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FALL R,IVER; MASS., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1i 1985
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A special place" despite "inadequacies"
Cardinal Casaroli
speaks at U.N. Mass
NEW YORK (NC) - Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, Vatican sec retary of state, said at a Mass marking the 40th anniversary of the United Nations that despite the international ,organization's "inadequacies,", it remained "a' special place" for working to build a peaceful world. "There 'are two extTemes to be avoided - a blind optimism or an unenlightened, and certainly not Christian pessimism," he said in a homily Oct. 20 at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. "I would dare to say that :the present situation of the world, with all its negative and frighteningly dangerous aspects,
can and must be transformed ·into a providential opportunity" for building peace, he said. "The enterprise is historically gigan tic, but .not beyond the capacity of humanity." The Mass was celebrated by Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York. Numerous other members of the hierarchy as well as ecumenical representa tives also participated. Vernon WaIters, U.S. ambas sador to the United Nations, and Janviere' Baziyaka, first coun selor of the Rwanda mission to the United Nations, served as lectors. The general interces sions were read by six individ uals in the six official languages
of the United Nations - Eng lish, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic. Cardinal Casaroli noted that the U.N. Charter "adopted June 26, 1945, to become effective Oct. 24 of that year, doubtless caused skeptics to smile at the "utopian idealism." Forty years later, he said, an "examination of conscience" is needed to see what has happened to the earlier hopes and the commitment to peace.
As The Anchor was going to press, Cardinal Casaroli was ex pected to make a full recovery
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CARDINAL CASAROLI addressing the U.N. General Assembly. from a fall he sUffered~Oct. 23 and the consequent removal of his spleen, according to doctors at Cabrini Medical Center in New York. They said they fore saw "no impairment" of his ability to carry out the exten sive worldwide travels and other duties of his ()t'fice, and that he
was expected to leave the hos pital by tomorrow. He would then be expected to stay in New York about a week for follow-up treatment before returning to Rome, the doctors said. The doctors said Cardinal CasaroU, 70, had been in good Turn to Page Seven
NCCW convention
Diocesan wo'men elected
to national office
Two members of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women were elected to national office at the National Council of Catholic Women convention, held Oct. 20 to 25 at the Shera ton Twin Towers Hotel, Or 'lando, FL. The gathering carried the theme "One Heart, One Mind in One Spirit."
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BISHOP CONNOLLY High School student Sarah Hurd· and Bishop Connolly enjoy their meeting. (Dodge-Murphy photo)
Students meet founder
Students at Bishop Con nolly High School, ~all River, recently had the opportunity :to meet their "founding father." TPe Toute of their annual walltathon .Jed them past the Catholic Memorial Home, a'l so in Fall River, where sparkling autumn weather lured retired Bishop Jam~s L.·
Connolly to the front to wave 'a greeting. Several. girls from the for merly all-boys' school couldn't resist adding a hug to' the encounter, prompting the bishop, who wiU be 91 Nov. 15, to chuckle that !he thought it "a grand idea" that the school he opened :in 1967 is now coeducational.
Mrs. James A. O'Brien Jr., a past president of the diocesan council and immediate past Boston province director, led a slate of 12 nominees' for the organization's national nomina ting committee. The St. Mary's . Cathedral, Fall River, parishioner will serve as national chairman of the committee. Mrs. Michael J. McMahon, also a cathedral parishioner and former diocesan council presi dent, as well -as a past national treasurer, was elected to serve as treasurer of the NCCW asso ciates. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan moderator, led a dele gation of 19 council members to the biannual convention. Father
James F. Lyons, New Bedford deanery moderator, and Father Joseph L. Powers, St. Elizabeth Seton parish, No. Falmouth, also attended.
women in the Palm Beach Dio cese she knew little about women's church organizations or even how to introduce a bishop.
The diocesan women were greatly responsible for the suc cess of a silent auction held at the convention. Mrs. O'Brien served as co-chairman of the fimdraiser, which netted over $11,000.
Nine years later, the keynote speaker said, she can look at the "success of· The Catholic Evan gelist" and her own accomplish ments as a doctoral degree can didate and convention speaker.
On Oct. 22, conventioneers were addressed by Susan Blum, founding editor of The Catholic Evangelist, a national magazine published in Boca Raton, FL, by the Catholic Evangelism Founda tion. She told participants .not to let a lack of experience or con fidence .keep them from lay ministry. . "There is not a person in this room who could have less ex perience, less confidence or 'less knowledge than I did nine years. ago," she told the 1700 dele gates. She said that when she joined the local council of Catholic
Archbishop Edward A. Mc Carthy of Miami, chief cele brant at the convention M~ss the same day, told delegates "to transform the world" by evan gelizing people outside and in- side the church. "We are evangelizers but we need to be evangelized," he said. "Evangelization calls for not only believing the revealed truth but 'living it. Everyone is responsible in his or her own way to spread the news of Jesus. No member plays a' passive role." Evangelization, he 'said, can take place everywhere men and women "meet, dream their Turn to page thirteen,
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Friday,
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Over-personalized rites
Mother _Angelica
against boycotts
NEW YORK (NC) ~ Mother
Angeli<:a, founder of the Eternal
Word Television Network, said
ata recent New York press con-_
ference that Catholics should -not
try to improve American tele
vision by the negative strategies
- of boycotts and "screaming," but by producing more good quality programs themselves. "The church is terrifically re
miss in production," she said.
"As a church we ought to have
the most fantastic programs ever
• produced." Mother Angelica, superior of
Our Lady of the Angels Monas
tery in Irondale, Ala., just out
SISTERS M. Scholastica Heaney (left) and M. Eugene side Birmingham, was in the Sullivan, who taught at St. James and St. Kilian schools in New York area for' a speaking _
New Bedford, enjoy a chat. (Jussaume photo) engagement at the National Blue
Army Shrine -in Washington,
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In - appealing for greaUy in The elderly in our society are of Mercy is lived within these creased TV production by par often in the news. Headlines elderly sisters' physical limita ishes, dioceses and other agen paint a grim picture of life on tions. cies of the church, Mother An To provide for their care, the gelica said Catholics should not social security- allotments, of neglect and abuse, 3:nd of rapid- Sisters of Mercy renovated their be intimidated by cost. former novitiate in Cumber "We have lost in the church 'ly deteriorating _mental and land. The facility now provides physical abilities. Little is heard the theology of, risk," she said. professional medical, nursing, of the good things ,the acti "We say, it will cost. We are so and paramedical services as part cost-minded we don't even try." vities of numerous senior citizen groups, the third and' fourth of a total program aimed at the Mother Angelica, whose net physical, emotional, rehabilita careers, the fullness ,of life ex work's programming is carried by perienced by these older citizens. tive, and social wellbeing of some 250 cable systems nation Indeed, despite the sensational each sister, recognizing that ally, said since radio and tele headlines, many elderly live each is a valuable member of vision have such a strong influ active Hves full of carfng and the Mercy Community entitled ence the church must use them sharing, health arid happiness. to achieve her full potential and - to reach people. The Sisters of Mercy at Mt. St. enjoy her retirement years. The Sisters' of Mercy, the sole A, member of the Poor Clares Rita Health Centre Cumberland, of Perpetual Adoration, Mother R.I., are no exception. Nearly financial- supporters of the - Angelica entered religious life 100 retired and infirm sisters, centre, annually sponsor a in 1944 in her native, Ohio. But inoluding many who have served benefit dinner to help meet the facing surgery that might have in the Fall River diocese, reside expense of providing- for more at the centre. Their daily agenda and more of sisters. This years' left her unable to walk, she vow ed to build a monastery "in the includes prayer, crafts such as dinner will take place Wednes: day, Nov. 6, at Venus de Milo
ceramics _and needlework, hob South" if she came through suc Restaurant, Swansea.
cessfully: In fulfillment of the bies, therapy sessions and recrea For tickets or information re
vow, she founded Our Lady of tion. Much of their time is still garding private contributions, the Angels in 1962. devoted to service of each other. please contact Sister Marie She began her television min Lourdette, Fall River, 679-8511; istry producing some programs They help one another in' what Sister Rose Angela, Attleboro, ever way :they can: pushing for the Christi-an Broadcasting 22?-7970; Sister Mary Nora, wheelchairs, serving meals, feed Network. Her own Eternal Word New Bedford, 992-3694; Sister ing those who cannot feed them Television 'Network was launch jselves, 'lending 'a hand with Mary Margretta, 'Taunton,' 822 ed in 1981. other small tasks. The fourth 9206; or Sister Mary Alban, EWTN offers fOUT hours of vow of service taken by Sisters Cumberland; 401-333-6352. programming nightly. ,
Mother Angelica said it costs
$360,000 per month to operate
and is not backe4 by any "big
donors."
A:sked if as a woman she felt
discriminated against in the
church, she replied, "I don't feel
inhibited by anything. The church
has been good to me.~"
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But she also commented that "it's a man's world," and said it was' particularly difficult to be a woman and 'a nun in cable tele vision. Still, she said, if she had been told that 'some 'nun in a convent - near B'irmingham was starting
a television network, she too
would have "thought the nun in
Birmingham was nuts."
