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Bishops tackle large agenda By Catholic News Service the obligation to attend Mass for WASHINGTON (CNS) - As three other holy days. the Anchor went to press, the V.S. These were: bishops, meeting in Washington, , - Mary, Mother of God (Jan. had not reached a decision on . I). whether to remove the obligation - The Assumption of Mary of attending Mass on four holy (Aug. 15). days of obligation. - 'The feast of All Saints (Nov. In one vote the bishops were to I). decide whether to transfer obser- ' Approval of any changes would require approval by,two-thirds of vance ofthe feast ofthe Ascension of the Lord from the Thursday 40 the nation's Latin-rite bishops and days after Easter to the following confirmation by .the Holy See. Sunday, the Seventh Sunday of In the opening days of their Easter. Nov. II to 14 meeting, the bishops The bishops were to cast separ- approved new social responsibility ate ballots on whether to eliminate guidelines for the National Con-

ference of Catholic Bishops/ V.S. Catholic Conference investment portfolio,' worth 'about $105 million, and a 1992 bbdget of just under $40 million. In a voice vote, they agreed to changes in allocation guidelines for funds collected in a nationwide collection for retired religious. The meeting's first day featured a moving papal appeal for support by Cardinal Franjo Kuharic of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, who said his country is "suffering for freedom." After his talk, the bishops adopted a statement condemning the war Turn to Page 10

CHICAGO AUXILIARY Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, chairman of the bishops' committee on the liturgy, introduces proposed holy day changes at Washington meeting. (eNS photo)

Educators meet to chart Catholic schools' future By Marcie Hickey with CNS reports The National Congress on Catholic Schools has developed 25 goals ,for the Catholic community to pursue to improve Catholic schools in the 21 st century, with most of the work to be done at the local level, said the sponsors of the congress, held Nov. 6 to 10 in Washington, DC. Sister Ann Moore, associate superintendent of diocesan schools and Michael J. Donly, headmaster of Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, represented the Fall

River diocese at the meeting. They Educational Association and a Siswere among some 250 educators, , ter of St. Joseph of Carondelet, ~ business leaders, parents, bishops, said local communities should be politicians and community leaders able to take the goals and general at the meeting, planned as a vehi- strategies established at the concle to develop guidelines and goals gress and develop ways to achieve based on five major themes: them' locally. "The work is nowhere near -Catholic identity. , done," said Donly. "In fact, it's -Leadership. just beginning." - The school and society. The "grassroots" regional meet-Finance and governance. ings that led up to the national -Public policy and political congress contributed ideas that action. served as "building blocks" for Sister Catherine T. McNamee, congress sessions, he said. "Now president of the National Catholic those strategies will be put into

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action plans for every area" repre- • Each large group was further divided into five units. sented at the congress. Sister Moore said each small The program was "incredibly group worked. "to come up with' intensive," with delegates in sesbelief and directional statements" sion 10 hours a day, added Donly. regarding their topic. Her group The delegates, representing 47 discussed "the school and society." states and 180 dioceses, partici"We examined what in Catholic pated in four days of back-to-back schools needs to be restructured to meetings and speeches to hammer reflect the changing needs offamiout guidelines and goals for the lies, church and society," she said. future of Catholic education in Catholic educators "must be aware America. of where society is and direct our Delegates were divided into five educational goals to prepare young groups of 50, each exploring one people to stand up in society as of the congress's major themes.. Turn to Page 10

P,ope, Bush take "major tour" of world's trouble spots VATICAN CITY (eNS) - Pope John Paul 11 and U.S. President George Bush, in a Nov. 8 private meeting, took major tour" of the world's trouble spots, the president said. At its end, the pope said he was grateful for the opportunity 'to "have had this very long conversation." The men spent more than an hour alone, without interpreters. before being joined by Barbara Bush, the U.S. secretary of state and other members of the entourage. President and Mrs. Bush gave the pope a thick anthology of

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Provid~nce WASHINGTON (CNS)- More questions were raised than answers given as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 6 about whether a Rhode Island public school , was right in allowing a rabbi at a junior high graduation to offer a prayer expressing gratitude to God. During an hourlong presentation, justices peppered attorneys for both sides iil the Lee vs. Weisman case with such questions as: - How their arguments might apply to cases inv,olving older students. - Whether attendance at the ceremony was mandatory by virtue

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of the potential stigma from not attending. -':Whether the case would be clearer if the prayer in question was more or less sectarian in nature. - Whether an interpretation prohibiting prayers at graduation would preclude a public school from inviting a speaker who would be expected to voice religious themes. V.S. Solicitor General Kenneth W. Starr argued on behalf of the. Justice Department that students, like spectators in the courtroom, might have to be present when the name of God is invoked, but they

American poetry which the pope said would help improve his English. ' "Your English is very good, I think you've been practicing," the president responded. Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Vatican slt0kesman, said, "In the wideranging and detailed meeting, carried out in a clim'ate,of sincere cordiality, tile themes closest to the heart of the Holy Father and of specific interest to President Bush at this moment were examined." He added, "In particular, President Bush explained to the Holy Father the steps completed and the perspectives opened by the

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process started in Madrid with the first part of the conference regarding a stable, secure and just peace in the Middle East." The two also talked about "recent developments" in the relationship between East and West and the help Western nations can give to . the new democracies of Eastern Europe, he said. The day before the meeting, Navarro- Valls told journalists that the Vatican considers the war in Yugoslavia to be "the greatest injury today to international harmony." Tum to Page 10

thorny questions Several questions were based on the court's own ceremonial opening, which invokes God. At the beginning of each day's session of the Supreme Court,justices are seated to an announcement by a clerk, which includes: "God save the United States and this honorable court." Comparisons were made between that invocation and the practice of inviting a member of the clergy to offer a non-sectarian prayer at a public school ceremony. Starr urged the justices to "think long and hard" before linking prayers at "celebrations" with the court's

previous ban on even voluntary prayer in classroom settings. The case arose from the objections of Daniel Weisman to prayers offered by a rabbi at his daughter's middle school graduation in 1989. Lower courts ruled that such prayers violate the constitutional separation of church and state. Attorneys for the school district and the principal contend that such prayers should be allowed unless they are coercive. But Sandra Blanding, a Rhode Island lawyer representing the , Weismans, said under such a test, Turn to Page 10

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MAGIC JOHNSON Whether Johnson's promise to speak out about "safe sex" is a positive development "depends on what he means by safe sex. I practice safe sex by not participating," commented Dominican Father Albert Moraczewski, director of the Houston office of the Pope John XXIII Medical-Moral Research and Education Center. Father Moraczewski said he hoped Johnson' would emphasize that safe sex is "fidelity in marriage and chastity for the single person" even though such admonitions "seem to be asking too mU'ch in our culture." Johnson, who led the Los Angeles Lakers to five professional basketball championships, announced Nov. 7 at a news confer-

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AMONG BISHOP'S BALL committee chairmen shown with Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, diocesan Ball director, are V. Vincent Gerardi, ushers' committee; and, seated from left, Mrs. Michael J. McMahon, hospitality; Miss Claire O'Toole, presentees; Mrs. Richard, Paulson, hospitality cochair. '

38 parishes to select Ball presentees Thirty-eight parishes of the Fall River Diocese will take part in the presentee program of the 37th annual Bishop's Charity Ball. Each will select one young lady to be presented to Bishop Daniel A. Cronin on Friday, Jan. 10, at White's of Westport. . Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, Ball director, has announced parishes selected for 1992 presentation honors. They are: ATTLEBORO AREA: Holy Ghost, Attleboro; St. Mary, Mansfield; Sacred Heart, North Attleboro; St. Mary, Norton. CAPE AND ISLANDS: Our Lady of Victory, Centerville; Holy Redeemer, Chatham; Christ the King, Mashpee; St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis; St. Peter, Provincetown; Corpus Christi, Sandwich; St. Pius-X, So. Yarmouth; St. Joseph, Woods Hole. FALL RIVER AREA: Our Lady of Angels, Our Lady of Health, Immaculate Conception, Sacred Heart, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Jean Baptiste, St. Patrick. all Fall River; St. Patrick, Somerset; St. Dominic, St. Michael, Swansea. NEW BEDFORD AREA: Holy Name, Mt. Carmel, Sacred Heart, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Casimir, St. James, St. Lawrence, all New Bedford;St. Mary, So. Dartmouth; 'St. Julie Billiart, No. Dartmouth; St. George, Westport; St. Patrick, Wareham. TAUNTON AREA: Sacred Heart, St. Jacques and St. Joseph, all Taunton; St. Peter, Dighton; St. Joseph; No. Dighton.

EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS Since the actual place of residence of VALDEMAR RAPOSO is unknown. We cite VALDEMAR RAPOSO to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Monday, November 18, 1991 at 10:30 a·.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the BOTELHO·RAPOSO case? Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, Valdemar Raposo, must see to it that he is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation, Jay T, Maddock Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this 6th day of November, 1991.

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FATHER DAVID Lupo, SS.Cc., ordained to the priesthood Oct. 19 at St. Mary's Church, Fairhaven, has been assigned as parochial vicar at St. Margaret of Scotland Church, Seat Pleasant, Md .. Ordained by Bishop Edgerton Clarke of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Father Lupo celebrated his first hometown Mass at' Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Rotterdam, NY, on Oct. 27. A native of Schenectady, NY, he attended junior high and high school in Scotia, LOS ANGELES (CNS) - BishNY, then served four years in op Padire Taban of Torit, Sudan, the Navy. He attended the asked for international help for more than I million refugees which College ofSt. Rose in Albany, he said are oppressed by Sudan's NY, graduating in 1984. From Muslim government: Sudan has there he entered the' Congre- , more refugees than any other Afrigation of the Sacred Hearts of can nation, mostly from Ethiopia Jesus and Mary and completed and Uganda, Bishop Taban told grad uate studies at Washing- the annual meeting of Catholic Charities USA. "Now our own ton Theological Union in Sil- people are refugees, people disver Spring, Md., last May. He persed from their own country. served his diaconate at the Because of this war our displaced people in Khartoum," Sudan's capFairhaven parish. ital, "are worse off in their own land," he said. "I am 55 years old. There has been war in my country for 35 years. Those younger than 35 know only war. They are children of war. The only toys the children play with are toy guns. That is all they know," Bishop Taban told the Charities officials in Los Angeles.

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WILMINGTON, Del. (CNS)A round-the-clock alternative to MTV may be appearing in America's living rooms next spring. The alternative, ZTV, bills itself as the last word - symbolized by the "z" - in music television, and ,it will show contemporary Christian music videos by such artists as Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith. "Our programming is biblically based and a lot offun," ZTV president David McQuade told The Dialog, Wilmington's diocesan newspaper. "As one teen-ager put it, 'ZTV is like MTV but I don't have to feel dirty watching it,''' Groundwork for ZTV's launch

has been laid in studios and offices in Wilmington. ZTV's headquarters will be in Lake Helen, Fla._ "Most people find encouragement from our programming and they are delighted that it shows respect for God and moral principles," McQuade said. "Our program IS not gomg to preach theology or favor one religion over another. Rather, it's going to be good, wholesome entertainment," ZTV hopes to be avaiiable in 5 million homes when ii's launched and doubling each of the next two years in its quest for a share'of the contemporary Christian music industry.

