and developed countries because society is geared toward adults."

In May, the draft went to the U.N. Economic and Social Council, which will present it to the General Assembly.

A Declaration of the Rights of theChild was adopted by the U.N. United Nations, but its observer .General Assembly l ~ tmt-astatus givesit the right to take part convention will have the added importance - for those nations in debates.

The propo~ed convention was that ratify it - ofgiving legal force drafted under the auspices of the to its provisions.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) cal" when salaries and lost proctucthe saying goes, "God so loved the tivity arc figured in, she said. world. he didn't send a commit· The cost of church meetings can tee." But a lot of God's children also be expensive if volunteers feel aren't paying attention to that wis· their time is wasted. "You may dam. As the emphasis on particilose them," said Ms. Motberg. patory decision-making increases Burke, whose office gives workwithin the church. so does the shops each year for parish council number of meetings. members, said people are SQ "resultIn the eyes of many, this glut i.. oriented" that they overlook other new curse for parishes.. But it important meeting functions. such doesn't have to be, according to as listening and contributing ideas.

Robert,J. Burke, director of the "Dialogue must precede action," Parish Pastoral Council-Assistanee laid Burke. "'Sometimes the action Center of the archdiocese of -5t. is two or three meetings down the road."

Paul and Minneapolis.

Burke told tbe Catholic Bulletin, Burke said five common probthe archdiocesan newspaper, that lems with meetings are: "rather than looking at meetings - No agenda. as a dreadful woe, it would be - Single-issue people. good to look at how to participate - Closed minds. optimally."

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Meetings are a "new phenomenon - No definite closing time. in church," said Burke. "People In addition, Burke said he behave never been educated to meet- lieves that "every Catholic is born ings. They just go.· with a built-in homily and sooner In that way, church meetings or later, you're going to get it." are similar to business meetings, That too can slow down church said Andra Molberg, an organiza- . meetings. tional psychologist consultant in Ms. Molberg said people who the Twin Cities and Rochester, to talk, those who have an axe love Minn.

Ms. Molberg said a 1970 For- to grind and those who clown tune Soo survey listed- meetings around can be "meeting robbers." .

9he encourages meeting leaders I (lth among the top 10 time-wasters.

By 19S0, meetings had. risen to No. to remind such people about the topic and suggests talking to a 3 on the list. repeated offender between meetHer business is trying to help ings, asking for help to stay on people improve meetings. track:.

"Research indicated that execuBurke stresses the need for humtives spend more than five hours a or. "At least once after you've said day in meetings," she said. "The something. laugh," he said. ""We higher they are in the organiza- take ourselves so seriously and tion. the more time that's spent." sometimes we need to realize how Meeting costs are "astronomi- dumb we sound."

To have a successful meeting it's important to know the desired end, said Ms. Molberg. "If you MANILA, Philippines (CNS) don't know where you're gning, - The Filipino bishops have urged you're probably ,oin, to end up citizens to declare war on "ex- somewhere else."

John Evans, a pastoral council tremely widespread" official corruption by forming a network of chairman in the arc:hdiocesc, cited the need to "focus and give direcanti~orruptioncouncils. President Corazon Aquino referred to the tion.... There's a still involved in bishops' call in her recent State of bringing a group to consensus, the Nation speech, saying it was allowing input but not letting peoimpossible to deny the hierarchy's ple wander around things."

People attend cburch meetings accusation of rampant graft. The bishops, in a pastoral letter titled because they are extremely com"Thou Shalt Not Steal," said cor- mitted, he said. That means issues ruption is "especially hateful before can become heated since paniciGod" because it is stealing from pants are always dealing "from the the poor. heart," he added.

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political and legal implications of rights, and the process forces people to think in those terms. This U.N. effort escalates concern for the humanity of the child" the bisbop said. ' Bishop McHUgh, who represents the Holy Sec Mission at sessions and international conferencesofthe U.N. PopulationCommission, said he would not be speaking for it in the General Assembly. but would be involved in discussions of the convention by the mission. staff.

He declined to say whether he would endorse the convention if it passed in its present form. or would recommend that the'U.S. bishop, encourage the U.S. gOYCluOlent-toratify it.

But he said the possibilities for church endorsement Qad heen enhanced by insertion in the convention's preamble of a quotation from the 1959 declaration: "The child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity. needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth."

The draft of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, whose legally binding section consists of S4 articles, does not refer to the unborn in its definition of child in article I, and this has been a major point of concern for many people " in the church.

Last February William Sherwin, general secretary of the International Right to Life Federation, called the preamble addition a "smokescreen" that "guarantees no riBbts" for the unborn and had no binding authority.

Bishop McHugh said Sherwin was "'too negative.... and that even without the legal force of an article the preamble had importance in settin.l a "tone.... .."As a value statement it still has significance," the bishop said.

He said the church could not approve a convention thatexc!uded the rights of the unborn, but failUfe to include that would not in itself keep the church from endorsing it.

The preamble reference is probably as far as concern for the unborn can be taken in the document, lIishop McHugh said, and at~ention at the General Assembly thIS fall should focus on ensuring that its tone-setting significance is not undermined.

Concern for protection before birth, he said, involves not only the abortion issue but experimentation and other questions arising from current developments in medical science.

Bishop McHugh said th~ Vatican had so far given no policy advice on the convention, but through the interventions of its representative in drafting sessions in Geneva was concerned about how governments would interpret the articles on religious freedom and rights of parents. Clarification should be sought in the General Assembly debates, he.said.

He said he would also like to see a minimum age of IS set for military coDlCription. The current article 38 says states shall "refrain . from recruiting any person who has not attained the age of IS." '"Drafting children and thrusting them into an environment of hostility is haTlllfui and impedes their opportunity for self-development," Bishop McHugh said.

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Vietnam visit VATICAN CITY (eNS) - Cardinal Roger Etchegaray described his recent visit to Vietnam as an "extraordinary spiritual experi~ ence:' The first Vatican representative to visit any part of Vietnam Excellence "Nobody is capable of doing well at everything. On the other hand, everybody can do at least one thing much better than he can do anything else.- -Byron

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CAPE COD Catholics were joined by vacationers and friends from the diocese for the Aug. 10 "Evening on Cape Cod with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin" at the Sheraton Hyannis. (Top, from left) Bishop Cronin greets Mr. and Mrs. David Hautanen, St. Pius X, So. Yarmouth.

(Middle, from left) Guests Mr_ and Mrs. Joseph Oliveira, Deacon and Mrs. James Marzelli, Bunny McKenna, Ted Finnegan and Diane Boucher. {Bottom) The bishop with Emma Todesca of St. John Evangelist parish, who will be 90 next month. (Photos by John Kearns)

SHOWN WITH the bishop are (top, from left) Father Edward Duffy, St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis; Msgr. Anthony Gomes, Our Lady of the Angels, Fall River; Dot Curry, evening co-chair and immediate past president of DCCW; and Madeline Wojcik, evening co-chair and present DCCW president. (Middle, from left) Guests Cornelia Kulczyk of Rhode Island; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Loew, St. John Evangelist, Pocasset; Mary Foley Peters, St. John, Attleboro.

(Bottom) Msgr. Gomes with the evening's principal planners, Madeline Wojcik, Dot Curry and Madeline Lavoie.

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By Dr. James and Mary K.nny D.ar Mary: My husband is an alcobolic. I'm not sure wby be started drinkinl or wben. H. drank for yean before I knew it, despitewr.cked cars, lettinl rjd of. hi.

W.ddinlrl'!l,aImosHoslnl hi. job and Iettini m. think he was III. Wh.n I finally got him to 10 to a clinic, he came close to convincing the doctor that h. didn't drink.

Th. doctor said he could not h.lp unless my busband admitt.d h. was drlnkinl.

Sbould I put all our mon.y in my name to avoid tosing our life savings? I also feel no sexual attraction toward my busband.

