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MADELINE THERRIEN, left, Bristol County ~enior Action Council secretary, and Vincent H. Eagles of the Diocesan Department of Social Services review details of the grant the cOl.\ncil is receiving from the Campaign for Human Development. (daude~te photo) -~.­

The Campaign for Human In order to obtain CHD's sup­ Development's Appeal Sunday is port, projects must benefit the this Sunday, November 17. When poor, be self-help projects of poor you're asked to give, you might and oppressed people, and aim to wonder where your money is bring about social change by going. What follows is informa­ attacking the root causes of pov­ tion about CHD and one local erty: unjust institutions, laws or organization that is benefiting by policies that keep people poor. it.

CH D is an expression of the The Bristol County Senior Ac­ Church's social teaching with an tion Council (BCSAC) is one of emphasis on human dignity and CUD's beneficiaries this year, with self-determination. From 'its in- . a grant of $25,000. ception in .1970, CHD has sup­ The overall goal of BCSAC is .ported projects that strike at the the empowerment of the elderly root causes of poverty-striving to poor and development of an change hardened attitudes and­ aggressive multi-ethnic grassroots unjust structures in order to break senior organization which will what Pope Paul VI called "the hel­ make a significant contribution lish cycle of poverty." towards progressive change.

It funds progr~ms that enable Madeline Therrien, BCSAC people of all races, creeds, geogra­ secretary, recently met with The phical regions and backgrounds to Anchor at the Diocesan Depart­ work together for long-range solu­ ment of Social Services office, tions to poverty in the areas of Slade Street, Fall River, along social and economic development, with Sue Martin, BCSAC coordi J housing, health, legal aid, educa­ Turn to Page Six tion and communications.

NCCB/USSC meets in Washington

Bishops hear praise for collegiality WASHINGTON. (NC) - The nation's bishops heard praise for the collegiality that makes their unified actions possible and then began. to apply that principle to issues as diverse as the farm crisis. and campus ministry as they opened their Nov. 11-15 meeting in Washington.

On the first days of the meeting they began reviewing a revised pro-life pastoral plan, proposed pastoral letters on campus minis­ try and the economy, statements on farm problems and immigra­ tion issues, and various other top­ ics related to the church and its activity in the world.

As The Anchor went to press, the bishops were scheduled to debate and vote' on plans for next June's assembly in Collegeville, Minn; to debate and vote an NCCB-USSC budget, priorities and programs; and to conduct general Ooor discussion on the second draft of their pastoral on the U.S. economy.

Among other scheduled plans, the bishops will report on reloca­ tion plans for NCCB-USCC headquarters in Washington and continue to hear various speeches by their colleagues.

Early' Qn, they chose a new secretary for the National Confer-

ence of Catholic Bishops and. the U.S. Catholic Conference: Auxil­ iary Bishop Eugene A. Marino of Washington.

Collegiality was. discussed by both Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, NCCB-USCC president, and Archbishop Pio Laghi, papal pronuncio, or ambas­ sador, to the United States, in speeches the first day of the meet­ ing.

Bishop Malone said at the church's Nov. 24-Dec. 8extraor­ dinary Synod Bishops should ad­ dress collegiality, ecumenism and social justice.

The synod has been called by

Pope John Paul II to review impli­ cations of the Second Vatican Council 20 years later. As presi­ dent of the NCCB, Bishop Malone is the U. S. delegate to the synod.

The NCCB president said that at the synod, Vatican II's "impetus to collegiality, and especially to episcopal conferences, should be reinforced and developed." He also said that Issues of social min­ istry or social justice should be explored.

Among the latter are the church'S treatment of women, he added. While not all issues of the church and women can be dis-

cussed as questions of justice, "some must be," he said. As he spoke, women upset with their place within the church demon­ strated outside.

In a later report on the extraor­ dinary synod, Bishop Malone said that his presynod report submitted to the Vatican earlier in the year had been optimistic, but "I am by nature an optimist."

In his remarks Nov. II, Arch­ bishop Laghi warmly supported strong bishops' conferences and called the bishops' 1983 war and peace pastoral and the pending economic pastoral "important Turn to Page Six

Bishops speak out

Opinions on Extraordinary Synod

By NC News Service Should the upcoming extraor­ dinary Synod of Bishops in Rome apply "surgery" to problems in the post- Vatican II church or should the' bishops examine how best to se collegiality, their shared uthority with the pope?

As the Nov. 24-Dec.·8 synod pproaches' church leaders have ifferent views of what it should

accomplish and what it should emphasize.

A Brazilian bishop said "~urgi­ cal measures" were needed to solve some doctrinal and disciplinary problems resulting from misinter­ pretations of council documents.

Dissident French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre said the meeting would take the church closer to "self-destruction...

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the world Synod of Bishops has fewer members than the regular synods which meet every three years. Participants will include top Vatican officials, presidents of bishops' conferences and special papal delegates.

Canon 346 of the Code of Canon Law says an extraordinary synod is "for the purpose of dealing with matters which require speedy resolution."

Two U.S. church leaders, com­ menting on the upcoming meet­ ing, said they disagree with nega­ tive views of the post-Vatican II church.

The teachings of Vatican II were "a blessing" to the church in the United States, said Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, president of the National Confer­ ence of Catholic Bishops.

Speaking at the U.S. bishops'

general meeting in Washington Nov. II, Bishop Malone also said it is "dismaying" that some people are apprehensive about the synod.

--The previous week, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago told an audience at The Catholic Uni­ versity of America, Washington, that he had a positive view of the church since Vatican II. The car­ dinal attended the lastXour regular Turn tQ Page Six I

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Bishop's 31 sf, annu~I..Charity Ball

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BISHOP ,DANIEL A. CRONiN greets Brazilian Arch­ bis,hop Helder Camara as he prepar~s to address students at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. Archbishop Camara, recently retired, continues his effort to help the poor as spokesman for their needs. (Torchia photo)

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service approved WASHINGTON (NC) A ' the Catholic-Lutheran one. The group of Catholic and Lutheran report was prepared for this bishops and ecumenical aides fall's World Synod of Bishops; discussed recent ecumenical ad- caUed by Pope John Paul II to vances, especiaHy a major new review progress since' Vatican Cat~olic-Lutheran report, and II. approved a joint prayer service - A report by Bishop James during their recent annual joint R. Crumley Jr., presiding bishop meeting in Washington. of the Lutheran Church in Am-Details of the meeting were. erica, on a recent exchange of released Nov. 5 by the National letters he had with Pope John Conference of Catholic Bishops. p.aul. In the exchange 'both The new prayer service was writers praised t1}e work of the to be used for the first time at U.S. Catholic-Lutheran theo­ a Nov. 14 service in Washington logical dialogue and expressed involving the presiding bishops strong encouragement for the .of three main U.S. Lutheran con~inuing growth of Catholic­ bodies and Bishop James Ma­ Lutheran relations'.

Catholic lone of Youngstown, Ohio, bishops thanked Bishop Crum­ ley for his role in the exchange, NCCB president.

Titled "Word, Petition and the NCCB said.

- A report on the, U.S. Cath­ Praise," the service was develop­ ed at the bishops' request by olic-Lutheran, dialogue's _1983 Catholic and Lutheran liturgists "Justification qy Faith", agree­ as 'a model for local interfaith ment, widely hailed as a land­ mark in dialogue statements services.

The joint bishops' group and now in book form and being translated into several langu­ meets yearly to share informa­ tion and views on new develop­ ages, including German and ments both within their respec­ Italian. tive churches ,and in Catholic- A progress report on cur­ Lutheran relations. rent work of the U.S'. dialogue, which is now discussing "The At Its meeting, this year, ac­ S.aints and Mary" and has cording to the 'NCCB announce­ 'moved from a general survey of ment, the grqup reviewed: - Facing Unity: Models, traditions to the 'stage of quesForms 'and P.hases for Lutheran- Honing one another.

- An ,update on the Catholic Roman Catholic Church Fellow­ ship, a recently released, report bishops' pastoral letter on the ,by the international Lutheran. economy, the second draft of , Catholic ·Joint Commission' which was released in -early which propose,s concrete steps October. ,Lutheran and Catholic .that the two communions could bishops expressed their shared "take leading eVEmtuaHy to full commitment to economic and reunion. Preliminary discussion" social justice, the meeting an­ ,. of the -report occupied a major' nouncement said.' , - An update from the Luther­ part of the group's meeting, the'­ announcement said. an Church in America and As­ sociation of Evangelical Luther­ ~ A report to Rome by Bish­ :op Malone on the U.S. Catholic ' an' Churches toward unity. --' Church 29 years after the Sec­ - Discussion of rearranging ond Vatican Council, which cited the multivolume results of the U.S. Catholic-Lutheran dialogue as one of the important post­ conciliar advances the U.S. ecu­ ,in' a format more appropriate menical dialogues, particularly for teaching.

39 young ladies representing an equal number of parishes in the Fall River diocese will be presented by their fathers to Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in a solemn march ceremony -at the 31st annual Bishop's Charity Ball of the Diocese of Fall River: " Mrs. James A. O'Brien Jr. of Fall River has been named as chairman of the presentee com­ mittee by Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the ball. She has served in this capacity for many years, and will be assisted by Miss Claire O'Toole, Fall River; Mrs. Vin­ cent A. Coady, Somerset; M,iss Dorothy Curry, New Bedford; Miss Angela Medeiros, Seekonk; Miss Adrienne Lemieux, Taun­ ton and Mrs. James Blackmore, So. Dennis.

