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PARTICIPANTS IN the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women's Marian year Living Rosary carry carnati,ons symbolizing the rosary prayers. Hundreds of people from all over the diocese shared in the recitatioIflast Sunday at St: Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Standees, front of line to back: Dorothy Curry, DCCW president; Mary Almond, senior living past president; Rita Rock, recording secretary; Madeline Wojick, first vice-president; Theresa Lewis, corresponding secretary; Emma Andrade, parlamentarian and past president. (Gaudette photo)

Christian Brothers didn't sell underlying value of a security, and ers bought stocks for the longNEW YORK (NC) - Wall yesterday's activity was based on term return, not short-term specuStreet's 500-point drop in its Dow Jones industrial average 0ct. 19 . psychology, not. the underlying lation, and they considered stocks. such as IBM still sound investvalue of the stocks," he added. had a far smaller impact on an The Christian Brothers firm ments despite the price drop. investment firm operated by ChrisHowever, he noted that the dehandles about $500 million of entian Brothers that handles many church-owned stocks, said an offi-' dowment, reserve and other fund cline in market price of a firm's for a variety of religious orders, stock could affecLits performance cial of the firm. ' colleges or other institutions of in the future, and the Christian While the Dow Jones industrials these orders, several dioceses and Brothers would be watching to see lost 22.6 percent of their value in a wave of panic selling, Christian other church-related entities. It whether some changes in investBrothers Investment Services lost has about 750 separate accounts, ment strategy might be needed later. only 7.5 percent of the value of its Brother O'Hern said. total portfolio that day, said ChrisOnly about 40 percent of the "We didn't make any decisions tian Brother Michael Q.'Hem, firm's investments were in stocks, about changing our portfolio in executive vice president. and in "quality issue" rather than the midst of the activity yester"We did not participate in the "highly speculative" stocks, Brother day," Brother O'Hern said. "We O'Hern said. have been talking with our largest selling," Brother .0'Hern said Oct. Brother O'Hern said most of the investors, and so far they are 20, the day after the largest single religious orders and other inves- pleased. They have not called on drop in Wall Street history. tors served by the Christian Broth- . us to start selling."

"We purchase on the basis ofthe

New era for Maronites BEIRUT, Lebanon (NC) Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir spent a week in the Soviet Union in unprecedented meetings with Russian church and government officials on the search for peace in the Middle East.

It was the first such visit by a leader of the Eastern-rite Catholic Church, and was viewed by an official church agency as a new era in Maronite international contacts.

According to the church-run Lebanese Information Center, the 67-year-old patriarch discussed a possible international conference on the Middle East and Lebanon's long-running strife. Patriarch Sfeir has said Lebanon's troubles have international roots and require international cooperation to resolve.

"The importance of the visit springs from the fact that the USSR

seems to see the necessity of openness to the Lebanese Maronites, who till quite lately were in contact only with the West," the information agency said Oct. 27.

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Pimen had invited the Lebanese Catholic leader to the Soviet Union.

Patriarch Sfeir "considers the visit of the Maronite delegation Turn to Page 15

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Participants in the world Synod of Bishops backed equal access to lay ministries, but in discussions on some key points of the ministries they appeared to raise more questions than answers.

Unlike previous years, summa'ries of the synod's small-group discussions were kept secret. However, statements at a press conference and a midsynod summary report obtained by National Catholic News Service revealed some of the content of the closed-door sessions.

The third week of the synod, which ended today, consisted mainly of those discussions. with participants grouped according to language.

The same week, a Vietnamese bishop who arrived halfway through the synod said his country's Catholics have won the sympathy of Vietnam's communist authorities. and the Vatican appointed four bishops and a priest to compile the final message from the synod. Pope John Paul 11 also 'mentioned the synod in his weekly general audience.

Archbishop John L. May'Of St. Louis. head of the U.S. bishops' conference. said Oct. 20 that a "strong consensus" had emerged in the small groups that all nonordained ministries should be open to men and women. Many of the groups specifically asked that "children of both sexes be allowed to serve at the altar," he said.

Archbishop May said it was the feeling of many of the groups that the ministries of lector and acolyte should either be "refashioned as steps to ordination," or if retained as they are now, "they should be opened to both men and women."

The archbishop said there has been "less unanimity" among the small groups about the role of ordained and non-ordained ministers than about other topics. Besides lectors and acolytes, "lay ministers" could refer to permanent deacons, delegates of the Word, teachers and catechists, communion distributors, parish administrators and workers in Catholic charity and social programs.

A midsynod summary report, dated Oct. 13, and obtained later

by National Catholic News Service, posed these questions: - Which functions should be called ministries, which should be called offices and which should be called duties?

- Which is the competent authority to decide or permit these ministries in the church?

- How should non-ordained ministries be conferred on the laity?

Is a liturgical act required or does a juridical act suffice?

"Clearly there was dissatisfaction in descriptions of the role of ordained and non-ordained ministries," said Archbishop May. "There is'll ... lack of theological and canonical precision, which needs correction and then development." . The archbishop said women should be, considered for more church positions, but he warned against "unreal expectations" on the part of some laity that major changes regarding women would come out of the synod.

From Oct. 14 to Oct. 17 synod delegates and observers met in' small groups, called "circuli minores." These groups reported back to the general assembly on their discussions Oct. 19-20. The press conference was the first public word about what the groups discussed.

Following the conference, the delegates returned to their groups for another week of closed-door discussion.

The midsynod report struck a cautious note regarding lay lead-' ers ofchurch communities. Citing canon law, it said that even if a priest shortage forces lay people to exercise pastoral care in individual parishes, bi~hops must appoint outside priests to oversee them.

The "sacramental character of the church and the centrality of the Eu<:harist" cannot be forgotten, the report added.

Synod sources said it was doubtful the synod by itself would be able to resolve the complex issues arising in small-group discussions.

Instead, it may choose to do one or more of the following: - Ask for a special international church commission to study the problem.

- Present the mix of views to the pope and ask him to reflect on them and work them into his oWn expected document on synod themes.

- Suggest that local churches and bishops' conferences keep experimenting.

On Oct. 22 the Vatican named five people to compile the synod's final message, to be pastoral or exhortative in nature.

Members of the drafting committee were Bishop Dario CastrilIon Hoyos of Pereira, Colombia, president of the Latin American Bishops' Council; Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi of Caceres, Philippines; Bishop Robert Sastre of Lokossa, Benini; Chaldean Bishop Yusseflbrahim of Cairo, Egypt; turn to Page Six

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Papal trip to South Africa seen as counterproductive VATICAN CITY (NC) - A his itinerary places such as Crosstrip to South Africa by Pope John roads, a squatters village where Paul II would be seen by many as authorities have violently attemplegitimizing the white-minority ted to evict squatters, and Soweto, government, and could polarize a township where many blacks the country's Catholics, said a top- died in student uprisings. . ranking South African bishop.

Race-based residential zones are By visiting several countries one manifestation of apartheid, a bordering on or surrounded by legal system of race discrimination.

South Africa as planned next fall; The system also bars blacks from the pope will be "making a very voting in national elections like eloquent point against apartheid," those earlier this year. .Bishop Bishop Wilfred Napier, president Napier said this disenfranchisement of the southern African bishops' is one major reason the South conference, said in an Oct. 23 African bishops have been develinterview. oping a pastoral plan for political The pope is scheduled to travel involvement. in late September to Mozambique, The plan involves setting up BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin gives his homily ~t the convention Mass. (Motta photo) Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland small communities of Catholics and Botswana, all black-ruled throughout South Africa, whicn . . countries. Catholics in South Africa are also engaged in social and powant to hear a "message of hope to litical activities. Already, he said, the oppressed" from the pope, opponents have accused the church Bishop Napier said, but "it will of devising the plan as "just a way

By Joseph Motta graphy and too much emphasis on ber, former director pf religious have to be done from acr.oss the of getting into politics." education for the National Cathomoney. border."

"You are asked to evangelize the Bishop Napier said the "intrinThe bishop mentioned that at lic Educational Association and While the bishops' conference sic evil" of apartheid requires a world by evangelizing the ones the Los Angeles papal teleconfer- past president of the University of has not requl<st~dth~ p.ope to boy- special, more direct political apright in front of you!" cott South. Afnca, It IS aware .of .. proach by the church however.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin gave ence for youth. that he attended Albuquerque, Father McBride's strong feel.lOgs amon~ Cathol.lcs He also said the unive~sal church that message to hundreds of edu- last month, the pope said there topics were "Faith Journey" and "Formation ofthe Catholic Educa. on..se~erallssues, the blsh?p saId. should keep a "gray area" regardcators from diocesan elementary was "no problem big enough" to merit suicide, another major probtor." .FIrst of all, people say It ~ould ing political involvement by clergy and secondary schools attending As a prelude to talking about be lOcongruous, ~lmost unthlOka- and bishops.

Monday's Catholic Education Con- lem of youth. the faith journey, the priest offered ble, that the. pohcemen who day "Sometimes the church has to "Don't ever be beguiled by the vention at Bishop Connolly High statistics "about the state of the a!ter day are mstruments of repres- be at the forefront:' he said. This is attraction of the modern world," School, Fall River.

Bishop Cronin advised the educa- church today."

SlOn should. be the sa~e people especially true in areas like South The bishop told the teachers Maturing of American Cathoentrusted WIth the secunty of the Africa where "the only educated tors.

"I think it's time to challenge during his homily at a convention lics, Father McBride said, came Hol~ Father," h.e said. leader~ are often the clergy," he Mass that the day's readings were them [students) to be... within the about the time JohnF. Kennedy, a 'd BIshop NapIer also noted a "intertwined with aspects of Cath- framework of moral living.

• b oycott"fS "prettyefl'lectlve 0 out h sal.

"Be proud of what the church Catholic, was elected to the White olic education."

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Africa by other Western leaders, has asked you to do," he said.

They dealt, he said, with "truth" Since then, he said, Catholics and said a papal visit would inevAfter Mass and a welcome from itably be seen as giving·legitimacy and the fact that all "are called to Connolly principal Father Stephen have become more visible, exercisbuild up the body of Christ and to to a government that "does not F. Dawber, SJ, attendees heard ing "national moral leadership."

BRAINTREE (NC) - Msgr. bring others to him. govern for the common good."

Father Alfred McBride, O. Praem, They have also made tremendous economic and educational strides.

"There's no other reason for the convention's speaker.

There was a strong negative Roy M. Klister, a priest of the Father McBride said statistics A Paulist National Catholic Evreaction among black Catholics Diocese of Green Bay, Wis., has Catholic education," the bishop _ angelization Association staff mem- show that U.S. Catholicism has when the pope met with South been named president of the Pope said. high percentages of young, urban African president Pieter W. Botha John XXllI Medical-Moral Re-, Father Richard W. Beaulieu, search and Education Center in director of the Diocesan Departand immigrant members. He noted at the Vatican in 1984, he said. ment of Education, and Father that "Catholics have more confiA papal trip could symbolize Braintree.

Msgr.

Klister has held many James C. O'Brien, SJ, director of dence in. our church than they do unity in the church, Bishop Napier in any other institution. We are a said. But because the trip would be Green Bay diocesan posts and has development at Connolly, were chaplains to the bishop. church on the move." such a divisive subject itself, it done extensive graduate work.'

The Pope John XXllI center is About 20 priests concelebrated.

