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Eager for the Ball

No one is anticipating the 30th nnual Bishop's Charity Ban 'lith more excitement than Mary ~. Garro of Nazareth Hall, Fall Uver. Nazareth Hall is a chief leneficiary of the midwinter ocial event.

Mary's long white dress, es­ lecially made for the occasion, s ready and her high-heeled '1hite sandals are all set for an vening of dancing.

"I love to dance," she con­ ided during a recent interview t Nazareth Hall, where she was ,elping prepare a holiday lunch or some 20 teachers and stu­ ents.

To be featured was homemade ,izza and Mary was deftly cut­ ing mushrooms, peppers, sau­ age and onions for a deluxe opping. Students take turns pre­ aring, serving and cleaning up fter the hot lunch served daily t the school, said Sister Berna­ etta Ryan, RSM, principal.

Mary, a student at Nazareth or 15 years, is a "wonderful ancer," said Sister Bernadetta. ~he is also an excellent swim­ ~ler, taking many Specian Olym­ 'ics medals and ribbons over the ears, maintains a bowling aver­ ge of 100 and enjoys floor ,ockey and touch football.

At her home in St. Joseph .arish, Fairhaven, she helps 'lith cooking and cleaning, draw­ ng on her Nazareth training. I'n ummer, she 'likes mowing the awn.

Other interests incIude wood­ >'orking in the Nazareth work­ hop, singing and embroidery.

And Mary is hoping the Bish­ op's Ball program will include line dancing, her favorite type.

Hear that, Buddy Braga and Ed Souza orchestras?

Other Presentees Other young women whose fathers or other escorts wiH pre­ sent them to Bishop Daniel A. Cronin on Friday, Jan. 11, at Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth, represent the five areas of the diocese.

Each year, one-third of the 114 parishes of the diocese names a presentee, said Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, Ball director. All those' naJ1!ed wiil meet at the ballroom with their escorts at 2 p.m. Jan. 6 to rehearse the pre­ sentation ceremony under direc­ tion of Mrs. James A. O'Brien Jr., longtime presentee com­ mittee chairperson.

The young women wi.Jl have been preceded at 1 p.m. by over 125 IBall committee members who will meet to decorate the 'ballroom in picone and pure white and ice and azure blue hangings and draped materials.

The presentee program is scheduled for 9:10 ·p.m. on the night of the ball. It will be fol­ ·lowed at 10 p.m. by the tradi­ tional grand march, at the con­ clusion of which Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will speak.

In addition to Mary, presen­ tees and their parishes are: Fall River Area: Andrea Jane Benevides, S1. William par­ ish; Monique Anne Boulay, S1.

Bernard, Assonet; Debra Bro­

deur, Our Lady of Grace, N. Westport; Kathleen Anne Jack­ son, S1. Anne; Sharon Kolb, St. Louis; Laura A. Luz, St. Mary's Cathedral.

Lisa Ann Marques, S1. Mi­ chael; Helena Tavares, Santo Christo; Elaine M. Turcotte, Notre Dame de Lourdes, all of Fall River; Michell M. Vieira, Our Lady of Fatima, Swansea; Margaret A. Morais, Holy Name, Fall River.

Attleboro Area: Erin Foley, Our· Lady of Mount Carmel, Seekonk; Pamela M. Harrop, S1.

Mary, N. Attleboro; Susan Cath­ erine Lapierre, S1. Stephen, At­ tleboro; Judith Rita Thibault, S1. John the Evangelist, Attle­ boro.

Cape and Islands Area: Jane Elizabeth Chartrand, St. Joan of Arc, Orleans; Elizabeth Desmar­ ais, S1. John the Evangelist, Po­ casset; Jean Duffy, S1. Marga­ ret's, Buzzards Bay; Jane Anne Lemenager, S1. Elizabeth, Ed­ gartown; Melissa T. Ray, Our Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet; Constance Margaret Simpson, S1. Patrick, Falmouth.

New Bedfdrd' Area: Michelle \ Branchaud, S1. Joseph; Nicole Jane Champagne, St. John Neu­ mann, East Freetown; Lidia Ma- _ rie deDeus, S1. John the Baptist; Donna St. Gelais, S1. Mary, Fair­ haven; Corinne Hall, S1. The­ resa.

Pamela Lewis, St. Kilian; Carol Ellen Montalto, S1. Fran­ cis of Assisi; Anna Marie Ponte, Our Lady of Assumption; Mi­ chelle Irene Roszkiewicz, S1.

Rita, Marion.

Taunton Area: Lynne Curtis, Immaculate Conception, North MARY GARRO helps prepare lunch for students and Easton; Karen Czepiel, Our Lady of Lourdes; Christiana teachers at Nazareth Hall, Fall River. The school, together Marie Dziekiewicz, Holy Ro­ with diocesan summer camps fof exceptional and under­ sary; Nancy Parkinson, St. Mary; Donna M. Townsend, S1. privileged children, is a beneficiary of the Bishop's Ball.

Paul; Cheryl Waddell, Immacu­ (Gaudette Photo) late Conception, Taunton.

'Counterproductive' policies criticized

Bishops hack church, not WASHINGTON (NC) - The J.S. bishops support the Catho­ ic Church in Nicaragua against :overnment harassment there, >ut they do not back "counter­ Iroductive" U.S. policies in Cen­ ral America, Archbishop John t Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis :aid Dec. 30.

In a 700-word statement re­ eased in Washington by the -.Jational Conference of Cath­ >lic Bishops, the former NCCB .resident reported on his visit o Nicaragua last August. He vent there as an oNCCB repre­ entative 'at the request of the onference's current president,

productive as a means of protec­ Bishop James Ma'lone of Youngs­ ting human rights in Nicaragua town, Ohio.

Archishop Roach specifically and fostering a climate of jus-, tice and peace in Central Ameri­ criticized the Nicaraguan gov­ ernment's ;Iabor union policies, ca." actions against church officials, He said that his Aug. 19-22 and "patterns of (Marxist) indoc­ visit, coming shortly after ex­ trination" in the educational pulsion of 10 foreign mission­ system. aries by Nicaragua's -leftist San­ At the same time he warned, dinista government, was "a clear as have other spokesmen for the statement" that the U.S. bishops U.S. bishops, that criticism of the have "an abiding concern" over Nicaraguan government is not anti-church actions in Nicara­ endorsement of U.S. policy in gua. The .expulsions were "part the' region. of a larger pattern of harass­ "We also continue," he said, ment of the church," he said.

"to criticize those aspects of Archbishop Roach said that U.S. policy which have found and continue to find counter- in Nicaragua he met with repre-

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sentatives jof the Nicaraguan bishops' conference, U.S. mis­ sionaries working there, priests, religious and laity of the Man­ agua archdiocese, labor leaders, diplomatic officials, and Daniel Ortega, who in November was elected president of the country.

He said that during a "cor­ dial, substantive and useful" meeting with Ortega, expulsion of missionaries and the issue of visas for foreign church per­ sonnel in Nicaragua were among topics discussed.

In meetings witlh clergy, reli­ gious and laity of the Managua archdiocese, he said. .. I re-

ceived reports on a variety of themes.

"Their concerns were particu­ larly focllsed on the educational system and patterns of indoc­ trination, often using Marxist­ oriented materials which they see permeating the educational system."

The U.S. bishops have opposed U.S. assistance to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the San­ dinista government. They have .urged U.S. economic assistance to Nicaragua, based on human rights criteria, and support for diplomatic efforts by Latin Am­

erican countries to resolve Cen­ tral American conf.licts.

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Migration Week offers church as home for all

THE ANCHOR -" Friday, Jan. 4, 1985

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WASHINGTON (NC)' - From the Cat~olic Church's point of view "there are no strangers," said Father Silvano M. Tomasi,o director of the bishops' Office for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees, so the goal of National Migration Week is to help make the church home for everyone.

panel hopes to aid peace MANAGUA, Nicaragua (NC) - Nicaragua's Sandinista gov­ ernment and the country's Cath­ olic bishops have formed a com· mission to seek a reduction in church-state tensions, govern. ment officals said.

The panel was formed after a Dec. 24 meeting between Presi­ dent-elect Daniel Ortega and several bishops. .

Bishops have met with goyern­ ment officials on several oc<;a-' sions to discuss specific issues and after the November elec­ tions a national dialogue began and included church officials.

The composition of the com­ mission or its specific objectives were not immediately an­ nounced.

The government and the bish­ ops were at odds in 1984 over the status of four priests who hold high office. The bishops, backed by the Vatican, have :in­ sisted that the priests ,leave their posts. They cited canon law which says priests may not hold positions of civil power arid may not be active in political parties.

On Dec. 10 Nicaragua's edu­ catQion minister, Father Fer­ nando Cardenal, was dismissed from the Jesuit order because he refused to Jeave his govern­ ment post 'despite a directive from Jesuit Supernor General Peter-Hans Kolvenbach. Father Cardenal ,said his conscience prevented him from stepping down.

Sandinista offcia'ls met with Vatican officials Sept. 6 in an at­ tempt to reduce church-state tensions.

On Sept. 19,the apostolic dele­ gate in Nicaragua, Archlbishop Andrea Montezemolo, called for "talks of peace" among the_ ch~rch, political ,leadership and military.

Archbishop Miguel Obando Bravo of Managua has been a severe crUic of the ruling San­ dinistas, accusing them of try­ ing to turn the country into a Marxist state.

Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega, president of the Nicaraguan bishops' conference, has said the Sandinistas are promoting a "popular church" as a rival to the country's hierarchy. He said Sept. 7 that the government is "directly or indirectly" paying ex-priests to carry out the plan.

In an Oct. 25 statement Bishop Vega said that the government was :imposing "new oppressions" and was not sincerely seeking peace in the war with Nicaragu­ an rebels.

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BISHOP DANffiL A. CRONIN speaks to diocesan seminarians at their annual Christ­ mas holiday Mass (top picture), and meets with retired priests at the Catholic Memorial Home (lower picture). From left with the bishop, Msgr. James E. Gleason, Father Joseph F. D'Amico, retired Bishops James L. Connolly and James J. Gerrard, Bishop Cronin, Msgr. Raymond T. Considine. (Torchia Photo) ~

Diocesan Flutie fans rejoice at Be triumph

Scores of diocesan fans were among the 25.000 Boston CoHege fans that jammed the Dallas Cotton Bowl for Tuesday's 45-28 Eagles victory over the Houston Cougars.

It was the Eagles' first bowl win in 45 years and it not only filled Dallas with hystericaHy celebrating fans but gave all Massachusetts a New Year's gift to remember.

Flutie himself was not only celebrating the BC win but his . Christmas engagement to his The New Bedford office of longtime girlfriend. The couple Catholic Social Services has has not set a wedding date be­ moved from 398 County Street cause Flutie's post-graduation to 59 Rockland Street, New Bed­ plans are still up for grabs, de­ ford 02740. The telephone num· pending on his decisions with re­ gard to pro!essional football. , ber; 997-7337, is unchanged.

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Dioceses plan activities for Migration Week, Jan.. 7-12, to educate Catholics about the needs of migrants and to give people from different back­ grounds a chanc~ to know each other better, Father 'Tomasi said.

Many parishes "organize dances and social events with ethnic foods so that peiple have a chance to ,look in each other's eyes and see beyond the differ­ ent physiognomy, dress, style and see the common faith," he said.

The goa'l is to "break down the barriers of prejudice" and "the bottom line IS to use a variety of practical, visible initiatives to create a rich texture of accept­ ance, a community of faith so that the church is home for everybody," Father To~asi said.

Migration' Week was first ob­ served after World War I "to make the church community aware of the special needs of people w'ho have been displaced and uprooted from their environ­ memt. These p~ople '~r:e in;..~ w.eak positi,on. they need pastoral care," he said.

Trends ,indicate migration is increasing, not decreasing, ac­ cording to Father Tomasi, with many of the people coming to this country from Latin Ameri­ ca and Asia. "A new twist is that a significant number are not Christian, but Buddhist or Moslem," he said, making it m~re difficult for them to find support communities in the pre­ dominantly Christian United States.

This new phase of immigration means more racial, cultural and religious differences. "The new community is quite different from the more European type" of immigrants who came in pre­ vious waves, he said.

Each new wave of refugees usually meets with some preju­ dice from the previous immi­ grant groups and churches must help smooth the way for the newcomers, Father Tomasi be­ o·lieves: "The challenge is to make each local church a real catholic ohurch - with a small 'c,''' Father Tmasi said. "This is the nature of American society."

