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Friday, January 7,1994

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Historic accord called .revolu.tion in .near 2,OOO-year Jewish-Catholic relationship WASHINGTON (CNS)- U.S. Catholic and Jewish leaders hailed the Dec. 30 Vatican-Israel accord as "more than a diplomatic agreement between two sovereign powers" and as a "revolution" in the nearly 2,OOO-year-old relationship between Catholics and Jews.

The promise of normalized relations between the Vatican and Israel in 1994 was sealcd with the signing of the landmark "fundamental agreement" drafted by a commission of Vatican and Israeli officials during 17 months of intense negotiations.

The agreement was signed in Jerusalem by Msgr. C:audio Celli, an undersecretary of state at the Vatican, and Yossi Beilin, Israel's deputy foreign ministt:r.

It outlines general principles of religious freedom in civil society and includes a strong condemnation of anti-Semitism.

Baltimore Archbishop William H. Keeler. president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Conference, said

the agreement provided "a major step forward in the dialogue of reconciliation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Jewish

people emphasized by the Second Vatican CounciL" Rabbis Leon Klenicki, director of interfaith affairs for the Anti-

"The agreement pulls the rug out from under the fcct of those anti-Semites who try to provoke hatred through religion," said Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, the chief rabbi of Israel.

31 to be presented at 39th Bishop's Ball Thirty-one young ladies will be presented to Bishop Sean P. O'Malley at the 39th annual Bishop's Charity Ball on Friday, Jan. 14, at Venus de Milo restaurant, Swansea. The 1994 Ball is the second at which the bishop will be the honored guest.

Miss Claire O'Toole of Fall River, presentation committee chair, announced that there will be a rehearsal for presentees and presentors on Jan. 13, at 6:30 p.m. at the Venus de Milo.

"The presentees represent parishes from the five areas of the diocese," said Rev. Daniel L Freitas, diocesan director of the Ball.

The Ball begins at 8 p.m. At 9 p.m. the bishop will be presented

by Mrs. Manuel T. Nogueira, president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and Joseph F. Gromada, Diocesan President of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

Hospitality and ushers committee members will escort patrons and are requested to be at the Venus de Milo at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 14, for a briefing session The 1994 Bishop's Ball presentees and their parishes are: Fall River Area: Hddi Elizabeth Berube, St. Louis, Fall River; Tracy Comeau, St. Anne, Fan River; Brandie E. Conforti, St. Mary's Cathedral,

Fall River; Meredith Jane Croft, Our Lady of Grace, Westport; Tara Joynt, St. William, Fall River; Michelle Masse, Notre Dame, Fall River; Nicole Lussier, Holy Name, Fall River; Crystal Oliveira, Santo Christo, Fall River; Renee Raposo, Our Lady of Fatima, Swansea; Jennifer Lee Sevigney, St. Bernard, Assonet; Kathleen Viveiros, St. Michael, Fall River.

New Bedford Area: Rochelle Gomes, Our Lady of Assumption, New Bedford; Kris Lynn Lamarre, St. Joseph, New Bedford; Caryn Marcotte, St. Theresa, New Bedford; Elizabeth Pacheco, St. John the Baptist, New Bedford; Erin Pimental, St. Rita, Marion; Erin Marie Sweeney, St. John Neumann, E. Freetown; Silvia Tajes, Our Lady of Guadalupe, New Bedford; Anne Marie Vinci, St. Mary, Fairhaven; Julie Elizabeth Whelan, St. Francis of Assisi, New Bedford.

Taunton Area: Angelina DaCosta, Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton; Amy Joy Hill, St. Paul, Taunton; Adele Sabina, Holy Rosary, Taunton; Kate Theresa Tenney, St. Mary, Taunton.

Attleboro Area: Catherine Choberka, St. Mary, Notth Attleboro; Erin Durkay, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Seekonk; Laura Vandal, 51. John the Evangelist, Attlebqro; Tracy Lee Varrieur, St. Stephen, Attleboro.

Cape Cod and Islands Area: Erin Daley, St. Patrick, Falr:nouth; Regina Filliman, St. Joan of Arc, Orleans; Johanna Katherine Ward, St. John the Evangelist, Pocasset.

Defamation League in New York, and Davis Rosen, director of interfaith affairs for the ADL in Israel. expressed hope that the accord would "strengthen the special Catholic-Jewish relationship" and "promote good will among the peoples of the Middle East."

PopeJohn Paul II and the Israeli government were expected to name personal diplomatic envoys within days, with the naming of full ambassadors expected within four months of the Israeli parliament's ratification of the agreement.

Joaquin Navarro-Valls. Vatican spokesman, said the new Vatican nunciature would be based at a Franciscan monastery near Jaffa, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv.

Vatican and Israeli sources have said that if conditions arc right, Pope John Paul could follow up the diplomatic developmcnts with a trip to Jerusalem during the coming year or two.

The agreement does not mention the city of Jerusalem. but Navarro-Valls said the Vatican still maintains its position that the sacred character of the city must Turn to Page 13

A magnificent event Bv Pat McGowan Almost a thousand parishioners and friends crowded last Sunday's rededication of the Hook and Hastings organ at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River. For all, it was an unforgettable experience.

As the winter sun poured through the church's glorious stained glass windows, the congregation was surrounded by music from the restored III-year-old organ, which had been silent since 1979, and

from the 28-voice Gregorian Concert Choir of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Providence.

Five organists shared honors at the keyboards of the 1106-pipe, 23-rank instrument and John Peragallo, president of the Peragallo Pipe Organ Company of Paterson, NJ, which handled renovations, explained its workings.

Obviously a man in love with his vocation, he gently handled var-

ious pipes as he showed them and discussed their operation, aided by demonstrations from the organ far above him, Father Edward J. Byington, Sacred Heart pastor and organizer of Sunday's concert, welcomed those in attendance and Bishop Sean O'Malley, clad in gold vestments blessed the organ.

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Young .adults lplan activities in two cities Lucienne G. D,umais Prevost High School and to those The Mass of Christian Burial at Bishop Connolly High School, was offered Jan. 3 at Notre Dame both in Fall River. after the two Church, Fall River, for Lucienne schools merged.

G. (Gaudreau) Dumais, 70, who In recognition of her outstanddied Dec, 3 L The wife of Paul A. ing service. whichincluded knowDumais and the daughter of the ing every student 'at the schools late Frederick 'and Berthe (Marand often serving as a comforter ceau) Gaudreau, she was a Fall '-and confidante to those'with probRiver native, lems. ~he was declared an honorFor 23 years she was sel;retary to the principals of the former' arv member of the Brothers or C'i-iristian Instruction an'd was commended by the Jesuit Secondary Education A~sociation. Both LIGHTHOUSE co~munities serve at Bishop ConChristian Bookstore ~ollv and the Brothers had pre• Bibles • Music' vio~slv staffed 'Prevost High '. Flosaries • (;ifts 'Sihoo~ '. ' • Cards • Books A graduate of the former JesusMary Academy and the former • CD's • Videos Thibodeau Business School, both • (;ames • T-Shirts Hours in Fall River: she w'as a past presiMon.-Sat. 9:30 AM- 5:00 PM dent of the academy alumnae association. . .

282 Union St. • New Bedford Mrs. Dumais was a member of Tel (508) 997-1165 the Fr.iends ofSt. Anne's Hospital.

Fax (508)824-9052 Fa'lI River. and former diocesan secretary for the Christian Family Movement. InNotre Dame parish, she was' a tireless' volunteer at St. Anne's' Hospital gratefully the rectory, a member.ofthe Ladies acknowledges contributions Of Ste. Anne's Sodality. a lector that we have received to the and a E'ucharistic mini·ster. She Remembrance Fund during was also a volunteer at Rose HawDecember. 1993. Through the thorne LathropHome in Fall River remembrance and honor of and the'recipient of the ·St. Ann these lives. Saint Anne's can Girl Scout medalfor her work continue its "Caring With E'xcelwith Scouts. . fence".

In addition to her husband. she ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAl is survived by two daughters, Patricia Dumais of Davis. Calif.; REMEMBRANCE FUND and Pauline Dumais of Fall River; Kenneth J. Blais and by two sons, Paul Dumais of Lawrence Borge Seattle, Wash., and Peter Dumais Victor B. Boucher of Matthews, NC. Antonia G. Britto Also by three sisters. Margaret Bernadette Carvalho Sloan of Dighton: MadelineYates Mrs. Gina Collela of Swansea; and Pauline Raymond Alida M. Coluzzi of Oceanside, Calif.; a brother.

Alberta Dagata Maurice Gaudreau of Berkley; .six John K. Devlin grandchildren. a great-grandchild Stella DiCorpo and nieces and nephews.

Roland A. Dumont

PREPARING FOR the Bishop's Charity Ball, a highlight of the diocesan winter calendar, are Father Daniel L. Freitas, .ball director, and Joseph F. Gromada, diocesan president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. The sotiety, together with the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, cosponsors the glittering social event. (Gaudette photo)

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EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALL RIVER, MASSACHU~;ETTS Since the actual place of re~:idence of GEORGE J. FURTADO is unknown.

We cite GEORGE J. FURTADO to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Thursday, January iO, 1994 at 2:30 p.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony te, establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the GARRITY·FURTADO case?

Ordinaries of the place or oth ~r pastors having the knowledge of the reside nce of the above person, George J. Furtado, mllst see to it that he is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation. . Jay T. Madllock Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts. .on this 3rd day of January, 1994.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Sulof human rights, justice and the pician Father John F. Cronin, 85, basic "Christian law of love." whose prolific writings on Catholic Presidents Kennedy and Johnsocial thought formed a whole son called on him to serve on generation of U.S. Catholic national community relations compriests, died Jan. 2 at St. Charles mittees, and he helped Richard Villa, a retirement home for Nixon write speeches in the 1950s, priests in Baltimore. before Nixon became a presidenHe died of heart and circulatory tial candidate. problems which had forced him to He helped develop U.S. postwar use a wheelchair for the past 15 economic and employment strateyears. gies to convert the country back to His most important work, a peacetime economy.

"Catholic Social Principles," pubFather Cronin's funeral was held lished in 1950, was a systematic yesterday at St. Isaac Jogues compilation and analysis of all Church in Baltimore, where his EDICTAL CITATION authoritative church teachings on brother, Msgr. JamesJ, Cronin, is DIOCESAN TRIBUNAI~ social justice since 1878. It immepastor. .

FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS diately became a basic text in The homilist was Msgr. George Since the actual place of residence of . Catholic seminaries and theology G. Higgins, who with Father CHARLES HENRY GREGORY is unknown.

Walter J. Eaton schools across the country and Cronin formed the core of the We cite CHARLES HENRY GREGORY to Rita Farrell was described by America magaSocial Action D.epartment of the appear personally before the Tribunal of the Mary Garrity zine as "one of the greatest books National Catholic Welfare Con- Diocese of Fall River on Tuesday, J;lnuary 18, Lydia Guimond The Mass of Christian Burial of our time,". ference for more than 20 years fol1994 at 2:30 p.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Joseph Hebert was offered Dec. 2J at Holy Trin-· Father Cronil) wa,s also a promlowing World War II. The NCWC, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to Jan Iwanski ity Church. West Harwich. for inent labor mediator and.arbitra- subsequelJtly renamed the U.S. establish: Bronislawa Iwanski 'Doris Marie (M illey) Walsh. 68. tor and a leading Catholic figure in Catholic Conference, was the U.S. Whether the nullity of the marriage Christopher Jeiinski who died Dec. 20 in Naples. Fla.' race relations and in the ecumeni- bishops' national agency for social exists in the MATHIEU·GREGOR'! case?

William F. Kenney She was the wife of Permanent cal civil rights movement of the and public policy issues.

Ordinaries of the place or oth'H pastors R. Aime Lafrance Deacon Vincent P. Walsh who 1950s and '60s.

In 1940, Father Cronin founded having the knowledge of the residence of the Herman Lapointe serves at Holy Trinity: He wrote the U.S. bishops' 1958 Catholic University's Institute of above person, Charles Henry Gregory, must Odila Lapointe A Boston native. she was a resistatement on race relations, which Social Studies, a summer school see to it that he is properly advisee in regard Marcel A. Lavigne dent of Canton before moving into called the race question a funda- program in Washington, D.C., to this edictal citation.

Gerard N. laVigne Harwich in 1964 and was a former mental "moral and religious" issue which over the years trained hunJay 1. Maddock Arthur L.R. Machado repair clerk with the'New England 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 dreds of U.S. priests and seminarJudicial Vicar John Medeiros Telephone Co. At Holy Trinity Sara E. Rush. She entered the ians in Catholic social principles Given at the Tribunal, Lauretta Michaud parish. she was a Eucharistic mine Religious of the Good Shepherd and strategies for dealing with Fall River, Massachusetts, Edward C. Michno ister and a memberofthe Women's novitiate in 1939 in Peekskill, NY, labor, economic and other social on this 3rd day of January, 1994.

