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EI Salvador: "Ever-growing source of grief" Christian role in EI Salvador

Chorus of denunciation

By Judith Trojan and Henry Herx

By Catholic News Service Pope John Paul II, the ·V.S. Catholic bishops and political and human rights leaders around the world have denounced the murder of six Jesuit priests, their cook and her daughter in EI Salvador Nov. 16, and called for peace in the warring nation.

In separate telegrams to the Jesuit order and Archbishop Arturo Rivera Damas of San Salvador Nov. 17, the pope said he had been "deeply saddened" over the murders, which he termed an act of "abominable. violence."

To the Jesuits, the pope expressed his "sentiments of immense pain" and said he shared deeply in the "sadness of the entire Society of Jesus and of the families of the victims."

The pope said he prayed that the victims' "sacrifice may not be in vain, but that it be a seed of brotherly love and harmony throughout the martyred country of EI Salvad-

NEW YORK (CNS) - The part taken by Christians in EI Salvador's decade-old civil war is the subject of "La Lucha"-the struggle-a religious special airing Sunday, Dec. 3, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

EST on ABC. Actor Mike Farrell of "M.A.S.H." fame guides viewers through the realities of life in EI Salvador, a country of social inequality and desperate poverty and a killing ground in which torture and murder of civilians have become part of life.

Christians opposed to the regime's abuses and narrow economic base see their work as spiritually rooted in the Second Vatican Council, especially as interpreted by the 1968 conference of Latin America bishops in Medellin, Colombia, which enunciated the church's "preferential option for the poor."

Viewing Christianity as a spiritual force not ,only for personal change but also for social change, priests and'religious began orgal1izing Christian base communities of workers and peasants who read the Bible and discussed its application their lives.

Jesuit Father Ignacio. MartinBarQ, interviewed in the program which was filmed last summer, states that the poor began to understand that their impoverishment was "not only inhuman but against the will of God." Father Martin-Baro was one of the six Jesuits slain at Central Turn to Page Three

A WOMAN flees with her baby from hl~r home inEl Salvador, left; right, actor Martin Sheen participates in a procession and Mass at a Los Angeles church honoring the priests and women slain in El Salvador Nov. 16. (eNS/UPI photos)

New EI Salvador slayings ,shock world WASHINGTON (CNS) - The brutal slayings of six Jesuit university leaders and two household staff members Nov. 16 inSan Salvador reopened for U.S. Catholics the "ever-growing source of grief' known as EI Salvador. teilled were Jesuit Fathers Ignacio Ellacuria, Ignacio Martin-Baro, Segundo Montes, Juan Moreno, Amando Lopez and Joaquin Lopez y Lopez. Fathers Montes and Ellacuria, the director of the Central American University Institute for Human Rights, and the university rector, respectively, had visited the United States in recent years to discuss human rights problems.

Father Montes had told Catholic News Service Nov. I that 1989 had seen "a large increase in human rights violations" but that deathsquad activity had apparently decreased. He also said governmentled harassment of clergy and human rights advoca.tes had recently increased.

During a 1986 press conference, Father Ellacuria had said the Reagan administration had fanned the fires of Salvadoran civil war but that the Catholic Church, too, was guilty of "not doing everything that we should or could" for peace.

The violence that flamed across EI Salvador in the 1980s seared

Stang kicks off $1.5 million drive kickoff, chaired the original Stang building campaign.

Stang alumnus Piitrick Carney, president of Claremont Corporation, is chairing the current drive, which has as its theme, "The Tradition Continues. '" The Nov. 16 program opened on a somber note as Father Richard W. Beaulieu, diocesan director of education, called for a moment's silence for the Jesuit priests and household workers slain that day in EI Salvador.

Speaking briefly, Bishop Cronin noted the "Christian values and vir~ues" which Bishop Stang has for 30 years inculcated in students.

Understandably, he said, the Turn to Page Two

Archbishop Romero, the women missionaries and the slain Jesuits and household staff members will be remembered at 2 p.m. Dec. 3 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, when the Diocesan Council of Turn to Page Six

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On behalf of his brother bishops, Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk, president of the V.S. Catholic .Conference and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, pledged "continued solidarity" with the Salvadoran bishops.

Archbishop Pilarczyk also wrote to President Bush, urging the U.S. government to press for an investigation of the Nov. 16 murders.

"This horrible crime is another tragic example of the bloody violence and deadly denial of human rights that haunts EI Salvador," Archbishop Pilarczyk said in a Turn to Page Six

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At a celebration of the 30th anniversary of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, which was combined with the kickoff of a $1.5 million fund raising campaign, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin announced a diocesan pledge of $250,000 to the drive.

Proceeds of the campaign, the first since the school's opening, will fund building improvements, upgrading of athletic fields and facilities and establishment of a $350,000 endowment fund for financial aid and faculty enrichment.

Over $725,000 has already been ph:dged to the campaign, for which Bishop Cronin is honorary chairman. Dr. Arthur F. Buckley, honorary cochairman, who celebrated his 75th birthday the day of the

into American consciences as well when San Salvador's Archbishop Oscar A. Romero was murdered in March 1980 and when in December of that year killers murdered four American Catholic missionary women: Maryknoll Sisters MauraClarkeand Ita Ford, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and lay missioner Jean Donovan.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa has asked American Catholics to pray for the people of Poland as they make their transition from Communism to democracy.

"We need your prayers and we need your understanding," he said during a visit to U.S. Catholic Conference headquarters in WashingtonNov.17.

He also repeatedly thanked the U.S. church for its support of the Polish people' and of the trade union movement, Solidarity.

Walesa visited the bishops' headquarters during a week long U.S. trip that also included stops in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia.

In an interview with Catholic News Service, Walesa emphasized that he requested the meeting with conference employees "As the chairman of Solidarity, I never had the opportunity to thank the people of the American church," he said. "Their prayers, their appeals and their direct assistance- it was very, very important, -financial assistance most important.

"So it was sort of my duty to thank the shepherds of the church and ask them for their prayers," he added.

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Fri.;Nov. 24, 1989 Continued from Page One Peace Prize for his work, said that he often has no time to kneel and pray. .

"I do have a lot of problems," said Walesa, who spent II months in jail in the early 1980s after Poland declared martial law. "So I sort of sign to God from time to time, devote something to God, ask God whattodo next. And I do that 100 times a day."

He is known for his devotion to his Catholic faith and to Our Lady of Czestochowa, patroness of Poland.

He gestured to his lapel pin of Our Lady of Czestochowa.

"She was with me in all the bad times," he said, During a Mass in the USCC chapel, Cardinal James A, Hickey of Washington commended Walesa "to the prayer'S of Our Lady of Czestochowa...

"I n Lech Walesa, we scc a remarkable example of Christian leadership and of the Gospel and our social teaching at work," the cardinal said.

Walesa knelt on the marble tiles in front ofthe altar when he entered the chapel, making the Sign of the Cross before he stood to join the more than 60 others who gathered ----in his honor. He joined in singing "Piesn Poranna" ("Morning Song"), and listened with special attention when the Gospel, read in English, was repeated in Polish, After a breakfast following the Mass, he spoke of his hopes for Poland.

"We'd like Poland to remain a Catholic and Christian country," he said. "in a way, the Communist system helped us with this, by fighting with us. .

"Let me be clear, however," he added. "We do not intend to do anything, do not wa'nt to interfere with other minorities. We're not fanatics," Walesa said his country wanted to regain fundamental Christian values, lost in the rush of progress, "Sooner or later Catholics will go back to those fundamental values." he said.

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The Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Wednesday at St. Thomas More Church, Somerset, for Albert E. Shovelton, 90, of Fall River, who died last Sunday, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin presided at the Mass, which was concelebrated by Shovelton's sons, Rev. William J, Shovelton, pastor ofSt. William's Church, Fall River, and Very Rev, Gerald T. Shovelton, pastor of St. Ann's Church, Raynham, .

Shovelton was the husband of Margaret V. (Meagher) Shovelton and the son of the late Albert J, and Juliette (Clunny) Shovelton.

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AT BISHOP STANG High School fundraising campaign kickoff, from left, Father Richard W_. Beaulieu, diocesan director of education; Mrs. Theresa E. Dougall, Stang principal; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Patrick Carney, campaign chairman. (Gaudette photo)

Stang kicks off drive Continued from Page One school's physical plant is showing signs of wear, thus the need for renovations and upgrading of facilities.

"What is important about this campaign," said the bishop, "is the dedication of the people involved."

He concluded his remarks by leading singing of "Happy Birthday to You" for Dr. Buckley.

