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WASHIGTON~C) u.s. Catholics will live under the same fast and abstinence laws and virtually the same rules for. mixed marriage after the new Code of Canon Law goes into effect Nov. 27. In an informational report for the annual meeting of the Na tional Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 14-17, the NCCB Committee on Canonical Affairs said that these matters were be ing handled on the administrative level, without need for a new vote on them by the body of bishops. Several other issues in Cath olic practice posed by the new church law require a vote by the bishops. and were slated for ac tion on the agenda of the bisll ops' meeting in Washington. These include changes in the number of holy days of obliga tion in the United States, a de cision on the age for receiving confirnlation, and a decision on whether to allow dioceses to adopt or maintain fixed-term appointments of pastors. On fast and abstinence, cur rent ru1es require U.S. Catholics to fast ,between meals· only on Ash Wednesday and Good Fri day and to abstain from eating any meat on those two days plus the other Fridays of Lent. ,Earlier this year, however, in their peace pastoral, the bishops urged American Catholics to re turn voluntarily to Friday ab stinence from meat as part of a national Catholic commitment to prayer and penance for peace. On religiously mixed marri· ages - a major issue in the United States, where about two out of every five marriages in volving a Catholic are mixed the norms adopted by the U.S. bishops in 1970 will remain in effect with one minor exception. After Nov. 27, only the Catholic party's own local bishops can dispense from the form of mar riage - that is, permit the mar riage to take place without a Catholic ceremony. Under the 1970 norms the bishop of the place where the marriage was to take place could also grant this dispensation, but the new Code of Canon Law re stricts competence to the Cath olic p~rty's bishop. The report to the bishops also said the Administrative Com-· mittee pas announced the NCCB's Tum to Page Six

POPE JOHN PAUL II presents gifts to Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in the course of the diocesan leader's recent ad limina visit to the Vatican. More pictures are on Page 3. (Felici Photo)

Diocesan men serve· others

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By Pat McGowan "How far that little candle throws his beams! So shine,S a good deed in a naughty world," said Shakespeare. It's still true. In August 1982 Steven Pescosolido of St. John the Evangelist parish, Pocasset, read an Anchor story about Ted Pirozzi and Jim Perry, both of Taunton. They were embarking on a year of service to others, Piroz zi with the Young People Who Care Mission in the Pennsyl vania Appalachians, Perry with the Miami, Fla., Mercy Corps. Steven thought about what they were doing and decided that he too would like to give a year to God. Now he's with the Chris tian Appalachian Project in Eastern Kentucky, a nondenom inational self-help organization. Since joining CAP he's worked in a child development center and a summer camp, both gear ed to teaching mountain children "a better way of life while hav ing fun." Other CAP programs include elderly outreach, medica1

transportation, handicapped eager· to share his experiences workshops and foster homes and with others who may be inter· est~d in helping the Appal{lchian boys' group homes. Commitment to CAP is for people. He can be reached at a one year period, which is often 306 Estill St., Berea, KY 40403 renewed for two or three years, - or by calling 606-986-1791. And what about Ted and Jim? says Steven. Volunteers live in Christian community with CAP Each reports a year of learning and growth. In Frenchville, in providing for basic needs. The young Cape Codder is Pennsylvania's poorest rural . county, Ted did parish ministry, . worked with youth, the handi capped and· the elderly, helped organize retreats and aided in' the operation of a house of hos pitality. In Miami, Jim taught Haitian, Jamaican and Peruvian second graders at a school staffed by Sisters of Mercy, also coordina ting a parish first· communion program. For ,both, the year confirmed their desire to serve. Next Sep tember Ted expects to enter St. John's Seminary, - Brighton, to begin studies for the diocesan priesthood; while Jim is an affili ate with the Brothers of the Holy Cross in Bronx, N.Y. STEVEN PESCOSOLD)O

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican will issue guidelines soon on sex education and on what it means to be a Catholic school. "Educational Guidance on Hu man Love" and "The Religious Dimsensions of Education in the .CathoUc School" are among documents being prepared for Catholic educators by the Vati can's Congregation for Catholic Education, said Cardinal WilHam Baum, prefect of that congrega tion, in a report to the world Sy nod of Bishops. Although he delivered the report in October, the full text was not made avail able until after the synod ended. "For a long time the congre gation hasobeen receiving re quests for advice, and also pro tests, Qon the delicate problem of sexual education in Catholic schools," the American-born car dinal said. He said his congregation was about to issue its guidelines on the topic "after long and well considered consultations." "The document 'will be of a pedagogical and pastoral char· acter. Pastors will be asked to make use of it as a means of re flection for those responsible for the education of youth," Cardinal Baum said. Sources at the Congregation for Catholic Education indicated that the sex education guide lines will be available at the end of December. The guidelines on Catholic schools will define "Catholic" in the full meaning of the term as it applies to Catholic schools, Cardinal Baum told the synod. "The aim is to contribute to improving the quality of. proper Christian education in institutes which honor themselves with the name 'Catholic: .. he said. "Account will be taken of the duty not to violafe the rights of the consciences of non-Catholic pupils, whom parents send to Catholic schools by reason of the prestige which they enjoy," he added. Cardinal ,Baum also reported on the concerns of his congre gation, including education in seminaries. Reflecting the contemporary world for .which se~inarians· are being trained, he said, the con gregation is prepai?ng an in struction on "training of future Turn to Page Six

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Father J. Bryan Hehir, 43, chief adviser for the U.S. bishops on their war and peace pastoral, _has been named to .succeed Msgr. Francis' J. Lally as head of the bishops' secretariat for justice and peace issues. I Msgr. Lally, 65, will continue .,as secretary for Social Develop· :ment and! World Peace of the U.S. CatholIc Conference until he rece~ves a pastoral assign ment in .Boston, where he was formerly editor of The Pilot, the llrchdiocesan newspaper. ·Father Hehir will be in Fall, IUver Sunday, Dee. 11, for a ~liocesan day of study on the bishops' pastoral, to be held f:rom 1:30~to 5:30 p.m. at Bishop Connolly High SchooL Open to aU, the program will consist of a taIIk by !Father Hehir, followed by small-group disc<ussion ses $iions and 'a general question pMiod. There will be no admis sion charge. The new secretariat head will . bEl replaced immediately as di rector of tlie USCC Office of . International Justice and Peace by Holy Cross -Father William M. Lewers of Holy Cross Noviti atl~, Cascade, Colo. . Father Lewers, 56, is a law yer,. a former professor at the Unieversity of Notre Dame Law School and a specialist. in inter nation8'1 law. Meanwhile Father Hehir will selve as special assistant for policy analysis. in the Depart ment of Social Development and World Peace. ~tfsgr. Daniel F. Hoye, USCC gellieral secretary, announced the appointments. F'ather Hehir also has been named a senior research scholar at lhe Kennedy Institute of Eth· ics at Georgetown University. Wa:;hington, and has been ap pointed research .professor of ethics and international politics

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at the Georgetown School of Foreign S~rvice. Msgr. Hoye thanked Msgr. Lally for "outstanding service in strengthening and Buiding the Department of Social Develop ment and World Peace for the past eight years" and congra\u lated Father Hehir. Father Hehir's

Msgr. Lally has' been secre tary of the department since 1975. A native of Swampscott, Mass., he was chairman of Hie Boston Redevelopment ·Author ity from 1961 to 1970.. He was editor of The Pilot, the newspaper of the Boston Arch diocese, from 1952 to 1972 and is the former pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Roslindale, Mass. Ordained to the priesthood in 1944, he holds honorary degres from six American universities and was awarded its alumni medal by Boston College.

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Heflling Humpty Dumpty By Hilda Young This morning's paper was full of profound international problems. (When isn',t it?) Yet as I tried to read about them an acquaintance of ours kept coming to mind. ' She'~ a divorcee with teen-agers, trying ,to pull together enough ~ork and gather enough physical and psychic energy to keep afloat. • As I tried to refocus on the headines, our friend and a line from Humpty Dumpty kept popping' into my head: "All the king's horse and all the ki ng's men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again." (May~e after the .kids are grown, I'll be able to say some thing from Scripture popped into my head.) . Our friend had called a church-backed social service agency and was pu't on hold. She called her parish and found herself trying to explain a desperate son and complex spirit ual cloisis in "30 seconds after the beep." She called a friend and was asked if she wouldn't mind calling back later as the friend was late for a Bible study class. My first instinct was to strike at the institutions. Why aren't the Catholic schools churning out better Christians tons of little Mother Teresas and Maximilian Kolbes who will tum arourid society by their faith witness? Why do we nurture a checklist Catholicism over interior conversion? Why aren't padshes mini-versions of. Lourdes and the Mayo Clinic? However, on second thought, I realized that church in sHtutions are not the primary formers of their members of you or me or our chHdren or our friends. Families are. Sure, institutions can be a strong influence. :But it seeems they are more a reflection of you and me than we are of them. You an<rI are the inStitutions we should worry about. So many of us need to let Christ wipe our spiritual eyes with the spittle of ~aptismal power and promise. We are the king's men and women, we are the king's horses. And with our king's power we can put the hurt and desperate back together again.

