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Cbtechetical Sunday

September 15, 1985

CCD Day Sept. 21

at Bishop Stang

Directors and teachers in reli­ gious education programs Ithroughout the diocese are pre­ Iparing for the new school yea~.

Spiritually, many will be ,strengthened by paTish commis­ •sioning services traditionally held on Catechetical Sunday, this year Sept. 15.

The national theme for Cate­ chetical Sunday, meant to be re­ flected upon by catechists throughout ,the year, is "Listen and follow with an open heart," and many commissioning ser­ ices wi'll be based on those ooos, taken from the Old Testa­ ent prophet Isaiah and the postle Mark.

Also based on the national eme will be 'a Religious Educa­ ion Day to be held from 9 a.m. o 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at ishop Stang High 'School, North artmouth.

Coordinated by Sister Doreen onegan, SUSC, and Sister Pa­ icia Hallid'ay, SND, respective­ the diocesan director and as­

sistant director of religious 'edu­ cation, the day wiH open with prayer and an address by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin.

Keynote speaker Father James F. Hawker, director of religious education for the Boston arch­ diocese, will take .as his topic "The Catechist: Called To Be and Become a Faith-Filled Disciple of Christ."

His presentation will be fol­ ~owed fly a workshop period and ~unch. Two workshop periods will be held in the afternoon and a 4 p.m. Mass will conclude the day.

22 workshops will be offered, many twice.

The presenters and titles of their workshops follow: ANNE ABOODY: Teacher and Catechist, Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster, Celebrate Yourself: NourishIng the Life Force.

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By NC News Service Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, general secretary of the U.S. Catholic Conference, and Bishop Ernest 1. Unterkoefler of Charlestown, S.C., in separate comments last week, criticized the South Afri­ can government for actions against churches and suppress­ ing the rights of the nation's black majority.

Msgr. Hoye 1?lamed 'the gov­ ernment for instigating violence.

He described as "particuarly dis­ heartening" the government's 'actions in deta,ining church leaders, including the Rev. Allan Boesak, president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, and Paddy Kearney, a layman who di'rects a Catholic-support­ ed ecumenical human rights office in Durban, South Africa.

Furthermore, he noted, "word has been received that the home of Father Smangaliso Mkhat­ shwa, secretary general of the Southern African Catholic Bish­ ops' Conference, has been enter­ ed and searched by police."

He also cited the arrest by.the white-minority South African government of "thousands of men, women and children who have peacefully demonstrated against the apartheid system or participated ,in boycotts of schools purposefully designed to impart inferior education."

Bishop Unterkoefler called Mr.

Boesak's incarceration "clear evidence of the insensitiv,ity of the government of South Africa to religious principles" and con­ demned "this action against an individual religious leader (the)' attack on moral principles."

"A government which attacks its religious leaders is not a government that commands the respect of its people," he added.

Detaining the leader of the 70 million member worldwide Re­ formed Church denomination, the bishop said, is "an. insult" to those "who respect· and support Allan Boesak in his fight against injustice in South Africa."

The Charleston bishop has had more than 20 yea~s of associa­ tion with Reformed Churches through the U.S. ecumenical movement.

Msgr. Hoye, in the statement issued by the U.S. Catholic Con­ ference in Washington, said that "the violence that has accom­ panied some of these demon­ strations (by blacks) has often been stimulated by intemperate actions by the police and military forces," "The churches in South Afr-ica have explicitly and unequivocally repudiated violence as a means of achieving a just society," he added. "It is therefore particular­ ly disheartening that the govern­ ment has included church leaders in its efforts to suppress even

peaceful dissent demonstra­ tions."

He said that Mr. Boesak and Kearney, "denied access to legal counsel and without resort to the courts," must, like other detainees, "await an arbitrary administrative decision to obtain release."

Both Msgr. Hoye and Bishop Unterkoefler also urged the U.S. government to repudiate the ac­ 1ions of the South African gov­ ernment.

Bishop Unterkoefler offered "words of prayerful concern" and expressed a "hope that our government's policy will be strong a.gainst the recent activi­ ties of the government of South Africa, particularly in its action against Allan Boesak." He de­ scribed the Reformed minister as a man of intelligence and forti­ tude as well as a "leader of his people against apartheid."

Recognizing that the U.S. government "has protested such actions by the South African gov­ ernment," Msgr. Hoye expressed hope that "these efforts by our government will be continued and strlmgthened."

"I also suggest that all Ameri­ cans join in prayer for the peo­ ple of South Africa. asking that God, who identifies himself with peace and justice, will care for those who are oppressed," Msgr.

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By NC News Service Liechtenstein plans to receive franc. Switzerland is also re­ Pope John Paul II "with joy and. sponsible for Liechtenstei~'s gratitude, in a manner which is telecommunications system. worthy . of and commensurate Although 82 percent of the with the circumstances of our population is Catholic and Cath­ small country," said the nation's olicism is the state religion, Padiament in approving the Liechtenstein has no diocese of Sept. 8 papal visit. its own. The entire coun~ . The statement reflects the tiny forms a corner of the Diocese of Alpine country's' attitude to­ Chur, Switzerland. waros its size.

Nestled along the Rhine River Liechtenstein is the size of the between Switzer.land and Aus­ District of Columbia, but its tria, about 60 percent of Liech­ 26,000 residents would about half tenstein is in .the Alps and the fill Robert F. Kennedy Memorial ~est by the Rhine valley, where Stadium, where the Washington most of the population ·lives in Redskins play their home foot­ scattered villages. The largest, ball games. the capital of Vaduz, has a popu­ lation of 5,000.

The Parliament has 15 mem­ The pope is going to Liechten­ bers. The country has no cur-

ready stein as part of his pastoral pro­ gram of visiting Catholics around the world, said Joaquin Navarro­ Valls, Vatican press spokesman.

Sept. 8 was chosen because it ,is the feast of the birth of Mary, he said.

The pope "always looks to build a trip around a Marian feast or a visit to a Marian shrine," said Navarro-V~lls.

During the pope's nine-and-a half-hour stay, he will celebrate an outdoor Mass commemorating Mary's birth and will dedicate a chapel to her.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 6, 1985

Diocesan So many people view ad­ lninistrative offices as a necessary evil, failing to see that without structure or­ ganizations would simply fall apart. The wheeis; no matter how slowly in the mind~ . of some they may seem to tum, are kept mov­ ing by people who are doing their best to achieve specific works.. .

This is especially. true of those in diocesan offices.

Sometimes we see only the office and 'not the person in a given' position, who is at­ tempting to serve the people of God in the general work

IT WAS sunshine and smiles at St. Francis Xavier par­ ish, Hyannis, as Bishop Daniel A Cronin made a pastoral visitation. From left, Very Rev. Edward C. Duffy, pastor; altar server Brendan Bisbee; the bishop; Msgr. John J. Oliv­ eira, dIocesan chancellor; server Joseph Burke; parochial vicars Fathers John C. Ozug and Albert J. Ryan.

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takes fust vows Sunday

Mary R. Bettley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. William Bettley of Sagamore Beach and a mem­ ber of Corpus Christi parish, Sandwich, will make first 'vows as a Sister of Divine Providence on Sunday.

The ceremony' will take place - in the context of a Mass to be celebrated in Kingston by Father Robert Manning, SJ, superior of the New England province of the Society of Jesus.

Sister Bettley, a native of Oir­ pus Christi, was involved in the

CCD program at the parish mis­ sion of 51. Theresa in Sagamore as a student and from 1975 to 1978 as an aide and teacher.

As 'a high school ~tudent she was. active in the ECHO (En­ countering - Christ in Others) teen retreat prognm on Cape Cod. A 1978 gradua,te of Boul"I)e High School, she graduated in 1982 from Holy Cross College, Worcester.

She is teaching at Sacred Heart High School, king~ton.

Synod aides are named

WASHINGTON (NC) - Fath­ ers J. Bryan Hehir and Cad Peter have been named to ad­ vise Bishop James Malone in­ Rome this fall at the extraordin­ ary world Synod of Bishops.

Father Hehir, secretary for social development and world peace at :the U.S. Catholic Con­ ference, has been a central fig­ ure for more than a decade in developing and expressing posi­ tions of the U.S. bishops con­ cerningthe relevance of Oatholic social teachings to international affairs and questions of U.S. public policy.

Father Peter, a theologian cur­ rently on researoh sabbatical after two terms as dean of the School of Religious Studies at The Catholic University of Am­ erica, is a member of the Vati­ can's International Theological Commission. He was a "peritus" or theological adviser to the world synods of 1971 and 1983 and is active dn Catholic-Angli­ can and Catholic-LutheraQ theo­ logica'l dialogues. , Bishop Malone, of Youngs­ town, Ohio, is president of the

National Conference of Catholic Bishops. At the extraordinary synod this Nov. 25-Dec. 8, called

by Pope John Paul II :to review the state of the church 20 years after the Second Vatican Coun­ cil, the presidents of bishops' conferences a~ound· the world wHI make up the main member­ ship.

Earlier the names of others who will accompany Bishop Ma­ ~one were announced. They are: - Archbishop John L. May of 51. Louis, NCCB vice president, as an adviser.

- Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, NCCB general s.ecretary, as direc­ tor of staff oper~tions. .

- Russell Shaw, NCCB secre­ tary for public affairs, as press secretary..

of coordinating diocesan goals and objectives. In this new series, The Anchor will try to bring into focus the many diocesan ministries often tmkel) for granted.

We hope to create a better understandi'ng of the many works of the diocese and of its invonvement in all aspects of community me. All dioce­ san undertakings, of course, are. but means by which the bishop can more effectively and efficiently fulfill his shepherding responsibilities.

Iii this connection, it is well for us to be reminded,

in the words of the Decree on the Church given to us

by Vatican II, "that bishops inasmuch as they are suc­ cessors of the apostles re­ ceived from -the Lord to whom all power is given in heaven and earth, the mis­ sion of teaching all peoples and of preaching the Gospel to every creature so that aU men may attain to s8Jva­ tion' through faith, baptism and the observance of the commandments."

Diocesan offices exist to help fulfill this mandate.

- The Editor

Caiholic Social 'Services

By Joseph Motta,

."I love the work and lap· preciate the opportunity and the honor to head an agency I, that cares for the less fortunate in our mi4st. In thfs particular ministry, you can rest assured, there is never a dull moment."

So says Father Peter N. Grazi­ -ano, executive director of the Diocesan Department of Social Services. Serving the department since 1974, Father Graziano holds a master's degree in social work from Boston CoIlege and has been pastor of St. James parish, New Bedford, since. 1981..

He has also been director of the former St. Mary's Home, New Bedford, 'and chaplain at the BristOl County House of Cor­ rection.

The socia,l services department is the central diocesan organiza­ tion, coordinating pastoral out­ ~each in the areas of the spirit­ ualand corporal works of mercy.

Diocesan social endeavors have had several' names· over the years. In 1904, the year that Fall River became a diocese, the late Father Mortimer Downing was Diocesan Director of Charities.

Later, in 1924, when the dio­ cese was past its dnfancy and more organized, the late Father Charles Donovan, now regarded as the founder of the agency, was asked by Bishop Daniel F. Feehan to coordinate Catholic Chadties beyond but still inc::lud­

Msgr. Gallagher was succeed· ing diocesan charitable org'an­ . ed by Msgr. William D. Thom­ izations. son, who, after his replacement Father' Donovan was succeed­ ed by the fate Msgr. William by Fa,ther John F. Hogan, served as pastor of St. Francis Xavier Harrington, who was also direc­ tor of St. Vincent's Home, Fall pa~ish, Hyannis, until !his retire­ River. Under Msgr. Harrington ment severa;} years ago. ' the agency name was changed Fa'ther Hogan, now pastor of to the Catholic Welfare Bureau. St. Julie BiIHart parish, No. Msgr. Harring,ton was follow­ .Dartmouth, was also director of ed by the late Msgr. John E. 51. Mary's Home.