There is no one to talk to - no prie~---.n.~.d_~,_or_. _~_9 one car~~.

They say I should 10 tu AI·Anon.

I do not undentand bow tbis would stop him from drinking.

W. are both 57.1 hat. 'to think of being this age and not living a better life. After 35 years of mar· riage I tbink maybe we could fin· ish our lives with a little respect for each otber. But at tbis point all s••ms hop.less. (K.ntucky) Dear Mary: I've been married to an alcoholic for 29 years although I wasn't a.ware of it until five or six years ago.

To this day I'm graieful to the friend who helped me recognize the signs and pointed me toward

AI·Anun. Those group meetings are -r-esporsible at least partly for saving myself~steem.

The on. probl.m wbiclt I suff.r the most il loneliness. You can go out to dhner wilh friends and have a lot of support groups, but you still cm be lon.ly.

My alcoholic husband has taken his compalionship away from me.

And he h"n't been a "husband" for years.

My husl>and did not share the rearing of ,)ur five children. He did not share their joys and sorrows. their accom.plishments at school.

He didn't ieem to care.

I have friends and a career. But they do net help the loneliness for _~ h!-!~~nd md companion. (Pennsylvania) These letters have many similar· ities: yean of living with an alco· holic and 1;ot realizing it; a feeling of being alone with the probl.m; resentment toward the alcoholic men who vere unable or unwilling to fulfill treir roles of husband and father.

Our reader from Pennsylvania endorses vhat so many famiUes of alcohlics have found: that AIAnon, while it cannot solve the problem c,f alcoholism, can be a tremendols help to fam"ily members. A I-Anon is not for the alcoholic but lor the family.

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Discussing your sexual concerns in an AI-Anon group might help you practice the detachment you need to make wise decisions and relieve your anxiety in this regard.

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Thoughts of a marathon beginner

By Antoinett. Bosco Every y.ar about this time I 8et the urle to get my dormant muscles into shape; I s•• myself jogging, rolling on the floor in graceful calisthenics and getting on with my yoga exer· cises.

I make these elaborate plans each year and each year I fail. I end up doing some minimal walking. some spotty yoga and making a lot of excuses.

Clearly, my scenario is unrealistic.

I'm not ofOlympic caliber. But nor am I an absolutely hopeless failure. I'd say I'm a marathon beginner.

When I consider my annual attempt at a personal shape-up. I find a corollary on the spiritual level. I'm a marathon beginner there. too.

The comparison is not original.

I took it straigllt from St. Ignatius. founder of the Jesuits.

I was in college when I first became acquainted with his Spiritual Exercises. While the degree of spiritual perfection they envision appealed to m., I f.lt I could never follow the great saint's blueprint.

I confid.d my probl.m to a priest, who conf.ssed that b. had never gotten through the warm·up stag. of what h. ClIII.d the saint's training manual for mating it suc· ccssfully to the oth.r world.

He pointed out. however, that he didn't rest on his failures. but always picked himself up and began again. I got his message.

As I grew older, more aware of th. faults and limitations in myself and in my world. I often remembered his metaphor of warm-ups and realized that J too was lucky to get even that far.

This was something of a shock to me. for I had in early lif~ set out to become a spiritual Olympic athlete. Never would I choose money

over prin::iple. lash oilt at my children it anger, gi.ve in to temptation, be vain about my appearanc., say 10 to those .wbo n.eded me and 01\ and on.

As the years passed, however. the realization of my imperfections became cl:arer. Like the world. I have my cold spells and warm ones, my dark nig!>ts and my days in the sun.

I like to use an electric blanket, discuss poverty over a full meal and sleep when I'm tir.d. But I do try to make people around me

comfortabl., laugbing with th.m, loving th.m, praying.

It would be nice to be the longpole-vattlter, .the mountain-climber to heaven.

But I'm still in training, still doing warm-ups, tripping over reality, stumbling into human weakness, breaking down into selfishness and now and then losing my grip on faith. dista~ runner,· tbe

Still, I hav.n't giv.n up. I'm a marathon beginner - but still in the race.

Marcella Fundraiser

By Hilda Y OUDI Marcella Fundraiser is a legend in our community. She is to candy sales what Clint Eastwood is to tough guy movies. Vince Lombardi is to football. Vanna White is to press agel\try.

Marcella has been credited with singlehandedly quadrupling the take from the CCD candy bar sal•.

"This is not a fundraising cam· paign," she said softly at a parents pre-sale meeting. "It is a guerrilla war."

She paused to let the words take cffect. Tberoorn ...s hushed. Slowly she unwrapped one ofthe SI chocolate bars.

She offered a small section to a father in tbefront row. Hetook it.

"That'll be SI for that bar and SI each for a bar for each member of your family. How many members in your family?'"

"But." he started to interrupt, which was difficult because the chocolate almost chok.d him.

Marc.Ua smiled sw••tly. "A check mad. out to All Saints School is fine."

She straightened and looked out at us parents.

"Did you see that sale'" she asked in a tone of voice that implied we would be at risk to answer no. nThen there's no reason you

can't use that bait-and-bite tech· nique yourself on neighbors and friends."

"When you knock on a door. ask them if they lov. America; she commanded us•.her tone modulating. "Ask tbem if th.y dou't agree with you that education is a cornerstone afthis country's future.

"And tell them th.y can do something right there and then to support that future: buy a case of mouth·watering. sinfully delicious AU Saints School candy bars." nGee. we only bought five or six last time," my husband whispered. sounding SUilty.

Marcella was swaying a bit. Her cadence became rhythmic. her delivery looder.

"A case. and tbat rhymes with race, and that stands for school."

It dido·t make sense. but tbecrowd didn't carf:. We were getting into it. MarceU. was rolling.

"After y.u've coUect.d for that case, tell tiis neighbor about it.

Mak. him feel guilty if he can't spring for at I.ast that much."

"Guilty,:uilty. guilty; the crowd chanted.

We left :h. raUy, I mean meeting, with a trunkload of chocolate bars.

Il was iDspiring. We knew the future of (CD d.p.nded on us.

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Banking executive mentor ,for Covenant House youth NEW YORK (CNS) - Denis P. Coleman Jr., 43, a top executive at an investment banking firm, says being a mentor to a youth from Father Bruce Ritter's Covenant House program puts his Catholic faith into action.

"I call it a selfish involvement," he said. "I get more out of it thim I give." , Father Ritter has enlisted Coleman, executive vice president and a director at Bear Stearns in New York, and other volunteers in a program providing long-term rehabilitation for youths whose par\ ents are abusive or estranged.

Coleman is a mentor to a young man, now 21, who has gone through ..,,' the Covenant House Rights of ' 5 Passage vocational and educational assistance program and is now trythe shadows of the Southwest ing to complete college while supporting himself with a fulltime job.

Over lunch at Coleman's Park Avenue office, the two talked to Catholic News Service.

Both are Catholic, but could easily be described as an odd cou, pie. Coleman is white, the youth black. One is from an establishtorn between applying for a job ment background; the other, diswith the FBI or staying with the advantaged. Coleman is more than Navajo Tribal Police, describe his twice as old as the youth and makfrustrations as a Navajo with those ing umpteen times as much money. in society who see all Indians as a But they are friends, and their monolithic group. conversation moves along easily.

"In Washington (at FBI headColeman said he met Father quarters) an Indian was an Indian. Ritter six or eight years ago "and And they'd be as likely to have him got involved in fund raising and working with the Seminoles in went on the board" but wanted Florida, just like they have a Sem- "more hands-on involvement, so inole over in Flagstaff working he suggested mentoring. It's been with the Navajos," reflected Hil- fun." . lerman's Cheer "It's a big help," said the young Chee's feeling of being. caught man unidentified to protect his between the world of the white priv~cy. "I can look up to Denis as man and the world of his ancestors someone who's done everything I is not uncommon, Hillerman said hope to achieve. in the interview.

