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Follo'w Go,d's will, not parliamentary procedure VATICAN CITY (NC) Priests who are chaplains to lay Catholic organizations must not be the groups' "managers" nor individual members indistbct from the others in the group,according to a new document fr()m the Pontifical Council for the Laity. It also and importantly s."id that democratic methods such as parliamentary procedures are not necessarily the best form of reaching decisions in church organizations. The document emphasized that within church groups God does not work through "agreeme::lts reached by a vote," but a common concensus achieved throu,gh prayer and mutual discernment of the will of God. In the 52-page document, "Priests Within Associations of the Faithful: Identity and Mission," the council discusses the role of ecclesiastical assistants, who often use the titles "spiJit-

ual advisor" or "chaplain," and the purpose and goals of lay organizations. Officials stressed that it was meant to promote discussion of the issues and was not a definitive council document. Nevertheless, within minutes after its release, the guessing game began. What had prompted the statement? Is this another rebuke to priests who have "politicized" their activity? The answer does not lie in immediate current events. The document was actually in preparation for 10 years, so its origin antedates any recent event. More than likely it was generated by the simple fact that since Vatican II the nature of the work of many priests has changed as has the relationship between priests and laity, and the council felt that some guidance would help. Many cynical comments have

been made on the proliferation of organizations within the church. One pastor said: "When the end of the world comes, the chances are that I will be at a meeting." What the laity council's document seeks to answer is a question which troubles many priests: As a priest, how can he justify all the time he spends at meetings? Many press reports highlighted the document as another warning to priests to avoid involvement on the managerial and political level with lay groups. Such a synopsis captures some of the truth but misses most of it. It ignores the positive thrust of the document which, more than offering a warning, holds out an ideal to the contemporary priest of always being a spiritual force. The document does not say that the priest is the only legiTurn to Page Eleven

Grief at Christmas By Pat McGowan You're supposed to be' happy at Christmas, right? But what if you're a parent who's lost a child? Trees, gifts, carols, all the traditions of the season can be agonizing to a mother or father recalling a child who cannot share them. On the one hand, grieving parents may push themselves to appear joyful for the sake of other children or family members' .or, on the other hand, feel guilty if they do find themselves enjoying the holidays. The tangled emotions following a child's death, emoticns heightened during a season when most people at least appear joyful, were recently discussed in Swansea at a chapter meeting of Compassionate Friends, an international organization offering friendship and understanding to bereaved parents. Founded in England in 19H9, the Friends have over 200 U.S. chapters. One of the newest meets at St. Louis de France Church, Swansea. Led by Leo and Georgette LeComte of Somerset, who have lost two children, one in infan<:y, the other, a teenage boy, through murder, some 25 parents talked about how they cope with the holidays.

Many attending for the first time, were visibly nervous, clutching each other's hands. Several spoke through tears as they introduced themselves and gave the age and cause of death of their children. The discussion was started by a panel consisting of Ronald Pontes, director of social services and Sister Mary Margaret, OP, pastoral minister, both of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River; and Rev. David Buehler of the Pro. testant pastoral ministry program of Charlton Memorial Hospital, also in Fall River. "The holidays are a bad time to be bereaved," said Pontes. "You may feel angry or think it very unjust if you seem to be the only sad one. It might seem you shouldn't celebrate at all, but maybe the holidays can be a deeper time for you, remembering that the reason life is precious is that it will be gone some day." Pontes reminded the parents that even for those not recently bereaved, holidays may not be very happy. "They can be a time of personal and family conflicts, financial burdens, bad memories and disillusionment. At the least, everyone feels stress at Christmas. "If you do begin to enjoy life and celebrate the holidays," he

said, "maybe you can bring your lost child forward with you and not feel guilty. "We're all journeying and it's important to let others journey with you and share your sorrow. This might be a good resolution for the New Year." As to holiday parties, Pontes said bereaved parents should be "enlightenedly selfish," not, for instance, accepting all invitations but seeking "nurturing" people, not toxic ones." But he cautioned that holiday expectations should be realistic. "Don't look for too much. It's not a magic time." Pointing out that "Advent prepares us for the arrival of a child who came into the world to die," Mr. Buehler said that religious faith can offer strength during the holidays "and maybe help us to help others who may be in an even harder place." Grieving parents should probably observe Christmas traditions, observed the minister, "unless they bring the lost one too sharply to mind." But he said one should question changes in established patterns: "Why am I doing this? Am I running away from something? Would Christmas be Christmas if I omit this custom? How will other children in the family feel about it?" Turn to Page Six

THIS PAINTING depicts Juan Diego unfolding his mantle to display the miraculous painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe. (NC Photo)

Guadalupe Mass By Father Kevin J. Harrington Saturday is the 450th anni路 versary of the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It will be observed in our diocese at a bi路 lingual Mass to be concelebrated at 12:05 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Cathedral by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and his priest. collaborators in the Attleboro, New Bedford and Taunton areas. They are Father James E. Murphy in the Taunton area; Father Maurus Muldoon, OFM, in the New Bedford area: and myself in the Attleboro area. We are assisted in our pastoral care of over 10,000 Hispanic Catholics in the diocese by four Guadalupanas sisters from Mexico for whom Saturday will be a truly special day. It will also, of course, be a day for both Anglo and Hispanic Catholics to manifest devotion to Mary under the aspect of her apparition in the Americas. At 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, WNAC Channel 7 will carry "La

Morenita," an account of Guadalupe and an exploration into its meaning for Hispanics today. The story of Guadalupe began on Dec. 9, 1531, when Mary appeared on a hillside near the Aztec shrine of Tepeyac and told an Aztec peasant, 51-year-old Juan Diego, a recent convert to Catholicism, that she wanted a church built there. The ecclesial authority, Bishop Zumarranga was skeptical and demanded a sign. Juan was directed on December 12, 1531 by Mary to pick some roses (not in bloom then) which he took to Bishop Zumarraga wrapped in his cloak. When the cloak was opened, miraculously painted on it was found a portrait of the Mother of God. This cloak has become the center of the largest shrine in the western hemisphere, attracting more pilgrims than Lourdes and Fatima c0l!lbined. It is the centerpiece of Marian Turn to Page Two

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people live by working on the land. Suggesting that the workers themselves are often deprived of the benefit of their labor, the pope said that "the land is a gift of God, which the omnipotent gives to all and which should produce benefits for the advantage of all:'

In noting the importance of agricultural workers, the pope said that "today the church wants to show, yet another time, its particular solicitude for the well-deserving diligent rural class, whose religious spirit grows by continual contact with nature and with God."

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Continued firom page one that I am the eternal Virgin, devotion among Hispanic Cath- holy Mother of the True God, olics of the Americas and is sec- through whose favor we live, the ond only to the Vatican in the Creator, Lord of heaven and the : Lord of the earth:' number of its visitors. : Scientists who have studied The Guadalupe apparition, the cloak are convinced that its perfectly combining Indian and image of Mary could not be the Spanish imagery, was meaningwork of human hands. The cloak ful to both groups. Its simple :l ~ '". • New Life is of a hSlrsh cactus fiber fabric, message is that the people should ~ -, . lB. "We live i:1 a worry-filled impossible to paint upon. Yet it go to the church and the church We find ourselves occu- bears a clear portrait of the to the people. P.T.L. • world. pied and preoccupied with many Blessed Mother that, preserved The identification of millions CONVENIENTLY LOCATED TO ROUTES 140 & 195 : things, while at the same time in a bullet-proof case, is the of peasants with the humble FOREIGN AUTO & TRUCK PARTS : feeling bored, resentful, depress- principal object of veneration at Virgin is a touching story repeatand very lonely. In the midst Guadalupe. ed in the aftermath of other 947 CHURCH STREET - 998-2384 : ed, of this Vlorld, the Son of God, Following the Guadalupe ap- recent apparitions. Marian OLDER MODEL : Jesus Christ, appears and offers; parition, lfrom 1'532 to 1542, over shrines associated with appearus new life, the life of the Spirit a million people in the area ask- ances of the Virgin have been a AUTO & TRUCK PARTS : of God:' - Father Henri Nou- ed for baptism. center of devotion for many Today Mexico is the second ethnic groups within the church. 1272 SHAWMUT AVENUE - 995-22'11 : wen largest Roman Catholic country La Salette and Lourdes in in the world with over 60 million France, Fatima in Portugal, baptized Catholics. Its strength Knock in Ireland, Czestochowa lies not only in its numbers but also in its depth as it has be- in Poland and Montserrat in come less dependent upon miss- Spain are such shrines. ionaries and has developed its All attract throngs of Cathnative clergy and religious. olics and numerous miracles are Mary's words to Juan Diego reported at each. In this way have not gone unheeded in Mexi- Mary continues to bring Christ co: "You must know and be very to a world in desperate need of DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER certain in your heart, my son, .his presence.

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Guadalupe title wrong? BALTIMORE (NC) -Charles Wahlig, a New York ophthalmologist who "has spent more than 20 years studying the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin near Mexico City in 1531, contends that the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe- associated with them is a mistake. He says that the Virgin Mary actually presented herself in Mexico as the Immaculate Conception. According to tradition, Mary appeared to an impoverished Indian, Juan Diego, on Dec. 9, 1531, and had him deliver a bunch of flowers to the bishop. The Indian wrapped the flowers in his cloak. When it was unwrapped, it bore the image of the Virgin. Mary appeared also to Juan Bernardino, Juan Diego's uncle, and cured him of an illness. Wahlig said the way Mary referred to herself in speaking to Juan Bernardino indicated that she was presenting herself as the Immaculate Conception. Addressing him in his native Nahuatl (Aztec) tongue, she told him that through her image she was to be referred to as the Entirely Perfect Virgin, Holy Mary, who will crush the stone serpent. Wahlig pointed out that" the Immaculate Conception has always been depicted as crushing the serpent beneath her heel. He noted that the term "stone serpent" has a special significance

for Mexicans because one of the chief Aztec gods was the feared stone serpent, Quetzalcoatl. According to tradition, Wahlig said, the first words of Bishop Juan de Zumarraga of Mexico City on seeing the miraculous image materialize on Juan Dieg"o's cloak were "Es la Imaculata!" (It's the Immaculate Conception!). But he transposed Juan Bernardino's Aztec phrase, "te coatlaxopeuh" (pronounced "te quatlasupe" in Spanish), meaning "the one wbo will crush the stone serpent," into the similar sounding Spanish title "de Guadalupe:' Guadalupe was an ancient cult of Our Lady in Spain that had nothing to do with her apparitions in Mexico, Wahlig said. The bishop's misappellatiCin stuck, Wahlig said, and throughout the world Our Lady of Guadalupe is the title used to refer to Mary in connection with the Mexican apparitions. But in Mexico itself, where the old Nahuatl language is still used, she is known as Santa Maria Tequatlasupe, or as La Imaculata. Wahlig said authorities on Middle Eastern culture agree that the woman in the image is dressed in the style of a middleclass Palestinian matron. The ermine cuffs on her sleeves denote royalty in the Jewish tradition and the exceptionally long dress with midriff cincture is still worn in cold weather in some Palestnian villages, he said.

