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U.S. bishops back Hatch a.mendment WASHINGTON (NC) - Calling abortion a continuing nSltional scandal, two leading U.S. bishops have broken precedent to back specific wording for a human life amendment to the Constitution. Archbishop John R. Roa<:h of St. Paul-Minneapolis and Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York told a Senate subcommittee they supported a controversial amendment proposed by Sen. tOrrin Hatch (R-Utah) because it "has the great merit of being an achievable solution to the present situation of abortion 01:1 demand." Since the Supreme Court's 1973 abortion decision the U.S. Bishops have endorsed a set of principles that should be ir..cluded in a human life amendment but have refrained from endorsing a particular version. Pro-life critics of Hatch's amendment say his proposal lacks one key principle: recognition of the personhood 0:: the fetus. But Archbishop Roach, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, asked that the bishops' position not be misinterpreted and said the bishops still are "committed to full legal

recognition of the right to life of the unborn child." He added, "We cannot in conscience tolerate the continued destruction of unborn human lives at the rate of one-and-a-half million a year on the hypothetical grounds that some dayanother, theoretically ideal constitutional solution might be found." Archbishop Roach's and CardinalCooke's testimony in a hot and crowded hearing room came as the Constitution subcommittee chaired by Hatch moved into its fifth day of hearings this fall on proposed amendments dealing with abortion. Most attention has focused on Hatch's amendment, which holds that abortion is not a right guaranteed by the Constitution and grants Congress and the states power to reenact abortion restrictions struck down by the Supreme Court. Critics of the amendment have complained that the bishops' support for it was a "sell-out" in order to gain support for their position on tuition tax credits or other legislative issues. But Archbshop Roach, asked Turn to Page Nine

Assistance urged for new pilgrims WASJUNGTON (NC) - Leaders of three religious org~miza足 tions have written President Reagan urging action to uphold the due process rights of refugees, a halt to deporting Salvadorans and an end to the Haitian interdiction policy. They also asked for attention to alleviating the causes which prompt people to flee their homelands. The letter was signed by Claire Randall, general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.; Bishop Thomas C. Kelly, general secretary of the U.S. Catholic Conference and Rabbi Bernard Mandel~ baum, general secretary of the Synagogue Council of America. They said the deportation of thousands of Salvadorans and the recently announced policy of interdicting small boats from Haiti violates the conscience of

the United States and the principles for which it stands. The message was called a "Pilgrim Day" letter because it alluded to the approaching Thanksgiving holiday Nov. 26 which brings to mind "the first pilgrims who sought safe haven on American shores some 361 years ago. "Since those early days, pilgrims from many places around the globe have been welcomed to these shores." But the administration's new policy of stopping boats and returning people to Haiti against their will, and the drowning of 33 Haitians off the Florida coast in October "has refocused our concern on the plight of certain groups today fleeing oppression in their homelands and seeking haven in this nation," they said. The leaders also said their Turn to Page Six

This little boy is among Third World children who will benefit from the annual Thanksgiving clothing collection.

Thanksgiving collection Fall River will join 93 other U.S. dioceses in collecting clothing and donations for food in the 31st annual Thanksgiving clothing collection, taking place in parishes next week. -Catholic Relief Services, the overseas aid agency of U. S. Catholics expects to collect millions of pounds of fabrics through parishes -lightweight clothing, blankets and bolts of cloth are highest priorities-to help clothe the needy around the world.

In addition, eRS is a partner in the Interfaith Hunger Appeal, a three-year-old joint project with the Protestant and Orthodox aid agency, Church World Service, and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, to raise funds through interfaith Thanksgiving services to fight hunger in the world. Since 1950 the annual CRS clothing collection has brought in more than 460 million pounds of clothing and blankets. Last

year Catholics donated more than $10.5 million, which was distributed to 32 countries in Latin America, Africa, Southeast Asia and the Mediterranean region. Bishop -Edwin Broderick, CRS executive director, said that since most countries receiving aid have mild climates, light clothing is more needed than heavy clothing. Shoes, purses and belts are not needed. Turn to Page Six

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MIAMI (NC)-Florida's bishops, led by Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy of Miami have called on the federa'1 government to establish a 'long-range policy for refuge~ and a policy which addresses itself to fair sharing of tax burdens and social responsibility. Under the pressure of the present situation, "even the American Catholic begins to see in the entrant or refugee not Christ, but the enemy," the bishops said in a pastoral statement. MANAGUA, Nicaragua i(NC)-The rector of the Managua Seminary, Father Canuto Barreto, has resigned, saying that Nicaragua's bishops are divided on many issues and provide no clear direcU:m regarding priestly formation. Three nuns working in the seminary's administrative office also resigned. The four are Mexicans. Msgr. Bosco Vivas, Managua archdiocesan spokesman, said the resignations "do not mean the seminary is going to close." WASHINGTON (NC)-Archbishop James A. Hickey of Washington expressed his disapproval of a symposium on "Homosexua:lity and the Catholic Church" to be held Nov. 20-22 in Silver Spring, Md., and of New Ways Ministry, the agency sponsoring the symposium. In a letter to aU U.S. bishops and to major superiors of religious orders, the arohbishop said that after receiving materials from the directors of New Ways Ministry and talking with them he "found their posHion ambiguous and unclear with regard to the morality of homosexual activity." The archbishop admits that the churoh "must minister to homosexuals." However, "there is no doubt a't all that our ministry to the homosexual must be based on the authentic teaching of the church," he said.

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INDIANAPOLIS tNC)-The decision by the St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Council in Indianapolis to withhold the federal tax portion of its phone bill to protest the U.S. arms build-up has met with a basically favorable reaction, said Philip Schervish, parish council president. '\Many people agreed wholeheartedly," he said. Federal taxes on St. Thomas' phone bill wiH probably be no more than $50," said Schervish. "The amount isn't that much," he said, but "the witness value is what's important:' .~

TULSA, Okla. (NC)-The revolution brewing in Latin America is the "most serious crisis to hit the Catholic Church since the Reformation," said a professor who has visited Latin America several times. "There is a revolution within the church, even more than wi'thin the society of Latin America," said William Walker, assistant professor of Spanish and Humanities at Tulsa's Oral Roberts University. Americans do not understand that the repressive Latin American governments are only a notch from fascism, he said, and "路they depend on the people remaining politically unaware." CROOKSTON, Minn. (NC)-In a joint pastoral letter the Catholic bishops of Crookston and New Ulm, Minn., have called sexism "a grievous sin" and have appealed for efforts to eliminate sexist: attitudes and practices. In the letter, "Male and Female God Created Them" Bishops Victor H. Balke of Crookston and Raymond A. Lucker of New Ulm said: "Sexism, directly opposed to Christian humanism and feminism, is the erroneous belief or conviction or attitude that one sex, female or male, is superior to the other in the very order of creation or by the very nature of things:' CHICAGO (NC)-In an open letter, a group of Chicago Catholics has urged Cardinal John Cody of -Chicago tl) make "a complete accounting of the sources and use of all church funds:' At a press conference at the Chicago Marriott Hotel, the 27 priests, Religious and Jay persons who signed the "Open Letter to Cardinal Cody" set a deadline of Dec. 10 for others in the Catholic community to show support of the letter. Cardinal Cody did not respond immediately to the specific requests made in the open letter. But a spokesperson fol' the archdiocesan Chancery Office released a statement saying, "The cardinal has received the statement and has taken the matter under advisement."

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SISTERS ARE IN THE SPOTUGHT in these three studies: top, Sister Evangelista, RSM, now retired, a former teacher at Bishop Gerrard High ~chool, Fall River, enjoys a chat with Father Bruce Neylon, Holy Name parish, also Fall River; center, three German nuns are patterned agains~ the Black Forest's first snow of the season; bottom, on the other.' side of the world, a missionary sister in Samoa enjoys the antics of one of her charges.

UNDATED (NC)-Catholics in the diocese of Lincoln, Neb. have formed a new group, Catholics for Active Liturgical Ufe, hoping to talk to Bishop Glennon Flavin of Lincoln about the diocesan policy banning women from reading scripture at Masses. The diocese bases its position on church documents which reserve the formal office of lector to men. However, though women are not permitted by the Catholic Church to serve as offically installed qectors, they can read at Mass as uninstaHed lectors and do so in other dioceses. Said Carol McShane, spokeswoman of the new group, We just want to know what Bishop Flavin has to say about the issue:'

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VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope John Paul II renewed his appeal for aid to the drought-stricken Sahel region of Africa and pledged the church's continued cooperation -in solving relief problems in a meeting sponsored by "Cor Unum," the Vatican agency which coordinates church relief and development activities. Pope John Paul said gifts sent to him in response to his address would have a "concrete realization" in the Sahel region and would become "an effective sign of my love for my most sorely tested African brothers and sisters:'

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. Nov. 12, 1981

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"I LOVE VOU•• BROTHER SEAN SAMMON and Bishop Daniel A. Cronin meet with clergy attending annual fall study day. (Sr; Gertrude Gaudette Photo)

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Priests discuss midlife transition Bishop Daniel A. Cronin headed 65 priests who met I',ast week at the Diocesan Family Life Center in North Dartmouth for the annual fall study day for the clergy. Brother Sean Sammon, FMS, of the House of Affinnation in Whitinsville spoke on adult development with emphasis on midlife transition, bumout and

"workaholism." Father Marcel Bouchard, director of continuing education for the clergy, reported that Brother Sammon's presentations "were well received as information that would assist the priests in the development of their own lives and spirituality and in their ministry among their people." The brother is a staff member

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of the House of Affirmation and assistant director of a satellite facility in Hopedale. Both are international therapeutic centers for priests and religous. The study day was the first held at the Family Life Center and afforded participants the opportunity of inspecting the new diocesan facility.

