11.25.83

FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISILANDS

t eanc 0 VOL. 27, NO. 46

/FALL RIVER, MASS., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1983

$8 Per Year

Peace, justice head to speak here

Pastoral study day set i

,

,

.

~i

,

":1

'1

J " i <-1

:,!

FATHER HEHIR

each on Dec. 11. There will be no admission charge to the study day itself.

In other implementations of the pastoral education program, diocesan elementary schools will have peace and justice workshops this year and a five­ session "awareness program" for integration into curriculums will be made available to princi­ pals, who wiJ.l also study meth­ ods of ,bringing the message of the pastoral into the homes of pupils.

On the high school level "in­ fusion workshops" have been held in each diocesan school to discuss concepts and values in­ volved in education for peace and means of incorporating them throughout the curriculum, es­ pecially in religion courses.

On the adult level, many par­ ishes have made available to their members newsprint copies of the pastoral, distributed through The Anchor.

Father Hehir Father Hehir, a native of Low­ Turn to Page Six

Study of the U.S. bishops' war mentation of pastoral study and discussion programs. and peace pastoral, "The Chal­ His talk will be followed by lenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our, Response," is a top small-group discussions and the priority undertaking in the Fall day will conclude with a general . session at which the floor will River diocese.

Reflecting the wish 'of the be open for questions and comments. bishops that the pastoral mess­ 'Priests are asked to encourage age should reach people ,of all ages by means of "balanced and attendance at the Connolly pro­ objective educational programs," gram, especially by catechists 'Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has and others who may be involved in preparing parish-level dis­ commissioned the diocesan de­ partment of education to plan cussion programs on the pas­ toral. and implement such programs.

The Dec. 11 sessions will pro­ A major part of an ongoing and extensive effort to reach vide a model for parish groups, every diocesan Catholic will said Father George W. Coleman, come on Sunday, Dec. 11, when education department director.

An informational packet contain­ Father J. Bryan Hehir will key­ note a pastoral study to be held ing material suitable for such from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Bishop groups will be available to in­ Connolly High School, Fall River. terested parishes.

Father Hehir, newly appointed Additionally, he said, a video head of the bishops' secretariat cassette on the pastoral by for justice and peace issues, was Father Hehir is available at the one of the principal architects Catholic Education Center in of the pastoral.

Fall River, as are discussion In addition to speaking, he questions.

Bound copies of the pastoral will meet with priests of the diocese to discuss parish imple- letter will be available at $1 0

0

'The real· thing will be worse")

By Cindy Wooden

NC News Service

"The Day After" was a mild depiction of the effects of nu­ clear war, but it "may open the door to more graphic" discus­ sions and portrayals, said Father Brian McCullough, director of the clearinghouse for the U.S. bishops' war and peace pastoral.

Father McCullough viewed the Nov. 20 ABC television flim as part of the audience in the "Viewpoint" program which fol. lowed the movie. The follow-up show was telecast live from Washington. ,People have "been sleepwalk· ing the ,last 38 years," since the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, said astronomer Carl Sagan on "Viewpoint." "The reaHty is much worse than what has been portrayed," he said.

J\BC television estimated 50 millior) to 75 million people viewed the movie, which depiCted a Sovi~t nuclear strike on Kan· sas City and the fate of surviv­ ors in nearby Lawrence, Kan. An A:~C spokesman said the rating was "excellent."

"This film was far weaker as a film than I expected and far less horrible," said Michael Novak, director of the American Enterprise Institute and author of '~Moral Oarity in the Nuclear Age." Margaret Heffner, 16, one of 30 high school students watch­ ing the movie at St. Patrick's Church, Corpus Christi, Texas, said the experience "was' up­ setting, but oJ thought it would be worse. f think the real thing will be worse. I don't think any­ thing will be left."

Dan Stephens, 15, also at St. Patrick's, said that if he knew a missile was coming he "would grab someone and go to the beach and watch it coming.

There is no use trying to hide or protect yourself."

Secretary of State George P. Shultz, on the "Viewpoint show, said the film shows the "un­ acceptability of nuclear war" and he asked the American peo- , pIe to "rally around and sup­ port the Reagan administra­ tion's policy of deterrence and arms reduction negotiations with the Soviet Union.

Shultz said U.S. policy has been :'based on the idea that we simply do not accept a nuclear war, and we've been successful in preventing it." .Among criticisms 'of the movie were assertions that it played on people's fears and did 'not deal with what Richard Perle, assist­ ant secretary of defense, called, "how to avoid nuclear war, any nuclear war, no matter how lim­ ited."

'Father McCullough said that he was disappointed with the "viewpoint" discussions which followed the film. "The whole discussion was based on a mili­ tary solution" to the nuclear threat, while 'ignoring "other forms of deterrence" through economic and global interdepen­ dence, he said.

Father Thomas J. Ralph, edi­ tor of The Witness, diocesan paper in Dubuque, Iowa, said the movie emphasized the mate­ rialism and parochialism of the United States. For the people in the film and many' of those commenting on it, "the greatest concern was of the destruction of their present lifestyle."

"There was no consideration that perhaps the majority of the world's population already lives under those conditions" present after the bombs were detonated, Father Ralph said. Many people in the Third World, he said, kill for their food and die of diseases relating to contamination of it.

Cardinal Hume Also speaking on nuclear de­ terrence, although not in con­ nection with "The Day After," was Cardinal George Basil Hume of Westminster, England.

Deterrence on strict condi­ tions and as a temporary step toward disarmament is emerg­ ing "as the most widely accepted view of the Roman Catholic Church" he declared in an ar­ ticle in the Nov. 17 issue of The Times of London. The cardinal also stressed the need to halt the increase in armaments and said those opposed to nuclear weapons do not have the right to break the law.

The cardinal's article was pub­ lished three days after the first U.S. cruise missiles were deliv­ ered to the American air base at Greenham Common, the site of

o

a women's ,peace camp. The week the missiles were deliv­ ered, police arrested more than 600 protestors, and more were arrested following protests in London.

"All of us must retain the right to our conscientious be­ liefs," the cardinal said. "And I would judge that this does not give us the right to seriously defy the law in the present situation."

The cardinal said that to ac­ cept -deterrence as the lesser of two evils there must be, to re­ tain moral credibility, "a firm and effective intention to extri­ cate ourselves from the present fearful situation as quickly as possible."

"If any government,in the East or West, does not take steps to reduce its nuclear weapons and limit their deploy­ ment, it must expect its citizens in increasing numbers to be doubtful of its sincerity and alienated from its defense polio cies."

The cardinal suggested that Turn to Page Six

(~harismatics

TH~ ANCHQR­ Friday, Nov. 25, 1983

2

publish

No shared time

CINCJNNATI (NC) - An ex­ tensive "shared time" program, in Grand Rapids, Mich., in which public school district employees taught non-religious subjects in parochial ,school classrooms has been struck down by a federal appeals court. The 6th U.S. Cir. cuit Court of Appeals, based in Cincinnati, said in a 2-1 decision ' that the program was unconsti· tutional because it advanced reo ligion and could foster excessive entanglement between church and state.

WAL~WA~L

l

COLLECTION OF HELPfUL FLOOR HINTS BY 'AL' GARANT

GARANT (Runs parallel to South Main' behind Ray'S Flowers),

FAll RIVER • CONGOLEUM • ARMSTRONG

674·5410 .'

BUFFINTON .FLORIST, INC. , ' , "

•,

/ Diocesan charismatics have be­ gun publication of a bimonthly English-Portuguese newsletter, "The Morning Star," from their new office at the FamHy Life Center in North Dartmouth.

Edited by Janet Mathieu of Our Lady of Fatima parish, New Bedford, its first issue includes a brief history of the charis­ matic renewal in the diocese, a listing of healing services con­ ducted in diocesan churches and chapels and reports of renewal activities in the Fall River, New Bedford, Cape and Island and Attleboro-Taunton deaneries.

Morning Star, subscriptions are accepted at the Charismatic Renewal Services office, 500 Slocum Rd., No. Dartmouth DURING A PARISH retre~at program, children of Holy Redeemer Church, Chatham, 02727. Ms. Mathieu notes that pay rapt attention to IFatherJoseph Maguire, CSS, of the 'Waltham-based Healing and assistance is welcome in all de­ Reconciliation MinistIt. Father Maguire s Indian headdress and robe were made by the partments of the publication as Passamaquoddy Indians of Maine. The children presented the priest with a portrait of well as in the office itself.

Renewal of Renewal .

Pope Jo~n Pau'l II as ar ,expre~ision of their appreciation of the retreat. (Fegan Photo) In charismatic news on the national front, a "renewal of the renewal" is underway, accord­ ing to national service commit· tee members Kevin and Dorothy WASHINGTON (NC) De- cerns was the Vatican.mandated· A:m~ng other actions the Ranaghan.

Mrs. Ranaghan said that the cisions to retain the curr~nt list study cif American men and wo- bishops: - Were told that an ad hoc renewal needed reidentification. of six holy days of obligation in, men religious. the United States and to\ begin Archbishop John R. Quinn of committee ,developing a pastoral "Is it prayer groups? Is it com· preparing a pastoral let~er on San Francisco, appointed by letter on "Catholic Social Teach· munal ..living? Healing? Well, we women highlighteg the U.~.' bish- Pope John Paul to head the ing and the American Economy" decided it is all of these things ops' annual general meetin,g in study, said its goal was to enable would not issue its first draft as long as five basic realities Washington Nov. 14-17. \ the bishops to be of "pastoral until after ,the 1984 presidential are fostered," she said.

The essentials are individual . "t'0 reI"19lOuS an d t 0 Jom ., election, "to avoid false possible The bis hops a Iso approjVe d a service conversion to Jesus, baptism in pastoral 'letter on Hispanic min· with the'm· in the common task partisan implications." isb-y and a' statement m~rking ,of the church.

--' 'Heard that their war and the spirit, reception and use of Archbishop Roach also referred peace pastoral has evoked un· spiritual gifts, development of a the 20th anniversary of th~ liturgical changes tnitiated b~ the to the study in his presidentiil'1 precedented ecumenical interest, ~olid 'spiritual me and a faith address opening the meeting. He that over a million copies of the and practice within the Catholic Second Vatican Council. , document have been printed, context, according to Ranaghan, And they elected Bishop James :;aid that it and a study on U.S. ~ A. Malone of Youngstown, I Ohio, :;eminaries were requested by that it has been incorporated national service committee ex­ into uncounted university, high ecutive director. as their president for the' next the pope "largely, I believe, be­ Catholic charismatics need to, -three years, succeeding Arch· c:ause ,of his legitimate concern school and primary school curri· bis.hop John R. Roach of St. P,aul· about the consequences for the culums and that it ,is estimated develop' a model for their re­ c:hurch elsewhere of trends and that about one-tenth of U.S. newal within the parish, Rana· Minneapolis.

CathoHcs have seen the letter. ghan said.

This year's agenda for the an- developments in this country."

-Voted to continue the cur.

Mrs. Ranaghan agreed, saying nual meeting" of the National On the holy days issue most rent practice of receiving con. that SOme groups have not acted Conference of Catholic Bi~hops- debate centered 'not on specific firmatio" around the age of 13 prudently in relationship to the U.S. Catholic Conference I was holy days but on the pastoral or 14. The new code of canon parish. ' the -lengthiest in recent memory. wisdom of changing current law calls for reception of the The Ranaghans do not think a Partly because of that, but' also practice without dialog with U.S. sacrament at about age 7 unless special charismatic Mass in a because of the bishops' d'esire Catholics bishops' conferences decide parish is necessarily a good idea. for more collective prayer!, and " The Hispanic pastoral, ap- otherwise.

"The aim of the renewal is not discussion, they decided tb re- ' proved unanimously, focuses on _ Voted' to aHow diocesan to have a special Mass but to sume meeting twice a yeat; be- concerns of the Hispanic com- bishops the option of adopting renew all of the church through ginning in 1985, and to bake munity, including needs of limited tenure for assignment of , the personal experience of God, ,i their meetings slightly 16nger. youth, bilingual education, work· pastors.

Mrs. Ranaghan said. _ Voted to allow lay jUdges Issues involving women bade ,ing conditions, racism and the The couple are members of up one of several themes Irun· s,:arcity of Hispanic vocations. to serve on diocesan . church People of Praise, an ecumenical ning though the bishops' meeting.

As the meeting adjourned the courts.

covenant community in South Commemorated the 50th an­ Bend, Ind., which has just Prior to the meeting about '100 bishops approved a resolution on bishops met with 50 womett for Central America expressing niversary of the "forced-famine" merged with the Servants of the a two-day/ discussion on thoell 'role, solidarity with bishops of the in the Ukraine, which kiJ.led 7 Lord, a similar community in rE!gion and joining them in a call miJ.lion persons and which was Minneapolis. of women in the church., Another issue that could be for dialogue among contending allegedly induced by the Soviet Through the merger the 1,800 government to destroy the na. member ~innesota community categorized undc:!r w,omen's \~,on· parties there. tional identity of Ukrainia. has become a branch of the l,200-member People of Praise and will be known as "People of p~ . ~~-:-~ • ~('\c::. ied by Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, Praise; Servant Branch." ~...---.w','\.)l ' N C C B general secretary, paid a A covenant community is "a . ~ :.:;t' FTD ' courtesy visit to President Rea· body of Christians who are join­ -~ ~ J gan at the White House where ed together by making a coven· they briefly discussed tuition ant with the Lord and 'with each tax credits, the Middle East other to live a commpn life as CLOSED SUNDAYS situation and pro-life issues. an explicit expression Qf the new Daily Deliveries to o~is. Barnstable County Hospital.

Bishop Malone said tere was covenant established by Jesus," .

Tobey Hospi~t:ll. Falmouth Hospital ,no opportunity to discuss either according to the Catholic charis­ 12 McARTHUR BLVD. ·I:BOURNI: SO. ROTARY, BOURNE Central American prohlems or matic renewal's National Ser­ the bishops' concern over nuclear vice Committee,' headquartered Tel. 759-4211 and' 759-2669 in South Bend. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ weapons.

•• _

FLOOR COVERING 30 CRAWFORD ST. • CARPETING • CERAMIC TILE

Morning Star'

n

• • •

B~hops .address many issues

+

490 STREET ROBESON FALL RIVER, , MASS.

Tel. 678-5651 Member F.T,D.A.

I

FUNERAL

SERVICE

, •••••• au •••••• I •••

e'.'.

