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Economy is key to campaign NEW YORK (CNS) - The economy is the key issue of the presidential campaign and the victor ofthe race will probably be the candidate American voters think will bring about the most change, said Auxiliary Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan of Brooklyn.

Speaking Monday at a conference for administrators of Catholic hospitals, he said issues included under the "family values" theme, such as abortion, are also important for Catholics.

But he suggested that addressing such issues as poverty and health care would lead to progress on pro-life concerns. Abortion is connected to the economy, he said, because many of those choosing abortion are suffering from economic deprivation.

Bishop Sullivan, board chairman of the Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, spoke as part of a weeklong program held at St. John's University in the New York borough of Queens under joint sponsorship of the center and the university.

He noted that Peter Steinfels, a Catholic who is senior religion correspondent for The New York Times, wrote in the fall issue ofthe quarterly Church about the dilemma posed for him by the current stance of the Democratic Party on abortion.

Describing himselfas a "lifelong van suggested reliance on the Democrat," Steinfels pointed out Gospel passage, Matthew 25, in developments that make him un- which Jesus says the final judgeasy this year: Gov. Bill Clinton's ment will be based on whether one promise to sign a Freedom of fed the hungry, gave drink to the Choice law "that goes beyond Roe thirsty, welcomed the stranger, vs. Wade"; Clinton's promise to clothed the naked, aided the sick appoint only supporters of Roe to and visited the imprisoned. the Supreme Court; and the refAsked to assess the lobbying usal to allow a pro-life Democratic influence of the bishops and the governor, Robert P. Casey of Penn- Catholic Health Association in sylvania, to speak at this year's Washington, Bishop Sullivan said convention. "we get an ear" and enjoy credibil"My mind is not firmly made ity in terms of "substance" and up," Steinfels wrote. "But at the "consistency." moment, and for the first time in But he said politicians consider my life, I am coqtemplating not not merely the moral weight of the voting in a presidential election." arguments but the degree of supBishop Sullivan said many port in the constituency. And the Catholics who were lifelong Demo- social agenda of the bishops is crats now share the same outlook "ahead of the Catholic people sigas Steinfels. Many, the bishop nificantly," he said. added, were further alienated by "In general, I don't think the Clinton's opposition to aid for Catholic voice in this country is non-public schools.

But they are left "in a quan- very powerful," Bishop Sullivan dary," because there is a feeling said. Politicians measuring the that President Bush is less credible influence of church leaders with their constituency, he said, generon economic issues, he said.

Bishop Sullivan said he was not ally do not believe the bishops have much impact on the way trying to influence voting decisions.

But he said that "we need great . votes are cast. change." And he predicted the He said lobbying efforts of the election winner would be the can- Catholic Health Association are didate that voters believed would probably more effective because bring about change. the organization has precisely tarAs a standard for choosing geted goals, whereas the bishops among candidates, Bishop Sulliworked on a broad range of issues.

usee airs objections to Religious Freedom Restoration Act WASHINGTON (CNS) - A bill to legislatively restore religious freedoms curtailed by a 1990 Supreme Court ruling was put on the fast track in the waning days of the 102nd Congress, but was considered unlikely to come up for a vote before adjournment.

Attorneys from the U.S. Catholic Conference and the National Right to Life Committee testified against the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in a Sept. 18 Senate hearing.

USCC General Counsel Mark Chopko told the Judiciary Committee he believes the bill would be used to get around regulations by justifying abortion as'a religiously compelled act. It also would enEVENTS LAST WEEKEND took Bishop Sean O'Mal- courage claims against programs ley to Immaculate Conception Church, New Bedford, where in which churches and governhe celebrated Mass and blessed a new function hall (top) for ments collaborate and endanger the Society of Senhor da Pedra (Studio D photo) and to Our churches' tax-exempt status, he said.

Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford, where he and James Bopp J r., general counsel Boston Cardinal Bernard Law were celebrants of an annual ofthe National Right to Life ComMass for the Association for the Development of the Catholic mittee, offered examples of recent University of Portugal. Concelebrants were pastor Msgr. Luiz attempts to justify claims of a right G. Mendonca, Msgr. Heiuy T. Munroe, Father Manuel P. to abortion as a religious right.

"There are numerous religious Ferreira and area priests. A dinner followed in the school hall. bodies in the United States, large As ADCUP president, Cardinal Law succeeds the late Cardi- and small, which assert that their nal Humberto Medeiros, who founded the organization in· doctrinal systems motivate, or even 1976. (Hickey photo) dictate, that their adherents seek

abortion in very expansive circumstances, and that the free exercise of religion must encompass the legal right of these women to procure abortions without state 'interference,''' Bopp said in prepared testimony.

Bopp cited statements from the United Synagogue of America, a United Methodist division, the American Friends Service Committee, the Episcopal Women's.

Caucus and the Presbyterian Church (USA) defining abortion as a right of individual conscience: "There is now no question that from the beginning of the drafting process, S.2969 was intended to include religiously-based abortion claims," said Chopko in a statement to the committee. "Supporters of the legislation, including those directly involved in the drafting process, acknowledged this...."

All but one of the other wit~ nesses at the Sept. 18 hearing disagreed with Chopko and Bopp, with several saying they would vehemently oppose the bill if they thought it could be used to justify abortions or to endanger church programs and tax status.

The 10 witnesses at the hearing included representatives of other

church bodies, attorneys, a proponent of home schooling and Nadine Strossen, who is a law professor and president of the American Civil Liberties Union.

The bill is intended to restore religious rights affected by the 1990 ruling in Employment Division, Oregon Department of Human Resources vs. Smith. In that case, the court found the sacramental use of the hallucinogenic peyote by Native Americans could not be protected as a religious right. Since then, a variety of religious rights claims have been lost as courts applied the less stringent standard set out in the Oregon case.

Although all 10 witnesses Sept.

18 agreed that some legislative remedy is needed to repair damage from the ruling, Chopko and Bopp argued that the bill in its current form leaves too much room for interpretation that might hurt religious interests.

When Congress went into its summer recess it seemed unlikely the Religious Freedom Restoration Act would be up for a vote before adjournment in October, according to Frank Monahan, diTurn to Page 11

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Fetal tissue research has yielded little of value ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) Doctors, lawyers and others explored the medical, legal and ethical aspects of research using fetal tissue at a recent conference, and found little reason to support it.

The scientific community has had no cures by using the tissue to treat such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes, and even if there had been many success stories, the ethical issues would preclude its use, said speakers at a daylong conference Sept. 18 in the Washington suburb of Arlington.

"IUs a tragedy and a travesty to argue that we are going to save Americans from all these diseases by this procedure," said Dr. Robert J. White, a professor of neurosurgery at Case 'Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

"There's not one scintilla of evidence of a cure for anything," said Dr. William F. Colliton, a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at George Washington University in Washington.

On the ethical aspects, Richard Doerflinger, associate director for policy development of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, dismissed arguments that the fetal tissue issue can be separated from that of abortion because the fetuses experimented on would have died anyway.

"It is not true .to say that what 'we do to someone after death has no ethical significance," he said.

"It is possible to harm someone after death - and it is possible to harm ourselves, to coarsen our own monil sensibilities by the way we treat the dead."

The conference on "Fetal Tissue Use: Is It Ethical?" was sponsored by the Castello Institute of Stafford, Va., a division of the American Life League.

Research using tissu.e from aborted fetuses cannot receive federal funds under National Institute of Health guidelines set by the Bush administration, but some privately funded research has taken place. Congress recently approved legislation overturning the NIH guidelines, but Bush ve-

toed it and a veto override attempt failed.

Dr. Bernard Nathanson, a former abortionist now working on prolife causes, said vast medical progress has been made both in treating prenatal illnesses before the birth of the child and in keeping the tiniest newborn alive. That progress calls into question all previous beliefs about the viability of aborted children, he said.

"When I was a medical student, we didn't even bother with babies under 32 weeks, because we assumed they were going to die," he said. But in 1984-87, he added, 75 percent of babies born at 26 weeks survived.

Nathanson's arrival at the conference was delayed because he was delivering the first child of pro-life activist Joan Andrews. Ms. Andrews and her husband had "a beautiful baby daughter," Nathanson an'nounced to the conference.

Registered nurse Marla Burt, assistant director of congressional' information for the American Life League, called the rationale behind fetal tissue use "chillingly akin" to that of the German physicians who "lost their moral and ethical moorings" and became involved in experimentation on humans in the Nazi death camps.

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PLANNING FOR a Diocesan Council of Cath.oHc Women day of recollection are, from left, Mary Mikita, DCCW president; Theresa Lewis, third vice president and day' of recollection chairman; Father James F. Lyons, 'nioderatpi; and Peg Leger, church communities chairman. Scheduled fOI-' Oct. 24 at St. Joseph's Church, Attleboro, the recollection day' is themed "Being the Beloved" and will be directed, by 'Father Paul E. Canuel. To register, contact Theresa Lewis'at 997-2405'

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On Sunday October 4, Boston Common wil1 again be crowded with a gathering of pro-lifers from around the state for the sixth annual Respect Life Walk.

The "most distressing aspect" of "We'll be on the Boston Comfetal tissue use is that it involves mon rain or shine, along with tens "an innocent and totally unconof thousands of pro-lifers from all senting human being,"she said. over Massachusetts,',' said Leslie "The sad fact that society is even Bond Diggins, coordinatorof-the debating the idea of using the Respect Life Walk, which is sponcorpses of murdered babies to help sored by Massachusetts Citizens man ... is an moral indictment of for Life. "We'll all benefit from the our society," Mrs. Burt-_._-_._ added. . fello"Vship and family fun, but the real beneficiaries wil1 be the women In the conference's closing talk, and children helped through the Doerflinger said experimentation walk." involving fetal tissue has not proven Father Stephen A. Fernandes, of much value scientifically and head of the Fall River diocesan said there are "more promising Pro-Life Apostolate, has urged avenues of research" which do not participation in the event through require fetal tissue. deanery and individual parish ef"There is nothing worse than forts being organized by diocesan selling your soul to the devil and pro-life representatives. then finding out that he didn't Ms. Diggins noted that this year deliver," he said. "But there is the walk will also feature "The nothing happier than finding out Biggest Baby Shower Ever." Walkthat you don't have to pay that ers are encouraged to bring a gift high a price." for a new mom or her child. M ostneeded items include gift certificates for grocery store chains and stores which carry cribs, and new infant clothing in newborn sizes.

Furniture cannot be accepted and gifts should be unwrapped. Gifts lock Society, which supports euth- will be distributed through organanasia and suicide for the terminal1y izations in Massachusetts offering ill. assistance to women.

Claire Tehan of the .California This year nearly four dozen proState Hospice Association cal1ed life groups will benefit from the it "a sloppily drafted initiative", Walk, among them the diocesan that won't answer the problems of 'Pro-Life Apostolate and the Bosphysical, emotional and financial ton archdiocesan Pro-life Office, stress caused by terminal il1ness.

Friends of the Unborn, Lifefor the Critics said that, among other Little Ones, Brookline Women's things, the proposal: Shelter and Morningstar home; - Permits menWil1y or emotion- which provides alternative housal1y disturbed patients to overrule ing to pregnant and' parenting a doctor regarding psychological women. Birthright of Massachuevaluations, even when the physi- ' cian is convinced the patient is incompetent.

- Fails to require witnesses to Due to a special Respect be present when a person asks to be put to death or when the suicide Life section, many of our: procedure takes place. regular features will not - Would al10w indigents who appear in the Oct. 2 issue of are not residents of the state to the Anchor. All will return demand and receive physician-asthe following week. sisted suicide at the expense of California taxpayers.

California physcian-assisted suicide plan considered dangerous LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A bal10t measure that would allow physician-assisted suicide in California was blasted by opponents as dangerously vague.

Representatives of the medical, psychological and hospice care professions spoke recentiy against Proposition 161 at a press conference in Hollywood.

They warned voters not to be "duped" into supporting the measure as a way of stopping patient suffering.

Speake'rs said the measure is identical to the physician-assisted suicide initiative defeated in Washington state earlier this year and that like Washington's proposai, Proposition 161 lacks safeguards that would protect terminally ill patients from abuse.

