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Events in Poland hearten Vatican VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The under a Solidarity-led government. selection of a Catholic writer as Under the old regime, he said, Poland's designated prime minis- there might well have been conflict ter has heartened Vatican officials, over specific points of the legis. who described the move as a dra- ~tion.

The official said the church has matic turning point for Eastern had an indirect but important role Europe's most Catholic country.

They said Tadeusz Mazowiecki, in Poland's democratization. The the Solidarity leader chosen Aug. Polish church encouraged and ob19 to form a government, is a close . served last spring's round-table. adviser of Lech Walesa and an old talks that opened up the political friend of Pope John Paul II. The process to opposition candidates. two saw each other frequently when Local church leaders generally supthe pope was archbishop of Kra- ported the Solidarity candidates in kow, and when they met at the the June elections, which set the Vatican in 1987the pope embraced stage for Mazowiecki's selection.

Mazowiecki warmly, they said.

"These were extremely imporThe 62-year-old editor ofTygod- tant elections. This meant the nik Solidarnosc (Solidarity Weekly) regime, at least partialIy, recogled intellectuals who advised strik- nized the sovereignty of the Polish ing workers at Gdansk's Lenin nation. The pope has been insistshipyard in August 1980. The strike ing on this - in public and in prigave birth to the first free trade vate - for years," said the official. union in the communist world.

The official cautioned that Po~ Known as a reserved and cautious land's .new leaders are inexperi-' Catholic writer, Mazowiecki was a and "are bound to top Solidarity negotiator at talks enced mistakes." with the government last winter.

"But they have potential talents The talks paved the way for the to lead and rule the country. We opposition's entry into Parliament. are praying for them," he said. He "It's a dramatic and important added that Western economic aid development. It certainly repre- wiII be essential to their success. sents a turning point in the history The pope, the official said, has of Poland," said one Vatican offi- followed the events "closely but cial who deals with Polish affairs. privately -, he's been careful not He said the selection of Poland's to be seen as intruding." first non-communist prime minisDuring a flight to Santtago de ter since the war, along with a Compostela, Spain, the pope called government led by the mostly the formation of the new Polish Catholic Solidarity movement, government "a step forward." could have immediate positive Having a non-communist goveffects for the church. ernment in Poland is "a very imFor example, the official said, . portant event," the pope said on the recent law granting the Polish the plane. "That which has been church legal status would proba- done is very important." bly have an "easy" application Turn to Page Six'

BISHOP CRONIN together with clergy and parishioners celebrate the blessing of the newly expanded St. Bernard Church, Assonet on the patronal feast day ofthe parish. (Gaudette

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - Since Father George A. Stallings established the Imani Temple in early July, the debate over" how to best meet the· spiritual and educational needs of African-American Catholics has continued unabated.

The most recent entrants into the debate were two of the United States' African-American bishops and the National Office for Black Catholics.

Cleveland' Auxiliary Bishop James P. Lyke, one of 13 black bishops in the United States, said Father Stallings' decision to establish Imani Temple may be "a decision in conscience," but the Washington priest would have to accept the "necessary consequences" if that decision disrupts church unity.

"We must respect his (Father Stallings') conscience," Bishop Lyke told an assembly of pastoral . staffs in Cleveland's African: American community last week. : But "there are necessary consequences to a decision in conscience which threatens or disrupts the unity of the church."

Father Stallings, former evangelist for the Archdiocese of Washington, was suspended by CardinalJamesA. Hickey of Washington after Imani Temple liturgies began July 2.

Bishop Lyke challenged a number of issues raised by Father Stal.. ~ SOLIDARITY leader Lech Walesa, right; hugs Tadeusz lings since the debate began this summer, including Father Stallings' Mazowiecki, newly nominated prime minister of Poland. use of the word "catholic to de(CNS/UPI-Reuters photo) scribe Imani Temple," the "strik-

ingly non-collegial" way Imani Temple was established "without prior formal and open consultation," and "the bold assertion that the church is a racist institution."

Father Stallings, Bishop Lyke said, "appears to conveniently forget that the church for decades and up to the present has worked with the black community" and cited the rising numbers. of African-' American bishops and diocesan offices for black Catholics in the past decade.

Racism does exist in the Catholic Church, but leaving the church is not the logical solution to the problem, said Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago. .

"The church is more than 90 percent non-black and racism is a reality we need to address," he said. "We must try to find how to really respect people of different races and recognize the fact that they are children of God." Asked about Father Stallings, the cardinal said, "I do not agree with his deCision to go out on his own," adding that he felt the problems should be addressed within the Catholic Church.

"The whole situation is very sad," Cardinal Bernardin said.

"Father Stallings has raised issues that have been addressed before and need to be addr,essed more in the future."

Father Stallings has argued it should be possible for AfricanAmericans to have a specific rite that reflects their history, culture

and needs just as the church has allowed distinct rites for Latin and Eastern churches.

Cardinal Bernardin said the media have mainly focused on Father Stallings' call to change the liturgy, but that the deeper problem is 'racism in the church.

The cardinal added that he met with black clergy of his own archdiocese and was told that they did not feel the need to leave the church, but all agreed racism should be addressed.

Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Wilton .0. Gregory, another black bishop, avoided referring to Father Stallings orlmani Temple by name in an address earlier this month at a Detroit liturgy conference. But he said "the events ofthe summer" are raising "some of the most profoundandcomplexliturgicalissues that Catholics have faced since the Second Vatican Council."

While he sees a "need to review" a possible African-Americap liturgical rite, Bishop Gregory said the bigger issue in the discussion is "cultural self-determination."

African-American Catholics, while maintaining "we belong in the heart of the church," Bishop Gregory said, "do not yet feel that we truly are in the heart of the Catholic Church ...

"If we are, indeed, in the heart of the church, then one must need a powerful stethoscope."

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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los been a part of our American tradiAngeles Archbishop Roger M. Ma- tions' since the founding of our hony endorsed the Operation ~es足 nation," Archbishop Mahony said. cue rally in Los Angeles this month.

"I admire the courage and con"I endorse your participation viction of our people - lay and and involvement, and 1 ask you to Religious who feel called to partic:.. make the Catholic Church proud ipate in this movement," he said. of you," Archbishop Mahony told "I encourage our Catholic coma crowd of 3,500 at Operatio~ munity in the Archdiocese of Los Rescue's "Let Them Live, Los. Angeles to commit yourselves to , Angeles" rally.

BISHOP D, TEODORO FARIA of Funchal, Mathe many pro-life activities availaThe rally preceded a day of pro- ble to you." deira, recently visited the diocese to celebrate a 75th tests and counterprotests by OperArchbishop Mahony said he did anniversary Mass of thanksgiving in honor of the Maation Rescue members and abornot believe "the identification with deiran feast honoring the Blessed Sacrament at Immacution rights proponents at seven any particular religious denomilate Conception parish, New Bedford. Pictured (from 'aboition clinics and hospitals in nation would strengthen" Operathe Los Angeles area. left): Msgr. Luiz Mendonca, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel tion Rescue's effectiveness. "In fact, Archbishop Mahony's address .parish, New Bedford; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Bishop the appeal and success of Operaat the rally is believed to be the tion Rescue lies in its multi-denomFaria; and Father Manuel Ferreira, Immaculate Concep:strongest public statement of sup- inational makeup." tion parish. (Hickey photo) port yet for Operation Rescue by a He asked pOlice to deal "with member of the U.S. hierarchy.

Four bishops have been arrested prudence and caution" when arrestduring Operation Rescue protests: ing Operation Rescue members Bishop Paul Dudley of Sioux Falls, who protest nonviolently. A fedS.D.; Bishop Albert H. Ottenweller eral judge in Los Angeles recently of Steubenville, Ohio; New York ruled that police could continue to Auxiliary Bishop Austin B. use such "pain compliance" techVaughan; !1nd retired Auxiliary niques against anti-abortion proWASHINGTON (NC) - Most repression of nurturing, emotion, Bishop George E. Lynch of Raleigh, testers as bending a wrist C?r arm backward against its joint or using people in the United States today aesthetics and other "things that N.C. "In the face of the manifest oriental martial arts weapons feel stranded like Dorothy in "The usually are associated with femaleWizard of Oz" - alone, cut off identified traits," she said. injustice of legalized abortions known as nunchauks.

Archbishop Mahony has preand disconnected, said'author Siswhich destroy more than 1.5 mil"If we do feel orphaned," Sister ter Madonna C. Kolbenschlag. lion lives each year, resorting to viously spoken in support of OperaKolbenschlag said, it is "because People have gone to many the mothering center of our civilicivil disobedience is not a surpris- tion Rescue. In June he said, .'1 wizards in their search for a way zation has somehow been coming response," Archbishop Mah- commend those of so many faith home, but like Dorothy, they have promised, repressed." ony said. Operation Rescue dem- communities who have decided to onstrations typically involve large take a strong public stand by join- discovered that the power of the The repression has affected how wizard is nothing more than "smoke people see God, she said. While sit-down protests in front of the ing Operation Rescue." In a preand mirrors," said Sister Kolbenschdoors of abortion clinics, with vious statement, Archbishop Mahodominance or omnipotence is "one lag, a member of the Sisters of the arrested protesters going limp in ny said, "Whether or not one agrees of the faces of God, it is not one Humility of Mary. the arms of police who drag them with all the tactics" of Operation that is particularly useful today in 'away. ' ", 'Rescue, "this group has certainly Part of the problem can be terms of trying to understand more traced to myths which at one time of our own experience in relation "Non-violent civil disobedience, brought the tragic crime of !1borhelped build the U~ited States to call attention to unjust laws, has tion into full focus." to God." myths of dominance, independence The Bible, Christian saints and and ownership, she said. mystics, poets and feminists all They are the same myths that have described feminine faces of now make people "spiritual God which include the attributes Smith was returning from an WASHINGTON (CNS) - U.S. orphans," unable to be cared for Rep. Larkin I. Smith, the first- appearance at a youth baseball or to care for others and for the of mother, companion and wisdom, she said. term Republican from Mississippi tournament in Hattiesburg, Miss., environment.

The powerless im~ge of God, as who died Aug. 13 in a plane crash when the plane he and his pilot Sister Kolbenschlag discusses the near New Augusta, Miss., was were in crashed en route to Gulf- spiritual orphan and suggests ways seen in Christ's crucifixion; can remembered by his pastor as a port, Miss.: in the DeSoto National home in her new book, "Lost in help spiritual orphans accept their man who practiced "love of neigh- Forest. No cause had been deter- the Land of Oz: The Search for own powerlessness, she said. mined for the crash. bor as well as love of God." "I see the powerlessness of God Identity and Community in AmerThe Cessna 177 single-engine Smith, 45, who converted to as being very closely related to the ican Life."

Catholicism in 1983, "practiced plane carrying Smith, and pilot Currently completing her second notion of God as nonviolent and, what he learned in his instruc- Chuck Vierlung disappeared from doctorate, this one in clinical psy- therefore, (of a) God that can be tions," said Trinitarian Father Jude radar screens a half-hour after ravaged and tortured and hung on chology, Sister Kolbenschlag is , McCauley, pastor of Our Lady of takeoff. The disappearance was working at Walter Reed Army a cross."

Lourdes Parish in Pineville, Miss. reported IO minutes later, Father Medical Center in Washington.

Sister Kolbenschlag said she is McCauley said.

In her new book, she illustrates not trying to reject any image of "He was a very charitable fel"Everyone was anxious all the causes of spiritual orphanhood God, but "to resurrect some that low, very compassionate. I know through the night" until word came and possible solutions using myths, have been repressed." .,that from personal experience," after daybreak that the crashed legends and fairy tales as she did in Father McCauley said, adding that Even while calling God his father, plane and the bodies had been her 1979 book, "Kiss Sleeping Jesus showed his followers. the Smith was "interested in the daily found, Father McCauley said.

Beauty Goodbye," which has sold feminine sides of God, who was affairs of the church, both local Archbishop Eugene A. Marino close to 150,000 copies. and worldwide." nurturing and intimate, she said.

Father McCauley and 'Bishop, o( Atlanta asked for prayers for , "When we hear the word 'myth,' Leland and Smith. The archbi- the first thing we think of is that Adopting more feminine myths Joseph L. Howze of Biloxi, Miss., shop praised Leland as "a leader in it's fictional," she said. "In'reality, ' would ,'lead not only to care for concelebrated Smith's funeral Mass 'the fight against hunger" and urged a myth somehow revell-Is a truth others, but also to clue for the last week at the :c6nclusion of a ' for Smith "a remembrance in Your " about human experience:" . ", ,- earth, Sister Ko'bens~hlag said. two-day public memorial for the prayers for the repose of his soul." , In her book,'stie caikihe "earth A primary myth in U.S. culture congressman.

Smith "was a very well-liked fel- is the myth of dominance, that community" bythe name of Gaia, Because the turnout was expected low," Father McCauley said. Exto be too great for Smith's home cept when job demands called the "some- people should hoard or borrowing from Greek mythology have the right to hoard power and and scientific ,hypotheses about parish and the diocesan cathedral ,former police chief and county the planet and how it evolves resources," she said. ' was undergoing renovation, the sheriff away, "there wasn't a week through supporting, and being Mass was celebrated at the Missis~, he wasn't at church with his wife "In a country like ours, we can sippi Coast Coliseum and Con- and daughter," he added. change all of our laws, we can' supported by life.

Because the earth was created vention Center in Biloxi. The Mass Smith, a death penalty advo- make everything equal, we can fix also was broadcast live on 'local cate, had co-sponsored legislation up what seem to be the externals of by God and declared to be good, it deserves the care and respect of television. to strengthen federal drug law en- justice, but if we cannot address Two of Smith's prime concerns forcement and supported eliminat- and transform that consciousness, other creatures, she said.

"Especially if you begin to think 'were youth and drugs. ing paroles and early releases for that myth, it won't make a differabout the feminine expression of ence," she said.

"He gave one or two lectures in dangerous criminals.

