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Fall River Ilative ordained Bishop of Flort Worth By Father John F. Moore Fort Worth, Texas, is a new diocese with a new bishop. Amid the rising skyscrapers of it!l see city a native son of the diclcese of Fall River, the Most RI~ver end Joseph Patrick Delaney, became its second shepherd and the first to be ordained within its boundaries to the fullness of the priesthood. On Sunday, in the Ta:rrant County Convention Center, before a congregation of over 8000 people, Father Delaney knelt before Archbishop Patrick Flores, Metropolitan of the Provin<:e of San Antonio, for the ceremony of the laying on of hands. Over 20 ,bishops from the state of Texas also imposed hands on their new brother in the episcopacy. The ordination rite embraced not only the ancient liturgy of the church but also its diversity and unity in today's world. Readings and hymns were in English and Spanish and a 500voice choir, accompanied by a symphony orchestra, offered a program blending traditional music including a ninth-century Latin hymn, with contemporary guitar compositions and the ethnic ·music of Hispanic-Americans. One of the most moving moment of the ceremony occurred when the newly ordained bishop walked into the congregation to embrace his parents, Joseph and Jane Delaney of Holy Name parish, Fall River; his aunts, Margaret Delaney and Mary Mt:>ran,
both of SS. Peter and Paul parish, also Fall River; and his uncle, John Burke, a former diocesan employe now residing in County Tipperary, Ireland. His brothers and sister, together with most of his nephews and nieces, were also present to share the beauty of the moment. In remarks in English and Spanish, Archbishop flores said "today is a great day in the life of the Delaney family and for the diocese of Fort Worth. "When the joy and celebrations surrounding this appointment calm down," he continued, "the new bishop will face the day-today life of a bishop with its duties and many worries, its trials and satisfactions." Then, in a dramatic gesture, the archbishop called upon each department, organization and ministry of the diocese to stand and affirm its support for its new shepherd. In his own remarks, ~ishop Delaney exprssed gratitude to his predecessor, Bishop John Cassata, for his gracious and hospitable welcome. He pledged to enter into the spirit of his youthful diocese as it faces the future. In flawless Spanish he also pledged his support to poor and needy of his flock. Five priests from the diocese of Fall River attended the ordination and installation: Msgr. Patrick O'Neill, Rev. John Cronin, Rev. John Foister, Rev. Barry Wall and Rev. John Moore. The new bishop will return to Turn ·to Page Six
New Englan1d Scout leaders meet in North Dartmouth Tomorrow and Saturday the diocese of Fall River will be host to an Area I meeting of the national Catholic CommitteE! on Scouting. With the theme "The Scouting Program in Service to the Church," Scout leaders from all parts of New England will meet at the new diocesan Family Life Center in North Dartmouth for discussions of Scout religious awards, days of recollectiol1: and retreats and vocation programs. Also on the agenda will be consideration of Catholic-sponsored troops and the role of chaplain aides in the organization. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will greet convention delegates at the opening sesion tomorrow night. The program will conclude Sat-
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urday with a concelebrated Mass. Father Martin Buote, diocesan director of Catholic Scouting and Camp Fire, noted that area priests and others working with the Scout program are invited to participate in part or all of the program. Preceding the program, Father Buote and Mrs. Margaret Leger, diocesan chairperson for Girl Scouts and Camp Fire, are heading diocesan delegates at a meeting of the New England Committe for Catholic Girls' Organizations being held today in Portland, Maine. To be discussed are a recent national conference in Houston and the newly introduced "Family of God" religious recognition for Brownies and Bluebirds.
By Father Kenneth J. Doyle
CASTELGANDOLFO, I t a I y Pope John Paul II called work, along with prayer, the "way of sanctification" as he announced publication of the third encyclical of ,his pontificate, which was issued Tuesday. The encyclical deals with the nature of human work and the rights of workers, the pope said to a crowd of about 12,000 pilgrims who attended his Sunday Angelus talk at his summer residence at Castelgandolfo. The pope said that the document was written to mark the 90th anniversary of the encyclical "Rerum Novarum" of Pope Leo XIII. That papal letter, the first of the church's social en· cyclicals, exalted the rights of the working man and helped spearhead labor organizing after the industrial revolution. The two previous encyclicals of Pope John Paul were "Redemptor Hominus," issued in March • 1979, and "Dives in Misericordia," in November 1980. "Redemptor Hominus" detailed the role of the human person in God's plan of redemption, and "Dives in Misericordia" was devoted to the mercy of God and a reminder to human beings to share that mercy with one other by recognizing the dignity of individuals. In his Angelus message the pope said that the social issues discussed in Pope Leo's encyclical "must continually be re-examined in the forever-new context of time and circumstances." The pope indicated that his new encyclical was originally scheduled to be released to mark the May 15 anniversary of Pope Leo's document. In fact, said the pontiff, he had intended to speak about human work on May 13, the day on which he was shot in St. Peter's Square, "but what happened before the start of the audience prohibited me from speaking on this problem." The new encyclical had been prepared in advance of the May 13 audience, said the pope, but the time spent since then in the hospital and convalescing at Castelgandolfo had given him an opportunity to "review" it. During his· pontificate Pope John Paul has touched often on the rights of working· men, including the right to organize, and has criticized the exploitation of workers for profit. On Sunday the pope quoted from a discourse which he gave in 1979 at Guadalajara, Mexico, Turn to Page Six (NC) -
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Fall River pastor to retire Sept. 30 His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, has accepted the resignation of Father Laureano C. dos Reis from the pastorate of St. Anthony of Padua parish, Fall River, and has appointed Father Evaristo Tavares as administrator of the parish. The changes are effective Wednesday, Sept. 30. Father dos Reis has been pastor of St. Anthony's since 1955. Born in Capelas, St. Michael, Azores, the son of Joao and Maria (Camillo) dos Reis, he studied for the priesthood at the Seminary of A'ngra and was ordained June 11, 1933, by the Most Reverend Guilherme A. Guimaraes. He served on the island of S·t. Michael until 1938, when he came to the United States and was assigned as associate pastor
at St. Michael's Church, Fall River, where he served until 1946, then becoming associate pastor at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New Bedford. He remained at that post until he assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony of Padua. During his years at the Fall River parish the veteran pastor supervised construction of a new church building, dedicated May 20, 1969, by Bishop James L. Connolly. With its towering modernistic steeple dominating the Bedford Street landscape at 16th Street, the church has striking stained glass windows, contemporary stations of the ·cross and a distinctive glass-walled circular baptistry. On retirement Father dos Reis Turn to Page Six
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September 19-20, 1981 Dearly beloved in Christ, . Each year, "Catechetical Sunday" provides an opportunity for every parish to focus on one of its more important functions, namely, the ministry of catechesis, by which members of the parish community are assisted in acquiring and deepening their Christian faith. The theme for this year, "Called to Share in the Work of the Lord," reminds us of the apostolate carried out by hundreds of catechists throughout the Diocese of Fall River.
on this occasion, I have an opportunity to express my gratitude to these devoted catechists for their generosity in giving time and effort precisely in order to make Christ and His teaching better known. All parents whose children receive religious training from catechists should be thankful for the rich new dimension which religious instruction adds to the values and knowledge transmitted to their children in the home. On this Catechetical Sunday, I wish to offer words of encouragement to our catechists and to all who assist in the preparation and presentation of catechetical programs. Sharing in the work of the Lord by instructing children, youth and adults is, indeed, a great privilege. Ultimately, it is the Lord Himself who beckons' me~bers of the parish' COmmunity to assist in carrying out His work in the area of catechesis. This call is articulated by the Bishop, in collaboration with his co-workers, the priests. I encourage catechists to respond to this call with fidelity and with. courage. Be assured that the Lord, who has issued the call, will provide the grace necessary to accomplish His will. Remember that your ministry will be fruitful insofar as you remain faithful to the teaching of Christ and His Church. This teaching, which is "the word of faith," (Romans 10:8), must be offered whole and entire, with all its beauty, its hope and its demands. As our beloved Holy Father pope John Paul II has declared, " ••• in catechesis, it is Christ, the incarnate Word and Son of God, who is taught and it is Christ alone who teaches ••• anyone else teaches to the extent that he is Christ's spokesman, enabling Christ to teach with his lips." (Catechesis in Our Time, 6) Asking God's blessing upon all in the Diocese of Fall River who are engaged in the work of catechesis, ~ remain Devotedly yours in Christ,
Bishop of Fall River
WASHINGTON (NC) - A United Nations conference on economic assistance to the world's poorest countries is an opportunity to develop "moral interdependence" among nations, according to the president of the U.S. Catholic Conference, John R. Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis. The archbishop's statement called attention to the UN Conference on least Developed Countries, which opened Sept. 1 in Paris. Archbishop Roach noted that the long-term goal of the two-week meeting in Paris is to transform the economies of the poor nations. DALLAS (NC) - The New RJight used a RaHy for life in Dallas ,to send a message to elected officials: that politicians differ with many constituents on such issues as abortion and that the New Right is distressed by the nomination of Sandra O'Connor to the U.S. Supreme Court. "We want to remind you ... that you are woefully out of step with the moral concelns of grassroots America, especially on the slaughter of innocent Americans," said Edl McAteer, head of Religious Roundtable at the opening of the rally Sept. 3. LA PAZ, Bolivia (NC) _. A Na.tional Press Association protest Hsting past violations against the news media and its workers shows that Catholic news media have been placed under restrictions during :the past 13 months. The protest, issued dn late August, lists arrests, tortU1'e or exile of journalists and raids on facilities of radio and . print operations. The Catholic daily, Presencia, owned by the Bolivian bishops, was raided twice this year by Interior Ministry agents and some of its offices damaged. The government suspended the nE!WSpaper for a week in January, accusing it of engaging in libel.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland (NC) - One of seven jailed Irish Republ,ican Army 'guerriiHas on hunger strike in Nor.thern Ireland ended his fast Sept. 4 and was given medical treatment at the request of his family, a British government spokesman said. The spokesman said the family of Matthew Devlin, 31, an liRA member, asked doctors to save his Jife when he feB unconscious. He had been fasting since July 15. Devlin was ,the fourth man to end his fast since the hunger strike began March 1. Ten guerrillas, mostly members of the IRA, have starved to death in an effort to force the British government to improve conditions in the Maze prison near Belfast. VATICAN CITY (NC) _. The Vatican announced that it had "never made statements or expressed theories" that any group or government might have been behind Mehmet Ali Agca's attempt to assassinate 'Pope John Paul II May 13. The Vatican announcement, made Sept. 5, came in. response to newsmen's questions concerning reports that the KGB, the Soviet secret police, or Eastern European countries had engineered the ~tack. A British news program, "TV Eye," -shown Sept. 3, had specula.ted ,that the Soviets were worried about the impact of the pope's strong defense of Solidarity, the Polish ~abor union. GDANSK, Poland (NC) -- Links with the Catholic Church were prominent as the Polish independent oJabor union, Solidarity, held its first nationaoJ conga-ess. Before the congress opened Sept. 5 about 5,000 union members gathered in the Gdansk cathedral for a Mass celebrated by Poland's leading churchman, ATChbi~hop Jozef Glemp of Warsaw and Gniezno. The archbishop said that Solidarity had been born in anger but must now work for peace and order in ·Poland. MeanwhHe Polish-born Pope John Paul II in his Sunday Angelus talk at his summer a-esidence south of Rome voiced support for Solidal'ity.
