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By Joseph Motta

"Let the peace of heart which comes from' Christ be always present in your hearts and lives. !'

-Col. 3:15 Thousands prayed and sang as they gathered at St. Mary's Cathedral; Fall River, on Mon­ day, to participate in the 11th annual diocesan candlelight pro-' cession and Mass for Peace.

Every generation was repre­ sented at the celebration.

"We gather once again to pay' devotion to the Blessed Mother by reciting the rosary in the month of October, rosary month," said Msgr.John J. Oliveira, diocesan chancellor for Ecclesiastical Matters.

"This year," he continued, "we add a special prayer for Bishop Cronin as he prepares to undergo surgery for an eye malady."

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has undergone surgery for a detached retina.

Procession participants walked from the cathedral to the Mass site St. Anne's Church at Middle and , South Main Streets, a distance of i about a mile.

Early arrival Mrs. Irene Martin a member of St. Mary's parish, Fairhaven, came with friends from various parishes to represent the

By NC News Senice In 1984 U.S. Catholics gave more than $43.6 million' to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

While that figure is more than triple the 1964 amount of $14.2 million, it is down about 8 percent when inflation over the past 20 years is taken into account. . "It looks far better in raw fig­ ures than it actually is," said James Borut, head of the society's national finance office, in a telephone inter­ view. "We're actually behind because the figures did not increase as much as the CPI (consumer price index) did."

At the end of 1984 it took $3.35 to buy what $1 would buy 20 years earlier, but in 1984 the society received from U.S. Catholics $3.08 for every dollar it got in 1964.

"Not to minimize the generosity of the Catholic people, it'$. ,been tough keeping up" with inflation, said Borut.

U.S. Catholics contribute about half of the total amount that the papal fund-raising agency receives each year from around the world.

Most ofthe rest comes from West­ ern Europe and Canada.

The money "provides the most basic 'bread and butter' support for the church in the missions," said Msgr. William J. McCormack, national director of the society.

"The church in the develo,ping world continues to experience sig­ nificant growth," and the growth brings new financial needs, he said.

"It is a blessing that U.S. Catholics take very seriously the call to be missionary and express their mis­ sion spirit in this manner."

In addition to the $43,640,078 U.S. Catholics gave to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in 1984, they gave $2,263,681 to the Society of St. Peter Apostle --,- a separate but related agency which supports seminarians and religious novices in mission lands. In the United States, as in many other countries, both societies are admin­ istered by ~he same offices, both nationally and on the diocesan level.

Matthew Paratore, the Propa­ gation's communications officer, said that of the $43.6 million given to the society last year, $8.3 mil­ lion or about one-fifth came from the annual Mission Sunday collec­ tion. The society receives 51 per­ cent of that collection, while 40 percent goes to the home missions and 9 percent goes to the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, he said.

Another third of the society's annual income comes from instru­ ments of "deferred giving" such as wills, legacies, trusts or annuities.

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Legion of Mary. A woman with a ready smile, she was happy to note that "devotion to our Blessed Mother is making a comeback."

As buses arrived at the Cathed­ ral with faithful from all over the diocese, prayers and Marian hymns began.

Hundreds representing Santo Christo parish, Fall River, arrived on foot, singing hymns in Portu­ guese; that ethnic community made up a large percent of attendees.

At about 6 p.m. on the mild Columbus Day evening, the thou­ sands of pilgrims began their walk for peace. Men from Espirito Santo parish, Fall River, carried a statue of Our Lady of Fatima, honoring the appearance of Mary to three children at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. Through them, Mary told the world to pray the rosary to achieve peace.

The many groups in attendance carried colorful banners identify­ ing themselves as members of par­ ish communities and organizations.

They moved slowly towards St. Anne's, carrying candles, which, as darkness grew, glowed ever brighter.

Many lined the sidewalks to view the procession, some joining as it passed them.

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MISSIONARIES the world around seek to bring the Good News of the Gospel to the poor and hopeless, epitomized by these despairing inhabitants of the Third World ..

ADCUP banquet

Mission Sunday aids university

'miracle of love'

Msgr., John J. Oliveira, Dioc­ esan Director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, not­ ing that Sunday is World Mission Sunday, said that the love for the missions of God's people in the Fall River diocese is well known.

This year, he said, it is his earn­ est hope that prayer and sacrifice for the missions will continue and indeed increase. . Discussing Mission Sunday, he related the story of newly-Christian Simeon, who moved his wife and children from their ancestral vil­ lage in Tanzania to another village some miles distant, explaining, "The new village hasn't heard the message of Christ. " Simeon epitomizes the goal of Mission Sunday, continued Msgr.

Oliveira. "It is a day," he explained, "to allow ourselves to be moved by the Holy Spirit to be Christ's wit­ nesses to the world by giving the Church the means to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus to the mission

poor in word, work, and sacra­ ment.

The theme of Mission Sunday 1985 is from the words of St. Paul in Acts 28: "This Salvation of God has been ~ent to all peoples, and they are listening to it!" , Recognizing the need for the Gospel message among the world's poorest people, Pope John Paul refers to the importance of World Turn To Page 6

NOTICE

Due to the recent eye surgery of Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, the visit of Cardinal Bernard Law to the Fall River diocese, planned for 5 p.m. Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral, will be postponed to a later date.

Bishop Cronin, now recup­ erating, expresses gratitude to all who joined in prayer for his speedy recovery.

Hundreds offriends ofthe Catho­ lic University of Portugal were in attendance last Saturday at a con­ cert and ,banquet at Bristol Com­ munity College, Fall River.

The glittering event was spon­ sO,red by the Association for the Development of the Catholic Uni­ versity of Portugai (ADCUP) in honor of the birthday of its founder" the late Humberto Cardinal Medeiros.

Guests of honor and speakers included Bernard Cardinal Law, ADC UP president and Cardinal Medeiros'successor as archbishop of Boston, and Bishop Daniel A. Cronin.

Cardinal Law recalled that in the aftermath of Mexico City's recent disastrous earthquake, he was asked to celebrate a Mass in the midst of the ruins. He said the request witnessed to the strong faith of the Mexican people and likened it to the faith Cardinal Medeiros hoped to see manifested in graduates of the Catholic Uni­ '. versity of Portugal.

The Qanquet and one to be held Nov. 17 in New Bedford will benefit, the Lisbon institution's Pope John Paul II library, now under con­ struction. The library's main floor and auditorium will be named for Cardinal Medeiros, the only recip­ ient thus far of an honorary degree from the university.

University History Among those present at the banquet was Msgr. Luiz G. Men­ donca, Fall River vicar general; ADCUP vice-president and trea­ l\urer.

He had earlier traced the history of the Catholic University of Por­ tugal, saying that it was founded in 1967 and progressed until the 1974 revolution in Portugal, at which time the Communist party took over all means of communication and transportation, and also with­ drew government subsidies from the new university, which was thus left in a precarious financial condition.

It was at this juncture that Card­ inal Medeiros stepped io to found ADCU P, which has to date raised some $300,000 for the university.

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2 chaplains at hospitals Under auspices of the Diocesan Department of Pastoral Care, which is funded by the Catholic Charities Appeal, directors of pas­ toral care have been appointed at Parkwood Hosp!tal, New Bedford, and Morton Hospital, Taunton.

Sister Rose Agnew, RSM, will serve at Parkwood and Rev. Raul Lagoa at Morton.

Sister Agnew Sister Agnew' will· facilitate the . ministry of local clergy in c!1ring for the spiritual needs of hospital­ 'ized members.

Sister Agnew comes to Park­ wood from Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, where she was Catho­ lic chaplain since. 1978 and pas­ toral care coordinator since.l980..

She holds a bachelor's degree in education from Salve Regina Col­ lege, Newport,master's degrees in education and divinity.

A teacher, lecturer, Eucharisti"c minister and pastoral counselor, Sister Rose is certified in clinical pastoral educatiori, is a member of the National Association of Catho­ lic Chaplains and serves· on its regional board of directors.

BOSTON (NC) - The heads of Massachusetts' four dioceses have reiterated their stand against rein­ stating capital punishment in the commonwealth.

They said capital punishment "under present circumstances does not seem to be justified as an appropriate form of restitution, crime deterrence or criminal reform."

The statement was issued Oct. 2, the same day the state Senate effectively killed a death penalty -bill for this legislative session.

The statement was similar to one issued by the state's bishops in March 1982, but,in the new state­ ment the bishops said they were speaking directly to the current debate in the Massachusetts· Legislature.

They also said they wished "to record our conviction that con­ cerned legislative action is needed to address the 'wider problem of desperately needed penal reform."

The statement was signed by Father Lagoa Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Bos­ Father Lagoa, former parochial ton and Bishop Timothy J. Har­ vicar at St. Jo'hn the Baptist rington of Worcester, Daniel A. Church, New Bedford, succeeds Cronin of Fall River and Joseph Rev. Michael Nagle at Morton F. Maguire of Springfield.

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Ordained in 1979 by Bishop The bishops said that "even Daniel A.' Cronin, he attended though we oppose the r~storation Pope John XXIII National Semi­ of capital punishment," their posi­ nary in Weston. His previous assign­ tion "must not be construed as a ments were as parochial vacar at failure on our part to recognize, St. Mary's Church, Norton, .and from I,l moral point o( view, the Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Taunton. . plight and suffering of innocent Born in Graciosa, Azores, he victims and potential victims of came to the United States at four crime." with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. "Catholic teaching has always mOUSANDS .OF DIOCESAN faithful gather for Columbus Day Peace Mass at St. accepted the principle that the Evaristo C. Lagoa, residents of New Bedford. . . .

-Anne's church, Fall River, top. picture; bottom, Peace Mass. concelebrants. (Gaudette state has the right to take the life of Prior to entering the seminary, a person guilty of· an extremely photos) . Father Lagoa earned a degree in serious crime," the bishops said. accounting and did advanced study But, they said, "there is a differ­ at Providence College. ence between the possession of a Also associated .with 'Morton's right and its actual exercise." The pastoral care office is Sister Ann the human heart, Msgr. Mendonca the threeto concelebrate Mass, he Continued From Page One question facing Massachusetts, the Mildred Brown, OP.. said. said, so the bishop said a Mass, bishops said, was how best to fos­ Father MichaelK. "McManus, and then knelt throughout Masses Father Lagoa said that his first Intentions at the Mass included ter "a regard for law and for pro­ ordained in June and parochial celebrated by the other two. All priority is to enhance the liturgy at prayers for peace in the homelands . tection of society while at the same vicar at St. Mary's Cathedral, was were offered for the people and Morton Hospital. "We have been of aU pres~nt. The gifts were time ensuring respect for all per­ a first-timer at the eV,ent. blessed with Lisa Kelly, guitarist brought to the altar by three young religious of the Fall River diocese. sons, both victims and criminals." .When asked his impressions, he and singer; in sharing he,r talents children, two girls and a boy, . "Tonight we commit ourselves said, "I think it's a humbling and t%ur endeavor as a people look­ for the patients and staff. Hope­ representing the youngste'rs to very edifying experience to see the' ing for lasting peace," Msgr. Men­ fully, anyone who has the talent of whom Mary appeared at Fatima. faith of all these good people who donca said, in delivering Bishop playing a musical instru'ment and Many times during the Mass, have come out to profess and pray Cronin's homily. enjoys singing will join this minis­ the large gathering sang with St. for peace." . ­ try. They would be most welcome," Anne's parish choir. The attitude he said. .