God, it makes sense today to talk Dominance and other myths the parish on drugs," in addition Survivors include his wife, Sheiabout the earth and the cosmic to ushering at church, Father la, a daughter, Tracy, and a grand- which breed social problems in system as the body of God." U.S. culture are caused by a McCauley said. son.

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Congressman eulogized'

NEW YORK (CNS) - Auxiliary Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan of Brooklyn said that a proposed new charter he helped design for New York City offers opportunities for improving life in the city but no guarantees.

Principal goals, ~e said, include increasing minority participation in the government of the nation's largest city and "putting sunshine on the processes" so all citizens can get more involved.

"In some ways New York is behind other parts of the country in getting elected officials from the minorities," Bishop Sullivan said.

"The question now is whether the leadership of the minority communities will take the ball and run with it."

"This charter is not a masterpiece and will not bring radical change," he added. "It provides for incremental improvement."

Bishop Sullivan was one of 15 New Yorkers on a charter commission that submitted its report this month. Voters will consider it Nov.7. The federil1 Justice Department will scrutinize the plan to ensure it does not violate redistricting provisions of the Voting Rights Act.' A new charter became necessary in 1986, when a federal court declared that the city Board of Estimate violated the "one person, one vote" rule because the body underrepresents residents of the more populous boroughs. That judgment was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in March.

The Board of Estimate is a legislative-administrative body that approves municipal budgets, land use and contracts. Members include the mayor, comptroller, City Council president and the presidents of New York's five boroughs.

An equal vote for the borough presidents was held unconstitutional because they represent unequal populations.

Bishop Sullivan said the charter commission decided not to keep the Board of Estimate and instead enhanced the powers of the City Council.

The new plan al1'o enlarges the council from 35 to 51 members to give more minority candidates a chance to be elected.

Having more minorities in government, the bishops said, could help the city address its problems of poverty, drugs, crime, poor schools and homelessness. .Giving hope to minority youth is necessary to deal with' crime, he said, noting that most people in New York prisons are black and Hispanic.

Bishop Sullivan noted he was recently a crime victim when, as he was getting out of his car in his , garage, an intruder pulled a gun on him. The man, he said, took his watch and !:lis episcopal ring. .The bishop said he identified the robber, a black man in his early 20s who had been released from another arrest just two days before he mugged the bishop.

Bishop Sullivan said he was following through to help get him returned to prison.

He added one way to reduce crime would be to increase employment for minority youth.

"I have a major concern," Bishop Sullivan said, "about whether in this next decade the jobs in this city will be taken by minorities, or whether people will come in from outside and take them, or industry will move out."

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Church must -help save environment, says priest SYDNEY, Australia (CNS) An Irish missionary involved in ecological issues in the Philippines said the Catholic Church is lagging in its commitment to saving the environment.

"The Catholic Church has not been involved in any extensive way in naming the ecological crisis or responding to it," Columban Father Sean McDonagh said in a speech at a recent agribusiness seminar in Sydney.

Catholics, particularly the leadership, have arrived at the issue of environmental destruction "a little breathless and a little late," he said. .

He urged the church to cosponsor with the World Council of Churches a conference. on Peace, Justice and Integrity of Creation scheduled to be held in Seoul, South Korea, in November 1990.

"We all share a common earth, and in the face of a threat to the survival of the planet we should unite our efforts and forget which institution should have precedence and other ecclesiastical niceties," he said.Father McDonagh, author of books on the world environmental crisis, has worked for 20 years with the T'boli people of Mindanao, Philippines. His efforts have included helping reseed areas of the rain forest cut down by loggers and develop food crops for the tribe.

In an interview last December in Manila, Philippines, Father McDonagh told Catholic News Service that where logging had cleared away the soil-retaining forest, "catastrophic' soil _erosion" and

"destruction of rivers" by the runoff follow every typhoon.

He also criticized a tree-planting project funded jointly by the WorId Bank and the Asian Development Bank. The project aimed at developing stands offast-growing trees suitable for the paper industry, but a breed of tree lice ended up destroying the stands.

It was a "very badly conceived program," Father McDonagh said.

In a 1988 book, "To Care for the Earth, a Call to a New Theology," he challenged Christians 'to "care for the earth" in their witnessing to . the Gospel.

"Since the Enlightenment period, Christians have no longer possessed a comprehensive story of the universe to guide them in their relationship with the earth," he wrote.

"If present trends continue," Father McDonagh wrote, "by the turn of the century we will face an environmental catastrophe as irreversible as any nuclear holocaust."

He wrote that "our human vocation is not to despoil, plunder and pillage, but to foster, nurture, bless and give tha':1ks. "

Bush to address Catholic lawyers President George Bush will speak before the Catholic Lawyers' Guild of the Archdiocese of Boston at its annual Red Mass Luncheon on Saturday, September 23. The luncheon will be held at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston following the Red Mass.

His Eminence Bernard Cardinal : Law willoe the celeBrant of the Red Mass at 'the' Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston at 10:00 A.M. The Red Mass is an annual judicial tradition open to lawyers and judges of all denominations seeking divine guidance and strength during the coming term of court.

Named for the red vestments worn by the celebrants ofthe Mass, this tradition, dating back to the thirteenth century, was introduced into the United States in New York in 1928. The Red Mass is celebrated in honor of the Holy Spirit as the source of wisdom, understanding, counsel and fortitude - gifts which should be brought to bear on the dispensing of justice in the courtroom as well as in the individual lawyer's office.

For further information about the Red Mass and luncheon, please contact the Catholic Lawyers' Guild of the Archdiocese of Boston at (617) 523-2640.

REV. BRUCE Cwiekowski has been' appointed Coordi~ nator of Catholic AIDS Ministry within Catholic Social Services of Fall River, Inc. on a part time basis. Fr. Cwiekowski is presently coordina- , tor of religious ministry at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford.

He serves on the hospital's support group and counsels persons with AIDS, their fam. ilies, and staff.

In this new appointment, Fr. Cwiekowski will· be the' primary resource and contact" person within Catholic Social Services for AIDS ministry.

Anyone wishing to set up a program and/ or workshop dealing with this timely issue is asked to make all inquiries and/ or requests through Catholic Social Services of Fall River.

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running battles which subsided early in the morning.

Two people were hit by plastic bullets and a shrapnel bomb was thrown at an armored police vehicle. The blast shattered windows in nearby houses but apparently caused no injuries.

"This is the worst we have had it for four or five years," one resident said as rioters hurtled past his house, tossing stones and gasoline bombs at police.

The rioting erupted on William Street, where British troops were sent Aug. 14,1969, to relieve Northern Ireland police fighting to hold their lines after three days of rioting.

A YOUNG WOMAN dares a British soldier in the Ballymurphy section of Belfast as Northern Ireland erupted in violence on the 20th anniversary of British troop deployment.

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March, riots ntark Ulster anniversary BELFAST, Northern Ireland (CNS) - Northern Ireland marked 20 years of British troop deployment in the province with protest parades, rioting,. bombings and clashes between police and masked marchers.

In Belfast thousands of Irish nationalists, who support reuniting Ulster's six counties with the Irish republic, marched through the streets behind a vanguard of four police Land Rovers.

Northern Ireland's police chief, Hugh Annesley, told march organizers: "I would appeal to everyone involved to be calm 'and dignified'," Gerry Adams, head of the Irish Republican Army's political wing, Sinn Fein, said "I've a feeling of sadness mixed with pride that so many people are here." Adams was in the march as. it headed down Falls Road, a stronghold of nationalist sentiment.

Organizers of the protest march urged supporters to turn out in force for one-hour pickets Aug. 14 at security force bases across Northern Ireland.

An IRA bomb aimed at aritish security forces exploded on Aug. 12 in the heart of Londonderry, which nationalists call by its old name, Derry, as thousands of Protestants converged to commemorate a group of youths who in the 17th century saved the city from Catholic forces by closing the city gates.

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themoorin~ Planned Parenthood: Politics and Policies Recently the New York Times Magazine featured a cover story on Faye Wattleton, president of Planned Parenthood.

Considering the newspaper's anti-life editorial stance, no one should be surprised that it is giving such attention to the pro-abortion movement.

Indeed, it has perhaps done more for abortion activists than any other daily in the nation. Nevertheless, despite the article's pro-abortion rhetoric, it is instructive with regard to the political activities and the intensity ~f purpose which characterize Planned Parenthood.

It must be remembered that Planned Parenthood is the largest ofthe anti-life groups and that it brings its considerable influence to an anti-life coalition that runs the ga~ut of liberal viewpoints. An extremely militant organization, it was funded to the tune of over $303 million last year alone, some of the money coming from the public till.

As the nation's largest provider of abortion services, Planned Parenthood has become all but an army, not far removed from the hatchet-wielding militance of Prohibition's Carry A. Nation. Already the organization is mounting a massive polling effort aimed at shaping future political campaigns. Per se, Planned Parenthood cannot and should not be involved in such blatantly by partisan activities, since it not only receives· tax deductible donations but also direct governm~ntal assistance, a fact largely buried under legal verbiage.

A firm backer of NOW and supported by the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood's goal is to defeat every right to life candidate on any ballot, by any means. Its influence on every level of officialdom cannot be denied; after all, both Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson were honorary national board members.

Much of the organization's current glamour derives from its president. Faye Wattletonhas been responsible for much of Planned Parenthood's hyperactivity. Asa media attentiongetter, she commands a powerful empire as well as a $120,000plus salary. .

Sensitive to criticism in any form, she hlis radIcally changed Planned Parenthood's public image. Painting a canvas of sweeping superlatives, she is an articulate visionary capable of conjuring up very effective strategies for her life's cause, which is Planned Parenthood. She has molded 24,000 volunteers and staff into a determined army vowed to defea.t all pro-life initiatives in this country. .

Those who affirm that every human being is made in the image and likeness of God must take the measure of their opponents and must make clear ,that there is no room for compromise.

One cannot be privately for life and politically against it.

Planned Parenthood wants to divide that it may conquer and sees the Catholic Church as its main opponent. Indeed, too many Catholics, whether for the sake of social and political acceptance or for other reasons, will support the· policies of Planne.9 Parenthood and abandon church teachings.

Future days and months will test the conscience of the nation. May we not forget that our founding fathers proclaimed us a people dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Today this goal seems tarnished and Planned Parenthood . has not helped brighten it. .

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Flag waving to flag burning WASHINGTON (CNS) - Old The Supreme Court decision on Catholic soldier cannot just obey Glory, recent J\istory has proven, flag burning said that government any order he is given, he said. An has not lost its ability to stir the may not "prohibit expression simp- order, for example, to attack a civemotions of U,S. citizens.

Iy 'because it disagrees with its ilian population center should not The Suprenl'e Court's recentdeci- message," even if that message is be followed, he said. sion that the First Amendment conveyed by flag burning.

True patriotism, said Father protects protesters who burn the Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Reese, requires citizens to "look at U.S. flag in' political demonstra- in a brief statement concurring society' from the perspective of the tions prompted dismayed citizens with the majority's opinion, said Gospel and ask the question: 'Is to write angry letters to. the editor many people, "including some who society acting in a fashion that's and phone their political represen- have had the singular honor of moral and dedicated to the comtatives with complaints. . . carrying the flag in battle ... will be mon good?'''

Soon President lJush called for . dismayed by our holding."

He said individual Catholics have a constitutional amendm'ent that But "the hard fact is that some- a record of doing just that, citing would prohibit desecration of the times we must make decisions we those who protested U.S. particiflag and void the high co'urt'sdeci- do not like," he said, concluding, pation in World War II and Vietsion. Veter.ans" groups and the "It is poignant but fu~damental . naro, the involvement of Catholic Knights.of Columbus were among that the flag protects those who nuns in the civil rights movement those backing the president's call hold it in contempt. of the 1960s, and the many Catholfor a constitutional amendment.

In this decade of flag waving .ics today "who have taken very Supreme Knight Virgil C. Dech- and flag burning, accusation.s that public-stances calling upon the ant said an amendment or federal individuals _ of one ideological nation to change its laws" permitlaw was needed that would "uphold stripe or the other - are somehow ting abortion. existing rights of free speech" but less than patriotic have been freGordon Zahn, national director reverse the Supreme Court ruling quent. But what is patriotism really? of the Pax Christi Center on Conthat flag desecration "is an accepAccording to Catholic social science and War in Boston, said table form of protest." teaching, says Father Bryan J. . the purpose of the state is to meet Then members of Congress beHehir, a senior research scholar at the needs of its citizens. "If that is gan debating whether the situation the ends toward which the state is Georgetown University's Kennedy required an amendment· to the working, I believe citizens are Constitution or could be resolved Institute of Ethics, "patriotism is a obliged to support it. That's patrivirtue, a certain attachment, respect with passage of a law, otism," he said. or devotion to one's country ... a The flag burning controversy Zahn admitted some people "shows the importance of sympositive quality that should be culwould categorize him as a "nontivated in a person." boIs," something Catholics as "a There are two ways to err, he patriot" for his questioning of U.S. lit1.!rgical community are particu; said, where virtues are concerned. policy on issues of war and peace. larlysensitive to," said Jesuit Father . "The first way is having too little But he s~id he IS tired of~eing so Thomas Reese, research fellow at Woodstock Theological Center at ,of a virtue, and the second is culti- labeled for questioning policies vating it in an excessive way," said that he regards as wrong.\.

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Father Hehir, who is a counselor ,,"I think I am a patriot," said A symbol, he said is "something in which you have invested a lot of for social policy at the U.S. Catllolic Zahn. "Love of country incorpo. rates an awareness of its weakhistory, meaning and personal ex- . Conference. . . ,Excessive. patriotism, he said, nesses and failings and doing what perience." One's feeling toward a symbol is "not simply intellectua'l, . develops into "an unthinking chau- one can to change'them." That, he it's filled with emotion," he said. vinism. 'My country right or wrong' said, is a duty that totalitarian If the sy'mbol is desecrated by is not a Catholic statement," said regimes do not. recognize..

