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Armageddon KANSAS CI1Y, Mo. (NC) President Reagan said Oct. 22 during his debate with Demo crati<: presidential candidate' Walter Mondale that while he enjoys discussing biblical pro phecies of Armageddon with like-minded friends, he does not warn that "we must plan ac cording to Armageddon" in de· fense policies. Mondale, who was not asked specificaUy about Armageddon, said the "ever-rising arms race madness makes both (Soviet and U.S.) nations ,less secure." The question on A:rmageddon, which was tied to the issue of whether a nuclear war would be survivable, was one of several during the debate, which dealt with foreign policy ~ssues. It was the second and dast Reagan Mondale debate dur.ing the 1984 campaign.

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Marvin Kalb, NBC News cor that this was true, that the pro respondent, ,told Reagan that phecies are coming together that "you've been ·quoted as saying portend that," he ·continued. that you do believe deep down He said, however, that no one that we are headed for some knows whether Armageddon "is kind of biblical Armageddon." 1,000' years away or the day Armageddon ds the fina'l, end· after tomorrow." of-the-world war between good "So I have never seriously and evi'l as suggested in the warned and said we must' plan Bible. according to Armageddon." Reagan responded: "I think Reagan also said that "with what has been hailed as some regard to having to say whether thing I'm supposedly as presi we would try to survive in the dent discussing as principle ds event of a nuclear war, of course the result of just some philo we would." Yet, he added, he sophical discussions with people also believes that "a nuclear war who are interested in the same cannot be won and must never things, and that is the pro be fought." phecies down through the years, Reagan's views on Armaged the biblical prophecies of what don have been raised during the would portend the coming' of . campaign by the Christie In A'rmageddon and so forth. s:titute, a Washingtollt-based "And the fact '(is) that a num ecumenical religious organiza ber of theologians for the 1ast tion. It said Reagan has said decade or more have believed Tum to Page Fifteen

Altar girl ban queried

WASHINGTON '~C) The ohairman of the U.S. bishops Committee on the Liturgy has questioned the Holy See's pro hibition against gi~ls or women servng at the al,tar. He also asked the Vatican to consider a new phase of "reg-' ulated ex,perimentation" in adapt ~ng liturgical practice to U.S. cu),tural conditions. The committee head, Bishop John S. .Cummins of Oakland, Calif., did not spell out what kind of liturgical experimenta tion or Vatican g,uidelines he had in mind, but other com ments he made indica,ted that experiments were needed for development of new liturgical texts, gestures and symbols. His suggestions came in a re port prepared' for a Vatican meeting of bishops' liturgical representatives from around the world. On the altar girl question, Bishop Cummins reported that "most Amel'ican Catholics, worn- . en and men alike, find it diff.i cuIt to understand, appreciate or accept the prohibition." He a~ded, "Many American Catholics perceive the prohibi tion symbolically exhibits a dis criminatory dichotomy between lay men and ~ay women, rather thall a theologically based dIs cipline. Attention might weB be

given also to the institution of women into the ministries of acolyte' and reader." 'Current Vatican regulations prohibit women from serving at the altar and reserve to men formal entry into the lay minis tries of reader and acolyte. In general, church law no longer applies differently to lay women than' to lay men, but those cases are notable exceptions. The October. 23-28 meeting now being' attended by Bishop Cummins is seeking to· assess· progress in Catholic liturgical re form and prospects for the fu ture. It ds sponsored by the Vatican's Congregation for Di vine Worship for chief officers of liturgical commissions of bishops' c'onferences throughou,t the world. iBishop Cummins' overview re Iport on diturgical reform in the United States was sent to the Vatican at the end of 'September. In it he called for further regu '1ated 'liturgical experimentation in response to questions by the Congregation for Div·ine 'Wor ship abOut what has !been done so far, what problems have arisen, and what still must be done to fulfill the Second Vati can Council mandate to adapt liturgy to local customs. The bishop said an unexpect ed result of post-Vatican II has

been its impact on non-Catholic U.S. churches. The reformed Ca,tholic lection ary ,introduced a three-year cy cle of Scripture readings for !Mass, repl.acing the one-year cycle which until then had been standard in Catholic and non~ Catholic churches. The three year cycle has been widely ini-

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RESPECT LIFE

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As we 'celebrate the feast of All Saints, the Church triumphant, we recall and honor the canonized saints, those called saints by the voice of the people of the early Church and the multitude of unnamed saints down through the yea~s. On All Soul's Day we pray for the Church suffering: our departed loved ones who may be detained in purgatory, awaiting their release to swell the ranks of the Church tri umphant in Heaven. We, members of the Church militant, can join the saints in heaven to intercede for the souls in purgatory. By our prayers we may very well be hastening the re lease of those in purgatory and even be taking out an "in surance policy" for our own speedy flight to union with the triune God as members of the Church triumphant, for our prayers today will not be forgotten by. the saints_of to-. morrow.

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Sister Lucil'le Levasseur, Natural Family Planning proSMSM; and Sue Negri of St. grams for the Diocesan Office of Josephi parish, Fairhaven, repre- Family Ministry and Mrs. Negri sented Ithe Fall River ,diocese at is an NFP instructor. . a national conference on the., Billings ovulation method of naAt the meetmg too were Chartura] .f!tinily' planning hela --earl:: -.'.lene ,and .}~an.,p.err-y. ,of .the'Bos··· ier this month in PhiladeLphia ton archdIocese, who a,lso teach under ~ponsorship of the FamHy NFP in the' FaU Rver' diocese. Speakers included Drs. John ·of the I Americas -founda,tion. Sist~r Lucille is director of and Evelyn BUlings; originators ! of the, BHlings method, who dis..................................... cussed its worldwide use and : impact on family life. Other ~I ,sessions considered technical 1"I11III I ' aspects of ,the .method and the. ,

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,respect for the individual." 'Dr. Polcino also discussed abortion and the fear of nuclear war from both the medica'l and Christian viewpoints, noting that the prospect of nuclear war was 'ot' particular'concern for psychia trists due, to its emotional over tones. . Films on various aspects of respeot for life were shown con. tinuously during the physicians' meeting and were open to the publ'ic at no charge.

