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This Christmas, let us con sider The inconvenient Christ, The one who comes when he isn't wanted In our inns Or in our hearts. He is often, maybe always, Where we don't want to be: Not just in the big cities New York, Chicago, WashingtonBut here in the Fall River diocese: On the Cape, where retirees drink To pass the empty hours; He's in the New Bedford

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Who'd love to have coffee with a neighbor If the neighbor would come; In the family which shares

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In the solitary crowd

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In the boring elderly

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In the rebellious sons and daughters girl Who won't talk at all. Who'd like someone to share This inconvenient Christ a soda Is in the poor whose Christ Or a secret; mas comes early In the Taunton mother With turkey dinners ahead At home so much - of time, With just the baby,

teen Who's a problem to ber parents So they make her a ward of the state; In the Fall River tot Whose family has a VCR And two cars And a boat But no love; In the friendless Attleboro

So that their hosts, con sciences appeased, Can enjoy the Day itself At home; He's in the black and Latin kids Who aren't sure they're beautiful Because no one has said it to them· Convincingly enough; He's in the little ones Who like to dress as Christ mas angels And haven't learned about prejudice and war And don't know yet About the willing teachers

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who await them. He's in you and me and everyone Who looks in a glass darkl~' And sees himself But wishes be saw Another. Even the wish is enough To get you a place at tbe table of the Lord Remember one thing, though: This inconvenient Christ Is manageable enough when he sleeps in Mary's arms; But when yOll start to love, Beware of him, beware of him. He will awake.

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.Dearly beloved in Christ, For some weeks we have been busy with holiday. preparations. We are anxious to gather with family and friends to share gifts of hope and love. Christmas is that precious lime of year when we remember that the gifts we share herald the source of all true gifts of hope and love the treasure of GQd's love in the flesh - Jesus Christ.

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Today we declare with the Prophet Isaiah that truly we walk as a -people of promise, for: "A child is born to us, a son is given us ... They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace" (Is. 9:5-6). We profess our faith in Christ as our Messiah -and tord.

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In the life of that· one small child, Jesus Christ, God has spoken the full depth of his word of love for us. The Son of God has entered into the drama of human history. The Lord of. life has bec,yme one with human kind. By this free gift of God's love, all of human me is precious. The birth of Jesus is the gift and promise in which all our hopes rest. On Cliristmas day we remember that the promise of the Lord is not merely a nostalgic commemoration of the birth of a child in a manger some 2,000 years ago.. We declare with confidence that truly: "God is with us." When we make room for Christ in the inns of our families, our relationships and in the marketplace of our lives, then Christ is born anew.

Silent Night, Holy Night, filled with the wonder of His love. May you and yours be bless ed with the peace of this season of jo~ and love I ,

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As Bishop of Fall River, I offer my heartfelt prayers for and with each one of y~u that the Prince of Peace, Jesus the Christ, may he your source of lasting joy and hope during this. seaso'n of grace. ~aithfully your~

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Albert J. Ryan Father A,lbert J. Ryan, paro chial vicar at St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis, was the princi pal celebrant Dec. 12 at St. Thecla's Church, Pembroke, of the Mass of Chris~ian Burial for his father. also Albert J. Ryan. Many priests of the diocese were concelebrants. Mr. Ryan died Dec. 9. A Pembroke resident at the time of his death, he was for merly of West Roxbury and Roslindale. He was the husband of the iate Mary Josephine (Gill) Ryan and-the father of Robert J. Ryan of Nashville, Tenn., and Sheila A. McGrale of Kingston, as well as Father Ryan. He is survived by 10 grand· children.

In Strength "The Lord our God comes in strength and will fill his servants with joy."

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WASHINGTON (NC) - The church's courts are the real an swer for Catholics in irregular second marriages, said Father Donald Heint!:chel. a leading U.S. canon lawyer, and associ ate general secretary of the Na· tional Conference of Catholic Bishops. Father Heintschel, in an inter .view Dec. 16, dismissed as "simply impossible" a sugges tion, raised in Rome at the Nov. 24·Dec. 8 world Synod of Bish· ops, that the church should find some new pastoral way of re admitting divorced-ren,arried Catholics to the sacraments. Archbishop Karl Berg of Salz· burg, Austria, had suggested to the synod that the church take a "more merciful approach to the divorced and remarried," such as readmitting them to the sacraments after a "period of penance." A similar question had been raised five years earlier, at the 1980 synod on marriage and fam ily life, by Archbishop Derek Worlock of Liverpool, England. He ,asked if divorced·remarried Catholics must be "forever" denied "full eucharistic com munion with the church and its Lord." SimHar questions were raised by several other bishops at that synOd. The problem with suggestions for some kind of penitential re conciliation that does not tackle the problem of the first marriage, Father Heintschel said, is that "the indissolubility of marriage is 'a church doctrine." It is "the presumption of law" that the first marriage was a val'id union which remains bind· ing "until the opposite is proven," he said. "This is where the ministry of the tribunal comes in,". he said. "It's present," not specu lative, he said, and "it's effici· ent and pastoral." Asked if he 'agreed with a re cent estimate by a civil lawyer that about 90 percent of separa ted or divorced Catholics couid

obtain annulments from the church, Father Heintschel said his experience suggested that WAS true. ','Those who do apply probably will have their marri'age declared null ... I'm sure there are cases that can't be resolved, hut they are minimal," he said. He emphasized that just having a divorce or separation itself does not cut a person off from the sacraments. That is a mis take often made in the media and a source of confusion to many people, he said. He said he had seen news reports from the synod which failed to dis tinguish between divorced Cath olics and divorced~remarried Catholics. When a couple separates or gets a civil divorce, "they may receive the sacraments," he said. Also, if a divorced person seeking to remarry obtains an annulment of the previous mar riage first, "that person is still in full communion with the church," he said. But when a divorced person remarries outside the church, he said, "this is the case where the person is prohibited from receiving the sncraments . . . This is where the pastoral min istry of the courts comes in they can help the person who desires to come back to the sacraments." Another source of confusion for many Catholics, he said, comes in cases of mixed marri age where the non-Catholic part ner was previously married and divorced - especially when the non-Catholic is considered free to remarry by his or her own denomination.

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.Peace: Not an Option Hoping for peace: the heart of man longs for it but how elusive it is. In this regard, the long journey of man has been a heart break. He has not been able to be at peace with his own. War and its aftermath have driven him again and again to the ultimate of despicable deeds. Seemingly man cannot find the path to solutions that will ensure true peace. Yet despite his past, his hope remains aLways alive. . This season of the year makes us reflect on peace. We think '. of the Prince of Peace, in whose own life there seemed only · turmoil. His promise becomes our hope. Thus it is fitting that .. at 'Ch"ristmaswe reflect once more on the possibility ofpea~e in · our lives. Today humanity is in perhaps its m()st crucial stage of existence. What makes our time so significant is that we pos sess the ability to annihilate ourselves. No other age has held the power of its own destruction in its hands. Atomic apocalypse is a fact. Revelation could be (ulfilled in our days. In no other period of man's life on this planet has the possibility of total termination been a concrete fact of life. Peace"is no longer a mere option. We have no choice. Given these realities, why are we so hesitant about peace? Why do we allow the chemistry of chaos to govern ourinitia ·tives toward it? Why does peace receive so little attention and war so much? . The recent Geneva discussions between the superpowers.are but a nod in the'right direction. Even for that we should be .grateful, but 'such a dialogue remains shallow. It's rather ridiculous to say we are for peace while at the . NC photo same time committing the world to an all-out arms race. The 'so-called civilized world spends the greater 'part of its budget 'While all things were in quiet silence and. the night was in the midst of

:on weapons of destructi()n, all, of course, in the !nterests of h,er course, thy almighty Word leapt down from heaven.

',peace. from thy royal throne.' Wisd. 1~:14-15

. TO'keep the peace, we build better bombs. It really does~~t make too much sense. It has divided the world into armed ·camps that have a vested interest in disagreement. As super 'nations develop and thrive on the mores of war, poor nations are plunged into'the abyss' of famine. The, cost overruns of the American defense ~udget are an -utter and seemingly unending scandal. It is estimated that one 'third of the defense budget consists of useless and wasteful spending. When one realizes that this extravaganza costs some By Father Kevin J. Harringto~ against those who fasted and went· activity known ~s play should not $30 billion, one does have to ask why. Given the millions about with gloomy faces. Fasting end with childhood. clinging to bare existence,the inability of nations to cope with "Are you really happy?" I sup and almsgiving were associated earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and plague and the thousands pose from time to time everyone is Children can teach us much with a cheerfulness that was a sure about true happiness. Until we of children who die for want of medical care, such wanton asked that question and especially sign of selflessness; tense self-in admit we are incomplete we will at Christmas it is well worth consid volvemept indicated hypocrisy. waste by any nation is outrageous. never rejoice in the small pleasures eration. The.saddest people in the world As a nation, it would be well at this time of year for us to children find so satisfying. While it Honesty demands more than a are those who are preoccupied examine our own attitudes towards peace. is true that they are huckstered by yes· or no response. Happiness with themselves. They often equate We have been blessed by abundance, in'part due to our own means different things to different' not being happy with being mis television advertising to want the hard work and initiatives. However, we cannot allow ourselves people. I am suspicious of those erable. Hence ~hey rarely admit to latest and most expensive toy on the market, it is often the least to be smug and selfish in our prosperity or to be lulled into a who claim always to be happy. unhappiness. expensive toy that truly captures But not being happy can be neu. Rather, I, associate happiness with .false peace. their imaginations and hearts. What is needed this Christmas is a renewed response to something transitory in this life; it tral; a person can still be as content is a violation of logic and expe as one can expect in this life.. The absurd premise that happi 'honest and sincere peace efforts. We can no longer view peace rience to think we can be happy all Unfortunately, we live in a culture ness c!in be ours all the time is as one more pawn in the game of international politics. The the time. .., that enshrines the pursuit of hap clearly rejected by a child who Fran~ly, I'am also wary of those pi ness as an ipalienable right granted hour of choice is upon \.Is. cries when miserable and laughs "My peace I leave, my peace I give." That is the promise of who dismiss the question of whether by the deity. Ironically, those least hilariously when happy. Two thousand years ago Christ .the Prince of Peace. May it be our Christmas hope and. our they arenappy or not by pleading likely to. achieve happiness are contentment, equated with the state' , those who spend most of their time came among us as a child and ele !New Year fulfillment.. of accepting one's lOLl cannot chasing iL Nothing is more boring

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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER' P·ublished weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River 410 Highland Avenue Fall River Mass. 02722 675-7151 . PUBLISHER Mosl Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.O.

