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FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY; SEPTEMBER 24; 1981

Pope salutes handicapped CASTELGANDOLFO, I t fl 1 Y (NC) - "How can I tell yOll of the joy your visit brings rne?" said the smiling man in the white cassock, looking down at the crowd.

Below, in the courtyard, de:tight danced also from the faces of his 573 special visitors, notwithstanding the fact that most were in wheelchairs, many others with braces.

Each carried on olive twi.g, a symbol that they wanted to offer their suffering "to the world, to the church and to the POpEl for peace among men."

The scene was Castelgandolfo the pope's summer home, to which last Thursday a pilgrimage of the handicapped came from the diocese of Verona in northern Italy.

They were accompanied by their families and by VElrona Bishop Giuseppe Amari.

The Verona Diocese, in conjunction with the International Year of the Handicapped, has embarked on an ambitious program involving its 159 parishes.

The program is consistent with their bishop's belief, which he explained to the pope, that the handicapped "occupy thE: first place in the church because they are near to Christ in his poverty and his suffering."

The program consists of a well-planned effort to include as many of the handicapped as possible in parish committees, activities and events.

The culmination of the dioceses's program was the trip to Rome by the 573 handicapped and their families. Bishop Amari told the pope that "many, many others wanted to come but logTurn to Page Seven

----------Family topic for deacons

The Fall River diocesE~ will host the fourth annual New England Regional Assembly of the Diaconate from 10 a.m. ti() 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro.

Opening the day, Msgr. Ernest Fiedler, executive director of the u.S. bishops' committee on the permanent diaconatE:, will discuss a recent survey 'of the state of the diaconate program.

Nine workshops will be presented by deacons, canciidates and their wives. The place of wives and children in the diaconal program and the relationTurn to Page Six

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FATHER TOSTI AT CENTER ENTRANCE

Center to open

By Pat McGowan What price family life? It's highly pr,ized by the diocese of Fall River, if one can judge by the sparkling new Family Life Center due to open Sunday in the former Bishop Stang convent buHding at 500 S10cum Road, North Dartmouth.

It will be路 blessed at 3 p.m. by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin as the central event of an open house to take place from 2 to 5 p.m.

FiI'om its attractive lawn sign to its sun-<:atching garden room, the center gives the message that family life is important, attractive and here to stay.

Since very mtle in the church fails to concern families in one way or another, the center offers a wide range of programs and services, said Father Ronald A. Tosti, its director and directoc of the enUre diocesan family ministry outreach.

Comfortable overnight retreat or workshop facilities are avai'lable for up to 57 persons, while 160 can be accommodated for day programs ,in two [arge conference rooms, one sea blue, the other in harvest tones, predominantly burnt orange.

The center's garden room, a bower of plants, white and yellow ,lounge furniture and deep

green rugs, is a place for casual meetings, while smaI1 conversation areas are scattered throughout the four-story bui'lding, said Father Tosti.

A dining room seats 60 and the catering services of Norman Portelance are available to groups using the facBity.

Father Tosti displayed the center's 'inviting double bedrooms, each with coordinated drapes, bedspreads and even clotheshangers. Desks are conveniently avaLlable in the haHs and thoce is even a kitchenette to supply late-night snacks for retreatants.

Other building resources include a large library, a gift shop open dai'ly from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and a reconciliation room that can double as a small meeting place.

Decorations include original ship paintings by Davis Balestracci, buLlding custodian, and 40 fabr.ic prints, framed by Sister Gertrude Gaudette, O.P., of the facUlty of neighboring Bishop Stang High School.

Center offices include those of Father Tosti, his secretary, Anne E. Carney, and center coordinator Natalie Arsenault. They aliso include an auxiliary office for the diocesan Permanent Diaconate which has Jts main quarters Turn to Page Seven

Parents of diocesan students will shortly be asked to participate in a nationwide letter-writing campaign urging congressional action on tuition tax credits.

Father George W. Coleman, diocesan director of education, said that parents would receive official notification of the campaign through school principals.

However, a Reagan administration official expressed concern that tuition tax credits for parents of children in parochial and other non-publCc schools could violate the First Amendment's separation of church and state.

R. Tim McNamara, deputy secretary of the Treasury, said in an A'ssociated Press interview that "we don't want to do anything disingenuous like pushing a bill and then seeing it declared unconstitutional. That's silly."

Administration officials also have expressed concern as to the economic feasibility of tax credits.

Nevertheless, USCC Office for Educational Assistance director Edward Anthony said private school parents and teachers should write to senators urging support for S.550, the legislation sponsored by Sen. Robert Packwood (R-Qre.) and Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.), and to representatives for support for any of several House versions of tax credit legislation.

Bishop Thomas C. Kelly, USCC general secretary has written to all U.S. bishops to alert them "this important and highly visible phase" of the tax credit campaign was about to begin. .

Bishop Kelly pointed out that although President Reagan has pledged support for tax credit

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asked legislation, it was not included in his first tax bill. Now that the first bill has passed Congress, the bishop said it is time for tax credit legislation to come from Congress.

Anthony said one signal that would indicate the administration's continued support for tax credits would be the inclusion of provisions for the anticipated revenue loss in the 1982 budget.

"When you write that into the budget, it's a fairly clear indication of support," he said.

Although some tax credit supporters have said they hope to see passage of the legislation next spring, Anthony warned that unless legislation is drafted for consideration soon it will not be in time for consideration then.

"It's the concern of this office, and of the Catholic community, that legislation begin. ~o.. ~ove as soon as possible" if it is to pass the 97th Congress.

Concern about the constitutionality of tuition tax credits is not well founded, said Ursuline Sister Renee' Oliver, associate director of Citizens for Freedom.

"They are basing their argument on the establishment clause (of the First Amendment) and ignoring the exercise clause which we think is far more weighty," she said. The clause gives individuals the right to the free exercise of religion.

"No way is tuition tax credit the establishment of one religion in this country, especially when so many religions have schools," Sister Oliver said.

Moynihan has repeatedly asked that Congress deal with tax credits as a legislative issue and then allow the courts to deal with the constitutional questions.

No easy answers

By Father Kenneth J. Doyle ROME (NC) - People who want easy answers to complex questions may feel some disappointment with Pope John Paul II's new encyclical, "Laborem Exercens" (On Human Work).

At Vatican press conference announcing the encyclical, an American journalist asked about the relationship of the document to Poland's Solidarity labor union.

Was the document written to boost Solidarity in its struggle with the communist government?

The answer to that was easy, said one of the Vatican spokesmen, Beligian Father Jan Schot-

te, secretary of the Vatican Commission for Justice and Peace. The encyclical was in planning long before Solidarity's rise to prominence, he said.

What the journalist really wanted to know was whether the encyclical can be seen as backing the ideals and techniques of Solidarity, a topical question.

But for that question there is no quick response.

The encyclical clearly advances the right of workers to organize for their protection and this is what Solidarity has done.

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AS CCD STUDENTS begin a new year, they and their teachers look back on highlights of the one just past. Top left, young Christians at Our Lady of Fatima parish, Swansea, learn about stewardship of God's creation; right, children at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Seekonk, participate in Last Supper reenactment with Father Thomas C.' Mayhew, pastor; below, right, a family experience and preparations for a teen prayer

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service, both at St. Michael, Swansea; center strip, CARE retreat day for confirmation candidates, making posters for stations of the cross and preparing for first communion, ~ll at St. Mary's, Fairhaven; bottom, preschoolers at Holy Ghost parish, Attleboro, learn about life and resurrection as they plant seeds and watch them grow and bloom.

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New auxiliary is ordaine1d BOSTON (NC) - Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was among bishops in attendance at the ,5ept. 14 episcopal ordination of Auxiliary Bishop Alfred Clifton Hughes, rector of St. Jqhn's Seminary, Brighton.

The 49-year-old auxiliary bishop was consecrated at Boston's Holy Cross Cathedral by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston and two co-consecrators, Auxiliary Bishops Thomas V. Daily, archdiocesan vicar general and chancellor, and John M. D'Arcy, vicar for spiritual development.

The official participants at the episcopal ordination :also included Jesuit Father Kenneth J. Hughes, the new bishop's brother, currently Jesuit superior for the island of Jamaica, and La Salette Father John Hughes, a cousin.

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C. DUFFY, since June 10 pastor of St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis, has been named Dean of the Cape Cod and Islands Deanery of the diocese, effective ThursMrs. Dorothy Callahan, Rochester, Minn., and Mrs. Marie day, Oct. 1. The position Morgan, Dedham, Mass., both carries with it the appellasisters of the new Auxiliary bish- tion of Very Reverend. op, were lectors.

A native of Fall River, Father Duffy was ordained An ecumenical delegation of leaders from Protestant, Ortho- Julie 14, 1946, by Bishop dox and Jewish communities al- James E. Cassidy after so attended the episcopal ordina- studies at St. Mary's Semtion. inary, Baltimore.

Named as rector of the archHe served eight years as diocese's St. John's Seminary associate pastor at St. Franearlier this year, Auxiliary Bish- cis Xavier, where he is now op Hughes will continue in that pastor, before entering the post.

U.S. Navy chaplain corps ''The rector's role is the prime for a three-year period. one, and I am first committed to He was then associate at the faculty and seminarians," he St. James, New Bedford, adsaid in an interview with The ministrator at St. John the Pilot, newspaper of the Boston archdiocese.

Baptist, Westport, and pastor at St. Mary, Seekonk, before assuming his present post.