He s'aid that Catholics should would only end up "increasing the The bishop told his listeners share their "faith stories" with each polarization" that currently exists a Catholic bioethical institute where other, encouraging teachers "to among Catholics on political issues. s'taff members provide ethical re- that evangelization is "a big, big stimulate wonder that is the begin"Many would say, 'We've won. flection on issues surrounding rapid challenge.

"You're there [in the classroom) ning of faith," for their students.

The radicals have lost: " Bishop advances in science and technology.

Founded in 1974, the center has to teach about Christ," he said.

In his afternoon address, the Napier said. published more than 20 works on. "You have the monumental task priest presented seven guidelines Bishop Napier said if the pope medical-moral issues. it also pro- of forming the young people in a for "Christian Formation of Cathvisits South Africa sometime in moral way of living." olic Educators," from his publicathe future, he should inchide on duces a monthly newsletter. tion of the same name.

That task, he said, must be The seven points, he said, are: to approached in an age of broken Turn to Page Six families, substance abuse, pornoFATHER McBRIDE

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Guadalupanas canonically in U.S. sels for their chapel on behalf of Bishop Cronin.

The Guadalupanas Missionaries of the Holy Spirit canonically established their community in the United States at a ceremony held yesterday at St. Vibiana's Cathedral in Los Angeles.

A FUNERAL MASS for Fall River firefighter Lt. Paul R. Bernard, 43, who died in the line of duty Oct. 20, was celebrated Oct. 23 at St. Anne's Church, Fall River. An obviously moved Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, left, presided at the Mass; Father M.ark R. Hes~ion, parochial vicar at St. , Mary parish, New Bedford, at the bishop's left, was master of ceremonies. Father John R. Foister, chaplain to Fall River firemen and St. Anne's pastor, was the Mass celebrant and homilist; Father Rene G. Gauthier, pastor of Fall River's St. Jean Baptiste Church, Bernard's home parish, was concelebrant. Thousands of New England firemen gathered at St. Anne's for the Mass and a procession to it (above), from a nearby funeral home as Fall River residents lined South Main Street to honor the city's hero. Bernard left his wife and two daughters. (Motta photos)

Pastors commended for renewal work , Reflections on the Changing Role singles, divorced persons and WASHINGTON (NC) - Pasof Pastor," was recently issued by single-parent families had to be tors of U.S. Catholic parishes met even as parishes embarked on the committee. "should experience a well-deserved Intended primarily as an infor- new p'rograms to support integral sense of satisfaction" for the leadmal guide for current or future families. ership and adaptibility they have Once-accepted authoritarian pastors in assessing various aspects shown over 20, years of parish of their life and ministry, the book styles of leadership were replaced renewal and change, according to discussed the numerous kinds of by emerging concepts of collaboan 84-page book on pastors by the educational, institutional and per- ration and team ministry, requirU.S. bishops' Committee on Priestsonal supports developed in recent ing pastors to redefine their selfly I:.ife and Ministry. years to help pastors develop per- image and learn new techniques of In the two decades following the leadership an9 relating to people, sonally and professionally.

Second Vatican Council, pastors had to renew and redefine not only Pastors have been the central the book said.

Formerly in a "protected atmosthe life of their parish but their figures in the grass-roots renewal own ministry, role and style of of liturgical, spiritual and com- phere of separation from women," leadership,' the book said. They munity life following the council, pastors were called on "to be more .spontaneous persons and leSs stilted did so, it"a<fded,'hrgely t'hrough the·book'said. ,.... .":,, their own experience: They were ultimately responsi- in their relationships with women," The book, "A Shepherd's Care: ble for the formation and effec- the book said. tiveness of parish councils, liturgy committees, new liturgical ministries and revamped religious eduThe Mass of Christian Burial' cation programs, the book said. In parishes with schools, it added, was offered Wednesday afternoon Jane E. Sell mayer of St. Mary's they often had to oversee the tranat Sacred Heart Church, Fall River for Sister 'Maria Annunciata Civ~ sition from nuns to mostly lay parish, Mansfield, is coordinator teachers, develop new budgetary for a women's Enneagram Basics ish, SUSc. 83, who died Oct. 26. solutions to soaring education retreat to be held Friday, Nov. 13 A Baltimore native, the daughcosts, and help form new struc~ through Sunday, Nov. 15 at the ter of the late Joseph and Theresa tures involving parents more inti- Family Life Center, 500 Slocum (Svejda) Civish, she entered the Road, North Dartmouth. mately in the life of the schools.

Holy Union community in 1929.

Open to all women, the retreat is New immigration, especially She held a bachelor's degree from based on the enneagram (meaning Bryant College, Providence, and Hispanic, changed many parishes nine points in Greek) theory of also studied at the former Sacred to bilingual or multilingual compersQ!1ality, which derives from munities. A growing senior citizen Hearts School of Education. the Sufi Moslem mystical tradiIn her active life she taught bus- population presented new pastoral tion and holds that there are nine iness subjects at the former St. challenges. The special spiritual basic personalities. Each personalMary's High School, Taunton, needs'of growing numbers of adult ity is described by observable befrom 1935 to 1954; and from 1954 havior characteristics and a basic to 1970 she was a faculty member compulsion that governs an indiat the former Sacred Hearts vidual's behavior, whether he or Academy, Fall River. In retireVATICAN CITY (NC) - The she realizes it or not. ment, she lived at Sacred Hearts Catholic school system has been The weekend explores the enneaConvent, Fall River. weakened by "internal doubts" gram theory and helps participants Sister Maria Annunciata is sur- about its mission, but the system understand their behavior patterns, vived by a sister, Mrs. Francis remains an important part of thus facilitating their prayer and Bopp; and two brothers, John and church ministry and evangelizageneral spirituality.

Anthony Civish, all of Baltimore. tion, the head of one of the largest Rev. Fernand Cassista, MS, diteaching orders told the Synod of rector of pre-novititate candidates Bishops. Among the doubts Catho- . for the Missionaries of LaSalette lics have about their schools is <tii at Attleboro, will conduct the whether they serve the church's weekend. He uses the enneagram· "preferential option for the poor," M~nd1\YLis t~~;~ .~. system with LaSalette candidates said Jesuit Superior General Father AU Souls, the cht'lrt a"; and has studied it in depth with Peter-HansKolvenbach. As. rule, ditiolJal day of renl~rn­ he said, Catholic schools "bring in Rev. John Burchill, OP, and Sisters Maria Beesing, OP, and Barbra of all the faithful the best and not the most wretched bara Metz, SND de N, who have departed. All are urged to of society." As a result, Marxists written books on the subject. The have accused Catholic schools of attend Mass on: that;4ay books, "The Enneagram: A Jourand to pray fodhe repose serving only one class. The church ney of Self-Discovery" and "The should make clear that its schools Enneagram and prayer," will be . of t~~ so~~s of~~.~ir.. l~,~~d are capable of promoting the used at the retreat. onesthroUghouttlle m.Q~th church's social justice teaching, he Further information is available of November,! said, and show that Catholic so.::,:,:, at the Family Life Center, tel. .-;-.:.-:.,.'. _'. .,y,{..;.;. schools are not only for the elite.

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The booklet is available from the Office of Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1312 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.

Sisters of the Mexican community have served in the Fall River diocese for. the past II years from their convent in New Bedford. During those years sisters from all sections of Mexico have ministered to Hispanics in Attleboro, Taunton and New Bedford.

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the moorin&.-, Wall Street and Moral Priorities Many people think that the current antics of the stock market have little bearing on their lives, that the market is for high rollers, the big people, not the little guy.

Nothing could be further from the truth. What happens on Wall Street affects our lives, even though for the most part we go our merry way without serious consideration of what makes the socioeconomic structure tick.

Yet capitalism is the heartbeat of our living. Implementation' of its theories is what gets coffee on our shelves, oil in our tanks and money in our wallet,S. There is little in our way of life that escapes its all-encompassing benefits and demands. At its core is the economic philosophy applied daily in our world trading centers. The ripple effect of what takes place there can affect us dramatically. Thus it is important that we be keenly aw~n~ of market activity.

One of the most important Wall Street revelations of the past few days has been that of the power of computers over the market. Computer trading played a large part in the scare that kept all eyes on the big board. How computers work, few understand. What they can do; everyone sees.

If we could learn only one thing from the battle of the bulls and the bears, it should be that that which was once theoretical has become fact. The computer is increasingly controlling our lives.

Another reality surfaced by the Wall Street massacre was the fragile and bruised state of our national economy. Despite the overbearing administration contention that all is well in the marketplace, the facts are harsh. The single glaring factor that cannot be hidden is the national debt. Somewhere, somehow it must. be dealt with as the single .most destructive force in American economic life.

Responsible budgeting and new taxes must be introduced.

No politician wants to assume s.uch a task but it is inescapable.

Deficit spending, the shrinking dollar and the perilous situation in the Near East are but a few of the influences that can send Wall Street staggering. The combination of all these, forces can plunge the nation into more than a mere recession.

As the market continues to adjust, all should be aware that corresponding adjustments will face all citizens. Those who depend on pension plans and others who see mutual funds as a retirement nest egg may find life a bit more burdensome. Those who hope for a continued yuppie lifestyle have had their day made somewhat uncertain and rather deservedly so.

However, those who will once again be the true victims of all these economic hat tricks will be the poor. There is no doubt that they will get poorer and that the deeper the recession the greater the poverty will be.

In their pastoral letter on the U.S. economy, the'American bishops justly reminded all that the economy should be the product of men and women working together to develop and care for the whole of God's creation. It should serve people's material and spiritual well-being as they interact with one 'another.

In other words, economics should not be relegated to the business section of the newspaper. It is an integral part of our lives which can be used to sustain hope, to assure the right ordering of social living and to maintain justice and individual dignity.

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"Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night." Ps. 90:5

Pro-life lawyers offer tactics -She called abortion "an immense assault upon basic human rights WASHINGTON (NC) - The and civil rights" but added that its best way to overturn Roe vs. Wade, foes' efforts often were seen as "a the Supreme Court's 1973 decision sinister conspiracy to 'roll back the legalizing abortion, is through the clock' on civil rights." courts, said three pro-life attorMrs. Cunningham is an editor neys who are contributors to a new of the Georgetown book along book outlining such a strategy. with Dennis J. Horan, chairman "Abortion and the Constitution: of Americans United for Life Legal Reversing Roe vs. Wade through . Defense Fund, and Edward R. the Courts," published by GeorgeGrant, executive director and gen:' town University Press, was released eral counsel for the fund.

Oct. 22 at a news conference in _Washington, The publication is a collection The book calls for a "strategy of of essays by historians, law profescourtroom activity that is as bold sors and attorneys who examine as any public policy effort of this ancient and medieval views of century," said Paige Comstock abortion, the history of laws on Cunningham, an attorney from abortion, the legal precedent Wheaton, III., and former execu- against aborti,on, the Supreme tive director and general counsel Court's reasoning for Roe vs. Wade for the Chicago-based Americans and strategies for fighting it in the United for Life Legal Defense courts at all levels.

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One contributor, constitutional Mrs. Cunningham said a majority of people have ipdicated in lawyer William Bentley Ball, Who opinion polls their support for also attended the news conference, laws that would permit abortion wrote that strategy for a "total eraonly in the "hard cases" of rape sure of legal access to abortion on and incest and to safeguard the life demand" would involve thorough researeh on the issue, the choice of of the mother.