EDITOR Rev. John F. Moore

FlNANr:IAL ADMINISTRATOR Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan

understand how anyone can possess a blameless conscience' or be utterly devoid of desire in such an imp~rfect world. My heart is more like SL Augustine's; it will always be restless as long as it is apart from G o d . ' I associate happiness with what SL Thomas Aquinas called cheerfulness ofhearL The Latin for that is "hilaritas mentis." I have always been fond of the word hilarious, with its images of laughter. Christian dogma links cheerfulness, of heart with fasting. We remember the Lord's admonition

than hearing ,someone talk about the happiness he or she found in a new caror an expensive vacation. The happiest people are those who recognize early that the only way of achieving even a measure of contentment is to face the fact that they cannot always be happy. A learned psychiatrist once said he could tell more about an indi vidual by listening to him laugh for 10 seconds than by listening to him talk for 10, hours. The true meaning of "hilaritas mentis" 'is evident in the laughter of children; de~lI;chment.~ro.~ the purposeful.

vated all of humanity. The true spirit of Christmas can best be appreciated through the eyes of children. It is truly significant that God would choose a child to show mankind the way to peace and love. One of the best-known say ings of the adult Christ is "Unless you become as little children you cannot enter the kingdom of God." Until his kingdom comes we must learn to take pleasure in the small but realjoys life has to offer. Children are still our best teachers on howto attain the cheerfulness of heart to which the Lord invites us in this life.

Christinas thoughts

Holiday antIcIpations and expectations are at their peak. Seasonal music has replaced the top 10. Trees twinkle with Christmas lights. Advertisements for 'sales and deals of a lifetime have doubled the weight of news papers and hit us in every' TV commercial. The appetites of child ren - and adults - are whetted. But when the holidays are over, what will be the end result of 'all these built-up expectations? If a recent doctoral dissertation by a graduate student I advised is any indication, it is very possible there will be grave letdowns and disillu sionment with the world of busi ness and the Christmas holidays themselves. The dissertation indicated that there often is a large discrepancy between expectations and reality, It studied young persons about to be employed in their first job. Asked what they expected of their 'first job experience, most antici , pated it would be highly satisfying. A year later, even after having been'trained in what to expect, they were asked if they were as satisfied as they expected to be. Sad to say, the satisfaction they were experiencing was far below the level they had anticipated, '

The lesson in this study is an old one. There is often a wide gap between expectations and reality as it develops. I am afraid many of the antici patedjoys of holiday gift exchanges could end up in disillusionment. Unfortunately, anticipated gifts nev.e~ quite fill us with the joys we anticipate. This leads me to ask: In a season that fosters giving, is there a principle to hang onto which can give us control over the commercialism that so often con trols us?

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WASHINGTON(NC)- Moth er Teresa of Calcutta, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, met with President Reagan in the White House briefly last Monday. Accompanied by an undentified member of her order, Mother Ter esa was "bringing'Christmas greet

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rip open one gift package after another, seemingly more interested in adding up the number of gifts they receive than in noting the sig nificance behind them and the per-' son who gave them, How often are Christmas cards ,sent with only a signature. No personal message or One principle worth consider thought is included, ing is this: Put expectations into When gifts are exchanged, is their proper perspective. there a conscious effort to digest Are we caught up in a consumer the goodness of the other person and personalize the moment? Do age which shapes our attitudes leading us to think gifts are th~ hearts touch each other? More heart of Christmas and that ,if important, do we include a third there is a new and improved gift heart, that of God, and 'thank him? Would it be going too far .t~is year, it is the ultimate gift to' give? Are our holidays fixed on becoming too pious - to suggest gifts and spent frantically in crowds , that, after the excitement of open seeking the best deals possible? Or ing gifts has settled down, moment should we have another set of with silent prayer be part of the celebration? A touch of the divine expectations that takes gift exchang ing and raise it to a higher level? linked with deeply personalized Should our expectation be that love: the perfecLingredients. The this year's holiday is going to be gift is subordinated to the person more personal - more in the real and both are subordinated to their spirit of Christmas - than last creator. With such an approach, would disillusionment have as year? much chance of ruining the Christ How often I have seen children mas season?

at1~hiti'Ho~se ~ ings to the president" and held a "short meeting"with Reagan, said White House press officials. Photographers admitted briefly to the meeting said the president greeted and shook hands with the nuns. No further details were made available.

The joy o~ giVing and sharing makes this Holy Season truly the most beautiful.

Christmas Confessions: ' Monday, Dec, 23, 4-5 &6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec, 24, 4-6 p.m.

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Tuesday, Dec. 24, 7:00 p.m.

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Midnight Mass

Christmas Day Masses: 8:30 a.m., (Portuguese), ,9:45 and II :00 a.m.

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M ~A M I (NC) - Three Catholic shirts be worn the last Saturday as well, although, she added, ''I'm~ .,: I ": . . coupl~s in. Mi,ami say t,hey have', before C~rist!TIas, a busY,shopping , ' ,mon; lenientonSan,ta." ~ :, •• ' . ' COME AND CELEBRATE CH~ISTMAS WI'TH US, . ~ ,. ,', " '," , ," devised a' w'<1)'"t'o comb'at thecom~ \ day."

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Presentees n'ani~d .for t~e Bish'op's Charity Ball Thirty-eight young ladies 'will be presented to Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at the 31st annual . Bishop's Charity BaH on Friday, January 10, at Lincoln Park Ball room, North Dartmouth, in a highlight of the most widely known social 'and charitable af fair in New England. The 1986 Ball will be the 16th at which Bishop Cronin will be the honored guest. "These presentees represent parishes from the five areas of the diocese," said Rev.· M~gr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan BaH director. "Every year, one

third of our 114 parishes have the honor to participate in this impressive cere,mony." Mrs. James A. O'Brien Jr. of Fall River, who heads the pre sentation committee, announced that the presentees with their fathers or other relatives will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 5, at the ballroom, for a re hearsal of the presentation cere mony. The Ball benefits summer camps for the underprivileged and exceptional children of the diocese.

Chatham; Molly Patricia .O'Neil, St. Joseph's, Woods Hole. Fall River Area: Cynthia Ann Crofton, St. William's-Nazareth Hall, Fall River; Monique Des chenes, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River; Patricia Anne Donahue, St. Patrick's, Somerset; Fatima Duarte, Our Lady of Health, Fall River; Michelle Claire Dumaine, St. Michael's, Swansea.. Colleen Jalbert, Immaculate 'Conception, Fall River; Jennifer Jensen, St. Dominic's Swansea;

Elizabeth LeCour, St. Mathieu's, Fall River; Taryn M. Lopes, Sa cred Heart, Fall River; Anna Pais, St. Anthony of Padua, Fall River; Elizabeth Ann Pavao, Our Lady of Angels, Fall. River; Karen J. Peladeau, St. Patrick's, Fall River. Taunton Area: Lisa A. Faria, Sacred Heart, Taunton; Cheryl McRae, St. Joseph, Taunton; Lynda Pelletier, St, Jacques, Taunton; Lisa M. Proc, St. Jo seph, No. Dighton; Mary Ellen Quigley, St. Peter's Dighton.

New Bedford Area: Kristen .M. Anderson, St. Patrick's, Wareham; Kathryn Anuszczyk, St. Mary's, South Dartmouth; Michelle Domagala, St. Casi mir's New Bedford; Rebecca Ferro, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New Bedford; Margaret O. Fish er, St. Lawrence, New Bedford. Carolyn Francisco, St. George's, Westport; Ellen O'Reilly, Holy Name, New Bedford; Michelle Ann Sequin, Sacred Heart, New Bedford; Judith Marie Silvia, St. Julie's, No. Dartmouth.

The 1986 presentees are: Attleboro Area: Michelle Lav erty, St. Mary's_parish, Norton; Jacquelihe Lawrence, St. Mary's Mansfield; Deborah Rodriques; Holy Ghost, Attleboro; Lisa Ma rie Veilleux, Sacred Heart, North Attleboro.

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.Wishing all our good friends a holiday filled with love and laughter, mirth and warmth. ' It's been a pleasure serv~ng you during the past ye,ar.