The Char,ity ball, which bene­ , fits foqr diocesan summer camps serving exceptional and under­ privileged children of every, race, color, and creed in South­ eastern Massachusetts, will be held Jan. 10at the Lincoln Park Ballroom, No. Dartmouth.

The thousands who attend the ball each year eagerly await the march ceremony, one of the many highlights of the event.

One third of diocesan parishes are presented every year under the current plan of the presen­ tee program. P~rishes ,having presentees are requested to send the name of the presentee to Mrs. O'Brien, 488 High Street, Fall River, 02720. ' Parishes to be presented at the char.ity ball are the follow­ ing: , Attleboro area: Holy Ghost, , Attleboro; St. Mary, Mansfield;

Sacred Heart, No. Attleboro and St. Mary, Norton. , Cape Cod and Islands Area: Our Lady ·of Victory, Center­ ville; Holy Redeemer, Chatham; ChTistthe King, Cotuit; 51.

Francis Xavier, Hyannis; St. Peter, . the Apostle, Province- ­ town; Corpus Christi, Sandwich; St. Pius X, So. Yarmouth and St. Joseph, Woods Hole.

Fall River Area: Our Lady of Angels, Our Lady of Health, Im­ maculate ,Conception, Sacred Heart, St. Anthony Of Padua, St. Jean the Baptist, St. Mathieu and St. Patrick, Fall River; St. Michael and St. Dominic, Swan­ sea and St. Patrick, Somerset.

Taunton Area: Sacred Heart, St. Jacques and St. Joseph;

Taunton; 51. Peter, Dighton and St. Joseph, Nor.th Dighton.

New Bedford Area: Holy Name, Mt. Carmel, Sacred Heart, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Casi­ mir, St. James and 5t. Law­ rence, New Bedford; St. Mary, So. Dartmouth; S1. Julie Billiart, No. Da'rtmouth; St. George, Westport and 51. Patrick, Ware­ ham: Information on itickets and categories in the ball booklet may be obtained from members of the Diocesan Council of Cath· olic Women or the St. Vincent de Paul Society, honorary spon­ sors of the ball, or from ball headquarters, 410 'Highland Avenue, Fall River, 02722, tel.

676"8943 or 676-3200.

GREATER NEW BEDFORD area residents serving on for the Bishop's Charity Ball include, from left, Miss Theresa Lewis, DCCW treasurer; Manuel Gomes and Edward Bobrowiecki, decorating committee; Miss Dorothy Curry, DCCW first vice-president. (Gaudette photo) var~ous committ~es

Preserve identity~ pop'e tells schools

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope seek to show young people that John Paul II warned ,Catholic "science and faith' have differ­ educational institutions to pre­ ent yet complementary views of serve their Catholic character, the universe and of history." noting that some "have eclipsed" The pope said that the church their identity in an effort ,to be encourages adequate prepara­ open to non-Catholic students. tion of Catholic school teachers "Out of a praiseworthy respect and regular updating in both religious and secular subjects. for students of other denomina­ He s,aid that Catholic institutions tions or those with little or with­ out any religious appreciation," should ·be known for "the profes­ sional competence of their the pope said recently, "the em­ phasis given to -the transmission teachers, for the witness of their ardent faith, and for the climate of the faith, witness and cele­ tion ' has, been thoughtlessly -of respect, mutual aid, and evan­ , gelical joy permeating the entire reduced." , "I insist on the, upholding of establishment."

Vatican officials said earlier Christian, catechesis in Catholic schools, of its carefully adapted presentation, its doctrinal cor­ , rectness: -and' its great respect for the mystery of God," he said VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope during an audience with the In­ John Paul II has sent a con­ ' ternational Association of Cath­ olic Educators. The audience gratulatory message to Catholics marked the 20th anniversary of in the Azores Islands to mark the Second Vatican Council's the 450th anniversary of the founding ,of their Diocese of "Declaration on Christian Educa­ Angra. tion." Pope, John Paul did not name any institutions: The message asked Catholics The pope also said that school ·to conserve and continue culti­ staffs must be grounded in Cath­ vating their faith. olic philosophy, and have 'Ia The text of the papal message sacr,ed obligation to witness to was published ,in the' Nov. 5 the faith both individually and ,edition of the Vatican news­ , communally." paper, L'Osservatore Roman.

He added that teachers should The anniversary was Nov. 3.

that the pope plans to issue a document outlining the proper relationship between church authorities and Catholic univer­ sities.

The document describes "the current state 'of Catholic univer­ 'sities, the nature of a .catholic university and its place both in the church and ,in society," U.S. Cardinal ~lliam Wakefield Baum, head of the Vatican Con­ gregation for Catholic Educa­ tion, said in an address to !the International Federation of Cath­ olic Universities, meeting ,in Santa - Domingo, Dominican Re­ public.

• Azorean annIversary More than 90 percent of the 292,000 inhabitants profess c;atholicism. The islands are a part of Portugal and' are located in the Atlantic Ocean, 740 miles west of, the POT'tuguese main­ land.

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Dominicans praised by president

The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, Servants of Relief for incurable cancer, an Ameri­ can congregation founded in 1895 by Rose Hawthorne, daugh­ ter of famed author Nathaniel Hawthorne, were ~ecently "de­ lighted and honored," according

to Mother Mary Bernadette Meehan, OP, superior general, by a recent letter of praise from President Ronald Reagan.

The ,congregation of sisters has one 03.postolate: to nurse the cancer afflicted poor, providing them with '03. free home where

Alleged Marian- apparitions in Yugoslavia discussed VATICAN CITY (NC) 90 percen't of the pilgrims to Yugoslavian Bishop Pavao Zanic Medjurgorje are from Italy." He of Mostar-Duvno recently met said the action was aimed at with Pope John Paul II .to dis- pilgrimages organized by priests, cuss reported Marian apparitions parishes and dioceses in Italy in his diocese. and not at individuals or groups Bishop Zanic gave no details of faithful who decide to make a of the 20'minute meeting .at the pilgrimage.

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The commission has finished The reported apparitions at speaking with the six young Medjugorje, ·a small Village in "seers" who reported receiving western Yugoslavia, are being messages from Mary in almost studied by a commission of reli­ daily visions at Medjugorje, gious and medical experts.

Bishop Zanic said. The com­ Bishop Zanic has said he does mission is speaking with other not believe the reported appari­ witnesses to the events, he said. tion, which began in 1981, are He also said two of the authentic. He and the Yugo­ "seers" have said that the ai:>­ slavian bishops have discouraged paritions have stopped for them. pilgrimages to the village until The other four have said the the commission has finished its apparitions have continued. work. .

In 1984 Archbishop Frane "All I can say is .that they've "Franic of Split-Makarska. was supported me art the Vatican," quoted in a Yugoslavian publica­ Bishop Zanic said after his meet­ tion as saying it was his "per­ ing with the pope. sonal conviction" that the appa­ He said a letter in June from . ritions are of "supernatural the Congregation for the Doc­ origin." . . trine of the Faith to the ltaHan But he also said that while he bishops' conference was a posi­ w,as "not for diminishing the tive step taken with his full - dynainism of. the pilgrimages" agreement. The letter 'askedthat he did. riot favor pilgrimages or- . organized pilgrimages to Medjug. ganized by official organizations. orje b.e stopped. Pil~ri.m.ages :to Yugoslavia's Communist gov~ t~ vI~lage have dlm.Inlshed. a ernment Ihas closed the original little SInce then, he said. hillside· site of ,the reported ap­ The bishop .said the congrega­ paritions, while allowing pi!. tion's letter was sent ~>nly to grimages to the nearby S1: Italian bishops' ,because "80 or James Church in Medjugorje.

they can spend their final days in dignity. , "You are meeting vital needs," the president's Iletter said, pro­ viding comfort, compassion, and concern along with sensitivity and warmth in. a homelike at· mosphere. .

President Re~gan learned of the sisters' work from one of -their admirers.

Devoting their lives to the beauty of religion, their ·Iove of the Lord, and their dedication to the suffering, the sisters invite all interested women to: visit anyone of the order's homes to learn more about their work and lifestyle. Sister. Ane Marie, di­ 'rector of vocations, may be call­ ed collect in Hawthorne, New York,at (914) 769.0114.

The congregation is repre­ sented in the Fall River diocese at the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, Bay Street, Fall River.

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Promoting Real Peace As the'world awaits the summit conference between Presi­ dent Reagan and Chairman Gorbachev, an atmosphere of hope again enkindles the heart of the world family. The com­ munity of man wants the Super Powers to give evidence that they are serious about peace. The expectations and the hesi­ tancies of the world are yet,~ependent upon the relationship of the so called Super Powers; especially in the context of nuclear weapons and the threat these present for all men. There is no doubt about it, nuclear w'ar is the great fear which mushrooms over all humanity. This fear is a catalyst for the arms race and permeates every level of ,our social order. ' In addition, the summit gives hope that there will be some positive steps 'bridging the gap between two worlds that are philosophically, ide(,>logically and politically at opposite ends of the spectrum. It is this divisiveness 'which is the ultimate cause of world division, fed by fear and enflamed by propa-; ganda.Overcoming this anxiety injustice, sec~rity and inieg­ rityis the most ~ital challenge for peace in our time which faces the powers iri Geneva. ' From previous experience one should not anticipate dra­ matic changes in.the world condition because of this summit. It is but a step in the right direction. Tpe forces of violence that would plunge the world into atomic oblivion are fed not just by 'the ideologies of East and West. The mind that would resort to, ·war and arm conflict permeates every level of our life. It is subtle, crafty and shrewd. devious antics entraps us all. This ·is especially true at this time of year.

