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Bush wooed Catholics schools - among them GeorgeWASHINGTON (NC) -Cathtown University and the Univerolic issues and Catholic voters figsity' of Scranton - but during his ured prominently in the 1988 presacceptance speech at the Demoidential election won by Repubcratic National Convention in July lican George Bush, with both singled out for praise a Capuchin parties saying before election day priest, Father William Kraus, for that they used different strategies to target Catholic voters. his work at a Denver shelter for Vice President Bush defeated the homeless, Samaritan House, his Democratic opponent, Michael run by the Archdiocese of Denver.

Dukakis, by 54-46 percent of the Their running mates also made popular vote and by 426-112 votes appearances at Catholic functions. in the Electoral College. An ABC The Republican vice-presidential News exit poll of voters, however, candidate, lndiana Sen. Dan had Dukakis ahead of Bush among Quayle, who is Presbyterian, Catholics by 53 percent to 46 perattended a Sunday Mass with Bush, cent. an Episcopalian, at a Catholic During the final week before his church in a Cleveland Polish neighelection, Bush visited three Catholic borhood last August just after the colleges - the University of Notre Republican convention. Quayle's Dame, Fairfield University in Democratic counterpart, Texas Connecticut and Immaculata ColSen. Lloyd Bentsen, also Presbylege in Pennsylvania - as well as terian, delivered a speech the last Lansing Catholic Central High week of the campaign at St. Mary's School in Lansing, Mich.

University in San Antonio.

At the end of October he also Officials at each campaign said met in Philadelphia with Cardinal they had recognized the Catholic John J. Krol, the retired archbi- vote as essential to a victory. shop of the city.

Dinesh D'Souza, a Catholic and Dukakis, the governor of Mas- head of the Bush campaign's sachusetts, visited fewer Catholic· Catholic liaison, said that from the

outset Bush campaign manager Lee Atwater said that "the key to the election was three groups evangelicals in the South, the women's vote and the Catholic vote."

"The [Bush) campaign made an effort to identify with Catholic values," D'Souza said, pointing to the vice president's positions on abortion, voluntary school prayer and tuition assistance.

Dukakis spokeswoman Lorraine Voles said the Democrat's campaign used a grass-roots approach, rather than national efforts, to garner Catholic support. She said Catholic events were a concern of the campaign's field offices, which sent representatives to speak at church breakfasts or at parish council meetings.

Washington Post columnist Mark Shields wrote earlier that Dukakis owed a "tremendous debt of gratitude" to Catholic voters, "without whose overwhelming. support he could not have won" key Democratic primaries.

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PRESIDENT-ELECT George Bush walks with Cardinal John Krol after attending a private Mass at the cardinal's Philadelphia residence in the course of a campaign stop.

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Pope emphasizes value of "Humanae Vitae" VATICAN CITY (NC) - Continuing his emphasis on the prophetic nature of the 20-year-old "Humanae Vitae" encyclical of his predecessor, Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul II has discussed it in recent weeks with bishops from Ohio and Michigan and with an international group of bishops in Rome to discuss pastoral approaches on marriage and the family.

The pontiff praised U.S. bishops in general for their fight against abortion and encouraged them to make "more systematic efforts" in teaching natural family planning to couples.

He based his remarks on Humanae Vitae, which·condemned abortion and artificial methods of birth control. .

He said he deeply appreciated the efforts of the U.S. bishops' conference in pro-life matters, particularly its annual "Respect Life Program."

Part of the bishops' task, the pope added, is to provide engaged and married coupks with complete church teaching on human sexuality.

"We must emphasize the sanctity of human life as a precious gift from God that needs to be protected and fostered, while making greater and more systematic efforts to offer instruction in the natural methods of family planning," the pope said.

Natural family planning, as a method of spacing births, relies on periods of sexual abstinence in order to avoid conception. The pope said such techniques help

couples "understand God's design for sex, and invite them to d·ialogue, mutual respect, shared responsibility and self-control."

The pope said that "in a world that often reduces sex to the pursuit of pleasure, and in some cases domination," the church should emphasize sex as an expression of married love that is open to parenthood.

Couples need encouragement on this point, he added, because ."materialistic and selfish attitudes often deny the value of the child."

The international bishops' meet-

ing was sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Family. The pope said the council was an example of what local bishops could and should be doing to deal with pastoral problems in marriage. Similar organizations should

be set up by 10.cal churches to help deepen doctrinal understanding among Catholics, he said.

The pope has several other S\lggestions for the bishops in their search for a pastoral approach: - Make clear that, while psychological and anthropological aspects. of sex and marriage are important, the first task of the church is to teach that marital sex is a gift of God entrusted to men and women. .

- Seek out pastoral workers who "are not afraid of meeting difficulties and a lack of understand-

ing when they outline God's plan for matrimony."

He noted the "bitter and even contemptuous reactions" prompted by Humanae Vitae - "even in some parts ofthe church community." In the years that followed its publication, he said, there were "unjustified criticisms and unacceptable silences," but also a growing awareness that the encyclical was "rich in prophetic meaning."

The pope acknowledged ~hat there are "many, sometimes serious, problems that priests and couples experience - the former in announcing the whole truth about conjugal love, and the latter in living it."

But he said the failure to accept these teachings was "the fruit and the sign of other, more serious, difficulties," including a loss of respect for offspring, the refusal to transmit life and a subjective interpretation of married love.

At the root of all this, he added, was a corrupted idea of freedom and the failure to recognize the divine source of love and fertility.

The pope said one positive development over the 20 years since the encyclical was published was a better overaIl understanding of"the ecclesial and social meaning of marriage and the family" as the main place where lay Catholics live out their faith.

The pope said he hoped more such meetings would be held and called for closer collaboration between the Council for the Family, headed by Cardinal Edouard Gagnon, and the world's bishops.

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St. Anne's Hospital gratefully acknowledges contributions that we have received to the Remembrance Fund during October, 1988.

Through the remembrance and honor of these lives, St. Anne's can continue its "Caring With Excellence."

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New officers of the Diocesan Council 'of Catholic Nurses are Elizabeth Novacek. president; Joan' Morin. vice president; Alice Leblanc, secretary; and Ellen Peterson, treasurer. All will serve for two years. Rev. Edmund J. Fitzgerald. director of the diocesan department of Pastoral Care for the Sick. is council moderator.

In Hyannis last month, the council hosted the 29th New England Conference Nurses, with Barbara Gauthier, DCCN immediate past ·president. and Ellen Peterson as cochairmen. ' 230 Catholic nurses attended. representing councils in the archdioceses of Boston and Hartford and the dioceses of Worcester. , Springfield and Fall River; Bridgeport and Norwich, Conn.; and Manchester, N.H. 10 nurses from New York State and Illinois were also present. Mrs. Novacek ex-

plained that they are from areas with no nurses' councils, therefore annually attend the New England meeting.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was principal celebrant at the conference's closing Mass at St. Pius X church, South Yarmouth. Concelebrants were Norwich Bishop Daniel P. Reilly; Providence Auxiliary Bishop Kenneth A: Angell; and moderators of participating councils. New officers were installed at the Mass, which nurses attended in uniform. Knights of ,Columbus formed an honor guard for the liturgy.

A Saturday night banquet was' attended by Hartford Archbishop John F. Whealon and Bridgeport Bishop Walter W. Curtis, in addition to the bishops at the Sunday liturgy.

On behalf of the host diocese of Fall River, Bishop Cronin and

Nursing homes offer scholarship program In an effort to encourage staff mitment of one year of service per development, Rev. Edmund J. year of assistance.

Fitzgerald has announced Dioce- , There will be no penalty should san Health Facilities Scholarship a staff member be unable to comFund program. which will be avail- plete his or her course.