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LOS ANGELES (NC) - "Extension of the Voting Rights Act is a matter of hasic justice," said Auxiliary Bishop Juan Arzube of Los AngelE;ls. "Minorities of this country should expect nothing qess than full participation in the politicllil process," the bishop said in a statement issued in Los Angeles. The bishop caUed the act."one of the most important civil rights laws ever enacted." Major portions of the 1965 law wil:l expi,re next August unless extended by Congress. WASHINGTON (NC) - A new study of the Hyde amendment's impact on abortion seems to prove that women have not been seeking "back al:ley" abortions. The study by the federal Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta found that only one percent of women who might have sought an abor-tion under the Medicaid program turned to iBegal abor:tions. But pro-<life leaders said that limiting the overal1 number of abortions was not the intent of the amendment. The purpose was "to take the government out of the business of paying for the killing of unborn. babies" said Dr. J. C. Wi:llke, president of the National Right to Life Committee.
"OF SUCH is the kingdom of heaven." Pre-school youngsters at Holy Ghost parish, Attleboro.
WASHINGTON (NC) - Msgr. George G. Higgins, former U.S. Catholic Conference secretary for special concerns and a long-time 'labor advocate, has been named trustee of a special AFL-erO fund for the famitHes of striking air 'traffic controllers. The fund is to help P.rofessional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) members' families confronted with financi8'l crisis. Msgr. Higgins, 65, worked for the usec for 36 years before Tetir-ing Sept. 1" 1980.
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Papal visit BIRMINGHAM, England (NC) - Cardinal George Bas:il Hume of Westminster, England, warned against overburdening Pope John Paul II when he visits Great Britain at the end of May next year. The cardinal's comments were made in a letter to the 12th anDUal meeting of the ::-;rational Conference of Priests, held in Birmingham Sept. 7-11. The conference consists of elected representatives of the 7,000 Catholic priests of England and Wales engaged in pastoral work. "As you will doubtless realize there are new factors in relation to the visit of the holy father," said the cardinal in a lletter to the conference's chairma.n, Father Robert Spence. "His well-being and security problems are grounds for anxiety for the organizers." "I for my part (and I speak only for myself) am most anxious that the visit should be both pastorally beneficial and frugal - and we must not impose on the holy father burdens that will be too heavy, as he con1inues to regain his former strength," added the cardinal. The priests' conferem:e plans to draft a letter of welcome to the pope, setting out what it sees as the most important aspects of the church's life and mission in this country.
Jesuit Returns ROME (NC) - Father Pedro Arrupe, superior gener~ll of the Jesuits, has returned to the Jesuit generalate after four weeks at Rome's Salvator Mundi hospital. The 73-year-old Spanish priest suffered a stroke on Aug. 7 at the Rome Airport after I~eturning from a two-week trip to visit Jesuit communities in the Philippines. Father Arrupe is grad.ually regaining his ability to speak and is beginning to show SOrtle movement in his right hand, which at first was' paralyzed by the stroke. Doctors have described a period of complete rest for Father M'rupe. He is staying in a small infirmary in the Jesuit generalate. He is not to have any official visitors, is not to force himself to speak and must refrain from any tiring activity. The 28th successor to St. Ignatius tendered his resignation as head of the world's largest religious order in April 1980 because of advancing ,Olge, but Pope John Paul II requested that he stay on. Since Father Arrupe's stroke the "temporary vicar" of the 27,000-member society has been Father Vincent O'Keefe, a 61year-old American wh,o is the former persident of Fordham University and one oJ order's four assistant generals. Jesuit sources said the order is awaiting word reg,arding a general congregation which will choose Father Arrupe's successor, but that that word must come from the pope, to whom Jesuits are called to pledge a special loyalty.
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Coptic pope under arrest CAIRO '(NC) - Mayo, the newspaper of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party, said Sept. 7 that Pope Shenouda III, patriarch of the 5 million Egyptian Christian Copts, had been "advised" to stay in his monastery and was "not allowed" to travel either to Cairo or Alexandria. This step effectively excludes him from contacts with other members of the church. The newspaper said the pope's offcial seal no longer has any value and that he was told not to see any congregation. The disclosure of these additional measures came two days after President Anwar Sadat announced the annulment of a 1971 government decree giving official state recognition to the election of Shenouda as the 117th patriarch of the Orthodox Coptic Church. He has said a commission of five bishops was being set up to take over papal duties. Despite this apparent disestablishment of Pope Shenouda, a church spokesman said Sept. 7 that he was still regarded as the spiritual leader of the church and the "pope of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark." He said the commission Sadat was establishing would handle only administrative duties and relations with the state. Pope Shenouda's position is now that Sadat no longer regards him as the patriarch, while the bishops of the church still do, at least in spiritual matters. Whether a real confrontation was developing between the church and the state over the pope's status was not immediately clear. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Religious Affairs has taken its first steps since S'adat's announcement to tighten control over mosques controlled by Mos-
lem fundamentalist groups and their clerics. The official government news agency said the first 65 of 40,000 privately run mosques were being put under government supervision and that only preachers authorized by the ministry or the AI Ahzar University would be allowed to speak from now on after prayer services on Friday. At the end ,of August, Sadat ordered the arrest of more than 1,500 religious extremists both Christian and Moselm, and various opposition elements, including lawyers, joUrnalists and politicians. He also took a number of other measures to halt the sectarian strife afflicting the country, including the closing of 13 religious extremists societies and seven religious and political publications.
Montfort head ROME (NC) - Father Gerard Lemire, a native of Montreal, has been elected superior general of the Montfort Missionary Fathers and the Daughters of Wisdom, two congregations founded in France by St. Louis Grignon of Montfort. Father Lemire, 51, was ordained in 1957. Until earlier this year he was provincial s~perior of the Montfort Fathers in Canada.
Sister Patricia Sullivan, OP, Sister Carol Regan, SUSC, and Sister Barbara McCarthy, OP, were among over 500 members of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious attending a five·day meeting in Indianapolis last month. They are provincial superiors respectively of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation, the Holy Union Sisters and the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena. They joined in a unanimous resolution opposing production of the MX missile, the neutron bomb and other "planned instruments of destruction." In a statement the LCWR also approved committing its members: - To be solidly united with the poor and the oppressed; - To work toward the equality of all people, especially women, both in church and society; - To do all in their power to eliminate racism in all its forms; - To dedicate themselves to affirming the right of self-deter- ' mination of all peoples, especially those in Latin America; and - To work toward equitable distribution of the earth's resources for all people. The Indianapolis meeting, the 25th anniversary assembly of the LCWR, focused on social justice and prophecy. Installed on the final day of the meeting as LCWR president for 1981-82, Sister Bette Moslander, a Sister of St. Joseph of Concordia, Kan., recalled the words of Pope John Paul II at Hiroshima, Japan: "To remember the past is to commit oneself to the future." Franciscan Sister 'Lauretta Mather of Milwaukee told the LCWR members that dehuman-
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ization, the legitimization of evil, violence, fear, idolatry' and isolation are major evils permeating present society and also influencing religious congregagations. She urged her hearers to disassociate themselves from these evils. Elizabeth and David DodsonGray, directors of the Bolton Institute for a Sustainable Future, Wellesley, Mass., discussed fuM ture needs and dangers facing the earth's inhabitants. Stressing the interrelatedness of all systems of the universe, the Dodson-Grays recalled that most Americans have been educated to tunnel vision. "We are not used to thinking in the context of interrelatedness," they said. "We have been trained to think in terms of cause and effect. The reality is that events are results of many interacting causes." Other new officers commissioned on the last day of the assembly included Sister Helen Flaherty, Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, vice persident; Sister Mary Canavan, Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station, N.J., secretary; and Sister Catherine Laboure Fitman, Sisters of Providence, Holyoke, Mass., treasurer.
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themoori~ A Definite Must A recent article in a national Catholic magazine stated that most nuptial Masses are liturgical messes. To substantiate this point of view, it was pointed out that in many parish situations the ceremonies are disjointed and the priest almost a passive participant. However, the greatest amount of criticism was aimed at the music that one has to endure at weddings. If a wedding today is to be in the social mainstream, then most couples attempt to turn the church into a supper club. Relying on familiar pop tunes, soloists usually croon anything from "We've Only Just Begun" to "You Light Up My Life." Often guest guitarists or local night club artists find their way into the sp'otlight with endless verse and an equal infinity of poor talent. All in all, most marriage ceremonies for all their religious significance could be held in anything but a church. Much of this attitude of course does stem from pure commercialism. Couples rent churches as they would a banquet hall. So very often disappointment sets in when a couple can't get the church at the time they want because they already have made reception plans a year in advance. With this mentality as a start for the entire rites and rituals, is it any wonder that our wedding ceremonies have lost a great deal of their sacramental meaning. Yet, amid "Sunrise, Sunset," most churches want to maintain peace at all costs.. Few couples take the time to sit down and talk about the sacramental aspect of marriage. Secular show biz has entered the sanctuary. Grooms are made to look like Prince Charming; brides like Cinderella. Lights, cameras and now video tape are everywhere. What the couple wants is what the couple gets. Well, we know only too well from the short-lived days of many marriages that from the very beginning such couples just did not give the Lord or themselves sufficient time and reflection. In their effort to put on a good show, so many ignore the reality of what should be the very core of their marriage. Love is viewed from the now. Words of faith, trust or confidence are seldom mentioned in the effort to make sure that everyone is kept happy. Fortunately, there is a real glimmer of hope amidst all this pretense. More and more dioceses, realizing the low regard for marriage in today's society, are trying to bring some sense of sacrament to the lives of couples who choose a church wedding. Engaged Encounter and Pre-Cana programs offer an optimism that has not been present for a gen~ration. Many parish priests, who often must pick up the pieces of' a shattered marriage, are actively involved in these programs that reach out to help couples get their lives straightened out before they enter the state of matrimony. The best news is that there are a growing number of young people who realize that all the trappings and trimmings to stage a great party have little meaning as they seek to find the Lord of Love and Life in their personal relationship. These efforts to ensure that one views marriage as a sacrament and not a sideshow are not optional. They are a must if we as a believing community wish to stem the ever-climbing divorce rate. We must replace the secular with sacrament.
