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By Liz Schevtchuk PUEBLO, Colo. (NC) - Democratic presidential candidate Michael S. Dukakissaid Oct. 26 no issue "divides George Bush and me more" than that of fighting homelessness. He commented in an interview with National Catholic News Service during a campaign stop in Pueblo. In the interview, the Massachusetts governor also: - Emphasized that although he supports legal abortion, "I don't favor abortion" and is proud of his state's p~enatal care program for poor women. - Called for a national health " insurance program. - Criticized use of a "litmus test" based on abortion or capital punishment for selecting judges. - Expressed opposition to tuition tax credits, but added that he accepts other forms of aid to nonpublic schools. . Questions asked Dukakis paralleled those asked Vice President George Bush Sept. 30. "I don't know of any issue that divides George Bush and me more than this one" of homelessness, Dukakis said. "The reason we have homeless people today is because we have cut back 90 percent on our commitment to build affordable housing for families of low and moderate income." While there always have been mentally and emotionally ill peo pie living on the streets, said Dukakis, until recently "we didn't have this Turn to Page 18

By Julie Asher HARTFORD, Conn. (NC) Vice President George Bush said Sept. 30 that as president he would have no "litmus test" on the issue of abortion for his appointments to the Supreme Court or other courts. Bush commented in an interview with National Catholic News Service, Our Sunday Visitor and the National Catholic Register, during a campaign swing through Hart. ford. Regarding judicial appointees, Bush said, "There will not be a litmus test. There will be a conviction on my part that the man or woman to be appointed will have one fundamental commitment and that is to avoid legislating from the bench and simply interpret the Constitution... Bush also said: - Exceptions to an abortion ban for rape, incest or if the life of the mother isthreatened are necessary "because of the trauma to the mother." - He supports trying an education voucher system in a "model program" and said he was for tuition tax credits but would not pledge to enact them in a 'first term because of the cost. Asked about his and his platform's approval of capital punishment, Bush said he distinguished between "innocent and noninnocent life." He said the view may differ from the Catholic bishops' concept of a "consistent ethic of life" that all life issues should be seen as Turn to Page 18

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WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. bishops, at their Nov. 14-17 general meeting, will be asked to approve a report urging the Vatican to throw out its first draft of a statement on the status of conferences of bishops - such as the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in this country - and start over. They also will be asked to approve an extensive paper analyzing and criticizing religious restrictions in Eastern Europe. The agenda for the Washington meeting includes 17 other issues awaiting decisions by the bishops, among them: - A call for normalization of U.S. relations with Vietnam. - A call to expand U.S.legalization of illegal immigrants and to

change laws that penalize employers of undocumented aliens. - A move to make the 19-yearold Campaign for Human Development a permanent part of the bishops' national activities. - Seven separate actions on liturgical texts or commemorations for particular U.S. feasts or special anniversary occasions. Statements and reports that the bishops must vote on take up nearly 450 typed pages. Information reports to the bishops, on which no action is required, are an additional 139 pages of singlespaced typed pages. "The draft Vatican document which U.S. bish'ops will discuss was sent out from Rome earlier this year and is on the theological

and juridical status of bishops" conferences. It takes a negative view of the collegial character and teaching authority of bishops' conferences and argues that such conferences, formed around the world at the urging of the Second Vatican Council, exist primarily for practical reasons and not because of any theological foundation. When the bishops met in Collegeville, Minn., last June, Archbishop John L. May of St. Louis, "NCCB-USCC president, argued in his presidential address that bishops' conferences do have a collegial character, do have teaching authority and do have a theological as well as practical foundation. The proposal to urge the VatiTurn to Page 19

Pro-lifers flex muscles Thousands arrested across nation WASHINGTON (NC) - In a nationwide Operation Rescue attempt to close abortion clinics Oct. 28-29, more than 2,000 people were arrested and thousands more demonstrated in 32 cities. Some 400 demonstrators planning to shut down a clinic in Boston went to nearby Providence, R.I., after it became obvious that with the preparation of Boston police they would not be effective. Providence police said arrests were in "the neighborhod of 250 people." Police Chief Walter Clark said it was the biggest demonstration of any kind in his city in the past decade. New York AuxiliaI:Y Bishop Austin B. Vaughan, who has been arrested in four Operation Rescue protests, told participants at an Oct. 28 rally in Holbrook that "there is no child that is not wanted by God." In the Bible, he said, there are two "slaughters of the innocent" children. In each case only one child survives: in the Old Testament it is Moses, and in the New Testament it is Jesus. The biblical lesson is that even if Operation Rescue saves just one child from an abortion, it is worth the effort, Bishop Vaughan said. Pro-abortion demonstrators also were present at many of the targeted clinics, and held large counterdemonstrations in BrOOkline and Austin, Texas. The Texas demo_nstration featured a rare public appearance by Norma McCorvey, who, using the name "Jane Roe," won the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing most abortions.

Joan Andrews, the pro-life activist freed Oct. 18 after serving two years of a five-year sentence for a Florida anti-abortion action, was arrested at an Oct. 29 Operation Rescue in Toronto. Benedictine Father Paul Marx, president of Human Life International in Gaithersburg, Md., was also among 41 people arrested at the Toronto clinic of Dr. Henry Morgentaler, an outspoken practitioner of abortion. In Houston, four of 22 people arrested at the Houston Women's Clinic used bicycle locks to chain themselves to concrete-filled barrels. Police used welding equipment to free them. Retired Auxiliary Bishop George E. Lynch of Raleigh, N.C., was among more than 300 people risking arrest by blocking entrances to the Women's Medical Pavilion in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. <;iting the cost

of arrests and court hearings, Dobbs Ferry police declined to arrest the protesters, who remained at the clinic until noon. Operation Rescue was founded by Randall Terry, an evangelical Christian from Binghamton, N.Y. Its first action was held in November 1987 in Cherry Hill, N.J., and more than 7,000 people have been arrested in the past year at hundreds of protests. Police arrested 364 Operation Rescue participants in Pittsburgh Oct. 29, including most of the 80 students from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, who joined the protest. In New Orleans Oct. 29, police arrested 208 protesters, including more than 25 Protestant clergy and three Catholic priests. In Atlanta, where more than 1,100 people were arrested from July 19 to Oct. 8 for Operation Rescue protests, police made 40 arrests Oct. 29. Other Operation Rescue protests included 227 arrests in Falls Church, Va.; about 250 arrests in Sunnyvale, Calif.; 50 arrests in Columbus, Ohio; 20 in Des Moines, Iowa; 34 in Mary Esther, Fla.; 81 in Buffalo, N.Y.; 125 in Philadelphia; and 133 in Deer Park, N.Y. Terry, founder of the movement, told reporters Oct. 29 that it was particularly significant that police made no arrests in Dobbs Ferry and other cities. The growirig number of people demonstrating will make it impossible for abortion clinics to continue operating, he said. "When we no longer consent to child killing, it's over."

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Ask legalization WASHINGTON (NC) - Thousands of Ukrainian-Americans marked the I,000th anniversary of their ancestors' conversion to Christianity by petitioning the Soviet Union to legalize Orthodox

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Did you ever daydream how nice it would be if your house grew wheels and took you to the perfect vacation spot, where you'd also have all the comforts of home? Mary-Lou Mancini, director of the Fall River area office of the Diocesan Department of Social Services, needn't daydream. Thanks 'to her husband Richard, a mechanical genius who is manager of electrical operations and design at Rhode Island Hospital, she can set off for anywhere aboard the family's remodeled and completely out. fitted Greyhound bus. Totally self-contained, the 16ton. 35-foot bus can sleep four. It has a range-top propane gas unit, microwave oven, refrigerator, bathroom complete with shower, , linen and clothes closets, TV, a CB radio, a cassette player, recessed fluorescent lighting and even pic' tures on the walls. Icing on Mary-Lou's cake, in this reporter's e'yes, is Rich's insistence on doing all the driving of the double-clutched bus whose diesel fuel tank holds 165 gallons, sufficient to travel t 200 miles of highway. On'a recent sunny afternoon, reporter and photographer were delighted to be offered a ride. Along the way Father William W. Norton, in effect landlord for Catholic Social Services, joined the party. He is pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Fall River, and the Social Services building is on parish property. The ride, along less than perfect city and country roads, was notably smooth because, Rich said, the

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All are invited to attend a Mass for deceased bishops and priests ofthe diocese at 12:05 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, at St. Mary's Cathedral. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be prinCipal celebrant.

THE MANCINIS relax in the "living room" of their bus. At the rear is their built-in double bed. At bottom, they stand in the bus doorway as it's parked in their driveway. (Gaudette photos) , bus body is suspended on airbags , rescue, recounted Rich. They gave the Mancinis overnight lodging, rather than springs. The family has been into the bus took them to a garage equipped to scene since about 1979. he said, service buses and capped their and their present chariot is their Turn to Page 19 second. The first was a mere 30footer, aboard which they twice took their tour children to Dis-neyworld. Rich already has his sights set on a 40-foot coach, the largest there is. He does all interNov. 6 ior, mechanical and electrical work 1933, Rev. Patrick S. McGee, on the buses himself, finding It a Founder, St. Mary, Hebronville relaxing and absorbing avocation Nov. 7 after a day at giant Rhode Island 1985, Rev. J. Edmond TremHospital, which has 719 beds arid blay, Retired Chaplain, Sacred over 5000 employees. Heart Home, New Bedford The only exception to his do-itNov. 8 yourself philosophy came when 1984, Rev. Pacifique L. Emond, the bus sprang a major oil leak on OFM., Retreat Master, writer, a New Hampshire trip and Rich Montreal, Canada lacked the tools to make repairs. That was when he and Mary-Lou Nov. 11 learned the value of the Family 1910, Rev. A. Gomez da Silva Motor Coach Association, a naNeves, Pastor, St. John Baptist, tional organization which pubNew Bedford lishes a handbook listing members. 1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiliTlillilIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII11II111111I11 "If you get in trouble, you look THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-D20). Second in the book for the nearest memClass Postage Paid at Fall River. Mass.' Published weekly except the week of July 4 ber," said Rich, explaining that and the week after Christmas at 410 High"you can't pull into -a regular gas land Avenue. Fall River. Mass. 02720 by station and expect them to repair a the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall bus." River. Subscription price by mail. postpaid In this case, a man "who must $10.00 per year. Postmasters send address have been 74, 76 years old" and the changes to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7. Fall River, MA 02722. man's son-in-law came to the

