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Bishop deplores killing When asked his reaction to the assassination of President Anwar Sadat, Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, expressed. sympathy for the people of Egypt and for the family of the slain leader. The Bishop noted that President Sadat had been a courageous leader, working tirelessly for peace in the Middle East and in the world. "His untimely death underscores once again the sad truth that the problems of the world cannot be resolved through recourse to violence," the Bishop stated. "In this year, when violence
has touched so many of our leaders, this most recent tragic incident must be the o~casion for world leaders to initiate serious efforts to bring peace. The current senseless buildup of conventional and nuclear weapons is fraught with the very real peril that a worldwide conflagration can burst forth. "I join with our beloved Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, himself the victim of a savage attack earlier this year, in the most urgent plea that mankind begin at once to foster peace, to pray for peace, to abandon vio-
Marian Mass The annual Columbus Day candlelight procession and Mass honoring Mary in the month of the rosary will be held Monday evening. Participants are asked to meet at 5:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, where they will organize for the candlelight walk to Kennedy Park. There Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. During the procession hymns will be sung and the rosary will be recited. Each parish unit will sing and pray independently in the language of its choice. Ban-
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lence as a way of life. "The attention of the world is focused today upon the tragedy affecting President Sadat, a man devoted to the cause of peace. However, monumental acts of violence such as attacks upon notable personages, are similar in nature to the countless wanton acts of violence which affront common citizens and which seem to be so very much a part of the fabric of society today. The cause of justice and peace must, these days, be very much' in our minds, our hearts and above all in our prayers."
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ners, flags and other insignia may be carried. Priests are invited to concelebrate the Kennedy Park Mass, each providing his own alb and stole. Vesting will take place at St. Louis Church on Bradford Avenue, bordering the park. Each priest is also asked to bring a ciborium containing sufficient altarbreads for his parish delegation. Communion will be distributed in various sections of the park rather than by participants approaching the altar. It is noted that those receiving holy communion at an earlier
Mass on Monday will be permitted to receive again at the park Mass. The handicapped should proceed directly to the park, officials said. An area close to the altar will be reserved for their use and that of attendants. The use of charter buses is recommended, even by Fall River parishes. Bus parking will be provided in the perimeter roadway on the east and south sides of the park. Those using private cars should leave them as near the park as possible.
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JOINING CHIUSTENDOM in marking the 800th anniversary of the birth of St. Francis of Assisi, diocesan Franciscans held the traditional Transitus service at St. Mary's Cathedral, including distribution of l;>lessed bread (top picture). Blessing of Animals ceremonies, also a Franciscan tradition, included ecumenical service in Swansea, where Donna Guay's dog was among canine participants.
For the second year the Fall River diocese marked Respect Life Sunday at a Mass honoring couples married 25, 50 or more years. Celebrated by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin last Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral, the liturgy was attended by some 150 couples, their families and friends. Each couple received a commemorative scroll from Bishop Cronin. Three diamond, 38 golden and 96 silver anniversaries were recognized at the ceremony, said Father Ronald A. Tosti, diocesan director of family life min-
istry. Nationally, the Respect Life program, which continues throughout October, is marking its 10th anniversary. It traces its origins to efforts in the late 1960s to liberalize state abortion laws. Viewing such attempts as potentially the beginning of an assault on life at all ages, the U.S. bishops developed Respect Life as a means of combating increased violence against the unborn, the aged and the handicapped. Program goals are:
to proclaim the sanctity and value of human life as a gift from God and the foundation of human rights; to oppose and ultimately do away with that which destroys or endangers human life, with particular concern for such worldwide evils as war and violence, abortion and euthanasia; - to correct those situations that diminish life itself or that limit the appropriate enjoyment of life; - to support and encourage the development of that which Turn to Page Six
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-thurs., Oct. 8, 19S1
ROME (NC) - Archbishop Hilar,ion Capucci said he was surprised at the U.S. deoision to deny him a visa for a fund-raising trip schedllied to have begun Sept. 5. The U.S. embassy in Rome said Sept. 3 that the Melkite-Rite archbishop's application had been denied because of his conviction in 1974 by an Israeli court on charges of providing weapons and exp10sives to Arab guerrlUas. The archbishop said in a communique that the deniE~1 of a visa "surprises me, coming ... from a country which calls itself democratic and free, and which, moreover, had expressed ... ,its gratitude for my intervening" in ,the hostage crisis in Iran.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (NC) - FoI:lowing the recent deportations of two Canadian missionaries, eight diocesan pastoral teams asked for go~~rn足 ment assurances that church personnel can continue working among youths and the poor. "These priests and Religious only foHow directives of the Puebla document to give preferential option to youth and the poor in Latin America," their joint statement sa,id. In a related move Auxiliary Bishop Jesus Moya of Santiago (Dominican Republic,) defended Sister Maureen Ann Larkin of the Sisters of St. Martha against accusations of subversion pubHshed after her deportation in August. Neighborhood residents went on strike Aug. 24 to press the government for the return of the nun.
YOUNG MEMBERS of St. Joseph's Church, New Bedford, seem to approve highly of the parish's new nursery school. (Rosa Photo)
ROME (NC)-President Ronald Reagan's personal envoy to Pope John Paul II has entered a formal protes,t against a Soviet magazine article which linked the United States and the presidential envoy to the assassination attempt May 13 on the pope's life. In the June 1981 issue of URSS Oggi (USSR Today), published by the Soviet embassy in Rome, an artiole' titled "Where Does the Track of the Assassination Attempt on the Pope Lead?" said thl~ pope expressed positions on disamament, EI Salvador and the Middle East which were "diametrica'11y opposed to the political stand taken by the White House."
VATICAN CITY (NC)--Tourists to developing nations must not have "feelings of superiority toward the population which welcomes them," said Cardinlrl Agostino Casaroli in a letter written on beha'1f of Pope John Paul II. The cardinal, paplll1 secretary of state, wrote to the World Organization of Tourism during its genera'! assembly in Rome. "If an adequate spiritual formation is 1acking . . . tourism, instead of becoming a privileged way of deve10ping some socia'! sense, can be reduced to an alienation of the person, an abuse of the hospitality offered," said the cardinaJ\.
WASHINGTON (NC)--Pope John Paul Ill's new encyclical "On Human Work" is "a great and exciting document," said Tom Donahue, secretary-treasurer of the AFLCIO. Donahue, one of organized labor's top officia1s, said he finds the pope's emphasis on the primacy of man over economic systems especia'lly signif.icant. "It is, from our standpoint, an important ,reinforcement of the trade union effort and activity" to have the pope reiterate the ,importance of worker organizations, said Donahue.
A REAL FAMILY MASS: Deacon and Mrs. Mario Giconi of Pittsburgh celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at the nuptial Mass of their son Bernard and his bride, Cheryl. Dad officiated as a deacon while Mom, a Eucharistic minister, gave holy communion to the newlyweds.
WASHINGTON (NC)-A reduction in the number of refugees admitted to the United States could cause renewed tragedy in Southeast Asia, the diifector of the U.S. Catholic Conference's Migration and Refugee Services (MRS) warned a Senate committee. John McCarthy, MRS head, pleaded that "-action directed at solving fiscai prob1ems or other areas of concem not be directed at the reduction of our refugee admissions." The Reagan administration has proposed that the United States admit no more than 120,000 'Indochinese refugees next year, lowering the ceilling from 168,000.
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WASHINGTON (NC)-Georgetown University president Jesuit Father Timothy S. Healy Oct. 1 denounced the Moral Majority as .being a "voice of hatred" in contemporary America. In remarks at the University of the District of Columbia, Father Hea'ly described the Moral Majority, the conservative Christian New Right group as part of America's current "bout of meanness" also characterized by the present administration's budget cuts and foreign policy. The Mora1 Majority is another [ine of narrow political movement that have included the Ku Klux Klan and McCarthyism, he added.
BISHOP'S BALL WORKERS, from left, Robert Coggeshall, decorating cochairman; Mrs. Richard Paulson, hospitality cochairman; Mrs. James O'Brien Jr., presentee chairman; Mrs. Michael McMahon, hospitality chairman; Mrs. John McDonald, decorations committee.
ROME (NC)-"Neither recklessly nor timidly." These words are the city motto of Gdansk, Poland, and a good description of Leoh Walesa, leader of Poland's independent 1abor union, Solidarity, according to Msgr. George G. Higgins, a U.S. priest who recently spent a week at Solidarity's national congress in Gdansk. Talking about the conglfess during a visit to Rome after his trip to Poland, he found much "heated discussion" among the 898 delegates about what tactics the trade union movement should take in relation to the nation's communist government and to the Soviet Union.
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Security for pope is tight
Thirty-six. diocesan parishes will each name a young woman· to be presented to Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in a ceremony highlighting the annual Bishops' Charity Ball, to take pla.ce Friday, Jan. 15, at Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth. This year's parishes are St. John and St. Stephen, Attleboro; St. Mary, North Attleboro; Mt. Carmel, Seekonk. St. Margaret, Buzzards Bay; St. Patrick, Falmouth; St. Joan of Arc, Orleans; St. Augustine, Vineyard Haven; Our Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet; St. Elizabeth, Edgartown; St. John, - Pocasset. St. Mary's Cathedral, Holy Name, Notre Dame, St. Anne, St. Louis, St. Michael, St. William and Santo Christo, Fall River; st. Bernard, Assonet; Our Lady of Grace, North Westport; Our Lady of Fatima, SW:ilDsea. Assumption, St. Boniface, St. Francis of Assisi, St. John the Baptist, St. Joseph, St. Kilian and St. Theresa, New :Bedford; St. Mary, Fairhaven; St. Rita, Marion. Holy Rosary, Our Lady of LOUrdes, St. Mary, St. Paul, Taunton; Immaculate Conception, North Easton.
INVITATI()N Clergy, religious and laity of the diocese are invited to attend a homecoming Mass to be celebrated by Bishop J~eph Delaney in his native parish, Sacred Heart, Fall River, at 7:30 tonight. A reception in SaCrEd Heart school will follow the Mass. Priests wishing to concelebrate the Mass, at which Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will preside are asked to bring stole and alb.
