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By NC News Service Catholic bishops' condemna­ tion of abortion is not intended as support for President Reagan but is part of a struggle to pr0­ tect an individual's right to ute, Archbishop· Bernard F. Law of Boston sald in an interview with The New York Times Sept. 23.

The archbishop is one of sev­ era:! Catholic prelates who have condemned abortion. In a state­ ment by New England bishops, he and other church leaders re­ cently described abortion as the critical issue facing the pl1Iblic in 1984.

Reagan has often publicly es­ poused the pro-life cause, in con­ trast to his Democratic oppon­ ents.

"Whoever is elected in Novem­ ber ds going to be someone who on some issues is going to find the bishops supportive and some issues is going to find the bish­ ops a bit of a thorn in their side," he said.

His comments on abortion are "not a political strategy to elect someone or to defeat someone," ~hbishop Law sald. Rather, he said, he had strongly criticized

abortion in his March 24 instal· aation homily, before abortion had become a major campaign issue.

"If I don't seize every oppor­ tunity to try to raise the level of public debate, then it is I who am guilty," he said.

As other pro-lifers have done, he compared the fight to ban abortion to the 19th-century abolitionist 'effort to end slavery.

"It would have been the same thing in 1850 in terms of the abolitionist movement if those great Protestant ministers who led the movement had not been persistent in the f8lOO of great opposition," the archbishop said.

"They would have been morally reprehensible. I think that ds a risk one has to take."

He said that "if what we are talking about is another human being, then we have moved out of the question of free choice and of private morality and we have moved into the legitimate public concern of the state pro­ tecting the right of an individ­ ual whose very right to life is threatened."

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By Tracy Early NEW YORK ~C) - Arch­ !bishop John J. O'Connor of New York said in a televised press conference Sept. 23 that com­ ments he has made on abortion should not be interpreted to im­ ply endorsement of President Reagan's re-election or opposi­ tion to the Democrats' ticket of Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro.

He also said ~bortion was not just an issue of Catholic teach­ ,ing but the most basic of all human rights isSues, and that the media attention his com­ ments aroused were evidence that the issue has "seething in the heart, the conscience and even the national unconcious·· ness .....: if I may call it such ­ of the American people. It has never been settled."

Alternately sitting on a stool or standing, surrounded on three sides qy reporters, Archbishop O'Connor answered questions

for an hour in the second of a series of press conferences on live television.

It was during an earlier press conference he made a comment some people interpreted as a signal that CathoHcs shomd vote for Reagan: "I do not see how a Catholic in conscience could vote for an individual ex­ plicity expressing himself or her­ self as favoring abortion."

New York Gov. Mario Ouomo, a Catholic and Democrat actively supporting the Mondale-Ferraro ticket, questioned the statement.

He later said he was satisfied with Archbishop O'Connor's ex­ planation that he was not trying to tell Catholics how to vote.

But pubIic controversy was stimulated further when Arch­ bishop O'Connor said Ms. Fer­ raro had misrepresented Catholic teaching when she said dt was not monolithic on abortion.

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BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN presents a $30,000 grant check from the U.S. bishops' Campaign for Human Development to Fred Johnson of Massachusetts· Fair Share.

Others, from left, Rev. Marvin Mottet, CHD executive director; Rosa Neto Lopes, New Bed­ ford area Catholi~ Social Services director and a CHD advisory committee member·; Rev. P~ter N. Graziano, diocesan Catholic Social S.ervices executive director. (Gaudette Photo)

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'By Pat McGowan founder Dorothy Day on New Father Marvin Mottet is a York City's lower East Side. priest who practices what he There the 54-year-old prJest preaches. He is the executive shares in creating a welcoming director of the American bish-' atmosphere for an ever-changing ops' Campaign for Human De- . family of as· many as eight velopment, the largest national street men and women. funding program for self-help Guests may stay for one night social change :projects operated or many months, he said. During by and for poor and low-income their stay staff members work groups. to rehabilitate them, aided by He was in Fall River last week a friencMy psychiatrist who stops to present a $30,000 grant to the in daily on his way to work, a Bristol County E~ployment Or­ ganizing Project (BCEOP), an undertaking sponsored by Massa­ chusetts Fair Share and en­ dorsed by the Fall IUver dio­ cese.

Going into his seventh year with CHD, the 10ngest term ever for an executive director, Father Mottet has disbursed millions of dollars for thousands of self­ help dnitiatives.

He exercises on behalf ·of Am­ erican Catholics the "preferen­ tial option for the poor" made famous by the bis~ops of Latin America at thei~ historJc 1968 conference an Medellin, Colom· bia.

After working hours, he ex­ ercises that option personally.

His home is S1. Francis Cath­ olic Worker House in the north­ west section of Washington, D.C. It is a "house of hospitality" for the city's outcasts based on a model developed over a half century ago by Catholic Worker­

pS)1lChologist and a group of vol­ unteers from Alcoholics Anony­ mous.

Now and then there's the satis­ faction of turning a life aroUnd, said Father Mottet, but more f.requently a person comes, stays months and simply drops out of sight aga~. "We never hear what happened," he said.

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LOUIS ~C) - Church doctrine requires Catholic legis­ lators' to work against abortion, according to a position paper sent to members of Congress by the Pope John XXIII Medical­ Mor~ Research and Education Center in St. Louis.

"Every Cathol~c is obliged in conscience not only to oppose abortion as a personal decision,

but also to oppose its practice in society," said the· paper, sent in early September.

The center perioc:Hcally com­ ments on ethical issues, particu­ larly those relating to advances in science and technology.

Archbishop Daniel E. P.i.}ar­ . czyk of Cincinnati, the center's board chairman; wrote lin a cover fetter accompanying the statement that it was being is­ sued to present "the exact and clear teaching of the church" on abortion.

"Over the past few weeks, per­ sons claiming to reflect, Cath­ olic teaching have been offering informational sessions for Jegis­ lators and candidates for public office and have been trying to dissociate private conscience from' public policy," .Mchbishop PiIarczyk wrote.

The statement said Catholic doctrine required aegislators to actively oppose abortion because abortion "Is, in fact, a justice issue, and all citizens in a demo­ cratic society are obliged to use the democratic process to work for justice ·for aiL" It also cited the Vatican's 1974 Declaration of Abortion, which stated that people should not obey, vote for or help apply a faw approving abortion.

The statement said that church teaching has always regarded abortion as morally wrong.

It said that "the universal teaching of this doctrine by the pope and bishops around the world and through the centuries makes it Catholic binding doc­

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trine, and would give reason to hold that it is infallibly true without any formal. declaration to t1hat effect."

Abortion, it added, is detri­ ment~ to society and must be opposed privately and publicly.

While not naming any poli­ ,tician in partioular, the paper cr.iticized those who say they \

are personal.ly opposed to abor­

tion but cannot impose their ,beliefs on others. " I Such personal conviction "pre­ cludes endorsing what is norm­ aHy wrong ,in qegislation, such as appropriations bills which pay for abortions. To approve public funding is to cooperate d·ireetly with the doing of abortion."

The statement also cited the ,section on abortion in the U.S. , '~T BISHOP'S BALL planning meeting Msgr. Anthony bishops' 1983 pastoral letter on war and peace, ·in which the M. Gqmes, diocesan ball director, confers with Mrs. Ray­ bishops said that nothing can mond ILavoie, Fall River District president of the Diocesan justify direct attack on innocent Council of Catholic Women and a member of the ball dechuman life and that a,bortion "is orating committee. ' , precisely such an attack."

The pastoral shows that I "those who would make an ex­ i ception to permit some direct Members of the planning com­ assisted by Mrs. Richard Paul­ abortion do not ref11ect authentic Catholic teaching," the center's ~ttee lfor ,the annua~ Bishop's son, wHl be in charge of hospi­ Chari~ Ball met last Sunday tality; and Mrs. James A. statement said. with representatives of the, Dio­ O'Brien Jr. will direct presentees.

The statement also said theo­ 'Iogians are mistaken if they say cesan C,ouncil of CathoHc Women' Glenn Hathaway is hall chair­ Catholics "might licitly dissent" and tHe St. Vincent de Paul man, aided by John MaoDonald.

Societyl ' .Mea priest directors. are from church teaching on abor­ The II organizations,' are co- Father Bento R. Fraga and tion. sponsors of ,the Ball, to be held Father Roger L. Gagne, Attle­ The statement was issued be­ fore New York' Gov. Mario Friday, i Jan. 11 at Lincoln Park boro; Father John F. Andrews, : Cape and Islands; Father Rich­ Bal1roofu, Nor-th Dllrtmoutlh.

'Cuomo's lecture at the Univer­ At S!inday's meeting, attended ard L. Chretien, New Bedford; sity of Notre Dame in which he Father Ger~d T. Shovelton, said Catholic politicians should by ove* 100 persons, Msgr. An­ not be expected to "force oUr thony l,\1:. Gomes, ball director, Taunton; Msgr. Gomes, Fall River. beliefs on others" ,because 'later named J\{rs. Stanley Janick dec­ Subscriber cards for the tra­ some other religious' group orations and theme chairman, "might somed,ay force theirs on aSSisted, by Isabelle MacDonald ditional ball booklet and tickets

and Robert Coggeshall. for the event itself have been

us." '~ Mrs. : Michael J. McMahon, distributed to all areas.

It also was issued before two I Catholic theologians, Daniel Ma­ Led by Mrs. David Sellmayer, guire and J. Giles Milhaven, told president, representatives of a news conference in Washington every district of the Diocesan I. , , tha~ indh/iidu8I Catholics have Caunct! of Catholic Women were a right to ctisagree with and in attendance at a concelebrated disobey the church's teachings .Mass of Christian Burial offered, on abortion. ., _ COLUMBUS, Ohio (NC) ­ didate than in the past because Sept. 21 for Frans M. Coppus, Vocations directors must update of changing influences in society, 66, and Vivian Coppus, 61, of St. Pius X parish, South Yarmouth. their pi-9grams to meet the needs the, ~ther added. , The couple died Sept. 17 as of a technological age, says , "A candidate around 1900 had Marist ~rother Sean p. Sammon. a whole system that supported the result of a fire in their Yar­ mouth home.

The international' clinical di­ ethnic, faith and fami'ly commit­ and admitted that "within cer­ Both were very active in the rector ~f the HOUse' of Affirma­ ments. ,Today for many people tain cleafly defined limits" there tion in ~itinsville, Mass., told parish. M~. Coppus was a past that system, quite frankly, does can be a "diversity of approach' ,some 300 delegates to a conven­ not exist," Brother Sammon president of St. 'Pius X Women's to biblical spirituality."

Guild and of t1he Cape and Is­ tion of the National Conference said. . ~ands District of the Diocesan He also noted that the Bible of Religious Vocations Directors "We can help our candidates Council of Catliolic Women. ,"may inspire various forms of that unless their programs adapt by sharing some of our own con­ She served on the Bishop's response," but added that "care ,to curr~nt needs, they will be fusion, our own search,' our own Ball presentee committee and must ~waysbe taken to avoid filled with "refugees from so­ mistakes, our own inability to most recently was on the ar­ permitting the revealed Word ciety." deal with what's going .on in rangements committee for An to serve a particular ideology."

