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Va.tic~an VIENNA, Austria (NC) -- The Vatican backs continued research into nuclear energy but says nuclear weapons have become "an oppressive burden on the conscience of humanity and an open affront to those suffering from underdevelopment and hunger."

Msgr. Mario Peressin, permanent representative of the Holy See to the International AI:omic Energy Agency, presented. the Vatican position in a speech Sept.

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LONDON (NC) - 1\. British Catholic historian says Pope Pius XII withheld condemnation of Nazi atrocities during World War II because he did not want to jeopardize the lives of thousands of Jews hidden by the Vatican.

A defense of Pope Pius' actions is contained in a newly published book, "The Papacy in the Modern World," by Father J. Derek Holmes, history professor at Ushaw College, Britain's largest Catholic seminary.

The pope's "own work 0::1 behalf of the Jews might have been endangered by a public denunciation of the Nazis, even though such a denunciation might have justified this moral repudiation," writes Father Holmes.

"More than half the Jews in Rome were being sheltered in ecclesiastical buildings that had been opened to them precisely on the instructions of the pope himself," he adds.

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"The conference is being held at a time when humanity ds asking ever more searching questions about the vadue, significance and use of atomic energy and its consequences, not only for the present time but also for the generations to come," Msgr.

Peressin said.

Noting that the total insta'Hed

defended As many as 30,000 Jews were saved in Italy as a result of help given by "righteous gentiles,". he writes.

The author also says that Ernst von Weizsacker, German ambassador to the Vatican during the war, tried to persuade the Vatican to avoid words or actions that would irritate the Nazis because he believed they planned to kidnap the pope before the Allies reached Rome.

Von Weizsacker protected the pope concealing the pontiff's anti-Nazi views from his German superiors and by telling German authorities that the pope was sympathetic to the German opposition to communism, says Father Holmes.

"Judging from the pope's correspondence with the German bishops, fears of reprisals would seem to have dominated his attitude toward the fate of the Jews in Germany. He was cerTurn to Page Six

nuclear capacity dn the world in- contained a thinly veiled oriticreased by about 11 percent in cism of the recent Israeli attack 1980, the Vatican diplomat said on a nuolear reactor site in Iraq. that the debate on nuclear energy "Suoh an event is apt to put in "demands to be tackled on a . jeopardy the function of the Inworldwide scale, on the basis of ternationa:l Atomic Energy Agenrigorous scientific research, with cy as the superviso!l'Y institution alert awareness of the human under the non-proliferation treaty values involved, and with respon- of 1968," Ms~. Peressin said. sible poHtical orientation."

After the destruction of the He praised a program designed nuclear installation the Israeli to ensure that nuclear energy government claimed that the does not involve "unacceptable Iraquis had planned to use the risks." facility to build an atomic bomb.

"This principle . . . must con路 The Iraqui government and the stantly be borne in mind in all International Atomic Energy nuclear choices and activities, Agency said that the plant would and must preva,il over all other have been used only for the considerations of the purely eco- production of energy. nomic, industrial and political "If the safeguard system conorder," said Msgr. Peressin. tro1J1ed by the agency is beyond The Vatican intervention also a11 reasonable doubt, no state

should be permitted, on whatever allegations and invoking whatever national interests, to make a military attack oili another state, destroying human Hves and industrial installations," the Vatican representative said.

Regarding nuclear arms, Msgr.

Peressin said, "There is no other rational and profitable path than that of disarmament and the banning of nuolear weapons by means of worldwide agreements supported by effective guarantees."

The Holy See is convinced "of the need to overcome the present precarious situation of internationaI relations, a situation based upon the ba1ance of terror and the system of dissuasion," he added.

'DId not act alone' ROME (NC) - In a 51路路page opinion the court panel which convicted Mehmet Ali Agc!'! said the 23-year-old Turk did not act alone in planning the May 13 attempt on the life of Pope John Paul II, but that there is insufficient evidence yet to name the other people or groups that may have been involved.

The statement was signed by Associate Judge Nino Gennano Abate and, represented the views of the eight-person panel which convicted Agca.

The opinion was released Sept.

24, more than two months after Agca was convicted of thle attempted murder of the pope. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, including one year of solitary confinement.

Agca is serving his sentence at a maximum security prison on Italy's northern Adriatic coast.

The opinion said that Agca

"was alone" in St. Peter's Square when he fired two shots May 13, wounding the pope and two 1\.merican tourists.

But the statement described Agca, a convicted murderer in his native Turkey, as "only the visible part of a conspiracy whose other members are unfortunately not identified."

The opinion said that Agca "could not have premeditated such a taxing plan all by himself without taking into account the most detailed necessities and the consequences that would derive from it.

"If one considers that in these difficult and dark moments of human history the head of the church represents a point of univer~al reference on the path toward peace and harmony, the attack plotted against him assumes an aspect of exceptional violence," the opinion said.

NEWLY INSTALLED bulletproof glass protects Pope John Paul II as he speaks from the balcony of his summer residence. (NC Photo)

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DURING A BUSY WEEK, top left, over 1300 diocesan women attended a wedding style show presenting gowns from the 1920s to the present. Modelling the 1978 gown of Mrs. Robert Messier of St. Michael's parish, Swansea, is Sharon Armstrong, daughter of commentator Claudette Armstrong. Also commenting was Claire McMahon. Bottom left, Mrs. Edward Coury, New Bedford Catholic Woman's Club treasurer, pours for Mrs. George Mello, incoming president, at annual tea. Right, top, Vin-

centians meet at St. Mary's Cathedral for annual Mass; center, Bishop Cronin joins Religious of Jesus and Mary who will journey to Rorpe for beatification of their foundress. From left, Sisters Janice Farnham, Pauline Joyal, Helene Dussault, Annette Vanasse, Michelle Auth,er, Irene Beauregard. Bottom, Priests' Council members meet with bishop. From left, Fathers Maurice Jeffrey, Timothy Goldrick, Robert A. Oliveira, Stephen A. Fernandes.

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WASHINGTON(NC) - The National Conference of Catholic Bishops will assist in a comprefor pregnancy help hensive study of U.S. seminaries confidential requeste~ by the Vatican.

The Holy See named Bishop free pregnarlCY testing John A. Marshall of Burlington, Let us help you - We Care Vt., to head the study. He is immediate past chairman nf the U.S. bishops' Committee on Priestly Formation and il former spiritual director of the North American College, the U.S. bishFuneral Dome ops' national seminary in Rome.

550 Loeust Street The study will review the efFan River, Mass. fectiveness of American semin672-2391 aries, focusing on issues from Rose E. Sullivan the fulfillment of Vatican directWUliam J. Sullivan ives on priestly formation to Margaret M. Sullivan questions of the best uses of personnel and resources in light of today's high cost of education.

In a letter to the U.S. bishops Archbishop John R. Roac:h of St. Paul-Minneapolis, NCCB president, said that the overall plan of the review has not yet been established but that it will be Dignified Funeral Service prepared in "consultati'Dn with AT NEW ENGLAND Regional Assembly of the Diaconate at Feeha~ High School, WAREHAM bishops, religious superiors and Attleboro, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin greets Msgr. Ernest Fiedler, executive. director of the .seminaries."

295-1810 U.S. bishops' committee on the permanent diaconate, and Deacon Candidate and Mrs. He said it was the "'express Fernand Rivard of the Burlington, VT diocese.

(Rosa Photo) wish" of Pope John Paul II that the study and process and overall plan be developed in collaboration with the bishops and THE seminary faculties.

WA:SHINGTON (NC) - The churches all over the country."

Seminaries of religious ordllrs, as well as diocesan, regional or president of the National'Confer- He also praised the record of denational seminaries arE! to be ence of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) segregation in Southern paropaid tribute to Roy Wilkins, chial schools. ' included in the study.

1&24 PLEASANT STREET, FALL RIVER MASS., (Above Poirier's Bakery) long-time executive director of Wilkins told the National A:rchbishop Roach said that, Private - Semi-Private - Group Lessons although an overall plan has not the National Association for the Catholic Conference for Interbeen drawn up, "it is foreseen Advancement of Colored People racial Justice (NCCIJ) that NEW CLASS NOW BEING ORGANIZED that the actual review will fol- (NAACP), as a man who dedi- churches can make their best 8 WEEK DANCE COURSE low along the lines of the current cated his life to the cause of contribution to society by stressBEGINNING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 - 8:00 • 9:00 P.M. ing the difference between right visitation program offered by racial equality and justice.

• LEARN BALLROOM SUCH DANCES Wilkins, who died Sept. 8 at and wrong. He received a plaque the Committee on Priestly ForAS FOX TROT, CHA-CHA, WALTZ, mation, utilizing models similar 80, was a leader of the NAACP from the NCCIJ for his civil SWING, RUMBA, TANGO, ETC. to those used by secular and re- for 46 years and was executive rights work in 1973.

TO REGISTER CALL ligious accrediting or e:rldorsing director of the nation's largest The NAACP leader was an adagencies. and oldest civil rights group for visor to many presidents, begin"The interest of the Holy See 22 years. He retired in 1977. ning with Franklin Roosevelt.

(ANYTIME) will provide for the seminaries "His commitment to full realOR REGISTER AT STUDIO He and Rev. Mart'in Luther the proper universal perspective, ization of equality under the law TUESDAY EVENING King worked together on many while at the same time the ex- was an ardent testimony to his OCTOBER 6th perience of American seminaries . belief in the ideals of Which this civil rights causes, but Dr. King's dramatic style often overshadPRICE PER WEEK in adapting universal norms to nation was founded," said ArchPER COUPLE $4.00 our particular pastoral needs . . . bishop John R. Roach of St.- owed Wilkins. Journalist Roger Classes For Church Groups Are Held At Church Hall will benefit the universal Paul-Minneapolis, NGCB presi- Wilkins, Roy Wilkins nephew, Or Center If Desired. Dates Available. church," Archbishop RO~lch said. dent. "The greatest tribute we called the two men "opposite He said that similar studies can render him is to commit our- sides of an honorable coin." for the Holy See are being made selves anew to this cause." in other countries.

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He played a leading role in obClergy, religious and laity of the diocese are invited to attend taining the 1954 Supreme Court the homecoming Mass to be decision on school desegregation celebrated by Bishop Joseph P. and he orchestrated the March Delaney in his native parish, on Washington in 1963. He Sacred Heart, Fall River, at 7:30 worked for the Civil Rights Act p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8. of 1964, the Voting Rights Act A reception in Sacred Heart of 1965 and the Fair Housing school will follow the Mass.

