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Bishops grapple with spreading fundamentalism

POPE JOHN PA UL II celebrates an Oct. I Mass in St. Peter's Basilica to open the world Synod of Bishops. Helping to distribute holy communion at the Mass were Fall River diocesan priests Father George W. Coleman, Father Jon-Paul Gallant, Father John F. Moore and Very Rev. Barry W. Wall. (NC/ UPI-Reuter photo)

Laity synod opens in Rome VATICAN CITY (NC) - The role of women in the church emerged as one of the main topics in the opening days of the world Synod of Bishops on the laity.

The discussion focused on issues of equality and mission, but did not include ordination. Cardinal Godfried Danneels of MalinesBrussels, Belgium, proposed a greater role for women in diocesan administration.

Other topics coming out of the early sessions of the Oct. 1-30 meeting included: - Clarification oflay ministries within the church.

- Primary responsibility of lay people to Christianize the secular world.

- The church and politics.

- The relationship of churchapproved lay groups with one another and with the hierarchy.

In a waiver of synod rules, lay people also addressed plenary sessions. Normally, only voting delegates are allowed to address the assemblies. Synod rules limit voting to bishops and a few priests who are heads of religious orders or who are specifically appointed by the reigning pope.

Among the lay speakers were Vicente Espeche, Argentine ambassador to Algeria, and JeanLoup Dherse, a French citizen and one of the organizers of the Chunnel project, which is designed to unite France and England by a tunnel under the English Channel.

The day before the synod opened, Sept. 30, the synod's permanent general secretary, Archbishop Jan Schotte, said Catholics worldwide are accepting the Vatican's frequently repeated distinction between clerical and lay roles. "Little by little one has seen that they have discovered that the mission and the vocation of the laity is in the world," he said.

On Oct. I, Pope John Paul II opened the synod with a Mass in which he praised the "important contribution" of lay people to preparations for the synod. He said lay observers at the synod would help the voting delegates in the "challenging task" of examining the laity's role.

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WASHINGTON(NC)-A u.s. bishops' committee issued a pastoral statement Sept. 30 calling for a plan to counteract spreading biblical fundamentalism.

Saying the Catholic Church has not done enough to encourage Bible study, the bishops' statement cites the need for: - Weekly Bible study groups and yearly Bible schools in every parish.

- In parts of the country where "there is a special problem with fundamentalism," Masses to which people bring their own Bibles.

- Better homilies that apply biblical texts to daily life.

- Catechists, lectors and ministers who can quote the Bible with familiarity.

The nine-page statement, titled "A Pastoral Stat~ment for Catholics on Biblical Fundamentalism," was written by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Biblical Fundamentalism. Archbishop Johr. F. Whealon of Hartford, Conn., is chairman of the committee.

The statement acknowledges Catholics may be attracted to the fundamentalist approach without realizing its "serious weaknesses," and says biblical fundamentalism, unlike Catholicism, finds all answers in the Bible and disregards the teaching authority of the church.

"According to fundamentalism, the Bible alone is sufficient. There is no place for the universal teaching church - including its wisdom, its teachings, its liturgical and devotional traditions," says the statement, which was issued in English and Spanish.

damentalists see no need for "the church as the Lord Jesus founded it," it says.

"This non-church characteristic of biblical fundamentalism, which sees the church as only spiritual, may not at first be clear to some Catholics," it says.

It is possible that in talking to fundamentalists, Catholics will hear nothing offensive, the statement says.

"The difference is often not in what is said, but in what is not said. There is no mention of the' historic, authoritative church in .continuity with Peter and the other apostles," it says.

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Columbus Day

Peace Mass: Marian event

On Monday, Oct. 12, the Columbus Day holiday, members of the Fall River diocese are invited to join in the 13th annual candlelight procession and Mass for peace in Fall River.

During the Marian year, participants will have the opportunity of gaining a plenary indulgence, as explained in a letter from Bishop Daniel A. Cronin which appears on page 2 of this issue of The Anchor.

As in previous years, marchers will meet at 5:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, to 'march about a mile to Kennedy Park.

They will carry candles, recite the "There is simply no claim [in rosary and sing Marian hymns in fundamentalism] to a visible, audi- Portuguese, French, Spanish, Italble, living, teaching authority bind- ian, Polish and English. A statue ing the individual or congrega- of Our Lady will be carried in the procession, which will leave the tions," it adds. at 6 p.m.

Cathedral Catholics, it says, should realize At 7 p.m. or a little I,ater, dependthe church produced the New Tesing on the time needed for marchers tament, "not vice-versa."

The statement urges development to arrive, the Mass for peace will of a "pastoral plan for the word of take place in St. Anne's church, God" that would "place the sacred which faces the park at South Scriptures at the heart of the par- Main and Middle Streets.

The principal concelebrant will ish and individual life."

A plan is necessary because past be Bishop Daniel A. Cronin.

Priests of the diocese wishing to "neglect of parents in catechetics and the weakness of our adult concelebrate the Eucharistic liturgy education efforts are now produc- are asked to bring an alb and stole.

Disabled or elderly persons ing a grim harvest.

"We need to educate - and to should proceed directly to St. re-educate - our people know- Anne's Church, where a special ingly in the Bible so as to counter- area will be reserved for their use.

Parish groups marching to the act the simplicities of biblical fundamentalism," the statement says. church are encouraged to identify Unlike Catholics, biblical fun- themselves with banners or flags.

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Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., Oct. 9, 1987

Quake damages L.A. 'cathedral, many other church facilities

A letter from the Bishop I have the pleasureofwritlng today to inform you ora gift to us offered by our Holy Father Pope John Paul II, namely a grant of Plenary Indulgences fotthe Marian Year, Through the Holy Father's personal devotion to Mafyas wellas his untiring fulfiUment of the Office of Vicar of Christ we, the people of God, are given tbis special oc~asion to.receivethe gra~es Christ has prepared for all of us. His tnercyand forgiveness are a part of the limitless treasury of graces won for us on the Cross.

In virtue of a recent Decree of the~acredApostolicPeni~~n­ ;'dary, the Church grants a Plenary Indulgence to be gained by all tile Christian faithful for the following works~ •. I) O~ tbe opening~nd closing da)1••l>f the.~arian,Year. w~en • ,they pevoutly assist ala sacred function conn¢¢ted with the M~r.. · ian year in their own parish church, in any Marian shrine or sacred place; /}2)Ofi solemnities abd lit I fea~tsofMity. 6tt;~ny SaIDr..}' day or other specific day on h ont solemnly celebrates some lllysteryor tidtof Mar¥. whe~tbeyd)~~outly ticlltate in celebrated innonorof the8Jessed:V;itgtn>il'!,tli~he church. a Marian shrine. or in another sacred place: 3) 9n each d(tyof the Mari~n Year~hent pi! '.' . •. . >. >age with a group to thesanctfll'trtesof)'Qur·. ..' ... . . f '~P;is;'''" Diocese t am pleased to designate at LaSalette in Attleboro and ,QUI' lady'S Chapel itl .New ~edfor and .th~re pa~icipat~itl :'liturgiQJlI rites~,especia:nythe<!Mass... •..• . . . cotnmunalt,peniten~iaFc celebration. in the recitation of the rOSary. or wben they carry out anothef pious exercise ~n bon~t of the.>~lessed;~other;.i ;{f 4)()n each day of the Marian Yea~'whentJteYde""9utly ·v~it.,; > even individually. the Basilica ufSaint Mary Major in Rome and participate thete in a liturgical iun¢tio~ oratl~ast sto.p for sOJne time Inl;devoutprayen i t .' +Wilqy l/iF '11" S) When they piously receive the Pal'aIJJle$sing,given by the JJishol'.even by means of radioprtele~!~ion.!~esame,c:on .' ition ba$grantedto bishopsthe.facuItY~fgivingtheP8'Pfll BI With, the attached Plenary IndUlgence twice· during the Manan Year on the occasion ofsome Marian solemnity. This isin addition \to theotheroceasions on which the~can i~part tue bles~i,ng·'· according to the general law. .

6) Wben theyrecitetbe rosary in a cburch or oratory or carried in~mmunal fonn,;:tbere is also att~~hed a Plenary .I~dulge~ce., Witb warm, cordial regards and prayerful good wishes. I have pleasure to remain Faithfuliyyoursin Christ.

nishop of Fall River

Marian year feasts listed The chancery office has made available lists of feasts of Our Lady falling during the remaining months of the Marian year.

Feasts on the liturgical calendar are the Presentation, Nov. 21; the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8; Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec. 12; Mary, Mother of God, Jan. I. Our Lady of Lourdes, Feb. II; the Annunciation, March 25; the Visitation, May 31, Immaculate Heart, June II; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, July 16; Dedication ofSt. Mary Major, Aug. 5; Assumption, Aug. 15 (closing day of Marian year).

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Feasts not part of the liturgical calendar but often observed: Mary, Mother of the church, Oct. II; Miraculous Medal, Nov. 27; Our Lady of Loreto, Dec. 10; Our Lady of Good Counsel, April 25; Our Lady of Fatima, May 13.

Observed on May 15. the Sunday in the octave of the Ascension, will be the feasts of Our Lady of Czestochowa, the Cape, Victory, Mercy, Light, Consolation and Star of the Sea. Resource materials for planning Marian devotions are available from the U.S. Catholic Conference, 1312 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005.

DOMINICAN Father Pierre E. Lachance has been elected to a three-year term as prior of the Dominican community at St. Anne's parish, Fall River. The position carries with it the title of Very Reverend.

A native of St. Anne's parish, Father Lachance attended its parochial school before studying for the Dominican priesthood in Canada. He was ordained by Bishop James Cassidy at St. Mary's Cathedral in 1942, then for nearly 12 years was on the faculty of the Dominican House of Studies in Ottawa.

Before coming to St. Anne's parish, where he has served the past 28 years, mainly as director of St. Anne's Shrine, Father Lachance was stationed for three and a half years in missions in Saskatchewan.

LOS ANGELES (NC) - The earthquake which struck Southern California Oct. I damaged St. Vibiana's Cathedral in Los Angeles - which Pope John Paul II had visited only two weeks earlier and some 60 other archdiocesan facilities.

AI Amici, building coordinator for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, said three or four archdiocesan buildings are "beyond repair and will have to be razed." Among buildings severely damaged was St. Mary of the Assumption Elementary School in Whittier, which will have to be torn down.

The steeple of St. Mary's Church also may have to be removed, according to the pastor.

Amici said a total of 65 archdiocesan facilities were damaged by the quake, "but not to a great magnitude."

The earthquake and its after,shocks were blamed for at least eight deaths and hundreds of injur, ies.

At St. Vibiana's, the quake caused cracks in the cathedral belfry and serious damage to the choir loft. The pope prayed at the cathedral Sept. 15 in the first stop of his two-day Los Angeles visit.

The III-year-old cathedral was closed until repairs could begin.

One of those killed was 21-yea rold Lupe Exposito, a member of San Gabriel Mission Parish in San Gabriel. The young woman was crushed when a wall in an underground parking garage collapsed on top of her at California State University, where she was a student.

The historic 216-year-old San

Gabriel Mission suffered severe cracks to its five-bell campanile and its baptistry. An earlier quake in 1812 destroyed the mission's belltower.

A crucifix brought to the mission in 1771 by Franciscan missionaries fell off the altar and broke. Parishioners were repairing it.

The mission has been closed until engineers can deCide steps to take. Masses were celebrated outdoors Oct. 4.

Dominguez Seminary, operated by the Claretian Fathers in Compton, about IO miles south of Los Angeles, suffered structural damage.

In a neighborhood of mainly Central American refugees near Immaculate Conception Elementary School in Los Angeles. residents sat in the streets hours after the earthquake struck. The pope addressed schoolchildren at Immaculate Conception Sept. 16.

The earthquakes's magnitude was 6.0 on the Richter scale.

Arriving at work Oct. I, AI Antczak, managing editor of The Tidings, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, found the office in disarray.

"A great big picture of Thomas More was off the wall ... books from the bookcases were on the floor, dust from the ceiling was all over," Antczak said.

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Jury still out WASHINGTON (NC) - "The jury is still out" on the effect of the U.S. bishops' 1986 pastoral letter on the economy, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Donahue told a recent meeting of German and American labor union lead-· ers. Speaking at a roundtable discussion at the U.S. Catholic Conference in Washington, Donahue said the impact will develop "from examinations carried on in small rooms like this."

The two-day discussion was initiated by a German foundation close to the Social Democratic Party in West Germany and was co-sponsored by the AFL-CIO and ,. the USCC, public policy arm of the U.S. bishops. Much of the meeting was devoted to the issue of worker participation in setting industrial goals and plans.

Nuns told to go

Supreme Knight

WASHINGTON (NC) - Four of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity are being ousted from the South American country of Guyana. said Jesuit Father Andrew Morrison. vicar general of the Guyanese diocese of Georgetown.

The Guyanese government has also denied a visa and work permit to a British priest seeking to enter the country. Georgetown Bishop G. Benedict Singh has appealed the decision with regard to the priest and is negotiating with the government Ministry of Home Affairs for the nuns.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (NC)The Knights of Columbus board of directors has chosen Virgil C. Dechant for another one-year term as supreme knight of the 1.4 million-member organization. He has held the post since 1977.

