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Inner peace seen as world's hope Bisho)? calls for conversion, repentance, reparation' "Terrorism is the new face of peace and condemns the frightfulness of war in all its forms .... war and it threatens the whole world," said Bishop Daniel A. "Peace," he explained, "consists Cronin in his homily at the 15th of the following positive elements: annual Columbus Day peace prorespect for the dignity of human cession and Mass. persons; mutual respect and ·safeHe spoke at St. Anne's Church, guarding for the plurality of values Fall River, where an estimated among peoples; respect for indi1,000 worshipers attended Mass vidual freedoms; mutual trust and after processing with lighted can- interdependence among peoples dies from St. Mary's Cathedral to and nations; and the practice of the huge chur-ch fronting Kennedy heartfelt fraternity among men and women of all races and creeds. Park in the south end of the city. "Peace is the fruit of basic human Undaunted by a windy evening, the marchers sang hymns and pray- justice. Moreover, peace is not ed the rosary on the half-mile merely the work of justice, but the fruit of love, which goes beyond route between the churches. what justice can provide. "A significant segment of the world today," the bishop told the "The message of Fatima, which THESE MEMBERS of the Greater Fall River and New Bedford chapters of Massachu- peace marches, woo represented we recall today in this pilgrimage setts Citizens for Life were among 20,000 participating in a recent Respect Life Walk in Boston. many diocesan parishes, "is begin- for peace, has always been a mes(Booth p h o t o ) ' ning to appreciate and work for sage of peace. Moreover, it is a call ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I peace. The latest achievements of or invitation to the whole human the United States and the Soviet race to pray and to work for peace Union witness to this. So many in the world. parts of the world, however, still "Pope John XXIII termed the experience the ravages and sufferFatima message 'the world's greating of war. We. see it in Lebanon, est hope for peace.' And speaking By Catholic News Service to become one in peace and jus- ed was 'attended by more than I as well as other parts of the Middle to a million pilgrims in the Cova tice," he said at the closing Mass of million people at Seoul's Youido East, and in Ireland. And all over da Iria on May 13, 1967, Pope Pope John Paul II, the most the congress, which police estimat- Plaza. The entire Catholic popula- the world, war has taken a new traveled pope in history, has visited Paul VI said: 'We have come to the tion of South Korea is 2.3 million, form. I mean the scourage of terKorea and Indonesia during his feet of the Queen of Peace to ask according to 1988 Vatican figures. rorism. Terrorism is the new face current Oct. 7 to 16 trip. He was in her for the gift of peace which only Catholics form 5.5 percent of the of war, and it threatens the whole Korea Oct. 7 to 9 and will leave God can give.' population. world, not merely sections of it. Indonesia tomorrow. "The greatest enemy of peace on The North Korean Communist His last stop will be in the "The Second Vatican Council," earth is sin: both personal sins government did not allow its CathIndian Ocean country of Mauritius. he continued, "speaks very elo- which we ourselves commit, and olics to attend the congress, In Korea q~ently of the noble meaning of Turn to Page 16 although 20 lay people were forPope John. Paul II preached WASHINGTON(CNS)- Tens mally invited. Vatican officials said reconciliation in a divided Korea and said the Asian peninsula's pol- of thousands of marchers, from there are no bishops or priests in North Korea. itical status is symbolic of the his- parish council members to HollyCongress organizers invited 14 torical and ideological divisions wood stars to the homeless, descended on Washington Oct. 7 to Vietnamese bishops, but only two hindering world peace. were allowed to attend by their During his visit, the main pur- demand affordable housing and govern~ent. pose of which was to close the 44th , an end to homelessness. Two bishops came from Burma, International Eucharist Congress Waving colorful handmade plain Seoul, the pope's activities also cards and banners that read, "2,000 where the government greatly restricts travel inside and outside the included: years and still no room in the inn," - Saying publicly for the first and "May we borrow Kennebunk- country. Regarding South Korea, the port for the winter," protesters time that he wants to visit China, pope asked greater respect for huwhere Catholics are divided be- called on the federal government man rights and a continued movetween a pro-government church to put housing higher on its priorthat does not accept Vatican author-· ity list. President Bush's summer ment toward democracy. He also opposed violence and hatred as a home is in Kennebunkport, Maine. ity and a clandestine church loyal means to overcome the country's to the pope. Under blue skies, the marchers ills. converged on the Capitol. Many - Meeting bishops from trouAt the same time, the pope said bled Asian nations where normal paraded from the Pentagon to the situation had greatly improved contact with the Vatican has been emphasize what they saw as the since his first visit in 1984, after a link between too much military interrupted. series of bloody encounters between - Asking for continued human spending and too little affordable . police and students protesting the rights improvements in South housing. policies of a military-led governOutside Washington's St. AloyKorea and praising the governsius Catholic Church a group of ment. ment's progress toward democracy. At an Oct. 7 Mass for youths, Theme of the Oct. 5-8 congress some 300 Catholics gathered before the pope warned that "violence was "Christ Our Peace," and the the march te:> participate in a "soliddestroys" when used to further pope asked Catholics to help over- arity prayer service." socioeconomic and political goals. come divisions by sharing Christ's Auxiliary Bishop Joseph M. SulDuring the Mass youths gave "life-giving love through service'~ livan of Brooklyn, N. Y., chairman BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN stands at door of St. t.he pope a miniature tear-gas canto others. of the U.S. Catholic Conference ister and a miniature·. Molotov Mary's Cathedral as peace procession participants preparing "The Korean nation is symbolic Committee on Domestic Social of a world divided and not yet able to begin march to St. Anne's Church. (Gaudette photo) Turn to Page 16 Turn to Page Five
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The Anchor Friday, Oct. 13, 1989
Diocesan Vincentians attend national parley in Milwaukee
Risk arrest? He's not sure NEW YORK (CNS) - Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York told a group of pro-life leade.rs that he held "deep~st admiratl.on" for Operation Rescue parti: clpants who have accepted arrest and jailing for blocking abortion - clinics, but still had some problems to "sort out" before he could join them. The cardinal made his remarks during a fundraising cruise sponsored by the Greenwood Founda- tion, a nonprofit organization that aids .women with problem pregnancIes. "But as long as I keep the store running, my auxiliary bishops and A~ONG T.HOSE working with Msgr. Anthony M. priests can go out and get arrested," G?mes In planmng the 1990 Bishop's Charity Bali is Mrs. he said. Richard Waring, president of District I of the Diocesan CounCardinal O'Connor also said he needed to consider what it meant cil of c;atholic Women and a member of Sacred Heart parish; . "if I force policemen whose bishop Fall River. I am to arrest me." And as a cardinal, he said, he had to take special accouQt of the desires of the pope. "So be patient with me," he said. A few days later the cardinal talked to reporters about the subject. After Mass Oct. I at St. 37 Fall River diocesan parishes St. Hedwig, St. Mary, New BedPatrick's Cathedral, he said he will participate in the 35th annual ford; St. Francis Xavier, Acushnet; wished he could "go out on a Bishop's Charity Ball presentee St. Joseph, Fairhaven; St. Anresc.ue," b~t a~ded that his lawyers program on Friday, Jan 12, at thony, Mattapoisett. adVIsed him It would be "inapWhite's of Westport. propriate." He said he would have . Taunton: Immaculate Concep.A young lady from each parish to weigh "if the value of my being tIOn, St. Anthony, Taunton; Holy Will be presented to Bishop Daniel arrested, and its visibility, would Family, East Taunton; St. Ann, A. Cronin, honored guest at the outweigh the possible jeopardy ... Raynham; Holy Cross, South social and charitable event. of operations of the Archdiocese Easton. A listing by area follows: of New York." Working with the diocesan comAttleboro: St. Joseph, Attleboro; mittee, Ball sponsors are the DioceSt. Mark,' Attleboro Falls; St. san Council of Catholic Women Theresa, South Attleboro; St. and the St. Vincent de Paul Society. St. Anne's Hospital gratefully ac路 ' knowledges contributions that we have ' Mary, Seekonk. Proceeds benefit diocesan summer received to the Remembrance Fund camps for underprivileged and exand Islands: Our Lady of Cape during September. 1989. Through the the Cape, Brewster; St. Anthony, ceptional children and other charremembrance and honor of these . East Falmouth; Our Lady of the itable apostolates. lives, St. Anne's can continue its "CarPersons or organizations wishing With Excellence... Isle, Nantucket; Sacred Heart, Oak Bluffs;. Our Lady of Assumption, ing to be listed in a commemorative booklet issued in conjunction' John Baranowski O~terville; Holy Trinity, West Harwith the ball may contact commitWich; St. Elizabeth Seton, North, Walton Bender tee or Diocesan Council members Falmouth. Rev. Adrien Bernier or Vincentians. Fall River: Blessed Sacrament Charles Bertolini Listings may also be sent to the Espirito Santo, Holy Cross, Hoi; Bishop's Charity Ball HeadquarPeter F. Boardman Rosary, St. Elizabeth, St. Joseph, ters, 410 Highland Avenue, Post George D. Boyer SS. Peter and Paul, St. Stanislaus Office Box 1470, Fall River02722 ,Fall River; St. John Baptist, West~ Jennifer A. Depin telephone 676-8943 or 676-3200. ' port; St. John of God, St. Thomas Gertrude Fleming There are seven categories: MeMore, Somerset; St. Louis de morial, Very Special Friends, Carroll P. Gettings, M.D, France, Swansea. Guarantors, Benefactors, Boosters Mrs. Angelina Gonsalves New Bedford: Immaculate Con- Sponsors and Patrons. Tickets ar~ Charleen Guilfoyle ception, Our Lady of Fatima, Our distributed to donors in each Anne Marie Higgins, M.D. Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Anne, category.
37 presentee parishes named for Bishop's Ball
Thomas F. Higgins, M.D. Philomena Latessa Amelia Machado Mrs. Eva Martel Gertrude Mercier Margaret Mercier Mrs. Kathryn O'Gara Adrius Perron George Powers Mrs. Inez Silia Marie Julie Simard James Souza' Maria Stafferi James Tavares Theresa Tidwell
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With CNS news reports Among the 1,200 people gathered in Milwaukee for the 75th national convention of the St. Vincent de Paul society last month were 13 participants from the Fall River diocese. Father Daniel Freitas, dioce~an director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and pastor of St. John of God parish, Somerset, attended with parishioners Mr. and Mrs. David Motta. Also attending were Frank Miller, Corpus Christi parish, Sandwich; Charles Rozak,St. Theresa, Attleboro; and Vito Zerarvi, St. John the Baptist, New Bedford. Participants from Fall River were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Motta, St. Stani~laus parish, and Joseph MedeIros, Santo .Christo. Attending from Taunton were Horace Costa and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Roderick, Sacred Heart parish; and Roland Ducharme, St. Joseph parish. "When we stop being affected by poverty and not moved to pity and compassion, we cease to be truly Christian," Milwaukee's Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland told the Vincentian delegates. He commented in introducing a play, "Between the Times," which dramatized the U.S. bishops' pastoral letter on the economy. The pastoral was written under the chairmanship of Archbishop Weakland. . He said the play should prick the consciences of people in mat-
ters of social justice and that its suggest the stru~le of living 10 a period "in which the kingdom of God is with us but which will not be fully realized until the final judgment." "Between the Times," which tries to explain complex economic issues through drama, humor and song, "proclaims the good news of love and justice ... and the need for radical charity," the archbishop said. In a Mass homily, the archbishop said that patience and perseverance are the main virtues needed by Vincentians. The society of S1. Vincent de Paul is an association of Catholic lay people devoted to personal service to the poor through the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. First organized in France, the society now has some 60,000 members in about 4,700 units in the United States. "In our ministry we do not find out what we are doing," 'Archbishop Weakland said, "we don't see the end results.... God will keep track of that." Bishop Lawrence J. McNamara of Grand Island, Neb., national episcopal adviser to the society, '" reminded members of the significance of their efforts to provide food, clothing and shelter to the needy. "What's important," he said, "is that when you do this you lift up Jesus to them and lift them up to Jesus." ~itle
Family Ministry office sets programs The Diocesan Office of Family Ministry has announced two November programs, both to be held at the ministry's Family Life Center at 500 Slocum Road, North Dartmouth. A weekend for divorced and/ or separated Catholics will take place N.ov. 3 to 5 and will be directed by Sister Mary Rose Zaccari, MPV. Sessions from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. I, 15, 22 and 29 on The Stress and the Joy of Parenting will be presented by Dorothy J. Levesque, d~rector of services for separated, dIvorced, remarried or widowed persons in the Providence diocese. Sister Zaccari, who conducted a workshop at the last diocesan conference for the divorced and separ-
ated, will deal with concerns of ,these persons in relation to the family, the church and the comm~nity. She will offer six presentatIons and there will also be time for reflection, prayer and social and free periods. Mrs. Levesque's series will address issues faced by one or twoparent families, including achieving emotional balance in the face of problems; the phases to be expected in parenting; the difference between healthy and harmfUl anger; and the recognition and strengthening of parentaI-skills: Further information on both programs is available from the Family Ministry office at the Slocum Road address, telephone 999-6420.
