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Cape Cod artist's windows grace Irish church

By Joseph Motta

SUSAN MACKIN and Father Francis C. Mackin at the dedication in Clogheen.

As the weather turns colder, many year-round Cape Codders will settle down in front of roaring fires, avoiding the chill and dreaming of spring.

But not Susan Von Itter-Mackin, an Orleans native and member of that town's St. Joan of Arc parish.

She'll be busy in her backyard workshop, creating stained glass windows.

One of her windows has been installed in St. Mary's Church, Clogheen, County Tipperary, Ireland, the ancestral home of her husband's family.

How did Mrs. Mackin's work get into a church thousands of miles away? The story began over 1300 years ago.

The 32-year-old artist, who studied stained glass design in Paris, said that St. Cathal, a seventhcentury abbot of County Tipperary's Shanrahan monastery, was on a pilgrimage to Rethlehem in the year 666 when he was shipwrecked off the coast of Taranto, Italy.

Cathal stayed in Taranto, Mrs. Mackin said, became its archbishop and later Southern Italy's patron saint. He is known in Italy as San Cataldo.

Skip to 1981. Susan Von Itter marries Wellfleet native Larry Mackin at St. Peter's Church, Provincetown.

Since 1963, Larry Mackin's uncle, Father Francis C. Mackin, SJ, pastor of St. Ignatius parish, Chestnut Hill, had been researching

Saint Cathal, a longtime interest because of the geographical closeness of the saint to his ancestors.

He commissioned Mrs. Mackin to make a set of windows depicting events in the saint's life, with the intention of presenting them to St. MarY's parish as a memorial to the Mackin clan.

Mrs. Mackin spent a year designing the windows, using the information Father Mackin's research had yielded. When he approved her designs, she said, the five month process of actually creating the windows began.

"Then Father Frank had the idea of all of us going to Ireland with him for the dedication," Mrs. Mackin said.

So over40 Mackin family members, including Mrs. Mackin, her husband and their four-year-old daughter, Bridget, met in Clogheen in June, accompanied by Mrs. Mackin's stained glass, finished just a month before.

"I was so happy that the windows arrived safely," Mrs. Mackin said, adding that meeting the Irish, English and Australian Mackins who also made the trip was a wonderful experie~ce.

The colorful windows were dedicated on June 15. They portray St. Cathal as Shanrahan's abbot and as Italian archbishop. A circular window depicts a gold cross found in the saint's sarcophagus, opened in the year 1000.

Touring Ireland, the Mackins had the opportunity to visit the pillar stone at Tara. Irish legend

says that if a descendant of a High King of Ireland rubs the stone, he or she will immediately become ruler of all of Ireland. Mackin ancestors include Lugaid MacCon, killed at the site of the stone in 225 A.D. after 30 years as High King, so Bridget Mackin, youngest of his descendants, gave the stone a rub.

Although she's back in Orleans, it was worth a try.

Mrs. Mackin, a co-owner of the Cove Gallery in Orleans for eight years, now teaches stained glass techniques in the Orleans public school system's adult education program.

In France, she explained, stained glass is used only for religious purposes, but in this country it is often used as a decorative accent in homes. Much of her work, she said, consists of designing and repairing windows for homes, restaurants and churches.

One window, she said, was ordered by a fan as a gift for rock star Eric Clapton. Based on the cover art of one of his albums, it is installed in the singer's London home.

Though it abounds in the backyard workshop, there is no stained glass in the Mackin home.

Susan Von Itter-Mackin really can't explain why. "It's like being a cobbler," she laughed, " and your kids don't have any shoes."

Additional picture on page 6.

Economy pastoral challenges Catholics WASHINGTON (NC) -Catholic social teaching is demanding because "the Gospel is demanding," says the first draft of a message by the U.S. bishops on the economy.

The message is to accompany the forthcoming national pastora-J letter, "Economic Justice for All," which the nation's Catholic bishops are to debate and vote on when they meet in Washington Nov. 10-13.

"The challenge of this pastoral letter is not merely to think differently, but also to act differently," says the message. "A renewal of economic life depends on the con-

scious choices and commitments of individual believers."

The 3,600-word message w~s made public in Washington Oct. 23, about a week after it was mailed to the bishops of the country. Like the pastoral letter itself, which runs 53,000 words, the message is to be debated, amended and voted on during the bishops' November meeting. It and the letter were prepared by a committee chaired by Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland, OSH. Development of the pastoral letter goes back to 1980, but the decision to issue a shorter message along with it originated with a

meeting of the bishops in Collegeville, Minn., in June 1984.

Many ofthe bishops said a shorter, simpler message was needed to reach millions of Americans who would not read the whole pastoral letter or who would find a brief overview a helpful introduction to the longer, more technical document.

The message begins with a brief background on the development of the pastoral letter and the reasons the bishops undertook it.

"Economic life raises important social and moral questions for each of us and for society as a whole," it says.

"Like family life, economic life is one of the chief areas where we live out our faith, love our neighbor, confront temptation, fulfill God's creative design and achieve our holiness.... As a community of believers, we know that our faith is tested by the quality ofjustice among us. " Without going into the detail of fact and moral argument that characterizes the pastoral letter, the message outlines and summarizes six "basic moral principles"underlying the pastoral: - "Every economic decision and institution must be judged in light of whether it protects or

undermines the dignity of the human person."

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Economy pastoral architect

Vofe your conscience on November 4

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Economy, elections on bishops' agenda WASHINGTON (NC) - A controversial moral critique of the U.S. economy, election of a new conference president and statements on church missionary activity, Lebanon and Lithuania will be on the agenda as some 300 U.S. Catholic bishops meet in Washington Nov. 10-13.

Also to be discussed are approval of a new, original eucharistic prayer in English, a final English translation of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and a national plan for its implementation, several Spanish liturgy texts, and national statutes for the catechumenate, the preparation period of converts before reception into the church.

The controversial pastoral letter, "Economic Justice for All: Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy," six years in development, is to come up for final debate and vote, as are a much shorter "pastoral message" on the economy, highlighting some of the major themes of the pastoral letter, and a follow-up plan of action for dioceses.

Key conference elections this year are for successors to Bishop James Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, conference president, and Archbishop William May of St. Louis, vice president.

2nd-century church is rededicated EPHESUS, Turkey(NC)- The restored ruins of a second-century Christian church in a town where legend says Mary once lived have been rededicated by Vatican representatives and the archbishop of Izmir, Turkey.

The Church of St. Mary at Ephesus, believed to have been a bank or corn exchange during the second-century reign ofthe Roman Emperor Hadrian, was buried in a series of wars, fires, earthquakes and floods that filled up the harbor at Ephesus, covered its buildings and eventually caused its abandonment. Archaeologists began restoring the city at the end of the 19th century, but the church site was not discovered until later.

FAITHFUL AND PRIESTS of the diocese meet at St. Mary's Cathedral for month's mind Mass for the late Bishop James L. Connolly. (Gaudette photo)

Question 2 hits home at C'onnolly Members of the Fall River diocese have been asked to consider voting "Yes" on Question 2 in the Nov. 4 election. An explanation of how denial of certain forms of aid to nonpublic shcool students affects Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, was given by Father James C. O'Brien, SJ, principal, in a recent letter to parents. it follows: "Massachusetts voters have a referendum question before them this fall that directly affects this school. It is Question Two and it deals with incidental assistance to students in schools like ours. The U.S. Constitution does not forbid

such aid, and as a result the 30 percent of Connolly students who come from Rhode Island - many of them from relatively more affluent families - get a loan of free textbooks in virtually any subject except religion. And they should; it is their right as citizens.

But our Massachusetts citizens are denied that benefit, with the result that many less affluent inner-city kids from Fall River get socked with a hefty book bill each year.

"U nfair? You bet. Then why does it happen? Because an old amendment to our State Constitu-

Black bishops profiled DUBUQUE, Iowa (NC) - An 87-year-old Sister of St. Francis has written biographies of America's II black bishops.

In "Our Black Shepherds," Sister Caroline Hemesath of Dubuque profiles the 10 black bishops now serving in U.S. dioceses and Bishop James A. Healy, who headed the diocese of Portland, Maine, from 1875 to 1900.

A previous book by Sister Hemesath, "From Slave to Priest," was about Father Augustine Tolton, one of the first black priests in the United States.

The nun took two years to write her new book, drawing on research a~d ~xtensive teaching experience WIth black Catholics.

Shakespeare OK'd to go to Vatican WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. Senate approved nomination of Frank Shakespeare as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See Oct. 15.

The approval of Shakespeare, who previously was U.S. ambassador to Portugal, came in a voice vote confirmation of a group of 18 nominees to diplomatic posts around the world.

tion bars such aid here. Massachusetts, in a moment of anti-Catholic fervor some years ago, decided it was good to be more American than the rest ofthe country. Today we end up paying for it. It's not good to be more Catholic than the pope, and this isn't good either. A yes vote could change that. A yes vote is not a vote against the wellbeing of public schools nor is it a raid on the treasury. It is a plea for justice, fairness, equality - 'at last,' as Dr. King might have said."

SISTER Marie de Ricci (Angelina Bonin), 98, of the Dominican Sisters ofthe Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena died Oct. 20 after a long illness.

Born Jan. 13, 1888, in St. Aime, P.Q. Canada, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Marguerite (Benoit) Bonin. She entered the Dominican Order in 1911 and made profession in 1914.

For many years she taught in St. Thomas and St. Anne schools in Fall River, St. Francis Xavier in Acushnet and St. Peter's, Plattsburgh, NY. For the past 15 years, she was confined to the convent infirmary on Park Street in Fall River.

Shakespeare, a former CBS executive, is the second U.S. am- . bassador to the Vatican, succeeding William Wilson, named after the United States and the Holy See established diplomatic ties in 1984.

Wilson retired from the post in July to return to private life.

Shakespeare, who worked for the presidential nomination of Richard Nixon in the 1960s, headed the U.S. Information Agency from 1969 to 1973. From 1950 to 1969 he was president of CBS Television Service.

Father Hogan fund A scholarship fund has been established in memory of Father John F. Hogan, late pastor of St. Julie Billiart parish, North Dartmouth, by a newly-formed committee.

Called the Rev. John F. Hogan Scholarship Fund at Providence College, its aim is to grant "substantial financial aid" to students, with preference given to entering freshmen from the greater Fall River and New Bedford areas.

Father Hogan, who was pastor at St. Julie's from its foundation in 1969 to his death last Aug. 7, was a Providence College alumnus.

He "is remembered as a true priest of the people, and especially for his youthful energy, love for young people and generosity to those of all faiths," said fund organizers.

Fund donations may be sent to PO Box F-62, New Bedford 02740; further information is available from Bill Synnott, 999-1539 or 999-4351.

All Souls' Mass

Like Wilson, Shakespeare is a Catholic and active Republican.

ISABEL GERRARD, like her brother, retired Auxiliary Bishop James J. Gerrard, is a resident of the Catholic Memoria" Home, Fall River, where "prayer. pals" from the first communion class of SS. Peter & Paul parish, Fall River, are benefiting from the prayers of the elderly. Miss Gerrard's pal is Maegan Donovan.

NEW YORK (NC) - Three U.S. archbishops are among 83 Americans chosen to receive medals from the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation.

They are Philadelphia Cardinal John Krol, New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor and San Antonio Archbishop Patrick Flores.

They will receive the medals Monday, the eve of the 100th anniversary ofthe dedication of the Statue of Liberty.