Howlfd C. OOine Sr.

Gordon L. Homer

Howlfd C. OOine Jr.

Robert L. Studley

HTANNIS ns-llU4

Siutll '.rm.utll 311·220t H.nrlell Port, 432-OSn '

After Mass Sunday Brunch

At

POCASSET

GOLF CLUB

lUnches • Sandwiches • Cocktails Tennis Courts Available Now

County Road,Pocasset 563·7171 Private Function Room

MARRIAGE

PREP'ARATION

AT ITS BEST!

Give ...t Gift

Certificate Fdr...t

Weekend ...t..,all

<f ,,=':.

EE

For Inf, ContIct . ,ED" IIECIl' ST. PIERRE 1021 .., Streit Fill I'"r. MA 02720 Tel. 171·2271

\

;sm.@

~fiL,"~~~~,"'r"'" . c. . . . . ',.r'I. l'o1we"'S' .,

":'Ol~':~:::'o:~.h?:':;:'::

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 25, 1'983

3

piping systems inc.

X-RAY QUALITY PIPE FABRICATION SPRINI<LERS • PROCESS PIPING PLUMBING. GAS FiniNG. HEATING

32 Mill Street (Route 79) Assonet. MA 02702 6ofl4-2221 . ~

........................•.........

~

5 ADDRESSOGRAPH FOR SALE 5

:

MODEL 28 SCRIPTOMATIC ADDRESSING

:

:

System ~ Only 2 Yrs Old - Great Buy!

:

:

CALL 999-6420

:

: :

Between 9 A.M. and 3 P.M. Monday - Friday

: :

• ••••••••••••••••••• D•••••••••••••• • ~

THOUSANDS OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS blinked on informally last night at LaSa­ lette Shrine, Attleboro, to begin the 30th yea r of the nation's largest religious holiday dis­ play. The Festival of Lights will officially open at 4 p.m. Sunday with the unveiling of seven huge paintings of the Creation by Sister Gertrude Gaudette;-,O.P.

Domestic NATIONAL CITY, Calif. (NC) - "Domestic workers are the most exploited group of workers in America," said Ken Seaton­ Msemaji, president of the United Domestic Workers of America.

"No law in this conutry pro­ tects them," Seaton-Msemaji, a member of St. Rita Parish in San Diego, said in an interview with the Southern Cross, San Diego diocesan newspaper.

"For all practical purposes, domestic workers are at best in­ dentured servants and this is 1983 in the United States," he said..

Almost all domestic workers are women over 40, he added, working long hours at or below $3.35 an hour, without benefits, '

worl~ers

exploited

vacations or health plans, and without coverage by the National Labor Relations Act. The Workers include non­ unionized hotel maids, private household help and home at· tenoants sent to care for the elderly, blind or disabled by government agencies or private firms, he said.

The four-year-old UDWA has 3,500 dues-paying members ­ nearly all females and two-thirds from minority groups - in nine California counties. There are an estimated 80,000 domestic workers in California, according to S'eaton-Msemaji.

"Non-union help makes the minimum wage, but that's de· ceiving," he said.

"Many work more than an eight-hour day and 40-hour week and don't get paid overtime," he continued.

"Many live-in domestics work a 50-to-l00-work week and even the minimum wage is not a living wage for an adult, he said.

Prayers asked for Lebanon In an expression of solidarity in faith and hope, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has asked members of the diocese to offer special prayers for the people of Leb­ anon this Sunday.

In a land so close to many in our diocese and so intimate to the scriptures, there is continued bloodshed and agony, it is noted.

Prayers are Iil(ewise requested for the peoples and nations of the entire Middle East, the area of Christ's earthly life and, preaching•.

THE ANCHOR IUSPS·545.(l20). Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. Published waekly except the waek of July 4 and the week after Christmas at 410 Highland Aven· ue, Fall River, Mass. 02720 by the Cath· olic Press of the Diocese of Fall River.

Subscription price by mall, postpaid $8.00 per year. Postmasters send address changes to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7. Fall Rivar, MA 02722.

EQWARD FRANCO, Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Tauntop, and Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director for the annual Bishop's Charity Ball, meet at a planning session. The traditional winter event will take place Jan. 13 at Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth. (Torchia Photo)

Elder Tree

BrandonWoods

l\ luxury retiremenl community· 567 Darlmoulh 6lreel. 60ulh Darlmoulh· (617)997-7787

~

T~E

4

ANCHOR-O;o<e.e 01 Foil R;ve,-Fd.. Nov.

25.11983

themoorin~ Let's Get Serious

.'

'~

I

It is more than tragic that people in our area seemingly

are so indifferent to the horrendous decay of our en~iron­ ment. Somehow, when it comes to this subject, man~ citi­ zens are satisfied with the status quo. So long as en~lron­ - mental dangers pose no obvious threat to daily living'l ',then so what. ' ' However, it is time to begin waging a positive campaign to combat this indifference.

For too long have we ignored the cumulative poll1Jtion of our local rivers and streams. Time has proved that this abuse is beginning to affect seriously our local way o~ life.

The Acushnet River in New Bedford/Fairhaven is but one , . example of industrial carelessness and citizen indiffer~nce.

It has been estimated that this river has one of the highest PCB (polychorinated biphenyl) counts in the nationJ, Yet even today efforts to correct this abuse have not moved beyond the foot-dragging stage. Politics and power, ~s so often, are allowed to endanger the public welfare.

I , What can be said about this situation can be repeated for all the mill towns in Southeastern Massachusetts.! Our natural resources have been savagely misused. as sources of both cheap power and easy disposal. From the eatJiest days of the cotton mills to today's diversified indJ~try, these natural resources have been allowed to become little , more. than toxic waste sites. , 'I , Yet even knowing this, few seriously support efforts

to correct and control industrial abuse. So many in go~ern­

ment have a vested interest in the status quo. The h~alth

threat to the general citizenry that obviously flows from

water pollution is often ignored. . . But these issues should not become burled under any tide of derision or deceit. They must be allowed to suriface and the populace has the right to demand of its elebted officials that every effort is being ~de to eradicatell,the ':: ' disgrace of our poisoned waterways.

In addition to this serious a~d longstanding problem, we also face the insidious attack of acid rain on our Area.

For moSt people acid rain is a new term not ~uite understood and not taken too seriously. It .refers to sulfur­ ous air pollution from factories that combines with ~ain and, when it falls on lakes, rivers and ponds,makes it diffi­ cult for fish and plants to live. A recent study has indic~ted that one out of every five lakes, streams and reserVoi~s in this state, including many in our area, is being seriously damaged by acid rain.

The largest area body on this list'is the Copicut reser­ voir in Fall River which feeds 'into the city's drinking water supply. Other areas now being affected by acid fuin are in 'Vestport, Dartmouth, New Bedford, Brewster ~nd Yarmouth, to name but a few.

I' , , One must always remember ,that untreated acid w~ter can release highly toxic lead into drinking water. In fact, more and more people in certain areas of Cape Cod rtow travel miles for drinking water. Never before have spting or bottled waters been in such demand. ' I: In spite of many political disclaimers, the facts make , clear that we are in serious environmental danger unless we clean up our act. We must take environmental rep6rts seriously and we must support cleanup projects.

Unless we do this, the fallout from "The Day After" will include the results of our own indifference and dis­ regard. " , ' In short, let's get serious about the environment liW,e now enjoy in God's good bounty. ,

I

LEBANESE BROTHERS, 3 AND 5, ARE CARRIE D TO A HOSPITAL AFTER BEING WOUNDED

BY SHRAPNEL IN TRIPOLI. THE 3-YEAR-OLD (LEFI') DIED, HIS BROTHER SURVIVES , AFI'ER AMPUTATION OF HIS LEFf ARM.

,

I

I

I I,

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Fall River Mass. 02722 675-7151

' PUBLISHER

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D.

EDITOR Rev. Jo~n F. Moore

,

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR Rev. Msgr. John J. Regah ~

leary rress-Fall River

.­

'The son suHers for the father's guilt, to the third and the fourth genera'Jion.' Ex. 34:7 '

The third' dime'nsion Uy Father Joseph NassaI, C.PP.S.

parishioners, the stumbling block is always one' of implementation.

So we soothe our conscience by establisqing a Social Action or . Christian Service or Justice and Peace committee in the parish and refer all "third dimension" concerns to this select group.

The term "fallen away Cath­ olic" is often used by priests and other'religious types to identify that large group of people who d.on't come to church on Sun­ day. Perhaps the more modern label is "inactive Catholic." Re­ This doesn't so~ve the prob­ gardless of terminology, ' we 'often equate II; person's faith lem, even though every parish with the number of times we should have s,uch a committee. s,ee him arher in church. A The proper function for this practicing Catholic is one who committee is not that of experts with the, answers; but enablers never misses a Sunday.

But essential as proclamation' with, the questions. Members oJ the Word and celebration of should be the people who sur­ face the issues which challenge the sacraments are to the Cath­ olic faith, we often overlook ,the rest of the parish and move the "third dimension" of our them to action. They should be the cines who plant the seeds of f~:ith: work for justice.

The bishops redefined work Gospel transformation in others for justice more than 10 years and nurture the growth of the ago, elevating it on par with, entire local church to attitudes of peace and action on behalf Word and sacrament.

Do we Catholics, especially of justice.

I feel that a primary vehicle those called to roles' of service in the church, speak of those for fostering this transformation is the parish bulletin or social W:110 fail to work for justice as fallen aways"? Do \Ve say those action newsletter. By keeping' who discriminate in business or befor~ the parish the nE!eds of pursue unjust practices at work the poor, blindness dissipates or in their neighborhood are "in­ , and concern is aroused. Through active Catholics"? Do we place education about Catholic' social them in the same category as teaching and what the bishops those who fail to celebrate the are saying about the pressing &:'l,eraments? Or do we overlook problems of the day, the parish what they do (or fail to do) dur­ - begins to hear the call for action ing the rest of the week, just so that is inherent in the Word they show up on Sunday morn- and sacrament. ing? '

-The finance comniittee sug­

'Labels and categories are stif': ling and always unfair, I don't gests that' 5 per cent of each intend tQ suggest that we begin week's collection be given to the a new parish file for those who poor. fail to embrace the third dimen­ -The family life committee sion of the Catholic faith. But 'pursues visible and viable means the! connections that our bishops for enriching each family with made in 1971 must not be missed. materials on peace and justice" Even if this awareness is pres­ making 'them available in every ent in the -hearts and minds of home. o

-The building and mainte­ nance committee ,utilizes part of the church basement for stor­ age and distribution of food and clothing to the poor. Members also identify homes of the elder­ ly that are in need of repair and spend some Saturday after­ noons using hammers and saws .as the tools of ju~tice.

-The education committee utilizes programs to 'insure that justice and peace are taught in every schOOl or ceD classroom.

-The youth group org~nizes projects ·to reach' disadvantaged youth and juvenile offenders.

-Altar Society members visit shut-ins and those in nursing homes.

-The Legion of Mary makes prayer for peace a primary apostolate.

-The Knights of Columbus use their council home as a soup kitchen in addition to a meeting place for themselves.

As the whole parish becomes involved in the "third dimen­ sion," ·the first two dimensions become remarkable mome~ts of prayer and praise. For the Word is being preached not only from the pulpit, but from ,the Hving room and kitchen, street corner and supermarket. Homilies be­ come the lives of committed people pursuing justice and peace in all their relationships.

And the bread that Is broken and the wine that is poured be-' come signs of the kingdom in the witness of active Catholics.

Father NassaI is associate pas­ tor of S1. Mary's parl~h, Center­ ville, Iowa, chairperson of his province's Justice and Peace Committee, and a member of Pax Christi USA.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 25, 1983

Family Night

A weekly at-home program for families

sponsored . hy. the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry

OPENING PRAYER Risen Lord, you marked Sun­ day as a very special day, when you arose from the dead and raised the hopes of aU men. We want to be Alleluia people, cele­ brating each ,Sunday in a special way. Send your Spirit to guide our planning this evening so that we may grow in your ,love and in family togetherness. Amen.

ACTIVITY TIME Young Family Materials: paper, crayons. Talk about Sunday as a family party day. What can your Htt:1e ones do to contribute to the party?

Indude them in every way possi­ ble. Print "Alleluia" in large block letters. Let them decorate it with bright colors and pic­ tures, to be hung on the waH on Sunday morning. Take it down and hang it up again only on Sunday to help the children rec­ ognize that Sunday is special.

tradition or custom: going to church as a family, helping to plan the Sunday liturgy, planning breakfast or brunch, a family outi!1g, a visit to grandparents.

Make something for Sunday's breakfast like placemats, napkin holders; decorate napkins or a candle; create a centerpiece for the tabl~.

Adult Family Matreials: index cars, pencils.

Have each person write down what' he would like the family to do on Sunday. Put each idea on separate cards. Collect the cards, read them, combine similar ideas.

Discuss how each person's favor­ ite way of celebrating Sunday can be integrated into a Family Celebration of Sunday.

SNACK

in a package of any flavor in­ stant pudding. Let stand 5 min­ utes. Then spread between two graham crackers to make a sand­ wich. Freeze about three hours.

ENTERTAINMENT Have each person take a tum singing, humming or whistling a song. Do only the first few notes and let the others try to guess the song. Add additional notes until the song is guessed or until everyone "~ives up."

SHARING I. Share your favorite Sunday memory.

2. Share one thing about your­ self you would like to change.

3. Share'one thing about your­ self that you like and don't want to change.

Try some pudding-wiches by

mixing Y2 cup of peanut butter with I Y2 cups of mi:lk. Then beat

Middle Years Family Discuss what your fami·ly cus­ toms are relative to Sunday.

How is Sunday special for your family? Think of some things you might do to build your family

CLOSING PRAYER -Suggested Prayer: Sing a simple version of "Alleluia" -or: Compose a litany of praise and thanksgiving.

Each one names something he wiShes to praise an~ thank God for and everyone responds "We praise and thank' you, Lord."

Double standard

When is a woman too old to be considered attractive and employable? Not at 38, according to a recent jury in Kansas City which heard the celebrated case brought to trial

by TV anchorwoman Christine Craft who was demoted from her position in front of the camera because she was "too old, too unattractive and not deferential to men." The four-woman two­ man jury found in her favor and the station was required to re­ instate her in the position for which she was hired.