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, VATICAN CITY (NC)-Qverly sure that such efforts conform "personaHzed" liturgies are to church norms. Such an adaptation process, atn0ng the "regrettable failings" called inculturation, is used in which mar reform of worship ser vices,' Pope John Paul II told many missionary countries. members of the Vatican Congre Some of the adaptations would gation for Divine Worship at seem "useless, or dangerous, their recent annual plenary as above -all those which carry the sembly. stamp of pagan or superstitious The pope also said that some beliefs," the pope said. adaptions of the liturgy to local "The needed adaptation should cultures "carry the. stamp of first of all safeguard the substan pagan ot· superstitious beliefs." tial unity of the Roman liturgy," The' pope's 1,00'O-wordspeech he added. did not include examples of - "In the sacramental murgy abuses: He praised overaH appli there is an unchangeable part of cation of Vatican II liturgical re which the church is a guardian, forms, saying it has produced, in and a changeable part which the most cases, "full; active and church has the power - and communitarian" _participation by sometimes even the right - to Catholics. -adapt to the cultures of newly '~But it is necessary to point . evangelized peoples," the pope said. out that, mixed with this pro Inculturation "requires serious gress, .one occasionaHy observes formation and an effort which is regrettable fa'iIings which must longer and more de1:icate than the be cOITected: such as a too-per ,sonalized style, omissions - and passage from one language to illicit additions, rites :invented another," the pope said. outside of the established norms, Successful inculturation "is and attitudes which are unfavor the fruit of a high-level compe able to the sense of sacredness, tence and solid studies in liturgy, beauty 'and reconciliation," sa'id theology, law, history, sociology the pope. and the languages Of different Such abuses "cause a very -sad ethnic groups,': ?e added. retardation and' deviation of prayer life in -the church," 'he added.
"I ask you, therefore, to en
courage and effectively promote '<ill organizations and initiatives which aid ,in the, better under standing and application of the' "The Handicapped: A Source liturgy," he said~ of Life," a seminar dealing with The pope encouraged adapting interaction between the reli the liturgy to -local cultures but gious communi·ty and the handi· warned church officials to make capped, will be held from 9:30 a.m. .to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, 'at Msgr. Thomson Center of St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis. Cosponsored by the parish and the Cape Cod Council of Churches, the day will consist of BALTIMORE (NC) - A pre a morning panel discussion and dominately black Baltimore par four afternoon workshops, each ish has joined in a $1.8 million _ of the latter repe;1ted to permit !facial discrimination Jawsuit attendance 'at two sessions. against a local swim club, al The. morning program wiH leging the club refused to Jease present Mrs. Barbara Piros of facilities to the parish while say ing they were available for the South Yarmouth school sys tem, discussing children aged 3 whites. "We have ,a kind of apar theid here in Baltimore," said to 6; Mrs. Natalie Ryan, Morse Josephite Father Carl Fisher, ~ond School, Falmouth, discuss ing 10 to 13-year-olds; and Mrs. pastor of St. Franci~ Xavier par ish, which joined the Jawsuit Cynthia Eagers, Barnstable High _with a ,private civil rights agency School, 15 to 20-year-olds. Also contributing will be neurologist and two white "testers:' en Dr. William Johnson and psy gaged ,after the parish was un chologist Dr. Joseph Ryan. able to reserve the facility for a A brown bag luncheon period picnic. will includ.e 'the opportunity to view workshop displays. . The workshops will deal with visual handicaps, discussed by ROME (NC) - Two Jesuit Mrs. June Wenberg, Vision Re brothers in Yugoslavia have been source Center; William Heisler, sentenced to 50 days in prison a former director of Perkins following a public argument with School for the Blind; and Mr. a retired army officer. Jesuit ad and Mrs. John Boyle and Judy ministrators -in Rome said Broth Boyle, 'a former Perkins student. ers Ereiz Franjo and Mato Vla . Hearing handicaps will be dis hovic were sentenced in Tivat, cussed by Sister Katheleen Yugoslavia. Brother Franjo is the Murphy, OP of the Diocesan secretary of the Jesuit Croatian Deaf Apostolate; problems of province and Brother Vlahovic ,the learning impaired will be directs a Jesuit residence on the the topic of Sister Mary Shawn tiny Adriatic island of Madonna Hurley and Mrs. Wendy McKay; .of the Graces. The dispute con while creative ministry to the cerned unauthorized landing on handicapped will be treated by the island. Jacques and Mary Ward.
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mandated retirement age
CARDINAL KROL
Forum set for divorced Nov. 30
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Nov:::'1~J19'85'
PHILADELPHIA (NC) - Car dinal John Korol of Philadelphia turned 75 Oct. 26, the age at which church law requires bishops to submit their resigna tions. The Code of Canon Law, while mandating the retirement age, 'also' allows the pope to de lay -accepting the resigriation. An example of that waa the resignation of Cardinal Timothy Manning of Los Angeles. He turned 75 in November 1984 but remained head of the arch diocese until last July 16, when Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation and appointed Arch bishop Roger Mahony his suc cessor. The Catholic Standard and Times, newspaper of the Phila-
delphia Archdiocese, noted the birthday Oct. 24 in an editorial and in two pages of comments by individuals who have known the cardinal. The editorial said the car, dina I had submitted his letter of resignation to the pope and noted that under 'church law one of the circumstances a pope can take into account in con sidering an offer of resignation is the health of the bishop. The editorial said Cardinal Krol re cently passed his annual physi- " cal and has been keeping a rigorous schedule. "The cardinal has said that he is looking forward to dedi cating the 100th church since he has been archbishop of Phila delphia," the archdiocesan news paper noted. "In March if the pope does not accept the car dinal's letter, the cardinal will observe his 25th anniversary as WASHINGTON (NC) - Pro archbishop of Philadelphia, an lifers have praised the Reagan other milestone in his Hfe." administration's withdrawal of a' On Oct. 3, Pope John Paul $10 million grant to the U.N. named Cardinal Krol a member Fund for Population Activities. and co-president of the extra cecause of its involvement in ordinary Synod of Bishops to be China's family planning program, held in Rome in November. which they said was abetting Cardinal Krol has headed the forced abortions. "We're jump Philadelphia' Archdiocese since ing for joy," said National Right 1961. He was named a cardinal to Life Committee president, Dr. in 1967. Of the four active car John WiIlke, noting that the dinals in the Unit~d States only Agency for International Devel Cardinal Krol attended the opment has set. strict conditions Second Vatican Council in the for future funding of the agency 1960s as a bishop. after accusing it of involvement ~ native of Cleveland and the in China's one-child-per-couple son of Polish immigrant parents, family planning program. he was, ordain~d to the priest • 111I11I11I11I11I11I11I11I11I11I11I11I1111I111I1111I11I111I11I11I11I11 hood in 1937 and was made an auxiliary bishop in Cleveland in There will be an opportunity 1953. to receive the Sacrament of Re conciliation before' the closing Mass, scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
The Office of Family Minis try, directed by Rev. Ronald A. Tosti, will sponsor a diocesan wide forum for separated and divorced Catholics from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Satu1'day, Nov. 30, at the Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Rd., N. Dartmouth. The program, on the theme "A Reed Bruised But Not Broken," will feature workshops and a keynote speaker and will conclude with Mass. Four work shops will be offered in a two part series, vt,ith pa'rticipants choosing one workshop from each series. Morning choices are "Feel ings: The First Five Years," led by Frederick Chapman, assistant director of, Attleboro area Cath olic Social Services; and "An nulment," 'led by Rev. Jay T. Maddock, secretary of the dio cesan Marriage Tribunal. The afternoon offerings are "Single Parenting," led by Rosa Lopes, Advance registration for the director of New Bedford area day, at a cost of $5 closes 'Nov. Catholic Social Services; and 22 and will include a buffet "Spi'ritual Growth of the Div lunch. orcing Person," led by Deacon Registration at the door will Robert LeMay of St. John's par be $2 and will include the ish, Pocasset. Keynote speaker Rev. Rob . workshop series. Further information is avail i:rrt Kaszynsk'i, pastor of St. Stanislaus parish, Fall River, will able from parish priests or the speak at 1:30 p.m., addressing Office of Family Ministry, 999-6420. the convention theme..
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Assembly marks
name change
New Bedford's former McMa hon Assembly # 151 of Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, which last January officially changed its name to the Humberto Cardinal Medeiros Assembly; will celebrate the change Sunday, Nov. 17, at an installation of officers, followed by'a memorial Mass and banquet, The installation will take place at 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Mt. Car mel Church, Rivet and Bonney Streets, New Bedford. The follow ing Mass will be offered for Cardi nal Medeiros and all departed assembly members. The banquet, beginning with a 6 p.m. cocktail hour, will be held at White's restaurant Westport. Reservations for individuals or
groups are available from plan ning committee members George Thomas, Ernest Medeiros, Edgar Langis, Richard Bruneau, Walter Zolnierz, Manny Sylvia, Ray Borges and Abel Fidalgo. Proceeds from the event will benefit the library of the Catholic University of Portugal. Now under construction, the library's main floor and auditorium will be named for Cardinal Medeiros. New assembly officers to be seated Nov. 17 include Msgr. Luiz G, Mendonca, diocesan vicar general and pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, faithful friar; Ernest P. Medeiros, faithful navi gator; Richard D. Bruneau, faith fulcaptain; and Manuel A. Sylvia, faithful admiral.