The awards were established after criticism of the honoring last summer of 12 naturalized Americans as the sole recipients of Medals of Liberty. The 12-were honored during celebrations of the Statue of Liberty's 100th birthday in July.

Critics contended that major ethnic groups such as Italians, Poles and Irish were excluded from the honors.

The National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, founded during the controversy, then held a national nomination to select 80 recipients for a new award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

The 80 recipients, including Cardinal Krol and Archbishop Flores, were selected from among 15,000 nominees.

Cardinal O'Connor, along with Lee Iacocca, chairman of the Ellis Island foundation, and William F. May, foundation president, were then added.

Cardinal Krol is of Polish descent, Cardinal O'Connor of Irish and Archbishop Flores of Mexican.

Other medal recipents include Cesar Chavez, Coretta Scott King, Martina Navratilova, Muhammad Ali, Arnold Palmer, Joe DiMaggio, Victor Borge, Anita Bryant, Andy Williams, John Denver, Claudette Colbert, Helen Hayes, Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck, Waiter Cronkite, Barbara Walters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Michael Novak and Zbigniew Brzezinski.

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In commemoration of the feast of All Souls, Mass will be offered for the repose of all interred or entombed at Notre Dame Cemetery and Mausoleum, 1540 Stafford Rd., Fall River, at 9 a.m. Oct. 25 in the mausoleum chapel. Father Ernest E. Blais, director of the facility, will celebrate the liturgy.

All are invited"to attend.

Sp..ds for Ethiopia DUBLIN, Ireland (NC) Farmers in famine-stricken Ethiopia are growing Irish potatoes because an Irish missionary discovered a variety of the tuber suited to the African country's soil.

Farmers have harvested about eight times the original food-aid shipment of 500 tons of potatoes for eating and planting sent in 1985 by the Irish famine relief group Self Help.

They grew enough to return the original amount to the Self Help depot in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.

Of the remaining harvest, the farmers kept one-third for replanting, one-third for food for them-

selves and passed on one-third to other farmers.

Holy Ghost Father Owen Lambert - a native of Carlow, Ireland, working in the Gamo Gofa district of Ethiopia - helped develop the idea. Father Lambert discovered a variety of potato known as "Cara" - Gaelic for "friend" - grown in County Donegal, Ireland, was ideal for sowing in Ethiopian sqil.

Relief agencies estimate about 300,000 people have died in the Ethiopian famine since early 1983.

More than a million Irish died in the mid-1800s when the country's potato crop failed for several years.

Fall River Chair-Car Service, Inc. 1680 North Main Street Fall River, MA 02720 Roland G. Bileau, Pres.

COMING OF AGE was the topic at the fall educational meeting ofthe Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses, held recently at St. John the Baptist parish hall, Westport. Discussing gerontological nursing and the special needs of the aged was guest speaker Ora M. Dejesus RN, MS, GNP, center. With her, left, Barbara Gauthier, DCCN president; right, Dolores Santos, secretary. (Rosa photo)

Prompt, Courteous, Professional

High Court won't hear. challenge WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 20 said it would not hear a chal1enge to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Holy See. In declining to take up the case, the court let stand two lower court rulings that upheld the relationship.

Critics of the ties, led by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, had filed suit in September 1984 to end the diplomatic relationship.

As in other instances where it refuses to get involved in a case, the Supreme. Court had no comment on its action.

"Of course we are deeply disappointed,"the Rev. Robert L. Maddox, a Baptist minister who is executive director of Americans United, said ofthe Supreme Court's refusal to hear the case.

Americans United and other groups have al1eged, in congressional hearings and in court, that the diplomatic relationship violates

the Constitution's ban on government establishment of religion and allows U.S. government preference for one religion over others.

The high court's rejection of the opponents' challenge left intact the ruling in March by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. The appeals court upheld a May 1985 dismissal of the case by the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.

The appeals court stated that the opponents ofU .S.-Vatican diplomatic ties were not harmed by the relationship and therefore had no legal standing to sue.

The appeals court also said that establishing diplomatic ties constitutes "one of the rare governmental decisions the Constitution commits exclusively to the executive branch" and thus should not be questioned by the courts.

TRANSPORTATION FOR THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED TO:

pointing a replacement for William Wilson, the first U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Wilson retired in July after two years as ambassador.

Reagan in September named Frank Shakespeare, a former broadcast executive and ambassador to Portugal, as Wilson's successor. Shakespeare's appointment was confirmed by the Senate Oct. 15.

Mr. Maddox said Oct. 20 that the "case was never given a fair shake - it was never heard on its merits. We got struck out. ..primarily on the technical ground of standin.e;."

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Medicaid and Commission for the Blind approved.

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Americans United, noting the pending Supreme Court appeal, had asked President Reagan earlier this year to refrain from ap-

Agnes Rose; and District I vicepresident Muriel Patenaude.

The leadership training is planned t~ cover a three-year period, of which the recent seminar was designated "Play I, Act I." . "Act II" has been scheduled for next April II.

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Leadership DCCW topic Good leadership, its purpose, goals and direction, w~s discussed at a recent training seminar presented by officers of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at Our Lady of Grace parish center, Westport.

The officers were prepared at a "Chautauqua Trilogy" seminar given by National Council of Catholic Women representatives at a leadership training institute held in Madison, NJ, last July.

At the Westport program, DCCW president Claudette Armstrong spoke on traits of good leadership.

Organization Services chairman Madeleine Lavoie and diocesan corresponding secretary Bella Nogueira discussed leadership structures. .

Presentations on leadership style and exercises were given by DCCW first vice-president Dorothy Curry; diocesan treasurer Theresa Lewis; past president Jane Sell mayer; Church Communities chairman

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri, Oct. 24, 1986

themoori~ The Fact of Moral Leadership Since its establishment, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been a most dubious place in which to live. During our history we have journeyed from strict Puritan conservatism to even stricter liberal paganism.

Historically, it seems we have never been able to create a balance between God and Caesar. The litany of contradictions is horrendously obvious, as evidenced by-the first two questions on the forthcoming ballot.

The cultural and therefore the political elite of our society has for the last 200 years assumed that the secular Enlightenment should provide the standard by which one should shape public discourse. Massachusetts indeed seems to be the last bastion of those days so hostile to religious belief. Many politicians apparently support the theory that- as people become more enlightened they will become less religious.

It is this secular mind that hopes religion will disappear or at least be relegated to the private sphere of life, whatever that means. This state is truly plagued by the notion that religion is a private deal between oneself and God, sealed off from public discussion of what is right or wrong.

The logical conclusion of all this is seen in the absurdities of such organizations as the American Civil Liberties Uriion and Americans United for Separation of Church and State waging war on Christmas trees and carols.

The seCUlarists, however, are beginning to encounter a backlash. People are beginning to realize to what extent they have been duped by those forces which would seal religion off from the totality of life. One major reason for this is that the United States is a democracy, which means that if government is not always of, by and for the people, it is at least not contemptuous of the people.

The fact that is emerging is that the overwhelming majority of Americans understand their values to be inseparably connected with their religious beliefs.

This is why it is not possible for public policy to continue its indifference toward the religiously based values 'of the citizens forming our democracy.

Questions number I and 2 on the November ballot fall specifically into the category of religious values, a fact seemingly not grasped by the secular extremists so out of touch with what is truly needed in our social order.

Yet in every field, from law to physics, from biology to education, the cutting edge is movin~ towards a deep understanding of the place of religion. Certainly this is true in the realm of public policy and the political process.

This indeed is an emerging fact in our state and one which should give momentum to the Catholic community. However, many Catholics in public life have allowed themselves to be brainwashed by the secular to such an extent that they are Catholic in name only.

As we seek to ed ucate our brothers and sisters in the Church to the importance of considering a yes vote on questions I & 2 on Nov. 4, may we remind one another that the long and rich Catholic heritage has always understood and embraced the relationship between the city of God and the city of man..

The Editor

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CATTLE TAKE REFUGE DURING KANSAS FLOODS

"He that feared the word of the Lord...made his cattle flee into houses." Ex. 9:20

True fear of God

By Father Kevin J. Harrington A question that is often asked is whatever happened to fear of God. We all have heard countless sermons on the love of God but rarely do we hear of the fear of God. An image of him as a vengeful deity of whose wrath we live in fear is something we can gratefully live without.

Our best understanding of God comes through his Son Jesus Christ.

While the disciples certainly loved Jesus, they also feared him on at least two occasions.

After Jesus had calmed the sea, they were filled with awe and wonder, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and sea obey him?"

After the Transfiguration, Peter, James and John fell on their faces awestruck. Such fear of God is a gift of the Holy Spirit and its absence is lamentable.

One of my favorite New Testament passages is that in which Jesus instructs Peter, the experienced fisherman, where to cast his nets after a long and unproductive day of fishing. When the nets filled with fish Peter cried out: "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, 0 Lord. " Peter's spontaneous confession was a genuine expression of his inner attitude of reverence. Becoming attuned to the presence of the almighty, as was Peter, is something in which we need schooling.

St. Thomas Aquinas, in his

Summa Theologiae, described reverence in its most general sense as the motive and purpose of honor to be shown persons who enjoy some dignity.

For Thomas all dignity flowed from God, our Creator. Hence, true fear of God is expressed by a filial dread of separation from the Father by sin. This dread motivates us to do faithfully whatever the Father asks of us.

How many people dread the loss of heaven? How many people find their dignity in their relationship with God? Unfortunately, too many have lost a sense of the holy as they immerse themselves in the mundane.

The prophet Micah asked what -God wants of man. The New English Bible translates the reply: "to act justly, to love loyally and to walk wisely before your God." The first two commands are clear but "to walk wisely before your God" needs further explanation. When Moses encountered the burning bush, his first reaction was to approach it with human reason and take a closer look. At this the voice of God rebuked him with the words: "Come no nearer.

Take off your shoes, for the place on which you stand is holy ground."

To walk wisely before your God is to be imbued with a profound sense of reverence for all of God's creation.

St. Thomas Aquinas was aware that all creation enjoys some dignity and is therefore worthy of

honor. Man alone enjoys the right of stewardship over all of creation.

True reverence will be achieved when man realizes that this wonderfully created world is a temple of worship.

If we contemplate the uniqueness of each creature, we can begin to experience the great love with which God cherishes his creation.

Admittedly, this is not an easy task in our Western culture that encourages a familiarity with God and our fellow man that often breeds contempt.

There is a prevailing sense of egalitarianism that maintains that all men and women are equal.

Hence we seldom show anyone proper reverence. Even our liturgies rarely reflect the sense of reverence appropriate for genuine worship. On Sunday morning, how many people arrive late at Mass or make no effort to show reverence by kneeling to say a prayer before Mass begins?

Lack of reverence is not God's loss but ours. We cannot fully grow into our true nature as human beings until we learn to give proper reverence to God, our neighbor and ourselves.

It may take years to turn things around but the turning point will come when we habitually spend quiet moments in awefilled prayer.

All the mundane things that preoccupy us will fall into proper perspective once we no longer feel we cannot find time to pray.

Reader wisdom Every so often someone in one of my family seminars asks a question that I don't answer very well. So I am turning to you for help, in hopes that you can come up with answers and suggestions to the questions posed below. If you have experienced any of these situations, please write me in care of Alt Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 400, Green Bay, WI 54305. If I get some . reader wisdom, I'll do a followup column on these topics.