This year's theme for Migra­ tion Week, "Refugees Without Recogniti~n," set by Pope John Paul II, emphasizes the plight of displaced . people who are not considered refugees. People rec­ ognized as refugees receive help getting resettled but the other immigrants, including illegal aliens, are ignored, Father To­ masi said, which creates "an underground societY' open to ex­ ploitation."

,For the moment, it's back to the ,DC classrooms for the Heis­ man Trophy winner whose big football moment came Nov. 23 when his 64-yard "Hail Mary" pass clinched a tight Be game with the University of Miami. ' But he says he'H remember

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Jan. 1 with equal fondness. It was his last day of college foot­ ball, a day of ice, stinging cold and 20-mile winds, but it was a day that left BC fans everywhere with a warm glow that had nothing to do with weather. /

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Doesn't exist NOTRE DAME, Ind. (NC) The stereotype of parish life with the priest alone leading a flock of docile lay people does not exist today, according to a. report released from the Notre Dame Study of Catholic 'Parish Life. The Catholic Church in the United States 20 years after the Second Vatican Council has be-

come more participatory, not only in religious ritual, 'but also in 'lay responsibility for minis­ tries, the report said.

In fact, it noted, in 10 percent of U.S. Catholic parishes "it :is fair to say that a non-priest ­ a married deacon or laypersons themselves - are the central figures."

Dr. Higgins

THE ANCHOR ­ ~Y, Jon. 4, 1985

A Mass of Christian Burial was offered Dec. 28 at Holy Name Church, FaJ.l River, for Dr. Anne Marie Higgins, wh9 died unexpectedly on Christ­ mas Eve. Dr. Higgins, formerly a Mary­ knoll sister, had practiced medi-·' cine in Fan River for over 15 years.

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TAUNTON DEANERY CCD students, their parents and teachers attend Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral. The Mass, concelebrated by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and Taunton' dean­ ery priests, gave the young people, some of whom had never visited the cathedral, an opportunity to see the mother church of the diocese and meet the bishop. (Torchia Photo)

Legislators OI{ private school aid'

BOSTON (NC) - The Massa­ chusetts Senate and House' of Representatives, in a special con­ stitutional convention Dec. 12, voted 108-79 to repeal a century­ old amendment to thli state con­ stitution that prohibits aid to pri­ vate school students.

The "anti-aid amendment" was attached to the state constitu­ tion in 1855 by the anti-Cath­ olic Know-Nothing Party. The prohibition, one of the stiffest in the nation, has prevented any assistance to non-public school students, such as :loaning text­ books.

Before the state can allocate aid to private and parochial school s~udents, both houses of the Massachusetts Legislature must vote on the new amend­ ment .again in the 1985·86 ses­ sion. If it succeeds in the ~egis­ lature the amendment will be

Sister McKenna A Mass of Christian Burial was offered Christmas Eve at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, for Sister Johanna MoniCa Mc­ Kenna, SUSC, 94, who died Dec. 22 .at Sacred Hearts (:onvent, al­ so FilII River.

Sister Johanna,' a native of Pawtucket, was the daughter of the ,late Francis' J. arid Alice (Hickey) McKenna. After gradua­ tion from Carnegie College, she entered the Religious of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts in 1919.

During her many years of ac­ tive ministry she taught at St. Mary's and Immaculate Concep­ tion schools, Taunton, and in schools of her community in New York and 'New Jersey. She retired in 1960.

submitted to voters in a state­ wide referendum in November 1986.

The pro-aid amendment reach­ ed the referendum stage'in 1982 but.was defeated by a vote of 1,160,130 to 708,034.

The Massachusetts Catholic Conference declared it "a matter of justice and equity to support this proposal."

State Sen. William Bulger, speaker of the Senate, presided at the session and branded the existing anti-aid amendment "de­ meaning to Catholics." He said the proposed repeal would "right a wrong and remove a blot from the state constitution."

"We are not looking for any­ thing extraordinary. We just want to bring our constitution in line with those in the rest of our country," Bulger said. "We are saying that prejuidice against Catholics or blacks or anyone else has rio place in our consti­ tution or our society."

He called equal education op­ portunity "the last frontier of civi,1 rights."

House Majority Leader Paul White also' supported the amend­ ment, saying, .. Our first com­ mitmen.t is to. public education, but we have to be fair to those who have chosen to send their children to non-public schools."

at a time when public schools are suffering from a funding problem.

Ordination set for tomorrow' Members of the Fall River dio­ cese are invited to attend a Mass at II a.m. tomorrow at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, at which Bishop Daniel A. Cronin wiH ordain six young men to the transitional diaconate.

All are presently serving in diocesan parishes. Their names, home towns and the parishes in which they are stationed follow: James Calnan, New Bedford, serving in St. Patrick's, Ware­ ham; David Costa, Taunton, St. Thomas More, Somerset; Mi­ chael Dufault, Fall River, St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro. ,

The daughter of the late Atty.

Thomas F. Higgins, a former Fall River mayor, and the late Nora E. (Madden) Higgins, she gradu­ ated from the former Sacred Hearts Academy in Fall River and from the College of Mt. St. Vincent and Georgetown Univer­ sity Medical School.

She is~urvived by a sister, Miss Eileen Higgins, with whom she made her home, and by sev­ eral nieces and nephews.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Friday, Jan. 4, 1985

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ANew Year is a time of new beginnings. All of us -like fresh start at trying to do our very best. The past we cannot forget, but at the same time'can't do much about it. The future is an optimistic hope which very often turns out quite differently from one's expectations.

What is real, what truly makes us what we are is what we do now, in the present". A new year gives us pause to recall the past, to hope for the future and regroup those realities that surround us in the present.

Our challenge is not so much what we want but rather what w~ d,o in the here and now. Understanding this concept will affect our tomorrows. If we fail to meet the reality of what is, we will certainly be unable to effect future aspirations.

As we enter these early days of the new year, therefore, it is well for us as a church openly to appraise the concrete realities, both positive and negative, that are Otlr present challenge.'

Of all the problems the church faces in America·, perhaps none has such drastic ramifications as the lack of vocations to the priesthood. Some may say the achievement of peace or the just distribution of wealth should be the central issues involving tod~y's church. Issues such as these should of course concern all and the leadership of the American church has dramatically and openly faced these and other global and national problems with prophetic zeal and enthusiasm. How­ ever, there are core in-house problems that should be met with equal care and concern. The vocation crisis is such a problem.

Some feel that the problems created by the lack of vocations are leveling off. Others would have us leave everything in the hands of the Lord . .It's his problem and he, in his time, will solve it. Without disrespecting divinity, one cannot help but observe that such a mind is either overly pious or fancifully inactive.

Statistical projections on vocations are discouraging. Al­ though the U.S. Catholic population is growing, partially due to immigrants from Catholic lands, partially through the return to the fold of many fallen-aways, vocations are not keeping pace.

If we have insufficient priests even to share the sacramental life of the church, we will have spiritually starved people. There are dioceses in this country that cannot staff all their parishes.

In some areas parishes do not have Mass every Sunday. There are places where permanent deacons administer parishes.

These are but a few current problems. What it 'will be like in another decade is a forecast that is more than clouded.

In this new year, could we hope for a new awareness'of not just the vocation crisis and its implications but of the effort we should be mounting'to make this problem the number one priority of American Catholics?

The bishops hav(~ offered working papers on peace and social justice; could not the same be done in the area of vocations? The American churc~ possesses energies and resources that are the envy of many other churches. Could not these forces be brought to bear to challenge the h~arts and minds of our young people?

Today we ~ave a rare oportunity to create an atmosphere in our church supportive both of vocations and of the attempt to inspire them.

Parents arid priests must work together to convince youth th_at the priestly life is not a wasted life or a source of unending frustration. .

Together, we can turn the vocation issue around. Isn't 1985 a grand time to begin?

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Defying church' te'aching

By Father Kevin J. Harrington

Recent-IY the Vatican has pres­ sured religious superiors to have ­ their community members who signed an October pro-choice ad­ vertisement in the New York Times to rescind their positions or face dismissal from their re­ spective orders.

The obvious purpose of ' the ad was to undermine the teachings of the American bishops during the critical period prior to a na­ tional election.

It seems that the content and timing of the letter could have been chosen for no other reason than to defy, the efforts of eccles­ ial authorities to form the cons­ cience ,of church members ac­ cording to the guidelines of the magisterium.

In the .light of such defiance, any outraged reactions to the Vatican sanctions by the reli­ gious communities involved must be based upon a naive interpreta­ tion of the convictions of the Holy Father and aHother bish­ ops, of the world.

The fact that such troubles seem to occur mainly in America should cause us to reflect upon how out of hand things really are when placed in a world con­ text.

There is a dangerous tendency among dissenters to rush to judg­ ment against legitimate author­ ity when those who exercise that authority choose to discipline dis­ senters.

It is ironic that the signers of the New York Times ad, while

claiming' that they themselves . are ,not pro-abortion feel free to use their established roles in the church as a platform from which to advocate that church leaders lea.rn to 'accept a plethora of opinions on the issue.

There is a danger that soon pollsters, rather than those legi­ timately entrusted with the gui­ dance of the church, will be· con-. suited to determine 'authentic church teaching. One so-called Catholic theologi!ln remarked that when the majority of Cath­ olics are not in agreement with a teaching of the bishops, it is time to listen to the consensus of believers because the Holy Spirit is equally likely to be speaking to them as to a bishop, even if that bishop happens to be the bishop of Rome.

It would be nothing less than wishful thinking to expect the current dissent to have positive fruit. There is a great difference between divisive debate and fruit­ ful dia,logue. A fuB page ad in the New York Times is hardly the correct medium in which to air differences with the hier~ archy of the Catholic Church.

The situation affords the secu­ lar press another opportunity to typify the Vatican as repressive for its efforts to maintain a measure of harmony in its own house. Many of the ad signa­ tories instinctively know that they will have a more sympa­ thetic hearing from the secular press than from their own com­ munities. There i.s of course.

little wonder that the secular press uses such controversy to stir up anti-Catholic bigotry, but it is indeed shameful that dis­ senters can play so easHy into the hands of those who are wit­ tingly or unwittingly promoting bigotry. .

One can only speculate on what Vatican reponse might be on other issues; however, I am sure that if the ad signatories had advocated optional celibacy or the ordination of women the Vatican would not have re­ sponded with such vigor.

But 12 years after the Supreme Court's decision to legalize abor­ tion there are over 4000 U.S. abortions a day. For tlle church to turn its back on this national tragedy would !be unthinkable.

Even as the dissenters entered into debate with ecclesia,1 auth­ ority, 4000 human beings at aU stages of gestation were being killed daily: vacuumed from wombs, poisoned by saline solu­ tions, squeezed from. their mothers by prostaglandin spasms, or dismembered by the steel tools of abortionists.

While the Supreme Court argues for the right of a wom­ an to' privacy and dissenters argue for freedom of speech, ~h~ sacred realm of the womb is violated by abortion again and again.

Hopefully, in the not too dis­ tant future, the sanctity of inno­ cent human life wi1l be univer­ sally affirmed by civilized societies.

The joy of Lately I have noticed that our cat avoids me. And the priests I .Jive with don't even give me a half-grunted "hello" at break­ fast.

A good friend confided it isn't my deodorant. It's my screeching violin.

After many years out of ser­ vice, my violin has been resur­ rected and I'm back to playing my favorite short pieces.

I admit my playing still in­ cludes those horrendous sounds that can unnerve the best of folks.

On the other hand, I've redis­ covered that indefinable satisfac­ tion of playing a few notes in tune.

The Greek philosopher Plato tells us the value of music is in its ability to release and repli­ cate certain rhythms witllin our psyche. He would say that one way to view me is to see it as a quest for rhythm.

I wonder ;ometimes if the satisfaction ot" playing a musical instrument or singing is rooted

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in the need to experience more deeply .the rhythms of life.

I also wonder how many par­ ents still see value in having

their child Jearn music. Granted,

the child might complain as did the ancient Greek Alcibiades. He refused to play the oboe because "it made him screw his face ·up."

No doubt the early stages of learning music test the family nervous system. Then, too, ~earn­ ing music costs money.

I agree with Plato, however, about the inner excitement mu­ sic can generate. There are musi­ cal vibrations within us waiting to be set free.

In playing an instrument or singing, a child enters into music at a much deeper :level than he or she does by simply listening to it.

