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Supreme Court to take Missouri abortion case WASHINGTON (NC) - The for Life, said, "This is very exciting U.S. Supreme CourtJan. 9 agreed for all pro-lifers, especially those to take up a Missouri law, largely in Missouri, to see on the horizon negated by lower federal courts, protection of the unborn for aborthat declared life begins at concep- . tion." tion, banned abortions at public The Supreme Court, following hospitals, and otherwise restricted its usual procedures, did not discuss the merits of any views in the abortion.

Church and pro-life sources wel- case, Webster vs. Reproductive comed the court's involvement.

Health Services, when it announced "I'm cautiously hopeful that ac- that it would consider the case. ceptance of this case signals a new The Supreme Court is scheduled willingness by the Supreme Court to end its argument period - the to reconsider the line of cases on days when cases are actually argued abortion which begins with Roe before the bench --:- at the end of vs. Wade," the high court's 1973 April. If arguments on the Misruling legalizing abortion nationwide, souri case are heard by then, a rulsaid Mark E. Chopko, general ing might be possible - but is not counsel for the National Confer- guaranteed - by the end of the ence of Catholic Bishops. court's 1988-89 term in mid-sumSamuel. Lee, state legislative mer.

Chopko cautioned that the high chairman for Missouri Citizens

Pro-lifers plan March

Unity services set With NC News reports Churches in the Fall River diocese will observe the 81 st annu~1 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Jan. 18 to 25. Jan. 18 was formerly observed as the feast of the Chair of St. Peter at Rome and Jan. 25 remains the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul.

In Greater Fall River, anecumenical committee has planned a service at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Cathedral. Members are Father Horace Travassos, cathedral rector and chairman of the Diocesan Ecumenical Commission; Rev. J. Patrick Murphy, rector of . St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Fall River; Rev. Leonard Silvester, pastor of United Parish of Fall River; Rev. David Buehler, Protestant chaplain at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River; and Rev. William G. Campbell, pastor of St. Dominic's parish, Swansea.

Father Campbell is coordinating an ecumenical choir for the

event, which parish choir members are invited to join. The group will rehearse at 6 p.m. Wednesday, immediately prior to the service.

Father Travassos notes that ample parking is available in St. Mary's Cathedral schoolyard, directly opposite the cathedral on Second Street.

An ecumenical prayer service for use during the unity week has been distributed by the Graymoor Ecumenical Institute of Garrison, N.Y ..headquarters of the Atonement Friars, whose founder, Father Paul Wattson, originated the observance in 1908.

New Bedford In New Bedford the Greater New Bedford Clergy and Religious Association will hold its traditional eight-night program of services at 7 p.m. Jan. 18 through 25.

The services will build on the national theme, "Building ComTurn to Page Six

c'ourt, in taking the case, might stop short of reversing Roe vs.

Wade. .

"It is also possible for the court to reconsider Roe without ever overturning Roe itself," he said. "I think it will be highly unlikely for the court to reconsider and then overturn Roe vs. Wade and thus rule abortion is no longer legal."

Sections of the Missouri statute struck down by lower courts included: - A declaration that "the life of each human being begins at conception."

- A requirement that physicians perform various viability tests on fetuses apparently 20 weeks old or older before abortions.

- A provision forbidding public hospitals and personnel from performing any abortion not required to save a woman's life.

- A ban on use of public funds "for encouraging or counseling a woman to have an abortion not necessary to save her life."

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promoter for "Bells for Babies," With NC News reports Spurred by the Supreme Court's an initiative of the National Right decision to consider a Missouri· to Life movement, which asks that law restricting abortion, members church bells be rung 23 times at I of Massachusetts Citizens for Life Turn to Page Six are planning their traditional bus trips to Washington for the annual March for Life demonstration.

The demonstration, scheduled this year for Jan. 23, protests the 1973 Roe vs. Wade high court decision legalizing abortion.

Among buses leaving the Fall River diocese for the march will be one or more from Holy Ghost Church: Attleboro. Departure will be at 10 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, and ·passengers will return about midnight Monday, Jan.23.

The pro-lifers are expected to arrive in Washington between 7 and 8 a.m. Jan. 23. They will attend a meeting to be addressed

by California Representative Robert K. Dornan, then will lobby members of Congress.

A noon rally will be held at the Ellipse. followed by the March for Life. ..

Attleboro organizer Alice c.'

McAndrews said reservations for the trip should be made as soon as possible. Information is available from her at telephone 226-0292 and in the Greater. New Bedford area from Mary Ann Booth, teleBISHOP Daniel A. Cronin imposes hands on Craig A. phone 636-4903.

"Bells for Babies" Mrs. Booth is also ·the local

Pregana, .ordaining him to the transitional diaconate at St. Mary's Cathedral ceremonies last Saturday. (Gaudette photo)

Tonight! The Bishop's Ball

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Pope, U.S. prelates to meet in March

Friday, Jan. 13, 1989 2 Mother Teresa's nuns to aid Armenian victims

MOSCOW (NC) - Eight nuns of Mother Teresa's Missionaries" of Charity will be allowed to work in the Soviet Union on a temporary basis, the head of the Soviet Peace Committee announced.

Four nuns will work in Armenia with victims of the Dec. 7 earthquake, and four will work in Moscow at the Institute of Neurosurgery.

Mother Teresa, in Moscow after visiting Armenian earthquake victims, reached an agreement with the peace committee and the Soviet Ministry of Health. Genrikh Borovik, president of the peace committee, said he hoped to be able to' prolong the agreement beyond six months.

Mother Teresa told a news conference that her nuns had no money. to offer, "but we are very happy to give tender love and care to the people, to the sick, the dying, the lonely, to anybody who needs love."

Former Soviet leader Josef Stalin banned charitable activities by religious organizations in 1929.

Under glasnost, religious laws are being rewritten but hiiVe not yet been published. .

Arkady Lifshitz, a professor at the Institute of Neurosurgery, said one condition of the nuns' presence there was that religious services would be for themselves, not for patients or the public.

He said the nuns in Moscow would work with victims of severe spinal injuries and trauma.

St. Anne's Hospital gratefully acknowledges contributions that we have received to the Remembrance Fund during December, 1988.

Through the remembrance and honor of these lives, St. Anne's 'can continue its' "Caring With Excellence."

Angelina Amaral William K: Assad Alfred Bellino Mrs. August Chouinard Jane Duperre Mrs. LMetta Dupont Sr. Germaine Des Anges G.agnon, O.P. Lorenzo Gagnon Bernard F. Iodice John W. Kennedy, Jr. Raymond Levitre Teresa Maloy Olive McGaw .

Pierina Petrillo Peter Pieroni Mary Pinkoski Oiiier D. Plourde ; Jean M. Polak Margaret路 M, Roberts' Albert]. Roy路 Miriam Sherrill Elizabeth M. Smith Fr: John Sullivan Mrs. Loretta Valiquette

We. are grateful to those who thoughtfully named St. Anne's Hospital's Remembrance Fund.

BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin recently held his traditional holiday meetings with retired priests ~nd with se~inarians of the diocese. Enjoying infor.mal talk wth the bishop are, in top pho~o, fIve of 18 retIrees at a luncheon at Fall River's Catholic Memorial Home. Clockwise from' bottom right: Fathers Cornelius J. Keliher, Daniel E. Carey and James F. Kenney and Monsignors Maurice Souza and Daniel F. ShaHoo. Bottom photo: seminarians with the bishop, front row from left: Steven Fachada, David Pregana, Charles Jodoin, Christopher Santangelo, Craig Pregana; back row: Edward J. Peck III, James Medeiros, Douglas Roderigues, John Sullivan, Gregory Mathias and John Balk. Craig Pregana's ordination is scheduled for June 10. Seminarian Douglas Sousa, not pictured, is at tne North American College in Rome. (Motta photos) .

and releases a preset amount of analgesic with pressure of a button. Maximum dosage and top frequency of administration are predetermined by the patient's physician and regulated by the computer.

"The benefits of this pump are numerous," said Madeline Souza, assistant head nurse in the postanesthesia care unit at St. Anne's.

"The pump actually speeds up the recovery process because it relieves pain instantly, allowing the patient more time for postoperative exercises such as coughing and moving," she explained.

"It's a fantastic advance in postoperative medicine," summed up Dr. Andre P. Nasser, the hospital's chief of anesthesia. "Usually, .when a patient ent~rs the hospital, all control is taken away from him; what he eats, drinks, when he sleeps, the medicine he takes...the pump gives the patient some con-

lO-year-old buried in Lockerbie

LOCKERBIE, Scotland (NC) - About 200 people filled Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Lockerbie for the funeral of IO-yearold Joanne Flannigan, who died when falling debris from sabotaged Pan Am flight 103 destroyed her home trol over his own well~being, and The Jan . .5 Mass ~as'th~ first that in' itself relieves' a' lot' of anxiety/" . . : fun~i-al foI-l I Lockerbi~~esj'dents . ~illed lnthe Dec:21 tragedy. I;:ight Of the II, including Joanne's parents, Tom and Kathleen FllinniCHARLOTTE, N.C. (NC) gan, remain' missing. Officials I)ave Cambodian refugees in Charlotte said some ofthe townspeople might have "an authentic place to be have h~en cremated in the explothemselves" and -practice their sion of the aircraft's fuel-laden Buddhist faith - the Sister Franwings \y;hen they hit t.he ground. ces Sheridan Buddhist Temple.

Father Patrick Keegans. told The temple was named after Sister tho~e at the funeral that death is Sheridan, a member of the Mis- harsh, "even in norma:I: circumsionary Servants or'the Most stances."

Blessed Trinity, in 1983. She is "In these circumstances it is director of Catholic Social Servi- almost unbearable and unbelievaces for the Diocese of Charlotte. In ble," he said. meeting the needs of refugees Joanne's brother Steven, 14, at resettled through her office, Sister a neighbor's when the disaster Sheridan helped them establish occurred, survived. Another the temple. brother, David, 20, was living away from home and returned for the funeral.

"The whole community shares GOD'S ANCHOR HOlDS in your grief," Father Keegans told them.

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Appointment, new equipment at St. Anne's St.~Anne's Hospital Fall River, has announced appointment of Dr. Mary Ann Rose to chief of radiation therapy at the hospital's Harold K. Hudner Oncology Center.

Dr. Rose was previously a staff radiation therapist at Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, and an instructor at Harvard Medical School.

At St. Anne's she will u~ilize a new radiation treatment machine, one of only 12 in-the world ..

Its use rpakes it possible to treat 'patients locally who might otherwise have had to travel to other medical centers.

Also at St. Anne's, patientcontrolled analgesia pumps are now in operation, allowing postoperative patients to exercise some control over pain relief.

The computerized pump, said officials, is connected to the patient's intravenous equipment

WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope John Paul II and at least 33 U.S. cardinals and archbishops will meet at the Vatican March 8-11 to discuss the church in the United States.

The meeting dates were announced by William Ryan, acting secretary of public affairs for the National Conference of Catholic' Bishops. He said details of the meeting would be released later in January.

Archbishop May asked bishops at last November's NCCB general meeting to' "reflect upon the potential significance" of the gathering at the Vatican and to share their thoughts on what might be discussed.

The U.S. delegates to the meeting will include the heads ofthe 33 metropolitan sees - the chief dioceses ofecclesial provinces which include other dioceses, sources told National Catholic News Service.

In the United States, 31 Latinrite archdioceses and two Easternrite archdioceses an~ metropolitan sees. The only U.S. archdiocese not considered-a metropolitan see is the Archdiocese for Military Services.

A meeting to discuss U.S. church issues was first suggested in late 1986 by Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, then-president of the NCCB. The suggestion came as the U.S. church was reacting to Vatican actions in the cases of Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen of Seattle and Father Char.\es E. Curran, a professor at The Catholic University of America.

The pope announced last March that the meeting would take place in the spring of 1989. At that time St. Louis Archbishop John L. May, NCCB president, told NC News that the meeting would be similar to a 1986 discussion at the Vatican with representatives of the Brazilian bishops' conference. .

At that meeting, attended by Brazil's five resident cardinals and.

14 regional secretariats, liberation theology and other issues of concern were discussed.

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"I COME ~O SERVE" was the theme of a celebration at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, honoring Sister' Mary Faith Harding, RSM, for 25 years of service at the school, including 15 years as principal. From left, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, Sister Harding and Father Richard W. Beaulieu, diocesan director of education. (Breen photo)

34th annual Bishop's Charity Ball tonight Representing Fall River diocesan parishes from the Attleboros to Provincetown, h,undreds of friends of exceptional and underprivileged children will gather tonight at White's of Westport for the 34th annual Bishop's Charity Ball.

They will dance to the music of Studio One/ Monte Music and Ed Souza and the Aristocrats, with proceeds benefiting diocesan summer camps for exceptional and underprivileged youngsters and other charitable apostolates, Among highlights of the evening will be presentation of young ladies and their escorts from 37 diocesan parishes to Bishop Daniel A, Cronin, who will be the Ball's guest of honor for the 19th year.

Dance music by Studio One/Monte will begin at 8 p.m. in the' Grand Salon and by Ed Souza and ~he Aristocrats at 9:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom.