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The center, on the corner of Forest and Osborne Streets next to the hospita'I, will provide 4,276 square feet of space for St. Anne's expanding cancer treatment program.

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The layout will provide ad jacent chemotherapy and radia-. tion areas, a solarium-type wait ing room and rapid access to hospital facilities or support ser vices, if needed. Equipment will include a state of the art linear accelerator, de signed to deliver radiation ther apy with minimum pat.ient in convenience. Only one other such accelerator is currently available in a U.S. hospital, noted St. Anne's officials. Groundbreaking for the center is scheduled for January and completion is anticipated for late . fall of 1984.

Young men in the junior or senior year in high school or of college age who might be con sidering the priestly vocation are invited to attend the program which will consist of talKS, discussions and question and an swer periods presented by dioce- _ san priests and seminarians.

The day will conclude with PALO ALTA, Calif. (NC) The first annual Beyond War Mass, followed by a meal. Bish- . Award will be presented Dec. 10 . op Daniel A. Cronin will visit the center in the course of the to the U.S. bishops for their pas session. toral on war and peace. Archbishop John Quinn of San Francisco wil laccept the award on behalf of the National Con ference of Catholic Bishops at a San Francisco dinner sponsored by the Creative Initiative Foun dation of Palo Alto. "This award is being made in recognition of the conviction, courage and effort of the bishops in the publication of their his toric pastoral .Jetter," Richard Rathbun, the foundation's presi dent, said. '•

Those interested in' the infor mation day may' obtain a regis tration form at their rectory or may contact Very Rev. John J. Smith, diocesan director of vo cations, at St. John the Evan gelist rectory, Attleboro, tele phone 222-1206, for further de tails.

The award is a foot-tall square column of leaded crystal created by Steuben Glass. The continents are engraved on three surfaces of the column and a recessed sphere on the front surface is a ·lens transforming them into one rounded whole. The foundation, an education al group attempting to change attitudes toward war, will make the Beyond War Award annual ly t? a~ indi~id~a!, group or o~AT THE CHURCH of St. gamzatlon slgmflcantly, contn . . buting to building a world be-, _ Paul Ou~slde the ~all~ 10 Rome, Bishop Cronm SignS yond w~r, a foundation spokes the visitors' register... man said. .

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THE ANCHOR..:..Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov.: ,11'1' 1983, 1 1

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One of the signs of a vital community is its pdsitive' 'attitude towards what we commonly refer to as law.' A people who have little use for law often find themselves in chaos and cO)1flict. Basically, law is a rule of conduct' 01' action formally recognized as binding on a specific group of people. Thus we have laws governing nations and: their peoples; laws, guiding the nations themselves;, and I laws governing specific groups by their own choice, sU~h as chu~ch laws. ' . I It is unfortunate that we find ourselves in a peri9d of history when the concept of the rule of law for the co~mon good is little respected or regarded. The fragile fabric of our social order is held together by law, yet modern \bar barians not only defy its good order, but they despise the law itself. ' \ On the international scene, we need only readl the - newspaper headlines or view. the nightly newscasts. I1rom the downing of international aircraft to the violenc~ of terrorist attacks, the peace of law is being destroyed before our eyes. Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Afghanistan, S~>Uth Africal and EI Salvador are but a few examples of i the I results of man's refusal to live by law. Because of 'this mind, it seems a sad time for the chJrch to introduce the new Code of Canon Law. It is well kn6wn that there are many within the church family who ha~e a hard time with the very idea of any canon law at all. ~ere are many who are indifferent to the new code because, of their adopted lif~ styles. There are some who just ppsh aside this new legislation as a medieval fantasy. " Perhaps 'these attitudes have come to the attention 6f a rather knowing· pope. Recently, in a major address, It he .H~ly Father in his own unique way addresse,$J the sUQject of the new code rather directly, in a manner worth poncier I ing. The pope. made it quite clear that implementation: of the new code offers the Catholic community a chance: to reflect upon the very nature of law in the church.' In this regard, quoting St. Paul's declaration that Christ is the end of the law, he stated that it is the individual d~ty of the bishops to restore the often-neglec~d value of lqve , and respect for law. ! , Time and time again, the Holy Father has voiced his wish that members of the church would realize that the role of the law in their lives is not to deaden the Spirit tiut rather to channel their energies' to the end that their b~p- ' \ tismal graces might extend to the entire community~ With such a mind, it would seem that the church h~s, a unique opportunity of restoring the dignity to law that lit has been denied by modern man. It would indeed be wonder ful if the church could achieve this goal. We need laws t~t bring to our lives a dynamic that is at once orderly and open to the spirit of freedom while possessipg true conceht for the common good. : The advent of the new CQde of CanQn Law shoul,d bring a new pastoral sense to the daily life of the church. But the object of living the law should never be mere toke~ adherence but rather the seizing of the opportunity to reach . a sincere balance between the concepts of the Gospel and the norms of discipline. ( \ •

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'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.' Apoc. 14:13

Reprodu~tion Bl' Fatlw' Kevin J. Harrington

Two instincts are absolutely fundamental throughout the ani rilal kingdom: reproduction and survival. The nature of each species within the kingdom is revealed by the way in which it relates these instincts to every day activities. By far the greater part of hu man activity has to do with the daily routine of work, whether at home pr in the outside world. Fo)' too many people the only redeeming aspect of work is its penitential' value. Although the Bible states that from the begin ning man has had to earn' a measure of paradise by the sweat of his brow, it has not ruled out work as a source of meaning. Surely such a large part of human activity cannot be Ileft 'unredeemed or seen merely as something to be en dured for 'penance and out of material necessity. Our daily work must be seen as a true complUnion with Jesus Christ who poured. out his life for others. Jesus made clear that everything he did was aimed at fulfilling ,the will of his Father. If oUlr life is ruled by selfishness and lovelessness, we are not I truly in communion with Jesus, are not putting on the mind i we and heart of Christ. . I Fo:r a priest, there is no better \i 'I place to be reminded of the re I demptive value of work than at OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER \ the t:onsecration of the Mass Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese.of Fall River when he repeats those saCred . 410 Highland Avenue )1 wordH of Jesus: "Do this as a Falf River Mass. 02722' 675-7151 I remembrance of me." PUBLISHER I Long after we die traces will Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D. be left in the collective memory EDITOR FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR Rev. John F. Moore Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan 1 , of people to whom we have ex tended ourselves. Just: as Jesus . . . . leary Press-F. II Rivor

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human spirit triumph over the extended the total gift of him self to his disciples, we are ,to monotony of its new toys: extend our hand to our 'brother The paucity of truly creative or sister in friendship, in help, work in art, 'literature and de in, patient sharing and forgive sign is more than something that ness, in work and service. ShOl'" J be lamented. It could be symptomatic of an abnor Today it is often niore diffi mality to the primal instincts of cult than in the past to under stand the significance of our survival and reproduction. work. While in an increasingly Unless people can find greater depersonalized world we may not satisfaction in their daily lives, have the opportunity of taking they will have little motivation the same kind of pride in our to avoid a nuclear holocaust. accomplishments as in bygone \ Unless people can find a greater days, we should never forget that degree of satisfaction in that no matter how sophisticated the which they leave behind them tools of technology, there will they will have little motivation always be-room for human rea for reproduction. The shrinking son and imagination. Those who of the population of some coun fail to manifest these qualities tries together with the increase will never enjoy, the intense in their per capita consumption satisfaction that comes from in bodes poorly for future genera novative work. tions. There can be no greater trag One of the greatest signs that edy than to be copiers of the people are willing to sacrifice present state of affairs rather for something in which they be than creators of the future state lieve is their willingness to deof affairs. With the advent of . lay gratification. Reticence to the microchip speed of trans commit oneself beyond the tem mission and duplication of infor porary is a sad reflection of con mation is taken for granted to temporary lack of hope in per the point where the novelty of manence..The only true antidote our new powers has begun to for this is for mankind to spend wane. In this situation, it be less time and energy in consum comes ever more urgent that the ing resources that are remote from the necessities of eyeryday living. Life runs in cycles. The legacy . that today's first world may leave for tomorrow's third world Back issues of The Anchor may be chilling. The first world are aWllable for . study may be found guilty o~ endanger at our office, both on microfilm ing the resources of slJrvival for and in bound copy fonn,' Those all for the sake of a standard of preparing a parish 'Ilistory or in living revolving aroulld luxuries need of infonnation on diocesaJ1l rather than necessities; Hl\man activities are welcome to use 'beings may well become ex this material. Just let us kilOW tinct because they ignored their basic i,nstincts. when you wish to come.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River·-Fri., Nov. 11, 1983

Family Night

A weekly at-home program for families

sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry

OPENING PlAYER Generous Father, you have gifted us with the fruit of the land. As crops are harvested around the country we celebrate and thank you for them. Help us to be generous in sharing these gifts with our ·brothers and sis ters around the world. Amen.

ACTIVITY TIME Young Family Gather fruits and vegetables from your refrigerator and cab inets and let everyone experi ence their shapes and smells. Then make popcorn in a way that the children can observe.