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Robots giving rewards for cor rect answers, construction sets providing detailed instructions on how to build, and toys ask ing children to repeat recorded animal sounds "introduce apa thetic attitudes Ilt an early age," Black said. "They are learning to imitate rather than create." Black said there is a lot of value in 'letting children's natu ra,l curiosity take charge, and noted that parents too often view their children as miniature adults. Even' such traditional gifts as toy lawn mowers and pretend doctor kits can inhibit a child's tendency to "just play" because they mimic adulthood. "Unfortunately, many parents today are overly concerned with preparing their kids for school or teaching them practical skills. They forget that childhood is 'a . lime for imagination, frivolity, and just plain fun," he said. For example, he called a tele vision commercial showing an infant playing at a computer terminal "gross" and "frighten ing." He feels toys are losing their 'human qualities - that plastic robots are replacing soft teddy bears in the hearts of youngsters. In fact, he added, even bears are being over-organized. While in the past teddy bears could take on any emotion a chi'ld was feeling, today 'a popular new line of stuffed animals has a different bear for every mood.

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Annulment support JOLIET, III. (NC) - Bishop Joseph Imesch of Joliet has started an "annulment support ministry" in his diocese which is believed to be the first in the nation. The process of separa tion and annulment is, "ex tremely painful," the bishop said as he commissioned the diocese's first 43 annulment support min isters. "That is why we need you ... to be compassionate as Jesus was compassionate, to bring the healing of Christ to others," he told the new minis ters. The main job of the annul ment support ministers is to give individuals comfort, counseling, .encouragement, spiri~ual sup port 'and fri~ndship during the months between their initial petition for an annulment and the decision on their case.

No Delay "The Lord is coming and will not delay; he will bring every hidden thing to light and reveal himself to every nation." Hab. 2:3; I Cor. 4:5

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Whenever families ask me about initiating traditions and family fun, I suggest an annual New Year party complete with play and prayers. I say this not out of experience but observation. Many families share with me that their New Year's family party is one of their most cherished tradi tions, especially those who added a religious dimension. "We like it a lot better than going out," they say. Other families ask, "But what do you do at these parties?" I asked and the answers are as diverse as the families themselves. Some decorate, others play cards, have popcorn fights, sing, watch televi sion or usher in the New Year with fireworks. One has a tradition of asking each member to predict events of the upcoming year. Then they read both last year's and upcoming pre dictions aloud to much merriment. Another shares old and new resolu tions.

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Christmas "cookie houses" made of graham crackers that resemble (well, sort of) the more elaborate gingerbread houses have been a favorite of our family for several Cut a piece of black licorice for years now. a chimney. Eat the balance, chew If you are 5 years old, here are ing only when y'our mother is look the instructions for making one: ing in another direction. Roll candy ,', Open ,the package of graham makes for unique windows. Remem crackers and eat one so your mother ber, eat the orange ories. can say "That's the last one you eat Make a small yard around the or there won't be enough to finish - house with green frosting, or white a house for everyone." if you remembered it snowed. Place Have your mother or older bro rock candies around the yard for ther begin melting sugar in a p~n bushes, shrubs, benches or dog to use as glue and 'mortar. Hook houses. You decide. A corn candy four crackers together at the corners makes a good pretend bonfire. to form four walls. Drip melted Rope licorice makes a dandy sugar on the floor. Drip it on the r~nce. Chew to size. If you want a table. Drip it over the top of your picket fence effect, break pepper brother's house. Laugh and say, mint sticks"into small segments. "Oops. Sorry." Again, chew to desired size. Bite a small hole for a door. Lean two crackers together for a Put your face on the table level roof and sugar them into place, with the house, close to it. Pull When they slip out of place'five or your eyes so they are out of focus. six times, start to cry. Let your Say, "\ wish I lived in a house like sister do it for you. that. It's so cozy." Spread white frosting on the Your mother will say, "If you roof for snow, have a bite of snow did, you wouldn't have any tl!'eth yourself. Add, candy to simu- left. Go brush."

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WASHINGTON (NC) - A fed eral court and 'the National Park Service 'have rejected efforts to include a nativity scene featuring a statue of a homeless family on a steaming sidewalk grate in the goverriment-sponsored Christmas display in Washington. On Dec. II, the Community for. Creative Non- Violence, a group of urban activists, lost a bid in U.S. District Court to include its statue in thefederal'government's Pageant

of Peace, a non-sectarian holiday sored Christmas display is not display held on the Ellipse, the supposed to be used by' groups federal park behin'dthe White advocating a particular cause "no House. matter how admirable the ca:use The pageant features Christmas i.s. n trees, inclUding the National Christ "His (statue) ~asdepicting a mas Tree, and other traditional cause," she said of Snyder's propo American decorations. sal. CCNV, which has feuded 'with The park service spokeswoman the Reagan administration over added Dec. 12 that CCNY had. location of a shelter for the home file<;l for a routine permit needed to 111 Durfee Street ..Fall. RiveII' less in Washington, claimed the place the statue elsewhere on the Park Service's rejection of its statue . Ellipse. was politically motivated. The statue, by Baltimore sculp According to Sandra Alley,asso tor James Earl 'Reid, features a ciate regional public affairs direc homeless man, woman and child tor for the NatTonal Park Services on an operating version of a steam Capital Regiorial Office, the dis trict court found the CCNY statue grate. Such grates are often used by the homeless for warmth. The was inappropriate and was not a formal title ofthe sculpture is ~'Third traditional symbol of Christmas as World America: A Contemporary ·defined by the Supreme Court rulNativity." ing in the Pawtucket,.R.I., nativity . William and Rhonda West, who scen~ case. posed for the statue with their The Supreme Court:.stated in ". .', " . . that 1984 decision' that the city of 'baby Paul, met at a CCNY. shelter in 1983. They have since joined the 'Pawtucket could display certain CCNY staff. Christmas symbols; including a CCNY called the statue "a nation . creche, Christmas tree and Santa 'al memorial,' representing all of .Claushouse,withoutviolatingsep aratio.n of church and state. . the nation's 2 to 3 million home less. " Mitch Snyder,.CCNV spokes man, termed the situation "crimi nal"and said that thestatue iseven·. Good for humanity: Our Two Night ·.·Three'Day Cel~bration Features:' more.importantinlightofanother • EXCELLENT.ACCOMMODA.TIONS AT SHOREWAY ACRES.0R GREEN HARBOR. court decision_the previous day UNITED NATIONS (NC) _ permitting the federal government Third World.countries. have reit . RESORTS '. . . . to close a rundoWn CCNY shelter 'erated a call for more accurate • 8 COMPLETE MEALS PER COUPLE. DINNER MENU FEATURI;:S PRIME RIB, for the·homeless inan abandoned '. news reports about themselves, BAKED STUFFED SHRIMP, 'SURF& TURF. FyLLBREAKFASTS. " .. ' federalhulding. and the Vatican's U.N. observer • SPECTACULAR NEW YEAR~SEVEPARTYW/COMPLIMENTARYCHAMPAGNE, . "We can really celebrate Christmission says the ,idea; could be . 'HATS, STREAMERS AND NOISEMAKERS ATMID!'JITE! . mas in a fine way hy throwing' 650 good for humanity...S.peaking for • LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND DANCING. . .. 'men, women and'cnil(j'ren out in the mission, Sister Janet RiChard . the stree't, .. said Snyder: . .son said the. idea could produce • RELAXING INDOOR POOL AND SAUNA. . .. .'. ". . ' ... ' ' . Other shelters to replace 'the "an ever-widening' network of rela COO "E-", . Reservations. Still Being . ,CCNY-run shelter have been tionships and. exchanges between "l 0 .' . . PER PERSON PER' NIGHT . 'openedin Washington,'but Snyder_ persons a, nd social gro, ups and an r' 'JUST "DBL OCC. " .;,' . has called them inadequate. anticipation o( an ever-greater EFFECTIVE to .1/1 . . . . ' . The Park Service,. while reject.human solidarity." Sister.,Richard . : ,I.;.," (KING LEISURE SUITES SLiGHTY HIGHER) ., >·· ..,lngtheCCNVstatueforthe·Chrisi-' son, a Sister of St.· Joseph of \' \~i ··.mas display, offered the group. the Peace;.. r¢centlyaddressed the U.N. Taxes and Gratuities Not Included.:., . . opporqmity "to' place . the'· statue Ge'nerat'Assem'bly'sspecial politi FOR RESERVATIONS elsewhere on the ElI.ipse.. cal committee. The I~. • . .. committee was UIII~.JJ CALL SHOREWAY ACRES (617) 54~-30~O'" , " ' r ' '''!?The'~~~atue~:is ~ot· a tniditipfilil' ··heari'ng.prop.osals frorriThird ACUES GREEN HARBOIR (617) 548-4747 . }'< t? end .. ~ IN MASS. CALL FREE - FOR BOTH RESORTS1-8.00-352-,71QO· .~'. :" .~:~~I~ M,s·;,A.':ley.l:ier.~re .the ~~\:Irt f.pl,_ .. wna~ ',they reglue! AS unfair reL;F;.:A~~L:M::;.;.:O:.;U:,T.:.:.:.:.H,.::;M:A.:;S:.;S:.;.;... ...~-~_-_-_ _-_""'. •:.~.•.!"'!••ioo!',!'!Il.,!!!_.,!!!_"",• •!"'JII'!!!!.!!!!.,::J'!g: ~!le_~!,ll~ It!e gg'ye.rJlI1)l<!lt:§P-O!l-~_ ... porllng. _. .' ..

