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MESSIAH BORN IN BETHLEHEM

From News Services JERUSALEM - After ini tial denials and expressions of disbelief, government of ficials here have confirmed that unusual occurrences at tended the birtQ of an infant in Bethlehem Dec. 25. Although adverse weath er, poor roads and lack of ad e qua t e transportation have thus far prevented reo porters from reaching the small Judean town, previ ously reliable sources have indicated that a boy was born in the pre-dawn hours of Dec. 25 to a young wom an from Nazareth named Mary. The informants said Mary became pregnant with the child while remaining a vir gin, explaining to Joseph, a Nazareth carpenter then her fiance, that an angel had told her she would become the mother of the son of God.

At first disturbed by this information, Joseph was later also visited by an angel, who confirmed Mary's statements. He then decided to marry Mary and protect her throughogt her pregnancy. As the time for her de livery approached, however, it became necessary for the couple to travel to Bethle hem, some 65 miles south of Nazareth, to comply with registration procedures for the worldwide census re cently ordered by Caesar Augustus. There, as it became evi dent that Mary was about to give birth, they took shelter .in a cave normally used to stable animals, be

ing unable to find other ac commodation in Bethlehem, whose population had been swelled by those registering for the census. The sources said the in fant's birth was accompan ied by the sudden appear ance of a very bright star, hitherto unknown to local astronomers. At the same time, nearby shepherds, keeping night watch over their sheep, were terrified by what they described as the sudden materialization of an angel. Reassuring the men, the apparition indicated that he or she was the bearer of "good tidings of great joy . . . for this day is born to you a saviour who is Christ the Lord." After telling the dazed shepherds that they would find the infant "wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger," the angel was joined by many others. All joined in singing "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men of good will," then disappeared. Following the angelic in structions, the shepherds found the child's birthplace and knelt before the manger in which he was resting. Word of their experience quickly spread through the area and the Bethlehem Turn to Page Eleven

At right is offered an art ist's visualization of the Bethlehem nativity scene. Subsequent issues of this newspaper will keep readers abreast of new develop ments in this unprecedented story.

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Bishop's Yule _Message

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 21, 1984

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"MADONNA OF THE CARNATION," BERNARDINO. LUINI, 1475?-1533?

Dearly beloved in Christ, . The Christ Child born in Bethlehem on that first Christmas came into the world to save humankind. He brought with Him the plenitude of divine love for every man, woman and child of all time. Neither early rejection, when there was no room at the inn for Him, His mother and Joseph, nor later indiffer ence to His saving Good News, nor even His sacrifice upon the cross could deter Him from preaching the message of that divine love. In fact, throughout His public ministry, precisely to reflect that divine love, He associated con stantly with those in the greatest need of that love: the poor, the outcasts' of society, the sick, the blind, the crippled. The little baby born at Christmas was the Messiah. He spent His life communicating love and peace. We who follow Jesus in faith dlO commemorate His birth in no better way than by imitating His love for those in need and by fostering the conditions for peace in our families and neighborhoods, in our country and throughout the world. . Christmas should be a season of happiness for us. At the same time, it should be a challenge to us to help the homeless, the hungry, those who are ill-clad and the lonely. There are so many in need, crying for help. Some are in .our own country, many are in lands around the world and some are very close to home, right in our own com munities. How sad it is that relations among nations, especi ally the superpowers, are strained and precarious. We must do our part to insist that arms be limited and that all disputes be resolved at the negotiating table. Billions of dollars are being spent by nations on armaments. There is a better way to use this money, and it is the development of peoples, not their destruction, The Prince of Peace born at Christmas gave us that ideal: "Peace on earth to those on whom His favor rests." To the clergy, religious and laity of the Diocese of Fall River, to all oUf Christian neighbors and to our friends in the community. at large, I extend prayerful good wishes for this joyous Christmas season and the coming New Year. Devotedly yours in Christ,

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December 23 Rev. Owen J.Kieman, Pastor, 1901, lImmaculate Conception; Fall River Rev. Charles P. Trainor, 55., 1947, St. Edward Seminary, Seattle, .Wa Rev. Msgr.· John A. Silvia, Pastor Emeritus, 1970, St. John Baptist, New Bedford