Sister Janice Farnham, RJM, will speak on the life of Mother St. Ignatius, foundress of the Religious of Jesus and Mary, following 9 a.m. Mass Sunday at Notre Dame Church, Fall River.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be principal celebrant and homilist at the Mass, the official diocesan observance of the beatification of Mother St. Ignatius.

The beatification will take place Sunday, Oct. 4, in Rome. It is expected that Pope John Paul II will return from his Castelgandolfo summer home for the event.

Sister Farnham, of the Hyattsville, Md., provincial house of the Religious of Jesus and Mary, has made an extensive study of the life of Mother St. Ignatius and the history of the international Jesus-Mary community, founded in 1818.

Sunday's Mass will be followed by a reception at Jesus-Mary Convent to which friends of the sisters, especially graduates of Notre Dame School and the former Jesus-Mary Academy, are invited.

Sr. Amendolla' Funeral rites were held Sept.

16 at Jesus Mary Convent, Fall River, for Sister Louisa Amendolla, RJM, 86, who died Sept.

13. Born in Yucatan, she entered the Religious of Jesus and Mary in Rome in 1923.

She was a music teacher until her retirement and was also an enthusiastic stamp collector.

She has no immediate survivors.

Interment was in Notre Dame cemetery.

Prayer eveltling

An evening of prayer for religious education teachers in the Greater FaU River area will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Father Coady Center of SS. Peter and Pawl parish, FaN River.

Father John FoIster, pastor of St. Anne's parish, Fall River, will speak.

Postponed A presentation by Dr. Neil Gallagher, anti-pornography crusader, planned for tonif,ht at St. Anne's School, Fall River, has been postponed to 7 p.:rn. Thursday, Oct. 1.

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Coordinator Father Daniel Oliveira Reis, associate pastor at Santo Christo parish, Fall River, has been named coordinator of the Portuguese marriage preparation prograin in Fall River. The program is under direction of the diocesan Office of Family Ministry.

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themoorin~ Hope Reawakened This Sunday, the new Diocesan Family Life Center, the first of its kind in New England, will be formally dedicated. Designed to serve diocesan needs in a variety of ministries, this center is indeed not only a needed addition to our diocesan life but also a farsighted investment in church attempts to meet contemporary needs.

The center will be a focal point for family retreats, Engaged Encounter weekends, Marriage Encounter sessions, support groups for the separated and divorced and for a host of other efforts reflecting church care and concern for the family. . In addition the center will provide an auxiliary office for our diocesan permanent diaconate program 'and headquarters for the Billings method of natural family planning and the Teens Encounter Christ program.

It will also serve a multitude of parish needs as a place where days of recollection and other activities may be held for confirmation classes, CCD instructors, parish school teachers and a variety of other groups. To be sure, it cannot meet every need of families but it will certainly be a giant step in that direction.

Few parish priests today would deny the need for such a resource as our new Family Life Center. Day in and day out, the agonies of separation and divorce are met in the rectory office. In some CCO programs over 25 per cent of the grammar school age pupils are single-parent children, with all the problems that flow from such a situation. The fallout of broken and crushed husbands and wives, sons and daughters is constant and contagious.

Many parish families have difficulties in accepting the church's teaching on what some term the "birth control issue." There are some families who because of this situation have for all practical purposes left the church, while others practice their faith only when they feel a particular obligation to do so, such as at Christmastide.

A new menace to family life is the ever-increasing putrescence now poured into the home via selective cable television. One can buy X-rated video tapes as easily as a candy bar. How can one expect stability in a home where a Playboy mentality advocates license under the guise of freedom? Crass paganism has become the standard of success and status in our society and in the headlong rush for personal satisfaction families are shattered and scattered.

To help stem the current tide of the American way of life, the church must go on the offensive. It must act.

Merely to defend the principles of family life and morality in theological speculation is an exercise in futility. A direct and positive faith approach is demanded.

The concept,.execution and completion of our Diocesan Family Life Center is such an approach.

All who support the work of the church in family ministry can look upon this new facility as a sign of hope reawakened.

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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'A voice was heard on high of lamentation, of mourning and weeping, of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted' ... because they are not.' Jer.31:15

Between two extremes

By Father Kevin .T. Harrington I am fond of telling a story about my sister's twins. A few years ago as they returned from kindergarten around Columbus Day, Tara said to her mother, "Ryan says the world is flat and Columbus and I say it's round. Tell Ryan that he is wrong." My sister took Ryan to the globe and showed him that the world was indeed round.

Ryan insisted, "Dad's globe is round but in our classroom the world is flat." Only then did it become obvious that his picture of the world came from a map.

This story demonstrates how beliefs can be wrongly formed.

When we try to describe a mystery in conventional terms we are sure to fail. The globe depicts the world more realistically but the map provides a better view for a single glance.

Our best way of ';.\nderstanding the mystery of God is through the person of Jesus Christ. Yet the question posed 2,000 years ago by Jesus still haunts us: "Who do you say that I am?"

We need new models to picture God. It is amazing that throughout the years of Christianity, the humanity of Jesus has become so hidden. To this day it is impossible to find a laughing or even a smiling Jesus depicted in any art form. Perhaps this is why few Christians reflect the joy that must have radiated from the face of Christ.

There must have been many light moments in his days. It

wasn't all work and no play, as .some of his disc\ples would lead us to oelieve. There w'as surely room for the laughter of children and the joy of fellowship around a table.

There was, in short, a balance in the life of Jesus that his followers would do well to imitate. .Too many today seem to model their lives on one extreme or another: permissiveness or scrupulously.

Jesus did give us a certain way of life to follow and we are expected to do our best to follow his example. However difficult this may be, we should not become so overwhelmed as to become gloomy in outlook or disposition. We can avoid this trap by taking time to pray and enjoy the beauty of the world.

Unfortuately, too many Christians envision a God so loving that they forget that on the other hand he is not mocked. The wrath of God is not something that can be swept under the carpet. The need for repentance and conversion of heart is as real today as in the time of Christ.

If we are over-permissive and harden our hearts to God's call to reform our lives, the joy of the gospel w:.1l not be ours.

Perhaps, however, if we could picture a smiling Christ, we would be less prone to become victims of the opposite evil of scrupulousity. Scrupulous people tend to <:oncern themselves unduly with pleasing their im-

age of an overly stern God. They can find sin in the most innocent of pursuits, considering even legitimate pleasures an occasion of sin. Such people tend to take their mission in life seriously and usually find themselves working day and night in order to justify themselves.

Jesus gave us the happy medium between these extremes. We need both faith and a sense of humor to survive in our troublefilled world. While we are expected to take up our cross and follow Christ, we are also expected to let the joy of that same Christ radiate from us at all times.

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Family life A friend who is moving into a new parish a:; pastor wants to include a family life director on his staff and he asked me three questions: What are their job duties in the parish? What should be their qualifications? Where do you find them? Because many of you are asking the same questions, I felt a column in this new and exciting field of ministry might be in order.

I see as the job description some or all of the following: developing ongoing listening structures to hear the family needs of all parishioners; developing liketo-like ministry supports to meet the most crying needs; acting as conduit for diocesan and national family life offices; pinpointing the giftedness of parisbioners to minister to others a like-to-like ministry; training leadership and supporting it spiritually, educationally and socially; conducting parenting, grief, adult sexuality and family comunication education; developing parish programs for cooperating with other parishes in developing support programs for the lifelong single, the widowed, interfaith marrieds, single parents, etc.; articulating changing family patterns and needs to church leadership; and constantly evaluating,

initiating and abolishing programs when needed.

In addition, the family life director must work closely with the director of religious education in developing family spirituality so that the living faith at home is nurtured to its fullest.

Qualifications for all of the above could be intimidating but presently there aren't any, and that's what makes it so exciting.

Some of our best parish family life directors are couples who perhaps were marriage-encountered and wanted to be part of a family, not religious education, ministry in the parish. While not originally trained they, or others - often DRE's who wanted to change into family ministry are picking up skill courses at workshops, local colleges, or during summers. Gradually, they are becoming qualified in the skills needed in their own parish work.

Some of the more obvious courses needed are in listening and communication skills, family sociology, new eCclesial ministries, sexuality, group dynamics, family counseling, parenting, and spiritual development.

Some teachers, nuns, brothers, and priests already in other ministries have a varietly of the above and need only to fill in the gaps.

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However, our hope is that laity will be attracted to this new ministry. It may be an ideal second profession, a couple ministry, or vocation for a parent who wants to go beyond volunteer work. In the pews we have many parents who are former teachers, nurses, social workers, or just professional parents who have done a good job with their own families. I strongly recommend the pastoral team look in the pews first and financially support a candidate in on-thejob training.

A few Catholic colleges offer a master's degree in family life ministry but so far the effective parish work is being done by non-degree people who attend seminars and workshops whereever they can.

A parish family life director's work and qualifications will encompass a much wider field than religious education, so such people are in short supply today.

Yet viable parishes of the future will certainly have one or more.

Those who already do find the results are gratifying.

'Federal rights' A major new proposal for Congress to d,eal with the abortion issue is dividing the pro-life movement even before the proposal is laid on the table.

Sometime before he opens long-sought hearings in October on proposals for a human life amendment, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is expected to introduce his own proposal for a "federal rights" amendment giving both Congress and the states the power to enact new abortion restrictions.

Some pro-life leaders: are summarily rejecting Hatch's proposal, saying it is little more than a "state's rights" amendment.

That approach has been opposed in the past because rather than fully establishing the right for the unborn it would only permit states to re-enact thei:r previous abortion restrictions, thus allowing some states to continue as abortion "havens."