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Religious education teachers and other interested adults are invited to a Human Sexuality workshop sponsored by the Diocesan Department of Education. The no-charge workshop will be held for the Fall River deanery Wednesday, Nov. 9, at St. Elizabeth parish, Fall River. Nov. 16 it will be held for the New Bedford deanery at St. Theresa's parish, New Bedford. Cape Cod and Islands deanery members will attend Nov. 30 at St. Pius X parish, South Yarmouth. Dec. 14 the workshop will be BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin, center, was principal celebrant of the Mass preceding the recent corporate communion offered for the Taunton and Attleboro deaneries at St. Pa]JI's parish, supper of the Attleboro and Taunton district councils of the Taunton. Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. Joining the bishop at , All sessions will be offered twice, the 29th annual event, held at Our Lady of M 1. Carmel parish, from 10 a.m. to noon and from 7 Seekonk, were, from left, Mrs. Harvey Mace, president of Mt. to 9 p.m. The workshop will focus on Carmel's Women's Guild, the host DCCW affiliate; Mrs.. three areas: The Gift and Grace of Joseph Rose, Attleboro district president; Mrs. Leo A. Human Sexuality; Sexuality: Your Plouffe, Taunton district president; and Father Thomas C. Call to Community; and Human Mayhew, Mt. Carmel pastor. Fathers Thomas L. Rita and Sexuality: Teaching and Learning Paul G. Connolly, Attleboro and Taunton district modera- Sexual Morals. Resource persons will be Father tors, were designated concelebrants at the Mass. (Motta Robert A. Oliveira, diocesan direcphoto) tor of continuing formation of clergy and laity; and Sisters Elaine Heffernan, RSM, and Eugenia Brady, SJC, associate directors' of religious education. Those planning to attend a session are asked to register by calling Work has begun on an enlargeWhen the renovations are com- the education department,· 678, ment and renovation program at plete, said Father Correia, there. 2828. St. Bernard's Church, Assonet. will be a celebration of both the Father Edward E. Correia, pastor, finished job and St. Bernard's 51 st said the $800,000 project will add birthda'y as a parish. 5,036 square feet to the 150-yearBetween now and then there's VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope old church building. much work to be done. John Paulll said the church in the Targeted for completion by next United States has done excellent June, the undertaking will add 100 ecumenical work, while demonseats to the present 300-seat capacstratingan internal vigor based on ity of the church. The sanctuary "the union of truth and freedom." area will be enlarged and there will Speaking recently to a group of . be a new sacristy and a 20-person New Jersey and Pennsylvania bishchapel for daily Mass, enabling BOGOTA, <;olombia (NC)-A ops, the pope emphasized that savings in air conditioning and study conducted by the Colom- ecumenical dialogue must continue heating costs. bian Catholic Church has conto be tied closely to church unity The church basement" also to be cluded that the government is parand doctrine'. "Much 'has been enlarged, will accommodate six tially responsible for the violence done in the United States to bring permanent religious education that plagues the country because Christians closer together," the classrooms, replacing a movable- its response to the situation has pope said. He cited the leading wall arrangement now in use. There . often been "timid and tardy." role U.S. experts have played in will also be a religious education The church study was conducted ecumenical dialogue si'nce the coordinator's office and a storage with the help of bishops and Second Vatican Council. area. priests from 54 of the country's 62 The estimated cost will include ecclesiastical jurisdictions and was new furnishings for the chapel, a published by the Colombian binew roof, interior and exterior shops' conference in mid-Septempainting, carpeting and a new sep~ ber. VATICAN CITY (NC) - Vatitic system. ; The church report blamed the ca nand Hunga ria n officia Is have St. Bernard's parish, originally country's armed forces for "a lack held Vatican talks on naming seva mission from St. Vincent's Home, of decisiveness in facing up to the eral auxiliary bishops in the East Fall River, was formerly housed in guerrillas." European country. A Vatican a smaller building near the Assonet It singled out eight causes of viosource said general agreement had River on South Main Street in the lence: leftist guerrillas trying to been reached on candidates and small community. Some seven years overthrow the government; nar- that formal Hungarian approval ago the present church and parcotics trafficking; common delin- was expected soon. The officials sonage, of traditional New Engquency; poverty and misery; exist- also discussed PopeJohn Paul II's land architecture, were purchased ence ofcivilian paramilitary groups; plans to visit Hungary at an undefrom the United Church of Assonet. intransigence of some labor unions; termined future date. " The parish has grown steadily" adding nearly 250 families in the intransigence of the government and political parties; attitude of past two years alone. the state security forces, including the armed forces. "It seems as if the government An,a~~!rtisenle9t.appeil~;! has given letters of marque [repriingonpage 3 of 'Ji-,e Ancho~)' sal) to guerrillas, the [drug) mafia . for Od. '28 gavei\n incor~ Dr. Patrick Reid, a professor of and bandits who enjoy complete rect date for a fashion show Scripture at Providence College, freedom of movement in some spo~s~~~d by th.~:launton) will disucss Biblical Fundamental- regions," said the report. It charged DistFictCouncU9fCatholi¢{ ism at a priests' study day to be that some members of the armed held from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. forces are associated with "narcotWomen. The correct date Tuesday, Nov. 22, at t.he diocesan ics traffickers, the guerrillas and' and time are 3 p.m. SunFamily Life Center in North Dart- corruption." day ,~(,lv. 13'1The event mouth. . Colombia is the source of much will ta-lee place illSt. Joseph . •. In his two-part presentation, Dr. ofthe cocaine used by U.S. addicts. 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There's the Rub Somehow there are those who thought that by this time the vocation problem in the American church would have been solved. It just has not been the case. If anything, it's getting worse. Fewer and fewer young people seem to envision spending their lives as priests or religious. The sociological reasons, of course, are legion and all have been milked to a fare-thee-well. But the facts and figures speak for themselves. Ordinations are decreasing. Some' dioceses have not ordained priests in two or three years. They may have imported a few warm bodies but none of their own men has come forward. What is true for the priesthood is even more desperately the case for religious women. In many of the formerly "popular" communities, the average age of members is 65. One study has predicted what we would have considered impossible just a few decades ago - that some orders will not be around to greet the third millennium. Such facts have elicited two responses. The first is to sidestep the problem and place the blame on God. It's his problem, after all, and if he wants things to be different, the Holy Spirit . should be inspiring our young people. This attitude is muddled, to say the very least. Grace builds on nature; it does not act in the proverbial vacuum. We are an incarnation people, brothers and sisters of the路 Word made flesh, a puzzling combination of the human and divine. For some reason, this makes many feel they can avoid reality, sit back and do nothing. The second approach resorts to gimmicks and glitz: all work and no prayer. Sleek ads, so-called meaningful telespots and sociological relevancy are but a few of the solutions proposed to the vocations crisis. The general attitude would seem to be that coverage by ABC, NBC and CBS, to say nothing ofCNN, will bring salvation. But the hyper solutions are not for the long haul, as many a tired pastor will attest. In the lives of most priests, there are few moments the world would consider glamorous and enthralling. The work of the Lord is a day-to-day encounter with real people; often ugly ducklings, rejects and throwaways. Seldom does the spotlight shine onthe needy, homeless and hapless or on those who strive to serve them. Great processions and pageants are for special occasions, possibly important in themselves but often no more than the expression of a transient burst of enthusiasm. They are not part of the daily struggle to survive. Indeed, great pronouncements al1d sweeping statements from important church people have little impact on the unimportant and often unwanted, to whom they seldom filter down. Many just do not recognize that faith is seen in its works. This is perhaps the secret of true vocations. Mother Teresa's sisters are not in the American mainstream; the Daughters of St. Paul are considered insufficiently sophisticated for today's complexities; and our own Dominican Sisters at the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home in Fall River are so busy nursing terminally ill cancer patients "that there isn't much time left for spreading the word about our community." . Yet all are at the "top of the chart" as far as vocations are concerned, while young men are turned away from over-full seminaries in such countries as Poland and India. There are messages for all of us in this: all of us must pray the Lord ofthe harvest for workers in the vineyard; but equally, all of us must encourage, promote and support vocations. When youth see true needs, youth will respond. Leaving the problem to a few has resulted in few vocations. There's the rub. The Editor

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Thoughts on All Saints路 day By Father Kevin J:Harrington Celebrating All Saints day makes me wonder if most Roman Catholics are even aware of the majority of our canonized saints. With the exception of the prominent apostles and St. Patrick, St. Francis and St. Anthony, many youngsters are unaware of the great heroes of faith. Originally. All Saints day was established to recognize the millions of uncanonized and unknown saints, meaning all who have entered heaven; but, unfortunately, saints have become out of date in this the last fifth ofthe 20th century. Even among Roman Catholics, once preeminent in naming their children, their churches, their cities and their holidays after saints, devotion to them has declined since the Second Vatican Council. And in this age of personality development, it is hardly reassuring to recall the definition of a martyr as someone who lives with a saint. Should saints be considered archaic? In my opinion, saints are always relevant because they have more in common with our human nature than they have differences from it, regardless of the age in which they lived. There is one person, whom I hope to see canonized in my lifetime, who sheds much light on what holiness is all about. I recently participated in a college bowl at a diocesan Catholic high school at which students were asked to give locations of the Olympic Games back to 1972. They

found it easier to do that than to trace the popes back to 1963. It is easy to forgive adolescents for forgetting Pope John XXIII, but it is much harder to pardon adult Catholics for blotting from memory the immeasurable contribution of Angelo Cardinal Roncalli, Patriarch of Venice, who initiated the Second Vatican Council 1963 was a very sad year. The nation lost both a young president who captured the imagination and idealism of a nation and an elderly pope who raised the hope' of 'the church to become a renewed and Spirit-filled sign of God's Kingdom. Unfortunately, 25 years is sufficient time for the name of even someone as great as Pope John XXIII to become difficult to remember in a trivia contest. The rest of this article is written with the hope of rekindling an old fondness among some readers and informing younger ones of this truly remarkable man of God, Pope John XXIII won universal admiration as an old man, 76 when ~Iected and 81 when he died.