Also speaking were Carney, who noted Stang's contributions to the community, and high school prinr; n" I .Mrs, Theresa. E. Dougall.

A video presentation of high points in the school's history was developed and shown by alumnus David Fortin, owner of Media Image Productions of Fairhaven.

Informational material distributed at .the program indicates that Stang's 650 students are drawn from 30 area communities and that they consistently rank above national and state averages on' Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. . 86 percent of graduates continue their education.

South Africans stripped of citizenship KING WILLIAM'S TOWN, South Africa (CNS) - More than 500 black South Africans recently took refuge in the Sacred Heart church hall after the Ciskei homeland government razed their houses.

Methodist and Anglican church halls were accommodating other members of 1,000 families of the

CRS sends aid to EI Salvador ijALTIMORE (CNS) - Catholic Relief Services has committed an initial $25,000 to help those made homeless by the recent escalating of EI Salvador's civil war.

CRS officials said the agency's emergency efforts were focused on . the estimated 4,000 left .homeless in the capitol of San Salvador.

They have also provided food to 130 families displaced in Zacate. coluca, a city in the central province of La Paz. CRS relief in San Salvador consists of distributing food and supporting churches in providing shelter for those left homeless.

Tens of thousands have also fled their homes 'in the working-class suburbs of San Salvador, where anti-government rebels have been entrenched since their offensive began Nov. II. CRS, the V,S, bishops' overseas relief and development agency, has been in El Salvador since 1963, working with the Salvadoran bishops' conference and local groups to provide aid. CRS estimates the value of its relief efforts in EI Salvador last year at more than $6,24 million.

Nkqonkqweni tribe, who fled from the Ciskei village of Peelton, spending three nights in the wet, cold bush before arriving in King William's Town in mid-October.

Villagers claim South African authorities gave them permission to build new houses in 1986 and 1987, but that after the eastern part of their village was incorporated into Ciskei, local authorities refused to allow them to build more homes.

Human rights advocates charge that hundreds of people were beaten, detained without c:harge and evicted from their homes in an effort to silence opposition to Ciskeian rule.

Villagers said their men were 12 miles away, at work in King William's Town, when bulldozers arrived in Peelton.

Women were told to pack their belongings for transport to other villages. When some refused, authorities sealed off the area and ejected the defiant residents.

Ciskei is one of 10 black homelands and one of four recognized as "independent" by South Africa.

According to a U.S. State Department report, South Africa assigns blacks to "homelands" arbitrarily.

Some have never before been in the areas to which they are sent.

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Prayers for Gorbachev ROME(CNS)- UkrainianCatholics are praying for Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and his effort to reform Soviet society, said a secretly ordained Ukrainian Catholic archbishop. Archbishop

Volodymr Sternjuk of Lvov told the Italian Catholic newspaper Avvenire that Ukrainian Catholics are praying "in all sincerity" for Gorbachev and the rest of the Soviet leadership.

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THE JESUIT PRIESTS and their household staff members slain last week in EI Salvador and Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clark and Ita Ford, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and Archbishop Oscar Romero, all slain in 1980, also in EI Salvador, will be remembered at a holy hour at St. Mary's Cathedral at 2 p.m. Dec. 3. It is being planned by Diocesan Council of Catholic Women members, from left, Gertrude O'Brien, DCCW president Madeline Wojcik and Claire McMahon. DCCW moderator Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes will officiate at the service, Msgr.

Thomas J. Harrington will be homilist and Rev. Horace J. Travassos, cathedral rector, will participate in a dialog presentation. All are invited to attend. (Lavoie picture)

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Christian role in EI Salvadolr Continued from Page One American University in San Salvador Nov. 16.

Among casualties in 1980 were San Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Romero and four American churchwomen. Since then 70,000 Salvadorans have been killed, most of them civilians, and one out of five Salvadorans has been dislocated because of the fighting.

The military suspects that those working with the poor are subversives, as related by a man who says he was seized, beaten and charged with being a terrorist for no other reason than that he worked for a slum parish. He was released only after the San Salvador archdiocese and Amnesty International took up his case.

Many voices are heard in this program, mostly from those who condemn injustices committed under the present regime. Among them are clergymen, church workers, ordinary Salvadorans and even a few guerrillas.

One of the most persuasive voices is that of Lutheran Bishop Medardo Gomez, whose life has been threatened many times. The problem in EI Salvador, he says, is that "Christian precepts such as feeding the hungry and clothing the naked are called subversive."

Taking another tack is Bishop Marco Rene Revello Contreras of Santa Ana, EI Salvador. He states that people are arrested, not because they are Christians but because of their "personal opinions."

A third perspective is represented by a Pentecostal minister who insists that faith is a spiritual matter totally separate from temporal concerns and that the only way to reform society is for individuals to reform themselves.

Farrell tells us that the number of evangelical and Pentecostal churches in EI Salvador has gone from 400 to 1,100 in the last decade, and a priest suggests that one reason they have prospered is because of government support based on their political passivity.

Though the documentary is sympathetic to those living their Christian faith by becoming involved in the struggle for social and political justice, by the end of the program viewers are aware that· politics

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the moorin&.-, Post - Thanksgiving Thoughts The world has much to be thankful for this year. The sweeping changes in Eastern Europe have given personal freedom fresh meaning. As new structures evolve, the individual is also being viewed in a new light and the stale bread of Communism is being replaced by a food which nourishes the human spirit.

The excitement and enthusiasm engendered by perestroika have encouraged activity from the formation of new political parties to the opening of long closed churches.

Obviously no one planned all this. It has happened in God's good time. The walls that are crumbling are setting Hungarians, Poles and Germans free. And it's about time that we ourselves did something to destroy the walls that still enclose Americans. Weare not free to move in our cities. Entire areas of many communities have been handed over to criminals.

Children cannot play in public parks, citizens are murdered 'and assaulted on city streets and the elderly are captives in their own homes.

Each day more and more American homes are invaded by criminals. Alarm systems, monitors and guard dogs are not the stuff of a truly free society.

Millions of us are captives of drugs which are destroying the very fabric of our lives. How many Americans have walled themselves in with heroin, cocaine and booze? What the Berlin Wall was to German society; the wall of addictions is to us.

There were many homes this Thanksgiving which had little for which to be grateful. ' The walls of sexual permissiveness have enclosed so many in the prison of hopelessness, yet we continue to ignore moral and ethical ideals for the quick fix of personal pleasure. \ The results are obvious. Some 1,600,000 babies were aborted last year. Thousands found themselves among the living dead infected by AIDS. Venereal disease has reached an alltime high as infections become ~esistant to medications.

Yet we continue to play deadly games in the name of personal choice. Political parties and politicians must condone the murder on demand of abortion if they hope for success.

Death is indeed a strange platform for the living.

Yes, we wander in a maze of walls. Many of us are losing our way~ our very lives, in the bewildering complex which we ourselves have built.

At the Thanksgiving season, all this might seem to be a dirge, 'but it should give us something to think and pray about.

We should not think ourselves free until all the rights and liberties given us by the Constitution are available to each and every person in this land.

If we deny the right to life, liberty and happiness to the least among us, none of us is free. Let us not gloat over the collapse of Communism until we ourselves have torn d"Own the walls that imprison thousands of Amer~cans.

Celebration of Thanksgiving will be meaningless unless we are dedicated to the task of setting ourselves, our homes and our nation aright.

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By Father Kevin J. Harrington During the past few weeks we have been bombard'ed with happy scenes of East and West Germans rejoicing over the demise of the dreaded Berlin Wall.

Its 32 miles of concrete and barbed wire reinforced by guards and checkpoints had been a constant reminder of the political fissures of postwar Europe.

N ow the images of the end of the Berlin Wall have become powerful symbols of glasnost and perestroika in the collective consciousness of both East and West.

But we must look beyond the euphoria so dramatically captured by the media to the full significance of this event. The future of Eastern and Central Europe hinges largely on the man who set change in motion: Mikhail Gorbachev.

While there are 340,000 U.S. troops in Western Europe, the Soviets still have 380,000 troops in East Germany, 50,000 in Poland, 70,000 in Czechoslovakia, and 65,000 in Hungary. The Warsaw Pact retains a 3-to-1 advantage in tanks and artillery, a 2-to-1 advantage in aircraft and thousands of nuclear weapons, The division of Germany and Europe into democratic and Soviet Communist states was the result of decisions made at the World War II Yalta Conference by U.S. President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Churchill and Soviet dictator Stalin.