The Christmas shopping spre~ is now well underway. It's a time when so very manYspend h,ours shopping for gifts and ,picking out cards. The theme of the season we all seek and ',search for is peace and gQod will. It raises man's hopes, ideals .and expectations. The innocence of a child becomes the wish of :heart and spirit. ' Yet, one of the most ironic things about this time of year i's that so very many tum to violence and war as· gifts. It is estimated that since 1982 the sale of war toys has increased 350%. On Christmas morning, placed at the foot of the family tree and most likely near sQme replica of the Bethlehem stable will be guns, tanks and the inevitable G.!. Joe. War toys; as Christmas gifts, are a contradiction. However, millions of children will receive these toys as presents.

It is ridiculous to say that war toys have no effect on child., , 'reno They reflect violence and foster a mind that sees violence and destruction as ultimate solutions. Their sole purpose is to create an atmosphere where children will enjoy war games..

The only thing they teach is destruction.

We decry violence in television, we are appalled by media madness while at the same time we' think it is "cute" for 'children to act out their fantasies in brute force. ' 1;"he need ofpeace does not begin or end at a summit confer­ ence. It must come from man's heart and spirit. It is the task of each and everyone who w.ishes to' live in true.freedom and liberty. No war.has ever guaranteed world 'peace; The arms of , war only destroy and demolish. If we are intent oli creating a .more peaceful world and a less violent social order, we should begin in our own homes with oUf,own children.

1t wouJerbe well if we remember the words of Pope John' ~p.aul.lI in an address to the world's young people. He,pleaded: "I beg you turn'away from the paths of violence and return to the ways of peace. I say to you, with all the trust I have in young people, d(,> not listen to the vojcesthat speak the lan­ guage of hatred, revenge and retaliation."

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WASHINGTON (NC) ---, The fed­ eral Title, X family planni'ng pro­ gram "encourages the tearing down of moral values and. family life~' and should be ended Immediately, opp()nents of abortion and, con­ traception said recently. , At a Washington news confer­ ence, representatives of the Con­ cerned Women for America, Amer­ ican Life League, Women Ex­ ploited by Abortion and Eagle Forum blamed the government birth control program for promot­ ing abortion,' AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), pro­ miscuity and rifts in the American family.

They commented as Title X, a ,15-year-old public' health project, awaited congressional action.

"These programs have simply promoted increased sexual activ­ ity which has' led to the ever'­ increasing pregnancy rate among unwed teens and the correspond­ ing escalating abortion rate,~' a joint statement from the four groups declared.

"Worse yet, increased promis­ cuous sexual activity has brought about sexually transmitted diseases

in epidemic proportions, "the state­ ment added, citing venereal dis­ eases and AIDS. Other abortion opponents, includ­ ing the National Right to Life Commmittee, Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., and Sen. Orin Hatch; R­ Utah, have 'proposed amendments preventing Title X funds from going to family planning agencies which offer abortion referrals or counsel­ ing for abortion. Federal law already forbids use of Tide X to fund abortion itself.

Kemp, Hatch and the NRLC have emphasized th~y do not want to abolish Title -X but want to ensure it is used for legitimate fam­ ily planning and not linked even' indirectly to abortion.

But according to the American Life League' and its allies, the entire· program should be ter­ minated.' .

The groups seek "the absolute and total defunding of the pro­ gram. That is our goal," said :Judie Brown; ALL president. She said that the Kemp-Hemp proposal is acceptable as a "stopgap" but that ultimately, the elimination of the total program is our goal."

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"Artificial birth control breeds sexual disease," Mrs. Brown added. , "Whenyou're talking ~bout fam­ Ily planning today you're talking about artificial birth control. " She said her group also believes c~ntraceptives are harmful to wo­ men's health but would likewise oppose fl!-mily planning that pro­ Vides young men with 'condoms.

"We're concerned about our child­ ren whether they are female or male." ..·Mrs. Brown dismissed questions about whether' teen-agers who engage in sexual activity often come from troubled families in which the parent-child relationship has 'already broken down and in which parents offer no advice to their offspring on sexual matters.

"Parents in America have been given a bum rap," she said. ' Carol Poulos, executive direc­ tor of legislation and research for Concerned Women for America, added that "the Title X~ program encourages the tearing down of moral values and family life in this nation." "

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F a~ily Stress"" It was 10:30 p.m. I was tir~d and selfpitying. I slumped in my chair. It had been one of those days filled with mean­ ingless urgencies where I had to get something done so I could get something else done before I could accomplish a third task. My mind was in neutral.

So when my son brought up a complex issue requiring a decision, I didn't respond enthusiastically.

He pushed a little and finally I resorted to my Scarlett O'Hara response, "Steve, I'll think about that tomorrow."

He looked at me quizzically, "If you can think about it tomorrow, why can't you think about it now?"

Wearily,l said, "I'll think about that tomorrow, too. I just don't have any mind left tonight." He laughed and gave up. The next morning, fresh and alert, we solved his problem. ' We all have days when we are overl,oaded, days requiring us to be on call every moment, days which make us long for a simpler life. I believe these days present us with ~an opportunity to examine our priorities, stresses, and cour­ age to say, "Enough. I'll think about that tomorrow."

There was a time when busi­ nesses hung a "Gone Fishing" sign on their doors and people accepted it as natural. Now we feel guilty if we let a phone go unattended.

DOLORES We've come to believe that when· pressures increase, we must in­ crease already oveHaxed energies CURRAN instead of the reverse. We feel "~. guilty relaxing and renewing our ..... ~ ... .,, energy source if there is work to be . done.

In researching my latest book on stress, I discovered that families to recognize signals in our family best able to control everyday telling us that we're edging toward stresses pay attention to their too much stress. stress level. They recognize the But recognizing the signals isn't symptoms early and find ways of enough. We must act or .the hanging a Gone Fishing sign out in stresses will continue. Frequently, action requires a new look at their family life. priorities. Are all these activities What are these signs? Tension more important than harmonious that underlies and gives rise to family' life? Which can go? harsh. words and unprovoked My research found that the most anger; a constant sense of urgency common everyday stresses include and hurry-up; a feeling that one money, children, time and shared can never catch up or get every- responsibility. But the astonishing thing done; a desire to escape to be fact is that 4 of the top 10 stresses alone; ~ feeling that kids are have to do with time; insufficent growing up too fast and that daily couple time, personal time, family life is out of control; a longing for play time and an overscheduled a simpler life and ongoing guilt for' . calendar.

Clearly, if we want to make our not being caught-up, patient and perfect enough. homes and lives more stress-free, All families live with these to we have-to take practical steps in some degree, but some families protecting ourtime. Time is the great liv!= with them at peak level most equalizer. We don't all have the the time. They refuse to stop and same money, children, talents. But put life into perspective by going we all have the same 24 hours fishing or taking time off. Instead daily. they increase the pace which inCan we give ourselves and our creases the tension. families permission to say, "I'll Just as we learn to perceive think about that tomorrow," or signals in our body telling us to "Gone Fishing" when we recog­ slow down - headaches, crank- nize the need? Healthy families do. iness, clumsiness - so do we need And they don't feel guilty, either.

The sound 'of them always makes me wish I had taken more ad­ vantage of learning Italian, a language spoken in my childhood home.

When 1 told a friend about this desire, his response. was: "Why learn a foreign language? It takes years to perfect and unless you travel to Europe you'll never use it.

Besides, everyone speaks English now."

Parents tell me they have re­ ceived the same response from their children.

Some years' back I watched a TV program in which American students, fluent in Russian, debat­ ed philosophical views with students from the Soviet Union.

As I listened, I found myself disagreeing with my friend's argu­ ment. ..

Speaki~g another language is more than simply speaking foreign words and sentences. It means being able to dialogue with an~ other exciting world. It's a way into other worlds.

I envy those American students who had an opportunity to travel on Soviet soil, who knew how to speak in the idiomatic expressions. of the people there and who had the opportunity to explain our American way of life to Soviet students. The experience had to be extraordinarily enriching.

When Pope Paul VI addressed the United Nations he inferred that dialogue in all the langmiges spoken there is needed to maintain peace. When people make the

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effort to speak the language spoken in another country, they manifest the kind of humility needed for people of different countries to come together.

Also, when on foreign soil, good manners dictate that we accom­ modate ourselves to the language of the country, if at all possible, rather than expect the country to accommodate us. .

Struggling with a foreign lan­ guage strips us of that, naivete which can prevent us from truly realizing that anyone can be dif­ ferent from us. How easy it is to think, as my friend thought, that everyone speaks, and therefore thinks, in English.

Yet one does not have to travel to Europe to speak a foreign language. A large percentage of the Catholic population in the United States is Hispanic. In the United States there are many European and Oriental communit­ ies where a native tongue pre­ dominates. And for those who speak only a foreign language in . the United States, learning to speak English is a must unless they wish to be separated from the nation's rich traditions.

It would be unfortunate i'f those who have tht; opportunity to learn or teach the language of their forefathers passed it up and deprived their children of a rich cultural experience.

Many parents speak a second language or live in an area where teaching a second language to their children would be easy.. Unfortu­ nately, many parents feel it is improper to pass on their native language to their children. Some let their children dissuade them from teaching it to them. Other parents do not take advantage of

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language opportunities In their area.

If you are a parent who can. make the learning of a foreign language possible, do so. Enabling children to speak another lan­ guage affords them the oppor­ tunity to enter 'into rich experi­ ences unattainable otherwise.

Learning a new language is a means of experiencing the power of self-expression in a way no class can teach. Having children struggle with concepts in another language can help them develop the humility needed to extend themselves more fully to others.