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Q. '1 just finished reading the" pagans as tlie "Birthday of the FATHER _ November copy b( a magazine Unconquered Sun." During the third century. Emwith .ilia ...ticle titled"Jesus' Birth: The Untold Story:' " says that. p~ror Aurelian proclaime4 ;pe:c. JOHN Jesus ,"~~ probably born in late 25 as a special day dedicat.ed to the September or early October and' sun':go(f whosecuh was.vctysirong _,_ DIETZEN not on Dec. 25. I always assumed in Roine at that time. that we celebrate Christmas-' beEven before this time,,-Cth-iSlia~ cause that is his birthday. Aceord- writers referred to Je_sus-as tbe.5un iog to this article, it is actually a of Justice. It se~emed quite proper. Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., pagan holiday. 1 would really like therefore, thatas Christianity began Bloomington,lII. 61701. Questions to know. (Massachusetts) to dominate the religious scene in for this column should be sent to A. Various theories, none of the Romas Empire, the date of the Father Dietzen at the same address. them really convincing, have been "newborn sun" should be chosen put forward atterriptingto pinpoint as the birth d~te of Christ. lhe day of Christ's birth, Perhaps Apparent!f as you indicate, it strange to say. the truth ~that we startles _,some people that the date have 1\0 idea about the date .when for- Christma'$ has its roots iIi a he Was born. ' NORTH ANDOVER, Mass, pagan feast. From information 'live"ri, espe(NO - Charles Osgood, a reporIt seem.s to be, however, the real ciallyin the Gospel of (uke, schoreason we celebrate the birth of ter. news anchor and "resident lars generally believe that Jesus poet" at CBS News, has been Jesus on Dec. 25. . . .--' was, 路Dorti': between' what we now ' named to receive the 1985 Gabriel A free brochure outlining the Personal Achievement Award. call the yean(8 and 6 B.c. basic prayers, beliefs and precepts He is being honored by UndaWhy do we celebrate Christmas ofth. Catholicfaith is available by U SA. a national Catholic associaon Dec. 25? The mostlikeJy ex pla- sending a stamped, self-addressed tion of broadcasters and allied nation, Jhe one most~rally envelOpe to father Dietzen;Holy - communicators, for "his ability to accepted tocjay, is 'that the"mrth of speak common truths in uncomChrist was assigned to the date of mon ways," the winter solstice. . . award to Times Gabriel Awards go to radio and This date is Dec. 21 in ourcalendar, the first day ofwinler. In WASHINGTON (NC) - The television stations~and individuals the Julian calendar, however;which New YO't'k Times Company has who provide programs that "creawas used by Western civilization been: given the First Amen4ment tively reflect human values. Fifty-one television and radio from the time of Julius Caesar . Defender Award by The Catholic until about 400 years ago, the date . University of America"s Colum- programs were selected as winners of Gabriel Awards and Gabriel bus School of Law. of the winter solstice was Dec. 25. It is, incidentally, oll-.Jan. 6 in The law schoo"'s lnstitute fOf. - Certificates of merit this year, the Egyptian calendar, still folConimunica.tion Law St~dies pre- chosen from more than 50Q entries. Additionally, TV station WBZ lowed by some Easten Rite Chris- sented the award to The Times in of Boston and radio stations WCL V tian churches, which is why they recognition of its journalistic and legal contributions to strengthen- . in Cleveland and KN X in Los celebrate Christmas on that date. Angeles were named award winners ing First' Ame-ndment proteCtions The solstice, when days begin to lengthen in the northern hemis- and values for more thana -genera- for "consistently high quality programming and a commitment to tion. phere, was referred to by ancient community service."

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The pro,duction was created by tbe creation is a treasure to be chertrio for ,the Providence diocesan ished. Music, dance"and narration Renel\' ProlJa-m. "" then confrorted the 3"udience with Renew is a parish-centered. the spectacle of how the treasure has been de'l'oiled, especially the grassroots p-ogram that~-seeks to form parishes info praying. serv- treasure of luman -lac; . Dramatizaion and narration of ing, evangelizing and (oving comthe parables of the Good Samarimunities. Beginning ·with an tan and Di'\es and Lazarus folintense weekend experience, it continues·o~ a periotl of several lowed and • rendition of "The years, worJ.ing ·t'hrOugh' small Lord Hears be Cry of the Poor" groups. The progt'am is in' use in contrasted de difference between several paris~~s in the Fall River human and divine repsonse to diocese. need. Samaritan speaking to the social S~~aritan.closed with ,a-,s-uOg jU~tice-- aspec·· of Renew; J"ortr:iys version., oJt~ffjcial prayer of the the plight and tbe gifts of the R,enew movement, corp.posed by needy. Thr~.lgh a variely of art Giuttari. forms it POStS the question "Who Two years tgo. Oiuttari, Father is my neighb)r?" O'Neil and SSter. Lomax jwon a At the- Protidence presentation, national awad for,a simil~r thea~ a special chor. a chamber orches- tre piece, "Bllssed Are the Peacetra, the Boston Liturgical Dance makers. basel on tbe U. S. bishops Ensemble," m.rrators and audio1983 pastoralon war a"d peace. visual segmelts provided a kaleiGiuttari. drector of the Fall doscopic exv=rience of "the cry of River dioccsn chapter of the the poor." Stiles and a description National AssK:ialion of Pastoral . of the work .(one at Amos House Musicians ani of the Fall River in Providcncegave particular focus Diotesan Ctoir~ was ,formerly ft

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In past years, the pope has ap pealed for dialogue to heal world tensions and avoid war. This year, he tied that call in a particular way to economic injustice. The pope criticized economic exploitation by international groups and local "elites" and ex horted businessmen around the world to "examine anew your re sponsibilities towards all your bro . thers and sisters." The poor bear an "unjust share of the burden" of today's world, largely because they are caught in the middle of economic and ideo logical rivalries, he said. Blocs of nations have engaged - in "excessive self-interest" and a spiral of exploitation in order to gain strategic advantages. the pope said. "In such a situation, it is the small and the weak, the poor and . the voiceless who suffer most." he said. The buildup of nuclear weapons, he said. is still "the most dramatic and compelling example" of how people can be held in "social and economic subjection" by the force of power. "The popular imagination is of ten paralyzed by fear" of nuclear weapons and strategies, the pope said. "This.fear is not groundless."

French Cardinal Roger Etchegmission, described this year's mes"new types of society and of inter aray, who-heads the Vatican comsage as both realistic and utopian. national relations."

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The pope arso referred to sev eral specific ways to reduce differ ences between northern industrial ized nations and southern develop ing ones. "All this can and must be changed," he said. The pope praised ongoing U.S. Soviet arms reduction talks in Gen eva and other international forums as part of the necessary dialogue that must occur. But dialogue should go beyond ideologies. he said, and should involve people who meet "in the reality of their human lives." "I am thinking of the kinds of dialogue that take place when bor ders are open and people can travel. freely" or "when scholars are free to communicate" and "workers are free to assemble." the pope said. In past years, the pope has ap pealed' to politicians and' states men in his peace message. This year, he also asked "military strate- . gists, officers, scientists ,and tech nologists" to use their expertise in ways that promote dialogue and understanding.' . The undersecretary of the Vati can's Justice and Peace Commis sion. U.S. Msgr. William F. Mur phy. said that the message had been translated into a number of languages, including Russian and But he said the increasing sale Arabic, for worldwide distribution.' and purchase of conventional arms A Chinese translation will be made also exploits the poor. with major by Chinese bishops. he said. powers often acting out their rival ries in local conflicts, supplying the weapons and "ideologizing" LONDON (NC) - People are the local differences. morally bound to change the "crazy Finally, he said. underdevelopment and deadly situation" of a world in itself is "an ever-growing threat to which at least 750 million people world peace." went hungry last year while mil "In fact, between the countries lions of tons of food were wasted. which form the 'North bloc' and Cardinal George Basil Hume of those of the 'South bloc' there is a Westminster said recently. The card social and economic abyss that inal. speaking to members of Brit separates rich from poor."the pope ish aid agencies lobbying Parlia declared, noting that in many cases ment in Westminster, a section of economic injustice exists because London. said 30 million Africans of "special interest groups which , were near starvation while enough operate interna,tionally or functio,,! food was produced in the world to as elites within developing coun give everyone three meals 'a day tries." The plight of many poorer with plenty to spare. nations is compounded by large <!ebts, he said. Obligation to poor

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VATICAN CITY (NC) -,Pope The pope warned that economic John Paul II said healthy'coun exploitation leaves 'people "de tries have a duty to aid poor fenseless and disillusioned" and nations, even when the recipients more prone to violence. misuse the aid. He also said devel In outlining a solution to exist oping countries should not be ing inequalities, the pope rejected forced to adopt the economic or models of society that try to "man age"conflicts to keep a balance for social models of donor nations. the dominant party. The result, he The pope. speaking at a recent said, is a society "dominated by symposium on the church and competition and antagonism. in ' economics. said industrial nations risk falling into a "collective ego which the strongest, prevails." The current system of blocs., the ism" ifth~y regard developing coun pope said, must b~ replaced with tries in purely cconomic terms.