Yet, she said, the "liberty of the proper courtroom, research on abortion is.granted to women and the judge, the decision to sue, or be their physicians throughout all nine sued, careful preparation of witmonths of pregnancy, with virtu- nesses and the choice of an attorney who knows about constitually no restriction, "Abortion has become one of tional litigation, the most common surgical proceAt the conference, Ball said he dures within the United States and was confident the Supreme Court 20 million unborn children have would eventually see its error and lost their lives since 1973," she "correct itself." added.

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He added that the high court has reversed itself a number of times before and he cited its decision in 1954 to ban racial segregation in schools, which overturned -an earlier ruling for separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites.

Grant, also at the conference, said efforts to overturn Roe vs.

Wade must begin with several premises including legal status of the unborn, the role of courts in the constitutional system and the process of civil rights litigation.

But he added that reversal of Roe vs. Wade would not rest on the appointment of a single Supreme Court justice and that changes in societ'y were also necessary.

He said the term "unborn child" was "ofancient common law origin" and that fong before modern medicine discovered the developmental stages of a human embryo, legal and moral authorities recognized the unborn child and regarded abortion as a criminal act.

He added that in a constitutional democracy such as the United States resolution of the abortion issue should rest with the people, represented by Congress, and with state governments, .

It "ought to eventually be settled as a constitutional matter by recognition that the unborn are among those persons vested with a right to life under the Fifth Amendment and the 14th Amendment" of the Constitution, Grant said.

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Who is blind?

I missed the' Nightline program with Jim Dickson and William Buckley on the blind sailor issue but I heard about it from both my sons. Ages 18 and 22, they were outraged at Buckley's attitude that a blind sailor has no business trying to prove something by crossing the ocean.

Until then, I admit I hadn't paid much attention to Dickson's exploit. But my sons' uncommon indignation over a news event and the spate of editorials since tell me there's something deeper here than a mere difference of opinion.

For those as unaware as I was, let me recount the situation. Jim Dickson, a blind sailor, set out in a 36-foot sailboat, the Eye Opener, to sail from Rhode Island to England. He ran into a tropical storm and his equipment failed so he was forced to stop in Bermuda where the vessel is now undergoing repairs. He plans to try again next spring.

It was during this time that Buckley wrote a column castigating Dickson's efforts, saying, among other things that Dickson failed to recognize the limits of his handicap and that he was "endeavoring to pull off a stunt. .."

Ted Koppel invited the two to debate on Nightline, during which Buckley went even further in his charge that Dickson was trying to capitalize on his handicap.

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Dickson replied, "90 percent of disability is your attit~de and the attitude of others around you.

You can't control the attitude of those around you, but if you let them control yours, you're in trou ble." He stressed that he's not encouraging blind people to sail to England but showing them that, with new technology like the talking computers he uses, new options are open to them.

• Kirk M. Bauer, executive director of the National Handicapped Sports and Recreation Association, wrote ,of the controversy. "Buckley thinks he delivers the coup de grace when he says, 'It is profane to .suppose that a cripple can run, a deaf man hear, or a blind man see...' Where is it written that the 'able-bodied' way is the only way to run, hear or see?'"

This attitude particularly annoyed my son who was seriously injured in an auto accident a year ago, fracturing his arm in several places and suffer.ing tendon damage to his wrist but who came back to wrestle and was named Outstanding Senior Wrestler in March.

(Admittedly, I could not attend his matches because I anticipated that arm's snapping. "It's okay, Mom," he said. "It hurts you more than me." I agreed.)

I think the national outrage from Buckley's column rose from the

.When is too much?

After· 'reading Pope John Paul II's plea during his 1987 U.S. visit that Americans fight materialism I walked over to our university bank. While waiting in line I found myself measuring the material comforts of many of loday's students.

A student next to me was sporting high-priced running shoes. The two women in front of me ·wore expensive clothing.

One student was talking about the beer blast last weekend. Many students have the finest stereo equipment and automobiles. And often students complain when food at school is not to their liking.

As I reflected on. the pope's plea I wondered how a young person, or anyone, learns to sense when too much is too much. How does anyone arrive at a spirit of moderation? " I believe' there is no simple answer. ' Students. like all of us, have been conditioned to daily consumerism. Clever advertisements tell us we deserve the best and that to be American means to expect the highest living standard. '.

So should we try to censure the world of commercialism?

Or do we start by focusing on the home? Do husbands and wives need to' be reminded'to set an example for each' other and for their children of the virtues of sacrifice?

Do we look to the school to teach the meaning of temperance, abstinence, sobriety, humility and the other virtues that counter excessive materialism? Has the time come to return to the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas and learn the theological meaning of virtues that have. been important to every civilization?

Do we look to legislators and lobby them to introduce laws which will emphasize sacrifice and compassion for others as a good in society? Do we ask economists to balance the market in a way that does not rely on heightened consumerism?

Exactly what is the starting point when it comes to curtailing mater-

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idea that we non-handicapped have a right to determine what the handicapped can and 'cannot do. We don't have that right. Further, we are all handicapped, only in different ways.

I have a special handicap. Practically put, it means that I can't park a car unless I have a third of a block. I can't look at a sofa and visualize whether it will fit into the space on the opposite wall.

I can't sing but I love to listen to those who can. My handwriting is so atrocious that one of my children once gave me a poster reading, "Good clear handwriting is a handicap if you can't spelL" I·can spell.

As a society, we lament the loss of idealism in our youth - Buckley right up there in the front -:but when we test their idealism, we find surprising good judgment,and fairness.

As my son said, "If a guy wants to sail England, why can a nerd from N'ew York tell him he shouldn't? Buckley is the one who is blind, not Dickson."

I love those boys of mine!

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ialism'! An example given by a psycholo~ist might help us here.

"Coffee," he said, "when properly brewed is a delightful drink.

And Irish whiskey when properly distilled is the delight of delights to consume. Whipped cream is always good, no matter what you put it on. Ah, but when you combine the three and create Irish coffee, then you have arrived."

His example points out that individuals don't solve big problems. The responsibility falls on the shoulders of many.

As I see it then, if the pope's plea that people do what they can to counteract materialism is to be acted upon effectively, it will depend greatly on whether a collective sense of responsibility can be generated among all Americans, notju~t Catholics.

Author, author! ,BERKELEY, Calif. (NC) ~ A book which collects plays and writings on the theater by Karol Wojtyla before he became Pope John Paul II h'as been published.

The 450-page volume, "The Collected Plays and Writings on Theater," by Karol Wojtyla, contains five plays, a variant of one of the plays, letters and articles. It is published in English by the University of California Press in Berkeley.

It includes introductions and explanatory notes by BoleslawTaborski, a poet, critic and teacher living in London who was chosen by a papal commission to translate the material.

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of reading the Bible Q. In different Bibles the Book of Genesis is referred to as history, story, generations and so on. Where does the difference of translations or interpretations come from?

I tend to favor the non-literal interpretation. Some of my friends see this as taking the Bible to have errors.

They say the Holy Spirit will guide us in reading the Bible and that no scientific discoveries or historical influences have any significance in interpreting the Bible.

You get the true meaning directly from the Holy Spirit. Does the Holy Spirit really influence us to that extent? Or is it a desire to have all black and white answers? (Ohio) A. The real differences between what we might call traditional Christianity and what are often referred to as fundamentalist Christians are usually on'an entirely different level than at first appears.

So here the important question is how each sees the written Word of God fitting into our Christian life; even more basically it relates to how we believe God wants us to use this world that he has created.

Unless we keep those facts in mind, we can argue for months. and never resolve anything because we are on two entirely different tracks. ' A major difference between traditional Catholic Christianity and modern fundamentalism (which in fact is not so modern; it surfaces one way or another quite regularly) is in our attitude toward the created world.

Put simply and pt;rhaps too briefly, Christian tradition takes creation very seriously and sacredly.

Whether material (bread, wine, water, oil) or spiritual (our minds and wills, our passions and emotions) we believe that all creation, rightly used, can be a channel of God's power and grace.

The other approach tends to move in another direction. Things of this world, especially as they are affected by human action, are "man-made," unworthy of God. , They are incapable of being sacraments, points of contact between God and ourselves through and in which God can work his love.

For us, a significant part offaith in the Holy Spirit, in God, means accepting a'nd usi'ng the gifts that Spirit has given ·us. To 'reject' science, history, discovery is a rejection of the Holy Spirit. To accept what our minds, enlight-' ened by faith, tell us, honors the God who made us and the Spirit who enlightens us.

Thus, to use what we have 'been able to learn about the times in which the authors of Scripture' wrote, what probl~msihey faced and what they meant to say is affirming, not denying, the Holy Spirit.

Without denying that anything and everything is possible for God, we believe the normal and ordinary way the Spirit works in us is not by shining a mysterious light in our eyes or some other miraculous intervention.

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Rather, when we do our best to use well the gifts he has given, his power is at work immeasurably in ways we cannot even imagine (Ephesians 3:20) enriching our minds and wills as we reflect on him and try to love him more deeply.

As you suggest, his approach to creation and to the Scriptures may not always result in the black and white, us against them, answers we might sometimes desire. We believe, however, it is still the best way to honor God and to respect this world which has come from his creating hand.

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Synod raises many questions Continued from Page One The conference had no intenand Father Marcello Zago, super- tion of being a "rump synod," said Donna M. Hanson, executive diior general of the Oblates of Mary rector of Catholic Charities in Immaculate.

Spokane, Wash., and chairwoman Lay groups gather of the U.S. bishops' National When synod delegates gathered Advisory Council. Ms. Hanson sodid groups ranging from Women chaired the proceedings. for Faith and Family to a conferHelen Hull Hitchcock, an orence of self-identified U.S. lay ganizer of. Women for Faith and leaders.

Family, another group present, Representing a broad variety of came to Rome with a computer viewpoints, they came to shake printout of 40,000 names on a petihands with bishops, lobby for partion pledging support for Pope ticular viewpoints or simply be John Paul II and church teachings. "affirmative."

She called the petition - which The largest group consisted of affirms church teachings on sexuparticipants in "Synod '87 Conferality and the family and rejec!s ence: A Gathering of American Catholic Leadership," who as- calls for women priests as an "aberrant innovation" - a "very explicit sembled in Rome not to "lobby" statement." but as a sign of "affirmation" of the bishops, organizers said.

On Oct. 23, Mrs. Hitchcock met Sponsored by the Pallottines with Cardinal Edouard Gagnon of and three lay Catholic organiza- , the Pontifical Council for the tions, it brought 250 Catholics to Family and pre~ented him with the Rome Oct. 17-25 for a mix of names. talks, panels, receptions and workJoining Mrs. Hitchcock at the shops.

early morning presentation were members ofthe Chicago-based National Catholic Coalition, headed

by Kathleen Sullivan. Mrs. Sullivan and Phyllis Schlafly, a member of the coalition, held a press conference Oct. 5 criticizing the bishops for having "deviated" from the synod's working document.

Also in Rome for the synod was Angela Grimm, director of the Catholic Center, a Washingtonbased project of the Free Congress Foundation.

Ms. Grimm said she came to express "wherever I could" her views on the role of the laity and the dangers of clericalism and politicization in the church.

Questioning whether the U.S. bishops' elected delegates represented the views of the Catholic laity, Ms. Grimm said she was "struck by the poor level" of their contributions to the synod.