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Their - post-hospital expenses will be high, -including rental of THE ANCHOR lUSPS·54S0020). Second Class Paid at Fall River, Mass. Published a nearby apartment where Dave, Postage weekly except the week, of July 4 and the after Christmas at 410 Highland Aven· whose immune system is now week ue. Fall River, Mass. 02720 by the Cath· highly vulnerable to infection, ollc Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Subscription price by mall, postpaid $8.00 can be protected from outside per year. Postmasters send eddress changes to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, FllJRlver, MA contacts as he reports to the 02722. cancer center for frequent moni toring. Throughout their ordeal the Hamiltons have been sustained by prayer and many donations. "The prayers count most," said Pam, who made a call from _ Seattle last weelc to ask for special intercession from Rhode Island charismatics.

PAMELA AND DAVID HAMILTON outside their Greenville, R.I., home before they went to Seattle. (Roselli Photo courtesy of The Providence Visitor) .

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to help R.I. couple

This is a Christmas story in volving three diocesan news papers and a coast-to-coast chain of outreach and concern. It began in October when Joyce Reynolds of the Provi dence Visitor, newspaper of the Providence, R.I., diocese, wrote a feature story about David and Pamela Hamilton of Greenville, R.I. Married less than a year, the couple, both in their 20s, dis covered during a routine medical examination that Dave had leukemia. Doctors said his best chance for recovery lay in a bone marrow transplant, for which his mother was found to be a suitable donor. But the nation's top location for such transplants is the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center at Swedish Hospital, Seattle, Wash. Treatment involves a stay of four months or longer in Seattle while doctors monitor the post transplant condition of patients, which may include complications such as fever, pneumonia and graft-versus-host disease. The Providence Visitor story noted that expenses for the young Hamiltons and Dave's parents would include living ac transportation. commodations, and medical fees above insur ance allowances. Response from Visitor readers was generous and immediate. IEnter The Anchor, where re porter Pat McGowan read Ms. -Reynolds' story and remember ~d longtime friend and nationally famous Seattle artist Dominican Sister Mary Jean Dorcy, whom she thought might have helpful local contacts. Calling Pam Hamilton, Mrs. McGowan'learnad that a prime need, was for a welcoming Seattle home where Dave's par ents coul~ stay and "have a cup of tea and someone to talk to rather than sitting and worrying in an imge~sonat hotel room." She passed the request on to Sistc2' Do,,!')' \",;10 in t:lrn con

tacted Good Shepherd Sister Vera Gallagher, writer for Cath olic Northwest Progress, Seattle archdiocesan newspaper. Sister Gallagher swiftly picked up the ball. Her story on the Hamiltons and their need included Mrs. Mc Gowan's Fall River telephone number. "It rang off the hook with calls from Seattle offering help," re ported Mrs. McGowan. Many additional calls, said Sister Gallagher, were routed to Swedish Hospital. The three-newspaper effort ended with Don and Lola Dixon of Christ the King parish, Seattle, offering warm hospital ity to the senior Hamiltons.' . Dave and his mother under went the transplant procedure Dec. 14. His parents will return to Rhode Island in mid-January but months of uncertainty lie ahead of Dave and Pam.

On the day of Dave's trans plant the couple got additional spiritual support. Children at Fall River's Nazareth Hall School for exceptional pupils heard his story. ."They will pray for him daily from now till June," promised Sister of Mercy Bernadetta Ryan, principal. "And every day they will want to know how he's doing, so be sure to let us know," she added. Donations toward the Hamil

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It's Better "Wisdom is better than strength and a wise man is better than a strong man." - Wisd.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River·-Fri., Dec. 21, 1984

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A Note of Conscience Christmas 1984 finas America comfortable and even somewhat complacent. The recent election process was a valid test of the moon of the land. The Anglo-Saxon ethic , is -the rule of the markE;ltplace. The wealthy are having a hard time keeping up with their' coupon clipping, while members of the middle class, the conscience of the United' States, are more than at ease with their prosperity. The mainstream has never had it so good. ' The voices of dissent have, been smothered by their 'own ineptness. The few and feeble cries of the weak and needy reach the ears of, even fewer citizens. The magic and excitement of liberal causes seem to have dissipated. Reality has crashed in upon idealists, who are' still reeling from the consensus of their fellow citizens. America, in short, is in no mood to heed the cry of the poor. Yet none of us should become so satisfied that we block our ears to the pleadings of the least of our brethren. The essence of Christmas is to be found in our Lord's response to prayers of supplication and year.pings for ful fillment. If we as a people and a nation fail to recognize this, the meaning of this holiday will indeed evaporate amid the crassness of mer.chandising. 'Lord, when did we see you hungry?' It is so easy to be caught up in the so-called good life.