Fr. Lachance

A memorial Mass was offered Monday at Our Lady of Grace conjunction with the annual Church, Westport, for Father meeting of the National Federa Gerald E. Lachance of the Mis tion of Catholic ~hysicians' sionaries of AJrica, a' native of Guilds, whiClh featured a session St. Anne's par-ish, Fall River, on ,natural family planning at who died unexpectedly Oct. 17' which the' Drs. Billings also in Rome, where his funeral Mass spoke. and interment took place. Dr. Anna Polcino, SCMM, The son of the 1ate Joseph founder· and psychiatric director P. and Emma (Ledoux) Lachance, of the, House of Affirmation, a he attended St. Anne's school therapeutic center for priests ~nd the par-ish's former com and religious, was keynote mercial coHege before beginning speaker for :the physicians. . studies for the priesthood. Ordained in Carthage, Tunisia, She stressed that Catholic doctors" as part of the healing' in 1938, he was assigned as sec ministry of the churoh, should· retary to the superior general of "care and not just cure" and the Missi9naries of Africa, ser ving in Algiers until 1952 and should "develop a healthy sensi tivity to and for persons and a then in Rome, when the com munity's genera'late was moved to that city. ' Legacies He is survived by a sister, , "Books are legacies that genius Mrs. Lucille Dalbec of Westport, leaves .to mankind, to be ~e. and a nephew. livered down from generation to generation, as presents to those that are yet unbQrn." - Addison Diocesan couples celebrating their 25th, 50th or other notable THE ANCHOR (USPS-54S.()20). Second Class wedding anniversaries during Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. Published 1984 will meet at 5 pm. Sun weekly except the week of July 4 and the week after Christmas at 410 Highland Aven·' day at St. Mary's cathedral for ue, Fall River, Mass. 02720 by the cath· aile Press .of the Diocese of Fall River. -Mass of thanksgiving to be a Subscription price by mall, postpaid $8.00 celebrated by BishoP Daniel A. per year. Postmasters send address changes

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The fundamental good of life

AMONG ALL THE GOODS and purposes which together make up the many-hued sum of human possibilities, which is the most important? The answer, where truly basic goods like life, truth and friendship are con cerned, is "None - and all." In its own frame of reference each fundamen tal human good is most important. None rightly claims precedence over another. At first this statement may sound surprising. Is it not, for instance, a kind of ~epreciation of the good of life? On the contrary - just the re verse is true. ' It is essential to affirm that basic human goods cannot be weighed, and measured against one another so as to say, "This one is more im portant than that." To insist on this is a necessary safeguard against the utilitarian calculus which, starting from the appealing slogan "the greatest good for the greatest number," leads inexorably to violating the goods of some persons to the advantage of others. Basic human goods, then, should not be weighed and measured against one another. Within its own frame of reference, each basic good of the per son is as important as all the others. Certainly it is easy to see the truth of this in regard to the fundamental good of life. Unless a person's life is protected and cherished, it will be impossible for that person to realize any other good. Respect for human life is the primary starting point for the realization of every other good of the person. It can be called first among equals. As truths go, this one comes close to being self-evident. Ethically and morally, however, does anything follow from it? It is often said that

"ought" cannot lJe derived from "is" - that statements of how things are tell nothing about how ,things should be. If life is, basic to the realiza tion of every other good, does it therefore follow that life ought to be cher ished and protected? It does, provided one adds another step: Immorality resides essentia1ly in turning one's will against the goods of the human person; moral good ness for its part lies first of all in willed openness' to their realization in oneself and others. To tum one's will radically against the good of life in practice means setting one's will against the realization of any other good in the person or persons against whom on~'s will is directed. Evidently, then, as life's special relationship to other human goods gives life preeminence from a certain point of view, so to set one's will against the good of life has a special heinousness in comparison with other evil acts. Yet the good of human life is threatened and violated in many ways in our world today. What meaning do we attach to this from the Chris tian point of view? Above all: That we have a duty to step forward in defense of life. For "in the messianic program of Christ, which is at the same time the program of the Kingdom of God, suffering is present in the world in order to release love, in order to give birth to the works of love toward neighbor, in order to transform the whole of human civilization ' into a 'civilization of love' " (Salvifici Doloris, 30). It is not less than this, we hold, to which a consistent ethic of human life - a consistent moral vision of life's preciousness and sanctity in each - The U.S. Bishops and every context - impels us in our day.

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themoorin~ An Urgent Message Given the climate of the times, this Respect Life edi tion of The Anchor is a needed reminder of life's impor tance. During this election season, much is being said about the politics of Catholics, especially in reference to abortion and other life issues. It is well then to zero in on the real is'sue facing Cath olics in a secular society: it is not separation of church and state but the matter of religious freed<:>m .itself. The question assiduously beihg avoid~d by the secular ist is whether religiously-minded citizens, be they Protes tant, Catholic, Jewish,. Shinto, Buddhist, or Hjndu,. hilve the right to act according to their beliefs in th:e political arena. . ' Have they the right under the First Amendment to bring their moral and ethical principles to bear on the for mation of public policy? Must they abdicate their religious freedom in favor' of the secularist stand that God's law is irrelevant to political activi.ties? An impartial observer of the election scene would have to admit that secularists do not demand that Catholic poli ticians surrender their right to religious freedom across the board. The demand is made only when Catholic teaching conflicts with the secularist creed. When Catholic politicians, influenced by church teach ing on social justice, vote for public funding for the poor or . moneys to aid the starving of the Third World, the secular ist applauds. But let those same politicians vote in defense of the right to life of unborn children, and the secularist charges them with violation of the tenet of separation· of church ". ." . '. ...•... " . and state. "There is "in this '-an 'urgent 'message Jor"Cathblic::polb' ~'~ ~.r-A ~"' ~_ ;;'.~ ~-~ _,-_._~ ~.·._; u:~ ;. "_·.~.~""'_·.-J·i.4.-",:""'\C,, ·.~.,..~;:.·.t_:oi:t.;.": . :.•~.;: , , ·~NC "Photo i .ticians. They not only have the right but the serious obliga I tion to carry their Catholicism into their public life. 'Let all the people give praise to thee: the earth hath yielded her fruit.' Ps. 66:6 In so doing, in fact, in addition to fulfilling their per sonal duty, they are preserving the pluralistic nature of American society and strengthening the democratic. pro cess. When Catholic politicians surrender their Catholic principles, they are rejecting the freedom guaranteed them in the Declaration of Independence. In this light, Catholic politicians are not justified, however much one or another would wish to, in privatizing I their faith and declaring it irrelevant to the public policy I they have a share in shaping. Let Catholic politicians note well the statement of our founding fathers: "We hold. these truths to be' self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." . We derive our rights from God, not the secularist. Government is th~ servant of the people and as such must I. respect their right to enact laws consistent with our na ! tional roots. If Catholics do not fulfill the mandate of the Declara- . tion and 'fail or refuse to 'recognize that their religious be liefs and moral principles are relevant to their public policy decisions, they do great· disservice to their church, ~heir country and above all to themselves. 1'" •••••