But Hatch has prot,ested that his yet-to-be introduced amendment will be far mo:,e tha.n a state's proposal. And one pro-life group, American Citizens Concerned for Life (ACel), has circulated copies of an un::ntroduced draft of Hatch's amendment and says it supports Hatch because his proposal would aLlow passage of a uniform national abortion law protecting unborn children.

Rumors that Hatch would suggest a "two-step" amendment approach - first the "federal rights" amendment followed in

a few years by the full human life amendment - have been circulating within the pro-life movement since shortly after Hatch announced in early July that his subcommittee on the Constitution would hold human life amendment hearings in the fall.

Hatch decided to hold the hearings after questioning the constitutionality of this year's other major pro-life legislation, the human life bill, which by simple majorities in Congress would attempt to overturn the Supreme Court's 1973 abortion decision by making the unborn legal "person" subject to the protection of the Fifth and 14th Amendments.

According to Joseph Lampe, executive director of ACCl, a Minnesota-based group, Hatch's "federal rights" amendment would give Congress the power in subsequent legislation to establish national restrictions on abortion which individual states could then tighten if they choose.

For instance there might be follow-up legislation by Congress allowing abortions across the nation only in life-of-the-mother cases or in cases of rape or incest. While the so-called abortion "haven" states would be forced to accept that proscription, other states could tighten the restrictions even further by banning abortions in the cases of rape or incest as well.

But other pro-life directors, such as Paul Brown of the Life

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Amendment Political Action Committee and John P. Mackey of the Ad Hoc Committee in Defense of Life, said in separate interviews that they are "totally opposed" to Hatch's idea.

Mackey said there is no support for "anything that smells of states rights" and remarked that he fears Hatch's approach means the human life bill, which he said has almost universal prolife support, is being held "hostage."

Brown, meanwhile, noted that the human life bill needs only simple majorities in Congress while Hatch's amendment would require two-thirds votes in Congress and ratification by 38 states.

Another disadvantage cited in Hatch's amendment is that it would do nothing by itself and would only set the stage for possible enactment of new abortion policies by Congress and the states. But lampe, who says he supports both the human life bill and Hatch's amendment, said ratification of the amendment would make it much more likely that the Supreme Court would declare a human life bill constitutional since the amendment would specifically empower Congress to pass such bills.

Trials of the ultra-rich One way you can tell a Republican from a Democrat in this era of blurred distinction is that Republicans are emotional about the interiors of their superiors. Once they have elected a person to high office, they are passionately concerned that the decor provided by public funds may be insufficiently elegant.

The thought of a rent in the Aubusson, a chip in the Chippendale, a gap on the china shelves has the effect on the Republican that a picture of a starving child in east Africa produces in your average bleeding-heart Democrat. Misty-eyed, he writes a check.

The response of the haves to the Reagan's refurbishing needs was phenomenal. Mrs. Reagan turned down the $50,000 provided in the federal budget and announced a drive for public donations. Within six weeks, striken friends had contributed $822, 640, and the fund had to _ be closed before beauty-mad oilmen sent it to the level of their company profits.

The president's oft-proclaimed faith in the princeliness of merchant princes was amply fortified, and among his own, at least, the response furthered his notion that the private sector could be counted on in aesthetic emergency.

Having rescued the Executive Mansion from any threat of tackiness, the Reagan Republicans set about fixing up the vice president's house with private donations, which only friends were allowed to make - this is compassion of the rich, by the rich, for the rich.

A rationale for conspicuous consumption has been offered by Charles Wick, who as the head of the International Communications Agency interprets us to the world. He explained that the tableau vivant of opulence provided by the Reaganites is dynamite at the box office of public opinion, that Americans love the spectacle, just as they lapped up lavish movies during the Depression.

It could be. Reagan is holding up well in the polls. But there may be a tiny difference. Franklin D. Roosevelt wasn't telling kindergarten children to tighten their belts. Ronald Reagan has just decreed that pre-schoolers will have their milk ration reduced from six ounces to four.

Other Republicans truly believe that they are inspiring the masses by giving them these glimpses of life at the top. They will work harder, save more, if they see the diamonds glittering at the end of the tunnel.

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licans may just be applying the famous dictum of F. Scott Fitzgerald's friend who said, "The best revenge is living well."

After 40 years of being taxed white for the ungrateful poor, of being expected to worry about people they didn't even know and surely would never meet at the country club, they are free, free at last from the loathsome hypocrisies of the "respectable Republican cloth coat" of Richard Nixon and the populist bluejeanery of Jimmy Carter. Many of them believe that last November was a mandate for the black mink and the long limo.

But parody lurks like a mugger around these revels, and parody struck. Just as the Department of Health and Human Services was announcing new austerities in the standards governing eligibility, the secretary of the department, Richard S. Schweiker, appeared on the cover of The Washington Dossier in white tie and tails seated at a banquet table amid the baronial splendors of the Columbia Historical Society.

Beside him stood his wife, arrayed in crimson taffeta with sleeves puffed to dirigible fullness, white gloves that appeared shoulder-high and a gold choker.

Now, of course, it is possible that the ghetto dweller who has just lost the CETA job, the 80year-old widow whose minimum Social Security benefits are about to be cut and the schoolchild who is going to get a smaller hamburger on his federally subsidized lunch plate will all rejoice to see that the secretary is having such a swell time and is not so worried about them that he cannot sit down to practice for a five-course banquet in advance of a Victorian ball that will be held next month.

The secretary may console himself that his clientele does not read Dossier and that Ronald Reagan, whose friends pictures dot its pages, does and will be pleased to see that Schweiker, a liberal in another life, has become a team player in the opulence game.

The trick, if spikes are not to be raised outside the White House gates, would be to steer Republican interest and largess to exteriors. let Frank Sinatra and Armand Hammer and Walter Annenberg get interested in doing up the South Bronx or smartening up the riot corridor in Washington. The difficulty is that these are places they never go and sincerely hope they will never be invited to. What they don't see doesn't hurt them and their friend Ronald Reagan.

That's plainly what they think anyway.

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Continued from page one ship of the deacon to his emPLEASE PATRONIZE ployment, parish, diocese and his fellow deacons will be disOUR ADVERTISERS cussed, as will the situation of the celibate deacon, either unmarried or widowed.

Diocesan workshop participants will be Deacons Benjamin Nogueira, Centerville, and Francis Camacho, Brewster; and Candidates William A. Martin, Complete Line Sagamore ,Beach, and Timothy Building Materials Desmond, Centerville.

The day will close with a 118 ALDEN RD. FAIRHAVEN Mass at which the principal 993·2611 celebrant will ibe Bishop Daniel e• A. Cronin, assisted by the permanent diaconate directors of the New England regional asO'ROURKE sembly: Fathers John F. Moore, Funeral Home Fall River; Paul J. Tougas, Wor571 Second Street cester; Leo Leclerc, Springfield; Thomas C. Foley, ,Boston; James Fall River, Mass.

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AT A PLANNING meeting for the Bishop's Ball, George Mendonca, president of the Greater New Bedford Society of St. yincent de Paul, and Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, ball director, discuss arrangements for the Jan. 15 festivity. Chairmen were appointed for decorations, hospitality, presentees, hall and theme and subscriber cards and tickets were distributed to the more than 100 committee members present. (Rosa Photo)

Wedding styles of 60 years In observance of the 60th anniversary of the National Council of Catholic Women, the Diocesan Council will present a spectacular, style show of wedding gowns from 1921 through 1981 at 12:30 p:m. Sunday at Venus de Milo restaurant, Swansea.

Over 1300 tickets have been purchased for the event, which will benefit the National Council, supporting operational expenses and funding future needs.

The dresses to be seen, most belonging to· Diocesan Council members, their mothers or

Six weel~s for" cantors A six-week training program for cantors and songleaders is being offered by the music staff of St. Mary's Ca'thedral, Fall River.

To begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, and continue _for the next five weeks, the two-hour sessions will include discussion and demonstration of the role of the cantor in liturgy, sanctuary techniques; relationships with celebrant, organist and choir; voice techniques; resources available; and the importance of prayer to ministers of music.

Limited to 10 participants, the sessions will be co~ducted by Joanne Grota, Robert Raymond and Glenn Giuttari.

Giuttari, Cathedral music director, notes that "Next to the celebrant, probably no minister in celebration of the liturgy has more impact than the cantor.

His or her style and techniques powerfully influence a congrei gation's ability to celebrate prayerfuily."

Applications for the sessions are available at the cathedral.

grandmothers, will be modeled to us in return through our viby women from the five council brant participation in the work deaneries: Fa.1l River, New Bed- of the Council," he stated. ford, Taunton, Attleboro and the The Ordinary also spoke of Cape and Islands. his delight that a substantial Supporting the work of both delegation will represent the diothe national and diocesan coun- cese of Fall River at the forthcils, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin re- coming NCCW national confercalled the "devoted apostolic ence in Kansas City. work of members of the NCCW The organist for Sunday's during the years it has served style show will be Lawrence the church.

Maynard and Rita Prevost will "I congratulate the officers sing. and members of the National Chairmen include Mrs. AnCouncil," continued the bishop. thony J. Geary and Mrs. James "I pray that Almighty God will A. O'Brien Jr., reservations; continue to bles~. the endeavors Miss Margaret M. Lahey, Miss of this wonderful group of ex- ' Angela 'Medeiros, Miss Emily emplary Catholic lay women." Medeiros, Mrs. Alice Correira, The prelate also expressed his Mrs. Mary Souza, prizes. special joy at the enthusiastic Mrs. Christina Andrade and involvement of the "Fall River Mrs. Michael McMahon, fashion Diocesan Council of Catholic show tickets; Miss Adrienne Women in the programs of the Lemieux, giftorama tickets; Mrs. National Council.

