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Pope John Paul II presents gifts to Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and greets Msgr. John J. Oliveira, VE, chancellor and episcopal secretary, who accompanied the bishop on his ad limina visit to the Vatican. (Felici photos)

"Ad limina" visit memorable for bishop

By Pat McGowan A bishop's "ad limina" visit to Rome, when he repor:ts to the pope on the state of his diocese, is always a special time. But this year it was especially memorable for Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, who returned to Fall River Sept. 14 from the,once-in-five-years trip.

The bishop's 20th anniversary of ordination to the episcopacy came Sept. 12, while he was in Rome. He and Msgr. John J. Oli-

veira, VE, chancellor and episcopal secretary, who accompanied him to Rome, went that day to the basilica of St. John Lateran, where Bishop Cronin had been ordained to the priesthood.

"When the nun in the sacristy heard that it was my anniversary as a bishop," recounted Bishop Cronin, "she opened the apse of the basilica and I had the privilege, on my episcopal anniversary, of saying Mass where, 35 years ago, I was ordained to the priesthood."

The event capped a memorable stay in Rome, said the bishop. It began Sept. 4, when he and the other bishops of New England met at the North American College in Vatican City for a "strategy session" to plan what would be a week crammed with papal audiences and visits to various curial congregations in Vatican City.

Sept. 6 began with 8 a.m. Mass at St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica in Rome, a required "ad limina" place of pilgrimage. "Ad lim-

ina," meaning "to the threshold," refers to the traditional visits made by bishops to the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul. The visit and Mass at St. Peter's Basilica took place Saturday morning, April 10. At both basilicas Cardinal Law was principal celebrant at the eucharistic liturgy.

Following the Mass at St. Paul's on Sept. 6, a private papal audience was scheduled for each bishop at the pontiffs summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, a small town

some 15 miles south of Rome that legend says was founded by Ascanius, the son of Aeneas, the Trojan hero of the 12th century B.c.

Bishop Cronin noted that he knew the Castel Gandolfo area well from his years as a seminarian at the North American College.

"In those days we'didn't go home in the summer," he explained, "so the college had a villa for us very near the pope's." The property, litTurn to Page Six

In Southern Africa

Gospel confronts violence MAPUTO, Mozambique (NC) - For Pope John Paul II, southern Africa may be remembered as the place where the Gospel message faces some hard, often violent, everyday realities.

During his Sept. 10-19 visit, the pope preached Christian hope and nonviolence to five countries in the continent's most troubled region.

At the same time, he recognized that political divisions, poverty, civil war and the effects of South Africa's racial system were straining the area's ability to cope.

Midway through the visit, a bus hijacking in Lesotho gave a small but dramatic illustration of the region's explosiveness. Six people - two Catholic pilgrims and the

four hijackerrs - were killed in explanation, organizers pointed to the shootout that erupted as South two simple African facts of life: African commandos stormed the people could not afford to take a bus minutes after the pope's motor- day off work, and in many places transportation was either unsafe cade passed by.

South Africa, which surrounds or impractical.

The region's lagging technology Lesotho, had sent its forces into the country to deal with the situa- meant that f.ew of the pope's tion. The pope was not told until it Masses, meetings or prayer servwas too late that the terrorists had ices were broadcast on TV or radio. But the pope went out of his wanted to talk with him.

The next day, the only thing left way to say he understood all this, for the pope to do was console the and kept those absent especially in wounded and offer them the Chris- his prayers. He was experiencing tian lesson of forgiveness. His firsthand the distance that so often unscheduled hospital visit, how- separates African Catholics from ever, left a lasting and healing their ministers.

The pope tailored his message image for many in Lc;sotho shocked by the violence. . to the local situation, particularly Throughout the visit, crowds at . in two nominally Marxist counmost papal events, were small. In Turn to Page Six

THE POPE waves as he leaves Jan Smuts Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. Behind him is Roelof "Pik" Botha, the nation's foreign minister. (NC/ UPI-Reuter photo)

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The Anchor Friday, Sept. 23, 1988

Reversal of Roe/Wade?

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (NC) Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, who wrote the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion, suggested Sept. 13 the court might reverse that ruling in . its upcoming term.

Blackmun commented during a speech to University of Arkansas law students in Little Rock.

"The next question is, 'will Roe vs. Wade go down the drain?' " Blackmun told the students. "I think there's a very distinct possibility that it will - this term. You can count the votes."

The decision's fate rests in part on the views of the court's newest member, Blackmun indicated.

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy joined the co.urt in the middle of the 1987-88 term. His arrival came after the court, down one member, split 4-4 and issued no opinion on the case of an Illinois law requiring that parents be notified 24 hours before teen-age girls get abortions.

"One never knows what a new justice's attitude toward 'stare decisis' is," Blackmun added without mentioning Kennedy by name.

"Stare decisis" is the legal doctrine that courts do not overturn oldet, well-established rulings in law.

The Supreme Court's 1988-89 term begins Oct. 3. It has not accepted any abortion cases for review, but questions about laws demanding parental involvement in teen-age abortions have been raised in several lower courts.

Blackmun, 79, considered likely to路leave the court during the next presidential administration, did not elaborate further on the possibility of a reversal of Roe vs. Wade.

But he said that he would not alter it much were he to write it today. He said his main concern in the case was the right of a woman to make decisions involving her body.

He noted that abortion has become part of the 1988 political campaign.

"I respect their opinions," Blackmun said of pro-life demonstrators. "I just wish they wouldn't make a single issue out of a political campaign, but this too will pass away, as Mr. Dickens said a long time ago."

Marriage booklet sent to parishes The diocesan Office of Family Ministry, directed by Father Horace J. Travassos, has sent copies of its 1989 marriage preparation booklet to all parishes and diocesan offices.

The booklet contains a letter to engaged couples from Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, diocesan marriage guidelines and 'information on marriage preparation programs.

Parishes and offices needing additional copies may contact the ministry office at 999-6420.

Correction An announcement of a planning meeting for the 34th annual Bishop's Charity Ball appearing in last week's Anchor incorrectly located the ball at Lincoln Park Ballroom.

Since last January it has' been held at White's of Westport.

THE TELEVISION MASS for the aged and infirm to be aired at II a.m. Sunday on WLNE Channel 6 will mark the spiritual program's 25th year. The picture above, photographed directly from the screen in the era before taping had been perfected, shows the late Bishop James L. Connolly celebrating the first TV Mass Sept. 22, 1963.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will celebrate and be homilist at Sunday's Mass. Father James A. Calnan, formerly an altar boy for the Mass, and Father Marcel H. Bouchard, who followed the late Father John F. Hogan as director of the Diocesan Television Apostolate, will be among concelebrants, as will Father Stephen J. Avila, the present apostolate director. Former altar boy Joseph McIntyre, now a state representative from New Bedford, will be lector.

Also on hand will be Sister Leandra of the Congregation ofthe Resurrection, who has been among TV Mass sacristans "from day one," says John E. Kearns Jr., assistant in the Diocesan Office of Communications. Kearns also notes that Miss Margaret Sullivan has been organist since the beginning of the program.

Mother, infant rights at issue in D.C. WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. Catholic Conference said the District of Columbia Court of Appeals had "no choice but to protect the life of a child" when it upheld a court-ordered Caesarean section on a woman dying of cancer who was 26 weeks pregnant.

The appeals court is reconsider-' ing its decision, which was made last November.

The USCC, in a friend-of-thecourt brief filed Sept. 6, said the appeals court was compelled to act as it did under District law permitting intervention for the welfare of children.

Critics of the ruling said it presents a conflict between the rights of a mother and the rights of a child, but the USCC in its brief said the real issue is "simply whether the child should have a chance to survive."

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Civil Liberties Union, which also filed a friend-of-thecourt brief, are among several organizations trying to get the court to overturn its ruling.

The case, titled "In the Matter of A.C.," involved 27-year-old Angela Carder, who was pregnant and suffering from cancer. Her initials were used because at the time of the original court action her identity was protected.

She was given only days to live, and with a court order doctors at George Washington University Hospital performed a Caesarean over the objections of her family.

The baby died a few hours after birth and Mrs. Carder, who was

barely conscious and unable to decide on the operation, died two days later.

A hastily called court hearing was held June 16, 1987 in the hospital room, and a Superior Court judge ordered the surgery. An appeal was heard and a panel of the Court of Appeals issued an emergency order the same day. InNovember an appeals judge issued a full opinion to clarify the decision.

ACLU lawyers have called the court's decision to reconsider its ruling "a significant victory" involving "an extremely dangerous opinion that said you can sacrifice women's lives in the name of fetal rights."

In its brief the USCC said Mrs. Carder could have ended her pregnancy but her "willingness to carry her child into advanced stages of pregnancy, despite her own terminal condition, is evidence of her overriding intention to give birth."

The brief said it did not disregard Mrs. Carder's "health interests" but that, forgoing the surgery could not have saved her life. It added that it was unclear whether surgery hastened Mrs. Carder's death.

Mrs. Carder had battled cancer since she was 13 years old. She survived multiple operations but lost a leg and half of her pelvis.

She got married and was six months pregnant when doctors discovered a huge, quickly growing and inoperable tumor in her lung.

The usce brief said the Supreme Court has recognized that a state has compelling interests "to

make appropriate efforts to save the lives of viable children."

Citing Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Co.urt decision legalizing abortion, the USCC said the Supreme Court endorsed viability as the point when a state interest in life becomes "compelling."

"Viability is when the fetus is potentially able to live outside the mother's womb, albeit with artificial aid," the brief said, adding that the courts defer to the medical profession's general acceptance of 26 weeks. .

Physicians who objected to the operation did so not because it would be "medically objectionable," the brief said, but because they did not have the mother's consent, .and it noted they did obtain consent for a 28th-week operation.

The tumor grew faster than doctors anticipat.ed and when it came time to decide on the fate of the baby, Mrs. Carder was reportedly too heavily sedated to' decide on the Caesarean at 26 weeks.

Though both the mother and baby died, the USCC said, the case, "is not moot" because two issues remain important to courts and judges "who are forced to decide whether such an operation should be ordered."

The brief said the first issue concerns proper procedure in reaching such an emergency ruling and the second involves questions that "persist about the propriety of judicial involvement and thechoice made by the courts in this case."

WASHINGTON (NC) - Ifthe church were a business, "it would be a no-growth industry," according to a researcher who has studied the giving patterns of U.S. Christians.

Sylvia Ronsvalle, who with her husband John Ronsvalle completed a nationwide study comparing giving in the 1960s to giving in the '80s, said Christians are giving a lower percentage of their disposable income to churches than they did 20 years ago.

The Ronsvalles, who work with a Champaign, III., research and service organization Empty Tomb Inc., conducted their survey with a grant from the Lilly Endowment.

Ms. Ronsvalle said Christians are giving an a verage of less than 3 percent of their disposable income to their congregations and denominations.

- The study's figures are translated to constant 1982 dollars to account for infllition. Disposable income is the amount remaining after paying taxes and allowing for inflation in the cost of food, housing and other necessities.

The 1968 median disposable income for members of 37 mainline Protestant denominations was $8,099, the Empty Tomb study said. Members of the denominations gave 3.05 percent of that figure to their churches. In 1985 income, adjusted for inflation, was $10,609 and giving was 2.79 percent.

While the study's figures on Catholic giving are not from the same years, a similar decline is seen, Ms. Ronsvalle said. In 1963 the median disposable income for Catholics was $6,866 and giving to Catholic agencies and institutions was 3.37 percent of disposable income. In 1984 disposable income was $10,381 and giving was 1.45 percent.

Ms. Ronsvalle said that even after inflation, U.S. Protestants had 31 percent more money to spend in 1985 than they did in 1968, yet the amount of money they gave increased by only 20 percent.

For Catholics, the figures show a 51 percent increase in disposable income, but an almost 35' percent decrease in giving after inflation.

In constant 1982 dollars, the Empty Tomb report said, Catholics' average giving in 1963 was $231.51, while in 1984 giving was equal to $151.38 in constant 1982 dollars.

The Empty Tomb study also pointed out that in 1985 the income of all U.S.-based Protestant agencies working overseas, such as Lutheran World Service, Church World Service and World Vision, was $1.3 billion. That same year, U.S. consumers spent 3.5 billion on cut flowers, $8 billion on their pets and $2 billion on their lawns.

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Anniversary Mass . At 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, for couples celebrating their 25th, 50th or other significant anniversary of married life in 1988. Invitations to the liturgy are available in English and Portuguese; interested couples are asked to contact their parish priest with their name and address as soon as possible.

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Sept. 23, 19883 Letters Welcome Letters to the editor are welcomed. All letters should be brief and the , editor reserves the right to condense any letters if deemed necessary. All letters must be signed and contain a home or business address.

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CALL 775·3740 AT A FIFTH anniversary memorial Mass for Cardinal Humberto S. Medeiros, Cardinal Bernard F. Law gives holy communion to the late cardinal's brother, Leonel Medeiros (left above); at right, the cardinal with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and Boston Auxiliary Bishop John J. Mulcahy. Directly left, Cardinal Law blesses a youngster who told him he wanted to be a priest. The Mass was followed by the annual dinner for the Association for Development of the Catholic University of Portugal, founded by Cardinal Medeiros, and by a showing of a film on the prelate's life.

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Abp. Mahony heads AIDS WASHINGTON (NC) - Arch, bishop Roger M. Mahony of Los A nge Ies WI'11 h ea d a f'Ive-mem b er committee of bishops drafting a new statement on AIDS for the

Sr. Cynthia Mello makes final vows Sister Cynthia Mello recently made final profession of yows as a Sister of St. Dorothy at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford, where she has been a lifelong parishioner.

The daughter of Gilbert and Alice Mello, she entered religious life in 1979. After making her first profession of vows she served four years at Our Lady of Fatima High School, Warren, RI, and two years at St. Elizabeth School, Bristol, RI, where she is now stationed while completing work for a master's degree in educational administration at Rhode Island College.