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John Cronin 'Bishop Daniel A. Crenin pre· sided and Father John P. Cronin (unrelated) was principal celebrant at a funeral Mass Monday for Father Cronin's father, John P. Cronin, 89, who died Dec. 4. Services took place in St. Louis Church, Fall River. Mr. Cronin was a foreman for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad for over 45 years before his retirement in 1961. He is survived by a c:aughter, Mary Cronin of New Bedford, as well as by his son.

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The Most Reverend Bishop has made three assignments: Father Justin J. Quinn has resigned from the pastorate of Immaculate Conception parish, Fall River, for reasons of health. He will serve as an associate pastor at St. Anne's parish, Fall River. Father Terence F. Keenan, who has been a pastoral minis· ter at Cape Cod Hospital, Hy. annis, will be administrator of Immaculate Conception parish, Fall River. Father Thomas C. Lopes will succeed Father Keenan at Cape Cod Hospital, leaving the same post at Morton Hospitcll, Taun. ton. He will be in residence at St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis.

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Father Quinn, a native of New York City, attend Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx and studied for the priesthood at Maryknoll and St. John's Seminary, Brighton. Ordained Jan. 25, 1953 by ,Bishop James L. Connolly, he served as associate pastor at St. Mary's Cathedral; St. Kilian, New Bedford; St. Thomas More, Somerst; and St. Lawrence, New Bedford, before being appointed administrator of St. Elizabeth's parish, Edgartown. He then served as pastor at St. Kilian and at St. Rita's, Marion, before his assignment to Immaculate Conception in 1978. Father Keenan is a native of New Bedford. He studied at St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, Conn., and St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, before being ordained in 1965 by Bishop James J. Ger·

rard. He was associate pastor at St. Joseph's parish, North Dighton; St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis; St. Patrick, Wareham; and St. James, New Bedford, before returning to Hyannis in 1978 as pastoral minister. Father Lopes, born in Oak Bluffs, attended Tisbury schools before entering St. Thomas Sem· inary, Bloomfield, Conn., and continuing his studies for the priesthood at St. John's Semin· ary, Brighton. He was ordained by Bishop Connolly in 1965. He has served as associate pastor at St. Elizabeth parish, Fall River; St. Anthony, East Fal· mouth; St. John Baptist, New Bedford.

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OFFICIAL ASSIGNMENTS Reverend Justin J. Quinn has resigned from the Pastorate of Immaculate Conception Parish in Fall River for reasons of . health. Bishop Cronin has assigned Father Quinn as Assistant at Saint Anne's Parish in Fall River. Reverend Terem:e F. Keenan, from Pastoral Ministry to the Sick, Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, to Administrator, 1m· maculate Conception Parish, Fall River. Reverend Thomas C. Lopes, from 'Pastoral Ministry to the Sick, Morton Hospital, Taunton, to Pastoral Ministry to the Sick, Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, with residence at Saint Francis Xavier Parish, Hyannis. Assignments effective Wednesday, December 9, 1981

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Remembering Pearl Harbor This week this nation commemorated the 40th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. For some' young people it was but an excuse to film "Tora Tora." For many older folks it was, as Archie Bunker would say, the beginning of "the big one." For many of us caught up in middle age it was an event that has not as yet been brought to its proper coni clusion. Forty years later the children of the 40s are men and women still plagued by war and rumors of wars. Growing up in the past two generations has been nothing more than living throug~ one war after another. Historians will write that the eventl) of Dec. 7, 1941, were inevitable. America had to be part of the global conflict if Europe was to survive~ if the so-called free nations were not to be overrun and subdued by the then tyrants who, by the way, are today's friends. The 40s came to an end but not the hostilities. The proverbial cold war settled over the globe like a funeral pall. World War II had brought no peace. Germany and Japan were devastated but the appetite of the Russian bear had been sharpened. The children of the forties became the teenage fodder for the guns of Korea. Once more Americans were called to save the free world. Once again there was no peace. Debate, negotiations and the ideas of old soldiers who never die brought the now tired troops into the jungles of Vietnam. And so it continues; it really has never ended; seemingly it never will. If one wishes to understand the social temper of our time, one should be aware of the Pearl Harbor fallout and its tremendous psychological effect on the minds of so many Americans who have lived and fought through the ensuing conflicts. Disregard for life in allits forms flows from a national mind that views people and nations as very expendable. Violation of natural resources flows from the same mindset that produced the neutron bomb. The personal tension and fear that drives so many into the world of drugs and cults is but another product of nuclear madness. Remember, Americans are still registering for a possible draft. War games today are more than mere fun and frolic. Shipment and sale of arms on the international market are at an alltime high. Computer age espionage has reached new dimensions of sophistication. Earth's reach is expanding into space. What is so tragic is that man is not using his technological inventiveness for peace but ultimately for war. Space is but another battleground. Man has not and in some cases will not learn the lesson of peace. He still is determined to kill his fellow man. As we recall the day that will live in infamy, we should realize that Pearl Harbor was but a milestone on man's seemingly compulsive march to self-destruction. We cannot find hope in man or his inventions. The only ray of optimism lies in the reality that God so loved us that he gave himself to us as one of us. He gave us the Prince of Peace. Lasting peace will not be a gift of our world but a gift from God. This Advent season, as we seek that peace the world cannot give, let us indeed remember Pearl Harbor and its real meaning in our lives.

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Durant returned to church By NC News Will Durant, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and phi. losopher who died Nov. 7 at 96, was reconciled to the Catholic Church before his death, according to the Newark archdiocesan newspaper, The Advocate. Durant, who studied for the priesthood as a young man and then left the church, received absolution several times during his final illness in Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, The Advocate reported in its Nov. 25 issue. With his wife, Ariel, who died Oct. 25 at 83, Durant wrote an ll-volume work, "The Story of Civilization," one volume of which won the Pulitzer Prize for' general non-fiction in 1968. The III volumes we::e all best sellers, with total sales of more than 2 million copies in nine languages. Jesuit Father Herbert Ryan, associate professor of religious studies at Loyola-Marymount University in Les Angeles, told The Advocate he had given Durant absolution in Latin several times. Recalling the first occasion, Father Ryan said, " I ~nointed Will first. Then he received the sacrament of penance." The priest continued: "We had had so many conversations about his loving the Mass in Latin. I then switched into Latin, and

his smile was from here to the moon. Every time I would see him in the hospital I would give him absolution in Latin." Durant's sister, Mrs. Ethel Halliwell, 85, of Westfield, N.J., and her late husband, Leo, raised Father Ryan after his parents died in an auto accident. The priest was six years old when he first met Durant. Durant was in intensive care for three weeks after surgery and died without being told of the death of his wife. They had been married for 68 years. In 1979 Jesuit Father Edward Glynn, president of St. Peter's College in Jersey City, went to California and conferred honorary degrees on the Durants at Loyola-Marymount. Father Ryan said he thought that was a significant event in the beginning of Durant's reconciliation with the church. "Will had been very, very interested in the church for several years before he made any formal commitment to come back intothe church," Father Ryan said. "Within the last three years he was extremely interested in the church." Born in 1885, in North Adams, Mass., Durant was one of 11 children of French-Canadian immigrants. After graduation from St. Peter's ColJ.ege in Jersey City in 1907, he taught at Seton Hall

College, South Orange, N.J., for two years before entering the seminary there. "It was for me," he later wrote, "an act of hypocrisy, generosity, idealism and egotism. After two years of effort I had not had success in recapturing either the old piety or the old faith." Withdrawing from the seminary, he became a teacher at the anarchist-sponsored Francisco Ferrer School, where he met Ida Kaufman, a 14-year-old pupil. On Oct. 31, 1913, when she was 15, they married. She came to the ceremony with her roller skates slung over her shoulder. He called her Ariel after the imp in Shakespeare's "The Tempest," and she later had her name legally changed. The couple had a daughter, Ethel, and adopted a son, Louis. From then until 1927, Durant was director of the Labor Temple School, an adult education center where he taught philosophy and history to workers. The Durants also attended Columbia University, where he received a doctorate in philosophy in 1917. In 1926, Durant's first book, "The Story of Philosophy," based on his lectures at the adult education center, was published Over the years it soJd 3 million copies and provided the financial freedom for the years of work on "The Story of Civilization."

