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Imperfect saints give rest of us hope WHEELING ,W.Va. (CNS)St. Jerome struggled with a terrible temper all his life. St. Therese of Lisieux often fell asleep when she prayed. St. Alphonsus of Ligouri had frequent bouts of scruples, misgivings about what was right or wrong. The Catholic Church, which honors all its saints Nov. I, has way of putting them on pedestals. According to this thinking, saints are holy people who lived centuries ago and never did anything wrong. Nothing could be further from the truth, according to Gertrud Mueller Nelson, author ofthe book, "To .Dance With God: Family Ritual and Community Celebration." "To be a saint is not to be perfect - not to be made of plastic, with our hands folded, eyes rolled up, sort of living under glass so that no dust gets on us - but to be whole, which is a word related to heal, healthy and holy," she said in an
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interview with The Catholic Spirit, newspaper of the Wheeling-I Charleston Diocese. Ms. Mueller Nelson said Catholics often believe that holiness means perfection and flawlessness. "There are parts of ourselves that are imperfect, tha~ are flawed, that are wounded, that are out of balance, that are dark and seamy, that are not yet conscious," she said. "That's what makes a person holy - to go and turn around and embrace that part of ourselves that's imperfect." To be a saint is the most difficult and yet simple thing in the world, said Ms. Mueller Nelson, because it means "being fully human, awake, alive, conscious, humble, close to the ground." "We always think our saints are· way out there and we feel we can't quite reach it. It can't be for me," she said. God is not asking us to be that complicated, "but to be human.... Even God became human Turn to Page 14
DIOCESAN ELEMENTARY school principals confer at the Catholic Education convention in Fall River. (Hickey photo)
Catholic educators convene By Marcie Hickey Faculty, staff and administrators from the 29 Catholic schools of the Fall River diocese gathered Monday for the annual Catholic Education convention, held this
year at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was principal celebrant for the convention's opening Mass and 13 concelebrants included Diocesan De-
partment of Education director Father Richard W. Beaulieu. Kathie Barboza, principal of St. Jean Baptiste School, Fall River, offered the day's opening remarks, and Jeff Megna of St. John EvanTurn to Page 14
A good and faithful servant begins a new life All Souls' Day 1991: a common life ma:de uncommon by our' Christian faith By Jo McGowan My Aunt Catherine died on my birthday this year. I was visiting my parents at the time, and I sailed into the kitchen early in the morning, full of good cheer and expectation: the birthday girl. When my father told me of her death, the day suddenly seemed as scrambled as a jigsaw puzzle pushed care.lessly off the card table. Aunt Catherine was dead. Not that she hadn't been ill, and weary of living. We had seen her onlya few days earlier and she had said, "I'm just tired of myself." She had struggled with cancer for years and she was exhausted. But still. It was Aunt Catherine. During the rest of that day I spoke with my sisters and brothers on the phone, and we shared stories about her. She had been part of OUF lives forever, and it wasn't easy to let go. The next day her obituary appeared in the local newspaper. Wife of Olement J. Dowling. Mother of seven. Employed for 15 years in a knitting factory. Lifelong resident of Fall River. Is that all? I kept wondering as I read. OK, she had never had a
flashy career, never amassed a fortune, never been stylish or literary. But surely the newspaper could have come up with more than this bare-bones outline of her life. When I· thought about it some more, however, I had toadmit that there wasn't much she had done that would impress a secular newspaper. A devoted wife and mother. That about sums her up, but who's impressed by that these days? She had given her entire life to creating and sustaining a family - a life so common it disappeared when confronted by the Herald News. But not in church, not in the eyes of the Lord. At her funeral Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral, I finally felt satisfied. The language of the service was right: the standards were the ones by which she could be judged. "Oh, God, we pray Yo.u in behalf of the soul of Your servant, Catherine." The servant of God. Fifteen years in a factory? And did they know she was a servant of God! "Command that this soul" (this lifelong resident of Fall River) "be taken up by the holy angels and brought home to paradise." It was where she had been headed all her
life and now it was the only'place that mattered. "Absolve the soul of Your servant, Catherine, from every bond of sin so that she may rise again to life in the glory of the resurrection with Your saints." As far as the newspaper knew, her life was over. By the next day, she was old news and pushed from
the obit page into the oblivion of who once was poor, ~ay you have microfilm in the public library.. everlasting rest." But in fact, her life was just beginAs we processed out of the ning and her funeral was both a church, most of us were weeping chance for us to say good-bye and for the loss of this good and faithto bless her on her way: "May the ful woman. She had been a strong angels take you into paradise; may and loving force in our lives and the martyrs come to welcome you nothing could ever replace her. and lead you into the holy city, But the magnificence of the funJerusalem. May the choir of angels eral service assured us that our welcome you, and with Lazarus, grief was not misplaced. The easy, almost casual use of words and concepts entirely foreign to the secular mind delighted me. The angels taking her into paradise? It's just what ( .e wants to believe ~ are we still allowed to? And a choir waiting to sing her into the' holy city! And probably her mother, Grandma Pat, just . inside the gate .. , who knows? Her common life, a life of service and kindness, slipped quietly into the life of Christ and disappeared, and the funeral service gave us the language we needed to make sense of it all. The newspaper deals in today, but we have the words of eternanife.
CATHERINE DOWLING with Father Jon-Paul Gallant, a parochial vicar at 51. Mary's Cathedral at the time this picture was taken.
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AT TOP, candidates for permanent diaconate at last Sunday's Cathedral ceremony at which they were instituted as readers, a step on the journey towards ordination. From left, Bruce J. Bonneau, S1: John Neumann parish, East Freetown; John J. Emmert, Corpus Christi, Sandwich; Paul M. Fournier, Holy Ghost, Attleboro; Thomas J. Souza, Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton;' Forrest L. Wallace, St. Mary, Norton; George H. Zarella, Holy Cross, South Easton; Paul K. Roma, Christ the King, Mashpee; -Robert L. Surprenant, St. John Neumann; John J. Fitzpatrick, Holy Family, East Taunton; John F. Branco, Our Lady of Angels, Fall River; at bottom, candidates Branco, left, and Bonneau leave altar after rite of institution. (Studio D photos)
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WASHINGTON (CNS)- AmerNov. 2 ican Collegians for Life said colA memento for the repose of the lege students across the nation were to take part in a national day souls of our bishops, priests and of-student protest against abortion permanent deacons not on this list. at IO a.m. tomorrow. 1923, Rev. Joseph S. Fortin, The day's theme is "We Survived Roe vs. Wade," the 1973 Founder, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall / Supreme Court decision that legal- . River ized abortion virtually on demand. 1933, Rev. Michael V. McDoAn incoming generation of collge nough, Chaplain, St. Mary's Home, students, the group noted, could New Bedford have been aborted legally. Nov. 3 Scott Obernberger, the group's 1988, Rev. Jose M. Bettencourt president and a student at WashingE. Avila~ retired pastor, Our Lady ton's Catholic University of America, said 200 were expected to pro- of Mt. Carmel, New Bedford test in front of t,he Supreme Court Nov. 4 building in Washington. 1990, Permanent Deacon James "We will show America once M.O'Gara and for all," he said, "that the colNov. 6 " lege students of today are not apa1933, Rev. Patrick S. McGee, thetic but incensed by the wanton killing going on in abortion clinics Founder, St. Mary, Hebronville across America with the full supNov. 7 - port of the legal establishment." 1985, Rev. J. Edmond Tremblay, Retired Chaplain, Sacred Heart DUE TO thi/i'issue3 s em- Home, New Bedford
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BALTIMORE (CNS) - Last month the U.S. Catholic Church took a major step toward recognizing the importance of lay leadership as about 200 lay leaders from across the country aired their concerns and hopes in front of the bishops. Bishops and lay leaders meeting in Baltimore began an official dialogue at the first National Lay Forum, a meeting likely to influence documents of the American church as early as 1992. . Dolores Leckey, executive director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women 'and Youth, said the comments will be organized into reports and published next year. Concerns expressed at the meet~ ing included the changing Ameri.can family, concepts of love in American society and the role of blacks, Hispanics, youth and women in the church, Hilbert Stanley of Baltimore urged church leaders to try to understand the Black Catholic Congress. "Some were born into the Catholic Church; some were converts," he said. "We're not trying to create a black church. Like you, we're Roman Catholics. But we have som'e needs." Some participants voiced concerns· about sex and drug abuse among youth and suggested development of student-to-student peer ministry programs. Bishop John S. Cummins of Oakland, Calif., said many parents have forgotten they are the primary educators of their children. "That's big news in Oakland,"he said, drawing laughs from the group. "That parentsdon't control their children ~t all is a very serious problem." In an opening address, Bishop Cummins said the time had come for a "regular consultation between the bishops' associations." Such meetings are expected to be held every three years from now on. Among Catholic organizations represented at the meeting were the Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church; Catholic Daughters of the Americas; Catholic Golden Age; Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs of Pax Romana; Catholics United for the Faith; Christian Family Movement; .Dominican Laity; Knights of Columbus; black Catholics; Hispanics'and Marriage Encounter. Mrs. Leckey said that out of the meeting recommendations or "initiatives that people think are possible" will be gathered and given to the bishops, probably by March 1992.