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ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. Baird, who runs two clinics in (NC) -, Bishop John R. McGann New York and one in Boston, in of Rockville Centre has invited his letter Dec. 5 accused Bishop priests, members of religious orders, McGann of comparing '''decent and some pro-life leaders to join mo.ral pro-choice Americans" to him Dec. 28 for a prayer service Herod the Great by,choosing Dec. followed by "a walk for life" in 28,which is the feast of the Holy front of.an abortion clinic. Innocents, as the day for his march, The feast day commemorates But the clinic's owner, abortion advocate William Baird, in a letter the infants killed on Herod's orders to the bishop termed the action by soldiers seeking to kill the infant "belligerent" and '''divisive'' and ,Jesus, . . said the bishop's announcement of Although he did not respond it was "inflammatory ,and offen-, dirc:ctly to Baird, the bish~p said sive." . ' .' ' in' a ~olumn Dec. l2 in The Long '. " " , :' ' , ' , Island. :Catholici diocesan news .' Thed~!1lc ~s 10 ~em'pstea~, N. Y.,: paper, that "the choice of this, feast is not meant to'reflecton any reliJust o~tslde of RockVille Centr~ on Long Island. , " "':" ' "f';' , B' h glOus ' · I' I h IS, ett~r 0 1n~lta.tlo~ IS, ~p, ,,' "1 n group. seeking to maintain his own , "n McGanns~ld th~ .p,rayer,:servlce . power at the expense,of inn'ocent afndwllahlkWI.1ISI~"o~ th~~a~e,sIPect, 'human life," Bishop McGann or a uman he,ls~,pnnclpe we wrote, "the anCient king who killed cannot comp~omlse. the innocents gave way to a temp ·He ,also said the m~rch was ,a .tation which has beset po.werful response ,to the· U,S, Catholic " , .. . I' . f 'f" I peop e 10 every CIV Izatlon rom b ·IS h oP.s ' rea ff'Irm~tlo~ q "ou,r tota , time irruriemorial." commitment to the sa-nctlty of ' 'f " ' h' N b Bishop McGann also wrote that h uman IIe, at t elf ovem er he wished "to make clear that'in general meet 109. Baird, who asked Bishop Mc Gann,to cancel the march, said he believed the' bish,op would have at least 2,000 peopie involved ~eqlUse, he claimed, "flyers were posted all over' town,:' He planned to hold a counterd'emonstration: , A spokesman for the diocese said the bishop expected in,issuing his .invitation that. only about 100 people would.be able to attend be cause of. holiday weekend com mitments, About 60 of the priests and religious had said they intended to, participate as of Dec. 13, he said, ,Although th~ invitation was not sent to parishes in general. some parishes have notified members about the vigil, the spokesman said,

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VATICAN CITY (NC) -Exam ple is more importan't,than preach ing about t'he Christian life, Pope John Paul-ll recently,told'a group of.. priests, "Children and young people need a concrete model more than a theoretical presentation of a style life" in order "to discover the ideals of the Christian message with all'its demands. "the pope said. He spok.e during a,meeting at the Vatican with chaplains of the Italian Catholic Action Associa tion,

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 20,1985

Florida pastoral , TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (NC) The eight bishops of Flqrida have urged the state goverriment to take a hard look at poverty and to commit itself to cr~ating a healthy economy. The bishops made the comments in a pastoral lett(;r, re leased .recently ' . ", in Tallahassee by..' ~

the Florida Catholid Conference. The bishops also discussed' the working and living conditions' of farmworkers, the ·state's' criminal j,ustice system, housing needs, and tensions 1}etweell.olde~ and newer immigrants. 0·.

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IN AN UNUSUAL celebration of Mass.in,a parish a Trappist monk, Father Joseph, oseo, officiates at St. Joseph Church, Fairhaven; with'l,~ft, Father Felix A. Lesnek, SS.Cc., parochiai vicar, and Father Cblunib'an Crotty; SS:CC.;:p~stor. •

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Trappist celepr~tes Mass',.:,(n diocese A Trappist monk recently said Mass at St. Joseph's parish, Fair haven, and St. Mary's, South Dart mouth, Ordinarily Trappist monks are cloistered for life, but the unusual celebrations came about because Father Jo~eph Stanton of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Obser vance, popularly known as the Trappists, was en route to Our Lady of Calvary Monastery in Awhum, Nigeria, where he will prepare four monks for priesthood and also care for the monastery's mechanical equipment, plumbing and electrical installations,

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Father Joseph, known before entering religious life as Frederick B, Stanton, is 'a member of'the Stanton family that formerly oper ated the Berkshire Hathaway inill in New Bedford: He' was ass'o ciated with the Matt Perry and Art Perry orchestras,

. :.,He entered the Trappist como: /l1unity in 1971 as a lay brother at Our Lady of the Genesee Abbey, Piffard, N.Y. In 1984 he .was ordained to the priesthood and shdrtly thereafter was named "res ipeilt elder" at the Nigerian monas

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Call for arms cuts

UNITED NATIONS (NC) ~ The Holy See has called for "deci~ sive" cuts in nuclear 'arms stocks and said '''no changes in strategic doctrines or policy can replace the necessity for such reductions," Sis ter Majorie Keenan, a member of the Holy See Observer MissioQ to

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WASHINGTON(NC)-Abook let on the rite for blessing throats has been published by the Office of Publishing and Promotion Servi ces of the U.S. Catholic Confer ence in Washington. Prepared by a U.S. bishops' subcomittee on blessings in re sponse to numerous requests, it gives theological,. hi~torical ~nd liturgical background informatIOn on the tradition of blessing throats on the memorial of St. Blase Feb. 3. It includes,rites for the blessing within and outside Mass. The booklet, for priests, dea cons and lay ministers who have received permission from their bishop to bless throats, is available from the USCC Office of Publish ing, 1312 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 20, 1985

so easy to get caught in during and the gifts rest beautifully By Antoinette Bosco We were getting ready for the weeks before Christmas as under the tree, I wonder how the flurry of preparations escal Christmas when my two daugh many will be just merchandise ters and I started ta,lking about ate. Their time was so budgeted and not true gifts? for buying that they had no time gifts and' why we give them. If they have been given to Mary' went to her bookshelf, to ponder why they gave. make someone feel better, As my daughters and I con full of volumes from her study happy, special, <beautiful or en· of the classics and Hnguistics. verse~, we went ,back to con hanced in some way, they will She came back brimming with sidering how essential gift giving be truly gifts, delivered out of information. Gift comes from is - for giving is the statement the same' motivation as' the "giefu," an Anglo-Saxon word, that we choose to be a part of Lord's in giving 'us ,his Son. influenced by Old Norse, she something, and someone, out Then we can feel.how truly, said. As she translated the word, side ourselves. It is the way we ,through the centurtes, giV'ing it meant to offer something that become connected to one an has added to the store of good comes from oneself to become other and show we care for ness in the world. others. an enhancement for another. It's never been a mystery that But it was her following com ments that touched me. "Giving Christmas is a time for gift is one of the most basic things giving. It is, after all, the season to remember again that God about our culture," she said. "We would have no humanity touched us with his benevolence without giving. And you couldn't . in a tangible. way -'- by bring have a culture if people didn't ing love in the person of his son Jesus to earth. give to one another." In fact, she continued, giving' We imitate God's benevolence is so basic that apparently "no when 'we give a gift and express one ever had any impulse, to love or friendship in a tangible change the meaning in any way." way. Gift means much the same to What we have to watch out day. for is falling into the trap of Her comments set me think thinking that we're giving gifts ing. All' I had been hearing, as when ,we're exchanging mer usual, were complaints from co chandise. I've often heard peo workers and friends saying they ple say the gift they gave wasn't were smack into the holiday appreciated or that they expected "rush," all "pressured" and tired one in return. of the "commercialism." When gifts are spoken of in They had fallen into the trap terms of 'obligations, strings at tached or gratitude, they really aren't gifts at all. The minute condition accompanies an offer ing, it becomes a barter, a bribe or an obligation, not a gift. This kind of giving is only an ex 'change of things that do nothing to form a' bond between two VATICAN CITY (NC) - Bish· people. " op Ibrahim Helou, 60, of the In the concept of bonding lies Maronite Diocese of Sidon, Leb the reason why we give gifts. anon, has been named apostolic Consider two people if! love. administrator of the Maronite When they exchange rings, they Patriarchate of Antioch. have not simply decorated each The patriarchate,. located in other with twin circles. The the Lebanese capital of Beirut, rings signify the bond that ex is the main eccclesiastical juris ists between two individuals. diction for Lebanon's Maronite On Dec. 25, when the bustle Catholics. Sioce 1975, it has is calmed down for another year, been headed by Patriarch An toine Pierre Khoraiche, who in 1983 was named a cardinal. The Vatican, which usually does not comment on a diocese when announcing appointments, highlighted the conflict in Leb anon when it made the an· nouncement. "Together with the Diocese of SOMERSET, TlYERTON, Tyre, the Diocese of Sidon is located in the south of Lebanon, in the midst of an area of tragic happenings and guerri.J.la war· fare, and where there is a strong presence of Palestinian refu 30 YEARS OF SERVICE gees," the Vatican statement said. During his 10 years as a bish op, the statement said, Bishop Helou "has always been highly esteemed ,by other bishops and the faithful for his pastoral zeal and for his admirable self-sacri fice and dedication in favor of the poorest and most dere,lict populations of his diocese in the most difficult circumstances."

