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Labor Day is call to solidarity, bishop.says WASHINGTON (NC) - Labor Day gives Catholics a chance to work toward solidarity and "see in the poor and vulnerable the face of Jesus," said Auxiliary Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan of Brooklyn,

N.Y. , "This Labor Day, American Catholics are being called to discover and practice the virtue of 'solidarity,''' said the bishop, chairman of the U.S. Catholic Conference Committee on Domestic Policy.

His comments came in a statement titled "Solidarity and American Catholics" issued for Labor Day, Sept. 5.

A Labor Day message is issued annually by the USCC, public policy arm of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

"Solidarity is a work of faith, a sign that we see in the poor and vulnerable the face of Jesus," Bishop Sullivan said. "As believers, we are convinced that in supporting their struggles for dignity, justice and human rights, we serve the Lord.

"Solidarity ties us together," he said. "It helps us see each other as members of one family - where an injustice to one is a blow to all and progress for those in need strengthens the whole community.

"Solidarity requires us to see in the poor and powerless not some distant problem or distant issue, but our own sisters and brothers, denied their dignity and rights," he added. "Solidarity requires us to serve those in need, to join our voices with theirs in pursuit ofjustice and to work together to defend our God-given dignity and righ~s.

"The church itself is called to be a sign of solidarity," he declared.

He noted that Pope John Paul II's encyclical "On Social Concerns," issued earlier this year, discussed economic justice, authentic development, a preference for the poor "and a new sense ofsolidarity

in a world divided by ideology and injustice."

In their 1986 letter on economic justice, the U.S. bishops discussed a similar concern, focusing specifically on U.S. economic life, Bishop Sullivan said.

Bishop Sullivan said the pope has reminded Catholics that "the church feels called to take her stand beside the poor, to discern the justice of their requests and to help satisfy them, without losing sight ... of the common good. ' "As American Catholics, I believe we hear in this call to solidarity echoes of our nation's best traditions of community and the com-

mon good," Bishop Sullivan said.

"We also hear the traditional social teaching of our church affirmed and advanced. Most of all, we hear in the call to solidarity the challenge to put our faith and citizenship to work in building a church and 'nation more at the service of the human person, more respectful of the life, dignity and rights of all our sisters and brothers: "This Labor Day," he concluded, "in the midst of all our other activities, let us take a few moments to reflect on the dignity of work and the rights of the human person.

Let us commit ourselves to the pursuit of genuine solidarity in our nation and in our world."

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Cardinal Sin' talks tough

Abp. Whealon quits Democrats over abortion HARTFORD, Conn. (NC) Hartford Archbishop John F. Whealon has announced he is quitting the Democratic party because of its support of abortion.

In his weekly column in The Catholic Transcript, newspaper of the Hartford archdiocese, Archbishop Whealon said he recognized the concept of a consistent ethic of life - "that we should judge a party and a candidate by all issues and not by any single issue" - and that the Democratic Party has accomplished much for the nation.

"But by its repeated stance in favor of abortion the Democratic Party has abandoned the Catholic Church and fragmented a Catholic bloc. My view of abortion now is such that I believe the Democratic party is officially in favor of exe. cuting unborn babies whose only crime is that they temporarily occupy their mother's womb."

"Reluctantly," he concluded, "I am unable in conscience to remain a registered Democrat. Feeling . abandoned, I hope that the Democratic party regains its moral principles and its soul."

The archbishop was at least the second prelate to announce this year that he was leaving the party.

Auxiliary Bishop Austin B. Vaughan of New York announced in May that he was "dropping out" of the Democratic party because of its stance on abortion.

The 1988 Democratic platform says that "the fundamental right of reproductive choice should be guaranteed regardless ofability to pay."

In his column Archbishop WheaIon called himself a "somewhat typical example" of the link between U.S. Catholics and the Democrats because in his childhood home "God and Jesus Christ were first, the Catholic Church second and the Democratic party was third."

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"But that link has been severed," according" to Archbishop WheaIon. "The Democratic party is now clearly and officially the pro-abortion party. In a sense it has abandoned the Catholics as a bloc.

Further, the Catholic vote as a bloc has ended." .

In one way that is good, the archbishop wrote. "But another way it is a tragedy. American" politics now are whipsawed between extremists to the right and the left and need the values and balance of the Catholic tradition, which both calls for social justice and upholds moral values."

The archbishop analyzed both party platforms but did not mention their national candidates by name.

He said he would ask the Republican party "if it is honest to pledge itselfagainst additional taxes while ... the national debt increases, a growing burden for future generations."

And, he said, "I would ask the Democratic party how it can be in favor" of aborting unborn human beings."

DISASTER DRILL IN FULL SWING

If disaster strikes, St. Anne's is ready Boy Scouts aren't the only ones who understand the importance of being prepared: At St. Anne's Hospital, Fall Rives, disaster drill training is manda.. tory for every employee, ensuring maximum readiness in time of catastrophe.

Ata recent disaster drill, eighth grade students at St. Anne's School, across the street from the hospital, were "victims"of a school bus crash. The scenario for the event was cre~ted and coordinated by.Rev. ; JohDF01ster,FallRiverFiredepart-

meni'chaplain and pastor of St. Anne's Church. When the victims arrived at the hospital with wounds, fractures, concussions and other injuries, staff memberS were ready for them.

"Disastet drills are held at St. Anne's at least twice a year to test how well prepared we are for a disaster," said Jackie Allard, RN, hospital education director. "The exercise prepares our personnel to deliver servi.. ces more rapidly and in greater volume.

"When notified of a potential

disaster, Alan Knight, hospital chief executive officer, and Dr. Richard Hatfield, medical chief of disaster, will activate the plan if more than 12 casualties are likely," she said.

Drills are coordinated by the hospital's Disaster Committee: Ms. Allard, Peggy Ethier, RN, emergency department super., visor; Skip Barboza, RN, orthO"" pedic department head nurse; .and Lyle Cooper, director of security and communicationS, [)t. Hatfi~ld is ovetallcoor'" <:Unat()r.

The religious aspects of Labor Day

By Msgr. George G. Higgins

Three decades ago Labor Day, established around the end of the last century as a secular holiday, took on something of the character of a religious feast.

In the United States there had been a religious tone to Labor Day observances for a number of years: for example, the long-established tradition in many industrial cities of the Labor Day Mass in the cathedral church.

But 1956 marked a milestone: Since then we have been privileged to offer on that day the Mass of St. Joseph, Worker. The feast itself, established in 1955, is assign.ed to May I, the traditional Labor Day in every major country except the United States and Canada. The American bishops, petitioning the Vatican for permission to transfer the Mass to the first Monday of September, pointed out that May Day is not observed as a holiday in the United States.

Just why Peter J. McGuire, founder of the Carpenters union and the originator of our American Labor Day in 1882, chose the first Monday of September instead of May I is difficult to determine.

There is reason to believe he wanted to dissociate the American labor movement from the negative connotations of the traditional European Labor Day, at that time the property of Marxists.

McGuire was himself a socialist of sorts, at least during the early stages of his trade union career.

He was not, however, a Marxist revolutionary or anti-religious despite his unfortunate break with

the Catholic Church as a young man.

McGuire and his associates conceived of Labor Day in the United States largely in spiritual terms.

They intended it to symbolize and to promote the dignity of human labor and the brotherhood of man.

It was "dedicated to peace, civilization and the triumphs of industry," McGuire wrote on the 15th anniversary of the holiday. "It is a demonstration of fraternity and the harbinger of a better age - a more chivalrous time, when labor shall be honored and rewarded."

A year later, Samuel Gompers, an intimate fr'iend and associate of McGuire and first president of the American Federation of Labor, developed the same theme.

Labor Day, he said, "marks a new epoch in the annals of human history. , .. It is founded upon the highest principles of humanity, is as broad in its scope as the universe....

"All through history, holiday observances and feasts have abounded, but it was reserved for our time and for the workers of our country to first proclaim and observe a day devoted to the toilers, the toilers' cause, the cause of justice."

While Gompers, McGuire and their contemporaries in the American labor movement were dedicated to a defense of labor's dignity and rights, they were not unmindful of the rights of other groups or opposed to our form of government. It was, of course, their earnest hope that Labor Day would dramatize the need for

strong and effective labor organizations.

The purpose of these organizations, as they conceived of them, was not to destroy the Amer.ican political or economic system but rather, in Gompers' words, to enable workers "to participate in the results" of the system on a more equal basis so that "that happier, truer life among men may soon be ushered in - that day of which poets have sung, philosophers have dreamed and workers struggled for for ages."

It was natural that this sort of secular holiday eventually should have been "baptized" by the church and gradually transformed into a kind of religious festival. That process has been officially sanctioned, so to speak, by the transfer ofthe liturgy of the new feast of St. Joseph, Worker to Labor Day.

He's influenced MANILA, Philippines (NC) The Philippines' chief negotiator on the-future of U.S. ba-ses in his country says that Pope John Paul II's social encyclical, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, has influenced his approach toward hammering out a new agreement with the United States. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Raul Manglapus said he was particularly impressed with the document's assertion that confrontation of the superpowers is dangerous to weaker, developing nations.

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MANILA, Philippines (NC) Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila has asked fellow Filipinos to try for one year to put the interests of their country ahead of their own.

At a Mass marking the fifth anniversary of the death of Benigno Aquino, husband of President Corazon Aquino, Cardinal Sin chided those who he said were tearing the nation apart by selfishness and reckless criticism.

"Everyone goes his own way, seeks his own ways of greed, graft, stealing, and becomes tricky - a loudmouth, an operator," the cardinal said in street-level Tagalog not usually heard in church.

"If everyone in this church pledged before the Lord that 'bayan muna bago ang sarili' '(country before self) would really determine the choices made, the decisions nailed down, the deeds done just in the next year until we gather again here next year, would that not be something of a start?" he asked.

Among those attending the Mass with Mrs. Aquino were members of her Cabinet as well as most congressional and military leaders.

"Cardinal Sin said some criticism was good, but "it is not an end in itself; it is meant to set us free." He added that too much criticism "can destroy hope."

After the Mass, Mrs.' Aquino told the congregation that she would not turn aside from her work to develop the country and that she would finish out her term.

Her remarks were viewed by some as a response to Vice President Salvador Laurel's recent demands that she resign and call new elections. Earlier in August, Laurel formally broke away from the president politically and joined forces with opposition leader Juan Ponce Enrile.

Benigno Aquino was an opposition leader when former President Ferdinand Marcos was in office.

He was assassinated in 1983 upon returning to the Philippines from self-exile in the United States.

India aids Nepal NEW DELHI, India (NC) Caritas India, social service wing of the Indian bishops' conference, has sent 300,000 rupees (U.S. $20,000) as immediate relief aid to victims of an Aug. 21 earthquake in India and Nepal.

More than 1,000 people died in the earthquake, some 10,000 were injured and 50,000 were left homeless.

Nepalese Christians organized a blood bank. Nepal's Disaster Relief Central Committee, and other concerned agencies, including Maryknoll missionaries serving in the coumry, have helped provide money and materials to help those seriously hurt.

Mother Teresa arrived unannounced at the airport in Katmandu, Nepal, Aug. 25, with 550 pounds of powdered milk and tins of biscuits. She planned to travel to the worst-affected areas to see what help could be offered by her Missionaries of Charity.

Father Saturnino Dias, deputy secretary general of the Indian bishops' conference, said many church institutions were damaged.

During his general audience talk Aug. 24, Pope John Paul II encouraged rescue and aid efforts for the victims of the earthquake.

Cheryl, a friendly group home resident, said she's been attending St. Bernard's functions for three years.

"I have a good time," she smiled.

"I like the food and I like the people." , "It's nice, people getting together," said Frank, a cookout first-timer.

Len Nicolan said the Vincentians have as good a time as their guests. "It gives them a high," he said. "This makes them feel absolutely fantastic."

Conference member Mary Demetrius, busy filling hamburger and hot dog rolls, later spoke for the troops. "It was a pleasure," she said. "We really enjoyed it."

Father Edward E. Correia, St. Bernard's pastor since 1986, says .................\..1~ I.·.· .~ he thinks the Vincentians are "absolutely fantastic.