Boyd, who served until 1974.

In 1974 the merger to form the current social services de­ partment occurred and Father Graziano .was appointed~s agency head. : TOday, ai<ied since 'i98f by Vincent H. Eagles as administra­ tive assistant in the areas of fiscal and personnel manage­ ment program development, Father Graziano supervises a staff of 30 people in offices in Attleboro, FaU River, New Bed­ ford and Cape .Cod. Each office . !has an area director, a counselor, a socia,l worker and support st'aff members.

The directors are Father Mau­ rice T. Lebel, S.J., Attleboro, In New Bedford, a Catholic Mary-Lou Mancini, FaIl River; Welfare Bureau was established Rosa Lopes, New Bedford and in the early 30s with the late Garry Neal, Cape Cod. The Taunton area is served Msgr. Hugh Gallagher as its first director. This move meant by the Attleboro office and Dukes that the diocese was served by County by the Cape satellite.

The department, primarily two . separate agencies, one serving Fall River and the area funded by the annual Catholic north of the city, the other New Chadties Appeal, maintains con­ fidentiality with regarq to its Bedford and southern and east­ ern points.

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Father Jorge de The Mass of Chr'lstian Burial was offered yesterday at Sot. Elizabeth's Church, Fall River, far Father Jorge de J. Sousa, 59, pastor of St. Elizabeth's Church, Fall River, who died unexpected­ ly :last Sunday whHe on Vacation in Washington, Maine.

Bishop Daniel I\.C!I'onin was principal celebrant at the Mass, attended by many priests of the diocese. Father Manuel P. Fer­ reira, p'astor of Immaculate Con­ ception parish, New Bedford, was eulogist.

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Born in Funchal, Madeira, Dec.. 27, 1925, the son of the late Feliciano and Leonilde (Cal­ deira) de J. Sousa, Father de Sousa was ordained March 24, 1951, in Funchal.

Coming to the Fall River dio­ .cese the same year, he was paro­ chial vicar initially at St. John of God parish, Somerset; then at St. Michael and Our Lady of Health parishes, Fall River, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New Bed­ ford; St. Anthony, Taunton; and Our Lady of Angels and St. An­ thony of Padua, Fall Rver. In 1974 h~ was named pastor at St. Elizabeth's, where he served Ufltil his death.

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During his pastorate the mort­ gage on St. EHzabeth's parish hall, replacing one destroyed by fire in 1972" was retired.

Father de Sousa is survived by a sister, Mrs. Louis (Maria) F. de Sousa of Taunton, and several nieces and nephews.

Common Characteristic "The common characteristic of prophets and apostles, ancient and modern, is a willingness to do one's best, no matter what the cost." - Dennis J. Geaney, OSA

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REV. JAMES A. O'OONOHOE: Diocesan Office of Family Min­ istry, parents of four, ages 12-19, Associate Professor of Theolo-.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River:-Fri., Sept. 6, 1985

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A Call to Conscience It's that time of year again.

Elections' are a.pproaching, posters are appearing, news­ paper stories of promises to be fulfilled are a daily feature and slogans on radio and television fill our ears. .

What is interesting to note is how the church som'ehow fits . into many politicians' campaign strategy. Somehow, it is still .fashionable to try to get the so-called "church" v9te. Suddenly political hopefuls appear in church; others lose no chance to attend a church function; still others can't wait to cover the church parking lot with flyers and leaflets. .

Special parish groups become very special targets, with the prime attraction the senior citizen organizations. These are the people with the best record of voting. Thus if a parish school has bingo (hen some who would never step into the school otherwise are seen tiptoeing from table to table' with their promises of things to come.

Now all of this is quite human. Some will say why even bring it up? Isn't it better to leave such things u.nwritten?

Well, first and foremost, that is a very difficult charge for an editor. After all, editors for the most part are nothing more than perso~al reflectors of given human actions and events.

The traumatic and the tragic, the earthshaking and.the minute, . the sublime and the ridiculous, all are the territories of the pen.

In such a broad scope, the political certainly has its place; thus these thoughts are deemed worthy of print. . .'

There is little doubt in the minds of the politically aware that the church is not only a target ofevents but also is used to bring events into being. As a community of God's disparate people it is fair game for all, from those who praise and support to those who divide and demean. And at election time it becomes a part of the campaign process. .

For one thing, where in any given neighborhood, area or ward can you find so many people together in one place at a preannounced time as, at a Catholic church? Indeed, parishes with several services a weekend are the answer to manypo~iti­ cians' prayers. Many an office seeker plans his or her .calendar with reference to parish bulletins. In campaign headquarters it is common to find work~rs poring over bulletins to glean times and places of bazaars, fairs and socials. . The litany of use and in some cases abuse is almost endless.

Yet as an integrallPart of the community the church cannot escape such activities. This is especially true where issues with deep religious overtones, such as abortion, schools and porno­ ,graphy, are concerned. These are times when the church posi­ tions on such issues are in direct conflict with those espoused by many seeking or in public office. ' This being said, it is important for the church to stand apart from person and party. Problems involving ethics and moral­ ity demand thatthe church avoid endorsements and approvals lest they be misunderstood amid the whims and fancies of the political arena.

At the same time, those entering the primary season with high- hopes should not use the church asa steppingstone to personal political ambition. One should not trade .on religious beliefs as a means ofgetting votes.

We must see the Church as precious, the pearl of great price., As such, she must be cherished by'her members. To s~e her as an avenue of personal advantage is wrong. hi a world where the whim of man isephe.mer'al, we need a church that is above the petty and transitory... ' .

To all who walk our marketplaces and seek the public'sVote, . rpay t~is,be a c;:all ~.o .coQscience.. :' ,. 'l . ,.,'

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About Catechetical Sunday

By Sister Marilina Frye, MRSH

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I would like to share some of the One of our tasks as parents, discussion of the planning group catechists, or adult educators is to that selected "Listen and Follow help others listen actively to God with an Open Heart" as the theme speaking through his 'Word, for Catechetical Sunday 1985. through other people, and through . As in previous years, the theme the events in their lives. But it is is based on the readings for Cate­ not enough to simply listen, impor­ chetical Sunday. The reading from tant though that is.

Isaiah uses the word "hear" in -the When God "speaks to us, if we opening lines: "The Lord God listen with open ears, we hear God opens my ear that I may hear; And calling fortJt a response. The 'I have not rebelled, have not turned response called for is usually "Yes, back."

Lord," a response of faith.

Isaiah had a continued stance of ,This brings us to the second hearing the Lord: Because his ears verb in our· theme: "follow." In were open, he was 'listening..

Mark's Gospel, when Jesus begins The word "listen" was chosen to speak of his suffering; rejection, ratherthan."hear"for a number of . death, and resurrection, Peter takes reasons. We hear many, mariy him aside.and chides him. Jesus, in things in a day. It might be rain on turn, scolds Peter for judging by on the roof, traffic noises, the human rather than God's stan­ sounds" of children playing, root­ dards:Then Jesus gives us· the ers ata football game, music 'and secret to salvation: we must take words, words,'words. up our cross and follow in his Frequently we hear the sounds, footsteps. , . .' . but our ears are closed. We don't Following in ,Jesus' footsteps is

listen to them. When we listen to the challenge that we face as Chris­

the words or the music or the tiims. There are times when we are

cheers or the laughter, etc., they tempted to run ahead; still 'other

take on a whole depth of-meaning times when we lag far behind; and

that does not come from just hear­ as we are well aware, there are

ing them. times when we digress completely

The word "listen" seemed to be and go off on our own course. To

a stronger word than "hear." But, follow Jesus consistently we must

when we listen, we usually can cultivate,an "open heart.~'

make sense out. of what we hear if

Our hearts are open to God's initiatives in our lives when we listen for the promptings of the Holy Spirit, when we pray earn­ estly, "Thy Will be.done, "when we respond to God's call to a married, single, or religious vocation, and when we rocognize God acting in our lives. Our hearts are open when we respect the' dignity and rights of alI persons-'young, old, rich, poor, male, female, black, yellow, brown, or white.' Open hearts are compassionate and for­ ¥iviri.g hearts..

The' call to Listen and Follow with an Open Helm is intended for everyone, the catechist as well as' thosecatechited; the adult as well as the child;ihe teacher as well as the pupil. . " It is our hope that Catechetical Sunday 1985 will be a celebration that motivates all of us to listen to the Lord and to follow in his foot­ steps with an open heart.

Sister Frye is a Representative for Catechetical Ministries of the Department of Education of the U.S Catholic Conference. She is also coordinator ofthe U.S bishops' ad hoc committee on women which is exploring the possibility of issu­ ing a pastoral on the role of women in the church.

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A few years ago on vaca­ tion I suggested we stop by myoid rural school which has long since been converted into a farm home. On the way I des­ cribed it as a picturesque one room rural scnool of the past nestled in a little park surrounded by woods.

My family listened pleasantly and as we approached, I said, "It's here on the left, right past this little grove of trees."

My husband slowed down and there it was - a dilapidated lop­ sided structure bereft of paint, half-sunken into a dusty and clut­ tered farmyard. I was nonplused and quiet.

There was a long moment of silence, then out of the back seat in senatorial tones, my son said, "We are now looking at the place where Mom walked through snow­ drifts to get an education. It is a great moment in history."

He got brussel sprouts for dinner.

We've had much laughter about it since. I don't believe I ever told about trudging through snowdrifts but I have talked about walking a mile to school on bitterly cold days when they demurred against walk­ ing two blocks on similar days.

I've als.o fallen into familiar pa­ rental prattle about how many spell­ ing words I had to study when they complaine~ about theirs and how

1 had to write term papers by hand as they cussed the typewriter.

I suppose this habit of proclaim­ ing we had it tougher is as old as family life. I can hear Noah's chil­ dren saying to theirs, "You think this' is bad. How would you like to have been cooped up in a boat for 40 days with nothing but animals and rain?"

And I recall numerous adults in my childhood telling how easy we had it. As for "modern convenien­ ces," they envied'us ballpoint pens' and spoke of ink' bottles, leaky fountain pens,and ink blotches on papers which then had to be com­ pletely recopied.

It makes me fantasize on what my 16 year-old will tell his children when he's 35 in the year 2004.

"You think this is tough. All you have to do is sit in front of a VCR in an air-conditioned classroom.

We had to listen to boring teachers in 95 degree heat. " "Quit complaining about the word processor. I had to type and retype all my papers."

"So you don't like carrying a calculator. We had to learn math tables and calculate in our minds."

"The metric system is easier than the one we had to learn. We mea­ sured everything in inches, feet and yards. All you have to do is add zeros. So enough griping about geometry."

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"I don't want to hear any more how your floppy disks won't fit into your jeans pocket. I carried heavy books back and forth in a book bag we wore on our backs."

"So you didn't get the hour you wanted for video-Spanish. We had to stand in line for four hours, pul­ ling cards a~d changing courses till we got a schedule that worked."

I wish we could have just pressed buttons to take tests. We had to write answers and wait forever for the teacher to correct tests. You get a grade two minutes after you're done."

All these things might be said by my son. But one day, my fantasy grandchild, clever as she is sure to be, will stop him in his tracks.

"Yea, Dad, maybe things were rougher then. But we have one thing worse. Your parents couldn't plug into a computer at any time and find out how you're doing or what homework is missing. How would you have liked that?"

And my son will sh~t up.

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hours It month to the parish, even . FATHER though 'the majority' are married, employed and tend to have large EUGENE families. Most are women.

