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by Msgr. Hoye WASHINGTON (NC) - The general secretary of the U.S. Catholic Conference has urged members of Congress to limit defense spending and retain nuclear weapons restrictions in a major military funding bill.

The official, Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, commented in a letter to congressional conference committee members finalizing the defense authorization package, which passed the House of Representatives and Senate in slightly different forms. His remarks were released by the USCC in Washington Oct. 28.

The House version, which would . provide $289.4 billion for fiscal 1988, would cut the defense budget by 4.6 percent. after inflation, and contains more restrictions tha:n the Senate version.

Msgr. Hoye noted that "the dedication of so much of the national budget to military purposes has greatly reduced our ability to deal with the social and economic needs of the nation, especially the growing needs of the poor."

In regard to armaments, he backed: - Provisions, found in both bills, to limit the development, testing or deployment of antiballistic missile systems and "maintain the integrity of the (1972) ABM treaty."

- As stipulated in both bills, adherence to the SALT II, strategic arms limitation talks treaty, drawn up by the United States and Soviet Union and supported by. the USCC in 1979 testimony, but never ratified by the Senate.

- A House provision forbidding spending for nuClear tests of over one kiloton unless President Reagan certifies that the Soviet Union has failed to adhere to such limits.

He also opposed production of binary chemical weapons and reiterated USCC disagreement with funding of the MX missile, which opponents regard as having a potentially destabilizing effect on the nuclear arms race and being costly at a time of pressing human needs.

President Reagan has threatened to veto legislation that contains restrictions ~ike those proposed in the House and Senate. bills.

Msgr. Hoye said the House version ofthe bill, with its price tag of over $289 billion, could "bring about the real reductions we believe Turn to Page Six

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public school moral values WASHINGTON (NC) "Schooling without moral education is poor schooling," according to the U.S. Catholic Conference.

In a statement released at the end of October the USCC called· for a "renewed shared moral vision within the public schools" and said such a goal is both possible and important.

"Explicit and authentic education in' critical moral thinking is necessary for quality education," according to the statement.

"The goal is distinctly practical: to define and implement a form of moral education, integrated into the total curriculum, which .cor. responds to student needs and community consensus," the statement said.

The statement was drafted by the USCC Committee on Education, which consists of six bishops and six members of the laity or religious orders as well as .several non-voting members, and was approved by the 50-bishop USCC Administrative Board.

Bishop William A. Hughes of Covington, Ky., is chairman of the education committee.

POPE JOHN PAUL II speaks at Mass closing the world Synod of Bishops. (NC/UPI -Reuter photo)

Clarify, says synod VATICAN CITY (NC) - The to prepare a major docume'~t after the 1972 norms was the establishworld Synod of Bishops said Cath- studying the recommendatIOns. ment of acolyte and lector as instiolic lay roles and ministries need The document will respect the tuted lay ministries reserved to to be clarified and revised, but "author's rights" of the synod, th,e men. how that should be done is up to pope said. He, did not say when It The synod proposals also asked Pope John Paul II. would be issued, but said the prep- that the terms "ministry," "duty," The almost 230 synod delegates aration would be done in coopera- a'nd "office" be clarified. who met Oct. I-30 in Rome also tion with a IS-member council of The synod delegates left this to told the pope not to let concern for the synod general secretariat. Under the pope, Coadjutor Archbishop lay ministries overshadow the , church rules, the pope is not obliged Pierre Eyt of Bordeaux. France. laity's primary responsibility to . to follow the synod recommen- said at an Oct. 30 Vatican news Christianize the secular world. dations. conference capping the. synod.

The synod's final recommendaThe recommendations sent to The synod did not make "prelimtions to the pope did not include a the pope were not made public by inary judgments on how to carry proposal favored by some that all the Vatican, which released only a out these revisions," said Archnon-ordained ministries be equally summary of the list of proposals. bishop Eyt, synod special secretary. open to men and women. A prelim- National Catholic News Service . "It has asked the Holy Father to inary set of recommendations had obtained a copy of the entire list: clarify ministries. There is no point included the proposal.

The synod recommended pOSSI- in saying in what manner these Other proposals, however, enble revisions of Pope Paul VI's should take place," he added. couraged greater participation by 1972 order that established norms The synod did not want to dwell women in church life, including for lay ministries. The recommentoo much on lay ministries in the the preparation of pa.storal docudations said the revisions would be church and the attendant issue of ments. based on local church needs but women's roles in the church because The recommendations were condid not say how the revisions and "we don't want to cut off the laity tained in a list of 54 proposals sen~ clarifications should be done or Turn to Page Six to the pope, who said he planned what they should include. Among

The statement called on governments at local, state and national levels to convene parents, teachers, school administrators and citizens to address moral needs of children and young people.

"On our part, we pledge our support and involvement," the statement promised. "The Catholic community at the national, diocesan and parish levels should enter into dialogue with their brothers and sisters across this land to address this national concern .in a spirit that preserves everyone's integrity and dignity, while renewing a national moral vision.

Such a vision, the document said, "must be grounded in the common bond of humanity that links people of every race, creed and color."

The statement said that in joining the national debate over public school moral education, the bishops "do not wish to impose a religious viewpoint on our fellow citizens, but we do wish to provide our reasoned reflection on what we perceive to be a national concern."

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Is God calling you? See pages 7 to 14.

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I: CATECHISTS AT St. Joseph parish, Taunton, may think they're seeing triple, but what they're really looking at is the three sets of twins enrolled in the parish's first grade religious education class. Seated are Jonathan, left, and Nathan Wapenski; standing, from left, are Jay and Christopher Fielding and Joshua and David Lemaire'.

Catholic memorial service for First Lady's mother PHOENIX, Ariz. (NC) - Nancy Reagan's mother, Edith Luckett Davis, was a "very charitable and generous woman," said Fathe.r John P. Doran at a memorial service for Mrs. Davis Oct. 3 I.

President and Mrs. Reagan were among more than 200 persons attending the service at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Phoenix.

Mrs. Davis, 91, died at her Phoenix home Oct. 26. Although she was not Catholic, she had regularly attended church at St. Thomas since 1950.

Father Doran said Mrs. Davis was active in the parish in other ways as well and contributed to its . welfare.

"She was so well known here for her generosity to the people," he· said, describing how she helped organize bingo games and solicited donations from her Christian friends to benefit the church.

Father Doran, who organized the service with Mrs. Reagan, met "Edie," as he called Mrs. Davis, in 1951 when he was pastor of St. Thomas. The priest described the memorial service as "very pleasant - and a happy goodbye."

Msgr. Robert Donohoe, who also knew Mrs .. Davis when he served at the parish, said President Reagan gave "the most beautiful . talk on faith and the resurrection" when he talked about Mrs. Davis' desire to meet in heaven with her husband, Loyal Davis, who died in 1982.

At the memorial service Msgr.

Donohoe read Psalm 23, "The Lord Is My Shepherd," from a Bible belonging to Mrs. Davis. He called her a woman of "great faith" who had attended Mass nearly every Sunday since 1950 until she began having trouble walking.

Speaker scheduled· Registered nurse Sandy Hale will give a talk, "Relaxation Response - Biofeedback" at a meeting of separated and divorced Catholics 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Family Life Center, North Dartmouth.

All are welcome to the two- . hour, free admission gathering.

·Some ofourreguJar f, ·tures do not appear th week, due to our special, ·Vocations section. All will; : return next; week. "

enting an atternativeview 'ety to our c;.~~.teJls:a that canequatedlSvatues . values and give to out young the impression that the State has no aims except guarallteeing complete autonomy of choice to everyone regardless of . . Jlte):onsequences. . bill may for,?eanemof moral an4r4lligiou$ cQ. tions to hire persons to positions in which such persons call constitute a threat to the moral and religiou~ values of the employer. ·'·WilI parents- feel confident· ..••• ,•••::,.~.',,' ,.1.. he elected representatives 'abe Commonwealth have . served them well through this proposed legislation? This legislation could promote a lifestyle and legally protectitspraedUoners, who may then be 'in ~itions to innuencechildren , 'ections tbat cOnt' ",their thical and m'values· andtbose of tbeir parents; 'For the reasons given above. an4 in light of tbequestions !,ai~ed, we urge tbe ~nate to t House 5469. .. 'he properwa .ateet t unjust disc'" .' ". ,... i(inis bfenJorcement oj cur'J!ntltlws ~d education 01 the citizenry,

As Bishops, religious teachers Of more than 2,000,000 in the onwealth, weba lIUgbt ngfor tbe ill contimi4lt" '~ur ,' tionl,. i . ul that .UP. '. ,.'te'i ,to equate , sacred, equal in mgnit becauSe erosexua{ity", bisexuality or all are created in the image of , ' mosexuality." Tbey are not God. As citizens, we will make ·;:equivalent. TbeState would err every effort to see that unjust '.#nevously to attempt to legisdiscrimination be eliminated in .ira.te into.existence what is clearly our society" As good neighbors . . tthe truth. Heterosexuality !~beterosexuafandbomosex: ~c~nditioll;t"at allows for ualpersons, we are committed ,normal, naturalsexual exto living in peace and harmony .. pression ofa man and a woman with all our brothers and sisters who have committed themselves for the good of each and the to each other in a legally recogcommon good of all. nized union. , We repeat: this bil,l is, unn:e~essary . House Bm5~6~p()$es

threats to the good ofsociety.lt raises a number of disturbing questions. House Bill 5469 is not the proper way to address the problems of acts of unjust discrimination in our commu~day or in the

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.Gets building NEW YORK (NC) - New York M,ayor Ed Koch has conceded defeat to Franciscan Father Bruce Ritter over a New York building both men wanted.

"It is very difficult to enter combat with a priest, especially one suffering from cancer:' Koch said in a newsletter sent to New York newspapers. . .

Father Ritter. internationally famous for his Covenant House ministry to runaway youth, has been. receiving treatment for Hodgkin's disease. ' The dispute concerned the National Maritime Union Building, an II-story structure·in Manhattan. The city was negotiating to buy it for a prisoner work-release program and later use it as a facility for homeless men.

Father Ritter topped the city's $30 million bid with an offer of$33 million. He will use the building to house 250 youngsters, male and female. while they are working or going to school. ..

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the attacks surfaced when a local newspaper published a letter detailing violent acts c~mmitted against area residents from India. Since then, one Indian was beaten to death in Hoboken and another was in a coma as a result of a beating in Jersey City.

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Father Farland was especially noted for his solicitude for the sick. whom he was willing to visit at any hour. "If a parishioner were in a hospital in Worcest~r, he'd go to see him," said Father Kevin J. Harrington, parochial vicar at St. Joseph's' parish, who also noted that Father Farland neverfailed to make sure that parishioners· received get-well cards. , The pastor was an avid golfer, hunter and fisherman, added Father Harrington, enjqying the sports with a group of fellow priests.

Father Farland is survived by several cousins.