Bishop Cronin will be escorted to his box at 9:05 p.m. by honorary ball chairmen Victor F. Rebello Jr., New Bedford district president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society,

ARCIC statement VATICAN CITY (NC) - The 'Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has judged "substantially positive" a 1987 joint Anglican-Catholic statement on salvation. But it also criticized the joint statement as "ambiguous" on several issues and weak in discussion of the salvific role of the church and the sacraments. The joint statement, "Salvation and the Church," was made p~blic in 1987 by the Second Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, the ecumenical dialogue body of the two churches,' also known as ARCIC II.

and Miss Dorothy A. Curry, president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women.

Presentees will be introduced to the bishop by Robert McGuirk, Taunton area president of the Vincentians. Dancing will follow until 10 p.m., when the traditional Grand March will take place.

After singing of the national anthem by Kenneth Leger, Bishop Cronin will be introduced by Msgr.

M. Gomes, diocesan Ball director.

Following the bishop's remarks, dancing will resume until I a.m.

Tickets will be available tonight at the door of the restaurant, located on Route 6, Westport.

NFP classes start Feb. 19 A series of four monthly twoLevesques will teach the natural hour classes in natural family plansigns of fertility present during ning sponsored by the Couple to , ,each menstrual cycle. They note Couple League will begin at 3 p.m., that natural family planning can Sunday, Feb~ 19, at the Family be used whether a woman's cycle is Life Center; 500 Slocum Road, regular or irregular or whether she is nursing or approaching menonext to Bishop Stang High School, .pause. The method can also be North Dartmouth.

Couples may preregister or obused by a marginally fertile couple tain further information from Shli- to achieve pregnancy. It is safe, ron or Nester Levesque at tele- easy to learn, economical, highly phone 674-3156, all day Wednes- effective and church-approved. days or at any time evenings.

The Levesques are certified by the Couple to Couple League as a natural family planning teacher The Mass' of Christian Burial couple, becoming the 839th volun- was offered Wednesday at Lateer couple to be certified since the Salette Shrine, Attleboro, for league's founding in 1971.

Father J. Gustave Gosselin, MS, They join certified couples in 47 84, who died Saturday'at the shrine states and 13 countries outsi~e the monastery.

United States.

The son of the late Napoleon "We are pleased and delighted," and Vitaline (Couet) Gosselin and said John F. Kippley, founder and a native of Levis, Quebec, Canada, pres.ident of the CinCinnati-based the. LaSalette Missioner enered league, "to have Nestor and Sharon religious life in 1932 after studying join the CCL family and to have philosophy at Saulchoir, Taurnai, them available to teach natural Belgium, and earning a degree in family planning to engaged and theology from LaSalette Seminary married couples in the Fall River Altamont, N.Y. ,diocese. " .

Father Gosselin was a curate at The Couple-to Couple League is a Holyoke parish before being a not-for-profit, interfaith organi- assigned to the Attleboro shrine. zation offering practical help to In 1950 he went to Rome as supermarried and engaged couples ior and director of the LaSalette through the sympto-thermal meth- international scholasticate. od of natural Jamily planning.

Filther Gosselin had lived in In the four two-hour classes, the Attleboro since 1975. He leaves a nephew and nieces.

Burial was in LaSalette cemetery, Enfield, N.H.

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Father Gosselin

Duty vs. Love "Duty makes us do things well but love makes us do them beautifully."-Anon

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WASHINGTON (NC) - The canon law' and civil law dimentrial of Father Charles E. Curran sions of the case. vs. the Catholic University of AmerIn between - in what Weisberg ica ended last month as it began: a termed "one of the most difficult cardinal on the, witness stand and and one of the most interesting the lawyers arguing in a civil court cases I have ever had" in II years about church law. as a Superior Court judge - the "This lawsuit is over whether parade of witnesses before the court I'm allowed to teach Catholic theol- included two U.S. cardinals, the ogy" at Catholic University, Father last four presidents of Catholic Curran told the District of Colum- University, and a stream of theolbia Superior Court as he was cross- ogians and canon lawyers. examined on the final day of the Cardinal James A. Hickey of trial.

Washington, who as chancellor of The university removed Father the university initiated the proCurran from teaching after a 1986 ceedings to remove Father Curran declaration by the Vatican that his from his teaching post, spent about dissent from church teachings made six hours as first witness in the case him "no longer suitable nor eligi- Dec. 14-15 and was recalled as a ble to teach as a Catholic the- final witness Dec. 23. ologian."

Cardinal Hickey testified that In order to de~ide whether Father the university acted on the basis of Curran must be permitted to teach, canon law requirements and out of Superior Court Judge Frederick its religious convictions when it H. Weisberg has to rule on a variety of disputed issues concerning took away the ecclesiastical license contract law, the meaning of aca- Father Curran needed to teach on demic freedom at Catholic Uni- , the university's theology faculty.

It was also church law and reliversity and the limitations that the First Amendment places on a civil gious conviction that forced the court in a case where church law university to bar the priest from and civil law are intricately inter- teaching any courses in Catholic theology in any other department, twined.

No decision on the' lawsuit was he said.

Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin expected for at least two months.

After the final witness was heard, of Chicago, who was chairman of Weisberg asked lawyers for both the university's board of trustees sides to submit post-trial memo- at the time of the actions against randums -legal briefs summariz- Father Curran, offered similar tes' ing their arguments - by Jan. 25. timony Dec. 16.

Under standard court procedures, The Chicago prelate said acaa verdict incorporating the judge's demic freedom exists at Catholic legal opinion on the questions at University, but there is no binding issue could then take up to several description or definition of it bemonths to complete. cause the board of trustees has The case opened Dec. 14 with never approved a definitive statethe university's lawyers calling for ment on it. dismissal on grounds that the court Father Curran, who is teaching lacked jurisdiction because the university acted on the basis of canon at the University of Southern Calilaw when it relieved Father Cur- fornia while awaiting the outcome ran of his teaching post. Weisberg of his lawsuit, took the witness denied the motion, saying there stand Dec. 22-23 to argue his side was a civil· contract at issue, and of the case.

He said his right to continue the court could act as a fact-finder in determining where canon law teaching at the university while ends and civil law begins in the dissenting from some Catholic teachings had been clearly established ·case.

After.the last witness was heard 20 years ago in a series of controvDec. 23, the lawyers for both sides ersies at Catholic University in got into another dispute over the which he was a central figure.

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Only a few days into the New Year and we have a major national issue on the front burner. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to· review a: Missouri law curtailing access to abortions.

The very fact that the court has made this decision has occasioned a wave of reaction. Those who look upon life as sacred are jubilant at this glimmer of hope that rejection of the sordid stain of abortion might become national policy.

The Justice Department already supports moves to reverse the landmark 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Now the membership of the Supreme Court is closely divided on the issue, and with the advent of a new administration describing itself as pro-Hfe, there is reason to anticipate to future Supreme Court . sympathetic appointments , vacancies. .

Given these considerations, right to life advocates do indeed see some light in the very dark pro-choice sky. But pro-lifers should not become overconfident that agreemeqr-to review a case will end America's most embarrassing shame. The track record clearly shows that those who support abortion on demand have power, money and influence and will use every resource to keep Roe vs. Wade on the books.

The mere idea that the court will review the Missouri law has sounded an alarm that has already sent abortion advocates to the barricades. This was more than evident in media reaction to the' news. Television coverage has perhaps been the most biased of all. Although theoretically impartial, it is remarkable to note how much time it gives advocates of Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union and NOW. In contrast, those who endorse life and condemn its taking are too often the victims of media ridicule.

It should be made clear that few believe the court will overturn Roe vs. Wade outright. Most observers think that the justices will dilute its effectiveness and little by little return decisions to the states. If the court rules in favor of the Missouri law, it wiil indeed undermine the Roe decision.

What pro-choice advocates fear most of all is that such a ruling will send a signal to state legislators and national representatives that abortion, even in the first months of pregnancy, is not a limitless right. A decision against the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, among challengers of the Missouri law, would send shock waves across the land that might give added impetus to pro-lifers.

In short, the fact that the high court has agreed to hear voices of legitimate protest from those opposed to abortion drives such organizations as Planned Parenthood into a frenzy of defensive activity.

Expect to see millions of dollars ~pent on supporting abortion in America, national figures singing pro-choice praises and liberally-scripted media interviews, all to continue the slaughfer of the unborn. Remember, 23 million babies have been killed since Roe vs. Wade.

For all in the church, it is indeed a time to be heard. The church has the right to speak and act on moral issues on an equal basis with all others who claim the right of conscience and of freedom to attempt to influence their fellow citizens. It· must be remembered that we live'in a society subject not only to the laws of man but to the universal moral law.

Let us give abortion its true name: genocide. We rally to support other issues that affect our health: pollution, nuclear waste, acid rain. Let us spend our energies not simply for the good life but for life itself!

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"I have a dream."

The dream is still a 'dream WASHINGTON (NC) - The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.. in a famous speech 25 years ago. said he had. a dream his four children would one day live in a nation where they would "riot be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character."

A quarter of a century later. the dream is still a dream. The 1989 U.S. observance of Martin Luther King Day is Jan. 16.

"There is no qUf;.:stion that racial prejudice and bigotry are still part of the national fabric," said Auxiliary Bishop John H. Ricard of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. bishops'Committee on Black Catholics, in an interview.

Even in workplaces and the few neighborhoods that have integrated since the 1960s. most friendships between blacks and whites are no more than "9-to-5 relationships," said Beverly Carroll. executive director of the U.S. Catholic bishops' Secretariat for Black Catholics.

And the "reality of the job market" both within and outside the church. she said. isthat "most black people are locked in lowlevel jobs."

Without referring to Dr. King's words or ~he U.S. black experience.

Pope John Paul II spoke of a similar dream in his 1989 WQrld Day of Peace Message. titled "To Build Peace. Respect Minorities."

The World Day of peace is celebrated Jan. I. "The unity of the human family." said the pope. "requires that the whole of humanity. beyond its ethnic. national. cultural and religious differences. should form a community that is free of discrimination between peoples and that strives for reciprocal solidarity."

But. he said. such is often not the case. Many minorities not given the chance to fully participate in society "find themselves in situations of suffering and distress," he said.

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This. in turn. he said. can lead what happens when civil rights are them to "passive resignation or to placed on the back burner. said unrest and even ·rebellion."

Bishop Ricard.

Neither path furthers the cause of Ms. Carroll called the pope's peace. he said.

World Peace Day Message "right Dr. King's commitment to findon target ... but it's hard for people ing a path between passivity and to give up their old ways of doing violence led to institutional and things."

According to a survey her office legal changes in the "very oppresmade. she said. "there are no black sive apartheid system of the South ... but unfortunately the more sub- superintendents of schools, no tIe. intangible" forces keeping black finance directors and only many blacks in poverty have not one black youth department direcbeen addressed. said Bishop tor" in U.S. dioceses.

Ricard. one' of the nation's 13 Most black professionals black bishops.. employed by the church. she said.

Racial prejudice today. he said . . are in charge of "ethnic offices." is apparent in the "nation's lack of· Since Dr. King's day. a f1ourishcommitment to housing ... aban- ing drug trade has combim:d with donment of civil rights ... and decipoverty to wreak havoc on black neighborhoods. said Ms. Carroll. sion to balance the books on the backs of children and the poo-r."

Now black youths "who don't have goals or adequate role modA group of national raCe and els and hang out on street corners" urban affairs specialists who met f requen tl y t urn t 0 d rugs. s h 'd• e sal in Racine. Wis .. last February which have become "more plentiwould agree with the bishop. Widful than food" in some neighborening the racial gulf today. their hoods. report said. are "quiet riots," in the The federal government. she form of unemployment. poverty. said. has not seen fit to spend what housing and school segregation is necessary to help the users and and crime close down the vendors.

The plight of poor inner-city Denise Rigano. 38. principal of blacks. the report said. is more Our Lady of Grace Elementary dismal now than 20 years ago.

School in a Bronx. N. Y.. neighThe number of blacks living borhood where crack houses below the poverty level rose to 9.7 operate and drug deals are made million in 1987. according to U.S. on street corners; believes both Census Bureau statistics. Per capblacks and whites need to learn ita income for blacks in 1987 was tolerance in order to unlearn $7.500. compared to $13.030 for prejudice. whites: To facilitate that learning proBishop Ricard said he blamed cess "you don't just have Martin national leaders for setting a tone Luther King Day or Black History that "gives permission for bigotry Month," she said. Efforts have to and a take-care-of-self-first menbe ongoing.

In her opinion. inroads made by tality" and has led to a resurgence of public examples of racial the drug trade in poor black prejudice. neighborhoods have made it more News reports of increased racial difficult than ever to break down violence On college campuses and racial stereotypes.

"It·s hard to see Christ" in the tragedies like the 1986 Howard Beach incident - in which three drug dealer or user. she said. "But black men passing through a white Christ is in that person as much as New York neighborhood were in the policeman who has to arrest attacked by white youths - show him."