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themoori~ Rally Round the Flag _ Last week's lead story in this paper concerned itself with tuition tax credits. Father George Coleman, diocesan director of education, announced that parents of children in our elementary and secondary schools would in the near future receive materials concerning this campaign.

Opposition to tuition tax credits for parents of children in parochial and other non-public schools is getting underway. Using the proverbial argument that such tax credits violate the First Amendment separation of church and state, opponents are mustering their forces to prevent such a bill from being discussed in the halls of Congress.

In his election campaign PreSident Reagan stated that he would support tuition tax credits. Yet he has failed to follow up this pledge in his additional tax package.

Now is the time for tuition tax credit supporters to organize and publicize their cause; now is the time to let the public know that there is local support for such legislation; now is the time to let our state congressional delegation know that this indeed is a real issue.

It should be indicated from the outset to our elected officials that in this commonwe~1th over 100,000 students attend parochial elementary and secondary schools. This statistic does not include children who attend private schools or parochial schools of denominations other than Catholic. The four dioceses of Massachusetts employ over 5,000 teachers, the majority of whom are laity. In this state there are 358 elementary and secondary school buildings that are a major source of support for a large sector of private business.

Yet it seems that these facts and figures have yet to move parents to get a bandwagon moving to assure legislative action on this issue. Those who oppose such legislation already have stated adamantly that they will ignore their constituents who support tuition tax credits.

Senator Paul Tsongas, the junior senator from this state, has taken a very strong position against tuition tax credits to parochial and private school students. Seemingly Congressman Gerry Studds is in agreement with him.

These are but two Massachusetts politicans unwilling to assist parents exercising their constitutional right to send their children to other than public schools.

Here in Southeastern Massachusetts, Catholics number 63.8 percent of the general population. If a majority of them would begin to flex their political muscle on the tuition credit issue, there would be some chance that our twice-burdened parents would obtain tax relief from their elected officials.

It should also be realized that the cities and towns of Massachusetts are reimbursed for each private/parochial school pupil within their boundaries, just as they are for public school pupils.

None of that money, for which the cities and towns do absolutely nothing, is returned to the private schools. It is about time that our parents get a fair break. They pay state and federal taxes, plus tuition and book fees and often transportation costs, yet they get nothing from funds which their own children help swell.

Parents, friends and graduates of Catholic schools, let this be a new beginning! Let us rally round the flag of tuition tax credits!

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'The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.' John 10:11

Women :an,d. work

By Father Kenneth Doyle ROME (NC) - In Rome much controversy has been caused by what Pope John Paul II's new encyclical says - or does not say - about women.

Coming out of the Vatican Press Office moments after the encyclical had been released, a woman journalist said: "Here we go again. Grants for women.

Keep them in the home. That's what this pope has always said.

There's not much new in that."

The woman, in her mid-forties and unmarried, is well-respected in her profession.

But that same day, in a casual conversation in the Vatican Press Office, another woman had a different idea. She, too, is a cl:\Pable journalist, representing a worldwide wire service and an international radio network.

She is in her mid-thirties and has two 'young children.

"You know," she began, "I agree with the pope. He doesn't say that women shouldn't work.

He only says that once you're a mother, you shouldn't have to work if you don't want to. And that makes sense to me. Once you're a mother, your biggest job is making sure those kids grow up decent human beings."

What was it that Pope John Paul said in his new encyclical, "On Human Work," which provoked such strong and varied comments?

In one way there was nothing startlingly new, but in another way the encyclical contained more than a repetition of previous statements.

He said that the "primary goals of the mission of a mother" were "to devote herself to taking care of her children and educating them in accordance with their needs, which vary with age."

But there was indeed a new element in the encyclical's treatment. For the first time, the pope was suggesting grants which would make it possible for mothers who chose to do so to remain at home.

To understand the concept one has to grasp first the pope's passionate concern for the health of the family unit.

"This pope has a deep, deep esteem for the family," said Jesuit Father John Schasching, dean of social sciences at Rome's Gregorian University. "It comes partly from his Polish experience, but also from personal conviction. He knows the problems of today, so time after time he stresses the importance of the survival of the human family."

Following what has been traditional Catholic social teaching, in the encyclical the pope equates a just wage with one which will equip the family to live decently.

But then <:omes his new contribution to Catholic social

thought, according to Father Schasching.

"In the encyclical the pope clearly believes that society today should recognize, in a financial way. the contribution of mothers, thus a grant for mothers, who choose to stay at home and raise their children," said the priest.

According to Father Schasching, such a grant could be like health insurance with employer, employee and government each contributing.

The idea, said the Jesuit dean, is not original with the pope.

Many European countries are quite close to it, he noted.

Asked if the pope is saying that women should not work, the priest commented: "In this whole section of the encyclical the pope is careful to speak about 'mothers,' not women in general. If a woman has no children and simply chooses not to work, there's ho reason why society should support her."

Is the pope saying that mothers must not work?

"No," said Father Schasching, "the encyclical says that mothers must not be forced to work.

"The fact. across the world, is that many women work, and that many of them are mothers.

The pope doesn't condemn the fact, he doesn't say whether it's good or bad, right or wrong." the priest said.

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When some parents discuss family responsibility, they talk only of things like dishes, lawns and rooms.

Others add homework ~iDd parttime .jobs. AU of these are part of growing responsibly, of course, but the strong family adds another dimension: members are responsible for the feelings of others. There's an overt concern when one feels he is being treated unfairly. There's a visible reaction to personal moods and a companion response that says wordlessly, "I'll take some responsibility for making you happier, for making our home a better place."

In these families, if Ii person is feeling down becausl~ there's a loss of job or no prom date or a failed test, another in the family is likely to supply loving strokes. Sometimes these attempts are funny. One mother said that when their eldest son went away to college, she felt sad and somewhat adrift. Sensing her feelings, her 12·year-old stuck close to her for a couple of days.

"He nearly drove me mad," she confessed. "Everywhere I went, he followed. When I sat to read the paper, he just sat next to me, doing nothing. He was doing his best to make up for Chuck's absence but I wanted to tell him to go out and play."

Another parent contributed that when he got a speeding

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ticket and was feeling angry about it, his six-year-old girl went into the kitchen and prepared a little tray with a glass of water, two aspirin and a vase with dandelions on it. It was her way of accepting responsibility for soothing his feelings.

In some families, a parent, usually the mother, is made soley responsible for family and harmony. Family counselors speak to this often. "Motbers tend to become the repository for everyone's guilt and mood," said one.

Some mothers become the family's peacemaker simply because their mothers served this role."

She mentioned as an example a mother who kept lists everywhere to insure fairness. There was a list on the refrigerator documenting who was last to do dishes - even in the glove compartment of the car stating who sat near the windows last. Instead of giving her children the experience of getting along together, she removed this opportunity from them by assuming it.

A family pastoral counselor sketched the life these mothers live. "They feel guilty all the time. If two siblings are squabbling, the mother doesn't make them responsible for healing the quarrel but steps between them and argues with them. It becomes her responsibility. After awhile, children begin to assume that she's responsible for their anger, their behavior, their guilt,

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and their bad moods. They imply that she's at fault somehow for their poor performance on a test, maybe because she didn't get them up in time to study or maybe for no reason at all. She becomes the family scapegoat .....; she gets dumped on by everyone."

Parents in healthy families don't permit this. They seem to be able to foster an atmosphere that says clearly to" one another and to their children, "We are all responsible for a reasonably harmonious household. If you don't know how to be, we will help you. If you don't want to be, kindly remove yourself from the family circle until you are ready to assume practical responsibility for our collective mood."

These families aren't harsh but firm. They don't allow one child to whine away everyone's good mood. They don't permit constant bickering at meals. They believe that siblings learn compromise and reconciling by working out their differences, but not necessarily in the midst of the family. Most important, they expect everyone to be responsible for the family mood, not just mom or dad.

~controversy

A major new constitutional amendment on abortion introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has created a major new controversy for the pro-life movement.

Hatch's amendment, which would give Congress and the states the power to regulate abortions, was immediately attacked by a coalition of pro-life groups who said they wanted nothing less than a full human life amendment.

But it als6 was immediately welcomed by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, which called Hatch's am.endment "a significant opportunity to restore legal protection to unborn human life."

Opponents of Hatch'5: amendment likened it to a "states' rights" approach on abortion, in which states would be given the power but would not be required to restrict abortions within their borders.

But Hatch contended his amendment is stronger than the states' rights approach because it also would give Congress the power to set national standards on abortion and thus prevent any state from becoming an abortion "haven" for the rest of the country.

"Although the senator means well," countered Paul A. Brown, director of the Life Amendment Political Action Committee, "this (pro-life) movement w:ill never

manage to pass two human life amendments."

He urged instead support for the human life bill, a proposal now pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee under which Congress by simple majorities in both houses would attempt to overturn the Supreme Court's abortion decisions by declaring the fetus a "person" in the legal sense.

The U.S. Catholic bishops, meanwhile, in a statement by Father Edward Bryce, executive director of the bishops' Committee for Pro-Life Acti~ities, commended Hatch for "his willingness to provide leadership in the effort to protect unborn human life."

Father Bryce said Hatch's proposed amendment "would effectively reverse the Supreme Court's decisions in the abortion cases and would restore to the elected representatives of the American people their historic power to protect human life."

A high-ranking NCCB official, who asked not to be identified, later added that the NCC13 would strongly back the Hatch proposal. "We'll go all out for it," said the official who contended that "real world" political considerations dictated support for the measure during the current Congress.

One key group which had no immediate position on the Hatch amendment was the National Right to Life Committee headed

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by Dr. J.C. Willke of Cincinnati.

A spokesman said the committee's position would be determined at an early October board of director's meeting.

Hatch's amendment is signifi.; cant because Hatch is chairman of the Senate subcommittee on the Constitution, which has scheduled several days of hearings beginning Oct. 5 on proposals for amendments dealing with abortion.

Hatch announced plans for the hearings last summer after questioning the constitutionality of the human life bill. He said he hoped the full Judiciary Committee, after his subcommittee's hearings, then would have before it the human life bill and an amendment, which unlike the bill would require two-thirds votes in Congress and ratification by 38 states.

Hatch's proposed amendment states: "A right to abortion is not secured by this Constitution. The Congress and the several states have the concurrent power to restrict and prohibit abortions: Provided, that a law of a state which is more restrictive than a law of Congress shall govern."