One question came from a woman who said, "Two members of our extended family were diagnosed with diabetes in the past year. I never realized until lately how much of our family life centers around food. We have always come together to eat and now it's awkward because there's so much they can't eat and it makes the rest of us uncomfortable.

"Because of this some members aren't coming very often and we miss the spirit we've had for years.

How can we get together without food or drink? What can we do with a group of mixed ages other than just sit around and talk? Or do we ignore our diabetics' situation?"

Quite frankly, I don't know.

Many extended families, especially ethnic ones, do get together to eat large meals; stopping this lovely custom seems lamentable. And so

does eating in front of people with special restrictions.

Are there any of you out there with such restrictions? What would you prefer as a solution? Or are there any of you who have dealt with a similar situation successfully? What did you do? Let us know; it would be helpful to many families, I'm sure.

A second question that comes up frequently is, "What can I do about minor depression other than prayer, exercise and therapy? I don't live where there's a support group and can't afford therapy."

Minor depression, often called "housewife depression" is no longer minor nor is it reserved to housewives. From the many questions I get, I'd say it's almost epidemic.

It's debilitating both for the sufferer and his or her family. But there must be many of you who have dealt with it successfully.

What did you do? What are you doing to keep it under control?

Are there any particularly helpful books, activities or people you can recommend? A full column on success stories could give hope to hundreds who suffer depression.

A third question came from a man who asked, "Just what is meant by lay spirituality and how can I learn more about it? I'm hearing the term a lot but it confuses me.

"Why do we even have the term?

Parish solidarity At one time there were oldtimers in most parishes who had been members since birth, or at least had spent most of their lives in the same parish. A stable population of old-timers lent a sense of solidarity to parish life.

They could be seen at all liturgical and social events and they gave the neighborhoods that surrounded a parish their character. As a matter of fact, in many ways these people contributed to the character of their parishes.

I remember when I lived in Chicago how you could tell what time it was on Sunday just by watching the neighbors go to Mass. Those who lived next door were the 9 o'clockers. Down the block were the 10 0 'clockers.

Out of this Sunday routine of neighbors going to Mass and the omnipresence of old-timers at parish events came my strong feeling as a Catholic that I was united to others of the same religious bent.

According to the recent Notre Dame University study on parish life, however, parish unity and solidarity of that type is much less prevalent today. One reason given is that Catholics once predominantly clustered in city neighborhoods have scattered to the suburbs.

Another reason is found in young people who go off to college and temporarily sever their relationship with the parish. They break it off completely when their first job takes them to another community.

Lifetime adherence to neighborhood or parish has been changed by the increased mobility ofCatholics.

At the same time, it is my belief that no matter where a Catholic lives there is always a sense of

solidarity. We all share in the same Eucharist and faith.

Though this is true, it does help if the Mass we are attending is attended by supporting friends we have known for some time.

The fact that so many Catholics move from one locality to another with such frequency presents a challenge to parish solidarity. What can a parish with a highly mobile population do to create the sense of community?

Shouldn't parishes make a special effort to make the time parishioners spend together as meaningful as possible? How? Should a parish attempt to create bonds between parishioners that continue after they have left a parish? Does the present generation really long for the parish solidarity of the past?

These are questions a parish council that is evaluating parish spirit might explore.

I believe it was good for Catholicism 'to have parishes with oldtimers and settled neighborhoods.

Sr. Bonaventure The Mass of Christian Burial was offered Tuesday at Mt. St. Rita Convent chapel, Cumberland, RI, for Sister M. Bonaventure Ryan, RSM, 94, who died Oct. 19.

A native of Trepassey, Newfoundland, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Catharine (Tobin) Ryan. She entered reI i- . gious life in 1917 and duringher61 years of active ministry taught in New Bedford and Fall River area schools. She retired to Mt. St. Rita's in 1978.

Sister Bonaventure is survived by a brother, Richard P. Ryan of Cullman, Ala.

THE ANCHOR -

Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., Oct. 24, 1986

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By DOLORES CURRAN

Alleluia: it should

be sung

I thought spirituality was spirituality but if there's a lay spirituality is there a clergy spirituality and a Q. I recently moved back to the religious spirituality that are difcity and have found that during ferent?" the daily and most Sunday Masses I can't answer with any degree the" Alleluia" is not being said. I of certainty. Not long ago I heard . was informed that we must omit a bishop say, "We are praying for the" Alleluia" if it cannot be sung the emergence of an authentic lay in its entirety by the whole conspirituality." I felt a little put down. gregation.

Did he mean we don't have an At other churches I've attended authentic spirituality because we're the "Alleluia" is simply recited lay? when there is no music. Who is Perhaps someone out there can right? Would you please include help me and others sort out this information as to where these rules confusion. What constitutes lay are found? (Missouri) spirituality and how does it differ A. The Lectionary for Mass is from other spirituality? Are there' the official ritual for the Liturgy of any books or articles written on a' the Word. It contains the scripture lay level about this distinction? readings and provides for those I learned many years ago that parts of the Mass related to these there are more answers in apy readings. given group than there are in one The introduction to the lectioninstructor. The task of a good ary states: "The Alleluia or the facilitator is to bring those answers verse before the Gospel must be out of the group to benefit all. sung and during it all stand. It is So that's what I'm doing here, not sung by the cantor who intones wise readers. I learn much from it or by the choir but by the whole you and I respect your experience congregation together" (Second and wisdom. Uyou can help, thanks edition; 1981; No. 23). in advance. If not, wait for help This reflects other liturgical docfrom those who can. uments which almost always assume that the" Alleluia" is sung.

Among many other sources you might refer to the decree of the Sacred Congregation for Divine By Worship governing chant at Mass (1972, No.7); or"Music in Catholic FATHER Worship": "If not sung, the Alleluia should be omitted"(American EUGENE Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, 1<183; No. 55). _ The reason for emphasis on singHEMRICK ing the" Alleluia" is twofold. First, the dignity and reverence due to the Gospel calls for special attention, which is also why incense and The past is the past, however, and lighted candles are often used near we can't go back to it. the gospel book at that time.

What we can do though, is ask whether there was something good In addition, the word "alleluia," in it and whether that goodness which loosely, translated means can be captured in a new way and "praise to Yahweh," is the great made a part of our modern parishes. acclamation of joy and praise to God in both the Old and the New testaments. The liturgical premise involved here is that reciting the "Alleluia" would be similar to reciting "Happy birthday to you" at a birthday party.

October 25 Rev. Reginald Chene, OP, 1935, Dominican Priory, Fall River Rev. Raymond B. Bourgoin, Pastor, 1950, St. Paul, Taunton October 27 Rev. Edmond L. Dickinson, Assistant, 1967, St. Mathieu, Fall River Rev. Francisco L. Jorge, Assistant, 1918, Mt. Carmel, New Bedford October 28 Rev. Alfred E. Coulombe, Pastor, 1923, St. George, Westport Rev. Stanislaus Kozikowski, OFM Conv., Pastor, 1956, St. Hedwig, New Bedford 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second Class Postage Paid at Fall Rive'r, Mass.

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Q. I have been wondering about the part of the Our Father that 'says "lead us not into temptation."

Weare speaking to God, the ultimate in goodness. How can we in effect accuse him of tempting us? Wouldn't it be more accurate to say, "Let us not be led into temptation?" Also, the word "trespass" strikes me as awkward. Why not use the word "sin" in asking forgiveness? (Missouri) A. Obviously there is no suggestion in that petition that God would lead us into sin if we did not ask otherwise. Some scripture scholars believe that this petition refers to the final conflict between good and evil, between God and Satan. At the time the Lord's Prayer was included in the Gospel of Matthew and Luke, Christians suffered great stress and intermittent violent persecution, especially from the Roman authorities, to the point that they could easily assume the end of the world was coming soon..

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We know that St. Paul had to deal with this problem, particularly early in his missionary work.

The inclination to believe that Jesus was coming quickly, like within the next few years, apparently dies slowly.

In light of that concern one can understand how Christians of the time would interpret the words of our Lord to mean that we are asking God not to "subject us to the trial" between good and evil, which human beings with their sinfulness and weakness would not be able to combat.

As far as we of the later ages of the church are concerned, the ordinary understanding is similar to the one you propose. We ask God to protect us from the evil powers of this world, our true spiritual enemies.

The approach of St. Teresa of Avila in her commentary on the Our Father is typical: "Ask him never to permit us to succumb to temptation, nor to become victims of illusion. Let us ask him to show us the poison that is there.

"May our enemies never hide the light and truth from us. How right our good Master was in teaching us this petition and addressing it to his Father for us."

Q. I have a friend by the name of Eunice. A minister told her that Eunice in the Bible did a horrible thing and that he was surprised her parents gave her that name. My friend is not Catholic and she asked me to find out what the horrible thing was (Rhode Island).

A. The only Eunice I am familiar with in the Bible is the mother of St. Timothy. She was a convert from Judaism to Christianity. Eunice is mentioned in Acts 16: I, and the second letter to Timothy in the New Testament praises her for her genuine faith (2 Timothy 1:5).

She sounds like a fine patron saint to have.

Vocation Day The Dominican Sisters of St. Rose of Lima, the Servants of Relief for 1ncurable Cancer, will hold a Vocation Day at 2 p.m.

Sunday at Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, 1600 Bay St., Fall River.

The congregation was founded in 1895 by Rose Hawthorne, daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

It has one apostolate: to nurse the cancer-afflicted poor, providing them with a free home where they can spend their final days with dignity.

"Women from all walks of life and backgrounds are invited to visit us on Sunday," said Sister Anne Marie, the community's director of vocations. "We would be delighted to welcome them to our home so that they can see firsthand how we live. By caring, by loving the spirit of God in each of our patients, we give testimony to H is trust and we share in His love."

Further information on Sunday's program is available by calling 673-2322.

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Women honor Bishop Cronin The annual Bishop's Night program and banquet of Fall River Catholic Woman's Club were highlighted by remarks by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, who discussed the role of teachers in the lives of students.

The bishop also expressed gratitude for gifts to him on the occasion of the club's 75th anniversary.

They included a pall used Sept. 17 at the funeral Mass of Bishop James L. Connolly.

Mrs. Margaret Leger, club president, introduced past presidents who formed the evening's hospitality committee. They were Mrs. Mary Sullivan, Miss Alice Harrington, Miss Katherine Hogan, Mrs. Claire McMahon.

Mrs. Mary Geary, Mrs. Ruth Burke, ~rs. Marion Barrette, Mrs. Gertrude O'Brien, Mrs. Lucy Ward.

Miss Loretta Fillion, Miss Claire O'Toole, Mrs. Veronica McConnell, Mrs. Betty Conboy.

Dinner music and an after-dinner presentation were by Dr. Rodney K. Delasanta, playing an electronic accordion organ.

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Economy pastoral challenges Catholics

Support for Haiti Pope Paul II has pledged church support for social change in Haiti based on democratic gov~rnment.

Haitians must "turn the page on the errors of the past" and "sincerely unite to save the nation and promote its democratic future," the pope said in a speech welcoming Wilson Florestal as Haitian ambassador to the Vatican. The pope supported the Haitian bishops' call for greater democratic participation in public life after President-for-life Jean-Claude Duvalier's fall in February.

Continued from Page One - "Human dignity can be realized and protected only in community."

- "All people have a right to participate in the economic life of society. " -"All members of society have' a special obligation to the poor and vulnerable."

- "Human rights are the minimum conditions for life in community," and this includes economic rights as well as civil and political rights.