Brother Sammon said that vo­ terms of progress in our society Evening on Cape Cod with Bish­ so we can give the message that op Cronin, held last month in The biblica:l federation,. was cations' 'programs have stagna­ we need to' struggle together to Hyannis. founded in the .late 1960s under ted while technology ,has ac­ celerateq. alienat!irig people from come 'to 'some answers to those 'the auspices of the Vatican Sec­ The couple's surVivors include retariat for Promoting Christian their environment and making parti6ular question's," he said. a son, FiI'ans V. W. Coppus, of ·Unity. Among its projects is dis-. themre1uetant to make commit­ :M~Leansvil1e, N.C.; a daughter, tribution of the Bible in various ments ~ause events Seem less Diane Kelly of South Yarmouth' related. I languages. . aqd five grandchildren. ' "If all; of my life is 'now' and discrete i,units, then I cannot WASHINGTON ~C) - Bar­ hope to ~ommit myself to some­ The Way rett, McGurn, former director of THE ANCHOR CUSPS-54S-Q20). Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. Published "I am the way and the truth thing inl the future; I can only communications at the U.S. Suweekly except the week of July 4 and the week after Christmas at 410 Highland Aven. preme Court and a Catholic audeal with something right in and the life.- No one comes to the ", ue, Fall River. Mass. 02720 by the Cath· front of me," he said. t h or, has been appoInted comollc Press of the Olocese of Fall River.

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Bible serves revelation, not individual ideas VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope "John ,Pam II recently pointed :aut 1hat indiViduals cannot use . the-13ible to further their own 'ideas and ideologies. .

The pope made his comments in a message to the General As­ semb'ly of the World Catholic Federation for the Biblical'Apos­ tolate, meeting in Bangalone, India.

"The faithful' are caNed to serve God's revelation, rather than to use the Word to further their own ideas, however lofty they may Ibe," the pope said.

"One cannot forget that the Word is 'entrusted to the church' and that. the church's teaching' office bears responsibility for au­ thenticaNy interpreting its mes­ sage," he added.

The pope did not deny various approaches to' scripture ~tudy_

WASHINGTON ~NC) - Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, super~or general of the W0I11d's 26,000 Jesuits, will v~sit the United States in October, according to the Jesuit Conference, the Wash­ ington-based organization ofAm­ erican Jesuits.

Father Kolvenbach, elected' in September 1983: will arrive OCt. 14 for a series of week-4ong . meetings with Amer.ican Jesuit priests.

While in the United States he will attend the regular faN meet­ ing of the American Jesuit pro­ v:incial superiors which be~ns Oct. 14 in Portland, Ore. Most of his time in the United States will be spent in private meetings with U.S. prov~ncials, the con­ ference said.

He will meet with area Jesuits in Portland Oct. 20 and New York Oity Oct. 21. The fdHow­ ing day he will attend a recep­ tion in New York for American benefactors and friends of Rome's Gregorian University.

His arrival in the United States is to come after similar meetings with Jesuit superiors in Europe and South America.

"Father Kolvenach sees these meetings witlh Jesuits as an in­ dispensable way for him to really learn about the Jesuits around the world whom he serves and leads;!' said Father Walter FaR'el~, Jesuit Conference president.

Father Kolvenbach, 55, .is a Dutch linguist known for his ecumenical work with the ortho­ dox Church.

In July he was in the news for ordering Nicaraguan Jesuit Father Fernando Cardenal to de­ cline a government post or face "painful" consequences.

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"A CENTURY OF QUALITY CATHOLIC EDUCATION" was the motto emblazoned on the blue and gold program book distributed at last Saturday's centenary celebration of Holy Family High School, New Bed­ ford, the only parochial and the oldest high school tn the diocese. Among those honored at a banquet at Lincoln Park, North Dartmouth, were (left picture, from left) Mrs. Mary Dumont, 90, of the Class of 1913, the oldest graduate present; Gregory Kelsey '84, one of Holy Family's newest gradu­ ates; and Edmund Harrington, '3.2. Right, Kenneth Kramer,'principal; Sister

Father Sullivan Graveside ceremonies were held yesterday illt St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River, for Rev. Daniel D. Sullivan, 55, 80, a Fall River native who died Sept.

22 in 'Baltimore.

His Mass of Christran !Duria'i was offered Sept. 25 in 'Ba·Iti­ more.

The son of the late James E. and Jane ~urphy) Sullivan, he gmduated from HolyCross Col­ lege, Worcester, dn 1924 and prepared for -the priesthood at St. Bernard's Seminary, Roches­ ter, N.Y., and St. Mary's Sem-

inary, Baltimore.

Ordained in Fall River in 1931, he served in the B'aItimore arch­ diocese at St. Charles CoBege, Catonsville, Md., as ill member of the Society of St. Sulpice.

Later he was on the facuIty of St. Edward's Seminary, Seattle.

He wasassocdate pastor of parishes in Waldorf and Mor­ ganza, Md., before his retire­ ment in 1971 to the Sulpician Retirement Cent.er in Oatonsville.

He has no immediate sur­ vivors.

Columbus opts out COLUMBUS, Ohio (NC) ­ The Diocese of Columbus has disaffiliated itself from the na· tional CursiMo movement be· cause the national group would have required Columbus to drop its ecumenical program in favor of a stricVly Catholic one. The decision followed hours of talks between Columous Cursillo

leaders and Gertdd Hughes, ex­ ecutive director of the National CursiUo Center in Dallas. Cur· siNo is a program of weekend retreats for spiritual renewal imported from Spain in 1957.

They Will Remain "Heaven and Earth shall pass away but my words shad[ not pass away." - Mark 13:31

Charles Francis, RSM, a former principal; Msgr. Thomas Harrington, alum­ nus and banq~et speaker, who was inducted into Holy Family's Hall of Fame; Very Rev. John P. Driscoll, pastor of St. Lawrence parish and director of the high school. Last Saturday was recognized as Holy Family High School Day by both the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City of New Bedford and citations were also issued by both houses of the state legislature. (Rosa Photos)

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the maorin&.-, .Once Again, God and Caesar The violent reaction by politicians and the secular media to the anti-abortion statements of the bishops of the Boston Province as well as to the reflections of the archbishop of New York really constitutes an intrusion into the life of the American church. It is a definite attempt by the pro-choice lobby to divide and separate the Catholic, laity from their pastors and teachers, the bishops.

The tragedyiIl such divisiveness is that· so many Catholics are attempting to gag the teaching' voice of the church on issues far mightier than mere politiCal platforms.

The statements of many politicians have become the fodder for ever more violent attacks on the pastoral responsibili­ ties of those appointed and anointed as spiritual shepherds.

It is evident. that many Catholics think that party loyalty is of greater importance than spiritual' account­ ability. How disconcerting it is to see Catholics take their bishops to task as they would some ward boss. It is in­ deed a sorry day when Catholics' who are or want to be political leaders' not only abandon the teaching. of their faith for secular advantage but 'also become public an­ tagonists and avowed opponents to their personal beliefs.

It is most unjust to use the crass rationale that we must never impose our ideas on others, that Catholic teach­ ing is solely for private acceptance and that a Catholic must abandon his or her respect for the sanctity of human life upon acceptance of public office. \ It should be pointed out with regard to pr~sent con­ troversies that· the bishops are simply advising, guiding and teaching the people of God committed to their .care.

The current problems stem from the fact that they have fulfilled their responsibility openly and clearly, using the communication media at their disposal.

Had the bishops mUmbled a few trite and· pious phrases in Sunday morning sermons, they would have been ignored. But since they choose to go public, and dare to preach the Word in today's marketplace, they have be­ come the targets of Catholic's who somehow feel they can be one person in public and another in private.

In a recent address to Catholics, our Holy Father made the statement that "according to divine plan every single' human being is a life in the process of growing from the first spark of existence until the last breath. Human life at any stage is, after all,.the life of God himself."

This is and has' been the constant teaching of Christ and his church. It is not something new invented merely . for a presidential year campaign. The bishops of this country have addressed the abortion issue ever since the secular world entered into the world of faith and morals via the infamous Supreme Court decision of 1973. .Too many Catholic,S have made secular law mpral law; too many Catholics accept the word of the court.in ethical issues as they would that of Go~; too many Catholics have become the slaves of a social order that would reduce the spiritual life to some quaint religious' fetish. Catholics must not be afraid to be Catholics;.if they have chosen the field of politics as their life pursuit, they should not feel that they must abandon' their God and their church. .

What they should do is render to Caesar what is his' and to· God those areas that belong to him.

Simple, yet so difficult for so many.

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• ,By NC News Service The black community dn the U.S. catholic Chuch has come of age but racism remains the major obstacle to evangelazation, said th~ 10 black Catholic bish­ Ops of the United States in their . first pa~toral letter.

The ipastoral, released this month, ~s titled, "What We Have.

Seen and' Heard." It declares that ra~sm "still festers within ,.our church as within our society.

This st~in of racism . . . is a scandal. to many, but for us it . must be; the opportunity to work for the church's renewal as part of our t~sk of evangelization." . A'ux.iIi'ary Bishop James P. Lyke .of Cleveland coordinated the writing and publishing of pastoral; in which the black bishops :saidthe time has come to procl~im the rJchness of the heritage I of American black Catholics and to accept the chal­ lenge to] "share the gift of our blacknes~ with the church in the United States." . . .I But, th'ey said, the contribution of blacks and other minorities is hindered:'by the fact that they are absent from many aspects of Cath?lic' me and are only meagerly; represented on the de­ cision-making level. _ The debtand of ,black CathoHcs for recognition and leadership roles -in ~e task of evangeliza­ tion is n~t a calI for separatism but "a pledge of our commit-, ment to the church and to share in her witnessing to the ,love of Christ," the black bishops said..

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The bishops called for pro­ sion is to promise Easter without Calvary, forgiveness without' grams for youth because "black conversion and heaUng without youth are especially vulnerable in our modern society. Today's cleansing the wound."

Numerous opportunities for youth in the black community ., evange},ization exist within tl)e undergo many pressures. Especi· black community, according to ally in our urban meas - W1here the bishops.. They caUed atten­ disillusionment and despair, de­ tion to the need to encouarge sires and drugs, passion and vocations, saying the duty lies .poverty entrap the young ­ especially with black priests and adults and mature youths dedi­ religious who have contact with .cated to Christ are needed to counsel, to inspire and to mo­ youth to'serve as role models. tivate those whom Jesus lovt;d They urged recruitment of per­ manent deacons. "Many per­ and placed first in his kJngdom." manent deacons continue to pur­ The black family is assailed sue their occupation dn the on all sides, the bishops said. workaday world and in family They called abortion another me. This giyes them access to form of subjugation and urged opportunities for evangelization more day care centers, jobs, good in places where a priest or reli­ schools "and al1 else that a just gious might find entry diffJcuU. society should offer its people."