She said the issue of altar girls was perceived by feminists as a tactical step toward women's ordination and therefore was a m~t­ ter of prudential concern. However, she said she ~hought the altar girls issue was being blown out of proportion, "especially in the context of a synod on the laity."

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THIRD GRADERS in Annette Pineau's religious education class at St. Michael parish, Swansea, use hand motions while singing the song "Holy Ground." From left are students Tara Agrawal, Jessica Akers, Steven Wajda, Peter Bouchard, Rory McCoomb and Michael Barboza.

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Regarding sacraments and prayContinued from Page Two evangelize the educator, to cate- er, Father- McBride challenged the chize the educator, to bond the . educators to "be leaders ~f prayer educator to the church,. to involve and invite others to pray.

"FoIlow the lives of the saints," the educator in· sacraments and prayer, 'to call the educator to he advised. "Pray in the morning. social awareness, to foster the edu-· Pray in the evening. Meditate. cator's personal fulfillment and to When you do that, the question illuminate the ministry ofthe educa- about the identity of the Catholic school will become moot." tor.

Speaking on his last three points, The definition of evangelization for Catholics, Father McBride said, the priest said that an educator is "saying yes for Christ and t~e "has to help other,s and be a prochurch." He said that evangeliza- phet," that faith provides the "postion moments are "the peak expe- itive mental attitude" needed for riences of religious life" and that personal fulfillment and that illumthe faith lives of churched Catho- ination of the ministry of the ed ulics should develop and grow as cator can take place when the educator is made to realize that his or their lives progress.

Alienated Catholics and millions her work "is a ministry of the • of unchurched Americans also need church.

"God has called you to do what evangelization, he said.

"Religious community is needed you're doing," he told the teachers to be saved," he said, explaining before ending his presentation to prolonged applause. his third point.

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by Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, PA, the ball's diocesan director.

Miller is diocesan president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Miss Curry of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. The organizations are the ball's honorary cosponsors.

The event will be held Friday Jan. 15 at Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth. It benefits summer camps serving exceptional and underprivileged children of South-

eastern Massachusetts and other diocesan charitable apostolates.

Members of the sponsoring organizations and the ball committee are urged to submit names of persons, groups and organizations wishing to be listed in a commemorative ball booklet.

There will be seven categories of listings, each entitling thedonor to ball tickets.

Those wishing tickets or a booklet listing may contact Charity Ball headquarters, 410 Highland Avenue, Fall River 02722, tel. 6768943 or 676-3200.

Tickets may also be obtained at all diocesan rectories.

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"Encyclical" a hoax

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WASHINGTON (NC) - ArchbishopPio Laghi, papal pronuncio to the United States, has warned U.S. bishops that a self-styled "encyclical" on peace and nuclear disarmament is fraudulent.

Bishops and journalists received the fake document in September and October in Italy and the United States. Titled "Resurrectio

Pacis," the document was sent in one of two versions, English or Italian, and typeset under the borrowed masthead of L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper.

The alleged encyclical was circulated to the bishops as a draft document with a request for comments - a practice not followed by pop~s in writing encyclicals.

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Annual Mt. St. Rita dinner announced For the past 16 years, members of the Providence province of'the Sisters of Mercy have sought support for Mt. St. Rita Health Centre, Cumberland, RI. The centre is home to over 70 aged and infirm Sisters of Mercy.

Most families know what it is like to care for elderly and infirm relatives, and if caring for them at home is impossible they will seek a facility that will care for their loved one as they 'would fhemselves. .

It is natural for families to do this and it is natural for the family of the Sisters of Mercy. They see their sisters, who have worked unselfishly and tirelessly for years as teachers, nurses, child-care workers and parish ministers, as beloved family members. In age and illness, they deserve to be cared for by those who love them.

The primary responsibility for

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When completed, the academic collection is .expected to be the third largest in the country, coming in behind the Harvard and Yale university libraries.

The newly formed Washington Library Consortium, which recently unveiled plans for the project, includes The Catholic University' of America and Jesuit-run Georgetown University in Washington and Marymount University of Arlington, Va., operated by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary.

• Other consortium members are American, George Washington, George Mason, and Gallaudet universities and the University of the District of Columbia.

The new library is expected to give more than 160,000 students and 3,800 faculty members computerized access to an electronic card catalogue that will list 16 mil- .

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There is to be a combined collection development program and a program to preserve old and rare books.

Under the "plan, students and faculty members would be able to use 1,200 computer terminals in campus libraries, academic offices and dormitories to request books or periodicals. A fleet of vans would deliver books to the school libraries in most cases within 24 hours.

Funding for the library is expected to come from several sources including a $7 million app!;opriation from the U.S. Department of Education's higher education academic facilities fund. , The universities will cover the annual operating cost, expected to be $1.3 million in the first year of operation.

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BALTIMORE (NC) - Jesuit Father George Restrepo brings cinema to Baltimore's Shrine of the Little flower for many reasons.

Yes, he wants to entertain the folks. Yes. he wants to expose them to the films he loves movies from the silent era, a few classics. the larger-than-life musicals.

But, most of all, he wants to teach people they must become discerning consumers of media and that if they're not careful, they can become its victims.

"Our purpose is to entertain, instruct people and to bring people closer to God." said 53-yearold Father Restrepo: "Living in the age of the future, we're living in the age of television and films," said the priest. who shows films in a chapel located in the basement of the shrine most Friday nights from September through July.

A screen has been inconspicuously mounted high above the front of the sanctuary of the chapel, 'which seats approximately 500.

"You have to have your anten-

nae up." warns Father Restrepo.

"Do not let yourself become a victim of the mass media. Don't be duped away to something that will lead you from God." . It's all in how you look at a film and then what you take away from it, he instructs. Sin is a part of life, but you've got to show it in its proper light, he says.

While his purpose is to instruct, Father Restrepo finds a great deal of delight in his movie ministry.

The season consists of 26 films and they run the gamut. The most popular showing was "Snow White," a sold-out feature he ran several years ago. More than 500 people came out for it: - "It was thrilling," he said.

In fact, children's films have been among the most successful that Father Restrepo has featured.

"Just watching the children is a show in itself," he said laughing.

"They' bring their t~ddy bears and dolls to watch the movies. We just put a carpet out there for them."

To offset rental costs. Father Restrepo charges nominal fees for

season tickets and individual showings.

He said showing his personal favorites is not always appropriate.

"I'm fascinated with two directors -Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini," he said. "They are very sophisticated and beautiful.

But I think you could fall into a trap, the trap of sophistication. It's better to be simple. Very simple and honest films work best."

For each film, he prepares at least one billboard, replete with information about the film - ' background on .the director. the stars and tidbits about the making of the film.

It's important to him to bring something of the faith to his' audience.

"This coming festival is dedicated to Our Lady because it is the Marian year," said the priest. "This film festival means nothing unless we have God's blessing," he said.

Father Restrepo has been showing movies in Baltimore for the past II years. He has a master's of arts degree in cinema from New York University.

Catholic newspapers' up, magazines down' ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (NC) - North American Catholic newspapers showed modest circulation gains last year, but these were offset by declines in Catholic magazine figures, according to the 1987 Catholic Press Directory.

Total circulation of North American Catholic periodicals for 1987 was 27,776,332. down about 58,000 or 0.2 percent from the 27,834,760 recorded in 1986. The new direc:tory listed 623 publications in all, up 14 from the previous year.

The directory, a yearly publication of the Catholic Press Association in Rockville Centre, was recently issued.

It recorded 189 Catholic newspapers in the United States and Canada in 1987, 10 more than last year. Their combined circulation was 5,667,791 - up nearly 77,000, or 1.4 percent, from the 1986 total.

In the same period Canadian Catholic magazine and newsletter circulation rose from about 717:000 to about 941,000.

But the circulation of U.S. Catholic magazines and newsletters dropped from more than 20.8 million to less than 20.5 million.

The U.S. drop brought the com~ bined U.S.-Canadian magazine and newsletter circulation down some 114,000, or half a percent, from 21,546,782 in 1986 to 21 ,432,414 in 1987.

The number of magazines and newsletters rose from 387 last year to 396 this year. .

The 1987 directory added "Eastern-rite publications" as a new

category under U.S. diocesan newspapers. The combined circulation of all II papers in the category was 73,198.

North American Catholic newsletters numbered 116 with a combined circulation of more than 2.7 million, or one-tenth of the total circulation of Catholic publications in North America.

In addition to the United States and Canada, the directory listed Catholic newspapers, one each, in Guam, Puerto Rico, Samoa and Trinidad.

Won't quit . NEW YORK (NC) - Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York, a member of President Reagan's AIDS commission, said the initial activity of the commission had been badly managed but said he was "highly pleased" with the "structuring" going on under the commission's new chairman. Although the cardinal had spoken of

the possibility of resigning, he said during a recent Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral that he had "no intention" of quitting. But he added at the Mass and in remarks to reporters later that he would continue on the commission only as long as he felt able to make a contribution and could give it the necessary time.

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jeered and snickered as the walkers went by.

"Francisco Sousa de Andrade, 19, when asked 'How did they make you feelT said, 'One of the people started yelling at me because my sign said 'Give Them a Chance To Breathe.' I just continued my walk and began praying for their souls because they don't know what they're saying.'

"All the walkers had one common goal - public awareness.

The people who walked were not

It's been a good month for prolifers. On Oct. 3, Mary Ann Booth of St. Mary's parish, South Dartmouth, received the Ignatius O'Connor Award at the 15th annual Massachusetts Citizens for Life dinner, held in Boston.

The mother offour is a leader in pro-life action in Southeastern Massachusetts. O'Connor, who died in 1981, was one of the nation's best-known pro-lifers. A Boston native, he was a familiar downtown figure as he toured busy intersections displaying a sandwich-board type sign reading "Adoption, not abortion. Life is from God. Abortion is murder."

Last Sunday, on a sparkling October day ("I prayed for it," said Mrs. Booth), over 3000 persons from across Massachusetts participated in a Respect Life Coalition Walk at the 'State House in Boston. They included youngsters from Taunton Catholic Middle School and the We Have Decided to Follow Jesus youth prayer community of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, New Bedford.

Mariano M. Pimentel Jr. was among the Mt. Carmel youth in Boston. His account of the day follows: Sharing in Life "On Sunday thousands gathered together in Boston to peacefully walk for life. The Respect for Life march attracted many of different age groups and religious affiliations.

"Among the many who attended this walk was the youth delegation from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in New Bedford. The youth, mainly members of the We Have Decided to Follow Jesus youth prayer community, went'to the walk due to Carmen Sousa, adult

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cause there are a lot of young kids having abortions and because society has become so selfish that they say the only way to correct the pregnancy is to abort it. We as Christians have the responsibility of informing the youth that there are other alternatives than committing murder through abortions.'

"Mrs. Sousa continued, 'They [pregnant teens] have to realize that there are people out there who will help tnem through counseling and medical assistance. There are people who are willing to show them other alternatives and there are many people willing to adopt.'

"Though Mrs. Sousa encouraged many of the group to attend, she said it 'must be noted t·hat 'no one was pressured into going. The group heard a presentation on Friday about abortion and most of them decided they wanted to do something about it.'

