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GORBACHEV: "atheist"

YELTSIN: "superstitious"

Top Soviets state views on religion WASHINGTON (CNS) - It was a Philadelphia priest-:editor who got the two most powerful Soviet leaders to layout for millions of people what their beliefs are about religion.

On a Sept. 5 ABC-TV "Town Meeting" linking Moscow and questioners in several U.S. cities, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev identified himself as an atheist, while Russian president Boris Yeltsin said he frequently,goes to church, but is also superstitious.

Father John Fields, a secondgeneration Ukrainian American and Ukrainian-rite priest, prompted the response when he asked the two to "kindly state for the audience your personal religious beliefs."

No bones about it,_ Gorbachev

said through an interpreter, "I am an atheist. But I neVer concealed this.

"I respect the feelings and religious beliefs of each citizen, each person," he added.

Yeltsin said, "I certainly make a point of attending church" although "the services, the ritual aspect, I don't really observe those."

The Russian president said being in church gives him "a kind of internal feeling of moral cleansing:" As a postscript to his 'answer, Yeltsin said that, by the way, "I'm also superstitious."

Father Fields, editor of the English edition of The Way, newspaper of the, Ukrainian Archdiocese of Philadelphia, told Catholic Turn to Page Nine

Jesuits work secretly in China, U.S.S.R'.

ROME (CNS) - About 80 Jesuit priests are working clandestinely in China., said a top Jesuit official who also noted that lines of communication are not broken between the Vatican and the government-approved Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.

Jesuit Father Giuseppe Pittau, chief adviser to Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, Jesuit superior, added that 20 Jesuits have been secretly working in the Soviet Union and will now be able'to start normal ministerial activities.

At a Sept. 10 news conference in Rome about worldwide Jesuit activities and in a telephone conversation with Catholic News Service afterward, Father Pittau said there are links between the Vatican and some Chinese patriotic association bishops.

"You can't say that the entire

patriotic church is separated from Rome. You have to examine it case by case," he said.

"Many in the patriotic church have ties to the Vatican, and the Vatican acknowledges this," he said.

"As other sources have reported there are a few bishops who have asked to be recognized 1;Jy the Vatican," added Father Pittau.

Some of those making the requests have been Jesuits, he said.

Father Pittau said he did not know if the Vatican has acted on these requests.

The Vatican does not recognize the patriotic association, formed in 1957 with Catholic bishops who decided to sever their ties to the papacy. It was organized by the communist government as a na. Turn to Page Nine

watched the tumultuous August changes in the Soviet Union with hope and expectation.

"This is absolutely phenomenal what we've seen in one week," said Archbishop John L. May of St. Louis, who visited Lithuania, Latvia, Byelorussia and' Ukraine a year ago.

"My first reaction is great hope - hope that the failure of the coup will solidify . . . democracy and the freedom of the various republics," he said - referring to the failed coup attempt by Soviet Communist hard-liners. The hardliners' failure accelerated the downfall of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union.

Daina Dumbrys of Chicago, . treasurer of the Lithuanian American Council, described the mood among Chicago's 100,000 Lithuanians as one of "subdued optimism."

Before the coup crumbled, she said, "we felt the Baltic republics were in great danger. Since we had been so strongly outspoken, we thought we'd be crushed."

But their elation at the toppling of the coup is tempered by the realizati,on that "we still have a long row to hoe. Right now we're in limbo," she said.

The Baltic states, particularly Lithuania and Latvia, face daunting economic difficulties, having almost no marketable natural resources and a currency, the ruble, which is worthless outside their borders.

On Monday Pope John Paul II led world prayers for peace in Croatia as Vatican worry grew that Yugoslavia's civil war threatens peace in Europe.

"We find ourselves before a con-

flict that we hoped would never be repeated in a Europe already torn to pieces by so many atrocities," said the pope, who had asked Catholic bishops worldwide to dedicate, Sept. 8 as a day of prayer for Yugoslavia.

The pope has supported Croatian self-determination, but has stopped short of favoring independence. The Vatican position is that the future of Croatia's relationship to Y.ugoslavia must be established through negotiations.

The Croatian bishops have supported independence.

Behind the Vatican worry is fear that the ethnic and nationalistic fighting in Yugoslavia sets a bad example for other Central and ·East ,European countries - also having ethnic and nationalistic tensions - which are trying to reorgimize politically after the fall of communism.

On Sept. 8 approximately 1,000 Serbs demonstrated outside the Vatican nunciature in Belgrade, the Yugoslavian federal capital, protesting Vatican support for the Croatians.

The pope reiterated Vatican support for West European mediation to stop the fighting and peacefully resolve the tensions that exploded after Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in June.

Also re-emphasized by the pope was Vatican support for a "new Europe" in which longterm peace is based on the 1975 Helsinki accords on security and cooperation in Europe. The .accords emphasized that European security must be anchored in human rights, including the self-determination of. peoples, greater economic-coopTurn to Page Nine

YUGOSLAV ARMY tanks 'roll through Borovo Selo, Yugoslavia, as unrest in that splintered country continues. (eNS photo)

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Lutherans pass abortion statement

Decision terming abortion "execution" overturned MORRISTOWN, N.J. (CNS) Court," Noonan said. "Therefore, - A judge overturned a ruling there was no justifiable excuse to that had termed abortion "legal trespass and attempt to prevent a execution," leaving defense attor- legal act of abortion." neys vowing an appeal.

A number of scientific experts The Sept. 6 decision by Super- testified before the lower court ior Court Judge Reginald Stanton that life begins at conception. The dismissed a finding by Morristown experts included Dr. Jerome LeMunicipal Court Judge Michael Jeune, a French geneticist who Noonan last April that Roe vs. discovered the chromosomal abWade, the Supreme Court's 1973 normality resulting in Down's decision legalizing abortion, allows syndrome; Dr. Bernard Nathanthe' "legal execution of human son, a former abortionist who is beings." director of obsterics and gynecolCardinal John J. O'Connor of . ogy at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York, chairman of the U;S. New York; and Russell Hittinger, bishops' Committee for Pro-Life philosophy professor at Princeton Activities, had said Sept. 3 that University.

Noonan's finding "may prove to But Morris County Assistant be a landmark case in the legal Prosecutor Deborah Collins argued history of America's abortion before Stanton that the experts tragedy." A spokesman for the should not have been heard withcardinal said Sept. 9 th~t the car- out hearing also from those in the dinal had made no comment on scientific community who hold the case after Stanton's ruling. other positions on the issue. She The case involves Alex Loce of said the pro-life issue was irreleNew York and 14 other people vant to the trespass case. who accompanied' him to a MorStanton reduced the defendants' ristown doctor's office on Sept. 8, $250 fines,' instead ordering each 1990, in an attempt to prevent to pay $25 to the municipal court Loce's former fiancee from having and $30 to the Violent Crime Vican abortion. Each member of the tims Compensation Board. group had been found guilty of But he dismissed claims that the criminal trespass by Noonan, des- unborn are due protection under pite his finding "as true fact" that the constitutions of the United the fertilized egg is a human being States and the state of New Jersey. from the moment of conception.

"If a fetus is a person, it is a "I find that the 8-week-old fetus person in very special circumstanin this case was a living human ces - it exists entirely i.n the body being that was legally executed of a much larger person and usupursuant to the U.S. Supreme ally cannot be the object of direct action by another person," Stanton said.

T.J. Gallagher, an attorney with 51. Anne's Hospital gratefully the Legal Center for Defense of acknowledges contributions that Life in Morristown, said SepL 9 we have received to the Rememthat Stanton's decision either would brance Fund during August, 1991.

Through the remembrance and be appealed to the appellate divhonor of these lives, 51. Anne's ision of the Superior Court or can continue its "Caring With Stanton' would be asked to reopen Excellence." the case at Superior Court I~vel.

"The trend in the courts is that Leo Brodeur Ashley Elizabeth Camara abortion is subject to regulation," Blanche D. Campeau said Patrick Mullaney, Loce's John F. Courchesne . attorney. "The judge's comments Norman Cournoyer are about 20 ye,ars old."

Juliette .Dumont Jeanne G. Dupont Dorothy Fillion Antone Franco Mrs. Alice Halie Dr. Wilson E. Hughes John T. Keegan Mr. Richard King John J. Kisbert .

Stanley P. Koska Eric McWhirter Edward C. Michno Albert Oliveira.

Chris Olivera Adeline Puleo Quinlan J. Reagan Mrs. Eileen Reynolds Victor S. Rose, Jr. Blanche Rousseau John Roy Adelina Sasso Puelo Joseph C. Saulino Jerry Simonin Alice Souza Mrs. Joanna Spicer Walter Strojny .

Ruth Turner Amelia Vakowiec Helene Woffenden Alice E. Zais Stefan Zalewski

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

Morality in Media names president NEW YORK (CNS) - Attorney Kevin M. Beattie has been elected president of the antipornography'organization Morality in Media.

He succeeds Joseph J. Reilly Jr. Beattie recently completed 14 years at CBS, where he first was Ii staff attorney in New York and then director of CBS News overseas bus'iness affairs in London.

Morality' in Media, founded in 1962 by Jesuit Father Morton Hill, works to stop illegal trafficking in pornography by urging enforcement of abscenity laws and provides public information and education on pornography.

Priests detained BANGKOK, Thailand (CNS) - Six Catholic priests are among 41 detainees identified in an Amnesty International report as targets of an apparent continuing crackdown on government critics, intellectuals and dissidents in Vietnam.

The report lists the priests among long-term political prisoners in Vietnam detained or arrested since 1975.

SHA REUNION: among 1916 to 1977 graduates of the former Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall River, attending an allclasses reunion last month at the Venus de Milo restaurant, Swansea, were, from right, 1959 graduate and former faculty member Sister Mary Lou Simcoe, SUSC; Helen (Reinhardt) Morley, '45, and daughters Cynthia (Morley) Murphy, '66, and Carolyn (Morley) Peloquin, '68. Rev. Edward J. Byington offered a Mass for reunion participants at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, prior to the gathering. (Croke photo)

Nuns to 路bring female view to Boston marriage court BOSTON (CNS) - Sisters Margaret Sullivan and Mary Lou Walsh, the first women religious ever appointed to Boston's Metropolitan Tribunal, hope to bring a female perspective to a field that they say could certainly benefit from it.

The tribunal is the archdiocesan judicial body that rules on annulments; all Catholics who have been' divorced must go to the tribunal for permission to.remarry .in the. church.

"A lot of petitioners that come in are women, and I think that we can bring another dimension to this work that' a priest doesn't bring in," said Sister Wafsh, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur who prepares cases and'assigns them to judges as the tribunal's first female secretary.

Sister Sullivan, a member ofthe Sisters of St. Joseph and a canon law expert, said many women seeking annulments might appreciate being able to talk to another woman about their past marital problems.

"Women for years, in applying for annulments. ha路ve been fairly intimidated when faced with having to discuss extremely personal, sensitive areas of their lives with a male, the priest," she said.

"So it's of great benefit to have women involved in the process."

Sister Sullivan will serve both as a judge and a defender of the bond, a devil's advocate who argues against granting annulments.

The Metropolitan Tribunal, made up of five full-time and one part-time judge and an office staff of about 10, receives about 100 annulment petitions a month.

Both women said they look forward to working on annulment petitions because it gives them a chance to help people grow through difficult parts of their lives.

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.ORLANDO,Fla.(CNS)-After rejecting several conflicting proposal.s, the 5.2 million-member Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has passed a statement that accepts S9me abortions, but only a's a "last resort" in the most serious circumstances.

The statement was approved 905-70 by the church's biennial Churchwide Assembly. It marked a departure from the stand of a number of other mainline U.S. denominations, such as the chief Methodist, Episcopalian and Presbyterian bodies, which have opposed any legislative restrictions on abortion and tended to treat it on the moral level'as a matter of personal conscience.

The statement said abortion should be outlawed once the fetus is viable, except when the woman's life is threatened or the fetus has "lethal" abnormalities.

Before viability, it said, abortion should be legal in cases of rape and incest as well as when the woman's life is endangered or the fetus has "lethal" abnormalities, Beyond those:situations, it said, "this church neither supports nor opposes" other abortion-restricting legislation.

It asked Lutherans debating abortion to take seriously both "the moral value of the newly con'ceived life" and "the moral seriousness of the decision faced by the woman" and to avoid using "the language of 'rights' in absolute ways that imply that no other significant moral claims intrude."

said Sister Sullivan, "and I see this as a means of reconciliation that they have to see the broken parts of themselves for what they are, and work to make themselves whole again."

"I see so many people hurting," Sister Walsh said. "I read their stories and see their pain, and that they really need healing, and I wish I could read through all their cases faster so 1 could get to them' LONDON (CNS)'-':':' Ireland's all quickly.'.' . . '; '. former prime: minister: said ,:the Catholic Church and Christian chu'rches in.general need to playa greater role in guiding Europe down a peaceful path. "Christian Members of Region I路 of the churches should be healing forces Order of St. Sharbel, a lay organi- rather than ancillary sources of . zation of the Maronite Catholic continued bitterness and division," Diocese of St. Maron, will meet said Garret FitzGerald. "It is far today through Sunday in Fall from clear that in these areas of River. The program will include deep-seated division the various several services at St. Anthony of churches, whether in Northern Ireland or Yugoslavia or the Ukraine, the Desert Church, Fall River. . Although belonging to the dio- are doing as much as they might be cese of St. Ma'ron, both St. An- expected to do as Christians to thony of the Desert Church and heal divisions and t9 practice the Our Lady of Purgatory Church,. Christian love they preach." Fitzthe latter in New Bedford, are ter- Gerald, Irish prime minister from ritorially in the Fall River diocese 1982 to 1987, gave the keynote and there are traditional warm ties address at a conference organized by theCatholic Theological Assobetween the sees.

Msgr. Norman J. Ferris, pastor ciation of Great Britain. of St. Anthony of the Desert and chaplain of the Order of St. Sharbel, is host for the three-day meeting. The program will include an evening service tonight at St. Anthony's, followed by a clamboil at St. Sharbel Center adjacent to the church and a reception at the The Mass of Christian Burial home of Loretta George, regional was offered Wednesday at St. vice-president of the order.

Tomorrow's program will begin Martha's Church, Plainville, for with Mass, offered by Archbishop Sister Marie Beatrice, RJM, 86, Francis M. Zayek, ordinary of the who died Sept. 7 at Jesus and Maronite diocese, and followed by. Mary Mission Center, Plainville, breakfast at the St. Sharbel Cen- 路and who for 30 years of her reliter. The day is free for shopping gious life taught at Notre Dame . and a tour of Newport and a School, Fall River.

A native of Forestdale, RI, she dinner dance is on the evening was the daughter ofthe late Treffle program.

Sunday will see parish young and Dellerise (Bisaillon) Belleville. people confirmed at an II a.m. She was a graduate of Catholic Mass at St. Anthony's offered by Teachers' College, Providence, and Archbishop Zayek. The Mass will in addition to her service in Fall include induction of Adele Nader River was also stationed at Villa Lindsay of Fall River as a perpet- Augustina, Goffs~own, NH. She is survived by a sister, ual member of the Order of St. Sharbel. The ceremony will be fol~ Blanche Guilbault of Woonsocket, lowed by a farewell breakfast at RI, and by several nieces and nephews. the St. Sharbel Center.