Pope likes his_ movie CASTELGANDOLFO,Italy, (NC) - A major international film which cost $10 million to produce has been previewed with pleasure by the chief character it portrays, Pope J'ohn Paul II. In a second-floor room of his summer residence, the ;pope and 40 invited guests were recently given a private showing of "From a Far Country: John Paul II," When the 140-minute movie ended the pontiff, reportedly visibly moved, embraced the film's director, Krysztof Zanussi, saying, "May God repay you for your work. May God r.epay you for my Poland," The film is a story of Poland's last 50 years and also a biography of Karol Wojtyla" who is woven inextricably :into the country's recent history. Made with the approval of the Vatican and the Polish government, the movie traceEl the life of Pope John Paul from his infancy through his election as pope in 1978 and ends with scenes of the pontiff's visit to his native country in W79. Portrayed are the chi::dhood of Karol Wojtyla, his ama.teur acting career, his wartime work in the mines during the Nazi occupation of Poland and his relationship with a girl who fell in love with him before hie entered the priesthood. The pope is played by the Polish actor Cezary Morawski. The Vatican cooperated

throughout as the movie was filmed. The pope read and approved the script and gave permission for use of the Sistine Chapel and the papal waiting rooms for some scenes. Several times as the film was being shot the pope met with Zanussi and Morawski, and once the cast of 120 actors and act-

Sr. St. Evariste Funeral services were held last Saturday for Sister St. Evariste, Gamache, RJM, 93, who died Nov.5. Born in Conte Breaume, Quebec, Canada, she was the daughter of the late Jules and Marie Gamache. She entered the Religious of Jesus and Mary in 1908 in Fall River and \ thereafter served as a dietitian at houses of her community in the United States and Canada. She had been stationed in Fall River for the past 15 years. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Orner Briere and Mrs. Flora Destremps, and a brother, Roger Gamache. All are North Attleboro residents. Among nephews and nieces are Msgr. Gerard Chabot, St. Theresa parish, Attleboro; Rev. Luc Chabot, OFM, stationed in Canada; Rev. Bertrand Chabot, St. Anthony of Padua, New Bedford; Rev. Daniel Gamache, St. Joseph, New Bedford; Rev. Bruce Collard, Plaistow, N.H. and Sister Armande Chabot, SUSC, Fall River.

resses (though not the 5,000 extras) was entertained at the Vatican. Zanussi said the filming required the collaboration of seven Vatican congregations. After the Vatican preview Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, papal secretary of state, told reporters that the pope seemed most moved by the scenes portraying his infancy and youth. The movie was produced by Transworld Films and financed by grants from Britain's Lord Lew Grade and by the Italian national television network. U.s. theater and television rights have been purchased by the National Broadcasting Company. The film was made in English to allow for greater worldwide distribution. The version 'shown to the pope was dubbed in Italian.

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Christmas Is Christ's Birthday. To show Him you love Him, sacrifice something for His poor! In Mala, India. the Sisters of Mercy conduct a home for 80 girls from only the poorest families. When the home opened in 1977, the girls were housed In a farm shed - terribly overcrowded and unsafe, even by Indian standards. The Directress, Sister Graclan, asks $3,000 to build a decent home. Won't you give these girls, who are burdened by poverty, a home for Christmas? ... Refugee families In miserable camps can be kept in milk, cheese, flour, for only $20 a month. Remind us, If you feed a family for a month, to send you an Olive Wood Rosary as our thank-you.... Christ's Birthday is just weeks away. Your gift to the missions says to Him, "I love You." ... What are "the missions"? They are people, not place-names. They are leprosy, and cancer sufferers, the blind, the aged, foundlings, homeless refugees. They are the people for whom Christ became an·lnfant, and was crucified. What you do for the hungry, the shivering, the abandoned, He said, you do for Him.... How to celebrate Christ's Birthday? Do something for the poor! We'll send your gifts (tax deductible In the U.S., of course) to the Holy Father. He'll use them exactly as you request.

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themoorin~ Man and His Machines The extraordnary reception accorded by people of all ages and walks of life to Kenneth Clark's "Civilization" as a book, a film and a television series has over the past decade demonstrated the unique genius of the man. His reflections on the life of Western man are indispensable to an in-depth understanding not only of our cultural heritage but also of man himself. In the final chapter of "Civilization," entitled "Heroic Materialism," Clark reflects on man, his mechanical inventions and his possible future. Writing in 1969, he was prophetic in declaring: "Machines have ceased to be tools and have begun to give us direction. And .unfortunately machines, from the Maxim gun to the computer, are for the most part means by which a minority can keep free men in subjugation." This is perhaps one of the most incisive contemporary statements to have been made on our civilization. What was written but a few years ago is now becoming reality; Those caught up in current moods or fads are blind; those who push aside the reality of "Star Wars" in the here and now either cannot or will not see; those who say that man's greatest enemy today is not the machine forget that nuclear destruction surrounds us all. Whether one likes it or not, man has entered a new age. The computer has brought him a new plateau of civilization. What one used to think could be now can be. In路 other words, the wildest fantasies of inventive speculation have become a distinct possibility. This is all due to the breeding of computers. Day by day their capacity, actually and potentially, becomes more staggering. What Clark warned us of is very real. In our own country there is emerging the distinct choice of letting men run computers or computers run man. We have entered a new dimension in our interpersonal relationships. Those who run the computers will also run men. On the international level one can see this taking' place as the industrial nations pull further and further away from the tortured countries of the Third World. Greed for power, lust for domination and thirst for vengeance are but a few of the forces trampling the have-not peoples into the dust. In the past such subjugation occurred on a man to man basis, then it advanced symbolically to the nation to nation level. Today buttons, automatic devices, instruments and sophisticated tools control the destiny of all. In other words, machines are taking the place of people more and more effectively and efficiently. For example, the lag in the American auto industry is due to man. In Japan, the auto industry already relies on industrial robots. Robots are born of and controlled by computers. It cannot be overemphasized that contemporary man has begun a new journey. The possibilities for his good are endless. The potentiality for his self-destruction is infinite. Man must learn not only to live with his machines but how to avoid being destroyed by them. \ Man, as man, hasn't really changed in the past 2,000 years. We should learn the lessons of our history. In this age of the cold and impersonal, the relentless computer, we should always realize that God still holds each of us in the palm of his hand. In this lies our hope.

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The deacon - servant By Sam Taub The deacon is fully aware of just how unique he is in today's church. He knows the restored, permanent diaconate is in its infancy. He is a trailblazer, developing new relationships with others who serve in the church. The average deacon can be described as a man motivated by the Spirit to give of himself in service to the people of God. His title, deacon, means servant. He has no aspirations to power or privilege. The permanent deacon is generally a husband as well as a minister. He attempts to balance three priorities, seeing them within the vision of the U.S. bishops. The priorities are: 1. His responsibilities to wife and family; 2. the job or profession whereby he earns a living; 3. his duties as a deacon. The springboard of his service and spirituality is a lifelong, joint ministry with his wife in' the sacrament of marriage. A study of the permanent diaconate in the U.S. church has been in progress for two years. Sponsored by the Bishops! COrtl-路 mittee on the Permanent Diaconate, over 1,400 deacons and 700 deacons' approximately wives have contributed to the study. Their information, opinions and conclusions provide valuable data on the formation and development of deacons. This study indicates that the average deacon is 50 years old and has been married approximately 25 years. He has four children, the two youngest still living at home. He was born a, Catholic and is either a college graduate or has attended college. As an adult, he has taken an active part in Catholic organizations and parish structures, most

prominently in the Holy Name Society, the Knights of Columbus and a parish council. The deacon lives in an urban setting, in a middle-class or upPer middle-dass neighborhood. He earns a living for his family in a managerial or professional position. The average deacon is a man' in tune with post-Vatican II changes in the church. He is moderately or even very satis,fied in his experience asa deacon-servant. The deacon's greatest support in ministry comes first from his wife and next from his fellow deacons. His greatest satisfaction comes from being engaged in a ministry of service, especially to the sick and aged, and in being a minister of the Word. A deacon is authorized to read the Gospel and to give sermons. The greatest frustration of the permanent deacon is the feeling that he is not accepted by priests. Priests often question whether the deacon is adequately educated for h!~. ministry. Bishops, on the other hand, ~re uniformly supportive of deacons. The deacon sometimes finds that the people with whom he works in ministry and those he serves are not over-demanding of him. They apparently value his commitment more than his work. As a result, the deacon can feel uncomfortable and unsure of himself while working for the church. On the other hand, the average deacon usually has good rapport with his supervisor in ministry. The deacon feels he has sufficient authority and is qualified for his ministry because of the educational program he participates in before ordination, last-

ing from two to four years. In addition, deacons find they are better accepted in parishes which hold education programs on the permanent diaconate for priests and laity. Ninety-seven percent of permanent deacons do not receive a salary from the church. However, in some areas where priests are in short supply, bishops assign deacons to pastorates ops assign deacons to pastorates in small rural parishes. Other deacons are ministers of religious education under contract to the church. The deacon's spiritual life is centered around the Eucharist, Scripture and spiritual reading. An annual retreat has become part of his life, a part shared with his wife. He continues his education and formation in his post-ordination years.