If she's considered unattractive, the rest of us are in deep trouble but that aside, the case brings to point the dictum we accept in our culture that women stay for­ ever young and beautiful. As par­ ents know, this pressure starts early, with Httle girls pushing for makeup and older women long­ ing for facelifts; So pervasive is this pressure ~hat even the most beautiful women view themselves as flawed - a fact borne out by the high percentage of beauty contestants who consider them­ selves unattractive.

To be fair, the pressure is now also on men to ~emain young and fit but not nearly so evident as for women. The saying that women 3row old while men grow distinguished bears a lot of truth.

It's interesting to speculate if Walter Cronkite would have stayed around so ,long if he were a woman.

In three weeks of TV appear­ ances promoting my new book, I ran into many older male inter­ viewers but only one older woman and she was one of the best. Her name is Dorothy Fuld­ heim and slW has one of the top TV interview shows in Cleve­ land. Ninety years old, she has just signed a contract for three more years. She's gooa because she pre-interviews personalities and asks tough questions Iike "What are your qualifications to write a book like this?" and "What's in this book that hasn't been said a thousand times al­ ready?"

She skims each book carefully and focuses on its strengths and weaknesses rather than on the personality of its author. I saw her reduce the author of a spur­ ious sex manual to mumbles. And right:1y so.

By DOLORES

CURRAN

they expected a stunning young stewardess to serve .them. Her actual service went unmentioned.

In her lawsuit, Christine Craft addressed a much deeper issue than surface attraction: She pointed to the deeper value that lies within aU men and women regardless of age or attractive­ ness, the value we try to teach children in promoting self-worth.

His answers were flippant and his credentials questionable. In common jargon, she let him hang himself.

We sometimes send those children contradictory messages, though. We tell them they don't have to be beautiful to be worth­ while but then we make deroga·· tory comments about people in government, media or leadership who may be older, overweight or plain.

But the double standard of at­ tractiveness in men and women is deeply embedded. On a plane not long ago, I overheard two men making uncomplimentary remarks about a grey-haired stewardess. When I turned around to look at them, I was. astonished to see that both had gre~ hair. From their conversa­ tion, I don't believe they saw themselves as unattractive be­ cause of their telltale grey but

In reparation, let's comment when we see a TV commercial with people who wear glasses or braces because it makes those who wear them feel they're okay.

Let's buy products touted in commercials that use older peo­ ple. They telI us that success is not awarded solely to those who are young, white, slim and beau­ tiful but also to those who are "too old, too unattractive, and not deferential to men."

Repaying the grace of Go,d My friend the Bronx boy turned 60 the other day. The milestone cause~ him to get philosophical, or rather theo­

5

By

BILL REEL

Ll:

"The only thing iS you have to I pay it back to get even."

"Maybe that's why I've begun to worry about dying - I have logical. The Bronx boy was an to start figuring out how to pay altar boy at Sacred Heart Church God back and how much time in the Bronx 50 years ago, and I've got 'left to do it," the Bronx he retains a simple faith in the boy said.

Lord to this day. Simple, not "Most of us don't bother to simplistic. thank God," Fatso said. "We for­ "The big difference I notice get, we're too busy, we have now that I'm 60," the Bronx boy more important things to do. Re­ remarked over coffee at Fatso member the 10 lepers? Jesus Fogarty's the other afternoon, healed them all, but only one "is that for, the first 59 years came back to thank him." you think about getting kiHed, We all sat and drank our cof­ but once you hit 60 you start fee. We were silent, which is a thinking about dying.", miracle for us. We all consider ourselves ,blessed by God, when The Bronx boy remarked that he had lived under impending we take the time to think about doom since the third grade, when it, or when a grateful guy like Mickey Flannery caught him Fatso reminds us. We can all stealing a cupcake out of his say, with the Bronx boy, tha~ we lunchbox and threatened his life. are in the top one-half of one percent of all the folks who have That was only the beginning. lived since Adam. That's a "My mother threatened it a pretty staggering thought, thousand times, the Germans enough to make us humble as tried ending it almost as many, well as grateful: and for 30 years now my ever­ "Well, I guess I better get loving bride, who has many busy and start paying God back, saintly qualities but knows how if I can think of a way to do it," to hide them, has considered in­ the Bronx boy said. "I sure hope timidation the only Christian al-· he isn't Jooking for money. As ternative to divorce. A few of my my Irish mother, God rest her bosses over the years were soul, used to say: God's been known to check the obituary good to us, all our problems are page and to be disappointed not only financial." to find my name.

"The leper who was cured "But like a tough old Bronx showed his gratitude by praising cockroach I survived, weathering God," Fatso said. assaults physical, mental and "I thank God for 60 good cpiritual on an existence which,' years," the Bronx boy said.

I've come to the conclusion, It was a good little lesson in must be not only God-given but God-protected. Judging by the theology at Fatso Fogarty's. love, understanding, adventure, security, education, health and happiness that have come my way, I figure I've lived a me that ranks in the top one-half of one percent of all the folks who November 26 have lived since Adam.

Rev. James R. Burns, P.R., . The Bronx boy sipped his Pastor, 1945, Sacred Heart, Fall coffee and looked grateful. Then River he said: "I've often wondered November 27 why the Lord kept me under his Rt. Rev. Patrick E. McGee, umbreHa and aHowed so many Pastor, 1948, St. Mary, No. At­ other folks, seemingly more de­ tleboro serving than yours truly. to wander off and get wet in the November 28 seas of mischief and iH fortune."

Rev. Adrien A. Gauthier, Pas­ "The grace of God, that's tor, 1959, St. Roch, Fall River what it was you got," Fatso put November 29 in. Besides minding his diner, Rev. Francis A. McCarthy, Fatso is a regular churchgoer.

Pastor, 1965, St. Patrick, Somer­ "But why me?" the Bronx boy set queried. "I can't think of one December 1 good reason why God should Rev. PhHlipe Ross, Chaplain, treat me so well. If I was him I'd have walked away from a 1958, Sacred Heart Home, New Bedford guy like me a long time ago."

Rev. Edward J. Gorman, Pas­ "You ain't him, fortunately," Fatso came back. "Do you know tor Emeritus, 1964, St. Patrick, Somerset what grace is?"

December 2 We all Iooked at Fatso, whose Rev. Arthur Savoie, Pastor, soul is as big as himself.

1917, St. Hyacinth, New Bedford "Grace is an undeserved re­ ward, a present for nothing, a - Rev. Dennis W. Harrington, gift with no strings," Fatso said. Assistant. 1958, 51. Mary, T£lun­ ton

(necroloQY)

6

THE

~NCHO.R-Diocese ~f Fall

I.

River-Fri., Nov. 25,\ 1983

/

I,

Irish lullings condemned .

ARMAGH, Northern Ireland (NC) - The murders of three men and the ~ounding of seven others during a worship service Nov. 20 in a Pentecostal haH were condemned by Cardinal Tomas O'Fiaich of Armagh. . " He.called the raid by gunme?, a direct attack aganst God a.nd said the gunmen had?o right to call themselves Catho~lc.

An organization calling itself the Catholic Reaction Force claimed responsibHity for the attack. .

"The slaughter of three innocent people and the serious

wounding of several otherl· is an unspeakable crime," said! Car­ dinal O'Fiaich. "But to carfY out this deed when they were at prayer in .their local pl~ce of worship adds the guilt of Isacrilege and blasphemy to t~at of murder. To those who perpetra­ ted this atrocity, I say: 'Don't dare to claim the name 6f!cath­ olic for your band of evildoers.' "

I' .

Two masked gunmen bu~st m­ to the hall, ,located near Armagh, and. sprayed bullets from auto­ n,tat.lc weapons on a con9re~a..­ tlOn of about 600 people, m­ clu.ding women and childr~ll),

I

NASON OIL· (OMPANY

7 Perry

II \:

~

'Our Heating Oils Malee I. AMERICAN Taunton Mass.

"1II~ Warm Friends~

~11~

Avenue

FRAYER

Fate unknown

\'

I I

LINCOLN PARK BALLROOM ROUTE 6--between Fall River and New Bedford

One of Sout~ern New England/sFin~stFacilities

Now Available for

BANQUETS, FASHION SHOWS, ETC.,

or 999-6984

Anchor staff members recently attended Catholic press conven­ tions in Ireland and New York.

Father John F. Moore, editor, and Rosemary Dussault, business First Week of Advent manager, were among 300 dele­

gates from 57 nations in Dublin - at the 13th Catholic World Con­ gress of the Press.

Miss Dussault and Msgr. John J. Regan, Anchor financial ad­ ministrator, attended the eastern regional convention of the U.S. Catholic -Press Association, . hosted by The Tablet, news­

paper of the Brooklyn, N.Y., STIR UP thy power, we diocese.. beseech thee, 0 Lord, and In' Dublin an African journal­ :ome: that from the ist who edits a Catholic news­ paper under the restrictions of thll'eatening dangers of OUll' a Marxist government was hon­ sins, by thy pll'otection we ored by the International Cath­ may deserve to. be rescued olic Union of the Press. and _be saved by .thy d'f­ Bernard Mackiza, a 36-year­ Iiv:erance, 'who livest and old -laymari from Brazzaville, reignest with God the Congo, received the union's Father in the unity of the Golden Award of Merit. He edits Holy Spirit, God, world La Semaine Africaine of Brazza­ viJ.!e, which has had frequent without end. Amen. run-ins with the Congo's Marx­ ist-dominated . government and has at times been denied access to newsprint. . )

822·2282

FOR DETAILS, CALL MANAGER - 636-2744

ADV[NT WREATH

PRETORIA, South Africa (NC) -- The Southern African Cath­ olic Bishops' Conference recently said it has failed to determine the fate of Father SmagaHso Mkhatshwa, the bishops' confer­ ence secretary, whQ disappeared under police detention Oct. 30. .Local government officials re­ fused to meet with a bishop in­ vestigating the case, the bishops sajd in a statement released through the London-based Cath­ olic Institute for International RE~lations.

Chur~h

I

wor-kers

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (1'fC) - In a pastoral statement Bishop · Fr,ilnk J. Harrison of Syracuse has committted the church in hill diocese to "moral and just tl'E!atment" of all its employees.

"The Church as Employer: Re­ newal in Our Working Relation­ shEps" IlPplies to about 8,000 people employed by the diocese, palrishes and Catholic institutions or agencies. Bishop Harrison said church employees should re­ ceive a fair wage, promotion op­ portunities, health care and re­ tirem'ent benefits.

SHERRY PAVES

THE WAY

Worse Any new court looks good on the sur­ face but the asphalt underneath . makes a difference on your feet, in your playing, and in how the court wears. Sherry All Weather· Courts stand up to hard use and hard New England weather.

I especially

Sherry Driveways' are engineered to 'endure heavy useage. . After. years of experience pavi~g everything from interstate highwa~s to airstrips,. Sherry knows the best technique and materials to use in your driveway. _

I'

A well constructed driveway or tennis court is a wise investment.

Either will increase the value of your property.

A trusted name in the Construction Industry Since

Also:

Excavating .

Equipment Rental

Utilities Construction

Seal Coating

.,

1933.

Anchor staff at parleys

Continued from page one governments were approaching disBlJ'mament from the wrong angle.

"Disarmament will follow the low,~ring of tension and the · building ·of confidence, and not vice versa," he said.

Cardinal Hume did not con­ demn use of nuclear weapons in all (:ircUl:nstances.

"Nothing could ever justify the use of nuclear. arms as weapons of massive and indis­ criminate slaughter,.... he ·said.

"It would be wrong to apply to the policy of nudear deter­ · rence the same moral condem­ nation that would be given to the actual use of nuclear weap­ ons against a civiilan target."

Dr. Manris Sassmann, a 59­ year-old Austrian publisher who was, reelected president of the International Catholic union of the 'Press, told delegates that for two-thirds of the wol'1d's popula­ tion, development of communi­ cations is shackled either by political domination or, poverty.

Other officials elected includ­ ed John Fink, publisher of Our Sunday Visitor, reelected presi­ dent of the International Federa­ tion of Catholic Press Associa­ tions; James Doyle, executive di­ rector of the U.S. Catholic 'Press Association, elected IFCPA sec­ retary; William Thorn, director of the Institu.te for Catholic Me­ dia at Marquette University, electe~ president of the Associa-

Conti~ued

from page one ell and a priest of the Boston , archdiocese, was named director of the U.S. Catholic Conference Office of Justice and Peace in 1973. He is a visiting lecturer in social ethics at· St. John's Seminary, Brighton, a senior research scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown Univer­ sity, and a research professor of ethics and ,nternatiomll politics at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.

tion of Media Teachers and Re­ searchers; Richard Daw, direc­ tor of NC News, elected vice­ president of the International Federation of Catholic News Agencies.

At, the congress' closing din­

ner, Father Patrick O'Connor,

.85, was presented with a dis­ tinguished service award by the CPA'. Father O'Connor was Far East news correspondent for NC News Service from 1946-69 and is a past president of the Catholic- Press Association.

New York Meeting

In New York, where Miss Dus­

sault delivered the invocation at a convention -luncheon, some 125 Catholic journalists were urged to be as persistent as the widow in Luke's Gospel in demanding justice for refugees in South­ east Asia, victims of anti-Cath­ olicism, blacks, women and the unborn.

The challenge came from Don Zirkel, editor of The Tablet. He said the widow in Luke is related to St. James' definition of pure religion - coming to the aid of orphans and widows in their need. ­ Jesuit Father Virgil Blum, a founder of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, called on delegates to educate Catholics about their "right not to be defamed, ridiculed and discriminated . against" in a pduralistic society, to give wide publicity to the reality of anti­ catholicism, and to motivate Catholics to protest prejudice in the media, entertainment 'and government.

Bishop Anthony Bevilacqua of Pittsburgh, a former auxiliary of Brooklyn, . urged journalists to raise consciousness about the 200,000 Southeast Asian refu­ gees who, he said, desperately need resettlement; while Dolores Leckey, executive director of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on the laity, recommended that "to find the truth of our times, the religious press must take a look at black women writers."

"Quoting one such writer, she said" "If God ever Hstens to poor colored women, the world would be a different place, I can tell you."

Order of Merit for Mother Teresa VATICAN' CIlY (NC Mother Teresa' of Calcutta re­ ceived the Order of Merit from Queen Elizabeth II of England yesterday in New Delhi, India.

The 73-year-old nun who founded the 'Missionaries of Charity, a religious order which has spread throughout the world, was born in. yugoslavia but is now a citizen' of India. The award recognized her work with

the poor, the sick and the aban­ doned.

