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AT PEACE PASTORAL study day, from left, Rev. George W. COle-' man, diocesan director of education; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, keynote speaker. At right, Sister Claudette Lapointe, RJM,

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Diocese called to peace work

By Pat McGowan The U.S. bishops are "agnos­ tics moving towards atheism on the controllability of nuclear weapons" ,Father J. Bryan Hehir told some 400 priests, :religious and parish representatives meet­ ing last Sunday at Bishop Con­ nolly High School, Fall River.

The well-attended meeting was the kickoff for what dioce­

san officials hope will be inten­ sive study at the parish and school 'level of the bishops' war and peace pastoral, "The Chal­ lenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response.".

Most of those present had been deputed by their parishes to bring back materials and in­ formation for use in spreading

the pastoral's message. Sunday's program, comprising Father Hehir's address, small-group dis­ cussion of it and a wrap-up question and answer session, was 'intended as a model of how a parish presentation could be structured. .

The seriousness of participants as evidenced by their presence at a four-hour program during the 'busy pre~Christmas season was praised by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and Diocesan Direc­ tor of Education Father George W. Coleman, both of whom wel­ comed Father Hehir, head of the U.S. bishops' secretariat for justice and 'peace issues and a principal architect of the pas­ toral.

Twin points' were made by ,father Hehir to underline the importance and possibility of giving the pastoral the widest possible circulation: • As contrasted with the Viet­ nam war, discussed' for seven years, the Central America un­ rest, already debated four years, and the Lebanese situation, daily in the headlines, in nuclear war, pointed out Father Hehir, "if anything happens, the time for discussion is over;" • 'Emphasizing the importance of informed U.S. Catholics to the nuclear debate, he said, "there are more parishes than post offices in the United States. If Catholics are in on the debate at the citizen level,

it makes a difference."

The priest's talk was, he said, an implementation of the first step to be taken with regard to the pastoral: making it known.

He said the admittedly com­ plex 103-page document must be reduced to "manageable propor­ tions" and he offered his 45­ minute talk as an example of how to do it.

He divided his discussion into three parts: the context in which the pastoral should be read; its content; and the contribution it hopes to make to the life of the church and nation.

Father Hehir said the pastoral must be linked to the total teachings of the Church as ex­ pressed in Vatican U's "Pastoral

Constitution on the Church in the Modern World." The U.S. bishops' pastoral flows from that document, a landmark ef­ fort to relate church doctrine ,to contemporary problems, he said.

The pastoral must also be linked to the "new moment" in the nuclear debate, said Father Hehir. He noted that had the bishops issued "The Challenge

of Peace" 10 years ago it would not have had its present impact.

He said the grassroots nuclear freeze movement which has given ordinary citizens the feel­ ing that they can influence the course of nuclear strategy and especially the work of physicians Turn to Page Nine

'Distant dawn' of reconciliation sought

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ROME (NC) Pope John Paul II made the first visit by a pope to a Lutheran congrega­ tion Dec. 11 and said that Lu­ therans and Catholics could see the "distant dawn" of full recon­ ciliation.

The historic hour-long even­ ing prayer service at the Evan­ gelical Lutheran Church in Rome came ~uring celebrations of the SOOth ~nniversary of the birth of Martin Luther the priest whose reform efforts led to the divid­ ing of Western Christianity into Catholic and Protestant churches.

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tion the pope said it was Christ's life that reminds us of "our com­ mon origin, the gift of our re­ demption and the common aim of our earthly pilgrimage."

"On this SOOth anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther, we seem to discern the distant dawn of the advent of a recomposition of our unity and community," "he said.

The visit began when the pope, wearing red and white vestments, walked slowly up the aisle of the small church with

shaking hands with church mem­ bers.

Mr. Meyer then read a prayer for Christian unity composed by Martin Luther. Pope John Paul had suggested the reading of the prayer.

In his sermon, Mr. Meyer said the gulf that divided the two churches belonged to the past.

"The vision of Isaiah points out one path traveled in com­ mon, not two parallel paths," he said.

"The fact that you, your holi-

ness, are here with us today is another new sign of hope," he said regarding the pope."

Pope John Paul told tlie most­ ly German congregation that "the gift of this meeting moves me deeply."

"I especially wanted this meet­ ing to take place during the period of Advent. It is a particu­ larly valid opportunity to turn together toward the Lord as we wait for God our Savior," the pope said.

"I have come because the spirit of the Lord calls us these days to seek the full unity of Chris-

tians through ecumenical dia­ logue," he said.

The pope mentioned "obvious separations in doctrine and faith that still exist" but said that unity is the goal.

At a news conference Dec. 6, five days before the visit, Mr. Meyer had stressed the local I)a­ ture of the event. He said that the visit was the r~sult of a "self-invitation" suggested by the pope to Mr. Mey~r in 1982.

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

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BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN and the Sisters of Ste. Je'anne d'Arc who staff his resi­ dence greet the sisters' superior general and one the community's councilors. From left, Sisters Rita Bonin and Dorothe Beaulieu of the Ibishop's residence; Sister Agathe Precourt, superior general; the b~shop; Sister ,Florina ~auphinais, superior of the cpmmunity at the residence; Sister Therese Poirier, councilor. (Torchia Photo)

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A penance service an~: Mass at which Bishop Daniel A~ Cronin was principal celebraht and homilist concluded the spiritual exercises. The bishop traced the

An afternoon of recollection and prayer openeg, with an ad­ dress by Father Joseph I. Dirvin, C.M., vice-president of St. John's University, Jamaica, N.)". His topic was St. Vincent de Paul as the active and effective patron of Vincentians.

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Pope John Paul II told a group of U.S. bishops Dec. 3. "Your local churches are called to be communities promoting peace, living peace, invoking peace," the pope said. He, emphasized the relationship between prayer, especially the Mass, and efforts for justice and peace.

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DECEMBER 20 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 sit­ teth in darkness and in the shadow of death.

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The commmunity operated the former Sacred Hearts Academy in Fairhaven and'-a special in­ vitation is extended to alumnae of it and other. Sacred Hearts institutions to attend the Dec. 29 M~ss, which will be follow­ ed by a luncheon.

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Funeral rites and interment had taken place' previously in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec.

the people, before whom kings shall keep silence. and unto whom the Gen­ tiles shall make their sup­ plication: come. to deliver . us and tarry not.

history of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in the United States a?d especially in the Fall River diocese.

The day endec;l with a dinner hosted ,by the St. John of God Vincentiun Conference, aided by parishioners and friends.

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The Sisters'"'\ of the Sacred II Hearts of Jesus and Mar.y and of Perpetual Adorationl: will mark the 75th anniversary of their arnval in Fairhaverl' at a Mass of thanksgiving to b~ cele­ Small-group discussions fol­ brated. by 'Bishop Danibl A. lowed the address,. with partici. Cronin at 10:30 a.m. Thtirsday, pants considering the importance Dec. 29, at St. Joseph S.chool of St. Vincent's patronage to aUditori~m, . Fairhaven. his namesake organization as a The location was chosen for its whole and to individual mem­ I ed . 'b'I' accessI Ilty to t h e h an d'Icapp bers. Also considered were the The celebration wIll be attendimitation of Christ as the heart 'ed by retl'red Sacred Heartsl,' S'I'Sof Vincentian spirituality; the I ters now living in Fall River and necessity of union to the work \>y community ~embers stkffing ' of the society; the. virtue of hu- St. Joseph's School. ;

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Other activities he supervised at St. Anne's included the p~e­ Cana and Cana marriage pro­ grams, St. Anne's Fraternity, the parish school and religious edu­ cation classes.

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Vince,l1tians mark Earlier this month 200 Vincentians, their spouses and guests gathered at St. John of God Church, Somer~et to celebrate the 150th -anmversary .of the founding of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Paris by Frederick Ozanam.

A concelebrated Mass for the repose .of the soul of Father Rene Patenaude, OP, was offer­ ed yesterday at 5t. Anne's Church, Fall River, where he served from 1950 to 1978.

Father Patenaude, 69, died' Dec. 9 in Montreal. . A native of Valleyfield, Cana­ da, he prepared for the Domini­ can priesthood in Ottawa and was ordained in 1940. After serving on a mission band for a year he entered parish work, first in Canada and then at IS.t.

Anne's, where he was stationed

until ill health caused his retire­ ment.

At the Fall River parish he was associate pastor and director of many youth activities. In tribute to his work with St. Anne's Little League, which he founded, the parish baseball field was dedicated to him in 1977. In 1980 he was honored at the league's 25th anniversary.

DECEMBER 21 o DAWN OF THE EAST, brightness of the light eternal and Sun of Jus­ DECEMBER .17 o WISDOM, who camest tice: come and enlighten out of the mouth of the them that sit in darkness Most High, reaching from and in the shadow of end to end and. ordering death. all things might~y and

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DECEMBER 22 o KING OF THE GEN­ TILES and the desired of DECEMBER 18 .them, thou· cornerstone o ADONAI and Leader of that makest both one:

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DECEMBER 23 ~. . .• 0 EMMANUEL, our King and Lawgiver, tile exDECEMBER 19 pected of the natiops and o ROOT OF JESSE, who their Saviour: come to standest for an ensign of save us, 0 Lord our God.

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WORCESTER (NC) - If Mar­ tin Luther were alive today "he would redirect his artillery 180 degrees," said the Rev. William H. Lazareth at a celebration commemorating the SOOth anni­ versary of the reformer's birth.

"This time," Luther's attacks would be directed "not against the evangelical Catholicity of Post-Vatican II Rome, but rather against the Pelagian peddlers of Protestant indulgences, pre­ eminently among the television evangelists of the Electronic Church," said Dr. Lazareth, pas­ tor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New York.