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UHumberto Cardinal Medeiros. P.O. Box C·409. New Bedford, MA 02740"
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. I, 1985
the living word
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the moorin&...-. '. Secular Onslaught
Despite the clamor of sneers and snide remarks from left
field, Secretary of Education William J. Bennet brings a
refreshing new hope to the public arena. His outspokenness of
support for our Judeo-Christian tradition·has made him many
foes, given today's political spectrum. He dares to.talk about
traditional religious and moral values in gov.ernment and
educatiom
In a recent address to the Knights of Columbus he spoke on
the.recent Supreme Court case, known as the Felton decision,
which bans public school teachers from teaching remedial
classes in parochial schools. He stated that the Department of
Education will do its very best to nullify the damage done by
the Felt~n decision to ,the education of needy children.
It is his hope to work with local school authorities todevise "
other' means to provide required services. He is abol.lt to
prepare legislation allowing the conversion of Chapter O'ne
funds into a voucher system. Such a program would give
parents the choice to use these funds in any school.
The efforts of the Supreme Court as evidenced in so many
school decisions have in effect· created an atmosphere of
devisiveness. The various decisions they hav~ handed down
with regards to parochial and private schools have had the
cumulative effect ofbuilding walls between public and private
schools. It really is ironic that the people of Amer:ica !lave'
come.a long way in overcoming so many old divisions, but that
they must now face a new source of separation, namely, the
..assault of the secular on the religious. Nothing could be more 'damaging to the fibre of our national life than to allow government to secularize the total fabric of our living. Yet decisions of the highest court ,in this land, just iIi the area of education, clearly indicate a· trend to enforce this secular philosophy as the new American way. Stipressed is the fa'ct ·that the history of Ame,rican education, as indeed that of the.
entire national experience, eannot- be understood without
reference to the Judeo-Christian tradition.
The implementation of the Fettondecision has caused pub 'In God is lic education systems ~o invent ways lind means to comply with
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the law that they service all remedial cases. In many cases th~, attempt to implement the law has led to questionaple educa
tional procedures and methods which, if test~d within them
selves, would be judged as legal violations. This most recent 'verdict is secularism carried to its most ridiculous and fanatical by Tracy Early . extreme. Sorry to say, little voice has been echoed by the parochial NEW YORK (NC) - Partici school community in opposition. The collective silence of the pants in a' national teleconference American church is devastating in its emptiness. Have we just on Catholic inner-city schools var given up fightingJor what is fair and just for our children? Has iedin their views of how explicitly the secular just overpowered us to such an extent that we are Catholic the schools should be, but agreed they should be distinc apathetically surrendering our rights to their demand? Are we tive in the values they. transmit as willing to be treated as second class cit,izens because we fail to well as academic excellence. uphold our constitutional freedoms? The October teleconference was In many ways the secular has been .successful because the the fifth in a series of six being Catholic community has become impassive and seemingly produced this year by the National indifferent. We have lost most of our steam and our energies. It Pastoral Life Center in New York, with funding assistance from the ,seems that we are just so tired. ., Catholic Communication Cam 1£ we remain in this stupor then we can be assured that the paign: It was broadcast live via .present assault on our educational freedoms is just one more satellite to diocesan groups by the step to the complete absorption of the religious by the secular Catholic Telecommunications Net in legal fact and deed. This should not be allowed to happen. work of America. Father Philip Murnion, direc SomehoW, atsome time, that Catholic community and all in tor of the National Pastoral Life ·this nation who uphold the values, ethics and indeed, morals of Center and teleconference.moder the Judeo-Christian tradition, will hav~ to rise up from their ator, began diSCUSSIon by asking sleep. It would behoove us that' we pray that this awakening whether the mission of the church's will take place in the not too distant future. We encourage inner-city schools should be "eduThe Editor . cation as a social service to the public officials to do the same.
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Views on Catholic schools
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-OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER -Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River 410 Highland Avenue Fall River Mass. 02722 675-7151 PUBLISHER Mosl Rnv. Dani'}l A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D. EDITOR FINANr:IAL ADMINISTRATOR .Rev. John F. Moore Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan . . . . . leary Pre$s-Fall
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"We're candid about what we're there for - to baptize people," he said. "We make no bones about that. We don't want people unless they fully believe in what we're . doing." Father Clements also said Holy Angels School is explicit and firm in 'the demands it makes on pupils and their parents. Unless they can show they are actively involved in another church, they must attend Mass at Holy Angels. ·Parents must not only pay tuition but also produce add.itional sp,ecified amounts through fund-raising .ac tivities, and grant .the school the right to discipline children as it deems necessary. . He refused to concede anything to a viewer who caIled from one diocese to suggest that some peo~ pIe ,in the past had left the church because of excessive discipline in parochial schools.
"We're in a society of rules and community or education as evan reg!Jlations, " Father Clements gelizatiop of children." replied. "To survive, we must know Father .George. Clements, a how to play the game. If the poor prominent black priest who is pas ; don't learn the rules and regula tor of Holy Angels Church in Chi tions, they will simply wind up in cago, stressed conversion as the somebody's jail." primary purpose. "We have But he also said the school Catholic schools because we have makes itself attractive by emphasis Catholic churches," he said. He said that at Holy Angels on black culture and black dignity, School, 80 percent of the pupils and has a long waiting list of par entering at the kindergarten level ents wanting to get their children admitted. are non-Catholic, but over 90 per cent of those completing the eighth Father Edward Flahavan, pas grade are Catholic. tor of St. Stephen's Church in
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Minneapolis, said about 55 per cent of the pupils in his school are non-Catholic· and said the parish sees school support in large mea sure as a social service to the neighborhood. But he said the school engaged in evangelization in the sense of trying to help the children - many of them from single-parent and' disrupted families develop the human" qualities Jesus showed concern for·during his earthly min istry. The curricull.\m includes religious instructions, but the school is not as aggressive)n pres . enting Catholicism as Holy Angels in Chicago, he said. Josephite Sister Mary Jane Raeihle, principal of New Bedford Stuyvesant Junior High School in Brooklyn, said her school shows respect for the. religious back ground of its students, most of whom are non-Catholic blacks. It seeks to transmit Catholicism "in subtle ways," she sa'id, and hopes God will give the grace of con version. Teresian Sister Ernestine Gon zalez, an education consultant to the" Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas; said most students in church school's of her area were Catholic, though many of the par ents were not active in the church. The parents who send their child ren to parochial schools, she said, are mostly "upwardly mobile His panic families" who recognize the importance of values inculcated by these schools and do not find them in public schools.
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Common stresses I once tested a survey on common stresses in the family with over 200 parents and was surprised to find neighbors high on the list. So I asked, "What makes for tension in your neigh borhood?" and this is what I learned. Barking dogs: Dogs were the most commonly mentioned prob lem of any. "The dog next door barks whenever he's alone and that means he barks all day long," said a mother. "These neighbors are great but they just don't realize how maddening that constant bark ing is." Teen music: "The teenagers in our neighborhood are allowed to play their radios at full volume and sometimes it gets so bad, we have to leave," said another par ent. Backyard enjoyment seems especially marred for families who exist next to dogs and music. "Why should we be barked at for being on our own patio?" is a common complaint. Early morning weekend nouse: "Weekends are the only times we can sleep late," complained sever al. "Why do neighbors mow their lawn or let their kids' play outside at 8 a.m.? Don't they have consid- . eration for those of us who might want an extra hour or tw.o of sleep?" Neighbors who don't like kids: Many parents referred to neigh bors, either childless or with grown children who object to normal
play and noise of children. "We th.ought we were moving into a family neighborhood," a dad explained, "but the neighbors act as if they're living in a retirement community. Our kids aren't bad - they're kids. What do people expect if they live in a neighbor hood of three or four bedroom hO"les?" Many others agreed with him. Squabbling kids: Many parents mentioned neighborhoods where one or two children tyrannize the rest or where families don't speak because their kids can't get along. This makes for constant tension. A neighborhood troublema~er: This is usually a woman, I regret to admit, who proclaims herself arbitrator of behavior. Frequently she involves herself in issues which are none of her business. She calls neighbors over insignificant issues, even calls the police occasionally. She lays a real guilt load on par ents of children who behave like ' normal children, and she seems to enjoy the trouble she caus.es.
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know about bothersome noise or behavior. "We invited our neighbors over for an evening dessert on the patio and let them 'Iisten to their own dog," said one. " When they com mented on it, we admitted it was an irritation and after that they brought their dog inside whenever we were on the patio. We thanked them later and told them to let us know if our noise ever bothered them."
