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Voting in 1992:

Confusion confounded WASHINGTON (CNS) - A ballot may present a confusing array of alternatives for voters trying to make moral choices.

This year, for example, American voters have seen a presidential campaign in which Republicans and Democrats try to out-moralize each other over "family values."

Arguments are made ad infinitum over whether President Bush's policies are more or less supportive of particular values than are Gov. Bill Clinton's.

The Catholic Church as an institution in the United States refrains from direct involvement with individual political campaigns. The U.S. Catholic bishops each election season issue a statement on political responsibility, outlining their thoughts about what should be important in the campaign.

But they don't approve or disapprove of candidates, nor do they support the policies of one party over another. And they also don't address how to choose between candidates who seem to have sound policies in some areas and questionable morals in others.

Armed with the bishops' guidelines and a personal understanding of morality !ind candidate profiles, a voter might still be uncertain who is in the right.

- Is it more important that a candidate nominally supports antiabortion efforts or that the candidate favors programs which might persuade a young woman not to have an abortion?

- Is an education program that emphasizes improving inner-city public schools more important than ~ne that would help Catholic schools?

- Are refugees better served by allowing them easy immigration to the United States or by economic policies aimed at forcing the governments of their homelands to improve conditions?

A voter in search of a basis for a decision might work out a framework for weighing the importance of different issues, suggested Father J. Bryan Hehir, counselor for social policy for the U.S. Catholic Conference.

"Try to build a framework first, then put in the specifics of how the candidates stand later," said Father Hehir. For instance, a voter first might consider how he or she feels about the deatn penalty, racial discrimination, the' growing rolls of poor and what government policy about abortion should be.

Against those issues, evaluate how the contending candidates stack up, then look at the overall picture, the priest said.

"While an individual may decide their whole voting pattern on one issue, logically the framework is going to tilt against a single issue deciding (the choice of candidate)," said Father Hehir. Similarly, that

kind offramework might also lead someone to decide in favor of a candidate with whom he or she disagrees dramatically on one major issue.

A big part ofthe problem voters have in answering such questions may be that modern political campaigns give little opportunity for understanding the nuances of a candidate's philosophy, according to Patrick Byrne, associate professor of philosophy at Jesuit-run Boston College.

The late Jesuit philosopher Father Bernard Lonergan was a believer in attempting to understand not just answers to questions, but "where the spirit of the questioning is leading" as well as the "wisps and strains of ideas we feel in our hearts," said Byrne.

But when political campaigns revolve around quick answers ~ sound bites - the information voters have on which to base decisions often is not very helpful, noted Byrne.

Voters need to demand more of candidates than quick answers that superficially address an issue but leave hidden the rationale for a decision or belief, said Byrne.

With some issues, there is no question about how a moralitybased vote should go, believes Father Peter M.J. Stravinskas, a moral theologian ahd administrator of Holy Trinity Church in Newark, N.J. "The pre-eminent condition is the candidate's stand on the right to life," said Father Stravinaksas.

"If you're interested in killing "abies, then you're uncivilized."

When faced with two candidates who are "equally good or equally bad on the right to life, then 'you start lining up your ducks on a whole host of issues," he advises.

BISHOP O'MALLEY greets a young attendant at celebration of Our Lady of Angels feast As certain as he is that a stand at St. Mary's parish, Fairhaven, as Father James R. Nickel, SS.Cc., pastor, looks on; below, against abortion is enough to choose one candidate over another, the bishop and Msgr. John Oliveira walk in the feast procession (Studio D photos) F~h~Strn~nskassaysthere~nol.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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For instance, on questions like whose approach to welfare will help more people, "as long as you are in agreement on the principle (of having a societal obligation to help the poor), the means can differ."

"People of good will can have a lot of differences on social concerns," agreed Jesuit Father Kenneth Baker, editor of The Homiletic and Pastoral Review. In a case where the choice of candidates is between two people who support "something explicitly evil like abortion," responsible voters either could refuse to vote or could come up with a basis for determining "the lesser of two evils."

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Sudan expels priests, religious

ROME (CNS) - The Sudanese government has expelled all foreign priests and religious from the southern city of Juba, say the Comboni missionaries.

A statement issued by the Comboni order in Rome said it was likely "that the Khartoum regime does not want uncomfortable witnesses, as the army and security forces continue their harassment of the 300,000 inhabitants of the' city."

Juba is besieged by Southern rebel forces fighting the Arab Muslim government, headquartered in the north. The guerrillas are composed mostly of black Christians and animists who want independence for the South.

On Sept. 5, five Comboni nuns and six Comboni priests and broth-

ers were taken by security forces to the Juba airport and flown to the capital of Khartoum, said the Comboni missionaries.

They were the last foreign priests and religious to leave Juba, said the Comboni statement. All arrived safely in Khartoum and have been allowed to stay there, said Father Joseph Bragotti, Comboni spokesman, Sept. 8.

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have been allowed to stay in Juba, he said.

But they could be in danger as the presence of foreign missionaries was a protection, drawing international attention to the situation, s,aid Father Bragotti.

An August report by the Comboni missionaries said fighting has been heavy in the Juba area and the government has been taking reprisals against civilians for attacks by the rebel Sudanese People's Liberation Army.

"After each SPLA attack, the army has been taking out its frustrations on the civilian population: By now men, women, children [and] students in the hundreds have died during these military raids," the Comboni report said.

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HOLY UNION Sisters provincial assembly participants included, from left, Sister Barbara Kirkman of Fall River; Mary Ann O'Hara, a program facilitator; Sister Eugenia Margaret Ready of Taunton and Sister Shirley Deyo of Fall River. Center, Sister Patricia Heath, provincial, gives keynote address.

Right, sisters observing their jubilees, from left, Sisters Claire Carmody, Florence Richard, and Lucille Guay, 50 years; and Sisters Marie Lurz, 60 路years, and Anne Maria Lebrun, 50 years.

Holy Union Sisters hold assembly, recognize jubilarians The Sisters ofthe Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts recently held a provincial assembly in Fall River that included observance of the jubilees of 13 sisters from the Fall River and Groton provinces.

The three-day provincial assembly brought together sisters. from Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, New York and Rhode Island as well as Massachusetts. Attending from Rome were two members of the community's central team: Sister Mary Lou Sullivan, a Fall River native, and Sister Marilyn Spellman.

51. Anne's Hospital gratefully acknowledges contributions that we have received to the Remem路 brance Fund during August 1992.

Through the remembrance and honor of these lives, 51. Anne's can continue its "Caring With Excellence."

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL REMEMBRANCE FUND Paul L. Amiot Yvonne Bassett Steve Benevides Sr. Dorothy Boivin Maurice R. Cayer Raymond Cote Priscilla Dixon Ernest Dutilly Lucien Gagnon Anne Marie Griffin Aloysius Januz Bertha Lagasse Margaret Lowney Ludger Lussier Robert J. Nagle Michael O'Brien Lucio Parise Raymond Parise Pauline F. Paul Michael Perry Robert Reiner Yvonne Rioux Joseph C..Saulino Alfred A. Scrivo Alexander Sicilia Mary L. Silveira John SUllivan

We are grateful to those who thoughtfully named St. Anne's Hospital's Remembrance Fund.

The meeting opened with an contributed a total of 720 years of address by Sister Patricia Heath, service, are: Sisters Josephine Broussard and Mary James, 70 provincial superior, who posed the years; .Sisters Marie Lurz (Sister question: "As we move towards the 21 st century, do we await it or William Marie) and Augustine Boudo we shape it?" She reminded the chard (Sister Rose Soline), 60 years. sisters of the purpose of their days Sisters Claire Carmody (Sister together: "to help us to reflect on Stella Marie), Florence Dernonwhere we are together as women of court (Sister Marie Regis), Anne the Church and as women of Holy Maria Lebrun, Therese Robichaud Union."

(Sister Marie Elizabeth), Virginia Sampson (Sister Helen Lucy) and Following Sister Patricia's talk, Marie Germaine Sirois, 50 years. the sisters worked in small groups to formulate their image of the Father Ralph Tetrault, pastor of St. Mary's parish in North "province woman." They were as': sisted in this exercise and. Attleboro, presided at the jubilee throughout the assembly by Mary liturgy. Sister Grace Donovan, Ann O'Hara, a facilitator from campus minister at Stonehill ColRhode Island. lege, North Easton, offered a On the second and third days reflection in which she likened the the sisters were joined by women jubilarians to Mary, who in her who have expressed an interest in later years was asked by her Son religious life as well as associate "to take on a new generation as members of Holy Union, women Mother of the borning Church." and men from New York and Bal- Sister Donovan encouraged the timore who meet regularly and jubilarians to be like Mary and wish to share in the life and spirit remain central in the lives, the misof the community. sion and the visioning of the Holy On these days the sisters also Union community. elected representatives to attend a JUbilarians with ties to the Fall general assembly to be held next River Diocese are: Sister Mary summer in Southampton, England. James, who for many years taught The international meeting is held fourth grade at the former Sacred every six years. Chosen to attend Hearts Academy elementary school were Sisters Mary Jean Audette, as well as St. Michael's School.

Paula Coelho, Theresa Horvath, Virginia O'Hare and Mary Ellen Ryan. .

During the coming year, Holy Union Sisters throughout the world C~arity will be reflecting within their own The annual meeting to plan the provinces on future directions of Bishop's Charity Ball will be held the congregation in p'reparation at I:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at St. John of for the Southampton meeting.

God parish center, Brayton AveSister Madeleine Murphy, O.P., nue, Somerset. Rev. Daniel L. director of the New York archdiFreitas, diocesan director of the ocesan Office of Substance Abuse, also addressed the assembly. In a .Ball, announced that invitations to the meeting have been sent to compelling and lively presentation, committee members. The ball is Sister Murphy discussed the many types of addiction prevalent in' set for Jan. 15 at White's of Westport. This thirty-eighth annual society today. She then focused on Ball will be the first for the Most alcoholism and the ways in which Rev. Sean O'Malley, O.F. M. Cap, family members respond to an Ph.D., Bishop of Fall River, who alcoholic. In conclusion, she will be the honqred guest. stressed the necessity of a spiritual The Ball coordinating commitdimension in the treatment of any tee will meet with members of the addiction.

The assembly closed with a spe- Society ofSt. Vincent de Paul and cial liturgy honoring 13 sisters the Council of Catholic Women. from both the Fall River and These two organizations are honGroton Provinces who were mark- orary cosponsors of the annual ing anniversaries of their entrance charitable and social event.

Father Freitas announced that .into religious life. The jubilarians were guests of honor at a dinner committee assignments will be following the liturgy. A reception made at the meeting to implement at St. James Convent, Tiverton, all aspects of the Ball. Proceeds concluded the three-day assembly. from the event aid charitable aposThe 13 jubilarians, who have tolates of the diocese.

Plans to be made Ball for

She now resides in retirement at Sacred Hearts Convent in Fall River.