The chief celebrant of Sister Mello's Mass of profession was Father Steven Furtado and Father JohnJ. Oliveira was homiIist. The vows wer,e received by Sister Dorothy Schwarz, coordinator of the North American Province of the Sisters of St. Dorothy.

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The appointment was made by Archbishop John L. May of St. Louis, NCCB president.

At their 1988 spring general meeting, the bishops asked that a committee be appointed. to write an AIDS statement for adoption by the whole body of bishops.

The proposed document is to build on a controversial statement on AIDS issued last December by the 50 bishop-members ofthe U.S.

Brother Barnaby The Mass of Christian Burial was offered last Saturday at Notre Dame Church, Fall River, for Brother of Christian Instruction Michael Barnaby, 58, who died unexpectedly Sept. 14. ' Born in Fall River, he was the son of the late Ernest and Alice (Watts) Barnaby. He was a biology teacher and track and crosscountry coach at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, a director of Connolly~s Alcohol and Drug Action Team and a eucharistic minister.

Connolly's soccer team dedicated its Sept. 163-0 victory over Dartmouth to Brother Barnaby~s memory.

Brother ,Barnaby entered his order in Waterville, Maine in 1944, I~ter attending La Mennais College, Alfred, Maine, where he earned a biology degree.

He taught in Maine before a 17year stint as a missionary to Uganda and Seychelles. He joined the Connolly faculty after graduate study at New Yorl< State University.

He also studied at the University of Detroit and Bridgewater State College. ' Brother Barnaby is survived by two sisters, Juliette' Michaud of Fall River and Lillian Leybick of Pittsburgh, and several nieces and nephews.

Interment was at his order's cemetery in Alfred.

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C:athohc Conference Admlmstr~tlve " Board and . to be. drafted m dIalogue WIth , hthe VatIcan. bl" I 'f ,Several bls ops pu }C Y ~I ICIzed the 1987 stat~ment, Th.e ~ny Faces, of A~ DS, because It .to erated. m~luslOn ,of condom mf.ormahon m pubhc AIDS educatIOn programs when those programs were based on sound mora~ values. <?hers on th~ new commIttee are ChIcago Cardmal Joseph L. Bernardin, Boston cardi~al Bernard F. Law, Savannah Blsho~ Raymond W. Lessard and Harnsburg, Pa. Bishop William H. Keeler.

The statement is expected to be ready for consideration by the bishops at their June 1989 meeting at Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J. Cardinal Bernardin proposed last spring that a new document be written. He is chairman of the bishops' pro-life activities committee and was a member of the task force which drafted the 1987 statement.

Cardinal Law had joined 16 other New England bishops in publicly opposing the 1987 statement's toleration of condom education. He is an adviser to the bishops' human values committee.

Bishop Lessard is chairman of the bishops' doctririe committee.

Bi~hop Keeler is an adviser to the doctrine committee and a member of the Committee for Ecu'menical and Interreligious Affairs.

Less than two weeks after the 1987 statement was released, Archbishop Mahoney issued a revised version for use in his archdiocese.

It said that materials explaining "the use of prophylactic devices are not tei be endorsed by educators operating under Catholic auspices."

The drafting committee's charge to write a document in "dialogue" with the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of -the Faith came after congregation head Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger wrote to the U.S. bishops last spring about the '1987 statement.

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the moorin&.-, An Anniversary Reflection . Last week Bishop Cronin celebrated the 20th anniversary of his episcopal ordination. When one thinks of what has happened in the past generation, one realizes how unique a time it has been to serve as a church leader.

The fullness of Holy Orders found in the episcopate is a needed grace for one chosen by the successor of Peter to walk in the footsteps ofthe Apostles. What the Twelve faced in their own lives foreshadowed what may be expected by those who accept the ~postolic challenge.

It could not be otherwise. What the Lord demanded of those he first chose remains the standard for those who accept the call to shoulder the same responsibility. It is not a case of situation ethics, as some in other Christian denominations would seem to believe.

The community of God's people are blessed in the shepherds they have had in these post-conciliar years. They benefit from the time and "effort expended by the fathers of Vatican II in defining the role of bishop in the church. In October of 1965, just three years before Bishop Cronin was called to his special ministry, the council issued its decree, "Christus Dominus," which detailed the theology of episcopacy.

At its outset, .the decree reinforces the Catholic teaching that bishops, in their role as teachers and pastors, are successors to the college of the apostles.

In these days, when the secular media have a field day taking random potshots at the church and her leaders, it is important that church members not be misled by pop theology. For better or worse frorilthe human point of view, church teaching has not departed from its divine origins. It is reassuring in an age of change for change's sake to know there are some constants.

Once Christus Dominus establishes the role of the bishop, it turns its attention to qualities he should possess. Bishops are urged to see the mission of sanctification as their prime responsibility. They are to teach as Jesus did, to see that the faithful live the paschal mystery more fully and to do this as fathers through their own example of care and concern for the church family.

The ideal is clearly set forth in the following words: "In exercising his office as father and pastor, the bishop should be with his people as one who serves, as a good shepherd who' ,. knows his sheep and whose sheep know him, as a true father who excels in his love and solicitude for all."

This is no easy task in a time of crass materialism, especially in America. Many bishops have been hurt and confused in their attempts to follow in the footsteps of the Master and it is well that the faithful remember that their shepherds, like all of us, are quite human.

Nevertheless, from those who have received much, much is expected.. No matter what the temperament of a particular bishop, compassion, kindness and tenderness are expected of him, in season and out of season. For this reason alone, one can surmise that the office of bishop is not easy to ful,fill. .

As Bishop Cronin continues to discharge his heavy responsibilities, it is more than a pious thought to say that he should be heid kindly in our prayers. As he has the obligation to be solicitous ofthe faithful, the flock must care for him. It should be more than a mere mention of his name at Mass. It should be the realization that the Lord has called him to be our leader on our pilg~imjourney. As he meets the day by day challenges of that call, we say Ad Multos Annos! " The Editor

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Abortion and fetal tissue BETHESDA, Md ..(NC) - Re- have met with mixed success so cognizing the "moral relevance" in far. decisions to use human fetal tissue On the third day panel members in research, a federal panel in a met in executive session to begin tentative vote said Sept. 16 the addressing about 10 questions put practice was acceptable but called to them by Dr: Robert E. Winit "imperative" that safeguards be dom, assistant secretary for the developed to respect "the principled Department of Health and Human viewpoints of all affected parties." Services.

The 21-member panel, charged Panel members included Holy with studying the scientific, ethical Cross Father James T. Burtchaell, and legal questions surrounding professor at the University ofNotre the uses of tissue obtained from Dame in Indiana and three experts aborted fetuses, met at the National from Jesuit-run Georgetown UniInstitute of Health in Bethesda versity.

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Father Burtchaell and Indiana The first two days were opened attorney James Bopp Jr., general to public testimony, most of which counsel for the National Right to focused on the abortion issue.

Life Committee, dissented from The U.S. bishops, the Knights the majority opinion thilt use of of Columbus and other abortion fetal tissue would be acceptable. foes condemned the practice of The panel's chairman, former using fetal tissue from deliberate federaljudge Arlin Adams of Philabortions and said the 'abortion adelphia, told National Catholic and fetal tissue questions were News Service Sept. 19 the panel's morally linked and could not be vote was "very tentative" and that discussed independently of each members had had time only to other. address the first question of They said that in the interest of whether induced abortion was of research women might have "cus- moral relevance to the decision to tom pregnancies" just to have abor- use human fetal tissue for research tions and provide tissue and that and how the research should abortions would be timed to make proceed. optimum use of fetal remains.

"Nobody indicated moral approThey also said they feared abortionists would collaborate with re- val of abortion and anyone who searchers in making tissue avail- would suggest we put a 'moral imprimatur on abortion is wrong," able.

But abortion supporters accused he said, adding that the panel was their opponents of "holding hos- to meet again in mid-October.

A final report from the panel is tage" scientific advances that they said offer. the only hope to millions not expected until December. of Americans suffering from disChief among safeguards panel eases from diabetes to Alzheimer's. members have suggested would be Animal research and limited hu- keeping decisions on abortion totalman research has shown that fetal ly separate from tissue retrieval tissue transplants might become and informing those recipients of promising therapy for Parkinson's tissue, including researchers, hosdisease, diabetes and various neu- 路pitals and others, "who would have ral diseases, although such efforts moral reasons to be concerned

with the methods used to obtain the tissue in question."

In public testimony, Kay C. James, spokeswoman for the National Right to Life Committee, told the panel Sept. 15 that those who support fetal tissue use give the "most seductive argument that even if you oppose. abortion you should be glad something useful comes out of it."

Robin Chandler Duke, board member of the Planned Parenthood Federation's research arm, the Alan Guttmacher Institute, said that abortion "isn't going away....

Nobdy likes abortion but most people recognize it should be legal and safe."

Earlier, Richard Dperflinger, assistant director of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said abortion supporters "overstate" U.S. society's acceptance of abortion. He pointed to a 1985 New York Times survey that indicated 54 percent of the respondents thought abortion was murder.

He said Sept. 14 the U.S. bishops did not see how the practice of using fetal tissue "can be institutionalized without threatening a morally unacceptable collaboration with the abortion industry."

Doerflinger added that organs cannot be removed until death is Certain beyond "reasonable doubt," saying doctors were pressured to adopt loose standards because tissue is better if removed as quickly as possible.

Others speakers, representing ethics centers, research facilities and advocacy groups for victims of disease, approved 'Of using the tissue and strongly urged stringent federal guidelines to protect the practice from comercialization and its subjects from exploitation.

Opposites attract What attracted you to your spouse? Was it his steadiness, relia bility, and straightforward ness? Was it her sense of

normal marital dilemma. What us initially bugs us later on. The man who prizes his girlfriend's ability to express her feelings so readily may find this trait playfulness, spontaneity, and op- grating when she's his wife. He timism? wishes she would keep them to A second question. Are the char~ herself. She, on the other hand acteristics you named ones that might find -his strict self-controi are underdeveloped 'or missing in cold and unloving. your own makeup? Ifso, you have The man who enjoys his girllots of company. friend's playfulness and spontaneity Those who study spouse selection tell us that we are attracted to finds them silly when she's his those who possess traits and be- wife. He wishes she would settle haviors which we value but recog- down and become as serious as he is. She finds his predictability and nize as limited in ourselves.

By marrying someone with these reliability boring and his unwillcharacteristics, we hope for a sense ingness to letloose infuriating.

The man who was attracted to of completeness. For this reason the old adage that opposites attract his insecure and dependent girlfriend because it gave him a feeling has some truth.

A man who cannot share his of protecting her doesn't like it feelings but wishes he could may when his wife constantly gives in be attracted to a volatile woman to others. She, who loved his maswho is attracted to him because terful command of situations durshe wishes she had more control . ing courtship, wants him to back over her feelings. Or a woman who off and negotiate as a husband.

How complicated it can be to is unsure of herself is attracted to a man with great self-confidence. Or select partners for traits we later a spendthrift finds a saver ap- come to dislike. It's a dilemma that leads many couples to a marriage pealing.

It sounds like a reasonable solu- counselor, whose first question is tion to becoming whole, but there apt to be, "What attracted you to is a cost. Is there a similarity one another." The answer is often, between answer number one: "I like this in him/ her but I don't "What attracted you to your like it." spouse?" and number two: "What A good counselor helps us see annoys you about him or her?" that we're tending to project our If your answer is yes, relax. It's a own weaknesses and needs upon attract~

The big picture It would be naive to think that an institution such as the church would have no internal politics. And sometimes what seems to be disunity is actually needed conflict that brings out the best in us and raises issues that need to be brought to the surface.

But something doesn't ring quite right with me when I read commentaries on the church that make its politics their main focus. In reading a book by Father Herbert Vorgrimler on the late theologian, Father Karl Rahner, SJ, I got an insight into exactly what that something is.

Father Vorgrimler writes that Father Rahner always thought of the church as a whole. In his view, the community of true believers is willed and called to life by G04.

The community of faith as a whole has the spirit of God and is so preserved by God in the right faith that in principle it cannot fall into error.

Father Vorgrimler's strong emphasis on the words "as a whole" made me think.

In my work as a researcher, one of the challenges is to remain 'connected to ~'the whole." When conducting research, it is easy to become fixed on one's findings. A researcher gets a bird's-eye view of an issue - sayan issue,that divides people in the church. But at some point he or she needs to ask how these findings connect with the bigger picture of the church.

In other words, looking at the findings of a study, the researcher . has to ask: Where do we go from here?

In a similar way, it is possible to become fixed on political issues in the church withol,lt asking how they fit into the bigger picture of t~e church. In making observations""r:r·",f atw1.!t~-~~,._~ disunity in the church ' ""'''''1' ... ~.' ,'.

there is the risk that people will stop short of making the necessary connections with "the whole."

Father Rahner once made an observation about Pope John XXIII that is helpful in trying to state exactly what I mean. "Seen from below, and probably also in reality," Father Rahner wrote "John XXIII was an almost naiv~ man, basically conservative and old-fashioned to all external appearances. But he had a degree of mnocence and the good will to come to terms to some degree with the world as it actually is."

What Father Rahner was saying, in effect, was that Pope John XXIII had a sense of perspective.

He ~new how to cut through things to get to the bigger picture.

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our partner. "Would you like him to change?" the counselor may ask. We are then faced with our own inconsistency. Do we value this trait or not? Would we prefer our spouse didn't have it?

A case in point is a couple who found that religion was dividing rather than uniting them. In counseling the husband admitted that his wife's deep faith was an attraction to him during courtship because it was missing in his life. But in marriage, her habit of turning everything over to God drove him crazy. When they understood each other's expectations, they were able to work out a balance.

What attracts us need not divide us. While'we cannot achieve wholeness through another, we can achieve balance by continuing to ' appreciate the qualities that drew us to him or her in the first place.

Being able to express our expectations and feelings is a major first step. If we don't do this, we will find ourselves caught in the Catch22 that says, "I married you for what you are but now I want you to change."