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International liaison By Jerry FUteau NC News Service
What do a bus driver in New Mexico, a nurse in Tanzania, a youth worker in Appalachia, an irrigation engineer in Bangladesh and an inner-city school teacher in New York have in common? Their jobs are some of the thousands that International Liaison, Inc. tries to help fill with Catholic laymen willing to offer one to five years as lay apostles. International Liaison's second title, the U.S. Catholic Coordinating Center for Lay Volunteer Ministries, describes its work more fully. Last year it helped place more than", 1,500 lay Catholics in ministries needed by religious orders, parishes, diocesan mission agencies and other Catholic organizations. Recently Matthew Paratore, International Liaison's executive secretary, and Father Jan Olowin, member and past president of its executive board, were in Rome to explain the agency's work to the Pontifical Council for the Laity and other Vatican officials. They told NC News that their program is unique in its comprehensive approach to lay ministry. The more than 100 International Liaison members, including religious orders, diocesan offices and lay mission agencies, are required to meet certain standards of employment for the jobs they are trying to fill. These include adequate job descriptions, screenir:g of candidates - including psychological testing in many cases, especially 'for overseas mission work -
and adequate training programs, stipends, living conditions and health benefits. The key approach used in recruiting lay volunteers, said Paratore, is "our theological thrust, which makes us different: We're talking abou:~ a temporary but total vocation. It's for one, two, three, maybe five years, but they are asked to give themselves totally." International Liaison is affiliated with the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in the United States and is a coordinating-referral agency for numerous types of organizations. A mechanic who contacts International Liaison this year might be referred to two or three Indian missions in the Midwest, Northwest or Southwest, and two or three missionary orders having domestic and foreign missions. The essential approach of International Liaison is simple. It links potential lay ministers with agencies needing their skills. It publishes an annual booklet listing member organizations and the personnel they are looking for, with cross-indexes to help a potential a:pplicant focus on organizations that may need him. A preliminary application sent to International Liaison by a potential volunteer leads to a return letter telling the applicant which organizations might be interested in his talents and letters to those organizations telling them of the potential applicant. After that the applicants and organizations are in direct contact. According to Paratore, about 75 to 80 percent of the volunteers placed through International Liaison work in ministries
within the United States. He said the biggest single category is teachers with ministries also including accountant, administrator, skilled tradesman and youth worker. "Teachers are always in demand," he said. "The problem is to avoid becoming just a recruitment office for Catholic school teachers." He said they refuse teacher requests "unless a definite mission thrust is there." Father Olowin described lay minstries as a part of the future thrust of many religious orders. He said many of them are looking at lay associates - trained and formed in the spirit of their communities but without the religious vows - as part of "a whole new life for them." The kind of cooperation and feedback promoted by International Liaison, he said, can also bring a whole new dimension to diocesan mission offices. Most used to be little more than fundraising agencies for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, he said, but now "they have a larger task than before." He cited his own office in Erie, which in cooperation with the Holy Ghost Fathers is training and sending lay volunteers to several places in Africa. Father Olowin and Paratore said that most of the lay volunteers placed through International Liaison range between the ages of 25 and 60, and many enter a lay ministry after years of work in professional or skilled fields. Further information on International Liaison is available from 1234 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.
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best friend a wouldbe writer can have is a talkative mother," s',aid the article in the writers' magazine. I read the sentence again, speculating on whether I should be pleased or insulted. ][ decided to be positive. What a legacy I am giving my children, I preened. A pity they don't appreciate it. (I'm still smarting over my 10. J ear-old's astonishment a few years back when he learned that people paid to hear me talk). Because one of my too many hats is occasional teacher of professional writing, I was intensely interested in an article I found in the magazine on the relationship between talent and writing success. I liked the first part immensely and found. myself nodding enthusiastically and underlining copiously until I reached the part that :made me squirm. Author Sloan Wilson indicated that he was about to treat us to eight characteristics that distinguish people who write well enough to publish. The first of these was verbal facility. I liked his introduction to it: "Probably this is acquired by inheritance or environment. The best friend a would-be writer can have is a talkative mother." Well, the Lord wamed priding and falling. While congratulating myself, Wilson hit a nerve. "It is
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His mother-in-law died last month and the young man sounded mournful as he talked about her death. Without consulting her children, she had willed her body to a medical school, requesting the school to cremate her remains when it had finished with them. The children, grown and in their 30s, were crushed. The mother had belm a sour woman, difficult to get along with, and prone to use guilt to manipulate her child.ren. The son-in-law said, sadly, that Qe believed the woman had managed to inflict pain on her children even in death. She did this by denying them any knowledge of her plans and also by denying them a time to grieve their mother's death a1 a dignified burial. Then he added the s~Lddest epitaph, in a tone that held no vengeance, only distress: "'That woman made me a worse person by coming into my life." I shuddered. I had an actual physical reaction to his comment and all it said about someone who should have made him a better person becau~:e she had borne the wife he loved. We all know that people have existed since life bllgan who were cruel and who exploited others. History books are loaded with such characters. So are
ble to be tongue-tied and still have verbal facility with a pen, but most writers I know talk a great deal and come from families that talk a great deaL" Bingo. Ouch. Unfair. Humiliating. True. I talk too much of the time and I don't much like myself for it later. If I could design myself, I would be a serene and mysterious observer of people, accepting their ideas without disagreement or comment, and totally loved for my self-control. I would also write fiction. The worst part of all this is lack of scapegoats. Whose fault is it that one talks too much or not at all? God's? Parents? Our own? And is it a vice or a virtue? As a teacher, B.C. (Before Children of my own), I used to tell parents that their children never said anything, implying this was a problem. They stared at me as if to ask, "But what can we do about it? He doesn't talk at home, either." I recently read the response of a student who told his teacher he didn't join in classroom discussion because: "I think I will learn more by listening. Anything I would say, I already know." I thought back then that parents simply told their children to talk or to hush up and they did. Foolish pre-mother. Then I had three of my own: one who talks, one who doesn't and one who talks when he feels like it.
legacy books of fiction. Scrooge, of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," was one of the most infamous characters of fiction. I assume his creator must have known a few real Scrooges upon whom he based his character. Scrooge, of course, was lucky. He was given a revelation, allowing him to see himself as others saw him. His heart was softened. I too have known people who are selfish, sour, miserable. You find them all around - in peer groups, in work situations, in civic associations, in politics and in health-care systems. I reacted with revulsion at the son-in-law's comment because he had described a relationship between family members that was terrible and now it was too late to change it. The mother-inlaw would have no second chance to mellow. The memory of the incident still makes me shudder. It would terrify me if I thought the sonin-law's words would be my epitaph. There's an often-quoted thought that my mother used to repeat when she would talk to me about the meaning of being a good person in this world. "I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show another human being, let me do it now. Let me
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Here's where I take issue with Sloan Wilson - they all write and communicate well. There's a big difference between talking and communicating. We communicate ill lots of ways - by silence, glances, listening, body language, expressions and reactions. Communicating builds relationships. Talking clarifies personal thinking and initiates lively discussion. At least, that's what it does in our family. We find out what we think by talking it out with one another. When the family isn't here and I have to clarify something I write, I talk to myself, often taking the pro and con on the way to the refrigerator to see if there's an answer there. When we're at the table or in the car we have animated discussions on the state of the world or of the boys' rooms. We all talk, unfortunately sometimes simultaneously. Did my mother talk a lot? Yes. Does that prove Sloan Wilson's point? Yes. Does that make me feel any better about talking too much? No.