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An Irresponsible Utility The church exists in the world and is often affected by it. What she can do is often limited by circumstances imposed on her by the social order in which she moves. However, one would not think that she would have to expend tremendous effort simply to meet the costs of such items as light and heat. But more than half the money churches realize from such events as bean suppers and bingo goes to pay power and fuel bills. Many, although regular donors, simply fail to realize the enormous expenses parishes must meet every month. ' Indeed, in many parishes donations do not cover those costs, thus fundraising becomes imperative. It mi'ght seem that many parishes are constantly pushing to get every dollar they can; this may be true, but the need is equally true: . Just take electric bills. Many of our diocesan institutions, schools and parishes are customers of Commonwealth Electric Corporation. This corporation charges- the highest price pch kilowatt hour in the nation. Its rate of$13.35 far outstrips that of the second most costly utility company. Churches are considered commercial accounts: they get no discounts, no breaks - just outrageous bills and threats of shutoffs if payment is not prompt. Power companies have little concern for their captive customers and this was made more 'obvious than ever in the wake of Hurricane Bob to those whQ endured Commonwealth Electric's feeble attempts to restore power to their homes or businesses. The corporation's sole purpose seems to be to keep its stockholders and unions happy, no matter the expense to its customers.. Unfortunately, no one has freedom of choice in this area. You are the prisoner of your local utilities and you pay the price of your freedom. If you complain about the service, you are all but told that if you don't like it, you can go build your own windmill or harness a local river. Public needs are simply ignored. . To play the game and meet governmental demands, utilities will form public "advisory" groups; but when it comes t,o rate-setting, such groups quickly discover they are no more than window dressing. As this area struggles just to survive the recession, as more and more industries simply flee the high cost of doing business in this area and as more and more people are put out of work, Commonwealth Electric, the number one charger in the nation, is seeking to raise its user rates. It would be well as we consider this scandalous injustice to remember some of the principles supported by the U.S. bishops in their 1986 pastoral letter, Economic Justice For All. In that letter they forthrightly stated that every economic decision and institution must be judged in the light of whet1}er it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person. From that viewpoint, it is long past time to jettison the policies that permit today'scorporate robber barons such economic leeway. All of us who turn on a light, run a furnace, cook on a range or heat a home or church must become more informed and active and must speak out on injustices that burden and defraud those least able to combat them. All in the community have a stake in this matter, especially in these times when so many are homeless, jobless and power.less. Corporations have a responsibility to support and enhance the common good. Commonwealth Electric is failing this responsibility. The Editor

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less, fueled by the defeated minorityat Vatican II and their heirs." From time to time an arrogance. I never considered the Second is exhibited by certain theologians Vatican Council a war. but were I that runs contrary to their functo entertain such a notion. I would tion of noble service in the Church. of Father McBrien as a Japthink While many theologians do indeed anese soldier surrendering 25 years work diligently in a dispassionate War I!. The council's after World search for truth and value their purpose was not to fulfill his relationship with the bishops and agenda! the pope. some seem to glory in the Father McBrien ended his talk limelight given them by the secular by wondering aloud about Cathopress for their dissent. lics' response to the "coup" he deRev. Richard McBrien, a former president of the Catholic Theolog- scribed: "Shall it be a community of collaborators and accommodaical Society and presently on the tionists, yearning for favors and theology faculty of the University of Notre Dame, is a prime exam- advancement and for the 路good opinion of those in power, or ple of the so-called "dissident would their response be like that theologians" who in my opinion of Russian President Boris Yeltgive both dissent and theology an sin, who climbed 'atop the tank, undeservedly bad name. declaring defiance,' " Father McBrien. in a recent Forgive me for digressing, but keynote address to a conference in to picture Father McBrien as a Washington, D.C.. attended by Boris Yeltsin reminds me of Senasome 1300 people. addressed the tor Lloyd Bentsen's famous remark topic "Future of the American to Senator Dan Quayle in the Church." He literally "seized the day" by claiming a parallel between the coup in the Soviet Union. and the coup of sorts in the Catholic Church with regard to the reforms ofthe Second Vatican Council. He stated: "We Catholics have been living these past.13 years through a prolonged, slow-motion coup路 of To the Sacred Heart our own against the reforms of most h~/y Heart of Pope John XXIII and the Second Jesus, .fountain of every Vatican Council." He compared Soviet President Mikhail Gorbablessing, I adore you, I love chev with P9peJohn XXIII. while you, and with lively sorrow likening Pope John Paul II to a for my sins I offer you this counterreformer and a coup leader. poor heart of mine. Make His claim of a counterreformame humble, patient, pure tion was buttressed by pointing to disciplining of dissident theologiand wholly obedient to your ans, imposing of new catechisms will. Grant goodJesus, that and loyalty oaths, resisting the leI may live in you and for gitimate aspirations of women, you. Give me health of pulling back on ecumenism and body, assistance in my temdownplaying of the Church's social ministry. poral needs, your blessing Father McBrien further asserted: on all that I do and the "Although no phone lines have . grace ojaholy death. Amen. been cut and no one placed under house arrest, it is a coup nonethe-

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debate during which Quayle compared himself to President John F. Kennedy: "I knew Jack Kennedy, I worked with Jack Kennedy, 1 liked Jack Kennedy and you're no jack Kennedy!" Father McBrien's talk should have been entitled "Back to the Future of the American Church," I refer specifically to his article in the National Catholic Reporter for Nov. 12, 1976, entitled "Called to Action Reflects People of God Image," Father McBrien heralded this conference 路as a new vision of the Church, a full two years before John Paul II's papacy. The National Conference of Catholic Bishops summoned a conference of some 1300 delegates to Detroit after months of preparation at a cost of over $400,000. The conference's resolutions remain the unfulfilled liberal agenda and should not be mistaken as the fulfillment of the "spirit of the Second Vatican Council," The conference called for ordination of women, married priests, passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution, .the sanctioning of the practices of contraception and remarriage after divorce, and acceptance of homo'sexuals into full rights of ~hurch 'membership (including employment as teacher). Some, obviously including Father McBrien, cannot accept that the Ch!Jrch is not a democracy. and the "vox populi" is not necessarily the "sensus fidelium." That is why the authority of the Church will never be as fickle as public opinion. Thank God! 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111i11111111111111111111111 THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River. Mass. Published weekly except the week of July 4 and the week after Christmas at 887 Highland Avenue. Fall River. Mass. 02720 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Subscription price by mail. postpaid $11.00 per year. Postmasters send address changes to The Anchor. P.O. Box 7. Fall River. MA 02722.

Anticipating· apocalyptic deliverance

Some of the latter is pretty far out. But then again, maybe we should be ashamed because our historical circumstances are so different from that of ancient Jews and early Christians. If we were more committed to our faith we would have to anticipate more persecution....and maybe apocalyptic literature would again be a valuable part of our Christian experience.

Daniel 12:1-3 Hebrews 10:11-14,18 Mark 13:24-32 People of faith long to go beyond the present. Often, because of our belief, we experience many difficulties. We must sacrifice much to reach our goal of eternal life. Through the centuries a style of literature known as "apocalyptic" evolved to help those experiencing the greatest difficulty: persecution. When communities are being decimated, worlds turned upside down, the apocalyptic writer directs our gaze to the future. There we will receive deliveran~e; there God will reach down and pull us out of our troubles. We must remember the common historical setting of all apocalyptic works when we hear today's first and third readings. They are composed either in the middle of persecution or with an anticipation that persecution is just around the corner. Of course; we know apocalyptic writers are given lots of literary freedom. For instance, though the author of Daniel actually writes in the second century, B.c., he predates his work to the sixth century, B.C. What is really a reflection on past events, appears in the composition to be a prediction of future events! This literary device is geared to encourage. readers'to hang in there during persecution. Just as God has faithfully fulfilled his promises of deliverance in tile past, so he will fulfill similar promises in the future. Writing in the middle of the· second century Seleucid persecution, Daniel encourages his people to keep the faith. Now is not the occasion to apostatize. "At that time," he predicts, "your people shall escape, everyone who is found written in the book." Don't let something you do during persecution cause your name to be deleted from the book of life, he says. Mark uses an apocalyptic style immediately before he begins his Passion/ Resurrection narrative. Though most scholars do not believe a persecution was actually raging around 70 A.D., when the

By FATHER ROGER KARBAN Gospel was composed, the very nature of the faith made such an event inevitable. If Jesus' followers were living their faith correctly, persecutions would soon be part of their experience. . Like all apocalyptic authors, Mark probably does not know the exact form which God's deliverance will take. So we should not lose sleep worrying when, and if, "the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in the heaven will be shaken." These are classic apocalyptic images. Writers employ them to warn their people that things will probably get much worse before they get better. What is unique to Mark's apocalyptic deliverance is Jesus' statement: "And then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory, and then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the end ofthe earth to the end of tht: sky." No matter how, or when, salvation arrives, Mark is certain that Jesus will play . a major role in it. Our Hebrews' author agrees. Though he does not employ an a.pocalyptic style, he shows how Jesus' death and resurrection have totally eradicated past imperfections: Even the Jewish priesthood, reqUired for the temple worship system, had basic imperfections which the person of Jesus overcomes. What had to be done over and over again is now done only once. What had no power over sin now totally obliterates it. Jesus accomplishes this because his dying and rising offer the human race complete forgiveness. Perhaps we more identify with. the Hebrews' theology than with that of the two apocalyptic pieces.

Jingle Bell Walk The second annual Joseph C. Saulino Jingle Bell Walk is planned for 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 1 to benefit the American Cancer Society. Registration is at 9 a.m. The event, to begin and end on the Oliver Street side of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, is a non-competitive four mile walk. Adults and children are invited to walk, run, rollerskate or travel by wheelchair. Alphonse Saulino, chairman, said that the wal~ "is a fun, healthy way to celebrate the strides we've made in the fight' against cancer, while aiding the American Cancer Society." The walk memorializes Joseph C. Saulino, who was a young and dedicated teacher at Holy Name School, Fall River. With a valiant spirit and strong faith, he battled a rare form of colon cancer for over three years. His motto was "Each day is a gift from God." Prizes will be awarded to children and adults and refreshments will be served after the walk, compliments of St. Anne's Hospital. Further information: American Cancer Society, tel. 996-6262.

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TV star Roseanne Arnold recently got a lot of attention when she alleged that her parents had sexually abused her. Friends of mine were speculating whether or not the incest really occurred. Her parents have denied it. But the accusation was made, and it's all fair game now. Anyone

By FATHER JOHN J, DIETZEN Q, What do I say to a 33-year old daughter, who is married to a non-practicing Jewish man? She was raised in the Catholic faith; was a CCD teacher and so on, and then "love" came along, Since they started courting, his mother became interested again in the Jewish faith, synagogue.three times a year. As a result, they· could not be married in the Catholic Church

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Society too can have a fi,eld day with an opinion. A former Miss America disclosed that she, too, was a victim of incest. And Professor Anita Hill in mid-October presented her charges that Judge Clarence Thomas, then a Supreme Court nominee, sexually harassed her 10 years earlier. Accusations galore. We seem to h'ave become a society that eats up talk of this sort, curious to "want to know," as one magazine puts it. Certainly there's nothing new about accusations, which generally leave the accused person viewed as guilty until that person proves himself or herself innocent. Remember the books penned by the children of film stars, most

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written after the star was dead and unable to respond. Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and Bing Crosby became objects of a child's accusations.

so because a person has, in reality don't go o.n in families, in the or in their perception, done a hei- . workplace and in the affairs of no us thing. government. I know they do, all It's not possible to judge each too often, and justice should be individual accusation, though some done. We can go back much further in But I also have seen many inseem a bit bizarre. of false or exaggerated history, of course, to see the damstances Nevertheless, once so"meone is aging results of accusations. 2,000 accused with incest or sexual abuse accusations. What this does to the years ago, Jesus walked the terrain or is even described as revolution- accused person is a cruel sin. with his message of love. A false accusation covers a perary, the accusation sticks, no matson with mud that stays in place These words scared influential ter what the outcome. people, who saw Jesus as a threat About the time of the Hill- until the accused person can prove he or she is not guilty. Even then, a to their power. So they became his Thomas exchange, I read in The accusers, telling the Romans this - New York Times about a teacher lot of the mud stays permanently carpenter's son was a traitor to in New York state accused six affixed. I Caesar. years ago of sexually assaulting a God help us if we continue to go in the direction of a society in .Why do accusers engage in this student. The boy later admitted he which both the self-righteous and kind of activity? Who knows? May- lied, but the teacher went through the liar' think nothing of throwing be to settle a score, or maybe they six years of hell. I'm not inferring that bad things a damaging first stone. truly believe they have a duty to do