Social Secur"ity reform Rep. J. J. Pickle is a polite, garrulous, 67-year-old Texan, who is obsessed by Social Security, about which

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By MARY McGRORY

that the president has not abandoned his idea of penalizing, beginning in January, those who he knows more than any man on retire at age 62 and eliminating Capitol Hill. He is chairman of payments to those 3 million Amthe Social Security Subcom- ericans who are raking in $122 mittee of the House, and to some a month although they do not Democrats his counsel on the "deserve" to. troubled system is as sour as his His idea of putting a safety name. net under the "truly needy" Pickle is admired by his col- among minimum recipients by leagues for his knowledge and sending them to the welfare offdevotion. But they sigh that he ice to apply for SSI has dented is "a political innocent" who can- his image as a kindly fellow and not grasp the importance of ex- an antagonist of welfare. ploiting Ronald Reagan's egregAdding to the grotesque nature ious blunder on Social Security. of the notion is a new directive Pickle, in leadership councils, from the Department of Health keeps pressing statesmanship on and Human Services which reo his fellow Democrats and re- duces from $2,000 to $1,000 the minds them that as inventors of amount of non-essential property Social Security they have a mor- allowed to potential recipients. al obligation to save it. The Would a 90-year-old lady have Democrats' inclination is to patch to give up her parrot or her par· up the system this year and leave rot-cage, or both, to qualify for what Pickle regards as essential assistance? reforms for another time.

Naturally, Reagan would like If the "bipartisan" approach the Democrats to help him that Reagan is belatedly urging scotch this kind of Saturday on them were to succeed, the Night Live travesty. Understandpresident would share the credit ably, they would rather not for the rescue of a government if they can be sure that seniors program which he has, through- will not suspect !fem of playing out his political career, regarded politics with their golden years. as, in the words of a new labor Social Security was not discussed ad, "a handout, not a contract." at the "harmony" caucus where Democrats decided they would Pickle is often reproved for not punish their Reagan defechis willingness to play ball with tors without due notice. It prob· Republicans, but he stubbornly ably would have been as divisive maintains that Democrats will a questiol\ as could have been pay a higher price for embarrass- raised. . ~ ing Reagan than for straighten"They have ~<>\red the cli· ing out Social Security's tangled mate for reform," says one of financial situation.

O'Neill's staff. "People are so The struggle for the soul of frightened that they think when Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill has you say 'reform,' you really are been raging for several months. talking about reduced benefits," A coalition of outside experts led Democrats also complain that by former HEW Secretary Wilbur Cohen and former Social when Reagan successfully ped· Security Commissioner Bob Ball died tax-cuts, he gave a rosy contends that with borrowing view of the economy. But when from the Hospital Insurance he talks about Social Security's Fund, the benefits can be paid as future, he paints a black picture. before.

But Pickle, who concedes that Pickle, although reluctant, he "inter-fund borrowing" might says, to be "negative and argu- keep the system going until mentative towards my leader- 1986 - at least in the absence ship," insists that it is "not of severe economic reverses says it is so "risky" that it will enough."

O'Neill is indicating that Bob further lower public credibility Ball will carry the day, that the of Social Security.

Democrats will refuse Ronald Everyone agrees that if reo Reagan's new invitation to the forms fail this fall, they will be waltz. put off indefinitely. ControverNothing that Reagan has said sial measures are always passed or done about Social Security over in a campaign year, and in since his disastrous spring of- the event the Republicans take fensive indicates that he wants control of the House, Social Se· to do anything more than dam- curity will not be a high-priority age control - and- spike charges item, and Reagan could boldly that he is going to meet his re- suggest to nervous ci.tizens that ceding figure of a $42.5 billion private annuities are much more deficit by shortchanging the reliable. seniors.

The temptation to do otherHe has, according to spokes- wise is enormous, but Pickle-'man David Gergen, "no plans" says the Democrats l11ust do the .for cuts in benefits - beyond decent thing. If he weren't what he has already proposed. around, they might not even conAnd Gergen was careful to say sider it.

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DCCN to hear Sr. Thomas More Sister Thomas More, OP, associate director of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, will speak on "Life Issues" at a meeting of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses to be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Pius Church Hall on Station Avenue, South Yarmouth.

Father Edmund J. Fitzgerald, council moderator, will celebrate Mass for those in attendance.

St. Thomas More is a graduate of the former St. Anne's School of Nursing and holds a master of science degree from Boston College. She was an instructor in psychiatric nursing for St. Anne's Hospital from 1968 to 1972 and from that date to 1979 was administrator of Madonna Manor, Attleboro, a 129-bed diocesan nursing home.

She has spoken frequently on needs of the elderly, death and dying and the hospice concept.

Two contact hours will be awarded registered and licensed practical nurses participating in Saturday's conference, which is also open to the public. A luncheon will be served.

Tax credits still viable, he says WASHINGTON (NC) A Reagan administration official reaffirmed the president's support for tuition tax credits at a House education subcommittee hearing Sept. 22.

The subcommittee on elementary, secondary and vocational education of the House Committee on Education and Labor heard testimony from Assistant Treasury Secretary John E. Chapoton, who warned that tax credits would have a significant revenue impact and must be considered together with other budget matters.

But Chapoton told the subcommittee that "tuition tax credits are a matter of considerable personal concern to the President.

"This administration is determined to work as closely as possible with Congress in constructing a tuition tax credit bill which provides substantive tax relief to the families of non-public school students and which broadens and enriches educational opportunities and promotes excellence in our schools," he said.

Edward Anthony, head of the U.S. Catholic Conference's Office of Educational Assistance, said Chapoton's testimony "seems solid. It appears President Reagan is still very much in favor of tax credits."

Pius XII Continued from page one tainly well-informed and there is a suggestion of total helplessness in his letters in the face of such incredible evil," adds the priest.

Father Holmes' book is based on doc~ments released by the Vatican Archives over the past 15 years.

/ PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS discuss arrangements for annual Vocation Awareness Day, to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at Coyle a,-Id Cassidy High School, Taunton. From left, Brother Louis St. Pierre, FIC; Sister Joanna Fernandes, OP; Sister Elizabeth Maynard, OP; Very Rev. John J. Smith, diocesan director of vocations; Sister Sandra Marcoux, SUSC. (Sr. Gertrude Gaudette Photo)

Catholics oppose 'creation science'

By NC News Service Catholic officials in Minnesota and the Clarion Herald, newspaper of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, have opposed enactment of laws requiring the teaching of "creation science" along with evolution in public schools.

Two states, Arkansas and Louisiana, have enacted laws requiring teaching of "creationism" in any classroom where evolution is taught. And Georgia may take the same step in January.

A Clarion Herald editorial called the Louisiana law "an unfortunate example of a misguided political attempt to plant religiously grounded beliefs in scientific terrain."

On July 21 Gov. David Treen of Louisiana signed a "creationism bill" into law. He said the law does not make the teaching of creationism mandatory nor provide for the teaching of any religious belief. But state Superintendent of Education J.' Kelly Nix said he believed the new law requires teachers to include instruction in creationism in science curriculums.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) plans to challenge both the Louisiana and Arkansas laws in court.

The Clarion Herald editorial noted that Pope Pius XII in 1950 in his encyclical "Humani Generis" said that both anthropolo-

gists and theologians should study general evolution.

The editorial said that the inspired writers of the book of Genesis "did not intend to produce a scientific cosmology, nor did they intend to indicate how God accomplished his creation."

"Genesis is not a scientific tract," the editorial said. "It is intended to transmit the religious truth that God is the author, creator and governor of the universe."

The New Catholic Encyclopedia states that "general evolution, even of the body of man, seems the most probable scientific account of origins" and that the Bible "remains silent about the way in which God has unfolded, and is unfolding, his creative plan," the editorial pointed out.

The conclusion that the universe was created by an etern,ally existing uncaused cause, called God, seems inescapable, the editorial said.

"The teaching of evolution in the scientific curriculum," it went on, "is not going to include reference to an uncaused cause, because that is metaphysical rather than scientific and it spills over from the philosophical to the theological-religious."

The creationism law, the edi-

torial said, "may be simple in its intent, but it seems inevitable that it will be cumbersome, confused and ineffective in its application."

In Minnesota the state Catholic conference and the director of education of the St. PaulMinneapolis Archdiocese expressed support for the stand of the National Education Association I(NEA) against laws demanding that "creation science" be taught along with evolution in p.ublic school classrooms.

More Sacred "The family is more sacred than the state and men are begotten not for the earth and for time, but fo;, heaven and eternity."-Pope Pius XI

BURLINGTON, Vt. (NC) The world's hungry lost a friend when pop singer Harry Chapin died recently, said Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). But he promised that Chapin's work would continue. . The 38-year-old singer, who died in an automobile accident July 16 in New York, was known for his work against world hunger. He performed hundreds of benefits concerts for the cause and also for the campaigns of politicians who shared his concern for the starving.

Leahy, who delivered a eulogy for Chapin on the Senate floor, told the Vermont Catholic Tribune, the newspaper of the Burlington Diocese, that he and others will contribute time and money to continue Chapin's work. ,Leahy noted that some recording artists have already agreed to do benefit concerts "in the way Harry did." He added that "millio"s of dollars, the bulk of his (the singer's earnings, went to world hunger.")

The groundwork that the singer laid for the work in the hunger area is important especially now "when there is far more emphasis on how much goes into the defense budget than how much (is used) to keep people from starving, Leahy added.

Joseph Kroger, a member of the religious studies department at St. Michael's College, Winooski, Vt. who is involved in Bread for the World, also a hunger-fighting group noted that Chapin's greatest contribution to the cause was not so much the millions of dollars he donated to it, as his work through the political process. Chapin 'was a founder and member of the President's Commission on World Hunger. "

Priests' council (necrolo9Y] elects officers October 2 Rev. Joseph E. Sutula, 1961, Pastor, St. Casimir, New Bedford October 6 Rev. Stephen B. Magill, 1916, Assistant, Immaculate Conception, North Easton October 7 Rev. Msgr. Arthur G. Dupuis, 1975, Pastor Emeritus, St. Louis de France, Swansea Rev. Caesar Phares, 1951, Pastor, St. Anthony of Desert, Fall River

Bishop Cronin was principal celebrant of a Mass at the chapel of St. Vincent's Home, Fall River, at the first meeting of the diocesan Priests' Council for the new year.

In elections Father .Edmund J. Fitzgerald, diocesan director of pastoral ministry to the sick and chaplain at Saint Anne's Hospital, Fan, River, was named president. The administrator of Blessed Sacrament parish, Fall River, Father Maurice R. Jeffrey, was elected vice-president and treasurer and Father Stephen A. Fernandes was elected secretary.