. ROSEMARY DUSSAULT, Anchor business manager, leads journalists in prayer at the CPA convention's open­

ing luncheon. (Tablet Photo)

•

Cambodian church lives only ., in the heart

By Stephenie Overman WASHINGTON (NC) - Al­ most all of the Catholic Church in Cambodia has been destroyed, said Bishop Yves.{;eorge Ka­ mousse, head of the new Vati­ can office for promoting the church's apostolate to Cam­ bodians.

"What could be destroyed was; only the faith in the hearts of the people was not destroyed.

That they couldn't destroy," the bishop said during a recent visit to Washington, part ~of a tour of the United States.

Bishop Ramousse's apostolate is in countries where Cambod­ ians have settled. The bishop, Father Francois Ponchaud and Father Rogatien Rondineau, all French missionaries expelled from Cambodia in 1975, are touring the U.S. and Canada to contact Cambodian refugees and immigrants.

Father Silvano Tomasi, direc­ tor of the U.S. bishops' Office and Refugees, explained that no church structure remains in Cambodia and priests are not al­ lowed to enter the country.

Father Tomasi said Bishop Kamousse will try to build a net· work of lay leaders among the Cambodian refugees.

There are about 75,000 Cam­ bodians in refugee camps sanc­ tioned by the United Nations

'.

to·

.;. "' ... J J ..

. . \

..

High Commmissioner for Refu­ THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 25, 1983 gees and 220,000 refugees not in camps. An estimated 3.5 million "Not even one stone, there is The Catholic population of Cambodians have died as a result to 1970 .was a no more, he said of the cathedral Cambodia prior of fighting, starvation and forced little more than 555,000 persons, of Phnom-Penh, fOI1Jlerly the marches to isolated labor camps many of Vietnamese origin.

Most second largest building in the in their country. were expelled in April 1970 when.· capital.

Most Cambodians are Bud­ Lt. Gen. Lon Nol took over in a Just before he was expelled, dhist, not Catholic, Bishop Ra­ mousse said, but he feels that pro-Western coup. At the time Bishop Ramousse ordained a "friendship is an apostolate." He of the fall of the capital, Phnom- Cambodian priest a bishop. The said that exiled Cambodians have Penh, to Khmer Rouge insurgents new prelate was sent to a labor welcomed the three men who in 1975, only 8,000 to 10,000 camp, where he ~ater died of speak their language and share . Catholics remained in the nation. illness. their trials.

All Cambodia's priests have A clandestine Mass celebrated Father .ponchaud said one been expelled or have died in by the Cambodian bishop Christ· Cambodian woman told him, hard labor camps since 1975. mas Day, 1976, is believed to be All the churches have been the last Mass celebrated in Cam­ "During the day we have a smil­ razed, said Bishop ·Ramousse. bodia. ing face, but at night we cry."

'1117171?717111111?7771171?111111

~\SPENS~8

\\~

1984

~~'-:.

Catholic

Almanac

I t's ass im p I',e as.that! 0 i I a·t s 108 a ga II 0 n costs 26% more' than natural gas for heating under our filed residential house heating rate.

"Ideal .... Nor enough good rhings can be said abour rhis indispensable volume."

- NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE "A too-lillIe-appreciated treasure of the Catholic Church in the U.S. Every priest should have one! Ev­ ery Catholic family should have one. It's a gem."

So if you want to save on your heating bill ,this' viiriter and, in addition, have a cleaner home,' here is a, conversion plan· you .should consider.

- Msgr. John P. Foley ':'An excellent and indis~ pensable tool. " - CALVINIST CONTACT

Year after year, critics around the world hail the Catholic Almanac as an "in­ dispensable source" of basic Information and con­ cise articles on virtually ev­ ery subject of Catholic in­ terest - from Biblical stud­ ies to current events.

Sold out every yearl Don't miss out on this new­ est edition of a Catholic classic - order nowl

1984 Catholic Almanac . No. 254, sturdy Roncote cover, $12.95

~----THE ANCHOR P.O. Box 7 Fall River, MA 02722 Please rush the following order tome: _ _ copy(let), No. 254, 1984 Catholic Almanac, @ $12.95 Name

_

Address

_

City

_

State/Zip

_

Payment order.

musr

accompany

2wt 4 ~tUHe. ~eattH9 &uuwe

When. you rent· aHom~ ..tlng Burner from the Fall River Gas Company It costi you nothing to have It Installed~ The Gas Company Installs the Burner and ,provides you with· FREE SerYfce~: All you pay Is a S5~95' monthly rental charge plus the· gas you use.

FALL ~ RIVER GAS COMPANY

11111111171?1711117?171717111777

7

8

~t(tClCt(t(~t(t(t(t(ICt~t(t(t(IlEt(t(t(lCllEtClCt(-eew:;

THE ANCHOR..:..Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov..2,5, 1983 ,

I

• Christmas Poinsettia Plants ., Wreaths· Trees· Laurel Roping -

• .

.

STAFFON'S GREENHOUSES

,"

..

WILL BE AVAILABLE AT -

187 Alden Rd. - Fairhaven 993-8062 or 992-0107

I

;

'.

8:00 A.M•• 4:30 P.M.

SPECIAL CHURCH PRICES WILL BE AVAILABLE

DAILY 5:00 to 6:00 P.M.

SUNDAY 4:00 to 6:00 P.M.

-ALSO'­

CATERING TO WEDDINGS

AND BANQUETS

THE

BIG

fISHERM-EN

)

NEW F ALL H 0 U R S - CLOSEO MONDAYS­ LUNCH - Tues. TlIru Frl. 11 :30 A.M. to

Rte. 28, East Falmouth

DINNER

Hosts'. Paul & Ellen Goulet

THEIR AGE seems the last thing on the minds of PresEdent Re~gan, 72, and Bishop James Malone, 63, new president of the National Conference of Catholic Bi.shops, as they meet at the White House following last w~ek's bishops' meeting in Washington. (NC/UPI)

surrounded by

~yths,

HOUSTON (NC) - The elder­ cause of an ache or pain,l a 60­ year-old is likely to say,' "It's ly 'are discriminated against al­ most as much as blacks and just my age."

Many people believe the myths other minorities were in the past, and retire at 65 or y~unger, said Dr. Alvin J. Levenson.

The discrimination, he added, whether they want to or, not. is "awesome in its magnitude." The magic age of 60 for retire­ lDiscriminatioq's effects, c$ ment is "a bunch of garbage" be seen in ,the workplace, at without biological or psychologi­ home and in medical care, he cal basis, Levenson said. I'. ' The myths of aging' "are said. The doctor diagnosed the myths of aging as the major powerful. They can and often do affect people dramaticalIY(' he cause.

Myths say that all old people said. "They'r~ insidious," affect­ are fun of aches and pains; that ing young and old alike. they are or will' be senile; that 'People can combat the myths . they're mentally not as capable' by realizing that as ,they Igrow as younger adults; and that every older, obstacles will be thrown older person is the same, Leven­ at them because of their Jge. son said. ' ~ "They will be facing grj1adUal "Baloney" the doctor contin­ disengagement from the work ued. It's a myth "that a thing force," he said. "They will be called senility even exists." seen differently by memb~rs of Levenson is president of the society. Instead of a flirt, they'll American Association for Geri­ be seen as a 'dirty old m~n' or atric Psychiatry and chief of geri­ 'dirty old woman.' Many of them atric psychiatry at the Univer­ will ,be seen differently by their sity of Texas Medical School in . .children, as people who' are Houston. He made his comments somehow not privy to or cap­ in the Texas Catholic Herald, able of doing the same things newspaper of the Diocese of as younger people. TheY wip be Ga'lveston-Houston. seen as less productive."

His major message: The myths of aging make things a lot worse than they have to be for the elderly in this co~ntty.

Doctors who believe the myths, succes~' :The give "substandard health care" to , ~ VATICAN CITY (NC) th,e elderly" he sai~. Not only are Holy Year of_Redemption i~ a the elderly s medical treatments success, said Bishop Mario Schi­ . not thorough enough, but many erano, president of the Cetttral problems are written off with Committee for the Holy Year "U's just your age." noting an' increased numbet of Doctors also tend to overuse pilgrims to Rome as compared psychiatric medicatio~s on the to the '1975 holy year. ' 'Bishop Schierano praised holy elderly, Levenson said. Where in a young person attempts are year celebrations held in \diO-' made ,to find and cure the syn­ cesesthroughout the world and drome, in the elderly drugs often said that the holy year success are used me.re1,y to quiet them. comes from its grassroots na­ Believing the myths can cause ture.

He added that he hoped the an ~Ider person to throw in the towel ~arly, giving up, acting year, with its theme of reconciIia­ and feepng as they are "sup-. tion, would be an opportuhity posed" ~o act and, feel, he said. for Catholics to form a clJser Peopl~ often. use their age as union with other Christians,l es­ an excu/le for how they feel as pecially during the SOOth anni­ they get older, he said. 'WhHe a ,versary of the birth of Mahin 25-year-old will look for the !,uther.

I

-I

Ii

Fri.

5:00

t~

9:00

P.M. M ' SATURDAY 5:00 To 10:00 P•• SUNDAY ,12:00 Noon to .:00 P.M. • ,l~~

Tel. 548-4266

SavI al CITIZENS

he says

The general public and heaIth care professionals, in particular, need to realize the myths are myths in order to eradicate the problems they' cause, Levenson said.

"Old age," he said, 'doesn't have to be the kind of hell that it has become for so many older Americans."

It's a habit that pays Big Dividends

Sonce 1851 .""":

II

I.

Holy Year :; t d erme

_2~~~t~ru

.....

:a.,.:l:2tI-~

W!.lOUJI

.~ CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK ....

'lUI!!!.!., ~~.

All deposils & accumulated dividends are insured in lull

4 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS

4 So. Main SI.I335 Stallard Rd./57D Robeson SI.ISomerae1 Plaza (Rle. 6)

Diocesan' Celebration

of the

150th Anniversary

ServingD l .

h. HOp

e

D t ru .mrish-centered

Conferences oftM S. ocietyof '

StoT!

Yincent DeD .£aul

of the founding of the

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Sunday, December 4, 1983 'St. John of God Church anell Parish. Center , Somerset, Mass.

2:00 P.M.

For Members, Spouses and Guests

This Message Sponsored by, the Following Business Concerns In the Diocese of Fall River EDGAR'S FALL RIVER FEITELBERG INSURANCE AGENCY

GLOBE MANUFACTURING CO. INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS UNION

GEORGE O'HARA CHEVROLET­ CADILLAC

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 25, 1983

bishops who were appointed "were the same age as bishops appointed at any other time, ex­ cept for the end of the last cen· tury when they were younger."

The appearance of a younger hierarchy, he said, was the re­ sult of Pope Paul VI's decision that bishops should retire at 75.

Archbishop Jadot said that communication is the solution to the problem of tension between the U.S. church and the Vatican.

He called for "more corres­ pondence, more communications" and, most of aB, more "human contact."

Archbishop Jadot also cited other challenges facing the U.S'. church as it approaches the 21st century. They include "the need to incorporate Hispanics, blacks

9

and native Americans into the life of the church, and the need to increase the intellectual life of church leadership - bishops, priests and religious."

For All Seasons "Religion is neither a winter resort nor a last resort."

Cornwell Memorial

Chapel, Inc.

5 CENTER STREET WAREHAM, MASS. DIGNIFIED FUlliERAL SERViCE DIREleTORS

GEORGE E. CORNWEll

EVEREn E. KAHRMAN

295·1810

,);

_'

.'

\ .

r!'f ..,,'

. • . ' ' ; ";"

._.~n.n,

'

.i

»", ..

""."l,.

~

IN THE FALL RIVER diocese for the 1977 dedication of St. Elizabeth Seton Church, North Falmouth, Archbishop Jadot enjoys meeting a young parishioner.

-AT-

Archbishop Jadot says

COYLE o CASSIDY BIGH SCHOOL

We're holy but parochial

By Slster Mary Ann Walsh VATICAN'CITY (NC) - The strength of the Catholic Church in the United States is the holi· ness of its people. Its weakness is parochialism and impatience, and these have led to tensions with the Vatican.

This is the assessment of Archbishop Jean Jadot, reflect­ ing on his seven-year tenure as the papal representative to the U.S. church.

Archbishop Jadot, head of the Vatican Secretariat for Non· Christians, was apostolic dele­ gate in the United States from 1974 to 1980.

"The American church is a vibrant, oIiving church," said Archbishop Jadot in an interview with NC News Service.

"One of its greatest strengths is its number of really holy peo­ ple, people who try their best"to live ,in deep intimacy with God. That's not well known because the holiness is among ordinary people," he said.

"I was impressed by the genu­ ineness of the Christian life in so many Catholics, their dedi­ cation to the church and to all those in need," he added as he described bishops, priests, Reli­ gious and Jaity he met in the United States.

He also cited as proof of the holiness of Americans "the gen­ erosity of Catholics" in their donations to charitable organ­ izations.

Some of the weaknesses of the U.S. church, however, have led to the present tensions with the Holy See, said Archbishop Jadot.

"More than once I have been surprised to see how parochial the Untted States can be," he said. 11le tendency is for the U.S. church to look at itself as thenorm an dto look inward" he added.

"Perhaps one part of the ten­ sion," he said, "comes from the

PLACEMENT TEST

fad that in the United States people are looking only to them­ selves, while Rome is looking at the United States as part of the universal church. Each has a different point of view."

He expressed hopes that the U.S. church would become "more universal, more open to the whole church, to the whole . world."

Archbishop Jadot said that among causes of the current ten­ sion are the Vatican-initiated study of seminaries, the papally appointed commission to study Religious life, Vatican criticism of the number of U.s. annulments and documents concerning sem­ inary faculties.

But this tension does not mean conflict, he added.

"There's no conflict between the Holy See and the church in the United States," he said. "If there is one, it's on the side of the States."

Archbishop Jadot said that the problems in the U.S. church ex­ ist everywhere and that Pope John Paul II's attention to the United States reflects his assess­ ment of the moral position of the U.S. church as world leader.

"Through his own genius and through what he saw on his visit to the United States in 1979, the pope recognized the power of the church in the United States," said the archbishop.

"Anything that is going on in the United States now will be initiated all around the world by some means or other within one year." .

Archbishhop Jadqt blamed much of the tension on U.S. re­ action to Vatican attention.