The profile of volunteers gives centrate too much on the us a picture of longtime parishion­ politics of the Vatican, Washing­ ers, somewhat better educated than ton D.C., or Moscow. Concen­ the average parishioner and neither trate on the "people," he said. liberal nor overly conservative. In­ His remark was meant to encour­ age the press to serve people on the terestingly, volunteers are also grass roots level and to avoid slightly more likely to be converts. being enamored with the powerful.

Volunteers feel more ownership As he spoke, the word "people" of the parish but have not su<;­ brought images to my mind of the. cum bed to a familiarity which poor, immigrants, minorities and breeds contempt and cynicism. the suppressed. .

They show a great appreciation Then, in a subsequent talk by for parish life.

Father Philip Murnion, director They usually get along with the of the New York-based National pastor and parish staff and feel Pastoral Life Center, on the Notre that they are taken seriously when Dame study of U.S. parishes, the consulted on parish decisions. word "people" took on another Many spend a considerable connotation for me. amount oftime preparing for volun­ His focus was on the role of par­ teer activities. ish volunteers. Father Murnion Today there is much concern pointed out that volunteers, though not a new force in the church, are about the new ministries that par­ involved in new ministries and at a ishes are initiating and the training higher level of responsibility in of persons who will become full­ time paid directors or coordinators. parishes than ever before.

With the special emphasis on In order of frequency, parish volunteers work on many new lay ministry, bishops, pastors and types of social programs, serve on many parishes are looking to parish councils which did not exist trained professionals to help maintoo long ago and as teachers in religious education programs which once were taught by religious only.

They also are Eucharistic ministers.

SAN FRANCISCO (NC) ­ In some matters volunteers have Archbishop John R. Quinn of San the last word in parishes; on many Francisco has blessed the convent matters pastors consult with volun­ of Most Holy Redeemer Parish teers before taking action. as a hospice for the terminally Statistics show that volunteers ill, including AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) are very active: One-fourth are involved in four victims.. or more parish activities at one time; , Repayment Three-fifths are in two to four "Love is repaid by love alone." activities.

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tain the new demand for ministry and also to help where priests and religious have been cut aback.

We definitely need professional ministers in parishes. Having them share in the responsibility of run­ ning a parish is a major break­ through in the church.

But, in our quest for shared responsibility and for profession­ alism, I believe volunteerism could be played down. Historically, volun­ teers have been influential in the church's growth and vitality.

Volunteers add a dimension to ministry which is unique.

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Sept 7 Very Rev. James E. McMahon, Pastor, 1966, Sacred Heart, Oak Bluffs Rev. Raymond Pelletier, MS, LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro 1984 Sept, 8 Rev. Thomas Sheehan, Founder, 1868, Holy Trinity, West Harwich Sept. 10 Rt. Rev. Felix S. Childs, Pastor Emeritus, 1969, Sacred Heart, Fall River Rev. Hugo Dylla, Pastor, 1966, St. Stanislaus, Fall River ,. Sept. 12 Rev. John J. Galvin, Assistant, 1962, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River Sept. 13 Rev. Charles A.J. Donovan, Pastor, 1949, Immaculate Concep­ tion, North Easton'

Is Lord's

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Q. One almost never hears any­ thing about the rules of the obser­ vance of Sundays - servile work, etc. Does Sunday as a day of rest have any meaning for Catholics anymore, besides the obligation of hearing Mass? (California) A. It most certainly does. We must start with the fact that the importance of Sunday as the Lord's day never did depend on the "rules" for the day. They result only from what the day is: The celebration of the resurrection of Jesus and of our own resurrection with him.

For this reason, not because it is a church law, we see Sunday as a unique time to offer the Eucharist to praise, thank and be glad with God for this central event of our faith.

The "forbidden work" idea devel­ oped agricultural-labor society. It is futile, and misses the point entire­ ly, to discuss whether crocheting, gardening or changing the oil in the car are allowed on Sunday.

Our aim is rather to have our home and activities reflect, on that day above all, the peace and joy that should be ours because of what Jesus has done for us.

While old rules may be de-empha­ sized, there is no downgrading of Sunday. Just the opposite: it is another example of how much more faith it takes to think through what it means to be a Christian, than simply to follow a few regula­ tions and feel we have fulfilled our obligations.

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if It caused serious har... to another perso·n? (Pennsylvania) A. Many, perhaps most, moral decisions in our lives involve mak­ ing a choice between two or more good things we should try to achieve.

The example you gave is a good one. Lying is wrong because good common sense ("reason'') tells us that speech is meant to convey honestly what is in our minds to some:one else. We have an obliga­ tion to respect that purpose.

We have, on the other hand, the obligation to respect the right to appropriate privacy for ourselves and others. Suppose someone asks you for information he or she has no right to know, and which you could reveal only at the cost of violating someone else's right to confidentiality or privacy. You face a conflict of moral "values," the integrity of the power of speech versus the right of the other person to personal privacy. You would probably quickly judge that .the obligation to protect privacy at this particular moment takes prece­ dence over the obligation to tell the truth.

We may call it a mental reserva­ tion, white lie or whatever else; but it comes down to a judgment on moral priorities in that particular circumstance. Here and now, what is the highest, most important good to be accomplished?

You could be adding considera­ tion of a third obligation or "good" in speaking of serious harm to another. Suppose the person seek­ ing information is a parent who would be seriously handicapped in providing necessary care and gui­ dance for a child without informa­ tion you can give.

Q. What is the Lambeth Quadri­ lateral? The term appeared in an article our study group read and we're all stuck. (Louisiana) A. Maybe you haven't encoun­ tered the name, but if you've fol­ lowed ecumenical activities I'm sure its ideas are not new.

The Lambeth Quadrilateral lists the four minimal requirements offered by the Anglican Church as conditions for eventual possible reunion with other Christian churches. The points were outlined at the 1920 Lambeth Conference, an assembly of Anglican bishops held every 10 years at Lambeth palace in London, hence the name.

The four articles involve accep­ tance of Scripture, acceptance of the Nicene Creed - the one we usually use at Sunday Mass: the sacraments of baptism and the Eucharist; and the acceptance of the "historic episcopate," dealing with the need for. bishops and recognition of Anglican orders.

The Quadrilateral was more offi­ cially titled "An Appeal to All Christian People." Its provisions naturally must be seen in light of the significant ecumenical state­ ·ments and activities since 1920.

Obviously, making such deci­ sions rightly requires a sincere desire to do what is good, sensitiv­ ity and delicacy of conscience, a habit of being morally honest with oneselfand God, and much prayer, the more so as such matters affect the lives of others.

A fre~ brocbure answering qua­ flOllS about confession Is avanable by sending a stamped, self-ad­ dressed envelope to Fatber Diet­ zen, Holy Trinity parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, m, 61701, Questions ~or lIbls column should be !Ient to him lit the same addres~.

Q. I have read that while a lie is never permissible one may limit or change a statement even though a deception may result. The book spoke of a "mental reservation" that may be used when there Is sufficient reason to protect a secret, or when someone who has no right to the information asks a question.

In your opinion, could use of a mental reservation be a serious sin

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. Continued from Page Two financial and employment assis­ services. Some ministries have a tance and advice. Confidentiality fee attached, but no one .'is ever .is 'assured and no fees are re­ turned awaY for inability to pay; quested or accepted for services. sliding scales are utilized, and Most women assisted by the ;third party payments may be agency keep their children. Those made by insurance companies. who choose adoption have, on ,Services are provided primarily average, several months to make to the Catholic community, but their decision, during which a're available to' 'anyone who re­ time the infant may be placed in 'a foster home. The unmar­ quests them.

Among agency programs are ried mother may help select adoption 'services, counseling, her child's adoptive parents. 'and informatipn and referral. .

The social workers who care Situations frequently seen by for these young women also counselors, include parent-child present the Oatholic view on . conflicts, marital problems, sexuality to students at area emotional stress and 'anxiety.

Catholic and puj>lic schools, 'Clients may be referred to a Father Graziano sa'id, noting that FATHER FERRY private psychiatrist,' psycholo­ they have been weH received. gist, mental health clinic or hos­ How do social workers avoid pital if deemed 'advisable bya "burn-out," 'a problem fairly counselor. common to :the profession, and "Bridge to .the Other Wid­ maintain a spirit of compas­ • owed," a group for the widowed progr~m • 'meeting social and therapeut'ic sion? Father Graziano stresses that spirituality helps. "We are needs, is exclusive to the Cape the church and w.e strive Ito · Cod office. minister to all those who come More than :400 Asian refugees ' to us in need with the 'love of Christ," he said.

Among participants in a cul­ .have ibeen resettled an South­ eastern Massachusetts wi.th ture and humJinities pi'lot pro­ "Secondly," he I continued, "in gram sponsqred last month at agency !help, Father Graziano order to generate competency' of ,the Catholic University ofPo~tu­ said proudly. 1\' current priority service, the staff is both highly gal by the Portuguese CuHurlil is the ,reuniting of families, he professional and academicaUy Foundation 'of Providence was said, especially Cambodians. certified."

Refugee services are offered .Rev. James Ferry; parochial vicar Summing up the work of his at Our. Lady of Mt. Carmel par­ 'in cooperation with a. federally department, the executive direc­ ish, New Bedford. ' sponsored U.S, Catholic Confer. tor said, "We exist to 'do social ence program.

Others from the Fall River' Particularly interesting is the ministry that can't be done by diocese in the Lisbon program, agency's Unmarried Parents pro­ ,the parish. We don't replace the which .offered a. "customized gram. parish, !but we supplement it." learning experience designed ex­ It's "the church using its fin­

clusively for .American students" were Elaine C. Oliveira and 'ancial resources. in backing .up

'MarIa Jose D'Alu,' Somerset; itsmorai.. PrinCiples in the ·area Joanne Fernandes, Maria Moniz of pro-jife~" Father Graziano ex­ plained.. . and John Pontes, Fall River; In a given year, the program NAIROBI, Kenya (NC) - The. Grace .Furtado, ~ew Bedford; Paul Goulart, Taunton; Paula ,provides care for about 100 Ethiopian famine is under con­ womeriand their famiHes.. Ex­ trol, but transporting supplies to Sousa, Swansea; JoAnna Sunder­ land' and Charles Sunderland, pectant mothers ranging in age relief camps remains a problem, Westport; and Paul Vital, Norton. from 12 through their early 40s according to Mother Teresa of have been counseled, witlh the Calcutta, Inditl. . vast majority in the 17' to 21 Support of the. Catholic Uni­ "-I found people happy with age bracket. Counseling is avail­ versity of Pontugal was a favor­ their dhildren, and 'they are go­ ite cause of the 'late Cardinal able to families, as it is to nat­ ing back to start a new me," Humberto Medeiros, a priest of ural fathers willing'to <take ad­ Mother Teresa said recently the Fa'll Riv~ diocese before he vantage of it. .after- spending four days in Ethi­ ,Parenting classes are also pro­ :became leader of Boston's Cath­ opia. She made her observations olics; and <;:ardinal, Antonio Ri~ vidt':d, including information on while in Nairobi for rthe 43rd beiro of Lisbon visited Fall River breastfeedini International Eucharistic Con­ last October on behalf of ;the' . The department offers mothers gress. medical, .'educational, housing, institution. . " She denied that relief camps werecloSed and people were told Another university support,er to go back home. ' . is Msgr.Luiz G. Mendonca, pas­ "What is happening 'is ·that tor of Our 'Lady of Mt. Carmel people are being encouraged to parish, New Bedford and dioce­ Taunto~ go home," she said. "It !is much san vicar general. He is vice­ Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has better going home. president and treasurer of the~ Association for' the Develop~ accepted the presentation made ,"I,t is not true the ,authorities ment of ,1fue Catholic University by Very Rev. Daniel M.·· Pie­ are destroying oamps. 'They 'want trazak, OFM Conv., provincial to' encourage people to go home. of Portugal, a U.S.-based organ­ minister- 01 the Franciscan Friars The whole country is reaUy try­ ization formed by Cardinal Med­ eiros in 1976 at the request of of St. Anthony of Padua Pcovince, ' inir to get together. The a:tmos­ and has appointed as parochial phere- is not so depressing as 'Cardinal Ribeiro. vicar ,at Holy Rosary parish in when I was there 'in December .. Last month Msgr. Mendonca Taunton the Rev. Gabriel Swol, accompanied Rev. Dr. Joachim OFM Conv., effective Sept. 3, and January."

