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In a pastoral letter which will read in aU diocesan parishes this weekend, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin notes both the beginning of Lent on Wednesday and on March 25 the start of the Holy Year recently proclaimed by Pope John Paul II. The text of the pastoral fol­ lows: With its timeless rites, the Church will observe the be­ ginning of the Season of Lent on this coming Wednes­ day, Ash Wednesday. We re­ call, with dust, our origin and our destiny, and we in­ dicate our readiness to re­

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During Lent this year, a Holy Year proclaimed by our beloved Holy Father will commence on March 25th, the Solemnity of the Annun­ ciation. Pope John Paul II has expressed his hope that this special year of jubilee, among its many fruits, will enrich the sense of Catholic' faithful, indeed of men of Turn to Page Six

ANCHOR WEEKEND

Dear Anchor Subscriber: Tomorrow and Sunday will be Anchor weekend in your parish, launching our annual subscription renewal drive. We hope that you share our feeling that this newspaper is an important means of unifying our dio~ese and of keeping you informed of local, national and international news affecting the church.

We hope too that you will understand that we share the problems of all publications in these days of rising postage, newsprint and printing costs. We have made every attempt to' trim expenses and streamline our operation but we have finally found it necessary to increase our subscription rate to $8 per year, an amount lower than that of most other diocesan newspapers.

It goes without saying that we pledge our continued efforts to cover the dio~esan, U.S. and worldwide scene, bringing you news and features as viewed through the eyes of faith fOl'l11ed by the mind of the Church.

Sincerely in Christ,

FATHER MAURUS MULDOON, OFM, seated, discusses Regina Pads program with his successor, Father Bruno Ciardieilo, OFM. (Rosa Photo)

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Father Maurus Muldoon, OFM, since October 1981 director of Regina Pacis Hispanic Center, New Bedford, is leaving that post to become prefect apostolic to the prelature ofOlancho, Hon­ duras.

In his new position he will have the responsibilities of a bishop except for the power of ordination.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin issued the following statement on the appointment: As Lishop of Fall River, I have learned with great joy of the appointment of Father Maurus Muldoon of our Re­

gina Pacis Center here in the Diocese of Fall River to serve as Prefect Apostolic of Olanchas in Honduras. I extend hearty congratula­ tions to Father Muldoon. I am profoundly grateful to him for the devoted manner in which he has conducted the apostolate to Hispanic Catholics here in the Diocese of Fall River and I wish him every blessing in his new duties.

I am aware of the great need for personnel in the diocese to which Father Muldoon will journey, and,

while it will be at consider­ ~ble sacrifice to our pastoral ministry here in the diocese, I know that he will have much to <:ontribute to the mission of the church in his new responsibilities as chief shepherd of the flock in Olanchas. May God prosper his apostolate!

Also issui~g a statement was Father Peter N. Graziano, execu­ tive director of the Diocesan De­ partment of Social Services.

Among the department's pro­ grams is the Diocesan Spanish Apostolate.

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Among The Anchor's oldest subscribers this Catholic' Press Month is Maryknoll Father John E. Morris, 94, 'living in retire­ ment at St. Teresa's Residence, Maryknoll, N.Y.

today At 4:30 this afternoon the Maronite community of New Bedford will experience a first in its 66-year history as Deacon Michael G. Thomas, son of Atty. and Mrs. George M. Thomas of New Bedford, is ordained to the ,priesthood by Archbishop Fran­ cis M. Zayek of the diocese of St. Marol).

The ordination will be cele­ brated at Sacred Heart Chur~h, New Bedford, the native parish of Deacon Thomas', mother, Re­ jeanne (Valois) Thomas. Sacred Heart can accommodate more than twice as many people as Our Lady of Purgatory Church, New Bedford's Maronite parish.

With Archbishop Zayek pre­ siding, the newly ordained Fath­ er Thomas will celebrate a sol­ em'n Divine Liturgy of Thanks­ giving at 3 p.m. Sunday at Our Lady of Purgatory.

The ordinand is a graduate of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, and Providence Col­ lege, from which he graduated in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in education.

As a senior at Stang, he taught French at St. Anne's School, New 'Bedford, and while a student at Providence College he taught the subject at St. Pius School, Provi­ dence, and at New Bedford High School.

As a seminarian he studied at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. In 1981 he was Ilwarded a bachelor's degree in sacred theology, cum' laude, from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He is working to­ ward a licentiate 'in Eastern canon law ~t the Pontifical Orien­ tal Institute.

He has been active at Our Lady of Purgatory Maronite Church, New Bedford, where he was choir director and organist , from 1973 until he entered the seminary.

While a seminarian, Deacon Thomas served at various par­ ishes in the Maronite diocese, which encompasses the entire United States. In Rome he as­ sisted at St. Maron's Church.

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Father Morris, a native of SS. Peter and Paul parish, Fall River, was ordained for the Fall River diocese in 1914. He served for seven years at St. Joseph Church, Fall River, where he was man­ ager of the parish's champion­ ship baseball team.

Then he heard the call of Maryknoll, in 1921 a fledging missionary society only a decade old. His first overseas assignment was to Korea, where he was named prefect apostolic in 1930 and where he was instrumental in founding a Korean religious community, the Sisters of Per­ petual Help.

In 1936 he was' transferred to Kyoto, Japan, to work among that city's large Korean popula­ tion, but with the outbreak of World War II he was interned by the Japanese and held until 1942, when he was repatriated.