Peace role seen

Lay Maronites to meet in Fall River

OBITUARY .Sister Belleville

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Rep. Moakley urges denial of amnesty in Jesuit case WASHINGTON(CNS)- u.s.

Rep. Joe Moakley wants Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani to deny amnesty to anyone convicted for the November 1989 murders of six Jesuit priests in EI Salvador.

"I respectfully request that you make a clear statement at the earliest possible time that it is the position of the Salvadoran gove'rnment that no amnesty will be awarded or negotiated now or in the future for those found guilty in the Jesuits' case," the Massachusetts Democrat wrote in a lettet to Cristiani.

Moakley, chairman,ofthe House Democratic task force'on EI Sal-: vador, told Cristiani :in a' recent letter that he ·had heard reports during a 'trip;he took to.El Salva-. dor:in' July that·. Salvadoran. milo. itary supetiors were'promising·the· defendants in the·casethat if:they were convicted, they would'~not serve' time or be ~ranted an ·am~ nesty" provided' the.:defendant.s .. kee;p quiet aboui,the'involvement. of others·in the crimes: : .....,.; Moakley urged Cristiani:to rnaICe it clear to the Salvadoran'military:' and public 'that the Salvadoran government would not provideam~­ nesty to any<me convicted for the murders. '

Moakley said such a statement would pressure the defendants into telling the truth about the murders.

The Jesuits, including the rector of Jesuit-run Central American University, Father Ignacio Ellacuria, were found slain on the universitycampus Nov. 16,1989, along with their cook and her daughter. ,Nine military personnel, including the former head of the national officers' school, were arrested and bound over for trial in connection with the murders. A trial is expected this fall.

BROTHER MILLETTE Critics of ihe government, including the Jesuits, have charged that the investigation nas failed to go after. t~ose~hq .I;night have .. , : ordered the killings.. . :Jesuit Father Patrick J. Burns, president'6f the Washington-based Brother Roger Millette, FIC, Jesuit-·Conference, told Catholic associate principal at Bishop ConNe~s_Seryicdhat t~e Jesuits SUP7 nolly High School, Fall River, for~; ported Moakley.'s request, particu- 23 years, recently celebrated 50 . lady. sin~e' lh!; cas~'nas "become a years as a Brother of.Christian test case tq see if Justice can be Instruction. done'.: in l~l Salvado.r. : . .

Bishop Edward O'Leary of PortThis' fall, Congress is expected land, Maine, was principal celeto discuss further cuts in aid to El brant of a golden jubilee Mass in Salvador... In .the 1989 tisc~H year, . Alfred, Maine, at which Brother El Salvador received $185 million Millette was joined by relatives in lJ.. S. ~conomic aid. In 1990, that and friends as well as several Jesuit was c~t to. $130.6 million. priests from Fall River and Boston.

Father J.C. O'Brien, SJ, a former Connolly principal, was homilist.

Brother Millette, a native of Biddeford, Maine, was a teacher and_principal at the' former Monothe'rs. We all have the privilege to signor Prevost High School in Fall be in Christ."

River before the high school merged Panelist Marist Brother Cyprian with Connolly in 1968.

Rowe, the first black in his proPrior to becoming associate vince, said the realityofthechurch principal he taught French, chemis "ethnic minorities make up the istr-y, physics and mathematics at majority of people, but are the Connolly. minority in terms of power."

During his varied career he has "Abandonment to God is the been a band director, bus driver, only way to have power," said moderator for many organizations Brother Rowe, a social worker and a member of the Diocesan and 'research assistant on'the psy- Divine Worship Commission. chiatry faculty at Johns Hopkins He has held several terms as Hospital in Baltimore. director of the Fall River comMarist Brothe~ Sean Sammon, munity of brothers and has been a. outgoing president of the Confer- member of the provincial council ence of Major Superiors of Men, and provincial chapter. said" "religious life is at a critical He is a eucharistic minister and point in terms of identity," making sings in the Notre Dame parish, it im opportune time to look at Fall River, choir. issues ,of power and the minority He has received honors from the experience. The first brother to Jesuit Secondary Education Aslead the conference of superiors, sociation and Prevost Alumni, and Brother Sammon spent his 'tenure in June he received Connolly's St. focusing on the identity of reli- Robert Bellarmine, SJ, Award. gious life. "We can't do collabora- Students at Connolly dedicated tion without our own sense of the 1976 and 1984 yearbooks to identity," he said and added that him. religious orders are not rushing to He has also received the diocemake changes. "We 'are doin'g a san Marian Medal and last year self-critique, looking back at the was named Franco-American of last 25 years and taking stock." the Year by the Franco~Arrierican The conferenc.e's incoming pres- Civic League of Fall River. ident, Christian Brother Paul HenA graduate of the former Lanessy, said a major study of the' Mennais College in Alfred, he holds nature of religious life and the dis-' a master's degree from Boston tinction between religious. order College and has done advanced priests and diocesan priests will be . study at Detroit, Notre Dame and conducted under his leadership.

Boston universities.

Before coming to Fall River he held teaching positions in Detroit, meeting~et Maine, New York and Canada.

'Women, the two organizations In an interview last year he told which cosponsor the annual char- the Anchor that he has most enjoyitable and social event. ed working with the high school Committee assignments for im- age group and that is what he plementing all aspects of the Balr plans to continue doing. will be made at the meeting: "It's an interesting period of The 37th annual Ball is set"for life," he said. "1 like it, so that's Jan. 10 at White's of Westport why I'm still here" at Connolly. with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin the - - - - - - - ---honored guest. Proceeds from the event benefit four summer camps for underprivileged children and GOD'S ANCHOR HOLDS other charitable apostolates of the diocese;

Connolly associate principal is golden jubilarian

Me~'~s' s'uperiors

study . . .. mInority, experience "

SAN ANTONIO'(CNS) -"No' dogs or Mexicans allowed here," was the sign confronting Dr. Jose Carrasco the first time he visited Sa~,~tqnio in.l~~5~,.. :' .:, : ," ..

C>n 'a' retur-n 'visit: 31'years later;,: Carrasco, now a professor of Mexican-American studies at.San Jose State University in California; helped 200 leaders of men's religious orders confront the minority experience in church and society.· Carrasco was keynote speaker at a recent assembly ofthe Conference of Major Superiors of Men. Two discussion panels included representatives from a variety of ethnic minorities. .

Noemi Castillo, director of the the Office of Filipino Affairs for' the archdiocese of Los Angeles, told of her experiences with power.

After spending years developing Filipino ministry in Los Angeles, Ms. ,Castillo took a group of priests to the Philippines. In her native land, the prie~ts were totally dependent on her and she began to ' relish the shift in power.

"It was fun to have power, prestige and privilege for a change," she admitted, "but when I brought myself back to focus, I realized we were a team."

Ms. Castillo said 'through the experience she learned' "in' Christ we have no powe~ or prestige Oyer

Bishop's 'B'all planning A planning meeting for the annual Bishop's Charity Bali will be held at I:30 p.m. Sept. 2~ al St. John of Goa parisn ce'nier, B~ay­ ton Ave., Somerset. ' Father Daniel L. Freitas, di.ocesan director of'the Ball, has an-. nounced that meeting invitations have been sent to committee members. . The Ball coordinating committee will meet with members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Diocesan Council of Catholic

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pantry will serve Greater Fall River needy Mary-Lou Mancini, Fall River area director of Catholic Social Services, and Sister Kathleen Murphy, OP, ofthe Dominican Sisters of the Presentation, are among representatives of human services and civic agencies and religious communities who have organized the Greater Fall River Community Food Pantry, Inc. With headquarters at 711 Middle St., Fall River, and a projected start-up date of Sept. 24, the pantry aims to assist persons with occasional difficulty in stretching their.food budgets with packages of supplies sufficient to support I to 2 or 2 to 3 persons for 2 to 3 days. . Applicants will. be bri~fly .i~te.rYlewed to determme thelT ~hglbllIty for th~ program and wIll u~u­ ally be ~sslsted once mo~thly, WIth exceptions to be determmed by the program ~anage~. !he .project wIll be operated pnmanly through volunteer effort

A F.FTH anniversary Mass for the repose of the soul of Bishop James L. Connolly, fourth bishop of Fall River, will be offered at 10 a.m.

Sunday at St. Mary's ~thedral, Fall River. All are invited to attend.

and donations offood, money and plastic and paper bags. Volunteers will assist with pick-up and bagging of donations and distribution to applicants from 10:30 a.m. to noon each Tuesday and Thursday at the'First Baptist Church at Pine and North Main Streets, Fall River, across the street from the YMCA: Donations may be left at any Fall River or Tiverton fire station; the Assonet/ Freetown fire station on Water Street; the Somerset fire station on County Street; the Westport fire station on Briggs Road; and the Swansea police station.

Prospective volunteers may call (508) 673-0526. Those seeking further information may call (508) 674-4681 ?r (508) 675-5780.

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f~r' Angola

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) - The Catholic Church is ready to help Angola rebuild after 16 years of civil war, said· Pope John Paul II. The pope called the war, which caused more than 350,000 de~ths, the "Calvary of the Angolan people." The war separated families, left thousands of orphans and mutilated people, he added. After these "hard trials," Catholics are ready to "travel the road of national reconstruction," he said recently to a group of Angolan bishops.

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the moorina-, Signs of the Times Could a revolution happen in this country? Is the spectre of civil war removed from the American mind? Can the cracks and crevices in our social order be repaired before our government collapses?

These are some of the questions that should disturb the American conscience as we rather smugly view the events in the Soviet Union. For decades, we have been told of the evils of Russia and the Soviet system. As events unfold in that nation, we have been sitting back and watching with glee as a governme,nt we've been taught to hate comes apart.

From the days of the McCarthy hearings to those of the present hysteria, Americans have been propagandized to believe that the Russians were an evil people determined to obliterate and destroy the United States.

Seemingly, many Americans still believe that the Russians· are ready to invade the West. Unfortunately, it is the same attitude that simply will not look at the ominous portents in our own society. , As we observe the ongoing changes in the structure of Soviet society, let's not ignore those forces t~at are altering American life. They have the potential to change the face of this land - and -not for the better.

Take education. If current trends continue,.we will have total chaos in our schools. It's not just a matter of low SAT scores. Beyond the realm of academics, the values void menaces our schools.

Schools, after all, are only the secondary source of education.The home is and should be the primary source of values.

The decline in education is in proportion to the decline in family life. Divorce, separation, single parenting: all take their toll. The lack- of family support by so many elements in our society is a major factor in the present condition of our schools. Money alone does not produce good students and great schools. Ifthat were the case, the give-away salad days of liberalism would have solved all our educational problems.

In the same way, has the dollar solved our rising rates of crime and drug use? The quality of city life is in a state of rapid decay. People live behind locked doors, afraid of sudden invasion by criminals, reminiscent of the night raids of the KGB. Children cannot play in our parks without protection.

Racial tensions are destroying neighborhoods, the real heart of urban living. People are abandoning the cities because they simply cannot exist in their atmosphere. As a result, the core city has become a battleground pitting poor against poor.

The list of obvious injustices is growing. For instance, our lack of a national health care program is appalling. The refusal of elected officials to act rather than react, simply going along with the political status quo, is endangering the common welfare.

These are fuses on time bombs that could blow· America apart. Yet there is no action on Capitol Hill or Beacon Hill geared towards reducing the dangers that could eventually lead to civil anarchy and revolution. If we do not somehow reverse the decline in the quality of American life, the current Russian revolution will be like a trip to Disnc;yland compared to the forces that will be unleashed in our country.

Let's look at the signs, evaluate them and act. To continue to ignore them, to push aside the omens that surround us as mere fantasies will be a folly that will affect the very fibre of American life. ' The Editor

ITALIAN YOUTHS DANCE AMIDST THE THRONG OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ATTENDING WORLD YOUTH DAY IN CZESTOCHOWA, POLAND, LAST MONTH

"I will gather you out of all nations." Jer. 29:14

Who gets to testify?

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Like so much else in Washington, congressional hearings lose much of their mystique with an understanding of how such panels are created.

Several times a year, the U.S. Catholic Conference arranges for bishops to fly in from their home dioceses to head to Capitol Hill to explain to Congress church views on a particular piece of legislation.

In movies and television, witnesses at such hearings hold the rapt attention of half a dozen or more senators or representatives in a room packed with an interested public.

Often in these depictions, witnesses are grilled mercilessly by hostile members of Congress to the outrage or glee of the enthralled "average Americans" in the audience.

But in the real world, senators squeeze token five-minute appearances at two or three simultaneous hearings between appointments in - their offices and frequent trips to the Senate floor for roll-call votes.

Unless a subject is particularly controversial, or the witnesses guaranteed to draw television cameras, such as Oliver North, movie stars or Cabinet members, the committee chairman often is alone on the dais.

Usually the only klieg lights are supplied by C-SPAN, the public affairs cable channel. Hearing room crowds consist of tourists or students with little understanding of the issue; the witnesses' colleagues; a half-dozen reporters, most from special-interest publications; and interns sent by bogged-down legisOFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER lative assistants to take notes.

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offices for education and Migration and Refugee Services also trek up to Capitol Hill every few months, usually to explain how church programs handle a situation or how Catholic interests would be affected by'a pending bilL -.>' , . . . . • '" "Congressional hearings are a place where we can share our position with an audience we want to reach," explained John Carr, secretary of the USCC Department of Social Development and World Peace. His department usually arranges for a bishop with expertise in the matter at hand to present the church's perspective.

Still, Carr is choosy about which opportunities to testify he accepts for ,the USCe. His criteria include: "Can we have an impact? Do we have something to say? And is this the forum?" he said.

Some hearings are little more than "going through the motions to support a predetermined point of view," he acknowledged. "That's a waste of time for us. If somebody's using the hearing for grandstanding, you're just in the way."

While some committee staff members who arrange hearings say they always strive to provide a balance of views, others acknowledge that political considerations rule who is offered a seat at the witness table.

"Clearly, some hearings are intended to carry out an agenda," said one committee employee.

"This is politics, after all.

"But the smart people make sure a hearing is not a kangaroo court, so when the boss seeks to stand on the conclusions from that hearing it can't be said it was onesided," he expl~ined .• The Supreme Court's May ruling in Rust vs. Sullivan upholding restrictions on abortion counseling as part of family planning pro- . grams that receive Title X funds was based in part on evidence from hearings held before the Title X program was established.

Sometimes hearings that seem one-sided are calculated to "build

a committee record for the judges to look at farther down the road," said Micheal Hill, assistant director of the USCC Office of Government Liaison. Hill previously worked in Congress and now serves as a lobbyist for the USCe,which includes" helpinif 'rilllKe' arrangements for witnesses from the Catholic Conference.

"A smart committee chairman will see to it that the other side gets something in the record to establish that 'we listened to that point' " in case the fairness of hearings is called into question, Hill said.

The makeup of hearing panels also can depend greatly on whether the senator or representative chairing the committee takes an active role in who testifies.

Most ofthe time, USCC staffers who arrange for witnesses say they are able to predetermine whether the hearing will be one-sided and if it's likely to be a friendly environment.