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He was the least likely among the cardinals to be elected pope. Today he would be considered almost too old to vote in an election and he would certainly be too old to be bishop of a diocese. But during his brief 1700 days as pope he left us a great legacy. Too' often unthinking conservatives attack him as the father of the second Vatican Council and attribute all the troubles of the past quarter century to the changes it brought about. They could not be more wrong! John XXIII was one of the few who ascended the papal throne after age 75. He was a grandfatherly personage wtto spent his teens in another century! Just seven weeks before he died he issued Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), an encyclical quoted extensively by the American Catholic bishops in their efforts to solve social problems and dissipate the cloud of nuclear holocaust from the sky of the future. Who would have guessed that this "caretaker pope" would take astounding care of the Church and witness to his universal fatherhood with consuming care for the world at large? Before the election he asked his fellow cardinals to "pray for a wise and gentle man who can govern; a saint who will make saints of others. Trust in a new Pentecost." The night before his election he wrote: "I feel as if I were an empty bag that the Holy Spirit unexpectedly fills with strength," That's a perfect definition of a saint!

in the news "Time of grace" DETROIT (NC) - On the eve of hearings to determine the fate of Detroit parishes, a group of Catholics scheduled fasts and days of prayer and have written letters asking for "a time of grace" and' collaboration before changes are made. ' The archdiocese announced plans Sept. 28 to close, merge or redesignate almost 40 percent of Detroit parishes. The group, many of whom belong to parishes affected by the recommendations, have scheduled days of prayers through December at nine city parishes recommended to be closed or redesignated as missions. Thirty-five pastors seek to meet with Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka of Detroit and Auxiliary Bishop Patrick Cooney, chairman of the Implementation Committee and urban 'Advisory Board which authored the plan. More than 200 people have pledged a day of fasting for the city churches.

Dissenters BETHESDA, Md. (!'IC) - A Catholic priest and pro-life lawyer in a strong dissent from the majority opinion of a special federal advisory panel on fetal tissue said Oct. 21 it was "seriously unacceptable on moral grounds" to use human fetal tissue derived from abortions in medical research. "We must insist that whether or not this research is scientifically promising and legally permissible is beside the point if the procedure is ethically at fault," wrote Holy Cross Father James T. Burtchaell, professor at the University of Notre Dame, andlndiana attorney James Bopp Jr., general counsel for the National Right to Life Committee.

Suit withdrawn MORRISTOWN, N.J. (NC)Only one day after filing a lawsuit, dissident nuns at the Discalced ,Carmelite monastery in Morristown withdrew the suit aimed at their prioress and bishop. Meanwhile, as the widely publicized Carmelite dispute entered its fourth week, seven nuns loyal to the prioress broke their silence to express their views of the situation in an interview with the local diocesan newspaper. The group described the dissident nUl)s as having separated themselves from the rest of the community long before the division became an internl;ltionally reported public controversy. The civil suit was filed Oct. 24 on behalf ofthree of five nuns who have barricaded themselves in the monastery infirmary since early October and on behalf of their former prioress, now living in France. The following evening the nuns' civil lawyer, William Marshall Jr., said the suit was being withdrawn at the request of the canon lawyer, Father Milan Miku,lich, who is representing the nuns in their efforts to get a Vatican ruling favoring them. The lawsuit had accused the prioress, Mother Theresa of the Trinity Hewitt, and Bishop Frank J. Rodimer of Paterson, N.J., of engaging in "a conspiracy and a series of wrongful acts."

Parishes need more money MONTEREY, Calif. (NC) -If they "want to stay in existence," U.S . parishes will' have to find ways to boost income to pay for a growing number of lay ministers, said Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye; general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic bishops and U.S. Catholic Conference. Msgr. Hoye, a native of Taunton, told participants at a recent diocesan fiscal management conference in Monterey that they "cannot be content with balancing the budget. "The teaching of the church is clear," he said. "We need to pay just salaries." The challenge, Msgr. Hoye said, is to find new funding sources and ways of making programs more efficient, so that just salaries can be paid. Studies of individual giving patterns have shown that "you are collecting more each year," but with inflation "in real dollars you are getting less," he said. At the same time, "the money you have to payout in salaries because of the new faces in church leadership have made even greater demands on your shrinking dollars. "Financially speaking, the church is a no-growth industry," he said. Just Catholic schools had to' scramble for new funding over t,he last decade to pay lay teachers a ' living wage, Msgr. Hoye said, so ,dioceses 'and parishes will need to find new sources to pay lay parish ministers and diocesan officials. "Parishes are merging, clustering and closing," he said. "At the same time, new parishes are being established with no fulltime priests , to staff them. The church, however, goes on and communitites of believers are being served." Benefit packages that meet the needs of lay employees must also be developed, Msgr. Hoye said. "With few exceptions, we are still based on a diocesan system for benefits. To my mind, that was fine when the face of the minister was framed by a wimple or a Roman collar," he said, but "it's not realistic in today's world. "The chief example is pension plans," he said. "It is not unusual for the church's new leaders to cross diocesan lines" when a spouse is transferred or a new opportun~ ity for ministry arises. "Can't we devise a system whereby one would be able to continue to build up his/ her retirement benefits working for the church after moving to a different diocese?" the monsignor asked. The rising costs of health insu, rance also might be better dealt with by having dioceses in the same state or region join together in seeking bids on health-benefit packages, he said. _ "Change is being forced on us whether we like it or not," he told the diocesan managers. "Collaborative ministry is both necessary and desirable," Msgr. , Hoye said. Financial managers, planners, educators, theologians, canon lawyers and others need to work together to find ways to meet the new needs, he added. That may involve making "some hard choices in the years ahead" about cutting programs that are no longer essential or efficient, he said. "We simply don't have enough' fiscal resources to continue to do everything we have done while meeting the challenges of the future," he said.

'THE ANCHOR'::"'" Diocese

~f Fall River - Fri., Nov. 4, 1988

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church • Ne·w Bedford 11th ANNUAL

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Pierogi, I<1elbasa, "Golabki" (Stuffed Cabbage), Cabbage Soup and many,more Polish Delicacies. Seafood, Hot Dogs, Hamburgers Ample ParIdns Available One MDe From Interstate 195 From FaD River, Ta.toIl and Well: On Interstate'195 get offat Exit 16 (Washburn Street). At Stop sign make an immediate right. At traffic lights take a left on Coggeshall Street Second street on Right make a right hand tum on North Front Street. The Church and Parish ~ are fifty feet &om the comer.

F_ FairIlaWll, Wuehamand Eat: On Interstate 195 get offat Exit 17 (Coggeshall,Street) After Traffic lights continue £Or two blocks Second Street on Right make a right hand tum on North Front Street. The Church and the Parish Hall are fifty feet &om the comer.

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COMMITTEE members meet to plan the first annual Festival of Joy to be sponsored by the Dominican Sisters ofSt. Catherine of Siena Nov. II to 13 at Dominican Academy, 37 Park St.: Fall River. A highlight will be an Alumnae Room, guaranteed to arouse nostalgia in academy graduates. Further information is available at 672-6184. '

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THIS SATURDAY' IS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Honor the Immaculate Heart of Mary Practice the devotion of the five First Saturdays This devotion was requested by Our Lady of Fatima on July'13, 1917, when she said: "God w.ishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. "1 shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of reparation on the first Saturdays. If people listen to my requests, Russia will be converted and there will be peace." Then again, on December 10, 1925, Our Lady appeared to Sister Lucia, one of the children of Fatima, and told her the following: "Announce in my name that I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, shall

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The Mass of Christian Burial will be offered this morning at the campus chapel of Stonehill College, North Easton, for Father William F. Gartland, CSC, 64, who died unexpectedly on Tuesday while on jury duty in Fall River. "Father Bill," said Father Bartley MacPhaidin, CSC, Stonehill president, ~'was so closely identified with Stonehill that it will be hard for many to think of the college without him. He had special gifts of caring and remembrance that endeared him to generations of Stonehill students. In the area of college relat'ionships, no one can ever take his place.." Father Gartland was director of special gifts and of the Stonehill Century Club at the time of his death. At various times he had been director of athletics, student activities, placement, alumni af- ' fairs, religio~s activities and the' alumni fund. A native of Dorchester, the son of the late Hugh and Anna (O'Malley) Gartland, Father Gartland graduated from Boston College High School and attended Boston College one year before entering the former Holy Cross Seminary in North Easton. He was a cum laude graduate of the University of Notre Dame and held a master's degree in religious education from Catholic University. He was ordained to the priesthood March 25, 1950, in Camden, N.J., there,after teaching at King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. He came to Stonehill in 1955 and while at

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the college also assisted on weekends at area parishes. Father James Duane, CSC, assistant provinl;ial of the Eastern Province of Holy Cross, will be principal celebrant at this morning's Mass and Father MacPhaidin will be homilist.lnterment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery on the Stonehill campus. Father Gartland is survived by a sister, Mrs. Helena Adduci of Plymouth, and by nephews, nieces and cousins. The cousins include Father Frank Gartland, CSc. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Rev. William F. Gartland Scholarship Fund at Stonehill College. The fund was set up in 1985, when some 800 people gathered at a testimonial for the popular priest.

Madeline Guido Father Paul R. Guido, OFM, pastor ofSt. Kilian's Church, New Bedford, was principal celebrant at the Mass of Christian Burial for his mother, Madeline (Cicero) Guido, 83, who died Oct. 24 at the home of a daughter in Elmhurst, Ill. The Mass was offered Oct. 28 in Apollo, Pa. Mrs. Guido, daughter of the late Frank and Rose (Castolone) Cicero, was a native of Arcadia, pa. A homemaker, she is survived by two sons in addition to Father Guido, Lewis Guido of Leechburg, Pa., and Mario Guido of Apollo; and two daughters, Dominica Rossman of Elmhurst; and Nellie Corcetti of Washington Townshi p, Pa. She is also survived by two sisters, Stella Garufi of Apollo and Florence Gianneto of Belleaire, Fla.; a brother, Dale Cicero of Anaheim, Calif.; eight grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.