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Bishop Connolly Community Service 'Program was announced· 'at the school's students, under direction of Thanksgiving Mass, with tM Fathers John Howard and Rich . theme "give thanks by giving," ard Wolf, prepared and distribu and collections were made dur ted Christmas food baskets to ing Advent school days, Over upwards of 60 needy families in $1500 was realized to fi.Jl the the Fall River area.' The drive baskets.

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What wonders filled your life in 1985? Another place to look is in moments of inner healing. Jesus understood others' pain and often helped th~m go beyond it. No one goes through life without being hurt. Yet God's healing touch w.orks with our strengths to move us past anger and dis appointment to new hope. By Charl~e Martin When have you felt God's touch of love and healing in EMMANUEL 1985? The Christmas shepherd stor Emmanuel, your name brings us Ufe ies point to God's special love Emmanuel, your birth a dawning light for the poor. But aren't all of us Sent to us a servant who listens to our call poor in some way? I speak not Emmanuel, God is with us. . of material needs but of inner Emmanuel, your name brings us peace limitations. At times we are Emmanuel, you are one within our reach poor in understanding, com Your life guides our way, your love beginS each day passion or forgiveness. Emmanuel, God is with us Or perhaps we hesitate to Emmanuel, a long-awaited name • trust others. Everyone finds , Emmanuel, life is not tite same some lack in inner resources at A new age has dawned, your dreams will lead uS on times. Yet this may:be the very Emmanuel, God is with us now. place where we need .God the Emmanuel, God is with us mbst and where he is very alive Emmanuel in our lives. If we admit to our Written by Buddy Caesar Sung I;>y The Dameans, Copyright (1978) inner poverty and ask God "to Damean Music. All rights reserved' help us grow, his spirit of love can fill our lives. . EMMANUEL - God is with finding God because of their in· How is God reaching out to us. This refrain from the Dam flexible expectations.. you in this area? One place to search is ·in life's eans' modern carol speaks .about Christmas is a time for cele the heart of Christmas. Once surprises. Look back oyer the bration, and indeed we should more we realize our unity with past year for its moments of un E:nter fully into the spirit of God is found in this infant from expected joy or pain. During • Bethlehem. such times our assumptions about Christmas. Merry Christmas to' all the Where should we look to find God are challeneedand w.e may ·readers of this column and a glimpse the presence, the mys God this Christmas? special thank you to the many In' Jesus' day people also look tery.and the guidance of God. Surely the shepherds expected who have written to me. ed for God, but too often they searched in the wrong places. a quiet, routine evening of . Yeur comments are welcome. :Few sought out abandoned ,yatching their sheep. Then be Address Charlie Martin, 1218, S. . stables or the shepherds' hills. hold, wonders began to fill the Rotherwood Ave., Evansville, Ind. 47714. , Like us, they may have missed night skies!.

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Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, recently an nounced its winners of the 1985 Voice of Democracy contest. Junior Mark Bettencourt of Raynham .won first pri·ze with his essay "New Horizons for America's' Youth." . He was awarded $500 and will represent the :Catholic high school in the City of Taunton competition. Senior Brian Pinto of Taun ton finished in second place

while sophomore David Simas, also a city resident, took third prize. Honorable mention awards went to students Mary E. Rogers, Sheila Murphy, Maria Oliveira, Liam Ehrenzweig, Lisa Whitte more, Roger Roy, Jennifer Poto zackand David Wilke. Bettencourt is the president of his class and a member of

the track and basketball teams. He represented the school at a recent student leaders' seminar in Washingt?n, D.C.

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Friendship House founder dies

COMBERMERE, Ontario (NC) Russian·born Catherine de Hueck Doherty, founder of Friendship Houses for interracial justice end Madonna Houses for social service, died Dec. 14 at her home in Combermere. She was 89. Combermere is a small village 180 miles northeast of Toronto. She founded Friendship Houses in 1921 to work against racial injustices and discrimina tion, but later broke with that movement in 1947 to start Ma donna House in Combermere, a Jay apostolate involved in wider social justi~e activities. Although she said she was born in 1900, records show that Mrs. Doherty was ,born 'Aug. 15, 1896, in Nijni-Novgorod, now, called Gorski, in the region be tween the Black and the Cas pian seas in Russia. She married a wealthy Russian engineer, Baron Boris de Hueck, in 1914. During World, War 1, .they both went to the front, he with the engineer corps and she as a Greeri Cross nurse. During the Bolshevik revolu tion in 1917, the couple fled to Finland, where they were arrest ed by communists but were later freed. They went to Toronto in 1921 after a long journey through Norway, Sweden and England. Once in Toronto she estab Hshed the ·first Friendship House. In 1938 she' established the first Friendship House in the United States in the Harlem district of New York City. She was known to hundreds of its 'associates as "The B," because of her former status as a baroness. After her marriage to de Hueck was annulled, she married Eddie Doherty, a Chicago reporter, in 1943. De Hueclc died a few years later. In 1947 the Dohertys moved' to Combermere, where' she founded Madonna House. There now 'are 20 'Madonna Houses in Canada, the United States,' the West Indies and Europe. Mrs. Doherty's husband help ed with her work. In 1969, at the age of 79, he became a Melkite

priest. The Melkite rite of the Catholic Church permits the or dination of married men. He died in 1975. . Mrs. Doherty was the author of more than 20 books, including

"Friendship House," "Dear Bishop," "My Russian Yester· days," and her autobiography, "Fragments of My Life." She also lectured across the United States and Canada.

NEW YORK (NC) - Catholic Relief Services has delivered 50,000 pounds of medicine, blankets, bedding and clothing to an estimated 5,500 survivors of 'the Nov. 13 volcanic eruption in west-central Colombia. The supplies, valued at $79,000, includes 20,000 pounds of blankets contributed by Lu theran World Relief. On Nov. 27, Msgr. William McCormack, national director vof the Society for the Propaga tion of the Faith in the United States, announced he had au thorized a $100,000 donation for the volcano victims from the society's g~!1eral fund. "There seem to be no 'immedi ate needs w.hich cannot be met with the supplies nOw at hand or through local purchase," said Terry Martin, senior director for . CRS programs in Latin America. Martin led an assessment team that visited, the areas where more than 25,000 people died as a result of the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, about 85 miles northwest of Bo gota, Colombia's capital. It was the volcano's first erup tion in almost 400 years. CRS· helped dioceses in the

affected areas of Manizales, Ibague and Girardot organize emergency management teams. Under the teams' supervision, housing reconstruction and re generation of economic activity will be undertaken. CRS had made an initial com mitment of $100,000 to the emer gency and ·reconstruction effort in addition to the airlifted sup plies. CRS is the overseas relief and development agency of the U.S. bishops. The Society for the Propagation of the Faith, which normally provides support for missionary work worldwide, also makes donations in emer gency situations, such as the volcanic eruption.

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ST•.oOMINIC, SWANSEA . Father paul Carrier, SJ, formerly" a parish assista,nt, will be homilist a.t 7 p.m. Mass Christmas Eve. . VINCENTIANS, FR COUNCil Meeting Jan. 7, Immaculate Con ception Church, Fall River, begin ning with 7 p.m. Mass. ESPIRITO SANTO, FR . An adult confirmation class will begin in January. Those interested. may notify one of the parish priests. Holy Family breakfast following 8:30 and 10 a.m. Masses Dec. 29, parish hall.

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ST. ANNE~ FR Jesse Tree Ceremony: at 10 a.m. Mass Sunday, rescheduled from Dec. 15. ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS Prayer group: meets 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Visitation Hall. Christm'!.s pageant: 2 p.m. Sun day, main church. All welcome.

PUBLICI" CHAIRMEN are. asked to submit news Items for this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city' or town should. be included as well as full dates of all. activities. please send news of future rather than past events. Note: We do not carry news of fundralslng activities such as bingos, whlsts, dances, suppers· and bazaars. We are happy to carry notices of spiritual (lrogram$, club meetlnlls, youth prolects and similar nonprofit activities. Fundraising pra Jects may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business office, telephone 675·7151. On Steering Points Items FR Indicates Fall River, NB indicates New Bedford.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK P.rayer group: meets 7:30 p.m. Mondays church hall " . Alcoholics Anonymous: meets 7 p.m. Wednesdays, church hall. The Christmas Mass at Mid night will be preceded by a Schola . I presentatIOn . at II : 30 p.m. muslca Annual family breakfast: after

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS Remembrance service and support session for bereaved parents: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 23, SI. Louis de France school, Swansea. Information: San dra Sousa, 823-5240: Kathleen Mar tin, 824-5985. ST ANTHONY MATTAPOISETT . , Children's liturgy: 6 p.m. ChristE mas ve. ,Preschool and kind'ergarten reli gious education program can accept 10children. Registration closes Dec. 22. . Contrl'butl'ons to a giving tree for needy children may be made through Dec. 22. Also needed are non peri shable foods for distribution by the Vincentians. ST. STANISLAUS, FR Advent penitential service: '5 p. m. .Sunday. Polish unleavened Christmas bread (oplatek) will be shared at all week end Masses.

SACRED HEART, FR Christmas pageant, "The Little Flute Player," presented by parish children 2 p.m. Dec. 22, church. . Third graders will participate in 7 p.m. Mass Christmas Eve. . 'Church ChristlT!as tree ornaments are available.'