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On October 15, with Mother Teresa of Calcutta beside him on the platform, ,New York Archbishop John .J. O'Connor' delivered an impassioned speec~. against not only abortion but all forces in society that threaten or de gradel'human life. During the lengthy talk, sponsored by the fo~mer Flower Hospit~1 of New York City ~nd the Institute on Human Values in Medical Ethics of New York Medical College, he promised pregnant women withi,n or with out th~I New York archdiocese every assistance needed to bring their babies to term. I His attitude echoed that of Mother Teresa, who has repeatedly appealed to wo'men with unwanted pregnancies to "give your babies to me." ,1, . E~cerptsfromhis splendid speech follow. In this Respect Life month, Tbe ,Anchdr feels it is a superlative tribute to human life, from the moment of con .. ceptioh'I to that of death. . I

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Nowhere has it been expressed cal powerhouse." Powerful he more bkautifully than in the was indeed in his gentleness, 139th P~alm: '. powerful in his personal spirit"For It was you who created uaHty; powerful in his Ilove for my bei~g, knit me togthel' in every human being. And .never my mother's womb. I thank you was he more Pl?w.erful ;'than on for the wonder of my being,' for his deathbed,- filled with suffer-· the won~ers. of all your creation." ing and seemingly, helpless, '!ike And perhaps no one ever cap_Christ 'on the cross. It was from tured the magic and the mys- that real "powerhouse" of pain tery, of ,those words and reflected in his waning hours, while prethem mbre faithfully in his own paring for his rendezvous with life thah did our late beloved death, that he spoke most powerCardinal Terence' Cooke. fully of life: It woUld be as absurd as it "From the beginning of human would'ibe sad and unkind were rlife, from conception until death this m~n ever referred to as and at every moment between, it represe~tative of an "ecclesiasti- is the Lord our God who gives us

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life, and we, who are his crea tures, should cry out with joy and thanksgiving for this preci ous' gift. ' . "The gift of life,' God's special gift, is no less beautiful whe~ it is accompanied by i'llness or weakness,' hunger or poverty, mental or physical handicaps, loneliness or old age. Indeed, at these times, human life gains extra splendor as it requires our special care, concern and rev~rence. It is in and through the weakest of human vessels that the Lord continues to revea,l the power of his love." I't is with deep gratitude to

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seamless garment Cardinal Cooke for his poWerful witness to the sacredness of all human iife and with a sense of great personal privilege that I have announced that of this day the board of Flower HospitaIhas unanimously' determined J to change the name to the Terenee Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center. . It is not totally foreign to our reasons for accepti~ Flower. .Hospital's offer to co-SpoDSOr my ~dress today that· priot' to Cardinal. Cooke's assuming respo~sibi1ity -1or the hospital it Perf~ some 800 .abortiOns every year. None, of course, has been performed since. I was motivated to give'tTds ·address under such auspices alSo because of the magnificent WOI'k the hospital carries· out today for the teast of God'S" tittle ones. I wish every New Yorker, irideed every American, could see- the dedication, the profeSsionanSm, the personal commitment, the overpowering love demonsttate<t by doctors, nurses, .adiirinstrators and staff: toward the helpless, the br.,m-damaged,· the Otlter severely. handicapped of aU ages. F)ower Hospital, now. TerCardinal Cooke Health Olre Center, is a rich bleSSing in out midst, a magnificent memorial to the sacredness of all human life. r felt it'appropriate as well to accept the offer .of cospOn-

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sorship of this address from the Institute on Human Values in Medical Ethics, initiated wj,th funding from the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation, at the instance of Cardinal Cooke, .and from friends of New York Medical College to deal with the' moral and ethical issues of contemporary medicine in ways that support the value and the inherent dignity of all human life. There is a great deal ot pain in our' countrY today. I am not happy about it, ibut I. am encouraged by it. I am encouraged t-o believe tbat there as' ileep pain throu~out the land in respect to a number of crucial problems. I believe, further, .that this profound and pervasive anxiety is tooted in the reality that as a people We do have a heart - an enorm()us heart, a warm and g~nerous heart, a heart that is experiencing a gnawing pain, an enduring heartache, if not an outright spiritual and emotional heart attack. We know there is something wrong as we pass the bag'laCiies, the· bag men In the streets. We know there is something wrong about gentrification ithat flUShes .Ionely, elderly people out ot homes and apartments with absokltely no place to go. We know there is something wrong when drugs control and destroy our neighborhoods, when we

can't build prisons fast enough to meet the demand. We know there is something wrong when the most incredible pornography is defended as freedom of speech, when child abuse reaches hom" fying proportions, when people are disenfranchised or exploited bec1luse of where they were born, or their sex or the color of there skin. We know there is something wrong in the sexual exploitation and violence that Father Bruce Ritter d~s with . every day right here in Manhattan and in the hopelessness of the burned-outbuildings in cities allover the country. We know there is something wrong in Central America, in the Middle East, in the north of Ireland, in California and in Poland, in much of' the vast continent of Africa and elsewhere in the worJd. We know there is something wrong, something terrifyingly wrong, about the arms race and about the horrifying potential of nuclear weapons. And all of this knowledge and more pains .os, because we are basically a good people, a good and kind and merciful people. So many of us do what is very understandable: We try to forget the problems, to busy ourselves with a thousand legiti· mate preoccupations, to hope that sQmeone else witl solve Turn to Page Eigb~

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Continued from Page Seven question people ask me all the the problems or that they will time: Why is this front-page simply go away. news allover the country? Why' I am deeply convinced that it are pOOpIe talking about:' it aU is this same kind of pain that we . over the world? No single statefeel as a nation, knoWing that ment by anyone bishop could we lose 4,000 lives every daYllave created the depth and·the through abortion. And that's breadth and the intensity of feela large part of the answer to the ingabout this-if ithadh't .been

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there all .long, stirring down inside us, gnawing at our hearts. Is this simply a religious perspective? Is my grief over aborton born merely of what I have been taught as a Catholic? I can't be1'ieve that. I know that mililions of Jews, Protestants, Orthodox, Moslems, people of many other religious persuations and people who profess no religious faith at all grieve as I do over this destruction of life.