Father Fitzgerald said that the able to staff members at the four diocesan nursing homes: Catholic new program is being offered in Memorial Home, Fall River; Our addition to the facilities' ContinuLady's Haven, Fairhaven; Ma- ing Education Fund; which allows donna Manor, North Attleboro; $600 per year per employee for participation in work--related and Marian Manor, Taunton. programs.

A $1,500.00 scholarship will be offered annually at each facility.

Selection of recipients will be made on the basis of work performance, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin preattendance and recommendations sided and Rev. Timothy J. Goldof department heads and/ or superrick was principal celebrant at last visors.

Tuesday's funeral Mass for CatheThe program will be open to rine M. (Correia) Goldrick, 71, workers endeavoring to advance who died Nov. 4 in New Bedford. their formal education for career A native and lifelong resident of development purposes, especialiy , the city, where she was it member in the health care field, said Father of St. Mary's parish, she was the Fitzgerald. He said a committee daughter of the late Anthony R. will be formed in each home, with and Mary J.(Revell) Correia. no more than two individuals from She is survived by her husband, any department serving at one Everett R. Goldrick; three sons, time. to review applications and Father Goldrick, parochial vicar recommend scholarship recipients. at St. Elizabeth Seton p~rish, North Tuition assistance for additional Falmouth; Gerald F. Goldrick of years will also be offered and stuHyannis; and Everett A. Goldrick dent loans will also be available. of New Bedford; two daughters.

Upon completion of an educaMary T. Pelletier and Catherine tional program. a staff member M. Pelletier, both of New Bedwill be required to make a comford; and eigltt grandchildren.

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Father Fitzgerald welcomed conventio'n participants.

"Love One Another" was the theme for the weekend meeting, for which, the main speaker was Father James O'Donohue, JCD, of the faculty of Boston College.

His topic was Contemporary Ethics and the position of the Catholic Church.

Convention workshops addressed' AIDS; substance abuse; 'ethical decisions affecting the elderly; and physical and sexual child abuse.

Entertainment was offered by Loretta Laroche, who discussed the value of laughter; and Father Stephen Fernandes, parochial vicar at St. James Church, New Bedford, whose "Adventures into the Magic of the Mind" was a demonstration of the powers of the mind.

The nurses were notified that an international conference of Catholic Nurses will be 'held in New York in June, 1990.

Among self-help projects across the nation benefiting from $6.9 million in 1988 grants awarded by the Campaign for Human Development is CORD. Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled.

In its third year of funding, CORD received $20.000 for its work in seeking removal of architectural barriers. thus increasing job opportunities for the disabled • arranging access to transportation and handicapped parking areas and aiding the hearing impaired.

The Campaign for Human Development is the U.S. bishops' antipoverty program. Funded by a national collection taken the Sunday before Thanksgiving, it assists self-help projects benefiting the poor and seeking to bring about institutional change by attacking root causes of poverty. unjust prac:tices or decision-making processes.

Three-quarters of moneys collected are used for national grants.

One-quarter remains in the local diocese.

Projects to lobby for the mentally ill, to reduce crime through criminal justice reform, to assist Navajo rug weavers, to provide farmworkers protection against misuse of pesticides. to establish a bilingual radio station inCalifornia's Imperial Valley and to upgrade the status of female office workers were also among grant recipients.

The two largest grants to local groups were $90,000 to the Housing Fund of the Archdiocese of New York for promoting and developing low-income housing, and $80.000 to Valley Interfaith, Brownsville. Texas. for upgrading economic conditions in the Rio Grande valley's "colonias," or poor , Hispanic communities.

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By Bella Nogueira In November 1979, at the National Council of Catholic Women convention in Pittsburgh, the national Organization Services Commission presented a skit, "Women in the Bible." Claudette Armstrong, then OSC chairman of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, and 'other Fall River delegates were intrigued by the presentation and Mrs. Armstrong obtained a copy ofthe script with the idea of presenting it in the Fall Rive'r diocese.

Costumes were made, music was arranged and the production was first seen at the DCCW convention in Taunton in' May 1980.

Thereafter the cast received many requests to repeat "Women in the Bible" in the other DCCW districts as well as at the annual Catholic Nurses' convention in Hyannis.

Among those in attendance was Mrs. Kathryn Gethins, a member of the Springfield, Mass. Catholic, Women's Club and chairman of an upcoming fundraising program.

She asked if the DCCW group could appear in Springfield. They agreed and received an enthusiastic reception. From that time a friendship developed between Mrs. Gethins and Mrs. Armstrong.

The time went on and in 1987 Mrs. Gethins' daughter, Mrs. Kate Kubera, the newly-elected president of the Springfield Catholic Women's Club, contacted Mrs. Armstrong for assistance regarding programs and leadership skills.

Mrs. Kubera, her sister Mary and their mother met with Mrs. Armstrong, by then DCCW president, and Madeleine Lavoie, OSCchairman.

In researching past records of the Springfield club. Mrs. Kubera had come across references to diocesan and national councils of Catholic women and asked the Fall River women about them, with the result that the ladies of Springfield left with much enthusiasm for affiliating with NCCW and starting a diocesan council.

With the blessing and cooperation of Springfield Bishop Joseph F. Maguire, Mrs. Kubera has organized a diocesan council and has been appointed interim president for a three-year term. We know that it will shortly affiliate with NCCW. The seed NCCW planted in Pittsburgh in 1979 bore fruit in the Fall River diocese, was pollinated and has now spread to Springfield. where hopefully it will bloom for many a year.

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Father Bettencourt e A v-ila Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was principal celebrant of the Mass of Christian Burial offered Monday at St. Anthony's Church, East Falmouth, for Father Jose M. Bettencourt e Avila, 82, who died Nov.3.

Father Avila retired in 1974 for reasons of health and thereafter made his home in Falmouth, also making visits to family members on his native island of Sao Jorge, Azores.

A native of Rosais, Sao Jorge, he was the son of the late J oao Maria Bettencourt e Avila and Rosa da Silveira Sanches e Avila.

He prepared for. the priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, where he received the degrees of bachelor ofarts and lector in Sacred Scripture, both with highest honors. He was ordained June 14, 1930, by Bishop James E. Cassidy..

After serving as parO(;hial vicar at St. Anth,ony's parish, Taunton, and Immacil1ate Conception par- . ish, New Bedford, he.was assigned in 1937 to graduate studies in American history at Harvard University and to courses leading.to a master's degree at Cath01ic University.

Returning to parish ministry he was again parochial vicar at .I mmaculate Conception, New Bedford, then at Our Lady of. Health, Fall River. In Fall River, Father Avila also taught at the former College of the Sacred Hearts.

The Mass of Christian Burial was offered last Saturday at Sacred.

Heart Church, Fall River, for Sister Mary Cornelia McCarthy, SUSC, 92,who died Nov. 2. Sister_ McCarthy lived at Fall River's Sacred Hearts Convent.

A Fall River native,the daughter of the late John and Mary (Hoiland) McCarthy and the niece of the late Msgr. Cornelius Holland, pastor of St. Mary's Church, Pawtucket, R.I., Sister McCarthy graduated from Fall River's former Sacred Hearts Academy elementary and high schools and an area Normal School for Teachers.

She entered the Holy Union community in 1921 and took perpetual vows in 1928. After her profession, she studied at Catholic University and St. John's University.

Sister McCarthy taught at Fall River's former Sacred Heart School and at the former Immaculate Conception School, Taunton.

She also taught elementary . grades in Maryland, New York and New Jersey schools and from 1941 to 1950 was mistress of novices for the Fall River province of the Holy Union Sisters.

She is survived by a niece, Mae Holland of Boston.