Mother Teresa's Missionaries Torres Lima, fiscal administra­ 1985. of Charity run six homes for the tor of the Lisbon university; Rev.

F~ther Gabriel, a native of Dr.Artur P. Custodio, former New Bedford, was ordained to poor in Ethiopia. rector of the major seminary of the priesthood as a Conventual Angra, Terceira, Azores; and Franciscan on Dec. 21, 1968.

Young People Father Gastao Oliveira, parochial He' has served as 'a faculty mem~ "When young people no longer 'vicar at Our Lady of Mt. Car­ ber at Kolbe High School, Bridge­ ask questions, they are no longer mel, to Bridgewater State. Coi· port, Conn., and as a campus yourig people." ...... Pope John lege for a tour of its' Clement C. , minister at Hilbert CoUege, Ham­ Paul II Maxwell Library to observe tech­ burg, N.Y. niciues that might be adapted for ,. Pr-ior to his assignment to :the PLEASE PATRONIZE use at the Lisbon university, Taunton 'parish, Father Gabriel " . \\'hose library is under construc­ ·was parochial vicar at St. Adal­ ·OUR ADVERTISERS tion. bert parish, Elmhurst, N.Y.

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By NC News Service was the only network to have A statement signed by nearly l1"eplied. "Basically NBC said, 'We're good guys. We don't do 7,000 U.S. l1"eligious leaders, in­ stuff like that. We 'air only good, cluding some 60 Catholic bish­ ops, pledging ito promote a boy-. decent programs.''' cott of advertisers who support While the statement said a offensive television programs formal decision about the boy­ has provoked mittie res~onse cott would be made at the be­ from the networks, writers and ginning of 1986, Mr. Wildmon advertisers, said the Rev. Donald indicated he is already "work­ E. Wildmon, the statement's or­ ing on the nuts and bolts of or­ ganizer. ganizing" :it under the assump­ Released in June with 600 sig­ tion that "nothing is going Ito natures, the statement urged change" with the new television the networks to end "anti-ehris­ season.

"There is a genuine contempt, tian bias" in television programs and calls for more programs that or ·hostility, toward the Chris­ tian community" among the peo­ accurately portray Judeo- Chris­ tian mora'! values. .pIe responsible for television pro­ If their request is ignored, the grams. Mr. Wildmon said. religious leaders said they were Since June, approximately 400 prepared to use theill" "collective -new signatures were added to and individua1 influence" to pro- . the statement, said Mr. Wild­ mote a boycott of advertisers' mono The signers l1"epresent 98 products which support the of­ Christian denominations and in­ fending programs. clude ,the heads of 69 denomina­ During the past few years, the tions. commercial networks have be­ Twelve Catholic bishops were gun to air "an unaoceptable listed among the 400 new signers. amount of immoral sex, gratui­ They are: tous violence and profanity Bishop Theodore E. McCar-. which downgrades the dignity rick of Metuchen, N.J.; Bishop of human sexuality and 91S­ Stanislaus J. 'Brzana of Ogdens­ rupts peaceful social human re­ burg, N.Y.; Bishop William G. '1tltionships," the statement said. Connare of Greensburg, Fa.; Bish­ Television programs rarely op Michael J. Begley of Char­ portray Chdstians in a positive lotte, N.C.; Auxiliary -Bishop light, but rather portray them as Gilbert J. Sheldon of Cleveland; immoral or as "bungling, incom­ Bishop Maurice J. Dingman of petent and Iill-informed individ­ Des Moines, Iowa; Archbishop uals," it said.

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THIS SATURDAY IS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE' MONTH Honor the Immaculate Heart of Mary Practice the devotion of the five First Saturdays This devotion was requested by Our Lady of Fatima on July 13, 1917, when she said: "God wishes to establish In the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart.

"I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart . and the Communion of reparation on the first Saturdays. If people listen to my requests, Russia will be converted and there will be peace."

Then again, on December 10, 1~25, Our Lady appeared to Sister Lucia, one of the children of Fatima, and told her the following: "Announce in my name that I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who on the first Saturday of five con­ secutive months, shall

1. Go to confession and receive Holy Communion, 2. Recite the Rosary, 3. And 'keep me company for a quarter of an hour while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary ~.

With the intention of making reparation to me."

To practice this devotion, you must fulfill the requests of Our lady, doing so in reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Confession may be made during eight days before or after the Communion. . '

(Courtesy of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Hedwig parls~, New Bedford, Mass.)

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, Following is a list of charismatic plI'ayer meetings in the Fall River diocese,_arranged according to place and time. The telephone number at the end of each listing may be called for further information. (P) or Port. denotes a Portuguese-language· meeting.

Where both Portuguese and English groups meet at the same location, this is indicated; where language is not indicllted, groups are English-speaking. Groups not considering themselves charismatic are not included; and some groups formerly listed separately lIlave merged with others.

Corrections or additions to the list may be sent to Father Pierre Lachance, OP, 818 Middle St., Fall River 02721, tel. 678-5322.

Father Lachance is secretary of the diocesan Charismatic Service Committee.

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Attleboro-Taunton deaneries ATTLEBORO: Holy Ghost Church (P) - Wed., 7 p.m. (226-3160); LaSalette Shrine - Fri., 8:30 p.m.

(401-724-2307); St. Stephen church hall - Wed., 8 p.m. (222-5133). . .

NORTH ATTLEBORO: St. Mary's Church ­ Thur., 7 p.m. (695-6161); Sacred Heart Church -Fri., 7:45 p.m. (69S-6774).

.. NORTON: St. Mary's parish (meetings in homes)

1st & 3rd Thur., 8 p.m. (285-6907).

SEEKONK: Our ~ady of Mt. Carmel Church -Wed. 8' p.m. (336-6799); St. Mary church hall ­ Mon., 7:30 p.m. (222-1516).

SO. ATTLEBORO: St. Theresa Parish Center -Tues.,8 p.m. (761-7182).

SO. EASTON: Holy Cross rectory - Wed., 8 p.m.

(238-2984).

RAYNHAM: St. Ann Church - Mon., 7:45 p.m.

(822-2219).

TAUNTON: St. Anthony, church basement (P) -Mon., 6:30 p.m. (every other week) (822-4927); St. Jacques Youth Group, St. Mary's school- Wed., 1 p;m.· (824-8378); St. Mary Church - Mon., 7 p.m.

(822-6744).

Cape, Islands, deanery BREWSTER: Our Lady of the Cape, rectory basement - Wed., 7:30 p.m. (896-3309).

BUZZARDS BAY: St. Margaret's rectory - Mon., I p.m. (759-3690).

E. FALMOUTH: St. Anthony's hall - Thur., 8 p.m. (540-0587).

HYANNIS: St. Francis Xavier, Msgr. Thomson Center. - Tues:, 8: 15.p.m. ,(398-4639).

NO. EASTHAM: Visitation church hall - Tues., 7:30 p.m. (255-7683).

NO. FALMOUTH: St. Elizabeth Seton Church -Thur., 7:30 p.m. (563-3364). .

SANDWICH: Corpus Christi, Fr. Clinton hall -Fri.,8 p.m. (477-9265).

VINEYARD HAVEN: St. Augustine hall- Mon., 7:30 p.m. (693-3761).

W. HARWICH: Holy Trinity hall - Tues., 7:30 p.m. (432-0569).

F all Hiver deanery FALL RIVER: BI. Sacrament .Church - Fri., 7:30 p.m. (644-2375); Espirito Santo Church (P) - Sun., 6 p.m. (678-6671); Our Lady of Health - Port.: in church - Sat., 7:30 p.m. (679-5089) - Engl.: parish hall - Tues., 7 p.m. (673-3790); St. Anne Shrine -Wed., 7:30 p.m. (678-5322); St. Anthony of Padua Church (P) - Tues., 7 p.m. (674-0494) SOMERSET: St. John of God Church -1st Thur., 7 p.m. general meeting; 3rd Thur., 7 p.m. teaching for those who have made seminars (672-1315).

SWANSEA: St. Dominic's parish (home meeting) Thurs., 7:30 p.m. (379-0961).

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E. FREETOWN: St. John Neuman~ church hall (Cathedral Camp) - Wed., 8 p.m. (998-3738).

FAIRHAV.EN: St. Joseph's parish· New Jerusa­ lem Prayer Community, church - Fri., 7:30 p.m.

(992-0082); St. Joseph. Prayer Group, 44 Rotch St. -Wed., 9:45 a,m. (992-5490).

NEW BEDFORD: Immaculate Conception, in school: - Port.: 1st Mon., 7:30 p.m.; English: alter­ nating weeks (992-9892); Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Port. adult group, main church - Thur., 7 p.m. (Fr. Oliveira, 993-4704); - Engl. adult group, basement -Mon., 7 p.m. (Fr. Furtado, 993-4704); - Engl. youth group, basement - Fri., 7:30 p.m. (Fr. Furtado); Our Lady of the Assumption, church basement - Thur., 7:30 p.m. (992-0286).

Our Lady's Chapel, basement: - Adult - Wed., 7 p.m. (healing Mass, 1st Wed.) (763-2020); - Youth -M.on., 7 p.m. (994-4388). St. Anne, Rectory - Wed., 7 p.m. (997-2457); St. John the Baptist - Port.: main church, 1st Fridays, 7:30 p.m.; church basement, other Fridays (992-4985); Engl.: church basement, Tues., 7:30 p.m. (992-2096);· St. Joseph, rectory basement - Wed., 7 p.m. (995-6410); St. Mary's Church - Mon., 7 p.m. (992-4567). . NO. DARTMOUTH: St. Joseph Community Hall (P) - Sun., 7 p.m. (May 30 to Labor Day); 4 p.m. (rest of year). (996-1417); St. Julie Church Hall Mon., 7:30 p.m. (993-8919).

SO. DARTMOUTH: Home group - Wed., 7 p.m.

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WAREHAM: Sacred .Hearts Retreat House, Thur., 7:30 p.m. (295-9227).

WESTPORT: St. George Church Tues., 7: 15 p.m.

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School offers day-care program PEORIA, Ill. (NC) - "Latch­ key" children at St.' Thomas Par~ ish School 'who were going home to an empty house or a baby­ sitter because both parents work can now stay right at school.

Principal Grace -Kelly develop· ed the after-school' program ·as a way to help working parents solve· the pr~blem of day care for their children. She came up with the idea· after reading a

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She said one family had to withdraw their two children from St. Thomas School because babysitters cost· $60 a week.

The cost of the St. Thomas program is $20 a week for one child, $25 for two. If parents can't pay, the school takes care of it..

The program is not a continua­ tion of the school day, although students who need extra help in their' studies receive !it. Time ms allotted for snacks, st<>ries, gam{!s, quiet time and .viewing videotapes.

The new program also gives teachers staffing it a supplement to their income, Mrs. Kelly said, adding that she feeis the after· school care idea -·will catch on.

Happy Birthday, A.A. !

by Joseph Motta

On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, nationwide recogni­ tion has been given to Alcoholfics Anonymous, the organiza­ tion that has set many thousands of people wnth drinking problems back on the road ·to good health.