Charles Russell and Mrs. James "I believe that we here in the Leith, publicity.

Diocese of Fall River have much A large committee will handle to contribute" through our dedi- hospitality and a "behind the cated ladies, and I am equally scenes" committee is headed by sure that much benefit comes Mrs. Manuel Nogueira.

Group promotes canonization HUNTINGTON, Ind. (NC) The Friends of Cardinal Newman Association in the United States has been formed to promote the canonization cause of Cardinal John Henry Newman, according to Father Vincent J. Giese, Our Sunday Visitor vice president and editor-in-chief.

Father Giese is chairman of the new association which will have its headquarters at Our Sunday Visitor in Huntington.

Archbishop John R. Quinn of San Francisco is honorary chairman of the association.

Born in 1891, Cardinal Newman was an Anglican who became a Catholic priest and founded oratories, patterned af-

ter the Oratory of St. Philip Neri.

Cardinal Newman spent most of his Catholic years at the Birmingham Oratory, except for a period of time in Ireland, where he helped establish a Catholic university.

According to Father Giese, Cardinal Newman was a master homilist and an apologist for the Catholic faith until his death in 1890. About 85 volumes of his homilies and correspondence have been edited.

Among his most famous works are the hymn "Lead, Kindly Light," "The Idea of a University" and "Apologia Pro Vita Sua."

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Other center programs will bring participants to the centrally..llocated facility fl:>r mar· riage preparation courses, youth activities, feadership seminars and a wide variety of other involvements for families, individuals and senior citizens.

Drawing heavily on its audiovisua1 resources will bEl the 51 parishes of ·the diocese that already have family life ministers, noted Father Tosti, who added that the center is the first of its kind in New England and is the envy of his counterparts in other dioceses.

The whole thing wiIl be on proud display Sunday and Father Tosti hopes that hundreds of members of the diocesan family will be on hand for an i.ntroduction to their newest help in Hving their Christian commitment.

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the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), ha.s termed allegations involving Cardinal John Cody of Chicago a source of "great pain."

Cardinal Cody, 73, Elccording to a series of articles in the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper, is under investigation by a grand jury in Chicago for possibly diverting up to $1 million in taxexempt church funds for the use of his stepcousin, Helen Dolan Wilson.

The newspaper also reported that Mrs. Wilson received a "secret church salary" for six years although she never worked for the Archdiocese of Chicago.

"The allegations in news stories of the past week from Chicago have caused great pain to Catholics there and throughout the country," Archbish10p Roach said during a regularJ:y scheduled Administrative Committee meeting of the NCCB. "Because of the legal situation, it is not possible for me to make any substantive comment," Archbishop Roach said. '~But I can say that my heart goes out to the church in Chicago and to Cardinal Cody, whom his brother bishops have ,known for many years and esteem today as a man of integ:rity, principle and dedication to the church," the NCCB president added.

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The Transitus, explained Father Xavier Nawrocki, OFM Conv., of Holy Cross parish, Fall River, celebrates the transition of St. Francis from physical death into the life of the risen Lord. It includes prayers, readings and song and a highlight, said Father Xavier, is the distribution of

small loaves of bread to all present.

The loaves commemorate a moment in the last hours of the saint when he called for bread and shared it with those around him in memory of the Eucharistic feast.

Father Xavier said the Cathedral service was open to members of all denominations and that it would be followed by refreshments at St. Louis church hall on Eagle Street between Division Street and Bradford Avenue.

Franciscan communities sharing in preparing the cathedral program are the Felician Sisters,

the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary,--the parishes of St. Louis and Holy Cross and the Secular Franciscans of St. Louis parish, all of Fall River~' New Bedford participants represent Our Lady's 'Chapel, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Hedwig and St. Kilian parishes; Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis and the Secular Franciscans of Our Lady's Chapel.

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Pope salutes handicapped Continued from page one istics forced us to limit it to a sensible size."

The pope congratulated the diocese and drew a blueprint for the way in which the entire Catholic world shoud respond to the handicapped. . The handicapped, said the pope, "should be inserted into the living fabric of SOciety'S relationships."

He said that each .time handicapped are excluded, the "realization of a potentially, often so rich," is impeded.

The pope said that the handicapped must be given "their full entitlement" and the recogni-

tion of "their innate rights which remain sacred and invioable."

The role of those whom God has blessed with good health, the pope suggested, is to "lift the veil" from the handicapped so that the "resplendent image of God" can shine.

Speaking to those who had undertaken to help the handicapped, the pope said, "You have a long road in front of you.

Walk it confidently. Walk it with the Lord, whose wish it was to identify himself with every person suffering in need."

After giving his blessing, the pope left the balcony, appearing

a moment later on the pavement of the courtyard.

There, for fully 30 minutes, he walked among the handicapped, kissing some, embracing others, signing the cross on the forehead of many, blessing all.

Turning to leave, the pope paused at the door of the courtyard and then turned back to the crowd. "I am grateful to you for the gift you have brought here, the gift of your suffering, the gift of your sacrifice and of your prayer."

"I thank you also," said the pope, "for bringing your joy to Castelgandolfo."

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Dear Dr. Kenny: We have a large family, sent all to Catholic grade and high schools, helped them save their money for college, and helped with clothes, transportation, food packages and loans when needed. We have a good marriage, are involved members in our parish and havo set a good example for our children. But, one by one, our children are leaving the church. I'm heartbroken.

One is divorced; one is living with a boyfriend; one married outside the church. One has joined another church and plans to marry a girl from that church.

Another goes with a Lutherad girl and does not attend Mass, so theirs will be a marriage outside the church.

I don't know how much more I can take. I'm not perfect, and I've made mistakes, but I would never put my parents through the kind of heartache and pain that my children have put me through.

I know there are many more parents like us, suffering too.

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the way your children are turning out? Imagine how God must feel about the way his world is going, despite his parenting and his Son's mission. God apparently values the independence that he gave us even more than he insists on obedience.

Parents experience great pain when they' see their children choose dif1ferent paths. Like God, parents need to take a tolerant attitude toward their adult children. Treat them not as -children, but as new friends.

This does not mean that you should give up on your children.

Remember that Jesus reached out in lov,e to Peter who denied him, Judas who betrayed him, the rich young man, Matthew the publican, and others. His love was not always successful or sufficient. Judas and the rich young man continued to go their own way.

How do parents reach out to errant grown children? They do so with lots of support and very little advice. Jesus loved Magdalen, not for her prostitution, but for her honest affection. He loved Peter, not for his denial, but for his impulsiveness and courage. Parents need to respond

to the good in their adult children and, where possible, ignore the bad.

I can understand your worry.

Nevertheless, you must not let yourself become heartbroken and sick. This has implications of the ploy, "See what you are doing to your mother."

You seem to be asking. "Where did I go wrong?" You might just as well ask where God went wrong in creating and ensouling us.

You must view your children's actions with some detachment.

They are responsible for their adult behavior, not you. Allow them the same freedom to wonder that God allows all of us.

So back off. Neither your Christian counseling nor your guilt have so far been effective in. causing them to mend their ways. Allow your children room to grow and make mistakes. At the same time, love them for all they say and do that you appreciate.

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Among the participants at the mon good. People will argue both ways as to the ultimate benefit press conference there was some of specific stoppages by Solid- disappointment that the encycliarity at a time when Poland cal does not offer specific "flipfaces grave economic problems. to-page-X" solutions for a host Similarly, another American of contemporary and internationnewsman asked which way the al labor crises. ,But as was pointed out by encyclical would cut as regards the U.S. air controllers' strike. Father Schotte and Austrian The answer was that there- is no Father John Schasching, dean of precise answer. Or, to put it social sciences at Rome's Gregormore precisely, it cuts which- ian University, the encyclical ever way a person wants it to neither attempts nor could do . that. cut.

Rather than provide facile anA person can easily find a sentence here or a paragraph swers to (:omplicated issues, the there which favors his position. encyclical offers the broad ethiThe encyclica:i argues the nec- cal guidelines which Christians essity of the right to strike with- ought to use to answer labor out penal sanctions as a final questions and to design economresort when rights have been ic systems.

While the encyclical strongly prejudiced. But it also legitimizes laws to prohibit strikes reaffirms the right to private when "essential community ser- property, itt insists that the right vices are in question." A'nd these has limits and "is subordinated to the right of common use."

Pope John Paul is echoing Pope Paul VI, who said in "Progressio Populorum," his social ency~ clical of 1968, that the right to FUNERAL HOME, INC. private property was not an unROGER A. LA FRANCE CLAUDETTE A. MORRISSEY trammeled. right and that no one DANIEL J. SULLIVAN C. LORRAINE ROY was justified in keeping anything FUNERAL DIRECTORS he did not need while others lacked thEl necessities of life.

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Other specifics abound. Profitsharing is suggested, so that people share in the fruits of th~ir efforts.

Women should be treated as equals and suffer no job discrimination. At the same time, employers should see that the employment of women is so structured "that women do not have to pay for their advancement by abandoning what is specific to them and at the expense of the family."

Unemployment should become the concern n.ot only of the unemployed, but of industry itself, which should engage in research and development to provide for those whose jobs technical sophistication is eliminating.

A person ,should be paid a family wage which will adequately provide for his or her dependents.

An employee should be given the "right to rest," which should include "at least Sunday."

The encyclical challenges not just management and governments, but employees, also.

Workers are challenged to see work as a blessing from God, as an opportunity to share in creation; as the chance to carry out a responsibility to family and to future generations, as the means to build the world according to the ideal preached by Christ.