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to study it, to pray about it and - "Society as a whole, acting match it with your own experience." through public and private institu- "To reach out personally to tions, has the moral responsibility the hungry and the homeless, to to enhance human dignity and the poor and powerless, and to the protect human rights." troubled and vulnerable."

"These six moral principles are - "To become informed and not the only ones presented in the active citizens, using your voices pastoral letter, " the message says, and votes to speak for the voice"but they give an overview of the moral vision that we are trying to - less, to defend the poor and vulnerable and to advance the comshare." mon good."

It adds that the bishops view their concrete recommendations to improve U.S. economic justice as "reasonable and balanced," even The 32nd annual Bishop's Charif sometimes "controversial." ity Ball, to be held Friday, Jan. 16, The message says the bishops' at Lincoln Park Ballroom, North specific judgments do not carry Dartmouth, will benefit summer the same authority as the church's camps for underprivileged and exgeneral moral teaching, but "the ceptional children and other charchurch's teachings cannot be left itable apostolates of the diocese. at the level of appealing generDiocesan Ball director Msgr. alities. " Anthony M. Gomes noted that A "call to conversion and action" proceeds from the event 'have funded many improvements afthe closes the message.

Westport camps. Nazareth day It asks Americans, especially camp for exceptioniil children proCatholics: vides professionally supervised rec- "To read the pastoral letter, reation, while St. Vincent de Paul

NEW YORK (NC) - Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law warned in a New York City address Oct. 11 that the church in the United States must become more effective in its ministry to Hispanics or find its own identity threatened by ideological conflict.

Hispanic refugees fleeing to the United States from dictatorships of the right and left, he said, are "potential victims of radicalization" by the ideological warfare plaguing Latin America. "We really do not have much time," he said.

Cardinal Law was the principal speaker at a dinner attended by 250 people celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Northeast Pastoral Center for Hispanics in New York City. The center serves Hispanics from Maine to Virginia, carrying out an extensive program of studies, publications and pastoral activities.

Father Peter N. Graziano, director of the Diocesan Apostolate to Hispanics, represented the Fall River diocese at the gathering.

Other dinner speakers were New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor and Archbishop Pio Laghi, papal pronuncio to the United States.

Cardinal Law praised center achievements but stressed that much more needed to be done.

He called on the church to undertake an immediate response to the challenge of a growing Hispanic presence in the United States, proposing a "permanent center of leadership training in Hispanic ministry" and a "powerful Catholic Hispanic radio station for our region."

Currently, the cardinal said, the Catholic Church is reaching only a small portion ofthe Hispanic population.

Bishop's Ball aids camps overnight camp and Catholic Boys' day camp serve hundreds of underprivileged youngsters each summer.

The Ball Committee and the Ball cosponsors - the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women - are soliciting names for a Ball booklet.

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In appreciation Dear Editor: The employees and residents of Madonna Manor wish to express how deeply saddened we are that the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation will no longer be affiliated with our Nursing Home as of November 10, 1986.

Madonna Manor has become the nursing home it is today because of the great love and dedication that our sisters have so genuinely demonstrated throughout their many years of service.

Having been an inspiration to each and everyone of us, we thank the diocese of Fall River for the gift of their presence.

Although our home will never be the same without our sisters, our hope now is that the oncoming Administrator will continue to maintain the same spirit of love and care for the needs and welfare of our residents and employees at Madonna Manor.

We say from the heart, dear Sisters Thomas More, Emilia and Cecilia.,. "UN GRAND MERCI DE VOS CHERS AMIS!" We the employees of the 3 to 11 p.m. shift say, with sincerity, you will be greatly missed and never forgotten. Our prayers accompany you wherever you are called.

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For the unborn Dear Editor: We at Grace of God Prayer Group at St. Augustine's Church in Vineyard Haven say the following prayer daily and would like to pass it on to The Anchor so that if might be used in a way that would help bring attention to the request to vote "Yes" on Question 1 at the Nov. 4 polls: Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life of the' unborn baby that I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion.

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Father Greeley Dear Editor: Yesterday, as I was getting ready to take part in the peace march in Fall River, I heard Father Andrew Greeley on the Phil Donahue show. I believe an appearance by such a wellknown and outspoken person should not go without some rebuttal from some of us in the church who know he is all wet.

Father Greeley, if he had a chance, would run our church by a popularity vote: if the m'ajority say it is OK, the church should say it is OK. This seems to be his way of thinking, especially when it comes to moral issues.

Many of us need to be reminded that he speaks for himself and not the church which, by his ordination, he is meant to represent. (After) listening to

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Deacon Robert W. Pelland St. Stephen parish, Attleboro

Help asked Dear Editor: Any help that you may provide for the effort to promote a Yes vote on Question 2 will be greatly appreciated. This is an honest effort to expunge discriminatory language from our Constitution. It should be routinely adopted. It is demeaning to Catholics that the Massa- . chusetts Constitution retains such language.

Certainly the Jim Crow laws and the restrictive covenants in deeds are readily recognized as demeaning to the groups at whom they are aimed. We all agree that such language should· be expunged. No one seeks retention of such insulting language, Yet there is no hesitancy on the part of opponents to attack our efforts. They have offered argument after argument, all addressed to the question of aid to non-public schools.

But that is not the issue.

If Massachusetts eliminates the language in question, the safe-guards of the United States Constitution remain.

The incident described by Ed Forry in the enclosure is ugly. It is an act of exclusion against innocent children. It occurs as a direct result of our timi~ity, our willingness to accept secondclass citizen status for parochial school children.

[The incident had to do with a 1983 prohibition of parochial school children from making free school-sponsored trips to museums and other institutions.

In September Bulger was instrumental in having the prohibition rescinded.]

Thank you for any help you may provide during the next several weeks.

William M. Bulger President, Massachusetts Senate

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RICHARD E. NEAGUS, superintendent, and Mary M. Roderick, office manager, have given a total of 83 years of service to St. John Cemetery, New Bedford. (Rosa photo)

Cemetery marks centennial On Nov. 5 St. John's Cemetery, New Bedford, will mark its centennial. In commemoration, a Mass for the repose of the souls o( all buried there will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on All Souls'Day, Nov. 2, at St. John t)Je Baptist Church, New Bedford, by Father Henry S. Arruda, pastor and cemetery director.

The following notes on the cemetery's long history have been compiled by Mrs. Mary Roderick, for over 41 years a member of St. John's staff.

In the 1880s, during the pastorate of Rev. Antonio G. de Silva Neves, the third pastor ofSt. John the Baptist parish, parishioners, with the help of a benefactor, formed the Corporation of St. John Cemetery.

On Nov. 5, 1886, the first lots were sold to a large number of church members. Prior to that time, records show that Portuguese Catholics were interred at St. Mary's Cemetery, New Bedford.

However, upon establishment of St. John's, many families had the remains of their loved ones transferred to the new parish cemetery.

For many years St. John's was known as the Portuguese cemetery, but eventually it was used by other Catholics as well.

The cemetery avenue leading from the main entrance on Allen Street to and south of the chapel carries the name of one of the burial ground's benefactors, Antone L. Sylvia, who donated a plot of woodland to St. John the Baptist Church for development of the cemetery.

The first lot owners paid $10 for each undeveloped plot and each .was responsible for clearing it.

Records were kept at the rectory by the parish priest and the staff consisted of one person who was sent to the cemetery when an interment was necessary.

Cemetery records show the interment of 965 persons during the 1918 influenza epidemic. In recent years interments have averaged between 450 and 500 per year.

The first cemetery office was

part of the maintenance barn at ·446 Jacintho Street. It was in use until September of 1960, when the present office was completed. The office complex at 664 Allen Street also includes a large garage and maintenance area. This construction was accomplished during the administration of the late Msgr.

John A. Silvia.

In the early 1920s a chapel and mortuary were built in what was then the center of the cemetery.

The building housed bodies duringthe cold winter months, since equiJr ment of 60 years ago could not cope with digging graves in frozen ground.

The chapel no longer serves that purpose but is available year-round if families request its use in lieu of graveside services.

Although the cemetery office is in New Bedford, new burials take place in Dartmouth, since the property consists of 25 acres in Dartmouth and 18 in New Bedford.

The older section of the cemetery east of the chapel is in New Bedford; that west of the chapel is in Dartmouth. The corporation also owns a tract of land south of the Jacintho Street office.

Foresight was exhibited by the cemetery founders in providing a

burial place for priests. As early as 1898 an area at Third Avenue was reserved for clergy and in that year Rev. Candido Martin, aged 35, was the first from St. John's parish to be interred in the priests' "circle...

In March of 1964 the Rt. Rev. Antonio P. Vieira;98, the beloved pastor of Our Lady of M t. Carmel Church, was the last priest to be . buried there.

Msgr. Silvia had earlier designated a second plot for priests, this one in St. Mary's section of the cemetery. A large granite cross was erected in its center and to date 13. priests have been laid to rest there.

In the last 45 years past directors of St. John's Cemetery have been Rev. Manuel G. Salvador, Msgr. Anthony Gomes, Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira, and Rev. Bento R. Fraga.

The present director is Father Arruda.

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No Parental Consent In Massachusetts a girl under 18 cannot have her ears pierced, get a tetanus shot or get stitches for a laceration without her parents' consent; yet she can get an abortion and her parents don't even have to be told.

Father Casey in Wareham Father Jeremiah Casey, SS.CC., has been appointed director of Sacred Hearts Seminary Retreat House in Wareham. He will coordinate retreats and other spiritual activities at the I25-acre facility on the shores of Buzzards Bay. Ordained in 1954, Father Casey has spent most of his priestly life in the Fall River diocese. He has been pastor of Sacred Hearts parish, Fairhaven, where he founded the Blessed Sacrament Adorers League; and of Our Lady of Lourdes. Wellfleet, where he was also auxiliary Catholic ·chaplain for an Air Force radar station in North Truro until its closing in 1985.

He comes to the Wareham assignment from a sabbatical, dur-

ing which he attended the Franciscan Institute of Continuing Education in Santa Barbara, Calif., visited members of his community in Hawaii, Japan and the Bahamas and participated in missionary cooperative programs in Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio.

Father Casey listed among programs for which the retreat house has provided facilities charismatic and Bible study groups, youth organizations, Marriage Encounter and Alcoholics Anonymous.

Traditional retreats and days of recollection are also offered frequently or groups may plan their own programs. Further information is available from the retreat house at Great Neck Road, Wareham 02571, tel. 295-0100.

Canon lawyers ask debate; archbishop apologizes DENVER (NC) - With speakers urging more open debate in the church at a recent meeting in Denver, the Canon Law Society of America passed a series of resolutions with regard to Vatican actions in recent controversies involving U.S. churchmen.

The resolutions passed by the society of church lawyers included: - Criticism of the Vatican over its decision to limit the authority of Seattle Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen; - Establishment of a task force to study "inadequacies" in procedures of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which the society said came to light in connection with congregation actions against Catholic University of America moral theology professor Father Charles E. Curran.

- A statement of appreciation for canon lawyer Father James H. Provost, also an object of Vatican criticisms.

Speakers at the meeting, which drew about 450 canon lawyers from around the country, included Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit and pastoral life researcher Father Philip Murnion of New York.

Bishop Gumbleton said that the church "can't cover over dissent with false peace and unity" brought about by silencing critics.

"Jesus offered his sword, and his sword was truth," the bishop said.

Father M urnion, director of the National Pastoral Life Center in

New York, said that open and public theological debate is essential to parish life, especially with the "increasingly educated Catholic populace" in the United States.