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not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." After my talk with that young man, I found myself remembering the great people, philosophers and holy leaders who had impressed me throughout my life. I examined my conscience hoping to discover how I stacked up against their wisdom. I was jolted into putting new effort into my relationships with others to guarantee that no one could ever say their lives were made worse by coming into contact with me. And I started adding to my daily prayers' the petition of St. Francis of Assisi, "Lord make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love . . . "
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cutback decried A Reagan administration proposal to scale back affirrnative action requirements for government contractors has brought to the surface again the debate over public and private reports to correct past practices of discrimination. Affirmative action generally refers to a variety of efforts by business and education to help the victims of discrimination return to an equal footing in jobs and schools. The tools of affirmative action can include special efforts to recruit minorities or to establish goals and timetables aimed at raising the level of minority employment or admissions. Under the Reagan plan, announced in late August by Labor Secretary Raymond J. Donovan, many businesses benefiting from government contracts and there are a substantial number of them because of the size and spending habits of government - would be relieved of the "burden" of affirmative action paperwork. More specifically, many medium sized businesses no longer would have to file formal documents showing what steps they are taking to raise the number of minorities and women in their workforce to levels equal to the area's general employment pattern. Also eliminated would be requirements that businesses being considered for the new federal contracts submit to a review of their hiring practices before the contract can be awarded. Like many issues in Washington these days the proposal was criticized from both sides: business groups contended the new rules didn't go far enough in easing a major regulatory burden, while civil rights groups decried the proposal as a retreat from the anti-discrimination progress of the past two decades. All sides have until the end of October to file comments on the proposal, after which final regulations will be issued. Among the supporters of the concept of affirmative action are the U.s. bishops, who in a 1979 pastoral letter said racism sometimes is the source of the sentiment that too much is being given minorities through affirmative action plans. "At times protestations claiming that all persons should be equal reflects the desire to maintain the status quo," the bishops said. While few would argue against the concept of equal employment opportunity, proponents of affirmative action maintain that additional steps must be taken to ensure the rights of minorities. President Lyndon Johnson, for instance, said in 1965, "You do
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not take a person who for years has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, 'You are free to compete with' all the others,' and still justly believe that you have been completely fair." But to many others the governbent's affirmative action rules are just one more example of federal overregulation of private enterprise. Government should encourage minority hiring by business but should not mandate what steps should be taken. Proponents of affirmative action maintain, however, that government has the obligation to see that tax funds are expended in a way that ensures that public policy goals will be met. Telling businesses which receive federal monies that they must comply with an affirmative action policy is a legitimate funC拢ion of government, proponents say. One, Father Frederick M. Hinton, executive director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, says it is "deplorable" that affirmative action is being attacked so much these days. The rules being scaled back merely establish "government as arbiter to insure that (business) will do not only what is to its individual advantage but also to the advantage of the larger common good," he said in an interview. Father Hinton also maintained that affirmative action never was meant to provide minorities with an advantage over others in seeking jobs or schooling. "It (affirmative action) simply recognizes the way the system functions and attempts to insure that those previously excluded will be able to participate," he said. Still, the future of government affirmative action programs is cloudy, even though the Supreme Court in the 1978 landmark Bakke "reverse discrimination" case said affirmative action is constitutional even if strict quotas are not. A Senate subcommittee chaired by Sen. Orrin Hatch (RUtah) has been holding hearings on affirmative action this year in what some critics charge is an apparent attempt to dismantle affirmative action even further. Hatch also has introduced a constitutional amendment that would ban the federal and state governments from making any distinctions - including affirmative employment steps - based on race, color or national origin.
Work Rewarded Work your work before the time and he will give you your reward in his time." - Ecclus. 51:38
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(necroloQY) September 18 Rev. Luke Golla, SS.CC., 1945, Seminary of Sacred Heart, Wareham Rt. Rev. Edmund J. Ward, 1964, Pastor, St. Patrick, Fall River
By Father John Catoir Do you remember the summer of '66? It was a summer of rioting and racial unrest. Stories about Vietnam and political corruption filled the newspapers all through thoses hot months. If you believed everything you read in the papers, you would have thought America was finished as a nation.
AT COMMUNION BREAKFAST at OUf Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford, sponsored by St. Vincent de Paul Council of Greater New Bedford, from left, George Mendonca, council president; Manuel Gomes, Mt. Carmel conference president; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, VG, Mt. Carmel pastor.
Choir workshop set for Tuesday The Fall River chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians will sp.onsor a workshop on Choir Techniques at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Holy Name School, Fall River. To be addressed are rehearsal techniques and choir recruiting, repertoire and motivation. The presentation will be given by George Campeau, music director
September 19 Rev. Henry E. S. Henniss, 1859, Pastor, St. Mary, New Bedford September 20 Rev. Simon A. O'Rourke, 1918, Chaplain, United States Navy Rev. Orner Valois, 1958, Pastor, Sacred Heart, New Bedford September 21 Rev George Pager, 1882, Founder, Sacred Heart, New Bedford Rev. George Jowdy, 1938, Pastor, Our Lady of Purgatory, New Bedford Septmebr 24 Rev. Joseph E. C. Bourque, 1955, Pastor, Blessed Sacrament, Fall River
at St. Joseph's Church, New Bedford, and a faculty member at Bishop Stang High Schol and Providence College. A' following discussion will be led by Ron Allison of St. Lawrence parish, New Bedford. Registration should be made by Sunday with Geraldine Boles, Cape area, 771-3062; Glenn Giuttari,Fall River and Attleboro
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OFFICIAL iRETIREMENT Rev. Laureano C. dos Reis, retired as pastor of St. Anthony of Padua parish, Fall River. APPOINTMENT Rev. Evaristo Tavares, associate pastor of Our Lady of Angels parish, FaH River, to administrator of St. Anthony of Padua pal'lish, Fan River. 'Both changes .are effective Wednesday, September 30, 1981.
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Turn to Page Two his native diocese to celebrate a special Mass of thanksgiving at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, in the church of his baptism, Sacred Heart, Fall River. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will preseide at the ceremony. His friends: are invited to attend the Mass and a reception to follow. Bishop Delaney, before leaving the Fall River diocese to assist the then Bisl:op Humberto Medeiros in .Brownsville, Tex., was associate pastor at Sacred Heart parish and chaplain of Coyle High School, both in Taunton.
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But one editorial put aside all the emotionalism. The September 16 issue of Life magazine that year had a brief footnote on the bottom of its editorial page. It began: "At the end of another 'long, hot summer,' it is worth noting that approximately 21,999,000 U.S. Negroes (out of 22 million) did not throw any Molotov cock· tails, tip over any automobiles. smash any store windows, or otherwise rampage or riot. "Approximately 172,999,000 U.S. whites (out of 173 million) did not throw rocks or rotten vegetables or yell 'black bastard,' or otherwise insult or interfere w.ith Negroes staging lawful demonstrations." Not many editorials ... are "worth noting" 15 years after the fact, btu that one certainly is. It puts things in perspective, and that basically is the responsibility of a good newspaper. We are all so inundated with news about rape, murder, arson, terrorism and the like, that we become programmed for gloom, seeing so much evil, we begin to feel that society has gone mad. Not so, not so. Most people are good. Criminals and headline seekers are only a tiny percentage of our nation. It's a shame we hear and read so much about them. This is not to criticize press coverage - we do need to know what is happening but you don't have to soak it up. For your own spiritual well-being you should protect yourself from bad news pollution. It can lead to mental depression and pessimism. There is so much good being done in this world, more than you possibly imagine. You'll feel better if you concentrate on the good. The Lord wants you to be happy because of the knowledge of His love. To cultivate a joyful heart, reduce the negative in· fluences invading your psyche everyday. Break your addiction to bad news. Kick the habit, and be happy. "Serve the Lord with gladness, come before Him singing for joy." (Psalm 100) For a free copy of the Christopher News Notes, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48th St., New York, N.Y. 10017.
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Hints for ushers By Brian Baker ALBANY, N.Y. (NC) - Ushers may be the Rodney Dangerfields of the liturgical service - like the comedian, they sometimes "don't get no respect." Parishioners complai.n that ushers get people into Communion lines like a ringmastElr directing the Barnum and Bailey Circus, that they sit in back of church and talk or smo:ke cigarettes, that they act as if they own the church. Father Richard Fragomeni, coordinator for liturgy for the Albany Diocese, said there is probably some solid evid.mce for complaints against ushers. In fact, he said, if some are less than hospitable it's probably because they are adhering to an old conception of their role which puts less emphasis on being cordial than on corraling people into pews. "We've all seen the type of usher with the two fingers up, rushing down an aisle way, ahead of people and then quickly waving them into a seat. He's all business," Father Fragomenti said. He said he believes those who greet and seat people in church should exude a bit more warmth. "Usher is a bad word to describe what these people should be doing. They should do more than show people to their seats and take up collection:s." The title that liturgillts prefer to use .today instead of usher is "minister of hospitality," which though longer and more awkward-sounding, is morEl descriptive and encompassing., While changing the name of ushers can help, it takes more than that to change their image. And to expand their Irole from official doorkeeper to host can take some doing, but it usually pays off, according to Father Fragomeni. One church, for example, decided to update its ushElring with a concerted effort to make it more personal and friendly. It began with six familiel; - men, women and children - who were instructed to: be at c:hurch 20 minutes before Massi :make it a
point to meet one person he or she did not know; introduce at least one person to at least one other person; invite people to sit up towards the front of the church. The program was such a success that within six months, there were more people interested in getting involved than there were Masses to accommodate them. According to Father Fragomen, the value of the greater emphasis on cordiality among ushers is that it encourages a closeness, a humaness. "Ministers of hospitality can help create a holy buzzing of congenial people," said Father Fragomeni, indicating however that the congregation should not become a talkfest that disrupts the flow of the liturgy. "But we don't have to worry about a friendly greeting or exchange. The more we're human with one another the more we're holy. It shows that the church building is not God's house, it's a house for God's people," he said. While women customarily have not taken roles as ushers, there are no reasons they shouldn't, he continued. "Women have a knack for that sort of thing, and sometimes make better ministers of hospitality than men. "What we're interested in today is broadening the concept of the usher's responsibility. There's more to it than seating people for a business meeting or corralling them like cattle.
Island gets nuncio VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican is establishing diplomatic relations with Dominica, a West Indies island which is a self-governing state in association with Great Britain. Discovered by Columbus in 1493, it was settled by the French in the 18th century but later became a British possession. It has a population of 70,000. The Holy See will name a papal nuncio to Dominica, which will appoint an ambassador to the Vatican.
Dear Editor: Recently a group of priests, sisters, ministers and seminarians visited Norfolk State Prison as part of a course in clinical pastoral education. The prisoners were pleased to "see how these Christians love one another." Their hope for the future was strengthened. For these leaders will influence thousands by what they say in the pulpit, religion class, university, and in small groups. Because of this visit to Norfolk they will be better able to minister to prisoners, victims and their respective families. Many prisoners have had very bad experiences with church people. Most clergy and their congregations fear crim~, are condemnatory of the law-breaker, do not know how to minister to victims, prisoners, ex-offenders
and their families, thus are immobilized in the face of brokenness, pain, punishment, evil and sin. Jesus Christ wants us to be conscious of prisoners. We as Christians have so many gifts, blessings, graces, healing powers and talents which can be extended to those persons. Regular visitation by present and future religious leaders can be a big part of the solution to crime and punishment. Rev. Joseph P. MoDermott Catholic Chaplain Norfolk State Prison
Mortal threat Dear Editor: Awake, America! Why do you sleep? How long will you slumber? The greatest danger of your entire history now cJlnfronts you. This mortal threat comes not from some foreign foe menacing your shores but from the enemy within. ... The Pentagon planners are mapping stategy for a long, all-
out war. Our draft board system is being set up now to press our young men into this war machine. The war machine is being put in high gear and the American people are being economically, psychologically and politically readied for war. America! Must you wait until your population lies slaughtered and your cities incinerated before becoming aroused. Write your politicians and protest this unprecedented militarization of our land. If we refuse to pay for these war preparations now, we may well avoid another war later. This decision to payor not must be made first in the conscience of each American taxpayer before our politicians will have the moral courage to reflect this decision in their own appropriation decisions. Paul J. Perreault Taunton
Heads chaplains HAGERSTOWN, Md. (NC) Father Kloman F. Riggie, Catholic chaplain at the Maryland Correctional Training Center in Hagerstown, has been elected president of the American Catholic Correctionai Chaplains Association.