A.A. History as the General Service Board of In the summer of 1934, "Bill Alcoholics Anonymous, it is a W." was pronounced "a hopeless national organization although alcoholic" by his doctor. Bill felt a groups are independent. Also in strong need to discuss his drinking 1938 A.A.'s famous 12-step pro­ problem with someone like him­ gram was written. self, to help keep himself and the 1939 saw an A.A. membership other straight. He found that per- . of 100. The most recent figures put son in "Dr. Bob" and together they membership at about 1,000,000, '')unded Alcoholics AnonymQus with over 35,000 local groups meet­ on June 10, 1935. ing weekly.

Groups fo~med. In 1936, when AI-Anon, for non-alcoholic fam­ the cofounders met to tally results, ily members dedicated to reestab­ they found that40 problem drinkers lishing normal family life, and were sober with the help of A.A. Alateen, for teen-agers with alco­ In May 1938 the Alcoholics Foun­ holic parents, are active groups dation was established. Now known associated with A.A.

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I. We admitted 'we were powerless over alcohol- that our lives had become unmanageable.

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8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. ' , 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

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A more complete schedule may be obtained by contacting the A.A. Central Service Com­ mittee for Eastern Massachu­ setts tel. 426-9444.

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10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

II. Sought through' prayer and meditation to improve our con­ scious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

, 12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs'.

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"Jeanne" Jeanne ( a pseudonym) is an than anybody efse," and her hus­ alcoholic. At 49, she .is an estab­ blmd had fallen asleep, Jeanne lished teacher, respected in her would drink vodka, thinking that its lack of odor would insure her community.

"I'm the lady that nobody thinks secret.

By this time Jeanne knew that would be an alcoholic because I don't look like an alcoholic," she she was an alcoholic and realized that she "wasn't responsible for said.

Jeanne told her story to The it."

Anchor with the hope that readers She agrees with the widely-held would learn something about alco­ . medical belief that alcoholism is a holism. The anonymous phone physical disease to which one is interview was arranged by the genetically predisposed.

Alcoholics Anonymous Rhode She went to her first A.A. meet­ Island Central Service Committee. ing in 1974.

"I almost died before I walked As a child, Jeanne was taught that those who drank too much through those doors," she said.

It took her se.ven months to give were weak people. She pitied them, up alcohol completely and to admit considering drunkenness a sin.

She never tasted alcohol until that she was powerless over it. jeanne has been "incredibiy,. she entered college; one night at a party she was handed a drink and happily sober" since 1975. "I've made a spiritual recovery," she her problems began.

"I drank too much that night, said.

To insure her anonymity, she without knowing what it WQuld do to me," she said. "I became very travels to a community other than sick." , •her own for A.A.. meetings, but Still feeling ill the next morning, will make herself known to help others through A.A. 's 12 steps (see and also feeling "guilt and re­ morse," Jeanne vowed to learn to box), which she herself continues "drink like a lady." She discovered to follow. She refers to them as a she had a high tolerance for alcohol. "rigorous ex'amination of self."

"The thread that runs through Marriage came, and she had "no trouble with booze at all" for five my life now is the joy of living," years. "There was no money for she said. it," she said.

As her husband quickly worked AN ALCOHOL 24-Hour his way to the top of his field, Helpline may be dialed at 1­ Jeanne began to drink again.

800-252-6465. Included in its "Our lives were structured services are information about around the cocktail party." she A.A. meetings, facilities for said. This "corporate drinking" led to more problems. counseling and crisis interven­ tion. A.A. members often staff After the new affluent couple the line. returned home from a gathering, where Jeanne "got no more drunk

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focused on the rift with his wife meal once a week. You might play and children, and that he feels cards or fix a meal together.

Dear Mary: I have an older hopeless and depressed because of Try to get him interested in an ' friend who is hurting because his this. activity such as gardening, then It would be wonderful if you visit him once weekly and garden wife and children will not have anything to do with him. My friend could effect a reconciliation. How­ with him. Take him to evening ever, nothing in your letter sug­ raised a large family and was mar­ Mass, then out for meal. Or take ried for 43 years before his wife left gests this is likely. him to morning Mass where you You are not in control of his join others for coffee and rolls him.

Although' he admits he was no wife and ·children. You are able to ,afterward. Your friend might be angel and had a drinking problem offer friendship. How might you' drawn into conversation with fel­ for a while, almost 10 years have best help him? low parishioners. elapsed since the divorce. My friend When you visit your friend, he A person focused on a single will probably want to talk about has grieved deeply and begged to be taken back. , event an~ d.epressed as a ~esult ca~ his misfortunes. Arguing with him My friend is quite ill and requires be very dlffl~ult to deal With. TypI- or even sympathizing will only care. He wishes he could die as he . c~lly, despite al! the effo.rts of _ focus in them. Try instead to bring has given up hope; however he fne!1~s,. he contmue~ to Ignore the conversation around to the cannot get his wife out of his mind.. POSltIV~ efforts, .con.~m~es to see activity you have chosen. Ignore I have tried to off(!r what help I only misfortune In ht~ hfe. remarks about his family and talk could. However, some of my other Faced with such a situation, you . about the garden, the meal, what­ friends have suggested I abandon put more effort in trying to bring ever you are doing together. him 'and they have washed their hi~ around, only to be frustrated.

You have taken on a difficult own hands after a number of ThiS cap lead to ~nger, then per- task, one which may not bring you attempts. haps gU1~t over gettmg angry. Eyen- much personal satisfaction. By sched­ What type of consolation might tu.ally, unable t.o be comfortable "uling the times you see yourfriend I offer? - Iowa With your emotIOns, you do what and planning an activity each time, Thank you for your letter show­ others ~ave ~one, wash your hands I you can keep your frustration level ing such concern for an elderly in bounds while being what this man that others have apparently of the sttuatlOn. To avoid tHis, I suggest you lonely man desperately ~eeds, a given up on. It is not clear what your friend's needs are, how you schedule your visits. Decide when friend. Bless you! and how often, y'ou will see him Reader questions on family liv­ have tried to intervene or why oth­ ing and child care to be answered ers have given up and encouraged and for what reason.

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In the course of raising children, I remember when my daughter, Mary, was about 10. She was play­ there are so many moments that This summer I;ve had as frequent ing,the piano. Like most children; give us a clue to the direction houseguests two of my s.on Peter's she hated piano lessons, taking they're going. As parents, of cO,urse Army buddies who needed a place them, I suppose, because I insisted~ . we notice their behavior, but gener­ to stay between a college semes­ But as she played I thought of ally, we're only thinking in terms ter's end and the beginning of David soothing Saul by playing on of being disciplinarians. ' summer school. the lute. I felt very much that It meant more television, more Mary's playing was doing the same We feel an obligation to point it kitchen niess, higher electric bills. for me. out when they are wrong; but ,But it also meant more conversa­ ; when they do something right or tion, more laughs, more life.

• I suddenly wanted to thank her act in a way that demonstrates fine I suddenly decided to call Peter for pursuing the lessons she did values germinating in them, we and thank him for adding Gary not want to take to make me tend to take that for granted. It is and Bob to the family. happy. When she finished the piece, as if they are only doing what's Later, I reflected how seldom it I kissed her and thanke~ her. expected of them, when in fact' is we thank our children other they.are making a choice about the I only wish that over the years I kind of human being they will than for a gift or maybe for some chore they've done well. How often had done more ofthat. I remember, become. do we express appreciation for the my son John at 19 relating how he It seems that parents should . intangible gifts that bring us a had spent hours helping someone richness money can't buy? who was stranded on .the road. I observe how their children are Like most parents, I've let such never thought to congratulate him growing up. When we see signs of moments pass without verbalizing on being a generous, considerate goodness, let's say a simple thank you! human being. my gratitiude.

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"Maybe you should loosen up a little and -do the water slide with them next time they go there," he said.

"When I feel like doing that to my body, I will jump into the tub with my electric mixer."

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has been nice this summer," he said; trying to switch directions.

"Easy to say from someone who l)as never had the letters 'G.M.' branded into his flesh by sitting on a white-hot seatbelt bu~kle."

"I think the children are begin­ ning to sense your hostility," he 'said, turning to the sports page.

maybe - I went on. "I can make a gallon of Kool-Aid at 9 a.m. and two hours later it's gone. Putting a full pack of bologna in there is like having a scuba diver in front of a great white shark. Six times this summer I have put Jell-O to harden and it was drunk warm."

"Relax," spouse said calmly. "I was just trying to make the point that it's nice to see school starting and the old routine returning."

I thought about it. Watching oldest son brush his teeth and eat breakfast at the same-time. Mak­ ing school lunches. School pic­ tures. Yard duty.

"Hand me those classifieds again, will you?" I said to spouse.

"You mean my running the Grate­ ful Dead casette through the gar­ bage disposal?" o "Actually I was thinking of you locking up the lemonade."

He hit a button with that one.

"Hey, those kids think that refrig­ erator is a cross between a foun­ tain of plenty and a peek show. If we put 20-pound weights' on the door, those kids would have bic­ .

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111 Pax Christi asks hearts . ~=~ to disarm ~~.~ THE ANCHOR-Diocese' of Fall River-Fri" Sept. 6, 1985

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ERIE, Pa. (NC) - More than 450 delegates from Pax Christi organizations in North America called for a change of heart within people as the way to end the arms race.

Delegates gathered in Erie last . month for the annual national assembly of the international Cath­ olic peace movement.

"Disarm the' Heart, Disarm the Nations" was the theme for three days of prayer and workshops.

"We cannot talk about disar­ mament and carry violence around in our own' lives," said keynote speaker Patricia Mische, who urged people to find the "shadows" in their lives. Ms. Mische is cofounder of Global Education Associates, a network resear.ching global con­ cerns and alternatives for the future.

She said "a pathology of vio­ , lence" has permeated American history and she noted that con­ flicts between America and Nica­ ragua, among others, are not new.

For example,. she cited an 1858 incident in which the U.S. Navy destroyed a Nicaraguan city be­ cause an American sailor had been insulted by Nicaragua.

"Because we don't look at our shadows and illuminate them, we keep repeating them," she said.

"What about Dresden, Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Like an alcoholic, like a drug addict, we have to admit that this thing (the arms race) is out of control."

Just as an alcoholic turns to God as the first step in recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous, Ms. Mische said, people must take the first step of recognizing violence "in our own heart; illuminate it and bring it under control."

Ms. Mische applauded the U.S, bishops' 1983 pastoral letter on peace and said it was important to announce "a new vision n that resists war, not just renounces it.

Other spea}(ers included Father George Zabelka of Lansing, Mich.

A former military chaplain, he discussed his conversion to peace­ 'making causes.

Calling on everyone to do "some­ thing for peace," he suggested for­ mation of an ecumenical council ofworld religious leaders who would counsel their followers that war is a crime against God and humanity.

"There is no way to follow Christ, to love as Christ loved and simul~ taneously kill people," he said.

Auxiliary Bishop ThoJllas Gum­ bleton of Detroit, episcopal adviser for Pax Christi, lauded the Bene­ dictines for Peace, based in Erie, for their efforts in bringing the national he~dquarters of Pax Christi to Erie. The movement was formerly Chicago based.

India trip hailed BOMBAY, India ~C) - Pope John Paul II's planned visit to India is "an event of immense significance not only to Cath­ olics, but ,also for the whole na· Non," the 'Indian Catholic bish­ ops' conference said in a pastoral letter. The visit of Pope John Paul II, sch~uled for the sec­ ond week of February 1986, would encourage Indians in their efforts towards justice, develop­ ment, peace and prosperity and help strengthen their religious spirit, the bishops said in their letter, issued in early August.

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our ways back to bed, wondering where these thrill-seekers come ARTHUR, from, and why it is that they want an audience, yet also the faceless MURPHY anonymity of the telephone? At, worst, depending on, the time of night or day and the content of the call, you may be genuinely shocked, unnerved or afraid.