It is written in the context of a Christian's responsibility, but is addressed also to "all men and women of good will."

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Iteering pOintl 55. PETER & PAUL, FALL RIVER The parish involvement com· mittee will meet at 7 tonight in the school.

Volunteers are needed from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. for rainy day supervision of children in the Father Coady Center. Those interested may contact Kathy Burt, principal, at 672-7258.

The choir will begin rehearsals at 7:45 p.m. Monday. New members are welcome.

The senior CYO will nominate officials at 7 p.m. Tuesday at a meeting in the Coady Center.

Students in grade 9 through 12 are eligible for membership.

HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER The. annual 'Women's Guild membership' tea is set for 7 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 4, in the school.

EntertainmentwHl be by the Allegro Glee Club. AN women parishioners are welcome.

Choir Il'ehearsals wHl begin at 3 p.m. Monday for chi1dren in grades 3 through 8 and at 7:30 p.m. for adults. New members are invited.

FIRST FRIDAY CLUB, GREATER FALL RIVER The club will open its season Friday, Oct. 2, with 6 p.m, Mass, followed by supper, at St. Vincent's Home. Father Thomas R'ita, director of St. Vincent's will be the supper speaker.

During the coming year members will widen their a1cquaintance with diocesan activities by meeting at var~ous institutions.

New members are welcome and may contact Cy Amarel1o, 6725311; Bob Carr, 673-1104; or Ken Leger, 678-6675, for further ,information. The group has Father Barry W; WlII1J as moderator.

ST. MARGARET, BUZZARDS BAY SS. Margaret and Mary Guild of Buzzards Bay and Onset will sponsor a day of recollection Saturday, Oct. 3. A noon Mass and dinner at the Windjammer restaurant are on the agenda.

Reservations may be made with Rita Lopes, 295.1570.

CURSILLO LEADERS, WAREHAM Cursillo leaders' school will meet from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at St. Patrick's Church Wareham and will hold subsequent meetings throughout the winter from 8 to 10 p.m. on Thursdays. The theme will be "Leadership: A Call to Service.

ST. MARY, MANSFIELD A parish picnic will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the parish rose garden. Transportation will be provided for those needing it. Food may be brought or purchased at the picnic ~d entertainment will include games and dancing.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET A newly-formed brass chorale will rehearse' at 6 p.m. tomorrow in the church. New players are welcome.

CCD makeup examinations will be given at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3. CCD teachers will meet for a spiritual and social evening at 7 p.m. Monday, beginning in the church with Benediction.

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS, GREATER FALL RIVER Compassionate Friends, a support group for parents who have lost a child, will hold an organizational meeting at 7:30 p.m.

Monday at St. Louis de France parish center on Buffington Street, Swansea. Further information is available from Mrs. Leo Le Comte, 676-8458.

S~ONEHlLL COLLEGE, NORTH EASTON The college will participate in a :lecture series sponsored by the Southeastern Association for Co- ST. ANNE, operation in Higher Edu~ltion in FALL RIVER Massachusetts (SACHEM).

CCD classes for students in Father Thomas J. Clarke, CSC, grades I, 2, 7 and 8 will begin chairman of StonehiU n~Hgious at 11 a.m. Sunday in the shrine. studies, will speak on "T~heology Second year confirmation canin the University" Wednesday, , didates will meet at 7 p.m. ThursOct. 21, at 'Bristol Corr..munity day, Oct. 1, in the school.

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ST. JULIE BILLIART, NORTH DARTMOUTH Tryol.Jts for 7th and 8th grade boys for the parish CYO basketball team will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the parillh gym.

DAUGHTER OF ISABELLA, ATTLEBORO Alcazaba Circle will meet at 7:30' p.m. Thursday, Oct. I, in K of C Hall on Hodges S::reet. A program on the supernatu.ral will be presented.

STUDY DAY, WESTPORT AREA "A Day to Broaden Your Horizons" will be presented by the Councils of Catholic Women of Our Lady of Grace, St. John the Baptist and St. George parishes, Westport, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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The balcony overlooks the main square of this picturesque mountain village. For the past month the pope has been speaking from it at noon on Sundays and Wednesdays before praying the Angelus with his visitors.

The Wednesday noon appearances have replaced the customary longer weekly general audiences in St. Peter's Square while the pope is convalescing from bullet wounds suffered May 13 as he rode unprotected in an open jeep through the crowd in St. Peter's Square.

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By Janaan Manternach The group was small but each person was a presbyter or leader in the church at Ephesus, responsible for the growing community of Christians in that large city.

Paul knew this would be the last time he would see these people. He wanted to give them some last instructions and to encourage them.

He stood up to speak. As he began, his voice was unusually soft and a little sad.

"You all know how I have served the Lord Jesus. You know the many sorrows that came my way. Never did I shrink from telling you what was for your good. I always have urged every- . one to turn from sin and to place their faith in the Lord Jesus.

"Now I am on my way to Jesusalem. I do not know what will happen to me but I suspect that suffering awaits me there.

But I want only to complete the service to which the Lord Jesus has called me. When I leave here for Jerusalem, I know that you will never see me again."

Paul's words saddened the presbyters. They listened even more carefully to Paul's last words to them. '\Keep watch over yourselves," Paul urged them. "Watch over the whole flock the Holy Spirit . has given you. Shepherd the Turn to Page Thirteen

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After roundly criticizing the Corinthians for their scandalous conduct in liturgical worship, Paul returns to questions sent him by the community.

The Corinthians apparently were experiencing some confusion about "spiritual gifts,'; and so Paul starts Chapter 12 of First Corinthians, "Now, brothers, r do not want to leave you in ignorance . . . .. This is his unusual way of saying, "I want you to understand clearly," a form he also uses elsewhere.

It is hard for us to appreciate the extraordinary activity of the Holy Spirit in the early church.

The New Tesetament bears abundant testimony to this activity but, unfortunately, gives us very little specific information about its various manifestations. That is tantalizing, but should warn us against giving precise definitions for those gifts in our day.

At any rate, these gifts seem to have been both a blessing and a source of trouble for the Corinthians. One problem was that of discernment. How could one be sure that he or she was really being led by the Spirit and not by self-dillusion? That is an ever-present and basic danger.

Accordingly, Paul addresses it immediately. He reminds the Corinthians of their lives as Tum to page thirteen

Just as instruments must blend to achieve a beautiful sound, so must the members of any group work together to reach theiir goal.

Working together to reach a goal

By David' Gibson In "Above Suspicion," a Helen MacInnes thriller, a British university couple, rather inexperienced in the workings of international espionage, were dispatched on an intricate and important mission in Germany and Austria. In the days just before World War II, they were to discover the whereabouts of an agent who had disappeared. . The couple's mission began with a set of complex instructions they were given once and expected to recall more or less perfectly later on. The instructions led them from one fleeting undercover contact to another until finally they discover and rescue the missing agent, then escape to safety.

The story is exciting, but what interested me was how well all the undercover agents, including the inexperienced couple, worked together to accomplish their goal.

My own experience in this complex, fast-paced world is that people do not always work together that well. In fact, considering how necessary it is for people to work together, it is amazing how much of a problem it can be.

First, even though people plan and work on' a project together, the goal may remain fuzzy. Communication is cruicial and misunderstanding easy. Often work-

ers don't envision the goal in the same way.

Then there is remembering what has been said about how a project will be carried out.

Again, communication is essential. But days and weeks after a successful planning session, even the most experienced people tend to forget parts of what was decided.

Finally, when serious difficulties are enco.untered by a team, they are not always readily overcome and may delay the project or lead to reevaluation of its worth.

There are good reasons why people should work together on projects. First is utter necessity.

A family or a school for ex-

ample, cannot achieve new goals unless members cooperate.

But another reason for working together is the joy of it. The experience people have of each other on a shared project can be a means of personal growth for participants.

But let's be honest. When you work alone, you probably establish your own schedule, decide what your project's outcome should be and proceed to it. If you encounter difficulties, you attempt to work them out quickly.

Working alone, you don't have to cope with attitudes, feelings or varying abilities of fellow workers. Your frustrations' will Turn to Page Thirteen

Reaching consensus

By Billy Wetterer "We recognize we are our .brother's keeper," said Father Harold Kurtenbach of Resurrection parish, Grend Island, Neb. Developing a caring community is a high priority for Resurrection's 1,200 parishioners.

That community is fostered through a system of five miniparishes and a parish council that never votes, operating strictly by consensus.

But how does consensus work?

No action by the council is

taken unless everyone agrees on what is to be done. When a member objects, council members continue discussion until objections are withdrawn. If a person cannot do this, the measure is tabled fer future consideration.

When this happens, members often pray for further guidance, Father Kurtenbach said.

Some say that consensus is not the most efficient method for managing a parish,' remarked the priest. But he thinks effiTum to page thirteen

know your faith

"We're in a gym uniform discussion again!"

A parish council I know of once spent a full hour discussing the best color for student gym uniforms. Now, whenever the council gets bogged down in a discussion of details, some member can be counted on to recall that famous discussion of uniforms.

There is an issue at stake here: the distinction between policy and administration.

A parish council's primary task concerns policy, established within the framework of diocesan policy. The administration of policy, however, is the responsibility of the pastor and other parish staff members.

This distinction is of great importance for councils. For a parish council can easily get so preoccupied with administrative details that it never gets around to its real task. And the pastor or others responsible for programs can quickly feel that their responsibilities are being usurped by the parish council. Here we have a problem in the making.