"We .often have a sense of the perspective ofthe committee," said Randy Glantz, communications coordinator for USCC Migration and Refugee Services. Even when he expects the environment to be hostile, however, sometimes it's worth it.

"We had someone testify at an immigration hearing last week where we expected the chairman to be hostile, but that wasn't at all the case," he said.

"I don't think we've ever turned down an opportunity to testify," said Glantz. "Even if the members (of the committee) are not going to be sympathetic we always want to take the chance to make our views known."

Carr agreed that it's sometimes worth providing testimony under less-than-favorable circumstances.

"In the vast majority of occasions we're treated with 'respect and interest," Carr said.

Having church representatives head to Capitol Hill is an opportunity to talk about the Catholic philosophy behind the opinion on the legislation, Carr said.

Worcester paper has new editor

Mark meant to keep us on track Isaiah 50:4-9 James 2:14-18 Mark 8:27-35 To understand the significance oft'oday's Gospel passage, we must first know what prompted Mark to write, Scripture did not fall from the sky like manna; nor did the Sacred Authors simply sit down one evening, pull outa blank sheet of paper and compose the Bible. Most wrote only after reflecting for a long time on what was going on in their faith communities. In the middle of all the good, they saw difficulties and conflicts. And while others might preach a sermon or teach a class on the troubles, they preferred to confront them with literary works.

Problems triggered almost every Biblical book.

Though these issues were evident for the first readers, they are not always so clear for us. Scholars spend much time and effort trying to reconstruct the historical settings of our sacred writings.

When they surface the original. triggering device, we often shake our heads in amazement. After thousands of years some of the same problems still plague our communities! This is certainly true of the difficulties of Mark's time.

Within 40 years of Jesus' death and resurrection, some of his followers were conveniently forgetting his death and were beginning to stress only his resurrection, They thought they could reach the glory the Lord promised without going through the, dellth he had experienced. This "new and improved" Christianity forced Mark to write.

In passage after passage the evangelist shows his readers that life can only be reached through death. Expecially here, at the turning point of his Gospel, he hammers away at this theme.

Immediately after Peter proclaims Jesus the Messiah, the Lord ..... began to teach them that the Son of Man had to suffer much, be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, be put to death, and rise three days later."

Then, as after each of Mark's three passion predictions, someone says or does something which shows a total unwillingness to die.

In this case, Peter - the Messiah proclaimer - makes a fool of himself by asking Jesus to stop such stupid talk. The Lord first reprimands him, then explains what it really means to die. "If anyone wishes to come after me," he

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By FATHER ROGER KARBAN declares, "he must deny his very selL." Early Christians quickly identified Jesus with Deutero-Isaiah's "Songs of the Suffering Servant."

Reflecting on his (Deutero-Isaiah's) mission, this unknown prophet (responsible for chapters 40-55 of Isaiah) comes to understand that he can only accomplish Yahweh's mandate if he is willing to endur"e the pain Yahweh has built into hIS ministry. "I gave my back to those who beat me," he remembers, "my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; my face I di<l not shield from buffets and spiuing." Yet he knows he is riot going through his suffering alone. "Yahweh God is my help," he confesses, "therefore I am not disgraced."

James certainly has the same community experience as Mark.

Though he expresses his thoughts differently, he follows the same principle Jesus and Deutero-Isaiah trust in: life comes only after death.

He sees people who are "believing" a'lot, but doing little. They have replaced dying with a bland, intellectual faith in Jesus. "If a brother or sister has nothing to wear," he writes, "and no food for the day, and you say to them, 'Goodbye and good luck! Keep warm and well fed,' but do not meet their' bodily needs, what good is that?"

As long as we stay in our own thoughts and do not risk going out to others, we are refusing to die.

As mentioned above, it is amazing how many of the early church's difficulties are still our difficulties.

If we did not know better, we might think that today's three readings were written specifically for our present situation. No matter how long we follow the Lord, we will always look for ways to avoid wearing his sandals.

Assassins feared PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNS) - Haiti's president, Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide, said remnants of the old regime's security unit, which had a reputation for thuggery, are trying to kill him: "Our enemies want to seize back power at any cost.... This is why Macoutes want to murder me," he told the French daily Liberation, referring to the security organization called the Tonton Macoute.

The interview's recent publication coincided with the trial. in PortAu-Prince offormer Interior Minister Roger Lafontant in connection with a coup attempt in January. Lafontantand 21 codefendants were found guilty after a marathon, 21-hour trial, and all but four were sentenced to life at hard labor.

As God Sees It "If only we knew how to look at life as God sees it, we should realize that nothing is secular in the world, but that everything contributes to the building of the kingdom of God."-Michael Quoist

Bishop Timothy J. Harrington has announced the appointment of Gerard E. Goggins as the new executive editor of The Catholic Free Press, newspaper o'fthe Worcester diocese.

Goggins, an experienced journalist, was a staff reporter for the Worcester Telegram and Gazette and is an active member of St. Joseph's parish in Auburn, where he lives with his wife, the former Deanna S. DiOrio, and their four children.

Commenting on the appointment, Bishop Harrington said, "His career as a journalist and his witness in faith gives us great hope and expectations as he assumes the significant responsibility as editor of our diocesan weekly newspaper, The Catholic Free Press."

Goggins was a reporter, political columnist, arts editor, and then city editor for the Worcester Telegram and Gazette between 1964 and 1989. As arts editor he revamped arts and entertainment coverage and created the Time Out magazine. He was a reviewer of Boston Theatre, National Touring Companies, pre-Broadway shows and the Metropolitan Opera Company.

He has been a political columnist, television columnist, and an investigative team director. He

Sept. 14 1982, Rev. Stanislaus J. Ryczek, Retired, Lauderhills, Florida Sept. 15 1934, Rev. Henry J. Mussely, Pastor, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River 1958, Rev. Brendan McNally, S.J., Holy Cross College,Worcester, MA 1969, Rev. John J. Casey, Pastor, Immaculate'Conception, North Easton Sept. 16 1925, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Jean A. Prevost, P.A.,P.R., Pastor, Notre Dame, Fall River Sept. 17 1983, Humberto Cardinal Medeiros of t1W Boston Archdiocese 1970-1983 1954, Rev. Thomas F. McNulty, Pastor, St. Kilian, New Bedford Sept. 18 1945, Rev. Luke Golla, SS.Cc., S.eminary of Sacred Heart, Wareham 1964, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edmund J. Ward, Pastor, St. Patrick's, Fall River Sept. 19 1859, Rev. Henry E. S. Henniss, Pastor, St. Mary, New Bedford 1985, Msgr. Arthur W. Tansey, Retired Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Fall River Sept. 20 1918, Rev. Simon A. O'Rourke, Chaplain, United States Navy 1958, Rev. Omer Valois, Pastor, Sacred Heart, New Bedford

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He holds a bachelor of arts degree'in English literature from Assumption College and a master of arts degree in English literature from Boston College.

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Speaking for the Board of Governors of The Catholic Free Press, Chairperson Patrice Hagan said,' "We welcome the fresh approach, professional ideas and strong sense of ministry that Mr. Goggins brings to his new position as executive editor."

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By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

It is heartening to read that debate in Catholic circles is escalating over whether to declare the just-war theory outmoded. , Catholic press reports on this coincided with the 46th anniversaries ofthe infamous atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

The destruction that resulted gave rise to thefrightening realization that we humans had achieved

By DOLORES CURRAN

Asked if I want to be a priest, I .respond, "Are you crazy? I'm stressed enough as it is."

Sometimes the questioner shows surprise and asks, "What stress do priests have?" And I realize they are still operating under the Going My Way image of priesthood, with the kindly pipe-smoking pastor wandering around with little to do.

So let me tell you about my friend, the priest, and his week. I'll call him Father Weary.

By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN

Q. Please tell me under what circumstances it is permissible to receive holy Communion more than once a day. (New York) A. For a long time church regulations provided that communion should be received only once a day. These rules are considerably changed. '

By Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY Dear Dr. Kenny: My 17-yearold adopted son wants to find his birthmother. We are supportive.

We are grateful to her for giving us our son. How do we search for her (Indiana) Adolescence has been described as a time of identity crisis. For adopted children, the question of identity carries special meaning.

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It's time to rethink the just war theory the ability to wipe out the world with our weapons.'

True, we haven't dropped more atom bombs. But we have kept up the production of new and deadlier weapons.

Always there is the unknown: what other countries possess or are developing in terms of nuclear weapons and what might serve as the catalyst to unleashing them.

Such worries were bandied about during the Persian Gulf War. Church leaders of many denominations warned of the grim possibilities a modern war in the region posed to. innocent people and to the earth itself.

Remarkably, President Bush referred to something in Catholic theology to justify his C1ecisions at the time: the just-war theory. On Jan. 28, the conflict's 12th day, he was quoted in newspaper reports

as saying we were fighting a "just war." , "Every war is fought for a reason. But ajust war is fought for the right reasons - for moral, not selfish reasons," Busli said. He emphasized that the war in the Persian Gulf was about "good vs. evil, right vs. wrong."

The president cited criteria from Catholic theology on what would constitute a just war. He said, "A just war must be a last resort." It must also "support a just cause" and "our cause could not be more noble."

But Bishop Walter F. Sullivan of Richmond, Va., new president of the 12,OOO-member Pax Christi USA, said in August that the war's aftermath leaves all that justification in doubt. '.'Can we justify the death toll inflicted on Iraq?" he asked. Some experts estimate that 175,000 Iraqi

soldiers and 30,000 civilians were killed.

There also was a surprising editorial during the summer in La Civilta Cattolica, a Jesuit magazine published in Rome whose editorials are said to be reviewed by the Vatican Secretariat of State before publication. According to the editorial, the just war theory is outdated.

The editorial stated that war solves no problems, it only aggravates them. The Gulf war was cited as an example of how modern weapons push the potential violence of warfare beyond acceptable limits.

Only a war in strict self-defense against an act of aggression was considered an exception to a moral ban on war. "Besides being immoral, war today is useless and dan~ gerous," said the editorial.

Disenchantment with the just-

war theory reminded me of what Jesuit scientist Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin wrote just after the bombing of the two Japanese cities: "By the liberation of atomic energy on a massive scale and for the first time, man has not only' changed the face of the earth; he has by the very act set in motion at the heart of his being a long chain of reactions which ... has made of him a new being hitherto unknown to himself."

We have the choice to reject the "chaos of armed conflict,~' making the atomic age not one of destruction, but of union, where humankind is "intent on a common object that is inevitably the beginning of love," he wrote.

Can we even imagine that this world could one day be filled with love? Once we stop labeling war "just," we could at least move an inch in that direction.

Priests' hectic schedules make burnout common Here's a recap of his schedule.

He had three weddings on Saturday. He didn't know any of the couples but their parents were par'-", ishioners, 路who, he said, would , be hurt if he didn't put in an appearance at the receptions, so he did.

He said two Masses on Sunday in his parish and then drove 30 miles to celebrate Mass in a priestless parish. He got back in time to give the opening prayer at a Marriage Encounter dinner.

Monday was his "day off' but, like working mothers on Saturday, he ran errands, worked on parish finances and then visited his parents.

On Tuesday he attended an allday priests' meeting on canon law and annulments. Wednesday was

nize. Yes, he could have said no to Put your feet up and rest." Or, ''I'll taken up with school graduation.

Thursday he counseled hurting par- the wedding receptions, the Mar- take care of that," Or just plain, ishioners all day: couples with riage Encounter dinner and prob- "Thanks," Last year, a 36-year-old Vermarital problems, a family with ably some of his hurting paran addicted son, an elderly woman ishioners. mont priest took a leave of absence in deep depression, a single mothBut parishioners want and expect .from the church because of burner with a pregnant teenage daugh- their pastor to be part of their out. He was overwhelmed with the meetings, organizations, activities, duties of running three churches ter. and celebrations. that served 187 families in five Friday, the day he stopped by, Overworked priests are a lot like tow'ns. he had met with his staff in the morning after saying Mass, then mothers. Everyone expects them He explained, "You're very much visited parishioners in hospitals to be everywhere there's a need alone. While you may have the and nursing homes. I asked him to and to be smiling all the while. support of most of the parishioners, day to day, you're making stay for dinner. He laughed and They tend to be taken for granted said, "I have three rehearsals and rar.ely affirmed. More atten- decisions on your own. You see tonight because I have three wed- tion is paid to something that isn't death and sadness and you are dings again tomorrow." expected to always be there for done than what is.

Maybe it was just a rare, week . Well, folks, it. doesn't work for ".every'qne, eJse; Xpu.r faith ~arries but I don't think so. In observing mothers and .it路doesn't"w,orlk:~or.'路.-:yo.ii.Nlolug~,;lfur(~~~~,~s'~u~? a and listening to priests today, I priests, either. They need canng thmg as needmg other people.

Can we be there when we're parishioners who say, "Don't come sense a great weariness in them, one that parishioners don't recog- to our meeting tonight, Father. needed for our priests?

Receiving communion more than once daily At first there were two categories of occasions on which communion might be received more than once. The first was for ritual Masses, weddings, funerals, Masses for baptism or anointing of the sick and so on.

One might for example attend a wedding on Saturday morning and then attend an anticipated Sunday Mass the same evening. Holy communion might be received both times.

Also,.if someone serves a ministerial role such as lector at-a second Mass, he or she may receive communion again.

Another obvious possibil-

ity would be when one might fulfill two Mass obligfltions in one day.

For example, if a holy day falls on Saturday, one could attend Mass for the holy day on Saturday morning and an anticipated Mass for Sunday on Saturday t:vening.

The Code of Canon Law (917) says simply that anyone who has received the Eucharist may receive it again on the same day only during a eucharistic celebrationin other words, not outside of Mass.

In 1984, the Vatican Commission for the Interpretation of Canon.

Law noted that, ~ven at Mass,

comml!nion should not be received attended II Masses, at least the more than twice a day. "essential parts," every Sunday.

To prevent people from collectThere are two concerns the church considers in such matters: ing communions in this fashion First and most basic, the normal was one reason for the church's practice should be that (unless stricter once-a-day rule in the past, there is a serious sin) we should 'as well as for the broader but receive the Eucharist whenever we limited policy today.

It trusts that peoples' deeper participate in the Mass. awareness of the meaning of the On the other hand, the church Eucharist will discourage any abuse knows from experience that cer- and at the same time prompt them tain Catholics are tempted to treat to receive communion whenever sacred things, even the Mass and they' participate in the Mass, even sacraments, in a superstitious jf that is more than once a day. manner.

Questions may be sent to Father I have previously mentioned a John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parwoman acq uaintance of mine who ish, 70~ N. Main St., Bloomingproudly and piously claimed she ton, 111. 61701.

How does a child search for his birthmother? from?" is a primal concern with answers at many levels.

Four of our children are adopted.

Three of them have been quite curious about their birthmothers and have initiated a search during adolescence. We felt as you do and 'gave them as much help as we could.

Interestingly, they all relaxed their search after a few months. I expect they may resume their interest one day.

If your child is under 18, you must make inquiries for him. The simplest way to begin a search is to register your name, birth information and intent. The most used national registry is ISSR Regis'trar, Emma May Vilardi, Box 2312, Carson City, NV 89702.