The ecumenical celebration honoring 'Luther, an excommuni­ cated Augustinian monk who was born Nov'. 10, 1483, included a Jiturgical service in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit on the cam­ pus of Assumption College in Worcester.

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He explained that since the ordination to the priesthood The homilist for the concele­ Westover base is for reservists, Wednesday, Dec. 21. The brated Mass will be Father Hugh itslPain activity comes on week­ prayers of all in the diocese J. Munro, 'Chaplain at Marian ends during the summer. He de­ Manor, Taunton, who was also votes two days a month and two are asked for him on this homiIist for Father Ryan's first weeks each summer to his duties happy occasion.

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A reception in the parish hall In Hyannis, in addition to his will follow Sunday's liturgy. parish duties, he is chaplain to The jubilarian was born in the Barnstable County House of Boston April IS, 1932 and at­ Correction and the Hyannis Fire tended high school and S1. Philip Department. A scanner keeps Neri Seminary there, then enter­ him in touch with fire alarms ing S1. Louis de Montfort Semin­ and he !rarely misses a serious ary in Litchfield, Conn. conflagration.

Ordained in Litchfield Dec. 20, The other day, he said, he was 1958, he was a seminary pro­ fessor and active in parish work at the station ready to go out on in Canada and the United States a call when he was summoned until 1966, when he entered the to the front of the building, where a man had suffered a fatal heart U.S. Air Force as a chaplain.

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Last month the Senate by a vote of 59-38 tabled the tuition tax credit amendment. Once again the el~cted officials of pur area emphatically denied their support to the tuition' tax credit effort. . \ It is more than unfortunate that the two senators I from this state have taken a position of hardened and deter­ mined opposition to their constituents who have chos~n to exercise their co~stitut~o~al prerogatives. ' In a reply to our dIocesan department of educ'atlon, which had 'urged his support of tuition tax credits, ,Mr: Tsongas, our junior senator, emphatically declared that he would oppose all such legislation, should it reach the s~nate floor. The senior senator,' Mr. Kennedy, did not repl~ to our education .department but his previous :votes onjJhis subject have made it cle,ar that he refuses to support tui~ion tax credits -in any. form. .. . , . .

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Again this paper clearly and unequivocally deplores . the voting- record of our senators, not only on this. mJtter but also on other iSSUe.s, such as abortion, that copcern! the' Catholic community. Once more they have treated the Catholics of Massachusetts shabbily. They have attempted . to portray paro~hial schools as enemies of public educat'~on.

Adding insult to injury, they have implied, that Catholic . schools are racist and elitist.· 'It is mor~ than tragic that members of the Catholic . community should suffer second-class citizenship at \the hands of the politicians they helped send to Washington.

It is about time that we sent a loud message to t~ose . who would use and abuse the Catholics of this state. P~ju­ dice is the main reason for denial of assistance to Cathblic schools. It is unfortunate but true' that there is more than a streak of thinly-veiled anti-Catholicism in our Congrb'ss.

It is infUriating to think that a state witn such a. la~ge Catholic population supports, even if unwittingly, the vicious bias of the senators and, yes, some of the redre­ sentatives· from our diocesan area. . \ It should be remembered that this country is the only nation in the free world in which children who attend Cath­ olic schools are denied educational assistance. Given 6ur fundamental tights as Americans, one questions the in­ tegrity and honor of our elected officials when such r~nk di~crimination is fostered in the corridors of congress.! u seems fashionable to be anti-Catholic.

I Parents of children in Catholic schools are in justice entitled to tuition tax credits. They haye no intention lof halting public education: they merely wish to exercise their right to choose for their children an education that refle~ts their values. . ' .

It is unreasonable for Senators Kennedy and Tsongas to exhibit so prejudiced a response to Catholic concerns.

They adamantly refuse to acknowledge the frustration :Of the Catholic community or· to support efforts to abolish the bigotry shown to those who seek to fulfill their respoh­ sibility to God as well as to their country.

I, It would be well for the senators to realize that tne Catholics of this commonwealth are deeply distressed ~t their attitude. Their vital interests should not be left to the I' mercy of men who continually relegate them to the status of second-class citizens. . .

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, The unthinkable became the nation's center of attention after ABC's movie, "The Day After." .While the benefits of detente Unfortunately, other. than' dis­ are clear, so too are its disad­ missing the possibility of limited vantages When trade and talk nuclear war between the two are permitted, there is a mini­ superpowers, the movie. raised mum of suspicion and distrust more questions than it answered, and little likelihood of a nuclear of which the most crucial is war beginning by accident.

"How can we best avoid nuclear war?"

However, the Soviets have a It is definitely in the best . , h' t f b·' f f interest of Russia and the United IS ory 0 pro 109 or new oot­ The question 'is much simpler to answer when only two pow­ holds outside their existing em-. States to work anew at limiting ers are involved. God forbid we pire. Russian adventurism in these horrible weapons. Unfor­ .should have to ask it if the par­ Angola and Ethiopia took place tunately, advocates of unilateral . h I'IttI e to no W estern reslst­ . disarmament seem not to underticipants included a Qaddafi of Wit Libya or a Kim II-song of North ance.But Ronald Reagan struck stand that negotiations are not

Korea. Thanks to nuclear pro­ a chord with the majority of conducted through the adoption

liferation, 31 countries will have Americans, much to the chagrin of unconditional pacifism but

the capability of using nuclear of the liberal press, with his in- rather by hard bargaining in

weapons by the end of the dec­ tervention during the Grenada which the chips can include

ade. . crisis. In that instance Castro continuation of a very costly.

Would Iran or Iraq be using .suffered a humbling defeat; arms race.

nuclear weapons if they were however, a military sol~tion w~ll Certainly much ca~ be said

not always be as read'dyaval1- " about the danger of intermediate

available to them in their pres­ ent conflict? able under such favorable condi- missiles that shorten the time

~ions. Indeed,.&: prol?nged war between launch and impact, .in­

While ·these questions may In Centr~l Amenca With the use creasing the -likelihood that

havl~ to be answered for real in of Amencan troops could be one there would be no time to ex~

10 years, there· are other qu~s­ of the w.orst strategic errors' a plain an accidental launch, even

tions that must be dealt with U.S. preSident could make. with our present instant com­ now. munication.

The tensions caused Clearly, no one can envy the 'Nbat should be our posture by the recent downing of the toward Moscow as we develop decisions a president faces as he Korean jet airliner offer a prime a coherent foreign policy? One tries to avoid a nuclear war. Re­ example of such a mistake. of the principal reasons that gardless of whether we agree or The Reagan administration Alexander Haig parted'. ways disagree with the incumbent, with the Reagan administration there is a far greater consistency will be judged by its ,uccess in an'd clarity in his foreign policy .at the same time maiJ.ltaining a was the 'lack of clarity and con­ siste':ncy in U.S. foreign policy. now than there was when he firmly-drawn line known by the began his term. Haig's cr~ticism Kremlin to be respeet~d by all For better or 'worse Washing­ seems to have. been taken to U.S. allies and a sensj/lle diplo­ ton has vacillated between a heart and Europe seems to be matic policy that at \least pre­ hard..line approach and detente. uniting behind Reagan in his serves the measure of peace and The Soviet Union certainly took hard-line approach to the So­ stability afforded by the status advantage of the Cold War viet Union. quo.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-FrI., Dec.' 16, 1983

Family Night

A weekly at-home program for families

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OPENING PRAYER Dearest Lord, bless us as we come together tonight as a fam­ ily in joyful anticipation of your birthday. Fill us, 0 Lord, with the brotherhood of all peoples and help us to share our family's love with the ~onely, the poor and your people everywhere.

Amen.

ACTIVITY TOME Manger Time. Materials: one large white sheet, manger fig­ ures (if the family doesn't have a set, the figures can ,be cut out of cardboard and colored with crayons). The birth of the Baby Jesus is only a few nights away.

If the tree is not up yet, now would be a good time for the family to put it up together. If it's already up, remove all the presents so its base. is empty.

The lights may be oJit, the room darkened. Take turns sharing what the tree symbolizes to me.

(In Germany during the 1600's people used to hang apples and white wafers on trees to sym­ bolize the Holy Eucharist. Thus,

the tree that had borne the fruit of sin for Adam and Eve now be~rs the saving fruit of the Eu­ charist symbolized by the wafers.

Later these wafers were made into stars, hearts, flowers and bells which have evolved into. our present day decorations.

Now pass out a manger char­ acter to each family member (larger families - one figure for two people). Ask each to share what 'that character of the Christmas story gave because he loved (example: Joseph - a home for Jesus). Then 'each take a tum sharing what he or she may give out of ~ove for Jesus.

Place the white sheet under the tree and place all the manger figures, except the Baby Jesus, on the sheet near the manger or sta'ble. Sing together, "0 Come, o Come Emmanuel."

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2. Share what each would like to do to make this Christ­ mas Eve more enchanting.

3. Share when someone felt especially happy the past couple of days.'

CLOSING PRAYER -Suggested Prayer: Oh, God, thank you for this evening and the warmth and joy we feel this Christmas season. How grateful we are at Jesus' birthday soon to come. Be with us, Lord, in our final preparations for this great day. Amen.

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Let's peek in on a prime you know it's something your time family show for a dad and I don't want in the house. Please get rid of i,t right minute. A child comes home away and don't bring anything from school and furtively like this into the house again." thrusts a package behind the If she operates out of a per­ couch. "What have you got missive orientation, she allows there?" queries his mother. the chIld to exercise a high de­ "Nothing," he says, quaking gree of control. She will prob­ with fear. ably look at it, and shrug it off, "Let's see it," say his mother. rationalizing that his embarass­ Terrified, he finally hands her a ment at being caught is punish­ pornographic magazine. ment enough.

