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Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River for 21 years, has been appointed Archbish'op of Hartford, Conn., by Pope John Paul II. The announcement was made in Washington Tuesday, Dec. 10, by Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, Vatican pronljn~!etothe

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Archbishop-designate Cronin will be installed in the context of a Mass at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the Cathedral-of St. Joseph in Hartford. Further details of the ceremony will be released at a later date. The Hartford diocese was estab· lished in 1843 and created an archdiocese in 1953. With 788,000 Catholics out of a total population of 1,830,000 in an area of 2,288 square miles, it is the II th largest diocese in the nation. The archbishop-designate released the following statement following announcement of his appointment: With the announcement today that His Holiness Pope John Paul II has appointed me as Archbishop of Hartford, 1 want my first words to be an ~xpression of gratitude and loyalty to our Holy Father through whom, in his ministry to the Universal Church, 1 am able to discern God's wilt 1 look forward to serving the priests, deacons, religious and' laity of the wonderful Archdiocese of Hartford. With this appointment, 1 will be leaving the beloved Diocese of Fall River where it has been my privilege to serve as Bishop for twenty-one years. Naturally it is with mixed emotions that 1 leave this Diocese because 1 have been so happy here. But a bishop can only be happy in doing the will of God as manifested by the Holy Father. Igive thanks to Almighty God and beg His graces and strengthening blessings onmy Episcopal Ministry. Archbishop-designate Cronin will succeed Hartford Archbishop John F. Whealon, 70, who died unexpectedly last Aug. 2 while undergoing minor surgery. Biography of Archbishop-Designate The archbishop-designate was born Nov. 14, 1927, in Cambridge, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Cronin. ,After graduation from Boston College High School, he prepared for the priesthood· at St. John's Seminary, Brighton, and the North American College and Gregorian University in Rome.. He was ordained to the priesthood Dec. 20, 1952, at the Basilica Tum to Page Five

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quincentenary pilgrim cross, which will travel to parishes in the diocese through next September; Mass participants representing various ethnic groups in native dress; Bishop Cronin accepts the cross. (Hickey photos)

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St. Anne's Hospital gratefully acknowledges contributions that we have received to the Remembrance Fund during November 1991. Through the remembrance and honor of these lives, St. Anne's can continue its "Caring With Excellence."

Roland R. Banville Mr. Arsene Beauchamp Ellen M. Borges Marie E. Bourassa Marie Elise Mildred Castonguay Mrs. Irene Nadeau Castro Cassie Cichon Edward Falandys Dr. Wilson E. Hughes Mrs. Estelle M. Lagarde Richard L. Lavimoniere Jeannine Medeiros Mary Theresa Raymond A. Medeiros Anthon'y Medeiros. Sr. Mary Oliveira -Raymond Parise Mr. Ralph Rizk Joseph C. Saulino David St. Amand Herve Tremblay Arthur E. Vogler Ida Volpe

St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, announced on Tuesday that it will affiliate with Caritas Christi, a multi-hospital system consisting of five hospitals and the Good Samaritan Hospice. "We have decided to affiliate with Caritas Christi because we believe it will strengthen us as a Catholic hospital, and enable us to retain our own administration and board of directors," said Sister Joanna Fernandes, O.P., St. Anne's board chairman. "At the same time, we will have available to us the full range of the system's medical and financial services. In essence, we will have the best of both worlds," Sister Joanna continued. ' Caritas Christi is the largest Catholic provider of health care in New England. Its member institutions have a total of 1,300 beds and provide a full range of health care services, educate health care professionals, and perform highly regarded medical research. "As a system, Caritas Christi has developed resources to help members fulfill their missions that would have been difficult to implement on their own," noted Robert E. Flynn, M.D., system president. Robert F. Stoico, lay chairman of St. Anne's board, noted that the resources available to St. Anne's Hospital through its affiliation with Caritas Christi will enable it to remain independent, but provide it with a safety net in the current regulatory and reimbursement ,climate. Also announced were the plans of Frank Gabor, president of the hospital since last May, to return to his former home in Maryland. Sharon Danosky, hospital spokeswoman, said that Gabor's tenure had since its inception been intended as short-term. He came to help the hospital reorganize financially and affiliate itself with an appropriate health-care system, she explained. She added that he will remain at St. Anne's until a search committee identifies a successor. Ms. Danosky said the committee will have the same membership

as that ~hichselected'Gaoor'and that it will again be headed by Sister Fernandes and Stoico. In addition to St~ Anne's Hospi-. tal, Caritas Christi consists of Cardinal Cushing General Hospital, Brockton; Holy Family Hospital and Medical Center, Methuen; and St. Elizabeth's Hospital of Boston, St. Margaret's Hospital for Women, St. John of God Hospital and the Good Samaritan Hospice, all in Boston. "Caritas Christi gives us the support of a lot of experienced people in the health care industry to help us when we need help, and allows us to carry forward our mission as an independent community Catholic hospital:~ stated Stoico. In the medical area, Caritas Christi's resources include diagnostic support services, laboratory services, physician recruitment and managed care contract arrangements, risk management and qualityassurance. In the financial area, they include banking, insurance, financing, cost control, budgeting, marketing, purchasing, collection and data processing. Caritas' Christi was formed by Boston Cardinal Bernard Law in May 1985 to ensure continued provision of health care by Catholic institutions throughout the region. '. St. Anne's Hospital is a 182-bed· community hospital founded in 1906 by the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation, under whose sponsorship it will continue.

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Hospitality, ushers named for Bishop's Ball Mrs. Michael J. McMahon of wiIi be Ushers Coordinator. His St. Mary's Cathedral parish, Fall assistants are: River, has been named to head the Cape Area: Frank Miller. Fall River Hospitality Committee for the 37th Area: Michael Arruda, Raymond Bouannual Bishop's Charity Ball to be lay, Henry Desmond, Joseph Groheld Jan. 10 at White's of West- . mada, Raymond Lavoie, Antone Paport. Mrs. McMahon will be as- checo, John Sullivan, Honore Vaillancourt, Roger Vezina, Fred Vitullo. sisted by Mrs. Richard M. Paul- New Bedford Area: Victor F. Rebello. son of Immaculate, Conception Taunton Area: Horace Costa, Richard parish, Taunton. M. Paulson. Members of the committee are: The Bishop's Charity Ball beneAttleboro Area: Mrs. George Bauza, fits summer camps for exceptional Mrs. Albert Jackson, Ms. Katherine and underprivileged children as L. Lancisi, Mrs. John Spellman. Cape well as other charitable apostoArea: Miss Margaret Everard, Mrs. lates of the diocese. Joseph Mazzucchelli. Fall River Area: Persons or organizations wishMrs. Aubrey M. Armstrong, Mrs. ing to be listed in the Ball Booklet Raymond,Boulay, Mrs. Roger Dube, Miss Rosemary Ferreira, Mrs. An- are asked to contact committee thony G. Geary, Mrs. Raymond Lamembers, members of the confervoie, Mrs. Manuel T. Nogueira, Mrs. ences of the Society of St. Vincent Bertrand L. Patenaude. New Bedford . de Paul and members of the CounArea: Mrs. Theodore Calnan, Mrs. cil of Catholic Women. Listing of Clarence Dutra, Miss Theresa Lewis, names may also be sent to the Mrs. Walter Galvin, Miss Helen Stager. Bishop Charity Ball Headquarters, Taunton Area: Mrs. John Martin, Miss Mary Vieira, Mrs. Edward S. 410 Highland Avenue, Post Office . Box 1470, Fal1 River, MA 02722, Franco, Mrs. Albert Maitoza, V. Vito Gerardi of New Bedford telephone 676-8943 or 676-3200.

Bishop released HONG KONG (CNS) - Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Fan Zhongliang, a Vatican loyalist, has been released after two months detention in Shanghai, China, according to a foreign diplomatic source. A member of China's outlawed pro-Vatican underground Catholic Church, 73-year-old Bishop Fan had been detained by public security authorities some time after June 10, UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Bangkok, Thailand, reported. Sources in . ",,~,,_ ... ,,"_,.~.::-·<\t·:·: .... ~_. ~. . Hong Kong said Bishop Fan was•. .CAPE COD area Bishop's Ball workers are, from left, released and returned to his home in Shanghai, where he lives with a ' standing, Miss Margaret Everard, president of the Cape and niece. Islands district of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women; ,>

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Rev. Stephen A. Fernandes, assistant area ball director; seated, Frank Miller, ball cochair and Cape district Vincentian president; Mrs. Andrew Mikita, ballcochair and DCCW president; Mrs. James H. Quirk, presentee committee member. The ball is set for Jan. 10 at White's Restaurant, Westport.