"We have no set schedule," he "You see it all the time - Nava- added. "But we stay in touch on jos who live in the city and are the telephone. He takes me to eat making $50,000 a year as compu- occasionally, or we take a walk ter specialists. In the back of their and talk. We do a lot of talking." minds they're feeling guilty because Coleman said that often the they feel they've betrayed their cul- problems that surface involve getture," he said. ting a better job or solving probOn the reservation. he said, many lems at work. "yearn for what they see in the "Whatever is the complaint of materialistic society" on the out- the day, I get," Coleman said. side. "But they have to give up so "Then I may unload a couple of much if they leave the reservation, my complaints on him. Sometimes said Hillerman. we're each pushing the line of ,my In t986, the Navajo tribe inVited, problems are tougher than yours....

Hillerman to a "big tribal event" at That a top executive with a which he was named a "special weekend home in a privileged Long friend of the Dinee," an hono'r of Island community has the rougher which is "extremely proud." life may sound a bit unreal to a Equally gratifying to Hillerman young fellow struggling to catch the fact that some Navajo readers hold on the lower rungs. are astonished to discover that But they said they're often in the he's white and that his boo/{s have same boat, because so many probbecome required reading in Navajo, lems involve people and the bigApache and Pueblo school systems. gest of all "people" problems,

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Hillerman, 64, is the author of a set of nine murder mysteries that focuses on the day-to-day casework of Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, .two fiction~l rmembers,of the Navajo Tribal Police, and at the same time explores the teachings,legends and rituals of Navajo and Hopi spirituality.

His latest mystery in the set, "Talking God," published by Harper & Row, became a best seller in June, the same month it was released. Actorand producer Robert Redford has bought the rights to the series, hired Hillerman as a consultant, and is planning three movies.

"I grew up in a tiny community called Sacred Heart, Okla., among 'Seminoles and Pottawatomie," Hillerman, the former executive editor of The New Mexican, Santa Fe's daily, told Catholic News Service.

Hillerman, whose father ran a store, was one of a number of rural boys in the Sacred Heart area allowed to attend St. Mary's Academy, an Indian girls' school run by the Mercy Sisters. "j grew up identifying with Indians," he said.

The fascination never quit, but has come to center on the "Dinee," as the Navajo call themselves, who "have a metaphysics that appeals to me," said Hillerman, now a member of Annunciation Parish in Albuquerque, where he has lived for more than 25 ,years.

After he came home from World War II with serious injuries, he met some Navajos on the job. "I read about them and read about them. I haven't stopped. I'm still in the process of getting to know the Navajo culture," said Hill~rman.

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"We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it." -Shaw

Navajos, he said, "place very low value on materialism and high value on family responsibility."

"They take care of the family and one another," he said. "They don't attach value to revenge,like we do," said Hillerman.

His mysteries are set in towns found on any map of the Southwest, from Crownpoint, N.M., the site of a real-life Navajo Tribal Police.Station, to the old Hopi villages at Shongopovi and Second Mesa in Arizona: Woven throughout the murder myste'ries are the religious beliefs ofthe Navajo. Hillerman writes of Changing Woman, the supernatural being who is said fo ha,ve taught the Navajos their chief ritual, Blessing Way, and how to live in harmony with the forces of nature, to be in "hozro."

"I'm interested in people who believe in God," he said in the interview. "A lot of us say we do.

But the Navajos allow what they believe to affect the way they live.

I'm very impressed by it."

He cited a Navajo friend who wanted badly to be a surveyor.

"1-fter many years of waiting he got ajob with an engineering company, became crew chief. A, short time later one of his aunts was killed in an auto accident."

It was the second aunt of his to die in a short time, and in the Navajo way of thinking, said Hi!lerman, this aunt was a member of his maternal clan and, therefore, a mother to him.

There was to be an eight-day curing ceremony for her, Hillerman said. "His new employer said he didn't have the vacation days yet, so he quit. How many people do you know that would do that?"

Catholicism, like Navajo spirituality "gives you a sense of priorities," said Hillerman. "It teaches the value of sacrifice, the fact that pain is not all bad, that the idea of finding happiness 'by pursuing material possessions is an illusion," he said.

Throughout his novels, Hillerman emphasizes the cultural differences between the various tribes of Native Americans.

In "The Ghostway," he has the university-educated Che'e, who is

Coleman observed, is "usually yourself."

Coleman, who has four sons, added that while volunteering is a personal commitment, it's also undergirded by company policy.

"In this firm we strongly encourage involvement. of senior management in political, charitable and other outside activities," he said. "We're the only firm I know of that mandates that they must give at least 4 percent oftheir income to charity, and most exceed that by miles. Wejust consider this policy good citizenship."

eNS is blessed WASHINGTON (CNS) - Archbishop John P. Foley, president of the Pontifical Council for Social' Communications, recently blessed the staff and equipment of Catholic News Service in Washington.

Archbishop Foley, a former editor of The Catholic Standard and Times, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, told CNS staff at the blessing that "I have worked in the Catholic press for 30 years. For many years, I was one of your clients. I am still the beneficiary of your service which I read faithfully."

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Pope to g'irto 'ends of the Earth' to .speak to youths路 VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope 10hnPaui II plans to go to "the ends of the Earth" to encourage youths to build a better world and fortify their spiritual lives.

Going to "the ends of the Earth" means visiting the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela, 20 miles from the Atlantic Ocean in the northwest corner of Spain. During the centuries when Europeans thought the world was flat and ended somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic, it was the last major city before reaching the sea - thus the title.

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POPE JOHN PAUL II emphasizes his message during a general audience at the Vatican where he cited Pentecost as the beginning of a "new human morality" that replaced external restriction with personal freedom. In the new covenant announced when the apostles received the Holy Spirit, divine law is no longer "written on tablets of stone," but is instead carved "upon man's very heart," the pope said. (eNS photo)

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ing when he said that "the mag- ' , I~ this case, not the withdrawal 'isteriu,m of the church has not yet of nutrition ~nd hydration but the issued a definitive statement re- disease itself would be the direct garding the need to provide nutri- cause of the patient's death, the tionand hydration to the perman- theologian said. ently unconscious person.:'The "safe case" standard would What'the forthcoming state- appear to n~le out the withholding meI}ts are likely to.saya~o:ut nutri- of nourishment from l! person in it tionand hydration is not now pub- coma; howe~~r. sincl;:'dea~h is not licly known. The 1980 doctrin,al imminent regardless of feeding. , . '. congregation declaration did not A group of prominent U.S. theoaddress this issue specifically. logians in 1987 endorsed a'slightly However; ina 1981 document more nuanced position on "feedfor medical personnel called ing arid hydrating the permanently "Question of EthicsR,.egarding the unconscious and other vulnerable Th,e fast-~hanging'legal and ethI:atally' III and' the Dying,'~ the persons." . ical developments regarding the Pontifical Council ~'Cor U",tim" withdrawal of nutrition'and hydraSigned by 'Bishop James T. Mcspecifically included feeding in its ,tion from the comatose andtermi-' Hugh of Camden, N.J., and such of "obligatory minimal nally ill are spurring two new, definition ~heologians as William May and measures.'" , " church statements on the subject.

"There remains the strict obliga- Germain Grisez, the statement Both the Vatican's Congrega-' tion to apply under all circum- called the nutrition and hydration , tion for the Doctrine of the Faith' stances those therapeutic measures of"non-competent individuals such - which issued its last,document which are called 'minimal,' " the as infants and the unconscious" a on euthanasia less than' 10 years , statement said. "That is, those "grave duty." ago - and the U.s~ bishops: Secre- which are normally and customar- , However, it said that ifthe means tariat for Pro-Life Activities plan ily used for the maintenance of life for such treatment are ."judged 'to address the issue of nutrition (alimentation, blood transfu'sions, either useless or excessively burand hydration in coming months. densome," then withdrawal would injections, etc.)."