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I loved it. And then one evening a Mercedes Benz quickly put an end to my love and joy. With one big sideswipe it took out my headlight and sprinkled the street with fresh chips of enamel paint. My gallant effort to take a step forward for beautification was reversed dramatically. At first I was angry. Then I calmed down and became philo sophical. Doesn't the Book of Eccles iastes say there is nothing new under the sun? That nothing lasts long? A hundred years from now would it really matter if m'y present car. was a heap of rust or a joy to behold? I received much heartfelt sym pathy. One remark, however, caused me some consternation. I was told I would have been better off letting the car remain in its beat-up ·condition. Then other drivers would avoid me since they would have more to lose in an accident. I was also told that you can never keep anything nice for long. My consternation comes from realizing that some pe~ple think you should not even try to main tain beauty. I get this impression more and more. ' For example, many of our big cities have given up on· cleaning graffiti off walls, or picking up broken glass and sometimes even the garbage in some neighbor hoods.
The facades of public transpor-: tation vehicles often look as if they
have been splashed with something awful. Walk through a university dorm and you are in for a rare experience. It is like being in an unkempt camp on the brink of the plague. Often classrooms are no better. I believe we must go into action! We must speak out loudly and clearly' against the notion that beauty and c1~anliness are too costly, a fruitless task beyond our control.
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Another couple asked their neigh bors if they could keep their kids on the other side of their home in early morning play and they agreed pleasantly. Others talked with neigh bors of a troublemaker and agreed Other problems mentioned not to believe anything she said include teenage language and driv- . until they talked with one another. ing, children's disregar~ for prop The most creative solution was erty, especially gardens, nosy neigh a group of parents who decided to bors, vandalism and lack of neigh hold a pre-summer potluck to estab borliness. lish friendships and rules for the What are the solutions to these long hot summer ahead. "It was stresses? I' asked that, ioo, and the first time we had a chance to found that many had found work really know each o~h.er," they said. able ways of handling them. The "Now, it's an annual custom and most common was being friendly our neighborhood life is much but honest in letting neighbors pleasanter. "
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Heaven., hell and his love Q. My husband and I were talk ing about heaven and hell. He believes that God created Lucifer, not as an angel of light, but as Satan to test mankind. He also does not believe in hell, but believes that all souls go even tually to heaven, since God is all loving and all knowing. Can you tell us the church's teaching on this? (Illinois) A. It is our traditional Catholic and Christian belief that all angels - the non-material, intelligent, spiritual beings created by God were created in a state of super natural friendship with God. Certainly it is clear from Scrip ture, as well as from the tradition of Christianity, that all creation, including any angels, was good as it came. from the hand of the crea tor. As the story in Genesis tells us, God iooked at the whole of his creative work and "saw it was good." Nothing truly evil could come from a God who is unlimited goodness. Hell, as we Christians· under stand it, is a condition of eternal separation frorri God. Since we' believe that all goodness and beauty . is only a reflection of God's own goodness and that only he can ful fill the, longings of our· heart for total happiness, separation from him forever would be the worst imaginable suffering for any hifman
being. Is such a hell possible? We
know it must be. God's very creation of us was an act of love. In his continual crea tive love he not only invites us to love him in return; his love ( as all love does in its own degree) ena bles us, energizes us, to respond to that love by our own growth in goodness, holiness and a loving . relationship with him.
which every home had either a flower box hanging from the win dow or a flower garden. I often However, not even God can have thought this is really first class. force love. At some point, no mat One day it dawned on me that a ter how urgent the invitation or single individual must have initiated how strong the attractiveness of Why do I raise these considera this beautification effort and that the lover may be, the one who is tions? Because it has been demon his or her love for beauty triggered calling another to love reaches .a strated in studies that sufficiently , point at which he must say: "Now a chain reaction. unpleasant surroundings have a With all that in mind, I decided 'the answer is up to you. Is it yes or strong dulling and stultifying effect not to let my car turn to rust but to no?" on us. have it painted once again. Is it I If the one who is loved is free to Abraham Maslow, a noted psy worth the bother.? I hope so. Will it answer yes - in other words, free chologist, found the need for beauty start a chain reaction?' You just to love - he must be free to say no is almost universally present, in never know. as well. Indeed, that no must be healthy children. He contends that I respected as well as the yes, or the evidence of the need for aesthetics, whole invitation to love is meaningand beauty is found in every culless. '. ture and age. . ' To thus say no to God, in a final I believe one of the talents we and total way without any latter most neglect in life is the talent to , return to him, is to choose separa . November. 2 assess the beauty which surrounds tion from him - to choose hell. A Memento for. the repose of us. It is the talent to ask, "What Has any human being in history can I do to cultivate beauty, even if the souls of our priests not on this I ever made such a choice? We it is ever so little an effort?" list. Rev. Joseph S. Fortin, Founder, simply have nO'way of knowing. Both in Europe and in the Uni 1923, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River The deepest souls of even those ted States I have visited towns in Rev. Michael V. McDono!Jgh, who seem most evil in the history Chaplain, 1933, St. Mary H.ome, of our human experience are known only to God.
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The whole question is a mystery about which God has chosen to tell very little. In his prayer at the Last Supper (John 17), Jesus unveils his expectations and dreams for the fulfillment of the mission given him by the Father. It is a prayer filled with hope and it is our awesome privilege as Christians, by our prayer and our living a gospel-centered life, to share in that prayer. Q.I am a convert to the Catholic' faith, baptized in 1979.1 was mar ried in a Jewish ceremony by a rabbi in 1956. I don't know how this was not discussed when I took instructions but I have been told by a priest in our parish that my.marriage is recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. Is this correct? My wife and I want to be buried together in a Catholic cemetery with Catholic services for myself and Jewish services for her. Is this possible? (Massachusetts) A. You can rest easy on both scores. A marriage between two people, neither of whom is Catholic, is valid in the eyes' of the Catholic Church. Since you were married before becomtnga Catholic this would be true for you. The only problem would arise if there had been a previous mar riage with a living former spouse for either of you. While'the ptiest perhaps did not make a point of it, I'm sure he checked this with you before you were received into the church.. No church law would prohibit both you and your wife being bur ied together in a Catholic ceme tery. Talk to your priest or to your local Catholic cemetery office. A free brochure outlining Catho lic marriage is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloom ington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.
Too many hungry WASHINGTON (NC) "There 'are still too many hungry people in our communi ties," and Congress' and the White House are to blame, de clares a new report by the ecu menical Christian anti-hunger organization Bread for the World. The organization, in its report, "Unfed America 1985," detailed findings from surveys in 36 communities across the nation. The report notes t'hat "churches are being called upon to feed and assist growing num bers of needy individuals and families" and that "the severe crisis of the early 1980s has be come a stubborn problem that refuses to go away."
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CAGLIARI, Sardinia (NC) -:. John Paul II has condemned the execution of South ,African black poet Benjamin Moloise and has ca:JIed raCial discrimination in South Akica CIa persistent situa tion of objective iinjustice." "A worldwide wave of com m~tion has been raised over the capital punishment of South African poet Benjamin Moloise, " for whom numerous 'and pressing clemency appeals had been made," the pope said during a recent visi~ to the Italian island of Sardinia. 'Moloise, a member of the il 'legal African National Congress
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Moloise had said he was inno , c~nt' and' had admitted to the murder under 'government pressure. ':Death inflicted as punish ment always provokes turbulence and anxiety," the pope said in a four-paragraph statement dur ing his noontime Angelus talk in Cagliari, the Sardinian capital. "In this case one must add the anguish lor a persistent situa tion,of objective .injustice, ,which continues to produce fighting, v~9le'nce and ·endless ,suff~ri.~g," he'said. The pope asked prayers "for all victims of hate and racial discrimination." He also prayed that "the way to justice and human respect in a renewed con text of' peace and security fin ally becomes opened in that tor mented African country which is so dear to me." , , South Africa'ri officials have said that 760 people ihave died 'iil racially motivated violence 'since September 1984.' 'Many clemency pleas for Moloise said', ' his ,execution would provoke more violence 'by blacks opposed . to, apartheid,' the 'government's ,legal system of st,rict' racial seg regation. At ~east four people died !in racial-related incidents Oct. 19 and 20, the weekend following the poet's execution.