Neither Churchill nor Roosevelt envisioned Stalin's takeover of all of Eastern' and Central Europe.

Gorbachev's apparent dismantling of Stalin's legacy has astonished governments around the world that are only now beginning to comprehend the new reality emerging in Europe.

One person who has become increasingly significant in this period of crucial change is Pope John Paull!. Mikhail Gorbachev's first summit with President Bush in the Mediterranean Sea in early December will follow the first summit between a Soviet Communist leader and the Holy Father of the Roman Catholic Church.

Although Stalin scornfully asked Churchill, "How many divisions has the pope?," Gorbachev recognizes that while the pope may have no troops, he has great influence in the turbulent Ukraine. ' Gorbachev is a pragmatist. His reforms were necessary for the survival of his nation and his own

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political future. His visit to the Vatican follows the promulgation of John Paul II's most radical encyclical, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis "On the Social Concerns of the Church." In it the pope strongly criticizes both "liberal capitalism" and "Marxist collectivism" for their imperialistic tendencies and decries the military competition of the superpowers as one of the chief causes of the underdevelopment and misery of the Third World.

Former presidential advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski astutely notes that Gorbachev desperately needs the pope's calming influence in the western Ukraine and Lithuania. In 1946, a year after Yalta, 'Stalin ordered the Russian branch of the Orthodox Church to forcibly assimilate the Ukrainian Catholic, or t(niate, Church. ' 'The Vatican maintains ties with an underground Uniate Church beli~ved to have secret bishops.

The Orthodox and Uniate churches are divided by schism, not heresy. ,Undoubtedly the pope will use the summit as an opportunity to procure an invitation from Gorbachev to visit the Ukraine and Lithuania.

Gorbachev resonates with the 'pope's criticism of capitalism for its all-consuming desire for profit and of socialism for its initiativestifling bureacracy.

Perhaps John Paul II can help influence world leaders to envision a planet that can both feed its population and remain mindful of individual political and economic rights.

Food battles "How do you deal with food battles?" a weary mother asked. "I get so tired of arguing and nagging over food ..."

children don't eat a reasonable amount ofw.hat's served they don't eat anything else until breakfast.

And their parents stick to the rul".

Like all other rules, if the statea Well, I've been there and I sus- . consequence isn't. enforced, chilpect many of you have, too. And, dren ignore the rule. if I had it to do over, I wouldn't Many children who spurn potamake the big issues I did over toes are eating cookies an hour whether or not they eat all their later. Ifthey know they're going to peas. I've found they can grow up hunger until breakfast, potatoes to be quite pleasant and healthy becomes more appealing. young adults without broccoli.

One of our sons went through a The irony is that after all those period of disliking everything I battles over whether something tasted good or yucky, they've cooked and I got tired of the .acquired a liking for many of their nightly struggle with him. He liked hard-boiled eggs so I told him, most-hated foods. '~Every night before dinner, you So, I sometimes think parents would do better by insisting less. come to the kitchen and see if Children can refuse food to get you're going to eat what I'm attention, initiate power struggles, serving.

"If not, peel yourself a couple of and alleviate boredom as much as eggs and eat those while we eat to avoid eating what they dislike. .

So what's a parent to do when meatloaf or spaghetti. " He thought it was a great idea children reject what's put in front of th.em? I asked this of parents and he ate eggs for three solid who have little food stress. Here weeks while we all enjoyed tenseless meals. Then one night he ate are their techniques.

One common rule is that chil- meatloaf.

His brother, not content with dren don't have to eat everything but they do have to taste every- letting peace reign too long, said to thing. They can't judge a food on him, "Thought you didn't like appearance alone. "One full spoon- meatloaf."

"I don't like eggs anymore," his ful without argument is a rule that has served us well," one mom said. brother replied simply. And from "If they don't want more, we do then on, he ate what I served.

One thought we must keep in our part by not nagging but they have to eat that spoonful." mind is that everyone dislikes some Another common rule is that if food but that, as cooks, we just

Where do I. stand?

Even those who are pro-aborQ. My husband oft 3 years came home one evening recently and tio'n, or pro~choice if you wish, told me he. had been in love with , and wh~ are kn.owledgeable.scienanother woman for over five years. tifically, do not deny that what is Ten days later he found an apart- in the womb before birth is human ment, packed his bags and left me life. That, of course, has been the conviction of human beings all and his three children.

Weare legally separated now. along. Now it is supported by· After a year he can, and has stated physical and p'sychological scienthat he will, divorce me to marry ces. The questions today revolve her. How can I remain married rather around the relative impor"until death do us part" to a man tance of the lives of mother and who is someone else's husband? child.

Believe me, I have tried everything Calling an act of abortion murder to keep this marriage together. is something else entirely. In both Where-do I stand with the church? civil law and moral theology, (New York) murder generally means intentionA. First, I hope you realize that ally taking the life of an innocent you are still a Catholic in good human being, which brings in the standing. Nothing keeps you from aspect of personal moral guilt.. continuing full membership and It seems certain that a' number participation in the church, includ- of those involved in acts of aboring the sacraments. tion have managed somehow to I am reminded constantly from convince themselves that what is my correspondence that many being destroyed is not truly a huCatholics still believe they cannot man being. If that is in fact what receive Communion just because they sincerely believe, wrong as it they are divorced. That is not true: is, they would not be personally and you need all the spiritual morally guilty of that crime. strength you can get.

Anyone who knows, or even Your situation is truly tragic. strongly suspects, that he or she is The behavior of your husband is, destroying a human life, of course, if not unheard of, at least strange. would be guilty of murder, as It certainly raises serious questions would anyone else who takes an about some phases ofhrs character innocent life. and personality development and For the mother particularly, his emotional maturity. other factors such as fear, emo-' My advice is to go to a priest tional panic or severe pressure you know to be knowledgeable from family or friends could diand helpful, explain your circum- minish greatly any moral guilt. stances and ask his advice on how Thus it is wrong to refer to all you should proceed. who perform or procure an aborQ. I have just attended a seminar tion as murderers. We have no for catechists. One teacher stated basis or right to make that judgthat a physician who performs an ment. We can make our position abortion is a murderer. What is Progress the church's position on this? Is the physician or mother guilty of "He that judges not well of the murder? (Ohio) importance of his affairs, though A. Abortion is killing a preborn he may be always busy, he must human being. Nearly no one dis- make but a small progress." Penn agrees with that today.

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That's why I liked so well one mother's solution to food ~trug­ gles. She allows her children to post a list of three "don't likes" which can be altered monthly.

When these are served, the child is not pressured! to eat them. This gives the child some power and control.

Meals should not be battlegrounds and anyt!ting we can do to alleviate tension deserved consideration. Memories of pleasant . family dinners are often more valuable than protein content.

I met a woman who told me that . when she wa!; little, anyone who didn't eat what was served had to go sit on the stairs. "When we had liver I didn't even sit at the table," she said. "I just went and sat on the stairs. " That's sad. But I would have done the saffil~.

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HA v ANA(CNS) - Cuban President Fidel Castro said Pope John Paul II will visit Cuba soon; the official Cuban news agency Prensa Latina reported.

Castro, who attended a Vaticansponsored ceremony in Cuba commemorating the II th anniversary of the election of the pope, said the visit would be a "very pleasant event." No date for the visit was mentioned.

Pope John Paul has never visited the predominantly Catholic nation.

Castro attended a recent ceremony hosted by Vatican ambassador Archbishop Faustino Sainz Munoz at the Vatican Embassy in Havana.

Cuba and the Vatican have diplomatic relations, despite difficulties by religious discrimination by Castro's government in the 1960s and 1970s. Since then, there has been some relaxation of restrictions on the church.

blamed the V.S.-backed Salvadoran military. message to Archbishop Arturo "If in fact it proves that the right Rivera Damas of San Salvador wing or the military were involved . and Bishop Romeo Tovar Astorga, head of the Salvadoran bishops' in this carnage.... I think you wiIl see a change in Congress," Dodd conference.