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John Francis Cronin was born ALL ARE invited to attend Angelino Pacheco Franciscan and a volunteer at West She professed first vows in 1942 ·Oct. 8, 1908, in Glens Falls, N:Y., . Jackie Page the ordination ofPawal Adam . Harwich's Family Pantry. and was a child 'cine worker, high' .one of nine children of Bernard Thomas G. Parent In addition to her,husband. she school teacher and secretary in and Nora Reardon Cronin. After Swiercz to the transitional di~ Raymond E. Parise is survived by a son. John T. New York and Hartford, CT. She. two years at Holy Cross College in aconate for the Fall River Joseph C. Saulino Walsh oT West Harwich: a daugh- .also worked with the. homeless in Worcester, Mass., he transferred at 11. a.m. Muss 'todiocese , Germaine St.P,ier.re tcr. Maureen A. Carchidi: 'and a .New Yo'rk City before retiring at to Catholic University fo'r philosat St. Mary's Ca-. morrow Charles Stone 'grands(lfi; Matthew V'. Thornton'... age 76. " ' . ophy studies, ear~ing a bachelor's , Albert R. Vezina both of Holliston. .. Sister.Rush is survived by three .degree in 1927 and a master's in .. thedral.

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"Come and See," an organization for Catholic singles ages 20 to 40, will hold a day of recollection from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, at Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant. St., New E:edford.

The theme will be "Living the Word in Our Daily Lives.''' Participants are asked to bring a bag lunch.

Catholic Young Adult~: of the Providence diocese are sponsoring a multimedia presentation of "Journey with the Peace Walker, Ken Wad ness," as he traver:;ed the 2, lAO-mile Appalachian Trail.

The event, to be held Sunday, . Jan. 30, in the Chancery Building, One Cathedral Sq., Providence, will be preceded ,by a potluck meal at 2: 15 p.m. The program, at 3:30 p.m., will be followed by Mass at 5 p.m. Participants an: asked.to bring an ,already heated dish or cold food, since there are no cooking facilities. those aged 18 to 45 are welcome to attend. .

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Ptn-li(e' ga·therings set for Jan. 16, 21 Committed to def«:ating President Clinton and Massachusetts G,overnor Weld's pro-abortion initiatives, thousands of pro-lifers will protest 21 years of legal abortion and mourn over thirty million victims of legal abortion on Jan. 16 and 21. The protl~st will take place in Boston and Washington, D.C., respectively.

Illinois Congressman Henry Hyde, the pre-eminent U.S. prolife leader, will headline the 20th annual Interfaith Assembly for Life at the John Hancock Hall from I to 3 p.m. Jan. 16. Over 1200 people of various faiths, including Boston Cardinal Bernard Law, will be present. Winners of the ProLife Family of the Year award and the Ruth Pakaluk scholarship essay contest for high school students will be honored.

On Jan. 21, hundreds of Massachusetts residents will attend the annual March fqr Life in Washington and a special rally for Massachusetts pro-lifers in Room 50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. They will then lobby their individual CongresSffil~nand Senators Edward Kennedy and John Kerry until noon, when they will gather on the corner of E Street, N. W. and 15th Street to begin marching as a group. Over 20 buses from across the state, including one sponsored by the Massachusetts College Coalition, will leave for the March on Jan. 20.

"Twenty-one years and 30 million abortions later, abortion has solved none of the problems proponents said it would. Reports of child abuse and unwanted pregnancy are skyrocketing. Shocking accounts of children killing children are all too common. Eliminating human beings is not solving our problems. We can work toward a better world by making public policy on abortion reflect respect, rat,her than disrespect for life. Educating young people about the miracle of life, teaching the many benefits of delayed sexual involvement, promoting adoption as a positive opportunity to affirm life, and assisting those with problem pregnancies are the challenges of the '90s," said Madeline McCOOlish, president olf Massachusetts Citizens For Lifl~.

VISN name change NEW YORK (CNS) - VISN, the religious cable channel owned by a consortium of 59 Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox and Jewish groups, is changing its name to the Faith & Values Channel effective Jan. I. The move is intended to make the religious nature of its programming explicit.

The channel reachl~s more than 20 million households on about 1,450 cable systems serving more than 4,600 communities. It prohibits on-air fund solicitation, proselytizing and maligning of other faiths, while encouraging interaction and undelrstanding.

Information Day Sunday on diocesan priesthood An information day on the diocesan priesthood will be held at 2 p.m.Sunday at Cathedral Camp.

East Freetown. conduding with supper. Young men 16 and older are invited to attend.

Furt.her information i,s'lyailable fro~ parish. priests or frorJ;l'Msgr.

John.'" Smith at St. Pius X Church.

South Yarmouth. tel. 398-2248. '

WASHINGTON - The General Secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops/ United States Catholic Conference (NCCB/ USCC) said the Clinton Administration is "promoting a dangerous myth" with its condom advertising campaign.

"The advertisements promote promiscuity and a false sense of security which put at risk the very lives of those most likely to be influenced by them," Msgr. Robert N, Lynch said.

Mgr. Lynch's comments were directed at the Jan. 4 announcement by Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala of an AIDS "prevention marketing initiative." Secretary Shalala said at a press conference that the media condom campaign would be targeted at young adults aged 18t025.

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"amil\' <if the I\m~ricas. a nonprofit o;'gani/ation p',:o\'iding instruction in the o\ullttion method of natural family plal1l1ing('\FP). has reported a nca r-/~ro pregna n(;\' rate among 19,.X4~ :1'001' wome;] taking part in a World Health Organi/ation-spons()red study in Calcutta. India.

Similar results wetc ohtained in WHO studies conduCted in Auckland. New Zealand': Hangalorc.

India: Duhlin. Irel,lnd: Manila.

Philippines: and Sah Miguel. 171 Sal\'ador. The latter studies indicated that9~ percent of participating \I omen were ahk to recogni/e and interpret their :fcrtilit~, patterns, Among them."it \las noted. were many illiterate' \I omen. The studies also showed ihatthe prohability of conccptioh I'rom intercourse during time~lidentil'ied hy ohscr\ation as infertile \Ias .004, Reporting on lhes~ results in the British Medical Journal of last S·ept. IX. R.E,.J. Ryder stated. "It mighl he argued t'hal natural I'amily planning. heing :cheap. elTccii\'e. without side el'l'ect-. and 1'0tcntially par,ticlilarly elleeti\e and acceptahl~ in areas, of. poverty. n1a~' he the I'amily plabning method 01' chiJice 1'01' the Thi,rd World."

Famil\' 01' the l\niericas. listing results oj' a clinical ahd laboratory study' 01' 6~g couples that it cond uct~'d in Chi na. :iaid thaI the O\'ulation method had an ellecl.i\eness rate of 9X.X:! pe''l'ellt in a\ oiding prl'gnanc~' anJ a con,tinttation rate ,of 9~,04 percell! aftrr one year as compared to a 50 p~rcent cO.l1tinuation rilte 1'01' oral qont,racepti,es and intrauterine dC\!ices, Flirt he,"i nI'orma ti:on is a \'a i1a hie I'rom Family ()I',th~l 'Americas at 'PO Bo,\ 117(1. Dunkirk MD207541170,

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MOTHER TERESA awaits acceptance of the UNESCO peace ed ueation prize at a house for the destitute in Calcutta run by the ~issionaries of Charity. The award, presented 'in December, includes I $50,000 which Mother Teresa said would be use~ to set up a home for the han<;licapped.

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the most serious of human interactions, not a casual recreation," he said.

"The broadcast outlets which are expected to carry this advertising into America's homes would do well to reconsider their public responsibilities and reject this campaign as misguided at best and fatal at worst," Msgr. Lynch stated.

condoms as the answer to the Al DS threat or to suggest that they are a sure safeguard against HIV transmission," Msgr. Lynch said. "Neither is true.

"What is true is that the public would be best served, and the incidence of H IV infection diminished, by a campaign promoting a responsible attitude towards sexuality as

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Buffet lu~ch to ?e fo~owedby a presentanon enntled Healthy Heart Li~g" given by Vicki Paine, R.N., B.S.N. Pre-registration is required.

There is a $4 charge for this program which includes lunch and the presentation. Senior ID meal discount cards will be available. For more infonnation, call 674-5600, ext. 2635. , IlReflections: Women for Women" 11 Brea.:Jt Cancer Support Group Jan. 4 & 18,4:30 - 6:00 p.m., Rm. 128, Clemence Hall. Open to anyone who has been di~osed with breast cancer, "Reflections offers the opportuniw to share feelings with ,other;s and deal with the ongoing process of healing. For more information, call 674-5600, ext. 2270.

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IIInsUrht - A Cancer Sup£ort Group Jan. 12 & 26, Rm. 128, Clemence Hall.

I~sight is a s~pport group for pe~le dIagnosed With cancer. Contact Brenda Sussman, R.N., at 674-5600, ext. 2334.

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Held in the Ed~cation Classroom. The §ympto-Thennal Method of Natural Family Planning is a four-session course.

Contact the Education Department at 674-5600, ext. 2480. The first session is free. Materials will cost $40.

Smokimr Cessation Program Held in the Education Cfassroom.

Presented by Beder Health Associates.

Contact Beder Health at (617) 327~1500.

Cost is $70.

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Prostate Sup~rt Group , Jan. 10 & 24, 6:00-7:30 p.m., Nanneiy , j ; Conference Room, Clemence Hall.

This forum provides education and peer Caring for our community support for men with prostate cancer.

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A Time To Offer Hope One of the most pressing problems facing our planet in this New Year concerns refugees. From Bosnia to Hong Kong, millions of men, women and children have been displaced by war and revolution. Daily we are bombarded by headlines shrieking t.he horrors of civil war. Hates fomented by nationalism and religious fanaticism are literally ripping countries and people apart.

Perhaps no area is more heartrending than that of the Bal-. kans. To see history repeated at the expense of human life is tragic: and what makes the situation even more horrendous is that the world community has been so ineffective in its response to the bloodbath.

The powers of Western Europe simply do not want to get involved in intense religious strife. But for all practical purposes the former state of Yugoslavia isa mere Communist myth. More than 200,000 of its people have died in the course of the now 30-month bloodbath it has endured~ Close to five million are refugees. The economy of a once viable-nation is in complete shambles and the outlook for the future is ever more bleak. True, millions will eventually return to their home areas, but to what? Who will reach out to them? How will they survive? These are questions of conscience.

Because of the radical attitudes of those leading the various factions responsible for this genocide, there seems little hope for an internal solution in the foreseeable future. Certainly help for the dispossessed will hav'e to come from outside Russia, because the longtime supporter of the former Yugoslavia is in no position to help anyone. Germany, Austria and the Czech and Slovak republics are unable to offer assistance because of their own in-house situations, while England cannot cope with the burgeoning Asian population of its own cities and towns.

It should be obvious th:lt the only country capable of accepting a significant number of refugees from Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina is the United States. Some, of course, would argue that we are in no position to open our doors to more refugees. But such arguments merely indicate that there are many who just don't want any more foreigners in the' United States. This isolationist mind-set has always been an American flaw.

But there are millions of Americans with Balkan roots.

Throughout the land there are Croatian and Serbian churches that keep alive their ancient traditions. Could there not be a grassroots effort by these communities to encourage a special Act of Congress to allow more of the dispossessed to enter the United States? Could those same established communities not move to adopt refugee families, as has been done so often by other church groups? Should not our Church speak out more forcefully on this issue to the end that the public would be willing to encourage rather than discourage immigration?

We are a land of immigrants and the torch of the Statue of Liberty has long been a symbol of hope for suffering peoples throughout the world. The response to the former immigration center on Ellis Island, now a part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument, is a clear sign that Americans respect their immigrant roots. Today it is again time for us to extend .our welcoming hand to those who seek new beginnings in a land that still offers at least the dream of peace.

We cannot do everything for everyone in the world. But there are times when we can do something. Now is that time for the wartorn people of the Balkans.

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Family life secret of peace, ~says pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) People learn the secret of peace in the warmth and love offamily life, Pope John Paul II said.

In his New Year celebrations, the pope prayed for the strength and unity of the world's families as the greatest hope for a world torn by war and suffering.

"Peace remains the greatest challenge. of our time." the pope said .Jan. I during his noon recitation of the Angelus.

"It is in the family that one learns the secret of peace, experiencing the warmth of acceptance and exercising it day after day in the discipline of love, in efforts of tolerance, in the commitment of communion," he said.

"For this reason, one who works for the family works for peace," the pope said.

Earlier in the day. the pope celebrated" Mass for the feast of Mary Mother of God and World Peace Day, and he reminded the congregation of God's promise to bless the world with peace.

"Weare gathered in St. Peter's Basilica on the first day of the new year to pray that this blessing of peace reach the nations of the whole world." he said.

Nine thousand seats at the Mass were occupied by the choir: an international group ofchildren who were participating in a convention for children's choirs.

Meeting the group on New Year's Eve, the pope called on the children to use their music. and their daily activities to echo the song of the angels on the night of Christ's. birth. telling of the glory of God and the promise of peace to people of good will.

"You, in your own way. are to

be envoys to spread the joy of God and to show, through your song, that faith is stronger than doubt. that hope is stronger than despair and thai love is stronger than death." he 路said.