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

cal nitpicking at the time he called the Second Vatican Council. But he knew how to move beyond that. . There is a risk in becoming too fIxed on the political issues. One can lose perspective. The true sense ofthe word "political," which suggests that people can truly work together, may get overlooked.

EI Salvador fields peace commission SAN SALVADOR, EI Salvador (NC) - Archbishop Arturo' Rivera Damas of San Salvador has announced that a "permanent commission for peace" has been established by some 60 groups that recently participated in a churchsponsored "national debate" for peace.

The archbishop said the commission would continue discussions on how to end the country's 8-year-old civil war, which has claimed more than 60,000 lives.

He said it also would serve to pressure the governmentand guerrillas of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front to comply. with the terms of the national debate.

It called for a prompt cease-fire, establishment of a broad-based coalition government, renewed peace talks between the government and guerrillas and greater compliance With the 1987 Central American peace plan.

Archbishop Rivera Damas'said that, once established, the commission would be independent of .the:chu.rcjl. " ..... "~I, ... '

Getting in .aCatholic school Q. I am a Catholic and received a wonderful education and discipline in the Catholic schools I attended. I am married now with a child ready for school. I always wanted my children to have a Catholic education as well.

I called the school last April and was told my child would be on a waiting list. This fall he is still on a waiting list and I am not even permitted to fill in the required forms at this time.

The thing I do not understand is why parishioners who are Catholic are not allowed in the school. when so many children from my own neighborhood who are not Catholic go to a Catholic school.

Isn't this unfair? It seems that Catholics should be given first preference. (Pennsylvania) A. Most parishes with Catholic schools have certain expectations from parishioners with children in those schools. These expectations may involve some sort of participation in parish life or designated. financial contributions through tuition, Sunday offerings and other channels.

Since we do not wish our schools to become socially or financially elite institutions, policies nearly always provide for parents who cannot do everything asked, but who demonstrate a. genuine sense of responsibility about it.

Assuming the above conditions are fulfilled, my experience is that most parishes have some process which gives their own members first turn. Naturally 1 have no knowledge of the policies in your parish. I suggest you first be certain you have the facts straight, then talk to some other parents to obtain their insights.

If you still feel some change should be considered, write to your parish school board, parish pastoral council and pastor, and explain your concerns and suggestions.

Q. My son is dating a Lutheran girl. They are both strong in their faith. One of our fellow parishioner's sons .received a dispensation from the bishop to be married in the bride's Protestant church. How do you go about it? (Indiana) A.' You are speaking of what is called technically a dispensation from the form of marriage. This simply means that the bishop dispenses from the obligation all Catholics have to be married before a priest or other Catholic official to be validly married in the church.

Under certain circumstances the bishop may give such a dispensation.

Preparations. for the marriage are the same as if the couple were being married by thepriest. These preparations are done with the parish priest of the bride or groom.

He is the one to approach to initiate such a request.

Q. My husband is not Catholic and was divorced before we met.

When we were married 30 years ' ago he started Catholic instructions. We were interrupted because the priest could not or did not k!".ow just how to handle the situa- .

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(Ohio) A. Most priests today are far more familiar with procedures in such cases than they were 30 years ago. Please go to your parish priest, or another priest in your area if you are more comfortable, and ask his advice.

Q. We have a baptism coming up in our family this fall. The ones we would like to have as godparents canl,lot be at the ceremony since they will be in the military in Germany at that time. I would like to know if it is possible to have a proxy godparent who would stand in for them. Can that be done?

(Texas) A. Previous church law (before 1983) explicitly mentions the possibility of proxies at baptism. But no longer. Neither officialliturgical books nor other church laws now provide for official "proxies" at baptism.

However, this does not necessarily seem to mean that godparents themselves must be present at the baptism ceremony. While the. ritual calls for certain responses' from godparents during the baptism, their primary responsibilities toward the child (or adult) can be accepted and carried out without their physical presence at that time.

Even if not present, they must fulfill all requirements for baptism sponsors, and the baptizing minister must have absolute assurance that they intend to accept and fulfill their obligations to the child.

Their names will be recorded in the parish baptism record.

Sponsors are not required, of course, for validity of baptism.

The introduction to the baptism rite for children says: Each child may have a godfather and godmother. Canon law states that insofar as possible the one to be baptized is to be given a sponsor.

Thus, as long as the actual sponsors are qualified and explicitly committed to their responsibilities, there seems to be no reason against another one or two people standing in for them at the ceremony itself, even though they would have no official designation as proxies.

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Monks reconciled PARIS (NC) - 50 monks at a Benedictine monastery in Barroux, France,often visited by excommunicated Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre have reconciled with the Vatican. "The monks of Barroux have deserted us in time of war," said Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, excommunicated in June when Archbishop Lefebvre ordained him and three others against Vatican orders.

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THE POPE with the New England bishops. Bishop Cronin is seventh from the left in the front row and Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law is ninth, next to the pope. Note the papal coat of arms centering the carp~t. (Mari photo)

"Ad limina" visit memorable for bishop Continued from Page One tie used in recent years, has since been sold, he added.

The papal audiences, said the bishop, are apparently set up in order of one's date of episcopal ordination. They last about 15 minutes, during which time a bishop gives the pope a general presentation of the state of his diocese and the pope has the opportunity of asking any questions he may have. .

At least six months before a bishop reaches Rome, he must submit an extensive "quinquennial report" on all areas of diocesan life to Vatican officials. It is carefully examined and the pope is apprised of any points he may wish to bring up with a particular bishop.

"Obviously; it would be impossible for the pope to read all the extremely detailed material him- . self," said Bishop Cronin, "but any important matters are brought to his attention."

In the case of the Fall River diocese, continued the bishop, "I emphasized the dedication of the priests, religious and laity and how willingly the priests had accepted new responsibilities not expecte~ of them in earlier days.

"I assured the pope of the love of all the peoplt; and spoke of how well the laity work with the priests.

He seemed very pleased.

"I really enjoyed the visit," said the bishop, "and I took the opportunity to ask him to impart his apostolic blessing to all in the diocese."

The pope willingly gave his blessing, which Bishop Cronin indicated will be imparted at a time to be announced.

The audience was followed by a picture-taking session, at which the pontiff presented the bishop with a Bible ·and several other mementos. "The bishops .of New England gave the pope ajoint gift, presented by Cardinal Bernard F. Law," noted the bishop.

Pope John Paul's' English is excellent, commented the bishop.

"Sometimes he may seem hesitant, but it is usually because he's seeking the exact word to express his shade of meaning. He is more precise than most of us in his use of the language!"

A relaxed period followed the bishops' private audiences. "We waited for each other on a terrace overlooking Lake Albano, then

moved into the gardens surrounding the villa," recounted the bishop.

All returned for a 2 p.m. informal lunch with the pope, featuring a main dish of veal.

"The Castel Gandolfo rooms are not so spacious as those at the Vatican," said the bishop, "but there was room for 17 of us bishops .and the pope at the table." He said the conversation was general, dealing with world conditions and with the American church. "The pope has carried away happy memories from his trip here last· year," summed up the bishop.

Wednesday, Sept. 7, saw the New England bishops at the pope's general audience in the enormous Paul VI hall at the Vatican, with the po'pe helicoptering to the Weekly event from Castel Gandolfo.

"All ourbisho'ps were present, plus others who happened to be in Rome or were leading pilgrimages, also many religious and many American visitors," related the bishop. He said a light touch was provided by children from Italy's Tyrolean Alps, who s.ang and danced.

"The pope was late and entered from the side of the stage instead of coming down the aisle of the hall," said Bishop Cronin. "Later we found that he had been with a group of German pilgrims in St. Peter's Basilica for whom there was no room in the audience hall."

Msgr. Oliveira, noted the bishop, .seated at the front of the audience hall, had the opportunity of a personal meeting with the pontiff.

During the remainder of their ad limina stay, the bishops visited various curial congregations and on Friday began the day by concelebrating Mass with the pope at Castel Gandolfo.

"We were up early - I mean bright and early," said Bishop Cronin, who was up at 5 a.m. in order to' be at the pope's villa in. time to vest for the 7:30· a.m. liturgy, which was als!l concelebrated by Msgr. Oliveira and other episcopal secretaries.

"The pope never seems to weary and when one sees him at Mass, one can understand why," said the bishop. "Prayer seems to give him an almost mystical serenity."

Among those at the Mass were North American College seminarian Douglas Sousa of Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Taunton, and his visiting mother, who were the bene-

ficiaries of two guest tickets made available to Bishop Cronin and who were greeted by the pope after the celebration.

The Mass was followed by picture taking, then the bishops were the breakfast guests of sisters who .staff a school on the villa grounds.

Next the New England bishops, plus bishops from Minnesota and North and South Dakota also making ad limina visits, met in an audience hall for a formal address by the pope of which the full text appears on page 12 of this issue of The Anchor. At the close of the speech, the pope again greeted each prelate individually.

The day was closed by the New England bishops at a dinner hosted

by Cardinal Law at which a special toast was offered to Bishop Cronin on the occasion of his 20th. anniversary in the episcopate.

The bishops remained in the Eternal City for several days to conclude visits to congregation offices and take care of other business they might have, but for the pope it was off to Southern Africa for his exhausting tour of five nations and his unplanned stop in South Africa. .

A Look to the Past After discu~sing the ad limina visit, Bishop Cronin took the opportunity to glance backward over his years in the episcopate.

"God is good," he said "and I thank him for the extraordinary grace of serving 35 years as a priest and now 20 years as a bishop, nearly 18 of those years in the Fall River diocese. I only pray I can continue to cooperate with the graces' I have been given."

The bishop mentioned as very gratifying to him the progress- of the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry, "started well by Father Tosti and no.w being built upon by Father Travassos."

He also noted that "we are keeping pace with the growth of the church on Cape Cod" by addition oftwo new parishes in recent years and by expansion of existing parish plants.

"We are trying to provide adequate facilities for religious instruction of our children, so needed now that we have fewer Catholic schools," he said. The bishop also noted the importance of serving ethnic groups and said he is encouTurn to Page II

Continued from Page One tries, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, where churches have carved out operating room in recent years.

In Zimbabwe, the pope found much to praise in a government program that includes the church as a full partner.

In Mozambique, the pope also adopted a conciliatory line toward the government in most of' his speeches. But· it was interesting that when he made his most critical comments, he did so discreetly, in a private meeting with the country's bishops.

To the bishops, the pope made it clear that he thinks the state bears much of the responsibility for starting the devastating civil war, and he supported the bishops' call for dialogue with all parties in the fighting.

In each of his stops, Pope John Paul also stressed that the church wants to be a moral force in the building of society. He convincingly described the post-colonial church as a native one, willing to help solve social problems.

But he had to admit that many local churches simply do not have the resources to cope with even their own pastoral needs. .

In Mozambique, for example, where priests are practically confined to cities because of the fighting, thousands of small church communities are isolated in the countryside and rarely see a clergyman. And while the government is now handing back confiscated property, the church is without the money or personnel to use it.

In Mozambique and elsewhere along the pope's route, the percentage of Catholics in the population has been shrinking for the last several years. The pope has turned evangelization into a running subtheme of his trip, and made a plea for vocations at every stop.

In most places he offered a reasoned Christian view that linked social progress, family unity and prayer. But here, too, practical problems were evident. In Swaziland, for example, where the pope argued against polygamy, the 20year-old king of the tiny southern African mountain kingdom has four wives.

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The pope's brief visit to Swaziland Sept. 16 brought a day of color and sunshine to a trip previously marred by bad weather.

When the pope arrived to celebrate Mass at a stadium in Manzini, the church's headquarters in the country, a squad of staffwielding Swazi men closed in around his open truck and raised their shields high in salute.

Heavily armed soldiers stood at the edge of the altar, and 20 feet directly above the site three sentries manned a machine gun.

In his sermon, the pope said the basis for stable families is "a monogamous marital union" founded on "the equal personal dignity" of men and women.

In a Christian family, he said, "husband and wife must form a loving communion of total and mutual self-giving."

"Any form of disregard for the equal dignity of men and women must be seen as serious contradictions of the truth that Christ, the king of peace, has brought into the world," the pope said.

Swaziland's 20-year-old king, Mswati III, arrived at the Mass about 15 minutes late, preceded by at least two of his four wives, according to a local official.. The late arrival is considered a sign of respect in Swazi society, officials said.

The pope paused while the crowd cheered the king, who is viewed by many Swazis as the head of all churches in the country.

Church sources said polygamy is a traditional and predominant practice in Swaziland. A woman is considered to marry her husband's family rather than the man himself. Some of thes~ marriages are also followed by church ceremonies, they said.

The pope's visit came three weeks after the annual "Reed Dance," in which the king selects a new bride from among the country's maidens. This year, the king videotaped the dance and made his decision afterward.

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Extensive outreach Dear Editor: A recent Anchor article (Outreach, Vincentian-style, Sept. 2) reported on Vincentians at St. 'Bernard's parish, Assonet, who hosted a cookout for mentally ill persons.

I am that conference's treasurer.

Conference president Len Nicolan and I recently spent a very enjoyable evening with Mehall Lowry, a seminarian for England's Westminster diocese, and Dermot Donnelly, a London Vincentian.

The two were visiting when they read the Anchor article, and sought us out for more information. England, they said, has recently decided that mentally handicapped persons could be better served by living as part of society and Vincentians there would like to help with the transition they will face.

Our meeting helped to fulfill Fall River district council president David Motta's directive to engage in more extensive outreach.

John E. Sullivan Assonet

Made his day Dear Joe Motta: As you said in your article (Anchor, Sept. 16), my voice swells with pride when I speak about my son Mark. Well, my feelings also swelled with pride when you came to my home to deliver The Anchor.

To see Mark's picture on the front cover of your newspaper really made my day! I've been on Cloud 9 ever since.

Thank you for a wonderful article about Mark. It was perfectly written and very moving. You must be a very special person to have such talent. I'm glad I was able to meet you.

Jay Hoyle Swansea

Great job Dear Joe Motta: What a great surprise when The Anchor (Sept. 16) was delivered.

The front page and stories were just wonderful and so positive.