Parent-bashing A distraught mother called a radio psychologist. Sobbing, she said she had just heard that her daughter had regaled a group of teenage friends withtales of her mother's weird cooking, clothing and driving habits.

The devastated mom said, "I had no idea she felt that way ab6ut me. We get along fine but I feel like the laughing stock of the community. I promised my friend I wouldn't divulge her information but how do I face my daughter when she comes home from school?"

None of us likes to be mocked but most of us will be by our children at some time or another. Next to boys or girls, depending upon the gender of the group. parentbashing is the most popular topic of teen conversation.

And even if adolescents admire and enjoy their parents, they must deride, mimic, and judge them at' times if they want to fit into the group. If they don't, they are outsiders.

I heard plenty of these conversations as a high school teacher.

They go like this: "My mom drives like a drunk -all over the place. The other day .....

"Yeah, I know what you mean.

My mom takes three spaces to park."

"You think that's bad. My

mother gets in the turn lane 5 miles early and pokes along behind a trash truck. When I tell her to pass him, she says,,'1 can't. I have to get off in 10 minutes ....

Everyone laughs. And that, dear parents, is the point. The longer the conversation goes on, the more exaggerated the stories must become. If one teen remains silent, the group eventually turns to him or her and says, "What's with your mom?" He may be entirely neutral about his mother's driving but he feels the pressure to produce so he'll reach for any fiction to remain accepted.

We do the same, of course, but we think it's cute to talk about our kids. When they talk about us, we feel betrayed, disrespected and devastated.

When parents of teens get together for any length of time,' conversation is sure to turn to the frustrations of living with adolescents. Because it is so common, we figure it's acceptable. When teens do it, we feel an enormous sense of injustice and hurt.

Parents can 'expect to be maligned by teens. Little comments we make will be blown out of proportion for the sake of a good story. If we reprove them mildly, they will report, "My dad really blew up." If we ask them where theire going, they report, "I got cross-examined tonight."

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By DOLORES

CURRAN

It may help parents to know that teens don't particularly enjoy cutting their parents down but it's part of the adolescent ethic. Parents are the oppressors, the stumbling blocks to freedom, the misunderstanders. Teens who, in a moment of courage might say, "My parents aren't like that," are sure to be ostracized. They aren't playing the game.

And, at 16 or 17, the game is all important. It determines who plays and who sits on the bench. I recall chaperoning the decorating of a homecoming float years ago. The teens spent the entire evening criticizing and deriding their parents.

But when the evening was over, one by one they got me alone to tell me, "My parents are really okay," or "You know what I said about my dad? Well, he isn't always like that." One said, "Hey, Mrs. Curran, don't let this keep you from having kids. Parents can be cool, too."

I smile when I think that these kids now have adolescents of their own. One of them might even be that distraught mom who called the radio psychologist.

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Priestly work "Research is not priestly work!- A lay person can conduct it! You aren't needed to do it!"

to give deep,er meaning to the roles which carry them "beyond, th.e sanctuary.

Victor Frankl's principles might be applied here. He was a Viennese After directing 25 major Olltia'nal psychiatrist who learned from his studies aimed at better under-, German prison experience during standing the church's needs, it hurts World War II that those who surto hear that some people do not vived were those who put meaning regard what you are doing as into the,terrible experience of being priestly work. a prisoner.

But as with all pain, it raises Of course, the diverse roles profound questions. What is priest- priests fulfill are not terrible expely work these days? riences. Nonetheless, Frankl's basic Are priests who teach in schools principle applies. A priest serving doing non-priestly work? Lay per- in any of these roles must inject sons can definitely teach as well as them with deeper meaning. priests.

Shouldn't the finances, maine tenance of buildings and other clerical work ora parish be left to the laity? This certainly is not Jan. 14 priestly or pastoral work!

1977, Rev. John J. Lawler, If one argues that non-priestly M.M., Maryknoll Missioner work is any job that can be done as Jan. 15 well by,the laity, there are hundreds 1948, Rev. Thomas F. Kennedy, of jobs, priests do that could be Pastor: St. Joseph, Woods Hole classified' as non-priestly. They 1972, Rev. Vincent Marchildon, range from running orphanages and Catholic Charities programs O.P., Director, St. Anne's Shrine, to serving as counselors, con,duct- Fall River ing bingo games f,ind coachng 1977, Rev. Msgr. John E. Boyd, Retired Pastor, St. Patrick, basketball.

With the shortage of priests, Wareham Jan. 17 some people would like to restrict 1967, Rev. John Laughlin, priests to the essentials of celebrating Mass, hearing confessions and Retired Pastor, Holy Ghost, in general attending solely to the Attleboro Jan. 20 sacramental a~d liturgical needs 1952,' Rev. Roland J. Masse, of the church.

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Most priests who serve in roles beyond the sanctuary admh that they weren't ordained for them.

Still, historically speaking, some of the greatest apostolates the church has known were created by priests who dared to put meaning into occupations not considered as strictly priestly work.

Today we need more candidates for the priesthood and priests need a big boost in morale. To achieve this, the growth outreach of priests must be bolstered.

Instead of focusing on the nonpriestly aspects of the work some priests do, perhaps we should ask how a person's priesthood influences the work and makes it priestly.

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Eucharist

Q. This fall I attended two weddings in Catholic churches, both at Mass. At one there was no .holy communion. I was told the bride, who was Catholic, requested no communion because her groom was not Catholic.

In the other case, the bride and groom received communion but no one else, The priest told me this was what the bride and groom requested, He said he tried to talk them out of it but to no avail, Since when do a bride and groom decide for all participants at a wedding Mass who may, or who may not, receive communion? If this is a new fad, I hope it wi\\' not catch on. (Indiana) A. In both cases there obviously were deep gaps in the faith of the people involved.

The bride and goom at a Catholic wedding have numerous opportunities (choice of Scripture readings, music, general intercessions and other elements) to express ,to each other and to the assembled guests their understanding of marriage and their faith in God. Holy communion, however, is

DIETZEN another marriage, there is no obstacle to his receiving the sacraments of pen,ance and the Eucharist.

A free brochure explaining Catholic teaching on cremation and other burial policies is available by sending a stamped, selfaddressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., 'Bloomington, III. 6J 701. Questions for this column may be sent to the same' address.

an integral part of celebration of the Eucharist.The decision whether or not to provide opportunity for Catholics present to receive should not under any circumstances be subject to the whim of the couple or the priest. ' As a pastor, I too have received such requests. I explain why neither they nor I have the right to refuse to give communion to people at Mass.

If, because of a lack of faith or . because of a legitimate desire not to discriminate between those who are Catholic and those who are not, they cannot agree, we prepare an appropriate ceremony constructed along the lines of the Liturgy of the Word, as provided for in the church's marriage ritual.

To me that is a far more appropriate and Catholic solution to the problem.

Q. Is the marriage of a Catholic to an unbaptized non-Catholic valid? This is the situation of a friend who has married in 1979 in the Catholic Church and whose husband has now left her. Is the faetthat my friend's husband was never baptized grounds for an annulment? (Penns.ylvania) A. Since this marriage took place in the Catholic Church, the bishop would have given the necessry dispensation for the Catholic to marry a non-baptized pers·on. Thus the marriage was valid.

The fact that the husband was unbaptized is not grounds for an annulment. Annulment might be possible for other reasons. If the information you gave me is accurate, a solution called the Privilege of the Faith also may be possible.

The situation would need to be determined by the tribunal of your diocese through your parish priest.

Q. My son married another Catholic in the church J2 years ago and now is divorced. He is not remarried. Some people have told me he cannot receive communion; I was taught he can. Who is right?

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Unity services set Continued from Page One that his followers be one, they munity: One Body in Christ" and said.

"Prayer is always linked to a will seek to remind area Christians of the words of Father Yves Con- radical commitment to work for gar, O.P., "We pass through the what we pray for," the statement ' doors of ecumenism only on our said. knees."

The week of prayer is sponsored The listing follows: in the United States by the Faith Wednesday, Jan. 18: Friends and Order Commmission of the Meeting House, 594 Smith Neck National Council of Churches and , is recommended by the U.S. bishRd., South Dartmouth; Thursday, Jan. 19: St. Martin's ops' Committee on Ecumenical Episcopal Church, County and and Interreligious Affairs.

The Commission on Faith and Rivet Streets, New Bedford; Order of the World Council of Friday, Jan. 20: Union Baptist Churches and the Vatican SecretChurch, Court and Cedar Streets, ariat for Promoting Christian Unity New Bedford; provide guidance for the worldSaturday, Jan. 21: Trinity Uniwide celebration. ted Methodist Church, 473 County SISTER Marie Claire Dumont, regional superior of the Pope John Paul II traditionally St. at Elm, New Bedford; Sacred Hearts Sisters, visits Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at the celebrates a Mass for Christian Sunday, Jan. 22: Pilgrim United Fall River chancery office. (Motta photo) Unity at Rome's Basilica of'St. Church of Christ, Purchase and Paul Outside the Walls on Jan. 25.

School Streets, New Bedford; - Celebration materials from GrayMonday, Jan. 23: St Mary's moor suggested an ecumenical celeChurch, 106111inois St., New Bed- brll.tion in memory of the Rev. ' On one issue - use of public ford; Continued from Page One Martin Luther King Jr., whose Tuesday, Jan. 24: South Baptist birthday is observed this year on take the case and to consider it as a funds to pay for an abortion - the Church, 745 Brock Ave., New Bed- Jan. 16. vehicle for overturning the 1973 appeals court overruled the disford; A sample homily, written by Supreme Court abortion legaliza- trictcourtandsaid Missouri could Wednesday, Jan. 25: Trinity Atonement Father Martin Carter, tion. The state of Missouri, in prohibit such funding.

Lutheran Church, 16 Temple PI. said that Dr. King "was a man who seeking Supreme Court intervenThe appeals court differentiated (off Washington), Fairhaven. knew how to take advantage of tion, also requested that the high between banning abortions at gov\ ernment-funded public hospitals, opportunity to build community court reconsider the 1973 ruling.

Unity Statement Missouri's disputed statute in- since a woman might oe using such in Christ Jesus."

In a statement for the Week of Seeing discrimination, hate and volved no extraneous, technical a hospital for an abortion but payPrayer issued by Archbishop John injustice, "King knew the body questions that would confuse the ing for it herself, and banning state L. May, president of the National was broken, and he responded issue, and "accordingly, if the court funding of abortions directly.

Conference of Catholic Bishops Lee of Missouri Citizens for generously to heal it. ... King and is prepared to reconsider Roe vs. and Rev. Patricia McClurg, presiLife said that when pro-lifers first dent of the National Council of his followers literally offered their Wade, this case presents an approliVing bodies as a holy sacrifice for priate opportunity for doing so," began working on the measure in Churches, they said "Progress in the sake of the integrity of the the Reagan administration said in the legislature, "we expected a the ecumenical movement has its brief, filed by the Justice Depart- court challenge and hoped to get, body of Chi"ist."brought a new sense of our onement Nov. 10. this case before the Surpeme ness in Christ. As the dialogue Passed by the Missouri LegislaCourt." expands and churches deepen relature in April 1986 and signed into "All along, we hoped the statute tionships through shared service, WASHINGTON (NC) -Immilaw by the governor, the statute would be a vehicle for partial or we are increasingly aware of our gration agents will no longer enter was to go into effect that August total reversal of Roe," he said. identity as the lJody of Christ and churches in pursuit of illegal aliens but was challenged in court by two "The right to life of the unborn the community of his disciples." without a search or arrest warrant abortion agencies - Reproduc- was first lost in the courts; I believe Denominations sharing their or prior approval from a supervitive Health Services of St. Louis that right will be finally gained gifts with each other and working sor, the U.S. Immigration and and Planned Parenthood of Kanback in the courts." together to meet social needs in- Naturalization Service' has ansas City - and three doctors, a Chopko said that while not rulcrease the credibility of the Chris- nounced in Los Angeles. A statenurse and a social worker. ing on abortion directly, the court "Others tian faith, the leaders said. ment detailing the new policy was In March 1987, a U.S. district might focus attention on other will experience through our lives released after an INS agent entered court struck down major sections abortion-related questions, such the presence of Jesus who came a Catholic church in the diocese of of the measure, and in 'July 1988 as state regulation of medical indus'not to be served, but to serve.' " Orange, Calif., during an early the 8th U.S.' Circuit Court of Aptry practices, protection of unborn Christians seek unity because it morning Mass and took custody peals concurred in nearly all of the life, a,nd state funding r~strictions. ' was a desire of Jesus who prayed of seven suspected illegal aliens. district court's decisions.

Yet, he added, "that will be significant in and of itself."

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Continued from Page One p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, in memory of the estimated 23 million babies aborted since the Roe vs. Wade decision. Diocesan pari shed have been informed of the suggestion through the chancery office.

The 1989 March for Life, explained Nellie J. Gray, the movement's founder, comes after the actual date of the high court's abortion decision, "because the 22nd is a Sunday and the (congressional) offices are closed. We can't lobby."

The 1989 March theme is "The Pro-Life Job is Ours," a theme chosen because "we see too many untrustworthy politicians" who support the pro-life cause during their campaigns "then put it on the back burner ... as we saw with Ronald Reagan," Miss Gray said.

Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York will give the closing prayer at the Ellipse and members of Congress are expected to speak, according to Miss Gray.

The annual Rose Dinner that evening will feature New York Auxiliary Bishop Austin B. Vaughan, who has been jailed for Operation Rescue protests. Joan Andrews, who served two years in prison for her anti-abortion activities, will be honored at the dinner.

The closing prayer will be given by Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, a Binghamton, N.Y.based organization that has organized or inspired anti-abortion protests around the country. .'

A group of women who have had abortions plan to lead "Rachel's Rescue" Jan. 23 at an undisclosed site near Washington.

The name is taken from Jeremiah 31: 15-17, ("Rachel mourns her children .....) in which Herod's slaughter of young boys ,is foreshadowed.

Kathleen Kelly, coordinator, said she hopes at least I,000 people will take part, including 10 to 15 women who have had abortions. She said that she and the other women who have had abortions will wear black armbands to symbolize their loss and their hope to save others from .,what she called the violence of abortion.

During the civil rights movement, Ms. Kelly said, "it was the victims who spoke up," but today the unborn victims of abortion cannot speak for themselves.

However, there are "living victims who can speak... the wounded living" who have had abortions. -

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Long-Term efforts needed in Africa, says worker NEW YORK (NC) ~ Dorcas Kumba Kamanda, a Sierra Leone national on the staff of Catholic Relief Services there, said in New York that Americans who want to aid the development of African countries !TIust make a long-term commitment.

She came to the United States as part of a CRS program of bringing foreign nationals on its staff to tell Americans about its work.

While in the country Mrs. Kamanda talked to parishes, schools and other groups in Ohio and Kentucky about Sierra Leone.

"Most people did not know where it was," she said.

Sierra Leone, a former British colony, is a small nation of 4 million people on the West African

REPRESENTATIVES of nonprofit organizations in the Fall River area that benefited from donated billboard space during 1988 gather to thank Finney Outd!Jor Advertising Corporation. In the group are Ann Blumenthal, a Junior Achievement representative at Bishop.Connolly High School, and Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, Catholic Charities diocesan director and pastor of Our Lady of Angels parish, Fall River.

coast, just above Liberia. Mrs. Kamanda, a CRS staff member since 1981, has' been coordinator for the southern half of the country, overseeing programs of mother-and-infant aid and promotion of food production and income generation.

She said that Americans received her with openness and warmth.

"They asked, What can we do?"

"But it was so difficult for me to come up with the answer," she continued. "Maybe people are interested in a one-time investment.

If 1 were. to talk about a need for water, maybe they would want to go in and dig some wells and then get out."

"Development needs more than that," she said. "Development takes a lot of patience."

She expressed' special concern about infant mortality in her country, which she said is at the exceptionally high rate of 175 per 1,000 births.

She was herself born to a Moslem father who had six wives. Of their 28 children, she said, II died in their early years.

Married to a lecturer at Njala University in Sierra Leone's capital city, Freetown, Mrs. Kamanda has two children of her own and cares for an additional six.

Children in Sierra Leone die from diseases such as measles and from problems such as diarrhea and malnutrition, she said.

The CRS program indudes distributing U.S. Food for Peace commodities to poor mothers and instructing them in health care and nutrition, Mrs. Kamanda said.

They are also encouraged in group projects to increase food produciton and in crafts enabling them to earn money.

In Sylvania, Ohio, Mrs. Kamanda, a United Methodist, gave a reflection following a Mass for commissioning a nun to serve in Zimbabwe. "I welcomed her to Africa on behalf of Africans," she said.

She said that the CRS professional staff in Sierra Leone included Moslem and Anglican representatives and that CRS encourages cooperation among religious groups.

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TOKYO (NC) - During the 62 years of Emperor Hirohito's reign, the Catholic Church in Japan, although small in numbers, reached its maturity.

In the early decades under the Showa (Enlightened Peace) erathe name Hirohito took for his rule - Japanese Catholics endured police-state repression. The church had experienced long periods of persecution during its history of more than 300 years in Japan.

When Japan's defeat in World War II destroyed the economy and established a new political system, Catholics worked with their fellow citizens to help their. country reestablish its international stature, create a booming economy and deepen religious freedom.

Today, th~ Japanese church 435,000 in a population of nearly 121.5 million - is lively, unified and loyal to Rome. It conducts social services ~ such as centers for drug addicts - schools and a small missionary effort. It is devel-

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Japan's bishops have spoken out on important matters concerning Japanese society. For instance, .while extending their cond olences on the death of Hirohito Jan. 7, they warned Japanese against letting the nation slip back into the . practice of regarding,emperors as gods. They have publicly urged continued commitment to the constitutional separation of church and state.

In 1987, encouraged by Pope John Paul II's widely publicized 1981 visit to Japan, the church launched an evangelical effort that brought bishops and lay representatives together for the first time in' an extended exchange of views and ideas on the needs of the' church nationwide.

The meeting, the first National Incentive Congress on Evangelization, reported on the need to concentrate on the nourishment and practice of Catholic fait'h, the situation of the church in Japanese . society, and an evangelization effort emphasizing lay participation. ) The church in Japan also has taken on national and international issues outside specific church territory. The bishops have personally delivered letters to top government officials containing their views on matters such as civil rights.

In addition, Father Iwao Tsukamoto, head of the bishops' SQcial Welfare Committee: said he receives numerous requests from Third World nations for assistance in literacy and social welfare programs. Providing such aid is a . project for the future, Father Tsukamoto said.

"For the time being our focus is on people with more basic needs, particularly in Asia," he said.

Catholic-run social services range from centers for the treatment of drug addicts to clubs for foreign sailors.

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Asian neighbors worship by top known as "0 Gloriosa Domina," government officials at the Yasu- recited in mixed Latin and Japakuni Shrine, aShinto shrine dedi- nese by Christians oflkitsukishima cated to Japanese war dead.

Island, is based on a Gregorian While carving its own niche in hymn which he discovered in the society, the church in Japan has National Library of Spain. also worked tohecome thoroughly Minagawa's search began in 1975 Japanese. when he first went to the small Up until 1927,a year after Hiro- island. hito became emperor, all bishops He saw that 2;000 of its 9,500 of Japan were foreigners. inhabitants were called "hidden Today Japan's 14 dioceses and Christians," sci named because they two archdioceses are all headed by received the faith from 16th-century Japanese bishops. missioners and maintained their There are still missionaries, serv- religious practices in a type of ing as pastors, chaplains, teachers, underground church during perisocial workers and other jobs under ods of persecution. the bishops' authority. Some also Fearing persecutiol\ and lacking perform specialized duties in Scrip- priests, the hidden Chri'stians transture translation, ecumenical rela- mitted their faith and Christian tions and international coopera~ practices in an exclusively oral tion. But foreign names in 50 male way, resulting in alteration of the missionary and religious congre- . content of their. prayers through gation's operating in Japan have the centuries, sometimes beyond all but disappeared from the rolls. recognition..

There are more than 100 reliWhen Minagawa first heard "0 gious congregations of women in . Gloriosa Domina," his expertise Japan, most ofthem originating in in European medieval music led other countries. But only one sis- him to believe its origin must be a ter in 12 of the national total of Gregorian hymn. After many vis6,200 is foreign. . its, he gained permission from the Over the years, Catholic orders groups's elders to tape the prayer. and missionary congregations in Archival research in France, GerJapan have established 33 hospi- many, Italy and the Vatican were tals, 51 orphans' homes, 146 day fruitless, but just as his research care centers and 70 homes for the funds were almost exhausted, he elderly and disabled. Additionally, tried once more in Spain and there they have founded 12 universities, found the manuscript with musi30 junior colleges, 116 high schools, cal notations he had been seeking.

91 junior high schools, 53 primary.

Tokyo's Asahi newspaper reschools and 578 kindergartens. printed the score and its Japanese The continuing effort to make transcription. the church genuinely Japanese includes modifications in liturgy and ritual.

Some of the innovation includes highly polished vernacular translations of the liturgy with cereCINCINNATI (NC) - Dr. monial adaptions that fit Japanese Aimabelle M. Melville took. office traditions of solemnity and formality; . as the first woman president in the increased devotion to Japanese saints' and use of national holi- 70-year history of the American days, 'festivals and other cultural Catholic Historical Society.

She succeeds Bernard F. Reilly activities to introduce and explain' of Villanova University. dogma and worship. , Dr. Melville, a Commonwealth One aim of the "inculturation" professor emerita of history at effort, say Japanese church offiBridgewater State College, was cials, is to help make Catholicism elected first vice president by the more .familiar to non-Catholics, general membership last year, the vast majority of their fellow which meant that she' automaticountrymen. cally succeeded Reilly.

Prayer's Origin Found A native of Minotola, N.J., Dr. In an interesting .sidelight on Melville 'has written biographies Japanese Catholicism, a professor of such religious figures as St. Eliof music has learned that a Marian zabeth Seton and Archbishop John prayer recited for centuries by "hid- Carroll of Baltimore. den Christians" on an island in She won the American Catholic western Japan's Nagasaki prefec- Historical Association's John • ture has a European origin.

Gilmary Shea Prize in 1955 for her Professor Minagawa Tatsuo of life of Archbiship Carroll..

St. Paul University in Tokyo said The annual prize goes to the the prayer to the Blessed Mother author who in the judgment of an awards committee has made the most original and significant contribution to the historiography of the Catholic Church in book form.

The 1988 Shea award went to James A. Brundage, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, for his book, "Law, Sex, and Christian . Society in Medieval Europe," which was published in December 1987 by the University of Chicago Press.

Charles M. Radding of Michigan State University received the Howard R. Marraro prize for his book, "The Origins of Medieval Jurispnidence: Pavia and Bologna, 850-1150," which was publis-hed this year by the Yale University .

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By Pat McGowan with NC News reports Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes is a joyful man. Still floating on air after Notre Dame University's Jan. 2 football win in the Fiesta Bowl, the alumnus and longtime team chaplain declared that his bench pass, which some glimpsed him wearing during the televised game, now holds pride of place in his legendary Fighting Irish room in Our Lady of Angels rectory in Fall River.

Speaking of Lou Holtz, Notre Dame's head coach, Msgr. Gomes described him as a "very spiritual man." During the third quarter of the Jan. 2 game, Msgr. Gomes recounted, Holz said "there'll be a Mass ofthanksgiving immediately after the game, whether we win or not."

Msgr. Gomes and Holy Cross Father James L. Riehle concelebrated the Mass, attended by players and team staff members. Having a Mass immediately after a contest was "never done before," said the monsignor, noting that Holtz took the opportunity to say a few words at the celebration.

Msgr. Gomes recalled that on one occasion he and Holtz were discussing Notre Dame coaches of the past and Holtz asked the 1938 graduate, "What do you think of.

Frank Leahy?," a famed coach of the 1940s.

"He was an intense man," summed up Msgr. Gomes.

"What about me?" asked Holtz.

"You have intensity with humor," replied the monsignor.

"I never looked at it that way," mused Holtz, noted, said Msgr.

Gomes, for magic tricks.

Turning from athletic feats, the Fall River pastor said proudly that in 1988, 100 percent ofNotre Dame athletes graduated four years after matriculation, as opposed to some schools where a high percentage of athletic scholarship holders fail to graduate at all. Tl;te feat earned the university an award conferred annually on the school graduating most athletes, a recognition Notre Dame has merited "four or five times" in the past few years.

Both academic and athletic prospeets look good for the '89 season; Msgr. Gomes concluded happily, as he prepared for tonight's Bish-'; op's Ball.

Basic: Philosophy A recent National Catholic News Service story concurred with Msgr.

Gomes' description of Holtz. as "very spiritual." It said he has a basic philosphy of coaching "based on Bible principles - belief, faith, hope, charity. The only times I ever get into trouble are when I violate those principles," he said.

As a coach, "you can have ~ prominent role in formulating a young man's philosophies and in helping him set goals," he said.

"I'm not trying to convert anyone,. but Notre Dame does have religious atmosphere."

He said he has three expectations of his players: that they do what's right, do the best they can, and treat others as they'd like to be treated.

"We encourage our athletes to pray, but mainly just to lead a good, sound life, and' to grow in their beliefs and values," he said.

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way," he said. "You don't pray for success. You pray for belief, for faith, for salvation."

Taking a Chance In other Notre Dame-related news, the Phoenix Gazette went out on a limb for the team, hitting the streets immediately after the Fiesta Bowl victory with a souvenir edition shouting "Irish Win!" The extra edition with its 2inch-high headline was a good gamble for the afternoon newspaper which actually printed it before the game in which Notre Dame clinched its No. I college football ranking.

"We put all our eggs in one basket," said Bob Crawford, the Gazette assistant managing editor.

It was not because the newspaper did not feel West Virginia had a chance to win, but that a victory for Notre Dame, which was undefeated going into the postseason, automatically made the Irish national champions.

West Virginia, though also undefeated, was ranked third, and a Mountaineer win would have left top ranking debatable until the end of the Orange Bowl where No. 2 Miami beat Nebraska.