The pastor is primarily responsible to the bishop for parish practice. The pastor and council share a responsibility for parish policy. It is primarily the pastor's responsibility.. ~~ hire and supervise the staff. of the parish, whether paid or volunteer, even if the pastor solicits the advice of the council in hiring a staff person or the cooperation of council members in carrying out the ministries of the parish.

In practice, the line between policy and administration may not be so clear and council members may find themselves quite active in carrying out parish policy. Furthermore, the council may review parish practice so as to recommend ways of improving parish life. Yet, it is valuable to try to keep council meetings focused on policy questions.

What does policy mean in a parish? First, through policy the mission of the parish is clarified. Recently the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on the Parish issued a statement designed to stimulate discussion in parishes of their basic mission. The statement, "The Parish: A People, A Mission, A Structure," is obviously too general to serve as an adequate statement of mission for every individual parish. But a council may use it to develop its own understanding of its parish's mission.

By spelling out the basic mission of a parish, a council has a basis for setting priorities and measuring performance.

So, policy first means mission.

After developing a mission statement, a council should consider each area of parish life: the liturgy, education programs, care for people in need and the rest.

Then it can formulate its hopes or goals and spell out how it thinks they can best be pursued in a given year. What qualities Tum to page thirteen

Reaching 'consensus Continued from page twelve ciency is less important than the unity which consensus brings.

According to pastoral minister, Sister Celine Taskan, " Some~ times you have to let go of your ideas . . . it makes you consider everyone's way of looking at babies." .

"Sometimes it takes longer to make decisions," added Sister Rosemary Carraher, also a pastoral minister, but "you get more ideas, as people are for<:ed to consider many different angles" of a proposal.

How do people become council members?

The Resurrection counc:il has 13 members - 10 lay persons, the pastor and the two pastoral ministers. To choose new members, the parish sends each family a letter explaining c:ouncil duties and listing desirable qualifications for candidates.

Along with a faith which is "alive and active," candidates should be "creative and energetic, and have the kind of family life where they are free to commit themselves for three years to the council," explained Father Kurtenbach. People' also have to be "willing to work with a team to reach consE'nsus," which eliminates some people at the start, the pastor stated.

Parishioners then asked to nominate two persons. Individuals whose names appear two or more times are asked to serve.

If the person agrees, his or her name is put into a basket. Following a Sunday Eucharist at which the Holy Spirit is asked for guidance, the names of new members are drawn from usually about 30 names in the basket.

One proposal that came out of the parish council is the miniparish system. These are geographic units and each is encouraged to set annual goa:ls and is responsible for a two-month period of ministry in. the larger

For children Continued from page twelve church of God. When I am gone, savage wolves will come among you. Even some of you will become false teachers, and will lead astray any who follow you.

So be on your guard."

The leaders glanced at one another. Which of them, like Judas, would betray their Lord and teach false doctrines? Ea<:h felt fearful.

"I commend you now to the Lord," Paul concluded. "His word can enlarge your livf~s anCl your flock. You yourselves know that these hands of minE! have served both my own needs and those of my companions. I have always told you that it is by such hard work that you must help the weak. Remember always the words of the Lord Jesus himself, 'There is more happiness in giving than inreceiving.' " Paul then knelt down and prayed. The Ephesian leadl~rs began to cry. They were upset to think thy would never see Paul again.

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parish, providing people to help at parish events, for instance.

Miniparishioners are actively involved with each other. Along with social events such as bowling and family nights, they reach out to people in need.

For instance, one miniparish sponsored five Vietnam refugees, helping them locate housing and jobs. Today the refugees are independent.

At Resurrection, we still have problems, concluded Father Kurtenbach, but "we make a special effort, through prayer and discussion, to be open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit."

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Gym Continued from Page Twelve are necessary in each program area? What standards should be observed? These become policy statements.

Now let's get back to that parish council and its gym uniforms.

Members might decide that gym should be part of the school program. They also decide that a gym teacher should be hired and even express a wish that the program emphasize team efforts to encourage cooperation among students. But it is up to the school's administration to hire the teacher and, with the teacher, to design program specifics.

Of course there are some areas of such significance to parishioners that the staff is welladvised to consult them on proposed changes in, for instance, church decor or traditional ceremonies.

Goal Continued from page twelve be largely with yourself or with the project. And only one person can quit: you.

Cooperation isn't easy, no matter how worthwhile. To work well together, people need to know what makes cooperation difficult - and what it can accomplish. 'No matter how basic to contemporary society, working together well does not always come naturally.

Spencer abbot to resign his post SPENCER, Mass. (NC) Trappist Abbot Thomas Aquinas Keating, 58, has tendered his resignation as head of· the St. Joseph Abbey community.

A new superior is expected to be chosen within the next few months.

A native of New York City, Abbot Keating entered St. Joseph Abbey in 1944. He was ordained in 1949 and was named superior of St. Benedict monastery, Snow Mass, Colo., in 1958.

He was chosen abbot by the Spencer monks in 1961, and was consecrated by Bishop Bernard J. Flanagan of Worcester.

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Gifts Continued from page twelve pagans, when they worshipped idols and were carried away by sprious enthusiasm. Paul offers a criterion: "Nobody who speaks in the Spirit of God ever says, 'Cursed be Jesus.'''

This seems extreme. Would any Christian say that? Well, perhaps not in so many words.

But it is significant that Paul says "Jesus," the name he consistently uses to designate Jesus in his humanity. The Corinthians often had manifested lack of appreciation for the humanity of Jesus and for the implications of that humanity in their daily lives.

Apparently certain people prized some gifts of the Spirit more highly than others: they were flashier and attracted more attention. Paul considers this attitude immature, since it betrays a centering on the self directly opposed to the purpose of the gifts.

To correct this, Paul notes that no matter how many gifts there may be, they are all manifestations of the same Spirit, each

as precious as the other. Most importantly, they are "gifts," which is the very meaning of "charisms." No one has any right to parade a gift as if it were his own personal endowment.

Significantly, Paul links together gifts, ministries, and works. A gift not used for ministry is thwarted of its purpose and is inauthentic.

Notice also the beautiful trinitarian formula: gifts - Spirit: ministries - Lord; works God. The gifts are given to enable the Christian to continue the ministry of the Lord Jesus, to work hand in hand with God for the common good, not for one's personal advancement or glory.

Paul mentions several of the gifts but gives no clear indication of how they operate. That is not his concern here. He sums up his concern in his last sentence: "It is one and the same Spirit who produces all these gifts, distributing them to each as he wills."

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By Cecilia Belanger Are we a nation that has difficulty communicating Witll itself, its people, its government, its every agency and institution?

Are we that bad at talking with one another?

Is it because our education is not the right kind? Why are we so difficult with one another? Do we at bottom dislike one another so much that it comes out in conversation or what passes for it? These are questions that are bothering many of us and we'd like some answers.

One has to ask if there are too many false shepherds among us trying to purchase the souls of the young.

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JOHN THOMAS, 'a radio engineer, receives the Jesuit Volunteer Corps cross before beginning a year as a volunteer bus driver for elderly residents of Seattle, Wash.

A light came among us and is still here, but the darkness, like a cloud, obscures that Light for the immature and they are seduced by many a siren call from the hucksters of a society that seems to applaud for everyone but God. A youth, quite irritated, said "I keep hearing that young people need role. models. I don't want a role model. I want to be myself. I just want to be left to find my own way and I can read my own road signs, thank you."

Are we coming at our youtn from too many directions? Are we invoking too many names for them to imitate? I have found

that most youth do indeed have broad horizons but adults are apt to narrow them down for them. I say let them have horizons unlimited and most importantly let them be tlleir own.

Let them have their own '''weather report," as it were, and adjust to the squalls, not the often false predictions of others. tet them make their own report but do provide a safe harbor when asked for and needed.

I like dissenting voices. They are needed as much as the air we breatlle. One youth told me that his father said, "As long as you are in this house, you have to agree with everything said here. I don't want any of your leftwing ideas. I'm the one who fills your stomach."

Award Barbara Petro, a chemistry teacher at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, was a 1981 recipient of a Lyman C. Newell Award from the Northwestern Section of the American Chemical Society.

The award enabled Mrs. Petro to attend a summer conference on Chemistry and Color held by the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers at North Adams State CoIlege.

I should be done witll being shocked at tllis point, but I was not. What good is filling the stomach when you empty the spirit?

Parents destroy tlleir children daily. How often do they say "I don't want to hear it!" hiding their heads in the sand, preferring to live witll falsehoods, finding them more comforting than the trutll.

Heave~ help children born into families where they are struck mute and must move around like robots.

CoyIe-Cassidy New faculty members at the Taunton high school are Rev. Richard Roy, chaplain and religion instructor; Sister Laurette, French and social studies; Mrs. Ellen Matesanz, art; Mrs. Freda Megan, science; Mrs. Cheryl Nastri and Mrs. Mary Williams, English; and William Ventura, social studies and English.

National Honor Society members were special guides for freshmen on the first day of school and student councillors turned out to assist at a freshman outing held at C-C in August.

Congratulations go to junior Donna Hoye, who received first and second awards at the annual Taunton Art Association show.

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What he offers $50 a month, free room and board, and "labor on the frontiers of the church" has attracted more than 2,500 Catholic men and women to the Jesuit Volunteer Corps since it was founded 25 years ago.

At a silver jubilee celebration at the Jesuits' Gonzaga, University in Spokane recently, former corps members got together to share memories about working in 40-below, weather in Alaska or being the first lay volunteer in Omak, Wash.

Father Morris, sporting a "Morris the Cat" T-shirt, recaIled the rough early days of what is now the largest Catholic lay volunteer organization in the United, States.