You did a great job, Joe, and I want to thank you in the name of all of us at St. John's.

Sister Martha Mulligan, RSM Principal St. John Evangelist School Attleboro

Dollar by dollar WASHINGTON (NC) - The College of St. Teresa, a Catholic women's college in Winona, Minn., plans to close at the end of the 1988-89 academic year because of long-term financial problems. But a group of parents and alumni, headed by Alan Pinkowski of Westville, Ind., hopes to raise $20 million over a three-year period to keep the college open. Pinkowski's plan is to ask each Catholic in the United States to send $1 to St. Teresa's, which is run by the Sisters of St. Francis.

It's Different "Granted that we are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in his presence in a different way. They, as it were, see that he is looking upon them." - St. Teresa of Avila

FOLKS IN New Bedford's' North End got an eyeful recently when St. Mary's rectory was moved some three miles by its purchaser. Removal of the building increased St. Mary's on-site parking space, needed to conform with city code requirements. A new rectory has been completed and a new church is all but ready for use.

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NEW YORK (NC) - Msgr.

Charles J. Fahey, a specialist on ministry to the aging, said in a New York address that arranging for people to designate proxies is the best way of handling healthcare decisions when the dying are no longer capable of deciding for themselves.

Living wills, in which people indicate they do not want to be given certain kinds of treatment when they have no hope of recovery, do not work because circumstances seldom turn out exactly as anticipated, he said.

Msgr. Fahey, director of the Third Age Center at Fordham University, spoke at a recent seminar for administrators of Catholic health care facilities cosponsored

by St. John's University in Queens and the Catholic Medical Center of the Brooklyn diocese.

The New York Legislature is considering a bill that would allow designation of proxies to speak on behalf of incapacitated patients.

Msgr. Fahey said that the New York State Catholic Conference was asking for several amendments that would likely make the bill unsatisfactory and that its "foolish" stance was based on the

"slippery slope" argument of what acting frivolously if, for example, the bill might lead to. But he said a pa~ient needed a simple procethe measure would not authorize dure to remain alive.

- Allow a conscience clause so proxies to order suicidal measures any more than a mentally capable that if a proxy made a decision violating a hospital's conscience, patient can now do.

Father Kenneth Doyle, spokes- the hospital would have the right man for the New York conference, to transfer the patient to another public policy arm of the New York facility. bishops. said the amendments ~Provide that artificial nutriwould: tion and hydration be adminis- Set up objective standards of tered, except if death were immimedical care to keep a proxy from, 'nent or if insertion of a tube

BOSTON (NC) - The director ,of a spiritual support group for homosexual Catholics will receive the Cardinal Wright Award 'Sept.

26 in Boston during the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars convention.

The fellowship will honor Father John F. Harvey, an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales and director of Courage, a ministry for homosexual men and women who accept church teaching. ' Father Harvey is professor of moral and pastoral theology at De Sales Theological Seminary in Washington. He is author of "The Homosexual Person: New Thinking in Pastoral Care," published last year by Ignatius Press.

Courage was founded in 1980 in New York and now has chapters in Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Cleveland as well as in Toronto and Vancouver in Canada.

The award is named for Cardinal John J. Wright, head of the Vatican Congregation for Clergy, who ~i"d in 1979.

would outweigh benefits of the procedure.

- Require life-sustaining treatment for a pregnant woman if there were a reasonable chance her baby could survive.

Msgr. Fahey said the "slippery slope" consideration had influenced the New Jersey bishops to take what he described as a too far-reaching position on the nutrition and hydration issue.

In October 1986, the bishops opposed removal of feeding tubes in "right-to-die" cases, maintaining that food and water should always be provided to a patient.

Msgr. Fahey said the bishops' statement went beyond what was ethically necessary. "There is no moral necessity for forced feeding," he said.

He said some people fearful of a trend toward euthanasia were making demands beyond what was called for by Pope Pius XII in his distinction between ordinary and extraordinary means.

"Sticking a tube in somebody is as artificial as you can get," Msgr.

Fahey said.

He acknowledged. that the question of how to treat comatose patients with no hope of recovery was "tough," but he said law could not cover every eventuality and freedom for decision-making appropriate to individual cases was necessary.

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FOLLOWING a confirmation Mass at Regina Pacis Hispanic Center, New Bedford, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin greets members of the congregation.

Latinization of U.8. church With this issue, The Anchor begins a series of articles on Hispanic Catholics in the United States. By bilingual National Cath. olic News Service reporter Laurie Hansen, they are meant to renect the diversity of the Hispanic presence. The "De Colores" logo comes from an old Spanish folksong used as a theme song during the popular Cursillo retreat, which originated in Spain. The lyrics of "De Colores"speak of universality and racial harmony.

WASHINGTON(NC)- Today one of four U.S. Catholics is Hispani.c, and if trends continue, experts say that by the year 2000 it will be one of every three.

While accurate statistics are difficult to find, Hispanic Catholics are said to already outnumber non-Hispanic Catholics in a number of dioceses nationwide, especially in the West and Southwest.

And Hispanics are changing not only the face of the church, but the nation.

From "La Bamba" to "The Milagro Beanfield War," from fa.jitas to beer with lime, from bilingual education to proposed English-only legislation, the so-called "Latinization of America" is increasingly apparent. ~n this election year, the Democratic presidential and both vicepresidential hopefuls speak Spanish fluently, while Republican presidential candidate George Bush's son is married to a native of Mexico.

The U.S. Census Bureau released figures in 1986 estimating the number of U.S. Hispanics to be 17.3 million. It projected that by the year 2020, the number will more than double to 36.5 million and continue to grow, reaching 51 million by 2046.

From coast to coast - in Los Angeles and Hoboken, N.J., Fond du Lac, Wis.~ and Oklahoma City - parish bulletins are being printed in Spanish and more and more churches are booked for festive "quinceaneras" at which l5-yearold Hispanic girls celebrate their budding adulthood.

Spanish-speaking..,clergy are increasingly in demand as dioceses nationwide struggle to provide _parishes with priests to celebrate Mass in Spanish for growing numbers of Spanish-speaking parishioners. .

Catholic and public elementary schools alike are trying to cope as Hispanic immigrant children who

do not yet speak English enter the classroom.

While the U.S. Catholic Church "might like to relax in comfortable middle-class status," it is once again an immigrant church, according to Jesuit Father Joseph P. Fitzpatrick, professor emeritus of sociology at New York's Fordham University in the Bronx.

"Once again the church is being challenged to be the 'immigrant church' for the 'newcomers, to do for the Hispanics what it did for the poor and persecuted immigrants of the last century," wrote Father Fitzpatrick in an article in America, a Jesuit magazi'1e.

If it doesn't, said Pablo Sedillo, director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs, more Hispanics are apt to abandon the church and join the small Protestant'sects that have already successfully wooed some of them.

The majority of Hispanics have never received formal catechetical instruction, Sedillo said, "but they are baptized Catholic, consider themselves to be Catholic ... have a deep faith and tradition of popular religiosity."

The institutional church has taken notice of the changing demographics. Pope John Paul II's July appointment of Franciscan Father Roberto O. Gonzalez of New York as a Boston auxiliary brought the total of U.S. Hispanic bishops to 20.

A 1983 pastoral letter by the U.S. bishops focusing on Hispanic Catholics' gifts, a permanent bishops' Committee on Hispanic Affairs, a bishops' Hispanic secretariat, three nationwide "encuentros" or consultations with Hispanic Catholics and a resulting Hispanic pastoral plan are further proof.of the church's increased awareness of its Latino membership.

But Sedillo and Bishop Ricardo Ramirez of Las Cruces, N.M., have nevertheless' cal1ed on the church to make a conscious decision to hire more Hispanics in

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policy-making positions at national and diocesan levels.

In this area, the church must "set the tone" for the public and private sectors by hiring Hispanics "not just as janitors and groundskeepers," said Bishop Ramirez, a member of the USCe's Administrative Board and U.S. bishops' Administrative Committee.

Sedillo said many Hispanic church programs are "severely underfinanced," citing as an example the New York-based Northeast Hispanic Catholic Center.

The church must start to provide "mechani~ms by which Hispanic and non-Hispanic U.S. Catholics can get to know each other in non-problematic situations," said Sister Dominga Zapata, a member of the Society of Helpers who is coordinator of the Hispanic Pastoral Office of the Archdiocese of Hartford, Conn.

And the growing "Latinization" of the church should not scare non-Hispanic U.S. Catholics, said Bishop Ramirez.

Referring to the theme of the U.S. bishops' 1983 pastoral letter on Hispanic ministry, he said he doubted that many U.S. Catholics "would agree with the bishops that Hispanics are a blessing from God," rather than a problem.

Instead, he said, the feeling toward Hispanics is often "either go away or mix with the rest of us."

But "we're going to be here," the bishop said. "And the Hispanic culture and language must survive," he said, adding that they are inextricably linked to Hispanic Catholicism.

Offices for Hispanic affairs currently operate at diocesan, regional and national levels not to create a "separate church," but "because Hispanic Catholics lag so far behind in church participation and policy-making," said Sedil1o.

He said these special offices are intended to be a temporary measure. "What we're striving for," said Sedillo, "is to integrate our community into the everyday life of the church ... while maintain-' ing our identity as a people."

Some U.S. Catholics may think that if they "let someone new into the house, [he] might rearrange the furniture and tel1 them how to cook the meals, how to think and how to act," said Bishop Ramirez.

But if the U.S. Catholic Church is to remain a vibrant church it must welcome the "freshness of Hispanic Catholic spirit," he said.

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Sept. 23, 19889

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They are: - Five-year-old Brendan O'Rourke, who was hugged and kissed last September by Pope John Paul II during the pontiffs visit to Mission Dolores Basilica in San Francisco..

- Sister Ann Clare Johnson of San Jose, a Dominican Sister of Mission San Jose.

The .beatification Mass for Fatht er Serra, the 18th-century founder of California missions, is to be held in St. Peter's Basilica in Vati- . ,can City. "But for the final step, for canonization, one more miracle is required," said Franciscan Father Noel Francis Moholy, vice postulator of Father Serra's cause.

John O'Rourke, Brendan's father, said his son was excited about his anticipated' trip to Rome and spoke of going to see "my friend, the pope."

O'Rourke said that while his son romped energetically in the mission garden before Mass, there are times when he lies listless due to his illness.

Father Moholy said a highlight for Sister Johnson during the trip to Rome would be meeting Franciscan Sister Boniface Dyrda of Clyde, Ohio, whose cure 27 years ago was accepted in December as a miracle in the cause of Father Serra. She suffered from a debilitating inflamatory disease of connective tissue.

Now liying in her order's motherhouse in Ferguson, Mo., Sister Dyrda, 72, said she is "overjoyed and privileged to be Padre Serra's witness for his beatification."

She said her life changed in 1959 when she suddenly had "rash, fever, weakness and swelling all over my body."

She dropped from 146 to 86 pounds, but after asking Father Serra's intercession, Sister Dyrda said her health suddenly improved.

A local tribunal was established in 1986 to investigate the alleged cure and reports were sent to the Vatican. Three physicians reviewed the case and the nun then went to Rome for an investigation during which she saw 12 different physicians.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri."Sept. 23,1988

Stress not just in your mind

By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Dr. Kenny: I hear so much about stress and how to avoid it.

What is stress? Is it just something in my head? Does its presence mean I am not good at solving problems?

Stress is not merely something going on in our heads. We may talk of being overwhelmed, the "jitters," anxiety, panic. But these feelings are simply the psychological side of some real and physical changes taking place in our body.

Our emergency nervous system is readying our body to handle a crisis. .

Let us suppose I was crossing the street and not watching where I was going. I see a flash of sunlight out of the corner of my eye, and I misinterpret it to be an oncoming car. Here are a few significant changes that will take place in my body as my emergency nervous system.takes command. Most will take place in less than asecond.

I. My pupils will dilate so that 1 have large "spook-house" eyes to let in more light. . 2. My skin will lose color because all路 my outer blood vessels will constrict.

3. 1 will break out in "cold sweat" as my cells discharge waste material and provide a cooling process at the sa.me time.

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4. My breathing pattern will change, making me catch my breath.

5. Digestive juices, including potent acids, will be released into my stomach to make the most of any nutrition and to clear my stomach for action. This is why people under prolonged stress are prone to ulcers.

6. My inner blood vessels will expand automatically to handle the increased blood pressure and blood flow.

7. My blood pressure will go up.

8. My heart will beat faster.

9. Coagulants will be secreted into my bloodstream to prevent prolonged bleeding in case of injury.

10. Adrenaline will drop into 'my blood to enhance my energy and quickness.

II. Neuro hormones will be secreted into place between my nerve endings to speed up my senses and. to quicken my reaction time.

From this partial listing of physical changes, several points ar.e obvious. First, the anxiety or "nerves" are not merely something in your head. It is physical and real.

Second, if something is not done to lessen or relieve the symptoms of stress, they will exact a high toll

in both physical breakdown and performance.

What to do? You have surely read a lot about relaxation techniques and about ways to solve the problems that baffle us and cause our stress level to rise. But if the stress itself is physical, then there should be some physical remedies.

Here are a few suggestions: . -Watch your diet. Eat breakfast. Emphasize foods high in B vitamins such as wheat foods and liver. Avoid foods with caffeine and refined sugar.

- Aerobic exercise for 15 minutes a day is a proven way to lower pulse and reduce blood pressure, two signs of stress.

- Obtain adequate rest. Sleep is nature's way of restoring bodily wear and tear.

- Vse medication as a last resort, and then temporarily, to get through a crisis. Sleeping pills and tranquilizers can help us through a bad time, up to three months, but beyond that they are a dangerous first line of defense against stress. They have some unfortunate side effects and can become habit forming.

Thank you for the chance to present the physical side of stress.

Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address the Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

Learning from senior historians PIGS AND PEOPLE compete for garbage at this Jamaican dump (top). Bottom, Hyacinth Hood, whose right leg was amputated in 1987, finds her condition makes it difficult to care for her children. (NC photos) .