"We stand with you in your call for said on NBC-TV's "Today Show." peace instead of conflict, dialogue "I don't believe the American·taxin place of violence and your con- payers are going to subsidize mayhem in. this country." sistent defense of human life, The London-based Catholic human dignity and human rights," Institute for International Relasaid Archbishop Pilarczyk. "All tions called on the British governthe parties to the conflict must ment Nov. 17 to "use its influence hear and heed your call to turn DOMINICAN ACADEMY, Fall River, celebrated Nawith the V nited States and (Salfrom violence, conflict and war to tional Young Readers Day, Nov. 15, by having big sister vadoran President Alfredo Cristithe essential process of dialogue, classes read to their little sisters. At left, Vanessa De Marco ani) to resume the search for ajust negotiation and peace." reads to little sisters Bridget Travers and Lauren Tansey. At In the letter to Bush, Archbi- and lasting peace." shop Pilarczyk said the "poor right, Carrie Damaso shows Heather Orzeck and K.yla HowThe government of Spain said record" of Salvadoran authorities Nov. 17 that it was sending a ard the illustrations in the book she is reading. (Gaudette in investifating and prosecuting senior Foreign Ministry official to photo) killings "suggests that the V.S. EI Salvador to ensure the governmust act decisively to ensure that ment carries out an investigation the Salvadoran government meet into the murders. , its responsibilities and that this V .S. Rep. Joe Moakley, D-Mass., Continued from Page One Romero in 1980 and 40 mourners crime will not also go unpunished." who was honored along with Father died. others who escaped harm Catholic Women sponsors a me"Absolutely nothing justifies Montes in early November by the morial holy hour at which Msgr.. included Archbishop John R. such unconscionable acts of terWashington-based Central AmerQuinn of San Francisco, then presAnthony M, Gomes, DCCW modrorism," said Cardinal Bernard F. ROME (CNS) - Pope John ican Refugee Center for their ident of the V.S. bishops' confer- Paul II said he prays every day to erator, will officiate, Msgr. ThomLaw of Boston, chairman of the human rights work, mourned the ence, and Bishops William G. Con- visit Yugoslavia, but so far.it has as J. Harrington will be homiIist V.S. bishops' Committee on Migrloss of his friend. Moakley gathered nare of Greensburg, Pa., now re- been impossible. ation, in a Nov. 16 statement. "I signatures from fellow congress- and Rev. Horace J, Travassos, tired, and James A. Hickey of . "Your country is not far. It is Cathedral rector, will be a parimplore and beseech almighty God man Nov. 16 for a telegram . Cleveland, now cardinal-archbish- even closer than my country," said to move the minds and hearts of all denouncing the violence in the EI ticipant.

During (he 1980s. some 70,000 op of Washington. those who could turn the implethe pope, who has visited his native Salvador.

Salvadorans and several Ameriments of violence and war into Poland three times since being That year, Bishop Kelly said the The human rights group Amnes. tools of peace." cans, including two labor advisers, elected head of the Catholic U.S. bishops continued "to oppose ty International called for a letterfour Marines and two businessV.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, all military aid to the government Church. writing campaign to denounce the men, have been added to the death D-Conn., said Nov. 17 that AmerThe pope expressed his desire to of EI Salvador and any further killings and bring about peace. toll. ican taxpayers will not tolerate visit Yugoslavia in an off-the-cuff intervention by our government in Amnesty International also askAt the same time, the U.S. bishsuch violence. The Salvadoran the internal affairs of EI Salvador." speech at a recent meeting in Rome ops, like their Salvadoran colgovernment blames leftist guerril- ed that the letters remind "the A year later, the American hier.- with Croatian bishops and priests. government that the suspension of leagues, have repeatedly issued. las for the murders. The guerrillas, archy formally adopted a state- He did not elaborate on the difficonstitutional guarantees under the .caIls for an end to the atrocities, a known as the Farabundo Marti ment that declared that "outside culties that have prevented his state of siege does not, under any peaceful resolution to the differLiberation Front, or FMLN, military assistance from any source visit. circumstances,justify the violations ences between the Salvadoran gov"For the moment I am satisfied to any party is not a useful contriof the right to life and physical ernment and insurgents, and an praying every day for your people bution but simply intensifies the integrity." end to outside interference and hoping that the possibility of HOME HEATING OIL cycle of violence."

The statement . including high levels of V.S. milalso endorsed a call "for a broad-- visiting arises," he said.

COMPLETE SERVICE itary assistance to El Salvador. based political solution" and reaf-' 24 HOURS A DAY Their concern persisted through firmed opposition to V.S. deporMontie Plumbing three V .S. presidential administratation of Salvadoran refugees. At Heating Co. tions - those of Jimmy Carter, the time, a junta was ruling EI ROCHESTER, N.Y. (CNS)per gallon Ronald Reagan and, now, George Salvador.

Over 35 Years The V.S. bishops have "disap• delivered Bush - and the administrations of Satisfied Service In 1983, the bishops passed a pointed" the V .S.laity and,bishops Subject to Change of Salvadoran presidents Jose resolution repeating the views of in other countries by failing in Reg. Moster Plumber 7023 Napoleon Duarte and, now, _AlPORT OIL CORPORATION JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. their Central American colleagues their use of television, said the fredo Cristiani. .

DIV. OF REYNOLDS IND., INC. 432 JEFFERSON STREET that again sought dialogue among president of the Catholic Press . Since 1980, the United States the contending sides, free elections Association. Speaking to CPA 673-2844 991-4847 Fall River 675-7496 EST. 1945 h'as provided EI Salvador with and an end to outside political and members at their recent Eastern some $3.6 billion in various forms military interference. They cited regional meeting in Rochester, of assistance. On a daily basis, the Salvadoran bishops' comment Father John Catoir, also director U.S. assistance tops more than $1 that the "meddling of foreign pow- of The Christophers, said the lack million. .

"New Eng/ami 'to.I/"la/lI)' OUR lADY:S ers" was contributing to "cold- of "any significant effort" to proWith a EUTopeall Flair" "Violence visited almost daily blooded ~illings, an endless chain vide television programming is a RELIGIOUS STORE upon the poor and suffering peo- of violence, absolute disregard for "sin of omission" and "by far the ple of EI Salvador is an everMon. . Sat. 10:00 . 5:30 P.M. life" and numerous other disasters. . most serious mistake the bishops growing source of grief to us," said By 1987, as the U.S. bishops have made in the past decade." He GIFTS Bed ~ Brealifllsl then-Bishop Thomas C. Kelly, U.S. noted in another statement on added, "It's difficult to compreCatholic Conference general secre- Central America, the scene in EI hend the fact that the church is CARDS tary, in November 1980. He now is Salvador seemed to have been virtually invisible on TV in a counarchbishop of Louisville, Ky. 495 Wesl fdl",oltth tllgIII('ay quieter. By then as well, a civilian try where the average viewer There were times when U.S. (Route 28A) 1'.0. Box INS president had been elected. watches for about five hours a West FalulOlttl,. Ma. 0257~ bishops' stands with their Salva673-4262 day."

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(508) 540· 7232 When gunfire and bombs dis- tinue, although not. to be sure, at the appalling levels of a few years rupte'! the funeral of Archbishop MOSCOW (CNS) - Soviet auago," said the 1987 statement, which went on to again express thorities in Lithuania have declared Christmas and All Saints'· Day concerns. about V.S: military aid.

ONLY FULL·L1NE RELIGIOUS "At some point, one must ask official holidays, making LithuaGIFT STORE ON THE CAPE what these expenditures have re- nia the first Soviet republic to rec• OPEN MON-SAT: n:30 ognize the religious.feasts. sulted in," the 1987 statement said.

SUMMER SCHEDULE It is the only one of the 15 Soviet After the change in civilian govOPEN 7 DA republics in which the majority of ernments earlier this year, Salva.~the population is Catholic. doran human rights activists reported problems again on the upThe official announcement of Durfee Falmouth the holidays noted the Nov. I feast Sullivan's swing.

In July, the Jesuits' Central day of All Saints is an important Attleboro~ Religious Goods National~ , American V niversity suffered an- occasion in Lithuania.

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I David Lewis of Osterville. Reset in wooden frames, the now antiqued plaster stations are surrounded in gold leaf and topped with goldleafed crosses made by Charles Leonard 'of Cotuit.

The chapel windows r:etain the ~------------------., original frames with mullions in neo-gothic style. Once set with plain glass, they now have stained glass panes depicting the Apostles.

