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DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSl 1 CAPE & ISLANDS

Vol. 27, No. 42

Fall River, Mass., Friday, October 28, 1983

War not the answer

usee All Saints, anyone?

By Hilda Young Last Halloween, as a veteran of the CCD front lines, I thought it would be great if my kids dressed as saints. "Why don't you design costumes of your favor ite saint?" I suggested the afternoon of Oct. 31 as four children searched through a ragbag, a laundry hamper, the toolshed and the linen closet for costume materials. "I did that football player thing last year," re plied Johnny, cutting holes in a paper bag. "Not the New Orleans Saints - church saint," I said. "When did they come up with a team?" he asked. "You could tum that bag into a monk's hat and be St. Francis of Assisi," I suggested cleverly. "Isn't he the one who's always carrying a sheep around on his shoulder?" he asked as he rummaged through a kitchen drawer. "Have you seen the grease pencil?" "Your sister could be St. Clare, the saint who cut off all her hair so she wouldn't have to be married and so she could follow St. Francis." "Who gets to cut her hair?" I ignored him. "Maybe you could be your name sake, St. John the Baptist," I went on. "The guy with the wild hair who lived on bugs? That does have costuming potential. Actually, I think sis would be a natural," he laughed. "Hey, goblin-breath," came a voice from the basement. "I heard that. How'd you like. to go as St. Joan of Arc and we'll all bum you at the stake?" "Come on up here and I'll make you into St. Elsewhere," he called down' the steps. Somehow my idea didn't have the religious edu cation impact that I thought it would. Maybe this year ...

Reagan renews pledge President Ronald Reagan re newed his commitment to the enactment of tuition tax credit Jegislation in a telegram sent to the Chief Administrators of Catholic Education (CACE), who met last week in Denver. Some 265 Catholic diocesan superin tendents from across the nation,

including Father George W.

Coleman, Fall River diocesan di rector of education, were in at tendance at the annual parley. The president said the meet ing provided him with "a wel come opportunity to share with you the progress we are making toward passage of the education Turn to Page Ten

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War is not the answer to the problems of Central America,-a U.S. archbishop and two Salva doran counterparts told the Kissinger Commission, a U.S. government panel exploring op tions toward the troubled region. The separate comments came from Archbishop James A. Hickey of Washington, testifying in Washington, 'and bishops of EI Salvador, who addressed the commission during its mid October visit to EI Salvador. Archbishop Hickey Oct. 21 told the Kissinger Commission that the United States' first priority should be halting the

drift toward regional war. He said a political solution must precere large-scale and lasting economic programs. The bipartisan commission head ed by Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state, was formed to recommend Central American policy to the Reagan administra tion. The Salvadoran prelates, Auxi liary Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chavez of San Salvador and Bishop Harco Rene Revelo of Santa Anna, told the Kissinger Commission that the church in EI Salvador backs a political solution to the war there.

u.s.· bishops ROME (NC) - From a U.S. point of view, the importance of the 1983 World Synod of Bishops involves finding "ways and means to make the sacrament of reconciliation more' effective and more desirable to people as they come to understand it more," said Archbishop Edmund Szoka of Detroit. The Archbishop offered his prediction at a press conference in Rome. Also at the conference, organized by the U.S. delegation, was Archbishop Patrick Flores of San Antonio, Texas. Archbishop Flores said that the U.S. delegates "discovered we are not the only ones swim ming upstream" as far as the use of the sacrament of reco,n ciliation among the faithful goes. He added that it appears that "all are saYing that the privil

By Pat McGowan with NC News reports At the biennial convention of the National Council of Catholic Women held last week in Denver, Gertrude O')3rien of Fall River was seated as NCCW Boston province director and Claire McMahon, also of Fall River, was elected to the board of directors of NCCW Associates. The Associates is a support group to the n~tional organization. Members are past national and/or diocesan NCCW leaders. 18 persons represented the Fall River Diocesan Council of

discuss synod

eged way of receiving the sacra ment is according to the first rite," auricular confession. He indicated, however, that there is concern that the second rite, individual confession and absolution within a communal setting, is not 'having the effect which it should have... He added that the synod should help to clarify when the third rite of reconciliation, which allows for general absolution without previous confession of sins in certain circumstances, may be used. Also a key synod theme has been reconciliation among na tions and peoples through social justice. Archbishop Szoka said that synod consideration of these topics will have less impact in

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Archbishop Hickey, who spoke to the commission on behalf of the U.S. Catholic Conference, said the United States must wel come dramatic social change in Central America. "If we fail to define our inter ests to accommodate change, we are fated to oppose it," he said. . "We must support genuine land reform and other efforts to elimininate the enormous inequities in the region." Also with regard to EI Salva dor, a resolution calling on its government to appoint a special prosecutor in the 1980 murders Turn to Page Eleven

the United States than the sac ramental issue. "We already have a growing consciousness of these issues," said Archbishop Szoka. He noted' that the U.S. hier archy plans to discuss a pro posed pastoral on capitalism at its November 1984 meeting. The pastoral will examine the capitalist economic system in the light of church social teachings. "Several years ago," said Archbishop Szoka 'we made a statement on communism. At that time, several people thought we should also prepare a letter on capitalism." • Archbishop Szoka said the pro po~ed pastoral would not dis cuss specific U.S. government policies. It will not be that "nar rowly drawn," he said.

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Catholic Women at the meeting. The delegation was led by Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan moderator; Jane S'ellmayer, Mansfield, diocesan president; and Claudette Armstrong, Som erset, first vice-president. Others were Mrs. McMahon, Madeleine Lavoie, Mrs. O'Brien, Mary Geary, Bella Nogueira, Fall River area: Margaret Noonan, Joanne Quirk, Vivian Coppus, Irene Russell, Dorothy McLaughlin, Ann Viera, Cape and Islands; Eileen Hinchey, Cecile Jette, Marion Felling, Marguerite Car, ter, Taunton-Attleborp area.

Women in the church are rec ognizing their own dignity as they assume new leadership roles, NCCW president Mary Meismer told the more than 2,100 women at the meeting. She said that women "have learned that in NCCW the word 'volunteer' is a verb and not a noun. Because women give up their time and substance, they can be said to volunteer, but Vatican II assures women they are lay apostles." Reflecting the convention's theme, "A Vision of Hope," keyTurn to Page Five

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East Freetown pastoral care With the assignm,ent of Father George E. Harrison' as Director , of ,Cathedral Camp, provfsion has been made by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin for the. pastoral care of people who reside in the East Freetown area. . Catholics who live in Free town, in the area north of the New Bedford line, to the east of Chace Road and Bullock Road, will be going to the, camp site, where liturgical celebra~ions' will be held in the camp chapel. They will call upon Father Harrison to provide for them the . pastoral services customarily given to parishioners. This, in turn, will give rise to an obliga tion to contribu~e, insofar as,' means permit, to support of the pastQral center.

Sister Ledoux Sister Claude Germaine .Le doux, 73, a member of the Pre sentation of Mary Order, died Oct. 22 in Woonsocket. A native of Fall River, she was the daughter of ,the late Horace and the late Arthemise (Goyette) Ledoux. She spellt her religious life of 52 years teach ing in Rhode Island elementary schools. She is survived by, two sisters, Mrs. Jeanne Dupont and Mrs. Juliette Andrews, and a brother, George Le~oux, all of Fall River. Her funeral took place Tues day in St. Vincent de Paul Church, Coventry.