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Or is abortion not the destruction of Ufe?Are we, in fact, not putting babies to death? If we.·arenot destroying human life, of course, then our concern, our anxiety, QUI' pain over abortion virtually-disappears. There is a dramatic difference between removing 4,000 pieces of .tissue each day from the bodies of 4,000 women and taking the lives of 4,000 babies. What is abortion then? Can we face that question honestly? Can we raise it without rancor, without aCQUSatioD, without judgment or condeinnation of anyone? Surely it is a Cl"Ucial question. Surely it deserves an

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them to speak from your common-sense experience of human life and from the scientific evidenc~ you observe. I tum, for example, to Dr. Bernard Nathanson, the wellknown .Jew¥h obstetrician-gyneCologist who identifies himself as an atheist, Dr. Nathanson's background is fascinating;" By his own admission, he presided over 60,000 abortions in the first and largest abortion' clinic in the Western WOdd, the clinic he directed. He now calls those abortions 60,000 deaths. Here are his own 'words: "Sometime ago """"" after a tenure of a year and a half ~ I resigned as director of the Center for Reproductive and S~ual Heaith. The .center .had .performed 60,000 abor:ttons • • • I am deeply troubled by my own increasing certainty that I had, in faet, presided over 60,000 deaths. "There is no lOnger serious doubt in my mind that human life elP8ts within the womb from the ~- onset'Or pregnancy." Dr. Nathanson now spends..a large part of his life pieading against abOltiqi). not because ,of a religious conversion, but because of the evidence yielded by ultrasound scanning, .intrauterine surgery, in vitro fertilization and other advances in science and technology. Dr. Nathanson ,isf~ from alone. Indeed, the American

One of the very reasons I wanted to give this talk to an audience composed largely of -'-'-,' medical people is that I believe . . '" . '-... ., -' ,-; that' you inparticuIar must ask and answer this question hon243 FOREST STREET estly. I tum to you -and to your medical coUeaguesfor what you FA"L~I"_ER, MA .D2721... .- ..,- " "'and U1ey have to say; I do not' ~. ~iatiol'litsatUrged.j TEL. 674-5741 (EXT. 24$5) ask you or them to speak from .strict laws against abortion religious beliefs. I do not ask more than a century ago, simply REV. JOSEPH VIVEIROS you' or them to determine at ~ause the scielJtific evidence SR. KATHLEEN MURPHY, 0.'. Diocesun Director Coordinator wtlat point the unborn becomes said that· human life begins at .. .. a human person. I ask you and conception. In 1871 the AMA told .its members that a fetus becomes animated long J>e(ore qUickening. Quoting from Archbold's Criminal Practice and Pleadings, it said this: "No other doctrine appears to ·be consonant with reason or physiology but that which admits the embryo to possess vita!ity from the very moment of conception." No state~ni by the ~ in more recent times haS contradicted the position it took then. Some evidence, howevel', does seem to make a profound impression on many medical and lay people as well. That's what happened when Congressman Lawrence J. Hogan saw some startling pictures, as he told a congressional . subcommittee on constitutional amendments. "My brother, Dr. Wlliam Hogan, who . . . is w.ith me today and is an obstetriCian, had been trying to discuss. abortion with me, but I kept putting him off, Representing saying that it was not a popular political issue. 25,000 Catholic Women "Finally one day he came to my house and showed me some color 101 Parish Affiliates pictures of what unborn babies look like. I saw what some peo5 l)istricts - Deaneries ple call a chemical reaction, sucking it thumb. I saw perfectly formed human babies just a few weeks from conception. I saw the pictures of the 21-week-old fetus, a littJe ginJ, who survived out of the womb. I saw other little babies who did not survive. Some were scalded red from saline solution which flushed

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thein from the womb. I saw others tom apart from the machine, I could see a little foot and a little hand. I was stunned. I waishocked. And I was bitterlyashamed. "I did not know what I realJy thought abortion was. I just did not think very much about it. But C:eItainly I did not think we were killing babies. How cou,ld I have been so stupid?" One of the most poignant stories I have ever read was by a former CBS correspondent. Writing in the Los Angeles Times .in March of 1976, he describes his joy when his wife . told him she was pregnant, and his $hock and fury when she told him she had already talked with several friends, had a doctor's name and intended to have an abortion. Shouting and pleading followed, with his wife insisting it was her body ,nd should be her decision alone. Finally, he drove her to the doctor's office and waited in the car. . He tells the story 20 years later. Why? Because sudde;oly and unexpectedly he passed the cOmer of the doctor's offiCe and

it all came flooding back, and he found himself wondering over and over what might have been. By the time he arrived at his meeting, the tears were flowing and wou:ldn't stop. "Whatever sor.t of person the lost one might have been," he writes, "1 feel even now that we bad no rlgbtto take his-her life. · "Even gow I find myself won· dei'ing about my first child that never was, and I wonder too ,abQUt others m my shoes. How many men share my haunting feeings about children who might · have .. been, but were denied? why are we, ;ihe fathers who never were, so reluctant to talk about ~uch feelil.gs? If it is all so painful for us, how muCh worse must it be for the women who nurture and then give up _the very fact· of life itself?" What of the future? Can we do '. more? Of course we can, ali of .us. AilcI here I appeal particulal'lly ·to you in the medical. profession.. I ask boldly that you help in at l~ three ways. First, very simply, I ask you to ~ about the Hippocratic

Oath. Ask yourself with absa;lute honesty what abortion redy is. Test what is done to ,the unborn against the Hippocratic Oath many of you once took. You remember how it used to go: "I wiJ:l give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like. manner I w~1 not give a pessary to a woman to produce an abortion." And you know that the words about abortion are now so frequently omit· ted. Why? Why? , Second, reach us what we must learn about taking care of- the whole person - the entire family, physically and emotionally. Teach us far, far more than we have been wiUing to learn to date aboUt the critical importance of ~nt. housing, of securitY in' oUr streets, Of the destructiveness of drugs. Teach us that good medicine requires that people need jobs, and meaningful jobs, to be able to hold their heads high, to· feed to clothe, to educate their' chUdren. Teach'uS that Poverty 'is dangerous to our health. that malnutrition _in. ..~~ breeds disabilities in childien. Plead for . daycare . centers, increased numbers of fadlities for the handicapped. Raise your voices precisely as medical professionals to plead for a just social order indispensable to effective mediciJe,. Teach that abortion is what' it is,withoutpreteRSe" but,; ;hetp.-.-:briD& I abouL aircum.stances which win help a pregnant woman recognize that there is a better way fOl' her than to have her own chiild destroyed.. Teach us above all, however, that you of the medical profession recognize the. absolutely crucial role you play in regard to the entire issue of abortion. The overwhelming number. of the 4,000 abortions carried out every day are carried out by members of the medical pl'00 fession. What enormous power atl yours, what leadership for life you could provide! And third, here is a request as direct as I can tnake it: If it's needed to saVe the life of an unborn chid, give yOur medical services without cost. Ido not know how many abortions are performed free of. charge, but I would Jike. to believe that, you and your colleagues would be willing to deliver live - and free' of charge where necessary - every baby that woufd otherwiSe be aborted. I am certain that many of you do this already, but I urge you to inake .it Widely known that you want to go out of your way to help; at no cost to the pregnant· girl or woman in need. And I appeal to you, our hospital admnistrators, boards and staff to provide free of charge, when necessary, au the medical care reqUired for both mother .and child. lMy appeal is extended to those in the legal profession as well, to assist women and families, without charge when necessary, to learn what federal or state or city funding may be 'available