To walk along the ·procession was one of hope. As the first can­ The group gathered in proces­ route and pass the marchers was sion, he said; to say the rosary for Sunday Mass is 'held at 3:45 dies began to light the night at the WASHINGTON (NC) -Msgr. indeed moving: each group recited world p'eace "as Our Blessed Lady p.m. in the hospital's Margaret beginning of the procession, the John R. McNamara, a priest of the rosary and sang in its own lan­ Stone Conference Room and is pilgrims sought the help of Our the Boston Archdiocese, has been requested at Fatima.. .in a, world guage independently, but all where peace is such a fragile gift." televised to patients.

Lady to light the world with the appointed Navy chief of chap­ blended into a beautiful whole. fire of peace.

The journey for peace begins in Qains and director of religious When all had reached St. Anne's,_ ministries with the rank of rear . the spacious church overflowed admiral, -the Department of the with worshipers. About 20 priests' Navy'announced in Was~ington. concelebrated'the Peace Mass; Msgr.

GREENSBURG, Pa. - "The Society.

The Office of the Chief of Luiz G. Mendonca, diocesan vicar time to do something is now," Blessed John tramped across Chaplains manages the Navy's WASHINGTON (NC) A general was chief'concelebrant in said Leo H.' Neud-ling of Balti­ -Europe te~ching the devotion 1,126-member chaplain corps shortage of Catholic military the absence of Bishop Cronin, more, .the new president· of the until his death in 1283. He was and more than 1,100 enlisted re­ chaplains has·prompted Rep. delivering the hCimily and asking Robert Borski, D-Pa., to urge the the congregation to remember the . Holy Name. Society, talking beatified by Pope Pius X in 1903. ,ligious program specialists. _about furthering the cause for Beatification is the second step Msgr. McNamara had been Rentagon to address ,the problem bishop in their prayers.. : and has forced the Army in­ canonization of Blessed John of in the canonization process. Be­ . deputy chief of chaplains since Speaking in English and Portu­ VercelIi, the society's founder. crease its priest recruiting ef-' guese, the. vicar general shared a ing declare!! venerable is the first Aug. 1983 and had previously worked in the Office of the Chief forts. But an Army spokesman' personal re~iniscence. S'aying that Blessed John of Vercell;, also step, and sainthood is ·the final.

Bishop Cronin is "highly devoted known'as Dominican Father John denied tpat unfairness to Cath­ The theme of the 15th annual of Chaplains as director of the Garbella, while master general of convention was "Youth: BUilders. Distribution olic clergy or middle-aged men is to th.e 'Mother of. God," he spoke and Placement behind its efforts to sign up of a special trip to Fatima, part of the Dominicans in 1274, was of Faith in the 21st Century."

Division. young, physically fit priests an excursion to Portugalthe bishop commissioned !by Pope Gregory . Keynote speaker Conventual A Olitive of Worcester, Mass., while booting out those who fail took with Msgr. Mendonca and X to have his priests preach rev­ Franciscan Father Bruce Ritter, . Msgr. McNamara was ordained to be promoted after a number Msgr. Oliveira. The shrine at the erence for the holy name of who ca'res for runaway youths, far the Boston Archdiocese in apparition site was too small for of years in the service.

Jesus, instituting the Holy Name related how his work began.

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hijack 'infamous'

By Agostino Bono VATICAN CITY (NC) - The hijacking of an Italian luxury liner in the Mediterranean Sea was "an infamous and shameful act," said a front-page editorial in the Oct. 13 edition of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. .

It called the murder of 69-year­ old Leon Klinghoffer, a U.S. citiz­ en on board the' ship, 'a "barbar­ ity."

"The figure of Leon Klinghof­ fer symbolically summarizes the fate of an entire group of inno­ cent, defenseless people - worn· en, babies, the elderly, the healthy 'and ,the sick - who ,for many years ,have died because of the. violence which springs from .the Arab-Israeli conflict, from the Palestinian question, and from the tormented destiny of Lebanon," the editorial said.

Klinghoffer, partiaUypara­ lyzed from a series of strokes, used a wheelchair.

He was missing after the ship was freed from the four terror· ists, identified by authorities as members of :the Palestine Libera­ tion Front, ~ho had hijacked it.

Other passengers said Klinghoffer was shot and thrown ov~rboard.

All that remains as a form of redemption is the obligation to isolate men of terror who, among other things dishonor the' some­ times well-founded cause they are committed to," the editorial said.

On Oct. 9, Pope John Paul II . 'expressed bis "heartfelt .criti­ cism of the Oct. .7 hijacking.

Robert Coggeshall St. Mary's Cathedral, which he so often andso lovingly decorated for feasts and special ceremonies was the setting Tuesda'y for the Mass of Christian Burial for Robert F. Coggeshall, who died Oct. II. A lifelong Cathedral parishioner, the son of the late John an~ Mabel (Clancy) Coggeshall, he had for many yea,rs been its head usher.

"He knew the contents of every drawer and closet," recalled Msgr Thomas J.·Harrington, Cathedral rector and principal celebrant and homilist for the Mass. He quoted the Elizabeth Barrett Browning sonnet, "How do' I love thee? Let me count the ways" in enumerat­ ingthe myriad ways "Bobby"served the parish he loved.

"All his other concerns in life ceded and yielded to his devotion to the Church,:' said the rector.

In addition to his work at the Cathedral, he was for years in charge ofdecorations for the annual Bishop;s Ball. He was among 1969 recipients of the diocesan Marian Medal.

Many diocesan priests, includ­ ing several who had served at St. Mary's Cathedral, were among con­ celebrants of Tuesday's Mass, at which members of the Diocesan Choir sang. Selections included "How Holy Is This Place," a choice reflecting Coggeshall's dev­ otion to the see church.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was to be principal celebrant at the Mass, said Msgr. Harrington, and was prevented only by his unexpected hospitalization for surgery for a detached retina.

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THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH

Oc:;tober 20th is Mission Sunday-World Mission Day. Christ asks all of us to be missionaries. He does not ex­ pect everyone to leave home and family and labor in His vineyards in foreign lands. You have work enough . in your own neighborhood! ,

22 diocesans to attend NCCW'parley in Miami Mrs. James A. O'Brien Jr., Boston Province Director of the National Council of Catholic Wo­ men, is a candidate for the organi­ zation's national nominating com­ mittee. Elections will be held at the biannual NCCW convention, to be held Oct. 21 to 25 at the Sher­ ato~ Twin Towers Hotel, Orlando, FL.

A business session will include proposed revision .of bylaws and personnel policies, and the elec­ tion of officers.

Miami Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy will be principal cele­ brant at the opening liturgy. Cele­ brating the closing convention Mass will be Bishop Kenneth J. Povish, National Council of Catho­ lic Bishops'liason to the council.

Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, dioce­ Fall River area attendees will be san moderator, will lead a delega­ Mrs. O'Brien; Mrs.; Aubrey Arm­ tion of 19 Fall .River diocesan strong, diocesan president; Mrs. council members to the conven­ Anthony J. Geary, Fall River dis­ tion, which has as theme "One trict' president; Mrs. Michael J ..

Mind, One Heart in One Spirit." McMahon, Mrs. Manuel.Nogueira, Father James F. Lyons, New Bed­ Mrs. Bertrand Patenaude, Mrs. ford deanery moderator, and Raymond Lavoie, Mrs. Mary Father Joseph L. Powers, St. Eli­ Medeiros, Mrs. Katherine Harring­ zabeth Seton parish, No. Falmouth, ton. will also attend.

Cape .Cod: Mrs. James Quirk, Mrs. Gilbert Noonan, Ms. Esther Leadership workshops will be 'J>rovided for all levels: council Turnball, Mrs. Ruth Travers.

Attleboro area: Mrs. David Sell­ diocesan, deanery and affiliates.

Resolutions wilr:be proposed mayer, Mrs. Normand Jette.

New Bedford Area: Miss Dor­ regarding the U.S. bishops' pas­ torals on the economy and women . othy' Curry, Mrs. Emmett P. in society, agriculture, drug abuse Almond, Ms. Anna O'Neil, Miss Margaret Linney. . and ethnic outreach.

But He does exPect all of us to help Spread His Gospel.

You can answer His call in another way ... through your gifts to Catholic Near East; the Holy Father's own mission to the Eastern Churches.

GO TEACH For just $15 a month, you can train a native priest-a All Sister, for $12.50. For only $14 a month, you can NATIONS "adopt" a needy child. They'll send you their photos and write to you.

Churches, schools, clinics, rectories and convents, chapels and prayer huts are needed for Ollr neighbors.

You can build a special Memorial for someone you love with a gift of $5 to 15 thousand. The true spirit is to give what you can, remembering thatyour gift will help our priests and sisters carry on their Christ-like service in the Near East.

A Your Sunday dinner'will seem tastier (and be more TASTY meaningful) if you share your blessings with the hungry RECIPE families huddled in refugee camps of the Near East.

Missioners must feed both body and soul of their peo­ pie ... you can feed a refugee family for an entire month for $20. Can you feed your own family for a single meal with $20? Sacrifice for a family you may never mee! except in prayer. To express our thanks, we'll send an olive wood rosary from the Holy Land. We . need your prayersl OTHER The needs of "the people served by our missionaries are WAYS' great. Sometimes it's hard to decide just where your TO .help is needed most. Why not let the missionaries themHELP? selves decide? Mark your gift On any amount) stringless and send it to us. The Holy Father will tell us where it's needed.

Through Catholic Near' East Deferred Giving Plans, you receive a guaranteed income for as long as you live. Then your gift goes to the help of Christ's poor in the Near East. The good you do lives on after you. Write for deta,ils today.

. Ethiopian relief efforts effective NEW YORK (NC) - Famine' relief efforts in Ethiopia are now working "very effectively" and refugee camp popUlations have dropped dramatically, according to Bishop Daniel P. Reilly, chair­ man of the board of Catholic Re­ ,lief Services.

Bishop ReillY' recently returned from a 10~day inspection'trip to Ethiopia.

He reported that CRS pro­ vides 18,000 tons or 80,000 metric tons of focid reaching Ethiopia monthly.

The bishop also reported "refu­ gee camp populations are down dramatically. People are going back to the land to start fa:rm­ ing again." He added there are still 50,000 to 60,000 refugees in

camps, but that is a drop from a high of 250,000 a few months ago.

Ethiopia still needs massive imports of food for at least the next year, he sai~. "If we don't provide food at the same level as at present, we oan have a recurrence of the disastrous suffering that we had in the past.

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Living Missi.on The mission given by Christ to his follow'ers was in essence quite simple. He directed them to do three things: teach, preach and heal. This is the mission of the church because it is the mission of Christ: Somehow, .in the midst of today's pseudosophistication, where simplicity has little meaning, we have complicated, con­ fused and compounded this charge. But many feel that until we return to its essence, we will continue to struggle and even in some areas fail in our missionary efforts: As one missionary recently declared, the more we stray from the Gospel, the smaller the yield of our labors. As Catholi~ . missionaries substitute contemporary theories of political and sociologicaJ activism for the words of Christ, a substantial gap is created between church and peoJ.>le. .'

Other Christian denominations are ~~re than ready to fill this gap.. The unbelievable increase in fundamental Pentecos­ tal missions and their success in many Third World areas have been attributed by many to the inability or refusal of some Ne/ UPI photo Catholic missionaries to preach and teach the Word. A case in point is that of South America, where many missionaries have . FAMISHED REFUG,EES PLOD TOWARDS CAMP ON THE SUDANESE-ETHIOPIAN BORDER \ substituted sociology for theology and where efforts:to liberate 'Your land shall be desert' Lev. 26:33 have had political implications seemingly overriding Gospel values. .