Also reelected were Palm Beach Bishop Thomas V. Daily, supreme chaplain; Ellis D. Flinn, McLean, Va., deputy supreme knight; Charles P. RiesbeckJr., St. Clairsville, Ohio, supreme secretary; and Eugene R. Thomas. Kalisp, Mont., supreme warden.

BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin congratulates Father Adrien E. Bernier, pastor of St. Mathieu's parish, Fall River, before the Oct. 4 Mass marking the parish's 100th anniversary.

A celebration banquet followed at White's restaurant. Westport. (Gaudette photo)

Booklet to list ball supporters Contributors to the 33rd annual Bishop's Ball will be listed in a commemorative booklet being prepared for the social and charftable event.

The ball will be held Jan 15 at Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth. It will benefit diocesan camps for underprivileged and exceptional children and other diocesan charitable apostolates.

BISHOP Daniel A. Cronin greets Cardinal Antonio Ribeiro before Mass at Santo Christo Church, Fall River.

(Motta photo)

It is cosponsored by the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

The ball booklet will list seven categories of supporters: Memorial, $200 or more, four tickets; Very Special Friend, $150 or more, four tickets; Guarantor, $100, three tickets.

Benefactor, $100, two tickets; Booster, $75, two tickets; Spon29 at ceremonies which will include . sor, $50, one ticket; Patron, $25, unveiling of a life-size portrait of one tickets.

Cardinal Medeiros.

Each ticket admits two persons.

ADCUP is sponsoring a trip to Memorial and Very Special Portugal for the dedication, which Friend supporters have a special will include a solemn Mass, a prolisting in the booklet. Guarantor gram honoring library benefactors, a scientific colloquium and var- and Benefactor listings will be printed on gold pages, Booster ious cultural events. The trip is open to ADCU P members, friends and Sponsor listings on silver, of the late cardinal and other Patron listings on white. interested persons.

Persons or organizations wishMedeiros Scholarship ing to be listed may call or write Cardinal Medeiros will also be ball headquarters at 4 J{) Highland honored by the class of 1937 of Avenue, P.O. Box 1470, Fall River, BMC Durfee High School. Fall 02722, tel. 676-8943 or 676-3200.

River. In connection with its 50th Ball Committee and DCCW memanniversary reunion, the class will bers and Vincentians may also be establish a Cardinal Humberto contacted.

Medeiros scholarship.

Tickets for the charity ball are The cardinal himself was the available at all diocesan rectories. recipient of scholarships from the Durfee classes of 1882 and 1888.

He also won the Fred Holdsworth scholarship and the Class of 1920 award for excellence in American (Undated) (NC) - At least two history.

U.S. dioceses have launched major Standing first in his class, the evangelization projects in conjunccardinal completed four years of tion with the papal visit to the Unihigh school in two and a half ted States. The diocese of Arlingyears, despite the fact that English ton, Va., paid for over 400,000 was not his native tongue. He was copies of a 16-page, full-color brovoted by his classmates as most chure to be inserted into The Washbrilliant, talented, original, stu- ington Post; and in Los Angeles, dious, dignified, interesting and the archdiocese had 1.1 million promising. copies of a tabloid version of the In 1962, he was the recipient of brochure inserted into the Los the Durfee Outstanding Alumnus Angeles Times. The Catholic award.

Church Extension Society brochure The 1937 alumni reunion will discusses Jesus as redeemer, the take place tomorrow at Venus de Mass and the sacraments.

Milo restaurant, Swansea. John J. McAvoy, class vice-president and a columnist for the Fall River Herald News, is chairman.

Cardinal to be honored in Lisbon, Fall River Recalling the strpng links of the late Humberto Cardinal Medeiros with the Fall River diocese, Antonio Cardinal Ribeiro, Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, recently celebrated Mass at Santo Christo parish, Fall River, before a congregation of hundreds.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin presided at the Mass and many diocesan priests were concelebrants.

Parish Holy Name Society members formed a guard of honor for the cardinal.

A reception following the Mass gave parishioners and friends the opportunity of greeting the prelate.

The cardinal was in the area in connection with an annual banquet sponsored by the Association for the Development of the Catholic University of Portugal. Held this year in Cambridge, the banquet beflefits ·the Lisbon-based institution. .

ADCUP was founded in 1976

by Cardinal Medeiros, who was its president until his death in 1983.

The cardinal, an Azorean native, came to Fall River as a young man and served as a priest in the Fall River diocese until he was named bishop of Brownsville, Tex., and then to the see of Boston. He is buried in St. Patrick's cemetery, Fall River, beside his parents.

A major Catholic University of Portugal project to which ADCUP has contributed is erection of a library. To be known as the Pope John Paul II library, it will include a Cardinal Medeiros Hall of Ceremonies.

In progress since 1982, when the pope laid its cornerstone, the library will be dedicated Nov. 27 through

THE ANCHOR -

Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., Oct. 9, 1987

Surrogate births elicit comment JOHANNESBURG, So~h Africa - A South African woman, acting as a surrogate for her daughter, has given birth to triplets, and a local priest reportedly expressed reservations about baptizing the babies.

Pat Anthony, 48, gave birth to the two boys and a girl by Caesarean section Oct. I at Johannesburg's Park Lane Clinic.

Mrs. Anthony's daughter, 25year-old Karen Ferreira-Jorge, has a 3-year-old son. However, Mrs. Ferreira-Jorge had her uterus removed because of complications from his birth.

A document issued in March by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said surro-

gate motherhood is morally illicit and in vitro fertilization - such as that used by the Ferreira-Jorges -is illicit because it separates procreation from the conjugal act.

The local priest in Tzaneen reportedly said he was not sure he would be allowed to baptize the babies.

A spokesman at a Catholic biomedical ethics center in the United States said that on general principles, the attitude would be "Why penalize the children because of the parents?"

Msgr. Orville Griese, director of research for the Pope John XXIII Medical-Moral Research and Education Center in Braintree, Mass., added that the decision would rest with the local bishop.

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A Fulfillment of Faith The present Vatican synod centering on the role of the laity in the Church has been over 20 years in the making. The call for the laity to assume their proper role in the life of the Church was initiated by the fathers of Vatican II. Since then a generation has passed and with it many of the negative views that hampered the faithful frQm answering that call. Indeed, the Vatican II Decree on the Apostolate of Lay People minces no words. It clearly states that the laity, "sharers in the role of Christ, priest, prophet and king, have an active part to play in the work of the Church. Their activity is so necessary within the Church communities that without it the apostolate of pastors would frequently not achieve its full effectiveness."

It was not the shortage of vocations to the priesthood and religi9us life that convinced the council fathers to express such thoughts. In 1965, when the decree on the laity was promulgated by Pope Paul VI, the seminaries were filled, convents were flourishing and there was an abundance of clergy.

Few could have foreseen the happenings of the past 20 years.

Everyone was riding the crest of the wave and there was little thought that it was about to break on a hostile shore. Thus when seminaries, convents and rectories began to empty, shock and surprise were the order of the day. Little by little, "jobs" once thought solely in the clerical province were parceled out to lay persons, mostly rather condescendingly.

For generations the clerical world had clung to a limited view of the laity. Church was for clerics. The laity were there not to fulfill their baptismal calling but as .fundraisers. The attitude was that the laity had their place and were to be kept in it. In fact, in many areas of local church life the effort to contain and restrain the laity was constant, with token trust shown to but a favored few. Anyone who thought things should be otherwise was labeled a troublemaker. The line of orthodoxy was straight and narrow, permitting no exceptions.

The Holy Spirit challenged this mentality. Without circumlocution, the council stated that "The laity deserve their rights and duties with respect to their apostolate from their union with Christ their head. Incorporated into Christ's Mystical Body through baptism and strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit through confirmation, they are assigned to the apostolate by the Lord himself." These words clearly indicate the divine origin of the mandate to the laity to help fulfill the mission Jesus gave the Church.

We are blessed in this country to have many men and women prepared for this task. Over the years our Catholic schools have given the Church an intelligent, informed and articulate laity willing to live Christianity in the marketplace as well as the pew. The present synod is a clear sign that their contributions are recognized and appreciated.

True, there may be disagreements as the synod progresses.

This should not be viewed as disobedience or denial, but as the manifestation of a church alive to discussion and questioning, a church unafraid to help its members reach the fullness of faith, a church willing to test all things and hold fast to what is good.

May we pray that all the hopes for this most important synod will be fulfilled!

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"It is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs." Mk. 10:14

Life itself is the reward!

By Father Kevin J. Harrington

since then teenage consumption of. goods has increased. In 1986 teens We Americans are not heeding spent an unprecedented $78 bilthe Scriptures. Our obsession with lion. $34 billion of it from their wealth is getting out of hand. own earnings and allowances! With Words such as yuppie and dink fewer youngsters competing' for have become commonplace. Yup- better-payingjobs. we have begotpiES typify the young urban pro- ten a consumer generation that fessionals who choose their pro- has never learned the value of fession to maximize their buying delayed gratification or self-4enial. power. Oinks are dual-income The social trappings of money families without kids who have are enormously addictive. Many abandoned the traditional notion people still believe that it can buy offamily in favor of material wealth you happiness or at least ward off undepleted by children.

One of the greatest books of the the vicissitudes of life. Indeed. our Bible is the Book of Ecclesiastes. youngsters see success measured which deals with the passing plea- by financial reward.

A baseball hero is great because sures that this world affords. he is the highest paid on his team Its author has a lot to say to young people of our day. Ecclesi- and a mom or dad is great if he or astes had no problem spending his she brings in the biggest paycheck on the block. time in pleasure when he was young.

Today's youngster who flaunts After all. like all young people. he had unlimited years stretching be-' his or her new pair of Reeboks fore him and he could afford to may be on the way to becoming tomorrow's yuppie flaunting his squander some of them.

But as he grew older and his new BMW! Freud said love and work were time became more precious. he came to understand that the life of the keys to mental health, each uninterrupted. fun is really a way providing an essential ingredient. of escaping from the challenge of Dual-income parents who devote doing something worthwhile. Hav- a disproportionate part of their ing fun can be the spice of life but lives to climbing the corporate not its main course. because when ladder may fall when they or their it is over. nothing of lasting value corporations fail and find no loving relationship to sustain them. remains.

Adults should teach youngsters Since 1975 the number of teenagers in the United States has that money alone cannot sustain â&#x20AC;˘steadily declined. yet each year one's sense of self-esteem. That is

linked directly to what one accomplishes. not to one's compensation.

Rabbi Harry Kushner, author of the best-selling book "When Bad Things Happen To Good People," tells an amusing story I am fond of sharing: A security guard was alerted to stop employees from stealing company goods as they left work. One man would go by his gate every day with a wheelbarrow of trash. The poor security guard would spend half an hour digging through food wrappers, cigarette butts and plastic cups to see if anything of value was being smuggled out. He never found anything.

Finally. he said to the man.

"Look, I know you're up to something but every day I check every last bit of trash in the wheelbarrow and I never find anything worth stealing. It's driving me crazy. Tell me what you're up to and I promise not to report you." The man shrugged and said. "It's simple.

I'm stealing wheelbarrows."

Like the security guard. we frantically search through our days for the rewards that will buy us happi~ ness and find nothing worthwhile.

We totally misunderstand life when we waste our time searching for happiness through the trash of material goods. Like the security guard. we miss the obvious. When you have learned how to live. life itself is the reward!

Sibling rivalry In her book, Necessary Losses, Judith Viorst tells the story of a father who was baby-sitting his three-year-old while his wife and newborn child were still in the hospital. Seeing his son with crayons and paper, the dad asked, "How would you like to draw me a pretty picture?"

The three year-old looked coldly at his father and replied, "Not until you get rid of that other kid."

Getting rid of that other kid is a universal fantasy of children, one which can last into adulthood. We all want to think we are first and maybe only in our parents' affection. When there's a new baby or when one of our siblings achieves parental praise, we feel threatened.

Does it mean that they love us less because our sibling pitched a nohitter or got straight A's? Whenever there's praise for one, there's insecurity for another in families.

Young children will say things like, "Let's take him back to the hospital now," because they are young and honest. Older children will act out in other ways. They have learned it is unacceptable to openly dislike siblings so they may be mean to them, try to get them into trouble or punish parents by withdrawing. These are the only weapons they have.

They don't understand that love

can beget love, that is, that a new baby can increase their parents' capacity to love them. They see love as a finite commodity, i.e. there is only so much to go around and that they must now share it with an other.

And that other becomes the rival, the enemy. Some adaptive children pretend to love their siblings to please their parents but secretly resent them so while they're pretending to hug the baby, they squeeze her or they throw the ball at him instead of to him.

All this upsets parents who don't understand what's going on. Most parents anticipate the new baby jealousy but expect it to end in a few weeks. When it goes on for years, they become impatient and sharp with the offending child. which feeds his fear tqat they don't love him as much as his siblings.

Freud wrote, "A small child does not necessarily love his brothers and sisters. Often he obviously does not ... He hates them as his competitors and it is a familiar fact that this attitude often persists for long years, till maturity is reached oreven later, without interruption."

Discouraging to parents, but not impossible to overcome. One way of dealing with sibling rivalry is to confront it head-on. We can make it acceptable for children to

Knowledge gap Studies confirm that today's Catholics are more visible in society, they are more educated and they have moved up the economic ladder.

When I related these facts to a retired priest friend, his reaction was, "Yes, but they can't recite the Ten Commandments." Indirectly he was questioning the value of this increased education for people who still couldn't recite the Ten Commandments. Perhaps there was a further implication, "What does it profit a person to gain the whole world and lose one's soul?"