"Another adult leader of the group, Vi~tor de Matos, said that 'society today is warped. In today's society we are punished for mistreatment of animals and not for the murder of innocent lives. Millions of babies have been viciously murdered and we don't concern ourselves with it. As far as prochoice, there is no such thing. You are either pn;>-life or pro-abortion.'

"Father Steven Furtado, spiritual director of the prayer group, said that the day was truly a blessing. 'We were all expecting lousy weather but the Lord gave us a beautiful day. We all were filled in a special way in walking, together as one, against this 'New Holocaust.'

"All of the participants had something good to say about the 5c kilometer walk. There were also many people along the route who

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A friend is dependable day after day. You can count on your friend to be there for you whenever.

If you are looking for a friend, ask yourself: Whom do I enjoy being with when things go well?

When I am in pain? Whom can I count on?

Value such a friend when you find one and be that kind of friend to others.

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Dear Dr. Kenny: How can you tell ifsomeone is really your friend?

I am tired of being used by other people. I feel I have had a lot of fair-weather friends who took what I had to give, but were never there when I needed them. What should I be looking for in another person?

-.New York A good friend is a rare treasure.

You should not be surprised that' you have difficulty finding such a person.

No instant test of friendship exists. Some people appear very friendly, but let you down when you are most in need. Others may be gruff at first contact, but remain loyal and giving. Only time can prove a relationship.

Still, you ask an important question: What to look for in a friend.

Here are so'me qualities I would value.

A friend listens to you when you feel like talking. Listening indicates your friend wants to know you better.

A friend appreciates you as a person. You are not an object to be used for a good time, but are made to feel unique and special.

A friend allows you to be yourself. Your friend is not possessive, does not stifle y.ou with jealousy, but allows you to grow in a wider circle of good relationships.

A friend accepts your anger and bad moods as a storm on an otherwise sunny world. You can count on your friend's commitment to see your relationship past a difficult moment.

A friend consoles you when you are upset. You look to your friend for warmth and support when life hands you a hurt.

A friend is almost always positive. Friends smile a lot, and 'when you think of your friend, you smile too.

Friends share common likes and dislikes. You are interested in many of the same things. Your conversation with each other expands your mutual horizons rather than sparking regulararguments.

Do women's colleges open doors of opportunity for women?

An article in National Catholic Reporter quotes graduates of Catholic women's colleges as more than pleased with the experience and education they received.

Dr. Elizabeth Tidball, a professor of physiology at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington. D.C., has done 20 years of scientific research on women in higher education. She is convinced that all-women's colleges are positive settings fQ,T today's young women. " "Women who graduate from women's colleges are more than twice as likely to make significant contributions to the world of work," she said.

A quote 1especially liked was by Susan King. a reporter and anchor for ABC-TV news in Washington: "The nuns were the first feminists."

Ms. King graduated from Marymount College in 1969. "They ran big businesses called colleges and ran them well." she said. "They were accomplished women in their field who subtly sent a signal that women could be real players in the real world."

I too had the good fortune to attend a Catholic women's college, the College of St. Rose in Albany, N. Y. Even "then, in the 1940s, the nuns were way ahead of their times.

Long before it became all right for Catholic women to get involved in activities outside the home, the nuns 'at my college were talking about our role in changing the world. All subjects were taught with a principle in mind - to help students become forces for change in the communities in which they would live.

One overwhelming impression of my-college years remains: How the nuns instilled us with conficence that we had within us the capability to go out in the world and make a positive difference.

At the same time, they inspired us in another way. We saw women who were a contradiction to the world.

While society said there was basically one role for women marriage, home and children -

every day we brushed shoulders with educated women who had . achieved expertise in what, had they been men, would have been called a career.

The Catholic women's college provided a safe environment. We were never put down because of our sex. No one reminded us that it was a "man's world." We-could get down to the business of learning and building confidence in ourselves as intelligent beings "created equal" with men.

This really hit home in 1949 when I took a summer program at an all-men Catholic college which for the first time ever was allowing some coed classes.

When I walked into the classroom, to my embarrassment, the entire class, all male, and taught by a Franciscan, burst out laughing. 1 only found out on the last day of the class what had been so funny.

Then a sympathetic male explained how the priest just before that first class began had said, "And now let's say a prayer of thanks that we have been spared one of 'them.' " At that moment 1 walked in, setting off the hilarious response.

The Women's College Coalition reports that only 46 Catholic wo'men's colleges are left in the United States. Their students should know how lucky they are.

Sendin3' my baby to soccer

By Hilda Young This fall many of us are watching our youngest, "our baby," walk onto the soccer field for the first time. It is a time of the spoken and unspoken.

What 1 said: "Mikey, you'll dojust fine. Just playas hard as you can, listen to your coach and the ref and have a good time. It doesn't matter if you win. The most important thing is that you have a good time. Please be carefuL" What I didn't say: "I want to hug you and kiss your chubby cheeks but it would probably embarrass you in front of your teammates.

"I've watched your brothers' and sister's first games, but I don't remember them looking as tiny as you. Don't get hurt. Stay away from that huge No. 12 on the other team..

"I hope you don't cry and feel like a failure if someone steals the ball from ~ou. .

"Where's this sense of fair play and fun I should be feeling? I'm terrified for you. But at the same time there's a part of me that hopes you run faster and kick better than anyone else and become the Joe DiMaggio of8-year-old soccer players."

What Mikey didn't say: "I'm scared. 1 wish I could get

back into the car where it's warm and go home. What if I kick and totally miss the ball like I do in practice sometimes? What if I cry?

"What if I have to go to the bathroom? What if my shoelaces come untied and I trip over them and everyone laughs at me?

"What if the coach yells something and I can't hear him?

"That No. 12100ks 13 years old.

I hope I don't have to play by him.

What if he steps on my foot or runs over me or kicks the ball into my face?

"There must be a mistake - this _field is six times bigger than any I've ever seen."

"What Mikey said: "OK."

Religious apartheid VATICAN CITY (NC) - "Religious ~partheid" afflicts the faitllful in many countries and should be condemned by the international community, a bishop from Marxist-ruled Angola told the Synod of Bishops. The victims of racial apartheid - the denial of ci:vil rights to believers - number some 25 million, said Bishop Jose Francisco Moreira dos Santos of Uije, Angola. "The victims of religious apartheid are many more." While "there are worldwide protests against racial apartheid," the bishop added, "there is a worldwide silence about religious apartheid which is eloquent of universal complicity."

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Father Baker canonization cause opens LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (NC) - The Vatican has given permission for the Diocese of Buffalo to begin the process toward canonization of Father Nelson H. Baker, a Buffalo priest who devoted his life to troubled youths.

"Our Holy Father has conferred upon Nelson Baker the title, 'Servant of God,''' which is given when the canonization process begins, Bishop Edward D. Head of Buffalo said at a recent Mass at Our Lady of Victory Basilica, built

by Father Baker in 1925in Lackawanna.

The Mass marked the feast of Our Lady of Victory, after whom Father .Baker named the Our Lady of Victory Homes of Charity he directed in Lackawanna.

The homes, which for more than a century have been staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph, continue to provide services for handicapped children, pregnant teenage girls and adolescent boys in trouble with the law.

Bishop Head said that in requesting Vatican permission to start investigating the cause for sainthood he stressed the relevance of Father Baker's life and ministry.

"He was a child of a mixed marriage; he was a product of the public schools, a successful businessman involved in the Sf. Vincent de Paul Society and religious instruction of youth," Bishop Head said in his homily. .

The action by the Vatican Congregation for Sainthood Causes permits Bishop Head to approve a special prayer for Father Baker's 'canonization and to appoint a postulator to collect materials to prove his saintliness. .

A nativeofBuffalo, Father Baker is thought to have been born Feb. 16, 1842, though some give the date as earlyasl841·or as late as 1850. He began study for the priesthood in 1869 at Our Lady of Angels Seminary, Niagara Falls, and was ordained in 1876.

Through most of his priesthood he worked with the poor, especially the young. When he died in 1936, more than half a million people reportedly came to pay their respects.

Settled In Hope "Thou, a Lord. singularly hast settled me in hope." - Ps. 4: 10

VATICAN CITY (NC) - As the Synod of Bishops on the laity approached its conclusion, working for two weeks to synthesize the issues in a final list of propositions, public information about its work slowed to a trickle.

Unlike previous synods, there was no publication this year of summary reports of the 12 language groups - a main source of information about the synod's second half. Instead, five synod participants at a Vatican press conference made brief introductory remarks. about those groups' general conclusions.

A message from the synod was expected to be published at its conclusion. But the much longer and detailed "propositions" were expected to remain secret. One 'reason, synod officials have said, is that publication would give Pope John Paul II less flexibility in writing his own follow-up document, based on the synod conclusions.

Press briefings, which had been held twice a day during the first part of the synod, Oct. 1-13, were not held during the two-week period of debate and discussion that followed. At least one scheduled briefing was cancelled without explanation.

The four reports by lay participants on the synod's work were not made available, even in summary form. During the first phase ofthe synod, summaries of speeches by bishops and lay people were released.

As a result, even the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, frequently limited its daily coverage of the synod's second phase to a brief photo caption.

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Making the proceedings more open could thus inhibit their freedom of speech during the synod, he said.

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.Dinner with the pope

By Albina Aspell VATICAN CITY (NC) - The invitation is une;<.pected and informal.

"I have good news for you." says Maria da Graca Sales. assistant ~pecial secretary to the synod. "The Holy Father has invited you to dinner tonight."

There are nine of us - Englishspeaking auditors at the synod from various points of the globe - who gather at the,Bronze Doors, the main ceremonial entrance to the Vatican, after our evening session to be escorted by Maria up the wide marble stairs, past Swiss Guards in dark blue uniforms and into the upper reaches of the hall where we take a small elevator to the papal apartment.

The elevator opens into a large hall with floors that gleam in the dim light.

We ate ushered into a sparsely furnished reception chamber where we place our bags on a high marble table, then move into another, brilliantly lit, room decorated with a few outstanding works of art.

We stand in a small cluster, and suddenly the pope is among us. He has entered alone and unannounced, and he greets us individually, clasping our hands in his as a photographer pops away with his camera. The brief greeting over, we walk with the pope downa hallway into his private chapel small and done principally in soft blues - where we kneel with him for short, silent prayer.

He then leads us into the adjacent dining room, where the table is set with white linen, simple white china with a Vatican crest, and the large, heavy flatwar~ common to Rome.

There are flowers at the center of the table. Our places are designated by name cards. We stand for prayer, and then sit to begin our meal.

Pope John Paul II sits at the middle on one sid'e of the table, flanked by two guests. Directly

across [;om him is Virgil Dechant, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, an Amfi:can. Mrs, Dechant. Ann, sits at her husband's right, and I sit at his lefi.

The table is only three to four feet wide, and we easily maintain eye contact with the pope.

The pope's aides sit at either end of the table. ' Conversation is stilted at first, and it is the pope who carries it along while we overcome our amazement at being here. , A waiter serves the pope his first course. it looks like potato s'oup, rich and creamy. We are also served soup, a delicious broth with corn meal. .The conversation picks up as the wine is served. We overcome our initial inhibitions and, there follows a lively exchange with the Holy Father.

We speak of language, of the beauty of Latin, which the pope admits is dead, but in which we all pray at the synod, and in which the opening Mass at St. Peter's was celebrated. The pope exhibits knowledge of geography and history, and draws out each guest around the table. We are from

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Korea, Malaysia. Ireland. England and Kenya.