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to them and to help them in adoption· processes, should they choose thj.s route. Ardldioeesan Commitment I can assure aJ,1 of you, as I appeal to you, and I can assure every single or married woman facing an unplanned pregnancy that the Archdiocese of New York will give you free, confidential help of highest. quality. Here are just some of the services the archdiocese w~l1 provide, whatever your religious affiliation. It makes no difference whether' you are Jewish, Protestant, Catholic, OrthodoX, Moslem, of any other reloigion or of no religion at aU, or single or married - and your· confidentiality will be completely respected. You wiU get help with medical care, and you do not have to worry about' bills. If you have medical insurance, you may be . able to use this. If yw choose adoption, the adopting family is responsible for your medical' bills. If you wish to keep your baby, your social worker will help you get Medicaid. There is no fee for our services to you. ' Our social workers will make arrangements to meet you close to your home. They travel widely throughout New York, .New Jersey and Connecticut. If you live in another state, we will help you get service from another agency -'Or arrange for 'You to Cbme' 'to Ne¥i York wheneVer possible." ~>

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Respect. for life Continued from Page Nine proved couples on the waiting list. She will discuss these with you, but you make the selection. Let me say it simply ~nd :straightforwardly. The Arohdio-

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If one contends, as we do, that the right of every fetus to be born should ~. protected by civil law and supported by civil consensus, the., our moral, political and economic responsibilities do not &fop at Jhe moment of birth. Those who defend the right to life of the weakest among us nfost be' equally visible in support of the quality of life of the powerless among us: the old and the young, the hungry and the homeless, the undocumented immigrant and the unempl~yed worker. Such a quality of life posture translates into specific political and economic positions on tax policy employment generation, welfare. policy, nutrition and feeding programs, and health care. Consistency means we cann'ot have it both ways: We cannot urg~ a. compassionate society and vigorous public policy to protect the rights of the unborn and then argue that compassion and significant public programs oh behalf of the needy uhd.ermine the moral fibre of the society or are beyond the proper, S~opfit of governmental responsibility. CARDINAL JOSEPH BERNARDIN ST. LOUIS UNIV. ~ MARCH 11,1984

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to decent housing, to' jobs, t~" ity called ~ abOrtion deciSi~ ~g of a» discrimination, to an acto! "raw, judicial power." the ultimate ending of the arms In other words, the wilt of 1tle race. Do these thlings not for seven justices was imposed on political gain, but out of re- an entire nation. spect for all human life. Given this rea'lity, when What do we ask of a candi- charges are so loosely made date or someone already in against thoSe· who are al.Jeged1y office? iNothing more than this: trying to "impose their will On a statement opposing abortion the majority," it is· apparently on demand and a commitment to forgottell that virtuaUy every work for a modification of the state in the 'Union had some permissive interpretations issued kind of. protective law which on the subject by the U.S. Su- was swept away'Dy the SUpreme Court. It wi'll simply not preme Court. If, we are going to do to argue that "Jaws" won't argue that law mUst reflect a work or that "we can't legis- consensus, we must' admit that late moranty." Nor will it do to there was. a strong, national argue, "I won't impose my mor- COnsensus against abortion On ality on others." There is noth- demand before the Supreme ing personal or private in the Court issued .its decree that the . moraiity that teaches that the unborn is. "not a person whose taking of 'Unborn life is wrOng. life state law couldlegaUy proThere are critical needs in our teet;." society. All must be addressed There U'e those who argue. on a contiJibing basis. None will that we caJinot legislitte moralgo away overnight regardless of ity aJld that the answer to aborwho holds public office at what- tion does not tie in the law. The ever level. Some needs are so reality is~ that' w~ do "legislate crucial that they require abso- behavior everyday. Our entire. hately the best leadership this societY is struet~ by law. country can provide. It is n~ither We .l~late. against going my prerogative nOl:: my desire to thl'bughrediights,seIling. heroin. determine who those leaders are COIJlJnitting-murder, . burniDg to be. But I am passionately . dOWn peOple's hOUSes, stealing, convinced that no need is more child abuse, slavery and a. crucial than .to protect the rights thousand ptjler' ~ct, that would of the unbOrn: I can but pray deprive other· people of their that those who are chosen to rights. lead us will. do everything possiAnd this is precisely the key: ble to protect those' rights, for such, in my judgment, is the in- Law is·' intetidec:l· to protect US dispensable step in protecting the from one another regardless of rights of aM who cannot protect private and personal moral or themselves and one day that can religious beliefs. The law does be anyone of us; not ask me if I personally be-~ Heve stealing to be D*'aI or 1mAbortioo aDd the' Law lD9raJ. ne 1aw does not ut Since 1973' $8Irie of the finest ~ if my ~Iigion encourages . . leg. sehotars in. the 'United to bum .down houses. Ils far _ States have argued that the Su- the law is concerned, tbe distiDc· preme Court decisions were not ti()n between private and pub1le solidly based on the Constitumon, morality is quite clear. Basically, and one Supreme Court Justice wtlen I v-ioJate other -people, who dissented from the majorTum to Page Twelve

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from enjoying all the human Continued from Page Ten and civil rights due them by rights, I am involved lin a mat ter of public morality, subject both moral and civil law, the reality is tthat df !the 1857 Su to penalty under ilaw. 'Is .it outlandish to think. that preme Court decision in the fa laws" against abortions might mous,Dred Scott case had been have some protective effect? It allowed to stand, they would ds obvious that law is not· the . still be legally slaves, non-citi entire answer to abortion. Nor zens, forever unabte to become ' is it the entire answer to theft, citizens. arson, chiJId abuse or shooting. We need only look at the men police officers. Everbody. knows tality that has developed under that. ,But who would suggest current Jaws in recent years. An that we repeal the laws against assistant attorney argues in the such crimes because the laws case of the smothering of a' are so often broken? newborn by her grandmother: Every American ds brooght up, "This is what you might caU a ideally, to respect the law. We two-minute abortion because ,know that some individual taws the baby was unwanted." A No are good,' some bad, some jU$t, bel Prize' winner has suggested some unjust, ~ut it's the concept that parents should' be given a of the law that we respect. We period of three days after the know laws are necessary because ·birth of a baby' to determine we are a),l weak human beings, whether the baby should live or and while we may chafe under die. Physicians are asked to de laws that are personally incon termine /by amnioceneisis. and venient to tis, we know we must ,'other means the sex of the un have laws or have chaos. born so that an abortion can 'be performed if the sex is not ac It is one of O'I1r proudest tra ditions that bad laws can be ceptable to the parents. We hear of trafficking of fetuses which changed. There is no better ex ample than the slave Jaws. And are sold nationally and inter whi'le many blacks still suffer naffionally for commercial pur in our coontry and are stiJl.I far poses such as manufacture of