Sister Marie Lurz was principal of both the former Sacred Heart parish school and Sacred Hearts Academy elementary school in Fall River. She was an instructor for many years at the Sacred School of Education and helped to train sisters of several religious communities who staff schools in the diocese. While she was the superior at Sacred Hearts Convent, Prospect Place, she taught English at the former Sacred Hearts Academy. Now teaching at Holy Cross Academy in Miami, Fla., she has the distinction of being the oldest member of her province engaged in fulltime ministry.

Sister Virginia Sampson, a Fall River native who presently resides in Pawtucket, RI, was principal and English teacher at the former Sacred Hearts Academy from 1970 to 1975. Since 1977 she has been engaged in spiritual development ministry as well as giving directed retreats throughout the Northeast.

She has been active in the'Cursillo

Movement in the Fall River diocese for a number of years. She is the daughter of Mrs. Helen Sampson of Fall River.

Sister Claire Carmody, a Chelsea native and the daughter of Mrs. Stella Carmody who resides at Marion Manor, Taunton, has taught at a number of schools in the Fall River diocese: the former St. Joseph and Sacred Heart schools in Taunton, and St. Michael and Holy Name Schools in Fall River. Sister Carmody now lives in Raynham and gives piano instructions in the greater Taunton area.

Sisters Lucille Guay and Anne Maria Lebrun are both Taunton natives from St. Jacques parish.

Sister Guay is principal of the Country Day School in Groton.

Sister Lebrun teaches kindergarten at St. Cecilia's School, Pawtucket.

Sister Florence Richard taught at the Taunton Catholic Middle School from 1971 to 1981. She now resides at St. Mary's Convent, North Attleboro, where she provides service to the elderly sisters in residence.

Separated/divorced conference Oct. 3 Bishop Sean O'Malley will be keynote speaker at the sixth annual conference for separated and divorced Catholics to be held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 3 at Corpus Christi parish center, Quaker Meeting House Rd., Sandwich.

The Cape Cod area separated/ divorced support group will host the gathering, themed "Coming to Wholeness."

The sc路hedule includes registration at 9 a.m. followed by a welcome at 9:30 a.m. by Father Horace J. Travassos, director of the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry.

Father Richard Roy, director of the Cape area support group, will offer the opening prayer, and Jerry and Scottie Foley, family ministry program directors, will introduce the conference.

The keynote address will be given at lOa. m. with morning and afternoon workshops to follow.

A final gathering will take place at 2:45 p. m. with a Mass available at 4 p.m.

Participants may select from the following workshop topics: "Being the Weekend Parent," Bruce R. Cote, former support group leader from Boston archdiocese.

"How to Be Assertive without Being Offensive," Nancy M. Sheehan, M.Ed., community counseling.

"Return to Love, Can I Take the Risk?", Joseph M. Carney, therapist, The Family Center, Taunton.

"In Time and Space" (restoring order to your life), Neil M. Buchanan, M.Ed., counseling and psychology. . "God - the Friend Who Is Always There," Father Mark Hession, JCL, diocesan marriage tribunal.

"Church Annulments: What, Why and How," Father Jay Maddock, JCL, judical vicar.

"Where Do Divorced Catholics Stand with the Church?", Msgr.

Daniel F. Hoye, a judge for the diocesan marriage tribunal.

"How to Financially Keep your Head Above Water," Mary Ann Eaton, New Bedford Institution for Savings.

"Could I Be Stuck in Junior High?", Dorothy E. Burrill, director of Women's Resource Center, Cape Cod Community College.

For information on registering, contact the Office of Family Ministry, 999-6420, by Sept. 21.

St. Vincent's Home readies for fall'events St. Vincent's Home, Fall River, a residential treatment facility for youth, will expand its services this fall to include the DePaul and Vinhaven programs.

The DePaul program offers emergency shelter for children who need temporary placement after unexpected removal from a home setting. It also offers medical, psychological and educational diagnostic testing services to assess a child's needs. Typically, children are in residence three to 14 days under this program.

The Vinhaven program is an expansion of St. Vincent's group home services. A St. Vincent'sowned farmhouse bordering the campus will become a group home for adolescents preparing to return to a family setting.

This home is in addition to another which prepares older teenagers for independent living.

Also new this fall will be a refurbished library, a project headed by Sister Sean Hurley.

"The kids need it," said Sister Hurley, who aims to help her charges realize that reading is fun.

She'll start with large floor pillows and books on tape. "They need to know there is pleasure and knowledge to be gained by reading. Just sitting back and listening to a good story is a great way to begin."

R&R St. Vincent's students attended morning classes during the summer, but also had the opportunity for plenty of recreation. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, boys ages 10 to 13 traveled to the agency's Mashpee lakeside campus for water sports and outdoor activities.

There were off-campus happenings as well.·Said caseworker Cathy Mathias, "We may go over to Bishop Connolly High School to use their ballfield or tennis courts.

Or we may take a group to the Y or to the park or to·the public swimming pooL" Other special outings were planned for each cottage on the basis of good behavior. One such trip was to Canobie Lake amusement park . in Salem, NH, for six Sweeney Unit boys ages 10 to 13.

Their anticipation was well rewarded: they tackled three roller coasters, including a Corkscrew, which some adventurers braved three times in a row.

The second annual Sweeney Family Day was held at the Mashpee campus with a full slate of swimming, boating and fishing and a barbecue served by unit director Tom Petrouski.

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year-old boys from the Cronin Unit worked for St. Vincent's maintenance department this summer. A 17th participant, Ray Arakelow, was a teacher's assistant in the summer school program.

A principal's list student at BMC Durfee High School, Fall River, Ray was "an excellent role model" for the younger kids, said unit director Mark Browne.

Twenty-five percent ofthe boys' earnings was distributed for their MOTHER Theodore Guepersonal use; another 25 percent rin, founder of the Sisters of was distributed at the end of the Providence of St. Mary ofthe summer. The remainder was deWoods, Ind., has been deposited in savings accounts set up clared venerable, a step tofor the boys.

"More than ajob, we tTy to turn' wards canonization, by Pope the JPTA program into a mini- John Paul II. Until a few course in money management," years ago, the community had said Browne. a provincial house in Fall Great Performances River. (eNS photo) McAuley Unit boys and girls ages 6 to 10 took tothe stage during National Nursing Home Week, performing "Who's in Rabbit's House?" for their senior citizen neigh bors across the street in BALTIMORE (CNS) - CathoCatholic Memorial Home. . lic Relief Services has provided an Senior special education assistant Betsy Kiley designed and con- initial $50,000 for relief efforts in Nicaragua following an earthstructed the set, made costumes and directed a troupe of nine quake-spawned tidal wave that killed at least 200 people and children, who rehearsed weekly wrecked a large section of the for nearly two months. A second performance was given at St. Vin- country's Pacific coast.

The money, gift of American cent's for residents, staff and famCatholics 'through an annual colily members.

A performance of quite a differ- lection, will purchase food, clothent sort was given on the St. Vin- ing, medicines and kitchen utensils.

A CRS assessment team at the cent's grounds by Lisa, a baby eledisaster zone said that in addition phant. The 600-pound starlet danced, played the harmonica and to the deaths, upwards of 700 peoperformed acrobatic feats ·at the ple were' reported ,missing and up direction of trainer Adam Hill of to 30,000 were made homeless by the Great American Circus of the waves, which reportedly reached heights of 50 feet as they crashed Florida. onshore along the western coast of Festival Nicaragua.

St. Vincent's will hold its second As many as 50 communities annual Children's Festival, open were destroyed by waves which to all, on Sept. 27. Free admission washed inland nearly 200 yards in will include entertainment by Val- some places, the team reported. erie Tutson, The Waldo-Woodhead CRS said that the greatest imShow and Taino. mediate needs in the stricken areas Ms. Tutson, who teaches story- are food, drinkable water, basic telling and creative dramas in medicines and temporary shelter.

Rhode Island, will tell tales from The killer waves were unleashed her travels around the world, most by a powerful offshore earthquake recently to South Africa. that battered a 190-mile length of The Waldo-Woodhead Show, a the coastline. three-man performing troupe in As the tidal waves struck, some the vaudeville tradition, will offer coast-dwellers were unaware that music, juggling and comedy. their homes were being destroyed.

Taino is a musical group spe"I had some friends who were at cializing in sounds of Central and sea fishing when the waves hit," South America and the Caribbean said a fisherman. and encouraging cultural exchange "They said it was calm out there. through music.

They didn't know anything about The above information was this mess until they got back to reported in The Provider. a quar- shore." terly newsletter published by St. Sixteen people were killed in Vincent s Home. of which Father Masachapa, 38 miles south of Joseph Costa is executive director.

Managua. Among them were at least three children, Miriam Perez, whose fish restaurant was wrecked by the waves, said.

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Vote in the Primaries Once more we are asked to exercise our civic responsibility by participating in the primary election process on September 15.

This year the primaries take on added importance. Many in public office are retiring from positions they have held for years. As a result, many who have been waiting in the wings or have been perpetual bridesmaids are making political moves.

The unprecedented wave of departures has been occasioned in large part by rightful public disdain for many legislators.

Realizing that the heat is on, they're gettingout of the kitchen; the heat is being applied by voters fed up with corruption, sweetheart deals and outright fraud. From Washington to Beacon Hill, the winds of change are blowing.

In our own state there" is the additional exacerbation of redistricting. Massachusetts has a long tradition of gerrymandering; in fact, Bay State Governor Elbridge Gerry invented the practice in 1812. When a government gerrymands, it seeks, of course, to stack the cards in its own favor.

Our present state leadership wants to give one party an electoral majority in a large number of districts while concentrating the voting strength of the opposition in as few districts as possible.

The process is usually one of political wheeling and dealing by the inside crowd, a situation in which the electorate per se is rendered virtually powerless. As a leftover states' right, gerrymandering inhibits voting choice, favors vested interests and is certainly a deterrent to voter effectiveness.

Nevertheless, it is imperative that voters do not lie down and die. Votes do count and each and every ballot makes a difference. The individual who does vote should never consider it time wasted. But the sad reality is that so very few do make the effort. People路 give up even before primary day, feeling it's useless to vote because the politicians have everything already sewed up.

This situation completely suits many candidates. They run their campaigns on all the old bromides and cliches, kn"owing well that voter indifference is the hallmark of American elections. Well, it's time for the public to realize that it is being used and abused. This longstanding manipulation of the electorate has induced a coma of indifference. As a result, politics as usual is the name of the game.

It need not be like this. Change can occur, but it will be long in coming if voters stay at home on primary day, refusing to exercise their constitutional rights.

This year offers the opportunity to affect every level of political office, from president to that of Governor's Council members. Never in recent times has the opportunity for political change so beckoned; but change will not come if we practice politics as usual.

Moral and ethical issues abound; people are truly hurting and what we are calling recession is in truth depression. Our present situation should in itself provide sufficient incentive for us to vote: to improve our lot, regain our self-esteem and reassure ourselves that the system can work. If such considerations do not impel us to the voting booth, we as a people are in worse state than we had imagined.