This is particularly true for black Besides Bishop Lyke, others dea'Cons in the .black comIllunity signing the pastoral were Bashop where many of the clergy are Joseph L. Howze of Biloxi, Miss.; not black," the bishops stated.

AuxiHary Bishops Harold R. - The work of evangeHzation is Perry of New Orleans; Eugene also the responsibiHty of the A. Marino of Washington; Jo­ ,laity, the black bishops said;. seph A. Francis of Newark, N.J.; The role of the laity must be Emerson J. Moore of New York; better understood and "that Moses B. Ariderson of Detroit'; which is understood in theory Wilton D. Gregory of Chicago; must 1ead to practical plans for J. Terry Steib of St. Louis; and action and . even structural of 'Baltimore. . . .John . . -H. JRicard . .

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At this writing, I am stay­ ing in the Boston cathedral rectory. Although the cathe­ dral is a most beautiful structure and the rectory re­ flects the best in English Tudor architecture, it is clear' that this ds an ·inner-city parish. It is in the midst of poverty and old buildings. The parish and the city have experienced raciai and ethnic changes in population.

While talking with one of the associate pastors about his work at the cathedral, I experienced a sense of "deja w." This priest works with the eldel'ly and was explaining his role with them.

If there is one word to de­ scribe his work it -is protectiion.

Often, the elderly cannot get out and shop for themselves. By shopping for them he is protect­ ing many: who would faU Voictim to malnutrition. And it is not uncommon for the elderly to be robbed of the Gittle they receive from Social Security. Through a computerized system, the priest ;is helping them avoid this pitfa}!).

The conversation then turned to the Pine Street Inn, a place where the homeless can find shelter. I was informed that un­ like the homeless of years ago,

many men sheltered there were young, took drugs in their adolescence and never kicked the habit.

As we talked I kept thinking that I'd been here before and experienced these same problems.

I dismissed the feeling, attribu­ ting it to something I had read.

As we' discussed the plight of street peoPle, a fire siren wailed in the background. But it was the sound of the elevated train that finaHy caused me to real­ ize where my sense of deja w Vias coming from.

My father had been a Chicago fireman on Aberdeen Street, Company 34, ,in an area similar to that of the 'Boston cathedral.

Down the street was the Lake Street elevated train.

At dinner I often heard how the inhabitants of skid row would come around the fire­ house Jooking for someth'ing to eat. After a whiile, the firemen, like many ,inner-city priests, got to know their clientele and in many cases became their pro­ tectors.

I heard my dad speak of sue­ cessfu!l young doctors and law­ yers who had everything. But they were alcoholics and traded it all for a drink they couldn',t handle. There was the story of

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FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK one unfortunate man too drunk to move away from a' fire that kiHed him.

There was another story about a winter fire caused by poor people so cold they ripped the wooden moldings out of their apartment and built a fire an the Hving room.

As I listened to the associate pastor and spoke with other priests of the cathedral, I saw many similarities between them and the firemen of Engine Co. 34. These priests work daily with the destitute. TIie ibizarre is natural to them. When they describe their experiences, !it is with a mature humor - that speci&a type of hUmor which re­ fileets stability in the midst of chaos.

Undernea.th, however, one can­ not help but feel their deep con­ cern for human!ity. They are silent, tough and dedicated per­ sons .who reconfirm my belief that whatever evil is found. one also finds people dedicated to combating it.

Joy of cooking?

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"Your mother's a good cook when she wants to be," I overheard a man tell his son in a coffee shop. I winced because it's a fa,ir1ly accu­ rate description of me. The prob­ lem -is I don'.t want to be a good cook anymore.

At one time in my early home­ making years, I really worked at cooking. When I got up in the morning I actually knew what we were having for dinner.

I thought little of spending !two or three afternoon hours prepar­ ing for the evening meat I suppose the family aiked it, but they never said so. Some­ where a'iong the years, I changed.

I began thinking about what was for dinner at noon rather than breakfast. Now ,it's moved to 4 p.m. and I've been known to say at 5:30, "What sounds good for dinner?"

And I no aonger spend hours \ in the kitchen trying new recipes because I've lelll'ned that the family approaches them with suspicion, even dread. I know I'm 'not going to hear, "Hey, great! A new recipe." but "What's this?" intoned with Wllinkled nose and an attitude that suggests I'm trying to put something over on them. I agree with a friend who said, "It's hard to cook dinner but to have to defend it as well is too much."

Cooking patterns have changed ,in the American family the past couple of decades and the food sellers are aWlll'e of this. They are discovering that women's self-esteem ds not tied up with their meals, as onc~ was true.

As more women enter the work world, their need to be known as superior cooks diminishes.

Second~y, the pairing of cook­ ing-from-scratch with mora3ity .is undeniably dying. There was a time when using a cake mix, in­ stant pOtatoes, or frozen orange juice was considered immoral.

The "good" wife produced cakes from scratoh, potatoes from peels, and juice from oranges.

As an aside, admost any time­ saver has been tinged with "lazy" - from the automatic dryer (the good housewife hangs her sheets out to dry ,in the sun. Never mind that half the year she brings them in wet or frozen) to the dishwasher. I note that time­ saving devices for men's work do not hold tlhis stigma except, perhaps, for the riding Jawn­ mower. Garage door openers, , trash compacters, and snow blowers are haiJled as wondrous progress while no-wax floors, ice makers, and frozen food are considered luxurious. Even store­ bought ~bread was considered a aazy woman's exouse when it came out.

Some women still buy into the guilt of ~aziness when they buy frozen foods, but not many.

Women have changed for three reasons: 1) they have found that prepared and frozen food can be superior to and cheaper than from scratch; 2) they put a mgher value on their time; 3) their fami­ lies don't care aU that much about what they eat.

These are generaaizations, 01 course, but they are shared by enough women to give them some validity. Marriage author-

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DOLORES CURRAN

'ity David Mace tells of a study of 50 couples who had ibeen satis­ fyi~y married over 50 years.

Asked what they considered most important in malTiage at this time of their life, ala but one stressed companionship; the one exception was a husband who wanted a good cook above all other qualities.

Couples today know that hours in the kitchen can detract from companionship. Most men would rather haye hamburgers and a reJlaxed wife than pot roast, gravy, pie and a martyr.

Add to all this the reality that various members have different eating patterns. A typiC8!l family can have a vegetarian, a dieter, a chodesteral-conscious adult, a pizza-addict, and a sprout freak.

Trying to please all means dis­ pleasing most. .

I wanted to say this Ito the man who told his son his mother couad be a good cook if she wanted to be. I wanted to tell him, so could he. Brut I didn't.

He would have ~abelled me a feminist troublemaker. / But I hope he reads this.

(necroloQY)

October 2

Rev. Joseph E. Sutula, Pastor,

1961, St. Casimir, New Bedford

Why not

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wedding?

Q. My daughter wished to have a garden wedding performed by our parish priest on a S~.

I received a reply that aceordlng to diocesan polley, Sacr8mimts should be perfonned in a sacred place, a church, and further that weddings may not be performed on SWlday. Is it unfair to call this arbitrary?

A friend just returned from a Catholic wedding on Sunday in another diocese. My. brother in California said that Catholic garden weddings are common­ place out there.

Was Pope John's "throwing open the windows of the church" only so much press? (Ohio) A. Let's take your questions one at a time. First, the gener8Jl naw of the church requires that a marriage between Catholics or between Catholics and a bap­ tized non-CathOlic be celebrated in a parish church, unless speci­ fic permission is ~anted by the bishop for marriage in another place.

If the non-Catholic party is not baptized the marriage can be celebrated either in church or some other suitable place.

(Canon 1118) I\.s I have expla,ined previously in this column, the church has ,tremendous respect for our church bulidings, as sacred placse where particular'1y sacred events . in our Catholic life should take place. Marriage of Christian people is one of them.

Thus, not only because it is an act of worship, but because a marriage is a solemn action that should not betriviaHzed in any way, a parish church is un­ questionably the preferred loca­ tion. Exceptions are ~lowed es­ pecially when at ,least one of the parties has so '1ittde connect,ion with or respect for religion that this negative attitude would be harmful to a ceremony.in church.

As !the Code of Canon Law which I quoted makes clear, bishops can make exceptions;. the usual policy, however, is the one foNowed ~y your own bishop.

While customs differ from country to country, Sunday wed­ dings, while not unheard of, have been and stila are strongly dis­ COl.lraged in most of ,the United States. First of all, Sunday re­ sponsibiUties of priests in most parishes are 8!lready quite heavy, if not often exhausting. For this reason, and because of tight Mass schedules, it would be ask­ ing more than ds normal}ly pos­ sible for tlhe priest to give the kind of attention, care and litur­ g,ica'i prayerfuJlness a couple de­ serve at their wedding.

More impor.tant, the church is if anything more insistent than it has been for many centuries on the importance of participa­

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tion in the parish Sunday Mass by all members of the parish community. Anything which would detract from that, or seem to "substitute" for it is genera<lly discooraged.

Priests who are sensitive to this concern will, apart from emergencies or a very special oir­ cumstance of course, avoid even home Masses or other specia'l group Eucharists on Sunday.

Thus, while no universal law of the church prohibits it, your diocese is only one of ,the many adhering to the pOlicy that mar­ riages should be scheduled on days other than Sunday.

As a pastor, I realize these policies sometimes seem incon­ venient and arbitrary. But most of the time they are not. Wlhen Pope John XXIII ",threw open the windows" it was to better ·help us identitfy, nourish and in some cases protect the most sacred tradi.t,ions of our faith.

'Proper concern for how and where we celebrate the Euchar· ist and other sacraments is one ~f the ways we try to do this.

A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about the Sacrament of Penance is available by sending a stamped to self-addressed envelope Father Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloom­ ington, DI. 61701.

Questions for thIs column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.

Y·outh chaplains

are named

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has made four appointments of chap­ lains to youth organizations in the Fall River diocese. All were effective Sept. 8.

Rev. Stephen B. Salvador, as­ sociate pastor at St. Anthony of Padua parish, Fail River, is as­ sistant diocesan chaplain to members of Boy S'couts, Girl Scouts and Camp Fire and chap­ lain to the Consolidated Com- , mittee of the Moby Dick Coun­ cil.

Rev. Alphonsus McHugh, SS.OC., pastor of Sacred Hearts parish, Fairhaven, !is Girl Scout . and Camp Fire chaplain in the New IBedford area.

Rev. Joseph D. Maguire, asso­ ciate pastor at St. Patrick's par­ <ish, Falmouth, is ~oy Scout chap­ fain in the Cape Cod area.

Rev. Richard G. Andrade, associate pastor at 5t. Anthony parish, East F8!lmouth, is Girl Scout and Camp Fire chaplain -in the Cape Cod area.

Chilean bishops • m protest.