Rosaries aren't accessories Several Catholic readers of the ATLANTA (CNS) - A Macy's fashion ad showing a model wearAtlanta Journal-Constitution daily ing a fake leopard skin coat with newspaper contacted the Atlanta two rosaries as accessories was in . archdiocese with their objections; Kathleen Waugh, the chain's "very bad taste" and won't happen , again, said a spokeswoman for the' Atlanta vice president for public relations, said in a telephone interdepartment store chain. view with The Georgia Bulletin, . A, full-color circular con'taining archdiocesan newspaper, that the路 the advertisement was inserted in store had."final approval" over the Oct. I newspapers in half a dozen ad and agreed with complaints by . Southern states. readers that the photograph was inappropriate.' '. "It was in very bad taste," she said. "It is Macy's responsibility to be sensitive to that issue. It won't I-IEATING, INC. happen again and we agree it should not have happened." Sales and Service ~ The rosaries, she said, were put for Domestic ;;:: and Industrial '~ on the model by a free-lance stylist. Ms. Waugh said the stylist, the 995-1631 director and advertising creatiVe 2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE personnel were informed of Macy's NEW BEDFORD position.
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The Anchor Friday, Oct. 13, 1989
Workshops to introduce new funeral rites
Half-told history WASHINGTON (CNS) - The jmpact of religion and religious - beliefs on U.S. history is frequently neglected in high school history textbooks, according to' a study released by the American Federation of Teachers. "The plain fact is that U.S. history is not intelligible, and we are not intelligible to ourselves, without a grasp of the life and ideas of the ancient worlds, of Judaism and Christianity, oflslam and Christendom in the Middle Ages," said the study, written by Paul Gagnon, a history professor at the University of Massachusetts. The study, "Democracy's HalfTold Story: What American History Textbooks Should Add," said the textbooks also skimp on military and economic contributions to shaping U.S. history, and on biographical background on U.S. leaders.
On Thursday, Nov. 2, the Catholic dioceses of the United States will introd uce "The Order of Christian Funerals," a new official text for rites surrounding the death and burial of those who have died in Christ. It replaces the current "Rite of Funerals," in use since 1970. To prepare for the new rites, Father Jon-Paul Gallant, director of the Diocesan Office of Divine Worship, has announced that the diocese will sponsor a workshop for parish priests on Friday, Oct. 27 from 2 to 4 p.m. and again on Monday, Oct. 30, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Funeral directors are invited to attend the second session in order to familiarize themselves with the new rites. The workshops will provide a general description of the rites and practical suggestions for their implementation. Texts, congregational aids and music for the new ceremonies will be available for purchase on both days. Both sessions will be held at. Holy Name Church, 121 Mt. Pleasant St., New Bedford. The major change in the rites, said Father Gallant, is their wide selection of prayer texts, allowing mourners to express grief in many situations! such as the· death· of a child, sudden death or', l\l:ath by· suicide. Publication of the new text follows over a decade of pastoral reflection o~ the ri~es surrounding. ' the death of a Christia·n. With the' approval of ti}e, Holy See, the text is being intr'oduced .int~ (j nited States parishes as a tool to assist priests an,d families with ~he co'nsolation that,comes through prayer. Further commentary oq the new rites appears on page 8 ofthis issue of the Anchor.
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.the ,moorins.-, The German Question For a number of years a school of thought has existed which maintains that one of the world's most pressing issues is the unification of Germany. Buried under the rubble of the Cold War, the German problem simply simmered. Both East and West were so busy witli their own ideol9gical propaganda that they let stand their divide and conquer alliances. . For years many believed, as som~ still do, that the German people got exactly what they deserved from the victors of W.orld War II. But fn the haste to fractionalize Europe into alliances either with the United States or Russia, war's bitter lessons were lost. The result was a Europe divided into armed camps. The healing of wounds to the human spirit was never addressed by the generals and politicians trying to get their own pieces of the pie. When the dust had settled, Europe was left with the Cold War whose most noteworthy accomplishment was the erection' of the Iron Curtain. For the next 45 years, millions of Europeans were confined to a totalitarian state. While those in the West sought' the so-called good life, those in the East hoped only for survival. The division of the two Gernianies was not only enforced by military power, but buttressed by political ideologies which' promised much and delivered little. The result of all this is now evident in Poland and fl ungary, once again proving that the human spirit cannot be s,tifled by , flawed political structures which refuse to recognize man's soul. It is precisely this truth which has astounded East Germany's captors. Walls, fences and wire can never imprison hope. This is the reality with which the Soviets must deal in the harsh glare of the media. It is obvious that the Russian bear can no longer hide from the world community. It has no placeto go. It must face the ~esults Qf. its own brutality, The people of Czechoslovakia, ,Yugoslavia, Rumaqia and many parts of the Soviet Union itself have yet to be heard from but their day is not too far distant. ' The culture of centuries cannot be rip'ped apart by a wall, watchtowers or minefields. It was hoped that a divided Germany would never reunite. Instead, the desire for one country , burns ever more brightly in German hearts. All one need do to prove the point is to turn on one's television set. Daily we'have seen thousands of East Germans . leaving by the back door to seek reunion with kinfolk in the West. The Russians made sure to lock the front door but they forgot all the other exits the human heart would seek. The picture of thousands of West Germans lining roadways and railroad stations ,to greet and support those fleeing the artificially-created German Democratic Republic reinforces the seeming inevitability of a united Germanv. Many tremble at this thought. They wonder if the Ge'rmans have learned their lesson, whatever that means. Is there another Kaiser or Hitler lurking beneath the surface ready to emerge and start the whole mess over again? Only time will tell; but what we rn,ust now face is the present and the facts speak for themselves. The artificial division of Germany has not and will not work. Once this has been _ accepted, we can prepare for tomorrow. The events of the past month demonstrate the strength Of the desire for unity. Germany cannot be divided. It is best that it be reunited peacefully, with respect for true ~uman libert~. The Editor
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(Almost) all about hurricanes By Father Kevin J. Harrington Every Fall New Englanders brace for the hurricane season. We are _fascinated by them, from the monster of 1938 to last month's Hurricane Hugo. Hurricanes tell us much about our planet, from its daily rotation to the state of its oceans. While the precise path of a hurricane is very unpredictable, the principles of physics it demonstrates are constant. Mercifully, only from 5 to 15 hurricanes are generated annually' from over 100 tropical storms. Thus their names rarely get past Oprah or Oliver and never yet have reached Zelda or Zachary. The custom of giving hurricanes girls' names dates back to World War II when military meteorologists adopted the practice. In 1953, the random'naming was replaced by an alphabetic system under which the first storm's name began with A. In 1979, due to protests from outraged women, the-present sys-
heat. These sources set in motion the conditions present in any tropical storm. What differentiates a hurricane is that it has a warm core, hence temperatures in its vicinity dO,not fall precipitously as it passes. At lower altitudes, the surrounding air rushes in toward the center of the storm along its characteristic curved path. This process causes water vapor to condense with resultant droplets that form the heavy cloud cover over the storm area. This condensation also generates the heat that keeps the center of the storm warm and at low pressure; it thus increases the inflow of air that keeps the system going. The best way to understand a hurricane is to think of a giant
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vacuum cleaner moving over the tropical ocean, sucking up energy from its sun-warmed surface. This heat of the sun is, as noted above, one source of a hurricane's energy. The other, the rotation of Earth, is less obvious to us; after all, as we stand on our planet, we are not aware of its movement. But in the 17th century Isaa.c Newton's first law of motion stated: an object at rest will remain at rest' and an object in motion will move in a straight line unless a force acts on it. The French mathematician Gustave de Coriolis explained the wind's spiral motion as being caused by a force perpendicular to the direction ofthe motion of an object being watched. This apparent "Coriolis force" was created to explain this phenomenon from our frame of reference. 'It is strongest at the poles and vanishes completely at the equator. That is why a Northern Hemisphere (counterclockwise) storm never crosses the equator to become a Southern Hemisphere (clockwise) storm. When a storm moves westward from Africa, the Coriolis force deflects it away from the equator and toward the pole. When the force carries the hurricane out of the region of the trade winds, it is subject to the aCtion of the prevailing westerly winds. A hurricane, one realizes, answers as many questions as it leaves unanswered!
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Friendless ·childre,n I met an acquaintance one day 'and asked her about her son, a classmate of my son's. She told me he had dropped out of college. "He did?" I asked with some surprise because he was a top student. "Well...he... 1 don't have to pretend with you," she said, her eyes filling with tears. "He never had any friends. You know that. Everyone knows that. He thought maybe he could make some in college but it was the same old story. He just couldn't handle the loneliness." It was hard for me to respond, but I felt her pain and said rather lamely: "Well, maybe he'll go back. It takes some kids longer than others."
She nodded and then made a statement that stayed with me. "You know, we teach kids everything - how to swim, study, play the piano - but we don't teach them how to make friends. And that's the most important lesson, isn't it, especially for kids like Tim?" I knew instinctively what she meant. Tim was a child shunned by other kids. He was abrasive, obnoxious, braggart, and troublemaker all rolled into one little boy. . Why some kids naturally turn other kids off is a mystery. Often they have well-liked siblings, so blame can't be laid at the parents'
feet, which is always tempting. But these kids just seem to be born without a social sense. They feel insecure in social situations so some, like Tim, adopt a brUSque and hurtful manner. It's as if they're saying, "Okay, you don't like me so I'll show you." Or, conversely, they adopt an ingratiating attitude, demeaning themselves by trying too hard or by buying friendship. I believe my acquaintance was' right in her charge that we don't teach children how to maintain friendships. Most of us grieve and muddle along but we don't know what to do as parents to help them. To have friends requires learning how to be a friend. Most children intuit this quickly. In kindergarten they learn painful lessons that set the foundation, lessons like sharing, compromising and losing occasionally. But some kids need more help. They may be good students academically but failures socially. As they move from class to class, they keep hoping things will change until they can put the truth off no longer. People don't like them. They can retreat into themselves, act out angrily, or pretend they don't care. I think parents can best help these children by teaching them how to be friends rather than how to get friends. There's a difference.
