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NCEA lauds high schools, Cape parish St. Pius X parish, South Yar- quality worship, community praymouth, has been recognized by the er, shared responsibility, planning National Catholic Educational As- and collaboration .in the total parsociation as having one of the ish life and ministry." Organizing the activities of over most outstan'ding religious education programs in the United States. 600 students and some 80 cateVarious criteria were used by chists and helpers are Judy Sullithe association; its final report van and Betty Colgan. Both hold indicated that the St. Pius X pro- master's degrees in religious edugram is successful primarily because . cation from Providence College, of strong parish community sup- earned while they were also working fulltime to develop the St. Pius port at all levels. After NCEA representatives X program. Msgr. Hen~y T. Munroe, pasconducted an onsite visit and surveyed individual staff members tor, says that Mrs. Sullivan and and several students, the program Mrs. Colgan "deserve a tremenwas cited for a "high degree of Turn to Page Two
MRS. MARY M. Maddock ofSt. Mary's parish, Mansfield, left photo, mother of Father Jay T. Maddock; and Miss Jean Judge ofSt. Patrick's parish, Fall River, right photo, were two of89 persons to receive the Marian Medal in Sunday ceremonies at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin presented the awards, which recognize those nominated by their pastors as outstanding parishioners. '
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ST. PIUS X religious education teacher Bonnie Jacobs with her second grade charges, from left, Beth Arseneaux, Marc Bridges and Matthew Ducharme.
NEW YORK (NC) - The Wall a person wants or needs to make. "The whole affair does expose a Street insider trading scandal centering on Ivan F. Boesky proves specific culture with a set of values the relevance of themes empha- distinct from the values we profess sized in the U.S. bishops' new pas- as Christians and as Catholics," he toralletter on the American econ- said. He added that while much of omy, according to two Jesuits who the public focus on the bishops' minister to the Wall Street com- . pastoral letter has centered on its specific policy recommendatiorn;, munity. "I think the wh~le thing illus- the bishops also offer "a way to go trates the broader problem in this about thinking and praying about country of an erosion of the sense these issues." The two Jesuits occupy a small of the public good or the common good," said Jesuit Father Neil F. office suite a few doors from the Doherty, who has served at the entrance to the New York Stock Jesuit office in the Wall Street area Exchange. Their program originated in 1980 when Wall Street since 1983. "It is to the credit ofthe bishops workers making retreats under that in the pastoral they recognize Jesllit auspices asked for a prothis deterioration and raise the gram to help them follow up on a question of the common good when regular basis. Activities include that comes in conflict with the small group discussions drawing greed and avarice of some in- workers of all levels and sponsordividuals. " ship of lectures by people such as .Jesuit Father Joseph S. Dirr, Archbishop Rembert Weakland who became director of the office of Milwaukee, who chaired the in September, said he would not drafting committee for the pasput the focus on Boesky as an "evil toral, which was approved by the person" but sees his case as a stim- bishops Nov. 13. In mid-November, Boesky was ulus for going beyond questions of legality and ethics to the spiritual charged with illegally obtaining question of "how much money" $50 million in profits from trading
based on inside information. He agreed to pay more than $100 million in penalties and was barred for life from the investment business in the United States. Fathers Dirr and Doherty emphasized their limitations in strictly economic questions, and noted that professionals debate whether the wave of corporation takeovers that brings quick riches to a few individuals ultimately will or will not make the American economy more efficient. They also called for Catholic laity to take the initiative in responding to moral questions raised by the Boesky affair. Though church bodies with stockholdings may need to broaden their activity in the corporate responsibility movement in the light of the takeover climate, they said, clergy such as themselves can best serve by helping lay people raise the right ,questions. When "corporate raiders are making really big bucks," Father Doherty said, questions arise about the "fallout" that often follows for ordinary workers losing their jobs Turn to Page Two
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The Anchor Friday, Dec. 12, 1986
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CRS earthquake aid continues MEXICO CITY (NC) - More than a year after two earthquakes rocked Mexico City, the U.S. Catholic Church, through Catholic Relief Services, continues to assist the city of 17 million inhabitants. Palmari de Lucena, subregional CRS director, estimates that by the end of its project, the agency will have contributed $8 million in housing and new jobs. As part of a two-year action plan focusing on reconstruction and job restoration, CRS has provided capital for operating equipment and by the end of 1986 will have pumped $1.2 million into 19 cooperatives, including four garment factories, a shoe factory and a bakery. He said the agency hopes to fund 40 more cooperatives, creating 2,500 new jobs, by the end of the two years. While housing reconstruction by the government and private agencies continues, up to 30,000 people still live in temporary housing, usually tin buildings. Four CRS housing projects are under way in Mexico, creating more than 800 units, nearly 700 of them in Mexico City. De Lucena said 2, 100 more units will be built in 1987. While funding formulas vary, De Lucena said in most cases CRS provides low-interest loans repaid to revolving funds administered by parish-based organizations. CRS housing costs less than government-built housing because people work on their own homes and because the parish-based organizations include cooperatives which subcontract for portions of the housing projects.
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the people, before wbom kings shall keep silence and ' unto whom the Gentiles shall make their supplication: come to deliver us and tarry not.
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Pastoral Continued from Page One and communities suffering damage through restructuring and dismantling of corporations. Father Dirr said people on Wall Street could be helped to examine whether they are "constructively engaged" in work that benefits the nation and the world, or whether they are accumulating large amounts of capital under the philosophy of "the more bucks the better." "I get the feeling some of them look at the world as a Monopoly board," he said.
IN THIS 1959 photo, Edward Malloy, then a student at Archbishop Carroll High School, Washington, D.C., disp~ays a basketball trophy. Today the hoopster, a Holy Cross priest, is the new president of Notre Dame University. F~ther Mall~y, nicknamed "Monk" by his former teammates, Will tak~ office in May. (NC photo)
Father Doherty warned against either a tendency to "smear everybody with the Boesky brush" or any attempt to divide the Wall Street community into separate groups of "good guys and bad guys." He said not everybody was guilty of the illegal acts of Boesky, but many firms engaged at times in activities ethically if not legally questionable.
Economy pastoral tool for adult -education, says USCC official ST. PAUL, Minn. (NC) - The U.S. bishops' new pastoral letter on the economy just might convince parishioners to remain at church after Mass or attend a weeknight program - when they otherwise would go home and stay home, according to Ronald Krietemeyer, Domestic Social Development director at the U.S. Catholic Conference. "When you're talking about peoples' wallets and things that really affect their lives, I think people who otherwise might not come out on a Wednesday night or stay late after Mass on Sunday might do just that," he said. Krjetemeyer's office was heavily involved in staff assistance to the bishops' committee that drafted , the document, "Economic Justice for All: Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy." He described the letter as a ready mechanism for church adult education efforts. "Because it is so rich in substance and because it focuses on the laity, the pastoral is an easy sell" for adult education, he told the Catholic Bulletin, newspaper of the Archdiocese ofSt. Paul and Minneapolis. "For example," Krietemeyer said, "1,500 freshmen at Harvard had the first draft of the economics pastoral on their required reading list, and you know Harvard isn't prone to look to Catholic church teaching." "This pastoral evidently fills a vacuum on the moral level of eco-
nomic issues," he added, When they adopted the pastoral at their November general meeting in Washington, the bishops also approved a follow-up plan for implementing the pastoral at national and local levels. Krietemeyer said the goal is to integrate the pastoral with existing curriculum in the school and parish, with the pastoral council, with the women's organization, with parish Christian renewal activities, and ~o on. He said the bishops' conference is planning implementation of the pastoral through such tools as a homily guide, discussion questions, radio spots and video for adult education. He expressed hopes, too, that the pastoral would be used in the curriculum of Catholic higher education institutions, which should be a prime means of conducting debate in the academic world. "I would hope that Catholic kids would not come out of a Catholic college and not know what's in this letter," the USCC official said. He said that during the six years they spent developing the pastoral the bishops gave a thorough hearing to diverse opinions and, in the drafting process, themselves deeply pondered the topic. "In the long term," Krietemeyer added, "the bishops are inviting the laity to do the kind of reflection that they've done on the economic issues."
NCEA praise Continued from Page One dous amount of credit for their , perseverance. "'While working on their degrees with his cooperation, he said, the women "went on with great sacrifice" to improve the program. Msgr. Munroe also acknowledged the contributions of catechists, helpers and priests over the years. Sister Doreen Donegan, SUSC, former director of religious education for the Diocesan Department of Education, called the parish program to NCEA attention. "It struck me as one of the most viable programs" in the diocese, said the Holy Union Sister, now religious education coordinator at Corpus Christi parish, Sandwich. "When I sent the nomination in, I really considered that the parish would be chosen. I'm not at all surprised. " High Schools, Too Also sharing the NCEA spotlight are the four diocesan high schools. All were cited in a recently published report, "The Catholic High School," which lists findings of a survey of hundreds of U.S. institutions. Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, received kudos for its "overall spiritual climate" and for "developing religious education programs throughout the school geared toward building the community of faith among students, teachers and parents alike." The school was also cited for numerous programs encouraging parental involvement in the overall educational process.
Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, was acknowledged for outstanding retreats and a model service program, involving outreach to elderly and handicapped citizens. Efforts to reorganize and develop its aluihni association were also recognized. Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, was praised for its development efforts, its model fine arts program and its "exceptional campus ministry outreach to the community." Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, received accolades for extensive parental involvement in school activities and encouragement of overall staff development. Sister Ann Moore, CND, diocesan superintendent for secondary schools and a secondary school consultant to the NCEA, said she was "exceptionally pleased" by the school honors.
Father Boutin Father Eugene J. Boutin, 59, a Fall River native, died Dec. 5 in New Hampshire. The son of the late Fortunat and Dorina (Quesnel) Boutin, he was ordained in Fall River in 1954 by the late BishopJames L. Connolly and served in the Manchester diocese throughout his priestly life. He held several pastorates, was a professor and chaptain at Revere College, Nashua, and for six years was episcopal vicar for Christian formation for the diocese. He retired in 1984 for reasons of health. He is survived by a sister, Edna M. Boutin of Fall River.