Coordinating hands, mouth or voice to produce sounds in rhy­ thm and harmony and learning the intricacies of various scales and tones is a unique experience.

'I don't have a reading on how

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parents feel about the music children hear today. My guess is that they tolerate it, but would prefer that their offspring listen to something a bit more uplift­ ing and less brutal on the ears.

But how does a parent help to create this preference in a chi,ld?

Would it help to encourage him or her to play an instrument or to sing?

The holidays have 'brought .us many special concerts. Many of us enjoyed as a few produced the enjoyment.

Have you wondered whether music education would be worth­ while for a son or daughter? I s'ee it as a way of giving a child an experience that can expand appreciation of .one of life's more beautiful sides.

Id·eas wanted

Every so often I from a reader asking column on a specific and I truly appreciate

hear for a topic these

letters keeping me in touch with readers' interests and needs.

So I was more than. ordinarily pleased, to get the:'. following letter from the Editorial Content Committee of the Cleveland Catholic Universe BuHetin which is made up of people from dioce­ san offices, business community, and ordinary parish life as well as representative high schooH and college students.

"Our subcommittee on editor­ ial matters is concerned with increasing reader interest in our publication. As part of that ef­ fort, we have developed a num­ ber of topics and are submitting them as suggestions to various UB columnists. We think the fol­ lowing may fit in well with the content and style of your col­ umn and we offer them to you for your consideration: • Chocolate bars and raffle tickets. How many can the famHy with kids in school (especially Catholic school) activities sell?

Are there alternative fund-rais­ ing tactics?

• What about serious prob­ lems -'- excessive dieting, alcO:­ hol and drug abuse, sexual hang­ ups? Are Catholic parents, who may for example rely on the con­ fessional too much, more in­ clined to be blind to them?

• How do you help a child who already tends to take things too seriously deal with the 'be perfect' admonition of Christianity?

• How much do you encour­ age a child to aspire to the re­ .Jigious life or to pursue any vo­ cation to which he or she seems suited?

• Do you let your child associate with a "bad" young­ ster even in a "good" activity (Le. play baseball with a child who is suspected of shoplifting in neighborhood stores)? Do you remove the possibility of "good': influencing "bad" to avoid the possible: opposite effect?

"We would be_ interested to know if this letter is of any assistance to you . . . " Assistance and pleasure. What a good idea for ,a diocesan paper to engage reader interest and in­ volve them in content decisions.

I'm wondering if other papers and readers realize that column­ ists are open to their ideas and needs. And I wonder how you react to the ~opics suggested by the Cleveland readers.

I think they are exceHent and hope to cover some of them in the upcoming year. I have covered a couple of them in the past, particularly the chocolate bar and raffle ticket issue that plagues parents everywhere, but in Teading the list I reaHzed that many topics require repeating and updating. .

Periidically, papers survey, readers on features and columns but these Iby necessity are gen­ eral. 'People wiH always write that they want more on family life, for example, but rarely on specific family topics. Readers are a diverse group..Many.have young children but more have grown children, so .your intrests have changed .as your life has changed. Singles read my col­ umn, also. What topics do you prefer?

I encourage individuals to write me at P.O. Box 400, .Green 'Bay, WI 54305.

Be specific! What topics do you wish a coIumnist .}ike me would address? Do you want more humor or less? More parish­ related or family-related? More

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on toilet training, young adults, . or living alone?

In other words, if you were writing this column, what would be your first 10 topics? If you send them on to me, I'll write a followup column on what you and other readers want. (And thanks, folks at the Universe Bulietin, for some fine ideas).

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January 6 Rev. James F. Roach, Founder, 1906, Immaculate Conception, Taunton January 7 Rev. Alfred R. 'Forni, 1970, St. Francis of Assisi, New Bedford January 8 Rev. Alfred J. Carrier, Found­ er, 1940, St. James, Taunton Rev. John Kelly, Founder, 1885, St. Patrick, Fall River Rev. Arthur C. Lenaghan, Chaplain, 1944, United States Army January. 9 Rev. William F. Morris, Pas­ tor, 1982, Corpus Christi, Sand­ wich January 10 Rev. Jourdain Charron, O.P., 1919, Dominican Priory, FaH River Rev. George H. Flanagan, Pas­ tor, 1938, Immaculate Concep­ tion, FaH River Rev. Msgr. Emmanuel Souza de Mello, 1977, Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton

Good' Catholic reading Q. Your answer to a . letter several months ago 'said the homily at Mass is not the proper time to update people on various doctrines and that there are ex­ cellent, well-written books on almost any area of Catholic life.

Please suggest how those of us in rural communities can find such books to examine, bor­ row or buy. (Iowa)

A. I suggest you start with one or two good Catholic periodi­ cals, beginning with your own diocesan newspaper. Many ex­ cellent Catholic magazines are also available and I am sure your pastor can make sugges· tions as to some you would like.

Such magazines usually carry reviews and advertisements of helpful books. on Catholic life and doctrine.

I must congratulate you and others who 'have written on your interest. Too many Catholics feel they can get all they need from Sunday Mass and the church news column in thei-r Ilocal news­ pa.per. But it is impossible to ,Jive an intelligent and full, or even happy Catholic life without serious effort to keep abreast of. developments in our living church.

Q. If a baptized Catholic does not attend Sunday Mass for a ~ear or more, can she still be married in the Catholic Church?

I was taught that deliberately missing Mass was a mortal sin.

Can you explain what should happen in a situation ilke this?

(New Jersey)

A. For anyone who caIls him­ self or herself Catholic to neglect Mass habitually is surely objec­ tively sinful and reflects an im­ poverished understanding of the value of the Eucharist.

However, regardless of her neglect of the Mass, the girl re­ mains a member of the church; fTom your Jetter it certainly. seems she considers herself a Catholic.

Therefore, she has a right be­ fore God and according to church law to a Catholic marri­ age. This assumes, of course, that she makes herself personally wortily of repening of any sins that may have been committed, and by fulfilling whatever pre­ paratory requirements exist in your diocese to equip couples with a proper understanding of a good Catholic 'Christian mar­ ried ·life. \

Is it proper for the entire congregation to say in unison with the priest the final acclama­ tion before the Our Father, "Through him, with him," and so on. (Illinois) Q.

A. As nearly as I can deter­ mine, liturgical tradition as far back as we can trace assigns that part of the 'Mass, called the

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Great Doxology (prayer of praise), to the presiding priest.

The people's expression of ap­ proval in union ~ith that doxo· logy is the Amen.

While it is considered more "with it" liturgically in some circles, the practice of saying the entire doxology together betrays ignorance of the majestic signi­ ficance of' the great prayer Amen. This word goes back to the Jewish people in the pre­ Christian era.

It means: "All this is true, we belie':e it.'"

-In other words, it is a pro­ found and reverent affirmation of all that was just said and done. As such, it is a magnificent conclusion to the eucharistic pra.yer. ]n the book of the Revelation' (3:14), Jesus himself is called "the .Amen, the faithful witness" of the Father. the one who re­ flec:ts and affirms all the Father wishes to 'be and to say to humankind.

Considering tile halfhearted, timid manner with which most congregations respond with this great Amen, it is understandable that many feel the whole doxology should be said by everyone just to keep that entire solemn moment from falling flat:.

Q. My non-Catholic husband, died several years ago and is buried in a non-Catholic ceme­ tery. Can 1 be buried there? Will a IJlriest bless my grave?

One priest said no, but I know thl!; is done in other families.

(Texas) A. Unless for some reason the bishop has a special regula­ tion for your diocese, there is no reason against your being buried with your husband and having a priest officiate at the burial. It's' done all the time.

A free brochure outlining Cath­ olic regulations on marriage and explaining the promises before an interfaith marriage is avall­ able by sending a stamped, self­ addlressed envelope' to Father Dietzen, 704 N. Main St., Bloom­ ington,III.61701.

Consolation "A . mistake is evidence that someone has tried to do some­ thing." - Andrew Mellon

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Challenge

NEW YORK (NC) - Speaking in New York's WaH Street area, Jesuit Father William J. Byron, president of the Catholic Uni­ versity of America, said Chris­ tianity challenges capitalism to c~>ntribute to human fulfiH~ent In proportion to its worldwide influence. As to whether, Cath­ olicism can fit into a capitalist system, Father BYTon said, "Only people within the system can say. The more honest and, effective the answers, the, less rigid will capitalism become.

This means a lessening of ideo­ logy and an advancement of human fulfillment."

MARY ELIZABETH LaROCHE of New Bedford Catholic Woman's Club presents the club'$ traditional holiday gifts to sisters at the Discalced Carmelite Monastery of Christ .Crucified and Mary Mediatrix in South Dartmouth. Friends of the sisters will note that their habit has been modified and that their new headdresses show their hair. From left, Sister Bernadette, Mother Mary Teresa, prioress; Sister-Mary Magdalen, Mother Maria, Sisters Ann and Maria. (R~sa Photo>.'

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Graduate Studies

In Religoon

Announces Spring Offerings (Starts Jan. 21, 1985)

Religious Studies S.craments John P. Mahoney, O.P. · Monday, 3:45 to 5:45 p.m.,

Existential Theologians Raymond Glbl!0n

........ Tuesday, 31145 to 5:45 p.m.

Theology of Spirituality Mary Ann Follmar · Thursday, 3:45 to 5:45

Theology of Ministry Elaine Scully, R.S.M. · Thursday., 7 to 9 p.m.

Religious ,Education Ministry to Youth & families Elaine Scully, R.S.M. · F~lday 9:20 to 11 :20 a.m.

Biblical Studies Religious Institutions of Israel

Abortion ad signer' issues 'BAL TIMOR'E.~NC) - Father Joseph Connolly, a BaWmore archdiocesan priest who signed a New York Times ad in 0'cto­ ber saying there is more than one legitimate Catholic position on abortion, issued a statement Dec. 23 saying he respects the church's "authentic teaching" on the subject.' ' His statement, in his parish bulletin. followed a meeting Dec. 20 with Archbishop William Borders of Baltimore and a statement by the" archbishop Dec. 21.

"Father Connolly agreed that any speculation in the area of church teaching contrary to the accepted position of the 'magisterium'should be published in theological journals rather than the popular media, so that it would not be interpreted as the authentic teaching of the church and be used for the gui­ dance of an individual's cons­ cience," Archbishop Borders

director, said that he was quite sure Archbishop Borders had re­ ceived no communication from the Vatican before meeting with Father Connol·ly.

The question of possible Vati­ can involvement arose because a number of nuns, brothers and priests in" religious orders who signed the ad were told by the Vatican Congregation for Reli­ gious and Secular Institutes to retract or face expulsion from religious life.

A copy of one of the 'Vatican letters, obtained by NC News, cited as the chief object of con­ cern the assertion in the ad that there is more than one "legiti­ mate Catholic position" on the morality of abortion.

To propose other views as 'legitimate "is a flagrant scan­ dal," the letter said. Because of the gravity of the issue, it added, this "is sufficient cause for the dismissal of a religious."

Sistille Chapel shows radiant new face

VATICAN CITY (NC) - The ceiling oft.he Vatican's Sistine Chapel, covered by Michel­ angelo's famous series of f.res­ coes, is about to receive an un­ LUkeiActs precedented cleaning with a Helen O'Neill, O.P.

........... Wed., 3:45 to 5:45 p.m. technique that has already yield­ ed spectacular results.

Message of the Vatican museum officials on New Testament Dec. 11 unveiled a sliding plat­ William C. Barron, O.P. form that will allow restorers to .................. Wed., 7 to 9 p.m. move freely beneath the ceiling paintings, just as Michelangelo Inquire: did. The platform, officials ex­ Graduate Programs plained, is pegged into the same Religious Studies

holes used by the great Renais­ sance artist when" he executed Dept.

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The cleaning, they said, is or call: (401) 865·2214 expected to take about four years - as long as the artist Affirmative Actionl took to paint them.

Equal Opportunity At an unusual press confer­ Institution (MIFIH) ence in the chapel; officials also

Thomas A. Collins, O.P. .........•.... J'uesday 7 to 9 p.m.

said.

"My participation in the ad in the New York Times was more of a matter of speculative theo­ logy and not an attempt at au­ thentic church teaching," Father Connolly said in the Sunday buL~etin of St. Bernadette Church, Severn, Md.,. where he has been pastor since 1975.