Father Conley is Pilot chief editor BOSTON (CNS) - Father Peter V. Conley, former Boston archdiocesan communications director and cathedral rector, was named editor in chief of The Pilot, archdiocesan newspaper, effective Dec. I. In his new post, he will have overall responsibility for The Pilot, including editorial supervision and business and financial management. Leila H. Little will continue as editor. Born in Readville, Father Conley attended St. John's Seminary, Brighton, Gregorian University in Rome and Catholic University in Washington, DC, where he earned a doctorate in theology. He was ordained a priest in 1963. Father Conley was director of the archdiocesan Office of Communications from 1980-87, serving simultaneously for four ofthose years as secretary of community relations, with responsibility for the communications office, The Pilot, the radio and TV apostolate, the Catholic. Directory and ecumenical and interreligious relations.

ATTY, DOUGLAS FOX, president of the Massachusetts Association for the Blind, presents a bouquet to Miss Alma Foley as she is recognized for 15 years of volunteer service with the association. (William Jordan photo)

Catholic Guild for Blind seeks new members One of the oldest organizations in the diocese is the Fall River Catholic Guild for the Blind. And among its most faithful members are Mrs. Frank McGrath of HoJy Name parish, Fall River, active as a driver for and organizer of guild events since the 1950s and Miss Alma Foley ofSt. Joseph's parish, Fall River, equally active since the same decade. Miss Foley's service to the blind has another facet. Recently she was honored by the Massachusetts Association for the Blind for her 15 years as a home reader for the . organization. The work involves reading books onto tape for use of the blind and visually impaired. As a retired teacher, she specializes in reading textbooks and scholarly journals, at present working on materials for a faculty member at Westfield State College in the western part of Massachusetts. "I leave the dramatic novels to other people," she chuckles. She noted that, working at home, she IS able to read an entire book on tape, whereas volunteers who work at the Brookline headquarters of the Association for the Blind may be able to read for only an hour or so at a time, thus one book may be read onto tape by several different people. Miss Foley was among 14 out of 800 volunteers singled out for recognition at a recent ceremony at the Boston Museum of Science. As well as readers, volunteers are braille transcribers, companions and escorts. Further information about the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and its other programs and services is available by calling 1-800-682-9200. Catholic Guild Mrs. McGrath, who is now making plans for the annual Christmas party for the Fall River Catholic Guild for the Blind; said she originally volunteered because "they were looking for drivers." Over the years, she and Miss Foley have done far more than drive,· and they say a warm welcome awaits new guild members, both volunteers and the visually handicapped,

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Mrs. McGrath recalled that the guild was organized by the late Father Joseph Sullivan at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, in the early 1950s and for many years planned monthly social meetings for the visually handicapped, providing transportation, refreshments with the aid of various parish guilds, and often entertainment. .The visually handicapped some·times outdo the sighted, she noted. "One time we had a driver who got totally lost taking a blind couple to their home in Fall River.! They . were the ones to guide him." Mrs. McGrath paid special tri~ bute to the work of Father Thomas A. Frechette with the guild while he was parochial vicar at Holy Name parish. Now, however, he is serving in Holy Trinity parish, West Harwich, thus is unable to continue the contact. "Father Frechette said Mass and visited with guild members during our social hour at Holy Name School," said Mrs. McGrath, noting that his· presence meant much to them, more especially since his mother is legally blind. At Christmas, a season when light shines in darkness, she and Miss Foley are hoping that the guild will enter a season of growth in 1992 with the addition of both new volunteers and new visl:lally handicapped members. Information is available from Mrs. McGrath at 672-4815.

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His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, has announced the following appointments, made on Dec. 5, 1991: The Reverend Bento R. Fraga from pastor of St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Provincetown to pastor of St. Paul's Parish in Taunton. The Reverend William P. Blottman from Pastor of St. Rita's Parish in Marion to Pastor of St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Provincetown. Bishop Cronin accepted on Oct. 16, 1991 the request of the Reverend Monsignor Robert L. Stanton to enter into retirement. Effective January 29, 1992

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the.moorin~ Sent in Prayer When a dioces~n priest is ordained, he expects to serve the people of his local church for a lifetime. But now and then there are exceptiops, calling some to extraordinary service. Such is the case with our Bishop, now named to be Archbishop of Hartford. Indeed, it seems that from the outset of his ministry the Holy Spirit has called him to extraordinary heights. As a young priest he served in his home Archdiocese of Boston. Then, following a brilliant scholastic career in Rome, he was asked to be part of the Church's founding diplomatic missiori in Ethiopia. . After this experience he worked for seven years in the office of the Vatican Secretariat of State. Returning to Boston in 1968, he was ordained an Auxiliary Bishop to the late Cardinal Richard Cushing. Two years he came to Fall River as resident Ordinary. For 21 years he has guided and directed this church in its Gospel mission. Now once more he will be~on the move, this time to serve the people of Hartford as he continues his fascinating career of dedication to the Church. In the days and weeks to come there will be many tributes to the Archbishop-designate from his friends and colleagues. As preparations are made for his installation in Hartford, all of us in this diocese where he has served for more than a generation should prayerfully ask the good Lord for the graces he will need as he continues his shepherding ministry. ITone word describes Bishop Cronin, it is that of churchman. Fidelity to the.Church has indeed been the hallmark of his episcopacy. There has been no quick-fix attitude towards problems and difficulties. Rather, he has chosen the long-haul approach to diocesan affairs, an approach which has stood him in good stead throughout the years. This is not to say that such an approach has been easy. The last 20 years have been at the same time one of the mo.st exciting and one of the most chaotic periods in church"history.

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An enchanting vision of Mary By Father Kevin J. Harrington

One ofthe most significant developments in popular Catholic spirBut a vision of church founded on fidelity has been Bishop ituality in recent centuries is the Cronin's bulwark. resurgence of devotion to the His love of the Holy See is not pietistic. Rather, it is firmly Blessed Virgin Mary, centering rooted in the ideals of service and sacrifice that have guided around apparitions reported in such places as Guadalupe, Knock, him as priest and bishop. Never tempted to succumb to the Lourdes, Fatima and, most recentfleeting high jinks of so many in the Church in postIy, Medjugorje. Woodstock days, he has steered our diocese through troubled The message of these appearanwaters with a sense of direction born of deep care and concern ces always includes an exhortation for the apostolic tradition. to prayer and moral conversion and an invitation to greater closeAs the day approaches when he will be installed as Archbiness to God. Yesterday the Church shop of Hartford, there will be hundreds of newspaper and celebrated the feast of Our Lady of television words and pictures and inevitably many will miss the Guadalupe, which only recently mark. Amidst the media hoopla that will surround our liturbecame an obligatory memorial gies and our other church traditions, let all of us who have been on the Church's liturgical calendar in North America. served so very well for the past 21 years by our Bishop Daniel The mysterious cloth or mantle continue our quiet prayers for him. and the enchanting storyas'sociated Each day his name is spoken at every Mass in our diocese. with Our Lady of Guadalupe won Each day we ask the Lord to guide him. May this contiilUe and the interest of the famed novelist may our prayers embrace all he will serve in future years. ,John Steinbeck in his latter years and even merited a visit by John The Editor Kennedy during his presidency. In -----------L-e-tt-er-s-W-e-Ic-o-m-e--------....;.-路. January 1979 Pope John Paul II's visit to the shrine of Our Lady of Letters to the editor lire welcomed. All 'letters should be brief and the Guadalupe focused worldwide ateditor reserves the right to condense any letters if deemed necessary. All tention upon this apparition that letten must be signed and contain a home or business ll~dress. occurred on a hill 12 miles north_west of Mexico City. On December 9, 1531, a 57year-old Aztec Indian, recently convertedto Christianity and given the name Juan Diego (John James), heard strange music, climbed the. hill and saw there a woman radiant OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER and lovely. 'Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River Speaking in his native tongue, she identified herself as the mother P.O. BOX 7 887 Highland Avenue of Jesus and said, "I wish and Fall River, MA 02720 Fall River, MA 02722-0007 intensely desire that in this place a Telephone (508) 675-7151 sanctuary be erected. Here 1 will FAX (508) 675-7048 demonstrate, 1 will exhibit, 1 will PUBLISHER give all my love, my cpmpassion, Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.o., S.T.D. my help and my protection to the EDITOR GENERAL MANAGER people. 1am your merciful mother Rev. John F. Moore Rosemary Dussault and the mother of all mankind. ~ Leary Press-Fall River You must go to the house of the bishop and tell him 1 sent you."