Ironically it appears it was the . someone else "you feel very upFather Hehir.

According to church teaching, conviction that Old Glory stands set," said Father Reese. In the same way, he said, when symbols for example, he said, "it may be for the very d.emocratic freedoms "we don't like, such as the swas- legitimate to respond to a call to that allow individuals to question tika, are displayed, we find it abhor- defend one's country, but there government policies - and even rent ... not because of the symbol . must be a just cause for fighting go so far as to burn the flag ...:..- that convinced the majority on the Suitself but because of the meaning the war." '. ~.' .-" ~ ~" Even if a war is j.'!~.t~h~/d.,;.v:~,,~v ..P.J$.w.\t9?urt to vote the way it did. , behind it."

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,THE ANCHOR :- Diocese of Fall River -

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It was mid-April and I was 'basements of off-ramp hamlets for packing for a three-day stint the night.

Sure enough, snow started to teaching young soldiers' wives fall as I approached the Hill. It at Fort Carson in Colorado wasn't good but I've driven in

Springs, a 9O-minute drive on Inter- worse and I got through it with the state 25. Recognizing the whims of aid of only a few decades of the April weather in Colorado, I chose rosary. a wool suit, a between-seasons Upon reaching Colorado Springs , suit, and a lightweight dress.

- at 6 p.m., I discovered to my disIt's not rare in Rocky Mountain , may that I had left all my hanging sp'ringtime to enjoy 70 degree weath- clothes at home. Dressed in slacks er one day and face a blizzard the and sweatshirt - not likely to be next, so I added a winter coat, rain perceived as professional attire for coat and spring jacket. I was teaching adults - I considered my covered. Since I was driving, lug- options. gage and hanging clothes were no Should. I drive 90 minutes back problem. for my clothes and negotiate MonI also stuffed a box of books, ument Hill twice more, call my briefcase, and flip chart into my husband and ask him to bring my car. The day was getting on and clothes (a definite last choice), or the weather looking more and more stop and buy something to wear?

I opted to buy. Shopping isn't ominous so about 4 p.m. I decided my favorite sport to begin with but to leave.

Just as I picked up my keys and being forced to buy clothing when purse, the phone rang. It was a tired and pressed for time is a real I ' complicated long distance call but downer.

I chose a suit that matched my 20 minutes later, I once again shoes but it was very wrinkled so I grabbed my keys and departed.

The wind on 1-25 was fierce and asked that it be pressed. This enit bounced my light ,car around. I tailed more time but I finally arrived dreaded Monument Hill, a notor- at the retreat center where I was ious stretch of highway which rises staying and collapsed into the evento an altitude of over 7000 feet and ing, cussing myself for forgetting has been known to challenge motor- my clothes.

I thought I was all set, even ists with sudden snow in May. It is closed regularly during the winter, though I knew I would be wearing often stranding travelers in church my new suit for the next three

On house blessings Q. Our family recently moved路 The new. volume of the Ameriinto a ~ew'home. Years ago, tlie .can bishops honor~ that pollcy in priest h~d co'me to our home' to all major blessings and preserves its spirit ,evtm in ,shorterble~.sings ~Iess i~., " . , .' '. ' .

But when my husband' and I and prl!-yers for .beginning l!-nd asked the priest in our parish if he ending the day, blessings for food, would have the blessing for us, he family members, buildings and said he, was not aware of such a special blessings for various times blessing. . and places iinportant to members of families. ' ' Can you help us? At least the old Also included in the book are blessing must be around somenotes 'and instruc.tions for comwhere. (Indiana) munion and anointing the sick at A. A year ago ther~ would have home, along with numerous tradibeen nothing to which I could tional and scriptural litanies and refer you with any enthusiasm. prayers. ' As of several months ago, howNoone asked me for this "comever, the U.S. Catholic Confer- mercial," but in my opini~n every ence published a book entitled, "Cath- prayerful Catholic (or other Chrisolic Household BJessings and tian) home would find it a real Prayers," a remarkable treasury of treasure. It can be ordered from blessings, prayers and Catholic USCC Publishing Services, 3211 creeds for use by and with families. Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. Included is what you are look- 20017. It is in hard covers, has 434 .f ing for, a Blessing Upon Moving pages and costs $18.95. into a New Home. It contains A free brochure explaining Cathrecommended Scripture readings, olic teaching on cremation and prayers for different rooms of the house, placing of a cross or sacred image, the final prayer of blessing and even recommended songs for the occasion.

The book was prepared by the American Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy in response to recommendations from the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship.

Prayer/or the Unborn When the "Book of Blessings" was Jesus, Mary andJoseph, published for the universal church to spare the life oj I begyou in 1984, regional and national conferences of bishops were told that the unborn baby in danger they should adapt, interpret and ojabortion thatI have spirexpand the blessings as necessary itually adopted. Receive this for each country and culture. being, unknown to me, but In the adaptation of blessing known to God and concelebrations, said the congregation, ceived jor eternal life, into "those principal elements" of the life on earth or into the celebrations, "namely the proclamation of the Word of God and nunal bksnng oj God~ the church's prayer of blessing mercy. Amen. may be omitted even when the shorter form of a rite is used." (

DOLORES CURRAN

days. But just as I was readying to leave for Fort Carson the next morning, I donned the suit jacket.

To my horror, hanging from it was the hefty electronic device used to prevent shoplifting. How they managed to press the suit without removing it and how I got it out of the store without an alarm sounding remain mysteries. It weighed about a pound and had to be removed by the store, which didn't open until an hour after I began teaching.

So what could I do but wear it and tell my story? The young wives loved it. Instead of regarding me with the skepticism and reserve as so often accorded civilianJeachers, they saw me as a fallible and-fun'ny human with that six-inch white plastic lock dangling from my jacket.

It was the best icebreaker I've ever had and I was tempted to leave it on. But I didn't. This time the alarm rang when I went back to the store to have it removed but I didn't mind. Forgetfulness has its rewards.

China has taught us a lesson

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

The pitfalls of Marxism seldom have been more clearly evident than in the merciless executions, public trials and

we witnessed hardness of heart, cold indifference, revenge and even executions?

Unfortunately, acting in such a degradation of students and othis a way of life for some. manner ers in China. As practiced by the But according to Christian principresent Chinese government, the ples, it is not acceptable. philosophy of Marxism is devoid Many wonder if change ultimof mercy. ately will come to China because Recent events in China provide of the Chinese students who were us an opportunity to take a fresh killed or imprisoned or sentenced look at mercy and to count our' to death and the pain their parents own blessings as Christians. One are suffering, This remains to be major difference between Chrisseen. tianity and Marxism is found in But one lesson the students teach their attitudes toward mercy. is. that we must not take Christian From Scripture we learn that values for granted. We must not be mercy should be our habitual attia people devoid of mercy. tude toward others. When Peter asked Christ how many times we need to forgive another, the reply was, "Seven times 70," meaning, perpetually.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa A corollary is that Christians (CNS) - Cape Town's Catholic should search out opportunities to weekly newspaper, the Southern practice mercy rather than waiting Cross, drew heavy reader criticism to respond to situations only when for running the political adverthey arise. . tisement of a candidate of the rulA merciful attitude means that ing white National party, accordwe cannot just ignore a person ing to Cardinal Owen McCann, who has injured us. Rather, Chris- the paper's editor. In an editorial By tians must take the initiative, work- ,on the issue, Aug. 20, the cardinal ing out their hurt feelings and dis-, acknowledged the flurry of letters and telephone calls but said the pelling righteous indignation.

FATHER, Once that is accomplished, we newspaper was just being fair. can speak more openly to our, "Perhaps those angrier of our critJOHN. 'offe,lldeF, persont9,:p~r.s~>n.: .,:' ,_'~ i$=s, espeCially the telephone cal,lers, . As bC:!l.utiful as mercy' sounds,.it .' will acceptlnat th-e Soutl)ern Cross DIETZEN is not'easy to practice. Deep within'. 'hoids no brieCfor the National' people there is a natural animal- Party, but simply believes that. the instinct of fear, distrust and repul- newspaper can contribute to politother burial policies is' a vailable'by . 'sion that surfaces when they have ical progress by allowing all a fair been hurt. !ust as a cornered, fear- say in its columns - whether edisending a stamped, self-addressed ful dog can become distrusting torial or paid advertising," Cardienvelope to Eather John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main and vicious, ~o too can humans. nal McCann wrote.

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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila, Philippines, called on Filipino-Americans in Southern California to share their gifts offalth and culture with their community. Cardinal Sin addressed about 700 people at a Mass at the first Filipino-American Catechetical 'Conference in the ' Archdiocese of Los Angeles. There are 500,000 Filipinos in the archdiocese. "It is my deepest conviction that we as Filipinos and as Filipino Americans have a vocation to keep the faith in our lives and in our families, both at home and in foreign lands," Cardinal Sin told the crowd.

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African-Americans Continued from Page One Gregory said, "is facing a complex momernt in its 4istory. We are part of a universal church, but we derive from many different cultures, and "liturgy is one obvious tool" for Catholics of any culture to proclaim ,their identity.

"We know that many other ethnic, linguistic and cultural communities are watching this sum路mer's drama with great interest because of its impact upon their own relationship with the church."

The National Office for Black Catholics has designated Feb. 4, 1990, as a national day of prayer for the African-American community. " The call came one day after Franciscan Father James Goode urged the national day of prayer during a meeting in Atlanta sponsored by the National.Office for Black Catholics.

"We as a people must come together and unite to build our

communities and save our black families," Father Goode said. "As African-American Catholics we must move beyond the Father George Stallings question and be the body of Christ in the black community. " Discussions of Father Stallings' action was not on the meeting agenda, but was a major topic of conversation among participants.

"As African-American Catholics," Father Goode said, "we must not run away from the problems of THOUSANDS of mournersjoin in the funeral cortege in our community, but we must face Bogota, Colombia, of murdered political candidate Luis Carthe realities of life and be present los Galan. (CNS/UPI-Reuters photo) to the community as agents of change and hope in a weary land."

One such agent may be in Stowe, Vt., where the Sister Thea Bowman Black Catholic Educational Foundation announced Aug. 9 its VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope by drug traffickers fills me with goals for the year ahead.

Through a fund-raising program - John Paul II condemned as "un- sorrow," the pope,said. worthy of human beings" the assassHe said the killing, reporte4ly geared to produce $700,000, it will ination of a Colombian anti-drug by several masked gunmen at a help pay for tuition for 50 Africancampaigner who was the country's campaign rally last week was a American students at four Catholic ."merciless" act. leading presidential candidate. colleges, establish a black mentor At the same time, the pope support group at each campus, "I ask God that acts such as this, urged Colombians to support their unworthy of human beings, will and provide financial support to government's drive against drug never be repeated," the pope said.

Catholic grade and high schools traffickers. that educate African-American He appealed "in the name of The pope made the comments in God': to the criminals involved to students but are in danger of a message to the papal nuncio in "renounce these inexplicable and closing.

Colombia, Archbishop Angelo abominable gestures that have cost Direction of the foundation's Acerbi. A text of the message was so much blood and tears." activities will come from a board released at the Vatican.

"I am certain that the Colomfeaturing five Catholic college pres"The sad news of the brutal bian people and their authoritie~ idents and seven U.S. bishops, assassination of Luis Carlos Galan will take just and adequate action four of them black. to eradicate definitively the scourge of drugs, which creates so many vi~tims," the pope added.

Galan, 46, was an outspoken opponent of the drug trade. Recent polls showed him to be the lea<ling candidate for the 1990 presidential election in Colombia. The shooting in the capital, Bogota, left one other man dead. The gunmen escaped..

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Polish church leaders had a visible role in the events surrounding Mazowiecki's rise to power. Poland's primate, Cardinal Jozef Glemp of Gniezno and Warsaw, met with the president, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, shortly before Ja- ruzelski nominated Mazowiecki, according to press reports from Poland.

After he was informed of the decision, Mazowiecki's first visit was to Cardinal Glemp's residence.

The next day, Mazowiecki attended Mass in Gdansk, where the local bishop introduced him to an overflow crowd outside.

A Polish Vatican source, reflecting on the sudden political turn in his homeland, said: "It seems difficult to imagine a prime minister wearing on his lapel a Solidarity button and another of the Madonna of Czestochowa. But at this point, it's just as hard to imagine a pri!TIe minister wearing a Communist Party pin." .

Another Vatican official said that while there were risks involved in such swift political change, he doubted whether the Soviet Union would interfere. In 1981, after Soviet pressure, Polish troops were . used to crush the Solidarity movement.

That scenario is "certainly not" possible today, he said.

"I'm sure Jaruzelski himself re- . grets that act. I'm sure they would cancel that page of history if they could," he said.

.Mexico violence MEXICO CITY (CNS) - Postelectoral :violence in.Mexico's western state of Michoacan has been met with calls for justice and calm

by Bishop Alberto Suarez Inda of Tacambaro, Mexico, and from lay church leaders and members of basic Christian communities in Mexico City. As the state electoral commission met to decide the final outcome of hotly contested July state legislative elections, more than 50 people in the state capital of Morelia were injured in recent street battles between supporters of rival political parties claiming majol'ity victories. A tenuous calm was restored in the city only after Gov. Genovevo Figueroa Zamudio called in army troops to separate- demonstrators of the governing Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) and the opposition Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) of former center-left presidential candidate Cuauhtemoc Cardenas.

Peace proposal SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (CNS) - Guerrillas of El Salvador's Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front have presented the government with a peace proposal that would include Archbishop Arturo Rivera Dameas of San Salvador as mediator in the talks. In a statement signed by the rebels' high command and read CNS/UPI-Reuters photo over San Salvador radio stations, the guerrilla front, known as the Sen. Luis Carlos Galan FMLN, said it had sent a message to the government inviting it to Neighbors negotiate an end to the country's "Ability and necessity dwell near nine-year-old civil war. "We deeach other." - Pythagoras clared our agreement to a preparatory dialogue between the government and armed forces and the GOD'S ANCHOR HOLDS - FMLN, which should take place in private and in a foreign country," the statement said.