Looking at Lepers "To me, Brother Fra:ncis, the Lord gave the grace to do penance; when I was a sinner, I thought it too bitter a thing to look at lepers, and the Lord led me to them and taught me to be merciful." - St. Francis
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IT WAS AN ANNIVERSARY year for the Shovelton family. Mr. and Mrs; Albert E. Shovelton of St. Thomas More parish, Somerset, are congratulated by Bishop Cronin on their 60th wedding anniversary at the annual Cathedral Mass for. celebrating couples. Their sons, Fathers William (left) and Gerald Shovelton, also celebrated this year, Father William his 35th year since ordination and Father Gerald. his 25th. (Sr. Gertrude Gaudette Photo) •
Education The annual diocesan Catholic Education Convention will be held Sunday and Monday, Oct. 25 and 26, at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. Sunday's keyote speaker will be poet-priest Father John Shea, who will discuss "The Role of Storytelling in Religion." Sister Carol Ranges will address "Family Systems" on Monday. Monday's program will also include small group workshops led by specialists in family-related themes and other contemporary concerns. Topics will include single, unwed and step-parents, alcoholism, child abuse, effects of separatiOn and divorce on children, children involved with the law and the particular problems of Portuguese parents in adjusting to a new culture. Sunday's program will begin at I p.m. with an opening pray-
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Sister Lucille Gauvin, OP, of the Fall River Dominicans of St. Catherine of Siena and Father Ernest Corriveau, MS, superior of the Altleboro-based province of the Missionaries of La Salette, will be among participants in a silver jubilee celebration of the New England region of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. The celebration will be held Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Mont Marie Center, Holyoke. Sister Lucille will be among planners of the day's liturgies, to include a closing Mass offered by Father Corriveau, chairman of the New England region of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men. New England bishops, former LCWR members, vicars for religious and representatives of CMSM and clergy and laity of the region will hear presenta-
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tions on "LCWR: Memory Movement, Mission" by Sisters Bette Moslander, CSJ, and Lora Ann Quinonez, CDP, president and executive director of the conference. A time-line pictorial display will highlight persons and events in the history of New England's response to the 1956 Vatican directive that leaders of religious congregations should form national conferences.
Doctors support ban on liquor ads TORONTO (NC) - Two officials of Catholic health organizations support a recent call by the Canadian Medical Association for a ban on alcohol advertising on radio and television. Television ads for liquor "associate drinking with a happy, euphoric lifestyle and with healthy, young people," said Dr. John Shea, president of the Catholic Doctors' Guild of Toronto. It is wrong "to give subtle signals that this is a healthy lifestyle when any doctor can tell you about the number of people with alcohol-related diseases in our hospitals," added Shea. Father Everett MacNeil, executive director of the Catholic Health Association of Canada, also supported the call for a ban.
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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Two miles of wooden barricades and nearly 1,000 security guards surrounded Pope John Paul II Oct. 4 when he returned to the Vatican to beatify three Italian and two French Religious. The unprecedented security arrangements in St. Peter's Square were designed to prevent any possibility of a repeat of the pope's last visit to the square, when Mehmet Ali Agca, who was later convicted by an italian court, wounded him and two American tourists on May 13. Most of the 125,000 people who entered the square for the beatification ceremony underwent some type of security check: a metal detector search for many, body checks of some of the men and searches of the purses of the women. Because female security personnel were not available, there were no body checks on women visitors to the square. Also immune from the body searches were persons dressed in clerical or religious garb. The square, normally accessible through nearly 60 entrances formed by the spaces of the semicircular Bernini Colonnade that' partly encloses it, was surrounded by a double-ring of white wooden barricades that opened in only nine places. Beginning at 6 a.m., three-anda-half hours before the ceremony, a special team of Italian and Vatican police officials manned the nine entrances and stood at various points along the fourfoot-high barricade. Others toured the Rome neighborhood near the Vatican or were posted atop Vatican buildings. There were no reports of arrests during the ceremony, nor were any firearms confiscated. The 61-year-old Pope John Paul remained on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica throughout the beatification ceremony, but surprised his security guards at the end by walking into a group of handicapped and sick people at the bottom of the steps. About 15 guards quickly surrounded him when he made the unexpected move. Vatican sources said the pope had been specifically asked not to go into the crowd. The security measures were expected to continue at Pope John Paul's regular Wednesday general audiences scheduled to resume Oct. 7. An American priest working in the Vatican summed up the security dilemma: "You can keep the people away from the pope, but you can't keep the pope away from the people."
Synod theme VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has chosen "Reconciliation and Penance in the Mission of the Church" as the theme for the 1983 world Synod of Bishops, Vatican Radio has announced.
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 8, 1981
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themoorin~ The Immigrant Dream During the past decade over 60,000 immigrants have moved to our diocese, the vast majority from Portugal. In our cities, the natural mecca for immigrants, we are blessed in having both Portuguese national parishes to serve the spiritual and psychological needs of the immigrants and priests who have done an admirable job in helping them adjust to a new land. Yet, like all newcomers, they have been subjected to exploitation and even ridicule by some elements of our society. One area that should concern all is that of employment. Too many immigrants are seen merely as cheap labor for the many sweat shops that are yet the backbone of much of our local urban economy. Viewed in the light of experience close to home, then, Pope John Paul II's new encyclical On Human Work, should have special meaning to those of us living in an area of constant immigration. In this important teaching document, the pope makes several noteworthy reflections concerning the immigrant and his plight. What is sometimes forgotten, he points out, is the fact that a person has a right to leave his native land. Too many Americans who are the heirs of earlier immigrants have a tendency to wish that these "new" people would stay home. It would be well for those of this narrow mentality to listen well to the Holy Father's reflections on this subject. He states quite emphatically, concerning emigration in search of work: "Man has the right to leave his native land for various motives and also the right to return, in order to seek better conditions of life in another country." He continues to reflect that this fact is certainly not without its difficulties. However the very use of the word "fact" by the pope reemphasizes the right of emigration. Many in this country would dispute or restrict this right. It is therefore well for Americans to realize that the Holy Father supports immigrants who seek through their own labor to better their lives. The second important human right that the pope defends is that of freedom from exploitation. Clearly, directly and unequivocally he states that immigrants in search of work must in no way be regarded as presenting an opportunity for financial or social exploitation. The value of work should be measured by the same standard for all, uninfluenced by differences in nationality, religion or race. In case this statement was insufficiently clear, the Holy Father added a powerful reminder to all involved in the crass and materialistic social order. He stated: "The hierarchy of values and the profound meaning of work itself require that capital should be at the service of labor and not labor at the service of capital." In these days of high interest rates, rising unemployment and constant inflation, it is easy for people to ignore the plight of the immigrant, relegate him to second-class status and use him as a whipping post in the market place. The reflections of the immigrant pope should help us all to reaffirm the mind and spirit expressed in the words engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty. America should remain the home and hope of the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. It should still be the immigrant's dream.
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Mary's rosary By Father Kevin J. Harrington During October the Roman Catholic Church commemorates the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Countless Catholics have been consoled through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A spirituality that does not foster profound devotion to her is far from Catholic in its orientation. Unfortunately, the rosary has fallen into disuse in the prayer lives of many, even though few prayers have so captivated the minds and hearts of so many generations of Catholics. A cynic might say that nowadays rosaries are seen only in the hands of hospital patients or wrapped around lifeless hands at funeral parlors, however, this is not wholly true. The sick and dying have always found refuge in the Blessed Mother during troubled times. Indeed, no less a person than Mother Teresa accounts for her happiness in the midst of squalor as a result of encountering Christ in the Holy Sacrifice and Mary in the rosary. Many young people are strangers to the rosary. I remember one grade school student asking me in sheer wonder, "Father, you mean you have to say a 'Hail Mary' for every bead. Gee, that must take forever!" The fact that our young people have not been exposed to such 'a rich treasure of the church is an indictment of many
of our parochial schools and religious education programs. Although it is true that many adults who have abandoned the custom of saying the family rosary have replaced it with other devotions, n"ne can deny that many have altogether eliminated family prayer. When I was young, our family, like many' others, prayed the daily rosary. When this practice was discarded it was replaced by little or nothing except grace at meals. We have yet to reap the full consequences of inadequate prayer forms in the contemporary family. A common objection to recitation of the rosary is that it is too repetitious. The attitude we bring to this prayer will determine if we become distracted or involved. Many people find it impossible to recite the words of the "Hail Mary" and meditate upon the mysteries of the rosary at the same time. The Scriptural Rosary allows for a meditation between each "Hail Mary" and affords those with this difficulty an opportunity to share fully in this devotion. We cannot avoid every distraction at prayer, even if we make a good preparation for it. One person will succeed in this better than another, according to the natural disposition of his or her mind. Frequently, too, physical suffering, want or anxiety distracts us while praying. Nevertheless, our prayer is good and plea5ing in God's sight,
provided we begin it with the right intention. Moreover, by perseverance we can diminish distractions, for practice even in this matter. Those who discount the Mass and the rosary as boring rituals 'are not likely to find even the most varied or spontaneous prayers of fulfilling their expectations. But if we truly lift Our hearts and minds to God, we are likely to find unexpected reo wards in even the most repititious of prayers.
[necroloQY) October 10 Rev. James C. J. Ryan, 1978, Assistant, Immaculate Conception, North Easton October 11 Rev. James A. Downey, 1952, Pastor, Holy Ghost, Attleboro October 14 Rev. Msgr. Edward B. Booth, 1972, Pastor Emeritus, St. Mary, North Attleboro Rev. Dennis M. Lowney, 1978, Assistant, Sacred Heart, Taunton
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Who ()wns parish? When in a column a couple of years ago, I mentioned a good parish, I got a letter that questioned my guidelines for judging a parish bad, mediocre, or good. "What is your basic criteria?" asked the writer. "What do you look for first?" That one is easy. The first most underlying clue to a parish is who owns it? If there's no clear answer, then a parish has passed its initial physical and is on its way to good health. If nobody owns the parish, then everybody does and we call it community. However, lots of parishes are owned by someone or some group. Here are the most familiar ones: Father. By far the most typical parish owner is the pastor. It is his parish, whether "by choice or delegation. Lots of pastors don't want ownership but their parishioners don't want it either, so it becomes a hot potato. In other parishes, Father demands ownership as a by-product of ordination and this creates its own problems, or mystique, as the canon may be. (In olle parish, I'm told, the housekeeper, as an extension of the pastor, owned the parish but only because of longevity in the parish. When she passed on, as they say in the sagas, both the parish and Father were liberated to become a community.) School parents. The second most familiar deed holders are those who have or had their chil-
elren in the parish school. This is the familiar "parish-is-theschool" model of church and those parents who have been told they are special for sending their children to the school believe it. Even if only one-thirtieth of these people have children in the school, the school is the allegiance test which, if you pass at some time in your parish life, proves you are a good supportive parishioner deserving ownership. Natives. Next most common landlords are those who were there first. Everyone else is a newcomer, a 'they,' even though 'they' may have been there 25 years. These owners are the ones with the most kin in the parish graveyard and the original stained glass windows in the church. Therefore, they grant themselves the right of eminent domain. They still talk of the good old days when the founders didn't have to share the Good News with people they didn't know. Ethnic. German, Italian, Polish come next. If you're Irish in an Irish parish, your vote counts more on the KC ballot. However, if you're Irish in a Polish parish, offer it up. People don't want their First Communicants marching with yours. If you're Hispanic in L.A., you have more ownership than in most other places because you're almost in the majority there (however, you might have a foreign-born Irish pastor, a real possibility in L.A., and that could change things).