"For a small parish, they have done incredible things," the pastor noted, stressing that his creative parishioners are "unbelievable, very effective."

Entertainment, this year 50s music and dancing, is a part of cookout festivities. A clown, NicoIan said, is a regular at the Vincentians' February meal.

John E. Sullivan, conference treasurer, told The Anchor that the organization's other endeavors include regular assistance to the FATHER James F. Garneau of Our Lady of Guadalupe poor who do reside in the parish, parish, Newton Grove, N .c., officiates at mass burial for 157 delivering flowers to shut-ins on aborted fetuses rescued from a dumpster by pro-lifers. Easter, Christmas and St. Bernard's feastday, visiting the sick (four (NCjUPI photo) conference members have been trained by Vincentian Shirley Carvalho, a pastoral minister for the parish) and contributing to the financial and spiritual support of

By Joseph Motta parish hall chicken pie dinners for Tete Morne, a 'mission of St. Patrick's Church in Dominica, an mental health clients.

What's summerwit\1out a cookThe Vincentians also hold an eastern Caribbean island nation. o~.t? _ . . .. . ., . annual Thanksgiving dinner' for Fath'er Correia 'saidihat Father Not much fun, according to mentally ill persons in a geriatric William John-Lewis, pastor of the Vincentians at SL Bernard's parday activity program sponsored , twinning program church, recently ish, Assonet.

by Family Services of Greater Fall visited St. Bernard's to meet the And that's why Society of St. River.

Vincentians and other parishioners.

Vincent de Paul members at the church in the pretty Freetown village turned out in force on a recent. weeknight to party cookout-style with over 100 mentally ill persons, . folks who, unlike most of us, can't· up and dine al fresco anytime they Bergeron, a lifelong New Bedchoose. , ford resident, was the widower of This year's guests were clients of Ella (Therrien) Bergeron and the Sister Francis de Sales Forcier, the Massachusetts Department of son ofthe late Adelard and Regina SSJ, 86, the former Florine ForMental Health's Corrigan Mental cier, died Aug. 25 at Mont Marie (Bessette) Bergeron. Until his reHealth Center. ' Convent, Holyoke. The Mass of tirement he operated and was a Len Nicolan, president of the Christian Burial was offered for hairdresser at Romella Beauty Assonet Vincentians' conference her Monday in Blessed Sacrament Salon. for about six years, told The He was active in parish organiChurch, Fall River, where she Anchor that St. Bernard's is fortserved as a sacristan in her later zations and was also a member of unate to have few financially needy the New Bedford Catholic Guild years. parishioners. But he said that creThe daughter ofthe late Adolphe for the Blind. ates a problem for its Vincentians, As well as by his son, he is surand Emily (Laramee) Forcier, she among whose missions it is to aid entered the Sisters ofSt. Joseph in vived by a niece and nephew. their materially poor neighbors.

Fall River in 1922 and taught at Nicolan said that when he began St. Joseph's School, New Bedford, as president, St. Bernard's then- and the former St. Mathieu School, The Mass of Christian Burial pastor, Father Leonard M. MulFall River, from which she had was offered Monday for Sister laney, suggested that the confer- graduated.

Mary Eugene Sullivan, RSM, who ence extend its outreach by providShe held a bachelor's degrel? died Aug. 26, one month and three ing social opportunities such as from ~ivier College, Nashua, N.H. days after reaching her hundredth the cookout for the mentally ill.

She is survived by two sisters, birthday.

Rita Lamontagne of, Fall River The first endeavor was a sucA New Bedford native, she was cess, Nicolan said. This year's and Anita Barthelet of Smithfield, the daughter ofthe late Eugene H. cookout was the sixth in as many R.I., as well as by several nieces and Julia F. (Leary) Sullivan. She years. And February will see an- and nephews. entered religious life in 1920 and other of the conference's annual during her active career taught at

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Announcement His Excellency, Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, has appointed Rev. Paul A. Caron, parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception Parish in North 'Easton, to be area director of the Catholic Youth Organization of Greater Taunton.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin presided at the Mass of Christian Burial Aug~ 27 at Sacred Heart Church, New Bedford, for Romeo O. Bergeron, 82, who died Aug. 24.

Father Marc H. Bergeron, parochial vicar at St. Joseph's Church, also in New Bedford, was principal celebrant and homilist for his father: ' ;.:

St. Kilian, Our Lady of Mercy, St. Mary and St. James schools, all in New Bedford, and at St. John Baptist Academy, also in New Bedford. She also taught at St. Patrick's School, Fall River. She retired in 1974.

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Sept. 2,1988

the mooril19-The Catholic Vote One of the predominant aspects of Campaign '88 is the importance that ethnic, racial and religious factors have assumed in the election process.

Jackson is endeavoring to bring in the black vote. At the Republican bash in New Orleans, posters read "Greeks for Bush," while Dukakis is of course emphasizing his own Hellenic origins.

The speaking of Spanish by various candidates is a bold attempt to woo a large voting bloc. There is support from the Jewish community because of Dukakis' wife's heritage. On and on goes the litany. It is obvious, blatant and by now expected.

Yet no one seems to be wooing the Catholic vote. Does such a voting bloc exist? If it does, why is it disregarded? What can be done to entice Catholics to vote?

Let it be said from the outset, there should be a Catholic vote. Many current issues have long been concerns of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, among them peace, nuclear weapons, the environment, just wages, poverty, the homeless and the right to life.

Indeed, reflecting traditional church teachings, many papal and episcopal documents, pastoral messages and letters encourage translation of the promptings of private consciences into public action. A Catholic cannot escape the reality that he or she must be not only a hearer but a doer of the Word.

This biblical imperative compels us to proclaim the truth and act upon it, not only when convenient but also when difficult. If one is confirmed in the life of faith, he or she should be con,cerned for the issues that we as a people face in this election.

Yet we know that many will manifest no such concern.

Millions of Catholics will not even vote in the November election. It is no wonder that legislation unacceptable to convinced church members has permeated the recent history of Congress.

It is also obvious that many Catholics do not want to be publicly known as such. They have bought into the belief that one should separate one's private faith from one's public positions, especially when a stand might be difficult or embarrassing. The fear of being labeled a Catholic has led many who could exert leadership roles in their community to remain safely hidden in the dark. Few children of light have come forward in this election year.

One must realize that there are many difficulties with regard to the Catholic vote that simply would not exist if the faith路 were truly lived. But many forces do not want that to happen.

Tax-exempt organizations already have a list of legal dos and don'ts to be observed during Campaign '88. If one should act beyond the framework ofthese.proscriptions, the Internal Revenue Service might intervene.

In this area, the secular newspapers and other media certainly hold the advantage in the propagation of their beliefs. ' This matter is surfaced to make us aware that we should not allow ourselves to be denied the freedoms granted us by the Constitution and that we should be allowed to exercise these freedoms without coercion.

In short, Catholics should realize the many issues involved in this election and they should also realize that they can help build a better America if they both live and vote their convictions.

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LABOR DAY

"Whatsoever work is to be done, do it." Ex. 16:23

Thoughts on "Last Temptation"

By Father Kevin J. Harrington

The film "The Last Temptation" has aroused a storm of controversy because many Christians believe it is blasphemous. The brouhaha intensified because of the dear lines drawn by its critics and defenders.

Tragically, the ugly head of bigotry surfaced on both sides. The movie's critics did their cause a disservice by pointing out that the executives Of Universal Studios, the film's producers, were Jewish.

To brand the movie as a Jewish conspiracy to undermine Christianity is to ignore the facts that the story comes from a novel by Nikos Kazantzakis, a Greek who spent part of his childhood in a Christian monastery, and that director Martin Scorsese is a Catholic. I am as appalled by antiSemitism as I am by the antiCatholic bias so prominenf in our local press, the Boston Globe in particular!

Bernard Cardinal Law advised the' flock of the archdiocese of Boston not to view the movie, both because he trusted the judgment of the United States Catholic Conference reviewer who classified it as morally offensive and because his flock's personal faith in Jesus Christ would be insulted by the unfair presentation of the Savior.

Unfortunately, as was the case with his predecessor, Humberto

Cardinal Medeiros, the Boston the headline: "On Common, 30 Globe saw fit to ridicule Cardinal protesters decry "The Last TempLaw's exercise of his duty as shep- tation of Christ." The Providence Journal reported on page 3, via an herd of his flock.

Noting that the prelate had not Associated Press story, that 125 seen "The Last Temptation," edi- protesters participated in the detorial page cartoonist Dan Was- monstration. It is revealing to note serman depicted him as blindfolded that although this protest occurred and eating popcorn in a theater in Boston, it received higher priorpurportedly showing it. The cap- ity in both position and space in tion was "SNEAK PREVIEW with the Providence newspaper. film critic CARDINAL LAW." Perhaps.. one would have to be Understandably, some 200 Globe blindfolded (as Cardinal Law was readers wrote to the editor express- depicted) not to recognize that ing their outrage. Dan Wasserman what the Globe claims to be a defended himself by saying, "Car- "perception" of an anti-Catholic dinal Law has a right to comment bias is in fact a reality. The Globe's on Scorsese's movie; a cartoonist clever efforts to uphold freedom of路 has the right to comment on the . speech are just a thinly disguised . cardinal's remarks. One difference means of ridiculing strongly-held is: I read the. cardinal's remarks religious beliefs. An intentional before I drew the cartoon." insult to a person's faith ranks The Gobe's final words on the with shouting "Fire!" in a crowded controversy, written by its om- theater as an exercise in freedom budsman, Robert Kierstead, were: of speech.

"Dan Wasserman had a right to The same newspaper that decreate the particular cartoon that fended a movie that insults the has drawn such withering fire, and Christian faith has characterized the Globe had the right to print it.

However, in so doing, the Globe those insulted by it as fundamenhad to accept the risk of offending talists, bigots and censors.

In fact, the Globe has proven a sizable segment of its Catholic readership, some of whom will use itself fundamentalist in its liberal the cartoon to buttress their per- credo, bigoted toward Catholics ception that the Globe has an anti- as well as evangelical Protestants, and a censor when it comes to Catholic bias."

On. Sunday, Aug. 21, a demon- reporting the facts on a demonstration on the Boston Common stration held in its own city.

Indeed, the Globe has given new protested the controversial film.

The Globe reported the event the meaning to the old adage: "You following day on page 23 under become what you criticize."

Back-to-school Surprise: kids are eager to get back to school, most of them, anyway..In spite of the words written on the end of joyous and carefree summers, most children are happy to rejoin peers and begin a new year.

Last year an enterprising reporter decided to check out kids' reactions to returning to school by haunting places of expenditure where harried parents were attempting to refurbish children who had grown a couple of inches in as many months.

She found that parents and children alike were anticipating rather than dreading opening of school.

Summer boredom was the chief reason offered. "I've been playing baseball all vacation, but I'm ready to go back to school," a 13-yearold told the report. "It's been a long summer."

With rolled eyes, his mother agreed. Summer can get too long for both parents and kids. Unstructured time is wonderful at first, but as the days go on, it can become deadly. Irritations multiply into confrontations and by midAugust both children and parents are saying, "Please, God, let school start soon."

When our children were younger, I noticed that beginning in early August they would ride their bikes past their school just to take note

of any reopening activity. On the day class lists were posted, the neighborhood excitement level soared. The challenge was to read your name and discover your new teacher before anyone else told you.

School constitutes a child's environment, his place in life, and after two months of too many hours to fill, structure and peer groups become attractive and welcome, Still, there are mixed anxieties.

As eager as kids are to go back, they worry: "Will I like my new teacher? Will she like me? Can I make it in fourth grade? Will I have any friends?" Some, called school phobics, actually suffer physical pain when the anxiety becomes too intense.

Parents, of course, share these anxieties. We want our children to be confident and happy, to make friends and to fit comfortably into the school structure. When this doesn't take place, we feel sad and helpless. We would like to prepare .our children for possible disappointment with their new teacher and classroom environment but our attempts frequently backfire.

Instead of alleviating fears, we may engender and escalate them.