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But when told all this, the bishop remained unconvinced and demanded a sign to authenticate Juan's vision. On December II, the Indian conveyed the bishop's message to . the lady on the hill, who told him, "Tomorrow I will give you the sign which will reassure him." But Juan Diego's uncle became ill the next day and his nephew deliberately avoided the hill in order to avoid delay in summoning a priest. To his chagrin, the lady headed him off. Hearing his reason for missing his appointment with her, she asserted that his uncle would recover. "Why be afraid?" she said "Are you not in the folds of my mantle? In the crossing of my arms?" She instructed Juan to gather some roses which, to his astonishment, he found blooming on the cold and barren hill. "This is

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the sign you are to take to the bishop," the lady told him. When Juan returned to the bishop, he opened the white mantle in which he carried the roses. As they cascaded to the floor, the image of the gracious lady was visible on the cloth. These events occurred a decade after Cortes conquered Mexico City. The bishop believed the sign brought him by Juan Diego and erected a little chapel on the hilI of the the vision. The Indian's mantle was placed in the chapel with a procession that included Cortes himself. Why the name of Guadalupe? The Spanish bishop with whom Juan Diego dealth was aware a well-known marian shrine in Guadalupe, Spain; however, a new school of thought contends that the Aztec word for Guadalupe can be translated as "I will crush the stone serpent." This could refer either to the stone serpent venerated in Mexico or to God's promise of路 salvation through the seed of the woman, the Savior who would c'iush the ser~nt's head (Gen. 3: 15). Juan Diego's mantle continues to attract some five million pilgrims a year. Woven from the fibers of the cactus .plant, it measures 66 by 41 inches. On it appears the 'colorful and delicate image of a young woman four feet, eight inches tall. That figure clearly told the Mexican Indians' that the mother of Jesus, though herself a reverent servant of God, was greater than the sun, moon and stars" they had previously worshiped. Mexico now has more baptized Roman Catholics than Italy or the United States. The loveliness of Mary's image and the charm of the story of Juan Diego still touch many a stony heart and intrigue manya skeptical mind within and outside Mexico.

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Bishop Cronin to Hartford路 Continued from Page One earthquake victims in the Azores, of St. John Lateran in Rome by reflecting the concern 路of the faithful for an area,from which many Cardinal Clemente Micara. After continuing studies at the members of the diocese had emiGregorian University and earning grated. In 1976, then Bishop Cronin a Licentiate in Sacred Theology, he returned to the Boston archdio- was honored by t.he Knights of cese and served as parochial vicar Columbus with the annual Lanin parishes in Salisbury and Lynn. tern Award, presented for outIn 1954 he went back to the .standing service to God and coun-' Gregorian, receiving the degree of try, exemplified by his support for Doctor of Sacred Theology summa unborn life and for Christian principles in general. cum laude in 1956. And in 1979 he led a yearlong Again in the Boston archdiocese, he served in a Waltham par- observance of the 75th anniverish until 1957, when he was recalled sary of the Fall River diocese, to Rome and named an attache at including "days of devotion" the Apostolic Internunciature in throughout the diocese and gala Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he banquet celebrations. The highlight came March II of that year was stationed from 1957 to 1961. There followed a seven-year as- when Archbishop Jean Jadot, then signment as attache at the Secreta~ apostolic delegate to the United riat of State in Vatican City, dur- States, headed the bishops of New ing which time he was named a England, including Cardinal Hummonsignor by Pope John XXIII berto Medeiros in a jubilee Mass and was a conclavist for the late at St. Mary's Cathedral. In more recent years, ArchCardinal Richard Cushing at the conclave that elected Pope Paul bishop-designate Cronin has spoken out on many issues, either VI. June 10, 1968, Archbishop- as an individual bishop or in condesignate Cronin was named titu- cert with brother bishops of the lar bishop of Egnatia and an auxil- state or nation. Among his statements have been iary to the late Cardinal Richard Cushing. Thereafter he served as many on peace, education, pro-life pastor of St. Raphael parish, West and the importance of family life; Medford, and was episcopal vicar and with the bishops of Massafor the East Middlesex and North chusetts he issued statements that Essex counties ofthe Boston arch- opposed casino gambling, liberalization of state abortion laws and diocese. state-funded advertising encouragNov. 10, 1970, he was named Bishop of Fall River, succeeding ing use of condoms. Last April,路 Bishop Cronin, retiring Bishop James L. Connolly and being installed Dec. 16 of the speaking to the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, s~me year by Bishop Luigi Raimondi, then apostolic delegate in urged members to work against proposed Sunday morning openthe United States. He lost no time in preparing his ings of supermarkets and malls. In October, 1990, he inaugufirst pastoral letter to his new flock, strongly reaffirming the rated the "Called by Name" proposition of the church on abor- gram in the Fall River diocese as tion. In following months he visited he sought to encourage vocations every diocesan parish, celebrating to the priesthood and religious Mass and greeting parishioners. life. He mandated pastoral counThe first parish thus visited was cils in diocesan parishes, setting July, 1991, as the deadline for their Our Lady of Angels, Fall River. May of 1971 brought a second institution. Annually he has led a Columbus pasto.ralletter, this one emphasizing the importance of devotion to Day street prol;ession through downtown Fall River with the Mary. Through the years came the tra- twin purposes of honoring Our ditional duties of a bishop: con- Lady of Fatima and praying for firming, dedicating new churches world peace. Bishop Cronin was the only and other diocesan buildings, presiding at the annual Bishop's Ball U.S. bishop invited to be present and summertime Evening on the at Fatima last May for Pope John Cape with Bishop Cronin, and Paul II's pilgrimage to the Portuattending many Bishop's Nights of guese shrine where the pontiffgave diocesan organizations as the guest thanks to Mary for his recovery 10 years earlier from bullet wounds of honor. Several times during the arch- suffered in an assassination attempt bishop-designate's time in Fall in St. Peter's Square at the VatiRiver, the diocese reached out to can. The recognition came to the bishop as a tribute to the large Portuguese community in the Fall River diocese. National recognition came to FROM TOP, ArchbishopBishop Cronin in 1989 when his designate Cronin greets his doctoral dissertation on ordinary parents, closest to camera, at and extraordinary means of prebanquet following his I~no serving life was cited in an Atlanta installation as Bishop of Fall . case involving a paralyzed man River; last December, an in- seeking permission to switch off a sustaining his breathing. formal moment with Bishop ventilator The bishop's dissertation was Robert J. Banks at the latter's written in the 1950s when, as a installation as Ordinary of priest in his 20s, he was studying in Green Bay, Wise.; with Hart- Rome. Now considered a valuable ford Auxiliary Bishops Paul contribution to current ethical controversies on prolongation of life, S. Loverde (left) and Peter A. living wills and health care proxRosazza at a Tuesday news ies, the dissertation has been upconference in Hartford. dated and republished by the Pope John XXIII Medical-Moral Research and Education Center in Braintree, MA.

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By DOLORES CURRAN

Matt is 32, married and the father of two unbaptized children. He had 16 years ofCatholiceducation. The only times he's been inside a Catholic church in seven years have been for weddings and Christmas. "Christmas Eve Mass meant so much to me," he ruminates. "It signified idealism, hope and awe. I keep going back but it's different because I no longer belong. Still, I'll try again this year."

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Welcoining the unchurched Cath'olic on Christmas It would be pointless to explain to Matt that the reason he feels he doesn't belong is because he doesn't belong to a faith community. It's like trying to survive all year on Christmas dinner. Yet, Matt is obviously looking for a way to recapture his lost past, a past he realizes he is denying his children, a past he would like to become the present if it weren't all so frustrating. Like many of his peers, he has become disillusioned, not with God, Jesus, and the deposit of faith, but with the institutional church. He questions the church's behavior on issues ranging from birth control and condoms to papal infallibility and celibacy. He feels he has to "buy it all," his words, in order to take part in the Eucharistic meal. Christmas is the time that our six million unchurched Catholics

are most likely to come home, some for nostalgic reasons, others for deeper reasons: is there anything here for me?; is there a reason to return?

Midnight Mass about those who showed up annually at Christmas and Easter, but spurned God and the church the rest of the year.

Many are single and feel the church doesn't care about their needs. Some, like Matt, are married to spouses who aren't Catholic but aren't anti-Catholic, either. Others simply drifted away for a variety of reasons.

Thoughtful pastoral teams point out the problem of welcoming prodigals at the expense of damaging the bonding liturgy that the practicing community expects and deserves. "If we bend our words to those who are alienated, is it fair to those who are committed?" one asked.

Pastors realize that their pews are laced with unchurched Catholics like Matt at Christmas but they aren't sure how to handle the situation of inviting them back home. "One thing's for su're," a sensitive pastor told me, "we aren't going to castigate them as we did in days past." I laughed because, as a preVatican II child, I recall the sarcastic remarks from our pastor at

Frankly, I don't want to go to Christmas Eve'Mass and hear reasons why those who feel alienated should feel otherwise. I want words on the beauty of the day we are celebrating. But I do think we miss an opportunity to invite our -sisters and brothers back into the fold at Christmas if we ignore them. A simple welcome by the pastor and

parishioners would be of great value. At the beginning of the liturgy, the pastor could set the tone by saying, "We welcome all of you, Catholics and others, who are visiting tonight. We are happy you are worshiping with us and we hope you find us friendly and open. We are a faith community here for you as well as for each other. Before we begin our liturgy, let's meet each other and exchange the joy of this season." Parishioners are quick to pick up such cues and when they do, they make a person like Matt feel less alone. A word or two on holiday spiritual hunger during the homily helps, as does a little coffee after Mass. But the real invitation comes' from those of us in the pew. Our warmth and caring offset the institutional barriers to those looking for a reason to come home again.