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feet and slithers between the toes of people walking along the beach. Who would believe that seaweed may offer an impressive answer to our energy prl:Jblems? According to scientists, farms of seaweed "planted" along the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines could offer great potl~ntial for supplying methane, the principal component of natural gas. Methane can be produced through the "digesting" of vegetabl,e material including seaweed. To produce natural gas then, we would cultivate seaweed farms, harvest the crops, digest them into methane, and pipe the gas through existing gas lines. Growing seaweed in. quantity has a side benefit as well. It could go a long way toward purifying the oceans. Some seaweeds feed on ocean pollution, acting as cleansing agents. They offer the potential, theil, of eliminating the need to construct some water treatment plants. The Gas Research Institute and the federal government are currently funding seaweed farm research in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The Marine Sciences Research Center at the State University of New York at Stony
Brook is experimenting with nine common species of seaweed to see which grow best, have the longest, most stable life cycl~s and can best be protected against the sea animals that use them as food. The scientists are conducting their experiments in a seaweed greenhouse and in floating rafts along the coast of Long Island. When they decide which seaweed species are most feasible to use, the plans to produce miles of seaweed farms may proceed. The resulting natural gas could take care of a significant percentage of our national energy needs, supporters of the seaweed farms claim. Because of these possibilities, I think seaweed is one of God's surprises. I am fascinated by the secrets God has hidden throughout his creation. I think the Creator knew he could preserve wonder and humility in his creatures this way. In case anyone needs more conviction about the Creator's surprises, I offer this item from a recent issue of Science Digest: If we gathered all the genetic coding material responsible for determining all the characteristics of each human person on this earth, it would compress to about the size of an aspirin. I remember the late Msgr. John Cass, who spoke about the
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Rural. If you live in the country adjacent to a metropolitan area, you're already experiencing the big city folk moving into your area for the joy of country living. That's okay, but when they start bringing their big city ideas into your comfortably secure parish, you're likely to make a stand for rural ownership and ask them to drop "visitor" envelopes into the weekly basket. Renewal or Traditionalist. If you're for English, the sign of peace, and coffee after Mass, you own a part of the cornerstone if your pastor also likes them. If, however, he's for Latin, a sign of subservience and raffles after Mass, go back to renting. It isn't your parish. Civilian. If you live in a parish near a military base, you can claim more ownership than those military people moving in because they are going to leave in two years. Why crowd your pews and classes with their children? Why bother to listen to their needs, input, and ideas? There are more but you get the idea. I'm sure you can come up with your own parish landlords, but if you can't, thank God and move on to community ownership.
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Creator in a book published 31 years ago. He wrote, "Every discovery of science opens a door to new wonders, widens the view of life and deepens its mystery." In my favorite chapter, "On the Trail of God," Msgr. Cass wrote that the design, law and order in the universe are the "footprints for us Robinson Crusoes to wonder at," for they lead us to the mind capable of such creation. Next time I walk along the beach, I'll step more carefully on the seaweed. I will also be more appreciative of the scientists who keep discovering the Creator's miracles. They spark my faith.
True Joy "The life of St. Francis ... is a joyful life, not a comfortable one. If Francis possesses the world, it is because he has stripped himself of everything. If he knows the fullness of joy he has found it through the uttermost of pain and suffering." - A. M. Allchin
nicked When the government departments line up to claim their Purple Hearts for wounds suffered in the battle of the budget cuts, the Pentagon will be there. Having received only a ritual scratch inflicted by a wincing commander in chief, it may look a little funny next to agencies which have lost arms and legs, but where the Department of 'Defense is concerned, Ronald Reagan is ready to stretch a point. Actually, he only did it to make a point, which is that all government is making equal sacrifice for the realization of the president's economic goals. Making a $13 billion reduction in the rate of rise of the Pentagon spending means that next year, the warriors will have $2 billion less to defend us from the Soviets. Out of a budgeJ:~-Of $1.6 trillion over the next five years, it may not seem like much but that's only to people who cannot see the threat from a nation which has added to its perfidy, according to our secretary of state, by using poisonous chemicals in Asia. Actually, the $13 billion was a sum proposed by a Democrat Chairman Jim Jones of the House Budget Committee, and it was angrily rejected by conservatives of both parties. By certain standards, especially his own, Reagan was extremely brave. He does not believe for a minute that the Pentagon wastes money. Only sloppy, civilian agencies like Health and Human Services and Housing and Urban Development throw the stuff around. Cost overruns and lemon-weapons are honest mistakes, as eompared with the deliberate fraud perpetrated in behalf of "welfare queens" and other such predators. The extraordinary thing about the Pentagon in this Congress is that even waste and fraud have been regarded as sacred cows. Take the fate of Rep. Patricia Schroeder's modest attempt to take $8 billion in documented waste (documented by the General Accounting Office) out of the Pentagon budget - with the secretary given discretion in the choice. Only three Republicans out of 62 who had written a letter in May, suggesting that $25 billion could be painlessly removed, dared to vote with her. She was denounced during the debate of July 16 by outraged defenders of the Defense Department for "a cheap, backdoor attempt to reduce the authorization figure" and for "really going after the national defense of this country." She lost by a margin of almost 2-to-1.
And how will Reagan, with his penknife on the Pentagon's sleeve, be received by such champions? They will groan a bit, but only for the record. The $13 billion frees their hands for the real action - bigger slashes on the social programs. They were terribly concerned that radicals like David Stockman and White House Chief of Staff James L. Baker, who have an unfortunate tendency to look at figures instead of red hobgoblins, might persuade Reagan to do something really wild, like a $20 billion to $30 billion cut. Now that reason has prevailed, they are relieved. During the suspenseful White House meetings where the fate of the big spenders was being decided, two friends of the Pentagon, Rep. William Dickinson, R-Ala., and Charles Bennett, DFla., held a press conference under the auspices of the Coalition for Peace through Strength - a 272-member hawk' <:Tub on Capitol Hill. Although Dickinson had been shown special consid· eration by Reagan, and had been flown to the ranch for reasur· ance about some supposedly endangered weapons systems, he was worried that the president might be listening to the wrong voices. Dickinson can live with the cuts. The Democrats are in the process of deciding that they can, too. They have informally reached the conclusion that there is nothing in it for them to propose a leaner, alternate defense budget. They do not need to carry the added burden of being called "soft on defense" into the 1982 campaign. They are inclined to let the Republicans fight it out among themselves. There are people in the GOP who are mindful of their budget-balancing rhetoric and somewhat selfconscious about taking milk from babies and pittances from Social Security recipients in order to provide for "the poor relative" - Reagan's term for the Pentagon. But as Rep. Schroeder observes from her experience, "Republicans talk defense cuts, but they never vote them." Politically alld cosmetically, the president is in fine shape. He will "win" in Congress. He has tiptoed into the temple of defense spending. Unfortunately for him, Wall Street is the only audience that counts. If the Street says that the $13 billion nick won't do anything to bring down the high interest rates, he may have·to go back and take-· a serious whack at the wallets of the admirals and the generals. ·It· would go against the grain for him. For now, though. he and his victims are happy.
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WASHINGTON (NC) A is a fear he believes is justified. Migration and Refugee S.ervice U.S. officials have argued that offical of the U.S. Catholic Con- Haitians are fleeing poverty, not ference said the Reagan admin- political oppression and thereistration's decision to turn back fore do not qualify for political Haitian refugees on the high asylum. seas could jeopardize their lives as well as their rights. . Don Hohl, MRS associate director, said he is "deeply conNEW ORLEANS (NC) cerned about the safety of the Father Vincent Miceli, a Jesuit individuals ·aboard the ships." for 40 years and an advocate of Most of the Haitians' boats are conservative religious and posmall, barely seaworthy vessels, litical views, has petitioned to he said and "it's dangerous just become a· priest of the Diocese to try to board them." of Wichita, Ran., said Jesuit President Reagan has ordered Father Thomas Stahel, head of Coast Guard ships to intercept the Jesuits' New Orleans proboats suspected of carrying il- vince. legal Haitian immigrants and the Bishop David M. Maloney of government of Haiti has offered. Wichita has said he would acto join the United States in stop- . cept Father Miceli for a trial ping the flow of refugees. period if that step is apprQv.ed Under an agreement announc- by the Jesuit superior general ed Sept. 30 in Washington and and the Holy See, "Father Stahel Port-au-Prince, the Coast Guard said. and the Hai1:ian navy will coopFather Miceli, who has taught erate in intercepting and return- philosophy at Loyola University ing to Haiti boats carrying illegal in New Orleans, at the Gregorian migrants. Before the Coast and Angelicum Universities in Guard could challenge suspect Rome and at St. John's Univerships only after they had enter- sity in New York City, had been ed U.S. territorial waters. residing at Fordham University Hohl said he also is concerned in New York City. When Father that "judgments made in the Stahel asked him to return to the open sea may not really reflect New Orleans province, Father the true plight of the individual Vincent Cooke, New York proand is not the proper setting" vincial, informed both Father for review of the Hatians' refu- Stahel and Father Miceli that Father Miceli no longer had pergee status. "All we are primarily concern- mission to remain in the New ed about is that the applicant York province. The Nat~onal Catholic Regisfor political asylum be given due ter, a national Catholic weekly process," Hohl said. The Haitian community has newspaper, said Father Miceli expressed grave fears that Hai- decided to leave the Jesuits after tians turned back from the Uni- his superiors imposed a comted States will be penalized in mand of public silence on him. Father Stahel would not comtheir homeland, Hohl added. It ment on why Father Miceli is leaving and Father Miceli could not be reached for comment. A Jesuit provincial has the auContinued from page one thority to order a member not to sustains, nourishes or provides publish or give public talks. If for the propE~r enjoyment of life; a Jesuit refuses repeatedly to and accept such an order, the provin- to place special emphasis cial could recommend to the suon and create advocacy for pro- perior general that the man be grams meeting particular needs expelled from the Jesuits. of families and individuals- the aging, the mentally or physically handicapped, the sick and dying. In this area of Massachusetts, the opening last month of the Family Life Center in North ST. MARY, Dartmouth <evidences diocesan SEEKONK' concern for ';he entire spectrum During October the rosary is of life. being recited after daily Mass. Center services are offered to Judge Thomas Quinn of Bristol the engaged and married as well County Juvenile Court wi11 adas the widowed, divorced and dress parents on "Values for Our separated, while its Natural Troubled Youth" at 7 p.m. SunFamily Planning program seeks day, Oct. 18. to ensure the wellbeing of the Eucharistic ministers and their unborn. Also an important part of di- spouses are invited to attend a ocesan Respect Life programs fall holy hour at 7 p.m. Sunday. Vincentians wiU meet followare the Pro-Life Apostolate, directed by Father Thomas L. Rita, ing 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. homes for the aged located in MT. CARMEL, five cities an:! towns, the Naza- SEEKONK reth Hall schools, the Rose HawAtty. Aileen Belford will disthorne Lathrop Home of Fall cuss marriage and preparation of River, which cares for cancer wills at a Women's Guild meetpatients of all ages, and St. ing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Anne's general hospital, also in the parish center. Fall River. Additional Steering Points on All are in t.he spotlight during page 16. Respect Life Month.