N6W, ~et's stop Pte scene and While, as parents, we may talk about three .possible styles operate in all three styles occa­ of reaction: authoritarian, au­ sionally, we tend to settle on thoritative, and permissive, the one orientation or the other. Re­ three basic categories of par­ searchers don't agree on how ental reaction used by profes­ we come to be one way or an­ sionals who study and work wLth other. Folklore ,tel-Is us that we're families. apt to borrow our parents' meth­ If she generaliy operates from od of reaction but sometimes an authoritarian orientation, the the reverse is true. That is, if mother will react with a high our parents were rigid authori­ degree of parental control. Sne tarians, we may well end up is apt to express horror, punish, being permissive in reaction to and set rigid rules regarding fu­ their rigidity. ture pornographic behavior and Authoritative or give-and-take childhood deception. A typical . parents have the most effective statement will be "You have disappointed and disobeyed us. style of dealing with children's I want you to promise never to behavior but, as seems all too look at another magazine like true in parenting, the most ef­ this. Aand for your punishment, fective is also the most difficult. you are grounded for three It's easier to react with author­ ity or to ignore misbehavior. weeks."

But parents· are getting help If she operates from an au­ thoritative orientation, she re­ from a surprising source ­ prime time television. In a study acts with give-and-take - ask­ ing questions, 1istening to his of parent-child interaction on explanation, and coming up with 30 hours of prime time family a respqnse resulting from his programs, there was 'a high dom­ replies. Her typical statement inance of give-and-take parents wiH be, "I don',t -understand why as opposed to either authoritarian you need this, but you obviously or permissive parents. If parents felt the need to hide it from us, watch these shows and model

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their reactions on what .they view, television can serve as a valuable aid in parenting educa­ tion.

It gives parents models other than their own parents an4 per­ mission to try other methods of parenting. We know that increas­ ingly people model themselves on what they see on TV. Child­ ren who watch violent shows, for example, engage in more vio­ lent behaviors than children who do not.

From a moral perspective .there's good news and bad news in all this. Parents might model themselves on give-and-take par­ ents, thus learning techniques of reacting that are positive and helpful but these programs aren't as popular as the soaps.

The same study indicates there is very little normal behavior on the soaps and the bad news is that the soaps are highly popu­ lar and being timed at an ever younger audience. Issues like abortion, infidelity, and deception displace healthy famiIy inter­ action.

So it comes down to what we watch, as far as healthy family life goes. Will it be .the soaps or "Little House Revisited" and "Diff'rent Strokes." We control the choice ... and the knob.

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Life was kicking me around one recent Wednes­ day morning. God's will and my will were out of sync. I was full of anger, self-pity and resentment. I was boiling mad at some people who failed to recog­ nize what a great guy I am and who had the temerity to criti­ cize'me.

Maybe I had better get right to a church I thought to myself, before I become a menace to myself and society. I' detoured from where I was headed and went instead to splendid St. Francis of Assisi Church on W. 31 St. in Manhattan, where wonderful and merciful Francis­ can priests hear confessions aU day long.

I walked up the steps, went in and went to confession. The 11:15 Mass was just beginning.

I had 50 things to do, but decided I had better stay for the Mass, which was being offered for departed souls. I prayed for my grandmother and my father.

Thinking about them gave me a sense of gratitude and pushed the anger and selfpity and re­ sentment out of my soul.

The priest, " II middle-aged Franciscan with a cheerful face and a warm voice, gave a brief sermon. It was one of the best I ever heard and just what I needed that day. It was sympa­ thetic, compassionate, simple and profound. He said: "We come together today to remember prayerfu~ly our par­ ents, relatives and friends who have passed through the doors of death to be with the Lord.

Our memories of them are inter­ twined with the remembrance of the Lord's victory over death and sin. So our thoughts about death are far from morose.

"Death casts a marvelous light on the meaning of life. In an age fascinated by the splashy and the spectacular, thoughts of death provide balance and· a sharp corrective. The light of death reveals the hidden power and worth of the undramatic, everyday stuff of life - faith­ fulness, a steady loyalty, sacri­ fice, unselfishness.

"This remembrance of our de­ ceased family and friends speaks a hopeful word to -us. I don't think they would want to trade places with us, for they now know firsthand that the suffer­ ings of life are as nothing com­ pared with the glory revealed to them. "Courage" they shout as they cheer us on, for 'eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor can you possibly imagine, what God has prepared for those who love him.'

"I think we need to hear this message of brightness and hope today. Life gets complicated and seemingly unmanageable at times, and we get bogged down.

We need to be cheered on by the truth that God is with us in the everyday stuff of life with

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his undiminished love and saving power.

"We can just take one day at III time, walking with him In simplicity nnd trust, plugging along in OUII' efforts to be faith­ ful maybe kicking things around and getting kicked around sometimes, but resilient like Peter, confident of God's mercy and sure of the ever­ present opportunity for new be­ ginnings.

"Our loved ones who are with the Lord assure us, 'It's all worth it. Don't give up. Stick with it.' Th~refore, console one another with this message."

A superb sermon. I oleft Mass that day renewed in faith and hope, full of optimism and high spirits. My morning mopery had completely fled, chased by sac­ raments, prayers and the priest's heartening words.

The priest was Father Giles BelIo, OFM. I wish to thank him for redeeming iny day. He did.so much for me that I felt impelIed to share lhis sermon with you.

By the way, Father Bello is a Brooklyn boy originally, so no wonder he's so smart.

"Confident of God's mercy and sure of the ever-present oppor­ tunity for new beginnings." That is an inspiring thought for any time, but especially for this time of Advent. I thank God my soul was sick that Wednesday morn­ ing!

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STIR UP thy power and come, we pray thee, o Lord!, and with great might succor us; that our deliverance, which our sins impede, may be hastened by the help of thy grace and the for­ giveness of thy mercy, who livest and ..eignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.

Amen.

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VATICAN GITY (NC) ~ The abuse of general absolution is "an attack against the true dig­ - nity of the sacrament of pen­ . ance," said Pope John Paul II in a recent. talk to a group of Mexican bishops. The pope said Mexico was an example of a place where the "poorest of peo- ' pIe" can experience the personal. love and respect of priests in in­ dividual confession. "The secret and personal sense of sin re­ quires this form of individual confession, which is secret and 'discreet, adaptable and person­ alized," he said. General abso­ lution is used I,Ilos,t widely in countries where a small number of priests must' often minister to large, poor congregations spread· over a large geographic ~rea.

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Holy Year curb on vodka asked LOS ANGELES (NC) The Catholic Church in Poland has endorsed a sobriety movement by encouraging Catholics not to drink vodka during the current Holy Year, the Los Angeles Times has reported.

The report from Warsaw said the movement is aimed at lower­ ing Poland's high rate of alco­ holism and related problems of personal violence, worker ab­ senteeism and auto accidents.

The Holy Year ends April 22, 1984.

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From Moscow to Quebec

Assnmptionist is reassigned

By Pat McGowan The best pizza chef in Moscow is switching his base of opera­ tions to Quebec.

He's Assumptionist . Father Eugene V. LaPlante, originally from St. George parish, West­ port, who's just completed a second term as chaplain to American Catholics stationed in the Russian capital.

As the only CathoHc chaplain in the Moscow diplomatic com­ munity, he served American Catholics in Moscow as well as Catholics attached to other em­ bassies. He had little contact with Russian Catholics mainly, he said, to avoid problems for them with officialdom, since contacts with foreigners are not encoUraged.

"There's no specific relation­ ship; simply being kind to each other is the important thing," ~e explained.

In answer to several specific questions about Russian affairs he simply smiled, ,>roving that some of· his flock's diplomatic expertise had brushed off on him.

Altogether Father LaPlante, son of Mrs. Eugene LaPlante and the late Eugene LaPlante, has spent seven years in Moscow, where he has been succeeded by another Assumptionist.

His religious community, he said, has served in Russia since 1905 and when in 1933 the U.S. and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations and Amer­ icans in Moscow were granted the right to have their own min­ isters, an American Assumption­ ist already in the capital, New Bedfordite Father Leopold Braun, was named the first Catholic chaplain. That came about, said Father LaPlante,. because the

bishop then in Moscow was a French Assumptionist "and it was easier to work with some­ one in the same community."

As a matter of fact, Father LaPlante pointed out, the Fall River diocese has over the years supplied a good many Assump­ tionists to Moscow. Father Jo­ seph Richard, also of New Bed­ ford, now associate pastor at St. Dominic's Church, Swansea, served .twice in Moscow, in the 1960s and the 1970s. . The chaplain's job is demand­ ing, said Father LaPlante. He dealt with people from many embassies, offering three to four CCD programs at anyone time.

He recruited teachers from Span­ ish, English and French classes and handled Italian himself, while a little aid for German­ speaking youngsters came from a German priest who visited Moscow several times yearly to minister to his countrymen.

Father LaPlante said daily Mass in his eighth floor Moscow apartment, while weekend Mass­ es, attended by some 300 wor­ shipers, were offered in the American embassy cafeteria.

Every month or so he journeyed north to Leningrad to say Mass for embassy personnel stationed in that city. He also regularly conducted a charismatic prayer group for some 15 members.

In Moscow he used a Plym­ outh to visit his "parishioners" scattered about the city. "I have enough Russian to be able to get around," he said.

A highlight of his first tour of duty in the Soviet capital came when he baptized an American convert. Later she described the experience of "becoming Cath­ olic in the capital of the Com­ munist world" in a Catholic Digest article.

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His reputation as a pizza () maker came from his work with exchange students visiting Mos­ cow.

Organizing discussion groups for them, he wound up sessions with ':Papa Gino style" creations guaranteed to comfort homesick Americans.

