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THE ANCHOlf~ Diocese of Fail River ~ Fri., Feb. 3, 1989
Education handbook revised
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SISTER MARTENS
Sister Martens
The Mass of Christian burial was offered Wednesday at St. Joseph Church, Fairhaven, for Sister Celina Martens, SS.Ce., 90, who . died Saturday in Fall River. b.O~d~ys·ofabstiit¢nce, those bound by the law Many Sacred Hearts religious abstain from m~at. men and women attended the Mass, c. On aU Fridays of Lent, abstinence is prescribed. celebrated by Father Thomas Mc. Tbisilll:ludes GQOd Friday. Abstinence is also Elroy, SS.Ce., East Coast vicePl'tiscribed on As~ Wednesday.' .. provincial of the. Sacred Hearts 3. LENTEN DISCIPLINE Fathers. ' . a. The code of Canon Law very ap11y summarThe homily was offered by Fath.izes ~eecclesiastica.l disciplindlJCanon 1249:"All er Frederick LaBrecque, SS.Ce. m'I11~.,rsoftbe(thristian (.,itbfulJn their own Born Nov.ll; 1898, in Brustem, way are bound to dopenanee in virtue ofdivine Belgium, Sister. Martens was one law;In order thatall may be joined in &common of eightchildren of the late Pierre obSf!rvanee of penance, penitential daysarepreLambert and Marie Josephine seQ :~which~ Christianf_ithful ina s~fial (Jansens) Martens. w ,Y,.exe., or.kSC)fp~~Yandehari1Y~d Four oftheir six daughters enterf!mselve8.. ftllingtbeirresponslbi~ti¢$ ed the Sacred Hearts Congregation. mo ".. idthfully a~d especially by observingfast According to Sister Margarita an(l"s1inence,~,'" . St. Denis, SS.Ce., of the order's Fall River House of Prayer, where Sister Martens resided, the former Martha Martens was educated by the Ursuline Sisters· but entered the Sacred Hearts Congregation because of its missionary spirit. Diocesan observance of Lent The 40 days of Lent are,days of She began her religious life on will begin with celebration of the prayer and penance in imitation of Aug. 1, 1920, at Tongres, Belgium. Ash Wednesday liturgy and dis- Christ's 40 days of fasting in the After her religious profession on tribution of ashes by Bishop Daniel desert. Feb. 15, 1923, in Paris, she was A. Cronin at 12:05 p.m. Feb. 8 at "The fasting of those of you who sent to Fairhaven, in those days St. Mary's Cathedral. Fall River. have food during this Lent, a fastconsidered mission country. ArrivAs in previous Lents, Catholics ing which is part of our rich Chrising on March 21, 1923, she spent are asked to participate in the Rice tian tradition, will dispose you most of her active life at the former Bowl program of Catholic Relief more fully in heart and in spirit to Sacred Hearts Academy, nursing Services, eating a simple main meal share your goods in solidarity with the sisters and the school children. once a week during Lent and con- those who have little or nothing," Domestic work and gardening also tributing money saved to parish the pope said. occupied her days. Rice Bowl collections. .Pope John Paul noted that "hun"In 1980 she came to our retire"The Global Family: Participat- ger in the world strikes millions of ing in Development" is the 1989 human beings in almost every coun- ment home in Fall River, which is Rice Bowl theme. Organizers ex- try," and that even scientific and also a house of intercessory prayer" . plain that 75 percent of the money' technological advances have not Sister St. Denis added. "Her leis'ure time wa-s occupied collected is used for small-scale been able to alleviate the problem. by knitting for the poor and readcommunity projects in Third World "We must, advance in human nations, usually related to nutri- fashion." the pope said. "We can- ing. Proud of her Belgian heritage, . tion. food production and storage. not remain passive and indifferent she often spoke of all the country's 25 percent of diocesan contribu- in the face of the tragedy of so royal dynasties, but above all her tions, they note, is retained for many people who lack sufficient hero was her compatriot, Father Damien de Veuster, SS.Ce., aposlocal anti-poverty programs. food, who are forced to live on a tle of the lepers, who volunteered subsistence diet and who consePapal Message his services to the rejected from In his annual Lenten message, quently encounter almost insur- society in Molokai and after 11 Pope John Paul II called on C..;tho- mo'untable obstacles to their proper years contracted the disease himlies to use the Lenten season as a development. self and died." time to reflect and act on the probSister St. Denis noted that "this "Faith must be accompanied by lem of world hunger. He asked concrefe actions," he said, encouyear marks the centenary of Father people to "share their goods with raging Catholics to understand the Damien's death and our sister was those who have none." very happy and excited because in problem, support existing proThe pope said that "generous grams to alleviate hunger and .upcoming months the event will be and voluntary fasting by those of initiate new ones. celebratd all over the world by you who have food will enable you people of every faith. Now we rejoto share the privation of those ice with her because united with rriany others who regularly must him in heaven, she will be part of search for food." MILWAUKEE (NC) - Amer- every celebration. The pope said that when Chris- ican culture and society .present "We will miss Sister Celina and tians throughout the world say the unique challenges to the teaching remember her as a woman ofstrong Lord's Prayer and recite the lines mission of diocesan bishops. said faith and deep prayer," Sister St. "give us this day our daily bread," Milwaukee Auxiliary Bishop RichDenis said. "We express our gratiit has a different level of meaning ard J. Skiba, chairman of a U.S. 'tude to all for their support at this for each of them. bishops' subcommitttee preparing time of bereavement." "For many people, it has the a statement on the teaching minisSister Martens is survived by' sound of a calm and' confident try of bishops. "The document will two sisters, including Sister Florpe,tition," the pope said. "For oth- ·help underscore the centrality of entine, SS.CC., of Heverlee, Bders it is a cry of grief and pain the teaching mission of the dioce- gium, and many nieces and nebecause they are unable to satisfy san bishop, who, besides being an phews.· their physical hunger due to the administrator, is first and foreBurial was in St. Mary's Ceme-. real lack of necessary food."· .most a teacher;" Bishop Skiba said' .. tarY', South Dartmouth. ' 'tAW OF'ABSTIN ENCE : a. Those who are 14 years of age imd older are o~Ug~~tQ obsf!rye the law of. abstinence.