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DEACON CANDIDATES and their spouses check the library at the diocesan Family Life Center prior to beginning a new semester of classes. Seated, Mrs. Lawrence St. Onge, standing, f:rom left, Candidates Richard Murphy, Robert Raymond, Anthony da Cruz. (Rosa Photo)

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Thank YOltt Dear Editor: Thank you for placing the religious education pictures in The Anchor (Sept. 24). The full page was a wonderful surprise.

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A reply Dear Editor: I would like to reply to Paul Perreault ("Mortal thrent," Anchor, Sept. 17).

Rather than talk about pressing our young men into the war machine by the draft board, a renewal of citizen ob:ligations should be indicated. Citizlens' have an obligation to serve. If not in the military, they could serve in hospitals, national parks, helping fight pollution, cleaning our streams and rivers, remove litter in our surrounding. There are many non-combat areas in the armed forces.

America has commitments worldwide. Our armed, forces must comprise a cross sE~ction of our population, not just professional military men. Only the draft can provide it.

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That's Ethel Crowley's pithy way of expressing her deeplyheld conviction, shared with Pope John Paul IX and the U.S. bishops, that "the laity is responsible for reformation of the temporal order.'~ In her position as incoming president of the more than 51,000 members of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, she will have ample opportunity to put that conviction to the test.

A member of the Holy Trinity parish, West Harwich, Miss Crowley says of her involvement with the diocesan council, "I offered to chair a meeting and things just went on from there."

At the request of Father Francis B. Connors, then Cape and Islands district moderator for the council, she served as district vice-president and was then named district president. Now she heads the entire five-district council.

She does not come unprepared to her post. Before coming to Cape Cod in 1973 to care for a sister, since deceased, she was very active with the Hartford, Conn., Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women and also held membership on the board of the state Catholic Conference.

She combined her volunteer involvement with a career in personnel and labor relations work with both a Connecticut utilities company and United Technologies, formerly known as Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Company.

She retired from the latter in 1973.

Among her projects in Connecticut was organization of Home and School associations that sought to influence legislation affecting Catholic schools.

"When significant bills were before the legislature we'd have busloads of people from all parts of the state at the capital to ex-

press their views," said Miss Crowley.

"Legislation certainly is the key nowadays," she declared, saying that she hoped during her term in office to raise the consciousness of DCCW members with regard to their responsibility in pushing for laws supportive of Christian principles..

"So many people work only for their parish," she said.

"That's fine as far as it goes, but action shouldn't stop there."

"Whatever the need is, the council should try to help," she added.

On the often-debated question of ordination for women she has equally firm ideas.

"Ordination is not a natural right, even for men," she pointed out. "It can't be demanded priests must be accepted by the bishop."

Supporting her position, she quoted from "Women in the church," an NCCW executive council position paper issued in 1979: "We recognize that some feel justified in attempting to accelerate the recognition of specific ministries and liturgical practice by invoking them prior to official recognition.

"To give witness to the credibility of the Church as authentic teacher and discerner of Christ's intent to prevent confusions among the people of the Church, NCCW affirms that the exercise of ecclesial ministries and practices awaits approval."

Although the position of council president is demanding, Miss Crowley finds time for other interests. She donated a beautifully made petitpoint eyeglass case to a raffle at last Sunday's DCCW bridal fashion show and she has crafted a bellpull for a raffle at the NCCW convention to take place Oct. 5 through 9 in Kansas City, Mo. Other hobbies include crewel work, tole and watercolor painting and photography.

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In Dublin, Sisters of Mercy at- part: "We commit ourselves tended their first international anew to search for ways to exgathering, marking the 150th an- press God's Mercy by standing niversary of their founding by with the poor, reassessing our ministries, working to alleviate Catherine McAuley in that city.

At Mt. Marie, Holyoke, the and eradicate poverty, injustice Holy Union Sisters met for the and oppression in collaboration first time in the United States with all people of good will who for a general chapter, held every make the gospel live in today's world." six years by the community.

Some additional Sisters of Sister Mary Noel Blute, adMercy from all parts of the mi~istll'ator of the Providence joined in closing sessions. world province of the Sisters of Mercy They included about 20 members and a former faculty member of of the Providence province, Feehan High School, Attleboro, represented her community in which serves the diocese of Fall River.

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Holy Union With 129 other delegates she A major portion of the Holy studied contemporary forces hindering and promoting the Union Sisters' general chapter spread of the Gospel and parti- was devoted to finalizing the cipated in prayer services and order's revised constitution or liturgies characteristic of the rule of life.

Another priority was selection many countries served by Sisof an administrative team as the ters of Mercy.

The accomplishments of the central governing body of the Mercy community and its found- community. Reelected as superress were reviewed by speakers ior general was Sister Ignatius and many delegates visited Cath- Loyola Barry, a native of Livererine McAuley's family home pool, England. and her first foundation, a conHer assistants will be Sister vent on Dublin's Baggot Street. Jacqueline Buchert, present1}'

provincial superior of the French province; Sister Helen Ryder, Athlone, Ireland, who has worked in secondary schools in Ireland and East Africa; and Sister Alice Arsenault, Taunton, a campus minister at Assumption College, Worcester.

The final days of the meeting were devoted to plans for implementation of chapter recommendations. Assistance was given

by Sister Augusta Neal, SND, a sociologist on the faculty -of Emmanuel College, Boston; In a day-long presentation, she recalled social justice teachings of the church during the past century and outlined what she felt should be the response of women religious to the poor and oppressed.

The sisters also sent a letter to President Reagan expressing opposition to the neutron' bomb {se~ story below).

Opening prayer WASHINGTON (NC) - Mercy Sister Doris Gottemoeller of Cincinnati offered the opening prayer of the U.S. Senate Sept. 24, asking that its members cherish the weak and seek out the powerless, "helping them to lead lives of human dignity."

Sisters deplore nuclear arms race Sisters of Mercy of the province of Providence, meeting in provincial assembly, and Religious of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts, holding a general chapter in Holyoke, have denounced the buildup of nuclear arms.

The rationale for our stance, declared the Mercy community, "is based upon the nonviolence of Jesus Christ, his call to be peacemakers, the peace statements of the Church, in particular the words of John Paul II during his February, 1981, visit to Hiroshima and Nagasaki 'that all people of good will should work toward the elimination of all nuclear weapons.'

"The urgency of speaking to the arms race was magnified by the most recent discussions tak-

ing place nationally concerning the neutron bomb and the missile system."

In a letter to President Reagan of which copies were sent to Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. and Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger, the Holy Union Sisters wrote: "It is with deep regret and concern that ... we learned of your decision to deploy the neutron bomb.

"We feel outrage and horror at the continuing escalation of the arms race at a time when so many people are hungry, homeless and destitute of basic human resources. We reiterate what has been stated over and over again by the Roman Catholic Church and by all recent popes, that the arms race "is an act of

aggression which amounts to a crime, for even when they are not used, by their cost alone armaments kill the poor by causing them to starve.' (Vatican peace."

"We commit ourselves, and we call upon our religious sisters, as well as those we serve in many parts of the world, to join with us in faithful witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ by resisting the arms race and by raising in unison a prophetic voice for peace.

The letter was signed by Mother Ignatius Loyola Barry, president of the international Holy UnIon community, as well as by all generiil chapter -dele: gates. Copies will be presented to the heads of state of all countries served by the sisters.

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PHOENIX, Ariz. (NC) - The Phoenix Diocese has refused a request by Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Hill that Father Henry Wasielewski no longer be assigned as chaplain to the county jail.

Responding to a letter from the sheriff, the diocese said Father Wasielewski "was the diocesan minister to jails and would be until they had definite objections," said Thomas Alt, a spokesman for the diocese.

Chief Deputy Sheriff William Baker said the sheriff's department had requested the removal of the priest because he is monitoring conditions in the county jail system while he is- taking care of the religious needs of the prisoners. Sheriff's department officials believe this dual activity amounts to a conflict of interest, Baker said.

"We don't know what conflict of interest means," Alt said. "He does not work for the jail. They don't pay him."

Father Wasielewski has made complaints about jail conditions, Alt said. "That's his obligation and duty."

At the time the sheriff's department made the request for his removal Father Wasielewski expressed sUrPrise. He said it was a "coincidence" that the letter should be hand-delivered to the diocesan offices on the same day that an affidavit he had signed was being filed in federal court.

In the affidavit Father Wasielewski said he had been told by an official of the sheriff's department "that the bishop should keep his nose out of jail business and also that I might not be allowed to enter the jail if I continue to talk about jail problems."

The priest said further in the affidavit that if the grievance procedure in the jails is not followed or does not work satisfactorily, the prisoners have no recourse for their complaints.

"The Catholic diocese," he said, "believes that its personnel have a special obligation to be aware of injustices, to report them to the authorities and the public, and to seek their correction."

Father Wasielewski said that he, another priest and two nuns have been involved in jail ministry and that the late Bishop James Rausch of Phoenix had encouraged them in the work.

Father Wasielewski is one of 27 persons who contend that the county is violating a federal court order to improve jail conditions. The priest said the guards do not make visual observations of prisoners every half hour as the sheriff has agreed to do. In one instance, he said, a prisoner cut his throat and received no attention for several hours.

Many animals have better accommodations than prisoners in the jail, the priest said.

The Quest "The human quest is a search through daily life for a true, mysterious God." - John and Denise Carmody

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Permitting someone to be responsible for his or her own life is a much more p0V'!'erful way to effect change than giving advice.

If your daughter must pay rent, she may be angry with you at first and even move out. If, however, you also cease to give advice, then the door is open for your daughter to relate to you on a more adult basis.

You say you enjoy baby-sitting for your grandchildren while your daughter works. I'm sure your daughter appreciates the help and your grandchildren benefit. However, I would expect your daughter to reciprocate in some tangible way, perhaps by helping you with meals or housework.

By expecting her to provide for herself and her children, you .are treating her as an adult. By ceasing to underwrite her leisure time, you are pressing her to find people and a lifestyle that she can manage herself. You may lose her for a while, but you will have given her a real push toward adult responsibility.

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Part of the problem may be your frank statement, "When help is given, the advice goes with it."

Advice giving is rarely effective in accomplishing behavioral change, even when the advice is right. .

It appears you are still treating your grown daughter as a child. Grown children (more than 18) should be treated as adult friends.