Patrick Fay, the Irish head of the Legion of Mary, asks the Holy Father when he is coming back to Ireland. The pope chuckles and answers "everywhere i go I find Ir~land," and there follows a conversation about Irish missionaries who evangelized so many parts of the world.

The pope tells us he enjoyed his trip to the United States and says he was prepared for more protests and demonstrations than occurred.

The pope's command of the English language is excellent there is a rare groping for a word, which he always finds. He is relaxed and laughs easily.

The meal progresses to th~ main course. For the guests it is thin beef steak, mashed potatoes, peas and artichoke hearts; for the pope, what appears to be an omelet served with jam. Bread and breadsticks are on the table. We have water and white wine in crystal goblets.

The mission 'is the same but I still need a map!

By Albina Aspell

'VATICAN CITY (NC) - The first thing I plan to do when I get home is buy a map of the world.

My knowledge of geography is abysmal, but I did not know that before I came to the synod.

I need a map to find out where ' my new friends live.

In the early days of the plenary sessions, it was frustrating to hear an'impassioned intervention by a bishop and know only vaguely what part of the world he was speaking about.

I followed a line of bishops The pope drinks his wine, and so do I, a bit self-consciously, but I through the hall the other day, but want to tell my friends I've had a could not follow their conversaglass of wine with the pope. There tion. One described his diocese as south of the Leeward Islands, anis fruit for dessert.

Dinner with the pope is a sim- other pinpointed his See someple, light meal, and conversation is where in Asia. I heard of a coup much the sarrie, light. The waiter d'etat in an African country, and I returns with a tray of small boxes was reminded again that here is a and places a rosary before each representation of the global church, an entity hard to understand and guest.

The evening ends early; we have impossible to envision without a visual aid, a map. all had a long day.

The auditors also span the globe.

The pope rises and we get up also and walk out to the hall and The man who takes the' prize for back to his chapel for another the longest trip to Rome came quiet prayer, then down the short from the island of Tonga; he flew. hall to the outer chamber. The first to Fiji, then to Sydney, Auspope smiles and nods and once tralia; Singapore; Bombay, India; again takes our hands as wethank and finally Rome.

Some I know better than others; him profusely for his hospitality. there is a language problem.

Then he is gone.

We are escorted back through My closest friend - and she marble halls with high vaulted ceil- ' would be embarrassed to hear me ings, and again the feeling of space say it - is almost a reincarnation and silence makes us speak in of one of my favorite saints, Teresa hushed tones. Our footsteps barely of Avila. She is Sister Mary Digna make a sound.

Sundaram, the superior general of the Carmelite Sisters of St. Teresa in India, and though scarcely four feet in height, she stands tall among us. When she read a petition at Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, you couldn't see her or understand the Tarrlillanguage in which she spoke. ~ut her presence and prayer were beautiful. ' I mean to write, much more about the participation of the Americans at.the synod, but I will mention here how proud I a,m of their contributions to the proceedings. They are all new friends; we. have become well acquainted,

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through conversations at the hall and at receptions given by various people here in Rome. Their nearness is a comfort ... and they help stave off the waves of homesickness that are beginning to threaten.

I have thought of Peoria often, prayed for our diocese, and have even discovered the name of our small spot on the prairie is not unknown among the participants at the synod. After my intervention, in which I mentioned Peoria, Bishop Vincente Rodrigo Cosneros of Ambato, Ecuador, came up to tell me that sisters from St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria had servedin his diocese. He spoke of them by name and remembered their good work. Small world.

I sought out the bishop of Lesotho and asked him if the name Father 'Cyril Schlarman meant anything to him. Bishop Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane immediately recalled the work and untimely death in a plane crash of Father Schlarman, a priest ofthe Peoria Diocese and a good friend. Our conversation was another welcome link with home.

When I get back to Peoria, I mean to buy路 that map of the world, color in the countries represented by the cardinals and bishops, and use another- shade for the countries in which the auditors live. Then I'm going to pin that map up in my office at The Catholic Post, study it, pray over it, and begin to know more fully both how large and how small the church is, and how diverse and yet similar its people. , I will know where Vanuatu is. I will know where to find Rabat, Khartoum, Halifax, Montevideo, Caracas, Cebu, Lucknow, Motherwell, Jakarta, Karachi, Adelaide and Penang and know that the laity in those dioceses will have the same affirmation, the same stimulus, the same inspiration for their mission as Catholics as will the men and women in my own diocese.

Our cultures differ - how they differ .-:- 'but the mission of the Catholic 'laity is the same all over ' the world. " . . /.

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VATICAN ,CITY (NC) -The , it is a "supreme value'; worth every "kingdom of God" preached by sacrifice, the pope said.

But "ihe'Beatitudesw"hich Jesus Jesus began with the Messiah's proclaimed and ~hich formed the arrival, said Pope John Paul I I. The, pope described the Beati- heart of his message could be tudes preached by. Christ in the called the 'Magna Charta' of the Sermon on the Mount as a "Magna' kingdom." the pope said.

Charta" of this kingdom.

The kingdom - where the meek Speaking to pilgrims and vis- are to inherit tl:ie earth - will be itors during a recent regular public , fully realized only in the future. he audience, the pope said the king- said. But Jesus fulfilled the Messidom of God was a central theme in anic prophecies of the Old TestaJesus' preaching, particularly his ment. and is himself so "intimately parables. The parables taught that linked" with the kingdom that his the kingdom is not a human work. coming means "the kingdom has , but a divine "gift of love." and that truly begun," said the pope.

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ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Young people's Mass 10a.m. Sunday to celebrate All Saints Day will include participation of costumed "saints," introduction of new songs and Beatitude placards.

O.L. ANGELS, FR Parish council meeting 7 p.m.

Nov. 9, including election of officers. Dolores Motta is in charge of a new youth program for ages 13 through high school; signup at Masses this weekend and next. CCD children are asked to contribute canned goods for Thanksgiving baskets.

ST. ANNE, FR 16 parochia.1 school students were named Students of the Month for September. , BL. SACRAMENT, FR RUSSELL Shaw, s'ecretary ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, The parish was remembered for a POCASSET for public affairs of the Na~ Boys' ECHO retreat (Nov. 13 to week earlier this month by the intertional Conference of Catholic 15) applications available in parish cessory community of the Sacred Hearts Sisters.

Halloween party toBishops and the U.S. Cathocenter. lic Conference, has been named ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT night for Junior Choir members, Halloween liturgy 4:30 p.m. to- including trip to Haunted Cafeteria director of public information morrow; all ages welcome; attend in at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, and visiting with geriatric for the Knights of Columbus, costume (boo there or be square!). patients. Children wearing costume a newly created position. He ST. MARY, SEEKONK to 4 p.m. Mass tomorrow will receive starts Dec. I. The announceMass for deceased parishioners 7 a treat. p.m. Nov. 6. ment was made by Msgr.

NOTRE DAME, FR O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER An All Souls Day Mass wiIl be Daniel F. Hoye, general sec"In the Footsteps of Jesus" parish celebrated at 7 p.m. Monday in retary of the NCCB-USCe. mission Nov. 2 through 5; mission Notre Dame Cemetery mausoleum.

Msgr. Hoye said a search comguide: Father Genest; preaching 7:30 All welcome. Junior high school age p.m. and at II a.m. Mass. students wiIl participate in a bus trip mittee would be formed to to Plymouth Plantation Sunday find a successor for Shaw.

HOL Y GHOST, ATTLEBORO Retreat for Confirmation I candi- afternoon. Parents welcome too. The dates 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 15.

Gathering Group will meet at 7 p.m.

ST. JOSEPH, FR Nov. 6 in the chapel for a talk by CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NB Parents are invited to coffee and Sister Claudette Lapointe, RJ M, WLNE-TV meteorologist John doughnuts in the school hall while foIlowed by coffee and conversation.

Ghiorse will speak at the New Bedchildren attend CCD class after 9 ford Catholic Woman's Club guest CHRIST THE KING, a.m. Mass each Sunday. night 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, WamCOTUIT/MASHPEE ST. STANISLAUS, FR sutta Club, New Bedford; program Cub and Boy Scout units are St. Stanislaus will provide the chairman: Mrs. TheodoreJ. Calnan. being organized in the parish. choir and organist, Miss Valerie CATHEDRAL CAMP, BRISTOL COMMUNITY Polka, for tomorrow's noon CatheE. FREETOWN COLLEGE,FR dral Mass honoring 1000 years of Sister Suzanne 'Beaudoin of the faith in Poland.

Youth retreat for Corpus Christi 'I Campus Ministry Office is cooperatChurch, Sandwich tomorrow; retreat today through Sunday for a group ing with the Student Activities Office, ST.GEORGE,WESTPORT A new parish buIletin format has from Maine with Rev. Joseph Mastudent senators and the Catholic guire of St. Patrick's parish, FalStudent Ministry Association in made its debut. Bus driver needed mouth, as director; Bishop Stang organizing a hunger banquet at noon for school. Information at rectory.

High School faculty day Nov. 3. ' Nov. 19 in the college's Common- A free hour of exercise is offered wealth Center. Proceeds will benefit twice each Wednesday and described HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON the Oxfam Fast for a World Harvest as "better than a.erobics because you A free bus will leave the church get credit in heaven." Information project. parking lot at II a.m. tomorrow fc;>r on this program also at rectory. the Polish Heritage Mass to be celeST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH ST. MARY, TAUNTON brated at noon in St. Mary's CatheProspective altar boys may give The parish's adoration chapel is dral by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. their names to Deacon leo Racine open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday or one of the priests. The just-comLaSALETTE SHRINE, through Friday. pleted parish census shows 1881 ATTLEBORO Forthcoming retreats: For Women families registered for a total of 5255 ST. KILIAN, NB Only, today through Sunday; Mid- adults and children. 790 youngsters Widowed support group meeting dle-Age Crazies, for couples married are in CCD classes, directed by 54 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9, rectory basement.

15 to 25 years, Nov. 13 to 15; for teachers, 9 aides and 4 office workers, CPR and Heimlich maneuver inseparated, divorced and widowed, ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM structions will be given by linda Dec. II to [3. Information: tel. 222CYO instaIlation ceremonies at 10 Paradise, RN. AIl widowed persons 8530. Memoria[ service 3 p.m. Sun- a.m. Mass Sunday. Junior CYO welcome. day for Missionary Association members wiIl have a roIler skating O.L. GRACE, N. WESTPORT members and shrine friends and party tomorrow. First graders, parWomen's Guild meeting and baby benefactors. "I Have a Friend Who ents and families will attend an AIl shower for foster parenting program Talks about Committing Suicide," Saints' celebration in the parish haIl of Catholic Social Services Nov. 4. one ofthe shrine's "I Have a Friend" tomorrow morning.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, NB lecture series, will be discussed by O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK Youth Group meeting foIlowing Samaritan member Tony Maione at Resource library of books and . 5:30 p.m. Mass Sunday. Confirma7 p.m. Nov. 4 in the monastery. Sis- tapes is available in the church basetion candidates will make profession ter Philomena Agudo, FM M, shrine ment. Youth Ministry will meet at 6 offaith at II a.m. Mass Sunday. counseling services coordinator, wiIl p.m. Sunday for a discussion on lead a seminar. on love and Rejec- ethics and morality.