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Lebanese bishops ask unity BEIRUT, Lebanon (NC) Lebanon's Catholic bishops have called on their nation's warring leaders to unite for the good of the nation. In a statement published after their annual meeting, the bishops called the country's Moslem. Christian split "a crime against the nation and the citizens. " "The fathers find themselves obliged to call on the leaders to give up such shameful attitudes that dishonor the nation and bring more misfortunes over the citizens," said the statement, recently released by the bishops' Beirut-based Cath/ - olic Center for Information. The statement said Christians have the right to exist in Lebanon but must live "according to the principles of justice and charity." Christians and Moslems in Lebanon have been fighting for II years. Under the current political sysGLEN HATHAWAY, third from left, a member of Fall River's SS. Peter and Paul parish, chairs the hall committee for the 32nd annual Bishop's Charity Ball. Seated, from left, are tem, based on a 1943 census in which Christians showed a slight committee members Raymond Lavoie, Rene Lachapelle and John MacDonald, all of Our majority of the population, Chris-
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Volunteers to decorate ballroom Jan. 11 Volunteers representing all areas ofthe Fall River diocese will gather at 4 p.m. Jan. II at Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth, to decorate'for the 32nd annual Bishop's Charity Ball. Themed "Land of Liberty," the social and charitable event will be held Friday, Jan. 16. Ball proceeds benefit summer camps for underprivileged and exceptional children and other diocesan charitable apostolates.
diocesan parishes will be presented to the ball's honored guest, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, by their fathers or other male family members.' The rehearsal for the impressive ceremony will be held at the ballroom at 6 p.m. Jan. II. Once again, a ball commemorative booklet will be published. There are seven categories: memorials, very special friends, guarantors, benefactors, boosters, spon-
Mrs. Stapley Janick heads the decoration committee, assisted by Sister Gertrude Gaudette, OP, and Mrs. John MacDonald. Colors for this year's ball will be red, white and blue. There will be many American flags on display and committee members note that the drafting and signing of the U.S. Constitution will be depicted in all decorations. 38 young women, representing
WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. bishops' Committee for the Church in Latin America allocated $2,241,600 this fall for 144 pastoral projects in Latin America. The allocation brings to $4 million funds sent by the bishops' committee to Latin American pastoral projects during 1986. The money, generated by an
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HARTFORD, Conn. (NC) -;Msgr. Terrence McMahon, former executive editor of the Catholic Transcript, Hartford archdiocesan newspaper, and president of the Catholic Press Association from 1967 to 1969, died Nov. 30 in Hartford. He was 7 I. Msgr. McMahon, executive editor from 1946 to 1981, had suffered a heart attack about a month before his death. James Doyle, executive director of the Catholic Press Association, called Msgr. McMahon "an outstanding president of the CPA" and said he led the association after the Second Vatican Council during the "years of action and growth of the Catholic press." Doyle said Msgr. McMahon "was always a vigorous, outgoing and holy priest who gave the CPA strong leadership." _ Msgr. McMahon was born in New Haven in 1915 and was ordained in 1939 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. Prior to being elected CPA president, he was vice president, treasurer and a board member of the association.
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.the maorin&.-, A Timely Reminder The zip and spark of all that is conjured up by the word mission in relation to church seems to be on the wane. Fewer Americans seek to enter the missionary orders of the Church, neither are many lay persons becoming even short-term volunteers. In fact, except for a few in-house publications, the missionary aspect ofthe Church is seldom addressed in this country. If it were not for the occasional missionary popping in on a parish through the efforts ofthe Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the missions would for the most part be ignored. Much of this, of course, reflects the state of the domestic church. The factions and divisions in once unified religious communities have done more than raise the level of personal dissatisfaction and disillusion. The level of zeal and commitment formerly so characteristic of missionary orders has unquestionably diminished. Much of this has to do with the secularization of society. Even the enthusiasm of the Peace Corps has fallen victim to individualism and self-centeredness. Indeed, the social order as a whole has lost much of its positive attitude. The horrendous situation of so many Third World countries witnesses to the indifference of capitalism and communism, both philosophies which reduce man to a mere economic statistic. In America, certainly, the day-to-day struggle to make it to the top has rendered many so self-centered they have no thought to spare for anyone else at all, never mind the less fortunate. In short, all these trends have merged to push mission awareness to the back burner. But, much to their credit, during their November meeting the U.S. Catholic bishops issued an important pastoral statement on world missions titled "To the Ends of the Earth." Few even in the Church paid much attention to it because of the one-sided media interest in what has been termed the Hunthausen affair. However, it would seem the times brought forth this message to affirm the mission role of the Church and to reemphasize that Jesus himself was a missionary, sending his Church, empowered by the Spirit, to continue the mission given him by the Father. The stateQlent gave clear notice that the missionary spirit, once a hallmark of the American church, must be kept alive. On the surface, the bishops' reflections could be s'een as somewhat gratuitous; yet they rightly remind us of our obligation to support the totality of missionary work. The sensitivity of emerging nations and the insecurities of global politics challenge today's missionary in a way quite different from that of colonial times. Never before h~ve so many on this fragile earth needed the presence of the mission church. Hunger and' starvation are constants, social hungers are too often met by oppression and persecution. It should be shouted from the rooftops that the U.S. church cannot remain indifferent to the sufferings endured by so many of the world's population. We must constantly be reminded that Jesus came not only to bring the Good News to the poor but also to proclaim liberty to captives, give sight to the blind and make the lame walk. The bishops' effort to raise our mission consciousness should not be allowed to gather dust on library shelves. We must acknowledge our missionary priorities and responsibilities and proclaim them to the ends of the earth. The Editor
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The teaching, practice gap By Father Kevin J. Harrington Now that our bishops have made some controversial pronouncements on the economy in their pastoralletter, "Economic Justice for All," the church should become acutely concerned with the meaning of the moral principles cited to the Church itself. Putting our own house in order is somewhat more challenging than finding fault with the injustices evident in our nation's economy. Without doubt, the pastoral letter is a needed, timely and wellresearched document that is well worth reading. I do not find convincing the argument that our bishops are not qualified to enunciate moral guidelines for management of the economy of our affluent nation. Their letter draws heavily upon Catholic social thought from Pope Leo XIII to Pope John Paul II, evidences compassion for victims of social injustice and sounds a call for more action on the part of the business community and the federal government. But the bishops' credibility would be enhanced if the Church would itself live up to the ideals and moral standards it recommends. Allowing for many com~endable exceptions, there are still too many dioceses and parishes that do not assign top priority to salary increases and improvements in fringe benefits. Too often the only Catholics who give until it hurts are underpaid employees who are fired at the whim of their employer and have no hope for passage to a bet-
ter job. Some politicians are more likely to risk their popularity by raising taxes to pay state workers a decent wage than are some Church leaders who dare not ask for more money for the same purpose. Sociologists have rightly noted that in the past 20 years Catholics under 40 have become the most affluent religious group in America. Yet their rate of giving to the Church has not matched their rise on the economic ladder. Apart from families with children in Catholic schools, most of the faithful find Church support almost painless. Noone likes to nag parishioners to give until it hurts, so the pain is too often absorbed . by low-salaried employees. But lest I appear too negative, there are signs of hope on the nottoo-distant horizon. Many diocesan and parish finance councils are involved with long-range planning that includes a special place for religious sisters who are, it may be noted, an excellent example of the feminization of poverty dealt with so eloquently in the bishops' pastoral. . Courage may be called for in the closing of some Church social services that are beyond Church fi-
nancial resources. Courage may also be needed in the refusal of an affluent parish to buy new bells for a Gothic bell tower in a diocese where less affluent parishes are so hard pressed for money that they are forced to close schools. Too often on the parochial level the principle of subsidiarity has made scandalously wide the.gap between our teaching and our practice on the preferential option for the poor. Getting one's house in order is never simple. But when the laity begin to see the closing of the gap between teaching and practice, the message of the bishops' pastoral will become far more clear to them. If Church leaders would convincingly explain their expenses to the faithful, I am sure that generous and steady donations would follow. Excessive reliance on bingo and periodic fundraisers can never substitute for weekly contributions.
Perhaps the Church's greatest challenge is that of attracting Catholics under age 40. This group includes potentially generous contribufors - but it is also the group most aware of the gap between Church teaching and practice.
"The Right and Duty" "The church has received from Christ the right and the duty to call and propose consecrated vocations: not to impose charisms and ministries on those who have not received them from the Holy Spirit, but in order to reveal the enterprise of
God which is written in the hearts of so many young people and is often suffocated by surrounding circumstances. For their part, young men and young women have the right and the duty to help to discover and live the call of God." - Pope John Paul II
Forget hot kitchen! Last year in his column, Leo Buscaglia lamented the disappearance of the "gifts of love" traditionally given at Christmas. "Don't you sometimes wonder what happened to gifts like home-canned jams and jellies, tins of baked cookies or colorful handwoven potholders?" he asked. Perhaps we can help him understand why these have disappeared. While they were certainly gifts from the heart, they were also gifts from the hands - women's hands. And those hands are working elsewhere today. Homemade Christmas gifts, so much a part of Christmases past, sprang from three sources: Lack of money, excessive time and feasting reserved for holidays. When there is no cash for purchased gifts, home-cooked and home-sewn offerings are the only alternatives. I learned the truth about Santa Claus when I received during the depression years a doll crib made from a small fruit crate, painted by my father and mattressed by my mother. The clue was the material she used, scraps from a dress she sewed for my sister. The wonderful scene in The Diary of Anne Frank during their Hanukkah celebration in captivity illustrates this best. Anne produced
gifts for everyone out of nothing. She gathered lint from clothing to make a pair of earplugs for her crotchety roommate who didn't like her noisy nightmares. She carefully went through Mr. Van Dam's pockets, collecting shreds of tobacco to make him a treasured cigarette. Perhaps excessive time is not the correct phrase but when women have more time than money, they tend to make items that require hours, like jams, sweaters and fruitcake. I remember my mother spending days on Christmas fruitcakes. We were all enlisted to crack and pick out nut meats, chop fruit (no little packages of prepared fruits back then) and soak hard raisins.. But the chief reason homemade goods have disappeared is that people don't prize them as much as they used to. Today we eat cakes, candies and cookies year-round. In the past such treats were reserved for the major holidays so were valued gifts. Does anyone remember when an apple or an orange in the Christmas stocking was a treat to be treasured? Today's children have to be entreated to eat them. In a time of renewed interest in nutrition, the excess of holiday sweets bothers many parents.
The answer is no Will the time ever come when the church's controversies are resolved? I think the answer is an emphatic no. A finding in the latest Notre Dame study on parish life gives me the reason for that answer. It said: "In the rush of change we sometimes forget the persistence of memory." We are and will be in controversial times as long as we have more than one generation of people in the one church. Why? - Today there are parishes employing full-time lay parish administrators. But not too long ago, perhaps a generation or two, the pastor was considered "the" parish administrator. There are still many priests and people so conditioned by that memory that they expect things to remain that way throughout their lifetime. - Today women involved in church service want to be part of the decision-making process in church affairs. But while two decades ago women were considered great volunteers who were the foundation of a parish. they had little formal say in the making of parish policy. Many, remembering the "good old days," still expect women to act as they did in the past. - In the past, those who went into the convent or seminary were considered nonprofessionals in the sense that they served not for pay, but for love. Today much consideration is being given to putting priests and sisters on a pay scale equal to that of lay people with similar responsibilities. These are only some ofthe areas of drastic change affecting church life. Those who pine for the past no doubt remember how good it was and wish it would return. But society and the church are changing and so are people's expectations.
I believe that much ofthe unrest in the church is a sign that many remember the past and would like to get back to it. Some people claim we have lost our tradition and with it our balance, morals and religion. It is true that it is possible to lose a sense of balance, morality and religion. But at the heart of the many controversies we face today is an unrest. It reflects the remem-
THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Dec. 12, 1986 By DOLORES CURRAN
"What do we do with all this sugar?" is a question that could surface only in an affluent society. Indeed, last year at our Catholic Worker soup kitchen, I noted shelves of donated homebaked sweets. While the reasons for giving homemade gifts have disappeared, the nostalgia lingers. So many of us, feeling guilty, devote hours better spent with our families and Jesus to baking cookies and fruitcakes because we feel we shOUld. I am here to give you permission to .cease and desist. In spite of Leo Buscaglia's longing, I believe he would be the first to tell you to get your priorities straight. Christmas is not a hot kitchen but a time of family love and sharing. Gone are the days when we could gather together sharing love while decorating cookies. If we have limited time together, let's make it good time, not tense we-have-to-get-this-done-fast time. Let's forget the "shoulds" and really enjoy the holidays together.