"If West Virginia had won, the doors of the vans would never have opened and' all the copies would have gone to the shredders," Crawford said. Instead, about twothirds of the 3q,000 press run were sold at 50 cents apiece to fans leaving the Arizona State University stadium after the game.

The special edition included background stories and photographs of Notre Dame players and head coach Lou Holtz and was kept a secret at the newspaper. Only about a dozen employees were in on it, Crawford said. The press crew were simply told to report for work on the morning of the game day but were not told why until they began work on the edition.

It the two teams had been ranked first and second, the Gazette would have prepared sections on each team, selling only one. As it was, though, "Notre Dame gave us a great product," Crawford said.

Several Notre Dame supporters went the extra mile to cheer the Irish in the stadium.

John Walsh,aNotre Dame alumnus from Indianapolis, and his wife Mary Lou were fogged in the day before and arrived in Phoenix just in time to catch a cab to the stadium for the kickoff, leaving their luggage at the airport. Walsh

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Arizonans, many of them Notre Dame alumni, turned out for the game, too. Pat Hickson, who donned Notre Dame colors, blue and gold, right down to her bright gold shoes, said it was great to be where the action was.

"Anybody can sit at hoine and watch the game," she said.

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The clause stipulated that Holtz "Sometimes it's hard to do when Inserting: collating, folding, metering, sealing, sorting, addressing, things get hectic," he said, "but the could not solicit the Notre Dame sacking, completing USPS forms, busier you are, the more impor- job, but if it was offered, and if direct delivery to Post Office Minnesota went to a bowl game, tant it is to read." ... Printing . .. We Do it All! Bible verses that are popular he would be free to leave.

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By Dr..James and Mary Kenny Dear Mary: Three years ago we had to sell our farm because of financial difficulties. My husband became very depressed. He has not as yet fully recovered. Weare holding a mortgage on our old farm and I do baby-sitting.

My husband will not interest himself in any kind of activities.

He won't visit any of his relatives.

He insists on staying home.

I am very active in our parish community. I have stopped going out nights considerably, but he feels I still do too much. I have tried to' understand the way he feels. I want to help him as much as possible. I am very much confused about the whole situation.

I have suggested that I seek professional help. He said it would be cheaper if I worked it out myself.

He became furious when he realized I had spoken to our parish priest.

I keep praying to find a solution. I believe I'm actually losing it. Please advise. (Pennsylvania) You seem to be handling a difficult situation very well. You realize two very important facts: I. While you can love and support your husband, you cannot change him or force him to change.

Only he can change himself. .

2. You must satisfy your own needs so you don't, as you put it, "lose it."

First, take care of yourself.

Continue to be active in church or community activities which open you to your friends and give you satisfaction. Such involvement is not selfish but good judgment.

Use your friends for support.

Without becoming a constant complainer, you can tell them that losing the farm has been a terrible blow to your family, that you love them and that you. value their friendship.

Take care of your own health.

Often physical health breaks down when people are under stress. Plan a diet with good nutrition in mind.

Exercise moderately and get enough rest. The effects of a good diet also will benefit your husband in this period of stress. If you can get him to join you in brisk walking, bicycling or other moderate exercise, so much the better.

Awakening the interest of a depressed person is very difficult.

Here are a few approaches which might prove helpful.

If he does not wish to go out at all, invite friends and relatives to your house. Start small by choos-

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ing people you know he likes and arranging for short visits.

Tell him how you feel. Tell him often that you love him. Show him that you appreciate any helpful things he does around the house.• Tell him that you like to go places with him. When you go places alone, tell him about the people you saw, the things you did. Keep communicating your feelings and experiences, even though you do not get much response.

If you fear that you are going under and need professional help, seek it. Your husband cannot judge your feelings and needs. Only you can. If you do seek professional help, ask your friends, doctor or parish priest for recommendations.

Try to choose a professional personally recommended by someone you trust.

While a professional might help you at this time of crisis, do not underestimate the value of sup-' port from your friends.

Continue as you have done to be very, very patient. Your husband has suffered a severe blow and heali'ng takes a long time.

Questions are welcome. Address the Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

Building a civil rights memorial

By Antoinette Bosco I was happy to hear that a mon, ument will be built in the United States to recognize and honor the men and women who died for the cause of civil rights.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights advocacy organization known for its legal battles against the Ku Klux Klan, will build the memorial in front of its headquarters in Montgomery, Ala. A preliminary list includes 40 people, beginning with Emmett Tills, kill~d in 1955, and ending with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., shot down in 1968.

"It is important that future generations not forget the sacrifice of those w.hogave their lives on the battlefield of human rights," said Morris Dees, the center's executive director.

Having lived through the 1960s and knowing people who joined freedom marches and other civil rights demonstrations, I know there -are also a lot of unsung heroes and heroines who didn't get killed.

I remember my friend Myra, with whom I worked organizing' interfaith-interracial home visits to get blacks nad whites talking to each other. . . Myra's neighbors pecided to punish her. Dozens of unordered items of merchandise were delivered to her house one day to harass her. Then a man telephoned everyone in the neighborhood calling her a prostitute.

It took a lot of courage to work for justice. Civil rights activists were often intimidated or despised.

It took faith and guts to isolate yourself from your neighbors and community to work for civil rights.

Too often people were ostraci.zed and somehow considered the enemy There were thousands of heroines like Myra who fought courageously for the cause. The new civil rights monument honors them too. ft has been designed by Maya Lin, renowned designer of the

Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Washington. Water will flow over a black granite wall engraved with the biblical phrase the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. quoted in his "I have a dream" speech: "We will not be safisfied until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream."

Lin spoke of the "sacredness" of the site: "The memorial plaza will be a contemplative area - a place to remember the civil rights movement, to honor those killed during the struggle, to appreciate how far the country has come in its quest for equality and to consider how far it has to go."

The memorial also reminds us tha.t if we don't honor civil rights,

we dishonor all that our nation stands for. We were founded as a country different from any that had come before. Our founding fathers had a vision of a nation based on individual rights and liberties.

But they couldn't change people's hearts overnight. People are still greedy and still use prejudice to maintain power over others.

Nonetheless, the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights are challenging documents and it is remarkable that we've lived up to them as well as we have.

The new civil rights memorial is a symbol much bigger than itself.

Its presence will challenge us to work for justice for all.

Hilda's perfect products

By Hilda Young Christmas has passed and again I am slapping myself on the forehead for not starting early enough to get the marketing jump on the world with products for wives and mothers that would have made millions ifI had had them ready in time.

If you promise not to beat me to the patent attorney, I will share a tantalizing sample with you: -Wet towel wand: When waved at your children, this device magically casts a spell over them. They instantly run to the bathroom to hang wet towels, to the hall to pick up dirty socks and to their rooms to re!rieve molding clothing under .their·beds. . - .

It comes battery operated or with a plug in. Some wags claim they cannot tell the difference between the wand and a cattle prod. But who has ever seen a cattle prod in a Christmas stocking?

-90,000 sheet toilet paper roll:' Granted, this product would require at least minor remodeling of most bathrooms to accommodate a toilet paper roll holder

approximately the size of an earthmover's rear tire.

However, the hours saved and frustration avoided at having to change the spools would be worth it, especially after years of being unable to teach the skill to spouse or children.

-Car radio early warning device: Buzzers berate us ab9ut seat belts, bells sound when we are low on fuel and lights blink when we are low on oil, but absolutely nothing warns us of a deadly attack from a car radio left at full volume by the teen who last exited the vehicle.

Those who have been rendered temporarily catatonic by a surprise blast from Led Zeppelin or Mic.hael Jackson will snap these up for themselves, friends and relatives.

Waite until I tell you about my self-sweeping porch, remote control cobweb remover, computerized self-thawing chicken and telephone answering' machine jamming device.

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Beds, food comfort victims of AIDS NEW YORK (NC) - Franciscan Father Bruce Ritter has formally opened a 26-bed floor for AIDS patients at Covenant House youth shelter in New York City.

"Twenty-six beds may not seem like much," he said, "but there are no other facilities for kids with AIDS. This is the first of its kind in the country."

Covenant House reported Nov. 14 that blind testing of all youngsters coming to its medical clinic over an II-month period found 74 out of 1,108, or nearly 7 per cent, had the AIDS virus.

Opening the floor for AIDS patients, Father Ritter said he expected that within a year a second floor would become necessary.

William Simon, a Catholic layman who' is formerU .S. secretary of the treasury and a Covenant House board member, was at the opening, and Father Ritter cited him as the principal contributor making the AIDS floor possible.

The priest called for society to make'a greater effort to keep additional youngsters from suffering the fate of those who were "forced into a lifestyle that proved to be lethal to them."

He said special efforts had gone into making the AIDS floor a place of beauty. "Most of those who will be here have lived in unbelievably ugly circumstances," he said.

"This floor will be dedicated. to those who will not make it back," . he said.

Atlanta Project In another project undertaken to comfort AIDS victims, Father John Adamski has,for more than a year hosted weekly dinners offering persons with AIDS support and companionship.

Held at the Shrine ofthe Immaculate Conception parish in downtown Atlanta, the dinners provide "a social opportunity," said Father Adamski. The atmosphere, he said, is relaxed and supportive. "They feel good about being with one another. I think it's probably one of the easiest things I've ever done."

Father Adamski said he got the idea for the dinners during a 1987 sabbatical in New York, where he saw a similar experience for p~r­ sons with AIDS given by a Lutheran church in Manhattan. He h;ld been a chaplain to persons with AIDS at St. Clare's Hospital in New York City.

The Atlanta dinners started out modestly, attracting about 30 guests for the first tWCl months. In recent months, about 100 guests have been attending; the biggest turnout so far has been 125.

"To me that says there was a . need and we are meeting that need," Father Adamski said. _A guest who wished to be known only as Don said he had been a regular since the earliest days of the dinners.

"Now I c-ome for the companionship," Don said. "In the beginning I came out of curiosity. I had just gotten out of my shell. I think it's amazing to get so many people in our situation together."

Father Adamski's annual report shows that 3,507 meals were served and 520 taken to the homebound or hospitalized. Expenses were over $10,000, but the project showed a surplus of $3,000.

The dinners are funded entirely by donations and staffed by volunteers.

Aid to Afghanis v ATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican has made a "symbolic donation" of $10,000 to a U.N. fund for reconstruction in Afghanistan, Vatican Radio reported recently.

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The Vatican relief organization tated country. So far, the Soviet "Cor Unum" is also raising funds Union, which began withdrawing to help Afghanistan. its troops from Afghanistan last fall after eight years of aiding the Freedom from Want Afghan government in its war with "True affluence is not needrebels, has made the largest single contribution - about $600 million. ing anything."-Gary Snyder

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Money crunch hits Italian church VATI CAN CITY (N C) - The Catholic Church in Italy faces a rendezvous with economic destiny in 1990.

That is when government subsidies end and the church must become financially self-sufficient.

In preparation for the deadline the Italian bishops are organizing publicity campaigns, lobbying for tax breaks and keeping their fingers crossed that the laity - unused to providing massive support will dig deeply into their pockets.

The bishops know they must do somethfng, because passing the collection plate at Mass will not be .enough.

Although 98 percent of the 57 rriillionpopulation professes Catho- , licism, less than 25 percent of the Catholics fulfill the weekly Mass obligation.

So the hierarchy is developing programs of"information and motivation" to stimulate a "disposition of generosity" among Italians, said Bishop Attilio Nicora, the bishops' conference official responsible for dealing with the Church's coming economic plight.

THESE DOCUMENTS autographed by Pope John Paul II are among the prizes of Father Michael Dylag's collection. (NC photo) I

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ORCHARD LAKE, Mich. (NC) - Father Michael Dylag can't quite be characterized as an· autograph-seeker. Nor is it really precise to call him a collector.

But Father Dylag, a priest of the Diocese of Greensburg, Pa., who works in the development office of the Orchard Lake Schools, also is no idle boaster when he says, "No Basically, it is a program to edu- one has what I have",- especially cate Catholics about new tax breaks when it comes to Pope John Paul for church contributions.)talians II memorabilia. ' can now deduCt up to 2 miJIio,n lire· "I specialize in autographs," said ($1,600) from their income in 'con- the 50-year-old priest in an intertributions to a special church main- view with The Michigan Catholic, tenance fund. They can also ear- Detroit archdiocesan newspaper. mark 0.8 percent of their taxes for Among his most prized possesthe church. sions are copies, with the papal The bishops outlined their pro- autograph, of the Latin translations gram in'a 28-page'document of Pope John PauUI's encyclicals. , recently issued': It cites the Second Usually, though, when visitors Vatican Council, the New Testasee the items on display, "they ment, canon law and the democratic principles of participation can't get over how I got the miter and co-responsibility as reasons why Catholics should support the· church.