There are positive ways of offsetting children's school anxieties.

One is to control our own. Instead of saying, "I hope you will like your new teacher," which only

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Sept. 2,1988 By

DOLORES CURRAN

feeds a child's worry that he won't we can say, "Isn't it great you get to start the year with a new class and teacher?"

Each September is a new beginning for children and new beginnings mean new possibilities, challenges, and activities. We can stress privileges of age. "N ow that you're in first grade, you'll get to use the computer in the library," or "It says here that fifth graders get to take turns putting up the flag."

Going through children's new texts and workbooks with them and -making favorable comments is also helpful. Encouraging them to talk about new and often baffling classroom habits helps them view change as positive rather than feeling that something is amiss because "we never did it that way last year."

Finally, instead of indicating our happiness that school is starting so we can end summer overexposure, we can indicate we're happy because the child is starting something new and exciting. Let's not kill their eagerness to go back but share in it by showing our own enthusiasm.

Marrying inside a church

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. FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

Q. Would you please clarify the position and requirements of the working is aware of all possible Catholic Church that weddings must options. take place in a Catholic church if Should your son decide to reone of the persons is Catholic. move himself from the active sacOur son is preparing for mar- ramentallife of the church by marriage to a young lady with no spe- rying against the regulations of the cific religious background. I do Catholic community (or, as the not know if she is baptized. His expression goes, marry "out of the education and his work are in church"), it is true there would be forestry. He believes a ceremony no church record of the marriage. would be set most appropriately The baptism of future children outdoors in the midst of God's is another question which would creation of nature. Many of the need to be answered when the time recorded teachings of Christ took comes. For a baptism to take place place outdoors. in the Catholic Church, both generHis request through the univer- al law and the rite of baptism sity he attends, in the commupity require the presence of some well- • in which he continues to reside, based evidence that the child will has beel\ denied. He is told this is be raised a Catholic. Normally this the diocesan policy. Am I correct means that one, if not both, of the that if he proceeds against dioceparents is a practicing Catholic. san policy iri the presence of other .

And this, of course, implies at than Catholic clergy there would the very least regular attendance at be no church record of the marMass and reception of the sacra- . riage? Would this present probments. lems in the future for the baptism Parents (in interfaith marriages, of children? (Illinois) at .least the Catholic parent), in fact, make explicit commitments A. For us Catholics, our along these lines as part of the bapchurches, the sacred places where tism ceremony. we gather as a community for the By Those questions must be resolved Eucharist and other religious celeby parents and priest at the time of brations, are the proper place for FATHER celebration of all the sacraments, baptism.

A free brochure explaining Cathwhenever that is possible. lying there in the middle of the olic teaching and practice on anulIf they are aware at all of their EUGENE road?" relationship to this community of ments is available by sending a "I have heard from a reliable faith and if they have basic under- stamped, self-addressed envelope source," answered the bird, "that HEMRICK standing of the meaning of the to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinthe sky is going to fall today. So I church as this community of believ- ity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomam going to hold it up with my ers, Catholics know that the mar- ington, III., 61701. Questions for feet." riage ceremony is not simply a pri- this column should be sent to "Oh, you are, are you?" laughed .

If we adopted the bird's philo- vate ritual between the two people Father Dietzen at the same address. the fox. "Do you really think a sophy, even though the odds seem witnessed by a group of their little bird like you with those tiny to be overwhelmingly against us, friends.

Better To Limp legs can hold up the whole sky?" we would help to make this world "It is better to limp in the right It is a celebration tied closely to "One does what one' can," rebetter ecologically. This is the phi- all our other celebrations, particu- direction than to run in the wrong sponded the bird. "One does what losophy of author E.F. Schum- larly the sacraments and the Euch- direction." - St. Thomas Aquinas one can." acher who wrote the book, "Small arist.

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Obviously, even though your We may not be able to organize son may have enough relationship large conservation programs all by to the church to be aware of these ourselves. But we can make a dif- truths, a complication arises in the Train For ference in our homes. We can fact that his fiancee has no reliAIRLINE/TRAVEL September 3 teach children how to pick up after gious background and perhaps is CAREERS!!

19.12, Rev. Thomas J. McGee, themselves, not to waste and how not baptized. This may have some D.O., Pastor, Sacred Heart, Taunto conserve.

• TRAVEL AGENT bearing on the answer to your ton Most of all, we can teach child- question.

• TICKET AGENT ren to protect Earth's resources September 4 • STATION AGENT The general law of the church because it is God's way, not just 1864, Rev. Joseph P. Tallon, • RESERVATION 1ST requires that a marriage between the whim of nagging parents.

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Accredited member N.H.S.C. September 7 If the non-Catholic partner is hundreds of little choices we can 1966, Very Rev. James' E. make which will conserve the re- not baptized, even in another Chris- . .McMahon, Pastor, Sacred Heart, tian denomination, the marriage sources of Earth.

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Protecting Earth In the near future, we may be able to see a rhinoceros only in a .museum because hunters are killing them faster than they are reproducing.

In that same future, many beaches may be closed indefinitely because they are polluted.

Those two dire predictions reaffirm that human beings have the power to destroy - whether it is a species or an ocean. Other concerns are the possible demise of the rain forests and the threat posed 'by acid rain and thinning ozone layers. .

Soon we may not have to worry about a nuclear war destroying Earth: there will be no Earth to destroy.

Catholic moral teaching is clear about our responsibility toward the world and its resources. We are expected to respect God's creation and also to try and persuade others to do the same.

This is more difficult than it sounds. It means we need to develop a deep consciousness of the problem, which probably won't happen without education and .an enormous amount of organization. It also means resetting priorities., At times, efforts to raise people's consciousness will be met with opposition. And then there is the question oftime. Many people prefer to expend time on things that bring immediate results.

Lobbying against acid rain and the destruction of rain forests and . for protection of the rhinoceros doesn't promise immediate results.

Perhaps a fanciful story is in order here to suggest a strategy we might employ to turn the situation around: A liitle bird was lying on its back in the middle ofthe road with its feet up in the air. A fox came along and asked, "Why are you

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RESIDENTS of Falmouth Nursing Home honor Our Lady of Fatima during a weeklong visit of the Pilgrim Virgin statue to the home's chapel. Paulyne J. Dick reports that a highlight ofthe observance was a talk to residents and celebration of Mass by Father Francis X. Wallace of St. Patrick'~ parish, Falmouth. At the end of the week, to the music of "Fatima Farewell," the residents waved white handkerchiefs, 'traditional at the Fatima shrine in Portugal, as the statue was prepared for departure. Throughout the week the rosary was led daily by Women's Guild members from St. Patrick's.

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Shroud of Turin status still unclear ROME (NC) - The Catholic someone who wants to use the Church's scientific adviser on the tests for ideological or antichurch Shroud of Turin has criticized a purposes," said Gonella, the British professor for saying that church's liaison with scientists conthe shroud is a hoax, after the pro- ducting carbon-14 tests to deterfessor hinted that information had mine the date of the shroud. leaked from a laboratory conductGonella said that scientists still ing tests on the relic. have to analyze test results and it The adviser, Luigi Gonella, said will be weeks before a final report he doubts that test results have is ready. He was interviewed by been leaked. He said that no one is telephone from his home in Turin yet in a position to speak defini- after the London Evening Standtively about the status of the ard published an article quoting shroud, believed by many to be the Luckett as saying Oxford Univerburial doth of Jesus Christ. None sity scientists have determined that of the lab~ involved has been told. the shroud was made in the 14th which of the cloth samples they century. were given for testing comes from Neither Luckett nor Cambridge the shroud.

University are involved in the Gonella criti~ized statements by shroud testing, which is being done British professor Richard Luckett by Oxford University and two of Cambridge as "non-news" and , other laboratories under superviunprofessional. He noted that Luck- sion of the British Museum. ett is not involved in the testing.

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He said he also doubted that Oxford University would have leaked information about its results because it would be an "evident violation" of the rules agreed upon by the testing labs.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - A Catholic priest and a man who had been hospitalized after a wateronly fast were among 32 participants in the anti-abortion "Operation Rescue" protest who were released Aug. 27 and 28 from Atlanta jails.

John Arena, who was hospitalized Aug. 26 after fasting 39 days, was released Aug. 28. The others, ilJ.cluding Father Edwin Arentsen, a retired priest of the Diocese of Belleville, Ill., were released the day before.

The 32 were among 134 people arrested at an abortion clinic sit-in July 19 during the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta.

They had spent 40 days behind bars after identifying themselves to police as "Baby John Doe" or "Baby Jane Doe." Police would not release the protesters until they gave their real names.

Even as the 32 were being released, more people were taking their place, said Juli Loesch, a spokeswoman for Operation Res.cue.

Police arrested 22 people Aug: 2S for blocking the Hillcrest Clinic and another 17 were arrested Aug. 27, Ms. Loesch said. The two attempts to block access to clinics where abortions are performed brought the total number of Operation Rescue arrests in Atlanta to 753. . Although the original group of protesters was out of jail, Operation Rescue organizers estimated that 165 "rescuers" arrested in subsequent protests in Atlanta had not identified themselves and were still in jail as of Aug. 29.

Operation Rescue, based in Binghamton, N.Y., began with210 arrests last November in Cherry Hill, N.J. Protests sponsored by or inspired by the original group have led to more than 4,000 arrests in more than two dozen cities, organizers said.

New York Auxiliary Bishop Austin B. Vaughan has been arrested in four Operation Rescue actions but said he could not clear his schedule to join the protests in Atlanta.

"I plan to continue with it," he told National Catholic News Service in an Aug. 29 telephone interview. As a priest, "I have much less to risk than anyone else" because family responsibilities and job security are not a concern.

"I don't basically approve of disobeying laws," Bishop Vaughan said. But the increasing number of abortions and a lack of results through other means called for action, he said.

The bishop was among 591 people arrested July 5 in Paoli, Pa., during Operation Rescue. ,During an Aug. 26 appearance in a Chester County, Pa., court, 74 of the activists were found guilty of trespassing.

Bish-op Vaughan said he is scheduled to appear at the court Sept. 9.

Ms. Loesch, in a telephone interview from Atlanta Aug. 29, said, "We have asked all our Baby Janes and Johns to give their names and sign themselves out of jail" and help recruit and conduct "in-depth non-violence training."

The group in Atlanta will cut back to one protest a week during September, but "this is not the beginning of the end," Ms. Loesch said. After a month of prayer and study, she said, the frequent protests and mass arrests will resu~e.

Cry of chastity Dear Editor: The liberal Boston newspaper, the Globe, a self-styled family newspaper with the largest circulation . of any newspaper in New England, editorialized in its issue of Aug. 17 on the subject of the untruths told by those about to begin a liaison with a new sexual partner, the object of a recent survey by some of the leading psychiatrists in our nation.

The Globe took the easy approach to the solution of the problem "use cond.oms and be sure"!

Nothing appeared in the editorial that could be construed as moral advice, especially to our young people. Are the words, "abstinence," "self-restraint" and especially "chastity" on a forbidden list for the secular media?

Our members believe that the press should be honest with our citizens, especially our impressi~n­ able youngsters. Will more newspapers be sold ifthe.only advice to prevent AIDS, venereal diseases, gonorrhea, syphilis, etc., is to use condoms? To condone sexual indulgence by our young people violates all Judeo-Christian moral val- . ues.

The voices of sexual license are loud,.insistent, and obtrusive. The voice of decency is sadly muted.

Yet in all of the modern clamor of promiscuity, we think that the human marketplace waits to hear the soaring citizen cry of CHASTITY! Thomas A. Walsh Morality in Media of Massachusetts

The nick of time Dear Editor: At Mass one morning recently, I watched as the priest went through the opening rituals with no one assisting him. Then as he lifted the . book to begin the opening prayer, a small altar boy slipped under it to hold it for him. .

A fleeting thought came to me that God gives us what we need when we need it, in this case just in the nick of time. Upon further reflection, I remembered Christ's words to the Apostles in the boat tossed about by the storm: "Why are you fearful, 0 you of little faith." Mt. 9:23-27.