Family ministry I got some interesting reactions to a story Marriage and Family Living magazine did on me recently. Some readers were excited about the church's renewed interest in families while others were skeptical at the sincerity of the church in offering a ministry that touches families where they really are. The one that gave me most pause, though, was from a former family life director who wrote, "I wish I could be as optimistic as you seem to be abollt the future of parish family ministry . . . Someplace way down deep inside I am becoming very tired of trying to promote something that parish priests and DREs don't want to hear about . . . I have come to the conclusion that there are direct links between the celibate mentality and the failure of family ministry to catch on in parishes." He may be right. He certainly has had more parish level experience than I, and he echoes a lot of parent readers who share outrageous comments on family life issuing forth from their pulpits and bulletins. Still, I tend to believe it isn't the celibate mentality that fails to grasp the essence of family needs today as much as the management mentality in our church. Bishops, sisters, priests, and DREs are taught to minister by structure and job guidelines. They draw strict lines between

who is responsible for what in the church. For example, pastors are responsible for pre-marriage preparation, so they focus on that a lot more than post-marriage support because they're not answerable to their bishop for that. Principals are responsible for the education of children, so they don't focus on the level of family faith. That's anothers responsibility. Bishops are responsible for their church family, not the secular family, so they don't feel responsible for the ecumenical lives lived by Catholic families "out there" daily. DREs are responsible for religious education and while many try valiantly to involve parents, it remains a ministry in which they work harder to get families into church than get the church into families. As family catechist Sister Sandra De Gidio writes, "We have to accept the fact that the fruits of good family ministry will be borne away from us, not in front of us." That's hard for management and staffs to do if they evaluate success via numbers: 101 First Communicarits, 30 pre-baptismal parents, 6 annulments, 430 envelopes turned in, 26 graduates, and so on. The possibility that they may salvage a family through patient teen-parent counseling takes a back pew to tallied successes. Like staffs of other institutions, they work within job descriptions and bud-

Missing the boat A small but intense drama is taking place as I write this column. I'm in an airport where a man and wife who appear to be, in their 60s are making a scene. The couple have just missed their flight and are convinced It is everybody's fault but their own. They claim they were given wrong information from the beginning, and they are demanding that the airline get them to their destination. I don't know the r..ature of their business, but I do understand how they feel. I once watched a flight I should have been on move straight: toward the runway as I was standing, waiting for a uniformed woman to stop rummaging through my purse, looking for s()mething dangerous. I probably would have missed that flight in any case, because I simply got to the gate too late. I'll never forget my lost feeling, almost as if I'd missed the journey to heaven. So what do you do nl~xt? Naturally, you inquire about the next flight. In my case,itwas the next morning. I stood there, worried about the kids at home, wondering what I would do for 12 hours. Eventually the shock of being stranded was transfonned into the reality that I had to call the kids and settle in for ;:10 excit-

ing night in an airport waiting area. It wasn't the knd of situation that calls for an encore. You can be sure I now always arrive super early if I'm traveling by air. Missing out happens to all of us. We miss out on a job, a promotion or maybe on buying a house we really wanted. Some people miss out on being parents because nature won't cooperate with their desire to have children. Some miss out on having good health or strong bodies. There are times when we miss out by not seizing an opportunity to pay a compliment, help a friend or show love. Since missing out happens so often and spares nobody, wouldn't you think there would be a good reason for it? Maybe it's simply tough luck or a mere reminder that it's not a perfect world with perfect order. It happens so often we even have a phrase for it - "missing the boat." . I think we should flip the question around and ask not why we get shut out, but why we so firmly expect not to miss a flight, or a promotion, and so on. Why is our level of expectation always so predictable, when the world shows us so clearly that we are not in charge of calling all the shots in life, nailing down the edges or control-

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., Dec. 10, 1981

By DOLORES CURRAN

gets, both of which determine their goals than do less obvious needs in the pew. I keep hearing, "We don't have a structure for that." This implies that if there's no structure, parish families ought not to have the needs. Families shouldn't need spousal communication help, for example, if there's no marriage enrichment in the parish. Couples shouldn't need interfaith marriage support or singles spiritual direction if it doesn't come under anyone's job description. The mentality puts ministry on a pure job level. Everyone in the rectory, chancery, school, and other parish offices knows exactly what is expected of him or her, and if a family comes up with a need that isn't allocated, it's tossed from one to another with sanctified agility. In many dioceses, if you want to see a skillful game of keepaway, just ask a convened parish staff who is responsible for family ministry. Still, it's' not their fault if they can't fit into an already overwhelmng job description. That's why I think celibacy has less to do with it than selfpreservation and job success.

Reagan as a dove Having gone to great pains to show us he is not afraid of war, Ronald Reagan has suddenly announced

that he is not afraid of peace. He invited the world to join him in a quest for it. Reagan as a dove was a real surprise, coming as it did in the wake of 10 months of casual dismissal of the hazards of nuclear war. The president twice insisted that battlefield nuclear exchanges could be limited to Europe. Recently, with supremely awkward timing, he flew back to the capital in the "Doomsday" plane, from which he would, presumably, survey the nuclear devastation of the United States. In his effort to be upbeat about radioactivity, he conspicuously declined to referee an argument between the secretary of defense and the secretary of state over the desirability of setting off a "demonstration" blast to show the Soviets we weren't kidding. Even those who immediately examined his proposal for cynicism and hypocrisy and who came to the instant conclusion that he had made the Soviets an offer they were bound to refuse enjoyed hearing him talk about the horrors of war and the blessings of peace. Just hearing him suggest that By we would not deploy 572 Pershing II and Cruise missile in EuANTOINETTE rope if the Soviets would give up their intermediate range missiles, BOSCO the SS-20s, SS.4s and SS-5s, was a welcome change from the "peace through strength" chant that has rung through his foreign policy utterances. ling the day's happenings? But there he was, on the platMaybe the fact that we human form of the National Press Club, beings have nothing to do with saying things for which the backsome of the unpredictable events in life points to one way the ground music could have been . "Give Peace a Chance." Lord found for reminding us Naturally, his proposal enthat he who laid the cornerstone of the universe is ultimately the gendered skepticism and hope, one in charge of it all, including often in the same person. Dr. Helen Caldecott, the phyour lives. Acknowledging that is what sician who heads one anti-nuclear group, Physicians for Soreally matters. cial Responsiblity, said it was "unfair" and "one-sided" in that it asked much more of the Sovets than of us, but then added wistfUlly, "You know, he might be the one Republican who could December 11 Rev. Edward L. Killegrew, bring about disarmament, just as 1959, Pastor, St. Kilian, New Richard Nixon was the only one who could recognize China." Bedford Henry Kendall of MIT, who December 13 Rev. Reginald Theriault, O.P., heads the Union of Concerned 1972, St. Anne Dominican Priory, Scientists, which recently staged a countrywide anti-nuclear Fall River teach-in, compared the proposal December 14 Rev. Msgr. John J. Hayes, to Jimmy Carter's ill-fated 1977 1970, Pastor, Holy Name, New initiative. That, too, was an unexpected request for actual reBedford ductions, published in advance, December 15 Rev. Mortimer Downing, 1942, and it so offended the Soviets Pastor, St. Francis Xavier, Hy: they practically kicked our team out of Moscow. ",But at least he annis

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has stated a predictable objective," said Kendall. Marshall Shulman, who was the resident Soviet expert at the State Department in Carter years, counters that if we made a mistake in jarring the Soviets, who hate surprises more than anyone, the Soviets made a mistake in their teeth-rattling turndown of the idea - and never giving Cyrus Vance a chance to state his fallback position. Shulman, who teaches at Columbia, has his doubts about Reagan proposal, but says hopefully that even if the president's intentions are mainly propagandistic, something good may come out of it all. "He may have started more than he thought, and he could get carried along by it." And Paul Warnke, Carter's director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, thinks that the Reagan proposal, however far off the mark from the Soviet point of view, is something that "the Russians will have to consider." What drove Reagan to the Press Club podium with a dove in the hand were the peace marchers of Europe. Although he and his Cabinet officers have been belittling the demonstrators as naive, misled or simply young, and describing growing Continental neutralism in terms of the bubonic plague, in the end they understood that the protesters were shaking the ground under the feet of NATO leaders. Europeans did not see him smile as he spoke of a war that would be limited to them. They burned him in effigy. He was losing every propaganda encounter with the Soviets. The Europeans heard him talk of them as liars and cheats and atheists; they saw him as a man with his finger on a button that could fry their children. He was, finally, faced with the choice between 572 missiles and the Atlantic Alliance. Actually, it was his loose talk rather than the new nukes that set Europe on its ear. After all, it has been living with old nukes for years. It was his macho lingo. He scared them more than the Russians. And the shaking Europeans will make it difficult for the Soviets to say a formal "nyet" to his proposal. He may have broken the rules by advertising his position, but the Europeans are not into diplomatic fine points. Survival is what interests them. His most ardent partisans have insisted that Reagan really wants to live in history as a president who brought about arms reduction. If he tells his chief Geneva negotiator, Paul Nitze, the same thing, he may achieve the epitaph that he himself made so implausible up to now.

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Grief at Christmas Continued ~rom page one Comfort, he suggested, may come from doing something for others, such as giving a gift in a child's memory or inviting a stranger to share the holiday meal. Jesus came to take away the loneliness and isolation that are so great a part of grieving, said Sister Mary Margaret, adding that meditation on Mary helps her understand the grief of the bereaved parents she meets in her ministry. She noted that a husband and wife may "cope diferently with grief and we should accept each other's way" but that at the same time "we can make a difference to each other." The first Christmas is the hardest, agreed the parents in the sharing period following the panel. One mother of a large family whose oldest child had died said she couldn't cope with

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NEW BEDFORD AREA Clergy Association hears a panel discussion of Pope John Paul's encyclical, "Of Human Work." From left, Rev. Philip Douglas, Grace Episcopal Church; Rev. Earl Miller, Smith Mills Congregational Church; Rabbi Bernard Glassman, Tifereth Israel Synagogue; Rev. Edward Holleran, OFM, Our Lady's Chapel.