In the Seattle case, after a twoyear investigation, the Vatican appointed Bishop Donald Wuerl as an auxiliary and instructed Archbishop Hunthausen to give Bishop Wuerl authority over several areas of archdiocesan governance.

The Canon Law Society resolution said the Vatican action "is perceived, in light of the widespread support given (Archbishop Hunthausen) by clergy, Religious and laity in his diocese, as scandalous, divisive and injurious to the office of diocesan bishop."

It added the decision "seems inconsistent" with principles regarding the authority of the local bishop that are stated in the Second Vatican Council and in canon law.

The society's resolution regarding Father Provost, past president and executive coordinator of the society for the past six years, was called by one member "a vote of confidence. . .in light of recent events," referring to Vatican reservations about some of the priest's writings shortly before he was approved this summer as a permanent member of the Catholic University faculty.

Archbishop apologizes Meanwhile in Seattle, Archbishop Hunthausen apologized to his people for "whatever I may have unwittingly done or not done to contribute to the pain you feel."

Bishops, scientists seek dialogue PLYMOUTH, Mich. (NC) A dialogue should be established between U.S. bishops and scientists to explore tensions between religion and science, according to participants at a conference in Plymouth.

The September conference, held at St. John's Provincial Seminary, drew 80 bishops, theologians and scientists. It was closed to the press and public.

At a press conference following the parley, Washington Archbishop James A. Hickey, chairman of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Human Values, said the committee will propose to the body of bishops that an ongoing dialogue be set up in 1987.

The human values committee sponsored the Plymouth meeting, of which Archbishop Hickey said the subject was "the conflicts and the convergences between the natural and behavioral sciences on one hand, religion on the other."

He said participants outlined possible dialogue topics, including a comparison of the "language" of the two disciplines; a study of the "nature of evidence" in religion and science; their methods of seeking truth; and the ethics of applied science.

World views of religion and science "appear to be in constant tension," the archbishop said, adding that "our responsibility is the care of souls, but if scientific developments appear to present a challenge to faith, even an implicit one, then we must do what we can to resolve that tension for the sake of our people."

Meeting speakers included Dr. Jerome Lejeune of the Institut de Prognese, Paris, discoverer of the genetic cause of Down's syndrome and a member of the Pontifical Academy of Science; Jesuit Father . Ernan McMullin, professor ofthe p,hilosphy of science at the U niversity of Notre Dame; and Roger Sperry, neurobiologist at the California Institute of Technology and 1981 Nobel Prize winner for medicine and physiology.

In a letter mailed to every registered Catholic in the archdiocese arid published Oct. 17 in his archdiocesan newspaper,The Progress, Archbishop Hunthausen thanked people for the "overwhelming" support they have shown him since announcement of the limiting of his authority. His office has received more than 2,400 individual letters of support. AdditionaIly, some 13,000 people in the archdiocese have signed a petition supporting him.

Recent weeks "have been extremely demanding for me, as I know they have been for many of you," the archbishop wrote. "Your cards, letters, words of support and especially your prayers continue to be a source of strength for me."

He said he has heard "myriad" explanations of the Vatican investigation in' his archdiocese and said, "I am sure I will never know exactly how many factors have brought our archdiocesan church to this present situation."

He emphasized, however, that despite the "hurt and uncertainty" which has resulted, he is sure that "all involved in these events have acted in good faith and according to their honest perception of what is best for the church.

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Dear Mary: I am interested in grandparents' rfghts to visitation.

It seems my former daughter-inlaw is trying to turn her daughters away from their grandparents. This daughter-in-law has a live-in boyfriend; he has been charged with child abuse once, and we think it might happen again. The child abuse center looked in once; we think this case should be looked at more often. We have been in family court once but the case was adjourned. I want to take it to court again in another county.(New York) While you have expressed great concern for your granddaughters, it is not clear just what you want. It appears you might have three possible options: custody ofthe grandchildren; barring the boyfriend from the girls because of documented evidence of child abuse; specific visitation rights as grandparents. Your options depend on what you want.

I. Custody of the grandchildren: To gain custody you probably would have to convince the court that the children are being raised in an unfit home and that you can provide the best option for their

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The process would be similar to a study done for adoption. You also should be prepared to wait while the'court determines whether the mother can be assisted to become a better parent. Such a process is lengthy but necessary to safeguard parents' rights to raise their own children.

2. Preventing child abuse: Unfortunately even though child abuse is a serious charge, it can be brought by almost anyone against almost anyone. To protect children from harm the person charged with child abuse often is presumed guilty until proven innocent, the reverse of our normal legal system. Charges ?f chi~d abuse should be properly InvestIgated but they should never be used frivolously as a form of harassment.

If you have evidence of child abuse, a child welfare agency will investigate your charge. Child

abuse is a great concern; no agency takes it lightly.

3. Visitation rights: If you wish to visit regularly with your grandchildren, try a non-legal solution first. Determine what rights you want and ask for them. Perhaps you would like the girls to visit you one weekend per month and two weeks in the summer. Try to make such an agreement specific.

If you do not get along with the mother, perhaps a friend or relative could help you negotiate.

If informal arrangements fail, you might be able to secure your rights legally. Many states recognize grandparent rights. Your lawyer can advise you of your rights in your state.

Family disputes over children can be bitter. Too often those involved focus on "beating" the other party rather than finding the best solution for the children involved. It is hoped that any action you take will be an attempt to make life better for your grandchildren, not worse for your daughter-in-law.

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

We still need a women's movement

By Antoinette Bosco

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future. No one likes to take children away from their parents. If you wish to petition for such action, you should be willing to undergo a thorough study of your home which might include a social history, letters of reference, psychological tests, physical examination and homj: study.

Once again I've read about a "scientific" project that crosses over into the ridiculous.

Michael Cunningham, a psychologist at the University of Louisville, has done extensive research to determine what is the ideal female face in the view of 150 white, red-blooded American boys.

Considering the time, money and scientific resources expended on this project, Cunningham must have believed it was important for the progress and scientific understanding of humankind that we know the young American male opinion of female facial perfection.

He found that this ideal female face has eyes three-tenths the width of the face at the eyes'level and a chin that's one-fifth the length of the face. From the center ofthe eye to the bottom of the eyebrow the distance is one-tenth the face length; the height of the eyeball, onefourteenth. The nose should be no more than 5 percent of the face's area.

As far as I'm concerned this kind of research is a waste of resources. It ought to be an embarrassment to the scientific community if university researchers can't find more worthy subjects of study.

The project offers one more reminder that women have all too often been judged by a non-human measuring stick.

When will women stop being seen in terms of parts, parts, parts?

Taken to an extreme, the findings of such a study reflect a subtle form of pornography. For this is what pornography' is all about the reduction of human beings to material parts.

Such a reduction is what the feminists who oppose pornography are fighting. Neither filthy magazines nor the results of this sort of research have anything whatsoever to say about the beauty of the human form. Both fail to recognize the integral nature of the soul and body.

People do not realize the extent to which women have been dehumanized. For centuries, women had to put up with being told that they had no brains and therefore they could have no property, no education and no political voice.

They were the physical property of men.

In our own generation, what with the plethora of Miss America contests - Miss World, Miss U niverse, Miss Subway, Miss SoupCan - a woman's value has far too often been judged in terms of how her parts measure up and compare.

It is all part of the same evil that allowed our ancestors to hold slave auctions where human bodies were valued in terms of how much a particular body could be exploited

for someone else's gain.

Throughout the ages women have been valued according to how much work, dowry, pleasure or ornamentation they could provide to their men.

People wonder why a women's rights movement was necessary.

The fundamental reason is that women are demanding to be seen as total human beings.

Meanwhile women continue to be seen as less than full adults.

I, for one, have never wondered how adorable and come hithering 1 am. Nor have most ofthe women 1 know who are too busy trying to support themselves, raise children, develop professionally or grow into spiritual maturity.

My conclusion is that we still need a women's movement to educate society.

Fish don't tap dance At home he points his fork at objects and makes threatening "I've got to talk to you about sounds in his throat. your son, Hilda," a mother of one "How did you ever train him to of his friends said recently. Oldest offer to do the dishes?" she went son had· just spent the night with on. them. "How do you do it?" she I gasped. "Are you setting me up asked. for Candid Camera or did the boys "If you mean communicate with put you up to this?" Fish don't tap him," I told het, "we have worked dance. Chickens don't row boats. out this system of grunts, groans, My John William doesn't voluneye rolls and shoulder movements teer for dishes. that gets us by."

That night I had to ask him "Oh, you kidder," she laughed. about it. "David's mother told me "What a nice young man. He car- how polite and courteous you were ries on such a mature conver- at their house." sation."

Shoulder shrug.

The only time in the past six "She said you even offered to months I could recall seeing his help with the dishes." lips apart were when he was yawn"Don't tell the other kids," he ing or eating. And there was the said. time he hit his shins on the coffee My eyes misted. He had spoken table. a sentence with a subject and a "Are you sure it was my son?" 1 verb. asked.

"I'm so proud of you, son," 1 She laughed again. "I wish some said.

"Don't go overboard, Mom." of your boy's manners would rub I rolled my eyes and hrumphed. off on my knucklehead. 1 think He snapped off a quick grin and your son would write a thank you note for someone passing him the .opened the refrigerator door. It was good to be communicating. salt and pepper.".

By Hilda Young

Enrichment day

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 24, 1986

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Themed "Only Love Can Make It Easy," an enrichment day for

diocesan marriage preparation teams will be held tomorrow at St. Mary's parish school, New Bedford. Sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry, the day will open with pray.er and remarks

by Father Ronald A. Tosti, office director, and Jerry and Scottie Foley, family ministry program directors.

Father James A. O'Donohoe, JCD, keynote speaker, and associate professor of theology at Boston College, will address "The Role of Sexuality in Marital Communication."

Marriage preparation team couples and priests will attend two of six workshops.

Series A workshop speakers are Bill and Judy Martin, "Communication: The Key!": Dick and Sheila Starratt, "The Meaning of'Sexual Intimacy' "; and Jim and JoAnne Marzelli, "Creating a Home."

Offering series B workshops are Father John J. Oliveira and Paul and Mary Becker, "Differences/ Backgrounds"; Paul.and Flo Fournier, "Creating a Family"; and Neal and Anna Biron, "Marriage: A Covenant."

A general session, "Choosing To Live," will follow the workshops and keynote address.

A prayer service will close the day.

According to program director Mrs. Foley, 126 married team couples and 17 priests are involved in the marriage preparation program, working with engaged couples at the diocesan level. Teams make presentations on issues of concern to engaged couples, she said, and present them with opportunities to share with each other their answers to pertinent questions regarding their future married lives. Mrs. Foley noted that bilingual couples and priests work with Portuguese-speaking engaged persons.

Four Or More One Massachusetts abortion clinic reports that 625 of its recent clients were obtaining their fourth or more abortion.

ing is evident in her simple daily visits with sisters unable to leave their rooms. Sister Mary Pauline Dolan finds many moments to assist her sisters and describes this time as precious.

Vincent's Home, Fall Riyer, 6798511; Sister Mary Nora Smith, New Bedford, 992-3694; Sister M. Margretta Sol, Taunton, 822-9206; and Sister M. Rose Angela McLelland Bishop Feehan, Attleboro, 222-7970.