Our gadgets and machines are fast making us slaves. En

, tranced by, them, we forget peopl~. In fact, we are in

danger of treating people as we do our new toys. Our current combination of personal gratification' and NEW YORK (NC) -.:. Chrlst ' a literal effort to go home again, smug contentment is a byproduct of a social order that ignores the real world. It is a one-way ticket to an isolation mas i~ a "quirky" and "messed , Father Ritter said. But they may up" ~ime for the youngsters get a greeting like, "Merry separating us from our fellows. Franciscan Bruce Ritter serves Christmas - you're not ,going Our material success, the bounty of our gross national at Covenant House. to stay, are you?" product and the security of invested capitalism are creat "We 'try to build on what When Father Ritter takes in ing a widening ch,asm between the 'haves and the have good ,memories the kids have,", a pregnant young woman, he nots. As more citizens ~chieve the material prosperity that he sai'd. ,"We celebrate with all thinks of Mary who needed a is the stuff of the American dream, those left behind are the appropriate activities - par place in Bethlehem where she ties, a Christmas tree the kids could rest and have her baby. fast forgotten. decorate and so on." And especialiy at Christmas, he It is well then to realize that we cannot celebrate looks on the Covenant House Father Ritter's kids are young Christmas and ignore poverty and injustice. There must sters under 21 who have run youngsters - ' whom much of away from home or through society has already written off be some personal response to the plight of the homeless the starving and the displaced. ' . ' ether . circumstances have no as failures - as gifts from God. place to go. But the young people them . A token Christmas check' to charity merely salves a , At ~ovenant House they are' selves do not think in such tWinge of conscience, while helping us enjoy the comfort taken in without question, given terms, and religious concepts of our own celebration. . food, shelter, and clothing, then cannot be plastered onto them What truly is needed is the, determination to make whatever help they need medic from outside, Father Ritter said. Chris~as the motivating force to work towards solving ally, legally or ps~hologically. Too, their exploiters have aI "We never turn a kid away," ready used the language of love the national problems of injustice, ignorance and insensi said Father Ritter. tivity. iBut ,at Christmas when the . All who have gained some measure of material pros young people try to' recapture RETIRED BISHOP James pentyshould feel this personal obligation to reach out to some feeling of past happiness, L CONNOLLY, 90, marks the forsaken. he said, they get themselves in the' 61s~ anniversary of his to a "quirky" and "messed-up" At Christmas we, should remember that Jesus was 'state. , ordination to the priesthood "The effort to recapture ,ignored, overlooked and isolated by his own people. By a the past,", he said, "reminds , today. The prayers of all in world that sought a materialistic messiah, he was exiled them that now they have no the diocese are asked for and excluded. Yet amid ~ll of this he was Love and he parents, no. neighborhood, no him on this happy occasion. loved. ' school and no future." d

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This Christmas it, is imperative that we somehow

express to the ignored and neglected of our own day the

assurance that they also are loved, in his love.

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At least, no future visible to them, for in a sense, he ,said, many do not even have them selves, having sold themselves on the street so many times they no longer feel they pos sess their own bodies and emo tions. Fath~r Ritter said Covenant House tries to demonstrate love through the care it gives the kids. In the effort the priest gets a lot of help from his friends. On Christmas Eve there wiH be gifts fo~ each of the hundreds of kids who will be sheltered that night At Christmas some of the Covenant House youngsters make