By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK
brance of how things used to be and how they worked, and a fear or concern about just how all the changes will affect the future.
Catholic college presidents among "most effective" WASHINGTON (NC) - Ten U.S Catholic college presidents, including Jesuit Father J. Donald Monan of Boston College, are among the 100 chosen "most effective" by their peers out of about 3,300 in the United States. Among the five college presidents cited most frequently ¡were Holy Cross Father Theodore M. Hesburgh ofthe University of Notre Dame and Jesuit Father Timothy J. Healy of Georgetown University, Washington. Father Hesburgh received far more mentions than anyone else. Also in the top 100 were Jesuit Father William J. Byron, of Catholic University of America, Washington; Felician Sister Mary Francilene Van De Vyver, Madonna Collegt:, Livonia, Mich.; Msgr. Terrence Murphy, College ofSt. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn.; Jesuit Father William Sullivan, Seattle University, Seattle; Norman Francis, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans; Norbert Hrudy, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids; and Franciscan Sister Joel Read, Alverno College, Milwaukee. The two-year study, funded by the Exxon Education Foundation, examined the personal characteristics, professional background and
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Mixed • marriage and Mass
By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN
Q. What is the Catholic law regarding mixed marriages at Mass? I have attended several weddings in the ¡past few years for themselves and their loved ones. Please note again that all the where Masses have been offered even though one party is not Cath- above refers to a marriage in which one is a baptized non-Catholic. If olic. Isn't it even more important for the non-Catholic is not baptized the Catholic and non-Catholic to the wedding ceremony always takes receive the special blessings of a place outside of Mass. nuptial Mass? (Illinois) Q. What is the current teaching A. Catholic legislation does pro- of the church about abstaining vide for the possibility of the cele- from work on Sundays and holy bration of a nuptial Mass at the days? Many Catholics, including a wedding of a Catholic and a bap- friend of mine, now work on Sunday and say the rules about servile tized non-Catholic. This possibility is provided for work are no longer in force. in the Rite of Marriage (Introduc- (Missouri) tion, No.8) and in Pope Paul VI's A. Your friend is mistaken. First letter determining norms for inter- of all, the importance of Sunday faith marriages in 1970. for worship and for a special kind The most obvious reason, of of behavior never did depend on course, is that according to our "rules" for the day. It depends theology the marriage of any two rather on what the day is, the celebaptized persons is a sacrament, a bration ofthe resurrection of Jesus communion of life between two and our own resurrection with people who because of their Chris- him. tian faith are in a special wayan For this reason, not because it is image of the love between Jesus a church law, Christians always have seen this day as a unique day and his church. So what you have seen is not at of worship when we offer the Eucharist to praise, thank and be all uncommon or outside the law. It must be said, however, as is glad with God for this central repeated often in our church's doc- event of our faith and for all it uments on marriage, that such a means to the world. Whatever obligations the church possibility must be implemented with great care that it does not establishes for observance of Sunharm more than help the unity of day are intended to aid us in keepChristian people, particularly the ing that spirit of reflection, worunity of the new husband and wife. ship and rest. Vatican Council II Many concerns must be evalu- calls Sunday "the original feast ated by the bride and groom. Does day" and urges that its observance the celebration ofthe Eucharist, or be proposed and taught "so that it as Protestants often refer to it, the may become in fact a day of joy Lord's Supper, really have a reli- and of freedom from work" (Congious significance for the non- stitution on the Liturgy, 106). The Code of Canon Law says Catholic partner? If it does, Mass may constitute a significant ele- almost the same. "They (the faithment in the wedding ceremony; if ful) should avoid any work or busnot, it would be something only iness which might stand in the way the Catholic would find important. of the worship which should be I'm assuming here, of course, given to God, the joy proper to the that the Catholic partner is a per- Lord's day, for the needed relaxason of intelligent faith and is rea- tion of mind and body" (Canon sonably practicing his or her faith. 1247). It misses the point entirely to If that is not true, celebration of Mass as part of the wedding cere- discuss, as we used to, whether mony could be as meaningless for crocheting, gardening or changing the Catholic as for the non- the oil in the car are allowed on Sunday. Catholic. Our aim is rath.er to have our Family feelings and belief also must be considered. If the non- home and activities reflect, on that Catholic family, from its religious day above all, the peace,joy, contraditions, can appreciate the sig- tentment and love that should be nificance of the Eucharist in a ours because of what Jesus has marriage ceremony there might be done for us. While old rules may be desome advantage to having it. Sometimes, however, in spite of emphasized, there is no downgradappropriate explanations by the ing of Sunday. Just the opposite. spouse and by the priest, the Mass This is another example of how remains unintelligible to many who much more faith and generosity it shOUld be able to participate pray- takes to think through seriously erfully and understandingly in the what it means to be a Catholic Christian than it does to simply ceremony. follow a few regulations and feel Another concern: Without spe- we have fulfilled our obligation. cial permission,. the non-Catholic A free brochure explaining marpartner would not be able to join riage regulations in the Catholic in reception ofthe Eucharist at the Church and explaining the promMass. This could seem divisive to ises in an interfaith marriage is attending family as well as to the available by sending a stamped, couple themselves. self-addressed envelope to Father For these reasons, both partners John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, must sincerely desire the celebra704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. tion of the Eucharist at their wed61701. Questions for this column ding. They must decide whether it should be addressed to Father will be spiritually helpful or not Dietzen at the same address.
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The Anchor Friday, Dec. 12, 1986
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Parishes salute Marian medalists As previously announced, The Anchor is glad to reprint parish bulletin tributes to the 1986 Marian medalists, honored last Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral. Nine tributes follow: From Corpus Christi, Sandwich: "Each year the Marian Medal is awarded to a parishioner who, over the years, has offered exceptional service to the parish. We are happy to announce that on Sunday afternoon at Saint Mary's Cathedral in Fall River, Gino Macarotti 'of Sagamore will receive this award from Bishop Cronin. For many years, Gino has served as a dedicated member of the Saint Vincent DePaul Society and has assured the presence of ushers and collectors at all Masses at Saint Theresa's. For these services and countless others we congratulate and thank you, Gino!" From St. Stanislaus, Fall River: "Marian Medal conferred this year upon Miss Mary Zmuda! A very special honor and tribute to our parish housekeeper! Most definitely deserved! Mary's life has been a vocation of service especially in her role of housekeeper with all that ministry demands! Seven days a week! Most of her ministry has been hidden, unobserved by the multitudes! Mary serves as parish intercessor; has worked Bingo for many years; was active in the Krakowiak Dance Troupe; faithful festival worker. Jesus' words are heard: "Well done, good and faithful servant! Enter your Master's house! Even in her present yearlong battle with serious illness, Mary ministers through offering her suffering for Community and the needs of God's People! Her loyalty is unquestioned; her love is
AREA VINCENTIANS meet with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin after their annual Mass held this year at Sacred Heart parish, Fall River. (Gaudette photo) ,
genuine and deep; her faith is her salvation! Mary, the whole parish congratulates, thanks you and sends grateful love!" From St. Louis de France, Swansea: "Marian Medal recipient Mrs. Pauline Dufour directs our Adult Choir and the Junior Choir and plays the organ. She is at present the president of our Parish Council. Congratulations to you, Pauline!" From St. George, Westport: "Congratulations to Mr. Albert Goyette who is the recipient of the Marian Award given yearly by Most Rev. Daniel Cronin. Mr. Goyette is a minister of Hospitality (U sher and Collector) at the weekend Masses for the past nine years and faithfully devotes many hours on Wednesdays working the St. George Bingo for 14 years. Mr. Goyette is
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Prime Ethical Issue "Abortion is the prime ethical issue of the age. It is around this single issue that so many of our other life issues will be resolved." - Bishop Paul Dudley
WASHINGTON (NC) - At her recent installation as the first woman president of the National Catholic Educational Association: Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Catherine McNamee called for a partnership among groups making up the "rich mosaic that is Catholic education." She said she hopes for collaboration between parents and parishes, clergy and laity, and parochial and public educators so ·that together they "can face the challenge of education in the 21st century." Society needs leaders "who are able to build a sense of community," she ;aid, and "NCEA is made up of just such men and women." NCEA is an organization of 15,000 Catholic educators. Archbishop John R. Roach of St. Paul and Minneapolis, chairman of the NCEA board, was celebrant, and Archbishop James A. Hickey of Washington presided at Sister McNamee's installation at Washington's SI. Matthew's Cathedral. Students presented her with a Bible, flowers and copies of the NCEA mission statement and the constitution of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. "May the mission statement of the NCEA become another part of your profession as a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet said the archbishop. Sister McNamee has been a dean at the University of Scranton and president of the College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minn., and Trinity College, Burlington, VT.
Animals Do Better "In this affluent nation of ours, pregnant cattle and horses receive better health care than pregnant poor women. The poor cry out for justice and equality and we respond with abortion." - Grace Olivarez President's Commission on Popu~ lation
CLARA M. WEEKS, MSW, L1CSW. has been named program supervisor of counseling for the Diocesan Department of Social Services, effective Dec. 15. A graduate of Boston College School of Social Work, she was previously a supervisor in the social service department of St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford. She has been and will continue as director of religious education at St. Julie's parish, North DartmouJh.
Work on women's pastoral underway, 1988 draft release date likely WASHINGTON (NC) - It would almost take a miracle to produce a refined and updated first draft of a planned pastoral letter on women's concerns by next November, says Bishop Joseph L. Imesch of Joliet, III., chairman of the panel drafting the letter. He said that early 1988 is a more likely date for release of the draft. The bishop, who chairs both the U.S. bishops' Committee on Women in Society and in the Church and an affiliated writing committee for the pastoral letter, said Dec. 2 that four of six chapters of the pastoral had been written and two more were under way. Also on Dec. 2, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops upgraded the Women's committee from "ad hoc" to standing 'cgmmittee status. The announcement included a statement from Bishop Imesch that the committee intends "to take positive steps to advocate the equality of women." In a November interview with The Michigan Catholic, Bishop
Imesch said the letter will focus on concerns raised by women during various local hearings. These include, he said, "women's desire to participate in the church decision making that affects them, sexist language, and the fact women want to be appreciated for the gifts they have." On the subject of women's ordination he noted that women "who were angry before are now angrier. "Women who have expectations of ordination are now having to face it that these expectations are not going to be met," the bishop said. "The issues dealt with in the letter will not be the answer to everything...." Bishop Imesch's Dec. 2 statement said his committee has directed the bishops' conference staff to review and take appropriate action on legislation affecting women. "We are committed to the teachings of Jesus Christ and of the Roman Catholic Church," the
statement said. "Within the parameters of these teachings, and with respect for t~e vi~wpoin~s.of all women, we Will give POSitive support to alliegislatio~ or. initiatives that promote the dlgmty and the personhood of women a~d that promote equal opportumty and rights for women." The statement said that "many women have clearly articulated the pain they have experienced from inequalities and injustice" and "have expressed their desire for recognition of their dignity as persons, for equal oPP?rtunity ~nd rights, for partnership, a1lo~mg a1l women and men to achieve their fu1l potential." "In addition to supporting, affirming and advocating legislation to foster women's equality, we ask that attitudes toward women in the church and church practices regarding equity for women employees be studied an~ that ~omen be involved in a1l diScussions of issues affecting their lives," the statement concluded.