The priesthood "To live in the midst of the world with .no desire for its pleasures; to be a member... of every family, yet belong to none; to share all sufferings; to pe,netrate . all secrets; 'to heal all wounds; to go daily from man to God; to offer Him the.ir homage and petition; to return from God to men to bring them His pardon and hope; to have a heart of iron for chastity and a heart of flesh for charity; to teach and instruct; to pardon and console; to bless and be blessed forever! Oh God! What a life, and 'tis thine, 0 priest of Jesus Christ!"

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The ceiltennial of the arrival of Dominican Fathers and Brothers to serve in St. Anne's parish, Fall River. will be marked by a pontifical Mass to be celebrated at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 22. by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at St. Anne's Church.

From 2 to 4 that afternoon friends and parishioners are invited to ·an open house in St. Anne's school auditorium. Highlighting the occasion will be a "photorama" display of events and persons important in the past 100 years.

Also marking the anniversary will be a special Anchor section to appear Nov. 20. It will include many rare early photographs and a centennial history written by Very Rev. Pierre E. Lachance, OP, prior of the Dominican community, and a parish native. .

Father Lachance has served the parish for nearly 28 years, first as parochial school director and for the past 23 years as director of St. Anne's Shrine, annually visited by thousands of pilgrims.

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Bishop' 'Daniel A. Cronin was principal celebrant of the Mass of Before Koch conceded, he threa- Christian Burial offered yesterday tened to have the building con- at St. Joseph's Church. Taunton, demned and take it for public use. for the repose of the soul of Father The mayor said that he offered WilliallJ E. Farland, 63; who died Covenant House s.everal aban- unexpectedly on Nov. I. Rev. Msgr. doned buildings owned by the city. Henry T. Munroe, VE, was homilbut Father Ritter contended that ist.

Father Farland, pastor of St. the offers were made before the opportunity to purchase the mari- Joseph's parish since 1975, was a time building came up, and in any native of Fall River, the son of the late Donat and Mabel (Phelan) case held little appeal.

Farland.

He graduated from St. Patrick's In other Covenant House news, the ministry has established a hot grammar school in Fall River in line for help from anywhere in the 1937 and after attending B.M.C. Durfee High, also in Fall River, United States.

A toll-free call known as the "9- graduated from Msgr. Coyle High line," it has the easily memorized School in Taunton. He prepared for the priesthood at SI: Mary's number of (800) 999-9999.

Father Ritter said he had Seminary, Baltimore, and St. launched the service about a month John's Seminary, Brighton, and earlier but gave it relatively little was ordained June II, 1949, at St. publicity at first to avoid being Mary's Cathedral by Bishop James overwhelmed with calls in the start- L. Connolly.

As parochial vicar he served at up period. .

"I announced it on the Ted St. Mary's parish, Norton; Corpus Koppel show, and we gor 2,500 Christi, Sandwich; St. Lawrence, calls the first day:' he said. Koppel New Bedford; St. Patrick, Falmouth; and St. Kilian, New Bedhosts ABC-TV's "Nightline."

He said many young people ford. were calling from bus stations, . He held pastorates at St. Ann's airport terminals and other places Church, Raynham, and St. Joseph's, Woods Hole, before being asking for help. named to St. Joseph's, Taunton.

In Taunton he was spiritual director to the area St. Vincent de Paul society and chaplain to the Queen's

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themoorin~ A Challenging Vocation . In this issue of The Anchor highlighting church vocations, it is well to call attention to "A ShepheNi's Care," a document recently issued by the U.S. bishops' Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry. ..A Shepherd's Care" is basically a reflection on the changing role of pastors in the church, not a cure-all for the multitude of problems posed by ministry in today's parish. Rather, it discusses the styles of pastoring called for by our ever-changing social order. .

There was a time when a pastorate was viewec! as the culmination of one's priestly life. Many priests did not survive the 25 to 30 years that customarily elapsed before one became a pastor. Often the position was viewed as the reward for beinga long~suffering curate or was associated with administrative abilities.

But"A Shepherd's Care" clearly indicates this mentality was made obsolete by the Second Vatican Council. Since the council, in the span of a single generation, the role of pastor has been transformed by a series of changes in relationships and environment. The bishops' document indicates two serious implications of this.

First, the pastorate is a "ministry that must be learned and mastered. It requires a series of skills and competencies that can be identified and taught. Focused theological training, collaborative skills and techniques and knowledge of the fundamental principles of organization and administration are only some of the requirements for effective pastorin'g."

The second reflection addresses a very difficult matter often neglected in the past, namely the fact that not all priests have the ability or the desire to be pastors.

"The role of priest and the role of pastor, while overlapping, are not the same," notes the document.

"Becoming a pastor should not be automatic or be assumed ·promotion.' It certainly should not be viewed as a reward for years of service." ' These concepts will indeed take some time t,o be completely assimilated. However, they have immediate implications.

It should be obvious that seminary training must be oriented towards pastoring. There are many dioceses in this country where pastors have been ordained only a couple of years or less, thus lack hands-on experience as parochial vicars.-Seminary formation, especially for diocesan priests, must be focused on pastoral preparation. Often expert theologians have very little experienc~ as pastors!

To be sure, the realities of church law and procedure are not to be ignored or sidestepped in this process, but the changing profile of the American parish, resources for parish staffing and alterations in parish leadership structures must be openly discussed and experienced by those preparing for pastoral ministry.

What future days hold for our parishes is indeed a matter for concern and speculation, yet those days should not be anticipated with anxiety.

We must pray that the Spirit inspire vocations to ministry that will lead God's people to fulfillment of heart and soul.

More than ever the harvest is great, the workers few and the challenges enormous.

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Science, religion are partners

By Father Kevin J. Harrington Science and religion have battled unnecessarily since the early 17th century, when the faithful found it extremely unsettling to be told that the earth was not the center of the universe.

People of religious faith, still too often cling to outmoded ways of viewing nature. The current revival of the creationist versus evolutionist argument is an example. . All biologists agree that evolution is a fact of nature. The attempt by people of religious faith to leave' room for a "God of the gaps" to fill in any missing links is destined to fail. Such people should take solace in the fact that as biology is reduced to physics a new order is emerging that will more than fill the gaps.

Christians. in short. must accept the theory of evolution while continuing to find positive insights to support their faith.

Fundamentalists cling to a literal interpretation of scripture even though such interpretation can be traced back only to the 16th century, and could be argued to be a heresy resulting from the Reformation.

Hence, the Genesis myth was turned into science as science began to explain how the world works.

But the myth offers lessons to even the most intelligent scientists: that God made the world and

man; that the purpose of life is to succinctly reminds us: "The fear of give glory to God and to fulfill his God is the beginning of wisdom." moral purposes for us.

Awe makes demands. It should The fundamentalists fear that if invite us into a relationship with they relinquish the literal interpre- the very source of mystery. tation of Genesis, such lessons will Science, which originally sought go untaught and science will unveil to solve mysteries has become their a godless. uncaring world in which proclaimer. while theology attempts man's special place in the order of to renect upon them and elucidate creation will be undermined. their meaning. . ' The spectre of such' a world 400 years of scientific enquiry looms large when avowed atheists have methodically dispelled mysaccount for creation without a . tery after mystery, yet when all is sense of awe and wonder. said and done and the physical The "big bang" theory of the machinery of man and the electroorigin of our universe can be taught chemical activity of his brain are in a manner eliciting reverential described and explained. we are fear of God or can be summarized still left with mystery requiring a as a cosmic firecracker. DNA can different language than that of be explained as a marvelous repli- science to explain. cator of our genetic makeup or can Even if physicists finally agree be summarized as a primitive on what laws were operative at the computer. moment of creation, there will Mankind is the highest product remain the question of who created of evolution from the big bang to those laws: the awakening consciousness of Even if a set of laws logically the human spirit. consistent with each other are Insights growing from the exper- agreed upon, theologians will ask. ience of generations of believers "Who made the laws of logic?"

Scientific discoveries should not who viewed the world as purposeful and people as recipients of make us uneasy. The more sciengrace are of more value thilO those tists reveal about the nature of the of a contemporary atheist who universe, the ·more reverence we views the universe as rio more than should feel. The vastness of space a surrealistic bloom in the great and time. the simplicity and beauty void. of the laws that govern creation Mystery is a part of nature and should inspire awe. To those with science is as much a servant as "is eyes to see, the universe is revealtheology. As the Book of Proverbs ing more and more of its secrets.

Made to think I'm not sure I like Sundays when the homily makes me think. Like yesterday. Luck, ily we're blessed with a variety of homilists who are willing to confront rather than soothe us but sometimes I don't appreciate being made t~ face my own failings.

Yesterday, the scripture rea~ing was about confronting one another's wrongs. The priest spoke about confronting one another out of our own love and mercY rather than out of our hurt and resentment. Since his homily, 1 h~ve thought of two incidents I experienced in the past·year.

The first was a conversation with a priest who told me he tagged along on a tour of adults at the college campus where he teaches. As they moved around the campus, the tour guide said, "This building is where the clergy live."

A woman stopped in mock reverence, said. "Ohhh ..." and genuflected. The others laughed.

My priest friend told me, "I was deeply hurt. 1didn't know what to do.'Her act was contemptuous but I know the men who live there.

They are deeply caring men, many of them strong and outspoken supporters of women in the church.

I felt sick inside."

The 'second incident was sim'ilar. ] received a call from the director of novices at an order whose novitiate is nearby. He told' me his novices were fresh back from six-week internships in the church around the country.

He said that they returned reel-

ing from the treatment they received from women in the church, personally experiencing women's anger toward the church for the first time. He asked if I could come down and facilitate a session on how to deal with their feelings.

I did and it was sobering. Man after man told his story. Many were confronte~ by women,' lay and religious, who charged them with sexism because they were willing to enter an unjust system.

We had"a good session, discussing roots and responses to anger.

But what struck me was their sensitivity to the issue. They didn't callously dismiss the' anger they inherited. They understood it but it hurt them deeply. The fact that they, too, want change in the church but feel helpless in_ achieving it, went unappreciated by the women who accused them.

The point that today's hotnilist made that really struck me was that we're better able to confront and forgive individuals than institutions. Those of us who work for justice in the church find it difficult to separate the institution of the church from individual clergy, bishops and novices. We tend to confront out of hurt, anger and revenge than out of love. , One of the paradoxes of injustice is that the victims themselves can become unjust. For many years Catholics were victims of the. Ku Klux Klan. But when that victimization ended and the Klan was ,opened to Catholics, they flocked into victimize Blacks and Jews.

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blossomed from our devastating loss in December of 1984 it was the bonding of our people and parish with the Blessed Sacrament Church Community. Our need and your Christ-like welcome forged a strong link that will unite our parishes for many years to come. And, while we rejoice that we once .more have our own Center of Worship, we will, in all truth, miss the intimate and sharing relationship we have had with Father Levesque, the staff and parishioners of Blessed Sacrament Church.