The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated .Oct. 29 at Stonehill College, North Easton, by Father David Farrell, CSC, provincial superior ofthe Holy Cross Fathers' Eastern Province, for Father James W. Connerton. CSC, 90, StoneThe Mass of Christian Burial hill's founder, who died Oct. 25 at was offered Monday at Blessed Notre Dame University. 'Born' Nov. 14, 1897, in Bing- Sacrament Convent, Fall. River, hamton, N.Y., and ordained a for Sister Angelica Bourassa, SSJ, Holy Cross Father in 1926 at Notre 72, who died Oct. 28 in Fall River. Born in New Bedford to the late Dame, Father Connerton founded Hector and Maryanne (Rainvilie) ' Stonehill in 1948. Bo'urassa, she joined the Sisters of He was also the founder and , first provincial bf his community's St. Joseph in 1934. Before her 1977 retirement, she Eastern Province, founder and first president of King's College, taught at schools including St. Wilkes-Barre, PA, superior at Jean Baptiste and the forther St. Moreau Seminary at Notre Dame Mathieu and Bles'sed Sacrament schools, Fall River; Swansea's and registrar at that university. He also' worked with Father former St. Louis de France ~nd St. Patrick Peyton, CSC, on the Fam- Michael schools; and St. Joseph School, New Bedford. . ily Rosary Crusade. Sister Bourassa, buried in Notre ~ Father Connerton, buried in his community's cemetery at Stone- Dame Cemetery, Fall River, is hill,.is survived by cousins, nieces ,survived by several nieces and and nephews. " .. , nephews.

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"The Lord...hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart, to preach deliverance to the captives and sight to the . blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and_the day ofr,eward." Luke 4:18-19

PRAYER COMMUNITY SERVICE We are WOMEN consecrated to a Gospel way of serving. We try to Communicate LOVE and GOODNESS as GOD WILLS. We serve as educators, social workers, nurses, - catechists; in USA, Canada, Haiti, Africa, Brazil. For in/ormation contact:

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We serve God's people In the U.S.A.. Brazil. Canada, England, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica and Japan. In a divided. broken world, we believe and preach the Gospel of Reconciliation: a time of joyful unity, justice and peace and 01 loving AT':ONE-MENT. If you feel you have a passion lor such unity, as a friar or sister. c0!11e and see,

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Diaconate applications being accepted The preapplication process for formation of the fourth class of candidates for the diocesan permanent diaconate program is now underway. As previously an~ nounced in The Anchor, interviews will continue until the last week in November. At that time men approved for application will begin the admission process.

Formal pursuit of ordination to will begin in September 1989. The application and admission process will not be repeated until 1993; in other words, the fifth class of deacon candidates will not begin studies until September 1994. Considering that the age cutoff for application to the diaconate t~e permanent diaconate

Sacred Hearts Community holds general chapter Very Reverend William Heffron, ss.cc., provincial superior of the U.S.A. East Coast Province ofthe Sacred Hearts Community since 1982, will begin a six-year term in Rome Nov. 17 as general councillor of the international congregation of priests and brothers. He was elected to represent English-speaking areas served by the community during the Sacred Hearts 34th general chapter, held in August and September in EI Escorial, Spain. Other general councillors were chosell. from Chile, Belgium and Spain. Superior General Father Patrick Bradley, ss.cc., of the IrishEnglish Province, was reelected to a second term. Father Bradley was previously a professor of philosophy at Queen of Peace Mission Seminary, Jaffrey Center, N.H. Father Heffron, 54, is a native of Malden. He was professed in the Fairhaven-based U.S.A .. East province in 1962, and ordained a priest in 1968. After five years as a missionary in Japan, he returned to the United States and served as director of formation and novice master. Beginning in 1980, he was pastor of SS. Peter and Paul Church,

an inner city parish in Rochester, N. Y. Under his leadership the parish began St. Peter's Kitchen Ministries, an outreach to the poor carried on today by more than 200 lay coordinators and volunteers. In addition to electing the congregation officers, the general chapter completed work on its renewed Constitutions. The first chapter, on the "Vocation and Mission of the Congregation," is a common text also adopted by the Sacred Hearts Sisters. At a historic joint session of both groups, the text was approved and signed.. The sisters' chapter took" place in September and October. Representing the U.S.A. East were Regional Supe,rior Sister Claire Dumont of the pastoral ministry staff at New England Deaconess Hospital in 'Boston and Sister Gail Fortin, pastoral associate at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Lawrence. Other U.S.A. East delegates to the fathers and brothers' chapter were Fall River native Rev. Richard McNally, provincial-elect and director of Father Damien Seminary in Cheverly, Maryland and Father Frederick LaBrecque, provincial director of Communications and pastor of Assumption parish in Lawrence. Father Fintan Sheeran of Cheverly was general moderator of the chapter, and provincial director of development Father William Penderghest of Wareham, did simultaneous translation from Spanish into English. The international gathering took place in Casa San Jose, a retreat house located in the Sierra Guadarrama 30 miles northwest of Madrid in the royal city of EI Escorial. The 52 delegates represented Sacred Hearts brothers and priests in 20 countries throughout the world. The next General Chapter will be held in 1994 in a location yet to be determined.

program is 52, this scheduling change should be noted by priests of the diocese, of whom most potential candidates are likely to make initial inquiries. Father john F. Moore, diocesan director of the diaconate program, said "It is more than gratifying to know that many priests in parish ministry take a deep interest in the permanent diaconate. This support is needed not only for the good of the Church but also for the mutual support needed by priests and deacons within the framework of Holy Orders." Father Moore recalled that the permanent diaconate was restored by the bishops of the world at the time of the Second Vatican Council in anticipation of the Church's growing need for the ministries of sacrament, word and charity, at that time mainly the concern of bishops and priests. After studying the office of deacon as exercised in the early Church, the bishops decided to restore the ministry, opening it to both married and single men. Because deacons share the sacrament of Holy Orders, they are not to be considered glorified altar boys or janitors, noted Father Moore. "In some situations," he said, "those already participating in the Sacrament of Orders have failed to understand the restored order of deacon and have har.bored such misapprehensions. . "It must be repeated," he continued, "that the permanent diaconate is a true and real sharing in the Sacrament of Orders. Priests must be aware of this, lest they try to relegate the diaconate to an inferior state or feel that the order has little relevance to the expression of ministry in their particular parish." Father Moore said, however, that as the diaconal community continues to build on "solid ground~ of cooperation and understanding, i't is inspiring to see how many pa'rish priests have shared their enthusiasm for this work of the Lord. "In such a spirit," he said, "the hopes and ideals of the Vatican Fathers will truly be realized by those who witness in Holy Orders to the spirit of fraternal charity that should exist among bishops, priest and deacons. Those interested in the fourth class of the permanent diaconate program should contact Rev. John F. Moore, Director Office ofthe Permanent Diaconate 500 Slocum Road North Dartmouth MA 02747

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Known as the Sisters of St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River, MA • we continue Jesus' mission of "love one another" • we choose a preferential option for the poor within our ministries of health care and education • we share a simple comtT\unallifestyle, rooted in prayer.

For more information ('on/at!:

Sr. Joanna Fernandes, OP 3012 Elm Street Dighton, MA 02715 Tel. 508-669-5023

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PARTICIPANTS in the 1987 Bishop's Night program of the permanent diaconate are, from left, Deacon Lawrence St. Onge, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, Deacons Francis Camacho _ and Michael Murray, Father John F. Moore, diaconate director. (Rosa photo)

Hawthorne Dominicans profess vows . On the recent feast of the Triumph ofthe Holy Cross, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthornecelebrated public profession of vows at their Motherhouse in Hawthorne, N.Y. The congregation nurses incurable cancer patients from Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island at the Rose Haw_ thorne Home in Fall River. This year four novices professed their first vows in a joyful ceremony celebrated with the congregation, family and friends. Through profession of vows a sister offers herself entirely to God and by way of the apostolate of the congregation to his work. This offering of self is an act of perfect charity, equivalent in a certain way to the sacrifice of one's life for Christ. The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne take vows of chastity, poverty and obedience in three stages. At the completion of her novitiate, a sister professes first vows for two years, and then renews them for three years. These temporary vows are intended to. give the sister sufficient time to explore her vocation and her commitment to the congregation. The moment of final vows, or perpetual profession, is both a point of arrival and departure. With seven years of preparation behind her, the sister stands on the threshold of a lifelong commitment. Freely choosing to cross that threshold, she embarks on a spiritual journey which will bring her ever closer to God. Making first vows this year: Sister Mary Simeon, from Green-. wich Village, New York City, was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe parish where she taught CCD and was a lector and a eucharistic minister. Prior to entering the novitiate, she was an executive secretary. Sister Mary Lucy, from San Francisco, the daughter of Mrs. Bonnie Hitchcock, was a member of St. Dominic's church where she sang in the choir and taught CCD. She was also a hospital eucharistic minister. She was a blood bank medical technologist. Sister Mary Catherine, from Greenville, S.c., was a member of the parish of Our Lady of the Rosary, where she coached girls' basketball. She was a catering supervisor for a canteen service. Sister Mary Paul, from Long Branch, N.J., was a member of St. Michael's parish in Elberon and a medical assistant in a physicians' office. At a private ceremony preced-

Evelyn Amster, given the religious name Sister Mary Jerome, is from St. Anthony's church in North Beach, Md. Prior to entering the Dominican community, she was a psychiatric mental health nurse at Prince George General Hospital, Cheverly, Md.

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Susan Parker of New York City, now Sister Mary David, holds a bachelor's degree in English literature. Prior to entering the novitiate, she was a secretary at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.

Becky Endl, from Chickamauga, Ga., will be known as Sister Mary Grace. She was active in St. Gerard parish, Chickamauga.

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Sisters of St. Joseph are women who search. Out of the certainties of God's love we seek answers to hard questions. solutions to old problems. ways to meet and love the neighbor. Amid questibns and failures we know this: . Together we are more than anyone of us alone.

If you'd like to know more about us contact: Vocation Education Office S,sters of SaInt Joseph Mont Mane Holyoke. Ma. 0 I 040- (413) 536-0853

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In Praise of God Ours is a life filled with the joy of giving, touched by the sadness of loss, and complete In God's unfailing love.