But to leap from not being able to recite the commandments to losing one's soul is one horrendous leap. Before anyone makes such a leap, let's take a closer look at the knowledge gap among today's educated Catholics and some ways to approach it.

Undoubtedly there are many Catholics whose knowledge of church history, ecclesiology, Scripture and sacramental life is minimal. They obviously lack book knowledge of the faith. a book knowledge they undoubtedly have in other areas.

This can be attributed partially to decades of religious education that deemphasized rote memory and basics ofthe faith. In the quest to make religion more meaningful, some basic knowledge was neglected. At the same time, many of these Catholics are people whose faith means a lot to them and who have a fairly good awareness ofthe faith as a reality to be lived.

effort required to grow in knowledge.

Laying a guilt trip on Catholics won't help. Today's approach must be founded on efforts to help them reason toward it.

Today there is growing awareness that Catholics, no matter how educated they may be in other areas, need to learn more of the fundamentals of their faith. But the best of Catholics are always in need of the kind of evangelization that will motivate them to this. it would be wise to focus, for example, on why church history, the sacramental life and the Bible are worth knowing. What difference will such knowledge make in anyone's life?

It also would be wise to remember that we live in an age when adults expect to participate in their

Oct. 10 • 1918, Rev. James c.J. Ryan, Assistant, Immaculate Conception, North Easton Oct. 11 1952, Rev. James A. Downey.

Pastor, Holy Ghost, Attleboro Oct. 14 1972, Rev. Msgr. Edward B. Booth, Pastor Emeritus. St. Mary, North Attleboro .

1918, Rev. Dennis M. Lowney, Assistant, Sacred Heart, Taunton 11II1I1'lIIl11ll11ll11ll11mIlUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.

To demean well-educated Catholics who lack some of the basic knowledge that truly could give them a greater understanding of faith and the church. however. smacks too much of an old fashioned approach to religion. Instead what is needed are efforts to motivate people to want to expend the

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express their honest and fearful feelings by giving them permission to say, "N ot till you get rid of that other kid."

Our initial reaction to such a comment is generally, "Oh, now, don't say that. You know you love your new sister." He doesn't know that at all but we have discounted his feelings and made them unacceptable which makes him feel guilty and even more insecure.

We can open up the conversation with, "I'll bet you wish you were our only kid sometimes," and let him vent. Or by saying, "I'm glad we have Ben and Sally, but I don't know what we would do without you." This approach takes the fear out of the child's feelings.

We must remember that feelings are acceptable but, actions aren't.

It's okay to resent one's sibling but it's not okay to hit him. That's the important lesson.

Taking this stand tells children we understand their feelings because we know and love them.

And that's all they want to hear.

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FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

ongoing education and to contribute to its processes. They do not hold that "theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die."

Private matter SAN FRANCISCO (NC) The issue of whether a Catholic who practices artificial birth control may receive Communion is a matter to be settled "between individual and confessor," said Archbishop John R. Quinn of San Francisco.

His comment came after the pope told the U.S. bishops that it is a "grave error" to think that dissent from church teaching "poses no obstacle to the reception of the sacraments."

Asked at a news conference if the pope's comments meant Catholics who practice artificial birth control are "bad Catholics," Archbishop Quinn responded that "there are causes. factors which can diminish people's guilt in certain matters."

He distinguished between dissenting from the church's teaching on birth control and dissenting from the law denying the sacraments to Catholics who divorce and remarry outside the church.

The difference in approach, he said, stems from several reasons, including the fact that artificial birth control is a private matter and remarriage a public one. He also said that practicing artificial birth control did not imply a permanent rejection of church teaching, but remarriage did.

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Q. Recently I was invited to the wedding of a Protestant friend and a divorced Catholic who is not free to marry in the church. It was his first marriage and her second. I attended the wedding and reception because of my friendship for the groom and because I worked for him for almost 15 years. Was my attendance a serious sin in the eyes of God and-or the church?

On another occasion my nephew married a divorced Protestant before her minister. Again, after a bout with my conscience I attended because of my love for my sister and her family.

Sad to say, situations like these arise more frequently lately in my life and I have had to struggle with my conscience. People seem to have their own ideas of what is proper or right. Can you help me understand what is expected in these circumstances? (Massachusetts)

doing." With a little thought I'm sure you can make your point with tact and kindness.

This need be done only once. If he loves you he will appreciate your concern even if he doesn't agree with you at the moment.

My own conviction is that in such circumstances much more. is gained by honey than vinegar.

Decide what you think is best.

Then hope they accept the love and care which lies beneath whatever you do.

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A. Decisions such as this, which face you and countless others, always are painful. They involve several obligations which seem in conflict: to show your love and affection to the people involved; not to give scandal by appearing to approve something you do not; not to alienate loved ones even though they're doing something you consider wrong; to give the right message and example to others in your family about how Catholics believe and act; and so on.

First, please realize that we're not talking here about sin. mortal or venial. Someone like yourself who is praying and refle~ting over the matter so conscientiously, is not about to deliberately do something you know is wrong.

It·s rather a matter of choosing what seems best among several options, none of which is perfect and without its pain.

It seems to me a few things are worth considering. One is that circumstances are quite different from one situation to another. Your attendance at your Protestant friend's wedding, for example, easily could be recognized as a demonstration of your friendship for him, not ajudgment on the Catholic character of the marriage.

Obviously the situation with your nephew is not the same. Your responsibility and desire to be clear about what you are doing is more direct and immediate. There may even be other adults and children in the family who could one day be in the same circumstances.

Insofar as you have responsibility to give them good example and good witness, you obviously wish to avoid any misunderstandings about your convictions and beliefs.

Let's say right here also that you need have no hesitancy or guilt over making those convictions known. It's not hard to feel pressured in these situations today by the claim that everyone has the right to "do his own thing."

But that goes both ways. You have just as much right to do your oWn thing, even if it means saying "I don't agree with what you're

Porn scorned NEWARK, N.J. (NC) - The bishops of New Jersey urged the state's Catholics to "choose prudently some way of effective involvement" in ecumenical and community' anti-porn efforts. In a pastoral statement also endorsed

by Episcopal Bishop Mellick Belshaw and Methodist Bishop Neil L. Irons, the Catholic bishops urged adults to guide reading and viewing habits of the young. They urged advertisers not to "pander to the lowest of human instincts."

The Catholic bishops, in their recent statement. scorned porn for degrading sex and said it "rips sexuality from the context of relationships and God-given purpose and attempts to detach it from human personhood." In expressing concern for youth, the bishops said that "parents and older members of families have a special obligation to supervise the reading and viewing habits of children."

Work as one COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (NC) - Tackle problems by seeking common solutions as "one world and one family," Brazilian Archbishop Helder Pessoa Camara urged at a recent conference on land reform. "The Father created one world, one family. Our human weakness created a First World, a Second World, a Third World, a Fourth World. We need to have one world," the retired archbishop of Olinda and Recife told participants at the Theology of Land Conference at St. John's University in Collegeville. "Work together for one world and one family with one Father," he said. At the third annual conference, cosponsored

by St. John's University and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, speakers told of/and ownership crises facing individuals in such diverse places as the Midwest, Appalachia, New York City and Brazil.

A Just Judge "God is a just judge. strong and patient." - Ps. 7: 12

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Fundamentalism

Fri., Oct. 9, 1987

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Laity synod opens in Rome Continued from Page One Helping to distribute holy communion at the Mass were Fall River diocesan priests Father George W. Coleman, pastor of Corpus Christi parish, Sandwich; Father Jon-Paul Gallant, assigned to graduate studies in liturgy at the Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anselm in Rome; Father John F. Moore, Anchor editor and pastor of St. Mary parish, New Bedford; and Very Rev. Barry W. Wall, pastor and rector of St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.

Fathers Coleman, Moore and Wall were visiting Rome when they were asked to participate in the Mass.

On Oct. 2, Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum of Dakar, Senegal, synod recording secretary, in a summary of the synod working document and the delegates' reactions to it emphasized examination of church ministries as they relate to baptism, confirmation and ordination.

This would help clarify the distinctions between ministries open to the laity and those reserved for the priesthood, he said.

The cardinal listed as main synod themes: the laity's primary responsibility for Christianizing the world; the relationship of lay groups with the bishops; lay ministries in the church and the vocation and mission of lay women.

He called for developing the idea that women have "tasks of equal dignity but sometimes different.

"Equality does not prevent a recognition of the differences that exist between people," he said.

Judging by presynod reports, most Catholics accept "the modern movement for the liberation and promotion of women," Cardinal Thiandeum said. "We must continue to fight against discrimination which is not objective," he added.

The discussion of the laity in general includes their relationship with the clergy, the cardinal said.

The period since the Second Vatican Council has seen a "real blossoming" of lay groups, he said, but this "has not always been harmonious."

The problem is to find a way for the clergy to give direction to new lay movements without "suffocating" them, he said.

On lay ministries within the church, he said there has been great progress since Vatican II. He cited the evolution of lay lectors, special ministers of the Eucharist and leaders of liturgical prayers.

"This is one area in which it is hoped that the synod will move forward ... in the preparation to be given (and) limits" to be placed, he added.

A s~mmary of the cardinal's report was made available at the Vatican press office. Under synod rules the full text was not released.

Cardinal Danneels urged a greater role for women "in the administration of the diocese." He also praised the "irreplaceable role of women religious in the church."

According to one synod source, the cardinal also proposed investigating the possibility of ordaining women as permanent deacons.

The cardinal also asked "for clarification of the relationship" between the older Catholic lay

Dissident archbishop claims reconciliation ROME (NC) - Suspended Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre said he had agreed to a Vatican offer of reconciliation that would allow his religious fraternity to keep the preSecond Vatican Council Mass and sacram~ntal rites, according to news reports.

the agreement with Cardinal Ratzinger during a visit to Rome Oct. 15-20.

Archbishop Lefebvre did not say who the apostolic visitator would be, but speculation has centered on Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum of Dakar, Senegal, who was Archbishop Lefebvre's sucThe Vatican press office, in a cessor as head of the Dakar statement,.Oct. ~, confirmed that a Archdiocese. "dialogue" was under way with The 81-year-old archbishop was Archbishop Lefebvre "with the suspended from his ministry as a purpose of nominating an apospriest and bishop in 1976 after he tolic visitator in the person of a ordained priests against Vatican cardinal, who will be entrusted orders. He has consistently refused with the task of defining the terms to accept Vatican II teachings reof a canonical regularization of garding liturgy, ecumenism and the Priestly Society of St. Pius X." religious liberty, and in recent years has increased his criticism of the Archbishop Lefebvre, at an Oct. church in those areas.

2 press conference in Econe, Switzerland, said the Vatican was also At the Vatican Oct. 5, a spokesman for Cardinal Ratzinger said willing to recognize the juridical status of his Priestly Society of St. the cardinal had no immediate comment on the reported agreePius X and accept the approximately 250 priests he has illicitly ment. A Vatican press spokesman ordained. Econe is the site of the would not confirm or deny the society's major seminary. report, saying only that a Vatican In return, the archbishop said, statement made in July was still he would agree to accept a Vaticanvalid.

That earlier statement said a appointed "visitator" for his society, and call off his threat to one-hour meeting July 14 between Cardinal Ratzinger and Archordain bishops, which would have technically signified schism in bishop Lefebvre had occurred'in the church. "an atmosphere of open and sinThe Vatican offer was made in a cere dialogue," and that both parletter dated July 28 from Cardinal ties had agreed not to make further state~ents about t~e meeting. The Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the meeting ~as conSidered a. brea.kFaith, Archbishop Lefebvre said. through In the longstanding dlsHesaid.he would discuss-details of., . p.~t.e: _...•••

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groups, many of which stress social action, and the post-Vatican II movements which stress spiritual renewal.

Callixta Belomo Essana, an official of the Cameroon National Association for UNESCO, asked the church for better understanding of the problems women face and better pastoral programs to help women.

Women want to participate more fully in the church's "mission in our modern world, where women are assuming more and more functions in administration and government and in fields which hitherto have been the exclusive preserve of men," she said.

Focusing on church and state, Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila, Philippines, said religion "permeates the whole political activity," culture and national development in the East. Separation of religion and politics "is unthinkable." But he also said church involvement in politics must avoid the risk of promoting political ideologies.

Espeche saw specific roles for the laity in dealing with hunger, discrimination, oppression, unemployment, the arms race and "injustice in international economic dealings."

He and several other speakers said the church must provide better formation for the laity on church social teaching~.

Other speakers also emphasized the lay role in bringing Christian values to business, biogenetic engineering, science, medicine and the arts.

Teresa Chooi of the Catholic Research Center of Malasyia urged more complete information on church finances.

"Accountability in all that affects the financial positions and activities of the church at ail levels, from the smallest ecclesial community to the international level of the Holy See" is needed, she said.

Archbishop Simon Pimenta of Bombay, India, asked delegates to address the situation of young people.

"A vast majority of the yo.uth is finding religion irrelevant to their lives," he added.

The early sessions of the synod also provided delegates with updates on issues developed at the 1983 on penance and the 1985 synod on the 20 years since Vatican II.