At the rear of the chapel there is a reconciliation room to the left It serves the Cotuit and Mashpee with a window depicting the first areas of Cape Cod. Pentecost. To the right is a shrine Named founding pastor of the to the Apostle St. Jude with a parish was Father Ronald A. Tosti. stained-glass window depiciting the .In the five years since 1984, he and calling of the Apostles and a woodChrist the King's parishioners have carving restored by David Lewis, worked together to build the comwho also restored the graceful handplex to be dedicated on Sunday. carved statues of the Blessed VirGround-breaking ceremonies gin and St. Joseph and the crutook place May 29, 1988. At that cifix, all in the sanctuary. time, soil from the Holy Land, There are two entrances to the Rome, the parishes and missions church, at the east and west narthfrom which Christ the King was exes. At the east narthex, there is a formed and from various areas of columned portico or porch with a the parish was commingled with drop-offdriveway and handicapped the soil of the new site to signify access ramps as well as stairs to a parish unity. bluestone pavement. The garden Located on a knoll overlooking and piazza in front of the porch the center of Mashpee Commons, provide space for parishionChrist the King's nearly eight acre ers to gather before and after church site has a graceful Greek Revival celebrations. style church as its centerpiece. The The east narthex, centered by a accompanying buildings include a .large candelabra chandeli~r, is an day chapel (formerly St. Jude's ample foyer with a vestry to the Chapel located on Rt. 28 in Cotuit), right and a bride's room and ushers' , a parish hall, a religious education room to the left. At both ends of center, a parish office and parish this area are reconciliation rooms. residence.

The stained-glass windows were The entire complex is 38,000 designed by Frederick Cole of Lonsquare feet of building totally interdon, England, and executed by the connected and is set in a beautiRohlf Studio ofMt. Vernon, N.Y. fully landscaped park with private.

The principal window of the and public gardens plus parking church, over the main entrance, facilities for 275 cars.. depicts Christ the King. It is surThe entire project is at one end rounded by 16 images drawn from of Mashpee Commons, the first the Book of Revelation. aeside the Catholic church in New England doors to the church proper are to be so located. windows in etched glass also by Entering the property from the ' Cole and Rohlf Studio, telling the first entrance off Job's Fishing story of Christ the King parish.

Road, one sees that the front enA central circular window depicts trance of the parish hall is a large 'Our Lady of the Assumption pargathering space. The main entrance ish from which Christ the King to this facility is from the major parish was formed. On the sides parking area to the rear of the are depictions ofSt. Jude's Chapel complex. The parish center foyer of Cotuit and Queen of All Saints serves as a corridor to a St. Vin- permitting a total of ,12. The rooms corner office and a second office is of Our Lady of the Assumption Chapel of Mashpee, the communicent de Paul pantry for storage of are blue, green, mauve and beige, used by Deacon Robert Lemay parish in Osterville. It was moved ties comprising the new parish. food for the needy, which is the respectively but all have turquoise who serves at the parish. The prin- on Dec. 28, 1988, to its present Also shown are the coat of arms first room on the left. To the right carpeting and multicolored draper- cipal office has tQree work stations site. It has its own entrance and of Bishop Cronin and St. Mary's are' a conference room, a coat ies. for the secretarial staff and a wait- parking lot but is also connected Cathedral in Fall River, mother room and a corridor to restrooms to the main church and is easily In the main corridor of the edu- ing area. church of the diocese, the coat of and the religious education center. accessible. cation center is a statue ofSt. Pius arms of Pope John Paul II and St. to the parish office Connected To the left of the foyer there is an The chapel, which will be used X, the founder of religious educa- , but having separate entrances, the Peter¡'s Basilica in Vatican City. entrance to the large parish kitchen. tion as we know it today and of the At the base of this wall are two parish house is of Federal design, for daily Mass as well as for small ,The hall 'itself will accommo- diocese of Fall River. having a central staircase and foyer weddings and funerals, seats 120 further windows, one commemodate 500 persons in auditorium In the parish center foyer a large , with a dining room on the right worshippers. The nave has whiterating the founding of Christ the style or 300 to 400 at tables. A quilt will be displayed, the work of and a living room on the left as one ended cherry pews with dark blue King, the other the Nov. 26 dedilarge stage is served by two dressthe over 500 children and 75 teach- enters the main door: A kitchen upholstered seats. The blue carpet- cation of the complex. ing rooms and two storage areas. ers and helpers of Christ the King's and family :room run the width of ing is enhanced by red and blue Reconciliation room windows The carpeting is grey accented by religious education program. oriental rugs adding to the grey depict respectively the sacraments the house and open onto a private plum and window treatments are As one proceeds down the cor- patio and garden to the rear of the blue walls and white dado that of reconciliation and arointing of grey, plum and blue. Tables and ridor toward the west narthex or building. surrounds the building. The sanc- the sick. Vestry windows portray chairs are grey and black. At the entryway from the parking lot, the tuary is centered with an altar of holy orders, baptism and confirThe second floor has two suites, far end Of the hall, a large lounge library and religio\ls education the same cherry and white wood as mation; and the bride/ ushers' room area is furnished with sofas, chairs office is on one's left. It houses each with DI study, bedroom and the bema or lectern. The rear wall matrimony and the Holy Eucharist. and a grand piano. work stations for the religious educa- bath. preserves the original altarpiece The interior of the church itself, Approached either from the main tion coordinator and secretary/ liAn accompanying guest house and the Latin inscription, "My with its graceful neo-classicallines foyer of the parish center or by its brarian, a conference table and has a mini-apartment on the first Lord and My God." and soft green coloring conveys a own entrance, the religious educa- chairs and shelving for the over floor and two rooms and a bath on On the walls of the chapel are sense of quiet peace and the contion center has five principal rooms. 2000 books that will be available the second. A first-floor laundry the original stations of the cross viction that this is a place of prayer.

Four are all-purpose meeti'ng rooms to parishioners for spiritual read- and a two-car garage complete the enhanced by the combined efforts One's eyes are drawn immediately with dividers for smaller groups, ing and study. residence. of Carl Lubelczyk of Mashpee and Turn to Page Nine

Sunday, the feast of Christ the King, will see the dedication of the newest parish in the diocese of Fall River, Christ the King in Mashpee. It was established by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin November 25,1984, also the feast of Christ the King, which is celebrated each year on the last Sunday in November. .'

The parish was formed from . . the missions of St. Jude and Queen of All Saints, formerly attached to Our Lady of the Assumption parish, Osterville.

The parish office is accessible by its own entrance from the parking lot or by wa.y of the west narthex.

It is made up of three ground floor offices and ~llarge basement workroom. The pastor occupies the

The Day Chapel Once the Chapel of St. Jude the Apostle on Route 28 in Cotuit, this McGinnis and Walsh architectural gem was first a summer, then a year-round mission chapel

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CHRIST the Continued from Page Seven to the altar, the focal point of the church.

The pews are of cherry with white ends and dark green uphol- .

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by the nativity and the Savior's first miracle at the wedding feast of Cana. In the north transept, the windows depict the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, the woman

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Continued from Page Nine carving of Christ the King is located the paralytic. Above these is a cir- as a shrin'e in the south transept.

The stations of the cross are cular window depicting the gifts of the Holy Spirit as angels surround- original oil paintings on canvas by Gregory Barnaby of Taunton, who ing a dove.

Surrounding an exit from this also painted Christ the King's protransept are windows depicting cessional cross. Both the stations the parables of the good Samari": and the cross are in the style of tan, the prodigal son, the rich man ,'Byzantine icons.

The sanctuary is set off by a and Lazarus and Jesus and Zaccheus with the symbols of Christ reredos or backdrop topped with a split pediment with a cross in its as teacher over the door itself.

The south transept windows con- center, the cross made by Charles tinue Christ's life with the mission Leonard of Cotuit.

The altar itself, of cherry and of the seventy-two, the designation of Peter as leader, the raising white wood, is seven feet long and of Lazarus, the Last Supper and five feet wide. The tabernacle is on the Crucifixion. As one reenters the worshiper's right on a pedestal the nave, the story is completed with a Greek incense burner refashwith the Resurrection, the road to ioned as a sanctuary lamp.

To the left of the sanctuary,is the Emmaus and the Ascension.

The church statuary is mainly baptismal font, also of cherry and

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The sacristies occupy the space behind the reredos imd the sanctuary area. Connecting the church to the day chapel is a choir sacristy with storage for equipment and robes. The priests' sacristy is centered with a monastic refectory table and has windows of the four Evangelists, as well as a window that commemorates the Indian heritage of Mashpee in a depiction of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, a Huron Indian martyr; and another honori.ng the English heritage of Barnstable in a portrait of St. Elizabeth Seton, a convert from Protestantism and the first Americanborn saint. A ministerial sacristy for lectors, extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist and acolytes completes this area. Restrooms are located off the corridor connecting the west narthex to the church. The sacristy and sanctuary areas of both the church and day chapel are accessible by ramps.

The west narthex is the principal entrance from the parking lot to the parish complex, making it unnecessary to go outdoors to FATHER RONALD A. TOSTI reach any area.