so much that it carries little real meaning for them. If anything drives Father Rit ter to fury, it is the sexual ex ploitation of children. He left a college teaching job and began his ministry to New York street people in 1968. He began focus ing on under-21s in February 1969 when he had 10 of them camped in his apartment with nowhere to go. " Since then, the number of young people coming for ,help has steadily increased, and Father Ritter correlates that with the growth of sex-related businesses in ~ew York. In such businesses the young are prized, be said, and there is an actual campaign in areas such as ad- , vertising and in pornography to "eroticize" children. On the plus side, he ,said, Christmas Day will find some of the most important people in the New York community "advisers to presidents" helping out at Covenant House. Many such people are also pres suring the Reagan administra tion to take stronger action on the child pornography problem. And a full Christmas dinner is prepared each year by par ishioners of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Scarsdale, and brought down in station wagons to feed the 300 or so young people at the Times Square Covenant House. Father Ritter will stay until the middle of the day, then visit his 95-year-old mother in Tren ton, N.J. These days his time is largely spent traveling, telling people about his work and appealing for support "I've really learned in these last few years what it means to be a mendicant (beg ging) friar,': he said.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Foil River-Fri., Dec. 21, 1984

Let's leave Santa at the North Pole

By John Mahoney

.J know that my parents meant

no harm. Somehow they did not wish, then and there, to reveal the Jove with which they se· lected those toys of wonder and delight which I was to discover on Christmas morning. Never theless, by pretending that all these delightful things were the gift of a stealthy visitor named Santa Claus, they prepared the way for one of the great dis illusionments of my life: the reve lation that there is no Santa Claus. For years I had been giving a Jarge share of my 10ve to someone who did not exist! The day I received this blow I made up my mind that no child of mine would ever have to suffer it, because they would never be told that there is a Santa Claus. In the years that have follow ed I've discovered many more and many better reasons for puncturing this over-inflated figure. The most powerful rea son is that the very bulk and astounding munificence of this fabrication completely over shadow the tiny swnddled figure in the manger whose birth we celebrate at Christmas. Young children, whose un formulated motto in life is "What's 'in it for me?", can scarcely overlook that, accord ing to the information they have

received, it is the Jolly Old Elf guilt of being parents unable to rather that the Babe who de provide according to the con· livers the tangible goods. sumership standards of a credit· A couple of generations back card age. And are children happier for Santa was a relatively innocent all this? Well, hardly. A greedy impostor, but today he has' be child is never appeased. A spoiled some a total sell-out to ma terialism and greed. He is in the child appreciates nothing. A~ pay of the big toy manufacturers over-indulged child is convinced that the major figure of Christ and department stores. mas is not Christ but himself. How often do you see a Santa A self-centered child sets out who is not serving as an out right huckster? Whereas the true crippled on ute's great adven ture of learning to love. lesson of Christmas is a mess The psychiatrist Erich Fromm, age of divine mercy and sacri fice, Santa is the front man for in "The Art of Loving," writes greedy corporations, and the "People capable of love, under tutor in greed for millions of the present system are necess American children. He is the arily the exceptions: love is by necessity a marginal phenom saint of Gimme. enon in present-day Western :Several seasons ago, on a society." single Saturday morning before And in explaining this inabi Christmas, a television observer lity to love, he says, "Our char counted 63 toy commercials on acter is geared to exchange and just one of the three major net to receive, to barter and to con works. iA great number of these sume; everything, spiritual as "toys" were shoddy, short-lived well. as material objects, be plastic robots, of no value what comes an object of exchange and ever for a child's natural, imag . of consumption . . . Automatons inative play. cannot love; they can exchange And yet the boob tube was their 'personality packages' and programming milli~ms of child~ hope for a fair bargain." rtn to demand this junk from We could scarcely lay the the modern Santa of rising ex whole blame for this lamentable pectations and "the good life." failure on the Santa myth. But And millions of parents gave neither could we absolve the in to those demands rather than ,Santa myth of its due share of subject their offspring to the the blame. trauma of unfulfilled expecta For we are all aware that the tions - rather than incur the years of belief in Santa Claus are

the critical formative years. Im pressions received during this period are permanent. If we want our children to embrace Christ as the light of their lives, these eady childhood years are our great opportunity. This is when they can best begin to learn that Christ lived and sacrificed his life entirely for others. And the visible beginning of all this was his birth - the simple, touching, marvelous events of the Nativity, in Beth lehem. Is is not preposterous,· then, that at this season we put a bushel over ",the light that en lightens every man who comes into this world," and spotlight instead, the huge plastic figure of Santa Claus? For, if one stops to consider, doesn't Santa stand in almost total opposition to the mission and teaching of the Son of Man? "It is better to give than to receive," said Jesus. 'But through the Santa myth we teach child- , ren, "To receive is aIL" And the rest of Christ's teach ing: to take up and carry the cross, to forgive injuries, to love enemies, to aid the destitute how much of this can children learn from Santa? If we were determined to conceal and sub vert the Gospel of Christ, it would be hard to invent a better device than the Santa myth for doing so.