Back' in the United 'States, Father Morris was a chaplain at a Japanese relocation. camp in Arizona, then was assigned to Hawaii until 1956, when his par­ ish, bordering Honolulu's Inter­ national Airport, was engulfed by rupways lengthened to ac­ commodate jet aircraft.

FATHER BERTRAND R. CHABOT, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, admires restoration 'o/0rk of parishioner Danford S. (Barry) Lee. Aided by other parishioners, Lee is volunteering his services for a year-long refurbishing of the magnificent French Gothic structure. Doors, altars, statues and stations of the cross are included in the renovation program. (Rosa Photo)

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VATICAN CITY (NC) -Pope John Paul II created 18 new car­ dinals Feb. 2, praising them as "men outstanding for learning and virtue" but warning that their role as church leaders may involve risks, induding blood­ shed for ~e faith. ,Among the new cardinals were Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago; Jozef Glemp of Gniezno and War­ saw, Poland, the Polish primate; Julijans Vaivods of Riga and Lie· paja, Latvia, the first cardinal resident in the Soviet Unio~; and Henri de Lubac, a French Jesuit theologian who received a dis­ . pensation from rules requiring ordination as a bishop before joining the sacred college.

During a one-and-a-half-hour, multi-language ceremony in the Paul VI Audience Hall, the 'new cardinals representing 15 nations received from the pope the red skull caps '(zucchetto) and square hats (biretta) symbolic of their new status.

But they were actually already cardinals. Their real levation took place at a so-called secret con­

sistory in the Vatican's Consis­ tory Hall immediately before the public ceremony in the Paul VI AudiencE1 Hall.

When 'each of the cardinals­ designate received from the hands of a Vatican 'messenger 'the "billietto" or official n'otice of his ele~ation, he became a car· dinal.

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ROME; (NC) - Cardinal Jo­ seph L. Bernardin won't be much different i from Archbishop Jo­ seph L. Bernardin of Chicago, he said. : , Being ~ cardinal "gives you a certain status, but in the end that's not what counts. What counts i~ my role as bishop," said the 54-year-old U.S. prelate in a 'con~ersation with journal­ ists in 'Rome.

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Cardinals are admitted, included a Latin-language address by Pope John Paul. It hinted that the col­ lege wili be consulted more often in the future on "weighty mat. ters" affecting the church.

"It has happened more often in recent times that members of the sacred college have been called into assembly," the pope said. "Hence it is that the im­ portanc of this venerable insti­ tution is increased and out­ standing aid is offered to me for handling weighty matters for the benefit of the church."

-During 'the secret consistory Pope John Paul also confirmed the appointment of 78-year-old Belgian Cardinal Maximilien de Furstenburg as camerlengo (chamberlain) of the college and gave his assent to recent epis­ copal elections by the synod of the Coptic Catholic Church.

All but one of the new cardin­ als received a titular church or deaconry in Rome as a sign of unity with the clergy of the Eternal City.

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At that time he returned to Fall River for nearly a year, assisting in Sacred Heart parish, before being assigned to \ Mary­ knoll promotion work in the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

Following his stateside duty he returned to Korea for three years, then resumed promotional work for Maryknoll, this time in Buf­ falo, N.Y. He spent s'ome time in semi-retirement at the Mary­ knoll seminary in Mountain View, Calif., returning to the East Coast in 1970, when he moved to St. Teresa's Residence.

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PARTICIPANTS IN Information Day for women interested in religious life meet at St. Margaret's parish, Buzzards Bay. (Rosa Photo)

WASHINGTON (NC) - Only Bishops to dispense with any appellate process in most cases. marriage cases that are com­ pleted before Nov. 27 in U.S. Sinc~ it takes at least several Catholic church courts can bene­ months from the time a case is fit from the current special Am­ initiated until it is concluded, erican procedural noims, an of­ ficial of the National Conference however, the question was posed: What point of the process must of Catholic Bishops said. a case reach by Nov. 27 in order When Pope John Paul II prom­ to benefit from the simpler ulgated the new Code of Canon special norms still in effect until Law, he decreed that it will take then? effect Nov. 27. At that time Father Donald Heintschel, a special norms governing the trial of marriage cases in the l,Jnited canon law expert and associate States will automatically end, general secretary of the NCCB, and the procedural norms of the said that since the key provision new code will take effect. in the special norms is the per­ The major difference between mission for the NCCB to dis­ the special norms and those in pense with a second trial, the the new code is that the code new code's procedures for ap­ requires an appellate court re­ pellate review of all affirmative view of all affirmative annul­ ment decisions by a diocesan decisions will be in effect for court, while the special norms al­ any case in which that dispen­ low the national offices of the sation has not been granted be­ National Conference of Catholic fore Nov. 27.

Pope to Central America

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"On the first day, March 2, in John Paul has announced plans San Jose, Costa Rica, 1 will have to visit seven Centrlll American the consolation of meeting the countries and Haiti March 2 to bishops of the episcopal sym­ 9. posium of Central America, and The pope's announcement of on March 9, before lelj.ving -Cen­ his 17th trip abroad was the first tral America, 1 will join ....... in Vatican confirmation of the the cathedral of Our Lady of dates and stops for the visit, Perpetual Help - the bishops of which has been in the planning the Latin American Bishops' Council (CELAM), who will be 'stages for months. in Port au Prince for their gen­ Pope John Paul said the first eral assembly," he added. stop would be in San Jose, Costa Pope John Paul said he hoped Rica, on March 2 and the last the trip to "countries so dear to would be on March 9 in Port au my heart and; many of them, so Prince, Haiti. Other countries to tried," would be "enriched with be visited are Nicaragua" Pana­ abundant fruits." ma, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize.

