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At bishops' meeting

Central America top topic WASHINGTON (NC) - The - A proposed new rite for use U.S. bishops will be asked to ap- in the celebration of marriages prove a statement critical of U.S. between people of differing faiths. policy in Central America and a - A proposal that Dec. 12, the national pastoral plan for ministry day Our Lady of Guadalupe is said to U.S. Hispanics at their Nov. 16- to have appeared in Mexico, be 19 general meeting in Washington. raised to the rank of a feast on the The Central America statement U.S. church calendar. . the bishops are to consider calls The statement on Central AmerU.S. policy on Nicaragua "morica was written by the U.S. bishops' ally flawed" and says Central Committee on Social Development American lives should not be used and World Peace..Auxiliary Bish"as pawns in a superpower strugop Joseph M. Sullivan of Brookgle." , Iyn. N. y" is committee chairman.

About 300 bishops are expected The proposed statement says to attend the annual four-day meetCentral American poverty. injusing of the National Conference of tice and 'violence are too often Catholic Bishops and U.S. Cathoignored in public debate on the lic Conference.

U.S. role in the region. . Agenda items were announced "A near exclusive focus of attenin a recent news release. They tion on Nicaragua, and a policy include: debate reduced to the question of - A proposal for an annual colU.S. support for an armed opposilection in U.S. parishes to help tion reflects, in our view, a skewed fund the retirement needs of elderly and inadequate approach," the members of religious orders. statement says.

- A proposed statement on U.S. policy on EI Salvador and "doctrinal responsibilities" which Nicaragua, it says, s~ould "match contains suggested procedures for in deed what has been repeatedly resolving disputes between bishops stated in principle; namely, that theologians. the United States is committed to - A proposed statement calling furthering the process of dialogue for preventing school-based health and negotiations in both countries." clinics from providing students with It calls "morally flawed" U.S. contraceptives and abortion servpolicy of giving direct military aid ices.

to forces seeking the overthrow of Nicaragua, a nation with which the United States is legally not at war.

The statement questions whether U.S. military aid to EI Salvador "while intending to support the emergence of civilian and democratic rule, inadvertently created a more potent and triumphalistic [Salvadoran] military than at any time before."

The bishops can "do no less than condemn the war and the consequent' sending of arms to Central America." it says.'

The statement also urges Catholic parishes, religious communities and social service a'gencies to increase assistance to refugees in need regardless of their legal status.

If the Central America statement is approved, it will be the bishops' first comprehensive statement on Central America since 1981.

Creation of"small ecclesial communities" to respond to proselytism of U.S. Hispanics by·fundamentalist groups is called for in a pastoral plan on Hispanic ministry the bishops will consider. .

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Political responsibility asked

EDMOND and Catherine Audette of Holy Name parish, Fall River, marking 25 years of married life, were among 132 couples celebrating significant wedding anniversaries Sunday at the eighth annual Mas's of thanksgiving at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Mrs. Audette is secre~ary to the diocesan Permanent Diaconate program. With the couple are Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and Father Ronald A Tosti, director of the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry, which coordinates the Mass.

65 parishes were represented by couples, 51 of whom were celebrating 25 years of marriage, 46 marking golden anniversries. Mr. and Mrs. William Forster of Our Lady of Victory parish, Centerville, and Dr. and Mrs. Lo'uis A. Sieracki of Our Lady of the Assumption parish, Osterville, celebrated 55 years together. Families and friends of the couples filled the cathedral. (Gaudette photo. See also page six.) o

Bishops' election statement WASHINGTON (NC)- As the nation's Catholic bishops look toward the 1988 general election, their agenda for a more moral public 'policy is basically the same as in 1984.

A comparison of their new statement, "Political Responsibility: Choices for the Future," with previous releases shows the bishops still seek a halt to legalized abortion and the arms race and more attention to the needs of the poor.

They still want.better protection of civil and human rights at home and abroad and realigned economic priorities fhat emphasize human needs and dignity. . This year's statement added a section on immigration and refugee policy to the list of morally significant issues facing the nation.

Since the 40-bishop administrative board of the U.S. Catholic Conference began issuing quadrennial political responsibility statements in 1976, the statements have been expanded, refined and adapted to changing circumstances.

On abortion, the bishops have always held firm two key issues: the fundamental right to life of the unborn and the judgment that a constitutional amendment is need-

ed to protect that right. In 1984 and 1987 they added a statement opposing public funding of abortion. . The 1976 statement condemned the global arms race for its threat to humanity's future and its immediate effect of depriving the poor of basic needs. In 1979, specific condemnations of nuclear attack on or threats to civilian populations were added. In 1984, following the bishops' 1983 peace pastoral, .opposition to nuclear first use and even limited nuclear war were added. This year, support for arms control was expanded to specify support for three specific treaties.

Opposition to capital punishment was added to the list of concerns in 1979.

The issue of civil rights, treated briefly in 1979, was expanded in 1984, with racism cited as a particularly urgent problem.

On the economy, the 1976,1979, 1984 and 1987 statements show many changes in emphasis, but also some constants. All call high unemployment unacceptable. All urge maintenance and improvement of services to the poor.

But this year's statement, reflect-

ing the bishops' 1986 pastoral on the economy, incorporates language from the pastoral on all economic issues. It expresses a more thorough theology of the moral dimension of economic decisions, condemns continuing poverty more bluntly and adds an important international dimension to the question of U.S. economic policy. Also borrowing from the pastoral, the 1987 statement urges a new hike in the minimum wage, last adjusted in 1981.

Since 1979, health c'are has been listed as a "basic human right" requiring government protection, with national health insurance, com'prehensive care, preventive care and containment of health costs as major priorities.

The 1987 statement also called for legislation "requiring employers to provide a minimum health insurance benefit to employees."

A right to decent, affordable housing for all has been a feature of all four statements.

All four also advocate giving greater weight to the promotion of human rights worldwide in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy.

2 deans named

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has • to see to it that the clerics of his appointed Rev. Armando A. An- district lead a life which is in nunziato dean of the Attleboro harmony with their state of life Deanery of the Fall River Diocese and diligently perform their duties; • to see to it that religious funcand Very. Rev. Barry W. Wall dean of the Fall River Deanery. tions are celebrated in accord with As rector of St. Mary's Cathe- the prescriptions of the sacred liturdral, Father Wall already has,the gy, that the good appearance and title Very Reverend, which also condition of the churches and of accompanies the office of dean. sacred furnishings are carefully Thus Father Annunziato will hence- maintained especially in the celebraforth have that title, as have pre- tion of the Eucharist and the cusviously appointed Very Rev. John tody of the Blessed' Sacrament, P. Driscoll, New Bedford dean; that the parish books are correctly Very Rev. Gerald T. Shovelton, . inscribed and duly cared for, that Taunton dean; and Very Rev. Ed- ecclesiastical goods are carefully ward C. Duffy, Cape and Islands administered, and finally that the rectory is maintained with proper dean.

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Canon Law, deans may also I;>e • Within the vicariate entrusted titled vicars forane or archpriests. to him the vicar forane: Canon 555 notes that "a vicar I. is to see to it that clerics, in forane has the duty and right: accord with the prescriptions of • to promote and coordinate the particular law and at the times common pastoral activity within Turn to Page Three the vicariate;

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BISHOP DANIEL A.' Cronin recently blessed a new parish center at Espirito Santo Church, Fall River. Pastor Father Luis A. Cardoso, at left, and Father .Freddie Babiczuk, parochial vicar, at Father Cardoso's left, joined the bishop and parishioners in celebrating the addition. (Torchia p'hoto)

Document on homeless forthcoming VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II expressed concern for the world's homeless, and the Vatican announced a new document on the issue to be released by the end of November.

In a telegram to Peter Florin, president ofthe 42nd U. N. General Assembly, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Agostino Casaroli said the pope expressed support for the United Nations' International Day for the Homeless Oct. 12.

Homelessness is a "vast problem of insufficient and inadequate. housing in may countries of the world," the message said.

The pope offered his encour-. agement to those seeking solutions for this problem which "seriously threatens the existence and stability of the family and the development of society as a whole.""

He expressed the hope that the U. N. action would "foster greater awareness" of the collaboration needed to remedy the situation.

At the same time, the Vatican .announced that in keeping with the U. N. declaration of 1987 as the

yea,r of the homeless, the Pontifical Justice and Peace Commission was preparing a document on the. theme, to be released by the end of November. It was drafted after extensive consultation with various bishops' conferences and the Eastern-rite churches, the statement said. .

The document would, emphasize

Conc~rt, wprkshopplanned Well-known pastoral musician Marty Haugen will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 20 at New Bedford's First Unitarian Church.

The concert and a workshop the following day are sponsored by the Fall River diocesan chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. The workshop is also sponsored by Sacred Heart parish, New Bedford.

According to Ada Simpson, chapter program coordinator and director of music ministry at Corpus Christi parish, Sandwich, the Unitarian church was selected because of its "marvelous piano."

Fr. McBride at convention Father Alfred McBride, O.Praem., will be the main speaker at the annual Catholic Education Convention Monday' at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

Educators from all diocesan elementary and secondary schools. will attend. .

Father McBride~ a Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Association staff'member, wiII ' make two presentations, "Faith Journey" and "Christian Formation of Catholic Educat.ors.'~ He is no'ted as a speaker able to . stir up pride in being a Catholic' and, to help teachers appreciate t.~at Catholic .schools, are a dis-c tinct and. val,u~d Church mission.

Thes·peaker. is a past National .Catholic Educational Association director for religious education.

He holds a diploma in "religious education from Lumen Vitae in Brussels, Belgium, and a doctorate in the same area from Catholic University. He has done postdoctoral work at Oxford University.

the "ethical aspect" of the issue "in the light of repeated affirmations about the right to a house that can be found in the recent declarations on human rights," the Vatican said..

The document also would report on efforts by the'church in various parts of the world to address "this dramatic situation."

Haugen, she said, is a Minneapolis-based composer and vocalist who plays piano and guitar.

He and pastoral musician Fred Moleck, Ph.D., \Yill offer a pastoral music workshop with lectures from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 21 at Sacred Heart parish center, New Bedford.

All are welcome to attend both events. Information on registration is available from Ms. Simpson at 746-5440.

Free to return MANAGUA, Nicaragua (NC) - Nicaraguan's President Daniel Ortega said two exiled Catholic ~lergyman are free to return home, as he announced a panel to oversee Nicaragua's compliance with a new regional.peace pact. The panel will include his strcingest critic, Cardinal Miguel Ubando Bravo of Managua. Ortega said in a recent press conference that Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega of the Prelature of Juigalpa and Msgr. Bismarck Carballo, who have lived in exile for more than a year after being accused of supporting the U.S.backed "contra" rebels, may return as a gesture of the Sandinistas' good faith in the peace process.

Qishop Vega, who has made several biting attacks on Nicaragua's Sandinista government in speeches in the United States, reportedly said he would reject the Ortega offer.. .

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The Mass of Christian Burial was offered Tuesday at St. Anne's Church, Fall River, for former pastor Father Raymond M. Drouin, OP, 73, who died Oct. 16.

After serving as pastor from 1963 'to 1971, Father Drouin studied in Canada and France during a two-year sabbatical. He then returned to St~ Anne's parish to begin a new career as chaplain at neighboring St. Anne's H.ospital, where he worked from 1973 until his retirement last March.

It was the apostolate of Father Drouin's latter years that was emphasized by Very Rev. Pierre E. Lachance, prior of St. Anne's community of Dominican priests and funeral Mass homilist.

"Father's ministry to the sick and dying brought out the best of his qualities of care and compassion," said Father Lachance. "His way of dealing with patients and their families was always comforting and encouraging.

"He seemed to have had an early inclination toward a ministry to the sick. He even thought in his youth of becoming a physician before deciding to become a priest in the Order of Preachers. His later ministry as hospital chaplain re~ponded to early and deep aspirations of his heart. That is why he was so successful in this mInistry and found such satisfaction in its exercise."

Very Rev. Richard Guimond, OP, Dominican provincial, was principal celebrant of the Mass.

Permanent deacons Bernard Theroux and Robert Raymond were deacons respectively for the liturgy of the Eucharist and the Word.