While the actions of the Holy See are intended to help Ameri­ cans improve what is already good, they are being taken by the U.S. church as "signs of dis­ pleasure or lack of trust and confidence" by the Vatican, he said.

Archbishop Jadot cited cul­

ADAMS & HAMILTON STREETS

TAUNTON, MASS.

tural and age gaps and misinfor­ mation as factors which aggra­ vate current tensions.

He said that some people blame the problems in the Am­ erican church on changes in the makeup of the hierarchy as a result of bishops appointed dur­ ing his tenure. Some critics be­ lieve that the bishops appointed were too young and were chosen for educational standards and pastoral emphasis.

But Archbishop Jadot said the

SATURDAY MORNING

DECEMBER 3, 198'3

At 8:00 A.M.

Placement Test is Open To All Interested . 8th Grade Students

$5.00 Testing Fee

1983 CHRISTMAS In. the Beginning ...

Festival of Lights Largest Display 0/ Religious Chnstmas Lights in the Country

OPEN EVERY EVENING NOVEMBER 24th lHRU JANUARY 1st '. Weekdays: 5:00 - 9:00 P.~.

Weekends: 5:00 - 10:00 P.M.

FREE ADMISSION & PARKING For areas largest selection ofReligious Gifts VISIT THE SHRINE GIFT SHOPf

La Salette Shrine

iff

AOUTE 118 ATTLEBORO MASSACHUSETTS

THE ANCHOR-Diocese ofFal! River-Fri., Nov. 25, 1983

10

\

'

,I

REB ELL 0\" S

ORTINS

N U R 5 ERY. INC.

PHOTO SUPPLY

"On The Cape'~I

NIKON • CANON· OLYMPUS

ROLLEI • VIVITAR • TENDA

"WE BEAUTIFY OUTDOORS"

Evergreen" Flowering Shru~s. Trees Lawn Fertilizer . Loam . Annuals Landscape Design

SOHY • ,.HASOHIC

267 MAIN STREET

FALMOUTH - 541;'1918

958 'MAIN ST. - RTE. 28 EAST FALMOUTH

ARMAND DRTINS. Prop.

548-4842

~~~222&

All the World Neeels a Creed .'.. 1; .. ;, "I , CREED'l ,-.." , .-~\ . , Designers and ~anufacturersl of World's Finest Religious Master­ , '''.. ",'

'­ pieces, Jewelry and Gifts. \

..

.

.. ..

.... ..

•

I

,.", )'.;.,••" r­

t__

I,

Ash for Creed at your favorite Jeweler's, Religious Shop or Gift Store,\' ,

~,.

,

I

I

BOOKS BIBLES

E::=~-(~ ~~"

RE(OR~S

TAPES:

F'ROM THE BOOKSHELF

Rel;gionTextbooks For Classes ' Aids For Religious Educat;on Classes.

'

When a priest leaves,

By Dr. James and Mary Kepny Dear Mary: For so long i have believed in a certain person and all that lIle stood for. He was a priest and a very good one for 25 years. He guided me back to the church without his even knowing it. He had such a way with words that truly you felt· ' Jesus speaking through him.

He4>Beft the priesthood to get married. (So I hear.) !Doesn't he have 8IIl obligation to his' parish­ ioners and others for some !kind of explanation or apology or any­ thing? Or is it invading his priv­ acy?, / For someone like myself who is trying so 'hmrd for something to believe 'in, I find this hard to swallow. Granted, I at least can give many, many thanks 'for very reassuring words while he was a priest. But I still feel a great sense of sadness and loss, as in the death of a loved one.

In a sense, in my eyes he has died. I feel so cheated, let down, empty lllIld so shattered.

More than ever, I need' reas­ suring that I'll overcome this' great hurt and my faith wiU be restored. Help! (Rhode Island) You describe graphically the shattering effect of ~ human loss.

Many families d.escribe a similar

reaction when close friends an· nounce they are getting a div­ orce.

Your letter underscores that commitments we choose to make are not merely personal matters but revetberate throughout the community. A couple's marriage vows or a priest's vows are high.

Iy personal choices, of course.

But the effect of those commit­ ments is _to establish ties throughout the community where the person lives and works.

The committed person is need­ ed, wanted, counted on. And a choice to abandon those commit­ ments is more than a personal choice. It ruptures' the community involved.

You mention that the experi· ence seems like death. The steps for g-etting over your grief are Jike those which occur after a death.

First you ask why. iDoesn't he owe you an explanation? Logi· cally, he does. In actual prac­ tice, no. : As an outsider you do not and cannot 'know all the circum­ stances, His actions are appar­ ently best in his judgment. Do not.second·guess when you know

:

.

.

the mail pocket

l\

678-2828 .

OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRtDAY FROM' 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. ,

· '

• rlRST BOME BEALTB CARE ~ A.,'

b

~ ",:'

,

~

.

'

-,

.

~~

IN,

ASSIST YOU RIGHT ,YOUR OWN HOME DURING, 'YOUR TEMPORARY ILLNESS?

J" ,,'

! ., .

WOULD YOU LIKE SOMEONE

HeClllth~

,We have'RN's, LPN;s and Home Aide.' available \24 hours a day. All our staff are carefully screened dnd bonded. Our nurse will be happy to pay you a 'com~li­ mentary visit,' before starting s~rvlce, to discuss yJur individual needs. CALL 675-0563 , \'

First Home Health . Care, I nco

-

'*

.56 NORTH MAIN STRIEET SUITE 408 \ FALL RIVER; MA 02720\:

THE BEST

'*

LAWN MAINTENANCE AVAILABLE EQUIPPED TO SERVICE ANY SIZE PROPERTY EXPERTLY.

M. S. A. LANDSCAPE 87 STOWE STREET - FALL RIVER M.

~ S~~UIAR

6 7 8•8 2 2 4

Reader questions on family living anel child care to be an­ swered in print are invited. Ad­ dress the Kennys, Box 872, 8t.

Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

Rooney gets

Catholic Education, CenteJ:

'I Bookstore '

423 Highland Avenue -Fall River

so little. Do not judge him.

Second, -Iet your feelings out.

You are doing this now when you describe your grief, regret, anger, confusion.

Third, get used to -life without the person. You may be starting to do this when you realize that you can be grateful for the time you knew him.

Fourth, get on with your life.

A charismatic person can lead us to faith. There is nothing wrong with that. The aposties were so gifted at Pentecost. But after such persons 'leave, the faith remains alive in the com· munity where it was planted.

As you come to accept the loss of this priest, begin to look around your parish. Where are there fellow Christians you might join - in a study group, a social action group, a religious educa­ tion program for children or adults? Look for people with a faith commitment that matches your needs, interests and talents.

Then join them.

Letters lI1'e welcomed; but should be no more than 200 words. The editor reserves the right to condense or edit. All letters ' must be signed and include a home or Dusiness address and telephone number for th'l purpose of _ verification If deemed necessary.

Poem The following poem is a re­ llponse to a Bill Reel column.

"We are spiritual Semites," which appeared in T~e Anchor I'or Oct. 28. •

Confession of a .v·ew to Jesus Man of my people, God who , became flesh, I go to y.ou today in anguish " to confess

A double sin, which only you, as Jew can understand: I joined the Church which claims you for its corner­ stone, Which claims you were des­ pised, rejected, murdered by your own, Your Jews, who have been despised, rejected by the Church commands.

Oh yes, we have been forgiven , late, too late, After 2000 years of hate, of hate, of hate All done in your Name, dear Jesus .Jew, Man of my people, God, I flee to you To confess - yes, yes, What do I confess? ' . To find you, Lord, I have joined a church· Which to this day cannot abide your Jewishness.

Yet at synagogues where you prayed, your sweet name is never said; .

I

Is 'that because in your sweet name so many dead, are dead are dead?

'Should I confess I'm Jew Then publicly I cannot stand with you.

Should I is Christian stand at your side, Then stand '1 publicly with those who stiII -crucify Your Jews. Lord how can I expiate this double. sin?

What double penance can be given?

Flesh of my flesh, ·bone of my bone, Yet when I eat that: flesh I stand alone Among alien p.eople; Oh man of my Own People; in your mercy lead me home.

Carol Dinklege Hyannis

Good start VENICE, :Italy o(NC) - The second Anglican-Roman Cath­ olic International Commission said it' got "an encouraging start" with its first meeting, held recently in Venice. The commission, ARCIC II, was for­ mally established by Pope John Paul II and Anglican Archbishop Robert Runcie of, Canterbury, England, ~uring the pope's 1981 visit to Great Britain. ARCIC II has been asked to resolve Angli­ -can-Catholic doctrinal divisions and differences hindering mutual \re~ognition of ministries, and to suggest ways of returning to corporate unity.

Pilot med.al

BOSTON (NC) - Gerard P. Rooney, a permanent deacon and staff artist for 35 years for the Pilot, Boston diocesan news­ paper, has been awarded the O'ReiIly-Conway Medal "for dis­ tinguished contributions to journaHsm." The award was, established by the Pilot in 1979 to mark the newspaper's 150th anniversary.

Rooney, 63, has been a Pilot staff artist since 1948. He has contributed an estimated 3,000 drawings to the Pilot, ranging from simple logos and accora­ tions to full-page works of art.

A Rooney oil painting, "Our Lady of Boston;" was com­ missioned by the Catholic Cen­ ter in Boston, where it is on permanent display. ' As a deacon, Rooney aids the chaplain at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution. He also serves at Holy Trinity parish in Boston.

Rooney is the first Pilot staffer to receive the O'Reilly-Conway Medal.

Previous winners include TV critic Anthony LaCamera (1979), drama critic Elliot Norton(1979), the late ABC news anchorman Frank Reynolds (1980), and Time 'magazine correspondent Ruth Mehrtens Galvin (1982).· Redemptorist Father Norman J. Muckerman, president of the ,Catholic Press Association, wiII present the award to Rooney Nov. 28.

Legacy "The just that walketh in his simplicity shall leave behind him blessed children." - Provo 20:7 I

I

11

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 25, 1983

We're Better Together D~rfeE

-rn

Falmouth

Attleboro~

-rn

National~

Members Federal Deposit nnsurance Corpoll'atnon.

TRAIN

ANOTHER CHRIST THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH

Brother Sean at his piano

Playing for the glory of God Born in Jersey City, N.J., ST. BENEDICT, La. (NC) ­ Benedictine Brother Duggan of Brett Duggan attended St. Jo­ seph Grade School, Palm Bay, St. Joseph's Abbey in St. Bene­ Fla., and Central CathoHc High dict won first place in the nter­ national Bach piano competition. School, Melbourne, Fla. He grad­ The 25th competition, which uated from Loyola University drew 23 pianists from around the in New Orleans with a major in world, was held. in Washington, music in 1976. In 1977-79 he studied music at Carenegie- Mel­ D.C., in early autuum. lon, Pittsburgh.

Each of the contestants play­ ed selections from the 18th cen­ He entered the Benedi~tines tury composer Johann Sebastian in June 1982 and took as his Re­ Bach's "Well-Tempered Olavier," ligious name Sean. a two-book collection of 48 pre­ Brother Duggan, who is anap­ ludes and fugues. prentice monk and hopes to be Brother Duggan played from ordained a priest, said he had memory 14 selections from book not dreamed of asking to take one in preliminary, semi-final . part in the Bach competition but and final performances during friends at the abbey encouraged the twO-day competition. ' him to seek permission.

"I thought - 1 did fairly wen, "I believe there is a healthy though I did not perform per­ competition - one in which you fectly in the finals," Brother do your best to play your best."

Duggan said.

He was "disappointed" with he said.

Musical competition is not di­ his playing in the preliminaries and semifinals, he said. "Each rected against another person," time I hit a wrong note I felt he said. terrible," he said.

"True artistic competition' is

with the self. 1 am always try­ ing to improve," he added.

Bach, known for his religious compositions, said, "All music should have as its aim the glory of God and the recreation of the soul."

DO IT FOR CHRISTMAS

Sisters plan write-a-thon

..

In keeping with church teach­ .ings to respond to injustice, the Sisters of Mercy are sponsoring a write-a-thon Tuesday, Nov. 29.

The project will address the issue of U.S. military involve­ ment in Central A:merica. At various locations participants will write letters to President Reagan, S·ecretary of State Shultz and their own congress­ persons urging them to take leadership in stopping U.S. mili­ tary aid to Central American countries, particularly Nicaragua and EI Salvador.

For Christmas, kp.ep in mind the penniless young man who needs your help to become a zealous priest. Help him now and you'll have first place in every Mass he offers, ... We'll send you his name immediately, tell you where he's studying, and he will write to you. By mail he'll be a mem­ ber of your family.... How can you help him?

All he needs (for food, clothing, lodging and books) is $15 a month, for costs overseas are low. Please God, six years from ,now he'll invite you to his Ordination.... Meanwhile, will you let us hear from you? He needs your prayers, your encouragement-and the· cost of his training ($15 a month, $180 a year, $1080 all together) you may take care of at your· own convenience.

The fact is he needs you, and so does God. We hope you'll write today.

4 •

TIP FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS

Finish your Christmas shopping in the next ten minutes by using our Christmas Gift Cards. They combine your Christmas greetings with a gift to the missions (tax-deductible in the U.S.) in the name of the person you designate. Simply select a gift from the list below, 'Send us the person's name and address with your donation-we do all the rest. We'll send that person a Gift Card say­ ing what you have done.... Allar ($100), Mass kit ($75), medical kit ($75), chalice ($40), clborlum ($40), tabernacle ($25), family membership in this Association ($100 for life, $10 for a year), sanctuary bell ($5).

••••

Write-a-thon locations in the Fall River diocese wiH be at Bishop Feehan High ,School, Attleboro, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and St. Joseph's Church, North Dighton, from 7 to 9 p.m. Each location will provide information on the issue, sample letters, ad­ dresses of congresspersons and stamps.

Monsignor Nolan:

Those unable to visit a write-a­ . thon location are asked to write letters from their homes and mail them by Nov. 30.

Please return coupon with your offering

CHRISTMAS REMINDER

Dear

THE

CATHOLIC

You can brighten your dinner Christmas Day by feeding hungry refugees in the Holy Land. $20 will feed a family for a month! In thanks, upon request, we'll send you an Olive Wood Rosary from the Holy Land.

co

ILOSED PLEASE FINO $ FOR _ NAME

_

STREET

_

CITY NEAR

STATE EAST

WELFARE

ZIP CODE _ _ ASSOCIATION

NE'AREAST'

MISSIONS 679-5262

"IF IT WASNT 5UN~Y NORNING"'~R'''r'p SAY l.ET1S STOP ANt7 SEE WHAT HE WAN'flS.·

LEARY PRESS

MSGR. JOHN G. NOLAN, National Secretary Write: CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WnfARE Assoc.

1011 First Avenue. New York. N.Y. 10022 Telephone: 21"2/826·1480

.11.

12

THE ANCHOR-Diocese' of Fall River....:.Fri.: rN~r 25, 1 ~?83

Assisting· at th,e see·ne of the aceid,ent

. By Any.

Vermont has gone further, in held liable unless you are ex­ up ahead. His filt thought: held nurses and doctors liable in \ tremely careless. someone might need help. His malpractice suits for giving providing Samaritan encourage­ Common sense will usually emergency medical aid at the ment. Vermont's "Good Samari­ second thought: a vi~ion of him­ tan" statute places everyone tell you what to do. Ask your­ scene of an accident. Nonethe­ self sitting in a courttoom, iisten­ MURPHY under a positive duty to provide self whether you can help more less the fear has had an under­ ing to his lawyer tr!ying to ex­ plain .things to the jury: His standa·ble chilling effect on the reasonable assistance to anyone by staying and acting on your he or she sees exposed to danger limited knowledge, or by going impulse to stop and help. third thought: well, \the ambu­ . of great physical harm. There to .call someone who knows lance will probably be here any Public concern over this chill­ minute; no point iri stopping. ing effect has led to passage of are criminal penalties for failure more. There will, of course, be different answers in different And how can we blaine him?

"Goo4 Samaritan" statutes in to help in such a situation. situatiqns, depending on what 'We medical Sama!ritans and most states.. These statutes en­ What if you're the average and Am. we average Samari'tans alil{e · courage nurses and doctors to_ Samaritan - can you be sued you know. If there's nothing un­ have been rather conderned with render emergency aid to accident for stopping to help and making reasonable in your conduct, RICHARD this possible scenari6 (as have victims by making them immune things worse? The short answer you'll face no !legal Jiability.

I Critics have often said that we travelers). What do you, to ma,lpractice liability for such is yes, if you do something that's MURPHY lending a helping hand to a' doctor or non-doctor, \risk whE:n emergency care. not reasonable for you to have stranger has become a thing of you stop to help?

The Massachusetts "Good undertaken, given your know­ the past, that these days people Samaritan" statute covers aU ledge and the circumstances of There was a time when a dOI:­ only 'look out for number one. · the emergency.

So, if you don't tor or a nurse giving -tinsolicited Massachusetts registered doctors This view is belied by the in­ . aid at the scene of ah accident and nurses who give emergency reaHy remember all that stuff creasing popularity of CPR train­ . Some years back, a cer- could be held liable f6r battery, aid, ss well as those registered you learned in first aid class ing. seven years ago,' you probably in other states, whether they are tain traveler on the road~ " that is, a physical interference It is also belied by the fact shoulan't try it unless the situa­ from. Jerusalem to. Jericho" with the'victim's perso~, to which on or off duty. that the trend of the law is away · . h'. the victim had not te:msented.

This ,law also addresses the tion is pretty desperate and no from imposing liability on Good f e11 at,n0ng t leves ~d There was an exception when he~p is on the way.

On the other concerns a physicial1 might have found hImself. by the roadsIde the victim .was urtconscioUiI in providing a child with emer­ hand, if you're sure the victim's Samaritans. Rather, it encour­ ages responsible emergency as­ l rather sorely 111 need. of help. called .ii~plied consent;" that is. gency treatment. If a delay in life is on the line, and you re­ sistance by medical professionals As ~e story goes, ~ coup~e of the law assumed that\ had the ·treatment would endanger the member your cardiopulmonary and lay person~ as well. unneIghborly types Just passed 'victim been: 'conscious· 'ne would' child, doctors, dentists, or hos­ resuscitation techniques, go The Good Samaritan is as wel­ by, but. at last the Good Samari- have consented- to(~$ked for)' pitals · ahead ~ that's why you .learn­ providing emergency come a sight today as he was .t~n amved and lent valuable as- medical- assistance: ~6day, if" treatment will not be held liable · ed ·CPR. . on that road from Jerusalem to sl$tance. 'you're a doctor or a nurse, you for failing to get the consent of The ·Iaw encc;lUrages use of Jericho. He or she is well worth The question in recent years cannot I>e held Hable fdr batterY a parent or legal guardian b~fore CPR by qualified persons. by pro­ protecting. . has been whether the .Good for giving unsolicited ~ssistance acting. ' viding tl;tem with some of the Attorneys Arthur arid Richard Samaritan is still going to stop to an accident victim. 1: The statute. also protects same immunity from lawsuits e~.;­ MUrphy pra~ice law In Brain­ bY the roadside if .he thinks h~'11 . . The ~ontemporary fear of policemen, firemen and emer· joyed 'by professionals. If you tree. be ~ew~rded for hIS. trouble wIth medical Samaritans has been the gency medical technicians, but are certified in 'CPR by the Red a s~ !Igure law SUIt brought by malpractice suit, a suit alleging only while on. duty: These pro­ Cross or American Heart Asso­ Kindest . the. doctor or nurse gave the ·tections should allay the fears ciation, .or if you have success­ t he 1I1Jured traveler.

"The kindest word is the un­ Imagine a doctor driving along patient substandard care. In of tHe medical Samaritan and fully completed the basic CPR training 'course, you. can't' be kind word unsaid."

Rte.. 128 and seeing an accident point I of fact, juries hat rarely encouragehiin to stop.

ARTHUR

'\... . It pays to advertise in The Anchor, the ,ii-gest

.

(\'

weekly newspaper in, Southeastern Massach.usetts, reaching 27,000 subscribers and an '~OO,OOO

esti~ated

actual readers.

Montie Plumbing & Heating Co. .

DOLAN-SAXON

Over 35 Years of Satisfied Service.

Reg. Master Plumber 7023 JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR.

'Funeral Home

432 JEFIFERSON STREET Irall River 675-7496 AW'

HANOVER HOUSE ·t,

.M

1M

HALIlETT Fun<!ral Home ~nc.· ,283 Station Avenue Sou~h Yarmouth, Mass.

Tel.. 398·2285 .

....

CAPE COD COUNTRY CLUB

4

123 Broadway

TAUNTON . 824·5000

CAPE COD'S MOST INTERESTING GOlf COURSE

THEATER DRIVE P.O'. BOX 876 NORTH FALMOUTH,

MASS. 02556

. OUR LADY'S RELIGIOUS STORE ' 936 So. Main St., Fall River

. ONLY fUll· LINE RELIGIOUS 61FT STORE ON THE CAPE

OPEN STOCK· NAT,VITY SETS

-OPEN: Mon • SlI; •• S:3O • OPEN 7DAYS during _met

11:00 To 5:30 Sunday Thru Saturday

....30 _.-.!!!!!I!!!!!!!!!! ~­

Tet 673-4262

~

:AWOEIFUL ALTERNATIVE TO .SING HOME PLACEMENT'

Sullivan's Religious Goods 428 Main 51 : HyanniS

775-4180 •

Semi-Private and Private AcCommoda­ tions that are less expensive than a nurs~ Ing home • Provides 24 hour supportive serVices for' \ ,. : short term and long ~ei'm stays a Medication, meals and personal hygiene are monitored .

• A beautiful lifestyle amid diversified ec­ q)

John & Mary lees. Props,

8

.HANOVEii HOUSE 1$ iOO:3ltG)(j ~dJJmcsn~ to Charlton Memorial -Hospital cail615-15~3 for Information

~'S

;

HOL Y FAMILY RELIGIOUS GIFT STORE . 1 1223 STATE ROAD W~STPORT MA Wi- ~;, ',"

r...

«'I,

.;

jJ'··rR"S

\ ,

' l... i~~\\

Located near LIncoln Park full LIne Religious ~m Shop

ilEL. 636-84132 .

OPEN MON.· SAT. 9.30 A.M.· ~hOO P.M. fRIOAY e:otl P.M.

I

...

-

THE

ANCHOR-Oioc~se

of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 25, 1983

13

DENMARK'S Pharmacy . REGISJ~~~~RrfT~~=:CISTS

. @) ·

Invalid Equipment For Rent or Sale