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VP demands choice in education SIOUX CITY, Iowa (CNS) Vice President Dan Quayle demanded choic~ for parents in selecting schools for their children in a recent address to the Midwestern Governors' Conference in Sioux City. "Why not choice for aliT' Quayle asked. "Unfortunately, choice has. been largely relegated to parents who can afford other options." FRANK MILLER, presiQuayle said he was talking about dent of the Cape and Islands more than the simple choice between public and private schools. district of the diocesan St. "I'd rather you think of it," he said, Vincent de Paul Society, stud"as a choice between good schools ies plans for the 1992 Bishop's and bad schools." Ball, to be held Jan. 10 at He acknowledged his view was White's on the Watuppa, "controversial" and ·"1 know very well that the education establish- Westport. ment as we know it violently opposes it." A recent Gallup/ Phi Delta Kappa poll found that 62 percent of those polled favored allowing parents to choose which public Permanent deacons of the Fall schools their children should atRiver diocese will attend the antend. However, 68 percent said nual regional diaconal assembly, they opposed "allowing students to be held Nov. 9 at the Tara and parents to choose a private Hyannis Hotel, Hyannis. school to attend at public expense." Local arrangements for the Quayle defended the goals out- event, which is expected to draw lined in President Bush's "Amer- some 200 participants, ·are being ica 2000 Education Strategy" to coordinated by Deacon Frank the governors. The National Gov- Camacho of Our Lady of the Cape ernor's Association supported the . parish, Brewster. goals when it met in September. The keynote speaker will be Among goals areincreasing the Rev. Steve Rossetti ofthe Syrahigh school graduation and adult literacy rates, improving student cuse, NY, diocese, author of"Slayer of the Soul," a book dealing competency in general, and makwith the problems of the abused. ing U.S. students first in the w'orld He will discuss ways of ministering in math ard science. to such persons. Other proposed reforms are a The Eucharistic liturgy will have voluntary nationwide exam sysBishop Daniel A. Cronin as printem and fe~eral aid pegged. to aca-. ci pal celebrant and workshops will demic results. deal with specific aspects of minisQuayle called them "good goals try to the abused. that we need to attain to bring the Deacon and Mrs. Sheila Wahl graduation rate to 90 percent by of the Albany, NY, diocese will the year 2000." present "The Merry-Go-Round of He decried the facts that SAT Addiction," dealing with effects scores for public school students have fallen for the last four years, while private school SAT scores have risen, and that five out of six eighth-graders do not know the math they need to move up to ninth grade. Meeting briefly with reporters following his address, Quayle said educational choice "for all and not just for a few" would result in an increase in quality education in both urban and rural areas."
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Show Us the Path Few can deny that the vocation situation in our church is in what may politely be termed a state of flux. The theme of our Called by Name progra~, "Lord, Show Me the Path," is well chosen, not only for those considering a religious vocation but also for tho~e already committed to that way of life. In fact, this theme encapsulates reflection on the concept of vocation and what it entails in today's church. All will agree that we are experiencing a time of vocational transformation, not merely of change. In recent rema'rks to a national assembly of the Conference of Major Superiors, Marist brother Sean Sammon offered some noteworthy insights on the vocational situation in the United States church. noted that from 1960 to the present, religious life in this country has experienced a dismantling of institutions and structures with predictable results. Many religious became dissatisfied, questioning authority and decision-making procedures. A lack of direction and purpose was for many priests, brothers and sisters the end result. Departures from dioceses and communities increased as the number of new candidates decreased. ~'Updating" became a way of life in communities and dioceses and many, losing their sense of identity and mission, opted for new approaches to vocation awareness which often owed more to Madison Avenue than to theology. What has now emerged in the church is the awareness that we are entering a period of transformation. Transformation has three distinct phases: a difficult process of letting go; a confusing development; and a new beginning. The pas~ 30 years have brought us to this threshold. In essence, we are learning that the process of vocational rebirth is not one of mechanical modification, but rather one of death and resurrection. As we move into this 'decade, it does seem that we are shedding many of the doubts which have held us back from renewed vocational programs. More and more ~e are seeing .people who are not afraid to lead the way, to' dream new dreams. Many on the cutting edge of vocational renewal are unafraid of dialogue with positive American values integral to our culture. We teach and preach personalism, freedom, self-determination and democratic self-criticism. Such values are part of our heritage and adapting our vocational programs to OuI:' culture does not necessarily mean that we accept every value it professes. Planted firmly in the Spirit, we should not be afraid of what we are and who we are. With the Spirit we can renew the face of the earth. The placid days of blind obedience and authoritative administration which were so destructive of personhood have fortunately self-:destructed. Too often they sprang from harsh assumptions and deceitful servility communicating a false . image of God's will. , Today we are realizing that our church is not coming to an ,end. We are searching and praying for new paths, new ways to sustain religious' life. The process is painful a,nd frustrating as are all efforts toward maturity. Yet we are taking our first steps with renewed faith, enthusiastic hope and sustained love, knowing that it is not our work alone but the Lord's. With this mind-set we need not feel that the vocational picture is bleak. Our church has limitless possibilities. It is up to us to realize them.