It will be the fourth trip to Latin America by Pope John In Honduras Father Maurus Paul, who visited Santo Domingo Muldoon, OFM, fonnerly dIrec­ and Mexico in January 1979, tor of Regina Paeis Center, New Brazil in July 1980 and Argen­ Bedford, will be among prelates tina in June 1982. greeting the pontiff. (See story on page I.) The pope's comments on the Central America visit were made to several thousand people wait­ ir.g in St. Peter's Square under a light rain for last Sunday's . noontime recitation of the An­ gelus prayer.

"I have the joy to tell you that, in the first 10 days of March, God willing, I will go in pastoral visit to the Christjan communities of Costa Rica, Nic­ aragua, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and Haiti, accepting the invitation ad­ dressed to me by those bishops and the civil authorities," he said.

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Support The Anchor This year'the theme for Catholic Press Month is "Good ' News for the People of God." Indeed, the Catholic press has no other purpose than to help ..real people in the real world to understand the real .message of salvation. Its task is to report the Good News a la 1983 and its central concern is the living out of that Good News. ' We in the Catholic press must ceaselessly reniind our readers and ourselves that the .Word is unfolding in our midst, that the Lord is not far from us aQd that we are sent . to help achieve his peace and his kingdom. • When the Catholic press veers from these objectives and seeks to imitate the secular, it should no .longer be c.onsidered Catholic. The temptation to do this is, of course, always present. Indeed, it would be easy to emulate the tabloids of the marketplace that woo readers with a plethora of crime, pain and depression. So often do they pander to man's most debased fantasies that they lose all sense of purpose and judgment. However, it pays.

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spearhead a movement to solve the problem. ' JeSuit !F~ther William J. By­ Father Byron said the solution ron admits that nuclear warfare to the world hunger probl~m is is the number one threat to' huI not simply needy areas. man life and deserves much at­ The long-term solution will tention. :But he also says too come from improving and in­ little interest is being focused crea$ing production in the "food on the s~cond biggest threat ­ deficit countries," he said. world hunger.

"We're not doing enough," "That problem is already here, declared the priest. "We live it's killi~g people; the nuclear problem : is a threat," added under a commandment to do Father Byron, president of the more, to love on'e another and Catholic :University of America. it's a very demanding obliga­ tion."

With i'people dying by the Father Byron was a founder thousands every day" of starva­ of Bread for the World, a Chris­ tion, Father ,Byron said the issue of world ~unger is not given high tian citizens lobby concerned enough priority in most countries, with eliminating world hunger.

I, He said people should realize especiallYI the United States.

One reason is that "people that there are lots of hunger don't see1the problem near them problems in the' U.S. as well as and ther~fore they don't .think in underdeveloped . countries. ' "Hlelnger ~as no citizenship," he it exists,":, Father Byron said. noted.

He also said many people are One approach to the hunger "ignorant' of. the theological as­ peets'" of world hunger. "The problem was suggested in a re­ port recently, sponsored by the Gospel teils us we have an ob­ ligation tb make sure everyone priests of the St. Paul-Minne­ apolis archdiocese. is fed."

The absence of political com­ The 179-page report, "Daily mitment is another reason for Bread: An Abdication of Power," the problem. "If we ,had the poli­ recommmends tighter regulations tical will to do something (about for the grain industry and fol­ world hunger) we could do it, lows a year and a half of re­ but we dop't," he said. search into industry workings.

With the United States the ac­ "I think the reason this (re­ knowledged "breadbasket". of port) is important is because the the world ~ith vast surpluses of world is coming to consciousness food, Father Byron said it should that it has enougn food to feed I 1

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everybody and not everybody is being fed," said Dominican Father B. Jerry McMullen, pas­ tor of Holy Rosary parish, Min­ neapolis.

The study recommended that more competition be introduced into the grain system, that farm- . owned grain cooperatives be strengthened and that an inter­ national regulartory mechanism be created to oversee the grain trade. ' Diane Elwood, researcher and coordinator of the report, said people must pressure the govern­ ment to establish a national policy on grain.

She said that one problem facing Third World countries is that they buy U.S. grain at prices subsidized though Ameri­ can loans. An internationally set price for grain that would re­ flect production costs would pro­ vide Third World farmers with incentive to grow and make poorer countries less dependent on the United States, she said.

Farmers in the United States need higher prices for agricul­ tural products to bolster their in­ come and enable them to avoid foreclosure on their farms, Ms. Elwood said. . !tis important, she con­ cluded, that people understand that grain marketing and dis­ tribution is a social issue and take action.

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Family Night

A weekly at-home program f~r families

sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Family ~inis;try

OPENING PRAYER Dear Jesus, you showed us how to know and love and serve your father. We want you to be with us as we grow in our love and appreciation for our parents, for the sacrifices they make, for the example they give us in really loving each other selflesly.

Amen.

TO THINK ABOUT Last week we focused upon the children in the family. This week let's grow in respect and appreciation for the role of par­ ents and the love they share with the family.

the family how they met, when they decided to get married, etc.

Middle Years Families JOINED HEARTS Materials: paper, scissors, pens. Cut out two large hearts. Divide the fam­ ily into two groups. Have one group decorate one heart with words that describe Mother.

Have the other do the same for Dad. Join the two hearts and talk about how parents help the fam­ ily and share their love.

Parents should also have an opportunity to tell what they find most difficult about being parents.

turns commenting to the person on your right how he or she lives these passages."You showed pa­ tience when you . . . " or "you didn't hold a grudge when I ," etc.