FOLLOWING A MONTIlI'S 'MIND Mass for Cardinal HumbertoMedeiros at Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston, ·Auxiliary Bishop and archdiocesan administrator Themas V. Daily, with several oth~r archdiocesan priests, last Monday journeyed to rainswept St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River, for prayers at the cardinal's grave. Assisted by Mrs. Leon e,1 Medeiros, the cardin~l's sist~~r-in-Iaw, he arranges flowers at tombstone bearing the car dinal's coat of arms. At Ileft are Leonel Medeiros' and an unidentified Boston priest. I

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Stress rnlt~omfort tnreatens fa~ily VATICAN CITY (NC) _! Pope The observation came during John Paul II told 'a groJp of ~I talk to U.S. prelates making ~eric~ ,bishops ~ecent1~ that the visit to the Vatican required mcreas~ng. f~us on the cOlllfort ,(If each bishop every five years. of the mdlVldual rather ~,n o.n The pontiff listed what he called the go~d of the f~mllr IS "'certain contemporary trends threatenmg modern socIety. that seem to threaten 'the stabi

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The pope said in his 25-minute talk, "We simply cannot accept' the contemporary pursuit of ex aggerated convenience and com fort, for as Christians we must heed the vigorous exhortation' of St. Paul, 'Do not conform your selves to this age' (Rom. 12:2). "'"--~1be,pope

described the primary ", -,responsibilities of married couples as "developing conjugal love and pursuing responsible parenthood," He added that "couples should thoughtfully and prayerfully make their decisions regarding the spacing of births and the size of thei~ family'" and' that they should l "avoid any action that threatens a life already conceived, that· denies or frus trates their pr()creative power,

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lity, 'if not the very existence, of the, family,'~ Among such trends, the pope said, were "a shift of emphasis toward the comfort of the in dividual over the well-being of the family as society's basic social uriit, increasing divorce rates, attitudes of sexual per missiveness, and the suggestion that other types of relationships can replace marriage and 'the family,"

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WASHINGTON (NC) - The Campaign for Human Develop ment, the U.S. bishops' anti-, poverty program, has announced 1983 grants totlllling a record $7.5 mililon to 220 seif-he'lp pro· jects across the country. The grants, announced in Washington earlier this month, came after a CHD collection in U.S. parishes last fall that ex ceeded $10 million for the first time, according to Father Marvin Mottet,CHD exec~tive director. ,Launched by' the bishops in 1970, CHD gives grants to self help projects and sponsors edu cation programs on domestic ·poverty. Three-fourths of the an nual CHD collection, taken in most parishes of the United States on the Sunday before TIllinksgiving, is. used at the na tionat level while one-fourth reo mains in the diocese for local CHD grants.Father Mottet estimated that in its 13-year history the national CHD office has funded more than 2,000 anti-poverty groups. He said another 15,000 grants have been given from the dioce san CHD share. The largest grant announced was $90,000 to Texas Interfaith, an ecumenical project in South Texas aimed at changing politi cal, economic and social condi tions for the poor of the region. Father Mottet said the average 1983 grant was $35,000.

Father Jerome Funeral services were held Wednesday at Our Lady's Cltapel, New Bedford, for 'F~ther Jerome F. O'Donnell, OFM, 74, who died Oct. 22 after a brief illness. He had been at the chapel for seven years. ,Born in Quakertown, Pa., he entered the Franciscan Order in 1937 and was ordained in Wash ington D.C. in 1943. His service included two years as a mission ary in China, and eight years as ,a member of the Franciscan missionary band conducting par ish missions. ' He also served in parishes in Emporia, Va., and Bronx, N.Y., at St. Bonaventure Monastery, Paterson, N.J., St. Anthony's Friary, Butler, N.J., and St. Francis Chapel, Providence. His survivors include two ~ousins.

or violates ,the integrity of the marriage act," The number of couples suc cessfully ,using methods of, na tural family planning is constant ly growing, said the pope, "but much more concerted effort is needed." He urged that homes be cen .ters of family prayer, that par ents "take an active role in pre paring their children for bap tism, first confession and first Communion," and that married couples participate in programs to prepare engaged couples for plarriage.

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Funeral rites for }lishop's mother Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was principal concelebrant at a fun. eral Mass ,last Saturday for his mother, Mrs. Emily F. (Joyce) Cronin, who died unexpectedly on Oct. 19 in Cambridge. Designated concelebrants were 11 bishops from New England dioceses; Msgr.· Luiz G. Men· donca, diocesan vicar general; Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, diocesan chancellor; Father Joseph G. Lind, a nephew, of the faculty of St. John's Seminary, Brighton; and Father Ernest T. Serino of Sacred Heart parish, Watertown, where the funeral

took place. Some 140 additional

priests were also in attendance,

as well as delegations from di ocesan organizations. In his homily the bishop de·

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faith and love and a spiritual

guide to her four sons. En route

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The pope spoke during his Angelus blessing at St. Peter's' Square Oct. 23, a few hours after two bomb attacks killed at least 161 U.S. Marines and left at least 58 French ·soldiers dead or missing. U.S., French, Italian and Brit ish troops form an international peacekeepirig' force sent to Leb anon to help the central govern ment establish control over the country's feuding political and religious factions. J'This plorning the news spread around the world of 'two grave terrorist' atta~s perpetrated in Beirut, Lebanon, that claimed '~ores of victims among the Am erican and French mHitary who

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Fall River-Fri., Oct.. 28, 1 983

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TV Addiction Anyone attempting to put together a parish religious education program knows that a prime enemy is the large screen commonly found in the center of the family liying I room. The TV set has become today's family shrine. It is cared for, checked on and treated with respec~ bordering on religious devotion. As its offerings grow in number land variety, it wins over many who once ignored it as a w~ste of time. The advent of cable has transformed the hpme TV set into a media buffet serving sometbing for every one from the esthete to the pervert. What we have now is only a glimpse of' what ithe future holds. It will be only a few years before satepite down links bring hundreds of channels' into our homes. , New doors, new ~orlds will open to families. ~u.t ~ith almost unlimited selections at hand will come unlimited problems. What currently seems horrendous is only a s'mall inkling of the future. To be sure there are and will ~e many wonderful' programs but there will 'also be eyen . more detrimental viewing opportunities than at presenf' Yet these choices are not the real problem. The real ,[ heart of. the matter is the television itself.. ,' . .First and foremost, it turns the viewer into a passive receiver. This. would be true even if the air waves ~ere full of the Gospel message. The fact is· that one can I do very little else while entrapped by the boob .tube. Tele vision does not require activity;'it demands ,passivity: liAS one writer put. it, TV turns .all its viewers into sJ1ut-ins. Look what it does to. children." It is so easy to keep , the kids quiet and out of our hair by plugging them ihto' the TV. But it keeps them passive' and inactive. Inst~ad of learning the important lessons that only personal in~er- . actions can teach, they are as removed from othf;!rs whep they sit in front of ·the television as if there were no 6ne', else in the room, . '. ;' . I TV treats adults in the same way. It destroys family communication, restricting all conversation. \ . '. Considering what is around the television corner,l it would be weil to take immediate corrective measutes against the serious problems video can bring a househ~ld. For starters, it would be well to remove the TV set , from the center stage of family life. Its location' in a home tells one much as to where that home's heart is. Expetts, indeed, tell us to get it away from the main traffic p~tterns of a house. , . I Don't build a living room Or den around a TV. Don't _ j turn it on when company is present. The problem of monitoring it is already never end ing. And soon families will have to make choices froml a smorgasbord containing items making our present X-rated offerings seem like the Muppet Show. But vvhat we a1l6w . in our homes is what we allow in our hearts. I As we journey into days where television will seek lto encroach even more than now upon our leisure time, 'o/e must try to relegate it to its proper place in our lives. The more people dwelt" in their separate worlds of TV fantasy, the less .they will care and share ~ith one ahC?ther. I We must learn to master television. We must not let' it master us or our families. I

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- A !BOY DOES HIS HOMEWORK IN FRONT OF THE GAS STOVE IN HIS IH~ATLESS APARTMENT .