Reconciling texts Q. I work with a girl whose deceased father was Catholic; her mother attends a fundamentalist church. She asked me why the Catholic Church skips one of the Ten Commandments listed in the Bible and makes two out ofthe last one. I never heard of this before. I checked a book on the Catholic faith which said that the Ten Commandments are listed in two places, Exodus 20:2-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-22. I also checked several Bibles and stilI honestly do not know how to explain why we dropped one and made two out of the last one. Could you explain in layman's language why this is so? (Pennsylvania) The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, are similar to the lists of commands and laws we find in other ancient Near East cultures. As you say, the two major listings of these commandments are different, reflecting in part different times of composition and, to some extent, different visions of society. Exodus, for example, lists the neighbor's wife as part of his personal property which includes his slaves, ox and ass. In Deuteronomy is the .method of listing with which we Catholics are most familiar. It places the wife separately, before the prohibition against coveting the neighbor's material goods. (This is the one commandment we "made" into the two your neighbor'refers to.) The difference in our listings of the Ten Commandments, therefore, is due primarily to which of these two biblical traditions one follows. The Exodus text is the one most followed in Jewish tradition as well as by the Greek Fathers of the church, most Protestants today and some prominent early
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to be a friend, a child has to learn to give up offensive behaviors like having his own waY,lashing out at and humiliating others, and tattling. When pre-school children show negative play behaviors. we need to start the lessons then, stopping play and saying, "Tommy, you aren't acting like a friend. Friends don't do that. Sit alone for five minutes and think about it. Then you try again." Focusing on the child's behavior as a friend is the key. "Friends don't get angry when they lose," and "Friends don't say things like that," are lessons parents can teach. If a young child has a problem with friends, it helps to limit his play to one friend for a while to eliminate factions and force the child to take responsibility for his behavior. If a friend turns down an invitation to play, parents might point out, "You didn't act much like a friend the last time." The time we put in helping our' children learn how to be a friend might be more valuable than the time we spend driving them to piano or swimming lessons.
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Christian theologians, St. Jerome 'FATHER for one. The other text, in Deuteronomy, JOHN was favored by St. Augustine, most of the other Western churches, DIETZEN including the Latin Church (ourselves) and the Lutherans. . Both of these traditions attempt have other gods and not to make to preserve the number 10, indior honor false gods or idols. cated as the number of commandments given to M ose&.several times The Deuteronomy tradition in the early books of the Bible, for which, as I explained, we Catholexample, in Exodus 34:29. ics follow, sees those two as one: I Since they combine our last two am the Lord your God; you shall commandments into 'one, in order not have other gods besides me. to keep the commandments at ten, This is another' good example, the Exodus version splits our first incidentally, that our Bible is made commandment into two, not to up of numerous strains of cultures and literature. It usually helps enormously to remember that when we attempt to understand, and sometimes, as here, even reconcile various biblical texts. Oct. 14 1972, Rev. ~sgr. Edward B. Booth, Pastor Emeritus, St.-Mary, North Attleboro 1918, Rev. Dennis M. Lowney, Assistant, Sacred Heart, Taunton Oct. 16 1987, Rev. Raymond M. Drouin, OP, Former Pastor, St. Anne's, Fall River Oct. 17 1984, Rev. Gerald Lachance, Missionary Father Oct. 19 1928, Rev. Manuel A. Silvia, Pastor, Santo Christo, Fall River
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Monastery damaged JERUSALEM (CNS) - Vandals have damaged an ancient Carmelite monastery site in Haifa, Israel, in apparent protest of the presence of a convent of Carmelite nuns in the former Nazi World War II death camp of Auschwitz in Poland. The vandals breached a fence surrounding the ruins and dug up stone after stone, Israel Radio reported. Hie vandalism was described as "a great tragedy" by Carmelite Sister Damian of the Cross, an archeologist leading American nuns who have been excavating the site for two years.
Thousands march Continued from Page One Sister Elvira Leal, a Sister ofthe Policy, said during the service'that Sacred Heart of Mary who works "we are here not to build a society in a welfare hotel where 480 famifor the poor, but to assist them to lies reside in New York, expressed her dismay that "new apartment join in a society for all God's buildings are going up all the time, people." but none ofthem are for the poor." "We will march out ofthis church Sister Frances White, a Sister of to the Capitol, the very symbol of the Holy Child Jesus, said that in power and authority," he said, Los Angeles, where she lives, "there "and try to impress upon [governare thousands and thousands of ment officials] that we are shamed, homeless people and about 6,000 disgraced that in going from our homes to our workplaces we See s.helter beds. Housing is very expensive. In a poor neighborhood, people who live on the streets." a one- or two-bedroom apartment "We come here asking God's goes for about $600 or more." mercy on ou'r sinfulness," he said. At the Capitol, the protesters lisFather Patrick Rice, vice chairtened to rock musicians and heard man of the justice and peace comintroductions of so many }lollymission for the Diocese of Paterwood celebrities that they began to son, N.J., marched with a coalition chant, "TV later, housing now...· of 50 others from the diocese beOhio Gov. Richard Celeste said cause of his conviction that "unless the "real scandal is not the $4 bil- serious steps are taken now" the lion" lost as a result of the recently numbers of homeless will multiply exp'osed U.S. Department of Houin just a few years. sing and Urban Development scanAt a separate rally children from dal, "it is the $24 billion that was around the country marched with denied to the poor and the powertheir parents to the Capitol steps, less who depended on H U D for where they met with Speaker of housing," referring to federal housthe House, Thomas S. Foley, Ding cutbacks. Wash. They pulled more than 60 The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who red wagons that organizers said ran for president in 1988, added, were filled with 50,000 handwrit"They cut the H U D budget 75 per- ten letters demanding housing for cent and then they stole the other the homeless. 25 percent. Catholic groups sponsoring the "There should be houses for the march included Catholic Peace poor. There should be jailhouses Fellowship; Jesuit Social Minisfor those who stole the money," tries; Network a Catholic social said Mr. Jackson. Ann Marie and John Hansen of. justice lobby; and Catholic ChariPittsburgh brought their five child- ties USA; and Pax Christi USA. ren, ages I to 9, to the march. "We came because we care ... and for the sake of our children. "We want' BARTLETT, them to k~ow that. you must take NEW HAMPSHIRE an active role in peace and justice "Birchview By The Saco" issues in order to be Catholic," said Mrs. Hansen. 2 MILES FROM ATTITASH MT. 4Y2MILES FROM NO. CONWAY
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They Cristeta Lim first met Ferdinand _1986 meeting with him at a world tested aspirin. acetominophen and ibuprofen vs. a tions of the Buddhist Lord of Marcos in 1947, she was a high placebo. day of prayer for peace in Assisi, Compassion. New antibiotic, astreonam, seems to be effective school senior in the Philippines In the Tibetan theocracy, they Italy. against urinary tract infections, according to areport in and he was enjoying his reputation The 54-year-old Budd.hist leader are both religious and temporal the journal Urology. as a World War I1'hero, also met twice with Pope Paul VI. leaders. Combination drug chemotherapy, plus the hormone A mutual friend, Maj, Jose Buntam6xifen, seems to be effective against melanoma that . The chairman of the Nobel com- . When a Dalai Lama dies, his cannot be removed surgically. Experiments are being oan, asked them to be god parents· 'mittee, Egil Aarvik, said the com- spirit is believed to p~ss into the done at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. THOMAS PASTERNAK for his nephew, Felix, mittee wanted to emphasize "that body of a male infant. Members of Sticky gel eases the pain of fever blisters and canker Pharmacist Now Maryknoll Sister Grace the Dalai Lama, in his struggle for the Buddhist hierarchy of Tibet sores, stays on even inside the mouth, say researchers Dorothy Lim, chancellor of the the liberation of Tibet, consist- 'Iook into the waters of a sacred at the University of Alabama School of Oentistri lilac· Diocese of Honolulu, is serving as tin is available over the counter. 202 Rock St. ently has opposed the use of lake for an image of the face of the How's your diet? Even a mild deficiency of magne· a liaison between the diocese and Dalai Lama's successor. They then violence." Fall River sium in the diet of expectant mothers may have serious the family of Marcos, the former The spiritual leader "has deve- seek a boy resembling the image. consequences, Swiss researchers found. Mothers who 679·1300 Philippine president who died in loped his philosophy of peace from The present Dalai Lama, a memgot magnesium supplements were less likely to hemor· exile in Honolulu Sept. 28 after an rhage, or to have cervical problems or bloating. and a great reverence for all things liv- ber of a peasant family, was chosen extended illness, their babies were born healthier. ing and upon the concept of uni- in 1935, taken to Lhasa, Tibet's Looking for vitamins and minerals? You'lI always find As liaison, she helped give the versal responsibility embracing all capital, and (nstalled in office five a complete selection at Walsh Pharmacy, 202 Rock St., Marcos family a message of conmankind as well as nature," Aar- years later. He was given the name Fall River. Telephone 679-1300. Make us your prescripdolence from Honolulu Bishop tion headquarters. vik said, reading from a statement Ling-ehr Lamutanchu. Ling-ehr Joseph A. Ferrario. Mrs. Marcos issued by the five-member panel. means Divine Child. was "resigned, very composed" and The Dalai Lama: whose title "conveyed her thanks to the means Ocean of Wisdom, fled Tibet bishop." in 1959 after nearly a decade of The Marcos family have observtrying to preserve a degree of ed the traditional Filipino custom autonomy for his people while of a nine-day mourning period, appeasing the Chinese, who had culminating today with a funeral invaded in 1950. His flight was Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. IJlIIIIIIIJlJllllllllllllltllIllIlIlIllJlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII: Theresa in Honolulu. Marcos loyalists want his body ligent presidents the Philippim:s returned to Ilocos Norte, his home has ever had," Sister Lim said. region in the Philippines. But SisThat he failed to live up to his ter Lim said she agrees "100 perpotential was not only a personal cent" with Philippine President tragedy, but an immense disaster Corazon Aquino's decision not to for an entire nation, she said. allow the former president's body As a legislator, then as president Wednesday~ to be returned to his homeland. elected for two terms, Marcos "realFamily members decided to ly improved the infrastructure of entomb Marco's body temporarily the nation from north to south," VENUS de MILO in a mausoleum-type setting at a Sister Lim said. cemetary in Hawaii while they However, somewhere toward the $50.00 PER PERSON continue to petition the Philippine middle ofthe second term, "things govern ment for permission to started to become questionable," return it home. she said. Marcos imposed martial Mrs. Aquino has a "responsibillaw to curb a communist threat ity toward peace and order," said while enabling· himself to secure Sister Lim, who noted the emo- . sweeping political powers beyond tional instability likely to be caused the two terms allowed by law. He by the return of the body. TICKETS OR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: mistrusted "anyone who worked Marcos' alleged corruption and for justice," she said. "Those who (508) 679-8511 SISTER MARIE LOURDETTE "paranoia, which' some blame on worked for the poor were suspect." his wife Imelda's excessive influDespite his reputation, Marcos (508) 222-7970 SISTER MARY ROSE ANGELA ence, turned what was once the found many supporters and defenmost e.conomically developed ders in Hawaii, even after he was (508) 992-3694 SISTER MARY NORA country in Asia into the regio'n's deposed in 1986. 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Church's universality more than "dull uniformity," pope says VATlCAN CITY (CNS) - The church's universality is marked by "rich diversity" rather than "dull uniformity," said Pope John Paul II at a recent general audience. The pope also praised the Mexican government for adopting a "new attitude" toward the church. The pope spoke the same day he met with representatives of the Mexican bishops' conference visiting Rome to discuss a proposed itinerary for a papal trip to Mexico in May. In Mexico, closeddoor church-state negotiations have begun to discuss granting legal status to the church. In the audience talk, the pope said the church, from its very beginning, was universal and missionary. "The church's universality is also evident in the different languages, cultures and social classes which she embraces in each period of her history," the pope said.