It seems that I am often fearful about having what I think I need whether it be in the form of financial resources, job-related cares or family concerns.

- I shall keep that beautiful vision of a cassock-garbed youngster slipping beneath the heavy, treasured text and try not to be fearful.

Jean Quigley Rehoboth

Maybe next year VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has received an official invitation to visit Hungary, but Vatican sources said it might take more than a year to work out details of the trip. The invitation, made jointly by Hungarian bishops and the country's. communist authorities, was announced by Cardinal Laszlo Paskai during a recent nationally televised Mass in Budapest, the Hungarian capital, said Vatican Radio.

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Father Chabot is jubilarian Very Rev. Luke M. Chabot, OFM, pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, Chateauguay, Quebec, has marked his 50th anniversary of priestly' ordination.

A native of Sacred Heart parish, North Attleboro, he is the brother of the late Msgr. Gerard J. Chabot, pastor of St. Theresa's parish, South Attleboro, at the time of his death in 1983; and Rev. Bertrand R. Chabot, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua parish, New Bedford.

His sisters are Sister Armande Marie Chabot, SUSC, of Sacred Hearts Convent, Fall River, and Claire Deschenes, Therese L'Homme and Yvette Hamel, all of Sacred Heart parish, North Attleboro.

Father Luke Chabot, born June 12, 1910, entered. the Franciscan Order in Quebec in 1930 and was ordained in the Montreal cathedral June 29, 1938.

He taught at colleges in E~mon­ ton, Alberta, and in Maine and held several administrative posts as local and provincial superior for his community. For 25 years he was also engaged in preaching retreats to religious and conducting parish missions, including several in the Fall River diocese.

For the past 18 years thejubilarian has been pastor of the Chateauguay parish, one of only two English-speaking parishes. in the diocese of Valleyfield, Quebec. In excellent health, he continues in this ministry although past the norm~1 retirement age.

His work was recognized in 1985 when Bishop Robert Lebel of Valleyfield appointed him a member of the Chapter of Canons of the diocesan cathedral.

"Not often does a priest celebrate this anniversary when he is fully active in pastoral work and assumes a heavy responsibility.

The Lord has blessed Father Luke with vitality and remarkable health.

We pray that this blessing, which is a great benefit for all of us; will remain with him for many years to come," wrote Bishop Lebel in a tribute appearing in a folder prepared by parishioners for Father Chabot's golden anniversary celebration..

Celebration 'isn't MEXICO CITY (NC) - Guatemalan Indians living in refugee camps in Mexico have written to Pope John Paul II protesting plans to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America. Their letter said the talk of anniversary celebrations "is very sad for us," since 500 years after the discovery of America theIndians continue "to suffer injustice, exploitation and landlessness."

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TORRECIUDAD, Spain (NC) - Boston Cardinal B~rnard F. Law recently ordained 19 Opus Dei members to the priesthood at a Marian shrine near the Spanish Pyrenees.

A.mong the ordinands at the shrine of Torreciudad were men from Switzerland, France, Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines.

None were from the United States.

Opus Dei (Latin for "work of God") has about 1,300 priests and nearly 75,000 lay members worldwide.· The organization is a personal prelature, meaning members are linked to a papally appointed prelate in Rome rather than to a geographical jurisdiction such as a diocese. However, some aspects of their pastoral and apostolic work must be approved by local bishops.

Pope John Paul II ordained 29 Opus Dei priests in June at the Vatican.

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By Msgr. Vincent M. Walsh In 1972, I received an invitation to speak about Catholic Pentecostalism at a teenage Catholic y'outh Organization retreat. After accepting the invitation, I realized that my talk would be much more effective if some charismatic teenagers could tell their stories. A quick phone call recruited a group who were able to join me.

After I spoke to the 300 teenagers, four young people already involved in the Renewal spoke.

One story I have never forgotten.

It went something like this: "I heard about these prayer meetings and people speaking in tongues, so I thought I would go over to get a good laugh. At the time, I was mainlining drugs [injecting them directly into my bloodstream). As the meeting began, I kept looking around the room and I sawall these people raising their hands and speaking in tongues. I really had a good laugh. This was better than I thought. .

"Suddenly, though," the young man continued, "I experienced some kind of presence. I knew that it was Jesus. He was present to me and I experienced Him like I never did before. I felt this p...9wer going through my body. He was setting me free of addiction. He was taking away from me any desire to do drugs. From that day, I have been completely free of drugs."

Up to that early phase of my involvement in the Renewal, it was the most remarkable story I had ever heard. Since then, stories of freedom from alcohol and drug addictions have become commonplace - all from the power of Jesus.

A few years later, a man stood up at our Merion Prayer Group.

He had been an alcoholic for years, frequenilj' trying to be sober· (in a

state called "white-knuckle sobriety" - holding on the best one can), but inevitably falling "off the wagon." A few weeks before, he had decided to get in line to be prayed over. He never got to the altar rail. While he was waiting in the lne, he experienced God's. healing action. He felt the total addictive power of alcohol lifted completely and immediately: He was now sober - with no White knuckles.

Other dramatic stories of immediate freedom from drug, alcohol or smoking addictions are abundant in the Renewal. Still other stories, more commonplace, are even greater in number. In these stories, a person comes to the prayer group plagued by some addiction and gradually, through God's grace and the cooperation of the person praying, the addiction is removed.

Through God's gift, Self Help

MSGR. WALSH

Incorporated, a center for alcohol and drug rehabilitation of young men aged 18 to 40"has been established in Northeast Philadelphia.

Currently, the center has about 80 young men. Eight of them drive out in a van to attend our monthly men's prayer breakfast. Usually the attendees are in their second or third month of rehabilitation. Many have been in jail. Many have been addicted or evencross-addicted (alcohol and drugs) for years.

Yet they look great and are happy.

They are also deeply grateful to Jesus who has set them free. They know that only Jesus can keep them alcohol and drug-free.

Stories of being set free abound.

One young woman even attended a Pentecostal rally when under the influence of drugs, realized that God loved'iler, and now has led a drug-free life for three years.

In the newspapers, there is a pessimistic picture of widespread drug addiction. This contrasts with the many stories of freedom and victory over addictions that take place in the Charismatic Renewal.

Alcohol and drugs are not just "natural problems." They have their source in evil. The young men at Self Help rightly call drugs "the instruments of the devil." Trying to attack these addictions with only natural weapons is useless.

Only the power of God can set a person free and keep him or her free. Charismatic Renewal offers everyone an opportunity to experience that freeing power of Jesus Christ.

In the Gospels, Jesus frequently broke the power of evil and set people free. He continues that same freeing action today in a society chained by.drugs and alcohol.

M sgr. Walsh is the vicar Jor charismatic prayer groups oj the Philadelphia archdiocese.

No perestroika in Lithuania, ·he says' THESE ARE THE FIVE ACTS OF BLASPHEMY WHICH ARE COMMITTED AGAINST THE

Immaculate Heart of Mary 1. Denying Mary's Immaculate Conception 2. Denying Mary's Virginity 3. Denying Mary's Divine Motherhood (refusing at the same time to recognize her as Mother of men)

4. Teaching children a hatred and contempt of Mary and an 'indifference toward her.

5. Dishonoring Mary's holy images You can make reparation for these insults to Our Lady by practicing the devotion of the five first Saturdays of the month.

ROME (NC) - The reform policies of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev have not loosened restrictions on Catholic activities in Lithuania, said Cardinal Vincentas Siadkevicius, president of the Lithuanian bishops' conference.

"The church is completely yoked to the state, as it controls all sectors of ectlesial organization," said the new cardinal in an interview appearing in the Rome daily, II Messaggero.

"We will judge the value of'perestroika' when we see results for church life. So far we have not seen any improvement," he said.

'Perestroika' is the Russian word used to describe Gorbachev's policies. Lithuania is a Soviet republic.

Pope John Paul II inducted Cardinal Sladkevicius, 68, into the College of Cardinals June 28, making him the second cardinal who resides in the Soviet Union. Cardinal Julijans Vaivods is apostolic

administrator of the archdiocese of Riga, a city in the Soviet republic of Latvia.

Having a cardinal in Lithuania is a way of strengthening the church, said Cardinal Siadkevicius.

The pope wanted "to give recognition and reinforcement to our church," he said.

As examples of state control, the cardinal cited job discrimination against churchgoers, restrictions on seminaries and interference with Catholics on pilgrimages.

"The churches in Lithuania are open. Whoever wants to can enter.

But if you do, you are punished," he said.

"If a believer enters, he is followed, then singled out where ,he works, and there he pays the consequences," he added.

"The faithful who gather for pilgrimages are not allowed to circulate freely," he said.

The cardinal is no stranger to state discrimination. From 1959 to 1982, when he was auxiliary bishop of Kaisiadorys, he was prevented from exercising his post by the government, which ordered him to live outside the diocese.

During that time, his mother died and the cardinal said he was refused permission to leave to bury her.

"I had to use clandestine means, and I got out at night so that, with other people, I could bury my • mother," he said.

The cardinal said the government impeded his attendance at the June ceremonies at which he was made a cardinal, giving him a plane ticket to Milan, Italy, instead of to Rome, and no money.

After landing, he called Milan Cardinal Carlo Martini and, speaking in Latin, explained his plight. The cardinal arranged for his flight to Rome.

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MARION, St. Rita, 113 Front St.: Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 10, II: 15 a.m.; daily, Mon., Tues., Wed., and Fri., 8:30 a.m.; confessions, Saturday, 4: 15 - 4:45 p.m.

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MATTAPOISETT, St. Anthony, 22 Barstow St.: Sat. 4:30, Sun. 8, 9:30,11:00 a.m. daily 8 a.m.; Confessions 3:30 - 4:00.

NANTUCKET, Our Lady of the Isle, Federal St.: Sat. 5, 7 p.m.; Sun. 7,8:30, 10 and 11:30a.m.and . 7:00 p.m.; daily, 7:30 and 9:00 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 4 - 4:45 p.m.

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ORLEANS, St. Joan of Are, Canal Road. (Schedule effective through COTUIT/MASHPEE, Christ the Labor Day): Sat. 5,7 p.m.; Sun. 8, King, 9:30, II a.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; confesCotuit, St. Jude Chapel, 4441 Falsions, Sat. 4 - 4:45 p.m.; Our Lady mouth Road, Rte. 28: Sat. 4:00 p.m.; of Perpetual Help novena, at 8 Sun. 9, II a.m.; daily, Mon.-Fri. a.m. Mass Wed. 8:00 a.m. Confessions 3-3:30 Sat. St. Jude's Novena-Thurs. 8 a.m.

NORTH EASTHAM, Church of the Visitation (Schedule effective through Labor Day): Sat. 5, 7 MASHPEE, Queen of All Saints; p.m.; Sun. 8:00, 8:30,-11:00 a.m.; Great Neck Rd. (towards New Sead;aily Mass 9 ~.m. Mon. - Wed. bury): Sat. 4:00 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 10, -Fri. During July and Aug.; con~ 11:30 a.m.; Daily 9:00 a.m. Mon.fessions, Sat. 6:eO - 6:50 p.m.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 2, 1988

MRS. MARTHA Daneault, administrator of Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven, looks on as Mrs. Ethel Frates, personnel director, presents cassette recorder to Brother Damien O'Hare.

Among residents who will enjoy programs using it are, seated from left, Mrs. Catherine Barry, 86; Mrs. Mary Gonsalves, 90; Mrs. Marion Harrold, 75. (Gifford photo)

Retired, not retiring' September being Grandparents' Month, you'd think we'd get a little respect.

Instead, we get a new label: "Grampies."

"Grampies" are the "Growing [number of people over 60 who are] Retired, Active, Monied People In an Excellent State." That label was laid on us by Sandra Van der Merve, an otherwise unidentified marketing expert. Sandra has a lot of Merve, right?

The label was revealed in "Training," a human resource development magazine. Called "Managing Grampies." the article tells how to "get the most" out of us older workers.

"Many retirees take a brief fling at fulltime golfing and fishing," according to author George S. Odiorne, a professor at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Fla., "but a significant number can'be induced to return to the work force...