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Autumn Leal,es Dear Editor: Honoring the memory of my father Archibald W. Ellis, a convert at age 55, a reprint of one of his verses would help bring "the light of Christ" inl:o The Anchor, it seems to me: Who paints the autumn leaves, my friends, That glorify our trees Along the roads, on lofty hiss Kissed by each gentle :breeze? Oh ye of little faith, pray tell Whose work this work can be Lift up your eyes and then explain The wonders that you see! No human hand could wield this brush Or blend these colors true For this, dear friends, is a wondrous work Which God alone can do! Kathryn Ellis Nowak Marion
Thank you Dear Editor: Thank you for all your assistance in making known our local celebration of Claudine Thevenet's beatification. I am very grateful for all your help. Eileen C. Reid, RJM Religious of Jesus and Mary
Rosary recitation urged by pontiff CASTELGANDOLFO, I t a I y (NC) - At a noon Angelus talk, Pope John Paul II described the rosary as "a simple prayer, but theologically rich in bibli<:al references" and urged its daily recitation, especially during October. ' The rosary has occupied "a privileged place in the worship of the Blessed Virgin" for centuries, he said. "In the rosary we meditate on the principal saving events which were fulfilled in Christ: from the virginal conception to the culminating moments of Easter and of the glorification of the mother of God," Pope John Paul added.
EDICTAL CITAnON DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSmS Since the actual place of residence of NANCY ANN CABRAL ALMEIDA is unknown, We cite NANCY ANN CAEiRAL AL路 MEIDA to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on October 22, 1981 at 2:00 p.m, at 344 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the McELIWYCABRAL case? Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, Nancy Ann Cabral Almeida, must see to it that she is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation. Henry T. Munroe Officialis Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this, the 1st day of October, 1981
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BISHOP CRONIN tries out computer terminal at St. Mary's School, New Bedford. (Rosa Photo)
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MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. (NC) Fourteen followers of a once excommunicated Jesuit, Father Leonard Feeney, pronounced vows as Benedictine monks Sept. 8, said Abbot Raphael DeSalvo, president of the Swiss American Federation of Benedictine Monasteries. Abbot DeSalvo of New Subiaco Abbey, Subiaco, Ark., accepted the vows at St. Benedict Priory, Still River, Mass., founded while the community was under interdict, a church penalty forbidding participation in liturgical services and reception of the sacraments. The conflict between members of the community at what was then called St. Benedict Center began in the 1940s when the center's publication, From the Housetops, proposed an ,interpretation of the axiom, "Outside the church there is no salvation," which was stricter than traditional Catholic teaching. The center persisted in its interpretation despite warnings from Father Feeney's Jesuit superiors and from Archbishop Richard Cushing of Boston until church officials finally publicly rejected the position. Censures on Father ,Feeney were lifted in 1972 and he died in 1978. In 1974 most members of the St. Benedict community were reconciled to the church. A community of religiouS women, also followers of Father Feeney, who live near the Still River priory, made their vows at the same time as the men. The women are sponsored by Stanbrook Abbey in England. In 1943 Father Feeney was assigned as chaplain to St. Benedict Center, an intellectual and spiritual forum for Harvard and Radcliffe students founded in 1940 by Catherine Goddard Clarke, who thought the Benedictine tradition would attract university students. By 1946 Father Feeney had begun to form those who came regularly to the center into a religious community. Friar GabriEil Gibbs, whom Father Feeney appointed in 1950, said the group has been living as a religious community since 1949. In 1958 the migrated from Harvard to Still River.
Just like the kids, Bishop eral parish records and for St. all. Even St. Mary's nursery and Daniel A. Cronin was fascinated Mary's adult education program. kindergarten tots are adept at At present St. Mary's setup using System 80 recording and by the shiny computer terminal, especially when it politely asked . consists of a printer, four student video machines, a sort of prehim "Did you have a good ride terminals and a monitor terminal computer teaching tool that familiarizes them with the idea from Fall River?" and "Will you for teacher use. The equipment cost came of pushing buttons and inserting come again?" The bishop was on hand last from parish and school funds, cassettes in order to practice Friday at St. Mary's School, said Poyant. He noted that be- skills. The System 80s have been New Bedford, to bless the first cause federal grants were not in use for two years, said Poyant. For the future he envisions computer learning center in a involved there will be no rediocesan grammar school. On strictions on using the equipment additions to the computer setup that will enable St. Mary's to reSunday he was joined in his en- for religious education. Costs were held down, added cord cable TV religion and other thusiasm by St. Mary parishioners, who came by the hundreds Father Moore, because parishion- programs, thus building up a to inspect the newest addition to ers did much of the work in- video library. volved in partitioning off and their parish plant. As an educator he's enthusipreparing the computer room for astic about what St. Mary's new "It's a necessity," declared resource will do for the school's Father John F. Moore, St. Mary's its space age occupants. Some teachers are a little ner- 350 pupils. pastor. "Children nowadays need As a father, he's enthusiastic to know computer programming vous of their new assistant, said as much as they need their the principal, but most are eager- too. Three of the 350 are his ly learning how to put it to use. daughters: Melissa, 8; Julie, 7; ABCs." The children aren't nervous at and Laurie, 4. The children are quick to agree. Principal Dennis Poyant can hardly sweep them out of the computer room when it's time to lock up the school. MEXICO CITY (NC) - A gov- tero, Carlos Vazquez Rangel, a The equipment is being used ernment reminder to the Mexican Mason, said that the' church had informally at persent, he said, hierarchy that the constitution no business in criticizing public at both ends of the learning bans clergy involvement in poli- policies. He told Mexicans that spectrum - for remedial work tics came after recent criticism most of the state governors and and for enrichment. By the new by bishops of social and econ- President Jose Lopez Portillo are year, when St. Mary's teachers omic conditions. active Masons. He was supporthave been trained in its use, the ed by Luis Marcelino Farias, a The reminder came from intercomputers will be integrated into ior Minister Enrique Olivares leading voice in Congress, and the regular curriculum. by spokesmen of the Communist No matter what a child is Santana, who said the 1917 Mexi- . Party. The Mexico City tabloid, learning via computer, Poyant can constitution forbids "minis- U1timas Noticias, editorialized WASHINGTON (NC) - The pointed out, he or she is also ters of worship" to mix in poli- that Archbishop Girolamo Prig- Administrative Board of the U.S. tics or make political statements. learning to use the machine itione, apostolic delegate, should Catholic 'Conference has urged self. Even games played on the The official's statement was be expelled. the U.S. government to stop determinals teach the equipment's made after criticism of the bishporting Salvadoran citizens to Mexico has no diplomatic repossibilities. . ops' views by Masons and other lations with the Vatican because their native land. The 45-memThey are enormous. Already prominent Mexicans. of prohibitions in the constitu- ber body mentioned dangers all the school families are enterArchbishop Carlos Quintero of tion, which was enacted follow- faced by Salvadorans who return ed on computerized records, Hermosillo said in a press inter- ing a long period of anti-church to their war-torn nation and available at the flick of a switch, view at the end of July that the legislation and action that be- called for a moratorium on dethis in addition to a full range church has an obligation to deal gan last century. portation "until such time as the of grammar school course ma- with "serious problems"; demagovernment in power (in El Salterial. An attachment provides goguery in politics, the increasPreviously, Archbishop Prigi- vador) is in a position to guarprintouts of records and can al- ing foreign debt, the lack of one and Bishop Genaro Alam- antee the safety of its citizens." so address labels for school mail- political participation by the ilia, secretary of the Mexican The board said, "We are deeply ings. people and corruption in pub路 Bishops' Conference', had re- distressed that the conflict among It is envisioned that the com- lic administration. minded priests not to engage in opposing factions in El Salvador continues at a high level." puter will also be used for genReacting to Archbishop Quin- political activities.