"This universality combines deep unity with rich diversity and is the result ofthat gift of the Holy Spirit which is the communion of all the faithful with God and with each other," he added. "The universality of the church does not appear as a dull uniformity, but shines forth in the dynamic diversity of the Spirit's'gifts," he said. In brief remarks to Mexicans attending the general audience, the pope mentioned their homeland. "We view with a good spirit and with o.ptimism the new attitude of Mexican authorities toward the church," the pope said. Mexican church and state officials are currently engaged in talks to erase anti-clerical measures of the Constitution. The measures were adopted to punish the church for its support of opposition forces at the time,
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of November 2,1989, American'CatholiC practices and prayer at the time of death and mourning will be guided by a new book. authorized by the bishops or.~he United States, called the Orrlt-r o/e/ll'is/i(lll Fllllcmls. This book begins and ends in the mystery of death and resurrection, It is concerned with all aspects of the ways Christians pray for and support those who have lost a loved one. It also contains the liturgical norms concerning the care of the dead and the times and ways we gather to remember God's promises, to pray for the dead and for ourselves.
WHY DO WE HAVE A NEW BOOK? Catholic churches in this country have been using a book called the Ri/e '!I'FIII/emis since 1970. This was a translation of the 1%9 Latin text that was developed to guide all the churches of the Roman rite after V"tican II. Our new Order o/el,ris/i(lll P'II/emls builds on nearly 20 years of experience with the rell(.'wed liturgy. It contains the 1969 text, plus some additions. Everything is arranged so that clergy, parish stam. IlInsicians, funeral directors and others can use the Order more easily.
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olic Church in the United States is facing a complex moment in its· history. We are part of a universal church, but we derive from many different cultures. " He added, "We know that many other ethnic, linguistic and cultural communities are watching this summer's drama with great interest because of its impact upon their own relationship with the church." Bishop Gregory said the summer-long controversy has "followed a time-tested pattern modeled upon political confroritation~' reminiscent of African-Americans' struggles a generation ago for civil rights. Although "such confrontation is neither new nor ultimately unresolvable," the "final or ultimate resolutions are not possible at this moment," Bishop Gregory told the Detroit conference. They will only be possible, he added, "by a long, honest dialogue betweerr1he rest of the church and AfricanAmerican Catholics."
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death ofa child, ofa young' person, ofan old person; death after a long illness, accidental or violent death, death by suicide. The prayers speak of cremation and ashes as well as burial of the body. The Ordtr spells out clearly the context in which a community's prayer at the time of a death is to take place. The parish's ministers and members should care for the family and friends of the deceased by visiting and praying with them, by preparing the funeral rites with them and by assisting with daily tasks that can be a burden, such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, child care. Tlie Ordcr is clear that a parish's liturgical prayer for the deceased is not the only care to be offered at the time of grief and mourning. . . The changes made in the funeral rituals arc not sweeping ones. The Order begins with prayers immediately after' death. It continues with prayers d~ring,the next days of wake and preparation. There is the funeral liturgy itself, followed by the final commendation, the journey to the place of burial or interment, and finally the committal to the grave. Thus the whole Order sees the time after death as a time of procession from the deathbed to the grave, a time off.,rewell and grief, a time ofprayer and ofstrong hope in the loving kindness of God. CoryriRhl '" 19f19. Archdiore'e of Chingo, liturRY Training PuhlinliollS. IRIN) North Hermil>ge Avenue, Chicago IL (,0(,22-1101; 31214R(,-7IN)R. .
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and sex of children, as well as Anna Mason, Masachusets Departlength of placement and frequency ment of Social Services, Kennedyof contact with chidren's families. Donovan Center, Times Square Building, 888 Purchase St., New Such contact varies with each Bedford, 02740; 997-5875. Local situation. Some foster parents work "At first you feel sorry for them, with entire families; in other cases, 'offices may be contacted in Attleboro, 226-4553; Cape and Islands, but you can't let them get away there is no contact with families with things. They do like the rules. ,and no contact with children after 394-1325; Fall River, 675-1145; New Bedford, 997-3361; and TaunKids feel more secure with dis- foster care is ended. ton, 822-7761. cipline-it gives them a' sense of In the latter case it is difficult to normalcy." Catholic Social Services also watch the children go, said the operates a foster parenting proIn addition to easing adjustment Matriscianos, but there are always gram that is limited to newborns to a new home and a new school, more children in need of assistance. ,Said Matrisciano,"When they awaiting adoption or return to helping children feel secure is one their birth mothers. Information is of the biggest challenges of foster leave, you know you've helped available from Catholic Social Sercare, particularly because the leng- them, and the next child needs vices in Fall River, 674-4681; New th of their stay is usually indefi- your help just as much." Bedford, 997-7337; Attleboro, 226Further information on foster nite, the Matriscianos said. 4780; and Hyannis, 771-6771. parenting may be obtained from The courts determine when a child will be removed from foster care, and often very little notice is given to the foster parents. "A lot of it. is up in the air," said Mrs. Matrisciano. "In our cases they've been able to tell us, but sometimes it's very quick." Matrisicano said that not knowing how long the children will stay is the "hardest part" of foster parenting. The children want and need to know that they are in a secure environment, but it becomes difficult to plan around holidays, birthdays and school activities. "The kids ask questions like, 'Will Santa be able to find me here? Will I be going to this school next year?' And then what do you say?" said Mrs. Matrisciano. However, in spite of difficulties and uncertainties, the Matriscianos know that they are benefitting children who would, not get help otherwise. "They need to be shown a norinal life," said Mrs. Matrisciano. "They need to have stability, to know they'll have clea'n clothes and three meals a day." Foster care, said Matrisciano, 4 ACCREDITED ORTHOPEDIC APPL ANCE FITTERS helps the children "get a lot of -Complete Ostomy Supplies things other kids take for granted, -Private Fitting Room and to see and do things they -Wheelchairs For Sale Or Rent wouldn't otherwise:" -Complete Line Of The couple plans to continue Convalescent Aids offering foster care after the birth -Surgical Garments of their child. -Medicare路 Medicaid T~e only thing that might change, they said, is that they would ask to have younger foster children since 'there will be a baby in the house. PRESCRIPTION COMPLETE The DSS, they said, tries to FAMILY SERVICE PHARMACY PICK路UP & DELIVERY accommodate requests as to age 117 ROiEKL~~E AVE
By Marcie Hickey "It's worth looking into, but it's itot for everyone," said MatrisciFoster care, says Laurie Matrisciano, gives children whose par- ano, "MAPP will discourage rather than encourage anyone who is ents cannot care for them "a sense uncertain. The point of the trainof 路normalcy." ing is to make sure you have no Mrs. Matrisciano and her husillusions." band Joe are expecting their first The program quickly dispels mischild, but they have already had a conceptions held by potential fosgreat deal of experience parenting: for the past two years the couple ter parents, the Matriscianos said. Many people want to work with from St. George's parish, Westport, have opened their home to one child, but drop out when they foster children through the Mas- find that most cases involve siblings sachusetts Department of Social who cannot be separated. Furthermore, many children have been Services. The couple's experience has told abused, neglected or abandoned them that the best way to care for or come from homes affected by foster children is to "just treat divorce, desertion or death of a parent. As a result, many have them as if they were your own." "We:re here to help the kids emotional and behavioral probadjust, to help smooth their transi- lems with which foster parents tion back to their homes," said Joe must cope. "The children aren't going to Matrisciano, noting that foster care is frequently "a last resort," neces-' like you at first," said Mrs. Matrissary because there are no relatives ciano. MAPP prepares couples to or friends to care for the displaced deal with that situation and to begin developing a positive relachild. Such care is often the means of tionship with the children. B'ut even the best training proenabling children from troubled gram can't foresee everything. homes to rebuild their lives, proIf problems arise after a placeviding them with a secure family ment, foster parents can seek addienvironment and offering stability tional help from DSS, including and structure until they can be foster parent support groups and a reunited with their families. hotline for immediate professional The Massachusetts Department help in a difficult situation. of Social Services offers its Family The Matriscianos say that foster Resource. Program to train potenparenting has gotten easier as they tial foster parents and place needy have become more experienced. children in loving foster homes. The Matriscianos became in- Their first children, three brothers, "ran us ragged"-even though volved with foster parenting as a result of a desire to help disadvan- they only stayed for a weekend, Mrs. Matrisciano said. But she taged children which they first pursued through various adoption added that it was a good initiation into how to handle the job. agencies, volunteering to care for They next cared for two girls for children on a temporary basis while nine months. Now they have Methe children awaited adoption. In most cases, that meant taking chil- gan, 7, and Nathaniel, 3, who have been with them for over a year. dren for only a day and having no "It has gotten easier," said further contact with them. Matrisciano. "Things that bothered The Matriscianos were dissatisus at first don't anymore路... fied with this arrangement because, "Disciplining is easier now," said they said, it gave no opportunity Mrs. Matrisciano. "We let the first to see a child's progress or to make three boy,s get away with anything." a difference in his or her life. Part of the on-the-job training, When the couple learned about she said, is to' realize that laying the DSS program from a newsdown the rules is helpful to childpaper article, "We walked right ren from an unstructured environinto DSS and set up an appointment for the training," said Matris- , ment. ciano. It was the first step of many toward making a commitment to the program. The decision to undertake foster parenting requires much consideration. Foster parents must be well-equipped to handle children's physical and emotional needs and must complete a IO-week Massachusetts Approach to Partnerships in Parenting training and assess-' ment'program before children are placed in their homes. The Matriscianos credit the program with their success as foster parents. They said it opened their eyes as to what to expect by providing "an accurate picture of the types of kids and the backgrounds they come from." Sessions are taught by a DSS homefinder, who is responsible for placing children in foster homes, and by veteran foster parents. The training is designed not only to prepare families for foster care, but also to make sure that candidates are committed to the program. The Matriscianos began in a group of 10 couples, but as the training continued, half droped LAURIE AND JOE Matrisciano with their foster chilout. dren, Megan and.Nlithaniel.
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LIFE IS NOT easy for this elderly woman in Houston standing behind grillwork she had installed on her door after ' her home had been burglarized six times. Her situation is mirrored across the nation. (eNS photo)
"55 - Alive'" classes Like Professor Henry Higgins I'm a very gentle man, even-tempered and good-natured, even behind the wheel of my silver Camaro. Let a crazy driver in my life, however, and I blow 'my cool. It usually happens when I commit some minor traffic infraction and some uncouth driver leans on his horn, makes impolite gestures and move, his lips in an unfriendly manner while roaring past. I usually shake my head and wag my forefinger at these clods while locking my doors and rolling up the windows. Recently, however, a new problem has developed. I don't know what they're mad 'at! That's scary. Either o,ther drivers are getting more ornery, or I'm getting absent-minded. And the latter state should usually be avoided while hurtling around in several tons of steel, glass, plastic and aluminum. Look, I've been driving more than half a century, and I'll match my accident record against anybody's. Besides, I've got a large certificate testifying that I have completed a safe-driving course for senior citizens. I've written about these classes before, but not Often enough, I guess. Called "55-Alive" and many other names, they are offered around the country by the American Automobile Association, the National Safety Council, the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and others. (See announcement of Fall River course on this page.) In at least 29 states, by latest
By count, those who take the course earn a reduction of up to 10 percent of part of their automobile BERNARD insurance premiums. Why not all 50 states? I don't know, except that legislatures have CASSERLY not acted on the matter in these states. You would think insurance under 21 are both overrepresented companies would do it on their in right-turn crashes... Older drivers own, knowing what they do about were over-involved in backing and senior driving problems. These problems are growing right parking crashes and in head-on ' along with the increase in the collisions." The list goes on and on. All too numbers over 65. They are spelled many of us seniors appear to ignore out in minute detail in the most comprehensive study of the issue our limitations. It may not help when groups like the AARP(News yet made. Called "Transportation in im ,Bulleting, January, 1989) report Aging Society, Vol, I," it summar- the study with a headline saying izes countless studies in this con- "New Study Finds Older Drivers Capable, Safe." troversial area, and is available The study makes many recomfrom the Transportation Research mendations, among them that a Board of the National Research careful evaluation be made of how Council, Washington, DC. 20418. well the senior citizen driving pro..... Older drivers have a higher grams work. We now have at least probability of being involved in one answer. ' fatal crashes with very young drivA survey of 115,000 California ers," the study says, "than they do motorists over 55 who took safe with drivers of their own age driving courses disclosed that gradgroup. uates had 16 percent fewer acci..... It is clear that current design dents involving death or injury does not provide enough time or and 15.7 percent fewer traffic distance for the average older driver , convictions! to maneuver after reading a sign, The research director of the especially at night. California Department of Motor "In addition to the increased Vehicles said the results were "quite risk of crash involvement for older suggestive and promising." Proof drivers ... the outcomes of crashes like this should help convince your are more severe... Almost half of insurance company and your state the older drivers with reduced vis- to provide rate cuts for taking the ual field were unaware of. their course. impairment. Take the classes anyway. Your "Drivers over 65 and drivers life may depend on it.