"It's easy to become bored by the prospect of another 20 years of sand traps before you retreat to the great golf course in the sky."

Aside from the G-word, Odiorne makes a lot of sense when he warns management to prepare for the growing number of older employees who will stay in the work force or reenter it after retiring.

With a few exceptions, the author recommends policies that should apply to all employees, regardless of age. Occupational health and safety will be more important, he says, as will the preservation of dignity and self-respect.

A 70-year-old salesman is quoted: "My boss talks to me as if I were the village idiot, but I'm still among the top 10 producers in the company..." Odiorne opposes excluding older workers from important business events and giving them derogatory nicknames. Like "Grampies," maybe?

Not all retirees are going back into the work force, according to the statisticians, who play it safe and predict that about half of those over 60 will. . Does that mean you're going to find the rest of us rocking, knitting, baby-sitting or watching TV? Not according to a poem I found in the Minnesota Senior Federation News, author unknown. Here it is: The old rocking chair is vacant today For Grandma is no longer in it.

She's off in her car to office or shop,

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BERNARD CASSERLY

And barely can spare us a minute. , You won't see her slipping off early to bed, Or seeking a warm, comfy nook.

Her typewriter clackety-clacks through the night, For Gr~ndma is writing a book. ' We have to admit she's breezy and fit, From triumph to triumph advancing; But don't count on her to sit with the kids, For Grandma has taken up dancing.

She isn't content with watchingTV, Or meagre secondhand knowledge.

And don't bring the mending for Grandma to do, For Grandma has gone back to college.

Residents view saints' lives of Molokai, Hawaii. Father Da- ' mien was also a member of the Sacred Hearts Community.

Father Jusseaume said that Brother Damien was in the merchant ~arine before entering religious life, then had served in assignments in Ireland, on the U.S. West Massachusetts Secretary of Elder Coast, in Minnesota and in WashAffairs PauIJ. Lanzikos has hailed ington, D.C. a federal judge's recent ruling that He was director of Sacred Hearts the federal administration has illeSeminary/ Retreat House, Ware- gally prevented thousandS of citiham, and is now working in the ,zens, including scores of elderly provincialate infirmary in Fair- and disabled Massachusetts resihaven. He is also active in the area dents, from receiving Medicare hospice program. benefits for home health services.

Also at Our Lady's Haven, FathThe court's ruling declared illeer Jusseaume distributed Marian gal the Health Care Financing Year medals to mark the closing of Administration's (HCFA) decision the 14-month period of special not to provide coverage for people devotion to Mary proclaimed by who receive more than four home Pope John Paul II. visits a week from nurses or home health aides. HCFA administers the federal Medicare program.

HCFA's criteria, which gradually narrowed the eligibility requirements for reimbursements without alerting the public, changed an earlier policy in which Medicare would pay for nursing care, therapy and other nome health services as long as they were not required fulltime.

Under the HCFA policy, Lanzikos said, "Many elders and disabled individuals had to choose between staying at home without adequate care or entering an institution. ' "Our task now is to work with Medicare Certified Home Health Agencies to make sure that all who can benefit from the program will participate in it. At the same time, we need to move even further to ensure that a broad spectrum of home care services will be availaRESIDENTS of Our Lady's Haven, recently welcomed ble to those who need them." over 50 guests from other area nursing homes to an outdoor The Commonwealth of Massapotluck picnic and bingo. Guests represented facilities includ- chusetts has one of the most coming Fall River's Catholic Memorial Home; Hallmark Nursing prehensive elder home service delivsystems in the nation. In addiHome, New Bedford; the Acushnet Nursing Home; Nichols ery tion to home health services proHouse of Fairhaven and Brandon Woods of Dartmouth. vided in part by Medicare, there is Entertainment was provided by Sandra Evans of Musicfor the the State Home Care program, which offers a range of support Elderly. (Gifford photo)

Brother Damien O'Hare of the Sacred Hearts Community in Fairhaven has become a daily volunteer at Our Lady's Haven, also in Fairhaven.

Since spring he has been lector at daily Mass and a special minister of the Eucharist at the diocesan nursing home.

Last month he became coordinator of an audiovisual program showing lives of saints to small group's of residents via use of a cassette recorder and filmstrip projector. The saints' lives are also shown on large-screen VCR in the Haven's main recreation room.

Father Lucien Jusseaume, chaplain at the Haven, noted that "very appropriately," Brother Damien's first presentation wit~ the new equipment was "The Life of Father Damien," the leper priest

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services, including personal care, chore services and transportation: With a home care budget of $128 million plus $1 million in additional funding for home health services, the Commonwealth provides home care and home health services to more thari 44,000 elders each year.

Dollars for senior scholars Full tuition scholarships for persons 60 years and older are available in the Continuing Education Division of Stonehill College, North Easton, through the Howard Home Trust.

Awards will be made on a first come, first served basis.

Stonehill Continuing Education Division courses are normally offered to seniors at a 40 percent discount. Howard Home Trust's scholarship fund pays the balance. ,Seniors participating in the program will be responsible only for fees.

Interested seniors may contact Stonehill's Continuing Education Divi.sion at 238-1081.

Hospice care Medicare hospital insurance can help pay for hospice care if a doctor certifies that a person is terminally ill. In addition, a person must sign a statement choosing hospice care instead of standard Medicare benefits for the terminal illness.

Hospice care provides pain relief, symptom management and supportive services to terminally ill people and their families.

Medicare can pay for two 90day periods of care, one 30-day period and one extension period if the patient is still terminally ill.

During a hospice period, Medicare pays the full cost of all covered services for terminal illness. There are no deductibles or copayments except for part of the cost of outpatient drugs and inpatient respite care. Respite care is a short-term inpatient stay which gives temporary relief to the person who regularly assists with home car,e. Each use is limited to stays of no more than 5 days in a row.

For respite care, the patient is responsible for 5 percent of the cost or about $3.25 per day up to a maximum of $520 during a period that begins when a hospice plan is first chosen and ends 14 days after such care is cancelled.

The Health Care Financing Administration pamphlet, Hospice Benefits Under Medicare, is available at any Social Security office.

Pre-retirement aid Organizations interested in planning pre-retirement activities", should note that Social Security can assist in a number of ways.

Available assistance includes: • Assistance in planning the pre-retirement activity.

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• Informational materials on various aspects of the Social Security program that may be used, including leaflets, factsheets, films, and posters.

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By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Mary: My son-in-law is37 and suffering from anger and depression. He is one year older than my daughter, never went with any other girl. They were engaged in junior year college, but my daughter broke the engagement and dated other boys before they finally got together again and married.

Now, after 11 years of marriage and three children, he is angry at' my daughter for making him suffer and cannot forgive her for breaking the engagement. He is always looking for an argument with my daughter.

I don't live near my daughter, but always dread their visits because of his behavior. Last time I spoke to my daughter I suggested that he seek professional help, but he refuses any counseling. I wonder if my daughter should seek professional help. (Florida) Like every parent, you want your daughter to be happy. You see their life from your point of view and to you it seems everything would work out if only her husband would shape up. It is very -difficult not to press such observations on your daughter. However, you cannot assist her by telling her what to do.

If your daughter's family life is just as you ,describe it, the family does have problems. Recognize,

however, that you are not a member of your daughter's family. It is impossible for outsiders to have a complete view of another family's life. Your perception of the problem may be inaccurate.'

Secondly, the problems you describe are not your problems and, therefore, you are asking the wrong questions. Should your son-in-law seek counseling? Should your daughter get professional help?

These questions concern what your daughter and son-in-law ought to do.

You can assist your daughter and her family in many ways by asking the right questions. What can you do to be a good mother? A good mother-in-law? A good grandmother? Here is where your role lies. .

Be an active grandmother. Since you do not live near your daughter, keep in touch by letter. Write 'personalletters to each grandchild.

Send items which fit with their interests - a newspaper clipping about a favorite sports figure, a book or magazine relating to a hobby, colorful post cards.

Children of any age like to get mail. Become a grandmother who truly knows the interests of her grandchildren and respond to those interests.

Call your daughter frequently but stay away from the subject of

her marriage. Assume that the relationship is all right. If she brings up the subject, be a good and sympathetic listener and support the actions she wants to take.

Give your son-in-law a break.

Send him cards and clippings of interest. He undoubtedly knows that you are critical of him. You must work to establish, if not a warm relationship, at least a friendIyone.

If your son-in-Iaw's presence makes you unhappy, why not invite your daughter and children to visit you? Perhaps your grandchildren are getting old enough to travel without adults and would be thrilled to visit grandmother on their own.

Invite your grandchildren to travel with you when you take a trip.

For many children a trip with a grandparent is one' of the highlights of childhood. Perhaps you could take one grandchild per year on a trip.

Let your daughter and son-inlaw deal with their own problems.

You have a challenging and exciting role as mother and grandmother. Enjoy it.

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By Antoinette Bosco We often hear that good comes out of bad. It can be hard to believe, but sometimes we see it in action.

My daughter Mary told me a story about a promising young New York opera conductor who suffered a freak accident and landed in the hospital in traction.

But what at first looked like a nightmare turned into a celebration of human kindness.

As a favor for a friend, James was walking two big bouncy dogs in the park one afternoon. The dogs suddenly bolted to chase a stick thrown by some youngsters playing nearby and knocked James to the ground, causing a severe hip fracture.

This is the kind of bizarre accident that shows how quickly and easily we can lose control of our lives. Until that moment James was busy building his conductin~ career, struggling but successful.

He was earning enough to live, but not to save. The accident put him out of work for months.

Lying motionless in traction, he was faced with the real possibility of eviction from his apartment for not paying his rent. In New York City eviction is literally a life and death issue. The housing shortage is critical and the plight of the homeless is unbelievably bad. You can't survive without an apartment, My daughter thinks the world of James. "He's the kind of guy who's always giving to others," she said. "Now he needs help and a lot of people are very concerned."

She told of a woman who had produced an opera James conducted last fall: "When she heard the news, she went straight to work on a fund raising drive, networking among his students, friends and colleagues."

At first they thought about putting together a benefit concert with all the singers and musicians who love James. But they realized it

would take too much time. New York City landlords can move very quickly to evict people.

They had to raise money fast.

And they did.

"We raised more than $2,500 in the first few days," Mary told me.

"It was fantastic to see the response.

Of course, it happened because James himself is such a loving person."

Most of the artists who chipped in also are struggling to eke out a living. The thought of them rallying together brought words of Abraham Lincoln to my mind.

"A house divided against itself cannot stand," he said.

The united strength of James' friends is a living example of the greatriess inherent in the human chain. In the connections between

people, we see humanity at its finest.

It.also demonstrates the power of goodness. James has made a mark on others by his own generosity, giving both his love and his artistry to the world.

Often enough in life our kindnesses come back to us in one form or another. Connections, unity and reciprocal kindnesses among people make life beautiful and worth living.

When we witness love generating love, we are lifted from the doldrums and the myopic vision we .can slip into so easily in our daily lives.

Greater yet, when love is in'evidence and we respond to it, we become aware that a higher power is in operation.

Fall's around the corner

By Hilda Young I was reminded today that the final act of the three-month family drama we call summer has begun.

I tripped over a football, nearly maiming myself, instead of a mitt or a baseball bat.

The signs are all around me: Our fifth-grader is agonizing over who his teacher might be.

My husband bought the parts to fix the screen door on his traditional schedule, about a week after we don't need it.

We've begun closing the kitchen windows at night.

I've started "wait training" the kids, trying to get them conditioned to going to bed at a'decent hour before school is under way.

My sister called and asked how many tons of squash we'd like from her garden.

The yard has turned a color somewhere between chartreuse and old mustard. Still, it has endured well against water fights, pup tents, fireworks, badminton tournaments and croquet matches.

We received the reminder for school sports physicals.

The Feast of the Assumption has come and gone.

Sales on "in clothes" are being circled by teens and on "practical" clothes by yours truly.

The swallows subletting our eaves have issued their offspring flying permits and the youngsters are enjoying their airborne adolescence.

The sun is sacking out early before finishing its afternoon clothes drying chores. .