The narthex is enhanced by Founding Pastor stained glass window of the Good Shepherd and 10 smaller windows Christ the King parish depicting the Beatitudes. The central art piece is a life-sized mahogany rendition by David "Lewis of from words of Pope John Paul II: Charles Altieri as president was the general contractor. Mrs. Joan the baptism of Jesus in a Jordan "Family, become what you are."

Christ the King's Christopher Shields was design consultant for River setting designed by Suzette .Wren style 105-foot steeple is the entire project.

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The landscaping for the cpm-, topped by a gold-leafed cross and plex was designed and executed by crown and houses a 2400 pound Robert Bloomer of Ocean Edge bell, originally a part of the former Landscapers of Brewster. A Mary St. Roch church in Fall River. The Garden between the church and steeple also houses a carillon.

The parish complex was desJgned the center facing Mashpee Commons has bluestone benches sur- by the architectural firm of Holmes rounding an Italian statue of Mary, and Edwards of Boston and QuinQueen of All Saints on' a granite cy. James Edwards, Michael Robinpedestal. A west narthex garden son and Andrew Chisholm were has a statue of the Holy Family the principals involved with Father sculpted by Joan Shields of Mar- Tosti in the overall design. Auburn stons Mills with an inscription Construction Company, with

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Facts about Christ the King The new parish of Christ the King comprises all of Marstons Mills, Cotuit, Santuit and Mashpee. There are nearly 1,600 families registered in the parish, amounting to about 5,000 persons, including seasonal parishioners.

The parish Mary Garden is located on Job's Fishing Road, between the church and the parish hall, with a walkway that will be lined with flowers in season and that has benches for seating. The statue of Mary originally at Queen of All Saints chapel centers the garden.

09 Sunday, the day of Christ the King'sdedication, there will be one Mass at 8:30 a.m. at Queen of All Saints Chapel. This will be the last Mass at that site. The winter schedule of weekend Masses will begin the weekend of Dec. 2 and 3: 4 p.m. Mass on Saturday and 8:30, 10 and 11:30 a.m. Masses on Sunday. .

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Souvenir booklet listings sought A souvenir booklet for the 35th annual Bishop's Charity Ball is rapidly filling with names of benefactors for the social and charitable event, to be held Jan. 12 at White's of Westport.

The booklet has seven categories with inclusion in any of them qualifying donors to receive ~all tickets at no additional cost. Names of donors are being received by members of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the St. Vincent de Paul Society, honorary ball cospons,?rs. They should be

CHICAGO (CNS) - Chicago CardinalJoseph L. Bernardin, saying the archdiocese faces a financial crunch, has ordered an immediate freeze on hiring, expansion and any new construction for the 417 parishe!. and 90 archdiocesan agencies.

Figures for the latest three-year period, he said, showed that spending by both parishes and the archdiocesan pastoral center has exceeded income.

Land holdings, buildings and investments will keep the church solvent, but actionS are needed now to correct the shortfalls, said Jack Benware, archdiocesan chief financial officer.

Cardinal Bernardin noted that about one in four parishes now needs financial support from the archdiocese" increased from 29 parishes in 1982 to 108 this year and that projections show that nearly two-thirds of all parishes either face or will be facing financial problems soon. .

Preliminary data suggest that 1989 combined operating losses of parishes and the pastoral center could be $25 million.

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A ball highlight will be presenANN ARBOR, Mich. (CNS)tation of 37 young women repres- .

Wayne and Sue Hamilton of Ann enting diocesan parishes to the Arbor were elected presidents of ball's honored guest, Bishop Daniel the International Confederation A. Cronin. Names of presentees of Christian Family Movements at should go to Mrs. James A. O'Brien Jr.,488 High St., Fall River 02720. the confederation's recent World Assembly of Families in Avila, Ball tickets may be obtained Spain. The Hamiltons are former from members ofsponsoring organpresidents of the U.S. Christian izations, the ball committee or any Family Movt:ment. diocesan rectory.

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Got a pictur~ ~f your house And you're standing by the door It's' black and white and faded And it's looking pretty worn I see the factory that I'worked Sil.b~uetted in the back .

Tile memories are gray but man they're really comin' back I don't need to be the king of the world As long as I'm'the hero of this little girl Heaven isn't too far away Closer to it every day No matter what your friends might say How I love the wily you move And the sparkle in your eyes There's a color deep inside them Like a blue suburban sky When I come home late at night And you're in bed asleep I wrap my arms around you So I can feel you breathe .

I don't need to be a superman As long as you will always be my biggest fan I know we're gonna find the way Written by Jani Lane, Joey Allen, Jerry Dixon, Steven Sweet, Eric Turner. Sung by Warrant (c) 1989 by Virgin Songs Inc. THE FIRST TIME I heard Warrant's "Heaven," I thought it was about a parent-child relationship. Yet, the song's images can also apply to romantic love.

Whatever the song's focus, it reminds us that close relation'ships affect our lives. The giving and receiving of care brings genuine and ,lasting meaning.

Indeed, loving relationships help us discover that "heaven isn't too far away."

The song hints at the importance Of appreciating another's gifts. However, such a sense of appreciation does not occur magically. We need to work at it, really noticing the goodness in another person.

So'metimes we are blinded from seeing another's worth because we are too critical. This can especially happen in a fam-' ily. Teens might look at their parents' values or actions and'

in our schools Bishop Stang Rob Ostrye has been named New coach Nancy Boucher has assistant athletic director at Bishop guided the Stang field hockey team Stang High School, North Dart- to its 16th straight post-season mouth. . tournament. Led by senior cocap-

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Hurts do occur within families and other significant relationships. Yet, we can learn to talk honestly about our feelings without creating a hostile climate of criticism.

One way to do this is to voice our hurt without losing sight of . another's innate, God-given goodness. Even though all of us make mistakes, and sometimes big ones, few injure others emoJionally on pu~pose. Mistakes do, not cancel our value. Most mistakes a're errors in judgment.

Given a combination of support, understanding and challenge we can learn from mistakes and act differently in the future.

An emotional state where we feel loved, appreciated and liked can allow us to experience a bit of heaven. This is the type of environment that can be established at home. We can intentionally notice a person's talents, . gifts and the ways that they are ·changing and growing. We can tell them what we see and how grateful we are to share our 'Iives with them.

The song states, "I don't need to be the king of the world as long as I'm the hero of this little girl." This statement reminds us that life's most important experiences come not from what we achieve, but froin our caring 'commitments to others.

My challenge to you is to look around at those in your family and among your friends.

Notice their.good qualities. See the difference these people'make in your life and tell them about it.

Your comments are welcomed ~y Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 182, Rockport Ind. 47635 tains Katie Riley and Cathy Baptiste, the Spartans boast a 10-3-1 record and are tied for second place in the Southeastern Massachusetts Conference.

The boys' soccer team, beset with early season injuries, has rebounded with two wins and four ties in the last 10 matches.

Girls' volleyball team has won its last seven encounters.

The football team, with a 5-1 record to date, is ranked sixth in state Division 3.

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Brian Ackerman has been selected by a student vote to represent Bishop Connolly at the annual Massachusetts Government Day. As alternate, Conrad Paquette will parti9ipate in preparation 'for the program.

Ackerman is senior class vicepresident an,d has been active in basketball and the school's community service program. .

Student Government Day is designed to teach students the structure of state government through participation in a mock session at the State House. The 1990 session will be held April 6.

The boys' crosscountry team has advanced to the state finals l)y finishingin fourth place in a Division IV Eastern Massachusetts meet on Nov. II Brian Ramos won the boys' race and Catherine T orphy the girls' race. The Lady Cougars ended the season 'in sixth place overall, their best finish ever.

Senior Jeff Conroy has been, awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

He was the highest scoring Con- ' nolly student at the WPI Invitational Mathematics Meet, which drew a total of 73 school teams.

The Connolly school community gathered for Mass on Wednesday before beginning the Thanksgiving recess. The principal celebrant at the Mass was Rev. Craig Pregana, a 1980 Connolly graduate who was ordained in June.

TRACI VIVEIROS, a senior at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, has been named the school's top Century III leader. She represented Bishop Stang at an International Student Leadership Institute at Southeastern Massachusetts University last summer and is busi- . ness manager of the school yearbook, president ofthe Key Club, and a member of Students Against Drunk Driving.

Coyle-Cassidy Students at Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton, are learning uses of matter not covered in regular , courses.

Seniors,have heard from speakers using math in their daily work, including dietitian Dianne Nash; critical care nurse Beryl Andrate; life insurance underwriter; Al Fraga and insurance agents Mr. and Mrs. L. Paul Collard.