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Unwed mothers

Dear Editor, Now that the abortion debate is really heating up since the Supreme Court's decision on July 3rd, I find myself thinking ag~ and again of Dolores Curran's column in the Anchor July 28th. In that column she wrote about the number of vindictive letters she had received in response to an earlier column of hers about unwed mothers and their treatment by some fellow (':atholics. These negative letters for the most part conveyed the message that "if someone sins, she deserves to be punished and shunned."To quote from one of the letters: "It's their sin, not the world's.

Why don't they stop bellyaching?"

Although we have to hope that people having such hostile feelings are very much in the minority, it surely points up the responsibility we all bear to help bring about the conversion of heart and mind within ourselves and those around us so that mothers who keep their babies receive the respect and support - both financial and emotional- necessary for both to have a chance to live a truly human life.

Else, what's the point of being concerned about the abortion issue, anyway?

Ruth Dunning Brewster

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truction of a woman's conscience by offering her no alternative?

Will we offer the encouragement of life, or sit back, indifferent, and do nothing?

If people do nothing, the handicapped 'and the elderly are next.

People with potential disabilities are already sought and destroyed by abortionists.

We can offer more service to our God by not sitting still. Pray God sends you to daily work for life.

Read all of St. Matthew 25. We will all be accountable-for how we respond now and at the polls in 1990. ' Richard Buguey Hyannis

Help for retarded Dear Editor, Thank you for the coverage of Jean Vanier, foun4er of L'Arche International (Anchor, Aug. 4).

The L'Arche concept of communities for the mentally retarded has given hope to many families searching for options in residential care for a handicapped member.

There is a L'Arche community in Massachusetts consisting of two houses in Ipswich and Bradford, where seven mentally retarded persons live with six "carers."

On the South Shore, New Bethlehem, Inc., seeks a house in which to start a community. On Cape Cod a group of parents who have studied- Vanier's concept of community have begun meeiing to formulate goals for a future resi.dence for retarded adults. , Our group encourages and wel. comes the interest of the church family on behalf of mentally retarded people. I urge anyone who wishes to share in L'Arche to contact me.

Virginia M. Fortuna Founder, IRENICON, Inc. 6. Crestview Drive Ext. E. Sandwich, 02537

Dear Editor, Would it not be refreshing ifj\Jst once the Knights of Columbus could extricate themselves from their ideological straitjacket long enough to consider the possibility that every single far-right, conservative republican notion that finds expression in the marketplace of ideas might not be beneficial to the nation? How inspiring it would be if the Knights could recognize that such efforts as a constitutional amendment to protect the flag from desecration might 'be injurous to the U.S. Constitution.

The Knights have long been correct in noting that abortion has been erroneously interpreted as SALT LAKE CITY (CNS) - A having a constitutional precedent, federal appeals court stayed the but what about first amendment execution of Utah prison inmate issues like flag burning? Surely William Andrews,just days before such an issue requires far more consideration than a typical he was to die by lethal injection.

Bishop William K. Weigand of Knights nod to dubious attempts Salt Lake City had urged that the to uphold "traditional American death sentence be commuted, sayvalues" via a constitutional amending Andrews had kille.d no one. ment in lieu of individual liberty A three-judge panel of the 10th and first amendment guarantees U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals of free speech. the stay for Andrews, who Perish the thought that the . issued has been on death row for nearly Knights would ever support the 15 years, "longer than anyone in the right of someone to exercise a first nation now in prison. amendment right, however con"He was very grateful and was troversial or offensive, while at the very relieved," said Andrews' atsame time remaining patriotic and devoted to goodness and morality. torney, Robert Anderson.

In a letter to members of the Utah Board of Pardons and PaPeter J. Benevides roles, Bishop Weigand had said Somerset the death penalty "doesn't meet the church's traditional moral criteria."

Inflicting the death penalty, the bishop said, "extinguishes possiDear Editor, The editorial "Catholic 'Indiffer- bilities for reform and rehabilitaence" (Anchor, Aug. II) was much tion" and "seriously erodes the needed. It was forthright and chal- respect for human life which is the lenging, exhorting us to reexamine foundation of law and society." In our faith and to respond. How? By addition, he said, the judicial prosupporting pro-life groups, picket- cess is subject to error.

Andrews was convicted in 1974 ing abortion clinics, and voting for of being an accomplice to an life in 1990.

In our throwaway society will Ogden, Utah, robbery during which we throwaway more babies by five people were held hostage and voting for pro-death administra- tortured.

Three of the hostages were tors? Will we encourage the des-

Panama bishops call for transference of power NEW YORK (CNS) - The Panamanian bishops' conference has called for the resignation of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, the country's de facto ruler, and for an end to U.S. sanctions.

Without mentioning Noriega by name, the bishops called for "the retire.ment of the present commander in chief of the Defense Forces and the effective return of these forces to their specific functions."

Noriega is the head of the armed forces and is regarded as the most powerful official in the country.

In a communique issued in Panama City this month and signed by all the bishops, the conference also called for "transference of power on Sept. I." The communique, with an English translation, was made available in New York by the Northeast Catholic Hispanic Center.

The Organization of American States also has called for a transfer of power Sept. I and subsequent free, democratic elections. International observers said Guillermo Endara; the nominee of a coalition called the Democratic AIliance of Civic Opposition, was leading the balloting for president by a 3-1 margin when the May 7 election was nuIlified.

"Regrettably," said the bishops' statement, "the Electoral Tribunal, citing reasons that were legal but insufficient, annulled the electoral process, thereby stifling the profound desire of our people for. a change of government through respect for the will of the people expressed by ballot." .

In the period since then, . the bishops said, efforts at dialogue "have not produced any concrete solutions," and political power is controlled by the Defense Forces.

"While some participants insist on the annulment of the elections, others claim the right they acquired by the will of the people; it would seem to bea fruitless debate between legality and legitimacy," the communique said.

"Meanwhile, the economy crumbles, society disintegrates and the country loses credibility.

"If the annulment of the elections is irreversible," it added, "it will be necessary to seek a governmental solution that includes that transference and leads to truly seeking the will of the people in the briefest time po~sible."

The bishops said no matter what government takes power in Panama, it must act to provide "immediate restoration of human, civic and political rights, the reopening of all the communications media, the return of businesses, offices and installations that have been confiscated and the reintegration into the national life of all those who have been expelled or exiled from the country."

The bishops said Panama's crisis must be understood in light of the United States "throughout our whole life as a republic, intervening, overtly or covertly, in public affairs." .Along with the call for ending the economic sanctions, the bishops said the United States should cease all activities that were not autho-

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rized by the canal treaties signed by former President Carter or that were "injurious to the sovereignty of Panama."

"In the name of God," said the bishops, "we beg the government, the official parties, the opposition, the Defense Forces, the international community, the government of the United States of America and other Latin American governments represented in the OAS not to prolong the agony ofthis people.

"Our people are suffering from unemployment, hunger, anguish, delinquency, demoralization and an impoverished majority that grows poorer each day," the bishops said. "We urgently need a solution, not because the church wishes to favor any paI:ticular political group, but in order to stop this shocking social chaos and respond to the needs of this great mass of condemned people."

First in a list offour "necessary" steps proposed by the bishops to deal with the crisis was Noriega's retirement.

In February 1988, Noriega was indicted on drug charges by U.S. federal grand juries in Tampa and Miami. . ,In an unsuccessful effort to force him from power, the U.S. government has institute,d economic sanctions, recalled the U.S. ambassador, sent additional troops to its Panamanian bases and supported action by the Organization of American States.

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murdered by Dale Pierre Selby.

Selby was executed by lethal injection Aug. 27, 1987. During his own clemency hearing, Selby confessed to the murders, insisting Andrews had left the area.

Throughout the years and in both defendants' multiple appeals, questions of racism on the part of the jury have been raised repeatedly. Selby and Andrews are black.

"It is further to be noted that both the legal system and the criminaljustice system work in a society which still bears in its psychological, soCial and economic patterns the mark of racism, the end result of which is a situation in which those condemned to die are nearly always poor and disproportionately black," Bishop Weigand said. ' The bishop said no better example exists for his opposition than in the case of Andrews.

"He is the only person under sentence of death in Utah who did not kill anyone," said Bishop Weigand. "He has been on death row longer than any other prisoner. He was represented by an inexperienced trial lawyer who did not seek a lesser count 'which would have prevented his sentence."

Bishop Weigand said his appeal for clemency doesn't mean he condones Andrews' participation in the "heinous and brutal crimes."

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Master of Ceremonies Msgr. John Oliveira and principal celebrants Father Edward Correia, pastor, and Deacon Lawrence St. Onge were joined by former pastors of St. aernard, priests with family in 'the parish, and Father William JohnLewis of St. Bernard's'adopted parish of St. Patrick's, Grand Bay, Commonwealth of Dominica.

Representing the parish in the ceremony were Jennifer Bastille, St. Bernard Youth Group; Mary Luiz, Marion Medalists; Joseph Luiz, St. Vincent de· Paul; Mary Conrod, Women's· Guil<J;Peter COnr9d, religious education teacher; Karen Sullivan, I,.iturgical Committee; Ch.arles Sullivan, Pastoral Council; Sandra Sevigney, Financial Council; and Mark Seyigney, One Grand Club. .

Following the liturgy a reception was held at Independence Harbor in celebration of the parish's 51 st anniversary and the . feast day of St. Bernard.

Plans were begun in February 1988 for the new religious education center and a 38 foot extension of the church to seat an additional 144 people'. A Celebration Committee began meeting this February to plan for the ceremony on Aug.. 20. .. (Gaudette-photo) . ,

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OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, West Bank (CNS) - The Holy Land is a place where I found division, violence and charity coexisting in the daily atmosphere of confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians. .

Jews have a claim to the land that is thousands of years old. So do the Palestinians, who trace their ancestry to Abraham.

Israel's former ambassador to. the United Nations Abba Eban says the issue is "where to draw the div1ding line" in the racially, religiously, socially and culturally divided region.

It became clear to me in a 10day visit to the area earlier this year that the Israeli government is trying to suppress every display of Palestinian identity in the West Bank.

Not only is showing the Palestinian flag and its colors prohibited, but so are professional associations, unions and a Palestinian press association. Additionally, Israeli authorities closed 108 Palestinian charities.

Even more destructive is the closing of schools, including the Vatican-founded and -funded Bethlehem University. Israeli authorities say schools are source~ of unrest.

Is it any wonder that 318,000 students forced out oJ school in the occupied territories are throwing stones at Israeli soldiers?

The jarring signs of occupation are in the holiest of places.

After celebrating Mass in Bethlehem's Church of. the Nativity and praying in its shrines, it was an ugly intrusion into the peace of the town to emerge from the church and face a steel-walled army command post occupying a large portion of Manger Square.

Many Palestinians told me how for 20 years they quietly accepted Israeli military presence in the hope that promises made in the Camp David meeting between Israel, Egypt and the United States would end that occupation.

Since that did not happen, the Palestinian uprising called the "intifada" was born. For more than 18 months it has cost the Israelis - financially in maintaining occupation troops as well as in lost credibility as a peace-loving democracy.

Not only has the ever-present military caused bitterness among Palestinians, but the situation has been intensely aggravated by Israeli settlers who have encroached on the territory where 1.7 million· Palestinians live. At least 70,000 . settlers have built 130 villages on

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Early in my visit, I spent an Next I visited the Holy Family Creche where Sister Sophie Bou- evening 'with Dominican Father Saturday, August 26 - 7:30 P.M. eri and her staff care for aban- ""Bruno Hussar, a Frenchman of Jewish ancestry, now an Israeli doned Moslem infants who range GARDEN CONCERT: JON POLCE citizen who has taken on a mission in age from 4 days to 5 years.

Preceded by 6:30P.M. Mass Since the intifada began, Sister of peace.

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Age limit on care?

Fortner Colorado governor Richard Lamm is at it again. When last " we reported his special brand of medical ethics, Lamm was telling senior'citizens to "get out of the way" to make room for young people.

He's stijl peddling the same brand of hokum. In a widely-ignored April talk in Chicago he told a health conference that U.S. policymakers should spend less money on the elderly and more on the young.

"Poverty in Americ,a is much more likely to wear diapers than a hearing aid," he was quoted in the Chicago archdiocesan newspaper as saying.

"The poverty rate among the elderly has been cut in half, while that among children has been doubled," he added.

Age must be "at least one consideration in the rationing of health care," he said. "I believe 53 should be the target age."

The Chicago paper said he believes "It makes no sense to give a heart transplant to a 70-year-old ex-smoker."

If he meant that health care should be rationed when people reach 53, it may have been for

dramatic effect. Now director of a University of Denver public policy center, Lamm was 53 when he spoke.

He may have been reacting to a Baltimore Sun story which reported that officials of Alameda County in California are studying health care rationing to decide who shall live and who shall die.

"You have to draw the line somewhere," the Sun quoted one medical ethicist who will help the county make up its mind. "We'll provide all services to a diminishing segment of the population, and literally, we'll throw the rest" of the people overboard. We're thinning the soup and lengthening the line."

The Alameda board was trying to decide which of its programskidney transplants,' for example, or drug rehabilitation-should be cut and which funded.

Oregon stopped financing organ transplants for the poor two years ago, the Sun reported, in order to spend more on pregnant women.

Medical ethics, of course, are involved whenever government decides how health funds are to be spent; but few choose 'to pit the young against the old, as Lamm would have us do.

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. Despite the popular perception The article noted a surprising~. that' people are working longer, finding that pension amounts for the trend toward early retirement male pensions decreased with the is, in fact, still very pronounced, a age they stopped working. The He was challenged by at least Social Security study reveals. median pension for very early male one critic at the Chicago meeting.