Scotch tape, scissors, pencils and three-ring binders have replaced· the thongs and beach balls in the market grab barrel.

Spouse wants to stock up on the charcoal briquettes, mosquito repellent and fertilizer on special.

I hate to see the curtain come down on this summer. Then again, it's coming up on a promising school year. .

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Poland OKs talks after church criticism

By NC News Service After strong criticism from the Polish bishops and Pope John Paul II, the Polish government has agreed to broadbased talks to resolve two weeks of labor conflicts.

But after an emergency meeting of the Communist Party Central Committee, Polish authorities remained ambiguous as to whether they would agree to.a major worker demand: legalization of the independent union, Solidarity.

It was also unclear whether Solidarity representatives would be allowed to join in the talks.

The Aug. 28 Communist meeting approved a resolution calling for wide discussions with social and political groups to resolve the current crisis. But a Communist Party spokesman said the discussions would not include representatives. of illegal groups. However, the party hedged on whether Solidarity founder Lech Walesa could participa~e.

Solidarity was made illegal after declaration of martial law in December 198 I. "Any one. person can take part, but he cannot take part as the representative of an illegal organization," said Jerzy Majka, Co'mmunist Party spokesman. . The Communist meeting came after Polish bishops backed calls . for an independent union and the Polish-born pope criticized Poland's one-party rule.

The bishops also blamed the government for labor unrest spawned by a series of strikes.

Strikers' are asking for higher wages, economic reforms and legal recognition for Solidarity.

The hierarchy, in an Aug. 26 statement, asked the government to end "premeditated hypocristy" and allow "union pluralism.

"The strikes are the symptoms of a disease which has been aggravated for years," they added in a 500-word statement.

"The principal motive for the current sociopolitical situation resides in the violation of the rights and dignity of human labor," the bishops said.

They praised the August 1980

agreement that established Solidarity as the first independent union movement in the Soviet bloc and promised greater popular participation in economic and po- . litical decision-making.

"The social accords, elaborated with such fatigue, and signed eight years ago, remain a task to be accomplished," the bishops said, issuing their statement on the Aug. 26 feast of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Polish patroness.

On the same day, the pope, during a Mass at his summer villa of Castel Gandolfo, asked for an end to elitist rule in largely' Catholic Poland.

"In a state, one group or one party cannot be sovereign at the expense of all the people and their rights," the pope said to Polish pilgrims attending the Mass in honor of Our Lady of Czestochowa.

Alluding to Poland's place in the Soviet bloc, the pope asked that his native land be allowed to solve its problems without outside interference.

The pope had previously expressed concern for the Polish situation.

"Let us pray for peace, obviously a peace based on the strength of truth and justice and not violence," he told Polish pilgrims Aug. 21. . On Aug. 23 he again asked prayers for an end to the "difficult events" in Poland.

On Aug. 28, the pope's first public. appearance after the government offer to hold talks, he did not mention the situation. Instead, he praised the Polish bishops for their "effective programs and pastoral initiatives" during "the路 difficult postwar years, during the years of organized and systematic efforts to make the country atheistic."

Education norms to be Vatican topic WASHINGTON (NC) - Eighteen U.S. delegates, including the presidents of the University of Notre Dame, Catholic University of America and Boston College, will be among 230 representatives of Catholic colleges and universities who will meet next April with 'Pope John Paul II to discuss proposed norms on Catholic higher education.

The U.S. delegates were chosen by the Association of 'Catholic Colleges and Universities.

In 1985 the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education prepared proposed norms on the nature and purpose of Catholic universities. The congregation indicated that the norms, which drew criticism from some college presidents, inay be revised considerably before the meeting in Rome.

The U.S~ delegates are Holy Cross Father Edward A. Malloy of Notre Dame, Jesuit Father William J. Byron of Catholic University; Jesuit Father Joseph A. O'Hare of Fordham University; Jesuit Father J. Donald Monan, president of Boston College.

Ursuline Sister Alice Gallin, executive director of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Uni-

versities; Dorothy Brown, president of Rosemont College, Rosemont, Pa.; Sacred Heart Sister Brigid Driscoll, president of Marymount College, Tarrytown, N.Y.; St. Joseph Sister Magadalen Coughlin, president of Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles; Christian Brother Patrick Ellis, president of LaSalle University, Philadelphia.

School Sister cif Notre Dame Kathleen Feeley, president of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore; Marianist Brother Raymond L. Fitz ofthe University of Dayton, Dayton', Ohio; Society of the Sacred Heart Sister Sally Furay, vice president and provost of the University of San Diego, San Diego; Joseph Hagan, president of Assumption College, Worcester, Mass; Ursuline Sister Dorethy Ann Kelly, president of the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, N. Y. Francis Kerins, president of Carroll College, Helena, Mont.; Paul Reiss, president of St. Michael's College, Winooski, Vt.; Christian Brother Thomas Scanlan, president of Manhattan College, New York; and Jesuit Father William Sullivan, president of Seattle University, Seattle.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - When the bishops and government of Hungary recently invited Pope John Paul II to visit their country, Vatican diplomats saw a well-tended plant begin to bear fruit.

Lil<e good gardeners, they knew , that years of groundwork had been needed before such an invitation was produced. Now, they say, planning for the visit will require additional months of careful cultivating.

Cardinal Laszlo Paskai, primate of Hungary, announced the invitation Aug. 20 during a nationally televised ceremony attended by Hungary's communist leaders, the country's bishops and the Vatican's East European envoy. It caught most observers by surprise - but the signs of an improved church-state environment had been building for some time.'

According to informed Vatican sources, a key test of intentions came last June', when Hungary allowed some 60,000 Hungarian Catholics to cross the border into Austria for a papal Mass.

Hungary's bishops wanted to watch closely to see how the government facilitated the visit, the sources said. The government, too, was interested in how the maxipilgrimage was carried off by . church leaders.

Both sides were "positively impressed," a Vatican diplomat said.

When the bishops took the next step - formally proposing a papal visit - the government was "very happy" to say yes, he said.

"There was no hesitation at all," the diplomat recounted with satisfaction.

It would be the first papal visit to a Soviet-bloc country outside the pope's native Poland. Many have asked, why Hungary?

The answer has much to do with the country's Christian past, but also with its present political evolution.

Hungary, Christianized in the II th century by St. Stephen, its first king, still has a majority Catholic population that is able to practice its faith. Despite some government restrictions, its bishops have a generally good relationship with state authorities and have used dialogue to win a number of concessions regarding the church's private and public role.

For the bishops, the nation is currently passing through acrucial moment of opportunity as it considers democratic reforms un- . der new leadership. Writing in a recent issue of the government newspaper; "Magyar Hirlap," Bishop J ozsef Cserhati of Pees argued that the time had come to give the church and its dependent associations more space to operate in society. .

In fact, under proposals recently introduced by new Prime Minister

. Karoly Grosz, the church and l~y associations could stand to gain more independence. The church is expected to have a voice in the debate on the legislation this fall.

Meanwhile, during this year's ceremonies marking the 950th anniversary of the death of St. Stephen, Hungarian officials joined church leaders in major celebrations - a state recognition of the nation's religious roots that is welcomed by路 the church.

A Hungarian committee that includes church representatives has promoted the anniversary as a time for public reflection on church-state relations under communism. The bishops have eagerly joined the discussion.

Would the Hungarian papal trip be a warmup for the Soviet Union?

Vatican officials greet that idea with caution, noting that the productive conditions in Hungary cannot automatically be transplanted to other Soviet-bloc countries.

There is much that makes the Hungarian situation special, they say - including, perhaps, its traditional independence from some Soviet policies.

In Hungary, the c'hurch' and state in 1964 worked out an initial agreement of principles to govern their relations. Such a formal basis for improvement does not exist in the Soviet Union, nor in most other Eastern-bloc nations.

Vatican betting is that it will take at least a year, maybe two, to work out details of the Hungary trip. Local bishops are already beginning a "prayer campaign" for the visit, however, and in October Hungary's religious affairs minister Imre Miklos is going to the Vatican for talks.

The same month, Cardinal Paskai will guide a pilgrimage of more than 1,000 faithful to Rome.

From the~ Vatican viewpoint, these are small but important steps - part of a process designed to nourish church-state cooperation in Hungary.

Shoot-down decried VATICAN C.ITY (NC) - The July shooting dO\\1n of an Iranian commercial airliner by a U.S. Navy cruiser waS a "massacre of innocents" that shows modern technology cannot guarantee that weapons will be used only for defense said L'Osservatore Romano, th~ Vatican newspaper.

The incident highlights the need for a U.N. peace force in the Persian Gulf 'and" shows that "localized and limited wars" are impossible in the current era, said an editorial comment.

Questions "If not you, who? If not now, when? If not for the sake of the Kingdom, why?" --:- Dorothy Day

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By Msgr. George G. Higgins This has been the hottest summer worth than their own."

If Terkel is right, we ought to be in Washington, D.C., in the past half century. With temperature ashamed of ourselves.

SHEET METAL : I recall a TV interview in which and humidity running in the high J. TESER, Prop.

90s for many days, I felt sorry for the late George Meany, president , RESIDENTIAL myself as I hid from the elements of the AFL-CIO, was asked to INDUSTRIAL in my comfortably air-conditioned respond to a prominent governCOMMERCIAL ment official, a law~er, who had roo.m at Catholic University.

253 Cedar St., New Bedford referred to Meany as a "dumb One day, however, I manfully 993·3222 ' got into my air-conditioned car to plumber."

Meany replied that he would ' I ' drive over to the air-conditioned bookstore. Not far from my resi- rather live in a city which had no dence, I spotted a team of street lawyers than in one which had no cleaners laboring under the broil- plumbers. ing sun.

Actually, the San Francisco Funeral Home That did it. I realized that I was street cleaners needed $17,000 a NC photo one of nature's spoiled children year. By San Francisco standards, 571 Second Street BROTHER SAMMON that was barely a living wage for a and resolved that I never again family. would complain about the heat Fall River, Mass, I realize that San Francisco's at least, within the hearing of 679·6072 teachers and other civil servants street cleaners. with professional training would Reflecting on that chastening SAN DIEGO (NC) - At a experience, I recalled that I was in expect to be treated accordingly. meeting dedicated to "refounding But I don't ~hink they ought to San Francisco in 1975 when it was announced that the city's street , argue their case at the expense of religious life," the president-elect ofthe Conference of Major Superothers. cleaners would earn $17,000 a year.

Nick Salerno, a garbage man iors of Men called on religious to Public reaction to the announceHEATING, INC. ment revealed that the American interviewed by Terkel, put it this present a clear picture of them. way: "I don't like to have my selves.

Sales and Service ~ people still are status conscious. for Domestic , i; Brother Sean Sammon, 40, a We cover up our own inferiority salary compared to anybody else's. and Industrial = member 'of the Marist Brothers of I don't like to hear that we're 'makcomplex by perpetuating the notion the Schools in Watertown, Mass., 995-1631 ing more than a school teacher.

I TRADING STAMPS (S&H Green, that the other person'sjob is ofless 2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE Top Value, Blue Chip, Plaid, Gold social value and should be paid earn my money just as well as they was elected to a two-year term as Bond, Red Holden, Big Bonus, do. A teacher should get more president, the first time a brother NEW BEDFORD accordingly.

Eagle, Quality, Family Discount, has headed the conference, and money, but don't take it away Studs Terkel, in the best seller Big Dollar, LMC & BW coupons, Brother Paul Hennessey, a member from me."

"Working," interviews more than Gold Strike and Shur-Value) can Subsequently, a number of peo- of the Congregation of Christian 100 people from all walks of life help provide for the education of a ple with professional training app- Brothers in New York, was elected needy Sioux Indian child, Please about "what they do all day and SHAWOMET' lied to the San Francisco city govern- vice-president. send yours to: SI. Joseph's Indian how they feel about what they do."

At their August meeting in Sa,n ment for employment as street School, Box 02F8, Chamberlain, GARDENS Terkel suggests that the Ameri- cleaners.