Stand backed NEW YORK (NC) -'AuxiUary 'Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit and Dominican' Sister Patricia Hartigan, president of the Intercommunity Center for Justice and, Peace in 'New York, are among religious leaders sign , SUNDAY MARKED the observance of the 75th anni ing a statement of support for yersary of Espirito Santo parish school, Fall River the oldest New Zealand's stand against let ,ting ships with nuclear weapons " Portuguese school in the country. A ~ass of Tha~ksgivi~g, ,use ,its ports. "We believe that' featuring a 75-voice children's choir, preceded a banquet at the declaration of tNew Zealand White's restaurant, Westport. Pictured above, from left,' as a nucIear-free zone is an ex Father Luis A. Cardoso, Espirito Santo pastor; Sister Mildred pression of God's wiII to trans Morrissey, F.M.M., school principal; guest speaker Edmond form our entire beautiful planet Borges, principal of St. Mary's School, Taunton, and a 1963 into a h~~y pl~ce free of nuclear . '. Santo ' Scoo, h ian d..h'IS ~'fe; M' ' weapons, slUd the statement, sgr. L' ~IZ issued by ,the Religious Task graduate 0 f Espmto G. Mendonca, Mass celebrant and homlbst; SIster Josephme , Force of the Mobilization for 'Iozzia, F.M.M. provincal. (Torchia photo) , , 'Survival. '
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The cardinal was admitted to the hospital after falling at the Vatican's mission to the United Nations in New York, where he was staying during his visit. According to a spokeswoman at the mission, the cardinal fell down a flight of stairs; sustain ing a laceration over his left eyebrow. He was taken to the hospital, where he was admitted for observation. At a fil1lll1 ex amination before he was to be released Oct. 24, doctors noticed a red blotch on his left side which indicated hemorrhaging. They then discovered the rup tured spleem
Dietzen fan Dear Editor: I am 83 years old and have faithfully attended Sunday Mass except for illness. I grew up in an era where it was "Pray, Pay and Obey." I never regretted or criticized ;it. I got The Anchor and am overjoyed by the col umn "We have much in com mon," by Father John Dietzen. (Oct. 11) I've Ilearned more in one year reading his column on the policy of the Church than in the previous 82 years. Please keep his column coming. Thank you. Fred M. Lindahl W. Yarmouth
Dr. Maurizio Daliana, the surgeon who performed the operation, said the cardinal's SPleen had an injury comparable to a "blood blister," and that this was "like a time bomb" be cause of the danger or rupture. For the protection of the car dinal, Daliana said, the "prudent course" was to remove the spleen.
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WASHINGTON (Ncj - The Catholic Health Association has backed the recent call of four congressmen for creation of a national council to review ac-, The spleen, an organ near the cess of Americans to adequate stomach, has various functions health ca're: in modifying the structure of the blood. CHA bad recommended estab 'lishment of such a national panel last February. The proposed National Coun He recalled that all the popes cil on Access to Health Care over the past 40 years "made no would conduct local hearings on secret of their esteem" for the health-care issues. around the , United Nations and its purpose's. nation 'Snd make recommenda "The names of Pius XII, John tions to Congress and the presi XXIII, Paul VI and the present dent. pontiff will remain forever link Introducing legislation to ed with this organization by create the council were Sens. Teason of their words of recogni Paul Simon, b-Ul.,and David tion and appreciation," Cardinal Durenberger. R·Minn., and Reps. Casaroli said. W. Henson Moore, R-La.,' and He said the support of those Richard A. Gepharot, D-Mo. popes did not mean that they The congressional proposal did not see the U.N.'s short represents "98 percent" of what comings. "But the vo'ice of the CHA: wanted, Jack Bresch, CHA Apostolic See continues still to congressional liaison, said. day to be a voice of support, Topics for council study would encouragement, and even an in be demographics of health-care citement to do more and better," needs; differences in quality and he said. availability of health care to vari Cardinal Casaroli cited several ous sectors of the population; health-care costs and the proper world problems, including "the great fear" brought by the role of government and other in threat of nuclear weapons and stitutions in financing, deliver ing, supervising and plimning "the great selfishness" which he said could characterize the health-care services. 'relations of rich and poor The legislation proposes $3 nations. million for ~ach of three fiscal He also cited the evils of years for the council. It's "up to Congress to decide" how to get local wars such as in the Middle East, the consequent refugees the money, Bresch said. causing "social unrest on Ii In a written statement, Wil liam J. Cox, vice-president of world scale," and the "world wide spread of violence" in CHA's government service div -ision, said CHA believes the terrorism, '''o~n iltinked with the commerce of drugs 'and the council "has the potential to en explosion of sordid violence of courage a high level of bene ficial public debate about the all kinds." future of health care in Ameri Despite all these realities, ca, especially with respect to the Cardinal Casaroli said, peace 'all-important assues of increased remains possible and work for access, reduced costs 'Snd con peace necessary. tinued quaHty."
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THE TAUNTON and Attleboro districts of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women met recently for their annual Mass and Corporate Communion Supper at St. Mary's Parish, Taunton. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, center, served as principal celebrant at the Mass. With him, from left, are Father Francis L. Mahoney, Attleboro district moderator; Mrs. James Brackett, Attleboro district president; Mrs. Francis Zellner, Taunton district president; Father .Paul G. Connolly, Taunton district mode~ator. (Kearns photo)
'Chapel on wheels' briefly revived NEVADA CITY, Mont. (NC) The Catholic Church Extension Society marked its 80th anniver sary and evoked its history in the rural American missions with a Mass celebrated in a train chapel car in Nevada City, a restored Old West town. From 1907 to the 1930s three Pullman-style "chapels on wheels" were used by the Ex tension Society to bring the sac raments and instruction to towns without priests. The September celebration in Nevada City, near YeIlowstone Park, drew people dressed ·in frontier costumes who arrived by horseback, wagon ·and four wheel drive. . The anniversary celebration began with the baptism of 1 month-old MicheIle Rose Cerino. Frontier services 70 years ago often began with a baptism. The nilroad car, now retired from service, includes a 50-foot chapel with 'a built-in'" altar, or gan, confessional, stations of the cross, stained glass windows and seating for 70 people. It also has an office-study, two bedrooms, bath and kitchen. The Extension Society was founded Oct. 18, 1905, to sup port Catholic missions in poor and rural areas across the United States. Today, instead of railroad chapel cars, the society evangel izes through methods including radio and television. The chapel ca'r used for the anniversary Mass was built in 1915 and dedicated to St. Paul the missionary. It is now ina museum near Nevada City. Extension president, Father Edward J. Slattery, who celebra ted the Mass, sa'id the anniver sary celebration was held to "re member the thousands of people who were strengthened in their faith because this train passed by." "Some of the beautiful by products of the chapel car were the little communities that sprang up. The people were baptized, confirmed, married and anointed. They became more aware of their Catholicity, which in many cases, had dried up because the church was not present to them," he said in his homily. According to Extension Soci ety records. the first chapel car, the St. Anthony, went out in 1907 to serve dioceses in the Northwest, South and CentTal Plains. It was also used in exhibi tions in the Midwest and East Coast.
The S1. Peter chapel car served the Pacific Northwest, while the St. Paul car, built last, was orig inally sent to the South. Later it was a telpporary chapel in towns around YeIlow stone Park. In 1967 it was don ated to ·a railroad coHection .near Nevada City. The chapel car's usual routine included Mass and religious in struction in the morning and lec
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MARKING the 80th anniversary. of the Extension Society, appropriately dressed Montanans participate in Mass offered in railroad chapel car. (NC photos) strated in the goals you have set and the programs you have undertaken." Dorothy Bindel, international vice 'regent, will direct the cam life of the church." The .Jette'r paign within the Daughters of said that the Daughters of Isa IsabeIla to ra:ise the $500,000. beIla "have supported our bishops The new NCCB-USCC head for 88 years." quarters facility, ·to be 'located in She said the group's interna Northeast Washington' near the tional board of directors had' Catholic University of America, "voted unanimously" to support will replace an existing structure the building fund. built in 1941. Plans call for ground breaking next spring. In response, Bishop Malone ex Other Catholic organizations pressed gratitude for the "very significant commitment" and which have announced contribu added that "equally significant tions to the new building include . . . is your pledge of continued Catholic Golden Age and the support, which you have demon Knights of Columbus.