The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne We have one apostolate: to care for and shelter people with incurable cancer' who cannot afford nursing care. Not all of our sisters are nurses, but as part of our apostolate, all directly help in the care of the patients. The most important talent, highly prized by us, is the talent for sharing of yourself--your compassion, your cheerfulness, you r faith-with those who have been. made so vulnerable and

dependent by this dread disease. Our congregation presently has seven modern nursing homes located in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Georgia, Minnesota and Ohio. As more. women join our Order, we plan to open new homes in other states. Ifyouthinkyou have a religious vocation and woulcJ like to know more about our work and community life, why not plan to visit with us.

VOCATION DAY - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 - 1:00 P.M. ROSE ÂˇHAWTHORNE HOME Fall River, MA 02724

Result of prayer SYDNEY, Australia (NC) Discussing the importance of prayer in winning vocations, Los Angeles Archbishop Roger M. Mahony told members of Serra International, a vocation support organization meeting in Sydney, that he had visited Cardinal Stephen Kim of Seoul, South Korea, where a vocation prayer program is three years old. "This year, Cardinal Kim will' ordain 30 priests," Archbishop Mahony said. "Next year, he will ordain 50, and the year after that he will ord'ain 90 in the Archdiocese of Seoul. "In fact," the archbishop noted, "the church in Korea is thinking very seriously of sending missionaries to France and Holland to convert people back to the Lord."

Cheryl Flowers of Venice, Fla., now Sister Mary Cheryl, hold!) a law degree from William and Mary Law School and has passed the bar in Virgina and Georgia. In 1987, she received a 'Iicense as a nursing home administrator. She was previously administrative assistant at Rock Creek Manor Nursing Home in Washington, D.C., and a member of Our Lady ofSorrows parish, Takoma Park, Md.

ing the profession rite, four postulants received religious names and the habit of the community, marking the beginning of their year as novices. It is a year they will spend deepening their prayer life and studying the vows 'they will take next September.

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Twice as good Most twins share a special closeness, but it's unusual when they carry it to the extent of choosing identical vocations. Here are the stories and pictures of three sets who did just that. mad~

our decisions independently. Each of us was surprised that the other wanted to go." Sisters Maureen Elaine and Their mother, Mae Ruth Smith, Coleen Marie Magill of Camp Springs, Md. are Bernardine Sis- . was the biggest influence on their decision, Father Charles said. "She ters of the Third Order of SI. impressed on us that we had to Francis. When reported on by the reach out and make our contribuNational Catholic News Service, tion to the community." both were teaching first grade, one "She prayed a lot and often at Holy Spirit School, Stamford, quoted Scripture," Father Chester Conn., one at Kennedy"Memorial said. "Her strong faith was passed School, Hyde Park. on to us." . While living in the Altgeld Gardens public housing project on TECHNY, Ill. (NC) - Chester Chicago's South Side, the brothand Charles Smith, identical twins ers met Divine Word Father Ed who say they are "very different" Delaney. "Here was a white man, from one another, were ordained out in the community, playing to the priesthood last April 16 for football with us kids and going the Divine Word Missionaries. door to door to visit families," They are the first black identical Father Charles said. "Father Ed twin priests in the United States, was there whenever people needed · ". ,said Divine Word Father Randy h 1m. McGraw of the order's Chicago "He'd go into a house and he'd province. come out and everybody would be St. Louis Auxiliary Bishop J. smiling and laughing," he said. Terry Steib, also a Divine Word "To see people in the Gardens priest, ordained the two newest smile and laugh like that was members of his community at the amazing." Divine Word International Chapel It was the late '60s, Father Chesin Techny. ter said, and there were tensions Fathers Charles and Chester, between blacks and whites. "All 28, were in their early teens when around us we heard that white they began thinking about the folks were bad news. Yet here was priesthood, but it wasn't somethis white man, a priest, who didn't thing they planned together. seem to notice the color of a per"We were both thinking about son's skin. All he wanted was to be going to the seminary for high there when people needed him. school, but we didn't tell each That really made me look at priestother," Father Charles said. "We hood. I thought to myself, I'd like

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SISTERS Maureen Elaine and Coleen Marie Magill cut cake at celebration following profession of their final vows. (NC photo)

to be able to bring that same kind of joy and happiness to others." When the twins were in the seventh grade, Father Delaney took them to visit the Divine Word seminary in Techny. "That was the first time we spent any time with white kids," Father Chester said. "I was almost shocked that white folks would talk to us." "What I remember is thinking what an incredible thing it was that all of us could sit in chapel and pray together, all praying' to the same God," Father Charles . said. They atte·nded Divine Word Seminary High School in East Troy, Wis., Divine Word College in Epworth, Iowa, the Divine Word novitiate in Bay St. Louis, Miss., and the seminary in Techny. After ordination, Father Chester worked at S!. Anselm Parish in Chicago. Father Charles was an associate pastor at St. Anthony's parish, San Bernardino, Calif. "Whatever our ministry, we need to have a liberating effect on people just as Jesus did," Father Charles said.

The Sc.hneiders LA CROSSE, Wis. (NC) Identical twins, Fathers Leo and Larry Schneider, who were ordained at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral by Auxiliary Bishop John J. Paul of La Crosse took singular paths to the priesthood.

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"We talk and reflect together often," said Father Larry, "but we never discussed becoming priests. I made my decision in my senior year of college before ever telling my brother. He was thinking all the while of becoming a priest, too, but never told me." Father Leo took his seminary training at S1. Meinrad, Ind., while Father Larry attended S1. John's Seminary in Collegeville, Minn. They wer~ ordained for the Diocese of La Crosse.in May. A frequently quoted forecast that there will be half as many priests in the year 2000 as today does not frighten the two 28-yearolds, they indicated. "The priest's role is changing," said Father Leo. "We should no longer have to be parish administrators and handymen. The laity can handle all that. It's their church, too. ~'I hope. to be a man of prayer,

study and reflection," Father Leo continue<;\.. "I discern my chief role as leading the community in prayer and sharing the Eucharist. We, as

ordained leaders, lead the people to become the Body of Christ." "I have trust the Holy Spirit is guiding us and will web it all

together," said Father Larry. "A priest is obligated to do only as inuch as one' person can accomplish." Both priests are accomplished violinists, with music education degrees from Viterbo College in La ~rosse. They expect to teach

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FATHER HEMRICK comes difficult and you wonder if this is where you should be. But then there is a call and someone wants to talk to "Father" - not you, but Father. But why? Then it dawns that no matter what one's faith may be there is always a need for Father, a person supposed to be in the world -but not of it. Yes, it is not I who causes a priesthood to be; rather,it is some need that many feel to have a representative with God. Unworthy as we priests are, we are often that representative. In my priestly life, this has been

the most awesome realization one that I have often tried to escape, but have just as often been reminded is my responsibility. The familiar saying "once a priest, always a priest" is more than a saying: It is a reality. People seem able to spot you a mile away, no matter what you are wearing. They often sense your priesthood-. So I would tell that young mail he is in for a life of mystery. It is a life one doesn't so much choose, as one is chosen for it. Once chosen, all you can do is stand back in awe and wonder at God's goodness to you.

No crisis in vocations SYDNEY, Australia (NC) There's no new "vocation crisis," confronting the Catholic Church - just the same, age-old need for more laborers in the harvest, said Archbishop Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles. Archbishop Mahony, installed as episcopal adviser to Serra International, commented in a sermon at a Mass during the organization's recent convention in Sydney. Serra, named for missionary Father Junipero Serra, is an organizationdevoted to fostering vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Archbishop Mahony discourag-

ed use of the term "vocations crisis:" "Jesus has given a blueprint on how to deal with this," he added. "Prayer has always been the great key to the increase in vocations," Archbishop Mahony said. "We need not look to fancy gimmicks to figure out what our first steps should be." He cited the example of the archdiocese of Guadalajara, Mexico, where, he said, "they have literally hundreds and hundreds of seminarians and priests being ordained." "Why?" he asked. "Because they have a very extensive and profound program of prayers."

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She had it all.' Almost By. Joseph Motta Beth Mahoney had it all. Almost. Some years ago, the native of St. Kilian's parish, New Bedford, was working for a Manchester, N.H., crisis center as a legal advocate for batterea women and their children. . She enjoyed .the work and a satisfying social life. "I was rather comfortable," she remembers. But something started to haunt "Beth Mahoney, a disturbing "lack of a deep peace in my own life." There's no lack now. The 1975 graduate of New Bedford's former Holy Family High School is beginning her seventh year as a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Sister Beth Mahoney, CSC, who in August started work as a pastoral minister at St. Joseph's parish, Taunton, recently met with The Anchor to discuss her new job. The story of her vocation was an added bonus, as the soft-spoken religious shared details of her sometimes painful, ofttimes beautiful journey towards sisterly commitment. The new Tauntonian, who in 1971- was St. Kilian's presentee at the annual Bishop's Charity Ball, in 1979 earned a history degree from Notre Dame College, Manchester. She was instructed by Holy Cross sisters and saw them as "very human. "They were approachable and very open" with students, she said. During college, Sister Beth said, she gave a bit of thought to a possible vocation, "but nothing to the . extent where I did anything about it." She spent the summer after graduation, like the eight previous summers, counseling at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown. She then returned to Manchester and worked

a year for an insurance firm. Nights were spent studying to become a certified paralegal, a goal she soon achieved. Sister Beth's interest in paralegal work stemmed from her lifelong "desire for justice" and respect for "the dignity of the human person." Her certification brought her to the crisis center. When she began "questioning" again, she visited a Holy Cross sister at Notre Dame to whom she had become close. The sister "felt I wasn't connecting with the life that was inside of me, that was, in a sense, yearning to come"forth." In January, 1982, Beth Mahoney chose to live with Holy Cross sisters in Groton, Conn. Before the year was over, she sought admission to the community. "When I wrote the letter... ," she said, "it was like I could breathe." Sister Beth came to St. Joseph's from work at St. Malachy's parish, Burlington. She also recently earned a master's degree in pastoral care and counseling from Boston College. She believes strongly in the parish community. "That's where the creativity of the «hurch is," she says. And she considers the individuals on the pastoral team at St. Joseph's, along with parishioners, as "defining ministry to each other and to the larger community." At a Mass on the feast of Mary's Assumption, Aug. 15, Sister Bet.h was welcomed to St. Joseph's and made a formal commitment to parishioners. "I was deeply touched by the warm, hospitable and real caring welcome I received when I first arrived here," she said, adding that she sees St. Joseph's as "a very prayerful parish."