In 1944 he was named pastor of St. Anthony's, East Falmouth, where, as a 1974 Anchor article recounts, he turned "a clean, neat and adequate church into something of artistic beauty," commissioning Henrique Medina, a noted Portuguese artist, to paint the scene Nothing's Wasted of the Marian apparition at Fatima "It is God in silence and wisto'be hung above the altar. dom, who uses the church's enThe beauty ofthe painting led to emies to perfect his saints and purredecoration of the entire church ify his religion." - Thomas Merton and it "so'On became well worth the tourist's stop and the growing pride of the parishioners."

Father Avila remained at East Falmouth until 1964, when he was appointed pastor at Our Lady of Funeral Home Mt. Carmel Church, New Bed- . ford. There he brought the parish .571 Second Street to leadership of the diocese in COntributions to the Catholic ChariFall· River, Mass. ties Appeal and other diocesan 679-6072 endeavors.

He also served New Bedford~s large Portuguese immigrant community through establishment of English as a Second Language and Americanization programs and development of a bilingual library. . Fatber Avila remained at our Lildy of Mt. Carmel until retirement.

He is survived by three sisters, Maria Bettencourt e Avila Silva and Rosa Bettencourt e Avila Silveira of Stoughton and Maria Jose Avila Avelar of Sao Jorge; and two brothers, Antonio M. and Manuel M. Bettencourt e Avila of Sao Jorge.

CAPE COD workers on various :Bishop's Charity Ball committees are from left Mrs. Gilbert Noonan; Mrs. James Blackmore; James Maneely; Mrs. Andrew Mikita; Mrs. James Quirk. (Gaudette photo)

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the moorina-., Sideline Steroids What do money and greed do for sports? They kill. This, in a nutshell, is the essence of the smoldering steroid .situation that seemingly has permeated all areas of what was once considered recreational fun. , Once sports became a for-profit profession, "gentlemen's agreements" were tossed aside. The iid was off. Now, anything goes, from the Olympics even to high school football.

It is in this particular sport that perhaps the greatest physical damage has been and is being done.

Increased use of anabolic steroids has caused sweeping changes in the National Football League, yet despite protestations to the contrary, there is little evidence that anything is really being done to correct the situation. .

There is no douot whatsoever that steroids increase health risks to users. Nevertheless all dangers are overlooked because nobody wants to lose the competitive edge.

Athletes take steroids for hulk, pure sheer muscle power.

Football needs big linemen and to get them realities are ignored.

But no one should take steroids just for the sake of sport.

They should be used only for bona fide health reasons and only under competent medical supervision. Steroids affect organs and glands. Side effects range from hair loss to strokes and heart attacks.

Their devastating toll on athletes is well documented. Their use also increases the chance of injury not only because the tendons and bones of an individual may not be able to cope with suddenly added muscle and strength but also because added power is dangerous to one's opponents. .

Steroid users have a remarkable record of aggressions.

Anyone watching a Sunday NFL game knows well that the infusion of steroid-stacked players has changed the way the game is played. Injuries, often permanent, abound.

What makes all of this even more abhorrent is that it is done simply for profit. NFL players sell themselves and become slaves of agents, management or owners. Those who sit in posh boxes want a return on their money.

W.hat is seen constantly on television is bound to have its effect on viewers. It should come as no surprise that admira-. tionof so called football he.roes has led to use of steroids by high school players. It is wrong, it is deadly and, for those who might care, morally unacceptable. But, as with everything else in our social order, all gives way to the lure of the buck!

If we want to clean up sports, we had better return to the real meaning of the word. Sports are a diversion or, as Webster states, "physical activity engaged in for pleasure."

Sports.should help one not to take oneself too seriously. A good sport is one who lives up to ideals, is fair, generous, a good loser and a gracious winner.

But this goes against the grain of a Leo Durocher, -who shouted, "Nice guys finish last!" or a Vince Lombardi, who yelled, "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."

In a time when addiction is a national scandal, when hundreds are dying of overdoses, we had better get hold of the steroid problem before it reaches grammar school sports.

If the big leagues give even token acquiescence to steroid' use, be sure it will hit the little leagues. That's self-destruction.

We are in pretty bad shape as it is. Too many professional ath'letes are already handicapped or disabled as a result of their use of steroids. Hu'ndredsmore are wheelchair candidates.

Let's support all efforts to combat drug abuse, even that which路 comes in the so-called All American football uniform.

The Editor

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"Thou shalt rejoice in thy children, because they shall all be blessed." Tob. 13:17

Civil rights ruling may fall WASHINGTON (NC) - When the U.S. Supreme Court announced last April it would reconsider Runyon vs. McCrary, a key 1976 civil rights ruling, the move sent shock waves through the civil rights community.

Many, including the National Catholic Conference on 1nterracial Justice and its executive director, Jerome Ernst, viewed the move as a threat to the faith minorities have placed in the high court to fight racial bias. The Runyon ruling prohibited private schools from discriminating on the basis of race.

The 1988 case - Patterson vs.

McClean Credit Union of WinstonSalem, N.C. - "is an important case that might tell us for the future what the court will do on affirmative action, civil rights," Ernest said. "Up to now the court has been strong in upholding affirmative action despite attempts to undermine it."

On Oct. 12, the high court heard oral arguments in the Patterson' case, which involves charges of onthe-job racial harassment.

Brenda Patterson, who is black, had told the court last April that she had suffered racial harassment by her white supervisor on the job and that she should have the right to sue her employer under recent court rulings, including Runyon.

To the surprise ofthe.lawyers on both sides, the Supreme Court ordered them to return for the new 1988-89 term, to argue wheth~r the Runyon case had been rightly decided in the first place.

In the Runyon case the justices looked into the language of postCivil war laws enacted by Congress to guarantee the rights of newly emancipated blacks.

The justices then concluded 7-2 that an 1866 law, though it did not mention schools, authorized suits against private citizens accused of discriminaiton. The decision has been a key to dozens of lower court rulings and later Supreme

Court decisions that forbid racial discrimination in all kinds of private transactions.

The 1960s civil rights laws prohibited discrimination. involving housing, employment and public accommodations but left a number of areas uncovered. Runyon gave plaintiffs the power to sue and collect monetary damages for discrimination in situations involving, for example, a refusal by a shopkeeper to sell to blacks.

Ms. Patterson's lawyer, Julius Chambers of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, argued before the high court Oct. 12 that Runyon' conformed with the 1866 law, which Congress passed because it "had egregious conduct to correct" after the Civil War. "Congress meant to reach the type of conduct" at issue in the Patterson case, he said.

Roger S. Kaplan, the credit union's lawyer, said the Runyon ruling improperly extended the 1866 Civil Rights Act to bar discrimination by private individuals.

The justices were not expected to announce their decision until later in their 1988:89 term, which ends next summer.

One obstacle to overturning Runyon is the judicial doctrine of "stare decisis," Ii Latin legal phrase meaning the court must stand by any earlier decision unless there are especially strong reasons for reversing it.

"The Runyon case was a landmark Supreme Court decision," said Ralph Neas, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, a coalition of 180 groups that includes the U.S. Catholic Conference and other religious, civil rights and labor organizations.

Neas said the decision to reconsider it brought about unprecedented numbers of individuals and organizations filing friend-of-thecourt briefs. He noted that 66

senators, 145 members of Congress, 110 civil rights groups and 47 of 50 state attorneys general said in such briefs that reversing Runyon could overnight "put in jeopardy" well-established civil rights.

On the other side were U.S. Rep. Henry J. Hyde, R-Ill., Sen. Jesse A. Helms, R-N.C., and others who stated in another brief that Runyon "should be reconsidered and overruled or modified because it is a a clear misinterpretation of the intent" of the 1866 law.

"This court should not usurp the role of Congress even if some of its members may be willing to shirk their legislative responsibility to make hard policy decisions," they wrote.

Neas added that "not just路 Runyon is at stake, but the Patterson case also. If you have a situation where a woman was hired and not discriminated on the basis of race but is racially harassed you really haven't gained too much."