~~~.

.~

i,

'"

~~:.~

~;" .

"'"

-

Surgical Garments - Bird· IPPB Machines - Jobst • Hollister - Crotches - Elastic Stockings Surgical & Orthopedic Appliances • Trusses - Oxygen - Oxygen Masks, ·Tents & Regulators· Approved For Medicare

~

il

WHII'

CH".'

~----r'.JiI

24 HOUR OXYGEN SERVICE i~ 24 HOUR EMERGENCY PRESCRIPTION SERVICE Br~~At ~

c:::;

.n O~~:l 9ED

" ...

.

673 Main St., Dennisport - 390·2219

~(S

.

550 McArthur Blvd., Rte. 28, Pocasset -

563·2203

30 Main St., Orleans - 255.(1132

r:iI:!

PflCOMMOD"

509 Kempton St., New Bedford - 993-0492 (PARAMOUNT IPHARMACY) ,

BISH()P FEEHAN HIGH SCHOOL

AT A RECENT GENERAL AUDIENCE, John Jackson and his son present Pope John Paul II with a three-dimensional likeness of the body believed covered by the Shroud of Turin. The University of Colorado physics professor said the fiberglass statue was made using computerized data he and other scientists gathered during a 1978 study of the shroud.

(NC/UPI Photo)

Vatican receives Shroud of Turin VATICAN CITY (NC) -The it was expected that it would Vatican has formally accepted remain in the northern Italy city the gift of the Shroud of Turin, of Turin, where it has been since believed by many to be the burial 1578. cloth of Jesus Christ.

A Turin scientist who has The 14-foot Unen cloth offici­ supervised tests on the shroud ally became Vatican property has said that he hopes to con­ during a ceremony attended by duct carbon-14 dating on the Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, pa­ cloth. pal secretary of state, and the The process, one of the few executors of the will of the late Umberto of Savoy. Italy's last important tests never performed king who was deposed in 1946. on the shroud, has been resisted The former king, who died in by church offcials because about exile March 18 in Switzerland, a square inch of the cloth would have to be destroyed. ~eft the shroud to Pope John Paul II. It had belonged to Um­ The' scientists, Luigi Gonella berto's family since the Middle of the Turin Polytechnical Uni­ Ages and has been on display versity, said carbon-14 testing at the cathedral in Turin, Italy. could date the cloth to within It bears what seems to be the 100 years, and said he thought image of a man with marks in the church would agree to the the places where Scripture says Christ was wounded during his crucifixion. f':=S=HA=W==O=M=E=T=7" The announcement of the gift was timed by the Savoy family GARDENS to coincide with the start of the 1983 Holy Year of Redemption.

102 Shawomet Avenue that prompted speculation that Somerset, Mass. the shroud would be displayed Tel. 674-4881 in St. Peter's Basilica during the Holy Year, which ends on Easter 3Yz room Apartment 1984.

4Yz room Apartment Requests for temporary dis­ Includes beat, bot water, stove re­ frlprmr and maintenance service. play of the shroud at the Vatican are under study but sources said

procedure.

Computer Image The day after the Vatican ceremony University of Colorado physics professor John Jackson presented the pope with a life­ size fiberglass statue of a man modeled from the shroud image.

Jackson, a member of a team that performed tests on the shroud in 1978, said that the statue was. made from shroud data fed into a computer.

i ~. i~' 5

• : :

i

.: :

: I.

. .C------111111!!------------..

lJanllE·S Oil (JO I..IC •

:•

., I,.

• FUEL OIL..

2-WAY RADIO

FOI ,'OIlA'1 14 HOII' S_tCY Cha,les Velaia. P,es.

FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

SATURDAY" DECEMBER 3

8:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. TEST FEE $5.00

70 HOLCOTT DRIVE, ATTLEBORO, MA

TEL. 222·6073

•• ~ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• i

.==========.., •

I"VU<

PLACEMENT ·EXAM

.:

,:

WELCOME

1984

.)}L'

. WIT H

THE ULTIM ATE VALUE JOIN

us

i

~·a ...~~ 5 o~ ~_.

F '. ; ..... :

F'OR

•

-,.?":

ANEW YEAR'S WEEKEND

YOU'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER! . Our Three Night- - Four Day Celebration Features:

i

:

:

* RESORT. EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATIONS AT GREEN HARBOR OR SHOREWAY ACRES •

;

* LOBSTER, 12 COMPLETE MEALS PER COUPLE. DINNER ENTREES INCLUDE PRIME RIB, •

SURF TURF. FULL BRE~KFASTS. . :

* SPECTACULAR NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY WI COMPLIMENTARY CHAMPAGNE, •

HATS, STREAMERS AND NOISEMAKERS AT MIDNITEI •

* LIVEReservations ENTERTAINMENT AND DANCING. : Stil'l Being Accepted. Hurry!

• &

JUST $137.00 • ,$145.00.•. $155.00~:~';:~~~N

:

• :

(POOL BUILDING AND SUITES SLIGHTLY HIGHER) INCLUDING ALL MEALS, ACCOM., TAXES AND GRATUITIES. NOTHING MORE TO PAY! UNBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE!

•

:

.:

THE U L T I, M A T .V E AL U E !

:

:: :

• :

S~U;~~

FALMOUTH,

)4Me4 MASS.

FOR RESERVATIONS, CALL SHOREWAY ACRES (617) 540-3000 ·GREEN HARBOR (617) 548-4747

:

~

•

:

OffU .. OAK GlOVI AYE .• fAlliMI' ; IN MASS. CALL FREE - FOR BOTH RESORTS - 1-800-352-7100 : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• E ••••••••••••••• ~ .

<:::[.

,

"'~""

'C\'" THE ANC~OR~P!ocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. ~S, 1983 '1 . . . . . ,

14

is it a sin? ,By Tom LelllDon NC News Service Q. Does the church consider it a sin to listen to tock music?

(New York)

'J'

"

" , ' , '.""

'_"

- II.

woman chained to a tree in a dark, lonely forest? \ .

"What is the message when we view a young man ~ed to a chair and in back of him three lovely young women who appear to be eyeing him in a ~emean­ ing way? .

Editor James Breig says that "sense, logic and conhections are out the window; eveI... .+l.ing ~.T....

1

I.

" '

..,

",

~

',;.