The bishops say they are ready to undertake "the risk of trust ... in VATICAN CITY (NC) - Apthe free choice of citizens" encouraged by tax breaks. The education plause rang through the Paul VI program will involve television auditorium as the name Karol spots, n~wspaper ads and Sunday Wojtyla appeared on the movie screen at the start of the film sermons, The movie was "The Goldsmith's Not all bishops, however, are based on a 1956 radio play Shop," trusting solely in tax incentives in a country where tax paying is not by Wojtyla, the man who later considered a virtue. Except for ,became Pope John Paul II. , Starring' Burt Lancaster as th~ salaried employees on a withhold.~ ing system, tax evasion is a national goldsrriith, the movie emphasizes pastime. Many sJI1all businesses twin themes that have becQme halland private entrepreneurs hide marks of the current papacy: the income by neglecting to r~ng up indissolubility of marriage'and the sales 9r write out the legal receipt, power of love to overcome human a copy o(which is supposed to 'go difficulties.'

'The qlovie recently'had a special to the tax office. premiere at the Vatican before an' Cardinal Ugo Poletti; papal vicar invited audience of ·cardinals, of Rome, already is appealing for archbishops, sh~w b.usiness 'per• "intere'st~free loans" to cover a $5 . sonalities and movie buffs. 'It is million deficit. Rome, Pope John' sch,eduleo' for i~ternat'ional distriPaul II's' o~n diocese, h~s been bution in February: The movie is an "inspirational doubly hit. Besides a c'utoff in state funds, the Vatican earlier this year film" and its {heme is relevant for decided to end payroll subsidies to today's w'orld, said' Michael And" the 150 employees working in the erson, the director.

"I happen to believe' marriage.is diocesan central offices. The Vatican's decision was based on its forever," he said at an impro'mptu press c'onferenceprior to the Vatiown budget deficit problems. can showing. , '' Actually, the Vatican is primar"In a day when the sanctity of ily responsible for the economic state of affairs befalling the entire marriage is violated almost hourly, Italian church. In 1984 it renego- it's important that this message of tiated the concordat, a legal treaty his be brought out," said Anderwith Italy regulating church-state son, an Anglican.

"Karol Wojtyla and his work affairs, that ended Catholicism's status as the state religion. This capture very cleverly the problems signaled the end to the direct that face many married people government subsidies to the church today," said Anderson, whose films gra~ted in the 1929 concordat. have won six Oscars.

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During the fall, in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of John Paul's selection as pope, Father Dylag and part of the collection on display at the· Orchard Lake Schools. Orchard Lake is the site of St. Mary's Preparatory School, St. Mary's College, and Sts. Cyril and Methodius Seminary.

The display included Vatican coins, stamps and medallions from each of Pope John Paul's to years as pontiff; signatures from nearly all the cardinals who participated in the 1978 conclave that elected then-Cardinal Kar01 Wojtyla to the papal throne; and signatures from each ofthe prelates who were named cardinals during Pope John Paul's consistories. .

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Other items related to Pope John Paul include a collection of editorial cartoons, some of them framed originals signed by th~ cartoonists, depicting the pope.

Father Dylag's interest began some 30 years ago when, as a seminarian, he got interested in the work of a Vatican stamp designer.

His interest~ later grew to encompass' material related to Popes Pius XII and Paul VI. His collection also in,clucles some 3Q letters from Polish kings, some dating back 500 years, and a longhand letter from. Mahatma Gandhi.

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"It has something to say, especially to young people," added the· director.

The Wojtyla play uses gold wedding rings to symbolize the permanence of marriage, Two couples buy their wedding bands from the same goldsmith, who accompanies the sales with some philosophizing that the value of the rings is not in the gold content, but in the people who wear them,.

Years ..later, when one of the wives tries to sell the ring to the goldsmith because her marriage is breaking, up, h.e .refuses t-o buy it, saying it has no value' apart from the perspn who bought it. ,,The woman decides to make another effort t,o rebuild her marriage and su<;ct;eds, Anderson said Lancaster, appeared to be interpreting the role of the. goldsmith as if' the character were God. "But Burt never said this," Anderson said.

Officially, Lancaster was playing "a goldsmith with very special gifts," added Anderson.

The director said the original

play was "freely translated" to transform it into a movie script "acceptable to a modern audience" while retaining the spirit of the original.

The original contained numer-' ous lengthy monologues, which were poetic meditations by the main characters on ~he central' themes. In the movie, the monologues are eliminated but the main thematic lines are part of the interacting dialogue among the main characters.

It was like "walking a tightrope" to strike a balance between Joyalty t6 the scene as intended by .the auth'or and "cominefdalishl,"'said' Anderson. ", "If I erred, 'I 'erred on the' side of non-to'mmercialism," he said. _ Anderson, who met the pope several hours before' the p~emiere, said the p<?pe was pleased with the' result. . , "He felt the spirit in which he' hAd written' it had been "maintained," said Anderson.

The pope did not attend the Vatican premiere, but had seen the film at a private showing several months earlier. '

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John ,Paul II said the "unilateral" decision by the Anglican Church to allow the ordination of women bishops marred an otherwise fruitful year of ecumenical progress in 1988.

The pope, in a year-end assessment of church events, also expressed his personal disappointment that rebel Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre took steps that produced a formal schism within the church.

The pope made the remarks in a lengthy address to members of the Roman Curia, the church's central administrative staff, and cardinals resident in Rome. Most of his speech was a review of the year's most important events - including the closing of the Marian year, . the celebration of 1,000 years of Christianity in parts of the Soviet Union and the long-awaited reform of Curia offices.

But 1988 was also marked by two "shadows," the pope said Archbishop Lefebvre's schismatic act in June', and the decision in August by the Anglicans' Lambeth Conference t6 respect local Anglican church policies on ordaining women as bishops.

The Anglican decision, the pope said, not only threatened ecumenism but also represented a break with tradition within the Anglican Church. "u nfortunately - and I say this with sincere sorrow - this was a unilateral initiative" that "did not adequately take into account either the ecumenical. or ecclesiastical dimensions of the problem, in contrast with the way that has always been clearly followed by the Catholic Church, as well as the Orthodox Church and the ancient Eastern churches," the pope said.

The Anglican policy "certainly does not favor the common efforts of prayer and study" by the joint Catholic-Anglican dialogue commission and "it poses serious obstacles to progress in mutual reconciliation, which in these last decades has arrived at such promising results," he said.

"I ask those responsible to make every effort s'o that painful and deplorable consequences may be avoided, not only in ecumenical relations but also inside the Anglican community itself," the pope said.

"The constant line of tradition common to all the churches cannot be so easily interrupted, in a way of proceeding which none of us has the power c'or the 'right 'to authorize." he said. " ' .

In his remarks' about 'Archbis~op Lefbvre, the pope, did not mentiotrthe 83-ye'ar:oid Swiss prelate by name, referring instead to the chuTch's failed attempts to reconcile with a t'well-known community. "Those efforts broke down when· Archbishop·-Lefebvre, who rejects several main teachings of the Second Vatican Council, illicitly ordained 'bishops in Econe, Switzerland, June 30. The move brought automatic excommunication.

The pope said the church's attempt to work out a solution with Archbishop Lefebvre was marked by respect for the people' involved and for "the reactions that deprecable abuses may have provoked." The pope was apparently referring to abuses in interpreting the council's teachings, but he-did not"spell them out.

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Accountability'called key to 'church fundraising ST. LOUIS (NC) - With financial contributions to Catholic Church-related causes down, accountability and stewardship have become crucial in fundraisi!1g, said speakers at the National Catholic Development and Stewardship Conference. . The conference, held recently in St. Louis, was ajoint project of the National Catholic Development Conference, which represents charitable programs mainly run by religious orders and funded by directmail appeals, and the National Catholic Stewardship Council, whose members generally are diocesan fund raising officers.

Archbishop Edward T. O'Meara of Indianapolis, the keynote speaker, was among those who highlighted the need for accountability and stewardship.

Archbishop O'Meara, national director of the SoCiety for the Propagation of the Faith from 1967 to 1980, spent some 20 years raising money fOF the missionfunding agency. He said he began public accounting of how the society's funds were being spent in 1968.

"Nothing I did after ever got the response of this initiative," he said.

The experience proved "how powerful the concepts of stewardship and [accountability] really are," Archbishop O'Me;ua said.

He previewed a study revealing that the Campaign for Human Development, the U.S. bishops' domestic anti-poverty, self-help program, has lost ground in recent years. It reports that in simple figures the national share of the annual campaign collection rose from $6.3 million in 1970 to $8.3 million in 1985.

The campaign raises money through a yearly parish collection.

One-fourth of money collected remains in the local diocese and three-fourths goes to the national fund.

Similar gaps are apparent in other Catholic collections, the archbishop said. "We simply are not keeping pace with any of the indices, to say nothing of the worthiness of the needs that we are trying to meet," he added.

He urged Catholic fundraisers "to help all the faithful, especially the coming generation, to a personal involvement toward enlightened giving to the church in its broadest dimension of ministry and service."

According to Father James J. Close, the younger generation of "baby boomers" is going to'have "a tremendous impact on philanthropy" but the future does not look good for charities associated with the Catholic Church.

In an interview with the St. Louis Review, newspaper of the St. Louis Archdiocese, Father Close said part of the reason for the negative forecast is the reac~ tion of younger adults to the church's teachings on sexuality.

Because of "the lack of credibility the church has in that area to the baby boomers, they are not contributing to it," said the priest, forme'r president of the National Catholic Development Conference.

The birth control issue "led an enormous populace of Catholics to reject papal teaching" on the matter, Father Close said.

The result, he said, is "a wound, a hurt and disenchantment" with the Catholic Church and, some-

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Another negative factor, he said, is that as a group, the young adults b.orn between 1946 and 1965 tend to be "far more self-centered."

Yet affluence is growing in the Catholic population in general, he added.

Catholics also have "broadened their horizons," he said. While not donating to Catholic causes as in the past, he said, they may be contributing to other philanthropic causes.

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The Dioceses of Gallup and Lafayette have coadjutor bishops, who have the right of succession.

The coadjutors are Bishop Donald E. Pelotte of Gallup and Bishop Harry J. Flynn of Lafayette.

Vacancies existed as of Jan. 10 in the dioceses of Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va., and St. Petersburg, Fla. The Wheeling-Charleston vacancy was created in December when its head, Archbishop Francis B. Schulte, was named archbishop of New Orleans. The St. Petersburg vacancy was created when Bishop W. Thomas Larkin resigned in November, citing health reasons.

Five dioceses have bishops who turned 75 during 1988 but had not yet had their resignations acted on by Pope John Paul II. Those bishops are: ' - Archbishop William D. Borders of Baltimore.

- Archbishop Joseph E. Tawil of the Melkite-Greek Diocese of Newton, Mass..

- Archbishop Joseph T. Ryan of the Archdiocese for the Military Services. .

- Bishop George H. Guilfoyle of Camden, N.J. - Bishop Francis R. Shea ofEvansville, Ind.

Grape boycott aided NEW YORK (NC) - Cesar Chavez and his United Farm Workers union recently gained twofold suppoq in New York for their grape boycott to protest use of pesticides in vineyards: John Catsimatides, chairman of a large New York grocery chain, announced that his stores would support the boycott; and the same day the New York City Council, at the urging of religious and other groups, unanimously passed a resolution endorsing the boycott.

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Bishop-watchirig becomes popular WASHINGTON (NC) - The heads of five U.S. dioceses will turn 75 during 1989, the age at which bishops must submit their resignations to the pope.

Seven other U.S. dioceses as of early January were either awaiting appointment of new bishops because of vacancies or had bishops who have turned 75 but have not yet had th~i~ resignations accepted.

Those who will turn 75 in 1989 and their birthdays are: - Bishop Gerard L. Frey of Lafayette, La., May 10.

- Bishop Francis J. Mugavero of Brooklyn, N.Y., June 8. .:..- Bishop Joseph M. Breitenbeck of Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 3.

- Bishop Thomas J. Grady of Orlando, Fla., Oct. 9.

- Bishop Jerome J . .Hastrick of Gallup, N.M., Nov. 13.

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THREE-year-old Celeste Marlene Dela Garza is unperturbed by church-closing controversy as she and Detroit Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka exchange kisses at an offertory procession. (NC photo)

Closing announced for 31' Detroit parishes DETROIT (NC) - Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka of Detroit, endi~g three months of uncertainty over a controversial parish reorganization plan, announced Jan. 8 that 31 Detroit parishes will close and that another 25 will be given a year to "reach viability" or close.

Two of the 31 parishes will reopen as one parish with a new name. Members of the other parishes being closed will be absorbed into existing parishes.

The cardinal disclosed his final decisions to pastors of the affected churches in private meetings before he made his formal announcement in a Sunday afternoon press conference Jan. 8.

Pastors were given permission to tell their parishioners during weekend Masses.

Cardinal Szoka said resources were not available to operate a total of 112 parishes in Detroit and the enclaves of Hamtramck and Highland Park. Of the 82 remaining, 25 were deemed "questionably viable."

Each of those, he said, has until Dec. 31 "to demonstrate its ability to make genuine progress toward viability" in the areas of worship, spiritual and religious formation, evangelization, service, parish staff, organizations and parish property.

There are to be periodic reviews.