For it has been our privilege not only to share your church, but to join with you in the celebrations of Christmas, Holy Week, Easter, Thanksgiving and their festive occasions. And as we prayed and worshiped together we grew in knowledge and loye not only of the Divine Master but of one another.

I pray that the, years may only strengthen this relationship; and if at any future time the priests, staff, parishioners or facilities of Holy Ghost Church may in any way whatsoever be of service to the peoplt'of Blessed Sacrament Church, be assured it will be for us a welcome opportunity to return the kind hospitality you have shown us these past three years.

A three-year relationship between Holy Ghost parish, Tiverton, RI, in the Providenc'ediocese, and Blessed Sacrament parish, Fall Injustice is injustice, whoever is River, came to an official end Oct. doing the victimizing. Was it fair 24 when f'loly Ghost parishioners for that genuflecting woman to moved into a new churc.h building. mock clergy she didn't even know Informally, however, the relabecause of her anger toward the tionship is lik'ely to continue inchurch? Was it fair and loving for definitely. the others to laugh, supporting her In December, 1984, when Holy action?

Ghost's preyious church building was destroyed by fire, the Blessed I know too many clergy who Sacrament community, just across.. hurt as much as I do over the offithe Massachusetts line from Tivercial church attitude toward women ton. offered hospitality to its disto write them, all off as sexists. placed neighbors.

These me'n are caring and courIn the three years that followed, ageous in their words and actions, members ofthe parishes worshiped and they do not deserve being together and shared special occamade responsible for others' besions. Last week they rejoiced tohaviors. That's why yesterday's gether when the new church opened homily bothered me. its doors.

And on Nov. 15. when Holy Ghost is officially dedicated, Father WASHINGTON (NC) - The Rene R. Levesque, pastor of BlessCatholic Church has a specific role ed Sacrement, will beamong Mass in bringing to the public policy concelebrants and his parishioners arena the rural problems of a right, will be guests at the liturgy.

Father Peter G. Young, pastor to food. access to land and responsibility of stewardship, Archbishop of Holy Ghost. summed up the John R. Roach ofSt. Paul-Minne- three-year experience in a letter to apolis said. He said the world's "Father Levesque and the People rural communities in both indus- of Blessed Sacrament pari~h." It ' trialized and developing countries follows: On behalf ofthe Holy Ghost face very serious problems, and Parish Community, may I exthe church's task is to search out press my sincere thanks and the moral dimensions of the issues grateful appreciation for your and help with solutions. The archkindness and generosity these bishop commented at a world conpast three yeflrs. If there was gress ofthe International Catholic one special blessing which Rural Association in Rome.

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Continued from Page One from its basic responsibility in the . world," said ArchbishopEyt. Among those supporting specific recommendations expanding the liturgical roles of women were several U.S. bishops, who said the concept is reflected in the proposal to study revision~ of the 1972 norms.

The principle of equal access by men and women is reflected even though "the specificity may not be . there," said Archbishop John· L. May of St. Louis after the Oct. 29 synod vote approving the r~com­ mendations sent to the pope.

Bishop May is president of the U.S. bishops' conference.

"It seems to me that we didn't pedal backward, which is very important," said Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee.

"When you have to say something that will hold for every culture, it has to be couched in terms that.are quite general."

Meanwhile, the highest-ranking female synod official said that expanding the ministries of women in the churc;h was "never a dominant theme" at the synod. . The synod considered the roles of women in the church as part of the broader theme of lay ministries, said Maria da G'raca Sales, synod- assistant special secretary and a full-time staff member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. . She spoke at the Oct. 30 Vatican news conference.

"It does not seem opportune to . easily establish lay people in officially instituted ministries," said a synod proposal. Such ministries "can overshadow many lay gifts and duties - in marriage and the family, in daily work, science, economy, the fine arts, culture and politics." .

Although the recommendations did not include expanding nonordained ministries for women, two proposals dealt with women's Issues.

One said that the church should recognize and use the gifts of women.

The other urged: - Avoiding language which is "unjustly discriminatory" against women.

- Including women active in . the church in the preparation of pastoral documents and other projects. .

- Developing a "theology of matrimony," based on the love between Christ and the church.

- Conducting anthropological and theological research on the foundations of the dignity of men and women.

- Restoring respect for virginity and maternity.

Recommendations also dealt with the heavily de~ated synod issue 'of lay renewal movements, especially those formed since the Second Vatican Council.

Several bishops complained that some movements engage in pastoral work in their dioceses without seeking approval and that their work sometimes conflicts with diocesan projects and priorities.

Defenders of the movements said they are often international in scope and should come under papal ratHer than local supervision.

The synod praised the movements, but said founders, often clerics, and members 'must obey the authority of "local pastors and the pope."

The synod believes that "bishops, priests and movements can work together," Archbishop Eyt said at the Vatican news conference.

Synod recommendations also encouraged greater lay action on social and political issues, The . laity was asked to mobilize against abortion, voluntary sterilization',' manipulation of fetuses and drug trafficking, The synod rejected apartheid and religious discrimination or oppression. It asked for special attention to the plight of the world's poor and oppressed.

The synod also said that: - Parish structures should be flexible enough to allow more lay ;/'!\ . participation. .. ;.

- Housework performed by W:;::':":$ women should be appreciated, and obstacles faced by mothers who want to spend more time with"their children should be removed.

- Basic Christian communities, working with local pastors, are good examples of church unity and evangelization.

At the synod closing Mass, Oct. 30, the pope said increased lay participation at the 1987 synod should be a model for future bishops' synods.

Synod rules were waived to allow many of the almost 60 lay observers to speak at plenary sessions, Synod norms limit plenary speeches to voting members, who must be bishops or priests.

The synod was able "to profit from their experience, their advice and the suggestions they offered," the pope said.

The synod also issued a public "Message to the People of God" Oct. 29 which encouraged lay participation in the church and the world, but which did not discuss the synod's recommendations.

The message opposed sexual discrimination against women and urged greater action to protect human rights, "We rejoice in the progress and advances which have been made in HUNDREDS OF Polish-Americans gathered last Saturrecognition of the legitimate rights day at St. Mary's. Cathedral to celebrate Polish Heritage that enable women to fulfill their Month at a Mass with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin as principal mission in the church and in the world," .the message said. celebrant. Father Robert S. Kaszynski, left, pastor of St. Stan"I n political activity the primary islaus parish, Fall River, and Mass homilist, admires ikon of concern of the lay faithful should Our Lady of Czestochowa borne by participants in national be honesty, the promotion of social dress.

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The statement said that tradiIt suggested that "schools should tionally the school, along with, family, church and government, enable the human person to become played a key role in total educa- the best possible person, which tion of young people. "Histori- necessarily includes being an aucally, moral education has long thentically motal person." had an honored place in the public The statement strongly encour, schools of the United States," the aged teachers "to be aware of statement said. themselves as models for the young in the pursuit of moral excellence" "But in recent years, the public and "to lead the way in helping the philosophy, the shared moral vision public realize that schooling withwhich binds us together as a peoout moral educatio'.,1 is poor schoolple, diverse yet one, has been siging." .

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I also know that in fulfilling your mission you are willing to give, you are willing to share and you are willing to serve. And you are willing to do all this together, not alone! In this you are like Jesus: Jesus gave and he served and he was never alone. He tells us: "The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone" (In 8:29).

Yes, dear young people, I too want to speak about your mission, the reason for your life on earth, the truth of your lives. It is extremely vital for you to have a clear idea of your mission, to avoid being confused or deceived. In speaking to the Christians of his time, St. Paul explicitly urged them: "Let no one deceive you in any way (2 Thes 2:3). And today I say the same to you, young people of America: "Let no one deceive you in any way" - about your . mission, about the truth, about where you are going. Let no one deceive you路 about the truth of your lives.

Jesus' message applies to all the areas oflife. He reveals to us the truth of our lives and all aspects of this truth. Jesus tells us that the purpose of our freedom is to say yes to God's plan for our lives. What makes' our yes so important is that we say it freely; we are able to say no.

Jesus teaches us that we are accountable to God, that we must follow our consciences, but that our consciences must be formed according to God's plan for our lives. In all our relationships to other people and to the world, Jesus teaches us what we must do, how we must live in order not to be deceived, in order to walk in truth.

When Jesus tells us to love our neig~bor, he does not set a geographical limit. What is needed today is a solidarity between all the young people of the world - a solidarity especially with the poor and all those in need. You young people must change society by your lives of justice and fraternal love. It is not just a question of your own country, but ofthe whole world. This is certainly

your mission, dear young people. You are partners with each other, partners with the whole church, par~ners with Christ.

Prayer can truly change your life. For it turns your attention away from yourself and directs your mind and your heart toward the Lord. If we look only at ourselves, with our own limitations and sins, we quickly give way to sadness and discouragement. But if we keep our eyes fixed on the Lord, then our hearts are filled with hope, our minds are washed in the light of truth and we come to know the fullness of the Gospel with all its promise and life.

Prayer also helps us to be open to the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth and love, the Spirit who was given to the church so that she could fulfill her mission in the world. .

It is the Holy Spirit who gives us the strength to resist evil and do good, to do our part in building up the kingdom of God. It is significan~ that the symbolofthe Holy Spiriton Pentecost was tongues offire. In fact,. fire is often the symbol that the Bible uses to speak ofthe action of God in our lives. For the Holy ~pirit truly inflames our hearts, engendering in them enthusiasm for the works of God. And when we pray, the Holy Spirit stirs up within us love of God and love of our neighbor.

The modern technological world can offer us many pleasures, many comforts of life. It can even offer us temporary escapeS from life. But what .the world can never offer is lastingjoy and peace. These are the gifts which only the Holy Spirit can give. And these are the gifts that I ask for you so that you may be strong in hope and persevering in love.

But the condition for all of this is prayer, which means contact with Christ, communion with God. Dear young people: My message to you is not new. I have given it before and, with God's grace, I will give it again. And so, as long as the memory ofthis visit lasts, may it be recorded that I, John Paul II, came to America to call you to Christ; to invite you to pray!

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Materialism, she says, was not something that had a place in the lives of most young people. So taking a vow of poverty didn't require an overwhelming amount of thought.

The Carmelite Sister for the Aged and Infirm has worked at the Catholic Memorial Home in Fall River since 1951.

At'the recent celebration of her golden jubilee, she described her years of religious life as "happy and peaceful."

She says that if a young woman thinking about becoming a sister asked her about her experience, that's what she'd speak of.

A lifetime of happiness. A lifetime of peace.

The soft-spoken Carmelite must number among the world's most modest people. When Sister M..

Shawn Bernadette Flynn, Catholic Memorial Home's administrator, began to sing her praises, the diminutive nun looked down at the table.

"Don't make me cry," she said.