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Going home to Glenties By Pat McGowan They call it "Ireland of the Welcomes." It's the understatement of the century. What can you say about a country where your ancestral town fills the potholes, cleans the streets, clips the hedgerows and mows and trims an entire cemetery in honor of your father's memory. . Where customs formalities are waived and your drive from Shannon airport five hours north to County Donegal is monitored by the police so those waiting can know when to expect you. Where you arrive to flag and banner-bedecked streets, to decorated shop windows and to a huge and welcoming crowd. Where for a week of lectures, banquets, plays and parades you walk in wonderland,. not really believing what's happening.. What you can say is that no, all this doesn't happen to everyone arriving in Ireland for the IN GLENTlES, from left, Sheila Callahan, Pat Mcfirst t:me but that yes, the very Gowan and Owen McGowan look at Patrick MacGill memsame spirit of welcome envelops orial. Bottom, Sheila Callahan, Pat McGowan and Chris every visitor as evenhandedly as do the soft Irish sunshine and MacGill sprinkle Glenties soil on their father's Fall River the equally soft rain. grave. But when it's your good forThere was a MacGiII treasure through old records for their tune to be the daughter of Patrick MacGiII, an Irish poet, nov- hunt with clues associated with family histories," she said. elist and playwright whose na- his books and on a bus tour of "You've had it all handed to tive town of Glenties has de- "MacGiII !=ountry," we saw the you!" cided to hold a festival in his cabin where he was born and the Especially moving were the honor, ah, nothing seems im- one where he grew up, as well visits we made to the newly possible, including unprecedent- as the country school where he mowed cemetery where our edly good September weather and gained his scant formal educa- grandparents lie and to our the most glorious rainbow ever tion before leaving at age 10 to father's /youngest brother, now seen, surely with a pot of gold begin fulltime farm work. There 71, and his wife, still living at at either end, had there been was even "Ard MacGiII," Gaelic the 200-year-old MacGiII homefor MacGiII Heights, a housing stead. Patrick, oldest of 11 childtime to investigate. Time was the only thing lack- development for the elderly. ren, left the then thatched and ing during that magic week: We gained an appreciation of two-room cabin at age 12 for a time to climb the green hillsides, . our father's books that could career that began with years as explore the beckoning roadways, only come from seeing the braes a laborer, included fame as a spend enough hours with the and glens, the mountains and writer and lecturer and concludsea that formed his young imag- ed with ill health and consequent new-found relatives. But what was packed into the ination. And in the lovely speech quiet retirement in the United week passes belief. From the mo- rhythms of his people we dis- States. ment my sisters, my husband covered the influences that had Still heated by peat fires as in and I arrived in Glenties until shaped his literary style. Patrick's day, the cabin is Lectures on various aspects tucked on the side of a hill with our unwilling departure, we inof his writings were highlights a spectacular view of Donegal's habited a dream. Not five minutes after our ar- of the week and we who knew Blue Stack mountains. It is idenrival we were on a platform lis- him as a loving and whimsical tified by a small plaque as the tening to appreciations of our parent saw him with new eyes as home place of Patrick MacGill. father's role in immortalizing a sensitive young poet, a laborAs with nearly every Glenties Donegal and its people. We un- er whose sociological novels home, the MacGiII front door veiled a tablet which. will be his blazed with indignation at the permanent memorial in Glenties oppression suffered by his peo- stands perpetually open, a triband then we began the best part ple and a World War I soldier ute to a countryside where there of the week - meeting relatives who wrote of the grandeur and is no crime and where even the we had never known and dozens terror of war from the perspec- teenagers speak in shocked of people who had gone to school tive of the man in the trenches. tones of what they 'hear goes on A play bflsed on scenes from in the larger towns to the south with Our father and shared with him the bitter poverty of turn of his Donegal novels, a parade of of them. Drug abuse, housebreaks, armthe century Irish country. dwell- floats also drawn from the novels and a haunting musical arrange- ed robbery, assaults - none has ers. During the week we apprecia- ment of one of his best-known touched this enchanted place. When we reluctantly left Ireted more each day the achieve- poems, "I'm Going Back to Glenments of the large Glenties com- ties," were other peak events of land we took with us a scoop of mittee that had masterminded the the week. Even the celebrant's soil from the land surrounding Patrick MacGiII festival. We homily at Sunday Mass alluded our father's beloved cabin We brought it· to Fall River andmarveled, for instance, at 37 to the festival. On the private level, we found sprinkled it on his grave in ,St. store windows featuring fresh flowers, handlettered poems and instant roots, as one of our new- Patrick's cemetery, where his blown-up photographs of our found relatives pointed out. tombstone bears a line from one father, his family and places as- "Most people come to Ireland of his poems: "The old life fails and spend, weeks looking but the new life comes." sociated with him.
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Scout, Camp Fire parleys Boy and Girl Scouts and Nichols and Stephen Salvador of Camp Fire youth were in the Taunton and Somerset respecnews lately, with Area I mem- tively. Their presentation on rebers of the National Catholic treats for up to 500 boys was Committee on Scouting meeting illustrated by slides. Father Buote chaired a session at the new Family Life Center in North Dartmouth and diocesan on promotion of vocations representatives journeying to among Scouts, citing programs Portland Maine for a gathering in use in various dioceses. Professional Scouter Steve of the New England Committee for Catholic Girls' Organizations. Gorman of the Moby Dick CounIn North Dartmouth, Scout cil discussed cooperation beleaders discussed religious tween dioceses and local Scout award programs, days of recol- councils. It was noted that the lection, retreats and vocation Fall River diocese has formal programs as well as the roles of Plans of Cooperation with each church-sponsored troops and council within its territory. Use of Scouting as a tool in chaplain aides in the national Boy Scout organization. The gen- Christian development of Catheral theme for the two-day meet- olic youth was the topic of Ted ing was "The Scouting Program Souza of Mt. Carmel parish, New Bedford, a Scouter for 43 years. in Service to the Church." The chaplain aide p'rograms This challenge was introduced with opening remarks by Bishop was explained ,by Father NorDaniel A. Cronin and tbe key- mand Boulet of Swansea who note address of Father Martin has been instrumental in developBuote, Fall River diocesan direc- ing it on both the diocesan and tor of Catholic Scouting. national levels. Frank Escobar, a former youth Pointing out that "the church can benefit by using the Scout- member of both the diocesan and ing program in her mission of national Catholic Committee on bringing salvation to mankind Scouting and now a medical stuand man to God," Father Buote said that Scouting filled "the greatest need of the church" as expressed by Pope St. Pills X. NEW YORK (NC) - Msgr. EdThat need, said the priest, was "for dedicated lay men and wo- ward Foster, associate secretary men to be the face, voice, com- of the Catholic near East Welfare passion and presence of Christ to Association, warned worshippers at a St. Patrick's Cathedral Mass all. "Now consider what Scouter for peace that "Lebanon as a Development tries to do: Leader- nation surely will die" unless ship, Sanctitity, Commitment. war and violence are stopped Isn't this directly addressing the there. Msgr. Foster, who returned need of the church as perceived from Lebanon recently, comby Pius X. And this idea of commitment in the Scouter Develop- mented that "if ever a country ment Program is nothing more needed prayers, it is Lebanon. than the Scout oath, law and The pearl of the middle East is slogan brought to Catholic ma- in danger of turning into ashes." turity."Cardinal Terence Cooke of Specific topics discussed at the New York joined in the plea for meeting included revisions in the prayers for the thousands sufferParvuli Dei Cub Scout program ing death, injury and separation and practical considerations in in Lebanon. Addressing Lebanplanning retreats and recollec- ese Ambassador Khalil Itani, tion days. Eastern-Rite Catholic and EastExperiences in such programs ern Orthodox leaders present, were shared by Fathers Herbert Cardinal Cooke prayed Lebanon
dent at Brown University, discussed the benefits of such membership. The meeting ended with a concelebrated Mass. The next area gathering will be in Worcester in 1982. Girls' Organizations Five from the Fall River diocese were among participants in the third regional meeting of the New England Committee for Catholic Girls' Organizations, held in Portland, Me. A new program for Blue Birds and Brownies, "Family of God," was announced. Locally, materials are available from Father Buote at 890 Brock Ave., New Bedford 02744. A proposed program for high school age girls was reviewed. It is expected that it will be ready for distribution next year. 1\ national committee meeting is scheduled for spring, 1983, in Pittsburgh. Those attending the Portland meeting were Father Buote; Rose Aleixo, Taunton; Ellen Duquette and Kathy Quinn, Westport; and Peg Leger, Fall River.
Lebanon in dire straits, he warns would survive, maintain its sovreignty and attain the right to live in peace. The cathedral guests included Archbishop Joseph Tawil, eparch of the Melkite-Rite Diocese of Newton, Mass., Bishop Francis M. Zayek, eparch of the Maronite~Rite Diocese of St. Maron in New York; Archbishop Datev Sarkissian, dean of the theological seminary at Antelias, Lebanon, and Bishop Mesrob Ashjian of the. Armenian Apostolic Church of America. Msgr. Foster said prayers for Lebanon should not be viewed simply as a "good-will gesture of concern" but as an "act of Christian obligation." For, he added, "what happens to Christianity in Lebanon is the fate of Chistianity in the Middle East."
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Thus, the fir~t and most important step is to work out a solution with your husband. This is best don,~ face-to-face and not through our legal system. When this has been achieved, there are still five issues to consider: - Explain to the children that the divorce is not their fault. You are divorcing each other because you cannot get along, but you are not divorcing them. You both love them and will always be their parents. In fact, it may be helpful to think of the divorce not as a rupture, but as
a restructuring of the family. .- After the custody arrangements are working, do not use the children as spies. Don't quiz them about how it went with the other parent or what the other parent is doing. - Do not criticize the absent parent, no matter how right you think you are. This only tears the child apart, forcing him to choose when he may want to feel loved by both. Cooperate on the visitation schedule you have set up. Do not make it difficult each time your ex-spouse comes to get his children. 'Cooperate on discipline. Try to have the same curfews, forbidden foods and other rules. Different rules either make the children unsure or encourage them to use one parent against the other. If agreement is difficult, the non-custodial parent should follow the disciplinary pattern of the custodial parent. Divorce is never easy, and it is hardest of all on the children. An attempt to follow the above suggestions will lessen some of the bad effects. Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address The Kennys; Box 67; Rensselaer, Ind. 47918.
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Harper's magazine, another shroud analyst, John Jackson, also 'doubted the' shroud was faked. "As for whether the image is Christ's, all I can say is that the wounds are consistent with the Gospel accounts. I mean this was no ordinary execution. LOlok at the guy. Somebody really wanted to do him in, not just kiI:l him but torture him to death."