Born in Ottawa, Father.Drouin was the son of the late Anatole and Jeanne (Trudel) Drouin. Entering , the Dominican community at age 18, he was ordained to the priesthood in Rome July II, 1937, at the unusually early age of 23: He held ii licentiate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. ' Following a brief teaching assignment in Ottawa, Father Drouin was stationed as a parochial vicar

"We live in union with the true God - in union with his son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and this is eterna(life." - I In. 5:20

FATHER DROUIN at St. Anne's parish from 1940 to 1953, for most of those years directing the parochial school.

He was then transferred to the pastorate of a new parish in Saskatchewan, Canada, where he built a church and parish hall. Returning to St. Anne's parish in 1963, he was pastor until 1971. During his term of office he founded the Council of Catholic Women and a parish committee, the latter organi'zed to give financial assistance to St. Anne's School. Father Drouin also directed celebration of the parish centennial in 1969.

He is survived by four sisters and a brother, all in Canada: Mrs. Henriette Cousineau, Mrs. Car-. lotte Legare, Miss Andree Drouin, Miss Therese Drouin and Bernard Drouin.

Interment was in the Dominican p'rovincial cemetery, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.

Ingredients "Do your best to add goodness to your faith: to your goodness add knowledge; to your knowledge add self-control; to your selfcontrol add endurance; to your endurance add godliness; to your godliness add brotherly affectio'n; and to your brotherly affection add love." - 2 Pet. 1:5-7

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Pope canonizes . 16 martyrs

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FATHER WALL

2 deans named Continued from Page One stated in such law, attend theological lectures, meetings or conferences in accord with the norm of can. 279, par. 2; 2. is to take care that the presbyters of his district have read y access to spiritual helps and is to be

Abp. Donnellan dead at 73 ATLANTA (NC) - Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan of Atlanta, a former treasurer of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, died Oct. IS at St. Joseph Hospital in Atlanta. He was 73.

The prelate, noted for his financial experttse as well as his social justice advoca0', suffered a stroke in May but never fully recovered.

In August the Atlanta archdiocesan consultors, an advisory ,body of priests, elected an archdiocesan administrator after \=oncluding that the archbishop was unable to fulfill his duties.

At the time of his death he was a member of the U.S. bishops' Hispanic Affairs Committe:e, a consultant to the Pro-Life Activities Committee, and a member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Economic Concerns of the Holy See, Archbishop Donnellan was treasurer of the NCCB and U,S. Catholic Conference from 1972 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 1981 and' was one of five bisnops on the committee which drafted the U,S, bishops' 1986 pastoral letter on the U.S. economy.

As archbishop of Atlanta beginning in 1968, he served during a period of enormous growth for the Catholic population o( northern Georgia. During that time the number of Catholics more than doubled, growing from 50,000 to 133,000.

particularly concerned about those priests who find themselves in rather difficult circumstances or who are beset with problems.

• The-vicar forane is to take care that the pastors of his district whom he knows to be seriously ill do not lack spiritual and material aids, while seeing to it that the funerals of those who die are celebrated with dignity; he is likewise to make provision that when they are sick or dying, the books, documents, sacredjurnishings or other things which belong to the Church are not lost or transported elsewhere.

• The vicar forane is obliged to visit the parishes of his district in accord with the regulations made by the diocesan bishop."

Father Annunziato Father Annunziato, since 1981 pastor of St. Mary's parish, Mansfield; was previously'pastor of St. James and St. Francis of Assisi parishes: New' Bedford, 'and was also director of St. Mary's Home in that city. Prior to that time he had directed St. Vincent's Home, Fall River, and was administrator of St. Bernard's parish, Assonet.

He was ordained Dec. 16, 1956, by archbishop Martin J. O'Connor at the North American College in Rome,

Father Wall has been rector of St. Mary's Cathedral since July, 1986. Previously he was pastor of Sacred Heart parish, Fall River.

Ordl,lined in 1962 by Bishop James L. Connolly, he was parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception parish, Taunton, and at the cathedral until becoming pastor at Sacred Heart in 1979.

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NEW YORK (NC) -Auxiliary Bishop Peter A. Rosazza of Hartford, Conn., told leaders of the corporate responsibility movement in New York that they had "come a long way" in getting business corporations to recognize ethical responsibilities but still had a long way to go. While some businesses are doing a better jobof looking at the morality of their decisions, "this is not always true," said the bishop, "and for that reason the churches must and should 'speak out when corporations do not act ethically."

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has canonized 16 Catholics martyred in 17th-century Japan.

They are Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint, and nine Japanese, four Spaniards, one Italian and one Frenchman. ' All were either Dominicans or lay people associated with Dominicans and were tortured and killed between 1633-1637, in or near the Japanese city of Nagasaki, according to biographical information provided by the Dominicans and the Vatican.

The 16 join 231 Catholics previously declared saints after being killed in Japan during the late 16th century and the 17th century.

Ruiz, educated by the Uommlcans in the Philippines, has been called a reluctant saint because of the circumstances of his martyrdom. He did not volunteer for the missions; he had committed a crime and was offered a choice of going to jailor to the missions. He chose the missions, but thought he was going to Portuguese-administered Macao. Instead, the 1636 missionary expedition went to Japan at a time when Japan was resisting western cultural influences, including Christianity.

The other saints are Spanish Dominican Father Domingo Ibanez de Erquicia, Japanese Dominican Brother Francisco Shoyemom, Japanese Dominican Father James Kyushei Tomonaga, Japanese lay . catechist Michael Kurobioye, Spanish Dominican Father Lucas Alonso del Espirtu Santo, Japanese Dominican Brother Matthew Kohioye. ,. Italian Dominican Father Giacinto Giordano Ansalone, Japanese Dominican Father Thomas ofSt. Hyacinthe, Spanish Dominican Father Antonio Gonzalez, French Dominican Father Guillaume Courted, Spanish Dominican Father Miguel de Aozaraza, Japanese Dominican Father Vicente Schiwozuka and Japanese layman Lazaro of Kyoto.

Deadlock .VATICAN CITY (NC) - Negotiations between the Vatican and Czechoslovakia over naming bishops in the communist country are deadlocked because Czech authorities want candidates who are members of a pro-government clergy

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the moorin&.-, Straighten Out .the Mess In the broadest sense, public safety is a public re~ponsibility, not a matter of choice, alternatives or experiment. When the. general public is the target of riots and peril, there should be a corresponding public effort to control, direct and regulate the factors leading to such a situation; The history of public safety in this country is a story of people who have little control over their very lives. From the mill bosses of the last century to the conglomerates of today, the story of concern for the welfare of the citizenry has been and yet is horrendous.

Daily we live with examples of this attitude, ranging from neglect of the poor to the politics of acid rain. The hesitant rea<;:tion to the AIDS epidemic, the decline of medical services路 and the disregard for the elderly are clearly examples of public negligence.

Each ofthese subjects calls for editorial comment. But presently coming to 'mind with especial force is the careless and crass attitude permeating our system of air transportation.

Each and every day thousands of Americans are pawns in the hands of the airlines ..

Our airlines industry is not public, but a private undertaking out to make money in the so-called good old American way.

For years it wanted to be on its own and federal deregulation was the answer. The airlines got what they wanted and the public got the disregard it now endures.

One who must fly has few options even if he of she chooses first class over business class over cattle class. The record shows that maintenance neglect, overworked crews and incompetent management have placed the flying public in grave danger. _ The 1981 strike of the federal air traffic controllers and their . dismissal by the government exacerbated the situation. Midair collisions and near misses have become all too common.

In addition to the very real risk to thei'r lives, one cannot help but reflect on the consistent annoyances suffered by P<;lssengers.. Lost luggage, overbooking and flight cancellations are not the exception but almost the rule. Even if they land in one piece, they face confusion, chaos and confrontation. Coming and going to and from the airport can itself be a maddening experience.

The facts are quite clear. Public regulation of the airlines is much needed. This should involve more and better trained air traffic controllers, state-of-the-art safety equipment and a more effective Federal Aviation Administration. The argument against these suggestions are of course endless but usually end up in the arena of affordability. _ But when it comes to public safety, this argument is reduced路 to ruin. If we can build better bombers, can't we spend a few dollars to ensure the safety of people who depend on airlines?

The airlines themselves should be held monetarily accountable. for their own neglect. They readily impose surcharges on passengers every time there is an increase in the cost of aviation fuel, at the same time playing Russian roulette with precious lives and charging exorbitant fares.

It is about time the industry became accountable to the public. Noone is asking to nationalize the airlines but rather to have an industry that reali:res its responsibility to the nation.

What we are currently experiencing is shameful. If corrections cannot be made in-house, then the federal government should once more step in and take control. Right now, as far as the public is concerned, regulation worked much better than what 'we are currently exp~riencing in these days of deregulation.

The Editor

DANIEL RAYMOND FOLEY OF ST. JOSEPH PARISH, FALL RIVER, RELAXES AT CATHOLIC MEMORIAL HOME.

"Old age is a crown of dignity." Provo 16:31

Sexuality and moral life

By Father Kevin J. Harrington

chaos. It is not a sign of maturity When Pope John Paul II visited to equate happiness with the freethe United States an unprecedented dom to do as one pleases without number of television specials fo- respect for the rights of others. cused on laity reaction to his teachThe breakdown of the family is ing on sexual morality and many too high a price to pay for the right critics noted what they considered of consenting adults to gratify his disproportionate emphasis on themselves. The champions of sexthis area. ual liberation turned their backs However, reading of the papal on its disastrous consequences to texts contradicts this criticism. It family life and to the defenseless was simply that the secular press unborn. It took the .horrible dischose to highlight the topic that ease of AI DS to make those chamseemed most controversial. pions cry ABSTINENCE! One cannot deny that sexuality In my opinion the church canis a key component of our nature. not spend too much time teaching But the fact that our culture is out sexual morality. While it is true of tune with the sexual mores that parents are the first teachers advocated by the pope does not of their children, they are not mean that church teaching has always the best equipped. nothing to offer people.

When I see Catholic laypeople The pope's emphasis upon tra- joining with evangelical Protestants ditional values is not an effort by a in crusading against local health reactionary to escape the real world. education curriculums that teach A papal confidant was quoted as sex education in a morally neutral saying it is always safe to assume environment, I often' wonder how that the pontiff is better informed they would teach sex education than might be expected. He recog- with a moral basis. nizes that in a democracy there isa Young people can be taught to danger of rejecting any moral "just say no" to drugs but they teaching that threatens what is perceived to be personal autonomy cannot be taught to deny their sexuality. Parents are often overor that smacks of paternalism.

The wide range offreedom advo- protective and can instill negative cated for consenting adults in our attitudes toward sexuality that can secular culture can never be en- ' result in forming their children in dorsed by il church rooted in Scrip- their own neurotic image.

We know that a sexual life which ture and living tradition. Those who advocate that each person fosters non-values is destructive to should be free to write his or her humanity and un-Christian. To own rules are advocating moral read the Bible and to know our

living tradition is to become aware of mankind's noble attempts to enhance human qualities through sexuality. Although St. Ininaeus said in the second century that the glory of God is man fully alive, many saints and sinners have had less than healthy attitudes towards sexuality.

But each generation learns more about the nature of man and is challenged to integrate its sexuality into its relationship with God and others. Our sexuality should aid, not impede our ability to express care and love for ourselves and others.

We must strive to be more effective in teaching sexual morality, especially in our Catholic schools and religious education programs.

If we are silent, we fail in our responsibility to bring the church's prophetic message to a generation searching for meaning.

Youngsters deserve more than a list of dos and don'ts. They deserve to be given the reasons why. If parents are afraid to deal with this delicate area, Catholic schools and religious education programs must assist in fostering truly human and ' Christian attitudes toward sexuality.

The more we imitate the example of those who have integrated their sexuality with their moral life, the more we will feel elevated by standing on the shoulders of these giants!

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Oct. 23, 1987

Discovering greed When I was teaching on a tour of army posts in Germany last year and the militarv wives I met learned I was goin'g to the remote posts near the Czech border, they exclaimed, "Oh, you've got to hit the china and crystal factories. You can get fine china and cut glass at a fraction of the price at home." _ When I showed little interest. they indicated surprise. I explained, "I have all the china I can use now and I'm not using it much. I don't want the hassle of storing any more."

"That doesn't matter," laughed one. "Don't think of the storage.

Think of the money you save."

A German-born American military wife said, "That's what I don't understand about Americans.