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Play the Harvest Game. The first person begins by naming a fruit or vegetable or grain that is harvested. The next person re peats what has been said and adds one of his own, and so on. When a person misses, he is out

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Adult Family Read together Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, "There is an appointed time for ... "TeH what it means to you and share with one an other your times of planting and harvesting.

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Broadway plays about pleasant contradictions between growing up Catholic in Am their lifestyle and professed erica have sprouted like' Christian principles. The young man, pn the other mushrooms in the past few

But there's one that's differ ent, a' real jewel of a drama call ed "Mass Appeal." If it comes to your area, take your second col lection and go. This Broadway play by Bill C. Davis is set in the present and consists of two characters, an affable pastor who spends most of his time pleasing his comfortable middle class parishioners who supply the wine bottle, ever present at his elbow and an abrasive sem inarian who alienates the same parishioners by preaching Chris tian ideals of simple living and equality of women.

SHARING

1. Share a time when you planted a seed and then had to wait for the harvest, like SNACK in a friendship or saving Caramel apples and apple cider money "for something, or are seasonal favoritesa t this 'Iearning a skill. time of year. 2. Share what comes to your mind when you see a bowl ENTERTAINMENT full of beautiful fruits and Divide the family into two ", vegetables. teams and have a relay race. 3. Share how you feel about Give the first in line a broom waiting for anything.

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years. Most of them have the same substance - spongy cliches about mean first grade sisters and limpid satire on stunted sex uality.

and a pair of rolled socks. Each player sweeps the socks to the finish line and back and then hands the broom to the next player. The first team to finish wins the game.

hand, worries about the pastor's drinking and his capitulation to popularity, and says so. A grad ual bonding between the two takes place and, as in any healthy relationship, each begins to adopt the strengths of the other. The pastor finds himself revital ized by the seminarian's ideals and the young man learns he can curb his abrasiveness with out compromising his principles. There is much humor woven into the dialogue, some of it alien to non-Catholic playgoers. It is easy to pinpoint Catholics in the audience by the ripples of laugh ter at in-church Hnes which must mystify others.

Regrettably, the pastor and the seminarian come off better than the parishioners in this Both characters are immensely play. And that's why I hope laity likable and believable, indeed, will see it. We are comfortable the combination is found in many with criticizing pastors and blaming them for the state of the parishes - an older, accommo liturgy and the church but we dating pastor and a newly or dained curate on fire. The pastor rarely see ourselves as they see glimpses in the seminarian the' us. fervent idealism that had drawn While the parishioners are him into the priesthood 25 years never on stage, they are always earlier. But over the years he present.. The pastor placates the has succeeded in stifling his "big giver" who demands com idealism so well that he has be~ placency as his reward in one come a master at never offend ,remarkable phone conversation. ing the laity. He babies his flock in homHies He points to the "Nielsen by avoiding anything unpleasant ratings" of the young man~s and by entertaining them with blunt homilies - VJ less in the innocuous stories of his child collectiQn baskets - and ex hood. ("Tell them about going plains ,that effective homilies out for jelly donuts after Mass must p~ease th~ people in the when you were little" he in pew, nO,t confront them with un structs the seminarian. "They'll

CLOSING PRAYER -Suggested Prayer: God our Father, you tend to our planting and our harvesting. Send your Spirit to help us care for and ap preciate the gifts you have en trusted to us. Amen.

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like that.") He tries futilely to convince the younger man that in order to be a successful pastor, he must please all of the people all of the time. If there's a villain, then, in the drama, it's us, the parish ioners, who come off as childish power-holding manipulators who use their Sunday collection and withdrawal of affection from a lonely pastor to get the kind of church they want -:- one that makes them feel virtuous and never demands of them anything beyond an hour on Sunday morn ing.

Even though we in the pew may cringe a little, "Mass Ap peal" has both ,appeal lmd mess age. If it causes us to examine our behavior a bit more closely, it will have achieved its purpose of teaching while entertaining. I wish it could play in every parish!

Father's Job "The most. import!!-nt thing a father can do for .his children is to love their mother."

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Holy Year thoughts

We are in the middle of a Holy Year celebrating the 1,950th anniversary of the death and resurrection of Jesus. Do you expect to be around for the 2,OOOth? I hope to put in an appearance at the 2,OOOth anniversary Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth A:venue in New York, New York. Maybe my kids or my grand children will push me up the aisle in my wheelchair. I'll prob ably be babbling some senile nonsense and l~tting go a drool or two along the way. Very at tractive. I'll be 94 if I make it to the year 2033. I figure to be the crankiest old crock in the nurs ing home, complaining loudly all day long that somebody stole my false choppers. WeB, pardon the projection. I guess 50 years is an awful long way to look ahead. I'm at my best when I'm living one day at a time, concentrating on making the best of the moment at hand, putting aside all thoughts of yesterday and tomorrow. "no God's will now," some body once told me.' I never got a bE'tt.er piece of advice. J wish J always followed it. Milestones mean more to me lately than they used to. I never paid any attention to them untH the past few years but I guess you grow more conscious of them as you grow older. I'm grateful to be alive during the 1,950th anniversary of the death and resurrection of Jesus for the redemption of the world. Holy Year activities will prob ably pick up when Advent be gins at the end of the month. I hope to participate in a few of them to deepen my appreciation of Christ and his church. And I'd be happy to make the 2,OOOth even if I'm nothing but a couple of bO,ny knees and rheumy eyes by then. Of course, maybe it isn't so important whether we're alive 01' dead. I don't m~an tt:} get ethereal by saying that. My point is that we neglect the eternal order of things because we tend to get so caught u:> in worldly matt(lrs. Eternity seldom occurs to me, and yet our faith tells us that eternal happiness with God in Heaven is what we are here for. The same smart man who told me "Do God's will now" also gave me ariother excellent sug gestion. I won't mention his name because he prefers to re main anonymous. Unlike me, h~ hates to hog' the spotlight. Any way, his other wise words to me went more or less as follows: "Your' work in the world should a'lso be your work in eternity. You want to make everything you do here count in

By BILL REEL

the eternal order. Always try to cultivate a sense of the eternal value of what you do. Remember that a thing must be worthy of eternity or it won't be worthy of this world. Make everything you do count for eternal life." I'm not quoting the man ex actly but I hope I convey his point: 'Don't do anything to hu manity in the world that you wouldn't do to God in eternity. None of this thinking is origin al, of course. St. Paul put it lu cidly in his second oJetter to the Thessalonians; "May our Lord Jesus Christ himself, may God our father who lov~d us and in his mercy gave us eternal con solation and hope, console your hearts and strengthen them for every good work and word." In those words Paul captured the intimate relationship be tween earthly and eternal life. The church inspires this rela tionship in the midst of worldly cares. The church keeps us cons cious of eternity. She gives us sacraments, a place to pray, a sanctuary for hearing the word of God read and preached, chari ti~s that enable us to put faith to work concretely, spiritual blessings of all kinds to guide us by the grace of God along a righteous path - and to pull us back when we fall by the way side, as we all do now and then, our church being an outfit for sinners. And the church gives us mile stones '!ike Holy Years to lift our thoughts above our poor selves and set our sights on heaven, where I hope to be if I'm not at St. Patrick's in 2033.

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November 12 Rev. James H. Looby, Pastor, 1924, Sacred Heart, Taunton Rev. Bernard Boylan, Pastor, 1925, St. Joseph, Fall River November 13

Rev. ,Louis J. Deady, Founder, 1924, St. Louis, Fall River November 14

Rev. Francis J. Duffy, Founder, 1940, St. Mary, South Dartmouth Rev. William A. Galvin, Re tired Pastor, 1977, Sacred Heart, Taunton November 15

Rev. Daniel E. Doran, 1943, Immaculate Conception, North Easton Rev. Thomas F. LaRoche, Assistant, 1939, Sacred Heart, Taunton November 1"(

Rev. Henry R. Cam~el, former Pastor, 1980, Sacred Heart, New Bedford

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 11,11983

New code

Continued from page one dures has been successfuIJY re I willingness to receive petitions solved. from bishops to establish region' The report revealed no ~etails al courts of appeals to replace on the case but an NCCB source provincia'l courts as the forum for . said it involved a dispute be the review or appeal of diocesan tween two dioceses, . I court decisions. Bishop Mahony said thei arbi· Some such regional courts aI- tration procedures "should be ready exist in the Unitd States, very helpful in keeping church but establishment of new ones 'Conflicts and disputes. within must be processed through the ,church jurisdiction for r~solu-· bishop's conference. tion, rather than having, civi1 The regional appeals court ap- courts assume their Own Juris 'i proach is being active1 y conSl'd - dicti·on."