Other national organizations that (Mary Jo Rillera); Searching in may help include: (your state). (published by People - I) ALMA, Box 154, WashingSearching News); Lost and Found. ton Bridge Station, New York, NY (Betty Jean Lifton). . Join or establish a local search/ 10033.

2) People Searching News (a support group. You will do better reference magazine for adoption if you can share your quest and searchers), Box 22611, Ft. Laud- concerns.

Initial contact with your adopt.erdale, FL 33335. ing agency. Request all available You might benefit from sub- information. Legally, they cannot scribing to the magazine Open provide file information to you.

Adoption. The address is 391 Tay- However, if you make informalor Blvd., Suite 100, Pleasant Hill, tion available to them and if someCA 94253. , one comes looking for you, maybe Read. Here are some helpful 路the agency will be sympathetic and books which you could obtain helpful. ' through your local library: Finally, be realistic. You may SEARCH - Handbook/or Ad- "find" in to days or you may not optees and Birthparents, (Jane "find" in to years.

Askin); Adoption Search Book. . If your son finds his birthmother

there is almost no way to predict what will happen. The reunions are as different from one another as people are different.

Here are the hopes and fears expressed by one young woman searching for her birthmother: "It is one ofthe greatest goals of my life. I am extremely curious and very scared of ' the unknown.'

But that will not stop me....

"Can I find my birthmom? Will she want to see me? Is she alive?

What will I say? So much. But if it happens, there could be no words at all.

"Opening those doors, if I can ever find them, is a risk, and could be dangerous emotionally. ' "Yet, I think of myself as strong and able," .

Ex-Lutheran minister Richard Neuhaus ordairied a priest Pioneering piece

NEW YORK (CNS) - Father Richard John Neuhaus, a leading neoconservative voice and former Lutheran minister, celebrated his first Mass as a Catholic priest Sept. 8, the first anniversary of his reception iQto the Catholic Church.

He had been ordained the previous day by Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York in the chapel of the archdiocesan seminary, St. Joseph's in Dunwoodie, N.Y. .

Father Neuhaus, 55, has achieved national stature Jhrough his writing, speaking and direction of the Institute on Religion and Public Life.

Participants in the 'ordination included Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia, Archbishop J. Francis Stafford of Denver and Bishop Rene H. Gracida of Corpus Christi, Texas.

New York Auxiliary Bishops Patrick J. Sheridan, Patrick V. Ahern and WilliamJ. McCormack also attended the ordination and Father Neuhaus' first Mass at Epiphany Parish in Manhattan.

The new priest has been assigned to a Manhattan parish, Immaculate Conception, but will also continue his former work with issues of religion and public policy.

Dear Editor: At the ordination, the offertory Although our family' enjoys the gifts were. brought forward by many articles that appear in The . Anchor there are a few thbdeserve author Michael Novak and his wife, Karen. special recognition.

Novak said afterward that he The recent series of articles by did not think Father Neuhaus's 'Father Norton are excellent and we are pleased that the paper al- extensive relationships with many secular figures would be signifilowed proper space for the readers cantly affected by his ordination, to enjoy Father's message. but that priesthood would "give The material. was certainly applicable to' QUi" everY' day' living . what he says more resonance."

Judge Robert Bork and his wife, and relationship with God. We Mary Ellen, a former nun, attended will save Father Norton's articles both events, and she gave the and hope to see more from him in second reading at Father Neuhaus' the future. We hope that you and your staff will allow adequate first Mass.

William F. Buckley Jr., author space in the future whenever such and commentator, gave the Old worthwhile material is considered Testament reading at this Mass for publication. God Bless.

Kenneth J. Figueiredo and spoke at a lucheon afterward.

He recalled discussing Father NeuEast Sandwich haus's book, "The Catholic Moment," with him on the Buckley television program, "Firing Line," Dear Editor: and refraining from asking why he A recent comment in National did not become a Catholic if he Review caught my attention. Dis- believed it was "the Catholic cussing pro-choice vs. pro-life, the moment." author rightly called it pro-abortion Along with editing his own vs. anti-abortion. journal, First Things, Father In early 1945 I was serving with Neuhaus is a contributing editor an Army group sweeping into for National Review, the journal Bavaria. My assignment was to of opinion founded ~y Buckley. secure and examine a Dornier ExFather Neuhaus, whose father perimental Station at Oberfaffen- was also Lutheran minister, has hofenjust above Munich, and next said he does not see his entry into to Dachau. The memory will never leave me.

Among the victims were well over a thousand Roman Catholic priests who were just in the way. Is . there a difference between what happened at Dachau, and inside the abortion clinics? In my view, only in the degree of sufferings.

The residents of the town of Dachau said they were unaware of the gas chambers, and the suffering. A quick tour of the camp sickened them beyond belief. I wonder how many pro-abortionists would care to view an abortion procedure taking place, and how the unborn child is destroyed. .

Pro-life, anti-aboriton - whatever it's now called - needs your help. Be generous with your prayers and financial support.

Tom Bailey eNS photo Permanent Deacon Yarmouthport FATHER NEUHAUS Dear Editor: Having just returned from the New York area for the happy task of officiating at thl< wedding of my fourth and final daughter, I am a little tardy in extending to you my congratulations and heartfelt agreement upon your feature article "The Christian Response to AntiSemitism," (Anchor, Aug. 16).

At a time when rays of hope for peace and accommodation are filtering through the Soviet Union and the Middle East, The Anchor is certainly a pioneering part of this trend to make the dreams of good men and women a reality.

For my part, I will never cease to pray and strive for the time that people will accept diverse roads to our common Father in heaven and will judge each other on their merits and not condemn them for ethnic or religious background.

I hope that we have all learned from this article and will strive to return the world to the type of place that God intended it to be at Creation.

Rabbi Norbert Weinberg Fall River

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tne Catholic Church asa repudiation of his past, but as a way of finding what he believes the Reformation originally was seeking.

At Father Neuhaus' first Mass, the prayers of the faithful, led by George WeigaJ, director of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, included a petition for reconciliation of Lutherans and Catholics and restoration of full communion.

Among more than 60 priests at the ordination and more than 20 at the first Mass, special attention' went to Jesuit Father Avery Dulles, serving now as the fir§t occupant of the McGinley chair in religion and society at Fordham University, following his retirement from The Catholic University of America.

Father Dulles, along with Weigel and Weigel's wife, Joan, served as a sponsor for Father Neuhaus when he entered the Catholic Church. At the ordination, Father Dulles assisted Father Neuhaus when it came time fOf his vesting as a priest, and at the first Mass, he and Msgr. Harry J. Byrne, pastor of Epiphany Parish, were the principal concelebrants.

Before giving the homily at his Mass, Father Neuhaus singled out Father Dulles for tribute as "a mentor, a colleague, a friend."

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School's open!

Let parents rejoice

By Dan Morris animals think this poor, kind Mr. Have you noticed how the back- Refrigerator is a cross between a to-school commercials feature a . peep show and a fountain of plenty.. mother waving goodbye to her If we hung 10-pound weights from children, then in the next shot she the door, those kids would have does handsprings and slaps "high biceps like Schwarzkopf."

"I think you mean Schwarzefives" with other mothers in the negger," I said. neighborhood?

"Don't'sass mother," she said "You don't feel that way when the kids go back t~ school, do offhandedly as she twirled to the you?" I asked my wife this morn- kitchen table and sat down. "At ing after the Gang of Four had least six times this summer I put Jello in to harden and they drank departed. .

"Oh, no," she smiled softly. ','For it warm."

Her voice began to rise. "It was me it's a much more spiritual expera challenge to get food all the way ience."

She tiptoed over to the refriger- from the car to the house. And you ator. Holding both arms straight ask if I· feel 'THAT way' about out and raised, she chanted with them going back to school?"

She laughed, doing a pretty good Gregorian syllabification: "Bless you, 0 powerful and stouthearted imitation of Jack Nicholson as the ice box, for making it through a Joker in Batman.

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By Monica and Bill Dodds To Nancy it seemed like the light at the end of the tunnel. The kids were getting older and needed less of her time. There had been a prq,motion at work. She and her husband were happily rekindling a romance,that the daily grind had reduced to embers.

Then her mother got sick, and the image changed. It wasn't a light at the end of the tunnel. It was a porch light.

In a way, Nancy feels the same as when she was a young girl playing outside after supper and it was getting dark. Kickball, spud, hideand-go-seek - whatever the game, Nancy kept one eye on the house.

When her mother turned on the porch light, it was time to come home.

Now Nancy is in her 40s and her mother IS in her late 70s. Just when career and kids and spouse were settling down, the porch light has come on.

Nancy knowsit is time for her to go home.

Nancy finds herself a member of what is becoming known as the "sandwiched generation." While still responsible for spouse, children an~ job, she now adds the pressures of helping an aging parent.

Ii is a role that comes with builtin guilt, resentment, exhaustion and frustration. If I'm paying attention to my parent, I feel I'm neglecting my spouse and children. But if I turn my time and energy to them, I worry about my parent.

There are no simple solutions to the dilemma but it helps to identify issues and feelings and realize you are not the only one,going through this.

- The job of taking care of mother or father (which can run the gamut from more visits or telephone calls to being the one who helps a parent use the' toilet and take a bath) tends to fall on one sibling, usually a daughter. Brothers and sisters gravitate toward the roles they had as children (the joker, the flighty one, the one who accepted responsibility and so on.)

But the more it's the family helping an aging parent, the better for all. And keep in mind the family doesn't have to do everything.

Enlist support from the doctor, local social services, the parish and the community.

- The primary caregiver can live nearby or be a long-distance helper.

A local helper may resent siblings who live far away and don't face the day-to-day challenges.

A long-distance son or daughter can feel bad about not being able to help more and may resent a brother or sister who lives near the parent. Or a long-distance adult child who is the primary caregiver can wonder why a sibling living closer doesn't do more.

- A parent's attitude toward the help being offered will vary.

One day the adult child can't do enough and the next day she'll be scolded for doing too much ("Quit trying to take over and run my life!").

- The experience is different from taking care of a child. As time goes by, a child needs less and less. An aging parent needs more and more. To think about those duties ending is to think about a parent dying - a terrifying thought.

There are thousands of books on parenting but few on helping parents as they get older. "Taking Care of Your Aging Family Members," by Nancy R. Hooyman and Wendy Lustbader (The Free Press, New York, 1988) is a good one.

Monica Do~ds is a case manager for the Independent Living Program at Catholic Community Services in Seattle. Her husband Bill is a writer.

Youth in these changing times

By Father Eugene Hemrick special fabrics designed to keep future - products that will be With today's quick pace of life the student warm when the air is accessible not just to others, but to leading many youths astray, par- cool and cool when it is warm. them. ents no doubt wish their children There are shoes with built-in air Do we fully realize how great could be raised the way children pumps - anatomical wonders. the surge' of change around us is?

Atop the car you probably ,will were raised in earlier, more predicFamilies wOl,M do ;wl:lI ~d~ripg find a mountain bike whose 'tites table times. an evening's discu'ssion to examine resemble the old balloon tires of But returning to the past is changes of the last 20-30 years impossible. What is possible is to bikes the student's parents once from the' perspective of the procultivate a better understanding of had. However, the ,bike will most ducts people commonly own today present times and how they influ- likely have a composition frame compared with the products of giving it lightness and strength. ence youth. earlier times. The exercise might In fact, this should be a family The tires will be almost puncture help parents better understan<! the:.. priority. If nothing else, it will help proof, much softer to ride o'n, and factors that condition their childparents avoid sounding old-fash- the gears will enable the rider to ren's lives. ioned and help their children be- climb the steepest hill with little The exercise might also help come more appreciative of what effort. children to better grasp how they The car itself, like the' mountain they have inherited.

Better yet, when we understand bike, will possess qualities not are benefiting from a history of how life is changing before our found in cars ofthe past - a stereo imagination.

All of which might set them very eyes we are less ~t risk of radio and CD deck, air conditionbecoming the victims of change. ing, automation and anatomical thinking about ways they themselves might creatively contribute We gain greater control over the seats, an air bag for safety.

Yes, the times have changed. to their age - not a bad thing to factors that influence not only our . Today's youth possess custom- do with a new school year belifestyle, but our thinking.

As an exercise, try comparing designed goods that reduce physi- ginning. what a college student you know cal and mental labor.

Not only are youth blessed with will be tra~sporting to school this For Children fall with what his or her parents the most creative products of an "0 Jesus, the 'friend of little transported to school some years exciting electronic age, but youth are conditioned to expect that children, bless the little children of back.

When it comes to bursting at the technology will provide them with the whole world."-Pope Benedict seams, most cars returning to even more exciting products in the XV school this fall will look much like the cars the students' parents took to school. A closer look inside, however, tells us this is where the resemblance ends.

Very likeiy the items inside the car include the latest compact disc player with CDs which are virtually iridestructible and aften produce a sound purer than a live concert. No doubt there is a computer packed in a well-protected box and a calculator too. ' The computer probably includes word processing, a program to check grammar, two or three modern-language programs and a sophisticated statistical and graphics program - all of which, back in the dormitory, will prove the equivalent of having several top-notch advisers always at hand.

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East Europe Continued from Page One eration and peaceful resolution of disputes~ , Meanwhile, the German hierarchy was said to be a force behind the German government's leading role in European efforts to broker a solution to the Yugoslavian conflict.

In late August and again in early September, the German bishops urged stronger action by Bonn and the rest of Europe to stop the violence and resolve the political and ethnic crisis.

"I implore you to do everything in your power so that the bloodshed may finally stop," bishops' conference president Bishop Karl Lehmann of Mainz ~rote in a Sept. 5 letter to Chancelior Helmut Kohl.

The Permanent Council of the conference has issued a statement endorsing the independence of Slovenia and Croatia'.

Yugoslavian Cardinal Franjo Kuharic said that if Europe wants to help end his country's civil war, it should go beyond cease-fire cans and recognize the independence of Croatia and other Balkan republics.

He also said there might be a need for a U.N. force to create a buffer zone between the warring groups.

Cardinal Kuharic, archbishop of Zagreb in Croatia, made the remarks in an interview published by the Italian Catholic daily Avvenire Sept. 10. He said the ongoing peace talks in the Netherlands, sponsored by the European Economic Community, had failed to stop the violence in Croatia.

The fighting has been between Croatian militia forces and Serbiari'guerrillas 'backed 6{th'e'federal army.

"Europe as a whole should say to Belgrade, 'This won't do,' and recognize the sovereignty of the free states of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Serbia - of all the Yugoslavian republics," Cardinal Kuharic said.

A Vatican official has found a bright lining on the cloud of troubles hanging over the region.

Cardinal Edward Cassidy, the Vatican's top ecumenical official, said the fall of communism in the, Soviet Union appears to place religious freedom "beyond dispute." , At the same time, the push for independence among republics particul~rly in the Soviet Ukraine - could raise delicate questions for Catholic-Orthodox dialogue, the cardinal said in an interview.

Cardinal Cassidy, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, said the dismantling of the Soviet communist system gives "great hope" to Catholic and Orthodox churches in Soviet territories.