At the Jan. I Mass. the pope said. "we will pray intensely for peace in the world. asking our heavenly Mother to teach us to live it, first of all. inside and around us."

ting people against people where instead legitimate ethnic and cultural diversity should be generously integrated with the common richness of the' human family in respect for the dignity of every person and in the commitment to a renewed global solidarity." he said.

The family is often the first victim of a lack of peace, the: pope said during his Angelus address the next day.

"Peace is, above all, a gift which "Because of the conflicts which is born of hearts able to love and to range in some regions of the world. make room for others in truth.jus- . too many families are fon:ed to tice and generosity," Pope John Paul told the youngsters. "You, abandon their homes. land and too, are called to build a world of property and flee toward t~le unknown." he said. agreement and mutual respect in No less painful is the situation your schools, in the concerts in of families in which "the seeds of which you take part, in your daily division have taken root." the pope obligations and in your homes." said.

Often that division is exacerThe pope expressed his concern bated by cultural influences which for what is happening inside and "push family members to set:k peroutside family homes during his sonal gratification more than a Angelus addresses .Jan. I and 2. serene and working common life."

"As this new year opens. dear brothers and sisters. we see a "How many couples se,: their horizon which, while not lacking love wither and slide down the slope of mutual misunderstand'ing flashes of light. has threatening and dark lines." he said on New to the point of separation; how Year's Day. many go so far as to divorce, which contradicts the'bond willed While agreement and understandby God as the indestructible basis ing are making progress in some of family life?" he asked. parts of the world, the pope said, "one must recognize that peace The pope said, "a family which continues to be humiliated by fratries to live according to the moral tricidal conflicts which show no la w makes its internal life the first sign of subsiding." and fundamental experie:lce of Part of the problem, he said, is peace and becomes a forge of "the persistence of unjust differenpeace for the rest of society." ces between North and South" and Pope John- Paul added :;pecial "the nightmare of a vast economic prayers for victims of kidnapping crisis which weighs on the least and their families and prayed that protected social classes." kid nappers would be converted and return their hostages to the Unbridled nationalism also is a warmth of their families. continuing threat to peace, "pit-

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Faith has gradual aspects Isaiah 42:1-4,6-7 Acts 10:34·,38 Matthew 3:13-17 Regular readers of this column have probably graspe:d its twofold purpose a long time ago. First I try to explain what the Sacred Authors intended to convey when they initially wrote the SI~ripture passages with which we're dealing.

Then I offer some practical application of their original message for our everyday faith lives.

Since I'm extreme:ly conservative in my explanation of the text (almost always giving the "consensus opinion" of Catholic scholars), those who fault the column usually zero in on the application.

Still, three years ago I was dropped from a paper when s.omeone disagreed not with my application, but with the evangelist's theology on which I was commenting.

Every three years I mention the role Jesus' baptism plays in Mark's overall Gospel - a role some modern Christians find confusing.

Older people who grew up in the faith listening to John's prologue, the "Last Gospel," proclaimed at the end of every Eucharist, believe Jesus was God from all eternity.

We presume he pre··existed in a divine state until the time he entered Mary's womb and began his journey into humanity. Since he was always God, the important moment for us revolves around the point at which he became man.

Almost no one remembers that the first followers of Jesus had the opposite problem. Because they had neit yet evolved to our theological stance of reflecting on Jesus' divine pre-existence, their questions didn't revolve around the point at which he became man.

Taking his humanity for granted, they were much more: interested in pinpointing the moment in which he became God. Mark, the first evangelist, seems to locate this event at Jesus' baptism. In doing so, he was moving it back from the spot Paul had zeroed in on 10 years earlier in Romans I:4: the Lord's resurrection. (Of course, Matthew and Luke, writing within 15 years of Mark, pushed it back to the conception in Mary's

Daily Readings Jan. 10: 1 Sm 1:1-8; Ps 116:12-19; Mk 1:14-20 Jan. 11: 1 Sm 1l:9-20; Ps 1 Sm 2:1,4-8; Mk 1:21-28 Jan. 12: 1 Sm :~:1-10,19­ 20; Ps 40:2-5,7-10; Mk 1:2939 Jan. 13: 1 Sm ~U-11; Ps 44:10-11,14-15,25-26; Mk 1:40-45 Jan. 14: 1 Sm 8:4-7,1022; Ps 89:16-19; Mk 2:1-12 Jan. 15: 1 Sm 9:1-4,1719;10:1; Ps 21:2-7'; Mk 2:1317 Jan: 16: 1 Sm :3:3-10,19; Ps 40:2,4,7-10; 1 Cor 6:1315,17-20; Jn 1:35-42

By FATHER ROGER IKARBAN womb. And John, who finished his Gospel around 95 AD, passed on his theology about Jesus' divine pre-existence, which has been accepted as orthodox Christian teaching ever since.)

Whether we like it or not, the revelation about Je$us' personality didn't happen instantaneously.

It took the first Chri,stians over 60 years to reach insights which some of us naively presume were there from the beginning. ' Perhaps we have a basic problem with the gradual aspects of our faith experience. Maybe we've been encouraged to belidve that God works only in inst~nt segments.

One moment there isn't; the next there is. Though modern studies on natural evolutiQn stress the step-by-step process by which anything really significa!nt comes into existence, we refuse (0 believe such deliberate ~;\ownes's applies to God's actions.

Scripture teaches us to accept and expect gradual' modification in our understanding of God's I conduct. The Lord npt only works slowly, our grasp of his/ her working is even slower. There has been very little "justice" brought forth to the nations since Oeutero-Isaiah first announced Yahweh's words over 2,500 years ago. Yet through the centuries, our id,eas of what it really means. to open the eyes of the blind and bring ,out prisoners from confinement h~ve deepened and changed. Today we see God's (and our) actions on that level from a completely different perspective. .

Even Peter's statement, " ... The person of any nation who fears God and acts uprightly is acceptable to him," took several generations of sometimes heated discussion before finally being okayed by a community which had first permitted only Jews to become Christians. .

No wonder some of Jesus' earliest followers had no difficulty thinking about his divinity as an event which happened in the gradual course of his hurhan existence.

If we, like Mark, regarded baptism as the beginning of a process, and not just as a magic ritual, we'd more closely identify with the historicalJesus. Believing he's one of us, we also believe that he had to accept the gradualness which is a part of all God's creation. We certainly wouldn't want to ';drop" that insight from our faith experience.

He's a good bet AUSTlN,Texas(CNS) - Texas Gov. Ann Richards has appointed Holy Cross Brother ~ichard Daly, executive director of the Texas Catholic Conference, to a new commission designed to oversee the Texas lottery. Brother Daly said those Texas bi$hops he contacted prior to agreeing to serve on the commission were surprised, but no one objected to his appointment.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, and continuing for 26 weeks in that time slot, "Wade in the Water: African-American Sacred Music Traditions," will be heard on Boston radio station 89.7 FM. The hour-long programs will document black American history through song and music, storytelling and historical analysis. They will pay tribute to the sacred music created by African-Americans that inspired a persecuted people to overcome great adversity and g.reatly influenced following muSIC.

The series, which cost $1.05 million to produce, was supported in part by a $100,000 grant from the Catholic Communications Campaign, which was among major contributors to the project.

The final program of the 26hour.series, "A Community Weekend in the Sacred Life of Washington, D.C.," includes a visit to St. Augustine Church, one of the city's historically black Catholic parishes.

Other programs will introduce the best in new gospel recordings, plus rare archival material enhanced for broadcast by digital processing. It will also trace some of the influences of sacred music on the classical and jazz repertoires.

Performers featured include Mahalia Jackson,'.lames Cleveland, the 'Winans, Thomas Dorsey, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Golden Gate Quartet and the Soul Stirrers.

Material for the series is from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. Smithsonian curator Bernice Johnson Reagon, herself a singer and a historian of sacred music, conceived the series and will host it.

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Lip service only UNITED N AnONS (CNS) A call for nations to change their patterns of consumption made at a 1992 U. N. environment conference has received little more than "lip service," says the Vatican nuncio to the United Nations. Archbishop Renato R. Martino, addressing a U.N. General Assembly commit-

tee that is reviewing steps taken since the Rio de Janeiro Conference on the Environment and Development, said the Vatican delegation "notices with dismay that this fundamental aspect of the problem receives mostly lip service, rather than genuine and concerted action."

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Taunton native gets Utah post Holy Cross Brother Harold F. Hathaway has been appointed principal of Judge Memorial Catholic High School in Salt Lake City.

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The son of Mrs. Madeline Hathaway and the late Harold F. Hathaway of Sacred Heart parish. Taunton. Brother Hathawav is a 1962 grad uat'e of Msgr. C'oyle High School in that city. He holds master's degrees in b(ological sciences and school administration as well as a fellowship in theology from Yale University. He has been engaged in teaching and school administration for 25 years.

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By ANTOINETTE BOSCO I have always been one to make New Year's resolutions and this year was no exception. However, for the first time in about a quarter century, I did not resolve to lose five pounds - my annual, recyclable resolution - and I did not promise to exercise more, write more fetters and give up coffee.

No. This year I made one resolution. I plotted a strategy for gaining more privacy in my life. I

By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN Q. My brother's new bahy will be baptized in t!te Presbyterian Church. He and his wife asked if I (a Catholic) would be one of the sponsors.

I feel that would be all right, since Protestants can be sponsors of a Catholic baptism. But the priest I asked isn't sure. Can you help? (Missouri) , A. It is true that often a Christian of another faith "stands up" with a Catholic godparent· at a Catholic baptism.

By Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY Dear Dr. Kenny: "Every year I. make several New Year's resolutions. 1 know I'm sincere in wanting to change, and I know they are important, like eating and drinking in moderation. However. the resolutions last only about two weeks. What can' I do to make them last'?" (New York) Many people resolve to change for good and vital reasons. only to see their good intentions vanish as 'the days wear on. Here are six hints or rules for making resolutions last.

By FATIIER EUGENE HEMRICK During a day of recollection. a concerned parent asked me, "How do I get my children to appreciate the Mass?"

"You must find a window into their world," I replied, then explained what I meant.

"First, believe your child is searching for values. Don't treat

This resolution \is likely' to>'be k.ept think we are all victims of the massive invasion of privacy that seems a way of life for most of us these days.

Someone is always there, in person or on the phone, wanting our attention. Sometim.es I have felt so tired and tense from the constant demands that I could really understand Greta Garbo's dictum: "I want· to be alone!"

I have long been convinced that all of us need periogic privacy to find ourselves and' to find God within us. Sometimes in the past I plotted certain escape mechanisms, but I must admit that none. were too·successful.

I remember one tactic I tried when my children were much younger. I tried to publicize that I was slightly hard of hearing. Tl:Jis

way I could avoid certain interruptions without hurting feelings by simply pretending I did not hear their intrusions. For example, one da"ya neighbor came by, rang the doorbell and I did not answer. My daughter Margaret, then about 6, looked at me in puzzlement. "I didn't hear it," I explained, feeling slightly guilty about my "little white lie."

Later that day the same neigh-· bor came by again. In defeat, I answered the door. As she entered, Margaret innocently smiled and said~ "Oh, Hello, my motherdidn't hear you when you rang before."

And so, my hard-of-hearing escape plan went down in embarrassing defeat.

A man I knew used to love to' putter on the house and car, but his wife always kept asking him to

change a-diaper or boil a hot dog.

Rather suddenly he turned into a slob. If he was working on the car, there would be more grease on him than on the vehicle. And when he was painting, he was definitely into paint, all over himself.

He had discovered that he could not be interrupted from the work at hand when his very person was a disaster area that would have contaminated the iJ;lterior of the house.

He had found an ingenious way to keep his privacy.

Only once did I ever come up with an escape 'plan that worked.

Back in the mid-70s, I was into photography and had a darkroom built next to my kitchen. It was a stroke of genius. I trained my children to ask me, "Are you in the darkroom?" whenever the phone

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or doorbell rang before connecting me with the caller. The: darkroom gave great legitimacy to my being unavailable, but I have long since moved from that house and the hobby of photography.

So now I am resolving to work at finding new and creative ways to protect my privacy as we: start a new decade. Of course, I am not urging people to be unfriendly or become hermits.

Rather, I am recognizin{! a basic human need to have peaceful times, retreat from stress. pressure, conflict and/ or forced conven,ation.

Speaking of retreats, thc:y are a marvelous escape the church offers us to spend a few days getting away from daily stresses and finding re-creation, restoration and healing.

The difference between godparents and Christian witnesses When this happens, the Protestant is not strictly speaking a godparent in the legal and liturgical sense.

Godparents, as we understand them, do more than merely coinmit themselves, as relatives or friends, to the Catholic upbringing of the person being baptized.

They are present in addition as representatives of a particular community of faith, guaranteeing the faith of the individual being baptized (or of the family) and at least to some degree promising to be models of faithful living in that community of faith as the child grows up. _.'--0'" Obviously, 'only someone who professes and is living out a com-

mitment to the Catholic faith could promise to be present for a Catholic child in that fullest sense of godparent.

However, since we do share baptism and union with our Lord with other Christians, a Protestant friend or relative of the person baptized may serve as a Christian witness to the sacrament, along with a Catholic godparent.