During leisure hours Father LaPlante took advantage of the cultural life of Moscow, includ­ ing ballet and theatre offerings and museum exhibits. He was himself involved in singing and acting with MADS, the Moscow Amateur Dramatic Society.

Members, for the most part em­ bassy personnel, produced, such Broadway hits as "The Good Doctor" and "Guys and Dolls," he said.

Between his Moscow assign­ ments, Father laPlante' was vice-officialisat the Quebec re­ gional marriage tribunal, a post to which he will return after several months of study of the new code of canon Jaw at St. ,Paul's University in Ottawa.

He admits that he will miss his pastoral work in Moscow when he returns to a desk job but he does not expect to return to the Soviet capital. "It was unusual that I should have two assignments there," he said.

While visiting his mother in North Dartmouth, however, he kept his pastoral hand 'in by as­ sisting at St. George parish on weekends. St. George was also the scene of a festive !Mass in October, marking the priest's silver jubilee of ordination. Sou­ venirs for the occasion were holy cards with a prized photograph of Father LaPlante with Pope John Paul H. Right now the iAssumptionist is preparing for his new assign­ ment. Asked to compare the Russian climate with that of Canada, he chuckled. "Quebec City is far colder, windier and snowier than Moscow," he de­ clared. .

But "Uncle Gene the priest," as "C.J.," his 5-year-old nephew calls him, is ready for the n~t chapter in his much-traveled life.

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The church, it said, is urging parishes to support the program with its own pro-sobriety pledge which has been taken by hun­ dreds of Catholics.

A similar pledge to swear off vodka for one year has gained popularity outside the church, the report said. It added that one in every seven Poles is thought to be a problem drinker, and it is believed that one in every 10· Polish workers is drunk on the job.

FATHER laPLANTE with a salt container presented to him upon his departure from Moscow. (Rosa Photo)

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He spoke of feminism in the l:ontext of why religious voca­ itions have dropped. The pope also said that: - women religious should be paid adequately for their work, .....: apostolically 'the presence of women religious is more im­ portant'in the local church than that of a priest, - there is a "crisis in ma­ ternity" .in the Western world and "physical and spiritual" ma­ ternity are intimately linked to ~v,oman's identity.

The pope expressed the views during nine hours of conver.sa­ tions in June and July with 10 mpresentatives of women's re­ Jigious orders. They were quoted indirectly in a report prepared by the women, and sent to 2,000 women religious leaders around the world after having, been re­ viewed by the Vatican Congre­ glltion' for Religious and Secular In.stitutes. .The women religious express­ ed concern over the lack of vo­ cations to religious life and said that "long term commitment is sometimes lacking because of tbe changing social and political environment," the report said.

The pope. ','stated that it ap­ pears today that young women am less sensitive to the caU to reJ igious life than are young mE:n. In' the past, the opposite wa:s true," the report added.

IF'eminism was brought up as a eactor in the decline in voca­ tions, ,and the pope expressed "hiS conviction that we must deE:pen our understanding of the women's movements in order to understand ,the problems of re­ ligious life," the report said.

The report indicated that the pope· also acknowledged the positive and, negative aspects of feminism, and said that "reac­ tions against' the abuses of men

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The meetings took place over a common solution to questions lunch in the pope's apartment of mutual concern."

The third meeting discussed June 7, June 14 and July 5, the report said. Attending were religious life in the United States and took place after the members of the executive com­ mittee of the International Union announcement that the Vatican of Superiors General, Cardinal had initiated a study of U.S. Ednardo Pironio, prefect of the religious life.

The report said the nuns told Congregatiqn for Religious and the pope that "when cultural Secular Institutes, and Arch­ bishop Augustin Mayer, congre­ values are not recognized or re­ spected, problems are created gation secretary. and communication becomes The report said the pope "ex­ pressed concern regarding the difficult."

Regarding the stUdy of U.S. crisis in maternity in the West­ ern world and stated that he religious life, the report said the sees maternity - physical and 'pope was told that greater con­ spiritual -as intimately related sultation should have taken place prior to the decision to do to woman's identity."

The nuns told the pope that a the study. changing society requires' a ,The report noted that "the changing role for religious who holy father expressed his grati­ now increasingly work "in col­ tude for the observations made laboration with the laity, often regarding the United States individually" rather than in large which brought facts and helped numbers and together in schools interpret them. He also express­ and hospitals as they had in the ed his concern, reiterated by Am­ past, the report said. The nuns, erican bishops, regarding the de­ added that appreciation of reli­ cline of vocations in the United gious life has lessened.

States."

In respon'se, "the holy father The report was sent in, early stated his conviction that apos­ December ,by UISG to its 2,000 ' tolically the 'presence of women members. religious in', a local church is An accompanying cover letter more important than' that of a by Notre Dame Sister Kay Mc­ priest."

Donald, UISG president, said, The report added that "in "Our holy father ;listened with many places, \the presence of the ,great attentiveness and assured church. is in fact the presence of us that his listening was an ex­ the religious," plicit form of participation."

"Bishops on their ad limina Participants at the meetings visits have stated that the pres­ included- U.S. Sacred Heart of ence of women religious is an 'Mary Sister Mary Milligan' and element without which it would St. Joseph Sister Dorothy Bu­ be difficult 'to build a local jold. church," the report continued.

A similar series of nine-hour The women introduced the meetings occurred in 1983 be­ topic of the relationship between tween the pope and 11 leaders bishops and religious and said of ·male religic:>us orders. They that "at tiJnes there is a tension included discussion of problems .between religious and bishops' which religious communities of 'because of differing concepts of men encounter in dioceses. authority or because areas of Ideas developed at both series authority ,are poorly defined," of meetings are-being:'combined the report said. into one report to the pope. "l'roblems are also created Meeting participants 'said the when a bishop considers 'dia­ pope may use the infonnation in logue' as the communicatfon of preparing a documen~ on reli­ a d~~_sion w~ich has already gious life expected ,to be pub­ been made. Today we see dia­ lished in March.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 16, 1983

Diocese called to peace worli.

Continued from page one in presenting the medical con·

sequences of nuclear warfare have contributed to the "new moment."

"Nuclear weapons have been discussed on the policy level for decades but what is new is the nature of today's discussion," he said.. "It used to be consensual in that everyone agreed on the need -for such weapons. Top level people are now questioning that 'given.'"

If "ordinary Catholics" par­ ticipate in the nuclear debate on the parish ~evel at the same time as the pastoral challenges nu· clear commitment on the policy level, "the church has the oppor­ tunity to shape the direction of where we go," declared Father Hehir.

He said the pastoral was writ­ ten ,to "shape the nuclear chal­ lenge in the public mind" and to pose "the key moral question for the rest of the century" as expressed by the late German theologian Romano Guardlni: "whether we can develop the moral capacity to control the power we have already created.'

"When we can do almost any­ thing," demanded Father Hehir, "how do we decide what we ought and what we ought never to do?"

The pastoral, he said, points out that such questions, involv­ ing the fate of planet Earth, are at heart moral and religious. He added that the U.S. bishops' re­ sponse to the nuclear question is "the classically Catholic re­ sponse to questions of war and peace which has been discussed for over 1500 years."

Father Hehir said that the third part of the pastoral" "The Promotion of, Peace," flows from the Catholic vision of peace, described by Pope John XXIII in the encyclical "Pacem in Terris" as a "positive human good that must be built at every level of human relationships."

On ,the matter of non-violence as a personal choice in the case, for instance, of conscientious objectors to military service, Father Hehir said the pastoral's stand is that "non-violence as a personal choice wiH be support· ed by the church" hut that the church's "public view" is that some use of force is permissible.

He hastened to point out, how­ ever, that this view was shaped in pre-nuclear days and today is challenged by the "unprece­ dented problem" of nuclear force.

More time was spent by the pastoral drafting committee on the question of morally permis­ sible military action in the nu· clear age than on any other matter, said Father Hehir. Given the just war principles of Cath­ olic theology that call for due proport~on between the gravity of injq~tice suffered and the damage' retribution would in­ flict aJld an absolute ban on injury of noncombatants, he said thE! bishops developed their "radical skepticism" as to con­ trollabil.Jty 'of nuclear weapons.

"Anyone asked to injure the innocent is expected to disobey orders if he or she is to remain faithful to Catholic teaching," said Father Hehir, adding that "directly intended attacks on the cities of others would never be permissible, even if our cities are attacked first."

The bishops, he said, can see no circumstances in which first use of nuclear weapons would be justified - a stand setting them at odds with current NATO strategy. ~ These are powerful principles, said Father Hehir, but they flow from the same respect for life attitude which has guided the church stand against abortion.

people should pray: "The more you know about this question the more you know there's no an­ swershort of prayer."

The program was coordinated by the Diocese Department of Education. It concluded with a prayer service.

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Most agreed that strong pulpit backup wOl~ld be needed for study groups or other discus­ sion forums and the suggestion was made that homilies CQuld reach those unable to attend meetings.

The role of prayer and sacri­ fice in the nuclear debate was emphasized as was the difficulty of reaching parishioners opposed t5> stands taken by the peace pastoral.

In a closing session Father Hehir answered questions that surfaced at the small-group meetings. He emphasized that "young people must know that they belong ,to a church deeply concerned about nuclear issues" and that Catholics should take their convictions into their civic and organizational lives.

"Support or educate your representatives," he urged, re­ minding the audience not to un­ derestimate the politicai strength of Catholics.

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So it was with Grampy - he and I would sit for hours as he talked ()f h~s boyhood days and his :favorite "home-baked bread."

He talked of growing up in a home overflowing with children· and ,love and little else. .

All the days moved on and his cond1itioned worsened, I watched Gram at his side hour after hour, saying little and suffering much.