She has already worked with lectors and eucharistic ministers, and she is leading a Bible study group, now focusing on the Acts of the Apostles. She makes communion calls to shut-ins arid people with temporary health problems and counsels grieving persons and those with personal difficulties. Along with Msgr. Thomas J. .Harrington and Father William L. Boffa, St. Joseph's pastor and parochial vicar, she visits hospitalized parishioners and shares meetings with couples planning marriage and baptisms of children. Sister Beth's office is at St. Joseph's rectory and she resides at nearby Coyle-Cassidy Convent. The sister speaks again. of the wonderful Tauntonians she's met and of.how she and the parish priests work as a team. "At times I'm in awe," she said, "of how this parish has touched my life."

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EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FAll RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS Since the actual place of residence of DANIEL K. ABREU is unknown. We site DANIEL K. ABREU to appear per· sonally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Monday, November 14, 1988 at 10:30 a.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the FORTIER-ABREU CASE? Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, DANIEL K. ABREU, must see to it that he is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation. Henry T. Munroe Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this 1st day of November, 1988.

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Blood drive for Drew Fayne ..A blood drive sponsored by the high school youth ministry at Our Lady of Victory parish, Centerville, was held Wednesday and dedicated to the memory of parishioner Drew Fayne. Drew, 15, a he!Jlophiliac, died in late September from AI DS, which he contracted through blood transfusions. Bobbi Paradise, youth program coordinator, sai.d MOllday that 148 persons were scheduled to donate, with Drew's father Frank to be the first to give blood. "Most of the young people I work, with," Mrs. Paradise said, "are too young to donate blood, but they are involved in recruiting donors, setting up and cleaning, serving refreshments, assisting volunteers and' readying a guest book for the Fayne family." The youth minister called the drive "a gift ~f life" and "a tangible way for many of us to show our concern and love to the Faynes." Mrs. Para.dise added. that· parishionersand others are,also supporting a memorial scholarship fund for Barnstable High School'

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Sabbatical accepted WASHINGTON (NC) - Dominican Father Matthew Fox, the leading developer of creation-centered spirituality, will take a Sll;bbatical recommended by his religious superiQrs at the request of the Vaticfln. While the Vatican has questioned whether Father Fox should be allowed to teach or publish at all, the Dominican order suggested he take a year's break to reflect on his work. But Father Fox, founder of the Institute in Culture and Creation Spirituality in Oakland, Calif., told reporters Oct. 20 that he wasn't sure if his sabbatical would last longer than six months. "The issues that I have been dealing with are of such grave concern that I do not know what the eventual outcome will be," he said. Father Fox's spirituality emphasizes "the goodness of the human, the earthy, the imaginative, the instinctual life ... with a lesser or secondary concern about what might be sinful, destructive and suspect," said a statement released Oct. 19 by his Dominican sU~l:riors. While the 47-year-old priest has agreed to a sabbatical, he said he . would not comply with a Vatican request that he "disassociate himself' from Starhawk, a member of his institute's faculty and a selfdescribed witch who views witchcraft as a medieval women's movement. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, also asked Father Damian A. Byrne, the Dominican ma~ter general, that Father Fox's assignment as director of the institute at Oakland's Holy' Names College. "be term. iilateA" Father Byrne asked Father Fox to renegotiate his contract with Holy Names, but he did not ask him to resign, said the province's statement. Holy Names Sister Lois MacGillivray, president of the college, said that Father Fox had been granted a sabbatical for the spring 1989 semester, but he· continues as director of the institute.

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Tuition tax credits Dear Editor: Those interested in education tax equity (tax credits, tuition vouchers, etc.) for the children in Catholic and other private elementary and secondary schools should know the positions on this issue of the candidates in the coming November election. George Bush is in favor of a tuition tax credit for the parents of these children. In the Senate Daniel Quayle voted for the tuition tax' credit. Michael Dukakis is opposed to education tax equity for these children and parents. So is Lloyd Bentsen, who voted against the tuition tax credit in the Senate. Incidentally, Jesse Jackson is also' opposed to tax equity in this matter. Frank Brown, Professor of Economics, DePaul University; Chairman, Natl~· Assn. for Personal .' Rights in Education

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Dear Ms. McGowan, . On July 14,1988 in Portugal, at an official, private audience in the Casa Episcopal of the city of Leiria, the Bishop of Fatima, Dom Cosme du Amaral, received from my hands, and will guard forever in the official archives.of the Episcopate, a bound volume containing the cOIlJpilation of each and every presentation, during the Marian Year, of the poem "Our Lady." It was a solemn but also ajoyful moment, in the realization that so much honor had been accorded by American Roman Catholics to the Holy Virgin. By now, nearly 3.000,000 Americans will have reCardinal Ratzinger had asked ceived their magazine, or newsthe Dominicans in 1984 to review paper or literary journal. contain. three of Father Fox's books, ing the poem. On July 14, more including .what the Vatican consi- than 2.000,000 had already received dered his major work, "Original it, making it the 11)0st widelyBlessing: A Primer in Creation published poem in the world this Sp"irtuality." . Marian year. A critique by a panel of DominAs for the bound volume. preican theologians "found nothing" sented to the Bishop, the front in the books to warrant "condem- cover of each subscribing publicanation," but did say that certain tion was photocopied, together, of traditions and doctrines of the course, with its presentation of the church "could be better integrated" poem, inside. Every publication with his work, according to the held equal importance - from Dominicans. "The Cord" of St. Bonaventure . University. with a circulation of 1,800 to the "Marian Helper," with 1,200,000 - just as every soul has equal importance before God. Every publication presented the poem beautifully. with great respect; I was personally very gratified with your presentation in The Anchor (Dec. I I, 1987) and one of the purposes of this letter is to thank you. The other purposes ofthis letter are: to announce to you that any of your readers, on making a pilgrimage to Fatima, is invited and will be welcomed to call the Casa Episcopal in nearby Leiria, the Bishopric, only a few miles from Fatima, and there he or she will be shown the bound volume containing the pages where "Our Lady" NC pholo originally appeared; and to propose. respectfully, that you give FATHER FOX

the news, contained in this letter, to your readers, in the interest of making them more aware than ever of Roman Catholic solidarity and importance in, our suffering country. Therefore, I hope 'that you will continue to help, not only by hav- . ing given the beauty and peace and grace of "The Lady of the Living, and of the Dead," to your faithful readers, but also, now, by giving a sense of the power they have, together, in the numbers and their faith. Important, you see, is that each one of them is part of the amazing and wonderful fact that, in these times of great suffering, skepticism and spiritual emptiness, a poem which was dedicated simply, sweetly and humbly to the honor of the Mother of Jesus became the most-read poem in the world! I thought of you in Fatima, Patricia, and send you my continued prayers. Victor Andrew New York City

How to decide? Dear Editor: The Anchor is an excellent paper, far superior to some we have subscribed to in various larger dioceses around the country. It keeps us well informed of current issues, . and covers controversies with fairness and balance. Your editorial of Oct. 2.1 [Voting a Consistent Ethic] is distressing because it seems to suggest that conscientious Catholics' have no choice but to abstain fr:om voting for either party in the coming election. Candidates of both parties takepositions contrary to the sanctity of all life. The Democrats are saddled with being pro-abortion, even though they seem to respect life at every other level. The Republicans have been more or less antilife at every level but prebirth, including favoring the death penalty.· The "consistent ethic of life" should certainly oblige us to be against the death penalty if for no other reason than i~s application to the poor and disadvantaged. It should also oblige us to make sure that the quality of life is maintained for the homeless, expectant mothers, undernourished children. the aging, the mentally handicapped, and others discriminated against. A large order indeed, which makes the narrowing of choice down to one issue a frightening prospect. I am "an elderly grandmother opposed to abortion and the death penalty, both permitted by law. I am upset by the Republicans' mockery of Dukakis for his attempts to follow the law as written. i would like to follow the guidance of my Church; however, a choice should be made. How are we to decide which is the lesser evil? Unfortunately, the time is short and the damage may be irreversible. When we are down to the wire, it is too late to bemoan the fact that most of us don't work calmly, seriously, and consistently between elections to keep the many disgraceful inequities in the public and political eye. K.M. Berry South Dennis