Juniors used geometrical methods to construct equilateral triangles.

The freshman explored probability as d,emonstrated by coin tosses, possible restaurant meals and construction of spinners with colored regions that determined probabilities.

The seminars were designed by mathematics department members.

Taunton Catholic Middle School Three Taunton Catholic Middle School students are winners of an art contest sponsored by the Taunton Area Committee on Employment of Individuals with Disabilities.

Kristin Riccio, grade 6, won first place, Suzette Escobar, grade 8, third place and Sarah Fulton, grade 8, honorable mention.

The Taunton committee promotes public awareness of the <;apabilities of the disabled.

The winning posters and other competition entries will be displayed at the Middle School during parents' night in January"

Judith Bernier's fourth grade class constructed solar systems as a science project. Other classes were invited to see their work.

Jane Rioux's sixth grade class has been studying ecosystems and the interdependence of all things.

To illustrate the effects of mistreating the environment, Jason St. Jean Baptiste School, Fall Lavoie photographed examples of pollution throughout the New Bed- River, has recognized October Stuford area. To show their concern dents of the Month. ReceIving cerfor the well-being of their envir- tificates from kindergarten to grade onment, the class cleaned up their \ 8, were Rachele Allen, Alisha own schoolyard and bundled leaves Camara, Monica Gagne, Jonathan in biodegradable bags. They also Cabral. Kristle Gagne, Michael planted crocus bulbs to beautify Hayden, Daniel Hayden, Melissa Pilotte and Wesley Garell. the school grounds.

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JEFFREY CAVALLOhas 'been chosen as the 1989 Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen for Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro. The award goes to a senior selected by the faculty on the basis of dependability, service, leadership arid patriotism. Cavallo, a three-year member of the basketball team, is 1989 captain. He is a volunteer physic~l education coach at St. John's School, Attleboro.

In" A FATHER hugs his son in "Cemetery of the Innocents" set up by pro-lifers on the Ellipse across from the White House as a counterdemonstration on Nov. 12, day ofa prochoice march in Washington, D.C. (CNS/ UPI photo)

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By Linda Rome In 16 years of formal education, I had plenty of practice taking tests.

Studying for my seeming;ly, constant 'Latin vocabulary tests in high school is a good example.

I knew the tests'were coming up, but every night I simply looked up' the words I· needed for that night's· transl~tion, until two weeks later I had a formidable list of words to memorize in one short night.

It never seemed to occur'to me to memorize the 10 new words each night so I'd only ,have to review the night before the test.

My short-term memory was pretty good, so the night-before-cram~it­ all-in approach worked reasonably well for spelling, history and Latin vocabulary - at least until the comprehensive overview when my study-all-night routine floundered due to lack of sleep.

Geometry and chemistry were another story. These were subjects that b4ilt on the principles of what had gone before, something 'Iike building a stone foundation for a house. When I didn't understand one principle, it affected my future understanding of the entire subject and tests in these subjects became downward spiraling nightmares.

Sick stomach, headaches and panic were common responses to

Salve Regina College Martina Ripanti of Swansea, a junior soccer player and member of student Athletes Against Substance Abuse at Salve Regina College, Newport, RI, was one of three Salve students who led substance abuse workshop for second and third graders at Newport's Coggeshall School on Nov. IS. The athletes played out potentially uncomfortable situations such as peer pressure and not making a team, while the elementary school participants practiced role-playing and learned alternatives to substance abuse as a means of coping with stress, such as confiding in a trusted friend, family member or teacher.

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Symbols following film reviews indirate bl)th general and Catholic Films Office ratings. which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-I3-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggl~sted; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or young teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for facing a test I was not prepared children and adults; A2-approved for, pl'us the long"term consequen- for adults and adolescents; A3cesof a' poor grade. So, I deve- approved for adults only; A4-sepaloped a few guidelines and tricks rate classification (given films not of the student trade to help me , morally offensive which. however. help myself: I hope they'll help require some analysis and explanayou, too.' ' tion): O-morally offensive.

I. 'If it's a subject that requires Catholic ratings for televisiQn memorization of' facts, consider movies are those of the movie house the' following: a. Take complete versions of the films. ' notes in class. b. Make an outline. c. Make flashcards. d. Read the text at least twice, once for an NOTE overview, and once for specific .

PleasE~ check dates and facts. e. Do a little bit every night; times 01' television and radio don't let it pile up on you. ' . programs against local list2. If it's a su bject that calls for an ings, which may differ from understanding of principles that the New York network schedbuild on each other: a. Ask questions in class as soon as you realize ules sup'plied to The Anchor. you don't understand. b. Schedule time with the teacher for extra help. c. Find a friend who underNew Films stands the material, and ask him "The B.ear" (Tri-Star): This or her to help you. nature drama set in the. British 3. Study with a friend: a. Ask Columbian wilds circa 1885 tracks each other questions from your the unlikely companionship of two outline. B. Flash your vocabulary bears, a wounded male Kodiak or history cards for each other. c. and an orphaned cub, as they Suggest possible essay questions explore their natural habitat and and go over the answers. fend off two relentless human pre4. Know.your teacher: a. Ask dators. Based on the 1916 James what kind of test it's going to be Oliver Curwood novel, "The Grizz-objective, true or false, essay or ly King," the film dramatizes the a combination of these. b. Know story from the bears' point of view exactly what areas will be covered and relies on minimal dialogue, and concentrate on them. pure cinematic form and incredi5. The night before the test: a. ble animal "performances" to conSchedule enough time to study, then double it. b. Try to get enough sleep.

6. Just before the test: a. Clear your mind of any extraneous worries. b. Take a deep breath. c.

Sharpen your pencils. d. Pray.

7. During the test: a. Skim over & the whole test and allot yourself realistic amounts of time for each section. b. Go back and answer each question carefully - skip the ones you're not sure of and let your subconscious mind work on them, then return to them after you have answered the others. c, Check over your answers for careless mistakes. ' 8.. After the test: Relax. You did your best and now it's out of your hands. Let it go.

nect. these majestic animals to humans in astounding and unforgettable ways. A universal, proanimal drama; Some bloodied dogs and' horses, ongoing menace that culminates in attacks on the bears anda discreetly filmed but realistic mating sequences may make this too intense for the very young. A I, PG "Dad" (Universal): When the domineering wife (Olympia Dukakis) of a 78-year-old man (Jack Lemmon) is felled by a heart attack, he re-Iearns independence from his adult son (Ted Danson),who is determined to rise to the responsibility of his father's care and that of his own neglected son (Ethan HaWke) before it's too late. His father's subsequent illnesses lead the family to reorganize their priorities. Since there are so few films on the subject of parenting, one's parents and coping with their illnesses and death, it's easy to applaud this serio-comic effort and forgive the various plot lapses and excessive climaxes. Mild sexual innuendo, minimal rough language.

A2,PG "Drugstore Cowboy" (A venue): Set in Portland, Ore., circa 1971, this period film neither romantic- . izes nor condemns its protagonist, a self-proclaimed, drug-Iovingjunkie who knocks off pharmacie's to feed' his habit and those of his three spaced-out cohorts in crime, including his wife (Kelly Lynch).

Stark realism, a clever jazzlike score and hallucinatory flourishes highlight this tale of '60s hippie hold"outs and their renegade leader who cleans up his act before it's too late. Much profanity, some violence and foul play including the grim disposal of an overdosed pal. incidental sexual innuendoes

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 24,1989 , .FAMILY LIFE CENTER, N. DARTMOUTH Divorced and Separated program meets 7 p.m. Monday. Pastoral Care Education Progra.m meets Wednesday evening.

ST. MARY,NB No CCD classes this Sunday. New members welcome for adult and children's choirs; Children rehearse 3 p.m. Wednesdays, Advent Spiritual Program with Father Marty ConPUBLICITY CHAIRMEN CATHOLIC WOMEN'S CLUB, nor, director of spirituality at St. are asked to submit news Items for this NB John's Seminary; 7:30-8:30 p.m. column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall Monthly Board meeting, 7:30 p.m.