'The . Lord.; .. hath not forgott,en . - the. cry .of the poor.' Ps. 9: 12,13 . .

.Inclusive Language

E:y Father Kevin .J. Harringtol! TIre National Council of Churches recently unveiled an attempt to revise Bible passages to eliminate references to God as male. 'Changes include substitution of Child for Son with reference to Christ; Father and Mother fol' Father alone with reference to God; and Sovereignty for Lord. The contention is that male-dominated imagery perpet uates unhealthy -continuation of the notion of patriarchal domin~ allee. Those . w~o dismiss these ch!lnges as frivolous are unaware of the power of language. From my perspective the changes could have a deleterious effect upon the way future generations in herit the cherished religious be liefs of their' predecessors. While such. radical adaptation admits for a temporary rele Vac,lce, it seems of dubious value. Biblical language as we have recl~ived it served our ancestors well during previous periods of vast change. The changes pres ently proposed are not only jar ring in their unfamiliarity but senre little purpose in enriching ·the deposit, of faith as it has been transmitted throughout his tory. A handful of feminists have proved that they.can change the language of the Bible through power politics. Historians' will not look upon publication of their boole, "An Inclusive Language Lectionary," as a step in the right" direction but as a muta tion favorably received by few. While it may be true that God

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chose to become a man because heredity versus environment, nature versus nurture, 'continues, he chose to ihcarnate into Ii pa triarchal soci!,!ty and that Jesus let's leave theological language referred to' God as Father be . alone. Over-eagerness for change cause he chose not to offend his is immature. We must not mis contemporaries' cultural biases, take for God that which only if I were a betting man I would points to God. The pointer is no wager that it is the advocates of more God than a finger that reform who are afraid to offend points at the moon is the moon. We find it easy to mistake the the biases of the feminists. finger for the moon, the pointer Perhaps the debate would be for the referent! unnecessary if we hetter under stood the nature of a metaphor. Webster defines a -p1etaphor as Ii figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of. object or idea is used November I in place 'of another to suggest a I Rev. William H. McNamara, likeness or 'analogy between Pastor, i924, St. Mary, Mansfield them. Rev. Louis N. Blanchet, Assist A feminist, who has a hard . 1927, St. John Baptist, Fall ant, time accepting the maleness of River Jesus is reflecting her own Rt. Rev. John F. Ferraz, Pas limited but negative impression of males. Likewise, a feminist tor, 1944, St. Michael, Fall River Rt. Rev. George F. Cain, Pas who balks at. accepting the fatherhood of God is. reflect~ng . tor. 1953, St. Matthew, Fall her own limited and negative River impression of fathers. November 2 A Memento for the repose of In Roman Catholic tradition strong respect ~ for certain quali~ the souls' of our priests not on this list. • . ties associated with the femin ine is encompassed in the devo November 2

tion of the faithful to the Bless . Rev. Joseph S. Fortin, Founder,

ed Mother. Grace always buiJds 1923, St. John -Baptist, Fall River

upon nature. Positive male quali Rev. Michael V. McDonough, ties are evidenced in the life of .Jesus as are positive female .Chaplain, 1933, St. Mary Home, qualities in the life of Mary. It New Bedford is wrong to assume that these ", .. , . " " "" " .... qualities are totally a function of nurture and not of nature. THE ANCHOR (USPS.54S-020). Second Class Postage Paid at -Fall River, Mass. Published -By acceding to the requests of a weekly except the week of Nly 4 and the week after Christmas at 410 Highland Aven· l~andful of feminists with regard ue, Fall River, Mass. 02720 by the Cath to the lang\lage of theology we olic Press of the Olocese of Fall River. Subscription price by mall, postpaid $8.QO legitimate a fallacy. per year. Postmasters send address changes to The Anchor, P.O. 80x 7, Fall River, MA !\s the age-old controversy of 02722.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of' Fall River-Fri., Ocl. 28, 1983

Family Night

A weekly at-home program for families

sponsored by the Dio~esan Office of Family Ministry

OPENING .PRAYER Dear Father, we praise and thank you for the rainbow of beautiful people in our lives. Help us to recognize the special ness of each one, especially those in our own family. Amen.

ACTIVITY TIME People are like rainbows. They come in many colors and hues. They come into our lives and while they are there they fill it with color and beauty.

Young Family Have fun playing with bubbles, commercial or homemade. Point out the rainbow of colors as the bubbles float through the air.

Middle Years Family Rainbow Mobile. Materials: crayons, chalk, construction paper, string, hanger. Make a rainbow by cutting paper strips like arches. Use different colors. Each arch is suspended from a hanger by two pieces of string. The lengths of string are a little longer each time. Write the names of some of the new peo ple, teachers and friends you have met since the new school year began.

Adult Family Read the biblical story of Jo

seph and the Coat of Many Colors (Genesis, Chapters 37 47). Discuss the symbolism in the story and especially the family relationships father/son, brothers/brothers. How do you deal with the dreams and aspira tions of a family member? How do you handle jealousies, resent ments, achievements and honors that occur in family life?

SNACK A jello desert in a rainbow of colors would have to be pre pared ahead of time. R!linbow sherbet or neopolitan. ice cream would also carry out the theme quite well.

ENTERTAINMENT Divide the family into two teams. Give each team a feather and see which. side can keep the feather in the air the longest time by blowing it.

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most beautiful person you know. 2. Share a time when you were jealous of another family member. 3. Share a time when you were really proud of some one in your family.

CLOSING PRAYER -Join hands for spontaneous prayer. -Sugggested Prayer: The Prayer of St. Francis: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light. o Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to under-' stand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

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"I'm just no good." he said, head bowed on hands, eyes refusing to meet those of the adults gathered round to help him. "I've never been any good," he added after a pause. "I can't get good grades, I can't run good so I can't make a team and look at qty face." He raised his head and we dutifully view ed mild adolescent zits sprinkled here and there. I'll call him Tony, age 15, a classic example of what we call a shame-based personality. He was being counselled for drug experimentation and inability to communicate with his family. His family - that's another story. It matched the billboard image of the good family of past definition - two parents, up wardly mobile, intensely inter ested in rearing successful chil dren, and strong authoritarian Christians. We had met with them end found them to be caring parents but their style of parenting hearkened back to the sad method of shaming and hu miliating their children who didn't perform well in family, school, or sports. They couldn't accept Tony's natural limitations in school and athletics and instead, under the guise of support, pressured him to achieve the impossible. If they pushed enough, they were sure he would find the brains to be an A student and the muscles to make the team.