.More work to do PITTSBURGH (NC) - Progress has been made, but more collaboration between religious men and women is needed, speakers said at the 31 st annual assembly of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men. Citing times the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the men's conference have worked hand in hand, the president of LCWR, Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ~arol Quigley, said they are "signs of hope," but not "signs that our 'work is accomplished." The assembly was held recently at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

About 300 priests and brothers attended the meeting, representing 110 men's communities. The conference theme was "U nity in Service: Collaboration within the "Church.".,. . . .- ..

as our mother - a mother who is not just spiritual, but who is visibly ours to teach and guide us in the way of Christ," it says.

The statement says fundamentalist Bible groups provide "simplistic answers to complex issues in a confident and enthusiastic way" that is especially attractive to people yearning for answers in a chaotic world.

Sister Lavault The Mass of Christian Burial was offered Monday at Dominican Academy chapel in Fall River for the repose of the soul of Sister Helen Lavault, OP, 78, who died Oct. 2.

Sister Helen taught at Dominican Academy for 35 years. She also taught at St. Anne's School and the former Bishop Gerrard High School in Fall River, at St. Francis Xavier School, Acushnet, and at St. Dominic's School, Plattsburgh, NY. Born in Yamaska, Quebec, the daughter of the late Louis and Marie (Pelissier) Lavault, Sister Helen entered the Dominicans of St. Catherine of Siena in 1926 and professed final vows Aug. 4, 1932.

Sister Helen attended Dominican Academy and Providence Catholic Teachers' College. She earned a bachelor's degree in 1940 from Providence College and later studied at Catholic University, Bridgewater State College and Tufts University.

She is remembered by Sister Gertrude Gaudette, OP, once one of her Latin students, as an excellent, dedicated educator.

"She was a real, real teacher," Sister Gaudette said.

Sister Helen was buried in Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River. She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

The appeal of biblical fundamentalism is understandable in a world "of war, violence, dishonesty, personal and .sexual irresponsibility," the statement says.

"It is a world in which people are frightened by the power of the nuclear bomb and the insanity of the arms race, where the only news seems to be bad news," it says.

Especially receptive to fundamentalism is the "Catholic young adult or teenager - one whose family background may be troubled; who is struggling with life, morality and religion; whose Catholic education may have been seriously inadequate in the fundamentals of doctrine, the Bible, prayer life and sacramental living; whose catechetical formation may have been inadequate in presenting the full Catholic traditions and teaching authority," the statement says.

In the statement the committee expressed "ecumenical respect" for biblical fundamentalist communities, citing "their proper emphasis on religion as influencing family life and workplace."

Other members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Biblical Fundamentalism are Archbishops Theodore E. McCarrick of Newark, N.J., and J. Francis Stafford of Denver, and Auxiliary Bishops Alvaro Corrada del Rio of Washington, Richard J. Skiba of Milwaukee, and Donald W. Trautman of Buffalo, N.Y.

Impossible Dream comes true for Louisiana bishop HOUMA, La. (NC) - Bishop Warren L. Boudreaux of HoumaThibodaus probably never dreamed he would sing what has been his favorite song for decades, "The Impossible Dream," to the pope.

But perhaps all the times he has sung it were rehearsals for the day he stood up and sang to Pope John Paul II during the pontiffs New Orleans stop Sept. 12.

"I was sitting next to Archbishop Pio Laghi (Vatican ambassador to the United States) and across the table from the pope," Bishop Boudreaux recalled in an interview with The Bayou Catholic, his diocesan paper.

He was describing the private luncheon bishops had with the pope at the residence of Archbishop' Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans.

"Archbishop Laghi started telling the group that I was a good tennis player and then told the Holy Father that I could sing too," Bishop Boudreaux said.

Soon, everyone at the table was egging him on, he said, even the pope, who gave an approving nod.

"Needless to say, it does not take much to get this Cajun bishop to get up and sing," he said. "I did

so all by myself. When I had concluded, the Holy Father smiled at me and said, 'Instead of giving homilies you ought to sing to your people.' To which I responded, I do, Holy Father. Believe me, I do it all the time.' " Later, the bishop said, he told the pope: "If I get to heaven and if I get to sing this song to God, he'd be the only person more important to whom I would sing this song."

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The Anchor Friday, Oct. 9, 1987

Auxiliary bishop resigns, joins Trappist monastery Prayer line Dear Editor: Thank you so much for the beautiful article written about our prayer line (Anchor, Aug. 2&). We were inundated with calls from Falmouth, Hyannis. etc., so you see people do read The Anchor.

We continue to receive calls almost every day. sometimes as many as five in one day.

Mary Farrell

Brewster

Reorganization Dear Editor: Thank you for the fine article publicizing the reorganization of the Greater New Bedford chapter of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses (Anchor, Sept. 11). It helped contribute to a meaningful and successful first meeting, Teresa Heehan New Bedford

Birthright Dear Editor: On behalf of Birthright, I would like to thank you very. very much for the absolutely wonderful article on 8irthright (Sept. 11). We have received many calls - for volunteers, tickets for the concert, offers to help do shopping and fund raising and several monetary donations.

Eleanor Gagnon Somerset

CLARA M. WEEKS, MSW, L1CSW, has been named assistant director of the Diocesan Department of Social Services. A graduate of Boston College School of Social Work, she was previouslya department counseling program director and a supervisor in the social service department of St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford. She has been and will continue as director of religious education at St. Julie's parish, No'rth Dartmouth,

WHEELING. W. Va. (NC) Pope John Paul II ha~ accepted the resignation of Auxiliary BishopJames E. Michaels of WheelingCharleston, who will leave the diocese tomorrow for a Trappist monastery.

His resignation was announced Sept. 22. The name of the monastery was not released by the diocese.

Bishop Michaels. 61, who is also pastor of S1. Francis de Sales parish in Beckley, W. Va" has been auxiliary bishop in West Virginia for almost 15 years.

The pope's acceptance of the bishop's request to "lay aside the active pastoral ministry so that 1 might serve the Lord in his church in a radicallv different kind of ministry ... is an occaiion of both joy and pain," Bishop Michaels said in a statement.

He said he was joyful that after more than 35 active years as a priest, with 21 ofthose as a bishop. he was answering a call that has been "my hope and desire for many years.

"On the other hand, I deeply regret that this involves my resignation as auxiliary bishop of

Bishop Francis B. Schulte, head of the diocese since 1985, said his auxiliary would leave the diocese with the "gratitude of the clergy, religious. and laity for his valued and selfless service."

Born in Chicago May 30, 1926, Bishop Michaels was ordained for the Columban Fathers in 1951.

After receiving a doctorate in missiology from the Gregorian University in Rome, he was a facu lty member and dean of students at the St. Columban Major Seminary, Milton, In 1957. he began missionary work. in Korea.

While in Korea, he was pastor of a leprosarium for five years before being appointed vicar ge,neral for the Archdiocese ofKwangju, Korea. In 1966. he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Kwangju.

In 1973, Bishop Michaels was

Sure antidote HELENA. Mont. (NC) - Following church law on sex is the "only sure antidote against AIDS," said Bishop Elden F. Curtiss of.

Helena. "We must make it clear to our young people that the only sure antidote against AIDS and the destruction of many lives is abstinence and monogamous marriage," the bishop said. "These [young} people may be the only ones who will survive the epidemic in the long run," he said. Bishop Curtiss commented in Montana Catholic. newspaper of the Helena diocese. .

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appointed auxiliary for the Diocese of Wheeling, The dioceie's name was changed to WheelingCharleston in 1974.

Jn 1976-80 he was pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish, Parkersburg. lind since 1982 he has been pastor of the Beckley parish. For 15 years he was vicar general and a diocesan coniult0f and also has been chairman of a task force o"n vocations.

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Superiors to meet with directors

Major superiors of religious communities serving in the diocese or their representatives will meet Tuesday at the Family Life Center Dear Editor: Thank you for our General in North Dartmouth with directors of diocesan offices and agenChapter coverage (Anchor. Sept. cies.

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Arranged by Siner Mary Noel I liked the final form of the article very much and it was good of Blute, RSM, Episcopal Represenyou to use both pictures. The sis- tative for Religious, the daylong meeting will enable superiors to ters we~e all pleased. update their knowledge of services Sister Marv Oliveira. SUSC offered by diocesan agencies.

Fall River' The directors will also outline qualifications required by applicants for employment in their organization and forecast as far as· LONDON (NC) - With a "dispossible tneir future needs.

Agencies and personnel who will invest ment campaign gaining s~ed in the United States. the Bntlsh participate in Tuesday's meeting: government has published a guide • Diocesan Health Facilities: for Northern Ireland employe~s Msgr. John J. Regan; on ridding workplaces of antl• Office of Youth Ministry: Catholic discrimination. The man- Rev. George E. Harrison. Kathryn ual outlines how employers can E. Wrobel; monitor and balance the religious • Diocesan Education Office: makeup of their work fO,rce. T~e Rev. Richard Beaulieu. Sisters Ann .government is also pre~armg legiS· Moore, M. Michaelinda Plante. lation that would requIre emp~oy­ Elaine Heffernan, Eugenia Brady, ers to recruit employees to achleve Rev. Robert Oliveira; balance, or face possible loss of • Office of Family Ministry: Rev. Ronald Tosti; government contracts.

• Office of Pastoral Care for the Sick: Rev. Edmund Fitzgt;rald; • Department of Social Services/ Apostolate to Hispanics: Rev. Funeral services took place in Peter Graziano; New Hampshire for Sister Eva • Office of Developmental DisPoulin, RJM, formerly known as abilities: Rev. Joseph Viveiros.

Sister Victorine, who served at the fonner Jesus-Mary Convent in Fall River and who died Oct. 4 in Goffstown.

Diocesan Catholic Social ServA native of Beauceville, Quebec, ices has reCeived a $2,000 grant she was the daughter of the late from the Almond Delight Cereal Elzear and Victoria (Bolduc) PouCo. for distribution through the lin. As a religious, she served for Hispanic Apostolate to low-income the most part in Fall River and families in need of assistance with Woonsocket. utility bills.

She is survived by three sisters.

The distribution will be handled Sister Delvina Poulin, RJM, of through the New Bedford office of Fall River, Sister Marie Reine Catholic Social Services. working Poulin and Mrs. Florian Grenier, with the Guadalupanas Sisters. both of Canada; and a brother, The diocesan agency is one of 30 Joseph Poulin, also of Canada. nationwide to receive a grant.

Wheeling-Charleston - my leaving the diocese where it has been my privilege to serve almost 15 years," he added.

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Education day offers ideas, resources Maureen Webster is a practical person.

- Mrs. Webster teaches first-grade rdigious education at 55. Peter and Paul parish, Fall River. And sh.e attended the third annual diocesan Religious Education Conventkm September 26 at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth.

"Why did I come?" said the woman to whom 17 youngsters are entrusted. "Because I love teaching religious education. I think this will give me some ideas I can use in the classroom."

The Fall River teacher was one

of over 500 diocesan catechists present at the Diocesan Department of Education-sponsored convention to attend a Mass with principal celebrant Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, hear pastoral theologian Father Edward K. Braxton offer a keynote address on the vocation of the religious educator and participate in several of 27 workshops, of which The Anchor attended five.

Not Without Missions Ina workshop entitled "No Catechesis Without Missions," Msgr.

John J. Oliveira, diocesan chancellor and director of the Propagation of the Faith office, told his

listeners "y ou are missionaries by the very fact that you're sharing," and said that one of their goals as catechists should be "to build up mission sensitivity awareness."

Msgr. Oliveira reminded workshop participants that all Catha· lies, by virtue of baptism, "have a real obligation to spread the faith.

"Gifts of all sorts are abundant;" he said, "and all are complementary. They work together.

"We have to realize our gifts and use them to spread the faith by word, by witness of our ·lives and by sharing what we believe."

He noted that one and two year lay vocations are "an excellent way" to make Christ's message known.

Msgr. Oliveira said that catechists should take seriously the responsibility ofbcing possibly"the first religious influence in a child's life."

Mary, he added, "is the first teacher offaith and was the first to respond in faith."

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"What Any Catechist Should Know About the Bible," a workshop seeking to give teachers confidence about teaching the Bible, was presented by Father Ernest J. Corriveau, MS, director of LaSalette Center for Christian living, Attleboro.

Father Corriveau told his lis· teners that human authors wrote the Bible through God's inspiration.

About 20 gospels were written before the end of the first century, the priest said, noting that since only four made it into the Good Book, the Holy Spirit must have been at work.

The priest used Paul's Letter to the Galatians to illustrate a point.

"Do you think Palll knew his letter would end up in the Bible?

No! "Paul was a human responding to a human problem, Like all people, he had his limitations. It shows in his writing.

"So God is speaking to us, but very much through human words."

Father Corriveau said it is important for catechists to know when, where and why Biblical passages were written, and pointed out that tnany parts of the Bible were writ--

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ten in literary forms that don't exist today, which is why understanding some passages is a challenge.

"Picture somebody from Jesus' time trying to read science fiction," he joked.

Gospels "are not meant to be biographies of Jesus," he said.

"They're not blow-by-blow accounts."

Never Too Young Kathleen L. Bart, active with Hospice in Taunton, discussed"Anticipatory Grief," explaining it in relation to Hospice's mission of aiding terminally ill patients.

Saying that there are two types of death, physical and emotional, she said the latter occurs "when the [dying] person begins to make separations in his or her life and approaches the unknown."

Ms. Bart explained Elisabeth Kubler-Ross' five stages of dealing with impending death: denial. anger, bargaining with God, depression and acceptance.

Many terminally ill persons, Ms. Bart said, run through the stages in order. Others, she noted, may experience them in different patterns, completely bypass a stage or "bol,!nce around" before coming to acceptance. Some never accept the inevitable.