"Can they do it? I honestly don't know," the cardinal said during the press conference. ,"But it does appear reasonable to hope that they can and they certainly have my encouragement, my cooperation and my prayers that they will."

He said there would be disappointment over the decisions that have been made and that he per~ sonally shared in a "common sorrow and sadness" over any parish closing but said the resources "are not there" to keep them all open.

Cardinal Szoka said the church of Detroit was committed to "a strong, permanent presence in the city" as evidenced, he said, by having its Sacred Heart Seminary there.

He also called for "a stirring up of baptismal waters" of Hispanics and blacks and said the emergence of black and Hispanic lay leadership was essential.

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Berman told The Michigan Catholic, Detroit archdiocesan 'paper, that church officials will work with the parishes that will close to preserve their sacramental records, to physically close the church, and to develop "more kinds of ministries for the city."

Parishes are expected to close byJune 30 and parish priests will be reassigned. Berman said he did not know how many parish staff members would be affected by the closings but that the Office for the Church in the City would assist in their placement elsewhere.

In December the office began inspecting the parish buildings and studying social programs offered by the city parishes.

"It's not to the cardinal's liking to even discuss the closing of parishes," Berman said. "But the city church has to lean into the future, instead of resting in the past. Staying with the status quo seems very conservative and not living with the reality of the day."

The reorganization was outlined Sept. 28 during an archdiocesanwid.e telebriefing releasing the preliminary recommendations of two archdiocesan committees, the Urban Advisory Board and Implementation Committee.

Fifty-four hearings were held for affected parishes and Auxil'iary Bishop Patrick R. Cooney, chairman of the two committees, presented final recommendations to the cardinal Dec. 19.

The three months were marked by prayer vigils, petition campaigns and large-scale meetings in an effort to save parishes. In the last two weeks before the final announcement, groups of mothers and their children greeted the cardinal each morning at his residence and asked him not to close their parishes. .Children also wrote letters and launched balloons at the cardinal's residence on the feast of the Holy Innocents Dec. 28 to mark their protest.

On Dec. 29 protesters picketed the cardinal's home as he prepared to meet with Detroit's auxiliary bishops and the presbyteral council to present the committees' final recommendations.

Several priests had reportedly threatened to leave the archdiocese if their parishes were closed.

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FATHER MARK R. Hessio"n, a parochial vicar at St. Mary's parish, New Bedford, and 15 young parishioners with over 400 Christmas gifts of clothing, toys and household items from . parishioners .to needy new mothers who gave ~irth at St. Margaret's Hospital for Women, Bostori. Recipients included young women served by th~ hospital's St. Mary's HQme for. expectant teens. "

,.Coyle and Cassidy High Coyl" and Cassidy's senior tailback Ken Olivieri finished his high school career in high style with three touchdowns and 114 yards rushing as the Taunton high school's Warriors upset Bishop Feehan 36"14.

Olivieri was awarded the Bal~ four Trophy as most valuable player at that last game of the season. . In his senior year, he broke three schocil records: most career touchdowns (35), most points scored (222) and most career yards rushing (3,296). Olivieri is a threetime Southeastern Massachusetts Conference All-Star and was his school's 1988 nominee for the prestigious Otto Graham Award.

Along with Chad Larivee, he was a 1988 Warrior captain.

C-C reports that Olivieri-is also an outstanding hockey player and one of the spring track team's top sprinters and jumpers.

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Seniors Derek Eddy, Lisa Lamothe and Linda Wilke earned high honors for the first-quarter of the 1988-89 academic year, as did sophomores Marie Foley and Patrick Sweeney.

Seven seniors, eight juniors, four sophomores and four freshmen merited honors and a total of 74 students were awarded honorable mention.

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CC's cheerleaders have a bid to participate in the 19H9 CanadianAmerican <;heerleading championships, to be held in Toronto in

April. With 2,3 teams in contention, the squad qualified with Winnacunnet and Newton South high schools for small high school varsity division slots..

Over 30 U'.S. squads will compete at the championships.

This is the third consecutive year that Coyle-Cassidy cheerleaders have been recognized as among the country's top squads.

In 1986 and 1987, the squad represented Massachusetts in national competition in Florida. It has also received numerous individual and team awards.

The girls are coached by Jolene Halpin and captained by Tammy Halpin and Nunzia Grimaldi.

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I. Set a goal that challenges your intellectual growth. Write it out. For example. sign up for some lessons or classes in an area of interest that yo~ possess but have not yet developed.

2. Volunteer two h.ours' a month to serve an organization helping others. As you think about

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3. Disc,over more about your omethin: to' fin in. the holes " . self-worth by increasing the joy . hiilkidof'but don't talk muchaboU:t it in your life. ,Each week pick out . gefout ohontr!)l. ' '. one thing that you' wiII do for "w when U's'love?' yourself just because you enjoy' butitlasts forever the experience. Such an, activity . htmit's.love?' need no't' be expensive. For YOlifeeI together' . '. exampl.e. a walk in the park costs nothing but invariably enriches, o~d" ;." . . the soul. .

4. Discover more of your worth ofocu~·:.' by practicing being kind to your~ .::,\.'~ ".,,'. "; ::.;..~ self. Do this by' refusing to put y'ourself down either in thought orin spoken word. Some'of us' .are so used to putting ourselves down that we are not even aware . of doing it. '.. .

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Q. Do you consider drinking to be all right if it is only occasional, is supervised and no driving is involved? (Rhode Island) A. This question raises several problems. The letter is from a high school sophomoreand so one must immediately note that drinking alcoholic drinks at t~at age is illegal.

A case could be made that these laws are not entirely fair. but they a're nonetheless on the books and must be obeyed.

Another problem the question raises is this: Nothing is said about whether or not the drinking is to be moderate.

I' know of some "supervised" parties where unwise parents allow young people to get really drunk and some guys get plastered regularly at such,parties on a once-amonth basis, This is bad news.

Many physicians and psychologists think that the best way to introduce young people to alcoholic drinks is at Qome on special occasions such as Thanksgiving.

Only a moderate amount is served. a beer"or perhaps a glass of wine.

The young person learns moderation at an early age.

Some people,. however, think young people also should give careful consideration to whether alcohol might be classified as a lethal and unpredictable weapon.

Consider Arnie. At the age of 43 Arnie didn't qrink at all. But because of job pressures, he was having difficulty getting to sleep.

So his wife suggested he take a small glass of wine before going to bed.

That did the trick for about two weeks. Then Arnie needed two glasse~ of wine to relax - and he was on his way to a horrendous case of alcoholism. Doctors called him a "fast progressor."

All of Arnie's friends are amazed at what has happened to him in the past five years. None would have predicted that this hard-working, apparently stable man would have ended up this way.

His wife says, "I wish I'd never suggested that small glass of wine."

It well may be that the majority of readers will not end up in such a plight. But all young people need to be keenly aware of the lethal and unpredictable potential of alcohol.

It presents particular dangers to young people who' already have serious problems and who may think that a temporary escape can help. Note well: It can't.

Questio!1~ are welcome always.

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Bishop Connolly High School , Students at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, are auditioning for a March 17 to 19 Connolly Players production of an original musical, "The Mysterious Doors of lin."

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Sports Update Winter sports Season at Connolly began on a positive note.

Girls' basketball started the season with' a big victory over New Bedford Voke. AS,of Jan. 9, they held a 3-3 record. The Lady Cougars, the school notes, area young team with one' senior player, Captain Kara O'Connell, and two juniors, Keri Hanley and Missy Iacovelli.

Captain Chris Lafrance has led boys' basketball to two wins over Falmouth and victories against Portsmouth and Carver. The cagers currently have a 5-4 record.

The Freshmen basketball squad. posts a respectable 5-1 record. .

Seniors Craig Aumann and Skip Langton have brought the hockey team to a 4-4 record, including a 10-5 victory over Somerset and Brian Ramos and M uffy Merrick have offered record breaking performances to the winter track team .

Alpine ski racing tea'm members Holly Marvel and Ann Kubik placed 13th and 14th respectively in a field of 48 in recent competition at Wachusett Mountain, Princeton.

Eric Lafrance, Jeremy Tung and Matt Palma came in 27th, 28th and 29th in a field of 93 in boys' competition. Connolly belongs to the Central Massachusetts Ski League since it is the only south eastern Massachusetts school with a ski team.

Seniors Miss Marvel and Mike Saracen are captains and George Angelo coaches.

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The Jesuit school will require uniforms beginning this September.

The policy has been adopted to spare parents from having to purchase costly clothing so that their youngsters might keep up with fashion trends and since it's been noted that many students disregard'the school's dress code.

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Every once in a while something happens that makes me realize how fortunate I am to be working in the field of chemical dependency.

Recently, at the Gordon Chemical Dependency Center in Sioux City, Iowa, an adolescent treatment facility where I work, I witnessed a scene so poignant that it deserves retelling.

A young man, nicely 'dressed and handsome, was talking to a counselor in the hallway. He had traveled a great distance to see the counselor and, spoke eloquently yet simply of his appreciation for all the counselor had done for him during his treatment there.

He recounted some of the darkest moments of his battle with chemical dependency, his despair at having found his life in such desperate straits.

The counselor accepted the young man's appreciation and complimented him on 'the successful reorganization of his life. As they prepared to go their separate ways; they hugged each other.

"Thank you for rescuing me. I'll' never forget you," was the young man's heartfelt farewell.

Later I talked to the counselor about the scene. He said the young man had experienced a'l'ong, hard struggle with chemicals during his teen years. He had been expelled from school, alienated his friends, expressed contempt for his family's religious beliefs and broken the law, as well as his parents' hearts.

His treatment was especially difficult and there were times when the staff had serious doubts about its outcome. But they never gave up, in spite of extreme resistance from their patient.

Finally he graduated from the program and went on to live a sober, happy life.. Now nearing the completion of his college .career, he has a bright future.

Not all chemically dependent adolescents have such a happy ending. But when I saw the miracle, of recovery expressed in this young man, 1 relized how successful' treatment for this disease can be.

Teenage substanc~ abuse has been a problem for parents, teachers, legal authorities and for teenagers for a long time. Society promotes drinking. Fun, glamour, success and happiness are portrayed through advertisements for alcohol in magazines, on television and through rock music, There also is a high correlation between parental use of alcohol and teen usage. If parents are abusing alcohol, there is a good possibility that their teenagers will do the, same thing.

And peer pressure has received a great deal of publicity in recent years for its role in youth substance abuse. Teens want to be accepted and they drink or use drugs to achieve these goals.

But people, need to know that treatment for adolescent chemical dependency has reached new levels of success in recent years.

Improved inpatient and outpatient programs are helping teens return to happiness and serenity. Family reconciliation is an important part of the recovery process.

Most adolescent recovery programs are built around spirituality, a concept all but forgotten in the chaos of addiction. The importaI:\ce of having the Lord in our lives cannot be overemphasized, as recovering people everywhere have learned.

If teen chemical dependency is a problem, contact a reputable treatment center for help. Allowing this disease to continue is like issuing a death sentence. This illness does not go away, it goes forward unless it is interrupted.

There is help available, but yoli must reach out for it. '

FATHER DANIEL J. Mahoney, pastor ofH~ly Name parish, Harrisburg, Pa., joins parochhl! schoor students in celebrating designation of their school and grounds as a drugfree zone. Holy Name is the first public or private school in the Harris~urg diocese to be so designated. Dealing drugs in such zones Incurs an automatic jail sentence and a stiff fine. (NC photo)

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

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-13-parental gu idance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted. unsuitable for children or young teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3approved for adults only; A4-separate classification (given films not morally offensive which. however. .reQuire some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

Catholic ratings for television movies are those of the movie house versions of the films.

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Workshop to offer jobhunting tips

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Cynical approach to women. Mild sexual in,nuendo; one vulgar incident of bathroom humor. A3, PG "Hellbound: Hellraiser II" (New World) - Blood oozes from every frame of this sequel to the original "Hellraiser" horror film. Brief nudity, some simulated sex with ghouls and periodic profanity. 0, R Religious Radio Sunday, Jan. 15 (NBC) "Guideline" - Robert Hay, director of New York City's Coalition for the Homeless, is interviewed about the special problems of the working homeless.

"Put Your Best 'You' Forward," a hands-on workshop on resumewriting and interviewing for a position, will be offered to women and men religious of southeastern New England from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the religious education center of Bishop Feehan High Schol, Attleboro. ~'This is the time of year that people consider possible changes in employment," said Sister Mary Noel Blute, RSM, Episcopal Representiitive for Religious for the Fall River diocese, in explai'ning the choice of date .

Her office, together with the Office for Religious of the Providence diocese, is sponsoring the .workshop, to be presented by-Sister Mary Christopher O'Rourke, RSM. " Sister O'Rourke, former provincial administrator of the Sisters of Mercy, spoke at a May 1988 workshop for religious on resumes, interviews and "marketing oneself." and to the bishops of the United Her practical advice was so well received that she is milking a return States.

Paul K. He'nderson, special assis- appearance in order to discuss tant for youth and young adult jobhunting techniques in more ministry in the NCCB secretariat, depth, said Sister Blute.