More sadly, they failed to recognize his natural gifts' which would have given him the self esteem he was so tragically lack ing if they had been acknow ledged and valued. Tony had wonderful gifts. He got along well with everyone (except his parents). He preferred coopera tion to competition so he didn't play to win or try to outshine classmates. He stepped in when ever someone bullied a weaker one. He was a sensitive intros pective young man with abso lutely no self-worth - a prime candidate for drug abuse. Nine out of 10 young drug users have shame-based person alities. Like Tony they view themselves as unwo:rthy in a society that judges individuals by their achievement rather than their character. The remaining one out of 10 has good self esteem and views his or her drug use as a behavior which· needs correcting, not evidence of prov ing unworthiness. Tony needed help but his fam ily needed it first. We had to work with his parents, teaching them to help Tony to like him self and that was difficult be cause, while they loved him, they weren't proud of him. He was an embarrassment to them be cause he got C-minuses and didn't make any teams. His dad's anguished question still rings in my ears, "How can you raise his self-esteem when he doesn't have ~nything to work

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on?" He glimpsed little value in the strengths I listed above. He says only class rank, awards and trophies are criteria. I meet Tony's parents every where. They want to know how to recognize and value special gifts in children that weren't valued when they were children. I begin by listing gifts to look for and encouraging them to praise their children for these: is your child a peacemaker? Does he care about others? Is he pleasant to be around? Is he good at fiXing things? Does he have a humor that defuses fam ily tension? Does he enjoy soli tude? Does he have a strong sense of fairness? Does he help others knowing he won't get any credit for it? Does he have a good memory, filling in details the family has forgotten? Is he a good listener even if he doesn't want to talk or argue? I'm happy to report that Tony's parents are starting to affirm these qualities and are having limited success. They realize they were trying to change him into something he isn't and they're seeing an improved self-accep tance as a worthwhile person.

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Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum of the American Jewish Committee tells a good story about a pope and a rabbi.

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on Americans. It is just plain senseless. And yet it persisted for cen turies. St. John Chrysostom, who was declared patron of preachers by Pope Pius X in 1909, was a virulent anti-Semite. He said in a sermon: "Brothel and theater, the synagogue is also a cave of pirates and lair of wild beasts." This fifth-century sermon con tinues with the outpouring of vile anti-Semitism too terrible to repeat. Reading his hateful re marks, I wonder -that Chryso tom survived the scrutiny of saint-makers. TIiey should have kept Christopher and canned Chrysostom! The SeCOnd Vatican Council, in a document intended to make amends to Jews, exonerated them from being guilty of the cruci fixion of Jesus and deplored anti Semitism in any form. This ges ture was undoubtedly seen by Jews as awfully late in coming. And the message has failed to filter down to the masses. Catholic anti-Semites should be repudiated. Any Catholic who looks down on Jews is a halfwit. The anonymous poet put it well: How odd of God to choose the Jews. But not so odd as those who choose A Jewish God but scorn the Jews.

The pope in the story is John XXIII. The rabbi's name escapes me. In any event, as 'Rabbi Tanenbaum relates it, the pope and the rabbi had just concluded a discussion of matters of mutual interest and were moving from a sitting room into an adjoining room for lunch when an amiable difference of opinion arose be tween them as to who should precede whom through the door way. "You first, rabbi," the pope in sisted genially. "Oh, no, after you, Your Holi ness," the rabbi replied deferen tially. This stand-off continued with elaborate bowing and gesturing. Finally, Pope John took the rabbi firmly by the arm, gently pushed him through the door way first, and proclaimed with affable finality, "The Old Testa ment before the New Testa mentl" It was a wonderful remark on several levels. It was witty, it was wise, it was welcoming. The Old Testament before the New Testament. We are all spiritual Semites. Christianity descended from Judaism. Jesus was a Jew. One day a while ago I was riding the bus to work. An ac quaintance who never misses Sunday Mass sat beside me. We were reading our newspapers. He happened upon an item about an upcoming TV program Continued from page one devoted to the Holocaust. "Look note speaker Susim Muto, execu at this," he said, sneering. "Just tive director of the institute of what we need - another pro Formative Spirituality at Du gram about the Holocaust." quesne University, Pittsburgh, \ I said nothing, because I hate suggested ways to transform the scenes, but the remark infuriated "hopelessness of. the world into me. I suppose I have heard 100 a world of hope." She specified waiting, praying similar snide remarks out of the mouths of Catholics over the and coping with the harshness of years. My impression is. that reality as conditions for carry antiSemitism is widespread, if . ing the vision of hope into the not quite epidemic, among Cath world; and singled out three . women as "signs of hope in olics. Jesus was a devout Jew, and themselves, even though they yet Catholics are notorious for have lived in conditions that making disparaging. remarks could seem hopeless." The models were St. Teresa of about Jews. Why in the name of God would Catholics abuse Avila, Mother Teresa of Cal cutta and Mary. "With Mary we Jews? No good reason. Bigotry is un empty ourselves to be full of reasonable. Anti-Semitism was hope and become witnesses to entrenched in the Church for so the world," said Ms. Muto, "And long that official statements in we can pray with St. Teresa of recent decades disavowing it Avila, 'whoever possesses God have failed to eliminate it. Since wants nothing - God alone suf the third century, certain so fices.' " called churchmen have insisted Convention workshops ex-. plored a wide spectrum of issues on blaming Jews for the cruci including the bishops' pastoral fixion Of Jesus. There is a mind less, inane, perverse aspect to on war and peace, moral medical this. After all, Jesus was a Jew decisions and today's Christian who lived among Jews. His feminist. Succceeding Mrs. Meismer as friends' and his enemies were Jews. To blame his crucifixion NCCW president is Mary Ann on Jews is about as rational' as Schwab of San Francisco. The blaming the assassinations of 1985 national convention will be Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy held in Orlando, Fla.

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THE ,ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri:, Oct. 28, \1983'