What is a Mass of the Angels? By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN

Q. Could you explain the phrase "Mass ofthe Angels"in relation to funerals? We still find it occasionally in obituary notices in our paper. As I understand it, this was a type of funeral Mass for children

under a certain age. Is this accurate? Is it still proper terminology? (New Jersey) A. This way of describing a funeral Mass for a very young child used to be quite common, but it never was an accurate designation for any funeral liturgy. It arose, of course, from a widespread folk custom of describing very young children who have died as "angels in heaven." This expression was in some ways understandable, particularly in comparing their childlike innocence to that of the angels. There was and is, hQ~ever, no . th~ological or liturgic~l basis for

this way of speaking. All human persons, regardless of age, are distinguished from angelic creatures by the fact that we have a body and soul, and that we are destined to rise body and soul in the resurrection from the dead. The older pre-Vatican I I missals designate all burial or commemorative Masses as simply Masses for the Dead. Our present missal is the same, though it does include special prayers for different classes of people (married people, parents, priests arld so on), including special Mass prayers for infant

children, including those who have died before baptism. As I have explained at length previously, our church law provides that children who have not been baptized may be buried with full liturgical rites, including the Eucharist, if the parents intended to baptize the children but had not the opportunity (Canon 1183). No distinction is made between children who die before or after birth. A similar confusion to the one you mention is often evident t04ay, designating the funeral Mass as the Mass ofthe Resurrection. This, too, is understandable considering

the emphasis in our liturgy for the dead on the hope and joy promised us by our sharing in the death and resurrection of Christ. Another common designation, the Mass of Christian Burial, is less confusing. However, the proper liturgical designation is still the Mass for the Dead, or Funeral Mass. A free brochure outDoing Catholic prayers, beliefs and practice is available by.sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, 111. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.

The family celebrates Christmas By Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY

Christmas is a feast of joy and giving. The church celebrates the mystery of the incarnation: an,allpowerful God assuming mortal flesh and beginning his mission as a helpless baby. The family at Christmas cele-

brates life and love, the two vital elements offamily. Childbirth is a fa-mily event. And love is the principal family dynamic: the love of spouses for each other and the love between parent and child. Here are some family Christmas traditions. . -We save notes to Santa to give to our child when he is older. - We downplay Santa (commercialism) by emphasizing Jesus' birthday. Santa is linked to St. Nicholas to increase the ri:ligious, significanc'e. St. Nicholas only brings stocking gifts, one of which is something holy or religious. Other gifts are exchanged among family members.

-We have two gift-giving sessions at Christmas. On Christmas Eve we give all the presents within the immediate family. That way children's presents to each other get their proper attention. On Christmas Day we pass out the presents from aunts, uncles, grandparents and Santa. -Christmas Eve, Italian style: Every year Ray's father makes 13 different kinds of fish for Christmas Eve dinner. The house is open to family and friends. -We wrap a doll to represent the baby Jesus and put it under the tree. . -We have found that children really relate to the story of the

"Little Drummer Boy." Our boys have drums, and they pretend to be the little drummer boy offering gifts of love and kindness to the baby Jesus. They practice the song all through Advent and then perform on Christmas Day. -Our first married Christmas was in an old toll house. We had an old-fashioned Christmas tree with gingerbread men, popcorn, cranberries, etc. This is part of our tradition, and we decorate our tree in this manner every year. -Before our Christmas meal we break a wafer and pass it around the table to each one as a wish for good luck and happiness.

-Our annual Christmas letter records family events of the year. -We celebrate the 12 days of Christmas, spreading out activities,gift giving and caroling. -We have a little boy born on Christmas Day. We retell the story of his birthday and what a special Christmas Day that was. We set aside a special time later in the day for his cake and celebration. -We have a Twelfth-Day cake for Epiphany. We put three coins in the cake. Those who find the coins wear crowns representing the three kings.

Who needs Christmas anyway? A survey By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

As the holiday season began this year I wondered how people really feel about Christmas. . Every year I hear so many complaints about the. pressure, the materialism and the overload of work that accompany Christmas. 1 wondered if anyone would go so far as to ask who needs Christmas anyway. So 1 surveyed a dozen people. The answer was heartwarming. Everyone agreed that we need Christmas.

Some agreed with Ron Bor~denko, owner of a newspaper and novelty store and father of five children. "We need a time of year when we feel close with our fa'mi. lies, when we're not thinking about business and all our worries and troubles," he said. "Christmas is just a time to enjoy what you have." Mary Harwood, a biographer of the famed ornithologist John James Audubon, responded that without Christmas, there wouldn't be anything to make us stop and get in touch with friends. "It sounds rather old-fashioned and tame, but I like the idea of everyone in the family getting together to celebrate," she said. An Episcopai clergyman, the Rev. Roger White, said that Christmas is needed "because it has to do with hope. It is a story that gives us

a way of understanding that God is always in the world." The Bethlehem story "opens our eyes as it did for the shepherds to the splendor of God's creation," he added. It makes us aware of "the presence of divinity ... wherever we look." <> The Nativity challenges us to get our p~ioritiess~raightenedou~, ~aid Denms O'Sullivan, an electriCian. "I guess we need Christmas to force us to stop doing the day-today things and try ~o settl~ down to re~em~er what the major goal here IS. It s not ~o clean t~e b~sem~nt but to achieve .salv~tlOn, he said. He was cleanmg It when I interrupted him. For Brother Aelred-Seton, a Benedictine and the founder of a Connecticut prayer center called the Hermitage of the Dayspring, Christmas is needed so we can "open our eyes to see the world

and open our hearts to take it in." "As Christians we speak of God becoming one with us," he said. "Yet the world we live in and the humanity we bear are often pretty unbearable. There's something very powerful for me that God has taken on the unbearable along with us from cradle to grave." There is aiso hopeful symbolism in the time that Christmas is celebratedBrother Aelred said. Christmas c~mes at the darkest time of the year just when daylight begins to lengthen and it celebrates "that tiny glimmer oflight in the coming of a newborn child." O'Sullivan also spoke of the exuberance he feels about the "ecumenical walk" that the churches in his town sponsor each December. The churches select an' evening and put on their best music and readings. People go from church

to church and wind up at St. John's for coffee. "That to me is one of the most enjoyable Christmas traditions," he said. "I enjoy going around with my family listening and caroling." Family was the word heard most often when people in my survey spoke of Chri~tmas. The Rev. Russell Ayre, retired pastor of a Congregational church, defined succinctly why Christmas remains a sp~ci~1 time:. .. It .IS ~n oc~s~on for famlhe~ ... to umte 10 a SPlTlt of remembering and sharing the love they feel as a family. " Change "Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself or herself."- Leo Tolstoy

A bout "Bob"

After the storm, every one of our customers was out of power. We had damage to our main transDear Editor: !Dission lines and had--people work· t am writing. in response to your 109 u~ to their waist" in swamps by editorial Anchor. Nov. 15 about flashhght to get that going. In the Commonwealth Electric. our staff. who normally r have been a Catholic since meantime. handle 16 crews, were very hard birth and have served the Church pressed to handle nearly 200 crews. t~rough the years in many capacimost of whom did not know our ties. In the past 15 years, my wife area. and I have pres.ented weekends for Along with having to keep these Marriage Encounter, have done crews busy an~ safe, they needed many youth retreats and have done guides. motels. restaurants and fuel many talks for confirmation classes. for their trucks. Many of our crews We have worked in OUE own were faced with rock and insultparish in Marriage Preparation t1lmw.ing customers. yet [hey never and done marriage enncnment prO: -lost their cool. grams in our parish and throughThe damage we sustained was out the Diocese. We have served as staggering: nearly three times the Family Life representatives for our parish orst. John Neumann from damage caused by Gloria. yet most its inception. Many of your parish customers were back by the same priest brothers will vouch that we '~time as in Gloria. As our rates go, yes we are high. have worked hard and steadily to but in many instances we are in the help build up the Church. Well, I attack my job with the same state chat many other comsame fervor and dedication. The panies find it expensive to do buspeople that I serve in my job are iness in, and we face many of the very impertant to 'me. So afC all same prOblems that they do. I am my fellow employees, many' of ~ure that .if you were sincerely mterested In knowing some of the whom are also devout Catholics. You see.] must be one of the main problems we face, someone would characters that mounted wJtat you sit and explain them to you. Can we improve? Yes, we all called a "'feebleu attempt at restocan, and ~ur company is in the ration after H urricanc Bob. Evidently, with a statement like process of making improvements that. you have no idea of the sacri- in many cases. Changes take time. fices that were made on behalf of and editorials such as yours certainly slow the process down. as it our customers. Myself arid three creates many hard feelings with of my men Jost our boats to the storm because we were here· in our customers. Some (complaintsl advance of "Bob'" planning for his are ~served, but many -are not. I expect to see editorials like onslaught. While most people were that in public newspapers, because home with ttteir families. ours were that is probably what sells papers, left 10 fend. for themselves. Our, bome h~d a tree through but I thought that the Anchor was tbe roof and no power for seven a Catholic newspaper whose mis· days. In Freetown, that also means sion was to inform the public. not to incite them about issues you no water or toilet facilities. Phones have not eveD researched. - were also out, so for the first 48 I was angry and very hurt by the hours. I never left the company. -Sure] worried, but I and my unsel- remark about a "feeble" effort in fish fellow workers had a large job restoration after Hurricane Bob. as were many of my fellow emto be done.