AN INVITATION Young men of the diocese are invited to attend an information day on the diocesan priesthood to be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Holy Name parish center, 121 Mt. Pleasant St., New Bedford. The program will offer talks by young priests and sem1narians, question periods, a Mass and a closing supper.

Adults who may know young men interested in learning about the priesthood are asked to inform them of the d$Y. Reserv$tions or further information may be had from Very Rev. John J. Smith, tel. 222-1206. Attending the day, for which there is no charge, involves no obligation or commitment.

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Family roots We recently had a visit from my 22-year-old neice and two friends who are considering relocating in our area a thousand miles from their hometown. It was like going back 25 years when I came here as a single, met my husband and became a transplanted American living a hard two days' drive from parents, family and all that is home and security. "Did you really miss your family?" asked these young women. "What can we expect?" "Are you glad. you moved out here?" The bottom line question, of course, was, "Should we take this step and move?" In the long run, their questions were more valuable to me than my answers to them because they forced me to reflect upon my long ago decision to leave "for a year or so" to taste the excitement of the big city, the West, and the world outside rural mid··America where I was reared. I look differently :now, of course, because of experience and also because I have children of my own who may well chuck the big city to find pE!aCe and excitement in rural America or Alaska or wherever. Still, the classic dream remains. Youth wants to explore beyond its roots, always wondering what's out there.

Have you ever wondered what Jesus was like? Most people have some sort of mental image of Jesus

In my youth, women were faced pretty much with two options: marry a man in your hometown and settle nearby or go out to another city to test your mettle. I chose the latter and I don't regret it but that doesn't mean I chose the right way. I told my niece that she shouldn't feel something is wrong with her if she's content at home. A lot of people seem driven to paint a glorious picture of their way of life away, impl~ing that those who remain are somehow missing out on life. Yet there are thousands of disenchanted transplants who pine for home their entire lives. I told Nancy that the most important thing is to know herself. What kind of life does she want? Why is she considering moving? Is it because she really wants to meet a variety of people and try new experiences or because others think that's what she should want? On a realistic level, at her age she is likely to meet a future spouse and settle down wherever she is living at the time. It's unlikely that she will move a spouse back home. Few do. I reminded her and her friends that moving a distance from home means infrequent returns, long distance phone calls, and letters. It means not always be-

Furthermore, Jesus' summary of the law is taken directly from the pages of Hebrew Scripture. In Deuteronomy we read, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength." Again, in Leviticus, we read, "Love your neighbor as yourself."

drawn from the Bible stories they have heard from childhood. Chances are these images tend to ignore a significant fact about Jesus: He was not a Christian. Yet how many Christians still Jesus was a Jew - and a very believe and teach that this traobservant one. Therefore, as Professor Leo- ditional Jewish teaching of Jesus nard Swidler of TemplE! Univer- represents some sort of "new" sity reminds us in a rec:ent arti- law of love? How many falsely cle, Jesus "did not go to Mass, contrast Judaism as "a religion or indeed any worship service, of justice and fear" with Chrison Sunday morning. He went to tianity as "a religion of love and mercy?" services on the Sabbath." Swidler continues: Jesus "did In doing so, we forget our not go to church. He went to awareness of divine love and synagogue . . . He did not read mercy is part of the religious the New Testament, nor did he heritage we Christians owe to think it the inspired word of Jews. God. He did read the Hebrew To understand the New TestaBible and thought it the holy Scriptures . . . he did not cele- ment properly, we ,must read it brate Christmas and E;:lster. He in its original Jewish context. celebrated Shavuoth and Pass- It should not be seen simply as "replacing" the Hebrew Scripover." tures. While the New Testament These simple thoughts deserve "makes claims about Jesus that careful meditation for they have Ilrofound implications not only Judaism cannot accept, it is for our understanding of Jesus important to realize that Jesus' and Christianity, but al!io for the own teaching is very Jewish inway Christians understand their deed. Nor can Christians view our relationship to Judaism. Jesus lived Jewish law. Why Jewish heritage as simply a past then does Christian teaching event, exhausted in Jesus' time. often make such a dichotomy In his letter to the Romans, St. between "law" and "Gospel?" Paul says Christians have been After all, Jesus him~:elf said: grafted to the Jewish covenant "Do not think that I came to de- with God in the same way a wild stroy the law or the prophets. I branch is grafted to a living came not to destroy but to carry root. Then -he adds, "Remember that out."

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ing there for weddings, reunions and times when you are needed for physical and emotional support. It means not having grandma around to watch the babies grow or to establish a close relationship with them. It often means not knowing your cousins well. And those are important things to consider. When all is said and done, our family remains the still point in our whirling world. Friends, jobs, and even spouses come and go today. Families don't. Having pondered this, I know that I made the right decision for me. I wouldn't have had the opportunities I experienced had I stayed home. I w,ouldn't have met my husband - surely one of the best results of moving. I love my adopted state which, after 25 years, considers me nearly a native. But I don't know what is right for Nancy and her friends. Maybe she should move, maybe not. That's one of the hard decisions one makes growing up. That is growing up.

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you do not support the root, the root supports you." The Christian attitude toward Jews should not be one of arrogance or triumph, but an acknowledgement of a living, spiritual relationship. Our covenant and theirs are forever linked in God's plan of salvation.

(necrology] November 13 Rev. Louis J. Deady, 1924, Founder, St. Louis, Fall River November 14 Rev. Francis J. Duffy, 1940, Founder, St. Mary, South Dartmouth Rev. William A. Galvin, 1977, Retired Pastor, Sacred Heart, Taunton November 15 Rev. Daniel E. Doran, 1943, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, North Easton Rev Thomas F. LaRoche, 1939, Assistant, Sacred Heart, Taunton November 17 Rev. Henry R. Canuel, 1980, Pastor, Sacred Heart, New Bedford

Murders, • remaIn unsolved The murder of four American missionaries in El Salvador last December is one that could be solved by your ordinary late-night television detective before the first commercial. The four women arrived at an airport, traveled along a road controlled by the national guard, were slain and hastily buried. Kojak or Barnaby Jones would simply have called for the duty roster, commandeered weapons and with a minimum of questions, found the culprits. But for some reason, the junta of El Salvador cannot crack the case. Six men were arrested last April and are still being detained, but no charges have been brought. The Reagan State Department, which takes umbrage so quickly in other matters, has slandered the victims and stonewalled their inquiring relatives. No new information has been found, and the investigation, such as it was, has come to a dead stop. But outside the administration - in Congress and among ordinary citizens who smell a Vietnam"D'pe involvement the ghosts of the four women walk and ., thwart plans for further military aid. _ And no one is more grateful than the beleaguered president of the junta, Napolean Duarte, who recently wound up a lengthy stay here by meeting with the relatives of the four women. He must thank God every night on his knees for the one weapon the unsolved murders - he has against the murderous military whom he unconvincingly professes to control. He has to be unspeakably beholden to the brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers who have persisted in what the State Department plainly views as an unseemly and unpatriotic quest for justice. Duarte's answers about the unsolved murders are weak and he knows it. The El· Salvador law he feebly cites seems to be made up for the case as it goes along. At the meeting with the families, held at the Washington residence of Archbishop James Hickey, the acting Salvadoran minister of justice was present, but unable to enlighten anyone even on the basic matter of whether the soldiers would be tried in a military or civilian court. The meeting was arranged through the good offices of Rep. Mary Rose Oaker, D-Ohio. The archbishop, friend and one-time pastor of two of the victims has been, to the dismay of his fellow Catholic, Secretary of State Alexander Haig, a leader in resistance to a military solution in El Salvador.

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The families held.a press conference afterward and from it emerged a picture of a desperate man playing the only card he holds. Duarte told the group that on his first meeting with President Reagan, he had asked for help in solving the crime FBI assistance and lie detectors. He had no information to give the families. Plainly, he was just hoping to signal the military that they are in trouble with Uncle Sam. The current U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, Dean Hinton, was present, and it was clear whose side he is on. He spoke of the danger of "setting a precedent by having the FBI investigate a murder outside the country." He and Bill Ford, Ita Ford's brother, had a spirited exchange when Hinton said the investigation should be limited to the six men "who were acting on their own." Ford said he was "offended" at Hinton's vindication of the military. Dorothy Kazel, the sister-inlaw of Sister Dorothy Kazel, had asked Duarte what wrong the missionaries had done "that the military would kill them in cold blood." Duarte said that these women were "martyrs" who wanted only to save the people of El Salvador. "As far as he was concerned," the families reported, "they would be .called saints." Having' heard their loved ones described by American officials as "political activists" and guntoting roadblock runners, the relatives were gratified to see Duarte observing the decencies that evaded the secretary of state and the ambassador to the UN. The group put to him the obvious question: Does he dare bring the killers to book? He told them he was not afraid of losing his post and that his life is in danger anyway. Bill Ford succinctly outlined the policies of Duarte's position. "1 think it was clear to everybody there that Duarte did not realize until this trip how serious this issue was in the eyes of the American people." Ford added tartly, "It was clear he got no sense of that from the State Department." The families are perfectly willing to lend a hand to Duarte, to whom the dead women. have thrown out the lifeline. The unsolved murder perfectly makes the point that he is iQ the hands of thugs. He needs detectives, not grenade launchers, and if he can convince the. Rea~an administrationof it, his trip here will have been a dangerous success.