Nuisance calls can really be a serious problem ~ serious enough .& ATTY. to merit criminal penalties of up to $500 in fines or imprisonment of up to three months; or both, in RICHARD M'assachusetts. ,. ' How can y04 disc04rage nui­ MURPHY sance calls, or catch the'caller ifhe won't be discouraged?

The phone company offers, a familiar but undervalued bIt of advice: 'Hang up. Don't ask ques-, tions, argue or give out a piece of your mind. As soon as you realize At one time or another, y,ou're the unwilling audience for a most of us have been dragged nuisance caller, just hang up. Often, 'away from the television, out if he can't get a reaction from you, of the shower or out of bed in the caller will be as bored with the the middle ofthe night by a prank, call as you are, and will move on in or worse, an obscene or harassing search of a better, more responsive telephone call. At best, we're left audience - leaving yo,u in peace.

If the calls persist, you should to slam the receiver down and. wipe up the water trail. We grope contact your local telephone busi-

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ness office (the number is in the further investigation llnd possible front of your directory). They will prosecution. have some standard suggestions Believe it or not, even after the on how to discourage nuisance ,police know exactly where your calls, depending on 'the apparent nuisance calls have been coming age of the caller and the type of call from, they may have trouble prov­ you have be~n receiving. The phone ing who's been making them. company may ask you to keep a There's no 'presumption that the log ofyour nuisance calls on forms person living at the location to it will provide you for seven days. which ,the phone company has traced the calls is the culprit. The , If nothing, so far, has deterred burden is on the prosecutor to your caller, it's probably time' to come up with more evidence than try catching him. As a first step, the location of the phone. Typi­ but only with yourexpress permission, cally, this will mean that you have the phone company can place your to be able to identify your caller's phone "on trap." This means that voice before he can be convicted. the phone nUlTlbers of all your .... callers will be recorded. No conver­ Of course, even if 'there's no sation will be recorded, just phone conviction, your nuisance calls will numbers. "Trapping" is done probably stop. 'Discovery is a great using equipment in the phone com­ deterrent to the secret thrill-seeker. pany's central offices. Not all Depending on the content of the central offiCes, however, have the neces~ call, it may be possible to prose­ sary equipment. cute the nuisance caller for more than just the call. For instance, if Trapping is gen'erally very effec­ someone threatens you over the tive in tracing the source of nui­ telephone and appears to have the sance calls. But, whatever the phone immediate ability to carry out the' company. discovers is released threat - say he claims to have hid~ directly to the local police, not to den a bomb in your car - it might you, The police will take over any be possible to bring assault charges.

, Or, depending on the circumstan­ ces, the caller may be liable under statutes aga'inst extortion or blaclc­ mail, against certain debt collec­ tion procedures, or against intim­ idation of witnesses orjurors. Crim­ inal penalties i!1 some of the~e situations can be pretty steep.

Ultimately, you may want an unlisted phone number, but short, of that, you can best discourage nuisance calls by following the phone company's advice.

Incidentally, a brief but useful source of legal information on not only nuisance calls, but unlawful wiretapping, emergency use of party-lines, frau'dulent use of tele­ phones, and the like is the "Cus­ tomer Service" section' of your phone book. It's located near the front of most directories.

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Catholic nostalgia 'might,be back "in" this year, if several recent reports indicate a trend.

In a column appearing in Catho­ lic newspapers in August, Bishop Norbert F. Gaughan of Gary, Ind., took a hint from Coca Cola's brouhaha over a new Coke for­ mula. He suggested that the Cath­ olic Church, like the soft drink company, might benefit from bring­ ing back some of its "classic" items.

Leaving it to the reader to decide how serious or tongue-in-cheek his various offerings were, Bishop Gaughan opined that !=~~holics may want to bring back such diverse things as: , - Sunday afternoon Benedic­ tion.

- The old calendar of safnts, restoring some deleted popular fig­ ures like St. Valentine.

• - First Fridays, October Rosary devotions and May devotions~ -. The Baltimore Catechism.

- Sodality meetings for girls.

- Naming children after saints ~ again.

- Priests manning the confes­ sionals in, all parishes on Saturday, afternoons. .

- "Old church vocabulary" such as the "Epistle side'~and "Gospel side" of the altar.

In a similar view, but with more clearly serious intent, the Catholic Free Press, newspaper of the Dio­ ,cese of Worcester, Mass., sugges'ted editorially ,that the Leonine Pray­ ers, which were once recited pub­ licly after every Low Mass, be res­ tored by Catholics as a prayer for peace.

Low Mass, as an older genera­ tion of Catholics will recall, used to be Mass without singing of the Kyrie, Gloria, Gospel, Sanctus, Agnus Dei and the like; when these were sung, it was a High Mass.

The Leonine Prayers were named

after Pope Leo XIII, who ordered them used throughout the church in 1884. They consisted of three Hail Marys, the Hail Holy Queen, and, since 1886, a prayer to St. Michael the Archangel.

Originally ordered as prayers for the church's recovery of the Papel States taken over by Haly in 1859, they w'ere turned into pray-' ers for peace and the conversion of Russia in 1928, after Italy agreed to compensate the Holy See for the expropriated' papal lands. I"n 1964, they were supressed as a step '. in liturgical reform.

The Catholic Free Press suggested that a restoration of the Leonine Prayers as a Catholic prayer for peace "needn't be done formally. It could be done merely by persons kneeling at the end of Mass for the few seconds it takes to say three 'Hail Marys.' "

Other people, too, have'started to suggest anew that perhaps not everything that was dropped should havebeen'abandoned ,in ,the 20 years of change since the Second Vatican Council.

Jesuit Father Luis Ugalde, recently elected president of the Conference of . . . .Latin American .

R;eli~lOus, said In a recent Inter­ view In New.York th~t many.o~the I?O,OOO ~atl.n American ReligIOUS ~IS o,rgamzatlOn represents are ques­ ~Iom~g ~hether they went too f~r In .r~Je~tlng elements of ,popular religiOSity after the councIl. In the United States a national meeting ofthe Conference of Major Superiors of Men in mid-August opened with a report suggesting that the same kind of questioning may be going on today among a number of U.S. Religious.

U.S. Religious have backed much of the postconciliar change, said Third Order Franciscan Father Roland Faley, CMSM executive director, but some are asking, "Have we perhaps lost, or at least lost sight of, basic values that can­ not be sacrificed?"

And then there is the Catholic trivia game put out by a company in Pennsylvania, which asks ques­ tions like, "Who was the second pope?" and "What is a catechism?"

Called "LIMBO," the game is played with a stack of question cards and a central board with the player's scorecards, which look like - how Catholic can you get? :....- Bingo cards.

Noblest Work "An" honest man is the noblest work of God." - Alexander Pope

MRS head asks e'fforts to reunite Khmers

,r "Such a program in Thailand lack of food, poor hygenic condi­ would enable Khmer to join their tions and exposure to warfare."

"Exposure to life-threatening loved ones in the United States in ,a safe and timely manner," situations for any length of time is unacceptable," he said. "There­ he said in written testimony sub­ mitted to the House Subcom-, fore, the U,S. must consider mittee on Pacific and Asian Af':' other options for accomplishing Father Nicholas DiMarzio, ex­ Khmer family reunification." fairs. ecutive director of USCC Migra­ He said that whiie the Thai He estimated that about 18,000 tion and Refugee Serv,ies, said' 'government believes "it is do­ of the more than 250,000 Khmer existing facilities and personnel refugees have family members ing everything in its power to used to register and interview ensure the safety of refugees and the refugees in Thailand ,could be , in the United States. displaced persons within its The Khmer are aboriginal Cam­ used to set 'up an ()r(\erly Depar­ borders, the fact is ,that these bodians Who were forced from ture Program similar to the pro­ people consistently fa'll victim to their homelands in 1979 when gram operating in Vietnam. a variety of attacks, from rob­ the Pol Pot regime fell. They are Under the orderly departure classified as displaced persons 1)ery to rape."

This could be prevented, plan people approved for immi­ and live in camps in Thailand Father DiMarzio said; if the U.S. grant visa, but for whom no !llong the Cambodian border. , government convinced the Thai­ visas are available because an­ Father DiMarzio, who recently government to allow protection imal quotas are exhausted, can :be classified as refugees if they visited the camps, 'said the lives for refugees under the- auspices of the U.N. High Commissioner 'have family members in the and health of the Khmer refu­ gees are "threatened daily by for Refugees.

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WASHINGTON (NC) A U.S. Catholic Conference resettle­ mentofficial urged efforts to re­ unite Khmer ,refugees in Thai­ land with their families who have moved the United States.

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On Steerlnll Points Items FR Indicates Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford.

ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT CCD teachers: 9 a.m. Mass Sat­ urday followed by church hall meet­ ing.

Social Club: meeting 2 p.m. Sun­ day at home of Joseph Rodrigues, 473 Old Bedford Rd., for potluck supper. New members and those interested in attending suppl:r, call 674-2862.

Cub Scouts: meeting 7 p.m. Sept.

19, church hall.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Family Mass: (rescheduled) 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Coffee and doughnuts to follow, church hall. .

Sacred Hearts Association ban­ quet: 6 p.m. Sept. 8, Hen House Res­ taurant, Acushnet.

People needed to cover all hours at Wednesday adoration. Sign-up chart in the back of church.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Vincentians: meeting 8 p.m. Sept.

9, rectory.

Altar boys: meeting 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, Corpus Christi.

Corpus Christi Choir: potluck sup­ per: 6 p.m. Sept. 12. New members welcome. Information: Ada Simp­ son, 746-5440.

Parish social: organizational meet­ ing 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16, Father Clin­ ton Hall.

NOTREDAME.,FR"'· '" ,'" The St. Vincent de Paul store is in dire need of shopping bags. They may be left at the rectory or brought to the store.

CeD teachers meeting: 7 p.m. tonight, rectory.

Folk group: Performances will resume beginning with the 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. Musicians and male voices are needed. Informa­ tion: Sr. Carole Ann, 672-7952.

Notre Dame Cub Scouts: 6:30 p.m. Sept. II, school.

DOMINICAN LAITY, FR St. Rose of Lima Chapter: meet­ ing beginning with Mass 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 13, Dominican Convent, 37 Park St.; O.L. Rosary chapter: meeting I :30 p.m. Sept. 10, begin­ ning with Mass in chapel of St. Anne's rectory.

Family Page answers (see page 16)

Word Maze: church, school, family, home, friends,' CeD, Hstening,' beauty, relation­ ships, heart, Gospel,smile, learning, God, ~ove, sharing, growing, forgiveness, !hope, faith, strangers, unexpected, life, change,. saints, Spirit. september Scrambte: 1. Ap­ ples 2. Gcorns 3. squirrels 4. bus 5. books 6. leaves 7. har­ vest 8. school 9. friends 10, Jesus.

Ephphatha Rebus: Open your !heart, ears, eyes 'and 1ips to beauty.

Acorns: Bless 'aU our sep­ tember days.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Parish Council meeting: 8 p.m.

Sept. II, CCD lounge.

Youth group: meets 7 p.m. Wednes­ days.

Adult choir practice begins after 11 a.m. Mass Sept. 15. New members welcome.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK Youth Ministry: adult team meet­ ing Sept. 13. Opening session for all members 6 p.m. Sept. 15: Mass, cookout, games.

Children's Liturgy of the Word will resume at 9 a.m. Mass Sept. 8., All children welcome; Mount Carmel Bowling League begins season 9 p.m. Sept. 9. Infor­ SISER LEONA MISTO, mation: 336-7847 after 5 p.m.

RSM, former religious edu­ Blood drive: 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. cation coordinator and Sept. 7, parish center. school principal at SS. Peter HOLY NAME, FR Women's Guild: Meeting 3 p.m. and Paul parish, Fall River, Sept. 15, school hall. Tea and recep­ tion for new members. Information: has been named dean of campus ministry at Salve Donna Masterson, 676-0412.