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Sisters study sanctuary concept 900 Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., including four in the Fall River diocese, are studying and reflecting on the sanctuary movement this Advent. The movement is a public commitment by faith communities to support the human rights of Central American refugees. Many movement members have offered safe haven to refugees from Guatemala and EI Salvador until they can safely return" to their homelands or receive federa1ly recognized residency status. "Advent is a time for listening, a time for conversion, a time for hopeful waiting, and a time for action because God is in our midst. The sanctuary movement wi1l also challenge us to listening, conver-
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seas cause promoted by Catholic Relief Services. Sometimes the money collected is divided between that cause and local projects. The program began in 1979 when Father David Page, executive editor of The Florida Catholic, suggested readers send donations to feed the hungry of Cambodia. Readers responded with $20,280. Since then, The Florida newspaper, which publishes editions for the dioceses of Orlando, Palm Beach, Pensacola-Tallahassee, St. Petersburg and Venice, has collected a total of almost one-quarter million dollars for Catholic Relief Services, Ms. Griffin said. Henry LibersatJr., editor-manager of The Florida Catholic, attributes the project's success to "the spiritual renewal taking place in this country" and "a heightened emphasis on social needs." He said the newspaper raised the most money the year it collected $131,000 for the hungry of Ethiopia. "We said 'save a life in the name of someone you love it's a better present than a tie, better than a mink coat.' " Libersat said most contributions come in amounts of$5 or $10. The newspaper, which covers all postage and overhead costs, sends cards to donors to mail to friends and relatives which say a Christmas gift has been given in their name. Each year, 'he said, the newspaper publishes articles about the plight ofthe individuals it hopes to help at the same time as it promotes the collection.
This year the newspaper's board decided to funnel all contributions to a local project to help aging nuns. Christopher Gunty, currently editor of The Catholic Sun, was impressed with The Florida Catholic's efforts and started a similar campaign in 1984 while managing editor of The Chicago Catholic. The Chicago paper continued its involvement after Gunty moved to Phoenix, and in 1985 sent about $4,000 to help a food self-sufficiency program in Sierra Leone, a nation in western Africa. In Phoenix, Gunty again initiated the program in 1985 and readers donated $4,000 to a fund which was split between Catholic Relief Services for efforts to fight the advance of the desert in the African nation of Chad, the local b.·anch ofSt. Vincent de Paul, and a Phoenix food bank serving area food pantries. Catholic Relief Services started a separate "alternative giving program" in November when it sent its regular contributors specialized Christmas cards to mail to friends, family members or other relatives saying a donation to the agency had been made in their name, Ms. Griffin said. Christmas cards with five different designs can be ordered from Catholic Relief Services for this purpose, she said. Catholic Relief Services is at 1011 First Ave., New York, N.Y. 10022.
"Alternatives" finds Christ in Christmas WASHINGTON (NC) - Bombarded by holiday glitter, slick television advertising campaigns and the crush of shopping mall crowds, it's easy to forget whose birthday Christmas really is. The job of the churches, contends Milo Thornberry, director of Alternatives, is to remind people that Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ. Alternatives is a 13-year-old non-profit organization based in Ellenwood, Ga., dedicated to providing resources to people who wish to live more responsibly and consume less. To help individuals and churches fight commercialism this Christmas, Alternatives has published two packets of alternative giftgiving guidelines, activity resources and worship aids titled "Whose Birthday Is It Anyway?" and "Santa Doesn't Come to the Poor. Jesus Did. Will You?"
- Getting involved in Christmas activities that are less "consumption-oriented," by making gifts at home, Christmas caroling or celebrating with an Advent calender. -Including senior citizens, foreign students, street people; refugees and those who. would otherwise be alone in family and church celebrations. - Giving gifts oftime to society by helping with a local senior citizen lunch program, visiting prisoners or participating on a housing board. - Giving homemade presents to family or friends by sewing soft toys or floor cushions, framing a favorite picture, building a spice rack or gerbil cage, stringing necklaces or writing a family history. The packet advises consumers who choose to purchase gifts to "buy with conscience" and question the values promoted when Alternatives' 1986 Christmas parents buy their children "war packets say that too often Christ- toys," gifts that reinforce sexist or mas becomes a sad rather than racist attitudes or board games joyous occasion b'ecause people· that teach competition rather than are harried, lonely, depressed or cooperation. One of the goals qf the camdisappointed. Many find themselves pressured into buying gifts paign is to divert a portion of the for family and friends who don't estimated $25 ·billion spent each year in the United States on really need them. Christmas gifts to "people who The organization advocates giving Christmas gifts in a way· that really need it," Thornberry said. "honors the birth of Christ, exHe asks church members to estipresses our love to our family and mate what they spent on decorafriends, and our concern for the tions and presents last year and earth." channel 25 percent of that amount Alternatives also suggests: to agencies that help the poor. Thornberry calls this effort "a - Restricting exposure to preChristmas "hoopla" by turning off way to help people restore perthe television set more often, mak- spective to a season that often ing fewer trips to shopping malls degenerates into a religionand ridding the home of Christ- sanctioned orgy of self-indulgence. " Following Alternatives'lead, Semas catalogues.
attIe's St. Joseph Parish is sponsoring for the second year an alternative Christmas bazaar, said Barbara Geraci, director of the missions office of the Archdiocese of Seattle. She said the parish invites community-based groups to sell handmade "life-affirming" goods at the bazaar. Profits go to help their organizations. Kathleen White, of the Social Action Department of the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, disseminates Alternatives' ideas in the department newsletter because, she said, it's important to avoid just "attacking the commercialism of Christmas" without presenting positive alternatives. In order to spell out concrete ways of implementing the U.S. bishops' pastoral letter on the economy for those who attend workshops she presents, Gail Britanik, director of social action for Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, said she copies and distributes Alternatives' suggestions. Next year she plans to organize Advent workshops for families during which they would discuss making budgetary decisions and how the Gospel should influence Christmas gift-buying habits.
Deputy chief NEWARK, N.J. (NC) - Msgr. Charles J. McDonnell, a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, has been named deputy chief of chaplains for the U.S. Army and promoted from colonel to brigadier general. He will work at the Pentagon and be responsible for chaplain training.
THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Dec. 12, 1986
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Working as a team By Joseph Motta Father Richard W. Beaulieu, director of the Diocesan Department of Education, runs a very busy office. An understatement, to be sure. With the constant support and encouragement of Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, the Fall River diocese has within its borders four high schools and 25 elementary schools, served by some 600 teachers and enrolling over 10,000 students. And let's not forget parish-based religious education programs, adult education and campus and youth ministry. The schools and these apostolates comprise the department's five areas of responsibility. "We wouldn't be able to accomplish anything around here if it weren't for the cooperation of the entire staff," says Father Beaulieu, an Acushnet native and parochial vicar of Swansea's St. Louis de France parish. Father Beaulieu says that parishbased religious education programs, "formerly called CCD," are an umbrella for ongoing training for catechists (teachers), adult ed ucation, "parent sacramental preparation"and the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA). Sister Elaine Heffernan, RSM, and Eugenia Brady, SJC, associate directors of religious education, "visit parish-based programs and help iron out difficulties," he said. "By next May," he added, "they'l have covered just over half of diocesan parishes." The nuns meet with parish religious education coordinators on a quarterly basis, Father Beaulieu notes, and are always available to them for advice or assistance. Father Robert A. Oliveira, Father Beaulieu says, is the department's director of continuing formation of clergy and laity, coordinating adult education "above and beyond" the parish level. "Over the past 10 or 15 years," Father Beaulieu said, "it has become increasingly obvious that a large part of our adult population want and need to become better informed as Catholics."
Catholic Adult Religious Enrichment (CARE) programs are offered to help fill this need, Father Beaulieu said. The diocese has been divided into "clusters" of six· to 10 parishes for CARE purposes, he said, and Father Oliveira offers presentations to the clusters. Parochial vicar at Fall River's St. Patrick parish, Father Oliveira has just completed a series for a cluster of New Bedford area parishes. His most recent topic, Father Beaulieu said, was ecclesiology, or what it means to be Church. In January, a Fall River-Somerset-Freetown cluster will be reached; it is hoped that over the next three years Father Oliveira will address members of all diocesan parishes. The Fall River priest is also an instructor for the diocesan permanent diaconate program, Father Beaulieu said, and assists Catholic schools in coordinating programs for the ongoing education of teachers. What makes a Catholic school Catholic? Sisters M. Michaelinda Plante, RSM, and Ann Moore, CND, spend their working hours addressing that important question as the department's associate superintendents of schools. Sister Plante serves the elementary level, Sister Moore the secondary, Father Beaulieu said. "The primary thrust of their jobs," the director added, "is to maintain the schools' Catholic identities." The department also supervises diocesan· campus ministry, and in conjunction with Father George E. Harrison, director of Cathedral Camps, East Freetown, the education office has been reevaluating diocesan youth ministry in an effort to determine the thrust to be encouraged in the coming years. , The education department opened its doors July 18, 1932. Father Beaulieu is its fourth director, following the late Father Edward J. IlNIC'ClNllIlNIRIIllIllIIRIIllIINllIllIlC
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Dear Mary: I have an attitude problem with my lS-year-old daughter which is seriously hurting our relationship. She seems totally focused on money. She seems to choose her friends by the amount of money they have (or seem to have). We give her an allowance but she always seems broke. When I buy her something, she has a way of making me feel cheap. I find myself actively disliking this money-grabbing, materialistic child. How can I improve things between us? (Ohio) Welcome to life with a sophomore. In Greek the term "sophomore" means "wise fool. "The problem has been around for quite some time. A sophomore acts very wise and self-assured. As the king says in "The Kingand I," he is very certain that "what he does not know is so." A sophomore has very little life experience. Much of the view of the world which your daughter absorbs is materialistic and unrealistic. Does anyone anguish over paying the rent for those lovely homes and apartments in TV land? Did you ever see ragged furniture in the living room or scruffy clothes on the kids? Money is a problem
for many, many American families but on television its lack is nonexistent. Spending money has become a mark of status for the modern teen. My daughter once told me in triumph and disgust: "Laura told everyone she spent $50 for her shoes. I know where she bought . them and I know she only spent $40." Your first step in living cQmfortably with a free-spending teen is to get your money-dealing out in the open. An allowance is a good beginning. Be sure you both know how much she gets; what items the allowance must cover; how non_allowance items will be handled and how emergency situations might be handled. Not all these problems can be solved in one session. However, holding an open discussion with your daughter can start the process. We suggest that an allowance for teens cover clothing, entertainment and school needs. Parents provide room, board and medical expenses. If the allowance is not adequate to cover extravagant clothes or to maintain a car, the child can get a parttime job. Such a program prevents an argument about money every time the child needs jeans. Eventually it also gives much-needed experience in managing money. How do you handle the guilt your daughter makes you feel? If
you are like many parents, you might react in one of two ways: You might try to defend yourself: "You father and I work hard for our money.... We are trying to save so you can go to college." You might attack the child: "There are many people in the world who would love to have the kind offood and clothes and house that you do." Both responses prolong the argument about money and emphasize the differences between you. Neither is a good strategy. Recognizing that your daughter is trying to make you feel guilty, accept the situation but stick to your guns. Try to be open, direct and above all brief. "I know you think I am s.tingy, but $50 a month is it." You m1ght add a little humor: "Just call me Scrooge." As your daughter has more life experience and as she has more experience with money her attitude is likely to change. Remember that a sophomore does not know nearly as much as she pretends to. You can help her learn about money, just as you do about other aspects oflife. Give her opportunities to manage money but stick to your decisions about how much she should have. You have far more life experience than she. Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address the Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.