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Year honors slain Latins Members of women's religions communities in the Fall River diocese will be urged by their superiors; to participate in observance of the Year of the Martyr. To open Dec. 22, the first anniversary of the· murder of four women missioners in El Salvador, the year will also commemorate thousands of other persons killed in recent years in the troubled nations of Central America. The resolution to observe the year came at the 25th anniversary meeting of Region I of the Leadership Conference of Women's Religious, held at Mont Marie Center, Holyoke. From the Fall River diocese, the conference was attended by Sisters Carol Regan, SUSC, Francis Michael Driscoll, SP, Louise Synan, OP, Eileen Mary Cunningham, SP, and Anita Pauline Durocher, OP, all present or former religious superiors. ., Also participants in the meeting were Sister Lucille Gauvin, OP, of Fall River and Father Ernest Corriveau, MS, of Attleboro. Sister Lucille aided in liturgy planning and Father Corriveau, New England chairman of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, celebrated the meeting's closing Mass. ·Bishop Joseph McGuire of Springfield opened the anniversary program and ~ panel of

speakers and reactors discussed issues affecting contemporary religious life, including changes since Vatican II, matters of justice and peace, development of religious leadership and women's liberation. LCWR members were told that New 'England diocesan superintendents of schools have accepted a plan for a project in justice education to be initiated this spring in New England Cath. olic schools. The program included a retrospective view of LCWR activities in the past quarter century, backed by a time-line pictorial display of major happenings.

Thanksgiving Continued from page one Blankets are usually one of the first needs when CRS responds to disasters such as earthquakes or floods that leave thousands homeless. Bolts of cloth are used in ·vocational training programs in Bolivia and Peru, where CRS teaches sewing skills as a means of supplementing family income. The newer Interfaith Hunger Appeal, which relies mainly on individual donations and collections taken up at interfaith services on Thanksgiving Day, has collected and distributed $350,000 since it was begun in 1978.

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Sister Marie de Ricci keeps God listening "God must be tired of me, I pray so much," says diminutive Sister Marie de Ricci, 93, the oldest member of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, the only religious community founded in the Fall ~iver diocese. The nonagenarian has clear memories of the community's foundress, Mother Marie Bertrand Sheridan. Mother Bertrand taught her English when she entered the community in 1911 as a young Canadian immigrant. And it was Sister Marie de Ricci who recently had the honor of cutting the ribbon at ceremonies opening the Sheridan Room at her community's Park

Street motherhouse in Fall River. Named for Mother Bertrand, the room, coordinated by Sister Donna Brunell, houses archives and an extensive pictorial record of community activities. The lat· ter has been compiled by Sister Gertrude Gaudette, photographer for The Anchor as well as for· her fellow Dominicans. Among TODAY there are more than thirty the room's tteasures is also a million Americans with Irish blood in their veins. Proud, too, of every drop of complete set of Dominilog, the it! They particularly take pleasure in yearbook of the former Dominikeeping alive and popularizing the witty r.~._~~ can Academy, operated by the sayings and writings of those of their blood. especially of those intensely Irish sisters at the motherhouse. Irishmen such as Swift, Sheridan. Shaw, In Sister Marie de Ricci, howGogarty, Wilde, Dunne, Breslin. ever, the community has a livO'Rourke, McNulty, MacDonagh, Wib· ing repository of much of its berley, O'Connor, Ervine, O'Faolain, Doyle, Callaghan and Sullivan, all of history. Still active at 93, she whom with others are included in this daily visits bedridden commungenerous volume - THE HOME BOOK OF ity members and is always ready iRISH HUMOR. Here they have caught with anecdotes of past years. the ready wit, the quick retort, the hundred ingratiating faults, the thousand Although her sight is failing, redeeming weaknesses. the sometimes her fellow sisters say she conbitter and usually ironic observations. tinues to turn out cuddly and of the Irish which have given the race SAN JOSE, Calif. (NC) - The delightful yarn kittens for the its reputation for humor and good fellowship. United Farm Workers' (UFW) convent gift shop and steadfastThe contents of THE HOME BOOK OF nine-month-long strike against ly refuses to let anyone wash IRISH HUMOR are divided into twelve Steak Mate, Inc., a mushroom her dishes following community sections: Pubs, Publicans and Patrons; Irish Bulls and Pure Poteen; Born Poli. plant in southern California meals. In good health, she is ticos; The Great Georgians; The Landed ended in late October when union rarely missing from her place Gentry; Tales from the Irish Counat daily Mass. leaders met Wlith negotiators tryside; The Renaissance; For the Bend Catholic Digest, has contributed a lively from Ralston Purina in the recin the Road; North of the Border and series of quips and jests about the Irish, Sister Marie de Ricci taught " Down Under; Irish Ballads, Songs and humble and great. tory of the Church of the Trans- . at St. Anne's School, Fall River, Sagas; Irish Proverbs; and Wakes and THE HOME BOOK OF IRISH. HUMOR, figuration in San Jose. Ralston at Dominican Academy and at Wags. published by Dodd, Mead & Company, Purina owns the mushroom the community's school in PlattsThroughout, the editor, John Mc- is the perfect gift for an Irish friend or plant. Carthy, formerly Executive Editor of yourself. burgh, N.Y., during her active Father William Leninger, pas- life. Retirement didn't enter the Special Price $9.25 picture until she was 84, when CHRISTMAS DELIVERY NOT GUARANTEED AFTER NOV. 20 tor and director of the Office of Community Development and she returned to Fall River to --------------------------------------------------------' Social Concerns for the diocese take up her almost equally busy Mail Today THE ANCHOR, P.O. Box 7, FaIl River, MA 02722 for Here's my check for $9.25 for of San Jose, arranged the meet- life at ~he mCltherhouse. ing between Chuck Crider of Delivery of THE HOME BOOK OF IRISH HUMOR Ingredients Your Irish Namee----_ Ralston ,Purina, Cesar Chavez, Gift Book Addresess-s _ "The ingredients of good con· UFW founder and aides for both. The settlement gave workers versation are truth; good sense, City State Zip---a one-year contract with a 25 good humor and wit." - Sir William Temple percent wage increase.

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Continued ~rom page one contacts with religious communities in the countries involved together with the findings of international and intergovern mental agencies "convince us that these people possess a wellfounded fear of persecution if forcibly returned to their home countries." Fundamental ideals of the United States have been forgotten when Haitian asylum seekers are imprisoned, the religious leaders said, calling the action unprecedented and "clearly discriminatory: "In a similar sense, the deportation of thousands of Salvadorans - considered refugees by the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees back to their civil war-torn homeland violates the conscience of this nation and the spirit of its international obligations," the letter said. "The recently announced policy 'of interdicting' small boats fleeing Haiti also violates the fundamental principles for which this nation stands. We recall clearly the outcry from the United States and the world community when the governments of Malaysia and Thailand 'interdicted' small leaky boats fleeing from Vietnam. "Mr. President, we appreciate the domestic sensitivity of the immigration issues your admnistration confronts," the religious leaders wrote. "However, we believe that the policies of this nation must reflect both its traditional ideals and its legal commitments to protect in a humane, equitable and non-discriminatory manner those who seek asylum here."

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,LA PAZ, Bolivia (NC) - A National Press Association protest listing violations against the news media and workers shows that Catholic news media have been placed under restrictions during the past 13 months. The protest lists arrests, torture or exile of journalists and raids on facilities of radio and print operations. The Catholic daily, Presencia, owned by the Bolivian bishops, was raided twice this year by Interior Ministry agents and some of its offices damaged. The government also suspended the newspaper for a week in January, accusing it of .engaging in libel.

No new proposals 'BUENOS kI~ES, Argentina '(NC)-There will be no new proposals from Pope John Paul II regarding settlement of a tert'litorial dispute between Argentina and Chile, said papal mediator Cardinal Antonio Samore. "We are closer than ever to an outcome," said the cardinal. But he did not predict when an agreement would be reached. The controversy involves sovereignty over three ~eagle Channel islands and their surrounding waters dn the Antarctic Sea and the southern Atlantic Ocean.