The nutrition and hydration "To interrupt路 these minimal be acceptable and would n'ot be controversy is related to an ,issue measures would, in practice, be done with the intention of ending that the IMt Vatican document on' equivalent to wishing to put an life. ,euthanasia tried to address: the end to the patient's life."

The statement said there must "ordinary" and' "extraordinary," This Cor Unum statement was be "moral certainty" of when the or "proportionate" and "dispro- more recently endorsed in a 1987 effort is useless and too great a portionate," means of medically editorial on euthanasia by the burden, and listed two examples: sustaining human life; authoritative Jesuit journal Civ- when "a person is imminently dying," or when the "person is no A variety of recent cases have ilta Cattolica. highlighted a growing effort to Father Wim Eijk, a Dutch theo- longer able to assimilate the nourclassify nutrition and hydration as logian who is an expert on eutha- ishment or fluids thus provided." extraordinary means not morally nasia issues, said the withdrawal "U nless these conditions are verrequired when administration is of food and water is "virtually the ified, it is unjust to claim that the through a tube and there is little same as causing intentionally the provision of foods and fluids is hope apatient will recover. death" of a patient who is coma- useless," it concluded. .

Other theologians leave more . Bishop Louis E. Gelineau of . tose but not terminal. Since it Providence, R.I., earlier this year directly causes' the death of the room for the withholding of nutri'publicly concurred with the judg- person, it is morally forbidden, he tion and hydration. \ Dominican Father Benedict Ashley told U.S. ment of his diocesan moral ~heo颅 judged. logian that providing ;food and Just as the issue of in vitro fertil- bishops in 1987 that in the case of a water through a tube was a "medi- ization was boiled down to a"sim- coma judged irreversible, the "bencal treatment',', that was "dispro- pie case" for the purpose of clarify- efits" of nutrition and hydration portionate and, unduly burden- ing the moral issues involved, there for the comatose person must he some" in the case of Marcia Gray, is a "safe case" in terms of nutri- weighed against "the burdens to awoman in acom'a who was de- tion and hydration, according to those who supply the care."

Where the U.S. bishops and the scribed as having no "reasonable , another Rome theologian, who Vatican will draw the line on what asked not to be named. hope for recovery." :The bishop' underlined a perThe "safe case" is where there is is ordinary or proportionate medceived need for some sort of Vati- imminent danger ofdeath, mean- ical assistance and what is no't waits to be seen. clm statement on the issue of feed- ing within one to two days.

VATIC2AN CITY (CNS) - Six days before Carrie Coons suddenly awoke from a co~a last April, a New York court had authoriz~d her fami)y to withdraw h~r feeding tube because of her "irreversible" , and "hop'eless" state. ~ Her surprising ,return to consciousness illustrates, the problem facing doctors, courts and the church in determining when a person's condition is so hopeless as to warrant tlte withdrawal of nutrition: ' . ' ' . -,

main stop during the pope's Aug. 19-21 visit to Spain. At Santiago the pope plans to celebrate World Youth Day by attending an international Catholic youth rally.

The trip also will take him to Oviedo in'northern Spain and the nearby Marian shrine at Covadonga. It will be the pope's 43rd trip outside Italy and his third to Spain. His first was a lO-day visit in 1982, and he had an overnight visit Oct. 10, 1984.

More than 300,000 youths on pilgrimage are expected to greet the pope at Santiago de Compostela, said Cardinal Eduardo Pironio, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. The laity council is organizing the rally.

The youths, mostly from Europe, will be traveling at least part of the way on foot. For centuries the tomb of St. James the Apostle at Santiago de Compostela has been a major .European pilgrimage site.

Organizers have mapped out elaborate pilgrimage routes from several spots in Spain and from across the Pyrenees Mountains in France, tracing trails established in medieval times.

The idea of the pilgrimage is "to underline the roots ofour faith, ,at a moment when'the church, under the guidance ofthe Holy Father, is committed to a new evangelization," said Cardinal' Pironio; The pope, in his previous trips to Western Europe, has stressed the need for a re-evangelizatio~' iri the region where Christian robts are centtiriesold; but church atte~ dance' and influence 'incontemporary life are low in the face of a g'rowing secular'culture.

In the 1989 message for World Youth Day,'issue'd last November, the pope stressed that the "world of today' is a great mission land, even in countries of long-standing Christian tradition."

"EverYwhere today neo-paganism and the process of seCUlarization pr'esent a great challenge to the message of the Gospel,'" he' said.

The church needs "apostles who are young and cO!.lfageous" to take advantage of the "new openings" for evangelization, he said.

Spanish organizers expect the pope to flesh out the generalities by listing specific areas of moral and social concerns of special interest to youths.

These include aid to "the unem. ployed, drug addicts, children of broken families and those who abuse their own bodies, leading the way to spiritual desperation," said Archbishop Antonio Maria Rouco Varela of Santiago de Compostela.

The pope is scheduled to symbolically participate in the pilgrimage Aug. 19 by walking the final 130 yards (100 meters) to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, where the tomb of St. James is located.

Encouraging pilgrimages is part of the pope's strategy of reviving traditional forms of Christian devotions as a way of refurbishing the faith of today's Catholics.

The church began celebrating World Youth Day on Palm Sunday 1986. This year will mark the first time that the world day is not scheduled for 'Palm Sunday and the second time the pope has celebrated it outside the Vatican.

The date for the international celebration was changed this year to coincide with the youth pilgrimage and rally, but Palm Sunday was retained as the date for local celebrations. .' 'The'biiik of-thepope'iI'Spailish trip will betaken up' by World Youth Day events. He is scheduled to' give three youth day talks tomorrow and preach a morning homily at the main :youth rally Mass on Sunday.

Sundayafternoon the pope plans to celebrate Mass in Oviedo and on the following morning celebrate Mass at Covadonga, site of an Important Spanish victory in 718 over the Moors.

Almost 98 percent' of Spain's 38.7 million population professes Catholicism.

Pope prays for people of war-torn Lebanon CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) - As Christian positions in Lebanon came under fierce new attack, Pope John Paul II prayed for the war-ravaged country and its suffering people.

"We have, in front of the eyes of the soul, the Lebanese people, who are suffering enormously," the pope said during an Angelus blessing at his summer villa ~utside Rome.

The pope has made numerous appeals for peace in Lebanon,and in June blamed "armed intervention" by non-Lebanese forces for worsening the Lebanese crisis.

Lebanon's 14 years of civil strife took a dramatic turn the day the pope spoke when Syrian-backed ground forces attacked across the Souk ai-Garb ridge near the presidential palace where Gen. Michel Aoun, leader of the Christian forces, makes his headquarters. The area is considered the gateway to the Christians' enclavl;:.

Infantry combat is a rare event in a war that has since March been, _an artillery and rocket duel, the

brunt of which has been borne by civilians.

Syria strongly denied that its troops were involved in the ground battles. A military spokesman de~' scribed reports of Syrian participation in the assault as fabricated.

He said Syria, the main foreign power broker in Lebanon, where it has upwards of 40;000 troops, had urged its allies to refrain from military options in solving the Lebanese crisis.

Artillery bombardment of Beirut was suspended late Aug. 13 through, at least, the morning of Aug. 14. Beirut's residents streamed out of bomb shelters where they had been kept by the rain of rockets and shells for four days to restock on food and water.' , More than 70 people were reported killed in the city over the weekend, with hundreds wounded.

The toll sfnce shelling began in mid-March' was said to be 650 dead and 2,700 wounded., , More than half of Beirut's 1.5 million people are said to have fled the city in the past five months.