And what of his sons? Their pain, too, was under the surface but the disease, the hope for a ' new treatment and finaIly the reali2:ation that the former will _win nnd the latter will lose was wriWm on their faces. How do you Bay goodbye to your first quartl~rback, your first baseball coach?

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Sometimes outsiders fail to understand that adoptive .par­ ents are 100 percent parents.

Thoughtless Temarks imply that adopted children are some kind of boarders and adoptive parents some kind of hotelkeepers. ,Per­ haps in defense" adoptive par­ ents sometimes deny that the biological parents had anything to do with their child. They try to keep ,.the adoption secret as though by ignoring the existence of the biological parents, they will go away forever. , Adopted children have their own point of view. Frequently, when the fact of adoption is concealed, the information is up­ setting when it comes out, us­ ually by accident. No wonder!

Why wOl.~ld parents conceal it unless it were terrible?

Adopted children who grow up with the knowledge that they are adopted frequently regard it realisticaloJy but casually. One friendly7-year-old told her adoptive .mother, "I'd like to . meet the mother who had me sometime. I'd like to say 'Hi' to her."

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terested in searching for their biological parents and' others never pursue the subject. Such differences are not surprising.

Some adults are very interested in tracing their genealogy, others totally uninterested.

Adoptive parents can best help their child by supporting either position. If the child is not in­ terested, the parents need not force the issue. 'If the child is interested, parents c!ln offer whatever information they have.

The question 'of whether adop­ tion records should be closed or open to the adoptee is one so­ ciety has not fully resolved.

Adoptive parents may be an­ noyed by questions about "real parents" and "really yours."

But they can also view such questions as an opportunity to educate others. Perhaps event­ ually ,that unfortunate word "real" will be put to rest.

Reader questions on family living and child care to be an­ swered in print are invited. Ad­ dress questions: The Kenny&, Box 872, 51. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind 47978. bade him farewell and thanked him for loving me and sharing his hearts' thoughts.

So when Christmas rolls around again this year I shall think of baking bread and feel his bony hand on mine and know that Christ's birth allowed this kind of love to come into my life..

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Continued: from page one January 1982 visit by the pope to a nearby Catholk: parish, Mr. Meyer said.

He asked that the papal visit be seen in the context of other visits by Italian bishops to local Lutheran churches. He said the pope would be welcomed as the "bishop of Rome" but without signifying recognition of papal primacy.

The 'Vatican, however, saw the visit as symbolizing "the growing community between the Cath­ olic and Lutheran churches," said Msgr. Aloys Klein, who oversees Catholic-Lutheran rela­ tions for the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity.

However, the pope's ecumeni· cal initiatives, especially his par­ ticipation in celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Luther's' birth, have been criticized by . dissident French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.

Archbishop Lefebvre, leader of a movement opposed to many teachings of Vatican II, especi­ ally on ecumenism and liturgical reform, was supported by Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer, re­

tired head of the Diocese of Campos, 'Brazil.

They held a press conference in Olten, Switzerland, on, pee. 9, to make public an open Jetter to the pope.

The letter criticized the new Code of Canon Law and the ceremonies marking the Martin Luther anniversary.

The two dissident bishops al­ so criticized what they called: - The deviant concept of ecumenism in the church.

- Collegial governance and democratic orientation in the church.

- Use of Protest~nt concepts regarding the sacrifice of the Mass and the sacraments.

- False concepts of the rights of man in the Vatican II "Decla· ration on. Religious Liberty."

- General diffusion of here­ sies resulting from thEl suppres­ sion ot the Holy Offic;.

After Vatican II ~he Holy Office, in charge of monitoring Catholic theological orthodoxy, was reorganized and renamed the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Christmas is for sure

There will be no special bulletins on the evening news this year saying, "Sorry, Christmas has been called off this year." No an­ nouncements that Christmas has been taken over by rebel forces; no computer errors that wHI di­ vert Christmas to the moon in­ stead of earth; no trust-breaking games, as there often are in hu­ man relationships, that end in a phone ~ssage, saying, "Too bad, I won't be there. I've got something more important to do."

No. Advent holds a promise that, for a change, there's some­ thing we can count on. There is no question about it: The child will be born; the savior will come.

The certainty that aocompanies Advent each year is so needed and welcomed In this world of ours, where so many things are subject to Interruptions, disrop­ tions and terminations.

We go from day to day not knowing what each will bring, trusting most of the time that we will progress with blessed ordinary normalcy, but never knowing for sure.

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! ever knew, Msgr. John Cass, i:; credited with being the leading advocate several years ago for delayed vocations seminaries in the United States. He recognized the unrest people live with and our need to find the security of an anchor. He wrote about this in a fine book called, "The Quest for Certainty," Father Cass addressed the fundamental desire we have to be able to count on the goodness and orderliness of what happens in our lives.

That's not the same as say­ Ing we'd like to peer into a crys­ tal ball and know our future.

Not at all. That would be boring.

No. We want the surprises but we want them all to be good. We want, in fact, the certainty that they wHI be good.

Yet on the earthly level, that

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LONDON (NC) - A Vatican bank adviser was Involved in the Dec. 6 purchase of a medieval German manuscript for 8.14 mil­ lion pounds ($11.8 million).

Hermann Abs, the Vatican ad­ viser and a German banker, was spokesman for the West German purchasers.

He said the 800-year-old Gospels of Henry the Lion, con­ sidered one of the world's finest and most perfectly preserved illuminated manuscripts,. wiH be placed in a library In Wolfen­ buttel, West Ge~any.

The manuscript was the most expensive work of art ever sold at an auction. The seller remain­ ed anonymous.

Abs beca~ the center of con­ troversy earlier this year after the Simon Wiesenthal Center of Yeshiva University in Los A'n­ geles called for his resignation as one of four advisers reviewing the activities of the Vatican bank in relation to the bankrupt Banco Ambroslano. The center

olaimed Abs was a Nazi collabor­ ator who help~ supervise Aus­ chwitz slave lahor in World War II. However, Abs remained a Vatican adviser.

The manuscript, commission­ ed around 1173 by German Prince Henry the Lion, has 41 perfectly preserved illustrations and more than 1,500 illuminated initials. It contains the earliest surviving picture of St. Thomas a Becket and the only known contemporary portraits of King Henry II of England.

The manuscript remained' in the cathedral in Brunswick, West Germany, where Henry the Lion was buried, until it was taken to Prague, Czechoslovakia, some­ time in the 14th century. An un­ known private family purchased it som~ime after World War II. The manuscript had not been seen publicly since then.

Abs said the book will be available for study. It will not be separated into pieces.

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ST. PAUL, TAUNTON . Christmas. activi,ties have -in­ cludled ,a Breakfast with Santa Dec. 10; collection of bottles by Kathleen LaFlamme's CCD class to ·raise money for Father Bruce Ritter's Covenant Houses; trips to LaSalette by students <>f Beverly Mellish and Ken Peterson; a bake sale ~y" students of Rick Perra to 'bene­ fit Third World children; and purchase of gifts .for nursing home patients by students of Sandy MacNeil.

A children's· nativity pageant will be performed at 7 p.m.

Mass Christmas Eve' and the CCD center will sponsor a pizza ,party and dance for 6th, 7th and 8th ',graders Dec. 28. '

DIVORCED/SEPARATED, CAPE COD Cape Cod Ministry meeting: 7 p.m. Dec. 18, St. Francis Xavier parish center, South Street, Hyannis. Information: Janet Farrell, 775-8168..

ST. MARY,SEEKONK Prayer group: meets at 7:30 p.m. each Monday, church hall.

Family Christmas liturgy: 7 p.m. Dec. 17, foUowed by social 'in hall.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Greater Somerset Choral So­ ciety Christmas program: 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the" church.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET First penance: 1 p.m. Dec. 17.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN All .parishioners invited to ,the priestly ordina.tion at 7 to­ night of Brother Rich Czerwien, SS.CC. A reception will follow in the church :hall.

O.L. GRACE, WESTPORT Parish family Christmas party: 2 to 4 .p.m. Dec. 18, parish cen­

ter.

. Cub .pack ·meeting: 7 p,m, Dec.

21, parish center.

Volleyball for all interested . players: 9 p.m. Dec. 21.

ST.DO~C, SWANSEA , Advent-Christmas concert: 7 2' p.m. ·Dec. 18, school hall, fol- . p.m. Dec. 18 in the church. .... lowed by refreshments.

Confirmation class: 9 a.m.

Dec. 17..

FATHER ALAN F. TRA­ Jesse tree symbol for the week: lily with letter M and VERS, son of Mr. and Mrs. carpenter's tools. Symbols may be br<>ught to Mass and placed Joseph P. Travers of St.. on ,the parish .Jesse t~ee.

John the Baptist parish, New SAC~ED.HEART,FR Parl~b Chl'istmR.S nrol!ram:

HOLY NAME, FR . Bedford, ,Was. orditined for ST.ANNE,NB Youth group trip to'LaSalette: . t~e New York archdiocese.

Young people' of the parish · fol~owing 5 p.m.. MaSll Dec. 18. ihave been' teaching children the . Next youth group meeting: 7 Nov. 5 at: St Patrick's Ca~' joyful mysteries ,of the rosary ,p.m. Jan: 8, Holy Name School. the'dral, New York City. ail an Advent project. The chil­ New members welcome. dren will lead their ·recitation Advent penance service: Mon­ before 9' a.m. Mass Christmas day evening, Dec. 19, followed He celebrated his first -day and will rehearse at 8:30 · by..an open house at ·the. rectory.

Mass the following day at a.m. Dec. 18.

SCO~lt Sunday: Dec. 18.