35 years ago we organized the movement to put Christ back in Christmas. But now Christ is more out of it than ever before. Does anyone wonder why this happened? One reason, and per haps the greatest one, was be cause we failed to take Santa Claus out of Christmas. We were and we are still reluctant to be Heve that no man serve two masters. "Let the little children come to me," says Jesus. And we reply, "Yes Master, in due time. But first we want them to put their faith in Santa Claus. After all, they're only children once." Reprinted from U.S. CATII OUC, published by C1aretian Publications, 221 W. Madison, Chicago, III. 60606; (312) 236 7782.

Taunton area sets Cathedral trip Taunton area CCD students and their parents and religious education teachers wi.JI travel to St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, De~. 28 for a 7 p.m. Mass to be concelebrated by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin with priests of the Taunton deanerY. The students will also meet informally with the bishop and will tour the cathedral.

A time for joy and pe~ce.

St. Mary's Parish Family New Bedford

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May the peace and comfort so richly provided by Our Saviour Jesus Christ be yours as you celebrate His Birth.

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BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN ducks candles crowning the head of Cathleen Cabel ·lon,.5, who climbed on his lap during a chancery office visit from St. Stanislaus School kindergarteners. - --(Gaudette Photo)

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It was quite a sight: the usually decorous diocesan chancery office crowded by kindergarteners plus first 8Q.d second grade represen tatives . from St. Stanislaus School,' Fan River. All wore crowns of perilously wobbly but fortunately riot real candles. They, were on hand last Fri day to congratulate Bishop Daniel A. Cronin on the 14th ann'iversary of his installation as diocesan Ordinary, which came . Dec. 16. 'rhey also took theoppor tunity to correct some miscon ccptionf their spiritual shepherd see!Ded to..have about St. Lucy, in honor of whose Dec, 13 feast day they were we'aring their candle trowns. "Where did St.. Lucy . live?" asked the bishop. .

Vatican Secretariat of State at tache, r.efrained from explaining that Lucy <or .Lucia), a 4th century Sicilian martyr, whose name, in any version, stems from the Latin word for ,iight, is especially honored. in Sweden, though ~he wasn't born there. In that land of long, dark winters, she is honored on her. feastday by girls crowned with real candles, who bring rolls and a special wine to their parents in bed. At St. Stanislaus School, -in addition to visiting the bishop, students had enjoyed hot cross buns in honor of Lucy;' and those especially noted for kind ness and thoughtfulness received "light" awards in recognition of being a light to other people.

"It's Lucia, not Lucy," pointed out a mini-expert. And the saint came from Sweden,' the kids assured their questioner. Chuckling, the bishop, a veter an of sbme 10 years in Rome, first as ia student and then as a .

Imprimatur loss is discussed

~Sbe~r"conjeeture' WASHINGTON. (NC) - The U.S. Catholic Conference has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the claim that government sponsored, _remedial education programs in parochial schools are unconstitutional.... The US€ C 's comment came in a friend-of:-the-court brief filed in a case Jnvolving the New York City Board of Echicatioii, which since 1966 has -'Used federally supplied educationJunds to fin ance remedial education olasses, primarily for disadvantaged chil dren, taught- in -private schools by. public school teachers. . . I .The ;USCC stated. that .to charge "excessive entanglement" of church and state in the reme diar",ed1.\Cation classes "is 'sheer conjecture whic hlacks even a trace of identifiable evidentiary support.i' ,I I

Meanwhile, .back at the chan cery, the kindergarteners sang "Come Lord Jesus" and; "This Little Light" for the bishop, complete with actions. Their teachers 'brought along a box 'of rosaries for the bishop's blessing. They were then dis tribute~ to the children who reo cited a decade on the spot, in the course of which little Cath· leen Cabellon slid onto the smil· ing bishop's lap, narrowly miss ing his eye with one of her paper candles, doubtless through the intervention of St. Lucy, also pa troness of those with eye prob· lems. Then it was time for kinder· garten mascot Kari Nadeau, one day shy of 3 years old, to present the bishop with a large :ikon of St. Nicholas. In turn, he handed out medals and holy cards and the session ended with the rous· ing Polish song "Sto Lat" (May You Live 100 Years).