If you are unemployed; if you are losing your home; if you have had it with corruption; if you wish to revive a sense of values in political life; if you believe in the American dream: cast your ballot on primary day.

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Ministry beyond parish walls

By Father Eugene Hemrick

Catholics instead of reaching out Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los to people living on society's marAngeles thinks the nation is be- gins and to those in danger of loscoming a class-divided society, with ing their faith.

To offset this concern, it has many citizens sheltered from the been suggested that priests and rest of society behind the "gated communities" in which they live ~ parishioners spend as much time places where you have to have pounding the pavement as they spend minding the store. This is a your card to get in.

Parishes themselves are follow- noble suggestion, but like anything ing suit, he suggested in an inter- noble, the process of achieving it view with Gerard Sherry in Our must be weighed against the odds.

Certain "laws" govern a parish.

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The cardinal was especially con- . One such law is that priests and lay cerned about the recent riots and ministers are more likely to mind the store than go out into the our inner cities.

If we \ravel around the country highways and byways.

Most priests and lay ministers visiting affluent areas, the 'meaning of"gated communities" quickly are trapped into this mode of becomes apparent. With greater operation in a good路sense. Funerfrequency, new communities are als, crisis counseling, schools and being designed as self-contained, neverending meetings keep them walled-in towns. A pass is needed at a guard post to get in. If you live there, you have your own golf course, swimming pools, tennis courts, hobby clubs and all the necessities of life.

It seems to be an American belief that people who work hard For Forgiveness are entitled to this, especially in retirement. Yet our faith teaches路 Grant, we beseech thee, us we are never entitled to any of A Imighty God, that we may Earth's goods. They are gifts we so please thy Holy Spirit by have an obligati-on to protect and our earnest entreaties, that distribute for the common good. we may by his grace both Smug enclaves don't harmonize well with Gospel teaching. be freed from all temptaThe concern I see behind Carditions and merit to receive nal Mahony's worry is that parthe forgiveness of our sins, ishes could easily become selfthrough Christ our Lord. contained, walled-in communities, Amen. that their main concern would be to minister to the saved or to core

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close to home. Of course, once people get accustomed to being in one place they are less likely to move far from that place.

But what happens to the innercity individual who feels alienated from the church or is too ashamed to approach a parish because he or she does not speak English, who finds that membership in a gang gives a sense of identity or who has lost all sense of identity due to chemical dependency?

How do priests, religious, lay ministers and permanent deacons break out of the boundaries of the parish to serve these people?

I wonder ifthe time has come to establish special crack teams of priests, religious, deacons and laypersons. Shouldn't our inner cities be declared missionary territory?

Aren't most of our priests and lay ministers unschooled in the culture ofthe inner city? Shouldn't there be special centers to help ministers immerse themselves in that culture?

Such centers would teach those in ministry about the life of the streets, gang psychology, the culture of a chemically dependent society and how to better understand school dropouts, those who can't speak English well, who live beneath the. poverty level, etc. It would teach those in ministry to network with others, to utilize existing resources and how to avoid burnout and disillusionment.

The parish will continue to remain a "gated community" until we fortify those in it to step outside its walls into the asphalt jungle.

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Exodus 32:7-11,13-14 I Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-32 I was embarrassed when one of my students recently asked me to define "prodigal." It was the first time anyone had ever posed such a question.

I really couldn't give a clear definition. I knew it was part ofthe popular title for today's Gospel parable. But since the word does not appear in the actual text, I suddenly realized I had never studied it before. By forcing me to do so, my students helped me reach a very important insight about the text.

According to the dictionary, prodigal means "given to reckless extravagance; characterized by wasteful expenditure; lavish." In the context of the parable it's easy to see why the term was applied to the younger son. Yet everyone knows the important person in the story is th.e father, not the son. The son's fiscal wastefulness simply triggers the father's extravagant forgiveness. Both are prodigal. It runs in the family.

The first verse tells us how to interpret the parable: "The tax collectors and sinners were all gathered around to hear Jesus, 'at which the Pbarisees and the scribes murmured, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.' Then he addressed this [first of three] parable[s] to them."

Disciples of the great Scripture scholar Rudolph Bultmann believe we know very little about the historical Jesus. According to them, by the time Gospels were composed, the sacred authors had replaced history with faith. We can no longer be certain Jesus said or did the things the Gospels report.

They contain the faith reflections of third and fourth generation Christians, not the precise history of Jesus of Nazareth.

Yet even the most rigid critic admits that we know at least one thing for certain about the historical Jesus: he hung around with sinners and social outcasts. He attacked "the good folk," and sided with outsiders. And in his words and actions, he tried to show that God did the same.

Such teaching and behavior both angered the good folk and ran counter to their religious system.

If God didn't follow strict rules of reward and punishment, justice

By FATHER ROGER KARBAN and impartiality, everyone would simply go off, do their own thing and religion would fall apart.

Yet Jesus' message is clear: though our minutely developed religious systems give us lots of religious security, we should never think God is bound by such orderliness. His extravagance goes beyond our spiritual penny-pinching; his lavishness confounds our theological cheapness!

The Lord begins with two examples of acceptable human wastefulness: looking for a lost animal and a lost coin. In both cases we usually go beyond good sense in hunting for something which probably is not worth all the time and effort we exert. Yet rio matter how insignificant the object, we undertake the search.

The father does the same for his son. Going beyond strict logic and justice, he lavishly forgives his "prodigality." If we can be wasteful in searching for the sheep and coin, why can't God be extravagant in forgiving sinners? A much deeper bond exists between God and his creatures than between us and our possessions.

But in case someone in Jesus' ,audience misses the point, an older son comes along to demonstrate just how ridiculous the father's actions are. "I never disobeyed one of your orders," he protests. "Yet you never... Then when this son of yours returns after. .." The

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Sept. 17: 1Cor 15:1-11; Ps 118:1-2,16-17,28; lk 7:36-50 Sept. 18: 1 Cor 15:12-20; Ps 17:1,6-8,15; lk 8:1-3 Sept. 19: 1Cor 15:35-37,4249; Ps 56:10-14; lk 8:4-15 Sept. 20: Am 8:4-7; Ps 113:1-2,4-8; 1 1m 2:1-8; lk 16:1-13

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The diocesan Office of Communications has announced the following schedule of times at which cable channels within the diocese will broadcast tapes of Bishop Sean O'Malley's Aug. 11 installation at St. Mary's Cathedral.

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Of course, we forget that our biblical God frequently does not follow the rules. Though Yahweh logically should have wiped out his idolatrous people at the foot of Sinai, he didn't. And the author of I Timothy reminds us that no one with Paul's sinful background

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By Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY

Parents of demanding kids must demand own rights their brother didn't do the dishes two weeks ago.

I do love my kids (in theory) and I hate to put it negatively, but sometimes I feel like a non-stop chauffeur and short-order cook f~)f three selfish and. ungrateful aliens. .

I don't think I was cut out to be

it parent. Please help. I'm noikid-

Dear- Dr.·.Kenny:" feelover. dh1g • ,- Indiana whelmed. We have three' chilNo one was cut out. to bea' dren ages 11, 9 and 8.r"ey 'are' ,·parent. There aren't any "natuconstantly fighting and argutng' rals;". Parents are ,made' (or uno, made) in the crucible ofthe family with each other or' me and my '.' . . ' : fracas, trying thenevereriding husban.d.

They needmoneyreguiarlY'for.hlskof bringing qrder out of . one expense oranother. They avoid chaos. chores. If.we i!lsiston compliance, Being cons.tantly:pressed and .theycounter·bycomplaining·that put.:down can wreck your s.elf"i~ isn't fair," remlneJillg us that . confidence. Remind yourself, even

though your kids may not think non-stop. Even Jesus had to get children or bedtime for younger so, that you have rights. away from his ministry at times, ones.

Parents, like other human beings, going off into the desert for prayer The cash policy should provide have many rights. In this column I and recuperation. a weekly allowance for each, saywant to focus on three of them: to If you are a fulltime homemaker, ing what expenses are covered by getaway; to 'be the boss; to be plan at least two daily breaks of this outlay. An allowance is prefspecial.

15-30 minutes. Involve the chil- erable to the "gimme system," Before reflecting on these, you dren in a safe and interesting activ~ where each expense must be debatmust realize that announcing them ity or get another adult to fill in ed daily. to your children won't make your while you take your break. You 3. Finally, you have. the rightto children honor them. Saying them, should also plan for one afternoon emotional support. Everyone needs even explaining them, is an inefor a night off. . emotional support. You need somefective way to put them in oper2. You have the right to be the one to treat you as special. Not ation..· . boss. ·Post written policies on everyone gets this, but we all need . Your children 'are not likely to the three Cs: . chores, curfew, it. Without such support, a diffi.grant you .these ·rights..Instead, . c a s h . . . cult task be.comes impossible. . you must accord them to yourself. . 'Y our chore list should say who Ideally. spouses trea,t each other· '.

Insist qllietly' on them with the does' what when. Consequences . as special. Be free with compliconfidence ·that they· are. your . fornori~ompliance should also be ments and smiles and hugs; be due... spelled 'out in writing as' well as supportive ofeach other.

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'WhY'wemust~fi~d,a cure for AIDS By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

The news about the' relentless spread of AIDS contiJ)ues to shock, but nothing you feel about statistics comes close to what you 'go through w,hen someone you have known and loved dies of this disease.

I still think of a dear friend and coworker who died of AI DS in the prime of his life a few years ago.

He had shared with his fellow workers that he was homosexual. I remember - before he became ill

By DOLORES CURRAN

Try explaining to a foreigner studying. English that the'three Rs stand for reading, writing, and arithmetic and he'll better understand Dan Quayle's spelling problems. Three other important educational goals - none starting with R - are rarely considered by parents when they send children off to school: I) that children learn to feel

By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN Q. Your discussion about animation of a human fetus (at what exact time the new life becomes human) (Anchor, June 12) aided my understanding of the church's teaching against abortion.

I have never read, however, an extension of that teaching. One of the few instances in which the church has spoken infallibly through the pope was in the matter of the Immaculate Conception of

- the day he and I first heard the . with the sitter the pain of watching alarming news about a new deadly' a child eyeryone had loved grow AIDS killing more and more iIi until he died. disease known For mariY other children, the homosexuals.

Now we all know that was just disease strikes sooner and the sufthe tip of the iceberg and that thefering lasts longer. ensuing plague also hit heterosexDr. James Curran of the Cenuals, children, the unknown and . celebrities alike. ters for Disease Control said that children contracting AIDS at birth AIDS now afflicts an estimated once died at about age 2; with 13 million people worldwide. The improved medical care many now World Health Organization esti- live until they are 6. mates that by the year 2000, 40 Curran said this longer life million people will be infected by expectancy means society must the AIDS-causing virus. learn to cope with and care for a This summer my daughter Mary growing population of such sick . called to tell me her babysitter's youngsters.

7-year-old nephew had died of, The number of women infected AIDS contracted from a blood transfusion. with AIDS also is growing rapidly.