Never in church history have missionary efforts been unaf­ fected by the life around them. For example, tbe 1911editioo' of the Catholic encyCtopediadiscusses controversies centering around Christian missions of that day. But it emphasizes that reports of comparative.failure do not prejudice the total mis­ sion cause; and that in fact, the more numerous thedifficulties~ the more praiseworthy the efforts to overcome;:. them..

What was a pertinent reflection 76 years' ago, remal~ls vali~ today. Thus, if we hear of isolated areas where missions have been misdirected by a few to personal goals and objectives, we . should not become discouraged. There are still thousands of CatllOlic priests, religious'a'nd laity who,inspired by the Holy Spirit, are living out the missionary directives of Christ.

Evidence of this is to be found especially in Africa, where flourishes the fastest-growing segment of the unIversal church and where implementation ofthe mandate to teach, preach and heal has brought many nations local churches that have' far surpassed all expectations.

These churches stand as solid testimony to the effectiveness of Gospel values amid some of the most tragic situations of ,man and nature. Despite famine and ~rought, the African experience has clearly indicated that a mere sociological approach to Gospel mission is bondage spirituality. The suc­ ,cess ofthose who preach, teach and heal amid the most'devas­ tating conditions has truly written a unique' chapter in the life of God's people.

We in this country should be aware of our church's efforts to evangelize. Mission Sunday gives us the opportunity for such awareness. It also charges us to consider or reconsider, as the case may be, our church's goals and objectives in so-called. mission hinds. Such a process should lead us to greater per­ sonal support of the Gospel directives.

We must not lose sight of the fact that we are a missionary church. Those personally spreading the :Gospel of Christ can~" not live their commitment unless we make it possible: . " , ,. Supporting them IS an outward sign that wetoo are Illission­ aries in mind and h.eart. ' .

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NEW YORK .(NC) - Latin In that earlier period, he sa'id, lems in such areas as freedom of America's 150,000 religious 'a're some religious trying to bring' the press and religious liberty generally moving toward some' changes in society werea'ttracted' were no worse than in Spain at form of ;Iiberation theology, but to the Soviet' mOdel; but today the time of its civil' war. are more critical of Marxist they know more about Marxism, Though Latin America former~ models than in the past, says the and have a different view.

Iy received many of its rel'igious new head of the Conference of "Fifteen years ago, some peo­ hom other countries, FaJher Latin American ReHgious.

Jesuit Father Luis Ugalde, a ple made statements that were Ugalde ;~a!d, it is now .I~roducing not .mature,'! ,Father Ugalde said. large numbers of vocations. This sociologist at the Catholic Uni­ versity of Caracas, Venezuela, "When people get a new idea, has brought the 'need for more was interviewed at the annual sometimes they are not able to institutions for: educating reli­ gious. meeting of the U.S. Conference make many nuances, and some­ times they are a little naive." of Major Superiors of Men in On the' liberation theologies , .

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He noted, however, that they growing up in Latin America, the Father Ugalde said he found still considered it valuable for Vatican has acknowledged that thinking at the CMSM assembly Catholics to study l\:1arx's critique liberation is '8 legitimate Chris­ similar to that of CLAR. of ..religion and to guard against tian theme for theological reflec­ He said Guatemala was chosen situations where the church might tion but 'has cautioned stTongly' for' the CLAR assembly because be functioning as an opiate, as against a tendency to adopt 'its political situation was the Marx claimed. it did, Marxist forms of thinking. It re­ worst in Latin America, and cently sHenced a 'leading Brazi.

Father Ugalde said the attrac­ CLAR wished to support the· tion of Cuba, "as a model for lian liberation theologian, F'ran­ Guatemalan church and religious. other countries in Latin America ciscan Father Leonardo Boff.

Guatemala's government views CLAR was not dire~t1y in­ has so diminished that he did as "dangerous" any church per­ • volved with that case, Father not think even the Sandinista sonnel working with the 60 per­ rulers' of Nicaragua wished to Ugalde said, but Latin 'American cent of the population' that is religious . "are conV'inced that 'emulate it. .

Indian," he said. what Father Boff has to give to Regarding Nicaragua, Father the church is very important _ At the assembly, Father Ugal. de said, delegates spent much . Ugalde said Latin American reli- . not the absolute truth but very gious were about. half favorably important. It is important to be time reflecting on their experi­ ence with "the very poor" and inclined toward the present gov­ able' to discuss without saying preparing a document on "how to "'ernment and ha'1f opposed. B'U'~ the last word. Sometimes the reinterpret our origina" charism he noted that even some reli­ Vatican has to say the last word, gious critica·l of the Sandinista but in these issues we need more in this new situation.... . government, .including those intermediate discussion.

In the past the poor have com­ monly. been viewed ·as. objects of serving in it; consider the alter- .

There are different views assistance, he sa'id, but religious native represented by the guer­ now want to help' them become Til-his worse. They. argue, he said, all'\ong TeHgious orders and with­ "subjects" in church and society, that overthrow of' th.e prese~t in ea<:h order, Father Ugalde people who express their own government would 'mean a civil said, but overall, the religious of ideas developed' out of their own war costing' thousands. of lives, Latin Amerioa show a concern . experience. and the outcome' wOllld be a to present God as "liberator" not as a God who 'supports oste~- .

ChHean-style miHtary dictator­ not The key issue, he said; is sibly Christian dictatorships or theology, liberation or cjtherwise ship. is indifferent tp killing ,and tor­ . but' 'letting the poor speak and Father Ugalde, like the noted tUTe. "change the life of our church." liberation theologian, Jesuit

. Father Ugalde said religious now Father Jon Sobrino, and like the .. "For us, the first point is that we

believe they and other church Jesuit founder, St. Ignatius of need to show clearly that God is

,leaders sometimes went too far in LoyoIa, is a Basque. He was or­ the God of life, not of death," he

trying to reform popula'r religious dainedat Loyola with Father said. "But then the second point of

practices after the Second Vatican Sobrino. mediating faith and social change

Council They. now give more is not so evi.dent. There are many respect to the "rdigiousity" of the 'Comparing Nicaragua with the hypotheses. We make mistakes and people. .

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That's our first reaction when­ ever a new idea comes up. It feeds into those Seven Last Words of the Church: "We've never done it that way before." Fix-it-yourself garages aren't, or shouldn't be, a part of a church, the typical think­ ing goes, because nobody has ever done it. Frankly, I don't know of any parish that has a tinkering place for youths so I don't know if it would work. The idea, as I said, was only half serious.

Yet, I do find parishes with interesting ideas that have given new life and community to pari­ shioners. I'd like to share a few here. Probably the most novel idea belongs to St. Thomas More par­ ish in Suburban Denver. It'runs a commercial restaurant, The Padre, on its premises. It's into its eighth

year now and has made the parish one of the most unique in the area.

It sprang from the fertile mind of its founding pastor, Father Fred McCallin, who studied human behavior while planning the parish.

"He noted that most community revolves around food and drink in our culture, so he designed a place right on the grounds, attached to the church, where families can get a nice meal for reasonable prices.

People meet at The Padre for the hundreds of committee meetings that are part of parish life. Wed­ ding rehearsal dinners and recep­ tions are held there. Bridge-playi.ng , seniors spend the afternoon there.

The purpose is not to make money but to make community, and as such it's immensely success­ ful. Father McCallin and his parochial vicar often greet people during the dinner hour. Business people from the area come for lunch, so it brings outsiders in as well. It is managed by a profes­ sional restauranteur who hires staff.

Other interesting and novel par­ ish ideas include one that has offi­ ces in a shopping mall right next to the supermarket. People run in and out for classes, meetings, books and information when they make a run for milk. It makes sense.

Today's mall is yesterday's town square, where the church' was a physical part of community life.

Minding the shop

"Why are the bishops run­ ning here and there trying to solve everyone else's problems when they can't even solve the 'problems in their own dioceses?"

That question was put to me by a good friend who went on to say: "There is so much disunity these days. The morale of priests is low.

Women are angry at the church.

Sisters are up in arms. We have racial problems, drug problems and the problem of giving our youth the ba'sics of their religion."

His immediate objection was to news reports regarding commis­ sions of bishops traveling to EI Salvador, Ethiopia, South Africa and Poland. He thought the bishops should be giving their full atten­ tion to minding the shop in their own country.

Questions of this nature arise every time the bishops get involved in matters that seem to, reach beyond the boundaries of their dioceses. The complaint is heard especially when they get involved in social justice issues.

The argument against outside involvement is often defended by the principle that it is better to address problems you have con­ trol over than to attempt to solve problems that have very little, if any, hope of final solution. The U.S. bishops, the argument goes, have very little chance of influenc­ ing the powers of foreign govern­ ments or even understanding the politics involved.

If this world's history is viewed as a series of events over which

governments somehow exercise sole or ultimate responsibility, then per­ haps the bishops should stay home.

If, on the' other hand, one views this world as the arena of salvation history, in which all are accounta­ ble to God, that's a different story.

Not only should bishops become actively involved in the world's

affairs, but so should every prac­ ticing Christian.

Today because of better com­ munications the world is' 'becom­ ing smaller - not in size but in how close people on one side of the· world can feel to those on the other side.

Let me give some examples.

No generation before ours has ever been so sensitized to the bl"U­ tality of war as we have been.

Awareness of starvation and social injustices in all parts of the world is heightened through com­ munications satellites and other communications advances:

{necrology] October 19 Rev. Manuel A. Silvia, Pastor, 1928, Santo Christo, Fall River October 21

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1942, 'St. Stephen, Dodgeville Rev. WalterJ. Buckley"Retired Pastor, 1979, St. Kilian, New Bedford October 22 Rev. John E. Connors, Pastor, 1940, St. Peter, Dighton Rev. Jerome F. O'Donnell, OFM, 1983, Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford October 23 Rev. Joseph Eid, Pastor, 1970, St. Anthony of Desert, Fall River October 24

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I know a parish' that turned unused school classrooms into a day care center, a senior citizen's room with facilities for, playing cards and other activities, and a family resource room where par­ ents can wait for children while meeting other parents, browsing among parenting books, or study­ ing scripture with friends.

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Q. I have a question that came up during a table discussion at our catechumenate program. I under­ stand about group penance servi­ ces but also know that there is a need for personal reconciliation.

One of our teachers informed us that she and her husband go to confession together. She said that I also know a Catholic book­ every priest would not allow it and store owner who is presently con­ they had to find one that would. sidering franchise outlets in par­ She said she and her husband ishes to give parishioners an oppor­ are so close that they have no tunity to find books and religious articles they used to have to go secrets and know what the other is downtown to buy. I've written thinking.

I really would have to disagree about parish communal gardens with that. All of us have a side that 'and parish Mothers Days Out where· moms can d.rop their kids no one knows, and who is to say off once weekly and have a day to when situations or moods might influence actions that are foreign themselves. even to a devoted spouse.

All these cause consternation at Many couples have deep caring first, but when they work, pari­ relationships, but all should still shioners are supportive and proud have the freedom to sit before the of them. As Mark Twain said, priest for personal reconciliation "Everyone with a new idea is con­ and consultation about their insight sidered a crank - until it succeeds. into life.