Volunteers: never too old By Antoinette Bosco I read two stories recently which are worth some attention. One was an article on how, after 18 years of uninterrupted service to helping others, a FIS H (Friends in Service, to Humanity) group in a small Connecticut town will stop operating. This group will no longer be available to provide emergency aid for people needing help in such areas as food and transportation to doctors and hospitals. ' The reason given for this end of service is the lack of volunteers. Women between the ages of 20 and 40, who long have been the mainstay of volunteerism in the United States, are simply not available anymore. They are working, most of them out of necessity. The other article I read was about a volunteer service in my town that is in a very healthy state. It is called Mr. Fix-it, a program that solicits the help of senior citizen volunteers to help other senior citizens with minor household repairs. The volunteers for this are retired men with a skill. People using the service pay only for materials used. There is never a handyman fee, The jobs they do range from changing a lightbulb in a hard-toreach spot to replacing broken windows, fixing door knobs, locks and hinges and doing other types of handyman jobs. So here's a program where seniors are volunteering their time and talent to help other seniors, and it made me think about the FIS H story again. Several people quoted in that piece indicated that a pool of volunteer workers today
Edgartown Council on Aging, must be sought in one of two groups:-younger or older persons. at "The Anchors" on Daggett Street, will present the first session It was felt that it makes more of a new spirituality program at 1 sense to look to seniors than to p.m. Oct. 20, beginning it with guiteenagers as a source of volunteer tar music by Father Joseph D. help, but it was noted there has Maguire, pastor of St. Elizabeth's been much resistance on the part parish. Discussion will be on the of retired persons to making a variety of religious experiences. cO'mmitment to volunteer work. ,. "Seniors in large part don't seem "Windmill Whisperings" of the to want to help," said one longtime Eastham Council on Aging reminds volunteer, adding, "I'll be a senior seniors of the availability of the next year. I don't understand why , "Vial of Life" program,. a small they can't heip one another." container holding all medical inforI have talked to many older mation that might be needed in people over the y~ars, some of time of emergency. This container, whom have found a new life for including a listing of the name and themselves by volunteering. I have telephone number of one's physiseen them as foster grandparents, cian, health insurance information, as money raisers for church profriends or relatives to be contacted, jects, writing letters for Amnesty medicalproblems arid medications International to try to get political being taken, is placed on the top prisoners of conscience freed, as shelf of 'one's refrigerator and a hospital volunteers doing everycolored disc is attached to the outthing from emptying bedpans to side of the refrigerator door to running the gift shop. . alert rescue personnel or other I wonder if there areri't a lot helpers to its availability. Further more healthy retirees out there information is available from the who could give a few hours a week council, tel. 255-6164. to do something for their neigh,. bors in need. With fall comes a reminder of The facts are that in ever-increasing numbers today we are living the wisdom of getting a yearly flu vaccination. Flu is especially danlonger, retiring earlier and with gerous for older persons or those more money than ever before, and ~itJi chronic illnesses and doctors enjoying good health into our 70s consider those 65 or older to be at and 80s. It seems to me that there moderate risk for developing comis a responsibility, as neighbors to one another, to help others if we can. Certainly this responsibility does not end simply because we reach age 60 or 65. Volunteerism in the United States could be healthy indeed if seniors made it their cause for the 1990s.
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Are you a retired health professional and/ or a "senior" interested in health and nutrition issues, and willing to share your knowledge with other seniors? Then Ventures into Health Eating is for you! Here is an opportunity to learn more about nutrition, diet and health and share that information with your peers. Yt; Cooperative Extension will train you on current nutrition issues and on ways to teach adults. After graduation, you will have the opportunity to share what you have learned with small groups of seniors in your community. For more information, call or write: Elizabeth' Hoyle, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, Deeds and Probate Building, Barnstable, MA 02630, 3622511.
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55 Alive/ Mature Driving, an innovative, classroom driver retraining program designed to help older persons improve their driving skills, is being offered by Bristol Elder Services, Inc. at 182 North Main Street, Fall River on Oct. 17 and 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Developed by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), 55 Alive/ Mature Driving is the first comprehensive driver retraining course geared to the specific needs of older motorists. The course covers the effects of aging and medications on driving, basic driving rules, license renewal, local traffic hazards, adverse road conditions, energy saving and accident prevention measures. Research shows that older drivers are involved in more accidents than their middle-aged counterparts when the record is based on actual miles driven. The physical changes of aging create difficulties for many older drivers when yieldingthe right-of-way, backing, turning, changing lanes, and entering and leaving expressways: However, research also indicates that older persons can improve their driving abilities through additional training, attention and practice, enabling them to maintain their driver's licenses longer while driving more safely. This is the ultimate goal of the course. Persons 55 or older are eligible to participate. For further information, call Jean Gagne, 675-2101.
Winning the discipline game Dear Dr. Kenny: Our kids fight all the time. We have an 8;year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter, and they are constantly teasing, verbally abusing and even hitting each other. The more I get after them the wors.e it gets. I end up an angry participant in a shouting match. My wife and I have short tempers ourselves. We are trying to curb our tendency of shouting our anger at each other. How can we stop our kids from squabbling? Louisiana Sibling rivalry and fighting are a normal part of growing up. The second story in the Bible is about two brothers jockeying for God's favor, and the rivaly becomes so intense that Cain kills Abel. Sibling rivalry may even be an important and. necessary stage of growing up. Brothers and sisters have the opportunity to learn how to deal with confli~ts, hopefully how to mediate and compromise without becoming a wimp or a bully. To say sibling rivalry is a stage
of growing up means it is a stage children should pass through and outgrow. That is your question: How can parents help brothers and sisters deal with their cdnflicts? At the ages of your two children, I would do what I could to separate them. Learn together to recognize the early warning signs of a squabble about to get out of hand. Then act to separate the about-to-be-combatants. As you mention, a poor way is to try to out shout the rival factions. What parent has not yelled "Shut up!" only to hear from each child that he or she is innocent and it's the other person's fault. Now you, the parent, are a co-combatant. That's no help. Another no-win approach is to act as referee. "Le,t's get to the bottom of this," you offer. If you try this, you'll be in for a long session programmed to provide far too much attention to family feuding. There is a simpler way. Separate the combatants. Put them in a room apart. No argument. "You go to the kitchen and you
go to the living room." It's like a no-fault divorce. Neither is to blame, but the fight is stopped. Another version of this strategy. is a game I call Hugo. When fighting gets out of hand, one of your children is designated as Hugo, and Hugo (you go) goes outside. The children can even take turns being Hugo. The children learn that if fighting passes a certain point, it can be stopped quickly, without fanfare or punishment. They learn to recognize the early signs and to "leave the scene" till feelings settle. The separation need not be long, just enough for rising emotions to subside. If the quarrel restarts with growing intensity, play the game again. Discipline need not be punishment. It can be fun. The key issue is how well it works. Questions on family living or child care are invited by The Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978
You can trust a smiler By Antoinette Bosco I was a~ a meeting recently with other journalists when I found I was just plain written off by a woman who was quite a bit younger. In her estimation I apparently had two drawbacks to being taken seriously as a professional. One, I have too many children (no matter that they are all grown and talented professionals. themselves now). Two, I smile too much. She, on the other hand, had only one child and seldom smiled. Apparently she was too sophisticated and "cool" to smile. Funny thing. Her pretentiousness made me smile all the more. My natural tendency to smile probably can be traced back to my mother who still smiles frequently. She was wonderful with her "momilies," as sayings traced back to maternal wisdom (or folly) are now called in 'some circles. She raised me on quotations about smiling. Her favorites were: "Smile and the world smiles with you. Cry and you cry alone." "Let a smile be your umbrella." "It takes three times as many face muscles to frown as to smile." For whatever reason, Mom's words about smiling appealed to me. I always feel that when a person greets you with a smile, it's not long before comfort and relaxation take over. Come up against a scowler and see how you automatically turn away. ' That woman who had a problem with smiling was not the first I had encountered. Years ago, at a meeting with physicians and other co-workers, I was smiling as I was introduced to people, including a doctor who Sl!ued at me in an unfriendly way. He turned to the man next to him and said coldly, "You can't trust people who smile. They're after something." . I suppose that was' supposed to intimidate me. But his immature reaction only made me smile more. I countered with, "Couldn't it be that people who smile are simply happy types, optimistic about life?" He didn't answer. . I remember reading a report a few years ago by a University of
Michigal) psychologist who was looking into the family situation of delinquent children. He said he had observed a common denominator. "More than 80 percent of these parents are punitive nonsmilers. I have never met a delinquent's parent who was warm, encouraging and smiling," Dr. James V. McConnell said. He added, "Frowns are a type of psycho-pollution that is as deadly as smoke fumes or mercury in .drinking water._ One can kill the spirit more easily than the body, I suspect. We legislate against polluted air and water. Maybe we ought to legislate for more smiling, to improve mental health." Anyone who has studied the effect of laughter on health agrees it is the-. best medicine anyone could want. Laughter benefits the
lungs, clears the respiratory system, provides a healthful, emotional outlet and counteracts bore-' dom. Back in the 1970s when I was working at the health sciences center at State University of New York at Stony Brook, a professor friend did a study of the effect of laughter on hospitalized patients. What Dr. Rose Coser found was that "laughter is a safety value for hospitalized patients away from friendly, familiar surroundings. When laughter is possible in this type of environment, it helps patients to regain their identity through collective triumph over their weakness and at the same time, release common grudges and .complaints." I think the matter of laughing ought to be taken very seriously. I am smiling, of course, as I write this.
How to write a tardy note By Hilda Young "You know," I told my friend Colleen McBerry this morning at the Mothers' Excuse Writing Table in the school office, "If it weren't for the time being, I wouldn't have any time at all." • She stopped writing her .note, her crayon poised thoughtfully as she' pondered my observation'. "Are you related to Yogi Berra?" she asked. "It's too early for non ~equiturs," I told her. "I agree," she yawned. "How about a maple bar or a glazed instead?" I like Colleen. She always shares creative tardy note ideas with me. For example, instead of admitting she had forgotten the only clothing her Charles will wear to school in the washer for two days and it had turned prematurely green and smelled like unhappy cottage cheese, she wrote: "Charles is late this morning as we were completing an experiment on sudsing enzyme action on mold." That said, however, Colleen is like talking to Chatty Cathy. Pull her string and you're never sure what she's going to say.
"Would you pass an orange?" I asked. "I wrote my last note with a cherry." "All I see are blueberry and maybe a raisin," she said. "What colors are those?" She squinted at me almost suspiciously. "J ust close your eyes. They all taste the same." I had always suspected she chewed the ends of ·the crayons for inspiration while she was thinking up her excuses. "Never mind," I said. "I'll get a pen out of my purse." "How does this sound?'" She cleared her throat. "Please excuse Charles' tardiness this morning as his father had a terminal case and we felt we had to visit him before the end." I nodded approval. "Let me guess. Charles Sr. had taken Charles Jr.'s computer to work again. Charles Jr. needed it today. So you had to catch Charles Sr. before his commuter train made its last stop." "You're onto me," she smiled. "Let's celebrate with a 'nonsequitur and coffee." "Are there any glazed ones left?" I asked.