Snow date for the workshop said survey responses indicated many positive youth programs in will be Jan. 28, she said. If it is postp0I:\ed from Jan. 21, notice 'the U.S. church, but also the need for many more. will be given by 8 a.m. on that date "In parishes and dioceses with to radio stations WNBH, WBSM, strong youth ministry programs WPRO, WALE and WSAR. Preregistration may be made youth feel a connectedness to the church," he said. "But this is not as with Sister Blute at 992-9921 and walk-ins will also be possible. A $5 common an experience as we would registration fee will include Danhope for." ish and beverages. Participants Survey findings included: - ' "Teens. typically experience should bring ii bag lunch. the church as impersonal, inhospitable and lacking adequate role models," but "parish, school and diocesan programs for youth ministry are rebuilding the interest of youth in the institutional church."

"Confluence," a locally produced , - "Youth generally make little religious panel program broadcast connection or linkage between reliSunday mornings on TV channel gion and lived experiences. Church 6, has moved from 10:30 a.m. to is seen as something for Sunday, 8:30 a.m. not every day." Many young peoThe Truman Taylor:'moderated ple "are passive and bored" at show has as permanent particiSunday Mass or have a strong pants Father Peter N. Graziano, "negative feeling" toward it.

Fall River diocesan director of - "During the past 10 years social services; Right Rev. George there has been a significant decrease Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode invocations to the ordained minisIsland; and Rabbi Baruch Korff. try and religious life," and according to some research "vocations will surely dwindle further if mothers lose their commitment to the institutional church."

Ta~rytown, N.:Y,,(NC) - The - "Among losses ofypung peo- National Council of churches has pIe to other religions, "the mQst,.' ask~d exploration of ways to form, serious threat is from various fun~ c1o~er ti~,s wit""Catholics and other damentalist groups." " Christian bodies, Meeting in Tar- "Among negative id~ologies rytown, the ~ouncil's governing' affecting young people in the Uni-board',asked' its officers to seek' ted States, the chief ones are "mater- ways 'fqr 'Orthodqxand Protestant. ialism, consumerism andexGessive member communions of the counindividualism." , ' , cil, Roman ~Caiholics, conserva-'- The cultural diversity of U..S. tive .eyangelical~ '!I:\d Pentecostals Catholics presents a special chal- . ::to witnes§ togethe~ to the unity of. lenge: "As Catholics how do we ~,hrist's !:lody." " celebrate our various h~rit,ages of . ,": . . faith so all may feel welcome?" .. , 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 -""fhe primary way youth ex~ , da.ta, ~ut w~"ihink appro~i.mately perience the pers'on of Jesus today", 35 percent to 40' percent of young is through relationships with car- people are involved, most with· ing and faith~filled youth' and parish,schoolorscoutingprogr~ms." adults." Programs particularly "ef- For young people who do not fective in assisting young people to belong to such groups, "a signifiexperience Christ ... include week- cant amount of evangelization ... end retreats, community service is accomplished through peer minprojects, Masses for youth, prayer istry and personal invitations... services and personal encounters." Countless young people have'had -.:.. On the extent of youth invol- their first positive experience of vement in church-sponsored church through a friend's invitagroups, "there is lack of adequate tion to 'come and see.' "

·Teens say church is cold WASHINGTON (NC) - Today's U.S. CatholiGyoung people show "a new openness to and interest in religion," but often they find the church cold, impersonal and inhospitable, according to a survey done for the Vatican by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

A report on the survey, released in Washington, said the interest of young people in the church is closely connected to their access to church-sponsored youth programs.

"Tee,ns who are experiencing these programs are responding positively, but our sur.vey also shows that where there is nothing for young people they are becoming alienated from the Catholic Church," the report said.

It said that fundamentalist groups are attracting many young Catholics, especially young blacks and Hispanics "who find the Catholic Church not in tune with their needs."

"Cutts also attract many with their strong street ministry and outreach," the report said. "Cults place themselves where the people are hurting."

Societal emphasis on success, material goods and pleaSure poses one of the main threats to religious and moral values of young people in the United States, the report said.

Despite those ~'negative cultural values, "the report said, "we'found that.ou,r youth can ,also be characterized 'as pilgrims 6n a spiritual journey. Youth today search for a meanirig in life; a spirituality to giv~ them rootedness.... They yearn to experience' t.he· grace of,God which challenges iuid sustains'ttiem, , but they all, too often feel, only alienation and confusion."

The report is titled'''Youth~Min­ istry in the United States: A Sur-, 'vey of Youth Pastoral Work.'~ It was pased on·a suryey conducted by the NCCB Secretariat on ~aity ,and Family Life which involved responses from, more than 100 'dioceses and more, than a ,dozen national or regional youth ministry organizations.

Requested by the youth section of the Pontifical Council for the Laity as part of a worldwide study on Catholic youth ministry( the survey results were forwarded by , the laity secretariat to the council

"Confluence" time change

Closer ties sought

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Parish council meeting 8 p.m.

N. DA.I,{TMOUTH 1988 statistics: 62 baptisms, inTuesday, religious education center.

Marriage Encounter.begms today. cluding three converts; 56 first Pastoral Care Educal1.on Program Discussion group meets after 9 a.m. communions; 24 confirmations; 39 Mass Fridays except first Fridays, m~ets Wednesday. Bishop Stang marriages and 29 deaths. church downstairs; discussio'n based High School retreat Wednesday.

ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM on "Understanding the Bible"video DOMINICAN,ACADEMY, FR series by Father Stephen Doyle, Babysitting available during 10 Home-School Association meetOFM. Parishioners have started the a.m. Mass Sundays. . ing 7 p.m. Wednesday, school. Students' fi're safety assembly 9 a.m.

Housing for All Corporation to adST. THOMAS MORE, Jan. 20. ~res~ Cape hom~les~ness and housSOMERSET DIVORCED AND SEPARATED, 109 Issues; apphcatlO.ns fo~ volunA history ofthe parish nears c.omEMMA US/ GALILEE CAPE AND ISLANDS teersand members available 10 candle pletion and is due in book form in Emmaus retreat weekend #77 begMeeting 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, St. . room. the spring. . ins Feb. 3; opening Mass 7 p.m. at F.rancis Xavier parish center, HyanSt. John Neumann Church, East DIVORCED AND SEPARATED, niS; guest speaker: counselor Elaine ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Freetown; closing ceremony 7:30 p.m.

NB Piepgrass; all welcome; information: The parish will begin its yearlong Feb. 5. Galilee reunion 7 .p.m. this Suppor.t group for New Bedford 771-4438. celebration of the 100th anniversary Sun.day includes teaching Mass with area divorced and separated CatholO.L. ANGELS, FR of the laying of the !=hurch cornerFather Edward Correia and comics meeting 7 to 9 p.m. second Wedstone May 14 with first communion Mission (in English) for families missi'oning of Emmaus 77 team nesdays and fourth Mondays at the preached by Msgr. Maurice. Souza, at the 11:30 a.m. Mass, outdoor members, Neumann Hall at CathedFamily Life Center, N. Dartmouth. pastor emeritus of St. Anthony's crowning of the Blessed Mother, a ,ral Camp, East Freetown.

Jan. 23: the group will mark its third Church, E..Falmouth, Feb. 13 to 17. living rosary and 2:30 p.m. confiranniversary with a "What This SupDIVORCED/SEPARATED, mation.

Sepior citizens' club welcomes new port Group Has Been for Me" night; GREATER TAUNTON members; information: Mary Velozo, members past and present welcome ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, A videotape, "Surviving Depres672-9737. to speak; discussion follows. Feb. 8: POCASSET sion," will be shown and discussed at SPIRIT OF JESUS Vincentians meeting after 8 a.m.

"Bear One Another's Burdens" an open meeting 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday Mass tomorrow.

PRAYER GROUP, HYANNIS theme, Paula Ripple video, discusat Immaculate Conception Church, sion and distribution of ashes. Feb. Praise session 9 a.m. to II: 15 a.m.

Taunton.

Jan. 21, St. Francis Xavier Church 27: Father Mark Hession will disST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA hall, Hyannis; guest speaker: Joan cuss annulments and take questions.

Appreciation night potluck 6 p.m.

Not Bound Hazelhurst of the Cape and Islands. Sunday, center. Parish council meetJan. 19: planning board meeting 7 "The grace of the Holy Ghost is deanery of the charismatic renewal; p.m., St. Joseph's rectory, Fairhaven; ing 9 a.m. tomorrow, lower rectory. not bound by any law...路 - Pope refreshments. . new board members welcome.

Next children's Mass Feb. 19.

St. Gregory the Great ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Parish council meets second Tuesdays; all parishioners welcome. Ladies of St. Anne Communion Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Mass Jan. 15; meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, rectory meeting room.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Since operators whose regular ministry 60 calls from people searching for SACRED HEART, retiring as a theology professor is providing support and informa- news about their relatives. "There N. ATTLEBORO three years ago, Vincentian Father Altar boys' meeting 10 a.m. Jan. tion to missionaries in 40 countries. are half a million hams in the Uni21. Choir rehearsal 7 p.m. Jan. 25. ted States," he said. "They were all Michael F. Mullen's parttime hobAfter the quake, 1M RA memby' has become a full time global bers, working with the emergencyprobably asked by Armenian neighST.GEORGE,WESTPORT ministry. bors to help out."

Cantata group meets 6 p.m. Sunresponse International Amateur day, hall. Parish weekend renewal Last month he was working While the inquiries are imporRadio Network, received Soviet experience Jan. 20 to 22. Parish through Soviet authorities and in- . permission for direct broadl;asts tant, he added, airtime priority is advisory committee meeting Jan. 26, ternational relief agencies to min- from the United States into Ar- given to international relief agencenter hall. ister to Armenian-Americans and menia, "a breakthrough," Father cies making contact with workers ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON their relatives in the Soviet Union in the devastated area.

Mullen said.

The parish Vincentian "choiristers" - the scene of massive destruction Another "breakthrough" came After the permission was granted, will entertain residents of the Wedgewhen Catholic Relief Services, the by an earthquake.

Father Mullen spent eight to 10 mere Nursing Home 1:45 p.m SunIn a telephone interview with U.S. bishops' overseas relief agency, hours a day at his radio console day. Mothers' club meeting 10 a.m.

National Catholic News Service in taking calls from "frantic" Ar- donated $5,000 for the purchase of tomorrow, rectory. Barry Finch of Washington, Father Mullen des- 'menian-Americans trying to find more sophisticated radio equipFather Bruce Ritter's Covenant ment for hams in Armenia. cribed the days following the Dec. out if their loved ones in Armenia House will speak on that institu7 earthquake with the words "fran- were still alive.

"With more sophisticated equiption's aposto!ate to youngsters involved with drugs and prostitution 7 tic" and "devastating." ment, we can move much faster," The official Soviet estimate put p.m. Sunday, parish hall.

A priest for 47 years, Father the death toll at 55,000 .. he said.

Mullen formerly taught at St. After dealing with the technical ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, FR While offering words of comParish council meeting 7 p.m. part of ham radio operation, Father John's University in Jamaica, N. Y. fort to callers, Father Mullen took Tuesday, Father Reis Hall.

Mullen, the priest, is often called and now lives on its campus. He is the names, addresses and phone into service, especially when dealpresident of the I,OOO-member Innumbers of relatives in Armenia. ing with death messages, he said. ternational Mission Radio AssoHe broadcast the information to Although it's difficult, Father ciation, a group of ham radio hams in Armenia who sent "runMullen said, it is a responsibility ners" out to try and find those he accepts because he knows that called. The Soviet hams then remost people appreciate hearing layed information back to the U.S. The process could take four or such news from a member of the five days, Father Mullen said, be- clergy who is ready to listen.

His training as a priest, he said, cause "the network was loaded is "very much" a part of his ham with traffic."

In two days, he took more than radio operation.

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HOLY NAME, FR Art fair 6:30 to 8:30 ,p.m. Jan. 26, school.

SEPARATED AND DIVORCE-D, FR Greater Fall River support group for separated and divorced Catholics meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 25, Our Lady of Fatima hall, Swansea.

O.L. CAPE,BREWSTER Support group for divorced and separated parishioners meeting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, rectory downstairs.

Classes to prepare Boy Scouts for the Ad Altare Dei religious award begin this month; information: Deacon Francis J. Camacho, 394-5023. ~ORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Scripture study course on Exodus begins Thursday; morning and evening sessions available; information: Father James A. Calnan, parochial vicar, 888-0209. Scripture study leaders' meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 15. 1988 statistics: 134 baptisms, 112 first communions, 95 confirmations, 30 marriages, 34 funerals, 780 religious education students. New lectors always welcome; information: Father Calnan. Cape Heritage Nursing Home Mass 2 p.m. Monday.

ST. JAMES, NB Parish council meeting 2 p.m.

Jan. 15, parish center.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH Lenten preparation mission conducted by Father Richard Delisle, MS., begins Feb. 5. Pastoral council meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, church hall.

ST MARY, SEEKONK Women's Guild meeting Monday, CCD Center.

. Priest aids Armenian-Americans seek~ng news of relatives

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Father Mullen at his ham radio.