Am I wrong? Is the practice of couple reconciliation accepted? At a recent reconciliation service where By several priests were available, this couple went together- to a priest and he accepted them, visibly enjoy­ FATHER ing a friendly sharing between the three. (Colorado) EUGENE A. There is no provision what­ soever in the church's liturgy for HEMRICK sacramental confession of the type you mention. No priest has a right to introd uce this type of sacramen­ tal action.

The reason representatives of As you indicate, while there the U.S. bishops travel to such may be deep intimacy' between a places as. EI Salvador and Ethiopia' husband and wife, they still have is because they are sensitive to the their individual relationships to afflictions and the social injustices Go"d and that relationship must be experienced by people - people respected in the sacrament of made in God's image. The bishops penance. are motivated by a sense of history In spite of what your acquain­ which compels 'them to react. tance says, I strongly suspect that It is not a secular history which what they are experiencing is not says: The atrocities ·have always really the sacrament of penance. been with us, they are the respon­ The priest may be talking with sibility of the governments of the them, and even sharing with them people undergoing them. and for them a prayer of forgive­ Rather it is a sense of history ness and reconciliation without it being the sacrament itself. which says: All nations are account­ I have occasionally experienced able to God; the prophetic call we receive in baptism demands that a husband and wife coming to­ we who know wnat.. is wrong must gether, particularly in a communal react, whether we can solve the penance service, Marriage Encoun­ ter or other appropriate situation, problem or not, because unfortu­ .nate people throughout the world wanting to speak of their mutual are our responsibility as much as concerns and faults and asking God's forgiveness and healing. people in our own dioceses.

Since the days of the prophets Obviously this may be a beauti­ who were concerned not only with ful, spiritually enriching and for­ Israel but with all nations, mind­ giving experience for them as well ing one's shop has always meant as for the priest. Such an· event, being mindful of all peoples. remains distinct, however, from 'THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). SeconJ Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. Pub: Iished weekly except rhe week of July 4 and the week after Christmas at 410 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02720 by the' Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River . Subscription price by mail, postpaid $8.00 per year. Postmasters send address. changes to: The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, MA' 02722.

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Q. Our oldest daughter, who is not married, is going to have a baby. The baby's father, who is also Catholic, told her to have an abortion, but she refused.

She told her father about the baby and now my husband will have nothing to do with her. He says that she is dead to him, that she is not his daughter anymoll'e because she is going to have a "bastard baby." The baby will be born in November.

I have tried to talk with him and told him we are all God's children,

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

but he doesn't listen. He is making me choose between my daughter and our marriage.

I love both of them and cannot choose. How can I handle all this?

Maybe God can show my husband the way through. I pray for them both to be able to handle the prob­ lem. (Delaware) A. I must tell you that I prayed much over this answer and am yet not sure I can say anything that will help you accomplish what you wish.

Each time I encounter such a situation, which thank God is not often, it is a profound mystery to me how a father or very often a mother can bear such malicious hostility to his own child and such hatred for his grandchild who is not even born.

The embarrassment and sense of frustration and perhaps failure which any normal parent is bound to feel in this kind of circumstance is understandable. It is no excuse, however, for the deliberate attempt of emotional destruction of another human being, a member of one's own family.

There cannot, it seems to me, be much spiritual depth in anyone who would act in such a way, but the only thing you can do directly for him is to appeal to whatever faith in God and concern for his own soul he may possess.

Any sin which may have been committed is already forgiven by God if your daughter is repentant.

In 'any case, not even God treats sinners as brutally as yourhus­ band is treating his daughter and grandchild.

If there is any time when parents experience a test of the genuine­ ness and the sensitivity of their love for everyone concerned, includ­ ing God, it is such a time as you are experiencing. Appeal to your hus­ band for some humility and patience, as he must certainly have had to ask God for patience and forgiveness in his own life.

If he persists in his present atti­ tude, he will create a hardness of heart in himself that perhaps he willi never be able to overcome.

Whatever your husband does or does not do, you must do what is right and supportive for your daughter. You cannot let your husband in such a circumstance dictate the kind of mother you will be. At least two lives, your daugh­ ter's and her baby's, depend much on you right now and obviously will for some time into the future.

You have an enormous task, but with God's help and alot of cour­ age 'you will do it.

Q. We have a crucifix in our home with the letters INRI above the figure of Christ. What do these stand for? (Missouri) A. The letters are the initials of the Latin phrase, "Jesus, Nazare: nus, Rex, Judaeorum" ~ Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews."

According to the Gospel of John 19:20, "This title was placed on the cross of our Lord in Latin, Hebrew and Greek."

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World MissIon Sunday: a -ntiracle. of love There's a mission hospital in Abaka­ liki in Nigeria, Some would call it a small hospital.

It has only 50 beds and five Sisters who do the nursing, But they treat 5,000 patients every year. It's a leprosy hospital where wounded hands and limbs are treated; it's a leprosy hospital where wounded spirits' a~e treated as well.

Bishop Thomas McGettrick' of Aba­ kaliki says that the hands of the Sisters "are the hands of those who support fhe Propagation of the Faith."

In his message for World Mission Sunday, Pope John Paul calls the day "a miracle of love which is renewed every year."

One of the thousands of miracles it .; allows to happen in the Missions each year is the funding of the Sisters of Abakaliki who bring the Good News to their stricken people.

This year, World Mission Sunday will be celebrated on October 20th in the parishes of the world. In prayer· and in financial sacrifice, Catholics will initiate the miracle that is needed to assure support for the 700+ local churches in the Missions in their work of announcing the Gospel to the poor.

Calling on Catholics to provide assistance to those who implore our help from so many parts of the world, Pope John Paul spoke primarily about the other side of the mission coin: the need for each Christian to accept the missionary vocation inherent in the

Pope John Paul works his own small miracles of love as he journeys around the world, opening hearts to the word of the Lord.

"Love;" he says, "is the' only driving force that impels us to share with our brothers and sisters all that we a;e and have. " ·r,

Christian vocation.

The Pope described the Church as a community of disciples whose reason for being is to put the mission of Christ into practice in time and space. Pope John Paul made clear that the mis­ sionary vocation is .common to all: "Not only should those feel involved who are specifically working. at the' outpo~tsof evangelization," he said, but all priests, religious, and laity.

He spoke of the desperation and alienation abounding in today's,society which can be defeated by Christ alone.

Therein lies the urgency to make

known the truth of Christ, inthe face of the millions and millions who still do not know the God-gift of Redemp­ tion.

With his usual appreciation of the energies and generosity of young people, the Pope addressed a specific call to them: In this International You~h Year, he called young men and women, of college and high school age, as well as young working people, to "turn .yourselves into announcers of the Gospel."

With the special invitation to the youth of the world to join older

members of the Church in its mis­ sionary efforts, the Pope asked for support of the Propagation of the Faith calling this "the most effective means for all Christians to cooperate in the missionary effort of t~e Church....

World Mission Sunday will be cele­ bratedthroughout the world, in the developing nations as well as in the older local churches of the world. In the United States, the collection will be divided among the Propagation of the Faith, the American Board of Catholic Missions, and the Catholic N'ear East Welfare Association.

Vocations to Priesthood: Happy Burden for Church in the Miss~ons

Two seminarians of Bourkina Fasso, formerly Upper Volta, where candidates for the priesthood increased from 99 to 122 during the last year.

On the island of Flores in Indonesia, Father Philip Riwu picked up a manila .folder and riffled through the pages it held. '.'301," he counted. "301!"

He placed the folder back on his desk and thought of thejob ahead. In a seminary built for 180, where was he going to put the "extra" 121?

Father Riwu quite literally stretches the walls of St. Peter's major seminary.

His letters to the Propagation of the Faith over the past years reflect his increasing "happy burden." In 1980, seminary enrollment was 169. Looking o ahead, he wrote "But we can strain the '5 if facilities to put up 200 students." In .=.. 1982, as enrollment reached 232, he ~ wrote "We are having headaches try~ng to fit them. '.' With current enrollment at 301, ·Father Riwu has arranged

sleeping quarters in two classrooms and the auditorium,'but admits that "This really doesn't solve the problem."

In his most recent letter he asked for help to build an addition on the dormitory adding that "with the semi­ narians doing a good part of the work, we'll keep costs down."

Father Riwu's situation is typical of the growth of vocations in the mission world . . Word of growth comes from such diverse areas as Thailand where the national seminary enrollment of 251 will, by conservative estimate, double in the next five years; Pakistan where the major seminary opened this aca­ . demic year with a record number of seminarians (78); and Sudan where the Diocese of El Obeid not only (Continued on Page 2)

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With the news of increasing voca· tions come n;ports' that, because of lack of facilities and lack of funds, young men in large numbers must be turned down for admission to a semi· nary. In Samoa, Nigeria, Korea., Costa Rica, Lesotho and southern India, this is the case today. Despite. the sub­ stantial annual help of $700 for each m!,jor seminarian from the' Propaga. tion of the Faith and its sister·society of St. Peter Apostle, there are voca· tions that are being put off or lost.

In his May talk with the National Directors of the Propagation of the Faith, Pope John Paul addressed this problem. ije emphasized the need for increased help for seminarians in the Missions urging that th!l Bishops and everyone in the Church make the com· mitment that "no vocation may be lost for lack of available m!lans."

Approximately 12% of the funds gathered for the Propagation of the Faith on World Mission Sunday will be ,allocated for this most ,urgent need of the Mission Church, an allocation that will affect not only today's seminarians but the future of the Church in the , Missions well into the 21st century.

5-YEAR INCREASE IN MiSSiON SEMINARIANS

. by Father Joachim Lieberich, M. Af. parents' work. Each' one may be work· ing just as hard as ever, but there's a new spirit: ' For these villagers, the Gospel is not something which is apart. It has already become their daily life experience. I have never seen here such a thing as a , Sunday <::hristian. In the fieli:ls, in the carpentry shop, 'I see 'new spirit, new life as their daily work is integrated with their lives as Christians; The Church in these mountains is very new. 'My'work here is what you would call first evangelization, telling the Gospel for the first time. Catholics are now about 2% of the population, but we are still a very young Church.

The villagers are careful imd most thoughtful about accepting the Gospel.

But once they have really understood the mes!jage, once they have said "yes," it is yes forever.

My parish has about 30 villages in 900 square m'iles; that would be as if the parish were 25 miles by 36. I'm the only priest, so it is of great importance that the people themselves' take the pastoral work of the village in their own hands.

Our lay catechists are very well prepared. They 'study for two years and then spend four weeks in intensive instruction morning to night.' Of course; the catechists from several villages study together during this special month, and already they are expanding their concept of Christian unity by living, praying, and eating together.

It is mainly the catechists arid the parish coun.cils that are "running the show" in the villages. They visit families and the sick; they go around to see those who are not yet touched by the Gospel. The catechist is the leader of the community"the one who has the Sunday service, the one who distributes Communion,-the one who knows everything there is to know in the village.

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ordained its first two priests, but is educating 24 seminarians.

According to FIDES, the inter· national news service of the Propaga. tion of the Faith, the number of major and minor seminarians continues to increase throughout the mission world.

There are, today, 12,615 major semi· narians in 123 seminaries; there are 40,006 minor seminarians in 456 semananes.

Zaire and Nigeria lead the list for Africa with more than 1.000 semi· narians each. India, Korea, and Indo­ nesia top the list in Asia, with Colombia showing the largest enrollment in South America.

Worldwide, Korea shows the greatest one·year increase in seminarians (from 723 to 909) followed by India and Indonesia.