At the international AIDS conferMonth by month, Mary shared ence in July in Amsterdam, the dls-

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turbingnews was that women now are becoming irifectedwith the AIDS virus at about the same. rate as men.

Teens present another growing AIDS problem. Alicia Roach, epidemiologist with the Connecticut Department of Health Services, believes it is becoming more and more clear how great a number of AIDS patients became infected between the ages of 13 and 19.

what this disease'does to a human "being. Remarkably, some of these recountings show the resilience'of the human spirit, like the words of Toby Hall, artistic director of the Connecticut Concert Opera.

In his book, "Just as I Am" (Andrew Mouritain Press), Hall, who has AIDS and once contemplated suicide, writes about turning to God through the wonderful people of a church he was invited to join in Hartford, Conn.

She said a new Connecticut law "The main thrust of the book is now allows teens to ask to be how lucky it is possible to be if you tested for AIDS without parental just hang on," Hall wrote. "I know consent. The teens are counseled that my life is important and that I but not compelled to inform their count for something." parents about their desire to be And that is precisely why we tested. have to pull out all stops in We've heard the voices of AIDS' finding a cure for this awful sufferers helping us to understand disease.

Kids need more than three Rs to achieve success good about themselves; 2) that they learn to make good decisions; and 3) that they learn to deal with peer pressure.

Recognizing these goals as the underpinning to a satisfying life, teachers teach toward them, but parents often see them as detracting from the basics, i.e. reading, writing, arithmetic, history, !lnd science. I suspect, in fact, that most parents would rather have children with good grades than good self-esteem. Perhaps the reason lies in the reality that reading, writing and arithmetic can be graded while self-esteem, decision making, and dealing with peer pressure cannot.

In our frenzy to rear achieving children, we often forget that pres~ sure to get them to the top academically can diminish their self-esteem for a lifetime. They never feel quite good enough or lovable enough to accept their human limitations or to accept that others can love them in spite of those limitations. They strive constantly for perfectiop and, because they will never be perfect, consider themselves failures because they aren't on top of the heap.

Studies indicate that when selfesteem is low, hostility and competition are high. Adults with low self-esteem exhibit their insecurity by behaving and competing aggres-

sively. It's as if they are saying, " ..II ,prove to you my importance even if I don't feel it."

Effective parents and teachers look for good self-esteem in children before they look for good grades. They teach children to accept themselves as lovable even if they aren't in the top 10 of everything. They affirm children's unique strengths, especially those that don't appear on report cards or in sports columns. They state realistic expectations and when they do, children realize they don't have to achieve to be loved; When children like themselves, they already have a leg up on mak-

ing good decisions and dealing with peer pressures. They won't' make decisions based on being accepted or winning popularity because they already accept and value themselves. And they know they don't have to turn their wills over to peers with questiona- . ble values to be accepted because they are already accepted by their parents and others for being who they are.

Blessed are the children beginning a new school year who have parents, grandparents, and teachers who prize them more for who they are than what they achieve, for they will receive the best education we can offer.

On Mary and the beginning of human life Mary, that she was freed from the bonds of original sin "from the first moment of her conception."

From this pronouncement can't we assume that it was infallibly declared that every person is a human being from the moment of conception? We do not celebrate her immaculate viability. (New Mexico) A. Others, too, have noted the relation between the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception and the question of the beginning of human life.

Certainly this doctrine about our Blessed Mother demonstrates that what the church teaches in both these matters weaves together beautifully.

However, in its definition ofthe .

Immaculate Conception, the church a true marriage in the eyes of the baptized in the Catholic Church or had no intention whatsoever to Catholic Church since he is no was received into it, unless that attempt to resolve scientific, phys- longer required to be married party has "left it by a formal act." ical or physiological concerns about before a priest.

What precisely that formal act the beginning of life.

A priest we consulted about a might be is still to be determined Such questions were all but similar situation in our family told from experience. However, every us just the opposite. unknown 150 years ago. For this He said,"Once a Catholic, always expert in canon law, to my know-' reason and others, the issue never a Catholic," as far as marriage is ledge, holds that at the very least it surfaced during the considerable would include those who actually discussion preceding the definition concerned. Who is right? (Florida) join another religious denominaA. The answer your priest gave of Mary's freedom from sin. tion. .

Thus, we cannot assume that in was correct under the former law of the Catholic Church.

However, this teaching the church intended A free brochure answering quesin any way, explicitly, to answer the new Code of Canon Law, tions Catholics ask about baptism questions about when human life 'which became effective in No- is available by sending a stamped vember 1983, changed that posi- self-addressed envelope to Father begins. tion.

Q. Some time ago you answered John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Para parent whose child had joined The law (Canon 1117) now states ish, 704 N. Main St., Bloominganother religion and who is now that marriage must be before a ton, III. 61701. Questions for this being married in that church. priest or deacon whenever at least column may be sent to him at the According to you, that would be one of the contracting parties was . same address.

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In memory o/a/riend The following tribute to Msgr.

Anthony M. Gomes was read at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Taunton, follow'ing his funeral Mass Aug. 27. Editor We have lost in our hearts, in a sense, our father, our former pastor and our Monsignor. He gave it a good fight to the finish, for he ·never gave up. He had that fighting spirit till his last breath. But the most amazing thing that I'll remember is the glow on his face and_tears coming down hi_s face when he met Bishop Sean O'Malley.

As I was praying near his bedside, I told .him I was praying for a miracle, but I didn't think he'd get the blessings of three bishops that day. To see the happiness on his face and the alertness he had that night, to me it was a miracle.

So Monsignor, you have reached the finish line and have scored that touchdown. We are all aware of how Monsignor always told us to be number I in whatever the task was, small or huge, well~ now he is going to our Lord, who in our hearts is first and always. May you have peace in your new home for eternity.

Love from Pat Cabral and Rose Botelho P.S. Monsignor, while you're up there rooting for Notre Dame, would you please say a few prayers for your Red Sox team with your Notre Dame friends. God knows they're going to need it. May God be with you along with our pray-' ers. Amen!

H omity topics even better in print Dear Editor: The series of articles about priests and the priesthood by Father William W. Norton and published in The Anchor this summer, has served as a reminder of the mutual need of our priests and parishioners. He encourages one to prayer and respect for the difficult mission ofthe church, its religious and its members.

Father Norton's earlier series, printed during 1991, expressing thoughts on one's responsibilities in dealing with problems of the environment, or. alcoholism, or anger and others, also was instructive.

Although at St. Joseph's Church in Woods Hole we have the advantage of hearing these topics in his homilies, it is an added strength to have them in print to review and ponder.

Jane A. McLaughlin Woods Hole

Every vote counts Dear Editor: Duri:tg an election period we are especially bombarded with claims and counterclaims-the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. We must learn as much as possible about each candidate's

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WARSAW, Poland (CNS)-A Polish Jesuit priest will head a new province of the order in the former Soviet Union. Father Stanislaw Opiela, former Jesuit provincial for central and western Poland, who is fluent in Russian, said the

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AT MASSES last weekend, Bishop O'Malley greets Mrs. John Oliveira, mother of Msgr. John J. Oliveira, diocesan chancellor, at visitation of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford; and gives holy communion to a parishioner at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, where the bishop offered a Mass of healing and reconciliation. (Studio 0 photos) stand on issues and then be sure to vote! Voting intelligently is very important. Don't let anyone tell you it isn't important for each individual to vote! Every single vote counts.

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Blessed Sacrament parish, Fall River, marks 90 years

By Pat McGowan Not many parishes can celebrate a 90th and a 100th anniversary simultaneously, but Blessed Sacrament, Fall River, will be doing just that on Oct. 25, as churchgoers climax a year of festivities with an 11:30 a.m. anniversary Mass and a 7: 15 p.m. banquet and dance. It is hoped, said pastor Father Rene R. Levesque, that Bishop Sean O'Malley will be present for the occasion.

Blessed Sacrament started life as a mission of St. Anne's parish, Fall River. Its area included part of Tiverton, RI, and it was known as St. Dominic's. But in 1892, Providence Bishop Matthew Harkins, who then had jurisdiction over Fall River and its environs, erected the mission into a canonical parish, still called St. Dominic, with ~at1ter L.O. Massicotte as iis first pastor, although third to be in charge of the church considered as a mission.

Father Massicotte was pastor for eight years during which time the parish grew and prospered.

A rectory was erected and a parochial school was established in the church basement. The Grey Nuns who staffed St. Joseph's orphanage were the first sisters at the school, assisted by several laywomen.

In 1901 Father Massicotte was replaced by Rev. D.V. Delemarre, ., lately arrived from France.

The new pastor carried forward plans for erection of a new church which should, according to a newspaper account of the time, "rise majestically on Townsend

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Hill as a monument to the living faith of the parishioners of St. Do'minic's."

Change of Name The cornerstone for the new church was laidJuly4,1902. In the course of his remarks upon this occasion, Bishop Harkins officially changed the parish name from St. Dominic to Most Blessed Sacrament.

FATHER LEVESQUE The completed church was blessed Nov. 24, 1904, by Bishop William Stang, the first to be blessed by him in the then eight-monthold diocese of Fall River. On that occasion, Father Delemarre addressed his parishioners as he officially welcomed them to their new church home: "Here it is, my beloved, here is your church, as pretty or prettier than you would

have imagined. Here is what was accqmplished in your name. Here is what was 'done with your generous offerings."

The pastor also alluded to a crippling strike in the Fall River mills then in progress, saying "My thought presently sadly goes from you to those who have gone. Half of ours went elsewhere to search for work that they have not found here in the last nine months. Every day the cruel strike diminishes our ranks already sparingly habited.

To all of them, to our dear absentees, I present the church they so ardently desired to see. We will pray during this first Mass that prosperity may bring them back quickly in the parish family."

Explaining the symbolism of the adornments of Blessed Sacrament Church, Fatber Delemarre noted especially the angel heads that "throng the nave ofthis church as they throng the surface of the earth with their presence....There are in the nave as many angel heads as seats in the church, that is, 1007."

Father Delemarre remained pastor of Blessed Sacrament until his death in 1926. During his pastorate the Sisters of St. Joseph replaced the Grey Nuns as teachers at Blessed Sacrament school, and the Tiverton area ofthe parish was detached to become a mission of St. Anthony's of Portsmouth, R,I. The year 1919 was marked by a gigantic parochial campaign to pay off the church debt. Goal was $25,000 and the drive was' oversubscribed to reach a total of over $42,000.

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BISHOP MATTHEW HARKINS' handwritten permission to build Blessed Sacrament Church.

The rare ceremony of "baptism ofthe bell" was held in 1924 when a bell that had hung at Notre Dame Church, Fall River, was put in place at Blessed Sacrament and "baptized" with the name of"Notre Dame du Tres Saint Sacrement."

In February, 1926, Rev. Osias Boucher became pastor of Blessed Sacrament. By 1929 he had completely retired the parish debt, and in 1931 bought land for a new school. Construction began the same year and by June of 1932 the plant was ready for occupancy.