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village child. When I was in class one, the Sisters used to come to our village. They would collect the children for songs and lessons. When I looked at the happiness in their faces, I thought: ~rd like to - Sister Christina be one of them when I grow up.' "
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I had lunch not long ago with an old friend I hadn't seen in ages. Anne, who used to be so depressed, was a changed person. "These days," she told me, "I walk around feeling thankful to be alive." I remember our last get-together clearly because it was Thanksgiving Day at my house 10 years ago. A guest asked Anne: "How can you be so depressed when you have so much to be grateful for?" "You're just making me feel guilty,"was Anne's response at the time. The question was meant to help cheer her up but that kind of advice is useless. It is a subtle form of criticism that implies an unfair judgment. Telling a depressed person to feel grateful is like telling someone to focus on the sun when it's pouring rain outside. More often than not, depressed people know that they shouldn't be, but to criticize or scold them is like rubbing salt in a wound. It occurs to me that there's something wrong with our understanding of gratitude. We speak of it as an obligation. But it's not a duty; it's a feeling and can't be forced. Sure, we teach children to express appreciation. But no one can dictate a true feeling of thankfulness toward God. When I saw my friend Anne so miraculously changed, it struck me that to be able to feel grateful is a blessing. Gratitude is a state of being that comes when we sense the love of God in us. To be blessed with the ability to say "thank you" to God means that you are already someone special. The connection between gratitude and grace, which come from the same linguistic root, has become clear to me. Grace is God's unmerited love and favor, in other words,
a pure gift. Since grace enables us feel thankful, it follows that the ability to feel gratitude is also a gift from God. Most of the time we look at gratitude from the opposite direction. We put the cart before the horse when we suggest that someone's depression will disappear if he or she recognizes the reasons for being grateful. But it is only after depression leaves that people can feel grateful. Recognizing that gratitude is a free gift from God should make us feel humble. We can't take credit for a gift and we can't criticize someone less fortunate. When we are empty inside, gratitude is not a natural response. But when we can connect with the beauty around us, secure in the knowledge that we love and are loved, we sense God's presence and can be grateful. That's why the syndrome of holiday depression is a great tragedy. The Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons come and go and too many people are unable to feel grateful. Our task then is to spread our own love and pray that everyone receives the grace to thank God for his magnificent gift of life.
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By Hilda Young One of my favorite moments of the Christmas seasons is pullin"g the boxes of Christmas decorations out of the storage closet and going through them before the family arrives home. It's a time to let thoughts take me where they will, a kind of meditation on memories. This morning, for example, I went through the box oftree decorations the children have made over the years: doughy stars, C.otton sheep, a Popsicle stick cross, a flannel Santa, a clay animal that is either the donkey Mary rode into Bethlehem or one of Santa's reindeer. An angel with a tinsel croWn took me back to the Christmas when oldest son Johnnie blew the circuit breakers by experimenting with tinsel in the microwave. Tinsel has played an interesting role in various Christmases. One year it gave the vacuum cleaner consumption. Another year a new puppy ate enough to earn a $75 trip to the veterinary's emergency room. I love the little shellacked wooden sleigh Joey made in third grade. It brings memories of the Christmas
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FATHER Stephen B. Salvador, chaplain at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, has received the Boy Scout Silver Beaver award for outstanding servilO:e to youth. At the annual Moby Dick Council recognition dinner, he was cited for support of retreat and religious awards programs, for service to the hearing impaired and for his work as chaplain of Moby Dick Boy Scout Council and the New England Catholic Committee on Scouting. Also a Silver Beaver recipient was Everett Graviel, honored for the many leadership positions he has held in Scouting and for his work at Sacred Heart parish, New Bedford, where he helped establish .a Cub Scout den for handicapped boys. Graviel also holds Catholic Scouting's St. George award. Recognized for sponsorship of the "whole family of Scouting programs" were Immaculate Conception and Santo Christo parishes, both in Fall River.
we made giant cookies and used the sleigh for one of our patterns. That night Marie just about broke a finger when she stuck it in the cookie dough while the electric mixer was going. Johnnie cried when his cookie sleigh cracked while baking, but tears gave way to smiles when we repaired it with frosting. Each creation recalled great Christmas moments like Mikey's model airplane dive bombing the Christmas tree or the time Joey dropped a boulder down the chimney to prove to Marie that Santa could make it through. It has been interesting to watch the children's attitude toward their creations grow from embarrassment ("Let's throw that away because I can do a lot better now") to amusement ("How old was I when I made that?") to affection ("Have your found my secondgrade aluminum foil Christmas tree yet?"). Yet the greatest treasure I always find in these aging boxes is that the good times far outweigh the bad - that the lean years weren't so lean at all, that God's quiet presence in the everyday and ordinary is a great Christmas present.
Brazilian missionary murdered BRASILIA, Brazil (NC) - An Italian missionary working in Brazil who supported land reform was kidnapped, tortured and murdered, said a spokesman for the Brazilian bishops' conference. The spokesman, Father Arnaldo Beltrami, said local landowners and government officials in the northeastern state of Maranhao conspired to murder Father Maurizio Maraglio. Father Beltrami said Father Maraglio's body was left in a motel in Sao Luiz, Brazil, to conceal his tortue and murder. Father Maraglio was a parish priest in Maranhao state, where on May 10 another activist clergyman, Father Josimo Moraes Tavares, was murdered. Father Tavares was to have become head of the bishops' local pastoral land Commission. For Maranhao state in 1985, the bishops' commission listed 71 land conflicts involving more than 1
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million acres and more than 14,000 families. In 1985 the state also had 19 deaths, 40 people wounded, 50 arrests, 20 disappearances and 99 homes destroyed in land-related in~i~ents, according to the com-
MARYANN Gregoire, RN, a pediatric nurse at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, has been honored by Big Brothers/ Sisters of Greater Fall River for her four-year involvement with a little sister, now 12. She and her husband are also foster parents of two boys, aged 7 and 10, whom they hope to adopt.
WASHINGTON (NC) - Prolifers will mark the Jan. 22 anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion by holding a prayer vigil and distributing a brochure calling on people to become more involved in protecting the unborn. The 1987 National Prayer Vigil for Life, held in connection with the annual March for Life, is scheduled for Jan. 21-22 at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Each year pro-lifers protest the 1973 court decision with a national march in Washington and with activities throughout the nation. The vigil, cosponsored by the shrine, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office for ProLife activities and the Archdiocese of Washington, will include vespers and a Mass celebrated by Archbishop James Hickey of Washington. The NCCB pro-life office will also distribute a brochure, "Olivia's Story," about a young woman's abortion and the pain caused by her action.
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Jewish study NEW YORK (NC) - "Jews, Judaism and Catholic Education," a study revealing increased Catholic appreciation of Judaism, has been published by the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith and Seton
Hall University. It said faculty and students in Catholic schools have developed "a deep appreciation of Jews and Judaism" in the 20 years since the Second Vatican Council's dedaration on Jews and Judaism in "Nostra Aetate. "
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The Brazilian bishops and Pope John Paul II have been strong supporters ofland reform in Brazil. Although the government of President Jose Sarney has pledged to enact a land reform program, some people - including clergy -have said his program does not do enough to help landless peasants. Others argue that redistribution of the land will destroy the private property system and create economic chaos. The Italian newspaper La Starnpa reported that two Italian Communist senators have petitioned the Italian foreign ministry to make inquiries into Father Maraglio's death.
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Sin cannot be ignored, says pope VATICAN CITY(NC)- Pope John Paul II recently told a weekly general audience that sin is a reality that "belongs to man and his history" and cannot be ignored or explained away. The pope warned that modern men and women risk misunderstanding the significance of sin when they fail to see it as the rejection of God. The "insane gesture" of acting against one's own conscience, he said, "acquires its full negative meaning only if seen against the background of the relationship between man and God." "Sin belongs to man and his history. One would seek in vain to ignore that or to give to this dark reality other names and other interpretations," the pope said. Sin, in fact, becomes "ever more burdensome when we try to obscure its reality," he said.
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Globe-trQtting pope has portable Vatiean VATlCAN CITY (NC) - Even when he's traveling in one part of the world Pope John Paul II keeps in touch with problems in other parts. He does it by traveling with a mini-staff of top officials - a sort of portable Vatican. It became evident after his two-' week, 30,000-mile trip to Asia and the Pacific and Indian Oceans that the pope's on-the-road administrative system was operating. Less than two days after his return the night of Dec. I, the pope had issued a series of statements on problems in countries far removed from the just-completed itinerary. These included: - Encouraging Haiti's bishops to foster democracy by stressing national reconciliation in the face of hatred and feelings of vengeance spawned by nearly 30 years of often-violent di~torial rule.
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Reiterating church support for Namibian independence from South Africa and opposition to apartheid. _ Calling for an end to bloody fighting in Lebanon between Palestinians and Shiite militiamen. During the trip, the pope also approved the release of a strongly worded papal statement accusing the Burundi government of systematically harassing the Catholic Church. The mini-staff of advisers keeps itself informed mainly by telephone contact with the officials of the Secretariat of State at the Vatican and monitoring news media. The secretariat is the main agency of the Vatican Curia, coordinating the work ofthe other departments,' On papal trips the pope always takes either Secretary of State Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, the Vatican's No.2 decision-maker, or
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VATICAN (NC) - Pope John Paul II has appointed Archbishop Renato Raffaele Martino as the Vatican's new representative to the United Nations. Archbishop Martino wiII replace Archbishop Giovanni Cheli, who held the position from 1973 until this past September, when he was appointed head of the Pontifical Commission for Migration and Tourism. Archbishop Martino has lived in Bangkok, Thailand. since 1980. While there he served as the apostolic pronuncio to Thailand and Singapore as well as the apostolic delegate to Laos, Malaysia and Brunei.