Interfering in an interfaith marriage because of Jewish law excommunicating anyone who takes part in a religious ceremony of a Christian faith, They were married in a local hotel with my parish priest present to give the blessing, with permission of our bishop. At the time" when I discussed children with her, she said they would raise the children in both faiths, which to me is a contradiction. I feel she is setting our Christian heritage back 2,000 years. My priest tells me, in the name of ecumenism, that it is her decision and to stay out of it. She is expecting her first child at the end of November. Any help you can give will be deeply appreciated. (Florida)

A. First of all, I hope whatever you do will be more in the name of common sense than ecumenism. Tell her exactly how you feel very clearly, and why. Then stay out of it. If she is 33 and has been active in the church, she must deal with it herself. Obviously her faith means something to her or she would not have gone through the process of obtail1ing a dispensation from the form of marriage, which she obviously did, allowing the marriage to take place with the priest present to give the blessing. If you act in haste and say things you would be sorry for later, you could alienate her and her family. Don't worry. It is not within her power to "set Christianity back

2,000 years." It all comes down quite simply to one fact. You must live with the results of your Christian upbringing, and your daughter must live with hers. .Keep your own faith, recognize your limitations, and above all be as certain as you can that whatever you do is done with unselfish love for her and her family. Dear Readers: Many write asking about living wills and other ways of preparing for major medical care decisions for oneself or others, On Dec, 1 of this year the National Patient Self-Determination Act becomes effective. This act requires hospita'ls, nursing facilities, hospices and other agencies to furnish information to patients or residents concerning the right to indicate their

wishes regarding the use or refusal of medical care, including Iifesustaining procedures. The Catholic Health Association of the United States, which represents health care providers at approximately 1,200 facilities and organizations in our country, has prepared two pamphlets, "Advice on Advance Directives"and~'Durable Power of Attorney for Health . Care." The first is $.50, the second is $.25, You may obtain copies by sending a self-addressed stamped No. 10 envelope to: The Catholic Health Association of the United States, 4455 WQodson Road, St, Louis, MO 63134. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701.

Feeling like a married single By Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY

Dear Mary: Against conventional wisdom, some of us choose to stay in less-than-satisfying marriages for the sake of family and spouse.

I'm not talking about extremes in behavior, but chronic petty irritations such as frequent criticisms, lack of awareness and attempts to dominate that finally wear down affectionate f~elings.

DOLORES CURRAN

When Sara and -John Dickenson went to a week-long conference in another state, they left their seven-year-old son with friends. When they asked their son how he enjoyed his stay, he replied, "It was fun but they have a weird family. They even eat together." - "It really shook us," Sara said. "With our schedules we've gotten

How does one deal with feeling like a "married single?" - Pennsylvania Emotional support is a shaky foundation for a marriage. Not only does it suffer from irritating day-to-day behaviors, but it inevitably changes over the years as the needs and life experience of the partners change. Despite this, the image of emotional support in marriage is usually a fresh, spo'ntaneous, loving mutual commitment typical of the early years of marriage. This is a beautiful image, but it is neither appropriate nor realistic for an entire lifetime. Making emotional support the primary measure of successful marriage leads to another prob-

lem: making one's spouse the sole source of emotional support. You mention being forced to get emotional support from family and friends. You are fortunate to have family and friends who give you emotional support and receive it from you. This need not be a substitute for support from a spouse but a necessary supplement to it. Chronic petty irritations, as you aptly describe them, exist in every marriage. How do "successful" marriages deal with them? Fortunately, some couples have mutually complementary strengths', good qualities which override the difficult ones. For others, however, it is a matter of emphasis. If you focus on erpotionallacks, that is all you will notice. _Here are

some ways to help yourself focus on strengths. I) Use the technique of thoughtstopping. Whenever you find yourself dwelling on a 'criticism or a dominance mo:ve, use a key word such as "enough." Then immediately get busy doing some physical task. 2) Recognize ~hat some qualities that annoy you now were attractive when you chose your spouse. Try to recapture the attractiveness of these qualities. Although you do not like your spouse to dominate you, perhaps you enjoy such dominance when it is used to deal with poor service by a repairman or when returning poor merchandise to a store. 3) Communicate approval rather than criticism to your spouse. Since

you are so attuned to the negative characteristics in your spouse, you are most likely communicating your irritation. You may also be a critical person, a contri.butor to the critical attitude in your relationship. You need to break the cycle of criticism. Mention each time the spouse does something well. Notice helpfulness. Notice good interactions with the children. Notice a task well done. Remind yourself that each and every day your spouse puts up with you! As we grow older, a dose of genuine humility (I am an OK person, but I have my faults) is a healthy antidote to dwelling on the faults of your spouse.

The family that eats 'together is fast disappearing into the microwave-television pattern of eating during the week because it's easier than trying to find time for a family meal." They aren't alone. According to Marlene Johnson, consumer information director for The Pillsbury Company which recently completed a 15-year study of our eating habits, "Families are putting less emphasis on sitting together and sharing a meal. If trends continue, the family meal could be extinct by the year 2000." While some deplore this specter as further erosion of the family, Helen Antrim, mother, of three who admits their family eats together only on Sundays, reacted

differently. "Frankly, I'm glad to hear it," she said. "What's so sacrosanct about the family meal? If everybody is rushed, tired, and hungry the meal together just becomes a time of stress." She has a point. If the family meal becomes so stressful because of time pressures, is it that valuable? Not if the parents and children have some time together daily in which to interact without television. And that's the crux: if we don't eat together, are we setting aside time to be together asa family? Helen and her husband both have jobs which require an hour commute. Their children are in-

volved in church and school activities as well as babysitting. They cook and freeze entrees on the weekend and take them out to thaw in the morning. The Norman Rockwell model offamily with mom at home cooking and waiting for the family is largely gone. With 56 percent of mothers of children under six working, cooking becomes more rushed and less important. Cookbook author Irena Chalmers said, "The presentg-eneration of women does not value itself on its ability to !Uake a cherry pie. By the year 2000, cooking will be a hobby,just like sewing is today." There are some positives in this

evolving picture. Families are eating out less because they want to come home after work. There's more shared cooking by husbands and children. More couples are picking up prepared food on their way home from work to eliminate the often-stressed post-work/ predinner period. Eating together is not the only time families can interact and communicate. If, like the Antrims, they set aside time after dinner to be together, they may have better relationships than they would have during dinner. But they have to set that time aside. If they don't, then we must mourn the loss of the family meal.

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Treasure "Catholic social teaching is like a treasure buried in a field .... We

Time to remember Dear Editor: Nov. 16 marks the second anniversary of the brutal slayings in EI Salvador of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her 15-yearold daughter. Five of the nine soldiers accused of the slayings were trained at Fort Benning, Georgia, according to a congressional task force sent to EI Salvador to investigate the massacre. Last Nov. 16, to commemorate the first anniversary of these martyrs, Charles Liteky; who received the Congressional Medal of .Honor in Viet Nam; his brother, Patrick, who trained at Fort Benning; and I, a Catholic priest with the Maryknoll Order, protested the ongoing training of Salvadoran soldiers at Fort Benning. We were arrested and tried. 1 am presently serving a 16month sentence in a federal prison in Florida for our act of civil disobedience. My friends, Charles and Pat Liteky, are in other prisons. Hundreds of Salvadorans continue their training at Fort Benning, and millions of dollars in U.S. military aid continue to flow to EI Salvador despite repeated warnings about human rights abuses. Nov. 16 is a time to remember - and a time to speak. More than ever I am' convinced that our country's aid and training to EI Salvador's military is wrong and against what a loving God expects of us as people of faith. Rev. Roy Bourgeois, M.M. #10579-017 Federal Prison Tallahassee, Florida 3230 I

We got a storm that w~ called "Bob" And I was left with quite a job. Twelve trees came down in half an hour, Six days we went, without power We had to call our party off And I am learning not to scoff. When I went out and looked around, At all the trees that had blown down The pines, the oaks, the maples too, I hardly knew just what to do. And I'm still cleaning up the mess When I'll be done. I couldn't guess Now I'm aware that it's absurd To utter ariy thoughtless word This storm has taught me many things, In spite of all the work it brings Our. health, our home, the life we're livin' Our family, it's all God-given None were injured - no one died. And I gave up my foolish pride' And I received a good reminder God could not have been much kinder. John B. Caron North Dartmouth

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Dear Editor: I would like to briefly comment about the section "On Record" in the Anchor. The Oct. 18 issue had Dear Editor: REM's song, "Shining Happy PeoI want to thank you for the covple." Did you know that they erage you gave the Education Conannounced their support for provention (Anchor, Nov. 8). You choice (or as some people say, certainly were able to give a com"anti-life"), on the highly publicized plete account·ofthe day, the liturgy MTV awards? How could you put those advocates of killers in our and all the workshops. It should give people an idea of the many decent Catholic newspaper? interesting workshops available for This was a big insult to me, In '84, as 1 remember knowing that I believe abortion is the teachers. Near the middle of September We all appreciate the time spent wrong in all cases, even if the baby All our family gathered here, is a result of rape. Because God . at the convention and the personal And vowed to do it every year made that soul and he would not interest that was evident. And that's exactiy what we did, Sister Ann Moore, CND want that baby to die due to the And every father, mother, kid Catholic Education horrible circumstance~ of the parEnjoyed themselves an awful lot Department ents. But there's a lesson to be taught. When REM made their political speech on MTV, I quickly turned For we had wind, and we had rain, off the television and went to look And barely missed a hurricane Dear Editor: for my REM tape so that I could But, with our determination, It is commendable that Presiburn it. I could not find it; however, Never had a cancellation dent Bush and Governor Weld are when this article of REM's song interested in improving the status For that reason, I was proud came, I had something to burn. of education in our schools. For I guess I boasted right out loud Rocky Gallamoza years our country was looked up I said that we deserved the credit Fall River to. admired, for its leadership in Now I wish I hadn't said it. . ed ucation, business. etc. Other Then I even made it worse countries are now turning out Regretfully, I voiced a curse better-educated personnel. Let us said that no darned blooming hope this trend can soon be reDear Editor: weather versed. Our overburdened taxpayers Will ever stop our get-together. Since sex is a required subject in have learned that they will conschools; children should be told tinue to be the "angels" for the tax And this is when '1 think God exactly what sex is: basically for funding of offensive and pornogrinned. Turned on the fan. and sent the· graphic art, as an amendment to . procreation and should be thought of by students, as it has been bar such funding was rejected by wind thought of for generations. as to our. "statesmen" in Washington. be used when people are able to The latter included Congressmen provide for offspring. Markey, Atkins, Frank, and With high ideals in mind, stuStudds. dents will participate in worthwhile The attempt to cease funding "dirty" art with our tax dollars was and healthful recreations. When in Nov. 17 given short shrift by our lawmak- school. they will study hard so as 1980, Rev. Henry R. Canuel, ers. Their vote was only a continu- to become satisfied persons. an former Pastor, Sacred Heart, New_ ance of their previous votes in the asset to themselves, their families, Bedford nation's capitol, as they knuckled society and country. Nov. 19 Our young people are beautiful, under to the obscenity empire. 1982, Rev. Msgr. Lester L. Hull, When the vote was recorded in full of ambition and common sense Pastor Emeritus, Our Lady of the the Senate our two senators showed and avid to do their share to make Isle, Nantucket this a better world. They need our their mettle by repeating the votes 1990, Rev. Philodore H. Lemay, of our Congressman. Sen. Kennedy support and encouragement. MS, LaSalette Provincial House, Mrs. Cecile I. Robbins made a joke of the activity by sayAttleboro Buzzards Bay ing it was a "Halloween joke."