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court decisions· approving marri- priests in cultural and p~~toral the National Service Com

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special U.S. procedures under He also noted that seminaries

which appellate review or retrial must prepare future priests for of St. Charles Borromeopar

could be dispensed with in most the family apostolate andi for ish, Providence, will speak

cases. Marriage annulments, their role as confessors. I

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numbering about, 50,000 a year In hi~ report Cardinal Baum 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26,

in the United States, make up stressed the need to support al: White's restaurant, West practically all the caseload of Catholic schools. I

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diocesan courts. The Administrative Committee "The congregation is aware The event is sponsored by , in September also authorized the that a certain hostility toward the the Fall River deanery of the NCCB to form an adhoc com. Catholic schools exists on I the renewal. Further informa mittee to study requirements in part of some Catholics," he said. 'tion on it is available from' , the new law for alienation and "Even certain persons ~ho Father Pierre Lachance, OP, leasing of church property and were consecrated 'to the edjJca to recommend U.S. norms. Ali. tional, mission have abandqned St., Anne's rectory, Fall enation _., selling or giving up that mission and sought other River. ' ownership _ of church 'property, fields of labor," he added. i Father Randall, author of is governed by complex church He emphasized "the right of many books, holds a doctor laws which must also be related the Catholic school to exist '~and to civil law in each country. Un. operate," fulfilling a mission of 'at,e in' theology from Lou der ' ¢e 'new code, bishops', con- service to both the church ~nd vain University' and is a member of the Catholic Bib ferences must establish dollar society. ' i amounts involved in such trans· He also stressed "the freedom lical Association. actions. of parents to cho~se this schqol" In ,addition to 14 provisions and "the duties of the state'~ to of the new code that required guarantee- that 'right of cha'ice, immediate action, eventual ac-'" including equitable financial!as _ tion will be needed on 38 other sistance., I laws relating to bishops' confer- ,"The Catholic school con'sti. ences, while another 32 laws bites a service to the whole I of CINCINNATI (NC) - The story will require no special action. civil society," Cardinal Ba:um on which the new feature fHm In another 4aw-related area; commented. He caHed on civil "Tl!stament" is hased was first published in St. Anthony~ess a report to the bishops by Auxi· society "to act according to jus liary Bishop Roger Mahony of tice," saying it is unjust for the enger, said associate .editor, Stockton, Calif., cbairman. of the . state to subject- parents Ito Franciscan Father Jack Wintz. The film, a Paramount PiC NCCB Committee on Concilia- double taxation, "one for stkte tion' and Arbitration, said that schools an dthe other for the tures release, chronicles the fate the ~irst binding arbitration case education which they frebl y of ;il family in a San Francisco suburb that escapes the initial under the bishops' 1979 proce- choose for their children." \ impact of a nuclear attack but mlwt cope with resulting radia tion poisoning. I The story by Carol Amen, a I The' Sisters of St. Dorothy 'of celebrations will follow the California teacher, freelance Villa Fatima, Taunton, have been canonization. Villa Fatima is the writer and mother of three, ap notified by the Vatican Secre· community's U.S. provincial peared as the "The Last Treat tary of State that their found house and novitiate. The sisters meli.!" in the September 1980 is· . ress, Blessed Paula Frassinetti, also staff Our Lady of Mt. C~r. sue of St. Anthony Messenger will be canonized March 11, mel School, New Bedford, in the magazine, said Father Wintz. 1984. . Mrs. Amen wrote the story in ; Fall River diooese.196H but after being unable to In connection with the canon I sell it put it' away for 10 years, ization the sisters are sponsor he ~:aid. "It was an idea whose ing a 10-day pilgrimage to Rome time had not yet come," he said. for the ceremony and a tour of Father Wint~'s comments other historic Italian cities, in· about the story appear in the cluding Florence, Venice, Assisi, Nov, 4 St. Antliony Messenger, Genoa and Milan. published by the St:. John the, Those wishing to participate ,Baptist Franciscan, Province in in the pilgrimage are invited to Cincinnati. a meeting at Our Lady of Fatima After filmmaker Lynne Litt· High S<;hool, Warren, on Route man read a reprint of the stoty 136 off Route 195, at 7 p.m. in Ms. magazine, she' turned it Sunday~ Nov. 20. Further infor into a movie, moved by its em· mation is available from Sister phasIs on such values 'as love, Elizabeth Hayes at 822-6282 in motherhood and compassion. Taunton or Sister Cecelia Ferro , Anti-nuclear groups have also at 993-0529 in New Bedford. used the story in various forms BL. PAULA FRASSINETII The sisters noted that local Fathl!r Wintz said.

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Because he had been on half· ROME (NC) Pope John' Paul II has approved a call for rations of food for some time, prayers during November for Bishop Coba did not survive the religious freedom in Albania, re-. beating, the reports said. Since 1977 the official Vatican ported Fides, news agency of the Vatican Congregation for directory has listed Bishop Coba as "impeded" from performing the Evangelization of Peoples. The effort was being made to his apostolic duties. Vatican Radio also said two draw attention to the "unshak· able faith" of Albanian Catholics, priests were killed after secretly said Fides. The agency said the baptizing babies. Father Ndoc ,Luli, former di Albanian church had not only been silenced, ,but was almost rector of the Jesuit college in Scutari, was condemned to die certainly "the most harshly, sys at the bottom of a mine in 1981 tematically :and constantly per because he had baptized new secuted church" under a com born twins, according to the munist government. On Nov. 2 Vatican Radio said broadcast. Father Stefano Kurti was that the "systematic persecution" was continuing, and that, the killed in 1972, also for having Vatican has received reports baptized a baby, Vatican Radio that a bishbp and two priests said. It added that Albania's have been killed at the hands of 300,000 Catholics maintain an . "underground" religious life the' Albanian government. The hroadcast said Bishop despite religious repression. In 1967" the government abolished Ernest Coba, 68, apostolic ad ministrator of Scutari, ,Mbania, all religious institutions and de clared itself the "first atheist was beaten to death in a concen sta~e in the world." tration camp in 1980.

Vatican relations discussed

WASHINGTON (NC) A ,Holy See have been prohibited House-Senate conference com by law since 1867. Instead, sev· mittee has agreed to a proposal eral recent presidents, including President Reagan, have sent per· to lift a century-old ban on dip lomatic relations between the sonal representatives to the Vatican. ' Vatican and 'the United States. The agreement came Nov. 1 Objecting to the new move, as the conference committee be- . several Protestant groups have gan to iron out differences be said diplomatic ties would,violate tween House.' and Senate-passed ,church-state separation. They versions of Ii State Department have urged congressional hear authorization' bill. ' ings before any further acti9n. Conference, committee action 'The U.S. bishops have taken on: the State Department bill no position on the proposal. must still be approved by the Currently the Vatican has full House and Senate. Full diplo~atic relations be· diplomatic relations with more tween the United States and the than 100 countries.

Once· more, with feeling

Once more Catholics are asked to write their sena tors in support of S. 528, the 'current tuition tax . credit· legislation. Letters should go 'to Sen. Edward M. Kenn~y, 109. Senate Office Building and Sen. Paul E. Tsongas, 362 Sen ate Office Building, Wash,:" ingtOD, D.C. 20510. The, Anchor' urges readell'S to write today! Editor. WASHINGTON (NC) The COmmittee for Private Education has launched an "all out drive" for tuitio-n tax credit suppOrt in anticipation of possible Senate action on the legislation. Msgr. Edward F. Spiel'S, di rector of' the committee, whJch was· founded by the . Knights of Columbus, said Nov. 7 that he was convinced tuition tax credit legislation would be brought up in the Senate the week of Nov. 14. "It's going to come up and we don't want to fall on our faces because' there isn't enough support," said Msgr. Spiers, aSklng for letteJ's to

senators from CathoDc par ents, teachers and parishion ers and for pro-tax Cl'edit editorials in Catholic news papers. The situation is "urgent" because "we've gone to the well so often and come back with an empty bucket," he said of proposed tax credit legislation. Last year the bill passed the Finance Committee but was not considered by the full Senate. Virgil C. Dechant, supreme knight of the Knights of Col umbus, said, "If our parish ioners throughout the country Join with our parents and members in writing a short note this week to each of their senators and· request their support of S. 528, we should be able to fioa1ly ob tain some degree of overdue Justice for our parents who must carry the double burden of tuftion payments for their children while they support public education with taxes."

The legislation wo~d give parents tax credits for part of the tuition they 'pay to send their children to non public schools. \

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Following annual custom, the parish of S1. Francis Xavier, Hy annis, wiU mark Nov. 22, the 20th anniversary of the assassin ation in Dallas of President John F. Kennedy, with a mem orial Mass. The date will also be ob served in Washington, where a private Mass will be celebrated at Holy Trinity Church, Ken nedy's parish before his election as president, by. Archbishop James A. Hickey of Washington, according to an announcement by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D Mass.). Kennedy said he hoped the 20th anniversary could be "a joyful occasion, a celebration of his (president Kennedy's) life and legacy." t~

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The needs of the parish's His ed the colitis, too extensive for panics, blacks and poor were so surgical repair. great Father Kern turned to com· For more than 34 years as munity leaders for help. Team pastor of Most Holy Trinity sters helped build his school and parish in Detroit he pricked the the rival UAW raised money to city's social conscience, prodding maintain it. Father Kern opened politicians, lawyers, journalists a clinic, staffed by the top physi cians at' Henry Ford Hospital, and labor leaders to become ai Hes in his own war against and enticed Detroit's blue-chip lawyers to open a free legal poverty. He established Corktown clinic. Detroit media called him "The College for school dropouts, a Saint of the Slums" and a "Ro man-collared version of Robin maternity guild' and sewing center and an alcoholic rehabili Hood." tation program 1l0r the poor. The young Kern was intro duced to the labor movement by his father, a union steward at Oakland Motor Car Co., fore OUR LADY'S runner of Pontiac Motors. RELIGIOUS STORE Msgr. Kern Jater would walk 936 So. Main St., Fall River the pic~~t lines for groups rang ing from Detroit's Playboy Bun OPEN STOCK nies to Cesar Chavez's United NATIVny SETS Farm Workers. 11:00 To 5:30 Sunday Thru Saturday His sqpport of the labor move ment w4S fueled by a papal en Tel. 673-4262 cyclical supporting unionism,

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DETROIT (NC) Msgr. Clement Kern, 76, an inner-city priest whose ministry to De troit's poor spanned more than ,three decades, has died of as· chemic colitis.