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Dr. Fahey pointed out that the . Father George E. Harrison was Implications for All," followed Sunday's .keynote speaker, dis- by a choice of 11 workshops. first and third sections of the cussing prayer as offering, cate'Conducting the general session peace pastoral are of special chists "empowerment to' teach was Dr. Joseph Fahey, director importance for teachers in form as Jesus ~id,': of the peace studies department ing .consciences and "showing His presentation was followed' of Manhattan College, New York students how to think, not tell ing them what to think," by workshops on group com- City. munication, discipline, .prepar~Placing the pastoral in context The educator's', -appearance at tion of pare'nts for reception of as coming from a church whose the convention was part of an first ,penance and the eucharist earliest identification was as a ongping effort, to integrate the by, their children and approaches body of people who loved one peace pastoral into the curricu tl) teaching morality. . another, he pointed out that the 'lum of diocesan schools. Also' ways of learning, teach- JJ.~. bishops; far from being "up iJlg: personal prayer.: to children.. , 'starts" in the peace movement, the Rite of Christian Initiation were "in line with the attitude of of Adults, confirmation and .the church in history," . OTTAW~. (NC) - 'Ten citi~s ' D~crying ~he fact that many 'Ieader~ip skilfs.. ',' will "be included in Pope John A prayer service closed Sun teachers feel wars are the, ex Paul II's itinerary when he visits day's program. citing part of history, he said Canada Sept. 10-20, 1984, ac - Monday's -all-dny session, ~e- that peace initiatives such as cording to the Canadian Confer gan with a Mass at which Father' the League of Nations and the ence of Catholic Bishops. George W. Coleman, diocesan United Nations should he stress The pope will fly from Rome director of education, was prin ed. to Quebec City next Sept. 10. cHpal celebrant and students "We should implement peace Other Canadian cities on his itin from Holy Family High School, in every subject and make our . erary will ,be Montreal; St. New Bedford, sang. students creative about seeking John's, Newfoundland; Moncton, 19 workshops were. offered connections," he said, saying for New Brunswick; Halifax, Nova throughout the day for elemen example that mathematics and Scotia; Toronto; Winnipeg, Mani tnry teachers, while secondary engineering students could well toba; Edmonton, Alberta; Van tE~achers attended a general ses foster "peaceful projects" in couver, British Columbia; and sion, "The Bishop's Pastoral: Tllird -World countries. Ottawa.

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Vatican says

Only priests should direct seminarians By NC News Service The Vatican insists that only priests can be spiritual directors of seminarians, says a letter to the nation's bishops and sem inary rectors from Bishop John Marshall of Burlington, Vt., Pope John Paul II's special delegate

for a Vatican study of all U.S. seminaries.

"Spiritual directors of semin

arians must be priests. Laity

and non-priest religious, whether

men or women, are not to be

appointed to this task," Bishop

Marshall wrote.

The directive appears to go

against the practice in some

U.S. seminaries 'Yhich include

nuns or other non-priests among

spiritual directors available to

seminarians. It also appears to

go against recommendations

made four years ago by a task

force of the National Federation

of Spiritual Directors, which

favored a role for women in the

program of spiritual direction and formation of future priests.

Bishop Marshall's letter also

said that the Vatican Congrega

tion for Catholic. Education, which is responsible for seminary training, holds that "students other than' seminarians are not . generally to be admitted to the academic program" and that

seminary professors, at least in

the core curriculum, ought or

dinarily to be priests.

ment, but Father Donal Wuerl, rector of St. Paul Seminary in Pittsburgh and Bishop Marshall's chief aide on the seminary study, said that the bishop's letter did not impose new rules or norms on seminaries but simply reflect ed the Congregation for Cath-

olic Education's understanding of the existing rules of the U.S. bishop's Program for Priestly Formation. Msgr. Wililam Baumgaetner" director of the seminary division . of the National Catholic Educa tional Association, suggested that Bishop Marshall's letter in-, dicated chiefly a difference in emphasis between the Holy'See and the approach taken by sem inaries themselves. The Vatican, he said, "always starts with the norm, not from practice." two years ago Msgr. Baum·

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gaertner and Crosier Father Francis Scheets proposed to the U.S. bishops that effective long term planning for' seminarians should include much greater use of seminaries as central theologi cal resources for a wide range of other services, from continu ing education of priests to pas toral and theological training for ,lay persons. Msgr. Baumgaertner said the Vatican norms do not preclude

programs for lay students, but may require some modifications in the working out of such pro grams. Father Scheets said he con sidered use of seminaries as theological resource centers for the laity "incredibly important" in view of the high educational level of U.S. Catholic laity. He said he hoped no interpretation of Vatican norms would be ma4e to hinder that development.

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Bishop Marshall's letter was

sent out Aug. 6 with a study in

strument to be used in reporting

to the Vatican on the nation's

free-standing theological semin

aries. In free-standing semin

aries academic and other for

mation programs are invited in

a single institution.

Seminary officials contacted

about the letter stressed that it

should be interpreted in its own

context and in that of what

American seminaries are act

ually doing.

From their comments, several

themes emerged:

- If any significant direct

conflict between Vatican think

ing and U.S. practice is involved,

it appears to concern use if non

priests as spiritual directors of

seminarians.

. - A second area of possible

conflict could be the question of

non-priests as seminary pro

fessors, but it is not clear that

there is a real conflict there. - Concerning exclusion of

non-seminarians from the main

academic curriculum leading to ordination, U.S. seminary leaders and the Vatican appear in basic agreement. Bishop Marshall could not be

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include not only your own and your husband's news but also the doings of each grown child. Your son has joined another church. He has found something that is important to him, and he is eager to share it with you. How wonderful that he takes his spiritual life so seriously and that he so loves and values the response of his parents that he wants you to come. I do not know how you can resist such an .important invitation. Christians share a belief in the teachings of Jesus and a con viction about the importance of family. Churches are meant to enhance fa~ilies, not to divide them. Try to view your son's church

as something important to him which he wants to share. You might go there, not to seek doc trinal or theological points of difference, but to share the teaching of jesus in which ·you both believe. Return the invita tion, inviting him to Mass at your church. Continue to try to make our own church a more open, loving and welcoming one. And, even though you do not agree, respect your children's quests and the choices they make. Reader questions on family living and child care to be an swered in print are invited. Ad dress The Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind 47978;