This happens often, and I'm sure is what you have experienced.

For the same reasons as given above, a Catholic may not serve as actual godparent for a child bap~ tized in another denomination, but may be an official witness to the baptism, along with a godparent 'approved as such by that denomination.

These provisions are not new, but are repeated in the new norms for ecumenical activities, published by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in March 1993.

Q. We're having an argument in our study group about the Bible.

Some of us say the first English Bible was translated by Catholics; others say it was the King James version, translated by Protestants.

Who's right? (New Jersey) A. Parts of the Bible, especially the Psalms, had been translated for centuries before the Protestant Reformation.

The earliest we know of was a translation of the Gospel of John into Anglo-Saxon by' St. Bede, who died in 735.

The first translation of the entire

Latin Vulgate into English was by an Oxford priest, John Wycliffe.

He had big problems with church authorities of his day, causing him to be known in some circles as the Morning Star of the Rdormation. . But he died in 1384, a l:entury before Martin Luther was born.

The first King James version was published more than 200 years later, in 1611.

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Making resolutions last longer than two weeks I. Be specific about goals. Resolving to eat and drink in moderation is much too general. Such a plan leaves too many loopholes for weak moments.

If you want to eat moderately. select a specific diet. The exchange diet is the most widely used plan.

A resolve to take no second helpings and stop eating between meals is better than a generality. , Also specific would be a plan to eliminate "problem" foods. like fats and sweets.

If you want to cut back on drinking. again you must be exact.

A limit of one drink per day would be specific.

2, Set daily goals. Break the specifics of your plan into "·rules" for each day. Before you go to bed . each night you should know wheth-

er you have followed your plan or not.

3. Keepa chart. All serious athletes chart their progress. A runner keeps track of miles run. You too need to keep a log.

A simple chart (you can keep track on your wall calendar) that is completed daily will give you the accountability that is necessary for ,long-term success, 4. Use a friend. Let a friend keep your chart for you. Perhaps'the help can be mutual. The best plan would be where you and your friend are charting each other for some positive change, Just knowing that yoLi will have to tell your friend how you have done is a strong motivation to abide by your plan. Reporting YOllr progress (or lack of it) keeps you honest.

5, Plan for failures. This sounds negative.·However. unless you plan an appropriate penalty for failure you are likely to give up entirely when a failure occurs. Every good behavior-change plan should say what happens when you fail.

The penalty should be brief and immediate. For example. if you fail to follow your diet or your drinking plan in some" way. you might write 10 times: "I will eat or drink only healthy foods." This must be done before you go to bed.

Examples of other brief penalties include setting aside a small contribution toa charity or doing five bent-leg sit-ups. The immediate imposition of a penalty breaks the cycle of failure. alleviates guilt and allows you to start anew.

6. Reward successes. Count and take credit for your "good" days.

If you have a friend keeping track, perhaps your friend can. provide a mini-reward for every three points ,( or good days). .

If you don't have a friend working with you, reward 'yourself.

When you have earned a certain numoer of points, treat yourself to some pleasure. something you would not ordinarily' do. :For example. every so many points you might buy yourself a spec:;al tape or video.

Keep making New Year's rcsolutions. They are likc a dn:am for positive -change. Then use'the six rules to translate that dreClm into daily realities and short-term goals.

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Getting our children to appreciate religion him or her like a numskulls who does not think about moral values!

He or she may seem uninterested, but remember still waters run deep!

"Next, enter their world by becoming familiar with their music, the movies they watch, their heroes and the circles they travel in.

"Do this in order to find a window, a common language by which you can communicate with each other. Meaningful communication must first be established before anything religious is discussed!

"Don't play games with them, nor try to become like them, a pal!

Don't talk down to them! Treat

them as responsible adults! Make them feel respected and maintain your respect!

"This is called pre-evangelization, establishing a common natural ground before anything supernatural is discussed. Only when our children and we are on this wave length can we move into religion." .

When I returned home I happened upon an article by Bishop Ricardo Ramirez whose insights I would have added had I had them beforehand.

The article - "What Can Hispanic Catholics Offer the North

American Church?" - discussed the value of Hispanic personal interrelationships.

Bishop Ramirez explains that if youth are to cherish the Eucharist, which is a personal relationship with Christ, they must first be taught to cherish human relationships within their family.

He then points out that Hispanics have many beatiful sayings which are part of their language and are taught to the children. For example, "Dios te ayude" (God help you), "Dios te bendiga" (God bkss you).

Start early in life to educate

your children how to respf:ct their elders and immediate family. Also, teach them short pious phrases that remind them that God is in their life daily.

As they get older and tend to become quiet and distant, don't let them enter into that world alone.

Enter it with them. Creatl: meaningful communication and work at deepening mutual respect for each other.

This one-two punch is one sure solution parents need to practice if they are to keep religion alive in their homes.

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Expanded lvision asked' Dear Editor: Today's Globe canied an AP photo of Jack Kevorkian with his head in his hands, trying to ease back spasms from his self-imposed hunger strike. As 1 continued t..o focus on this distraught human person, I began' to remember all that he represented. While this picture would generate compassion in any person supporting respect for life, indeed it [also] represents a segment of our society that has a distorted perception of life.

In the introduction to Derek Humphry's most recent book, Dying With Dignity, he states "a woman's right to have an abortion has been in hot contention since the 1960s. It is my view that the length of the euthanasia debate will be much shorter because the constituency is much larger.....

Just a few short years ago Initiative 119 in the state of Washington which would make lawful physician aid in dying was only marginally defeated.

After the defeat a spokesperson for the American Medical Association stated. "This time we were very lucky. but it's not the end of the debate. it's only the beginning." With the Hem"lock Society as a catalyst, supporters' fundraising outpaced any otht:r grassroots campaigns by raising $1.6 million from only 27,000 contributors.

We as a civilized society need to continue to speak for those least able to speak for themselves. Historically. people think of pro-life asjust birthing the baby. But when we hear that suicide is now being referred to as the ultimate personal liberty and the cover-up terminology of "self-deliverance" masks the act of taking one's life and the media are portraying Jack Kevorkian as a hero, we must expand our vision of pro-life.

We must reject what has become more common and acceptable in our society. We must empower our pro-life groups to mobilize and renew their efforts to speak to

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Oliveira too. It really made all of United States. With his apus very happy that he took time to pointment, four of them head be with us for the evening. dioceses. The others are BishThis is just to let people know what a holy man he i$ and a caring . ops Joseph L. Howze of Biloxi, Miss.; J. Terry Steib of person. As he said when he first came here. "I'll walk among you": Memphis, Tenn., and Elliott well. he is. and I think all the critiG. Thomas of St. Thomas in cism of him is very unfair. Everythe Virgin Islands. thing was thrown at him when he Bishop Gregory, a Chicago was first made Bishop. Give him a break! native, earned a doctorate in I'm just sick at what has hapliturgy at San Anselmo in pened. He doesn't deserve it. My Rome and was ordained in prayers are for him daily. .

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Revised Standard Bible now in Catholic edition WASHINGTON (CNS) _. The editors of the: New Revised Standard Version Bible haye announced publication of a Catholic edition.

The N RSV: Catholic Edition. published by the Catholic Bible Press division of Thomas Nelson publishcrs. has been approved for study and liturgical usc by the U.S. and Canadian Catholic bishops.

Thc NRSV. a project of the National Council of Churches. was completed in 1990 by an ecumenical team of JO Scripture experts. including Catholic. Protestant.

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The Catholic deuterocanonical writings were part of the Septuagint. the Greek version of the Old Testamcnt complcted by .Jcwish scholars in the ~rc-Ch~~sti~l~l.cra.

Chicago. At that time, he was the youngest Catholic bishop in the United States.

Bishop Gregory completed a three-year term as chairman of the bishops' Committee on Liturgy at the November 1993 meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

At that meeting, he led discussion regarding an English translation of the Sacra mentary.

Pa X Christi reports increasing success NEW YORK (CNS) .- Pax Christi. an international Catholic agency working for peace. is expanding into new areas and gaining increased acceptance in the church. according to its president.

Cardinal Goclfried Danneels of Malines-Brussells. Belgium.

He said Pax Christi was better accepted in the church than it was a decade ago, a time of controversy over nuclear issues.

Political changes in Eastern Europe havc enabled Pax Christi to establish units there. he added.

Cardinal Dannccls was intcrviewcd whilc in New York to attend the presentation of Pax Christi's sixth annual peace award. The award. named for the latc Cardinal Bernard Alfrink of Utrecht. who was intcrnational Pax Christi president from 1965 to 19nL was prescntcd to Ray Williams and his wife. Dorraine Booth-Williams.

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People make retreats. They live Cursillos.

The distinction, explain Cursillistas, is that a retreat is often thought of as a weekend experience; a Cursillo is intended to change the way you live for the rest of your life.

The Cursillo en Cristianidad ("little course in Christianity") program began in Spain in 1949. In 1957 it was introduc'ed in its Spanish form to the United States and in 1961 the first English-language Cursillo in the country took place.

The program came to the Fall River diocese in 1964.

Since then, the three-day. encounter with Christ has continued steadily in the ·diocese, offered regularly at Holy Cross Retreat House, North Easton, and LaSalette Center for Christian Living, Attleboro.

The program is offered separately for men' and. women and candidates must be 25 or older. Its structure is simple, based ,on 15 talks by priests or laypersons dealing with such fundamentals as grace. the sacraments and Christianity in action. The usual retreat elements of Mass, confessions, rosary. meditations and ~tations of the Cross are present. So what makes the Cursillo different?

In 1982, Dr. Marcene Marcoux described it as "a journey to find the best words to convey the profound implica.tions of the unspeakable, unutterable Word."

A New Bedford native, she was the first cultural anthropologist to study the Cursillo movement. Her book focused on a retreat center in the Fall River diocese to which she gave the fictitious name of Ocean Bay. There she took part in Cursillo activities as far as possible without herself becoming a Cursillista. as those who have lived Cursillo are called. Calling the program "a poem in action," she described its famous "De Colores" greeting and embrace as symbolizing and embodying "the spirit of the movement in terms of caring, action, piety and community."

Asking the same question, "What makes the Cursillo different?". a 1967 Anchor story answered it with the comment of i1just-minted Cursillista.

"It's like being swept into an avalanche of love," she said.

Another quoted a missioner from the Philippines: "The reaction seems to be: We have seen the Lord. After that no man can be the same as before."

No one is. For three days Cursillistas are plunged into the ocean of God's love as manifested in the priests and laypersons who form the Cursillo team. So catching is the infection that normally reserved persons find themselves making friendships in three days that usually would take months or years to cultivate.

Admittedly, techniques of group dynamics are used in developing this atmosphere of love. and Cursillistas are people of goodwill or they wouldn't be making the Cursillo. Yet, given all this, the astonishing part of the Cursillo is the permanent dedication to the things of Christ that it effects in so many.

One practical difficulty for some is that whereas most retreats are a convenient weekend affair, the Cursillo begins on Thursday even-

ing and continues through Sunday, meaning that workers must arrange a day off and stay-athome moms or dads need a babysitter. But most Cursillistas agree that the effort proves well worthwhile.

"De Colores" Among anyone's outstanding memories of the Cursillo would undoubtedly be song and laughter. Singing is a large part of the program, especially the song most identified with the movement, "De Colores." Literally the words mean "of the colors," but they've come to signify "May you live in grace," and are a favorite greeting among Cursillistas, usually accompanied by an embrace.

Those making the Cursillo are divided into groups, sitting at the same table for each of the program's 15 talks, each of which is followed by a group discussion.

Each discussion is summarized, then all groups gather to hear the summaries, often illustrated by songs or playlets. By the Cursillo's end group members feel almost as close to one another as do members of a happy family.

Surprise!

Surprise is a favorite Cursillo technique and those looking back on their experience almost unanimously agree that it's well used.

One of the biggest surprises drew from one Cursillista the comment "Heaven must be like this!"

But heaven doesn't come on Earth and a strong feature of the Cursillo is its followup program.

"You're not lifted on high and left to thud back down," explained an organizer.

Thus Cursillistas are encouraged to attend regular meetings at which they aid each other to persevere in the .christian life "through mutual assistance, prayer and sacrifice."

Does such support work? The teams responsible for Cursillos prove that it does. They are composed of convinced Cursillistas who want to pass on to others what they have gained. By word and personal example they show that a full living of the Christian life is possible in any circumstances.

Jeanne Leffers One such Cursillista is Jeanne Leffers of Our Lady of Fatima parish, Swansea.. A busy mother working for an advanced degree in medical administration, she is a 9-

year veteran of the Cursillo movement and is currently chair of the pre-Cursillo committee that works with those interested in the program.

Starting at the top, she noted that Bishop Sean O'Malley is a Cursillista and has served on teams. "He's very supportive," she said.

The basic purpose of Cursillo, she explained, is "to Christianize the world." At a commissioning ceremony closing the Cursillo experience, she said, participants are told "Christ is counting on you."

Their response is "And lor, him."

Commissioning, she said, encourages a Cursillista to evangelize his or her environment, including family, work place, parish and neighborhood. In her pari~;h, she said, Cursillistas are amor,g religious education teachers, Eucharistic ministers and lectors.