THl: ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., Dec. 10, 1981

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Study comes as enrollment shrinks WASHINGTON (NC) - As U.S. seminaries prepare for a Vatican-ordered study, a report issued Dec. 2 by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) shows that the number of American theology stu: dents for the priesthood dropped 8.8 percent in the past year, to 3,819 persons. It is now less than half what it was in the 1966-67 peak enrollment year, said the report of the Catholic research center. Statistics also show that there a路re five percent fewer collegelevel seminarians and seven percent fewer high school seminarians this year than last. Noting that the number of 'seminarians studying theology is "one of the best indicators of the number of new priests in the

near future," CARA commented: "This is the first time in decades that the enrollment in seminary theologates in the United States has fallen below 4,000. When compared with the 8,325, this represents a decline of 4,506, or 54 percent in the number of theology-level semin-' arians." CARA said its statistics were "based upon 100 percent reponse from 400 self-standing and collaborative seminaries and religious communities" Hsted in CARA's comprehensive direc. tory of American seminaries. Concurrently with release of the CARA report, Bishop John Marshall of Burlington, Vt., said he will soon send a preliminary plan for the study of U.S. seminaries to the nation's heads for

consultation. Bishop Marshall said that the study, requested by the Holy See, will be made by on-site evaluation similar to seminary reviews conducted in the past by the American bishops themselves. The major differences are that the new study is mandatory, not voluntary, and that results will be sent to the Vatican's congregation for Catholic Education, he said. When the study was first announced in September "several questions and caution flags were raised" by bishops and religious superiors, said Bishop Marshall, but "initial reaction ... seems to be positive." He said that on-site visits will probably not begin until the spring of 1983 because of the preliminary work required to develop a study instrument, have it approved by the Holy See, test it, and set up visitation teams and schedules. The bishop noted the emphasis Pope John Paul has placed on seminary training, quoting from the pope's 1979 Holy Thursday letter to the world's bishops; "The full reconstitution Qf the life of the seminaries throughout the church will be the best proof of the achievement of the renewal to which the (Second Vatican) Council directed the church:'

This Christmas you'll be remembered in the Midnight Mass in Bethlehem. The celebrant, Archbishop James J. Beltritti, will offer the Mass for the members and benefactors of this Association ... How better can we say thank you? In 18 mission countries (where Catholics, though few, are mostly of the Eastern Rite~) the Holy Fathef-helps millions because you read this column. Blind boys in the Gaza Strip (not one of them a Christian) are learning rug making, basketwork, the ABCs, at the Pontifical Mission Center for the Blind. Lepers in India are cared for by native priests and Sisters. The poor have the Gospe1 preached to them in Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon an'd Ethiopia ... This season especially, won't you remember the missions in your prayers? Our priests and Sisters depend on you. They ask the Christ Child to bless you always!

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The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas proudly claim a rich heritage

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01 miles 01 land and ocean. Nearly one-half oflhe 20,000 Mercy Sisters around the world reside in the United States, with 610 belonging to the province community based in southeastern Mas sac h use t t sand Rhode Island. Catherine McAuley's followers today draw strength and inspiration from her courageous decision to reach out materially and personally to the needy of Dublin, Ireland. Before the decade of the 1820s had passed, Catherine was faced with an agonizing dilemma: Should her small group of charitable Christian women take steps to become a religious community? Her hesitancy stemmed from a valid concern: she feared that religious rules might prohibit the staff at the House of Mercy from caring for the women and child'ren who needed them. In designing the first rule of· the Mercy Order, therefore, Catherine determined that her sisters would not be bound by the kind of cloister that would distance them from people they sought to serve. In consequence, they soon gained the name of "the walking nuns" among other Dubliners. Today the women ~f Mercy are missioned to serve in child care and day-care centers, in parish elementary schools, in diocesan offices, in health-care and social services, in pastoral counseling centers, in Head Start offices, in retreat houses, in homes for the developmentally disabled, in regional education systems; as neighborhood organizers, Montessori teachers, religious edUCation directors, pastoral associates, and hospital chaplains. Within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Sisters of Mercy

now largely staff St. Vincent Home, Fall River; Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro; Nazareth-on-the-Cape, and Nazareth Vocational Center, Fall River;

and several elementary schools in Attleboro, Fall River, Taun-

ton, and New Ded/ord. Diocesan parishes presently served by Mercy Sisters are the following: St. Joseph, North Dighton; St. Dominic, Our Lady of Fatima and St. Michael, Swansea; Holy Ghost, Attleboro; Our Lady of the J\ssumption, New Bedford; and St. William, Fall River. The earliest beginnings of the Mercy presence in what is today the Fall River diocese can be traced to 1873, when Sisters began parish work and Sunday school classes in St. Lawrence parish, New Bedford. That same year, Sisters began ministry at St. Joseph Hospital in that city. Service- in the latter apostolate was later terminated when thete appeared to be a greater need for Sisters in the schools. In 1874, eight Sisters from St. Xavier's in Providence opened a girls' academy and convent in what was then St. Catherine pal'ish, Fall River. Within months, the Mercy Order also opened St. Mary elem~ntary school neal'by. While education has remained" a principal Mercy emphasis over the past century, there ate earlier records of Bethlehem Infant Home in Taunton, the abovementioned service at St. Joseph Hospital, and the continuing care in the field of social service at S1. Vincent Home, a ministry begun by Sisters of Mercy in 1885. During the 107 years of Mercy contribution-to the faith development of the people of the Fall River diocese, the Sisters have staffed religion programs in approximately 20 parishes, and have taught in and administered 14 elementary schools, and fiv,e secondary schools.

"The interdepe....enee of peoples and Christ's mandate to proelaim the Gospel to all nations .ehallenge us to develop a glo"al pers-

peet've of the .,orks of mere"." (Core Coltst'tution Draft, 1981, Sisters

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affiliated with the Province of Providence (Southeastern Massachusetts and Mode Island) presently bring the Gospel message to the poor and needy in the Central and South American nations of Belize, Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Peru. Among responsibilities undertaken by these missionaries and by sisters serving currently in Belgium and Victoria, Australia, are the education of children and adults, nursing ,care in homes, clinics and hospitals, pastoral team ministry, evangelization, retreat work and spiritual development. In addition to the above women, there are 550 Sisters of Mercy who serve locally in the Fall River and Providence dio- Hmong clans in this country. ceses, as well as those who Sister Francine is intimately choose to carry the spirit of involved in "Project Resettle," Catherine McAuley to 12 other working in and through the team United States dioceses: Albany, ministry of St. Michael> parish, New York; Amarillo, Texas; Providence. Rather' than set up Baltimore, Maryland;" Boston, a separate ministry to the Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Hmongs, the project aims at inDenver, Colorado; Detroit, Michi- corporating them into the ongan; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; going life of the parish. The welPhoenix, Arizona; Santa Fe, New coming of immigrant groups has Mexico; Washington, D.C., and in fact been a hallmark of St. Wheeling, West Virginia. Michael's since its inception in In maintaining Catherine Md· 1859. Altley's preferential love for th, Sister Francine's ministry hepoor, the Order of Mercy in th, gan when she was invited by a United States has recently set Hmong gentleman to visit his aside the· interest from the sale wife, who expressed a desire to of its former General Administra- learn English. Soon small groups tive Building in Maryland" for a of women were meeting in homes "Shelter the Homeless" fund. and requesting various ldnds of Sisters of Mercy throughout·· this help. This developed into an country and mission regions may outreach education program for apply for project grants on be- Hmong women which remains half of the needy. one of Sister Francine's principal Typical of such works of -activities in direct service. Mercy is an endeavor funded One of the goals of "Project through Mercy Sister Sheila HarResettle" is < to encourage outrington, who serves the poor in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. A reach projects on' the part of skilled carpenter in her parish other parishes and' groups. To has" offered teaching time to as- this end, Sister speaks to numersist young men desiring to build ous groups and last summer she homes for their families. "Shel- and a bilingual Hmong teacher ter the Homeless" grant monies co-taught a course at Rhode Iswill be used for wood and other land College 'on "Survival Hmong" for teachers and other supplies. professionals. This was a switch English" from "Survival "By our profession we courses often offered foreigners. ehoose a life-long di-

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SISTER VIRGINIA SWEENEY (left) and Sister Mary NathaIJ Doherty at Holy _Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford. {Hussey Photo)".,

treat sessions for parish groups, day-long seminars for the sep-" arated and divorced, scripture

Sister Francine Filipek is a New Bedford native, a graduate of Holy Family High School, and a Sister of Mercy for 17 years. When Asian families began moving into South Providence several years ago, she saw 'Ii particular need for working with displaced women and men. Providence has 3,000 Hmongs, the third largest population in the United States. Not only are these people dispossessed in the usual sense, but they are also largely illiterate hi their own langUAge. They originate from a nation where little or no anthropological studies have been done. In their native hill country of Laos, they were a nomadic people, forced out of their land by the invading United ~tates. Because they lost their homes and livelihoods, the U.S. eventually agreed to sponsOr" various

"lit earrying out our mission of Merey we ehoose ministries "y prayerfUlly eonsidering the needs of the times; Catherine 'McAuley's preferential love for, the poor; the pastoral priorities of the universal and loea' ehureh; and our talents, resourees and limitat.o......" The Cape Cod Hospital brochure announces: "You are not alone here. When you entered this hospital, God came too! He stands beside you in the person of your chaplain," Among the chaplains referred to is Sister Honora McHugh. A graduate of the Clinical and Pastoral Education program in Fall River, Sister Honora visits and counsels patients and their fami. lies, and serves as Eucharistic minister. As chaplain, she is present to families in times of fear, loneliness, depression. She is also that presence to patients

who may need simple contact with another person who understands. The chaplain is recognized as a professional member of the health care team. Working with her is a strong and dedicated group of laypersons: Eucharistic ministers from every walk of life. Christians who meet monthly for an evening of prayer and sharing. In addition to this support group, Sister Honora sees her own role as that of ministering to the spiritual and emotional needs of the hospital staff, as well as to those of the patient and family. She believes that all hospitals should hire chaplains for this much-needed apostolate. Of her own genesis, she comments: ''1 have always had a deep love for the sick, and I try to be the source of help and support that the Lord is calling me to be. I can do this through prayer, through having dealt with the issues of my own life and the meaning of death. I am fortunate to have participated in training programs which have led me to where I am today. "I find my inspiration in the person of Jesus and in the gospel. He is revealed as one who loves, who cares and who gives his healing touch to His p~opJe. As chaplain, I share life with people in this sacred and challenging ministry," Consideration for the needs of the times has also been impor-

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tant to Sister Nathan Doherty, who is well known in the Fall River-New Bedford area. In 1961, at St. Louis School, Fall River, she was both principal and youngest faculty member. After three years there she took charge of Holy Name' School, New Bedford. Looking back on those six years, she finds it remarkable that principals then were also full time classroom teachers. Lay teachers were virtually unheard of. Sister Nathan then began a long career of moving up and down New Bedford's County Street" where the Sisters of Mercy staffed several parish schools. From Holy Name she moved to St. John's. At the same time a major' breakthrough had occurred: the Mercy community had freed all its principals from teaching duties. Administrative tasks accelerated during these yeats: supervision of teachers; ongoing training of new staff members; incorporation of an increasing number of lay teachers; and the compiling of numbers of educational surveys and stUdies. The favorite line among pcincipals became, "They want it in triplicate!'! It was a period of drastic change, Sister Mary Nathan reflects, with increasing costs, decreasing numbers of Sisters, declining enrollments, inception of intercommunity schools and the