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Those efforts continued until The pope sidestepped the resig Cardinal Cooke's death Oct. 6 of cardinal's bone marrow and red leukemia, Cahill told Catholic and white blood cell system, nation offer, thanked the car dinal for his pastoral labors and New York, archdiocesan news- Cahill said. , promised his prayers during the paper, revealing for the first time Thus came a period the physi cardinal's illness. that during the last few months cian described as "careful medi The cardinal's offer was con the cardinal received chemo cal management," including therapy in an effort to prolong blood transfusions at least .once tained in an Aug. 25 letter. He his life. a month in the cardinal's home said that due to the limitations caused, by his illness he wanted Careful to preserve his pa and a constant watch for in to turn over the pastoral care tient's privacy, Cahill issued only fections. one statement before the car "He'd be off to Korea after of the archdiocese and of the dinal's death on his condition midnight Mass and' "everyone Military Ordinate, which he also and treatment. would say how rosy he looked. ' headed, to "my collaborators with my encouragement." Published reports that Cardinal Sure he looked rosy: he'd just On the following day, Aug. Cooke rejected chemotherapy been transfused," the doctor 26, the Archdiocese of New York prompted Cahill's comments. said. held a press conference' to an "The cardinal received an apThen a change. occurred ~in nounce that the 62-year-old car propriate program of chemo-. earl~ August, a unn~ry tract ID dinal was suffering from acut~ ~herapy . . . during the last few fectlon and so~ethIDg el~e leukemia, was being cared for months in a continuing effort to acute myeloblastic leukemia. at home, 'and couId die within prolong the productive life of a "The phase of 18-hour work "a matter of months." man who lived every minute of days was over," Cahill said. The pope's response, dated life," CahiU said. "It was ad "Now the cardinal wanted to Sept. I, told Cardinal Cooke of ministered in his home not only save his energy for prayer." the "spiritual closeness"which to insure his dignity and privacy At home the cardinal received he felt to the ~ardinal during his for prayer, but also to avoid' in "everything that medicine could illness and thanked him "for fections to'which he might have offer," the doctor said. Trans your fidelity to the wdrd of been exposed in a hospital." fusions, chemotherapy and other, God, for all your pastoral labors, Cahill is convinced that the treatment continued. performed in love and suffering, home treatment prolonged the Painkillers were administered as well as for your personal cardinal's life. friendship." sparingly, at the cardinal's re "I am sure ·that your brothers The physician said that Car quest, "because of the life he dina! Cooke meant what he said wanted," Cahill said. "He wanted and sisters and fellow-citizens in America will never forget all about the value of life, even to stay prayerful and produc your efforts on behalf of life, when accompanied by suffering. tive." the right to life, everyone's right "Ten years of, my care were Cahill said the cardinal's ap distilled in the last two months," proach, to terminal illness was to life," wrote the pope. Cahill said, saying Cardinal Cooke demonstrated "true ac ceptance of suffering as a joy ful part of life." , Oscar Romero of San Salvador, Continued from page one The doctor and patient plan of four American churchwomen killed while celebrating Mass in ned Cardinal Cooke's treatment together. "During the more ,than was approved by the S'enate Oct. March 1980. 10 years when I cared for him, 20. The four U.S. churchwomen he was the most cooperative pa The resolution, sponsored by tient, always wanting the best Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), were killed Dec. 2, 1980. They medical advice and following does not threaten an end to U.S. were Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford whatever I asked him to do," military aid. But it urges appoint and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sis Cahill said. "It was always in ment of the special prosecutor ter Dorothy Kazel and lay mis complete and utter privacy," so and asks that a trial in the case sionary Jean Donovan. that illness would not take cen begin by this Dec. 2, the third . ter stage in the cardinal's life, anniversary of the church Five former Salvadoran Na Cahill said. women's deaths. tional Guardsmen were arrested The cardinal was hospitalized in May 1981 in connection with The measure passed by voice for cancer only twice, some- 20 years ago when he had surgery vote after one of its supporters, the deaths, but their trials have been delayed several times. for removal of tissue from his Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg @) neck and in 1975 for removal of N.J.), said the current ambassa a lymphoma lesion from his dor to El Salvador, Thomas R. HOL Y FAM/L Y

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ing or after regular patient case has been "suppressed, neg hours. lected, lost or destroyed." ,1223 STATE ROAD From 1975-79 there was intense WESTPORT IA His resolution says "vigorous chemotherapy, daily medication Located ne.. Lincoln Park prosecution" of the case would and weekly injections, accom full Lin. Relliloal panied ~y "aU the side effects, promote criminal justice through 81ft SIIop such as nausea and vomiting," out El Salvador and encourage TEL ,636-8482 stronger pursuit of. other murder Cahill said. The chemotherapy killed the cases, including investigation lymphoma but damaged the into the death of Archbishop.

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and beneficiaries will be offered at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oec. 11 and Dec. 18 on WLNE 6. Father Richard L. Chretien will offer the Dec. 11 Mass and speak on the·work of the Naza reths, while Father Herbert T. Nichols will be the celebrant Dec. 18, discussing the diocesan summer camp program for ex ceptional and underprivileged youngsters.

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On today's C-C schedule: a visit from Ii representative of St. Vincent's Hospital and, at 12:15 p.m., the junior class ring cere mony and Mass.' '

New C-C Latin Club officers: Mary Figlock, Dennis Borges, consuls; Steve Rawlings, vice consul; Janna Murphy, praefec tus; Kate Dorsey, Steven Stroj ny, scribae. If you're feeling aggressive you can buy a winter T-shirt at the C-C weight ,room. Depicting a huge gorilla' crushing a foot· ,ball player, it's inscribed "Gor illas Need No Friends." There's a thought for the day. '"

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A special moment for e-C faculty members came recently when they participated in a· one day retreat at: LaSalette Center for Christian Living. All came away, with new dedication to their t~ching vocations.,

'" '" '" * Tomorrow is Homecoming Day 'Congratulatio'ns are iJ;l order .at the North Dartmouth school, beginning with a 9 a.m; Mass for Nelson R. Oliveira, !80, now :and breakfast. Pre-game festi" a student ~t Bowdoin C;:;ollege, -vities wHl .honor seniors and , who has been nominated for a ;their mothers and the' Stang vs. Thomas J.. Watson Fellowship. Seekonk tilt will start' at, 1:30 He is one. of 175' candidates ' ... '" across the nation from whom 70 l~.m. Then will come a cocktail Eight C-C sports teams chalk J~arty for alumni, family and - will .be chosen 'for a year' of in jrriends sponsored by the alumni .dependent: study and travel ed up nine wins in one recent week. All varsity teams were eonimittee with '82 and '83 abroad. If chose~, Oliveira pre;> victorious, with volleyballers 1I1umni m~ti~.i~ Roo~ i II. poses. to study traditional' cui bringing in two triumphs. " ... , (/ , ... .,., ture In the ;Azores.

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Word 'has been' received that Shaman, a studeriUiterary 'pub-' li4:atiOD, has received a first place ratiilg in competition spon se,red by the American Scholas ti4: Press AsSocia~ion, garnering 860 out of a" 'possible 1000 pcl1ints.- Judging was' on content, design, 'organization, :presenta tion and creativitY. ' ', Nc,»w iD' progress' is a Hallo. w.~en 'creative' writing 'contest, Ollen' to alnstudents. '

Coyne~C'assidy Cheers for the cheerleaders I The Coyle-Cassidy sq~ad attend ed a, clinic at Holy, Cross CoHege earlier this month and garnered three first place awards for squad

By Cecilia' Jlelange~ , 'Last 'Febtuaiy President Rea gan. proclaimed ~ 1'983 a speciai time "to reexaniine and redis: cover the Bible's priceless and timeless messages," " America and the 'Bible have always had an interesting rela tionship; and this year' I've met many young people who want to learn more about this special pookbecause of its impact on U.S. history. They've read of how the' Bible formed American life' through its influence on the earliest set 'tiers. In fact;' the influence: be gan befor~,the,colonists came to these shores. Most of them were Puritans and! the Scriptures have been described as "the practical and theoretical' fountainhead" of .that movement. 'Biblical imagery provided the new nation with figures'of speech which have fomed the :national consciousriess. The titles'of more than 200 no~els and plays writ ten in. the '.u.S.. during a recent 10-year period, for instance, were, taken 'from the Bible. O\oer:262 days, a study of New Yark' Times :editorials revealed 466 Biblical' references in 367 editorials. :' , During the summer I jotted down things people' t(lld J me about' their lives: the' failure of a marriage, S· friena~hip,' a busi ness ...:.... many :sorrows. '" ' And I thought of Jesus' WOrds: "Everyone who hears' ,these words' of mine :and does ,not 'put them into" practice is like a foolish man who built his house qn simd. th~ ,rain came down, the. winds. bl~w and, it .fell with .I;l crash." " " One needn't listen too care fully to hear .the 'crashes. Marri ages, (amilies, institutions, friendshIps; ,alliances are collap sing everywhere. Merely 'to have the Bible, to ,

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portswQtch Gauvin In National Championship . David Gauvin, the Fall River CYO's stellar boxer, and Troy Tomms, of New Bedford, have qualified for the national American Boxing FederationlAAU national championships to be held at the Air Force A'cademy in Colorado on Nov. 7 through 12. In the regional tournament held at Lake Placid, New York last week, Gauvin posted a second-round knockout over Al Cruz of Waterbury, Conn., in

their scheduled three-round semi final and clinched his fourth re gional crown in the 119-pound division with a unanimous de cision over Vince Kittle of AI bany. Fighting in the 106-pound class Tomms advanced to the national final with a unanimous decision over' Jesus Rodrigues of Hart ford. Both fighters are setting their sights on berth on the 1984 United States Olympic team.