ployees. Has the Church lent itself to unfounded statements in order . to sell papers?! hope not I haw: been very involved with-_ the Church and with many priests for many years. but I don't profess to be a theologian. How many years of training do you have in line restoration after a major storm that gave you the insight to make such a -statem~nt? We need dedicated people to improve our company. yet we ate beat on constantly. now even in the Anchor. This sure does nothing to help our morale. Yet I'm not doing this out of anger as I know we all can make mistakes. ] hope you would look into the great damage that was caused by "Bob" and realize what a monumental task we had to fix it. And Father, if you would please read Matthew Chapter 7 verses I ~5 when you are so inclined to write such a damaging editorial. ------Line Supenisor Commonwealth Electric

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Zephaniah 3:14-18 The database is being developed kind of de mographic data ought study a couple of the papal encycPhilippians 4:4-7 as a historical research tool for to be included in the study. licals on social justice to find out Luke 3:10-18 Information that potential users scholars and as a present and what constitutes a just salary. have expressed most interest in, he' Rarely in Scripturecdo. we find One of the most meaningful and future planning tool for dioceses. When finished, it is to give a said, centers on things Ii,ke Catholic more beautiful words than Zephthought-provoking Christmas cards By FATHER ROGER breakdown ofgrowth or decline in population breakdown by age, aniah's in today's first reading. I ever received simply stated, "I KARBAN "Shout for joy, 0 daughter Zion!" was hungry. And you formed a Catholic institutions and popula- ethnic group, income and employ- . he proclaims. "Sing joyfully, 0 try. Then, in 617, to stop the idola- discussion group to talk about my tions, along with other key demo- ment levels. graphic changes, in each U.S. While the researchers have been Israel! ... Yahweh,your God, is in trous worship pervading his do- plight!" mapping out what other data county since 1940. your midst, a mighty savior; he main, he closed down every shrine, On one hand, we join with Paul Boundaries between dioceses are should be used, he said, a team of will rejoice over you with glad1,1ess, . temple and holy place except one: in praying that ..... God's own and renew you in his love. He will hi,S own shrine, the Jerusalem peace, which is beyond all under- established by county lines in the students has been electronically sing joyfully be.cause of you, as temple. " standing, will stand guard over United States, and county lines are entering and coding Catholic instigeneraHy used as a basis COl COl Ill- tutionallDld personnel data since one sings at festivals." Though everyone agrees he1fa(J----yoilTnearts -ana-mrnds.. ~tiron Just as rare is the effect the to do someth.ing concrete if be the other hand, we know God's ing deaneries or otherregional div- 1940 from the Official Catholic Directory. The yearly directory prophet's oracles eventually had really was senous about reform, peace only comes about during isions within'dioceses. James- Youniss, one of three lists all Catholic priests, churches, on Josiah, the king. He actually scholars coritinu~ to argue the pros and after our attempts to carry out Catholic .' University researchers schools, hospitals, religious com~ " listened, then tried to carry them and cons of Josla~'s decrees. As his will in very practical ways. . out! ~ong as he stayed 10 the realm of Because of recent insights into' coordinating the databa~ project, munities and other institutions in his Qumran background, we now . sa.id the researchers will provide a the country. Josiah, who reigned toward the Id~~l~, no one complained. The The U.S. census, taken at the end of the 7th cen,tury B.C., was ~ntlcl~m came when he began issurecognize how intently John must . demographic profile free to each be a "valuastart of each decade, will be used diocese, where it can the John XXIII of his era. By 109 edIcts. , have anticipated Yahweh's comdeliberately working to make YahYet prophetic words only take ing. Yet it is clear from many ofthe ble tool" for pianning and develop- as the main resource for general demographic data, he said, but weh's saving presence- real for his effectwtlen they are integrated Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts left ment. At the same time, he said, it will other sources of important specialpeople, he became one of Juda- into our daily lives. by his community, and also from ism's greatest reformers. But like Eventually someone even asks his words quoted in our Christian help historians and other scholars ized information will also be used all reformers, he constantly had to John the Baptizer,- "What ought Gospels, that God's arrival would at the university studying Catholi- - the National Catholic educatake idealistic, prop~etic words ,we to do?" not usher in an age of peace for cisI!1 in the United States. One of tion throughout the country and and mold them into practical, downHe responds with some very everyone. "His winnowing-fan is the weaknesses in research on the the Roper studies analyzing the to-earth programs. . practical proposals: "Let the per- in his hand," he warns, "to clear U.S. church, he said, has been lack religious demographics of all U.S. counties. son with two coats give to somehis threshing floor and gather the of good "quantatativedata." ~ea,ccolJlp.llshed this in many The Lilly Endowment, a leading Youriiss said the information wheat into his granary, but the .ways. To make certain his people one who has none. The person knew ~hat Yahweh expected, he who hastood should do the same." chaff he will burn in unquenchable supporter of research on U.S. reli- from the census and other resourgious life, has funded the two-year ces is already accessible ine~ promulgated the Deuteronomic He commands tax collectors, "Ex- fire." 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invasive medical procedures are performed. But the "Bergalis bill," opposed by AIDS activists, the American Medical Association and the American Dental Association, never made it out of congressional committee.

In a scathing letter to Florida health officials in April, Miss Bergalis'wrote, "Who do I blame? Do I blame myself? I sure don't. I never used IV drugs, never slept with anyone and never had a blood transfusion." , Instead, she said, she blamed Acer and "anyone that knew Dr. Medical specialists maintain that Acer was infected and h~d fulldoctor-patient infections are extremely unlikely if standard pre- ' blown AIDS, and stood by not doing a damn thing abollt it." ventive steps are ta~en, despite reIn a July 19 interview with The ports by the Centers for Disease Florida Catholic, newspaper of Control that at least 40 of the nation's 6.436 infected health care the Palm Beach diocese, Miss Berworkers contracted the virus from galis' parents said their Catholic faith had given them the fortitude patients' blood. to help their daughter in her cruMiss Bergalis was infected by sade for mandatory testing of her dentist, Dr. David Acer, who health workers. died of AIDS in 1990. Four other i\ vigil for Miss Bergalis took Acer patients have been diagnosed place Dec. 9 at St. Anastasia with the same strain of ~IDS.

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Stars on hand for carousel dedication Actor Lou Diamond Phillips and Jeff, a dog, who has been instrumental in promoting the human-animal bond, visited 5t. Anne's Hospital, Fall River" on Monday to participate in dedication of a carousel for the children's unit and to visit patients. Jeff has traveled worldwide to increase awareness of the benefits of human-animal interaction for the sick or elderly, including socialization, stimulation of exercise, interchange 6f affection and increased interaction with other people.

How to raise a child on $12 a month Here in America $12 a month will not even pay for , school lunches. But overseas, $12 will work a miracle. For example, please take a close look at little Lami. Twelve dollars a month can change her life forever... ...a life spent in a wooden shack, built on stilts, over a disease-infested swamp. And at night she gets a bowl of rice to eat and goes to sleep on a floor mat. Her only toys are a worn-out teddy bear and a ragged doll. Her secondhand dress is patched and too small for her. She desperately needs a better diet to build strong bones, medicine when she is sick, water that is not contaminated, and a chance to go to school. . And all this can happen for only $12 a month! ~ Will you help raise child like Larni? ' This is a full sponsorship program-designed for Americans who are unable to send $20, $21, or even $22 a month to other sponsorship organizations.

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Anchor readers help seminary. in India It began Oct. 19, 1990, with a Mail Packet letter in the Anchor (see box). Over a year later, nearly 2,000 books donated by Anchor readers are en route to a povertystricken seminary in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Owen T.P. McGowan, the just-retired librarian at Bridgewater State College, was among Massachusetts college personnel selected in the summer of 1990 to participate in a Fulbright study tour of India. The program included visits to sites of cultural, historic and political importance on the subcontinent. Not surprisingly, McGowan's chief interest lay in the libraries at each stop. But it was not until he con~ cluded the formal part of the tour and took an extra two weeks to visit a daughter living in Uttar Pradesh that a library captured his heart as well as his professional interest. It was the pitifully small seminary library of the diocese of Meerut, rich in seminarians but woefully poor in teaching materials. Impulsively, he promised to send the young men appropriate books; which fortunately could be in English, since that language is the common means of communication in a nation with 16 major tongues and scores of dialects. When he returned to the States, McGowan sent his letter to the Anchor. Ensued a deluge of responses, demonstrating how closely subscribers read their diocesan newspaper.. . "It was a 'wonderful experience," , he said, "to go from one end ofthe diocese to the other, meeting great people, many of them going beyond donating their books to.add a contribution towards the cost of shipping them to India." Several busy months later, there was time to count the books some 1,800 of them - and to

realize just how much those shipping costs would be: about .50 per book.