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Diocese prepares for Lent
Unique challenges
The Diocesan Department of intendent. Policy changes require Education has revised and distrib- specific approval of. the Director uted its "Handbook of Policies of Education and must be submitand Regulations." ted in writing for study and review "It is our hope," wrote depart- . at the Department of Education ment director Father Richard W. Office." Beaulieu, in a letter that accomA letter to priest school direcpanied the handbook when it was tors and principals from Bishop distributed to schools on Monday, Daniel A. Cronin accompanied "that this revised handbook will be the handbook when it was distriba useful resource for our schools uted. . and will provide a sound basis for The bishop's lett'er follows: maintaining quality Catholic education in the diocese of Fall River." For over one hundn Father Beaulieu said in his letter years, thousands of students that the handbook "was first pubhave benefited from the teachlished in September, 1962. While ing and witness evidenced in changes and revisions in the manthe Catholic schools of the ual occurred from time to time, .Fall River Diocese. These they did not always get into the schools have been a source handbooks of pastors, principals of great pride to each Cathoand administrators. lic within our area as they "In 1984, the Diocesan Departcarryon the Church's misment of Education established a sion of teaching the Gospel 12-person committee to review, values. You now follow in that great tradition. revise and update "policies and regulations" in order to prepare a The task of administering new edition of the handbook; these institutions and of enThe committee consisted of three couraging professionalism at priests associated with schools, every level continues to be a three principals actually in the demanding one. The updated diocese, three teachers in the sysHandbook of Policies and tem and the members ofthe DepartRegulations, provided by the ment of Education staff responsi.Diocesan Department ofEduble for Catholic schools. cation, is a tool to assist in "Lengthy discussions and debates this task. The original Manabout policies and regulations will ual, published in 1968, has likely go on indefinitely as situabeen revised periodically as tions arise and conditions change. the needs have changed. This However, it is important that pascurrent edition should again tors, principals and administrators provide a unifying force for have a common source of inforthe schools and encourage mation on which to base prudenconsistent professional action tialjudgments and make decisions on the part of all sChool perat the local level. " sonnel. I want to thank the Father Beaulieu said in his letter staff at the Department of that "policies are guides for discreEducation as well as the memtionary action and are intended to bers of the various commibe specific enough to give clear tees who assisted them in guidance to school personnel and this project. yet broad enough to leave room It is a happy coincidence for professional judgment," and that we are in' the midst of .that "regulations are specifications celebrating Catholic Schools of required actions, established by Week. I not only want to the superintendents and staff, to thank you for aU of your implement policies in a consistent efforts in furthering Catholic fashion. Of their nature, they are education but also to encourmore specific but they can more age you. So many of our readily be adjusted by the superinyoung people depend on you tendent, pastors, principals and and the teachers within our administrators to meet the more schools. Weare indeed blessed specific needs of the ,various parby you and your work. ishes and the cities and towns in which the schools are located." Regulations, the letter continued, "can be adjusted at the local level upon consultation with the super-
Death never deserved, he says
.Sister Dalton The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Jan. 27 at St. Mary Church, Taunton, for Sister Nuala Dalton, SUSC, 75, who died Jan. 23. Born in Dublin, Ireland, Sister Dalton entered the Holy Union Novitiate in 1931 after graduating from St. Mary High School, Taunton. She was a graduate of the Sacred Hearts School of Educa-· tion, Fall River, and taught elementary grades in Holy Unionstaffed schools in Fall River, Taunton, New York, New Jersey and Maryland. For 10 years prior to her 1985 retirement, she served as assistant librarian at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton. After retiring she continued to reside at the Coyle-Cassidy Convent. Sister Dalton is suryived by a brother, Brendan Dalton of Dennis, and, a sister, Mrs. Francis (Deirdre) Patrick of Westwood. Burial was in St. Francis Cemetery, Taunton.
ORLANDO, Fla. (NC) Although many cheered Florida's execution of notorious sex murderer Theodore R. Bundy Jan. 24; a Florida Catholic Conference official said no crime deserves the death penalty. When serial killer Bundy was executec\ at Florida State Prison in Starke shortly after 7 a.m., a crowd waiting at the prison gate cheered and applauded. Drivers of passing cars honked their support for the execution, and a smaller-than-usual contingent of capital punishment opponents gathered for a protest vigil. The strong statewide ,support for. Bundy's execution underscored the fact that the 42-year-old former law student was "probably the most hated guy on death row," said Thomas A. Horkan Jr., executive . director of the Florida Catholic Conference.
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