Renovation of the church was dear to Father Boucher's heart and work continued throughout the remainder of his pastorate. A highlight of parish history occurred May 19, 1940 when three sons of Blessed Sacrament celebrated their First Solemn Masses togethel. Tirey were Father Donald Belanger, Father Gerard Boisvert and Father Benoit Galland, all now deceased.

In 1942 Bishop Cassidy visited the repaired and redecorated church and commented on it in words that delighted parishioners: "There are richer churches in this diocese, but none more beautiful."

In 1951 a solemn moment came when Monsignor Boucher (who had been named a monsignor in 1945) resigned from the pastorate of Blessed Sacrament. He bade goodbye to parishioners at all Masses on June 10, then conducted a final holy hour as part of Forty Hours' devotions.

Msgr. Boucher wllS succeeded as pastor by Rev. Joseph E. C. Bourque, who was a son of the parish. Father Bourque continued the renovation work of his predecessor and remained as pastor until his decease in 1955, when he was succeeded by Father Eugene L. Dion.

Another highlight in parish life came in 1952 when parishioners joined the Sisters of St. Joseph in celebration ofthe golden jubilee of their arrival in the United States and the Fall River diocese. The sister' residence is located directly across South Main Street from Blessed Sacrament Church.

In 1952, golden jubilee of the erection of Blessed Sacrament, the sacristy became a chapel honoring Our Lady ofthe Most Holy Rosary.

Much later, in 1986, the chapel, now used ,for daily Masses, was beautified by then-parishioner Jacques Rivard with a 20 t{y 15 foot mural behind the altar. Sponsored by the parish's Bread of Life prayer group, it depicts loaves, fishes, bread and wine surrounding the quotation "I am the bread of life" from the Gospel of John.

"Working with bright acrylic paints," explains a 1986 Anchor feature story, "Rivard chose uncial lettering for the mural. In use from the third century B.C. to the 10th century A.D., it was most notably employed in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the fourth to ei~ht centuries and persists today chiefly in Gaelic script."

Rivard studied art at the Museum of Fine Arts School and the former Scott Carbee School of Portraiture, both in Boston. Many of his paintings are in private collections and several are in the collection of the Clement C. Maxwell Library at Bridgewater State College.

His chapel painting is divided into three sections which represent the three levels of reality. The

underworld and chaos are shown in the form of water from which emerges the zone of space and time containing the Eucharistic symbols of stylized wheat and grapes. The wheat symbolizes bread and the grapes wine, while the loaves and fishes recall how the Lord foreshadowed his gift of himself at the time he multiplied them for a hungry crowd.

By itself, the fish is a wellknown symbol of Christ. The Greek word for fish is ichthys, an acronym for the Greek statement"Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior." At the upper left and right are the letters IC and XC, Greek abbreviations for Jesus and Christ.

The upper zone bears the crucifix, surrounded by a mandala of glory signifying the risen and victorfous Lord in heaven.

Today's Blessed Sacrament Today, said Father Rene R. Levesque, pastor of Blessed Sacrament since 1982, the parish is uncertain of its future. Built by French-Canadian immigrants, its present I ,200-person membership is about 35 to 40 percent of French extraction and includes many people from nearby Tiverton, reminiscent of the early days when the parish was part of the' Provi-

dence diocese. The French, however, are for the most part totally Americanized.

"We have to be realistic," Father Levesque told a Providence Journal reporter earlier this year. "There are no more French people to serve. The only significant ethnic group in Fall River today is the Portuguese."

And a parishioner told the reporter that the parish was celebrating its 90th birthday because "there might not be a hundredth to celebrate."

The 90th will be an occasion to remember, however. The parish observance actually began with a dinner dance last January and to date has included several more dinner dances, concerts by Rays of SIUlshine and the Blessed Sa.ct-ament choirs, an ice cream social and, in a bow to another ethnic group, a Polish polka Mass. Still to come is a concert featuring the Allegro Glee Club and other groups.

A lasting remembrance of the 90th anniversary will be a memory book, to include pictures of parish families and a brief history of Blessed Sacrament. An anniversary booklet in French and English will provide a parallel photohistory.

Father Levesque said the 8 a.m. daily parish Mass is now offered at Blessed Sacrament convent across the street for the convenience of the elderly sisters residing there. In turn, the sisters provide space at the convent for some religious education classes, with others held in Blessed Sacrament church and rectory.

Responsible for many parish activities are the "dynamic duo" of Eddy Brault and Helen Ouellette, long active in the Men's Club and Women's Guild respectively.

Al,so among thriving undertakings is the Bread of Life prayer group which draws from 25 to 30 people from various parts of Fall River and its suburbs to its Friday night meetings.

Father Levesque, a Fall River native, noted that Blessed Sacrament's location atop the city's Townsend Hill is in a sense reminiscent of its former membership in the Providence diocese.

"It used to be 'Town's End' hill because it was so near the Rhode Island line," he explained, "and some of the oldtimers still pronounce it as two words."

Be that as it may, the parish on the hill is entering its 10th decade with colors flying and an espirit de corps to be admired.

ARTIST JACQUES RIVARD beside his eucharistic mural behind Blessed Sacrament's chapel altar.

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When should you retire?

By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Dr. Kenny: How do you know when to retire? I'm 52 and have been working at the same job for 30 yean. I hate it. It's getting harder and harder to get up in the morning.

I have enough money. What gives me pause is that so many of my friends who have retired early are unhappy. They seem depressed, bored and getting fat. How do I know that won't happen to me?

-Iowa The word "re-tire" may literally mean- to take an old car and put new tires on it so that it can have a new life. That's not a bad image for what you must do as you change directions from yourjob of many years to begin fresh.

Rule I. You don't retire from something. Rather, you should retire to something.

In your letter, you fail to mention what you would like to do with the additional fiee time you would have. You need to develop a dream or goal, something that you would- enjoy or find fulfilling.

Rule 2. You never retire from life. From your present job, yes.

From the world of paychecks, perhaps. But not from living.

There is life after retirement.

Your life, like all of our lives, should contain elements of both self-fulfillment and serving others.

It is dangerous to focus totally Oft oneself. Human beings are fulfilled not just in self-expression but also _ in loving service.

Possible activities might include working with children, learning an area of artistic expression, traveling, etc. Some business executives have found simple happiness workiJ1g as a school crossing guard, helping small-children across the street.

Should you be paid? This depends upon your own financial

situation. You may volunteer, or you may receive a salary. The important thing is that you experience a change from what you have been doing.

Rule 3: Check with the rest of your family. Your retirement affects many others in important ways.

You need their input as you consider this matter.

There is an old joke about the farmer who retired and was around the house all day. Finally, his wife couldn't take it anymore, and she told him: "Look, I married you for better or worse, but not for lunch."

Rule 4: Take care of your"safety" needs. Be sure that you have enough set aside or that you can supplement your savings with additional income to handle your housing, food, medical expenses and insurance, car and any travel or entertainment that you enjoy.

You say that you are financially able to retire at 52. That shows wise planning. You are fortunate.

Obviously, one cannot retire unless the basic needs will be met.

We lived in Wiesbaden, Germany, from 1960-1964. Our landlord and his wife, both 72 years young, came to our apartment one evening with a note written in English: "We would like to learn English. Will you dine with us one night each week and teach us?"

Later on, when we were able to converse, I asked him: "Herr Agamar, why do you want to learn English at 72?"

"N01'eason," he replied. "I just want to."

Herr Agamar remained interested in the world around him till the day he died. I hope to model my own retirement after him.

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Elderly nuns offer day care for tots DUBUQUE, Iowa (CNS) Most preschool teachers try to teach their pupils to care, share, and in general, be good to other people.

Franciscan Sister Carolyn Thirtie goes a step further. She shows her day care group of 4-year-olds how to make other people's lives more enjoyable.

Every Friday morning, Sister Thirtle leads her students, two-bytwo, to a convent infirmary for Dominican Sisters that is nearby.

Each child carries a book for one of the sisters to read to them.

"The sisters really look forward to the children's visit each week," said Dominican Sister Jean Brennan, in charge of activities at the convent. "Most of the sisters are former teachers. They love the children, and you can see that this brings back a lot of memories for them."

Dominican Sister Callista Manion, who enjoys reading to the children even though her eyesight is failing, feels that the first couple of years of school are the most significant for a child.

She said reading aloud adds a special quality to learning. "The spoken word adds so much depth and djmension to a story," she said. "I want to keep on reading to the children for as long as I can."

Dominican Sister Anthony Mary Otten has enjoyed her time with the children so much that she now volunteers each week at the day care center. This enables her to spend time with the children individually.

She said she has always enjoyed reading to others. "I was a high school teacher, but my last few years ofservice were as a Iibrarjan, and I would often read to students who came in as a class," she explained.

Sister Otten described today's children as much more precocious than路 in years past. "They are very bright and often way ahead of me on the outcome of stories," she said, smiling. But some things never change. "Like all children that age, they still become restless if they sit for more than five minutes."

Sister :rhirtle, who has been a preschool teacher for 18 years,

Safe at Mass Weekend Mass attendance usually picks up in September, in these parts at least, as summer ends, school starts and the weather gets a little cooler.

The empty pews of summer are usually blamed on the seasonal exodus "up north," where we hope the resort country churches overflow with the faithful.

I'm afraid attendance was down at Our Lady of Lourdes in Pine River, MN, one Sunday last summer, but 1 blame it on the recession. 1 remember when summer visitors overflowed the tiny lake country churches and you had to peek in the windows to attend Mass.

But that was long ago, and pastors now try all kinds of lures to increase the Sunday catch. We seniors lead other age groups in attendance. After all, we were brought up that way.

Knowing older persons are especially concerned about safety, one pastor drafted six rules for them to follow to avoid accidents and spend more time in church. 1

don't know the author's name, but here is the list.

I; Do not ride in an automobile or get in the way of one; they cause 20 percent of all fatal accidents.

2. Do not stay at home; 17 percent of all accidents happen there.

3. Do not walk around on the street; 14 percent of all accidents happen to pedestrians.

4. Do not travel by air, rail or water; it causes 16 percent of all accidents.

5. However, only .001 percent of all fatal accidents occur at church.

Obviously, the safest place to be is at church, this Sunday and every Sunday.

These safety tips may help land some older Americans, but different bait is needed for young people.

Apparently the same problem faces Ireland where one pastor came up with a new approach.

Having heard just about every alibi in the book, the Rev. Sidney Laing of Dublin wrote the following and called it "Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash."

I. i was made to wash as a child.

2. People who wash are hypo-

said it is a constant challenge to keep up with changes in the field of education.

"The curriculum is different today; as a matter of fact, the whole system has changed over the years," she explained.

"Today the children are divided into smaller groups and are allowed to be much freer and more creative than years ago when things were more structured and restrictive."

Another difference from past years, she said, is strong interaction between parents and teachers.

She said parents rely a great deal on tQe day care cellt~r to tell them when their child is ready to start school.