Books needed in India Dear Editor: I have been an Anchor reader since the first issue of April II, 1957, and my wife is an Anchor staff member. Despite these disqualifications, I make bold to ask a favor of my fellow readers. I was in India this summer and came to know of a seminary in the state of Uttar Pradesh; a very poor seminary' in one of the country's poorest states. The students are in great need of English-language books on church history, lives of the saints, theology, spiritual reading - in short, any books appropriate for young men preparing for the priesthood. If you are like me, you have books on your shelves once read and enjoyed but no longer needed. If you can spare some such, drop me a note, care of the Anchor (PO Box 7, Fall River 02722), and I will gladly pick up your contributions. After all, what could be nicer than driving around our beautiful diocese with my wife the staff member? Owen T.P. McOowan Fall River .

THE LETTER that started it all. Enter Jim McFadden of the National Committee of Catholic Laymen, an organization that publishes Catholic Eye, a feisty review of events of Catholic interest, and Human Life Review, a . scholarly pro-life quarterly.

McGowan's daughter in India, Jo, a contributor to Human Life Review, wrote hopefully to McFadden about the shipping problem, saying "I wonder if your Catholic Eye crowd would be willing to help.. .! know you would approve of the sort of priests this seminary turns out-they are incredibly spiritual people and live true Gospel lives. Theyjust need books!" "Done," was McFadden's response. At this writing, the books are on the high seas, on the way to New Delhi, from where they will be trucked to Meerut. Very soon they will be helping form young future priests for the vast Indian subcontinent. And Anchor and Catholic Eye subscribers who contributed to this happy result will be remembered in seminarians' prayers for years to come.

o KEY OF DAVID and Sceptre of the house of Israel, who openest and no man shutteth,-who shuttest and no man openeth: come and bring forth from his prison house the captive that sitteth in darkness and in the shadow of death.

BEGINNING Tuesday the Church uses the andent 0 antiphons, so called from their ,initial letter, at the Eucharistic liturgy and at Evening Prayer. They are suggested as a beautiful evening grace or prayer at the time of lighting a family or individual Advent wreath.

DECEMBER 21 ODAWNOFTHEEAST, brightness of the light eternal and Sun ofJustice; come and enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.

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o WISDOM, who camest out of the mouth of the Most High, reaching from end to end and ordering all things mightily and sweetly: come and teach us the way of prudence.

KING OF THE GENTILES and the desired of DECEMBER 18 them, thou cornerstone that o ADONAI and Leader of makest both one: come and the house of Israel, who deliver man whom thou didst appear to Moses in didst form out of the dust the flame of the burning of the earth. bush and didst give unto him the law on Sinai: come and with an outstretched arm redeem us. .'

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 13,1991

By Charlie Martin

Love.... Thy Will Be Done

By Christopher Carstens Bravery and fearlessness may seem like the same thing, but they aren't. Anybody can be fearless, but bravery is something harder come by and much more valuable i'n the long run. Fearlessness is simply not being afraid. If you're not, you just aren't. It's no big deal. Bravery involves facing your fear, knowing you're scared and going ahead anyway. Fearless people don't impress me all that much; h's bravery I admire. Some people aren't afraid of baseballs flying at them through the air while people watch them try to catch the thing and throw it on to first base. Others have developed a healthierfear of a hardball's capacity for splitting one's lip and the way a bad hop can make you look like a roser in front of your friends. Baseball is fun and effortless for the fearless second baseman. But I really smile when I look at the player hiding out in deep right field, knowing that with every pitch he's saying, "Please don't hit it over here." That's bravery. You know you're scared, but you still play the game. You take those fears out into the field and you do your best in spite of them. Lots of people are terrified by speaking in public. Not me. I can stand up and give talks with 850 people in the auditorium. In those situations, I feel no fear. None of those people know me, and none

of them ever ask embarrassing questions. It's a piece of cake. But one on one it's different. I e~pe'cially dread telling somebody I care about that he or she is doing something I don't like. That takes all the bravery I can muster. My friend Tom told me once about an experience with bravery. -He and another fellow had known each other a long time and could tell each other really important things - personal stuff thl!t they hated admitting to themselves, let alone another,person. A chance for sharing the hard secrets of life meant a lot. It was special. But gradually his friend stopped listening. he'd go on and on about his plans and disappointments, and Tom would listen. Tom would ask questions. He'd support his friend's risks and explorations. But when it was time for Tom to talk, when it was Tom's turn to share, his friend would talk about himself some more. Tom thinks one of the hardest things he ever had to say was, "If this goes on, I just c~m't be your friend anymore. You have to listen to me sometimes and what I say has to matter to you. Otherwise, I'm done." That took all the bravery Tom could find. And the truth is, it didn't go all that well at first. His friend got defensive and Tom got upset, and they left that afternoon on fairly cool terms. But they got past it, and Tom trusts him more now than he did before.

My traditional tree cutting By Dan Morris I was hacking away at the bottom branch of a IO-foot fir with a butcher knife last evening. and reflecting on life. What brings an adult male to stand in his driveway on a drizzly, freezing evening and whack away at a fir tree? And, ~hich of my sons lost my hatchet? For that matter, what was I going to use to cut thrqugh the 3-inch diameter trunk to shorten the thing enough to set it upright in our living room, to the satisfaction of my wife and our warm, dry children? I was mulling these questions deeply, about as deeply as one can mull while risking loss of a, digit finger to a dull knife, when I hl;ard similar hacking. It was my neighbor, Bud, chopping away at a lO-foot fir tree in his driveway. "Hey, Paul Bunyan," I called. "You gonna have your pet beaver chaw through that trunk when you're done limbing, or do y,ou have a saw you could loan me when you are done?"

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"I loaned you my saw last Christmas, you Scrooge, and I never saw it again," he replied. "We wouldn't have to do this if we would just buy one of those really good fake trees," I pointed out, trying to remember what I had done with his saw. "And miss the ritual of filling the car with fir needles, smearing pitch all over the place and buying a tree two traditional feet taller than the front room ceiling?" he asked. "Good points," I agreed. Obviously he too had been mulling. We continued hacking in silence for Ii few moments. "Do you think an electric carving knife with a serrated edge could'cut through these trunks?" I asked." "Nota bad thought," Bud admitted. "It would be worth a try before we break out the hammer and chisel." . I looked up through the falling sleet at my family, framed in the warm light of our front room. I grinned and waved, .reciting .my traditional tree-trimmIng greetIng, "May Santa fill your stockings with sawdust." It felt good.

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Love, thy will be done 1 can no longer hide I can no longer run No longer can 1 resist the guiding light That gives me the power to keep up the fight Love thy will be done Since 1 have found you my life has just begun And I see all your creations As one perfect complex You're no less beautiful Or no more special than the next I'm lost and so wise to accept Thy will love be done Love, thy will be mine You make me strive for the glorious and divine How can I be more than s~tisfied Even when there is no peace outside my window There is peace inside That's why I no longer run Love thy will be done Love, thy will be done -I can no longer hide I can no longer run Love, thy will be done No longer can I resist The guiding light The light that gives me the power To keep up the fight I couldn't be more satisfied Even when there is no peace outside my window There is pelice inside And that is why I can no longer run Love, thy will be done I can no longer hide I can no longer run Love, thy will be done Thy will love be done Written and sung by Martika Prince(c) 1991 by Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Martika's "Love... Thy Will Be Done" strikes me as a prayer. I do not know ifthat is what she intends, but she did state in a recent interview that she writes prayers. Perhaps this is one set to music. The song doesn't mention God directly. Yet, we know from the Scriptures that anything of love is of God. Thus, to pray the

words, "Love, thy will be done," is to open oneself to God's spirit. Apparently the person in the song has been afraid of love. She states: "I can no longer hide, I can no longer run, no longer can I resist the guiding light that gives me the power to keep up the fight." , With love's presence in her

life, she has realized "even when there is no peace outside my window, there is peace inside." Thus, "That's why I no longer run. Love, thy will be done." Since love heals and uplifts our lives, why would anyone want to avoid its power? Why would anyone try to escape God's healing presence? There are many answers. The following are two possibilities. Some people don't trust love, even when it is given in a free and genuine manner. Often this mistrust flows out of a history of hurt. Even when others choose to love them, these hurt individuals do not expect love to last. Consequently, emotional walls are built around their hearts. These people want to avoid all emotional vulnerability. Unfortunately, such a decision also kills t,hat hope that they possess - the desire to , find an enduring heart connection with another. What results is an aching loneliness. Other people feel a deep unworthiness. They cannot believe that someone could love them. Such people hide their hearts' needs behind their external acts. On the outside they are very competent and seem to be confident in themselves. Yet inside lives a huge fear that they will be seen for what they believe to be true about themselves, that they are not good enough and that they do not deserve to be loved. Perhaps you see yourself in one of these ways of running from love. Surely, most of us feel these hurts to some degree. However, God's love is very p'ersistent. Even when we are afraid, and perhaps with good reason, God still wants us to find healing for our deep hurts. God wants us to discover new opportunities to experience love's power. Always, we have choice. Healing begins when we open our hearts to God, and even in the face of fears pray: "Love, thy will be done." Your comments are welcomed by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 182, Rockport, IN 47635.