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The next American century By Father Kevin J. Harrington
sponsibly than any other factor. to responsibly use the freedom we As other nations are liberated from have, we will not only bring down , High hopes were raised by tyranny, their new-found freedom judgment upon ourselves, we will George Bush in his acceptance will either be used constructively not only bring disrepute to the . speech at the Republican National ideals that inspired previous genor abused. Convention in 1988. Perhaps peoerations of Americans but we will Freedom can never be an end in ple remember most his promise of dim the beacon of hope for the a kinder, gentler America with "a itself but a means to an end, which newly liberated. 'is the protection of the dignity and thousand points of light." The United States represents rights of human beings. It is tragic However, a lesser known quotaonly five percent of the world's tion from that speech is also worthy to see that the first use offreedom population, yet we consume more of reflection: "I see America as the in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union is to aid and abet ethnic than 50 percent of the world's illeleader, a unique nation with a spegal drugs. We spend more time hatred. It is also troubling when cial role in the world. This has watching teievision than any other some of America's less than desirbeen called the American century, nation in the world and we expend able values find fertile soil in which because in it we were the dominant force for good in the world. We to grow and develop in these fledg- $160 billion a year on entertainment to divert us from the very ing democracies. saved Europe, cured polio, we Twenty years before Bush's challenges to which we need to went to the moon and lit the world with our culture. Now we are on speech, the world witnessed one of respond. While they have more time and democracy's most embarrassing the verge of a new century, and money than any previous generawhat country's name will it bear? I' moments when protesters chanted say it will be another American during the 1968 Democratic con- tion, Americans today percieve vention in Chicago: ','The whole themselves as less happy. We suffer century." from a malaise that reveals itself in Our geopolitical power is even world is watching!" Today the world is indeed watch- the breakdown of the family, loss less in question now than when ing the United States struggle with . of job satisfaction, a distrust of President Bush uttered those words. the same problems that face every politiCs and a disillusionment with Who could have anticipated the fal! ofthe Berlin Wall, the collapse . other nation. If we fail as a people organized religion. We now have the opportunity to of communism in the Soviet Union apply our n~tion's resources to and the assertion of U.S; military addressing ecological, economic, dominance in Iraq? . .and social problems undistracH:d Resolving the vital global issues from the' waste of an arms race. . of our time is increasingly in our We, need to radically reform our national interest. And when the economic aid policy to extend world looks for leadership in solvbl:yond four strategic allies ing its problems, what kind of Israel, Egypt, Pakistan, and El support will it find from America? For renewal Salvador - three of them patently The American achievements of undemocratic. the past century highlighted by God, whose only-bePerhaps the greatest favor AmerPresident Bush cente"red on our gotten Son hath appeared ica can do for the world at large is technological superiority. But if in the substance ojOUTflesh; to show it that democracy can the next century is truly to be grant, we beseech thee, that really work. What is needed is not American, it will depend more on a change in the system, but a through him whom we acthe content of our character as a change of heart. The people can nation than on our technical ingeknowledge to be like to us rise up and oV,erthrow a dictator, nuity. It will be no less of a in his outward seeming, we but only a change of heart can challenge. may deserve to be renewed rescue people intent on misusing The problems which plague our in oiu inwardselves. A men. their freedom. . nation have more to do with our The whole world is watching! inability to use our freedom re-
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From nightclub singer to archbishop DENVER (CNS) - A Texas high school dropout who became a nighclub singer and dancer is now one of the most influential Hispanic bishops in the United States. Archbishop Patrick F. Flores of San Antonio, who in 1970 became the first Hispanic to become aU .S. bishop, said that when he was a teenager becoming a priest - or for that matter a bishop - was the furthest thing from his mind. The archbishop spoke about how he came to enter the priesthood in an interview with The Denver Catholic Register during a recent regional diaconate conference in Denver. The archbishop is chairman of the U.S. bishop's Committee for the Permane~t Diaconate. One of nine children. Archbishop Flores dropped out of school to be a migrant worker to help his family financially after his father, also a migrant worker, was injured. Later he got into nightclub singing and dancing, and it was after a successful performance that the idea that maybe he should be.a priest hit him. After the show, he sat down at a table to rest. . "The audience loved me that night, and I received a lot of applause for my singing," he re-
called. "That feels so good when they applaud you .... The thought came to me: What's left when it's all over?" The words "smoke" and "stench" popped into his mind because the room was so smoky and it smelled of beer and vomit. "Then the idea came to me that I should be a priest," he said, but the thought scart:d him. A short time later his mother insisted he attend a retreat, le<tby a priest who told participants, the archbishop recalled, "that all of us are called by God to be builders." "He told us that how solid we build depends on the foundation," Archbishop Flores said. "Unfortunately,too many are building on smoke,' the priest said, looking right at me." Archbishop Flores said he was so rattled he asked the priest after the service, "Why did you look at me when you said that about the smoke?" "I don't remember looking at you; I don't even know who you are!" the priest responded. But it was the beginning of a new direction for the high school dropout. He returned to school, completing three years of study in two years with the Christian Broth-
ers in Galveston, Texas, and graduating at age 20. A nun who encouraged him to pursue his studies sent him 25 cents a month, the archbishop said. "She said she stole the quarter every month, because she was sup-
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posed to turn in all her money to the convent," he said. "But she kept sending it to me, and I bought a six-pack of Cokes with it every month, sipping a little each day. "It was not a loan, but a gift. She asked me to return it to someone else someday. It was uplifting to me that someone cared." He entered St. Mary's Seminary in LaPorte, Texas, against his father's wishes. "My daddy had other dreams for me," he said. "He didn't want me to go to the seminary, and he got a little angry with me." The young Flores became temporarily estranged from his father, who refused to send him any money in the se,minary. But he began to, earn pocket money by polishing a priest's car and his classmates' shoes. Ordained on May 26, 1956, he became auxiliary bishop of San Antonio in 1970, then was installed bishop of EI Paso, Texas, in 1978. He was appointed archbishop of San Antonio in 1979. When he first became a bishop, he endeared himself to Texas Catholics by offering to auction his episcopal ring to pay the legal expenses of an Hispanic manjailed for murder. The auction netted $34,000 to
hire an attorney for the man, whose case was eventually dismissed. The person who won the bid on the ring "insisted on giving it back," the archbishop added. Today, he concentrates his efforts on working with migrant workers, Latin American refugees, battered women, deacons and Romanian children with AIDS. He also has encouraged many Hispanic vocations to the priesthood. What about repayment of all those quarters the nun used to send him? The archbishop laughed. "Seventeen years ago, 10 men and I established a National Hispanic Scholarship Fund," he said. "We raised $30,000 the first year, and now we are bringing in $4.5 million a year.... That quarter has been very expensive."
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Little Brothers of St. Francis The Little Brothers of St. Fran- dicts, outcasts and the mentally cis, contemplatives in the world, disoriented. The Brothers bring all have as their cloister the noisy the healing love of Jesus, listening streets of the inner city and as their to individual problems, sharing cell the deep center of their hearts the Gospel message and, as possiwhere they foster an interior life of ble, providing food and .referrals to appropriate social agencies. union with God. The Brothers' ministry needs Responding to the exhortations of Francis, they center their lives and daily sustenance are supplied in the "mystery of the Lamb that through the providence of God, was slain" with daily attendance at generous Christians and whatever Mass and an hour of Eucharistic income can be earned from partadoration each evening. They strive time crafts and odd jobs. They are to imitate and experiencelhe three always more than adequately susgreat loves of Saint Francis: Euchar- tained at "the table of the Lord." istic devotion and liturgical prayer, The Brothers live in small innerministry to the "lepers" of our city fraternities, sharing the cirsociety and actual poverty like cumstances of their neighbors. that of Christ and his apostles. - Each member has two pair of The Brothers chant the Divine . dungarees, some underwear, a pair Office in common and allow in of sandals, a blue-denim habit and their daily horarium for periods of woolen jacket and waterproof boots silence, meditative reading and for winter wear months. The per~onal prayer. _ brothers deny themselves other Led by the Lord to an evangelipersonal items and forgo televical street ministry, the Brothers sion, radio, smoking and many encounter Jesus in the homeless other diversions. Their commitmen and women of the city streets, ment to obedience and celibacy among them alcoholics, drug adfrees them to dedicate their lives to Christ in a service of love to their poorer brothers and sisters. They see their vocation as a sign of the humility and obscurity that characterized the life of the Holy Family at Nazareth. Jesus Christ is the light of the world. The Brothers seek to be consumed in his flame - to be the hands of Jesus to the poor and the smile of Jesus to the world. Founded in the archdiocese of Boston in 1970, the Little Brothers of Saint Francis follow the rule for regular communities of the Third Order of Saint Francis and a set of unique guidelines for their way of life approved by Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, then archbishop of Boston. Autonomous in government and their formation program, the Brothers are under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Immaculate Conception province of the Order of Friars Minor. Candidates are accepted for' a three to six-month observership, a six-month postulancy and a one-year novitiate before being admitted to profession. Final profession follows three years of temporary vows. LITTLE BROTHERS OF SAINT FRANCIS For further information write: 785·789 Parker Street Little Bl'Others of Saint Francis, Miss.ion Hill (Boston), MA 02120 Fraternity of Peace and Love, 789 . U.S.A.' Parker Street, Mission Hill, MasTel. (617) 442-2556 sach usetts 02120.