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Abp.Law Continued from page one He also questioned the credi­ bility .of Catholics for a Free Choice, a group backing legal abortion, suggesting that their views do not reflect official catholicism.

"Well, that's like saying 'Catholics for apartheid' like saying 'Marxists fot free enter­ prise,''' he said, referring to the group's name. "I\. Catholic be­ lieves as a Catholic that there is a teaching authority and the teaching authority is quite clear . on this issue."

He added that "I think the per­ sons who have the right to arti­ culate the church's positions are the lbishops in union with the bishop of Rome, and that posi­ tion is unanibiguous, consistent and monolithic, with anyone speaking to the· contrary not­ withstanding." . .

Archbishop Law indicatect. that in part he agreed with New York Gov. Mat:io Cuomo, a Catholic' .who does not favor outlawing abortion, who has .suggested abortion reflects a failure of. the church to get people, even Cath­ olics, to accept its 'position.

"Gov.- CUOD,lO points out that . . . the church needs to do bet­ ter in teaching," Archbishop Law said. ''Certaimy, that's true.

That's always. been 'the case.

But if we waited until we were all saints on a given issue before we said anything about it, then_ we would never say anY:thing' about anything."

, AT RELIGIOUS ~DUCATlON~AY for diocesan catechists at Bishop Stang High Sc~ool, North Dartmouth, keynot~ speaker Dr. Maria Harris of Andover Newton Thea­ l~gtcal Sch?ol (left) looks over wo~kshopmaterials with, Sister Doreen Donegan, SUSC, diocesan dIrector of religious educfltion" and Father George Coleman, diocesan depart­ , ment of educ~tion director. (Rosa Photo)

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Continued from page one He la1so works in St. Fll'anc~s' and they too weigh heavily on vegetable garden, finding man­ his, mind. He ~poke especially of ,uR! Ja?or a ;:e~come change from the mentally 111 who refuse any, •deskwork. Rich people go to shelter and in the winter huddle the gc)lf course; I go ,to the gar­ over street grati~gs ~or'warmth. den," ihe observed. .

Father Mottet has lived lin Now those gtl'atmgs are being Worker houses for 11 covered in an effort to the .vagrants. and the move has, years,! first in his home diocese embittered him. . of Davenport, Iowa, :where he "If we can house missiles, t8'Ugh~ high school and dm-ected why can't we handle our men­ the diocesan CHD office and tally dIl?" he demanded. now ~ Washington. " Returning to ~e subject of Ironically, . CHD. would not St. Francis House, he recalled fund ~. house like St. Francis, that at one time he was its only' said ~e priest, explaining that staff worker, everyone else hav­ Campaign projects must go be­ ing been jailed in the aftermath yond ~upplying a service, such , of a peace demonstration. It was', as food or shelter, to work for' the only time, he said, that he instituti~nal change. _. was fo~ed to take a. Rittle time "Wei are working to remove f~~~ls CHD executive respon­ the cOflditions that make Cath­ slblhties. oNc W;orker houses necessary," he sai~. Quoting the late Msgr.

He is the house's chief fund­ raiser and also the only staff Geno Baroni, the first Catholic member with' a salaried position priest pamed to a cabinet-level from which he contributes g~n~ ,positiO* and a founder of CHD, erously to running expenses. he added, "It is not enough for As in any family,' residents the ch~rch to be the ambulance help with houSe chores, he said. service!, going about picking up Occasionally, pay dirt lis struck. broken. humanity."

BC~P meets CHD criteria in "Once we had a French chef," related Father Mottet. "He was ~at Its, efforts to revitalize tex­ an alcoholic, but could he cook!" !l1e ma~faeturing 'and finishing' Food comes for the most part 10 the ',New Bedford/Fall River from a Washington "food bank" area will be directed' by a board \~hich stores surplus commodi­ at ~~ast!, 50 percent composed of Row-lnc?me persons; and it wil1 ties and sel1s them to soup ,kit­ chens and shelters like St. Fran­ work towards permanency and cis fora flat ;10 per pound. financiall self-sufficiency.

Day:to-day running of the Fred ;Johnson, regional coor-' house IS in the hands of a couple dinator ;for Fair Share said' that married late in life who have the gra~t money will ~aid lin re­ ch~en ~ of the homeless· as training: Portuguese iDumgrants· th~,lr vocation: . ~aid of~ from textile industry The commitment was part of Jobs as [well as in Iimplementing their wedding' ceremony," said BCEOP'~ long range goals.

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CHD began in 1970 said Father Mottet, and is funded by . an annual Thanksgiving coHec­ :tion in Catholic parishes. In 14 years, it has al10cated some $82 miUion to over 2,200 self-help projects.

In Fall River the program is administered by Catholic Social Services, directed by Father Peter N. Graziano, assisted by Vincent H. Eagles. One of 40 members of a CHD national ad­ v:isory committee is Mrs. Rosa Neto LO~s of <?ur Lady of the AssumptIOn pllrtsh, New Bed­ ford, New. Bedfo.rd area director of Cath?bc Social Services. As an adVisor she aids in final selection of CHD grant recipients across the nation.

"The spirit of Vatican II lis' ex­ pressed, in study of the moral dimensions of social problems," declared Father Mottet.

A practical corollary to that is that "bishops and the church have respectability in the com­ munity and they should use their clout," he added.

For the U.S. church, he is facilitating ilhat process.

Underground • rIver

SANTIAGO, Chile ~C) ­ Three Chilean /bishops, including the aochibishop of Concepcion, , Chile's second-la1l'gestcity, can­ celed Sept. 18 Te Deum services celebrating dndependence from Spain in protest of government repression. ' Archbishop Jose Manuel San­ tos of Concepcion was quoted in a Chilean 'newspaper as saying the services would be "a failse symbol of harmony that doesn't eJCist.", The archbishop and the "bishops of Copiapos and Linares instead offered Eucharistic ser­ vices withl?Ut sending the tJradi­ tional perSonal invitations to government officials.

However, the traditional thanksgiving clebrations marking , Chile's break from Spain in 1810 took place in 20 other cities in the country, and government officials took their traditional seats.

The break dn tradition by the three bishops reflected what military and church off.iciails called their, worst relations in the 11-year rule of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who overthrew Marx­ ist president Salvador Allende in September, 1973.

One 'day earlier, Pinochet Il'e­ newed the state of emergency dn the country for another 90 days, restricting freedom of speech and assembly.

He also extended for six more months the presidential power to exi'le people without charge or court hearings.

"The Te Deum isa false sym­ bol of a harmony that doesn',t exist," said Archbishop Jose Manuel Santos Ascarza of Con­ cepcion in an interview in the newspaper El Mercurio.

The archbishop called the ser­ vice "a social funotJion" and said it would ,be a hypocrisy to invite government leaders to a church which they ordered bombed wfth tear gas to break up a demon­ stration dn August.

Bishop Fernando .A1liztia of Copiapo canceled the Te Deum service because as a "symbol of joy" it had lost meaning after the death of a student in a recent police raid on a university.

Bishop Carlos Camus of lJin­ ares celebrated a Mass of prayer for Ohile instead of the inde­ pendence service.

President Pinochet attended a service with his cabinet in San­ tiago in the capitai's Metropoli­ tan Cathedral. I\.t that service Archbishop Juan FranCisco Fres: no Larratin called for an end to the political fighting 'which has claimed more than 110 lives in the last 17 months.

Noblesse oblige

CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy lPROVIDENCE, R.I. (NC) ­ (NC) - Pope John Paul II has characterized drug traffic as an Rhode Island Gov., J. Joseph , "underground river" which has Garrahy says politicians person­ poisoned the .lives of young peo­ . ally against abortrlon have a to ple and is a main factor in to­ "leadership responsibility" day's :'general decadence." He . speak out aganst it publicly. Gar­ made the remarks in a talk to rahy, an Irish Catholic Demo­ participants in a worldwide con­ crat is not seeking reelection _after_four ,consecutive terms. vention of <J.rijg therapists.

.Cardinal says government holds 80,000 The ruling Uganda People's Congress Party weekly newspapef'. the People, responded are being held without charges that U.S. aiticism of Uganda's human rights situation came as in government camps.

"There is shooting everywhere, a total surprise, and accused the especially'in the capita:l," be said U.S. of starting "a wotJdwide at an August press conference.. Campaign to run down the go· "There are 80,000 people in the ernment of Uganda."

The British government said camps with any reason."

The eo-year-old cardinal also its high commission in Kampala said authorities in the Ugandan had no evidence to support the capital, Kampala, had seized four U.S. reports of massacres of priests and 50 to 60 worshippers civilians, although they said that from the archdiocesan cathedral some killings .had occurred on a ":J -. and that none bas been seen smaUer scale than Abrams imsince. His own home was search· plied. Official British sources dised, he ~decs.

Cardinal Naubuga was in Bos· ton during a worldwide tour to raise funds for socia!l services.

Continued from PQE! .(me 'He told reporters that the government of Milton Obate has enee, ,A1'cbbishopO'~ S8id that, if asked, be been unable to keep order.

PJthough he said his tour was every:tbingPossible JDathe done 'tha.t not political, Cardinal Nsubuga to prevent nuclear suggested that Obate's govem· case, he,.said, people inigbt-bave ment shOuld· meet its opposition said .M' JIllasoPposing Reagan, in neutral territory to discua an wbO~li8Sbeen·· aecusedof doing end to strife in the poverty· too ·little on that issue.

The archbishop denied that stricken African nation. the Catholic bisnops "suddenly" U.S. Assistant secretary of had begun talking about abor· State Elliott Abrams told CoD· tion in an election year. They gress in early Au~t that re- have talked about it in the past, ports from Kampalla suggested be said, will continue talking that more than 100,000 people about i'~ after' the eJections and had been kiFled in Uganda during could not stop during election the last three years from starva- years because elections on some tion or at the hands of the mili- level - federal, state or local tary.

- Me going on every year. "It is always the critical issue," he said.

Objecting to accusations that CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy the bishops were trying to im(NC) - The answer to Vellezu- pose Catholic teaching, Arch· -----eIa!s-- continuing problems -of bishop O'CeDtlor said that the poverty and injustice are held' in .anti-abortion laws m effect· beChrist's message of salvation fore the 1973 Supreme Court de· and transformation, Pope John cision were enacted primarily by Paul II recently told a group of Protestants. He said :it was triviVenezuelan bishops. The pope alizing a critical issue to argue also confirmed that he plans to that action on abortion will lead visit Venezuela "wIthin a few to CathOlic efforts to outlaw birth months." South American church control or to limpose Catholic otticals say a trip :to Venezuela, worship.

Ecuador and Peru is planned for Archbishop O'Connor denied late January and early Febru- suggestions that his statements ary. could justifiably resurrect fears iBOSTON

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C8I'dinal

Emmanuel Nsubuga of Uganda charges that about 80,000 people

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counted the idea that government-sanctioned policy had caused the deaths.