St. John the Baptist Church, ST.MARY,NB Athletic Association .meeting: New Bedford,. with concele­ BL. SACRAMENT. FR Sunday, school cafeteria. ' Christmas baskets for needy 7 p.m. including several Mary Garden lighting and brants parishioners may be arranged, decoration: 2 p.m. Dec. 18. diocesan priests. at the rectory or with any mem­ Family Advent penance ·pro­ ber of the St. Vincent de Paul gram: 7:15 p.m.

Dec. 19.

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Father Travers, 33, gradu­ Christmas children's Mass and pageant: 7 J;>.m. Dec. 20. , ated from St. John the Bap­ NOTR.)~ DAME, FR Annual Christmas school play: .

A Christmas sing-along ata tist School, Bishop Stang date ·to be announced will be 12:45 p.m. Dec. 21. Parents and High School and Stonehill held at the rear of"the rectory, friends welcome.

Stamp collection: parishioners wUh music provided by ,the parare asked to save canceled College. He was a technical ish folk group, . assistant at the New York Each family' is asked to make . stamps for the missions, de­ positing them in the containers

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ST. RITA, MARION Nonperishable foods are ·re­ quested for the parish's ongoing fo04 collection program. Sug­ gested items are listed in the parish ,bulletin. . , ST. STA,NISLAUS, FR A chapel organ, donated by Mrs. Sophie ~con in memory of Walter Kocon, will be dedi­ cated at 5 p.m. Dec. 21.

Ima.ges of the Infant Christ used in home mangers will be ,blessed at all Masses this week­ 'end. Also at all Masses: sharing of the Polish oplatek, bread of Reconciliation. Packets of the bread for home use are avail­ able a.tthe convent.

Parish children's, Ohristmas pageant:' 3 p.m. Dec. 18, school hall. ' Blessing <>f Christmas ,birth­ day cake and distribution of i~ifts to children: 10:30 a.m.

Ghristmas morning.

Christmas evening prayer: 11:30 p.m. Ohristmas Day. Church decorating will begin ~lt6 p.m. Dec. 19. Volunteers welcome.

A Christmas. Vigil Supper for senior citizens will be served in the rectory at 4 p.m. Dec. 23.

Volunteers are needed to trans­ port guests. Information at rec­ tory.

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A weekly family utu~gyin-' eludes a homily especially for children, who gather at the 'altar for it and for the conse­ cration of ,the Mass.

S'l'.ANNE,FR . Cub pack meeting: 7:30 to:" night, school.' " Annual Christmas pageant: 2 p.m. Dec. 18, upper church.

O.L. VICTORY, ·CENTE.RVILLE Mass will be offered at White­ hall Nursing Home at 2 .p.m. today. :All welcome.

Blessing of the Crib: 4 p.m.

Dec. 18. Refreshments will fol­ low.

High school CCD:5 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18, followed by CYO meeting.

JAMES, NB General meeting for grade 8 CCD students: 7 p.m. Dec. 19, church hall. .

Food for Christmas baskets may be brought to the rectory · ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB Men's League meeting: fol­ for distribution by the St. Vin­ tent de Paul Society. lowing 10 a.m. Mass, Dec. 18.

There is a need for an organ­ Coffee and donuts following ist for the 7 p.m. Sunday Mass. Dec. 18 Masses, sponsored' by Information at rectory.

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ning studies for the priest­ hood at St. Joseph'S Semin­ ary, Dunwoodie, in 1979.

The archdiocese sent him to Portugal last summer to prepare him for ministry to the growing Portuguese population of Westchester County where he is assoCi­ ate pastor of Our 'Lady of ' Victory Church, Mount Ver­ non.. (Chris SheridanlCNY Photo)

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ROME (NC) - A long-play record is being made of 10 poems written by Pope John Paul II set to jazz music and the record is expected to be in stores by Christmas.

With soft orchestral accom­ paniment by two Italian jazz musicians, the .poems are sung - in Italian by female vocalist Paola Orlandi.

"It'may end up being big. You never know how the public re­ acts with this kind of record," said one of the composers, Tito Fontana.

Most of the poems were writ­ ten by Polish Bishop Karol Woj­ tyla about 25 years before he became pope.

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FATHER BRUCE·RITIER, founder and president of Covenant House, an international child care agency serving homeless and runaway youth, talks to actress Liv Ullman, author and a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, about her keynote .speechat "Shelter the Children '83: An International Symposium on Street Youth." The symposium took place earlier this month in New York City. Attended by over 150 professionals from 27 countries, it provided a forum for sharing in­ formation on the problems of caring for street youth and was cosponsored by Covenant House and the United Parcel Service Foundation.

WASHINGTON (NC) A cam­ paign to urge President Reagan not to appoint an ambassador to the Vatican has been launch­ ed by the Seventh-day Adven­ tist Church.

The church, in a half-page ad­ vertisement published Dec. 5 in The Washington Post, urged readers to call or write the White House on the issue. It also urged discussions on the issue with "friends, associates, your con­ gressmen and fellow believers."

Reagan signed legislation Nov. 22 which lifted a century-old ban on formal diplomatic relations between the United States and the Holy See. The measure does not require appointment of an ambassador but allows the presi­ dent to take such action.

The Adventist advertisement Hsted five reasons against an ambassador to the Vatican: - The church established by Jesus Christ "was in no sense a state. It was uniquely a church."

- The eallly church became less than pure by allying itself with the state and even becom­ ing a state.

- Church-state separation is best for both church and state, the advertisement said, noting what it said was the Founding Fathers' fear of "entangling al­ liances" of church and state.

- Appointment of an am· bassador would be "an ap­ parently unconstitutional act" in violation of the First Amend­ ment's prohibition against pre­ ferring one religion over another.

- A:ppointment of an ambas­ sador "could tarnish interfaith relationships." The advertisement

cited the Holy See's "spiritual sovereignty over hundreds of millions of Roman Catholics ­ including miillions of American Catholic voters."

Also commenting on the issue was African Methodist Episcopal Bishop Philip Cousin, the new president of the National Coun­ cil of Churches. He said the question of establishing U.S. diplomatic relations with the Vatican raises church-state is­ sues requiring further examina­ tion.

He said; however, he had no intention of launching a campaign against such a move.

The U.S. bishops have taken no position on the issue and the White House has remained silent on whether an ambassador will actually be appointed.

Reagan's' current "personal representative" to the Vatican is William Wilson.

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By Cecilia liIeIanger tain of On that starry night 'two ,this temper of the tim~~, almost travelers reached Bethlehem. The as if they were Messianic pro· Ii woman's hour had come. Did she phecies. recall the ancient prophecy, of In Jerusalem there were men Micah, that little as Bethlehem ,like Simeon and wotnen like, was, out of it should come One Anna who had a deepehing con­ viction' that the hour Was near, who would be the "ruler of Is­ rael, whose goings forth have and that 'dawn was kbout to I break through the dar~ness. been from of old, from everlast­ Jesus was a chi,ld ofII destiny, ing." .

The journey had been painful. his coming· foretold by, Isaiah.

No door was opened to the Nazareth was his "sHelter to grow, ripe," offering hi,m "lei· weary, suffering woman. Her re­ sure to grow wise." fuge was finally a rough stable­ There was restfulness about cave.

There a few hour~ later was . this young man. It clung to him born the Child whose birth has like a fragrance, prod~ing an cast aglow on all the pages of impression of peace, of\serenity time. What were the thoughts not of this world.

All those who have influenced of those who saw the light that night in Bethlehem? Would that ­ us in the way we sh6uld go we could read their .minds, ex­ were first influenced by the perience their thrill.

Child. Never did he alldw any­ His Where did our travelers, now one to' - deflect him ,fr6in~ I" course, not even His mother. three, go from Bethlehem? " Propelled hither. and thither We think of her, whose kother­ by events, by inner voices, by hood was all glory and sWnless.

How :like, she and the child, in intuition, the Child and his par­ ents suffered and did certain ,the strength of .waiting, tile love ' \: pre-appointed things, until at of meditation. last they returned to Nazareth.

The Child planted seeds in o,ur' BRANDON NETO, an 8th grader at St. Jean Baptiste There the Child lived humbly. hearts. His vision is set.\ ~efore School, Fall River; Lisa Duarte, a 7th grader at Mt: St. His pleasures were simple, free us. Well might we sing tpat he Joseph, also Fall Riyer; and Louise Leduc, a 6th grader. at to all. The complex life was not is the highest and the ho\~est of for him. He taught and exempli­ mankind and that "our wills are St.' Jean Baptiste, are first prize winners in an essay contest ,fied that humility of circumstance ours but we hope to make: them on "My Family" sponsored by the Greater Fall River Family was nothing to be ashamed of. 'thine." , \i , Service Association in observance of National Family Week.

We are like the shepherds. We He showed that in labor there Thr~e off four winners in an assoc~ated poster contest are was dignity. dream of peace on e!irth.I· Jesus was a presentiment of We are the Wise Men: We also Catholic school students. . The poster winners are Debbie'Sardinha, Holy Name School; Inesia Camara, Espi­ change. He caused anticipation, want to give Him a gift. \' , of events expected yet unknown.

We are like the children. We ;iito Santo; Cynthia Alferor, Henry Lord Middle; and Nelia Certain writings of Virgil con­ seek the warmth: of His touch. Silva, St. Jean Baptiste, all in Fall River.' (Gau~ette ",Photo) , .. " . \1 I

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Computer helps young couples! i'Despite qualms' one might have about being immersed in the age of computers, a cheer is in order when the computer re­ moves the tedium of paperwork and frees human beings to min­ ,ister to people." .

So say officials at the diocesan Office of Family Ministry in an article in the office's periodica,l, "Family Forum." They explain that as of November registra-' tions of young couples preparing for marriage in the diocese are computer processed at the Fam­ ily Ministry Office in North Dartmouth.Explaining the process, the article notes that about 65 pro­ grams of marriage preparation are offered annually in the dio­ cese.