The bill is sponsored by Californians Against Human Suffering, the political arm of the Hem-

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WASHINGTON (CNS) President Bush vetoed the Family and Medical Leave Act Sept. 22, despite a plea from the head ofthe U.S. Catholic Conference that he "help send a message that children and families come first" by signing it. .

It ,was the 32nd veto of Bush's presidency and the second time he has vetoed a family leave proposal.

None of Bush's vetoes have been overtur.ned.

The' legislation would have required businesses with more than 50 workers to grant, up to six months' unpaid leave to employees for their own serious illness or to care for a newborn or newly adopted ,child pr ,sick or elderly relative. The c;:mplpy~rs would have haG to guar'a'ntee the, worker's job and provide health insurance during thel~ave.. ' , ' "'If these policies are to meet the divt:rse ne~.ds of our nat,ion, ,they m)lst, Q,e" car~f~lly:, nex_i,~ly, .and se~sitivel,y cr~fted a:fthe\voi~place

by employerl' an<;l.employ,ees, and not ip Washington, D.C., through government mandates," Bush said in his veto message. ,In, a;' Sept'. 17 letter to Bush, Archhishop Oimiei L. P'ilarczyk of q""cinnati, US~C ,p.residerii, said' the' U. S. bishops'have "consistently and strongly supported the Family and Medical Leave Act because of our strong pro-family convictions," "I know and support your desire to balance the needs of American families with those of the marketplace," he said. "I believe this bipartisan, compromise legislation

setts, which has over 20 crisis pregnancy centers around the state, and dozens of other organizations offering assistance to pregnant or parenting women will also benefit.

Beneficiary groups such as Teens for Life of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Blacks for Life, Oficina Hispana Pro-Vida, Lutherans for Life, th~ '¢a'tdiri~l;s' Fliiid Tb~ 'ii'iti ~.9~: .~<rfg,~~. X9Y·, d:~~~f: t.h~rr fO,cu.ses o_n.. ~,aJ~r. e~p ~~ers.-:: U nb6rnahd the Natitif1ai;<Yrgarlr-' thos<:' that'have more' than 50 zation of Episcopalians for Life ployees, exempting 95 percent of provide pro-life outreach to women American companies - while still and girls from every walk of life protecting the jobs of 45 percent of and from every corner of the state. the workers at critical moments in Additional groups such as Project their families' lives."

Rachel and Compassion Ministries Although the legislation passed provide friendship, care and coun- both houses of Congress with wide seling to women suffering from margins, there were not believed post-abortion trauma. to be enough votes in the House to Walk participants will gather on override a veto.: the Boston Common at I p.m. for a rally featuring the inspirational RAYMOND PLANKEY, sounds of the Gospel group "The director of Mexico's CuerBullock Brothers" and short adnavaca Center on Intercultudresses from a variety of pro-life ral Dialogue and DevelOpand religious leaders, including Cardinal Bernard Law of the Bos- ment, will be keynote speaker ton archdiocese. The five-kilometer at the conference HCentralJ walk will follow at 2 p.m., with a Latin America - 500 Years closing rally immediately thereAfter Columbus"tomorrow after.

Diocesa,ns interested in attend- at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro. ing the walk should contact their Detroit Bishop Thomas Gumparish pro-life representative or bleton will also speak at the deanery coordinator. , , conference, which will discuss Among parishes planning parEuropean influence on the Amerticipation are: Ss. Peter and Paul icas, liberation theology, and and Holy Name Fall River; St. Patrick's and sf Thomas More, impact of U.S. policy on CenSomerset; St. Dominic, Swansea; tral America.

St. Mary, Seekonk; Sacred Heart, North Attleboro.

St. James and St. Mary's, New Bedford; Christ the King, Mash:pee; Our La'dy of Victory; Center~ ville; St. Joan of Arc, Orleans; St. Joseph's, Woods Hole. bea'riery' representatives 'are: Marian Desrosiers, Cape' Cod" 888-2549; Jim Wasel, Fall'River, 676-8958; Pet'er Zajac, New Bedford, 994:.0 160; Dorreen 'Bissonette, Tauntonl Attleboro, 823-5518.

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"We must have boundless char- . ity, but it must be enlightened. charity. Otherwise it is not the charity the good God asks of us, nor is good done in God's way."S t. Julie Billiart

voucher system of parental choice WASHINGTON (CNS) Three out of five American.s favor shown in the survey was due to the use of tax money to provide President Bush's "consistent leadvouchers for parents to choose ership" on the issue. .

Bush has proposed a pilot propublic, private or parochial school ~., JOE education for their children, ac- gram of vouchers that would incording to a new Gallup Poll re- clude religiously affiliated schools, ~;I': O'KEEFE'S but no action has been taken on it leased last week.

Expert Wallpapering The poll, which also showed in Congress. Arkansas Gov. Bill Old Paper Removed that seven in 10 Catholics sup- Clinton, the Democratic nominee & Walls Prepared ported the use of tax money for for president, has opposed the FULLY INSURED eNS photo vouchers, was conducted by the concept of vouchers or tax credits Free Estimates Gallup organization for the Na- for parents of children attending MUSLIM SISTERS, refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina, ' 385-6516 tional Catholic Educational As- non-public schools. read a prayer for their father, who remained in Bosnia. As the or The poll also explored attitudes sociation.

Call Toll Free Sister Catherine T. McNamee, of Catholics and the general U.S. , war in the former Yugoslavian republics drags on, the Vatican NCEA president and a Sister of population about the quality of has urged the international community to protect relief opera1-800-597-2160 St. Joseph of Carondelet, said at a public and Catholic schools. Ask- tions, and Croatian Cardinal Franjo Kuharic rejected the idea Washington press conference that ing respondents to give schools the of carving Bosnia-Herzegovina into autonomous ethnic zones, the survey results confirm "a clear standard A, B, C, D or F grade, it . saying the only solution to the fighting is to respect the rights of desire on the part of the American found that 62 percent of all responpeople to exercise their rights as dents gave Catholic schools an A Muslims, Serbs and Croats to live "in respectful coexistence in users of· education to determine or B, but only 24 percent gave pub- an independent state." where their children should attend lic schools an A or B. For your home 01' b~s1ness.

MONEY ALWAYS AVAILABLE school." , Among Catholic respondents, FOR HOME PURcHASE OR· . The ,survey was conducted dur- 25 percent gave public schools an IMPROVEMENT ' A or Band 78 percent gave Cathoing July with telephone interviews, v ATICAN CITY (CNS) with 1,239 U.S. adults, including lic schools an A or B. Pope John Paul II's trip to the Plumbing & Heating • "We are encouraged to see Dominican Republic will be light 492 Catholics. The sampling error Est. 1920 Uc. 10786 .• was plus or minus 3 percentage Cat holic schools getting good on ceremonies, but heavy with points on results pertaining to the grades from most Americans, but . opportunities to discuss controgeneral population, and plus or their responses to questions about versies surrounding the 500th anminus 5 percent for the Catholic school choice remind us that this is , niversary of evangelization in the "The Experienced not a :Catholicschool issue; it is a Americas. The Oct. 9-14 trip will ' sample.. ' Plumbing People" • M i~hael'Guerra, direct'o'r: of the justice issue," said Guerra. .

Providing a Full Line of • be the first outside Italy since the BIuKl"ll su- I8ZlJ "American education is not pope's July 15 operation to remove Plumbing & Healing Services • NCEA's secondary school departMEMBER FDIClDIFM FALL RIVER SWANSEA SOMERSET. ment, said the press conference working well for most students," a non-cancerous tumor and his EQUAL HOUSING (!) LENDER L. was "not designed to provide he added. "Full and fair parental gallbladder. Vatican officials say momentum for anyone's political choice is the essential first step in a the program has been kept light, process that will make all schools averaging two events per day, so as campaign." accountable to those they serve."

But staff members from the u.s. not to overtax the pontiff. A schedGeorge Gallup Jr., president of ule released by the Vatican inDepartment of Education distributed statements at the press con- the Gallup Institute in Princeton, cludes papal meetings with Indiference in which Secretary of J;:~u­ N.J., said the poll was "highly sig- ans and blacks as well as an Oct. II c~ti'oifiarria'{~ie:Xarici~r's~id't'h~ I).ific!lii.t".be~us¢ it showed thae"a Mass at the cross-shaped Columiricrease(i'naHonai';;\Jp;p'o'rt'(or'&e lar~e, a,~q grpw!n.g nu~ber of peo- bus lighthouse in the capital of ple" back the use of tax funds for Santo Domingo. public, private and parochial MARIA C. PEREIRA has schools.

Robert Kealey, executive direcbeen appointed director of tor of the NCEA's elementary the New Bedford office of schools department, said the use diocesan Catholic Social Ser- oftax money for school choice has Egan's Church Supplies of Dorvices. Prior to accepting her a great deal of support among chester, which has a store in new position, Ms. Pereira was minorities, with 76 percent of the Somerset, will sponsor an exhibit of the works of woodcarver Carl employed as a therapist at th~ AfricaJ}-American respondents and Moroder 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. I in New Bedford Center for Hu-, 67 percent of the Hispanics favoring government funding. ' the King Edward Room of the man Services, Inc. and at "The civil rights issue of the Sheraton Tara Hotel, Braintree.

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Statement of Bishop O'Malley Bishop Sean O'Malley of the Diocese of Fall River has released the following statement regarding the indictment of Ja,mes Porter, a former priest of the diocese.

The James Porter case has been a source of profound sadness for all involved since it was first made public in early May of this year. The announcement ofthe indictment of Mr. Porter comes at a time when we all hope for a just and timely resolution of this difficult matter~ We hope that this indictment will be a constructive part of the healing process. .As a church, we continue to pray for those who have been harmed by James Porter, and for their families. We pray for the family of James Porter, as well, that God comfort them in their suffering. And finally, we pray for all of the church that God's· merciful love guide us in confronting the tragic realities of child abuse.

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

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A Renewed Need As the contemporary American Church works its way through today's vocation crisis, it is refreshing to see a glimmer of hope on the horizon.

There are many who feel that we have arrived at the current state of diminished vocations because we have lost focus in a ,so-called search for relevancy. Too many for too many years have tried to remake the priest into a welfare worker, psychological counselor or social activist. This exaggeration of ministerial priesthood created an imbalance in which the sacramental reality of holy orders became secondary. The priesthood began to be defined by what the priest did rather than who he was. In this process much and many were lost.

These factors have prompted a new revitalization and reevaluation of priesthood on all levels, indicated in Pope John Paul II's recent pastoral, "Pastores Do Vobis," and the many published commentaries which it evoked. Those who have taken time to examine these efforts readily agree that it's about time we as a Church community got back on course.

At the heart of these effor.ts is the focus on defining priesthood by the sacramental character of ordination and the powers it confers. The priest's sacramental role is bound to the important sacred duty of proclaiming the Gospel.

As the Holy Father stresses, teaching the Gospel effectively requires a superior education and a high level of intellectual formation. In a world of many complex philosophical currents and social trends, the priest should be one who clarifies, not confuses. He should be one who can distinguish between the teaching of the Church and opinions that deviate from apostolic tradition. It should be obvious from the current state of Church experience that the priest who would speak to the contemporary mind is ill-equipped if he is not aware of the philosophical depth and historical genesis of the secularity which permeates our media-inspired culture.

The priest today should be rooted in the philosophical and theological traditions of the church, not some pop psychological tenet promoting the whim of the moment. The legacy of the past is indeed well-suited to help us in our discernment of the present. Faith well-rooted will not bend with every new secular wind that comes our way. As priests our focus must be on who we are and what we should be doing.

Crying that such priests will never be able to identify with people's needs will continue to propagate a theology rootless in the sandy soil of social fickleness.

People desperately want to hear the Gospel truth. They want to hear and live it honestly and intelligently. They are getting quite fed up with much of today's social scene. The Church family is seeking and searching for ethical and moral leaders who will help in sorting out the "dead-ends" of our living.