What &loes the future hold for the community of the Religious Sisters of Merey? Sueh a com. plex· ....estion cannot be answere&l by a simple analysis of data. A sense of the direction of that future may be learned from the eredal statement whim coneludes the' Merey Core '€onstitution Draft:

"We lIeline that God is faithful and that our struggle to follow Christ will eXNnd G1l4's reign of love over human hearts. We rejoice in the continued invitation of Je_ to _k Justice, to be compassionate, and Ie reflect hi, mOley to tlie world:'

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predominance of lay staffing. It was the era of experimentation in "progressive education" and of liturgical renewal. Schools began closing or wer~ struggling to stay open for one more year. During this time, Sister Nathan had transferred to Holy Family School, again as principal. In an effort to conserve and preserve, schools began to merge in the early to mid-seventies. Sister cooperated with her former school," Holy Name, and a new Holy Family-Holy Name merger began to take shape, followed by a similar experiment involving St. John-St. James in ~he same city. Recalling these mergers, Sister affirms that they signaled a time of renewed strength and hope, .with joint school boards working hard to succeed. After 14 years as principal, the classroom lured Sister Nathan. After substituting for a sick teacher for several months while remaining principal, she realized the time had come for the closer student contact experienced by classroom teachers. The next three years found her teaching math at St. John School, Attleboro. Her "break" did not last long, however; an SOS arrived from dear old Holy Family-Holy Name in search of a new principal. While she admits that she might not have responded to a call from another direction, Sister Nathan found herself heading once again for County Street, New Bedford. Today, in a building housing both her school and Holy Family High School, she has longer corridors to walk and new challenges to meet. She do,es so with characteristic redheaded determination. In this day of spiraling costs, she has great admiration for the parents who sacrifice much· so their children can obtain a good Catholic education.

"In our support of all who struggle for full dign'ty, we are influeneed lJy Catherine HeAuley's speeial eoneern for women." In some respects, it is more difficult to isolate service areas where Sisters of Mercy do not work with women than to list the multitude of ministry moments where their gentle touch affects their sisters.·There are re ~

gatherings, and 1Dorning Genesis 2 groups for homemakers. There is that special understanding of the teaching religious when' food or warm clothing is needed by one of her little ones. And beyond instances of individual care and concern, many women in need are now experiencing an outreach from Mercy Sisters in specifically-defined programs for women. One such ministry is that of Dorcas' Place in South Providence. In imitation of Mercy foundress Catherine McAuley, codirectors Sister Mary Reilly and Mrs. Deborah Thompson have begun a Parent-Child Literacy Program, intended to assist young women in need of basic education. Most of those coming to Dorcas' Place are mothers. Just as Catherine extended to the needy women of Dublin her love, compassion and a chance for education, so at Dorcas' Place, women find acceptance, and understanding for whatever "place" life now finds them. In the Scriptures, Dorcas was a gentle, wealthy weman who gathered other women around her and "clothed them with new hope," This is a principal aim of Mary and Deborah as they struggle in ministry with women desiring a greater dignity. Another activity, now in operation for nearly four years, the Providence Family Learning Center, serves young women 16 and older who have given birth to a child, and who wish to secure the G.E.D. certificate. Mercy Sister Margaret Carey and Sister Mary Bisson, S.S.J. are giving their students a sense of selfesteem along with academic learning. . Sisters Patricia Custy and Maureen Mitchell are experienced teachers of developmentally disadvantaged children at Nazareth Hall, Fall River. Recently they have undertaken an extension of that ministry in offering temporary "respite care" to mothers of the children - a program modeled on that of Jean Vanier's L'Arche residences. These Sisters see that such a ministry to families of the dis, abled is a special calling and a particular need, one becoming more apparent in the present decade.

local, national and, international issues. This information is disseminated to persons and groups within and outside the Mercy

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others concemed about similar issues: The Rhode Island Third World Solidarity, Women for a Non-Nuclear Future, and the New England Center for Corporate Responsibility. It is the hope of the Mercy community that in the near future other concerned women and men may be included as staff persons of the office. When asked about the value and necessity of her work, Sister Barbara commented: "I believe it is essential that those of us with religious conviction generate a sense of hope so that oppressive structures can be changed to .serve all persons." Sister Elizabeth Morancy, a legislator in the Rhude Island General Assembly, pursues education and help for the poor through political structures. In representing the people of her district, she carries the plight of many distressed and displaced persons into the political arena. From these neighbors and constituents, Sister Elizabeth learns first hand the devastation being wrought by the inequities of the 1981-1982 federal and state budgets. McAuley House, one of the sponsored institutions of the province community, is codirected by two Sisters of Mercy, Terry Beaudreau· and Eleanor Rock, and supported by hundreds of volunteers and benefactors. The staff at McAuley speak often of their own need_ for reflection as they struggle to grow in understanding of Catherine McAuley's charism of hospitality. Originally conceived and begun by Sister Eileen Murphy, McAuley House continues to serve hundreds of hungry people each week, and to challenge the awareness level of those who receive food and those who serve. While relieving some immediate' needs for warmth,

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In 1969 and 1971, the community chapters of the Sisters of Mercy of the Union passed several pieces of legislation which began to affect the local provinces in. different degrees. The implementation of one such statement" has been long in coming to the local province in the southern New England area: the acceptance of associate members into the communities and ministries of the Sisters. It was in 1976-1977 that the question of the extent of association was studied and researched. From then until 1980, considerable discussion and reflection took place regarding the different degrees and kinds of membership which might be embraced. Certain women and men who are interested in cooperating with the ministries of the Mercy community, or who wish to share in certain aspects of community life and prayer, are not called to the fullness of incorporation as vowed community members. Recognizing this, the community has invited and has formalized a relationship with sever~l persons who agree to be "in association with" this province of the Sisters of Mercy. There arE! two Mercy Associates living within the Fall River diocese and four in .Pr9vidence. One of the latter members, Mrs. Deborah Thompson, affirms that "association with Mercy enables me to give service to women in need in a manner that would be impossible apart from the support system of the community." Those interested in such a commitment may contact the Mercy Provincialate, Cumberland, R.I. 02864. -By Sisters Patricia Farley and Jane Higgins, R.S.M.

"Through direet serviee or indireetly through our influenee, we seek to relieve mbery and to address its eauses. To thb end we em"raee education at all levels, and the furtheranee of soelal, politieal, eeonomie and spiritual well-"eing." The ministry of education remains primary among the works of the Sisters of Mercy, although new needs call for new emphases to be placed on the importance of social, political and economic goals. Several ministries that have developed in recent years indicate this newer thrust. The Cumberland Office of Peace and Justice, headed by Fall River native Sister Barba.,:oa Riley, gathers information about,

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Gifts: for children By Dr. Jim and Mary Kenny It is again the season to choose Christmas gifts. Many of those gifts will be for children. Whether you are parent, godparent or favorite uncle, there is probably at least one child on your list. Here are some general suggestions for choosing good Christmas gifts for children. Age, sex and interests of the child are your basic guidelines. Most toy companies suggest the age for which a toy is intended. If you are not too familiar with children, stick to these guidelines. The toy manufacturers probably know more than you ' do. If you know the child very well, your own child for instance, you can sometimes go outside the ~anufacturer's advice. However, be cautious. We parents tend to overestimate our children, especially our oldest. If the chemistry set says "for ages 10 'and up," do not buy it for your six-year-old, even if he has expressed an interest in chemistry. Sex stereotypes are breaking down. At present girls more than

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ing with them. It would give time for sharing ~ith Jesus and the Father in prayer. "It would resist the consumerism commercialized on TV. It knows that Michelob does net put a little weekend in you·r week. But friendship does." The bishop suggested that those who choose a simpler lifestyle and reflect on their values as Christmas approaches "might have some surplus to help those who have been hurt by layoffs and the recession." Reflecting on acceptance of pain as a means of growth, he wrote: "When I decided to sleep on the floor to offer sacrifice for the renewal of our praises, I found the floor very hard. It was difficult to find a comfortable position for sleep. "It was odd, though, that gradually the floor became my friend and I could get a good night's rest. If we could remember pain as a challenge that brings out the best in us of cour· age, determination and growth!"

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consider these points: Can the gUt really be used by all the recipients? Do not include children who won't benefit from the gift. Do not include 12-yearolds when you give' outdoor playground equipment such as swings or a slide. Include preschoolers when you give 'Volleyball or badminton sets. Those left out are certain to be disappointed. Are the children receiving the gift old enough to understand sharing? Most pre-schoolers cannot g.:asp the idea of joint ownership. 'This is not selfishness but normal pre-school behavior. '!be pre-schooler thinks "It's mine," ,or "It's not mine." Or, ,as one of our pre-schoolers- once put it, "If the present is for everybody, it's not for me." In short the best guideline for choosing children's gifts is to choose the gift to please the child, not to please yourself.

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boys' benefit from this broadening of our consciousness. Girls can now enjoy mechanical or construction toys and sports equipment formerly reserved forboys. Boys, however, andespecially 'some boys' fathers, still regard dolls, cooking equipment and perhaps even certain craft materials as sissy. However unfortunate this sex sterotype, it does exist, Be sure you know the family well before you choose toys typical of the opposite sex.

SOlTO IL MONTE, Italy (NC) Giuseppe Roncalli, the youngest of Pope John XXIII's 13 brothers and sisters, died Nov. 17 at 87 in Sotto II Monte, the tiny Italian town where the future pope, Angelo Roncalli, was born Nov. 25,1881. Giuseppe Roncalli, who farm· ed until two weeks before his death, traveled to Rome Oct. 7 and was embraced by Pope John Paul II at a general audience. The two also met last April when the pope visited Sotto II Monte. All of Roncalli's 10 children, including a daughter who is a nun in the United States, were at his deathbed. A widower for 30 years, Roncalli is also survived by 24 grandchildren.

Roncalli, 87 on Nov. 10, worked on his family's farm throughout his life. His death from a stomach tumor occurred shortly before the opening in nearby Bergamo of an international study conference on the work of Pope John XXIII, who reigned from 1958 to 1963. The only currently surviving brothers and sisters of popes are Ludovico Montini, brother of Pope Paul VI, and Eduardo Luciano and Nina Petri, brother and sister of Pope John Paul I. The present pope h~ no living brothers or sisters.