Others, like Sisters Catherine Marie Hackett and Mary Irene Larsen, also find no end to the Some Help small services they can provide: "Let us not kill the children of serving meals, pushing wheelchairs, the poor [by abortion] and then sewing and just listening. They tell' them how we have helped have discovered that the power to them." - Connecticut Governor love and serve doesn't end with Ella Grasso retirement. Special relationships emerge as those sisters who are less able learn to depend upon those who are more able.

But dependence is a hard lesson to learn. "Patience along with a I tremendous amount of faith is needed to cope with the daily for every occasion . .. crosses," says Sister Mary Dolora Baptisms Duquette. She speaks of it as "an First Communions opportunity to live more fully in Birthdays the sense of a new dimension... in closer union with the Lord." From Confirmations this is born the ministry of prayer, Weddings especially emphasized in the Mercy Anniversaries Constitutions, which declare: "We Ordinations depend in all our efforts upon the OPEN DAIL Y ministry of prayer and the patient 10:00 A.M. to 7:30 PM. suffering of our sisters in union with the crucified Christ."

La Salette Shrine This ministry not only enriches Park Street - Route 11 B the community, but others, as the Attleboro. Massachusetts sisters intercede for those engaged in active ministry. Sister Mary Francis Borgia Goodwin, for instance, says she and the other retired sisters pray "all the time" for the ever-increasing number of people who request prayers.

One thing is made clear at Mt. St. Rita's, say its directors, and that is that the rewards of aging are born of patient waiting, acceptance and prayer. Every elderly sister at Mt. St. Rita or any other Mercy convent is a gift to the community.

To support these sisters, a benefit dinner dance will be held at 6 p.m.

Nov. 5 at Venus de Milo restau-路 rant in Swansea.

Tickets and information on pro(What Does That Tell YOU?) gram participation and contributions are available from Sister Mary Alban at Mt. St. Rita, tel. 401 / 3336352; Sister Marie Lourdette at St.

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AT MT. ST. RIT A Health Centre, Sister Nathaniel Gallogly, left, and Sister Mary Louis Brett keep up on the news.

(Jussaume photo)

Annual benefit dinner aids elderly religious Earlier this year, the National Catholic Register carried an article on needs of the elderly. It quoted Hospitaller Brother Peter Gelfer, an associate chaplain at St. John of God Nursing Hospital in Los Angeles, as saying, "The process of aging sometimes strips us of everything we have in terms of health, mobility, status and loved ones. And after this takes place, we have to cling to our power to love and be loved."

Elderly religious, such as the Sisters of Mercy at Mt. St. Rita Health Centre in Cumberland, R.I., can witness to the truth of his statement. Illness debilitates them.

They can no longer engage in their previous ministries of teaching, nursing and child care. Wheelchairs, walkers and canes slow them. Those who once held positions of authority in schools, orphanages or within the Mercy

community find themselves with time on their hands. Brothers, sisters and old friends may have died.

The changes are uncontrollable and often traumatic.

Two years ago, when Sister Mary Ethel Gavigan moved to Mt. St. Rita, she described retirement as "a new beginning."

But she also felt it was traumatic. "You can feel isolated and alone - unless you move out of yourself," she said. She found she needed "to take the initiative to establish new roots."

That also meant having to rely on her "power to love and be loved." Translated into the Mercy charism, that meant the "power to serve and be served."

Schooled as they are in giving themselves to others in ministry, the Mt. St. Rita sisters continue to care for each other. For Sister Mary Concepta Corbett, this car-

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The pope greets every new ambassador to the Vatican with a welcoming speech in which he outlines the church's views on diplomacy. In each speech he declares that diplomatic relations allow the church to help create a favorable atmosphere for ethical and spiritual values in society.

That aim that goes beyond the political, economic and cultural concerns of most intergovernmental relations.

If Vatican City did not exist as an independent state, the Catholic Church would be stripped of the diplomatic forum it uses so frequently.

Pope says children crown marriage VATICAN CITY (NC) - The education and evangelization of children are two important aspects of the vocation of marriage, Pope John Paul II told a meeting of the Pontifical Council for the Family.

The Second Vatican Council presented the procreation and education of children as "the crowning achievement of the institution of marriage and conjugal love," the pope said as he met with the council during a recent plenary meeting. Along with council officials, consultors and experts, 20 couples from five continents participated in discussion of the sacrament of marriage and its educational mission.

"Parents who are first and principally responsible for the education of their children become also their first evangelizers in conformity with the vocation of marriage," the pope said.

Because children integrate the values of their parents into their lives "by a sort of osmosis," the pope called the family "the first school of social virtues."

"Parents are not alone in this task," the pope added. Schools should work with parents in educating children to "live amid different cultures with the strength and 'coherence of the Christian vision," he said.

Remember To Vote On Nov. 4, by voting "Yes" on Question #2, the Massachusetts Constitution will be put on a par with the U.S. Constitution allowing our state legislature to consider programs oflimited assis. tance to our parochial school stu-' dents. Please give this careful consideration.

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Pope heads state as well as Church VATICAN CITY (NC) - Although Pope John Paul II's main job is spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church, he spends much of his time as the temporal leader of one of the world's smallest countries.

His roles are linked, however, in' the Vatican's effort to promote its moral view in a troubled world.

Pope John Paul's schedule as Vatican City's head of state is filled with receptions for visiting kings, presidents, prime ministers, world political figures and heads of international agencies seeking an exchange ofviews on world affairs.

Their dark limousines, flying distinctive flags, zip with police escorts through the Vatican gates, then climb a winding road to the San Damaso courtyard and park alongside the building housing the papal library, where the pope meets foreign dignitaries.

When he travels abroad, Pope John Paul often is received with the honors of a sovereign - bands,

21-gun salutes and flowery speeches from fellow heads of state.

More than 100 countries recognize Vatican City as an independent nation. Most of them maintain permanent diplomatic missions to the tiny state.

Many other countries, including communist-ruled Soviet bloc nations, keep informal ties through periodic personal contacts.

what he emphasizes as his most important post: head of the Catholic Church.

For governments, diplomatic relations with the Vatican mean ready access to the leadership of840 million Catholics in a world where Catholicism in particular and religion in general are increasingly important factors.

But the reason for all this diplomatic attention is not to curry favor with Vatican City as a temporal power. The pope knows that his power among nations does not come from the 108.7-acre country with its 1,000 residents and handful of Swiss Guards, but from

The pope, in turn, often says that Vatican City's value is in giving the church a platform from which to express its moral concerns directly to world leaders.

This includes church representation in international bodies such as the United Nations. Although holding observer status bars the Vatican from voting, it nevertheless provides a forum for speaking on international questions.

The Vatican also is a party to many important international treaties such as the 1975 Helsinki Accords on Human Rights and European Security.

The state gets its name from Vatican Hill, on which it is located.

The hill sits on the right bank of the Tiber River across from the ruins of the ancient Rome of Romulus and the Caesars.

Vatican City is a tiny, walled remnant of what once were extensive holdings, known as the Papal States, throughout central Italy.

The Papal States collapsed in 1870 when papal soldiers were defeated in Rome by nationalist troops supporting the unification of the Italian penisula under secular rule. The pontiff at the time, Pope Pius IX, retreated to the villa on Vatican Hill behind St. Peter's Basilica, and claimed he was still a ruler.

His claim caused problems with the Italian government which were finally solved when, in a 1929 treaty, Italy formally recognized Vatican City's independence.

Vatican City has its own flag, anthem and postal system. It can also mint a limited amount of coins which are interchangeable with Italian currency.

One thing it cannot do under the treaty is expand or contract its territory.

But the treaty does not prevent the miniscule nation, and its head of state, from expanding their moral influence around the world.

St. Francis is model for "prayer summit meeting" VATICAN CITY (NC) - The figure of St. Francis of Assisi looms large in Pope John Paul II's plans for an Oct. 27 prayer summit for peace.

The 12th-century saint, by combining the search for spiritual peace with a pacifist activism that took him to the Middle East to try to end the warfare of the Crusades, symbolizes much of the spirit behind the pope's call.

The pope has invited world religious leaders to join him fora day of prayer for peace at the central Italian town of Assisi where St. Francis was born in 1182, spent most of his life and died in 1226.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

On Oct. 4, the saint's feast day, on capturing the Moslem-controlthe pope followed up the invitaled Holy Land. tion with a call to the world's politChristian soldiers often admonical, governmental, guerrilla and ished the saint for traveling alone terrorist leaders to declare a onein areas under Moslem attack. day truce during the prayer summit.

They warned him that he took his The truce would be a "signifilife in his hands when he apcant gesture" showing that "vioproached wounded enemy soldiers lence does not have the last word to offer them spiritual consolation. in relationships between people During his trek, he preached and nations," he said during a visit peace to Christian armies on the to Lyons, France. way to the front, saying Christians Pope John Paul said he chose were no better than their enemies the feast day to launch the truce when they resorted to violence. call because St. Francis was an Many soldiers headed home after hearing him, but his calls did not "apostle of evangelical peace."

But it was a sign of the times move Christian monarchs to end that the pope made his appeal the crusade.

After reaching the major theater under heavy police protection - a reaction to the wave of terrorist of battle in Egypt, St. Francis bombings which hit France prior became convinced Christian leaders would not end the fighting; so to-the trip.

Police in blue fatigues and car- -he decided to preach peace to the rying automatic weapons patrolled Moslems.

His daring plan included trying the roofs surrounding the outdoQr site of the papal ceremony. On the to convert Egyptian Sultan Malik ground, four personal bodyguards al-KamiI to Christianity, in an stationed themselves at strategic attempt to erase the religious spots around the pope while more grounds for the war.

St. Francis allowed himself to French police kept an eye on the be captured and convinced his restricted number of people allowed captors to take him to the sultan. to view the event.

St. Francis, known for his sim- The sultan was impressed by his plicity and barefoot pilgrimages, sermons on Christianity but did might well have been befuddled not convert.

St. Francis' devotion to peace over the elaborate precautions.

In 1219, during the Fifth Cru- was a result of his deep Christian sade, he traveled unguarded to the commitment to human life as Middle East. The crusade was the pinnacle of God's creation on launched by Christian armies bent earth. It was a commitment spring-

ing from a deep, mystical prayer life in which he often spent hours alone, motionless and silent.

While Pope John Paul is not planning personal travel to all the world's trouble spots, he has clearly shown that, like St. Francis, he wants prayer strongly linked to action for peace.

Medicine Men Adding a distinctively American note to Monday's prayer summit will be two Native American Medicine men.

John Pretty on Top, a Crow Indian from Lodge Grass, Mont., willl,ead a traditional Indian prayer ceremony in the Crow Language, said Thomas Constantino, an Am-

sterdam, N. Y., businessman active in promoting devotion to Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha.

Constantino is funding a fourmember U.S. Indian delegation to Assisi. Besides Constantino and Pretty on Top, others in the delegation include Pretty on Top's ne~p.hew, Burton Pretty on Top ofBIllmgs, Mont.,and Capuchin Father Gilbert Hemauer.

Father Hemauer is president and executive director ofthe Tekakwitha conference, an association to promote Native Americans within the church. Blessed Kateri is a saintly 17th-century Indial,1 maiden who lived in the Mohawk Valley near Amsterdam.

Pax Christi peace day program ERIE, Pa. (NC) - Pax Christi USA has published a prayer service with a list of suggested peacemaking activities to correspond with the international day of peace Pope John Paul II has scheduled for Oct. 27 in Assisi, Italy.

The prayer service, patterned after the Jewish sabath, suggests that a "peace sabbath" may be celebrated by a small group or individuals.

Peacemaking activities suggested include: - Taking time to solve a personal problem.