A WELL-INFORMED pope greets well-wishers during one of his recent trips. (NC-UPI/ Reuter photo)
Cardinal Casaroli's chief assistant, Archbishop Eduardo Martinez Somalo. Archbishop Martinez Somalo's official title is substitute secretary of state. On most papal trips, such as the one mentioned above, the pope is accompanied by both men. The other pivotal figure in keeping the pope updated is Joaquin Navarro- Valls, Vatican press spokesman. His job is to monitor the news media and tell the pope of major events occurring elsewhere. The pope then tells him ifhe wants more information on specific issues. These exchanges often occur over meals or in hasty conversations squeezed in between the public events which fill much of the papal trip itinerary. "On grave matters the substitute telephones the secretariat of state immediately," says Navarro-Valls. As the pope's travel schedule is public, including where he spends the night, officials back at the Vatican can call ahead to leave messages with requested information or set up times for callbacks. The pope usually spends the night at the residence of the local bishop or, if in the capital city, at the Vatican Embassy or residence of the apostolic delegate if no diplomatic relations exist with the country. If a decision has to be made, the pope must fit it in around his public schedule. After a busy day, the pope often uses these residences as a quiet place to reflect on events and make decisions with his advisers. On long trips the pope also uses flying time for decision-making. The chartered airplanes he travels in are usually equipped with a special papal compartment containing a table and several comfortable swivel chairs, allowing the pope to call in advisers for consultation. On some flights he has even drafted statements on major breaking events. On Pope John Paul's world trips, world problems are part of the carry-on luggage.
Bayside apparitions "lack authenticity," says bishop BROOKLYN, N.Y. (NC) Bishop Francis J. Mugavero of Brooklyn has reaffirmed his view that the alleged Bayside appari'tions of the Virgin Mary in his dio~ cese to Veronica Lueken "completely lacked authenticity." In a formal declaration last month, Bishop Mugavero said that Catholics should not participate in Bayside vigils or distribute propa~ ganda related to the alleged apparitions. "Anyone promoting this devotion in any way, be it by participating in the 'vigils,' organizing pilgrimages or publishing or disseminating the literature related to it, is contributing to the confusion which is being created in the faith of God's people, as well as encouraging them to act against the determination made by the legitimate pastor of this particular church," the declaration said. Copies of the declaration have been sent to all U.S. bishops and to bishops' conferences throughout the world. The alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Mrs. Lueken are
said to have begun in 1970 at St. Robert Bellarmine parish in the Bayside section of the borough of Queens. The vigils were later moved to a public park in Flushing.
viously had indicated that people were wasting their time with the movement, the new statement is a "directive" to Catholics to avoid the movement, said Msgr. Otto Garcia, Brooklyn diocesan chancellor. He said the bishop has not said whether or not going to the vigils is a sin, and also said Mrs. Lueken has not been excommunicated.
Bishop Mugavero reiterated his judgment, originally made in 1973, on the alleged apparitions because Bayside supporters recently had claimed that the diocese was about to change its position and that the Holy See was going to declare the visions authentic. VATICAN CITY (NC) - The A second reason for the bishop's Vatican h-as declared as martyrs action was a contention that under . for the faith 85 British Catholics the new Code of Canon Law church persecuted in the 16th and 17th permission was not required for centuries. disseminating information about The declaration means that Pope visions. John Paul II will shortly beatify Bishop Mugavero's declaration the group of priests, religious and said that "in consultation with the lay people, said Father Paul MoliCongregation for the Doctrine of nari, who is working towards their the Faith" he was declaring "no eventual canonization. credibility" could be given to the The decree approved by the pope purported apparitions, and that states that Father George Haymessages supposedly received dock and 84 companions were' through them contained statements killed because of "hatred of the "contrary to the teachings of the faith between 1584 and 1679," a Catholic Church." period of persecution of Catholics While Bishop Mugavero pre- in England, particularly under King
"In my opinion, not too many people are drawn into the movement from our diocese," Msgr. Garcia said. "It makes a big initial impression where it is not known. They pick up a lot of people, but then it dies down. " But he said the movement is "endangering people's faith."
85 British named martyrs Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I. Father Haydock, a diocesan priest died in 1584 at age 27. He was among more than 300 British Catholics executed as traitors for maintaining loyalty to the papacy after England broke away from the Roman church and established a state church. One of the group of 85 is Scottish, and the rest are English, Father Molinari said. In 1970, Pope Paul VI canonized 40 martyrs from England and Wales. The causes of Father Haydock and many others have continued to be researched.
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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON A Christmas letter has been received from Mitiku Yiblet, a parishsponsored child in Ethiopia: "I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Here in Ethiopia we celebrate Christmas on January 7th and our new year starts in September. All my family prays that the peace and joy of Christmas be with you through all the year." Canned fruit juice donations needed the weekend of Dec. 20 and 21 for "Our Daily Bread" program. GALILEE REUNION 7 p.m. Sunday, Cathedral Camp Retreat House, E. Freetown; Cindy Hanzaryk, Mike Demers, witnesses; Rev. Jim Nickel, SS.Ce., Mass celebrant. ST.ANNE,FR Former parishioner Paul Romeo Pelletier, the first Fall River serviceman to lose his life in World War II, was honored by naming of a new city viaduct for him. He was a charter member of the parish's first Boy Scout Troop and a graduate of the parochial school. Christmas pageant 2 p.m. Sunday, upper church. Advent wreath ceremonies are held each Monday by class. They will culminate Dec. 22 with an all-school rite. Eighth graders will cook and serve a· luncheon for parish seniors Dec. 19. A Jesse tree ceremony for students and parishioners will be held at 10 a.m. Mass Sunday Dec. 21. CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/MASHPEE Altar boy rehearsals at Mashpee 10:45 a.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. Christmas Eve. The choir will sing at New Seabury Shopping Center tomorrow.
COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS This self-help group for bereaved parents will hold a Candlelight Remembrance Service at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 22 at St. Louis de France School, Swansea. Participants are asked to bring a small memento oftheir child, such as a picture. Information: Sandra Sousa, 823-5240. SECULAR FRANCISCANS, POCASSET Mass with homily by Rev. Edwin Dirig, OFM, Christmas tableau, reception of novices and profession ceremony 2 p.m. Sunday, St. John Evangelist Church, Pocasset, with party following. Information and rides: 563-2654; 394-4094. HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO 15 poxes of clothing were donated for the annual drive. ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Healing service and Mass 2 p.m. Sunday. EMMAUS RETREAT Coed retreat for persons aged 19 to 25 Feb. 6 to 8, Cathedral Camp Retreat House, E. Freetown. Information: Alison Robinson, 993-3732; Rev. Bill Baker 222-0399. O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK 14 bicycles have been delivered to a Boston group which will repair and ship them to Nicaragua as transportation for health workers and teachers. HOLY NAME, FR Women's Guild members will attend 5:15 p.m. Mass Dec. 16. The Mass will be offered for the intentions of Bishop Daniel A. Cronin as part of the annual Christmas spiritual bouquet presented him by the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. CATHEDRAL, FR Due to taping of the Christmas television Mass, there will be no regular 12:05 p.m. Mass tomorrow. ST. STANISLAUS, FR . Kindergarten students directed by Mrs. Pat Roies will contribute to the 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. Men's Club elections 7 p.m. Sunday. The children's choir will sing at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Government Center. Advent penance service 4:30 p.m. Dec. 21.
CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Saints and Singers Chorus concert 8 tonIght. Booklets on ways to celebrate Advent available at the church entrance. Rectory open house 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 21. Parishioners are asked to bring an ornament to help decorate the rectory tree. ST. MARY, SEEKONK Women's Guild trip to New York tomorrow. Robert Alves is thanked for training 10 new altar servers. Family Mass 6 p.m. Dec. 20. Bible discussion on Infancy Narrative of St. Luke9:45 a.m. Dec. 16, repeated 7 p.m. Dec. 17, parish center. ST. JOHN, ATTLEBORO Advent penance service 7 tonight.
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NOTRE DAME, FR A processional cross has been donated by the Bouchard family in memory of their father and husband, Albini. Parish Vincentians have donated a ping-pong table, other games and a first aid kit to the Youth Center. DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS Women over age 30 who are disabled, retired or have lost a spouse are eligible for a free word processing course Jan. 12 through 16 at Bristol Community College, Fall River. Information: Margaret Lord, 1-800-462-3282 or 999-3255. HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON ST. STEPHEN, ATTLEBORO Oplatki Christmas wafers availaBabysitting available during II ble at church entrance and rectory. a.m. Mass each Sunday. Confessions Volunteers are asked to help clean 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 23. the church Dec. 16. ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH SWANSEA A Providence College scholarship Youth group caroling to shut-ins fund memorializing Father John F. 6 p.m. Dec. 17. Hogan, the late pastor, now stands ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN at well over $80,000. Saints and Singers concert 8 p.m. ST. JAMES, NB Dec. 13 A Council of Prayer Ministers is CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS being established. Members will pray OF AMERICAS 10 minutes daily for the parish and Special education grants and units mission. First penance 10:45 a.m. restricted graduate scholarships are tomorrow. CYO meeting 12:30 p.m., available. Information: area courts including caroling in area nursing or Mrs. Marilyn Harris, P.O. Box homes. 913, Hermiston, Ore. 97838. ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN ST. WILLIAM, FR Parishioners have been commendThe children's choir will sing ed for their habit of remaining after preceding the Christmas vigil Mass. Mass for a few moments of prayer. The adult choir will be heard at the Reconciliation service 7 p.m. Dec. vigil Mass and at 10 a.m. Christmas 21. Annual school Christmas play 3 Day. Music will include trumpets, p.m. Sunday. drum and guitar in addition to the ST. PIUS X, S. YARMOUTH organ and there will be many soloChristmas concert with Father ists. The parish music director is Andr.e Patenaude, MS, 7:30 p.m. Joseph Vieira and Yvette Caron is Dec. 19. organist. ST. MARY, NB O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Retreat renewal program follows Christmas crib blessing 3 p.m. 7 p.m. Mass Dec. 21. Women's Guild Dec. 21 followed by a children's Christmas party 7 p.m. Dec. 15, . Christmas party. Parishioners are school. Service of carols and prayers invited to bring the Infant from and the opportunity to receive the home cribs to be blessed. sacrament of penance 7 p.m. Dec. ST. THOMAS MORE, 22. SOMERSET ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS Rectory open house 5 to 8 p.m. Kay Bova is the new parish organist. The parish is grateful for sub- Sunday. Decorations will be put in stantial gifts from an anonymous place and each person/ family is asked donor and the Women's Guild and to bring a tree ornament. Morning prayer from the Liturgy ofthe Hours thrift shop. follows 9 a.m. Mass daily. ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA A parish giving tree has run out of bows, each denoting a gift for a shut- "in. Now it will be redecorated with baby gifts, to be donated to Birthright at Christmas. Advent penance service 7 p.m. Dec. 21. SS. PETER & PAUL, FR 123 Broadway First penance 2 p.m. Dec. 14, followed by a reception. Advent Mass for confirmation candidates and 824·5000 team, followed by social hour, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15. Advent program of music and prayer presented by St. John's seminary students 4 p.m. Dec. 21. ST. PATRICK, FR Names of parishioners in nursing List homes are requested and may be reported to the rectory. Advent serv$16,040 - $59,230/yr. ice 7 p.m. Dec. 17. Now Hiring ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Donations for Christmas baskets Call 805-687-6000 to be distributed by parish Vincentians'may be left in the church hall or Ext. R-4240 at Plymouth Savings Bank on Route 6.