Read together the Scripture passage, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13.

Concentrate on verses 4-7. Take

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Father, forgive ...

Jesus modelled for us the kind of forp,iveness he expects of us as followers.

Six weeks and a few days from now we'll gather on Good Friday to observe our highest holy day of fast,

Forgiveness should be the visi­ ble sign of Christianity. If, we really forgave - in the family, the workplace, the church or world - we would not be filled with hostility and anger every time someone hurts or fails to understand us. We wouldn't have ruptured families speaking un­ unlovingly of one another. We wouldn't have diatribes against fellow Christians. We wouldn't have words of revenge and retri­ bution.

penance, and prayer. For some it will be the culminati'on of six weeks of spiritual reflection and renewal. For others it will be a last-ditch effort to observe Lent.

'But as intense and meaningful as Good Friday may be for us Christians, it really begins this week. It "knits up the ravell'd sleeve" of Lent and gives the days their meaning. Ash Wednes­ day. in reality, is the first hour of Good Friday.

If we celebrate Mass on Good

Let's begin with Jesus' first words on forgiveness. Recalling the excruciating pain and humi­ liation that Jesus suffered those last days, beginning with the cruel taunting and scourging and continuing through the Way of the Cross, we meet Jesus in the last few hours of life. Suspended on the cross with his weeping loved ones at his, feet while the soldiers callously cast lots for his clothing, he made the incredible statement, "Father, forgive them for the:v know {lot what they do."

How ipany of us, in the'midst of such pain, failure and hurt, could utter such overwhelming love for others? At that moment,

ENTERTAINMENT Let the parents decide on their favorite game, favorite TV pro­ gram, or other entertainment.

SHARING Share your ideas on what real love is.

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Friday, we're likely to hear a reading and perhaps a homily on the Seven Last Words' of Christ.

It is these I intend to use as a basis for my Lenten columns these six weeks because they speak so vividly to us of Jesus' love and promise.

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Forgiveness begins within each of us. If we're forgiving persons, we are like Jesus in his last mo­ ments; we think not of our own hurts and pain but of our tres­ passers.

During Lent we so easily focus on lopsided forgiveness: God's forgiveness of our all-too-human behavior. Let's focus also on our ability to forgive. Scripture abounds with stories of forgive­ ness. Let's search them out and mediate on them, praying fer­ vently that we will be able and eager to forgive those who tres­ pass against us.

One hundred years ago, Epis­ copalian Bishop Phillips Brooks wrote to his people, "You who are letting miserable mis­ understandings run on from year to year, meaning to clear them up some day; you who are keep­ ing wretched quarrels alive be­ cause you cannot quite make up your minds that now is the day to sacrifice your pride and kill '

CLOSING PRAYER Thank you Father, for this time to grow in love and 'caring for each other. Help us to appreci­ ate the role of parents and of children in this family and to' help each other to do an even better job. We remember es­ pecially tonight the lonely, the orphans, and the families that are separated for whatever rea­ sons. Amen.

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them; you who are letting your neighbor starve - until you hear that he is dying of starvation; or ,letting your friend's heart ache for -a word of appreciation or sympathy, which you mean to give him some day; if you could only know and see and feel all of a sudden that time is short, how it would break the spell?

How you would go instantly and do the thing which you might never have anot!ler chance :to dol" Lent gives us that chance ­ 40 days of opportunity to look at

our ability and willingness to forgive. Are we ready?

,Priests au,d politics The revised Code of Canon Law reportedly prohibits priests form holding politi­ cal office, except in special circumstances and with the ap­ proval of their superiors. Some news reports gave the impression this is something new, but it isn't.

The revised Code of Canon Law continues a prohibition found in the 1917 code it re­ places. Moreover, the 1971 inter­ national Synod of Bishops warn­ ed priests to "keep a certain dis­ tance" from political office or involvement, and not to let their personal political choices "ap­ pear to Christians to be the only legitimate one or become a cause of division among the faithful."

Many Americans are confused about this issue. A prominent political figure asked .me recent­ ly if the new code also prohibits priests from participating in the struggle for social justice. The answer is no.

It is well known, of course, that Pope John Paul II has fre­ quently warned priests not to get involved in party politics. It seems to be less well known, however, that he has also re­ peatedly challenged the clergy to get out of the sacristy and to play their proper role - as priests, not politicians in social and economic reform. The revised code changes. nothing in this regard.

The politician was relieved to hear this, for he believes clergy­ men, without pre-empting the role of the laity, should be lead­ ers in the struggle for human rights. Yet he also believes that, barring special circumstances, priests should not get involved in party politics or run for poli­ tical office.

I think most American Cath­ olics agree. Some, of course, would like priests to have less social involvement, while others would prefer more. But even the latter, I would wager, see no compelling reason for priests to hold political office.

Others, however, hold that the church's prohibition of clerical involv'ement in party politics is absolutely indefensible, and they are sure to be disappointed by its retention in the revised code.

An example is the Rev. Rob­ ert McAfee Brown, a Presby­ terian clergyman who teaches at the Pacific School of Religion.

He feels more strongly about this than any Catholic I know. In a recent article he made an im­ passioned plea to the pope not to require the priests who cur­ rently hold office in the Nicara­ guan government to relinquish their posts.

Fr. 'Brown, a leading figure in the ecumenical movement, ar­ gues that removal of these

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priests from office would "create a serious vacuum within the highest ranks of government."