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14 priests who concelebrated mass with him and the sisters, friends and families gathered for the occasion, expressed his "ad miration f9r all the Hawthorne Dominicans who labor for the sick in their many houses." "Today," he said, "is the feast of the Triumph of the .Ij,91y .C~oss the instrument of our salvation. ... For the sisters-those who are today professing vows, those who Bishop at Ceremonies have professed and those who will In September, Bishop Daniel A. profess in the future-your conse- . Cronin presided at a liturgy of cration to voluntary sacrifice, under profession at the Hawthorne mothvows of poverty, obedience and erhouse for Sister Mary Bosco, chastity, is imitative of Christ's who had served at the Rose Haw- sacrifice on the Cross." thorne Lathrop Home for three The postulants who received the years and who is now assigned to Dominican habit and religious Holy Family Home in Cleveland. names were Emily Temple of The rite concluded two days Newark, Del., now Sister M. Juliwhich began with reception by anna. She is a certified nursing four novices of religious names assistant and had worked in Newand the Dominican habit and conark before entering the novitiate; tinued with a private ceremony at Nancy Tolosky, now Sister Rosewhich six sisters who had promary, of Dannemora, NY, a gradfessed their first vows a year earuate of the State University of lier, renewed them for a second New York at Plattsburgh. Prior to year. Taking first vows was Sister entering the novitiate, she was a Michael Marie. nursing assistant at Sacred Heart "We are delighted that Bishop' Nursing Home, Plattsburgh, NY. Cronin has been able to Join us," said community Superior General Also Kathleen M. Kelliher, now Mother Anne-Marie. "He is so Sister M. Brigid, from Chicago. generous to us and we are really The eldest of eight children, she very grateful to him." attended the University of Illinois Sister Mary Bosco, of Johnsand was a medical technologist town, NY, holds a Bachelor of before entering the novitiate; Arts degree from the University of Michelle Barnaby is from Las Oregon. Prior to entering the' Vegas, Nev., where she pursued community, she worked with courtuniversity studies before working referred child~en and teenagers. in a casino for 13 years as a blackSister Michael Marie, from jack dealer. Her religious name is Cleveland, studied corrective'therSister Teresa' Marie. . apy at Cleveland State University. The reception ceremony opens a Before entering religion, she worknovice's final year of preparation ed with physically handicapped for entrance into the community. adults and served on the l Ohio During the year, emphasis is on an Governor's Council for Disabled intensified life, acclimation to the Persons. community and study of the religious vows to be taken. Bishop Cronin, addressing the
Novice Mistress Sister Marie Edward, commenting on the diversity of the postulants' background, said that many women enter the community have no nursing experience. "In fact," she said, "neither of our cofoundresses were nurses. Rose Hawthorne, who became Mother Alphonsa, was 45 when
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Sons surprised by Sister Mom CINCINNATI (CNS) - When Margarita M. Brewer told her sons she' was entering the Sisters of Charity, they discounted it as a crazy notion brought on by a passing "middle-age crisis." They,were wrong. Mrs. Brewer had first wanted to become a nun when she was a teenager but got sidetracked by her education as an architect, marriage and the birth of her two sons. "I believe there's a right time for everything," she said. So, once her sons graduated fiom college, she sold her hous'e, quit her job and packed up her possessio.ns....1knew it was the right thing to do," she said, "so I just did it." "My sons had just one question: 'Do you have to wear a habit?' " Sister Brewer, 50, recalled. "When I told them I didn't, they said, 'OK, you'll make it.' " Sister Brewer raised her boys in Mooresville, N.C., after divorcing their father in 1975. Her marriage was later annulled. To support the children, she worked as a senior architectural designer at a power company. She said she enjoyed working in the male-dominated profession and eventually became group leader of six people, all men. But while working as a volunteer at St. Therese parish in Mooresville, "I realized that working in an industry and working parttime in ministry didn't mix too
well," she said. "I wanted to do the ministry fulltime." Eventually, she hopes to minister to Hispanics and single parents. "I will be in a position' to minister to women who are going through the same things I went through," she said. But for now Sister Brewer is adjusting to life in an interdependent, all~women's community. "I've never been around that many women before," she said, but added that the loving support of her congregation makes things easier. "I was attracted to the community aspect of religious life," she said.
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Believers "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Among the most recently minted priests in the Fall River diocese is Father James R. Nunes, who was ordained as a Missionary of LaSalette last June 8 by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at St. Joseph's Church, North Dighton, and is serving as a parochial vicar at Our Lady of the Cape parish, Brewster. Asked his thoughts after a little less than five months in the priesthood, he described the period as one of "experiencing everything for the first time." Now, he says, he has a sense of "settling in and realizing the depth Following In the footsteps of Blessed of how the priesthood touches Jeanne Jugan, the lillie Sisters of the Poor people... l'm confirmed in my feelstrive to live their consecration in the ing of being in the right place." spirit of the Beatitud~s. By caring for the aged poor and becoming 路one family路 As chairperson of the pastoral with them, they experience the Joy of a ministries committee of the Cape total gift ofself to Christ and to his Church. Cod AIDS Council and director For more information, and for the address of Our Lady of the Cape's' AIDS of the community nearest you, write: outreach committee, Father Nunes also noted that the power to adlillie Sisters of the Poor 60t Maiden Choice Lane - minister the sacraments has intenBaltimore, MD 21228 sified his ministry in that apostolate. He said that he came to know
- From 1894 through 1990, 45 members ofSt. Anne's parish, Fall River, have been ordained to the priesthood, II of them as Dominican priests, recalling the fact that until recent years the parish was staffed by Dominicans, of whom four priests and two brothers remain in residence. A chronological Iist of priestparishioners has been compiled by Very Rev. Pierre E. Lachance, OP, who directs St. Anne's Shrine at the parish and is also his community archivist and the parish historian. The list begins with Msgr. Wilfrid L. Jubinville, ordained in 1894, who served in the diocese of St. Boniface, Manitoba, and concludes with Rev. Denis Theroux,OP, ordained in 1990, who serves in the Dominican province of St. Joseph. Father Theroux's father, Bernard, is a permanent deacon in the Providence diocese. Two other St. Anne's parishioners are also permanent deacons: Raymond E. Levesque, also serving in the diocese of Providence; and Robert B. Raymond, who serves at St. Anne's. 11II11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I11111111111111
the LaSalette community through participation in an Emmaus retreat. "Some of the people at the retreat were helpers at the LaSalette family festival and they invited me to join them. I was very impressed by the spirit with' which the priests worked with the volunteers. You couldn't tell which were the priests until it was time for Mass. As I got to know them, I appreciated their camaraderie and community spirit more and more, and decided that was the life for me."
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Holy Union Sisters elect new leaders Sisters of the Fall River province of the Religious of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts have elected' a new provincial leadership team to serve for the next five years. Sister Patricia Heath is superior, aided by Sisters Paula Coelho, Kathleen Gibney and Mary Ellen Donohue as councilors. Sister Heath had been an assis-
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How to become a Sister of Mercy By Sister Janet Lamb and Ginny Cunningham At age 40, Christine Stry suffered a crushed wrist. The mishap brought pain and four weeks' recovery - and time to think. "I stopped and asked myself what I want the rest of my life to mean," she recalled, '" want to make a difference." When she broke her wrist, Christine was a director of pastoral care at St. Joseph's Hospital just outside Buffalo, New York. Before that she was a teacher and worked in business. She'd also spent time as a volunteer in Appalachia. After her accident - and time to think - Christine gave up her paid position, home and car to join a program to prepare women. to beco.me Sisters of Mercy. Christine's only connections to the order before an inquiry to the nuns four years ago were casual encounters in faith-sharing groups. "I ran into Mercy theologians, psychologists, a pastoral counselor," she said. "They didn't fit the image I had of a sister. They were so full of energy, so professional." Christine knew little about the order and even less of its foundress. She sought information at a library and was especially impressed by the fact that in addition to their vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, Mercys take a fourth vow to serve the poor, the sick and the ignorant. "I didn't know anyone actually vowed to do this," she said. After introductory information interviews, Christine spent a year with a more formal conne'ction to a local Mercy community. She attended workshops, spent weekends in the community and attended Mass with the sisters. Then, she lived in the community, for a year takinga "look from the inside." Presently, Christine is in a 24month novitiate, IO months lived in the Mercy Collaborative Novitiate in Merion, Pa., codirected by Sisters Kathleen McAlpin and Gertrude Myrick. ' For this period, II women, including an attorney, ~ librarian, three teachers, two students, a nurse practitioner and Christine, from nine Sisters of mercy groups around the country, live, pray and study together. They're deciding whether or .not to enter vowed religious life. In Merion, novices attend the-
ology and scripture classes and have access to cultural and educational resources in nearby Philadelphia. They study the life of Catherine McAuley, foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, and the history of the order. ' The novices also minister "in the field." Christine, for example, works with a sister who directs a program for the chronically mentally ill at Our Lady of Holy Souls parish in a devastated area of ~hiladelphia.