In addition' to Korea's 909 semi­ narians in diocesan seminaries, Korea has a "Society for the Foreign Mis· sions" founded by the Episcopal Conference of Korea. Today the first four Korean missionary priests are serving in Papua New Guinea, and there are 30 major seminarians pre­ paring to serve around the world.

the ('('Good News" Is Really IVews As I walk from village to village in these mountains of Tanzania, I feel I am walking through the pages of the New Testament.

This could have to ,do' with Simeon.

Simeon, my friend, my colleague now in passing on the Gospel.

When I first met Simeon he was living in the'village of Iwigi with his wife and four children. Simeon and his family had never heard t,he Gospel, and, as so many others do, they found it astonishing. The lives 'of so many people are tinged with all sorts of fears, arid the Gospel message frees them" liberates them. , For Simeon, the Gospel was just such a gift. He had a most beautiful conversion with a most unusual effect.

He had chosen the name of Simeon purposely, for' the old man at the Temple who saw Jesus and recognized Him as the Saviour of the nations.

This newly-baptized Simeon knew that the village of Masoko had not yet heard the message of Christ and this, in Simeon's estimation, was not 'lis things should be.' So he moved his whole family to Masoko and, as he says, they "just lived the Gospel." He built his home, he asked to have some fields. And the family lived Christi· anity. They went out of their way to be kind; they prayed together, and they "dropped hints" about who Jesus is.

The people of Masoko became inter­ ested and slowly they came to share in the prayers and singing. ~ow it has become an extemely lively Christian community with the families meeting two or three times a week to discuss the Gospel. Very often they take the Gospel of the day and talk about it in a practical way-"How can this par­ ticular message of Jesus affect our' lives today?"

In many villages, I have seen the people come to bear each others' burdens. Parents take ,on some of the work that is normally done by the children; children take on some of the

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built. On the most ~isible level, I see the people building small churches of their own. They are extremely ~imple, of mud bricks, but the little churches are truly theirs. They tell me the Lord is a guest of honor in the village and must have His own house. ' .

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what Ii gift Jesus is. He is not seen by them as history, but as present. He is not seen as someone to keep to them· selves, but to share. In short, I am a missionary among missionaries, an· nouncing the Gospel in the mOl,lntains of Tanzania.

Father'Lieberich is a Missionary of Africa ( White Father) from West Germany. He serves in Mbeye.

Tanzania. and was recently a guest on the Propa. gation of the Faith television series. "Profiles in Faith." ,

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Children who are daily farm workers enjoy a moment of real childhood as they gather at the Boia Fria club with Sister Maureen. .

Jovita Learns to Read an interview with Sister Maureen O'Malley, MSHR Q. Sister Maureen, would Y0':l place us in your mission.

I served in a rural area, about nine hours by bus from the city of Sao Paulo. The people were in a state of great change; they were traditionally sharecroppers and now they are day laborers in the town. They line up and wait for work every day, fathers and mothers. Even little children six or seven are sent to work; it's a matter of survival.

Q. What was your own missi~n there?

Well, there w~re 40,000 people in the three towns that made up our mission. Our "team" had a group of Holy Ghost Fathers and Holy Rosary Sisters, an-d together we tried to take care of the pastoral needs of the three towns. We knew, of course, that we couldn't reach all 40,000 frequently or adequately,' so our major aim was to' encourage the people to form faith communities and to train lay parish teams who could teach the children day by day.

Q.' Was this a new concept for them?

Yes, it was a new idea and it was hard for them to accept it at first.

Q. How did you get things started?

In the beginning I would go and visit the women in their homes and just try to get to know them, and let them know me. Or I would go to the com~ munlty center and play with the little children. When the children got to _know me and accept me, the parents ""ould accept me too. Then as time went on, our team would all go out to the various communities and, with the people, we would plan the Sunday liturgy. It was a question of knowing and trusting us, and learning to trust themselves.

Q. What personal gift do you think you brought to this work?

I think my gift is mostly the ability to draw out the gifts of others. I remember a woman named Jovita. In my estimation she is a saint! She was abandoned by her husband, and she was bringing up her child by working as a maid. She became a member of the

little community that ~sed to meet and say the Rosarf One night I asked her, "Why not include some Scripture too.

Perhaps you could read a passage of the Gospel and then talk about what the Lord is saying to you."

Jovita shook her head and said very simply that she couldn't read. But what I had said stayed with her and the next thing you know, Jovita was going to school at night. ,.

It was hard, physically hard, after a day's work, and hard to study night· after night. But she stuck to it.

Around the world,

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To bring Good News . to the poor was the mission of Jesus on earth and is the mission of each of His disciples.

To follow Him today

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may know Life itself.

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Exactly. And she has grown in so many ways. She's a recognized leader of her community now. She brings Communion to the sick; she makes sure everyone in the neighborhood is taken care of; she helps. the other women organize themselves. Because 'she herself has grown into such a person, she knows just how to relate to others and encourage them.

Q. What is the most important thing you learned from your people in Brazil?

I have learned that riches are in the , heart. Peopie can have nothing in the way of material goods, but they give abundantly what they do have which is, of course, themselves.

I think of a day, seven years ago now, when a child was born and left on the doorstep of an elderly couple who had never had 'children. They didn't think twice about what to do with her.

They looked on her as a gift from God and simply took her in. She's one of the most loved little children I have ever met.

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Q. Sister, when the Holy Father describes mission as an "e'x­ change of riches," you must know exactly what he means.

I certainly do. I have been enriched forever.

Sisfer Maureen is a Missionary Sister of the Holy Rosary. She was born in Phila­ delphia, brought up 'in Ottawa, and served for 10 years in Sao Paolo State, Brazil. ' .

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Please help the missions and missionaries on Mission Sunday. The following ,native sons and daughters from the Fall River Diocese are serving In the Missions:

Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River

Sr. Emma Barrette, MIC, Canada 'Sr. Gloria Beaulieu, SeQ, Japan Sr. Aline Bedard, SUSC, Cameroon

Fr. Alan Bosari, MM, Thailand

Fr. Lucien Bouchard,OMI, Indonesia Fr. Francis A., Bourgeois, MS, Philippines Fr. DonaldJ~ Bowen, Bolivia Sr. Pauline Boyer, Op, 'Colombia Fr. John M. Breen, MM, Honduras Sr. Rosalina Cabral, FMM, Peru Fr. Emile Chouinard, FIC, Seychelles Fr. Michael Coleman, SSCC, Japan Fr. Austin J. Craig, SSCC, Japan Sr. Imelda M. Dahill, OSU, Mexico Fr. Marcel J. Denicourt, Fit, Seychelles Fr. Armand H. Desaultels, AA, Canada Most Reverend Frederick Donaghy, MM, Taiwan

Fr. Martin R Dubuc, SSC, Japan Sr. Marian Teresa Dury, MM, Tanzania Fr. Antone Freitas, MSC, Papua, N~w Guine

Sr. Beverly Furtado, SUSC,Cameroon

,Sr. Marie Therese, RJM, Lebanon

Fr. Robert G. Gilmour, CSC, Ghana

Fr. Christopher D. Grannell, SSCC, Japan 颅

Fr. Alfred J. Guenette; AA, Chile

Fr. Adrien T. Hebert, CSSp' Tanzania

, Fr. John A. Janson, OFM, Brazil

Fr. Raymond, H. Kelley, MM, Taiwan

Fr. Michael Kelly, SSCC, Bahamas

Fr. John G. Krebs, SJ, Philippines

Fr. Eugene V. Laplante, AA,.USSR Fr. Gerard Lemieux', CSv, Taiwan' Sr. Germaine M. Maheu, FCSCJ, Benin Fr. Raymond W. Marquis, DMI, Haiti '. 'Sheila M. Matthews, Lay Person, Guatemala

Fr. James McDonough, SSCC, Japan

Sr. Eleanor McNaIlY"SUSC,Tanzania

Fr. Paul Medeiros,OMI, Brazil

Fr. Leo J. Melancon, MM, Mexico

Sr. Frances Monks, FMM, Sri Lanka

'Fr. Robert E. Mosher, SSC, Chile

Fr. Charles Murray, M.M., Peru

Sr. Patricia Pearse, F.M.M., India

Fr. Donald J. Pelletier, M.S., Madagascar

. Fr. Daniel Perry, SS.CC., Japan

Fr. William Petrie, SS.CC., India

Sr. Mary Powers, MM, Hawaii

Most 'Reverend Joseph W. Regan, MM,

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Sr. Rita Marie Regan, MM, Taiwan

Fr. Michael M. Shanahan, SSCC, India

Fr. Matthias A. Shanley, SSCC, Ecuador

Fr. William J. Slight, MS, Philippines

Sr. Diane ,Irene Villeneuve, CSC, Haiti

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Dear Editor: This letter is in regard to the article that appeared in the July 19 Anchor on the Catholic Boys' Day Camp. With your indulgence I would like to give you a' little background on the camp.

One evening in 1958- two gen­ tlemen sat down and tossed around ideas as to how they could best spend some of the money in the treasury of the Sacred Heart (Fall River) Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Extra money was being realized from a salvage store operated by the Sacred Heart Conference. These two gentlemen - the late H. Frank Reilly and.

Rev. Raymond W. McCarthy ­ came up with the idea of the day camp. Incidentally, they were the initiators of the Salvage Store still , ..:_:'d:·,>~ ,~.;~.i!.· in operation on East Main S.treet. .:. '-':"'ttp' :t>,-o .••, ., .A . With the help of all the members JAMES AND PAT Shillow ofCamp Hill, Pa., are all set of Sacred Heart Conference ­ to name just two: Dan Duffy and Leo for October, the month of the' rosary, with their 140-foot Smith - the camp got off the backyard rosary, constructed of bead-shaped slabs of concrete' ground in the summer of 1958. and facing a small Marian shrine. (NC photo) The first head counselor was the late John C. O'Brien. He was cap­ ably assisted over the years by many outstanding men such as Carlin Lvnch. Joe Reilly (the son of Mr. H. Frank Reilly), Fred Lindquist, Jack Kiley and Ed Hap­ onik. Father McCarthy was the Listening sessions between bish­ VATICAN CITY, (NC) - Mem­ first director and held that posi­ bers of a special commission stud­ ti~n for nine years. ops and religious began. the com­ The first year of operation, ying U.S. religious life briefed Pope mission's work. Archbishop Quinn John Paul II on their work during said six areas of concern surfaced: Sacred HeartConferencewasrespon­ sible for the camp. The next year a recent meeting at the Vatican, ch~rism and identity, obedience, St. Roch, Holy Rosary ~nd Im~ said commi'ssion head Archbishop stn,lctures of authority, consecra­ tion and mission, community and maculate Conception Conferences John R. Quinn of San Francisco. public wi~ness. were asked to join in this endea­ Archbishop Quinn said that the vor. This project originally was meeting with the pope was "to The next phase of the commis­ run strictly by parishes and not by bring him up to date" on the com'­ sion'~ work will include diocesan the diocese. For a number of years mission's Vatican-mandated study of bishops and religious. of religious in the United States. , meetings , ". , the Camp'office was located in the The commission has provided The archbishop said he was "not CCA office in the Anchor building on Highland Avenue. in a position to comment" on guidelines to the bishops in the form of two pages of "questions to After the Ca,tholic Boys' Day details of the meeting with the take up," said Archbishop Quinn.