Court watchers also were waiting for the outcome of the case to see how the newest justice, Anthony M. Kennedy, would decide. He joined in the majority on reconsidering Runyon.

During confirmation hearings last December on Kennedy's nomination to the court, his opponents said they were troubled by his narrow rulings as a judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in civil rights cases involving women and minorities. But a colleague of Kennedy's, Nathaniel Colley, a prominent black lawyer from Sacramento, Calif., said that he had no doubts about his commitment to civil rights.

"Judge Kennedy emb.races Brown vs. the Board of Education (the 1954 Supreme Court d-esegregation ruling) and has said so many times," Colley said. "For black people that is our Magna Carta. Whoever embraces that embraces us."

. . 'What is s.uccess?

I am reading a book entitled "Little House on the Freeway: Help for the Hurried Home" by Tim Kimmel, a minister who teaches family studies. Attracted by the title, I leafed through the book before I bought it and my eye fell upon this passage: "A major financial magazine recently published interviews with the 100 most successful executives in the country. Listen to a comment from a man who has made 'the top 10'. 'Reaching the level of business success that I have requires total commitment. If your family is too demanding, get a new family. That's what I did .. .' " I bought the book and am not disappointed. It addresses the fundamental issue of what defines a successful man or woman in our culture. To some, the executive quoted is a success. To others, he is a failure.

For hundreds of years our American culture has defined success on the basis of work, income and power. If a person gives his or her all to a career, money and power . are likely to follow and we label him a success. Never mind that he's had three broken marriages or has an intact one whose kids refer to him as "Uncle Daddy" because they never see him.

Never mind that he has no time to nurture friendships or spirituality. His primary intimacy lies in his

work and everything else gets leftover time. His family know that they come third or fourth in his life after work, community involvement and jogging.

So to deal with the hurt of knowing they aren't very important, they emotionally distance themselves from him, saying silently, "If he doesn't care about me, I'm not going to care about him."

A new definition of success is beginning to emerge in our society, one that says work is not our primary purpose in life. Relationships are. This definition, admittedly, is still very much in the minority but it's here and it's persistent.

Some adults are opting for passing up promotions that demand too much family time. Successful executives are dropping out of corporations with the explanation, "It just isn't worth it.': Families are agreeing to live with less money and more Mom and Dad. The executive who said, "Get a new family," could have said, "Get a different job," or "Get some new values," or "Prioritize what's really important in life." The irony is 'that he's basically saying, "Get a new family that doesn't care if you're around." This kind of family will make few demands and lay few guilt trips on him as long as he continues to earn money and prestige.

Although I have used "he~ through-

Saints as models· Are you caught up in yourself? Do you have the urge to be assertive, always in total control of life? Are you constantly in search of newer and better products to purchase? Are you concerned about associating only with those who think as you do?

If you answered yes to those questions, you could be infected· with what sociologists call "radical individualism."

Sociologists tell us that individualism is tearing away at the most basic national values as well as the values on which Christianity is founded. .

People want to be Lone Rangers, making self-interest the primary value. Graft among prominent politicians and corruption in big business are the most publicized examples of individualism at its worst. ' But" individualism is not confined to the corridors of government and the corporate world. Its tentacles reach down into our very lifestyles. Its symptoms are a perpetual pursuit of self-gratification and putting self-interest ahead of all other interests including family, community, jo.b and country.

Radical individualism emanates from the.age-old sin of pride and is nothing new. The stories oJ Adam's desire for power and the Tower of Babel depict it well.

One of the greatest challenges the chur'ch faces is to provide a vision of life on the cutting edge, teaching people about a countercultural lifestyle and helping them to avoid the self-destruction individualism causes.

Along this line, may I suggest $hai it is time to revitalize our interest in the saints.

A saint is a person who embodies detachment, the greatest wea-.

pon against excessive individualism. He or she lives out the paradox according to which one becomes more fully self the less one is enslaved by self. By forgetting self and turning to the matter at hand, a space is opened up that allows the true self to grow.

Nov. 12 1924, Rev. James H. Looby, Pastor, Sacred Heart, Taunton 1925, Rev. Bernard Boylan, Pastor, St. Joseph, Fall River Nov. 13 1924, Rev. Louis J. Deady, Founder, St. Louis, Fall River Nov. 14 1940, Rev. Francis J. Duffy, Founder, St. Mary, South Dartmouth .

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out, the career-addicted phenomenon applies to women as well, especially today when so many women are buying into the culture's definition of success.

At some point in life, even the most successful executive must ask himself or herself, "Is this all there is? If I have achieved so much, why am I so dissatisfied? So empty? So searching?"

This is the moment of truth. I'm afraid most simply cover it up with a new project or burst of activity to avoid dealing with the pain of examining their lives. Some, however, hear the truth and face up to their skewed value system which says that family, relationships and God can be sacrificed for work, success, and power.

Saddest are those who wait too long to recover their lost relationships. By the time they realize what they have done, the losses are irrevocable. "I have a son somewhere," a retired magnate said, "but he doesn't have time for me now. I don't blame him. I don't know him. I gave him up for work." He wiped tears from his eyes - this "successful" man.

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Self-concern gives way to caring about realities outside "me."

A saint is a person who does n9t need to be restricted to self. He or she has a way of reflecting truth and order.

The church celebrates the lives of the saints daily. Our weekday Masses honor the saints as does the church's Liturgy of the Hours.

But we should not think that the saints belong only in church buildings and in priests' breviaries. We, need to allow their reach to extend into all of life.

The times we are living in reveal how much we need the role model· of the saints. . May I suggest reading the lives of the saints and their own writings?

It would be preventive medicine for,an age of individualism.

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Night" or "the night of the broken glass," so named because of the shattered glass it left on the streets of German cities.

In a communication to diocesan priests, Msgr. John J. Oliveira, Vicar for Administration, noted that houses of worship were asked to keep their lights on from dusk to dawn the night of Nov. 9 and 10 "to mark the night the Holocaust took its first genocidal turn." . Among parishes participating in the observance were St. Stanislaus, Fall River, and St. Mary and St. Lawrence, New Bedford, "Th'roughout the country," said Msgr. Oliveira, "requests have been made that the lights of sanctuaries and exteriors of churches and synagogues remain lit in solemn witness to the past as well as symbolizing hope for a future free of racism and anti-Semitism."

Eugene J. Fisher, executive secretary of the U.S. bishops' secretariat for Catholic-Jewjsh relations,joined with David Friedman, director of the Washington regional office ofthe Anti-Defamation League, in writing an article on Kristallnacht. ' They noted that U.S. Catholic leaders on Nov. 16, 1938, in a radio broadcast from The Catholic University of America, expressed moral outrage at the Nazi action, calling it a "shameless orgy of ruthless oppression, even extinction" and urging ceaseless protest until the w'orld "be cleansed of the poisonous cancer" of Nazism.

In Europe, Catholic bishops from East and West Germany joined the Austrian Catholic bishops in their first-ever joint statement, saying the Nazi effort to exterminate Jews made the church "aware of our own deficiencies and omissions ... errors, misunderstandings and prejudices" concerning Jews "that are so widespread among Catholics."

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second century Didache, a manusc containing teachings of the postleksaid Jim Butts, 'associate chairman of the Jesus Seminar.

Fat oseph A:Fitz'my ew ament scholar teaching at Boston College, said the members of the Jesus Semin not oUt in left field." t Jesus' prayed to the Father, that he formulated a prayer and taught it to his disciples; I would not dispute," said Father Fitzmyer, who is not a member of the seminar.

"But the Lord's Prayer was put together by other sourceS." Mr. Ta ussig said even believing that Jesus did not write the prayer, he has no problem with the Roman Catholic introduction to it at Mass, "Let us pray in the words our Savior gave ,us."