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Follolv God's will Continued from page one timate Christian in the community, nor even the best one. It notes specifically that "by his ordination the one who is c:alled and sent is not, nor does he become, a better Christian than others." But it does remind the priest that the community looks to him, first of all, for spiritual leadership. "In the organizations and associations which you serve make no mistake about it! -- the church wishes you to be priE~sts," says the document quoting Pope John Paul II in a 1979 address, "and the lay people that you meet in them wish you to be priests and nothing but priE~sts." It may strike some as odd: and bothersome that the first major document in the laity group's five-year history as a pontifical council should focus on pdests. But a reading of the document indicates that the text really does concern the laity, for in speaking of the role of prieBts it is also making a statement a.bout the laity and about how Catholic lay associations should function. This is especially true where the document rejects the parliamentary form as a model for Catholic organizations. This is the heart of the c:ocument, the place where a new idea is planted. Often in the past church ;,eaders have pointed out that the church is not a democracy, meaning that the moral teachings of the church are not determined simply by referendum. But in the lay council's document there is a rejection of the democratic model in an altogether diffE~rent context. What the document says is that Catholic organizations, precisely because they are

Catholic and thus Gospel-generated, are not to decide things by infighting, by caucusing, by power politics among factions, by parlimentary procedure, votes and narrow majorities. Instead, says the document, a Catholic organization should seek, in fashioning its goals and its programs, to discern the will of God, so that as far as possible unanimity can be achieved. Leading this process of discernment should be the priestchaplain. He is the one whose prime responsibility is to keep the organization on the divine wave length so that it never forgets that it is the Lord whom they serve by serving his people and it is the Lord who can teach them how to do that most effectively. The priest associated with any Catholic organization, therefore, plays a central role. No longer is he the one who only decorates the opening of each meeting with a prayer. Even less is he the one whose presence simply insures that language and jokes are kept within the bounds of propriety.

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In the view of the document the chaplain, in addition to lead. ing the organization in opening itself to God's vision for it, is the "architect of communion," as ,Pope John Paul said, between that group and others. Anyone who has witnessed some of the bickering that can go on among parish societies or the exclusively and isolationism which can mark a group which sees itself as having the only valid Christian vision, can see the importance of the priest's role as bridge-builder. The document calls upon the priest to be a priest, even at meetings.

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Getting in touch with youth By Father Philip J. Mumion

Researchers have found that teachers who regard their pupils as talented are likely to expect more from them. And the pupils are likely to meet those expectations. What is true in the classroom may well be true in general. It seems that the most successful parish youth programs are those in which it is assumed that the youth themselves have a lot to offer. Youth are capable of much development and generosity. So, it seems, successful programs focus not only on what parishes can give to young people, but on what youth can give to the parish and to others.

In one Connecticut parish, young people joined a hunger program. They fasted for 24 hours, studied some of the problems of hunger, prayed together and reached out to assist lonely elderly in a nearby housing project. They concluded their activity at a Saturday evening Mass where they made known their concern about hunger. In another parish, teens conduct a service program for senior citizens, providing Thanksgiving dinner for those who would otherwise eat alone, putting on a show in the spring and visiting the elderly all year. Youth in other parishes have worked in neighborhood cleanup campaigns, repaired toys for

poor children and raised money for victims of earthquakes and other catastrophes. But if youth in a parish is in part a call to service, it also has become increasingly a call to reflection. Many programs offer youth weekends to discuss their faith in their own terms with their peers. Among outstanding efforts along these lines are teen retreats given by young adults, sometimes by college students. Such retreats are great occasions not only for the teens but also for their young leaders. They bring out the best in all involved. There are many ways parishes can relate to young people, but Turn to Page Thirteen

Paul and the resurrection By Father John J. Castelot

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Motivating teenagers By H. T. Kellner

take part in an educational program set up in six-week cycles You can't motivate teenagers covering such areas as morality, from the pulpit, says Father the sacraments, marriage, values, Francis Pizzarelli, 33, associate death and dying and Scripture. pastor of Infant Jesus Church, Father Pizzarelli teaches the Port Jefferson, N.Y. "That's why more formal class while six to I talk with them in their schools, 10 assistants lead informal disat their hangouts, in their pubs. cussion groups. Four such cycles And that's why I play ball with are held each year. them, go on ski trips with them In addition, several other proand meet them on their own grams help redirect teens toward turf." the church. About 12 youngsters And that's why this Montfort meet twice a week to organize Missionary from Brooklyn weekthe liturgy and plan retreats, ly draws hundreds of teens from such as teen awareness days. In Port Jefferson and the surround- them participants focus on their ing areas to church for a special role in the community and their teen Mass. relationship with others and God. But getting to understand the Christian Awakening is a attitudes and habits of Catholic group for high school juniors and teens was only half the battle. older teens who have attended Father Pizzarelli began his pro- a diocesan retreat weekend. gram three years ago with an in- About 25 members meet weekly tensive assessment program. in homes to plan ways of carry"The kids were the key," he ing out their commitment to continued. "They were searching Christ in the community. They and probing, trying to find mean- helped renovate Hope House, ing in Christ. It seemed they one of two crisis intervention needed liturgies that related im- centers in S路uffolk County - an mediately to their interest. They . area that counts 4,000 runaways needed to see that Scripture had each year. And parish youth alsomething to say to them." so initiated a dance marathon So in 1978 Father Pizzarelli for the benefit of Hope House. initiated a special Mass in a A third group, Teen Club, church classroom with just 50 open to all ages, embraces about teens. Today more than 500 150 teen-agers and plans numeryoung people participate in the ous social and social-justice venfolk liturgy. tures. According to Father PizFollowing the liturgy, they can Turn to page thirteen

In Corinth some Christians seriously questioned the resurrection of the body. Paul views this as a challenge to the very foundation of Christian faith and so he reminds the Corinthians of the Gospel teaching about Jesus and his resurrection. Paul emphasizes that they accepted this as the basis of their Christian life. It is, in fact, the key to their salvation, as he says in Chapter 15 of First Corinthians: 'You are being saved by it at this very moment if you hold fast to it as I preached it to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain." In other words, if the Corin-

thians pr,efer to believe in some sort of disembodied immortality, they have thrown away the key to salvation. Christian belief in bodily resurrection rests on the fact of Jesus' bodily resurrection: The earliest Christian creeds testify to this. They were very simple, direct statements such as "Jesus is Lord!'" or "Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again!" Paul himself had received just such a creed, presumably quite soon after his conversion, probably some time in the mid-30s of the first century. As Paul presents that creed to the Corinthians, it is somewhat expanded.

Originally, it was probably just four simple statements of fact: that Jesus died, that he was buriedt that he rose, and that he appeared. The list of people to whom Jesus appeared almost certainly would have been appended later. Obviously, no statement about the Lord's appearance to Paul would have been part of the primitive creed for this was his own personal experience. It路 is interesting, by the way, that Paul's own testimony to the resurrection of Jesus is the only such account from the pen of a person who had been directly involved in an experience of it. Turn to Page ThIrteen

The youth of Indialantic By HellLlY Libersat When you say "parish" at Holy Name of Jesus in Indialantic, Fla., you're saying '~peo颅 pie," not "programs." ~ot that the parish doesn't have programs. There are all the usual one:; in this parish of 1,600 families. Founded in 1959, Holy Name has lived through the challenges and depressions of the space era at neighboring Cape Canaveral. . The parish also has "meeting after meeting" that the pastor, Father Peter Henry, sees not as a burden but as an opportunity for more people to offer their talents to thE parish family. And the people do. As Gene

McCarthy, parish council president, says of his pastor: "He trusts us. If we come up with something, he says, 'Go to itl'" Sister Patricia Ann Dempsey, director of liturgy and adult education, and Sister Rosemary Conlon, school principal, say the parish is the center of life for many people. As in most Florida parishes, most come from elsewhere -- and the pastoral team thinks 1:1at given the chance to find a home in the parish, they will respond. The parish goals, Father Henry states, :reflect needs expressed by parishioners. They include promoting opportunities for spiritual growth, challenging young ;people and adults, de-

veloping a well-rounded education program and developing parish liturgy. The 250 children in the parish school, the 60 students in the Catholic high school and the 350 students in the parish teen and youth ministry programs are considered vital members of the parish family. The youth program is designed to help parish children through peer groups whose life is centered in the parish. Youth are expected to assist in liturgies and charitable work. Teens reach out to older people, shut-ins and migrants, also assisting in guiding younger parish brothers and sisters. In this Turn to Page Thirteen

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Youth Continued from page twelve youth ministry is not just an effort to reach teens. It is also an attempt to aid parents by helping carry out their own responsibilities toward their children. The youth minister does not replace parents. While he or she can. help young people to organize special programs, some parishes also find great value in gathering parents to share their own concerns and work togethE!r for their children. When adults are asked what they want from their parishes, help with the development of their children is usually at the top of the list. Have you ever envisioned your parish as a sort of extended family? One of the most important concerns of the family is to pass along its values and traditions to the next generation. Parish youth ministry is, therefore, an effort of the whole parish on behalf of the intellectual, physical, emotional and religious development of its young people. This ministry is a poIrit at which the family and the parish meet. For young people and their parents, it is also a point at which being served often means being given the opportun::ty to serve others.