Diego, religious superiors approved SO 57326 can emphasis on status helps ex102 Shawomet Avenue Syndicated columnist Carl Row- resolutions supporting immigration plain the prevalence of euphem- an had the last word. legislation and pea~e efforts beSomerset, Mass. isms about work. He points out, "I believe that class strife is one tween Israelis and Palestinians, for example, that the janitor is Tel. 674-4881 of the curses of this society and and restating the conference's 1986 caJled a building engineer, the gar- that we've found a marvelous, endorsement of the California 3Vz room Apartment bage man, a sanitary engineer and though tiny, opening to cure table-grape boycott.

4Vz room Apartment the gravedigger, a caretaker. when college grads, housewives The theme of the meeting was InCludes heat. hot wlter, stove reo "They are not ashamed of their and artists start fighting to get "Refounding Religious CommunGENERAL CONTRACTORS friprator Ind malntenlnce service. work, but feel that society looks street sweeping jobs. It may lower ity: Roots in the Past, Seeds for 55 Highland Avenue upon them as a lesser species," the quality of street cleaning, but it the Future."

Fall River, MA 02720 Terkel adds. "So they call upon a Brother Sammon, head of his will raise the level of respect we all promiscuously used language to , have for those who do those vital order's Poughkeepsie province, 678-5201 ALWAYS MONEY AVAIIABLE match the 'respectability' of others jobs that we call 'the dirty work.''' said he thinks a main issue facing FOR HOME PURCHASE OR the conference is that "religious life doesn't present a clear image to IMPROVEMENT people as it once did.

Montie Plumbing "Religious have spent the last 20 Heating Co. years indicating to people that Over 35 Years they are like everyone else," he said, and in so doing "the sense of of Satisfied Service JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (NC) And unlike Sister Roth, new our identity got lost."

Reg. Master Plumber 7023 A question that should be ad- When a nun was appointed the parish administrators have a job JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. first parish administrator in the description worked out in accor- dressed, he said, is what makes re432 JEFFERSON STREET diocese of Jefferson City six years dance with canon law and the ligious life different from others in WITH CONVENIENT OffiCES Fall River 675·7496 ago, parishioners thought their experiences of priestless parishes. the church.

TIfROUGHOlIT SOlJl1IEASfERN ~, church was one step from extinc- They are to be parish leaders who tion. "at once affirm the gifts of people and encourage their use in the , Since 1982, four more women religious have been placed in charge furtherance of God's reign."

PLUMBING/HEATING AIR CONDITIONING of parishes due to a lack of priests, They function like pastors exceptbut now parish members breathe a for ministries requiring ordination. sigh of relief.

They provide spiritual direction The appointments mean "that and lead weekend. prayer services.

Working with Architects, Plant the diocese wants that parish as an By now the diocese has a second Engineers, and Contractors to provide: entity to survive," said Notre Dame generation of parish administraSister Margaret Ellen Buscher, adtors. Sister Buscher succeeded Dominican Sister Carol Kopff at ministrator of Queen of Peace par· ish in Ewing.

Queen of Peace almost a year ago, Process piping, Steam - Hot Water, HVAC Sister Kristin Roth was working and Sister Roth will be leaving St. in southern Illinois when Bishop Francis to join her order's provinSystems, Heating facilities, Plumbing, cial administration.

Michael F. McAuliffe of Jefferson City asked her order, the Adorers Refrigeration, Labor services of the Blood of Christ, if any Notre Dame Sister Lois Martens, members were prepared for the St. Michael parish, Russellville, said the pastoring experience, ministry of pastoring.

FIRE PROTECTION BOILERS The order's leadership team which she called the work of the thought Sister Roth was and she Spirit, is forcing people "to reasagreed to think about it, she said. sess who we are as church, our Sister Roth got an appointment responsibility to use our gifts and as pastoral administrator of St. to reassess the criteria for ordainFrancis parish in Bourbon, but no ing someone to sacramental ministry." job description.

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"Just continuing to run parishes, schools and other institutions are good, but it is not what we were founded for," he said.

In his keynote address Walter Brueggemann, a Scripture scholar from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga., said "prophetic spirituality is preoccupied" with hope in the future. It is "subversive and countercultural ... because it breaks with an immobilizing ideology of polite prayer, denied pain, domesticated hope."

William Sullivan, a philosophy professor at LaSalle University, Philadelphia, addressed religious life in an individualist U.S. culture.

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OUT OF THE BLUE Without you, without you I always thought that everything was fine Without you Never knowing you'd be mine Suddenly my world has changed And I just wonder why All it took was just one smile Now it's you .

Out of the blue Love appeared before my eyes With you Dreams come true Irnever thought I'd realize What love was, what love was, what love was I need you, I need you And every day I love you more and more Without you I know what it's all for Suddenly I see you there and everything's OK Don't know why I feel this way We are together now Never take my heart away All the love I found is here to stay Out of the blue It's like a dream come true I never thought I'd fall in love with you Out of the blue Love appeared :t>efore my eyes with YO,u.

By Michael Warren voice is needed. He encourages How does Pope John Paul II see them to give their wholehearted the lives of young people? support to those working to build Some of what he has said to a more human world. them over the last five years shows He encourages youths to imagine a quite radical way of imagining a world "in which persons are the contribution youth can make more important than profits, in to our world. which the world's resources are '.

The pope is aware of the fact justly shared, and in which peacethat the world is constantly being ful negotiations replace threats of interpreted for the young. In Can- war." ada he noted how young people The pope's vision of the importoday are "buffeted in every direc- tance and the possibilities of youth tion by loud and competing claims is very impressive, almost the opupon their attention and al- posite of the depictions of selflegiance." centered young people we someThe messages youths hear are times find in films and on television.

The world he desires for us is about "conflict and hostility, of greed and injustice, of poverty and based on the message of Jesus, who taught us the true meaning of despair," he said.

The pope is concerned about the human life.

Michael Warren is a religious messages youths hear because he thinks the decisions they are mak- educator at St. John's University ing right now "will determine the in Jamaica, N.Y. prospects for peace today and tomorrow." .

As the world prepares to'enter Ii .

Recorded and written by Debbie Gibson. (c) 1987 by Creative new century and a new millenBloc Music Ldt., Deborah Ann's Music International St. Anne's School, Fall River, nium, the pope sees the future of opens next week with new first and humanity being entrusted to a new produced two top five hits. No~ Take a look ,at the advancing generation, the young people of fifth grade and pre~school classes musical career of l6-year-old Debthe title.song is climbing the and an enrollment 'of 480 youngtoday. He sees that the decisions bie Gibson. Her "Out· of the charts. sters.. . they make about peace,justice and Blue'\'~dbum is moving close to" new hit is'aQout dreams of one' School begins for grades political and economic systems will dpubleplatinum, having already love COnllog true, The singer says, through eight on Wednesday.

Kindetermine the future of the race.

In an address to the world's dergarteners with last names beginning A to L start on Thursday, youth, Pope John Paul II said that . those with names. M to Z on he saw arising in them' Ii new Friday: awareness of responsibility and a new sensitivity to the needs of our . St. Anne's pre-school opens Sept.

12, with a new head teacher, Nazfellow human beings. ira Duddy, to oversee the threeBy In contrast with some TV and film depictions of youth as con- year-olds' program.

The eleinentary school's morncerned only with sex and money, TOM ing extended care services begin the pope envisions youth as people Wednesday. Afternoon extended of radical concern for their world.

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He also thinks young people are A computer lab program begins capable offacing serious challenges. this year with· a .comprehensive And he offers one in the following remedial math and reading prowords: Ask yourselves what kind of gram, to be integrated with St. Q. I am the youngest in my fam- is a blatant example of your family Anne's present curriculum. people you want yourselves and ily. I seem to get all the attention. I giving you too much attention and Sister Christopher O'Rourke, your fellow human beings to be, RSM, will provide student and feel sorry for my older brother. your older brother too little, let the what kind of culture you want to offending persons know about it family counseling, parent work- What can I do? (Utah) build. Ask yourselves these queson the spot. shops in communication and A. Several courses of action are tions and do not be afraid of the In trying to correct this situateacher workshops in communicaopen to you. Since you are closer answers, even if they require a tion, be careful not to use harsh tion styles and discipline. to the situation than I, you are change of direction in your The school also welcomes new better qualified to decide which of words or to speak in an angry or thoughts and loyalties. argumentative way. Instead, speak faculty members Jeanne St. Yves, The pope challenges youths to grade eight; Beatrice Allen, grade these is best. You may even want with kindness and understanding, of them. ' to pursue all take seriously their contribution seven; Sister Janine Parent, OP, First, let your brother know remembering that all these perto the world and to think in terms grade five; and Denise Dupuis, that you think he deserves as much sons have been very good to you. not just of themsel~es or of their reading.

In a sense, you might· even lead attention as you - and should get own country, but of the needs of Sister Mary Dumond, CP, will it. This alone may solve your worry the way. Without going overboard, the human family. chair the school's "Verifying the make sure you give your older The pope frequently encourages Vision" self-evaluation, a National since your brothe.r is likely to let brother a good share of your attenyour parents know in very emphatic young people to resist what is de- Catholic Educational Association tion. He is likely to remember your humanizing. In a talk to Canadian study ofthe school and how it util- terms that you have told him this.

Second, let your parents and thoughtfulness for years to come. youth, the pope portrayed young izes its resources.

There is a possibility that your other brothers and sisters know people as opposed to injustice and An opening of school liturgy encouraged them to take the side and teacher commissioning will be what you are thinking about this attempt to cor.rect this situation may backfire on you a bit. In the situation: of their friends: celebrated at I p.m. Thursday, and Be ready with some specific exam- weeks ahead the family might pay "Never allow anyone among your there will be an open house at 7 ples to prove that you are getting so much attention to your older own acquaintances to be deprived p.m. Sept. 22. much more attention than your brother that, to some degree at of his or her rights or put down by older brother. Concrete examples least, they may seem to be neglectothers because he or she is not of - and more than one! - are one ing you. your social milieu, or your color, But if that time arrives, you can of the most effective ways of bolsor does not speak your language tering an argument. Without them use· the same skills in correcting or share your faith." . . your argument is weak. that situation that you've used in' He wants young people to be Third, in the future when there changing this one. present in situations where their

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"Out of the blue love appeared' before my eyes. With you, dreams come true."

The song reminds me that everyone at some point waits for love. Even when past attempts have led to dissillusionment or . heartbreak, we almost always search again.

But is finding a person to love primarily a matter of luck, something that happens "out of the blue?"

Not necessarily. People can take certain actions and adopt attitudes that promote the possibility of meeting others you'd like to know better. Consider the following three suggestions: I. Appreciate who you are as a person. An individual who feels good about himself or herself is likely to be more open, genuine and fun to be with - all qualities that are attractive to others. Such individuals seem to find the joy that life holds. When sadness or disappointment enters their lives, their positive approach to life brings out the best in situations.

2. Look for the good in other people. Such an attitude conveys interest and concern for others.

Avoid putting others down, even in humorous or kidding ways. In this way we convince others that we are people who would be enjoyable to get to know.

3. Stand up for your beliefs and values. This reveals inner strength. Doing so may mean resisting peer pressure. While this is not easy to do, it often means gaining the respect of others.

Genuine love evolves out of several qualities, but respect is always an essential building lock.

My ~uggestions should help people do more than dream about finding love "out of the·blue."

Your comments are always welcome. Address Charlie Martin, 1218 S.Rotherwood Ave., Evansville, Ind. 47714. .,

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Meanwhile, give yourself a welldeserved pat on' the back for having the brains to perceive the wrong of the present situation and the kindness and determination to do something about it.

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

Archepiscopal aid DURBAN, South Africa (NC) - Archbishop Denis Hurley of Durban has supported 143 white South Africans who vowed to resist callup by the South African Defense Force. The conscripts echoed previous calls by church leaders that conscientious objection be extended to include nonreligious objectors. Their announcements, simultaneously made in three m~jor cities, on the day thai thousands of other men reported for military service, were the most overt challenges yet to the country's "system of military service.

Correction 1988-89 school -year h'ours at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, be from 7:50 a.m. to 2:03 p.m., not" 2:30 p.m. as reported in last week's Anchor.