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JACKSON, Miss. (NC) - "I guess the notoriety started when President Reagan was given one of my chairs by the Neshoba County Fair Association," said Greg Harkins, a craftsman from Jackson. "The committee wanted to give the president something representative of the state, so they chose the handmade rocking chair," he said. "A couple of months later one of Reagan's aides called to say tpe president wanted a pair and ordered another. Since then orders have picked up a good bit." So how did Harkins, a parishioner at St. Richard Church in Jackson and a 1976 Mississippi State University psychology graduate, end up making furniture? Harkins explained that he got the psychology degree because it best fit his requirements for graduation after he had changed majors several times. After graduation he went to live with his grandparents in central Mississippi and began free-lancing with other craftsmen. He then worked for two years in a furniture factory and decided the factory didn't suit him. "I left them before I lost my mind," he said. "I realized I was not actually a craftsman but a button-pusher and this was not what I wanted." So Harkins then worked as an apprentice with a master craftsman, Tom Bell, for 18 months, learning how to get "personal with wood." After his appren::iceship, Harkins set up shop in an old ware-
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house north (),f Jackson. He keeps the location quiet to avoid disruptions and he had his shop phone taken out. Now, his sister Jean manages the furniture store in Jackson and takes the calls. At 29 Harkins helieves he is something of an endangered species for several reasons.· The first is the lack of young apprentices and craftsmen. "When I first got into woodwork, I used to know 10 different craftsmen. Now I would have a hard time finding a handful of them," he said. Another reason is the "rape of southern forests by timber companies. "Oh, the timber companies do replant, with pines, but they don't replant the oaks, ash or other types of trees they cut down," Harkins said. "I wonder just what type of wood I will be using for chairs in 10-15 years." Harkins does 9Q..95 percent of the work himself. Younger helpers sometimes assist in the sanding and staining and local craftsmen help with caning occasionally. He produces about 12 chairs a week. "I use basically the same method of building chairs ~s was used in the 1800s and I don't use nails to hold them together." Instead, he uses construction which calls for green lumber in the front and back posts and dry lumber for the center pieces. By the time the wood shrinks, it holds together as if made of concrete. Harkins usually uses ash or oak because they are sturdier than pine. He demonstrated his chairs' strength at a local crafts
show when a Mercedes-Benz was placed on top of· four chairs. Despite bearing an average weight of 1,400 pounds per wheel, the chairs were undamaged. In addition to his White House orders, Harkins has also made a chair for a nationally syndicated radio commentator, Paul Harvey, who said he may want an entire set. Rep. Trent Lott (RMiss.) got one for the Andrew Jackson room at the U.S. Capitol. Those are widely known names, but for Harkins the real "celebrities" are the people wllo purchased the chairs when he first hegan his business and needed orders.
Shrine footpath named after pope ROME (NC) - The footpath leading to the ancient Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Italy's Prenestine Mountains has been named the Karol Wojtyla footpath in honor of Pope John Paul II. The six-mile-long path was dedicated with a concelebrated Mass attended by about 250 Italians and 24 Poles from Krasnik, who planted a pine tree to mark the occasion. Before being elected pope, Karol Wojtla often visited the shrine during stays in Italy. He last visited it seven days after his election to the papacy. The shrine is loca~ed on 290foot-high Mount GuadagnolQ, about 25 miles from Rome. It is believed to date to the fourth century.
The Church and housing By John Maher
In their 1975 statement, "The Right to a Decent Home:: A Pastoral Response to the Crisis in Housing," the U.S. Catholic bishops said advocacy was one of the functions' the church could perform in relation to housing. "As an advocate," they said, "the church should analyze housing needs ill the light of 'the Gospel, make judgments and offer ·suggestions. On the national level we should attempt to educate people regarding the demands of justice in the area of housing and suggest principles upon which proposals for change might be based. We should also involve ourselves in the ongoing dialogue over housing policy and underline the moral dir.:lensions of the problem." Msgr. qeno Baroni, former assistant secretary of housing and urban development (HUD), who is now a special assistant to Archbishop James A Hickey of Washington, said: "I see a church role in reviewing the implications of the housing crisis for the poor, the elde:rly and families to determine w:ltat kind of policies we .need, and in trying, together with othe:r people of, good will, to have an impact on a new national polil~Y. "Since the 1930s," Msgr. Baroni said, "we've had a commitment to provide safe, decent, sanitary housing. Have we reDeled? What is the new commitment?" On the local level, he said, the church should study the issues of rent control, landlords' rights, tenants' rights, the disp:lacement of homeowners or renters by development and give priority to the elderly and the poor. "The climate' is so changed since 1975," Msgr. Baroni said, "that new strategies, new programs, new remedies are going to have to be devised." One of the issues that has to be faced in cities like' Seattle and Washington, he said; is displacement of the poor by "the return to the cities of the new gentry, young, middle-class types
who, because of the energy crisis and the' price of gas, found older houses attractive." Because of this movement, he said, "the price is $50,000 for a house on Corocoran Alley (in Washington) that 10 years ago would have sold for $8,000." As a result, landlords oust tenants to sell. Conversion of rental apartments to condominiums is another aspect of the housing problem today, Msgr. Baroni said. "In the Dorchester Apartments on 16th Street (Washington)," he said, "people were paying rents of $250 to $300 a month. When it was converted to a condominium, the mortgage was $800 to $900 a month. Older people are displaced and then they compete in the rental market with poorer people." In recent years church representatives have been advocates of various housing programs in testimony before federal, state and local legislative bodies. "The church has been involved in testifying on housing bills," said Gerald R. McMurray, staff director of the subcommittee on housing and community development of the House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. He noted that Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans lobbied for passage in 1974 , of the revision of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937. McMurray pointeCi out also that in April the U.S. Catholic Conference in a letter to Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez (D-Tex.), chairman of the subco~ittee on housing and community development, expressed opposition to the cuts in funds for low-income housing proposed in the Reagan administration's budget. Those cutbacks "represent a severe attack on government housing' programs," McMurray said, and amount to "a 40 percent cut in what has been done." . McMurray stressed the need for the church to represent the poor in the development of policies on housing. "The poor are not a constituency," he said. "No one speaks for them." He praised Cardinal Terence
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Cooke of New York and Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen of Seattle for speaking out against the conversion of single-roomoccupancy hotels, whose residents are mostly elderly and poor, into luxury apartments. "One of the real problems about providing low-income housing with federal subsidies," McMurray said, "is local opposition to the location of the housing. "Generally the church has not spoken out on it. In several dioceses the church has taken a courageous stand." But elsewhere, he said, the fear of crime and a decline in the value of investment in homes among suburban Catholics has muted the church's voice. The issue "gets down to fear that anything called housing is going to be destructive of property values," McMurray said. "Are we entitled to say," he asked, "that people should not have safe, decent, sanitary housing so that my overinflated property value should be maintained?" On the issue of public housing, the church's role is that of "an advocate before its own constituency," McMurray continued. He said he had never seen any data showing that property val- ~ ues in an area are destroyed because of the construction of public housing there.. "S\lre," he went on, "if you put in a 1,500- : unit assisted housing project filled with problem families, it's • going to ruin the neighborhood, but that kind of assisted housing is not being built any more." There is a shortage of housing for everyone, not only the poor, McMurray noted. "Back in 1968, Congress said a minimum of 2.5 • million new units would he needed per year, including both apart- • ments and single-family homes. In only one year since then was . that goal met." Because many • more people are choosing to remain single longer and because divorce breaks up families, he : said, more than 2.5 million new units would have to be built : each year to meet the housing : needs of the population.
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Liturgy evaluations planned DETROIT '(NC) - As part of a three-year project some 900 participants in the third annual Deroit Conference on Worship took a look at the current ritual of the Mass. Participants, including religious education and worship department personnel from u.s. dioceses, will coordinate ninemonth evaluations of liturgy in their own areas. In a major address to the conference, Divine Word Father Thomas Krosnicki, executive di,rector of the bishops Committee on the liturgy (ReI), discussed the objectives of the "Ordo Missae" project. "The first goal is instruction. We need to know what this Mass ,is all about in terms of its structure," he said. "Since we're all asked to participate actively in the liturgy, the ideal is to have everyone aware of what's going on so they're intelligently involved." The Committee for the liturgy
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TORREClUDAD, Spain (NC) - A former Wall Street stockbroker is now a prieSt. Chades J. McCloskey, 27, a native of Washington, was among 62 members of Opus Dei orained in Spain. All the new priests, who range in age from 25 to 43, had professional experience in another field before beginning their priestly studies. In addition each now holds a doctoral degree in one of the ecclesiastical sciences.
Father McCloskey, one of eight children, worked for Citibank of New York to finance, his education, then became a stockbroker with the firm of Merrill Lynch. Opus Dei is a secular institute founded in 1928 in Spain by Msgr. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer. It strives to call people to sanctity through their ordinary work experiences. It has some 70,000 members in 80 countries.