You buy what you don't need ----: sometimes you buy something you don't even like that much - but you buy ,it because you save so much money. I don't see how it's a saving if you don't need it."

I've thought of her remark several times since then. We do have a national pride in finding bargains .and more than once I've bought something I didn't intend to buy because it was on sale.

I use the rationale, "Maybe I'll use it sometime," or "I can give it as a gift:" Frequently, these items lie around until I get tired of storing them and then I give them to

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some worthy organization like Goodwill or St. Vincent's.

1 didn't really learn how greedy I am, though, until I went to Seoul, South Korea, to teach for the 8th Army last spring. Seoul, like Hong Kong, is the Garden of Eden for bargain hunters. There's a 10square-block area of shops called Itaewon with streets, alleys, and undergrounds full of shops offering Reeboks for $8, polo shirts for $2 and silk dresses for $15.

It's enough to make the heart beat faster and mine did. Shopping is the major tourist attraction in Seoul and there are even tours from Toyko for those who want to buy furs, leather, and silk at great savings.

I talked with several Americans in Seoul about what happens inside us when faced with massive amounts of incredible bargains.

We lose our perspective. We b!-1y with abandon. If we intend to buy one blouse for $5 and the saleslady offers two for $8 we ask, "How much for four?" The savings and bargaining subsume the need.

Fortunately, I had only two days to shop because I found I had far less self-discipline than I thought. After being so smug in Germany over the crystal, I reassessed my willpower. As it was, when I got on the plane for home, I couldn't even remember what I , had bought.

The prophetic spirit I wonder how many people really understand the valuable role of moral theologians in society?

Not long ago the need for experts in moral law was discussed by an attorney who addressed hospital administ~ators. He pointed out that secular courts often turn to moral theologians. Cases such as that of Karen Quinlan on when to withdraw artificial life-support systems, as well as concerns related to advances in biological engineering call for guiding values. In search of rich bodies ofteaching to guide them, the courts recognize the intellectual strength of the' Catholic tradition.

But the value of the moral theologian is not always recognized. Often lost sight ofis"the positive role of moral thinking moving people into action that is good, not only restricting them., The best known moral theologians were the Old Testament prophets. Often they have been referred to as "the conscience of Israel." Called by God, they took on his men~ality; withthe good of Israel always at heart. Although that goodness likewise was im-, planted in all the, Isra~lites, often hearts hardened and consciences were deadened.

It was the duty of the prophets to reaw~ken consciences and to soften hearts by prodding the people to remember God's goodness and to thir.st for justice while, avoiding pagan customs.

Aware of the Israelites' state of sin, the prophets calied them an adulterous nation, challenging them to follow God's law and enjoy the peace that follows.

The love of God for his people, the awakening of consciences, the thirst for justice, the desire for peace and union with God were

hallmarks of the prophetic message.

Those characteristics are also the foundation of moral law.

In everyday Hving we see so much disruption and disunity caused by injustice. To counter injustice, it has been proposed among other suggestions, that we enlarge our court systems, reform political systems and build more facilities for psychological counseling and therapy.

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A chaplain told me that shopping becomes an addiction in Seoul and that many military families never see anything else in Korea.

He said he took a visiting chaplain and his wife to the palace grounds and museum but they kept looking at their watches and asking when the shops closed so after a half hour of "touring," he gave up and took them to Itaewon.

I saw Panmunjom and the Demilitarized Zone on a day-long tour and visited the palaces and Olympic complex. I suspect I will remember these long after the shirts .

I bought wear out.

Still, I don't like what I saw in myself. I went shopping with a tidy list of needs and ended up with an untidy mass of stuff. The experience tells me I'm far more acquisitive and consumer-oriented than I'd like to believe.

My. family loved the stuff I bought, of course, and listened with incredulity to its prices. Recently I was invited back to Seoul and the family urges me to go. My heart is already beating faster but I don't think our budget can handle the savings.

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

I believe we are in an age when more adult education courses on moral law would be welcomed.

It is not that we need a more legalistic mentality to solve society's problems. What we need is more of the prophetic spirit that is the true foundation of moral law,

Doctrine abolished WASHINGTON (NC) - The Federal Communications Commission, on a unanimous 4-0 vote, recently abolished the Fairness Doctrine, a nearly 40-year-old requirement that broadcasters air contrasti'ng viewpoints on 'controversial issues.' The FCC'said'the requirement violates broadcasters' First Amendment rights ano is unnecessary because of the proliferation of forms of ~ommtinlca­ tions media'; inclUding s'ome 1 ,300 television stations and 10,000 radio stations in the United States. FCC Chairman Dennis Patrick said the commission's action "should be cause for 'celebration. The Fair" ness Doctrine chills speech ... and contravenes the First Amendment and the public interest." But public interest groups, including the U.S. Catholic Conference, also had cited the First Amendment in urging the doctrine be retained. ; .•

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Q. I found the enclosed pamphduring biblical times in Palestine let in our church, complaining and the surrounding cultures. about Communion in the' hand Burial of bodies in natural or and claiming it is a "profanation" artificial caves and tombs was comof the Blessed Sacrament. I won't receive in the hand. I went to mon. though sometimes certain Maine for my vacation and on internal organs were removed and Sunday went to church there. My burned.

As a routine substitute for burfriend and I were the only ones who received on the tongue. I felt ial in some cultures cremation came on the scene quite late. perhaps a strange. few thousand years before Christ But that's beside the point·. Can or later. As I have explained at you tell me who gave permission length at other times, the church's to take Communion in the hand? I prohibition of cremation about will take Communion on my tongue 100 years ago (1886) apparently until I die. (New York) was based particularly on antiA. I have answered this ques- religious attitudes of groups protion often over the years. It is my moting cremation. impression that very few people In recent years this prohibition even ask it anymore. has been lifted since anti-Christian It may be helpful to reflect on a sentiments about it no longer seem few facts about this subject. First, to apply. The church, however, and perhaps most significant, still expresses a preference for burCommunion in the hand was the ial as more consistent with Chriscommon way for people to receive tian tradition and perhaps a more Communion for almost the first reverent way of honoring the I 200 vears of the church's life. human body after death.

T'his ~eans the practice of ComA free brochure explaining munion in the hand has existed far Catholic regulations on memberlonger than Communion on the ship in the Masons and other tongue. organizations is available by sendThe church took literally Jesus' ing a stamped, self-addressed encommand, "Take this and eat." velope to Father John Dietzen, ,They received in their hands. gave Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main the Eucharist to each other and St., Bloomington, Ill. 61701. Queseven took Communion home to tions for this column should be family or friends who could not be sent to Father Dietzen at the same present at Mass. address.

Later on the church was forced to react to certain heresies which denied the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Part of this reaction WASHINGTON (NC) included building up the detailed Ukrainian Catholics have begun prohibitions many of us learned to celebrate the 1988 millennium about not touching the.host with of Christianity in what is now the our hands.

Ukraine with activities ranging When I was small in the 1930s from a synod of Ukrainian bishops we were taught that it was seriously in Rome to a $134,000 national sinful to touch not only the host newspaper insert in the United itself. but even the chalice. paten States. or ciborium in which the host and Sponsored by the Ukrainian dioconsecrated wine were contained. ceses of Stamford, Conn., and St. We now know that such prohiJ osaphat in Parma, Ohio, the fourbition did not reflect. as we then page, color special section, recently assumed. what the 'church had appeared in USA Today and fea~"always" done and thar they in" tured articles on the church. The volved nothing essential to Cathomillennium marks the 988 converlic doctrine or practice about the sion to Christianity of Vladimir, Eucharist. . grand duke of Kiev, and his nation The practice of receiving in the of Kievan-Rus. Later declared a hand was reinstituted by the church saint, Vladimir is honored both by in the late I960s. .

Ukrainian and Russian Christians, Youare free. of course. or should who trace the founding of mediebe; to receive on your tongue,ifyou val Russia to SOlJ1e of the duke's wish. There's always thai option. .descendants.

Frankly it seems to me rather weira to believe that somehow our tongue is holier than oUr' hand.

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Sept. 14 stop in Phoenix, Ariz.

(Illinois) The poor's right to equal care was A. As we would expect, the a theme of his address to 2,200 Bi ble has little to say about cremaCatholic health care leaders at the tion since this practice was rare meeting.

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Hispanics, as well as the working document and conclusions of the Third National Hispanic Pastoral Encuentro, which was convoked by the U.S. bishops.

It was written by the U.S. bishops' Committee for Hispanic Affairs. Committee chairman is Archbishop Robert F. Sanchez of Santa Fe,N.M. The plan says the great majority of Hispanics feel "distant" and "marginated" from the Catholic Church. Evangelization to the Hispanic often has been limited to Sunday Mass and sacramental preparation,it says, and has failed to stress "the dimensions of faith and spiritual growth and justice for the transformation of society."

To address that, the plan proposes organizing small ecclesial communities within the parish so that Hispanics develop a "greater sense of belonging," expand their prayer lives, and learn to question and work for justice.

Jehovah's Witnesses and Pentecostals are cited as denominations gaining popularity with Hispanics.

The plan says Hispanics should be "served in their language when possible, and their cultural values and religious traditions are to be . respected."

The bishops' Committee on Doctrine is to present a document titled "Doctrinal Responsibilities: Procedures for Promoting Cooperation and Resolving Disputes between Bishops and Theologians."

Bishop Raymond W. Lessard of Savannah, Ga., is committee chairman.

According to the meeting announcement, the document originated'in 1980 with a recommendation that the Catholic Theological Society of America and the Canon

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That joint committee developed a document which served as a working draft for the bishops' doctrine committee, which then developed the current proposal. .The proposal for a, national collection for retirement needs of religious comes from a committee of church fundraisers which concluded that an annual national collection is the only adequate way to raise sufficient funds. The committee said a poll of the laity found a willingness to contribute to the retirement and 'health-care needs of religious if asked.

Another statement the bishops are to vote on says providing contraceptive and abortion services, through school-based health 'clinics is not only "morally objectionable" but may be also impractical.

Written by the bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, the statement calls for legislative action to prevent school-based clinics from providing these services.

But it also says school-based clinics that "distance themselves from the agenda of contraceptive advocates" may be helpful in meeting health needs of young people.

During their meeting the bishops also are to hear progress reports from their committee preparing a pastoral letter on concerns of women and their committee evaluating the morality of deterrence in light of the bishops' 1983 peace pastoral, which gave conditi6nal moral acceptance to deterrence.

The meeting's proceedings will be broadcast by the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America 'and Mother Angelica's Eternal Word Television NetworK.

AMONG COUPLES participating in the eighth an'nual Mass honoring wedding anniversaries are, with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hall, left, of 51. Julie Billiart parish, North Dartmouth, marking 25 years; and Mr. and Mrs. George Mendonca of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New Bedford, 40'years married. (Gaudette photo) .

Father Dulles discusses church with Presbyterians

NEW YORK (NC) - Jesuit asked about women's ordination, for most Catholics. "It will take a Father Avery Dulles, a descendant saying'the Catholic Church could little time," he said. of Presbyterian forebears, recently not accept ordinations that would Regarding the spiritual situation told a Presbyterian audience that be recognized only in certain counof the Un~ted States today, Father Christian unity would be "a matter tries.

Dulles said there was no longer the of generations of gradual conHe said the church had never attitude of some people in the declared formally that ordination 1960s that leaving the church was vergence."