BISHOP FEEHAN students, from left, Thomas Gordon, Andrew Bennett, Adam Dooley and Ravi Patel recently took part in a Worcester Polytech Institute competition..t;or high school seniors interested in engineering careers. The team from the Attleboro school placed in the top 20 of all competing teams, and Dooley won a scholarship to WPI. Math teacher Nancy Jolin accompanied the team. r.o. •

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 13, 1991

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When receiving is a gift By Linda Rome The flip side of giving is receiving. And at first glance, it appears that receiving a gift is an easy discipline. Just look at little children on Christmas morning tearing into a pile of gifts with joyous abandon. Their eyes light with the wonder of surprise, with expectancy, with the sheer fun of it all. On their faces is the delight of knowing they are loved, for a gift is love made visible. There is no

Coyle-Cassidy Senior Jonathan O'Reilly has been selected Coyle-Cassidy's representative in the Century III teaders competition. 14 C-C entrants were judged on school leadership and extracurricular activities, community involvement, honors and a wards earned, grade point average, a current events exam, and an essay discussing a problem facing America as it enters its third century. O'Reilly chose drug abuse as his essay topic. Runners-up were Mary Giovanoni and Sarah Saladyga. O'Reilly's application goes on to state competition for two $1,500 scholarships and all-ex pense-paid trips· to the Century III Leaders National Meeting next year in Williamsburg, Va. Coyle-Cassidy graduate JohnMichael Rogers was the national Century III winner in 1984.

Three -Coyle-'Cassh:iy students have been recognized by the College Board for exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement(AP) Examinations. Sarah Funke qualified for the Scholar with Honor Award by earning grades of 3 or above on four or more AP examinations, for an average exam grade of 3.25 out of a possible 5. Ben Dobbs and Rachel Doherty qualified for the Scholar Award by earning scores of 3 or higher on three AP examinations. Only about 10 percent of the 359,000 students who took AP examinations last May qualified for such recognition. 185 Coyle-Cassidy students earned recognition on the first quarter honor roll. 38 students received honors (all As and Bs), while sophomore Laurie Poyant of New Bedford received high honors (all As).

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Five Coyle-Cassidy athletes have been named to Eastern Athletic Conference all-star teams for the fall season. Senior football captain Jake Winslow of Somerset was named an all-star for the second consecutive year as a back. Senior Jay Berube of Taunton was named as a lineman, and junior Mark Doherty of Lakeville earned a spot as a linebacker. Senior Matt Doherty of Easton was named to the EAC boys' cross country team, while senior Jeff Ferreira was selected' to the boys' soccer team. Coyle-Cassidy won its Thanksgiving football game against Bishop Feehan 12-0. Senior Pete MacDougall won the L.G.· Balfour Trophy as the game's most valuable player.

Bishop Stang The Bishop Stang High School student council cordially invites all students, parents, alumni, and friends to the second annual tree lighting ceremony and caroling celebration to be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 18 at the front entrance of the North Dartmouth school. The Bishop Stang mixed chorus will perform ~nd lead the group in song. Participants are invited to warm up with hot cpocolate following the carolin& and 1991 graduates may pick up their yearbook supplements.

need to ask, "Do you like it? Is it the right size? You can return it if you don't like it." A child's face is a giver's gift. But somewhere along the way , we become harder to please. And stingy with our gift of receiving. Perhaps we sense strings attached to the gift: strings of obligation, duty or expectation. Sometimes a gift seems more like a burden than anything else. At my graduation party from college, I opened a card from my parents. Inside \Vas the key to' a' car. The guests said I went pale. My parents said it was the surprise. But in my heart I felt the weight of their gift: the hours my father spent repainting the car and fixing it up and even their confidence that I would use such a valuable gift wisely. I was afraid I could not live up to that trust. Somehow it seemed to obligate me to live my life a certain way when I was struggling AT A QUINCENTENNIAL-themed Mass at St. Mary's for a sense of independence. I felt Church, New Bedford, students of St. Mary's School process unworthy, and so I found it hard to be grateful. "Tit for tat" giving with crosses and flags of the 50.states as the American flag is unfurled above the altar. Father Mark Hession was celebrant , is another 8bs~acle to, gracious' of the Mass, which combines commemoration of the arrival of Columbus in the New World with the National Catholic Educational Association's theme for the school year: "Discover Catholic Schools." Also participating in the celebration were Knights of Columbus. A Dec. 20 "Birthday Party for Jesus" with a I p.m. Mass celein the class, taught by Mrs. Brenbrated by Father Mark Hession is nan and Mrs. Ausiello. The first planned at Holy Family-Holy Mrs. Diane Crane's Lafin II ,semester is focusing on pre,paraName School, New Bedford. Stutions for the College Board Achieveclass at Bishop Feehan High dents are collecting "birthday gifts ment Test in French. The second School, Attleboro, are presently for Baby Jesus" to be presented as semester will emphasize speaking working on written projects to be gifts at the Mass and at a Dec. 22 and writing activities. submitted to the annual Classical Christmas Concert at St. Lawrence The language department is also Church. Donated items will be Association of New England writkeeping abreast of professional given to Market Ministries for dising contest. In preparation for this developments in foreign languages. students are doing research on tribution to needy families. The above mentioned language classical authors, social traditions, * * * * teachers as well as Carmen Barrafamily life and religious practices. Father Jack Oliveira will speak ford, Joan Drobnis and Nancy on "Multicultural Experiences" at Feehan's French III class, under Mello, attended the annual con- the monthly Parent and Friend the direction of teacher and chairference of the Massachusetts For- Steering Group meeting resche-' person Mrs. Karen Brennan, has eign Language Association held duled to 7 p.m. Dec. 16. Next been accepted into the Peace Corps' November I and 2 in Burlington. World Wise Schools program. month's meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 6 The conference consisted of over will feature a discussion of "SataStudents will be studying the dif50 workshops addressing classroom nism in Music" by Karen Ashferent areas of the world where needs, the use of modern technol- worth. Attendance is required at French is spoken. The class will ogy, curriculum design and federal link up with a classroom in Senethe latter meeting for Holy Familyfunding for foreign language progal, West Africa for a student-toHoly Name junior high students grams. Participants in a workshop st udent exchange of corresponand St. Lawrence confirmation I, entitled "Using the Camera in the dence and artifacts. Former Peace II and III students. Classroom" learned to use polaCorps volunteers visited the class Grades 7 and 8 will attend an roid photos as i.nstructional aids. during National Geography week, Advent retreat at Holy Name parMs. Drobnis took a Spanish Dec. 1-7, to share their experienish center on Dec. 19. ' exam sponsored by the Spanish ces as volunteers in French West government at New Yor·k UniverAfrica. sity on November 23. Meanwhile Mrs. Linda Ausiello's French II Ms. Brennan attended a meeting class recently participated in a "classy and creative project". After at Fontbonne Academy in Milton to prepare for a day of workshops learning.clothing vocabulary, stufor foreign language teachers of dent created mock mail order cataUnder a federal grant, Mrs. the Boston archdiocese and Fall logues featuring the latest Robyn Mayor has been hired to River diocese to be held in the fall French fashions. service grades 6 through 8 of the of 1992. Always striving to better meet six New Bedford Catholic elementhe needs of Feehan's student Debate team officers for the tary schools. She will instruct stuschool year are president Kathe- dents on health, drugs and alcohol population the foreign language rine Goldman, vice president Erinn . and sexuality issues and will prodepartment is offering French V Hoagg, secretary Elaine Dwyer vide related in-service programs class on a regularly scheduled basis. and treasurer Nita Patel. Ten students are presently enrolled for teachers and parents.