He added that "I' reaffirm my respect for the authentic teach­ ing of the Roman pontiff and the 'college of bishops on matters of faith and morals."

The 60-year-old priest declined to elaborate o"n his statement or his original reasons for signing the New York Times ad when questioned by telephone by Na­ tional Catholic News Service.

He also declined to comment on his meeting with Arcqbishop Borders, saying only that the archbishop's statement "charac­ terized it quite well."

Jesuit Father Leo Murray, arohdiocesan communications

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showed reporters the successful results of their work so far. The walls of the chapel, including 14 frescoes by Michelangelo, now shine in radiant colors, in con­ trast to the soot-darkened ceil­ ing above~ The wall cleaning began in 1982.

"The work has revealed a new Micelangelo," a Michel­ angelo who was also a colorist," said' Fabrizio Mancinelli, direc­ or of medieval art at the muse­ um.

In the simple cleaning tech­ nique, a solvent is brushed onto the frescoes, left for 3 minutes, and washed off with water. The procedure is then repeated 24 hours later. As restorers remove the solvent, the grime and soot of centuries, also is removed.

Officials said the~ cleaning has yieided results" they did not think possible. They emphasized

that the solvent does not reach the frescoes themselves, so no color is being removed. In fact, they said, an almost invisible layer of dirt is being left on to protect them.

The Sistine Chapel, still used for papal conclaves and other, major church events, will re­ main open during the cleaning process. Thousands of tourists pass daily through " the chapel, which is now part of the Vatican museums.

The cleaning is being sponsor­ ed by Nippon Television Co. of Japan, which has paid the Vati­ can $3 million outright for ex­ clusive reproduction rights to the frescoes. Nippon is filming the process, and museum offi­ cials said it would be the best­ documented restoration ever undertaken.

ROME (NC) - The: Vatican wants direct contact with the Chinese Communist government, but has not yet ,been able to es­ tablish such a link, despite pa­ pal initiatives, says Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, papal secre­ tary of state. . ','We hope to have the' possi­ bility to speak with theJ'tl. UntiJ now we have not had this possi­ bility," he said at an. informal press conference with several 'Italian journalists., " Popes Pau'l VI and John Paul II have tried to, open regular contacts but until now there has been only indirect contact, added the cardinal.

He did 'not, ~laborate on the nature of the contact but his re­ marks came after recent :visits to ~hina by Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila and a group of. Asian bishops.

The Vatican would not nec­ essarily break its diplomatic ties with Taiwan to improve rela­ tions with China, Cardinal Casa­ roli said.

"Normal,ly you do not sign a blank check even if there ~ould be a special historical con­ dition which requires an auda­ cious gesture," he said.

'China makes breaking of dip­ lomatic ties with Taiwan, the island-state ruled by the Chin­ ese Nationalist Party, a precon­ "dition for establishing normal relations with other states. The Communist government con­ siders Taiwan part of China. ,

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the Taiwan government in 1949, after the revolution which brought Communism to main­ land China.

The Nationalists say they are the legitimate Chinese govern­ ment while the Communists deny the claim.

The \'isits of Cardinal Sin and the Asian bishops to mainland China were unofficial in that the churchmen did not represent the Vatican but were guests of the Chinnese government.

Cardinal Sin, whose father was Chinese, visited at the in­ vitation of the pro-government Chinese Peoples Association for Friendship with Foreign Coun­ tries. He was the first Asian car­ dinal to visit China since the Communists came to power.

The bishops visited China last September.

After returning from' China, Cardinal Sin said he went "in a purely personall capacity" but also tried ,to open new avenues of communication.

Graying America CLEVELAND~q Older people should offer their specia~ talents to each other, their loved ones and the church, Bishop An­ thony M. Pilla of Oleveland says on a pastoral letter on the "gray­ ing" of America. Bishop Pilla called for efforts in parishes, Catholic agencies and offices to encourage full membership of older adults in the diocesan com­ munity. He specifical~y urged that they be trained to minister to each other.

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Massgoers Dear Editor: I really won't know why this person is so upset over a child taking a toy to Mass (Mail Packet, Dec. 14), only that she 'was more interested in the toy herself instead of the Mass. At least the parent has the child in church, not home in bed.

What disturbs ,me more than that is the adults: some who come to their Mass early and stand in the vestibule and gossip and talk so -loud that we who are at the Mass are disturbed.

Then you have those adults who don't want to sit anywhere but the last row in church be­ cause they can't wait too long to get out of church and during the Mass are having daily con­ versations.

All I have to say is leave the children alone. At least they are getting up and going to church" which is more than I can say for some adults.

D. Murray New Bedford

Responsibility Dear Editor: I mean to speak to all people I do not want you to feel guilty about hunger in Africa, but I want you to feel responsible. We are not all guilty, bufwe ate're­ sponsible; i.e., able to respond.

Respond in any way you can.

Each year in Congress the U.S. pledges food aid to needy coun­ tries in Africa and throughout the world. This provides one way to respond. Call or write your representatives and senators and ask them to insure that food aid is enough to meet the minimum need of the hungry in Africa and throughout the world. Also get a similar message to the president.

Then look for other ways to get involved.

Mary Rita Crowe Rochester, NY

Skip the war WASHINGTON (NC) "I suggest that instead of having a war and then going to the peace table, we eliminate the war and go directly to the peace table," said Bishop Maurice J. Dingman of Des Moines, Iowa.

During ,the recent bishops' meeting he led a prayer service for Central America ,at Lafa­ yette 'Park near the ,White House.

He told the 200 persons at the rally, including nine other bish­ ops, that people in the U.S. often turn a deaf ear to suffering' in Central America. The service, organized by the Washington­ based Religious Task Force on Central America, focused on ef­ fects of current 'U.S. policy in Nicaragua, EI Salvador, Guate­ mala and Honduras.

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AT Tnt ~NNUALSt. Stephen's pay Mass for permanent deacons;'Father John F. Moore, program director, is cele­ brant and Father Robert S. Kaszynskiis homilis1. Father Kaszynski is pastor of S1. Stanislaus Church, Fall River, where the Mass is traditionally held. (Torchia Photo)

New home for bishops

WASHINGTON (NC) - The administrative board of fhe Na­ tional Conference of Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Con­ ference has approved the design for the new NCCB-USCC build­ ing in Washington, said Bishop James W. Malone of Youngs­ town, Ohio, NCCB-USCC presi­ dent.

'Pending approval of local zon­ ing boards, a permit should ibe issued in September 1985 and construction should be ,complete 18-22 months la'ter. Bishop Ma­ lone said.

The new structure wiH be built on a five-acre tract behind Theo­ logical College at Catholic Uni­ versity of America. The current building at 1312 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. on the edge of down­ town Washington wiH be sold.

Bishop Malone said the total cost of the project will be about $20 mHlion,to be paid from

Murder charged PHILADELPHIA ~C) A doctor has been charged with murder for alleg­ edly failing to treat a baby girl who survived an abortion and telling other doctors not to try to resuscitate the infant. Dr. Joseph L. Melnick, 62, is be­ 1!ieved the first physician, in Pennsylvania history to be charged with violating the state abortion law.

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general NCCB-USCC unrestrict­ ed funds, the sale of the current facility - appraised at $7.1 mil­ lion in 1982 - and proceeds of a special fund-raising campaign to be conducted among founda­ tions and fraternal groups.

The building site was bought in January 1984 for approximate­ ~y $1 million from the Sulpician Fathers, who run Theological College.

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THE WAY

WASHINGTON (NC) - Rather than worrying about the negative aspects of peerpressure,parents should focus on the positive so­ cial and moral values their teen­ agers can develop in close friend­ ships, according to researchers at The Catholic University of America in Washington.

James Youniss, a Catholic Uni­ versity psychology. professor, and Jacqueline Smollar, a re­ search associate in the univer­ sity's Center for the Study of Youth Development reported that their survey of teen-agers also showed that adolescents gradually redefine relations with their parents rather than abrupt­ ly break, off ties with them.

"An important finding is that in their close friendships the adolescents surveyed follow strict codes of conduct that are often congruent with par~nts' standards of behavior and expec­ tations," Youniss said.

Teen-agers in trouble at home or in school often discuss their problems with close friends and seek agreed-upon solutions. They also have to explain undesire­ able actions to close friends just as they would to concerned par­ ents. Social scientists note that such behavior is necessary for successful adult relationships.'

Eighty percent of the 'girls sur­ veyed and, about 60 percent of the - boys said they have close friends of the same" sex with whom they 'can share their feel­ ings.

Unlike younger children You­ niss questioned in an earlier study, teen-agers clearly distin­ guish between relationships with their mothers and fathers.

Adolescents surveyed viewed their mothers as more under­ standing, more open to negotia­ tion and more interested in their daily concerns than are their fathers, Youniss said.' Fathers were seen as rule-enforcers, less willing to Hsten to their child­ ren's opinions and more inter­ ested in future goals than-irl im­ mediate emotional needs.

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Study shows .German priests opposed Nazis

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WASHINGTON (NC) - The Knights of Columbus' ' have awarded $135,000 to prepare a six-volume' work 011 American church ,history.

The series is part of an effort by an ad hoc committee for ob­ seryance of the bicentennial of the American hierarchy to com­ memorate the 200th anniversary of the appointment of John Car­ roll as bishop of Baltimore. The anniversary comes in 1989.

"Makers of the Catholic Com­ munity: Historical Studies of the Leadership of the Church of Am­ erica, 1789-1989," will be edited

by Christopher J. Kauffman, his­ torian for the Sulpician Fathers, and will be published by Win­ ston-'Sea!bury Press.

Archbishop William D. Bor­ ders of Baltimore is chairman of the committee. Other 'members are Archbishop Oscar H. Lips­ comb of Mobile, Ala., and Bishop Joh~ S. Cummins' of Oakla~d, Calif. '

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From prison to monas~ery

VATICAN CITY (NC) - More than one-third of all German priests actively opposed their country's Nazi authorities during World War II, the West German bishops said in a recently pub­ lished study.

Vatican Radio reported reo cently that the study found that 7,155 diocesan priests and 866 priests from various orders "en­ tered into conflict" with the Nazi rulers between 1933 and 1945. The report said 169 died in concentration camps and 418 were deported.

The report, titled "Priests Under the Terror of Hitler," re­ sulted from a five-year study by fhe West German bishops' Commission for Contemporary History.

Cardinal Joseph Hoffner, presi­ dent of the West German bish­ ops' 'conference and archbishop of Cologne, said at a press con­ ference that "German Catholic clergy, with a few exceptions, were united in their opposition to Nazism," according to Vati­ can Radio. .

"The fact that two-thirds of the churchmen may not have been disturbed at that time by Nazis does not show that they were in agreement with Hitler," but only that the activities of most of them were never dis­ covered by the authorities, Car­ dinal Hoffner was quoted as saying. . , '''In 1982,' Pope .John Paul II canonized Father Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish Conventual Franciscan priest who, in. 1941, volunteered to die .In another man's place at the concentration camp at Auschwitz, Poland.

'Pope Pius XII was criticized" in the past for remaining silent during the Nazi persecutions, which included the slaughter of almost 6 million Jews. , But historical research has shown that the pope was work­ ing through private correspond­ ence to pressure Nazi leaders to come to peace talks.

CLEVELAND (NC) The road to God began for Capuchin 'Brother James Townsend at the Rockview Penitentiary in Penn­ sylvania, where he was serving a life sentence for murder of his pregnant wife.

At Rockview he plotted es­ cape, planned to murder ,an in­ mate and kill himself and pre­ tend to be pious to impress, the prison board before being struck by a conversion which led him from prison to the Conversion of St. Pa~l Shrine in Cleveland.

Brother Townsend, 57, who told his story to the Catholic Universe Bulletin, newspaper of Cleveland diocese, said he spent a wild' childhood in detention homes and reform schools, then, "got mixed up with :gangs and loose women and started drink­ ing."

Then, he met Alice, m'arried and took a job doing farm work but hated it, "so I started look­ ing for some action.". One day, playing' cards, he realized he had been set up. Drunk and angry, he went home to get his rifle.

'His 'wife, five months preg­ nant, pleaded with him to put the gun down and stay home: He said he went into, rage and when she tried to 'stop him, he shot her.

Convicted of first-degree mur­ 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 der, Brother Townsend was,sen­ tenced to life in 'prison, with no he's the greatest con man I chance for parole. ever met. He certainly conned , At one point, he decided to me into doing things I didn't commit suicide, "I figured I'd want to do," he said. punish everybody else by kill­ He began to see prison life ing myself. But finally I decided in a' different light. "I worked I wouldn't be hurting anyone in the chapel and after a while, but myself," he said.