But human nature being what it is, the enthusiasm inspired by the Cursillo may wane in time; and,to guard against this the movement has a post-Cursillo program that offers weekly "group reu nions" which may consist of as few as three or four persons and larger "ultreya" meetings once a month or more. "Ultreya" means "upward" and these gatherings are designed to keep alive the Cl,lrsillo spirit of dedicated Christian service. There are 12 ultreyas active in the diocese, located from the Attleboro-Taunton area to lower Cape Cod. Mrs. Leffers' husband lived Cursillo before she did and she said it was liis reaction that made her wish to share the experie IlCe. "I learned [Christianity] with my head before." he said. "''Jow I know it with my heart."

Also touched by their parents' experience have b~n the Leffers' three teenagers. "We're all more involved in the parish." said their mother.

Although hundreds of persons in the Fall River diocese are Cursillistas, other hundreds a re not.

Anyone interested in what can prove a life-changing exp,~rience may contact his or her paris h priest for further information or may call Mrs. Leffers at 67:!-7093.

The diocesan liaison for the program is Father Edmund J. Fitzgerald, pastor ofSt. John the Baptist parish, Westport, and a veteran of many Cursillo teams.

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Liturgy far from simple matter WASHINGTON (CNS) - As the V.S. Catholic bishops face a new English translation of the Sacramentary, the book containing all the prayers of Mass, they have found themselves going back to basics.

"Our attention has been focused on fundamental questions in a way it was not before," said Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk V.S. delegate to and president of the International Commission on English in the liturgy.

The commission, known as ICEl, was formed in the 1960s by English-speaking bishops' conferences to prepare common English liturgy texts for usc around the world. Each bishops' conference must approve each text by a twothirds vote, confirmed by the Holy See, before the texts are used in its country.

"What we're dealing with is the biggest liturgical task we've faced since our first [English translation of the latin Roman Missal] after the council," said Archbishop Pi1arczyk. "You use th,e Sacramentary every day.

"The ICEl Sacramentary texts are forcing the bishops to look at the question, What do we want from liturgical texts? .... How do we want to pray?"

Interviews by Catholic News Service with several bishops following their November general meeting in Washington suggested that despite some differences there is remarkable unity :among them on underlying concerns.

One such concern is more thorough attention to nuances of doctrine reflected in the language of liturgical prayers.

Several bishops said they arc looking at the new Sacramentary as a major opportunity to fill in what was lacking in its first English edition, issued 20 years ago and still in use, with some minor editorial changes introduced in 1989.

Cardinal Mahony cited several

doctrinal concerns he had with the first segment of the new Sacramentary, which the bishops received last.summer, but he added: "let me say loudly, I think this translation is very much better than the one we are using."

"Can there be better translations?

By all means," said Erie, Pa. Bishop Donald W. Trautm.an "Can the translations be more faithful and accurate? By all means. But are they heretical? No .... I don't know of any bishop who is saying the ICEl texts are heretical. The proposed texts are vastly superior to the ones we are usin~ now, although there can still be an Improvement."

As new chairman of the Committee on the liturgy, over the next three years Bishop Trautman will guide the new Sacramentary through an exhaustive process of evaluation, debate and vote by the bishops.

At their November meeting the bishops adopted a proposal by Bishop Trautman for doctrinal review of all Sacramentary texts by the chairman of the liturgy and doctrine committees and the directors of their Washington secretariats. The full doctrine committee is to study any potentially problematic texts and make recommendations to the liturgy committee.

The two committees are to work out any difficulties before the text goes to the bishops as a whole.

Bishop Trautman said one tension is betwt:en those who favor more literal and those who want freer translations.

"That's where we have come together in dialogue," he said. "I would call it bringing out the truth from both positions .... We will have a better translation as a result."

Then Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Wilton D. Gregory whose term as chairman of the liturgy committee ended in November, said the real debate among the bishops "is not over the translations, but over the principles behind them."

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.Intergenerational program includes holiday cheer Students from the J. F. Wilbur School, Little Compton, RI, recently gave a holiday concert for residents of Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River. Members of the school's band, chorus and recorder ensemble-over 60 students In allprovided a much appreciated "gift" to the residents in the form of seasonal tunes and sing-a-Iongs. .

The concert was the school's way of thanking the nursing home for its sixth year of participation in an intergenerational program with Wilbur School, said Dr. James Alves, school superintendent, who also attended.

Through the program eighthgrade students visit elderly residents each month. The visits are designed to complement a Wilbur School elective course in gerontology.

In class, students learn about the aging process and examine their own feelings about aging and the elderly. At the Memorial Home, they have the opportunity to meet and get to know elders.

To help break the ice, students learn communication skills, such as asking questions to get a conversation started. Staff at the home tried to match students with residents having similar interest~.

Both students and elders are asked to make a year-long com-

mitment to the program, which is limited to 14 pairs of students and residents. Program coordinators are Wilbur School guidance counselor Carolyn Mintz and school nurse Debra Lambert.

Memorial Home resident Anna Ciarpella, 74, said that the student participants are "real gems."

"I still have a zest for living! I like being able to talk about my interests and experiences with the students. You may hear negative things about young people today, but these youngsters are wonoerful"':'-and their manners are always impeccable," she said.

Her Wilbur School friend, Jonathan Corrao, said that he enjoys the program: "I like learning about the elderly, and I like meeting them here and getting to know them."

Students and residents in the intergenerational program visited with each other and exchanged Christmas gifts after the concert.

The program will continue each month through June, when the students will have a graduation party with residents.

"We'd like to see this program continue every year," said Dr. Alves. "As the population ages, it is important for young people to understand elders and the aging process."

Don'Ameche remembered SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (CNS) - Academy Award"winner Don Ameche was remembered as a man worthy of one more 路ovation by family and friends at a memorial Mass at Our 'Lady of Perpetual Help Parish. .

The 85-year-old actor, who died Dec. 6, was remembered at the Dec. 13 Mass as路 someone who treated others with respect, and God with reverence. He went to daily Mass and was known for sitting in the front pew.

Ameche 'was also remembered fot his love of exer~ise, afine'ltalian dinner and a good glass of wme.

Father Frank Fernandez, associate pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, said Ameche represented a romantic time in society when people showed more respect for one another. . "This was something that 路Don Ameche was able to portray in his films and in his life," said the priest, who led the service, which drew450 people. Also present were Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. O'Brien and five other priests.

In November, Ameche had completed filming"Corinna, Corinna," a remake of a 1950s film, with Whoopi Goldberg. In the movie his character dies.

Ameche's daughter-in-law Carol, a nurse who cared for the actor while he was suffering with prostate and bone cancer, said he was concerned his illness might disrupt the production schedule or cause the filmmakers to rewrite his part.

She called her father-in-law a m'an of great strength who rarely showed any sign of succumbing, "He fought to live to the end. He was so strong. He was incredibly strong-willed," she said.

Ameche had "great faith," she , added, and "he always recognized and appreciated how good God was to him."

Don Ameche Jr., one of his two adopted sons, said his father lived a simple life without emphasis on material gain ..

"He lived very simply in a townhouse. He was a man of few possessions," he said.

Ameche would walk two miles to church to go to daily Mass.

When possible, he would walk six or more miles a day.

"He loved life and he loved his family," his son said.

Ameche never got close to many of his showbiz contemporaries, Most of his friends were clergy, especially Jesuits. '" guess that with the Jesuits being worldwide. he was always able to catch up with one of them somewhere," his son added.

The actor frequented Italian restaurants during the two years he lived in Scottsdale.

Waiter Giovanni Lakoseljac, who served Ameche at one restaurant, said the actor wouldn't settle for a strict business relationship, but enjoyed lighthearted conversation and speaking in Italian during his visits.

"It was a great pleasure getting to know him. We became very, very close. Not just as customer and waiter,". he said. "There was more of a family feeling there like father and son."

Enough For Evil CATHOLIC MEMORIAL HOME resident Anna Ciarpella and Wilbur School friend.Jonathan Corrao.

"All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing."-Edmund Burke

CHILDREN AT Taunton's Bennett School entertain residents of Marian Manor, also in Taunton, with holiday songs.

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A lifelong resident of North Attleboro, Mrs. Kennedy was widowed when her three c'hildren were young. She supported her family by dressmaking, doing laundry and cooking. She has been active in her parish, St. Mary's of North Attleboro, throughout her life, having served as a member of the choir, substitute organist and member of the Altar Society. At the one-hundredth anniversary celebration of the parish in 1990, her children donated the marble altar in her honor.

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could retirE~ in '94 for age reasons WASHINGTON (eNS) Twelve currently active U.S. Cath~ olic bishops could re:tire for reasons of age in 1994.

During the year, six bishops, including two Chicago auxiliaries, will turn 75, the ordinary retirement age of bishops. Six other U.S. bishops are already 75 but continue to serve.

Active bishops who will be 75 in 1994 are: ..

- Bishop Alfred L. Abramowicz, Jan. 27, an auxiliary of Chicago since 1968. .- Bishop Patrick V. Ahern, March 8, an auxiliary of New York since 1970.

- Bishop Joseph T. O'Keefe, March 12, a bishop since 1982 and bishop of Syracuse, N.Y., since 1987.

- Bishop Timotlhy J. Lyne, March 21, an auxiliary of Chicago since 1983.

- Bishop Edward D. Head, Aug. 15, a bishop since 1970 and bishop of Buffalo, N. Y., since 1973.

- Bishop Martin N. Lohmuller, Aug. 21, an auxiliary of Philadelphia since 1970.

Under church law, bishops must submit their resignations when they turn 75, but they need not be accepted immediately.

U.S. bishops who reached 75 before 1994 but were still active as the new year began a.re: - Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy, 75 on April 10, 1993. He has been a bishop since 1965 and THE POPE greets children following a recent Vatican archbishop of Miami since 1977. conference on their needs. (eNS/ Reuters photo).

- Bishop John J. Paul, 75 on Aug. 17, 1993. He has been a bishop since 1977 and bishop of , La Crosse, Wis., sin<:e 1983.

- Bishop Timothy J. Harrington, 7.5 on Dec. 19, 1993. He has been a bishop since 1968 and bishop of Worcester since 1983.

WAS H INGTON (CNS) settled down, but knew she couldn't - Bishop Arthur J. O'Neill, 75 on Dec. 14, 1992. He has been Offering healthcare services in- afford to pay the bill for a longer bishop of Rockford, 111., since volves "a whole series of value hospital stay if the insurance combalancing decisions" in which bus- pany rejected the claim. After 1968. iness and medical ethics often con- lengthy discussions, the mother - Bishop Michal:1 J. Dudick, 75 on Feb. 24, 1991. He has been flict, but with no clear right or took her daughter home, noting bishop of the Ruthenian diocese of wrong, said panelists at a recent that she did so against the doctor's Woodstock Theological Center wishes.

Passaic, N.J., since 1968. forum.

Dr. DeAngelis said her husband - Bishop John M. Bilock, 75 "The American people are driven sat by the phone most of the night on June 20, 1991. Hie has been an by a belief in our own immortal- and called the family early in the auxiliary bishop of the Byzantine morning to find out if there had archdiocese of Pittsburgh since ity," said Bernard R. Tresnowski, president and chief executive officer been any problems. The case ilIus1973 and archdiocesan adminisof the Blue Cross aM Blue Shield trate.s how a physician's interest in trator since the death of ArchAssociation, which coordinates 71 adequate can:, an insurer's interest bishop Thomas V. Dolinay last independent medical plans. "We in controlling costs and a patient's April. harbor a belief that disease can be interest in both are affected by In 1993, 10 of the 16 active U.S. eliminated. And we're taught to ethics and business sense, she said. bishops eligible for retirement at want good healthcare regardless the beginning of the year had Father John P. Langan, senior of our ability to pay." retired by the end of the year. fellow at the Woodstock Center The public wants the best of and professor of Christian ethics Bishops Abramowicz and Lyne medical care without delay, while a t Georgetown, described the values retired from their pastorates in expecting not to'have to pay more Chicago in 1989, in accord with an balancing act as stemming from for it, agreed speakers at the rearchdiocesan rule that pastors the need to operate healthcare as a search i,nstitute at Jesuit-run must retire at age 70; but conbusiness.

Georgetown University. tinued to serve as auxiliary bishops "We can't think of healthcare as "We're victims of our success," and regional vicars. something to be sold any more said Dr. Catherine D. DeAngelis, a professor of pediatrics at Johns than we think love can be sold," Hopkins University School of Father Langan said. Nevertheless, Medicine in Baltimore. "Everyone medical care is a lucrative busiCHICAGO (CNS) - Father wants the best, but every advance ness, which carries with it the risks George Clements of Chicago, that contributes to having a longer and bonuses of free enterprise in founder of the "One Church, One addition to medical ethical queslife span contributes to the cost."