- Visiting someone in pain.

- Writing to political leaders about nuclear issues.

- Offering a day's wages to a worthy cause.

Benedictine Sister Mary Lou Kownacki, Pax Christi USA coordinator, said Pope John Paul's call for a worldwide truce Oct. 27 inspires "a glimmer of hope as rifles are lowered that hands may be uplifted in prayer. .. " Pax Christi, an international Catholic organization that promotes peace, has 7,000 members in the United States. The U.S. branch is headquartered in Erie.

The Anchor Friday, Oct. 24, 1986

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

General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG·13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

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.

"Blue Velvet" (DeLaurentiis): This is a horrifying visualization of a young man's sex-filled imagination, emphasizing his sadistic and masochistic dream state to the detriment of a simple fable about sacred and profane love. Dennis Hopper, personifying the man's evil side, supplies brutality, profanity and violence. O,R "Down By Law" (Island): This lighthearted comedy deals with the corrupted lives ofthree pathetic but despicable characters. The friendship they develop after being jailed wrongfully propels them to freedom and a second chance for happiness. Some profanity and nudity. A3,R "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (Fox): Whoopi Goldberg is a compassionate, fiercely independent computer operator who saves the life of a British intelligence agent trapped in an Iron Curtain country when she communicates with him via her computer terminal. Excessive profanity mars an otherwise raucous but restrained comedy.

A3,R "The Mission" (Warner Bros.): In the 1750s, the Jesuit missions in South America were secularized by papal edit and their prosperous lands divided between Spain and Portugal. Robert Bolt's screenplay focuses on the sociopolitical dimension ofthis colonial era and its injustices. Jeremy Irons is effective as the Jesuit leader who opposes force with nonviolence, but Robert De Niro is unconvincing as a Jesuit novice who takes up arms to defend the Indians.

The production is visually splendid but despite an inadequate script, "The Mission': recalls a vision of justice which helps us better to understand those struggling to attain it today. Violence and some ethnographic nudity. A3,PG "Playing for Keeps"(Universal): A teenager and his friends convert a dilapidated hotel and foil attempts of unscrupulous realtors to convert the site into a secret toxic waste dump. Story downplays youthful initiative and determination while depicting casual sexual relations among the kids.

O,PGI3 "The Color of Money" (Buena Vista-Touch~tone): Paul Newman is Eddie obsessed with turning Tom Cruise (Vinnie) into a clone of himself. Pride and male ego clashes figure prominently in this disappointing exploration of cor-

rupted talent and resentment of lost youth. Brief nudity. A3,R "Lost Horizon" (Columbia): A reissue of Frank Capra's 1937 classic, starring Ronald Colman as a British consul taken to Tibet and the thriving utopian community of Shangri La. This version of an ideal society has as much meaning for us as it did on the eve of World War II. Al "Peggy Sue Got Married" (TriStar): A good-natured mom headed toward middle age relives the past when she faints at a class reunion and discovers that the person she was and has become are one and the same. Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage star in this fable of free will and determinism directed

by Francis Ford Coppola, who presents past and present as one moment. Brief simulated lovemaking. A2,PG 13 "Ratboy" (Warners): The story of a facially deformed boy who looks like a rodent and is exploited for monetary gain. Negative stereotyping of blacks and ente~tainers and much profanity. A3,PG 13 "True Stories" (Warners): Talking Heads' bandleader David Byrne offers a vision of arcane Americana in this whimsical and musically melodious view of the style, spirit and substance of small-town life in the Southwest. A2,PG TV Programs "Shadowlands," 9-10:30 p.m.

Oct. 29, PBS: The tragic love story of English author C.S. Lewis who late in life married an American divorcee for reasons of compassion which later, when she was stricken with cancer, developed into love. Joss Ackland and Claire Bloom star in this drama which is unusual for television in its Christian outlook on life, love and death.

"Sister Adrian: The Mother Teresa of Scranton,"I 0:30-11 p.m.

Oct. 29, PBS: Sister Adrian runs a community center, a program for the elderly and a summer camp in Scranton. A dynamo of energy, she confronts life with humor and common sense. Narrated by Martin Sheen.

"Technology Rocks the Cradle," 10-11 p.m. Nov. 4, PBS: In this segment of a 10-part series on health care in America, Columbia University law professor Harold Edgar presents a panel, including Philadelphia Cardinal John Krol, with hypothetical case studies of infants with medical complications.

In the case of a child whose mother is told it will probably be born with severe handicaps, all the panelists except Cardinal Krol opt for abortion; in the case ofa newborn the panelists agree that its rights take precedence over the mother's but differ over the role of medical intervention in fighting for the survival of a critically injured or ill infant or child.

The program offers insight into the complexities qf current medical ethics.

Religious TV Sunday, Oct. 26 (CBS) - "For Our Times": The significance of Islam's holiest shrine in Jerusalem, the Rock of the Dome.

Religious Radio Sunday, Oct. 26 (NBC) "Guideline": Family therapist Geraldine Greene offers suggestions to help parents reestablish authority within the household.

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and contributed heavily to Stang's first-game-of-the-year 29-0 victory over Somerset.

Stang's varsity cocaptains are tackle Anthony Poente, fullback Paul Lambalot, defensive back Brian Bednarek and Lanagan's son Matt, a halfback.

COACH LANAGAN

COACH WINSLOW

Football provides rewards

By Joseph Motta In Jim Lanagan's office at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, one of the many wall posters on display reads "In this changing world, how can we reach the youth of today with the love of Jesus Christ?"

To Lanagan, the answers include football. "I think that football is the best single vehicle to reach young men with that goal," he says. A guidance counselor who serves as head football and strength coach at the Catholic high school, Lanagan notes that "football is good if it provides young men with the opportunity to establish the values they'll need to live a good life."

Lanagan and Steve Winslow, head varsity football coach at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, agree that the rough-andtumble sport provides many rewards to its participants.

Winslow says that the sport is "a learning experience for the players." It teaches one how to deal with adversity, he says, and how to win and lose graciously.

As examples, Winslow points to this year's varsity cocaptains, quarterback Paul Corr, fullback Jay Doherty, tight end Brendon Furtado and offensive guard Scott Larivee.

All seniors and four-year players, "They've played on teams that have been successful and on teams that have lost frequently," Winslow said, yet they've always worked

hard, especially in the off season.

"They're looked at as leaders by' other students," he added.

Also a C-C physical education teacher, Winslow said that the four cocaptains are the foundation for this season's team. "I haven't got enough praise for those guys," he said. "Hopefully the other players will follow their example."

They did. In the season's first game, C-C trounced Somerset High School 7-0.

Stang's Lanagan, who has taught English and a course on marriage and the family at the school, also praises his players for their hard work.

"They're the best-conditioned squad we've ever had," he notes, adding that last season's team had a nine win, one loss record. The defense and offensive backfield are particularly strong, he said,

The four seniors, the elder Lanagan said, are typical of the team in realizing "that there's something bigger than themselves. They have to surrender the'!, for team goals, and realize self-discipline, goal setting, the presence of Jesus and mutual respect. And they learn to be fierce competitors."

The spiritual aspects of the game aren't ignored at Coyle-Cassidy, either. Prayer follows every game, win or lose. It's how hard you tried, Coach Winslow tells his team.

Several close games w.ere included in C-C's four win, six loss record last year, but Winslow thinks that the hard work his varsity squad did in the off months will provide this season. And he is working, he said, with his back-up players to improve their skills.

"We're very optimistic. There are good players in every class."

• • • • Coyle-Cassidy has a four win, one loss record so far this season.

The varsity team's next home game, against Falmouth High School, will be played at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.

Stang's team has won two ofthe five games it has already played.

Its second home game of the season, against Attleboro High School, is at 7:30 tonight.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 24,1986

By Charlie Martin

IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART Was a ruby she wore on a chain Around her neck In the shape of a heart Was a time I won't forget Or the sorrow and regret· And the shape of a heart.

I guess I never knew she was talking about I guess I never knew she was living without.

People speak of love, don't know what they're thinking of Reach out to each other, don't go push and shove Speak in terms of a life and the learning Try to think of a word for the burning.

Keep it up, try so hard Keep a life from coming apart . Never know what breaches and thoughts are concealed In the shape of a heart There was a hole left In the wall from some ancient fight About the size of a fist Something thrown that had missed There were other holes as well In the house where our night fell Far too many to repair In the time that we were there.

People speak of love Don't know what they're thinking of Wait around for the one that fits Just like a glove Speak in terms of life and the learning Try to think of a word for forgiving Keep it up, try so hard Keep your life from coming apart You never knew the shadows and unseen dreams That were there from the start In the shape of a heart Written and recorded by Jackson Browne. (c) 1986, Elektra-Asylum Records Jackson Browne's songs often Perhaps Browne never will be tell stories that leave us thinking. one of rock's biggest stars, but

his music has a way of teaching us more about life.

For example, his latest release, "In the Shape ofa Heart," invites us to re-examine what we think about love. This word "love" is much used and sometimes abused in our society. As Browne says, when "people speak of love" it is difficult to "know what they're thinking of."

The song offers its own way of reflecting about love: "Speak in terms of life and the learning, try to think of a word for forgiving."

Those words suggest that people who love deeply also embrace life fully. For them, life is like a large classroom; they are continually learning more about themselves and the world. In the truest sense, they are in love with life.

Such people trust themselves, others and God, the source of all love. Even when life is going poorly, they believe in the goodness within and around them. By the very power of this belief, they bring out the best in themselves and others. They are aware and responsive to their own needs but also reach out to others.

If one conceives of life as a long-term learning laboratory, then it makes little sense to make mountains out of mistake.s. The pain and disappointment of a failure affect us, but for those in love with life the future always holds new possibilities. These people use what they have learned from their mistakes to help create a different and better life.

Thinking about love in this way goes beyond society's romantic and sexual notions. This is the type of lover that God calls us to be.

How can you expand your love of life today?

Your comments are welcome always and may be used in future columns. Address: Charlie Martin, 1218 S. Rotherwood Ave., Evansville, Ind. 47714.

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Finding the lost

By Cecilia Belanger

impose some order, a ne!work of systems calling for resistance or I was thinking of Christopher Fry's play, "The Lady's Not for compliance. And all this has to be Burning." In it Margaret asks done with a self that is housed in a Nicholas if he has seen "the poor vulnerable body. Many cannot take child" and adds "I think she must it. They drift away from a reality that is too overwhelming for them. be lost."

This is no new discovery. But Nicholas replies, "Who isn't? one must admit that ours is a more The best thing we can do is make stressful society than any in the wherever we're lost in look as past. much like home as we can. Now One must look carefully at causes don't be worried. She can't be one espouses, or groups one is more lost than she was with us." asked to join. It is good to observe I think the company one keeps whether the words and the life or one's family is often responsible match. We need to keep that vision for that lost feeling. We must help of the Perfect Life before us and people minimize the feeling of not let it become obscured by alienation, of being out there some- other visions. where by themselves where no one We need to be driven out of our seems to care. upper rooms, driven by the Spirit People are confused. There are on the path of obedience to the so many values, chaos on which to mission given all of us by Christ.

What's on 'your mind?

TOM

Q. Who decides how late to stay out?

A. It may well be that the questioner wants to know whether he or she, rather than his or her parents should decide how late they should stay out.

Most of the grownups I've talked to, however, think that this decision should be made by responsible, loving parents.

One mother told me that she and her husband have no hard and fast rule about what time her sophomore son has to be home from a date with his girlfriend.