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Hispanic .Catholic theology seen as 'bridge' BERKELEY, Calif. (CNS) The year-old academy now inHispanic Catholic theology can be cludes 34 Hispanic Catholic theoa "bridge" between Third World logians, representing approxitheologies and U.S. theology and mately 50 percent of all U.S. Hisoffer possible solutions to the panic Catholics holding doctorates exodus of Hispanics from the in theology, Father Deck said, church, said members of a group adding that Hispanic theologians of Hispanic Catholic theologians. are concerned about the small U.S:-born Hispanic theologians number of Hispanics pursuing ad"are in a certain sense Third World vanced degrees in theology. people doing theology in the First Father Deck said the high dropWorld, and we are trying to forge a out rate among Hispanic students, U.S. Hispanic theology bec~use a lack of college graduates and an there isn't one," said Jesuit Father "inadequate Catholic feeder sysAllan Figueroa Deck, president of tem" contribute to the shortage of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic qualified candidates.

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In interviews, several Hispanic Members of the academy met Catholic theologians cited some of this month at the Graduate Theo- what they consider key concepts logical Union in Berkeley. emerging in the development of a "We have a perspective no other U.S. Hispanic Catholic theology: WITH AN entry procession brightened by art and - A "praxis" approach, similar apparel from a revered tradition, the 50th anniversary of the . group can bring to the church and theology. Our .faith experience is to Latin American liberation theolTekakwitha Conference gets underway in Fargo, N.D. (C::NS different from European or main- ogy, taki,ng the life experience a'nd photo) " sheam American Catholic views, struggles of Hispanics as its start"but our theological.perspective is ing point. seldom articulated on the academic - A recognition that Hispanics level," said Father Deck, a profes- include people of many nationalisor at the Jesuit "School of The'ol- ties and varied economic classes. ogy at Berkeley.

- An emphasis on popular relig"We claim to be a very pluralis- iosity as a primary source of HisFARGO, N.D'. (CNS)-A VatThe Tekakwitha Conference was tic church - even multicultural panic spiritualify. ican official told Native American founded in Fargo in 1939 as a local -but- that's not exactly true as "We need to reflect the strength Catholics meeting in Fargo that support group for missionary long as important ethnic mi.nority of the devotional piety that is indithe Creator has always" walked priests working with Indians. It is groups within it are not involved genous to the Hispanic people and with the American Indian people named after Kateri Tekakwitha, a in serious theological reflc;ction represents their. own reality and and their ancestors, and he urged Mohawk woman who converted and express themselves," he said. beliefs, rather than accepting the to Catholicism in the 17th century them to claim their heritage.

The issue of proselytism of His- dominant Anglo-Irish or European Cardinal Francis Arinze, head and was beatified by Pope John panics "seems to be capturing theology," said Father C. Gilbert ofthe Pontifical Council for Inter- Paul IUn 1980. everyone's attention. But the why, Romero, pastoral minister to HisRevitalized in 1977, the Tekak- what and wherefore of why this is panics at Holy Spirit Parish in Los religious Dialogue, said Christ was found "in the traditional sacred witha Conference is an organiza- happening needs to be articulated," Angeles. ways of Native Americans. The tion of Native American Catholics he said. . ".' Father Orlando Espin of St. cultural roots of a people are of throughout th~ United States and Vincent de Paul Regional SemiCanada. fundamental importance." nary in Boynton Beach, Fla., said J~vents in~l"!.dc;d. a g~and .c;ntry "He spoice. to more than 2,000 . many Hispanics leave the church Native American Catholics gather- procession of various tribes, liturbeCause they are told "sOl:netimes . ed at North Dakota State UniveJ:- gies and prayer services infused implicitly, othertimes very explicWASHINGTON (CNS) - Dr. itly, that they are second-Class citi-" sity this month for the annual with Native American culture and Edmund D.Pellegrino, director of zens, and they have strange devoTekakwitha Conference. The theme spirituality, intertribal sharing, was "Walking the Sacred Circle numerous workshops and a pow- the Kennedy Institute for Ethics at tions that are not solidly Catholic." wow. A highlight of the annual "Georgetown University, WashingWith Jesus Christ."

"As theologians we need to eJCconference was the ordination of ton, has been na.med director of It was the 50th anniversary of plain the meaning of popular religthe university's newly created Censeminarian John Cavanaugh, a the founding 'of the conference, iosity and how it has not only prewhich has a national center in Sioux Indian, to the tra"nsitional " ter for the Advanced Study of served but expanded some of the diaconate.

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Great Falls, Mont., and the 50th most serious official church docVarious area caucuses discussed Establishment of the center has trines," said Father Espin. annual meeting sponsored by the implementation of the Tekakwicome after a yearlong study of conference.

Once Hispanics' culture and how the university could integrate spirituality are "validated and ac"You have every right to strive tha Vision Statement, developed during the 1988 annual conference, ethics teaching and research. to be who you are," the cardinal cepted by the official church, in Native American Catholic comemphasized. "It is only you who .

Pellegrino, a physician and medpriests and laity, then there will be munities throughout North can articulate, who can formulate ical professor at Georgetown, is less reason for them to leave the America. who you are." also a former president of The Catholic faith," added, Father Among other things, the stateCatholic University of America in Romero.

Cardinal Arinze complimented ment called for more effective ways Washington.

Father Espin said Hispanic Native Americans on their spirit- of dealing with alcoholism and ual gifts, which include "self- drug abuse among Indians and for deprivation and fasting, a sense of strengthening family and youth the sacred, and a view of authority involvement in the church. Proas a holy trust from God." He gress was reported by some area stressed that the Gospel does not caucuses, while a representative of "despoil what is good in a culture," the Southwest Indian caucus called but rather "elevates and transforms for changes within the structure of it." the Tekakwitha Conference.

All cultures have elements that Many men and women were are not compatible with Christian- honored during the 50th anniverity, said the cardinal, but "Chris- sary celebration for helping build tians must decide locally what is the Tekakwitha Conf~rence into acceptable in a culture, not Rome." aJ:l international organization of Native American and other tra- Native American Catholics. ditional religions are "an excellent " Awards were given to Capuchin preparation for the Gospel," he Father Gilbert F."Hemauer, first said. executive director of the TekakwiRaised in a'traditional African tha conference, and to Capuchin religion, Nigerian Cardinal Arinze Father John Hascall; a melficine said he was not baptized a Catholic man and 'first" Native American until he was 9 years old. presi"dent of the Tekakwitha . ~ " Cardinal Arinze urged the"Tekak- Conference. " ; Th'e conference's hew board of witha Conference to "develop more Native American leadership within direcibrs also was introduced. church," noting there are already Frederick A. Buckles Jr., the first two U.S. Native American bish- Native American to be appointed ops - Coadjutor Bishop Donald executive director of the TekakwiE. Pelotte of Gallup,路N.M., and tha Conference, assured conference Bishop Charles J. Chaput of Rapid participants he would give them City, S.D. . his best efforts.

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theology is "not an ivory tower theology" but has its roots in the everyday lives of people. Many Hispanic theologians are engaged in pastoral work, and "refuse to divorce the academic world from their ministry - their theology deals with very pastoral subjects," he added.

In a discussion session during the meeting, Claretian Father Rosendo Urrabazo, president of the Mexican American Cultural Center in San Antonio, Texas, urged the theologians to "take a prophetic stance" by pointing out the economic and social prejudices facing Hispanics and encouraging the development of community leaders and organizations to fight discrimination.

"We have a serious obligation to reflect Catholic social teaching," he said. "Leadership development is not done to make better churchgoers or fill the pews but to enable people on the margin to participate in our society," he said. .

Melady sworn in WASHINGTON (CNS) Thomas P. Melady has been sworn in as ambassador to the Holy See. According to State Department press officials, Melady is expected to take up his new responsibilities within a few weeks, though no exact date was set for his arrival in Rome. The swearing-in ceremony followed the diplomat's confirmation by th垄 Senate in early August shortly" before adjournment for the summer recess. Named by President Bush June 9 as his choice for ambassador to the Vatican, Melady, a Catholic, is an author, international relations expert, former ambassador in Africa and " former uni~ersity president.