"One could not believe just a short time ago that we would have these possibilities within this century. Yet it is obvious that communism is gone and that the freedom of Soviet peoples to worship and organize their religious life is now something that is beyond dispute," he said.

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Views on religion Continued from Page One News Service in a telephone interview that Gorbachev's reply impressed the most.

"My reaction is that Gorbachev gave the more honest answer," the priest said.

Yeltsin, in his view, "waffled," then reduced his reply nearly to a joke with the comment about superstition.

Father Fields said he got to ask his question after he .was picked by ABC in the network's search for "diverse people" across the United

REP, CHRISTOPHER SMITH, left, and Father Branimir Kosec, center, listen to the sound of Yugoslav fighter planes flying over St. Philip's Church in the Croatian city of Vukovar, Yugoslavia. (CNS photo)

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Congressmen visit Yugoslavia WASHINGTON(CNS)- u.s" Rep. Christopher H. Smith, RN.J., has asked President Bush to meet with him following the congressman's return from a "somewhat dangerous" trip to the warring Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Serbia.

Meanwhile, a statement by Archbishop Theodore H. McCarrick of Newark, N.J., caned for an end to violence in Croatia, saying that' what is happening there is "what we might have seen in the Soviet Union had the August coup been successful."

Smith said he and Rep. Frank , Wolf, R-Va.;met Catholic Cardinal Franjo Kuharic of Zagreb, Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Paqvie, Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic while in Yugoslavia.

While relations between Yugoslav Catholics and Orthodox have , historically been cool, the cardinal and the patriarch have issued several joint appeals for peace since Croatia and Slovenia broke away from the Yugoslav federation June

adversely affected by the clashes thus far. ,He said Croatian prisoners returning from Serbia had been 'severely beaten' and that the Yugoslavian air force had been bombing civilian populations."

The delegation was herded into a Catholic church they visited in the Croatian city of Vukovar as Yugoslav fighters made two passes overhead,.Smith said.

The group was "inspired by the obvious courage and commitment" of the parish pastor, priests and nuns who "decided to stay in Vukovar to aid the people."

Archbishop M~Carrick, who visited Yugoslavia last year, said in his statement that the Yugoslav army, which has sided with Serbs in Croatia, "is violating human rights and destroying a people.

The free wdrld cannot stand idly by and allow this to happen."

In urging action by Congress and the State Department to "in. tervene in this destruction of a free republic," he said, "history will again judge the free world by its policies in this struggle."

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CHICAGO (CNS) - AfricanAmerican deacons from across the country will meet in Chicago Oct. 31-N ov. 3 for the first national conference of the African-American Catholic diaconate.

Theme of the meeting will be "Who Do You Say lAm."

Continued from Page One tional church rejecting foreign control over its activities.

The patriotic association chooses its own bishops. The Vatican considers many of the ordinations as valid but illicit because they lack papal approval.

Regarding the Soviet Union, Jesuit plans include cooperating with the state university in Novosibirsk in Siberia and opening cultural and spiritual centers in St. Petersburg, formerly Leningrad,. said Father Pittau. ,The Jesuits also plan to move the editorial office oftheir Russian language magazine, SIMVOL, to Moscow from its current location in a Paris suburb, he said.

The St. Petersburg projects will have an ecumenical dimension and maintain a "strict relationship" with Russian Orthodox officials "who will be kept informed of our programs," he said.

The Russian Orthodox Church is the majority religion in the Soviet Union, and relations with Catholics have been strained over property ~jsput<;s, in tIle Ukraine.

States to pose queries to the Soviet leaders.

ABC reached him through the Ukrainian Archdiocese of Philadelphia and invited him to join the studio audience. Later on, he said, they told him he could ask the question.

"It was a subject that Mr. 'Gorbachev and Mr. Yeltsin had not publicly addressed," he said.

"It was just a good experience," said Father Fields. "I'm just glad that on the record you can read something about their religious beliefs."

According to Fred Mason, a permanent deacon in the Chicago Archdiocese and conference program chairman, the purpose of the conference is to establish a national fraternal network of African-American deacons to increase appreciation for the vocation of the diaconate ministerial roles for AfricanAmericans and to share faith stories and experiences of diaconal ministry. ' Auxiliary Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Chicago will be principal celebrant and homilist at a Mass Nov. I for the conference in Holy Angels Church.

Among the workshop and seminar presenters will be Benedictine Father Cyprian Davis, a, historian. theologian and author of the recently published "History of Black Catholics in the U,S."

10 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept.' 13, 1991

Dandelion means more to grandma -than fancy bouquet Mother to child. Boy to girl. Friend to frie.nd. Love comes in many formats, but whenever it occurs it may come best as a surprise.

Some months ago, a fine woman I know adopted her ll-year-old grandson. Although she and her husband were in their 60s, they never thought to count the cost.

They took in Robby (not his real name) because they loved him and because he had no place else to go.

Robby had been abused. His parents beat him while they were on drugs and alcohol. His mother died of an overdose. His father remarried, but the situation worsened. The home became a nightmmare.

Pain followed Robby. For the first few months with his grandparents, the nightmares continued. He woke up screaming, with visions that waterfalls of garbage were falling all over him.

His behavior in school was undisciplined. He dic\ whatever he felt like, when he felt like it. The teacher called him hyperactive a'nd required a case conference. His g[~des were so poor that they felt he would have to be retained.

His grandparents continued to love him. They told him constantly what a brave and good young man he was.

And at the same time, tqey tutored him and made sure he got his homework in. They brought him in for counseling. Things got better.

Then last week, Robby came running into the house with a gift for his grandmother, a dandelion. She was so moved that she wrote this poem and shared it with me. I want to share it with you.

A little boy, with grubby hands, And eyes of earnest blue, Gave me some ragged dandelions, And said "These are for you."

I took his flowers and thanked him.

And put them in a vase, Then he ran away to play again With a big smile on his face.

I've had roses, and 'they're lovely.

I've had orchids, and they're fine, But the flower that brings the purest love Is the humble dandelion.

"God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Montezuma.

Jacob, son of Isaac, stole his brother's birthmark. Jacob was a patriarch who brought up his 12 sons to be patriarchs, but they did not take to it. One of Jacob's sons, Joseph, gave refuse to the Israelites."

"David wasa Hebrew king skilled at playing the liar. He "fought.with . the Finkelsteins, a race of people who live in Biblical times. Solomon, one of David's sons, had 300 wives and 700 porcupines."

These marvelous student bloopers from the history essays of kids from the eighth grade through college were collected by Richard Lederer and published in "Anguished English," one of his many paperbacks on ribtickling language mistakes.

Lederer doesn't say whether these writers were studying history or religion, but their bloopers reveal that a teacher's lot is not an easy one, particularly in religious .education.

Enrollment in Catholic schools may have leveled off, but most Catholic kids are enrolled in public schools, anyway. Because these schools cannot teach religion, the task of developing the faith and spirituality of our children and grandchildren falls elsewhere.

Our first teachers are our parents, in matters of religion as well as everything else, and our homes, if they are traditional, maintain a primary role even as school, TV, church and our peers grow in influence.

While recognizing the primary right of parents as educators, Vatican II reminded them of their "duty to entrust their children to Catholic schools." C.S. Lewis put. it better: "Education without religion, useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil."

Those of us fortunate to have attended Catholic schools in their prime were instructed in our faith in more than the formal religion classes when the pastor or one of his many assistants took over.

Spirituality was everywhere.

Prayers began and ended each day. The Angelus was said at high noon. Religious art predominated.

The pope was right next to George Washington on the foyer wall.

Sex education came only briefly in the eighth grade, before graduation, with boys and girls separated. Although there were a lot of stifled chuckles, the class seemed marvelously adequate at the time.

Although we learned about angels, especially our guardian angels, devils, medals, holy cards, novenas and much more, what I remem'ber most is the whole heavenly host of saints. No matter what your problem was, there was ~ saint for you.

The power and influence of saints were not taught in religion class.

They were just part of growing up Catholic and attending Catholic schools - where almost 50 percent of Catholic kids were enrolled.

St. Anthony, the finder of lost articles, has risen in my esteem as I grow older and lose things more

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BERNARD CASSERLY often. He is the hero of my favorite story about the role of saints.

My Aunt Mamie taught in Catholic schools more than 50 years - almost all of them at St. Anthony's, a girls' high school in a blue collar Minneapolis, MN, neighborhood. When she died in 1983, a former student wrote me, calling her the "soul of St. Anthony's."

Sister. Marie Estern; McHale' wrote from Lima, Peru, to tell me about the day the diamond fell out of my aunt's engagement ring.

"Although she was resigned to her loss," Sr. Marie Esterre wrote, "I wasn't. I remember telling her'Mrs. McDonald, with all that St. Anthony owes you, he has to find your ring.'

"We all, teachers and students, besieged St. Anthony all that day.

Late that afternoon, when he finished sweeping the three-story building, the janitor caught a sparkle in the refuse. St. Anthony had paid his first installment on his debt to Mrs. McDonald."

You never forget the spirituality you learned as a child when religion was absorbed right along with readin,' 'ritin' and 'rithmetic.

I'm bugging St. Anthony right now to help me find my reporter's notebook for recording an important interview.

Seniors urged to. ,instill values in.yo,uth.

WASHINGTON (CNS) Catholic senior citizens were encouraged by a top government official to help instill the younger generation with the values and attitudes ~hat 'shaped their own lives.

"Too many of our young people have not absorbed those ingredients which are so necessary for personal relationships and career success," Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Louis VI: Sullivan told the national Catholic Golden Age conference at The Catholic University of America.

"Today, my primary goal is to request your involvement in reversing this destructive situation," Sullivan told 120 members of the organization from around the United States.

"You and I must shoulder the burden of transforming that negative climate into a 'culture of character' where values are instilled in our children and where adults live lives of integrity, responsibility, hard work and service to our communities," he said.

He credited the organization' for its record of community service and its members' choice to serve otht;rs while in their own retirement years.

"In so doing, you are transforming America's culture of callousness into a new culture of charac/ ter," he said.

"Each of you is a great national 'Bishop F. Joseph Gossman .of Raleigh, N.C., another panelist, resource and your country needs and Bishop Raymond A. Lucker your efforts if we are to conquer of New Ulm, Minn., who spoke by family breakdown, alcohol and telephone, said employment of drug abuse, violence, health disnon-ordained pastoral administra- parities and other problems facing tors was increasing. Bishop Lucker our nation," said Sullivan.

He also assured the audience, said he had named them to 12 parmade up mostly of retirees, that ishes and would soon name three the government "takes seriously more.

Women-led parishes acceptable NEW YORK (CNS) - A picture of women gaining national acceptance as leaders of priestless parishes emerged from a recent teleconference. Panelists portrayed parishioners as supportive and with some qualifications said they were welcomed as colleagues by priests of their dioceses.

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The increase in the number of senior citizens in the United States of about 700,000 each year "represents a challenge to HHS and to our society to assure a good quality of life for all older Americans," he said.

Long-term care is a critical concern for the Bush administration, according to SUllivan, and a task force has been appointed to review resources and make a priority list for needs.

In response to questions after

Seniors newsletter changes format CHICAGO (CNS) - Generation, a monthly newsletter for older Catholics, has changed its format.

The four"page 路newsletter has become a series of single-theme issues. It includes a brief biography of a saint associated with the topic and a short prayer for reflection.

The newsletter had formerly touched upon a variety of topics in each issue.

The September theme is on the sacrament of the anointing of the sick. Future themes will include grief, Advent and "what to do when your children reject the faith," said an announcement from Claretian Publications, the Chicagobased publishing are of the Claretian Fathers and Brothers.

A free copy of the September issue of Generation and ordering information is available by calling (800) 328-6515.

his presentation, Sullivan said that while there have been no major breakthroughs by medical researchers in some of the most dramatic problems faced by the aging population, such as Alzheimer's disease, "there are incremental advances."

He also reiterated the administration's opposition to the use of tissue from aborted fetuses in medical research. While there seem to be promising results from some research that depends on the tissue, Sullivan said, such work has the potential of creating a demand for so much tissue that might encourage abortions.

Currently, only fetal tissue obtained from spontaneous abortions or ectopic pregnancies may legally be used in federally funded medical research.

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'Panelists say media image of church not product of hostility WASHINGTON (CNS) - Unsympathetic depictions of the Catholic Church by the media are probably less the product ofhostil~ ity than of a lack of understanding, accordin~.to participants in a national teleconference on the public perception of the church.

Panelist E.J. Dionne, staff writer for The Washington Post and a Catholic, said part of the reason why religion may seem to be reported inaccurately is that the definition of truth can vary depending upon the subject and the' interpreter.

For example, he said, fropt a Catholic perspective, the sentence "Jesus Christ is the son of God" represents a truth. But a journalist would be obliged to phrase the statement as "Jesus Christ, who is revered by Christians as the son of God" in order to fit a different standard of truth for a broader audience.

The recent teleconference was sponsored by the National Pastoral Life Center and broadcast live by the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America to its affiliates.

Dionne and Brian Healy, senior producer for CBS News in Washington who also is Catholic, said while there is anti-Catholicism in the Media, it's not generalIy intentional or a matter of policy, so much as individual biases creeping into someone's work. Many reporters have a problem with covering religion in general because they're uncomfortable with it, Healy said.

Also, the church is depicted differently, depending upon the topic. '!The'chlll'ch's'image in Amedca' is determined by the current 'hot' issues," Healy said. Currently, the church's stance on reproductive issues such as abortion and use of artificial birth control overwhelms its image on other topics, he said.

But attempting to have the church's position represented fairly isn't always easy, particularly on issues related to abortion, said Mercy Sister Joy Clough, director of public information for the Archdiocese of Chicago, and Father Kenneth J. Doyle, director of media relations for the U.S. Catholic Conference.

"It's like swimming upstream," according to Father Doyle. , As a result of the wide circulation of a 1990 series by Los Angeles Times reporter David Shaw that said media bias in favor of legalized ab_ortion has affected reporting, news organizations are becoming more conscientious about their coverage of the issue, Healy and Dionne said.

Nevertheless, that bias stilI appears, Father Doyle said, referring to a CBS radio report on the Operation Rescue protests in Wichita, Kan., which used the phrase "so-called pro-lifers" but did not attach the term "so-called" to the word "pro-choice." Father Doyle said the complaint was

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Another problem for the way church positions are played comes from who represents those views' to the public, the panel members agreed. Too often tne people who are used 'as spokesmen for the church's view, particularly on abortion, come across as fanatics, while spokesmen for the other side are more calm and seem more rea-' soned, they said.

"But they turn down people who won't be outrageous," Sister Clough said, relating one of her efforts to arrange for an appropriate spokesman, only to have the news organization reject the re-

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of FaIl River-Fri., Sept. 13, 1991 to break that barrier down?" asked Sister Clough.

Healy conceded that reporters do look for the most controversial aspect of religion news, but said it's no different from any other subject in that respect. . "To get on the front page you want the pope to be controver-

commendation and find their own less-qualified source, who took a more radical approach to the issue.

Father Doyle and Sister Clough also said they have run into a reluctance by the media to accept sources who are not members of the clergy, no matter how welIversed the individual is on the topic.

"The basic fact is the structure of the church fa vors men," Dionne said. "It gives more power to them than to women and the church is going to have to deal with that" in efforts to change its image.