He said unity would come only of women was impossible, and this almost a necessity to "get up to the times." through an extended process of left "at least a crack in the door" mutual challenge and response for some future change. The UniBut he said it was difficult for among Christians of different view- ted States, he said, tends to be Americans to be "convinced Chrispoints. ' more "advanced" on this question, tians" in the present pluralistic Father Dulles, a noted theolo- and it is not yet a "real question" atmosphere. gian and professor at The Catholic University of America in Washington, is the son of the late John Foster Dulles, secretary of state under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and grandson of Rev. Allen NASHVILLE, Tenn. (NC) project could hurt church peace Macy Dulles, a Presbyterian pasSome 400 canon lawyers, in Nash- and unity in Seattle. tor and seminary professor. ville for the annual meeting of the Th ., b d f Canon Law S ' fA ' e society H e spo ke at M an hattan'M s a d'1oClety 0 menca, 'd soar d A hb'0 h goverL . Ch urc. h " d a stu d y 0 f current nors ere son Avenue P res b ytenan commlSSlOne h" consl . b d rc'd dIS op . aFather Dulles, who became a norms and practice regarding ordin- g I ~ ~Iews ~t decI'the thun~nldmCatholic as a Harvard student and ation of some married men to the °thUS y .0 tgo ~d ea WI e s u y, .. d t he J eSUIts . a f ter W or Id War Chi" eHpnes'd sal JOIne at olcpnest h00 d . Beforeapprovth .b d f It th t d WASHINGTON (NC) - The e ~ u ,y II naval service, said he did not ing the resolution, the membere sal. e oa.r e U.S. bishops have established their convert to Catholicism from Presby- ship voted to delete language that w.as conSlSten~ With the society s . history and alms. Such a study first office to work exclusively in terianism, but from the agnostl- would have asked the study com-" Id 'th h t h I h t non-Christian, non-Jewish rela. h h d d i d ' 'h' h' h . . h' h h e. p Sw at clsm e a eve ope In IS Ig mlttee to suggest ways In w IC t e hwou d 'I neld er t k'ur nor I tions and named John Borelli, a a " a rea. y a en p ac~ In . ea school years. practice could be "reasonably ex, historian of religions, to head it..... he said. "In future'bl SituatIOns, . me d'leval t d en ed" beyon d I't s curren t I'Iml't s. tie, h .d . .

A special interest In In his position Borelli will "proeta~ ,soJ?e "respol~slh ~ cad~onli culture, he said, led him to find a In the. church in the West, ordivide information and support for "cultural affinity" in the Catholic nation of married men is limited to ca e ucatlOn cou . e p ISP~ . " . the anger and confUSIOn occaslCatholic participation in interreligChurch. But he said "doctrine had speCial cases of mamed ministers, d b th S ttl ious relations, in coordination with something to do with it." mainly of the Episcopal and Luth- one y e ea e case. the Vatican Secretariat for NonAlthough much of what attracted eran churches, who have converted At their meeting the society memChristians," an announcement said. him to Catholicism still exists, he to Catholicism. bers also received a report on a He also will "advise on the multiresaid, it is not present "to the same In a report to the society, the spring symposium on laity in tl;te ligious dimension of curriculum degree." There was "a much ",lore outgoing president, Father Richard church. The final statement from development for all levels of Cathdisciplined church" at that time, G. Cunningham, announced that that symposium included a recomolic education," it said. he said. a study of apostolic visitations and mendation urging the world Synod Father Dulles said, however, limitation of the power of a local of Bishops to end exclusion of woBishop William H. Keeler of . that he considered Vatican II and bishop would go forward despite men from the non-ordained minisHarrisburg, Pa., chairman of the the changes flowing from it neces- some reservations expressed by tries of lector and acolyte.

U.S. bishops' Committee of! Ecusary.'

Archbishop Pio Laghi, papal proThe statement also asked synod menical and Interreligious Affairs, "The kind of medieval Clitholi- nuncio to the United States. bishops to promote more lay insaid the new office follows through cism that had existed up to that The study was commissioned volvement in the church's mission on Pope John Paul II's October time could not have survived very last year amid controversy raised and in collaborative and consulta1986 interfaith day of prayer for long in the post-World War II when Archbishop Raymond G. tive structures, in the church. The peace in Assisi,ltaly, and provides atmosphere," he said.

Hunthausen of Seattle was forced synod, meeting during October, "a methodology for understandAsked if he thought Pope John to give up some episcopal author- was devoted to the role and vocaing religious traditions as historiPaul II was trying to stop the work ity following an apostolicvisita- tion of the laity. cally, intellectually and spiritually of Vatican II, Father Dulles said tion-a Vatican-sponsored inquiry Msgr. Leonard Scott of Camden, interrelated." he did not think so, although Pope, - into his archdiocese. ArchbiN.J., vice president of the society John Paul was "a little less per- shop Hunthausen's authority was for the past year, automatically All for Us succeeded to the presidency at the missive." subseqiJently restored..

"I can sort of sympathize with Father Cunningham said society end of the Nashville convention.

"Christ himself carried our sins Vincentian Father Paul Golden of what he's trying to do," he added. officials met with Archbishop Laghi in his body to the cross, so that we "He can't afford to allow every- last November to discuss that study Chicago was elected vice-president, might die to sin and live for rightplacing him in line for the presidthing to go off in different direc- ,and other society projects, and eousness. It is by his wounds that tions in separate countries." subsequently the papal ambassaency at the end of the 1988 convenyou have been healed." - I Pet. tion, to be held in Baltimore.

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Convince, don~t coerce, fundraisers told A means to an end Deaf Editor: The arrival offall with its garish gold an9 red leaves and crisp air prompts a reflection on change.

Every time change comes about in my life I have various emotions.

At times I long for the comfort of old activities directed by lofty goals and expectations. Then still other longings arise. I yearn for a time when there is 'no doubt about where I am headed.

As I think of "in-between" times, I feel God is showing me the impermanence of life. Its ever changing moments are a reminder that nothing mortal, good or bad, lasts for eternity.

It is then that true goals surface.

Christ's promise of eternal love with him outshines any mortal magnificence. Accomplishments and joy are gifts from him almost as the "preview of coming attractions" of basking in his love. Even sorrows remind me of the lack of permanence here. / So as new experiences bombard me, I shall try to see them all as a means to an end, an end where nothing will touch me but love.

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BALTIMORE (NC) - "Convince, not coerce" people of the need to help further God's .work on earth, Jesuit Father William J. Byron told fundraisers recently meeting in Baltimore for the National Catholic Development and Stewardship Conference.

Father Byron, president of The Catholic University of America in Washington, spoke on "the vision and challenge of people helping people" to about 1,000 fund raisers and stewardship directors from ,the United States and other'parts of the world. .

BISHOP GRECO In Ireland a "depression causes obvious problems for fundraisers.

In Italy it's inefficient postal service. And in the United States it's too-rapid personnel turnover.

Msgr. Robert C. Wurtz, president of the National Catholic influence of alcohol. Father' Mc-' Development Conference, said that to avoid the problem of rapid turnGivney prepared the man for death and accompanied him to the scaf- over superiors general involved in . fundraising should select their"very fold, deep'ly affected by his fate.

Suddenly the youth turned to the' best personnel" to join the development conference and "let them priest and began to comfort him. grow in the field."

"Father," he said, "your saintly ministrations have enabled me to He believes that superiors do meet death without a tremor. Do not give fund-raisers "the support not fear for me." they need. The fundraiser is out Bishop Greco, born in 1894, had there raising the dollar but doesn't contact with two saints. At age II know how it's being used." he met St. F:rances Xavier Cabrini while he was serving Mass at a convent chapel. "What do you want to be when you grow up?"

Mother Cabrini asked. Without hesitation, the acolyte replied: "Mother, I hope to be a priest."

"My boy," the future saint said, "I will pray for you to be a priest -and a good priest." After young Greco left, Mother Cabrini remarked to her sisters: "Yes, this little boy will become a priest and will go far in the priesthood."

While a seminarian in Europe during World War I, Greco vol untee red at a summer camp in northern Italy and met Father Luigi Guanella, later beatified, the founder ofa school for the retarded.

He was so impressed by the priest that as a bishop he too founded schools for exceptional children.

Any information or experience in connection with Father McGivney or Bishop Greco will be welcomed at the Office for Historical Research, Knights of Columbus, I Columbus Plaza, New Haven, CT 06507.

K of C supreme chaplains beatification explored

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - An office is being established at the international headquarters of the Knights of Columbus to explore the possible beatification of two former supreme chaplains.

In announcing the new office, Supreme Knight Virgil C. Dechant pointed to a widespread conviction among the society's members that Father MichaeIJ. McGivney, K of C founder, and Bishop Charles P. Greco, supreme chaplain for 26 years prior to his death last Jan. 20, merit sainthood. . WASHINGTON(NC)-Divine Authorities have granted perWord Father Gary Riebe-Estrella mission for investigation of the life of Los Angeles has been appointed and writings of Father McGivney director of a U.S. bishops' project and Bishop Greco. to promote and support vocations The director of the office wiH be among Hispanics: "Hispanic VoElmer Von Feldt, for 22 years edications and Formation: Project tor of Columbia, the Knights' inter13." national journal. Von Feldt was close to Bishop Greco during his last years.

Father McGivney was born in Waterbury, Conn. in 1852 and was ordained a priest at age 25. His . first assignment was to St. Mary's Church in New Haven, at a time when ma'ny Irish Catholic men lost their lives at hazardous jobs.

His experience with grieving widows convinced him of the need for a Catholic fraternal benefit society.

He died of pneumonia at age 38.

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An episode in the p.riest's life underlines his compassion. As a prison chaplain he met a young man sentenced to death for shooting a police officer while under the

Camps benefit from Ball

AT 55. PETER and Paul School, Fall River, students like fifth-grader Mandy Car-' d'oso are beginning computer education studies. October is computer learning month at the school, and stud~nts are participating in activities including an essay contest. On Thursday, Dennis R. Poyant, principal ofSt. Mary's School, New Bedford, will presenr computer instruction sessions for parents and teachers. He will be assisted by St. Mary's School staffers Marjorie Mello and Daniel Larkin.

The 33rd annual Bishop's Charity Ball of the Diocese of Fall River, set for 路Jan. 15 at Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth, will benefit four summer camps for underprivileged and exceptional children in Southeastern Massachusetts.

Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, P A, the ball's diocesan, director, has announced that ball proceeds have funded many improvements at Nazareth Day Camp for exceptional children, Catholic Boys' Day Camp and St. Vincent de Paul overnight camps whose professionally trained directors served hundreds of children last summer.

Other diocesan charitable apostolates also benefit from ball proceeds.

The ball committee, together with the social and charitable event's cosponsors, the Diocesan CounCil of Catholic Women and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

is soliciting names for a commemorative ball booklet. Any member of these organizations may be contacted for information as may ball headquarters at 410 Highland Ave., Fall River 02722, tel. 676-8943 or 676-3200.

Ball tickets may be obtained at all diocesan rectories.

Another problem, he said, is presenting the correct image before the public eye.

"To attract money the project has to be one of real need," Msgr.

Wurtz said. "People tend to contribute to anything dealing with children or youth or food for the starving. Issues dealing,with peace, justice, equality - these are categories that people give to readily."

In his keynote address Father Byron called convincing people to give to church charitable activities "a sound theological principle applicable in all circumstances to the proclamation of the Gospel.

God is with you because it is God's work you are trying to promote."

"God's power to move the heart and open the purse ofthe potential donor depends, in a way that cannot be anything but mysterious, . on your ability to convince, to 'make the case,' to match the financial need with the person who can meet the need," he said.

Father Byron, who also told the fund raisers to be concise in their approach, said at the outset of his address: "Successful fundraisers are effective friend-raisers who can bring conversations about money. to closure." . He added, "I ought to sit down after saying that."

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LACEY, Wash. (NC) ~ With "a Catholic celebration of contemporary-arts" as its theme, the Seattle Archdiocese attracted 144 writers. composers. producers, dancers, singers. sculptors and other artists to a recent conference on "The Church and the Artist."

Participants from 29 states and Canada met at St. Martin's Benedictine Abbey, Lacey, to pray together, celebrate the diverse arts they represented and discuss religious dimensions of art and the relationship between artists and the church.

The visual, literary, performing and musical arts were separately celebrated in successive evening sessions that lasted. up to three hours, including the reading of . . award-winning poetry and fiction and premiere performances of new musical compositions.

The mix of artists from all fields was the "unique dimension" and "one of the great values" of the conference, said Maury Sheridan, Seattle archdiocesan telecommunications director and project director for the conference.

"Our purpose," Sheridan said, "is to encourage a vigorous, fruitful relationship between the artist and the church. In addition to liturgical art, we're addressing the needs of artists aiming for mainstream audiences, galleries or publishers."

Msgr. James Conlan, founder and director of the Institute for Preaching and Liturgy in Yqnkers, N. Y., and a playwright, director and television producer. opened the conference with a reconciliation service in which the artists prayed to forgive and be forgiven.

"If I have silenced music. paralyzed the dance. slashed the canvas ... Lord, forgive me,"they prayed.

The church has been a patron of arts and artists and suffered for them, Msgr. Conlan said. but it has also at times feared artists and censored or prohibited their work.

Reconciliation is needed before fruitful dialogue between artist and church can develop, he said.