Indialantie Continued from page tw,elve way, according to Danny McGowan, youth minister, youngsters move naturally "from one age level of involvement to the next. They know people who have been there and they feel comfortable - even privileged to grow into new programs." Among youth program offerings are retreats; COR, a weekend experience, and the lynx program, weekend bus trips combining social and spiritual activities. Sister Conlon believes the secret of Holy Name's succ,ess is "the community experienc,ed by the parish priests - they are supportive of one another and they spend time together." That spirit of communit~r permeates the entire parish, from the laity-run lector training program to the parish council to special eucharistic ministries who bring love as well as the Eucharist to household persons. An example of dedication to the parish family is seen in Love Inc., the parish's popular youth choral group that has given many public concerts. The group recently decided to stop singing in public for a while to :spend more time developing their ministry to the parish as the choir for the Sunday youth Ma~;s. Father Henry, the 37-ye,ar-od pastor, is impressed with "the commitment of the peop]e to their faith," And Father Fred Ruse says he finds "real optimism about the parish and the church,"

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Motivating teenagers Continued from page twelve zarelli, "they suggest everything from visiting disabled children in hospitals to ski trips and sports activities," Interaction, then, is the key. As they meet, the young people become more aware of their responsibilities to themselves, each other and society. Father Pizzarelli continues to seek new and effective ways to draw youth together spiritually. He is executive director of Hope House where he and another staff person recently supported and counseled a young unwed mother and her family. Subsequently, the mother had her baby baptized during the Sunday youth Eucharist. The active priest also directs project F.U.N., a program helping younger children grow in understanding of Jesus. In addition, he visits the courts as a youth advocate and attends training institutes on drugs and alcoholism. But perhaps it is Father Pizzarelli's attitude and philosophy that make his approach so attractive to youth. "I believe," he said, "that you

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Paul Continued from page twelve It is significant that Paul puts his own experience of the risen Lord on the same plane of reality as that of the other witnesses, and vice versa. Furthermore, the appearance of Christ to Paul is all the more remarkable in view of the fact that he was hardly disposed for such an experience. He certainly hadn't psyched himself up for it. At the time of his conversion, Paul detested Jesus and was persecuting those who were preaching the resurrection. Therefore, his experience of the risen Lord was unexpected and traceable to "God's favor," as Paul puts it. As a result of that favor, Paul was radically transformed and worked "harder than all the others" to share the good news. In doing so, Paul comm~nica ted the commonly held Christian faith to the Corinthians.

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~'++FILM RATINGS~~ A-l Approved for Children and Adults Chariots of Fire Fish Hawk Fox and Hound

The Great Muppet Caper The looney Bugs Bunny Movie

Jesus Victory

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

Heartland Improper Channels Kagemusha Oblomov Only When I laugh Popeye Private Eyes

Stevie Taps Tess Ticket to Heaven Windwalker Zorro the Gay Blade '

A-3 Approved for Adults Only American Pop Alligator Arthur Atlantic City Back Roads Beyoll11 the Reef Blues Brothers Brubaker Cafe Express Cannonball Run Carbon Copy Cattle Annie & little Britches Caveman Charlie Chan & Curse of Dragon Queen Chu Chu & the Philly Flash Clash of the Titans Continental Divide Cutter and Bone Death Hunt The Dogs of War Dragonslayer The Elephant Man

Escape from New York Eyewitness First Monday in October The Four Seasons The French lieutenant's Woman Galaxina Gallipoli Going Ape The Haunting of Julia The Incredible Shrinking Woman Inside Moves It's My Turn The Jazz Singer Kill & Kill Again King of the Mountain The last Metro lion of the Desert The legend of the lone Ranger looker Modern Romance Mommie Dearest Nighthawks

Night lights Went Out in Georgia Nine to Five On Golden Pond On the Right Track Ordinary People Outland Paternity Prince of the City The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper Raggedy Man Raging Bull Raiders of the lost Ark Resurrection Sea Wolves Secondhand Hearts Seems like Old Times Southern Comfort Superman II Thief Time Bandits Tribute Under the Rainbow Wolfen The Woman Next Door

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

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A-4 Separate Classification (A Separate Classification is given to certain films which while not morally offensive, require some analysis and explanation as a protection against wrong interpretations and false conclusions.) Fort Apache, the Bronx La Cage aux Folies II

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The Howling Mel Brooks' History of the World: Part I Private lessons Squeeze Play Tarzan, the Ape Man Tattoo

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NEW OFFICERS of the BristoljPlymouth Counties School Counselors' Association are, from left, Sister Eileen Kenny, Bishop Connolly, trustee; Brother Louis St. Pierre, Connolly, vice-president; James McNamee, Bishop Stang, past president; Sister Teresa Trayers, Stang, past secretarytreasurer; Barry Motta, BristoljPlymonth Regional Tech, president; Jean Whelan, BristolfPlymouth, secretarytreasurer.

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on youth By Cecilia Belanger One gets the feeling these days that the planet is going through its Own Gethsemane, that it is begging us to ,do something about the arms race. We have stood still too long regarding arms control. We talk too much and do nothing. But the ripple effect does indeed work. All one need to do is throw in that first pebble. The time has come when we can no longer say, "Let someone else do it " It must indeed "begin with me." Christ never said, "Pass this cup to someone else!" The sins of the world lay heavy on his heart and surely the sins of brother against brother lie heavy on the hearts of all of us. Gethsemane often preoccupies me. I feel there is so much there, that the place and what happened there stands for so much more than we can explain. There we came face to face with the guilt of th~ world and the price one has to pay for it. It was not possible that the cup be removed at Gethsemane. Even now for l:.S it isn't easy to accept what cne must accept when one fights against the forces that wodd destroy us. Christ speaks to us today, telling us to still the tempest that makes us raise our arms against each other. For us that means "stop building nuclear weapons." As nations, we too have reached "the .midnight hour." If one were to paint the face of 'Christ today looking out at the vast array of nuclear arms, what agony would we see on that face! Who today are plaiting the thorns for the Savior's brow? Is it our silence? Jesus was really condemned for free speech! Thank God, we can still speak freely in America! But when those who march against nuclear weapons taunt others or when those on the sidelines do the taunting, it is plain as day that this is not Christ's way. If taunted, do not reply. This is part of the bitter cup that we must share with him. Of course, he was not defenseless and neither are we. We are not vanquished, simply uncontending. It would be easy to wash our hands regarding the critical issues of the c:ay. But wouldn't there be a nagging of conscience somewhere in our depths? What wickedness do we condone through our silence, our lack of courage to take a stand? The horrible scene that is our nation today is us on trial. "Weep not for me but for yourselves and your children." Doesn't this r:ng true today? Let us not shut Jesus out from those inns within us. Let us go forth to proclaim his message of love and peace. Let him always find room in our hearts.

Holy Family By Tracy Winterson On December 18th, 19th, and 20th, at 8:00 p.m. Holy Family High School of New Bedford will hold its annual Christmas show. Titled "A Little Bit of Christmas," it will be presented at St. Lawrence Church by the music department in conjunction with St. Lawrence parish and Holy Family-Holy Name grammar school. . Singers will be conducted by Lacy, and John Kirby, assistant director. Groups to perform are the high school chorale, HFHS Sound Wave, Men's Double Octet-Minus One, Liturgical Dance Group, and members of the Fall River Symphony. The highlight of the show will be Mozart's "Regina Coeli," which has been in rehearsal for three months. Other offerings will include "Sing a Song of Merry Christmas," "White Christmas," "Edelweiss" and PDQ Bach's "Throw the Yule Log on, Uncle John."

Bishop Feehan Principal Sister Mary Faith Harding, RSM, has announced new National Honor Society officers at the Attleboro School. They are Robert Legare, president; Robert Hyland, vice-president; Michael Healey, treasurer; Linda Douglas, secretary. Feehan entrance exams have been held but a makeup exam will be scheduled for those who missed the first date. Information is available from the guidance office, 222-7950. A preview of selections to be presented at the annual bandl chorus Christmas concert was offered to the student body prior to Mass last Tuesday, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. The real thing will come at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, in the school auditorium. A semi-fonnal Christmas dance will be sponsored by the student council tomorrow night in the school cafeteria. The boys' and girls' varsity basketball teams will open a Faculty-Student basketball game at 6:45 tonight. The evening will offer intrasquad games of the varsity teams, introductions of the varsity players members and the student-faculty game. Sponsored by the cheerleaders, under direction of Miss Anne Carroll, game proceeds will go to the Leukemia Society of Massachusetts. Basketball will remain in the air when the boys and girls tip off their 1981-82 season the following week. The girls will travel to Mansfield to play the feature garJle a~ 8 p.m. Tuesday against Mansfield High School.

North Attleboro and Attleboro will play the preliminary contest with the winners moving to the finals on Saturday, Dec. 19, in Mansfield. The boys will play the preliminary game at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at North Attleboro High School. Their opponent will be Sharon High School. Host North Attleboro will entertain rival Attleboro in the nightcap at 8 p.m., and winners will advance to the finals on Friday, Dec. 19. The final gathering of students prior to Christmas vacation on Tuesday, Dec. 22, will be the traditional Christmas Mass to be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 21.

Confirmation age MILWAUKEE (NC)-New confirmation guidelines issued by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee have set the minimum age for receiving the sacrament at 16 or the junior year of high school. !'By leaving confirmation near to an adult age, it seems to me one is coming closer to the original intent of the whole process of the rites that accompanied the initiation of adults in the early church, even though the order has been disturbed by the now established traditions of infant baptism and early first Communion," Archbishop Rembert Weakland stated.

Youngest Saint Among current candidates for canonization whose cases are being considered at the Vatican is a 14-year-old Italian boy who died in 1897. He was declared possessed of "heroic virtue" in a Nov. 27 ceremony attended by Pope John Paul II. The next step towards canonization is beatification. Galileo Nicolini, a Passionist novice whose name in religion was Brother Gabriele of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, woulcf, if beatified, become the youngest person on the church's list of blesseds and saints, excluding martyrs such as the Holy Innocents. The youngest blessed is currently Domenico Savio, a student of St. John Bosco, who died in 1857. at the age of 14 years, 11 months and 7 days. Nicolini was 11 days younger when he died. During a plenary assembly of the Congregation for Saints' Causes last spring psychologists, theologians, sociologists and medical personnel discussed whether one could display heroic virtue during adolescence and preadolesence. They decided affirmatively, clearing the way for an advance in Nicolini's. cause, which had been held up for 10 years.