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Clouds of putrid dust billow up behind the garbage trucks as they rumble through the dump past ~he waiting knots of Jamaicans.

As each truck rolls in, four or five people "claim" it and follow it to the dumping point. Experience tells them which trucks have the best pickings: those from the fancy hotels.

As garbage tumbles out of the truck, the people - with cloth masks on their faces to protect them from dust - and dozens of pigs hunt together through the rubble for food.

Some 8,000 people survive this way in Kingston's garbage dump community of Riverton City. The people live in rows of ramshackle . wood and tin shacks with dirt floors and no plumbing. Some walk miles to get water from the community's one water spigot.

Catholic religious orders, including a new on~ seeking official status, the Brothers.ofthe Poor, work in the slums, trying to ease the lot of impoverished Jamaicans.

While Riverton City is one of the worst examples of poverty in Jamaica, it is not unusual. Despite the popular impression ofJamaica. as an island paradise, some 70 percent of its 2.3 million people live below the poverty line. V nemployment runs as high as 80 percent in some areas.

Inflation has been rising rapidly in Jamaica for years. For instance, in 1971, V.S. $1 was worth 70 Jamaican cents. Today, V.S. $1 is worth $5.50 Jamaican.

The Brothers of the Poor operate schools, training centers and shelters in several slums. Founded

by Jesuit Father Richard HoLung, the nine-member, 6-year-old order is seeking official status from the Vatican.

At the Brothers' Faith Center, many Jamaicans with a variety of needs mingle to help each other.

Father HoLung said the idea is to promote a family atmosphere rather than an institutional one.

"They [the poor] have to realize they're all God's children," said Father HoLung. "They have to recognize that they all have to work together. That's the key, because they aren't going to get rich."

Among the poor is 73-year-old Rebecca Murray, who lives alone in a small, crumbling shack. Once a week she walks six miles to the nearest post office to pick up the dollar the government gives her to live on "I don't have any money for tea,"said Mrs. Murray, who moved to the shack eight years ago when she could not pay rent on her apartment. "I always like my tea in the morning. But I don't have any money for tea or bread or sugar."

By Antoinette Bosco I recently had the privilege of judging a senior citizen essay competition sponsored by Connecticut's Department on Aging. The contest was the brainchild of David Shuldiner, the department's "humanist in residence."

He encourages seniors to tell the stories they remember from their younger years. This living history should not be lost, he says, for it is part of our past and an important ingredient in the continuing story of how a nation and its people are developing.

A woman who still sleeps in the bed in ~hich she was, born wrote a la Charles Dickens, "It has been the best of times. It has been the . worst oftimes - 1894-1988, the 93 years I have lived. I couldn't have chosen a better time in history to have experienced the changes of a century."

Many recalled experiences of their immigrant parents. One woman remembered her father's terrifying adventure emigrating from Italy. She ended the story with an epitaph: "Our parents dared to leave the known for the unknown, to give us a start in a brand new world. They endured hardships, giving us by example a sense of strength and determination. They inspired in us the desire to develop and find our own horizons. They were my very own brave young voyagers."

Another woman wrote of her Aunt Frances, a remarkable woman who graduated from college Phi Beta Kappa around 1900 and went on to get a law degree.

Aunt Frances dreamed of owning her own home, a hideaway on a lake, and communicated the

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dream to family and friends. With hacksa ws and sweat, they turned a wild, wooded lot into a homesite on which a cottage was built.

"The joys of that monumental decision of yesteryear have been boundless and rewarding," her niece wrote. "Aunt Fran's dreams came true for her and continue to be shared by the members of her family."

What was a revelation to me was the realization that what those people remembered most were the

acts of love they had witnessed and experienced.

I wonder if we really are aware of the power of love? If what these senior writers say is true, the love we give remains long after it is received.

Maybe that's why those stories were devoid of bitterness. Maybe when we grow old we filter out the bad and focus on the love that was there - the love that in the end led us to know that our life was worth living.

First sign of teenagerdom .

By Hilda Young I should have noticed. Evidence was everywhere. No cartoons jarring us into consciousness on Saturday mornings. No cereal and sugar spills on the kitchen counters when we got up. No sports and comic sections on the floor, the dog scratching to get out.

Something dramatic happened between our children's 10th and 12th years and we hardly noticed at first.

They began sleeping in.

I picked up the edge of my 12year-old's p'illow this morning. "Do you have any idea what time it is?"

I asked.

"Who's asking and why do they want to know?" came the mumbled reply.

"It's the person who faces sweat socks stronger than a locomotive, who creates school lunches faster than a speeding bullet, who makes bunk beds in a single bound."

"But, Supermom," he croaked.

"It's still dark. Wonder Sleeper needs his sleep."

"Twelve hours is plenty. Do you have any idea what time it is?" I repeated, pushing down and up on his pillow.

"There is no soil so barren but "Yes." that diligent tenderness brings forth 1 waited. "Yes, what?" 1 said some fruit." - Jean Pierre Camus. finally.

"Yes," he groaned. "Slumber King has an idea what time it is, but I am not admitting it until I . know the ransom has been paid and the hostages are free."

"Listen, my little sheik of shut eye, you can't sleep your life away."

"Then how about if I just stay here until I'm 13 or 14?"

I pulled the pillow off his head.

He covered his face with his hands and whimpered, "Child abuse, child abuse." He retreated under the covers.

"I think I just heard your father making threats that included a bucket of ice water and a rope," I lied.

A bare foot appeared from under the blankets. A body slid out into kneeling position against the bed.

Head and shoulders remained .covered.

"Is the Bugs Bunny and Road Runner Hour over yet?" asked a muffled voice.

It's strange, but somehow that response made me feel good, even younger.

"Want to come into the kitchen and spill some cereal and sugar?" I asked.

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'But the next day, a plan to show Continued from Page Six tial agreement, a married woman a televised Mass from Lesotho in a , is virtually a minor under the law. Johannesburg stadium had to be She is not responsible for con- canceled because not enough peotracts she signs, cannot inherit ple bought tickets to make the venproperty in her own name and, in ture financially worthwhile.

Like Father Joseph Gerard, the some cases, needs her husband's missionary priest he beatified durpermission to take a job.

Although they do most of the ing the trip, the pope discovered household chores, most wives have evangelizing in southern Africa is no authQrity to make family de- no easy thing.

But he wasn't expecting results cisions. , overnight, although he was expectThe pope also warned about families troubled by "marital infi- ing them over time. As he told delity and promiscuity," as well as youths in Maputo when he urged them to work for pea~e: "I am sure drug and alcohol abuse.

After the Mass, the pope met my appeal will remain in the hearts privately with the king at the royal of my dear young Mozambican palace. The king's aides knelt or friends, and keep producing fruit." crouched throughout the cereNC photo mony, in the normal posture of ASP, COUSINS deference to the young monarch.

Swaziland's government comContinued from Page Six bines the monarchy and an elected raging seminarians to become proparliament. Both the king and the queen mother, whose ritual title is ficient in Portuguese or Spanish.

"We have been blessed by voca"The Great She-Elephant," are MILWAUKEE(NC)-' Retired tions but not as' many as we need," honored wiih special allegiance.

Archbishop William E. Cousins, Racial injustice; as well as po-, he said, commenting that "I always 86, who headed the Milwaukee Iygamy, was a theme during the mention this to young persons at Archdiocese during the 1960s civil papal trip. ~ut while the pope's confirmation ceremonies. rights demonstrations, died Sept. words against apartheid were ap"I want the priests to feel sup- 14. plauded in Zimbabwe and Bots- ported and affirmed by the bishop Ordained to the priesthood in wana, in South Africa more atten- and the chancery in their parish 1927, he was named an auxiliary tion was given to the pope'li work; and I have tried to address bishop in Chicago in 1948 and rejection of violence "no matter the needs of the nuns by the ap- four years later became bishop of how unjust the situation." pointment of Sister Mary Noel , Peoria. He was named archbishop South African authorities used Blute as Episcopal Representative of Milwaukee in December 1958 such statements to i'mply that the for Religious." and retired in 1977. pope's political view of the region Bishop Cronin lauded the proDuring the 1960s Archbishop was similar to their own. gress of the Catholic Charities Cousins was criticized by some The trip brought an unexpected Appeal and the Bishop's Ball under Catholics who thought he should public relations coup for South the leadership of Msgr. Anthony curb activities of priests and religAfrica when the pope arrived there ·M. Gomes and also noted the ious who participated in civil rights after his plane was diverted to work accomplished in the dioce- demonstrations. But in June 1963 Johannesburg's Jan Smuts airport san nursing homes. , at the annual Milwaukee clergy from its scheduled landing in The Bishop also said he is grate- conference, he declared: "There Lesotho. South Africa quickly ar-' ful for the fact that he was in can be no ivory-towered rectories ranged ground transport complete Rome, serving in the papal Secre- in any parish of this archdiocese, with police escort in a show of tariat of State, during the period whether that parish is faced with a efficiency. of preparation for the Second Vat- real race problem, whether that ican Council and for the council town had only one colored family sessions. "Then I returned to Bos- in 120 years, or whether no race ton and got a hands-on feel for the problem exists at all.

Permanent Deacon Edward F. role of a pastor and was able to "If the message of Christ and his Zaorski of Hales Corners, Wis., bring the council spirit straight command of love are to be applied has been elected head of the Na- from Rome to the people." only in areas of conflict," the archtional Apostolate with Mentally He recalled that the year of his bishop said, "then you have jeoRetarded Persons. The former diepiscopal ordination was "an anx- pardized the universality of the rector of the Office for Persons ious year," seeing the assassina- church." with Disabilities in the Detroit In August 1967 Archbishop tions of Martin Luther King Jr. archdiocese, he is currently a stuand Robert F. Kennedy. But he Cousins refused a plea by Mildent at Sacred Heart School of spoke of his "spiritual joy and waukee Mayor Henry J. Maier Theology in Hales Corners. satisfaction in serving" and said "I that he order Father James E. ......... am optimistic for the future of the Groppi, an inner-city pastor and church. I have faith in God that he civil rights activist, to stop leading GOD'S ANCHOR HOLDS has a plan and in the people who open housing demonstrations that are so cooperative. Together we led to civil strife for three nights.

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The Anchor That September, in an editorial in the Catholic Herald Citizen, .Friday, Sept. 23, 1988 Milwaukee archdiocesan newspaper, the archbishop said the causes of racial unrest would conAMERICAN INDIAN CUSTOMS tinue to plague Milwaukee even if Fascinating leaflet explores fads Father Groppi were not there. about family life and customs of In a November 1969 pastoral Sioux Indians. An informative letter, Archbishop Cousins said booklet for anyone interested in the people of God must apply the our First Americans. LAKOTA teachings of Christ in matters of LIFE, leaflet, FREE. St. Joseph's social justice.

Indian School, Box 1138, ChamBut, he said, when people invoke berlain, SO 57326 the right of dissent, they must accept certain obligations. They cannot, he said, "flout laws enacted for the welfare and safety of the community as a whole."

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Pope stresses solidarity in "allocutio" to bishops perceives its interdependence in the need to be open to others and learn from them, as well as by helping them to bear their burdens according to the expression of St. Paul: "Help carry one another's burdens; in that way you will fulfill the law of Christ" (Gal 6:2).

Dear brothers in Christ, Wherever, throughout the uniI. For the seventh time this versal Church, the faithful expeyear I have the joy of welcoming to rience need, there tlte response of the See of Peter my brother bishops solidarity is called for. For the from the United States on their Church, solidarity is the expres"ad limina" visit. In you, the Bish- sion of the catholicity of her being ops of Regions I and 8, I greet all as she reaches out to all her sons' the beloved Catholic people who and daughters in need. make up the Church in New Eng3. Precisely because she is the land and in the states of Minne- Church, she is called to embrace sota, North Dakota and South all humanity in need, to respond to Dakota. the needs of all people. The Church I realize that there are great dif- clearly acknowledges and proclaims ferences between your regions and universal interdependence and the in the makeup of your local interrelation of human needs. churches, but I know that you all In your pastoral letters on peace experience common challenges in and on economic justice, you aS,a living the one, holy, catholic and conference expressed these points apostolic faith. well, when you said: "Since we During the previous visits I had profess to be members of a 'catholic' the occasion to reflect with the' or universal Church, we all must Bishops on the pastoral mission of raise our sights to a concern for the the Church. All my discourses well-being of everyone in the were aimed at helping them to lead world.... We commit ourselves their ecclesial communities to live to this global vision" ("Economic the life offaith as fully as possible. Justice for All," No. 363). And In this way I was able to treat a again: "The interdependence of series of topics which are relevant the world means a set of interrefor all the dioceses in America: the lated human questions. Important mystery of the Church as it exists as keeping the peace in the nuclear in the United States - the won- age is, it does not solve or dissolve derful reality of God's grace that I the other major problems of the was able to witness personally and· day" ("The Challenge' of peace," that must constantly be called to .III, B, 3). ever greater heights of holiness; For the Church, solidarity is a the preparation required for the moral and social attitude to be culmillennium, as a period of special tivated, a virtue to be practiced, a renewal of the Church in her iden- duty to be expressed in many -lity and mission; the call to penance forms of fraternal assistance and and reconciliation; the call to pray- collaboration. As far as solidarity er; reflection on Jesus Christ as the in social progress is concerned, the one who communicates the mys- Church has seen the need in recent tery of God and reveals man to decades to emphasize the worldhimself; and, finally, the organic wide dimension. linking in Christ of all the anthroIt is this worldwide dimension pocentric and theocentric efforts or universal character of the of the Church,)ncluding her role Church's social teaching that charof proclaiming human dignity and acterized "Mater et Magistra," human rights.

"Gaudium et Spes" and "PopuloToday, dear brothers, I would rum Progressio," and now it has like to add to this series by,'reflect- been further explored in my own ing on the consciousness that the encyclical, "Sollicitudo Rei SociaChurch in the United States must lis." To cite Paul VI in this regard: have of her mission of solidarity "Today the principal fact that we with all humanity. . must all recognize is that the social . 2. The Church, like the indi- question has become worlslwide" vidual.human beings who are' her ("Populorum Progressio," No.3).