She ask~d participants to complete a "life line" exercise, among her favorite tools for hell!ing a person "see in a nutshell where things are in his or her life."

A life line is a horizontal line drawn on a piece of paper; one end represents birth, the other death.

Ms. Bart asked her listeners to place a mark on the line to designate how much of life they had lived, taking into account factors such as current health and stress.

Then she asked them to list achievements that have given them "great comfort" and the things they hope to achieve before their passing.

"It could be running the Boston Marathon,"said Ms. Bart. "It could be seeing your kids graduate from college."

She noted that a religious education classroom is an excellent place to talk about dying and the feelings it brings.

Bicultural Sensitivity Father John J. Oliveira, parochial vicar at St. Michael's parish, Fall River, spoke on "Religious Education among Bicultural Families."

"The diocese of Fall River is multicultural," he said. "More than 150,000 people have come here over the past 60 years from Portugal alone. More recently, "'toere's been an influx of Latin American and Cambodian families."

The priest said that people "express their faith from within their cultures" even though all are a part of the universal church. Not so long ago, he said, many saw members of immigrant groups simply as people with special needs, for example the need to have Mass offered by a priest who spoke their native language.

Now, he said, members of immigrant groups are recognized as persons with gifts and talents that enrich the church.

"There is a need to increa-se sensitivity to people from bicultural homes," he said.

There are often language prob· lems, he added, thus catechists

FATHER Edward K. Braxton offers his keynote address; Jackie DaSilva, a coordinator/ catechist at Holy Ghost parish, Attleb?ro, listens carefully to a workshop leader. should not presume that minority parents "don't care."

He said immigrant children should be taught that the-way their parents express their faith, though different, is good, and noted that catechists should realize that sensitivity to the bicultural enriches them.

Father Oliveira encourages use of multiculturally-sensitive religious education texts to allow children "to get to know the ot-her's ways, to offer a reciprocal education that celebrates what we find in one another.

"We don't do it by alienating," he said. "We do it by integrating."

"One of the functions of the education office is to provide the resources the parishes need to evaluate their religious education pro· grams," said Father Richard W. Beaulieu, the education depart· ment's director.

Noting the extreme importance of religious education in parish ministry, he said "a day like the convention is one attempt to pro· vide those resources, and the edu· cation staff and I are looking forward to providing other ways of helping parishes in their catechetical efforts."

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Other workshop topics included "The Psalms as Christian Prayer," "The Role of the Handicapped in the Church" and "Practical Methods of Teaching."

The Education Department asked catechists to evaluate the workshops, Father Braxton's address and the entire day.

"The whole of the day was joy· ful and positive," said Sister Eugenia Brady, SJC, a department associate director of religious education. ·"We were very pleased.

There were very positive responses, both oral and written."

"People were very happy with the speakers," Said Sister Elaine Heffernan, RSM, also an associate director. "Everybody wished there was another day! It just proves that people are hungry for religion and that they're looking for ways to better themselves and their work in parishes."

Father Robert A. Oliveira, the education department's director of continuing formation of clergy and laity, said that "the evaluations that came back were very positive about the directions of the day.

"The convention seemed to respond to and satisfy the needs of the catechists," he said.

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Laying on of hands

By Msgr. Vincent M. Walsh At my third charismatic meeting, I had asked that people pray over me for the Baptism of the Spirit. As the rather large group

gathered around, I experienced two touches of the Spirit.

First, a sense of being completely

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Secondly, a picture came to me of a boyhood scene which graphically portrayed this gift of being placed completely in the stream of his will: During high school years, the summer months were dedicated to baseball and particularly to the Fairmount Park League. We played our games in what was called "the hollow:' because,we would reach this very beauliful field by going down a hill. Right by the third base line and then through left field ran a stream. As the stream went deeper and deeper into center field and beyond, we would lose sight of it.

I hadn't visited the field nor the stream for years, yet as Ihe people at St. Boniface Prayer Group prayed over me, that stream came to mind. The stream represented God's will and my.seeking the Baptism of the Spirit was a willingness to be plunged into the stream. surrendering control of my life totally and completely to God. That surrender of my own will was accompanied by a tremendous feeling of security. of being com· pletely in God's hands. As mentioned before. the stream wandered out toward center field and was lost to view. Similarly, I could not see where this new stream of Pentecostalism would lead me. There would be many twists and turns and unforeseen events. but all was

well. The stream was God and I was totally safe in allowing the stream itself to decide my future.

After the prayer was over. one person looked at me and said.

"Now, pray with me in tongues."

Unfortunately. I had u'nknowingly rushed the whole process and really didn't know how to respond. For a few minutes. the person continued to pray in tongues and encouraged me to do the same. I was not able to do that. but I was struck by the kindness and gentleness of the person and the interest of all the people.

I then left St. Boniface with the student nurses who had accompanied me. As I drove them home. we all rejoiced. They were delighted that now they would be "second· nighters" and I was happy to be immersed in a great big mystery' that I didn't understand.

Later, as I parked the car at my residence, I decided to try to pray in tongues. I found myself saying two words that were later recognized and translated as Greek.

However, I know that what was happening to me was not yet "pray· ing in tongues," because prayer tongues are a constant stream of praise. Well, tomorrowwasanother day. so I called it a night and went to bed.

On Saturday. May I. 1971. 1 awoke with a conviction that "today I will begin to pray in tongues." As tne day went on, this conviction stayed- with me, as did the two Greek words.

I had bought a book about praying in tongues (which I jokingly referred to as a "How To Do It" book) and I began to read it that Saturday evening. The book explained the scriptural texts and. more important. the Pentecostal experiences with prayer tongues.

The final chapter said that the gift is received by being a lillie child and opening your mouth, letting God put the words there.

The book also explained that God receives glory by this childlike approach and frequently blesses these attempts with the prayer gift.

Well. I wanted tnc gift. and I ;;:ertainly wanted to give God the glory. even if I didn't quite understand how all of this was going to happen. Thereand then began one of the l;raziest hours of my life which culminated in an overwhelming sense of the Pentecostal ellperience as I allowed the Spirit. for the first time in my life. to pray in me through his prayer tongues gift.

MSGR. WALSH

MSgT. Walsh is the vicar lOT cluuismatk pTUyn" gTOupS 01 the Philadelphia archdiocese.

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By Mild. Younl I have decided the first day of school is one of my favorite days of the year. Don't get me wrong.

It's more than the fact I can tum up my Peter. Paul and Mary albums as high as I want and no one yells, "What's that awful stuff!"

1('5 more than the respite from slamming doors. ringing phones and blaring radios. O'n the contrary. my favorite part Mthe day is when the kids come home.

I can hardly wait for the first child to complain about getting the history teacher who assigns homework by the pound and lo_ves footnotes, for another to rave about "'the fox" who's going to teach French.

It's their present. It's the next generation's future. It's your past. ' You simply know that: The one-of-a~kind shirt you found in an exclusive shop in another city on summer vacation

will be worn by .at least a half dozen others.

The cliques will click into gear.

You will have purchased the wrong kind of three-ring binder for English class.

Your PE teacher will want you to run laps even though no one brought gym clothes or tennis shoes.

Your locker combination won't work. The latch won't catch. And it will be located at the farthest possible point from your first class.

They will serve macaroni and cbcese for lunch.

Someone will pull the fire alarm.

The bells will ring at the wrong times.

"You should see the new French teacher," my son exclaimed when he came home from his first day of school this week.••A real fox?" I asked.

"How'd you know'!" he said.

"Tradition."

Getting through lonely times

By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Dr. Kenny: I am 17 years old, a senior in high school. I don't know what to do with my life or where I should go next. Twmake matters worse, nothing really makes me feel good anymore. I don't feel close to anyone. I also feel like I'm just barely surviving. I've lost God in my life.

I am not suicidal, but I don't have any desire to keep going.

When I do things for other people, I feel as though I have to ask myself what's in it for me to justify doing it. I feel like I'm in a swirl trying to figure this out, as if one thought set off a flood.

I have considered shutting myself off completely to not have to deal with the problem. I am confused.

Please write me back. (Michigan) Don't shut yourself off. Stick to routines. Plan your day to keep busy, even though the tasks may seem empty and unfulfilling. Don't isolate yourselffrom other people, especially persons of your own age. Keep company, even though you may feel phony and out of place.

Find someone you can trust, preferably someone your own age.

Your friends, especially in adolescence, will be your strength.

Tell your friend exactly how you feel. Say what you have told me in your letter. Most people have experienced at least temporarily what you are going through.

All of us suffer dry spells in our lives, times when nothing seems to matter. We have no motivation to do anything. We feel alienated

from life itself and part of us does not even care.

This feeling of emptiness goes by many names. In adolescence, it often is called an identity crisis.

You are between stations in life, having shed the dependency of . childhood and still not made the basic life commitments of career an4 mate, choices which tend to give life meaning and purpose.

That is another name for what you are experiencing, a crisis about the meaning of life. At times, we all look past everyday realities and sometimes we feel overwhelmed with the meaninglessness of our daily actions.

Some religious persons have referred to this as a dark night of the soul, an emotional plateau when love and caring take a holiday.

Our emotions seem to dry up and nothing matters.

Still others would call it depression, a sad and lonely feeling that goes beyond mere disappointment at events that have not worked out to our liking. Everyone suffers through depressed times in his or her life.

Pray. Offer what you have to God, a dry and discouraged and rudderless soul.

The dry spell or identity crisis which you are experiencing may last up to three months. If it continues longer, I would suggest that you see a psychologist or social worker for help in relieving it.

Whatever else you do, maintain the usual routines and companionship of daily life, even though you may need to force yourself.

You are not likely to shake this mood by thinking it through alone.

Share your emptiness with someone you can trust.

You are not alone. God himself understands.

Others have felt this lethargy.

Stay with it and seek professional help if your enthusiasm does not return soon.

Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address The Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

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In a pastoral letter issued 20 years after Pope Paul VI's encyclical, "The Development of Peoples," Archbishop Carter said that "the conditions of poverty which were the subject of 'The Development of Peoples' - low wages, unemployment, inadequate housing, deteriorating health care and education - have grown more severe for most people."

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SACRED HEART, TAUNTON Parish organist/ choir director Joanna (Mrs. Harvey) Alden was recently honored for 35 years of parish service. The mother of three has served on Sacred Heart's parish liturgy committee since its inception, chairs its spiritual life committee, is parish council secretary and produces and directs the annual parish Mardi Gras show. Mrs. Alden also directed Taunton's first youth theatre at St. Anthony's church. A 1977 Marian Medal recipient, she is Coyle and Cassidy High School's band director and drama teacher and has produced and directed seven plays at the school. She has worked in music ministry at other Taunton churches, has been soloist, music director and drama teacher for the Taunton Little Theater Group and is Taunton deanery representative to the Fall River Diocesan Chapter of Pastoral Musicians. Mrs. Alden also teaches French in Taunton schools and is active with the Girl Scouts, who a warded her Our Lady of Good Counsel and St. Ann medals for her services.

DCCW, FR Diocesan Council of Catholic Women Fall River district living rosary 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15, St. Mathieu's Church, Fall River: open meeting follows.

ST. JOSEPH, NB Senior social 2 p.m. Oct. 15. Prayer group Bible study 7 p.m. Oct. 1.4; meeting and Mass 7 p.m. Oct. 21; meeting 7 p.m. Oct. 28; meetings include rosary recitation and are held in rectory basement; all welcome. Parish Girl Scout Troop 81, serving grades four through six, needs adult volunteer leaders; information: Debra Norwood, 990-0497. Daisy group meets 3:45 p.m. Thursdays.

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of Bishops which is discussing the role of the laity in the church and the world. It signaled that the question of whether the synod should concentrate on the role of the laity in the world or its role in the church could be a point offriction between some delegates and the Vatican.

Th& pope looked forward to continuing the debate.

"The synod to be held this coming month in Rome will undoubtedly deal in further detail with the many important points raised by Arch~ishop Weakland," the pope said.

Archbishop Weakland isa member of the U.S. synod delegation.

Science, faith collaboration is asked VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II called for a "deeper collaboration" between science and Christianity in a speech to an international conference of scientists, theologians and philosophers.

Speaking at the Vatican, the pope told the interdenominational gathering that the "quest for unity" in Christianity, with its search for underlying theories to unite increasingly fragmented fields of knowledge, may bring the two communities closer together.

"Is Christianity ready to form a deeper collaboration with science?" he asked. "Is the scientific community ready to work more closely with other communities including the religious community?"

The pope's English-language address to the 21 conference participants came at the end of a study week in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.

The theme of the conference was Our Knowledge of God and Nature: Physics, Philosophy and Theology.

Jesuit Father George Coyne, director of the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, was among 10 U.S. participants.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - In his foreign travels, Pope John Paul II likes to soften his criticisms of the societies and churches he visits by posing them as questions.

He wants to stimulate people into finding their own answers and formulating their own programs for improving what he views as bad situations.

To help the process, the pope often suggests answers in other speeches. In order to get the full picture of what the pope is saying to Catholics of a country he is Sponsored by the observatory visiting, it is necessary to follow and the Vatican Secretariat of his speeches throughout the trip.

Given this, the pope's Sept. 10State, the Pontifical Academy of 19 visit to the United States conSciences, the Pontifical Council for Culture and Rome's Gregorian tained a harsh critique of U.S. University, the conference marked society and the influence of the the 300th anniversary of Isaac Catholic laity in transforming it.