Alves Boots Winning Goal Manny Alves' 36-yard field goal with only three seconds remaining in the game gave the Shamrocks of Bishop Feehan High School a 3-0 victory over New Bedford Yoke-Tech in a Division Two Southeastern Mass. Conference football game last weekend. Coyle and Cassidy High's Warriors routed Seekonk, 20-8, in a Division Three encounter but Bishop Stang High's Spartans lost, 22-13, to DightonRehoboth's Falcons in another Division Three game. Other results last weekend:

Fairhaven 0, Wareham 0, Ap ponequet 22 Blue Hills 15, Som erset 36, Falmouth 14, Case 40, Old Rochester 16, Barnstable 28, Durfee 18. Among games tomorrow are Barnstable at New Bedford, Dartmouth at Durfee in Division One, Feehan at Wareham, Dennis-Yarmouth at Fairhaven and Yoke-Tech at Bourne in Divis ion· Two, Coyle-Cassidy at Old Rochester, Seekonk at Stang and Dighton-Rehoboth in Division Three. Somerset is host to Stoughton in a non-league tilt.

Connolly Booters In Contention The Bishop Connolly High School's soccer team was en gaged in a tight race with West port High and Fall River's Di man Yoke for the Division Two Southeastern Mass. Conference championship, entering this week's play. With a 9-1-2 (won, lost, tied) Diman was the leader but only one point ahead of Connolly and Westport, each with 19 points. Connolly was 8-1-3, Westport, which has played one game less than the other two contenders; was 9-1-1. In key games Diman was to host Connolly alld Westport host New Bedford Yoke-Tech last Tuesday but both games were rained out. With the ex ception of one game, Westport at Bishop Stang High to be played next :ruesday, the divis ion schedule ended yesterday. In a game against Holy Fam ily on Oct. 13 Diman's Manuef Pimental score~ eight· goals for the season's high individual record for a single game. Not in cluding games this week Pimen

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tal had netted 33 goals and is likely to finish the season as the state's leading scorer. Westport's Rui Almeida has set a school record for individlial scoring. At the conclusion of last week's play he had scored 21 goals eclipsing the former record of 18 for a season set by Mike St.' Martin, who is now the school's soccer coach. In Division One defending champion New Bedford had a three-point lead over Falmouth, four over Dennis-Yarmouth and needed to win only· one of its two remaining games to assure itself at least a tie for first place. Division One has two after noon games - Durfee at Somer set and Barnstable. a~ Dennis Yarmouth - and a night game - Falmouth at New Bedford today. Durfee is home to Dennis Yarmouth Tuesday and the Division One schedule ·closes Thursday with Falmouth vs. Barnstable. Nov. 4 is the· cutoff date to qualify for the post-season East ern Massachusetts playoffs.

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Fall River North defeated Somerset, 7-4: 'last Sunday to gain first place 'in the iBristol County eyO .Hockey League" as defending champion New Bed, ford was upset, 6-2, by Mans~' field and dropj>eil to second place. Next Sunday night's games i~ the Driscoll Rink, Fall ~iver, starting at 9 o~clock, list Fal1~

River North vs. Fall River South, New Bedford vs. Somerset. The standings: Fa.ll River North 3-0-1 (won; lost, tied), New Bedford 2~1-1, FaU River South 2-2-0, Mansfield 2-2-0, Somerset 0-3-0.

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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-parental guidance sug gested; 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 on:y; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

New Films "Under Fire" (Orion) asks, in connection with the 1979 San dinista revolution in Nicaragua, if it is right for journalists to make a glamorous career out of other people's misery and whether they should become participants in events they are supposed to be reporting. Russel Price (Nick Nolte), an American journalist, finds that the corruption and brutality in Nicaragua break through his de tachment. Encouraged by Claire (Joanna Cassidy), a fellow journ alist, he agrees to photograph a charismatic Sandinista leader killed in battle as if he were still alive to keep up the morale of ,his followers and also to per suade . the United States that support of Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza is futile. The situation ends in tragedy for all concerned. Powerful, controver sial and entertaining. "Undl'!r Fire" is mature fare because of . violence and rough language. A3, R . "The Jupiter Menace" (Celeb rity Releasing) gleefully tells us that the end of planet Earth is near due to the malign influence of planet Jupiter and relates the preparations of two groups of people for the evil day. One, the Stel Community, is establishing a self-contained community which will hover in the atmos phere until the planet is again habitable. The other, zealous and militaristic, is simply holed up in the Ozarks. Some violence, possibly too frightening for pre teens. A2,. PG "The Lonely Lady" (Universal) The fHm version of Harold Rob bins'novel stars Pia Zadora as a young writer whom happiness eludes as she wins fame and fortune' in Hollywood. A crass, sleazy movie that exploits nudity aDd graphic sex. 0, R "Never Say Never Again" (Warners) Sean Connery returns to the Bond role after 12 years. The plot deals with an aging 007, shunted aside by it new cttief, being. called upon to re trieve . two nuclear warheads stolen . by a ch~ing, sinister villain (~Iaus Maria .Jilrandauer). Once the ~ain plot line unfolds, all becomes conven'tional and pre dictable, Connery plays hi~ role more realistic~ly than 40es Roger Moore, and given this realism, there is no way. to dis miss as innocuous the spectacu lar violence. and hyperactive , promiscuity so much a part of the Bond mystique. 0, PG "Heart Like a Whe2I" (Fox) The true story of' Shirley Mul downey, a woman who has