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The Anchor Friday, Sept. 2, 1988

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A-I Approved for Children and Adults Bambi

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

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A-2 Approved for Adults and Adolescents Big .

Big Top Pee-wee

License to Drive Mr. North The Rescue

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

A·3 Approved for Adults Only Bandits Betrayed The Blob Boyfriends & Girlfriends

Cocktail Coming to America Caddyshack II Funny Farm

The Kitchen Toto Midnight Run Shame Vibes

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

Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Films Office ratings. which do not always coincide.

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

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

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

O-MorallyOffensive Absolution Bull Durham The Dead Pool Die Hard

A Fish Called Wanda Hero' and the Terror The Last Temptation of Christ Monkey Shines

Nightmare on Elm Street 4 Phantasm II Rambo 1U

(Rec.) after a title indicatenhat the film is recommended by the U.S. Catholic Conference reviewer for the category of viewers under which it is listed. These listings are preSented monthly; please clip and save for reference. Fugher infprma.tion 011 recent. films is available from The Anchor office, 675-7151.

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"Confluence," 10:30 a.m. each a.m. SlInd!lYs on. station WVlJJ;' '. sunday on Channel 6, Is a panel Boston, IOS:7 FM, and may be program moderateel by Truman heard in the Attleboro, Fall Rivet, .Taylorand' having aspe~manellt New Bedford and Taunton delln. participants Fatller Peter N. Gra. eries. . tiano, dlocesandirktot ofsocial Charismatic programs witli services; Right Rev. George Hu!,!t, Father.John Randall ,areairc:;d Episcopal Bishop ofRllodeblaitd, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday "anel Rabbi Baruch Korff. through Fi'idayon station WRIB, ~TheBeah"prod"cedby Build1220 AM;~ass is broadcast atl ingBlock Ministries ofTaunton p.m. each Sunday. 'andaired on many cable systems "topic Religion,"pl'esented by in the FilII River diocese features two priests, a rabbi and a Prot• .<"videos froQl and inforQlati?n 0," estant~inister, is broadcast~t contemporary Christian rock art· •. 6:06 a.m. and 9:06 p.m. each' "istro.Check loc!llllstings fOr times "'Sundayortstation WEEl B~7" \,n~ dates.. ton, 590 A~.

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New Film "Bandits" (Grange-Jerry Winters) - Sentimental but stylish French romance about an aging crook, his daughter and a handsome, daring young filcher. Several brief scenes of violence, a flash. of nudity and implied sexual situations. A3

Films on TV Thursday, Sept. IS, 8:30 - II p.m. EDT (ABC) - "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) - British superspy James Bond (Roger Moore) and a beautiful Russian agent (Barbara Bach) find themselves united against an ali-powerful villain (Curt Jurgens) bent upon a free enterprise conquest of the world. Offers the usual stylized sex and violence. A3, PO Friday,Sept.I6,8-IOp.m. EDT (CBS) - "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" (1985) - Comic personality Pee-wee Herman's search for his stolen bike takes him on a madcap chase. The humor is puerile with occasional slapstick violence. A2, PO Religious TV Sunday, Sept. 4 (CBS) - "For Our Times" ~ Rebroadcast of the first of two programs reporting on the biblical spirit and religious dimensions of the modern state of israel 40 years after its founding.

Religious Radio Sunday, Sept. 4 (NBC) "Guideline"- Rabbi Allen Kaplan discusses his ministry as a u.S. Navy chaplain.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 2, 1988

Iteering pOintl EMMAUS RETREATS Weekend retreats for young adults ages 19 to 30 will be held in October, December, February, April and June at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown.

Information: Rev. Richard Degagne, 993-1691. .

SS. PETER &: PAUL, FR Women's Club meeting 7 p.m.

Sept. 12, with David Dunne presenting a Marian film and lecture at 7:30 p.m. All welcome. to this portion of the program. Coffee and doughnut service after Sunday Masses will resume Sept.ll.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Ladies' Guild board meeting 9 a.m. Sept. 6, lower church. Cursillo information meeting 8 p.m. Sept. 9 . at O.L. Cape; information 362-3395.

Farewell reception for Fathers Leger and Campbell and brother St. Germain 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, lower church.

BREAD OF LIFE PRAYER GROUP, FR to-week Bible study course on Acts of the Apostles begins 7 p.m Oct. 5 at Blessed Sacrament Church.

Registration closes Sept. 21. Information: Blessed Sacrament rectory, 6725473; Fred and Mary Demetrius, 644-2375.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Alcoholics Anonymous meets 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, church basement.

Youth ministry softball and cookout 6 p.m. Sunday, parish center. A parish first: girls' CYO basketball team forming.

SACRED HEART, NB A communion plate has been donated by Mr. and Mrs. Philip Norcross in memory of the McCray family and daughter, Pauline Bousquet.

Brother Allen Boechman, SSS, will speak on the work of the Blessed Sacrament Congregation at Masses Sept. 10 and II. BL. SACRAMENT, FR 234 Second Street CCD classes begin Sept. 18. RegFall River, MA 02121 . .' istration forms should- be turned in • • Web Offset for all children. A few teachers still Newspapers needed. Women's Guild membership Printing & Mailing tea 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14. Bible study . • • (508) 679-5262 • classes begin following 7 p.m. Mass Oct. 5.

HOSPICE OUTREACH, FR Training program for volunteers to work with terminal cancer patients First Class Second Class in their homes opens Oct. 4. InforFirst Class Presort Carrier Route Coding mation: 673-15899 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Third Class Bulk Rate Zip Code Sorting LEGION OF MARY Third Class Non Profit List Maintenance Weekend retreat Oct. 21 to 23, ALL TO USPS SPECIFICATIONS Family Life Center, N. Dartmouth, with Father Roger Charest, MS; Cheshire labeling on Kirk-Rudy 4·up information 995-2354. fabeler. And Pressure Sensitive labeling ST. JAMES, NB Inserting, collating, folding, CCD teachers needed; informametering, sealing, sorting, addressing, tion 992-7122. A few openings remain in St. James-St. John School; inforsacking, completing USPS forms, mation 996-0534. Ushers needed for direct delivery to Post Office 4 p.m. Saturday Mass. A Pairpoint , .. Printing . .. We 00 It All! glass cup plate is available as a souCaU for Details (508) 679-5262 of 993-3123. the parish centenary; inforL ... venir mation:

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON September is "organizational 'month" at the parish; parishioners are urged to join a church organization "and get involved." CCD teachers' commissioning at 9: 15 a.m. Mass Sept. II. Vincentians meeting 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Vltreya 8 tonight, religious education center. Parish council nominations continue this weekend; elections Sept. 17 and 18..

HOLY NAME, FR School year opening Mass 9 a.m.

Sept. 8, church; all welcome. The parish welcomes new altar servers Andrew Almeida, Adam Fraser, Matthew Gagne, David Heaney, Eric Michael, Frederick Souza and Nathan Waddicor.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Vincentians will collect canned goods and donations at Masses this weekend. Members will host Taunton district conferences Sept. 12 following 7:30 p.m. Mass, to be celebrated by parish native Father Jack Oliveira.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Babysitting available at parish center at 9:30 a.m. Mass each Sunday.

Leaders are needed for a Scripture study program to begin in November.

Volunteers may contact Deacon James Marzelli, 759-7446.

ST. ANNE, FR School night for Scouting Sept.

27. CCD teacher needed 3 to 4 p.m.

Mondays; information Father David Landry, 674-5651.

CATHEDRAL, FR Sacrament classes for adults begin Sept. 4. Information at rectory. A memorial Mass for friends of the cathedral will be celebrated at 9 a.m.. tomorrow. The Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6'. New members welcome.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Youth group members Arthur Rezendes, Debbie Medeiros, Sean McDonald and Bill Rodrigues represented the parish at the diocesan Christian Leadership Institute, held this week at Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown; parochial vicar Father David A. Costa was the institute's spiritual director.

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ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Summer visitors are encouraged to donate unneeded canned goods to the St. Vincent de Paul society. They may be left in the church hall.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Healing service and Mass with Father William T. Babbitt, 2· p.m.

Sept. I I. SACRED HEART, N.ATTLEBORO A custodian of the parish plant is being sought; information at rectory or school. CCD teachers for grades 6 through 9 are needed; a teachers' workshop will be offered at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Soup kitchen volunteers needed each First Friday; information 9927371. Adoration today from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Prayer group meeting 7:30 p.m. each Friday, rectory.

Thanks to: contributors to new Sacred Hearts infirmary; Clem Daley for designing, painting and assembling the new church sign and to Mr. and Mrs. Tremblay for financing the sign in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Gregoire; Frank Makara for work on missalette holders.

ST. ELIZABETH SETON, N.FALMOUTH In honor of Our Lady of Fatima, the rosary will follow 9 a.m. Mass tomorrow. Bible discussion group each 2nd and 4th Sunday; information 563-2771.

ST. ANTHONY, E. FALMOUTH Study of St. John's Gospel with Father Edward Healey 7 to 9 p.m.

Tuesdays Oct. 4 through 25.

D of I, NB Hyacinth Circle Daughters of Isa.;;. bella meeting 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20, VFW building, Park Street. Installation I p.m. Oct. 16 HawthorneCountry Club..

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH Ladies' Guild dinner meeting Sept.

14 follows 6:30 p.m. Mass; information: Aida Poitras, 994-3635.

ST. MARY, NB .

Men's Club meeting to finalize plans for Oct. I St. Mary's Classic-, Jack Curry Memorial (golf tournament) 7 p.m. Sept. 12; registration: Roland Poyant, 995-9123. Eucharistic ministers' night of reflection 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14, school cafeteria. Seniors' meeting 1:30 p.m.. Wednesday, school; new members welcome; information: Florence Lavoie, 995-1298.

Prayer and Bible Evening opening last Monday of September. Parish school volunteers welcome; information: principal 'Dennis Poyant, 9953696. Receptionj brunch to honor Sister Leocadia Millette, RSM, who has retired from the school staff, after 11:30 a.m. Mass Oct. 2; information: principal Poyant. Opening of school Masses: ·9 a.m. Wednesday, grade three through eight students; 7 p.m. Wednesday, grade three through eight parents; 7 p.m. Sept.

13, parents of primary level students.

HOLY TRINITY, W. HARWICH New Associaton of the Sacred Hearts officers: Hilda P. Dagenais, pre~ident; Jeanne Downes, vice-president; Dorothy Nelson and Ruth Sheehy, secretaries; Kay Gilmore, treasurer.

ST. MARY, S. DARTMOUTH 1988 religious education registration schedule: registration and meeting for parents of first pena~ce candidates 7 p.m. Sept. 7; registration for grades 1and 3through 8after Masses Sept. 10 and 11; registration and meeting for parents of confirmation I and II candidates 7 p.m. Sept. 19, all registrations in parish center.

O.L. ANGELS, FR Holy Name Society breakfast meeting following 8 a.m. Mass Sept. 18; parish workers' appreciation night Sept. 25.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Ladies of the Sacred Hearts will meet following 7 o'clock Mass tonight. A videotape of recent parish events made by Fred Nunes is available for loan. Information: 999-4847

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the anchor logbook Do you remember?

SEPTEMBER 1958 Msgr. Antonio P. Vieira, pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, New Bedford, celebrated his 70th anniversary of priestly ordination. Believed the oldest active priest in the United States, he lived until 1964 and age 98.

1963 WTEV, Channel 6, now WLNE, began televising Sunday morning Mass. Bishop James L. Connolly officiated at the first celebration.

1968 Sister of St. Dorothy Filomena Chaves marked 50 years of religious life at ceremonies at Villa Fatima, Taunton.

1973 Catholic school doors in the Fall River diocese opened to 13,872 students.

1978 Happy birthday, LaSalette Shrine! You turned 25.

This Message Sponsored by the Following Business Concerns in the Diocese of Fall River DURO FINISHING CORP. THE EXTERMINATOR CO.

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1983 Humberto Cardinal Medeiros died at age,67 on Sept.

17, the day after undergoing a triple coronary bypass operation. He is buried with his parents in St. Patrick's cemetery, Fall River.

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