I began to feel that maytle my Then, 'to make the pnison job was right where I was. Hav­ board believe he was a' changed ing the love of the Lord was freedom enough." man, he feigned conversion ­ ,'In 1966 the parole board reading the Bible, leading prayer meetings and helping start' a changed his sentence to 19Y2 chapter of the Third Order of St. . years to life, and he was paroled in 1967.

Francis. '~Even before I got out of the "One day I guess I just woke up. ,I realized that this wasn't a pen, I knew I wanted to be a joke. This God was for real. I brother," he said. Since 1978 he didn't know how to handle it. has been at the Cleveland It took me a ,little time but I Shrine, where he is in charge of maintenance. finally opened my eyes and be­ gan to believe all ,the things I Brother Townsend now was reading," Brother Townsend preaches to others about his life, said. and annually conducts a retreat "I guess I did escape that for inmates at an area peneten­ place but not the way I planned. tiary.

You see, the Lord dropped what He tells them that "there I call a log - love of God - on, can't be a pit so deep that the me. I like to call God 'Slick'. ..:- . Lord can't reach."

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A recent Mass and foHowing Charlene and Dan Perry, St. party at the diocesan Family Life Rose of Lima, Middleboro; Clau­ Center in North Dartmouth dette and Philip Viall, St. Jo­ marked certification of the eighth seph, New Bedford. group of couples qualified as in­ New Process structors in the Billings Method In addition to continuing the of Natural Family Planning.

Natural Family Planning instruc­ Since May 1981, 55 couples tor training program, the Fam­ and an additional 11 persons Hy Ministry office is looking to­ have been certified as Billings wards strengthening the total Method instr.uctors, said Sister marriage preparation process, said Scottie Foley. She and her Lucille Levasseur, SMSM, direc­ tor of Natural Family Planning husband are consultants to the programs for the diocesan Office office.

She said that following a re­ of Family Ministry. 'f.he inst,ructors work with cent meeting of area family couples on an individual basis, ministry directors and individ­ speak at all diocesan marriage ual program leaders, a process of listening and respol}se has preparaljon programs and pre­ been instituted. sent five-session "fertility aware­ At the meeting the existing ness" programs to 7th and 8th format was discussed in the light graders and confirmation candi­ of projected .future needs. dates.

Recognized as program assets The latter programs include a session for parents, who are were: - involvement of married urged to attend the other four sessions, said 'Sister Lucille. She couples able to speak from per­ said the parents are "supportive sonal experience; - the fact that engaged and appreciative" of the under-. taking and that students are couples are offered the oppor­ "very attentive and seem to be tunity to discuss ~ssues pri­ vately; deriving much good from it."

- the information offered on The most recently certified instructors are Ana and John natural family planning; - the encouragement of in­ Furtado, St. Anthony's parish, Taunton; Judy and Paul Gois, put in the way of suggestions Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New and evaluations from engaged couples; Bedford; Tracey and John La­ - the sense of church com­ ronda, St. John Neumann, East Freetown; Diane and Maurice munity created through the pro­ gram experience.

Lavallee, St. Mary, New Bed­ Among primary concerns ford.

Also Connie and Alban Lavoie, voiced were: - the need for more program St. Joseph, Fall River; Kathy and Steve 'Massoud, St. James, presenters to serve the increas­ New Bedford; Sue and John ing number of engaged couples Negri, St. Joseph, Fairhaven; attending sessions;

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Capitalizing on existing strengths and responding to the concerns expressed, the Fam­ ily Ministry office has begun a new recruitment of team ~em­ bel'S through parishes of the dio­ cese.

Each parish has been asked to recommend two couples who might be interested in ministry to the engaged. Those recom­ mended will be invited to an in­ formation evening and social gathering on Monday, Jan. 28 at the Family. Life Center to learn about the marriage preparation program and what their involve­ ment would entail.

No commitment will be asked from them until after the meet­ ing. This recruiting method' is expected to strengthen parish links while enlarging the minis­ try teams, said Mrs. ·Foley.

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By Dr. lames ~ Mary Kerq' charity. right. You cannot singlehanded­ Dear Mary: What do I do with You might decide that a por­ ly effect a complete change in In-laws who Insist on keeping . tion of all money gifts will be your family relationships. their son (my husband) as their First, you might decide what giv.en away. Find charities, in­ little boy? aspects of your relationship you . vestigate their work. Dispen­ He Is an only child. We live cim accept graciously. I suggest sing .charity wisely :is no about 500 miles apart, too far to you accept visits from your in­ easy task. You would be doing a visit often" but .clOSle enough laws at Thanksgiving and good and useful thing, and you that they Insist on spending Easter and perhaps one week of might free yourself from the child every Thanksgiving and Easter their vacation. Try to welcome role to the adult role of dis· weekend and vacation at our them warmly. You will' save pensing money wisely. house.

Your husband may not agree . yourself the frustration of fum­ They come w.itb steaks, -ing about something you can­ to this. Perhaps he feels poor in clothes, towels. If we go any­ comparison to his wealthy par­ not change. where, they insist on paying for ~nts. 'Perhaps he is; anxious about Perhaps you will need to ac­ everything. They usually give us cept visiting them one week on his ability to support his fam­ several hundred dollars when your vacation. Family harmony ily. Sometimes a wife is not they come. sensitive to the stresses her hus­ may require this. \ They paid my husband's way . Now for things 'you might band experiences as sole bread­ through school. When he began change. You might object to any winner for the fami,ly. making about $25,000 a I year, more visits' than those described Let him know that you con­ they continued to give him $500 . sider him an excellent bread­ above, barring illness or emer­ a month· because they were gency. Be firm. ,plan Christmas winner and are happy to live on "used to It." and other vacation weeks so his earnings. Demonstrate it in He says n just don't appreci­ there is no room for a' visit with the way you run the household. ate anything ;'they do. When his relatives.' Make plans well Then make your proposal re­ 'they come, hIS mother walts on -in advance so you can genuinely garding giving their money to . him hand and foot. He 1s-:33. charity. If he does not agree say, "We're busy."

People tell me to just say What about the money gifts? totally, .perhaps he will be will­ thank you. I need to know how' You feel that your in-laws are 'ing to treat some of their gifts to cope. (Ohio) : buying your husband's time and this way. A small !beginning is I can well understand the love. better than your present situa­ frustration you feel. Your in­ ' Obviously they are wealthy. tion. ,laws treat 'you like children. Your husband probably will in­ Finally, focus on your own Moreover, by~ smothering you herit a large part of their wealth. adult tasks and achievements. with kindness, they are giving You might regard their gifts as The more you are comfortale you no room to reciprocate. with yourself in the adult roles an advance inheritance.

Your husband and in-laws are you d6 not really need the of wife, mother, worker, com­ happy with the status quo. You money a'nd you resent their buy­ munity volunteer; whatever you cannot expect cooperation in ef­ do, the less you will be affected ing your affection. To counter­ forts to change things. act this feeling, suppose you see by your in-laws' practice of treat­ People have told you to live yourself as their agent in dis­ ing you like a child.

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be in other disciplines. they are at best amateurs in theology.

Because a diversity of opinion Why, then, did the overwhelm­ exists in the Catholic community regarding abortion, ."CathoJics ing majority of theologians reo fuse to sign the statement? Per­ Durfee Falmouth .should not seek the kind of leg­ haps in anticipation of this ques­ AttIEboro~ National~ islation that curtaHs the legiti­ mate exercise of the freedom of 'tion, the sponsors indicate .i.n a fine-print postscript that they religion and conscience or dis­ Members Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. have included only a partial list crimination against poor wom­ of signers. The statement, they en" argued .a full-page adver­ say, "has been signed by many tisement which appeared recent­ other Catholics. In addition 75 'Iy in The New York Times. priests, Religious and ,theolo­ Sponsored by Catholics for a gians have written that they Free Choice, the ad was titled agree with the statement, but "a Diveristy of Opinions Regard­ cannot sign. for fear of 'losing ing Abortion Exists Among LUNCH - Tuesday thru Friday their jobs."

Committed Catholics: A Catholic 12:00 • 2:30 THE DINNER - Tuesday thru Saturday I will provisionally take their Statement on Pluralism and 5:00·9:00 P.M. word for that. But it doesn't ex­ was signed by Abortion" and b SUNDAY -12 Noon· 7:00 P.M. i: some 100 priests, nuns and lay plain why the majority of A'm­ EARLY BIRDS'- 5-6 Daily

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Americans, Catholics included, are sharply divided on these .and other controversial issues.

Would the statement's supporters therefore argue that Catholics should not support legislation in these areas? Of course not.

Many of them support these causes in the name of Christian values, which they presumably consider non-negotiable despite the diversity .of Catholic opinion.

What's going on here?· Why this double standard? Why do the statement's supporters ap­ peal to public opinion on the is­ sue of abortion, but not on other human life or justice is­ sues?

While these questions can be properly addressed to aU who signed the statement, I would address them specifically and very pointedly to those among them' who, to their credit, have long been prominent in Pax C_hristi and other peace move­ ments. They oppose nuclear war· fare on moral and ethical grounds, and the fact that pub· tlic opinion might foun against them is, from their point of view, irrelevant. ;Presumably in issuing this statement its supporters believe they have rendered a useful public service. Their flawed logic, however, is calculated to do nothing but harm- even to their own cause.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - The bishops' committee drafting a national pastoral letter on wom­ en is asking bishops across the country to hold diocesan-level consultations with women jn 1985.

The committee, headed by Bishop Joseph Imesch of Joliet, 111., has scheduled a national hearing March 4-5 in Washing­ ton.

Catholic groups ranging from the Catholic Daughters of Am­ erica to the Women's Ordina­ tion Conferen'ce are being in­ vited to give testimony at that meeting.

The purpose of the consulta­ tions will be to determine what issues women want addressed in the pastoral letter.

Msgr. Daniel Hoye, general secretary of the National Con­ ference of Catholic Bishops, an­ nounced the committte de­ cisions. He said Bishop Imesch would write to the bishops to h th h Id I Ih suggest t at ey 0 oca, e!lr­ ings and to offer ideas for con­ ductingthem.

AT A WIDTE HOUSE ceremony President Ronald accepts copy of Catholic Golden Age Association prayer from Margaret Mealey, CGA president. The prayer was recited at CGA ceremonies petitioning for world peace recently held across the nation.

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-NEW YORK (NC) The Archdiocese of New York an­ nounced Dec. 21 that it was com­ mitting $1 million to establish a housing leverage fund for loans to low-income, coopera­ tive housing projects,

At a November meeting of the drafting committee and its con­ suUants, it was agreed that the success of the pastoral letter Auxiliary' Bishop Joseph 0'­ depends heavily on the process behind it, and that this should Keefe, vicar general, said the ,begin with what women them­ money came from a bequest to selves feel and experience. But the archdiocese. the process shou,ld also engage Through "leveraging," the fund the attention of men, .including is expected to generate a larger priests and /bishops, the com: . amount of money for housing mittee said. loans.'

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Church-affiliated organiza­ Msgr. Hoye said that organiza­ tions will submit cooperative tions which participated in a housing project proposals. If two-day "Workshop on Women" projects are approved, 20-year with bishops in November 1983 mortgages will be handled by would be ;invited to participate the Fund for an OP.EN Society, in the March national hearing. a non-profit mortgage lender in Those groups were the Daugh­ Philadelphia. After borrowers es­ ters of Isabel,la, National Asso­ tablish a repayment record, ciation of Religi,ous Women, OPEN (not an acronym, but Catholic Oaughters of America, lIsed that way by the group) is expected to sell the mortgages to Las Hermanas, Women's Auxili­ ary of the Knights of St. Peter investors and then recycle the Claver, National ,Black Sisters original funds into further loans.

Conference, the U.S. bishops' Initial costs of the archdio­ Advisory ~ouncil and. secretariat· 'cesan office administering the f~r the laity, .the Natlona'l Coun­ program will be covered by a cil. of Cathohc Women, Leade~- $28,000 grant from the Cam-' S~IP Conference of ,Wome~ R?h­ paign for Human Development.