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Ameen of Mentor, Ohio, spent six At th~ day camp,"We did carweeks of the summer at a day pentry, reading, arts and crafts, camp for inner-city children in the sports,le~rningto pr!1y, and music Bronx, N.Y., ' : and drama;" said Lynn. The camp's At 17, she was the youngest o~ .120 children were divided into 17 volunteers', to work with the , seven groups aila slie worked with Missionaries of Charity in New 5- and 6-year-olds.

Yor-kCity. She lived in, their ,"I 'had very little experience with , women's shelter in, Harlem and t,h~t age group," she said. "In the worked ata Bronx day camp. beginning it wa's hard, to' involve Lynn's'interest in mission work them in activities, but as time went ,and service to,the poor began two on I learned how to get them to years ago' when she worked with . listen and' they learned more of the nondenominational Youth what was expected of them." , With a Mission troupe in the Fiji Life in Harlem was far different Islands., froni that in the suburbs bf Cleve"'After two weeks training'in land, Lynn found: She was shocked Hawaii," she said, "our group lived at the garbage in the streets and at :'and worked with people in Fiji. the realization: ~j:ult 'fire hydrants We performed little skits and songs were a community water source. with the, theme, "Christ as Our She also volunteered in a soup Savior" for school and church kitchen 'run, by the Missionaries of groups. We even did occasional 'Charity." ," street witnessing" "The Hariem soup kitchen feeds While the Fiji·Islands experience over 200 people every day with sparked her interest in serving the food that would otherwise have .,·poOI';it also brought into focus been thrown a way by grocery stores questions she had struggled with and restaurants," she said. about how to live out her faith and "From the Missionaries of Char,the traditions of the Catholic , ity I learned whatindlly means 'Church, to be poor andto live like the poor When she heard of the Mission- and to serve them," Lynn said.

She said that her own faith in aries of Charity summer program, she decided'to work with the poor the church and its traditions was strengthened. in her own country.

"I 'went with no expectations," "I was able to see how a true 'she said, "but I quickly learned Catholic living out the faith lives what a false sense of humility I - and what it's like when the tracoming at such a late date. And if . had." ditions of the church and its faith your parents did believe you, you Her typical day began at 5:30 come together in a beautiful unity," would be worrying them needlessly. 'a.m. in the little room on the she said.

The main responsibility that you need to accept right now is to complete your high school - and college? - education and so prepare yourself to earn a living.

While you can search for ways to help your girlfriend, these should riot interfere with your principal goal.

Should you marry this girl? I'd say wait awhile. This may sound harsh, but she showed a lack of maturity in having sexual intercourse outside of marriage, as, of course, did the boy who is now overseas.

Incidentally" it is inaccurate to say "the guy got her pregnant."

Both persons are ,responsible for the pregnancy.

Give her some time to absorb the meaning of all the events oCthe past' year. As time goes on, she -and you - may change 'your views drastically about what you want to do with your lives and with regard to this situation. ' , I'd recommend, that you continue to befriend this girl. At the same time, let her know,' kindly, that you want time to think about thewhole situation and about what you want to do with your life.

But as the friendship deepens, if ALFREDO MORALES stands at bat during a softball it does, don't let your heart run at the St. Michael-St. Edward's summer program, where game away with your head. children in the Fort Greene and Navy Yard sections of BrookYour questions are welcomed

by Tom Lennon, 1312 Mass. Ave. lyn, N.Y., get a chance to spend their summer days 'away from the hustie and bustle of neighborhood streets. (eNS photo) N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.

ties in the Commonwealth led to ' THE,ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Aug. 18, 1989 theeventua[ closing of the Nazareth Schools which formerly flour. ished in Fall River, Attleboro and Cape' Cod, the Nazareth Camp program continues to serve a fine group of very special campers.

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A staff of nine counselors guides nearly thirty campers in activities and adventures geared for the parin this violent behind-bars drama ticipants. Debbie Broder Park, a . Symbols following film revie~s pitting good prisoners against bad licensed practical nurse from Fall indir.ate both general and Catholic prison officials. A sadistic warden River, is back at the helm ofNaza- Films Office ratings. which do not (Donald Sutherland) orchestrates reth Camp this season as Head always coincide, a vicious plot of revenge against a Counselor; Debbie is occupied with . General ratings: G-suitable for model prisoner (Stallone) and lives special people all year long, for in general viewing; PG-13-parent,al to regret it. Stallone's Mr. Nice the winter she is on the staff at the , guidance strongly suggested for children under 13: PG-parentalguidGuy is appealing, but the grisly Lakeville Hospital facility. ance suggested; R-restricted. unviolence that \befalls him and his Nazareth campers have deligh- suitable for children or young teens, inmate cohorts make this espeted this summer in the construcCatholic ratings: AI-approved for cially off-limits for youthful THE "GOAT ISLAND" petting zoo is a big hit at the tion of a new aviary on camp children and adults: A2-approved "Rocky" fans. Intense, sadistic Catholic Boys' and Nazareth Day Camps: grounds, a gigantic showcase for for adults and adolescents: A3violence, some vulgar profanity. the various pet birds, including a approved for adults only; A4-sepa· O,R flock of pheasant, which both rate classification (given films not "Young Einstein" (Warner entertain and instruct campers and morally offensive which. however, 1Iros.): Wacky comic tribute to the staff members. The aviary is fabri- require some analysis and explanaenergy and eccentricity ofthe sciencated from ocean fishing nets tion); O-morally offensive. tist who gave us the theor)'-'lfrelaCatholic Boys' Day Camp On several occasions during the stretched over'a series of towering . Catholic ratings for television tivity and possibly .rock 'n' roll, an overall circumferpoles; it has movies are those of the movie house ,according to young Australian summer, Father Boffa indulged,' Thirty-one years ~go this sumto the delight of everyone, in super- ence of over 200 feet. The special versions of the films, writer, director, editor, co-produc~r needs campers also enjoy visiting mer, the Catholic Boys' Day Camp vising "Rocket Day" observances. and star Yahoo Serious. A cross the "goat island" petting zoo.

There first welcomed youngsters from Although the soaring missiles did between BOlO the'Clown and Busthe greater .Fall River area to a not quite rival the launches staged are hungry ducks to be. fed and ter Keaton. Serious pratfalls his to cudmany other tame animals program of sports, crafts, swimat Cape Kennedy, ~here was plenty way through his own warped but Please check dates and ming and nature study on the of breath taking excitement as the dle and pet. never,seriously irreverent interpre.times of television and radio grounds of Saint Vincent's Camp The Nazareth Camp contingent rockets blasted off, and cheers tation of Einstein's young life, takprograms against local Iist-. in Westport, along the Adamswhen parachutes and helicopters enjoyed a special treat when a ing Monty Python-esque liberties iugs, which may differ from ville, R.I. border. campout and sleepover was schedrifted back onto the Camp fields. and introducing a comic film perthe New York network sched· As the saying goes, "The ~ore Day Camp baseball and softbalJ duled. Participants woke up in sona with potential to unseat PeeuIes. supplied to The Anchor. things change, the mOre they remain teams managed to just about break time to troop to the camp kitchen wee Herman. May turn young the same!" And' so, again this even in games with Night Camp for a hearty breakfast, prepared by people on to science. A2,PG summer, hundreds of young boys, contingents, but just imagine how camp chef Archie Schinas of New TV Film now including in their ranks a a .500 record would look in the Bedford. "Chef Archie" was a promNew Films Tuesday, Aug. 19, 8-10 p.m. greater New Bedford group to Am,erican League's Eastern div- inent restauranteer in the Whaling "The Abyss" (Fox): Derivative, compliment their Fall River coun- ision this summer!