And learning a foreign language is a means of planting the desir~ to travel and explore the rich diversity of the world in which we live.

(necrolo9\Ll November 17 Rev,Jlenry R. Canuel, Former Pastor, 1980, Sacred Heart, New Bedford November 19 Rev. Msgr. Lester L. Hull, Pastor Emeritus, 1982, Our Lady of the Isle, Nantucket

Did I really Sin? Q. My son is engaged to be married in June of next year to a Lutheran girl. They will be married in the Lutheran church with our bishop's permission. Our daughter also is engaged to be married to a Lutheran boy this coming Octo­ ber.

This past April my husband and I attended the Lutheran Ea'ster Sunrise Service with my future daughter-in-law. I know her pastor and he welcomed us to the service.

We attended the Easter Vigil Mass in our own church.

My intention was never to do anything sinful and according to my conscience I did not. However, our pastor said in the pulpit that this was a m.ortal sin. I find this . hard to believe. (Illinois) A. Assuming you did not receive the sacram<;nts in a ceremony of another faith, and there is nothing in your letter to indicate tha.t you did, there was' nothing wrong in your sharing tNs ceremony.

Considering the present and future relationship in your family it was the natural thing to do.

I am aware that some priests feel . they must object to this sort of sharing in prayer and worship. My guess is that you misunderstood something of what he said, or perhaps he didn't ,make some· distincti~ns clearly enough.

Q. You have written often about interfaith marriages, but I don't remember you answering a ques­ tion about something I encoun­ tered recently.

There was a Jewish-Catholic 'wedding in which much of the Catholic liturgy was omitted.

While it took place in the Catholic Church, there was nothing Cath­ olic about it; no Sign of the Cross, and the name of Christ was never mentioned. A Protestant friend who attended made the statement that it could have been performed in a courthouse.

Can you explain why this happened? There was a time when the Catholic Church didn't sway one inch in this respect, and now the pendulum has swung complete­ ly the other way. (Illinois) A. The kind of wedding you describe always presents a painful pastoral dilemma to the church, to the priest and usually also to the families.

The Catholic is marrying some­ one who,· apart from what we . share in our' Jewish heritage, is totally alien to our Christian culture and traditions·. By the time they are preparing for the wedding there is' little chance that their religious. differences will affect their plans for marriage one 'way or the other.

In such circumstances the church, through its pastors and others; attempts to do all it can to strengthen the moral and spiritual commitments of the couple about their marriage, to respect the beliefs of both parties and their families, and to treat the Catholic with the charity and concern that any member of-the church de­ serves. At the same time, we the

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church must be faithful to our­ selves and not contradict our own beliefs.

The marriage ceremony you describe represents one pastoral attempt to respect all these re·· sponsibilities. The approach in fact is quite common' in the mar­ riage of a Catholic and Jew. Nothing of our beliefs is denied; the ceremony simply utilizes those elements of our faith which we hold in common with the Jewish traditions. The same policy often is followed, incidentally, by priests and other Christians who part­ icipate in prayer at events where both Christians and Jews are present.

The solution is clearly not ideal for anyone concerned. But assum­ ing ~he couple are to be married with the blessing of the church, the alternative would be a dispensa­ tion from the bishop for them to be married by ano.ther clergyman or a civil judge. I imagine Y9U would agree that this would be no improvement over the manner in which your priest handled the marriage. ' Q. Can there be a Mass of Resurrection for people who donate their bodies or some of their organs to science? How about those choose cremation? I know several people who carry cards offering their organs after death and who also wish to be cremated.

I'm sure they'd expect the ashes to be placed in a Catholic mauso­ leum. (California) A. Regulations of our church specifically indicate that a funeral Mass may be offered for those who give their body, or parts of their body, for scientific search or for transplants. The same goes for those who desire that their body be cremated.

Normally, as you indicate, the ashes would be placed in a Catholic cemetery.

I should repeat what I have urged several times before. Those who contemplate giving their body to science, or who are thinking of cremation, should consult with their family. Family members may be aided much by appropriate funeral and burial rites, and the person involve~. should consider the needs oftheir loved ones before making such decisions.

Incidentally, the proper desig­ nation for a funeral Mass is the Mass of Christian Burial, not the Mass of Resurrection, even though one hears the latter term frequently today.

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Life Activities: A Reaffir'mation," The synod will. offer "another like the 1975 plan, ou~lines a three­ occasion" for the exercise of colle-' pronged appoach -'public infor~ giality, he added. mation and education, a pastoral Archbishop Laghi said that efforf.and a public policy effort. while collegiality in a strict sens~ Cardinal Bernardin later de­ refers only to the world's' bishops fended the inclusion of capital acting in union with the pope, punishment .as a pro-life issue. there has also been extensive Wnile it differs from ab,ortion, development since the Second which is the "direct taking of un­ Vatican Council of a collegi.al born innocent life,.. Cardinal Ber­ "methodology" or' "style" of nardin sai~, the death penalty "is a .action. . life issue."

"A number of your receri.t pro. Another national concern ­ jects and activities have helped immigration reform - also drew (promote collegiality)," he told the the bishops' scrutiny. Generous legalization for illegal aliens should .U. S" bl'sh ops.

Also on the first day of the meet- be "the centerpiece of immigration ingthebishopsbegandiscltssingthe reform," ac.cording to Bishop second draft of. ~heir proposed Anthony J. Bevilacqua of 'Pitts­ pastoral on the U.S. economy. burgl\.

Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee, wh'o chairs the .'. Bishop Bevilacqua, chairman of the bishops' migration and tour­ committee writing the document, ism committee, presented a resolu- . said the proposed pastoral cannot praise capitalism any more than it tion that would formalize the already does "without going'out of . NCCB positi,on on immigration the ,mainstream' of Catholic sociai reform. The proposal was expect.ed to be voted on by the bishops later. teaching." in the. m~eting. .'

After small-group 'discussion the' next day, various bishops The second draf!.of a proposed praised the progress made in the pastoral letter'on campus minis­ second draft: Some, however, try, "Empowered by the Spirit:, expressed desires for more empha­ Campus Ministry Faces the, sis on family life and still greater Future,"also was introduced Nov. attention to the American middle II. It too awaited a vote later in ciass,and some cited the need for the week. further clarification of the mean­

ing of the church's "preferential The proposed pastoral was s~b­ option for the poor." stantially revised in response to Archbishop Weakland said the sharp criticism of the first draft by third and final draft ofthe pastoral ·bishops at their meeting in June in would be brought to a vote by the Collegeville, Minn. The emphasis nation's bishops in November of the revised draft shifted from higher education itself to campus 1986. . ministry and its relationship with In other developments, Cardi­ higher education. nal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chi-· cago defended the "consisterit In another update, Archbishop ethic~' approach to pro-life issues, Robert F. Sanchez of Santa Fe, which' focused on such issues as N; M., told the bishops that the . nuclear war and capital punish- .. goals of the Third National His­ ment as well as abortion as threats panic Pastoral Ericuentro, includ­ ,to l i f e . . '. ing preparation for a Hispanic Cardinal Bernardin, who chairs ministry plan, "have been achieved the NCCB Committee for Pro­ to a considerable degree."

Life Activities, proposed the Archbishop Sanchez, giving bishops ratify a revised "Pastoral .details of the first stage of evalua­ Plan for Pro-Life Activities."

The old plan, approved 10 years tion of the Aug. 15-18 encuentro, ago, focused almost exclusively on said a major accomplishment of the encuentro was its preparation abortion as a threat to life. for the bishops' proposed national "The consistent ethic provides a pastoral plan of Hispanic minis­ vision which is essential" and which allows all the life-related try. A preliminary dra.,ft ofthe plan issues to be 'linked in efforts to will be presented to the NCCB Administrative Committee in promote the sanctity of life, the March, Archbishop Sanchez said. cardinal said.

Extr~ordinary Synod.

Continued from Page One world synods and, is a member.of ithe synod's permanent secretariat. ,Both churchmen emphasized collegiality - the shared authority ,of the pop~ arid bishop.s _ ·and .national bishops' conferences.

Bishop Malone said that "the . council's impetus' to collegiality, 'and spec,ifically to episcopal conferences, shoultl,be reinforced and

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appeare~ an October edition of Peter N. Graziano, Catholic Social, the 13 CH D regions of the United the. Vatican newspaper, L'Osser" Services executive director.

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CHD t 0 ,see k funding .

The Campaign for Human . Thecardi~alsaidt.hatsinceVat- out g~oups to make known the I~an 1~"Lattn -:'menca hasexpeavailability of funding, Eagles Development is financed through nenced weakenmg of church:u~lty, said. an annual national collection held ~r?wt_h of religious sects, social ". get my finger in every pie on the Sunday before Thanksgiv­ mJustl,ce ~nd the .development of uound,"said Madeline, a 66 year-' ing. With the support raised by the Marxist. IdeologIes. Thc' synod old grandmother and former 'collection CH D can fund on two sh?uld dISCUSS those problems, he stitcher. The Holy Name parish, le.veIs, national and local. Ea~h saId.. '.

New Bedford woman is alw'ays dIOcese sends 75 percent 'of ItS " He als.o sal.d the synod shoul~ busy loo'king for new BCSAC annual CHD collection to the ~orrect m a tImely, c1e~r and efflrelated involvements. national office, where it is com­ bined with contributions from Clent., way the' theological errors . "M d I' h h .