The zero hour will vary with different social occasions. For a really big Friday night dance he can stay out later than for a midweek basketball game.

But how is the time decided upon? This mother said she and her husband discuss the occasion and the time with their son, and try to arrive at a deadline agreeable to all.

Are there arguments sometimes?

Of course. There's give-and-take, explanations and reasons offered by all concerned. Most of the time a deadline is arrived at fairly eas-

ily. Sometimes, however, the son is not eritirely happy with the final decision. But he knows he must obey.

Along about now some reader surely is thinking, "Ah, but suppose the girl's parents set a deadline of I a.m. and the boy's parents make the zero hour 11:30 p.m.

Whilt's a couple to do then? Who decides?"

Unless the four parents are willing to get together on a compromise, the person who can stay out later should defer to the person who has to be home earlier.

This may spoil his or her evening somewhat but it would be spoiled even more if one arrives home late. The scene with the parents concerned might be bad news for both boy and girl.

Besides, this inconvenience, annoying though it may be, is a matter of obedience. And this-is a way of honoring parents who are the givers of life in many ways. God thoroughly approves of showing such honor whenever possible.

Send questions to Tom Lennon, 1312 Mass. Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.

Coyle-Cassidy Students at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, have recently been visited by representatives of Wheaton College, Massachusetts Maritime Academy; The Franklin Institute, Quinnipiac College, Hesser College and Massasoit Community College. Additionally, seniors interested in journalism attended a seminar sponsored by the Worcester Telegram.

God Is Love "God is love and love lives where God is let in." - Birgitta Yavari

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Bishop Feehan Suzanne Lefebvre, a senior at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, has been selected a winner in the 1987 Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence competition, conducted last spring by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Winners are offered a merit scholarship with a four-year tuition waiver if they enroll at the school.

Ranked fi(st in her class last year, Miss Lefebvre has not yet chosen where to continue her studies, but has decided upon a career in biomedical engineering. The senior editor of Feehan's class yearbook, she is a three-year member of both the National and Spanish National honor societies. Miss Lefebvre ha~ played on the Attleboro school's softball and basketball teams, this year captaining the former.

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Each of us is a piece of this world, used by God to approach it for him, contributing what we can by word or deed, remembering always that a Life was given up, a debt was p'aid and that we are fortunate to be standing on the Easter side of the cross as well as before it.

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Recently elected officers of Feehan's Mercy chapter ofthe National Honor Society are students Kara Haskell, president; Todd Piantedosi, vice-president; Susan Brenneman, secretary; Timothy ~ulli­ van, treasurer. New French Honor Society officers are Jennifer Healy, president; David Voght, vice-presidente; Julie Pinsonnealt, secretaire; Heidi Anderson, tresoriere.

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Parents of junior and senior students attended a workshop last night at the school; the speaker was Brian Murphy, director of admissions at Stonehill College, N. Easton.

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Receht social activities at the school included the annual FatherDaughter Dance.

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As part of Feehan's yearlo'ng 25th anniversary celebration, 1982 graduate Kevin Birch recently pre-

sented a Concert of Music for Soprano, Organ and four-player Baroque Ensemble at Mt. St. Rita Chapel, Cumberland, R.I. Birch was at the organ; Sharon Baker was the concert's soprano.

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1986 graduate Amy Barca recently received a first-place award in the 1986 Sentry Bank Quill Award contest. Amy's essay on Cape Cod won her and her parents an all-expense paid weekend in Washington, D.C.

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In-service training for students and faculty on use of the GISCollege computer is available in the Feehan guidance center. Also available is a laser disc machine that shows videotapes of colleges nationwide.

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Feehan students will attend an area College Fair at Attleboro High School on Monday.

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As part of Feehan's 25th anniversary celebration, its guidance department has invited all area junior high school principals, eighth grade teachers and guidance counselors to a Nov. 6 appreciation luncheon. Feehan staffers will explain school programs and conduct campus tours.

Bishop Connolly The Connolly Players will present"TomJones"Nov.14to l6at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

Best "Good to forgive; best, to forget!"

- Robert Browning

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NICHOLAS SYPEK: "You can learn how to read. If somebody like a little kid asks you what something says you could read it."

BRENDA ROCHA's kindergarten class is very important to all at St. Anne's School. With some of the smartest cookies ever to. fill up a classroom are, fro'm left, Miss Rocha, principal Irene L. Fortin and teachers' aide Elaine Guay.

A lively group who truly love their teacher, the five and six-year-' olds at St. Anne's all seemed terrifically happy about just being in school.

Learning to read took first place among the kids' answers. Others didn't quite know why they were in the classroom but still strove for the coveted orange sticker. A few of the children, most likely the ones with older brothers and sisters, gave the straight-on answer, "So I can get a 'good job."

Playful or serious, they all say a lot for St. Anne's.

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ST. ANNE, FR .. 0 ofl, ATTLEBORO New Fellowship officers: Florence Daughters of Isabella Alacazaba Jackson, president; Paulette LeanCircle 65 meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6, dro, vice-president; Jeanne MorrisK of C Hall, Hodges Street, Attlesette, secretary; Richard Leandre, boro; nutritionist will discuss food treasurer. selection.

H?me and Scho?1 Association ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Faml!~ J:I~rve~t Festival Nov. I and Concelebrated Mass marking 75th 2; activIties mclude Teddy B~ar anniversary of the parish 4 p.m.

Parade lOa. m. Saturday,. with Sunday; dinner-dance to follow at appearance by a Care Bear; bicycle Venus de Milo restaurant, Swansea.

PUBLIC In CHAIRMEN ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET parade and obstacle race II a.m. are asked to submit news items for this Kids in Christ youth group Hal- Sunday; Roger Williams Park petST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall loween dance 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25, par- ting Sunday; all activities on school River, 0272~. Name of city or town shouid New parish council officers: be included as well as full dates of all ish center. Mass for handicapped grounds.

Blanche Pepin, president; Paul Wesactivities. please send news of future rather and shut-in parishioners 2 p.m. Oct. oly, vice-president; Theresa Andrade than past events. Note: We do not carry news of tundraising activities such as 26, with blessing of sick. All Hallows CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH and Mary Viera, secretaries; Donald bingos, whlsts, dances, suppers and bazaars.

Rosary group meets 7 p.m.

WedEve children's liturgy 5: 15 p.m. Oct. Brazil, treasurer.

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BLESSED SACRAMENT Worldwide Marriage Encounter On Steerinll Points items FR indicates ing children is being started. InforFall River, NB indicates New Bedford. annual reunion 7:30 p.m. Nov. I, ADORERS, FAIRHAVEN mation: 997-4072.

Holy Hour 7 to 8 p.m.

Tuesday, SS. Martha and Mary Church, LakeHOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON ville, includes social hour and Mass. Sacred Hearts Church, Fairhaven; CATHEDRAL, FR Halloween party follows 4:45 p.m. Marriage Encounter weekend Nov: guest priest Father Rene Belanger, The New England Conservatory Mass Oct. 31; refreshments, costume 28 to 30, Diocesan Family Life Cen- . SSS. Chamber Singers, directed by David contest and a magician will be fea- ter, N. Dartmouth; information: REFLECTION, Carrier, was scheduled to present a tured; all parishioners welcome.

UPPER CAPE CATECHISTS 336-6922. choral concert of sacred music at St. Evening of reflection for Upper COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS, Mary'S路 Cathedral at 7:30 tonight; SEPARATED/DIVORCED,NB TAUNTON/FR the concert is postponed due to Meetings 7 p.m. Oct. 27, Nov. 12, Cape Cod catechists 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. Greater Taunton/ Fall River chap- Nov. 24, Family Life Center, 500 2, St. John Evangelist Church, Poillness and will be rescheduled; works ter meeting 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27, St. Slocum Rd., N. Dartmouth. Topics: casset; speaker: Father John J. Oliby des Prez, Hassler, Byrd, Britten Louis de France church hall, Buf- Keeping Faith through Divorce; child veira, Espirito Santo parish, Fall and Stravinsky are among those to fington Street, Swansea; guest speak- abuse panel; Reach Out for the River. be performed; admission is free and er: clinical social worker Hank FairST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH the concert is open to the public; Holidays and Buscaglia tape. man. For information on this support Rosary and Benediction 7 p.m. information: Madeleine Grace, OUR LADY'S CHAPEL, NB group for bereaved families, contact Sunday.

Instruction by Deacon Leo 678-1054.

Diocesan sisters' day of recollecSandra Sousa, 823-5240.

W. Racine for prospective converts tion 10:30 a.m. Nov. 8, including . and all others interested, 6:30 p.m. O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, centering prayer conference by alternate Tuesdays (next meeting Junior CYO meets 7 tonight, reliSWANSEA Father Zachary O'Friel, OFM. Nov. 4), room 201, Bishop Stang gious education center. Mass of Parishioner and permanent deaNOTRE DAME, FR High School. Information: rectory, anointing 2 p.m. Sunday. con candidate Robert Normandin Council of Catholic Women liv993-2351. has been installed to the ministry of WIDOWED SUPPORT, CAPE ing rosary and Benediction followed acolyte.

LIFE CENTER, Cape Cod widowed support group by meeting and slides of Lourdes, 7 FAMILY N. DARTMOUTH meets 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, religious ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB p.m. Monday.

Legion of Mary retreat begins education center at St. Jude Chapel, Lectors are needed; information: tonight; Our Lady of Lourdes par- Route 28, Cotuit; information: rectory, 997-7732. Rosary 7:45 a.m.

HOLY NAME, FR ish, Taunton, women's evening of Dorothyann Callahan, 428-7078. each day of October. Novena to S1.

Retreat renewal 7 to 9 p.m. Sunrecollection for women Sunday; SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Anthony after 8 a.m. Mass Tuesday,school. divorced and separated program days. Novena to Our Lady of PerThe parish has received a lectionST. JAMES, NB Monday evening; Lamaze Natural ary in memory of Louisa M. Tyrrell petual Help after 8 a.m. Mass WedNew choir members needed, conChildbirth class Tuesday evening; and a book of Gospel readings in nesdays. High school parishioners tact parish organist Steven Massoud, Bishop Stang High School, N. Dart- memory of Margaret M. Butler. interested in forming a youth group 990-0806. mouth, retreat day Thursday. will meet at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 24, 1986

. GALILEE RETREAT , Reunion 7 to 10 p.m. Nov. 9, Cathedral Camp Retreat House, E. Freetown; topic: "Fourth Day," with witness by Kerry Ann Martel and Don Brine.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Religious education teachers will be commissioned at 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday.

Cardinal dubious about sanctions ROME (NC) - During a visit to Rome, South African Cardinal Owen McCann, 79, said U.S. sanctions might pressure his government to change its policies of racial separation, but South Africa's leaders are more likely to "dig their heels in."

"It's an unjust society, and we bishops have been saying this for 50 years," said the retired archbishop of Cape Town.

The cardinal, who was born in South Africa and describes himself as a "white African," said he has mixed feelings about sanctions.

"I've always said sanctions don't work, but [U .S. sanctions] might," he said.

In other news from South Africa, representatives of the nation's official Catholic movements have urged lay Catholics to battle racial injustice in society and the church by peaceful means.

"The time has come to take sides by making a clear option for the oppressed," said delegates to a recent conference. Pretoria Archbishop George Daniel, while urging wide-ranging lay political action, told the delegates that the first job is ending racism in South Africa's Catholic Church.

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