Collaboration between artists and church communities was a recurring topic of discussion.

Ceramicist Bruno LaVerdiere of Albany, N.Y., who also works in wood, stained glass, metal and other media, said, :'Collaboration is very exciting. Things don't always come out the way you expected.

Sometimes better."

Notre Dame Sister Terry Davis, a West Coast graphic artist, described collaboration with others in art creation as "the struggle to respect their sharing and not violate my own vision."

As a.n example, she cited her interaction with a parish in San Jose which commissioned her to do the church's stations of the cross. She presented parish representatives with several possible design approaches, they selected one, and she created a sample station for their review, she said. It was received enthusiastically.

She called that kind of approach workable but difficult. "The com. munity does need to know when it's time to .back off and trust the artist," she said.

Carolyn Deitering of Tucson, Ariz., author of two books on liturgical d.ance, described the

leaders and partiCipants in any liturgy as artists. "We're all fellow dancers," she said. "Together we create the dance which will bring God into our lives. All of our. common movements must be as beautiful as possible. The sign of the cross is liturgical dance."

To help make the conference a celebration of art as well as a discussion of it, conference organizers preceded it with competitions in literature and music. 60 short stories and 466 poems were entered in the literary competitions, and 84 compositions were submitted in the music contest.

Creative writing teacher Stuart

Dybek of Kalamazoo, Mich., won the $500 first place award in fiction for a short story, "The Palatski Man." Another creative writing teacher, T.S. Wallace of Camp Hill, Pa., took top poetry honors with a short poe.m, "The Slender Confessions of a Man in the First Person."

New York composer Joelle Wallach took first place in music with a prayer composition for four voices and piano titled, "Orison of Ste. Theresa."

The conference was funded in part by grants from the Catholic Communication Campaign and the Albert Steiss Trust.

JAZZ composer and pianist Eddie Bonnemere, top, who in 1966 wrote the first jazz Mass to be celebrated in a Catholic church, performs at the conference; Broadway producer Charles Bowden falks of life in the theater. (NC photos)

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - 'Fri., Oct. 23, 1987

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Anti-euthanasia leaders sign opposition declaration

AT 70th anniversary celebration of Hyacinth Circle, Daughters of Isabella, from left, vice-regent Evelyn Hendricks; regent Theresa Lewis; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; state regent Lilian Reilly; chaplain Rev. John J. Perry. (Rosa photo)

New Bedford D of I mark 70th year Bishop Daniel A. Cronin presided Sunday at a Mass of thanksgiving at Holy Name Chm:ch, New Bedford, marking the 70th anniversary of Hyacinth Circle 71 of the Daughters of Isabella.

Installation of officers and a banquet followed at New Bedford's Whaler Motor Inn. The Daughters of Isabella, an international organization of Catholic women, founded in 1897, is named for Queen Isabel, the Spanish monarch who funded ,Christopher Columbus' voyages. The queen was a dedicated Catholic and a champion of the poor.

Hyacinth Circle was instituted in 1917 with 335 members. Its name honors Dominican Missionary Father Hyacinth McKenna.

Helen E. Lowney was the group's first regent; she was followed in office by Carolyn B. ~anning, who later became the organiza~ tion's national regent.

Since then, 30 other women have held the post of Hyacinth Circle regent. Theresa Lewis was installed to the office on Sunday.

Circle members have traditionally held annual corporate communion days, days of recollection and retreats and have habitually responded to community needs.

In the past, aid was given to the former St. Mary's Home and ttie Catholic Welfare Bureau, both in New Bedford. Hyacinth Circle was the first group to make dressings for Fall River's Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Horne for terminal cancer patients. The Lathrop home is still serviced by circle members.

Members have sent tons of used clothing to U.S. and foreign missions, and during World War II provided military chaplains with thousands of handmade rosaries.

In 1946 the group began supporting the White Sisters or Daughters of the Holy Spirit, a community formerly in the diocese which ministered to the sick in their homes. They also aided the Discalced Carmelite nuns who served in the diocese.

The circle, which finances its charitable apostolates partly with proceeds from yard sales and flea markets, currently provides new baby clothes to Birthright and makes a monthly contribution to Market Ministries of New Bedford, a shelter and soup kitchen program.

Hyacinth Circle has provided financial aid to six men studying for the diocesan priesthood. One seminarian is now being assi~ted.

The circle now numbers 283 members. Four surviving charter members,Alice Donnelly, Theresa Fournier, Mary Gleason and Mary King, live in area nursing homes.

Besides Miss Lewis, officers installed Sunday by Massachusetts state regent Lillian Reilly included Evelyn Hendricks, vice-regent; MaryT. Britoand Cecilia Weaver, secretaries; and Eileen Marshall, treasurer.

Mixed results VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II's 1984 apostolic exhortation on confession, aimed at getting more Catholics to use the sacrament, has had mixed results, said a report to the 1987 world Synod of Bishops. In some countries it has been widely disseminated, pastoral programs have be,en developed to implement it and confessions are on the rise, said the report. In others, "it cannot be said that there has been a true increase in recourse to the sacrament of penance, in spite of the constant encouragement of pastors," the report added.

Among reasons are "secularization and hedonism, which in many places have destroyed religious practice and recourse to the sacraments." Others are "the loss of the sense of sin, the lack of a proper formation of conscience and the profound crisis in moral values experienced by contemporary society," it said. .

STEUB'ENVILLE, Ohio (NC) - A Catholic moral theologian and a constitutional lawyer were among 37 anti-euthanasia, suicide and assisted suicide in the United States.

The statement was issued during a recent conference of the International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force, based at the Human Life Center at the University of Steubenville.

Signers William E. May, professor of moral theology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, constitutional lawyer William Bentley Ball and Franciscan Father Michael Scanlan, president of the university,~erejoined by pro-life leaders, physicians, educators, advocates for the terminally ill and representatives of the disabled.

Noting the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, the document affirmed "as did the Founding Fathers, the inviolability of all human life and our dependence upon Almighty God: "We categorically reject euthanasia in American, society as it masquerades under the euphemisms of a 'right to die,' 'aid in dying,' and 'death with dignity,' " it said, "There is no dignity in star-

vation or dehydration unto death, nor any shining mercy."

The document also emphasized that all human beings "young and old, healthy and debilitated, have an inalienable right to food and water, warmth and competent, compassionate care, and the law and learned professions must recognize and reflect this."

During the conference participants discussed strategy to oppose euthanasia while defending people's right to be treated with dignity and to receive necessary medical care.

"There are many factors which, combined, lead to an explosive and dangerous climate for euthanasia," Mary Senander, a task ,force spokeswoman, said in a news release.

"Serious problems of cost containment, cO,upled with a growing aging population, discrimination 'against the disabled, a failure to recognize or meet the needs of the sick and the suffering," she added, "and an abandonment ofthe traditional Judeo-Christian sanctity of life ethic lead some to embrace quick 'solutions' - euthanasia, mercy killing or suicide."

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 23, 1987

Help me accept myself! only means to an end. They are brate existence. Your life experkeys to open certain doors. Yet iences form a cupboard of wealth Dear Dr. Kenny: I have had a some people keep working for to make each day richer. hard time accepting the fact that I them as if they were the goal of life, Enjoy the outdoors. Walk in the am 60 years old. Friends say I as if they would finally prove woods. Smell the sweet grass. Keep should lie about my age. I have self-worth. a garden. been seeing a woman psychiatrist, Life is a process to be lived, not Think beautiful thoughts. Forget and when 1J0id her I was 60, she a product to be constructed. You made me feel I didn't accomplish are a participant, not a passive col- yourself. Learn about the vast and wondrous universe from museums much with my life. lector or consumer. and television. Become a child Although. I am single, I have At 60, you need to be concerned again and let yourself be fasciworked fulltime as a secretary and more with goals and less with the achieved a degree from a Catholic keys to those goals. Most people nated by the intricacy of the atom. college. Now I am working for my would agree that the goal of life is See the world around you with the master's degree in computer science. happiness. Yet few seem to know awe it deserves. Take time to ' wonder.

I also took care of my mother where to find it. How can you be Love your neighbor. The deepwhen she became ill. I'd lived with happy at 60? est happiness comes from satisfyher all my life, but now she has You may feel that people find passed on. you less physically attractive. Your ing interpersonal relationships.

Listen to your friends. Share your I've had things said to me in the body does not work as well. Your own fears and dreams with them. is not as quick. mind past such as "Who would ever Yet after 60 years, you have Hold hands and hug a lot. want you!" and "I know what . Reach your mind out constantly many life experiences. amassed you're like." They seem to stick in in wordless prayer. Touch the God You have worked as a secretary, my mind, and I can't seem to get cared for your mother, attended who lies beyond every beautiful them out.

These memories are a tl10ught and within every human college.

Any advice you can give on being. storehouse for you to use. accepting myself and understandYou can expect 20 or more years stop worrying about You need to ing this would be appreciated. of life. You have earned the right what others think, whether they New Jersey approve or value you. It is fright- to stop worrying what others think Some people think that the pur- ening to live as if the only place you are worth and to start participose of life is to accomplish a great· you are real is in the mind of pating in the life celebration of many things, to earn academic someone else. which you are a small but impordegrees, become famous or make a Degrees on your wall and money . tant part. great deal of money. Then as you in the bank can be equally disapReader questions on family livfall short of your expectations, pointing. In no way do they guar- ing and child care to be answered you become disappointed with antee happiness. in print are invited. Address the yourself.

See yourself as one of the play- Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's Degrees, fame and money are ers in the grand game of life. Cele- College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

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STUDENTS and staff listen carefully as former Boston Celtics star M.L. Carr brings his "Stand Tall against Drugs" .campaign to S1. Vincent's Home, Fall River. The one-time forward has brought his message of self-esteem, self-confidence and use of communication in fighting drug abuse to over 20,000 Massachusetts youngsters since March 1986. (Motta photo)

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By Antoinette Bosco I've been reading reviews of a new movie called "The Princess Bridge" which is touted as a "fairy tale for adults." It is said to have all the ingredients of good and evil, danger, valor, beauty and the renewal of life - just as the children's fairy tales of old always did.

1 also watched the first episode of the new evening TV series "Beauty and the Beast." Advance publicity said it had the same story line as the original fairy tale but set in the world today.

1 was curious to know how this would be _done. Well, in a word. imaginatively. The beast, looking very much like the lion in "The Wizard of Oz," lives in a community underneath New York City for good p,eople who are misfits in some way.

We learn that the refuge was founded by a doctor who wanted to create a better world. The beast is named Vincent because his father, the doctor, found him abandoned near St. Vincent's Hospital in New York. Vincent saves the life of the beauty, a wealthy socialite career woman who has an influential father.

It happens at a time when she is beginning to show signs of being repulsed by the excesses of money and surface values she sees around her.

As anyone who knows the original could guess, Beauty begins to fall in love with her beast because she sees in him asoul and nobility of character wl1ich are in stark contrast to the selfish young men. she has been encountering.

I have to say it was it shock to me to see television of this caliber coming to the s~reen. It was refreshing to know that some in that business still may place value 011 such corny things as books and a lack of worldly possessio.ns. It was good to know that they could portray goodness - instead of a high

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payingjob - as a source of strength to be that the Grimms' tales are and power. pretty grim.

Mostly it was a splendid surYet goodness always triumphed. prise to see before my eyes the The whole point of fairy tales was truth presented in the fairy tale I . the teaching of values. Children loved as a child, namely that beauty learned that greed and lies, envy is not what appears before one's and deceit and the abuse of power eyes. It is the special quality that and disrespect for duty were terricomes from being in harmony with ble. The fairy tales also taught that the loving Creator. it was necessary to be wise in order If the film and this fine TV show to discern evil when it appeared in mean that fairy tales are back the guise of good. this time for adults - it might be If the Grimms' tales were grim, an interesting and welcome deit was because the tales dealt with velopment. .

Within the past 40 years, critics good against evil, and evil is gr!m. of fairy tales for children have If adult fairy tales really are on emerged. All kinds of negatives the horizon again and if they open were ascribed to these stories which eyes and hearts to reconsider some admittedly had a bit of mayhem, ofthe real values so readily forgotmurder and black magic about ten, this might be a memorable them. The classic complaint used media season.

75,203 reminders!

By Hilda Young I watched this morning as my II-year-old grabbed a sneak preview of his school lunch. fished out a potato chip and crunched a bite.