An Aug. 10 statement from the U.S. Catholic Conference noted reports from "reliable sourCes" detaioling Uganda human rights abuses and urged the U.S. government to take "particular and urgent interest." The Ugandan church appealed to American bishops for help in publicizing the deteriorating. hwnan rights situation, and has reported severa!l abuses and atrocities in Uganda in -recent years.

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of" Catholic power encountered by the late President John F. Keniledy.

The archbishop said if his comment had been that be did not see how a Catholic .could vote for someone explicitly racist, the charge about imposing catholic teaching .pl'Qbably woul<l, not have been made. He s~d it probab1y would have been called 'a human rights issue, which he said is what the bishops think abortion is.

Archbishop O'Connor· said abortion was a real issue because he could not have commanded by his own8forts the media attention given to his· abortion comments.

"Who's asking the questions right now?" he asked. "You're asking me the questions."

"I don't walk out of my house, relatively_ speakillg .!bat-great ., numbers of reporters don't ask me these questions."

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"I'm not the person who puts what I say 5n the Los Angeles Times or the New York Times or the Daily News or any of the other papers," he said. "You're a newsman. You know as true as you're standing there, as true as I'm sitting here, that you cannot make an issue out of a nonissue."

SISTER· MARY WlWAM, OP, of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, receives a $2,000 check from Catholic AsSOCiation of Foresters High Chief Ranger Mrs. Esther Tracy at ,a luncheon benefiting the/hospital's new oncology radiation department.

Right, High Chief Ranger Miss Catherine Harrington, in charge of luncheon arrangements. Fall· River Junior Foresters entertained at the event. ","

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SISTERS ROSAUE and Rosamonde Deck, who will sing at DCCW ·Districts III and IV communion supper Oct. 2.

Tannt on-Attle b oro supper marks 25th ye~ . .. g ...

When members of Taunton District III and Attleboro Dis. trict IV of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women meet at St. Mary's Church in Norton for a communion supper at ~:45 p.m.

Oct. 2"it'U be tbe25tb such 0<:casion.

And right there, making sure everything runs smoothly, will be the lady who- stuted it all back in 1960.

She's Mrs. ~rge Bauza, currently serving her second term as District IV president. In 1960 she organized tlhe Mass and communion supper, now a regular event on Bishop Daniel A. Cronin's calendar.

Held alternatively in. the Taunton and Attleboro district, it draws attendance of well over 400 DCCW members.

That's only the beginning of Mrs. Bauza's activities. She or· glmized the women's guild of her home parish, St. Mary's Nor· ton; she owns and directs the Country School, a Norton pre· school; and she lis Norton town assessor.

She served on the Ncmon school committee for 12 years, is a past president of the Inde-_ pendent 'Pre-5ahool Association of Massachusetts and a founder and for 15 years a direct9r of the Attleboro area summer Head Start I'rogram.

The Oct. 2 program will begin with Mass, at which Bishop Cronin will be principal cele· brant. Concelebrants will be Father P,ul G. Connolly, Dis· mct III moderator, and Father Francis L. Mahoney, District IV moderator, together with other area clergy. Music for the Mass will be by Maureen KeHy. Supper, with Mrs. Edmond Messier as general chairman"will .

follow at St. Mary's CCD center with entertainment by Sisters Rosalie and Rosemonde Deck of the Sisters of Divine Province in nearby Kingston.

Sisters by birth as well as reli· glOn, unetwo are the diUgbters of a professional clarinetist and a professional voice mstructor.

They grew up as part of a singing family group and have been heard in many parts of the world.In addition to sinigng, they play plano, guitar, accordion and several other instruments. . They say the highlight of their career came in 1982 when they sang at a Vatican Mass celebra· ted by Pope John Paul and con· celebrated by their brother, Franciscan Father Marion Deck.

For the most part, however, the sisters share their talents with their students at Sacred Heart High School, Kingston. On Oct. 2 they'll share them with the women of Districts III and IV.

Education a must NEW ORLEANS (NC) - Edu. cation is the key to the future strength of the nation, the com. munity and the family, speakers stressed at the recent NatiODal Office for Black cathdHcs biennial conference. In a keynote ad~ dress, Norman Francis, presi. dent of Xavier University, New Orleans, said, "It is essential for our futures, Iblack and white. that this nation have a strong educational aystem."

He emphasized the importance of the family in educating preschoolers and asked participants for special support of public edu~ cation because the ''bulk of our black cbHdren attend pubic s~ool~."

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1) Realize that your need is real and legitimate. Unless you }]ave a smaH baby; your need for occassionall refreshment and rehabilitation Will sometimes outweigh your children's need _ to have their mother available every single minute. If you need time O¥t. take steps to get it.

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4) If you are caring for an elderly or handicapped relativ~, insist that other relatives relieve you. Instead of a general complaint ("You're not doing your share."), make a specific request, "I need two weeks in the summer and one weekend per month by myself. You wial have to help me with mother at that time."

5) The need to support caregivers ;is being recognized. Outside support may be available.

Some nursing homes will take elderly residents temporarily al· lowing a period of time-out for the regular caregiver. Vdsiting nurses may provide respite for 61 or handicapped persons.

We can live in isolation or we can live in community. Part of living as Christians is living in community and share each other's needs. The task has never been easy. Read St. Paul's let1er$ . and notice the many times he exhorts Christians, in effect, to stop fighting and :live in Peace.

The difficu1tie$ you are experiencing ooour ibecause you, Uke most of us, do not live in a community where other adults understand your needs and help yOu with them. Perhaps part of your ministry as a Christian is to alert others to yOUt' needs and to join with others in finding solutions. Good luckl Reader questioDs on ,...,

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m= clear before: 1Ibe parish council is not a legislative body. It is not a policy-making, decree-issuing, statute-fOrmulating council. It does not enact, decree, authorize or reguiate; nor does it prohibit, enjoin, correct or enforee. It does not 'pass bills' for the pastor to sign or veto," the bishop said in his pastoral letter, released Sept. 19.

It ,is also not a finance council, Bishop Keating said, pointing out that church law already re.quires each parish to have a finance council. And, he said, it "is not the grievance machinery of the parish."

Two parishes in the Arlington Diocese - Good Shepherd Par· lish in Alexandria, Va., and Holy Spirit in Annandll'1e, Va. - had dispute~· with 'Bishop Thomas J. Welsh, Bishop Keating's predecessor, over lay participation in the church, including the extent of the ~uthority of the parish council Bishop Keating said impetus for 1lhe pastoral letter came in 1981 when the priests' council of the diocese bepn work on a

document to identify the struc~ par~sh council, including: tures and role of the parish coun· - Instruction in the fuM range cil and to clarify the relation- of the faith and catechetical ship of pastor and council in'the formation; decision-making process of par- ,Programs promoting 605. ish ~eadership. That study was pel VlUUes, including issues of completed· in 1983. . social justice; .

In his pastoral Bishop Keating _ Catholic education of chilo said to enhance the quality of dren and young adults; _ Outreach to fallen-away parish iife and pastorai activity is 1lhe sole purpose of creating Catholics; and, using a parish council. The - . Ecumemsm-and evangeliza· purpose of the parish, he added, . is to continue the mission of tion; Jesus - Programs of sacramental -" 'u. called / Hfe and preparation; The• pan'sh coun\;>lllO .

• to be the core group that sup--, .Incul~ti~n of ~~er life, ports the pastor in his leadership eSpec1lUly within families; role, expands his awareness of - Effective participation in needs and achievements, coun. the liturgy; - Methods of acquaintance sels him on pastorai outreach, while affirming his indispensable with par:ishioners, the welcomoffice as the people's mediator ing of newcomers, home-visiting, with the Father and as the tangi- efforts at building community; - Motivation of the spiritual ble Unk with the bishop and the universal church," Bishop Keat- and corporal works of mercy; ing said.

- Fostering of solid Christian "The pastor is the primary .family tIife; selector of the council's agenda." ~ Promotion of the ~ay aposBishop Keating said, but the pas. tolate. tor should not be a membel' of the council, since it is an advisory council to him. If there is no pastor, due to death, reATLANTA (NC) - Christians tirement or transfer, "aU activity should follow the example of of the pastoral council has to Rev. MartlD Luther King Jr. and cease until the new pastor re- struggle for peace because convenes the council." "whatever you s~ Ql' however it The council should help the appears, whatever yO\! do :in the pastor identify pastoral needs in name of the Lord Jesus Christ the parish, help him plan pas- is not forgotten," Auxiliary toral programs and improve pas- Bishop J. Terry Steib of Sttoral services, evll'1uate the effec- Louis said in nlCent homily .t tiveness of existing programs and the Martin Luther King Jr. Censervices with a view to their ter for Nonviolent Social Cb8 11F. improvement, substitution. or Calling Dr. King a "drum ~ termination, according to the for justice," Bishop Steib ehaI~enged Christians to.~ emUlate biShop.

In his pastoral letter Bishop him, strengthened by the beUef Keating listed basic pastoral that "it is acroel world. but its work :in a parish which could history is in: the bands of a fu8t provide the proper agenda for God."

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PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN are asked to submit news Items' for this column to The Anchor. P.O. Box 7. Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town should be Included as well as full dates of all activities. pfease send news of future .rather than past e"ents. Note: We do not carry news of fundralslng activities sllch as bingos, whlsts, danc~s. Sllp!l.r~ an~ ~.·'.r~.

We are happy ,to carry notices of spiritual programs. club meetlnlls. youth projects and similar nonprofit activities. Fundralslng pro­ Jects may be advArtlsAd At o"r ron"'Ar r.tes obtainable from The Anchor business office: . telephone 675·7151.

On Steering Points Items FR Indicates Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford.

ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS CYO advisors tor the year are Jim Leonard and Denise Nault.

All 9th through 12th graders are eligible for membership.

A commemorative booklet on the new church will be available shortly as will decorative tiles depicting ,the church.

Pews, kneelersand cabinets from' the old Orleans church are availa:ble to parishioners and may be taken from 7 a.m. to 4 ,p.m. tomorrow.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Meeting for parents of con­ firmation candidates: 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 3 or 10 a.m. Oct. 4.

Mass at 2 ·p.m. today at Cen­ terville Nursing Home. All' welcome.

New parish councilors: Ruben' Deveau, Sheila Dewire, Justin McCar.thy, Joyce Nade, Patricia Nelson, Joe Ryan.

Vincentian meeting: .7:30 p.m.

Oct. 1.

K of C, ATTLEBORO St. John's Council will spon­ sor a Respect for Life Day ·at 1 ,p.m. Oct. 7 at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro.. It will begin with pro-life films and conclude with a 3 p.m. Mass celebrated ,by Bishop Timothy J. Harrington of Worcester. All welcome.

BL. SACRAMENT, FR Women's Guild meeting: Oct. 10, including vegetable demon­ stration. All welcome.

VINCENTIANS, FR District Council meeting 7 p.m. Oct. 2, Espirito Santo Church, beginning with Mass.

1985 calendar, a December com­ munion breakfast and ,the Bish­ op's Ball will be discussed.

ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH Scholarship/Social Club meet­ ing: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24, church hall. All welcome.

An adult education film series will be presented Thursdays Oct. 4 through Nov. 15 at noon at st.

Barnabas Church and repeated at 7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick's.

Lectors needed f·or weekend Masses.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN· Inquiry group for teens who have not been baptized or, con­ firmed and adults interested in learninga'bout Catholicism. In­ formation: 994-9714, Father Richard Czerwien, SS.CC. "Journey in Faith," a pro­ ~ram for lOth graders who have been confirmed or others with special permission, is held at 3:30 p.m. each Wednesday at St. Joseph School.

ST. ANNE HOSPITAL, FR Natural Family Planning classes: beginning dates Oct. 13, Oct. 20, Oct. 27. Each class meets once monthly for ,three months.

Information: Mariette Eaton, RN, 674-5741, ext. 2481. I ST. STANISLAUS, FR Fall Bible series: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 7 and 14, school hall.

The Book of Psalms will be dis­ cussed. All welcome.

Parent-teacher meeting: 6:30 p.m. Sept. 30, school hall.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA A donut and coffee hour will follow morning Masses Sep,t. 30.

YO\lth Group kickoff supper: 6 ,p.m. Oct. 3, lOth to 12th grad­ er~ .

CATHEDRAL, FR The choir resumes singing at 10 a.m. Mass Sept. 30.

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SS. PETER & PAUL, FR School Mass and blessing of animals: 1:15 p.m. Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis. All wel­ come.

Mr. and Mrs. John Wilding have donated a new school flag in honor of Mrs. Evelyn Sunder­ land, Women's Club ,treasurer for 30 years.

Women's Club meeting: 8:30 p.m., Oct. 1; Barbara Krolick, St. Anne's Hospital clinical dietitian, will speak. All wel­ come.

Retreat meeting: 7:30 p.m.

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HOLY- TRINITY, W. HARWICH Ladies' Association commu­ nion breakfast: following 9 a;m.

Mass Oct. 5, Meltose_ Inn, Har­ wich Port.

CHARISMATIC RENEWAL, FR DEANERY , Spiritual growth seminars will be 'held. a.t St. Anne's Shrine, Fall River, at 8 p.m. each second Monday, with the exception of October, which will be the ,third Monday. All charismatics wel­ come. With· the ,general theme Walking in the Spirit, this year's schedule follows: Oct. 15, Grow­ ing in Holiness and the Isaian Gifts, Fr. Pierre Lachance; Nov. 12, Growing in Holiness and the Fruit of the Soiri,t, Albert For­ neiros; Dec. 10. Tongues and Interpretation, Fred Demetrius; Jan. 14, Ministry Gifts: Proph­ ecy; Lucien Rego; Feb. 11, Word of Wisdom, Word of Knowledge', David Dunne; March - 11, Dis­ cernment of Spirits, Fr. Jack Oliveira; Al)ril 8, Healing and Miracles, Maria Hocha; May 13, How to Use the Gifts of the Spirit, Mary Demetrius.

ST. GEORGE,WESTPORT Evenings for Parents: Oct. 14, 21. 28 and Nov. 7. Registration will follow Masses this weekend and next weekend.

Teen Club meeting: 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 1, parish hall, for 8th to 12th graders.

New. choristers are needed.

Information: Fa.ther Clement Dufour.

ST. RITA, MARION A five-month program of First Saturday Eucharistic ado'" ration and devotion will begin Saturday, Oct. 6, continuing through February. To be held from 7 a.m. to noon, it will in­ clude adoration, recitation of the 15-decade scriptural rosary, Massa,t 8:30 a.m., the opportu­ nitf to receive·the sacrament of reconciliation and a concluding Benedicti-on service.

ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Women's Guild meeting: 7 p.m.

Oct. 8, beginning with Mass.

All welcome.

Mass at Mattapoisett Nursing Home, 10 a.m. Oct. 4. All wel­ come.

ST.PATRICK,SOMERSET Women's Guild meeting: Oct. 9.

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Sept. 30, parish center.

HOLY NAME, FR Parents of confirmation can­ didates ·and candidates will meet at 7 p.m. Oct. 1 in the school.

Youth Group council meeting: Oct. 10; general meeting 7 p.m.

Oct. 14, Holy Name School, fol­ lowed by roller skating par,ty.

FAMILY LIFE CENTER, N.DARTMOUTH Day of recollection, St. An­ thony of the Desert confirma­ ti-on class: Sept. 28; retreat day, Bishop Connolly students, Oct. 2; recollection day, Bishop Stang students, Oct. 3; Lamaze class, Oct. ~.

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O.L. MT. CARMEL, NB D of I, ATTLEBORO Teens . through college age Meeting: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4, K of students are invited to join a C Hall, Hodges Street, Attle­ new folk group to be heard at boro, An eq,ucational program 5:30 p.m.' Mass on Saturday. . for the deaf will be presented

by Shelly McDonald.

DCCW, FR Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will BOY SCOUTS preside at a Living Rosary cere­ Sign-up season for Scout mony to 'be sponsored by the membership begins Oct. 2. For Fall River District Council of information on Cub and Boy Catholic Women at Sacred Heart Scout units associated with church, Fall River, at 7:30 p.m.. churches, call 678-2858 or 993­ Oct. 4. Sacred Heart Women's 9978.

Guild will be hold unit for the occasign. ~T. JOSEPH, NB An annual Living Rosary ST. ANNE, FR ceremony sponsored by the Le­ CYO meeting: 7:30 p.m. Sept. gion of Mary will be held at 3 29. Open to 8th through 12th p.m. Oct. 7. A procession will graders. be led by a Knights of Columbus Confirma,tioncandidates and honor guard and will include a parents: meeting 7:30 p.m. Oct. statue of. Our Lady of Fatima I, school. and persons holding large rosary Secular Franciscan meeting: beads. Flowers will be offered to 7:30 p.m. Oct. I, beginning with Mary by Michelle Pelletier ·and Mass. All welcome. the service will conclude with Benediction. All welcome. Those SACRED HEART, FR wishing to .take part in the pro­ Prospective children's choir cession' should meet in the members are asked to see Mrs. schoolyard at 2:30 p.m.

Colette Waring at 8:30 a.m. any Sunday, when ·rehearsalsare held.

ST. JAMES, NB ALtar boys' meeting: 11 a..m.

Sept. 29, church.

BLUE ARMY Five Hour Vigil: beginning 7 p.m. Oct. 5, St. Francis Xavier Church, Acushnet. .

NOTRE DAME, FR Adult education class on the Ca,tholic faith: to begin 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 15, in the school. Registra­ tion .will follow all Masses this weekend.

WIDOwED SUPPORT, ATTLEBORO Meeting: 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at St. Theres.a's Church, S. Attleboro, beginning with Mass. A -business session will ·be followed by line dancing in the church hall.

LaSALETTE CENTER, ATTLEBORO The Center for Christian Liv­ ing is marking its 20th anniver­ sary with a Mass at 3:30 p.m. at St. Joseph's Church, Attleboro.

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To be eligible for such an ape Who becomes' a notary public? pointmert, you must be at meast Many lawyers become notaries 18 years old and reside in Massa· for the convenience of their chusett~ at the time of your ap­ clients, since many legal docu­ lAm. pointment. If you meet these ments must be notarized. Peo­ requirerrtents, there are only four ple working in politica:l com­ RICHARD' steps tc) 1:ake to become a no· paigns become notaries so they tary puplic. . can quicldy register new voters.

MURPHY F.irst,; you should obtain an Others become notaries becauSe application, by i'equesting one of their jobs. If you work in a from the Executive Council, .town hall or. a registrar's office, . State Hpuse Room 184, Boston, for example, it's helpful to be a MA 02153.. Your letter should notary because such offices include :your fuH name, address Practically everyone has' handle many forms which must and occupation. used ~he services of a no· be notarized.

Second, you must complete ~ary public at one time ot Notaries public are appointed the application. Five persons, in· another. Notaries are public by the governor of Massachu­ cl'uding : one Massachusetts at­ of(icials· who witness your sig­ setts. This office is one of the torney and one elected public ofncia} from your town or city, nature when you sign certain oldest public service appoint­ documents. Some papers are so ment positions mentioned in 'the must sign your application. In· important that the government or business involved requires that you get a notary public as an objective witness to the fact -that you are who you claim' to be and that your' signature was, voluntary.

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By Pat McGowan For most people a cold is a temporary nuisance.

Ten times for Tony Medeiros a ,cold has led to spinal meningitis.

The problem, caused by a sinus malformation, now seems under control; but it has had a lasting effect on him.

"When doctors couldn't seem to help me, I began attending healing services," he said. "Then I became involv:ed with the charismatics and started getting closer to God. After attending ,the 1980 New England Charis­ matic Conference in Providence, I decided really to work for him."

The work has taken the form of organizing' Building Block, a prayer group for youth that meets at 7:30 p.m. each Wednes­ day at St. Mary's Church, Taun­ ton, under ~spices of the Dio­ . cesan Service Committee for the Charismatic Renewal. .

'BuUding Block draws young people from age 13 to the mid­ 20s from as many as 12 differ­ ent parishes in the Taunton, Fall River, Somerset, Easton and Berkley areas: "A lot of youth groups are strong on ski trips and 'dances," said Medeiros. "We go at it from the opposite end. We have cook­ outs, pool parties and, hiking trips - kids need aU that - but we also have great spiritual power."

Building Block is far from his only activity. Since his high school days he hils worked with young people, mairrly in the en­ tertainment field, as a disc jockey and organizer of concerts and dances. As a student at Southeastern University, he had a program on the campus radio station, an interest he is hoping to continue at Providence Col­ lege, where he is pursuing a master's degree in Il"ellgious edu­ cation.

On the side Medeiros is a disco DJ for weddings and school dances and this summer he was assistant director of Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, where he gave a well-received series of "God talks" to campers.

He is a member of St. An­ thony's parish, Taunton, where he is active :in the CCD program.

On the diocesan level, he is a member of the Diocesan service Committee, in special charge of youth prayer groups. As weH as his own, he said, there are groups at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and Our Lady's Chapel, both do New Bedford.'

It is obvious that Medeiros, 33" has a deep Il"apport with young people. After a career that has included a stint as a vocational high school teacher, personnel work at a computer school and civic service as president of the Taunton Jaycees and a school committee member, he is hoping to specialize in youth ministry.

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BOOKS BIBLES the pre-evangelization stage, represented by attendance at his concerts and curiostiy as to what he's all about, to the apostolic level where they in turn will teach others.

In !between there's evangeliza­ tion, meaning a growing under­ standing of the work of Christ within them; and discipleship or preparation for the apostolate.

Medeiros sums up ibis work by saying "We in the Good News concert series feel that the Cath­ olic Church has the community a person needs to be satisfied with 'his or· her faith experience.