4. Solidarity is relevant in itself .members, is strong in the act of giving(cf. "GaudiumetSpes,"No. as a human and Christian virtue, 24). Like the human person, the but it is further relevant in its relaecclesial community finds itself in tionship to peace. It is indeed a , reaching out and in sharing the gift factor of peace in the modern ; of itself. Solidarity is the expres- world, and when it includes soli. sion ofthe Church's life llnd of her darity in truth, freedom, justice dynamism in Christ. Such solidar- 'and love, it becomes the firm basis ity involves a practical' awareness for a new world order. Solidarity of the great netwpric of interde- is a factor of peace because it is . pendence that exists 'among God's crucial for development "There people. It corisisis"in firm and can be no progress toward the persevering commitment to the complete development of man ,good of all (cf. '~Soll!citud:o Rei without the simultaneous develSocialis," No. 38)•.~ . opment of all humanity in the· As the body of Christ, the Church spirit of soiidarity" (ibid.,:No.43).

It is iJPp<>rtant for the Church to discovers and puts into practice solidarity at the level of di~ine realize that she exercises solidarity mystery, at every level of her with the whole world as anexprescatholicity and at every level of, sion of h.er .own ecclesial ;life. Her human need. All the p~rticular . social concern, like her evangelizchurches that make up the one ing zeal, knows no barriers, pre, Catholic Church are called to live cisely be'cause she is the Church, "a the same universal solidarity with kind of sacrament of intimate union their sister churches, in an aware- with God, and of the unity of all ness of the one catholic commun- mankind;' that is, she is a sign and ion that unites them in the mission an instrument of such union and of Christ. unity" ("Lumen Gentium," No. I).

Each local church expresses this At the same time, the Church interdependence in faith and love willingly exercises solidarity with and in whatever touches the lives an ecumenical and interreligious of human beings. Each, local church dimension, which' she 'considers .

The following is the Vatican text of Pope John Paul II's Sept. 9 "allocutio" or address to the bishops of New England, Minnesota and - North and South Dakota.

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extremely important. She lives to serve - like Christ - the cause of humanity: "The Son of Man has not come to be served but to serve --: to give his life in ransom for many" (Mk 10:45). The Church also knows that she must imitate the sensitivity of Christ for humanity; she frequently recalls his words: "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd" (Mt 15:3).

5. ,With this sensitivity the Church is called to understand and face a multiplicity of needs that differ among themselves, demonstrating her solidarity and offering her help according to her means and her specific nature.

This great openness to others has been characteristic of the Church in the United States. It is a gift of God implanted in the hearts of your people; it must be nurtured, maintained, reflected upon and acted upon.

During my first visit to the United States in 1979, I spoke to the Bishops at Chicago in these terms: "An evident concern for others has been a real part of American Catholicism, and today I thank the American Catholics for their generosity.... For me this is an hour of solemn gratitude" (Oct. 5, 1979, No. I). I express these sentiments once more.

The solidarity about which we speak is that genuine solidarity which is expressed in a a spirit of sharing, accompanied by real human feeling, and motivated by supernatural charity. It is a social concern that embraces all men, women and children in the totality of their personhood, which comprises their human rights, their condition in this world and their eternal destiny.

We cannot prescind from any of these elements. It is a solidarity that accepts and emphasizes the equality of basic human dignity and translates itself into Christian prayer, according to the formula of Jesus: "Our Father .... give us this day our daily bread."

All human needs enter into the Church's concern and call for involvement on the part of her members. As I have stated, collaboration is the act proper to solidarity (cf. "Sollicitudo Rei Socialis," No. 39), and both solidarity and collaboration are means of defending human rights and serving the truth and freedom of huma.nity.

How wonderful isthe solidarity that has grown up in the United States today among so many men and women of good will who are pledged to the defense and service Qf 'human life!', How effectively. they contribute to that great American ideal of "liberty and justice 'for all!"

Solidarity is a response to Christ's challenge, and while it is carried out in the namp of Christ ,and'his church:jt is-do',le without distinction 'of cree'd, sex, race, nationality or political affiliation.

The final aim can only be the human being in need.

6. Among the positive signs of a new moral concern in the world, a concern which is increasing among the Catholic people in the United States, are not only a renewed awareness of human dignity but also a conviction of the basic inter-· dependence of all humanity, especially in facing poverty and underdevelopment.

Consequently, there is a growing consciousness "that peace is indivisible and that true development is either shared by all or it is

not true development (cf. "Sollicitudo Rei Socialis," No. 17). From this point of view we see how important economic and commercial relations are among the countries and peoples of the world, and how important it is that justice be observed in this sector.

As pastors of God's people, you have asked them to reflect on both the indivisibility of peace and on the consequences of economic interdependence. You have stated that "all of us must confront the reality of such economic bonding and its consequences and see it as a moment of grace . .. that can unite all of us in a common community of tlie human family" ("Economic Justice for All," No. 363).

7. The 20th anniversary of "Populorum Progressio", offered the whole church the opportunity to reflect further on the meaning and content of true human development as it affects individuals and all people. This reflection will continue in the Church because of the importance of this theme as it relates to her mission of service in the name of Christ. The integral, interior and transcendent dimensions of human progress merit attention, as do the economic, social and cultural indices. of underdevelopment and poverty.

My latest encyclical attempted to place renewed emphasis on the transcendent reality of the human being and thus spell out again the meaning of authentic development in terms of.the specific nature of man. Many conclusions supporting human dignity flow from these principles. Underdevelopment in all its forms is more easily identified and combated when the true nature of development is known.

The distinction between "being" and "having" is. still essential in understanding genuine progress.

For this reason Paul VI pointed out that the exclusive pursuit of possessions is a real obstacle to development and that "avarice is the most evident form of moral underdevelopment" ("Populorum Progressio," No. 19). Considering how important human rights are to the human person, it is clear that they must be vigorously defended in every program of development.

To this, end all the resources of human solidarity must be mobilized. It is evident that individual efforts are insufficient. Concen:' trated efforts must be 'made to identify true progress and to ensure its attainment by all through ),miversaI solidarity.

8. Areas of special social concern are poverty and .I,mderdevelopment. On the international level the underdevelopment of peoples is accompanied.and aggravated by the immense probleqt of their countries' debts. The individual issues of hunger, homel~ssness, unemployment and underemploy-

ment are formidable and call for the creative collaboration of each ecclesial community.

One extraordinary example of the creative solidarity of American Catholics is Catholic Relief Services, founded by the American bishops in 1943 to help meet urgent needs in Europe and North Africa.

Subsequently, and with equal creativity, the organization responded, on behalf of the Catholic Church in the United States, to other needs throughout the world, and it is still known today as "the official overseas aid and development agency of American Catholics."

This organization, wl)ich has done so much in the past, and which is still so needed for real service in the world today, exists as a result of the application of the principles on which we have been reflecting.

In the case of Catholic Relief Services, the American bishops conceived and constituted a whole ecclesial program on the basis of the principles of interdependence, solidarity and collaboration, to be carried out with keen human sensitivity and the full power of Christian charity, The supreme motivation for solidarity - for the Church and all her institutions - will remain the love that God has in Christ for all humanity: "God so loved the world that he gave his only son" (In 3:16).

9. Side by side with all her social concerns there is and always must be the response of the Church to the even higher needs of humanity. Her religious mission impels the Church, in season and out of season, to repeat with Jesus: "Not on bread alone is man to live but on every utterance that comes from the mouth of God" (In 4:4; cr. Dt 8:3).

Like the Incarnate Word - and until he comes agairrin glory -the Church must continue to show her solidarity with all humanity, being conscious of the central fact of history that "the Word ~ecame flesh" (In 1:14).

Dear brothers: In the love of Christ I send my greetings and blessing to all your local churches as they find strength and practice solidarity in his name.

First visit ROME (NC) - The Soviet Union has given ~ Lithuanian bishop, barred for decad'es by the government from practicing his episcopal ministry, permission to make his first visit to the Vatican, Lithuanian Cardinal 'Vincentas Sladkevieius said. Bishop Julijonas Steponavicius, 76, is expected to meet with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in October~ Bishop Ste'ponavicius is widely rumored to be the secret cardinal appointed by' the pope in 1979.

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The statue in its old: place and en route to its new home. (NC photos)

Landmark statue moves to new home WASHINGTON (NC)"":"'" A 22Mark Johnson, one of the rig~ foot statue of Christ, a Washing- gers, called the moving job "comton landmark for nearly 40 years, paratively easy." Even so, it took was gently lifted from its niche in almost five hours to secure the front of the U.S. Catholic Confer- statue and move it carefully fro~ ence Sept. to and hauled away on the pedestal to the sidewalk, the the back of a flatbed truck. street and finally on the truck.

The removal of the bronze statue The rigging company has hanof Christ the Light of the World dled more difficult assignments. It from its pedestal overlooking Mas- was, for instance, responsible for sachusetts Avenue was another in retrieving the Air Florida jetliner a series of steps leading to the con- that crashed into the Potomac ference's move to new quarters River in 1982, Hatchenaid. next spring.

The statue of Christ is the work A rigging and hauling company of Eugene Kormendi, a native of from Beltsville, Md., secured the Hungary who was in charge of the to-ton bronze statue with giant school of sculpture at the Universlings and hoisted it by crane to the sity of Notre Dame. Among his waiting truck. works is a memorial to Msgr.

The statue was taken to Belts- Edward J. Flanagan at Boys 10wn, ville to be cleaned before installa- Neb. tion in front of the new USCC Money for erection of the statue building in northeast Washington, of Christ was donated by readers near The Catholic University of of Our Sunday Visitor, the national America. USCC staffers are ex- , Catholic weekly. Archbishop John pected to move into the new build- F. Noll, tl1e newspaper's founder, ing next March credited the idea to reader MarjoThe statue of Christ with arm rie Lambert Russel of Topeka, upraised has stood since April 26, Kan, 1949, in front of what was origiAccording to the records of the nally the National Catholic Wel- dedication ceremony, Archbishop fare Conference headquarters. Today the building houses its successor, the U.S. Catholic Conference, the public policy body of the U.S. bishops.

Evelyn Berrigan, who has lived across the street from the USCC DUBUQUE, Iowa (NC) for almost 40 years, was among the neighbors and USCC em- Problems of repression and injustice must be addressed by all counployees watching the move. tries, not just Third World coun"I hate to see .my window view tries, said Cardinal Paulo Evaristo leave," she said. "Every morning I Arns of Sao Paulo, Brazil. see 'I am the Light of the World.' " Multinational corporations also Charles Hatcher, USCC direc- must share responsibility for retor ofgeneral services, directed the pressing citizens of Third World move and was glad to see the countries by supporting dictators, statue on its way to its new home. added the cardinal, known for his But, "I have mixed feelings, it's work among the poor and opsuch a landmark," he said. pressed.

He said other USCC employees "I have lived under dictatorships expressed similar emotions. "Peo- for 36 years of my life, and I can ple were posing in front of the tell you that investors like to keep statue yesterday," he said, to have dictators in office because they their photos taken with it. want everything to remain stable With its upraised arm, the statue and be assured tight control is has been irreverently dubbed "Jesus maintained at all times," he said.

Hailing a Taxi." Hatcher couldn't Cardinal Arns spoke at the Uniresist repeating a remark go.ing versity of Dubuque in early Separound at the USCC during the tember as part of celebrations week before the move. "The taxi marking dedication of a theologifinally c;~me," he said. cal center.

Repression affects all nations, says Cardinal Arns

Noll said it was originally proposed that a much larger statue "be erected on the Virginia side of the Potomac on a high elevation in front of the Arlington Cemetery, overlooking the city of Washington."

But there wasn't enough money and "at the time the bishops were planning new headquarters and I conceived the 'id~a'that the placement of a smaller statue in front of that building would be quite appropriate," he said at the dedication. .

The USCC building was designed with a windowless, eight-story facade and a semicircular groove to accommodate the statue. The 90rnerstone of the building was laid Aug. 18, 194 I. The shortage of bronze during and after World War II delayed erection of the statue itself until 1949.

John Ryan, who worked at National Catholic News Service from 1946 until 1976, said erection of the statue "was the reverse of what you saw" Sept. 10.

"The crucial day, as I recall it, the statue was hoisted ... bundled in covers. It was kind of a delicate operation," Ryan said.

In a section on religious affiliaNEW YORK (NC) - The number of church members in the Uni- tionin Canada, the yearbook preted States remained virtually un- sents information on the growth of changed from 1985 to 1986, while Roman Catholicism in Canada the U.S. population grew about I and a decline in the Protestant percent, according to statistics population.

'Predominantly Protestant for published by the National Council much of its history, Canada's popof Churches.

The "Yearbook of American and ulation was only slightly more Canadian Churches 1988" shows a than 40 percent Protestant in 1981, similar situation in Canada, where while Roman Catholics accounted church membership increased half for about 47 percent of the populaa percentage point and the popula- tion, said a report in the yearbook. tion grew by just under I percent.

According to data provided by In 1986 church members made the Association of Theological up 58.7 percent of the U.S. pop'u- Schools, U.S. and Canadian semlation, the National Council of inaries experienced enrollment deChurches statistics show. A survey clines for the third straight year in conducted in 1988 by the Gallup '1987, although the number of first'Organization concluded that 56 year students increased by 4 perpercent of adults in the United cent over the previous year.

States were church members.

Women constituted 27 percent The yearbook, published for the of the total seminary enrollment council by Abingdon Press, in- with a 3 percent increase offemale cludes information from 220 church students over 1986. . bodies in the United States and 85 in Canada. The statistics gathered in the 1988 book are from 1986.

TRAIN The Roman Catholic Church TOBEA was the largest religious body in PROFESSIONAL the United States with 52.8 million • SECRETARY members reported. The Southern • SEC./RECEPTIONIST Baptist Convention with 14.6 mil• EXECUTIVE SECRETARY lion members was second, followed Start locally, Full time/part time. Learn word processing by the United Methodist Church, and related secretarial skills.