If the pope makes these priests resign. Dr. Brown says, he will be giving "a signal to the rest of the world that the Vatican has entered the game of power politics with a vengeance and is in fact dictating to sover­ eign states that their own inter­ nal policies shall be drastiCally changed."

Dr. Brown favors clerical par­ ticipation in the United States too. He cided the pope for re­ quiring Jesuit Father Robert Drinan to give up his congress­ ional seat, arg'uing that the pope's action victimized not only Drinan, "but the poor, the power­ less, the weak."

Dr. Brown's overheated criti­ cism strikes me as patronizing.

Instead of engaging in dialogue, he talks down to the pope as he were naive and inexperienced in these matters.

Moreover, he is too sure of his own position and too unwilling to admit there may be another side to this controversial issue.

By ignoring rather than respond­ ing to the arguments made by the Synod of Bishops, he over­ simplifies a very complex prob­ lem.

There are two sides to every question, including this one. Un­ fortunately, Dr. Brown seems to see only one, his own.

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February 12 Rev. Stanislaus B. Albert, SS.CC., 1961, Monastery of the Sacred Hearts, Fairhaven February 14 Rev. Charles E. Clerk, Pastor, 1932, St. Roch, Fall River Rev. Msgr. Francis E. McKeon, Pastor Emeritus, 1980, Sacred Heart, Taunton February 15 Rev. Joseph G. Layalle, Pastor, 1910, St. Mathieu, Fall River Rev. James C. Conlon, Pastor, 1957, St. Mary, Norton

NOTICE

A Memorial.

Mass scheduled for Monday, Feb. 7, for Msgr. Henri A. Hamel at Sacred Heart Church, New Bedford, postponed due to weath­ er, has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14.

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1983 Lenten R~gulations 1. LAW Of FAST , a. Those who are 21 years :of age, but not yet 59 years of age, ~re obliged: to observe the law of fast., ' b. On days' of fast, those bound by the law are limited to a, single full, meal. This meal. is meatless. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength may' be taken according to to one's needs; however, tOgether these two meals should lllot' equal another: full meal. c. There are two prescribed days of fast: Ash Good Friday (April iWednesday (February 16,

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2. LAW OF ABSTINENCE a. Those who are 14 'years of age and older are obliged to observe the law of abstinence. b. Oil days of abstinence, those bound by the law abstain from meat.

I ' c. Oil all Fridays of Lent, abstinence is prescribed.

This, of course, includes Good Friday. Abstinence Is also prescri~ed on Ash iWednesday. ,

3. LENTEN DISCIPLINE ' a. No Catholic will hold himself or herself lightly excused from the law of; fast and abstinence.

Commenting upon the mi~igated Lenten regula­ tions promulgated several years ago by the,Holy Father, the' National Conference of Catholic Bishops in the United States noted: "The obliga­ tion to do penance is a serious one; the obligation to observe, as a whole br 'substantially,' the penitential days specified by the Church is also i serious." , b. Lent is a most appropriate tune for the voluntary practice of self-denial or personal penance. This may be physical mortification, temperance, or such works as Christian ch"'ty and witness.

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·Signs of 'L~nt Continued f,rom page one good will of all religious

creeds, regarding our "solid­ arity" in the sufferings en­

dured .by our brothers and

sisters throughout the world.

:ro illustrate suffering hu·

manity, the Holy Father. cites various examples: the sick, anxious parents, the unemployed, alienated young people and "those who suf­ fer for the violation of their rights, through sometimes refined forms of persecu­ tion."

This sad recital is indica­ tive of the scope of evil and injustice in the world. How­ ever, our celebration of the Pasehal Mystery reassures us. The redemptive mission of Christ and His sufferings , have delivered us from evil.

Now, the Lord invites us to share in His sufferings. We do this, sinful and sorrowful, during Lent, and, following the recommendation of the Holy Father, we consciously link our discipline of penance in solidarity with the, suf· ferings of our ·J>rothers and sisters throughout the world.

In Lent, as this Holy Year begins, then, prayer, ever more fervent, fasting, acts of self-denial and charity, all these Lenten practices so' dear to the people of God will assume a special char­ 'acter. , The graces of the' Len~en Season are rich and abun-

dant. :1 urge you to follow the Holy Season worthily and wJII, so that a full meas­

ure of 'the godly gifts of this time of grace will be yours

in rich !abundance. May God

love y~u!

I Rice Bowl As for', the past seven years, diocesan Catholics will include among their Lenten observances participation' in the 'Rice Bowl program of Catholic Relief Ser­ vices. . Operati~n Rice Bowl is a two­ fold program. First, families are encouraged to gather each week for a tim¢' of prayer and reflec­ tion. During this meeting fam­ ilies may, share their thoughts about what they can do as a family or :as individuals to help their brot~ers and sisters over­ seas. Second, fami,lies partake in a simple ~eaI. Savings from each of these meals are placed into a cardboard I rice bowi whichre­ mains on! the table throughout the six wj:!eks of the program.

The savings are brought to Mass each week: or at the end. of the program. : Rice Bowl funds enable Cath­ olic Relier: Services to provide developmental assistance to more than 70 countries. CRS· over­ seas representatives work with people in self-help projects that include education, nutrition, and vocational Itraining. Such proj­ ects are designed' to help the poor become self-sufficient and maintain ilieir dignity as human beings. ,

Pro-life, peace groups need unity, she says LOUISVILLE, Ky. (NC)-The peace movement and the pro­ life movement should join forces and work together for the pro­ tection of human life, according to the founder and coordinator or' Prolifers for Survival, an or· ganization which opposes abor­ tion and nuclear weapons.