"But when the media refuses to take a woman or a lay man as a spokesman, how are we ever going

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Pope eulogizes Cardinal de Lubac, noted theological expert

VATICAN CITY (CNS) French Cardinal Henri de Lubac, who was silenced in the 1950s but later became a major theological influence at the Second Vatican Council, was eulogized by Pope John Paul II just hours after his death.

The cardinal, a Jesuit, was "in the best Catholic tradition in his meditations on Scripture, the church and the modern world," the pope said after learning the cardinal had died in Paris Sept. 4.

Cardinal de Lubac, who lived in Paris, was at 95 the world's oldest cardinal.

After being named a cardinal in 1983 he requested and received POPE JOHN Paul II accepts a painting from the Cossack permission from the pope to be .

Chorus Of Volgograd, Russia, during a recent general audience exempt from the rule requiring that cardinals be bishops. at the Vatican. (CNSj Reuters photo) He also light-heartedly questioned his nomination at the advanced age of 86.

"I really don't know what service I can render as a cardinal, but it would be nice to see Rome again," he said.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The For several decades, Albania The cardinal's friends say this Vatican announced it was formally operated in virtual isolation, even simplicity was a trademark of the establishing diplomatic relations from its communist neighbors. The Catholic scholar who symbolized with Albania, a once-staunchly country's policy of cruel religious the post-World War II theological communist country that had pro- repression was a hallmark of its revival in France. The revival was claimed itselfthe "first atheist state Stalinist-inspired regime. The anti- characterized by an effort to irifuse . in the world." religious policy reached a peak in Catholic thought into modern In announcing the step Sept. 7, 1967, when more than 2,000 mos- trends in the aftermath ofthe war's the Vatican noted the "great trans- ques, churches and convents were devastation. formations" that have occurred closed and it was announced that "In all my work", my only ambirecently in the Mediterranean na- church activity had "ended for- tion has always been and still is to tion. Last year, Albania's ban on ever." make the great Christian tradition religion was lifted, and earlier this It was a "painful but glorious known and loved in路 order that .y~ar a non-communist government chapter" for the suffering Alban- contemporary thought may derive began preparing for free elections ian church, the Vatican recalled in nourishment from it," he said after and a new constitution. a statement Sept. 7. During the Vatican II. The Holy See and Albania agreed years of persecution, many priests, The effort produced trials and to establish relations in order to religious and bishops were killed triumphs for the cardinal. "insure mutually friendly rela- or imprisoned. Today, only one Mental anguish caused by pretions," the Vatican said. It was the bishop, 30 priests and about 30 council displeasure with his work first time 'the two states have ex- nuns survive,most of them quite . equalled the physical pain caused changed diplomatic representatives elderly, the Vatican said. by shrapnel fragments still in his at the ambassador level, though The Vatican does not have ac- head from his days as a World the Vatican had a delegate in Al- curate up-to-date statistics on the War I soldier. bania until 1945. A papal nuncio church in Albania. At the time of He was an expert in patristics, and an Albanian ambassador are World War II, most Albanians the writings of early Christian expected to be named soon. were Muslim, Orthodox were the The Vatican said it hopeddiplo- second-largest religious group, and matic relations would help Albania Catholics were about 10 percent of develop "in freedom and peace," the population. Albania's current and that the country, "in rediscov- population is about 3.2 million.

"Although it represents a miering its best religious traditions, nority, the church in Albania has can find its proper place in Europe carried out a noteworthy role in and in the world."

WASHINGTON (CNS) - The the history of the country, helping church must raise a "prophetic" The Vatican sent a high-level delegation to Albania last spring to safeguard the national identity voice for life in a secularized "culafter it became evident that the and contributing prominently in ture of death," Cardinal Alfonso country was beginning to feel the cultural, educational and social. Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council'for the Family, effects of the collapse of commu- areas," the Vatican said. nism throughout Eastern Europe. said in a recent address.

Penance In July, Pope John Paul II' met The cardinal was in Washington with Albania's prime minister, who to open the academic year for the "Penance is a recognition and said religious freedom would be reestablishment ofthe moral order U.S. campus of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on respected in his country and pre- in the world, which is founded on dicted the diplomatic exchange the eternal law, that is, on the livMarriage and the Family. with the Vatican. ing God."-Pope Pius XI "Secularist forces are striving to drain away even the very sense of the family," the cardinal said.

He 'said the church's work to protect and defend the family "is a struggle for the rights of children," especially when it fights for the rights of the unborn.

"Humanity continues to march towards a form of suicide when it promotes this fearfui'slaughter of the innocents .... Societies and nations fall when they set themselves apart from the will of God," he said.

He also urged students and faculty at the institute to uphold the papal teaching on artificial birth control in the 1968 encyclical "Humanae Vitae," which he said is a "teaching at the service of true love and human dignity."

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thinkers, but ran into problems with church superiors because of his defense of another controversial French Jesuit, Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, who tried to reconcile theology with the scientific theory of evolution.

After the council, he was a member of the papally appointed International Theological Commission and a consulter to Vatican agencies involved in dialogue with non-Christians and nonbelievers.

Father de Lubac was accused of forging a "new theology," which broke with previous methods of examining issues.

In the 1950s, Jesuit superiors suspended for several years the future cardinal's路 permission to teach Catholic theology, pushing him out to the fringe oCchurch thinkers. But he was rehabilitated prior to the start of Vatican II and named a consulter to the theological commission preparing draft documents for Vatican II. During the council, he was a non-voting theological expert, allowed to attend the sessions and offer opinions to the bishops.

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His triumphs also included the appreciation of the post-conciliar popes. Pope Paul VI said the theologian's more than 40 books are "a monument more lasting than bronze."

The current pope, during a 1980 trip to Paris, spotted the theologian and stopped reading from his prepared text.

"I bow' my head to Father de Lubac," the pope said.

In the post-conciliar years, 路the theologian drew sharp distinctions between council teachings and what he considered exaggerated interpretations, such as confusing collegiality with collective rule.

Collegiality does not turn the pope into a "superbishop" lacking decision-making authority, he said in I971. He said that the pope must retain the arbiter role he exercised in the early history of the church.

The cardinal was a strong defender of Pope John Paul's commitment to implementing "both the letter and the spirit" of Vatican II teachings.

"To suspect him of the contrary is a deception," he said in 1985, noting that the pope attended the council as a bishop and helped write many of its important documents.

He also supported the pope's international travels as an "urgent need" to unify local churches that risk isoiating themselves.

Henri de Lubac was born in Cambrai, in northern France, Feb. 20, 1896. He entered the Jesuits in 1913 and was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1927.

After studying theology in Rome at the Gregorian University, Father de Lubac returned to France in 1929 to teach fundamental theology at the Lyons Theological Faculty, where he spent most of his academic career.

The faculty named him an honorary professor in 1961.

Cardinal urges prophetic voice .against "culture of death" "Today if you repeat that teaching it is like sailing against the current," he said. "But we are l!ure that the victory belongs to the risen Christ. In faith, the victory belongs to the believers. All of us must work out how we can proclaim these certainties to the world."

"Responsible parenthood," he said, "involves a good moral formation, an upright conscience, docility to the magisterium (church teaching authority) and, certainly, a sense of generosity and love for life." \ "The ch~rch understands' the difficulty which so many couples go through In fulfilling the will of God," he.said.

But they go through their struggles with "the close companionship of the Lord in their'pilgrimage," he added.

"They are so much better off than being subject to the world, where, with terrible manipulation, they have to suffer pressures and even campaigns in favor of contraception, sterilization and abortion, while an anti-life mentality grows," he said.

"The catechesis and theology of marriage and the family," he said,

"must begin with this certainty: that God, the Creator, has a model, an original plan, which must be respected; that marriage is an institution, not the product of human invention."

He criticized efforts to change church teaching by "public opinion which lacks objective criteria" and "theologians who sterilize the mission of the church."

"It is useless and wrong to.waste time applying pressure to make the church modify the things she cannot change," he said. "The church, through her hierarchy, cannot loosen or modify what she did not create."

Looking at the institute's work, Cardinal Lopez Trujillo quoted Pope John Paul II's statement that "the future of humanity passes by way of the family."

The institute, he said, offers "faithful pastoral service" to "the family and life."

The U.S. institute, which has about 55 students and is located at the Dominican House of Studies near The Catholic University of America, was founded three years ago. The main campus of the institute, founded by the pope 10 years ago, is in Rome.

Near-death experience gives 5-year-old glimpse of eternity the word 'scary' to see if he'd change his story. But he said, 'It was beautiful, Mommy..... He has not wavered on the tunnel, the light, and the angel."

Daniel, the youngest of Paul and Jodi Leary's three children, was swimming in an in-ground pool at the home of an aunt in Bloomington, III., July 27 when he slipped beneath eight feet of water and remained submerged for three to four minutes. His father and uncle revived him and he was released from St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, the following day with no apparent physical effects.

The first indication that something unusual had happened to Daniel came on the day of his release from the hospital during a wedding reception for Mrs. Leary's mother and new stepfather.

"He (Daniel) ran over to Paul and laid his head on his shoulder," Mrs. Leary said. "Paul said, 'What are you thinking about, buddy?' and he said, 'I'm thinking about how beautiful God and Jesus and heaven was" Then he said, 'Did you know I really did see a tunnel and a light with an angel in it?'''

After Daniel had repeated his story to his mother and. other guests at the reception, a friend of the family gave him a St. Christopher medal as a gift.

"He looked at it and said 'That's ',;',1 my angel,''' Mrs. Leary said. ,./j "Someone else asked him if he [the •~~.. ...1 angel] helped him get back and he DANIEL LEARY 3:nd his mother, Jodi, after Daniel's said ~yes.'" recovery from a near-drowning in a relative's swimming pool. . Before the incident, the Learys, (eNS photo) , members of St. Patrick Parish in

NORMAL, ILL.(CNS)- Many kids, at one time or another, want to know what happens when you die. Five-year-old Daniel Leary thinks he knows.

In late July, Daniel nearly drowned in a relative's swimming pool. He later told his parents that he had seen "a tunnel with a light inside it" and "an angel." , Since then he's repeated the story numerous times to his relatives,

family friends and the local press.

Although his parents say he has a vivid imagination typical of a 5year-old, they remain convinced that he really did catch a glimpse of eternity.

"I asked him, 'Was it scary or was it beautiful?" Daniel's mother, Jodi Leary, told Ttu: Catholic Post, Peoria diocesan newspaper, in an interview Aug. 6 at the family home in Normal. "I emphasized

Merna, III., had explained God's love and the concept of heaven to Daniel in simple terms and often prayed with him at bedtime.

"We've talked a lot about how much God must love us to let us have each other," Mrs. Leary said.

"I'd also told him heaven is a nice, beautiful place where there's no pain and no worries anymore. We'd also told him that when you do go to heaven you don't come back -which might be somewhat confusing to him."

The family - including Michael, 7, and Katie, 8 - also attends Sunday Mass together, Mrs. Leary said, because "I like my children to be in church with me ... the time I feel most blessed and closest to God is when I'm with my kids."

The experience has "really strengthened" the family's faith in

God and in heaven, Mrs. Leary said. ' "Even for som'eone who had a shadow of a doubt that there's something after this life, how could you doubt it now?" she said. The family is grateful, she added, "for the fact that God gave him back to us... It's one huge miracle, but there were a whole lot oflittle miracles involved."

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This season, for example, new series show families beset by poverty; divorce and individuals searching for identity.

Cases in point:.

- The Torkelsons. This NBC family, which gives the show its title, reflects the recession. It's slated for Saturdays, 8:30 p.m.

Eastern time, and features a mother and her five youngsters staving off bill collectors and welcoming all others.

- The Royal family. This is CBS' older American couple, who also give their show its title. The Royals, on Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Eastern time, have carved out a peaceful old age only to have retirement disrupted when daughter and her three children fly back into the family nest.

- The Taylors come from ABC's "Home Improvement," Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m. Eastern time. The show testifies to half the population's search for male identity and !tas the host of a cable TV home-' improvement show unintentionally pushing tacks into his wife's sensitivities.

- The Emersons. Here's a blue- ,.. collar, African-American family in Baltimore steadily moving toward its version ~f the American dream: financial security. They're on Fox's "Roc," Sundays, 8:30 p.m. Eastern time.

- The Lambert-Fosterfamilies.

From ABC's "Step by Step," Fridays, 8:30 p.m. Eastern time, the series features a contractor and beautician, each with three children, who married impetuously and now need to blend their separate families into one.

Stars and producers spoke about the '90s, "a man who is ~ggressive, the new series during the summer or fierce without being aggressive press tour where networks pre- against women," Williams said. sented new shows.

"It's the man who is nurturing, in "The 'Torkelsons," headed by the sense of nurturing the earth as Millicent (Connie Ray), shows well as nurturing as a father, a man viewers the mom who's creative in who is trying to set an example." adversity. She's striving to cope The Emersons, headed by Roc with her children, especially 14- (Charles Dutton), a garbage. col~ year-old Dorothy Jane (Olivia lector, and his wife Eleanor (Ella Burnette), in their home in Pyramid Joyce), a nurse, include Roc's Corners, Okla. bigoted father Andrew (Carl JorNorma Safford Vela, co-execu- dan), who distrusts whites, and tive producer ofthe series, said the ne'er-do-well brother Joey (Rocky six make up "a family living on the Carroll). edge of economic disaster," but "Roc," despite its many Africanwith the spunk and determination American issues, has universal apto survive. peal, says Ms. Joyce.

It has "something to say about Being a family is something the life today in this country," she Emersons "have in common with said, "about how you survive and every other hard working-class what kind of spirit it takes."

American family in this country," In "The Royal Family," retired she said. postman Alexander Royal (Redd In "Step By Step," divorced Foxx) and his wife of 40 years, Frank Lambert (Patrick Duffy) Victoria (Della Reese), -welcome has just married widowed hairhome Elizabeth (Mariann Aalda) ,dresser Carol Foster (Suzanne with her three rowdy youngsters.

Somers). They now aim to get The show is about "boomerang their six children to like each other. kids," executive producer Greg "A blended family is the new Antonacci said. "There's an ecoreality," said Ms. Somers, though nomic pressure in this country that the show's concept has been around is sending kids back to their parsince 1969 when "The Brady ents'·home."

Bunch" debuted on ABC. The series stresses that "family Executive producer Robert Boyis family," he said. When daughter and her offspring "show up at the ett, however, notes that unlike that door, the man may not be too hit series, "Step By Step" does not thrilled, but they come in. That's a try to show the six children as one happy family under one roof. good thing."

"What's true in modern society In "Home Improvement," Tim and Jill Taylor '(Tim Allen and is that people no longer even at- .

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"They know that you can't have ily of three boys.

Matt Williams, executive pro- children from two different famiducer, says Jill is "on a quest to lies change and become one famraise three future husbands" while ily." The series emphasizes the relationship between the parents, "Tim's on a quest to ~ake sure who hope to get their children "to they grow up being men."

He wants each to be a man of survive under one roof," he said.

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By Christopher tarstens There are the' '90s. Girls can grow up to be doctors, astronauts and Marine' d~i11 sergeants. Aside from the obvious biological differences, there's nothing a girl.can't do. Except understand the way boys think.