The hard questions were posed Newton's publication of "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathe- in the laity section of his speech to the U.S. bishops in Los Angeles. matica."

- "How is the American culture In a press conference following evolving today? the papa] audience, Ian Barbour - "Is this evolution being inof the department of religion at Carlton College in Northfield, fluenced by the Gospel?

- "Does it clearly reflect ChrisMinn., said issues discussed by the tian inspiration? conferees included: the so-called - "Your music, your poetry "big bang theory" to explain the creation of the universe, the "puz- and art, your drama, your painting zling question about the begin- and sculpture, the literature that nings of time, if there were begin- you are producing - are all these nings," the immensity of time and things which reflect the soul of a space and "the experience of the nation being influenced by the intelligibility of the world, which is spirit of Christ for the perfection of humanity?" itself inexplicable."

"These are difficult questions to Efforts to understand the universe's beginning involve funda- answer, given the complexity and mental issues for all the disc;:iplines, diversity of your culture. But they several conference participants are relevant to an consideration of the role of the Catholic laity, 'the said.

Father Michael Heller of the路 largest number of educated faithful Pontifical Theological Academy in Krakow, Poland, said one problem is that such concepts as time, space and probability become

By Agostino Bono "fuzzy and then disappear" as VATICAN CITY (NC) - Sescientists try to study the "first few curity was tight on Pope John fractions of seconds" of creation. Paul Ii's Sept. 10-19 U.S. trip -.

Mathematical mod~ls are "more even for the journalists traveling helpful" than human language at with him. this phase of "intense research" in We were kept well out of questhe universe's creation, he said. tion-shouting range and were herdRobert Russell of the Center for ed to events hours before the pope's Theology and the Natural Sciences arrival so that we could be mein Berkeley, Calif., said scientists thodically walked through metal and Christian theologians are be- detectors and have our equipment ginning to agree that the universe bags checked for weapons and has a finite. past, but they differ explosives. over whether that claim means the But security was not tight enough same thirig to'each field, he added. to prevent a French reporter and Sallie McFague of Vanderbilt me from inadvertently breaching University's divinity school warned the shield in Detroit and climbing that Christians should not simply aboard the papal aircraft 45 conclude that since science now minutes before we were supposed holds there was a beginning, "and to -without passing a final that's what the Adam and Eve inspection. story says, now thank goodness Here's how it happened. science supports religion."

We arrived at the _airpor~ in

in the world,' " the pope told the bishops.

The pope was replying to a speech by Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee on the U.S. laity.

"The church in the U.S.A. can boast of having the largest number of educated faithful in the world," said Archbishop Weakland.

Because ohms "it can be assumed they will continue to take a prominent role in U. S. society and culture in the future," the archbishop said.

Several days later, the pope answered his own questions in a speech to the laity in San Francisco.

American society is marked by a "growing secularism," an "insidious relativism," a "materialistic consumerism" and an "alluring hedonism," he said.

In a speech to entertainers and communications industry officials in Hollywood the pope criticized the promotion of "dehumanized sex through pornography or through a casual attitude toward sex and human life; greed through materialism and consumerism or irresponsible individualism; anger and vengefulness through violence or self-righteousness."

The trip also highlighted a difference in emphasis between the pope and U.S. church representatives.

The pope focused on the role of the laity as transformers of a temporal society needing Christian values.

U.S. church representatives stressed that an educated laity is seeking greater responsibility within the church.

The laity already questions U.S. society on such issues as immigration restrictions, civil injustices, religious persecution, abortion, nuclear armament and environmental damage, said Donna Hanson, chairwoman of the U.S. bishops' National Advisory Council, in the San Francisco meeting.

She told the pope that lay people already are working on these issues.

But there also are issues within the church concerning lay people, she said. These include lay ministries and questions raised about church teachings by an educated laity.

"In my cultural experience, questioning is generally not rebellion nor dissent. It is rather a desire to participate and is a sign of both love and maturity," she said.

Archbishop Weakland made a similar point in his talk to the pope.

U.S. lay people "are more inclined to look at the intrinsic worth of an argument proposed by the teachers in the church than to accept it on the basis of the authority itself," the archbishop said.

"Often that teaching touches areas where many of the faithful have professional competency. (from medical-moral issues to complex economic ones, for example)," he said.

"This demands a new kind of collaboration and a wider range of consultation on the part of the teaching office of the church," Archbishop Weakland said.

The debate took place two weeks before the start of the world Synod

Getting the inside story press buses with other journalists, parked, walked past twei other and walked through a metal detec- uniformed policemen and climbed tor with our carry-on bags, which up the boarding stairs into the were sniffed by a police dog trained darkened airliner cabin. to detect explosives. So far, every-' Looking through the windows, thing was by the book. we realized how lucky we were Then a uniformed policeman when we saw our colleagues being pointed us to bleachers reserved herded into the roped-off area. A for the press planning to watch the van drove up to .them with an xray machine to check their bags. pope's departure for Canada.

But we weren't covering the路 Soon our flight crew boarded, pope's departure, we explained, but about five minutes later they had to get back off for a check of we were departing with him.

Our press credentials were clearly their bags. We watched that too. visible, hanging by chains from from aboard the aircraft.

The crew returned to the plane our necks. while the press corps remained The officer then pointed us in the direction of the pope's TWA outside until shortly before the 747, Shepherd I, about 100 yards pope arrived by helicopter for the .departure ceremony. away.

Little did our fellow reporters We innocently slipped under a know that we were getting our rope separating the press area from own inside story. the section where the plane wa~

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has urged an international gathering of mayors and other local officials to seek solutions to a worldwide lack of adequate housing which contributes to breakdown of the family.

Population growth, fed by an exodus from rural areas, has fueled "a grave housing situation affecting thousands of families in most of the world's big cities," the pope . told the World Congress of the International Union of Local Authorities, meeting last month in Rome.

Widespread lack of proper shelter is "a social reality of the utmost seriousness" that" "disturbs the conscience of all those who are genuinely sensitive to the aspira tions and rights of every human person," he told nearly 1,000 congress participants.

Pope John Paul said his remarks were meant to underscore the United Nations declaration of 1987 as the "International Year of Shelter for the Homeless."

In many countries, including the pope's native Poland, lack of urban housing and long waiting periods for apartments are seen as causes of birth control and other activities the church views as problems. Some Polish church leaders also say the housing shortage is partly to blame for people clwosing to have abortions.

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Back to basics VA TICAN CITY (NC) Twenty years after beginning their ecumenical dialogue, the Catholic and Anglican churches are going back to basics to make sure they are speaking the same theological language - particularly in light of the ordination of women by some Anglican churches, church sources said. One veteran of Catholic-Anglican discussions said the official topic "Growth in C{)mmunion," slated for discussion in a September meeting, probably indicates the churches have recognized difficulties they didn't expect to confront when they beg~n talking two decades ago. While previous dialogue sessions have focused on specific doctrinal issues, this one - part of the second AnglicanRoman Catholic International Commission or ARCIC 11- aims at making sure each understands what the other one means theologically, church sources said.

Peace day路 theme VATICAN CITY (NC) - "Free To Call upon God and So Live Peace" is the theme of the 1988 World Day of Peace, the Vatican has announced. The day is celebrated Jan. I and is normally marked by a major papal message.

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The following television and radio programs originate in the diocesan viewing and listening area. Their listings normally do not vary from week to week. They will be presented In the Anchor the first Friday of each month and will renect any changes that may be made. Please clip and retain for reference.

On TV show with William Larkin, 6 Each Sunday, 11:00 a.m p.m. Monday, cable channel WLNE. Channel 6. Diocesan 35.

Television Mass.

On Radio Portuguese Masses from Our "Be Not Afraid," 15 minutes Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, of musk and Gospel message New Bedford: 12:15 p.m. each hosted by Father James M. Sunday on radio station W JFDFitzpatrick, parochial vicar at FM, 7 p.m. each Sunday on telSt. John the Evangelist parish, nision Channel 20.

Attleboro, is heard at 8 a.m.

Sundays on station W ARA, Portuguese Masses from Our 1320 AM. The CathoUc clergy Lady of Lourdes and St. Anof the Attleboro area sponsor thony of Lisbon parishes, Taunthe program. ton: 7 p.m. each Sunday and 6 p.m. each Monday on V.A. Charismatic programs with Columbia Cablevision, Channel Father John Randanare aired 27. from9:30to 10:30 a.m. Monday through Friday on statioo "Confluence,"10:30 a.m, each WRIB, 1220 AM; Mass is broadSunday on Channel 6,is a panel cast at I IMn.each Sunday. program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as perman"Topic Religion:' presented ent participants Father Peter N. by two priests,,a rabbi and a Graziano, diocesan director of Protestant minister. is broadsocia' services; Right Rev. cast at 6:06 a.m. and 9:06 p.m.

George Hunt, Episcopal Bish.. each SunrlayC)n station WEE I op of Rhode Island, and Rabbi Boston, 590 AM. Banach Korff.

Programs ofCatholi¢ interest Mass 9:30 a.m. Monday to are broadcast at the (ollowing Friday, WFXT, Channel 25. times onstation WROl Boston, 95() AM: Monday through Fri~ "Breakthrou&b" S a.m. each day 9, 9:15. liAS a.m.; 12:tS, Sunday, Channel 10, a program 12:30, I p.m. on the power of God to touch lives. produced by the Pastoral A Polish-language rosary Theological Institute of Ham· hour, conducted by Father Jusden, Conn. tin, is broadcast at 1:30 p.m.

Sundays on station WAL.E,I400 "Maryson," a family puppet AM. show with moral and spiritual perspective 6 p.m. each ThursA Potish..language Mass ,is day, Fall Riverand New Bedford heard from 7:30 to $:30 a.m.

Cable Channel 13. eVery Sundaytln station WH:;,E, SSOa.m.

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DIOCESAN COUNCIL of Catholic Women leadership team members responsible for planning a recent communications workshop at Our Lady of Grace parish, Westport. included. from left, Madeleine Lavoie. Organization Services chairman; Claudette Armstrong, past DCCW pres-ident; Dorothy Curry, DCCW president; Muriel Patenaude, District I president; Bella Nogueira. DCCW treasurer. Also a workshop organizer but not pictured was Agnes Rose. District IV president.

Implementation manual issued for pastor.al letter on economy WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. Catholic Conference office for implementation of the U.S. bishops' 1986 pastoral letter on the economy has published a manual for diocesan implementation of the letter.

The collection of resource materials and suggestions can be used "as a single entity" or divided "for use with a different audience or constituency." said Robert D. Williams, director of the implementation office.

Individual sections of the manual deal with diocesan strategies. adult education, Catholic schools; the church as an employer. clergy education, colleges and universities,

communications. family issues, homily themes, parenting, responsible investment, rural life, social . action and youth.

In their follow-up plan for the pastoral. the bishops called for implementation task forces in the dioceses.

The implementation office also publishes a monthly newsletter.

Working for Economic Justice. and can provide educational materials for primary. secondary and adult levels, an audio-visual directory, training guides. a list of scholars. church leaders and others who can speak about the pastoral, and other items.

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Foleys to lead section of skills conference Massachusetts' first state-wide conference for self-help support groups will take place Saturday, Oct. 17 at Merrimack College.

North Andover.

Making Mutual Help Work: A Skills Building Conference is the theme of the program, cosponsored by the college and the Cooperative Extension of the University of Massachusetts.

The daylong program will include a session devoted to networking on specific interests such as addictions, bereavement. health, parenting. domestic violence and separation/ divorce.

Jerry and Scottie Foley, program directors for the Fall River Diocesan Office of Family Ministry, have been asked to facilitate the separation/ divorce section of the session.

They were chosen because of their work in training leaders for diocesan groups for separated/ divorced Catholics. Currently such groups are active in the Attleboro.

Cape Cod, Fall River and New Bedford areas and a group is being formed in the Taunton area.

"The growth of mutual support groups has been a phenomenon of the past decade," said Dr. Anne Arsenault. Merrimack director of special programs. "This conference will give members of groups and . those wishing to join one a chance to meet and share information."

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by Frank Riessman, director of

the National Self-Help Clearinghouse, who will discuss the lifecycle of mutual help groups. and Edward Madara. director of the New Jersey Self-Help Clearinghouse, who will explain the role and services offered to support groups by a state-wide clearin~­ house.

A wrap-up session will consider establishment of a Massachusetts self-help clearinghouse.

Chabot wins CYO award Father Jay T. Maddock, director of the Fall River area CYO, has announced t,hat Randy Chabot, a member of the team representing St. Anne's parish, Fall River, in the Fall River area CYO' baseball league. has been voted recipient of this year's Umpires' Sportsmanship Trophy.

The trophy is the only individual award the league grants. Each team manager may nominate one player for the award; league umpires vote to determine the winner.

Chabot began playing for St. Anne's in 1983. He has played shortstop and been a leading pitcher and among the team's best hitters, always showing a sense of sportsmanship both on and off the field.

Due to the league's age limit, this was Chabot's last year of play.

Chabot's name will be inscribed on a plaque on display at the CYO hall on Anawan Street, Fall River.