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uestion corner By Father John Dietzen Q. How are convert parents to help their chi~dren tlirough a Catholic grade school when they themselves are still leaming? I took instructions more than 10 years ago. What I learned then was not all retained, and. I can't remember being taught such things as May Crowning or first confession and first Communion (child style). I feel that to be bettEif' Catholic parents we need to be better educated. Our priest is oldschool in his ideas. I know from retreats I've been on thid there are different ways of bl!lieving. My fear is not to know enough about my religion to answer my children's questions. If lfOU can understand my feelings on this matter enough to make a question out of it, I would be grateful. (Kentucky) A. You ask some good questions which obviously express the concern of thousands of other Catholic parents a~: well. In all our classes and programs for people preparing to enter the Catholic faith, we attempt to prepare them for the very frustrations you feel. Even most life long Catholics don't realize how the "feel" for numerous practices, devotions, fea.sts and customs has become part of their bones through the years. An inquiry class cannot possibly cover all these points. To be perfectly honest, they must be lived through, perhaps several times, and not just learned about, if one is to really understand them. Several remedies are available to you. The first, lind perhaps most important, is to give yourself the opportunity to experience as many as possible of the things you hear about in your parish or elsewhere that will acquaint you with the daily lifestyle of being a Catholic. This doesn't meal) you must accept, or even like, everything you see. Ours is a big church with a long, rich and profusely varied tradition. All of the tradition is good, but everything cannot be for everyone. The Eucharist, the sacraments, fidelity to the Christ who reveals himself in the Gospel .- these are the essentials. Ways of prayer, preferences in liturgical celebrations, customs which bring the great themes of our faith into our home, these will vary from one person to another, one home to another, and for that matter, from one parish or diocese to another. So be patient, but give yourself a chance. Another help, for "born" Cath· olics as well as converts, is to have a good Catholic dictionary in your home. Some ,excellent ones are on the market, briefly explaining most points of Catholic history, belief and practice you could ever want '~o know about. Also, take advantage of every opportunity your parish gives you to cue in on what is hap-
pening to your children. Every good parish and school has numerous sessions for parents, especially at times like first confession, first Communion and confirmation. Finally, don't be surprised at all at your need to know more. In today's church, a constant efort to keep up on what's happening and why is absolutely essential for any priest or parents who don't want their childFATHER NORMAND ren or parishioners leaving them GRENIER, associate pastor behind. at Notre Dame parish, Fall The church is not a museum River, has been named dibut a community of living believers who face in each genera- rector of the parish school. tion the responsibility to reapply the Gospel and the traditions of the church to new experiences and new demands. NEWSCASTLE - UPON - TY. History proves that some- NE, England (NC) - The "astimes the church as a whole tonishing progress" made in 12 tends to forget this. For a long years of dialogue between the time, for example, the church Anglican Communion and the seemed to act as though it could Catholic Church is a sign that live and teach in the 19th and Anglicans have not entirely for20th centuries pretty much as it gotten their vocation "to seek for did in the 15th century - a our own extinction by working neglect that helped make Vati- for the restoration of the one can Council II, which Pope John great universal church - the coming church, w'h:ich Chmt intended to move the church toward dealing more realistically promised not even the gates of with modern society, such a hell could withstand," said Anglican Archbishop Robert Runcie jolt for the Catholic world. Individual Catholics can do of Canterbury. much the same. the assumption Anglicans have never claimed that what one learned 30 years to be the one true church to the ago will do for the rest of one's exclusion of every other Christlife, if it was ever valid, surely ian church, he said Sept. 9 at the isn't valid today. opening of the Mlglican ConsulUnless we are to be strangers tative Council at Newscastleto the church our children will upon-Tyne. live in, and that we ourselves We are part of the one, holy, will be a part of 30 years from 'catholic and apostolic church now, consistent, prayerful readthroughout the world a ing about how and why this church, now sadly in fragments, churc'h is trying to meet the challenges of today's society is ab- which exicts only in parts and solutely necessary. Many Cath- whose energies are dissipated by olics feel alienated and frustra- unbrotherly love," the archbishop added. ted these days because they Archbishop Runcie asked Anghaven't realized this. The Holy Spirit will keep you moving in licans to follow the example of the right direction with your Mary by serving Jesus Christ with a combination of passion children. and cool reflection. Questions for this column "We need to yoke passion, should be sent to Father Dietzen, an urgent desire for change, with 81. Mark's Parish, 1113 W. Bradcool thought and attention," he ley, Peoria, Dl. 61606. said.
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Ball planners will meet Sunday The annual planning meeting for the Bishop's Charity Ball is set for 1:30 p.m. Sunday at White's Restaurant, North Westport. To be discussed are the theme, motif, color and scenario for the charitable and social event to be held on Friday, Jan. 15, at Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dart· mouth. Ball proceeds help promote and expand facilities at St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Catholic Boys' Day Camp for underprivileged children and Nazareth Day Camp for exceptional children. as well as at Nazareth Hall School, Hyannis, and Nazareth Hall School and Pre-Vocational Training Center, Fall River.
Archbishop Runcie said the ecumenical progress has been made through the efforts of the . Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCICJ, which recently complete'd 12 years of consultations. ARCIC held its final meeting Aug. 25-Sept. 3 near London to perpare a final report to be presented to authorities of the two churches. An ARCIC communique said the final report, which was not made public, contains matrial already agreed in earlier statements on the Eucharist, on ministry and ordination and on authority in the church, but includes also new material elaborating on the earlier authority statement.
Members of ARCIC were appointed by Anglican and Catholic authorities.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (NC) - A series of changes at The Catholic Transcript, including the appointment of the first lay person as editor, were announe1ld by Archbishop John F. Wheal~ of Hartford. Vivian R. Stephenson, news editor and research coordinator since 1972, was named the paper's editor. The Transcript is the newspaper of the Hartford Archdiocese and the dioceses of Bridgeport and Norwich, Conn. Msgr. John S. Kennedy, editor of the paper since 1954, retired for reasons of health, Msgr. Terrence P. McMahon, executive editor since 1946, has resigned that post. He continues as pastor of St. Brigid Parish, West Hartford, a position he has held since 1964. The changes were effective Sept. 1. Donald ~. Foskett, managing editor for the past 15 years and a member of The Transcript staff for 35 years, will continue as managing editor until he retires in September 1982. Msgr. Kennedy is only the third editor in The Transcript's 85-year history. His 46 years of continuous service on the paper - the entire span of his priesthood - is supassed only by the 49 years recorded by Msgr. Thomas S. Duggan, the paper's first editor. He has been editor of The Transcript for over 27 years, succeeding Msgr. James P. Timmins in 1954. Miss Stephenson has been with The Transcript a total of 20 years. A native of Hartford, she joined the news staff in 1949.
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-------..../ Parish councils .. as diverse as the church By Father Philip J. Mumion There is no single blueprint that parish councils follow. Consider some examples: 1. The parish council at Christ on the Mountain Parish, in Lakewood, Colo., is an executive committee within a parish elaborately organized into seven districts, 28 neighborhoods, 170 smaller communities and 550 registered families.
2. At St. Mary's in Colts Neck, N.J., the council is served by representatives of each organized parish activity, as well as members committed to pray two hours every week in a conscious attempt to discover God's will for the parish.
3. In a Brooklyn parish where three languages are spoken, there are three councils, one for each language group, and a coordina-
The Year of Matthew By Katherine Bird
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In 1978, after the parable of the unforgiving servant was read at Mass, families throughout the Memphis Tenn., diocese gathered to recall a recent family experience. Then they role-played that experience, first with an unforgiving ending, then with a happy ending in which the people involved forgave one another. In diocesan adult education seminars that same year, groups shared views on such questions as "How would you describe the basic orientation of your life?" What philosophies in American culture compete for your attention?" It was the Year of Matthew in the diocese, a time for intensive study of the Gospel of Matthew, for a fresh perspective on Scripture. In the process it was shown that a carefully-planned diocesan religious education program can work. During the year, Catholics studied Matthew in connection with Sunday liturgies, following a program devised by the diocesan religious education office. The ambitious program was divided into two major parts, one for adults, the other for families and groups of friends at home. Individual parishes adapted the program to fit their own needs. The year was a "blessing," said Robert Obach, diocesan co-
ordinator of adult education, "because all the pieces fell into place for the first time." -People saw Jesus as a "person challeged to live within his culture and do the will of God." This caused many to "turn their lives around." For adults, the basic teaching tool was "A Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew," written by Obach and Father Albert Kirk, Turn to page thirteen
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By Janaan Manternach It was Sunday evening in Troas, a town in what is now called Turkey. The community of Christians gathered for the breaking of bread, the Eucharist. They were excited because they expected Paul at the celebration. They gathered in the house of a leading Christian. The upper room soon was packed with people. By the time Paul began the celebration people were even sitting in the open windows. Paul was leaving Troas in the morning. He suspected he might never return. So there was much he wanted to share with these devoted Christians. He had so much to tell them about Jesus Turn to page thirteen
ting committee to ensure communication among the ,three councils. 4. In an Indianapolis parish, people are recruited to run for election to specific council committees - the liturgy committee, the education committee, etc. This ensures that councilors have appropriate interests and abilities. Some council~ are composed of members elected at large by all parishioners. In some places, parishioners active in special areas are elected to serve on the council by other parishioners engaged in the same activity. Other parishes use both methods. Some have not only a council but also
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an annual parish assembly to establish major directions for the parish in the year ahead. The forms of parish councils reflect different ways in which parishes make sure that members participate in parish life. But why do councils exist? First to increase the sense of responsibility for parish life, but also to provide a forum for expression of diverse viewpoints and to bring to light hidden talents. But, given all this, it is still not surprising to run into difficulties in having councils work smoothly. Other councils also experience difficulties. For instance, university senates of
faculty and students, community planning boards and health councils, all of which involve many people must try to balance the varied views of their members with those of professionals or experts. It will take time and- commitment to the value of this kind of sharing to achieve satisfactory ways conducting parish councils. However, insights are beginning to emerge: - The responsible ways parishioners can serve need to be encouraged. - Parish councilors should generally be involved in parish Turn to Page Thirteen
â&#x20AC;˘ Corinth In Scandalous disunity . By Father John J. Castelot
St. Paul praises the community in Corinth but then qualifies his praise in Chapter 11 of First Corinthians. Paul indicates he has heard of irregularities in their liturgical worship - especially their conduct during eucharistic gatherings. He writes: "What I now have to say is not said, in praise, because our meetings are not profitable but harmful I hear that when you gather for a meeting there are divisions among you." Paul continues, "When you as-