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receiving, as if somewhere there is a great tally sheet that must come out even. We may not need to keep a score card of what'we owe, but there are responsibilities in the'art of giving and getting. For example, the first Christ- , mas I couldn't come home for the holidays the postman delivered a hefty box from my parents. Like a child I ripped open the box and took out all the gaily wrapped presents. I sneaked a peek in the tin ofcookies that smelled of Christmas at home. My mother had included all my favorites: Brazil nuts, walnut cres- , cents, little raspberry tarts, anise cookies, rum balls and Lebkuchen. I could hardly wait for Christmas morning to open the other gifts. But when 1 did 1 was disappointed. There was perfume in a scent I no longer wore, a new outfit in last year's size and a book I'd already reild . I hadn't wanted to appear greedy

of selfish when my !nether ~5k~d me what I wanted and I was afraid she wouldn't approve of what I reaily wanted, so I said, "Anything will' be fipe." But when she called later to share my excitement, I realized that my false pride had robbed her (and me) of my delight in her gifts. Think back to the children around the Christmas tree. Even if the gift doesn't fit or they don't underst~nd it, they still want it. So, in this season of giving and receiving gifts of all kinds, give that most special gift of yourself: the gift of receiving with a grateful heart. '

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 13, 1991

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CHRISTMAS TV MASS '. At 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at St. Mary's Cathedral, FR, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will celebrate Mass for airing on Christmas Day on WLNE Channel 6. Participants should arrive at Cathedral the Christmas by 10: I5 a.m. ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Grade 7 class Mass 10 a.m. Sunday. Grade 6 liturgy 2:45 p.m. Dec. 18. First grade Christmas play 10 a.m. Dec. 14. Grades 7 to 10 Christmas party 7 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 16.

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, FR Council of Catholic Women's annual Christmas party 6 p.m. Dec. 16, Father Reis Hall, including gift exchange and brief business session. O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Lower Cape U1treya Christmas party 7:30 tonight beginning with prayer service in church followed by social·in parish center; participants bring wrapped ornament for gift exchange. Giving tree gifts should be brought to church by Dec. 18. Christmas Cantata 4 p.m. Dec. 22.

NOTRE DAME, ·FR . Christmas concert 7 p.m. Sunday. CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Immaculate Conception, FR, confirmation retreat 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow. SACRED HEART, N. ATTLEBORO Catechist formation Tuesday, starting with 7 o'clock evening prayer in the chapel. Father Peter Andrews, Immaculate Conception parish, Westerly, RI, will be presenter. HOLY NAME, NB Children's Christmas party 2 p.m. tomorrow, parish center. Couples' Club party 6:30 p.m. Sunday, White's of Westport. Women's Guild giving tree gifts may be brought until Dec. 15. SACRED HEART, NB Giving tree gifts accepted through Dec. 17. Canned goods may be left in Vincentian baskets in church.

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EMMAUS/GALILEE The December Galilee monthly reunion, incorrectly annpu~ced as taking place Dec. 8, will be held at 7 p.m. this Sunday at Neumann Hall, Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown. Themed "Where is Christmas Love?" it will feature a dramatic Christmas presentation and Christmas carols as well as Mass and witness. HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Women's Guild Christmas party 6:30 p.m. Dec. 21. Youth group dance 7 to IIp. m. Dec. 21; caroling 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 22. Confessions in Portuguese 3 to 4 p.m. tomorrow; Mass in Portuguese 9:30 a.m. Sunday. LaSALETTE CENTER ATTLEBORO Advent Service of Hope 3 p.m. Sunday. Christmas pageant practice I p.m. tomorrow, church basement; children's Mass and pageant 10 a.m. Sunday. Penance service for youth 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, church. Women's Guild Christmas lunch noon Dec. 19, Chasson's restaurant, Hyannis. Holy Name Society meeting following 9 a.m. Mass Sunday with Father Paul Medeiros, OM I, speaking. ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Advent prayer service with Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, time for quiet prayer, opportunity for sacrament of reconciliation, and Benediction 7 p.m. Dec. 20. Wrapped gifts indicating age and sex of appropriate recipient may be left under parish "Giving Tree" by Oec. 22. ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Family Advent celebration Dec. 15 with 5 p.m. Mass followed by Christmas. play and storytelling by Deacon John Welch. "A Better Christmas Dinner for Elders" program needs volunteers to deliver meals to shut-ins II a.m. to noon Christmas Day. Information: Vivian Duff. 678-7542 ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Confirmation I and II students will view the film "Romero" 6:30 p.m. Dec. 16; all adults of parish invited. Grandparents Mass 5 p.m. Sunday followed by dinner. Advent Evensong 7 p.m. Dec. 22. Gifts for youth ministry giving tree should be returned by Dec. 22. Youth Council . members will sponsor "Flick Night" tomorrow to give parents free time to prepare for Christmas. Films will be shown at 5:30 p.m. (all ages); 7 p.m. (grades 4 and up)and 8:30 p.m. (grades 6 and up). CATHEDRAL, FR Information night on AIDS for parents of CCD students and all other interested parishioners, 7 p.m.· Sunday, school hall, with Rev. Joseph M. Costa, director of St. Vincent's Home, Fall River, as speaker. Parishioners invited to donate canned goods to Fall River Food Pantry. Donation baskets will be at church doors and confirmation candidates will coordinate program. Christmas Mass for TV will be taped at 10:30 tomorrow morning at the cathedral. All welcome. SENIOR CITIZENS'CHRISTMAS DINNER, EASTON Knights of Columbus will sponsor a Christmas celebration for Easton seniors 6 p.m. Dec. 22, K. of C. Hall, Foundry St., Rt. 106. Reservations: Easton Council on Aging, 230-3305. Transportation available. ST. PAT·RICK, FALMOUTH Rectory open house I to 3 p.m. Sunday; parish council will host, Women's Guild will serve and choir will .provide music. Grades I and 2 Christmas pageant 3:30 p.m. Dec. 16, church. O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Youth ministry Christmas caroling Sunday; leavingOLVl2:15 p.m. Youth ministry semi:'formal Christmas dance 7:30 to II p.m. Dec. 20, parish center.' Five Rivers Branch Cape Cod Hospital Auxiliary meeting 10 a.m. Dec. 16. ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH Advent penance service '7 ·p.m. Dec. 18.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Penance service 7 tonight; Portuguese-speaking priest, will be available. Vincentian troubadours will entertain at Oak Hill Nursing Home, Middleboro, 2 p.m. Sunday. Christmas celebration with toy distribution to children and families 6:30 p.m. Dec. 18, church hall. CYO basketball practice 11:45 a.m. Sunday, Taunton Catholic Middle School. gym. Calix third anniversary corporate communion 8:30 a.m. Mass Sunday; breakfast will follow in church hall. Sister Mary Lynch of the Middlesex Holding Unit in Waltham will speak about spirituality in the 12-step program of recovery from addictive diseases. Advent vesper service 3 p.m. Dec. 22 with reflection by Sister Beth. Advent penance service 7 p.m. Dec. 20. SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS Cape and Isla!1ds support group meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, St. Pius X parish center, S. Yarmouth; Advent program and potluck supper. Hospitality and welcoming new participants begins at 6: 15 p.m. Information: 362-9873 or Father Richard Roy, 548-1065. ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Korey J. Dovle, workin~ toward Eagie Scout ra~k, is collecting toiletry items for men and women at Steppingstone, North Main St., and Jerry's Lodging in Fall River. "LIGHT OF LIFE" PRO-LIFE OBSERVANCE Cape Cod chapter Massachusetts Citizens for Life invites all to place a single white electric Christmas candIe in a window at home, office or church from now until abortion ends.. ST. ANNE, FR Christmas pageant 2 p.m. Sunday, upper church. O.L. HEALTH, FR Giving tree gifts should be brought to rectory before Dec. 18. Pre-Christmas confessions 4 to 5 p.m. Thursdays; 4 to 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 6 p.m. Saturdays; last scheduled confessions Dec. 21. ST.GEORGE,WESTPORT Diocesan quincentenary pilgrim cross will be presented and venerated at the church 3 p.m. Sunday. ST. STANISLAUS, FR Decoration of the church for Christmas begins 6 p.m. Dec. 20. Volunteers welcome. Youth ministry sleepover at school this weekend. Young adult choir will offer concert as part of Advent prayer service 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The parish congratulates seventh grader Abby Feeney, who has been invited to dance with the Boston Ballet. CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE Youth group Christmas party 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. ST. THOMAS MORE, . SOMERSET Giving tree gifts to benefit Birthright should be placed under tree before Dec. 22. Penance service 7 p.m. Dec. 16. Vocations Awareness Team needs prayer persons for seminarians and others preparing for religious life; sign-up sheets at church entrances. Information: Barbara Dunn, 673-25 I I. ST. MARY, SEEKONK Blood drive 5 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 26, parish center. Grade 6 class Mass 10 a.m. Sunday. Youth ministry will attend Advent Mass at Cathedral Camp Sunday; leaving church 5:50 p.m. Youth 'ministry committee, grades 6 through 9 students and adult parishioners will sponsor a "child watch" for children ages 3 and up 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 16, 17 and 18 so that parents may make Christmas preparations. HOLY NAME, FR Rectory open house and tree trimming after 5 p.m. Mass tomorrow. Children's Mass 10 a.m. Sunday. Christmas penance service 'J p.m. Dec. 16. Youth group LaSalette trip Sunday; leaving church by 6:30 p.m. Information: Joel Andrade, 678-8173, or Raxters, 672-7460. Month's Mind Mass for Rev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo 7 p.m. Dec. 30.