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I a e Ine as s own a tre-· . dioceses across the .country The th !l t are mu Itip ymg. urglca · . 'I measures,' mendous amount of personal ; '. 25 percent stays :m the . . measures, not cIImca remammg d' f I I' . are necessary in many circumstan- development since her Involve­ '. d ... ment with the organization" Sue IOcese or oc a Justlce-onente . ces,he con~mue~. efforts. . ." ," .. On the-bnght Side, he said Vati- MartlD..sald. Now she s a doer, a ,. . . can II- stimulated pastoral action leader.. , ThIS year, 217 self-help projects and lay participation, citing basic She and others like her "give so throughout the country have b~en Christian communities as the "vis- much time and energy," the coor­ awarded gr~nts and loans tot.al~ng more than SIX ~nd one-h'alfmllhon ible evidence of this positive trans~ dinato~ continued,. noting that the group IS now working to keep tele­ formation.... dollars, accordmg to Father Alfred Lopinto, CHD:s executive direct­ Basic Christian communities phone rates affordable. "We don't are small groups that meet for look at phone service as a luxur.y" or. she said. The organization is also Bible study and prayer.

The president of the Philippine trying to stop the closing of a vete­ bishops' ·,!:onference, Archbishop ran_s' clinic in New Bedford, so Antonio Mabutas· y L10ren of 'area seniors won't have to travelto Davao, has said Filipino delegates 'Providence ~o receive services. to the' extrordinary synod' will Ms. Martin stress.ed tha,t the recommend greater emphasis on group is "very grateful to CHD for WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope lay formation through basic their. commitment to our·orga·rii- . John Paul II has named Msgr Christian communities. zation. Without it," she added, Alberto Bottari de Castello, first The laity's£!tission is the theme "many worthwhile organizations secretary of the Vatican nuncia­ of the 1987 world' Synod of could not exist," ture in Washington, as alternate Bishops. That synod originally Anne Mendoza, BCSAC presi­ observer of the Holy See to the scheduled fo~ 1985,' was post- dent,: while unable to attend the Organization of American States. poned after the extraordinary meeting, has noted that she has Archbishop Pio Laghi, papal synod was scheduled. 'personally gotten muchOlit of her pro nuncio to the United States .Cardinal George Basil Hume of involvement with the council.

and Holy See observer to the OAS, Westminster, England, president And Madeline?

announced the appointment. The of the El}glish and Welsh bishops, ' "I'm starting to live all over OAS also is based in Washington. has said theextniordinary'synod again," she said.

Msgr Bottari de Castello, from the. Diocese of Treviso, Italy, has ---­ will be too short to produce major results.

A National Advisory Commit­ been in the Holy See's diplomatic "The synod is first and foremost tee of 40 people-lay and reli­ service since 1973 and has been an event to celebrate an anniver­ gious, all ·chosen because they're stationed in Washington since Aug­ ust 1984. sity" of Vatican II, and "not much engaged in work for justice ­ annually recommends projects to In the OAS alternate observer time h,as been sct aside for an ade­ quate discussion in Rome on very be funded. The committee, with post he succeeds Archbishop many aspects of the church'$ life," thc assistance and recommenda­ Eugenio Sbarbaro, who was on he said earlier this month at a tions of the local and national the nU!1ciature staff in Washing­ CH D staffs, evaluates the numer­ ton until his appointment as papal London prcss conference. pronuncio to Zambia and Malawi. , However, Archbishop Lefebvre ous grant applications and- sends said the synod's goal is "exclude all judgment or criticism of the coun­ cil. ..

In an interview with the Italian news agency ANSA, the 79-year old archbishop described the synod as "the second stage of the revolution begun by the council, which is leading to self-destruc­ tion ... ·

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A,rchbishop Lefebvre, former head of the archdiocese of Tulle, France and Dakar, Senegal, has consistently rejected the council's teaching and has been in conflict with the Vatican.

In 1976 Pope' Paul VI suspended him, fro'm his priestly functions after the archbishop defied papal orders and ordained priests at a traditionalist seminary he had estab­ lished in Econe, Switzerland._

Cardinal Bernardin' told the university ~udience the synod "undoubtedly" will discuss "the future ,of, COllegiality," a'!d "one ~ crucial dimension" of. that is the status and function of bishops' conferences.'

FATHER FRANCIS L. The cardinal said he 'could Mahoney, pastor ofSt. understand "legitimate concerns" Mary'sP"adsh in Seekonk, about national conferences stifling the voices of individual bishops, was joined recently by.parish 'developed.'~ "but I fear much more what would children for "Mary Day, ..

"The nature of the questions we be lost if the capa'bility to project a held arinually to celebrate · face today; d9~trinaljudgn)en~s, unified voice on both pastoral and Mary, Our~Mother,as Queen. policy questions wer'ediminished. pastoral adaptations, pew needs of Crowning the statu'e of Mary · all sorts - requires a struct!1re Ca·rdinal Eugenio de Araujo is Heather Morse; Michael : wherein to share experiences,' $ales of Ri9 d,e Janeiro, Brazil, · establish pdorities ang shape " said in a newspaper articlc that ',Lund, bottom left, alsoparti­ . ,strategies,"Bishop.. Malone, told ~om_ebishops act -"as'if they could cipated. substitute" for the pope.' " ,-<> thc NeCB.'

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keep doctors from prescribing contraceptives to girls under 16 without parental consent.

The House of Lords, the upper chamber of the British Parlia­ ment which also serves at the country's highest appeals court, recently ruled that contracep­ tives could be prescribed with­ out parental knowledge in excep­ tional circumstances. Sexual an­ tercourse with girls under 16 is megal in Britain.

A lower court had ruled in favor of· 38-year-old V.ictoria Gillick, five of, whose children are under 16. Mrs. Gillick had challenged guidelines issued by :the Department of Health and Social Security.

Mrs. Gillick said she was "ap­ palled" by the House of Lords ruling. She described the judg­ ment as "a male charter to spread disease and pregnancy amongst the young girls in this country."

In a statement issued after the ruling, ,Cardinal George Ba­ sil Hume of Westminster said Mrs. Gillick's "concerns as a Christian parent are absolutely justified and 'are backed by the bishops." , "It is a deplorable situation, from ~ moral point of view..

when outside agencies whether doctors or family plan­ ning clinics - can give contra­ ceptive advice and treatment to 'under-age girls without, in some cases, the knowledge or consent of their parents," Cardinal Hume said.

The cardinal also said he feared that "some vulnerable young people . . . will now be­ live that se?,ual activity outside marriage is condoned,. even if not positively approved, by the 'law."

Earlier, the cardinal had said t~at while the new ruling clari­ fied the law, "in no way does it alter or affect <the moral princi­ ples and teaching of the Cath­ olic Church concerning contra­ ception."

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By. Liz S. Armstrong WA:SHINGTON (NC) - The U.S.' Supreme Court listened reo. cently as opposing attorneys criticized and defended Pennsyl­ vania and' Illinois abortion taws that demanded women be pro­ vided abortion-related informa­ tion and that physicians take 117 Rockdale Ave. steps to save viabl~ fetuses.

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- That the physician file tion with the state "plainly ab()r.tion-related info'rmation serves health interests and that with the state. the rule about trying to protect Groups such as the U.S: Cath- a viable fetus through choice of olic Conference have backed the abortion method is also accept· Pennsylvania and Illinois restIic- able. tions. The Reagan administra'''Conclusions of the court of tion has asked the high court, appeals should be overturned," when consider-ing the two cases, Gordon said; referring to the to overturn its 1973 Roe vs. . 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Ap­ Wade abortion legalization. peals, which had struck down Andrew S. Gordon, senior most provisions of the Pennsyl­ deputy attorney general of vania law.

In the Hlinois case, Justices Pennsylvania, defended his state's law as permissable under Thurgood Marshall and John the parameters of Roe vs. Wade. - Paul·, Stevens grilled attorney "The statute can be interpreted Dennis J. Horan, defending the' ina constitutional manner. That Illinois -law, about the right of certainly is our argument. The his client to press the case with­ (Supreme) Court has held re- out the state's cooperation.

He said ,that the state also peatedly that there is a permissible role for the state to play in has "a legitimate right to ensure maternal health." awareness of the abortion de­ The provisions demanding cision" and that the abortifacient that women be offered various' provision "is no burden on any information, including abortion woman seeking an abortion.".

Horan also said that the re­ alternatives; is part of the "informed consent" rule of medi- qui-rement about trying to save cine, Gordon said. The intent, he a viable fetus does not apply in said, is "to protect' the' patient. cases where the woman would Women are entitled to that." be placed at risk because of the Abortion clinics do not ai- abortion method chosen. ways offer women informa~ion' Horan is assisting Americans that might convince them to United for Life, a PfQ-life legal carry the baby. to term instead, group. based 'in Chicago, in sup­ he said. "There is a very real porting the Illinois law.

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At 3ge 53, Father Murphy, is part of a trend of older voca­ tions, .but he said he feels the church will continue to concen­ trate on vocations from the post· .high school and post-coilege age groups. However, he added, the church "welcomes men such as myself to the priesthood because our experience can be an asset and can give us a deeper under- . standing of the faithful."

While in the seminary, the priest discovered that two of his classmates were also lawyers.

Father ,Joseph Quinn was ordain· ed for the Diocese of Scranton, Pa., and is now assistant pastor at St. Matthew's Parish in East Stroudsburg, Pa. He was the federal magistrate for U.S. Dis~ trict Court in Scranton.

Father Peter Vaghi was or­ dained June 29 for the Archdio­ cese of Washington, D.C., and is associate pastor of St. Ann's Parish.

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By NC News ServIce Lawyer Thomas Murphy has gone from encouraging young men to become priests to taking up the ca1l to the priesthood him­ self.