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guarantee suoh a r:ight? Could the Congress legislate that babies are to be wanted by ,par ents or that a husband is to be woman~ wanted by his wife, a wife by Ag~in we ask how safe wiU her husband? the r~tarded be, the handicapped, When we speak of equal em the a~ed, the wheelchadred, the ployment opportunity we don't .incurably ill, when the' so-called argue that employers must per "quality of life"b~mes the sonally want to hire given in detel'ihinant of who is to 'live dividuals. The ~law requires, only and *ho is to die? Who is to ,that individuals not be refused detenhine which Ufe ds "mean employment because of a char ingt:ul~" which life is not? Who actel'istic unrelated to the nature is to have a right to the world's of the lob, 'such as color; Is any resources, to food, to housing, one arguing seriously .·today that to m¥ical care? The prospects an employee has a right to be wanted? Hardly. But certainly are fr:ightening and far too real an employee has the right to Ufe! ~stic Ito be brushed llSide as "scare tactics." , . Is an unborn baby to be de I ' So ~e must change the Jaws. nied .such a right? Is an unborn This is one reason why I am' baby to be denied even theop encooraged by Gov. Cuomo's _portunity to have someone plead calling for a task force to '~take with a mother to ,let the baby our highest aspirations and most live, wanted or not? Is the un noble I pronouncements about wanted baby to be denied the life and seek to convert them in-' opportunity given to millions of to w6rking laws and pohicies:' l'efugees who have been admit ted into the U.S.?' " False Charges \

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some to any change in the laws I.come finally to the questions to make them less permissive or that have been raised aboot the to reC:luce the possibility of involvement of the bdshops of "abort~on on demand" (for that . the United States in the matters _ at hand and the allegations of ds thel real dssue). . Some pro-abortionists convey undue dntervention in the politi the irtipression that "masses" of cal process, including even the women would die undergoing charge that dn a programmed and conspiratorial fashion the "back-~ley" abortions if abor tion were illegal. We are in bishops, or some ~f us, are formed that this lis not supported trying to destroy the so-caJ'led :by figkes issUed by the U.S. wali between church and state .government before 1973 rior fol that the bishops are "perilously , lowingl the 1979 cutoff of Medi close" to threatenfug, the tax-ex caid funds for abortion. empt status of their churches or, Cert~inly r~pe is always a even more crudely, that the crime 'to be abhorred in every bishops are simply lusting for way. ~t is understandable that power. many would feel that an abor What is actually going on? The tion should be justifiable if a bishops have been saying sub woman or a young girl becomes stantially the same thing about pregnant·. through rape. We dn abortion for years. Likewise" for . no wa~ minimize the horror and years the bishops have been cha'l the trauma of rape. - lenging the state on a broad Obviously, whether we are spectrum of 'laws and pohicies, speaking of a ,thousand cases or economics, racial, soci8J, mili one case, a woman's life, a fam tary: Most recently the chal 1y's fU~l!.re, can be virtually de lenge was addiessed to issues troyed. I But, as we have asked of war and peace, with the wide 'before, i wiJl violence ag8!inst an ~y publicized formulation of the unborn: child compensate for the pastoral .'letter "The Challenge . violence against the woman of Peace: God's Promise and .raped 6r wiJl it in many cases Our Response:' When much simply i increase her suffering? was made in that letter of nu Is dt at; least possible that bear- clear war, even more was made Jng a ~hild, however conceived, - and has been little noted , and either rearing it or offering' of the causes of ,var, injustice, it for adoption to the hundreds oppresssion, economic and other of thou~ands of couples pleading forms if violence and exploita to ado*, might b11ing, even out tion and indignities against the of the ltragedy of rape, a rich human person. . t:ulfiUmEmt? . What would those who criti MucIi of the argument of pro-' eize our speaking O'I1t durJng an abortionists is based on the as· election campaign have us do? sumpti6n that the right to be Were those holding or seeking borni~ dependent on being public office expressing e1CPliCit . wanted. How many unplanned support for racism, for drug children have been ·born to par abuse, for pornography, 'for ents whose' attitudes changed rape, for nuclear war, woold we complet~ly to total acceptance be expected to remain si'lent? Or and love? How many unwanted would we be damned for doing children have made enormous so? Obvioosly, no one in or seek contribJtions to the world as ;jng office is calling for any of musicians, writers, doctors, en these. ' tertainet-s; teachers, parents or Are we to be silent then on other c~pacities? the question of abortion, if we But beyond such questions are convinced that it is the lies an' even more basic one: taking of human life? Why who can claim the right to be would we be free to indict rac~ wanted? Dqes the Constitution ism - indeed be generally ap cosmetics. The! judicia:l ttrend , I since I 1973 has even allowe4 a courtis ordering aIbortion for a mentaUy rearded or incompetent

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plauded' for doing so - but damned for indicting abortion? Why would we not be "imrpos- ' ing morality" on others when we oppose rape, but "imposing our morality" on others when we oppose abortion? What a strange democracy it would be ,that would encoorage bishops to cry out their convictions as long as these were popular, but to remain mute when so ordered I I recognize the dilemma con fronted by some Catholics dn political life. I cannot resolve that dilemma for them. As I see it, their disagreement, if they do disagree, is not simply with me; it is with the teaching of the Catholic Church. And so I come to .the end of this ,long address - this per sonal pilgri~age, if you will fearing ,I have said so little of what must yet be said and that I have said virtually nothing of what in the final analysis alone makes everyt~ng IUDderstand able - the indispensaible power of Jove. Before leaving a recent visit to Flower Hospital, now the Terence Cardinal Cooke Healt'h Care Center, I told the director of the hospita:l that I really need not give a speech at all. I need but ask the world to visit that hospital, to see not merely what doctors and nurses and staff are doing for their helpless patients, but what the helpless patients are doing for the doctors, the nurses and the staff. The love '~hose helpless ones generate in those who serve as their arms and legs and eyes and ears and tongues is more beauti ful to behold than the most magnificent work of' art in O'I1r own Metropolitan Museum. Ex cept that such love is not a museum piece. It is vibrantly alive, pulsating through the cor ridors of that hos¢tal and through the very being of those medical professiona'ls and staff, women and men, literal'ly giving their own Jives every day that the least of God's little ones may not only live, but that in the depths of their beings, far removed from our sight and un fathomable by the most sophis ticated . techniques that science can devise, they, the helpless, may ,in tum love and teach us to ,love who need so desperately to learn how.