Parents of parochial school stu­ Regina College, Newpor-t. dents will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 18.

Previously she was an as­ Retreat days for Confirmation sistant professor of mathe­ students: Oct. 19 & 26.

Youth group: meeting 7 p.m. Sept. matics at the college.

8, school. New members welcome.

Her experience has also MASS. CITIZENS FOR LIFE, NB included service as provin­ A pro-life presentation, including films and distribution of liturature, cial director of spirituality is available at no cost to diocesan groups and is especially appropriate for the Sisters of M~rcy and for October, Respect Life Month. she has taught mathematics Information: Mary Ann Booth, and theology in area institu­ 636-4903. tions.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, She holds master's de­ POCASSET St. Francis ofthe Cape Fraternity grees in mathematics and meeting: 7: 10 p.m. Sept. 10, St. religious studies and is a John's church parish center, Pocasset.

Mass celebrant:and homilistl.Fathel" doctQral candidate' at Nova Edwin Dirig, O.F.M. All welcome.

University,' Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE First Friday Benediction 10 a.,m. today.

U1treya: meeting 7:30 p.m. Sept.

6, parish center.

ST.ANNE, FR Women's Guild: membership tea Healing services will resume Sept.

6 p.m. Sept. 9 followed by Benedic­ 8: 3-5 p.m., lower church (shrine). tion and first meeting of season. All Today: exposition of the Blessed women welcome.

Sacrament following II :30 a.m.

Mass; hour of adoration 2 p.m., ST. MARY, SEE~ONK shrine.

Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m.

Liturgy for opening of school: I Wednesdays, church hall. p.m. Sept.. 10.

Vincentians: meeting after 10a.m.

The St. Anne's parish committee Mass Sept. 15. Members will be has donated $5000 to the parish greeters at 10 a.m. Mass beginning general fund. that date.

Altar boys: schedules available. O.L. FATIMA, SWANSEA Women's Guild: social hour 7 Rain date for baseball: 5:45 p.m. p.m. Sept. 9. A film, "Sacrament of ~ept. 15.

Growth and Development," will be O.L. ANGELS, FR shown, followed by question period.

Appreciation night: 6 p.m. Sept.

ST. MARY, TAUNTON 22, White's restaurant.

New Women's Guild officers: CCD teachers needed. Informa­ tion: Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, Noreen. Mendes; president; Grace DiSanto, vice-president; Janet Rose, 676-8883. secretary; Madeline Brady, treasurer; K of C, MANSFIELD meeting 7:30 p.m. Sept. II, school Bishop Daniel A.. Cronin will be hall. prinCipal celebrant and homilist at 9 FAMILY LIFE CENTER, a.m. Mass Sept. 8 at St. Mary's'par­ DARTMOUTH .

NO. ish, Mansfield.' The Mass will be Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) attended by Taunton~Attleboro area weekend for young men age'17'(or' Knights of Columbus and their fam­ high schooljunior) to 19: Sept 27-29. ilies and will be, followed by a com­ Application deadline: Sept. 14. Infor­ munion breakfast at K of C Council mation: 996-4576. . .

Home, Easton, at '!Vhich the bishop will speak on pornography. The event BREAD OF LIFE, FR is sponsored by. George C.. Shields The prayer community, in conjunc­ Knights of Columbus Council 420. tion with Blessed Sad'ament parish, FR, will offer a scripture study course ST. STANISLAUS, FR 2,OOOth anniversary ofthe birth of based on the book of Exodus, begin~ Mary: Sept. 8, speciaJ dev~tions 4:30 ning at 7 p.m. Oct. 2 and continuing for nine consecutive weeks.. p.m. , .

Information and registration: Fred Solemn Mass for opening of school Demetriu~: 644-2375. year: 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Holy Rosary Sodality annual Mass ST. JAMES, NB and brunch: 9 a.m. Oct. 6.

CCD teachers needed for grades Child protection clinic: 10 a.m.

I, 3, 5, and 6. Information: Sister Sept. 21, school.

Terri, 992-7122.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA CYO: opening session and elec­ CCD teachers needed. Informa­ tion of officers 2 p.m. Sunday, church tion: Jeanne Nadeau, 679-0321. hall.

HOLY NAME, NB New Women's Guild officers: Anna O'Neil, president; Mary Reilly, vice­ president; Barbara Brunette, secre­ tary; Edith Langerin, treasurer.lnstal­ lation at a 7 p.m. Mass Monday.

ORDER OF THE ALHAMBRA Region One Council meeting: 8:30 p.m. tonight, Our Lady of Mercy Center for Developmental Disabili­ ties, 25 West Chester St., Worcester. .Regional Director Roger Ouelfette of Leon Caravan 122, Fall River, will preside.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Grade 8 students, parents and teachers: day of recollection, 2 p.m.

Sunday, parish center.

Grades 8-12: activities day at Cathe­ dral Camp: 1 p.m. Sept. 15.

D OF I., SOMERSET St. Patrick's Circle 335: meeting 6:30 p.m. Sept. II, Old Town hall, Somerset. A potluck supper will be held and donations of canned goods for the Fall River soup kitchen will be accepted.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, FR Secular Franciscans of St. Louis: Mass and meeting 6:30 p.m. Sept.

II, 420 Bradford Avenue.

ST. PATRICK, FR Women's Guild: 7:30 p.m. Mon­ day, school. Featured will be a slide presentation and lecture on the Fall River Line.

CCD teachers needed for grades 4, 7, 8 and the confirmation class.

Information: rectory, 672-2302.

Parish mission: Oct. 14-17 with Father James O'Brien, SJ, principal of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River..

New youth group officers: Homer Sirois, president; Robert Oliveira, vice-president; Diane Pontes, treas­ urer; Michelle Sirois, secretary.

Father William W. Norton, pas­ tor, will conduct a men's retreat Oct. 11-13 at Sacred Hearts Seminary, Wareham. Parish men and their friends welcome.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Committee meetings Sept. 10 in Father Coady center: spiritual life 7 p.m.; activities 8 p.m. .

ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS Prayer group: meeting 7:30 p.m.

Tuesdays, Visitation Hall.

ST. RITA, MARION CCD teachers needed for grades 3, 7 and 9. Information: rectory, 748-1497.

S11'. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT CCD teachers nee~ed for grades 4, 5 and 6. Information: rectory, 758-3719.

Food for the "pantry for the poor" . may be left in the church hall or brought to the'rectory.

BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR . Prayer meeting: 7:30p.m. Fridays, small chapel. All welcome.

Bible Study Club: "The EXQdus," Oct. 2. All welcome. Contact Father Rene R. Levesque before Sept. 15, 672-5473.

SACRED HEART, NO.ATTLEBORO Grade 4 CCD teacher needed.

Information: rectory, 699-8383.

Choir: c'offee and doughnuts 7:30 p.m. Sept. II, meeting room. New members welcome.

CCp .teachers: ,meeting 7 p.m.

Sept. 16.

ST. MICHAEL, FR .

Former pastor Father Joseph Oliveira will be honored by the par­ ish family Sept. 29 at a 4 p.m. con­ celebrated Mass, followed by a ban­ quet at White's restaurant, Westport.

Parishioners and friends invited.

Information: rectory, 672-6713,

The Worth "The whole worth of a kind deed lies in the love that inspires it." - The Talmud

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believe in themselves need sup·. port and friendship, but given gently so they are not scared away.

Reach out to someone you think is lonely. Invite that per· son to' sit with you at lunch or next to you in ~lass. Your ef. forts at friendship may bring Hghtto this person's life.

Illy Charlie Martin Let's not forget' our hungry brothers and sisters around Ithe H EAR T i 'G H T world. Hunger remains a con· stant visitor dn too many of their Come' back again homes, sometimes stealing away life itself, and other times the you to stay next time .I For sometimes the world isn't kind strength to' pursue many things When PeoPle get lost that most of us take for granted , Like you ' _ health, happiness and a sense And me of 'Hfe's purpose. ' , .

Just made a friend ' What can you do? "Tum on A friend is 'someone you need your heartlight", brightly!

And DOW that he had togo away Make.a commitment to 'the hun­ I still feel the words that he might say " 'gry. Skip one lUl)di a week and Tum on your 'heartlight giye the money that'ds saved Ito Let it shine' wherever you, go 'J " " , , an orgariization working ,toward wiping out, world ,hunger. Or Let it make a happy glow for all the ,world to see Turn,on yourheartlight' donate one !hour's pay per week.

In· the mIcIdle of a young boy's dream ., Whatever" you choose, make' it Don't wake me up too SOOD "" a definite commitment.

'Goona take a rhle across the mOOD Fiinally, we ,need to be at home You amn "me . " I with God. Too often our. relation.. , '':; ,'He's iOOld,lg for home' , " ship with God is a one hour-a " Because everyone needs a place ,week visit, to church on Sunday.

AP4 home is the most excellent' place of all ;What .can we do? "Tum' on And I'll lOe right here with you if you. should call 'me Tum, on y,our heartIight DOW ' your heartlight" with prayer!' In' your own' words, start sharing ~~tteDI by Nell Diamond, Burt Bacharach and carol B. Sager your thoughts and feelings with ,', S~ by Nell Diamond (c) 1982, Neil Di~ond and C~,II;lc.

God. Homework,'sports,.fun with , .. ,~S, o~Ji'~, m;essage . is b~ing ':at 'h~me" in thre~ ways: 'friend~s .~~d families" wo~k re­ familiar: The power of 'our love .with ourselves with others and sponslbihtIes -:- al!. are. Impor­ makes a big difference in the with God. ' tant. The ~latl(~nshlp With ~od world., The:,more we aHow love The shadows· of self-doubt fall can reach mto 'all aspects of hfe. 'to shine, the more help. ,others on too many people: Then peo- ',The song encourages us to ple'faihto;see·their own,good-:'Turn"on yOl!1' heartlight .noW'.:' receive for their life's journey..'

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Through such a'hstinence you. can enhance your freedom. Here are some examples and I would' invite you to .think of other ways in, which 'abstinence' will give you more freedom.

Abstinence' frees you, from :the possibility· of getting a venereal disease. -If you are not know­ ~edgeable ,about such diseases, get some sound infprmation fast and don't, depend on what class­ mates say. Such diseases can spell serious" trouble.

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. ,ByCecilla Belanger Do you ever hear 1Jhe word "betrayal" witho,ut thinking of Jesus?

heartbreak into compassion for others in the same situation. It gives one' understanding, teaches one how to comfort.

In th~ end, w.e must believe in . I don't.­ God's great purposes for the hu­ , Twice this week someone has ma'Drace. We must believe'in the said to me, "I feel. betray,~9." ~;' 'povie~' 6ftrutkand ;love" amI' not ,One was' a young girl; the let a few destroy our' faith in o'ther a young' man 'looking for a the capacities imd greatness of job: , . human nature., She felt betrayed by her friends, he by the' one who had promised ~im a job.

All 1 could do was advise Following, student orientation ,them not. to let bitterness con­ days, Bishop Connolly High 'sume tltem. There's, aiways that School families wiH meet faculty that my white . wedding dress voice kom the past to -tell, us an dstaff on an' informal basis would be not just,for show but that -he's been through it and at a Mass, cookout and games that he rose again, -as we can. would really, mean something. program [beginning at 4 p.m.

Sunday on the school campus on "During these pas~ two years, Betraya'! is big in rthe Bible.

Rick and I have been tempted 'Elsbree Street, Fall River.

From Genesis on we tiind ,people many times to have sexual inter­ course.· During these' times we who went ~gainst the ,"word of 'had to seriously reconsider why God. 'I think' of David, king .of we; unlike many of our friends, Israel" betl'llyed by, his son Ab-.' salqm and by others close to BURLINGTON, Vt. (NC)' ' ­ baCi deCided to wait unti~ our him.