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portswQtch HOlckomock All-Stars Soceer: Seniors Brian MeDavitt, Rieh Fischer, John Vital, Don ,Blanchon, juniors Bill Wilson, Pete Cherewich from champion Foxboro High School; Seniors Keith Calizio, Jim McNamara, junior John Amaral from runnerup Stoughton; seniors B:rad McClay, Rob Crowley, Franklin; seniors Brad Maher, Dave Briggs, No. Attleboro; senior Marcellus Walker, Sharon; senior Hugh McGuire, King Philip. Field Hockey: senior:; Patty Heap, Christine Trayers, Lisa McGilvray, from champion Canton; juniors Diann Reynolds, Ann Margaret Charron from runnerup Oliver Ames. Seniors Sue Taggart, Debi Hearn, Foxboro; seniors Mimi Roche, Sharon Socci, Franklin; junior Nancy Maruiskie, King Philip; junior Annette Nightingale, Mansfield; senior Maureen McDeed, No. Attleboro; senior Kiersten Wood, Sharon; senior Ann Malinowski, Stoughton. Golf: seniors Dean Van Wart, Mike Kirk from co-champion

Oliver Ames; senior John Wilczewski, sophomore Chris Gill, junior Keith Laporte from runnerup Stoughton; senior Chris Ballarino, Franklin; senior Jeff Theriault, sophomore Fred Gillis, King Philip. Cross-Country: senior third place Jim Messina, senior fourth place Dan Epstein from runnerup Sharon; senior first place Mike Churchill, junior second place Jeff Lewin, Mike Dix, King Philip; seniors Dennis Nash, Mansfield; Lenny Harmon, No. Attleboro; Bob Ricci, Stoughton; senior fifth place, Dan Mullen, Oliver Ames. Boys'

Girls' Cross-Country: freshman first place Barbara Courtade, senior second place Leslie Cooper, senior fourth place Kelly Boyle, senior sixth Eva Lundbladt, sophomore Michelle Guy, from champion Sharon; sophomore third place Julie Buckley, Canton; freshman fifth place Kelly Gallivan, Foxboro; senior Maggie Dunn, No. Attleboro.

Football Super Bowl Results Eastern Massachusetts: Division One - Walpole 24; Brockton 13; Division Two - Winthrop 14 Tewksbury 0; Division Three -:- Canton 20 Somerset (i; DivisIon F?~r - Holliston 315 Borne 16; DIVision Five - Manchester 49 Dorchester 6. Games tonight in the Bristol

County CYO Hockey League have New Bedford vs. Seekonk at 9 o'clock, Fall River South vs. Marion at 10. Games originally scheduled for Dec. 6, Fall River South vs. Somerset and Marion vs. Seekonk, postponed because of the storm will be rescheduled.

Hoop Openers Most high schools open their basketball seasons Tuesday. From schedules available the following non-league games are noted: Durfee at Bishop Connolly, Case at Somerset. The Case High School fall athletic awards assembly will be held next Wednesday in the school auditorium. Awards will be presented to football, volleyball, field hockey and crosscountry players, including MVP recognitions and the annual out-

standing football player award sponsored by Swansea American Legion Post 303. Parents and friends are welcome. To be honored at a banquet Monday night at McGovern's Restaurant, Fall River, is the Durfee High School girls swim and diving team. Undefeated in regular season, the Topperettes also placed first in the South Section Eastern Massachusetts Championship tournament for the fourth consecutive year.

Hfe didn't do it SANT' ANGELO DEI LOMBARDI, Italy (NC) - An Italian priest under investigation for allegedly diverting earthquake relief funds has been clearEld. Father Armando Venezia had been charged in late August with collecting $100,000 in the United States for relief work following last fall's earthquake in southern Italy. The earthquake, which claimed 3,500 lives, virtually dE!stroyed the little mountain town of Sant' Angelo Dei Lombardi, where Father Venezia is pastor of St. Anthony the Martyr Palrish. The 4lccusation against the pastor came in an anonymous letter to the local prosecutor's

office. It said Father Venezia had visited the United States to raise money and then diverted the funds. But Sant' Angelo Mayor Rosalia Pebola and the diocesan vicar general said that the priest had never left the town after the earthquake. During the 10-week investigation, Father Venezia's innocence was staunchly proclaimed by his parishioners. Said the priest: "It has been a terrible experience, but I am happy only because truth has prevailed. Even the one who has sought to defame me remains for me a brother to love."

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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 adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; B-objectionabJe in part for everyone; A4-separate. classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanationl: C-condemned.

New Films "Absenne of MaUhe" (Columbia): Megan Carter (Sally Field) an ambitious Miami reporter, does a story alleging that Michael Gallagher (paul Newman), a wholesale liquor dealer and the nephew of an organized crime figure, is under investigation in the disappearance of a local labor leader. The story has been leaked to her by a federal investigator who knows Gallagher is innocent but wants to use Megan to pressure him in the hope that he might offer information. Entertaining and well acted, the film is nevertheless too contrived and slick for its serious theme and the credibility of its characters. Worth seeing, however. Suicide, abortion and illicit sex figure in the plot, but there is no attempt to blur one's moral focus. A2, PG "The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie" (Warners): For half an hour this featurelength cartoon joining old Bugs Bunny shorts with new material is amusing, but then it may fall for less than incurable Bugs enthusiasts. But the artwork and style of the cartoons by fivetime Oscar-winner Friz Freleng are light years removed from the crude fare on today's Saturday television. AI, G "Taps" (Fox): Military cadets, outraged at news that their academy is to be closed, take it over in this interesting, wellconstructed film. Timothy Hutton, so good in "Ordinary People," is excellent as the insurgents' commander and George C. Scott does his usual fine job as the officer who inspires the boys to make their stand. The absurdity of the plot's premise, however, is finally too much for credibility, especially since the characters are not that interesting and the script sheds no new light on the problem of upholding simple patriotism in a complex modern world. Some vulgarity, profanity and restrained violence. A2, PG Films on TV Sunday, Dec. 13, 9 p.rn. (NBC) - "In Search of the Historic Jesus" (1980) - Like "In Search of Noah's Ark," this film blends narration with some inept dramatization. One section deals with the life of Jesus, done badly, the other, adequately presented, examines the Shroud of Turin. Parents should consider whether they want their children exposed to such a poor film on Christ. AI, G

Sunday, Dee. 13,9 p.rn:. (ABC) - "The Golden Raiders" (1979) - Released theatrically as "Escape to Athena," this mediocre World War II movie has to do with a raid led by some old familiar faces (Telly Savalas, Elliott Gould, David Niven) on a Nazi communications station in the Mediterranean. Considerable violence and a. few scenes in a brothel. A3, PG Religious Broadcasting Sunday, Dec. 13, WLNE, Channtl 6, 10:30 a.m., Diocesan Television Mass. "Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m each Tuesday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social services, Rev. Dr. Paul Gillespie, of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches; and Rabbi Baruch Korff. Sunday, Dec. 13, (ABC) "Di"In Loveland, rections" U.S.A..: the Story of a Teen-age Suicide" examines the suicide of a 15-year-old boy and its effects on family, friends, schoolmates, clergy and counselors. This suicide was one of 12 within about 18 months that sent shock waves through this Colorado .town. Check local time. On Radio Sunday, Dee. 13, (NBC) "Guideline": Fathers Joseph Fitzmyer and Joseph Fenton discuss the Gospel of Luke. Check local time.

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FAMILY LIFE VENTER, N.DARTMOUTH ,Gamblers Anonymous of New Bedford meet at 8 p.m. each Monday. A support group for spouses is heing organized. SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Altar boys Paul and Rodney Patricio and Henri Bellavance have received the Boy Scout's Pius XII religious award. Parish council elections will take place Sunday, Dec. 20. SACRED HEART, FR An Advent service of prayer, scripture readings, hymns and carols will be celebrated at 3:30 p.m. Sunda)" in the church. Music will bE! directed by Mrs. Madeleine Grace. Seniors will attend a Christmas party today at VVhHe's restaurant, with busses leaving from the c:'lurch at 11 :30 a.m. and returning at 3:45 p.m. All parishioners are invited to join in neighborhood caroling at 5:30 p.m. Th.ursday, Dec. 17. Hot chocolate and doughnuts will be served at the parish center by seventh grade CCD students following the singing. ST. JULIE, NO. DARTMOUTH Confirmation candidates will attend an instructional Mass at. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Parents are welcome and rE!freshments will follow. ST. ANNE, FR Cub Scouts meet at 2:30 p.m. today at the school. A blood dr:ve will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20 in the school cafeteria. ST. MARY, NB A new Girl Scout troop has formed, meeting on Tuesdays at St. Joseph's School. Further information: Candy Genard, 9982409. DIOCESAN NURSES At a recent board meeting in Taunton, members of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses planned a spring conference to be held in Dartmouth on May 8. HOLY REDEEMER, CHATHAM Members of the Association of ,the Sacred Hearts have presented the parish with proceeds from summer and Christmas fairs. The annual Christmas party was preceded by a Benediction service in the church. ST. RITA, ;t\IARION A Christmas pageant will be presented b~r parish first graders at 3:15 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in the church. Second graders will receive first peanceat 7 p.m. Tuesday. The VVomen's Club will meet in the rectory at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday for a meeting and demonstration of making holiday hors d'ouevres.

·ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA An Advent interfaith program of nine lessons and carols will 'be presented at '7:30 p.m. Sunday by the combined choirs of Christ Lutheran Church, Falmouth and St. Dominic's. Father VVilliam Campbell, pastor, will play the org-an and the entire program will be sung by candlelight. A reception in the parish center will follow the program. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB The VVomen's League Christmas party will be held in the church hall VVednesday. BLUE ARMY The Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima will hold its monthly holy hour at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Our Lady of Fatima Church. New Bedford. Those interested in organizing parish 'Blue Army groups may contact Father VVilliam Babbi,tt, 995-7351.

Staff members WASHINGTON (NC) - James R. Jennings of Phoenix, Ariz., and Sister Rosemary Oilli of. Baltimore have been named to the staff of the Campaign for Human Development (CHD), the U.S. bishops' anti-poverty program headquartered in Washington. Jennings, director of community affairs and communicatio for the Diocese of Phoenix and' a former staff member of the U.S. Catholic Conference Office of International Justice and Peace in Washington, was appointed CHD education coordinator. 'Sister Oilli, a School Sister of Notre Dame who has worked in parish services for associated Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Baltimore since 1976, was appointed OHD field services coordinator. Jennings, an education coordinator, will implement and coordinate the CHD education program, which seeks to raise awareness on the causes and consequences of poverty in the United States. Launched by the U.S. bishops in 1970, CHD conducts an annual nationwide collection to fund self-help anti-poverty groups and conducts a yearround educational campaign on poverty.

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