Sister Thirtle, who also takes the children to visit residents at a nearby nursing home once a week, believes many of today's families miss out on the "intergenerational experience" which she said is important for both children and elderly persons. .

Her students may not bring home a report card, but when they leave her class, she said she hopes they have learned how to "help others have a happy day."

By BERNARD CASSERLy crites. They reckon they are cleaner than other people.

3. There are so many different kinds of soap, I can't decide which one is right.

4. I used to wash but got bored and stopped.

5. I wash on special occasi,ons; Christmas and Easter.

6. 'None of my friends wash.

7. I'll start washing when I get older and dirtier; 8. I don't have time.

9. The bathroom is never warm enough.

10. People who make soap are only after your money.

If your parish is having trouble with Mass attendance you might try publishing either the "Safety Tips" . or the reasons for never washing in your parish bulletin.

Good fishing!

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Religious education directors meet Thirty-eight directors and coorBarbara Shine of the Boston archdinators of parish religious educa- . diocesan Pastoral Institute, who tion programs had the opportun- spoke on the types of relationships ity for personal and professional and communities found in parish development at their recent bien- .' life; and. Father Richard W. Beaunial convention at Cathedral Camp, lieu, diocesan director of educaEast Freetown. tion, who discussed issues that Speakers and their topics were: challenge local parish programs.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - It cial synod for Latin America, he looks like a synod. It sounds like a said. Nevertheless, the Vatican has synod. But it's not a synod. adapted synod rules to fit the This could be the rule-of-thumb October Latin American meeting, for the Fourth General Confer- thus bringing more of the preparaence of the Latin American Epis- tory work under Vatican control. copate, to be held Oct. 12-28 in So Latin American bishops Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub- found their mailboxes stuffed with lic. questionnaires, similar to the synVatican officials involved in hs odal process in which answers are planning note that many of its cur- kneaded into a working document. rent rules and preparatory proceCELAM, which previously had dures parallel those of a Synod of the major responsibility for preBishops. paring its working document, found Yet there are also important itself sharing the kneading with differences. the Vatican, prone to sending back The Latin American gatherings drafts for further touching up. have a longer history and are the Unlike the secrecy of synods, result of a local, rather than however, preparatory materials for Vatican-sparked, desire to period- the Santo Domingo meeting were ically discuss problems. readily made available in Latin The first general conference of America. the Latin American bishops was in CELAM annoyed some Vati1955 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The can officials by publishing volumes aim was to keep the church abreast of preparatory documents, includof Latin American reality. Its main ing the questionnaire answers subresult was formation of CELAM, mitted by national bishops' conthe Latin American bishops' coun- ferences. Months before the meetcil, as an ongoing service organiza- ing started, the working document tion and think tank for the bishops. was easily available in Latin AmerThe Synod of Bishops grew out ica. of the Second Vatican Council's At the Vatican, however, offiteaching on collegiality,the shared cial~ planning to attend the meetresponsibility of the pope and the ing continued to maintain secrecy world's bishops in governing the about the preparatory documents. universal church. The synod, which For synods, the questionnaire normally meets every three years, and working document are made is an institutionalized way for the public ahead oftime, but the Vatiworld's bishops to advise the pope can does not make available the on major issues. Its rules were individual answers to questionapproved by Pope Paul VI in 1965 . naires. and are included in the Code of In any case, everything ends up Canon Law. in the hands of the pope, who has Latin American bishops' con- the final say in what is published ferences are less formal, with ad after a synod or a Latin American hoc rules rather than firm, ongo- bishops' meeting. ing norms. There are no fixed time The general rule at asynod is frames between general conferen- that the pope' uses its conclusions ces, which have taken place at lI- to draft a final document. For to 13-year intervals, and themes Latin American meetings, the ruleare general as opposed to the spe- of-thumb has been for popes to cific topics dealt with at synods. give the bishops permission to Yet the spirit is the same. Both publish their conclusions at the gatherings are efforts to keep the end of the meeting. church in tune with the signs of the times. Both are under the overall supervision of the papacy.

SAN SALVADOR (CNS) In reality, the Latin American bishops anticipated the need for a The human rights situation has special type of synod to deal with improved in EI Salvador, but rule regional issues. Church rules now . of law has not yet been consoliprovide for holding such meetings. dated, say UN observers who have Called special synods, the Vati- been in the nation since 199 I. They can is currently planning them for also said human rights monitoring Africa and Lebanon. It has already should continue after they leave. held them for the Netherlands and They have been checking compliance with the San Jose Accords, a Europe.

Two years ago, Pope John Paul 1990 agreement signed 'by the II noted the Latin American situa- government and guerrillas of the tion and praised its bishops for Farabundo Marti National Liberhaving "a quasi-synodal organiza- ation Front. ' tion that works well."

More Like Christ "The Latin American church lives more than all others a syn"Thoughtfulness, the kindly odal system" through the Latin regard for others, is the beginning American bishops' conferences, he of holiness. If you learn the art of said. being thoughtful, you will be more Because of this there is no need and more like Christ."-Mother for the Vatican.to convoke a spe- Teresa

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Scoffs at charg-es Vatic'an blocked Dead Sea Scrolls NEW YORK(CNS) - Charges reconstructed texts was published. that the Vatican suppressed publiThe scrolls were discovered over cation of Dead Sea Scrolls matea period from 1947 to the midrial are"hogwash" but still a live 1950s in II caves near the north issue for many people, according end of the Dead Sea. Possibly the to the Jewish editor who led the library of the nearby Qumran comcampaign for release of Scroll texts munity, they are generally dated that remain unpublished. , between 200 B.C. and 68 A.D., the Hershel Shanks, founder and year of the community's destruceditor of Biblical Archeology tion.

Some 800 separate texts, some Review and Bible Review magazines, said that, apart from lack of only small fragments, have been evidence for the charges themselves, identified. Many of the more imthe presence of Catholic scholars portant documents were quickly on the forefront of biblical research published and an immense schotoday made the charges unbeliev- larly literature of interpretation now exists. able.

But long delays occurred, parThese scholars could not be imagined suppressing research ticularly in regard to material from findings out of some supposeu Cave 4, which had the largest desire to protect traditional views number of texts and those in worst of Christianity and its origins, he condition. Of its 500 texts, only about 100 have been published, said.

The charges are made by jour- Shanks said.

Controversy developed because nalists Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh in "The Dead Sea the scholars who edited the texts Scrolls Deception," a book pub- were given exclusive rights to first lished in the United States by publication.

Eugene Ulrich of the University Summit Books.

"That book was not reviewed in of Notre Dame, one of a trio of any major outlet, and when it was editors overseeing the scrolls pubreviewed it got bad reviews," lication, has denied any attempt to Shanks said. "Yet, in July it was block access and said he showed No. I on the Publisher's Weekly the scrolls photographs in his possession to any scholar who asked. religious best-seller list."

In the book's introduction, Although he called the book "hogwash" and "ludicrous" in Bib- Shanks wrote that "problems with lical Archeology Review, he ob- the Cave 4 texts would eventually served, his statement that the discredit the entire publication authors "write clearly and know enterprise." But in an interview at how to tell an exciting tale" was the New York offices of Random House, he qualified this to say the made a dust jacket blurb to suggest Shanks was recommending discrediting was in public perceptions, and he himself did not think their work.

In a new book Shanks edited, the entire ente'rprise was dis"Understanding the Dead Sea credited.

Scrolls," published by Random House, he has reprinted the review and 21 other scroll-related articles by himself and other authors from his magazines.

In an introduction, Shanks recounts the story of his effort to Sept. 12 make unpublished scroll material 1962, Rev. John J. Galvin, Assisavailable to the public, and the tant, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River highly publicized breakthrough last 1986, Most Rev. James L. Conyear with a volume of texts reconnolly, Fourth Bishop of Fall River structed by computer from a con1951-1970 cordance. His organization, Bibli&ept. 13 cal Archeology Society, later pub1949, Rev. Charles A.J. Donolished a set of scroll photographs van, Pastor, Immaculate Concepobtained from undisclosed sour- tion, North Easton ces: Recently, the second of what Sept. 14 Shanks said wilI perhaps eventu1982, Rev. Stanislaus J. Rycally be four volumes of computer- zek, Retired, Lauderhills, Florida Sept. 15 . 1934, Rev. Henry J. Mussely, Continued from Page One Pastor, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River tion issues. But Father Baker said 1958, Rev. Brendan McNally, he has the impression that many lay people don't hear that kind of S.J., Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA discussion in church very often.

1969, Rev. John J. Casey, PasFather Stravinskas said his homilies about political issues stress tor, Immaculate Conception, North that despite the AmeriCan prag- Easton matic instinct to "look to the walIet Sept. 16 first," the ultimate choice in elec1925, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Jean A. tions should reflect more timeless Prevost, P.A., P.R., Pastor, Notre goals.

Dame, Fall River He told of a funeral he conSept. 17 ducted recently for a woman who 1954, Rev. Thoms F. McNulty, was poor alI her life, but had 100 Pastor, St. Kilian, New Bedford descendants who helped her be 1983, Humberto Cardinal Mehappy. deiros of the Boston Archdiocese "People who put alI their stock, 1970-1983 well, in stocks have nothing to 1991, Rev. Felix Lesnek, SS.CC., console them on their death beds," former Associate Pastor, St. Johe said. "If we don't preserve those seph, Fairhaven family issues and values, we have Sept. 18 nothing."

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Obituaries

He was pastor of the Church of Nossa Senhora das Vitorias in Santa Barbara for more than 30 years and previously served at Nossa Senhora da.-Purificacao in Santo Espirito, island of Santa Maria.

Survivors are brothers Antonio F. Viveiros and Nicolau F. Viveiros, sisters Ambrosina F. Santos and Laura F. Reis, all of Fall River; sister Maria Guilhermina F. Chaves of Hudson, and nieces and nephews in addition to Father Joseph Viveiros.

Sister Marie Irenee Sister Marie Irenee, SSJ, 98, died Sept. 4 at Mont Marie Health Care Center, Holyoke.

Born Marie Laura Cormier in St. Gertrude, Canada, she was the daughter of the late Aureus and the late Clara (Camire) Cormier.

She was educated in Quebec and later at Knolton School in New Bedford and St. James School, Manville, Rl. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from St. Anthony's parish, New Bedford, in 1924. She was assigned to St. Joseph's parish, New Bedford, then to the motherhouse in Le Puy, France, in 1927.

From 1928' to 1951, she was infirmarian at clinics in Laire, Pontoise and Brioude, all in France.

She returned to St. Joseph's in New Bedford in 1952 and retired in Fall River in 1986. She was admitted to the Mont Marie Health Care Center in 1989.

Survivors are several nieces and nephews.

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Father Viveiros Father Joseph F. Viveiros was principal celebrant of a memorial Mass Sept. 7 at Santo Christo Church, Fall River, for his uncle, Father Joao Viveiros, 75, who died Sept. 2 in the village of Santa Barbara Rebeira Grande, St. Miguel, Azores. Nine priests were concelebrants.