Juli Loesch, who organized Prolifers for Survival, head­ quartered in Damascus, Md., near Washington, D.C., said in an interview during a speaking tour that it is important for the two movements to work together. to involve more people and to fos­ ter the link between abortion and the nuclear weapons issue.

"I have seen the peace move- ' ment go around in circles on the left and I have seen the right to life movement go around ,in cir­ cles on the right," Ms. Loesch said. As a result, she said, both

groups are "turning off a lot of people they should be turning on." Both movements will fail' if they do not work together, she declared.

The peace movement needs more conservatives in its ranks and the right to life movement needs more liberals, according to Ms. Loesch.

She added tha-t the Catholic Church has transcended -the right-wing, left-wing gap that Pope John Paul II has been able to appeal to both groups. "Left and right are not as important as right and wrong," she said.

Whiie Prolifers for Survival is not an exclusively Catholic organization, it bases its posi­ tion on the traditional Catholic teaching that nothing justifies a deliberate attack on innocent· life, she said. Ms. Loesch, 31, said Prolifers for Survival is an educational ,group, not a politi­ cal action organization. It has about 1,500 members and' 15 chapters in the United States.

Both abortion and use of nu­

clear weapons involve the deli­

berate destruction of innocent

human life and the "massacre 'of

human life," she said.

Director' to Honduras Continued from page one in Honduras by March 1 in order to participate with other prelates Father Graziano said: in welcoming Pope John Paul II, The Diocesan Spanish scheduled to visit the country Apostolate rejoices in the during a tour of Central America Holy Father's appointment between March 2 and 9. of Father Muldoon as prefect "When the boss arrives, every­ apostolic of Olancho, l:I0n­ thing should be set," was father duras. For the past year Muldoon's less formal explana· Father Muldoon has been the tion of his departure from Regina only fulltime priest working Pacis ahead of schedule. Nor· within this ministry in the mally, he noted, such appoint­ Fall River diocese. His many ments are for three years. talents and impressive Qedi­ cation, combined with his In addition to directing the Christlike spirituality and New Bedford center, the 'Francis­ . pastoral zeal, will be sorely . can priest had since January

missed.

1982 been responsible for

On behalf of the staff of services to Taunton Hispanics. the apostolate, Fathers Har­ He will be succeeded in New rington and Ciardiello; the Bedford by Father Bruno Ciar­ Guadalupanas Sisters and diello, OFM, who was also his the lay staff at Regina Pacis, immediate predecessor at Regina and on behalf of the large Pads. numbers of Hispanic people Olancho will not be new terri­ within the diocese who have tory for Father Muldoon, who been touched by this good served in the prelature from 1966 and gentle priest, I am happy to 1969 as his, first assignment and honored to be able to after ordination. Altogether, he say to him "Thank you, said, he has spent 15 years in Father Maurus. Our prayers Central America, most of them go with you as you minister in various parts of Honduras. to our brothers and sisters Fluent in Spanish, he has re­ in the faith in Honduras. We mained informed on the needs of will miss you. God bless the nation. and keep you always."

He will be installed in his new Father Muldoon, 44, left New office by Archbishop. Andrea Bedford last Sunday for the New York City headquarters of the Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Franciscan Province <of the ~postolic nuncio to Honduras and Nicaragua, at a date to be Immaculate 'Conception. There set. The ceremony will take he will prepare for his new ,as­ place in the Cathedral of the signment.

Immaculate Conception in Juti· Interviewed before his depar­ ture from the Fall River diocese, calpa, Olancho.

Father Muldoon is originally he said he has been asked to be from St. Anne's parish, NepQn­ set, and is the son of the late Dioceses may choose to keep Thomas A. and Gertru4e (McNa· 25 percent of Rice Bowl funds . mara) Muldoon. He has two sis­ for local programs to aid the ters and a brother, ali members hungry. Ma'ny dioceses have of the Boston archdiocE:se. They funded soup kitchens, parish food are Mrs. Mary Grzybinski, St. pantries and food salvaging pro­ Joseph's parish, Holbrook; Mrs. grams.

Ruth Busa, St..Clare's, Braintree; Rice Bowl, in short, is a shar­ and Donald Muldoon, Blessed ing from one family to another.

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"Jeslpl Christ, .Life of the World" was the theme of the '~Week of Prayer for Christian Unity," The .services in, aU, the chW'Ches are Alw.aysgood. Then the fellow~ over a eup -of coff~ a tim, tQ meet the nicest people.

Our baptism in Jesus Christ is the seal of our Christian,unlty.

The coveringhu been ripped. apart. It is DOW being patched by ivarious"kinds of unity. An Episcopalian Priest told us· he bad experienced a Cursillo' weekend and cbariSritatiC pfa)rer meetings were m~tioned. ' It SOlU'ldect like patchwork

education any school has .to offer• . I feelthal ~e i.chers and I hav~ an excellent relationship.

I c!fn' .talk totll_. aboUt .any problem and the, wilL. always listen ana give the ,very best ~dvice.' / Sometimes ~e. discipline seems a bit striCt but in ·the. end. we students know' that it" is reatl}t fo~ 'cl.ut own .good.