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Planning for Thanksgiving and goods. Life is more compli feed the hungry or clothe the needy cated than that. What can a middle on an ongoing basis. ' class parish do about the needy in Dear Mary: I want to share' a But if you really want to meet their community? ' , Thanksgiving experience we had needs, involve yourselves. Perhaps Some parishes embrace a wide your group can volunteer to work last year about a good deed that range of economic levels. Often, at a local soup kitchen or to per backfired. We belong to family however, people socialize accord . action group in our parish. We sonally distribute clothes to the ing to economic means. The parish needy. When you have a feel for and our children organized a col is not unified into one Christian those in need, when you have met lection of food for the needy. We community, but is divided in clans them personally, you will better be made food baskets and took them or cliques, most based on wealth; ,around a few days before Thanks able to help. Catherine de Hueck Doherty, a giving. , Perhaps a group like yours can One recipient was a member of take steps to break such divisions. great Catholic actionist of our cen our parish, a widow. However, Seek to know a wider range of tury, writes about her daily walk when we brought the basket, she people in the parish, not to "do ,from home to the post office in her got very angry. She said she wasn't good" to them, but simply to know village. The short walk takes hours "poor" and didn't need "welfare." them as human beings. because she uses that time to talk She has a full-time job 'and is rais One of the best ways to get to , to neighbors. Catherine calls this ing four nice kids single-handed. the "chit-chat" apostolate. know them is to involve yourselves We admire her and thought we in a comnion action; Invite some With characteristic emphasis on would give her a little boost, but one you know only slightly to have little things, she recognized the our action seems to have been all coffee with You.after Sunday Mass. importance of visiting with neigh wrong. We are very cautious this bors. Unless we know people per Invite them to, help at the church year. - Iowa. sonally and know their' needs, we bazaar, the parish religious ed'uca Our society is often stratified tion program, a parish school activ cannot meet those needs. according to the amount of money ity. If you get refusals, keep trying. The desire to serve others is in a household. Consequently: we beautiful. And to serve a family is Several efforts by your family tend to know others who are just ,action. group could change the even more beautiful. As you and about like ourselves economically. your group continue, you· may social climate of your parish. You are not the first group to col Suppose your parish ser,ves only well discover it is not goods you lect for the poor and then wonder one'economic grou'p and there are need to share so much as yourselves. who the poor are, and where they Reader questions on family liv no poor people. Then you need to are. . ing and child care to be answered work through people who do know We are learning that problems the needy in a'personal way. Your in print are invited. Address the of hunger and poverty are not, welfare department might help you. Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's solved simply by providing money College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978. Even better would be persons who . By Dr. James and Mary Kenny
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By Antoinette Bosco How :pe~sonal should a colum nist be with reader~? This week I confronted that 'question and answered with my heart. I want to rela~e an incident known onlyto me and a wonderful man who died June 4, Auxilary Bishop Gerald J. Ryan of the Dio cese of Rockville Centre, N. Y. I am still dealing with the shock of hearing of his sudden death at 61 from a heart attack. How true it is that the good always die too young. This man's ministry, from my expe'rience and that of many others, was to put people first. .1 met Father Ryan 25 years ago when he was director of Catholic Charities. During his first parish assignine'nt, he had earned a mas ter's degree in social work from Fordham University to be better prepared to minister to people in personal crisis. That's where I was in the 19608 - in a personal crisis, struggling to maintain a family of six chil dren in a destructive marriage. My friendship with Msgr. Ryan deep , ened because I was a staff member of the newly founded diocesan newspaper, the Long Island Catho lic. Msgr. Ryan was truly a mentor and a resource for me. He helped me understand and write the many stories I covered relating ,to all areas of poverty, interracial justice and famil~ matters. He also suggested a Catholic Charities psychiatric social worker for my husband and me to see. Unfortunately, counseling only ver ified that separation was the only answer. It was a tragic time oflife for me and my children. As the situation deteriorated, ) decided to move out of the house with the children temporarily. My sister, who lived 250 miles away, took my children, and I moved into a motel room. I
had to remain in the area to keep working. My motel room didn't have a teleph0tle, so in order to call my office I had to use an outdoor phone booth. The first message I had was that Msgr. Ryan wanted me to call right away. I did. In the course of the con versation, he unexpectedly asked me: "Toni, do you need money?"
It's hard to relate how that ques tion affected me. It hit a chord that touched me so deeply I found myself crying uncontrollably there in that phone booth on Montauk highway.
Msgr. Ryan's concern for me was so genuine and so surprising that he briefly broke the padlock I had put on my emotions. I could be human and cry. This is my story but it is only one. I know of many other times when Bishop Ryan helped people, perhaps by finding shelter for a homeless person and paying for it out of his own pocket or promot ing the hiring of minorities. ' The best memorial a person can achieve is the lasting memory of his goodness ever alive in the hearts of people who felt his love. This is Bishop Ryan's legacy to me and to so many otht;rs.
Early signs of middle age
, By Hilda Young
"I have noticed that most of the people on TV commercials seem An old friend made an awful younger than I do," I admitted, statement the other day about ap just to be polite. proaching "middle age." "Most of the people on the face "How can you be approaching of the earth are younger than you middle age?" I asked. "You're the are," my acquaintance countere'd. same age as I am'. " "I'll give you some more hints," She nodded slowly, sticking her she went on. "Have you found tongue into the side of her cheek. yourself criticizing the latest styles "My parents are middle-aged," I rather than wanting to try them?" said. "They have been middle "Who wants to have a hairstyle aged for as long as I can remember. where you can't tell when you need As a matter of fact, they were in , to fix your hair again?" their middle years when I was "Let me g<;> on," she said, raising, born." her hand. "Have you noticed that "Hilda, they were in their early persons who were friends' dumb 20s," my fair-weather friend correc little brothers and sisters are run ted. ning banks and being elected to ,"Maybe, but they were mature Congress? That your favorite movies beyond their years and aged fast." are being called 'classics?' That "Just how do you define middle coin shops advertise for pennies age?" she asked. for the year you were born? And "Simple," I said. "Someone 15 sometimes you forget what year it to 20 years older than I am." was anyway?" "How about other criteria," she "That's not true," I said. "I can kept on.' "Like making a noise always remember the year I was every time you stand up. Or notic born because it was t\yo years after ing that your friends talk more the war ended." about I RAs than PTAs. Or realiz "Vietnam?" she smiled. ing it's difficult to tell much differ "Cute," I said. ence between persons 12 and 20.
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ST. JOSEPH parish, New Bedford,Tecently celebrated its 75th anniversary with a Dia- mood Jubilee Concert. Featured was the New England Phiiharmonic Orchestra, above, and the 83 voice combined choirs of St. Joseph's parish, St. Anne's parish, Fall River, and Bishop Stang High School. George J. Campeau Jr. served as music director. (Rosa photo)'
WASHINGTON (NC) - "The Catholic Church in the United States is a chU'rch of nations, a magnificent mosaic of people with origins in variegated 'races and regions of the world," said Bishop Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Pitts burgh, asking support for National Migration Week Jan. 6 to II, The bishop, chairman of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Migration and Tourism Committee, urged a commitment to cultural pluralism, openness toward newcomers and readiness to share. In a letter to other U.S. bishops, Bevilacqua reminded them that the theme of the week, "Incorpo ration of Newcomers Into 'the' Local Church," was designated by Pope John Paul II i'n a message on World Migrants' Day last July. ' Bishop Bevilacqua said the pope cited the "dramatic waves of migration':. t~king place around the worM and calIed for "ecclesial integration whiclt enriches the church.,of God. "
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Maronite priest 'asl~s aid' for Lebanon
, WASHINGTON (NC) - Chris tians in Lebanon, caught in the middle of a lO-year civil war, feel "abandoned" by Christians in other countries, said a Maron ite Catholic priest visiting the United States. "Our brother,S in the West ... are sending us nice- words," but more is needed, said Father Man sour Labaky, pastor .of St. Abda Parish in Roumieh, Lebanon, 10 miles' east of Beirut. Father Labaky was visiting the United States to raise funds for his country, where Christians and l\ioslems are about equaily divid ed among the 3 million popula'. tion. Maronite Catholics form the largest Christian group. In the United States, Christians think of Lebanon for 20 seconds during a news spot, then it's back to beer and baseball, said Father Labaky. ' "While you are eating and cirinking and dancing . . . we need the opportunity to live," he said. The priest spoke of life in a' country where children do "not have a month without hearing , bombs ... or moving to the base ment." "Before '75, we 'used to live' in peace, like you," he s~id, ' Now, he' said, "We are being' under atta~ks ey~ry day. We ccnnot brfilathe; we are drowned,'" In 1976", most of Father Lab· aky's parishioners in Oamour, in south~rn Lebanon, were massa· credo The survivors managed to escape by sea' to areas north of Beirut. ' The following year. Father Labaky helped start a home for children, ages 5' to 12, orphaned by the war. The home, in the vil lage of Ain Saade, now is run by church officials in Beirut. Father Labakysaid, because the orphange was for children of both sexes, those' over 12 were placed in foster homes,
"Despite everything, they chal· lenge life; they cha)lenge death," he'said of his people. Although villages have been destroyed and people have been massacred'" during t~e fighting for control of Lebanon, Lebanese d? not w~t;J<to ,I~~ye q~eir ,COUll try, Fa~hCJ Labaky. said. "We are married to the land," he said. "We are rooted like the cedar. Can you" uproot the cedar?" The priest said he wants to help rebuild houses, hospitals and schools destroyed in the war. In addition, he said, he WOUld. like to start a radio station, based in Christian Lebanon to broadcast to Christian minori ties in predominantly Moslem NEW YORK (Nq, --;7"", Father countries of the Middle East. Edward Braxton, director of the People in the United States University of Chicago Catholic can"help by praying and sending student center, has called on fel financial support, but they also low black Cath'olics to join with can put pressure on' the U.S. other .blacks in combating such, government to help save Leb anon's democracy, said Father community problems as the grow Labaky. ing number of pregnancies outside The Lebanese people just want marriage. He commented during to live in peace, he 'added. the keynote address at a New York , "We want to be the bridge be symposium marking the first anni tween the Moslems, the Jews versary of the issuance of a pas and Christians," he said. toral lette~ by the 10 U.S, black Catholic bishops t~tled "What We Have Seen and Heard." ,
'He said he continues to send money, food and clothing to chil dren in the orphanage and in the foster homes.' The people ,of his parish have continued to help others, despite misfortunes of war, he said. He asks parishioners to bring on~ pound of anything - ' coins, wheat, clothing - to help the needy. Currently, the 'priest and 30 volunteers work with 350 handi capped people in' the area. Child ren from his parish 'also spend one day a week helping the handicapped.
VATICAN CITY (NC). - Pope John Paul II has named a nu clear physicist apostolic admin istrator of the vicariate of Jaen in Peru. Jesuit Father Jose Maria Izuz quiza Herranz, 59, had been pro vicar of the territory. Since earn ing a physics degree at the Uni versity of DetrQit in 1964, he has taught nuclear physics at Peru-! vian universities and has direct ed a catechetical center and been a radio station ,technician, also in Peru.