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Ball chairpersons named Honorary chairpersons for the 27th annual Bishop's Ball have been named by Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the midwinter social event. They are Miss Ethel M. Crowley, Holy Trinity parish, West Harwich, president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, and Joseph F. Gromada, 8t. Stanislaus parish, Fall River, Fall River district president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Their organizations are the traditional cosponsors of the ball. The event, to be held Friday night, Jan. 15, at Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth, will

benefit exceptional and underprivileged children of southeastern Massachusetts. Proceeds will help support three Nazareth Hall schools for exceptional children and four summer camps for both underprivileged and exceptional youngsters. Members of the ball committee, the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the Vincentians are accepting names of persons, groups and businesses for listing in a souvenir ball booklet. Listings are under seven categories, each entitling donors to ball tickets. . Further information is avail-

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Mindszenty Dear Editor: Recently before a packed hall in Boston the Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation Forum took us all to their hearts! Before it started we attended a Mass said by Rev. Vincent P. Micelo, SJ, whose latest book, "The Antichrist," was sold and autographed at the forum. A lovely lady, Eleanor Schlafly, talked with dignity about the work of the foundation, then Father Micelo explained why he felt impelled to write h.is former book, "The Gods of Atheism," and followed it by "~:1le Antichrist." A lovely nun was prE!sented in a question and answer time with Father Burns and a fClrmer top official on Soviet intelligence talked about the necE!ssity for our country going all out to catch up on the SOVil~t Union. Then all present joined in the rosary for peace. At a dinner I sat with many mothers concerned with the lowering of moral valuEls on TV, radio, movies, books and now the wrong presentation of sexual values in Catholic and public schools. Wonderful books and literature from the Daughters of St. Paul were available. I came home with my heart filled with joy becau.se I felt surrounded by friends I:>f Christ. Kathryn Nowak Marion

Please say yes! The foIlowing "open letter" is addressed to diocesan pastors by members of the Maniage Encounter movement. Dear Fathers: Marriage Encounter is asking

yciu to say "Yes." It is our aim to bring out the ,best in marriages and put it to work to strengthen this very important basis of stability in our society. We look at the high divorce rate and see how it devastates people's lives and it breaks our hearts. Think how it breaks our Lord's heart! We want to see more married couples as in love as on their wedding days, no matter how long they're married. Marriage Encounter can make this possible. We want fewer couples to look across the breakfast table after 30 years or so and see a stranger sitting there. Marriage Ei'counter can keep' them friends and lovers over the years. This is where we need you to say yes. When you are asked to allow an information night in your parish, please say yes. Fewer couples are hearing about Marriage Encounter because fewer of you are saying yes. We need your church halls; we need your couples. Please help us to bring joy back into our marriages. Dull marriages can sometimes become broken marriages. Marriage Encounter can revitalize them. We want to reach all the couples we can. Information nights in your parishes are one of our best tools. Please say yes! Roger and Lucille Peloquin Fairhaven Lionel and Ruth Correa New Bedford

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Family ministry is becoming increasingly important in the American Catholic church, ac· cording to Father Ronald A. Tosti, director of the newly opened Family Life Center of the Fall River diocese. Just returned from the annual meeting of the National Family Life Conference, held in Madi· son, Wisc., Father Tosti said that most American bishops share the concern of Bishop Daniel A. Cronin for the wellbeing of families. Some 60 dioces~s have recently created or significantly increased funding for family ministry positions, the 230 convention delegates were told by Father Thomas Boland, president of the National Assn. of Cath· olic Diocesan Family Life Min· isters. The additions bring family ministry offices to 1221 of the 167 U.S. dioceses. Their estab· lishment is part of the U.S. bish· ops" 1980s plan of pastoral action for family ministry. A major convention address, said Father Tosti, was delivered by Dr. J. Richard Fowler, direc· tor of the Judson Family Center in Minneapolis, who noted sweeping value changes since 1946. "Up to the middle of the 20th century, you could teach like you had been taught, with slight modification," he said. "This was true in many different areas: the family, religion, the economy, sociology and busin.ess." But such developments as relative affluence, political freedom, the influence of the mass media, and the emergence of the age of computers have' brought about drastic changes in values, Fowler said. For example, he noted, in the

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past children had little inter· action with their fathers. Now that more women work outside the home, fathers are more in· volved with their children. O~ly 14 percent of families now have working father and mother at home, he said. Fowler also said he sees such trends as childless marriages, continued numbers of divorce, but not as high as some people fear, increasing problems with economically dependent families

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Families are back in style.

The National Consulation on Family Ministry and the Decade of the Family was convened by the National Institute for the Family in cooperation with the bishops' secretariat for the laity. Participants included representatives of worldwide and National Marriage Encounter, En· gaged Encounter, The Christian Family Movement, The usec Commission on Marriage and Family Life and the North American Conference of Separated and Divorced Catholics. Bishop Cordes was asked about the direction he sees the pope taking after the meeting of the World Synod of Bishops on the family and how the organizations meeting in Washington fit into that direction. "I'm sure you're going in the right direction," Bishop Cordes told them. "He (the pope) is con· vinced the family has to be the key point." Participants also asked about the role of the family in evangelization. "Many families are anxious to do it, are so glad to do it, to give witness in doing and speaking about their own faith," the bishop said.

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Cults: Vocational dead end By Jeanine Jacob TAMPA, Fla. (NC) -- Thousands of young Americans leave pseudo-religious cults each year. When they do, parents, clergy and professional counseLors are not prepared to deal with them. "Each year there are more people going into cults and more people coming out who need help," said Dominican Father William Burtner, direc:tor of campus ministry at Southern Oregon State University. "Clergy and therapists have no useful data on how to deal with that." The 2,000 or more cults in America keep their activities and beliefs secret, so people often do not know what they're dealing with, said Father Burtner. "They say they -have the secret to solve all problems but their main activities are recruiting new members and getting more money," he said. Father Burtner spok,e at a meeting of the Citizens Freedom Foundation, a group committed to helping indivic:uals involved in cults and their :families. A student of the mind control strategies employed bJ' cults, Father Burtner said he prefers to leave the deprogramming to excult members, although he has been called 14 times to help excultists readjust to life outside the group.

Bishops Continued from page one by Hatch why the bishops had decided to support a specific amendment at this time, said the increasing number of abortions has become a "cumulative horror" which needed to be addressed and that Hatch's amendment has the "essential ingredients" of a remedy. C~rdinal Cooke, chairman of the bisl)ops' Committee for ProLife Activities, said abortion on demand reinforces the acceptability of violence, diminIshes respect for the human being, and

"If parents have raised a decent, idealistic kid with a strong tendency to good, they've got a prime candidate for a cult," Father Burtner said. "Cultists are not dishonest, lazy or weak-willed," said Kathy Hansen, a former member of the Children of God. "They're looking for something extra they can do for God or for country. It's a spiritual quest." New recruits are "love bombed" when they enter the group, Miss Hansen said. "There's a lot of eye contact maintained and you get a lot of attention," she said. At the same time, recruits are saturated with classes and information and told to hold their questions until later. There is no physical, emotional or psychological privacy, Miss Hansen reported, even to the extent of not being allowed to go to the bathroom alone. Parents of children involved with cults notice personality changes in their sons or daughters, sometimes for the hetter. But what is really happening, Father Burtner said, is that the cult member represses his own feelings and exhibits the feelings that are acceptable to the group. "Fear or anger or doubt aren't allowed," Miss Hansen said. "You can only feel joy." Leaving a cult can be a trau-

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matic experience. Fear of displeasing God or the group keeps many in, even though their own families are trying to persuade them to leave, she said. Some states allow parents to remove their children from cults legally. In states where such removal is illegal, some parents kidnap their children to get them away from the influence of the group. Miss Hansen's parents kidnapped her when she was in Spain with the Children of God community in 1978. She had been in the cult six and a half years. The group began as a "straight community," she said, and gradually went "completely out of control," directing young women to prostitution to recruit new members. "The cult experience is not simple. We want to be able to say, 'This is evil. It's all bad,' but it's lot more complex than that. We can't deny the experiences," she said. Despite the many fearful aspects of cult membership, Miss Hansen said, she urged parents not to treat the period of cult involvement as if it never existed. "Remember why they went in; it was a spiritual quest. That's still going to be primary with them when they come out," she said.

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A third possibility is to take specific courses in bookkeeping and accounting at a nearby college or unversity. As a special student you can select only courses you want. Again, get an adviser to help you choose. Finally, you can obtain a college degree in accounting. This program usually takes four years, but it may be worth it to you in future salary and prestige. Check with the college admissions office and guidance office. A college degree will make you eligible for a better job and may prepare you to qualify as a certified public accountant. Many women fail to plan a second career because they do not take themselves seriously. You are right to seek to better yourself. Get your family's support and get busy. Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address questions: The Kennys; Box 67; Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

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PRAYER EVENING, FIt A prayer evening for women 17 to 35 will be held at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Thevenet Mission Center, 632 Highland Ave. Information: Sister Carole Ann, 6727952. ST. MICHAEL, SWANS'EA The youth group will :plan 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. An open house and youth center blessing will follow. All welcome. ST. ST~LAUS, FR "Family Love and How to Maintain It" will be the topic of a family seminar to be presented by Dr. and Mrs. Wilfred Varieur at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in the school hall. All 18 and over welcome. A Thanksgiving collElction of food and toiletries will be collected for shipment to Poland. D OF I, NB Hyacinth Circle will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesd,ay at K of C Hall, Pleasant Street. Christmas plans will be made.

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ST. JOSEPH, N'B A healing Mass will be offered at 7 p.m. Wednesday, followed. by a pr,ayer meeting. A Legion of Mary holy hour will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 and Mass for deceased Legionaries wlll be offered at 7 p.m,' Saturday, Nov. 21. The parish council will meet at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday at the convent. New officers are Rene Saulnier, president; Charles Levesque, secretary. HOLY NAME, FE A ~irls' basketball coach is neeeded. Volunteers may call Father Bruce Neylon at the rectory. The Women's Guild Christmas party will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. I, in the school hall. A dinner and entertainment will be on the program. CATHOLIC NURSES, TAUNTON Members will attend a Mass for deceased nurses at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Marian Manor. Relatives of those to be remembered are invited. Refreshments will follow the service. ST. MARY, NB Report cards will be available to parents from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the school. SACRED HEART, m Christmas program tryouts for parish children will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the rec- , tory. Youth group members will take a CPR course from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22.