Christine admitted that "some' part of any choice is difficult." She said she appreciates the months with the Merion novitiate because she's with' others "in the same boat. We're all going through transition. We've all given up our careers. Now we must be available to the community. Sometimes I wish I was going to work," she said. She misses the independence she had as a single woman. While Christine and others must spend years looking at the advantages and disadvantages of living
in a religious community, she said she does not view her choice as a rejection of today's culture but a choice to live in it differently. "Cars, clothes and other things are good," she said, but "here, they just don't take over you,.. life." "This choice is a very positive attempt to keep things in balance," she said. Ultimately, said Christine, it's a spiritual quest that "takes me to my most authentic self. Before God, I come to know myself, who I am in relation to God arid others." Anyone so inClined can inquire about religious life at one of the 25 administrative centers of Sisters of Mercy through the Untted States. However, Christine recommended that the beginning of the explorati(;>n be more subtle. "Begin with sunsets," she said, "and poems and music and the thoughts that are your own."
Brothers of Christian Instruction The Brother of Christian Instruction is a man who dares to follow Jesus' call to brother in the Church of the 20th century. To brother he joins a community that seeks God alone by faithfully living a vowe~ commitment. The Brother is bold enough to bring the message of Jesus to today's people. He responds to the needs of the Church as he shares in a common vision of catechesis and evangelization. While Catholic education is his primary mission, he demonstrates a special care for the poor and the marginalized. Notre Dame Center, Box 159 Alfred, ME 04002 207·324·0067
For the Fall River diocese, the address ofthe closest regionalcenter is Sisters ofMercy, Highland View Road, CumberlandRI 02864.
The Sisters of Mercy Locally, the Sisters of Mercy of the regional community of Providence have nearly 475 members living and w,orking in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island and the Central American nations of Belize and Honduras. Their central ministry is education in both its traditional· and innovativeforms. Sisters teach in 35 elementary schools, eight secondary schools, and eight colleges and universities. Safeguarding basic human dignity is at the core of other works of Mercy in which the sisters are involved. Market Ministries in New Bedford, Amos House and McAuley House in Providence continue a tradition arising from the sisters' early days when they took food to the poor and the sick and distributed food at their kitchen door. Each of today's ministries is comprised of a soup kitchen and shelter. Together they serve meals to more than 500 people a day and provide shelter for more than JOO as well as providing advocacy services for their guests. Pastoral service engages many sisters. Sisters Elizabeth Hathaway Marianna Sylvester are pastoral associates at St. John Neumann
parish in East Freetown and Our Lady of the Assumption parish in New Bedford. Other sisters minister in childcare homes such as St. Vincent's in Fall River, a residence for the elderly, day-care centers, and health clinics. They are involved in spiritual direction and retreats, counseling, and drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Visitations to sick and elderly shut-ins continue the tnidition of Catherine McAuley's first followers, who were known as "walking sisters."
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Last December the bulletin of St. Anne's parish, Fall River, carried the following letter from Father John FoIster, the pastor, to his people. It is appropriate for this vocations issue of the Anchor. Next Thursday, I shall have the hopor of celebrating gratefully 32 years of priestly ministry. It was on December 20, 1958, early in the morning, that I received the priesthood at the North American College in Rome at the hands of His Grace, Archbishop Martin J . . O'Connor, at the request of Bishop James L. Connolly, our bishop. I have been and am happy at being a priest. It has taken me into ministries of serving the Lord in His people that I could never have imagined. It has made physical and spiritual demands that would have been terrifying if I had perceived tI:1em beforehand. It has permitted me to . taste a human and spiritual satisfaction that is unquenchable in. any other way of life. God may have'been very demanding at times but His grace and love have been awesome. Please pray gratefully with me and beseech the Lord that I may be a good priest. It is more than talent and resolution - I really do not have that much of each - it is a magnificent gift of God. And if God may be tugging at one of you to- thin~ of being a priest, please do not be distracted by my weaknesses and imperfections - it is truly awesome to be part of His plan, His work, His love. We are all getting old - I'm now counting the days into my 60th year!!! - and we need priests desperately. But there is something 'nore important: He provides for ; Iis people and He calls; He em;;owers and He consoles and heals. It is only we who can say "no."
The following article is excerpted from a .story by Steven Loewenthal in the Warren (RI) TimesGazette and is reprinted by courtesy of that newspaper. The way Sister of St. Dorothy Mary Margaret Souza sees it, Our Lady of Fatima High School in Warren, RI, is only as strong as the link between parents, teachers and students. . 'She took over as principal ofthe school this fall, succeeding Sister Eileen Egan, SSD. Parents, Sister Souza said, are an integral part of a child's education. "Parents are the first teachers of a child." That· is why teachers and parents must work together to help the child reach their full potential and live life to the fullest, Sister Souza said. "There mus't be collaboration," Sister Souza said. "It's so nard and difficult today. It's not easy being a parent. I think the two most difficult jobs today are those of parents and teachers." Sister Souza's parents are Margaret Souza and the late George Souza. Both were natives of New Bedford. Her father finished seventh grade and her' mother finished high school. Their daughter, 46, also born in New Bedford, graduated from Mt. Carmel School in that city and the former Sacred Hearts Academy in Fairhaven. Entering the convent at age 17, she taught in Bristol, RI, from 1963 to 1969. "Those were the days when you 'started working toward your degree while you taught," Sister Souza said .. She graduated from the former Catholic Teachers College in Providence in 1970 and from 1969, to 1977 taught math and started a French program at the Sisters' of St. Dorothy School on Staten Island, NY. In 1977 she received a master's degree in theology from Fordham University and in 1989 a second master's i'n clinical pastoral counseling, a combination of religious counseling with children and parents. She spent the last two years working at a battered women's shelter in Boston. . . "My feeling about high school students is that you ,treat them as :adults," Sister Souza said. "In a , sense they are still children at various stages of development. But one of the important things to remember is that the teen is an. individual." Treat students with respect and they will return the respect, Sister Souza said. Of her own vocation, she said that it was sparked by the Sisters of St. Dorothy at Mt. Carmel School in New Bedford and that she has always found religious life a "worthwhile challenge."
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PARENTS OF PRIESTS: Vincent and Theresa Seiker stand with three of their sons, Fathers Mark, Leo and Daniel Seiker. (eNS photo)
God, Catholic schools get vocation credit ELMWOOD, Neb.. (CNS) For Catholic families today, it is rare for a son or daughter to grow up to follow a religious vocation. But Vincent and Theresa Seiker of rural Elmwood have had at least one sori. in the seminary for the)Jast 15 years and three are now priests of the Lincoln diocese. Father Mark Seiker is pastor of St. Patrick's; St. Ann's and Sacred Heart in McCook, Neb. Father Daniel Seiker is the administrator of St. Michael's in Cheney, Neb., and adjutant judicial vicar for the marriage tribunal. Father Leo Seiker is associate pastor at St. John's' in Lincoln. . ButM rs. Seiker said she and her husba'nd don't take much of the credit for their"sons' vocations. "I feel that it's ail been God's plan," she told The Southern Nebraska Register, newspaper of the Lincoln diocese. What she did give her children, she said, was a solid Catholic background and education in Catholic schools.