Since 1970, age 62 has replaced retirees was about 40 percent higher "You are fostering a civil war age 65 as the more common retire- than for men who stopped workbetween the young and the old," ment age for men, and increas- ing at age 63 or older. In contrast, an ethicist said. "The real issue ingly, people are retiring before very early retirees tended to have here is not generational but a matage 62. The study focused on peo- lower Social Security benefit levter of limited resources and equity." ple who stopped working at least 6 els than older retirees.

Lamm said he agreed, but he months before retirement at age For married retirees, the effect returned to the attack with some 62. Three measures of retirement of very early retirement on the startling statistics. Where the were used - the labor force parti- couple's total income was modest. elderly got only two percent of all cipation rate, the Social Security The retirees' own pensions and federal spending in 1940, he said, benefit receipt rate, and the pen- their spouses' retirement benefits today they get 28 percent. sion receipt rate. or earnings almost offset the nega"The elderly are 12 percent of tive effects of very early retirement Who stop working at People America and receive 57 percent of on their own Social Security beneleast 6 months before they are eliall federal entitlements." he said.

"We have the most expensive gible for Social Security retired fits. These路 offsets were nonexishealth care in the world, spending workers benefits are different, but tent for unmarried very early retinot terribly different, from those rees and they had lower total inthis year almost $2 billion a day on who retire at earlier ages, the study comes than unmarried retirees who it. But we don't keep our people as concluded. Slightly more than 25 stopped working at older ages. healthy as other countries do,...The article noted that the trend and for just a fraction of our cost." percent of new retirees studied had stopped working before age 61~. toward early retirement will conIf Lamm keeps talking, he may get the nation to do something Married women were more likely tinue to be studied in the light of about its health care, with which than men or unmarried women to changes made in the law to enhave retired early. Very early reti- courage later retirement. Eventumost Americans are unhappy.

He might even get the country rees reported that they retired for ally, those born after 1959 will and the Congress to take a harder involuntary reasons more often have to wait" until they are 67 to receive full benefits. look at a national health care system. than did later retirees.

Very early retirees were less likely Reduced benefits will continue than later retirees tQ receive pen- to be available at age 62, but the . duct free hearing tests and hearing sions.However, most of the dif- reduction factor for those becomaid checks. An appointment is ference in pension receipt rate by ing entitled to benefits on their necessary and may be made by ca1l7 age is due to the lower receipt rate , 62nd birthday (and born after 1959) ing the Council on Aging office, for women. The pension receipt will be 30 percent instead of the 230-3305. Reservations for lunch rate for men was a constant 60, current 20 percent. may be made by calling 238-9663. percent for those who stopped The article appeared in the This is the first in a series on . working..a t age .55 or older. ' March Social Security Bulletin. health topics to be held at II a.m. half-hour to enjoy the facilities.

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The Easton Council on Aging of a three-part video of Pope John necticut Avenue, N.W., Washingoffering a special fee of $10 for Paul II's 1979 visit to Mexico are ton, D.C. 20008. eligible seniors for a program of Legal services for the elderly, a being used by the Mexican hietwo classes a week for seven weeks. public service program designed rarchy to underwrite construction Eligibility is limited to those 60 or to assist those 60 years of age and of a $1.2 million chapel dedicated over and who live in one of 23 older, is now being provided by to the Virgin of Guadalupe in St. towns, including Bridgewater, the Bristol Elder Services, Inc. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. The Brother Roland Vigeant, a native Brockton, Easton; Lakeville, Mid- Carol A. Nagle, executive direcvideo, widely advertised in Mexi- of Fall River, recently celebrated dleboro and Wareham. Others may tor, said among the communities can newspapers and on Mexican his 50th anniversary as a Brother join at the regular rate of $25. served by the organization are Fall television by Cardinal Ernesto of Christian Instruction. He was a Those interested may register at River, Somerset, Swansea and Corripio Ahumada of Mexico City, teacher and later principal of the the Easton Fitness Center, 25 Elm Westport. chronicles the papal visit during former Monsignor Prevost High St., N. Easton, (508) 238-9758.

Funded through Title III-B of the Third General Assembly ofthe School in Fall River, For the past For more information call the Latin American Bishops' Council 18 years he has served as a faculty the Older Americans Act, legal Easton Council on Aging, (508) in Puebla, Mexico, when the pope member at Walsh College, Canservices for the elderly are offered 238-3305. for those with problems dealing visited Puebla, Guadalajara, Oax- ton, Ohio. 'with housing, medicare, medicaid, aca, Monterrey and Mexico City.

Vigeant, 65, was joined by felnursing homes, income maintenlow brothers, family members and The Fall River Council on Aging an拢e, elder abuse, private pension, friends for a jubilee celebration now operates four senior centers. consumer issues, etc. this month at the American ProLA CROSSE, Wis, (CNS) The downtown center is located at Senior citizens needing assistance vince motherhouse in Alfred, 198 Bank St.; the Flint area site is with a legal problem should call Pope John Paul II has appointed Maine. He was honored at Walsh located at 1423 Pleasant St.; the the Lawyer Referral Services for Father Raymond Burke, a priest during a May 7 liturgy celebrated third center is at 186 East Main St. the Elderly, toll free at 1-800-462- of the La Crosse Diocese, as defen- by the Most Rev. James W. and the fourth at 1150 North Main 4632 or 675-3700 from 8:30 a.m. to der of the bond to the Apostolic Malone, bishop of the diocese of St. .

4:30p.m., Monday through Friday. Signatura, the Vatican's highest Youngstown. court. Father Burke is believed to All four centers offer a variety Vigeant is the American Proof programs路 which include the be the first American ever ap- vince's only jubilarian this year. ever popular Bingo games. The pointed to the position at the AposHe entered the brother's juniortolic Signatura, which La Crosse iate at Alfred in 1937 and began centers are open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Bishop John Paul described as the his novitiate in 1939. Between 1943 DENVER (CNS) - An abbess In cooperation with the Council has been elected and blessed for a "supreme court of the Roman Cath- and 1961 he served on the faculty on Aging, the Niagara Neighbor- Colorado monastery of 19 con- olic 'Church." In his new post, of brothers' schools in Biddeford . hood Association operates a cen- templative Benedictine nuns that which he will assume Sept. I, and Waterville, Maine; Detroit, Father Burke said he will study Mich. and Fall River. ter in St. Luke's parish hall at 315 was designated by the Vatican as Warren St: This center is open an abbey. St. Walburga Abbey in ' cases presented to the Apostolic He was appointed pnncipal at Signatura and make recommen- Prevost High in 1961 and was later from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday Boulder, just outside of Denver, is through Friday. one of the few abbeys for women dations to the 12 cardinals who principal at St. Thomas Aquinas serve as judges.

High School, Louisville, Ohio, and _, Religious in the United States. At Mount Assumption Institute, Plattsa Mass at Immaculate Heart of heari~g. t~sts Mary Church in the Denver subburgh, N.Y. Restriction In 1971 he became a member of Dr. ~!lul Milner will speak on urb of Northglenn, fyfother Maria"I have learned to seek my happ- the English faculty at Walsh. He Thomas Beil, who'has .been priohearing loss and aging at the Senior iness by limiting my desires, rather now serves as a media specialist Center, Parker Terrace, North Eas-' ress at St. Walburga, was acknowlthan attempting to satisfy them." and director of audiovisual aids in edged and blessed as the first ton, at II a.m. Sept. 13. Following - Mill the college's education department. the discussion Dr. Milner will con- abbess.

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Sites in Fall River where meals are being served include Humberto Cardinal Medeiros Apts., 1197 Robeson St.; Cottell Apartments, " 1685 Pleasant St.; O'Brien Apartments, 85 Morgan St.; Holmes Apartments, 140 Ess~x St.; Doolan Apts., 34 Mitchell Drive; William St. Apts., 170 William St.; Mitchell Apartments, 2100 South 'Main St.; Oak Village, Locust St.; Fall River Jewish Home for the Aged, 5.~8 Robeson St., Kosher meals.

Also: Senior Center, 25 South Main St., Attleboro; Senior Center, 184 North Main St., Mansfield; Senior Center, 204 Elm St., North Attleboro; Old Town Hall, 1480 County St., Somerset; Elderly Housing, 30 Olney St., Taunton; Council on Aging, 458 Ocean Grove Ave., Swansea; Pinewood Terrace, 75 Mill St., Raynham; 320 Anawan St., Rehoboth and Housing for the Elderly, Route 6 Westport.

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By Dr. James and Mary Kenny crisis, we should also take natural Dear Dr. Kenny: In your recent measures to reduce the depression column on depression, you failed or anxiety.

Depression can be worsened by to mention how much good antidepressant medication can do. I sleep deprivation. If you have gone am a nurse and I see doctors pres- several nights without sleep, you cribe them very often for depres- ,are probably exhausted. Your mind sion. How could you have omitted may be filled with worries and racsuch a marvelous contribution of ing helter-skelter in'· a random attempt at solution. This leads to modern medicine? (Louisiana) Drugs can be helpful in reduc- "nervous fatigue," in which you ing depression and anxiety but are very tired but too nervous to they should be used as a last resort. sleep. It may be accompanied by Because ofthe often unpredictable nausea, upset stomach and lack of side effects of drugs, it is wiser to appetite. use natural approaches like diet In this case, the first focus should be <m sleep. Try natural methods and exercise first.

Depression, with its dark mood, to get to sleep like warm baths, saps our energy and motivation. warm drinks, an evening walk, lisWe reach the point where we may tening to music, prayer. But if you not care. It is important to find the go three or four nights without' drive to tackle the problems which rest, a sleeping pill may be a very led to the depression. Perhaps a temporary answer and you might friend can help us tbink through ask your physician to prescribe up some problem-solving techniques. to seven pills to have on hand to There are, however, crisis peri- interrupt a series of wakeful nights. ods in our lives where we may need Anti-depressants and tranquilhelp to change our helpless mood izers' require a physican's presor to calm down rather quickly. If cription.

There are times when daytime and when drugs' are used, they should be considered temporary. 'stress is especially severe. If you Although they may be helpful in a have tried other methods to relax

and still need some help to take the edge off your anxiety, you may wish to consider a minor tranquilizer.

You should be "on" most antidepressant or tranquilizing drugs for six weeks and no more than six months. Allow six weeks for them to take maximum effect and begin thinking of reducing and getting off them as early as three months.

Why am I so cautious about drugs? We have all become too easy and careless with medicine.

Drugs; like surgery, are a radical medical treatment. Because oftheir effectiveness in emergency situations, we are prone to overuse them. .

In ,surgery, the body is altered physically. With drugs the change is chemical. Both have undesired side effects.' We should employ them only when we have exhausted all natural methods, or when a condition is so emergent there is no tim\l for other approaches.

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The economics of homelessness

By Antoinette Bosco \ Every time I hear someone praising the "economic recovery," I shake my head and shudder in disbelief. Are they blind?

How in the world do they shut their eyes to the estimated 500,000 to 750,000 homeless children in the rich United States? ' Why doesn't it bother them that every time our gross national product expands, another roof is removed from over a child's head?

Homelessness has become an extraordinarily severe problem. It is a national disgrace.

The myth a lot of people hang onto is that homelessness is a problem of bums and bag ladies.

But it is American families in crisis. It is mostly parents who rank among the working poor. .

In most states housing has become prohibitively expensive and it is impossible to afford a home on a low salary.

Even to rent an apartment, a family may need $1,000 to $1,500 for the first month's rent and deposit. A lot of families can't get past that hurdle.

Sometimes all they need is a helping hand.

I know a woman in her early 30's, the mother of three beautifully behaved children, who was living in a shelter. She was working and homeless, yet optimistic about getting an apartment for her children in the future. She planned to keep working as hard as she could, however long it took.

A local newspaper picked up her story, and a group of women decided to "adopt" her for Christmas. They advanced her the money for the first month and for furniture. They made her dream come true.

The news often teUs heart warming stories about generous Americans lifting a hand to help. We read of idealistic young lawyers working "pro bono" for the rights of the homeless.

The Armenian earthquake relief effort also sparked awareness of the homeless in the United States.

When Armenia became overloaded with clothing donations, many

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of them were turned over to our own citizens.

The huge immediate response to people in trouble shows how much goodwill exists in the United States; but it has to be channeled productively.

Th.e majority of Americans undoubtedly wish that the homelessness problem were solved, yet most people feel helpless to change the system.

And private efforts aren't likely to solve the problem on a national scale. The crisis is too widespread and overwhelming. Privat~ sour-

ces can do little to attack the problem at its roots.

The only way to solve the homelessness crisis is through a national housing policy. We have to provide incentives to encourage construction of affordable housing on a massive scale.

At a recent rally for fair housing, the Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke before 20,000 people. He predicted that the movement for housing justice in the 1990s will be comparable to the civil rights movement of the 196Os. I hope those 'visionary words become reality in the next decade.

A fine judge of sewing

By Hilda Young Many people think my fame as a seamstress stems from inherent dexterity and skill. Some feel it's as if the patience and craftspersonship of my ancestors had been passed genetically.

Oddly, this is amusing to those on whom I have lavished these gifts. My son, for example, was recently awed by both the rapidity and strength ofthe repair job I did on his baseball pants zipper. The ingrate later complained bitterly it did not work when he had to take a seventh inning stretch.

My unappreciative and non-genetically talented daughter claims my inseam work looks as if it had been done with a chainsaw and stapler.)'ve never owned a chainsaw.

While my husband appreciates my skills, a misguided sense of devotion won't allow him to let me spend hours at my needle when the time could be spent with him. Just last night he romantically tore a shirt from my trembling 'fingers and screamed, "Don't touch this shirt, woman. I need it for work."

I pointed out the shirt needed mending. The manufacturer had placed extraordinarily undersized buttons on each side of the collar.

He tried to cajole me into believing they were used to "button down" the collar. How sweet.

Outside this immediate circle, however, my reputation is gold. I

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Aug. 25,1989

learned the secret of being appreciated as a seamstress from Ms. Chortlebaum, my high ~chool home ec teacher.