The people of God want priests who are aware of their own prophetic mission and are grounded in Catholic intellectual tradition. The priest who lives this will not put down his books ,after ordination but will continue to search for a deeper appreciation of the mysteries offaith, knowing well they are the only路 source of truth in his priestly life. ' Let's encourage the intellectual comprehensiveness that our pope calls for in priestly function. All in the church will be the better for it.

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A MAN VIEWS CANDLES LIT IN MEMORY OF AIDS VICTIMS AT A MASS IN KENTUCKY

"They light candles to them, and in great number." Bar. 6:18

More news shows,; less news WASHINGTON (CNS) Here's a bone for media watchdogs to chew on.

TV networks are slashing news staffs and closing bureaus around the globe. At the same time they're increasing their information output with quasi-news programs, such as ABC's "20/20" and NBC's "A Closer Look" and "Dateline NBC" This suggests that, for networks, concern for news content may not be primary these days.

What makes the situation even more troubling is the fact that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting reports that 79 percent of children surveyed get their news mainly from television.

That bodes ill for the nation's future.

There's little real news on television even though there are more and more news shows. Each network's evening news program offers barely 22 minutes of news nightly - and that includes such phrases as "Thank you, Fred Francis at the pentagon." Put into newspaper type, those 22 minutes have been estimated to fill up no more than three-fourths of the front page of The New York Times. This, mind you, when society is in the midst of what's been dubbed an "information explosion." , Sometimes what's on a news program is really a public relations pitch - a one-sided report, thanks to the broadcast deregulation, which freed stations from rules requiring them to give time to opposing views.

The belt-tightening which led networks to shut down some bureaus may eventually result in people in one area of the global community simply not knowing what's going on in another place or relying on hearsay reports. You

don't need to be'Solomon 1'0 suspect that the farther away the reporter is from the source of a story, the greater the chance of not reflecting the story accurately.

As sitcoms become more expensive to air, the relatively inexpensive quasi-news programs, estimated to cost half of what a sitcom costs, look attractive to network owners who worry about shareholders. Unfortunately, hews programs in prime time are forced to pull in viewers. That means that producers of news programs must worry as much about high ratings as about quality news content itself.

ABC's "PrimeTime Live," for I example, is expected not only to be an alternative to the popular

praye~BOX A ct of Adoration I glorify Thee, 0 Almighty Trinity, one onry Deity, my most compassionate Lord, my sweetest hope, my dearest light, my most desired repose, my joy, my life, and all my good. To Thy most merciful goodness I commend my soul and body; to Thy most sacred Majesty I wholly devote myself, and to Thy divine will I resign and yield myself eternally.

All honor and glory be to Thee forever and ever.

Amen.,

'NBC serieS'"'C A.. 'Law,"\vith\\ihich it vies on Thursday nights, but also to draw viewers from it.

Educators need to offer media literacy related to news programs.

For step one, youths should be urged to go to media sources beyond television, including radio, newspapers and magazines.

For step two, youths should be taught to view TV news critically ---: and with a'jaundiced eye.

This means learning to listen to buzzwords which reveal a speaker's position. Viewers need to know, for example, the differences between wo.rds like anti-abortion, ,p'ro~life,prp-choice and pro-a'borti'on and the reasons' reporters choose one or the other.

Students' also must be urged to .realize television creates impressions' by the pictures it selects.

They also need to see if an image is backed. up by facts and other data.

They also must learn to automatically ask themselves, as they watch TV news, how a person on the other 'side of an argument : might respond .. They also need to be taught that just because people are l.cud or articulate does not mean they are right.

Youths ills 0 'need to learn how to do their own quick research so ,that as viewers they can sense when they're not hearing the whole story and are quick to question the validity of something which seems dramatically removed from their own personal experience.

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Learning to see Amos 6:,4-7 I Timothy 6:11-16 Luke 16:19-31 We follow a God who has a recurring dream: that one day all his people will see the important things of this world - the things we often miss.

Our Sacred Authors are constantly helping us upgrade our vision. They narrate story after story in which people are led from darkness to light, from blindness to sight; and they are very blunt in showing what happens when one refuses to see.

In today's first and third readings, we have classic examples of someone ignoring the significant, then suffering the consequences.

Amos can't believe it: his listeners do not notice that their actions are causing "the collapse of Joseph."

Worried only about their own enjoyment, they concern themselves with art, food, poetry and music.

Being cultured, they know how to distinguish good technique from bad. But they look for nothing else. Their pain-free lifestyle has blinded them to the pain of others.

Accustomed to being first in line for "the goodies," now they are warned that they will have the same position when the punishments are handed out. "They shall be the first to go into exile," Amos proclaims, "and their wanton revelry shall be done away with." ,The rich man in Jesus' parable suffers a similar fate. Yet we must be careful not to accuse him 'of ~.<'>'J;llljt,b.iAg·h~,~idI)ptj d<J.. Thy~~d 'never .says he treated Lazarus unjustly or did anything to cause his pain. His undoing seems to be that he was busy with so many important things that he simply did not notice the poor man at his gate. Only in the afterlife, when roles are reversed, does he finally see Lazarus - in the place he had always thought he would enjoy!

But even though he now sees what is important in life, he is powerless to benefit from his insight. "Between you and us," Abraham declares, "there is fixed a great abyss, so that those who might wish to cross from here to you cannot do so, nor can anyone cross from your side to us," Neither is there any hope for those still alive who refuse to see - no matter how emphatic the warning. "If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets," the great patriarch warns, "they will not be convinced

Legion of Mary to hold living rosary

By FATHER ROGER KARBAN even if one should rise from the dead."

The author of 1 Timothy also speaks of seeing. Referring to Jesus, he writes, ..... He dwells in inapproachable light, whom no human being has ever seen or can see." He correctly argues that the glorified Jesus is beyond the power of human eyes.

But at the time that the author teaches that mere humans can never comprehend the Lord in all his divine glory, he presupposes that we who follow Jesus are seeing him day by day in those we experience. The preceding chapter, and the first verses of this chapter, reflect on our obligations to others - obligations which we Christians take on only because Jesus is among us, concealed in those whom we most take for granted.

This combination of readings points up tension which followers of God must logically expect. On one hand, we worship someone we cannot see. But on the other hand, he/she is continually part of our lives - present to us in very visible ways. .

Doubtless the people whom Amos upbraids-frequently.participated in the sacrificial liturgies held at Bethel and the other Israelite shrines. They fulfilled their commitment to the unseen God by engaging in a highly visible form of worship. But because they were blind in perceiving that same God in the visible poor around them, they thought that their religious obligations went no further than their liturgical sacrifices.

In the same way, Jesus never says the rich man failed to perform his ritual duties to God. Probably he was always in the front row at the temple on all the proper occasions. But when he dies he is given not a glimpse of the unseen God whom he had faithfully worshiped, but a vision of the very visible beggar whom he had continually ignored!

Perhaps we rarely fulfill God's dream because we refuse to live in the tension. It's simply much easier to deal with the invisible.

The Legion of Mary of the diocese will sponsor a Living Rosary at 3 p.m. Oct. 4 at St. Joseph's Church, Acushnet Ave., New Bedford. St. Joseph's pastor Father Marc Bergeron is spiritual director of the parish'sjunior and senior praesidia of the Legion of Mary.

The rosary is the third to be held annually leading up to the year 2000 and it will be offered in solidarity with participants in the Respect Life Walk taking place the same day in Boston.

Guest speaker for the rosary will be Father Roland Bousquet, pastor of St. Theresa's Church, New Bedford. Also taking part will be the Men of the Sacred Hearts and the Knights of Columbus Honor Guard.

Brother Leonard Melanson and Frederick Nunes will lead the recitation of the rosary and Marshall Connelly will direct music with Bernadette Mendes as soloist.

St. Joseph's first communion students and active and- auxiliary Legion of Mary members will participate in a procession.

For information on the Legion of Mary, contact diocesan director Father Barry Wall, 758-3719, or Father Matthew Sullivan, SS.Cc., New Bedford area spiritual director, 993-2442.

Black pro-life activist Dr. Alan Keyes made this compelling observation on the "personally opposed" to abortion position: "It's just like the folks in the 19th century who were slaves.... nobody could see them, nobody could hear from them, they were cut off from all communication. Occasionally one would escape, like Frederick Douglass, and try to tell the tale.

But it was out of sight, out of mind.

"So some people took the position that I'm personally opposed to slavery, but I don't see that I can interfere with the property rights of slave holders. That's where they were then, and that's where many of our people would like to place themselves today.. .in that kind of equivocal position where you speak with two voices, think with two minds, feel with two hearts. But, you know, it is not very far from equivocation to double dealing! I hardly think that we shall long survive if we are going to practice double dealing!"

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FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN Q. I am totally confused about a situation that recently occurred in our state.

A man with a "delayed vocation". was ordained to the priesthood. He had several children, but, most significantly, he is divorced. Please explain. (Texas) A. What you describe is not unique.

I assume the new priest's first wife is still living. If that is true,

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MARY KENNY Dear Dr. Kenny: My husband and I both work and have little time or energy left over. We have tried to be foster parents, but that was too stressful.

We've talked about volunteering through our local church to help with the homeless once a week, but we are too tired and already feel under too much pressure.

How a divorced parent could bee'ome what has happened is that an . annulment was granted for his marriage. This is not the place to discuss all the factors involved in annulments. I have done this often in the past.

What is relevant here is that an annulment means that the impediment of marriage no longer exists as an obstacle to ordination.

In other words, a man whose marriage has been annulled is as . free (from this viewpoint, at least) to become a priest as he would be to enter another marriage.

I know this sounds strange to those of us who grew up in the church decades ago. It is entirely consistent, however, with the church's beliefs about marriage and the priesthood and its understanding of annulments.

Q. I will be married soon in a

Catholic Church. What form of vows must we use? Can we recite our own personal vows? If not, can we add to the traditional vows?

(North Catholina) A. Two forms of consent or vows are possible in the United States. One is common for the whole church: "I, Joseph, take you Anne, to be my wife. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life."

The other was approved for our country at the request of the American bishops since it is more familiar here: "I, Joseph, take you Anne, for my lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health until death do us part."

Either ofthese forms may be put as a question' ("Do you Joseph, take Anne ... ?" to which the couple responds: "I do.")

One of these forms must be used at all marriages of Catholics in the United States. Neither the officiating priest or deacon nor the couple are free to compose their own as a substitute.

The reasons for this are obvious when we realize that marriage vows, especially between Christians, are not just a private affair.

They have important implications and consequences for the whole community of faith.

Numerous other opportunities' occur during the rite for the couple to convey their faith and feelings toward each other and toward God and other people.

A major one is in their choice of

apriest Scripture reading for their wedding, and the Prayers ofthe Faithful which they are free to compose themselves.

Another possibility is one whereby the couple compose their own prayer to be recited, together or separately, immediately after the vows or after communion.

Most priests are anxious to help couples make use of these opportunities to express thoughtfully and prayerfully their own beliefs and commitment concerning their marriage.

A free brochure on the sacrament of penance is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, IL 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to the same address.

Help yourself by helping others We don't even fulfill our social obligations anymore. We don't do anything except work and eat and sleep and occasionally grouch at each other. Life must offer more than this. Help! - New Jersey You describe the "deadly retreat," one that takes you into a boxed-in canyon from which there is no escape. You become too busy and stressed so you cut back on activities, especially those that 'involve others. Focus is more and more on self. This leads to depression and, without outside activities, there is no way out.

Remarkably, research indicates that helping others can relieve

stress. Allan Luks, director of Big Brothers/ Big Sisters, tells how you can help yourself by helping others ("The Healing Power of Doing Good," Fawcett Columbine, 1992).

People who help others weekly are 10 times more likely to report being in good health than those who help less often. This health gain was traced to the strong euphoric feelings the helpers received from their efforts, which seemed to replace the tension-filled thoughts that focused on the self.

Nine out of 10 helpers reported feeling greater warmth and energy, both signs of reduced stress. Others reported increased optimism and self-worth.