semble, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper." This sounds ambiguous, for that is precisely why they are coming together. From the context, however, Paul apparently means that the Corinthians are! going through the liturgical motions, but are off the track nonetheless. In Paul's day, the Eucharist was celebrated within the framework of a communal meal or "parish supper," to which all were supposed to contribute. This table fellowship was a beautiful expression of the mean-
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ing and effect of the Eucharist: "Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though we are, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf:' In Paul's eyes, the Corinthians actually were destroying this unity in the very act of celebrating it. For example, the more well-to-do members were gorging themselves, while the less fortunate were lucky if they had anything at all to eat or drink. "Would you show contempt for the church of God and embarTurn to Page Thirteen
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The year of Matthew Continued from page twelve diocese distributed 3,000 bookdiocesan director of rl~ligious lets to parishes and ?OO famil! education, "to help peopll~ reach ~embers ret~rned hIg~y ~OSl into what Matthew was trying t!ve evaluatIon questIonnaires. to get across." .The Year of .Matthew started According to Obach, the com- wIth Father KIrk, w~o saw a mentary highlighted the histori- year-long study of a sI?gle Goscal backgroun.d. of Matthew and p~l as a. great teach~ng techincluded weekly discussio:n ques- mque. ~It~ a green hght from tions relating the Gospel to the ~emphis BISho~ Carroll T. DoZIer, Father KIrk brought tolives of parishioners. Parishes used the adult pro- gether 20 pri~sts and lay people . . gram for eight weeks, some- to plan ~ senes. times in small home groups, Fol~oWIng a year. of IntensI~e other times following a lecture planmng, the commIttee explamand discussion format in parish ed the program to pastors and centers. parish representatives at two Obach said the diocese trained big meetings. In each parish, a 491 people to lead thE: adult coordinator was a link with the ... groups, in which 4,000 adults diocese.. participated. Some groups were Obach thinks that In addItIon so pleased with the experience to other positive results, the Year that they are still meeting. of Matthew gave people a new In the fall of 1978, parish fami- res~e~t .and un~erstanding for lies took their turn with the Year Chnsiamty's JewIsh background. of Matthew. They used a family-tested booklet, "Whe:re Two or Three are Gathered," focusing on helping the Christian Continued from page twelve home to be "an environment for rass those who have nothing?" learning to live our faith in Paul asks. Jesus Christ." He reminds the Corinthians of Used for seven Sundays, the the institution of the Eucharist. comprehensive family program Twice he repeats the rubric, "Do included an explanation of the this in remembrance of me." biblical text, discussion questions In other words, the eucharisand a variety of activiities as tic celebration was supposed to well as a pamphlet, "Hl~lps for be an effective remembrance, Family Prayer," written by one which brought into being, Father David Knight. Families "the death of the Lord," that is, were encouraged to use the the totally unselfish love that booklet to prepare for or follow brought Jesus to the cross. Sunday Mass. To Paul, the scandalous selfThough Obach said he had no ishness of the Corinthians negafirm count of how many fami- ted this love. lies actually participatl~d, the He says the Corinthians should reflect seriously on the meaning of the Eucharist, for "he who eats and drinks without recognizing the body, eats Continued from Page Twelve and drinks a judgment on himactivities. If they are not, coun- self." In this context, "the body" cil sessions can become discus- is the community which, for. sions of what "they" (the staff) Paul, is the body of Christ. are going to do. If councilors are Paul then concludes: "Thereactive, for the most part the fore, my brothers, when you asthrust is "What are we going to semble for the meal, wait for one do?" another. If anyone is hungry, let - Time should be devoted to him eat at home, so that your formation of council m.embers, assembly may not deserve conincluding reflection on fnith and demnation." the church, as well as training in such skills as listening, handling conflict, running a meeting. - Constant effort is :required Continued from page twelve to keep the whole parish informed about council activitil~s. that he was still talking at mid- Each council meeting night. should include thoughtful prayer By then the room was hot and and reflection. stuffy and everyone was drow- Councils should try to en- sy. But Paul had more to say. courage the initiative oir others A boy, Eutychus, who was sitand support parishioners will- ting on a window sill, could no ing to exercise leadersh.i:p in the longer keep his eyes open. He parish. It would be a shnme if a dozed off, slumped back and fell council attempted to dominate out the third-story window. or control all initiative i:n a parThose nearby screamed. Paul ish. stopped preaching and ran down - Continuity is important. It to the street. Others were before may be necessary to find ways to him. keep people involved for longer Paul watched as they bent than the usual two-ye~lr term. over the boy's limp body. The This is easier to accomplish with boy, the Bible says, was dead. representatives of the various People began weeping. parish activities. An active parPaul fell down on the boy and ishioner who has served on the clutched his body close. For a council may remain involved moment he held Eutychus close through the activity. to him. - TIle clearer the council is Then he looked up and smiled about the parish mission and its at those around him. "Don't be own agenda, the less likely it is alarmed," Paul said. "There is to fall into constant discussion life in him!" of building maintenal1ice and The community was astonishfinances. ed. The boy was breathin~. Soon
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Return to Vatican VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican's Congregation for Saints' Causes on Sept. 8 confirmed reports that Pope John Paul will return to Rome to preside at a beatification ceremony Oct. 4 in St. Peter's Square.
released from the hospital on Aug. 14 and has been staying at Castelgandolfo since then. Vatican sources said that the pope has regained much of his old vigor and that the ceremony Oct. 4 will mark his permanent The pope has been convales- return to the Vatican and to a cing at the papal summer resi- somewhat normal schedule of dence at Castelgandolfo, 15 miles meetings, appointments and audifrom Rome, recovering from ences. When the pontiff was disinjuries suffered in an attempt from the hospital doccharged on his life on May 13. He was tors were pre~<:ting a twomonth recuperative phase. Five men and women are he opened his eyes. He was scheduled to be beatified on Oct. alive. People were amazed. They 4, said the Congregation for thought of how Jesus raised to Saints' Causes. life the daughter of Jairus and They are Alanus De Solminithe son of. a Roman centurion. hac, a 17th-century French bishFull of joy they returned to op; Richard Pampuri, an Italian the upper room, broke bread and member of the Order of the Hosate a fellowship meal together. pitalers of St. John of God, who It was a very special meal for died in 1930; Aloysius Schosoppi, them. They could feel the pres- a 19th-century Italian who was ence of the risen Christ. a member of the Oratorian FathPaul talked to the happy com- ers and founded the Sisters of munity the rest of the night. At Divine Providence; Maria Repetsunrise he left them. Eutychus to, a 19th-century Italian memwaved goodbye with the rest.. ber of the Order of Our Lady of They were all happy. The boy Refuge; and Maria A. Sancto Igwas alive and they were filled natio, a 19th-century French nun with the good news of Jesus who founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary. Christ.
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JOBIN DENVER fans wil:l welcome his new album, "Some Days are Diamond," which includes this song. The question of what lies in oW" future is intriguing. In this song Denver poJltrays the uno. By Cecilia Belanger known aspect of our future as a I feel that youth unemploypower that brings out the best in us: Without -it we might never ment is a major problem in our "make a wish or climb a moun- nation today. Our young people By Charlie Martin tain, 'cause we'd a1ways know face a rate of unemployment .which even in the best of times the answer." is often three and a half times The truth is "life ain't no easy that of the labor force as a GRAVEL ON THE GROUND freeway, just some gravel on the whole. ground." Life is not always High youth unemployment If our lives could lie before us smooth sailing. would not be such a critical Like a s~ght and narrow highway Yet Denver finds meaning for problem if youth employment the journey in a simple way: We were considered only as a means So that we could see forever must walk together. Most of us to supplement family income or Long before we took the ride -agree, but often forget what it to earn spending money. means. We are too busy finding We would never look to heaven But the absence or presence of our own destinations to see who early work experience has effects Make a wish or climb a mountain is traveling with us. which may spell the difference 'Cause we'd always know the answer We forget that all of life's des- between a successful or unsuctinations are temporary. At the cessful future work career. To what's on the other side. end of our lives, what will make The period of 16 to 24 years But life ain't no easy freeway the difference is who we touched of age, and perhaps even earlJust some gravel on the ground with our love. ier, can be looked upon as one How do we bring the meaning of You pay for ev'ry mOe you go transition-from-school-toof these words into our every. work. And you spread some dust around day lives? What problems do Early work experiences, even But we aU have destinations you encounter as you reach out in the most menial of tasks, aid to others? What surprise rewards the individual in the acquisition And the dust wl1l settle down have you found? Are people of skills and attitudes that will This llfe ain't no easy freeway really looking for someone to make him or her a more valutravel with and to be a friend? able employee in the future. Just some gravel OD the ground. Early work experiences teach The gravel on the ground So let's walk the road together slows us down. That may be the effective job search techniques: Who knows what we'll find tomorrow teach good work habits; probest thing about it. For if life were just a free- vide the self-respect and confiMaybe good times, maybe sorrow way, we would speed on by and dence that come from being finBoth are waltin' round the bend miss each other. That would be ancially independent or semiGiven time two hearts discover independent; provide the valuto miss the best part of life! able opportunity to make misWhat they're feel1n' for each other Readers' thoughts are wel- takes at a time when mistakes At the best we'll end up lovers c.omed. Address eorrespondeDce are not likely to be as costly as to: Charlie Martin, 4705 Boule- when the worker has dependAt the least we'll make a friend. vard Place, Indianapolis, Ind. ents. Sung by: JoJua.·"ver, written by Debbie Hupp and Bob Morrison 46208. The failure to acquire these labor market skills that economists summarize as "invest::ir'":: . . ment in human capital" is not the only effect of high youth unemployment. Inadequate work opportunities may also discourage youths from continuing their formal training. InadeqUate em) ployment options may also contribute sign£ficantly to criminal activity and other antisocial behavior. No one is asking that we return to sweat shops and child labor. But there are those who present a very strong case against the restrictive practice which limits job opportunities for youth due to governmental market intervention through the minimum wage laws. They believe that the Congress, through the Wagner Act of 1965, and its subsequent modifications conferred upon unions extensive labor market monopoly powers. I have heard both sides of this argument and I feel that there is no harm in hiring youth for less than is paid adults for jobs with more responsibility. Most youth jobs are temporary and they give young people .the (/",-,f:,. chance to earn towards their '1..&... .&.... education, as well as much-needNO CLOWNING AROUND St. Michael Knights of the Altar recently participated ed experience. I think many people are tired in JelTf Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon at Swansea acting as clowns. Among those of the buzz words hurled at them participating are front row left to right, Page Michael O'Brien; Knight Treasurer, Ray- whenever they suggest that it is mond J?revost; Knight, James Boutin. Back-row, left to right, Knight Commander, Marc better for youth to be employed Carvalho; Grand Knight, Joey Martin; and Chairman of MD for Knights, Supreme Grand even at lower wages than just to hang around doing nothing! Knight Steve Cardinal. .