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The context of parish life By Fr. John J. O'Callaghan, S.J.

A vital peer ministry By Father Philip J. Murnion

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One of the fastest growing ministries in the church is that to separated and divorced Catholics - people who especially need the care of the church. Some aspects of this ministry, it seems to me, suggest ways for parishes to develop other ministries as well. Let me cite some of its qualities: I. The ministry obviously touches a critical moment and concern in peoples lives. At the time of separation and divorce, everything seems to be coming apart - not only the marriage, but people's sense of self-worth, their relationships with other people, perhaps their attitudes toward their jobs and their futures. For many estranged spouses going through separation and divorce, everything else is seen through the lens of that bitter experience. 2. Ministry can touch on all aspects of divorce - the psychological experience of selfdoubt as well as the religious experience of guilt. It is a ministry that can touch concerns about a possible annulment, about the value of continued participation in the church, about legal questions of agreements and credit. Also touched: family questions related to the new kinds of relationships a divorced man and woman will have with their children; and social questions, for example, new relationships with friends and neighbors. There is no part of the experience which is not considered an appropriate concern of the ministry. 3. This is essentially a peer ministry. It is primarily the separated and divorced who minister to one another. Surely others can be helpful, but the care and support of others who understand the experience from the inside out is most important.

4. Tho.se responsible for this ministry have outside resources available - the diocesan marriage tribunal, lawyers, psychologists and others. These people can give participants in the program helpful information for coping with their problems more realistically and effectively. 5. The ministry enjoys the hospitality of the church, including not only the use of a church building, but the constant care of priests and other parish staffers. And the church provides spirituality and sacraments. Few people can better identify with the death and resurrection of the Lord in the Eucharist than those going through a kind of death of their own and seeking the grace of new life. 6. Programs for the separated and divorced provide an experience of reconciliation. People are accepted as they are. They discover they are worth loving, at a point when they may doubt this. 7. Because reconciliation is ofre -ed, those involved can expre~ I strongly the values and ideal." they must strive for. Although it may appear paradoxical, many separated and divorced persons in the church assert strongly the importance of permanent marriage. Not having to defend their worth by pretending that separation or divorce is not sad or disappointing, people can still acknowledge the importance of what they were not able to achieve. These are some of the features that I feel have made the ministry to separated and divorced people so effective. This ministry may well provide a model for parishes to use in helping people through other critical experiences. Perhaps work problems preoccupy some Turn to Page Thirteen

near the very center of parish vitality, I think. If it is present, Not long ago I saw a whole then members of a parish face parish reel under tragedy. The life's ups and downs - birth and young son of very active parish- death, joy and sorrow, the fruits ioners was killed in an automo- of virtue and of vice - not just bile crash, caused by the usual . as individuals but as sisters and ingredients: dark, wet road, bad brothers in the Lord. What a curve, high speed. difference! Word .traveled quickly, and That same parish has in recent the parish rallied around the weeks added a whole new dimgriefstricken family. The pastor ension to its life, neighborhood spent all day and all night with representatives. Within small them, helping wit::l what needed areas of the parish they'll be to be done. there in times of crisis, of course, Some people sent in food, but that may be only as helpful others contacted distant friends as the quality of their ongoing and acquaintances. The liturgy concern. committee worked on a proIt's that ongoing concern, day foundly beautiful liturgy, many by day, through dull times as people offered prayers and well as high moments, which Masses for the boy and his fam- works almost sacramentally in a ily. The wake and funeral were community. It symbolizes and crowded by concerned parish- effects bonding and the strength ioners, and over the next and serenity that it brings. Exer-, months they kept close touch cising such concern is the role with the family. of each parishioner, but the Clearly, the parish was a neighborhood representative can strong support for people plunged focus and bE! a model of it. In his best-selling novel, into shattering sadness. Just as clearly, the experience occasion- "Back Bay," William Martin ed for the whole parish what points out something many Cathany crisis does; sober reflection olics have experienced. Fallon, on the meaning of life, on Chris- the hero of the story, is attendtian faith in the resurrection, on ing a friend's wake; the author records his thoughts: our bonds with one another. "By the time the priest said I was pushed by it all to reflect on the importance of that the final Hnil Mary, Fallon unbondedness. It is somewhere derstood once more the power

of the Rosary. He took no comfort in the words themselves, but their repetition . . . was almost hypnotic. The rhythm of the words created concentration which led to contemplation and, ultimately, to serenity." There are a lot of elements in parish life like the rosary; their quiet depetition creates a rhythm which can lead us through rough waters to serenity. In that sense, ordinary parish life is the horizon, the backdrop against which even tragic events can be focused and kept in perspective. Death, divorce and breakdown - these are realities we must face. If there is no context of faith, hope and love, mediated by the concrete concern of people with whom we feel a bond in a parish, difficult events may overwhelm us. But if we experience in the rhythm of parish life that ongoing almost sacramental concern, we will be strengthened to share Paul's cunfidence that "neither death nor life ... nothing that exists, nothing still to come, not any power or height or depth, nor any created thing, can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus Our Lord." In that sense, a parisI) can be for all its members God's own neighborhood representative.

Paul is not content to babble By Father Jolm J. Castelot The church in Corinth seems to have been largely unstructured, freewheeling and charismatic. Ideally, each community was supposed to operate well because of a smooth interplay of the gifts of the Spirit, with each member using his or her gift in the service of tt.e whole community. But where human beings are concerned, ideals too often remain ideals. Judging by the amount of space St. Paul devoted to the discussion of spiritual gifts in his First Letter to the Corinthians, the gifts apparently were a source of no Ettie trouble to this Corinthian community.. Furthermore, fron the attention Paul gives the g::ft of speaking in tongues, this particular gift seems to have occassioned special concern on his part. At the beginning of Chapter 14 of the letter, Paul compares tongues rather unfavorably with the gift of prophecy - a gift for

edifying, consoling, encouraging and motivating the church community. The gift of tongues, on the other hand, may profit the one who receives it, but seems of little benefit to the larger church under ordinary circumstances. Paul then supports his position

with argument after argument. Suppose he had used the gift of tongues when he caI짜 to preach the Gospel to them? They WOUldn't have understood a word he said and in all likelihood would have considered him a crackpot. Tum to page thirteen

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By Janaan Manternach

The crowds on the hillside listened intently to the words of Jesus. They hoped he would tell some stories. That way they would understand better what he meant by his eight blessings or beatitudes. Jesus was trying to help them understand what God wanted of them. "You are the salt of the earth!" he told them. Salt was something they understood. It made food taste

better. It preserved foods like fish. Salt was important to the people. Jesus seemed to be saying that they - the poor, the lowly - were like salt to the world. They were to make the world better, just like salt made food better. They liked that. They felt important. But Jesus surpassed them with a challenge. "But what if salt goes flat? How can you restore its flavor? Then it is good Turn to Page Thirteen

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Paul is not content Continued from page twelve Turning to music, Paul notes that an unharmonious jumble of notes is simply noise, not melody. Paul applies these examples to the case in Corinth. Speech is meant for communication, but if someone uses an unknown language, he ends up "talking to the air." Communication is intended to create a bond between speaker and listener, but if the listener hears only unintelligible sounds, no bond is forged, no <:ommunity is created. The spe:aker becomes not a brother, but a foreigner (literally, a "barbarian," a babbler) to the listener. Knowing the esteem of the Corinthians for wisdom and philosophy, Paul appeals to them next on this score. He calls their attention to the fact that one who speaks in an unintelligible tongue without being able to interpret its meaning may be spiritually uplifted but remains intellectually uninvolvEld. His "mind contributes nothing." As far as Paul is concerned, "I want to pray with my spirit, and also to pray with my mind." In the liturgical gatherings, then

Vital Continued from page 'twelve peopl,e. Or it may be the transitional years in a marriage, when the spouses approach 40 and begin to question the me:aning of their lives. It may be the experience of physical or mental illness in the family. It may be the c:hallenge of parenting teen-agers. Whatever matters a:re most Important to them, parillhioners, if invited to do so, are likely to welcome the opportunity to help each other discover the healing power of shared grace.

Share-a-honne plan ST. CLOUD, Minn. (NC) Some senior citizens in the Diocese of St. Cloud may n,o longer have to live alone. A program to help older homeowners remain in their homes has been started by Caritas Family Sen'ices, an agency of Catholic Charities in the St. Cloud Diocese. The program, called Share-aHome, is designed fol' homeowners 60 or older, who have room to share and want a companion for reasons of loneliness or the need for assistance. Likewise, persons sensitive to the needs of others who are willing to give time and energy are eligible to become live-in companions. Share-a-Home services: include outreach ,to potential homeowners and live-ins, aSliessment of needs and lifestyle of both parties, background investigations and assistance with drawing up contractual arrangements. The program will also provide services after the people are matched, including grou.p meetings with live-ins and'. homeowners to share the problems and advantages of the program.

as now, the community was supposed to assent to prayer with a sincere, "amen." But, Paul asks, how can people assent to something they haven't understood? Paul ends this particular line of argument with the telling remark: "Thank God, I speak in tongues more than any of you; but in the church I would rather say five intelligible words to instruct others than 10,000 words in 'a tongue."