';.

....... ' ..

... .... -,

"

"

~

'.

-, .'.

,"

that it touches the soul, inspir­ ing in it a love of goodness."

power t.riad?

By Cindy Hite NEW ORLEANS (NC) - Rock 'n' roll music carries powerful messages to today's young lis­ teners, both positive and nega­ tiye, according to Butch Eks­

A. Neither the pope nor any bishops, as far as I know, have ever said it is a sin to listen to rock music.

There are many human acti­ vities about which specific direc­ tives are o'Ot given either in the Bible or by church leaders. In much of our daily living we have to use common sense to try to find answers to puzzling prob­ ~ems involving sin and goodness.

This is the case ,in the field of entertainment. For example; you have to think about and then decide which television pro­ grams and which movies will .benefit you and which might harm you.

This is also true in regard to rock music. And many are the opinions and questions about this type of music. One person will point out that it's upbeat, fuH of energy, and well-calcula­ ted to lift our spirits and make us feel good.

Another person will compla'in that so much of .it sounds the same. A, guitarist in a rock group talked about the chaotic and con­ fused sound of much rock music.

He said it reflects the confusion so many young people feel in the face of aU sorts of, conflicting viewpoints 'about life and the world. .

Stili an'other person will object to .the raunchiness of some of ./ .. \ . the words in some rock songs.

Others, however, .wifI point to is' image, impression, illogic, trom,-religious education director the sound vaIues in other lyrics. color, shape, motion." . of -the Diocese of New Orleans.

And n<;lW on ,the scene is video What do you think he mllans?

Ekstrom, who has expressed rock. In some' areas' you can , In light of his word.~, hOYf. do his opinions on rock 'n' roll both spend 24 hours~ a day watchirig , you think vi4eo; rock -might ai­ in writing and bilks on the sub­ performances 'and visuaI inter­ ject, suggested that parents and fect you?" " ',,pretations of rock music on· tele­ . As the 'years go 'by,' I suspect tE!en-agerS discu/lsopenly the .' .

I vision. you'll need aU the common ~en~e messages delivered in songs. , This poses a' whole set' of : you can mus~er. ,Yo~'ll ha~~ to' Rock ~n' roll,' said Ekstrom, . questions. : reach decisions about what can sometimes provide_an es­ The: images illustrating the : sights and sounds wili help!y.Qu .clIpe for teen-agers who, blare it :: rock music a~e ~s\1~lly .,abstract grow'into a' perso,n who -lives tiy through headphones to tune out and "impressionistic:' Sometimes . Christian values. : distractions. , ,they seem almost nightmarish. '- 'Through the' years ahead you ':.If You' play it· loud it helps , One young per/lOn\llsked, "What '. might like to keep' in mind -the you to screen out all the things ; the' heck does it mean?" unsettling words of a pre-Chri~- ,.that are .bothering 'you," Eks­ What indeed?, What are we to · tian named \Plato: .He,. sa,id :th~t trom said.

• think when we see a beautiful music is "art so arrari-ging sound He said rock 'n' roll perpet.u:,. . ,.....

I"

.

I,', .

I

"'"

f

.

"

Bishop 'Stang ':

~ Parents, will 'meet" with teachers , ; from ~:30 to 8:30 p.m. W~ ; d3y, Nov. 30:, .•

•

iii'

•

' , '

1,7

"I'

•

SCh6,ols

.

• .'.1,

'" .- " Dec.'

.

"

."

.'. . I' director of "Cathedr8l earitp, .', I­

SATS ate scheduled for and , , 3. the s~e day as entrance ex­ · ata recent program at which he , , I i ams, for prospective new stu­ • was presented' witl,1 a·, desk clOck : dertts ~'tJl be·held. Special needs \: ; testing is also ·avllilable.. ,... , · and a ~partan jack~t.

test that seeks to identify 'stu­ dendeaders p<?s~essed of strong patriotism.

~ Stangi~es bade farewell to · Senior Jennifer Turcofte has

, . Father {feorge Harrison, former I b~en named .~t~ng's .,Century "school chaplain and newly lip­ wmner. She Will contmue to state

'Pointed 'former SehOOl "chaplain 'competition in the 'annual cb'n-

Uy way of raising their cons­ clOlilSriesS wilth regard' to world hunger, students pmticipated in a day of fast earlier' this month witlt money saved going to.

. .,. .

...

'-,

\

...

:"I.n OUI1\ . .. .... :

exciting and interesting," Brother .Parson said,' "I don't think rrick should be singled out of the cui: turein which it 'exists!' . Ekstrom puts the .rock indus­ trY into.th~ perspective of a power triad. ' In one, corner there are young people with time on their hands; in ..another ismoney'in teenagers' pockets. The third" point is the somewhat cynical attitude among producers' and' packages to "give the people what they want,,:no matter what, that might be; ·or eyen .worse, give the people what we (producers and packagers) want them to have." .

Examples of this "even worse" attitude that Ekstrom gave were the basically anti-Christian im­ ages that behind-the-scenes peo­ ple have helped to develop for Ozzy Osborn, Iron Maiden, Ju­ das Priest, Blondie and Olivia Newton John.

Olivia Newton John, who' used to be portrayed as "the rather innocent, demure young lady" has had her image changed by agents and the record company to one that's "plainly more marketable to the buying public," 'Ekstrom said.

Now she's portrayed as a phy­ sical and sexual woman whose songs can be filleet with sugges­ tive lyrics and can be seen as counter to Gospel values, he said.

Teenagers interviewed by the Clarion Herald, New Orleans archdiocesan newspaper, agreed that music conveys both positive and negative images.

"Some songs tell real stories," said Brother Martin' High School senior Paul Lauret.. "A few songs like Men at Work's "It's a Mistake" tell us the world is a fragile place and we can make a difference. I think these kinds of songs give teenagers a posi­ tive out ,look."

"Apathy, that;s what a 'lot of songs convey," Brother Mar­ tin student council president Bubby Burns said. "Some teen­ agers really 'don't, care about things. They .tak~ life one day at a time and don't plan for the future."

Whether positive or negative, rock 'n' roll images now come alive on television video rock 'programs.

James Breig, editor of the Evangelist, Albany, N.Y., dioce­ san newspaper, said in a recent , issue that the content of some of . rock videos "is enough to , make a parent call the hardware store. for handcuff· prices to en­ sure that little BHly remains in , his bedroom.'" ' Ekstrom said parents should be concerned with ,t.heir child­ ren's ,viewing habits when" it COmes to rock videos, but that censorship is not, the answer. . Parents should become critic­ 'ally informed' and ,be open to 'dialogue with, 'their children about tile m.es~ages ~elivered' in the songs. .'

':.',

~

.;.

." t;"

NC Photos

'.

';,'

..

ates tbe myth "that it's possible to live a me of fun, immortality and leisure."

Christian Schools Brother Bill Parson, a teacher at St. Paul's school in Covington, La., said that often rock music communi­ cates "questionable values," but 'is not all, bad. '''Some music is absolutely mindless, but some rock is quite

'"

1m

"

>II

'"

>II

>10

Ox-

.

director of sociai. services.

...

".

....

Juniors are required to per~ f.orm 30 hours of volunteer ser­ 'vice during the academic year.

Among 'this year's projects will fam America in support of Third be work at the' Kennedy-Dona­ . World self-help, projects. Stu­ ,van Center for:the Handicapped. dents will alsO aid in preparation >II • '. Ill" 0, of ~ Thanksgiving dinner at the Stangite WIlliam J. Butler Jr. New Bedford Soup Kitchen after has been named to the United donating much of the food to be States Achievement A~demy in ,used for it. 'r~e project will eon­ " recognition' of his leadership and clude with a MasS to, be celebra­ .serviCe at the. North ,Dartmouth ted by 'Father Graziano, .diocesan ­ school.

•

By Bill Morrissette

tv, mOVIe news

15

THE ANCHOR Friday, Nov. 25, 1983

LEMIEUX

HEATING, INC.

portswQtch Spartanettes Win State Crown If happiness is winning a state championship there must be much happiness at Bishop Stang High School which defeated Blackstone·MiJlviJIe, 3-0, to win the Division Two 'Massachusetts state field hockey crown at the Oxford High School field.

The victory is the more re­ markable because BlackstoneMillville, the Central <Division champion, entered the game un­ defeated and untied in 16 games while the Stang girls had fin­ ished their regular season with ail 11-2-2 (won, lost, tied) record and ·runnerup to Dartmouth (ranked second in the South

Sectionals state competition) in Division One of' the Southeast· ern Massachusetts Conference.

Stang's two losses were to Dartmouth in conference play' but when they met in the South Sectional final the Spartanettes prevailed, 2-0. On their way to the South Sectional champion­ ship and a berth in the state tournament the Spartanettes also defeated top-seeded Canton.

Caroline Quinlan scored two goals and Diana Dufresne ac· counted for the other in the vic­ tory that will be cherished for a long time at Bishop Stang High School.

CYO Hockey First place in the Bristol County CYO Hockey League changed hands again as ·Fall River North defeated Mansfield, 5-4, and regained the league lead which it had shared with idle defending ,champion New Bed­ ford. In the companion game Somerset, previously without a

victory, nipped Fall River South.

Peter Morse's goal with 8:50 remaining in the game sealed the decision for Somerset whose other goals were netted by Dave Plummer and Dave Raposa.

South's goals were by Ted Boeh­ mer and Steve Mendonca.

Be, Notre Dame in 'Rosary B~wl'

)

r

By NC News Service Officially it's the Liberty Bowl, but sports writers have caHed it the "Catholic Bowl." The postseason football game Dec. 29 in Memphis, Tenn. will fea­ ture teams from the University of Notre Dame and Boston Col­ lege.

Bowl director, A.F. "Bud" Dudley said he is taking "with a grain of salt" questions such as; Will the pope attend the game? Witl the halftime enter­ tainment be a giant bingo game?

The Catholic jokes sprang up because it is believed to be"the first time that teams from two Catholic 'Colleges wiU meet in postseason football.

The "Rosary Bowl" is a pun on the most famous postseason contest, the Rose Bowl in Pasa­ dena, Calif.

Dudley, a 1942 graduate of No­ tre Dame, said he had wanted to celeorate the Liberty Bowl's 25th anniversary by seeing his alma mater in Memphis.

Boston College (8-2) announced acceptan<:e of the bid before the invitation became official Nov. 19, but Notre Dame {6-5) waited for the outcome of its game with Air Force that day.

Notre Dame los to Air Force, 23-22. Boston CoHege meanwhile defeated traditional rival Holy Cross 47-7. Holy Cross was tlW top ranked team in Division l-AA of the National Collegiate. Athletic Association. ,BC and Notre Dame are in Div­ ision 1-~.

After a weekend of delibera­ tions, Notre Dame announ<:ed its

Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing;' PG-parental guidance sug· gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescentsi A~approved for adults onlYi A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation!; O-morally offensive.

"Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Gra­ ziano, diocesan director of social services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island; and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

"Breakthrough," 6:30 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 10, a pro­ gram on the power of God to touch lives, produced by the Pastoral Theological Institute or Please check dates and Hamden, Conn. times of television and radio "The' Glory of God," with programs against local list­ Father John Bertoluoci, 7:30 a.m. ings, which may differ from ., each Sunday, Channel 27. the New York network sched­ "MaryS~" a family puppet ules supplied to The Anchor. show with moral and spiritual perspective 6 p.m. each Thurs­ Fall River and New Bed­ day, New Films "I Am the Cheese" (Almi): ford cable channel 13.

"Spirit and the Bride," a talk This s'tory of an adolescent boy, who always stands alone like the show with William Larkin, 6 cheese in "The Farmer in the p.m. each Monday, cable chan· Dell," is a very slight movie, but ne135.

Sunday, Nov. 27 (SPN), has some appealing moments.

Much of it is a long bicycle ride "World Report" NC News undertaken by young Adam weekly report on religious, ethi­ Farmer (Robert Mcnaughton of cal and moral concerns.

"E.T.") in the course of which Sunday, Nov. 27 (ABC) ­ occur two sets of flashbacks. "Directions" Controversial Adam's background was long a questions of religion and science. mystery to him because his Sunday, Nov. 27 (CBS) ­ father (Don Murray) gave testi­ "For Our Times" An experiment mony in a corruption trial, and in Christian Hving at Koinonia a shadowy government agency Farm in southern Georgia. arranged a change of identity On Radio for him, his wife and his four­ year-old son. This same agency Charismatic programs are is unfriendly toward the family heard from Monday through Fri­ for reasons that never become day on station WICE 1210 AM; clear, and a psychiatrist (Rob­ Father John Randall, 9 to 10 a.m. ert Wagner), who is supposedly and 11 to 12 p.m.; Father Edward helping the father overcome a McDonough, 8:15 a.m.; Father traumatic experience, is more an Real Bourque, 8:45 a.m. interrogator than a healer. The Father McDonough is also on film's main problem is that WMYD from 1:30 to 2 p.m. each Adam's quest for identity is too Sunday. diteral and has melodramatic Sunday, Nov. 27, (NBC) ­ overtones which further Hmit its "Guideline" - An original radio appeal. Its best moments pertain to the relationship between the drama, "The Garden" by Leo­ nard Moran. shy Adam and a charming class­

NOTE

decision Nov. 21. "We've accep­ ted the invitation," said Eddie White, assistant sports informa­ tion director. "The reason we've accepted was the vote among the players," he said.

"Any kid who plays ,college football would be thrilled to play against Notre Dame," said Bos­ ton CoIlege Coach Jack Bick­ well.

The Eagles of Boston College will feature an offense ~at cen­ ters around quarter-back Doug mate (Cynthia Nixon). Despite Flutie while the Fighting Irish a .happy ending which is alto­ of Notre Dame are ,led by run­ gether incredible, we are left a ning back AHen Pinkett. sad impression. A2, PG As of Nov. 21, Flutie was sec­ "Star 80" (Warners): This is ond in the nation in total offense the true story of Dorothy Strat­ with an average of 247.6 yards ten, the Playboy Playmate and per game. He gained 2,526 yard budding movie star murdered in passing and running and ac­ 1980 by her husband, Paul Snid­ counted for 16 touchdowns. er. The subject calls for moral Pinkett was ranked fifth nation­ passion, but director Bob Fosse ally in rushing with an average for the most part seems unable of 126.7 yards per game. He . to genetate more than icy dis­ gained 1,394 yards on 252 car­ dain. As a result, he puBs his ries. punches. Hugh Hefner's empire of sleaze gets off much too easi­ Notre Dame is 7-3 in postsea­ son bowl play, while Boston is ly. Nevertheless, Fosse has a keen eye and a flair for conveying nu­ 1-3. The teams met once, dur­ ances of behavior. Thus "Star ing the 1975 season, when No­ 80" is a superior and even a tre Dame won, 17-3. quite moral film. 'But the nature A Liberty Bowl spokeman said of the material and the frequent each team is expected to receive nudity, make it very mature about $620,000 for its participa­ fare. Only for adults able to tion. NCAA rules state each draw the conclusions that would team win receive 37.5 percent of elude the immature. A4, R all revenues generated by the Religious Broadcasting - TV game.