We essentially have to reach out to the inactive Catholics, inv:lte them back and help them find the kinds of Catholic programs that will enhance their regular reception of the Eucharist and participation in the Mass."

It never ends CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy (NC) - Pope John 'Paul II re­ cently 'l"eminded 350 members of secu~ar institutes that spiritual formation never ends.

"None of us has reached the perfection to which we are call­ ed," the pope told the group, which he met at Castelganddlfo, the papal summer residence.

"Each of us is always in forma­ tion, is always on the way."

The pope also reminded those who guide spiritual development that "it is God who forms, not we." Spiritual guides "can and should become occasions and in­ struments" of formation, but should a~so show "respect for the mysterious action of grace," he said.

The group attending the World Congress of Secular Institutes, met to discuss· ~igious forma­ tion of their members.· Secular institutes are church organizations whose members vow poverty, chastity and obedi­ ence but do not live in com­ munity, instead making an ef­ fort to influence' the world pri­ ' vately.

The international organization Opus Dei was a secular institute until 1982, when it became a personal pMature of the papacy.

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TONY MEDEmOS be reached through music and as a spinoff of Building Block has helped organize a Good News Concert Series.

Concerts will be presented at 7:30 tomorrow night at St. Jo­ seph's parish, 208 S. Main St., Attleboro, and at the same time Friday, Oct. 5, at St. Theresa's parish, 2693 Acushnet Ave., New Bedford.

"We use a combination of tal­ ents and gifts to minister to the young," he said in a letter to Attleboro and New Bedford priests and religious education directors explaining Good News Concerts.

"First, we have well over 100 people who have agreed to pray and fast for the success of the program. We also work. with existing youth programs that can spiritually feed a youngster, in, that we refell" them to CYO cen­ ters and active parish youth ministries."

The concerts begin with play­ ing and discussion of contempor­ ary Christian' rock records by Medeiros. He and guitarist Jon ,Polce present an evangelization message, together with live music by Polce. The evenings conclude with a call to youth to commit their lives to Jesus.

Counselors are available for dis­ oussion of problems and priests are often on hand to hear con­ fessions !f desired. Foliowup re­ ferrals are made to local youth ministries.

Over 1,000 young people have attended the concerts so far, said Medeiros. He said he and Polce are also available for s,chool and CYO programs. sataDicRock "Satanic rock" is a particular concern of Medeiros. He said that when he ,is asked to play such music as a disco DJ, he refuses.

"I explain in a loving way, 'I reaHy like young kids and I don't want to lead you astray with that music,' " he said. "I've had many okids teU me they really appreciated me being that inter.ested in them."

Medeiros' ,long-range goal for the young people to whom he ministers is to lead them from

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• they feet! When doubts remain' unexpres~ed, they may hurt a relationship. ' Doubts! tend to expand', under­ mining ~hatever trust rema,ins.

Negative! thoughts feed other negative feelings, often 'creating new problems' that in the end are not the real problems. For example, : uoo?Cpressed doubts can easily lead to possessive be­ havior-as' one person fears ~osing , the other. Now couple faces a web of!jealousy and possession as well l!s, the underlying ,doubt behind toe more overt problems.

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By Charlie' Martin placed in the top five percent of atl program participants, and BEL:IEVE IN M'E ranks them only slightly below Mer.it semifinalists.

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I Then,you might come to believe In ine. ' '.' ' Unexpressed doubts may put Commended Students nation­ The life I leiulls not ¢he kind ~t gives a woman peace of mind distance! between two people. w,ide might have earned them , ' When ,we hold back what we ' semi-fin81ish status "in ' other I only hope someday you'll find 'that you can believe in me. the other, feel, we' faB '.to states since standings in each Those,·other loves,;,that came before ­ ,Mean nothing to me aDymore to know, part of us, But if we. state' dep~~d &ri that 'state's scores. ., , .

But you can never be quite sure' and, will not believe iri me. . are ·afraid to express 'our doubts . Too m,an,y h,earts ,ha"ve,been broken about a :relationship, theii fear Since the' cutoff 'score in rather thanaove"controls that Falling· to t~~ \Y~t they feel : ' .

Massachusetts is 'the second relat-ioris~iP's course. J . But trust ,iSD't :something that's spoken highest in th,e nation, many col~ And iove's ;never ,Wrong when It's real. ' , Ownlrtg up' to" doubtS and leges 'ra'nk' Massachusetts Com­ , If I could only do 0Ire t h l n g ' , taking the risk of expressing eqUId mended StUdents on '''' ""'them is Ialways a risk, but one Then,I woUld try to 'write and !ling a song tliat ends 'your levei 'with' semifinalists from :that can'l bring two people closer questioning and 'makes you believe In m e '

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'" to work] to overcom,e them, love At' a quiet but "lovely cere­ , Written and SUng by Dan Fogelberg,'(c) 1984', can he ~trengthened. mony Nrlier this month Sister

by HickOry Grove Music and April Music ~ Real De1ief in each other buBds ~ary Lou Simcoe, SUs<;:, long­ time Connolly faculty member, THIS SONG focuses on trust .Resolving doubts 'and develop­ the conridence needed for love Joined with family, close friends, in "arelatlonship' but does not ing trust are necessary steps for to grow. ' faculty colleagues,' aDd members welcome. describe what has created any ~ove to grow. The growth '-,y~: requests her congregation for a Mass dOubts, except to hint that one results from 'the hard work of Address; Charlie Martin, 1218 S. of thanksgiving as she completed person's past ,loves' cOntinue to communication as individuals Rot.henVooCl Ave., Evansville, 25 years as a', Holy Union Sister. bother the other person. take the risk sharing wh8t 1nd.477;14.

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Our atheletes continue to. do very well. Fa~er Arthur Pare, the soccer coach, is storming heaven with prayers that the Carson family' won't sell, their house until after the soccer season. Tom and John Carson account for about half the Cou~ gar goals inmost games, and the family plans a move to New York as soon as they sell the house: (We'U also be sorry to see them' go because in addition to being fine athletes' they 'are , wonderful' youngsters.)

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,Kudos to achieving Stangltes Marjory Gomez, a National ,Merit semifinalist; Kelly Budden­ hagen, one of 25 Massaehusetts students to r~ve a Herter Memo~al Scholarship covering 50 percent of the cost of four years of undergraduate study at the college of her Choice; Ann­ Marie Burke, a bronze medal· ist for the third year In the Junior OlympiCs, held this year in JackSonville, Fla.; and Beck­ eanne Luiz, a gold and bronze medalist In the U.S. rolier skat­ ing championshiPs held recently In Lincoln, Neb.' •

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CoyIe-Cassidy Taunton's Coyle and Cassidy High has been notified that three seniors are 1985 Merit Program Commended, Students. They are Elizabeth Medeiros, Janna Mur· phy and Patricia A. Platt. Placing dn the ,top five percent of over one million participants in the 30th annual compe~ition, they will receive a letter of Com­ mendation ,in honor of outstand­ ing, p,romis~ for future academic

Send ;questionS to Tom LeD­ I DOn, 1312 Mass. Ave. N.W., ' , Q. What can I dO to 'really questions "about God: and about , Washington, D!C. 20005. ' .help myself learn to be\i~e In various aspects of your faith are I . _ : ' God when I ~on't? (Nevad~) goii?g' to, enter your' mind. .

A. The very fact tha~ you,' they d~, as is happening want to "learn to believe in to you now"seek answers, eV'en God" ds a strong indication that if the, seelcing turns out to, be , in some way-and tosome,:extent' a long 'process. You can turn: At· Bishop St8Dg" North Dart­ (Und~ted) (NC) Richard you· do.:believ.e in' GOd,n()w;. ,But· to a priest" or,. a favorite t~chet, · mouth, students, facultY ancl' ~­ s~cc!'!ss.

Catholic Conference like map.y 'oth~r 'personS;' Y9Ung' or your parents, or your 'friends Hir:sch, umnl 1P'e' preparlngto celebrate communication :secretarY,', ' has . the' 25th anniverSary Of tbeJi. ~nd older,YOU .are' puzzled, by.. some knowledgeable adult. school. KI~klng off activities will this .supreme·· ,and, mysterious' , You- also can seek an answer 1 criti~ep a' new film. rating Me ,", ' ~ in readii1gt At present, 'many limiting: use of .profanity in' be an 'alumni golf 'tourn8in:ent, being: ': movjes iat~ended, by minors be-· slated to" becOme . an "annual Sophomore Robert Beaty re­ : ~ikely, many _questiOns and 15ooksabout the Catholic Church cause i~ focuses solely on dang­ cently merited the, Thomas E. event. To be held at Whaling 'City ~d faith ;ar<r beng; published. uage while avoiding "any dis­ eJoubts fil'l 'yOU! mind and per­ CurtIs Jr. Memorial Trophy in a beginning, at 1' Country Ciub haps it seems to.' you that you, Some can be found, in public" cussion, related -to va1ue matters:' Junior :'regatta at the Hingham p.rn:. Sept., 30, it Is open 'to' aiL do nof believe in' God becaUse' libraries, or perhaps ~~ 'your par­ I .,' . '.

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PG, PGl13 Choral Camp, also for three , and R. _ That is a good, approach for failures and struggles. It ds pub­ AnnIversary 'Christmas 'Pops days.

The language rule, adopted in you now and in the yearS ahead,' Hshed by St. Anthony' Messen­ Concert, to be held at 'New Bed­ The band js preparing a field date A~gust, requires can auto­ especially if you attend a p~lic ger Press. ' ford's Z~iterlon Theatre. Those university. Some ,young people, You also might '8Ittend one of 'matic PG-13 rating, for films, wishing to Join' the Festival show for faU competitions dn as soon as serious doubts ap­ the religion courses given in using "~ne of the harsher sex~ Chorus tha twlll present the con· Andover, Wakefield, Woonsocket and East Bri~water, while the ually derived words" U that cert' should call Stang.' pear in their hearts, feel vague­ some parishes or at some com­ "word i~ used merely as an ex­ " A PaIrpolnt glass cup plate choir is hoping to develop a ly ashamed, and guilty. 'They munity sChool. featuring a Spartan head will be show music component. clam up and do not trY to reKeep in mind ttoo the poignant pletive, I according to Kenneth solve ,their doUbts by talking to prayer of the fa~er, who asked Clark, INPAA executive vice a permanent anniversary year " someone.

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portswQtch Quinn Wins Sportsmanship Award Jay Quinn of the Notre Dame . manent plaque in CYO Hall on team has been voted the Um­ Anawan Street in Fall River. pires' Sportsmanship Award of Vaillancourt also announced the Fall River Baseball League that in preparation for the up­ for 1984, it is announced by AI· coming basketball season, the bert (Val) Vaillancourt, associ­ court in the Anawan Street ate director of the Fall River building will be available for practice beginning next Mon­ area CYO. The trophy is the only individ­ day. Coaches wishing to reserve ual award given by the league. court time should contact him.