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Back in the 1940s, the Am,erican bishops had a terrific argument DOLORES over whether. religious education for nonparochial school children should be initiated. On one side, CURRAN bishops held out for the goal of "a place in a Catholic school for every C;atholic child" feeling that if there was an alternative, parents I have spoken at some 100. would not be so willing to build diocesan religious education con- more schools. gresses over the past 20 years 'and . have witnessed some remarkable At the time, Catholic schools were dreadfully overcrowded, some changes... with as many as 60 children iii a Twenty' years ago, such con- single classroom taught by one sisgresses focused on teaching rel- ter. Many Catholic parents began igion to children - content and transferring their children to pubmethodology - and over90% of lic schools. Pressure was put on attendees were female volunteer the bishops to build more schools CCD teachers. Although .many rather than support an alternative Catholics may not be aware of it, form of religious education. '. CCD was the reason for holding Other bishops claimed that the conferences in the first place. A little history is on order here: goal was unrealistic and that the

Ninety-five percent ofthe helpers identified 'an initial physical "helper's high," similar to the "runner's high" that follows workouts. This feeling of exhilaration returned later when they remembered their helping act.

F or the "healthy-helping syndrome" to provide these benefits, five qualities are important.

-Personal contact with the person being helped. Check writing, donating baked goods or collecting recyclables doesn't generate the same euphoria.

- The helping needs to be frequent. An average of about two hours per week produced the best results.

-It. requires helping strangers

as well as family and friends. This gets the focus more off self.

- Having something in common with the recipient helps enhance stress-reduction. An example would be having the same illness.

- The health-enhancing emotions received come ffom the bonding connection, not from "success" in changing the recipient. Focus on being there rather than trying for a result.

Try taking the pressure off yourself by finding two hours a week to help others.

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many dioceses split the convention into two separate tracks: One for CCD teachers and another for Catholic school teachers. Rarely did they interact.

At that time, it was also widely Nobody, including the bishops, believed that only nuns and priests foresaw what would eyentually could teach religion, so there was result ~ that volunteer teachers an outcry from some bishops and many parents that volunteer teach- · learning about religion for the first ers would damage their children's time as adults would get hooked on it and enrich their own faith life faith. by teaching children. One histoFew volunteer teachers had any rian claims, in fact, that CCD was education in religion since their · the most successful attempt by the own childhood' so diocesan courses church· at adult religious educawere set up for them. At that time, tion ever. That'the children learned also every public and parochial . was a by~product. I agree .. school system had an annual . teachers' convention in the fall. It Evidence ofthis is that diocesan was soon discovered that voluncongresses today offer fewer workteer religion teachers needed their shops' on teaching children than own conference. anything else. Most popular are In my early days of speaking, the workshops on faith growth,

scripture, prayer, and personal development.

No longer do we draw middleaged females only. Men and women from 18 to 80 flock to these diocesan feasts, hungry for 'personal faith enrichment. And when their 'faith 'is alive, so IS the faith of their children and those they may teach.

It's exciting to be part of this development and to witness God's subtle handiwork. If the other 'bishops had won and built a 'Catholic '.school for every child, , would we ever have gotten around . to religious education for adults?

It's worth pondering. In countril:s like Ireland where the state finances Catholic schools, there's very little attempt' at adult faith enrichment. Maybe it's time to lift the stigma from CCD as an inferior form of religious education.

Stories of heavenly visitors.abound By

ANTOINETTE BOSCO

It might be hard t.o swallow for some in our modern world, but people are starting to take angels seriously again.

In fact, angels even made the front page of the Wall Street Journal not too long ago. Angels are "back in fashion" after a hiatus of 300 years, the story said, explaining that ...eminars and books

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on angels were growing in popularity.

Joan Webster Anderson, author of "Where Angels Walk: True Stories of Heavenly Visitors," (Barton and Brett), said she first got the idea to write her book after her son Tim had a brush with death.

Tim and a friend had become trapped in a car during a severe freezing blizzard. They prayed for help. Out of nowhere came a man with a tow truck.

He towed Tim and his friend safely home and then disappeared as suddenly as he had appeared -leaving no tire marks in the snow, according to Ms. Anderson.

The author believes the man in

He told me· a story about an the tow truck was an angel. Wonder:- them safe on the ground. He told. ing if others had similar experien- them he had lost radio contact Orthodox priest who was about to ces, Ms. Anderson wrote a letter to with them and had never given baptize a family's four children, ages 4 to 8. magazines, seeking to make con- them any guidance. tact with people "who believe they "Where Angels Walk" has nearly To ensure that they would stay have met an angel."

50 first-person stories like these. . quiet, the priest told them they Her mailbox overflowed with . Most of the people who tell their each would be given a guardian responses, and a book was born. stories believe that. their myste- .angel with their baptism and that The stories in "Where Angels Walk" rious helpers were of heavenly they shouldn't be noisy and disare entering and mysterious, They origin. But Ms. Anderson lets us turb the angels. tell of people like David and Henry, decide for ourselves whether benwho were attempting to fly a small After the baptism, to the priest's evolent beings who bridge heaven plane through a dense fog. surprise, the glowing 4··year-old and earth exist.

The two men were saved from pointed to a wall and asked, "Which I learned more about angels disaster, thanks to someone on the of the four angels that were over recently while studying religion at ground, apparently the controller, there was mine?"

Oxford, England, with some diswho contacted them by radio and The Orthodox priest, at least, · tinguished scholars. One was guided them to a safe landing.

Bishop Kallistos Ware ofthe Greek was convinced the child saw the But when they went to thank the angels. controller he was shocked to see Orthodox parish in Oxford.

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BONN, Germany (CNS) -Germany's bishops have been accused of timidity in the face of neo-Nazi attacks on refugees and migrants in the country. But a government observer said that the religious demography of the country makes it difficult for the hierarchy to exercise influence in the former East Germany, where the right-

Confronting a candidate Dear Editor: My experience and success may encourage others to question prochoice people. On primary election day, a candidate for congress handed me his card which reflects that he is an M.D. and scientist and teacher at a Massachusetts medical school. I asked how he, a physician and scientist, could be prochoice when so many of his colleagues in ever increasing numbers are embracing the pro-life position because of the current medical evidence ilOW available which was not available at the time of Roe v CLASS OF '36: II members of the 1936 graduating class Wade.

He asked how I had the audacof Espirito Santo School, Fall River, recently held- a class ity to question him, a physician and scientist. 1 responded by sayreunion at the Somerset home of class member Mrs. Alice ing 1 was questioning his knowl- (Aguiar) Brillo. Pictured (front row, from left): Leontina edge of current medical evidence. (Cabral) Paulino, Evangelina (Correira) Baptista, Rose He then said he was no longer (Rezendes) Medeiros, Clotilde (Camara) Costa. practicing medicine, "and besides, Second row, from left: Irene (Morais) Silvia, Irene (Vital) it is a woman's choice."

To which 1 countered, "The Pacheco, Mary (Pontes) Perry, Sister Margarita Tavares, choice is between a tortuous death Mary (Silvia) Antone. Standing: Alice Brillo, Alice (Costa) by saline solution or death by rip- Smyt. ping the baby apart limb by limb, - - - , - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - to which the baby is screaming in best fnend and closest relative, J:le terrible pain." , ~eserves to be at the top of our gift ~~ This screaming is now visible by list. . . .

• •• _ult~asonic videotaping, and mea- . If you ,~?uld ,like to participate sured by scientific m'eans.The---In my-7-t-h-Ghnstmas p.resent for - 1_ _ _ _ _ screaming of course can not be God," please say two "~ur F~thers" heard outside the womb, so the ~ day, from now until Chnstma~, Sept. 26 screaming is referred to as the Just to express love ,for God. I~ IS 1944, Rev. John J. Donahue, "silent scream." an excellent preparatIOn for Chnst- Assistant, St. William, Fall River He asked when human life be- mas, especially during the Advent Sept. 27 gins. Familiar with that dodge, I sea~on. It is a gift of love for a 1991, Rev, John W. Greene, SJ, countered by saying, "Human lovmg God. former teacher at Bishop Connolly growth begins with concep'tion Please send your name and ad- High School, Fall River. and that human growth has feel~ dress and the date you begin the Sept. 29 ings and suffers torture by abor- prayers to: tion."

Christmas Present for God 1899, Rev. J.A. Payan, Founder, Lucille A. Zimnotch St. Mathieu, Fall River He said 1was looking at this as a 60 Lancaster Rd. Apt. 32 moral issue and I had no right to Sept. 30 Wethersfield, CT 06109 impose my morals on others. I 1963, Rev. John J, Griffin, Passaid, "No, this is a common sense tor, St. Paul, Taunton Would-Be Converts issue.. .inllocent human growth,is ''If rascals knew the 'advantages Oct. 2 being tortured tQ death." He left.

1961, Rev. Joseph E, Sutula, The expres~ed opinion of t~ose of virtue they would become honPa~tor, St. Casimir, New Bedford who witnessed this confrontation est men." -.:. Benjamin Franklin was that this candidate was very uncomfortable with this debate, did not represe.nt his pro-choice position with convincing statements, and said one witness, "I can't wait to tell ml' candidate for congress about this!"

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Parents'right Dear Editor: A .13-year-old girl cannot get her ears pierced without her parents' permission. The same girl can get a legal abortion and her parents may never be told.

If this were your daughter, don'tyou think the parents' natural right to know should be restored? Tell your legislator what you think about this!

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Talking to kids about sex

By Mitch Finley My friend Slider and I were having lunch together recently. As we settled into a booth, Slider recounted a discussion he had had a few evenings before with his children - two sons, ages 14 and 12, and twin daughters, age 10.

"I took the kids to see the movie 'Memories of an Invisible Man,' with Chevy Chase and Daryl Hannah," Slider said.

"Chevy Chase becomes invisible, which leads to some laughs. It has a PG-13 rating, but I figured sometimes those are OK for older kids as long as I go too....

"There was a scene where Chevy Chase and Daryl Hannah are in bed, and the idea was that they have just had sex together and it was this jolly experience, yuk, yuk, yuk - you know."

"Yeah," I said, "I know." I sipped my soft drink and listened.

"Well, as we drove away from the theater, I felt like I needed to say something about the parts of the movie I liked and the parts that I didn't like."

Slider squirmed a bit in his seat.

He was getting to the uncomfortable part. , "I mean, I think kids need to hear from their parents when it comes to stuff like this."

"Right," I said, nodding encouragement.

"Here's what I said," Slider continued. "I'd like to know what you think."

"OK," I replied.

"I told the kids that it's important for me to know that they understa'nd that the way sex is sometimes shown in the movies isn't real.

That was a pretty good movie, and I enjoyed seeing it with them, but the bedroom scene was not real.

Just as people don't become invisible in reality, the way that movie portrayed sex isn't real, either."

"And what did your kids say?" I asked.

"They said, 'Oh, Dad, we're not stupid!'"

"And then I told them that people who take the movies as a guide when it comes to sex end up hurting themselves and each other.

"I pointed out that that's one reason I as a Christian believe the only place sex can be the good and wonderful thing God means it to

Get involved LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Hispanic Catholic leaders have been urged to make tJteir growing numbers count by convincing fellow Hispanics to become citizens and vote. Richard Martinez, executive director of the Southwest Voter Registration Project, told Hispanic leaders meeting in Los Angeles that it was important to participate in the political process in order to. !<,eep the goyernment accountable.

be is between an adult man and woman who are married and trying to, work at having a good marriage. .

"I told them I just wanted them to know that and take it to heart.

"Then our 12-year-old piped up, 'Well, you and Mom did that in order to have us,' he said. '''That's right,' I said, 'and we were married first.'

"N one of the kids said anything more after that."

Slider paused and bit into his second piece of fish.

"Well," he said "do you think I said the right thing?"

I consulted the ceiling. "Slider," I said, "the important thing is that you talked about sex with your kids. I know this isn't the first time you've talked to them about sex. and I know it won't be the last. The point is that you're sharing your beliefs and convictions with them in a caring manner."

"Think so?" Slider said, smiling.

"Sure," I said. "Most parents realize that the entertainment industry communicates trivial, unreal sexual values all'the time - loud and clear.