"This represents some 2,000 couples annually, whose person­ , al information must be recorded and who are then' scheduled for marriage preparation session$ ­ usual~y in their own ~ocal area.

"Previously the area ·directors had the responsibility of all the paperwork and the scheduling, as well as the training of group leaders, planning programs, and tending the needs of the engaged couples. The new system will Hberate their energy to be de­ voted e~lusively to working di­ rectly W?th their people.

"An a~ded benefit of the cen­ tralized processing system is that after 'the engaged couples mail their completed registrations to the Office. of Fami,ly Mini~t!Y,

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Stang's Christmas concert wUl take place at' 7:30 p.m. Sunday in -the school auditorium.

Last night students and par­ ents attended a college financial aid meeting sponsored by the guidance department.

In the spirif of the season, this is Amnesty Month at the Stang Library. Overdue books may be returned to the library or school office with no ques­ tions asked.

Bishop Feehan Holiday activities at Feehan have included a successful inter­ national Christmas fair and a Christmas concert. The latter featured the Feehan Concert Band and adult and student choruses. It concluded with a sing-along in which the audience participated.

Bishop Connolly The Connolly choir will be heard at a Mass and Christmas concert for parenb! and friends thiS Sunday and at a school Mass Dec. 21. The group sang recently in Boston at a' jubilee Mass for New England jesuits. ~tudents anticipate a hockey' game with Coyle-Cassidy Jan. 16 at Fall River's Driscoll Arena.

Dropping an impartial puck will be Bishop Daniel A. Cronin.

The Reason "It is because God is beautiful that things are beautiful; because he is good that they are good; ,because he is that t:ley are."­ St. Augustine

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out of the question, "What can they, are advised of the I really do about it?" for the. entire diocese :so \[that One way to deal with such they can select a program' that feelings is to discover what is most convenient for them. really is manageable. Life is This can make a real diffetence made up of many small actions, to a couple 'working some\', dis­ decisions and tasks. If we can tance from home or who live at exercise control over some as­ opposite ends of the diocese; pects of life, we may begin to . . 'for I!l984 ,'PresentlY registrations create good news in our own and others' lives. are being entered into the ~bm­

By Charlie Martin , puter, but eventually all ~ose 'What about the immediate ,A IL I T J LEG 0 0 D NEW 5 from 1983 will also be added world of our family? In families, conflicts often occur. But acting so that permanent records IWill lr ronIed out this moming, the kids had the' morning news show on be available from Januaryl 1, with kindness can heal wounds,' Uryant Gumbel was talking about the fighting in Lebanon 1983 on. Each area director', of For instance: Some Senator was squawking about the bad economy FamIly Minis~ry will rective - W~at household task could (ronna get, worse you see, need a change in polley weekly -listings of the number: of you do without being asked?

There's a local ~spaper rolled up in a rubber band couples coming up and cumhla­ - Who in your house could (]Ine more sad story is one more than I can stand tive listings that wiil anticipate benefit from an unexepected note JUlst once !!low I wouild like to see the headlhies say 'future' members." ' saying, "I'm sorry we had that Not much to print today . fight. Could' we start over Can't find nothing bad to say again?

Because The parish community is an­ Nobody robbed a liquor store on the lower part of town other place to spread some good Nobody OD'd, nobody bumed a single building' down SAN FRANCISCO (NC) .:.... news. Look around before Mass.

N'Gbody fired a shot in anger, nobody had to dIe in vain Archbishop John R. Quinn, inlli,a Can you find five people to in­ Sure could use a little, good news today recent pastoral letter character­ troduce yourself to - perhaps I 4:ome home this evening, I bet that the news wUl be the same ized U.S. policy in Central ~: young people who go to another a hostage, somebody steals a plane S«lmebody takes erica as "profoundly misdireC­ school.

How 1 want to hear the anchorman talk about a county fair ted." The archbishop said th~t H(.w we cleaned up the air, hOw everybody learned to care Sure, this would take a little because of the increasing nuM­ TeU me . .

courage, but sowing seeds of. ber of military personnel in Ceh­ Nobody was assassinated In the whole world today

love does~'t happen by magic. tral America, "many responsibl~ • ' II And in the streets all the children had to do was play

Bryant Gumbel and other TV persons m our own country ex­ And everybcdy loves everybody else in the good 01' U.S.A.

anchorpersons -probably won't press fear that we are commit­" Stu'e could use a little good news today

, notice the efforts of htdividuals ting ourselves to a policy which to create "a little gOQd news," will inevitably involve the direJt Written by Black, Bourke, Rocco, Sung by Anne Murray, yet responding to others lovingly intervention of U.S. fighting (c) 1983 by Capitol Records loe. is definitely good new$. forces." The archbishop asked ANNE MURRAY'S country - everyone could use a little Your comments are' welcome. archdiocesan parishes and reliW. Write Charlie Martin, 1218 S. , gious communities to see to-what: releas:e, has become her biggest good news in a world beset by very difficult problems. Today's Rotherwood Ave., Evansville, extent they could offer sanctu , hit in a couple of years.

It is easy' to agree with her ritost frustrating feelings grow 100. 47714. ary to Central American refu­ r gees.

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

General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sug· gested: R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens. . Catholic ratings: AI-approved fOI children and adults; A2-approved fOI 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.

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Diocesans in Jamboree Victories The Stang Spartans and the Connolly Cougars posted victor­ ies in pre-season jamborees last weekend.

Stang defeated New Bedford High, 31-29, in overtime in the basketball jamboree in the Luke Urban Field House, Durfee High School. Richie Munson's goal from the circle broke a 29-29 deadlock in the overtime ses­ sion. Munson, Marcel Sirois and Kevin Farnworth each scored six points for Stang Roger Lewis with seven points, Ken McClain six were the top scorers for New Bedford which played without injured starters Shawn Beau­ doin, Joe Andrews and Terry Winn.

Connolly's Cougars defeated Holy Family, 35-29. The Blue Wave hoopsters kept within reach until the second period when Connolly had built a 31-23 lead with 2 ~ minutes remaining in the game, which Holy Family could not overcome.

In other games it was West­ port 27, Greater New Bedford Voke-Tech 23; Somerset 26, Dartmouth 23; Durfee 44, Case 17.

In an impressive display of speed Connolly's Cougars de­ feated the Harwich Rough Riders, 8-4, in the hockey jamboree in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River. In the other games Durfee blanked the Wareham Vikings, 5-0, and Somerset played a 2-2 tie with the Dartmouth Indians.

Connolly got off to a quick start scoring three goals in the first minute of play, Steve Couto, Paul Callaghan and' Russ Du­ bois rattling the Harwich nets for a 3-0 lead and coasted to its victory.

Ray Kitchen scored two goals in leading the Hilltoppers to their victory over Wareham. A' short­ handed goal 41 seconds from the end of the game enabled Somer­ set to tie Dartmouth.

CYO Hockey Fall River South defeated de­ fending champion New Bedford, 6-1, and Mansfield shutout Som­ erset, 6-0, in Bristol County CYO Hockey League games in the Driscoll Rink last Sunday night.

Dave Paquette and Paul Ho­ gan each scored two goals for South, whose other goals were

by Steve Mendonca and John Rodrigues. Dennis Sylvia scored New Bedford's lone goal in the first period.

Mike Cassidy and Rich Web­ ster each scored twice for Mans-

field, which posted the first shut­ out of the season. Jay Barron and Kris Bainton accounted for the other two Mansfield goals.

Games next Sunday, starting at 9 p.m. in the Driscoll Rink have Mansfield vs. Fall River South and New Bedford vs. Fall River North.

The standings: Fall River North 7-1-1' (won, lost, tied), New Bedford 5-3-2, Mansfield 5-4-0, Fall River' South 4-6-0, Somerset 1-8-1.

Hockomock Season Opens The Hockomock League gets its basketball season underway next Tuesday with North Attle­ boro at King Philip, Sharon at Franklin, Mansfield at Stoughton and Oliver Ames at Canton. The schedule for the girls basketball is the same but with the home teams reversed.

Senior back Scott Wassel of Middleboro High School was the winner of the second annual Otto Graham Football Achievement Award.

Other nominees included Mike Thomas, Coyle-Cassidy; Don Fronzaglia, Apponequet; Paul Ryley, Bishop Stang; Chris Pa· tota, Case; Mike McGuire, Dart­ mouth; Mike Nawrocki, Durfee; Scott 'Power, Fairhaven; Ed Ca­ ron, New Bedford High; Bill Moors, Old Colony; Steve Guard (Old Rochester); Craig Phillips, Somerset; Bob Mello, Taunton; and Rick Paiing (Wareham). All received placques. ,On Dec. 20: at Gaudette's Pavilion, Acushnet, the Bishop Stang State Field Hockey Divis­ ion II Champions will be hon­ ored.

The Spartanettes, Third place finishers in Division I of the

Southeastern Conference, quali­ fied for tourney play with an 11-2-2 season record. The Doug­ all forces were seeded 8th and faced Case High of Swansea in the preliminary round. Lisa De­ makis scored the only goal of a hard fought game late in the second half.

The Spartans journeyed to Canton to face the number one seed. The Maroon and White again showed their strength in earning a 1-0 victory. Dighton­ Rehoboth was overwhelmed 3-1 in the Semi-FinaIs. .

In the South Finals, Division I Champions Dartmouth High and Stang met for the third time.

The Stang eleven dominated play and emerged with a well­ deserved 2-0 triumph. Northern Champion, TrIton High, provided 'the opposition at Natick High.

Stang rolled to· a 3-0 victory and advanced to the State Finals.

Undefeated .and untied Black­ stone-Milville, the Cent/il Cham­ pion, and Stang, the South Cham­ pion, would vie for the title. The Spartans scored three times dur­ ing the first half and shut out their opponent 3-0 to clinch the diadem.