MasterChurch? OMAHA, Neb. (NC) - An Omaha archdiocesan credit card that benefits parishes and paroch. ial schools is drawing double the normal applications, according to the savings and loan association that handles the program. Each time an archdiocesan MasterCard or Visa credit card provided by Commercial Federal Savings and Loan Association is used, ~ schools and parishes of the Omaha Archdiocese receive a contribution. "As the customer uses the credit cards, Commercial Federal will make a cash donation to the parish or school the customer has indicated at the time of application," explained Henry Nemcik, archdi. NC photo ocesan development director. SR. SCHRAUTEMYER He said the response shows tre°mendous support from archdiocesan parishioners and alumni. Even people outside the archdiocese are participating, he added. Nemcik said that many parishes· BELLEVILLE, Ill. (NC) - For are interested in joining the program and that Commercial Fed- three and a half years, Ursuline eral plans a second marketing cam- Sister Suzanne Schrautemyer battled cancer while preparing for her paign. David Conroy, vice-president for final "homecoming" - a pilgrimcredit card services at Commercial age shared with others through Federal, said 4,860 cards were is- interviews and a journal. "I just want to come home - to sued after an initial mailing to 45,000 prospective card recipients. myself, to my God, to people, to About 70 percent of applications creation," she wrote in June 1987 after more than two years of chewere approved; he said. Dodie Billig of Omaha desig- motherapy, surgeries, radiation nated Marian High School in Om- treatments and painkillers. "I want my coming to be graaha for the donation. "I like the idea that a portion of cious witness to the mystery that my charges is going to help educa- bears me forward," the journal entry said. tion in the community," she said. Sister Schrautemyer, di'rector of Barbara Hess of Sioux City said "Any amount to the church would religious education for the Bellebe terrific, and it was no effort on ville diocese in 1984-1987, was a my part for that to happen. I like minister to the sick and aged from the low interest rate, the adv~n 1987 until entering the hospital in tage of no annual fee for two years August for the final time. She died and the donation to the parish or at age 40 on Aug. 26. Beginning in December 1986, school." . Father David Reeson of the Sister Schrautemyer shared her archdiocesan vocation office' said experiences of cancer with readers "Without any additional costs I of the Messenger, Belleville diocecan make a contribution to my . san newspaper, and with .others favorite cause which just happens through National Catholic News Service. to be the seminary fund." Excerpts from her "Homecoming Journal" from Oct. 29, 1985" to Aug. 9, 1988, were reprinted in recent issues of the Messenger. "There is something stirring inCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (NC) side that I cannot ignore: a sense - Sri Lanka's Catholic leaders that life is coming to closure," she have urged an all-out church effort wrote in an early journal entry. to help end the country's growing "This is a sacred, sacrament poverty crisis, which would include time, a time for laughing and weepdeep cuts in non-essential spending, playing and dancing in the ing to provide more funds for the face of mystery. I celebrate already poor. now what is to be: coming homeBishops, religious superiors and ward." lay leaders pointed out that more She recounted the success and than half the island's 16 million failure of various treatments, her people live on food stamps pro- decision to discontinue chemothervided by the government, and about apy, days of pain and breaks from 30 percent of Sri Lankans get less pain. than 2,000 calories of food a day. "I felt calm when I awoke this Among the country's more than morning and now I feel so scared," I million unemployed, 810,000 are Sister Schrautemyer wrote in July under age 30. ~ 1986. "I feel like a little girl who's The church leaders proposed been confidently moving forward, . that the country's Catholics: moving homeward, and suddenly - Help the poor improve their I'm lost on a strange street at living standards through total sunset." human development. On Easter 1986 she wrote, "Dur- Promote self-employment ing the past months there's been so schemes with interest-free loans much anger, outrage and depresfrom diocesan social action centers. sion... I've been angry at my body - Halt expensive and unneces- for turning on me." sary building projects, eliminate As 1986 was drawing to a close, ostentation at church events such her journal entries discuss "suras jubilees, ordinations, religious rending little by little" to death. professions, parish feasts and wed"This has been at the heart of dings. the past months," she wrote on The statement advocated pay- Christmas afternoon. "In so many ment ofjust wages to church work- ways, L feel more alive than ever ers and emphasized that "all for- before. At the same time I know eign aid received for' the poor that my body is giving way to should be used for the poor." something destructive.

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"It hurts to let go what I have come to enjoy and reverence so much; this flesh that revels in movement, excitement and growing," she wrote. A year, later pain has blurred many of the things she would hav.e written about in her journal and entries are further apart. "Pain in my body returned with new and greater force," she wrote Dec. 23, 1987. "It's obvious now that the cancer was spreading steadily.... It's everywhere - from my toes to my cranium." She began radiation treatments to relieve pain and numbness last January. The treatments, she wrote, "are for symptoms, not curative. I feel calm inside and ready to em~ brace whatever is coming." In June she knew the cancer was spreading even more rapidly, but she was less frightened. "I feel more alive, more energetic than in past months," the June 22, 1988 entry said. The last entry is Aug. 9: "It's getting increasingly difficult to muster up the energy to do anything." Two days later she entered the hospital for the last time. Bishop James P. Keleher of Belleville presided at the funeral Mass Aug. 29, and Sister Schrautemyer was buried in the Ursuline Sisters' section of Mount Carmel Cemetery in Belleville. .

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Dukakis differs with Bush on homeless Continued from Page One phenomenon of thousands - mil- . lions of people in this country - , sleeping in our streets daily." .To assist homeless families and others, Dukakis proposed "a national partnership for affordable housing, which would involve builders, developers, bankers, churches, community action agencies, building trade unions, with real leadership from the president and from the federal government'" to provide housing in "mixed-income - communities." "I'm not ,talking about large,' high-rise [public housingl. projects," he added. "They did not work and we shouldn't do that again." He cited Massachusetts' provision of prenatal care for indigent women and said that his advocacy of it does not conflict with his abortion views. He has urged a nationwide comprehensive program to protect pregnant women and fetal life.

"I don't favor abortion. I don't including those run by religious think it's a good thing," he said. institutions, 'which have assisted "The question is, 'who should make the poor. the decision?' In my judgment, it "We have millions and millions has to be the woman, in the exer- of people who don't have health cise of her own conscience arid insurance," the governor said. "One religious beliefs." of the reasons that the hospitals He suggested that abortion and are in such bad shape is because the death penalty, which he adam- ,they're providing an enormous antly opposes, "are issues." amount of free care on account of Dukakis criticized ajudical"lit-' people who do not have health insurance." mus test." Dukakis also said that "there "Those are not appropriate tests are some forms of [non-public of whether or not somebody would school) support that are currently or would not be a good judge," he provided which are appropriate," said. "I think it is inappropriate such as help with transportation, and unacceptable to have a litmus libraries or textbooks. "But I don't test for judicial appointments. I favor tuition tax credits," he said. want people [asjudgesJ, obviously He said the Democratic party who understand the Constituwas the one most devoted to the tion, are committed to equality of social justice goals of the Catholic opportunity, and the things guaChurch, as "the party committed ranteed by the Bill of Rights to the to doing something about poverty, Constitution." , about homelessness, about the eduHe also pledged to address the cation of our children, about the dilemma of health care for the great concerns of the bishops." poor and the closing of hospitals, Reminded that Archbishop John F. Whealon of Hartford, Conn., and Auxiliary Bishop Austin B. Vaughan of New York, recently resigned from the Demo-. cratic party, Dukakis replied, "There's no way that all of us can agree on every issue." He said his White House policies would include "very strong commitments to civil rights and equality of oportunity." Dukakis said religious values have "very much" influenced his life and would continue to do so if he were elected president. "Well, I grew up in a family with a religious background that emphasizes faith, emphasizes the im~ portance of the family, and the importance of ethics and ethical standards -and the importance of living a life in which you are helping others," he said. "And NC REPORTER Liz Schevtchuk takes notes as she that's really why I'm in public service." interviews Governor Michael Dukakis. (NC photo)

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public-private partnerships that are helping the poor. He also 'said more should be done'for mental patients who, he said, comprise 30 percent of the homeless. To reduce rising health care' cost, which have forced closing of several hospitals, including Catholic institutions he advocated making home care an easier alternative~ "Just take the federal laws and make them so flexible that home care can be provided," he said. He also repeated an idea he mentioned publicly for the first tim~ Sept. 25 during his first debate, with Dukakis, to allow low-income people who have no health insurance to "buy into" Medicaid.

the longest recovery in the history of the United States of America." When asked if his Episcopalian faith has influenced him, Bush said he strongly believes in. churchstate separation, adding that a president must be "tolerant of ... other faiths in a pluralistic society." Yet, he added, he did not think a person of no faith could be president because "it's so demanding and the responsibility so great you have to believe in a God."

But since the debate, healthpolicy and budget experts have said the idea represents a major expansion ofthe government's medical program for the poor and could cost upwards of $10 billion. On racism, an issue the U.S. Catholic bishops have" said needs urgent attention, Bush said he would speak out at every opportunity against it and also would ensure rigid enforcement of existing equal opportunity laws. He also called for bringing economic opportunity in general "to those areas of the country that have not fully benefited from this,

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Bus' home provides dream vacations Continued from Page Two Good Samaritan ism by driving them back to Fall River to get their own car. "Everyone in the association is like that," said Rich. The Mancinis located their present bus through an ad in the National Bus Trader magazine. A regular Greyhound bus in its first incarnatiol}, it was purchased by a Baptist church in Spartanburg, SC, which used it for youth group and choir excursions after replacing its engine and p'utting it in generally tiptop condition. Came along a church benefactor who insisted on providing totallv new buses for the church on condi'ti~n they disposed. of their old ones quickly. As soon' as Rich saw the ·magazine.ad, he was on his way to Spartanburg, arriving during Holy Week, he recalled, and being much impressed bythe many highway processions he. saw: each led by a crossbearer. The 1968 bus, he said, had traveled less than 50,000 miles with its new engine when he bought it, "and this type engine is usually good for one and a half million." Rich and Mary-Lou have put about 12,000 miles on the bus since refitting it, on o'ne 21-day trip traveling to' Key West, Fla. They have also driven to .Provincetown. How did they navigate its narrow streets? "Very carefully," chuckled Rich. "In the mQrning," said MaryLou luxuriously, "Rich gets up early and starts driving and I sleep on for another hour or so." She then arises, looks out the window to see where she is and brews coffee. "We don't eat out much," she said, "so a trip really costs us very little." . The bus's 8-cylinder diesel engine gets about 10 miles to a gallon on level ground, 8 1/2 on hills. "A diesel engine will run forever,"

said Rich enthusiastically, "because there's no ignition system." The only drawback is that diesel fuel jells at low temperatures, and in the case of a bus, takes about an hour to warm to a usable state, which is, incidentally, why buses are usually kept idling while in stations. The Mancini bus has a propanepowered warm air furnace and air conditioning, the latter powered by batteries on the road and plugged into an electric circuit at campgrounds. "In most of the country, however, it's OK to stay overnight at rest areas," said Mary-Lou, "and since we're self-contained, we often do that." Most electric needs,' including provision of hot running water, are met by a 5-kilowatt generator. The water is supplied by a 100gallon tank and waste water is stowed in another tank. The propane gas tank, which powers the refrigerator as well as the stove and furnace, holds 50 gallons, sufficient for several months of travel. The behemoth gets an oil change every 10,000 miles, drinking 34 quarts per change. Storage area would put a submarine to shame, with space under beds, seats and couches, as well as under the bus. Everything, of course, is sto~ed while the bus is in motion, dishes and kitchen gear riding s'nugly in drawers and cabinets. The ceiling is padded and the floor is insulated, the latter to deaden sound "so I can sleep while Rich is driving," laughs Mary-Lou. The ceiling padding, which also contributes to insulation, was installed the winter after the Mancinis acquired the bus. The job required an adhesive that initially produced very strong fumes. "I' was helping put the padding in place," said Mary-Lou, "when I' began to feel woozy and got out of

the bus. The next thing I knew,.1 was lying in a snowdrift." She says her other contribution was a $10 TV snack table - "the bus is totally Rich's project." When not on the road, the bus takes up an impressive amount of the Mancini driveway. It was even more impressive, not to say mystifying, when it first arrived, complete with lettering on the sides and a front sign, both identifying it as belonging to the First Baptist Church of Spartanburg. It was a confusing sight for those knowing the Mancinis as members of Holy Name parish, Fall River, and, Mary-Lou as a frequent lector at St. Mary's Cathedral weekday Masses. Nowadays the front sign reads Private Coach.