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O-Moratly OffensiVe Amazon' Women on the Moon Angel Heart Beverly Hills Cop II The Big Town China Qirl Fatal Attraction Hamburger Hill

Heartbreak Ridge In the Mood Lady Beware Uthal Weapon Penitentiary UI Personal Services Prick Up Your Ears

The Principal Rita, Sue and ..... ,~ T,,",'" River's Edge Robocop The Secret of My Success The Witches of Ellstwiek

(Rec.) after a title indicates that the film is recommended by the U.S. Catholic Conference reviewer for the category of viewers under which it is listed. These listings are presented monthly; Q~asectip an~ sav~ forr~ferenee. Further inform~tionon films iiavailabte fr()m The Anchor office. 67S-7I51.

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Bishop Stang High School news

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Students Jason Fournier, Nancy Hunter, Joseph Keogh and Christopher Martin are 1988 National Merit Commended Students. They placed among the top 50,000 of the over one million students who took PSAT/ NMSQT tests last year.

Bishop Stang High School, with their little brothers/ sisters North Dartmouth, has a profes- courtesy of the school. sionally produced video showcasing the education it offers young Sue Hayden has joined the Stang men and women. staff as a permanent nurse. The The video was produced by religion department's Kathleen A ring ceremony for juniors and Media Images Productions, Inc., Ruginis has assumed parttime their families is set for 2 p.m. Oct. whose president, David A. Fortin, guidance department duties as a 17, at St. Julie Billiart Church, is a 1977 Stang graduate.

North Dartmouth; a reception, counselor.

Initiated by Joan Dias of Stang's banquet and dance will follow in New faculty members are Sister the Stang gym. development office, the video is designed to inform parents of pro- Judith Doloff, Pamela Ready, spective students, alumni, business English; Consuelo Camacho, Diane owners and the general public about Poitras, language; Patricia Thomas, music; Robert Prehn, John the school.

By students Kerry Materia The presentation features origi- Ciccotelli, Paula Fitzgerald, sciand Kelly Fitzpatrick nal music, aerial videography and ence/ physical education. interviews with alumni, faculty and , Miss Thomas will reorganize Class officers were recently electstudents. Stang alumni Patrick the school band and direct two ed for grades six and seven at St. Carney, president of Claremont Drama Club 1987-88 productions.

John the Evangelist School, AttleChristine Leger is welcomed as Development Associates, and boro.

Christine Lodge, general manager Stang's assistant volleyball coach; New grade seven officers are Jay of .radio station WMYS, were Paul Jellison as the school's volunPerkoski, president; Jerry Daday, among those donating time to par- teer football coach. vice-president; Thomas Howell, Stang alumnus Mike McDerticipate in its production. secretary; Steven Houle and· MiThe video will be distributed in mott has been promoted to a full- . chael Powers, treasurers. communities where Stang students time position with the school's junGrade six: Mark Diamiano, ior varsity football program. . reside. president; Jeff Gossger, vice-presi• • dent; Kelli Buckley, secretary; Students and faculty have been The first home football game of Steven Chouinard and Sean Robthe new season, I:30 p.m. tomor- asked to fast Oct. 23 and donate inson, treasurers. row agaiqst Dighton-Rehoboth, money saved to Oxfam America, They were elected after a week will be dedicated to Stang's Big which funds Third World self-help of campaigning, ending with each Brother/ Big Sister Junior Advo- development projects and disaster candidate giving a speech on cates, who will attend the game relief. his/ her qualifications.

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So what is the best way to get someone~s attention? Many times we notice someone we are attracted to but we feel insecure about making the first contact.

Some people think that putting on an act impresses others.

They try to be overly funny or begin playing the role of Mr. or " Mrs. "cool."

Most such acts fail for a simple reason: Personal attraction is based on being real. People can see through an act. None of us are attracted to phonies.

Perhaps the best way to meet someone is to be genuinely friendly. Go up to someone and in~ro~ duce yourself. Then ask sqme open-ended questions that can be answered with more than awes or no. Such questions invite Jhe other person to share some inff;>rmation about himself or hersttf.

And show genuine interest in what the other is saying. Try to make good eye contact while remaining pleasant and friendly. ,',' "'For a fitst conversation, it is best not to talk too long. Five to to minutes is a, good beginning.

Before ending the conversation. be sure of the other person's tlame, If- you 'Ate interested in talking to the person again, try to fjnd out ifthe i idual plans to beat thehext • youth meeting or whatever forum both of YoU are aUe .

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25 Fall River area Catholic clergy recently attended a deanery meeting at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

Connolly principal Father Stephen F. Dawber, SJ, spoke to the group on the school's mission, emphasizing that it is to serve all students who desire a Catholic education.

The priests were offered a tour of the school's new outdoor athletic complex by class officers and athletic team captains, and were addressed by Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes and Richard L. Lafrance, cochairmen of the school's current capital development campaign, about the campaign's progress and the active role the Fall River diocese has played in it.

To date, Connolly has raised over half of its $1.6 million goal.

Massaro, SJ, social studies; Mr. Thomas Sheehan, SJ, French and Spanish; Father Michael Doody, SJ, director of development; Phyllis Ciosek, principal's secretary; and Cecile Turriani, director of food services.

Father Doody has had extensive experience in fundraisirig at the Jesuit Theological Center, Cambridge.

• • • • Seniors Tara J. Brennan, Jeffrey P. Duma.is, Gregory S. Dupuis, Christine L. Hopkins, Robert Leonardo, David H. Lithway, Kathleen Santos and Wayne L. Whittenhall have been awarded letters of commendation for excellence in the 1986 PSAT National Merit Competition.

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Connolly welcomes new faculty and staff members Mr. Thomas

Parents' Nights are scheduled for Oct. 20 and 21.

Coyle and Cassidy The 1987 graduating class at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, scored higher on and received more college credit through Advanced Placement Exams than any previous CC class.

More than 75 percent of the 18 students who took the tests received scores of three out offive or higher.

Among the most successful testees was Liam Ehrenzweig, who scored high on English composition and calculus exams and received 12 undergrad uate credits at Boston University.

Charles Barton, now a freshman at Southeastern Massachusetts University, earned 20 college credits.

Other colleges and universities granting credits to 1987 CC graduates were Dartmouth, Notre Dame, George Washington, Pennsylvania, Stone'hill, Bates, Marquette, Lowell, Suffolk and Northeastern.

-cC offers advanced placement classes and exams in American history, English literature and composition, calculus and physics.

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CC seniors recently attended the annual college fair at Stonehill College, North Eastonwhere representatives of more than 150 colleges and universities were on hand.

More than 85 percent of last 'year's graduates are enrolled at institutions of higher learning.

Bishop Feehan Marianne Norton and Todd Piantedosi, seniors at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, are among winners of an essay competition sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English.

Piantedosi, class president and a member of St. Mark parish.

Attleboro Falls, is also president of the Bishop Feehan chapter of the National Honor Society.

Other new society officers are senior Samuel Barry. vice-president: senior Christine Dufresne. treasurer; and junior Todd Alessandri, secretary.

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Seniors now have at their fingertips the latest method of college selection. CC has invested in College Adviser, a personalized computer program that helps locate appropriate colleges and universitites for individual students.

CC will also use SchQlarship Adviser and Tuition Adviser programs to aid the college-bound.

St. Anne's School Students at S1. Anne's School, Fall River, recently celebrated the 200th anniversary ofthe U.S. Constitution with a week of special activities.

The youngsters participated in projects honoring the life of St. Elizabeth Seton, the first canonized American citizen, and discussed with their teachers the voting rights and responsibilities of Americans.

Eighth graders held a class primary and elections. New officers are Eric Bradbury, president; Jessica Cyr, vice-president; Stephanie Bergeron, secretary; and Melissa Sanft, treasurer.

Also included in the week's activities was a heritage day, during which students completed activities that celebrated their ethnic backgrounds and their role as American citizens in today's world.

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Students who demonstrate Christian attributes and share the spirit of Christian love will be recognized as "students of the month."

Photographs and profiles of monthly winners will be displayed at the school.

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Faculty members Lorraine Souza and Brenda Gagnon recently attended a nutrition workshop at St. Vincent's School, Fall River.

His Love Is Great "See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children and so. in fact, we are." - I In. 3: I

Mother Angelica happy with papal trip coverage WASHINGTON (NC) - The live coverage on cable television of the visit of Pope John Paul II to the United States was "extremely profitable for the church," said Mother Angelica, head of the Eternal Word Television Network, which broadcast the visit from start to finish.

"It gave everybody a sense of pride in the church," said Mother Angelica, whose network coproduced the program with the U.S. bishops' Catholic Telecommunications Network of America.

"There's been such negativism on the other networks," she added.

The live broadcast, "Papal Visit '87," was carried by about 700 cable TV outlets in 44 states and had a potential audience of 20 million homes.

Mother Angelica, who started her network in 1981, said in a telephone interview from her Alabama monastery that feedback from the broadcast showed the program had business and spiritual rewards.

Her network picked up about a dozen new cable outlets immediately. after the venture, she said.

People also called to say that they had returned to the sacraments, she said.

Mother Angelica said the spiritual impact of the coverage became clear as viewers began to call in "after the third or fourth day" of the trip.

The broadcast "allowed Americans to see the Holy Father for just what he is" without interpretation by journalists, Mother Angelica said. People were impressed by the "tremendous pageantry, the inspirational liturgies."

"A lot of people got a lot of questions answered as to just what the magisterium teaches," she said, referring to church teaching authority.

The pope's "pastoral attitude and deep prayer life" also touched people, she said. "They could see him almost reach another world when he was praying, whether at a prie-dieu [kneeler] or at Mass. It was a tremendous lesson for everyone."

Mother Angelica said that there were a few tense moments during the production, the major one when lightning struck during the papal Mass in Miami and knocked out the network's video feed.

"The screen went blank and we had to chit-ehat for an hour," she said.

Dominican Father Gerald Burr, programming director at the Cath-

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olic Telecommunications Network of America, said the potential to reach 20 million homes was about one-third of the capacity of the entire U.S. cable TV industry.

He called the cooperative venture with Mother Angelica's network "exhilarating" and said that while some' had seen her network in competition with the bi'Shops" network, it became clear that the networks are "very similar."

He predicted more joint ventures will come from the effort and said live coverage by Mother Angelica's network this November of the U.S. bishops' annual meeting in Washington was being discussed.

The bishops' meeting in recent years has been broadcast live by the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America, which only goes to affiliated U.S. dioceses and from there only to a limited number of cable outlets.

People "would like to see what the bishops are saying," said Mother Angelica. "It's time to get it from the horse's mouth."

New abortion law in California SACRAMENTO, Calif. (NC) - California Gov. George Deukmejian signed legislation Sept. 27 to require unmarried minors to obtain parental consent or a court order if they want an abortion.

Versions of such legislation have been struck down as unconstitutional in other states.

The California law will require an unmarried girl under 18 to get permission from a parent, guardian or court to obtain an abortion, except in case of a medical emergency.

Assemblyman Phillip Wyman, author of the bill, said the new law was consistent with the view of 80 percent of Californians who believe parents have a right to be involved in children's decisions concerning abortion.

Opponents include the National Organization for Women and the American Civil Liberties Union, which plans a court challenge before the law's Jan. I effective date.

Earlier in September a similar law in Minnesota was struck down as unconstitutional by a federal appeals court. A U.S. district court judge barred Georgia from enforcing its parental consent law until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on an Illinois law.

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

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted. unsuitable for children or young teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; 4-separate classification (given films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

Catholic ratings for television movies are those of the movie house versions of the films.

NOTE Please check dates and times of television and radio . programs against local listings, which may differ from the New York network schedules supplied to The Anchor.

New Films "Baby Boom" (United Artists) - High-powered businesswoman (Diane Keaton) chooses the transforming love of motherhood and the ego boost of self-employment when she inherits a baby whose parents have died tragically. Wry and insightful comedy affirms that new life is more important than new clients. A2, PG "A Prayer for the Dying"(Samuel Goldwyn) - A political assassin (Mickey Rourke) seeks redemption while fleeing killers from the IRA to which he belonged, a mob' run by Alan, Bates, who wants his services, and the police. A priest (Bob Hoskins) helps and comforts him in this heavy-handed drama.

Rourke's skin-tight portrayal saves the show. Some violence and profanity cut with black humor. A3, R "The Princess Bride" (Fox) An affectionate, lighthearted parody of medieval romantic actionadventure by director Rob Reiner.

Screenwriter William Goldman's verbal wit is delivered comically by a cast including Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn and Bily Crystal. Some comicbook violence. A2, PG "You Talkin' to Me?" (United Artists) - By dyeing his hair blonde, a struggling New York actor meets a California girl whose Disney-like daddy casts him as the evangelical host of a family TV show. Uncovers some of the more jingoistic elements of the Holly· wood scene but doesn't explore them. Racial violence and some profanity. A3~ R "Dark Eyes" (Island) - Aging philanderer (Marcello Mastroianni) shares his love-life reminiscen· ces unkno~ingly with the husband of the mysterious lover who aban· doned him. Sumptuous Italian period romance is both an affection· ate celebration and comic denunciation of the self-centered blindness of male chauvinism. A2, no Motion Picture Association of America rating.

"Lady Beware" (Scotti) - A window dresser(Diane Lane) with a penchant for the erotic decides to turn the tables against a terrorizingly psychotic admirerer in this

chiller. Relies heavily on male and female nudity rather than insight.