Part of the chip floated to the· floor. As he started to walk out of the kitchen, 1felt this ~ingling sensation in my brain akin to what David Banner must have felt before he began the transition into becoming the incredible hulk on television.

"Joseph," 1growled, "the chip."

"I only had one."

"Part of it fell on the floor."

"Oh, yeah." .

"Why didn't you pick it up?"

"I was going to get to it."

I felt my scalp stretching and 1 think 1 was starting to turn green. , "Y,ou were going to (pause for heavy breathing...) 'get to itT" I said with difficulty.

His eyes grew wide and he took a step back. I went on. "Was this plan of action anything like the way you 'get to' the apple cores by the TV. the sweat socks in the hall oLthe T-shirts under your bed?"

He shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, if it is," I said in a strangely deep voice. "change it."

He nodded. 1 sensed my shoulders beginning to hunch. "Do you think my role in life is- to follow you around and pick up your orange peels, gum wrappers and Kleenex? Do you know how many potato chips, bread-bag ties. pieces of cardboard and cherry pits you and your brothers and sister have dropped on the floor and left for me to pick up?"

He shook his head. "No." "Exactly 75,203 -:not counting the chunks of dried dog food you let roll under the table and ignore."

My eyes felt red. "How many times do you think 1 have asked you and your brothers and sister to pick up those things?'

"75.203?" he ventured. He retreated, picked up the piece of potato chip and popped it into his mouth.

Straight from the floor to his mouth. Do you believe that? I felt the tingling in my brain getting worse.

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Oct. 23, 1987

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Campus center benefits Native American students LA WRENCE, Kan. (NC) The Catholic campus center at Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence has been open just a year, but organizers said it already has become an important place for native American students to study and worship, form friendships and share tribal heritage.

Over 100 different tribes from 33 states are represented in the college's student enrollment of about 800. 25 to 35 percent are baptized Catholics.

BISHOP .DANIEL A. CRONIN is honored at annual Bishop's Night program of Fall Ri~er Catholic Woman's Club. Left, club president Margaret Leger; right, program chairperson Alice Harrington. (Rosa photo)

Speakers discuss papal authority

"We have tried to recognize the dignity and goodness of native religious customs and how they can enrich the church," Capuchin Father John Cousins told The Leaven, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas.

The priest is the center's director and, along with volunteers, is building a program that can be "a source of spiritual strength" and service to Indian students.

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WORCESTER, Mass. (NC) priest or bishops or a combination An excessive amount of authority of those groups.

He said "the price of collegiality has been placed in· the modern papacy and in offices of the Holy is very high. It is spelled T-I-M-E." See, several speakers said at a The church is made up of indirecent conference on the papacy . viduals "who have a temptation of and the U.S. church. . double-standard, who are ambiThe conference, at Holy Cross vatent about what the church College in Worcester, brought should do depending upon the together three U.S. bishops and subject under discussion," Msgr. several leading Catholic historians, Higgins added. theologians and canon lawyers.

He said he was not against reform Bishops present were Bishops but that "there are no quick fixes Matthew H. Clark of Rochester, to complex discussions. And I N.Y., and Raymond Lucker of would be a little slow to canonize New Ulm, Minn .• and Auxiliary ... change for the sake of change."

Bishop Peter A. Rosazza of Hartford, Conn.

Father James Provost, associate professor of canon law at Catholic Msgr. Frederick J. McManus, a University, said papal leadership prl' est of the Boston archdiocese often sends "confusing signals to and professor of canon law at the local churches" and added that the Catholic University of America in leadership after the Second VatiWashington, said that while the can Council was not totally comrights of the pope to legislate for mitted to liturgical renewal. the Roman church and the rights of individual bishops to legislate While there. was "meaningful" renewal, it was done in a "patchfor the local church were recog. d th e ng . ht s 0 I' reglOna .

I or work" fashion, and "people against nlze, national bodies of bishops to legis- renewal" were responsible for putting the council's teaching into practice, he said, adding that "conlate had not been accepted.

The priest suggested more au- fusion was compounded by poor thority be given to the world Synod catechesis." of Bishops. which convenes every He hailed the "notable leaderthree years at the Vatican to advise ship" of all popes since Leo XIII the pope. on social justice issues, but said he "There is too much made of the believed teachings on sex and other consultative role of the synod," matters have led to "an attitude of Msgr. McManus said. selectivity with regard to church He added that 'he envisioned a teaching." synod of bishops as a legislative body sharing "in solicitude for the universal church," and that the c·hurch lost "a great opportunity" when the 1983 revision of the Code of Canon Law was not submitted . to a synod vote.

Lawmaking at a level between the local church and the Holy See would not be detrimental to universality, he said.

But Msgr. George Higgins said giving legislative power to the synod in its present form would be "disastrous."

Msgr. Higgins, a consultant to the U.S. bishops and former secretary for special concerns at the U.S. Catholic Conference, teaches theology at Catholic University.

He acknowledged tension in the church but said, "I have no confidence in any ecclesial institution - doing anything worthwhile in four weeks" whether it be lay people,

Named Chairman Father Provost, who won a battle for tenure at Catholic University last year, has been named chairman of the university's canon law department.

A native of Washington, he joined the Catholic University faculty in 1979 and became managing editor of The Jurist, the university's law review.

In 1986, when he was under review for full tenure on the faculty, bishops on the board of trustees initially blocked his application in reaction to Vatican concern over some of his views.

Questions centered on his writings on topics that included the order of reception of first confession and first communion, use of the "internal forum solution" for divorced and remarried Catholics, the relationship between laity and ordained ministers, the status of women in the· church, and the nature of decrees by bishops' conferences.

His tenure was approved by the board after he agreed to change or clarify some of his writing~.

Catholic University is the only U.S. university with an ecclesiastical faculty granting degrees in canon law.

Father Provost was awarded his canon law degree by the Lateran University, Rome.

One student said the campus center was the place to find friendship and was where faith became "more firmly established in the beliefs of the Catholic Church."

Another student noted the center "has meant love, friendship and unity as a family."

The first year has been a search, Father Cousins said, for different ways to present Catholicism and for ways to enrich the faith "by the spiritual qualities and gifts that are distinctive of the many cultures."

Masses have incorporated tribal religious symbols and students have prepared traditional dinners.

"We also emphasized the church's

openness to all people and to different cultures by incorporating the message of the Tekakwitha Conference that it's beautiful to be both Catholic and Indian," the priest added.

The Tekakwitha Conference is an organization for the Catholic native peoples of North America.

It is named for Kateri Tekakwitha, the 17th-century Mohawk woman whom Pope John Paul II beatified in 1980.

Conference president Father John Hascall has been to the center to lead a retreat on native spirituality and a meditation including Indian customs of the medicine lodge and sweat lodge.

Father Hascall, a member ofthe Ojibway Indian nation, is the only Native American medicine man who is a Catholic priest.

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About I ,000 Indians live in Topeka, a large percentage ofthem Catholic. Many have said they were not comfortable in predominantly white, middle-class parishes and had not been to church in years until volunteers at Assumption Parish in the center ofthe city, where most Indians live, reached out.

The parish has initiated religious education programs, sacramental preparation, food drives, an Indian council, a health care program and four annual Indian liturgies.

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Synod a study in church diversity VATICAN CITY (NC) - Eastrole of movements in the church or ern-rite rite patriarchs in crimson the need for lay ministries. robes and exotic headdresses stroll While greater institutional inacross St. Peter's Square. volvement by lay men and women As brown-, black- and whiteis a concern of many U.S. and skinned bishops and cardinals leave European church leaders, Bishop the synod hall for lunch, their Pengo said Tanzanian laity do not diversity is a testimony to the have time to "fight their way into international scope of the Synod the sacristy either to seek employof Bishops. ment or to express their Catholic identity."

Even in the age oftelevision and a globe-trotting pope, rarely is the " As long as clerics and religious catholicity of this church so disare there," he said, lay people "are played. happy to find time for the evangelBut the internationalism of the ization of politics, economy and society:' synod is not simply a I!hoto opportunity for passing tourists; it is also Farther to the north, in Chad, an Important ingredient of what the church has found the lack of takes place inside the synod hall. priests in those sacristies a positive This was particularly true durexperience. ing the monthlong synod's first After chronicling the ravages of two weeks, when every bishop was his country's war and drought, allowed to speak for a maximum which often resulted in the excluof eight minutes during the twicesion of foreign priests and relidaily general assemblies. gious, Chadian Bishop Gabriel BaAfter almost two weeks, more let said the result was a greater issues had been raised than could sense of responsibility by the laity. ever be specifically addressed in a Even when a bishop shares the final document. The exploitation concerns of many other delegates, of women and of workers in the his local experience is a reminder Third World, the value of African of just how diverse this universal church can be. philosophy, the constant tensions Christian minorities. live with in Archbishop Peter P. Dery of Moslem-dominated cultures and Ghana joined other bishops in the importance of lay catechists seeking to preserve and defend the and teachers in mission lands were "dignity, freedom and the rights of just a few. women:' But. in his country the This period might be the hardest urgent need was to "reject and disfor the synod delegates, joked the courage the marriage dowry syssynod secretary general, Archbitem" as a requisite for Christian' marriage. . shop Jan Schotte, because it's not For Argentine delegate Cardineasy for them to sit listening for so long. But this is when the synod al Raul Francisco Primatesta, confathers "discover the universal dicern for the role of women in the church ·is well and good, but he mension of the church and the synoQ theme as well,"_he said.. . asked the synod notto forget the .The number of speeches delerole- of men. He said that "men gates hear daily is daun,ting: 30 or cannot remain in silence, waiting more. Taken together, they paint a outside the church doors, listening passively." portrait of lay life and church concerns from lJfQund the-world and' OfQou~se, intern!1t10nal gathl:rin a variety of diicurrittartces. ' " ings show cultural differences as' well. : Most dramatic are testimonies Eastern-rite patriarchs~wholong, ' from . . churches. "caught,. inthe_~ross: -. .' : .. fire between oppr'es~or and liberahave had to stand in the shadows tQr," as South African Bishop Wil- of their Latin-rite brothers did not fred F. Napier described the sit,ua- . miss many chances to note that the tion in his country.'; . '-:" '. ':'Oriental churches"· have 1a long history ot lay involvement, unlike • Not every church faces such e~treme~itl,lations as in Sl,>utq Afric~,: the ~'more modest role:" .in" the' ; QT in the Philippines, where Car- . La!tin Tite. as one archbishop put " dinal Jaime Sin said the separa- it. ti'on of religion and politics would The Syro-Malabarese bishop from India not only boasted of the bl: "unthinkable."

Tanzanian Bishop Ploycard Pen- "predominance" of the laity in his church, but reminded the synod g~ said lay Cath.olic professio~als irt his country have their. hands full . that men and women in. his rite,· waging a day-to-day struggle 'a- had been admitted to the diaconate. gainst "corruption, bribery and irresponsibility in government ofLebanese Maronite Patriarch fices" and organizations.

Nasrallah P. Sfeir noted the "always , The synod's diversity points to, possil:M accession of married men the widely different positions local and fathers" to the priesthood in bishops . take . on such issues as the . th~ East.

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Synod keeps Latin alive VATICAN CITY (NC) - Latin is pretty much a dead language, except in the Catholic Church, which has been giving the lingo a good workout at this October's Synod of Bishops on the laity.

During the first two weeks of the synod. about 25 percent of the 230 speakers delivered their talks in Latin - more than were given in any other language.

Although the Second Vatican Council set in motion the widespread use of vernacular in the liturgy, thus removing Catholics in the pe\\< from regular contact with the ancient tongue. Latin is still the ch.urch's official language.

Among the Latin-speaking crowd in the synod assembly hall were Pope John Paul II, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the doctrinal congregation, and Cardinal Jaime L. Sin of Manila. Philippines.

Although Latin is the official synod language, five modern languages are allowed: Italian, English, French, Spanish and German.

This means that delegates from Brazil, the country with the largest Catholic population, cannot speak their native Portuguese on the synod floor.

Most of the Latin speakers are Vatican officials, Third World bishops whose native languages stem from Latin and bishops from

countries not speaking one of the five modern tongues.

As the official language. Latin has a way of spreading itself among all synod participants.