Policy, focuses on U.S. relations with that Southeast Asia country. A proposed statement on bishops' relations with theologians titled "Doctrinal Responsibilities," tabled last November when the bishops ran out of time to debate it, has been revised sin~e then in light of written suggestions by the bishops. Last year Archbishop J. Francis Stafford of Denver sharply critized the document just before the end ofthe bishops' meeting, saying that it had serious errors in theology. His motion to require a major rewriting of the whole document was voted down, however. The document gives a brief overview of the respective rights and responsibilities of bishops and theologians in the church, suggests different ways that bishops and theologians should work to promote mutual understanding and cooperation, and offers guid,elines for situations in which a bishop and a theologian may find themselves in potential conflict. . The 57-page document is being presented to the bishops as primarily a practical, pastoral guide while their Committee on Doctrine works on a larger, more systematic theological document on "The Teaching Mission of the Diocesan Bishop." Proposed national guidelines for lay preaching, which require a,

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Dis'hops may ask Vatican draft discard Continued from Page One can to scrap the document comes in a report written by Archbishop May and all former NCCB-USCC presidents, whom he formed into a special c.ommittee last June to respond to the Vatican document. Their report, which requires a two-thirds vote of the bishops, concludes that despite some helpful ideas in,the Vatican document, on the whole it is so inconsistent and inadequate that "it is not suitable as a basis for discussion and should be replaced with another draft." The ex-presidents said they were "follo'Ving the example" of bishops at the Second Vatican Council, who threw out initial drafts of several key council documents. A 64-page "Statement on Religious Liberty in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union" has been submitted to the bishops by the USCC Committee on International Policy. A two-thirds vote is required for approval. The statement spells out Catholic teaching on religious freedom and looks individually at situations of "religious repression and intolerance" in the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia. A much shorter "Statement on Vietnam," also submitted by the USCC Committee on International

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two-thirds vote plus confirmation by the Holy See, state that only a bishop, priest or deacon may preach the homily after the Gospel during Mass, but "preaching takes various forms other than the homily." Properly qualified lay persons may preach at other times when there is need or pastoral benefit, the proposed guidelines say. They suggest that seminarians, religious and some lay leaders should be encouraged to preach in some circumstances. They describe general qualifications for a lay preacher but leave specific norms up to each bishop. They state that permission for a lay person to preach in a church or oratory must be given by a bishop or his deputy. In addition to other issues, the bishops must vote on a proposed 1989 NCCB-USCC budget of$30.6 million - up about $1.2 million from 1988 - and a proposed diocesan assessment of 15.7 cents per Catholic in 1990 to help fund NCCB-USCC activities. Two major concerns currently being worked on by the bishops -a pastoral letter in response to women's concerns and a new statement on the church's response to people suffering acquired immune deficiency syndrome - were discussed at the bishops' general meeting in June but are not scheduled for action this month.

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ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Healing service a'nd Mass with Father William T. Babbitt 2 p.m. Nov. 13. VINCENTIANS, TAUNTON Vincentian district council meeting 8: 15 p.m. Monday, Holy Rosary Church hall, Taunton. ST. JAMES, TIVERTON Sister Ann Marie Phillips, SUSC, once a faculty member at the former Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall River, will direct a workshop for persons 35 and up on mid-life personal and spiritual growth from Dec. 2 to 4 at St. James Convent, Nanaquaket Rd., Tiverton. Formerly used as a day camp for girls, primarily from Fall River, it is also a vacation retreat for Holy Union Sisters and, as St. James on the Sakonnet House of Hospitality, a center for workshops and other programs. Information on the December program: 401-624-4232. ST. JAMES, NB Ladies' Guild meets 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16, parish hall; Jane Young of New Bedford Glass Museum will speak on glass identification. CYO council meeting 7 p.m. Monday, rectory. WIDOWED SUPPORT, NB New Bedford Widowed Support Group meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14, St. Kilian rectory basement, New Bedford; George Vezina will offer energy conservation tips; widowed of all faiths welcome; information: 998-3269. FAMILY LIFE CENTER, N. DARTMOUTH Conference for grieving persons Nov. 5. New Bedford deanery meetingNov. 7. Bishop Stang High School retreat day Nov. 9. Workshop for mental health professionals 6:30 p.m. Nov. 9. Pastoral' care program 7 p.m. Nov. 9. Divorced and separated support group 7 p.m. Nov. 9. O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Kay and Mike Habig are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Gilbert their 40th. Ultreya 8 tonight, religious education center. ST. STANISLAUS, F.R Holy Rosary meeting I: 15 p.m. Sunday, school.

Daughters of Isabella Hyacinth Circle meeting Nov. 22 with 6:30 p.m. memorial Mass for deceased members at Holy Name Church, New Bedford; business session at VFW Building, Park Street, New Bedford. ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Parish women are participating in World Community Day today at Brewster Baptist Church. Vincentian meeting follows rosary after 8 a.m. Mass tomorrow.

Banquet plans made Members of St. Mary's parish, New Bedford, are completing plans for a banquet to follow dedication ofthe new church and parish complex at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20. The banquet committee is headed by Mrs. Orize Bourgeois, aided by Mrs. Janet Demanche, Mrs. Rita Mendes and Joseph Camphell. The event will.take place at White's of Westport with a social hour at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. The menu, to include lobster bisque, roast sirloin of beef, vegetables, a torte and wines, has had the special attention of Gregory Jasinski, head chef at White's, who is a member of St. Mary's parish, seryiJlg on the parish council bqjJding COmmittee. . Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, who will be principal celebrant at the Mass of dedication preceding the banquet, will also be a guest of honor at the meal. Pre-dinner and dinner music is being arranged by Joseph Carrier and a br~~f .program will. folloW . the. rt'l~~I;i. Those wishin-g toaitendmay" contact Campbell lit telephone

995-0510. PASTORA"L MUSICIANS "What Makes Good Musical Liturgy?" workshop 7 p.m. Sunday, "Our. Lady of Victory Church, CenterVIlle; presenters: Deborah Osuch, St. Joseph, Fairhaven; Nancy Smith, St. John the Baptist, Westport; Judy· L'Heureux, Holy Trinity, W. Harwich.

DCCW, DISTRICT II New Bedford District Council of Catholic Women open meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15, Immaculate Conception Church hall, New Bedford; presentations by church and family committees; baby gifts will be brought for Birthright and Father Manuel Ferreira will demonstrate making of Advent wreath; Presidents' meeting Nov. 29, St. Francis of Assisi parish, New Bedford. DCCW, DISTRICT V Cape and Islands District Council of Catholic Women meeting 2 p.m. Nov. 13, Corpus Christi parish, Sandwich; presentation by church communities chairman. NEWMAN LECTURE, SlYIU Southeastern Massachusetts University Newman Lecture: "Another Christian View of Life After Death," by David Filipek; noon Nov. 14, Board of Governors room, Student Center; information: 999-8224. CATHEDRAL CAMP, . E. FREETOWN Servants of Christ Ministry weekend retreat today through Sunday. St. Mary, Fairhaven, confirmation retreat 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow. St. Thomas More, Somerset, youth retreat tomorrow and Sunday. LaSALETTE CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING, ATTLEBORO "¥iddle Age Crazies" retreat for couples married 20 years or more Nov. II through 13; facilitators: Father Gil Genest, MS, and team couples; information: 222-8530. SECULAR FRANCISCANS, POCASSET St. Francis of Cape open frater~ nity meeting 2 p.m. Nov. 13, St. John Evangelist parish center, Pocasset. Father Jude Smith, OFM, will celebrate Mass and speak; information and rides: Ernest Foley, 540-5392, Upper Cape; Dorothy Williams, 394-4094, Middle and Lower Cape. ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Youth fellowship hayride tomorrow night. ST. MARY, SEEKONK Adventure youth group general meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14; slides and pizza. Leadership meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22, parish center. ST. JOSEPH, NB Prayer group Bible study Wednesday; meetings Nov. 16 and 30. Thanksgiving Eve celebration Nov. 23 includes blessing of bread. Canned goods for needy may be left at the front of the church. Seniors social 2 p.m. Nov. 17.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON A parish float, "Noah's Ark," will participate in Taunton's Nov. 27 Christmas parade; volunteer help welcome. Troop 40 Scouts and their leaders took top honors at a recent Camp Norse Camporee. CURSILLO Information night 7 p.m. Sunday, St. Joseph's parish hall, Taunton. ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH High school group open meeting 6 p.m. Nov. 13. CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Women's Guild meeting Nov. 9 begins with 7 p.m. Mass for deceased members; pilot Robert Kusterer will speak on air safety. ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Parishioners interested in adult Bible study may register in the church vesti!:mle. CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/MASHPEE Catholic Women's Club open meeting 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, St. . Jude's hall; "Basket Magic" presentation by Nancy Bowker; rides: Lecy Tolchinsky, 428-1260. Dec. 13, St. Jude's Chapel will be moved to the new parish complex. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON Classes for prospective altar boys 10 a.m. November Saturdays, church. Instrumentalists needed for Christmas and Easter Masses; information: 824-4974, after 3 p.m. Girl Scouts, including a special needs troop, meet in the parish center; information: 824-4452. SACRED HEART, N. ATTLEBORO Mr. and Mrs. Auguste Sirois are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. Liturgy committee meeting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Choir rehearsal 7 p.m. Wednesdays, chapel; new members welcome. Edward Tayne is welcomed as parish plant custodian. ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Evangelization commission meeting 7:30 p.m. Monday, 8 Spring Street, Fairhaven. ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA .Children's Mass 10 a.m. Sunday wIth Father Paul Carrier, SJ. First Friday holy hour 7 tonight. Board of Education meeting 9 a.m. tomorrow. CATHEDRAL, FR Mass for departed parishioners and friends 9 a.m. tomorrow. ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Worship committee-sponsored holy hour 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

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