Child" adoption program, is helpDr. DeAngelis told of a dilemma tions. ing launch a program involving A simple solution is simply to faced by her psychiatrist husband churches in drug addicts' recovery. accept the fact that in order to one recent evening., Called "One Church,. One Addict," A 14-year-old patient, hospital- cover those now uninsured and to the program will rel:ruit churches ized because of extremely violent guarantee everyone in the country nationwide of every denomination behavior, was about to be checked access to basic care, everyone will to guide an addict through recovout because the three-day stay have to give up something, Dr. ery. The priest was pastor of Holy DeAngelis said. covered by her family insurance Angels Church in Chicago when he adopted a son in 1981 and devel- had elapsed. 'But the psychiatrist "It's a very Christian kind of oped a national program in which was hesitant to release her. thing," she added. "What are you adoptive homes have been found The girl's mother was also relucgoing to give up so everyone can for more than 40,000 children. tant to take her home until she had have something?"

Healthcare value-balancing act, say panelists .

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Hispanic Catholics seek more integration in church ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (CNS) - The number of U.S. Hispanics continues to grow and so does grassroots organization of Hispanic Catholics, but church leaders are concerned that the movement may result in a parallel church structure for Hispanics, leaving them outside the mainstream.

"The bishops are concerned about their integration in the looal church," said Piarist Father Mario Vizcaino, director of the Southeast Pastoral Institute in Miami, who organized a regional encuentro in St. Augustine. The recent meeting brought together 150 Hispanic leaders from 26 dioceses in eight , states to discuss issues of church integration and conflict resolution.

"At the same time, the multicultural reality present in the church may create conflicts that our people must learn to resolve according to the GospeL" said Father Vizcaino, who fosters pastoral ministry to Hispanics in dioceses in the Southeast region.

For 15 years Father Vizcaino and his team at the institute have traveled the Southern states in a small van, seeking out Hispanic Catholics interested in being active in the church. Once found. many have become missionaries to others and have formed a network of hundreds of small communities across the region, from North Carolina to Louisiana to Florida.

"I know that the Hispanic growth is a phenomenon without precedents," says the Cuban priest, who regularly reports to the U.S. bishops on the progress of his pastoral work with Hispanics.

When he reports, he shows them a huge map covered with red dots marking the location of Hispanic Catholic communities. "Today there is hardly an area without some Hispanics," Father Vizcaino said.

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The following article is the third in a four-part series tracing the history of the Fall River diocese. It was originally presented as a talk

by Father Barry W. Wall at the recent opening session of the Emmaus spiritual renewal program for priests. Our Dec. 24 article discussed the 19th century Portuguese and French-Canadian presence in the Fall River diocese.

During the 19th century, in addition to the rapidly growing number of parishes in what was to become the Fall River dioce~e, the first charitable and educational institutions were founded. The first Religious, the Sisters of Mercy, came in 1873 to staff a hospital in New Bedford. In the next few years several parochial schools were opened as well as St. Vincent's Home, St. Joseph's Orphanage and St. Mary's Home which in the beginning cared for the elderly as well as children.

The missionary character of the church was giving way to a structured church deeply rooted in the parish. During the Providence years the church as many of us knew it growing or as young priests was taking shape. What about that church?

Can you recall the Eucharistic fast from midnight from everything including a sip of water, mixed marriages outside the gate, the churching of women after childbirth, confessions for the entire school before First Friday, curates passing the basket for the monthly collection, communion distributed from the tabernacle after the Sanctus, eighth grade angels leading the first communicants, taking the pledge a1. confirmation?

How about Lent and Holy Week, the folded chasuble and the

broad stole, clergy and servers venerating the cross in stocking feet, the triple candle, veiled statues and tubs of water. To paraphrase the song, if you can't rememberthen, dearie, you're much younger than I. The pioneer priests were passing too, like Father Edward Murphy. at St. Mary's in Fall River. He had come in 1840 as a young man ordained two years and found the small wooden St. John's Church and about 300 Catholics. When he died in 1887 there were in the city 30,000 Catholics, 15 priests, nine churches, six schools, six convents and one orphans' home.

Some of these developments he very likely opposed. He purchased the land for Sacred Heart Church, thinking it would be a mission of St. Mary's but a new parish was definitely needed; in 1870 there were 500 baptisms at St. Mary's.

When he returned from vacation to discover St. Louis parish had been established, he was so upset that he told the then mayor, who had donated some granite left over from a city project to the new parish, that he wouldn't be elected again and he wasn't, so the story goes.

The missionary aspect may have passed away but the independent and authoritarian style of leadership which the earliest priests understandably developed in their isolated ministry was still alive and well in the succeeding generation of pastors. Father Edward J. Sheridan, the pastor of St. Mary's in Taunton, appealed to Rome to block the establishment of Immaculate Conception parish. He was unsuccessful but he still went. about telling Irish members of the new parish not to abandon St. Mary's. .

Mary's in 1871 he climbed into the pulpit and said "My name is Edward J. Sheridan, I've come from St. Vincent's parish in South Boston and I don't need any advice from any of you." There have been moments when I have sympathized with Father Sheridan.

Another authoritarian figure was Father Manuel C. Terra, the longtime pastor of St. Peter's in Provincetown. I don't know what his Portuguese parishioners thought of him but to the Englishspeaking among the congregation he was known as the "holy terror."

Continued Growth Growth continued after the 1904 creation of the new diocese of Fall River as faithful of various ethnic groups continued to come to the area: Cape Verdeans, Lebanese, Ukrainians and, in our own day, Hispanic peoples from the Caribbean and from Central and South America.

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The predicted protests failed to materialize. the pope said. It was a fact that still cheered him four months later.

The pope said his visit to Sudan was part of an effort to convince Muslim leaders that "we need to 路talk" about mutual problems. He recalled the genuine hospitality Sudanese authorities had shown him. but said their promises of religious freedom need to be put into practice.

In 1993 just one papal document was published, but it has already made an impact on contemporary society: his long-awaited encyclical on moral theology, "Veritatis Splendor" ("The Splendor of Truth"). As the pope told his aides at year end. it seems clear now that the encyclical's recalling of moral values was sorely needed.

What left many at the Vatican pleased was the predominantly positive worldwide reaction to the encyclical. Not only did it provoke appreciative comments. but the text was widely quoted in main, stream media.

For various reasons. 1993 was a frantic year for papal meetings.

"Ad Iimina" visits by Latin American bishops had been put off because of fifth centenary celebrations in 1992. and路 others were held over when the pope had an operation for an intestinal tumor in mid1992. The meetings were squeezed

in this year, leaving few blank spaces in the pope's daily schedule.

During V.S. bishops' "ad limina" visits, the pope spoke out publicly on what some Vatican officials had considered a quasitaboo subject: sexual abuse by priests. He encouraged the V.S. church's steps to deal with the problem, making clear his deep pain at such "deviations" and his sympathy with victims. At the same time. he took the media to task for what he said was sensationalist treatment of sex abuse cases.

- An agreement with Israel on principles to guide church-state relations, with the, first concrete steps toward diplomatic relations.

This development, along with Ii historic papal meeting in September with Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau of Israel, opened the door to a future visit to the Holy Land, a longtime goal of the pope.

- A longstanding revision and expansion of ecumenical guidelines, approved by the pope in June after much debate.

succession of coadjutors, the see of Fall River has been vacant only twice, in 1907 and in 1992. The tragic events that unfolded during the recent period are well known to us. The first sede vacante is famous, too, but by comparison is comic opera. Monsignor Hugh Smyth, Bishop Stang's Vicar General became diocesan administrator but he didn't see eye to eye with the chancellor, Father James E. Cassidy.

Just before the name of the new bishop was announced, Msgr.

Smyth made several clergy transfers following the death of Father James Clark, the founding pastor of St. James parish, New Bedford.

The pastor of St. Kilian's went to St. James, the pastor of St. Patrick, Somerset, to St. Kilian's, the 'pastor of Immaculate Conception, North Easton, to Somerset, the pastor of Corpus Christi, Sandwich, to North Easton, and Father Hugh Harrold, the curate at St. Lawrence (who baptized my father), to Sandwich.

Very shortly Father Daniel F. Feehan, pastor of St. Bernard's Church in Fitchburg, was named bishop. The state of affairs was such that he came to Fall River and virtually took possession six weeks before his consecration, which took place Sept. 19, 1907. In early December, because of complaints and very likely the influence of Father Cassidy who would be the new vicar-general, the bishop directed the transferred pastors to return to their former parishes.

Appeals were made but Rome, without making a form~1 judgment, let the bishop's action sta'nd.

One of the pastors involved in the ill-fated transfers, in saying his good-byes, had made it clear that he was rather glad to be moving on, only to find himself back in his

Next week: The concluHion of Bishop路 Feehan's episcopate; the episcopates of Bishops Cassidy, Connolly and Cronin; a look towards the future.

- A major agreement between' Catholics and Orthodox on Eastern-rite churches. aimed at defusing tensions over proselytizing.

- A document by the Pontifical Biblical Commission on interpretation of the Bible; the document criticized fundamentalist approaches.

The pope also worked hard during the year to promote the new "Catechism of the Catholic Church," in meetings with bishops and lay groups. The fact that the English-language translation was still under Vatican renew bothered many V.S. bishops; the pope offered sympathy but no publication date.

On the international scene, the pope issued countless appeals for peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina and met with potential mediators. He hosted an interfaith prayer service for European peace that was attended by Christians. Muslims and Jews. His was a questioning and probing voice as V. N. military action in Somalia provoked second thoughts about "humanitarian intervention." , The pope sent a top Vatican official, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray. to China to test the potential for dialogue. He held an unprecedented meeting with South African President F. W. de Klerk and made preliminary plans to visit a post-apartheid South Africa. He

met with the prime minister of troubled Haiti to discuss a national reconciliation plan.

As universal pastor, he also watched carefully over churc:h-state tensions in such diverse pI.~ces as Cuba, Malawi and Vietnam.

The pope's pace in 1993 slowed only once, when he fell and dislocated his right shoulder :,n N 0vember. Five weeks later, the sling came off, and the pontiff was back shaking hands with his usual vigor.

As the new year comes into focus, so do new Vatica,n and papal projects: - Two,synods of bishops. one on Africa in April and anOl:her on religious life in October.

- A year of reflection on family and pro-life issues, to coincide with the V. N.-sponsored International Year of the Family.

- Papal trips to Belgium.

Lebanon and Africa.

- Another major papal document. this one on life issues :;uch as abortion. euthanasia 'and embryo research.

- The naming of about .20 new cardinals. perhaps in May. - The unveiling in April of Michelangelo's restored masterwork, the Last Judgment,. in the Sistine Chapel.

In short. as he looked ahead to an action-packed 1994. th e pope could well toast what turned out to be a very good year.

original parish six months later.

In spite of the fact that Bishop Feehan's episcopacy has thus far been the longest in the diol;ese, 27 years, there has always been a certain reticence about him, perhaps partly because he came between the scholarly Stang and the bombastic Cassidy and partly hecause of the senility that afflicted him during his last years.

The late Auxiliary Bishop James J. Gerrard related' that when he became diocesan chancellor in 1932, Bishop James E. Cassidy, then Apostolic Administrator of the Fall River diocese and in residence at St. Patrick's pari~,h, Fall River, sent him to live at the bishop's house.

However, he had no responsibilities with regard to Bishop lFeehan because all his needs were cared for by Owen Coogan, his j:aithful attendant and driver of many years, who slept on a cot at the bishop's door.

Some may know that Coogan was the uncle of Msgr. Pal:rick J. and Father Cornelius J. O'Neill and that his sister Sarah had also been part of the bishop's domestic staff until she met a young Irishman, Patrick O'Neill, who was employed by the family that lived at 47 Underwood Street, now the Chancery Annex. , The couple were married by Bishop Feehan in his private chapel and the marriage is recorded at St. Mary's Cathedral in the bold hand of Father Edmund Ward, who wrote under the section for notations that Sarah Coogan was "the Bishop's faithful servant."

---------------------------------------------------Savoring the list of papal accomplishments in 1993 VATICAN CITY (CNS)':"- As t:'ope John Paul II watched the bubbles dissolve in his year-end glass of champagne. he could savor a long and satisfying list of accomplishments in 1993. ' The 73-year-old pope began the year trying to dispel persistent rumors of ill health and speculation that his papacy was on the downhill slide.

Twelve months later, a look at the record shows this to have been one of the pope's most prod uctive periods - and ambitious new plans are on the horizon.

Outside observers often take the pope's "pulse" by counting the miles he logs on pastoral visits around the,world. Pope John Paul made five trips in 1993, including a first-ever visit to former Soviet republics(the Baltic states). a foray into a hardline Muslim state in Africa --.:- Sudan - and a swing through Latin America on his way to World Youth Day in Denver and his first meeting with President Bill Clinton.

For the pope. the highlight of the year was the massive youth gathering in the United States.'and on Dec. 21 he told the Roman Curia why: Despite what he termed a media campaign to emphasizedivision and youthful rejection of the church. the young people were 'overwhelmingly eager to hear his,. message.

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Magnificent event Continued from Page One cluded Panis Angelic:us and Ave Maria, both sung by Metropolitan Opera performer Bernard Waters, whose early musical training came from John Moriartv, a Sacred Heart parishioner. They had been noted as his favoritl~ hymns by Bishop O'Malley on his first pastoral visit to Sacred Heart in September, 1992, and that observation had obviously not been forgotten.