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Black Catholics tops in education Black Catholics achieve a higher level of education than whites and other blacks, according to a national survey on religious identification done.by the City V niversity of New York. Barry Kosmin, the survey director, said it shows that black Catho- " lics are more likely than all Americans to complete high school and college. "Religion is a better predictor of education than race," Kosmin told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview. "The cultural values of the religious community cut across social divides." The survey found 26 percent of SISTER MARY AMADEUS Costello is among Sisters black Catholic respondents aged of Mercy who will benefit from the annual dinner for friends of 40 to 59 were college graduates the community. (Jussaume photo) compared to 24 percent of white respondents of any religion and 15 percent of black respondents in that age group. Twenty-five percent of white Catholics in the same age group had graduated from college; Most families know what it is gious communities who cannot It showed that in the 25-39 age like to care for elderly and infirm meet the financial' needs of their group, 89 percent of black Cathorelatives. They know the cost in retired, aged and infirm members lics surveyed were high school gradterms of physical and emotional has been headline news. Generauates compared to 85 percent of all exhaustion if such a family member tions of children and their families blacks and 88 percent of whites. is 路cared for at home. They also who have been served by these Ninety-two percent of white Cathknow the cost if at-home care congregations have been called olic respondents in that age group becomes impossible. But despite upon to' give some return for all had graduated from college. the cost, most families will seek a they have received. In the Fall The survey interviewed 113,000 facility that will care for their River diocese, one way to assist randomly selected respondents loved one as they would themselves. the Sisters of Mercy to care for aged 18 or older by telephone from their elderly and infirm members April 1989 to April 1990. It is natural for families to do this, and it is natural for the family is to support their annual benefit The survey found that black of the Sisters of Mercy. Their sis- dinner for Mount St. Rita Health Catholics are more likely to be ters, who have worked tirelessly Centre in Cumberland, RI. employed fulltime than blacks in This year the dinner will be held general. About 66 percent of black and unselfishly for years as teach- at I p.in. Sunday, Nov. 17, at the ers, nurses, child-care workers, and Catholics were employed fulltime Venus de Milo Restaurant, Swancompared to 55 percent of other parish ministers, are their beloved sea. Further information on the family members. In age and illness, blacks. event may be obtained from Sister Black Catholics also have 50 they deserve care from those who Marie Lourdette, St. Vincent's love them. The primary responsipercent more households earning .Home, Fall River, 679-8511; Sismore than $50,000 a year than the bility for providing this care rests ter Nora Smith, Our Lady of Mercy rest of the black population, the with the Mercy community; but, as every family knows, the cost of Convent, New Bedford, 992-3694; survey showed. Sister Margretta Sol, Our Lady of such care 'can be staggering and Among the respondents, 18 perLourdes Convent, Taunton, 822cent of black Catholics dropped usually cannot be totally assumed 9206; and Sister Rose Angela by the family itself. out of high school compared with McLellan, Our Lady of Mercy 31 percent for the total black popIn recent years the plight ofrei iConvent, Attleboro, 226-4608. ulation and 21 percent for the overall white population. About 2,million blacks are considered church-going Catholics, while another 6 million to 10 milion are unchurched, said the V.S. LIMA, Peru (CNS) - Twelve- exploited in the gold river mines bishops' secretariat for Black Cathnear Huaypetue, in the Amazon, olics. The majority of blacks said year-old Alex Tite Huarcaya struck about 800 miles southeast of Lima. on the survey that they were Bap- a deal with his employer. For about$2aday, Alex worked tist or members of another ProIn August, mine workers near in Armando Cachi Tito's gold river Huaypetue found a clandestine testant denominati'on. "Religion creates social' stability mine in the southern Amazon. graveyard that included the bodies and social cohesion. I.t's been a Alex thought the wages were too of 30 children, many with signs of factor that's been underestimated," low, so his boss said he would torture. said Kosmin. He noted that Catho- increase them after 90 days. He Raul Salorio Neyra, a labor IiI;: schools are particularly benefi- also agreed to clothe and feed ministry official investigating reAlex: the daily ration was rice, ports on child slavery, said child cial to blacks in inner cities. They enable students to over- banana and mandioca - a white, trafficking has become more serious come class and racial handicaps unflavored potato. in the last two or three years. He But Alex's boss did not like the said owners of the mines prefer because they teach all students the same way, whether they are rich or job he was doing, so he told the child workers because adults are poor, black or white, emphasizing boy he had to "sacrifice his sleep to "difficult to subdue." academic achievement and dili- look after the generator." After an "Among them," he added, "they eight-hour workday, Alex slept on gence for all, Kosmin said. prefer those who have left home, a wooden board next to a die.sel because then the family will not engine that remained on. After 53 days of work, Alex know their whereabouts." There is a Sun Bishop Luis Bambaren Gastecaught an intestinal infection and "Time does go on, I tell it...to went to the area's labor inspection lumendi, president ofthe Peruvian those who suffer no'w" They shall office to complain about his treat- bishops' family commission, said survive. There is a sun. They don't ment. He was transferred to a the problems of child trafficking believe it now."-Emily Dickinson children's home in Cuzco, Peru,. and abuse "are so real and serious --~~~~~~~~~-~----~-and received payment for his hours in the region" that the Latin American Bishops' Council has created worked. GOD"S ANCHOR HOlDS Alex's story - with a somewhat a department of the child, headed happy ending - is an exception by Bishop Edmundo Abastoflor - --.... ......-.......... among the 15,000 children being Montero of Potosi, Bolivia.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) Twenty-six U.S. senators have urged Salvadoran President Alfredo F. Cristiani not to grant amnesty to two Salvadoran military officers convicted in, the case of the 1989 slaying of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter. The bipartisan group of senators said their appeal came in response to reports that as part of .an anticipated peace accord between EI Salvador's government and rebel forces, the government was seeking amnesty for Army Col. Guillermo A. Benavides and Lt. Yusshy Rene Mendoza. Thomas Quigley, V.S. bishops' policy adviser for Latin American affairs, told Catholic News Service Nov. 4 that V.S. congressional pressure on Cristiani was "a way of ensuring the integrity of the judicial process." Quigley said that a move by the Salvadoran government to undo the convictions "would make a travesty" of the judicial process and negate the "forward movement that the trial represented" which was "limited, but something." The senators' letter was sent a few days before V.N.-sponsored talks to end, EI Salvador's 12-year civil war resumed in Mexico City Nov. 4. The 19-month-old talks are aimed at reaching a cease-fire in one of Latin America's oldest conflicts and establishing conditions for the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front rebel organization to convert itself into a purely political movement. . Leaders of both sides have said in recent weeks they believe they can reach a cease-fire by the end of' the year. The 1989 slayings took place at the Jesuit-run V niversity of Central America in San Salvador. This fall a five-person jury found Benavides guilty on eight counts .of murder and Mendoza guilty in the murder of 16-year-old Celina Ramos, the daughter of the Jesuits' cook. 'Another army路 lieutenant, a non-commissioned officer and five enlisted men were acquitted by the jury. The senators wrote in their letter that while an amnesty p'ermitting combatants to lay down their weapons without fear of prosecution for their participation in acts of war is a "necessary and desirable part of a legitimate peace process," the murder of the Jesuits "was not an act of war." "Absolving the perpetrators of this ghastly crime would do nothing to advance justice or peace in EI Salvador," the letter said. "To the contrary, it would dem- . onstrate th~ lack of justice for one of the most notorious crimes ofthe past decade," it said. In their letter the senators noted that a centra! principle that emerged' from the Nuremberg trials at the end of World War II was that individuals should not be tried for serving in their nation's military during a time of war. "The only pe~sons tried at Nuremberg were individuals who had cO.!Dmitted crimes against humanity - such as the torture and killing of civilians and prisoners," it said. The thrust of the laws embodied in the Geneva Conventions, the. senators noted, "grew out of thi~ 路fundamental distinction between

legitimate activities by soldiers and officers and prohibited acts against civilians and prisoners of war." "Providing an amnesty to the only military officers ever convicted of human rights violations in EI Salvador would be contrary to the Geneva Conventions and would raise serious questions about EI Salvador's commitment to the rule of law," they said. Among those signing the letter were Sens. Edward M. 'Kennedy, D-Mass.;路 Claiborne Pell, D-R.I.; Daniel P. Moynihan, D-N.Y.; Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt.; Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn.; Tom Harkin, D-Iowa; Mark O. Hatfield, ROre.; Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawaii; John F. Kerry, D-Mass. and James M. Jeffords, R-Vt. -

New League head NEW YORK (CNS) - The Catholic League for Religious and 'Civil Rights has named John P. Puthenveetil, former director of its New York chapter, as national executive director. Puthenveetil had served as interim national administrator since July 30.

A FUNERAL Mass was celebrated Nov. 2 in Leuven, Belgium, for internationally known Catholic religious'educator Christiane Brusselmans, who died Oct. 29 apparently by her own hand. Miss Brusselmans, 60, died in a village outside the historic university town of Leuven. She was among founders of efforts to restore the catechumenate and to establish the ..Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, ~ut was perhaps most widely known for her work in teaching children about the church. She created a eucharistic preparation program and most recently coordinateddevelopment of a Sun~ay liturgy series for children that has been widely acclaimed by liturgists and Scripture scholars. In 1974 she spoke to Taunton area parents and CCO teachers on parental involvement in preparation of children for the sacraments of Eucharist and reconciliation. (1974 Gonsalves file photo)