City prior to his "retirement" to unfocused deep-sea adventure track- EDT (CBS) - "Police Academy terparts, arrive daily at the extenthe popular camp dining hall, where ing a rescue team assigned to sal- .3: Back in Training"(1986): Police Father Boffa; who juggles his sive diocesan camp complex. Dur- duties as Catholic Boys' Camp and he serves up hundreds of meals vage a mysteriously sunken U.S. recruits try to save the prestige of ing the four separate sessions, each Nazareth progrjlm Director with daily to children and staff members nuclear submarine. Since the sub the training academy's aging direcof two-weeks' duration, up to 150 serving as parocbial vicar at Saint from all corners of the busy dioce- is perched on the edge of a bottom- tor in a tasteless movie whose failed humor is derived chiefly boys, ranging in age from 5 to 13, Joseph's Parish in Taunton and san camp site. less Atlantic abyss inhabited by have enjoyed the camp program.

Nazareth Camp enrolls campers mysterious, benign alien creatures, through s~distic violence, lewd chaplain at Coyle-Cassidy High jokes and slapstick stunts. O,PG Serving a camp population com- School in that city, noted that from all religious, ethnic and racial there is much life-and-death maneTV Program posed of boys of every race, color attendance remained stable and backgrounds. Catholic campers, uvering and a struggle by the good Wednesday, Aug. 30, 10-11 p.m. and creed, Catholic Boys' Day encouraging throughout the however, have the opportunity to Camp manages to provide an ex- summer. "The enthusiasm of the assist at Mass during the week, guys (Ed Harris and Mary Eliza- EDT (PBS) "Book of Days": The tensive program of activities for a boys has been as great in late and in honor of the Feast of the . beth Mastrantonio) to stop psy- experimental video series "Alive cho naval divers from nuking the very modest cost.

August as it was in early July," he Assumption ofthe Blessed Virgin aliens. Well-intentioned fantasy from Off Center" presents a work

by Meredith Monk exploring the In part, this is possible because noted. "This is a great tribute to Mary, the Patronal Feast of the the major expenses for mainte- the dedication of our fine staff. On Diocese of Fall River, the special drowned in a sea of dopey inter- parallels and contrasts between nance and staffing are underwrit- balance, the boys have had a fine needs youngsters prepared a extraor- personal distractions and techno- our own time and the Middle Ages ten through charitable contribu- season, and we are very grateful to dinary musical program to embel- logical razzle-daZZle. Intense under- - eras of uncertainty, spiritual water action, drowning. A3, PG 13 apocalypse and upheaval. tions made available to Camp ev.eryone who has contributed to a lish the liturgy.

Director and Administrator, Father most enjoyable experience."

"Four Adventures of Reinette As this year's camping season William L. Boffa, through the and Mirabelle" (New Yorker): winds down, with the arrival of the annual Catholic Charities Appeal Wispy comedy tracking the friendNazareth Day Camp final two-week session for 1989, of the Fall River Diocese. ship between a country girl (Joelle Nazareth campers are already The olympic-sized swimming Among the youngsters who Miquel) and a Parisian college pool, for example, which serves arrive at busy Saint Vincent's Camp eagerly making plans for the 1990 student (Jessica Forde) as they 102 Shawomet Avenue the entire population at the camp in Westport every day in the fleet season. Father Boffa, who noted explore Mother Nature and the site, including boys from the Day of yellow school buses which make that staff members tend to receive nature of rude city waiters, homeSomerset, Mass.

Camp program, youngster.s, both the rounds in the cities of south- far more than they ever give in less panhandlers, shoplifters and a . Tel. 674·488'1 boys and girls, in the Nazareth eastern Massachusetts, a special. their devoted service to their "spe- woman hustling money in a train pledge<t that next cial" charges, Camp, and children at the over- group hurries to the Nazar~th 3Vz room Apartment I station. Explores the contrasting night facility at the Saint Vincent Camp buildings. These are the year's adventures wouid include thoughts and ·actions of the two . 4Vz room Apartment i de Paul Camp, waS provided by special needs campers whose even' more fun, and ~njoyment. young women~ one innocent and Includes heat. hot water. stove re·: Bishop Cronin from charitable summer is wonderfully enriched "We will truly be sorry to see this rigidly didactic, the other more. ' f~iprator.'and maintenance service. funds, " . by a full range of activities includ- year coming to an end here' at worldly and open.minded. In Head Counselor Jim Conforti, ing swimming at the camp's popu- .Nazareth Camp," he said. "We are French, with English subtitles. A2 a teacher in the Tiverton; RI, sys- lar olympic-sized pool and at the delighted at the fine enrollment "Lock Up" (Tri·Star): Sylvester tem, a p'arishioner and occasional camp beach adjacent to. Horse- which has kept up all summer. It has really been ajoy, and God has Stallone plays another cartoon hero lector at Saint ~ary's Clithedrill in neck, nature.walks, arts and crafts, Fall River, 'Ieads a staff enlisting and field .'gamesincluding volley certainly blessed us all this season." several other professional educators: ball and dodge ball. While most of Bob Wood; a special education the Nazareth campers'are youngsteacher in the Westport school sys-. ters, the camp. welcomes special tern, Paul Menzies, a teacher fr<?~ people of .every age from· seven Somerset, arid.two members ofthe years and up; one of the h'appiest Sp,ec~alists' staff of Coyle-Cassidy High School folks in this year's camp group is a ,. Tree & St~mp Rllmoval in Taunton, BIll Breen and Michael fifty-three year old gentleman!

Train to be a Professional Train for careers In • Trimming & Pruning Nazareth Camp is celebrating Kelley. A cadre of "junior counse·SECRETARY lors" assists these dedicated gen- its 27th anniversary this season.

• Tree & Shrub Planting ·EXECUTIVE SEC. tlemen. Aquatic adventures are The facility, which provides a care• Free Estimates ·WORD PROCESSOR carefully monitored by the camp fully tailored camp experience for • Full insured HOME STUDY IRES. TRAINING staff of Red Cross certified life- retarded campers and those with THOMAS WALSH physical handicaps, is the last , ·FINANCIAL AID AVAIL. guards.

A favorite activity of campers is remaining vestige of the "Nazareth ·JOB PLACEMENT ASSIST 30 Weaver St. the traditional "fishing trip." The Apostolate" in the Fall River DioSwansea. fish and crabs which are collected cese. While implementation of THE HART SCHOOl are carefully brought back to camp Chapter 766 special needs educaa D1v. of A.C.T. Corp. .

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THE ANCHOR--.-:.Diocese of Fall River~Fri., Aug. 18, 1989

l,teering pOint, PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN 'are asked to 'submit news Items for this column to The Anchor, P.O. BOl 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town should be Included, as well as full dates of all activIties. Please send news of future rather than past events. Note: We do not normally carry news of fund raising activities. We are happy to carry notices of ,spiritual programs, club ineetlngs"youthproJects and 'similar nonprofit activities. Fundralsfng 'proJects may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from 'The Anchor buslnell office, telephone 675-7151.

On Steering Points Items F'R Indicates Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford.

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MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKENDS Sept. 15-17, call Dan and Terri, (508) 336-8398. Sept. 22-24, LaSalette ,Center, Attleboro, call Jack and Pauline Tannock, (401) 568-8241.

SS. PETER AND 'PA UL, FR The SS Peter and Paul Women's Club invites all women of ~heparish to join at the start of the new year.

First meeting is Sept. 1.1. Information: Dot Craddock, 676-8073, Mary Janick,673-3971.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, NB Seniors (over 60)'trip to Springfield Fair, Sept. 20. Information: Charlie Silva, 992-3281.

ST. ANNE, FR St. Anne Home and School Association meeting, 6:45 p.m. Aug. 21 to discuss Harvest Family Festival.