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River, 02722. Name of city or town should Wednesday, St. Lawrence Rectory, be Included, as well as full dates of all activHOLY NAME, NB 110 Summer St., NB. ities. Please send news of future rather CCO students will present a than past events. Note: We do not normally WORKSHOP ON INNER Christmas Show....The Jesse Tree," carry news of fund raising activities. We are HEALING happy to carry notices of spiritual proon Dec, 17. Students interested in Speaker: Dorothy DeGrandis grams, club meetings, youth projects and participating should submit their Sudol, author and lecturer ,in the similar nonprofit activities. Fundralslng names to the CCD office, Intercamprojects may be advertised at our regular fields of alcoholism, divorce, childbio seeks families to host Central rates, obtainable from The Anchor busihood fears and resentments, from American boys and girls ages 13-17 ness office, telephone 675-7151. the Boston Archdiocese-. 9:30-3:30 On Steering Points Items FR indicates for 8-9 weeks; information: 1-800p.m. Dec. 2, Our Lady of the Cape Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford.

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Church, Stoney Brook Rd., BrewsST. ANNE, FR ter. Information: Dorothy Knight, 385-9746; Mary Farrell, 896-3309; The extended care program at St. Anne's School needs volunteers, one Ethel Mitchell, 432-4435. afternoon a week, 3-5p.m:lnformaST. WILLIAM, FR tion: 678-2152. Panel presentation No CCD classes this Sunday due by experts in education, counseling to holiday. and health maintenance coordinated ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET by registered nurses of SMU 6:45 Women's Guild Christmas party, p.m. Monday, St. Anne's School.

7 p.m. Dec. 10, J.T.'s Restaurant; Kindergarten girl scouts meet Thursmembers may bring a guest. Eighth days, 6-7 p.m. Leader Tina Keys is graders are collecting clothing and accepting registrations; information: food for the needy.

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ST. THERESA, NB WIDOWED SUPPORT Holy Hour sponsored by Adorers FR meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sacred of the Blessed Sacrament, 7-8 "p.m.

Heart parish center, FR. Monday, St. Theresa's Church.

ST. ANTHONY OF DESERT, FR CATHEDRAL, FR Exposition of Blessed Sacrament Cathedral Guild Christmas party, noon to 6 p.m. Dec. 3, with holy Dec. 5, Cathedral School. Parishionhour from 5 to 6 p.m. ers welcome to attend.

ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT SACRED HEART, FR Introduction to the Bible classes Women's Guild Christmas party, begin 7 p.m. Dec. 10. Weekend 7 p.m. Dec. 4, Lakesider, N. Dart- ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON renewal retreat, Dec. 1-3.

There will be no CCD classes this mouth. Reservations may be made CATHEDRAL CAMP, weekend due to the Thanksgiving with chairman Lou Caya or regE. FREETOWN holiday. J oint meeting of parish istrars Yvette Dufault, Louise St. John Neumann, E. Freetown, council and financial council, 7: 15 Poole, Martha McVey or Margaret parish retreat, this weekend. p.m. Sunday,' rectory.

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HOLY GHOST; ATTLI:BORO Youth group meeting, 7-9 p.m. , ~ Sunday. Larry Burns of the Maryknoll Missioners will speak at Masses JJ this weekend. No religious education classes tomorrow due to Thanksgiving recess. Women's Guild meeting, 7 p.m. Monday; members are asked to bring a baby shower gift for Birthright. All parishioners wel, come.

OUR LADY'S CHAPEL, NB Week of Prayer for Advent in honor of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady, Dec. 4-8, Services: Mass, sermon and novena prayers daily at 10 a.m., 12: 10 p.m. and 5 p,m, Preacher: Rev. Malcolm J. MacDonald,OFM. <C1. ff CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH 0aVJlOUro Parish prayer group, 7 p,m. Mon.' day, S\. Theresa's hall, All welcome.

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The most important talent. highly prized by us. is the talent for sharing of yourselfyour compassion. your cheerfulness. your faith-with those who have been made so vulnerable and dependent by this dread disease, Not all of our sisters are nurses. but as part of our apostolate, all directly help in the care of the patients, If you think you have a religious vocation and would like to know more about our work and community life, why not plan to visit with us, We would be happy to share with you a day from our lives,

OF HAWTHORNE Rosary Hill Home 600 Linda A....ue Hawthorne, New York 10532 or call: (9t4) 769-4794

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, HEALING SERVICE', '., . -ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM 3 p.m. Dec. 3, St. Kilian Church, No Jr. CYO meeting Thursday.

306 Ashley Boulevard, NB. The pubFirst Penance, II a.m.-noon Dec. 2 lic is invited. and 9, reception to follow. No classes Thanksgiving weekend for pre-school ST. MARY, SEEKONK and grades I and 2. Children's ChristWomen's Guild Christmas party, mas Choir, grades 3-7, meets I I a.m.

Dec. 5, Ramada Inn, Reservations: Dec. 3; information: Sister Grace Marilyn Leddy, 761-4867. Youth Raymond, 295-0780. ministry planning committee meets 7"8:30 p.m. Sunday, parish center.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Confirmation class folk Mass, 5 p.m.

Serra Club of Attleboro District Sunday. No religious education has begun a membership drive, Meetclasses tomorrow. ings take place second and fourth ST. THOMAS MORE, Thursdays for dinner and vocational SOMERSET programs; information: 222-4772; No religious ed ucation c1asse's Sun222-5879. day-Tuesday for grades 1-8. Con- ST. ANNE, NB firmation II candidates will not meet The Greater New Bedford Choral on Sunday. Confirmation I candiSociety will present a Christmas dates will have class 7: 15-8:30 p.m.

Concert featuring Bach's Magnificat Monday. Women's Guild Christmas and traditional carols sung in unique party, 1:30 p.m. Dec. 10. arrangements; 8 p.m. Dec. 10. InformO.L. CAPE, BREWSTER ation: Ella Sherberg, 636-8654.

The lecture series "Irish Studies" to be held at the Dennis Senior Center will be at 2 p.m. Thursdays, not I p.m.' as previously announced. Boy scouts interested in receiving religious awards should contact Frank Sullivan, chairman of Cape Cod and November 25 Islands Council Catholic Commit1946, Rev. Philias Jalbert, Pastee, 394-4725; classes will begin in early January. tor, Notre Dame, Fall River ST. JULIE BILLIART, November 26 N. DARTMOUTH 1945, Rev. James R. Burns, P.R., Exposition of Blessed Sacrament Pastor, Sacred Heart, Fall'River after I I:30 a.m. Mass Sunday; rosary November 27 and benediction at 4 p.m. No reli1948, Rt. Rev. Patrick E. McGee, gious education classes on Sunday.

Pastor, St. Mary, North Attleboro Youth group Thanksgiving dance, 7:30-11 p.m. tomorrow, parish hall.

November 28 Non-members must be the guest of a 1959, Rev. Adrien A. Gauthier, member. Family Advent Celebration, Pastor, St. Roch, Fall River 2-5 p.m. Dec. 3.

November 29 NOTRE DAME, FR 1965, Rev. Francis A. McCarthy, Council of Catholic Women meet-' Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset ing, 7:30 p.m. Monday, church hall following 7 p.m. Mass for deceased December 1 members. Pauline Levesque will give 1958, Rev. Phillipe Ross, Chaa floral demonstration. plaiil, Sacred Heart Home, New SS PETER AND PAUL, FR Bedford No CCD classes this weekend.

1964, Rev. Edward J. Gorman, CYO bowling trip, tomorrow; permission slips for Dec. 3 trip to see Pastor Emeritus, St. Patrick, Som"Shear Madness" in Boston are due erset in by noon Sunday. Parish council meeting, 12:30 p.m. Dec. 3. Women's Club Christmas Party, 7 p.m. Dec. 7, Father Coady Center; all women of the parish are invited. InformaACCRA, Ghana (CNS) tion: Mary Tyrrell, 672-0227.

Ghana has ordered religious bodies to register with the government O.L. ASSUMPTION, OSTERVILLE and provide authorities with finanAdult Choir rehearsal, 7:30 p.m. cial and other information on' Thursday. Clothing drive for the demand. The West African counhomeless begins Sunday and will try has also banished Mormons continue until Dec. 10. Donations and Jehovah's Witnesses. Under may be left in the rectory garage. No the Religious Bodies Registration CCD classes this Sunday.

Act, churches must¡ record names ST. JAMES, NB and other information on members St. Vincent de Paul Society meetof their governing bodies with the ing has been changed from Nov. 29 government's registrar general's to 7 p.m. Dec. 6. Food drive for the office and must also furnish a poor of the parish will take place Religious Affairs Committee with Dec. 9-10. Altar boys continue their training II a.m. tomorrow. any information requested.

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THIS STRIKING depiction of the baptism of Jesus centers the west narthex of Christ the King Church, Mashpee.

Carved by.David Lewis, it is placed in a Jordan River setting of sand, palms and running water. (Kearns photo)