,Abortio'n sl,ides 'A slide show, "Abortion How It ds;" de¢cting the pre hataI development of an infant and the process of a~ortion, will be shown by the' Taunton chap ter of Massachusetts Citizens for, Life at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at· the Portuguese-Am erican Civic Club, 175 School St., Taunton, and at the same time Friday, Nov. 2, at Ameri can Legion Hall, Mill Street, Raynham. The presentation has been de veloped by' Dr. and Mrs. John Willke. Dr. Wil1ke is president of the 'nationaI Right to Life or ganization. The 'PUblic is invited to either program and there is no admission charge.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 26, 1984

Cha rismatics hold study day The gift of prophecy was dis cussed a,t a study day for dio cesan charismatics held earlier. this month at St. Stanislaus School, Fall River. Speaking to some 150 members of the oharismatic renewal, Sis ter Margaret Catherine Simms, SSJ, defined prophecy as a mo: mentary manifestation of the power of God, during which "a person speaks God's message." She said that prophecy, a gift of the Holy Spirit, is meant to bui'ld faith on the individual and community level and is not an tended as a means of selfglori fication. The sister, head of the Word Gifts Ministry for prayer groups in the archdiocese of Boston, said prophetic utterances only rarely predict the future and must be "used properly and care fully discerned to be considered valid." Those prophesying should be committed Christians. Prophecies, she continued, must conform to Scripture and church teaching and should not cause confusion or mislead hearers. They may encourage, console or admonish and may clarify Scripture; but may never proclaim new doctr.ine. Sister Simms was aided at the study day by a team from the Boston archdiocese. The event was sponsored by the Dio cesan Service Committee of the Oharismatic Renewal. Father Robert S. Kaszynslci ~s diocesan liaison to the commiUee.

Archdiocese aids Polish defectors ANCHORAGE, 'Alaska (NC) The Archdiocese of Anchorage has taken responsibiHty for two Polish crewmen who walked away from their vessel in Sew ard, Alaska, Oct. 15, seeking po titical asylum. Ed Waszkiewiecz, Polish inter preter, made the arrangem~nts Oct. 17, taking a letter signed by Arohbishop Francis T. Hur :ley to Immigration anti Naturali zation Service officiais who agreed to the proposal. Andrzej Lis and Alibin Luczak, both 25, 1eft the Polish fishing vessel, Aquarius, while the ship was docked in Seward to allow crew members shore leave. Wasz kiewiecz said the men went to the Seward police department and requested asylum.

EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS Since the actual place of fesidence of MANUEL 1. SEARS is unknown. We cite MANUEL 1. SEARS to appear Dersonally before the Tribunal of the. Diocese of Fall River on October 29, 1984, at 344 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, at 1:30 p.m., to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the mar- . riage exists in the TELFORD· SEARS case? Ordinaries of the place or other pas· tors having the knowledge of the resi· dence of the above person, Manuel 1. Sears, ml/st see to it that he is proper.ly advised in regard to this edictal citation. Henry T. Munroe Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on U1is, the 23rd day of October, 1984.

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NEARLY 1,000 parish ioners and friends of Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, diocesan· vicar general and pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford, joill ed last Sunday in celebra tion of his 40th anniversary of priestly ordination. Msgr. Mendonca's actual anniversary came June 10 but the celebration was postponed due to a crowded parish calendarat that time. Sunday's observance began with a noon Mass at which Bishop Daniel A. Cronin pre sided. A banquet followed at White's restaurant, North Westport. "Msgr. Mendonca is a New .Bedford natiye, baptized,. or: dained and from 1958 to 1962 associate pastor at the parish of' which he is now pastor. After graduating from the city's Holy Family High School, he studied for the priesthood at the Semin ary of Angra, Terceira, Azores. Returning to his native diocese, he served as asso ciate pastor at Santo Chris to parish, Fall River, and Immaculate Conception and Mt. Carmel, New Bedford, before being named admin istrator of Our Lady of Health, Fall River, in 1962. ' He was pastor at St. An thony's, East Falmouth; St. Michael, Fall River; and St. John of God, Somerset, be fore being named to his present pastorate in 1974. Msgr. Mendonca was ap pointed viCar general in 1971 and a domestic prelate in 1974. He has served in the Diocesan College of Con.. sultors since 1976. In March, 1974, the gov ernment of Portugal award ed him the Military Order of Christ in recognition of his service to the church and his promotion of Portuguese culture within the Fall River diocese.

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.Dominicans hold parley· 100 Dominican leaders, includ ing Sisters Linda Rivers and Barbara MCcarthy of the Con: gregation of St. Catherine of · Siena. in Fall River, represent ·ang 28 congrega,tions' of women and five provinces of men held their annual deadership confer ence· at the Dominican Education Center, Sinsinawa, W:isc., earlier this-month. . Discussion of the upcoming bishops' pastoral letter on the ecoriomy highlighted the pro gram. Keynote speaker Father Peter Henriot, S.J., of the Center for Concern, Washington, D.C., addressed religious" moral and

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economic concerns raised by ,the present economic system. Continuing conference em phasis on standing with the poor, delegates reported progress over .the past three years and sought new methods of outreach. Special attention was giv~n to the Dominican charism of preaching and the role in today's church of men and women Dom inican'· preachers. Also discussed were ongoing collaboration between Domini can congregations and provinces, progress In moni,toring col"p9l' ate investments in the aight 'of social justice principles, media concerns and the increasing varieties of ministries in which Dominicans serVe the church.

'Continued from page one Hated in non..ca,tholic churches. In his overview report ·Bishop Cummins noted considerable pro gress in U.S. murgic8:I refonn but said It~ai ~everlil issues ,need .attenti~n, among them further develop'ment of' English as a··liturgical Japguilge; ~he role of lay liturgica,1 leadership in the face of a growing priest shortage and more sensitivity to liturgical 'language that "may be construed as. raCist, anti Semitic or sexist."