"But some parents don't know that they have got to talk with their kids about sex too. If our kids don't hear a Christian message about sex from us, chances are they won't hear it at aiL"

Stay-at-home mothers share stories ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) Mothers who stay at home shared their stories recently in a new book called "Discovering Motherhood."

A collection of articles, essays and poems written by women throughout the country who have chosen to stay at horne with their children, the book was produced by a Virginiabased organization called M others at Horne.

The nonprofit group received national attention six years ago when its founders wrote "What's a Smart Women Like You Doing at Horne?" It also prod uces a monthly journal, "Welcome Home," which gives suggestions to stay-at-home mothers and works to "correct modern society's many misconceptions about mothering."

Heidi Brennan, a parishioner at St. Agnes Parish in Arlington, is co-director of Mothers at Horne and co-editor of the new book. A mother of four with a master's degree in education administration, she formerly taught time-management classes. But, she said, "I didn't learn what it really meant until I had children."

By Dan Morris has been a peculiar tension between my daughter and her mother and me this week, the final days before her wedding ceremony. Not anger. Not really frustration. Not really impatience.

More like awkwardness.

Her mother felt it when she knocked on Marie's open bedroom door while Marie was packing some things - childhood things actually, Ii ke an eighth-grade soccer trophy and a stuffed "teddy pig" for her 7th birthday.

"How ya doin,' honey?" her mother asked. She turned with tears in her eyes, tried to say "Just fine," but it carne out a squeaky sob and she gently waved her mom out of the room.

I felt it while I was sorting through old boxes of family photos of her. A lump in my throat the size of a grapefruit made it nearly impossible to breathe a couple of times.

Marie and I shared it this morning (we're. the early risers in the family) when she brought the morning paper to the table and we automatically took the sections we knew belonged to us first - she the sports, I the front page.

We sip strong coffee (she starts the water, I grind the beans, we take turns pouring). We use the classifieds and economy sections as transitions, then she ends up

Elizabeth Foss of George Mason University Catholic campus ministry, a contributor to "Discovering Motherhood," summed up what she feels as a stay-at-home mom in one word - "fatigue."

Mrs. Foss, a mother of two and former elementary school teacher, has no regrets. She said being home allows her to be "totally immersed" in her family. A personal illness made her realize that her time on earth was limited and she felt she could do the "greatest

good" at home with her children.

Mary Ellen McCormick, a mother of three who served on the manuscript review team for the new book, said she made priority changes in her life when she decided to stay at home with her children.

"I used to thinka bigger house or a better car was a reflection on me.

Now I think that the most important thing you can give your children is your time," she said.

Mrs. Brennan said she believes many women would like to stay at home with their children but cannot afford it financially. Despite the media sterotypes, she said the "working" mothers and stay-athome mothers share far more similarities than differences.

"I meet many full-time working moms, from entry-level positions to doctors, who tell me, 'I'd do anything to cut my hours,''' she said, adding sympathetically, "It's hard to create a home on three hours a night."

"Discovering Motherhood" is avaiiable from Mothers at Home, 83IOA Old Courthouse Rd., Vienna, VA 22182.

Teaching respect for the aged

By Monica and Bill Dodds The difficulty with teaching young children how to treat senior citizens is that it's so easy. Kids will simply follow their parents' lead, mimicking their actions and attitudes.

What does that mean if I'm an adult child caring for my aging parents? It means I need to keep in mind three things: the environment .in which my parent is living, the virtue of patience and the importance of self-determination.

A loving, caring environment is one that includes people, that draws them in, that welcomes them. An aging parent enjoys participating in family activities. If Mom is in a

Wedding jitters Th~re

According to Mrs. Brennan, mothers often make the best managers because they are skilled at juggling several tasks at one time.

"Stay-at-home mothers laugh when asked, 'Do you get an hour off for lunch?''' Mrs. Brennan said. "Mothers don't eat; they refueL" One day she added up all her five-minute breaks-between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. and calculated a total of one hour.

One-third of all mothers suffer from sleep deprivation, Mrs. Brennan said, with women in the workplace experiencing the problem most intensely.

with the front section and I the sports.

We said nothing. Neither of us said aloud that we knew this taken-for-granted litany of the morning wasn't taken for granted this morning, that this comforting ritual was coming to an end.

"McGuire hit a 'pair of homers last night." I said.

"That makes 387" she asked.

"Something like that," I nodded.

We finally cracked it a little last night.

"You know," I said, helping Marie and my wife wrap little things called favors that apparently are critical for a successful wedding, "I think that in the grand design of things all these little details like boutonnieres and napkins and matching candles and on and on are supposed to help numb us so we don't feel the pain that goes into a child leaving a family to start her own."

Neither woman acknowledged me. I looked from one to the other.

I cleared my throat loudly, "I said...." I began.

"We heard you,'" spouse said quietly.

Marie put her arms around her mother and then drew me in too.

"I'm going to miss you all so much.

I know I'll still be here - in town.

But it'll be different. I'm so happy, and I'm so sad. Know what I mean?"

We knew.

nursing home and can't make it to understand what a parent is experthe birthday party, then family iencing, to see what is happening members can take a bit of the through Mom or "Dad's 'eyes. party - a few balloons, a couple And often, unless a parent has of candies, a piece of cake - to some form of dementia, Mom or her.

Dad's view - Mom or Dad's If the dinner conversation turns opinion - is still the one that to baseball, ask Dad about the counts most. Respecting a person first major-league game he ever includes self-determination: ressaw or if he played as a youngster pecting his or her ability - and ,or what made Babe ,R uth so pOP.- right - to make decisions regarding ,ular. ~":':' J:' ;,:.;,;~;;;;': .~;:~~:-; .:;::ho\\Gh~or sM:1s;gjj"ili;g~1l) li~e:;g:: I! A lovmg environment IS one' A d lt h'ld I 'k that protects individuals from emn a. u c I can on?, rna e barrassment. There are no behind- suggestIOns, p.resent optIOns or the-back cracks or rolled eyes or plant seeds of Ideas.that a parent snickering about physical problems may later co~e to cho~se.. like incontinence or loss of hearing. ~ut sometimes t~e SituatIOn deAdults are not treated as if they are tenorates to the pomt that respect is in danger of being replaced by toddlers or fools.

But it's ha'rd to maintain that verbal or physical abuse. If that's level of respect on the days when the cas~, an adl!lt ~hild ne~ds to get patience wears thin. Stress, frusprofeSSIOnal help Immediately. tration, fear and anger can grind It's never too early to start talking a way at an ad ult child's patience as' to children about respect for senior an aging parent deteriorates more members of our society. Never too than the child ever thought possible early to start demonstrating what and the demands on the adult respect means. All too, soon they will be the adults and we. who will child continue to grow.

Information can bolster patience. have become the aging parents, Learning about the aging process will be looking to them for help. in general and a parent's problems And then we'lI know how well we in particular can make it easier to taught them.

'::;"L" ST. ANN players: Donald McKinnon and Lucille Couture rehearse lines fot a play at St. Ann's Church, Raynham, about the parish's patron saint. The play, with a cast and crew of 32, was written, directed and narrated b'y parishioners Arin Levasseur and Kathl~en Roberts. Parishioners implemented all aspects of the production from scenery and costumes to . music. It was performed during'the parish festivaL

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ROCK MUSICIAN Michael O'Brien. (eNS photo)

Rocker sings for Mary C LEV E LAN D (C N S) ing studies at Kent State University.

"It was very immoral on the Michael O'Brien looks like every mother's nightmare with hair that road," he said. "We always got free liquor. And then there is always trails halfway down his back, an earring in one ear, a three-day the groupies and that type of thing. stubble below a pair of dark shades. There is a lot of swearing, a lot of and a sleeveless T-shirt,. .. .. ,!iving week to week. The money It'figures he"p.la,yji,.ro.ck music..;"was pretty good, but we didn't';· for a living. really have a purpose."

So it seems like quite a contraNow, four years after his first diction to learn this young rocker Medjugorje visit, "we're not real straight-straight, but I make sure feels right at home at a Marian shrine. Or at a Marian conference; there is nothing that would ever he's spoken at 20 of them. Or at aff~ct the way the Medjugorje Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina; people feel about what I'm doing," he's been there often since his first said O'Brien, also a columnist for Medjugorje magazine. visit in 1988 and has met one of the young people who claim to have O'Brien said he sees himself as a seen Mary. ·secret agent. "People who listen to O'Brien, with a couple of albums Christian music are pretty good under his belt, sees himself as a people already. It's the ones who bridge between the sacred and the listen to the rock stuff on who I think I can be a good influence," profane.

In an interview with the Catho- he said.

He's like "an agent in the enemy lic Universe Bulletin, Cleveland diocesan newspaper, he said that camp. It's fantastic." since his Medjugorje trips he's difIt is a role he relishes. ferent. "The backstage lingo has "I do feel a sense of mission," he changed," he said. "It used to be, said, "when I go to these confer'Hey, there's this good-looking girl,' ences." and now it's 'Hey, it's the priest Sometimes it's difficult because who knows you from Louisville,''' he knows that to the older people there "I'm a young guy with the.

His album "Michael O'Brien ;, released in late 1991 on Ocean~- long hair, everything they don't BMG Records, has sold 70,000 like," he said. But "by the time we're done, we realize we like each copies. A song from the album, "I Believe" has been shown on MTV. other now. We're all on the same O'Brie~ has headlined at Walt theme. It's just like magic," Disney World. . I. n the, co~rse of his Medjugorje But that toehold in the U.S. VISitS, 0 Bnen also found love. He is engaged to Vesna Misnic, an music market is relatively small compared to his "Sounds of Med_ethnic Bosnian who ha~ been in jugorje" album, which has sold an the Cleveland area SlOce last estimated 300,000 copies. The vast Nov;m?er... " O Bnen said of hiS fiancee, It majority of those have been bootleg cassettes. was very different .finding a girl "The bootleg edition was a best who could speak five. languages, look that pretty, be so Into church seller in (stores) like the Yugoslav KMarts, and then the war broke ... and be able to cut the head off a out," O'Brien, 28, told the Uni- chicken. It was like unbelievable." verse .Bulletin, newspaper of the. diocese of Cleveland.

New Perspective The suburban Cleveland resident "Every man takes care that his and parishioner has toiled for years neighbor shall not cheat him. But in Cleveland's rock music scene a day comes when he begins to fronting such bands as Arson and Care that he does not cheat his MO~ - for the Michael O'Brien . neighbor. Then all goes welL" Band - since leaving his account- Ralph Waldo Eme"son

Effective Sept. 28, Joseph J. Reilly, Jr. will become the new executive director of Massachusetts Citizens For Life (MCFL), the state's largest pro-life group.

As the founding executive director of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference, former president of Morality in Media and a former human resources specialist at numerous corporations, Reilly brings nearly three decades of business, managerial and professional experience to his current appointment.

He has appeared on The McNeilLehrer Report, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Crossfire, McLaughlin and numerous other programs.

From 1974 to 1976 Reilly served on the board of the National Committee for a Human Life Amendment. He was board chairman of .

MCFL from 1978 to 1980 and again from 1987 to 1988, and was a member of the MCFL board and executive committee until 1984.

He resigned his current board position to accept his appointment as executive director.

He is the father of seven and grandfather of one.

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Those who find these changes And I found myself reminiscing difficult may find comfort in the about the far~reaching changes in counsel of Jesuit Father Ladislaus the church's life since I first ap- ,Orsy: plied for a passport as a newly "Insecurity and obscurity," he ordained priest in the early 1940s. ' , reminds us, "are part of our human A few days later, sitting in the and Christian condition. We have quiet of my study, I tried to recall to live with them.

"Let us pray the Lord,: therethe general outlines of what the church was like, what the priest- fore, that he should not take them hood was like, what our ministe- away. Let us pray rathe~ for the rial expectations were 50 years grace of confidence when we walk in the jungle or when we sail on the ago. I scoured my personalli~rary high seas.... looking for helpful leads.