Foundress began schools for blacks WASHINGTON (CNS)- Black Catholics are increasingly pointing to Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, a black nun who established' the first U.S.-based order of black sisters, as an important model to follow. . "She is an excellent role model for African-American Catholics," said Beverly Carroll, executive director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Black Catholics and a resident of Baltimore, where Mother Lange established the Oblate Sisters of Prov·idence. Baltimore Archbishop William H. Keeler has formally announced that the Vatican has no objection to the Baltimore archdiocese taking preliminary steps for the sainthood cause of Mother Lange. Auxiliary Bishop Carl J. Fisher of Los Angeles, meanwhile/ has given her credit for his remission after surgery for colon cancer. "Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange is a modern example for all people CNS photo who seek to place their trust in BISHOP CARL A. FISHER God, even in the midst of adversity," Bishop Fisher said. _ "She was a woman wh() faced .tremendous opposition, discouragement and defections among closest followers, yet never lost faith in God," he added. Alexis, a sister of the bishop, is secretary general ofthe Oblate SisLOS ANGELES (CNS) - Can medical findings as "a miracle" ters of Providence. and attributed them to the intercancer make one a better bishop? Oblate Sister of Providence Auxiliary Bishop Carl A. Fisher, cession of Mother Mary Elizabeth Virginie Fish said, "I am swamped 45, of Los Angeles, who underwent Lange, foundress of the Oblate with requests for information and surgery for colon cancer on April Sisters of Providence, whose cause prayer cards for Mother Lange as 30, believes it can. for canonization was 'introduced a result of Bishop Fisher's comHe's convinced he can give great- at the Vatica'n last year. ments." "I believe our prayers have been er witness to his personal faith in God. He's sure he can help oth.er heard through the intercession of Mother Lange joins Pierre Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange," Christians be more serious about Toussaint as the first black U.S. their relationship with their crea- he said. "I'm convinced of that, Catholics to be considered for sainttor. And he's positive he can get and no one's going to convince me hood. more people to listen to him as a otherwise." Neither was native born but "I really don't know about the preacher. each eventually journeyed to the "My role as a bishop has taken cancer," Bishop Fisher said. "All United States, where they peron a new dimension in the sense that I can tell you is that I feel formed the works that brought that now I have a wonderful op- absolutely fantastic. I've had no them notice and. possible canoniportunity to give even greater per- negative side effects from the chezation. Toussaint came to New motherapy. I've had no hair loss. sonal witness to my trust and my York City in 1787 and died in I've had no weight loss, in fact, I've faithfulness in God," the bishop 1853. told The Tidings, Los Angeles gained 20 pounds, which is amazMother Lange, born around ing. archdiocesan newspaper. "It's my 1784, is believed to have fled to But cancer has made Bishop faith that's sustained me, and I feel Cuba after a revolution in her Fisher"prioritize" his life and minGod wants me to share that story. native San Dominique, now Haiti. "People always listened to me istry. He said things are "much Sister Fish said she later left Cuba before," he said .. "But I think clearer" to him now. for Baltimore, entering the United Cancer has forced him to come States at Philadelphia about 1812 they're listening to me even more so now. Whenever I mention the to grips with "who I am" in rela-- with her family. words 'death' or 'cancer' or 'termi- tionship with God. He feels the Mother Lange spent her .own presence of God "more deeply" nal illness,' I can just pause and money for 10 years educ~ting than ever and, as a result, calls the refugee children from her native every - every! - face is glued to malignancy the "greatest spiritual land, Sister Fish said and founded me. So I see it as an opportunity to '. blessing" of his life. really bring the Gospel message her order in the 1820s to further The youngest bishop in Califor- her apostolate. even closer to home." During the bishop's April sur- nia, who seemed to be on the fast Ms. Carroll praised the fact that gery at St. Mary's Medical Center track in the U.S. church hierarchy, . Mother Lange "started the first . in Long Beach, doctors removed especially in African-American school system for our kids part of his colon and discovered circles, he said "that's not even in Catholic or non-Catholic." Moththe picture anymore." Cancer, he er Lange, she added, was well the malignancy had spread to his insisted, has freed him of all eccleliver and lymph nodes. So followsiastical personal ambition. ing the surgery he began chemoThese days, his thoughts turn therapy treatments. A new round of tests in late Sep- more often to his own mortality. He thinks about death every morntember indicated the cancer had ing, he said, not in a "morbid" spread no farther. "Physical findings of how Bishop sense but in wanting to live the next 24 hours as fully as he can. Fisher is doing, the lab tests as well "I realize that my days are as the CAT scan and other X-ray limited," he said. "But all of our tests all failed to reveal any evidays are limited. We're all termidence of the disease at this time," nal from the day we're born. But Dr. N. Simon Tchekmedyian of somehow it never sunk in before." the Pacific Coast Hematology/ OnOne of a dozen children raised cology Medical Group told The in poverty and segregation in MisTidings. "That is a clinical remission," he , sissi ppi, Bishop Fisher said he and his family have "always been peoadded. "So what we're dealing ple who had to struggle in life. with is an illness that has been That's part of me. I'm not one who arrested, that has been placed in a gives up. I'm a fighter. complete halt and that is entirely CNS photo controlled... "And I'm. going to fight," he said. "I'm going to struggle." Bishop Fisher described the MOTHER LANGE

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aware that education is "our way into society." , To have f ound~d "a congregation of black women in a slave state long before the Emancipation Proclamation," Sister Fish said, "speaks highly of God's providence." Information on Mother Lange's cause may be obtained from Sister Virginie Fish, Oblate Sisters o.f Providence, 70 I Gun Rd., Baltimore, MD 21227.

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against Croatia as "a pernicious, unjust war" t\1at violates "the most fundamental legal and moral norms." The holy days question brought a small band of protesters to march outside the Omni Shoreham Hotel, the bishops' meeting site in Washington. They sang hymns, prayed the rosary-and carried signs with messages such as "Yes for holy days," "Don't dump Our Lady," "Holy days yes, liberal bishops no" and "N 0 doctrine, no dollars." Auxiliary Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Chicago, chairman of the bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, who introduced six proposals for change in holy days of obligation, noted that many bishops had received inail. opposing any changes. As discussion opened on a proposed new lectionary for children's Masses, Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee express- , ed concern that it might-represent a "watering down" of the word of God. The new 82S-page Lectionary for Masses with Children, which is designed primarily for children ages' 5 to 9, must be approved by twothirds of the U. S. bishops and bythe Vatican. By a 141-107 vote, the bishops voted down norms for lay preaching in church after a number of bishops called the norms unclear and unnecessary. Approval would have required a two-thirds majority vote in favor by active bishops. The vote came after a successful' move by Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law to eliminate provisions in the proposed norms that said lay people with special expertise and candidates for ordination were allowed to preach in certain circumstances. Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk, NCCB/ USCC pres- . ident, opened the assembly by telling his fellow prelates that bishops are not "busybodies" when they speak out on social issues. He argued that the bishops, who speak out often on public policy issues facing the country, contribute "values and convictions about right and wrong, about care for the weak and the vulnerable." The first two days of the bishops' meeting also featured oral reports on a wide range of topics - among them the upcoming National Black Catholic Congress and celebrations surrounding the SOOth anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Americas, the status of The Catholic University of America in Washington and North American College in Rome and implementation of a pastoral plan for Hispanic Catholics.

Prayer case Continued from Page One public ceremonies could be opened with a Catholic Mass or a comment such as "this is a Christian country and non-Christians are doomed to everlasting damnation." She said the court should treat the case as a strict rpatter of prayer in a public school. Allowing any prayer at a school-sponsored ceremony has the effect of an endorsement by the state of a particular religion or religious belief, Ms. Blanding contended. A ruling in the case is expected next summer.

Continued from Page One During Bush's meeting with the pope, the Vatican spokesman said, "the gravity of the situation which involves Croatia and the other Balkan republics was the object of a particular examination in which the tragic urgency of these events . was underlined." The same morning of the Bush-, pope meeting, the European Community met in Rome, announced wide-ranging sanctions against Yugoslaviaarid urged the United Nations to impose an oil embargo. , Former U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who is working for peace in Yugoslavia on behalf of the U.N. general secretary, met :-::;:;.b with Vatican Secretary of State RE<?IONAL leaders of the Dominican Sisters, Sisters of Mercy and the Religious of the Cardinal Angelo Sodano earlier in Holy Umon ofthe Sacred Hea~ts were am~ng 90 representatives meeting recently in Holyoke the day. Navarro-Valls said Pope John fo~ a ~orkshop funded, by t~e Lilly FoundatIOn Development Program to assist communities in Paul and President Bush also talked _bUlldmg .resources ~or contmued ~inistry. F~om left, Sisters Rosemary Laliberte, president of about situations in various counthe Prov~dence reglO?al comm~mty ofthe Sisters ?f Mercy; Patricia Heath, provincial of the tries that threaten freedom of conH.oly Umon commumty; and Eltzabeth Menard, pnoress ofthe Dominicans ofSt. Catherine of science and freedom of religion. Siena. While the pope and president met, Mrs. Bush toured the Sistine Chapel, climbing scaffolding to examine restoration work under way on Michelangelo's "LastJudgchildren will attend, being given Atlanta Archbishop James P. Continued from Page One ment." educated arid well-formed Cathol- tax breaks or receiving governmentLyke Nov. 8 urged Catholics to At the same time, U.S. Secreics. As Catholic schools we must funded vouchers to send their chilrededicate themselves to supporttary of State James Baker and maintain our level of Christian dren to public, private or religious ing Catholic schoo.ls, especially Cardinal Sodano held a working formation." schools. those serving poor communities. meeting to discuss "various probAlso of concern, said Sister "We need to focus on promotOn Nov. 9, Lynne Cheney, chairlems of particular interest to both Moore, was the fact that "we need ing parental choice and on formwoinan' of the National Endowsides in the area of freedom and to look at the contributions of ing coalitions with other groups ment for the Humanities also called international solidarity." John diverse cultures and races ... We on the issue," Sister McNamee on Catholics to lobby for choice. Sununu, White House chief of . want to educate our young people said. But later that day, Diane Rav- Providing ongoingformation itch, assistant secretary for educa- staff, and Brent Scowcroft, national to go out into a society that is secretary adviser, also participated indeed multicultural and multi- of Catholic school personnel to tional research and improvement in the meeting. make, them more knowledgeable' ethnic." When Bush introduced Baker to Donly's group discussed leader- on the subjects theY'teach and to at the U.S. Department of Education, said that Catholic schools the pope in the ,papal library, the ship of Catholic schools. A major help them preserve the Catholic must consider consequences and pope mentioned Baker's "very imconcern is finding the resources to . identity of schools. restrictions they might face if partrain Catholic school personnel, - "Working with the bishops to ents were given government funds portant work" in orchestrating the Middle East peace conference. he said. Among options considered ensure they realize the goals of "We're working on it," Baker were mentoring programs bring- their 1990 statement on education:" to send their children to private and religious schools. replied. ing together new and experienced The statement called for more "This could turn Catholic schools The pope and Bush' then went administrators, and assisting col- support from the bishops through into secular schools," she said. another room to greet members into leges in developing training pro- fund raising and creating offices to Six religious, gove-~nment and ofthe presidential entourage before grams for Catholic school adminhelp schools budget wisely' and business leaders Nov. 6 --received greeting U.S. seminarians, priests, istrators, said Donly. increase parental involvement. religious and others living in Rome Overall, he said, with the sup'Archbishop John R. Roach of the National Catholic Educational , Association's first Elizabeth Ann in the Clementine Hall. port demonstrated by bishops, busMinneapolis-St. Paul, a delegate The 250 Americans gave the .inessmen, parents, religious orders and a former NCEA board chair- Seton Awards for outstanding COIJpope and the president sustained and lay personnel from all levels of man, in an interview with Catholic tributions to U.S. education. Catholic education, the congress . News Service, said church leaders Recipients included First Lady applause as the two worked the crowd, shaking hands. "gave me the feeling that the entire Barb~ra Bush and Philadelphia are to blame for' the low amounts . "You sure know how to make Catholic church is behind the CardInal Anthony J. Bevilacqua. ~atholics give to the church and someone feel at home," the presiits schools.. './ schools. It was extremely rewardNCEA officials also honored ~ ing." The Catholic Church was mainly six Washington area Catholic grade dent said. Although he said he could not "Most people went away feeling an immigrant church until World school lind high school students discuss specific points raised in the we accomplished quite a bit," said War II and families were not enwith the first Elizabeth Ann Seton private audience, Bush said it was Sister Moore. "However, success couraged to 'give much because Scholarships of $1,000 for tuition. will lie in what can be done" on the their primary responsibility was 'W inners also received a s.ilver "a pleasure for me to have had ail this time with His Holiness. We local level. the family, explained the archmedal. had a major tour of the horizon The NCEA will run regional bishop. Presidential Opinion about all the trouble spots" in the follow-up meetings, giving an over"It's our fault we have not given President Bush, meeting with world. view of the congress and offering them a sense of stewardship," he Catholic educators before the con"I had the opportunity to express suggestions for local planning and said. gress, agreed on the need for par- my profound gratitude to the !Ioly action, Sister' Moore explained, He said delegates were very ental choice in education to extend Father for his spiritual and moral adding that the diocese "will want concerned about maintaining the to both public and parochial leadership," Bush said. Catholic identity of schools. to do something [in addition toJ schools. "His message for peace and the , "We are getting a great number the regional meetings." The educators said it may have message that he sends across the of teachers who are trained in their In the end, the 250 Washington taken two years but the president world to all these countries" expedelegates came up with 25 direc- discipline but.have not had much is now speaking their language on ' riencing war and other hardships faith formation," Archbishop tional statements all of which are "is a message of hope and, indeed, Roach said. ' the concept of choice. to be made public shortiy. Sister McNamee said other areas Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly of a message of peace," the president Robert Kealey, executive direcimportant to the delegates were Louisville, Ky., also at the meet- said. tor of the NCEA's elementary The pope thanked the president that Catholic schools are ensuring ing, said President Bush indicated for their "very long conversation" schools department, said the top preparing students to function in a "strong support for parental cho- and said, "I wish all the best to the three priorities were: - Urging Catholics to give more "technological and global society" ice" and said that "would be very president, his family and all Amerby having modern equipment and much in line with our hopes." The ican people. God bless America;" financial and moral support to archbishop is chairman of the board Catholic 'schools. One specific , up to date curricula. The papal remark provided a During breaks between congress of NCEA. aspect of this goal was to increase perfect transition for the seminarworking sessions a number of' financial support to all Catholic Educators saio they were espe- ians, who launched into singing, speakers addressed the delegates. schools by 20 percent by 1997. The cially pleased Bush met with them, "God Bless America." The male On Nov. 7 the delegates heard other aspect was 'getting Catholics given other demands on his time, voices resonated in the hall, and from sociologist and author Fato lobby for educational choice, Mrs. Bush had misty eyes as the including his attendance at the ther Andrew Greeley. 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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 15, 1991