DIVORCED/SEPARATED tion 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7. InforGREATER TAUNTON mation on all programs: tel. 222-5410.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS A program on church annulments A 24-hour hotline, 617-991-3360, for divorced and separated CathoHOLY NAME, FR is available for those wishing assislics wiIl be presented from 7 to 9 p.m.

Names of the departed submitted Nov. 15 at Immaculate Conception for prayers during November wiIl be tance with a substance abuse probparish haIl, Taunton, under sponinscribed in a permanent memorial lem either for themselves or others. sorship of the Diocesan Office of book. CYO basketbaIl coaches are DOMINICAN ACADEMY, FR Family Ministry. Speaking will be needed; information BiIl Mello, The Southeastern Massachusetts Rev. Jay Maddock, vice-officialis of 678-8006.

University chamber orchestra will the diocesan marriage tribunal. AIl play "Peter and the Wolf' and offer ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, welcome. accompanying instruction for pupils SWANSEA in grades 2 to 8 at I p.m.

Nov. 4 in Two bags of candy get you into !1 VINCENTIANS, TAUNTON Youth Group dance tonight in the the school.

Taunton District Council of the parish haIl. Halloween party for D of I, ATTLEBORO St. Vincent de Paul Society meeting Alcazaba Circle meeting 6:30 p.m. children 12 and under 5 to 7 tomor8: 15 p.m. Monday, Sacred Heart row, hall.

Nov. 5, K of C Hall. Installation of Church hall, Taunton; Mass for the officers will be followed by a dinner. intention of the canonization of ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB BLUE ARMY society founder Frederic Ozanam' Food for Thanksgiving baskets 5-hour vigil begins 6 p.m. Nov. 6, precedes meeting, 7:30 p.m., church; wiIl be coIlected Nov. IS and 22. The information: WiIliam K. McCarthy, Immaculate Conception Church, parish council wiIl meet after 10 a.m.

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O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Parishioners are urged to attend a program on head injuries 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 5 at K of C Hall. Hyannis.

Those living elsewhere during the winter may have the parish bulletin forwarded to them on request.

ST. JAMES, NB CYO council meeting 7 p.m. Nov. 3, parish center. Altar boy training 'sessions begin II a.m. Nov. 7, church.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Day 01 adoration today from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; prayer meeting 7:30 tonight, rectory. Canned goods are being collected for the New Bedford soup kitchen., Halloween prayer service at school 9 a.m. today. All welcome.

ST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBORO Families are invited to attend 6:30 p.m. Mass tomorrow in costume. A party wiIl follow the Mass. Young women 16 and older wishing to represent the parish at the Bishop's Ball may leave their names at the rectory.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Halloween party for children 10 and younger 2 p.m. tomorrow, parish center. Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12, center, with entertainment by. Father Stephen Fernandes, who will present a program on parapsychology.

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By Charlie Martin

LIVIN' ON A PRAYER Once upon a time Not SO long ago Tommy used to work on the docks Union's been on strike He's down on his luck It's tough so tough , Gina works the diner all day Working for her man She brings home her pay For love, for love She says we've got to hold on to What we've got It doesn't make a difference i( We make it or not We've got each other and that's ,. A lot for love We'l give it a shot Oh we're half way there Oh livin' on a prayer Take my hand We'l make it I swear Oh livin' on a prayer Tommy got his srx string in hock Now he's holding in what he " Used to make it talk So tougb It's tough Gina dreams of running away When she cries in the night Tommy whispers Baby it'S-OK Someday We've got io hold on ready or not You live for the fight when that's All that you've got Recorded by, Bon Jovi. Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie"Sambora , and Desmond, Child. (c) 1986 by April~usic

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and is down on his luck. Gina makes what money they have, but dreams of running away'to a better life. All that they've really got is "each other and that's a lot for love."

Problems can occur in every life. At times, teenagers might feel that they are "livin' on a prayer," hoping to survive their problems.

Everyone needs to know how to take care of themselves when life is stressful and uncertain.

And people can learn to draw upon their inner resources fOr help. .

As the song suggests, emotional support is very important. We need others to listen to what we ani feeling and to respond. Don't be afraid to share what is happening with friends.

Sometimes youths forget that difficult times take a lot out of them physically. At such times, be watchfut"of diet and be careful to get adequate rest. Maintaining a good diet and balancing work with rest provides the energy to overcome problems.

Exercise can be helpful by taking the focus away from difficul~ ties and giving people a break from pressures. At least twice a week, get involved with vigorous physical exercise. Surprisingly, exercising creates new energy to overcome problems.

The song uses the phrase "Iivin' on a prayer" as a metaphor to meal'! barely surviving. But actu"ally, the words offer good advice..

Share your problems with God. No matter what is happening, God ~tands ready to share his strength and healing.

Tough times can be difficultto live through: But if youths take care of themselves and marshall their. inner resources, they can turn problems into challenges and bring out the best in them~ selves.

Your COmments are always welcome." Address Charlie Mar..' tin,.1218 S. Rotherwood Afe., Evansville, lnd; 47714/ ,.

By TOM LENNON

But guess what? Many years later youngest brother was the first one in the family to make.it to the' bright lights of New York City, the Big Apple itself. My brother,and sister weren't mad, but I wonder 'today if maybe they were a mite A. When I was ab'out 8, a wid", jealous of youngest brother. · owed uncle announced that he If you can catch your younger · would take my teenage brother sister il) a fairly good mood'some, znd sister on a vacation to the Chi- time, do you think it might be a cago World's Fair 300 miles away. good idea to show her the above Boy, was I mad - and jealous: I true story? brooded for 24 hours a day and Does some (or all) of he,rjealousy seized every available opportunity spring from seeing you achieve [Glet my mother know how unjustly what she is not yet old enough to , I felt I was being 'treated. achieve and should not be expected Mom kept telling me that one to achieve just yet? day when I was older similar wonDo pangs of envy seize her when derful things would happen to me. she sees you using some of your "Just be patient," she said. earned money to buy the latest "Phooey!" I would mutter under Bon Jovi album? Or does she have my breath. king-sized wishes to use the makeup

Q. I was wondering how to deal with my younger sister who is very jealous and always gets mad at my mother when things don't go her · way. The whole family then gets · apse!. (Pennsylvania) ,

that you are allowed to use now and she is not?

It is so understandable if she feels this way and yet such feelings involve a lot of wasted emotional energy.

You can do her a big favor if you can help her see that living in the present and doing what is appropriate for her age is the key to a lot of happiness and peace and fun.

Can you perhaps help her to call to mind the good things that are happening in her life now? Can you enable her to see'that one day she definitely will be earning money and will be able, to buy albums whenever she wants?

My mom did have the right idea, you know: "Just be patient."

As for the conflict, between your sister and your mother, that is something your mother needs to deal with. It is not your responsibility.

"But maybe, only maybe, you might drop a hint to your mother tnat she needs to confront the conflict with youryoungersister"when things don't go her way."

If your sister is getting the whole family,upset, it's your parents' task to try to get at the root of the problem and to solve it.

Send questions and comments to Tom Lennon, l312 Mass. Ave. N.W., Washington, D,c' 20005.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (NC) - Choir members waved "homily hankies," churches raised pennants in French and Latin, and children traded their parochial school uniforms for colors of red and blue as Catholics in the Archdiocese ofSt. PaulMinneapolis celebrated the success of the Minnesota Twins.

The Twins wrapped up the World Series with a 4-2 victory Oct. 25 over the St. Louis Cardinals in the final game of the annual fall baseball classic.

The Catholic Bulletin, weekly newspaper of the archdiocese, took its turn at the plate with a tonguein-cheek editorial written as a message to the Twins from Pope John Paull!. .

The fictitious papal message, written by editor Bob Zyskowski, expressed the pope's congratulations and said that "even the right hand of the Lord waves a homer hankie."

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"I must tell you that this Slavic soul empathizes deeply with those of you who, by your earnest cheers, 'support those sons of Slavic heritage - Brunansky and Hrbek," the· message said. "But the humbleness of Gaetti, the strength of Viola and Blyleven, the cherubic smile of Puckett, the contrast of the calm, God-fearing Kelly with the brashness of Whitey Herzog, all tug at my heart.

"As the pope, normally I wouldn't tell you to go against the cardinals' wishes - against any cardinals.

"But in this case a dispensation' is in order."

The editorial said the message apparently had been routed to the Catholic Bulletin instead instead of the Metrodome but warned that its authenticity "is highly questionable."

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Coyle and Cassidy High School The Community Service Program at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, has begun its sixth year. 45 seniors are participating under direction of Michael Cote, religion. department chairman.

The program attempts to foster sensitivity to many human needs. .In the classroom, students are made aware of 'world issues including hunger, human rights and racial concern~, and investigate their causes.

During school day free periods and after school and on weekends students work at agencies and facilities including Marian Manor, Head Start, Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Mary schools,' Morton Hospital and the Taunton Soup Kitchen. They are evaluated by work supervisors, Cote and themselves.

"I love talking to the elderly," said one student, "[and] I can tell that they love talking to me .. I would like to work in a nursing home ... where I might be able to bring a little joy into a person's life."

The progr~m is CC's mpst popular academic offering. More than half of this year's seniors wanted to participate. After interviews, 45 were selected by Cote.

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The school has established a scholarship fund to assist needy students, named for James J. Burns, for 35 year~a fa.c~lty member, , 20 Coyle graduates are ,on the scholarShip committee, headed by Joseph Bettencourt, class of '54.

CC.headmaster MichaelDonly, a committee member, notes that the fund will help the school con,tinue its tradition of never turning a 'student away because of inability to pay tuition.

"Jim Burns," says Bettencourt, "was an important part of our high school experience. He motivated athletic teams and inspired the student body to support the teams and create a very special Coyle spirit." Burns coached football and other teams.

Graduates from 1932 to 1970 will be asked to support the scholarship.

Information is available by calling Coyle and Cassidy at 823-6164.

1987-88 Student Council officers at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, are, from left, David Simas, president; Joe Paulo, vice-president; Jeff Cleary, secretary; and Tony Amaral, treasurer.

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tv, movie news Symbols following film reviews "Surrender" (Warners) - Oldindicate both general and Catholic fashioned romantic comedy upFilms Office ratings. which do not dated for-the sexually explicit 80s. always coincide.

A writer (M ichael Caine) who fears General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-I3-parental gui- women taking him for his money dance strongly suggested for children finds a woman (Sally Field) who is under 13; PG-parental guidance sug- not greedy. Some sharp satire on gested; R-restricted. unsui~able for contemporary materialism and a few good bits of humor but its children or young teens. ) Catholic ratings: AI-approved for acceptance of extramarital relachildren and adults; A2-approved for tionships is morally unacceptable. adults and adolescents; A3-approved , O,PG for adults only; 4-separate classification (given films not morally offen"Suspect" (Tri-Star) - Good PARENTS OF girls attending Dominican Academy, Fall sive which. however. require some mystery suspense story of murder River, meet at the· school to finalize plans for its Open House, analysis and explanation); O~morally and corruption in the nation's capoffensive. to be held from I:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday. All are welcome to ital stars an-in-top-form Cher as Catholic ratings for television attend. (Gaudette photo) movies are those of the movie house an appealing public defender who proves her indigent client innoversions of the films. cent, with some assistance from a New Films juror (Dennis Quaid) who has a "Cross My Heart" (Universal) romantic interest in her. Some graphic violence and a lot of moody him and is patron of tax collectors, - Blatant sex comedy about two WASHINGTON (NC) - Whetension and menace. A3, R accountants and bankers; St. ypung singles (Annette O'Toole ther you're a parish priest or a Religious TV Martha, who tidied her home for and Martin Short) who wind up in hairdresser, spend your free time Christ's visit, and is patron of bed on their third date. Some volunteering in a'soup kitchen or Sunday, Nov. I (CBS) - "For housewives, dietitians and cooks; comic moments but seduction and curled up on the sofa watching telOur Times" - CBS News corre- , and St. Joseph of Arimethea, who sex scenes heavy-handed and sour. evision, there's a patron saint for spondent Douglas Edwards reports buried Christ's body, the patron of Nudity, simulated sex and rough you. All the saints are honored on the question of religio-us free-. language. 0, R undertakers.