INFORMATION DAY ON THE DIOCESAN PRI ESTHOOD An Invitat.ion . . . . TO YOUNG MEN OF OUR DIOCESE, 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.

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Gives Uganda martyrs mural'

Diocesan pri€ s thefriends Father Lucien Jusseaume,. die ocesan vicar' for religious and chaplain at Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven, is also "one of the greatest friends the Edmundite Missions have ever had," says Father Roger La charite, SSE, director of Society of St. Edmund communitie~ in Venezuela and in Selma, Ala. For. many years Father Jusseaume, formerly pastor of St. Mathieu parish, Fall River, St. George, Westport, and St. Roch, Fall River has aided the Ed mundites in projects including mission parishes, urban and ru ral outreach to the needy, youth programs, clothing dispensaries and clinics. Recently he combined his in terest in the missions and his longstanding regret that young black Catholics knew mtle of the Martyrs of Uganda, St. Charles Lwanga and his 21 com panions, most of them teenagers,. the youngest, only 13. Declared the patrons of African youth byPope Pius XI, they died by burn ing at the stake in Uganda be tween 1885 and 1887, when they refused to join the reigning king in sexual orgies. When' they were canonized in 1964, Pope Paul VI noted in his homily for the occasion that their deaths were as noble as those of the .martyrs of the early chul.'ch praised by St. Augustine and St. John Chrysostom. "Who would have thought that in our days we should have witnessed events as heroic and glorious?" exclaimed the pope. Believing that black youngsters need black heroes, Father Jus seaume commissioned a dazzlingacrylic mural eight feet tall by

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12 feet depic;ting Je mar tyrs in a setting symbplic of both their African and C~ristian heritage. I Now on display: at thel Selma Edmundite mission, the mural is the work of Sister Ma~ Belle Gay, SFCC, a selma nati*e who teaches art and anthropology in Montgomery, Ala. ' \ In an explanation of the mu ral's symbolism, she not~s that its purpose is to provide Ian in-. spirational scene of A'fric~n life, focusing on the daily life lof the Bagandari people, who lived in what is now the south 4entral region of Uganda, just north of Lake Victoria, the third largest lake in th~ world. "In the nineteenth ce~tury," she writes, "Christianity ~as in troduced 'by both C~tholic and Protestant missionaries t~ the Bagandans. Among the C~tholic converts was Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe. Mukasa w~s in charge of-court pages fori King Mwanga. According to the fradi 7 tion of many· African kings l\:'Iwanga had power of lif~ and cJeath over his subjects, and ~hen Mukasa rebuked him for h~s debauchery and for the murder of James Hannington, Anglican Bishop and missionary, he had lI Mukasa beheaded. "At the time of the execution, Charles Lwanga, assistant t~ Mu kasa, was studying Catholic doctrine. He had learned of Christ and the church from rhem: bel'S of the court of Chief Mawu lugungu. On the night MUkasa died Charles Lwanga askett to be baptized. He, along with dther pages in Mwanga's. court, [was imprisoned for refusing tOI co· operate in pagan practices'lhile

they waited in prison Lwanga undertook to protest the other pages to instruct them in the. faith, encouraging them to reo main true to Christ.". "The mural illustrates some aspects of the environment in which the young martyrs lived. '

FATIIER JrUSSEAUME On the left, tropical palms com· bine with flat grassland and rocky terrain to symbolize the great diversity of Uganda. Be hind the men a grain crib signi fi.es an agrarian way of life.Jo sl~ph Mukasa is depicted as an e:lder tribesman carrying a traditional shield. symbolic of his pl[)sition as the first martyr. His neck is ringed with tiny red bl~ads symbolic of his mode of martyrdom.' "The younger pages, grouped in front of Mukasa, stand be hind a symbol of the older belief system of the Bagandan tribe -

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a spirit rock. Lukus Barnabakin tu holds a staff with a crucifix in front. of the rock to show a replacing of older beliefs with the new' Christian faith. The rock was chosen because of many references in scripture linking the rock with God, Christ's Church and a steadfast faith. , "Charles Lwanga, designated Patron of Youth and Catholic Action, is featured on the central left panel. The decorative shield of his countrymen rests behind him, ~nd at his feet, obscured by a kind ~f darkness, are sym· boIs of the past a former way of ·life. On his left dl')Jms, shields and spears speak of an elemental past now .being ,burned away through the suffering and martyrdom of Lwanga and his friends. "The central right panel is dominated by a group of pages gathered in front of a baobob tree which now sprouts an abun dance of green leaves, negating the old myth that the baobob was a cursed tree turned upside down. "The panel to the outside right depicts young men in the foreground, near a stream of water' SYmbolizing beautiful Lake Victoria, a major source of food for the people of Uganda also one of, the sources of the Nile River which through its periodic flooding helps feed the people of Egypt. "A young man, somewhat Egyptian in 'appearance, sits in a manner characteristic of the Bagandan men and holds in his hand a fierY red flame lily. In front of him, a cattle egl'et fIut tel's be~ind a' dugout boat and a

. The. dazzlins murall.~ommi$sioned by Father Jussea~me .

butterfly, symbol of the resurrec tion, rests on the long water gr~s. 10' the foreground .are cattle, one of the important ~ sources of the ,Bagandan tribe. "The man to the right is a reader in the Church, indicating how the pages identified them· selves to the king when they stood trial: . Father Jusseaume dates his in terest in Africa and the missions from his early studies in Canada under the Holy Ghost Fathers and the White Fathers, both of whom have missions iri Africa. He was also influenced by his later seminary years in Balti· more where he taught catechism to black youngsters and was friendly with the Josephite Fathers who specialize in the black apostolate. His particular relationship with the Edmundites was sparked by his friendship with a community member from New Bedford. . "The church is missionary," he said in discussing his com mitment to the Edmundite mis sions. "All baptized persons should not only keep the faith but spread it. I was taugnt this from my earliest days at Bless ed Sacrament School,. Fall River." Of the mural he commission ed, which will be displayed at Xavier University in New Or leans as well as at several loca tions in Selma, he said "I felt it -belonged in Selma so that the heroic sacrifices of 22 black young men might help break down the barriers of discrimina tion and so that God and his church might benefit from' the 'seed of Christians' in the blood of these martyrs."

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Mother. Teresa asks bishops to aid CHICAGO (NC) Mother Theresa of Calcutta has asked U.S. bishops to help religious "love, obey and remain faithful to the church and the Vicar of Christ," in a letter released through the Institute on Religious Life. The letter was "more or less" timed for release with similar. letters by members of the insti~ tute urging U.S. bishops to share Pope John Paul II's concern for religious communities in· the United States, said Benedictine Father James' Downey, coordina tor of the institute's national office. The reaction of religious and the public to the pope's letter to the bishops caused Mother Te resa "great concern," Father Downey said. Last June the pope named Archbishop John R. Quinn of San Francisco to head a special commission to help bishops work with Religious. Some religious complained that the action seemed to be a "witch hunt" and would mean a new Vatican effort to impose strict er and more uniform rules on them. The institute said the pope's· call for the U.S. bishops to work with religious communities was "enormously comforting," and it promised to support the bishops. In an Oct. 21 open letter to U.S. bishops signed by 121 ma jor superiors of religious orders, the institute expressed gratitude· to Pope John Paul for his letter and for the document on the es sential elements of religious life which accompanied it. In the let~er dated Oct.· 3, Mother Teresa asked the bishops "to help our religious sisters in the United States of America to turn to our Holy Father with childlike confidence and love." Father Downey said, "When we heard she was going to write the letter we offered to publi cize it tor her." The letter of support from the Institute on Religious Life said the superiors would give the

bishops their "cooperation, re sources and prayers." "We express our joy and gratitude to the Holy Father for this ti'mely and beautiful mani festation of his abiding solici tude for religious and their in dispensable role in the church," the letter said. Also writing to the US bishops was Mother Assumpta Long, OP, prioress general of the Dom inican 'Sisters of St. Cecilia of Nashville. Expressing reserva tions about the way the US' Leadership Conference of Women' Religious has received the pope's letter to the bishops and its ac companying document, she ask ed, "Bishops, is :it not possible and just that the Bishops' Con ference should provide 'some form of representation" to the ConsortiumPerfectae Caritatis and the Institute on Religious Life. "This document," Mother As sumpta says, "coupled with the clarity of the forthcoming Re vised Code of Canon ,Law, clear ly defines the essentials of reli gious life. This should be cause for great hope and expectation . . . It is a timely opportunity to offer that public witness which the universal Church has every right to expect of us . . . unfortunately, however, it is al ready clear that such a response has not been forthcoming from a very vocal element of religious women in our country." Mother Assumpta further ob served that "the past 20 years have seen steady, though often' subtle, inroads made in the attf tude of religious women towards their relation with the Church, particularly regarding questions of authority . . . many sisters in our country have become very vocal, and often strident • . . They evidence little respect for the church, undermining its. teaching and its authority." Citing the discarding of the religious habit as an example of disregard for authority, Mother A'ssumpta rem~rks that it "is'

certainly· only one issue, but it .has proven to be one which trig gered dramatic changes in the lifestyle of religious women." She reminds. the Bishops that "at Vatican II, the vote to retain religious garb was 2,010, with only ten negative votes - al most a unanimous decision. It would seem, however, that some bishops have not stood behind their vote."