Sister Shawn's remarks, then, were brief and to the point. "She's given of herself," she said. "And she's never asked for anything in return."

Called to be at the Heart of the World, We Joyfully follow Jesus Christ And look with Hope to the Future.

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A loving tribute to Sister Catherine penned by Sally Rose, CMH director of medical and ancillary services, appeared in a recent edition of the home's newsletter for resi'dents and staff. Excerpts follow: "One day; when she was 'only . eight years old, Sister Catherine made her decision to enter the 'convent and pursue a religious vocation. A teacher at the Catholic school where sister was a pupil 'gathered her class together and posed a question: Who wants to become a nun? Without hesitation, one little girl re'plied, "I do! I do!"

"That youngster ~as our very own Sister Catherine. What a heavy decision to make at such a tender age! Yet Sister Catherine never lost sight of this goal. After finishing school she encountered a delay; her father was very ill and she had to remain at home to help her mother ,care for him. Because of this, Sister didn't enter the convent until she was 25 years old ....

"She is still responsible for maintaining the chapel. With a great. deal of pride and true dedication, , she keeps everything polished, clean

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She puts forth the same conscientious effort while helping. in the main dining room. When asked what she enjoys doing the most, she replies that helping in the dining room brings her the greatest pleasure, as it affords her an opportunity to be with the residents, who are very speciaJ to her. She loves thj:'m all.

"Sister tells me she enjoys~op­ ping in the chapel. I've even seen her operating a buffer with an expertise that would put many of us to shame: Besides these tasks, she enjoys washing, starching and . ironing the altar linens. Her only complaint is that good starch is impossible to find nowadays....

"This fine lady with simple tastes . is up at the crack of dawn every day, going about her mission without complaint's. When asked what· her secret ·is, she is quick to reply that the grace of God keeps her going. Each morning she recites a prayer: 'Jesus, Mary and Joseph help me.' She goes on to say that without 'him' she could never accomplish the tasks she performs each day. In her own words Sister says: 'I am grateful to the Lord for allowing me to· serve so long and for all those, living and dead, who have helped me.'. .

"I have heard others refer t.:> Sister Catherine as the 'ambassador of good will,' a most appropriate title, as 'she is never too busy 'to chat, to welcome visitors, ~o give a

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NEW YORK (NC) -'- Church communicators help extend "the work of Christ, says Dominican .Sister Dorothy Farley, promotion coordinator for the U.S. bishops' annual Catholic Communication Campaign. .

"In the time of Christ, good news came from Christ himself," she said. "Now it's up to us, through the media, to convey the same good llews throughout the world."

She and Maury Sheridan, president of Unda-USA, an association of church communicators, appeared on a segment of "Christopher Closeup," a nationally syndicated public affairs program.

During the taped show, 'Sister Farley said the U.S. bishops established their communication campaign, an annual collection in parishes, "because they realized how important a ministry the media is."

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Sister Farley said distribution of the one~half of the collection which goes into grants for media projects has special emphasis on the Third World.

The o.thc·r half of collection pr~­ ·ceeds 'remains in local dioceses.

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Calcutta summer inspires priest WORCESTER, Mass. (NC) When Father Brian R. Cormier, a Worcester diocesan priest, agreed to give retreats to novices in Mother Terc:ia's Missionaries of Charil)'. hl;went to the slums and sewers of Calcutta, India.

But when he talks about his Summer with the order, he says he's "been to the mountaintop."

"I feel totalJy al peace. No one can hurt me now. I have seen faith -and hope - in its most sublime expression from both those who help their brothers and sisters and those who receive help offered," he said.

Father Cormier, associate judicial vicar in the diocese, spoke about Calcutta in an interview with the Catholic Free Press of Worcester. In Calcutta he directed retreats and counseled the order's more than 400 sisters and brothers working in greater Calcutta and 'studying in the -novitiate.

"The most humbling, the most , rewarding. the most glorious" moments were Ihe seven hours he spent daily in Mother Teresa's Home for the Dying and, DestiItlte, localed at the end of lln alley in one of Calcutta's poorest sections. he said.

Mosl who go to the IOO-bed home, he said, ""are brought in off -the streets by the sisters or volunleer helpers or crawl in on their owo. About 80 percl:nt of them will die within a few hours." .These dying people ""have nothing," he &aid. "Many have no families. Most are non-Christiao.

• BUI Ihey know that at '.Mother Teresa's house' they will be h~lped."

Th~y _~ek_ life's greate,st gift,

Father Cormier helped collect dead .and dying bodies from the s'lreets. Once he was bitten by a ra1 while trying to save a man buried under garbage. It was not uncommon to find babies in trash bins, he said.

"All are taken to MOfher Teresa's morgue," ~e said.

"In their poverty, no, their destitution," he said, "they are still filled with peace, with joy, with

tranquility, eye» jn lheir totally inhuman brokenness."

MOTHER TERESA plays with a youngster at her Calcutta orphanage. (NC photo) Father Cormier said, "and it doesn't lake long before you, too, understand that the greatest need people have is to beloved -and it doesn't take much to show it."

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The young woman, a registered nurse, made her first profession as

a Comboni Missionary ~ister last June 7, the seventh anniversary' of her father's ordination to the- diaconate. Last Sunday, ~he left for Italy and a probable four-)'car stint at a hospital operated by h,er community.

Why did Sister Jackie choose religious life in an age when so many young women opt for highlypaid careers?

To begin answering that ques~ tion, meet Jackie Racine, age 12, a. she watched "In This House of Bredt"," a film on convent life. It included a scene of sisters preparing for departure to China as missionaries. h hit Jackie where she lived.

"I never wanted 10 go to China but I wanted to be a missionary," she remembered. "I always wanted to be a nurse and do missionary work and go to Africa," Aher graduation from St. Joseph School. New Bedford, Sister Jackie auended Bishop Stang High SchooL North Dartmouth.

BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin meets with Sister Jackie before her departure for Italy. (Motta photo) During high school, her greatest desire "was to have a relationship with God, "And I didn't think I had one," she said. "because I was always comparing mine with what other people said and if mine didn't sound like theirs, mine wasl'l'! real.

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I'd sometimes stop in the church and just sit there," she continued.

"I didn't know it at tht" time bUI God was d'rawing me to him.

"I was just following something that I felt inside."

As a high schooler, Sister Jackie attended vocation awareness sessions sponsored by the Fall River diocese, bringing home many pamphlets describing religious life alTd storing them in a shoe box.

"I'd spend hours silting on the floor looking at my little brochures," she smiled.

At Stang, Sister Jackie mostly kept her aspirations [0 herself but she made a point of meeting sisters

of different congregations visiting the school "to see if I fit."

After graduation, she began fulfilling one of her dreams byentering Southeastern Massachusetts University's nursing program.

But she continued to collect information on religious orders.

"I still hadn't heard of the Combonis," the young nun said. "They weren't in the shoebox!"

Toward the end ofherfreshman year at SMU, however, Sister jackie received a magazine published by the Comboni missionaries, together with a handwritten letter from the community's vocations directrt"ss.

Later she learned that a friend's sister had visited the Comboni provincial house in Richmond, Va., and when asked ifshe knew anyone interested in religious life, had given the sisters Jackie's name.

Jackie read the directress' letter "over and over. It was so beautiful." She thought about it for over a year, in the meantime consulting

out one order after another for various reasons until just the Com,boni information remained.

At that point, she decided that if she ever entered religious life, she would join that order.

At the beginning of her last semester at SMU, another letter from the Combonis arrived. "ATI~ you still interested?" it read.

She visited the sisters in Rich路 mond and still wasn't sure. After graduation in 1983, she began nursing at Sacred Heart Home in New Bedford. But the Comboni literature was still in the shoe box and the following January Jackie entered the community'S Pennsylvania house of formation.

Her family and friends were very supportive. she said.

"I'm very happy that she feels God is railing," her mother says, "and that she's got the grace and lhe courage 10 answer the call.

"She's very compassionate and very caring. I think that she will be a very good witness to what she represents."

After a year and a half in Pennsylvania, Sister Jackie worked at a Comboni day care center in Richmond, then visited her family before leaving for Rome.

What would Sister Jackie say to a young woman considering religious life but uncertain whether it is for her?

"I'd tell her I understand the tension she feels, because I felt it myself." the young nun said.

"I'd tdl her it's really an okay lifestyle, that it's beautiful because God's in it."

Congregation has preferential option for poor The Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and of Perpetual Adoration is an international community of sisters, priests and brothers consecrated to God's compassionate love and serving in home and foreign missions with a preferential option for the poor.

The sisters explain their vocation as follows: The Sacred Hearts community participates in the mission of Jesus' by proclaiming the Good News of God's IO,ve which alone restores, reconciles and liberates. We choose, above all, ministries which promote a just and reconciled society through the transformation of the human heart.

Religious life is a responsf'to a call which makes God the center of our life. Prayer is a vital part of this response. Community and per路 sonal prayer open us to the Spirit and enable us to see God's presence in our hearts, in the hearts of his people, and in the events of daily life. Prayer also enables us to discover God's design of love for us personally and for his people, Daily participation in the Eucharist is at the heart of our community life and apostolate. It transforms and challenges us to Ii...'e the love that we celebrate and to give ourselves for the building of God's kingdom.

Eucharist adoration is one of our principal works and has a special importance in our life, It is a privileged time when we bring our-

selves and all people in prayer before the merciful and unconditionallove of God. Consecrated to the Sacred Hearts, we respond to God's call to live the Gospel in a radical way.

We choose to live in community and profess the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience.

By the vow of chastity, we are totally consecrated to God in love.

Impelled by the charity of Christ, we love and serve all people.

By the vow of poverty, we trust in God's providence and live a simple lifestyle in solidarity with the poor. We give all that we receive to the community and receive what we need for our life and work from the community.

By the vow of obedience, we are dedicated to the rulfillment of Ged's will in our lives for Ihe sake ofthe Kingdom. To accomplish this we make our own the community's goals for mission.

The three vows are a unique way of bringing about the kingdom of God in and through our lives.

Living in communion is essential to our religious commitment, In the name of Jesus Christ we share life and mission together.

Our unity in a rich diversity of per- ' sonaLities, gifts, ages and backgrounds reveals the presence of God's saving love in our midst.

By charity and selflessness, we help create in the community a climate which fosters the experience of God. We live and pray together, supporting one another in friend~

ship and service, sharing time and money. joys and sorrows, dreams and disappointments. We affirm the unique gifts of each person and develop them for mission. Our communion in mission witnesses to the kingdom's ideal of living Christian community.

God forms us with our cooperation. The directors of formation and the programs provide the impetus and the environment where this can take place.

Postulancy provides an opportunity to share the life of the sisters. By living and working with the sisters in a local community, the candidate discovers what it means to be a Sister of the Sacred Hearts (6 months to 2 years).

Novitiate inititates the candidate into religious life and allows for continued discernment of vocation.