He expressed his feelings Mercy· Sister Blanche St. Pierre wedding night.

"First;' we' love' and' respect in ,a psalm: "Jf an enemy were , has compiled a biology diction­ insulting me, I could endure it; ary for ibeginner~, spurred by the ourselves tqo' m.uch to do: al)y­ .thing that would harm us physi~ if a foe were raising ih:imself fact ~hat her high s,chool stu­ .cally; emotionally spiritually. against 'me, I, co~4, Ihide from dents rieeded definitions of the We love 'and Ifespect each other. him. But ,it is, you, a man !like definitions in their teJctbooks. It We continue' to. 'strive to be myself, my companion, my close w!ll be marketed nationally. genuine, real human persons; not friend, with y.'hom I once en­ unfeeling -machines. , joyed sweet fellowship as we walked with the throng at the , "This self-control. of our sex­ ual desires hasrilade us stronger house of God." pers<?ns. We feel that- we are Whq cannot understand where ,Catholic .high schools also growing dn self-control in David is coming from? But im­ many other areas. ' of, the diocese are invited agine what Jesus went through!

"Receqt1y, I remember read­ F'rom Eden 'to Gethsemane, be­ to send news of their ac­ ing that 'what we ultimately ad­ ,trayal was always in the wings, tivities to The Anchor. mire in others is goodness.' I the Jurases who sup and dine Material should reach the lov~ Rick because I see God !in with one then go on to betray. office by Monday for Fri­ him. His 'love for me has shown The young girl had been a day publication. Clear me little of God's great love good friend to her b~trayer; the forme. black and white or color young man was ,promised a job, "Our world tells us that snapshots are welcome, 'everyone's doing it.' Well, not was more qua'1ified than the one including instant, prints. who got it, butwas passed up. everybody ds doing'it."

Send to The Anchor, P.O. I understand why ,they were Send questions and comments Box '7, Fall River 02722. to Tom Lennon, n312 Mass. Ave. upset, but virulence avails us N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. nothing. One must turn one's

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· possibility of an ilJiwanted preg. · n~ncy aJid being tempted to seek an abortion, a tragedy that could haunt you for the rest of your tJife. Note ,well ~t no contracep­ · tive is 190 percent safe. " Abstinence frees you,from pos­ sibly a:>eing treated as a sex ob­ ject and the hallnting question:' "Will he (or she) drop me quickly after one sexual encounter?"

Abstinence frees you flrom the horror of finding out that your sexual partner has already been in bed with other schoolmates.

You may be interested ,too in the ideas of Doris, a young wom­ an who sent a ~etter this: way several years ago. She said in part: "Rick and I have always re­ spected ourselves too much to engage in casual sex. I always felt that if I ever got married, I would want to' be radiant and \

WHEN YOU'VE- shared your heart's secrets with someone, betraya,l,is ,a bitter plll. (Uniphoto) '.

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

General ratings: G-suitable for gen·, eral viewing; PG·I3-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PC-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved fOI children and adUlts; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only: A4-separate classification {given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation): O-morally offensive. '~

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JAMES, THE MIRACLE baby, being shown off by his proud godparents, William Dowling and Mary Cartwright.

(NC photo)

'Miracle Baby' saved from abortion is baptized' CARTERET, N.J. (NC) ­ What started on a Saturday morning as a routine picketing of an abortion clinic ended with the baptism at Holy Family' Church of a little boy referred to as "a miracle."

The "miracle" began when Mary Cartwright of Iselin, N.J., stopped Sue (not her real name) on her way into the Woodbridge Care Center. According to Kathy Dowling, a member of the Pro­ life Activities Council in:the com­ munity, 20 to 30 abortions are performed there a week. Pro­ life activists regularly picket the center on Saturday mornings.

Mrs. Cartwright asked Sue to reconsider what she was doing, explaining that help was avail­ able. Mrs. Dowling said Sue stopped and said. "I don't want to kill my baby, but nobody will help me . . . I don't know what to do."

Mrs. Cartwright took the 21­ year-old woman home with iller and put her in contact with peo­ ple who could help her. The Dow· lings and Mrs. Cartwright kept in close contact with Sue· throughout her pregnancy and were ,there to bring iller and her !baby home from the hospital in May. "All she kept saying was, 'Thank you for my baby," said Mrs. Dowling. "We tried to tell her that she did all ,the work, but she kept iinsisting that w.e saved her baby."

Sue decided .to baptize the baby and chose Mrs. Dowling's husband, William, and Mrs. Cartwright as godparents. Al­ though it was not required, they attended baptismal cJoasses with Sue. "After the baptism we had a party. Many of the people who picket on Saturday came. We know we save babies because people have told us that they changed their minds because we were there. But this was the first time we held one of those babies in our arins," Mrs. Dow­

ling said.

She added, "Sue is so happy with the baby; she doesn't have to live with the fact that she destroyed a Ute. "All she needed was sh'pport . . . and we were in touch with her constantly," said Mrs. Dow­ ling. "You must take responsi­ bility when you do something like this." I Sue is now living with her family and taking care of her baby. The Dowlings and Mrs. Cartwright got her a typewriter so she could brush up on her skills.

"She wants to go back to school to become a bilingual secretary. So life doesn't end after pregnancy," Mrs. Dow­ ling said.

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St. Anne tourney In near-perfect weather, 124 golfers competed in the recent third annual S't. Anne's Hospital Golf Tournament 'at itlhe Fall ~iver Country Club. ,Proceeds benefited the Fall River hospi­ tal.

Norm Cote, Wayne Wood and Dave Bence tied for first place in the low gross division, with Bence declared the winner when cards were matched.

DiViision winners were Ben Milner, men's net; Helen Ducy, women's net; and Win Murray, women's gross.

Liturgy stressed STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, ~C) - Seminaries should follow the directives of the Second Vatican CouncH by having the 'liturgy "rank among the principal sub­ jects" offered seminaries, say Fathers Victor Cinson and Paul Walker of the Diocese of Steu­ benville. The priests think sem­ inaries place too much empha­ sis on performing liturgy and not enough onats significance. As a result parishioners may feel some aspects of rites are "a waste of time."

Please check dates aDd iimes of television and radIo programs against local 1I£t.' iDgs, which may differ from the New York network sched­ ules supplIed to The Anehor.

New Films "Animals Are Beautiful Peo­ ple" (Warners Classics) Re-re­ lease of a fairly good 1974 ani­ mal documentary fi'lmed in South Africa, marred by a cutesy-poo, Disney-style anthropomorphic slant and a touch of paternalism towards blacks that could be in­ terpreted as racism. Otherwise, it is suitable entertainment for the whole family. AI, G "The Bride" (Columbia) In this freely adapted remake of "Bride of Frankenstein;" Frankenstein decides to keep for himself the mate' he has fashioned for his ,!Creature. UnfortunatelYl, the filmmakers were unable to emu­ late Frankenstein and bring this

fine looking but inert movie to life. Innocuous save for a brief sequence involving nudity. A3, PG-13

"Key Exchange" (Fox) A very slight sex farce with little wit or charm. Because of its nudity, its graphic depiction of sex, and its benign view of adultery and for­ nication, it has been classified O,R. ,"Return of the Uving Dead" (Orion) Yet another tedious vari­ ation of the horror movie theme of the dead coming to me and devouring the living. Because of its nudity, violence, and blood and gore, it has been classified 0, R. "Teen Wolf' (Atlantic) A high school boy becomes a big man on campus wihen he disc~vers he is a werewolf in this moderately funny teen-age comedy malTed by jokes about alcohol and drugs.

Because of this and because of vulgarity and sexually oriented humor. it has been c1'llssified A3, PG. ''Warning Sign" (Fox) Some­ body spills the beans - or in this case, germs - in a genetic engineering lab where biological warfare experiments are being carried on and all inside be­ come transformed into crazed zombies save for a 'lone security guard. A fun-of-the-mill exer­ cise in gory violence. 0, R , "Year of the Dragon" (MGM­ UA) A police captain and Viet­ nam veteran wages war against a dapper young gang lord in Chinatown. Violent, muddled to

the point of incoherence, racist and anti-women, it has been classified 0, R. 'Religious TV Sunday, Sept. 8 (CBS) "For Our Times" - CBS News corres­ pOndent Douglas Edwards re­ ports on the Potato Project, an innovative program in Georgia that distributes food to the poor.

Religi01lls Radio Sunday, Sept. 8 (NBC) "Guide­ line" - Msgr. George Leonard, personal assistant for non~io­ cesan affairs to Cardinal George Basil Hume of Westminster, England, talks about preparation for the coming extraordinMy Sy­ nod of Bishops on the Second Vatican Council.

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WLNE, Channel 6, Diocesan Television Mass.

Portuguese Masses from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford: 12:15 p.m. each Sunday on radio station WJFD.FM, 7 p.m. each Sunday on television Channel 20.

"The Glory of God," with Father John Bertolucd, 7:30 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 27.

"MarySon," a family pup­ pet show with moral and spiritual- perspective 6 p.m. each Thursday, Fall River and New Bedford cable, channel 13.

"Spirit and the Bride," a 'Mass Monday \to Friday talk show with William Lar­ every week, 11:30 a.m. to kin, 6 p.m. Monday, cable noon, WXNE, Channel 25. ,channel 35.

"Conftuence," 8 a.m. each On Radio Sunday on Channel 6, Is a Charismatic programs with panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as Father John Randall are aired pennanent participants Father from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Mon­ Peter N. Graziano, diocesan day through Friday on station director of social services; WRIB, 1220 AM; Mass is broadcast at 1 p.m. each Sun­ Right Rev. George Hunt, Epis­ copal Bishop of Rhode Island; day. and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

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What is it about September that makes us so aware of its differences from other times of yeQf? Perhaps our senses are more'rested after summer's sun and vacations and we are able to begin September with openness and .expectations.

There are changes in schedules as we adjust to going back to school; new teachers, new classes; and clean blank notebooks make it an ever fresh beginning. There's a ' 'different feeling of crispness in the air, changing leaves into breathtaking colors. And as apples, potatoes and pumpkins, and the last full harvest are gathered in, September is a time where we stand on the threshold of a new season. We can strongly feel and see the changes in nature and in our own lives.

This year's new Catechetical theme, "Listen and Follow With an Open Heart" invites us to' keep open all year to the freshness and hope we feel in September. "Listen with Your Heart" to both people and nature and hear the many ways 'God speaks to us.

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8th, Jesus healed a man's deafness by commanding "Ephphathal" (Be opened). But even more than ' healing the sick, Jesus can open us in all the ways we may be closed to His love. Can you open your mind into solving .the rebus at the right?

SEPTE~BER·SCRAMBLE MATCH What do you think of when you think of September?

Unscramble the words and match their meanings. ' 1. PLAESP • Place to leamand grow 2. RACNOS • Frisky, small animal 3. RQLSIERUS • Red, yellow, green, brownl 4. SBU r ~ Delicious crisp fruit . 5. OBKSO • Those closest to us 6. VESALE 7. ARETHVS • Gift from oak trees • Takes us to school' 8. OHSOLC 9. OEFIRSN • The Greatest Teacher • Fullness from gardens 10., SJUSE

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OPEN AND LISTEN! I once read of a man who listened

to rocksl I thought ... how very strangel

But really, listening is much more than .

what we hear with our ears. Haven't

we all "heard" messages in our own

minds and hearts? And haven't we ­

sent meaning with a single look

or body movement? Feelings

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spoken.

Our new catechetical theme

"listen and Follow with an Open Heart"

(which is for the whole school year

and not Just September) can be

a challenge of listening experiences.

Surely we are all called to be better

listeners to the people In our lives

But what about beyond that?'

As we open books, open doors,

open our hands, and as

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listening In prayer.

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