HOLIDAY

WARNING

• If you drink, don't drive. •. If you dr.ive,· . don't drink.

WASH~GTON ~C) A panel of 'u.S. bishops, in a re port on a recent controversy over loss of imprimaturs for two catechetical works, has said im proved communications between the bishops and the Vatican on such issues '''would 'be helpful." The bishops' Committee on Education report said that while it. recognized the direct relation ship between the Vatican and individual bishops who grant im primaturs, it was also concerned about implications of the con troversy for other catechetical resources. The imprimatur is official church permission. to publish a book dealing with Catholic teach ing or practice.

Question "How can we not sacrifice? We were made in the form of a cross." - Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

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Every year a battle rages in our city over the propriety of a city-sponsored nativity scene that draws thousands of spectators. For decades this tradition went unquestioned but in the past five years there have been so many suits and counter suits over the issue of using tax payers' money for a particular religious celebration, I'm sure some lawyers have been able to retire comfortably. Each year the ·letters to edi tors get hotter and the spirit of Christmas peace more obscure. I didn't feel much emotion over it until I met a friend Jast year who teaches music in our subur ban school district. "I suppose you're swamped preparing for Christmas programs," I said. . '\Don't call them that," she replied, hands over ears as if she hadn't heard. "We don't have Christmas programs any more - we have Winter Break programs." And she proceeded to tell me that all references to Christmas in the school district must now be termed Winter ·Break . . . Winter Break carols, Winter Break vacation, etc. "We can choose only songs without religious significance," she said. "No Christmas carols - only 'Rudolph' and 'I'll be Home for Christmas' and 'White Christmas' and 'Jingle Bells.' The only exception is that we can play 'Silent Night' and 'Come All Ye Faithful' if we don't sing the words." Shortly ~fter I talked with her I read about a Christmas pageant cancelled in another dis trict because its theme was reli gious. The story centered on the construction of a nativity scene 1000 years ago and songs were woven in to give the elementary children an opportunity to per form. Poor school officials. They were threatened with a ~awsuit on the grounds of religious liberty on both sides. Parents chose up sides and turned the Christmas (or Winter Break) joy of students into full-scale bitter ness. Christmas, in other words, was not particularly fostering peace and love of fellow humans but the reverse. It's a taste of the kind of local dissension school prayer is sure to produce if we ever reach that situation. The whole issue is sad. Like many adults, I remember my Christmas programs fondly. They were a vital part of the holiday. Creches abounded around town. We learned carols at school. They were sung at the close of community Junctions. But then.. . we were all Chris tian and gave little thought to how others might feel. If they felt their rights were being violated they didn't say so pub licly. I wonder, though, if the next

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 21, 1984

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WIDOWED SUPPORT CAPE COD . Members will meet Dec. 30 for brunch at an area restau rant. Information on place and time: Dorothyann Callahan, 428-7078. All widowed persons welcome. WIDOWED SUPPORT ATTLEBORO Wine and cheese party: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4, St. Theresa parish center, S. Attleboro. ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Candles and Carols ceremony: 7 p.m. Dec. 23. FOllowed by re freshments in the parish center. All welcome. ST.JULm.N.DARTMOUTH Rosary and Benediction ser vice: 7 p.m. Dec. 23. Norman Gonsalves is the newly eleotedpresident of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. ST. MARY, SEEKONK Family Christmas Uturgy fol lowed by social in church hall: 6 p.m. Dec. 22. The parish intercessory prayer group meets following 9 a.m. Mass Wednesday.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE. SWANSEA Adult scripture study will re sume in ,the religious education center lounge following 9 a.m. Mass Jan. 9. Confirmation candidates will make overnight retreats Jan. 12 and 13 and Jan. 19 and 20 in the education center. D of I, ATTLEBORO Alcazaba Circle, Dau~hters of Isabella: rnee,ting 'and social 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4, K of C Hall, Hodges Street. ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET All are invited to share in a candlelight procession at mid night Mass Christmas Eve. ST. JAMES, NB New altar boys will be install ed at 9:30 a.m. Mass Dec. 23 and will begin service at the Christ mas vigil Mass. All aItar boys are invited to attend a pilgrim age to LaSalette Shrine, Attle boro, tomorrow. Rehearsal for all boys: 11 a.m. Dec. 24, church. HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Oplatki for vigil dinners available at rear of church. SACRED HEART, FR Parish Christmas program: 2 p.m. Dec. 23 in the school hall, followed by refreshments in the school cafeteria. ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Two Christmas Eve midnight Masses will offer folk music in the parish center and traditional choral music in the church. ST. ANNE, FR Annual Christmas pageant: 2 p.m. Dec. 23, upper church.

ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Giving Tree donations will be distributed to needy Matta poisett and New Bedford child ren. ST. STANISLAUS, FR Oplatek, Christmas bread of reconciliation, will be broken and shared at each Mass this weekend. Christmas family Mass with a birthday cake: 10:30 a.m. Dec. 25. Also on Christmas Day, evening prayer with carols by candlelight at 6:30 p.m. CATHEDRAL, FR Advent day of recollection: 11 a.m. throu~h 3 .p.m. Dec. 22, directed ·by Father Felix Les neck, SS.CC. The Blessed Sac rament will be exposed. Mass will be offered at 12:05 p.m., there will be ·two holy hours and confessions will be heard.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 21, 1984 SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Parishioners are asked to bring f·amily pictures to church before Christmas. They will adorn the area around the creche Dec. 29 and 30, when the feast of the Holy Family is celebrated. All will be returned. ST. RITA, MARION Christmas carol singalong: 2 p.m. Dec. 23, Refreshments will follow in the rectory.. Confirmation candidates are offering "rent-a-kid" service to raise funds to "adopt" a disad vantaged child for the year. In

formation: 748-2826; 748-0852. Parishioners are urged to join in the annual Christmas gift to St. Mary's Home, New Bedford. Contributions will go towards obtaining YMCA membership for home youngsters. Canned goods may be brought to church this weekend for preparation of Christmas bask ets. HOLY NAME, FR Youth retreat renewal group meeting: 7 p.m. Dec. 30, school. All youth high school age or older invited.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Training session for children wishing to be lectors for special liturgies: 10 a.m. Dec. 27, church. ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Family activities in the .parish included a recent trip to La Salette Shrine to view ,the Christmas illuminations. Child care for tots 4 and under is of fered during 9:30 a.m. Mass each Sunday; and Bible study for wives and mothers takes place from 3 to 4 p.m. each Wednes day, also with child care avail able. Billings Natural Family Plan ning information night: 3 to 4 p.m. Jan. 24, rectory. Child care available. Boy Scouts Christmas party: church hall, 2:30p.m. Dec. 23. Parishioners are asked to bring one ornament per family this weekend for a parish tree symbolizing love' of family, church and each other. Orna ments will be hung on the tree at weekend Masses and will be returned after Christmas.

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Nativity. poem Suddenly the room felt warmer, But the door had opened wide: The chill of night diminished As the strangers came inside. Suddenly the room seemed brighter, But the earth wore its black gown The bleak of night diminished, As the man and wife sat down. Suddenly the room was 'silent, But the sheep and oxen brayed; Their voices now a 'chorus, As the :Ullknown couple prayed. Suddenly fhe room..was Juller; The strangers greeted: morn: The animals were tranquil, . A's Jesus Christ was born. Mary D.. Myette Falmouth

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Dear Editor: Thank you for the splendid article about Father Joseph Manton celebrating 60 years as a Redemptorist (Anchor, Nov. 30). His books, radio and TV ser mons have inspired so many of us. His talk, "Virgin Immaculate," paid tribute to Bishop John 5::ar roll and his devotion to the Im maculate Conception.." lin case the readers are not familiar with the name of Bishop Carroll, he was' the first bishop in the U.S.A. John Carroll, his cousin, was a. signer of the Declaration . of Independence, another cousin, Daniel, signed the deed donating the ground on which our US 'Capitol was built. May God bless Father Man ton - and may our world (es pecially our country) see many priests like him follow in his footsteps on radio and TV today - and tomorrow. He and Arch bishop Sheen were gems in the ring of truth, and love for Jesus Christ and Our Lady. . Kathryn Ellis Nowak Marion