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By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Halloween projects you might Dear Mary: My two pre-school try. 1. Get a group together to children win be old enough to celebrate Halloween this year. design and make costumes. Use Already they are taJking about a religious education class, a buying costumes and going school class or a neighborhood "trick or treat." I have fond group as the nucleus. In the memories of Halloween from spirit of Halloween, the cos· , my own childhood, but nowadays tumes might represent saints the danger of getting harmful which the children learn about treats and the excessive amount as they design the costumes. of candy Involved make me Then throw a Halloween party wonder If r should evert! pennlt for all participants. them to take part. Yet they will 2. Have a 'neighborhood or be very disappointed If I refuse community haunted house. ' Such a project can involve all to let them. What to do? Florida ages, bring out latent talent and A useful axiom is: If a pleas promote a sense of community. urable experience has draw Again, this is no project for an backs, don't get rid of it. Replace Individual. Form a group or use it with something better. a club or group that is already ' Certainly ,there are negative organized. aspects to Halloween. Children 3. If you do decide to celebrate select cheap, tawdry, overpriced HaUoween with "trick or treat," costumes which they discard the observe these guidelines: Limit following day. The danger of re~ ,the time your children may stay ceiving hannful snacks, which out. Stick to friends and neigh you mention, is actuaUy very bors close to home. Provide rare, but this terrible experience treats other than candy and urge casts fear over all of us. your friends to do the same. Excited chIldren running Apples, popcorn, raisins or around in the dark risk accidents small bags of "supersnack" even when motorists are extra (raisins, peanuts and a few chocolate chips) are possibilities. careful. Finally, the candy eat ing usuaUy amounts to a non You can think of others. nutritious binge. The older your children; the Yet HaHoween is the eve of harder to change traditions. All Saints, an opportunity for Starting when your children are learning, creative expression and young is an advantage. Choose projects which emphasize these a project which you can handle. Do not try to do it alone. Get positive values. other concerned persons i~ Two warnings: Holiday pro jects bog down if they are at· volved. You can promote a safe, tempted at the last minute., interesting, fun-fHled Halloween Start early. Second, do not at· not only for your own children, tempt to 'do it alone~ Children "'buCfor the Children' in your want to be like the other kids. neighborhood. Good luck. Reader questions on family If you want your children to be interested, get their friends and living and child care to be an their friends' families involved. swered in print are invited. Ad You need enough people and dress The Kennys, Box 872, St. enough interest in the project Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978. to influence the group spirit. Some of the best of Dr. James Here are some alternative

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A BIRTHDAY STORY .

How old were you? How old were you when you learned insight? When you learned what your ex perience meant? When you really learned - in your heart and in your gut - that choices have consequences? How old were you when you realized that bad things

don't only happen to other people? They can happen to

you, too. When you learned about evil?

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Covenant House. Last Friday, when s.he turned 15. afew of

my staff brought a birthday cake to her hospital bedside,

She couldn't see the cake very well. Both eyes had been

beaten shut and only one worked a little. Her body was

covered with severe welts and cuts and bruises and most

of the skin on her back and chest and legs had been burned

off by the scalding water Bonnie had poured on her - to

punish Kathy because she couldn't stop screaming after

Bonnie and Carol tied her naked to achair, burned her with

cigarettes and beat her savagely with fists and a studded

belt. '

Kathy was forced ~o work a double shift in the brothel 16 hours a day'of assembly line sex, servicing as many as 30 to 40 clients a day. Her clients were almost always respectable businessmen. I

"She ran away frClm Georgia at 14/00king for. the excitement \ and· money and designer : Jeans... I.

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Kathy escaped .thel brothel in·tending. to return to Cove- . nant House. and once more, seek help. She went to the apartment of Bonnie! and Carol - two older prostitutes who had worked the streets with Kathy.- to pick up some - clothes she had stored there. . Bonnie saw the challJce to make some big money. You're gonna work for us now, she said. Kathy refused. Bonnie and Carol attacked Kathy, ripped off her clothing. and .lied her naked to achair. .. IHer four day ordeal of torture began., . . Kathy escaped by chewing through the cords that bound her. Pretending she was unconscious, she waited until Bonnie left the apartment for a pack of cigarettes, quickly dialed 911, grabbed asheet to cover her nakedness and fled the apartment. She hid in the stairwell until she heard the sirens of the police ambulance... ' . The beating and scalding lasted four days. Kathy's tor Horrified. hospital ~ecurity guards keep a close watch ture provided the entertainment for guests at a' cocaine on Kathy. They kee'p changing her froRl room to room so party BonlJie threw for her friends. They stood around at . that the friends of James and Bonnie and- Carol and this party and laughed. Danielle can't get to her. They've tried three times and will probably try again. Nobody wants her to testify. You see. Kathy is tall for her age, younger than she looks. She ran Bonnie and Carol are lin jail, indicted by'a grand jury on away from Georgia at 14 looking for the· excitement and· charges of kidnapping and first degree assault. money and designer jeans and beautiful clothes that life in 1 .a small town and her solid hardworking mother couldn't I provide. She was no stranger to sexual abuse. As apreteen. "16 hours a day oflassemb/y line sex, servicing she had been sexually assaulted by her brother-in-law. as many as 30 to 40 clients a day. " I For a while, working the streets, the money was good, the life free. Until one night. Kathy got beaten up by her Kathy will be flowilihome soon by air ambulance. She .pimp and ran to Covenant House for help. We immediately will need extensive skin grafts and a lifetime of good returned Kathy to her mother in Georgia. Not for long. memories to a't.least partially erase the horror that will Back home and bored, the bad memories of New York

always remain just behind her eyes.faded quickly. They have away of doing that for akid. The

I think Kathy has le~rned about our adult world. I thrnk memories of the excitement and parties and good times

she has gained insight. ,think she has looked upon the face and money and clothes enticed her back to New York.

of evil. . l . . The moth flew back· into the flame. She's paid a terr.iblJ price for her knowledge - and I Her r.imp, James, forgave her and pu~ her to work i~ a·

don't think she'll make~the same mistake again. But it will brothe. A woman named Danielle was the madam.

happen again - to other kids. . Danielle saw a chanj:e to make a lot of money.

- You see, we adults !have taught ·millions of kids like Kathy the same kind iof lies that deceived and almost Father Bruce Ritter, OFM Conv., is the founder and President of destroyed her. that it's O.K. to be seductive, to be erotic, to Covenant House, which operates crisis c"nters for homeless and runaway boys and girls a/l over the country. be a sex object. '1 . 1

Just watch the jeans commercials. Just watch Dynasty

and Dallas and General Hospital. Just go see the movies

Police Academy and the new Where the Boys Are.

We've taught millions of kids who grow up to be respec table business types that it's O.K. to desire children. They've watched the same commercials and TV shows and films. They've learned that it's O.K. to pay for sex and to be paid for it. Even when the merchandise offered for sale is a teenager. . The well-patronized and protected sex industry trumpets the freedom of the American Consumer to pick and choose from averitable smorgasbord of commercially available sex. You name it, you can buy it. Free from guilt, free from .accountability. . Things will change when we do. Not before. Pray for us here at Covenant House. It's not easy to deal with the pain of these children - and the anger. I guess I shouldn't have called James and Danielle and Carol and Bonnie animals. I didn't do that to the hundreds of businessmen who patronize that brothel.' But, it sticks in my craw and I guess it's ameasure of my own lack of compassion and understanding, but I find it hard to ask you· to pray for James and Danielle and Bonnie and Carol.' .' . Thanks for helping our kids. Because of you, kids like

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