Pivotal reports intended to help the delegates focus on specific issues and themes are written in Latin. There are two of these: one at the beginning of the synod and another at the midway point. The second summarizes synod speeches as a means of helping delegates formulate concrete proposals when they break into small working groups. , But Latin lost followers ·when the delegates divided themselves into small groups according to language. Only seven participants opted to carry out their 'discussion in the old tongue.

Most of the participants, 102, signed up for English. French came next. with 81, followed by 72 delegates opting for Spanish groups.

Cardinal Ratzinger chose German and Cardinal Sin Spanish.

The pope does' not participate in the small working groups.

The groups are where concrete synod proposals are drafted through hard bargaining. There are no prepared speeches, just extemporaneous give and take.

Although most of the words spoken at the synod, in whatever

language, fall under the secrecy rule, the rule is often broken.

Officially. full texts of synod speeches are not to be made public and contact with the press is limited.

All information is channeled through an information committee which prepares daily press bulletins containing summaries of speeches written by the speakers.

The committee also arranges periodic press conferences at which selected participants field questions.

Vatican officials say the secrecy rule is needed so that bishops can speak more freely, especially those from countries with repressive governments where their views would get them in trouble.

But the rule is adhered to mainly

by Vatican officials, Italians, delegates from communist-ruled countries and those froin Spanishspeaking countries.

Many bishops - especially those from countries with a tradition of a free and independent press make their speeches available upon request. Some even translate their talks into other languages for the convenience of the press.

Others get around the secrecy rules by stripping their texts of some non-substantive phrases and issuing the rest as a summary.

Latin, or otherwise, the word gets out of the synod hall.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Cam-' bodia has been without priests and Masses for more than 10 years because of the political situation in the Asian country, said the former apostolic administrator of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

"In Cambodia there' have been no eucharistic celebrations since 1976. All the priests were killed during the Pol Pot revolution. and all the churches and other buildings either destroyed or confiscated," said French-born Bishop Yves-George-Rene Ramousee.

"The laity themselves took charge of their communities:' he said in a written intervention at the world Synod of Bishops on the role of the laity. A summary of his intervention was released through the Vatican press office.

The 59-year-old bishop. a papally

appointed synod delegate, is head of the Paris-based Office for the Promotion of the Apostolate Among Cambodians which works with Cambodian refugees.

Bishop Ramousse left Cambodia in 1976, 'after foreign missionaries 'were expelled by the revolutionary Marxist Pol Pot government. Pol Pot initiated a repressive government which killed an estimated two to four million people and tried to destroy religious institutions. Cambodian priests were arrested and their fate is unknown.

Pol Pot was overthrown by Vietnamese-backed forces in 1979. but bloody fighting has continued between the new government and Pol Pot supporters.

Bishop Ramousse also asked better church pastoral programs for Cambodian refugees.

Christian Cambodians living abroad "have experienced great difficulty in finding that freedom and participation for which they had hoped:' he said.

"This pastoral ministry should be liberating and should provide the refugees with concrete' means of acquiring a just self-determination with regard to their role in the church:' he said.

Bishop Ramousse also pleaded for more aid to all Cambodian refugees.

He said there are 500,000 Cambodian refugees in the world: Half of these are living in difficult conditions in camps. he said.

Many "do not even have (official) refugee status." he said.

Official status would make them eligil;>le for a variety of aid.

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GIVE TO LIVE I can see that You've got fire in your eyes And pain inside your heart So many things have come And torn your world apart Oh baby, don't give up, don't give up Don't give up If you want to love You've got to give a little If you want faith You've got to believe a little If you want peace, turn your cheek a little You've got to give You've got to give You've got to give to live An empty hand reaching out for someone An empty heart takes so little to fill It's so much easier to push instead of pull Each man's a country in his own right Everybody needs a friend I believe in fate and destination But so much of.that lies in our own hands If you know what you want Just start out to get it .

Written and recorded by Sammy Hagar. (c) 1987 by the David Geffen Company, SAMMY HAGAR'S music is The song suggests that much known .ro~.lo.ts of de~ib~!s. His of what we seek in life requires us latest hit, GIVe to LIve, ton.es to make an effort. Faith, peace and love come into our lives down the volume and offers lIsteners some worthwhile ideas. when we do something to help

" them happen. In the song's words, to receive what we want out of life, we must "give to live."

I completely agree. We get more out of life by giving what \\Ie have to share. Finding our own happiness is interwoven with helping others be happy.

A problem with this understanding develops when someone believes that he orshe has little to give. Sometimes this occurs when a young person has not achieved according to the usual teen yardsticks of success at school, in athletics or with peers.

The song encourages people not to "give up" on themselves.

Each person possesses talents.

But perhaps the person's gifts have not surfaced in the traditional ways. This may mean that the gifts are more special - and perhaps more needed' in the world.

An important measure of success is how freely we have given of our time and caring.

I have noticed that many teens have a talent for responding to the needs of the elderly. For example, teens can write letters for hands crippled by arthritis or read books for eyes dimmed by failing sight. A teen's companionship and friendship can take the edge off the loneliness an elderly person may be experiencing.

Whatever we choose to do. our lives become "enriched when we "give to live." As Hagar clearly states. life becomes a more satisfying experience if people give a little, believe a little and love a little.

Archbishop Lefebvre agrees to probe

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Suspended Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre has formally agreed to the naming of a Vatican-appointed visitor to investigate his society of pries~s, a step that could open the way to reconciliation between the church and the Swiss-based dissident group.

Archbishop Lefebvre "has accepted the nomination of an apostolic visitor, who will have the task of gathering information in order to define the terms of a canonical regularization of the Priestly. Fratemity of St. Pius X," said a Vatican statement Oct. 17.

The 'visitor, who was not yet identified, will report directly to Pope John Paul II during the visitation period, the statement said.

The statement came after a onehour meeting at the Vatican between Archbishop Lefebvre and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head ofthe Vatican's doctrinal congregation. The meeting occurred in "a c1mate of communion," the statement said. If was the second such encounter in four months.

Archbishop Lefebvre, 81, was suspended from his ministry as a priest and bishop in 1976 after he ordained priests against Vatican orders. He and his society have consistently refused to accept teachings of the Second Vatican Council regarding liturgy, ecumenism and religious liberty. In recent years, the archbishop has increased his criticism of church leaders, including the pope, in those areas. â&#x20AC;˘ The church's canonical approval for the Priestly Society of St. f>ius X, believed to include about 250 priests woridwide, was withdrawn in 1975.

To date, Archbishop Lefebvre has given no public indication that

he has backed off his anti-Vatican II positions.

"There is no question of giving up our doctrinal line." he was quoted as telling reporters at' his headquarters in Econe, Switzerland, Oct. 2.

However, the archbishop also said he was calling off his threat to ordain b.ishops - a ~ove t.hat would ha v~ b.rought Immed!ate exco~muntcatJOnand formalIzed a schism.

At his Oct. 2 press conference, the archbishop said the Vatican had offered to allow his society to keep the pre-Vatican II Mass and sacramental rites, as well as .recognize the society's juridical status and accept the priests he has ordained. The Vatican has made no comment on the alleged agreeme?t terms. Its Oct. 17 statement saId that that a. "ne.cessary res~rve" woul~ be maIntaIned on details of the dIalogue.. .

Before the meetIng, Archbl.s~op Lefebvre told reporters the VISItor would have to be someOne acceptable to his society. "~f he ,were someone .orientate~ agaInst us, how wou.~d ~"be .pOSSIble to find, a ~olutJOn. he was qu~ted by italIan ~ews~apers as sayIng when he arnved In Rome Oct. 16.

One of the most difficult obstac1es to a reconciliation was expected to be the status of the society's priests, whose' ordinations are seen by the church as sacramentally valid but illicit. Archbishop Lefebvre's followers have said they expect the Vatican to recognize the ordinations and grant some form of autonomy to the society.

"By now, we're. all over the world. We can't be reporting to local bishops," said French Father Emmanuele Tuchalard, an official

of the society in Italy. He compared the society's situation to that of the Dominicans or Carmelites. religious orders that are centuries old.

"One hopes for a certain autonomy," FatherTuchalard said Oct. 19 in a telephone interview. He said he did not know how long the visitation and talks afterward were expected to last. . Another difficulty could be Archbishop Lefebvre's five seminaries, with their estimated 300 students.

Some Vatican sources have predieted that if the seminaries are eventually recognized as legitimate, there would be a bitter reaction among bishops, particularly in France. Manyof Archbishop Lefebvre's students are French.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 23, 1987

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

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-I3-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG.....parental guidance suggested; R-restricted. unsuitable for children or young teens.

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

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

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

New Films "House of Games" (Orion) Eminent psychiatrist (Lindsay Crose) becomes involved with a con artist (J oe Manegna) with disastrous results for both. Tries to con the viewer with a plot in which nothing is quite what it seems.

So.me brutal violence, a restrained be4room scene, an amoral perspective of some shady characters and rough language. A3, R "Someone to Watch Over Me" (Columbia) - Failed romantic thriller in which a police detective (Tom Berenger) falls in love with the rich socialite (Mimi Rogers) he is supposed to be protecting from a killer, forgetting that he is already married to a good woman (Lorraine Bracco). Muddled tearjerker is equally slack as a suspense thriler: Excessive violence, lush treatment of adultery and much rough language. 0, R "Too Outrageous!"(Spectrafilm) - Low-budget Canadian production about a homosexual (Craig Russell) whose career as a female impersonator leads to a chance at

television stardom ifhe will change his act. Deals sympathetically with homosexual relationships. 0, R Films on TV Monday, Nov. 2, 9-11 p.m. EST (NBC) - "Oh God! You Devil" (1984) - George Burns is back as the Divinity with an infinite number of one-liners. This time he gets (0 double as the devil and play poker for an errant soul. Only mildly amusing, with some sexual references. A2, PG " Thursday, Nov. 5, 8:30-11 p.m.

EST (ABC) .:... "A View to a Kill' (1985) - In another 007 adventure for the perpetually adolescent, James Bond (Roger Moore) is pitted against a rather pallid Villain (Christopher Walken) who wants to remove all competition for his new computer chip by inducing an earthquake that will obliterate Silicon Valley. Excessive violence and a benign view of casual sex. 0, PG TV Program Sunday, Nov. I, 10:30-11 p.m.

EST (PBS) "The Bible and Distant Time." Most of the Athabascan Indians along the Koyukuk River in Alaska are Christians but they have not lost their traditional Indian beliefs. This program in the four-part "Make Prayers to the Raven" series examines some of the similarities between the biblical creation story and that of the Indian mythology and how the two coexist in the life and customs" of these Native Americans.

Religious TV Sunday, Oct. 25 (CBS) - "For Ou~ Times" CBS presents a report on the Evangelical Luthe~ ran Church in America, created by the merger ofthree previously separate Lutheran bodies - the American Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Church in America and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches.

Religious Radio Sunday, Oct. 25 (NBC) "Guideline" - New York Archbishop Torkan Manoogian of the Armenian Orthodox Church in the United States is interviewed about the work of his faith community.

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.."Dominlcan Academy An open house will be held from I:30 to 4 p.m. Nov. I at Dominican Academy, 37 Park Street, Fall River.

Guests will be welcomed to classrooms by students. They will be invited to watch classroom activities and visit the school's music rooml computer lab and reading room, where student work will I:!e exhibited.

Alumnae are welcome to visit the schooL The School Chorus will perform for visitors in the chapel at 2 and 3 p.m.The Sacred Dance group will be seen at 2:30 and 3:30.

A school video will be shown in the auditorium, where refreshments will be served.

School parents will be open house hostesses.

• Dominican Academy is a private Catholic: elementary school for girls established in 1895 by the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena of Fall River.

In addition to the resources mentioned, the school has a cafeteria, library and art, audio 1visual, health and faculty rooms.

DENVER (NC) - Calling it a "lightning rod for the evils of mindless prejudice," Denver Archbishop J. Francis Stafford has appealed to Coloradans to oppose an effort under way to make English the state's official language. "The present effort to enact an amendment proclaiming English as the official language of the state of Colorado strikes at the heart of the democratic traditions which we celebrate during this bicentennial anniversary of the United States Constitution:' he said. 31 state legislatures are considering actions to ' make English their official state or national ianguage, say Englishonly lobbyists.

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295-1810 EIGHT students at Fall River's Bishop Connolly High School recently received National Merit Scholarship Corporation letters of commendation for outstanding performance on the 1986 PSAT test.