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Now he is Father Thomas Murphy, serVing the church as assistant pastor of St. Lawrence Parish in Lawrence, Ind. He was ordained to the priest­ hood for the Diocese of Indian­ apolis in .August at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, where he grew up and served asaItar' boy for the man who is pastor of his present parish, Father Joseph' Beechem.

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cision to go "from the law to the Lord" was influenced by his years of involvement with Serra, but it was not a step made over­ night.

"There was no being knocked out of my Olds as I was driving," said the priest, who hal! been a lawyer for 20 years. "There was no Damascus Road tYPe of ex­ perience, but there certainly was a good path which I followed over the years."

Father Murphy said he feels he can bring his experience as a lawye.r to his new role.

"In my role as a lawyer I worked on reconciling' people and that's my role as a priest, reconciling people with each other, removing the hurt," he said. "That's what the priesthood . is a1l about, dealing with people just as Jesus did. Christ came to serve all."

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By Dr. James lIInd Mary Kenny Dear Mary: There would hardly be any divorces if men were told the truth. All they need do is clean up their act.

As you know, a wife never gets to retire. Well and good, she wouldn't mind ifshe didn't have to watch a husband sit around and grow fat, lazy and crude. Why do'es a man have to be that way in the middle years? .

Exceptions are few and far between, yet women are afraid to speak up. It is easier to leave.

(Illinois) While I question wnether you have-hit upon the one answer to the problem of divorce, you raise an interesting issue. How im­ portant are manners and appear­ ance over the life of a marriage?

Manners can be thought of as' concern over trivial details of social relationships. More broadly, 'however, manners 'can be con­ sidered the outward expression of kindness and consideratio'n toward others. Such manners are always important. . Frequently they are neglected in the home because all of us some­ how figure that home is the place where it is all right to let down.

Both adults and children are fre­ quently guilty of this double standard, one behavior for out­ siders, another behavior !it home.

Parents rarely reduce such behavior by criticizing, forbidding or nagging. Parental exampl~, however, is an important, long~ range way to influence children. If parents practice a double standard, how can children be expected to consider manners imp'ortant among family members?

Appearapce mayor may not· reflect concern for the other. An excessive concern over health and" "appearance may reflect a closed-in "person interested only in self.

Concern over appearance, how­ ever, can also reflect good" self­ esteem and-or an effort to please a spouse. Taking care of one's ap­ pearance can be a way of saying to one's spouse, "I love you."

Spouses differ over how much , importance they place on appear­ ance. If one spouse simply "can't stand" excessive weight gain, gray hair or bitten fingernails, then a loving spouse might' reasonably reduce weight, dye hair or stop bit­ ing nails. Such an effort might well be part of the give and take of marriage. " If, as the reader suggests, many spouses are so upset "by appear­ ance that they are ready to walk out of the marriage, yet they are afraid tosay something, then those marriages suffer a great failure' of communication.

No spouse can be expected to

read the other's mind. If a wife is seriously bothered by some be­ havior, there are kind yet effective ways to communicate her distress.

First, she might put the whole problem in perspective. Consider all traits Qf the spouse, all the good qualities he demonstrates, all the attractive things about his ap­ pearance. She might consider when she last complimented him,. admired him, noticed those things that are attractive about him.

Then she might tactfully say, "You know, honey, I think you'd look and feel better if you took off a few pounds. I'd like to lose a little myself. Would you be willing to try some lower-calorie dinners for a while? Maybe we could help each other 'to get out and exercise regularly too."

In questions of manners and" appearance, personal example is' the most important and effective . means of change, while criticism and nagging are least effective.

Express concerns honestly but tactfully. Keep the faults in perspec­ tive, balancing them against the good qualities and traits of the whole person.

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Home-cooked we are moving toward a more She added; "The -small, orie~ socialized food system, though of family farm, grocery store, meat I 'was, discussing plans for. course we don't call it that'... the processor, grain handler and so Thanksgiving dinner with a co­ trends in the food business indicate on, up to the one-family restau- . worker recently. She told me she that we are collectivizing from rant, are losing ground." ' had no·intentio'n of cooking dinner' farm to dinner table; that is, larger Places like McDonald's give on the h'oliday. shares of the production and Her daughter and the young services are being done by big proof of the trend away from the home ·kitchen. I remember the , man she's dating~would he overfor c;>rganizations. " early 1950s, when it was simply a Thanksgiving, but it didn't make hambu,rger chain. Now, Mc­ sense to go to all the trouble it ,Donald's serves breakfast, chicken takes toput on a big meal for only ..... and salad too. This adds to the three people. She was making convenience of eating out.

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That struck me as kind of bleak, What a loss it is to a home, Archdiocese of New York is com­ probably because Thanksgiving is though, when you no longer have mitted to a "total care system" for so entrenched in my mind as the' victi~s of AI DS, inclliding a resi­ the smell of good things coming great time for families" to get out of the kitchen and wafting dence for them Cardinal John.J. together at the family table. through the house. Real estate O'Connor wrote in Catholic New Yet, from what I read, the idea agents have long known that home York, the"archdiocesan newspaper. of a family eating a home-cooked cooking adds to the atmosphere of He called on people not to retreat meal together is another of those a home .

from AI DS victims in' fear, confu­

fine traditions that seems on its Some agents ad.vise owners sio'n and ignorance and said the way out. A report from the Depart­ attempting to sell their 'homes to ment of Agriculture's National archdiocese "is committed, to do have' bread baking in the oven Food Review estimated that out of its best to minister to ev.ery person when people come to look at the every dollar'spent on food in 1984, house. Apparently, the aroma who is ill, of whateve.r disorder, 41 cents went for meals eaten in carries with it the hypnotic mes­ because of our commitment to the restaurants or bro,ught home ready sage that this is a fine home. belief that every person is made in , to eat. That's an increase from 27 .

These days, I'm too often alone cents in 1960 and 33 cents in 1970. , the image and likeness of God." to bother cooking. Still, I feel the The report's authors are Judith loss. A kitchen shouldn't be sterile.

Jones Putnam and Michael Van There is too much significance in 'Qress. They find four main reasons the act of nourishment to take it for this trend a,way from ,home out of the home more than GENEVA, Switzerland (NC)­ cooking; ,smaller families; the occasionally. sharp increase in numbers of Cardinal Patflo Evaristo Arns of Breaking bread together, and people living alone; the escalating Sao Paulo, Brazil, has been talking with someone over a meal .numbers of women working out­ awarded the Nansen Medal by the. prepared in your home is a way of side the home; the force of adyertis­ office of the U.N. High Commis­ engaging in loving interaction. It's ing by food service chains. sioner for Refugees because of his never quite the same at Mc­ Fast food businesses must work with political prisoners and Donald's or even in a fancy restau­ advertise since there are so many

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Forty hours of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be­ gin at 7:30 tonight at St. Shar­ bel Chapel and continue until 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

The services are being held at the request of A'rchbishop Fran­ cis M. Zayek, Bishop of the Dio­ cese of St. Maron, U.S.A.

Sister Rafka was born June 29, 1832, in Himlaya, Lebanon, the only child of Mourad and R,afka '(Gemayel) AI-Rayes.

The sanctity of the woman was manifested in her desire to be united with Christ's silffer­ ings. On the Feast of the Holy Rosary, Sister Rafka prayed to share in :the passion' of the Cross. She eventuaUy went com­ pletely blind and was afflicted with many maladies. Her joyful 'acceptance of her sufferings was noted during, her own lifetime.

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Sometimes you think she is your, best friend.

What you consider man's best friend, however, may be your neighbor's mortal enemy. The

a domestic animal is "an animal animal that has a habit ofharming that is 'by custom devoted to the . others, you should bear the costs service of mankind at the time and . of the harm caused by that animal.

ARTHUR place in which it is kept."

Courts apply strict liability for MURPHY . What kind of negligence would any damages done by a wild make you liable?

Peterson family nellt door just animal. The definition of a wild Suppose you rode an excite.d animal is "an animal that is not by person injured was teasing, for- and kicking horse near a. by­ custom devoted'to the service of a loyal servant and friend, they menting or abusing the dog before stander. If your horse kicked the mankind at the time and in the consider Duchess a threat to their the dog did the damage. In addi- . bystan,der, you would be liable for place in which it is kept." children, their garden, and their tion, if the person injured was the injury to that person because committing a trespass or some & A TTY general peace of mind. of your carelessness and negli­ Keeping wild animals is consi­ • . other tort, the owner or keeper gence. You should have foreseen dered a wanton act for which the You know that Duchess is.only would be excused. the accident and avoided it because owner should take complete respon­ RICHARD trying to be friendly when she However, if a dog injures a child it is unreasonable for you to ride a sibility.The owner of a wild animal knocks over the Peterson's five. under seven years of age, the court kicking horse near another. You might be excused only if the per­ MURPHY year old son. They disagree. In will presume that the child was not would not be liable if the accident son injured knowingly and unrea­ fact, they have threatened to sue committing a trespass, tort, or was unforeseeable, if someone else sonably subjected himself to the you if Duchess digs up one more abusing, teasing or tormenting the caused the accident or if the acci­ harm·of the wild animal. f! hole, ba(ks ·in the middle .of the dog. In thi~ special case, the dog's dent was not due to your negli­ ....... ' night one more time, or makes any owner must prove this presump­ . gence. . . Thus, it is better to stay away _ further frie~dly advances on their tiol1' false. ' . from wild animals altogether, and A different rule applies if you son. .: to realize that your neighbors may know that your domestic-pet is . ~ What 'can you do?