Each manager nominates one The ,league will again be com­ player from his team and by a prised of divisions for junior vote of the league's umpires the gi.rJs, junior' boys, prep boys winner ;is decided.

Quinn was the mainstay of (grades nine and 10), senior A the Notre Dame pitching staff and Senior B (grades 11 up to for the last couple of years and 21 years old). AU teams must be sponsored by a Fall River area was also one of the team's lead­ Catholic parish. ing hitters. The award is a fit­ ting climax to his last season iil Coaches are urged to attend the 'league which he will leave a meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, because of the age limit, 21. His Oct. 16, in the Anawan Street name will be insoribed on a per- building.

CYO Hockey Starts Sunday The Bristol County CYQ Hockey League will open its 1984-85 season Sunday night wit!l a twin bill in which FaB River North will meet Fall River South and New Bedford will oppose

Somerset. Mansfield, which has a bye on the opening card will meet Somerset on Oct. 7 when Fall River South takes on New Bedford.

.Spartans In Second Football Victory The Spartans of Bishop Stang High School, who a week earlier upended Durfee High, posted a 19-0 victory over the Old Ro­ chester High Bulldogs last week­ end.

Stang held a 12-0 lead at half­ time on touchdowns by Tim ~elly~ Frank Souza. The Spar­ tans' third touchdown' was scored by Dav:ld Ottavianelli in 'the last quarter. Pat DriscoH kicked the extra point after the Ottavianelli score.· Stang is scheduled to meet Dartmouth High at 7:30 tonight in what may turn out to he one of the best games of the season.

Dartmouth, with a powerful of­ fense, smothered the Bishop Fee­ han Shamrocks, 28-0' last week­ end. Mark Cordeiro, Dartmouth's

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In other high school action last weekend, it was Case 35 Durfee 7, Somerset 25 Chelsea 0, Apponequet 7 Southeastern Regional 6, Dighton-Rehoboth 22 Greater New Bedford Voke·· Tech 7, Foxboro 14 Oliver Ames 0, North Attleboro 6 Sharon 0, Canton 21 King Philip 0, Mans· field 28 Stoughton 17.

Among -tonight's games are Feehan vs. Attleboro, Coyle­ Cassidy vs. Fairhaven, Somerset vs. New Bedford. Tomorrow Dur­ fee entertains !Boston College High, Case is home to Bourne, Hingham is at Barnstable, Voke· Tech is home to Dennis-Yar­ mouth.

Soccer League

~eater New Bedford VokeTech was setting the place in Division Two Southeastern Massachusetts Conference soccer after Monday's action with 5-0 record but Dartmouth was in close pursuit with four wins and one loss.

The race for -the Division One championship ds apparently de­

veloping -into a three-team affair involving New Bedford High, Barnstable and Dennis-Yar­ mouth.

Today's games have New Bedford High at Barnstable, Fal­ mouth. at Dennis-Yarmouth and Durfee at Attleboro. Somerset has the bye on today's card.

'High Frontier seeks supporters DALLAS (NC) - After ob­ taining a plank in the Republi­ can platform encouraging devel­ opment of non-nuclear space­ based defense, the High Fron­ tier organization aimed its sights on gaining clergy support for its cause. A one-page declaration signed by more than 1,000

clergymen, including Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Or­ '!leans, caIled the defense sys~ tem "morally justifiable."

The declaration was written in part by Jesuit Father Richard Roach, associate theology pro­ fessor at Marquette. University.

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

General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG·I3-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG--parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: Al-approved fOI children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

NOTE Please check elates and times of televisiOD and radIo programs against local nat­ ings, which may differ from tIie New .York network sched­ ules supplied to The Anchor.

New Film "A Soldier's 'Story" (Colum­ bia) A black sergeant is murder­ ed at an ,Army camp in 1944 and a young officer, also b1ack, comes from Washington to in­ vestigate. He discovers the situa­ tion is more complex than he had expected because the ser­ geant, a ruthless tyrant who had made the white man's ideal of perfection his own, had been well hated by his men. Despite some violence and rough lang­ uage, this is an excellent film for mature v,iewers. A2 (Rec.), PG

_ TV P~ams "Heritage: Civilization and the Jews" is a ser.ies of nine one­ hour programs looking at the history of the Jewish people in the context of other Western religious traditions and the de­ velopment of Western civiliza­ tion. .

It begins with "A People is

Born," the history of the ISil'ael­ ites during the biblical period up to the Babylonian captivity, Monday, Oct. 1, 9-10 p.m. EDT on PBS.

Sunday, Sept. 30, 5-6 p.m.

EDT (NBC) "Television and the Churches." Edwin Newman mod· erates a panel' discussion of a Gal1up and Annenberg study on the impact of eleotronic religion on mainline churohes and the television audience.

Religious TV Sunday, Sept. 30 (CBS) "For Our Times" - CBS celebrates the Jewish High Holy Days with art depicting medieval Jewish life.

Religious ~o SUDcIay, ~. 30 (NBC) "GuideliJ\e" - Political philoso­ pher Michael Harrington, author . of "The New American Poverty," is the guest.

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A "Heritage" study kit has been sent to every high school in the country, including Cath­ dlic schools; and a viewer's guide has been made available to diocesan adult education offices. Additionally, an inter­ religious study guide and infor­ mation about organizing an in­ terreligious discussion group may be obtained from the Am­ erican Jewish committee inter­ religious Affairs Department, 165 E. 56th St., New York, N.Y., 10022.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 28; 1984

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Will his wor.ds il\fluence U.8. pastoral? denounced the North's "imperial­ istic monopoly of economic and political supremacy" over the South? .

- How will the bishops write conference on disarmament, his about domestic employment and words had a signifjcant impact . on the U.S. bishops' war and poverty issues after the pope declared in Flatrock, Newfound-. peace pastoral of 1983. that "no SOCial assistance land, The principle the pope enun­ can fuUy compensate" for the ciated to the U.N. conference ­ that nuclear deterrence could be "affront to the dignity of the considered morailly acdeptable individual" caused !by system­ only under strict conditions and atic unemployment?

- What will .they s8IY about only as a temporary measure on his call at FIatirock for "a re­ the path to disarmament - be­ came the keystone of the 1983 structuring of the economy, so that human needs be put before pastoral letter's approaoh to nu­ mere financial gain?" clear weapons.

Considering the strong state­ - How will the bishops view ments the pope made about the the pope's attack in Toronto on world economy during his trip "a technological mentaHity wh,ich to Canada, some questions arise chaUenges Gospel values?" as the U.S. bishops prepare their At Flatrock, at a blessing of economic pastoral: fishing boats, in addition to con­ - How are the bishops ,to deal demning systematic unemploy­ With· the effect of U.S. economic ment and call,ing for economic policies on the Third World after structures to place human needs the pope,· in Edmonton, Alberta, before financial gain, the pope

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bate, that statement was the dimension, sayJng such concerns Canadian bispops' equivalent of require all the churches. in the U.S. war and peace pastoral. '.~ecumenical collaboration,". to . It provoked Pierre Trudeau, ex~ine technology and its econ­ then prime minister of Canada, omic and social Jmplications ",in the light of ~ Gospel message." to call ilIhe bishops "bad econo­ The principles the pope enun­ mists,"and some conservative Catholic circles in Canada and ciated in Toronto are standard the United States labeled the elements in Catholic social teach· statement "Mamst" or a Cana­ - ing, but the ·emphasis the pope dian. version of "liberation the~ placed on ecumenical coopera­ tion iii addressing such issues logy."

The papal endorsement of and the example of the Canadian churches in such 'active collabor- '. many of that statement's opera­ . ting principles, however, might ation could present a challenge lead the ·U.S. bishops to study to the U.S. bishops. it more closely for possible The concerns of Third World parallels to the U.S. situation. development that the pope ad­ At an ecumenical meeting in dressed at an outdoor Mass in 'Toronto the pope again spoke Edmonton were more pertinent to the international policies of of Christian teaching and econ­ the United States as an econom~ omic ,issues, sayJng that "rapid­ ly expanding technology.. . . ic superpower than to Canada. raises -numerous opportunities as In his homily Pope John Paul well as obstacles to evangeliza­ did not elaborate on specific is­ tion. u sues, focusing ilIhe overall dimen­ sions of the global drama, which . He warned against the tempta­ he summlll'ized as "the North­ tion for technological develop­ ment to become "an autonomous South contrast . . . the increas­ force witih built-in imperatives dngly wealthier North, and the for expansion, instead of seeing increasing1y poorer South." it as a resource to be placed at Stressing the relevance· of the serVice of the human family." Christian ethics to "the social

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He also warned' against letting dimension," he declared that

technological development be Christ's words about "tihe least :tied "to the 10gJc of profit and of my brethren" stand as a jug­ constant economic expansion merit on the rich of the world. without due regard for the rights "In the light of Christ's of workers or the needs of the words," he said, "this poor South poor and helpless. will judge the rich North. And "A thfu'd temptation," he con­ the poor people and poor na­ tinued, "is to Hnk technological tions - poor in different w8lys,

development to the pursuit or not .only lacking food,. but also

maintenance of power instead of d~prived of freedom and other

using it as an instrument of human rights - wiIll judge those freedom." people Wlho take these goods

Those words were again an away from them, amassing to

themselves the imperialistic

endorsement of the central ethi­ cal themes of the' 1983 CCCB monopoly of economic and polio

tical supremacy at the expense

statement. /But the pope added another of others."

chaHenJed 'increasing consolida­ tion . of 'food product~on in "larger i and capital intensive enterprises... .

I He cited several dangers in· this: : .

- D~pe~OnalizatiOn, "losing contact'j' wi~ the "personal and family !needs" of the workers who prOduce or gather the food.

I - "The temptation of re­ .

I sponding only to the forces of the marketplace . . . " . ....:.. Tite danger' that develop­ ment Would jeopardize food dis­ tributioh by giving human needs . a back jseat to the prof;it motive of . . a few."

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The Pope's comments were in the co*ext of rapid changes in the f.is~ng industry, but they could ~pply equally to concern by the IU.S. bishops over aglli­ busines~ familY.- farms and over the plight of migrant farm . At F(atrock the pope also ad­ dressedl employer-employee re­ lations i in a context of a aocal strike against fish processors. He insisted "that the workers have a voicJ in the decision-making affectir~g their own. lives and the lives of their families."

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AlthOugh he did not dnsist on - a single way of doing this, "some Iform of joint ownership or .partnership" was underlined I for emphasis.

The Ipope's F1atrock r~marks were seen in Canada as endorse­ ment lof a 1983 statement, "Ethical Reflections on the Econoritic Crisis," iby the Social Affairs I Commission of the Ca­

nadian i Conference of Catholic Bishop~.·.

• I Several bishops and OCCB offichlls ~a.jd that, in' terms of the natioruil controversy it aroused and its: impact on the pubJ.ic dei 0

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F,ISHING BOATS anchored in the fonn of a cross were the pope's .background at Flat­

rock, ~fld., as_.he spoke on unemployment a nd the need to restructure the economy.

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