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Sometimes you, the newcomer, will have to take the initiative. Look for ways to make contact with your neighbors. Do not overlook the ordinary conversa tions that can take place at doughnut shops and little league ball games; at a coffee hour after Mass, even a walk to the post office. The great lay apostle, Catherine de Hueck Doherty, calls this the "chitchat aposto late" and emphasizes its impor tance. With your ideals and commit ment you should have no trouble finding ways' to expend your gifts and talents. Best wishes for a rich and joyful marriage. Reader questions on family living and child care to be an swered In priJit are invited. Ad dress The Kennys, Box 872, SL Joseph's College, Rensselaer, loci. 47978.

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Sam H. is a 69 year old veter.. to 70 year olds? Is a supposed discrimination in employment to age. In such ines of work where physical characteristics law goes even ,beyond the work an truck driver. They Called him seniority system periodically by Steady Sam because he was the , passed in favor of newer, young· place to forbi~ consideration of are important, employers are not your age in granting mortgage allowed to make across-the only guy in the outfit ito go 37 er people? Although age discrimination and ot,her types of loans. As board assumptions ,about the 'tit, years without a ticket or an 'ac· cident. After a brief rktirement at the job is the most common directed at employers; it applies ness of older workers, but rather Sam reaHzed that he iwas not setting, it may also be working to establishments with as few as must determine the individual quite ready for a life ofl golf and against you when seeking a six employees, while the federal strengths and weaknesses of • ! grandchl1dren, so he answered mortgage loan, a hoine or apart :Jaw is limited to businesses with each applicant.

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an ad for parttime w6rk as ~ ment, or other types consumer 20 or more workers. sense unfair treatment than to' Between the twa 'laws, pro school bus driver, a local route credit or services.' prove it after-the-fact. Even if Strictly speaking age discrim· tection generally extends to peo three times a week. ~lthough the receptionist noted I his im· ination can apply to a young ple from age 40 to 70, although you get past the hurdle of prov pressive record, Sam never hear:d person as well as a senior citi· this hardly grants companies ing that the employer, bank zen; however, we leave the carte blanche to disregard the representative, or realtor's action from the company agairt. rights of employees who may was in fact motivated by' your Though Sam and EileertI do not special prOblems of youth to an know each other,~ they I have a other article. On the other hand, need or want to work into their age, there are few avenues of defense, at least in the work con· lot in common. Both are victims , unfairness due to overage is not seventies, and beyond. An exception to the rule that text. Even if age is not a BFOQ of orie of our societ~'s most a problem exclusive' to the 65 and·over crowd. Believe it or age is irrelevant when judging in a job, it may be that other, firmly imbedded prejudices is, 'logically non-age factors also entered into age discrimination. Inl Sam's not, those of you who dare to employability enough, where age is itself an the decision. case, the conclusion was easy: turn' 40 run a greater risk of be Any permissible reason will .when he later called to inquire, ing over the hill for some job or important factor in the particu· 'lar work ~involved (in the lang usuaoJly be enough to validate they told him point blank that other. As with anything; the first line uage of the law, a "bona fide the decision, provided of course he was too old for the job. Eileen's boss, however~ was a of defense in combating against occupational qualification," or that it really was considered. In ' bit more shrewd. While i he de· discrimination is awareness. It BFOQ. For' instance, a profes Sam's case, the offending com cided that it was time to bring is estimated that for every regis· sional athelete's job is very tied pany later tried to say that Sam's personality would not mix well some new blood into thk rank- tered job-related complaint of up with age. A'cting and model ing are similarly extreme exam with schoolchildren, and that 'and·file, he also knew \that a age discrimination, 20 such inci ples. rash of unexplained firings would dents are unreported. this was really the reason he Somewhere in' between are was not hired. However, since look suspicious. Instead, he sys Admittedly, though, while de job!! requiring only moderate they never gave him an inter· tematically made work; condi manding explanations is a nec physical eJ!:crtion, or a front line view, the real discrimination tions intolerable for the targeted essary first step, a more persua employees and got them to quit. sive voice is sometimes needed. sales position promoting prod· was only thinly disguised. Eileen and Thus, the law recognizes the oc ucts with a young, glamorous Within a few days, Ageism is an ugly reflection , I her coworkers were all replaced cupational stigma of age, and image. In, applying, for such a of a culture obsessed with youth I by women under 30. makes it illegal for an employer job, if your sa:Jes experience or and beauty. But at a time when Aside from, obvious c~ses of to base personnel decisions (e.g. other attributes take a backseat we are all living longer, and our , hirings and firings, more: subtle hiring, firing, promotions) on to someone else's youth, you system of social security may discrimination may show I up in age alone. prob~bly hav~ a legitimate gripe. become more of a source of in Returning for a moment to security, discrimination in em contract terms,' wages, pri~ileges, The kind f;)f company "beautifi and -benefits. Look around: are cation" plan which cost Eileen Sam and Eileen, in Eileen's case , ployment has graduated from a I younger employees commanding G. her job has almost certainly the ability to sort and stamp social to an economic problem. larger salaries, better health become ,less popular as employers checks was pretty clearly age· With this Issue The Ancl10r benefits or more frequent pro· are being called on the, legal neutral. Although driving a bus begins a series of articles on motions, though with no I more earpet for such dubious prac- does require visual activity and Massachusett~ law. The authors ' experience than you have? Does tices. quick reflexes, these physical are practicing attorneys with your office hire its share 10f 40 The Massac~usetts anti·age factors are not strictly related offices in Braintree.

checks), having gone back to work after her kids were grown. She was a friendly, spirited and hard worker, despite her repeti tious job. As a recent widow, she appreciated the daytime ac tivity, and of course the money. But after ,11 years at the job, and without explanation, her workload increased twofold, and no extra payor assistance was offered. Suddenly, ,too, she was being reprimanded for "exces sive talking." Before long the at 'mosphere grew strained, and the work, itself overwhelming. Finally, confused and unhappy, Eileen quit. '

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New Bedford defeated FaH nightcap of the twin bill pits River South and regained first Mansfield against Fall River place in the Bristol County CYO South. Before last Sunday's I H:>ckey League. In the companion games Fall River North and New Medeiros Wins Sportsmanship Award I game Mansfield posted a victory Bedford were tied for the league John Medeiros, who gradua sented to the players, bat boys over Somerset and advanced to lead. ted from Durfee High School of and coaches. The champiortship a third-place tie with Fall River - The standings: New Bedford Fall River and is now attending trophy was presented to: the South. 4-1-1 (won, l~st, tied), Fall River Southeastern Massachusetts Uni team. ,, I' . North 3-1-1, Fall River .South se!lso~ "crucial,'" In an early versity, is the winner of the Um· Rev. Jay Maddock, assistant at 3-3-0, Mansfield 3-2-0, Somerset pires' Sportsmanship Award for St. William's and CYO dir~tor New Bedford' and Fall River 'the Fall River Area CYO Base· for the Fall River area, presided, North meet' at 9 tonight in the 0-6-0. ,at the presentations and, himkelf, DJiscoll Rink, Fall River. The ball League for 1983. Medeiros received tlie trophy received an award from the par. High School Football' , at the awards dinner honoring ents group. \ the St. WHliam parish team, ,'Jim Sullivan of Somerset H,igh, North Attleboro 'with a 28-14 stable romped, 36-7, over Somer which this. year won its second dean of high school - baseball vi<:tory over Mansfield and Fox· set and Durfee defeated Attle consecutive league champion. coaches in Southern Massa~hu boro a 14-8 winner over Franklin boro 20-6. ship. Medeiros was a pitcher and setts, was the guest speaker,! in , in games last weekend remained In Division Two encounters second best batter for the cham terspersing ,advice to youth ~ith tied for the lead in the Hacko Bishop Feehan blanked Dennis pions. amusing stories. : mock League footbl~ll, each with Yarmouth 34-0 and Greater New Jacke~s and trophies were pre 5-0> records. . , Bedford Voke-Tech pinned a 33 I 7 setback on Wareham. I'n ! Southeastern Massachu· The Irish Are Coming To Stonehill! setts Conference football last Bishop Stang surprised Case, \ So says the heading, of a news basketball we,ekend Dartmouth clinched the game against the Irish 14-8, and Seekonk topped Old , ' I release 'from Stonehill College, National Team at 7:30 p.m. next Dh:ision One championship with Rochester, 29·14, in Division , I which will host an exhibition Tuesday in the Merkert GYp!- a 35-0 rout of Falmouth as Barn· Three. New 'Bedford defeated I

fancy in Ireland and the goal of the tour is to expose the' better Irish players to American stan dards of playas well as to boost the game's. popularity in Ireland. Tuesday's game is open to the public.