"We do not trust in order, but in The 'late Jesuit Father Karl Rahner came to my rescue. He the Spirit who leads God's pilrepeatedly reminded us that far- grims through all the confusion." , If the church appears confused reaching changes of the most surprising kind have occurred since today, Father Rahner wrote in 1977, it is,because society is conVatican Council II, and he tried, perhaps more succes~fully than fused. Both go together.

"Sometimes," he said, "I ask any other theologian, to help, us myself if, from the point of view of come to terms with these unexpected and, for some, traumati- faith, this is all so bad.

"Why should we Christians and cally unsettling changes.

H ow little, ,Father Rahl)er says, the church in an age of confusion did we older people who grew up have answers for everything instead in the pre-Vatican II monolithic of putting up with the confusion church' "expect a church of the along with our contemporaries.

"I believe that we must perhaps kind we have today?" prepare ourselves for the fact that In the century before the coun- future history will appear grayer cil, Father Rahner writes, "the and more confused and will have church was the object of an almost less room for great and clear intelfanatical love ... our natural home, lectual vision." sustaining and sheltering us in our Today's confusion may prove a spirituality, where whatever we providential blessing if it forces us needed was available.... all to develop a spirit of authentic "The church supported us, it did Christian maturity, a deeper povnot need to be supported by us." erty of spirit and a more profound Today, he notes, what we "see is spirit of Christian hope.

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THE ANCHOR---:-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 25,1992 Just imagine what it would be things, and Father Cantwell saw like ifthe Church were to canonize how beautifully Smith faced sick" as its first American born male ness and death. saint a husband and father who He lived a life of heroic virtue, died of cancer at 47 after a college the priest said. "He was an inspiracareer as the state of Minnesota's tion to me as well as to the doctors greatest football star! and nurses. If courage and guts Bruce Smith, the "golden boy" were sufficient to win the battle of the University of Minnesota's against cancer, then Bruce Smith "Golden Gophers," who won five would still be with us."

"I think he was truly the last national football titles, was a triple-threat player on offense and great American hero," his wife, defense, an All-American halfback Gloria, who remarried, told the and winner of the coveted Heis- Minneapolis Star Tribune. "He wasn't into smoking dope'like the man Trophy.

The idea that the handsome athletes today. Bruce was a nice halfback celebrated in a book, clean-cut man who enjoyed his "The Game Breaker;" a movie family.

"He didn't talk much. He was called "Smith of Minnesota;" and countless news stories and maga- introspective and didn't have any zine articles should move from the enemies. It makes dull copy, but in gridiron to the honors of the altar a time when all young men were wondering who in the hell they belongs to a Paulist priest. were, Bruce was comfortable in his The Rev. William J. Cantwell,' own skin.", .

CSP, 66, remembers well when he Lucius Smith, Bruce's father, proposed Smith for sainthood. He who practiced law in Faribault, did it in a homily at Mass in St. MN, until his death four years ago Lawrence Church, Minneapolis, at age 97, told Catholic News SerMN, near the University campus, after the football legend's death on vice in 1978 that he would not be surprised if his son were canonized.

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"There was oile thing he always Father Cantwell wrapped up his used to say to me," Lucius Smith inner city ministry at St. Patrick's said, "'Dad, every man should parish, Memphis, TN, last month, spend an hour each day with God.' and went to join a Paulist senior He was always in church before ministry team in Vero Beach, FL, and after games - no matter what Sept. I. I asked him why he thought the outcome."

Smith should be a saint.

Lucius Smith did not become a Catholic until after his son's death.

The Paulist never saw Smith Father Cantwell doesn't see any play and met him for the first time contradiction in being named an while ministering to him as a hosAll-American and selected as a pital chaplain. Saints are ordinary people who do extraordinary saint of God. "Most important

BALTIMORE (CNS) - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is studying a makeshift chapel set up in a senior citizen residence in Baltimore built with federal funds.

H UD officials consider the building, Lemko House, federally funded because the agency financed its construction, and HUD holds the mortgage on it and provides financing to some residents. And that means, they add, that the chapel's existence in part of a multipurpose room violates federal law.

All the elderly residents want is to attend religious services in the building they call' home, and all HUD wants is for those residents to put away any religious symbols when they're finished.

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You would think that after a quarter century has passed without any Cnurch action on Father Cantwell's proposal that he would be discouraged. "I've never given up," he said. "Rome wasn't built in a day.

"Football badly needs a role model, and so do the young people of today. Football certainly hasn't gotten any better. Athletics has become an obsession. It's big business. Bruce will always be the symbol of the decent player."

During his 36 years as a priest, Father Cantwell has served parishes in New York, West Virginia, Alabama and Colorado as well as Minnesota and Tennessee. He takes with him to Florida a briefcase full of letters backing Smith's Canonization.

No committee has been formed to further the cause. Perhaps the see where he was born (the archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis) should take the necessary steps, he said.

"What does the Church have against doing something like this?" he asked. After all, "The Holy Father is an athlete."

are Latin- or Eastern-rite Catholics, object to HUD'sstance. "Why are they picking on God?" asked resident Mary Karpovich. "That's unbelievable."

Larry Hatcher, deputy manager at HUD's Baltimore office, told The Catholic Review, Baltimore's archdiocesan newspaper, that the dispute has gone on since Lemko was built nine years ago, and the flames are fanned every few years, when a resident complains about the chapel's existence.

resident day' or night. They paid for the icons, candles and other religious symbols.

Hatcher said although Lemko is not allowed to maintain a permanent chapel - regardless of whether it is nondenominational - "it is permissible for residents to reserve the multipurpose room and conduct religious observances so long as all religious symbols are removed from the room upon completion of the religious event."

Resident James Weir, head of tite Committee to· save Lemko Judy Valone, 60, disputed Hatcher's assertion. "I've talked 'to ,Chapel, said the chapel is "open 24 hours a day. The residents refuse every resident here and they 'see' to take aQything down." nothing wrong with it," she said.

The chapel ~as been used for a The makeshift chapel, accord- wedding and the baptisms of a resing to residents, is a nondenomi- ident's grandchildren. national chapel available to any Mass is celebrated regularly at the chapel by Father Ivan Dornic, an Eastern-rite priest, and Conventual Franciscan ,Father Matspeech given by Soviet leader Mik- thew Kotkowski, associate pastor hail Gorbachev during his first at Latin-rite St. Stanislaus Church. visit to the. Vatican in 1989.

"The residents are upset and I Recently, works have been pubhope it's resolved for them," Father lished by several Catholic authors Kotkowski said. "We should all be who were banned under Soviet able to adore God the way we want rule, including Emanuel Mounier, to. That's what this country was Jacques Maritain and Graham founded on.'; , Greene. A modern Russian trans, Anna Riggsbee, 80, is afraid lation of the Bible is also being she'll J:1ave to go to church outside prepared by a Catholic schol- the building if the chapel is disar, Sergei Avierintsev, and a litur- mantled,. gicalcommission is completing a "I have bad knees and I can't Russian-language version of the walk far," she said. "When I can Catholic Mass. come here anytime I want and Earlier this year, the first Rus- pray, it makes me feel good." sian-language edition of St. Augustine's "Confessions" sold out immediately, as did a joint publication of Pope Leo XIII's 19th century social encyclical, "Rerum Novarum" (On capital and labor) and "Centesimus Annus" which was' a reflection on the earlier document.

Pope's writi.ngs on sale in Moscow, MOSCOW (CNS) - A collection of Pope John Paul II's writings and homilies has gone on sale at Moscow bookstores amid signs of growing interest in the Catholic Church. . The book, titled, "John Paul II," is the first such authorized volume ever published and distributed in the country. , Besides a digest of the pope's works dating from before his 1978 election, the book includes a wideranging selection of documents setting out tenets of Catholic social teaching.

The collection is the most comprehensive Catholic text so far made available to Russian readers. Issued in cooperation with the Pauline order's Rome publishing house, it includes photographs of the pope's foreign trips as well as his apostolic message on Russia.

The book concludes with the

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90 YEARS AT ST. JEAN'S: St. Jean's School, Fall River, celebrated its 90th anniversary in conjunction with the arrival at the parish of the diocesan Quincentennial Cross, commemorating'the 500tlY yeat slrice'flf'e"evangelizafion of the Americas.

At top, Bishop O'Malley greets students as pastor Father Rene G. Gauthier and former principal Sister Yvette Dumais, SSJ, look on; principal Kathleen Barboza offers reflections on the school's past and future. Below, sixth-graders recite an evangelization prayer; Bishop O'Malley accepts a gift from kindergartener Amanda Scanlon. The bishop, Father Gauthier and Msgr. John J. Oliveira each received a plaque from students.

The day's Gospel passage told of the conversion ofSt. Matthew, who went on to "write the very first Gospel," the bishop told students in his homily. .

"500 years ago the good news of this Gospel came to these shores with many different people who were willing to give their lives to spread the Gospel to the four corners of the earth."

This work was continued by the founders ofSt. Jean's School and the Sisters ofSt. Joseph who staffed it for many years so that "Just as St. Matthew wanted to share Jesus' love, we toowill want to go out and tell other people about Jesus' love and invite them to follow him," Bishop O'Malley concl,uded.

As the media engages in an ongoing debate over what constitutes "family values," said Father Gauthier, St. Jean's aims to instill in students the "true values" that come from "putting God first in your life." (Hickey photos)

Pro-lifers prevail in primaries Massachusetts Citizens for Life hailed the primary election victories of candidates across the state who pledged their support to the rights of unborn babies.

"In race after race in which proabortion candidates made abortion the issue, pro-lifers came out on top," said MCFL Legislative Director Arlene Champoux, who works closely with both the MCFL Federal Political Action Committee and the pro-life state political action committee, MCFL LifePAC. "This election is yet another example of what pro-lifers have kl)own all along: when voters are given the chance to choose life or death, overwhelmingly they choose life."

Pro-lifers Joseph Early (D) and Peter Blute (R) came out on top in their party primaries in the Third Congressional District, where pro-

abort opponents made abortion one of the focal points of their campaigns. Similarly, in the Sixth Congregational District, long-time pro-life advocate Nicholas Mavroules beat well known abortion advocate Barbara Hildt. Pro-lifer Richard Neal won his primary against fellow pro-lifer Kateri Walsh.

pro-life field, came out on top in the 12th Norfolk house district, and pr9-lifer Dennis Murphy topped the ticket in the 9th Hampden district.

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Archbishop Dominic Tang, the 84-year-old archbishop of Canton who is living in exile in Hong Kong, encouraged participants to continue their devotions to Mary.

He told how he was imprisoned in a Chinese jail for more than 22 years, from 1957 to 1981, because he refused to join the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, the state-approved organization that rejects Vatican authority over Chinese church affairs.

"Everyday I said the rosary," he said. He was in solitary confinement for seven years. At other times he shared a cell with six or seven other political prisoners.

He said he was not beaten injail but his captors tried to brainwash him by making him study writings of Karl Marx, and then give a report.

When he was finally released, he said, officials told him it was because of the "kindness" of the communist government.

The Chinese government has refused his repeated applications to return to Canton. He added that he thinks just as communism has disappeared from Russia, it will be gone from China eventually.

"Little by little, money a'nd finances will change the political climate and government," he said.

Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila told Marian conferencegoers his devotion to Mary goes back to his seminary days when he asked her to cure his asthma. More recently, he said intercessions to Mary saved his country from fig'hting.

The cardinal told how, in February 1986, a miracle saved the Filipino people from facing a bloody revolution.

He recounted how "millioris of people" had gathered in Manila on Feb. 25, 1986, with tanks ordered by then-President Ferdinand Marcos aimed at them. Both Marcos and his opponent, Corazon Aquino, claimed victory in presidential elections. Cardinal Sin urged the Filipino people to engage in civil disobedience which resulted in Marcos leaving office. Mrs. Aquino was declared the winner.

Soldiers in the tanks later asked the cardinal to identify the lady who they said appeared to them and told them to stop. They said she identified herself as "queen of this land," said the cardinal.

Cardinal Sin told the soldiers to "thank her. She kept you from becoming criminals."