achieved extraordinary success as a racing car driver. Her tri umphs, however, have brought her personal heartbreak and bitterness, poignant:ly diepicted. A wonderful and entertaining performance is given by Bonnie Bedalia as Shirley. Because. adultery figures in the plot, the film is rated A3, PG. "Never Cry Wolf" (Walt Dis ney-Buena Vista) In this adapta tion of a novel by Farley Mowat, a government n~turalist (Charles Martin Smith) studies wolves in the Canadian north to see if they are responsible for decimating once abundant caribou herds. He finds however that the caribou killed are diseased. The scenery is impressive and so are the wolves but the dramatic tension slackens when the film becomes yet another account of rapacious humanity despoiling nature. At least one too many views of the hero's bare bottom and - fair - warning to the faint of stomach - there are some scenes of Smith eating mice. A2, PG "Romantic Comedy" (MGM UA): This adaptation of a play about two successful Broadway collaborator~ {Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen) whose pro fessionalism eventually advances to romance is mediocre enter tainment less unbearable because of the charm of the principals. Adultery figures but it is pre sented as wrong. A2, PG "Rumble Fish" (Universal) This is an adaptation of yet an other C. E. Hinton novel about youths on their own. Matt Dil lon does what is fast becoming his standard Brando imitation as a teen-ager trying to live up to his brother's bad reputation. The brother is played ~y Mickey Rourke, a good actor, but what could you do if you had to play a character named Motorcycle Boy? Dennis Hopper is their drunken father. Because of some graphic sex and some nudity, the film is rated 0, R. Religious Broadcasting - TV . Sunday, Oct. 30, 10:30 a.m., WLNE, Channel 6, Diocesan Television Mass. Mass Monday to 'Friday every week, 11:30 a.m. to noon, WXNE, Channel 25. "Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday on Channel 6, ·is a Panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as pennanent participants Father Peter N. Gra ziano, diocesan director of social services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island; and Rabbi Baruch Korff. This week's topic:· Religious Mission and Destiny. Suncl8y,,, Oct. 30, (NBC) "What, Who and Why in Central Am erica" analyzes political arid reli gious issues in this region with ' Archbishop Peter Gerety of Newark, N.J.,,, journalist Penny Lernoux, Ambassador Otto Reich of the State Department· and Sen. Christopher Dodd (D Conn.); Sunday, Oct. 30, (SPN) "World Re~rt" - NC .r-fews re port on news of religion and ethical and moral concerns. .

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CYO communion breakfast: 10110wing 9:30 a.m. Mass Sun day; Father Ri<:hard De~agne ~:peaker; installation of officers. New junior rJlOir: orgariiza -tional meeting 3:30 p.m. Thurs day, in church. Saints and Sinners Halloween -Darty: following 6 p.m. Mass Monday. Parents of Grade 1 CCD· pu nIls: meeting after 11 a.m. Mass . Nov. 6 . ' . Parish council meeting: 7 p.m. Nov. 6

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Attleboro-Taun!ton I'.egional coordinating commi,ttee for the charismatic renewal will spon sor a Mass ~nd prayer meeting at 7:30 tonight at People's Chapel, LaSalette Shrine, Attle boro. Father Joseph 'Costa wlll be Mass celebrant and Paul Camara of the Peoole of God's Love community will lead mu sic and teaching at the prayer meeting. All welcome. DCCW, DISTRICT 2

Members of New Bedford Dis trict 2 of the Diocesan Council of ,Catholic Women will attend a leadership workshop at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at Immaculate Conception oh!Urch hall, New Bedford. The presenter will be Mrs. Claire McMahon, a past , diocesan president, past treas urer of the National Council of Catholic Women and now a di rector of NCCW Associates. All welcome. A presidents' district meeting will be held Nav. 10 at St.·Rita's church, Marion. District officers for the year are Theresa Lewis, ,president; Helena BabrowlCky, vice-presi dent; Doris Kawa and Rita Rock, s ecretaries; Flo rence Pion, publicity. 'BLUE ARMY

Five 'hour vigil: 7 p.m. Nov. 4, St. Joseph's Ohurch, New Bedford. All welcome. ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA

Parish day of recollection: Nov. 13, 2 to 8 :p.m.

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St. Rose of Lima Chapter Day of Recollection: 10 a.m. I,to 5 p.m. Nov. 5, Catherinian Cbnter, North Dartmouth; Father iGiles Dimock, OP, director. I PASTORAL MUSICIANS 1

Service music. demonstra tions: 7:30 to, 9:30 p.m. $acred Heart Church, New Bedford; presented by Joseph Scam mons, Sacred Heart music di rector, with church choir,1 can tor and organist. ;

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Thanksgiving program: CCD students are asked to 'bring food items for baskets f()r needy families, to be presented' at 9 a.m. Mass Nov. 20. SAMARITANS, FR, NB

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Altar boy practice for new members: 3 p.m. ,today in the church. Volunteers interested in visit -jng nursing homes are asked to call Eleanor Bissonnette, 995 2076. A piano is needed for the school. Information: Dennis Poyant, principal, 995-3696. SACRED HEART, FR .

Women's Guild: Mass for de ceased members 7 p.m. Nov. 7, followed by meeting and crafts demonstration. Hallioween; Maels: 5:1i5 p.M. Monday. Children asked to at tend in costume, ·preferably of their patron or another favorite saint. ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET

Parish Centennial Renewal Weekend: Bible study and pray er, 7:30 tonight; penitential ser vice with individual confession, 2 p.m. tomorrow; Mass, 4 p.m. :tomorrow; Sunday, prayer ser vice 2 p.m.; rosary 3:30 .p.m. fol lowed 'by opportunity for con fession; Mass 5 p.m. All services ,directed by Father Robert S. Kaszynski. . Healing Mass: 10:30 a.m. Sun day. ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA

Halloween .party: 5 ,to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 31, sponsored by youth group. Beginning this Sunday the adult and youth oboirs will al ·ternate in providing music at 11 a.m. Mass. The adult choir will be heard this Sunday. SACRED HEART, N. ATTLEBORO

First Penance parents' meet ing: Nov. 20. Instrumentalists needed lor children's Ohristmas liturgy. Volunteers may call the rectory. Parish Renewal Weekend planned for March. Registrations now 'being accepted. ST. RITA, MARION-

Marian devotions: 7 tonight. Altar boy classes will begin shortly. Those in 3rd grade or older wishing to participate may contact Father William Blott man. ST. MARY, SEEKONK

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Non-smokers' AA meeting: 7:30 p.m. each Saturday, church CATH. MEMORIAL HOME, FR . basement. Anointing of ·the sick: noon A large selection of new Mass Sunday. _ large-print books has been added New CYO officers: Steve du 1:0 the library. Mont, president; Chris Ander -son, vice-president; Stacy Mello, NOTRE DAME, FR David Anderson, Bible sharing ,group for young secretary; men and women: Mt. St. Joseph treasurer. Adult choir: rehearsals in Bchool, 7:30 to 8:30 p;m. Nov. 2, preparation' for Christmas begin 1l6, 30, Dec. 4. Refre·shments. In at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. . formation: Sister Monique, 672 :!943. . . HOLY NAME, FR Confirmation classes: begin 7 Coaches are needed for all p.m. Nov. 18 for all 9th graders, i.ncluding those in Catholic divisions in the ·boys' and girls' basketball league. Some teams nchools. may be dropped if there are no volunteers. Information:. Jeff lBL. SACRAMENT,FR Bishop's Ball presentee: A Medeiros, 672-6376. Parents of gracle 9 confirma llame will be drawn at the next ,tion candidates: meeting 7 ·p.m. 'Women's Guild meeting. Infor mation: Fa·fuer Rene Levesque. Nov. 7at school. Parents of first communion :FAMILY LIFE CENTER, candidates: ,meeting 7 p.m. Nov. :N'.DAR'll'MOUTIl 9, also at school. Engaged' Encounter weekend ST. MICHAEL, SWANSEA ,Ioegins tonight. Parishioners and friends will SACRED 'BEAR'.r, NB honor Father Clement E. Du Parish get-together: 8 p.m. four, former now serving 'fhursday, church hall; talk by at St. Georgepastor, parish, Westport, JLilly Ting on seniUty; all wel at a testimonial dinner Sunday I:ome. at Venus de Milo restaurant, First Friday nervice: 7 p.m. Swansea.. Nov. 4.

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