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Catholic Memorial 20-8 in non league. Ted Roediger scored two touchdowns as Feehan's Sham rocks completely outclassed Den nis·Yarmouth limiting the Cape sters to 31 yards rushing. Stang's touchowns were scored by Dave Ottavianelli with 26 seconds reo maining in the first period and Timmy Kelly with 1:14 remain· ing before halftime. The victory gave Stang a 3-1 record in con ference, one game back of lead ing Dighton-Rehoboth. Tomorrow is the ,last big Sat urday of high school football before the traditional Thanks· giving Day games. Among con ference games tomorrow are Falmouth at New Bedford and Somerset at Dartmouth in Divis ion One, Fairhaven at New Bed ford Voke, Dennis-Yarmouth at Wareham and Bourne at Feehan in Division Two, Stang at Coyle Cassidy, Case at Seekonk, Digh tin-Rehoboth at Old Rochester in Division Three while Durfee is host to East Providence in non-league action.

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ST. JOSEPH, NB New parish council officers: Roger Quitin, president; Aline Breault, vice-president; Bertha Gauthier, secretary; David Rich ards, treasurer. Healing Masses: 7 p.m. each Wednesday except Nov. 23. NUCLEAR FREEZE, NB Members will meet a.t 2 ,p.m. Sunday at the First Unitarian Church for a talk on Soviet for eign policy and discussion of the upcoming ABC television film, "The Day Mter." ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Special Mass honoring veter ans: 11:30 a.m. Sunday. All wel come. Assistance still needed for Thanksgiving day dinner, to fol_ low 11 a.m. Mass. DEAF APOSTOLATE Members will celebrate the Feast of Christ the King at a 2:30 p.m. Mass Nov. 20 at St. John of God Church, Somerset. A Thanksgiving supper will fol low. HOLY NAME, NB Women's Guild meeting: 7:30 p.m. Monday. Dutch auction. ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE SWANSEA & ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Joint dinner meeting, St. Louis Ladies of St. Anne and St. John Women's Guild, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, St. Louis par ish hall: program featuring John C. Tormey, counselor and faculty member at N.E. Institute of Ap plied Arts and Sciences, speak ing on "Grief Is the Price We Pay for Love." Also discussion by William S. Hathaway Jr. of funeral services. O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Vincentian meeting: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14. Women's Guild meeting: noon Nov. 14, parish center. Thanksgiving Day family din ner: 12:30 p.m., ,parish center. No charge but admission by ticket since seating is limited. Information: parish office, 775 5744. ST. MARY, NORTON Catholic Women's Guild meet ing: 7 p.m. Nov. 17, followed by social. ST.ANNE,FR Welcome Home Mass for re treatants: 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Ultreya group palanca Mass: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17, home of RUa and Arthur Caouette, 452 Bay St.

CAmEDRAL, FR Marriage preparation session sponsored by diocesan Family Life Office 1:30 p.m. Nov. 13 in ·the school, directed by Father Jon Paul Gallant. SSt PETER & PAUL, FR School secretary Phyllis Cio sek was cited for outstanding work in .the October issue of "Today's Catholic Teacher," a national magazine. Parent-Teacher meetings: Nov. 17 and 18, 6 to 8 p.m. ST. JAMES, NB Grade 1 CCD teacher needed: information, Sister Terri, 992 7122. First communion candidates and parents: meeting 8:45a.m. Sunday. Parish council meeting: 1 p.m. Nov. 20. , Boys 16 to 20 interested in Cya basketball may call 993 6965 after 6 p.m. WORLD HARVEST FAST Area young people· will par ticipatein the 10th annual Fast for a World Harvest sDOnsored by Oxfam America Nov. 17. Activities will include hunger walks, swims; bike rides, junk food fasts, concerts and teach ins. Money saved by skipping meals or participating ,in events will go to Oxfam America pro grams to fight hunger at its roots. ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Parish council meeting: 9:30 a.m. Nov. 19, rectory. Women's Guild meeting: 7 p.m. Nov. 15.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Feast of Mary Health of the Sick observance: 11 a.m. Nov. 16, 'holy ,hou,r ·in People's Chapel, followed by Mass at 12:10 p.m. celebratedbt Father Donald Paradis, MS. All welcome. Day of Healing Prayer: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 19, con ducted by Father John Lazanski, ,OFM, St. Anthony's Shrine, Boston. Day will consist of praise, singing, ·teaching, a lit urgy and a healing service. Music by the "Easter People." All welcome. O.L. PURGATORY, NB Very Rev. John Driscoll, pas tor of St. Lawrence Church, New Bedford, was homilist at a Mass on Oct. 23 marking the golden jubilee of ~ather George, I. Saad" pastor of Our Lady of Purgatory. At a following ·ban quet .the master of ceremonies was Father Michael G. Thomas of Detroit, a native of Our Lady of Pur~atory parish. The day before the jubilee Mass a Bene diction of Thanksgiving was celebrated at ,the church and the parish center was rededicated as .the Rev. George I. Saad Lebanese Center. SACRED HEART, FR Tryouts and first rehearsal for a Dec. 18 Christmas .pageant: 1:30 p.m. tomorrow, school hall. K of C, FR Council 86 annual memori81. service: 8 p.m. Nov. 28 at Coun cil Home. Soeaker will be Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, diocesan chancellor. November Knij;(ht of the Month: AJ.bert L. Champoux.

Advel)t w.reath materials are availab\e through Felice Lau zon, .parish Worship Committee chairperson, 672-8963.

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Patriotism

1983

By Cecilia Belanger

It was crowded, but everyone,got into the Clet at a recent Stang High School danJeathol1lo 1

Out of love of country and fel low man and devotion to duty, some of our young men in the military have given their live;; and achieved their immortality _earlier than one would have wished. But so it has always been. 'Whether in battle, or other wise, the young often die early and someone's heart is forever broken. As I listened to one bereaved father tell of his son's devotion to the Marine Corps, his voice cracking, I thought "How cruel it is to say these young men died for nothing." So many parents, reading excerpts from their , sons' letters, affirm that they felt they were fighting for some thing. How can anyone ·look at the tong rows of flag-draped caskets, listen to the Marine service for fallen comrades, and not wish to work for peace harder than ever? ' "

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By Charlie Martin

WHY DO'I HAVE TO CHOOSE

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Why do I have to choose The everybody biues The walk around and· cry the blues? Well, darling, I refuse Love is hard to find LOve of any kind A love like yOUi'S and mine Crelllt~ its .own design So w.hy, do, I have to choose See everybody lose' '!he ,walk arouniJ' and ',sing the blues? Well, darling, 1I refuse And wh~ I think of her, Then I think of you ',' , . The love .is n~, the. same, But either, love is true. Why -do I »lave to choose The walk around and sing the b~ues? Well, darling, I refuse. I

wherever I am needed. There are people who need our help." Those young men don't want war. They don't want to die, but they are there and they feel they are there for a reason. Let us not take that away from them. We hear one long wail of pain around this globe. But most' of all I think there is a deep pain in the soul, worse than hunger-. We expect to suffer in this life, but we will fight to hang on to our souls. There is a higher ground, a higher good, which' tells us that we were not born to dance and sing 24 hours a day.

The questions go on and on: religious, ethical, questions of faithfulness to God. People are trying to be faithful to God's word but they are easily brain washed by the demagogues. It's the young men where the bullets are flying who should be our concern, not public men thinking more of their own 'ele vation than of their country. Servicemen want something more than division back home. Yet Providence. brings good from everything, from suffering and death, from atrocious crimes' and tyranny. Let the hands that grasp the deadly weapons in the troubled Middle East grasp the hands of their neighbors and take a good look at each other's humanity.

,Feeling sorry for oneself doesn't accomplish much. And self-pity has a close friend named depression. Sometimes it joins in and really gets us down. So how do we break out of these feelings? As simple as it: may seem, the first step is ,to i attempt to do something. Action has a way of altering our feel 'ings. In fact, doing something very ordinary can be, helpful. If you are athletic, call a friend to play tennis or racquetball, or if you. fee.l the need to be, alone, go ~oggmg. , Others can benefit ,if we make something. Plan'a surprise sup per' for a friend. If arts and crafts are your thing, begin a new project. Any ,way of trans ferring unhealthy, emotional en ergy into doing-energy will help . lessen, the hold of the blues. Once a ,person's feelings have been altered. he or, she can begin to think. WhatreaHy happened? How'. could the same situation be avoided, in the future? What is the best plan for the future?' :A new way of looking at what happened often ,leads ,to a sense ,that the situation,is not as hope 'less as it seemed.