"We were all praying," he said. lence tear their children from "Only prayer could save the coun- them."

The Baltimore Arena, usually try."

When the cardinal was asked the site of soccer and lacrosse why there are so many reports of games, was transformed into a Marian apparitions in our times, field for the faithful as Catholics he said, "Mary believes Jesus is a from across the United States and little disappointed in what he sees. around the world gathered for the And this woman goes to the heart five days of addresses on Mary, ofthings. When the heart speaks...." daily Mass, healing services and the family rosary.

The Marian International ConBelow the arena scoreboard, the ference opened with Mass celespotlight shone on a pilgrim statue brated by Baltimore Archbishop of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The William H. Keeler.

During his homily, Archbishop statue was blessed by Pope Paul Keeler traced the history of Mar- VI for the United States 25 years ian devotion, saying it is currently , ago in honor of the 50th anniverworldwide, extend.ing from such sary of Mary's appearance in shrines as Mariazell in the AusFatima. trian Alps, to Our Lady of GuadaThe conference's international lupe in Mexico, to Czestochowa in flavor was obvious, with men and Poland and Fatima in Portugal. women wearing traditional ethnic He called Mary "the first and costumes from countries such as most faithful disciple of her son."

Africa, Korea and Ireland.

The archbishop said she's an Carmelite Sister Rosemarie Lobexample for people today. aton, a Philippines native who "Mary, along with Joseph and extended her U.s. visit to attend Jesus, became a refugee in Egypthe conference, said, "It's a gift tian exile," he said. "She's a sign to the millions involuntarily on the from God that I came here. It's an move today, uprooted from their opportunity to talk with God and culture. She's a sign to those who increase my faith."

The Marian conference also live in cities, whose lives are made daily less human by a cycle of pov- attracted many families. "It's the erty from which escape seems im- place for the family to be," said possible. She is a sign to mothers Elizabeth Taillon, who brought of our day who see war and vio- her two children, ages I and 3.

Do kids know' the real Madonna?

BALTIMORE (CNS) - While , got there, he said, everyone was already drunk. He was so disgusted adults were at the Baltimore Arena that he went for a walk on the for other parts of the Marian conbeach and "thought about life." ference, young people came togethWhile walking he passed a Cathoer for a special youth rally. lic church and said that something There they heard Father Kenneth Roberts ask,"Do You Know, "drew, him inside,·:' "It wasn't long after that I had the Real Madonna?" my conversion," said the pries~, Father Roberts thinks teenagers who today is a leading retreat are more influenced by pop singer master.

Madonna than Madonna, the mothFather Roberts told his audience er of Christ. He told his young it all comes down to the search for listeners that he knew they were meaning in life. He said thousands influenced not only by music, but have searched for meaning in alalso by peer pressure, television, cohol, drugs and sex outside of cults, drugs, alcohol and greed.

And Father Roberts knows marriage.

"But you don't find the meaning about these things. He's gone from living as an international jet-setting of life in being drunk or having sex," he said. "Stop looking in the playboy to being a priest.

"I had aspirations to be a milli- stone-cold places. You can be given onaire," Father Roberts told about the world but can suffer the loss of 400 young people, parents, priests your soul. Hearts are restless until and religious. "I want to talk about they rest in God." how <;mpty that is."

Father Roberts, now based in Father Roberts is a former air- St. Louis, spends much of his time line steward, intelligence officer giving retreats for young people and translator. He admitted he and gives lectures, writes and does had his fair share of "alcohol, radio and TV spots. women and parties."

At the end of his talk, Father Recounting his conversion exRoberts heard confessions. perience, he told the assembly about Later, in an interview with The the night he arrived late to a party Catholic Review, newspaper of in Beirut, , Lebanon. , By the time he the Baltimore Archdiocese, he said, "I want [the young people] to feel something when they leave here. I want them to turn from self-gratification to become people offaith."

Value of Life "The value of life lies not in the length of days but in the use you make of them."-Montaigne

Diverted Funds "What maintains one vice would bring up two children.".,-Benjamin Franklin

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In a briefing paper, John Joseet, refugee adviser to the conference, said that in spite of disagreements on almost every aspect of the creation of a "single Europe" there seemed to be an "amazing agreement to close ranks" on the issue of asylum seekers.

"There is no doubt that the trend is to define Europe in very exclusive terms, expressed as 'Fortress Europe' with open internal borders, but high external walls barring even those who come to us for asylum," he said.

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The split is behveen one group that says it is seeking its "lost identity" by reviving the age-old traditionell Mass and other liturgical practices, and another that opposes these efforts, saying they run counter to the modern church spirit.

Within these two groups are subgroups leaning toward Latinization of the Syro-Malabar rite, or toward greater reflection of Indian culture in the liturgy, or toward restoring more of the church's Syrian influences.

The pontifical commission will mainly consider questions ofliturgy and administration.

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In busti, residents make haste slowly KARACHI, Pakistan(CNS)The odor is noticeably stronger than in other places around the city as you enter' this particular working-class neighborhood in the bustling, overcrowded seaport of Karachi.

Yet for the residents of this unnamed "busti" - the generic term for squatter sites for workers - the stench is one sign of progress.

The sewage ditch that runs along one edge of the busti might seem the simplest kind of public works project.

But it took two years of peaceful agitation by busti residents to push the Karachi city government to get the ditch dug.

It might not have happened without a final push from the organizing efforts of Idara-E-Amn-O-Insaf, an Urdu-language name for Committee for Justice and Peace, a human rights organization cosponsored by the Karachi archdiocese and the Church of Pakistan, the collective institution of Karachi's Protestants.

Idara has a handful of "busti organizers" in the worker neighborhoods to help residents get what they need. In this busti, Idara has been working for a little more than one year.

The residents' next goals are to get running water, electricity and outdoor lighting.

"Our strategy is to get the people motivated," said Huslim Martin, Idara's field coordinator. That means "we are not going to fight your battle for you" but will stand by to help, he said.

The fight is never violent. That, Martin said, is key to winning the confidence of the government.

"One thing the government understands is that we are not a political group, that we do not have political ambitions," he said.

"We have as our basic thrust that people must be treated fairly and justly," Martin said.

One prime help for Idara in busti organizing is its Urdu-Ianguage magazine, Jafakash (The Worker).

Despite the fact that the Pakistani literacy rate is just 27 percent nationwide - II percent for women - the magazine has an impact.

"The literacy rate may be low but the consciousness rate is still there," Martin said.

Almost by necessity, Jafakash prints a lot of pictures of people in bustis and at rallies.

Illiterate parents "see their snap [picture] in the magazine," Martin said. "Then they may take it to their [literate] son or daughter in the house and ask, "What does it say about us?"

The school in this particular Christian-Muslim busti is a neighborhood-run project.

The tiny, coed Gulistan-e-Islamia Primary and Secondary School is bursting at the seams with 700 students.

Students are split into morning and evening shifts for virtually year-round education, but tens of thousands of children receive no formal education at all.

Even with an open admission policy, it takes money to attend

-30 rupees (about U.S. $1.20) a month for books, supplies and teacher salaries of 600-650 rupees (U.S. $24-$26).

Despite the low cost, 200 students attend free of charge because they have no money to pay.

"We are facing very hard trouble," said principal Mohammad Alim. "You know, this is a very poor locality." It is a struggle, he said, to keep the 3-yeat-old school open.

The only places in the busti that ha ve electricity are the movie theater and the. video arcade.

An old man in the busti known as "S ufi" and recognized as a busti leader said the entertainment places are run by the "drug mafia" with police complicity.

"The government and drug mafia work hand in hand," Sufi said through an interpreter.

"Video game halls disrupt the work of organizing. In the beginning they tried to stop [them] but the owners of those businesses, they have an agreement with the police," Sufi said.

Busti organizers from Idara and within the colony, himself included, have been threatened, Sufi added.

Asked if he thinks he will live to see the video halls evicted from the neighborhood and water and electricity coming in, Sufi gave a long answer.

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SOMETIMES LOVE JUST AIN'T ENOUGH

By Christopher Carstens One teen can hardly give another teen higher praise than this: "She's a good friend. You can really trust her." .

You may like the ki~s who have cool Clothes and want to hang out with the guy with the hot car; but people you can trust make the best friends.

If people trust you, you ~illlive in a world full of people who like you,. people who want to be around you, people who care about what you feel and do and say.

If they don't trust you, your days will surely be more lonely' than you'd like.

You have to earn trust, ·but it really isn't all that complex. In fact, trust between friends boils down to, three very simple points.

Follow these rules and trust will certainly grow. Ignore them and. trusting friendships will be hard to find.

-First, do what you saY'you'lI do. If a friend needs a ride home from'school and you' say, she can ride with you, remember to show up. Don't go off with it group of your buddies, telling yourself, "It's OK, she'lI get a ride with somebody else."

Maybe ,:she'H get a ride and maybe she won't. She !Jlight get in trouble with her mom or get fired from a babysitting job. You don't know what the outcome will be.

But one thing is sure. She'lI think twice before she believes anything you say again. .

People only trust people they can count on.

Do what you say you'lI do. It's the first building block of trust.

- Second, keep secrets. Teens go through a lot of painful changes in their lives, and they often share

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stuff they really don't want getting around.

If you are told personal information and pass it on to even,one more person, you have no control over where the information goes. next.

If Janice tells you her dad's im alcoholic and you tell David, you're responsible if David broadcasts the word all. over school. It's your fault.

If Janice. finds out, she'll hate you for it. And she'll tell her friends you can't be trusted, and they'lI tell their friends, and so it goes.

If you pass along secrets about other kids, word gets around. Pretty soon nobody will tell you anything. People may enjoy listening to a gossip, but they don't tell them' anything important. Why take the risk?

- Third, be sure to return favors.

Nobody minds doing things for friends, but some people seem good at taking and no good at paying back wheJl it's their, turn.

You're ,at the corner store and you don't have money for a soda.

Your friend does, so he buys one for you. The next time you're out and he's short of change, it's your turn to buy..

By the same token, if Janice helps you with your homework tonight, you need to be n;ady to help her catch up if ~he misses a few days because of a family emergency.

Fairness is important. If you repay favors and do it regularly, people will be there when you need them. , The recipe. for trust is simple.

Follow those steps and you'lIlive in a world of friendships.

I don't want to lose you But I don't want to use you Just to have somebody by my side And I don't want to hate you , I don't want to take you But I don't want to be The one to have to cry And I don't really matter To anyone, anymore Like a fool I keep losing my place And I keep seeing yo,u Walk through that door But there's a danger in Loving someone too much And it's sad when you know That it's your heart you can't trust There's a reason why .

People don't stay who they are Baby, sometimes love Just ain't enough I 'could never change you I don't want to blame you Maybe I just want to have it all It makes it sound like thunder It makes me feel like the rain And like a fool who will Never ,see the truth I keep thinking that Something is gonna change And there is no way home When it's late at night And you are all alone And there things that You wanted to·say Do you feel me beside you When you're in bed There beside you Where I used to lay

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Ain't Enough," she is joined by ex-Eagle Don Henley..

In sound and feel, the song seems more country than rock. to me. Perhaps also like Ms. Lennox, Ms. Smyth has softened her image.

Is the 'song right in saying that love sometimes is not ; enough to keep two people together?

The answer may depend on what you think love is and how you believe it should be expressed. If love is supposed to be the stamp of guarantee on each and every relationship that involves feelings of love, then it is not enough.

Arid as the woman in the song learns, "tqere's a danger in loving someone too much" if this love alone must ensure things.

Rather, love is always a gift and a risk. We cannot be sure what outcomes will follow from offering part of our heart to someone.

Clearly, the woman in the song now feels many emotions.

She doesn't want 'to lose the guy. But she feels "like a fool , who will never see the truth."

She doesn't want to use him "just to have somebody by my side." Yet she keeps imagining that he will "walk through that door" and. return to her.

She tries to make sense of the situation by acknowledging that "there's a reason why people don't stay who they are." Yet the loss feels overwhelming, and she hangs on to false hope.

Tjlere are no easy ways to resolve so many' feelings. She needs to reach out to her friends and allow their caring to gradually help her put' some sanity in her life.