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NHSC} The Christian and Missionary Alliance was up 4.8 percent; Jehovah'~ Witnesses up 3 percent; and the Assemhlies of God up 2.5 percent. In 1986, the Roman Catholic Church reported a gain of 0.5 percent.

Religious bodies reporting memTRAIN TO BE A bership declines included the Epis• TRAVEL AGENT copal Church, which was down 8.6 • TICKET AGENT percent to 2.5 million members.

• STATION AGENT Constant H. Jacquet Jr., editor of • RESERVATION 1ST the 'yearbook, said the decline Start locally, full time, part time. Train on reflects a more accurate method of live airline computers. Home study and resireporting rather than a large loss dent training, Financial aid available. Job of members. placement assistance. National Hdqtrs., Others reporting declines inPompano Beach, FL cluded: the Christian Church (DisA.C.T. TRAVEL SCHOOL ciples of Christ), down 0.9 percent to 1.1 million; and the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., down 1.3 percent to 3 million.

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14 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 23, 1988

KELLY DeGAGNE, a second grader and class representative at Dominican Academy, Fall River, receives a "memory book" from Father David A. Costa, celebrant of a recent school liturgy. Each class will record significant school year events in its book. Eighth graders designed and made banners· for tbe Mass and classes were representec:I by students in the offertory procession. The liturgy was celebrated on the feast of the Triumph of the Cross, "our most central memory of God's love for us," according to academy principal Patricia Pasternak, who notes that the school's theme for the year is "Catholic Schools: Communities with Memories." (Gaudette photo)

Bishop Connolly High School The 1988 edition of "Opus," yearbook of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, has arrived from the publisher. Members of the class of '88 may obtain their copies at the school.

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Sports history was made at Connolly Sept. 14 'when the Lady Cougars played the first girls' soccer game in school history. Coach Anthony Presto was ecstatic at the high quality of the team, which tied Dartmouth I-I. Senior Holly Marvel scored the goal for Connolly. Missy Iacovelli, Kara O'Connell and Kara McDermott also played outstanding ~ames.

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The Lady Cougars volleyball team defeated New Bedford Voke (15-6, 15-5) in a non-league opener.

The Connolly JV team also bested the Artisans.

unnecessary chance with your life can be foolish and sometimes deadly.

At times, peers dare teens to do something dangerous. If they pause to examine their feelings about the suggestion, they often are inclined to avoid it. But sometimes the others go on to taunt them, ridiculing their apprehension and asking· them to "prove" their courage.

By Charlie Martin What such people fail to understand is the difference between THRILL SEEKERS courage and common sense. For Look out example, consider someone's dare Bettei' beware to swim across a lake. If preYoung people around the world viously you have not gone such a There's a message I have for you distance, it makes little sense to . Everywhere around t"he world attempt such a feat without takThere's a killer waiting for you ing precautions -' like having Beware, 'beware another person follow you in a You know the pusher is waiting for you. boat.

Thrill seekers It takes gen.uine courage to Little one with your eyes so bright" . , walk away fr'om a dare. But no It's so hatd to choose right . real friend will push you to do You must refuse with all your might something you don't want to do.

You don't have to be polite Friends may e~courage us to Just say no take new risks, but they also Thrill seekers respect our right to decide. They I'm telling you now like us as we are. We do not have Just say no to the thrill seekers to prove anything to them.

Beware, say no to the thrill seeker Those who issue dares are not Beware. our' friends but emotional bulEveryone around the world lies. What is gained by givinKin We're in the middle of a youth massacre to their wishes?

We just can't let that occur.

Courage also includes pruJust say no to the thrill seekers dence. It examines a risk in terms Just say no, fight for your life. of possible outcomes. True courLook out better beware age realizes that life is a wonI'm telling you now drous gift.

You'd better say no to the thrill seekers So put adventure and zest in Fight for your life. your life. Learn how to increase yoUr physical, mental and spiritRecorded by Roger. ual abilities. But also listen to Written by Roger Troutman and Terry "Zapp" Troutman. your feelings.

M.any people would be alive (c) 1987 by Saja Music Co. and Troutmlln's Music today if they could have walked LOOKING FOR SOME new choose right, you must refuse away from someone's dare or thrills in your life? If so, Roger':; with all your might, you don't invitation to find a new thrill. ':Thrill Seekers" warns you to have to be polite, just say no."

Your comments are always beware, particularly if those thrills Of course, thrills and danger welcome. Address Charlie Marhave ~o do with drugs. In t,hecan.. . pe fQund in many types of tin, 1218 S. Rotherwood Ave., song's' words, "It's so hard to .situations. Taking any kind of Evansville, Ind. 47714.

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During lunch periods Sept. 16 Connolly students and faculty were asked to donate spare change to help Catholic Relief Services. John Dacey, coordinator of campus ministry, said $75 was raised for aid to the flood victims of Bangladesh.

Coyle and Cassidy

Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, recently opened its doors . The girls' cross-country team to over 600 students from Taunton cap~ured a victory over Divi~ion I and many other southeastern MasFalmouth in a season ·opener.· sachusetts communities. This is Muffy Merrick, Cindy Campos, the school's' 77th year 'providfng Aimee Vezina, Sharon H.and and Catholic secondary education to Monique O'Brien finished first". Greater Taunton. ' , seconddourth, sixth and ninth. " . .

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The male harriers lost to Div: t, notes that the 1988~89student'body Falmouth, but senior IJrian Ramos '. is "very ipteresting, exciting and set a school.fecotd .with his first' diverse." He adds tIlat 95 percent place finish. Senior Jeff Pereira'· of CC's .faculty has returned from placed fifth;jun~or M.ikeGendreau, last year, . ' and sophs Ryan Doyle and Phil Joining Donly in administration Nadeau to~~ the eigh!~, ni.nth and. . is newly-appointed academic prio10th place spots." .. ' ' cipal Dr. Donna Boyle. Other n.ew Boys: soccer opened with a.", fa.culty members are An~rew Lud- ' dominant first half a ainst Stan .... wlg~ HoHene. ~ansfiel.d".C;arol .g g. Sypko and Knstm VOCCIO. .

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F th 'W'II' . B ff th Strong play in the final minutes a , er, I lam . 0 a, e failed to produce a goal and the sch?ol s ne~ chapl,a~n, recently final tally was a 3-3. tie. Connolly '. offerefd thceCflrtstdMatss oftd~etscfhfQol s. u. en. san sa. . , go~als we re score:d b'y G reg ·c zar- " year or .. kowski, Fred Compagne and Chris..'

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What's on your mind?

Q. My parents are extremely demanding. I get average grades but do not exel in anything. I try my hardest to do my best to please my parents, but it seems that nothing I do is good enough. I don't think they would understand if I talked to them about it. What can I do? (Colorado) A. Once, many years ago, my · sister came home from school and the following conversation took · place between her and my mother.

Margaret: "I got a 95 on a spelling test today."

Mother: "W~y?"

Margaret: "Because there were 20 words and I misspelled one."

Mother: "Didn't you know you were going to have that one?"

It seems that Motherjust couldn't grasp even the possibility of misspelling a word. Now that's demand· ing! .

Is it too demanding? Some might say so. But Mother, who was a widow and poor, saw education and good grades as a means for her children to achieve financial good times. So she pushed us hard.

It would mean to you to hear an encouraging word once in a while.

If this talk fails or if you really are convinced that no talk can succeed, it would seem that an alterBy native is to enlist the aid of a school counselor.

TOM Explain the situation to him or her, giving very specific examples LENNON and telling how discouraged you are about the constant stream of demands.

Then ask the school counselor to discuss the situation with your Some years later, my sister won a four-year scholarship to college parents and act as a mediator and in those Depression days she bet,ween you and.your mom and could never have gone otherwise.. dad -,- if the counselor thinks this : is advisable. ' Maybe, just maybe,. your p.arIt coui" happen that you will ents are ~omg y~u a faypr.by ,bemg:. not be able to change the situation demandmg. It ~s tru~ ,that .thc: se . at all. If so, try to keep in mind that demands can be Irk.somej but may- . the dem.~nds your parents are makbe sOJ:Ileday you WIll be gr~t~ful. .. ' ing on you' could in the long run But let's s~ppose they ar~ 15eing ',' prove'to be.~ ble~sing. ·too deman.dm g . What then.:.. '" Send questions and comments Would It hurt to try ha v1.Dg ~'. to Tom Lennon 1312 Mass. Ave. talk with one or both of them,? He:'· N.W., Washington, D.c. 10005. ' ready: with specific examples' of' .' , . what you consider excessive'demands made on you. Explain th'at 7 ' the Same these. constant demands discour-· "0 God, who art ever the same, age you a great deal. let me 'know myself, let me know Most of all, tell them how much thee'." -St. Augustine

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

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

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

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

By Michael Warren

In one place in the Gospels Sometimes others decide in their Jesus praises his Father for the own minds what young people are new imagination of human possilike. Then these people - includ- bilities given to the young: "I offer ing film directors, TV producers you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and writers, song writers, ad mak- and earth, because what you have ers - feed their image back to hidden from the learned and the young people, expecting them to clever you have revealed to the merest children" (Lk 10:21). accept it as their own.

Whose imagination will direct How do others expect you to be? And what truth about young our lives? people do they miss when they Do Rambo, Magnum and Dirty NOTE inaccurately imagine what the Harry provide us the images of Please check dates and young are like? . . who we could be? Do Madonna, times of television and radio I. Do they imagine you to be Brooke Shields and other wellprograms against local listapathetic, to.care only about your- marketed women provide our moIngs, which may differ from self, about fashion and your own dels? the New'York network sched· appearance?

Or are there other possibilities, ules supplied to The Anchor.

If so, they forget your' passion much closer to the imagination of Jesus: Father Daniel Berrigan, SJ, and compassion, your ability to understand others' feelings. They Jean Donovan, Archbishop Oscar New Films forget your valuable anger born of Romero?

"The Beast"(Columbia) - DraWe must decide. a passionate sense of injustice. matizes the brutal destruction of Dr. Michael Warren is a reli- an Afghan village by a squadron And they also forgefthat Jesus saw human life in a completely dif- gious educator at St. John's Uni- of Soviet tanks and its aftermath versity, Jamaica, N.Y. ferent way. in which one lone, lost tank is 2. Do the image makers think stalked by Afghan rebels. Too you know nothing? Do they think much graphic violence. A4, R young people are incompetent?

- "Moon Over Parador"(UnlverWhen people imagine youth in NEW YORK (NC) - Catholic sal) - An American actor (Richard such terIlls, they forget the enor- Relief Services has pledged $300,Dreyfuss) is strong-armed into immous talent and capacity for under- 000 for Bangladesh, where floodpersonating a secretly-deceased standing young people possess. ing in over two-thirds of the counCaribbean dictator. Unfocused and unfunny, with scantily clad dancers They forget young people have try bas left an esti'mated 30 million and. bathing beauti'es, a lusty, an original way of looking at the people homeless. world that looks at human possibilities with fresh eyes.

They forget that young people are. watching them, judging the systems they have created and looking for better ways of running the world.

They also forget that some young people accept the command of Jesus: "Love your enemies and do good to them" (Luke 6:35).

3. Others see you as having no political power. You are "only kids." But they forget that you are capable of reading the newspaper and evaluating th.e world situation. They forget you can make judgments about their policies and bond with others in public action.

They forget that someday soon you will sit in public judgment on the world they have handed on to you.

4. Are there those who imagine you without a voice? They 'forget you write songs and make'up jokes ridiculing the stupidities you see.

They forget that you can subvert their images with creative graffiti, with counter images.

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Aid for Bangladesh

Jesus offer:s us contradict.ory wisdom: "Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you....

From the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic" (Lk 6:28-29).

5. Are there those who think you're asleep and feel that gives them permission to carry out schemes they wouldn't attempt if they knew the young were watching? They forget that you are very awake, watching and planning how the world can be a better place for coming generations.-

FASHION PLATE: Pope John Paul II models a tradiBasotho outfit given him during a youth rally in Lesotho. (NCj UPI-Reuter photo) tion~l

clothed bedroom scene and other sexulll innuendo played for laughs.

A3, PG 13.

"Running on Empty" (Warner Bros.) - After unintentionally hurting a janitor when they bombed their college's government-funded napalm laboratory as anti-Vietnam war activists, a couple (Judd Hirsch and Christine Lahti) have been on the run from the FBI for 15 years.

Problems arise when their devoted 17-year-old son (River Phoenix) wants to go to college and lead a normal life under his own identity.

Especially fine acting by Phoenix and Miss Lahti. Rough language and an implied sexual liaison involving the l7-year-old character condoned by the boy's father. A3, R "The Wizard of Loneliness" (Skouras) - A bitter, precocious l2-year-old (Lukas Hass) is forced to live with his grandparents and extended family in Vermont when his mother dies and his father ships off to World War II. Fine acting. Much rough language from the youthful protagonist, an intense clothed sexual encouter, an assault on a child and a graphic murder scene. A3, PG-13 Film on TV Sunday, Oct. 2, 9-11:30 p.m.

EDT (CBS) - "Cocoon" (1985) - Three old men, young at heart, become young in body as well when they take a dip in a swimming,pool being used as a rejuvenating force by some genial extraterrestrials. Reinforces the stereoiypes of old age as sexless and of women as passive. Some locker room humor and an emphasis upon the sexual aspect of rejuvenation.

A2, PG 13.

TV Program Tuesday, Oct. 4, 8-9 p.m. EDT

Brokaw, Hewitt to get awards ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (NC) - .NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw has been named recipient of S1. Bonaventure University's I Ith annual Bob Considine Award.

The award is given annUlllly by. the Franciscan university in memory of Considine, a reporter and broadcaster who died in 1975.

The award will be pre'sented Oct. 14 at the university's Mark Heilinger Awards Luncheon in New York City.

Brokaw has covered numerous international stories, such as arms talks between the Soviet Union and the United States, the hijacking ofTWA Flight 847 in the Middle East and apartheid in South Africa.