" IMAGINE. A ,DAY <like this: . tj~n: What do, you~ do wh~n you Perh'aps we can't" help feeling , 'Firlit y;ou get D on a test that have 'the blues? And whi'le the sorry for ourselves immediately . you ,j~s.t Knew Y04' pad 'aced. '. sc;:enario I've painted for a bad 'ThE:n your girlftie'nd or boy~ day may appear overdramatic, after something disappointing friend informs you that he or certainly; we :have d'ays when' occurs. But we don't have to 'walk around and sing the blues she wants t6 date someone else, , everything,is not "up," forever. and your car - that you pra!ed Nelson's response to these We can do something about ,wol~l~ Ja~~ another 10,000 mIles feelings is, simple: "I refuse," them. -e,.plres m a last gasp of. smo~e. He 'chooses not to use his prob SUI'f71y this would make any- ,I ems as an ex~use to feel sorry Your comments are 'Velcome. one feel blue. for. himself.. Instead he uses his Write to Charlie MartJ,I, 1218 Willie Nelson's "Why Do I 'emotional energy to, try to im· S. Rotherwood Ave" Evlmsvwe, liN 47714. " 'Have to Choose?" asks a ques· ,prove his attitude. '

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (NC) - A widow with 10 children whose family "prayed together, played together and stayed together," ~rs. Timothy Olivia Vann, still can't believe that her family was chosen winner of the Great Am erican Family Award by the American Family Society in Washington. Mrs. Vann, a member of the Cathedra-l of St. Paul Parish for more than 30 years, and her 10 children were one of nine fami lies in the United States to re ceive the award. First, Lady Nancy Reagan, honorary chair woman of the program, present ed them with the award at the White House. Mrs. Vann, 66, said she al ways wanted a large fa~ily. "I thought it was a blessing," she said of her family. "My father said when you bring a child into the world and you In vest time and love it can pay off better than it good insurance policy," she added. And invest she did. o

"But then he met us and added that 'the family that plays to gether, stays together.'''

For the past 20 years since the death of her husband, William, Mrs. Vann has had to raise 10 children, six girls and four boys, by herself. It has been well worth the effort, she declared. "To go see young people per form, to see them achieve, to see them try is exciting," she said. "Parents also have their lives revitalized through their child ren," she said. "They have to go to the ballgames, sit at the con certs, attend scout meetings and these things bring back the times of their lives." A coach of many girls' basket ball and softball teams at the old Cathedral parish school years ago, Mrs. Vann said her teams won their share of first place trophies. All her, girls were players. "Father (John) Brandes (an assistant at the cathedral in the 1960s) used to always say, "The family that prays together stays together,' " Mrs. Vann said.

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Eight of Mrs. Vann's 10 chil dren were graduated from Cathe dral parish school before -it closed and she has always tried to be active in the parish. She said the parish has been very helpful, keeping her children in Rchool even when she couldn't llfford to pay the whole tuition. Besides the Great American Family Award, the Vanns were also named family of the year by the St. Paul Urban League in 19S'l.

The Vann children have gone on to a variety of professions, ranging from electrician to a stewardess to an administrative assistant for the Minnesota state Senate. AU live near their mother and have made her a grand mother 16 times. Now that Mrs. Vann's children have left the house, she keeps busy as director of the Model Cities Health Clinic in St.' PauL She holds a master's degree in public administration from the University of Minnesota.

\' BEFORE I HAND l.rOU THE BILL, WaUlP YOU LEAP US: IN PRAYER'?"

Father Bruce Ritter

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I am sadder than usual. It has not been a good week. Monday I buried one of my kids. His name was Danny and I loved him a lot. And there were bunches of girls in deep trouble in the Center: lisa, 14, kidnapped by apimp in Baltimore and sold to another pimp in New York, was being returned to a foster home. She didn't feel wanted there but she had no other place to go. Maryann, 19, and both happy and scared, was about to get on aplane to Los Angeles and her mother whom she hadn't seen for three years. Julie is 17 and too scared of her pimp to talk much. There's no way she wants to go back on the street, or, right now, even out side. I mean she's that scared. And then I got this anguished letter from a woman that bothered me a lot. I've read it a dozen times. If you don't mind, since some of you may feel the same way, I'll quote from it: Dear Father Ritter, I promised myself that if another letter arrived from your House to my house, I would take the time to write a letter.. So, here it is. I have taken the time in the past to read all of· your letters. All that laskis that you take the time to read my one letter. I would like you to know "where I'm coming

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However, your words annoy and bring to tears lhose of us who still read your letters. Let me just quote a few from this most recent letter. "Never mind that you never knew your own father, that he was never there for you.." Really? You want to bet on that? How many fathers have you seen who are reduced constaht Iy to tears by rebellious children? Open your eyes and give men like my husband equal treatment. You've been blinded and deafened by the lies of many of these youth. "His major experience in life is to have been an exploited W II f sex object..." Why Father? Oh, you believe his story. e, i our daughter comes, please don't believe her story. She destroys with her tongue. At 14, truth became an alien con cept.. I do not contribute to your home, so please remove my name from your list. Ifind your mail too upsetting. We give to the poor in our parish. Pray for me, and my husband,andour kids. I wilf pray for you.

What can I say? Nothing that will bring this anquished mother or 'ather any comfort. The prodigal son delighted his father because he returned home repentant. Magdalene was forgiven because she loved much and repented and the Lord rejoiced. But if the prodigal does not return? The Magdalene not repent? What then, except to mourn them and forgive them. Let me tell you an allegory:

The world's greatest sinner was to appear before the throne of God for jUdgment. He was an unspeakably vile sinner. No greater sinner had existed or would exist in the history of the world: No man was evermore alienated from God; no man more deserving of divine repudiation. His vileness was such that the angels standing before the throne of God fled in fear before the face of this sinner. As the man approached to be judged, the very stars in the hea vens fell and the sun and the moon trembled in their or bits, p,'anets exploded in ho~ror a~d the mighty che~ubim standing before the throne hld.thelf faces. The man dldnot slink in~o ~he presence of God; he did not crawl up to the throne .of Ju,stlce. He strot!e through the courts ~f h~aven unafraid, hiS head held hlf1.h, and lo~k~d God r~ght In ~he ~ye. God looked ba~k at him and said In a terrible vglce, Do you have anythmg to say before I condemn you? The . sinner lifted his head higher and looked right back at God Do I sound bitter and fed-up? You bet. My marriage is in and said, "I appeal. " .

I am the mother of ten children, ages 8 to 25. We have' eight boys and two girls. My husband and I are teachers. Through the'years I worked to help pay the bills. However, I either subbed or did part·time teaching. For many years I taught reading from 9 to 12. I was able to be home when the children were sick, 90 to their plays and games, etc. and was always home when they came home from sChool. We sent our first five children to Catholic elementary and high schools. Out of that number, we have one who continues to pray and go to Mass. The next two had eight years of Catholic elementary school. One of them, our 16 year old daughter, is currently in complete rebeDion. She is the kind of child you talk about in your letters. She is on pot, alcohol, contraceptive pills, and is. totally disobedient . ruins, my mental health is in jeoparqy, and my Faith is held together by a string. I am not alone. The city, suburbs, and even this lovely country is alive with abused parents.

. . Th~ ~eraphlm and cherubim were startled and ~owered at thiS Insult to God and stood forth to defend God s honor:

The archangels angered. Even God seemed somewhatsur· I am sure you are doing much good work. I'm sure you've prised. His face darkened, and God said, "To whom do you been told how great you are. We were sending you money appeal?" To what do you appeal?" ~nd the man said, "I appeal from Your Justice to Your Mercy. " long before you became sO famous and vocal.

Father Bruce Ritter, OFM Con V., is the founder and President of We may not be the world's greatest sinners, and surely Covenant House/UNDER 21, which operates crisis centers for .we hope the heavens will not tremble when we stand homeless and runaway youth. before the throne of judgment and see God. But I think our

prayer will be the same. I think we will appeal, all of us, from God's Justice to His Mercy. I think we will all saythen as we have said all our lives, Lord, have mercy on us. Blessed are the merciful, Jesus said, for they.shall ob tain mercy. Sometimes our minds reel and sometimes we don't want to understand because we. are afraid. And sometimes we ask dumb questions of God, like saying, Jesus, what did you really mean when you said thanJesus said, well the answer is simple. If you are pure ofheart, you will understand. Blessed are the pure of heart, for you will see God. And if we continue to pursue the Lord with dumb questions, we say, Well, God, we really still don't unders tand: When did we see You, so that we can tell if we are pure of heart? And Jesus will tell us: You will see Me when you are merciful. When you feed the least of My brethren when they are hungry, and JOu clothe the least of My brethren when they are nake afld sheller the least of My brethren when they are homeless, andwhen weforgive our children for their sins aQainst us. I mean, if God commands us to forgive our enemies, why surely, too, our children... And still unwilling, we might argue with God and say: God, what comes first, a merciful heart, or a pure heart? And Jesus will say: Mercy. Before understanding, before sacrifice, before justice, that. very simple, elemental gift of ourselves in love to those who need lIIS, through an act of mercy. Blessed are the merciful, Jesus said, they. can appeal from My Justice. Thanks for helping our kids. We sure need it Thanks for your faithful prayers, too. We pray for you-and your kids-all the time. a

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