Father Marvin Mottet, national glous and Women s Ordmatlon CHD director, said the grant was Conference. part of a CHD project establish­ Each group is to g·ive a half­ hour presentation at a closed ed last year to encourage dioce­ hearing, followed by 15 minutes san involvement in ~ow-income for questions from the com­ community-based development. ' mittee. The gro.ups ~so will be He said the $28,000 grant to asked to submit written state­ the New York archdiocese was ments. . . the smallest yet made under the ~e U.S,. bishops deCided to new program, but that the $1 wnte a natIOnal pastoral Jetter million commitment was the on women in .society ~nd in ~he largest by any diocese. ~hurch at their general mee~mg An archdiocesan press release ~n November 1983. The project stated, "Archbishop O'Connor IS ~cheduled for 1988 com­ hopes that public agencies, non­ pletlon. profit organizations, socially concerned private investors and other religious groups will con­ tribute additional funds which, NAIROBI, Kenya ~C) using the principle of leverage, East Africa's first post-graduate ca'n be substantially increased Catholic theological school, the and continuously, recycled to Cathollic Higher Education In­ achieve the goal of making de­ stitute of East Africa, was op-en­ cent and affordable housing ed in September by Cardinal available in less affluent com­ Maurice Otunga of Kenya with munities."

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become involved in some com­ munity development project, add­ ing that grant money was avaH­ able to assist them. But he said only "about 10" dioceses were presently ready to act. He cited a project of the Boston archdio­ cese to aid lobstermen as the "fastest-moving" example. Other projects underway, he said, are in Kansas City and St. Joseph, Mo., San Antonio and Milwau­ kee.

Father Mottet said' the late Msgr. Geno Baroni was the ",brains" behind the new pro­ ject. He said that Msgr. Baroni, an assistant secretary in the De­ partment of Housing and Urban Development under President Carter, called for development of new models after he 1eft office and saw. many federal programs phased out.

The New York housing pro­ gram wi'll focus on rehabilita­ tion of presently abandoned 3 to 20-unit buildings in areas such as the South Bronx, East Har­ ,Iem and the lower East Side of Manhattan.

People who are to benefit from the housing wiH do much of the work themselves in a "sweat equity" arrangement, but provision wHI also be made for the elderly and handicapped un­ able to do manual labor.

Prayer first MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (NC) ,Father Gustavo Gutierrez, a Jeading figure in liberation theology, says that although he considers his theological pers­ pective important, tit is second­ ary to prayer, worship, contem­ plation and commitment." The Peruvian priest also noted that. although he has written exten­ sively on the use of social sci­ ence, incluciing "Marxist no­ tions," in analyzing society, "it is not so important for me." The truly important thing, he said, is the concrete commitment to the poor as set forth in the Gospels.

"To be radical is to go to the root," he said. "The root of my life is my faith in Jesus Christ, not liberation theology."

Youngsters who cannot leave their rooms are visited by volun­ teers, some playing musical in­ struments, others dressed as clowns.

Most hospitals provide coun­ seling and religious services for adults, but "nurses, doctors, par­ .' ents were asking liS what we could do for the children," said Norbertine Father Paul O'Hara, hospital chaplain.

The npn-denominational Sun­ day school program resulted from ·those questions.

"We deliver a very important Sunday morning message," said, Sister Joanne Lucid, another hos­ pital chaplain. One doctor said, 'We all feel better because you are here.'''

Some children. attending Sun­ day services have made a quilt, attaching "things important to their world" to it. Sister Lucid said she hopes it wilol be hung where visitors can see the young­ sters' message of their need for protection, warmth and security.

Twelve to 15 VOlunteers, in­ cluding high school students, as­ sist the program. There are IUS­ ually about 35 children in the pediatrics ward.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Friday, Jan. 4, 1985

Hazardous chemicals law

By AnY.

ARTHUR MURPHY

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India's recent poison gas disaster has sharpened our awareness' of hazardous chemicals and their effects

in the workplace. All of us must be concerned with the effects of these products and Massa­ chusetts Governor Dukakis signed a law in November 1983 that responds to our need for information about them. It pro­ vides for ·the foHowing:

In ,addition to the yearly in­ structions, an employer must 'label containers with more than 2 percent of the hazardous sub­ stances listed by the l,aw and keep data sheets accessible for each of such materials 'used in the workplace.

Employee's Rights: employ­ ees must receive yearly instruc­ tion on the effects of hazardous substances used ,in the work­ place. New employees must re­ ceive instructions within the first month of employment. The em-' player must give the instruc­ tions in non-technical language.

The data sheets must include: fire a'nd explosion information; acute and chronic health effects resulting from exposure; poten­ tial symptoms from overexpos.­ ure; and emergency procedures.

Tl)e instructions must include: the name of the material; where it is located in the workplace; what emergency procedure to follow for spills, fires and dis­ posal; procedures for safe hand-' ling; potential health effects of ~orkin~ wi'th the material.

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VATIOAN CITY (NC) Youths must strive to build societies based on peace, jus­ tice and general participation in political life, said 'Pope John Paul II in his 1985' World Peace Day message. .

The. pope asked youths not to · become depressed by political and social prablems which threaten peace. He urged them to use their energy to ("free 'history from the false paths it is pur­ suing." '.

"Some. of you may be tempted to take flight from responsibility: in the fantasy worlds of alco­ hoi. and drugs, in short-lived sexual relationships without commitment to marriage and family," he said.

"Put yourselves \?n guard against the fraud of 'a' world that wants to exploit or mis­ direct your energetic and power­ ful search for happiness and \ .meaning," he added. '.

World Peace Day, begun in 1967 by Pope Paul VI, is cele· -brated Jan. 1. ' " The pope said J:1e dedicated , the 1985 message to youths be­ cause it coincides with the Uni· • ted Nations' decision to desig­ nate 1985 as the International ,Youth Year. Theme of the papal message was ~'Peace and Youth Go Forward ...Together." .

It was the .first time a pope .,. , .... had directed ..a WotId Peace Day a sp~cific group of message ·people, said IBjshop Jan Schotte, vice-president of the Pontifical' ;Commission for Justice and, 'Peace•.

Among the current ,threai; to wor-ld peace, the pope Hsted totalitarian regimes which vio-' .late basic human rights, 'racial · discrimination, tort~re and sup­ pression of religion. He also listed the arms race, East-West conflicts and tensions between· ,. developed and 'underdeveloped countries..

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The employer must post no­ tice of employee's rights under the new law. An employer can be fined for failure to comply ..with the new law. An employer cannot fire, disCipline or dis-

criminate against employees who assert their rights under this law. Employees, however, can only disclose information obtained about these substances to' their spouse, fel'low employ­ ees similarly exposed or to any­ one else authorized to receive the information.

Note, the new law does not" apply to qualified research labs which experiment with these substances.

2. Community Rights: the new law permits a citizen to file a written complaint stating the grounds on which he or she be­ lieves that lives in the commun­ ity are being endangered by ex­ posure to hazardous substances.

An investigation will follow up on genuine complaints. The citi­ zen bringing the complaint will be entitled to a written report of the investigation's results.

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to an employer's data sheets if a citizen's medical condition might be the result of exposure to a toxic or hazardous substance present in the community.

3. Business Rights: The new law protects business trade secrets. Trade secrets must be revealed only to a physician in a medical emergency. If any­ one other than necessary medical personnel receieves such infor­ mation, the physician will be fined.

In an age where it is increas­ ingly true that "information is power," this new law gives more power to employees and citizens injured from hazardous chemi­ be effective cals.. The law only if rights under it are well known. Do your part to spread the word.

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the ideologies that have domina­ ted our coun~ry and continue to do so, manifesting themselves in political, economic and social systems and taking control of the way people think," the pope said.

Alluding to Marxism, the pope criticized "the ty;anny of ideo­ logical systems that reduce the dynamics of society to the logic of class struggle'~ and which at­ tempt "to deify t~e collectivity."

In capitalist nations, people seem to have adopted a material­ istic attitude, he said.

"Parents sometimes feel that they have fulfil1ed their obliga­ tions ·to their children by offer­ ing them, beyond the satisfac­ tion of basic necessities, more material goods. as the ~nswer for their lives," he 'said.

Such an attitude runs the risk of "passing on to the younger generations a world that will'be poor in essential, spiritual values, pqor in peace and poor in. justice," he. added.

The pope asked youths to pay specia.( attention' to the· threats_ to world peace caused by ten­ sions between the' developed' and underdeveloped countries;' ';:1' wish t6 affirm t'h~t these two issues""": peace arid develop­ ment are interrelated and must· be addressed' together if the young people of today are to inherit a better world' tomor­ row," said Pope "John Paul. He added -.that more money should be spent for development and ; less for arms'. '" The pope said that 'develop­ ment should include spirftual 'and material' progress and "can never·be reduced. solely to an economic plan to a series of' technological' projects."

The pope. also encouraged greater popular participation ,in public decision-making and said that . justice and peace "must coine through the participation of all."

"Violence and injustice can­

not be avoided when and where :based on spiritual values and a the basic right to participate in "conversion of the heart" to the choices of society is denied," avoid selfishness. he said.

"It is not possibie to create "The mutual trust between a dichotomy between personal citizens and leaders is the fruit and social values," the pope of the practice of participation, said. :and' participation is a corner­ "If you· have decided that stone for building a world of your god wHl be. yourself with no regard for others, you will peace," he added. . \,,;;_, The pope told youths that . become instruments of division their search for peace should be and enmlty, even instruments of

warfare and violence," he said.

The peace day message is part of the pope's "ongoing catecesis for peace," said Bishop· Schotte.

"Peace is a recurrent theme in the addresses of.John Paul IT at his weekly general audiences, to different groups, during his pastoral visits to the parishes of his diocese and on the occasion of his apostolic voyages around the world," Bishop Schotte said.

RUSS GIBSON, right, former Red Sox and Giants backstop, congratulates Bristol County CYO award winners at the organization's annual banquet. From left, Bob Boutin, Brandeis University,' Rookie of the Yearcowinner; Chris Curtis,' WPI, Sportsmanship Award; Tony Szklany, UMass, and Paul DeCoste, SMU, MVP cowinners for the North End championship; Tom Aldrich, .Bowdoin, Rookieotthe Year cowinner.

JVe 'ruins for DBNVER (NC) - The Jesuit Volunteer Corps, a service pro­ gram directing mission workers to poor rural a,reas and inner cities, leaves volunteers happily "ruined for life," a corps repre­ senutative said.

T. J. Conley, an office staffer for the corps in Detroit, said in an interview with the Denver Catholic Register, that the corps forces volunteers to rethink their values.

"It's an opportunity to step back from our culture, our so­ ciety, and decide what values we want in our ,lives," he said.

"Part of the experience is liv­ ing a simple lifestyle, and we're fostering the idea our actions af­ fect others, that idea of 'living simply so others can simply live.' " Conley, in Denver to talk to area college students, joined the Jesuit corps following his 1983 graduation from the University of Notre Dame. He spent a year working in a shelter for the ,homeless near Portland, Ore. "I was attracted by the com­ munity living and spirituality," he said. "I think one of the most important things I 'learned was what I learned about myself.

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you grow in self-awareness. saw my inadequacies within a community of trust."

The corps accepts applicants if they are 21 years old or older or have a college degree. They must also have a mature person­ ality, Christian motivation, adap­ tability, a sense of hum)r and be in good physical condition, Conley said.

Volunteers live in groups of four to seven in a community house and attend Mass or pray 'together often. "Each house has its own flavor," said Conley.

JUC workers fill jobs based on their skills, such as teaching, tutoring or working with senior citizens or .at day centers.

"Many of the jobs available are in areas that people just out of college could never get, like in social service," Conley added.

Volunteers receive $280 a month, from which room and board are deducted, ,leaving about $75. The corps also pro­ vides health insurance and pays for workers' return trips home.

Jobs run a full year, beginning each August.

"The things you experience will stay with you. You'll be changed," promised Conley.

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Evangelizer of Russians NEW YORK (NC) - Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek, a Penn­ sylvania-born priest known for his evangelization work in Rus­ sia, died Dec. 8 at the John XXIII Center in New York, where he :lived the last 20 years.

Father Ciszek, 80, had suffered from lung problems, previous heart attacks and 8lthritis. tDespite years in a Soviet pris­ on and a subsequent period in a Siberian labor camp, Father Cis­ zek "showed no bitterness" and always refused to speak of the Soviet Union as an "atheistic" country, said, Jesuit Father John Long, director of the John XXIII Center, formerly known as the Russian Center at Fordham Uni­ versity.