Seven variations on The StarSpangled Banner were offered by John Peragallo III BIS a demonstration of the versatility of both organ and organist; and the Gregorian Choir, directed by Father Anthony Mancini, shone in beautiful arrangements of "'How Lovely Are the Messengers" and "Shall We Gather at the River."

Also sung by Waters were "0 Holy Night" and "Air of the County Derry." Of the latter, better known as "Danny Boy," Father Byington said it was included as a tribute to the Irish immigrants of the 1870s and 1880s who, although living in cold water flats and making an average of $9 a month in Fall River mills, wen: determined that Sacred Heart should be "the best building in town and have the best organ."

In addition to Peragallo, organists heard as accompanists or soloists were Paula Haven Fontes, Geoffrey Wieting, and Philip Farone. To parish organist Kevin McRoy and longtime parishioner, soloist and choir member Kenneth Leger went the honor of offering the parish hymn, "0 Sacred Heart," which was dedicated to the late Eileen F. Carr, whose bequest aided in organ renovation costs.

Other soloists on the concert program were Markj Colozzi and Mary McAdams.

In concluding re!t!arks, Bishop 0' Malley, q uoti ng Mother Teresa, said that he prayed i that "as the organ is rededicate~, it will be 'something beautiful for God' to sing his praises and that its music will bring our attention to God as the song of the angels brought the attention of the shepherds to the Infant in the crib."

CTNA unscrambles WASHINGTON (CNS) - The U. S. bishops' satellite television network, experimenting with an unscrambled signal, ~as announced that its signal will remain that way.

The move was made in early December by the Cath9lic Telecommunications Network of America board in th(: hope of reaching a wider audience and lowering the cost of equipment for parish CTN A subscribers. Original start-up. equipment costs for new subscribers had been pegged at $1,500, including an unscrambling device.

The CTNA decision, coupled with a deal made through an Oregon firm to supply receiver dishes to new subscribers, has cut that cost to $547.

Lh'e To Give "When you live tp give, you're not disappointed if you fail to receive. If you expect nothing from people, all that comes will be a joyous bonus. No matter how horribly people treat you. you are not und uly upset when ypu realize that far worse tn:atment; was given to Jesus Christ and he endured it all."-- Vernon C. Lyons

Continued from Page One be protected by internationally guaranteed rules.

The Vatican will continue to insist that "whoever exercises sovereignty over the city, alone or with others, must adhere to an internationally guaranteed special statute" protecting Jewish, Christian and Muslim holy sites.

Beilin, the Israeli official, said the document "has much to do with the relationship between the Jewish religion and the Catholic faith. It is an important change after 45 years of the existence of Israel and. perhaps, 2,000 years of separation between us and the Christians."

The "fundamental agreement" does not solve all the thorny church-state problems in Israel and Israeli-controlled territories, but it lays the groundwork for further negotiations. It specifies that subcommissions will be named to deal with delicate issues regarding the church's property holdings, and its legal and tax status.

The agreement affirms the church's basic right to own property and to run schools, welfare institutions and communications media. It also declares respect for the traditional rules regulating activity at the Christian holy places and states a joint interest in promoting Christian pilgrimages.

Israeli and Jewish leaders hailed the agreement as a milestone, largely because it meets the long-standing Israeli request for diplomatic ties. Experts on both sides predicted it would have a positive effect on Jewish-Catholic dialogue.

The preamble of the "fundamental agreement," citing the historic process of reconciliation between Catholics and Jews, says the accord should offer a sound and lasting basis for improvement in Vatican-Israeli relations.

Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York, moderator of Catholic-Jewish relations for the U.S. bishops, said although the document is preliminary and much work remains to be done, "we are convinced that it will bring rich rewards."

Cardinal Anthony .I. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia said ChristianJewish reconciliation and the Middle East peace talks would be furthered by the agreement.

In Los Angeles, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony praised the progress made locally in Catholic-Jewish relations and pledged "to continue our solidar.ity with our Jewish brothers and sisters to stamp out all forms of anti-Semitism and racism."

In Fall River, Bishop Sean O'Malley expressed happiness that an agreement had been reached. "I hope this will bring about greater cooperation between Israel and the Vatican and increased peace in the Middle East," he said.

Jesuit Father Pasquale Borgomeo, director general of Vatican Radio, said real reconciliation between Catholics and Jews would take continued effort.

"The mutual prejudices are too ancient, too rooted in mistrust and suspicion to expect them to melt suddenly like snow under the sun" he said in a radio commentary.

But with the agreement. he said. "another wall crumbles"' and the two peoples are closer than before.

The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. said the agreement is "bathed in the spirit"' of the Second Vatican Council

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SAID I LOVED YOU

By Christopher Carstens It's a new year, which makes this a good time for thinking about goals and dreams.

One of the questions I often ask teens is, "What kind of work would you like to do when you're out of. school?" It's a good question for starting a conversation,about hopes and ambitions.

Most kids say something like, "I just want a good job, anything, so '1 can get a car and my own apartment." If they talk about college, . it's because they want a better car or a nicer apartment, not because of anything they'd like to learn.

But there's a sizable minority , with a "big dream." They dream of becoming doctors, professional ath,Ietes or rock musicians, actors, "writers or n~twork news anchors.

Dreamers are more interesting kids, because there's a fire burning 'inside them. Achieving the big dream isn't easy. Well-meaning adults often recommend som(;thing "more reaiistic."

Whlit shame. The world is good enough at wearing down . dreamers, and I don't think they need their parents and teachers helping with the destruction.

Magical success is rare. Hardly anybody attains one of those big dreams without years of hard work.

Now and then a real no-talent will accidentally get rich and fa mous for a while but that's hardly usual.

Mostly, people who achieve the big dream have followed a clear pattern of personal effort.

Read articles about the lives of successful people - artists. athletes or business people - and the same pattern shows up again and again. They worked very hard get- . ting there.

Here's what it takes.

First, there's no way to skip being a beginner. Learn the basics of your trade well. You can't be a famous guitarist without lear'ning the chords and finger.ing. You'll need to study beginning guitar technique and master,it before you

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Said I loved y~u but I lied This is, more than love I feel inside , Said I loved you but I was wrong Because love can never Ever feel so strong Said I Im'ed you but I lied And'though my soul I tried in vain How can the words my heart explain This ta~te of heaven ' So deep so true I found you ,So many reasons in so many ways My life has just beRun Need you forever And'l need y~u to stay You are the one You are the one You came to me like the dawn Throu~h the niRht .lust shining,like the sun Out of my dreams and into my life You are the one You are the one

can go improvise for crowds of thousands~ , There is no, way to bypass the basics. You can't play like Eddy Van H'alenjust by buying the same guitar and amp he uses. You need to take lessons, Whether we're talking about music, athletics, art or science, the people at (he top are highly skilled.

They've got their techniqu~ mastered. They may .have moved through the beginner stages quickly, but they didn't skip them.

Second, challenge yourself by . working with the best teachers you can find. Seek instructors who are demanding, who make you stretch.

When a t'eacher just say~, "Wow, you'r~ really good," it doesn't help you get better. The teacher who advances your growth says, "This has some good qualities. Here's how to improve ib" Talented individuals often cut off their progress by avoiding an'ybody who pushes them. Remember, the biggest learning disability is the illusion that you already know everything important.

Great actors work with de, .. "/(. manding d.ir~ctors.,Great athletes: work with coaches who press the Written by M. Bolton, R.J. Lange. SunR by Michael Bolton limits of their abilities. Really ter. (c) 1993 by Sony Music Entertainment Inc. rifi~ singers have voice teach'ers When he attempts to express HOW MUCH love will you who say. "That isn't good enough the depth of his feeling. he share in 1994'! yet." realizes that words arc inadeTo open a new year of Finally, work hard at your quate, Because he never knew columns, I've picked Michael dreams. Workatiteveryday. You love could "ever feel so strong."

Bolton's hit, "Said I Loved You won't get to the major leagues by he puts things this way: "Said I Lied."

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But I playing baseball four months a title's apparent meaning, Bolloved you. but I lied." year. You won't become: a great ton's message seems to be less musician if you don't spend more Love built on faithfulness, about deceiving another with time practicing than watching commitment and respect is powpromises of love than with disMTV. If you want to be a great erful stuff, It is the energy that covering how powerfully love writer, write every day of your life. each of us can use to make an can affect us.

There's nothing wrong with impact on our small corner of The guy in the song has found wanting a good job and a nice car. the world in 1994. someone he loves. She came For a lot of people. it's enough.

God used this same energy to "out of my dreams and into my But if you're one of those kids with life." Now he feels like "my life create.a whole universe. This Ii big dream, remember: Hard work has just begun." time, it's your turn. is the price of keeping the dream alive. ' Your c6mments are welcomed . by Dr. Christopher' Carstens; c/o Bishop Connolly HighSchool, given by the Harvard University Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth Fall R'iver, named Keelin Garvey Alumni Association and the Xerox St, N.E., WashinRton, D.C. 20017. of Swansea the 1993 recipient of Award in humanities and social ,the Thomas·Keyes Memorial Schol- science from the Xerox Corporaarship, given each year to a sopho- tion. She is eligible to apply for a more in memory'of a member of special Xerox program at the Uni.the class of 1984,who was killed in '.versity of Rochester, NY.' an automobile accident. The $1,000 , Katie Marino of Warren, RI, 'award is funded ,by the annual received the Baus2h ~nd Lomb Tommy Keyes Memorial GoifTournament.

Junior Frank Hill of' Middletown, R I, and senior Jennifer Currier of Tiverton; R I, were renamed for the scholarshi'p. "

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The style that you use in sflaring love can make a big difference. Bear in mind that real love is not willing to harm others or simply to take from th,~m.

The respect it entails considers their trust well-being, as well as one's own.

Consider some of thcsc qualities as vou interact with ot~lers . in 1994~ I. Be spontancous. Som(1 of the best ways to shapc Dur world with love occur in a moment's flash. Many of thesc chances happcn as opportunities for kindness, Be observant.

Chances for loving kindness are everywhere.

2. Be playful. This doe:;n't mean being irresponsible. lonly mean that sharing love can be fun. One way to keep love fU,n is to remain al1onymous. Play loving surprises on friends or family members. For example, don't let on. that you did a brother's or sister's household chore for him or her. Or leave a sOlall present fQr someone, along vlith an anonymous note readi,ng, "Here's a little something to celebrate this day of your life."

3. Be time-giving. The gift of time costs nothing but pays off .immeasurably. It tells others you have put aside your own ~ched\lle so as to enhance,the quality of theirs. This is eHpecially true for the very young and the very old. Taking a younger sibli'ng to a playground for a couple of hours or surrlrising a grandparent with a visit,is to give in a significant way.

4. Be prayerful. When you bring the name of someonl~ to our God with love, you enhance his 0'1' tier whole bein·g.Pra~7ing for someone is to connect heartto-heart: This gift provides another with a boost of spiritual energy. helping him or her.find the best in life.

Finally. don't give love with strings attached, Unconditional love is given,in such a manner that it asks nothing. It is .iust givcn.

Yes, 1994 is herc. It's a new chance. a new opportunity. How crcative. spontaneous, playful and prayerful will you be with love this year'!

Your comments are welcomed

by Charlie Martin, R R3, :lIox 182, Rockport, Ind. 47635.

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Three:students are recipients of academic'awards'. Senior Matthew Tr'acy of Fall River is on~ of 400 '. recipients of the Hoiy Cross Book , Award given by the College of the '. BISHOP CONNOLLY High School academic' award J:!0ly Cross, W.orces.t.er, for except .. . h . . .', . . tlOnal scholastiC achievement and .,• recIpIents WIt pnnclpal Father·John P. Murray " SJ'fromleft , 'comml " ' t men tt osc h d commun.

00ian ~ Laune Leal,-Xerpx and Harvard Book awards; K:,atie Marino, 'Ity, . , 'Bau~Ch:alld Lomb Science ~ ward;' and .¥at~he\V Tracy" Holy Senior Laurie teal 'of Swansea ~ .Cross 'Book"AWard:' ,', ' . . received'the Harvard Book Award

Science Award, presented each year to winners at approximately 6,500 schools. The award is given at Connolly to the student who has attained. the highest scholastic standing in science subject.;. Miss Marino is eligible to apply to become a University of ROI;hester Bausch and Lomb Scholar,

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HAPPY BIJITHDAY: First-graders at St'. Anthony's School, New Bedford, enjoy a birthday party fori Jesus.

,.St"Anthony' School The first grade class at St. Anthony School, New Bedford. celebrated Christmas with a Birthday Party for Jesus organized by their teacher, Martha Macomber, and the class mothers' group.

Soon after Thanksgiving the children began decorating the class tree with handmade ornaments which they later gave as Christmas presents. Recalling that Christ was born in a manger, the children collected winter clothing and bedding for those living in shelters. In keeping with the school's theme for the school year '93-'94, "We are All God's Family," students raised $61.81 for the Neediest Family Fund.

Cake, ice cream, balloons and decorations provided atmosphere for the birthday party. After the reading of the Story of the First Christmas each child placed a star in front of the creche. On these stars each child wrote a promise as . their gift of love to Jesus. The party ended with caroling and undecorating of the Christmas tree.