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That wasn't easy. The trip from the Sei15ers' farm to Cathedral School in Lincoln was 25 miles each way. "We couldn't afford to bring the children in, go home and come back and get them," she said. So during the warmer months, Mrs. Seiker volunteered in the school library during the day.' When the weather was too cold for farming, Vincent Seiker would drive the children to town and look for work there for six hours a day. But they never questioned whether the sacrifice was worth it. Mrs. Seiker said the atmosphere of the Catholic schools was better than that of the public schools. "For one thing, I feel that the discipline is better," she said .• And it's more of a family; there's more concern." Most importantly, she said, her children were introduced to daily spiritual exercises, especially frequent daily Mass. This was a luxury, she added, because since theirs is a mission parish it was nearly impossible to get to 'daily Mass from the farm. Mrs. Seiker was not surprised at her children's desire to look into a religious vocation. Two of her brothers became priests, and §he herself once considered entering the convent.
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DAILY READINGS Nov. 4: Rom. 11:2936; Ps 69:30-31,33-34, 36-37; Lk 14:12-14 Nov. 5: Rom 12:5-16; Ps 131:1-3; Lk 14:15-24 Nov. 6: Rom 13:8-10; Ps 112:1-2,4-5,9; Lk 14:25-33 Nov. 7: Rom 14:7-12; Ps 27:1,4,13-14; Lk 15:1-10, Nov. 8: Rom 15:1421; Ps 98:1-4; Lk 16:1-8 Nov. 9: Is 56:1,6-7; Ps 8 4:3-6,8-11; 1 Pt 2:4-9; In 4:19-24 Nov. 10: 1 Kgs 17:10i6; Ps 1 46:7-10: Heb 9:24-28: Mk 12:38-44
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By FATHER ROGER KARBAN Many Christians are disturbed to discover a Jesus who tries to help people become good Jews. So accustomed to setting him offfrom Judaism, we forget the many ways in which he fitted into his religion. George Bernard Shaw once commented, that we can only' truly convert people to the faith in which they already believe. A profound statement. One in which the historical Jesus seems to have trusted. Some scholars teach that the Lord proclaimed no new religion. His first followers did not believe they were adhering to a new faith. If Paul and Peter had filled out a modern' jail form on the night before their niartydoms, what would they have written on the line designated "Religion?" Certainly not "Christian!" We know from the Apostle's writings that he always thought himselfa Jew. Presuming the author of Acts is correct, non-Christians were the first tocall followers of Jesus Christians. Of course, our Hebrews author is correct when he demonstrates Jesus' superiority to Jewish institutions such as the priesthood. But such "better-than-thou" arguments developed o'nly after the Lord's disciples had tried for several generations to convince their fellow Jews to return to the earliest principles of their faith. Becaus.e mainstream Jews eventually rejected Jesus and his reform, his followers, trying to maintain a continuity between their present faith and Judaism, were forced to replace the institutions and practices which they were now denied with the person of Jesus. In time, the Lord became the temple, the priesthood, and the sacrifice. But we should not forget that the historical Jesus never claimed such things for himself. His mission was simply to renew the faith he practiced along the lines of the ,Scripture and prophets he venerated. The more we study the person of Jesus, the more it becomes clear that his true followers will always be relentless reformers. We must often remind ourselves of the "greatest commandment." Like our Master, we will embody a passion to eradicate anything in our religion which stops us from fulfilling that commandment. Who knows, one day we might actually convert to the faith we thought we had professed all our lives!
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Catholic educators convene Continued from Page One when you realize that you are the "So pray first and then go on hands 'of Christ." gelist School, Attleboro, gave the with your work and your mission," he concluded. first Mass reading. Secondary School Programs Atthe end of the liturgy, recogSister Theresa Trayers, SND, of The convention's afternoon pronition awards were presented to Bishop Stang High School, North gram consisted ofdepartment meetDartmouth, led the responsorial , school personnel with 25 or more ings and a workshop session for years of service in Catholic edpsalm and Kathleen Killion of secondary school teachers and two ucation .. , Bishop Feehan High School, Attleworkshop sessions for elementary The awards were introduced this boro, presented the offertory inteachers. year by the Diocesan Department tentions. In a presentation to secondary of Education in conjunction with Music,was provided by Linda school religion teachers on "Seizthe National Catholic Educational and Victor Augusto, John Traving the Moment to Share Your Association's observance of the ers, Joseph Taylor and Kristin Faith," ~ean Revil of Bishop Stang quincentennial of the evangelizaVoccio; and John Dacey of Bishop High School told participants that tion ofthe Americas, themed "DisConnolly High School presented a "your own spirituality should be cover Catholic Schools." communion reflection. your first priority. The more your In his homily Bishop Cronin Recognizing longtime diocesan faith life grows, the more you have referred. to the Gospel reading educators is a way to "rediscover ,(Luke 6:12-16) in which Jesus the roots of Catholic education; . to share with your students." She encouraged the teachers to chooses his apostles. He likened noted Father Beaulieu in introduc"pray with your colleagues" and to their mission to "convey the truths ing the awards ceremony. foster relationships with students. of our religion" to that of today's While the awards do not specify She continued "Every school Catholic educators. the number of years of service over has a place where students gather. While the teachers at the con25, Father Beaulieu added, some Stand there, listen to them. Know vention represent the well-rounded, of those recognized have served 50 what they're about; see what's imacademically-sound education reor 60 years. Each received a silver portant to them. Get involved, and ceived at Catholic schools, said the bowl from Bishop Cronin. they will start coming to you." bishop, even more important is When someone you know faces that "you are living examples" of Does God Need Us? a challenge. added Ms. Revil, "don't the Catholic faith and "you have That question was .posed by say 'good luck,' say 'I'll pray for the opportunity day in and day out keynote speaker Father William to portray the values of the church. A. Barry, New England provincial, you' ,- and go and do it, right away if you can. If that's not sharour religion, and [Jesus') revelasuperior for the Society of Jesus, ing faith I don't know what is." tion" to influence students' lives. who told the ed ucators they were Guidance counselors heard a Again referring to the Gospel important to fulfilling God's misdiscussion' of "Catholic Morality reading, Bishop Cronin noted that sion on earth . and Guidance Counseling: Who "on momentous occasions Jesus At first glance, he said. the ques- Will Proclaim the Vision?" presalways went away to pray first" tion of God needing us seems ented by Father Mark Hession. and encouraged the educators to "absurd," since "for the believer parochial vicar at St. \'v1ary's parfollow that example. God is absolutely self-sufficient - . ish, New Bedford. "Every day, say a prayer before if God needed anyone else tofulfill In their involvement with stuyou start the school day," he said. his being he would not be God." dents' personal lives and problems, "When a student comes to you And yet, God created the uni- said Father Hession, counselors anxious, worried or discouraged, verse, the speaker continued, prohave the responsibility to convey pray first and then help. Pray that posing that for the universe to the "vision" articulated in Scripture every day, every hour in the classexist, three things are necessary: which says ultimately that "we are room will be profitable, not just First, "God must want the uni-, judged on the basis of how we love for yourself but for those, you verse to exist. The very fact that each other." , teach." God desires the universe and each This points to a warm and wel~ one of us into existence means we coming church that should be reare desirable to God. God creates flected in the life of the school, he the universe and us not .because said. "We are only effectiveto the Continued from Page One God needs but because God loves. " extent that we bring students to to show us that it is in our humanSecond, the priest continued, the vision rather than the norm" of ness that we can only be made there must be "people who can secular society. whole and holy. Only where we are receive [God's) invitation" to the Father Hession enumerated four flawed can the grace of God enter." "community life.of th,e Trinity." principles that are the basis for Ms. Mueller Nelson said DoroThird, while God wishes all percounselors' dealings with students: thy Day, a founder of the Catholic sons to become part of. tllis comthe right to life, without which Worker movement in the United munity life, no one can be coerced, other rights are meaningless; the States. was a friend of her family's and therefore people are needed principle of human dignity; the and is a personal hero of hers. "who hear God's call and accept it; principle of common good; and "I knew her to be enormously who hear the word and live it" and the principle of confidentiality. human," she said. On certain days who recognize Jesus as the savior Miss Day would ask for a coffee to and thus draw others to God. Using these guidelines, counsehelp her g'et out of bed. "I would As teachers, he told the audience, lors should "live the message. think, 'This heroine needs hot black "you help shape the educated adult name the vision and lead by examcoffe~?' I thought she should float Christians who are also called to ple" rather than make decisions out of bed and that she should Christ. He will only be fully alive Turn to Page 15 have no aches and pains. [Miss Day) immediately saw this and. said, 'Allow me to be human.'" All Christians are called to their own "path to sainthood," said Divine Providence Sister Loretta Jean Schorr, Wheeling Charleston diocesan 'coordinator for adult . formation. _ "We appreciate the persons who have come befo're us and have iived a life trying'to integrate and focus God in their lives." she said. "We look to them not necessarily .to walk their saine path, but to ' come to knpw the things that helped them come closer to God." . "When we study and read any of the lives of the lives of the saints, we come to ~ee that for most of , them, it was in very ordinary ways' that they were drawn to God," Sister Schorr said. "We've come to recognize tha't they were fully AT A CELEBRAnON of the 75th 'anniversary of the human. It was their interacting Dominican Academy Alumnae Association in Fall River, and responding to the God life Susan Costa, foreground, and Diane (Letendre) Banville within them that brought them to admire display of photos of alumnae who have entered religsanctity. The same opportunities ious life. (Gaudette photo) are available to us."