Guys and girls' - men' and women --' think about relationships in different' ways. Especially in the teen years, those contrasts are confusing for everybody.

It's perfectly normal not to understand your boyfriend.

You want to discu,ss your future together and all he wants to talk ;, about'is ,baseball.' He can be remarkably sweet, and then incredibly inconsiderate.

The same boyfriend who brings you wild flowers will spend all afternoon playing dumb games, with his bliiidies on your only day off work. Then he wonders why' you're ticked when he finally calls you after di!lner. ' If he just wants to be with his friends"why does he bother having a girlfriend?

It would be simpleminded to say that all girls think one way, and guys always think another way.

Even 'so, I observe some major differences in the way teenage guys tend to look a.t romance.

First, guys move into the entire relationship thing a few years later than girls do. As, early as sixth grade or junior high; girls are all a-twitter with who likes who and who wants to go steady., , For the most part, guys aren't really immerse4 in relationships till their junior or senior. years.

They may dabble in dating before that age, but it ,isn't generally the center of their lives.

Second, girls tend to think about : relationships, and gUys te'rid to think about doingsfuff. Look at ' their conversations with each other.

Any two teenage' gir.ls can spend , the entire afterno'on i'alking about their friends, their friends' boy-. friends and who didn't get asked to , tbe prom.

'The bigge's't que'stioD of the' afternoon is likely to: be, "Does' Dennis really like 'Sheila or is he using her to get over Laura?"

Guys like to think about activi- ' , ties ---.:, .doirit stuff -;-: ,an.d, tltat's. what any two guys are'liaJile, to talk abouL·Save some money, buy, a r¢built 'Carburetor, put it,.on ,th~' tli.maro, ,g!" '·to· the' movies, eat some food. .

When a guy and a girl get to~ gether, she wants- to share her, thoughts about how her. friends are tre,ating each other and"he wants to share his thoughts about getting a pizza. No wondenhey have·trouble communicating.

A final difference is that girls are driYe,n to ,discover the meanings behind actions, while teenage guys are generally content to stay on the surface: " " Imagine that a guy and a girl

have been talking on the phone for an hour. He says, "Look, I gotta get some sleep, I'll see you tomorrow in algebra." ,' She worries. Was he bored with her? Does she put him to sleep?

She calls her best friend, and they worry together for another hour.

"He said he had to get some sleep!

What does it mean?" .: ' Maybe it meant he was tired and needed to get some' sleep.

But he will rest peacefully, while, she frets until she sees him in algebra class and demands an explanation. At that p!,int, she's tired and angry and he's just confused.

While it won't ever solve all the prbblem~".it might just help to , remember some of the differences in how guys and girls ~hink. Maybe it will be comforting to understand that lots of the things your boyfriend does that drive you crazy are pretty normal for.a guy.

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Here, here in this world Where do we go Where can we turn When we need some love?

It seems that love just can't be found.

Where, where do we stand?

The love supply doesn't meet the demands ,We got enough stars to light the sky at night Enough sun to make a whole world bright We got more than enough There is one thing that , There's just not enough of Not enough love and understanding We could use some love To ease these troubled ~imes _ Not enough love and'understanding Why,O why?

We spend all of our time Building buildings up to the sky Reaching everywhere but where We need to reach most Our hearts can never win This race; the race that we are in • We got enough cars to drive around the world Enough planes to take us anywhere We have more than enough There is. one thing that There's just not enough of We need some understanding We need a little love Some love and understanding Enough stars to light the sky at night 'Enough sun to make the whole world bright Enough hearts to find some love inside We got more than enough But there is one thing that There's just not enough of Written by D. Warren, sung by Cher (c) 1991 by the Davi,d Geffen Co.

The Fall River Area:CYO Baseball League recently conclude4 another successful season as St. Bernard's of Assonet captured its second consecutive .league cham. IT IS EASY to agree with pionship by defeating St. William's Cher's latest hit. "Love and Untwo games 'to on'e in the final derstanding" describes the lack series. , of these qualities in our world.

St. Bernard's won the regular In the song's words, there is season title by defeating St. Wil"not enough love ... to ease liam's in a one-game playoff. The these troubled times." two had finished with identical 20The song points out how God 4 records. abundantly plessed our world.

'Both teams got byes in the first Certainly there are "enough stars round of the playoffs whi~h found' to light the sky at night, enough Our Lady of Grace of Westport sun to make a whole world stopping St. Michael's in two straight games and Sf. Anne's doing the same to Holy Name. St. ager Horace Misturado, Coach Bernard's'then disposed of Our Chuck Copley and players Jack Lady of Grace by ,winning two in a Bevilacqua, Brian Copley, John row, while ,it took St. William's DePippo, Paul Economos, Scott three games 'to prevent St. Anne's Lafleur, Mark Misturado, Ar~ from reaching the finals .for a mando Santo, Steve Shimp, Jim, second straight,year.

Bastille and Steve Pothier.

This set up the best two out of The seven-team league had one three series between St. William's of its finest seasons and looks forand St. Bernard's.' In game one, St. ward to more of the same next William's pitcher Bob' Kennedy , summer. outdueled St.' Bernard's ace, Steve' Shimp, and held on for a 3-2,win.

In game two, Eric Schecter of St. ' William's tOok on Scott Lafleur of St.. Benlard's: '" '. 'St.WiIIi;tri's led '4::0. going into, the: sixtl1.inni,ng and, it appeared they ·,we're:'headed· for the chlimWASHINGTON (CNS) ,pionship. Ho~ever, St. Bernard's American Collegians for Life is roared' back' with five runs in the sponsoring a national college prosixth inning and three; more in the life speech competition, with prizes seventh to pull, the series eyen and of $500 and $250 scholarships. send...it to a third and deciding . To enter the contest, under-' game. graduate or graduate students must In a 'rematch 'between Shimp submit written copies of a 10and 'Kennedy, the St. Bernard's minute-or-less speech on abortion, right hander proved too overpow- infanticide and/ or euthanasia by ering and hurled a 4-0 shutout, Oct. 30. Up to 10 semifinalists will leading his teammates to their ,then be chosen to present their second straight CYO champion- speeches in person in December.

The winners will be invited to ship.

Members of the team were Man- speak at the National College Pro-

Collegians for Life offers speech competition

bright." Everywhere in creation we find an abundance of what we need.

Unfortunately, only within human hearts is deficiency found.

How would our world be different if we, also had an abundance of love and understanding?·' .

The differences would be many. Let's use our imagina-

iions to bring the dream closer to reality.

First, the use of violence would be significantly reduced.

One.cannot simultaneously be loving and violent toward ·another.

The lessening of violence does not mean that individuals or nations would no longer face conflicts. Rather, given more love ,and understanding, conflict would not lead to the physical or emotional harm of others. Instead, o~r society would insist on -finding a nonyiolent , resolution to problems.

Second, we would see more clearly how God set up our wO,l'ld on the principle of a!>.l!ndance. We would believe less in scarcity, responding more generous!y to others', ne,eds..

Ou.r. priority :would,becoll}e the reduction of .human suffering: no matter \yhprei\ ~s fou~d on, our" pla~et .. j Conseque,ntly, go.vernnients' would sp~nd Jar less on the instruments of death and mo~e on exte~ding the qual. ity of life for aJl citizens. .Finaliy, the powe'r :of the huinan heart to bond with'oth. ers wou:la e'xtend to each ,per~ son we meet. We would recognize that we are far more 'similar than differen't:as b'uman beings.

We 'would grow more compassionate and less likely to criticize or condemn others; 'Each'of us would be seen for who we really are, daughters or sons .of the .Father. Consequently, the disti~ction between howa person acts, which indeed we might not approve of or like, and who a person is as a human being, would be more clear.

Mistakes would still occur, but they would be used as". opportunities to learn and find different ways of behaving.

Surely, what I write here has been said many times before, and perhaps said best in the words of Jesus. Yet it heals our spirits and our world to restate the dream.

Now it is our turn. Do you want more love and understanding in your life, .in our world? I challenge each o'f us to pick three specific ways to prac- , tice these qualities during, the coming week.

What will you do?

met in small groups according to Life Leadership Conference Jan. 17-19 in Arlington, Va. .' geographic areas. The gatherings American Collegians for Life, ' afforded freshmen parents the opportunity,to ask questions of based in Washington, is a national college pro-life organization with faculty members and parents of upperclassmen. members' in all states.

For 'further information, write The day concluded with a picnic lunch., Pro-Life Speech Competition, P.O. Box 10664, State College,-PA 16805' or call (SI4) 466-7560.

Restoration planned

EL'PASO, Texas (CNS) - The Diocese' of 'EI Paso has begun a Bishop Stang High School~ campaign to restore the historic missions of Ysleta, Socorro and North Dartmoutl)., began the year with a welcome picnic for members' San Elizario, Texas' oldest churches which date to the I680·s. The initial of the Class of '95.and their parof tlie project will concenphase -ents, who were welcomed by Terry .. trateon stopping the deterio'ration Dougall '64, principal and field hockey coach,' AI Catelli '66, ad- of the hisior~c buildings.'

Funds"will alSo be earmarked to missions. director' and basketball establish a $250,000 trust fund to coach, and Jonathan' Poente, 'senior ;. providepe'rpetual maintenance for class president. ..: .. ' the missions. ,'.

The. program include~ scavOverall cost, of the project is enger hunt encpuraging fresh~en estimated at' nearly $4 million, to learn facts, about the schoo\. accardi'ng 'to': the Rio Grande (who was, Bi~hop StaJ.1g, when was Catholic,newspaper of the El Paso the school built, etc.), and infordiocese. The first phase is slated mation about their new classmates for completion in December 1992. (who attended Dartmouth Middle Saviour, not Judge School, etc.).

While the students scoured the "Sweetest Jesus, be not my judge, grounds in search of clues, parents, but my saviour."-St. Jerome

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Frank Capra's faith recalled LA QUINTA, Calif. (CNS) Oscar-winning director Frank Capra was buried Sept. 6 from St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in La Quinta, Calif., where he lived in retirement.

The Hollywood giant, the first film -artist to win three Academy Awards for directing, died Sept. 3, at his home in La Quinta, 100 miles south of Los Angeles. He was 94: ' Capra won the Oscar for best' director for "It Happened One Night" in 1934 and "You Can't Take It With You" in 1938, both of which also won best picture, and for "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town:' 1936.

Other outstanding Capra films include"Arsenic and Old Lace:' "Lost Horizon" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."

Capra's funeral Mass was private, but about 175 persons attended, including Dolores Hope, wife of comedian Bob Hope.

Father Edmund O'Donnell', pastor of the parish in the San Bernardino Diocese, celebrated the funeral Mass. The priest had visited the aged director in his last years when he was confined to his home.

Another priest, Father James P. Lisante of the Office of Family Ministry in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y., spoke at the

theme in Frank Capra's work, it would be the Resurrection," the priest wrote. "Frank sincerely believed that only through dying to ourselves can we be triumphant.

He saw death as conquer,able. Any number oftimes we spoke of death.

Never with fear, but always as a rite of passage to a newer and richer and fuller life."

Father Lisante also quoted from letters Capra sent to him.

"I believe that the clean, the honest, the moral, the compassionate, and the forgiving are about' all that count in this world. All else is emptiness and vanity:' Capra wrote.

In another letter, Capra recalled that Christ loved the poor and despised the pompous rich.

FRANK CAPRA "God loves us, Jim," he wrote to wake service for Capra, whom he the priest, "for carrying on his had known for decades. work - the work of Christ, the In a column for the Sept. II ediApostles, Paul, and all the saints tion of the Long Island Catholic, and the martyrs." the diocesan weekly, the priest Capra movies highlighted the recalled the director he visited ordinary man who succeeds. Their annually. heroes were not unlike their direc"He was a Christian, a Catholic tor, a Sicilian immigrant who rose Christian down to his toes," the through the ranks to eventual film priest wrote.' "He revered the fame.

Eucharist, prayed intensely, treaMany critics saw the movies as sured the Bible and believed. So testimony to the ,pursuit of the important was his faith that his American dream and idealism. wife of 52 years, Lucille, converted Capra is survived by three chilto Catholicism. She wanted to dren: Tom, executive producer of share all that was vital to Frank, NBC's "Today" show, in New and she recognized that his Ca-. York; Frank Jr. of Malibu, Calif.; tholicism was Capra's true life Lucille of Findlay, Ohio; and 10 force." grandchildren. His wife died in "If you were to seek a primary 1984.

Mexico-U.8. border wall angers' many WASHINGTON (CNS)- cath- Lowery, said San Diego and Los olics and others are angered by the Angeles are feeling the strain of reinforcement and extension of a people coming from Mexico and IO-foot-tall wall al9ng the U.S. Central America. Seven trauma and Mexican border south of San c~nters were forced to close because Diego': "':"" -', .. " - .. ','" of unpaid bills by those who entered the country illegally and others "It bothered me and disgusted me," said Enrique Mendez of the without health insurance, she said.

But Javier Barrols Valero, depDiocese of San Diego's Pastoral Action Center. "We are returning uty foreign relations secretary for Mexico, said the, United States is to a Berlin Wall. God has made the world for all people. Only man ha~ less than neighborly for constructcreated the divisions that exist ing a l4-mile border wall. between nations."

Barros Valero said the border While some U.S. government wall should not affect current officials insist that the wall is needed negotiations among Mexico, Canto stem illegal smuggling of drugs and arms acrossthe border, others say the real purpose is to stem the flow of immigration into the Uni- , ted States.

WASHINGTON (CNS) Whatever the purpose, opponents of the wall are angered that in NBC-TV has canceled its subsidy recent months it has become a mil- for religious specials in 1992, but itarized zone as U.S. military per- the four one-hour programs still sonnel help to lengthen and strength- are expected to air on NBC, church en the existing chain-link and, officials said. metallic mesh fence. ' The programs are' to be pro"The wall may be 'successful in duced by the Interfaith Broadcaststopping the flow somewhat in ing Commission, a coalition of that one area, but then the people mainline religious groups includwill come in through another area," ing the U.S. Catholic Conference. said Richard Garcia, director of It has produced programs for NBC the San Diego-based Center for annually since 1988.

Migratory Affairs, an ecumenical NBc;, will continue ,to give free human rights group that opposes air time to the coalition, said Betty the wall. , Hudson, NBC's senior vice presiGarcia said U. S. officials fail to dent for corporatecommunicaunderstand t!lat much immigra- tions. ' tion is temporary. Most workers Last year NBC gave the coalicome to the ,United States fora tion $500,000 for production costs, while, send :,money ~o'nie, then she said. . . return to their 'families once their Richard W. Daw, USCC secrework is over: or they have made tary for communications; said; enough money to keep their famiNBC's move casts "some doubt" lies going'for a while, he said. on the future of a program-called Calif~rnia Representatives Dun"Creativity: The Divin~ Spark:' can Hunter and Bill Lowery, both which had been in the early stages Republicans, have introduced legof development by the USCC. islation that calls for more U.S. The cut "has called into quesBorder Patrol agents, improvement tion whether we'll be able to proof lighting and roads along the duce it:' Daw said, but "we'll put border and development of a something into that time slot." counterfeit-resistant Social SecurIn addition to the USCC, those ity card. affected by the cut include the Tina Kreisher, spokeswoman for National Council of Churches, the

ada and the United States on a free-tr!lde agreement. But he said he hopes the accord will h,elp improve the Mexican economy and mean fewer people crossing the border illegally in search of jobs.