Liber ma路xime venditus? VATICAN CITY (CNS) - If Pope John Paul II wanted to condemn the chaotic Roman rush hour, he might title his papal bull, "Fluxus interclusio." The phrase is Latin for "traffic jam" - and now, thanks to a group QfVatican scholars, you can look it up. In December the Vatican will unveil the long-awaited first volume of its dictionary of contemporary Latin, the "Lexicon Recentis Latinitas." Between its covers are Latin equivalents for such modernisms as "gulag," "dishwasher'? and "cover girl." "There' are a great number of new words in circulation today, from every language and with various nuances. Latin had to catch up," said Father Anacleto Pava. netto, vice president of the Vatican's "Latinitas" foundation, which carried out the five-year-Iong project: Volume I, with about 450 pages and 18,000 entries, covers A-L. The second half of the dictionary should be ready in Ii couple of years, Father Payanetto said optimistically. . The lexicon win provide the Vatican with a wider vocabulary for its official documents, which increasingly touch upon worldly topics. Latin is the church's official language for major publications. Many new terms, however, seem路 more suited to a tabloid newspaper than a papal encyclical. "Glue-sniffing," "alcoholism" and "brainwashing" are in the new dictionary; as are "slot machine," "warmonger" and "hypertension." "Secret agent" is Latinized as "speculator tectus" - based on a phrase used by Cicero to describe a foreign eavesdropper at a dinner party. A "bootlicker" is an "adulator impudens," the shameless flatterer known to every age. . Ancient Romans loved games but never played a "sphaeriludium electricum nomismate actum" - . literally, an "electric game with a ball put into motion by a coin." That's right, a pinball machine. Modernizing Latin has been a' dream of Vatican scholars since the early 1960s, when the .last updating was done. The work has taken so long because each word and definition had to be approved by a committee of experts, often after heated debate. Over the years, many proposed neologisms were challenged and several entries, particularly those tending toward the vulgar, were dropped~ said Father Pavanetto. But the committee did roam into , some pretty secular territory. A "flirtation" is defined as "amor levis" or flippant love. The entry's synonyms flesh out the meaning: "lusus cum blanditiis," a game with flatteries, and "Iascivia brevis," what might be called a onenight stand. The sheer negligee once known in the V nited States (and still known in Italy) as a "baby-doll" comes out in Latin as a "tunicula dormitoria," a little nighttime tunic. The number of automobile terms' in the new dictionary might lead one to believe the pope was readying an apostolic letter on how to drive. A few examples: "disc brakes," "carburetor" and "car wash" (just look for the sign marked "autocinetorum lavatrix") "Machina linteorum lavatoria"

would have made no sense to ancient Romans, since they didn't have washing machines. Neither would the dictionary's rather torpid term for "disco," "orbium phonographicorum theca"-literally, a place to hear worldly records. In writing the dictionary, existing Latin or Greek words were used when possible. But, as in the case of"alcoholo imbuo" (to steep in booze), that wasn't always possible. There is no Latin word for alcohol. The Latinitas foundation was created by Pope Paul VI in part to keep Latin alive. But it may be a losing battle. At last year's synod in Rome, for example, only three of about 200 bishops signed up for the Latin-language discussion group. On the rare occasion that a bishop actually addressed the synod in Latin, there was great fumbling for the translation headphones. The pope jokingly. scolded the bishops about not knowing Latin - but he had to do it in Italian, so THE COLOSSEUM they would understand what he was saying. One Vatican Latinist, V.S. Carmelite Father Reginald Foster, is skeptical that the new dictionary VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Ex- office responsible for the Coloswill reverse Latin's slide. ploring the Colosseum on a Sun- seum, the chapel may be used only "N ow that you've got the words, day or holy day, a visitor to Rome on Sundays and holy days. what do you do with them? If no might stumble upon a priest, sevFew people know that the chapel one is learning the Latin language, eral nuns, some Colosseum workers exists. Asking directions from a it's useless to have dictionaries on and a few tourists at Mass. souvenir seller seated 10 feet from your shelf," he said. Tucked into a ground floor arch the corridor leading to the chapel But Latinitas members believe in the huge monument to Rome's elicits a very Roman "beh" and there are thousands of scholars pagan splendor is the tiny Chapel shoulder shrug. who .will use the new lexicon. of Santa Maria della Pieta. The chapel, which seats 12 inside Some even think it could be an It is a reminder of people who and dozens more outside. is located a'cademic best-seller - or a "Iiber . died for their faith, although the in the passageway behind Arch maxime venditus." once-eommon belief that thousands XXIV on the east side of the of Christians were fed to the lions Colosseum. in the Colosseum's bloodletting the corridor entrance. blocked spectacles is almost universally dis- off except when Masses are being missed today. celebrated, is behind the large cross VATICAN CITY (CNS) - ReSan PieHowever, the Cir.colo inside the Colosseum. The chapel tired bishops can be elected to the tro, a lay religious and service cannot be seen from any area Synod of Bishops, according to a organization that has been custo- generally' open to the public, a'nd Vatican ruling. dian of the chapel since 1936, says .signs indicating its location are The ruling allows national bishthere is evidence, although dis- only put up when Mass is being ops' conferences to choose retired puted, that'at least two Christians celebrated. bishops as their synod delegates were martyred there: The challenge of finding the even though bishops automatically - St. Ignatius of Antioch. a chapel is matched only by attempts lose membership in the conference bishop of the early second century to ascertain its beginnings. It's cerupon retiring. . The ruling, approved by Pope \~ho was condemned for his faith tainly not part of the original Colby the Emperor Trajan and sent- osseum structure which was comJohn Paul II, was made by the Pontifical Council for the Inter- enced "to be devoured by the wild pleted in A.D. 80 and inaugurated beasts for the entertainment of the with 100 days of games. Guidepretation of Legislative Texts. people." books agree that many gladiators Its purpose is to allow bishops' St. Almachius (also called St. and thousands of wild animals conferences to elect a retired bishop were killed at those gala opening who has an extensive expertise in a Telemachus), an ascetic who tried events. synod topic, said Dominican Fath- to stop the deadly gladiator fights in the Colosseum and was stoned Ownership of the Colosseum er Joseph Fox, a council official. to death for his efforts. Some through many hands over passed The council decision, in question-and-answer form, refers to believe this saint never existed. but the centuries and the building sufsections of canon law, the churCh's others claim his death was part of fered the effects of fires and earththe reason the Emperor Honorius quakes. It was also used as a legal code. It says: quarry, with its stones and traver"Q: Can a bishop emeritus, ac- stopped the contests in 403. The Colosseum chapel is domi路 tine marble "adopted" for use in cording to Canon 402, Paragraph I, be elected by a bishops' confer- nated by a bas-relief of the suffer- the palaces of Roman and church ence, according to the prescrip- ing Mother of Jesus holding a dignitaries. tions of Canon 346, Paragraph I, crown of thorns in one hand. Even if no one was martyred in to membership in the Synod of arena, the chapel is a place to' the Bishops?' "think of, and pray for. all those "A: Affirmative." "Bishop emeritus" is the canon who died for the faith," said Savelaw term for a retired bishop, rio Petrillo, vice president of Cirdefined in Canon 402, Paragraph colo San Pietro and director ofthe I; and Canon 346, Paragraph I, papal villas at Castel Gandolfo\ "it's a testimony to faith in a ,gives a bishops' conference the power to elect its synod repre- monument to paganism," he said. The Circolo San Pietro's spiritsentatives. ual adviser and a Fra'nciscan priest take turns presidingata 10:30a.m. Footprint Mass there on Sundays and holy days, except during August. "I took a day to search for God, The Circolo also makes arranand found Him not. But as i trod gements for groups of tourists travby rocky ledge, through woods eling with a priest to celebrate untamed, just where one scarlet Mass there. But under current lily flamed, I saw His footprint in agreements with the government the sod."-Bliss Carman

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By the late 1300s. stripped of most of its adornments. it became a home to squatters. They were evicted and the Roman Senate gave a third of the Colosseum to St. John Lateran Hospital. That area then became known. as St. James at the Colosseum Hospital. The Circolo San Pietro traces the beginnings of a chapel in the Colosseum to the founding of the hospital, because "logically" it included "erection of a chapel for the use of the recovering," their booklet said. The current chapel was established as Santa Maria della Pieta in 1519. but, like the rest of the Colosseum, .was abandoned in 1540. The Archconfraternity of . Gonfalone, a lay group, restored the chapel in 1622 and built a room nearby for the chapel's custodian. Pope John Paul II blessed the chapel's most recent restoration by beginning his 1984 Good Friday celebration of the .Way of the 'Cross there. Petrillo, the Circolo's vice president, described the "atmosphere of prayer" in the little chapel as "particular." "You can feel 2,000 years of history - the emperors, the soldiers, the gladiators and spectators who walked on these stones. You can feel this history," he said. Groups traveling to Rome with a priest can arrange to celebrate Mass in the chapel by writing' to Circolo San Pietro, Piazza San Calisto 16, Rome, Italy 00153.