WASHINGTON (NC) - The Shroud of Turin is authentic and points to the death and resurrection of Christ, according to two researchers who have studied the shroud, believed for centuries by Christians to be Christ's burial cloth. In "Verdict on the Shroud," researchers Kenneth Stevenson and Rev. Gary Habermas compare scientifical and archeological data with the biblical story of Christ's death and resurrection, concluding that "the shroud is an actual archeological artifact and that it is Jesus' burial garment." The shroud shows the full image of a man who appears to have been crucified. Initial scientific testing indicated that the shroud is about 2,000 years old and probably came from the Middle East, but conclusive tests to determine its age have not been performed.
Information gleaned from the shroud backs up the biblical account of Jesus' death and scientific probability indicates it IS highly unlikely any other person was crucifilld in Palestine at the same time and in the same manner as Jesus, the authors wrote. The shroud shows no signs of decomposition of the dead body or of blood smears which would have resulted from unwrapping it from thll body in the usual manner, Stevenson and Mr. Habermas said.
Stevenson was spokesman for scientists who have conducted extensive tests on the shroud. Mr. Habermas is a United Brethren minister who teaches at Liberty Baptist College, Lynchville, Va., founded by Rev. Jerry Falwell, head of the Moral Majority. "The scientists on the investigating team are unanimous in concluding that the shroud is an actual archeological artifact," stated the authors of "Verdict." They cited the "exact anatomical and pathological data" and the unlikelihood that the shroud, with its details and scorch-like image, could have been faked. According to an article in
"Then we find that Jesus' dead body most probably produced a heat or light scorch. These point.s, plus the close correspondenc.~ to the Gospels and to history on these and related issues, all argue strongly for Jesus' resurrection," they stated. "Although proof is not available here, a very probable case for Jesus' resurrection has been provided." Despite their claims, the authors also added that "the conclusion reached in this book is a cautious one. Although the shroud may somehow still turn out to be :inauthentic, we must decide on the evidence before us. This evidence indicates that it is
very probably the actual burial garment of Jesus, an object which gives insights into Jesus' physical death and scientific evidence for his resurrection from the dead."
ARCHBISHOP P A U L MARCINKUS, 59, a native of Cicero, Ill., has been named propresident of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, in addition to the post, which he has. held since 1971, of president of the Institute for Religious Works, the Vatican bank. The 6-foot, 4-inch former bishop was named an archbishop concurrently with announcement of his new appointment. He has also served as a papal bodyguard and security manager on trips abroad made by Popes Paul VI and John Paul II. (NC Photo)
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"Love is patient; love is kind. Love is not jealous, it does not put on airs." Not surprisingly, the hymn to love in which those words are found is one of the most quoted passages in the writings of Paul. But since it is often heard out of context, its full revelance is easily overlooked. It is found in Chapter 13 of First Corinthians. Paul has just written about tM spiritual gifts of the Corinthians. In a list of gifts at the end of Chapter 12, the gift of tongues appears in second to last place. This seems to deliberately downgrade that gift. Many people ardently desired to speak in tongues, but for the wrong reason. They knew the gift would capture the amazed attention of others. Such a motive was diametrically opposed to the real reason for spiritual gifts and was yet another sign of the people's immaturity and egocentricity. To put the gifts in proper perspective, Paul contrasts them to the only gift that really counts, the one indispensable requirement
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for being a Christian: love. . No matter what languages a person may be, enabled to speak, if that person does not have love, he or she is like a "noisy gong" or a "clanging cymbal" - just noisy. In a full orchestra, the cymbal makes a relatively small contribution to the overall effect. The same is true of all gifts. It is valueless to submit to impoverishment and torture for others if one is not motivated by love. Most striking and profound is Paul's remark: "If I have not love, I am nothing." This is not a dramatic exaggeration. As far as Paul was concerned, love enabled a person to be. It was for love that God created us. It is worthy of note that the love of which Paul speaks is not some escoteric virtue, but down to-earth human love that expresses itself in everyday manifestations of considerateness, concern, sensitivity. In the final part of Chapter 13, Paul zeroes in gradually on the topic of knowledge. "Now we see indistinctly as in a mir-
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ror; then we shall see face to face." Some scholars think that he is talking about the knowledge of God and the beatific vision. This is possible, but there are difficulties with this view. For, seeing God, what need would one have of the faith and hope which Paul mentions? It seems rather that Paul is talking about the Corinthians' imperfect knowledge of what it means to be Christian. Though he speaks in the first person singular, he really is speaking in their name. The Corinthians' knowledge is still immature; they have not yet "put childish ways aside." But Paul is hopeful they will grow up to know even as they are known, that their imperfect knowledge will give way to perfect insights. But in the case of either interpretation, Paul's main point is inescapably clear: Whatever gifts or virtues one may possess, the greatest gift is love, and without it one is neither a Christian nor an authentic human being.
How do religious cults foster loyalty among their members? The loyalty within some cults is so intense that there are people, especially pt4lents, who accuse the cults oj' brainwashing. There are many factors involved, but. a device sometimes used is that of isolation of members from people outside the cult during thl~ initiation period. Even after initiation, contact with outsiders may be severely limited. Some cults provide for all the net~ds of the members and fill up all their time. In the <:hurch, however, we realize that parishioners belong to many communities besides the parish: families, neigh.borhoods, friends, business associates, ethnic groups.
'People need people By I'atherlne Bird One spalrkling winter night, five couples gathered around a fire in a comfortable suburban home near Minneapolis. They didn't know each other very well, but each wns the parent of a 15year-old girl. And the five girls were good friends. Sparked by concern over raising teens, the_couples wanted to discuss their common fears and difficulties. At the outset of the three-hour meeting, they agreed their most immediate problem was how to handle the weekend parties their daughters ~lttended. The parents strongly suspected that beer and drugs were available at the parties, especially after midnight. After discussion, the parents
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the parish for support. Soon parishioners joined the picket lines and helped the strikers' families with food and money. - A local Protestant minister, sponsoring the resettlement of five Haitian refugees, requested help. St. Mary's parishioners reo sponded with financial aid, housing, transportation and help in obtaining jobs. "Our track record is so good," -says Sister McCloy, "that when Turn to page thirteen
When the rectory and offices of St. Mary's parish in Norfolk, Va., were gutted by fire last fall, many neighborhood organizations and churches offered help. For Notre Dame Sister Peggy McCloy, a former pastoral assistant, this was evidence "people recognized St. Mary's contribution to the black community and wanted our work to continue." St. Mary's is the oldest Catholic parish in Virginia and Norfolk's only black Catholic parish. Surrounded by low-income apartment complexes and centrally located in downtown Norfolk, St. Mary's is readily acBy Janaan Manternach cessible to people in need. "Everyone in the area, Catholic Matthew was busy. People or not, knows that if it is human- were crowding around his table. ly possible, they will get help at He had his record book open and 'St. Mary's," comments longtime his scales in front of him. parishioner Helen Rainey. She Morning was always busy for cites numerous examples of the Matthew. Fishing ships returned open arms attitude of the parish: .with their catch. The merchant's - A woman, distraught be- shops were full. The marketplace cause all her keys had been was usually jammed with people. stolen, rang the rectory doorbell. Matthew's business was colShe was welcomed and given a lecting taxes. The fishermen, the place to stay for the night. merchants, the shoppers all had - Striking workers in a near- to pay taxes to the Roman by home for children turned to Turn to Page Thirteen
In some ways, then, there are no outsiders, for there are few people to whom we are not related in some way. As parishes try to develop a sense of community among parishioners, therefore, they also need to recognize and support the many communities in people's lives. This can be done in many ways. St. Martin of Tours Parish in New York has an evening social celebration of all the neighborhood community leadership. Chicago parishes have a long history of "twinning" - where a more affluent parish and a parish in need of subsidy share funds. In this way they acknowledge that everyone in the diocese belongs to the same church. Turn to Page Thirteen
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decided against a total ban on parties, deciding that was not the best way to help their children learn to handle peer pressure to try drugs or alcohol. Instead, they decided to insist on an 11 P.M. Friday and Saturday curfew. The parents felt such a curfew would give their daughters a measure of protection. They also agreed on ways of treating cur路 few abuses, such as by curtailing social activities for a time or assigning certain tasks around the house. Reaching this decision was diffioult, especially since one couple had established a midnight curfew some time earlier. They argued that since _their Turn to page thirteen
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Continued from page twelve daughter always came in on time, it reaIIy wasn't fair to arbitrarily change the curfE!W and, in effect, punish her for good behavior. But the other parents felt it important for the five friends to have simiIiar rules to foIIow. They and the holdout couple eventuaIIy agreed to the earlier curfew. As the evening ended, the parents realized that they had been encouraged and supported by each other. They also felt strengthened for' the objections they knew their daughters would have. Realizing they h~ld laid the groundwork for future discussions about their children, the group decided to continu4~ meeting. Their experience is not unique. It demonstrates how dependent people are upon each other and how problems shouldered in common become lighter, even when they don't go away or when the perfect solution is difficult to see. As the 18th-century French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau observed, man is a social animal. We are dependent upon others for a great deal, from basics such as food and housing to the emotional support of
Parishes Continued from page twelve Occasionally members of twinning parishes meet socially to get to know each other a little better. Last winter a parish in the South sent money to the Diocese of Portland, Maine, to help families having difficulty meeting rising fuel costs. In some areas, Catholic parishes join with Protestant communities to celebrate Thanksgiving. Many parishes have conducted Seder meals during Holy Week, often with the help of the local rabbi. The Seder is the traditional Passover meal for the Jewish community. Still other parishes form coalitions with other churchl~s and local organizations to improve neighborhood living cond::tions. And many parishes with a variety of national groups sponsor special liturgies and activities for each group in addition to the worship that brings the people of the entire parish together. Recognizing the many communities people belong to, these parishes foster the many kinds of solidarity which, as Roberto Unger of Harvard University puts it, are charity moving beyond the circle of intimsicy. In the first century, controversy arose about whether gentiles would have to become Jews in order to become Christians. Did they have to adopt th,e same culture as the first Christians in order to be followers of Jesus Christ? The first Council of Jerusalem decided for "catholicity," for the universallity of the church. At every subsequent crucial point in its histo::y, the church rejected exclusiveness. A parish is not a cult. Parishioners are not isolated groups.