0, R. "The Principal" (Tri-Star) Rowdy, inept teacher (James Belushi) becomes a dedicated administrator who takes it upon himselfto tame the drug-dealing felons who rule an inner-city high school. Milks an improbable plot for violence and brutality failing to provide a balanced forum for the real and pressing issues of crime in the schools. 0, R "Like Father Like Son" (TriStar) - Fantasy about father-son role reversals with Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron. Conveys the necessity for understanding and love between parents and children but has some rough language, a failed seduction scene and brief violence. A2, PG 13.

"Hope and Glory" (Columbia) - Director John Boorman's factbased recollections of growing up amid the terror of the London blitz eloquently expresses a child's sense of wonder and hopefulness in contrast to the anxiety-ridden, pessimistic and socially-conscious adults around him. Serio-comic treatment has lovemaking scene, some rough language. A3, PG 13 "Big Shots" (Lorimar) - Two fatherless youngsters help each other through a series of dangerous mishaps while trying to locate one boy's father and the other's watch. Emphasizes the boys' antisocial antics, foul street talk and some violence. Just a chase picture. A3, PG 13 "The Big Town" (Columbia) Small time hustler (Matt Dillon) tries his gambling luck shooting dice for big-timers while taking his pick between a nice girl and a strip-teaser. Dingy melodrama offers sex, violence and nudity instead of anything remotely uplifting. 0,

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ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Ladies of St. Ann meet 7 p.m. third Tuesday of each month, rectory meeting room; new officers: Bernadette Martin, president; Leola Furtado, vice-president; Cecile Hardman, secretary; Yvette Costa, treasurer. Jim and Leannette Martin are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, WESTPORT Women's Guild meeting 8 p.m.

Oct. 19; guest speaker: Sister Virginia Sampson, SUSC: topic: A Look at Mary in the Marian Year; all welcome.

.·,teering pOint, Continued from Page II ST.BERNARD,ASSONET Children's choir age 7 and older rehearses 4 p.m. Fridays; information: Yvette Perry, 644-2496. Marian year service 7 p.m. Wednesday includes exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. rosary recitation, act of consecration of families and parish to Mary and Benediction.

ST. JAMES, NB CYO general meeting 2 p.m. Oct. 10. Buttonwood Park. Choir members needed; information: Steven Massoud, 990-0806. The committee preparing for the parish's I OOth anniyersary celebration has asked parishIOners to compose an anniversary song. Boy Scouting coordinator needed; information: rectory, 9929408. Vincentians will sponsor their annual pre-Thanksgiving food drive Oct. 24 and 25: please bring canned goods and, other non perishables to anv Mass.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH Adult religious education class scheduled for Oct. 21; information: rectory, 993-2351.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Music ministry rehearsals: contemporary ensemble 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays; adult choir 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays; children's choir 4 p.m. Fridays: St. Theresa's choir 7 p.m. Tuesdays.

Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 14, Father Clinton Hall; liquid embroidery demonstration. Ann McTygue was a team member at a recent Girls' ECHO retreat; Kim Tusiri and Jen Fraser were candidates.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Youth group mountain climbing Oct. 12; information: David Levesque, 678-2082. Rosary recitation before 7:30 a.m. Mass Oct. weekdays; rosary devotions with Benediction 7 p.m. Wednesdays; all welcome. Ladies' Guild 10th anniversary celebration Oct. 21 includes social, meeting with guilds from Somerset! Swan~ea sister parishes and entertainment by a female barbershop quartet. Vincentians' meeting Oct. 20.

ST. PIUS X, S. YARMOUTH Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m.

O~t ..13; a "patriotic rosary" will be said 10 honor of the 200th anniversary ofthe U.S. Constitution' entertainment: The Button Lady. '

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Parish school principal Denita Tremblay's birthday was celebrated at recent Masses; she was presented with a four-copy leather-bound set of the Liturgy of the Hours. The new home of Chester and Sheila Charron has been solemnly blessed. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. Sundays. Scriptural rosary prayed after Oct. weekday Masses at 4: 10 p.m. Saturdays and at 4 and 6 p. m. Sundays. Parishioners John and Nancy Luddy are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary, parish organist Patricia Roies and her husband Abel their 10th.

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ST. DOMINIC, SW ANSEA Religious education student Kimmie Le Breux, a fifth grader, has been recognized for her outstanding work; asked to bring a picture of Pope John Paul I I to class, she completed a "book" about the pope's entire U.S. visit. Parish council meeting 9 a.m. tomorrow. Parishioners have begun a prayer group.

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR Girl Scouts' meeting 2:45 p.m.

Wednesdays, Father Coady Center; girls kindergarten through grade eight welcome. Women's Club meeting 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14. School Mass II a.m. Oct. 16; all parishioners wel- ' come.

CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/ MASHPEE Choir rehearsal 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, St. Jude's Chapel; new members welcome. A children's choir has formed and will debut at Christmas, Women's Club meeting 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, St. Jude's Chapel basement; all welcome! bring guests; refreshments; program: Dorothy and Her Hats.

APOSTOLATEFORPERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Signed Mass 2 p.m. Oct. 25, St. Vincent's Chapel, Fall River; Halloween social follows.

ST. PATRICK, FR Holy hour 2 p.m. Oct. 18. Rosary before 7 a.m. Mass Oct. weekdays and Saturdays.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK Choir rehearses 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, church; new members welcome.

Children's Liturgy of the Word at 9 a.m. Mass Sundays; all children ages four through 12 welcome.

SACRED HEART, FR Devotions (rosary and Latin Benediction) 7 p.m. Oct. Tuesdays.

O.L. ASSUMPTION, OSTERVILLE Coffee hour follows 10:30 a.m.

Mass each second Sunday. Adult choir meets, 7:30 p.m. each Thursday; new members welcome. Ladies' guild meets I p.m. Oct. 13, church hall. Historical Society representative wilI speak.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN The parish school requests prayers for its teachers and self-study program. Boy Scouts' pack night Oct. 25. Adult inquiry forum 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13. Pastoral council meeting 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22, rectory. Mass of Annointing 2 p.m. Oct. 25, school.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, HYANNIS Folk group sings at 10 a.m. Mass Sundays; practice follows Mass, parish center; new members welcome.

John and Marie Barrows are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

DIVORCED AND SEPARATED, CAPE COD Ministry for Divorced and Separated Catholics meeting 7 to 9 p.m.

Oct. 18, St. Franics Xavier parish hall, Hyannis; a Diocesan Tribunal staffer will speak on annulments; all welcome; information: Patti Mackey, 771-4438.

ST.GEORGE,WESTPORT New Women's Guild members Tina Rego, Evelyn Narcizo, Mary Santos, Lee Loranger and Leona Rodrigues are welcomed. . ST. MARGARET, BUZZARDS BAY St. Margaret's and St. Mary's Guild day of recollection Oct. 24, St. Margaret's Center; all welcome; luncheon reservations should be made

by Oct. 18; information: 759-2782.

NOTRE DAME, FR New CYO members welcome; information: Kristen Carreiro, 674'0572, after 5 p.m. Boy Scout troop 15 anniversary celebration Oct. 25; present and former scouts and leaders welcome to 10:30 a.m. Mass; refreshments follow; scouts wish to compose a troop history; persons wishing to share their photos! materials may call Scoutmaster Joseph Primo, 673-0025; campout Oct. 16 through 18.

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LaSALET:rE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Bible study program led by Father Joseph Ross..,MS, has resumed meeting. A seminar on communicating with God and self through dreams, presented by lay minister Carol Bertrand, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow. "New Experience in Healing" program, with presenter Father Roger Chauvette, MS, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 17; focus on process of inner healing; participants. will trace healing's dynamics as part of reconciliation using Scripture, contemporary images, personal reflection and group participation. Healing service, led by shrine director Father Andre A. Patenaude, MS, 2 p.m. Sunday, People's Chapel, service includes teaching and Mass; music ministry by Sister Lucille Gauvin, OP; opportunities for individual annointing and ,prayers; all welcome.

Sister Gauvin will lead" A Prayer Experience" (part of a four-part series) 10 a.m. to noon and 7 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, conference room beyond Pastoral Counseling Center; sessions include guided meditation and shared prayer; registration and general information for all events: 222-5410.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Prayer group meeting 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursdays beginning Oct. 15.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Women's Guild meeting7:30 p.m.

Thursday, parish center; entertainment: Kathyand Her Clowns; guests welcome.

CATHOLIC NURSES, CAPE COD Cape Cod chapter of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses meeting 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, St. Pius X church hall, S. Yarmouth; Carolyn Matheson will speak about Birthright.

CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NB First meeting of new season 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Wamsutta Club, New Bedford; entertainment: Jerry Coyle's Good Time Show; information: Joan Sylvia, 993-8825.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Parishioner Robin Dexter was a candidate at a recent ECHO retreat; Donna McGonagle was rectora; other team members hailing from the parish were Kathy Norton, Barbara McKinnon, Kristen Caldera, Father James W. Clark, pastor, and Father Francis Connors. Applications for Men's Cursillo 133 Oct. 15 through 18 available in parish center.

HOLY NAME, FR Rosary recitation 5 p.m. Oct. weekdays; rosary and Benediction Oct. Sundays. Parent and family school Mass 7 p.m. Oct. 28, school. Confirmation II retreat days Oct. 17 and 24.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, FR St. Clare's Fraternity: Mass and a following meeting 6:30 p.m. Oct. II, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, 1600 Bay St. ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Religious education teachers and all interested ad ult parishioners welcome to catechist formation program sessions 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 22, hall.

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR Junior volunteers (high schoolers) welcome; must be able to work one weekday after school or on a Saturday morning; information: Sister Cecilia Downing, 674-5741, ext. 2080.

ST. ANNE, FR Mr. and Mrs. Honore Goddu are congratulated on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary. Cub Scouts' Den 5 meeting 2:30 today, school. St. Jude novena Oct. 20 through 28; services preached by Father Robert Kaszynski 2 and 7:30 p.m. daily, shrine.

VINCENTIANS, FR Fall River district council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul meeting Oct. 13 begins with 7 p.m. Mass, Espirito Santo Church, Fall River.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER HOLY NAME, NB Ladies' Guild Day of Recollection Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13; guest priest: Father Ernest Oct. 12; new members welcome.

Corriveau, MS, of the Center for O.L. ANGELS, FR Christian Living, Attleboro. MeetHoly Name Society members will ing for persons wishing to become attend the 8 a.m. Mass Oct. 18; Catholic or learn more about the breakfast and meeting follow, church Catholic faith 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, hall. Holy Rosary sodality members rectory. Hour of prayer in honor of will attend the 8 a.m. Mass (honor- Our Lady of Czestochowa 7:30 p.m. ing Our Lady of Fatima) Oct. II; Oct. 20. breakfast and meeting follow, church SECULAR FANCISCANS, FR hall. Parish council meeting with St. Louis Fraternity renewal of election of officers 7 p.m. Nov. 9, profession at 6:30 p;m. Mass Oct. parish hall. Lectors and altar boys 14, St. Louis Church; screening of needed; information: Msgr. Anthony "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" 7:30 M. Gomes, pastor, 676-8883. p.m., church hall; all welcome.

BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR DCCW,NB Mass and healing service 2 p.m.

Dioce'san Council of Catholic WoOct. 18; all welcome. Lionel and men New Bedford district InternaDorothe Lamothe recently celebrated tional Night living rosary at New their 50th wedding anniversary with Bedford's Our Lady of Perpetual renewal of their wedding vows.

Help Church Oct. 15 features "ethDCCW, CAPE AND ISLANDS nic group participation"; open meetCape and Island district of Dioceing follows; all welcome. san Council of Catholic Women announce that seven Cape women D of I, NB Daughters of Isabella meeting 7:30 will attend the November convention of the National Council of Catho- p.m. Oct. 20, VFW Hall, Park Street, New Bedford; Halloween costume lic Women in Minneapolis; next disparty follows. trict meeting2:30 p.m. Dec. 13, Holy Redeemer Church, Chatham.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Mass and healing service with ORDER OFTHE ALHAMBRA parochial vicar Father William T. Fall River's Leon Caravan will Babbitt 2 p.m. Oct. II, church. participate in Region One Council ceremonies this weekend in Chicopee.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Rectory open house 1:30 t04 p.m.

Volunteers to make baptism banOct. II; all welcome. Lectors', euchners (no sewing necessary) needed; aristic ministers' and music minisinformation: parish office, 775-5744. ters' Mass and holy hour 7 to 8:30 New parish council members: Judy tonight. Adult Bible discussion 7 Cole, Dr. William Connolly, Patrip.m. Oct. 14 and 9:45 a.m. Oct. 15. cia Donelan, Richard Farley, Mary Rosary recitation follows daily Mass Jude Murphy and Mary Burns. during October. Vincentians' meetIMMACULATE CONCEPTION, ing after 10 a.m. Mass Sunday.

TAUNTON Children's Mass 10 a.m. Sunday.

Rosary recitation Oct. weekdays Youth ministry pizza! movie meet8:30 a.m. Brian Cote has assumed ing 6 p.m. Monday, CCD Center. duties as choir director. Marian evenST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB ing of prayer and song 7:30 p. m. Oct. New Women's league officers: 22, church; includes Benediction; Lucy Grande, president; Anita Belpresenter: Father Andre A. Pateliveau, vice-president; Mary Kane naude, MS, director of LaSalette and Dorothy Ellis, secretaries; GerShrine, Attleboro. Halloween party maine Ferreira, treasurer; league folOct. 31, church hall; children K to 5 iage tripto Mohawk Trail tomorrow. welcome.