S1. Bonaventure also announced that the creator and executive pro~ ducer of the CBS News program "60 Minutes" will receive the 1988 Douglas' Edwards Award during the luncheon.

Don Hewitt, who has worked for CBS News for 40 years, was behind the scenes when "60 Minutes" made its debut in September 1968. He has been executive producer ever since.

Hewitt began his career as associate director of the program, "Douglas Edwards with the News."

Edwards will present the award bearing his name to Hewitt.

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(PBS)" Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel?" In a program devoted to the problems of restoring and preserving ancient art, the popular science series "Nova" focuses on the controversy surrounding the Vatican's current restoration of Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.

Religious TV Sunday, Sept. 25 (CBS) - "For Our Times" - CBS reports on how religious groups in Europe became a significant force in the peace movement that grew after World War II and how they are using their moral leadership today in the cause of nuclear arms control. Among those interviewed on the program is Father Jan Ter Laak, head of the Dutch chapter of Pax Christi, an international Catholic peace group.

Religious Radio Sunday, Sept. 25 (NBC) "Guideline" - Ronald Sanders, author of "Shores of Refuge," discusses the history of Jewish immigration to the United States.

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SECULAR FRANCISCANS, POCASSET St. Francis of the Cape fraternity mini-retreat for members and guests noon to 6 p.m. Oct. 2, Miramar Retreat House, Duxbury; conducted

by Father Gregory Toomey, OFM; information: Ernest Foley, 540-5392.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN School night for Scouting 5:30 p.m. Sunday, church hall. Adult . education 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, recST. LOUIS de FRANCE, tory. Anointing of sick 2:30. p.m.

SWANSEA Oct. 16, school.

Ladies of St. Anne Sodality membership drive is underway; informaCAtHEDRAL, FR tion: 679-2260. Jean DeSouto is welMass for deceased parishioners 10 comed as an organist. a.m. Nov. 6 concludes celebration of O.L. MT. CAR,MEL, SEEKONK parish's 150th anniversary.

Catechumenate information night O.L. ANGELS, FR 8 p.m. Oct. 3, center. Choir practice Holy Rosary Sodality feastday 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, church. Youth Mass 8 a.m. Oct. 16; breakfast and ministry meeting with Mass and meeting follow, hall. Appreciation cookout 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Regisnight 6 p.m. Sunday, White's of tration for CYO basketball I p.m.

Westport. Relfgious education year Oct. 2, center. Renew third season' opening Mass 9 a.m. Sunday. Parish begins Oct. 8 weekend; sign-up for council meeting 7 p.m. Nov. 7, parsmall groups this weekend; all welish hall. come; core group meeting 7:30 p.m.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Sunday, parish center. CongratulaParish history exhibits displayed tions to parishioner and new Eagle in school foyer; all welcome.

Scout Aaron Boudreau.

SEPARATED AND O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER DIVORCED, FR Information on January retreat in Fall River area meeting 7 p.m.

Haiti with members of Our Lady of Sept. 28, Our Lady of Fatima Church the Cape's adopted parish, St. hall, Swansea. _ Claire's, Dessalines: religious educaIMMACULATE CONCEPTION, tion office, 385-2115.

TAUNTON ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Canned peas may be brought to Religious education teachers' comMass this weekend to benefit Taunmissioning ceremony at Mass 8 a.m. ton's Our Daily Bread soup kitchen. tomorrow. Folk choir rehearsals 7 Choir rehearsals resume 7:30 p.m. p.m. Thursdays; parish choir 8 p.m.

Monday; new members needed; Thursdays; new members welcome. information: 834-4974.

ST. MARY, NB CATHEDRAL CAMPS, The parish is forming an advisory E. FREETOWN and planning committee to coordiChrist the King parish, Cotuit/ nate liturgies. Prayer group resumes Mashpee, confirmation I retreat tomeetings 7:30 p.m. Monday, school morrow and Sunday. Post-Cursillo cafeteria; Father John F. Moore will retreat tomorrow and Sunday. RCIA offer teachings; all welcome. St. workshop 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. toMary's Pack 12 Cub Scouts meeting morrow.

7 p.m. Monday, school gym; infor- CHARISMATICS, NB mation: Normand Cabral, 998-3704.

New Bedford deanery prayer Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. groups Morning of Prayer and Praise Oct. 10; Troop 12 Boy Scout meet- Oct. I, Cathedral Camp, E. Freeing 6 p.m. Tuesday, school cafeteria; town; guest speaker: Very Rev. new members welcome in all groups. Pierre E. Lachance, OP, of St. Anne's parish and shrine, Fall River; refreshments, all welcome.

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

Wednesday, Father Coady Center.. SACRED HEART, N. ATTLEBORO SCOUTING NIGHT, FR The parish thanks Carl and Mary Troop 50, St. Anne's parish Scout- Frost for their work with altar ing Night 7 p.m. Tuesday, school servers and welcomes Albert Lacafeteria; new boys welcome. moureux and Peggy Conrad to the LEGION OF MARY program. St. Mary's-Sacred Heart - Living rosary 3 p.m. Oct. 2, St. School open house 7 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday.

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Iteering pOintl LaSALETTE CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING, ATTLEBORO Oct. 16 to Nov. 20 Sunday p.m. program for adult children of alcoholics focusing on journey to healing and growth with facilitator Norene Dupre; "Stories to Live By" retreat focusing on Biblical women Oct. 7 to 9; information on both events: 路2228530.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, HYANNIS Spirit of Jesus Regional Prayer Group teaching by Stigmatine Father Bob Masciocchi 9 to II: 15 a.m. tomorrow, church hall; refreshments; all welcome.

DIVORCED AND SEPARATED, NB New Bedford area support group for divorced and separated Catholics meets 7 to 9 p.m. second Wednesdays and fourth Mondays, Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Rd., N. Dartmouth; new members welcome; Sept. 26: Bristol County Registrar of Probate Court Robert Peck will speak on matters pertaining to wills; Oct. 12: "Establishing New Social Contl\cts" video, produced by the University of Massachusetts; Oct. 24: "Free to Be Me" video by Father John Powell. Meeting 7 to 9 p.m.

Oct. 5, St. Joseph's rectory, Fairhaven; persons interested in helping plan meetings welcome. Divorced, separated or widowed persons or others who have suffered a significant loss interested in Oct. 7 to 9 "The Beginning Experience" weekend may contact John Cotter for information: 188 Commonwealth Avenue, Attleboro Falls. 02763.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Commissioning of religious education teachers at 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday, OLV, and at 10 a.m. Mass Sunday, Our Lady of Hope Chapel, West Barnstable. First music ministry rehearsal 7:30 p.m. Thursday, church; singers and musicians needed; information: Susan Preston, 428-7768 after 6 p.m. Folk group rehearsals 8 p.m. Tuesdays, church: adult choir 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28, church; children's choir 4 p.m. Sept. 30, religious education center.

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ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH. Men's League meeting I I a.m.

Commissioning of religious eduSept. 25. Junior Girl Scout troop cation teachers at 9 a.m. Mass Sunmeeting 6: 15 p.m. Monday, church day. Rosary and Benediction 4 p.m. hall; information: Joyce Meethe, Sunday follow exposition of the 997-6898. New altar boys needed; Blessed Sacrament, which begins information: pastor Father Kenneth aft~r II :30 a.m. Mass. _.

J. Delano, 997-7732. . EMMAUS RETREAT CHRIST THE KING, - Retreat for persons ages 19 through COTUIT/MASHPEE 30 Oct. 28 to 30, Cathedral Camp, E. Adult choir rehearsals 7:30 p.m.

Freetown; information and applicaTuesdays, St. Jude Apostle Chapel, tions: Father Mark Hession, 995Cotuit. RCIA workers needed; vol- 3593. unteers' workshop tomorrow; inHOLY NAME, FR formation: pastor Father Ronald A. Children's Mass 10 a.m. Sunday.

Tosti, 428-0166. Boy Scout Troop Women's Guild membership tea 3 36 meets 4:30 p.m. Fridays, St. Jude's p.m. Sunday, school. Choir rehearCCD Center; boys II to 18 welcome; sals begin 7 p.m. Monday; new memadults needed to assist Scoutmaster bers welcome. New youth group Melvin Chambers. New parish coun- officers: Aaron Gerraughty, presicil officers: Jack Tolchinsky, presi- dent; Lynne Terceira, vice-preside'nt; dent; Jean Hannan, vice-president; Tracy-Leigh Rebello, secretary; JenDeirdre Greelish, secretary. nifer Hupp, treasurer. Gregory Wills, WIDOWED SUPPORET, CAPE - Melissa Mello and Matthew McMeeting 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, CCD Henry are new Youth Group council Center next to St. Jude Apostle members. Retreat renewal 7 p.m.

Chapel, Cotuit; topic: "Comfort One Sunday, school. School parents' Another"; all welcome; information: meeting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday includes 428-7078, evenings.

Mass, guest speaker and opportunities to speak with teachers.

DOMINICAN ACADEMY, FR Parents' meeting 7 tonight; op- BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR . portunities to meet with teachers Junior choir members/ parents' and principal Patricia Pasternak. meeting after 10 a.m. Mass Sunday; "Bringing Religion Home," a monthnew children welcome. ly newsletter, is being distributed to ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO school families.

Exposition of the Blessed SacraST. ANTHONY OF THE DESERT, ment Wednesdays, chapel, 7:30 a.m..

FR to 4 p.m. Mass and prayer meeting 7 Exposition of the Blessed Sacra- p.m. Thursdays, parish center. Cenment noon to 6 p.m. Oct. 2, St. tennial committee meeting 7:30 p.m.

Sharbel Chapel; holy hour 5 p.m.

Tuesday, rectory CCD wing second floor.

NEWMAN LECTURE, SMU Southeastern Massachusetts Uni- DIVORCED AND SEPARATED, versity Newman Lecture Series talk, ATTLEBORO "Prospects for Christian Reunion," Support group meeting 7 p.m.

by Anthony J. John; noon Monday, Sunday, St. Mary's Church, N. AttleBoard of Governors room, Student boro; information: Father Ralph D. Center; information: 999-8224.

Tetrault, 695-6161.

SACRED HEART, NB CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH New Ladies~ Guild officers: FlorTeen activity group forming; first ence Pion, president; Anne Bouchard, meeting Oct. 2 includes bowling and vice-president; Annette Hanks, sec- pizza; sign-up sheets at doors of retary; Helen Lawton, treasurer. Next both churches; information: Joe guild meeting Oct. 13.

Desrosiers, 888-2549. Information on group for parents of children up ST. MARY, SEEKONK Mass 10 a.m. Sunday for all de- to one year of age: Maryanne Lally, ceased members of parish Vincen- 477-1758. ECHO reunion group tian confer.ence. Adult choir rehearses meeting weekly; information: Deb 7 p.m. Tuesdays, youth choir 6:30 and Paul Golden, 8~8-3112. p.m. Thursdays; signup in St. Jo- K OF C MARIAN seph's room. CYO basketball signup HOURS OF PRAYER in sacristy after weekend Masses.

Massachusetts State Council Knights of Columbus Marian hours BLESSED SACRAMENT of prayer with the pilgrim picture of ADORERS,NB Our Lady of Pochaiv 7:30 p.m.

Holy hour 7 p.m. Monday, St. Tuesday, St. Francis Xavier Church, Theresa's Church; New Bedford; Hyannis, and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, guest priest: Holy Cross Father Philip St. Elizabeth Seton Church, N. FalKelly; refreshments: all welcome. mouth. The Pochaiv icon is the offiExposition follows 9 a.m. Mass to 7 cial pilgrim Madonna for the Ukrainp.m. Benediction Fridays at St. ian millennium. In choosing it for Theresa's. the patroness of their 1988-89 fraLaSALETTE SHRINE, ternal year, Massachusetts Knights ATTLEBORO 14th annual Portuguese Pilgrim- express their solidarity with the age Day Sunday begins with 1:30 underground Ukrainian Church. p.m. dramatization of Maris ap- ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, pearance at LaSalette by members POCASSET of Holy Ghost parish, Attleboro; Parishioner Donna McGonagle is includes rosary recitation, proces- rectora for an upcoming girls' ECHO sion and outdoor Mass with main retreat weekend. Parishioner Howie celebrant and homilist Providence Travis and Paul Clark, brother of Bishop Louis E. Gelineau; all serv- Father James W. Clark, pastor, are team members for an upcoming men's ices in Portuguese; music ministry: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church Cursillo weekend at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro. 55 & Over Family volunchoir, New Bedford; all welcome. teers' meeting 7 p.m. Monday, parST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Confirmed teenagers welcome to ish center. gathering 7 p.m. Sunday, church SACRED HEART, FR - A cry room is now available at the hall. Joe Oliveira is welcomed as a church.

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ST. JAMES, NB ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM CYO meeting 4 p.m. Sunday, CYO general meeting Tuesday. church hall. Parish council meeting SACRED HEARTS RETREAT 2 p.m. Sunday, parish center. Mass CENTER, WAREHAM for CCD students and teachers I I "A Weekend with the Sacred Heart a.m. Sunday. Persons interested in of Jesus" 7 p.m. Oct. 7 through 4 an introduction to Biblical theology p.m. Oct. 9 staffed by Rev. A. Bill seminar led by pastor Father James Mitchell, SS.Ce., Gloria Anson and F. Greene may contact the rectory, Men of the Sacred Hearts; informa- 992-9408. tion: Don St. Gelais, 995-5609; John ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Malloy, 398-9450; Andy Somas, New parish council officers: Paul 678-7830.

Wesoly, chairperson; Sheila Dorgan, DCCW, DISTRICT II vice-chairperson; John Botelho and Diocesan Council of Catholic WoPauline Plaud, secretaries; Cynthia men New Bedford district leadership Almond, trustee. Prayer group meets seminar 7 p.m. Oct. 5, Our Lady of 7 p.m. Thursdays, home of Larry the Assumption Church hall, New and Elaine Ferreira, 45 Carnegie Bedford; all welcome; refreshments.

Street, N. Dartmouth; all welcome.