Sunday, All Saints Day. dom and recent U.S. Supreme "The Sicilhin" (Fox) - Failed Then there are the angels: St. The tradition of patron saints Court decisions interpreting the Gabriel, who announced Christ's version of PU7.0 novel focuses on_ constitutional separation of church -those venerated as special interbirth to Mary, who is patr~n of . Salvatore Giuliano (Christopher and state. cessors before God - dates back Lambert), a historical figure whose postal employees, telephone operto the early church. The devotion Religious Radio rebellion against Sicily's Mafia; ators and radio workers; and S't. perhaps reached its zenith in the Sunday, Nov. I (NBC) landowners and churchmen ended Michael, said to have grappled Middle Ages, when towns were "Guideline" - Investigative rein 1950 with his murder.

Muddled with the devil, who is patron of named after saints and nearly every and disjointed, with graphic vio- porter John Taylor discusses buspolice and paratroopers. St. Jooccupation was assigned a heavlence. brief nudity and some rough iness ethics and insider trading seph, of course, is patron of carpenenly protector. practices on Wall Street. language. A4, R ters.

Now, saints don't seem to go Some saints seem to have become marching into the consciousness patrons the hard way, by martyrof the faithful anymore.

"Groups of Catholics today are dom. St. Stephen, the first martyr, less enamored toward patron saints stoned to death in about the year Continued from Page One than their grandparents were," said 34, is patron of bricklayers.

During the eight-day visit, beginThe patron of hairdressers is St. Msgr. John Tracy Ellis, professor... the inauguration of a new era ning Oct. 20, the five-member ial lecturer in church history at Martin de Porres, who when not in the history of the Maroriite Lebanese delegation met with Catholic University in Washington. counseling the troubled and nurschurch," the agency said. The visit Patriarch Pimen, the Russian He commented in an All Saints ing the sick, was the barber for his opened dialogue between the Orthodox bishops of Moscow and Day interview with the Catholic monastery.

Maronite and -Russian churches several government officials, inAnd those who watch or work Standard, Washington a'rchdioce"which have so many features in cluding Karasnov. in TV have their own patron. She san newspaper. common," it said.

Patriarch Sfeir, who was elected Msgr. Ellis said that 60 years is St. Clare of Assisi, a contemplaThe information agency quoted to his post by the Lebanese bishops tive nun who lived 700 years before ago, when he was a college'student a Soviet foreign office official as April 19, 1986, is known in his in Chicago, Catholics would line the dawn of television but may saying the patriarch's trip was" 'a country as a po.litically neutral have witnessed the first televised up for blocks to attend novenas to reaffirmation given by the Russian mediator respected by Moslems.

Mass for shut-ins.

St. Therese of Lisieux. church of its backing [of] the LebIn July 1986, he told Vatican On Christmas Eve in 1252, Clare, anese people.' " "Like everything else, spiritualRadio that foreign influence is who founded the Poor Clares, lay The official. Alexander Karasity has its fashions, and those needed to end the violence in seriously ill, unable to attend She nov, director of Middle East and ,Lebanon. He said the conflict, fashions go out of vogue," he said. muttered, "Oh, my Lord, behold African affairs, said Patriarch Sfeir involving many factions, "cannot "I say a prayer of devotion· to me left alone in this place with "underlined in Moscow that the be considered a civil war" because my own [patron) saint every day," two churches, Russian and Maro- Lebanon "is under the influence of said Msgr. Ellis, pointing to a you." Suddenly the future saint nite, work in favor of the message many nations, near and far." statue of an earlier author, St. reportedly heard organ music. then had a vision where the entire Massof peace."

John the Evangelist. "We all need unfolded before her in vivid color. heroes and heroin.es to model our In 1958, Pope Pius XII named lives on." her the world patron of television. . Perhaps the most popular patron saint - and surely one of the busiRobert L'Homme. a history est in heaven - is the Blessed teacher at Bishop Feehan High Mother. Under various titles, she School, Attleboro, has been named TORONTO (NC) - The Soviet a Governor John Hancock Fellow is the· patroness of at least' 27 policy,of "glasnost," or, openness, nations or regions, including' the by the coordinating committee'of "is only for the West," said a United States.

"Ratification: The Great Debate Ukrainian Catholic activist who Along with Mary. another popof'88," a federally-funded project. spent more than 20 years in Soviet ular saint is Jude, patron of hope.The project will bring together prisons. Josyp Terelya, a 44-yearless cases, although, as with other 364 teachers and students ;from old Ukrainian Catholic, said he saints, it is unclear how he picked Massachusetts and Maine toJesaw no evidence of "glasnost" in up his patronage. enact the 1788 Massachusetts O.S. the Soviet Union, where Chr:is: According to the Oxford DicConstitution Ratification Conventians "were still praying in secret" tionary of Saints, St. Jude's idention. and "being arre,sted for their faith," tity kept getting mixed up with L'Homme and a yet-to-be-named Terelya, his wife and three chilthat of another -.apostle, Judas.

Feehan student will research Moses dren left the Soviet Union in SepFATHER Edward J: Heawho had an unsavory reputation.

Wilmarth, an Attleboro delegate ley, a-1972 grad uate of Bishop tember after he was released for Because St. Jude's name was rarelv to the convention, for the reenacthealth reasons. Speaking through invoked. he became the patro~ ment, to be held at the Boston Feehan High School, Attlean interpreter, Terelya saiq the saint of desperate causes. perhaps State House. Current plans are to boro, and its first graduate to Ukrainian Catholic Church in the because people only turned to him record the event for national enter the diocesan priesthood, Soviet Union will only be legalized 'as a last resort. television, if "glasnost" is not a "sham." Howrecalls high school summer Persons with information re- reading assignments during a Several saints are patrons of ever, he said, since January, persegarding Moses Wilmarth are (isked their earthly occupations, Examcution and suppression of the to contact L'Homme at 226-6223 recent Mass, at which he w'as ples include St. Matthew. who was Ukrainian church has been worse principal celebrant. during school hours. a tax 'collector when Christ called than previous times,

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FATHER ARKFELD

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (NC) Few people would say they're excited abqut dying, but that's the word Father Rick Arkfeld uses.

"When I heard I had cancer, I was immediately excited," said the 53-year-old pastor of St. Frances parish in Randolph, Neb. "I've never been depressed. I've never been sad," he said. "I have never been angry at God or anyone else. I've been excited that he would think I could handle it."

Since he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in early 1986, Father Arkfeld has often told his story and shared his feelings and thoughts about death with others.

He has been interviewed by newspapers and magazines and has traveled to neighboring towns. and

cities, including Sioux City, less than 50 miles west of Randolph, to speak to groups and answer their questions.

"On Ash Wednesday we say, 'Remember man that you are dust and unto dust you shall return,' but don't ever let me see it, don't show it to me," he said, covering his eyes with his hands to emphasize the words. "So I'm trying to let them see it."

With several forms of advanced cancer that have invaded his lungs, a rib, one leg, his bloodstream and his lymph nodes, doctors originally expected Father Arkfeld to die before the fall of 1986. Now they say he may still live a few more months at most.

His approach to death is filled

with references to his faith and ministry as a priest.

When he preached homilies at funerals before, he said, he spoke about death but his words were just words. Now they have taken on an entirely new meaning.

Italian doctor canonized

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II canonized a 20thcentury Italian doctor and said the physician's service to the sick and the poor made him a model for all In his talks to groups, he com- lay Christians. pares death to crossing a raging Declared a saint in a Mass in St. river, and when you emerge on the Peter's Square Oct. 25 was Dr. other bank you come into a new Giuseppe Moscati, a physician and life in Christ. scientist whose research helped curb He also describes it as "a sacra- the spread of cholera in the overment - the final sacrament from crowded slums of Naples. which we pass., just like birth, into The new saint, who visited a sick life, Death is the sacrament of woman the day of his own death, passing into eternal life." embodied Christ's call to l1elp "the His hope, he said,. is that the, least of my brethren," the pope people he talks to "won't be so said. The doctor frequently did not charge for his treatment of the afraid to die. I found out that this poor and the terminally ill. is one of the greatest fears that He also went beyond "merely people live with, and a lot (of that duty" to be spiritually 'professional fear is) because of the garbage that close to his patients, the pope said. we carry, the guilt that we carry." , As a doctor, Moscati once wrote Many of the questions he gets, he said, are about fear, how one that a: physician must give advice comes to grips with death, what that touches the spirit, and not just death itself will be like, what heaven "cold prescriptions to be sent to the pharmacist," the pope noted. will be like.

More than 80,000 people, many He admits he can't describe death ofthem from Naples, attended the itself or heaven, but he is sure of Mass, which was concelebrated by some things - such as, the things 25 bishops and two cardinals. Docthat seem important in this life, .. tors and nurses read during the li路ke money or good looks, won't celebration, and at the Offertory matter; what will matter is a per- presented as a donation an ambuson's soul and the good the person lance with lifesaving equipment. has done.

The saint, who died in 1927 at As to how one comes to grips with death, he describes his own experience. "When you know you have cancer ana you know you're going to die, God gives路 you the grace of acceptance and I think also the grace of understanding. I don't know any secrets that nobody else knows, but I just haven't been afraid to face the facts."

age 46, denounced abuses in the medical profession, and was a leader in the "humanizati'on of medicine," the pope said in his homily.

He should be imitated by all those in health care tqday, even those who do not share his faith, Pope John Paul said.

The pope said the doctor's canonization, during the final week

of the Synod of Bishops on the laity, underscored the basic values that should guide lay Catholics: a call to holiness; lived through works of charity and inspired by,Christian love.

"The church places before your eyes the figure of a man who ... says to all the laity in the church: 'Consider your vocation!'" the pope said.

He is "the concrete realization of the ideal of the lay Christian," the pope said.

In an Angelus talk after the mass, the pope said the saint had frequently stopped at a Marian shrine near Naples to pray on his way to visit the sick. It was an example, the pope said, of the way Marian devotion is connected to love for humanity.

Marian devotion, he said, can be "an extraordinarily effective means for human advancement and universal peace."

They agree VATICAN CITY (NC) - Topranking representatives of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches expressed "deep agreement" that total nuclear disarmament and the peaceful use of space are needed and called for a common study of human rights problems. Delegates t~ an October "theological conversation" in Venice, Italy, said in ajoint statement that both churches should collaborate to create "a climate of confidence" among nations. Russian Orthodox representatives said such collaboration would be helped by the current Soviet liberalization campaign of "perestroika," or social restructuring, -

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