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Papal message program success pleases Vatican VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Six months after it began offering recorded papal messages' via telephone, Vatican Radio officials are pleased with the project's success but unhappy over what they say is an attempt to "pirate" the service in the United States. Since April, when Pope John Paul II's voice began going out to long-~istance callers, more than 20,000 callers have listened to messages in English, Spanish and italian, said Jesuit' Father Pasquale Borgomeo, general director of Vatican Radio. Most of the calls - as much as 85 percent during the first month - originated in the United States, Father Borgomeo said in an interview. That is'one reason Vatican Radio was upset when Christia~ Fellowship, a non-denominational group based in Los Angeles, began offering the recorded message via a 900 telephone number - thus saving callers from making an overseas call. The Christian Fellowship initiative was without Vatican permission or consultation, Father Borgorrieo said. 'n mid-September, lawyers for IT ALCable, the Ital- , ian phone company handling the project for Vatican Radio, warned Christian Fellowship to stop or face legal action, Father Borgoineo said. ' He said the Christian Fellowship service was "a pirate system" in which Vatican Radi'o's' papal messages were taped-recorded'via telephone and a new introduction added. "This is an abuse, absolutely. What we offer free to a user is taken and made an object of trade," he said. He noted that Vatican Radio had tu~ned down other offers of a 900 number precisely to avoid "commercializing" the pope's voice. Contacted'by telephone, Ian Eisenberg of LaserQuest, Christian Fellowship's Los Angeles-based distributor, said his company was complying with everything ITALCable said to do. "There is no controversy. We have a good relationship with the
Vatican," he said. "We've had a number of discussions with them. Many things have been discussed: "We're complying with their request. We're still in negotiations with them about future possibilities," he added. Eisenberg acknowledged that the 900 number was still in operation and said "it's in compliance with the V~tican's wishes." He refused to say what he meant A PORTRAIT of Galileo. The original is in the Vffizi by being in compliance with the Gallery, Florence. Vaticans wishes, nor would he elaborate on what kind of negotiations LaserQuest was in with the Vatican. Father Borgomeo said the longdistance number offered by Vatican Radio has no hidden or added PISA,ltaly (CNS) - Pope John tions provided evidence for the charges. He noted that the cost of Paul II recently returned to the view that Earth revolves around the Vatican service, at the cheapest hometown of Galileo Galilei to the sun. rate, was actually lower than the praise the scientist's views, con,At the time, the generally held $1.90 cost for the same two-minute demned more than 350 years ago theological view was that the sun ,message offered by Christian Fellowby the church. revolved around a stationary Earth. ship. It added another chapter to the The religious view was based on The cost of the overseas calls pope's lO-year rehabilitation of, several Old Testament verses that varies from about $1.81 to $3.03, the Italian, condemned as a sus- spoke of the sun moving and the plus tax. Earth being placed on a fixed pected ,heretic for believing that "When you dial a 900 number, foundation by God. the Earth revolves around the sun. you understand that someone is This view of the Earth-sun relaThe pope also used his visit to making some money. That's not tionship was considered an essenthe Pisa area to outline a relationsomething we want to do, espeship between faith and science by tial part of the overall belief that cially if distribution is done under which progress is related to a moral humans, as redeemed by 'Christ,' the cover of an organization that is are the center of the universe. and ethical use, of scientific findings. unknown to us," he said. Galileo's views were controverUalileo's c'dndemnation in 1633 Vatican, Radio also wants to sial even in the church. He was by the Holy bffice, predecessor of keep control over the way.. the supported by many"who'argued the Vatican Congregation for the papal messages are presented and that the Bible was not meant to Doctrine of the Faith', has come fo the way the service, is advertised, give scientific explaDations of symbolize the tensions between Father Borgomeo said. That might nature. not be possible if the service were , scienc'e and 'religion. In Europe, Galileo argued ~hathis views especially, the case'ilistorically has turned over to local distributors, did not oppose faith. He said that been used as evidence that religion the writers of the Bible, when rehe,said. is an obstacle to the advancement ferring to the world around them, While IT ALCable currently of human kno.wledge. used the commonly accepted conhandles the incoming phone trafGalileo's "scientific work, im- cepts ofttie universe of their era so fic, the Vatican is considering plans prudently opposed at the. begin- as not to confuse the minds of their to implement its own telephone is now recognized by all as an ning, readers and make them suspicious system. If those plans are carried essential stage in the methodology of the retig'ious truths being conout, the thousands of overseas of research and, in general, on the veyed. phone calls could also be an imporroad to the understanding of the tant source of traffic for Vatican The Holy Office first officially natural world," the pope said in telecommunications. told Galileo not to hold or defend Pisa. Presently, Vatican Radio chanhis views in 1616. After ,several Galileo was born in Pisa Feb. years of compliance, Galileo began ges the tape recordings every day 15, 1564, and was one of the ,most working on a major book defendat a satellite relay station outside Rome. That represents practically important mathematicians, physi- ing his views. The book, "Diathe only cost of the service to the cists, astronomers and inventors logue on the Two Great World of his era. His telescopic observa- Systems," was published in 1632 Vatican. with approval by church censors. The following year, however, Galileo was summoned before the embedded in the Irish spirit," he . Ireland sought an authentic way of Holy Office again, condemned as said in a message read to about living, but often heard conflicting "vehemently suspected of heresy" 2,500 youths at a recent vigil at voices and were left confused and and placed under house arrest until Galway cathedral marking the 10th disillusioned. He invited them to he died in 1642. The Holy Office alsp banned his book. The ban was anniversary of-his visit to Ireland. seek answers in Christ. not lifted until 1822. "There is much that you, the "If you desire to remain faithful The pope began his public rehayouth of Ireland, can do to overto what is best and most noble in bilitation of Galileo in 1979 in a come the fears, prejudices and the traditions of your people, you mistaken positions that lead to will gladly respond to the truth of speech to the Pontifical Academy violence,"Pope John Paul said. the message which Christ offers to of Sciences, when he used the Galileo case to illustrate his belief that He noted that young people in you," the pope said. there should be no irreconcilable, "Only in Christ will you find your potential as men and women tensions between science and faith. "Galileo introduces the princiof Ireland, as well as young Europle of an interpretation of the peans and citizens of the world sacred books which' goes beyond community." Pope John Paul visited Ireland the literal meaning but which is in Sept. 29-30, 1979, before continu- conformity with the intention and with the type of exposition proper ing to the United States. In Belfast, Northern Ireland, to each of them," the pope said in Bishop Cahal Daly of Down and , 1979. Th~ following year he created a Connor said that the greatest disappointment of the papal visit had commission to restudy the Galileo been the refusal of the outlawed tria'l, while he continued to speak Irish Republican Army to listen to sympathetically about Galileo in speeches to scientists. the pope's plea to end violence. He added that he thought that it The commission's findings, pubtook extraordinary hardness of lished in 1984, were that the Holy heart to ignore the pope's plea. Office judges were wrong in con-
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Pope says he prays for end to Irish strife GALWAY, Ireland (CNS) Pope John Paul II said in a message to young Irish people that he prayed for the day when conflict would end and love would flourish in Ireland "In my prayers for Ireland, I pray for that 'new tomorrow,' that future which will manifest ever more clearly the justice, social harmonyand moral greatness so deeply
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Developed countries should be more open to immigrants seeking to better their economic and social con, ditions, said Pope John Paul II in his 1989 World Migration Day message. The pope also asked Catholics to combat unjust situations facing migrants and to make greater efforts to evangelize them. There is no universal church date for World Migration Day, which is set by national bishops' conferences. Many societies "are rigidly structured and stratified, leaving little room for the new mig'rants" and often "reserving for them the most humble, tiring and poorest paid work," said the pope. He also reminded Catholics of their obligation to evangelize. "The welcome given to immigrants must,be so cordial and lacking in personal gain so as to induce these guests to reflect on the Christian religion and the motives for such exemplary charity,"he said. Work with migrants is a "varied and rich world" for "an aware and sensitive Christian" to spread spiritual values, he added. The papal message also encouraged Catholic leaders to develop stronger evangelization programs for immigrants already Catholics. Such programs should concentrate on adult education "which favors ' Christian formation and growth in the faith of the individual migrants," the pope said. . 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
demning Galileo. The findings were published in 1984 as a series of essays with an introduction by then-Archbishop Paul Poupard, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture. The archbishop since was named a cardinal. Galileo's judges "committed an objective error," wrote Archbishop Poupard. .He related the error to the historic mood of the time in which science and religion were integrally linked. Since Galileo's views "seemed to shake the whole theological structure," the judges believed it "violated a point of Catholic doctrine," he said. The error is a "healthy warning" against confusing faith with the culture of e'ach era, as culture can be changed by time, he said. After speaking of Galileo in Pisa itself, the pope visited the University of Pisa, where Galileo was a student and professor. The church does not impose "mortifying limits on research" but asks "respect for the supreme laws of nature and of life," he said. This calls for a "sense of responsibility" on the part of scientists, especially in the application of scientific findings. "Discussing responsibility cannot remain a purely theoretical conversation - as if science itself is the guilty party - but must reach the people who are implicated in the first person," he said. As examples of poor application of science and technology, the pope cited ecological disasters, the stockpiling of powerful weapons and biological experiments that "lead to unacceptable forms of manipulation and' mutation." Science at times engages "in radical interventions which can even corrode natural rhythms and introduce grave disorders in the arrangement of the world," he said.