Camp had been in operation a few pope, but added that "the Holy Father is ple'ased and supportive years, Father McCarthy realized great need for a camp for excep­ ,of the commission 's.,wp.rk." . tional children, so the Nazareth He also said that "the work of Day Camp was born. the commission is progressing Nominatio.nsasked There are many stories that could nicely, althougn there are tensions .for Cupid Award . :' . be told about the early camp days here and ~here." _ but they would have to be told That,,~lew, ~rchbtshop uInn HOL,LYWOOD (NC) - Repre­ IS the view of most \>Ishops sentatives of Worldwide Marriage by the me 'n who were responst'bl e ' ..added, " d I" for the camp and by Jean O'Brien an re IgIOUS. Encounter are accepting nomina­ who probably worked as hard as Archbishop Thomas Kelly of ·tions from television viewers for John that first year.

Louisville, Ky., and Bishop Ray­ the Cupid Award, which honors It grieved me to see how fast mond Lessard of Savannah, Ga., the commercial which best displays such fine Catholic men as the late the other commission members, values found in a happy, healthy marriage. ' , H. Frank Reilly and the late John ,also attended 'the meeting.

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The, winner will be announced , e comm~sslOnwas established Helene F. Hargraves by the .pope In June ~983 t~ ~elp on World Marriage Day Feb. 9.

Fall River ' U.S. bishops work wtth religiOUS The Cupid Award was begun in communities and. seek to reverse 1984 as an attempt to influence the decline in U.S. vocations to the producers of TV commercials to MEXICO CITY (NC) - The . religious life. . treat marriage with greater respect Mexican bishops have established ; While in Rome, Archbishop and dignity. housing and employment cooper­ atives for earthquake victims, an Quinn also met with offi~ials of Last year's winner was Oil of official of the bishops' Commis­ ,the Vatican Congregation for Reli­ Olay, honored for its commercial' gious and Secular Institutes. He·· depicting a husband fondly recal­ sion on Social Work said. In addi­ said that the commission was "just ling the early days of courting his tion, said Father Enrique Gon­ zalei Torres, executive secretary checking in" with the Vatican wife. The commercial was chosen .: \: of the commission, the Catholic agency. for its romantic appeal and because Assistance Fund established by it reflected the permanence of mar­ He also said that Cardinal jean the bishops after the earthquake riage.

Jerome Hamer, head of the con­ has received more than $1 million and gregation, was "very open Nominations should include the

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A Mass will be offered for the reh­ gious education staff and their fami­ lies at 5 p.m. Sunday.

Annual Mass for departed: 7 p.m.

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OL MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK Sister Dorothy Schwartz, SSD, will present a course, "Introduction to Sacred Scripture, "at 7:30 p.m. on 10 Thursdays beginning N()v, 14, parish center. All welcome.

"The Call," a retreat program for young adults ages 20 to 35 who have already had a retreat experience, will be held at Cathedral Camp, E. Free­ town, .from Nov. 8 to 10. Applica­ tions and information: Barbara Hayden, 336-9153.

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ST. ANNE, FR Exposition of Bles.sed Sacrament after II :30 a.m. Mass today.

Hour of adoration: 2 p.m. today, shrine. .

ST.ANTHONY,MATTAPOISETT "Anthony's Angels," the children's choir, rehearses at 6:30 p.m. Thurs­ days to sing at 9:30 a.m. Mass each last Sunday. Children grades 3 through 8 are welcome to join. Infor­ mation: Kathy McCarthy, 758-2493.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, NB The rosary will be prayed each October weekday at 5: 15 p.m., Sun­ days at 4 p.m.

Folk group: plays at 5:30 p.m.

Mass Saturdays. Anyone interested injoining may contact Father Steven R. Furtado, 993-4704.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET A vocation display will be fea­ tured in the main foyer of the church through tomorrow. , The autumn ministries schedule has been mailed to leCtors and Euchar­ istic ministers: FAMILY LIFE CENTER,

NO. DARTMOUTH

11th Step men's retreat: begins

Oct. 18. .

Our Lady of, Lourdes Mothers'

Guild meeting: 2 p.m. Oct. 20.

Parish family ministers meeting:

7 p.m. Oct. 20. .

Bishop Stang High School retreat

day: Oct. 21 and 24.

Bishop Connolly High School

retreat day: Oct. 23.

Widowe~ ministry leadership me.et­

ing: 7 p.m. Oct. 23.

ST: PATRICK, F.:R Adult discussion group: meeting .

7:30 p.m. Oct. 23, rectory.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER First· anniversary 'celebration of· Faith and Light group, bringing together handicapped persons, fami­ lies and friends: 3 to 6 p.m. Oct. 20, parish hall. All welcome.

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SS. PETER & PAUL,-FR Retreat meeting: 7:30 p.m. Mon-. ·day, school. . , Grades K through 4 Halloween party: 5:30 p.rn: Oct. 31, Father .

Coady Center.

Coach needed for CYO junior basketball team. Information: rec­ tory, 676-8463.

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'Winter schedule of Mass'es begins Oct. 27.

Parish council: meeting 7 p.m.

Nov. 4, parish hall..

Holy Name Society: breakfast meeting after 8 a.m. Mass Oct. 27.

Holy Rosary 'Sodality: breakfast

fol'owing meeting 8 a.m. Nov. 17:

White cloth to make pads for cancer patients may be left at the church.

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O.L. VICTORY, (:ENTERVILLE Eucharistic ministers and lectors Evening of Recollection 7 p.m..\Sun­ NOTRE DAME, FR day, church. .

Sister Adrienne Bolduc, SJA, rec­ . Workshop for liturgists, musicians~ tory cook for 6 months, has been catechists and educators: 7:30 p.m. transferred to the Assumptionist Oct. 23, parish center. Information: Fathers residence in Worcester. Sis­ Dot Lortie, 771-1029. ter Aurore Carrier, who had been Conference to encourage and sup­ briefly assigned to Notre Dame in port nursing home volunteers: 8:30 -1955, will replace her. Sister Carrier, a.m.-to 3 p.m. Nov. 13, parish center. a native of North Smithfield, RI, has Reservation information: 775-5073. been a religious over .40 years.

Oct. 23, small chapel.

ST. JAMES, NB ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, ParishCounciJ: meeting 2 p.m.

POCASSET Sunday,' parish center.

Vincentians: meeting after 10:30 Lectors needed for the following a.m. Mass Sunday.

Masses: 4 p.m. Saturday, 8 and II BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR a.m. Sunday. Interested persons may Special Mass at Mitchell Apart­ call Sister Terri, 992-7122. ments: 2:30 p.m. Monday. .

Altar boys: meeting II a.m. tomor­ Bible study: meeting 7:30 p.m. row, church. All boys grade 4 or , older invited. . Oct.. 23, small chapel..

Choir: rehearsal 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23.

Vicentians: Qleeting 7 p.m. Mon­ day, parish center.

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ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHA VEN Blessing of the sick: 2 p.m. Oct. 27, school hall.

St. Joseph's prayer group has made a generous donation to the parish school. , IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON .

Good reports on Mituku Yiblet, an Ethiopian child supported by the parish, have recently arrived from the Catholic Elementary School in Meki, Ethiopia.

DCCN , A nursing scholarship has been presented to Frances Ann Cronan of Taunton, who is working towards an associate degree in nursing.

Post office explains

Why theY'Te not really religious stamps WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. Postal Service, saying it was putting into writing what previously had ·been implied, has published' guidelines limiting the use of reli­ gious institutions or figures as sub­ jects for commemorative U.S. pos­ tage stamps.

A Postal Service spokesman said . the written guidelines did not mark a change in policy and said a recent commemorative stamp of Franciscan Father Junipero Serra honored him as a historical figure, not as a religious one.

The guidelines, 'imnounced in 'Iate September, said neither'pos­ tage stamps nor postal stationery can. be "issued to honor religious institutions or individuals whose achievements a're associated with . religious undertakings beliefs.:' ..

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The policy on reli~dous figures is one of 10 published by the Postal Service. Other guidelines prohibit such things as honoring living per­ sons ~r ·commercial..enterprises.

The policy on religious figures and institutions was always part of the guidelines but was "only implied before," the Postal Service said.

The criteria are used by' the seven members of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to' determine eligibility of subjects for commemoration on stamps and postal stationery. Final decisions are made by the postmaster general.

13,000 suggestions are sent in annually.

Father Serra, who founded the first nine of California's 21 mis­ sions, was chosen to be honored not for his church work but because he was a man "who developed a mission system that was instru­ mental for the development of the state of California," said postal. service spokesman Hugh McGon­ igle.

Americans United for Separa­ tion of Church and State had pro­ tested when Father Serra was picked to be commemorated on a 44¢ airmail stamp, which was issued in August. ' , Americans United frequently has protested when it believed the selec­ tion of subjects for commemora­ tive stamps violated First Amend­ ment church-state separation prov­ isiQns..

Other recent U.S. postal stamps have honored Martin Luther and St. Francis of Assisi.

"But, said McGonigle, "one per­ son's "religious stamp is another person's historical stamp." He added that the image of the . ~adonna on the annual Christmas stamp is a traditional stamp, not a religious stamp.

McGonigle said the Postal Ser­ vice issues the guidelines for stamp selection every so often "to hope­ fully keep people from sending suggestions that wouldn't be ser­ iously considered."

T~E. ANCHOR-Diocese of. FoiL River-Fri., Oct,..18. 198,~

Burundi· ousts foreign priests

By NC News service More than 200 Catholic mis­ sionaries have been expelled from Burundi since 1972 and the East African country has clamp­ ed down on church activities.

Burundi's pres~dent, Jean Bap­ tiste Bagaza, has accl,lsed the church of becoming a "state within a state."

In 1984, Bagaza forbade crosses and religious symbols from being displayed outside church structures. Additionally religious services were prohibi~ ted during daylight working hours.

U.S. Vincentian Father Bet­ nard Quinn left Burundi Ilast Easter Monday when the govern­ ment refused to renew his resi­ dency permit.

Refusing visas is a common pract,ice in the government's ex­ pulsion campaign, he said.

But the government has not only gone after foreigners, he said. Many Burundian priests "at various times" were imprisoned.

Several in his diocese were im­ prisoned, Father Quinn said. One' was hauled out of his confession­ al and taken to jail, he said.

Father John Grindel,' Father Quinn's superior in the order's western U.S. province, said the expulsions have hastened the growth of basic Christian com­ munities in some regions of Burundi.

When missionaries saw the "handwriting on the wall" in the expulsion campaign,- !~they ac-­ , celerated the process" of build­ ing base communities, which meet for prayer and other acti­ vities.

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Philosophic attitude rubs off on publisher

TAUNTON AREA residents on the committee promo­ ting the 31st annual Bishop's Charity Ball, to be held Jan­ uary 10 at the Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth, a~e, from left, Miss Margaret McCarthy, second vice presi­ dent of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Wo­ men; Horace Costa, Taunton area St. Vincent de Paul Society, president; Mrs. William Grover; Paul Ouellette, Ushers' Committee member; Mrs. Theodore Wojick. The Ball benefits diocesan summer camps for underprivileged and exceptional children. (Gaudette photo)

Natioilal c'atechism needed, he says COLD SPRING, Minn. (NC) ­ Bishop George Speltz of St. Cloud saidat a diocesan pastoral council meeting ,that a national c'atechism needs to 'be developed "to end the illiteracy of today's Catholics in, regard -to basic Church teachings."

-He 'said- such, -8 ,cateehism should have two goals: conver­

sion to Christ and faithfulness to Catholic teachings'.