The introduction, he said. acknowledges that "Christ appearsto us, Christ speaks to us, 'and Christ is presenttCl us in othel<,ways than Scripture."

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EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALL RIVER. MASSACHUSmS Since the actual place ot residence of LmlNA CUNHA FARIAS is unknown, We cite LORNA CUNHA FARIAS to appear personally before the Tribunal ofthe Diocese of Fall River on Monday, November 21, 1988 at 10:30 a.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts. to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the FARIAS-CUNHA case?

Ordinaries ofthe place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, lorna Cunha Farias. must see to it that she is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation, Henry T. Munroe Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this, 3rd day of November, 1988.

A great day at St. Anne's Hospital It was a great day at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. An open house on Oct. 23 marked completion of two years of renovations to the hospital's surgical suite.

As Dr. James J. Sabra, chief of surgery, jubilantly said, "Today . we're probably the best staffed and equipped community hospital operating room in the country." Tomorrow, he added, new improvements may come along, but for the moment, he said, St. Anne's is state-of-the-art.

Most remarkably, the operating area continued to function during the renovation period, while maintaining perfect sterility within each surgical suite.

At a brief program during the open house, Alan D. Knight, hospital president, welcomed visitors to the result of "years of effort, $2 million and a few ulcers" and expressed gratitude to all who had contributed to the project. He singled out for special praise Hilda Paruch, RN, operating room supervisor for 24 years, "who is retiring but who stayed on to see us through all this."

"We now have a facility that matches the caliber of our staff and medical personnel," he concluded.

Following Knight was Sister Dorothy Ruggiero, OP, chairman of St. Anne's board and provincial superior of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation who direct the hospita"t "Quality is a hard word to maintain," she said, "but absolutely essential.'路 Also speaking briefly were Dr. Sabra and Dr. Andre Nasser, the latter St. Anne's chief anesthesiologist.

The renovated facility was blessed by Father Daniel M. Andrade of the pastoral care department and petitions were offered by Sister Mary Margaret Mello, OP, also of pastoral care.

Visitors were shown anesthesia equipment by Dr. Nasser, who noted that patients can be monitored "with such precision that our insurance has been reduced by 20 percent."

Demonstrating an awesome array of monitors and gauges, he pointed out that "anesthesia knocks

out all the functions of the patient," thus utmost vigilance is essential.

"We're not trying to be fancy; we're trying to be safe," he said, adding that since medicine is now able to help people survive much longer than in the past, "the patients we get for operations are far sicker than they used to be, often with several coexisting health problems."

The new anesthesiology equipment includes monitors for carbon dioxide exhalations of patients undergoing surgery, and oxygen saturation monitors, both of which Dr. Nasser believes are vital for early detection of problems. There are also computerized "dynamaps," which automatically record blood pressure, precluding the need to take periodic readings by hand using the old cuff-and-bulb method.

There is also equipment for gauging nitrous oxide (an anesthetic agent), as well as an evacuation vacuum, which pfotects the staff by suctioning off excess anesthesia.

Each of St. Anne's operating rooms may, of course, be used for a variety 路of operations but on the

day of the open house one was set up for an intraocula'r transplant, complete with a microscope for the surgeon's use. On display was a cataract that had been removed from a patient's eye, looking for all the world like a round piece of thickened toenail, said an awed visitor. Where cataract surgery used to require a hospital stay, it is now a same-day procedure, said surgical technician Genevieve Silvia.

Another operating room, with surgical technician Kyle Robitaille on hand, was set up for a hip replacement procedure and a cystoscopy, endoscopy, colonoscopy and gastroscopy room, which doubles as a general surgery operating room, displayed flexible instruments capable of visualizing body cavities and, in many cases, eliminating the need for surgery, said Paul Ouellette, RN. In the eight-bed recovery room, Madeleine Souza, RN, said the average length of stay was "about an hour - but it's customized, especially for children. We give them popsicles and send them back

to their mothers as soon as possible."

Adults, too, get popsicles. "An operation dehydrates people, so they all need liquids," said Ms. Souza.

Two-Part Process The surgical suite renovations, which began in July 1986, included new plumbing, electricity, air conditioning and heating systems as well as laying of new floors. A new autoclave, capable of sterilizing instruments in four minutes, and new tables, lights and sinks were installed.

The project was accomplished in two phases. The first section of the surgical suite scheduled for construction closed down in November 1986 for 17 weeks, the other section in April 1987.

Dr. Sabra especially commended the staffs successful efforts at infection control during the reno- . vations路. "As a matter of fact, culture numbers were better during renovations than they were before," he said.

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USE OF TELEVISION to monitor operations is explained at top left; top right, Dominican sisters tour the surgical suite; bottom left, Father David M. Andrade blesses an operating room; bottom right, Sister Dorothy Ruggiero, OP, provincial superior, addresses open house guests.

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By Pat McGowan May the living Christ go with you: before you to show the way, behind you to encourage you, beside you to befriend you, above you to watch over you and within you to give you peace.

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N. Y., diocese, wl1ere he now lives in semiretirement.

However, he studied with the first class of permanent deacons for the "I was always a religious perFall River diocese and has partici- . son," said Dr. Nasser, "and I was pated in their subsequent programs. very impressed by my brother's Due to distance and his demand- faith at the time of our rpother's death. I asked him about it and he ing professional life; he is not able to serve the Newton diocese, but is suggested books for me to read. a deacon at the Maronite rite par- Originally 1 became interested in ish of St. Anthony ofthe Desert in the permanent diaconate as a means of learning more about faith and Fall River.

"Msgr. Norman Ferris at St. helping my children learn.

"I hate filling out applications Anthony's has been wonderful to Those lines by Lloyd J. Ogilvie me," said Dr. Nasser, pointing because I've had to do so much of hang above the small, neat desk of out, however, that the Maronite it, and I left the diaconate applicaDr. Andre Petraky Nasser in his and Melkite rites have many dis- tion on my desk for two months office at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall before I completed it but inside I similarities.

River, where he is chief of anesfelt 'I'm going to miss something if How did a busy physician bethesiology. come a permanent deacon, also a 1 don't do it.' " Dr. Nasser's family was initially They encapsulate his philosophy time-eonsuming vocation? uncertain too but his wife, son and of patient care. "My contact with Dr. Nasser, a native of Egypt, daughter came around to the idea patients isn't prolonged, but it's of the diaconate for their husband. intense," he said. "I don't impose married to Salma Elias Nasser and my beliefs on them but I try to the father of two children, spoke and fathe( after he assured them show compassion and interest- of the good example of his par- that "if 1 get nearer to God, I will ents. His father, also a physician, love you more." and always I pray." . was a graduate of a Jesuit-staffed As to the logistics of attending He said many patients have comschool of medicine in Beirut, courses, workshops and retreats in mented that they felt his concern Lebanon. A brother, Father Louis preparation for ordination, Dr. and appreciated it.

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A great day at St. Anne's Hospital Continued from Page Seven That took some effort. To combat the dust raised during construction. partitions were set up of double and triple layers of plastic sealed on both sides. The staff also took weekly cultures and housekeeping personnel worked overtime cleaning the area.

Since construction workers could not normally pass through the surgical section. they went by way of a nurses' area during the first phase. For the second phase, a door was cut through an outside wall to provide direct access to the suite under renovation.

However. if for any reason a worker had to enter the' surgical section, he was gowned and followed by an aide who washed the floor after him.

There were other inconveniences.

"Everything. was cramped into smaller space," recalled Ms. Souza, "and when the storage room was closed, we had to do a lot more running around to find things."

Dr. Nasser agreed that the space constraints were difficult. "But the personnel were unbelievably hardworking and cooperative," he said.

"They bent over backwards to help."