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CONFERENCE ON AGING The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Cape Unitc;:d Elderly, Elder Services of Cape Cod and the Islands, and the Center for Successful Aging at Cape Cod Community College are sponsoring a one-day conference on negative images of aging,9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Aug. 26, Students Commons Building, Cape Cod Community College.

The day will include panel sessions, discussion groups, a slide' presentation and ,a presentation by Ruth Harriet Jacobs, Ph.D., author and lecturer on aging.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Blood drive, 1-6 p.m. Aug. 24, K of C-Hall, Hodges St. ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO J\nnual "afternoon with the sisters," 1-4 p.m. Aug. 27, St. 'Mary Convent.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Religious education teachers needed for all grammar school grades and freshman level. Women's Guild officers and board members will meet 7 p.m. Monday at the home of guild president Maureen Mulaney.

The parish thanks the Donahue family, the Weiss family and Antone Paiva for their $100 memorial gifts to help renew the parish grounds.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Adventure Youth Group executive committee meeting 7 p.m. Aug. 22, parish center. Meeting of all members, 7:'30 p.m. Sept. II. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON Bible study series on the Acts of the Apostles, beginning Sept. 21, 9:30 a.m. or 7 p.m. Information: 822-0788. Women's Guild meeting, 7:30 p.m. Monday in the rectory.

Youth pool party, grades 2-5, 1:30 p.m. Aug. 28. Information: call the rectory.

SIGHT LOSS SERVICES, INC. Volunteers are needed to :drive members of self-help support groups to and from monthly meetings, Sept.June. If interested- call Sight Loss, 394·3904 or 1-800-334-6842.

ST.THERESA,ACUSHNET Holy Hour consisting of exposition ofthe Blessed Sacrament, prayers, homily and meditation, 7-8.p.m.

Aug. 28. Celebrant will be Father Michael Camara of St. Kilian parish, NB. For more information on the Holy Hour 'program contact Angelo Debortoli, 996-0332.

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SEPARATED AND DIVORCED CATHOLICS, FR Meeting for Fall River area, 7 p.m. Aug. 23, Our Lady of Fatima Church Hall, Swansea.

ST. JULIE BILLIART, N. DARTMOUTH BiShop Maurus N. Muldoon, O.F.M., will speak at Masses this weekend on missions in Honduras.

RCIA inquiry night, Aug. 28. Religious education registration, after Masses Aug. 26/27, Sept 9110.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Religious education teachers needed, all grades. Desk attendants and other voluteers are also needed.

ST. ANTHONY, E. FALMOUTH Father Edward McDonough will "RAYS OF SUNSHINE" will-perform their 1989 present "Healing and the Holy Spirit," music~1 "The Message" at a twilight garden concert, 7:30 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at -p.m. tomorrow aHhe LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro. The the church.

ST. JOSEPH, N. DIGHTON concert will be preceded by a 6:30 ,p.m. outdoor Mass, There is a need for book shelves in The group is comprised of 26'girls between the ages of 9 the CCD area of the parish center; and 16, who sing and dance to music composed by the anyone ~ho can help with this project please contact Sister Judith or group's director, Joe DiBiase of Cranston, R.I. Father Bob. The 10 a.m. Mass Sept.

10 has been set aside to acknowledge all those who have. served the reli- ST.GEORGE,WESTPORT CATHEDRAL, FR gious education program for five or St. 'Vincent de Paul Society meetVolunteers needed: member to more years. parish annual budget committ~e, co- ing, Thursday, 7p;m. ordinators of CCD classes, .part- O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER ST. THOMAS MORE, time CCD secretary, 6 ushers for SOMERSET Prayer. group is ,seeking vol unA steak cookout for everyone who 75th anniversary Mass. 'teers for a prayer line. Information: Adults preparing for Baptisml Con- 'Mary Farrell, 896-3309; Ethel Mithelped with the family festival will be held 6 p.m Monday. Blease call - firmation will meet with the pastor, chell, 432-4435. the rectory if you plan to attend.

7 p.m. Sunday in the parish center.

EMMAUS/GALILEE Religious education registration, 10 ST. ELIZABETH SETON, Next monthly reunion, 7-10 p.m. a.m.-noon Sept.

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Parish boy scouts N. FALMOUTH Sept. 10 with Rev. Henry Arruda, Ryan Dexter, Robby Enos and Pro-life roses will be distributed at pastor of St. John the Baptist Church, Shawn Brisson, who recently particMasses this weekend for Mass. CitiN.B. Evening of prayer, 7-10 p.m. ,ipated in the lO-day Boy Scout zens for Life. All are invited to Sept. 22, Cathedral Camp, E. Free- , National Jamboree at Fort A.P. attend an appreciation reception town. Upcoming monthly reunions: H,ill, Va., wish to thank their scout after the 5 p.m. Mass Sunday for Oct. 8 and Bible Sunday, Nov. 19. leaders for making this possible.

Mrs. Patricia Stone, who is retiring Emmaus Weekends 89/90: Nov. 10SACRED HEART, after 16 years as CCD coordinator.

12, Dec. 15-17; Feb. 2-4; Apr. 27-29, N.ATTLEBORO June 15-17.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN A representative of the St. Patrick New Jerusalem prayer meeting Fathers of the Dicoese ofSt. George's tonight. Youth cookout, 4-7 p.m.

Grenada will speak at Masses this Sunday. St. Joseph's School faculty weekend. Registration for new reliretreat, Aug. 28, 8:30 a.m., WareWASHINGTON (CNS) - Regious education students, after ham. Faculty meeting, Aug. 29, 8:30 cent widespread religious violence Masses Aug. 26/27. Parish picnic Ia.m. Parents ofSt. Joseph's students the Somalian capital of Mogadin S p.m.

Sunday, Camp Kerr-Ana, are asked to attend a mandatory Cumberland, R.I. The parish thanks shu is believed linked to the probe meeting Aug. 30, 7:30 p.m.

Don Doucette and Roger Charpent- of a Catholic bishop's July 9 'T. STANISLAUS,FR ier, who have been working on the murder, a human rights group Czestochowa Prayer Days, Aug. church heating system for next said. According to varying reports, 15-27, consisting of daily 7:20 a.m. winter. between 23 and 90 people have Mass followed by special devotion CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH died in clashes between Moslem to Our'Lady. From Aug. 23 on there Father Y. Chinnappa from the opponents of the government and will be an ev,ening Mass each day. diocese of Warangal, India will speak military units. More than 2,000 Anyone wishing to request special prayers may place them in the box in at Masses this weekend. Late regis- were arrested and 300 were reported tration for religious education, 9:30 the back of the church. The parish executed. Among other grievances, 'Jhanks the anonymous donor of a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 7-9- p.m.,A.,ug. Moslem leaders had objected to 28-30. Expanded child care sC;J'vice $300 for the purchase of books for at Father Clinton Hall during 8: I5 the' attention paid by the governthe school. and 9;30 a.m. Sunday Mass. Teen ment ~o the July slaying of the ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH Activity Group beach party and country's only Catholic bishop, Meeting for all new catec.hists, Mass, beginning at noon Aug. 24; •Bishop Pietro Salvatore Colombo.

7:30 p.m. Monday. information: Joe & Marian DesrosiST. LOUIS DEFRANCE, ers, 888-2549. Registration forms SOMERSET for parish Scripture study available Teachers needed for, religious at church entrances, due in by Aug. GOO'S ANCHOR HOlDS education program. Contract one of 25; information: Father Calnan, recthe priests or Mrs. Marcille. tory. or Sharon Fitzpatrick, 888-8693. , ~ ,

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CARDINAL JOACHIM MEISNER, left, archbishop of Cologne, West Germany, hits the vacation trail in the Alps near the German-Austrian border. Ac~ompanying the cardi,nal is Bishop Josef Stimpfle of Augsburg.West Germany.

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