It focuses on a deeper understanding of vowed commitment as lived in out congregation (2 years).

Temporary commitment incorporates the sister into the community through temporary vows.

By living the evanllelicallife in the spirit and charism of the Sacred Hearts Community, the sister deepens the lived reality of rdigious life consecrated to God and the service of his church (3 to 6 years). This period culminates in the profession of final ...'ows, a life commitment to God, to the congregalion, and to the church.

Today the congregation continues to expand its ministries in response to the needs of the local

and global church with a priority for the poor, oppressed and voiceless.

Information on the sisters' \localion is available'from tht' Voc:ation Direclor. 35 Huttleston A n., Fairhaven 02719, tel. 994-9341; on the priests' and brolhen;' from the Vocation DlredOT, P.O, Boxlll, Fairhave 02719, tel. 993-2441,

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REV. JOHN F. MOORE Director of the Permanent Diaconate 500 Slocum Road North Dartmouth, MA 02747 Tel. 993-9935

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Today there 'IS a great need to eXlJress love in a world that shouts anger, Selfshness and hopelessness. ThRt's whal'sDifferent- we have hope in the, love 01 GOdl Do you? If so, why not join us?

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Msgr. Smith conduc"an annual vocations program for youth consideringthe priesthood. This year it will be held from 2 10 8 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 6. at Holy Name parish hall. New Bedford. and will include an Advent vespeu serVIce and dinner.

Sister Noel. Episcopal Representative for Religious since July I. 1986. has many strin8~ to lIer bow. As Epi~(lpal Rep~sentative.' she sees her role as that of a liaison. belping match reli,ious with diocesan needs. To do that she keeps in dose contact with superiors or olher' represc'ntatives of communities serving within the diocese .and she has convened a group of priests. brothers and sisten; c()ncemrd with fostering voc:.· tions. , From"Feb. 14toFeb. I9-she conduct a mreal Cor women re1ia· iou's-at the'Dloces~In'Famljy life Center at SOOSIIXum Road, NoTtn Dartmouth. where shealso has. her office: Du~ing the mreat week. daily Ma~s and a hq,mily.wil1.be offered by'Father Robert A. Oli· 'Veira; diecesan director of contittuing formation for clergy and laity.

The director has compiled a useful vocation dii'l:1:-tory giving Inforrnation and listing requirements for the diocesan priesthood and permanentdiaconateasweUasfor ' ,'oo,e0mmo 5lollheover 30rel II munities represented. m the dio-cese. It is available on request him itt I"~ North. Main St., Attlebor() 02103 or by· telephone at· 222-1206.

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Joseph Champlin. wh,o listed am.ong character!stics to be looked for in candidates for the priest·, hood." a sense of joy and enthusiasm, an ability to blend thehuma-n' witb the divine. a deep and grow.ing faith and the desire 10 conabe>- , rate .and call forth the talents and giftS" of ~lhel'S."

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Also at the <:oRvention. Sister Carol Quigley. IHM. noted that the past 20years have !\Cell, asignificant shift in the ministries of l1'lIlny religious communities..This Iuts caused them to revaluate where they want to channel their presence and outreach. As a reflull. new ministries have developed and others have been lakenon by other t:hureh groups., with collaboration rather than poscssiveness becoming the key word. Today SM said, the vows of poverty. celibacy and obedience are more counterculturai than ever. reminding societ~ that God's love is mote Iife·giving than anything the world can offer.

At the meeting the directors also participated in workshops ranging from lIie<:ond career vo<:ations to new possibilities in voc:ationaware· ness programs.

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Sister Noel said the retreat will address the subject of eomrtl-unity life as the basis f~r the mission o( a religious woman. She said ,that communal hv'ing. membership in local and provinci!ilgroupings and intercommunity living arrangememswjll be considered. in ltiftt of how they prepare rdigio.us (or sCTVic;e to othen. 'Retreat resistra· lions may be made with Siner Ruth Curry at the Family life Center. telephone Q99.6420.

Commenting in general, on changed forms of community Jiving ~ince VatiC4ln II. Sister Noel iaid that today Most sisters do not make retreats with. community so Much as seek out a form of retreat suited to individual needs.

Sis.ters living 'alone, she noted. usually affiliate to some extent with a Bearby' community. meeting frequently for prayer and socialiZing.

From the vantage point of 46 years asa Sisler of Mercy, including service as pr(wincial superior of her community and many years ofelementary through coJlege--levei teaehin•• SiSler Noel discussed today's vocation picture.

She said that the prolifera1ion ofshort-cerm opportunities for lay missioners has attracted many young people who formerly might have considered religious life.

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Laywoman serves Indians in Guatemalan jungles

By Pat McGowan

, who work with her: the low regard in which women are held: To many people the word "vo"We're respected only because cation" is synonymous with sister, we're seen as 'different: "said Miss brother or priest. Add layperson Matthews' of herself and her coto the list. In today's church many workers. She said they try to proreligious communities have flourmote sexual equality in all their ishing lay components. programs but noted practical probAmong them is Maryknoll, the lems such as the necessity of using Catholic Foreign Mission Society mostly men as health promoters of America, founded in 1911 by because few women can read and the U.S. bishops and active in write. countries around the world. Its "The hardest thing about the newest branch is that of lay mis- work is knowing that so many sion workers and among its 109 things are happening that needn:t men and women members is Sheila happen," said Miss Matthews in Matthews of St. Patrick's parish, discussing health problems that Somerset. worsen due to lack of facilities.

Home this summer on vacation, Poptun's small government hospishe is now back in Guatemala, tal often runs out of medication where since 1981 she has used her and even food, she said. Treatexpertise as a registered nurse to ment is free but frequently there serve impoverished Indians living are no supplies for needed operain over 100 villages in the area tions. around the jungle town of Poptun Maryknoll has a small pharmacy in the state of EI Peten. which assists the hospital where Wearing an embroidered hand- possible but is itself in chronic woven blouse that took a skilled need of help. Much comes from an native craftswoman a month to informal network of friends coorproduce and occasioned the sin of dinated by Miss Matthews' parenvy in every female Anchor staff ents, Joe and Kay Matthews, also member, she visited the diocesan of St. Patrick's parish. Donations newspaper office to discuss her may be sent to them at 199 Maple work.

St., Somerset 02726, or to MaryHer chief responsibility is the knoll Administrative offices, training of"health promoters" who, Maryknoll NY 10545. Maryknoll armed with basic principles of is also the place to obtain further health care and nutrition, pass informat'ion on the lay mission their knowledge on to villagers. program.

With all its difficulties, does Also c1ose.to her heart is an eye treatment program aimed at com- Sheila Matthews recommend her bating a high incidence of dust and life of service to others? The answer infection-caused problems. In that can bdound in the fact that she is connection, she told oL~.little girl now in her sixth year in Guatewhose eyes were so infected she' mala; blue eyes sparkling, smile required ;l~~peraiion at a h'ospit~l wide•. enthusiasm unflagging: in Guatemala City, 250 milesfrom P<;>ptun yi!! a bus that can take from I0 h,oui-~ to two days to mak<; the journey on rutted jung!e roads.

"Her father wouldn't send her to the city:' recounted ~i.ss Matthews. "He said 'It's' only my daughter. /:If it were my s'on, I'd . send him, but why spend all that money on a girl?'''' .

His reasoning, said Miss Matthews, was that even blind, the girl could stay at home and make tortillas. Later, however, the child also became paralyzed and could not even do that. At that point the father sent her to Guatemala City - but only so he would not lose her labor. .

The incident pointed up a major concern of Miss Matthews and the laywomen and Maryknoll'Sisters

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 6, 1987

Trusting in God's promise to be faithful and supported through their own fidelity to each other, Sisters of Mercy dedicate themselves to apostolic service. From Catherine McAuley, their foundress, they have inherited a compassion for the dispossessed as the spirit oftheir community. Extending the Church's ministries of teaching and healing; the service of the Sisters of Mercy is especially dedicated to the poor, the sick, the uneducated, and all those in any way wounded by contemporary society.

Sisters of Mercy For further information. contact

Rosemary Laliberte, RSM Mercy Provincialate , Highland View Road R.D. #3 .

Cumberland, RI 02864 '401/333-6333

.Sister is' ~h~ncellot GARY, Ind. (NC)'- Dominica'n Sister Helen Hayes has' been appointed chancellor of the Diocese of Gary, effective Nov. 4. She succeeds Msgr. John F. Morales, chancellor for 13 years.

Sister Hayes most recently was educational consultant for the Diocesan Office of Schools in Madison, wis: Previously she was a senior-level administrator with the U.S. Office of Personnel Managemen~. in Washington, former director .of parish education for the national office of Pax Christi USA, and former co-director of the Office of Diocesan planning at ,the Washington-based Center fQr Applied Research in the Apostolate.

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IN THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS MEN CURRENTLY ATTENDING COLLEGE OR RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, WHO ARE PONDERING A VOCATION TO THE DIOCESAN PRIESTHOOD. IF YOU ARE GIVING THOUGHT TO A VOCATION TO THE DIOCESAN PRIESTHOOD, YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AN INFORMATION DAY ON THE DIOCESAN PRIESTHOOD, TO BE HELD FROM 2 TO 8 P.M., ON SUNDA Y DECEMBER 6, AT THE HOLY NAME PARISH CENTER, 121 MOUNT PLEASANT. STREET, NEW BEDFORD. " ·THE 'PROGRAM WILL CONSIST OF PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSIONS AND QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIODS - ALL CENTERED AROUND THE THEME OF VOCATIO'N TO THE PRIESTHOOD. THE PRIESTS ENGAGED IN THE VOCATION ApOSTOLATE WILL BE ASSISTED BY DIOCESAN SEMINARIANS. THE DAY WILL INCLUDE ALSO THE CELEBRATION OF ADVENT VESPERS, FOLLOWED BY'THE SHA,RING OF AN EVENING MEAL.

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By Dr. James and Mary Kenny

sider how many things dance through our mind within a short period of 60 seconds. Our minds are extremely active, hungry for sensation and information. Curiosity is the psychological counterpart of our physical sense of touch.

It is vital to life.

Dear Dr. Kenny: I was dismayed when sex education was put into the school curriculum. Now they are even talking about condoms on radio and television. Worst of all, our pastor told us that we parents need to discuss sex in the home with our grade school children. I believe in letting sleeping dogs lie. I think this is wrong.

Children so young are not ready for such information, and I won't have it in my home. Please comment. - Pennsylvania

M,ore young people are led into premature sexual intercourse out of curiosity than out of passion: It is difficult to be passionate about something with'which we have had no experience. Curiosity is a major initial' motivation for sex. For this' rpason it is pC the utmost importance 'tbat 'pare!1ts satisfy a child's ,curiosity. An honest verbal explanation is surely preferable to a premature blundering into a sexual 'experience. , Our"eagerness to learn; our imagination, our hunger for stimulation all drive us to discover. Almost universally, preschool boys and girls will peek at one another's-genitals, or even show them openly to one another. Bodies are on display in Playboy and similar magazines.