NOTE Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local list· ings, which may' differ from the New York network sched­ ules supplied to The Anchor.

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"Scarface" (Universal) Brian De Palma's remake of Howard Hawks's 1932 gangster classic is set in present-day Miami, and its hero, Tony Montana (AI Pacino), is a Cuban immigrant, a criminal who came to the D,.S. as a refu­ gee. By dint of hard work and charisma, together with a flair for killing the right people, Tony works to the top of the drug rackets, from which he is soon topple. This is an ugly, foul­ mouthed violent movie whose sole redeeming significance comes from its depiction of the role of certain right-wing Latin American governments in the in­ ternational drug traffic. But this counts little in the general con­ text of a crudely self-indulgent movie. Because of violence and obscene ,language, it is rated O. "Terms of Endearment" (pra­ mount) This screen version of Larry McMurty's novel is a somewhat shaky comedy of man­ ners that becomes unexpectedly somber at its end act. It centers on the love-hate relationship of Aurora Greenway (Shirley Mac­ Laine), a wealthy and imperious Houston widow, and her only child, spunky Emma, (Debra Winger), who marries a man her mother detests. But even as Au­ rora's prophecy as to the, un­ worthiness of Emma's husband comes true, Aurora herself be­ comes involved with a leacher­ ous, dissipated former astronaut (Jack Nicholson), a confronta­ tion of opposites sometimes very funny. Well acted, especially by Miss Winger, "Terms of Endear­ ment" is consistently entertain­ ing, but falls short of the more serious intent that its director obviously had in mind. Because of fairly graphic verbal refer­ ences to sexual activity and a benign attitude toward extra­ marital sex, it is rated A3, PG. Religious Broadcasting - TV Each Sunday, 10:30 a.m., WLNE, Channel 6, Diocesan Television Mass.

Portuguese Masses from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford: 12:15 p.rn. each S~day on radio station WJFD­ FM; 7 p.m. each Sunday on tele­ vision Channel 20.

Mass Monday to Friday every week, 11:30 a.m. to noon, WXNE, Channel 25.

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

"Breakthrough," 6:30 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 10, a pro­ gram on the power of God to touch lives, produced by the Pastoral Theological Institute of Hamden, Conn.

"The Glory of God," with Father John Bertolucci, 7:30 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 27.

"Mai-ySon," a family puppet show with moral and spiritual perspective 6 p.m. each Thurs­ day, Fall River and New Bed· ford cable channel 13: "Spirit and the Bride," a talk show with William Larkin, 6 p.m. ea,ch Monday, cable chan­ ne135.

Each Sunday (SPN) "World Report" - NC News weekly re­ . port on religious, ethical and moral concerns.

Sunday, Dec. 18, 7-8 p.m.

(ABC) "The Pope and His Vati­ can." Originally broadcast last April, this documentary on Pope John ,Paul II as head of the church and world leader has been updated to include his summer visit' to Poland and. his meetings this fall with Amefican bishops.

Sunday, Dec. 18 (ABC) "Dlrec­ dons" - ABC/News reports on the changing role of the papacy since Pope. Pius II. Sunday, Dec. 18. (CBS) "For Our Times" - CBS News cor­ respondent Douglas Edwards ex­ amines religious perspectives on the crisis in Lebanon.

On Radio Charismatic programs are heard from Monday through Fri­ day on station WICE 1210 AM; Father John Randall, 9 to 10 a.m. and 11 to 12 p.m.; Father Edward McDonough, 8-12 a.m.; Father Real Bourque.

Father McDonough is also on WMYD from 1:30 to 2 p.m. each Sunday.

Sunday, Dec. 18 (NBC) "Guide­ line" Sister Mariella Frey, U.S. Catholic Confernce repre· sentative for catechetical minis­ tries, is interviewed on women -and the church.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope televised so the large number of John Paul II will make a Dec. 26 prison inmates around the world Christmas, visit to a Rome prison can share indirectly in the event," to celebrate a Holy Year Mass he added.

Rebibbia prison holds some\ of that may be televised to other Italy's toughest criminals, ,in­ prisons around ,the world.

The pope will probably go to cluding 51 people awaiting trial Rebibbia prison, Vatican officials in January on charges of armed insurrection, attempted murder, said, where convicted papal as­ kidnapping and robbery. sailant Mehmet Ali· Agcais Agca was brought early last serving a life sentence for his summer from a top security May, 1981, attack on the pon­ prison in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, to tiff.

Rebibbia for questioning in the On Dec. 7 the Italian Catholic continuing investigation into the news agency ASCA quoted un­ papal shooting. named Vatican sources as say­ Magistrates from Italy and ing the pope asked to meet Agca Bulgaria have' investigated Ag­ during the prison visit. ca's claim that there was a plot The ASqA report said Vatican carried out with, the help of Bul­ and Italian Justice Ministry offi­ garians and with the knowledge cials were working out details of the KGB, the Soviet secret of ,the meeting, and added that service: government officials see no ma­ On Dec. 6, two Bulgarian in· jor obstacles to the face·to-face vestigators arrived in Rome for encounter. ' , another round of intensive ques­ The Vatican Press Offic~ had tioning of Agca. no comment on the report. ..

The pope will impart a Holy Year indulgence to the prisoners, according to A:rchbishop Mario' VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Schierano, J:tead of tIie Vatican's John Paul II has expressed his Holy Year c;:ommittee. wish 'for "a full union" with Or­ "Pope John Paul will probably thodox churches :in a le'tter to visit Rebibbia prison rather than Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Regina Coeli (also a Rome jail) Dimitrios I of Constantinople. because Rebibbia is larger and "I send my wish that the full houses both men and women," union with our sister churches, Archbishop Schieranosaid. for which Jesus prayed, may "We hope the visit will be soon be realized," the pope said.

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NO ROOM AT THE INN The Innkeeper said, No. I cJ'1 do? he said. And I said, you can go back out into the humiliation. Because you haven't stopped caring and help­ can't help you, he said. Go .street, and you can look sad. ing, we at Covenant House are able to touch these kids awa'y, he said.

I; . . with your hands, to love them with your love, to share the It was late at night. The T~e kid stopped crymg, and he looked at me. I can do blessings God has given you to share with them. that,· he said. So he did, or they did, they both went back· ., . inn was very cr.owded. The out \into the :;treet. One boy was 15, the other was 14. I -. Maybe my kids ~on t know th~t fo~ a while. Maybe on!y young couple was poor. never saw them again. when Jesus draws us all to be Wlt~ Him and the F~ther Will The husband, frantic with i' we all know each other and expenence that speCial shock anxiety, insisted and pleaded and -argued despera.teIY:1 '. ' . ' of r~cogn~tion that must be one of t~e gr~at joys of ~eaven.

Look, my wife is going to have a baby any minute. Please, "Jesus Wei'S, lIke my kids a wanderer and You re gomg to meet a lot of beautiful kids who Will kn~w you've got to let us in. Clearly, there were no large tips I.' d 'th I 'I H' h . " your name and know your face and reach out to you With forthcoming to inspire the Innkeeper's compassion and un­ ~oma ,WI no p ace to ay IS ead. joy,. And, I hope, you'll meet a couple of innkeepers, who derstanding. You can't take responsibility for every I' . m~de a tragic mistake and said No when they should have pilgrim and traveller and wanderer who knocks on your I can still see their faces, just about as clearly today as I said Yes. door, even if the girl is young and tired and aboutto have a coult~ that ,night so many years ago. I can ~till see the tears . I' wish you all His peace and His joy, and the certain baby! on tlil\ ~ boy sface. I can see how the other kid stOOd, and the knowledge of His love. Thanks, again, for loving my own After he turned them away, I wonder if the Innkeeper way ,he looked at me. . . homeless nomads who, because of you, do have aplace to ever gave the young mother and her husband a second I 'on d 'f th I k' k t b' lay their heads. Always pray for us, please, as we never thought? Listen, I know exactly how that innkeeper felt. er I e nn eeper ep remem enng, too.

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Maybe he'd had a bad day. He wasn't such a bad guy. You just can't assume he was an unfeeling heartless wretch and sweep him out of your mind like so much dirt. He must have had his reasons. And besides, it turned out okay. The young couple found a cave on a hillside where some shepherds stabled their animals. The 14-year-old girl had h b b th It t d t i l ' ht er a y ere. urne ou a ng .

Two kids knocked on mydoor one night!!t was late and I had had a bad day. Ididn't wantto wake up. I didn'twant to answer the door. I was tired and had gone to bed angry.

There were abunch of kids bedded down on the living room floor and the six bunk beds were filled. I had been mugged earlier that day and one of my kids stole the grocery money-and I didn't like any of my kids very much. They just didn't appreciate me and weren't very grateful... Play­ ing the role of noble martyr to the hilt, I opened the door.

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Two kids stood there, uncertainly. obViously reading the look on my face. One of the kids said: Are you Bruce, and I said, Yes. And he said, do you take kids to? And I said, Yes. Can we stay with you? he said. And I s9 id, NO,because we have no room. The kid began to cry. Where can I go? What

Let\bur celebration be simple and unsophisticated. He was just achild in astable. Let our joy be unhurried and un­ harrietq· The angel wished us peace and good will. Let us give g,ifts, also, to Him as the wise men did, and in giving gifts to others le~t us give in His name and in love, for we are all nomads and pilgrims together.

Father Bruce Ritter, OFM Conv., is the 'founder and President of Covenant House/UNDER 21, which operates crisis centers for homeless ~nd runaway youth.

ThaHk you for giving that gift of love to my kids. Your kids now. Because of you, thousands of children and young\people are helped every day. Because of your love, thousands are saved from lives of degradation and

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