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Religious retirement fund disbuses $23 million WASHINGTON (CNS) - NearFinancial consultants have visitIy $23 million in grants has been ed each congregation; Sister Hudon distributed by the Retirement Fund said, to advise them on retirement for Religious to 484 congregations funding. Ideally, she added, retireof men and women religious. ment fund money should cover Another $2 million in supple- retirement costs, with a congregamental grants will be given in tion's other income supporting its December. ministries. ' The funds come from the RetireBut it is "unrealistic" to think ment.Fund for Religious campaign every congregation will develop a conducted last December in par- fully funded retirement plan, Sisishes across the United States. Theter Hudon said, noting that for campaign collected $25.4 million. some orders, such a fund "would The campaign collected $25.4 violate their sense of poverty and million. dependence." The collection was the first of a However, once a ware of the size planned IO-year appeal by the Tri- of their unfunded retirement liaConference Retirement Office, a bility, some congregations have joint effort of the National Con- established development offices and ference of Catholic Bishops; the sold unused property to raise monLeadership Conference of Women ey, she said. Religious and the Conference' of Major Superiors of Men. The $25.4 million given last December was supplemented by anMoney raised in the collection, other $4 million collected by dioapproved by the U.S. bishops in h 1987, assists women and men reli- ceses w ose own religious retirement campaigns predated the nagious who lack the money to sub- tional effort. sidize both the care oftheir retired members and their ministries. These dioceses ffi6\de their own If all a congregation's income grants to congregations, which were must pay for care of retired mem- then calculated into the National. bers, the "big fear" is "that they Retirement Fund formula. won't have sufficient revenue to The formula was based on an support their ministries," said Sisor~er's size, its unfunded retirement liability, medical costs, lonter Mary Oliver Hudon, a School Sister of NotJ:e Dame ~nd project gevity ("stu~ies have proven that director. . religious live much longer than the "U nfunded retirement liability" average population," Sister Hudon is the cost of caring for retired said), and demographics. members which a community's reThe median age of religious, 64, is nearly twice that of the U.S. tirement funds cannot cover. A 1985 study of 500 congrega- national median age of 33. But "if tions revealed a $2.5 billion liabil- you have 100 members [in your ity, Sister Hudon said. A 1987 congregation] and your average study of 600 congregations - 90 age is 55, and I have 100 members percent of women's orders and 84 and my average age is 70, I got percent of men's orders -.:.... showed more money than you did," Sister the liability to be $3 billion. Hudon said. Too few Catholics realize that The older a congregation's religious orders, in return for ask- median age, the fewer members it ing poverty of their members, as- has who can earn stipends that can sume the responsibility to care for be channeled back to the order for those members throughout life, the care of its retired members. Sister Hudon said. The largest national grant, for Retirement Fund grants may $532,578, went to the School Sisonly be used for needs of retired ters of St. Francis, Milwaukee. religious.. The largest men's congregation
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-=Fri., Oct. '1-3, 1989
Lecturers will discuss Carmelite history, traditions and the lives of Carmelite saints. A Carmelite nun dedicates her life to prayer, solitude and penance for the good of the church and the salvation of souls, said Carmelite Father Paul Trementol:zi, who presented the first lecture in midSeptember. He is a preacher and retreat master from a Discalced Carmelite monastery in Brookline. The nuns also pian a slide show and educational materials explaining their lifestyle. "The worldwide attention has provided a unique, albeit uninvited, opportunity for the Carmelites to explain their traditions and lifestyle to people who are now aware ofthem through the media," Manning said. "Sort of like turning the 'lemons that life brings into lemonade." The monastery was thrust into the limelight in October, 1988, when five of its 13 nuns barricaded themselves in the building's infirmary. They. said they feared eviction for protesting the new prioress' introduction oftelevision, sweets and brighter lighting in the chapel. One nun left the monastery last March, citing health reasons. Three of the nuns left the monWASHINGTON (CNS) - The astery July I and went into seDiscalced (,:armelite monastery in clusion. New Jersey.~hich spent nearly a The fifth nun, Sister Teresita year embroih:d in a dispute with Romano, left the monastery July five barricaded nuns is trying to rebuild its image, Tim Manning, . 6. None have contacted Mother spokesman for the Monastery of Hewitt since they fled the monasthe Most Blessed Vir&,in Mary of tery, Manning said. MountCarm~1in MOrrIstown, told Now that media attention has Catholic News Service. died down, Manning said the nuns ."They really. want to correct the have resumed.c1oistered lives, but misinformation created by the 'barhave been much busier, assuming ricaded nuns' scandal," he said. the chores of the nuns who left and "They want to pres.ent a true picconducting their public relations ture of whattheir'yocations and program. lifestyles are all about." Friends ofthe community helped the nuns fonn the Carmelite Guild, which aims to teach the public 71(cw England h(J.~I"rallry about the prayer life of the Carmewllh a European Flair" lite community, in part by means of a monthly lecture series at the nearby College of St. Elizabeth in Bed (!:)' Brealifasl Convent Station. "We want the lectures to help people who are now aware of o.ur monastery to better understand 495 Wesr f"'",ourh H,g/ll..ay our vocation as cloistered nuns, (Route 2BA) P.O. Box 8<)5 and to have a more accurate view Wesl f'al",ollrl" Ma. 0257~ of our lives," M other Theresa Open year round Hewitt, the monastery's prioress, (508~ 540- 7232 said in a statement.
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desire to excel no matter what the cost. J.T. has little use for play. He has few friends. Friendships don't seem to fit into his plan for suc,cess. J.T. is always the one anxious to begin the task at hand, to get down to business, to learn and move on. I wonder if J.T. is ever able to let loose, open up, enjoy himself. The image of Alex from "Family Ties" comes to mind when I think of J.T. The flip side of the coin is L. M. She is the East-Coast version of a valley girl: Like Wow! Fantastic! Like this is happening! Her difficulty is expecting life to be a 24hour-a-dayparty of endless drinking and daring. For L.M., school functions as an eight-hour pre-party before the evening festivities. Homework is an annoying nuisance. Constant gratification is almost an obsession. Her hero seems to be Spuds McKenzie. On the rare retreat she attends, her goal seems to focus on new dating material. It is not surprising that many youth see her as superficial and conceited. What seems to be missing from the lives of these two young people is balance. Teens need time to Physicians for Life of Cleveland play, to loosen up, get things out invites high school seniors to ex- of their systems. Teens also need press their views on the theme, to focus on growth and develop- "They Mattered-The Present arid ment, both intellectually and Future Impact of Our Missing psychologically. I get nervous when I see a young Classmates." One first prize of $3,000 and two second prizes of , person trapped in either extreme $1,000 toward college tuition will - all work or all play. Many ofthe be awarded. healthiest young people I know Contest rules are as follows: are those who maintain this baiI) All essays are to be done by ance in their lives. They underthe student alone as certified by a stand th.e balance between work teacher/sponsor. and play. We don't necessarily '2) One essay per entrant. want all our youth to be Alexes or 3) Essays are to be on standard 8 Spuds McKenzies. 1/2 X II" paper and consist of not Maybe the whole point of the less than seven and no more than adolescent years is an experimenIO pages, including reference page tation in learning and discovering ',' about self, family, friends, the if present. 4) Entries must clearly indicate world. "Where do I fit in?" is a on the title page the participant's searching question for young peoname, address, phone number', pie: Adolescent life, while not school address, and the name and necessarily a sweatshop or a neverschool ad~ress ~f the certifying, ,ending par'ty, may be more like a teacher/ sponsor. " , , "'balance beam. 5) Entries must be postmarked ' For those who work at ·maintaining and developing balance, no later than Dec. 31, 1989 and sent to physicians for Life Essay the walk through life gets easier. contest, PO Box 24386, Cleveland For others who don't invest the ,. time and energy needed to master OH 44124. 6) Payment wi Ii be to the college tht; balance beam,jumping on and or university, in which the stuQent: expecting an easy walk along it is enrolled for fall, 1990. '" '" .:', can result in finding oneself face 7) A panel of judges wi!'1 <.Jeter- down on the floor. mine the winner. They ':'aie not obligated to declare a winner, and ONLY FULL·lINE RElIGIOUS their decision will be final. GIFT STORE ON THE CAPE 8) Winners will be announced at • • OPEN MON·SAT: 9-5:30 the annual brunc~.M:Physicians SUMMER SCHEDULE for Life. Its date and:location will OPEN 7 DA be announced in F:ebru.a'ry. d~9) All eritriesbe'come the property of PhysiC,ians for Life. By Paul Henderson The adolescent years can be exciting and frustrating. An important ingredient during these years, seems to be balance. Youth is a special age. It is a time of tremendous growth emotionally, psychologically and physically. It is a time' of conflicts and mixed emotions, of wanting separation from parents while also being dependent on them in so many ways. Feeling intense joy one minute, then a letdown the next is also part of the territory when it comes to being a teen. But many y<?ung people live in extremes. Some teens never loosen up. Then there are teens who think life is one big party. ' For example, many people know ip.dividuals who can be aptly described as 16-years-old going on 45. J.T. is a very serious young man. He goes to school, studies, maintains a job, participates in church p'rograms ,and then studies some more. He seems to be driven by a:
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Sauvage regeneral viewing; PG-I3-parental visits the Protestant enclave and guidance strongly suggested for chil- convicted Everyman (Tom Selleck) those remaining strong-minded ends up in a maximum security dren under. 13: PG-parental guidChristian farmers, educators and ance suggested: R-restricted, un- prison where he is beaten and clergy who risked their lives as an force~ to kill another inmate (Bruce suitable for children or young teens. act of faith to protect Jews from Catholic ratings: AI-approved for A. Young) to survive. The farthe Nazis. A moving tribute to children and adults: A2-approved , fetched premise strains credibility heroism and' a reminder of the for adults and adolescents: A3- in its cartoonish depiction of our power of Christian teachings. Eng- . ~ judicial and penal systems. Selapproved for adults only; A4-sepalish and French, with English subrate-classification (given films not , leck's transition from nice guy to titles. A2 -"wuglf'-dude is laughable. Racist morally offensive which, however, "Welcome Home" (Columbia): require some analysis and explana- undertones and an unseemly vi pAn Air Force flyer (Kris Kristofilante ending in a film that consistion): O-morally offensive. ferson) returns home 17 years after Catholic'-ratings for. television tently blurs the line between guilt being shot down over Cambodia movies are those of the movie house and innocence. Morally confused, in 1970 and mistakenly declared grisly violence, profanity. 0, R versions ofJhe films. dead and buried by the U.S. mil"Queen of Hearts" (Cinecom): itary. He is separated from his new .~~.,#, I ,.",."##,,,~ Sweeping family saga and love Cambodian family by illness and : story about an Italian couple (Anita returns to the States to renew ties NOTE , Zagaria, and Joseph Long) who with the American family he lefi ,t. Please check ates and • . d run ofho London to marry, raise a behind. The weepy melodrama fails ,tiines of television and radio ~Qgrams against local list· ::. family and flourish as owners of a to shed light on the very real probIngs, -"'(!Itch may differ from " cafe until their past comes back to lems faced by Vietnam veterans the New Yo~ network sched- , haunt them: Told through the eyes and their families. Some profanity of their endearing youngest son and an a,dulterous sexual encounules supplied·.o The"'l~or: (Ian Hawkes), the film is a warm ter. A3, R __...__/comedy-drama filled with many TV Program sUIprises which nicely connecrs New Films Sunday, Oct, IS, 8-9 p,m, WSBK "H eavy P ett'109 "(Sk ouras:, ) old and young, past and present, . (Ch, 38) - Miracle of Fatima: '1 t' f'l th t t' k f d and shows the power of the family . C ompl a Ion I m a a es a on Ricardo Montalban narrates this 1 k b k at the forces that sha ed ~ond ~o transcend sorrow. Mm- high-quality, Emmy-award-win00 ac . . p. Imal VIOlence some menace and teen sexuality.and datmg mores m sexual innuendo. A3 ning film, which offers new footthe 1950s. Clips from old sex ed age of Sister Lucia, the surviving and Hollywood teen films and topseer of the three Fatima children; ical period news and TV footage interviews with five witnesses to clearly catalog the messages used the "Miracle;" dramatic scenes of to contain teen libidos. Includes Our Lady's apparitions, her proinput from performers and writers phecies about Russia and her who grew up in the 19505. NostalAmerican Collegians for Life answer to today's moral and politwill hold its third annual National· ical crises. Pope John Paul II, Pro-Life Leadership Conference Alexandr Solzhenitsyn and other Jan. 20-22 at Georgetown Univer- internationlllly recognized persons Rev. Jay Maddock, Fall River sity, Washington, D.C. speak about the "secret" and proOver 200 college students are phecies. Filmed in Portugal, Engarea CYO director, announces that Bill Corey of St. William's base- expected to attend the conference, land, Rome and the United States. ball team is the winner of the to be held in conjunction with the Umpires' Sportmanship Trophy, annual March for Life, scheduled the only individual a ward the league for Jan. 22. Conference speakers will include presents each year. Each manager nominates a player outstanding Suzanne Rini, author and expert for sportsmanship, and league um- on fetal experimentation, and Dr. Jack Willke of the National Right pires choose the winner. GENERAL CONTRACTORS ' Corey has played in the Fall to Life Committee. 55 Highland Avenue There will be workshops on River Area CYO baseball league Fall River, MA 02720 since 1986 and for the past two planned parenthood, school-based seasons has been starting catcher .clinics and pregnancy aid centers, 678·5201 for St. William's. This year his and training sessions for college defensive and hitting skills helped pro-life leaders in the areas offunlead St. William's to its fourth draising, membership recruitment' and public relations. championship of the decade. Cornwell Memorial Further information is available Corey, a graduate of Durfee High School, currently attends the from American Collegians for Life, Chapel, Inc. .' University of Rhode Island. He 3316 Dent Place, N.W. Washi'ng5 CENTER STREET will play for St. William's aga,in ton, D.C. 20007. WAREHAM, MASS. American Collegians for Life is next year. DIG,NIFIED .FUNERAl SERVICE As 1989 winner, he will receive a a non-profit student organiiation DIRECTORS GEORGE E. CORNWELL trophy and his name will be inscrib- dedicated to educating collegians" EVERETT E. KAHRMA," ed on a permanent plaque 'at the ' on the medical ethics involved in '295·1'8 1 0 Fall River CVO Hall on Anawan abortion, infanticide and euthanasia. Street.