Iteering pOintl CATHOLIC WOMAN'S BOY SCOUTS FOOD DRIVE, CLUB, NB NB,FR ,Executive Board meeting 7:30 The Moby Dick Council of the p.m. Nov. 20, St. Lawrence Rectory, Boys Scouts of America (New Bed110 Summer St., NB. ford area) will be collecting food items for holiday drive this weekend. STONEHILL COLLEGE Food collection bags were distrib"The Roman Forum and the Routed door-to-door last weekend, with man Peace" lecture and slide presenrecipients asked to fill them and tation by Professor Charles F. Ahern, place outside their doors by 9 a.m. associate professor of classics at tomorrow for pickup by Scouts. Boston College, 7 p.m. Nov. 20, Persons who did not receive 'a bag Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Institute for Law and Society auditorium, Stone- may offer to contribute by calling hill College, North Easton. Spon- 993-9978. Requested items include baby formula, soup, chili, fish, meats sored by college Honors Program; and vegetables. Contributions will open to the public. Information: be distributed by Fall River arid Professor Richard Capobianco, New Bedford Salvation Armies, 230-1243. PACE, New Bedford Red Cross and DCCW DISTRICT V Greater Fall River Community Food Cape and Islands District V meetPantry. ing 2 p.m. Sunday, Holy Trinity Church, W. Harwich; a Christmas K.ofC. Falmouth Council813 Past Grand program will be presented. Knights Dinner honoring Mel Gon) ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, salves 6 p.m. tomorrow. SWANSEA/ST.JOHN OF GOD, ST. ANTHONY, SOMERSET MATTAPOISETT 14th annual joint meeting of St. Mass and communal anointing of John of God Guild and St. Louis de France Ladies of St. Anne Sodality the sick 3 p.m. Sunday, Knights of Columbus Hall. Nov. 20; Mass celebrated 7 p.m. at St. Louis, followed by speaking pro- ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT gram with Dr. Lois Wims, assistant Volunteers wishing to participatt: professor in administration of jus- in procession and reception for Quintice dept., Salve Regina University, centenary Cross presentation cereNewport, RI. Social program co- mony Dec. 1 at cathedral may conchaired by Claudette Armstrong and tact parish evangelization office or Alice Arruda. All ladies of the par- rectory by today. ishes are welcome. CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE ST. ANNE, FR RCIA catechists meeting 8 p.m. St. Anne novena service 5 p.m. Nov. 18. Soup is especially needed Sunday, shrine, followed by healing for Thanksgiving food drive. Collecservice. tion baskets will be at church entrances this weekend to collect conST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON tributions to Cub and Boy Scouts First communion parents' meetfood drive; donations will be dising 9 a.m. tomorrow, church hall; a tributed by parish food pantry. tour of the upstairs church is planned for the children. Vincentian troubaST. ELIZABETH SETON, dours will entertain at Taunton Nurs~ N.FALMOUTH " ing Home 1:45 p.m. Sunday; volunYouth group Mass 5 p.m. Sunday teers welcome. Vincentian holiday followed by dinner; ski trip plans food drive will continue this weekwill be discussed. end; contribution baskets in church LaSALETTE SHRINE, main lobby. Calix meeting 6:30 p.m. ATTLEBORO Sunday, parish center. Healing service and Mass 2 p.m. ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Sunday with Father Andre Pate1st year confirmation parent-sponnaude, MS; will include teaching, sor meeting 7 to 8:15 p.m. Nov. 20, songs of praise and opportunity for hall. Grades 7 and 8 junior CYO individual anointing. meeting 7 to 8: 15 p.m. Nov. 21; rollST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH er skating party Nov. 23. CYO officConfirmation II teachers' meeting ers, committee heads and adult advisors organizational meeting 6 to 8 7 p.m. Nov. 19, Family Life Center. Confirmation I students' and parp.m. Sunday, conference room. 2nd ents' meeting 7 p.m. Nov. 20, church year candidates "call to confirmahall. Boxes at church entrance for tion" ceremony 11:30 a.m. Mass donations to Vincentians' food drive; Sunday. food baskets will be distributed t{> ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, FR needy Nov. 24. Women's Guild Mass for deceased SACRED HEART, members 6 p.m. Nov. 19 followed by , N.ATTLEBORO . meeting. St. Mary-Sacred Heart School HOLY NAME, FR students MichaeIJohnston and Carla Adults 18 and over wishing to be Fazio were junior high category winconfirmed'March 16 may register at ners in a ,"Fire Won't Wait" poster rectory at 7 p.m. Nov. 18. Children's contest sponsored by the N. AttleMass 10 a.m. Sunday. boro Fire Dept. RCIA catechist formation 7 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 19, ST. PATRICK, FR Names offamilies in need to bene- rectory; guest· presenter will be fit from Vincentians Thanksgiving Father Ed Healy of St. Pius X parfood drive may 'be submitted in col- ish, S. Yarmouth. Next RCIA inlection basket or to rectory, 672- quiry se~sion 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2; notify 2302, by Nov. 24; please include David Johnson, 699-0588, or Warren address, number of persons in fam- Boehlirig, 699~2252, if unable to ily and phone number if possible. attend. Students in religious education pro- CATHEDRAL CAMP, gram may bring food donations to E. FREETOWN altar at 9 a.m. Mass Nov. 24. Our Lady of Grace Church youth retreat Nov. 16 to 17. CATHEDRAL, FR CCD Mass 11:30a.m. SundayfolCORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH lowed by social, school hall. CCD Thanksgiving foods needed for teachers' meetings 6: 15 p.m. Nov. 18 food pantry collection this weekend; and 4: 15 p.m. NQv.. 19. Southeastern pantry will also be open I to 4 p.m. Massachusetts Trumpet Guild con- the Monday and Tuesday before cert 3 p.m. Nov. 24. Thanksgiving for homemade goods NOTRE DAME, FR and perishable items. Applications Youth group roller skating party available for boys' ECHO weekend Nov. 24; permission slips must be for high school juniors and seniors returned by Nov. 18. Parishioners Dec. 6~8; information: Debbie are encouraged to make or acquire a Golden, 888-3112. Couples' Club pie home Advent wreath and bring it to and movie night 7 p.m. Nov. 22; be blessed at Mass the weekend of reservations: Jim or Peg Sylvester, Nov.30-Dec. I. 888-5223.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB Seniors' group Thanksgiving din~ ner and meeting noon Nov. 19, church hall. Food items for Vincentian food drive may be left in ushers' room Nov. 16/17 or 23/24 or at weekday Masses Tuesday and Wednesday. Vincentians meet following 10 a.m. Mass Sunday. Women's League, evening of recollection 7 p.m. Nov. 21, church hall; Father Mark Hession will be spiritual advisor and celebrate Mass. ' ST. MARY, SEEKONK Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18. Grade 2 parents' meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, upper church. High school youth will attend 5 p.m. Mass Sunday with meeting to follow. Grade 4 class Mass 10 a.m. Sunday. Senior Saints' Christmas party 12:30 p.m. Dec. 3, churclr haH; reservations: 761-5588 or 761-8603. .' HOLY NAME, NB Lector training session 7 tonight, lower sacristy. HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Youth group meeting 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday; topic: Suicide and Teenagers. Lector's prayer service and meeting noon Sunday. Mass at Maple Terrace 11:30 a.m. Nov. 18. ST. THERESA, S. ATTLEBORO Father Paul Desmarais" Providence diocese director of ministry for cult awareness, wiH conduct a forum on the occult for parents of grades 3 through 9 students 6 to 7: 15 p.m. Nov. 24, parish center conference room. Religious education course for children ages 6 to 14 with special needs taught by Simone Tassone begins 9:30a.m. Nov. 23, church hall; registration closes Nov. 21. Information: Ms. Tassone, 724-5451, or Fran Costa, 399-8177. ST, PATRICK, SOMERSET, Parish mission Nov. 17 to 22; Redemptorist Fathers John Hennessey and Raymond Weitman will speak at Masses this weekend. Mission services: anointing of the sick 3 p.m. Sunday; to arrange transportation contact Frank Donahue, 6747589. Evening service and sermon 7 p.m. Sunday. Mass and mission sermon 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mission priests will visit shut-ins during the week and meet with confirmation candidates Monday and Tuesday evenings.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 15, 1991 SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR Parishioners invited to attend taping of TV Mass to be celebrated by Father Peter Graziano II a.m. tomorrow,Bishop Stang High School chapel, N. Dartmouth. Senior Citizen Soup noon Nov. 26, Father Coady Center; participants contact school so aclvance count can be made. Preparation for holiday giving tree 7 p.m. Nov. 19, rectory. O.L. HEALTH, FR Holy Name Society Mas,S 8 a.m. Sunday. Council of Catholic Women meeting 7 p.m. Nov. 18, rectory. ST. JAMES, NB Vincentian food drive this weekend. Altar servers class for boys in grad'e 4 or older II a.m. tomorrow. Pro-life committee meeting 7:30 p.m. Sunday" parish center.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE High School youth ministry meeting Sunday; name of parish presentee for Bishop's Ball will be dra"Yn. OL V/ OLH Guild meeting noon Nov. 18, parish center.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River~Fri:, Nov. 15, IC)91

By Charlie Martin

Time, Love and Tenderness

By Michael Warren I am surprised to' learn of the many young people now looking to plastic surgery to change the way they look. They don't like ,their noses or chins or ears and want their parents to pay thousands of dollars to have them changed. I don't intend to make fun ofthe anxieties that lead to this phenomenon. Such anxieties have been around, and not just in young people, for a long time. What I want to comment on is self-esteem. Why is it that some people don't worry about their "image," the idea other people have about them, while others are nagged by a fear they are not "right"? They don't look right, don't walk right, don't talk right, don't laugh right. The first group realize they aren't perfect, but they are 0 K. Basically they accept themselves as they are, because they have a kind of basic self-esteem lacking in the second group. Is self-esteem a bigger problem to young men today than 20 or 40 years ago? Someone told me recently that as teens, he and his friends were all concerned with physical fitness. They played sports and sought to excel, but never lifted weights. He asked why today ,so many young men lift weights and seem concerned with their bodyimage. I told him I had no idea. Do they want to look like actors they see in movies and television, 'with bulging biceps? Do the images they see in mpvies and television make them self-conscious? Today, he said, it is not enough to' be physically fit; you have to have the right look, the right measurements. ' The irony is that you can't find what other people love in you by looking in a mirror. All the time

you examine yourself in a mirror you are self-conscious. Anyone's real beauty comes out in moments of unself-consciousness. What may attract a woman to a man may not be his muscles at all, but the hint of vulnerability, of questioning she finds in his eyes, when he is quietly thinking. His love for his grandmother may mean far more to this young woman than how many pounds he can press. Plastic surgeons haven't yet mastered how to graft on love for grandmothers. So what do you do if there is something about your appearance that you don't like and it bugs you? One solution is to have the nose job done. Another solution is to sit down and count the gifts God has showered on you. Name them; total them up. Surely some of these' gifts are specific to you: some talent you have; some gift you prize; some friend or relationship that has lit up your life: What do you enjoy most in the world? What gives you the most pleasure and joy? The word "esteem" means to value or count up. Name what gives value to your life and embrace those things. Thank God for them. There is one other thing a person unsure of his or her value can do. This is what I call the gentling exercise. Sit somewhere comfortable and bring before your imagination the faces of people who have enriched your life. These are the people who have loved us. In your imagination, look at each person, say a word of greeting, give a hug. Let these people come before you, these who have esteemed you, these you know who have loved you when you didn't love yourself - and see if anxiety about body~image doesn't evaporate a little,

So you say that you can't go on Love left you crying And you say that your hope is gone What's the use of trying What you need is to have some faith, Shake the sadness Get yourself a new view Nothing is as sad as it seems Someday you111ack the heartache 'Someday you111ack the pain Somehow you can get through the rain When love puts you through the fire When love puts you to the test Nothing cures a broken heart Like time, love anÂŤt tenderness You think the world is over But just rememb;er this Nothing heals a broken heart Like time, love and tenderness Time, love and tenderness I understand how you're feeling now I know what you've been through But your world'is going to turn around So baby don't you be blue All it takes is a little time To make it better The hurt won't last forever All your tears are going to dry Someday you11 lack the heartache Someday you111ack the pain ' You may be down on your luck But baby your luck's gonna change. Written by O. Warren. Sung by Michael Bolton (c) 1991 by Sony'Music Entertainment Corp. MICHAEL BOLTON'S latest hit offers some questionable advice for the heartbroken. "Time, Love and Tenderness" is the title song of his new album by the same name. This release, like most of his ,hits, is dominated by Bolton's strong soul vocal style. . The song leaves me with mixed feelings. The person in the song tries to be a friend by giving advice to another who has lost at love. This individual

tells,the other person to "shake the sad ness" and "get yourself a new view." He reminds the other that "nothing heals a broken heart like time, love and tenderness." His advise strikes me as an attempt to fix the other per'son's hurt. Such an effort may be well meaning, but it doesn't assist the process of healing. Friends who respond to one's hurts in such a manner are implicitly telling us that we

shouldn't feel what we are feeling. If you want to support someone who faces the end of a romance, dothe opposite. Allow your friend to have his or her feelings. Try to understand and validate those feelings as the other person's genuine emotional response. When we are supported in what we feel, we tend to move through the feelings more quickly. The song states that "nothing is as sad as it seems." I disagree. Heartbreak due to a loss really hurts. When our hopes and dreams for a relationship are shattered, the emotional hurt is real and deep. Good friends do not assume that they understand what their hurt friend feels. Rather, they open their hearts with compassion and patience, accepting us in whatever we are experiencing. Bolton suggests that "time, love and tenderness" are the remedies for a broken heart. Certainly, all three help, but we need to know how to apply them. When it comes to "time," don't put your recovery on a schedule, lest you fall prey to thoughts such as "I should be over this by now." The "love" most needed is self-love practiced in a self-nurturing way. Be as kind to yourself as you can. Also, surround yourself with people who love and accept you in the ways described above. And as for tenderness, refuse to beat yourself up emotionally, looking for blame about what you did wrong in the relationship. If there is learning to Qe gathered from what occurred,' as is most likely, the time to reflect about these lessons is later, after some emotional healing has been received. Being a caring, supportive friend to someone hurt by love is 'to give help for the other's recovery. Be sure to give your love ina way that respects and uplifts this person. ' Your comments are welcomed by Charlie Martin, R.R. 3., Box 182, Rockport, Ind, 47635.