The biggest problem was noise. particularly drilling. But Mrs. Paruch said a buzzer system solved that problem. If the staff were in the middle of a delicate operation - eye surgery, for example, she explained - and the reverberations became too disruptive, the buzzer was pressed and drilling ceased until workers were notified they could proceed.

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sister was Sister Rita, who retired tion period, the surgical unit in 1964. Mrs. Paruch, who joined handled the same number of cases.

St. Anne's in 1945 and trained "It was a little inconvenient, but we tried to time everything so that . under the nuns, then took over supervision ofth'e operating room. the patients wouldn't suffer," said St. Anne's performs general Mrs. Paruch. surgery, which includes almost Dr. Victor Palumbo, chief of gynecology, commented that every proced ure except open heart surgery. There are about 400 operscheduling was his only problem.

"Sometimes booking times were ations a month, for an average of too long," he said, "but on the eight to 15 operations a day. About' 10 general surgeons practice at St. ~hole, we managed to work around Anne's. constr.uction."

Of the 26 operating room staff A Little History members, 17 have service records The St. Anne's operating room of 10 years or more, said Mrs. has undergone many changes since Paruch. She believes that is the the hospital opened in 1906. From main reas'on operations went 1906 to 1927, operations were per- smoothly during the construction formed on the second floor of the project. "The staff is very dediold buifding, now a sun parlor. cated," she said. "They knew that Prior to moving into its present once the hassle was over everyquarters, the operating area had thing would be more efficient, and four rooms. The present suite they bore with it beautifully." opened on June 6, 1966, with five People are happy with the results, operating rooms and a cystoscopy says Dr: Palumbo: "With the renroom. ovations, we have much better Originally only nuns staffed the working conditions. The surgical operating room and administered suite is very pleasant and efficient anesthesia. The last operating room and there's much less wasted time."

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Stress and what you eat

By Dr. James and Mary Kenny' Dear Dr. Kenny: Our family is under a lot of tension. My husband'may be laid off from work.

Our two children worry not only about their grades, but also about their sports. I have 'heard that a proper diet can help in times of high stress. Is this true? What can I as a mother and housewife do for my family? - Ind. "A sound mind in a sound body" is more than a wise insight. It gives us direction as well. Take care of your body first and the rest will come more easily.

"Y ou are what you eat." N utritious foods are generally helpful in keeping us calm. On the other hand, there are some foods which definitely add to tension.

In times of calm we may get careless about what we eat. But when we find ourselves snappish and short-tempered, exhausted but unable to sleep, that is the time to control our edibles.

My first rule is: Eat breakfast.

Starting a day without breakfast is like running a car engine without oil. After a 'short time, you will need a valve job, a complete engine oyerhaul.

Coping with the day's troubles without the energy that comes from nourishment causes similar

problems. Yet so many stressed people skip the day's first meal.

Either they are in too much of a hurry or, due to the oversecretion of digestive juices, their stomach is too "jumpy."

So they eat nothing to start, but around 10 a.m. they grab a soda and a candy bar for "quick energy."

That kind of diet is a formula guaranteed to ensure stress.

Breakfast does not have to be the traditional ham and eggs. A grilled cheese or a peanut butter sandwich would do well. 'In fact, for someone in a bi'g hurry, a slice of cheese or peanut butter or liver sausage spread on whole wheat toast would help a lot.

Try to eat something for breakfast. Recommended are orange juice (or other fresh fruit or juice), whole grain cereal, homemade granola, whole wheat bread or toast, cheese (any kind), eggs, hamburger, liver (calf, chicken, pork).

Recommended for lunch are hot soups and bouillon, lean meats with no preservatives, sandwiches with whole wheat bread, and fresh fruits and vegetables. Recommended for dinner are lean meats, salads, and fresh fruits and vegetables.

Good snack foods for those under stress include mixed nuts, raisins, fresh fruits and veggies, yo-

gurt, popcorn and fruit drinks.

There are also vitamins for persons under stress enriched with extra B-complex vitamins.

Some foods are best avoided while you are going through a stressful period. Caffeine and refined sugar are on the no list, caffeine because it is an energizing drug and refined sugar because it provides high energy with no nutrition. Extra energy is the last thing people under stress need. Your body is already providing that for you.

Here are some foods to avoid while going through a difficult period: coffee with caffeine, soft drinks, sweets (candy, cake, cookies, pie and ice cream), white sugar (sugar cereals and other foods with sugar), processed meats (hot dogs, luncheon meats, etc.) and potato chips, together with other highly salted and fried foods.

Eating properly won't solve all your stress problems. But proper' nutrition is surely a good foundation for dealing with the day's troubles.

Whoever first coined the phrase "Blood is thicker than water" understood a profound and everlasting truth.

My daughter Mary spent the summer in Italy studying and performing opera. She also uncovered our long-lost relatives in the southern province of Calabria, at the bottom of the Italian boot.

My father emigrated from Calabria in 1915 as a young teenager, leaving his parents and older siblings behind. He loved his family but hated the corrupt political system of the time. That's why he cherished American democracy and liberty so greatly.

He missed his homeland, but he never went back. He was 38 when his mo'ther died and I remember how he cried. He sent money all the time and gave his nieces the property he would have inherited.

His connection always stayed strong. .

For the rest of us, there was no connection.,We were born Americans. We never met the family in Italy. We never knew the names of our cousins or even how many there were.

Nonetheless, Mary had an intense desire to find our relatives.

She said it was a lifelong dream to establish the connection.

At the end of her musical tour, Mary's husband Rick joined her and they headed south on a' 12hour train ride. They had nothing to go on except the maiden name of a cousin and a town, Isola Capo Rizzuto ..

When they arrived at the town's train station, they found no phone, no bus, no taxi, only an unfriendly trainmaster who informed them that the village was several miles away.

Hours passed as they trudged along trying' to get some information. Every lead was a deadend.

Just when they had given up hope a minor miracle took place. By pure chance they met a man standing on a street corner who hap-

pened to be related by marriage to my cousin Rosina.

As Mary stood face to face with Rosina for the first time, she said, "Mio non no era Giuseppi Oppedisano" ("My grandfather was Joseph").

Tears filled Rosina's eyes and she took Mary's hand and led her to a drawer full of photographs.

There she pulled out an old picture 'Of me as a teenager with my sister and parents, exactly the same photo Mary cherished when I gave it to her a few years ago.

The family welcomed Mary and Rick with warmth and generosity.

"They whisked our suitcases out of our hotel and fed us till we were

bursting." Mary said. "The connection was incredible and the love so real. There was no question that we were of the same blood."

I had just wakened on a Saturday morning when the phone call from Italy came. Rosina and her sister Marianna wanted to say hello. We couldn't talk much in our different languages. but when tears are streaming down your face you know you've comQ1uni-' cated.

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-controversies. It offers an interestHe borrowed a habit from his ing if one-sided view of Curia figfeIlow Claretians in Rome and on ures and methods, from the persthe appointed day met with Cardinpective of a bishop who has been als Ratzinger and Gantin. His phosharply critical of both.

Bishop Casaldaliga incurred Vat- tocopied and annotated writings were on a table. Cardinal Ratzinger ican disfavor when for 17 years he smiled frequently, he said, and the refused to make the ad limina visit required of heads of dioceses every encounter was polite and "without, five years. During the last Brazilian aggression."