Born in Santo Antonio alem Capales on St.' Miguel, Father J oao Viveiros was the son of the late Abel Ferreira Viveiros and the late Cecelia Amelia Sousa.

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14 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. II, 1992

By Charlie Martin

HERO IN ME

By Linda Rome The hubbub of getting that older brother or sister off to college is over.

Life has settled into some sort·of routine when you find yourself thinking: What about me? Why does everything seem topsy-turvy, especially when a part of you was delighted to see that older "pain in the neck" leave? .

First, you must realize that the everyday life Of a family is an intricate system. It has patterns of interaction as complex as a' watch keeping good time or a computer running without a glitch: Change one element in the, equation and the answer changes, For example, if your brother always set and cleared the table, who will do it now?

If your sister always asked your parents the hard questions like: Can my curfew be an hou'j- later? or, Can I study the harpsichord instead of the computer? and you . benefited from lier trailblazing, will you find the words and courage to approach your parents on your:own? . .

Negotiating,anew 9ivision of chores, may be your ,fitsf testing ground.' ., ' . Second, often siblings piay off each others' strengths and fill ,in for each otherS' weaknesses. Now you have to stand on your own two feet, so to speak.

Do you always forget to feed the cat, and did your sibling just do i't without making a big deal of it?

Was your brother the' peace-

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maker!n ·the family, or the barometer of the family's emotional state, or was your sister always the rational one, the problem solver?

Now you must look to your own resources and perhaps tryout a different role in family interaction.

At best, you may, discover new strengths - or you might have to face your shortcomings without what may have been an "invisible" buffer.

Then there's friendship. Many times' brothers and sisters, brothers and brothers, sisters and sisters are best friends - and don't even know it.

Sl,1ddenly your middle-of-a-Sunday-afternoon' confidant is gone, replaced by a quick phone call or ' the equivalent of a ~'having a great time, wish you were here" postcard.

Here's another opportunity to acknowledge'the specialness ofthe bond between you while moving into a more mature relationship bas<;d less on proximity and more on love. ' Treat your sibling iike the friend you've discoven,d him or her to be.

Write a great hitter, send a video, share a secret. And use the distance between you 'as a springboard to new friendships with others, recognizing that you're both entering a different part of your lives. ' W.hat about you? New ch~l­ lenges, new growth. When your brother or sister comes home for Thanksgiving break, you'll both have a lot of catching up to do,

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By Dan Morris For the squeamish or of weak ,heart, continue no further.

Addressing the eating habits of a 14-year'-0Id male in modern American society is strong stuff. . . This was reaffirmed fo'r me just this morning as my wife came weeping and gasping from tile kit"chen, "I saw it with my' own eyes," she sobbed. "He puta giant, J1eapi!1g spoonful of crul\chy peanut butter into his h'ot ch'ocollite."

"W.as it· a gag?" I answered horrified.' " , "Poor choice of words," she gulped. ' '" ' ': " ., "He drank it?" I gulped myself.

"Slurped might be a better word," . I peeked around the corner.

Sure enou'gh, I hearda slurp and saw a famlliiu set of bony sb6ulders hunkered around a cup of something muddy. . "Are you going to .wash that down with a little ketchup-andtuna sauce or mint ice cream?" I asked, hoping shock therapy might bring him to his senses.

"We're out of ice cream," he ~umbled. .' , "Son, son, son," I said in my fatherly voice, "your mother and I are worried about you. Actually, we are worried about your stom-

ach and entire digestive system."

"Dad, dad, dad," he replied. "If I was eating a p~anut butter sandwich and drinking a cup of hot chocolate you wouldn't be freaked, would you?" , ~'With that kind of logic, son," I said, "we might as well do,away with things like plates,. knives, forks, glasses, spoons and Western civilization and just eat out of blenders." , His eyes lit up.

"I'm not being serious. Please, you kn:ow that, don't, y'ou?·'~ I,went on. I just knew visions of pureed pickle peanut butter were dancing through his head .

"Don't worry, pop," he said. ~'This is just a snack."

Asyou probably know, "snack" is a word to describe what a 14year-old does with a large' part of his day. ; He paused ,in his slurping and looked up. "Besides, think of the weird stuff you eat - like that gross meat you ate between two pancakes when we went camping."

"You mean a Spam and hotcake sandwich supreme," I told him.

"That's a classic' outdoor'cuisine."

"I thought you were eating it as a gag," he said.

"Funny you say that."

He's lived as long as he possibly can Given the circumstance 'Cause he's protected himself from the world He never gave it a chance, And he says, "Here in my security "I've put a limit on my self-protection and my possibility."

She's seen these walls, and they never change Everything's in its place her relationships all neatly arranged Down to religion and race And she says, "Here in my security "I don't make a move unless my friends approve "I do what's expected of me "And as I grow older "There is so much that I do not know.

"And I sleep and I dream ofthe person I might have been "And I'll be free again "And I speak like someone "Who's been to the highest peaks and back again "And.I say that my grass is greener than anyone's' "Till I believe again .

"Then I wait, and the dream fades away "And I face the day "And I realize that there's 20t "To be some hero in me."

There's got to be some hero in me They've been suppres,sing their every desi~e They do nothing on a whim , She's lost.her sp~rkle, and he lost the fire Their future looks very dim And I say, . . ,"Here in my.security "I've simply let ,myself go , "I've developed a co-d~pendency ,"And as I grow older, so many places "That I have never been "Time's tapping on my shoulder "I hope that it's never "Too late, to begin."

Written and sung by Jeffrey Gaines (c) 1992 by Chrysalis , Records Inc. '' I'M NOT familiar' with Jefis always possible. The individual in the song dreams "of the frey Gaines, but there's alot I person I might hl!-ve been," but like about his "Hero in Me." As I write this column, his release "then I wait and the dream is not yet on the Top Forty but I fades away." caught the video. I hope we'll However, the individual conhear more of Gaines' work. tinues to believe in himself. Even though he, has failed to create The song affirms that change

the life he desires, he realizes that "there's got to be some hero in .me."

I take this statement to mean that he senses his courage and. willingness to work toward what he wants out of life. He hopes that "it's never too late to begin."

He chooses to look beyond . security and self-protection to' the world of possibility still attainable for him.

The song is right. A hero lives in each of us. And yes, no matter what has happened to us, or how many mistakes we've made, it is never too late to start over.

Who is the hero in us? It is that part of us that visualizes a different life, a way of living beyond current limitations, It helps us keep reaching for seemingly distant goals.

Heroes are not just those people whose courageous acts make the headlines. They are .those who continue to act in small ways to change their lives for the better.

At times, we all feel like giving up on our dreams. Something happens, and what seemed so attainable now seeJDs impossible. This hero part 'of ourselves doesn't deny our feelings of grief.

However, the hero in us continues to see our lives as greater 'than the ,cuI:rent disappointment.

The r~cent summer Olympics gave us many examples of this heroic part of ourselves. The media pr'esented numerous stories of athletes who faced debilitating physical' injuries along the route to being named to Olympic teams. .'

The hero in these athletes kept them dreaming, kept them trying, kept them believing in the possibility of being part of the Barcelona games.

Yet, we don't need to' be world-class athletes to find the hero in ourselves. We can discover this same spirit in each of our souls. , . Whatever your dreams, your goals, your visions of a life that you desire, keep reaching for this with courage and perseverance. Ask God to find this hero in you. The future that you truly want awaits you.

Your comments are welcomed

by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 182, Rockport, IN 47635.

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LIBRARY MOMS: Cathy Corriveau, Sally Connor and Judy Aubin, mothers of St. Mary-Sacred Heart School students, rearrange the school library to accomodate the new computer program schedule to begin Sept. 21.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - A bill recently signed by President Bush creates a six-hour window for radio and television broadcasters to air indecent programs, but the measure was the best that could be hoped for, said a U.S. bishops' official. A 24-hour indecency ban seems unenforceable in the courts, and broadcasting attorneys suggest that even the new ~six-hour window may'be unconstitutional, said Miriam Whiting, the bi'shops' director of communications. .Indecent programming'is defined as that which contains "language or material that depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium, sexual or excretory activities or organs."

Saints Keep Trying "Saints are sinners who keep on trying."~RobertLouis Stevenson

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FATHER GERALD BARNWELL commissioned teachers and staff of SSe Peter and Paul School, Fall River, at a Sept. I Mass. The teachers, Father Barnwell, principal Kathleen Burt and secretary Phyllis Ciosek were guests at a breakfast prepared by classroom mothers who are part of the Quest Climate Committee. Pictured are Father Barnwell and new teachers Christine Faria, Douglas Medeiros and Margaret McCaughey.

St. Mary-Sacred Heart School Students returning to St. MarySacred Heart School in North Attleboro have found a few changes.

Volunteers have been busy rearranging the school library to accommodate equipment for the new computer program slated to begin Sept. 21.

Due to changes in school hours (the SMSH day runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) a before-school program is being offered 7:30 to 9 a. m., supervised by Sharon Hamil.ton.

Marilyn Enross, formerly a kindergarten teacher, will take on new duties as assistant principal and physical education teacher.

"We look forward to a super

year at St. Mary-Sacred Heart," said Alberta Goss, principal.

Bishop Stang Open house for parents of current Bishop Stang High School students will be held 7 p.m. Sept.

15 at the North Dartmouth school.

Principal Theresa Dougall will offer a welcome, after which parents will have the opportunity to follow' their son or daughters's schedule and meet the student's teachers..

Course expectations will be explained to the parents.

Individual parent-teacher conferences have been separately scheduled for Oct. 20.

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High school basketball record passes from father to daughter NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (eNS) - John Somogyi was glad to see his New Jersey state record of 3,310 points scored in high school basketball games recently fall to a female.

"This gives girls the opportunity to put greater effort forth - it opens doors," he said. "This has captured the imagination of young women in athletics. It gives them recognition."

But Somogyi was even more glad to see the record stay in the family: The new record-holder is his daughter, Kristen, a point guard at St. Peter High School in New Brunswick when she broke the record.

The similarities between father and daughter's basketball careers are many. Miss Somogyi broke her father's record at the same school he attended (from 196568); she wore the same No. 24 that her father wore 24 yea~s ago; and when she plays basketball at the University of Virginia this fall, she will wear the same No. 14 that her father wore at Rutgers University.

St. Peter High School, in the Metuchen diocese, is part of the Somogyi family heritage. John and his wife, the former Nancy Burns,

both graduated in 1968. Mrs. Somogyi's sister, Judy, graduated in 1970 and her parents graduated in 1939 and 1937.

Miss Somogyi works hard at honing her basketball skills, working out three times a week with weights, running and following routines mapped out for her by her dad. But she describes herself as a "normal kid." She enjoys sleeping, talking on the phone, occasionally getting into trouble, golfing, going eNS photo to the beach, playing volleyball KRISTEN SOMOGYI and just "bumming around" when she isn't practicing basketball. , future, such as the Olympics and She views her athletic career as ~ professional basketball overseas. wonderful opportunity to meet in- She sees her experience in sports teresting people, as well as an as a positive thing tJ:1at will help opportunity to travel and as a real her throughout her life. lesson in life.