What she eventually will rediscover is that; love given is never lost, for genuine love is of God. For whatever reason, someone may not love us back. Love tbe ultjtria'te"ehJe'rg'y' ih) GQd;s" r 't -. universe, and it will always return to the giver. That's why love needs to be taken seriously and why two people who feel lov'e for each other need' to treat each other appropriately and with real respect.

Still, we should believe in love.. Maybe love cannot keep every relationship together.

Maybe some relationships were not meant to be. But real love is still the path to lasting happiness.

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About three-fourths of·the programming of the new Gdansk archdiocesan st"ation'''Plus'' is rock, statiQn o~ganizers said. The rest is devoted to information and news.

Father Krzysztof Niedaltowski, appointed to oversee the station

by Archbishop Tadeusz Goclowski ,of Gdansk, said the format was .approved by the archbishop..

"The contemporary church has to be professional," he told the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. "it's hard to imagine doing it without a radio station addressed to young listeners." , The station was launched at an estimated cost of$100,000 donated anonymously by businessmen.

At least five other church-run radio operations are broadcasting at the diocesan level. The church has secured approval for 1.7 more

loca'i stations and has requested "permission ~o establish a television channel.

Waldemar Walendziak, a prominent Polish broadcaster who hosts the "Plus" station's only political program, dismissed suggestions that the commercial style the station has adopted would make it 'indistinguishable from non-church broadcast media.

He said' its Catholic character would be preserved by broadcasting "quieter" music OD Sundays and Gospel readings at the end of every broadcast day.

He said the station also would not run commercials for night clubs, alcohol or cigarettes. But it will' present traffic information under a promotional deal with local taxi drivers.

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F ATHER BOB OLIVEIRA was celeb,rant of an opening of school Mass (right) at Dominican Academy, Fall River, on Sept. 14, the fea~t of the Triumph of the Cross. In his homily on the feast theme, Father Oliveira told students that helping their friends and fam'i)y sometimes means sacrificing something they want, but that giving and sharing their own gifts and talents with others will ensure God's blessings and a happier life. .

Offertory gifts were presented by the various classes and faculty members were readers. John Travers was in charge of music.

Sept. 14 was also the kickoff date for events that will lead up to a'walk-a-thon on Oct. 17. At an assembly to launch the event, faculty, students and pa'rents dressed in clown garb, and balloons were distributed,in accord with the theme "U p, Up and Away in My Beautiful Balloon." In coming weeks, competition among classes, prizes and pizza parties are planned.

St. Joseph's students continue ,effort to can hunger Forthe past II years, St. Joseph's School, Fairhaven, has been a beacon of light and a sign of hope for the area's needy. Once a month, the Junior Hunger Commission collects foodstuffs on a "Can Hunger Day." Last December Ms. Arlene Paiva became the first recipient of the,school's Nathaniel J udd~'awy~t~w"'ara yea'rs'of dedicated work in establishing the school's Reach Out program and for helping the poor through the ongoing can drives and annual meal for the poor, The first Can Hunger collection of this school year took place Sept.

15 and netted well over a thousand food items for victims of Hurricane Andrew. The donations were picked up by the Salvation Army for delivery to Florida.

Future Can H unger Days are scheduled for Oct. 15, Nov. 18, Dec. 17,Jan. 14, Feb. 12, April 14, May 19, June 10; thefourth annual meal for the area's needy is scheduled for March 14.

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This year the school will also be assisting Damien's Place, a new food pantry in Wareham opened

by Father Thomas McElroy, SS.CC. To date the pantry has distributed $59,280 worth of groceries to needy families and individuals.

Non-perishable food items may be left at St. Joseph's School, Spring St., Fairhaven, at any time.

The Junior Hunger Commission and Ms. Paiva also hope that other schools will establish such commissions to help eliminate hunger.

Holy Family-Holy Name School

Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, opened for the new academic year on Sept. 9. Administration, faculty, students and many dedicated volunteers are eager to again be spreading the Good News of Catholic education that is very much alive and well in our community.

On Sept. 13, National Grandparents Day, the school held a Frank Garand III of Swansea public open house and welcomed has been named an AP Scholar by grandparents to visit the classthe College Board in recognition rooms and enjoy refreshme'nts. of his exceptional achievement on Music for dancing was provided the college-level Advanced Placeby local DJ and Holy Familyment Examinations. A 1992 gradHoly Name parent Bruce Duarte. uate of Bishop Connolly High On Sept. 27 the Holy FamilySchool, he completed three AP Examinations with grades of 3 or Holy Name School family plans to meet at Buttonwood Park to enjoy higher.

AP Examinations, which stu- a "dessert in the park" afternoon of fun! Each family that is able to dents take in May after completing challenging college level attend is asked to bring a dessert to' courses, are graded on a 5-point share. This activity was suggested by paren~s a'nd shou'1d prove' a'n scale (5 is the highest). Most of the opportune time to meet new folks nation's colleges and universities and give returning students and award credit and/ or placement for their families a chance to' share grades of 3 or higher, and more ' ,:. than 1,300 institutions award a summer experiences: , Newat Holy Family-HolyName year of credit to students with a sufficient number of qualifying this year is the junior choir. Formerly known as the glee club, this grades.

Bishop Connolly offers AP year the new choir is inviting intercourses in biology, calculus, chem- ested public school students enistry, English, psychology, and U. S. ' rol1ed in the CCD program at St. Lawrence Parish to join in the fun history.

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Under the continued direction of Teresa Ouel1ette, the junior choir welcomes Sister Dorothy Moore as their new accompanist. The group rehearses each Tuesday after_ school. A special Thanksgiving liturgy is planned and a Christmas pageant is being prepared for December.

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It's 9:30 on Friday morning at Taunton Catholic Middle School and the halls are completely empty.

There isn't a sound to be heard.

School secretary Mrs. Sledjeski is not answering the telephone, head custodian Mr. Campbel1 is not sweeping the floor, school nurse Mrs. Driscol1 is not taking a temperature; but everyone is working liard and enjoying themselves.

Friday is DEAR Day at TCMS. DEAR, "drop everything and read," was initiated at the school last year by principal Kathleen Simpson. The idea was so wel1 received that it has become a weekly routine with everyone in the building spending 20 minutes of Friday's homeroom period reading for pleasure.

The program reinforces the enjoyment of reading for pleasure and is eagerly anticipated by both students and staff.

Good TV said rare WASHINGTON(CNS)- Television with human values is "an endangered species," says Paulist Father Elwood Kieser, who produced the' movie "Romero" and the long-running television series "Insight." In an essay appearing in Time magllzine, Father Kieser known by many as the "Hollywood priest" - lamented the amount of violence and "dishonest sex" on TV ,and its lack of mention of God. He, singled out the series "1'11 Fly Away," "Life Goes On," "Brooklyn Bridge" and "The Wonder Years" as among "perhaps 10 percent of prime-time network programming" which is "a happy combination of ,entertainment and enrichment."

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Albert Vail1ancourt, associate director of the Fall River Area ' CYO, has announced that plans are underway for the upcoming CYO basketball season..The CYO hall on Anawan Street will be open seven-days a, week beginning Oct. 5.

Coaches wishing practice times for their teams may cal1 Vaillancourt at 672-1666 or 672-9644. The first coaches' meeting will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 30 in the CYO hall. All parishes planning to have teams this year should send a coach, as important new rule changes will be discussed. '

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10, syndicated cartoonist Bil Keane and Archbishop Daniel E. Sheehan of Omaha, Neb., are among recipients of 1992 Elizabeth Anne Seton Awards from the National Catholic Educational Association.

The award, established in 1991, recognizes individuals who have made "outstanding contributions to V.S. education and to Catholic schools in particular."

At a dinner in Washington, Mrs. Novello was honored for making preventative health care for America's youth a priority. Keane, creator of the popular syndicated cartoon "The Family Circus," was honored for a "steadfast commitment to a Catholic way of life and his steadfast promotion of strong family values to his 100 million daily readers."

Archbishop Sheehan was recognized as "a pioneer in the area of development programs for Catholic education."

The Seton awards are named Jor Mother Elizabeth Anne Seton, the first American-born saint and founder of what became the V.S. Catholic school system.

SPACE AVAILABLE Craft dealers, other merchants including non-craft sales, Sun., Oct. 11 & Mon., Oct. 12 • Booths include electricity • Two levels • Two kitchens Tables to include Ocktoberfest Auction Table, Pot of Gold drawings, Bake Table, Chinese Auction, Face Painting, Entertainment and More!

For application & information contact: St. Mary's Rectory, 995-3593 (9-12 noon/4-8 p.m.) or call 998-8526 anytime

Iteering pOint, O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Mass for anointing of the sic~ II :30 a.m. Oct. 4; persons suffering from a chronic physical or emotional illness or who are 75 or older are encouraged to receive the sacrament. There will be a blessing at the end of Mass for persons not experiencing a chronic illness. Couple to Couple League introductory workshop on natural family planning 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 4. parish center. Information: 432-7192.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Job Seekers Support Group meets 7:45 to 9:45 p.m. Sept. 28, parish center; information: Carl or Joanne Claussen, 833-0425.

DCCW Cape Cod and Islands District of Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold first meeting of the season 2 p.m. Sunday at St. John the Evangelist Church, Pocasset. The traveling leadership team will present a program on DCCW commissions.

New Bedford District will meet 2 p.m. Oct. 4, St. Mary's Church, NB, to depart for tour of St. Anne's Church, FR. D. of I. Alcazaba Circle Daughters of Isabella, Attleboro, meeting and potluck supper 7 p.m. Oct. I, K. of C. Hall, Hodges St. Nonperishable food items will be collected for 5t. Joseph's food cellar.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS, NB Meeting 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 28. Family Life Center. N. Dartmouth. for open discussion.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON RCIA program begins after 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday.

NOTRE DAME, FR Women's Guild Mass 7 p.m. Sept.

28, followed by meeting; Robert Woodruff of the FR Camera Club will give a slide presentation titled "The Beauty Of." All invited; refreshments will be served.

ST. MARY, NORTON Container will be placed at church doors this weekend for monthly collection for SI. Joseph's Food Cellar.

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ST. VINCENT'S IlOME, FR Second annual Children's Festival Sept. 27 begins with a Walk for Kids' Sake at 10 a.m. Sign-in will be at 9 a.m. and opening ceremony at 9:45 a.m. Walkers may solicit sponsors for the 5 km (3.5 mile) route to benefit a group home for adolescent boys. Activities and entertainment will follow throughout the day at St. Vincent's, 2425 Highland Ave.. FR. CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE Six-week study of Gospel of St. Luke begins Oct. 13; information: Alice or Millard Cramp, 477-3672.

RCIA class Sept. 28; inquirers welcome. Father Simeon Gallagher, OFM Cap.. will conduct parish mission Oct. 4 to 9 with services after 8:30 a.m. Masses and at 7 p.m. weekdays. Special sessions for grades I through 8 will be scheduled and confirmation students will also take part.

ST. ANTHONY of the DESERT, FR Exposition of Blessed Sacrament noon to 6 p.m. Oct.-4 with holy hour 5 to 6 p.m.. St. Sharbel Chapel,300 North Eastern Ave. WIDOWED SUPPORT Attleboro area meeting 7 p.m.

Oct. 2, St. Mary's parish center, N. Attleboro.

FATHER Joao Jose Miranda Vila-Cha, SJ, will be principal celebrant and homilist for a Portuguese-Speaking Pilgrimage Day Mass Sunday at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro.

Originally from Barcelos, Portugal, he is currently on staff at Boston College.

Events for the 18th annual pilgrimage day will begin at 1:30 p. m. and include a meditated rosary and a procession in which members of Holy Ghost parish, Attleboro, will carry the statue of Our Lady of LaSalette. Music ministry will be led by the Our Lady of Fatima parish choir from Cumberland, RI. Information: 222-5410.

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FOOD, REFRESHMENTS, RAFFLES and ANTIQUE CAR DISPLAY ALL DAY All proceeds to benefit the children of St. Vincent's • For Information Call 679-8511