Whenever a student would ask her about patterns or stitches or material or the machines, Ms. Chortlebaum would raise her eyebrows and peer over her glasses. The student would immediately realize it was a stupid question and say something like, "Oh, I'll bet the answer is in the machine manual.

Sorry."

Sometime during my senior year it dawned on me I had never seen a needle or thread in the hands of Ms. Chortlebaum. I asked her about it after class one day.

She raised her eyebrows and peered at me. I did the same to her.

It was a dramatic showdown. After what seemed like hours, she pushed her glasses back into place and smiled..

"My degree is in P.E. If you tell anyone, I will staple your lips."

The Chortlebaum technique has served me well over the years. I am asked to judge sewing contests, not enter them.- If asked what I think of a particular piece,.! raise my eyebrows and peer at it over my glasses, sometimes adding a significant "hmmm."

Someone invariably says something like, "Oh, I agree. A little floppy in the seam stitch. A red ribbon. May blue next year."

"Hmmm," I confirm.

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KING JUAN C~rlos greets Pope John Paul II on his arrival in Spain. (CNSjUPI-Reuters photo)

Pope asks for 'immediate cease-fire' in Lebanon SANTIAGO DE COMPOS- East" as areas plagued by "vioTELA, Spain (CNS) - Pope John lence, terrorism and even war." , At the evening event Lebanese Paul II has asked for an "immediate cease-fire" in Lebanon, say- in the audience waved Lebanese ing the apparent aim of current flags at the pope and held up a shelling is to destroy the Christian 'huge banner saying, "Holy Father, section of Beirut. .

Lebanon counts on you."

During a brief news conference Warring factions in Lebanon aboard the papal plane flying him need to begin negotiating to. reach a pea~e accord, the pope said this to Santiago de Compostela, the week to about 400,000 people'at- pope said 'his earlier statement tending an outd()or Mass in Santi- expressing a desire to visit Lebanon has stimulated "a certain interest," ago de Compostela.

The pope expressed. ~'profound but, he had yet to receive official sorrow','.that efforts by.the U.N. responses from government leaders involved in,the Lebanese crisis.

S~curity Council had oot resulted "There is no response. We can in ap end to ,the shelling in Beirut speak of a 'certain ipterest," the between Syrian troops and their allies ,and .Christian-led, Lebanese pope said, without elaborating.

'Lebanon;remains "a grave prob-. troops.. J-he ,twQ,sideshave 'been lem 'bf everyone,". es'pecially "aU locked in battle since March.

Christians," he said.

"It 'appears that the intention Joaquin Navarro-Valls,' papal seems to, be -to destroy the city' of press spokesman, said the interest Beirut, particularly the zones inhas been shown by various counhabited by Christians,", the pope tries involved in the 1c.ebanese situsaid:' . , ation, but he would not name the, "In the name of God, I renew to countries.. all responsible leaders my pressing The pope had said a genoCide appeal for harmony and an imme- , against Christians was taking place diate cease-fire, so that a dialogue in Lebanon. He said'he wanted to can begin," the pope' said: visit the Mideast country but had The dialogue should lead to an been told that the time was not accord tha~ respects, ~'the legiti- opportune. In Vatican terminolmate historical and religious rights" og:wthis usually means that securof all Lebanese so, that they can ity for the pope would be t()o "live in a climate of 'peace," the riskly. ' pope said.

Lebanese Catholics offered him The pope spoke at his midday a trip to their'war-battered counAngelus talk after celebrating an tryon a "peace boat." The Union outdoor Mass for about 400,000 of Lebanese University Students, people;inostly young people who which made the offer, said a papal participated in papal World Youth visit would save world peace as Day ceremonies the previous day. well as their country. The union, During the Mass, a group of composed of intellectuals and Lebanese youths presented him YlJuths, said it was ready "to travel with an appeal to continue work- to Rome and accompany His Holiness 'on a peace boat that would, ingJor peace in Lebanon.

However, on Aug. 19 Beir~t sail toward the land visited by our newspapers published a statement Lord,' " the Catholic Center for by the pro-Iranian group Hezbol- Information ,reportt:d. lah, Party of God, which threatened "suicide attacks" against the United States, France and the Vatican.

"The French' nayal buildup in the Mediterranean, the pope's fanatic and biased stands, and America's moves at the Security Council are part of the arrogant ca'mpaign aimed at tar:ning the, Moslems," the statement said.

The strife in the Mideast country was a steady papal theme during the Aug. 19-20 weekend.

In his major World Youth Day speech, the pope cited Lebanon and "other countries ofthe Miadi'e

Pope uses medieval symbols in Youth Day ceremony SANTIAGO DE COMPOSHowever, this view is disputed, as events the incense burner is swung there is no firsthand proofthat this across the, church in a trajectory TELA, Spain (CNS) - Pope John was done. similar to a trapeze performer in a Paul II spent World Youth Day as Despite the historical contro- circus. a pilgrim, using medieval symbols The pope' watched as it was to show that the modern church versy, the tradition took root. St. cannot forget its evangelizing task James became the patron saint of swung nearly to the ceiling several as it continues along the "walk- Spain and was an importllnt sym- times by eight men pulling on the bol and source of inspiration in the other end of the rope that dangles ways of history."

His overall message was that medieval battles to rid Spain of its from the double pulley. young people must strengthen their Moslem domination.

As the incense burner swung, it commitment to the church and its One of Pope John Paul's first threw out the smoke from the teachings so they can take over acts after arriving was to walk the incense, and the fire inside could church 'reins and direct a badly last 110 yards to tl1e city's cathe- be seen from the openings.

The burner is called a "botafu-, needed "new Christian evangeliza- dral, where the tomb of St: James tion." rests. Inside, he hugged the statue meiro" in Galician, the Spanish This often means avoiding the of St. James, a pilgrim tradition, dialect spoken in Santiago de Comtemptation "to use and abuse" and poured three ladles of incense postela. "Botafumeiro" means others, the pope said. into a giant incense burner used smoke thrower.

In medieval times its function Theme of World Youth Day, for special pilgrim Masses and was not just liturgical. It was also Aug. 19, was "Christ, the Way, the events.

Truth and the Light."

The incense burner, about the filled with perfumes to deodorize In a series ofspeeches and events size of an adult human being, the smells from the hordes of spreading over a day and a half, hangs from a rope wrapped around sweating and unwashed pilgrims the pope emphasized that follow- a double pulley in front of the who went straight to the cathedral ing Christ often requires being main altar. At special pilgrim after days on the road. countercultural in personal and social morality.

Church teachings "often are in contrast with current opinions and slogans," he said. .

He lashed out at drug addiction, terrorism and overly competitive social systems. Youths also were asked to help clean up the environment and fight against "a pollution of ideas and of morals."

"This pollution is sin," he said.

The pope also encouraged vocations to priestly and religious life, but recognized that most youths find their vocation as lay people. . YQuths were asked to become active in parish life and in church organizatio,ns and stimulate ~'the missionary impuse in the church."

They also were asked to follow the church's sexual morality and reject "hedonism, divorce, ahor, tion, 'birth control and methods of contraception. " POPE JOHN PAUL II greets children wearing tradiMore than 400,000 youths gathtional regional' Asturian outfits. The children welcomed him ered Saturday evening for the main on his'arrival in Oviedo, Spain. (CNSjUPI-Reutersphoto) papal speech. They came mostly from Europe, including a delegation from Lithuania.

The backpacking youths arrived on foot and by bicycle, boat, bus and plane. Many slept overnight on the Mount of Joy, the hill where the main youth day events OVIEDO, Spain (CNS) Neocapitalis~ society "also is afwere held.

Christians must develop a new fected by a growing materialist ,Santiago de Compostela' was chosen because it has been a major economic and labor system that is culture," the pope said. more human than those formed by Christians should get the impulse Christian pilgrimage site since the Middle Ages. Its cathedral houses' Marxism and a "neocapitalism" for building this new system bewhat tradition says is the tomb of overly concerned with material cause they share "a common desbenefits, said Pope John Paul II. tiny of freedom inscribed in the St. James the Apostle.

"It involves reshaping the world economy of creation and in the Santiago is St. James in Spanish.

St. James was the brother of of work and the economy into redemption," he said.

John the Evangelist and the first of something new," the pope said The pope did not elaborate on Christ's ,12 apostles to be mar-- Sunday at an afternoon outdoor the formation of a new economic Mass in Oviedo. ' tyred. He was murdered in Jerusa"It is not enough that everyone and labor system. lem. around the year 44.

Oviedo, in northern Spain, was exercise well his role as businessMedieval Spanish documents say the second stop on the pope's Aug. man, union leader, politician, conhis remains were, taken from the sumer or economist," the pope, 19-21 trip to Spain.

Holy Land and brought to Spain.

From Oviedo, the pope traveled added. to the Marian shrine of CovaPeople must '''try new endeavors, new initiatives, new forms of donga, where he celebrated Mass solidarity and organization," 'he on Monday. said.

Preparedness Christians must work for a new "Live not one's life as though system "having within it the imprint one had a thousand years, but live of justice and beauty," he said.

Today's world slfows "the fail- each day as the last." ---'-Aurelius' ure of societies under atheistic materialism with its collectivistbureaucratic organization of human labor," he said.

Having "no fewer problems" is the "neocapitalistic society, too often preoccupied with benefits I" ' which can alter the just balance of '" . ' the labor world," he added.

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The recent assembly drew 600 participants to Seattle University to discuss peace and environmental issues. . Mr. Coffin, president of the SANE/FREEZE anti-nuclear organization, and another keynote speaker, Jesuit Father Jon Sobrino from the Jesuit-run Jose Simeon Canas University in San Salvador, EI Salvador, underscored the themes of the assembly.

"To my way of thinking; spirituality forces us into engagement with the world, (instead) of running away from it," Mr. Coffin said. A spiritual person, he added, "tries less to be godly than to be deeply human."

Mr. Coffin, a United Church of Christ minister, said the presence of nuclear weapons, depletion of resources, acid rain, polluted waters

and a weakening ozone layer make this a "world at risk."

The United States, Mr. Coffin said, is "unbelievably lucky" that a nuclear reactor accident on the scale of the Chernobyl, Ukraine, incident in 1986 has not happened.

Mr. Coffin called for a more 'equitable distribution of wealth through taxation and more funding for low-income housing and education.

"In Sweden the chief executive officer of a company makes five times what the lowest-paid employee makes, and they're debating on whether it should be six to one or four to one," he said. "In this country it's 40 to one, and there's no debate."

Father Sobrino, a professor of philosophy and theology, told the assembly there is no end in sight to the decade-long civil war in EI Salvador, which he said has claimed 65,000 civilian lives and displaced 1.4 million Salvadorans.

The U.S. media, Father Sobrino charged, is covering up the nature of the conflict in EI Salvador and other Third World countries. ~'Whenever we see something we don't li!ce," he said, "especially when we are the ones who produce it, we tend to cover it up."

Worst of all is the dehumanizaing effect the conflict has had on Salvadorans, Fatner Sobrino said.

The majority of the people "don't take life for granted," he said.

"Their task is the difference between breathing and not breathing."

Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Gum~leton, Pax Christi USA president, said at the assembly that Catholics' fear of the way the world is going and the U.S. bishops' pastoral letters on social issues and disarmament have helped the organization grow.

Pax Christi, founded in 1972, has 10,000 members, including 360 religious orders and 94 bishops.

"The pastorals made it clear that peacemaking is not optional to being a Christian," Bishop Gumbleton said. "It's part of being a Christian. " Other assembly activities included a vigil at a Trident nuclear submarine base in Bangor, Wash., and a salmon bake on the Swinnomish Indian reservation in Washington.

The Anchor Friday, August 25, 1989

Church may help contras disband

REV. STEVE AVILA, St. Julie Church, and Rev. Constantine Bebos of St. George Greek Orthodox Church presided over the annual ecumenical Blessing of the Fleet. (Rosa photo)' ,

Catholic homosexual group holds national meeting

NEWYORK(CNS)- Members of Courage, a support group for hoinosexual men and women who accept church teaching, gathered in New York this month for their first national meeting.

"We are now a national movement," said Father John F. HarDUBLIN, Ireland(CNS)- Five vey, an Oblate of St. Francis de Columban missionaries in the PhiSales who founded Courage in lippines have received death threats New York in 1980 and is its national which their order says it is taking director. seriously.

About 110 participants attended The general council of the order the meeting from a dozen states has written to the military comand Canada. The group, predom. mander of Negros, the province inantly male, included psychothwhere the threats were made, askerapists, clergy and family members ing for an investigation. as well as Courage members.

A c,opy of the letter has been Courage was established as an sent to Philippines president alternative to Dignity, an organiCorazon Aquino. ' zation of Catholics who do not In addition, Auxiliary Bishop accept church teaching on homoJohn P. Crowley of Westminster sexuality. and Father Bernard McDermott, Courage has 10 chapters in the Columban superior in Britain,have United States, two in Canada and asked the Filipino government to one in Australia. protect the priests.

Dignity has more than 100 local Father Frank Regan, a member chapters in the United States. The of the general council, said recently organization has lost its use of in Dublin that the threatenedCatholic facilities in several diopriests have been working with ceses nationwide since publication poor sugar, plantation workers, of a 1986 Vatican document urghelping them understand their civil ing local church authorities to lend rights and the value of unions. support only to groups that unequivocally back church teachFather Regan, a native of New ing on homosexuality.

York, said the missionaries are Some Courage members interAmerican Columban Father Paul viewed at the workshop said the Richardson of Boston and Irish church was giving the movement Columban' Fathers Eamon Gill, inadequate support.

Desmond Quinn, Niall O'Brien, RICHMOND, Ky. (CNS) and Brendan O'Connell.

Father Harvey, who has the The Catholic Church will continue Father Gill and Father Quinn to have minority status in the support of Cardinal John J, O'Conare visiting relatives in Ireland.