"When we first started out in the late 1950s many priests and sisters were threatened by the presence of lay volunteers," said the priest, who was one of the founders of the corps and its first director.

He said many priests and nuns "questioned why the Religious weren't doing the jobs of teaching religion and working with orphans. But the truth of the matter is that vocations are dying out and, as Vatican II so clearly states, this is the age of the laity."

The corps was started in 1956 to meet a very practical need.

A Jesuit mission school in isolated Copper Valley. Alaska, inundated with abandoned orphans, caIled for lay volunteers

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That faIl six young ,women from Regis College in Massachusetts arrived to work for a year, and the Jesuit volunteer Corps were born. Members pledge a year of work in parishes, orphanages, missions, schools, social service works, or other church projects.

For 18 years the corps worked only in the Northwestern states but in 1974 a Midwestern regional branch opened. The next year an Eastern regional office was formed in Philadelphia. A Southwestern region was formed in 1977 in Oakland, and last year a Southern region was started in Houston..

The Jesuit--run corps, with 275 volunteers working this year, is thriving, while other such organizations notably the Papal Volunteers for Latin America apd the lay volunteer program of the Catholic Church Extension Society - have died.

According to Father Norris, the key to the Jesuit group's success is its distinctive blend of corporal works, spirituality and the experience of living in a ChIlistian community.

"Giving up a paying job and :living ,in a spiritual community is exactly what the apostles did; and nothing wH1 endure ionger in the ohurch than people living and working together in community," he said.

He said the Jesuit Volunteer Corps is older than the Peace Corps, "twice as tough and 10 times more rewarding."

Information about the corps is available from P.O. Box 3928, Por1lland, Ore. 97208.

By Charlie Martin

A MODERN GIRL He yawns and says heIlo Turns on the breakfast show She fixes coffee while he takes a showe:r Hey that was great he says Wish we could stay in bed But I got to be at work in less than an hour She manages a smile as he walks out the door She's a modern girl whose been through this movie before She don't build her world round no single man But she's getting by doin' what she can She is free to be what she wants to be All she wants to be is a modem girl Na na na na na na na Na na na na na na na na She's a modem girl It looks like rain again She takes the train again She's on her way again through London town And she eats a tangerine, flicks through a magazine Until it's time to leave her dreams on the underground She walks to the office like ev'ryone else An independent lady taking care of herself.

She's been dreamin' 'bout him all day long And as soon as she gets home It's him on the telephone He asks her to dinner She says I'm not free tonight I'm gonoa stay at home and watch my TV. Sung by Sheena Easton, Written by Bugattl Musker, (c) 1979

by Sea Shanty-Pendulum-ChappeIl and Co. Ltd.

Does being your own independent person also mean being empty and lonely?

"A Modem Girl" gives this impression. A girl wakes up with her sometime lover, hurries off to work while repressing her real dreams, then ends the day alone, watching television.

She's "an independent lady taking care of herself," but where is her life going? Is this what' being out on your own means? .

In families, a teen-ager's growth can be stressful. Parents may begin to think that their authority is being challenged. Teen-agers may feel that their parents do not want to understand them.

But becoming independent need not mean giving up all past values or embracing a purposeless life.

Independence grows when we look at the past and determine what has been valuable, helpful and a foundation for building our own identity.

The fact that the girl in the song "don't build her world round no single man" and that "she is路 free to .be what she wants to be" does not mean she is happy. Only through sharing our values, questions and struggles with others do we move out of loneliness and toward fulfillment.

How do you deal with your struggles toward independence?

What keeps communication going with parents as you encounter conflicts? What blocks this communication?

Share your ideas ~th: Charlie Martin, 4705 Boulevard Place, Indianapolis, 46208

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THE ANCHOR Thurs., Sept. 24, 1981

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By Bill Morrissette

portswQtch Stang Ties, Feehan and Coyle-Cassidy lose The high school footbaU sea- Boston La,tin, 21-7. Friday night son got underway last weekend the Hockomock League's No. but only Bishop Stang's Spartans, Attleboro defeated Bishop Feeof the three diocesan schools in han, 35-14. the Southeastern Mass. ConferConference action next Saturence, avoided defeat. ,day is limited to Taunton at Coach Jim Lanigan's gridders Attleboro in Division One, Case threw a scare into the favored at COY'le~Cassidy and Old RochBourne High Canalmen, holding ester at Feehan. in Division the Cape team to a 6-6 tie as Three. both schOOls opened theicr Div,iTomorrow night New Bedford sion Three conference schedules. ds host to Catholic Memorial, a John Machado scored on a one- 21-7 winner over Scituate last yard run in the second period. Saturday, in non-Jeague play.

Bourne gots its touchdown in the Non·.l!eague games Saturday list first period on Andy Alden's 22- Somerset at Durfee, New Bedyard run of a fumble recovery. ford Voke-Tech at Seekonk, In other Division Three E'ncoun- Dennis-Yarmouth at Lincolnters Dighton-Rehobth blanked Sudbury, Dighton-Rehoboth at Coyle-Cassidy, 12-0, and Seekonk Fairhaven, Falmouth, at Barnnipped Old Rochester, 8-6. stable. Meanwhile, in another In Division Two action Somer- Friday night encounter Dartset Touted Fairhaven, 20-6, Barn- mouth is host to Stang. stable romped to a 20-6 victory The Hockomock League over Dennis-Yarmouth and Dart- 1aunches 'its footblrll season Satmouth topped Greater New Bed- urday with Canton at King Philip, ford Yoke-Tech, 9-0.

Mansfield at Stoughton, Foxboro There were no Division One at Oliver Ames, No. Attleboro at games last Saturday but in non- Sharon. Franklin entertains Milleague play Durfee pinned a 27-0 ford in a non-league encounter. setback on Hamilton-Wenham, In non-league games 'last weekBrockton upended New Bedford, and King Philip overpowered Bel34-13, Case routed Bristol-Plym- lingham, 33-0, Foxboro nipped oth, 35-8, and Taunton defeated Westwood, 817.

Socce,r Also Underway In conference soccer today Old Rochester is home to WEstport.

Tomorrow Bishop Connolly vis.its Greater New Bedford Yoke-Tech, Somerset is at New Bedford High and Durfee at Diman Yoke.

There were some non·~eague games played 'last week. Westport nipped Holy Family, 1-0, Somerset blanked Connolly, 2-0, and Durfee defeated Westport, 3-0.

Next Tuesday, Connolly is at Old Rochester, Westport at VokeTech, Diman Yoke at Attleboro.

Hockomock soccer teams are next scheduled for Oct. :~ with

Franklin at Foxboro, King Philip at Stoughton, Sharon at No. Attleboro.

In volleyball games last week Case defeated Somerset, 15-6, 15-9, Westport defeated Connolly, 15-6, 15-7, which also dropped a 15-1, 15-2 decision to Durfee.

Today Westport ,is host to Feehan, Durfee is at Attleboro, Somerset at Taunton. Tomorrow Connolly treks to Dighton-Rehoboth. The Cougars are at Somerset Tuesday and home to Seekonk on Wednesday. Somerset visits Feehan on Monday.

At College Level At the college nevel, Holy Cross, with 25 points, w,as the winner of the Stonehill CoHege Invitational cross country meet.

SMU was second with 4:7 followed by Southeastern Connecticut, 128, and Stonehill, 13!l.

Rink, F8!ll River, in preparation for the Bristol County CYO Hockey League season.

On the home campus the SMU women's ,team defeated the University of New Haven, 22-8.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NC) - A 17cent stamp depicting Kateri Tekakwitha, the recently beatified Mohawk Indian woman born in the 17th century in what is now the Albany Diocese, has been released by the Canadian postal service, Canada Post.

In the men's meet tl,e top seven were Keith Coughlin, SMU, 24:31; Chris Schulte, New Haven, 24:35; Matt Sukeforth, SMU, 24:40; Don Cavanaugh, New Haven, 24:49; Bob Cosgrove, SMU, 24:52; Joe Cooney, SMU, 25:02; Brian Lockard, 25:19.

In field hockey the SMU Corsairs were beaten, 2-0, by LoweH University.

Practice continues at !l p.m. every Sunday in the Driscoll

Saintly stamps

Another 17-cent Canadian stamp, also recently released, honors Marie de L'Incarnation, a French woman who like Blessed Kateri was beatified in 1980.

The beatifications took both North American women to the final step before sainthood in the Catholic Church.

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

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: Al-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; B-objectionable in part for everyone; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation): C-condemned.

. New Films "Heartland" (Levitt - Pickman) ,is the unpretentious story of a widow (Conchata Farrell) who, with her 7-year-old daughter (Megan Folsom) takes work as a housekeeper on a remote Wyoming ranch some 80 years ago.

At first the situation seems dreary, with the widow's boss (Rip Torn) exhibiting little warmth and seeming to live only for the unremitting work demanded by his ranch. But he grows to respect the widow's industry and after she stakes a claim on property adjacent to his own, he proposes marriage. A winter of hardship follows but, encouraged by his new wife, Tom decides to stay with ranch life.

A realistic birth sequence and scenes of slaughtering fa,rm anima:ls make "Heartland" inappropriate for the very young, but it is recommended for more mature teenagers. A2, PG "Body Heat" (Warners): A mediocre small town lawyer (William Hur:t) pursues a married woman (Kathleen Turner), who persuades him to rid her of an unwanted and welrlthy husband in this slavish imitation of a dark romantic melodrama of the 40s.

The only modern touch is the laboriously explicit depiction of sex. Because of that the film is rated C, R. "Private Lessons" (Jensen Farley): A housekeeper (SY'lvia Kl'istel) gives the teen-age son of the master a course in sex in this exploitative little failed comedy.