Imagine treating your daughter as you treat one of your best friends. Probably, you would not give your best friend advice.

If you did, you might be told to mind your own business. More likely, you would be emotionally supportive of friends, responding to the positive aspects in their personality and situation.

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You say you provide a house and that yeu baby-sit regularly.

While it may sound harsh, I suggest you rethink this. You and your daughter will experience some immediate distress, but

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Latin, once the common language of both the Roman Catholic Church and the Roman Empire, institutions which have profoundly affected Western civilization, is attracting increasing numbers of students at Catholic colleges and high schools after a decade of disinterest.

The revival is occurring also in non-Catholic schools, public and private, and in some areas the Latin resurgence is stronger in those schools than in Catholic institutions.

Enrollment in Latin and Greek is "up very definitely in recent years," said Holy Cross Father Leonard Banas, assistant chairman of the department of modern and classical languages at the University of Notre Dame.

There are two sections of beginning Latin, one with 24 students, the other with 30, Father Banas said. Forty students are taking intermediate Latin and a few advanced Latin, although only one or two students a year major in the language, he said.

Father Banas noted that en· rollment in La~in classes has gone up in all six public schools in South Bend, in one school from 12 to 75 students, and that the university's classics faculty has assisted Latin teachers in those schools.

The concept of having college and university faculties establish Latin resource centers to help high school teachers originated at Indiana University, Father Banas said, and has been put into effect across the' state.

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of Notre Dame freshmen in Latin is "uneven," Father Banas said.

But because entrance to the uni· versity is so competitive, he went on, "the genreal intellectual caliber of the students is better than in the best seminarians in the old days."

Notre Dame's College of Arts and Letters requires all students to take three semesters of a language, modern or classical.

"Students who are serious about going on to scholarship will get Latin in some way," Father Banas said. "They learn it more quickly because of their motivation. Some have learned more in three months than students years ago would have learned in two years."

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages estimates that as many as 170, 000 students may enroll in Latin courses in secondary schools this year and that about 24,000 college student will take Latin.

In 1965 about 626,000 public high school students took Latin and <by 1970 the number was down to 271,000.

At Georgetown University, there has been an increasing number of requests for Latin, said Victoria Pedrick, professor of classics.

The classics faculty aims at having students achieve fluency in reading Latin or Greek, she said.

Double majors in Latin and philosophy or some other field are "not uncommon" at the Catholic University of America, said Daniel Sheerin, chairman of the department of Greek and Latin.

A beginning Latin course for

in style those enrolled in the university's School of Religious Studies draws 60 to 70 graduate students a year, Sheerin said.

Sheerin said he believed "Latin is better off in a secular milieu than in a Catholic one because of antitraditional attitudes stemming from a misunderstanding of the Second Vatican Council."

At Loyola University in Chicago Latin experienced "something of a resurgence last fall," said James Keenan, chairman of the classics department. Seventyfive students were enrolled in Latin courses and 15 are majoring in Latin.

Interest in Latin has been "gradually on the upsweep," said Sister of Charity Joseph Rosaire McKevitt, of Manhattan College and the College of Mt. St. Vincent in New. York City.

"Students in junior and senior years want to pick up Latin for graduate studies," she added.

"Our elementary Latin class has grown very, very strongly in the past three or four years," 'said Eugene Bushala, chairman of the classics department at Boston College. The beginning class has gone from 50 students to 80, he said, and about 12 students are majoring in classics.

Although the National Catholic Educational Association does not compile statistics on enrollment in speciftc subjects, Father Robert Yeager, director of the NCEA secondary education department, said his impression was that "a fair number of Cath-· olic high schools' have always' taught Latin, that some are going back to it and that none are dropping it now."

Iteering pOintl ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD Registration for BJrOwnie Scouts will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. today in the school cafeteria.

CCD classes begin this week.

Children who have not yet registered should attend the class for their age group and register at that time.

Families of children attending the parochial school will attend a communion breakfa.st following 9 a.m. Mass this Sunday.

Open house at the school will follow from 2 to 4 p.m.

The North End Youth Fellowship will meet at the school at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14. Youth from age 13 up are invited.

FIVE HOUR VIGIL, FALL RIVJ:R DIOCESE The monthly five houl' vigil will take place from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. tomorrow at Our Lady of Fatima Church, Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford. The service will begin and end with Mass and will include rosary, a holy hour and a 10 p.m. coffee break.

SEPARATED & DIVORClm, NEW BEDFORD AREA A support group me{~ts at 7:30 p.m. each Sunday at Our Lady's Chapel, '600 Pleasant St., New Bedford. The. October program follows: Oct. 4, Guidelines for Separated and Divorced SelfHelp Groups, Part I, conducted

by Father Edward Holleran, OFM; Oct. 11, Liturgy and social hour; Oct. 18, Guidelines, Part II; Oct. 25, Coping with Loneliness, address by Father Coleman Conley, SS.CC. A beginners group meets concurrently with the ongoing group.

An annulment clinic is held at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays at the chapel. Attendance is by appointment and those interested may call Father Holleran at 99€i-8274.

EMERGING MINISTRIES, HARVARD MEETING A regional workshop on the work of lay persons in parishes will be highlighted by a public forum from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Saturday in Rockefeller Hall at the Harvard Divinity School on the Harva~d University campus in Cambridge. It will be sponsored by the U.S. bishops' Committee on the Laity, the Paulist Leadership Project, Harvard Divinity School and Weston School of Theology.

A reception will foUow the program and Mass will be offered at St. Paul's Church, Cambridge, at 6:30 p.m.

DISTRICT COUNCIL, NEW BEDFORD The District Counoil of Catholic Women will sponsor a living rosary at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church. With music by the plH"ish choir, the rosary will have an internationad theme. Decades will be recIted in Polish, Portguese, French, Italian and English. Delicacies of the participating nationlrlities will be served following the service.

ST. JULIE BILLIART, NORTH DARTMOUTH Vincentians wiU meet in the rectory at 7:30 tonight.

ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER The St. Anne ultreya will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the home of Lucy and Norman Paul, 191 Lafayette St., Fall River.

New Home and School Association officers are Donald Valcourt, president; Blanche Gagnon, vice-president; Florence Dore and Rene Dion, secretaries; Delores Lyne, treasurer.

The parish choir is in need of new members. Those interested may contact Normand Gingras, choirmaster.

HOLY ROSARY, FALL RIVER The annual Women's Guild membership tea is planned for 6:30 p.m. Monday ,in the church haLl. Father Vincent F. Diaferio, moderator, wm instaH new members. Entertainment and refreshments wrlI follow.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET New a1tar boys will rehearse at 11 a.m. Saturday.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON A Women's GuiJd open meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday will begin with a -living rosary, followed by an address on genea1ogy by Sister Vera, SUSC, of Coyle-Cassidy High SchooL A business session will close the evening.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN The charismatic prayer meeting will be held at 9:45 a.m.

Wednesday from now on at Sacred Heart Convent, 44 Rotch St. AN are welcome.

A prayer class conducted by Father Coleman Conley wiH be held at 7:30 tonight in the churoh.

A scriptural group is held at 7 p.m. each Wednesday at the home of Lu Rogers, 15 New ,Boston Rd. Knights of Columbus wiJI sponsor a vocations day Sunday.

Noon Mass will be offered for vocations and workshops, discussions and displays wVI:l take place in the church ha'I1 until 4 p.m.

Parochiad school students opened the year with a Mass and the release of baloons, each with a student's name attached. The baLloon reported to travel farthest will win a pizza party for that student's class.

FAMILY LIFE CENTER, FALL RIVER DIOCESE An introductory talk on the Billings method of natural famd,ly planning wiN be given by Si,ster Lucille Levaseur at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 6, or Tuesday, Oct. 20.

"The information is important to aU," said Sister Lucille, "male, femlrle, young, old, religious, secula·r, married or sing'le. It's more a method, it's a phiJJ.osophy of life." Further information as available from her at 999-6420.

BLESSED, SACRAMENT, FALL RIVER The Bread of Life charismatic prayer group meets at 7:30 p.m. each 'Friday. The meeting and liturgy are followed at 10 p.m. by hea:Iing and prayer ministry.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA The parish choir will begin rehearsals Monday.

Meetings for parents of CCD students will be held at 6:45 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.

The Youth Ministry will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NEW BEDF:ORD First communicants and tpeir parents will meet after 10 a.m.

Mass Sunday. The sacrament will be received at 8 a.m. Mass Sunday, Oct. 11.

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ST. RITA, MARION' A pre-sacramental instruction program for parents of infants to be baptized will begin this month. Information is available at the rectory.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK The choir meets at 7 p.m. each Monday at the church.

SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Monday for rosary and Benediction in the church, followed by a floral design show and coffee hour. New members are welcome.

The weekly parish sewing g,roup wiI'1 resume making pads for the Rose Hawthorne Latrop Home at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the rectory.

DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA BOURNE Mother Cabrini Circle wil!l hold ,installation ceremonies for new officers in November. At a \!'ecent meeting the charter was draped in memory of 1ate members Louise Oremonini and Mary Verrier.

Additional Steering Points on Page 16.

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER, FALL RIVER DIOCESE Marriage Encounters are scheduled for the weekends of Oct. 2, 16 and 30. Further information ,is avaNable from telephones 763-2886 and 678-8694.

LA SALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO A workshop on iliving with teenagers will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Program coordinators will be school psychologist Corinne Pridham and special education teacher GaB Furtado. Topics wi1Jl incl~de "What Is Adolescence?" "Everybody's Doing It" and "The Role of Parents and Peers in Teenagers' Lives." Further information is avai1ab1e at 222-5410.

Father Andre A. Patenaude, MS, assisted by Sister Yvette Beford, SSA, will conduct a day of recoLlection for music ministers from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 10. Music will be considered as prayer, as worship and as healing. Further information is available at 222-5410.

On Sunday, Oct. 11 a Day of Hope for Divorced and Separated Catholics wiH be conducted at the shrine from 1 to 5 p.m. Coordinators wiU be Gerry Prou'lx and Joanne Manfra of the North American Conference of Separated and Divorced Catholics. ,Following discussions on "What Is Being· Done for You" and "Hope for the Individual," an open forum will be held.

There wNl be no charge for the day and babysitting wiU be provided.

ST. JOSEPH, NEW BEDFORD The Legion of MlH"y will sponsor a Hving Il"osary at 3 p.m. Sunday. Participants will include Knights of Columbus and Men of the Sacred Hearts. Refreshments wHl follow the service.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 1, 1981

For the common good

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By Father John J. Castelot

"To each person is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good .. . But it is one and the same Spirit who produces alI these gifts, distributing them to each as he wills."