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Damien Report HONOLULU (NC) - The Damien Report, a monthly newsletter about the life of Father Damien de Veuster, a 19th-century missionary to Hawaii, will be published by the Hawaii State Catholic Conference. The Belgian priest worked with lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai until his death in 1889. The newsletter wiII feature rare photographs, documents, interviews and updates on events concerning Damien.
Breathing Life "The Catholic Church understands religious faith not as a private relationship between. the individual and God - but as a relationship of the person with the community and through the community with God •.• It must be prepared to breathe life and warmth and compassion into the lives of people everywhere." Cardinal John Dearden
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He helps the forgotten By Edward R. Walsh
CINCINNATI, Ohio (NC) "Serving life sentence, new-born Christian" ... Very lonely, forgotten, seeks pen pals" ... "On death row, a lonely place, no family mail" . . . "Feels like a leper being left so alone." Hundreds of messages such as these crowd the pages of each issue of the Prison Pals Bulletin. Baslketball Coming Up After the inmate's name, identiThe Rev. Bruce M. Neylon, fy for the Prep division, players fication number and address area director, has an.nounced must be in their freshman or comes a capsule comment pleadthat preparations are underway sophomore year in high school. ing for friendship. . at the Fall River CYO for the The Junior division is for inThousands of men, women and 1981-82 basketball season, and dividuals in the sixth, seventh or juveniles locked up in jails, pristhat AI (Val) Vaillancourt will eighth grade. ons and correctional institutions again be the athletic coordinator. Players interested in joining have found new friends by turnSo, meetings for conches of the league should contact their ing to the non-profit program teams and cheerleader advisors parish directors or sign up at based in Cincinnati, Ohio. have been scheduled for OCt. 6, CYO Hall by Oct. 31. Persons Last year Prison Pen Pals pro13 and 27 at seven p.m. in the interested in refereeing for the cessed over 250,000 pieces of Anawan Street Hall. league should contact Father mail and helped match more The league will aga.in have Neylon or AI Vaillancourt at 21,000 persons from the than three divisions for boys - sen- CYO Hall, telephone 672-9644, United States, Canada, and a ior, prep and junior, ;Ilnd one or in person. few foreign countries. Nuns division for girls. Chelerleaders Preparations for the coming from New Guinea have contacfor all three divisions are in- season in another sport, ice hockted the organization and lonely vited to participate in this ey, continue in the Driscoll Rink, m.issionaries in Chile and Colomyear's program. Fall River, by the Bristol CounAny male born on or a.fter Jan. ty Catholic Hockey League with bia have joined the growing ranks of correspondents. 1, 1961 qualifies to pnrticipate practice at 9 p.m. Sunday evenThe man behind this movement in the Senior division. To quali- ings. to humanize life behind bars is ex-convict Lou Torok, 54. ConSpartan Gridders in Win victions for grand theft, burglary The Bishop Slang High football 0, Durfee High pinned a 7-0 set- and assault once left him bitter t,eam gave its new cOllch, Jim back on Dartmouth High, and, and rebellious. He looked like a Lanagan, an auspicious welcome the Old Rochester Bulldogs de- lifetime loser. with an 8-0 victory over Greater feated Fairhaven Blue Devils by The warden urged Torok to New Bedford Yoke-Tech in the the same score. take up writing as a hobby. He In the third annual Multi- did and soon began selling esfirst Greater New Bedford High SChool Football Jamboree at School Soccer Scrimmage at Old says and articles to the Christian Dartmouth's Memorial Stadium Colony Regional Vocational High Science Monitor, the New York last Saturday evening. School last Saturday afternoon, Times, the Chicago Tribune and Early in the game Spartan New Bedford High defeated other .publications. The CincinPeter Shaffer blocked a Voke- Stang, 2-0, and Old Colony, 1-0, nati Inquirer asked him to write Tech punt and his tellm mate but lost, 1-0, to Dartmouth High, an advice column for teen-agers. John Green picked up lthe loose which also defeated Old Colony, The desire to undo some of the ball and ran 15 yards for the 1-0. harm he'd done helped "restore Falmouth High played score- myself as a human being." touchdown. A pass from Cranston Paull to Paul Levine gave less ties with Bishop Connolly Torok, who had abandoned his Stang the bonus points. and Bishop Stang Highs. The latCatholic faith when he turned to In other games in the jam- ter two played to a I-I tie and boree, attended by an l!stimated Old Colony blanked Connolly, 2- crime, started practicing his re5,000 persons, New Bedford O. Falmouth also defeated Dart- ligion again, thanks to the prison chaplain. He learned to play High's Crimson blanked the mouth, 1-0. the organ and assisted at chapel Somerset High Blue Raiders, 13services, he said. One of the greatest influences on his reFee'han in Grid Opener habilitation were the people who The Bishop Feehan Shamrocks cross country schedule at home wrote to him. open their football season to- to Dighton-Rehoboth next MonA Chicago housewife, who morrow night with their annual day. wrote regularly, changed his atnon-league clash with No. AttleIn schoolboy soccer Somerset titude completely. "Do you dare boro. Feehan compete:; in the is home to Connolly, Durfee is to grow up where you are?" She Southeastern Mass. Conference, at Westport tomorrow. Somerset challenged him. No. Attleboro in the Hockomock is home to New Bedford MonParoled in 1972, Torok joined League. day. Connolly and Duifee meet the Cincinnati archdiocesan Among non-league football next Wednesday.. newspaper, as an adverstising regames Saturday are Stang at . High school volley ball is also presentative. During his spare Bourne, Fairhaven at Somerset, already underway. In games to- time, Torok took on volunteer New Bedford Voke-Tech at Dart- day Connolly is at Westport, tasks, He became a staff memmouth, Middleboro at Wareham, Somerset at Case. Tomorrow ber of the Seventh Step FoundaOld Rochester at Seekonk. The Durfee is at Connolly, which en- tion, a non-profit group that games at Dartmouth and Ware- tertains Somerset on Tuesday. helps rehabilitate former offendham are at 7:30 p.m., all the Next Monday Westport is at ers. He writes, lectures on prison Somerset, -Durfee at Taunton and reform and counsels young peoothers at 1:30 p.m. Non-leaguers involving Hocko- Case at Bourne. ple. Case is home to Dartmouth mock schools list Frnnklin at To keep his son Tony "from Medway, Sharon at Hull (10:30 today and visits Durfee Tuesday ever ending up like his father," a.m.), Attleboro at Mansfield, in field hockey. Monday Somer- Torok wrote "A ChI1d's Guide to Norton at Oliver Ames, Ran- set is at Dartmouth. Durfee en- Prison," later published by Bobbs dolph at Stoughton, Canton at tertains New Bedford High to- Merill as "The Strange World of Silver Lake, Westwood at Fox- day.' Prison." Torok has written three boro, Bellingham at King Philip. other books, a two-act play, a In cross country F'eehan is TV documentary, hundreds of Togetherness home to Durfee and Somerset to"If 'togetherness' means noth- articles and is currently workday, an~ Connolly is host to ing more than being sociable, ing on a novel. Warehwp tomorrow, Connolly .there is little to keep i.t together. But his consuming interest is also is 110me to Case next Tues- Community means charity or it Prison Pen Pals, which he funds day and Durfee is at SElekonk on is nothing." - Dom Hubert von out of his own pocket and runs Monday. Diman Voke opens its Zeller with volunteer help. His shoe-
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ST. ANNE, FALL RlVElt The parish board of education will meet Monday, Sept. 21 and the parish <:ommittee on Monday, Sept. 28. Girl路 Scouts and parents will attend an orientation meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the school. Also at that time, New Cuj> Scouts may register at the school.
ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD Bishop Joseph Regan of Maryknoll, a Fairhaven native, will speak at all weekend Masses in behalf of his missions in the Philippines. CCD teachers are needed for. grades 6, 7 and 8. Volunteers may contact the rectory. SEPARATED" DIVORCED, CAPE COD AREA Separated, divorced and remarried Catholics will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Anthony's Church, Falmouth. All are welcome. ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, FALL RIVER COUNCIL Bishop Daniel ~. Cronin will be principal celebrant and homilist at a Mass at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Cathedral. The liturgy will mark the feast of St. Vincent de Paul and commemorate the death of Frederic Ozanam. A regular Icouncil meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, at St. Mathieu Church, Fall River. HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER CCD teachers meetings will be held at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday in the school for grades one through six; and at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, in the rectory.
ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Father Gerry Dye will speak at a fellowship meeting to follow 7 o'clock Mass tonight. CCD teachers will be commissioned at 11 a.m. Mass Sunday. Teachers' schedules will be available in the CCD center following the Mass. The parish group will sponsor an organizational meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday for young adults to age 29 who have been confirmed. CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NEW BEDFORD The annual opening tea will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Wamsutta Club. Mrs. George Mello, president, will be hostess. She invites prospective members to attend. NOTRE DAME, FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, in the parish hall. SEPARATED & DIVORCED, FALL RIVER AREA The area support group separated, divorced and remarried Catholics will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Fatima Hall, 530 Gardners. Neck Road, Swansea. "Separated: Where Do We Go from Here?" will be discussed. All are welcome. ST. LOUIS, FALL RIVER A film, "St. Francis of Assisi," will be shown at Sp.m. Sunday at the church hall. There will be no admission charge. SSe PETER & PAUL, FALL RIVER The parish council will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the school. Junior CYO members will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Father Coady Center. CCD registration will take place Sunday following 9:30 and 11 a.m. Masses and classes will start Monday.
Killings BELFAST, Northern Ireland (NC) - The killing of two policemen was condemned "in the strongest possible terms" by Cardinal Tomas O'Fiaich of Armagh, Northern Ireland. His statement was made Sept. 8 after the illegal Provisional Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the murders. "This act must be called by its proper name of murder," said Cardinal O'Fiaich. The two policemen had been killed the previous day in a land mine ambush the IRA said it organized.
The Struggle Is Ours "Jesus is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. The continuing struggle is ours to try to understand and express his greatness and to respond to his love." - Monika Hellwig