Sunday, Nov. 27, 10:30 a.m., The game will be aired by WLNE, Channel 6, Diocesan more than 120 television stations Television Mass.

Mass Monday to Friday every and broadcast coast-to-coast by.

Mutual Radio and in 11 coun­ week, 11:30 a.Jtl. to noon, tries by Armed Forces Radio.

WXNE, Channel 25.

Sales and Servicra ~ for Domestic = and Industrial s::: Oil Burners

995·1631

2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE

NEW BEDFORD

AnLEBORO'S

leading Garden Center

CONLON & DONNELLY South MaBn ~ Wall Sts.

ATTLEBORO 222-0234

Norris H. Tripp SHEET METAL J. TESER, Prop.

RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 253 Cedar St., New Bedford 993-3222 ••••••••

,.

••••••

«

••••••

Savings? We have a high-interest plan for every savings need!

Now 11 convenient offices including Seekonk BE Taunton.

Eastern Television

Sales And Service

Fall River's Largest

Display of TVs

RCA· ZENITH· SYLVANIA 1196 BEDFORD STREET

BROOKLAWN

673-9721

FUNERAL HOME, INC. ROGER A. LA FRANCE

CLAUOEnE A. MORRISSEY

DANIEL J. SULLIVAN

C. LORRAINE ROY

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

15 IRVINGTON CT., NEW BEDFORD 995-5166

w.

H. RILEY & SON, Inc.

"ServCng the Community . SCnce J873" Cities Service Petroleum Products Gasoline & Diesel Fuels Fuel Oils liquified Petroleum Gas Stewart-Warner Winkler

Heating & Cooling

Installations

THRIFT STORES _ COlLlTTl ITlln NEW IEDFOID, MAli.

11110 JEFFIDON ILVD.

W.IWICI!, ....

(It. II ......."'''' bit)

24-Hour Burner S!8rvlce

.448 BROADWAY,

T~UNTON

Attleboro - No. AtJleboro

Taunton

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 25,' 1'983

16

WIDOWED .SUPPORT, ATTLEBORO

'FAMILY LIFE, N.DAR'.I1'MOUTH

ST. MARY, SEEKONK

Youth Ministry babysitting from 11 a.m. ·to 4 p.m. tomorrow.

Christmas party and gift ex­ -A REC weekend will begin tonight. ' change, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3, 57 St. Anne's Hospital adminis-, Mi·rimichi Rd., No. Attleboro. SACRED HEART, FR Parish council meeting 7:30 .tration 'council meeting: Nov. 29. Information: 695-6723. p.m. Monday, rectory. Vincen­ Lamaze childbirth class: Nov. ST. ANNE'S HOS,PITAL, FR ,tian meeting lSame time and 29, evening.

Series of three-session Nat­ place Tuesday.

Retr,eat day, Bishop Connolly ural Family Planning lessons students: Dec. 1. will hegin Dec. 3, 10 and 17.

The program helps participants ST. ANNE, FR Parish credit union meeting: use observable body signs to I achieve healthy ',and natural 2 p.m. Nov. 27 ,at school.

VATICAN CITY (NC) ST. STANISLAUS, FR \: 'birth control. Information: Ma­ Solemn blessing of A!dvent ST. THOMAS MORE, Youths from throughout the riette Eaton,RN, 674-5741, ext.

Mary candles: 4:30 p.m. \'Mass :SOMERSET world will mark the holy year 326. tomorrow. '.

Blessing of Advent wreath: ST. JOSEPH, FAIBHAVEN in Rome during Holy Week of Christmas Eve "Wigilia'1, spp­ per at rectory: open ,to all who ]!0:15 a.m. Mass Sunday.

1984, the Pontifical Council for Thanksgi~ing clothing drive Parishioners are invited to a would otherwise 'be alone'.' In­ donations will he packed at 1 the Laity has announced.' prayer service for Crystal formation at rectory.

I: p.m. Sunday in the church hall.

Czestochowa Confraternity Springs children and their fam­ About 40,000 youths, includ­ BL.SACRAMENT,FR spiritual direction: either Mass ilies at 2:30 p.m. Sun,day. ing groups from Poland, Yugo­ Nov. 30, ' Meeting for ,parents of first 8T. MARlY, NB slavia, Taiwan, South Korea and communion candidates: 7 p.m.

The Legion of Mary invites Sunday in small chapel.

SS.PETER & PAUL, FR Thailand, are expected to visit_ New ,parish councilors: Chris new memhers. Pamphlets avail­ Rome for four days of prayer ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, Richard, Edward Kelly, Rbbert able at rear of church. and activities. They will be Jeffery, Dino Bissaro.

I, SWANSEA IlL. SACRAMENT ADORERS New Rosary Guild' offic·ers: Blessing of Advent wreaths: housed in a tent city.

Holy hour: 7 p.m. Nov. 29, 9:30a.m. Mass Sunday. Advent

Kathy Durand, .moderator; Er­ 'Sacred Hearts Church, Fairha­ nie Miranda, president; Theresa activity hooks are available in

ven, directed by Father AI­ Miranda, vice-president; [Wil­ the church foyer.

phonsus McHugh, SS.CC. liam O'Neil, secretary; Cllrrie First penance: lO a.m. Dec. Frida~, Dec. 2, I; ~ 8:30Expqsition: Miranda, treasurer.

10. Meeting,for par.ents of can­ VATICAN CITY (NC) - Sci­ a.m. to 8:45 p.m. All wel- didates: Dec. 4 following 9:30 Active in the parish school is .

Music on the Move, ,a program come. entists should "abandon the lab­ a.m. Mass. that offers Instrumental and; vo:Ladies of St. Anne: Christmas oratories and workshops of rONEBlLL COLLEGE, cal lessons to paroohialand\pri_ sNORTH party 6:30 p.m. Dec. 7 Informa-· death" by not engaging in re­ EASTON vate school students who might .lion Rita LaRoche, 674-6030.

Peace People lecture: 8 p.m. search leading to "war, tyranny not otherwise be able ~to s'tudy music. Participants Qffer 'con _ Nov. 29, Steve McBride, at NOTRE DAME, FR and terror," says Pope John Paul Mary Joan Glynn Institute of Women's 'Guild Christmas 'certs, recitals, programs bortor­ II. He asked scientists to work Studies, Donahue Hall. party: 7 p.m. Dec. 5. Entertain­ ing Catholic Schools Week \and Irish McBride will speak. on The ment by Allegro Glee Club. instead in "laboratories of life" special presentations at hospi­ Question of Justice in Northern that help build peace and improve tals and other institutions. \' _ Ireland. Edi,tor of Peace by ST. DONDNrnC, SWANSEA living conditions. His plea to Children needed to sing for PI!aCe, the Peace People's news_ BLUE ARMY "disarm science" came in a Five-hour vigil, beginning at pa.per,he is .politically active in the Christmas vigil Mass. In­ formationat rectory.

7 p.m. Dec. 2, Sacred H.eart Northern Ireland and has or­ speech to the Pontifical Acad­ Parish renewal weekend: Dec. Church, 341 Summer St., New ganized many conferences· on emy of Science. The audience Bedford. All welCome. Refresh- th,e situation in the country. No . 2 to 4, parish center. Informa­ included !5 Nobel'Prize winners. tion at rectory. admission, all welcome. ments.

I:

I "

Ileering

Youth rally set

PUBLICITY CHAIRMEII are asked to submit news Items for this column to The Anchor, P.O.' Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town should be Included as well as full dates of all activities. please send news of future rather than past events. Note:' We do not carry news of fundralslng activities such as bingos, whlsts, dances. suppers and bazaars.

We are happy to carry notices of spiritual programs, club meetings, youth prolects and similar nonprofit activities. Fundralslng pro­ Jects may be advertised at our regular rates. obtainable from The Anchor business office, telephone 675·7151.

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

O.L. GRACE, WESTPORT

Teen Club ·rollerskating party today.

Vincentian meeting: 7:35 p.m.

Nov. 28. ,'" Cub Scout, pack meeting: 7 p.m. Nov. 30, parish center.

Council of Catholic Women Christmas party: Dec. 7, White's restaurant.

ST. JAMES, NB

The adult choir seeks new members. All welcome.

'Disarm science'

,

ST. ANmONY OF DESERT, FR

Adoration of .the Blessed Sac­ rament, noon to 6 p.m. Dec. 4, , St. Sharbel Chapel.

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS

Meeting: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28, St. Louis de France School, Swansea. Topic: How to Handle ,the 'Holidays. Bereaved parents welcome.

I,

r.

Father Bruce Ritte'r

,.

-' . ,

GI"ING THANKS . ; .

, I:·

chance to prais~ ~lnd glorify Him.lt should be easy to thank with resentment. Who, on ThanksgiVing, wants to feel Him for!His endless mercies and gifts and the overwhelm- defensive about something as dear to us as our love for ing beauty of His pro.vidential love for us. . children?

But t~en, when Iwriteto you about my kids-the'endless That kind of guilt poisons and destroys love. It-has stream :of the forlorn, helpless and hopeless burned out nothing at all to do With an authentic sorrow that we are kids: the Bills an,j Tonys and Marys and Mikes and Jills led to feel for not loving the poor enough. Our sorrow is, in and Bo~s and.. .T he stupefying misery of these children fact, the very love of God Himself in us drawing and impell­ confronts the terrifying mystery of God's providential love ing us' to love more totally, more wholeheartedly. Rapen:" that, to \I,IS, seem:, mco~prehensibly selective: tance evokes gratitude and love, not guilt and remorse. For Anita:l 16, from Columbia, South Carolina...prostitute love is joyful and gratitude is joyful and helping my poor since 12~~.her mother a prostitute...came to UNDER 21 run- kids out of love is joyful-and that is what Jesus said lovning from a pimp...raped in a Times Square flop 'ing Hi~ and the Father is all about. '. house) hospitalized for several serious illnesses.

Prognosis: unfavorable.

The number of kids coming to our doors is increasing at

ChristIna: 17, fmm Iowa, running from herpimp...in New a frightening rate. Whatever you can do to help would ...... Dear Staff: York fOr]' two weel<s, raped and forced to work out of the mean so much.. .Stadium Hotel in the South Bronx...flown out of New York Peace and joy and happiness to you and your family on I'd like to write a few things before I leave. First, I'd like to to a safe houBe· in a western state. Prognosis: Thanksgiving. And an authentic, Simple gratitude to you thank you for providing me With a clean and comfortable questiod1a.ble. for helping us. We pray for you all the time, thanking God . for you all the time.

place to live. Attitude has a lot to do with atmosphere. It's _ _ _ _ _ _111 .There are some ,things kids can say better than adults. I mean a kid is less inclined to be artificial and complicated. They don't try to say impressively beautiful things-they don't know how. What kids say is often inexpressibly beautiful-but more because of the ingenuous simplicity , and honesty of it. (When a little kid says "I love you" and "thank you," you know he means it.) .

Gratitude is better if it's simple and straightforward: the gratitiJde of a kid... like the 17-year-old runaway who left us this note. I never met her. She was with us only afew weeks and wrote these few sentences just before she left: . '

,

hard to be ambitious living in a dump, that's all. I'd also like to

thank you for not making it too comfortable.

I'd like to thank you for putting up with me. Whether you

realize it or not it ha~ had an affect on me. Sometimes you may throw your hands up in disgust but this place is useful.

Even if I do flunk school or lose myjob or get run over by a herd of stampeding guinea pigs I'll always have the satisfac­

tion of knowing I tried and that's worth more than never try­ ing.

I'd also like to express my respect and admiration for the people who undertook this project and those that keep it running. I think that if no one cares for a kid's future, a kid's dream, then this world is in big trouble. \ Again, thank you very much.

Eva

'than~

UWhenl\',a little kid says YOil, you .: he means it. " .

,

.

I

k~ow .

--------------­ I

. ~ I thank God for all He has given to me and my family.

l

'. Marty:! 14, involved in prostitution on 42nd Street for one' week prior to inta.;e at UNDER 21...returned home to Kan- I

sas two days later...basically intact Prognosis: good. walterl ,18, worked as a stripper at the "Follies" (a male I

strip joint) forten olays prior to intake at UNDER 21...f1own ,I to his ho~e in WeBt Virginia., Prognosis: bleak.

I Erica: 17, working peep shows and the streets of Times I

Square...returned tlome to her mother in New Jersey...supportive cpunsellinn for the family arranged. Prognosis: I, very poor to poor.

I

bO~gle

. I didn't change a word of h~r note. It's simple, straight­ The livJs of these kids our minds and strains our I forward, uncomplicated. Like her need. .' faith. And\giving thanks on hanksgiving gets all mixed up .1 I wish it were as easy and uncomplicated for us adults. with soma strong guilt feelings (we do have so much, after I As we get older saying "I love you" and "thank you" isn't . all). Our simple desire to help kids gets complicated by an . quite as'simple and straightforward. I mean, it should be urgent need to jus;tify' our lifestyle. And especially on I easy, on Thanksgiving, to thank God for giving us this Thanksgiving, we don t like having our guilt chords pluck- I Father Bruce Ritter, OFM Con V., is the founder and President of ed and st~ummed Iil<e- a banjo even for the best of causes.

Covenant House/UNDER 21, which operates crisis centers for The simple assumption or implied suspicion that we are I helping needy kids out of guilt, or our own needs, fills us . homeless and runaway youth.

Here's my gift 01: $__._ please print:­

'

NAME: ADDRESS:

CITY,:_' ZIP:

_

.

---~.

-»STATE:

_

FI (RVE)

Please send this coupon with your donation to:

COVENANT HOUSE

Father Bruce Ritter P.O. Box 2121 Times Square Station New York, NY 10108

Because the street is NO PLACE FOR A CHILD _