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For children Continued from page twelve for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot." That was a hard saying. It frightened some of Jesus' followers. Jesus was saying that if they did not make the world better, they would be rejected by God. Like salt that no longer AcrOS8 had any taste. 1. Latter.nd (Daniel 7.24) 6. Pertaining to Aaron With that fearful warning 8. Abratwu (Oon.oio 11.26) 9. F.l1ne Jesus dropped the image of salt. ll. Jofatal .1xture 12. NllIllbor thr•• (Oono.1o 1.13) He now began to speak about 14. For.ign (Exodu. 18.3) light. But his message was the 1$. To exi.t (Job $.1) 16. Pin or opik. (John 20.2$) same. 18. serpent Uea1ah 11.8) 19. Bum "You are the light of the 21. At or by (Gonorlo 19.20) 23. Jahath'. oon (1 Ghronicloo 4.2) world," he said. "A city set on 2$. Hour 26. PoroOl101 pronoan (1 SoJauol 2$ .24) a hilI cannot be hidden. Men do 27. Either/or (Mattlww 10.1$) 28. r.ity in _ ••h (Joshua 21.27) not light a lamp and then put 32. Cit)' lI08J' Bothel (Joshno 7.2) it under a bushel basket. They 33. Cit)' in Naphtali (Jos_ 19.3$) 34. !'I'eoipitation (Gonoo1o 7.12) set it on a stand where it gives 36. Noah'o oon (Gono.i. $ .32) )8. To litt up light to all in the house." 41. Son at Jolrtan (GoIlOO1e 10.27) 44. T1be at Judah (Exodua 1.4) But that made sense. From 46. Part at vorb be where they were sitting the 47. Sarah (Oonoois 11.29) 48. Not old (a....lationo 2.17) crowds could see one of the SO. Either/or (Matthew 7.6) $2. Elij.h (Matthew 11.14) many towns in their country that perched on top of a mounDoom tain or a high hill. There was 1. Brothor at Moo.. (Exoduo 4.14) no way not to notice it. Especi2. Frighten (o.utBronlllQ' 28.26) 3. Ilala tnrkB)' ally at night the lights from the 4. Printer'. _uore $. Woaltlv' (Luk. 16.19) hilltop town could be seen for 6. COlIIpOtont (0.11001. !S.$) miles. 7. Murd.r.r at Abel (Goneeio 4.8) 8. Son at M~ All of them knew, too, how 10. State at Ec.to)' (Acto 10.10) 11. Tho beginning (_lations 1.8) a lamp banished darkness from 12. A _rago 13. To expire (Oonoai. 6.17) their homes. All their houses had oil lamps or candles. They laughed at the idea of lighting a lamp and placing it under a bushel. That would be stupid. Light was not meant to be hidden. Lamps were to bring light and warmth TORONTO' (NC) While to people's homes. Light eased many newspapers in Canada exthe fear of the dark. Light made pressed sharp criticism of a it possible to see. report produced by the Royal "In the same way," Jesus went Commission on newspapers, on, "your light must shine be- Msgr. Dennis Murphy, secretary fore men so that they may see general of the Canadian Confergoodness in your acts and give ence of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), praise to your heavenly Father." 'applauded the commission's most That was the challenge Jesus controversial recommendations. gave to his followers. Those The three-man commISSIon, who followed him were to light headed by Tom Kent, a former up the dark shadows of the newspaper editor, recommended 'world by their lives. They were that the large natiomil and reto live in such a way people gional newspaper chains sell would be attracted to God by some of their holdings because of their goodness, like the way a the "monstrous" concentration lamp attracted someone who is of news outlets in the nation. outside in the dark. In an interview with The RegTheir goodness was to help ister, Canadian Catholic weekly people see the real meaning of published in Toronto, Msgr. life, to help people overcome Murphy said he was, pleased fear. the commission suggested the The people understood Jesus' dismantling of newspaper monchallenge. But they wondered opolies to ensure greater diverjust what kind of good actions sity of opinion. Jesus meant. Did he mean keep"There is a danger in having ing the law of Moses? Did he too many newspaper and other mean giving alms to the poor? media outlets under the control What was the kind of life that of a few individuals or large best brought light to people's media corporations," he said. lives? The crowds hoped Jesus "The newspaper industry canwould spell that out as he con- not be compared to other industinued .to talk. _ tries," he added. "Newspapers

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A-l Approved for Children and Adults Chariots of Fire Fish Hawk

Fox and Hound The Great Muppet Caper

Jesus Victory

A-2 Approved for Adults and Adolescents Amy The Boat Is Full Bustin' Loose The Devil and Max Devlin The Earthling Hardly Working

Heartland Improper Channels Kagemusha Oblomov Only When I Laugh Popeye

Private Eyes Stevie Tess Windwalker Zorro, the Gay Blade

A-3 Approved for Adults Only

American Pop Alligator Arthur Atlantic City Back Roads Beyorv.! the Reef Blues Brothers Brubaker Cafe Express Cannonball Run Carbon Copy Cattle Annie & Little Britches Caveman Charlie Chan & Curse of Dragon Queen Chu Chu & the Philly Flash Clash of the Titans Continental Divide Cutter and Bone Death Hunt The Dogs of War Dragonslayer

The Elephant Man Escape from New York Eyewitness First Monday in October The Four Seasons The French Lieutenant's Woman Galaxina Gallipoli Going Ape The Haunting of Julia The Incredible Shrinking Woman Inside Moves It's My Turn The Jazz Singer Kill & Kill Again King of the Mountain The Last Metro Lion of the 1lesert The Legend of the Lone Ranger Looker Modern Romance

Mommie Dearest Nighthawks Night Lights Went Out in Georgia Nine to Five On the Right Track Ordinary People Outland Paternity Prince of the City Raggedy Man Raging Bull Raiders of the Lost Ark Resurrection Sea Wolves Secondhand Hearts Seems Like Old Times Southern Comfort Superman II Thief Tribute Under the Rainbow Wolfen The Woman Next Door

B - Obiectionable in Part for Everyone All Night Long All the Marbles Altered States Any Which Way You Can Endless Love Excalibur The Eye of the Needle! The Final Conflict For Your Eyes Only

Happy Birthday to Me The Hand Heavy Metal High Risk Honkey-tonk Freeway Knightriders Polyester The Postman Always Rings Twice

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A-4 Separate Classification (A Separate Classification is given to certain films which while not morally offensive, require some analysis and explanatio.n as a protection against wrong interpretations and false conclUSions.) Fort Apache, the Bronx

La Cage aux Folies II

True Confessions

C - Condemned An Amercan Werewolf in London Blowout A Change of Seasons Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams Cheaper to Keep Her

City of Women Eyes of a Stranger The Fan Friday the 13th Part II Funhouse Halloween II He Knows You're Alone

The Howlin~ Mel Brooks History of the World: Part I Private Lessons Squeeze Play Tarzan, the Ape Man Tattoo

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OCUI on youth

}ly Cecllia Belanger I am heartened by the number of youth who are as much theologians as young philosophers and scientists. Although many parents say their children refuse to accept organized religion, I often find such youngsters more deeply religious in their own way than many of' their elders. Central to their religion is honesty. They have less parochialism and a more compassionate overview of God's world than many adults. One such youth said: "I see Jesus dying again all over the world. When I hear people here complaining, I'd like to tell them to take advantage of all their opportunities, help themselves and not expect someone else to do it for them. In some countries there are nO opportunities." The forgotten and those on whom doors slam should feel close to Christ, however. Of all the seemingly God-forsaken people the world has ever known, those ,three on Calvary's hill would be numbered among the most desolate, two because they were supposed to be so bad, one because he was trJly so good. Maybe some among those forsaken today are either too good or too bad. The world can't stand such people. Jesus could but the world can't. It is good for the rejected to remember that often what has been cast down has really been raised up; that what the world despises is often destined for better things. But it's not hard to understand why a youth would say that he feels the tragedy of Calvary is being repeated. Those who feel this way are knit to God and understand his language. To know God is to under.stand the pain in others. So youth have often become philosophical and theological in

TWO TROPHIES were merited by the Feehan Marching Band at the annual Columbus Day parade of the Providence K of C. The awards came for both !ffi1~ical proficiency and drilling expertise and the Feehanites triumphed over 14 other umts In the parade.

their own way. Despite negative publicity, I think they often have deep knowledge of values and are trustworthy. They emphasize with suffering, whether that of a classmate or a child abroad, and they often try to alleviate that suffering. This too is knowledge of God and communication with him. In the long run, each of us is aware of a duty laid on us to make as much of our lives as we can. This challenge gives us a clue to the nature of God.

Bishop Feehan Freshman elections are being held this week at the Attlebol'o school, with homeroom representatives to be chosen today. The marching band and drill team participated in a Veterans' Day twilight parade last night. Feehan's fourth dance of the year will take place tomorrow, Friday the l:3th, in the cafeteria. A MOIS (:omputer will be at Feehan through February. "On line" 24 hours a day, it offers students, p,arents and recent graduates ~lssistance in selection of college and career options. The school winner of the Century III Le;lldership Contest is senior Kevin Birch. Senior Trisha BUZZEllI is runner-up. The annual contest, developed by the National Assn. of Secondary School Prinidpals, is designed to recognize and utilize the skills of student leaders.