To Notre Dame NOTRE DAME, Ind. (NC) James O'Gara, former editor of Commonweal magazine, has been appointed the, visiting W. Harold and Martha Welch Pro fessor of American Studies 'at the University, of Notre Dame for "the 1985~86 ac~~emic year. O'Gara, a fellow at St. John University's . Institute for, Ecu
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striving" (or tho~e goals can give "meaning and greatness to the whole human adventure." By its nature, the United Nations is "the world fortim where prob lems have to be examined in the light of truth and justice, with a renunciation of narrow egoism and threats of recourse to force," he declared.
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NCCW convention' port the U;S. bishops' proposed Continued from page one dreams and 'live their lives." pastoral on the economy by The Gospel, he added, "is rele . studying the s,econd draft and conducting workshops. vant to a1:l situations." Other resolutions concerned Dudng the convention, dele ethnic outreach, the U.S. bish gates voted on a resolution call ops' pastoral ,on women .in ing on NCCW members to sup
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failure or gets hurt. But such ex periences do not mean th,at .everything is wrong, with us. The,,- song mentions another important quality: "With a little ,'perseverance' you can, get things this class particularly ,refresh By Joseph 'Motta ,done." 'Have the courage to keep ing and relevant.' Neil LOew goes back a long, ,trying, even, when' faced with His love affair with Feehan way with Bishop Feehan High dificulties. time.' continues to grow with School. He served as an altar , 'For'exatPple,a 'per~on may not' boy under Bishop ,James, L Con , When asked why he likes teach- , get, ~ part ,in t~e SChool play. the nolly when the bishop dnstailled ing at the Catholic high school, Charlie cM~itin "first time, around. Yet by talking the answers come easily. "The and dedicated Feehan's corner with teachers about how to' im a:dministration and 'philosophy' stone . in'196!. . '' , prove our' abilities and by prac of the, school, the family typ'e" 24 years later, :he is chairman of set-up, the structure" discip- ' " , Just a little more tiine' is all we~re asking for '. ,ticirig their advice, we increase of the social studies' department line and moral values taught "Cause just a little more time
.'our chances of making a cast in at the Attleboro school, and a here" aU contribute to his enjoy , Could open closing doors
the future. Without a doubt, hard guidance counselor to junior and ,ment, he said. Just a- little uncertainty can briQg you down
work builds self-confidence.. senior students there. The song 'also. encourages us . And nobody wants to know you now
' :rhere's a "bond" at the school, 'to avoid "blind 'adherence," . ~e. : And nob04y wants to know you now.
A born teacher, the 40-year 'Loew stressed. "T-he concerns of fusing to acknowledge reaHty. . :,So ;if you're lost and on your ~wn
old Loew is excited about !his Ischoo!.,come together," he'said, , work 'at Feehan and ,.takes his' noting that, the Feehan com-', You can never surrender
~_Sometimes we, must accept the And if' your path won't lead you home
way things are. This is not a duties very seriously. "I have a munitycame through for him. matter of surrendering but of You can .never s~rrender
part in helping students develop when he' needed support. And when }Ising, the night is coid and dark .'
~no'Vledge to 'alter our critical thinking," he said., "By He ,is quick to credit, Sister" 'Cal;l§e no: one can take away your right __ ~.
,plans::" ' '~ '.," . . my example,. I help, students de ,Mary, Faith Harding, R.S.M., fine their faith and ' their ,own : 'Feehan's' principal. ,"She's ,a' tre- ' Perhaps we have tried many y~ ~n s~, you can see l i g h t ' morail valfies." times to arrange a date with ".' To fight, and to neyer surrender.. mendous 'leader and administra 'someone but with no success. With a little perseverance you can get things 'done ' Loew isa "1963 graduate 'of tor with, a lot of concern for her ," Without-a blind' adherence that has conquered some' '. We ,need to face 'reality and Msgr. -James <:;oyle High Schc;>ol faculty," he ,said, ' : And, nobOdy wants to know you now .. realize, there might, be someone (now Coyle and Cassidy High Loew and wife Joyce are the School), Taunton, and, a , 1967 'parents of three: :two-year-old: else we would. enjoy dating. It " An~:l1oJ,)~y,wants to ',kO?w"you':,now..'j ", ", alumnus of' S't. Fra~"cis 'College, : Patrick, Brian, a recent arrival Written and sung by Corey lIart. (c) 1985 by Liesse Publishing Co: is ta . matter o.f Ital~fingba kstep to ..' ' '. ' , p u your socIa I e ac on a Biddeford, Me: He' holds a B.A. 'at four 'months;'a'nd Karen, a -' .' in !history with a minor in" sec HOW CAN 'WE DEVELOP; the' each person still must work to more positive course. freshman at Feehan this year.' . ondary education, and is study In 'addition" to 'seeing' his self-confidence;, :needed' to "deal attain confide~ce. , , Everyone possesses many gifts ing fora masters of education daughter'become'a,part of,the :,with uncertainties and,.probleins? 'An important part of building and abilities for facing 'life's in counseling :a'tBridgewater Bis~op, 'Feehan cqmmunity, "Corey Hart's advice is that "you s-elf-confidence as seeing oneself problems. As we ,learn to appre State College. Loew' can look back on many can never surrender" in facing as valuable. This means refusing date who we are and gain the Joining the Shamrock staff pleasallt experiences, at the the "col;<l and dark" parts of life. to put your~elf down when will to work hard to reach goals, t):J.e September after he earned school. He notes that he's seen " That ,advice encourages people things a,re goin'g poorly. At times, we develop the self-confidence many of, his former students to .believe in themselves. But everyone makes mistakes, meets to m~et :}ife's challenges., , his degree, the Plainville resi dent, now in his 19th year at return to teach at Feehan, and ~'on an athletic level, wirining the high school, is one of Fee han's senior. lay t~achers. One the .l!,}82 Division II -State Golf tioner thinks ,there's a magic course he !has beeniteaching for Championship was ,a happy formula with which he can force point in my career." , several years ~s "Isms and Con someone to 'love him. By temporary'Issues." "Isms" is a' , Loew serves 'as "Feehan's golf
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your personality. Not that they LENNON more controversial topics, such respectively. He enjoys golf,
hate you; they simply are not ,as drug' abuse, which their gen 'skiing, travel 'and 'reading in his
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isn't there. . , So don't rent a birllboard. Q. How can you get through " What you can do lis work at ,1\. OccasIOnally a pews story' developing certain qualities that to, s'omeone', you really care" ,are ,required for any friendship: aoout?' How can you get some· WIll tell of a·young man, desper one to like you when you like, ately in love, who rents a huge Kindness, trustworthiness, a car her? (Michigan) bHlboard to, send a message ingattitude, sincerity, respect ' somelihing like this: "I ~ove you, Debbie!" It's signed, "Jon." 1II11111111111111111111111111!1II111111111111111111111111111111111111 for, others, generosity, an ability " . ' to 'laugh at yourself and your Unfortunately these stones' failings, and 'a genuine interest Feehar,a graduates, this author included, remember Loew fondly, ,seldom tell what the young worn- 'in 'others Consid~r what 'other qualities partly because of the way he an's response i s . ' But if the' YOiing man' had to you, see in your acquaintances combines humor with his sub ject matter. ,"Levity is needed go to such bizarre lengths to at- that make them attractive. Can to' break tile monotony of ,t~act her atention, it, seems you ,work at developing these things," he sa~d, "!lnd, it allows hkely that he didn't stand much qualities in ,yourself? T~~re's also nothing wrong my students to have an avenue ?fa cha?ce of winning, !her love to talk to m'e, to know that I'm In the fIrst place. " ,,' with telling someone, sincerely attainable," " It is important to realize that { but wJthout making a big pro Loew laughed as" he opened' you can never force someone to-, ductiori of it, that you Hke and a 1975 Feehan yearbook There like YOli; 'not even with, an' ex- admiTe her a aot. are photos inside that show a pensive billboard. . True, you will' run the risk of younger, Neil Loe\'{ with aong Many 'ql;lestions that come getting a negative response. hair, a moustache, arid flaired this, way ask, "How' can I get This: may ,be keenly disappoint~ Motta photo ,pant' legs. a certain person to Hke me?" ing, ,to you, but don't let it de "Mid-life crisis," he said. NEIL LOEW It sounds as though the ques- flate you.
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Area Religious Broadcasting The following television and radio programs originate in the diocesan' viewing and listening area. Their listings nonn· ally do not vary from week to week. They will be presented In The Anchor the first Friday of each month and will renect any changes that may be made. Please clip and retain for reference. . Each Sunday, 10:30 a.m. WLNE, Channel 6, Diocesan Television Mass. Portuguese Masses from Our Lady of Mt. Cannel Church, New Bedford: 12:15 . p.m. each Sunday on radio station WJFD-FM, 7 p.rn. each Sunday on television Channel 20. Mass Monday' to Friday every week, 11:30 a.m. to noon, WXNE, Channel 25. "ConOuence," 8 a.m. each Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, .diocesan director of social services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Epis· copal Bishop of Rhode Island; and Rabbi Baruch Korff.