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friends and families. Whether we speak of neighborhood projects, work for political parties, or just keeping the machinery of business humming smoothly, we must cooperate with others. Yet, somehow, this lesson can be hard. Many people shy away from others, afraid to reveal themselves in all their indecisiveness or to trust others with their problems. Or, without self-confidence, they think their problems trivial, unworthy of someone else's time. And, admiring the person who apparently makes decisions alone, they may feel that only the weak need help from others. Of course, some decisions must be made privately or alone as families. But there are times when thinking problems through with others is the way both to help and to be helped in return.
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For children Continued from page twelve government. Matthew was a local tax collector for the Romans, one of many in Capernaum. Tax collectors were not popular. The Jews hated paying taxes to the Romans who ruled their country. They hated even more those of their own who worked for the Romans. Tax collecfors, also called "publicans," sometimes became very rich. They not only collected for the Romans. but they cheated the people, charging more taxes than ordered and keeping the extra money. Most good Jews would have nothing to do with the publicans. To be a tax collector was to be despised by one's fellow countrymen. So Matthew, which means "gift of God," was not very popular. They knew him as "Levi," his Jewish name. Few in Capernaum, except other collectors, thought of him as God's gift. As Levi sat this morning recording people's taxes, he felt lonely. He felt something was missing in his life. He wanted to
be something more than a despised tax collector. "Matthew," a voice broke through the noise of the chattering crowd around Matthew's table. Matthew kept working, thinking it was just another impatient merchant. But the voice came again. It was gentle, but strong. There was a feeling of authority and of caring in that one word, "Matthew." Matthew looked up. There stood Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus was smiling at Matthew. Matthew had heard about Jesus. He had seen him on the streets and had wanted to go and listen to him down by the lake. But he wa.s always so busy. "Matthew," Jesus said once again. "Come, follow me." Jesus did not wait for an answer. He turned and walked away. Matthew hesitated just for a moment. Was this what he was looking for, a chance to do something with his life? He closed his tax ledger. He placed the scales in the drawer. Matthew stood up. He ignored the impatient merchants. He left his table and followed Jesus.
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THE ANCHORThurs., October 8, 1981
Parents By. Cecilia Belanger
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Parents who are trying very hard to understand their children often throw up their hands as if in defeat. They have done everything humanly possible, yet critical problems persist. I would like to say to those youth whose parents want them, Jove them and sacrifice willingly for them that now is the time for appreciation of those parents, not when it's too late. Take a good look at them now and see them for the wonderful human . beings they are. Your role models can be under your own roof! Don't resent discipline that is fair and administered with kindness and love. You'll thank your parents later for it. Have fun with your parents, laugh with them, hold them close, shape up for them and for yourself most of all. One: of the nicest things I've ever heard a youth say was "When I'm sitting with my parents, sharing soda and homemade cookies and just talking about whatever comes to mind, I suddenly feel very close to God. I look at my mother and father's faces and I have to tum away as the tears well up in my eyes, feel such love for them." The answer to all family problems lies within God's bosom and it's there we should be gravitating. Its never too late to return to God and his teachings. It is his word that dispels the darkness when it gathers around the heart. There is no quick fix for our problems, no philosopher's stone which destroys the unpleasant things in life, but there is balm in those precious gems we find scattered throughout the New Testament. The truth, purity and beauty of Christ's word reach every man and w,oman of conscience. People have attested that his word has allayed their pain, both physical and mental. The special pain of families in disarray touches us all. The insult to their dignity touches us all. The runaway child, the parent waiting at home, these things cast a pall over our society. The situation is complicated because the values of parents and children differ and society continually faces the problem of coordinating the best of those values. This is a tangled skein and it will take a long time to unravel. When it has been achieved, however, our society will have been enhanced a hundredfold.
CRA head Father Phillip J. King, professor of theology at Boston College, has been elected president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America. His one-year term will run concurrently with his final year as president of the American Schools of Oriental Research, a position he has held since 1976. He is the first Roman Catholic president of the latter organization.
THE BISHOP'S CAR has a new bumper sticker, following a visit to Feehan High School, Attleboro. With Bishop Daniel A. Cronin are student councillors Kevin Birch, president; Jane Boiley, recording secretary; and Frank Mitchell, vice-president. (Baptista Photo)
By Charlie Martin
SOME CHANGES ARE FOR GOOD Didn't you ever want to climb The highest mountain you could find Didn't you ever want to do it all Didn't you ever want to do it all Long ago I heard a voice Tellin' me I had no 'choice Take a chance 'cause even if you fall At least you know you tried to do it all. Some changes are for good And this I know for sure Some things in life are meant to be Some changes set you free And free means I can fly And sometimes say goodbye I wouldn't hold on if I could Some changes are for good Didn't you ever want to feel Just the part of life that's :reaJ After all we're dealing with the truth here Isn't it the truth we're goin' for If somewhere along the line
Your dreams are lyin' close to mine Maybe you and I could have it all Maybe you and I could have it all Written by Carole Bayer Sager and Michael Masser, Sung by Dianne Warwick (c) 1981 by Unichappell Music Inc., Begonia Melodies, COlgems-EMl, and Princestreet Music.
SOME CHANGES are unavoidable. High school or college will end. Friends will change, develop new interests, perhaps move out of our lives. All of us face changes. But what about changes that we initiate? Have you taken any quiet time lately and just imagined what you could become? Imagination is the first ingredient in making a change. If we can imagine how we want to live our lives, we can begin to see what changes will be needed to reach our goals. Such drea.ming and changing take courage. To climb new mountains means forsaking familiar ground. Such decisions require wisdom. We don't need to change everything in life, however. And when we change something, we shouldn't do it in such a way that we lose what is already good in our lives. We can often gain courage and knowledge from each other as we decide about changes. As we reach out for a new goal, we should not be afraid to ask others to support us. We can be sources of power. to each other, helping each other become the best we can be. Jesus asks for many changes from his followers. He asks us to believe路 that change is possible. We do not have to accept the world just the way it is. He urged us to recognize the power of love and the difference it makes for other people. How can you bring about new and valuable changes through love? Don't underestimate what you can do - even the biggest change begins with someone who has decided to make the effort. Charlie Martin can be written in care of 4705 Blvd. Place, Indianapolis, Ind. 46208.
Senior Stanley Pensak of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, has been named a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship competition. Receiving Letters of Commendation were seniors Jim Bailey, Linda Cardoza, and Maria Nadeau. Last Friday the student government association sponsored . its first dance in the school auditorium. Also planned for October are a hayride and a movie series. SGA moderators are Mr. Gerry McKeon, S.J. and Mr. Dave Moray. Senior officers are Chuck Hodkinson and Gerry Sullivan. Freshman retreats began last Thursday at Case House, and will be held each Thursday through the semester. Sister Roberta O'Connell, FCJ, led the day of prayer and discussion. Connolly players are in rehearsal for a Nov. 7 performance of "Macbeth Did It." New teachers at Connolly are Sr. ,Eileen Kenny, PBVM, guidance; Miss Elise Collis, math; Mrs. Carole Cordeiro, languages; Sister Mary Crepeau, RJM, English; Mrs. Edwina Cronin, biology; Mr. John Dacey, religion; Miss Anne Marie Fayan, math; Sister Rosemary Murphy, SUSC, English; Sister Roberta O'Connell, FCJ, religion. Father Joseph F1aucher, SJ, returns to the math department after a year's sabbatical.
Holy Family In unusual election results all student council officers at the New Bedford parochial high school are junior class members. Patricia Tetreault is president, supported by Judy Barboza, vicepresident; Cecilia Senra, secretary, and Maria Sbardella, treasurer. Holy Family recently held its second annual day of recollection at Sacred Hearts Seminary, Wareham. The program began with an open air Mass celebrated by Very Rev. John P. Driscoll, HF director and pastor of St. Lawrence parish, and included a cookout sponsored by the senior class. The day was meaningful in as far as the feeling of closeness and solidarity was prevalent among the entire student body," reported Richard Bonneau.
Coyle路Cassi~y New Drama Club officers at the Taunton school are Renee Rodrigue, president; Donna Hoye, vice-president; Kelli Moran, secretary; John Rogers, treasurer. A Fall Festival of Arts, to become an annual event, is planned, with participation by the new concert band, the chorale and folk group and any other interested school organization. -Band officers are Ted Figlock, president; Charles Poirier, vicepresident; Robert Perry, treasurer; Nancy Parkinson, secretary. The newly-organized group plans to be heard at rallies and assemblies, present two concerts yearly, assist at Drama Club productions, graduations and other events and play at home and eventually at away games.
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portswQtch Spartans Post First Win of Season The Bishop Stang S'partans held to ties in their f:irst two games of the season posted their first victory, a 21-0 rout of the Seekonk High Warriors in a Division Three Southeastern Mass. Conference football game last Saturday. Held scoreless in the first half of the game, Stang gained the victory on second-half touchdowns by Jay Machado and Joe Frade on oneyard runs and an 18-yard punt return by Ted Lariviere in the second half. Machado rushed for the bonus points after his touchdown and Kevin Cadieux kicked the conversion after Lariviere's score. Stang, now 1-0-1 (won, lost, tied) in conference play and 1-02 overall visits Dennis-Yarmouth in a non-league game next Saturday. The other two diocesan highs in the conference went down to defeat last Saturday<, Feehan dropping a 12-7 dedsion to Wareham in a Division Three encounter and Coyle-Cassidy's Warriors losing, 34-14, to Fairhaven in a non-league game. John Julius scored on a twoyard run and Tom Hartley kicked the extra point to give the Shamrocks a 7-0 lead in the first period but touchdowns by Steve Melloni and Ronnie Roach enabled the Vikings to gain the decision. Fairhaven's Blue Devils ran up a 28-0 lead before Shawn Sil-
via put Coyle-Cassidy on the scoreboard with a 30-yard touchdown run with 7:05 remaining in the third quarter. Other conference results last Saturday were: Attleboro 12 Barnstable 7, Somerset 10 Taunton 6 (The games count in Division One standings for Attleboro and Taunton but not in Division Two for Somerset and Barnstable); Falmouth 13 New Bed- . ford Voke-Tech 0, Dartmouth 28 Dennis-Yarmouth 6 in Division Two; Bourne 27 Case 14, Dighton-Rehoboth 12 Old Rochester 8. Somerset and Dartmouth meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in a Division Two game. Coyle-Cassidy is at Old Rochester and Feehan at. Dighton-Rehoboth in Division Three games Saturday when Taunton hosts New Bedford in Division One, Barnstable at Voke-Tech and Fairhaven at Falmouth in Division Two, Wareham at Case and Bourne at Seekonk in Division Three. In non-league play Saturday Durfee, 14-0 loser to New Bedford last weekend, visits Malden Catholic next Saturday. Malden Catholic was a 40-14 winner over Don Boscoe last weekend. Norton upended Apponequet Regional, 12-8, in Mayflower League play boosting its record to 2-0 in league and 2-1 overall. Apponequet is 1-1 in league, 1-2 overall.