CATHOLIC MEMORIAL HOME,FR Christmas events: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 16, St. Stanislaus choir, auditorium; 6:45 p.m. Dec. 17, Sacred Heart children's choir, chapel; 2 p.m. Dec. 22, coffee hour for residents and visitors, 2 p.m., auditorium. New Year Baby Picture Contest for residents and staff Jan. 9 with prizes for those voted most beautiful, chubbiest, best and least dressed babies, also for the baby with most hair and the one with the widest grin. Special prize to person identifying most babies. Employee of month: Mary Anna Arruda of personnel who while dietary supervisor demonstrated the unique skill "of actually being liked as a boss or enforcer of policies and procedures by her peers and subordinates." LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Recollection day led by Father Bernard Baris, MS, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. tomorrow with the theme Advent: Time of Deliverance. Information: 222-5410. HOLY REDEEMER, CHATHAM Saints & Singers Chorus will be heard at 4 p.m. Sunday. Women's guild members will be hostesses at a holiday tea to follow.
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us to reflect on the meaning of freedom. The idea of freedom brings to mind different situa-. tions, including: 1. Political freedom and the privileges ofliving in a free country.
Herod: "The ghost of the feast" By Cecilia Belanger In doing research for a Christmas talk I came across something quite interesting: only one Christmas hymn mentions lterod; it goes back to the 15th century. In the Middle Ages they thought a lot about Herod. In Christmas plays performed in churches, Herod's was the favorite part for the ham actor who delighted in playing the villain. In those days it was natural for Herod to be featured in Christmas celebrations. There were Herods in power almost everywhere. Henry VIII of England, for example, had hundreds imprisoned, tortured and executed, often on a passing whim. It was quite common for an entire village to be put to the sword. So Christmas revelries in those days had a dark background; the faithful knew as they sang "U nto us a child is born" that "Herod" was still around as the ghost of the feast. In carols written since those days, Herod has disappeared. Now we hear "Peace on the earth, good will to men, from heaven's allgracious king." There is no mention of the other angel message Joseph heard in his sleep: "Arise,
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and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him." These days, at least in the Anglo-Saxon world, Herod is often dismissed as a legendary monster whose reported act of savagery should be eliminated from the Christmas story. What about our generation? Do we find ourselves thinking about present-day Herods? Who are they? Those responsible for the millions who died in the Holocaust? Leaders of countries where people are imprisoned for daring to speak the truth? Yes, Herod is still around. We can no longer pretend that human beings have evolved beyond the brutality and wickedness of ancient times. Now as then, the story of Jesus' coming is played out against a background of lingering evil and sin. The Advent voices of the past must never be forgotten. This is the dark side of Christmas, and we cannot understand the meaning of Christ's coming unless we sense the presence of Herod, still hovering over the stable.
By Charlie Martin
SWEET FREEDOM No more runnin' down the wrong road Dancin' to a different drum Can't you see what's goin' on Deep inside your heart. Always searchin' for the real thing But Iivin' like it's far away Just leave ali the madness in yesterday You're holdin' the key when you believe it. Shine sweet freedom Shine your tight on me You are the magic you're right where I wanna be Oh sweet freedom carry me along We'l keep the spirit alive On and on. We'l be dancin' in the moonlight Smilin' with the risin' sun Livin' like we've never done Goin' ali the way Reachin' out to meet the changes Touchin' every shinin' star The light of tomorrow is right where we are There's no turnin' back from what I'm feelin' 'Cause there'l be starlight all right When we're close together Share those feelin's ooh dancin' in your eyes tonight They're guidin' us Shinin'till the mornin' light Recorded by Michael McDonald. Written by Rod Temperton. (c) 1986 by Rodsongs (PRS) and April Music Inc. and MGM-UA Music Inc. EX-DOOBIEBROTHER Michael McDonald has another hit in "Sweet Freedom. "This song is
2. Freedom as it affects personal life. Most people want to be free from those pressures and responsibilities that weigh them down, for example, the constant effort of homework or the recurring pressure of tests. Some youths might not like certain school or family rules, even when they realize that these restrictions have a good purpose. 3. Freedom tobe oneself. Perhaps this is freedom's most important connotation. Possessing this freedom means individuals do not hide behind false images or try to be anything that they are not. hallows teen-agers to accept their limitations. It helps them appreciate their good qualities. The freedom to be oneself gives youths the courage to follow conscience and resist peer pressure. They stay true to themselves.
They also face the struggles of life with hope. Even when facing uncertainty, they keep faith in . themselves and in God. The song says: "Shine sweet freedom...you are the magic, you're right where I wanna be." Each of us can live with this type of freedom. Try to use each day to grow in your ability to be free. Your comments are always from the sound track of the film welcome. Address Charlie Mar"Running Scared." tin, 1218 S. Rotherwood Ave., Like the movie, it encourages Evansville, Ind. 47714.
By ,TOM LENNON
Q. Why do people fight when ble people become even more agreeable when intoxicated. That they get drunk? (Arizona) A. An old Latin phrase, "in vino is their "truth." Some humorous people become veritas," may be loosely translated this way: "When you drink wine or hilariously funny. With their inhiany other alcoholic beverage a lot bitions blocked out, they sometimes do outrageous things which of the truth comes out." A young husband in our neigh- they blush to remember the next borhood gave up drinking alcohol morning. because after a few drinks he beSome people become more sexcomes very sarcastic toward just ually aggressive than they normally about everyone, including his wife are and they too do lots of blushwhom he dearly loves. Deep within ing the next morning. Regrets often him are some hostilities that are', abound. released when the alcohol does its Some food lovers find their apwork. petite enhanced. They eat so much These hostilities probably go food they eventually get fat. More back to his childhood when he was' regrets.' . psychologically abused by his Many a person with a streak of father. Now when he's under the, arrogance' has become overconfiinfluence of booze his hostilities dent after drinking. Such people shoot ouf in' all directions. His will be convinced, for example, '"truth" has hurt a lot of people. that they can drive when all they Alcohol can temporarily block can do is kill: ' out people's inhibitions and lead out Alcohol very often brings them to behave in ways that they Elormally wouldn't. Persons who the truth about people. It also have a lot of secret aggressions and leads to many surprises. Some are insecurities will become verbally tragic. Alcohol is a drink that must abusive and may start using their be handled with the greatest of fists. The "truth" about them comes care if you don't want to have regrets the next morning. out. Send questions to Tom Lennon, But not all people start a fight when they get drunk. Quite the 1312 Mass. Ave. N.W., Washingopposite. Some mild and agreea- ton, D.C. 20005.
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In Taunton: preparing the way Taunton's annual Christmas parade provided confirmation candidates at St. Joseph's parish in that city with a unique opportunity to "prepare the way of the Lord." The students spent Saturdays and Sundays for two months creating papier-mache figures from a large parish-sponsored float featuring a manger scene with lifesize camels, donkeys and sheep.
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Students on the float took the roles of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, shepherds and several Old Testament characters" including bearers of the Ark of the Covenant, while other students, depicting various saints, followed the float.
several hours of service to the parish and community. Also a class project was preparation ofThanksgiving food baskets.
The parade project was part of the confirmation class service program calling for candidates to give
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tv, movie news 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·13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PC-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens. Catholic ratings: AI-approved. fOI children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation!; O-morally offensive.
NOTE Please .check dates and times of television and radio programs against local listIngs. which may differ from the New York network schedules supplied to The Anchor.
THERE'S ELECTRICITY in the air at the 34th annual Christmas Festival of Lights at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro. The largest religious display of outdoor Christmas lights in the nation, the festival is open from 5 to 9 p.m. weekdays and 5 to 10 p.m. weekends through Jan. 1.
Lefebvre community . ~eturns to Church ROME (NC) - A breakaway French Benedictine community has severed its links with rebel Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and returned to "full communion" with the Catholic Church, church officials said. The monastic community at Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, which since 1976 had followed the dissident archbishop in rejecting changes of the Second Vatican Council, recently declared its acceptance of the council's teachings. Last fall, the community accepted the Roman Missal which incorporates the liturgical changes made by the council. Bishop Jean Balland of Dijon, who has jurisdiction over the abbey, said in announcing the reconciliation th.at the ordinations of priests and deacons at the monastery by Archbishop Lefebvre would be recognized as valid. A Vatican official, Msgr. Milan Simcic, said that, in effect, the
bishop was allowing the priests to perform their sacramental ministry. Msgr. Simcic is undersecretary ofthe Congregation for Clergy. The report on the monks was carried by Vatican Radio and was confirmed by a spokesman for the Dijon diocese and a Benedictine official in Rome. According to the diocesan official, CardinalJeanJerome Hamer helped mediate the reconciliation. Cardinal Hamer is head of the Vatican Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes, which has jurisdiction over religious orders. Archbishop Lefebvre was suspended from priestly ministry in 1976 after he ordained priests against Vatican orders. He established the Fraternity ofSt. Pius X, which he headed until 1983, when he stepped down as its active leader. The group has consistently rejected liturgical and other changes made by Vatican II.
New Films "Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home" (Paramount) - Leonard Nimoy as the talented leader takes the Enterprise crew back in time to 1986 to retrieve two whales who may save the Earth from total destruction by a stra-nge alien probe. William Shatner stars in this advocacy drama which makes a strong and sometimes gruesome point about saving whales from extinction. Some rough language. A2, PG "The Wraith" (Century) - An avenging angel in the form of a teen-ager (Charlie Sheen) in a super-charged black car races his killers to the death in this demolition derby on the picturesque Arizona highways. Escapist, road-runner antics provide little exemplary role modeling for youngsters and less of a moral tale. Foul language and brutality. A3, PG-13
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Films on TV Sunday, Dec. 21, 7-9 p.m. EST (NBC) "Annie" (1982). Less charming than the stage version, this film is more serious than funny with some incidental harsh language problems and some caustic characterizations. John Huston's direction of Carol Burnett, Albert Finney, Bernadette Peters and little Aileen Quinn aims for a sophisticated adult audience but lands somewhere closer to general family fare in spite of some unkind sight gags. A I, PG
The alligator hears the splash and HILTON HEAD ISLAND, off he takes himself for his marshS.c. (NC.) - Two Jesuits visiting mallow. Then he frequently scramHoly Family parish in Hilton Head bles up on the shore to examine, Island used marshmallows to entice and I think even at times consume, an alligator from its lagoon. Now a white 'marshmallow' or two dropthe pastor's golf practice is sufferping down from above," the priest ing. said. Father Philip A. Hamilton, pasAt least that is the excuse he is tor at Holy Family, said the Mid- giving when his parishioners "see westerners wanted photographs of me top an.easy pitch shot into the an alligator to take back home. . water." They got their pictures but the recThe pastor also offers a moral to tory's lagoon alligator developed a the alligator story. taste for marshmallows - which it "Each of us has an alligator, or can't distinguish from white golf even two or more inside of us balls. temper, alcohol, lust, selfishness, "Alligators are not too smart. greed, etc..Jnexperienced tourists The brain is not far removed from feed alligators, the smart homethe stomach, and is certainly much towners don't," he said. "Don't smaller," the priest said. feed the alligator in my lagoon, or "When I go out to practice my the one in yourself." pitching wedge hitting balls over the lagoon to the front lawn, the alligator comes right up to the Hats off to the cheerleaders at shore 'near me expectantly a waiting a marshmallow, looking at me Coyle and Cassidy High School, through those two walnut-looking Taunton. The squad placed second at a recent Northeastern Univereyes." Because there is not much level sity competition, and represented ground to hit pitch shots, the their school at Boston College this priest often finds himself five feet past weekend. from the water with his back to the * * * The school salutes its band; CC's alligator. ,~ow I understand the pressure community takes pride in the on a pro trying to sink that eight- group's new uniforms, songs and foot putt in a playoff on Sunday halftime show. "Director Mr. afternoon," he said. Karahalis and drum major Adam "But I concentrate and try to lay Forrand are planning a great new the first ball just short of the shore season," says the Coyle and Cason the other side of the lagoon. sidy weekly Update.