The bishop descriQed some of visits in 1985, he cited the high cost Cardinal Ratzinger's questions and' of travel and his doubt that such his answers. The verbal sparring visits were worthwhile. ran along the following lines: As bishop of the Amazon PrelaQ: Do you accept the Holy See's ture of Sao Felix do Araguaia, he documents on liberation theology? said, he had more pressing proA: In their totality, yes. (Here he blems to worry about; pe~secution argued that the pope himself had of his parshioners, economic indistanced himself from the first, justice to the diocese's natives, more negative, document, saying poor transportation and communiit was written by Cardinal Ratzincation, and the battle for land ger. Cardinal Ratzinger replied: reform. Throughout his career, These are rumors that circulate.) the bishop has made social justice, Q: You write of the preferential the touchstone of his pastoral minisoption for the poor in terms of try. "class." This term is loaded with a But when officially notified of meaning that cannot be ignored. the Vatican's displeasure, the bishA: It is a valid meaning, I think. op came to Rome last June to meet The conflict between classes is a with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, reality. head of the doctrinal congregation, Q: You have defined Archbishop and Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, [Oscar] Romero [of San Salvador, head of the Congregation for Bish- EI Salvador] as a martyr.

A: I consider him our saint, our martyr. But we distinguish between canonical martyrs and "martyrs of the kingdom."

Q: You spoke of revolutionizing the church.

A: I might equally have said, the church must be in constant renewal.

At one point, according to Bishop Casaldaliga, Cardinal Gantin took over and, in a serious tone, accused him of interfering in other dioceses. The bishop had made frequent trips to Nicaragua without the permission of Nicaraguan bishops. "This is a fact!" Cardinal Gantin is said to have shouted.

Bishop Casaldaliga argued that there were Nicaraguan Catholics "on both sides" and that the church hierarchy had a duty to give them all pastoral care.

Q: You said the ad limina visit was useless.

A: I said it was "almost useless."

The last visit of the Brazilian bishops was done in a new way, with more open discussions.

Q: You are being used, - your words, your gestures, your writings.

A: We are all used, even you, even the pope. We all need to understand clearly who is using us and how.

At the end of the meeting, the bishop was given a paper to sign: He refused, saying he would not sign anything without time to reflect. The two cardinals agreed, assuring him, "This is not a trial."

The three rose, and the bishop suggested they offer a prayer to make the church more evangelical.

"To revolutionize it, no?" Cardinal Ratzinger said, smiling.

"Well, yes, to revolutionize it evangelically," the bishop said.

They prayed together the Our Father in Latin and a short invocation to Mary.

On his way out, Bishop Casaldaliga was told by a congregation

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His IS-minute meeting with Pope John Paul II came three days later, the bishop related. He found his way to the pope's office after passing through courtyards, corridors and waiting rooms, after greeting eight guards and presenting his, pass four times.

The pope, speaking fluent Portuguese, invited him to sit down and chat. He reminded the bishop that ad limina visits are not a mere formality. The bishop agreed, saying he appreciated the new style of meetings now taking place.

The bishop referred to the statement he had been asked to sign, saying he took it as a sign of mistrust. The pope replied: But it can also be a demonstration of trust.

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frightened the bishop, and later pleased him. He said the pope rose to excuse himself, then opened wide his arms and "in a tone between admonition and joking" said: "You see, I'm not such a wild beast."

"I never thought so," Bishop Casaldaliga replied.

The bishop asked for a blessing for his people, especially the persecuted.

"Above all, the persecuted," the pope said, giving it.

The postscript came several weeks later when Bishop Casaldaliga announced he would not sign the Vatican's statement, calling it an attempt to pressure him. The Vatican officially said only that it had reminded the bishop of his duty to follow church teachings and to stay out of other dioceses unless ne was invited.

THE "WHAT A POPE" theme is echoed in these Tshirts, held by artist Gigi Traney. They were manufactured as souvenirs of the papal visit to the U.S. (NC photo)

"What a pope!" contest popular GARY, Ind. (NC)- A "Whata pope!': essay contest drew entries from people of all ages in the Diocese of Gary, Ind. To, honor Pope John Paul II's 10th anniversary as pontiff, the Northwest Indiana Catholic, diocesan newspaper, sponsored a 200words-or-Iess essay 'contest, asking readers to explain what impressed them' most about him.

Nearly 450 people -::- young, old, Catholic and non-Catholic \ . . respon d ed . ~" . : Answers, including carefully' typed essays, hastily scrawled compositions, poems and personaUetters came in from all areas of the diocese.

"He is not just 'that man in Rome' telling us what to do," said Rose O'Brien of Hobart. "Pope John Paul II has' proven by his many travels he is worthy to hilve been chosen to be 'papa' to all Catholics of the world."

In a letter to the pope, IO-yearold Tammy Tutko, a student at Nativity of Our Savior School, Portage, wrote: "I admire your bravenesS. I would be scare'(f

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travel all over. I t'hink you are the bravest man."

According to Chris Dixon, a third-grade student at St. John Bosc;o School, Hammond, "whe.n he became pope he moved into the Vatican. but he does not stay there very much."

A high school student wrote of her' own experience during the pope's 1979' 路visit to the United States, when 'he blessed her yearold sister, who had been born with cataracts in both eyes and suffered other health problem's. . ;'''The day after, my parents took my sister"hack to' the doctors and she started to' gain weight and was doing fine," said the student, Michelle penn; "She does not see clearly, but she can (see] at least a little bit, enough to get around. This is why I think the pope is really special to me." .

Said Burt Wendt, of Michigan City: "I like Pope John Paul II because he is down-to-earth. You would think someone with such an important job would be stuck-up, but not him. He likes just about everyone."

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On Steering Points Items FR Indicates Fall River, NB indicates New Bedford.

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR The CYO is visiting the New England Aquarium and Quincy Market today. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Mattos are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Women's Club Christmas social Dec. I, Father Coady Center; information: Mary Tyrrell, 672-0227.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE OLV Guild meeting noon Monday, parish center. Vincentians meeting 7:30 p.m. Monday. Parish council 8 p.m. Tuesday, religious education center. Ultreya palanca hour 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, church.

HOLY NAME, FR Sewing group makes pads for patients at Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, Fall River; meetings 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays, school; new members welcome.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH Information on adult singles' group: Priscilla Sprague, 678-2811, evenings. Vincentians meetings 7:30 p.m. !hursday, rectory. Youth group meetmg 6 p.m. Sunday, church hall.

A Maryknoll priest will speak at Masses this weekend.

SACRED HEART, N.ATTLEBORO Altar boys' meeting 10 a.m. Nov. 19, meeting room. Parish Thanksgiving celebration 7 p.m. Nov. 23, church.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Ladies of St. Anne Sodality meeting 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, parish hall; refreshments; all welcome; Pauline McElroy and Lucille Cote are welcomed as new members.

DIVORCED AND SEPARATED, NB Support group for New Bedford area separated and divorced Catholics meets 7 to 9 p.m. on the following dates at the Family Life Center, N. Dartmouth; Nov. 28: Bob Tierney, Harmony House house manager, will speak on alcoholism; also video: "The Secret Love of Sandra Blain:'; Dec. i4: Leo Buscalia "Love" video and Christmas party; Dec. 26: Paula Ripple video, "The Quality of Your Life," followed by discussion; Planning Board meeting Nov. 30.

Information on annual group holiday dinner:· Steve Frysinger, 9956859.

LaSALETTE CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING, ATTLEBORO "Growing Strong in Broken Places" retreat for divorced, separated and widowed Dec. 9 to II; information: 222-8530.

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Cape Cod and Islands divorced and separated Catholics 'meeting 7 t09 p.m. Nov. 20, St. Francis Xavier parish center, Hyannis; Dr. Tom Kent, who ·works with substance a~use patients at Cape Cod hospital, Will speak on "Transition: What Am I Doing? Where Am I Going?"; information: 771-4438.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Ladies of St. Anne communion Sunday Nov. 13; meeting 7 p.m.

Tuesday.

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Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14, parish center; Judy Antosca will speak on nutrition.

ST: JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN , Alcoholics Anonymous 7:30 p.m.

Monday, church. Alanon meets Monday, rectory. School council meets 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Parish council 7:30 p.m. Thursday, rectory.