Each child received a bag of party gifts.

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KING FOR A DAY: Matthew Price picked the lucky cupcake containing a peanut and was crowned king for the day at the S1. Stanislaus School, Fall River, pre-kindergarten's Epiphany celebration. van Scholars from around the state for one of two $1000 college scholarships and an all-expense paid trip to the National Century III Leaders Conference this spring in Baltimore.

The Century III Leaders program is designed to recognize students who show strong leadership abilities and interest in the future of America.

Runners-up in the competition at Coyle-Cassidy were senior Laurie Poyant and Theresa Arpin.

JESSICA CUMMINGS, an eighth-grader at S1. Joseph's School, Fairhaven, was a winner in the "Journey to Peace" poster contest sponsored by the Fairhaven Lions Club.

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CoYle-Cassidy High School, Taunton. offers annual religious : retreats for each class under direction of Carol Sypko. who has been involved with youth retreats since 1976.

Each retreat focuses on a particular theme. The freshmen make . two s-piritual journeys: The first.

Children in grades 4. 5 and 6 at "God Made Visible," is about recSt. Anne's School, Fall River. parognizing visible signs of God's ticipated in National Children's presence; the second has the theme Book Week. A mural created by and discusses how HOMES FOR THE HOLIDA YS: Meghan ~ertrand and "Friendship" librarian Nazira Duddy and participants can invite Jesus to Susan Taylor, fifth-graders at St. Mary-Sacred Beart School, become a special part of their lives. assistant librarian Judith Bolger depicted life under the ocean.

North Attleboro, display gingerbread houses they made in art The sophomore theme is "Self Children who read science books " class last month.

Image." It acknowledges that eveon fish and the ocean had their ryone, though different. is beautinames inscribed on fish in the ful in his or her own way. mural. The month-long event culJuniors discuss "Relationships" "Ncll' England '''>''/,11<11"" minated with an "Ocean Party" WIth a Europtan Flair" and how dramatically they can be celebration. Students were served transformed with Christ at the bluejello with "gummy fish" inside. center.

Music from "The Little Mermaid" Seniors ex perience a very serlset the tone of'the celebration.

Bed C:>' Brea/ifusr timental retreat themed ".I Durney and Change AI'ang the Way."ln a transitional year, ,seniors deal with upcoming changes in life in and 495 \VtSC (',II",ouc" "'gl," ")' (HOUft 21lA) I' 0 Bm 1l<i5 outside high school.

Preschoolers at Holy FamilyWw F<lI",ollc", Ma 02574 The retreats generate much Holy Name School in New Bedenthusiasm. with 40 juniors sign- ford have been enjoying monthly Open year round ing up for the last retreat "all in story hours and craft sessi'ons with f 50RI 540· 7232 one day," said Mrs. Sypko.

Gail Roberts. librarian at the New She is considering an adult reBedford Public Library. treat on "Rest and Stress" to be V nder the direction of Ann Cafscheduled during the summer. ferty and Heidi Kuliga, the preThe Coyle-Cassidy library offers school also visited Our Lady's a world of information at one's Haven. Fairhaven. Dec. 15 for a Sales And Service fingertips with the SI RS CD-ROM Christmas sing-a-Iong. The chil\ .

Information System. which offers dren were accompanied by an elecup-to-date articles from over 800 tric keyboard. played by sixth publications in the V.S. and ab- grader Larry Savoie. road.

The system consists of database RCA - ZENITH - SYLVANIA stores on a n:ad-only compact disc 1196 BEDFORD STREET (CD-ROM) and a co'mputer work 673-9721 . station. making information readThe National Latin Honor Soily available using a "keyword ciety and Junior Classical League s~arch" function, Information is. at Bishop Feehan High School, .updated twice annually and in-Attleboro, recently elected officers. c1udes articles on a wide range of' In order of president;vice president, secretary and treasurer they social issues. science. economics. government' andiniernational af- are, for the honor society, Holly Est. 1962 .

Grochmal, Merry Pettingell, Sarah fairs.

The library also offers the S~rib-.. Kelch, Tiffany Perry; and, for the Religious ner's Writers Series on CD-ROM.. classical league, KyleDuffy, Erin Articles through wHic'h students al'c,a!:>le to McHale, Susanna Gledhill, .Ann review criticism on hundreds' of Buote. Tracy Anderson is the proBooks'. Gifts literary figui·es .. · . .' gram chairman.' .

CHRISTMAS AT COytE;'CASSIDY: DavidSchmeer, Foreign langmige teacher Diane ." Senior; Linrla Cabral h'a's been.

Church Supplies and Samantha Dube '~en stuffed stuff' the C,oyle-¢assjdy, 'named theschool'sSYlvan S·c'ilO-.' C~~n~ and English 'teacher Chris.. '. ."_. ' .

High School Natio~~l 'Hpnor .~oci~t~'s,~hristm~~JJ.ift Shop'. 1aras winner or' the'Centuryl1 r I topher S~vant attended th,e set:"- :428 Main St. Hyan'nis, MAo2601 aiding ·Taunton's needy, ~iu~ent~,pr.esen~. ~ tabl~a\l~ of,.t~e . ,. Le~ders comp·e'tition. She is' ilo\\. ".' ina'r"ln\ages of;Ppwer' atthe'Bos~, '50a-775-4iao" Mon~~Sat. 9-'5' eligible toeompote~wi€h:other.Syj.:... <'ton. M.useum of Fme Arts; ,:' i " .. 1-:...._ ...._ ....._...: .........,;,......_'_ _ Christmas Gospel during-.the. schoorsholida:y.~Mass.-.: ~

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ST. FRANCIS OF PEACE THE ANCHOR-I>iocese Of Fall River":'-Frr, Jan. 7,1994 ,., LaSALETTE SHRINE, FRATERNITY, W. HARWICH ATTLEBORO Winter schedule: Masses 12: 10 p.m.

Rosary 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, daily, 6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.4:30 at Holy Trinity Church, W. Harp.m. Saturday. Confession 2-3 p.m. wich, followed by 2 p. m. meeting.

Mass celebrant and homilist will be Monday-Friday, 1-4 p. m. Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday; no confessions Father Cornelius Kelly, OFM. All welcome. Information: Dorothy WilJan. 24,25,27,28. liams, 394-4094.

Soup kitchen 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Thursdays as of Jan. 13.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Bible study with Father Joseph Exposition of Blessed Sacrament MCFL, CAPE COD ST. ANTHONY OF DESERT, FR Ross 10a.m. WednesdaysJan.5,12, follows 7 a.m. Mass today, continuPro-life films sponsored by MasHealing service and Mass 2:30 Feb. 2, 16, March 2, 16,30; 7 p. m. ing until9 a.m. Mass tomorrow. All sachusetts Citizens for Life of Cape p.m. Jan. 16 with Father William Wednesdays Feb. 9.23, March 9,23; welcome.

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Cod will air4 p.m. Tuesdays in Jan10 a.m. Thursdays Feb. 3,17, March VINCENTIANS, ATTLEBORO uary on Channel 3 of Cape Cod 3,17,31. Classes are free and particiCORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Vincentian salvage Store, 81 Pine Cable Television, serving Barnstapants need not make commitment to Parishioners are invited to attend St., is in need of used children's cloble, Yarmouth. Dennis, Harwich and attend all sessions. diaconal ordination 'of Pawel Swiercz thing, small pieces of furniture and Chatham.

For information or calendar of tomorrow. He will be deacon for kitchen items; information: John events call 222-5410.

LIVING WORD PRA YER 11:30 a.m. Mass Sunday and be Drane, 226-2034 or 222-7706.

COMMUNITY honored at a following reception SEPARATED/DIVORCED, NB ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR 10th anniversary Mass 7 p.m. Jan. planned by the Women's Guild.

Support group meeting 7 p.m, Sunday Seniors Luncheon noon 10, St. Ann's Church, Raynham; felPrayer meeting 8 p.m. each MonJan. 12, Family Life Center, N. Jan. 9 followed by presentation on lowship and refreshments follow in da'y, preceded by 7:30 p.m. rosary.

Dartmouth; a professional tax con"Healthy Heart Liying" by Vicki church hall. All welcome. sultant will speak on filing income ST. ANN, RA YNHAM Paine, RN, BSN, cardiac rehab cotaxes when separated or divorced.

DCCW, ATTLEBORO Mass for hearing impaired 4 p.m. ordinator. Preregistration required; Diocesan Council of Catholic each Saturday. All w.elcome.

CATHOLIC NURSES, contact Lee Coluzzi. 674-5600 ext.

Women District IV will host evening CAPE-ISLANDS 2635.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, of prayer led by Sister Jane SelCape-Islands Chapter of Catholic E. FREETOWN. Imayer for the priests' Emmaus proNurses will meet 7 p.m. Jan. 12, St. Pastoral care education program gram 7 p.m. Jan. 20, Holy (ihost retreat today through Sunday; con- . Anthony's Church Hall, Falmouth.

Church, Attleboro. I nforma tion: Marian Desrosiers will give a profirmation retreat for St. Elizabeth Elsie Spellman, 222-1686. life presentation. Refreshments folSeton parish, N. Falmouth, tomorlow. 'Information: Dee Santos, row.

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BIRTHRIGHT, NB ST. VINCENT de PAUL, Volunteers needed two hours a WASHINGTON (CNS) ATTLEBORO AREA week or month; information: 996When a relative told Dominican District Council meeting 7 p.m .. Sister Marion Irvine to get in 6744, 10 a.m. to noon weekdays.

Jan. 3, SI. Mary's parish, N. HOSPICE, FAIRHAVEN shape, she didn't take the advice Attleboro.

Volunteers sought for hospice sitting down.

SERRA CLUB, , program. 24-hour training program Then 49 years old, the nun never ATTLEBORO AREA begins Jan. 25 and will continue two exercised, weighed 198 pounds and Annual altar servers' night 6 p.m. mornings a week from 9:30 a.m. to smoked two and a half packs of Jan. 26, SI. Mary's parish, N. noon. Information: Jo-Ann 'Beaucigarettes a day. To get in shape Attleboro. lieu, 999-3400. she took up runnirig, and hasn't SAINTS AND SINGERS CHORUS POPE PAUL VI COUNCIL, K orc "stopped since."

Rehearsals for Easter concert, I nstallation service for new ~i~~~:) d That was in 1978. Since then, "Believe," Thursdays and Fridays members 2p. m.

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ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS time Academy, Buzzards Bay. Sinhas competed in marathons across Vincentians are forming a group gers must have pleasant voice, be the world and qualified for Olymto visit shut-ins or convalescents. able to memorize part other than pic trials.

Information: P. Rotman, 255-5780; melody and attend rehearsals reguMost recently, she was picked as K. O'Brien, 255-8546. larly. Ability to read music not one of four runners honored by reqllired. Men are especially needed.

BOY SCOUTS, CAPE COD the MasterCard .credit card comAlso needed are light and audio Boys interested in earning Ad pany as "MasterCard's Masters of Altare Dei or o"ther religious awards technicians. Eight performances will the Marathon," be held between March 17 and 27 in may call Father Richard Andrade, Runners selected $1,000 each 398-2248 or Frank Sullivan, 385various area towns. Information: 7237 to arrange attendance at classes.

Dee Powell. 759-4690, evenings. plus trips to the San. Francisco Marathon.

Sister Irvine, principal of JustinSiena High School in Napa, Calif., said she doesn't know how she won the MasterCard competition. , She said a friend told her about the search and the $1,000 prize and

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, FR Habitat for Humanity of Fall River became an official affiliate Nov. I. Monthly board of directors meeting (formerly steering meeting) has been moved from SI. Vincent's Home to First Baptist Church, 228 North Main SI. FR, with next meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 17. A work trip to Providence is planned Jan. 22. The FR affiliate seeks property donations for Habitat to build on. Information: Charlene Orton, 673-3~i34, or Pat Santos, 678-6690.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Eyeglasses for donation to Haiti may be left in box at church foyer or ··office of Dr. William Langfi.eld, 598 Countv St. Volunteers needed to clean, 'mark and prepare glasses for shipping 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow, parish center.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Reception following di~.conal ordination of Pawcl Swiercz will be held 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the parish.

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When Sister Irvine started running, she said, "I discovered fairly soon that I had some talent, so I honed it."

In· 1980 she ran the B,)ston Marathon. In 1983, at age 54, she became the oldest woman to qualify for the Olympic trials in the marathon event by running 2:51:0 I at the California International Marathon. On the track, she has set world and American records for the 55-59 age group in 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 meter ever-ts.

She is also an accompLished rower who won the 1992 World Indoor Rowing Championships for the 2,500 meter distance.

During the school year, sh,: runs early in the morning and Wil:h the school's cross-country and track teams in the afternoon.

"I just love the outdoors. I don't watch any TV," she said.

Does she encourage her high school students to get involved in sports? "You bet," she said.

' " Sean O'Malley, O.F.M., CAP, Ph.D., Bishop of , . 'Fall River for the benefit of the exceptional and underprivileged children and other charit~ble apostolates of the Diocese of Fall River.

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