Just because they are not available in our home does not mean that our children will not see them.

More brazenly, television .displays couples making out and making love. Here again, parents may forb.id such viewing in their own home, but there is no way to protect a child from ot,her children who have been thus educated and indoctrinated. Or from bathroom walls at school with four-letter words and crude rhymes.

Wouldn't it be better if the "good guys got there first? Whatever parents say, even, if it is an awkward and stumbling admission of their discomfort, at least the child learns that sex is a subject that can be discussed with parents.

Your pastor i~, wise. Parents need to let their children know that sex is not a· taboo subject.

Frankly, this cannot be done too soon today. The earlier the better. hi a world which shouts its own jaded view of sex, we Christian parents are wrong to keep silent.

Silence is not golden. Rather, it is a dangerous copout, leaving the field clear for the carefree and exploitative commercialism of television, the crude messages ,~on bathroom walls and misinformation of older youngsters. The question is not whether a child will receive a sex education too soon, but what kind of sex education he receivei>'and who provides it.

Silence about sex is itself an education. The implicit message is clear, that sexual matters are to be kept secret. Or in so many unspoken parental words: "Don't talk to me about sex. I am uneasy discussing it and I'd rather pretend it's not there."

Unfortunately, all that happens is that parents with this philosophy take themselves out of the picture. Even when children have a legitimate question or concern, they know better than to ask their parents. But do they remain totally uninformed about the issue? Hardly.

Curiosity is a powerful drive, even stronger than passion. Con-

Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address the Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

Those 99-cent records

By Hilda Young

I remember well the day his dozen cassettes arrived. "Oh, didn't I tell you about ordering these?" he said. His eyes glistened and he looked like Scrooge with his coins as he fondled the cassette packs.

"All this for 99 cents," he said in awe. My husband and I exchanged looks. "Did you read the fine print?" spouse asked. .

"Sure," said our.Midas of music.

"It says I have to buy a couple more, and then I can quit." I think there was a quote like that in the movie where Dick Van Dyke plays an incorrigible alcoholic.

Somehow, our taped tunes freak had missed the part about, his "club" sending him monthly cas-

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settes that it assumed he had purchased unless he returned them. I Honor the Irnmaculate Heart of Mary believe it was during the third or fourth month (after he had "purPractice the devotion of the five First Saturdays chased" the "Lawreilce Welk Favorites of All Times" and "Polkas of This· devotion was requested-by Our Lady of Fatima on July 13, 1917, when the World" tapes) that he began she said: "God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate,Heart. haunting the mailbox.

"1 shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart As the' weeks passed, he began and the Communion of reparation on the first Saturdays. If people listen to my receiving almost daily letters from requests, Russia will be converted and there will be peace." his friends at "the club." Some threatened him for late payments Then again, on December 10, 1925, Our Lady appeared to Sister Lucia, one on his Lawrence Welk tape. Some of the children of Fatima, and told her the following: . encouraged him to buy more cassettes. Some reminded ·him he was "Announce in my name thai I promise to assist at the hour of death with the behind sched ule in ordering enough grQces necessary for solvation, all those who on the first Saturday of five con- . tapes to qualify for fiis original 99 secutive months, sholl ' . cent purchase and that he would 1. Go to confession and receive Holy' Communion, receive a billing for $125 delivered bya fearsome man carrying a violin case if he didn't shape up..

2. Recite the Rosary, As the months passed, John grew 3. And keep me company for a quarter of an hour while morose and developed instant bags under his eyes when he passed the d mailbox. He took on a paper route me itating on the mysteries of the Rosary to pay for his new tapes. h h , Recently he calculated he had 4. Wit· t e intention of making reparation to me./I purchased enough tapes to resign. . . , .

L It would have been easier to get To practice this devotion, yo~ must fulfill the requests of out of a four year hitch.in the Our Lady, doing so in reparation for the offenses committed Marines. against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Confession may be As a matter offact, they offered .to sell himanother 12 tapes for 99 made during eight da.ys before or after the Communion. cents if he would stick around. I know what it says· in the B i b l e , (Courtesy of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi, about harboring thoughts of reSt. Hedwig parish, New Bedford, Mass.) venge. But I couldn't helpfeeling a , .... ~~.s..s..t.~~~~.L.&.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.L.& ••LJ.~~~~~~~~~~"".a.~ .....&..&.. kindred spirit with that lynch mob..,. '~~~~~~~~""""~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I read where a professional marketing association wanted to present its Hall-of-Fame award t~ the man who invented the "Buy 12 aJbums or cassettes for 99 cents" scheme. However, the man didn't show up for the presentation because a lynch mob of parents had formed outside the motel.

Rumor is the advertising industry has moved him to a "safe house" in another country, and has given him a new identity. In a sense, lhat's justice. That's about the only way our son, John, is going to be able to cancel his "membership" in his "record club."

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Akron, made the comments in a letter to the region's pastors.

The board of trustees of St. Thomas, founded in 1922 as Akron's Catholic hospital but now it\dependent, changed the hospital's operating policy to allow tubal ligations, effective Oct. I. Before the decision, the hospital followed the U.S, bishops"Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Facilities, wnich emphasize church prohibitions against sterilization. Though the diocese has 110 control over the hospital and its lay governing board, the bishop said, public perception is that it is a Catholic health facility.

"Inasmuch as the board of trustees of St. Thomas Medical Center has elected to depart' from the [directives] the hospital can no longer be considered a Catholic hospital," the bishop said in his letter to pastors.

He also said the -diocese would continue to minister to Catholic , patients at St. Thomas as it does at other area hospitals, but he asked pastors to inform their parishioners about the status of the hospital.

Bishop Sheldon !llso said a meeting with the hospital's acting president, William G. Hulbert, could result in clarifying "our resp.ective positions" and a discussion 'of details regarding the chapel and chaplains at St. Thomas.

Hulbert said it was difficult to pinpoint when the hospital moved outside of church control, but that a lay advisory board has been its governing body "for years."

Hospital officials, in announcing the policy change on sterilizations, said all other medical ethical practices "shall be in accord with the principles and tenets ofthe Roman Catholic Church."

Hulbert, a Protestant, told the Catholic Universe Bulletin, diocesan newspaper, that the policy ~ould include a restriction on performing abortions.

He said the decision was made as "a response to current patient demands and after an analysis of recently completed marketing research."

Hulbert cited as a reason for the policy change the hospital's inability to attract new obstetricians and gynecologists as well as patients in need of their services'.

"Many people who want these procedures, including many Catholics, are going to other hospitals in town;" Hulbert said. "Frankly, we reached a point where we either close down" the department or permit sterilization. ' "We did not take this action lightly or to do away with the Catholic background at St. Thomas Medical Center," Hulbert said.

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Q. I am a 73-year-old grandmother and have a problem caus- . ing me great concern.

One of my six children married outside the church. He and his wife are good people but never attend any church.

After some years of marriage they decided they did want children. The priest (not of my parish) baptized their child, who will soon be 4 years old. They now want another child baptized in another parish. The priest there, she says, said some harsh things and told . them he cannot baptize the daughter.

They cannot understand this.

My daughter-in-law was thinking about joining the Catholic Church, she says, but has real reservations since they are being treated this way. Should I baptize the baby?

Please help me. (Florida)

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

A. The Catholic Church's law and policy on this are clear: Unless the priest or deacon has solid reasons for believing that a child will be raised in the Catholic faith, he has no right to baptize that child, except of colirse in an emergency.

The reasons for this are probably obvious to most Catholics.

They appear both in the Rite of Baptism and in canon law.

To some degree this depends on the priest's personaIjudgment. Maybe the first priest-felt he had good reason to believe the parents intended to do everything necessary to give their child a Catholic upbringing. Certainly that would include regular attendance at Mass.

Ifthat expectation was not lived up to, as your letter seems to indicate, it is not surprising thdt the

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HEALING S'ERVICE Spirit of Jesus prayer group healing Mass and service with Father Bob Masciocchi 8 p.m. Thursday, St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis; all welcome.

ST. JULIE, NO. DARTMOUTH Choir rehearses 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, church; new members welcome.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Shrine staffer Sister Lucille Gauvin, OP, will lead "A Prayer Experience" Nov. II; sessions 10 a.m. to noon and 7 to 9 p.m.; both include guided meditation followed by shared prayer; information: 222-5410.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR 1987-88 parish school Student Council officers: Robert T. Pereira, president; Eric Wilbur, vice-president; Christine Gonsalves, secretary; David Ulmschneider, treasurer. .Women's Guild tea2 p.m. Sunday, auditorium; prospective members welcome. Mass for departed guild members 10:30 a.m. Sunday. New acolytes' liturgy class 10:30 a.in. tomorrow. George and Janet Pereira are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary. Bible classes (Psalms) begin 6:30 p.m Sunday. Pastor 'Father' Robert S. Kaszynski thanks parishioners and friends for their thoughtfulness on his recent birthday.

ST. PATRICK, FR Women's retreat, themed "Gifts Freely Given, Gifts Freely Shared," 10 a.m. Nov. 28 to 4 p.m. Nov. 29, Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown; retreat leader: Sister Elaine Heffernan,'RS M; spiritual director: Father Robert A. Oliveira; information: Marguerite Silvia, 673-5470. Holy hour 2 p.m. Nov. 22; all welcome.

DCCW,NB New Bedford district council of Diocesan Council of Catholic Women meeting 7:30 p.m. Thursday, S1.

James Church hall, New Bedford; Linda Thizierge, RN, a health center 'clinic coordinator, will present a program on. AIDS; question and answer session.follow~; all welcome.

HOLY NAME, FR Five weeks of aerobics classes 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays begin Nov. 10; all levels welcome.

ST. ELIZABETH SETON, NO. FALMOUTH Charismatic prayer group meets 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, church. First , Friday exposit,ion follows 9 a;m.

M,ass today, concludes with 11:30 a.m'Benediction. First Saturday rosary recitation in honor of Our Lady of Fatima follows 9 a.m. Mass tomorrow. Women's Guild food drive this weekend; packaged and canned food items needed; members will receive donations after all Masses.

NOTRE DAME, FR Practice for boys wishing to become altar servers 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13, church. Boy Scout Troop 15 needs old camping gear; donations may be left at the school 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesdays. First Friday Mass prepared by paris" school fifth graders 9 today. First graders recently had a guided tour of Fall River's Charlton, Memorial Hospital.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Board of education meeting 9 a.m. tomorrow. First Friday Masses 7 and 9 a.m. today; second Mass followed by adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 7 p.m. holy hour; all welcome. Healing service 7 p.m.

Nov. 2L Folk choir rehearses 7 p.m.

Thursdays, par~sh choir at 8 p.m.

CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/MASHPEE Family Commission meets 7:30 p.m. first and third Thursday of each month at CCD Center. Pastor's appreciation night Nov. 22.

ST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBORO Babysitting available during II a.m. Mass Sundays, church hall.

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present priest is reluctant to baptize the second child.

From what you say, there appears no evidence that the parents ofthese children ever intended to practice the Catholic faith, as much as possible in their circumstances, in order for their child to be raised a Catholic.

Insofar as that would be the fact (and I do not second-gues5 any priest's judgment when I say this) your situation offers another good proof that we priests do not in the long run do anyone a favor when we ignore the church's regulations about the sacraments. Whether this happens out of some feeling'of compassion or, too often, just not wanting to take the time or pains to explain an unfavorable answer, such responses usually come back to haunt either ourselves or some·one else.'

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of\Fall River-Fri .• Nov. 6, 1987 and tension.

Perhaps the baptism brochure which you requested and we are sending will help your son and his wife to reflect on what they really want fOJ their children and for themselves.

A free brochure explaining Cath-

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Since the parents came to the priest for baptism, they apparently harbored some inclination toward the Catholic faith. Perhaps a kind explanation of the reason the church normally expects at least one of the parents to be a practicing Catholic, before baptism of a child, might have made them stop and think. At least it could have prevented some ofthe present hurt

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Sister N.oel Continued from Page 12 "Society doesn't encourage longterm commitments. especially to lifelong chastity," she observed. noting that marriages too are easily entered and as easily left and it is taken for granted that a person will have several careers during his or her working life.

"But the Lord is still calling and' that's where the vocation starts," she said, also commenting that· many young people who do enter religious life cite the family spirit' 'of a community as a strong attraction. "They often don't have it at home," she explained.

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Bishop Stang' Students, and faculty at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, recently participated in 'a Hunger Awareness Day. The project was sponsored by Stang's campus ministry class under the direction of Manuel Medeiros.

Participants heard science department chairperson Kathryn Crosson describe living conditions in Guatemala, where she has visited a Maryknoll missioner friend.

All members of the Stang family were asked to fast for the day and donate money saved to Oxfam America, a relief organization, which funds grassroots groups in 30 of the world's poorest countries. $560 was collected and forwarded.

In cooperation with Greater New Bedfqrd VocationalTechnical High School and with the aid of all Stang students, the campus ministry class will supply and prepare the Thanksgiving meal for the Market Ministries Soup Kitchen in New Bedford.

Earthquake closes L.A. soup kitchen

SISTER ANN Willits, OP, of Parable, a national Dominican conference, recently gave a daylong workshop, "What Makes a School Dominican," to the faculty and staff of Fall River's Dominican Academy, The program was the first step toward completing "Verifying the Vision," a self-study of the school and how it utilizes its resources. All diocesan elementary schools will complete the self-study over the hext five years, according to Sister Mary Michaelinda Plante, RSM, elementary superintendent for the Diocesan Department of Education. (Gaudette photo)

Boys Town award to Dr. Cooley

LOS ANGELES (NC) - Earthinclude Mother Teresa of Calcutta, quake damage has forced a Catholic BOYS TOWN, Neb. (NC) Dr, Jonas E. Salk, Bob Hope and Worker soup kitchen in downtown Dr. Denton A. Cooley, heart surDanny Thomas.

Los Angeles to close its doors. geon and founder of the Texas As an emergency measure, an Heart In'stitute in Houston, has outdoor facility will serve those been named the 1987 recipient of men and women "seeking susten- the Father Flanagan Award for ance at our door," said Jeff Die- Service to Youth.

The Theatre Company at Bishtrich, a Catholic Worker comrriuHis accomplishments include deop 'Feehan High School, Attlenity member. signing new ways to correct conboro, will present Thornton Wil. ' . . _ genital heart defects in infants and der's Our Town in the school's Eng~neers were exa.mlnlng the children, performing the first sucauditorium on Nov. 12, 13and 15. soup kl~chen to determl,ne ~hether cessful human heart transplant in The first two shows will begin at to .~ear I.t down or ,~eb~lld I~.. the United States and implanting 7:30 p.m.• the Sunday matinee at 3 " In ,elth~r case.. said Dletnch, the first artificial heart in the world. p.m. .Father Val J. Peter, Boys Town the bill WIll run'lnto hundred~ of Information is available from thousands of dollars ~t a time executive director, said Cooley was , the school, 226-6223. whe~~~r bank account IS less than named because ~f '.!.his generosity $3,0 . , of spirit and action on behalf of Feehan's marching band, diT.he ea.rthquake shook ~outhern indigent children requiring heart rected by JosepH Taylor, placed Callforma Oct. I. It and ItS after- surgery and for saving the lives of second at the New England Schos~ocks were blamed for at least thousands upon thousands ofthese lastic Band Association regional eIght deaths and hundreds of h'ld " . , • C I reno competition, held recently at Oliver InJunes, p ' . f h d 'b" ,revlOUS winners 0 t e awar Ames High School, North Easton.

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"LEARNING TO pray the rosary can be fun" say the smiles on the faces of Annette Pineau's third grade religious education class at S1. Michael parish, Swansea. Students, left to right, are Billy Araujo, Tara Agrawal, Rory McCoomb, Michael, Barboza, Jocelyn Gaskell, Jessica Akers, Steven Wajda and Todd Annarumma.

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JOSEPH G. Paulo, a senior at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, is among some 3,000 black students commended to U.S. institutions of higher learning by the Achievement Program for their performances on the 1986 PSAT/NMSQT. The program seeks to recognize and assist outstanding black students who are U.S. citizens. Its commendees placed in the top six percent of the 80,000 young blacks requesting consideration.

Paulo, a Tauntonian, will study accounting. At CC, he is Student Council vice-president, captain of football and track teams and a National Honor Society chapter member. He serves on the school's Peer Education Drug and Alcohol Awareness team.

timental, it is full of heart and Symbols following film reviews small truths. Some incidental proindicate both general and Catholic fanity. A2, PG Films Office ratings. which do not "The Wannsee Conference" always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for (Films Incorporated-Rearguard) general viewing; PG-13-parental gui- German dramatization of the dance strongly suggested for children - meeting held on Jan. 20, 1942, at under 13; PG-parental guidance sugwhich the final decision was made gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for

by Nazi leadership to exterminate children or young teens. all European Jews. A historicaf Catholic ratings: AI-approved for document filled wit-h anti-Semitic children and adults; A2-approved for statements but the brutish manner adults and adolescents; A3-approved of the participants shows them for adults only; 4-separate classification (given films not morally offenclearly as racists. Mature theme. sive which. however. require some A3, no Motion Picture Associaanalysis and explanation); O-morally tion of America rating. offensive.

"Made in Heaven"(Lorimar)Catholic ratings for television Failed romantic fantasy about a movies are those of the movie house youth (Timothy Hutton) who dies versions of the films. and goes to heaven, falls in love with an angel (Kelly McGillis) and then pursues her on earth. Lacks NOTE imagination and the romance lacks Please check dates and any appeal or interest. Some retimes of television and-radio strained love scenes and rough programs against local list· language. A3, p.G ings, which may differ from Religious TV the New York network schedSunday, Nov. 8 (CBS) - "For ules supplied to The Anchor.

Our Times" - A report on the current efforts of the religious community in South Africa to chalNew Films lenge the government's policy of "The Whales of August" (Alive apartheid.

Films) - Two aged sisters (Bette Religious Radio Davis and Lillian Gish) rely upon Sunday, Nov. 8 (NBC) each other since one is blind but wealthy and the other is poor but "Guideline" - Travel' consultant kind. Picture of old age and sibling Joan Paul discusses special vacation opportunities for senior citirivalries is finely told through mood zens. and characterization. Though sen-

Military chaplains must meet armed force norms of the current military population is Catholic, but less than 20 percent of the chaplains are. Noting a "steady decline" since·1980 in the number of Catholic chaplains on . active duty, the report said the military is "sensitive to the demographic distribution of faiths" among servicemen but "cannot establish faith representation as the sole criterion" in determining chaplains.

In attempting to retain Catholic chaplains, the report said that of the 61 chaplains fired between 1980 and 1985 because they had been passed over for promotion twice, only four were Catholic priests. It also said that in the same period 45 priests were retained despite being passed over for promotion twice.

The report said that given the priest shortage, the military has' accepted older priests into the chaplaincy and that the age of new priest chaplains "has been consistently higher than" that of other new chaplains.

Father Turner questioned criteria such as physical. requirements for firing chaplains.

"What does fatness have to do with spiritual ministry?" he asked.

A priest who cannot keep up with the troops could be assigned to a hospital, he said.

Priests who have church approval to be ch~plains should not be dismissed unless guilty of something for Which they were court~ martialed, he said.

The report also included letters from 18 denominations comment'. ing on the chaplain'shortage, including Archbishop Joseph T. Ryan, head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services.

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WASHINGTON (NC) Priests who fall short of the military's physical and professional standards should not stay in the armed forces just because there is a shortage of Catholic chaplains, v ATICAN CITY (NC) - The said a Department of Defense Vatican has opened the way for study·.

The report, "Study in Representhe canonization of Sister Philippine Duchesne, a 19th century tation of Religious Faiths in the Armed Forces," was mandated by French missionary nun who spent Congress last year after complaints the last 34 years of h'er life working about shortages of Catholic, Jewin the United States. ish and Orthodox chaplains in the The Vatican Congregation for military. .

Sainthood Causes recently ap"The military chaplaincy requires proved a miracle attributed to the persons who are physically fit and intercession of Sister Duchesne, professionally qualified to meet who established the first U.S. the strenuous demands of the chapbranch of the Societyofthe Sacred lains' profession," the report said.

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"Quality is paramount. To accept Sister Duchesne had been beatiand retain any but the best qualified May 12, 1940 and needed'to fied to serve as chaplains would be have a miracle attributed to her a disservice to our military people." intercession since then to qualify One longtime critic of the shorfor sainthood. tage of Catholic chaplains, SalAll that is needed now for her to vatorian Father Joseph Turner of become a saint is a formal declaraHavertown, Pa., sharply criticized tion by Pope John Paull!. the report, calling it "highly, highly Sister' Duchesne was born in prejudiced towards servicemen's Grenoble, France, Aug. 29, 1769. practice offree exercise of religion."

She was a founding member ofthe Father Turner, cofounder ofthe Society of the Sacred Heart in Chaplains Promotion Research 1800 and a companion to the order's Committee and a fired former Arfounder, S1. Madeleine Sophie my chaplain, said in an interview .Barat. that the decrease in Catholic chaIn 1818, Sister Duchesne was plains arid increase in Protestant sent to the United States' and ones is leading the military toward established the order in St. "forced ecumenism" and a "oneCharles, Mo. She also worked faith Army." among Indian tribes in the S1.