"If we want to be en-

thusiastic evangelizers we have to sharpen up our following of church teaching and inculcate a right attitude toward the Holy Father," declared the bishop, who said he might propose ,that a plan for a catechism be dis­ cuss~ at the general. meeting of U.,S. ,bishops in Washington Nov. 11-15.•

Benedictine Father Simon Bis­

chof, a member of the diocesan

pastoral council and pastor of St. Benedict Parish in Avon, Minn., said at the pastoral council meet­ ing, that he has never "experi­ enced such illiteracy of basic church teachings as there is among young people today."

Adults also are often lacking in knowledge of church teach­ ings, according to Benedictine Sister Bernadette Weber, direc­ tor of RENEW, the parish re­ newal program in the diocese.

Council members said that among obstacles to teaching young people are 'lack of time and their disinterest.

D,ay of Mourning NEW YORK (NC) - St. Pat­ rick's Cathedral in New York Was the focus for anti-apartheid pro­ tests held throughout the country Oct. 5 as part of a "National Day of Mourning for, Victims of Violence in the Republic of South,'Africa." Cardinal John J. O'Connor, who presided at' an "ecumenical memorial prayer service" at the cathedral, said the role the South African churches in raising the issue of racial justice made' i.t appro~i­ ate' for Americans to mark the occasion by gathering in a church.

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CATHERINE P. HAiuuNGTON of Fall River, high chief ranger of the Catholic Association of Foresters, pre­ sents a check to Father Vincent P. Doolan, Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Jamaica Plain. The money was raised at a benefit luncheon to restore a burned-out parish center.

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WILMINGTON, Del. (NC) ­ Religious book publisher Michael Glazier recently Ilost the manu­ scripts of 'about 30 unpublished works when a rented building in Wilmington began to collapse and was demolished by the city the next morning. !'Part of a series on the Fathers of the Church . . • and, a history of the first seven coun­ cils of the church' are lost," said Gla~ier, who pUblishes about 70 books a year, !half of t!:tem reli­ gious.

Employees saved the manu­ script of "Trinitas," a theological encyclopedia on the Trinity, when they pulled it intact from a bull­ dozer's scoop. 'But lost were some 15,000 pages of 'a multi­ volume work on Thomas Jeffer­ son which had involved several years of research and writing.

"We should, be thankful no­ body' was hurt," said Glazier.

"If a dog had been hurt, it would have heen worse than losing all the manuscripts. It is a dis­ ,appointment to me, but we'll put them -together again." .

Glazier set up his company in Wilmington ,in 1976. Among, Catholic, 'authors he publishes, he said, are promir:tent Scripture

scholars such as Sulpician Father Raymond Brown and Jesuit Father Daniel' Harrington, cur­ rent president of the Catholic Biblical A'sso<;iation.

The building that collapsed was one of two adj'acent row~ houses in downtown Wilming­ , ton which formed his offices. Its fO)Jndation gave way after rains ,softened earth in an excavation

on an adjacent lot.

Eileen Carzo, Glazier's chief

editor, was notified on a Sun­

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was collapsing. She immediately

called Gla~ier, but it was already

too late to salvage anything, she

said.

Monday morning, she said,

employees watched 'as a wreck­

ing crew razed the building, oc­

casionally stopping a bulldozer

to dig papers out of its scoop.

, "It was incredible," she said.

"We were standing over the hole

watching all our work. It was

flying dn the wind and sitting in the mud."

From their salvage efforts, she said, "we have 20 boxes of wet, soggy, dirty, filthy paper mixed with plaster. We dug that out of the shovel. We pulled up hand­ fuls of pages, to see what we could retrieve."

She said that luckily the com­ pany had been preparing to re­ locate and that dts computer terminals and some manuscripts had already been moved, includ­ ing data fo rthe 1986 edition of "The Directory of Women Reli­ gious in the United States," a

new annual Glazier began this

year.

Glazier said ,he' was checking with authors to find out if they had copies of their manuscripts but that some works may not have been duplicated. Work that took years to Ifesearch and months to edit may be simply

lost, he said.

"It's 'a costly inconvenience,"

he summed up, reflecting the philosophical attitude of many of his authors.

Vatican scores liturgical novelty VATICAN CIlY ~C) - A declared, '''and not just dn sub­

Vatican ,letter sent in the name stance, but in the form with

of Pope John Paul II has sharply which the substance needs to be

protected and preserved."

criticized what it called unwant­ In some parts of the world in

ed "novelties" in the liturgy.

In an apparent reference to recent years, 'locaI customs have

been adopted dnto the murgy,

Hturgical experimentation in re­ cent years, the letter said the part of a process known as "in­ celebration of the Ma~s should culturation."

In his talk with the Japanese

not "degenerate into folklore" bishops Pope John Paul ,urged

'and lose its sacred character.

However, in a recent meeting them to "present the message with Japanese bishops, Pope of Chlfist's revelation as effec­ John ~ul stressed adapting local tiv,ely as possible in the context culture to the Christian message of Japanese society and culture."

He said evangelization was the ,as a key to successful evangel­ "essential mission of the izat-ion. church."

The liturgy, the Vatican ~etter "It ds her response to the ang­ said, "has no need of uninter­ uish of modern man, to the tone­ rupted nov-eltie-s, nor is it con­ stantly looking' for 'adaptations' Hness of millions of people, to the alienation of whole cate-: :that (are) n;either req,uested nor , gories' or'-communities," the pope desired by the Christian people." said.

Such changes "'aTe often ex- ' Japanese bishops 'have called pressions of a "restless subjec­ a national church. gathering in tivism," it said. It did not refer 1987 to reflect on evangelization to any specific liturgica'l prac­ in the country. Catholic popu­ tices. lation in. ~apan form tess than The, letter Wn!! sent to.a meet­ one·hl!olf of 1 percent of the popu­ ing of Italian Catholics in Pad­ ,'lation, numbering about 420,000. ova during Italian National Litur- It haS been increasing by a few gicalWeek. . thousand annually. .

It said modern Catholics want

stability an dcontinuity in liturgy.

Impossible Feat

They want "something certain; "No man has a good enough

solid, durable, to oppose the dn­ memory to be a successful liar."

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DUBUQUE;~ Iowa ~(NC) A " He says that Haitian' slums'alfe roofed' shacks without plurribing, : Dutch Sale~ian priest"has.put up unlike' their' American counter- sanitation, clean water or' suffi­ ' 2for adoption. 135' .one-roorfi parts, which he considers "moral cient food.'

L schoolhouses' in .the slums Qf· slums" filled' with·, Crime and de. Irtformation on adopting, one ' , <.:'., of Father Bohneri's schools is 'Haiti's" capitill 'city'""'of' 'port-a'ti- 'Hnquency." ,Prince. , " ,',' <' _ , • ,__ ' In',Haiti ,the people are'well· avaihible' from the Saiesran C' Father . Lawrence 'Bohnen, 'behaved; he says, . Qut,thro~gh no F-athers; Box 30; New'"Rochelle, > better knoW'n as "Father," Beans;!' fault ,of"their 'owm,liv¢ in tin- N,Y. 10802. . , lifor the ~nglis:h trllnslation 'of:his last name, is lobkiiig for'spon'sors · for hi~ school~Adoptioil campai~. .

For $75' a mO,nth, a group, or-, HOUSTON',(NC)- - Conven­ favor "legal restrictions" on'vio­ I ganizatiori or individual can ' tual Franciscan Father Bruce lent po~ography.' ,sponsor one teacher -and 25 stu­ Ritter: founder of the NeW York­ Their 'answers demonstrated : dents. The money covers the .based Covenant House, for run· the generally permissive attitudes : teacher's salarY, plus. food and .away and eiplojt~ef cl;1ildren, ex:' of soCietyin; thi,s .matter. ' , education fOr'the children. The pressed conc~rn during hearings ' Larry Baron, of Yale Univer­ 'sponsor is kept in touCl~' wfth his in Houston that "so many. run- ' sity, said he would not favor ,or her school~ thl'ough photo­ awaysbecome victims oft!ie sex such restrictions. unless a direct , graphs and l~tt~rs. indu'stry.": . ':",' ~', " caus'al link could be shown.. .: FatlleI: Bohn~n', 71, has worked He sPQke during,hearings held 'Baron~s rese~rch' indicates' that' : in Haiti for' 30 years arid plan's : by the U,S:Attorney 'General's il'{lpe rates are higher 'i~ areas }Vhere . greater :yoh,lme of sex : to .continue until, ~e year 2000. ,Commission 'on, Pornography. ,He started the,adopt-a-school b·".. ..,' Th 11 magazines are sold, but he said , ,.... ' . '. " ' e -mem er' commISSion, other factors cause both the sex" ~ progr:a m. to g,lv.e. hIS nu~slon Co ~ : which includes' Father Ritter, l1 ty ' sense 0f c~nt mUI, th roug h t. e, heard testimony fronl more than ual assaults and. the high sales tu~, of .th~ ~~ntury and t,o gIve ,20 university professors in Hous­ o~ 'pornography. ' . , ; , schoo,Is a ,~eady ,source o,f ton' Sept, 1l~I2 o'ri' their investi­ Wendy' Stock, a psychology ,,~ .!he, t' . f l' k 'bet' ' ,pr9fessor {it 'T~xas .A, ,and: M Income. " !"For' 'the' past 25 yem-s he' hs.'s ga IOhns 0 'd 'In. 'sl ' _we~n":P9rno­ ,University, presenti'ng feminist ,,spen "'t h"Issumm~rs· ... tr· ent , sex.CrImes. . :analysis 'of pomogr'~phy, .said she aveI'mg. by .grap y an VIO . .' , : bus throughout North America ' The commission was,named m favors Ifegulating '.'Sexually,vio­ ¥ay to ,study e!fect~. of "Pm:no - f 'lent' and deglfading'" forms of doing' weekend preaching in par­ ishes;'Beca\1se 'of his 'work with gmphy and to recommend meas-, pornography. thl:) poor he,is sometimes dubbed ures ~o.con!'I'0r i~~ .production, But she said 'she could not en­ and dlst~b~t1,on: ,.'l ,~'Father Mother T~resa:" t dorse 'a :law removing' "all sex­ ~ Haiti has the lowest per-capita ,During, the, ,'~eariilgs Father ually explicit material" since, income in' the Am'ericas, :but Ritter asked several. of the re-' she said, that'would return so­ Father Bonnen's plans call for searchers whether they would ciety to a, "sexual, 'Dark' Ages." more thim just distributing f()Oii. He wl:!-nts ,to "1l'e9uce Haiti's. 85 percent illiteracy rate; · "It's more appealing to say . '.'Fe,edthe, children," he s~ys, '~but it is more important to edu­ cate. ,D'evelopment' ofa '.country should 'start baSiCally with edu­ cation." . , Father.Bohnen started his mis­ sion work by building his "mini" or "slum." Each about ;;tbe "size .

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"A beautiful' stable' Bycecllia I;Jelanget' . Jesus made,a sta~le beautiful Have you ever met anyone," becaus~ He wa~ there: I once whose god was him or, herself? .met ,a young girl who had made They are always looking mir- ~ climb, f r9m rough beginnings. rors, primping, and have no time' She figured that, if Jesus could for what's reaHy important. make it ~rom a stable, then she They make others wait, and they could make it fro~ -a very hum­ daoce to their own :tunes. These ' ble home.. And she ,did. are not, beautiful, people. , S,ometimes the world makes People who ~re beautiful are ~ay' for. a 'face' that seems :to those whose hearts are full of light'up others 'around it, one that 'love for others. Jesus is their 'has an .inner glow; catching and .ex~mple and they spend, ,their comfortil1g. , lives trying to carry out His' 'com- .