Sister'Vera Herbert, SUSC, will mark 60 years in religious life next month. She is well known in Fall River and Taunton, in Fall River for her years as principal and teacher at the former Sacred Hearts Academy, and in Taunton for her service at the former St. Mary's High School, ·at Bishop Cassidy High School and, since the merger of Coyle and Cassidy high schools, at Coyle and Cassidy. The.folIow ing appreciation .by John- Michael Rogers appeared in the fall-winter edition of the school publication "cc Progress." Editor Students never really know what to expect when enrolled in a class S· V H b (f taught by Ister era er ert orm erly Sister Mary Hortense) of the Sisters of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts.

except for a one year sabbatical to study in Rome. A full career indeed, but even more noteworthy are Sister Vera's academic accomplishments. Earn ing her B.A. in English at Catholic University, she continued to Ox ford University in England, where she held a Fellowship in 17th cen tury literature. In 1960 Sister Vera was awarded both an M.A.T. in English from Boston College and a Newspaper F.und scholarship from Syracuse University. Then on to the ivy covered walls of Harvard for a C'ommission on English, C. E. E. B., received in 1962. During 1966, Sister Vera stu died film techniques at the Univer sity of Detroit and Marygrove College. More recently, she stu died poetry at Yale University and Middlebury College. This year she studied at Bowdoin College on an elderhostel .study grant. Additionally, she has travelled extensively in England and parts of Europe studying secondary school systems. During her ~'spare time" she conducts reading ses sions at the Taunton Public Li brary.

Her unorthodox yet startlingly effective teaching style may expose .one to marching in step through CC's halls to the time of a poem to be memorized, a full~dress enact the morning Masses Jan. 5. . ment of-Alice's Tea Party in Won SEPAR~TED, DIVORCED, derland, steel clashing against steel CAPE COD as two studen~s battle it out in the Afternoon'of recollection 210·5 final duelling scene of Hamlet, or p.m. Dec. 29, O.L. Victory Church, an impromptu nature walk tdfeed Centerville. Talk by Father Richard grisCto the imaginative mill of her Andrade, followed by discussiOn creafive writing class. Although and Mass. All welcom'e. Informa S·Ister V era·IS one 0 f t h e most we II . Yet as whirlwtr1'd busy as she is, tion: Janet Farrell, 775-8168. ','Candles and Carols," a' family. HOLY NAME, 'FR ...·'k;1llJwn an~ beloved.'te'achers. at she has never forgotten that the ST. F RAN CIS X ~ VI E R , cele~ratiqn.of joy;peace and ·Io.ve, 7 Retreat renewal: 7 to 9·p.m. Sun Coyle-Cassidy, very few people essence of life is to maintain one's H'YANNIS p:m.,Sunday, church. AIl'~el~oine.. day, school, beginning with ,Mass. ,.. . know her backgrou':l~.. joie de vivre. sHe corresponds reg , ,Hyannis liltreya Family CeJebra " i . ' . ' , ': , , , . Born'in' Baltimore, Maryland, ularly with many former students tibn: 6 p.m. Dec. 27; parish ·center. BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR" O,.L. YICTORY, CENTER}'ILLE she graduated fl'om-Eastern High

and me'n an'(J women' of interna ,Christmas Eve Family'Mass: 5:'15 "One N:ight Of the Year ," a Christ Pansh breakfast after all Masses '. .' .

p.m. ,The Children's Choir-will sing mas concert "directed'by Jo'Ann Dec. 29, K Of C h,ali, Hyannis, !. School 10 tha~, City, and·, returns. tional fepute: It~lian director' Fred and youngsters will.enact t.he. Christ, Mello:' 7 P. M. Sunday, church: All ''Fhe youth gr'ouj' will carol al there ever~ Chp st lJ1 as.ilnd s.ummer. erico Fellini; Broadway producer' ,r:nas Go~.peL ", 'Y,elc,ome.,,~efrt:shmentsto f<;Jl,Iow. .: homes 'of p'arish shut-ins' Sunday. Her t~actpngcred.enttal~spall over. David'Merr.ick; and the'widow of , ' •. , . . ; , '.. , Meeting atlhe parish center priQf.!p ~~ year;s,of.C;;xper,lcJ1Fe, In ,193Q·2 I" poet if:S: ElioL' ',.', .... :' .' '; "'. " '. ' . ,.... the 4:30 departure time. she taught at.Sacred Heart School ... bi:>l:i_l:l_l:l~_l:l.D-l:l_l:l"l:l~·l:l-=·l:l_l:l ....:t>_l:;_l:l"":li)i:>-l:>.!t>6 " ': ,. ' ' '. i'rl La'wre~ce after whichshe spent' Si~ter Ve~'a"s'dyn~'mic'~;eserice ~~:'t:x ~:S:T;: JOSEP.H;lF AIRHAV.EN ',., f" "101'1 '.'19' '19' L: . i"' is"a driviiig' infltlence iit'Coyle (J'll,,' ". 0 •. , f'afl;l,:Chr,ist!l18S,lit,u.rg.y: 9 a.f)1. t~~~m ""<:":::,, ~,~~t~~,~I~ng ..>n·~ ... l\.Y~-. Ciis'sidy,' tlumor andr;intelfigence ~ . i ~ day, schQo.!,,> including prt;sentatiop ton at St. Mary s High 5choqt " are her tra'demarks. On' finding ~ of gifts for the'New Bedford Shelter Then she went on to spend 22' out ab'out her past expkJits, 'one ~ for the Homeless. years at the Sacred Hearts Academy discovers' special meaning' in her ~ 0 ..... .. of Fa'll River: :fr;61i1' 19,3.9-42 as' a pet phrase: "You.canalwa·ys make ~1 ~ teacher;.19-4.2~47.~s;th~'pri'ncip~{6f 0 • the gralJ1!"ar'sch06r~:194?to '1'~o'2 I 'time for 'the things you want to a I@Cp«ia£-'-'(i).-iji';'ct.,· :~. >;c:"(i).,.,. ~ , ... ~n.a~,:n.21 once ag,:ai,ii,:as ii, te~c,h~',r uJ1!iiin do." ~ U Q) . 0' (2)01. ~ 0WMt.a ~ 1962 sl).~:becamt; pnnelpa,l oftile Sister' Vera lives this adage, and ~ . 7 -----fJ academy:'shighschool,:apo'stshe we say ,with sincere a'd'miration: 11 . FASHIONABLE PEN~A!IITS CAST tHE ~ILHOUETTE '" ~, . _ ., filled llJiti'l" coming '·to teach at "Thank you, 'Sister, for teaching 0 OFTHE FACE OF CHRIST . . . B' h C 'd H' h" S h i ' ~ AVil,lilble",8,onze.Sterl,nyS,lve'& 14 Kil'il'Goltj IS op .. aS~I y, Ig •• C 00 ..1n lis through both your skilled talent a Bronze Necklace@.9I1Oe~. Silhouette.Jojo Co.» 1964. ." ;",' .. "'. . ,.' . and the example of your life." Bronze Keyring@.8~ea. Box 106 Merit Bldg. q D~n~g her t~nu~e~t Bls~op ~ , Sterling SilverNecklace@·36°Oea: McCook, NE 69001 ~ PITTSBU RG H (NC)- "AII'of Cass~dy:she>~aschalrman.forthe q 14K Gold Necklace(jV·140oo e a . . 308-345-7757 us stand under the threat of being English CUrriculum Commlttee.for Dawn from on High ~ -Name - ~ -'- - - -'- - ~:- - - - - -check - -:-M.'o~ -"7'. - - made victims of the sentimental the dioSe's~ of Fall. River during "The dawn from on high shall a Address ': . . Visa or MCN ' " ~ murder movement that is now the year '1968;69; ~Istef Vera re ~ City , ,State--,-,-Zip Exp. ~ate ~ sweeping our nation," Dominican mained . afterthe 'in~rger ~nd.has break upon us, to guide our feet on ~ ~~ ChflstmBS OrdBrs sh,ppfidlmmBdl8ts/y ~~ D Father Robert Barry told young taught at Coyle-Cassidy ever Since, the roa?'to peace." Lk~ 1:78-79 . ~:c_t'>-=.l:l..... t>_l:l-=.l:l-=t>_l:l-=l:l-=.l:l-=l:l-=.t>-=l:l_l:l-=t>-=.l:l_l:l_l:l_l:l_l:l_l:l_l:l~""':.1 people at a recent 'National-Youth . Pro-Life Coalition convention in Pittsburgh. "Euthanasia will become the abor tion issue of the 1980s and as such it demands our fullest. attention," . ,saiq Father Barry, who works at Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., conducting re-, search on Catholic ethical thought on providing nourishment to incom- . pett:nt .non~terminal patients. "The question' we are confront ing is not whether. we will be able FOR PROS P EC I V E~ STU.DE N.T S' to .s·~op it, when non-voluntary mercy killing begins; but whether we will be able tostop it now that it has b'eguh," father Barry said., He, urged youi}g pl<0ple to com municate the idea·that ~'in' our cul ture, life' is a fu'ridamental good that, i~ never to be deliberately des- . T~ST FE'E $5.00 troyed to resolve sQcial, personal ..... or political problems. 70 HOlCOTT 'DRIVE . According to. Father Barry, be •.. cause of rising health-care costs, ATTLEBORO, MA most instances of euthanasia con . ~::,,, '. cern "elderly, handicapped and . detiilitaied people,'.' but"all adult , ~itizens of our country!' are poten-,' SISTER VERA HERBERT

tial victims. . ST. MARY, NB Prayer .group: meets 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Next meeting Jan, 13, church. Parish men's retreat: first Febru ary weekend, Family Life Center, No. Dartmouth. Information: Father John. F. Moore, pastor,' 995-3593;· Dennis Po.yant, 995-3696 during school hours. ST. J 0 H N POCASSET E V A N G,E, LIS T,.