Father Ciszek was among a group of young Jesuits who went to Rome in the 1930s to prepare themselves for evan­ gelization of Russia.

Although Father Ciszek had been baptized in the ,Latin Rite, he was ordained in the Byzantine Rite il). 1937 to express his coun­ mitment to the Russian people, Father Long said. In 1938, he was sent to a Jesuit center in eastern Poland' to 'serve ethnic Russians and Ukrainians. , When that part of Poland was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1939, Father Ciszek signed up for work camps. He was placed in the notorious Lubyanka prison in Moscow, accused of acting as

a Vatican spy, after Germany attacked the SO','iet Union in 1941.

In 1946, Father Ciszek was' sentenced to 15 years in a Siber­ ian labor camp. A decade later the remaining years of that sen­ tence were commuted, but he was hot allowed to leave the Soviet Union and in the West word was out that he had died.

When he was released from the labor camp, Father Ciszek worked as a garage mechanic near the Mongolian border, and later was able to write to a sis­ ter in the United States. His family then sought State Depart­ merit intervention on his behalf, and when then-Vice President Richard Nixon visited Moscow in 1959, the priest was on a Jist of Americans he sought to aid.

Finally, in 1963, Father Cis­ zek and a Massachusetts busi­ nessman were released in ex­ change for Soviet spies held in the United States. Father Ciszek then joined the Fordham Center.

In 1964, Father Ciszel;: pub­ Jished an account of his experi­ ences, "Wth God in Russia," and in 1973 published another book, "He Leadeth Me," reflect­ ing on their spiritual meaning.

Father Ciszek lectured throughout the United States in the years following his release.

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NC News Service said, "Well, I, think Chaminade In the tradition of David and is here to stay. I say Chamin­ and wonders about this new re­ Goliath, tiny Chaminade Univer- ade is for real." lationship. "What's love got ·to sity slew another basketball Ms. Kagehiro said the string do with it?" is more a statement giant on Christrrias Day, defeatof upsets has been "wonderful of caution than a question. ing . fourth-ranked Southern for the school and Hawaii." The As every relationship holds Methodist University 71-70, on added recognition has brought potential for happiness and hurt, an inbounds play with no time', "Ghaminade more requests from couples considering" a genuine rem.ai~ing on' the' c1o!<,kin t~e Divi~ion I schools wanting to commitment to each other might championship game of tile 'West- "'play therti and' participate in want to ask themselves some ern Airlines Chaminade Classic. their tournament, which is the questions. j "They're calling, jt another school's biggest source of in­ First: do you really love, like

By Charlie Martin miracle" said sports information" ' come. and accept yourself? Individuals directo; Jan Kagehiro in a tele­ But .she. said the tournament who. possess true self-love are WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? phon~ interview Dec. 26. " upsets have gener~ted more than less likely to try filling their .I:l:dded reve~ue., It }~nerates. a Chaminade University of Hon­ You must ~erstand own voids with another's love. olulu a Marianist-run Catholic I~~ of eXCitement, she said.

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Their love can be real giving, colle~e with an enrollment of :'~hey ,~u~t. ke~p calling it a Makes' my pulse react not just taking. .

That it'~.onIy the thrill' of boy meeting girl just over l,OOO, has made a habit .mlracle.

Another area. concerns feelings.

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Can you acknowledge these feel­ You must try to ignore that it means more than that.

Th~ .first miracle came in 1982, il)gs, ,learn, from .them and ·com­ By 'Cecllla :Belanger What's love got to do

when the. Chaminadf:! Si:lver­ municate .them tq your, partner?

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swords pl,llled off one ~f the big­ Can your partner' do the same?

I try to take time to read Scrip­ . What's lov0 but a secondhand emotion '­

gest upsets in college basket­ As a couple can you talk"about What's love got to do

ba'lI history, shocking thEm-No. ture. It seems to give everything emotions or do you avoid c~r­ more meaning and provides the , Got to do with It

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American center Ra')p,h Sampson, calm we all need. . hurt feelittgs?

'And it points the Way to the When a heart CaD be broken?

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upset highly ranked University of your partner and what he or have utter confidence: Jesus When you're close to me

of Louisville Cardina,ls. . she expects of you? A commit­ ·lfl tend to look.~ed I read it some place

This past Dec. 22, they beat Christ. ment to another involves much The villagers' of Nazareth had I've got cause, to be

Louisville again, 67-65, Qn a last investment of time and energy. no idea what he was' thinking Thereos a phrase that fits

second shot. The Cardinals were Have you talked about your ex­ There's a phrase that fits

ranked 12th in the nation at the as he peered out at them from ~ectations?

What differences that carpenter's shop. His ac­ But what~ver,the reason you do it for Die.

time. emerged from your discussion? quaintance .with human nature . I've been tlilken on a new direction "When we beat Louisville, . Do you and your partner treat astonished his disciples. "How But I have to say everyone said it was miracle No. each other consistently? Some­ does he know all this stuff?"

I've been thinking about my own protection 3. No one expected another one," times' individuals behave differ­ they asked.

It scares me to feel this way. said Ms. Kagehiro. ently in public than in private. .As a patriot, he mourned over Ooh oh But just' three days -later, on If so, why, and what does it say the doom of Jerusalem but his What's lOve got to do Christmas Day, Chaminade turn­ about your relationship?'

Got to do with It ed 'in miracle No.4, stunning calling was not to politics but , Do either of you have big What's love, but 8' second-hand emotion previously undefeated SMU, to saving the lost sheep of the problems that you expect your What's love got to do that came after the House of Israel. with a shot partner, to change or cure? Such His friendly and affectionate Got to do with it score board~lock read 0:00. an assumption often leads to instruction by day was support­ What's love but sweet old-fashioned notions? started ,Leading 70-69, SMU disillusionment. . ed by hours of prayer in the celebrating .\Vhen the clock in­ Recorded by Tina Turner, Written by Terry ,Britten No amount of advance know­ night. dicated no time remained in the and Graham Lyle, (c) Myaxe .Music Ltd. and Rondor Music Ltd. ledge takes away all the risks Who gives us ,the hope and game, but the public .address an­ of love, !but these are' a few of courage he does? Who else tells nouncer said time 1had not ex­ the many areas couples can ex­ TINA TURNER is in her third Top Forty. us that while we may seem to pired becal,lse the buzzer had decade of musiCal success. This Carei'ul reading of the lyrics plore.

be dying we are actually walk­ recent hit topped the rhythm shows that trust is the sOl,lg's' What does love have to do not yet sounded.

With ,less than ,one second ing into life. In our goal-oriented and blues charts ,while . also real topic. Apparently, the per- with itt Everything, but love

left, Chaminade took. the ball generation he offers '\.I'S the reaching the upper five' 'in the son has been hurt· in the past needn't be totally blind!

under the basket and passed it vision of what God wants for the world. inbounds to the coach's fourth . .I find many, youth who are choice to take. the shot, Keith tion frorr you, why riot first Whitney. He put up a ..20-footer keepjng certain: goals and dreams ta,lk casually a'bout the chang­ from the corner that rattled the to themselves for fear of r.idicule. ing .dating scene.. .

They await the right time to rim and fell in. : By. . ,'.. declare themselves. ' . Ask him what. he ,thinks of "It was basically' a ,prayer," Wasri't there a similar secrecy girl~ asking guys out. If ,he ob­ Whitney ,told, ttJe Washington to Jesus' 'life? Few knew what jects to this, ask why. Then ·Post. . l.· TOM present your views without get.

The team, .now 11-4,. is ranked lie was about. So often he ad­ monished his i:lisciples: "You are ting argumentive.

LENNON/':~' ~: eighth in the National Associa­ Then, if the ti~e and the tion ,of Intercollegiate Athletics, to tell no one:" His time had not yet come. , , moOd seem' right, ask him out. which is composed of'small col­ .P.erhaps many of our young.

If he turns you down, you': may leges. The athele~ic·. department people will be the rocks on Q. I .would like YGU to' ~ is 'Io~ated in a small.!~rmy..bui1d­ But I su~pec( your ··use of the . be (,iealirig for the moment with which Jesus, will contin\le to 'lost cause. . a 'about how aggressive, a girl' can word ing known as "the shack." The "aggressive" doesn't build his kingdom. be .on a date. I have the 1m­ basketbaH ,program 'has, no gym, i(!~Hy" ~Oit~~P6tl(r-tb"aI1Y'~of.t!:t~~e .As for' more aggressive be­ .

'There are' profound secrets ,pression that guys would like ·phr~~5. ~ s.h~res. fac~i1ities with a, local havior, better 'watch out. "Com­ ....:..,/.~:::.,:.~.,-: within the hUTi'Il!.n breast and :the girl to,a~khlm. out but how Catholic high school, ~as a part­ 'y~u,~.eem::to be' asking 'sirriply . ing on too strong can be highly ,do you know~ 'livoil't really be when may a girl call up a guy annoying wheth~r in a girl or a time coach, and is ,only nine only those who carry them are aware of niem. Who knows for . ,:offended? ~aine) " years old, yet Chaminade con­ and .ask him to .go. out, instead guy. Then you, run the risk of what role another has been tinues to shock teams in·Divis­ i: A. Every so often:'iri"t/lis col~ of waiting. losing friends. for him .~o._cao)) - her. . chosen? ion I of the National Coliegiate 'umn we turn to the dictionary to Some of my 20-year-old infor­ As you no-doubt realiie,oat-, Athletic 'Association, the' best .find out what we're·}ta,lking ing custom's 'hav.ebeen .changing' mants who go to singles bars ~b~ut. Let's' do that with th~ for some, time.. Maybe you've, report highly aggressive behavior cololege basketball has to offer.

Ms. Kagehiro ··said .Merv word "aggressive." ,seen 'the commercial in, which a' on the part of young women.

Lopes, who has coached' the . The Random· House ,Diction­ (Undated) (NC) .,.... Canadian The' 'guys say they enjoy this team for eight years; puts up and U.S. Ukrainian Rite bishops ary. presents. ,severa'l '. inEl'anings. young woman asks a' milif out to for a time but they don't ex­ dinner' to break· in ,her brand \Vith a lot of. adversity but "al­ The· !11ai~. orie deals. with,; h~stile have denied news reports that press admiration or even real new credit. card;.... " . behavioi"'such as an' ,unprovoJ{ed, ways manages to' get the job the Vatican has sent ,them "se­ liking for such women. done." offensive' 'attack ,or jnvasion. ~ At a youn'ger age level, girls cret instructions" to suspend all And many a wom'an has ex, :rhat's "surely , not''''howyou're are inviting guys.: to . dances, "Losing by one against a team married priests of their rite who movies a~d ·tock concerts. So far pressed. her dislike for highly using the word. . like . this (SMU) wouldn't have have been ordained since 1963.

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eyo Baseball Awards Tony 'Szklany and Paul De­ Coste, both of the champion North End team, shared the most vaulable player award for the Bristol County CYO Base­ baH League 1984 season. It was the first deadlock io the league's eight-year history.

Szklany, a UMass starter, won for his clutch hitting and extra­ ordinary team leadership. The season's top hitter, his .464 aver­ age included five home runs, He also drove in 35 runs. DeCoste, a former SMU catcher, earned his share of the award "because of his defensive skills and un­ canny ability to get the most from the North End pitching staff," according to a league press release. The awards were made at the league's annual ban­ quet of champions.

Tom Aldrich of Anawans, with an average of .420, was runner­ up for batting honors.

North End's John Fryzel and

Jeff Perry of Anawans shared the outstanding pitching award.

Fryzel won nine, lost two, and fanned 61 batters in 65 innings.

Perry was 4-1 on the season with" a league-leading earned run average of 2.71.

Aldrich shared rookie of year honors with South End's Bob Boutin, who was third in batting with a .409 average.

Two SMU players shared de­ fensive player of the year lau­ rels. They are Kennedy's John Medeiros 'and Anawans' Mike Wheaton. South End's Ron Ryan and North End's Chris Curtis shared the sportsmanship award.

Jim Jackson of Somerset and Jim Brown of Kennedy shared the competitor's award.

Official league jackets were presented to members of the North End team, to league play­ ers who have finished their eli­ gibility and to umpires.

Winter Scholastic Sports Underway With holiday tournaments and pre-season action now out of the way th~ winter schoolboy spor·ts regular season is now in full swing. The Southeastern Massachusetts Conference bas­ ketball season was launched last Wednesday with a full card of games in all three divisions, a situation that will be dupli­ cated tonight.