The humble beginnings of our mandments: . They' !become: more beau,tifulas the y~s. g~ by, be- Lord tell us that God does not cause what they have is im-, ,'Shun dirty places., Stables aren't mort~l. ., ,always as neat as depi<;ted in the Djsclissing these topics, the ,artist's version. ,Jesus did not ,other day, friends and I spoke enjoy the ~WC1Ury of ~~nsions. ,abo~t how Jesus can make any-, ~e, let us' Jmow that' we count thing or 'anybo,c;Iy beautiful. We . mare. ~ the pl~~es in which agreed that inner beauty counts we 'live or happen to be born. It's most. We spoke of how people our heans that He wants clean worship their homes, deciding' and pure. And if they aren't, He that the kind of place a person can make" them so. Like the' lives in i.sn~t iqlportantJ)~t:the ..s~abl~, th~y ca~~become, holy person inside is. places,

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... ~iol~~ce,foul language, and nud- THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 18, 1985 Ity, It has oeen'classified 0, Ie .... -'",:,'.-'._._._.__._._.;.. .. _._._.-'-';..'-'-~'~._-----------~~ "Joshua Then and Now" (Fox) A politically aware, womanizing " Jewish writer from Montreal finds LEASE PATRONIZE true love in London with a woman from one of Montreal's first famiOUR ADVERnSERS J. TESER, Prop. lies. When they return to Mont­ RESIDENTIAL real, however, their happy mar­ . Symbols following film reviews indicate woman in a supposedly irreversiboth general and Catholic Film Office I INDUSTRIAL riage is threatened under the ratings, which do not always coincide. b e coma. Though it deals with Mortgage & Home . pressure of their differing social COMMERCIAL Gen~ral. ratings: G-suitable for gen. ideals, "Creator" undercuts them Improvement Money?' and religious backgrounds.

A4, R 253 Cedar St., New Bedford eral Vlewlngi PG·I3-parental guidance by its lack of disipline and ten­ "Savage Island" (Empire) Of Course! strongly suggested for children under dency to excess, especially in scenes 993·3222 Women behind bars in the tropics.

13; PG-parental guidance suggested;" I' d' d h' R-restricted, unsuitable for children or InVO VIng nu Ity an grap IC sexA depth-of-the-sewer effort, nud­ younger teens. uality. 0, R. ity, graphic sex and violence. 0, R Catholic ratings: Al-approved for "The Doctor and the Devils" "Sweet Dreams" (Tri-Star) A children and adultsi A2-approved for'. (Fox) A gruesome dramatization Government Jobs moving biography of country-west~ adults and adolescents; A3-approved for. of a famous 19th-century case ern singer Patsy Cline; killed in a $16,040 - $59,230/Yr. adults onlYi A4-separate classification involving a prominent surgeon's 1963 plane crash. Episodic in struc­ NOW HIRING (given to films not morally offensive refusal to inquire into the source which, however, require some anal~is of the cadavers which two Irl'sh ture but saved by fine acting, espe­ Now 11 convenient offices Call 1·805·687·6000 and explanationlj O-morally offensive. cially Jessica J..ange~s performance includin~ Seekonk &: Taunton. ruffians furnish him to illustra'te Ext. R-424O of Miss Cline. Because of vulgar

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melodrama, not exploririg ·what ' that marks the relationship between times of television and radIo the heroine and her husband, it is could have been a complex gem of Painting & Decoratin, Co. · mature fare, rated A3, PG-I3. programs against local 1ist­ a moral play on ends and means.

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR Ings, which may differ from Nonetheless, it's fairly good enter­ CHURCH PAINTING Religious TV the New York network sched­ tainment for the mature and non­ Sunday, Oct. 20 (CBS) "For ules supplled to The Andtor. squeamish. A3, R GOLD "LEAF Our Times" - Different ap­ 936 So. Main St., Fall River "Dreamchild" (yniversal) A. proaches of church groups to serv­ STAnONS & STATUES ing needs of retired citizens. lovely movie based upon the 1932 RESTORED "Better Ofr'Dead" (Warners) Sunday, Oct. 20 (NBC) - "Land trip of 80-year-old Alice Har­ This crass comedy about teen sui­ of Fear, Land of Courage" _. .PEWS REFINISHED greaves, who as a IO-year-old cide is aimed at teen-agers and Anti-apartheid activities of Angli­ Etc. 11:00 To 5:30 Sunday T1rru Saturday inspired Lewis Carroll to New proclaims all the verities of the 25 Yean in Buaineu can Bishop Desmond Tutu and York City to receive an honorary genre, such as parents as congeni­ Tel. 673-4262 617 428-6803 other South African religious degree from Columbia on the occa­ tal idiots. Because of its wildly leaders. ' sion of Lewis' centenary. The trip inappropriate theme and jocular Religious Radio looses a flood of memories for the view of drug abuse, it is rated 0, · S'unday, Oct. 20 (NBC)'­ woman and she recalls the past old PG. "Guideline" - 'Robert Wachew­ with t.he wisdom of age. It's evi­ "Creator" (Universal) Harry, the ski, health-cost specialist, discusses . dent that the writer's love for her: hero of this sentimentai comedy­ high costs of medical care and though kept within proper bounds, drama, is a Nobel laureate consi­ • COLLECTION OF HELPFUL FLOOI 102' Shawom'et Avenue what to look fOf in health insurance.

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Hand in hand, you and I 011 appreciation than through criti­ Let's cherish every moment we have been given *_.... F R E E _ ONlY FUll-LINE RELIGIOUS cism. Now is the time to compli­ 61FT STORE ON THE CAPE I While time is passing by. ment your boyfriend or girlfriend I often pray before I lay down by your side • OPEN: ..... SIt;' • 5:_ for the kin? of person he or she If you receive your calling before I awake is.

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The ideas in the song can a,lso Cherish the love we have . extend to the world around us.

We should cherish the life we live The earth is one of God's most Cherish the love beautiful gifts to us. This au· Cherish the life tumn, we might ask God for Cherish the love strength and guidance on how to The world is always changing and nothing ·stays the same 428 U.'n Sl : Mylnn,s · protect our earth from the many But love will stand the test of time .. & 775-4180 threats to its environment.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - To values. Some songs, however, are not children and promises to . rate or. not to ,rate rock music simply "take a situation in life keep ~he courts busy for years."

He said the'complete list of :records - was the burning ques­ ·and talk about it," he said.

Instead of getting in the "cen­ PMRC's demands "reads like an tion at a recent senate hearing occasioned by growing concern soring mood," Father Kimball instruction manual for some sin­ said, '''we can use most songs, ister kind of 'toilet training pro­ over wbat critics say are porno­ good or bad, if they will help us gram' to housebreak all com­ graphic rock lyrics.

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Parents; groups have called for talk about issues we need to talk posers and performers because of the lyrics' of a few." a uniform rating system which about with our kids anyway."

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the content and- message of song closure of song lyrics. tionable song lyrics, while re­ cording artists citing artistic ,lyrics with their children and Singer-eomposer John Denver, cmzENS~lNlN \, - . _. ... . ~-\\ lNGS RA."JK then discuss their own values who said many radio stations freedom, oppose any rating sys­ with regard to a particular sub­ ·banned his song "Rocky Moun­ tem. ject. . tain High" because it was incor­ In an interview with National . '''Parents have a right to say, rectly perceived as b~ing about Catholic News Service, Father ..

Don Kimball of Santa Rosa, 'I. don't want that. song played drugs, told the committee he is Calif., said· he is opposed to in my house,''' Father' Kimball strongly opposed to censorship, rating records because he fears said.."But I question the wisdom opposes warning labels and with that the system 'would backfire, of censoring songs in the house thinks the issue should be dealt with by parents "exercising in­ drawing attention to records when thos~ would be great op­ Rev. Edward McDonough, CSSR' por~unities for dialogue." fluence over their children." with the worst ratings. celebrating the He said if parents refuse to . first healing service at . .Dee Snider, lead singer and Father Kimball, who makes ex­ THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE tensive use popular music in allow certain music, children songwriter for' Twisted Sister, CONCEPTION, WASHINGTON, DC said that while he did not be­ youth ministry workshops, said probably will listen to it with­ HEALING SERVICE NOV. 9 AT 1:30 P.M.. he would like ,to see song ,lyric out the gui~ance parents can lieve children should be exposed Nov.8-10-S150pp to some lyrics,. it was his re­ printed on album covers or provide.

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NIGHTS, 2 FULL BUFFET BREAKFASTS, AND For 14 years he has hosted a of the New York-based Morality tor what his. children see and TOUR OF NATIONAL SHRINE. in Media, said "we wonder 'if · hear. weekly radio program using con­ APPLY IMMEDIATELY WITH NAME, ADDRESS, AND

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them license to keep making the board for' discussing moral 129 Mt: Auburn St. records they'r~ making. There Mr. George Osborn values.

FATHER Roman Robert Cambridge, MA 02138 must be another UNIVERSITY TRAVEL CO. . solution." . . that about 15 He estimated Tel: 864-7800 Vanasse, O. Praem., Secre­ She advocated an investigation percent of popular rock songs propose or promote negative to see if any laws were being tary for Education in the violated.

Society for the Propagation The Parents Music Resource of the Faith in New York Center, created ·last May by. a City, national secretary of group of influential Washington the Pontifical Missionary women including Susan Baker, wife of Treasury Secretary James Union' of Priests and Reli­ Baker, and Tipper Gore, wife of gious, and a native of Notre Sen. Al Gore, D-Tenn., has tried Dame parish, Fall River, to persuade the recording in­ celebrated his 25th anniver­ dustry:: to restrain itself. volun­ sary of priestly. ordination ta'rily 'and has sought to inform Oct. 6 at St. Norbert Abbey, parents about the content of De Pere, WI. rock music and music videos.

Father Vanasse, a 1949 The group called for the re­ graduate lof the former cording industry to take a three­ pronged approach: ·Msgr. Prevost High School, but, two-thirds' of our sisters -placing warning labels on Fall River, has taught at St. and brothers may never h~ records with lyrics that contain Norbert College, St. Norbert it! . "explicit sexual language, pro­ Abbey Seminary, and the fanity, violence, the occult and Catholic Theological Union World Mission Sunday, the glorification of drugs and in Chicago.

He was also a October 20, is a time for all of alcohol; ·planning assistant .us to give -missionaries around to the - making lyrics of songs the world the much needed president and director of the availahle . to consumers before means to go on proclaiming .they purchase records; master of arts degree pro­ the Good News.

- creating a panel to estab­ gram at the Catholic Theo­ lish criteria as to which records logical Union and Father Bring your offering for the Propagation of the Faith to Mass on sliould carry warning labels.

Vanasse was also director of World Mission Sunday.or if you prefer, mail it to us.

At the hearing, Mrs. Baker coinmunity development and . said the group 'also would ask Pray that the Gospel of Jesus Christ will reach our family in the MTV, the' 24-hour music video planning. at St. Norbert Ab­ Missions. channel, to label videos and' to bey. His. mother and step­ air "harmless, safe videos" at father, Mr. and Mrs. William times when young children would E. Mayettej are Fall River Send your gift to: ,

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Reverend Monsignor John J. Oliveira 368 North Main Street Recording' artist Frank Zappa Fall River, Massachusetts 02720 called thePMRC proposal "an ill-conceived piece of ntmsense which fails to 'deliver any ~eal benefits to children, infringes on 1 Yes, I want to help the Good Ne'Ys to reach our Missio~ families.

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