Because of nudity and graphic sex, it is classified C, R. "Continental Divide" (Universal) A hotshot Chicago newspaperman (John Belushi) and a Rocky Mountains ornithologist (Blair Brown) fall in 'love, though each is qost outside his or her habitat. Because of premarital sex and brief nudity, this film is classif'ied A3, PG. "Mommie Dearest" (Paramount): Faye Dunaway plays Joan Crawford in this film version of the harsh biography by Miss Crawford's adopted daughter, Christina. Only occasionally does this overlong movie rise above the soap opera level. Because of its character assassination, verbal obscenity, vulgarity and violence, it has been classified A3, PG. "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" (Avco Embassy): A brother and sister country western duo (Kristy McNichol and Randy Quaid) run into prob-

lems in a sma}! Georgia town in this ill-fated attempt to cash in on a hit song of the same title.

This mediocre movie is brightened only by the ta1ent of the two principals. Because of viotence and brief nudity, it is rated A3, PG. "Raggedy Man" (Universal): A young divorcee (Sissy Spacek), a telephone operator ,in a small Texas town during World War II, has a brief romance with an idealistic young saHor passing through (Eric Roberts) and fends off two local louts who threaten her and her two boys. Because of premarital sex and some violence, it is rated A3, PG. Film on TV Sunday, Sept. 27, 8-10:25 p.m.

(ABC) "Invasion of Body Snatchers" (1979) - This remake of the 50s hit about aliens from outer space taking over the bodies of earthlings is med'iocre entertainment, its basic failure being an inability to turn the banal pol people into villains worth rooting against. There are some graphic instances of blood, gore and nudity. B, R. On TV In the Great Famine of 1845 a third of Ireland's population died and a million others emigrated to the New World. This emigrant generation's struggle for surviva'1 is recalled by "The Manions of America," airing Wednesday, Sept. 30, Thursday, Oct. 1, and Friday, Oct. 2, 9-11 p.m. each night on ABC. Mixing social history with romantic blarney, this sprawling family chronicle centers on Rory O'Manion (Pierce Bronson) - a patriotic Young Irelander who faUs .in love with the daughter (Kate Mulgren) of his English landlord.

Religious Broadcasting Sunday, Sept. 27, WLNE, Channel 6, 10:30 a.m., Diocesan Television Mass.

"Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m. each Tuesday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by 'f.ruman TayJor and having as permanent par:ticipants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social services; Rey. Dr. Pau:l Gillespie, of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches; and Rabbi Baruch Korff. This week's subject: Health Care: Equitable Access.

Sunday, Sept 27 (CBS) "For Our Times" reports on new approaches to the handicapped, including a special Mass in the Vatican.

On Radio Sunday, Sept. 27 (NBC) "Guideline: Father Joseph Fenton interviews Father klvin I'llig about the American bishops' evangelization projects. Check Jocal time.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. Sept. 24, 1981

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ST. LOUIS, FALL RIVER Parish activities in honor of the 800th anniversary of the birth of St. Francis of Assisi will include a showing of the film "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. I, and participation in a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at St. Mary's Cathedral.

Sunday, Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis, special liturgies will be celebrated at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m., with a birthday party in honor of the saint to follow each Mass. At noon the Franciscan ceremony of the blessing of animals will be held in the churchyard.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK A 7th grade CCD teacher is needed. Volunteers may contact Mrs. Eleanor Hayes, 399-7534.

Babysitting is available during 10 a.m. Mass each Sunday for children under 4. A Bible school is held at this time for 4 and 5year olds.

GUILD FOR THE BLIND, FALL RIVER AREA The Catholic Guild for the Blind will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at Holy Name School, Fall River, Mass will be celebrated

by Father Bruce Neylon, chaplain, and new members will be welcomed.

FAMILY BEGINNINGS, FALL RIVER Cosponsored by. St. Anne's and Charlton hospitals and the Family Service Association, a five-session program for parents of infants and young children is under way at St. Anne's. Further information is available at 6745741, Ext. 262.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON New Women's Guild officers are Helena Bisio, president; Paul" ine Ricketts, vice-president; Jean Arikian and Mary Vieira, secre路taries; Mary Maynard, treasurer.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Music from either the folk or parish choir will be heard at 8:30 a.m. Mass each Sunday. Rehearsals are held at 7 p.m. each Monday for the folk group and at 8 p.m. for the parish choir.

New members are welcome.

DOMINICAN LAITY, FALL RIVER Members will attend Mass at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the rectory chapel. A meeting will follow in the rectory assembly room.

ECHO PROGRAM, FALL RIVER DIOCESE Echo of Attleboro will meet at 7:30 tomorrow night at La Salette Shrine, Attleboro. Mass and a palanca party will be followed by a social hour.

Echo weekends are scheduled for Oct. 2 to 4; Jan. 1 to 3, March 26 to 28 and April 23 to 25. They are open to high school seniors and applications are available from Father Richard Roy, 283-2521; Sister Regina Brennan, 673-7480; and Joe Grigelevich, 695-9458.

ST. RITA, MARION

The Marion Ecumenical Council is seeking two more members to represent the parish. Volunteers may contact Father John Steakem.

Mrs. Virginia Alves will present a slide lecture on Lourdes Tuesday, Oct. 20, for members of the Catholic Women's Club.

New club officers are Terri Lavallee, president; Nora Raymond, vice-president; Mary MacLean, secretary; Finetta Craig, treasurer.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NEW BEDlFORD COD classes will begin Monday. First communion candidates and their parents will meet at and after 10 a.m. Mass for the next two Sundays. The sacrament will be administered at 8 a.m. Mass Sunday, Oct. 11.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN 路Effective, immediately, the former 11 a.m. Sunday Mass will be celebrated at 11:15 a.m.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Choir rehearsals are held on Wednesday, the junior choir at 6:30 p.m. and senior choir at 7:30 p.m.

Parishioners are asked to contribute blood in the name of the parish at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford.

A prayer group conducted by Father Coleman Conley, SS.CC. begins at 7:30 tonight.

The parish council is seeking new members. Those interested may contact the rectory.

CATHOLIC NURSES, FALL RIVER DIOCESE The Council of Catholic . Nurses will hold its semiannual meeting from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 3, at St. Pius X church hall, South Yarmouth.

Sister Mary Thomas More will discuss "Life Issues" and CEUs will be available to members.

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CATHOLIC NURSES, CAPE AND ISLANDS A chapter meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at St. Pius X church hall, South Yarmouth. Margaret Gentron will discuss "Alcoholism." CEUs have been applied for.

SACRED HEART,' FALL RIVER The CCD program IS In need of an 8th grade teacher. Volunteers may contact Mrs. Barabara Domingue, 678-0873.

Preparations are underway for a concelebrated Mass at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, when the parish will welcome its native son, Bishop Joseph P. Delaney.

Donations of pastry are needed for the reception to follow the Mass and singers are welcome to join the choir for the occasion.

Mrs. Paul White should be contacted in reference to baked goods donations and Mrs. Madeleine Grace in connection with the choir.

Senior citizens will take a day bus trip to Holyoke on Oct. 8 but will return in time to participate in the Mass.

The Women's Guild will open its season Monday, Oct. 5, with rosary and Benediction at 7 p.m. followed by a floral design show and coffee hour, new members are welcome.

NEW BEDFORD DEANERY, CHARISMATIC RENEWAL New Bedford area prayer groups will sponsor a presentation on the Book of Revelation

by Father John Randall, STD, at St. Julie Billiart hall, 494 Slocum Road, North Dartmouth, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19. All are welcome.

Father Randall is a nationally known lecturer and author on charismatic topics.

ST, MARY, NEW BEDFORD The school advisory committee will sponsor the annual school communion breakfast Sunday, Oct. 4, following 9 a.m. Mass.

An open house for the school's new electronic classroom will follow from 2 to 5 p.m.

BLESSED SACRAMENT ADORERS, FAIRHAVEN Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will follow 8:30 a.m.

Mass until 9 p.m. on the First Friday, Oct. 2, at Sacred Hearts Church, Fairhaven.

The Adorers will hold their monthly holy hour from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, also at Sacred Hearts. Father Martin Lucia, SS. CC., founder of the holy' hour program, will celebrate Mass and give the homily. Refreshments will follow in the church hall, where Father Lucia will lead a discussion on the Eucharist and the Sacred Heart.

All past and present adorers as well as potential new members are invited.

ST. JULIE BILLIART, DARTMOUTH CCD c:lasses for grades 1 through 7 will begin at 10 a.m.

Sunday at Bishop Stang High School. Classes for grades 8 and .

9 will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, ST. MICHAEL, SWANSEA Oct. 6.

Grades 8 and 9 begin CCD classes this week and pre-school FRIENDS OF ST. ANNE'S, pupi1s on Sunday, Oct. 4.

FALL RIVER Volunteers are needed to spend The parish patronal feast will at least two hours a week talk- be celebrated Tuesday with a ing to patients. Those interested special 7 p.m. Mass followed by may contact Sister Thomas an ice cream social in the parish More, 67-1-5741. haH. A luncheon meeting to welThe Women's Club wiLl meet come new members will be held Wednesday for a 7 p.m. Mass folTuesday, Nov. 17. lowed by a meeting at which Members are preparing a Baptist minister Rev. Linda scrapbook and slides program Spoolstra will speak. AN parish for pre- and in-hospital educa- women are welcome. tion of children and parents, in The parish liturgical committee the hope of lessening anxiety on is seeking new members. Furthe part of hospitalized young- ther information may be had at sters. the rectory.