The l4-mile-long Tijuana-San Diego border is the'most popular spot along the 2,000-mile border for the thousands of undocumented Mexican and Central American workers crossing into the United States each day. Some 45 percent of the estimated -5 million illegal entries occur near San Diego.

NBC cancels subsidy, but religious - specials still,planned Southern Baptist Convention and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

NBC made the cut because its "financial situation is dreadful:' Ms. Hudson said. She cited the high cost' of covering the Persian Gulf War and the huge decline in the network's advertising revenue for the decision.

The cut is in effect "at least for 1992," Ms. Hudson said.

ABC television, which has had a similar funding arrangement with the coalition for the ABC "Vision and Values" series, has not notified the coalition of any reduction in financing; Daw said.

CBS works wit/1 the coalition in airing four CBS-produced halfhour programs on religious topics annually but does not give the coalition any funding.

The most recent USCC program subsidized by NBC was "Marketplace Prophets,' which explored the IOOth anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's encyclical, "Rerum Novarum:' on capital and labor. ' Earlier NBC programs included "Circle ofthe Spirit," about Native Americans, "Energies of Love," about altruism and "Beyond the Dream," about immigrants in America.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 13, 1991

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ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON CCO commissioning' 8:30 a.m.'

Mass Sunday. Those interested in enrolling children in a kindergarten group should call 823-68 19 any morning. Calix group meeting 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, parish center. Lectors' meeting 7 p.m. Sept. 24, rectory; eucharistic ministers' meeting the following night, same time and place.

Grade 9 confirmation candidates, parents and sponsors will meet 7 p.m. Sept. 22.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Bereavement information and sup~ GREATER TAUNTON Taunton area support group port meeting 1:30 p.m. Sept. 29, Parish hall. Sympathy and first anniver- meeting 7 p.m. Sept. 24, St. Joseph's sary cards and support information Church, North Dighton. are mailed to bereaved families.

SACRED HEART, NO. ATTLEBORO DCCW, TAUNTON With the concurrence of the pasThe Taunton District Council of toral council, it has been decided not Catholic Women will hold Bishop's to resume Tuesday and Thursday Night Oct. 10, following 6:30 p.m.

Mass at Sacred Heart Church, evening Masses in the parish chapel.

Mass will continue at 10: 15 a.m.

Taunton. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be guest of honor at a Yankee each Tuesday at Madonna Manor.

Catechists will gather at 7 p.m. Sept. pot roast dinner.

24 in the meeting room to plan the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, RCIA program for the coming year.

FR CCD commissioning at 10:30 a.m.

CCO registration follows all Mass Sunday.

Masses this weekend. Catechism ST. ELIZABETH SETON, classes begin Sept. 29 and 30: with . all classes except confirmation meet- NO. FALMOUTH Youth group meeting with instaling weekly; confirmation twice lation of new officers follows 5 p.m. monthly.

Mass Sunday, Sept. 22. Also on the CATHEDRAL, FR program will be a business session CCO Mass 11:30 a.m. Sunday, followed by a family picnic and and pizza party. Senior choir pracgames. Women's Guild meeting 7 . tice 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday; singing p.m. Sept. 16. New members wel- at 10:15 a.m. Sunday Mass.

HOLY NAME, NB come.

Following 11 a.m. Mass Sunday, ST. STANISLAUS, FR Couples' Club members will particiParent-teacher meeting 6:30 p.m. pate in dedication of a plaque for the Oct. 6, school auditorium. All pari- meditation alcove at the back ·of the shioners are invited to the' wedding church. A buffet and meeting will Mass of Susan Ethier and Jude Fos- follow in the parish center. New ter at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Free bus members are welcome. Newcomers transportation will be available to are also welcome in the Women's parishioners wishing to attend 7 p.m. Guild. .

Mass Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Holy THERESA, ST. Cross Cathedral Boston, celebrated

by Cardinal Jozef Glemp, primate of SO. ATTLEBORO First and 8th grade CCO teachers, Poland. Meeting for parents of confirmation candidates 7 p.m. Sept. aides and substitutes needed.

Turn to Page 16 IS, school auditorium.

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16 THE ANCHOR-Dio.cese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 13,1991 BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR Women's Guild meeting and mem, bership tea 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18, church hall. Plans for upcoming year, including parish's 90th anniversary in Continued from Page 15 Oct. 1992, will be discussed. PresiD.ofi. dent Julie Pelletier asks all mein bers :-. Hyacinth Circle 71 Daughters of be present.

Isabella meeting 7:30 p. m. Sept: 17, Holy Name CCD center, New Bed- ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Women's Guild season-opening' ford. Chairperson: Mary Macedo. meeting following 7 p.m. Mass for Topic: Medjugorje. ' deceased members Sept. 18. Buffet HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO and yankee swap will follow meet.Parishioners attending religious ing; participants asked to bring a education day Sept. 28 may register 'wrapped gift. Buffet participants with Sister Theresa Bisson by Sept. RSVP by Sept. 13 to Mary Medei18. Catechists' commissioning II a.m. ros, 673-3884, or Alice Medeiros, Mass Sunday. . . 672-5069. New members welcome.

K.ofC. HOLY NAME, FR Knights of Columbus Council813, The children's family Mass will Falmouth, installation of officers 7 resume in October. Planning meeting for Father Thomas Frechette 'p.m. tomorrow, council hall. Meeting 8 p.m. Sept. 17; nominations for reception 7 p.m. Sept: 16, Holy Name School. School parents' meet- . council chancellor will be taken.

Members may attend installation of ing 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18, with Mass. state officers and district deputies CCD registration for new students Sept. 22 in Peabody; information: 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Grand Knight Pat Flynn. rectory.

APOSTOLATE FOR PERSONS .

WITH DISABILITIES SCI L in Fall River will offer 234 Second Street· beginner and intermediate sign lan• • Fall River, MA 02721 guage classes 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays and is organizing a support group Web Offset • • Newspapers for parents of deaf and hearingPrinting & Mailing impaired children; information: • • (508) 679-5262 Kathy Melanson, 679-9210 (voice) • or 677-2377 (TDD). National Deaf Awareness Week will be observed Sept. 22 to 28.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON First Class Second Class CCD program opening liturgy, First Class Presort Carrier Route Coding 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Vincentians will sing at Wedgemere Nursing Home Third Class Bulk Rate Zip Code Sorting at 1:45 p.m. Sunday. ' Third Class Non Profit List Maintenance ST. ANN, RAYNHAM ALL TO USPS SPECIFICATIONS Sister Beth Mahoney, CSC, will direct a marriage preparation proCheshire labeling on Kirk·Rudy 4·up gram at I p.m. Sunday, with Fred labeler, And Pressure Sensitive labeling and Dot Gormier among team memInserting, collating, folding, bers for the event. metering, sealing, sorting, addressing, CATHEDRAL, FR sacking, completing USPS forms, With Mrs. Ruth Lackey as presidirect delivery to Post Office dent, the Women's Guild will meet 7 ~ ... Printing. , . We Do It All! p.m. Sept. 16 at the school hall.A meat clinic will be presented. New Call for Details (508) 679·5262 members welcome.

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LaSALETTE SHRINE, HOSPICE OUTREACH, FR ATTLEBORO Training for new volunteers beg. Healing Service with Father Andre ins Oct. 3 and will continue each Patenaude, MS, 2 p.m. Sunday; ,Tuesday and Thursday through Nov. 19 at Clemence Hall of St. Anne's included will be Mass, songs of praise, opportunity for individual Hospital, 243 Forest St. Volunteers anointing. Triduum of prayer in provide home care for terminally ill preparation for feast of Our Lady of patients a'1d families and may do Lasalette Sept. I9 to 2 I; Father errands, provide transportation orEdward Brown, MS, previously on provide companionship. ,Information: 673-1589. the staff of LaSalette Center for Christian Living and now a campus ST. JULIE BILLIART, minister on Long Island, NY, will be N. DARTMOUTH holllilist at 6:30 p.m. Mass each day.

CCD teachers needed -for home Information: 222-5410. programs for grade 8 students. st. MARY, SEEKONK Women's Guild opening meeting ST. JAMES, NB Parishioners are asked to particiSept. 16 with 6 p.m. Mass followed pate in parish recycling program for by potluck dinner at parish center. refund bottles and cans, placing Senior Saints meet I p.m. Oct. I. donations in containers at back and High schoolers will attend 5 p.m.

Mass together Sunday; planning front of church.

ST. THOMAS MORE, meeting will follow in church hall.

SOMERSET Mount Monadnock climb planned CCDSunday Mass 10:15 Sept. 15 for Oct. 14. with commissioning of parish cateO.L. GRACE, WESTPORT chists. Parents' meeting 7 p.m. Sept.

All Girl Scout groups meet in 17 for parents of 7th and 8th grade church basement 6:30 tonight. VinCCD students. centians meet 7 p.m. Monday, church basement.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR School parents' meeting 7 p.m.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Sept. 26, parish hall; meeting for 9th Installation of new pastor, Father grade parents Sunday in school after Cyril Augustyn, OFMConv. at 10:30 9:30 a.m. Mass. a.m. Mass Sept. 22. Refreshments will follow in the parish center. CCD 'SEPARATED/DIVORCED teachers will be commissioned at CATHOLICS 9:15 a.m. Mass Sunday. " Cape Cod and Islands support group meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, St. WIDOWED SUPPORT, Pius X parish center, S. Yarmouth.

ATTLEBORO AREA Father Richard Roy will facilitate; Meeting and potluck supper included will be small group interactonight at St. Mary's parish center, tion and community building activiNo. Attleboro. ' ties. The recently separated and SACRED· HEART, divorced are invited to small group . N. ATTLEBORO or one-to-one ministry beginning Vincentians seek clean, usable 6: 15 p.m. Information: 362-9873, or clothing for children ages 5 to 14.

Father Roy, 548-1065.

Donations, may be left at church entrance receptacl~s. Adult choir CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE rehearsals 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays.

Food pantry is in urgent need of , New Singers needed. replenishing after Hurricane Bob. Especially needed: cereals, crackers, ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, canned soups; canned meats. Cub HYANNIS The parish center is out of service Scout registration 7 to 9 p.m. Sept.

17, parish hall. New volunteers until hurricane damage is repaired. needed for parish library; meeting Holy Name Society meets following 9 'a.m. Mass Sunday. Guest speaker for all volunteers 10 a.m. today.

Paul Hebert will discuss Cape Cod Choir plans a trip to Rome in Feb. programs aiding those in need and, 1992 and any parishioner is welcome to come. Brochures available at homeless adolescents. All welcome.

Rosary for peace 7 p.m. each Thurs- church entrances. Pro-life committee planning meeting 7:30 p.m. Sept. day.

16, parish library.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Religious education registration after Masses this weekend; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 16; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 17 and 18.

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F AMILY MINISTRY, NO. DARTMOUTH The Diocesan Office of Family Ministry will sponsor a support weekend for widowed men and women at its No. Dartmouth Center Sept. 27 to 29. Information: 9983269; 999-6420.

CATHERINIAN CENTER, NO. DARTMOUTH Evening of inquiry concerning spiritual direction 7 p.m. Sept. 25.

Advance registration by phone or mail appreciated: Sr. Judy Brunell, OP, Dominican Sisters, 856 Tucker Rd., N. Dartmouth 02747, tel. 9961305 after 3 p.m.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Parishioner Janet Barbelle will serve as Birthright representative on the Diocesan Pro-Life Committee.

CCD teachers needed for Ist and 2nd grade. Mass 9 a.m. Sunday for CCD staff, followed by coffee and doughnuts and a staff meeting.

Teachers' manuals should be , brought. Parking lot monitors needed for CCD class afternoons.

ST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBORO A Respect Life group has been formed in the parish. It will focus on, education, family activities, discussion groups and other ministries. A contest to name the group has been sponsored for parish youth and members will participate in a Respect Life Walk in October.

ST. MARY, NORTON Vincentian memorial Mass for deceased of parish 9 a.m. tomorrow.

Those who have lost a family member within the past year are invited to a k following breakfast. Vincentians need assistance at Attleboro distribution center. Information: John Drane, 226-1343, or notify a priest of the parish. RCIA program planned to begin in October, enabling participants to receive baptism, first communion and confirmation at the Easter Vigil.

O.L. HEALTH, FR Rev. Steven R. Furtado will be installed as pastor at 10 a.m. Mass Sept. 22. A reception will follow in the parish hall. Holy Name Society corporate communion Mass 8 a.m.

Sunday. CCD teachers will attend a Mass and following social at 6 p.m.

Sunday.

CORPUS CHRISH, SANDWICH A bereavement support group will meet in the parish center if sufficient numbers express interest. Information: Maureen Corrigan, 362-1103; 1-800-642-2423. Scripture study program begins Sept. 26: mothers' session with baby sitter available 9:30 a.m.; 'evening session 7: 15 p.m. child care program available at 11:30 a.m. Mass each Sunday. Volunteers, including teens, are needed and may ca1l888-7171. Ushers are also needed.

CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, CAPE COD An ad ult suicide bereavement support group begins Oct. 16, a teen group Sept. 25, both in the Hyannis Catholic Social Services offices.

Information: Bob Fournier: 771-6771 ST. STEPHEN, AITLEBORO Seniors' meeting I p.m. Sept. 17.

New members welcome. AA meeting 7 p.m. Sunday; retreat team meeting 7 p.m. Sept. 16, rectory.

Mass 7 p.m. Sept. 18 for CCD teachers and aides, followed by workshop and meeting.

LaSALETTE CENTER, ATTLEBORO The Center for Christian Living willhold a retreat for families, "Dare to Be Different," Sept. 27 to 29.

Information: 222-8530.

ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS Visitation Church Sunday Masses will be at 8 and 9:30 a.m. through Sept. 22, thereafter will revert to 9 a.m. Sunday Mass only. Saturday vigil Mass will be 4 p.m. New Visita,tion Women's Guild officers: Ger- , maine Paquette, president; Addie Priess, vice-president; Mary Manning, secretary; Lorrie Walther, secretary. Contributions of canned and'packaged foods as well as laundry and dish detergent will be collected

by Vincentians this weekend for the Lower Cape Outreach Food Pantries.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E.FREETOWN Third Order of St. Francis, Our Lady Queen of Angels day of recollection 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

Lerepos retreat with Annamarie Schmidt Sept. 20 to 22.

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

Sept. 18, religious education center.

Adult choir rehearsals resume 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16; new members welcome. Monthly hour will resume 7 p.m. Sept. 20.

Stonehill College Stonehill College, North Easton, will host a lecture on "Early Greek Political Thought and the Discovery of Politics" at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 in the main auditorium of the Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Institute for Law and Society.

Speaking will be Professor Kurt Raaflaub, John Rowe Workman Distinguished Professor of Classics and the Humanistic Tradition and professor of history at Brown University.

The lecture, open to the public, is the fir!!t in a series being sponsored by the college's honors program.

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