South, but the church must con- nor of New York, is a retired proFather Quinn and Father Gill tinue its inculturatio.n into the re- fessor of moral and pastral theolwere scheduled to return to the gion, Cardinal Joseph L. Bernar- ogy from De Sales Theological SemPhilippines in the next two months. din of Chicago told Glenmary mis- inary in·Wasl,lington. He teaches "In the Philippines if you are sioners gathered in Richmond. He . part time l!t the College of St. not concerned about human rights also said the church will rely more Francis de Sales in Allentown, Pa. and about justice you are not and more on lay 'leadership. 'CarBritish psychologist Elizabeth preaching the Gospel," Father Gill dinal Bernardin was the keynote Moberly, who works in Upper said. "The priests are under attack speaker at an evangelization sym- ' Darby, Pa., discusses a "gender for their role in upholding human posium sponsored by the Gleri~ specific therapy" she has developed. rights, which is parr of the policy mary Home Missioners. The purShe contends homosexuality reof the church." pose was t9. plan for the next '20 sults from a lack of normal develIn 1985, Father O'Brien and an years of evangeliililiorrin the south- opment in early childhood and is'Australian Columban, Father ern United States: more a problem ofidentifying with .....

Brian Gore, were acquitted of a the parent of the child's own sex murder charge in Negros after rather than of relating to the More Than a Check spending six months in prison. opposite sex.

The charge was generally regarded "Don't just, write a' check, get Therapy should focus, she as a frame-up.' your hands dirty. Reach out to the argued, on developing normal There are-I 50 Columb'an p(iests neighbor or nearby worker who relationships with persons of the in the Philippines.

• ... needs your' personal help. Offer same sex with help of a therapist of Father Regan added that eighi your service to worthwhile chari- the same sex.. , priests, none of them Columbans, ties. And then, only then, write a Another sp.eaker, Joseph J. Nicwere killed in the Philippines in check." - Bishop Joseph A, Fer- olosi, director of the Thomas Acquinas Psychological Clinic.inEntheJ~st nY~vy'~\!l~.b.~, ".;lc}.c.r.().Q.O.'v0 Q.c.<f~.t!~o~fo~~~8~~I~:

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cino, Calif., said he has used Ms. Moberly's approach for two years successfully. He works with homosexual men.

He said he founded the clinic in 1980 to offer psychological services from the perspective of Catholic teaching. The clinic's advisory board includes Auxiliary Bishop 'Juan A. Arzube of Los Angeles, several other priests, a nun and a lay couple.

Nicolosi used the term "homosexual" for the psychological orien.tation and "gay" for the lifestyle.

The orientation, he said, follow. ing Ms. Moberly's analysis, devel'; ops among boys when the father or father-figure fails to establish a normal relationship with the son . by the second or third year. ' A failure in "gender identity formation:" Nicolosi said, leads to "defensive detachment" toward other malesan.d an ambivalence of emotion that finds them both attractive and frightening. , "Homosexuality has nothing to do with sexuality," he said. "It is a problem in gender identity" that is manifested sexually, he said.

Nicolosi said in an interview that priests make a mistake if they advise homosexuals to at least remain faithful to one person and avoid promiscuity if they feel unable to change. He claimed that "promiscuity is inherent in homosexualty,"

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, (CNS) - Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega has asked the Catholic Church to help disband U.S.backed Nicaraguan rebels camped in Honduras.

Ortega's call came after five Central American presidents signed an accord to dismantle the bases of the r6bels, known as contras, and Nicaraguan refugee camps in Honduras. .

Ortega told a news conference after meeting Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo of Managua that he asked the church to work with a U.N, commission to reintegrate the contras into Nicaraguan social and political life. .

Cardinal Obando Bravo said the government's reque,st would be considered at the next bishops' meeting, adding: "We are interested in peace and we will see in what way we can collaborate." ,Ortega also said the government would free some I ,200 farm workers accused of collaborating with the contras.

The government has said remaining prisoners will be freed after the rebels, 9,000 to 12,000 of whom . are in Honduras, are disbanded.

A number of rebel leaders have said they would abandon the Honduran camps on the condition that the Nicaraguan government provide protection and shelter for returning rebels and their families.

A Maryknoll missionary recently told Catholic News Service that Nicaraguans. are now less fearful of the contras, but more concerned about the country's economic decline.

Father Daniel P. Driscoll, who has worked in Nicaragua since 1986, said the economy is in "desperate shape" despite government efforts to boost it.

"The saving grace is that the government has so distributed land that more people can feed themselves," he said.

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A young client recently said to Many addiction counselors are me, "I need someone to talk to recovering from the disease of about the problems I'm having chemical dependency themselves. with using drugs. I can't talk to my Such personal experience is invalparents. They would never under~ uable in helping others recover. stand how important drugs have Others in the field may have a beco~e to me.'~ ,special interest in addictions "In fact," the client added, '~if ,because of family members who they 'knew I was using drugs,they have b~en alcoholics or drug would probably become so路hyster- , addicts. ical that I'd be grounded for life!"

What" do addiction counselors Many teens, like my client, are do? They educate their clients on afraid to tell their parents when what chemical depende~cy is and alcohol or drugsbeco'me an'inte- what it isn't. They as~ist them in gral part of their lives. There are identifying how alcohol and drugs endless reasons why. have affected their lives and the Some teens hesitate because their lives of others. parents are atithotity figures who .They help clients break through have power over them. Many teens '. the denial that 'acts as a protective want to avoid the assle of an emo- shield around addicted people, tional scene with parents who might keepiit~f them out of touch with overreact upon learning of their' reality. ' son's or' daughter's invoivement They put grc:at emphasis on conwith chemicals. fidentiali.ty. Building a trusting Often it is because teens don't relationship with those who are like to let their parents'down or to vulner~ble because of their illness provoke a loss of trust. is a high priority.

So what should teen-agers do Irideed, the laws about. confiwhen they feel the out-of-control dentiality i~ the field of chemical pull of chemical depe'ndency? Who .dependency are stringent. Protecshould they turn to for ,help? ' 'tion of the individual and his or _. Parents are ,certainly, a, choice her rights is important.

-if good communication between , Allowing ,dependency on alcoteens and parents is in place. A hol or drugs to continue unabated trusting relationship should be the is a serious mistake. Addiction forum for this discussion. claims the lives of young people at Prayer is helpful, of course, and an alarming rate each year. It is, in comfort can be gained by asking fact, the leading 'cause of death among'teenagers in the United for God's guidance when searching for the way out .of the maze of States - a fact that,speaks of the alcoholism or drug addiction. magnitude.of the problem.

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Have you a hobby? Why not talk about it, if you think it would interest your friend, Some other material for conversation: the song you likebe~t right, now, the movie you saw last week,end, your favorite'TV programs, what you hope 'for from the future, the teacher you like best, the best book you've ever read; school happenings. Remember too'that your date shares responsibility for keeping the conversation going!

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Have you access to magazines like Time and Newsweek? If not, you.can stop in your public library .P'ANMUNJOM, North Korea and check out one or two issues (CNS)- A dissident student in every so often. Scan especially the tears ~nd a Catholic priest, were . . A. Maybe, ~h~t you, need is la~ter,half of the magazine for the detained recen.tly upon ,re~qrning more material for conversation. . sports, medicine, cinema, music, to South Korea after an illegal.

Here,are some suggestionsfor get- and theater departments, 10,oking' ,. visit to North Korea. Father Moon .ling that material: ' for hum~)fous, or dramatic items.

Kyu-hyun ~nd 1m Su-kyongwere ,Try to listen rather frequently to taken into custody by South KoWhile;: at the library, look at the rean security officials, who are the net'楼ork evening news. Espeenforcing Seoul's ,tough laws ban. cially i~ the last 10 minutes, there books. ' Wh'y ~ot take some home? You ,ning unauthorized contacts with A are likely to be human interest piemay well find that they provide the North. Miss 1m and Father 11 , ces, oddball bits of news that make fuel for conversation with your Moon had been in the border area A VOLUNTEER pounds a nail into a house under renofor lively' small talk.

Store these in your memory friends.' for more than two weeks after' vatlOn . b y,t he T ope k'a路 F ami'I y Sh e1ter 10 . T ope ka, K an. Th e bank for later use. It may help to Have you a'job? Experiences in making a "peace march" from the' shelter, directed by;Father'Richard Etzel, is supported by local the workplace make for interest- North Korean capital of Pyong. ' , review them at night just before ing co'nversation, especially since yang to promote reunification of religious. and busi'ne'ss i~terests and involves young people in you go to sleep. Or while you're your date can likely come up with the two Koreas, divided since 1945. 'its summer work projects. (eNS photo) dressing for a date recall some

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First woman cadet leader says she relies on God ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) Kristin Baker, the first woman to be selected first captain of the Corps of Cadets at' West Point, says she turns to God when life gets difficult. ' The 21-year-old self-described army brat will command the U.S. Military Academy's brigade of 4,400 cadets during the coming school year. The job involves supervising a staff of 40 and overseeing virtually all aspects of life for the cadets.

Being selected captain of the Corps of Cadets is the academy's highest honor.

The 197-year-old academy in West Point, N.Y., has accepted women since 1976. They make up 10 percent of the student body.

Miss Baker, who is majoring in human factors psychology, was chosen on the basis of her academic achievement, leadership, athletic performance and extracurricular involvement.

The 5-foot-4-inch, 112-pound senior said in an interview with the Arlington Catholic Herald, newspaper ofthe Diocese of Arlington, that her Catholic faith was "very strong" and useful to her, especially during her first year at West Point.

That year "is so demanding and so trying," said Miss Baker, adding that her faith keeps things "in perspective and makes you realize how important God really is."

"Sometimes it's the only thing left to turn to," she said. "They rip your support structure out from

Symbols following film reviews ely graphic in depicting their' moral indicate both general and Catholic consequence~:'Graphic visuals and Films Office ratings. which do not much foul language. A4,R always coincide.

"The Package" (Orion): In ail Gener(ll ratings: G-suitable for otherwise middling' espionage general viewing; PG-13-parental thriller, Gene Hackman gives a guidance strongly suggested for chilsterling performance as an Army dren under 13; PG-parental guid- sergeant who while searching for ance suggested; R-restricted.unan escaped prisoner uncovers an suitable for children or young teens, international military conspiracy.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for Suspense is lacking in proceedings children and adults;, A2-approved which ultimately target the soviet for adults and adolescents: A3premier for assassination, but there approved for adL!lts only; A4-sepais a truly sinister performance from' rate classification (given films not Tommy Lee Jones as Hackman's morally offensive which. however. principal adversary. Sharply bn,,require some analysis and explanatal scenes of violence, a. few verbal tion); O-morally offensive. obscenities. A3,R Catholic ratings for ,television "Cheetah" (Buena Vista): Walt movies are those of the movie house' .Disney Pictures live-action advenversions of the films. ture of two American teen-agers New Films' who while visiting their parents "CasualtiesofWar"(Columbia): who work in Kenya adopt an Th'e fact-based story of an atrocity orphaned Cheeta cub. The movie committed by an American patrol may bore parents familiar with ,a' during the Vie~nam War ce~ters similar, better movie, "Born Free," _on the moral dilemma of a soldier but their offspring will be content (Michael J. Fox) who tries to pre- with the movie's nature photovent his unit (led by Sean Penn) graphy and the warm friendship from gang raping and murdering a that develops between the AmeriVietnamese woman. Director Brian can yo'ungsters and a local Masai.

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your, feet after high school and in ,<ollege anyway. You don't have your family here to support you and your friends are off doing other things,",said Miss Baker.

A former member of Holy Spirit I"arish in Annandale, Va., where she was it lectorrMiss Baker is currently a member of the choir at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Chapel. on the grounds of the academy.

Going to Mass is "part of our weekend," she said. "My friends i and I go out Saturday night and get up Sunday morning, go to church, and then to brunch afterward."

Notre Dame School, Fall River, Miss Baker's predecessors as capwill welcome 325 students in grades tain of the corps include World kindergarten through 8 on Sept. 6.

War II hero Douglas MacArthur; William Westmoreland, the Army's On the first day school will be dischief commander during Vietnam missed at II :20 a.m. for grades 1-6 War; and Pete Dawkins, a Heis- and II :30 a.m. for grades 7 and 8. man Award-winning football play- Dismissal will be at the Notre Dame Church parking lot for stuer at West Point. dents being picked up. Students who walk home will be patrolled to Eastern Ave. If someone other than a parent plans to pick up a child, the office or teacher should The annual Diocesan CYO Golf be notified.

Tournament was held Aug. 14 at Kindergarten students,win have the Pocasset Golf Club on Cape' a welcome party with their parents Cod. This year's winner in the and teachers, 9:30-11 a.m. Sept. senior division was Dave Silva of 12. School officially begins for the New Bedford, who bested Don kindergarten with a half-day sesWilson of Fall River in a sudden sion Sept. 13.Sept. 14 will be a full death playoff. In thiFd place was day session and parents should Jason Gurney of New Bedford. pick up their children in the church Intermediate division golfer parking lot. On the first day parMike Ghelfi. of Falmouth won' ents may bring their children both his division and the Marty through the office door and thereHiggins Trophy for the outstand- .. after the children will report to the , ing golfer in' the tournament. In school.yard with the rest of the second place was Darrin Bouley of ' studelJts. The. school bell rings at 8:20' I~~dership NeW Bedford' and in :third, Tim a.O)., and kindergar:ten through Kelley of Taunton.

The junior division champion- grade ,6 students are dismissed at pro:gra~ ship was won by Brandon Bou- 2:30 p.m. In the case of-absence, The p,iocesilDOffi~e,.of Youth chard of Fall River, (ollowed by parents should ~otify the, sch,ool Ministry; 'in cO!lju'ilciion with the Dave Carvara, New Bedford and between 8:30 and 8:45 a.m. and the Center for Youth Ministry Devel- Marc Furtado, Taunton in second ;. child should bring ~n explan'a~ory note upon returning. . opment in Nal\gatuck, Ct., is again and third place. sponsoring a Chri,~tian Leadership Full school uniform is required Adam Bradshaw of New\ BedInstitute, to be hl:ld Aug. 27-Sept. ford was the winner of the cadet 'on the first day of school and book I at the Cathedral Camp, E. Free- division. Finishing second was Gary bags are required for books. The town. ' ' Machaqo New Bedford, and lunch program begins on Sept. 7..