With Connolly's proud principal, Father Stephen F. Dawber, SJ, the students, clockwise from top left, are Gregory Dupuis, Wayne Whittenhall, Jeffrey Dumais, Robert Leonardo, Tara Brennan, Kathleen Santos, David Lithway and Christine Hopkins. (Burke photo) )

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Bishop Connolly Hank Fairman, director of programs for the elderly and for corporate affairs for the Family Services Association of Greater Fall River, will be guest speaker af a Nov. 3 meeting of the Parents and Friends Club of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

At the 7:30 p.m. meeting in Connolly's Resource Center Fairman will speak on problems and issues of aging, with special attention to the fact that many school parents are their own parents' caregivers. .

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Pope beatifies 3 young people

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Q. I would like to learn more with close friends about what you John, Paul II has beatified three about what you can get out of a think and feel is one way of becom- young 20th-century lay people relationship at a younger age. ing, little by little, more at ease a Frenchman who died in a Nazi (Kentucky) with others, especially those of the concentration camp and two ItalA. I would guess from your opposite sex. . ian, women who died defending question thiltyou mean a relationIn a close friendship, you are their virginity' - and said they ship with a person of the opposite almost ine~itably bound to learn were !TI0dels of a fully lived Cllfissex. And I take a "younger age:." to the· art of forgiveness. The best of tianity. " . . ' be somewhere between 12 and 16. friends," at one time or another,',: )'lamed, mar.tyrs Jor .thefalt~ " .There are a number of. benefits encounter disagreements and mis-. were:·... : . .. i' that can be derived from such a, .. understandings. , - Marcel CalIo, a Fre!1~hman friendship - if you work at it. . who organized religious activities Here are some of them: !hese are a threat to ~he fflend- in' German labor camps during ship and can-lead to seflous quar- World War II and suffered "slow You can develop the skill of listening to another person's opin- . rels. If the friendship is to ~u.rvive,. martyrdom'~ until his death'at age ions with open'mind. This ,one and probably both participants 23 in 1945.. : 'means, among other things, that '. will have to be forgivin'g and prob. ~ Pierina ~'orosini, a facto'ry you can consider the possibility ably shoulder part of the blame for . wor~er in nor~h~rn ~ta.ly who gave.

COMMENDED -'for 'their tha.t :.some'of: YO~Jf opinions, <i'nd the'quarreL up a religiousvocat.ion to suppo'rt' perfoFina~ces on. the ideas may'be partly wrong a'no" " In'exercising forgiveness both . her, family and.topk privat'e v,ows PS,AT .£est"b,y' the National need to be' altered: .· .. partn~~s take a giant stride toward· of obedience,1 poveny and 'chas· .

'It is equally possible thatsome :.maturity.. . tity. In 1957, at age 26, she was Merit .Scholarship·.•·Pr6gram· 'of your ideas a'nct opinions 'are ". ''. ,.... beaten,.to:death by a' young man are Coyle and Cassidy High right and you need to hold on to.

A~ time g~es by, bot,h fflends who was trying tOTape -iler;, :. .

School stude'fits; from top, . th~m. But you. can 'deve!op the, . are likely to become~o~e aware of ~ Antonia Mesina known as the,otherp.erson',s fau.lts, some of the "martyr o{p~rity"i~ her native J ohri J. Freitas Peter Pre- " skill of,expresslng your dlsagree"', ' 'ment, With t.he oth~r person ~ently which "lay be king-Size, .Here is ,Sardinia, where 'she was.killed ,iii' court, ~lchelle Rlconscente tiut firmly, never rudely. :-V here St.. :'aul's s~ggestion com~s 1935 at age 15, als~ by a young and Patq~k V. Scully.

In exchanging ideas and opinIn ~andy. Bear WIth one another man aftempting rape, " , i o n s as well as information, you patiently," To young lay people, the Rope The four placed among t?e can learn gradually to converse Such forbearance will.enrich your '. said, the three should represent. top 50,000 of the over,one ffill- '. with other.s ~sily and politely. ,p~rsonality and enable you to get witn'esses oflove and "examples.,of lion students who took ·the' Ovt;rcoming shyness,is often a ,along better with people in other ,mature faith, ,free frqm 'compI:Otest. somewhat slow process, Talking areas of your life. mises."

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 23, 1987

Iteering pOintl ST. MARY, SEEKONK Adult Bible discussions 7 p.m.

Wednesday, 9:45 a.m. Thursday. Volunteer needed to aid Boy Scouts working for the Ad Altare Dei award.

Information: Father William Baker.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Harvest Brunch follows 10:30 a.m.

Mass Nov. I, All Saints' Day, served by children dressed as their patron ;saints. New acolytes rehearse 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in church.

HOLY NAME, FR School Mass for families 7 p.m.

Oct. 28, school hall, followed by school board,meetings.

O.L. ASSUMPTION, OSTERVILLE 'Adult Choir rehearses 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 29; will sing at 10:30 a.m. Mass Nov. I. WIDOWED SUPPORT, CAPE Cape Cod Widowed Support Group meeting 3 p.m. Sunday, CCD Center riext to St. Jude's Chapel, Cotuit; topic: Lift Up Your Hearts; all welcome; information: 428-7078 evenings.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Prayer group meets 7:30 p.m. each Thursday, parish center. All welcome.

BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR The parish thanks William Beauchesnes, who recently stepped down as president of parish Vincentians, for his many years of service; Rene Thibault isthe parish chapter's new president.

SACRED HEART HOME, NB Open house for registered and licenced practical nurses and nursing assistants I to 4 p.m. Nov. 4; features tour of the nursing facility and information on job opportunities; child care available; refreshments; RSVP Paul Costa, RN, 9966751, ext. 19.

POLISH-AMERICAN CONGRESS Mass for Polish-Americans noon Oct. 31, St. Mary's Cathedral, with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin as principal celebrant and Rev. Robert S. Kaszynski as homilist. All welcome.

Wearing of Polish native attire, carrying of banners and participation of color guards invited.

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SEPARATED AND DIVORCED, FR Greater Fall River Support Group for Separated, Divorced and Remarried Catholics meeting 7 p.m.

Oct. 28, Our Lady of Fatima Church hall, Swansea; all welcome.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Movie and pizza party for 7th and 8th grade CCD students4 p.m. Sunday, lower church.

CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/MASHPEE路 Permanent Deacon Robert D. Lemay will give a baptismal program O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE next month; information: Father RonParish women have been invited ald A. Tosti, pastor, 428-0166. Childto participate in Church Women United's World Community Day, . ren's Mass 4 p.m. tomorrow; children's choir forming, rehearsals 4 to 5 10:30 a.m. Nov. 6, parish center. p.m. each Wednesday, St. Jude's LliSALETTE SHRINE, Chapel.

ATTLEBORO Healing se'rvice 2 p.m. Sunday ST: FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB Thanks are expressed to Bob and with Rev. John Lazanski, OFM. Marion Morelli for a gift to the parPrayer experience led by Sister Luish in thanksgiving for 50 years of cille Gauvin, OP 10 a.m. to noon marriage. Memorial hymnals have and 7 t09 p.m. Oct. 28. Day ofrecolbeen donated in memory of Joseph lection for persons in musie""ministry Galas Jr., Charles Nunes Sr. and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 31, led by Charles Nunes Jr. Sister Gauvin and Rev. Andre Patenaude, MS. Information on all proNOTRE DAME, FR grams: 222-5410.

Boy Scout Troop 15 will mark its 50th anniversary at 10:30 a.m. Mass CATHEDRAL, FR Sunday. All former Scou!s and leadAll welcome to participate in a ers invited. Replicas of the handLiving Rosary service at 2:30 p.m. carved cross that hangs in the new Sunday, sponsored by the Diocesan church are available at the rectory Council of Catholic Women and and will be blessed at the forthcompresided over by Bishop Daniel A. ing dedication Mass.

Cronin. , ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT SACRED HEART, FR Youngsters welcome to join ChilRecitation of the rosary and bless- dren of Mary group; information: ing of parishioners' homes will take Maggie Valliere, 758-2 I77. Anthony's place Wednesday evenings. Sign-up Angels children's choir welcomes schedule at rear of church. Mass for new members grades three through deceased Women's Guild members 7 eight; information: Diane Garde 758p.m. Nov. 2, followed by guild meet- 9029. Nonperishable items for ing in parish hall at which Father Thanksgiving baskets may be left at Stephen Fernandes will present a the church entrance or in the hall. program on parapsychology.

Jams and jellies demonstration 7 p.m. Wednesday, donations of fruit IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, and sugar welcome.

TAUNTON Widow/ Widower support group BLESSED SACRAMENT meeting/ Halloween party 7:30 p.m. ADORERS Holy hour 7 p.m. Monday St. Oct. 26, church hall. Women's Guild meeting 7:30' p.m. Oct. 27, church Theresa's Church, New Bedford, dirhall. Halloween party for children ected by Rev; Rene Belanger, SSS. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament K-5 to foll(}w 7 p.m. Mass Oct. 31. each Friday following 9 a.m. Mass ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA until 7 p.m. All welcome.

Parish choir members will particST. ANTHONY OF DESERT, FR ipate in a Hymn-Sing Fest to be held Adoration of BI. Sacrament noon at 7 p:m. Nov. 29 at St. John of God parish. A rehearsal will be held at St. to 6 p.m. Nov. I, concluding with holy hour from 5 to 6 p.m.

Dominic's 7 p.m. Nov. 15. 路ST. ANNE, FR ST. JAMES, NB Cub Scout pack meeting 7 toVincentians meet 7 p.m. Oct. 28, parish center, and are collecting non- night, Halloween party 2 to 4 p.m. perishable foods for Thanksgiving. Sunday, both at school. St. Jude Confirmation candidates will be pre- novena concludes Wednesday with sented to the parish at 9:30 a.m. services in the shrine at 2 and 7:30 Mass Sunday. William Morelli is p.m. daily, preached by Rev. Robert CYO representative to the parish S. Kaszynski on the theme "Lord, teach us to pray." The parish concouncil. gratulates Randy Chabot, awarded ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM the 1987 CYO Umpires SportsmanPostconfirmation retreat from 5:30 ship Trophy. p.m. tomorrow until after 8:30 a.m.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, Mass Sunday for this year's confirPOCASSET mands. Catechist formation program Parents of children who use the 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sundays through 9: 15 am. Sunday Mass babysitting Nov. 22 for teachers and all other service are asked to assist the prointerested adults. gram. Information: 759-8385.

BIRTHRIGHT, TAUNTON SS. PETER & PAUL, FR A five-week training program for Confirmation candidates will be Birthright volunteers began Wednesenrolled at 9:30 a.m. Mass Nov. I. day and will continue for the next First communion at 9:30 a.m. Mass four Wednesdays from 7 t09 p.m. at' Sunday. Women's Club Mass, supper the Birthright office, 93 Washington and meeting 6 p.m. Nov. 4.

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TUBEROUSSCLERO~S Information: 822-2921.

SUPPORT GROUP O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK A parent support group for fainiLiving Rosary 7:30 p.m. tomorli~s affected by tuberous sclerosis is row, ,church, followed by a social forming in Boston. "TS" is a genetic hour. Catechumenate meetings 8: 15 disease that can cause epilepsy, p.m. each Monday, parish center, tumors and mental retardation, for prospective converts and adults among other problems. Information: preparing for confirmation.

1-800-CAL-NTSA or in Massachusetts Robyn McHugh, 657-8509.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Openings exist in the Tuesday pre-school program. Informat-ion: Sister Theresa Bisson, 222-6756. Candy and small prizes are needed for a children's Halloween party. They Hey, Steering Points readers! may be left at the rectory. Those Did you read news frortl your interested in forming a parish liturgy committee are asked to call Sister Pllrish llbove?

Theresa. Help is needed in the basIf not, ask your pastor about ketball program. Meeting 6:30 tomailing the parish bulletin to us night, parish center. each week. We'd love to include your meetings, spiritual proCATHEDRAL CAMP, grams and newsnotes.路 E. FREETOWN Retreat day for youth of Corpus Our address is Steering Christi parish, Sandwich, 9 a.m. to 5 Points, The Anchor, P.O. Box p.m. tomorrow. Weekend retreat for 7, Fall River, 02722. , youth of Our Lady of Grace parish, Westport, tomorrow through Sunday.

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