Taunton Catholic Middle School Fifth grade students are creating a "tree of thanks" this month, inscribing things for which they are thankful on decorated leaves to be added to the tree. Sixth graders participated in a

retreat day on the theme of friend- the eighth graders, while a math ship on Oct. 30. This month they project has the eighth graders surare studying to become certified in veying the percentages of time , given to commercials versus prosafety courses. Grade seven has been working grams on television .. in the computer lab on an "Ode to * * * * Autumn" project. Also, one class Report cards will be issued tois learning sign language" while another is polishing public speak- day; teachers will be available for ing skills through a series of show- conferences from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.and6:30t08:30p.m. Nov. 18. and-tell presentations. Eighth graders ,are exploring No appointment is necessary. A new Home and School Assohigh school options with visits to Coyle-Cassidy High School. A ciation newsletter titled "Crusader Chronicles" has replaced the Taungroup of TCMS alumni, nQw Coyle-Cassidy students, recently ton Catholic Middle Scoop. The presented a slide show.and held a first Crusader newsletter was isquestion and answer session for sued this month.

Holy Family-Holy Name School

AT A RECENT retreat for 175 diocesan Boy Scouts at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, a youngster responds to a question from Boston seminarian Steven Poitras who was discussing service and vocations in light of the retreat theme, "A Boy Scout Is CheerfuL" (Rosa photo)

Students at Holy Family, Holy Name School, New Bedford, observed the feast of All Saints with a Mass celebrated by Father JonPaul Gallant followed by a Discover Saints assembly at which classes shared what they learned in their studies of saints. Students of the month are: for preschool, Jillian Almeida, and for kindergarten, Sara Grenon and Rebecca Braley. Also, listed in order from grade I to grade 8: Kyle Gushue, Matthew Goldblatt, Kristen Bergeron,

Michael Desrosiers, Kelli Bergeron; Matthew Guilbert, Paula Lima and Melanie Estrella. . Teachers of the month are James Conley and Alana Duval. A spirit day for all students is planned for Nov. 20. Canned goods for the needy will be collected throughout the school year.

Harvest "He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love." - Brooks

, , ' . The' Feeh"ah' giJi'dance depart-' THE ANCHOR-!...Diocese of Fall River-Fri., 'Nov.-15;199"l ment, directed by Sister Regina Coughlin, RSM, has been very active since the start of school in assisting students in the college application process. Seniors received calendar booklets outlining steps in the process from September to June, and by the end ofthis quarter every senior will have met individually with his or her guidance counselor to discuss college or vocational plans. Each counselor makes sure the student is familiar with the college application process and submits applications on time. The guidance department has also sponsored five mini-college fairs this year. Held during the school day, the fairs have brought representatives of 180 colleges to Feehan. The college fair program, offered at Feehan for three years, is presKATI:IRYN CROSSON (center) of Bishop Stang High ented in conjunction with three School accepts Teacher ofthe Year award from Susan Leclair: other are a high schools: Foxboro, ST. ANNE'S School, Fall River, fourth-graders Jessica Bishop Stang Class of 1964, professor of medical technology at King Philip and North Attleboro. Desrosiers, left, of Mrs. Patricia Souza's class and Allyson 32 seniors participated in a 14UMass Dartmouth; and university chancellor John R. Brazil. Cook of Sister Mary Dumond's class were grand prize winners hour SAT preparation course. Stuin a "Design Your Own Stamp" contest on the theme of space dents will take the SAT a second exploration. They received a "Best of the Decade" stamp coltime this month. When November test scores are computed they will lecting kit featuring the most popular stamps of the 1980s. All be compared with the students' ' students who entered received a coloring book. May scores to see if the course Pat Eagan of the U.S. Postal Service introduced both Providing students with a solid dent as an instructor who chal- improved their performance. College-bound students and their , fourth grade classes to the Benjamin Franklin Stamp Club background in science to enable lenges and ,contributes to intellecProgram, through which they can start their own stamp them to make "scientifically litertual and personal development of parents have heard two speakers on the college admissions process. collections. ate" personal and environmental her students. On Oct. 8, James Montague, Pictured, back row, 'from left: Pat Souza, Sister Mary decisions is the goal of Kathryn A. Ms. Crosson says the secret to Crosson, chairperson of the science stimulating interest in science is to assistant director 6f the College Dumond, CP, and Pat Eagan. Boards in Waltham, spoke on the department at Bishop Stang High expose students at all levels of ability to demonstrations and hands- 'value of the SAT in college admisSchool, North Dartmouth, and a member of Holy Name parish, on experiences. Whether it be toast- sions. He said a revised SAT placing more emphasis on reading and Fall River. ing marshmallows or building and flying hot air balloons - two of critical thinking will be adminisIn recognition of her success in tered beginning in 1993. achieving this goal, the Sigma Xi Crosson's favorite projects William Dunphy, admission Society of the.U niversity of Mas"when science is taught in such a plantirig them in front of a teleWAS H INGTON (CNS) sachusetts Dartmouth named her manner that it relates to eveything , counselor for Adelphi University vision to keep them occupied, as is of New York, spoke Oct; 24. He Catholic elementary schools should "Teacher of the Year" during 'a a student does in his or her world, the case for many so-called latchencouraged students to apply to at consider offering day care and recent surprise ceremony at Bishop then it is no longer a frightening key children. least five or six colleges; one a extended day programs not only Stang. The award' was presented subject, but rather an exciting sub"safety" college at which the applito help parents but to ease their ject," she said. -, by UMass Dartmouth Chancellor cant is fairly certain of' gaining own budget woes and boost futu're John R. Brazil. "We should be trying to make admission. He also suggested stuenrollments, says Robert Kealey, Ms. Crosson was chosen from a students aware of the wonders and dents visit campuses before makdirector of the elementary schools Recent box offIce hits number of social anp natural n'eeds of our world, and what they ing a final decision. . department ofthe National Cathoscience teachers nominated throughcan do to protect and help it. 1. House Party 2, A-IV (R) . The guidance department will lic Educational Association. out Southeastern Massachusetts. There is much work that needs to 2. Curly Sue, A-II (PG) sponsor a regional financial aid Many such programs at Catholic Sigma Xi clubs nationwide honor be done with science education, 3. Other People's Money, schools "lead to enrollment at the night at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 in the science teachers in order to raise but I think the first step is to undo A-III (R) Feehan auditorium. John Skaar, schools," he said. the level and quality of scientific the myth that science is an impos4. The Fisher King, A-II' (R) financial aid director at Wheaton Extended day programs serve research. sible course of study only to be 5. Frankie and Johnny, College, will speak. school-age children hefore and Ms. Crosson holds a bachelor of tackled by the 'brains.' With this A-II' (R) In addition to Sister Coughlin, after school and when schools are science degree in biology and ed umyth dispelled the fear of science guidance department members are not in session. Day care serves 6. The Butcher's Wife, will fade and more students will be cation from Fitchburg State ColNeil Loew, Sister Juliette Colligchildren as young as six weeks old A-IV (PG-13) lege and a master of chemisty edu- apt to elect to take science courses. non, Alan Kazarian, Sister Belto school age. 7. Little Man Tate, A-II (PG) cation degree from Boston College. The first step to educating the mira Oliveira, Joseph O'Boy and Both programs already exist at ~. Deceived, A-II (PG-13) young in science is to get them in She has taught biology and chemFather David Costa, school chasome Catholic schools and par9. Ernest Scared Stupid, the door," she added. istry at Bishop Stang since 1977 plain, who serves as a liaison for ishes, but statistics indicate that, (Not classified) (PG) and was appointed department chairIn other news at Stang, three demand for them may increase. person in 1987. 10. Ricochet, 0 (R) students recently performed with spiritual needs. Estimates show that in the 1990s Parents are informed of guidance Under Ms. Crosson's stewardthe Boston College Symphony Ordepartment happenings through a nearly two-thirds of the nation's ship, the science department has chestra during the 25th annivermonthly newsletter. elementary school children will added courses in advanced place- sary celebration of Bishop Con~ come from single parent families ment chemistry, student research nolly High School. or families where both parents (Project Search), plant biology and Junior Cara, MacDonald; her work outside the home. basic chemistry, as well as physics sister, freshman Kathleen MacWASHINGTON(CNS)-Geor~A 1989 NCEA study showed Donald; and freshman Bryan Lemcourses for students less adept at town University in Washington that 30 percent of the nation's ieux performed a suite from Water and the College of the Holy Cross science. She has successfully app7,300 Catholic elementary schools Music by Handel under the direclied for outside grants to upgrade in Worcester were ranked among provided extended day programs, tion of Neal Hampton of the Orthe school's laboratories and equipthe top colleges in the country in Kealey said. Recent top rentals chestra. The McDonalds, daugh~ the latest annual survey by U.S. ment, raising over $36,000 for this For example, six years ago in 1. The Silence of the Lambs, project, completed in 1990. ters of Mr. and Mrs. Michael New and World Report magazine. California only 25 Catholic schools A-IV (R) MacDonald of Buzzards Bay, play For the past nine years, Ms. The two Jesuit institutions were' , provided extended day programs~ 2. The Godfather Part III, Crosson has cO,ordinated Project the flute, while Lemieux, son of the only Catholic schools listed by Today, more than 400 of the 601 A-IV (R) Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lemieux of Search, through which students the Washington-based magazine elementary Catholic schools in the 3. ,Class Action, A-III (R) Acushnet, ,is a violinist. Their conduct independent research leadamong the top 25 national univer- state have such programs: 4. Switch, 0 (R) . ing to successful projects. Stang school director is Suzanne Christie. sities in the United States and the A study showed extended day, . 5. One Good Cop, A-IV. (R) students have finished in the top top 25 ria.tional liberal arts col- program~ to cost parerits about $3 6. Madonna: Truth or Dare, leges. Another J 9 Catholic schools ,per hour." " three in this competition every ' o (R) year since 1985, finishing in first were listed among 62 top regional Parents are especially interested 7. Dances With Wolves, The student council invites place in 1990" and second .and universities, and seven were among in year-round programs, KeaJey' . . A-III (PG-13) alum'ni, parents and friends to join third in 1991: Also this year, two the top 40 regional' liberal arts said, and prefer thein at 'a child's 8. The Hard Way, A-III (R) in the annual Bishop Feehan Higl;! Stang science .stude_nts placed colleges. school, eliminating the heed for 9.. A Kiss'Before Dying, A-III (R) School, Attleboro, Homecoming fourth in the Boston University , transportation to a different loca10. Cadence, A-II (PG路13) Abandonment Day celebration beginning at 11:30 College of Engineering's "king of tion or worry about safety ,if a a.m. tomorrow. Events include a the hill" competition. child had to walk to a different .. Abortion has become the 'safety parade of class floats along N or'th Ms. Crosson was recognized this valve' allowing men, and society place. Main Street to Hayward Field and year by Tufts University as an itself, to abandon pregnant women Extended day programs are less an Alumni Memorial Massat4:30 inspirational teacher after being to face their problems alone."formal than classroom settings but p.m. nominated'by a former Stang stuJuli Loesch, keep children busy and avoid list COIItesy 01 Variety \

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