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Firsthand experience of the political process was gained by Holy Famil~r student Lisa Cabana who after volunteering to "poll" . on election day found it wasn't what she'd expected. Her account follows: "Polling was not exactly what I路 had in mind. I had expected that we would observe the voting process, but that thought remained only until I found out what 'polling' really meant. "Three of us, Mary Fagundes, Lorraine Mncedo and I, stood out in the (:hilly November air with cardboard signs for our candidate. About 10 people walked into the school to vote all day. "Not much happened except some guy who was also polling kept reading our signs out loud. Some other guy tried to pick up Mary. She wasn't interested. There was a very nice man who came to poll later in the day. He and I were cracking jokeS". He was the only one there with a decent sense of humor." In other HF news a learning skills program is in progress at the New Bedford school and winners of a Halloween costume contest were Delores Brandao and Joseph Cordeiro.

Bishop Connolly First quarter report cards will be distributed Tuesday, followed by parents' nights Nov. 23 and 24 at the Fall River school. Student government, headed by Chuck Hodkinson and Gerry Sullivan, recently sponsored two successful activities, a dance and a trip to Schaefer Stadium for a Dolphin-Patriots game. Paul Domingue, head of the art department, headed a group of students and faculty on a museum trip to New York City. The annual junior ring dance is set for Friday, Nov. 20, in the school gym. The Community Service program will sponsor a Thanksgiving dinner for residents of six area nursing homes on Tuesday, Nov. 24. Students and faculty will prepare and serve the meal and Connolly choristers will entertain. Tom Shea and Denise Fredericks are student chairpersons. ,Connolly members of the Knights of the Altar were servers at a Mass for deceased clergy celebrated last Monday at St. Mary's Cathedral. Connolly students will enjoy the school's first-ever hayride tomorrow night. The ride, in the Westport countrySide, will last about two hours. A production of "Macbeth Did It" was mounted on the Connolly boards last Saturday and Sunday under directijon of Rev. Richard Wolf, SJ.

Information day Boys who would like to learn more about the diocesan priesthood are invited to attend an informatiOft day to be held from 2 to 8 p.rn:. Sunday at Holy Name parish center, 121 Mt. Pleasant St., New Bedford. On the program will be talks by young priests and seminarians, questiOft periods, a Mass and a closing supper. There is no charge for the day and no obligation or commitment involved. Further infonnation is available from Very Rev. John J. Smith. tel. 222-1206, or any parish priest.

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portswQtch Football Season Wanes The Bishop Stang Hi.gh Spartans and the Bishop Connolly High Cougars, the only diocesan high schools to qualify for the E;astern Mass. Soccer Tournament met Monday in the tournament opener, a Division Two game. The winner met BridgewaterRaynham Tuesday in the first round proper. Quarter-finals are tomorrow, the semi-finals next Tuesday and the final on Nov. 21.

Division One play opened Tuesday with a pair of firstround contests. The quarter-fin-

als in this division tomorrow list Boston English or Falmouth at Madison Park, Stoughton or Xavarian at Braintree, Brookline at New Bedford and Brockton at Wellesley. The semi-finals in this division are set for next Tuesday, the final for Nov. 21. Madison Park is top-seeded in Division One followed, in order, by Braintree, New Bedford, Wellesley, Brockton, Brookline, Xavorian, Falmouth and Boston English. The top seeds in Division Two are Bridgewater-Raynham, Hyde Park, Duxbury and Old Colony.

Soccer 'rournament in Progress This weekend is the, last for Feehan's touchdowns were full scale schoolboy football scored by John Julius, Charles sc.hedule. In Southeastem Massa- Julius and sophomore Tad Roechusetts Conference play, the dinger. In his first varsity start Division Two game in which Roedinger rushed for 133 yards Somerset High will entertain Fal- including his six-yard touchmouth is certain to attract much down run. Bob Machado scored attention. the Stang touchdown on an eightSomerset, the leader in the yard run. Eastern Mass. Division Three In Hockomock football paceratings and boasting an 8-0-0 setting Canton romped to a 35-0 (won, lost, tied) record overall win over Sharon but runnerup is setting the pace in the conferNo. Attleboro remained in conence's Division Two with a 5- tention for the league crown 0-0 record. Falmouth is tied with with a 24-0 rout of Mansfield. Dartmouth in second place with Shutouts were the order of the 3-1-0 slates. A tie or II win for day in Hockomock football as Somerset in this, its las,t con- Franklin defeated Foxboro, 35, ference Two engagement, would 0, and King Philip topped give the Blue Raiders the Divis- Stoughton, 17-0. ion crown and would be a long Bridgewater-Raynham, already stride towards a second Super the Old Colony League titlist, Bowl invitation for the,m. Dartmouth will be at Barn- stunned Hingham, 46-12. Peastable Saturday and at Fairhaven body, home to Durfee Saturday, on Thanksgiving Day when Fal- dropped a 14-12 decision to Remouth will be host to Barnstable. vere. A Falmouth victory over SomerDefending champion New Bedset could conceivably set the ford and pace-setting Fall River stage for a cochampio:rtship fin- • South posted victories in Bristol ish in the division. County CYO Hockey games last The three diocesan high Sunday night. With a 4·3 vicschools in the conference's Div- tory over Somerset the Whaleision Three are slated ~for action towners climbed into a secondSaturday, Stang hosting Case, place tie with Seekonk, a 4-1 Feehan at home to Seekonk and loser to the Southi~s. Ted BoeCoyle-Cassidy to Bourne. Pace- chner's goal on a power play setting Wareham, 6-0-0, will en- with 3:30 remaining in the game tertain Old Rochester. gave New Bedford its win. Strong Taunton, already the Next Sunday night's games in Division One titlist, is home to Fairhaven and New Bedford to the Driscoll Rink, Fall River, Attleboro Saturday. The only re- starting at 9 o'clock have South maining Division one game will vs. Marion and New Bedfordd then be· New Bedford at Durfee vs. Seekonk. contest on Thanksgiving Day. Durfee is at Peabody llnd Dighton-Rehoboth at New Bedford Voke-Tech in non-league games. CHICAGO (NC) - Catholic In last Saturday's action Stang schools are a bargain at any dropped a 14-8 decision to Digh- price, William C. McCready said ton-Rehoboth, Feeharl 'routed in U.S. Catholic magazine, and Coyle-Cassidy, 21-0 in Division in the publication's response Three games. Other three scores column a majority of readers were Wareham 32 SE!ekonk 6, polled agreed. McCready, a direcCase 41 Old Rochester 6. Divis" tor at the National Opinion Reion One scores were New Bed- search ·Center, wrote that Cathford 13 Fairhaven 6, Durfee 6 olic schools "are effective, by alAttleboro 6 while in Divison Two most any standard of compariit was Somerset 3 Dennis-Yar- son. Parochial schools have a mouth 0, Dartmouth 7 Falmouth significant positive impact on O. those who attend them."

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tv, mOVIe news Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide. General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-parental guidance suggested: R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens. Catholic ratings: Al-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents: A3-approved for adults only; ~bjectionable in part for everyone: A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation): C-condemned.

"The Boat Is Full" (Quartet): A motley party of Jewish refugees vainly seek asylum in Switzerland from Nazi persecution in this Swiss film. Highly recommended, but because of the grim subject matter, it is classified A2. "The Woman Next Door" (United Artists Classics): A happily married couple move into a pleasant old house on the outskirts of Grenoble, France. Their neighbors are also happily married, the parents of a small boy. But there's a complication: the wife who has just moved in (Fanny Ardant) and the husband already in place (Gerald Depardieu) had earlier had a stormy love affair. After a 1;>it of balking, the two are off and running again. The characterizations are shallow, and the whole enterprise is unmoving and banal. Because of some amorous sequences, it is rated A3. Films on TV Sunday, Nov. IS, 8 p.m. (ABC) "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977) - An ordinary man who works for the electric company (Richard Dreyfuss) becomes involved with extraterrestrial pheric)mena in this highly entertaining· movie. A2, PG Sunday, Nov. IS, 9 p.m. (NBC) - "North Dallas Forty" (1979) - Nick Nolte and Mac Davis are pro football players in this expose of the hypocrisy and violence of professional athletics. There are some effective moments, but an excess of sex and vulgar and profane language. B,R Saturday, Nov. 21, 9 p.m. (CBS) - "Love at First Bite" (1977) - Dracula (Georg!,! Hamilton) comes to New York and falls in love with a glamorous model (Susan St. James) in this essentially one-joke comedy. Blacks are butt of some of the jokes, the language is frequently vulgar, and there is a general sleazy air about the movie. B, PG Religious Broadcasting Sunday, Nov. 15, WLNE, Channel6, 10:30 a.m., Diocesan Television Mass. "Confiuence," 8 80m. each Sunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m.. each Tuesday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan di-

rector of social services; Rev. Dr. Paul Gillespie, of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches; and Rabbi Baruch Korff. Sunday, Nov. IS, "Directions" (ABC) looks at Nes Amim, a Christian kibbutz in Israel, and the concept thaf the Holocaust is also a Christian problem. Check for local time. Sunday, Nov. IS, (CBS) "For Our Times" examines what mainline Catholics, Protestants and Jews are doing to evangelize the unchurched. Check for local time. Sunday, Nov. 15, (NBC) "Guideline" Father Carl Quinn, a anthropologist, discusses "The Exorcism of AnneIiese Michel," a scientific examination of a recent exorcism in Germany. Check for local time.

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