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I The; Christmas of 1938 I was 10 and already knew that Christ mas always would be my favor ite tillie of the year. I loved the snow, : the lights, the life-like nativity set in the church, the smell of evergreens, the carols. The aroma of the cookies bakingl (my grandmother's rt'cipey filled me' with content 'ment. And I was awed by the stars that came out on Christ mas 'Eve. My vivid .imagination would take me through stories of kings following a star to find a baby. But most treasured of all was the Chrlistmas tree and the three very special, central figures in a beautifully crafted sculpture of the Bethlehem scene. Each' year from the time I was 3 or 4, I felt the excitement of what w'as to come as my mother: pulled out two large cardboard boxes. Carefully the contents came out, one by one: the lights, the glass icicles that gave the tree a flavor of being 'in touch with some mysterious icc king!iom. ~ ,But best of-all were the orna ments. ,'Each year they became more. precious to me as their beauty :was embellished with the wonderful familiarity that gives a Sense of comfort, peace and sec~rity. I still', remember the large, oval-shaped ornament with silver filigree ~nd crimson cloth.

boxes of tinsel and a small string of Hghts. With her cheerfulness to spark us, we started trimming the tree; singing Christmas carols. The tinsel was the trick, she said. "If we load the tree with tinsel hanging like icicles, it will be a jewel." When we were finished, she pulled out her last surprise, three tiny figures, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, to place by the tree.

The Christmas I was 10, I drove my mother crazy with my impatience to get to the boxes. But she insisted the tree had to be· properly in place first. When mother was satisfied, we went to get the Christmas boxes. And then - we discovered they weren't there! My mother, distraught,' sur mised that during the move that summer to a new apartment the Christmas boxes were forgotten either in the old house or in the mover's truck. I started to cry and suddenly my mother stood tall and said, "We'll still have a tree." Those were depression times and we were poor. She had no money to replace ornaments. ·But she took $2 of her food money and quickly ran to Wool worth, and came home with a bag. . She had red and green crepe paper, some cotton and a few

I stared at what we had created and my imagination went to work. All the wonders I had seen in the beautiful old ornaments were here, only sOlne how much more wonderful. I hugged my mother. I, didn't understand then why my spoiled Christmas suddenly turned into my happiest Christ mas. But years later I realized I had experienC\ed an extra ordinary moment of beauty crafted by love. That ,Christmas gave me a gift with a lifelong guarantee I discovered the bea,uty of Christ mas lies in our creativity, not in a, box. It Hes in our need and determination to celebrate. And for me that Christmas, beauty was my strong and ~oving mother.

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Bishop Feehan The Attleboro school's math team currently holds first 'place in the Southeastern Massachu setts Math League Northern Division as a result of its show ing at a recent Taunton meet. Feehanite Robert ,Butera was high score for all juniors in the four-school meet.

Bishop ConnQlly . An attractive Christmas. card from' Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, combines. -lines by Jesuit poet Gerard Man ,ley Hopkins with an evocative painting, "December .Horizon," by alumnus Paul Domingue, now chairman of .the school's art de partment.

The 'school Student Govem ment will· sponsor a four-day bus trip to Quebec City during February vacation. Also in Feb ruary, there will be a ski trip to Utah; and in April a Euro pean jaunt. . A financial aid information session for parents of college-

bound students wiH be held at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8 in the school auditorium.

CoyIe-Cassidy .Bloodmobile: 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at the school. Blood will be donated in the name of 'Mrs. Helen Lamb of the Coyle Cassidy staff who died Dec. 15 after a long illness. Parents and other relatives are invited to participate.

COYLE-CASSIDY senior Kathy Hickey, named first place winner of the annual Voice of Democracy essay contest on both school and city levels, went on to win second place for Bristol County. She will" receive several awards inclyding a VFW scholarship grant. Ac tive in sports, the National Honor Society, and commun ity service programs, she 'hopes to major in interna tional relations in college.

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