Participants, ages 15-19, will third, Jamie Coaega of FaiLRiver. . The school will hold Open House - from 7~8 p.m. Sept. II. Parents have exhibited leadership potehand relatives are invited,to meet tial. The program will' offer pr'o~ Terminus teachers and view the school. fessional training-in Christian lead'''Whenever an individual or a , Every student at the school will ership through skills workshops; .. b,usines,s decides that success has take computer classes with teachers personal support groups, hands-, ' been attained, progress stops."

Mrs. Madeleine Thiboutot· and on planning and leading of activi- -:Watson ' Mrs. Jeanne Murphy. ties, prayer and recreation time.

There will be a special Mass to The Leadership Institute, dirwhich parents and friends are inected by Mark Bouchard of the vited at 9 a.m. Sept. 8. ' Center for Youth Ministry DevelGOO'S ANCHOR HOLDS Teachers will report to school opment, will be staffed by eight on Sept. 5 for orientation and a diocesan, school and parish leaders.

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faculty meeting. On Sept. 30 they will attend a religious education day.

Notre Dame has double classes in kindergarten through grade 4, except grade 3, and is staffed by the religious of Jesus-Mary and lay teachers. New teachers include Sister Claire Lebreux, RJM, grade 2; Mrs. Norma Finglas, grade 5; and Mrs. Ellen Pedisich, grade 8 and Mrs. Carolyn Rogers-Ashworth, grade I. The staff also includes' Sister Claudette Lapointe, RJM, principal; Mrs. Lillian Taylor and Ms. Lisa Texeira, kindergarten; Mrs. Patricia Ouellett~, grade I; Sister Carole Ann Ferland, RJM., grade 2; Mrs. Claire Allard, grade 3; Mrs. Elinore Moran, Mrs. Rosemarie Oliveira, grade 4; Mr. Albert Vaillancourt, grade 6; Mrs. Doreen Carberry, grade 7; Mrs. Jeanne 'Murphy and Mrs. Vivian Poulin, kindergarten aides; Mrs. Jacqueline Brisson, secretary; and Mr. Norman Paul, custodian.

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'Hound of Heaven /caught up ~ith'him SALEM, Ore. (NC) - The pastor of St:' Joseph Parish in Salem ans,wered the door,recently to dis, c.over a fugitive tired of running ,'from the law.

"It was the first time anything like this has happened to me," said 17ather Joseph Jacobb.erger, pastor of the parish, 45 miles south of Portland.

"He' said he was wanted for murder in New York. He was tired of running. It was a horrible life," said the priest.

Joseph Naposki and three companions hild' attempted to steal $26,000 during a 1984 deal to buy cocaine in' New York. Unknown to them, the deal was being staged by undercover police officers and in , an ensuing snooting one man died, another was wounded and the third was arrested.

Naposki escaped and for the next five years traveled aimlessly, ,working as a carpenter under false names and Social Security num.bers, never staying in one place long enough for the Internal Revenue Service to catch up with him.

Finally, said Naposki's sister-inlaw, Ronnie Naposki of New York, he got off a bus in Salem, ready to surrender.

"Just the'n someone handed him a religious pamphlet that said, 'Let the Lord point the way,''' said Mrs. Naposki. He walked two . blocks to St. Joseph Church and asked to see a priest.

Father Jacobberger gave Naposki a room for the night and caUed a Salem lawyer, who said it would be better for Naposki to return to New York to turn himself in. A New York attorney informed them that Naposki had been indicted on charges of attempted murder and robbery.

Father Jacobberger called Naposki's older brother, John, who backed the decision to return to ~ew York. Father Jacobberger gave Naposki $200 for bus fare, which the brother later repaid.

Mrs. Naposki said the family was grateful to the priest for helping bring their brother home. "We had kind of a family reunion before he was arrested," she said.

Naposki is now injail in Nassau County, N. Y. A lawyer said he will probably have to serve six years if he is convicted of the·. charges against him.

Naposki promised to keep in touch with.Father Jacobberger and to visit when his legal 'problems are '... solved.

" Sept. 6, 8: 10-11':30 a.m., is the first day of school for grades 1-8 only at St. Anne School, Fall River. Extended care will be avail. .. ... . ' ... -:.: . . able begiiming at 7 a:l11. ' CHICAGO (CNS);,- Paulist Sept. 7 ·is 'a·full day for grades' 1-8 (8: 10-2:30) and the first day of' Father Eugene. F.· O'M1illey; conschool· for kinde~garten students sideredAhe inspiration for 'Father Chuck O'Malley, the hero in the whose last names begin with A-K. 1944 movie "Going My Way" and Kindergarten dismis'sal' will be at 11:30 a.m. Extended care will be its sequel, "The Bells of St. Mary's," died' of cardiac arrest Aug. 14 in ,available from 7 a.m: to 5 p.m.

Chicago. He was 87. Father O'Malfrom this day forward. Uniforms ley had been director of the 'allare'required. No hot lunches. inale Paulist Choir at Old St. Kindergarten students with last names L-Z begin on Sept. 8 and . MarY's Church in Chicago'"from , 1928' to 1967: The movies, from will be dismissed at 11:30 a.m.

Paramount Pictures, starred Bing Full schedule will begin Sept.

Crosby as a singing priest in a poor II, with pre-school for four-yearneighborhood. The Crosby charolds only. Hot lunches for grades acter was thought by many to be 1-8 begin. Pre-school fOl: threeloosely based on Father O'Malley, year-olds only begins Sept. 12. though the studio apparently never There will be pre-schbol for threeacknowledged such a connection. and four-year-olds on Sept. 13.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese ofFall River-Fri., Aug. 25,1989

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ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, SOMERSET Family picnic, 2 p.m. Sunday on parish grounds. Mass II a.m., evening campfire and sin~-along.

TOGETHER FOR A CHANGE Conference series by and for families who have a member suffering mental illness, Sept. 9, Taunton Regency Hotel. Information: Judy Lawson, 222-0593.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON CCD teachers needed in several grades. Contact the church or Margaret Travis, 823-6819. Finance council meeting, 6:30 p.m. and parish council meeting 7:30 p.m. Sunday. "Appreciation Night" for couples who have helped in."Marriage Prep" program in Taunton area this year, tomorrow on the parish grounds: Lectors meeting, 7 p.m.

Sept. 6; Eucharistic ministers meeting, 7 p.m. Sept. 7.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Father Marreddy from South India will speak at Masses this weekend. Religious education teachers 'needed, grades 7, 8 and Confirmation program.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Council 7312, Chatham, will hold a 10th anniversary dinner-dance Sept.

8. Information: Charles A. Viens, 16 Monomoit Lane, W. Chatham, 02669.

ST. PIUS X, S. YARMOUTH .

Annual Communion Breakfast, preceded by 10 a.m. Mass celebrated

by Msgr. John J. Smith, Thursday Sept. 7. Buffet breakfast, Skippy's Pier I, S. Yarmouth. Elizabeth Mazzuchelli, RN, will speak on her experience as a medical missionary to Honduras. Information: 775-7246.

NORTH DARTMOUTH resident Jon Polce, who specializes in original Christian music, will perform at the last concert of LaSalette's 1989 Summer Concerts Series, 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro. A 6:30 p.m. outdoor Mass precedes the concert.

ST. MARY, NB SEPARATED AND DIVORCED Choir rehearsals will resume 7 CATHOLICS p.m. Wednesday in the Memorial Attleboro area meeting, 7-8:30 chapel. Male voices are especially p.m. Sunday, St. Mary's parish cenneeded. Youth group officers and ter, Attleboro. advisors meeting, Sunday, at Dennis ST. MARY, ATTLEBORO Desnoyer's home.

Teachers are needed for religious ST. KILIAN, NB education program to begin Sept.

Healing service, 3 p,m. Sept. 3 at 24; contact Sister Pauline Louise, the church, 306 Ashley Boulevard.

CCD ·secretary.

ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT ST. JOHN EVANGLIST, Archbishop Michael Kien will POCASSET speak on behalf of missions in ThaiFamily picnic, noon-4 p.m. Sept. land at Masses this weekend. Reli- · 17, field behind Jonathan Bourne gious education teachers needed for Library. Families should bring their classes to begin Sept. 25; contact own food.' religious education office.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Religious education teachers O.L, CAPE, BREWSTER Confirmation II students (Grade needed, all grades. The parish is 10) should call the rectory for an grateful to Ed and Min Massad for their $150 memorial gift and to interview with one of the priests.

Religious ed ucation teachers manu- Tobias and Sally Borges and Angie als are now available. Altar boys are and Antone Soares, Mary and Anneeded at the Immaculate Concep- tone Rego for their $200 memorial tion Church; call Deacon Joe, · gifts to add to the parish gardens.

394-6987. .ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT Ed Dutra has been appointed the ST. STANISLAUS, FR Today is the Vigil of the Solem- new boy scout master for the coming year. 75th Anniversary golf tourna~ nity of Our Lady of Czestochowa. ment, Sept. 9, Seekonk Firefly Golf Fasting in some form is traditional as a way of honoring Our Lady. Reg- Course. Healing service, 2 p. m. Sept. istration for Christian Living Classes, 3. Includes laying on of hands and after Masses this weekend. Classes healing prayer by Maria C. Rocha of Mission for God Healing Ministry. begin 4-5:15 p.m. Sept. 18. New Wheelchair accessible.

Confirmation class orientation 6 p.m.

Sept. 8 at the school. Senior choir ORDER OF ALHAMBRA practice resumes 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Monthly meeting of Region One Youth ministry dance, 7 p.m. Sept. 8 Council of Caravans, 8 p.m. Sept. 8, iii. the school. The sanctuary, shrine Loyola Hall, College of the Holy and outdoor grotto flowers are the Cross, Worcester, Regional director gift of Mrs. Pauline Ukraniec, who Ben Pasquariello of EI Nazir Caracelebrated her 92nd birthday Aug; van 132, Arlington, will preside arid 15, and her daughter, Mrs. Anna Alvor Caravan 233, Holyoke, will Carr and family. host the evening.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, E. FREETOWN ATTLEBORO Hobie Cat Regatta, this weekend.

First meeting of St. John's Ladies Christian Leader Institute, Aug. 27Guild, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 13 in the Sept. I. . school caferteria. Potluck supper.

Rabbi Gouze of the Congregation CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Agudas Achim will speak on JudaReligious education teachers needism and women in the ministry". ed, contact Sister Doreen's office, 9:30-1 p.m. Monday-Thursday. In- ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN formation program for those wantBaptisms, 12:30 p.m. Sunday. First ing to learn about the Catholic faith, music program rehearsal, 7:30·p.ni.

7:30 p.m. Sept. 10, Father Clinton Sept. 5. Singing will resume at 4 p.m.

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HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON CCD registration, 6: 15 p. m. Sept.

II, parish center. Lector needed for 10:30 a.m. Sunday Mass; contact Father Bonaventure or Father John.

New pre-kindergarten, contact Sisters of St. Dorothy, Villa Fatima, 822-6282. Shrine of the Divine Mercy, Stockbridge, 10 a.m. Rosary, Confessions, noon Mass, exposition, Eucharistic procession, Mercy of God devotion, Aug. 27. Bring picnic lunch.

ST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBORO Altar Boy outing, Wednesday.

Meeting of level 10 CCD students · and parents, 7 p.m. Monday in the church. Meeting of teachers, aides and assistants, 7 p.m. Tuesday, parish hall.

ST. ELIZABETH SETON, N.FALMOUTH Bible discussion group meets each second and fourth Sunday. Next meeting Aug. 27. Information: Jan and Dale Fairhurst, 563-6961.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON 10 week Little Rock Scripture series on Acts of the Apostles, beginning Sept. 21 9:30 a.m. or 7 p.m.

Information: 882-0788.

ST. ANTHONY OF DESERT, FR Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Sept. 3 St. Sharbel chapel, FR. Benediction, 5-6 p.m. Adoration beginning at noon.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Religious education·teachers needed especially in junior high grades.

Contact Father Costa, Sister Celine, or religious ed. office, 679-1236. Pastor's installation Mass, 1.1 :30 a.m.

Sept. 10.

CATHEDRAL, FR. CCD teachers and teachers aides are needed.

HOMEFINDING UNIT The Department of Social Services in Fall River seeks foster homes for children under 18. Information: 675-1145.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Br. David A. Lup, SSCC, and Br. James G. Rukavina, SSCC, will make their profession of final vows, II a.m. tomorrow at the church.

Feast of Our Lady of the Angels, Labor Day Weekend. Festivities begin Saturday evening; activities at Club site on Sunday. Portuguese Mass, 10 a.m. Monday; procession ofOur Lady of Angels statue, I p.m.

Church will remain open in the evening for visits to· the Blessed Sacrament and Mary's Shrine. To volunteer for any activity, call Club headquarters, 990-0502.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB CCD teachers, aides and substitutes needed. C,ontact Father Kenneth Delano at the rectory:

THE MOST REV. ALFRED.J. MARKIEWICZ, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Center, NY, will preside over the 9th Annual Polish Pilgrimage Day to be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro.

The observance includes an outdoor liturgy in the Garden of Worship, recitation of the rosary, processions .and the opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. All services and music will be in Polish.

One-priest parishes BROOKLYN, NY (CNS)-:- The shortage of priests is not limited to rural areas, according to a report that shows just over 25 percent of the parishes in the Brooklyn Diocese are one-priest parishes. Msgr.

Douglas L. Brown, secretary for the diocesan Office of Clergy Personnel, which released the report in early August, said that 50 of the the 196 parishes staffed by diocesan priests were single-priest parishes. The number of single-priest parishes increased to 50 from 39 in 1988, Msgr. Brown said. The·report does not include statistics for parishes operated by religious orders.

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