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri. Oct. 13 19R9 ' O.L. ASSUMPTIO~, ~ ":\ , ' ' 1 )..-t)S'fERVILLE . '\...A. ~-----------:----------------..-- Women's Guild membe~ w~;e asked to focus on needy Capi'cod Jakarta,'the pope praised the rapid Continued from Page One families by pastor Father Clarence cocktail. They also gave him a growth of Catholicism. He noted Murphy at their opening meeting. EMMAUS/GALILEE PROGRAM . Bible to contrast the two different that this has produced a flourishEmmaus retreat Nov. 10 to 12, ways of facing the world's prob- ing of Religious and priestly vocations. lems. Cathedral Camp, East Freetown. According to Vatican figures, in. In Indonesia Galilee reunion 7 p.m. Nov. 19, also the past seven years the number of at camp, with Father Robert S. Kas- In Indonesia, a land domizynski as speaker. native priests has increased from nated by Moslem mosques and PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER fewer than 800 to more than I, I00. Eastern religious traditions, the pope FRIENDLY SONS,.NB Lower Cape Ultreya, 8 tonight, are asked to submit news I.tems for this But more vocations are needed column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall lower church; parishioners are wel. Clement E. D~ley IS the new pres- stressed religious t,olerance and a to meet the needs of the evergrowRiver, 02722. Name of city or town should come to attend. Faith and Light Iden~ of the Fnendly.Sons of St. "respectful dialogue" that does not be Included, as well as full dates of all activing, widely dispersed Catholic popCommunity for handicapped adults Patnc.k, ~he <,>Idest Insh fraternal overshadow different beliefs. Ities. Please send news of future rather ulation, the pope said. meeting 3-6 p.m. Sunday, lo/wer orgamzatlOn l,n th.e N~w ~edford "A firm adherence to the truth than past events. Note: We do not normally church. Loaves and Fishes group a~ea. Ot~er of~lc~rs. Kevm Fmnerty, "For many Indonesian Catholcarry news of fundralslng activities. We are of one's convictions in no way happy to carry notices of spiritual provlce-pres~d~nt, Richard SaundersJr. providing food for the homeless ics the Mass is still a luxury reserved to others," the implies being closed grams, club meetings, youth projects and needs. volunteers; information: Mil- treasurer, Timothy Nelson, secretary. for only a few days of the year,"'he pope said in the nation with the similar nonprofit activities. Fundralslng dred Mullen, 385-8485; Dorothy ST. JOSEPH, NB projects may be advertised" at our regular said. world's largest Moslem population. Welch, 385-3541. Meeting 9:30 p.m. Choir rehearsals begin 9:45 a.m. rates, obtainable from The Anchor busiIn meeting this clergy shortage, Indonesian Catholics form a tiny ness offlte, telephone 675-7151. Wednesday, lower church. Sunday in the school and the choir , the pope warned against programs but fast-growing minority, with On Steering Points Items FR indicates CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH : will be heard at II a.m..Mass, also that could confuse the distinction Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford. many adult converts from Islam. Session I for Confirmation II stu- . on Sunday. Prayer meetmgs 7 p.m. between priests and lay people. The pope praised the Indonedents meets 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Father Oct. 18 and 25~ ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA "While new forms of ecclesial sian Constitution for recognizing Clinton Hall. Meeting and pot luck ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Parish Council meeting, 9 a.m. supper for child care program, 7 service and lay involvement are to Parish Halloween .,yar.t.y-.6 to 9 freedom of religion. He also praised tomqrrow, lower rectory. Informa- p.m. Oct. 24, Father Clinton Hall. ~ p.m. Oct. 31, parish center. AU wel- the state ideolo&y, Pancasila, for be welcomed, they cannot substition night for Bishop Connolly High Parish Scripture study, following 9 come. Costumes required. Y0uth establishing belief in one God as tute for the ministry of preists," he School, 7 p.m. Wednesday; parents, a.m. Mass Thursdays; Father Clinministry program now being org~- its first principle. said. faculty and students will be available ton Hall; 7-8:30 p.m. in St. Theresa's ized. Information at rectory. ! In Mauritius The pope asked that theological to answer questions. Children's Mass, Hall. Life in the Spirit Seminar, ..sT. GEORGE' WESTPORT ,.' dialogue be supplemented by othIn Mauritius, the pope will be in 10 a.m. Oct. 22. Nov. 4 and 5. Information: Bill Mul- . "Managing Modern Marriage" Will ers forms of contact, including: an island nation of 990,000 perCLASSICAL CONCERT cahy, 420-1889; Deacon ,Murphy, be discussed at 7:30 p.m. tomorr"" sons, of whom 28.2 percent are The "dialogue of life" in The Hedvig Eleonora Motet Choir 775-7218. ~e parish center._~ { Catholic. Catholicism was introwhich people "live in an open and of Stockholm, Sweden, will perform SS. PETER & PAUL, FR"')~ -'. neighborly spirit, sharing their joys duced to the country" by Vincenat Queen of All Saints Chapel, Mash- ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT '-7" --S.loh901 advisory coun.cil mc>el.ng 7 pee, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The and sorrows, their human prob- tian missionaries in 1722. There is Religious educ.ation classes f<,>r ".~t. 19, rectory. .-.,r__ r concert is the highlight of a three day one dicoese with 44 parishes, 88~ lems and preoccupations." pre-school ~nd kmderg~rten begm C'AT-Hli:DRAL Fit ,visit to Cape Cod. Information: 477priests 'and 289 sisters, according - The "dialogue of deeds," in Sunday dunng the 9:30 liturgy. The W ddli . ' . . M 5 1105; 428-3603. ass religious education teachers' 'meete 1'1S anmversanes which people cooperate for "the to figures in the 1989 Catholic ing scheduled for Oct. 12 has been "p.m. Sunday. ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Almanac. integral development of all citLadies of St. Anne Communion, rescheduled to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. ST. PATRICK, FR The pontiff returns to Rome izens." 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday; meeting, Children of Mary group for girls in Holy hour 2 p.m. Sunday, lower - The "dialogue of religious Oct. 16. Tuesday. chapel. grades 3-5 will meet 3-4:30 p.m. experience" in which people share Thursday, church hall. " ST. JULIE BILLIART, Wealth their traditions and "spiritual N. DARTMOUTH ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, riches." "I'd hate to have a million dolMeeting for parents of grade I POCASSET In a mo.rning outdoor Mass at lars and be without friends." religious education students, 7 p.m. Sadlier workshop explaining reviYogyakarta, 250 miles east of - Feather Tuesday. Confirmation II instrucsions in CCD texts, for parents and tional session, 7 p.m. Wednesday, teachers of grades 1-6, 7:30' p.m. LOS ANGELES(CNS) - Archchurch hall. Wednesday. bishop Roger M. Mahony of Los ST. MARY, SEEKONK CATHEDRAL CAMP, Angeles, at a pres.s conference to Women's Guild meeting, 7:30 p.m. E. FREETOWN Monday, CCD center. Halloween Healing retreat with Father Wil- announce a TV campaign on AI DS, party for grades 1-5, 2-4 p.m. Oct. liam Babbitt, Oct. 13-15. Junior High called on "the generous and giving gift of redemption which Christ Continued from Page One 29, church basement. Explorer Post Twilight retreat for St. Francis Xav- American spirit to look upon Al DS won for us, and which is rightly social sin, which is the result of our youth group executive committee ier, Hyannis, Oct. 17,4-8 p.m. Con- as something We all must conquer 'freedom from sin.' This is called personal sins infiltrating and conmeeting, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, parish firmation retreat for St. James, NB, together." taminating the fabric of society true peace: to be freed of sin, to center. Haunted dance. grades 9-12, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 21. The TV campaign will feature 7:30-11 :30 p.m. Oct. 21, church base- ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON and destroying the very founda- live a life which is set right with eight television spots, called "What .tion of our civilization. God, permeated by' justice and ment: Couples group meeting, 7:30 p.m. You Can Do About AIDS," pro~ tomorrow, church hall. DCCW, "Sin is the greatest enemy of love in our relations with our felO.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Parents of Confirmation students Taunton District. Corporate Com- duced by Franciscan Communicapeace, and herein lies the e~plana足 low human beings. "Therefore, the message of Fatiare asked to attend a meeting either munion, 6:45 'tonight. Mass cele- tions of Los Angeles and the CathtiOn for so much violence, crime, olic Communication Campaign. ma, as an echo of the message and brated by Bishop Cronin will be fol7: 15 p.m. Wednesday or 10 a.m. terrorism and war in our world "As the spots show," said the Thursday, parish center. High school lowed by dinner in the school audimission of Christ, is a call of unitoday. How can it be otherwise youth ministry meeting, Oct. 22; torium. Vincentian "troubadours" archbishop, "there are opportuniversal metanoia, that is,' interior when human beings deny the existplanning meeting for haunted house, will entertain at the Longmeadow ties all around us: in the hospital conversion, renewal, and the tran~足 enCe of sin, and refuse to acknowlfollowing 5: 15 p.m. Mass Sunday. Nursing Home, I:45 p.m. Sunday; visit, in educating children, in the edge and combat the.greatest enemy formation of all men and women Youth ministry sponsored blood volunteers welcome. Calix meeting, reconciliation of a family, in lovof peace, because it destroys peace into holy children' of God. drive, 2:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 2'. Anyone 6:30 p.m. Sunday, parish center. toward our neighbor, ing gestures "It is a challenge to the whole who would like to help or to donate Respite Care program for families of within us. and in organizing forces as a commay.call Bobbi Paradise, 775-8917; Alzheimer's victims; information: "Christ, the Prince and Author human raCe to acknowledge the munity." 771-1614. Parish council meeting, 8 Barbara Richards, VNA, 824-1694. of peace, came to establish true reality of the insidious web of sin, Six of the spots feature personal p.m. Tuesday, R.E. center. Chris- ST. THOMAS MORE, peace on earth, the peace which and then repent, and make amends testimonials from civic, religious tian Yoga course will meet 10-11:30 SOMERSET has its source and is in its eSsence for all personal as well as social a.m. Tuesdays starting Oct. 17; and" health leaders, as well as from Halloween costume dance for the inner peace within the human sins which obstruct, and even desinformation: 420-3458. persons with AIDS. grades 6-8, 8-11 p.m. Oct. 20. troy the hope of achievement of heart. Two spots show persons in hosST. JAMES, NB "This inner peace of heart is the peace in our world." pital, classroom, family and neighCYO meeting, 2 p.m. Sunday, borhood settings, promoting love church hall; will include election of ~ 234 Second Street and compassion for those with the officers. St. Vincent de Paul -meet~ Fall River, MA 02721 ing, 7 p.m. Wednesday, parish center. disease. ~WebOffset
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WASHINGTON (CNS) - Leaders of Jesuit Social Ministries and the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions have joined Protestant and Jewish oficials in suggesting President Bush's anti-pollution legislation "falls short" of his promises. In a letter to the president, Jesuit Fathers Joseph R. Hacala, director of the national office of Jesuit Sodal Ministries, and Ted Zeurn, associate director of the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, expressed conCern about the Clean Air Act" Amendments.
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