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Catholic educators convene . : Continued from Page 14 The former was presented by for young people. Most imporstress consultant Carolyn Rogerstant, said Father Hession, is to Ashworth, who discussed reduc"stand by them." ing shess through diet, exercise In other department meetings, and relaxation techniques. mathematics teachers heard a presSexuality issues were discussed by Mildred Gedrite, district exten- . entation on "Graphing Calculators" by Eileen LaFleur of Bishop Con- sion specialist on communities, nolly; English teachers attended family and youth. "Evaluating Student Writing: InShe stressed the importance of structor as Editor," with Dr. Wilbeginning sex education and inliam Kelly of Bristol Community struction on such issues as sexual College; and social studies teachers abuse as early as grade I, incorpo- , heard a presentation on "Economic rating the 10 Commandments as Issues: Catholic Social Teaching moral guidelines and educating Perspectives" with Dr. Peter Beinot only children but parents. sheim of Stonehill College. Communication between parents REV. JOSEPH P. Gosselln, Department meetings were also and children is essential to counMS has been named director held for business, science, fine arts teract mistaken information kids of LaSalette Shrine in Attleand language teachers; coaches receive from other children and a and physica,l education teachers; media bombardment that conveys boro. He is also superior of development and admissions per- little respect for persons, she said. the Attleboro LaSalette com. Incorporation of church teach- munity and for the Immacusonnel; and administrators. Workshops for secondary teach- ings and values shows that "reliers covered su~h topics as adoles- gion and a program on sexuality late Heart of Mary province cent deveJopment and self-esteem, cali fit together," said Ms. Gedrites. of the religious order. A native of Manchester, children of dysfunctional families, Other elementary workshops: legal issues affecting Catholic "Mathematics Ideas," Daniel P. NH, Father Gosselin holds a schools, drafting grant proposals, Larkin, St. Mary's School, New bachelor's degree in theology and teacher evaluation. Bedford; "Whole Language and from the University of Ottawa the Reading Process," Ann McElementary Workshops Sweeney, Sandwich School Depart- and a master's in counseling Many of the 16 workshops for ment; "Education for Peace," and psychology from Boston elementary teachers offered ideas Debra Polselli, grade land Fall College. He was ordained to for creative classroom activities, River area Pax Christi director. the priesthood in 1965 and such as science fairs, discussed by Carol A. Zopatti of St. Mary's Names o/25-year honorees and has directed seminaries in the School, Taunton, and the Invent more photos will appear in next Philippines and the United America program, explained by week's Anchor. 'States. Angela Stankiewicz of SS. Peter and Paul School, Fall River. The latter has students use writ"SHOREWAY ACRES IS A SURE THING" ing, researching and problem-solving skills to create their own invenIt's 'What Life On Cape Cod Is All About" .:-.Jew EnKland GetAway, MaKalin. tions, said Ms. Stankiewicz. "You'd be amazed at what kids come up with," she said, recalling one stu" dent who produced colored salt so • The Pe"onal attention lound onlv at a tamily-owned Resort Inn .' that her father, on a salt-restricted SUPERB meals per couple diet, could see how much of it he • Full Service B.Y.a.B. 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"There's no such thing as an 'ideal' family anymore," she said. Teachers need an attitude open to the kind of lives [students) lead," whether they are from single-parent families, are'adopted or foster children, or are living with relatives other than their parents. "The school.is among one ofthe most effective agencies in the church" for ministering to families, said Sister O'Rourke, "but it is n~t recognized as such and IS therefore less effective than it could. be." Children must feel "safe" before they can begin to learn, and they must be made to feel that school is a safe environment, she continued. Many children who aren't succeding in school "don't lack potential but an environment in which to really learn," she said. Perhaps a sign of the tim-es was the overflowing attendance of workshops on -stress reduction and on teaching sexuality issues.
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, CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NB Guest night 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6, Wamsutta Club, County St., NB.' Program chairman: Dorothy Curry; entertainment by Allegro Glee club, directed by Paul Allard. : CAPE AND ISLANDS CHARISMATIC RENEWAL Charismatic Renewal of Cape and Islands Deanery Mass and healing service 8:30 a.m. tomotrow, St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis; celebrant: Father Frank Santelli of Prov,~
ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS RCIA classes begin 7 p.m. Nov. 6. church hall; information: Deacon Don Biron, 896-7823. Cereals, juice paks and tuna needed this week for holiday food drive. LOWER CAPE CURSILLO ULTREYA 7:30 to 9 p.m. Nov. 8, O.L. Cape, Brewster. parish center; information: Phyllis Biron, 896-7823. ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Vincentians meet 7'p.m. Nov. 7, rectory. RCIA first meeting after' 10: 15 a.m. Mass Nov.' 10, parish center; information: Fa~her John Sullivan, 673-7831. Sister Celine Rainville, S USc. was honored recently on her 50th anniversary as a Holy Union Sister. ' ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Healing service and Sunday Mass with Father William T. Babbitt 2:30 p.m. ~unday. O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE First communion class Rite of Inscription 9:30 a.m. Mass at OL V and 10 a.m. Mass at OLH Sunday. RCIA meeting 4 p.m. Su'nday, R.E. center. First Saturday rosary and Act of Consecration to Immaculate Heart of Mary 8:40 a.m. tomorrow. SECULAR FRANCISCANS St. Francis of Peace Prefraternity of West Harwich meeting 2 p.m. Nov. 10, Holy Trinity Church, W. Harwich. Father Edward Healey will celebrate Mass and' speak on "The 500th Anniversary of the Evangelization of the Americas." A roundtable dialogue will follow. Information: Dorothy Williams, 394-4094.
"DCCW . ", fR District open meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7, Our Lady of the Angels Church. FR; John Morgan will give presentation on Dorothy Day and the Catholic Workers Movement. CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Support group for job ~eekers meets 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4, parish center; information: Carl and Joanne Claussen, 833-0425; Ken and Philomena Figuerido, 833-0375. RCIA: 7:30 p.m. 'Nov. 4, parish center ,library. Classical piano and flute concert by Chandler Gregg and Peter Sheridan 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, parish center. Grades I through 6 chil'dren may sign up for roles in Christmas play; see Ada Simpson after Masses or call church office. ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Installation of youth group officers and committee heads 10 a.m. Mass Sunday; ski trip permission slips due,Nov. 5. Second year confirmation retreats Nov. 2 and 9. ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Sr. youth group will host grades 6 through 8 Halloween dance 8 to 10:30 tonight. Anne Wilson has been elected parish,council president and Roberta Parker council secretary; committees were established at last meeting. ST. MARY, NB Women's Guild prayer service for deceased menibers 7:30 p.m. Nov. II. chapel, followed by meeting with nutrition workshop conducted by Jeanne Corliss. ST, MARY, NORTON Tuna fish requested this weekend for monthly collection for Fooc! and Friends Kitchens. ST. JULIE, N, DARTMOUTH Confirmation II students and sponsors meet 7 p.m. Nov. 6, church hall. Pastoral council meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, rectory. LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO "You Can Be Christian and Assertive Too!" workshop 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 9 led by Florence Sab?urin of LaSalette Pastoral Counseling Services land Emmaus Counseling Center in Cranston, RI. Participants will learn io handle difficult situations with assertion, not aggression; to gain self-confidence and self-respect; to express anger constructively and to express affection, caring and joy. Registration requested by Nov. 4. Information: 222~541O. ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Children's Mass 9 a.m. Sunday. Jason Richards will serve on the Diocesan Youth' Advisory Committee as one oftwo deanery representatives.