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Women's pastoral shifts focus WASHINGTON (NC) A committee of U.S. bishops pre paring a pastoral letter on wom en will continue the project des pite critciisms but shift its focus. Instead of writing a pastoral "about women," the committee said, it will write "'about wom: en's concerns" expressed in com mittee-sponsored hearings' held this year. Some women who testified at the hearings objected to an all· male panel of bishops writing on women in the church and society.

CANDIDATES for the permanent diaconate are instituted as readers at ceremonies in the chapel of Bishop Stang High School. From left, Deacon Richard Murphy Sr.; .Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; altar boy Eric Pelletier; candidates Claude LeBlanc and Thomas Jacki· vicz. (Rosa photo)

Deacon candidates become readers At ·recent ceremonies in the chapel of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, 12 cand~dates for the permanent diaconate were installed as readers In the context of a Mass at which Bishop.Daniel A. Cronin was principal celebrant. Installed were Louis A. Bous quet, St. Anthony of Padua par ish, New Bedford; Richard M. Dresser St. Francis Xavier, Hy annis; Thomas P. Jackivicz, St. Anthony, Mattapoisett; Claude A. LeBlanc, St. Mary, New Bed ford; Paul J. Macedo, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New Bedford; James Marzelli, Jr.. St. John the Evangelist, Pocasset. John·deA. Moniz, St. AJ:lthony of Padua, Fall River; Marcel G. Morency, St. Anne, New Bed ford; Michael E. Murray, St. Ann, Raynham; Robert G. Nor mandin, St. Louis de France, Swansea; James M. O'Gara, Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton; John Welch, St. Ann, Raynham. The rite of institution of reader was mandated in 1973 by the late Pope Paul VI by way of recognition of the ministries proper to those seeking diaconal ordination. The newly-instituted candidates will act as readers in their own right in the name of the Church, as opposed to the role of the ordinary lector. The reader's function is that of reading .the word of God, ex cept for the Gospel, in the litur gical assembly. He also recites the psalms be tween readings if' there is no psalmist, presents the general intercessions in the 'absence of a deacon or cantor, directs singing and other participation by the faithful and instructs the faith· ful for the worthy reception of

Good News to the Poor "The Spirit of God is upon me; he has 'anointed me. He sent me to bring good news to the poor and to heal the brokenhearted."

the sacraments. What is interesting from a pastoral viewpoint is that the reader may, if necessary, pre pare other members of the faith' ful temporarily appointed to read the scriptures ·at liturgical celebrations. Thus an instituted reader could be placed in charge' of 'a parish lector pro gram.

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receive the ministries of reader and acolyte and exercise them for a fitting time in order to be better disposed for their future service of the word and of the ·altar. This mand'ate' is so serious that dispensation from reception of these ministries is reserved directly to the Holy See.

The committee, in· a news re lease issued by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, noted those objections but said a consensus had developed among both its bishop-members and its five female consultants that the project should be fin ished, thus "giving the bishops the opportunity to respond in a compassionate. way" to the concerns they had heard ex pressed. The committee, formed after the U.S: bishops voted in 1983 to prepare a pastoral on women, 'is headed hy Bishop Joseph L. Imesch of Joliet; Ill. Sister Mariella Frye, staff aide to the bishops' writing commit tee, said "many women felt that a pastoral on women implied that women were the problem. The problem is one of sexism, of the lack of participation ·in decision making" and "the focus is on responding to those issues."

Mary Brabeck, a pastoral. con sultant, said she believes' the pastoral focus is not shifting so much as "evolving as the com mittee listens to people." Ms. Brabeck, director of Bos ton College's undergraduate hu man development program and assistant professor in the gradu ate program in counseling psy chology, said concerns she ·has heard raised by women at the hearings indlude "the family, formal and informal roles of women in the church structure; some feeling of alienation . . . it's as diverse as the women in the church." She said her role is to help the bishops identify the needs of women and "to listen to as many voices as possible." Bishops on the committee are Bishops Matthew H. Clark of Rochester, N.Y., ·and Thomas. J. Grady of Orlando, Fla., and Auxiliary Bishops Alfred C. Hughes of Boston, WilHam Levada of Los Angeles and A'me dee W. Proulx of Portland, Maine. Consultants are Sister Sara

Butler of the Generalate of the Missionary Servants of the Blessed Trinity; Ms. Brabeck; Toinette M. Eugene, assistant professor in the Colgate Roches ter divinity school; Ronda Cher vin, professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles; a~d Pheme Perkins, who teaches Scripture at Boston College.

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.Leaders urge King holiday observance WASHINGTON (NC) - Cath olic, . Protestant and Jewish 'leaders have urged celebrations and reflections to mark Jan. 20, the first federal legal holiday honoring the late civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. In a joint statement Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, genera.] secre tary of the U.S. Catholic Confer ence, the Rev. Arie Brouwer, general secretary of the National Council of Churches, and Rabbi Henry Michelman,' executive vice president of the Synagogue Council of America, recom . mended "prayer services in· churches and synagogues and . interf~ith memorial convoca tions so that we can reflect to gether on the values Dr. King lived by and died' for." Dr. King, :l Baptist clergy man who spearheaded the na tional civil rights movement in the 1960s, was assassinated . April 4, 1968, at age 39. The civil rights leader "looked prejudice in the eye and did not . flinch, confident that justice could be achieved in a non· violent way, that right would have the final word," the state ment said. "We urge all of Am erica to celebrate the memory of this strong but gentle man." The National Office for Black Catholics was among the groups that had urged legislation be passed to make Dr. King's birth day a national holiday. His birth ' day was Jan. 15. c~~~

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•• born. What a terrible atmos phere for a growing child! When confronted with the wrong done talk of the overkill regarding all to the boy the mother is reported the bombs that we have, but' to have said, "Well, it's the does the media' ever ·access its truth." own overkill? At the moment, Let's hope that one day she'll that is the most damaging to tune in to the right channel. The our nerves." To quiet her pain di.al is waiting. she has turned to the comforting Many are looking for whole· words of Jesus. No pills could in their lives. Something is ness do the job. "Since I've really be gun to -understand what Jesus is missing. One friend wrote that talking about 1 feel secure" she maybe there is too much i'self" wrote. "I've been all wrong, in her life, that she does like worrying about' the things 1 can nice things and wants stuff she do nothing about. Jesus' words doesn't really need. She's trying are my insurance policy, my to fill a void with material thipgs. But she is closely exsecurity blanket." .

Tuning in at Christmas By CeeUia Belanget' .

Christmas cards are arriving, each with a special message, note, or thankful offering to God for all the blessings that have flowed into the 'life of the sender. Lives are being chatlged, new directions. taken, new paths trodden. And why? Because the Child of Bethlehem has finally reached these people to the very core of their being. Some are, for the first time, in tune with their Lord. They have never been happier. The world's distractions are more easily handled, the hype around them ignored and put into proper perspective. 1 say to them: "Don't turn that dial! Stay tuned in!" One card contained the story of a woman with a huge garden. E::ch year much good food went to waste. She didn't bother to distribute what she couldn't use. She offered once and had been rebuffed. However, one of her children had a long talk with her about waste, about how of fensive this must be to God, who gives us those vegetables. She learned one rebuff doesn't make a season. This mother said," It took my child to tune me in on" what God wanted me to do. And 1 did it." Don't turn that dial. Stay tuned to God's word. Share. Another friend wrote of how she's had tei overcome fear the fear created by the constant bombardment of the threat of nuclear war. She wrote: "They

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.aming the lack. 1 feel she will come to the right ·answer with the help of the Holy Spirit. She did mention her realization one day that "self" played no part in Jesus' life. He had put it all on the .)ine for us. "The trouble," she wrote, "is that when I close my prayer book 1 seem to leave all I've read behind. It doesn't stay with me too long. 1 let the world distract me. 1 can't seem to help it. Guess I'm weak." It takes concentration to keep Jesus with us, to not leave Him behind when we close the Bi!>le,

leave the church or end a prayer. He's the only one who can make us whole, develop our spiritual selves, give LIS emotiona,1 control and help us to get our acts to gether. Once we turn our Bves over to Him we can go about our business, knowing that all will come out right.

Peace, Eternal Life "The Lord is coming from heaven in splendor to visit his people and bring them peace and eternal life."

A young girl 1 met sends a card every year. There i~ long silence between communications. When she does write 1 have to drop everything and read about the happenings of several months. "How she has grown," I keep thinking. 1 can sense the maturity in her writing. "I am sorry for my sins. At one time they were a burden. But 1 shift ed them. onto the shoulders· of my Lord and now the burden is indeed light." She~s found the right channel and she doesn't intend to turn the dial.

I was told of a young man who left home, never 'again to communicate with his family. There had to be a reason. Later, his unole told me that the young lad never had a sense of "fam ily." He felt he was never wanted in the first place; all he heard was ho",,: his mother had never had a well day since he was

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