Mass of Thanksgiving 7 p.m. Nov. 22.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Teen activity group meets 6 p.m.

Sunday, Father Clinton Hall. Vincentians' meeting 7 p.m. Monday, rectory.

ST. ANNE, FR Scout pack meeting 7 p.m. Nov. 18, school. Welcome home Mass for retreatants 6:30 p.m. Nov. 20.

Thanksgiving Mass 10 a.m. Nov. 24, upper church.

ST. JAMES, NB CYO general meeting 2 p.m. Sunday; trip to theatre and pizza follows business session.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK Youth Ministry meeting Nov. 20.

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, FR Council of Catholic Women meeting 7 p.m. Nov. 15, Father Reis Hall.

Christmas party plans will be discussed.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Advent Evensong performed by folk and bell choirs 7 p.m. Nov. 27, church. Meeting for prospective altar boys grade 4 and older 10 a.m. tomorrow. Parish council meeting 9 a.m. tomorrow.

ST. STANISLA US, FR Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pieroni are celebrating their 25th wedding anni-. versary. Women's Guild membership tea 2 p.m. Sunday, school auditorium. Youth ministry general meeting 11:30 a.m. to I p.m. Nov. 25; lunch included; all parish youth welcome.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Vincentians meet after 10 a.m.

Mass Sunday. Youth ministry planning committee 7 p.m. Nov. 20.

Adventure youth group general meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28, parish center.

DOMINICAN LAITY, FR Our Lady of Rosary chapter meeting Tuesday begins with I:30 p.m.

Mass, chapel in St. Anne's rectory, Fall River. .

SPIRIT OF JESUS PRAYER GROUP, HY ANNIS Teaching and Mass with Father Bob Ma~ciocchi, CSS 8 p.m. Thursday, St. Francis Xavier Church Hall, Hyannis; topic: "Hugging: A Way of Being Free and Joyful."

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN .

Immaculate Conception, Fall River, confirmation I day retreat 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, FR St. Clare Fraternity members will attend Massand a meeting6:30 p.m.

Nov. 13, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, 1600 Bay St., Fall River.

VINCENTIANS, FR Society ofSt. Vincent de Paul Fall River district council communion breakfast Dec. 4 begins with 8:30 a.m. Mass, St. John of God Church, Somerset; principal celebrant and homilis.t: Bishop Daniel A. Cronin.

FAMILY LIFE CENTER, N. DARTMOUTH : Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, retreat day Tuesday.

Bishop Stang High School, N. Dartmouth, retreat day Wednesday.

Meeting of elementary education principals 10 a.m. Thursday.

APOSTOLATEFORPERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Thanksgiving Mass noon Nov. 20, St. Vincent's Home chapel, Fall River; dinner and social follow, home cafeteria. Religious education teachers interested in being trained to work with special needs children may contact Barbara Domingue, 679-8373. Christmas Mass I p.m.

Dec. 18, St. John of God Church, Somerset; social follows, Venus de Milo restaurant, Swansea; information: office, 679-8373 (TTY / voice).

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION TAUNTON ' Women's Guild sponsored free coffee, juice and doughnuts after 8:30 a.m. Mass Nov. 28.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Fellowship meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, parish center. Parish children's Thanksgiving liturgy 7 p. m. Nov. 23 ..

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October Athletes of the Month at the Fall River high school were Chris Lafrance and Cindi Campos. Lafrance plays soccer, basketball and tennis. Ms. Campos runs cross-country, indoor and spring track.

Taunton Catholic Middle School Jim Perry is Home-School Association president; John Tenney, Chris Hughes and Michaeline Saladyqa are vice-president, secretary and treasurer.

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1988-89' Student Council officers are Ryan Powers, president; Anthony Maffini, vice-president; Carla Pereira, secretary and Brian Seventh grader Beverly George Lanagan, treasurer. 22 students received honorable mention in a were elected homeroom representa- .. POd·s.terdcolnt~s.thond.emb~ll.o~ment of tives.

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.• • • • . The TCMS library is being reorganized by volunteer Brenda Dor- ..

The high school community has sey, who will catalogue and repair begun its seventh annual Pine Street books. .

Inn appeal. l'he inn is a Boston shelter providing refuge, food and other basic needs to the homeless.

Fifth and sixth graders recently CC students and faculty will participated in a "Friendships Un- supply the inn with soap, shaving der Construction" retreat. Faculty members had a recent retreat day at LaSalette, Attleboro.

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A.volleyball team for grades 6 to 8; coached by Ray 'Boudreau, will .meet at 4 p.m. Wednesdays ~egin­ ning Dec. 7. The school's Sports Committee meets 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30.

Bishop'Feehalt F our seni~rs .at . t~e 'Attleb~r~; school have been designated ¢~~mendedStl!d~nts in the 1989: National Merit program. They'ai:e ~atthew Flannery, Christopher Galler, Meredith Henness'ey and. ~nd.rew Thom~s. . .. .. Jen'riifer Swyers w~s a ·Ra-theeQ Company Scholar for 19'88', at"tending a summer advanced 'stiJdies program at Milton' Academy in Milton. She studied organic chemistry and poe.try. and als'o took in various extracurricular activities.

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Senior Derek M. Leahy is a recipient of a 1988 achievement award in writing from the national Council of Teachers of English.

Also a National Merit Commended Student, he is the only student in the Greater New Bedford, Fall River and Newport areas and one of only four students at the 46 U.S. Jesuit high schools to receive the honor. 1987 Connolly graduate Christine Hopkins, now a Georgetown University student, was a winner last year.

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The school's Conn'olly players cream, toothbrushes, toothpaste, . will present the second of two performances of"Up the Down Stairdeodorant and disposable razors.

The school appeal for the shel- case" tonight. An original musical is in preparation for spring proter will last .approximately four duction. weeks. . .

On Nov. 23, CC's thanksgiving The Alumni' Association will Mass and football nilly day, students and faculty will load a truck meet at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at the school. and personal)y deliver the goods Future plans include a career day to the inn. They will tour the facil- for present students. ity, the former headquarters of the The annual open house for prosBoston Fire Department.

Coyle-Cassidy cheerleaders took pective students will be from 2 to 4 up a collection for the inn at half- p.m. Nov. 20. time during the CC-Taunton football game Nov. 5.

A city-wide "Tag Day" to ~up­ port the inn is also planned by the Students and parents at the committee. Last year, a similar North Dartmouth school have been effort netted $1,500. . AnyonI': interested in contribut-· asked to sign a "Contract for Life" ing to the appeal is asked to ·con- pledging bothtp seek "safe, sober tact Michael Cote or Anthony transportation home" if in a drinking si.tuati6n. The program is sponNunes at Coyle-Cassidy. sored by Students Against Driving.

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Mary Conroy, director of a family life ,education center at. St. Mar. Rachel Paquette, a' kinder- garet'~ Hospitij,l, Dorchester, will gartener at Dominican Academ'y, discuss how sexuality is handled in Fall River, recently won first place the Stang ~~rriculum at 7 p.m. in her age category in a'poster con- Nov. 16 in the school gym.. All test sponsored by Crestwood Nurs- parents welcome. ing Hoine, Fall River..Stacy Alves, • •.•. '! also a DA kinderganener, placed _. ,Paulo Pereira has been named a third. . The contest, themed "Age is semifinalist in the 1989 National B,Qui)dless;" celebrated ethnic tra~· ... Merit'progralP; t\n<;t'rew Hill has dition'~'and hist~ry of Cre~twood's . be~n na'meda Commended Student. residents and staff.

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The junior 'ring c~l'einoriy will Sixth,through eighth graders De held at'3 p.m. Dec.IO in St. . recently saw a Russian folk music! . Julie's Church. A bMfet arid dance dance ensemble at SMU. . .' will follow in the school·gym.

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