In these statements in Chapter 12 of the First Corinthians, Paul acknowledges a variety of charisms or special gifts in community members and insists that they are for the common good.

No one should boast of his particular endowment or use it selfishly. Whatever the gift, it comes from one and the same Spirit.

In order to illustrate the diversity and the unity of the gifts, and their mutuality, Paul introduces an analogy for which he

has become famous, that of the human body. "The body is one and has many members, but all the members, many though they are, are the one body, and so it is with Christ." The first part of this statement is obvious enough; the second part, however, calls for serious reflection.

It often is remarked that, for Paul, the community is Christ, his concrete continuation in time and space. For instance, in introducing his account of the institution of the Eucharist in Chapter 11 as something he received "from the Lord," the context makes it quite clear that, for Paul, this means the Christian community.

Again, to be baptized "into

Shopping center ministry

By Lenore Kelly

A bewildering array of choices.

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Time of challenge

ing many intense discussions with his wife, he resigned his Today people face a bewilder- lucrative position. ing array of choices in careers, Now the couple live with their in lifestyles, in relationships, in four children in a rural twoeducation. In U.S. society, many room home they built themselves. people are searching for satisfy- Because cash is short, Mrs. Coring ways of life. At the same ey works as a bookkeeper in the time, many experience anxiety nearby town. The Coreys raise and confusion when conflicting vegetables, milk and meat on a desires collide. small farm. They are contented In the provocative view of with their lives because they psychologist and social rearcher, now have sufficient time for Daniel Yankelovich, Americans路 family and friends. feel caught in a "world turned Then there is Miss Corey's sisupside down." Material based on ter, Martha, a college senior. a new book of his appeared in Engaged to a law student, she the April 1981 issue of Psychol- plans to work for a year and ogy Today magazine. In it, Yank- travel in Europe before going on elovitch explains that American to law school herself. She is society is experiencing a "cul- thinking seriously about a cartural revolution," characterized eer as a canon lawyer, perhaps by a vast shift in values concern- working on a marriage tribunal. ing marriage, family, careers and For this young woman. marriage the raising of children. He backs Tum to Page Thirteen his conclusions with surveys in which contrasts dramaticalIy with one done in the late 1970s.

What mi~ht this-changing American landscape look like to a young woman of the 1980's.

By Janaan Manternach Let's think about a 17-yearold girl whom I'll call Marilyn Paul was on his way to JerusaCorey. A junior at a metropoli- lem. He was convinced the Holy tan high school, soon she must Spirit wanted him to go there. make some basic decisions on The other Christians, however, the direction of her life. But she warned him not to go. "You wiD is having a difficult time doing have much to suffer in Jerusa: this. lem," they told him. "All who When she looks around, she folIow Jesus are being persecusees how dramaticalIy people's ted there. Our enemies wiIl be lives are changing. She sees especially hard on you." them trying to fulfill what they But Paul was determined to go regard as personal needs. to Jerusalem as the Holy Spirit First there is her uncle, Mi- was urging him to do. chael Corey. Five years ago he On the way he stopped at was a California businessman Caesarea, where an influential making his way up the corporate Christian named Philip invited ladder. Then, at age 33, dissatishim and his companions to stay fied with what he felt was a at his house. meaningless career, and followTum to page thirteen

By Katherine Bird

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Chicago's Ford City Catholic Center is an experimental team ministry parish.

According to Father John Doherty, the only priest on the six-member staff, the "experiment has worked out extremely welI," with lay and religious cooperating in all decisions. The other staff members are permanent deacons George Fitterer, Rich Warfield and Ed Foley, Notre Dame Sister Virginia ScalIy and Dolly Sokol. They meet weekly to discuss their ministry and, according to Father Doher; ty, the "differences between men and women complement each other."

Located in a shopping center serving five condominium complexes, the parish has no geographical boundaries. Father Doherty remarks, "In one sense I see it as a floating parish anchored in a shopping center." A unique feature is its lack of permanent church buildings. The shopping center's community room converts to a chapel for liturgies and adjoining rooms are rented for office space.

Its 350 registered families are attracted to the parish, the priest explains, because its small size keeps people from feeling anonymous and because many people plan and celebrate the liturgies together. Liturgy plan-

The U.S. bishops voted recently to make some changes in Mass prayers - a vote that reflected a concern for the church's women.

The bishops' voting took place in the fall of 1980 and awaits Vatican confirmation. For most people, no doubt, a change in the words said during the Consecration of the Mass would be the most noticeable result of the bishops' deliberations. At the Consecration, where the priest once referred to the blood of Christ shed "for you and for all men," he would say under the proposed change, "for you and for all."

The vote of the bishops reflected increased awareness in the church of how certain practices can suggest that women are inferior to men as well as the general push in our society toward recognition of the equality of the sexes.

Few issues are likely to yield more conflict for the church in the years ahead than that of women's roles.

In many ways women already fulfiIl highly responsible roles in parishes and have long played key roles in education and social services, in work with youth and the elderly, on parish councils and in the creation of parish celebrations that often do more than anything else to foster par-

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ning takes place each month at four separate home meetings, with approximately 40 people attending each.

Fitterer and his wife, Arlene, were among the first parishioners. "No one ever seemed to specify 'men' or 'women' when an opportunity for involvement arose," recalls Mrs. Fitterer.

Both became involved in religious education and liturgy planning. Today Mrs. Fitterer is in a diocesan lay ministry training program and looks forward to working on parish retreats.

According to Ms. Sokol, "People have come to accept women as ministers" at Ford City parTurn to Page Thirteen

The key roles of women

By Father PhiUp Mumion

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Christ" means both to be joined in an intimate union with the risen Lord and also to be incorporated into the community. This community is not just a social club, a society made up of people who get together to accomplish some purpose. It is a "body," a路 living organism, in which the members are joined in an organic, living unity with one vital principle, the Spirit.

However, if the human body is marked by marvelous unity of being and operation, it is also characterized by amazing and essential diversity. So many members, so many organs working together in perfect harmony, and all of them important! StiIl, they Turn to page thirteen

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ish spirit.

A recent study of women active in parishes revealed that their major areas of involvement were education, liturgy, administration and support services.

Most of the women find their involvement a source of great satisfaction and intend to remain involved.

Positions women occupy in parishes have been changing.

Many are directors of religious education and pastoral associates. . ~ S'ome women in parishes that lack a fulI-time priest have been appointed by bishops to serve as "pastors" in all but name. A woman in such a position might Tum to page thirteen

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For the common good Continued from page twelve are important percisely as members of the body, apart from which they lose their very reason for being.

An amputated finger stiU looks like a finger but, cut off from the body, it disintegrates. So it is with individual Christians: they need the body, and the body needs them.

Within the body all thEi members are important to each other.

"If the foot should say, 'Because I am not a hand I do not belong to the body,' would it then no longer belong to the body? . . .

If all the members were alike, where would the body b4~? . . .

Even those members of the body which seem less importa.nt are in fact indispensable." .

In other words, no matter how humble one's gifts may seem, they nonetheless are important, and no one can look down on people considered less richly endowed. And, just as in the human body, "if one member suf· fers, all the members suffllr with it."

Paul makes his point inescapably clear when he states: "You, then, are the body of Christ.

Every one of you is a member of it." And of necessity, there must be a variety of functions:

Challeng4~ Continued from page twelve and children are important but she is in no hurry te, make this lifelong' commitment even though her fiance is pressing for an early marriage.

On the other hand, Barbara Corelli, another high school senior, does not intend to marry.

Raised in a family of 16 children, she does not intend to go to college, preferring instead to prepare for a career as an,electriciano She has enrolled at a vocational school and will be an apprentice with an elEictrical firm.

Finally, another sister, Pamela Smith, is a full-time homemaker with three small children.

An artist and teacher before marrying, she hopes to lresume her career later. Although sometimes overwhelmed with the responsibility of small children, she feels it is important to be at home.

For Marilyn Corey, making decisions about the future is not made easier by the many c:hoices open to her. And, if Yank,elovich is correct in his assessment of what is happening in America, some of her desires may well conflict with others - ]:Iroducing a measure of frustrat::on for her. Her desire to maintain a high degree of personal independence could easily collide with her wish for friendship and intimacy with others, f,or example.

Nonetheless, in the final analysis, Yankelovich is cautiously optimistic about what is happening during what he seems to regard as a transition period in American life. While he sees gre,at confusion about values in .society today, he feels Americans, slowly and painfully, will realize that true self-fulfillment comes only from commitment to others.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

"If the body were all eye, what would happen to our hearing?"

And while some of the gifts may seem more valuable than others, one should not strive selfishly for the apparently more attractive ones, as some Corinthians apparently were doing, to the der!..ment of the body.

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Ministry Continued from page twelve ish. "Through the years, the priests have helped parishioners to see we're part of the team."

Therefore, according to the Jay leader, when parishioners tum to the parish for help, it doesn't' seem to matter whether it is a priest or a lay person, a man or a woman who responds.

Working in general parish ministry attracted Sister Scally to Ford City in 1976. A fulltime staff member whose ministry took her regularly to a local hospital, she recalls her initial difficulty in getting parking lot privileges then reserved for male chaplains only.

Ms. Sokol holds a full-time job at the archdiocesan liturgy office, yet volunteers many hours at Ford City. She first heard of the parish 12 years ago while working in a nearby shop. "I soon discovered that this was not just a church to drop into on weekends," says Ms. Sokol: "It was a community of people."

Her musical talents were put to work in forming a folk choir and she attended summer music institutes. Then she became parish director of liturgy and music and when an opening on the ministry team occurred in 1979, her name was submitted by parishioners.

For several years a women's group has been meeting in the parish to discuss common concerns. In addition, an annual collection for women in ministry complements the traditional collection for seminary education.

I{ey. roles Continued from page twelve conduct the day-to-day work of the parish, with a priest coming for Mass or other sacramental celebrations - weddings, for example.

It is interesting to note that in a Gallup survey of Catholic men and women almost twice as many men as women complained of a lack of input in church decision making.

It seems that while one important set of questions concerns the roles of women in the church, another set concerns the roles of men and the relationships between men and women in the church. In addition to the challenge of placing women in responsible roles, there is the challenge of encouraging more laymen to take an active part in parish life.

Why is it often hard to engage laymen in the parish? Why have laymen often restricted their involvement to material concerns about finances, building programs and fundraising?