"Determination, work and com"fused to get frustrated with the petition will always be part of my refs," she said. "I've matured and life and will help me in living and don't let things bother me." in learning from other people," she Basketball will, of course, play said. an important part in her 'plans at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where Miss Somogyi says there is a great blend of acaRecent box office hits demics and athletics. She hopes to study communications or educa1. Unlorgiven, A·IV (R) 2. Single White Female, tion at the university. o (R) Her father pointed out that there 3. Rapid Fire, 0 (R) are other possibilities in Kristen's

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Mother Teresa opens AIDS hospice for anyone with "nowhere to go" BALTIMORE (CNS) - In a recent visit to her order's new hospice for AIDS patients in Baltimore, Mother Teresa gave an open invitation for care to anyone in need in the city.

"Any man, woman or child feeling unloved with nowhere to go is welcome to come here," said the 81-year-old Nobel Prize winner. "I have no gold or silver to give you but I'm giving you my sisters," she said.

Gift of Hope, the new home for AIDS patients run by the Missionary of Charity Sisters, is in a parish convent and will be used as a hospice in conjunction with nearby Johns Hopkins Medical Institution.

Four nuns live there and will care for 12 patients. One is from the United States, two are from India and one is from Italy. The order runs similar homes in New York, Philadelphia and Washington.

A dedication ceremony for Gift of Hope began with a Mass celebrated by Baltimore Archbishop William H. Keeler and concelebrated by Washington Auxiliary Bishop William G. Curlin and more than 30 priests.

According to city police, more than 2,500 people crowded into St. Wenceslaus Church, where the new AIDS hospice is located, and the adjoining street to catch a glimpse of Mother Teresa.

After Mass, Mother Teresa addressed the audience in a soft voice, giving a message of prayer, love, family and hope. "Teach your childr.~n to pray and pray often with them," she said.

She joined the sisters in a procession to the convent which they entered for a private blessing as throngs waited eagerly outside.

Residents of the crime and drugridden neighborhood hung out of their windows to cheer Mother Teresa.

One, Dwayne Jordan, said the area needs the' faith of the Missionaries of Charity.

"We have drugs in this neighborhood and violence," said Jordan, 29. "One of the biggest problems is that people have no faith."

But he hoped the sisters could change that. "Mother Teresa is a powerful woman and her word is strong," he added.

The sisters, who have been living in the convent for a month, have already witnessed some of the city's violence.

Sister Pietra said she had heard gunfire and also witnesse~ a child being shot in the arm a few weeks ago, but she is not afraid.

"Our weapon is the crucifix," she said.

In the face of such violence, Mother Teresa's advice to the crowd, given from the front porch of the new home, held particular meaning. "If we share the joy of loving, we can make the city something beautiful for God," she said.

Holding up her hand, she said, "We have the Gospel in the five fingers: You did it to me, she said, flexing a finger to stress each word.

"Every night when you go to bed, think of that: You' did it to me."

Mary Pat Clarke, Baltimore City Council president, described Mother Teresa's visit as "a major blessing for Baltimore."

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Catechism in China HONG KONG (CNS) -Despite strict government restrictions against religious indoctrination, some children in northwestern China attend catechism classes.

They learn simple catechism and knowledge of the Chinese Mass, reported UCA news, an Asian church news agency. Visitors to the communities said most of the children, ages 8 to IS, are from traditional Catholic families and have been baptized.

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16 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 11, 1992

Iteering pOintl O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Blessing of new organ and concert 3 p.m. Sept. 20; organist will be DavW Ogletree. vice president and recitalist of Rodgers Organs of New England, Inc., Needham. Reception will follow in parish center.

NOTRE DAME, FR Food drive for soup kitchen is being held throughout September.

Donations may be placed in boxes at chun:h entrances. Girl Scout registration will be held 7 to 8 p.m. Sept.

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THE WALK "The Walk," a first-time venture benefiting charitable agencies in Fall River, will start at 7 a.m. Oct. 18, beginning at St. Vincent's Home, 2425 Highland Ave., Fall River.

Walkers will have a choice of a five or a IO-mile route. Among organizers is Sister Kathy Murphy, OP. Information: 676-4433.

CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, CAPE This fall, Cape Cod Catholic Social Services will offer an "After Suicide" support group for persons who have lost a loved one through suicide and attended a previous support group. Also offered: "Hidden Mourning" support group for ·persons who have experienced abortion. The latter will meet 5 to 6 p.m.

Wednesdays forl2 weeks beginning Sept. 16. The CSS Unplanned Pregnancy Program seeks new baby clothes, blankets and layettes. Donations may be delivered to the office at 261 South Main St., Hyannis.

Information: 771-6771.

ST. JULIE BILLIART, N. DARTMOUTH RCIA sessions for adults interested in receiving the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and/or Eucharist begin 7 p.m, Sept. 21. Information: Sister Theresa Sparrow, 990-0287.

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The 37th annual Franco-American Pilgrimage day will be held Sunday.

Events begin at I p.m. with a concert by the folk group "La Sauterie."

Bishop Louis E. Gelineau of Providence will be celebrant and homilist at an outdoor Mass. Music will be led by St. Jacques Choir of Taunton.

All services in French.

Prayer service and healing Mass for child abuse victims 7 p.m, Sept.

14, outdoor chapel, weather permitting. Reflective music will begin at 6:30 p.m. Father George Brennan, director of the LaSalette Counseling Center, will preside.

Triduum of prayer in preparation for Feast of LaSalette Sept. 18 to 10.

Services will be led by Father Normand Theroux, MS, and will include 12: 10 p,m. Mass each day; 6:30 p,m.

Mass Sept. 18, followed by candlelight procession; 4:30 p.m, Mass Sept. 19 with renewal of vows by LaSalette lay missionaries. All services in outdoor chapel. weather permitting.

ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Father Simeon Gallagher, OFM Cap., will offer parish mission Sept.

20 to 24. He will give the homily at weekend Masses and celebrate the 8 a.m. daily Mass, followed by a talk, Monday through Thursday. Bishop O'Malley will be principal celebrant of the mission's closing Mass at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24.

CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB,NB The club will celebrate its 75th anniversary Sept. 27 with noon Mass at St. Lawrence Church, NB, followed by luncheon at Hawthorne Country Club in N. Dartmouth. All present and past members of club are welcome. For reservation, call 993-8825.

MCFL Cape Cod chapter of Massachusetts Citizens for Life will meet 7 p.m. Sept. 15, meeting room of Stop & Shop, Independence Park, Rt. 132, Hyannis. All invited.

K.ofC. Knights of Columbus Falmouth Council 813 will hold installation of officers following 4 p.m. Mass tomorrow at St. Anthony's Church, East Falmouth.

O.L: CAPE, BREWSTER Bible Study will meet 7: 15 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays for 10 weeks beginning Sept. 21. Topic will be Paul's first letter to the Corinthians.

HOLY CROSS, S. EASTON Bishop O'Malley will celebrate 25th anniversary Mass 10 a.m. Sept.

27, followed by reception in parish hall. Other 25th anniversary events will be: parish retreat in Dover, Sept. II to 13; parish picnic Sept. 20; homecoming Mass with priests who have been assigned to Holy Cross in past years,4-p.m. Oct. 3; night of recollection with Father John Denning, esc, Oct. 18.

CATHOLIC NURSES, CAPE Cape-Islands chapter of Catholic Nurses will meet 6:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at St. Pius X Church hall, S. Yarmouth, for a potluck supper. A video presentation and discussion will be included. The eighth annual Catholic Nurses' Sunday will be celebrated with a 10 a.m. Mass Sept. 20 at Holy Redeemer Church, Chatham. Refreshments will follow. Information: Dee Santos, 775-3371.

INTERFAITH COUNCIL, GREATER FR Students ages 12 to 18 who reside in FR, Westport, Somerset or Swansea may enter an Interfaith Council of Greater Fall River contest to design a logo that expresses an interfaith, multicultural theme. Designs must be four inches in diameter and in black and white. Entries should be sent to Barbara Shore, 359 Stetson St., FR 02720 by Oct. 9 and should include entrant's name, age, address, phone number, school and parent or guardian's name. First, second and third prizes of $50, $25 and $15 savings bonds will be awarded at· an interfaith dinner on Oct. 25. Information: Ms. Shore, 673-8477.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS At 5 p.m. Oct. 25 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, Bishop O'Malley will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for couples observing 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries during 1992. Couples who would like an invitation should contact their pastor.

ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS Volunteers neeqed to assemble roses for life 9 a.m. tomorrow and to distribute them after Masses Sept.

19 and 20; information: Bob Varley, 255-7683.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fall River will meet 7 p.m. Sept. 21, St. Vincent's Home cafeteria, 2425 Highland Ave., FR. Habitat is an ecumenical ministry which builds houses for low-income families who work on their homes to qualify for no-interest mortgages. All persons interested in volunteering are invited . to the meeting.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Annual priests' retreat Sept. 7 to I I, Sept. 14 to 18.

MAKING PLANS for 25th anniversary celebration at Holy Cross parish, South Easton, are from left Father William Kelley, CSC, pastor, and Francis Grogan, CSC, parochial vicar, with Rosemary Burke, parish council president and Julieann Smith, council secretary.

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Bishop Sean P~ O'Malley, Bishop of the Diocese of'Fall River, has released the following statement regarding the inquiry into allegations against Reverend Paul· Connolly ofsexual misconduct during,the 19605: The Diocese of Fall River has communicated with six persons who have recently made serious allegations against Reverend Paul Connolly. Those persons have requested that their names not be revealed and the diocese intends to respect that request. It is with great sorrow thatT acknowledge these allegations about a priest of the diocese.

To those who may have been harmed or whose trust may have been betrayed, I offer compassion on behalf of our church community. I thank those who cooperated in the investigation. The. church desires to be of help to anyone in need of healing.

Father Jay T. Maddock has been appointed administrator of Saint Mary's Church [Taunton].

To the parish community of Saint Mary's Church in Taunton, I offer my prayers and support. I ask the people of the diocese to pray for Father Connolly who has served for many years in this diocese and to pray for those who may have been harmed by his actions. May God's mercy bring healing to all.

As Bishop of the Catholic Diocese, I recommit myself to an open and compassionate policy in these troubling matters.

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Pope sympathetic NEW YORK (eNS) - Pope John Paul II and his predecessors have consistently shown support for justice for Palestinians, said a Palestinian diplomat. Riyad Mansour of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations in New York said he does not believe the new Israeli-Vatican commission studying church matters in Israeli-controlled lands will "change the warm relationship between the Vatican and the Palestinians," despite the view that the panel is a step toward diplomatic relations.

Tested Vessels "The· potter does not test cracked vessels, because to tap them even once is to break them; but he does test good vessels, because no matter how many times he taps them they do not break; so God tests nojt the wicked but the righteous. ' Saying of the Fathers