The Southeastern Mass Conference opened its SOCCE~r season last Monday and has three Division Two games on tap for this afternoon with Holy Family at Voke-Tech, Bishop Connolly at Dartmouth and Diman Voke at Westport. Division One games tomorrow list Dennis-Yarmouth at New Bedford, Durfee at Taunton, Barnstable at Falmouth and Somerset at Attleboro. Stang is host to Old Rochester at 11 a.m. Saturday in a Division Two tilt. Hockomock League soccer games tomorrow have Foxboro at King Philip, Sharon at Stoughton and Franklin at No. Attleboro. Entering this week Foxboro, Franklin and No. Attleboro had 2-0 records, King Philip, Sharon and Stoughton were 0-2. Southeastern Mass. University, with 27 points, was an easy winner in the Rhode Island Cross Country Invitation Meet in Providence. Southern Connecticut was second with 81 points followed by· Rhode Island College 125, Bryant 139, Emmanuel 148, Quinnipiac 149, Stonehill 157 and Simmons 174.
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· gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens. Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; B-objectionable in part for everyone; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation!: C-condemned.
"The French Lieutenant's Woman" (United Artists): The longbally-hooed screen version of the John Fowles novel is here at last, and 'many will wonder what the fuss was about. Scriptwriter Harold Pinter has adapted the story of a 20th-century sensibility at the command of a Victorian author and the tale of the wealthy gentleman's pursuit of the mysterious governess presumably abandoned by her French lover has become a movie within-a-movie. Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons play the dual roles of Victorian lovers and two actors carrying on an adulterous affair in the present. The historical sections are moderately entertaining, but the modern portions are banal. Beautiful cinematography and Iron's acting are the movie's main assets, but Miss Streep is saddled with a role impossible to to render convincingly. The result is an occasionally interesting movie that is too pretentious and humorless for its own good. Because of a graphic bedroom scene, it is rated A3, R.
The top finishers were Debbie Moeller, Bridgewater, 17:22; Cathy Cahns, SMU, 17:52; Ann Gover, Rhode Island, 18:30; Terry Duhamel, SMU, 18:46; Jan Shelton, Southern Connecticut, 18-47; Nancy Lane, SMU, 18:53; Cheryl Morozieniski, SMU, 18:58; Julie Duby, SMU, 19:10; Dawn Lupo, SMU, 19:10; and Mary Crowley, Rhode Island, 19:13.
"So Fine" (Warners): A conventionally meek college professor (Ryan O'Neal) comes out of his shell to save his father's garment business by accidentally inventing jeans with transparent seats. Along the way he runs afoul of a gigantic gangster (Richard ,Kiel) by having an affair, albeit reluctantly, with his wife (Mariangela Melato). Written and directed by Andrew Bergman, this vulgar and tasteless comedy tries to get its laughs by overt sexuality and obscene language. B, R
Sparked by Kevin Robinson's three goals, Somerset spoiled defending champion New Bedford's season debut, defeating the Whaletowners, 5-3, in a Bristol County CYO Hockey League game in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River, last Sunday night. Somerset rode to victory via a fourgoal outburst in the second period, including two Robinson markers.
Film on TV Sunday, Oct. 11, 9 p.m. (ABC) - " • • • And Justice for All" (1979) - Al Pacino stars as an honest and abrasively anti-establishment lawyer who is blackmailed and defending a "law and order" judge (John Forsythe) accused of rape in this heavyhanded and muddled expose. Foul language and sexual promiscuity. B, R
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In the other game in the usual Sunday night twin bill Fall River South defeated Seekonk, 5-3, posting its second victory in as many outings. Next Sunday night's games have New Bedford against Seekonk at nine o'clock, Fall River South vs. Marion. Somerset and Seekonk are 1-1 in the standings, Marion and New Bedford are 0-1.
Thurs., October 8, 1981
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SECULAR FRANCISCANS, ST. LOUIS FRATERNITY The chapter will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14. Prospective members are invited.
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 8, 1981
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ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD A soccer team has been formed in the school. It will compete in an area league. ST. ANTHONY, TAUNTON Parishioners will celebrate'the feast of Our Lady of Fatima with a candlelight procession at 8 p.m. Saturday, beginning and ending at the church. Benediction will follow. CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NEW BEDFORD A music revue will highlight the opening club meeting, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Wamsutta Club.
CASE HOUSE, SWANSEA An open house will be held from 2 to 4 tomorrow at Case House, an ecumenical conference center at 789 Stevens Road. Pastors, directors of religious education and social service agencies and organization leaders are invited. ST. PIUS X, SOUTH YARMOUTH Marilyn Strauss will spea~ and show replicas of old Cape Cod weathervanes at a Women's Guild meeting set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the church hall. ST. FRANCIS OF THE CAPE FRATERNITY, POCASSET Secular Franciscan novices will be professed at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday at St. John the Evangelist parish center, Pocasset. Mass will be celebrated by Father Edwin Dirig, OFM, and an instruction on "Franciscan Faith" will be given. Prospective members are welcome.
MARIOLOGICAL SOCIETY, NEW ENGLAND REGION The annual regional meeting of the Mariological Society of America will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Prov'idence College. A keynote lecture on Mary will be delivered by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros and a EI.~charistjc liturgy and luncheon will follow. Further information is available from Father Matthew Morry, OP, Providence College, Providence, RI, 02918. FAMILY LIFE CENTER, FALL RIVER DIOCESE A retreat will be held for women the weekend of Oct. 30, for couples the weekend of Nov. 6 .and for men the weekend of Dec. 4. All will begin at 7 p.m. Friday and conclcde at 3 p:m, Sunday. Father Richard Gendreau will conduct the women's session, Father Jon-Paul Gallant the one for couples and Father Steven Furtado that for men. Further information is available from Father Ronald A. Tosti at the center, 500 Slocum Road, North Dartmouth 02747, telephone 999-6420.
ST. JOSEPH, FALL RIVER Line dancing will be demonstrated at the Women's Guild meeting in the school hall at 7:30 tonight. HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER CYO boys' basketball tryouts will be h~ld for 7th and 8th graders at 1 p.m. Sunday and at 3 p.m. for 6th graders. ST. JAMES, NEW BEDFORD The Ladies' Guild will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21 in the lower church hall. Jackie Lowney will demonstrate the making of decorations. Guests are welcome. ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER Father Pierre Lachance, OP, will preach the annual novena for the feast of St. Julie, to take place Oct. 20 through 28. His topic will be "The Church in Jesus' Plan for Salvation." An open house for parents will be held at the school from 6:30 to 7:00 tonight. ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FALL RIVER A three-part program for nurses who care for cancer patients will begin Tuesday, Oct. 27 at Clemence Hall, adjoining the hospital. Further information is available from Teri Freedman, RN, at the hospital. For cancer patients and their families, a series of informational lectures will begin at 7 tonight at Clemence Hall. Information on this offering is available from Pamela Clift at the hospital. ST. JOSEPH,. NEW BEDFORD The Legion of Mary will sponsor a holy hour at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16. Healing Masses, preceded by a 6:45 p.m. rosary and followed by prayer meetings or Bible study, are celebrated at 7 p.m. each Wednesday. Senior citizens will meet at 2 p.m. today in the school hall. ST. RITA, MARION An eighth grade teacher is needed for a Sunday CCD class. Volunteers may call the rectory. First grade CCD classes will begin Monday, Oct. 19. All other classes are ::lOW meeting regularly. SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER Pa<rents of schoolchildren will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in the school. Ninth and 10th graders will attend 11 a.m. Mass Sunday, Oct. 18, when ninth graders wHoI be enrolled in the two-year confirmation program and 10th graders to be con:Firmed in the spring will receive Bibles. A meeting for ninth grade parents will follow the Mass.
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ST. MARGARET, BUZZARDS BAY SS. Margaret and Mary Guild of Buzzards Bay and Onset will mark its 26th anniversary with a silver tea at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, in the parish center. Presidents of the Council of Catholic Women will be present and the Bourne Choral Group, directed by Josephine Fletcher, wiN be heard. ST. JULIE BILLIART, NORTH DARTMOUTH Children may be registered in the parish CCD program from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the religious education office located in the Family Life Center at 500 Slocum Road.. The annual parishioners' golf tournament and dinner will be held Sunday, Oct. 18 at New Bedford Country Club. SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER F,irst communion will be received by 26 children at 10 a.m. Mass Sunday. CCD classes will not be held Sunday but will resume Oct. 18. Confirmation class will take place Saturday. Senior citizens will take a bus trip at 9:30 a.m. today, traveling to Holyoke. ST. MICHAEL, SWANSEA A living rosary service wHl be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Youth Group is in need of furniture. Donors may contact the rectory to make pick-up arrangements. LA SALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO A three-session discussion series on marriage and the family moderated by Father Joseph Ross, MS, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, continuing for the following two Thursdays. The topics will be "Marriage in Chaos," "Frustrations of Parenthood" and "Self-Esteem in Children." Singers Ronald and Deneen, who "found Jesus in Las Vegas," will be heard in a coffee house program at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, in the La SaIette cafeteria. Singing together since 1964, they have toured the country and will share their religious testimony. FALL RIVER COUNCIL OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS The council will sponsor a day of ~ecollection for women religious beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Dominican ProvinciaIate, 3012 Elm St., Dighton. Father Philip Higgins will offer conferences and the day will begin with the liturgy of the hours and conclude with Mass. Times for reflection will be set aside. ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET The Women's Guild will meet at 8 tonight in the parish center. Entertll'inment will be by the Mansion Heirs, a famHy singing group. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NEW BEDFORD Marking the 800th anniversary of the birth of the parish patron, a mission wiU begin the weekend of Oct. 24 and 25 and continue for the following week.