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For children Continued from Page Twelve While they were there, a prophet arrived from Judea. His name was Agabus. He had recently been in Jerusalem. Paul was eager to receive word about Jersusalem.

The prophet from Judea refused to speak to anyone. When Philip introduced Paul to Agabus, the prophet reached out and grabbed Paul's belt. He pull. ed it loose without a word. He then bent over, touching his feet with his hands. He tied his hands and feet together with Paul's belt.

Paul and the rest of those in Philip's house looked at Agabus, amazed. Agabus could not walk.

He could hardly move he had so securely tied his hands and feet together.

Finally Agabus spoke: "This is how our enemies in Jerusalem will tie up the owner of this belt.

Then they will hand him over to the authorities."

urged him not to go up to Jesusalem.

Paul looked at his friends.

"Why are you crying and breaking my heart like this?" he asked them. Then with great conviction he told them of his intention. "For the name of the Lord Jesus I am prepared, not only for imprisonment, but for death in Jerusalem. I must go there.'~ His friends were touched by Paul's courage. But they were worried he might be killed in Jerusalem, like Jesus. But realizing Paul was as determined to go to Jerusalem as Jesus had been, they said to one another, "The Lord's will be done."

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Heartland Improper Cha:'1nels Kagemusha Oblomov Only When I laugh

Popeye Private Eyes Tess Windwalker Zorro, the Gay Blade

A-3 Approved for Adults Only Dragonslayer The Elephant Man £scape from New York Eyewitness First Monday in October The Four Seasons Galaxina Gallipoli Going Ape The Haunting of Julia The Incredible Shrinking Woman Inside Moves It's My Turn The Jazz Singer Kill & Kill Again King of the Mountain The last Metro lion of the Desert The legend of the lone Ranger Modern Romance

American Pop Alligator Arthur Atlantic City Back Roads Beyorv:l the Reef Blues Brothers Brubaker Cafe Express Cannonball Run Cattle Annie & little Britches Caveman Charlie Chan & Curse of Dragon Queen Chu Chu & the Philly Flash Clash of the Titans Continental Divide Cutter and Bone Death Hunt The Dogs of War

Mommie Dearest Nighthawks Night lights Went Out in Georgia Nine to Five On the Right Track Ordinary People Outland Prince of the City Raggedy Man Raging Bull Raiders of the lost Ark Resurrection Sea Wolves Secondhand Hearts Seems like Old Times Southern Comfort Superman II Thief Tribute Under the Rainbow Wolfen

B - Obiectionable in Part for Everyone All Night long Altered States Any Which Way You Can Endless love Excalibur The Eye of the Needle!

The Final Conflict For Your Eyes Only

Happy Birthday to Me The Hand Heavy Metal High Risk Honkey-tonk Freeway Knightriders Polyester

The Postman Always Rings Twice Private Benjamin Scanners S.O.B. Stir Crazy Stripes

A-4 Separate Classification (A Separate Classification is given to certain films which while not morally offensive, require some analysis and explanation as a protection against wrong interpretations and false conclusions.)

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Blowout A Change of Seasons Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams Cheaper to Keep Her

City of Women Eyes of a Stranger The Fan Friday the 13th Part II Funhouse He Knows You're Alone

The Howling Mel Brooks' History of the Work!: Part I Private lessons Squeeze Play Tarzan, the Ape Man

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By Cecilia Belanger Lis~enirig

to the interrogation of Sandra O'Connor before she was named to the Supreme Court, it dawned on me anew how difficult communication is.

At one point, for instance, she in effect tcld a senator that what he had understood her to say was not what she had implied or meant to imply.

So why are we surprised when we fail to communicate with youth? Adults are not doing so well among themselves.

Perhaps we should study the meaning of words more closely and withhold judgment until we really understanC': what is meant.

Recently I was' in a supermarket line helli up for some time by a lady giving the checkout clerk a hard time. Finally she moved on, still unsatisfied, and the clerk said, "I've been trying to explain to her about her coupons, the price of this week's specials and the price of bananas but she kept contradicting me and saying she preferred older clerks instead of all these young kids. SOr.1ehow I wasn't able to explain to her what I felt was very clear. I'm telling you, I'm upset."

When people are not understOOd, why must there be rancor? Why can't people laugh about it and begin again? We are all students in this life, with something to learn every day.

It's unkind to be abusive to young people in their jobs when they are trying to go to school and earn a little expense money.

As customers we should give them a kind word, something good to remember for 'the rest of the day. Why are we so illmannered in stores?

I'm thinking of St. Augustine's description of his youth: "All kinds of things rejoiced my soul in their company - to talk and laugh, to do each other kindnesses; to read pleasant books together; to pass from lightest jesting to talk of the deepest things and back again; to differ as a man might differ from himself, and when, most rarely, dissension arose, to find our normal agreement all the sweeter for it.

We are slaves of our own bad manners, a form of illteracy in itself. Our idols are the flip remark, the jab, the insult, the pejorative slur. It's time we slipped free of these chains and returned to the place where we began as children, where Jesus and others were talking and we were listening.

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FACULTY MEMBERS at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, kick off their shoes and get right down to business at retreat day at St. James Convent, Tiverton.

"There is no love without hope, no hope without love and neither hope nor love without faith:'-St. Augustine

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CARE In an effort to serve the Christian community, diocesan youth and adults involved in the Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) weekend retreat program have for the past year offered a retreat day to confirmation candidates and other youth groups.

Dubbed CARE (Call, Action, Response, Eucharist), the program includes talks on the call to holiness, the action needed after hearing the call, subsequent response and the role of the Eucharist in Christian life.

The talks are given by young people who have experienced a TEC weekend and adults involved in Cursillo, Engaged and Marriage Encounter, ECHO and Emmaus programs.

The CARE days take place in parish facilities with materials supplied by the TEC team and meals provided by the parish involved.

Recent days have :been presented at Mt. Carmel, St. James and Holy Name parishes in New Bedford, St. Mary's and Sacred Hearts in Fairhaven, St. Francis Xavier in Acushnet, St. Julie's in North Dartmouth and St. Patrick's in Falmouth.

Reservations for the program may now be made for January, through May. In addition, two TEC weekends are planned for this fall, for young men the weekend of Oct. 23 to 25 and for young women the weekend of Nov. 27 to 29, both at the diocesan Family Life Center adjacent to Bishop Stang High School on Slocum Road, North Dartmouth. Candidates must be at least 17 or high school seniors to participate and the upper age limit is 25.

The weel,end is intended to aid young adults encounter Jesus and deal with decisions concerning the direction of their lives.

The presenting team includes young persons, adults, priests and sisters.

Information on both the TEC and CARE programs is available from Father Steven Furtado, director, at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, 997-0616 or from Vivian Oliveira, 994-5320.

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CoyIe-Cassidy Senior John F. Brady has been named one of 15,000 semifinalists in the annual National Merit Scholarship program. He is now eligible to compete for one of 5000 merit scholarships.

Active in many Coyle-Cassidy organizations and extracurricular undertakings, John is a memo ber of Immaculate Conception parish, Taunton, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Brady Sr. Also a C-C achiever is senior Cindy Baran who spent part of the summer at the Massachusetts Advanced Studies Program at Milton Academy. The program, limited to 125 participants, offered a wide range of cours(~:;, from which Cindy choses genetics and writing. She also participated in after-class activities such as tennis, rock climbing, talent shows and field trips to area points of interest.

In other happenings at the Taunton school, folk grQu.p.. elections have named Janet Cooke president; Rene Rodrique vice president; and Kelli Moran secretary-treasurer.

Holy Family

By Lisa Cabana Seniors at Holy Family, New Bedford, report their annual car wash was a huge success. The total profit of $357.40 was realized. This money is used to help defray the cost of graduation.

The money was not so important as the feeling of closeness and friendship among the seniors.

The car wash was a success and even though every senior was soaking wet the people of the surrounding neighborhood were thoroughly impressed by the students' behavior and hard work.

All in all the car wash was an event to be remembered by the entire senior class.

TEe moderator ~ BELLEVILLE, Ill. (NC) Auxiliary Bishop Stanley G. Schuarman of Belleville, Ill., has been appointed episcipal moderator of the National TEC (Teens Encounter Christ) Conference.

TEC seeks new methods of evangelizing youth. Its program centers around a weekend experience designed to deepen faith and ,participation, particularly in the local church.

Some 70 dioceses in the United States, including Fall River, participate in the movement.

.Bend Them "When you.encounter difficul, ties and contradictions, do .not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time:'-St. Francis de Sales

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ports watch Shclmrocks In Big Win Rebounding from a 3fi-14 loss to No. Attleboro in a non-league football game a week earlier the Bishop Feehan Shamrocks opened their Division ThreE: Southeastern Mass. Conference schedule with a 31-8 rout of Old Rochester Regional last Saturday.

Redoutable quarterback ~ob Hyland tossed three touchdown passes, eight and 11 yards to Lionel Pinsonneault and 33 yards to Ray Bush. He completed seven of his 12 passes for 89 yards. Old Rochester's Bulldogs scored on a 41-y~lrd pass from Chris Riley to Dave Hubbard.

In another Division Three game the Case High Cardinals opened their quest for the division crown with a 27-3 victory over the Coyle-Cassidy Warriors.

Highlight of the contest was Merrick VanDongen's performance: touchdown passes of 30 and 25 yards to George Costa.

The Warrior's points came on 36-yard field goal by Chris Leary.

The Bishop Stang Spartans and the Dartmouth Indians tied, 14-14, in a non-league encounter.

An eight-yard pass from Paul Cranston to Kevin Cadieux and Joseph Frade's four-yard run accounted for the Stang touchdowns. Dartmouth's touch downs were on an ll-yard run by Joe Reardon and a 65-yard punt return by Tom Delano.

The outstanding performance in" scholastic football last Saturday was Rick Kowalski's four touchdowns in Somerset High's 27-12 defeat of the Durfee Hilltoppers. The Blue Raiders' ace running back has scored six touchdowns in two games. Brad Kilby scored both Durfee touchdowns and upped his point total to 18 in two games. The game counts in the Division One standing for Durfee but not in Division Two for Somerset.

Father Steakem Tournament Winner Twenty priests participated in the annual clergy golf tournament, held last Thursday at Pocasset Country Club, despite a misting rain.

Overall and low gross winner was Father John J. Steakem, while Father Francis Mahoney was low net winner.

The top team had as members Fathers Robert McDonnell, CSC Edward McIsaac; Leo King, SS.