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'"iIDOWED SUPPOR'T .. ·ST. ANTHONY, Attleboro area meeting 7 tonight, MAT! A.POISETT , St. Mary's parish center, N. AttlePaT1shlOn~rs prepare noon meal boro; Father William Babbitt will ' at N,B soup kitchen on second Th~lTscelebrate Mass followed by refreshdays; help welcome. Informatton: ments; participants asked to bring a John Connor or rectory. scarf for scarf demonstration. ST. STAN ISLA US, FR NOTRE DAME; FR , Holy Rosary Sodality meeting I: 15 Bryan and Cheryl Berube will p.m. Sunday. serve as parish family ministry cou- ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN pie; Normand and Lucy Paul. have Memoria~ Mass for~eceased loved stepped down after 10 years In the ones 7 tomg~t. . Ladles ~f Sacred ministry. Hearts AssoclatlO~ meeting 7 t.oN'IGHT OF HEALING night, rectory meeting room. Famtly PRAYER, FR Mass 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Healing service including BeneHOLY NAME, NB . . diction and Exposition of Blessed Young women 16 or older Wishing Sacrament 7 p.m. Nov. 10, St. Anto be parish presentee at 1992 thony of the Desert Church, 300 Bi'shop's Charity Ball Jan. 10 may North Eastern Ave., FR., will be submit name to rectory. New youth conducted by' Father Pierre Lagroup for grades 9-12 will meet 7:30 chance, OP, of St. Anne's Church, p.m. Nov. 6, parish center; informaFR, and will feature Joseph and tion: 996-8654. ' Tina Dib.iase, dir.ectors of the Rays CATHEDRAL, FR of Sunshine musIcal group seen ?n Women's Guild meeting followEWTN, and Laureen Murp~y, ~ISS ing 7 p.m. Mass for deceased memMassachusetts 1990, who ',VIII.glve a bers Nov. 4; a floral demonstration person~1 acc~)Unt of her pllgnmage will be featured with Mary Machado to Med]ugor]e. as chairperson. HOLY GHO~T, A!TLEBORO SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR Year I confirmatIOn parent meetVincentians meet 7 p.m. Nov. 7, ing 7 p.m. Nov. 5. Grades I through rectory. Women's Club potluck sup6 catechists'. works.hop II a.m. toper 6:30 p.m. Nov. 4; members asked morrow. Vtncentlans need food to bring wrapped gift for Yankee items, particularly canned vegetables; swap. leave donations under table at church ST. STEPHEN, ATTLEBORO entrance. . b' d . . , Shawn LaVOIe su mltte winning GREATER NB ALZHEIMER S entry in contest to name parish proPARTNERSHIP .~ROJECT life group: "People for Life." Runners Workshop on Assess.men~ and up are Michael Santoro (grades 1-3); Care Planning for AlzheImer s PaJaime Mooney(grades 4-6) and Katie tients" to promote better understandKelly (grades 7-10). ing of Alzheimer's disease process and assist caregivers 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE repeated 4 p.m. t09 p.m., Nov. 5, St. Eucharistic adoration following' Luke's Hospital White Home, 10 I 8:30 a.m. Mass today until8:30 a.m. Page St., NB. CEUs available. InMass to,morrow. Pastoral council formation: G.N.B. Alzheimer's Partmeeting 8:05 p.m. Nov. 4, library. nership Project, c/o Blair House, Young women 16 or older wishing to )97 County St.. NB 02740. be parish presentee for Bishop's IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, Charity Ball Jan. 10 may notify FR' Father Ronald Tosti. Youth group Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. meeting 8 to 9 p.m. Nov. 4. Joe Nov. 4, church hall; gifts and canned DeRose is forming a youth orchesgood donations for bazaar will be tra for ages 12 to 18, any instrument: first practice 4 p.m. Nov. 5, CCD accepted. Confirmation classes 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 18,25 and Dec. 9,16; center. Thanksgiving food drive conday retreat at Cathedral Camp Dec. tributions may be' left at church 14. entrances during November. SACRED HEART, SACRED HEART, NB N. ~ TTLEBOR~ . Senior Club meal Nov. 14, parish . F~~st, communion clas~ a~? famlcenter; reserve place with president hes It s About Celebrating theme Annette Hanks, 995-8732, by Nov. Mass 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Grade I 7. Baskets at church entrances fOf students .of St. Mary-Sa~red .Heart holiday food drive. school WIll dress liS favonte.salnt .for FRANCIS OF ASSISI NB 9 a.m. Mass today. ConfirmatIOn ST. , students' and parents' meeting II :30 Na~es of deceased loved ones a.m. Sunday. Liturgy committee submitted for All :;ouls Day Mass 8 meeting 7 p.m. Nov. 5, meeting ~.m. tomorrow Will be remembere~ room. Pastoral council meeting 7:30 In.all Masses throughout November. 'p.m. Nov 8, rectory. Donations for High school s~udents who have ~ot Women's Guild holiday food drive yet been confirmed may meet With may, be left anytime in basket at F~ther Kenneth ~ela~o aft.er Masses Church Street entrance; persons in thIS w~eken~. Pan~h hturglcal calenneed of assist.ance ~r who know of dar.wil.1 be In sac~lsty each .we~kenr~ someone needing assistance may conb~gl',1nlng Nov. 2 3 for panshlOne Wishing to schedule Masses for loved , tact rectory; all contacts confidential. SACRED HEART, FR ones. Women's Guild Mass for deceased WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE members 7 p.m. Nov. 4 followed by ENCOUNTER meeting in parish hall. Weekend to improve couple communication and intimacy Nov. 8-10, Family Life Center, Nor.th DartO.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Food donations Harvest Sunday, mouth; information: Joe and Carolyn FennelL 432-7909. Nov. 3. Liturgy greeters organizationa I meeting I p.m. Nov. 4, parish HOLY ROSARY, FR center. Every Friday is high school Women's Guild Mass for deceased students' "Hang-Out Night" for members 7 p.m. Nov. 4 followed by games and fellowship 7 to 9 p.m.. meeting in church hall; plans for church basement. Christmas party will be discussed. CATHOLIC ALUMNI. CLUB VINCENTIANS Southeastern Mass. and RI chapFR District Mass and meeting 7 ter of international Catholic singles p.m. Nov. 12, Espirito Santo Church, club monthly meeting following 6 FR. Celebrant: 'Rev. Luis Cardoso, p.m. dinner Nov. 10. Brass Rail respastor. Annual Communion b.reaktaurant, 1125 ,Fall River Ave. (Rt. fast date changed to, Dec. 8; BIshop 6), Seekonk; upcoming activities will' Cronin will celebrate Mass at St. be discussed including plans for John of ·G.od Church, Somerset'; Christmas season. Anna Ramos and. Adelia· Machado ST. MARY, SEEKONK will be guest speakers. Reservati.ons Senior Saints meeting I p.m. Nov. should be made now. Information: 5, church basement; speaker Joanne Ron Rodrigues, 679-1578. . Taunton District Council Mass Rossi of Hospice; food donations asked for St. Mary's pantry. Vincen- for intention of beatification of Vintians meet following 10 a.m. Mass centians founder Frederic Ozanam Sunday, CCD center. Canned goods and for deceased members 7:30 p. m. drive this weekend;' donations colNov. 4', St. Anthony's Church;'school St., Taunton. Meeting.willfollow at lected at church doors by confirmation students. Prayer group meeting 5t. Joseph's Church hall, Kilmer 7:3'0 p.m, Nov. 7, parish center. Ave.