The ,two diocesan schools in Division One have away games tonight wi·th Bishop Connolly at Durfee and Bishop Feehan at Attleboro as Falmouth is host to New Bedford High and Som­ erset entertains Barnstable.

In Division Two Bishop Stang is host to' Greater New Bedford Voke-Tech, Coyle-Cassidy ,treks ·to Dennis-Yarmouth while Fair­ haven is at Dartmouth and Old Rochester at Wareham.

Holy Family is home to See­ konk, Case is at Bourne and Westport at Di·ghton-Rehoboth in Division Three encounters.

The Holy Family girls' team entertains Dighton - ~ehoboth and Voke-Tech is home ,to West­ port this afternoon while in

'hockey Wareham entertains Coyle-Cassidy tonight.

In girls' basketball games to­ morrow, Stang is home to Dur­ fee and Feehan visits New Bed­ P'?rd High. Other games jIist Dar,tmouth at Case, Old Roches­ ter at Barnstable, Attleboro at Wareham and Dennis-Yarmouth at Somerset.

At the Kennedy Youth Center in New Bedford Dennis-Yar­ mouth takes on Bishop Feehan at 7:30 tomorrow night in ice hockey while 8 p.m. games have Durfee at Falmouth and Bourne at Dartmouth.

Hockomock League basket­ ·ball games tomorrow have Stoughton at Sharon, North At­ tleboro at Canton, Foxboro at Mansfield and Franklin at King Philip. The ~chedule is the same for girls' games but with the home games reversed from those for the boys.

Bishop Feehan won the ninth annual North Attleboro Holiday 'Basketball TQurnament· with a 66-47 victory over Attleboro in the tourney final. Sharon topped host North Attleboro 64-53 in the consolation final.

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Results last Sunday; Fall Riv­ er South 5 Somerset 2, Mans­ field 1 Fall River North O. Goals scored by Matt John­ son, Bernie Reilly, Dave Nobre­ ga, Paul Hogan and Keith Mi­ randa for F'all River South; Nate Earle and Jeff McDonald for Somerset; Mike Cassidy for Mansfield. Goalies George Pe­ dro for Mansfield with 20 saves, Jamie Coleman for Fall River North with. 26 saves provided the highlights of that game.

Standings: Fall River South

10-1-1 (won, lost, tied), Mans­ field 7-2-2, New Bedford 6-4-1, Somerset 1-9-1, Fall River North 1-9-1.

Goals for and against: Fall River South 54-23, Mansfield 54-27, New Bedford 6-4-1, Som, erset 26-60, Fall River North 20-53.

Games next Sunday, starting a.t 9 p.m., in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River: Somerset vs. Fall River North, Mansfield vs. New Bedford.

Arabs as oversexed buffoons.

Some sexually oriented jokes.

A2.PG Film on TV Tuesday, Jan. 8, 9 p.m. EST (CBS) "Night Shift" (1982) ­ Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton, the New York City morgue night crew, turn the place into a call girl service. Un­ funny comedy with off-color jokes and situation. 0, R

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

New Films "Cotton Club" (Orion) This splashy celebration of the fa­ mous white-owned, black-talent Harlem night-club that flourished in the 1920s and '30s has enter: taining moments, but lacks emo­ tiona'l power and fails t~ mesh its two diverse elements: garig­ sters and show busin~ss. Because of graphic violence and two re­ strained bedroom sequences, it is rated A3, R. "Dune" (Universal) This screen version of the popular trilogy about four factions struggling for control of a desert planet and its wondrous spice has been turned into a dark, quirky movie.

Much of it is incomprehensible, and the action sequences are badly staged. Because of gross­ ness and some graphic violence, it is rated A3, PG-13.

"Starman" (Colwnbia) A ro­ mantic version of "E.T.," with Jeff 'Bridges turning in a fine performance as a visitor from another planet who takes on the human form of the much­ loved dead husband of a young widow '(Karen A.ollen). Very en­ tertaining. Some violence and a restrained bedroom scene. A2, PG "Runaway" (Tri-Star) Set in the not-too-distant future, where machines hand.\e mundane ohores, this stars Tom Selleck as a member of the runaway squad, a .police force branch that chases robots that have run amok. Passable entertainment for action and/or Selleck fans.

Because of brief nudity and some violence, it is rated A3, PG-13.

"Protocol" (Warners) Stereo­ typically blonde and dizzy cock­ tail waitress (Goldie Hawn) be­ comes a national heroine when she thwarts the assassination of a visiting Arablt~ader. Smarter than she looks, she goes on to thwart some nasty State Depart­ ment types who want to use her as a pawn. This is a moderately entertaining comedy tailored to Miss Hawn's talents. There are slack moments and tasteless Hnes, however, and one offen­ sive note is the depiction of

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THE 'ANCHOR-Diocese~fFdll River;':";Friday;'Jan~ 4; '.1985' . ST:"PATRICK,: FALMOU,TH" ,

Iteering pOintl PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN are asked to submit news Items for this

column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall

River, 02722.. Name' of clly or lawn should be Included as well as futl 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 programs, club meetlnRs, youth projects and similar nonprofit activities. Fundraislng pro­ 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.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Renewal Mass: 9 a.m. Jan. 5.

Parish council meeting: 7 p.m.

Jan. 6. All welcome.

Recollection day for confirma­ , tion candidates: 2 to 6:30 p.m. . Jan. 13, with Father William Baker as speaker.

CHRIST THE KING. COTUIT/MASHPEE 75 women 'are foundling mem­ bers of the new Catholic Wo­ men's Club of ,the parish. Those wishing to join may contact the rectory.

Youth . Group organizlltional meeting: 7 p.m. Jan. 25, St. Jude Hall. All confirmed' teens wel­ come. Adults interested in as­ sisting may contact the rectory.

ST. JOSEPH. FAIRHAVEN. Effective immediately, only one Mass per month per person will be scheduled, enabling wid­ er distribution of Masses.

HOLY NAME, FR Youth Group Council: meet­ ing 8 p.m. Jan. 8, school; gen­ eral Youth Group meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 13, school.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Calendars are available to ,parishioners and will be found at church exits. ' Ultreya: meeting 7:30 tonight, parish center. .

CCD board meeting: 8:15 p.m.

Jan. 8; Teachers' recollection ni~ht: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 10.

Vincentian meeting: 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 7.

ST. MARY; FAIRHAVEN Those interested in joining a Monday morning discussion

group may call the "rectory. A discussion group ,already formed

will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 15, in the. rectory.

Family Mass: 9:30 a.m. Jan. 6, followed by coffee and dough­ nuts in the church hall.

Parish show rehearsals: begin 1 p.m. Jan. 6, hall.

Television Mass will be ,taped' at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 5 in the Bis­ :hop Stang High School chapel, North Dartmouth. All welcome.

Seat money ,IS no longer col­ lected but donations may be made in the boxes at 'weekend Masses for ongoing aid to alle­ viate world hunger.

ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Farewell testiml?nial for Fa­ ther Larry Mor~lson, SS.CC., who has been a~slgned to serv­ ice in Texas, WIll be held at 4_ p.m. Jan. 6.

ViNCENTIANS, F R , District Council meeting: fol­ lowing ,7 p.m. Mass Jan. 8, Holy­ Cross Church, Fall River.

O.L. ANGELS, FR

Parish council mee,ting and elections: 7 p.m. March 4, parish hall.

Lectors 'and choir members arc needed. Volunteers may contact the rectory.

Family mission: Feb. 25 through March 1 with services _ at 7 p.m. nightly.

MEMORIAL HOME, FR A seamstress is available to residents at ·no charge from 5 to 7 p.m. each Tuesd'ay and from 7 a.m. to 'noon each Sun­ day.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, POCASSET Meeting: 7:10 p.m. Jan. 8, St. John's parish center. Mass and talk by Father Edwin Dirig,

OFM. All welcome.

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ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR Altar boys' meeting: 1 p.m.

Physicians' education confer­ Jan. 5, church; new candidates ence: 8:30 a.m. Jan. 9, Clemence will meet at the same time and Hall. Dr. John Banas will dis­ place Jan. 12. cuss medical management of Annual family breakfast: fol­ lowing' morning Masses Jan. 6., mixed angina.

BLUE ARMY ST. JAMES, NB Five-hour vigil: 7 p.m. to mid­ Newly installed altar boys are night today, Sacred Heart Ernie Souza., Ernie Schweiden­ Church, New Bedford. All'wel­ 'back, Cliff Samagaio, James Santos, Jeremy Garcia and Paul come.

NOTRE DAME, FR

Silvia. Senior altar boys have received new albs, made by ~ It' is ,reported tha-t some 65,00a communions were re­ Mrs. Isabel Spencer.

Calendars are available to ceived at over 1,000 parish Masses during the past year. parish families..

Thirtieth Annual

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ST. MARY;'NB' ""t t , " " " , , Discussion, group meeting: 10 a.m. Jan. 8.

Mass of ,thanksgiving for the ordination of Philip Hamel to the transitional diaconate: 11 :30 a.m. Jan. 6, followed by coffee hour hosted by parish Eucha­ ,ristic ministers. All welcome.

Removal of Mary Garden holi­ day lights: 2 p.m. Jan. 6. Volun­ teers welcome. ' .

ST. ANTHONY OF DESERT, FR Adoration of. Bl. Sacrament: noon to 6 p.m. Jan. 6, ending with holy hour and Benediction.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Epiphany blessing of incense and chalk and distribution of these items for home ceremonies at all Ma"sses this weekend.

Meeting of boys planning al­ .tar boy pilgrimage to Rome in June: following 10:30 a.m. Mass Jan. 6.

CATHEDRAL,FR All welcome to tra'nsitional diaconate ordination ceremony at 11 a.m. tomorrow.

ST. PIUS X, S. YARMOUTH Women's Guild meeting: Jan. 8, social hour 12:30 p.m.; busi­ ness session, 1:15 p.m.; presen­ tation by Ferd Schmelke on bird carving, 2 p.m. All wel­ corrie.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Feast of O.L. of Prompt -Suc­ cor: Jan. 5, presentation by Rev. Roland S. Nadeau, MS, 11 a.m., People's Chapel, followed by Mass at 12:10 p.m.

ST. ANNE. FR Calendars are available at church doors.

Exposition of BI. Sacrament follows 11:30 a.m. Mass today.

Hour of adoration 2 to 3 p.m., shrine. ' Pa.rishioners are asked to re­ member in prayer Father Thom­ 'as Landry, OP, former pastor, who is recuperating at New England Sinai Hosptial in Stoughton from a stroke he suf­ fered last September.

WIDOWED SUPPORT New Bedford area meeting: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14, St. Kilian church basement, New Bedford.

All welcome.

ALHAMBRA Meeting 8:30 tonight, Loyola Hall, Holy Cross College, Wor­ cester. Regional director Roger Ouellette of' Fall River will pre­ side.

ST. THOMAS MORE. SOMERSET , Parish workers' party: Jan. 12, parish center, following 5:15 p.m. Mass.

Those who ha.ve taken pic­ tures of ,the sanctuary' are in­ vited to lend ,them to the rectory for display on the parish media board. All pictures will be re­ turned.

D of I, NB Daughters of Isabella Hya­ cinth Circle: meeting 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 14, K of C. Hall, Pleasant Street.

D of I, SOMERSET ,Daughters of Isabella, St. Pat­ rick Circle: meeting 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 9, Old Town Hall.

BL. SACRAMENT, FR Parents and confirmation can­ didates: meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 6, small chapel.

CATHOLIC NURSES, CAPE COD Meeting: 8 p.m. Jan. 16, St. Pius X church hall, S. Yar­ mouth. Ra.bbi Harold Robinson will discuss spiritual care of Jewish patients. Information: Ellen Peterson, 362-3395.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA "Something Special for God," a parish Christmas gift to par­ ishioner Sister Pauline, serving in Colombia, has totaled $4146, twice .the amount originally hoped for.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Calendars available at church doors.

Daily Mass is now being offer­ ed in the chapel behind the sanctuary with entrance. from the parking lot through the side door. '

Not a threat TORONTO (NC) ,- Admission of non-Catholic students and teachers to Ca,tholic high schools need not threaten the religious character of the separate school system says the Ontario Con­ ference of Catholic Bishops. The bishops said they welcomed ithe announcement of fun, funding to Catholic secondary schools in the province and related re­ quirements on employment of non-Catholic teachers and ad­ mission of non-Catholic pupils.

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