5S. Peter and PaUl SchOol is nOt justa .~arDing institution; it is also a famftY.. I have made many friends in my e~ years h~reand itwiU be.a sad day for me I ,pdu!lte. . , Elise Arruda

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Seutheast Asia who are hungry TburI!Iday, Feb. 11 - Plant an ~r oppressed. ,.~ ;~ amaryllis bulb (available at a nurser;y.or.p~t·~op)·~the~ 'fbursday, Mardl J - Visit or tMfelI"·"".l.fttl. Jill The jiTant shoUld be in f.Wl bloom . call someone wh9 may be lonely. ',' .•" " . " A. .",.", pest. by Easter. Talk about the dying .... tItU I ~· of the seed in the ground to have Talk about the experience over or, . · . re. new We - a sign of wh8t should dinner. be happening to, us during Lent.

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'23 ~For , durina:~. 'fbi. ils a day for "carnival" or farewell (Latin, your simple meal tonight, ~ vale), tollle&t (Latin. came) oatme&l and PfllY.tor those who are sUff~ in Central An:lerica. which was also not allowed.

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Mcmday, March 7 - Turn off the TV tonight. Talk together about which samt you would be if you could choose anyone at . all..

Monday, March 28 - The next lew days are' a traditional time for housecleaning to ~$sUre that all is ready by Thursday

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Thorsclay, March 17. ~ St. Patrick's Day. Pray for those suffering in Northern Ireland.

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A visit to Nicaragua

By Bishop Walter F. Sulllvan Pax Christl USA Last July I spent 10 days visit­ ing the Central American nation of Nicaragua. I went at the in­ vitation of the Jesuit provincial to observe at first hand the con­ ditions of life in a <:ountry which has· been so frequently in the news since the Sandinista revo­ lution in 1979.

There have been many con­ flicting reports about Nicaragua.

I did not become an instant ex­ pert during my visit but I sim­ ply would like to share my ob­ servations - what I saw and learned from many conversa­ tions with a wide variety of peo­ ple.

Nicaragua is a little larger than Virginia, with a population of approximately 2~ million. Most people live on the Pacific side of the country. There are two sea­ sons in Nicaragua: the dry (and hot) between November and· May; and the rainy between May and November.

It is a land of staggering con­ trasts: Beautiful mountains and lakes formed from volcanoes are a background to the poverty and almost unbearable living condi­ tions of the majority of the population.

In every barrio I visited and throughout the countryside, I saw people with nutrition, health and transportation needs. I also saw beautiful families with num­ bers of children whom a Jesuit pastor affectionately called "our little plants."

The Nicaraguan people suf­ fered for years under the op­ pression of the Somoza family dictatorship. During the civil War leading to the reVOlution of 1979, 50,000 people lost their lives.

Two recent natural disasters have also caused great human suffering. In 1972 an earthquake leveled the center of Managua and 40,000 died in the tragedy..

Somoza never rebuilt the city with the aid received from for­ eign governments. Instead, much of the money benefited Somoza personally.

I was shocked tn learn that in late May of 1982 the country suffered the worst f1ooding·in its history. Although the death toll was low, 70,000 people, mostly the poor living in the barrios, were left homeless and 60 per­ cent of the country's key agri­ cultural crops were destroyed.

In touring the countryside, I saw bridges and roads that were washed out and houses beyond repair.

I felt very safe in Nicaragua.

I was free to travel about at leisure and was frankly surprised at the absence of many troops.

Everywhere -I vient I found warmth and affection for myself as a North Ameri<:an.

Perhaps the friendliness I ex­ perienced was due to the pres­ ence of American volunteers working among the poor. I met Sister peg Healy, a Maryknoll nun who has a deep love for the people. I spoke with Pat Hynes, a mother of four grown children, who came to Nicaragua as a Maryknoll lay volunte~r. In a barrio, I visited a. young Cath­

olic doctor who, along with his wife, who is a nurse, and their infant child, have volunteered three years of service among the poor.

I was most impressed with four recent graduates of George­ town University: Jim Kirwin, Tom Hearn, Kevin O'Leary and Peter Radell. They and six other recent Georgetown grads have spent a year working. in isolated villages among the campsinos (poor farmers).

They told me about teaching classes in reading and math for the children during the day and for adults at night. They had helped build two classroom buildings a well and latrines.

When I praised them for their dedication, they quickly told me that they were receiving much more than they gave. Each lived with a campesino family, shar­ ing in meals and family life.

The North American mission­ aries, lay, religious and clergy, are the goodwill ambassadors of the United States. They are among the builders of love and justice. They dwell among a people who, like us, cherish the hope and vision of a new life of freedom and dignity.

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For the third year St. Patrick's Guild, Falmouth, is sponsoring a May pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the national center of the Blue Army of OUR' Lady of Fatima, Washington, N.J. The pilgrimage, from Friday through Sunday, May 13 to 15, has been extended an additional day this yeaR' to permit return via New York City, attendance at Mass in St. Patrick's Cathe­ dral and possible viewing of the Vatican art display at the Metro­ politan Museum.

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FATHER ROBERT E. CARSON, O. Praem, will conduct a Lenten retreat at7 p.m. Feb. 13 to 17 at SS. Peter and Paul par­ ish, Fall River. He will ex­ plain the program at all Masses this weekend.

Father Carson will also offer a 9 a.m. Mass daily for those able to attend, followed by coffee and discussion on varied top­ ics. He will be available at SSt Peter and Paul rec­ tory for individual ap­ pointments.

A Honolulu native, Father Carson gives par­ ish retreats and Air Force chaplains' w 0 r k s hop s throughout the U.S. and abroad. A historian, he has contributed to the New Catholic Encyclope­ dia and various learned' journals. He is stationed at the Premonstratensian Abbey of St. Norbert, DePere, Wise.