There is one final point on this . statute. The. statute' is riot'limited consider even the most do~esti­ prone to being mlJre harmful or , You might consider your :'r Before' you 'send Duch~ss .ove:r. to dog' bites but c.overs 'any harm cated pet somewhat,dangerous. d'angerous than other similar pets. , h to their garden to .retaliate,·'you done by a dog. Therefore, if a dog For example, if your pet cat is dog, Duchess, Just as muc a h . M should be aware t at In assa- knocks you, down, you can sue prone. to vicious scratching, you As much as you would like to part of the family as your chu~etts there iS,a specific statute under this statute. Or, if a dog digs will be liable for any scratching compensate for Mr. Peterson's younger, sister., After. all, covering damages d,one by a 40g. up your: gard~n" you can' sue. In don.e by your cat: Even if you take rude remarks ~y burying milk­ Duchess sha'res .yo)ir good 'time~~ : T~~r~ are als? s'ta'~utes ~?v'eirii~g both cases, the owner of· the dog precautions, such as trying to keep. bone under his favorite bush, you a,nd y"our- bad' iimes~ -not io men- 't~~~I_iabilitY?f o~ners of ~t~er would be strictly liable'for the your cat locked in the house, if the must forbear. Legally', you will be tionyourbed .!tn,d:theJeftpyers'~(,:".".dojl1e·stic animals and of wIld damage done..... held liable for Duchess' actions, cat escapes and scratches some­ -r, . your supper.'Shedoesn) evt;,rna'g'" animals.. "" ..'e. 'Owners of d'omestic anirrtals'are one, you will be liable. Courts you, and is alway~ h,appy t<: ~ee .

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We are happy to carry notices of spiritual matlon on attendmg: 672-7258.

Donations 0 hanksglvmgdmner prOllram~, club meetlnRs, youth projects and . baskets are needed, Information: similar nonprofit activities. Fundralslnl pro- rector.y, 672-2302, . lects may be advertised at our regular rates, ST MARY SEEKONK obtainable from The Anchor business o f f i c e , · · · ~ Christmas Choir: rehearses 7 p.m. telephone 675-7151.

Ecumenical Night: 7:30 p. m.· Nov. W d d h h If' , On Steerlnll Points Items FFl Indicates 26,' e nes ays, c urc . n ormation: Fall River, HB Indicates Hew Bedford.

Barbara Cwikla, 676-9628.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, ST. MARY, NB CATHOLIC WOMEN'S CLUB, POCASSET . A.discussion group led by Sister NB Women's Guild scholarship apRita Pelletier, SSJ, meets at 10 a.m .

Annual guest night: 7:30 p.m. plications available to 1985 high Tuesdays. All are invited.

Nov. 20, Wamsutta Club, New Bed- . sch901 graduates. Information: Retreat renewal: a meeting in the­ ford. Guest speaker: Mr. Abe Lan­ Marion Linhares, 759:3320. Deadparish school follows a 7 p.m. Mass dau, Holocaust survivor. Informa­ line: Nov. 30.

Nov. 20. tion: Rita C. Rock,. 995-2 108.

CATHOLIC CAMP, FREETOWN ST. JOSEPH, F AIRHA VEN D of I, NB The Youth Ministry program at Blood Bank: 8:30 a.m. to I p.m.

Meeting: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21, K of Sunday. Help needed. 'Contact Earl the camp is conducting a monthly C Hall, New Bedford.

"FIRE" chapter meeting for young Faunce', 993~2061. .

ST. KILIAN, NB adults, .the third Tuesday of each Widowed support group meeting LaSALETTE SHRINE, month from 7 to 9.p.m.

7:30 p.m. Nov. 18, rectory basement.

ATTLEBORO' FIRE is a national Catholic proTopic: "Caringand Sharing." Infor­ Women's Cursillo weekend:' . gram designed to instruct, inspire . mation: 998-3269. through Sunday, led by a team Of . and strengthen 'faith. Information: SEPARATED AND DIVORCED, .spiritual directors and laywomen' Tony Mede.ir.os,_ 763-8874.

CAPE ST. BERNARD, ASSONET from the F~1l River diocese..

Ministry for Separated and Christian Dancei~ from Britain' Worksbop on prayer: 7:30 p.m.

Divorced Catholics of Cape Cod . and Irellind: 8:30 p.m. tomorrow. Nov: 24,church. Led by Melodye .and the Islands: "leeting 7 p.m. Nov. Progrl!m includ~s interpretiv~ dance iJroadley ofthe Little House of Mir­ 17, St. Francis Xavier parish center, to songs including compositions by acles, Pawtucket, RI. South Street, Hyan!lis. Film and' Father Andre A. Patenaude, MS (Fr. Pat). Admission free. All ST. JOHN OF GOD, discussion. Information: Janet Far­ welcome.

SOMERSET rell, 775-8168.

The parish Women's Guild will .CLUB RICHELlEU, FR hold a joirit meeting with the St. ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH Dinner meetin'g:' 6:30 -p.m. Nov. Emmaus retreat: the Christian' :Anne's Sodality of St. Louis de 18, White's Restaurant, Westport.. retreat weekend for young men and, . France pariSh, Swansea, on Nov. 20 Guest speaker: Mr. Andre Poitras, women age 19 to 30 will be held Dec, at St. Louis'de France church hall. former missiollary to the Seychelles 6 through 8. Reservations and F AMIL Y LIFE CENTER, Islands. Information: Armand Dal­ information: John & Joan Riley, laire, 674-2093.

NO. DARTMOUTH 540-4985.

A Forum for'Sepa'rated and Divor­ O.L. VICTORY, ced Catholics of the,Fall River Dio- .

ST. STANISLAUS, FR CENTERVILLE cese will be held at the Family Life "Desert day" of prayer and expo­ A parish retreat next week will be, Center, No. Dartmouth, from 10 conducted by Father Thomas J. sition of the Blessed Sacrament: a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 30. Advance II :30 a.m, to 6 p.m. Nov. 24. Even­ Tobin, CSc. ing prayer will be sung at 5:30 p.m., registration, which offers participa­ ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN tion in the all-day program an~ upper church.

Day of Recollection: 12:30 to 5 Confraternity of Our Lady of lunch, must be received by Nov. 22. p.m. Nov. 17, church hall.

Brochure and information: contact Czestochowa: meeting Nov. 27.

your past'6r or call the' Fami)y Life able. Help is needed to serve the Center, 999-6420.

• dinner. Contlict 'Lee ,Gabbour, 672-2024. .

Marriage Encounterweeke~'d be­ gins Friday, Nov. 15. Bishop Con­ lolly High School retreat day on" IMMACULATE'CONCEPTION, Tuesday,. Nov. 19, Bishop Starig' TAUNTON, High School retreat day on Wed,·' Ecumeni\=alrThanksgiving service:" nesday, Nov. 20.

7:30 p.m. Nov. 24, Immaculate Con­ ception 'Church. Services will be , ST. JAMES, NB conducted by various clergy from Bible study classes: 7 p.m. Thurs­ the Greater Taunton area and choirs days, parish center. Open to aiL representing several churches will Vincentians: meeting'7 p.m. Nov. sing . . 19, parish center, to prepare Thanks­ giving baskets for the needy.

ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT School Centennial Comm.ittee: Scripture Study: 7:30 p.m. Tues­ meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18, parish days with Father Richard R. Gen­ center. dreau, convent community room, CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Marriage Encounter information SERRA CLUB, NB hour will be held Sunday, Nov. 17 in Information day on diocesan Fr. Clinton Hall at 7:30 p.m. priesthood: 2 to 8 p.m. Dec. I, Holy ST: ANTHONY of PADUA, FR Name Church Center, New Bedford.

A Comunidade d'Amor is spon­ Consisting of presentations, discus­ soring an afternoon of Recollection sion, a question and answer period on Nov. 17 from 1-5 p.m. in church and prayer, the program for young hall. All invited, men showing serious interest in a vocation will conclude with a supper ST. THOMAS MORE, served by the Serra Club, an organi­ SOMERSET . zation which fosters vocations to the A parish Thanksgiving dinner will priesthood and religious life and be shared at noon Nov. 28. All are· trains Catholic lay leaders. invited and transportation is avail-

Pope to visiCFrance in 1986 . v ATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope and drew thousands of penitents. f!e was born May 8, 1786.

John' Paul II will make his third The pope visited Paris and Li­ papal trip to France next Sep­ tember, according to Vatican press . sie~x, France, in 1980 during a spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls., four day trip. In 1983 he made an overnight tr.ip to the Marian sanc­ The head of the French bishop's, tuary at I.:ourdes, France. conference, Bishop Jean.Viln,et of Vatican., sources said the visit Lille, said;the pope plan'ned to visit probably would be ·the- third of the southern industrial cities of four 1986papaltrips~Indian church Lyons and Annecy during a three­ leaders are preparing for a Feb, da~trip.· ' ..

1-10 visit, and the pope also plans to visit Colombia and one or two The pope also will travel to Ars,

Caribbean 'countries in July, the a village near Lyons, to celebrate sources said, adding that in Novem­ the' 200th birthday of St. Jean ber he is expected to travel to ~ap~iste Marie Vianney, a French Australia. priest who is considered a model for diocesan clergy, around the world. Bishop Vii net said.

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GOLUMBUS (NC)- Paulist , Father Thomas J. 'Holahan Jr., the Columbus Diocese's director of communication, likes to watch people react when he tells them what his father does.

"He's a priest."

His father is Capuchin Father Thomas J. Holahan Sr., 61, superior of the Capuchin Fran­ ciscans at St. Lawrence Friary, Abington, MA. "Most people continue' with the conversation ignoring what they just heard, and there are those who automatically assume scandal, or that I wa!: found at the door," said the junior Father, Holahan, 37. "I usually go right for the truth then."