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ST. JOSEPH, NB SECULAR FRANCISCANS, Thanksgiving eve celebration Nov. POCASSET 25 includes blessing of bread and St. Francis of the ,Cape fraternity music by school choir. Canned goods meeting 7 p.m. Nov. 10;St. John the to benefit parish needy may be left in Evangelist parish center, Pocasset; the boxes at the front of the church.

Father Edwin Dirig, OFM, will celePrayer group Bible study 7 p.m. brate Mass and speak about the Nov. 12; prayer meeting 7 p.m. Nov. Marian year; inforrnationand rides: Rob18; meetings in rectory basement; all ert Collyer, 563-2654, Upper Cape; welcome. Parishioners have been ' Dorothy Williams, 394-4094, midasked to donate small gifts to benefit dle and lower Cape.

O.L. ASSUMPTION, Father Joseph McDermott's MasContinued from Page 17 HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO OSTERVILLE sachusetts penal institution ChristSong leaders' meeting 7 p.m. Nov. Coffee hour follows 10:30 a.m. mas program. First Friday holy hour 15. The parish thanks Meridith BaxO.L. VICTORY, CENTER/VILLE Mass Sunday. Adult Choir rehearbegins with Mass at 5 tonight. Cub endale, Mary Fournier, Corey Grin. Guild meeting noon Monday, parsal 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Ladies' Guild Scouts meet 12:30 tomorrow. nell 'and Ricardo Machado, ConIsh center; new members welcome. meeting 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.

LEGION OF MARY, NB firmation candidates who made its Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Supple are CATHEDRAL CAMP, Annual reunion 2 p.m. Nov. 29; All Saints Day banner. Women's , celebrating their 55th wedding anniE. FREETOWN Guild meeting Nov. 23 will feature a host parish: S1. Mary's, Fairhaven' versary, Mr. and Mrs. Richard ParSt. Patrick parish, Wareham, • active and auxiliary members and crafts demonstration by Rosalie Goradise 25 years of marriage. Childyouth retreat 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomor- their families and friends welcome. dan and Ann Kotch. ren's Choir rehearses 4 p.m. Fridays, row. Weekend retreat with retreat- Junior group meets 2:45 p.m. Nov. 8:11 welcome. First Friday BenedicST. ANNE, FR master Father William Babbitt be- 13. . tIOn 10 a.m. today; confessions 4 Den I Cub Scouts' meeting 2:30 gins today, ends Sunday~ p.m. Ultreya 7:55 tonight, religious DIVORCED AND SEPARATED, REV. Gerald P. Ruane, today, school. Exposition of Blessed CATHOLIC WOMEN'S CLUB, FR' CAPE AND ISLANDS education center. Vincentians meetafter today's II :30 a.m. _ Ph.D., director of the Sacred Sacrament President Margaret Leger has aning 7:30 p.m. M0!1day.

Mass; hour of adoration begins 2 Ministry for Divorced and Separnounced a 7:30 p.m. meeting Nov. ated Catholics of Cape Cod and the Heart Institute in Caldwell, p.m., shrine. Confirmation retreat at 10 in Fall River's Holy Name School Islands meeting 7 p.m. Nov. 15, St. NJ, a Christian preaching, Isaiah II opens today.

DOMINICAN ACADEMY, FR auditorium; entertainment: Whaling Francis Xavier parish hall, Hyannis; Fifth graders recently participated NEWMAN LECTURE SERIES. City Sound, a barbershop quartet; guest speaker: Elaine Piepgrass; to- teaching and healing center, in a "Bear Down on Drugs" proLectures and discussions on topcanned meat, chicken and fish may pic: communicating; all welcome' will lead a 2 p.m. healing servgram sponsored by the Fall River ics of current and historic interest at be brought to benefit Dr. Jeremiah information: Patti Mackey, 771-4438: ice Sunday at LaSalette Police Department, the city's ChamSoutheastern Massachusetts UniverLowney's Haitian apostolate. Mass sity, No. Dartmouth, began earlier ber of Commerce and WSAR Shrine, Attleboro. for all deceased members 5:30 p.m. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ' radio. Thanksgiving liturgy 10: 15 this academic year;.sponsored by the tomorrow, St. Mary's Cathedral. TAUNTON school's Newman Association, all Choir rehearses 9:30 a.m. Sunday a.m. Nov. 24. , Masses for recently deceased memtalks are held in the Board of Gover- , ST.'MARY, FAIRHAVEN bers at Cathedral: Carroll K. Sulli- and 9:30 a.m. Nov. 22.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB First Friday Mass 7 tonight; Ladies nors room on their scheduled dates; van 12:05 p.m. Nov. 23; Alice Fitz- CHRISTIAN ROCK VIDEOS A Mass was celebrated this mornContemporary Christian rock vidof the Sacred Heart meeting follows all welcome; bring bag lunch if you patrick 12:05 p.m. Nov. 27. Mass for ing "in thanksgiving for a healthy wish; information: Prof. Anthony J. Mass. the intentions of Bishop Daniel A. eos 7 p.m. first Sunday of each little granddaughter." Seniors' John, 999-8872. Nov. 16: A Journey Cronin 12:05 p.m. Dec. 16, Cathe- month, K of C hall, 7 Taunton Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 17, parish ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Green, Taunton. with Paul, Msgr. Patrick O'Neill. dral. hall; information: 995-0208. A chilCYO general meeting Nov. 10. Nov. 23: Sprirituality in Illness, Ann dren's Thanksgiving liturgy is being SECULAR FRANCISCANS, FR HOLY NAME, NB Confirmation retreats for second year Marie Hedquist. Advent program planned. Women's League meeting Mass and meeting of St. Clare's candidates at Cathedral Camp tomor- Nov. 28 through Dec. 21.

Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m.

8 p.m. Nov. 23; lawyer David Barnet Fraternity at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 8, Rose Monday; entertainment: Do You r~w, Nov. 21 and Dec. 19. will deliver a "making a will" presenHawthorne Lathrop Home, 1600 Know Your Parish?

FIRST FRIDAY CLUB, FR' D of I, NB taton; all (men included) welcome.

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Mass tonight, Sacred Heart New Bedford Daughters of IsaChurch, Fall River; supper follows; bella meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17, Dr. Joseph Stanton and Mary AnlT" VFW Hall, Park St. Booth, both leaders in area pro-life movements, will present an audioO.L. -MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK First Friday holy hour 7 tonight visual program on the abortion issue; includes rosary and prayer. Women's female guests welcome; information' Guild/ Holy Name Society Christ- and reservations: Daryl Gonyon. 672mas party Dec. 3, Ramada Inn See- 4822. konk; information: Sadie Ga~boa, O.L. C-t\PE, BREWSTER 336-6513. Prayer meetings begin with . First Friday exposition ofthe BlesMass 7 p.m. Wednesdays; all welsed Sacrament follows 8 a.m. Mass come. to II today. Ladies' Guild executive board meeting 10 a.m. Tuesday, SEPARATED AND DIVORCED lower church.

PROGRAM Sandy Hale, RN, will offer a talk OUR LADY'S CHAPEL, NB on "Relaxation Response-BiofeedSpiritual conferences for sisters . back" at a meeting of separated and working. in the Fall River diocese divorced Catholics 7 to 9 p.m. Wed10:30 a.m. an'd 2 p.m. Nov. 14; nesday, Family Life Center, No. Father Malcolm MacDonald, OFM, I?artmouth; all welcome; no admiswill speak on the poor in spirit and slon.fee. the meek; opportunitites for reconciliation included. Cenacle of Zion ST. MARY, NORTON charismatic prayer meeting 7:30 p.m.

Suicide and stress programs 6 and Wednesdays, lower chapel.

7:15 p.m. Nov. 15, parish center: young adults ages 14 to 24 welcome K of C, COUNCIL 86, FR to "Being A Life Line for a Friend Knights of Columbus, their famiWho Might Be S.uicidal" and "Reduc- lies and friends are invited to a Maring the Stress Factors in Our/ Others ian holy hour honoring. the Black Lives" sessions;, parents and other Madonna of Czestochowa at 7 p.m. interested adults welcome to "Stress Nov. II at Notre Dame Church, Fall Factors In Young ,People's Lives" River, and to the annual Mass and and "Recognizing Suicidal Tenden- memorial service for deceased bro.cies In Our Kids" sessions; presen- ther Knights at 8 p.m. Nov. 23 at the ters:'Dr. Solomon and Dr. Plummer; Council Home on Columbus Drive. all welcome. .

Fall River.

VINCENTIANS,FR CORPUS CHRISTI,SANDWICH Fall River district council of the Johnny knows that Massachusetts is one Johnny also knows 'that SBU is now Catechists'meeting7:30 p.m. Nov. Society of St. Vincent de Paul meetoffering up to $ 250,000.00 in life of only ,3 states in the nation that offers 18, Father Clinton Hall; guest speak10 at St. William Church, ing Nov. er: Michaela Burke. Women's Guld insuranc::e for less per week than some Savings Bank Life Insurance. That Fall River, begins with 7 p.m. Mass; me,eting Nov. I I, hall, follows 7 p.m. people pay for a box of #2 pencils. Now means he can provide his family with ,celebrant: Father William ShoveIton, Mass for deceased members. ECHO pastor. Corporate Communion and reunion group meets 7:30 p.m. Sun$1 OO,OOO.O~ in life i,nsurance protection· isn't Johnny smart? at St. , breakfast Dec. 6; 9 a.m.

Mass for ,about $1.90*, a week. day, hall.

Thomas More parish, Somerset; inSACRED HEARTS SEMINARY, formation: George King, 674-1910. is a best buy. call: For more informati~n on why WAREHAM "Ozariam School" work$hop 7:30 t:t5!=d Men of the Sacred Hearts today p.m. Nov. 17,St.JoJm of God parish through Sunday. "Devel~ping Posireligious education center, Somertive Attitudes on Lay Leadership" set. session for clergy and religious 2 ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT Teen Club officers: Eric Zajac, p.m. today; presenter: Father Fintan president; Angel Dantes, vice-pres- Sheeran, SS.CC. ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN ident; Michelle Dion, secretary; MichVincentians meeting in church hall ael Medeiros, treasurer; advisors: after 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. Bible Bob and Fran Gouveia and Gerry Simcoe. Women's Guild meeting 7 study(St. Paul's letters) begins Tuesday; information: Sister Claire, 994p.m. Nov. 23.

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679-8551 ST. MARY; SEEKONK ST. JAMES, NB Vincentians meeting after 10 a.m. *Figures based on $ 99.00 annual premium of non-smoker, age 18·30. Similar values Boys' basketball team (grades 6 to 10 Mass Sunday.

Children's Mass available for those over 30. Offer available only to those who work or live in Massachusetts.

8) coach needed; information: reca.m. Nov. 15. Adult Biblediscussion tory, 992-9408. CYO general meet7 p.m. Nov. 18 and 9:45 a.m. Nov. ing 2 p.m.-Nov. 8, parish hall.

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