CC.; and John Brennan, SS.CC. Longest drive and nearest to pin honors were taken by Father Armando Annunziato.

The planning committee was composed of Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington and Fathers Steakem and Mahoney.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was guest of honor at a banquet following the tournament.

Connoilly Booters Win Three The Bishop Connolly High soccer team posted three victories in non-league soccer last week.

The Cougars pinned 2-0 and 4-2 defeats on Durfee and trounced Greater New Bedford VokeTech, 8-1.

In other games it was Taunton 2 Westport 1, DurfE!e 2 Diman-Yoke O. !Connolly is home to Somerset this afternoon and hosts Diman Yoke on Monday.

In their second game of the season, the Holy Family soccer team defeated the Dartmouth High Indians 5-2. Dartmouth opened the scoring with a goal

deflected in by a Holy Family player.

The score remained the same through the first half and up to the third quarter when Holy Family exploded for three goals.

Robert Yergeau assisted on two goals by Mark Cathcart, while J. P. A:zevedo scored and Robert Tetreault picked up an assist.

Holy Family was hot in the fourth quarter as well, when Cathcart and Azevedo scored again to make the score 5-1. The final Dartmouth goal was scored in the final seconds of play for the final score of 5-2.

Jackson Leading Hitter John Jackson of the Somerset team is the 1981 batting champion of the Bristol County CYO Baseball League with an average of .486. He also led the league in runs batted in, 30, fewest strikeouts, four, and tied with Maplewood's Bill Silvia in stolen bases, 16. Steve Mercier of South End was the runnerup with an average of .456 and led in doubles, nine. Paul Amorin of South End had the most hits, 35, Maplewood's Doug Houde the most triples, four, and Somerset's Mike Moreira the most home runs, eight. A record 56

homers were hit during the ~eague season. Ken Medeiros drew the most walks, 22.

Steve Ogden of North End was the pitcher with the best earned run average, 1.03 with Somerset's Lance Smalley next with 1.31. Bill Shea was the winningest pitcher with an 8-2 record.

Kevin Martel, 7-2, was the runnerup. Another Somerset pitcher, Bill Kay, led in strikeouts, 107.

The Fall River CYO Basketball League will hold the first of three organizational meetings at 7 p.m. Tuesday in CYO Hall, Anawan Street, Fall River.

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

General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sug· gestedj R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: A1-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; B-objectionable in part for everyone; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanationl: C-condemned.

service as the sole support of his mother, he is scorned by his peers because he doesn't enlist.

Weak in plot, the film is strong on period atmosphere, re-creating the feeling of wartime America. Its low-key approach is pleasant until the frenzy of action which sets up its conclusion, a gang rape and a vicious barroom brawl. This is dramatically excessive and destroys the message of non-violence. Not a program for the younger members of the family.

New Films "Only When I Laugh" (Columbia): In this extensive reshaping of Neil Simon's unsuccessful play "The Gingerbread Lady," Marsha Mason, his wife plays a successful actress, a reformed alcoholic, whom circumstances conspire to push to the brink once more. Kristy McNichol is her faithful teen-age daughter and James Coco and Joan Hackett are her close friends, a homosexual failed actor and a rich man's wife pathologically afraid of growing old. The movie is moderately entertaining but everyone is a little too nice, and the whole thing too contrived to be really moving. Aside from occasional foul language, everything is pretty innocuous. A2, R "Southern Comfort" (Fox): Louisiana National Guardsmen run afoul of vengeful Cajuns while on maneuvers in this grim and somber melodrama. Aside from spectacular cinematography, it has little to recommend it, though Powers Boothe makes an effective debut as one of the guardsmen. Because of violence and rough language, it is classified A3,R.

"Love, Sidney" is a new series in which Tony Randall stars as a homosexual. Setting up the situation up on which the series will be based is "Sidney Shorr," airing Monday, Oct. 5, 9-11 p.m. on NBC. Lonely homosexual shares apartment with pregnant young woman and convinces her not to have abortion. He raises child as she pursues career until marriage five years later takes her and child out of his life except for summer vacations and letters.

"True Confessions" (United Artists): Robert DeNiro and Robert Duvall star as troubled brothers in this lurid melodrama set in Los Angeles in the late 40s.

DeNiro is an up-and-coming young monsignor adept at political infighting, and Duvall is a tough police sergeant intent on solving the murder of a prostitute even if an outstanding Catholic layman close to his brother becomes implicated. Because of its relentless concentration upon sordid details, including blood and nudity, and because of its exploitation of its Catholic atmosphere, it is classified A4, R. Film on TV Saturday, Oct. 10,9 p.rn. (CBS) "Hero at Large" (1980) - John Ritter is a young actor who fights crime emulating Captain Avenger, a cartoon character, in this romantic comedy. Pleasant and unpretentious. A2, PG TV Programs Country singer Kenny Rogers stars~ as the troubled preacher of a small Southern town during World War II in ''Coward of the County," airing Wednesd'ay, Oct. 7, 9-11 p.m. on CBS. The "coward" of the title is the preacher's nephew who promised his dying father that he would never fight. Exempt from

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Religious Broadcasting Sunday, Oct. 4, WLNE, Channel 6, 10:30 a.m., Diocesan Television Mass.

"Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m. each Tuesday on Charmel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social services; Rev. Dr. Paul Gillespie, of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches; and Rabbi Baruch 'Korff.

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Sunday, Oct. 4, (CBS) "For Our Times" - The Jewish high holy days are celebrated in a special Shostakovich concert of Jewish folk music. Check local time.

On Radio Sunday, Oct. 4, (NBC) "Guideline" - College student Doug O'Connell candidly discusses with Father Ellis DePriest, former rector of Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, the role of the priest in today's world.

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ST. THERESA, NEW BEDFORD The parish patronal feast will be observed at a sung ~ass.at 11 a.m. Sunday, with music by the Festival Choir and folk group. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will follow until 3 p.m., when a prayer service will be held, climaxed by Benediction and veneration of a relic of St. Therese. Homilist for the service will be ~aronite Deacon Michael Thomas, a seminarian at the North American College in Rome.

ENGAGED ENCOUNTER, FALL RIVER DIOCESE The first weekend of the season for engaged couples will take place Oct. 9 through 11 at the new Family Life Center, North Dartmouth. A few open'ings remain and those interested may call Diane or Bob Bernier, 679-4920.

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WIDOWED· SUPPORT GROUP, ATTLEBORO AREA A meeting for the widowed will take place at8 a.m. tomorrow at St. Theresa's Church, South Attleboro. A social hour will follow the program.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FALL RIVER Social concerns and administration committees will meet tonight.

The confirmation retreat team will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the school i!1 preparation for a candidates' retreat Nov. 13 through 15.

All are welcome to a Women's Club meeting Monday at which a film on Pope John Paul's visit to the United States will be shown.

Parents of first communion candidates are asked to attend a meeting following 11 a.m. ~ass Sunday, Oct. 11.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER The parish council will meet at the church hall ~onday evening, Nov. 16.

The parish conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has received a certificate marking its 50th anniversary of service to the needy.

ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS New CYO officers are Lisa Stubbs, president; Thomas Chartrand, vice-president; Jane Hawkes, secretary; Virginia Boundy, treasurer.

Women's Guild members will hold a meeting aed potluck supper in the church hall at 6 p.m.

Tuesday. Emma Lewis, president, invites new members to attend.

CATHEDRAL MUSIC, FALL RIVER Friday evening choir rehearsals have resumed. The choir is heard regularly at 10 a.m. Mass each Sunday and is the main choir for liturgical and concert presentations at the cathedral.

Singers are needed in all parts and those interested may contact Glenn Giuttari, director, at 673-2833.

ST. ANTHONY OF THE DESERT, FALL RIVER .Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will participate in dedication ceremonies for the parish center following 11 a.m. ~ass Sunday, Oct. 18. Bishop Francis Zayek of the Diocese of St. ~aron, Brooklyn, N.Y., will be the officiating prelate.

CHURCH OW VISITATION, NORTH EASTHAM Women's Guild officers are Rose Bresnahan, president; Flora Kane, vice-president; Mary McDevitt, secretary; Kathryn Brewer, treasurer.

The guild will hold a chowder supper in the church hall at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, with Irene Hartung as chairperson.

SEPARATED & DIVORCED, SACRED HEART HOME, . FALL RIVER AREA NEW BEDFORD A support group will meet Information on a two-part course on therapeutic relation- Tuesday evening at Our Lady of ships with the emotionally im- Fatima church hall, 530 Gardpaired elderly, to start Wednes- ners Neck Road, Swansea. The day and open to registered and topic will be "Coping with Delicensed practical nurses, is avail- pression" ar..d all are welcome to able from ~ary Trask, RN, 996- attend..

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ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER ST. MICHAEL, Parishioners are asked to pray FALL RIVER at least one decade of the rosary Cardinal Humherto ~edeiros, former pastor, will be principal daily during October. The rosary celebrant of a 4 p.m. Mass Satur- will also be recited before daily day, Oct. ~1, marking the 50th and weekend ~asses. anniversary of the parish school.

Blood pressures will be taken A history of the school will be after 4:30 JP.m. Mass Saturday recounted following the Mass and all ~asses Sunday. Starting and a closing banquet will take Nov. 1 a Medicare/~edicaid inplace at 7 p.m. at Venus de ~ilo formation service will also be restaurant, Swansea. offered.

STUDY DAY, WESTPORT AREA Family therapist Susan Anderson"a member of the international board of Birthright, will be the opening speaker at "A Day to Broaden Your Horizons," to be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 17, at Our Lady of Grace Church, Westport. Cosponsoring the program will be the Councils of Catholic Women of OUT Lady of Grace, St. John the Baptist and St. George parishes. ~rs. Anderson's topic will be "Ordinary Women with an Extraordinary God." Also on the program will be workshop sessions, a pageant, "Women in the Bible," and celebration of a Eucharistic liturgy.

HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER The rosary will be recited at 5 p.m. each weekday in October, preceding 5:15 p.m. Mass. A rosary and Benediction service will take place at 3 p.m. each Sunday of October.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET A prayer meeting will begin at 7 tonight with Mass and will be followed by a social hour.

ST. MICHAEL, SWANSEA An ecumenical blessing of animals will tak~ place at 2 p.m.

Sunday at the Bluffs in honor of the 800th anniversary of the birth of St. Francis. All domestic animals are welcome.

Knights of the Altar and parents will meet in the church, at 7 tonight.

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