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Amid the sound ofjoyous music there can be heard the faint sound of jingle bells. The sound gets stronger and • appears to be nearing our home, so we step to our front 0 • door and, 10 and behold, it ,is old Santa himself offering a ~ bag .of toys and Christmas presents. As he leaves to go ff) back to the North Pole, he takes time to wish us a joyous ~ and Blessed Christmas. • >P On leaving, he gives us a goodbye wave and tells us the ~ " reindeer are getting tired. So Rudy and his nose, getting ~ ever redder, depart for home as Mom and Pop go back to bed with little time for sleep before the children awaken. Christmas Eve gives way to Christmas Day as we celebrate the birth of our Blessed Baby Jesus. . e£
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CENTURY CLUB Mr. & Mrs, Anthony J. Abraham Administrative Staff of St. Anne's Hospital In Memory of Edward J. Knight Mrs. Mary G, Aguiar David & Jeanne Albrektson Jacqueline J. Allard Deborah Anne Almeida Rose Mary Almeida Mr, Thomas B, Almy I. T. Almy Association Stephen J. Alves. R,N, Mrs, Emma Amaral Amcare Medical Service. Inc, Mrs, Elaine Andresen Memorial Anesthesia Associates of Fall River. Inc, In Memory of Edward J. Knight Apostolate for Persons with Disabilities Cynthia M, Arruda Jo·Ann Arruda In Memory of Adrien Brodeur Viola Arruda In Memory of Mary Arruda Sue &Charles Auclair Auclair Funeral Home Mr, & Mrs. Armel Audet. Jr, Raymond Audet Wagdy Aziz, Mo Elaine Banks Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Banville Raymond C, Banville Skip & Diane Barboza Janice C. Barlow Beacon Garment Co.. Inc. Or, John Belsky Lillian Berard Lucille F. Bergeron Mr. & Mrs. Edward C, Berube Mr. Henri Berube In Memory of Mrs, Lauretta Berube Norbert f. Berube Mr, & Mrs, Raymond H, Bibeau Lucille M, Binder Milton Black Memorial Mr, &Mrs. John J. Blake Rev. Louis Boivin ,Mrs, George T. Bolger Cornel & Mara Boudria Miss Alice M, Bourassa Mr, & Mrs, Roger H. Branin Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Brennan Alton Brody Furniture Wholesalers. Inc, Anonymous Or. & Mrs. Roger f. Cadieux Elaine Capeto In Memory of Joseph f. Machado Miss Isabel Capeto Rev. Daniel E. Carey Mr. Clifford Carlson Mr. & Mrs. James R. Carreiro In Memory of Son. James R, Carreiro. Jr, Cynthia Cartin Or, & Mrs. John M. Carvalho Madeline L. Casey Jeanne Castonguay In Memory of Paul Castonguay Or. & Mrs. Roland E. Chabot Mrs, Vera Chace V.O. "Tex" Chamberlain Ms. Gertrude Charpentier Churchill Linen Janice F. Ciosek
Citizens·Union Savings Bank Donna L. Clarke Joan Cloutier Memorial Or. F. L. Collins. Jr Mrs. Catherine C. Connelly Donna f. Conroy Rev. Msgr, Arthur G. Considine Anonymous Forrest R. Cook. Jr, James J. Cooney Mr. & Mrs. Emile J. Cote Ellen L. Coughlin W. Robert Courey. M,o, Richard L. Couto AC, Lumber Mr, &Mrs, Charles Crites 1/ Mr. & Mrs, Wilson W. Curtis Louis A Cyr In Loving Memory of Loretta M. (Fay) Cyr. R,N. Sharon L. Dahlstrom Daley Oil Company Mr. &Mrs. Roland J. Dansereau Alfred E. Darby. Jr., M.D. Dartmouth Medical Walk In, P.C, Mr. &Mrs. Cosmo D. Oavi Doris A OeFarias Mr. & Mrs. Peler De Maria In Memory of Charles Bennett Or. &Mrs. Adelard A Demers. Jr. Joseph A DeNardo Mr, & Mrs. Romeo Desautels Susan M. oias Lauretta oion In Memory of Raymond R. oion Patricia M. Dobek Mr, & Mrs. James Driscoll Raymond A. Drouin, D.P. and Order of Dominican Fathers Mr. & Mrs, Roger P. Dufour, Sr. Rosemary Dunne Memorial Medora Dupuis Janet L. Durette Mr, & Mrs. Walter Eaton Sander & Ray Epstein Charitable Foundation, Inc. Anonymous Mr. Edmund Farinha Farinha's Travel Agency Mr. & Mrs, Frank S. Feitelberg Mrs, Henry J. Feitelberg Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Feitelberg Feitelberg Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Burkam Ferris Ronald & Dale Ferris Isabel & Vincent Ferris Mr. Monsour J. Ferris Msgr. Norman J. Ferris First Bristol County National Bank Edward F. Flannery, Jr. Memorial James & Ann Marie Flynn In Memory of William J. French Mr. & Mrs. William J. Flynn, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Forcier Annette M, Ford Paul & Peggy Fortin Mr. & Mrs. Feliciano Freitas Mr. & Mrs. Michael A Futterman Mr. & Mrs. Lucien Gagnon Mr. & Mrs. Alexander J. Galland Mr. & Mrs. Julien Gamache Alice M. & Imelda Gauthier Miss Edith Gauthier Msgr. Alfred J. Gendreau Most. Rev. James J. Gerrard Lillian Gibbons Memorial Mr. & Mrs. John F. Giblin
Michael A, Marcoux Mrs, Katherine F. Marston In Memory of Walter f. Marston Paula M, Martin Virginia A Martin Mrs, Margaret C, McCallum In Memory of Romeo H. McCallum Charlotte A McCauley Mr, & Mrs. Thomas J. McDermott Joseph C. McGuill, D,D,S, Mr. & Mrs, Robert F. Mcinnes In Memory of Cornelius D. Sullivan Rachel G. Medeiros Mr & Mrs. Edmour Michaud Mr. Fred M. Milos In Memory of Tessie Milos Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Miranda Anonymous Robert H. Moe, M,D. Constance Morrissette Dr. Nick Mucciardi The Honorable Beatrice H. Mullaney Mr, Phillip Nadeau Or. & Mrs. Andre P. Nasser Terry Nientimp Donna Nientimp Pavao Norbut Manufacturing Co., Inc. Antoinette Normandeau Memorial Mrs. Allred Normandin In Memory of Mr. Alfred f. Normandin Northeast Products Company Senator & Mrs. Thomas C, Norton Or, & Mrs. Kevin D. O'Brien Frank J. Oliver Wilda Ouellette Mary f. Ouimet Cynthia Paduta Jacqueline Page Dr. & Mrs. Victor A Palumbo Rev. Msgr. Joseph Pannoni Mr, James W. Pappas Lincourt &Pappas Insurance Agcy. Or. &Mrs. Normand a. Paquin Miss Grace Parenteau Henry & Hilda Paruch Frederick G. Paul Rose Marie Paul Eileen Pelletier, R.N. Mrs. Alice Pelletier Or. & Mrs. Edward A Penn George N. Petrin Theresa Pieri Anne M. Pineault Charles Ponte Germaine R. Poulin Radiologists of St. Anne's, P.C. In Memory of Edward J. Knight Anonymous Miss Dolores A, Raposa Mary Reid Connie Reis In Memory of Nicolau Garcia Mr, & Mrs. Robert Reynolds Mr, Joseph A Rivard Mr. & Mrs. John D. Rocha Deborah J. Rogers For My Mother, Mildred G. Perrin Johnson Or. &.Mrs. Walter J. Rok Mr, & Mrs. Walter Romanowicz Mr. & Mrs. Edgar A, Ross A. f. Rostler, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Roy Robert J. Rubano, M.D. Or. &Mrs. Herbert S. Rubin Miss Louise Ryan
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Mr, John C. Rys S. & A. Printing Co., Inc. St. Anne's Credit Union St. Anne's Hospital Pediatric Nurses Mr. & Mrs, Richard C. Sardinha Sauliner's Cleaners and Launderers, Inc. Jay S. Schachne, M,D" P,C, Frederick W. Schnure, M,D. L. R. Schroeder, M,o. Noella Senay Dr. & Mrs. Edward T. Shannon Rev. William J. Shovelton Philip & Gerry Silvia Bill & Jane Simonin In Memory of Jerry Simonin Sisters of Charity Sisters of St. Joseph Slade's Ferry Trust Company Dr. & Mrs. Philip W. Smith Leo P. Smith In Memory of Elizabeth M. Smith Dr. & Mrs. Manuel L. S. Soares Melinda M. Soares·Murphy Sonho do Lar Jose J. C. Sousa, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Frank B. Sousa, Jr. Mrs, Mary Souza Natalie Sroczynski Memorial Leslie Stern, M.D. Robert F. Stoico Kenneth &Claire Sullivan Dan Sullivan In Memory of Adele Sullivan Mrs. Frederick J. SuI/ivan Mr, & Mrs. Michael G. Sullivan Robert F. Sykes Mr. & Mrs, J. Tardif Ronald A. Thibault Mr, Lionel Thiboutot Delbert G. & Eleanor H, Thurston Teresa M. Tiernan Kathleen M. Tobin Mr. & Mrs, Manuel F. Travers Knights Incorporated of Swansea Mrs. Blanche A. Tremblay In Memory of Armand H. Brodeur Mr. &Mrs. Dominic J. Troy Eduardo Troya, M,o, Atty. Charles I. Tucker Peter P. Urban In Memory of Joseph & Mary Urban Mr, Victor Urban Valcourt Industrial Supply Carolyn K. Vale Judy A, Vaz·Murphy Mr. &Mrs, Charles Veloza Or. & Mrs. Robert J. Vergnani Mr. & Mrs. Donald O. Vezina Mr. &Mrs. Lawrence W. Vincent Or. & Mrs. Roger N. Violette Mayor & Mrs. Carlton M. Viveiros Daniel L. and Cathy Ann Viveiros Louis C. Viveiros Charles B. Volcjak, M.D. Michael J. Wallingford, D.D.S. Mary W. Waring Mr. & Mrs. Sumner James Waring Waring·Ashton and Coughlin 0.0. Sullivan·oriscoll Funeral Service Mr. Edwin C. Webb Mr. & Mrs, William E. White, Sr. Mr. & Mrs, Stephen C. Williams Or. & Mrs. Donald S. Witmer Leonard J. Worsley Coca·Cola Bottling Co. of New England