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• New Films "Sliver ,Bullet" (paramount) A small town is terrorized by a maniacal killer, coincidentally enough, only when the moon is full. When most of the members ofa posse formed to track down the kiHer are annihilated, it is left ,to a 12-year-old boy to con· vince town officials it could be a werewolf. "Silver Bullet," based on a Stephen King novel ette, takes Uberties with the traditional werewolf legends 'that hard-core Lon Chaney fans may take issue with: The murder sequences are quite gory. Be· cause of its graphic violence and some vulgar 'Ianguage, it has been classified 0, R. Religious TV Sunday, Nov. 3 (OBS) "For Our Times" - CBS reports on some innovative learning tech
niques demonstrated at the Con ference on Alternatives in Jew ish Education held last summer. Sunday, Nov. 10 (CBS) "For Our Times" - CBS News cor respondent Douglas Edwards re ports on the academic and stu dent life at the Hebrew Univer sity of Jerusalem. Sunday, Nov. 10 (ABC) ·~Pub· lic Schools in Conflict: A Ques· tion of Valdes" - This ABC News Special documentary in vestigates who controls what is being taught to our children, the family's relationship to educa tion, value curricula, and criti cal thinking and textbook censorship. Religious Radio Sunday, Nov. 3 (NBC) "Guide· line" - Jay Poynor, winner of two Emmy Awards as producer of the "Garfield" TV a~iination specials, discusses the new tele v.ision ~eason. Sunday, Nov. 10 (NBC) "Guide line" - Msgr. George Leonard, international affairs secretary to Cardinal George BasH Hume of Westminster, is interviewed 'about Catholicism in Britain on the eve of the. extraordinary synod 'in Rome.
Bishop Feehan Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, celebrated Home coming Day Oct. 26. Featured was . a Homecoming parade, judging of class floats, a foot ball game versus New Bedford High School and the crowning of Homecoming queen Pamela Green. A memorial Mass was held for Shamrock alumni.
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·''''ST..ANTHONY,.MA:TTAPOISETT '. ',SACRED HEART;FR' _ Cantor Training Workshop, conMass for deceased members ofthe _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,~---:---__ _--..c..,-ducted by the Diocese of Fall River, Women's Guild: 7. p.m. Nov. 14, to be held at St. Anthony's Church chapel. Guild meeting will follow,
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SMU, NO. DARTMOUTH ST. MARY,.NB Nov. lectures: "The Sire Qua Non Vincentians: meeting 7 p.m. Nov. 4. of'a College Education," Nov. 4; Women's Guild: Nov. II meeting "Suffering and Spirituality," Nov. 18; "Episcopal-Roman Catholic will be preceded bya 6:30p.m. Mass PUBLICI" CHAIRMEN La SALETTE SHRINE, Relations," Nov. 25. All lectures will for deceased members. are asked to submit news Items for this ATTLEBORO . be held in the Board of Governors column to The Anchor; P.O. Box 7, Fall Day of healing prayer: 10 a.m. to 5 River, 02722,. Name of city' or town should room from 12 to I p.m. All invited. FIRST FRIDAY CLUB, FR ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN be Included as well as full dates of. all p.m. Nov. 2. Father John Lazanski, . Meeting Nov. I at St. Mary's activIties. please send news of future rather . Family Mass: 9:30 a.m. N:ov. 3. O.F.M., of St. Anthony's Shrine, than past events. Note: Wo do not carry Cathedral will be preceded by 6:00 ST.GEORGE,WESTPORT Coffee and doughnuts will follow in news of tundralslng activities such as Boston, will officiate; p.m. Mass in St. Mary's Chapel. Mr. bingos whlsts, dances, suppors and bazaars. the church hall. Eucharistic mini~ters: Nov. news We are happy to carry notices of spiritual Ernest Pesrosie.rs is guest speaker. ST. MARY, Sacred Hearts Association: meet letters available in sacristy. \lrogram~, club meetlnRs, youth prolects and NO. ATTLEBORO similar nonprofit activities. Fundrajsing pro ing after the 7 p.m. Mass tonight, Jects may· be advertised at our regular rates, Healing Service and Sunday Mass rectory. obtainable from The Anchor business office, with Father William T. Babbitt; 2 telephone 675·7151. LEGION OF MARY On Steerinll Points Items FR Indicates p.m. Nov. 10.
Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford. New Bedford Curia: meeting 6:36 ST. PATRICK, FR
p..m. Nov. 3, St: Mary's rectory; Women's G1!ild meeting: 7:30 p.m. ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAi., FR Fairhaven. A cardiac teaching program, in . Nov. 4, school. Sergeant Ethier of ST. THOMAS MORE, the Fall River Poiice Department operation since October 1984, has will present a slide presentation and SOMERSET allowed angina and heart attack New parishioners: registration lecture on the "Neighborhood Crime patients to make informed decisions cards available in main foyer. Watch Program." about their health. The hospital Halloween Party: 7:30 tonight. recently also sponsored its first "car NOTRE DAME, FR Youth retreat: special ECHO for diac reunion," an evening of educa Adult Education Class will resume high school juniors, seniors and tion and support for patients who "8:15 p.m. Nov. 4, school. Fr. Marc college freshmen Nov. 29 to Dec. I. had completed the program, coordin Tremblay will lead sessions. Topic The retreat is offered in conjunction ated by Linda Perry and staffed by will be "The Scriptures and Catholic with St. Louis de France parish, head nurse Sue Dias and Maggie Teaching." Swansea, and will be held in the St. Gauthier, Tim'Johnson, Nancy Hark Louis de France parish center. Appli ness and Ron Ponte. O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE cations can be obtained from Father RESPECT LIFE PROGRAM Guild meeting:' noon Nov. 4. David A. Costa. ' Special frl;e seminar on IMPROV A Communal Anointing Celebra ING COMMUNICATIONS:, 7:30 tion of the Sick will be celebrated at SECULAR FRANCISCANS, POCASSET p.m. Nov. 13, St. Margaret's parish , the 2 p.m. Mass Nov. 3.
St. Francis of the Cape Fraternity: center, Buzzards Bay. Information: meeting 7: 10 p.m. Nov. 12, St. John PERMANENT DIACONATE 75~-7663. the Evangelist parish hall, Pocasset. Day of Recollection for permanent DOMINICAN LAITY Mass wi'l be celebrated by Father deacons, candidates and wives of the Council meeting: 7:QO p.m. Nov. Edwin Dirig, O.F.M., who will Fall River Diocesan Permanent Dia I, Dominican Convent, 37 Park St., conate Pragram Nov. 12, Family' address participants with "Let Your Fall River. Light Shine Before Men." All wel Life Center, No. Dartmouth. Theme: St. Rose of Lima Chapter meeting: come. "Marriage and the Deacon." Sr. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7, home of William Eileen Tierney, CNDofthe Perman ST. JOSEPH, NB O'Neil, 89 Bush St.. ent Diaconate Office in M~nchester, Legion. of Mary monthly Holy ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH NH, will be the guest speaker. Hour: following 5 p.m. Mass Nov. Members and family of the Fal 15. mouth Knights' of Columbus are . ST. ANNE, FR
Mass for deceased members of The Parish Committee has donated Legion of Mary: 7 p.m. Nov. 2. 'invited to attend the 8:45 a.m. Mass $8000 to the Parish General Fund.
Nov. 3 for all departed brothers. Annual-Legion of Mary Reunion: Communion Breakfast follows at 2 p.m. Dec.' I, with!' rosary and BLESSED FR SJ\.CRAMENT, the Council Home. Benediction ,of the 1,J,I,essed Sacra Mrs. Agnes Galland & Family ment. ' CATHEDRAL, FR , have covered costs of the speaker
Cathedral Guild Board meeting: system in the Choir loft. This dona
HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5, rectory. tion was given in memory of the late
Polka Dance classes: 7:30 p.m. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, Father Benoit R. Galland.
Wednesdays, All invited. TAUNTON Guild meeting: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13. Novena of Masses for faithful' The parish youth group needs
departed: Nov. 3 to I I. adult advisors. Information: Father VINCENTIANS, TAUNTON. CATHOLIC DEAF APOSTOLATE John J. Steakem, 824-8794.
Holy Rosary Church, Bay St:, Faith !lnd Light Prayer Group: , Taunton will be the host parish for meetings Nov. 6 and 20 at 10:00 ST. MARY, SEEKONK
Mass for faithful departed: 7 p.m. the Nov. 4 meeting of the Taunton a.m., St. Anne's Hospital Chlipel. District Council. Mass at 7p.m. Nov. IS.
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FIrSt CommumonOass: grade' two students and parents meeting 8:45 a.m. Nov. 3,instead of Nov. 10. ALL grade 2 students in Catholic Schools as well as public schools .. must attend. , . New Altar Boy s meetmg. 11.00 .. a.m. tomorrow, ch.urch. School Ce.ntenmal CelebratIOn: If any alumDl have not yet been contacted, please call Sr. Mary Nora at 996-0534.
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