The Holahans don't claim to be the only father-son pair in the priesthood. That's common in Eastern Orthodox and some, Eastern Rite churches. There also are a number of widowers who, like the elder Father Hola­ han, have become Latin Rite priests.

But they believe they are the first case in modern times in which the father was ordained a Latin Rite priest before his son. The older Holahan was or­

dained in December 1975, the younger in 'May 1977.

After the older Holahan's wife died in 1962, he continued to work for a New York bank until 1968, when he decided ·at the age of 43 to "retire to religious life."

The Capuchins were a natural choice since the Holahan family had been affiliated with a Capu­ chin pa,rish, Sacred Heart in Yonkers, N.Y., for 30 years. The senior Holahan entered the Capuchins 'as a brother, but later decided to seek ordination to the priesthood.

"It came as no' surprise whim he decided to become a priest," his son said. "He was involved with all' the parish organizations, and he seemed to be searching for something."

The younger Father' Holahan, his only son, 'also started out 'with the Capuchins. But he later left the order, finished college, and entered the Paulist' novitiate.

Before coming to Columbus in )984, he had worked as creative consultant for Paulist Father Ellwood Kieser's Paulist Productions, producer of the "Insight" TV series, and as com- ~ munications director for the Diocese of Austin, Texas.

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The younger Father Holahan said he once celebfated Mass at the parish in Massachusetts where his father assists' and said that because his father talks abCilut him all the time, "I feel everyone there knew everything about me."

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Bishop Daniel A. Crininto ado. bility for an' atmosphere, of reli.: 87 STOWE ST., FALL RIVER, MA : vise the Catholic committee on giousawarene~s' for Catholic activ'e, girL scout adults repre­ S'couting, recently met with Girl schools. They noted, how- ,senting diocesan deaneries will members of the Plymouth Bay ever, that the communication of be maintained as the diocesan' • • 'Girl Scout, Council, a United denominational vQ}ues,l" ethics, coordinating group' to encourage : .... , .. M~. 5',4 ~ U I A~. & 5 Q N. , : Way agency, to renew a Plan of dogma, and .religious heritage:is..' 'and'.promote Catholic religious responsibility of parents and awards and .activities. The Girl ~ ••••••••••• II"I!I••, • ••••• II.·••••••••· · · ' Cooperation between the coun­ the " " ";",: ," '" ~ ~ .

•. .J::' ... " Scout' council' president apreligious leaders.' cil and the Roman Catholic Dio­ cese of F'aIl, River.. . . An exchange of materials and ,·point ~- a liaison, bet~een the Father Boute, who also serves tra~ning programs between th~ co~mltt~e an~ .c~~ncJ1, a non­ as pastor of Saint Anne Parish, council and diocese will take votm~ ex-officIo. member of New Bedford, met with Anne N. place, and the' counCil has agree'd the diocesan ~ommlttee. .

Robertson, council president; to submit their own materials ,Areas of disagreement an re­ Rose Aleixo, Girl Scout Liaison; which deal with issues of a reli- gard to sponsorship and admingious nature to Father Boute. , ,istra!i,on. o~ . th~. Girl Scout pr~and Dorothy E. McCarthy, ex­ . gram, as' It affects Catholic CLOSED SuNDA ~S.

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. (NC)' ­ Edward Wilkinson ,has been named editor .of The Tablet, newspaper of the Brooklyn dio· cese. Wilkinson, 37, who was acting editor, is only the third editor in the paper's 67·year his· tory. He succeeds Don Zirkel, editor from 1968 until last ~une.

~on~ in school and ,in the com­ munity, and in community. in­ many of the Red Cross's annual volvements. The application pro­ ~'rives, and,grea~er ,than the cedure included a current events sum given by aU participating . eXl!Dlination and an essay on ','The ,~rojeetion ·for Innovative , pqblicschools this year. :r,.~adership." , co co .... co Feehan, senior Michael Hoag .' ~o ~inners ,from each state , of No. Attleboro was recently 'willreceive $1500 soholarships selected from a field of weil- ~nd aU~xpenses paid trips 'to '. qualifiied students' to reprsent theNationalConfm:enoe, to be the school af the, state l(wel in ' held in Williamsburg: VA. Two each re­ the Century Iii Leaders Scholar_~tate' 'alternates .' 'ceive' $500. Candidates chosen' ship' (:ontest.

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283 Station Avenue She was teaching areody­ South Yarmouth, Mass. namics and meteorology at a CillLDREN FROM Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic high school in Ironwood, Mich., Tel. 398-2285 School in Philadelphia recently surprised. Cardinal John in 1942 when the government Krol at his office with a birthday cake to mark his, discovered her, Sister Kessler 75th birthday. The children sang "Happy Birthday" to the said.

The Civil Areonautics Board cardinal in English and Chinese. -(NC photo) asked Sister Aquinas to "serve the nation in the war effort" Funeral Home, by ,instructing Air Corps and Army flight r~ruits' in pre· 571 Second Street fl~ht training. She did .that Fall River, Mass. from 1942-44 at The Catholic University of America in Wash· 679-6072 ington, said Sister Kessler.

In recognition of her service Symbols following film reviews indicate Greek civil war 30 years earlier. Sister Aquinas was honored by both general and Catholic Film Office Despite the emotional power in­ the military in 1957 for outstand­ ratings, which do not always coincide. .jng achievements for world General ratings: G-suitable for gen· trinsic Ito its subject matter, the eral viewing; PG·I3-parenlal guidance film is flat and unmoving, due peace and national security. strongly suggested for children under largely to a pedestrian script That same year, she was the A COLLECTION 'OF HElPFUL FLOOR 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; and miscasting. There are some subject of a one-hour television HINTS BY 'AL' GARANT R-restricted, unsuitable for children or but nothing scenes of violence was play, "The Pilot," which younger teens. broadcast on "Studio One." The FLOOR COVERING CO.

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Field. which, however, require some analysis young girl embarks on an ad­ • Mannington • Congo~eum and explanation); O-morally offensive. venture during the Depression • Ceramic Ti:e • Armstrong 674·5410 when she travels across the New Films country in search of her father. seeing that justice is done des· "Cease Fire" Cineworld) A An enjoyable film for the whole pite the defects in the legal Vietnam veteran has difficulty family. AI, PG system. Though amoral in con­ adjusting to civilian life because "Krush Groove" (Warners) A cept, the movie is so divorced of the traumatic effect of his and " backstage saga of the' rap music from reality that it is for the war experience. Some good act­ most part inoffensive. Aside scene, featuring some dynamic ing, but the film itself is super­ young performers. Disarming from a brutal opening scene, ficial and not very moving. Be­ ;the violence is muted. Medi­ cause of rough language and the and energeti,c, the movie never­ ocre entertainment. A3, PG-13 weak theless suffers from its use of narcotics, it has been Now Available

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"Commando" (Fox). A:rnold "Macaroni" (Paramount) An Friedkin attempts to make a FOR INFO: CALL Schwarzenegger sta,rs I'as a intense American meets 'a care­ Southern California version of (602) 837-3401 Dept. 1246 former Army officer skilled' in :free Italian in this cheerful "The French Connection" in this the martial arts ·who comes out comedy starring Jack Lemmon story of two Treasury agents of retirement when a would-be and Marcello Mastroianni. There pursuing a counterfeiter of vi­ Latin American dictator kidnaps is some strong language. A3, cious disposition. The' result, his daughter in an attempt to PG however, is a film with no more force him to ,assassinate a poli­ depth than an extended MTV "Marie" (MGM-UA) The true offering. It is also brutal and tical rival. This was a certain Sales And' Service

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sically am\,lsing about sudden the Tennessee Board of Pardons valentine to 'adultery in which RCA - ZENITH - SYLVANIA a 50-year-old steelworker (Gene and Paroles and who was in­ death. 0, R 1196 BEDFORD' STREET Hackman) falls in love with a strumental in getting the gov­ barmaid (Ann Margret) and "Death Wish lIP' (Cannon) ernor who appointed her dis­ 673-9721 Charles Bronson mows the per­ mised from office and sent to leaves his wife (Ellen Burstyn) petrators down again in his prison. A superb performance by ~nd children. It's ~ film without third outing as an' urban vigi­ Sissy Spacek as Marie. Two a single authentic' moment save lante. Up goes the body count scenes of .violence and the com­ for whatever scattered bits,.of this time, swiftly' teaching, the plexity of the story rule out 'lletorish ,sincerity the talented ., STAFFON FLORIST point of utter absuroity. Because younger children, but this is a pe'rformers trapped within it are able to come up with. By means ., I and GREENHOUSES of the unremitting and 'exploita­ fine movie for aduUs and teen­ 187 ALDEN ROAD of a dense sentimental smoke­ tive violence; inCluding sexual agers., Recommended.. A'2, PG ' FAIRHAVEN, MA 02719 screen, moreover, it attempts to violence, the movie has been "Remo Williams: The, Adven­ justify ;the husband's wholly self­ T.el.' 993-8062 -',997-2666 classified 0, R. tureBegins" (Orion) The hero ish actions. 0, R Fresh Cut Flowers Available "Eleni" (Wamres) Based on of this marked~down Bond imi­ .For All Occasions. ,', a true story. A New York Times tation ,is a New York policemim Dried· & Silk Arrangements And An Extra Large reporter, born in Greece, returns apparently slain in an encounter Selectillll of' Green Plants. to his native land to find the with muggers, who gets 'a new .

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