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BEFORE CARAVAGGIO'S "Deposition," First Lady Nancy Reagan stands with Philippe de Montebello, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York. The painting is part ofa huge ex­ hibit of art works loaned by the Vatican for viewing in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. (NC/UPI Photo)

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NEW YORK (NC) - On ex­ hibition in the same room of New York's Metropolitan Mus­ eum of Art are the Apollo Bel­ ,vedere, a first-century A.D. statue of the Greek sun god, and "The Miraculous Draught of Fishes," a 16th-century tapestry.

The works stand in sharp the­ matic contrast. The marble sta­ tue, a Roman copy of a Greek original, shows the nearly naked Apollo in human form and has been regarded by many sculp­ tors as one of the best artistic expressions of human beauty.

The Christian-inspired tapestry visualizes the Gospel account (Luke 5, 1-11) in which Peter be­ comes a disciple of Christ after the miracle of the fishes. .

The works illustrate the diver­ sity of the popes as art patrons and collectors. The t'apestry was commissioned by Pope Leo X to adorn the Sistine Chapel. Italian Renaissance artist Raphael made the drawing, showing Peter kneeling in his boat before a seated Christ, used as' a model for the weaving. The Apollo Belvedere was acquired in the early l500s by Pope Leo's im­ mediate predecessor, Pope Julius II, to decorate the Vatican's Bel­ vedere Courtyard.

Through the centuries popes have commissioned great artists

to create works of beauty exem­ plifying Christian themes. They also have collected non-Chris­ tian or pre-Christian works for their intrinsic quality.

The statue and the tapestry are part of 237 Vatican art works lent to the Metropolitan for an exhibition titled "The Vatican Collections - the Papacy and Art." The exhibition is organized in a series of rooms and passage­ ways which trace the historical development of the Vatican col­ lections from efforts to preserve first-century Christian relics and artifacts to contemporary col­ lections of non-Christian reli­ gious art from missionary lands.

Much pagan Roman art was collected when the popes were also temporal rulers of Rome and the surrounding area. They were collected as a way of pre­ ser'ving the secular history and culture of the lands the popes governed.

In the 5 '1 room with the Apollo Belv .. Torso, a frag­ mentary marble sculpture from the first century B.C. showing a bulky, muscular torso seated on a boulder. The -statue, by the Greek sculptor Apollonius, was used by Michaelangelo to study anatomy. It inspired some of the figures in his huge frescoes of

Pilgrimage organizers note that since 1983 is a Holy Year, visits to Marian shrines will have special s.gnUicance. One bus has been filled for the New Jer­ sey trip and standby reserva­ tions are being accepted for a second bus, to be chartered if response warrants.

Further information on the pil­ grimage is available from Paul­ yne Dick, 117 Surf Drive, Fal­ mouth.

She notes that the scenically located New Jersey shrine Was dedicated duling the U.S. bicen­ tennial year as a tribute to Mary, patroness of the nation. Its focal point is a 140 foot statue of Our Lady of Fatima and also on the grounds are replicas of the Fa­ tima "chapel of the apparitions" and the holy house of Nazareth.

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the Creation and the Last Judge­ ment in the Sistine Chapel.

Another room of sculptures is dominated by the Augustus of Prima Porta, a first-century B.C. marble statue of the Roman Em­ peror Augustus Caesar in battle dress as a field general.

In other rooms Christian themes dominate. A hallway of paintings includes "Saint Jer­ orne," an unfinished 16th-century painting by Leonardo da Vinci, showing an emaciated saint seated before a roaring lion. It is the only Leonardo in the Vatican collections.

In the same room with the Leonardo is the towering 17th­ century painNng, "The Deposi­ tion," by the Italian artist Cara­ vaggio. The 9-foot-10-inch oil on canvas shows an ashen-faced Christ being placed on a funeral slab after he ~as lowered from the cross.

The final room displays 20th­ century religious art. Fa~ing the doorway as one enters is "The Tree of Life," a l6-foot-9-inch tall creation of French artist Henri Matisse. The wQrk is com­ posed of cut and painted paper in cardboard depicting yellow and blue leaves on a green and yellow background. It was the model for stained-glass windows Matisse designed for a chapel in ·France.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Foil River-Fri., Feb. 11, 1983

A letter to friends

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The Dalai Lama is the religious is to tell you something about my contacts with Tibetian mys­ head of the Tibetian Buddhists ticism and my meeting with the and also, in some ways, their Dalai Lama in his new head- ' temporal leader. As -you know. quarters, high on a mountain at' we had to escape fr~m Tibet in Dharamsala which is an over­ 1959 when the Chmese com­ night train'trip from Delhi, up munists took over his country. in the Himalayas.

There are many Tibetan refugees The Himalayas are the most living in tents in the mountains, beautiful mountains I have ever Turn to Page Thirteen

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By Dolores Leckey ~f this world - that its follow­ The word Buddhism long con­ ers live in a sort of trance, jured up images of an esoteric awaiting death and the' passage alien religion. However, during into· pure nothingness. the past four decades, the West The late Trappist Monk, Father has been exposed more and more Thomas Merton, likened that dis­ to the beauties and wonders of Asia. Today Buddhism seems less tortion to the misunderstanding Buddhist and Benedictine monks ioin in prayer., endured by some Christian mys­ distant. tics.

St. John of the Cross, for The word buddha literally re­ fers to an enlightened being. In example, is regarded by many the West it usually refers to a as a life-denying ascetic. In real­ ity his M,,"t,i.dsm superabounds particular historic person, Gau­ tama Siddhartha (563-483 B.C.), in love and joy. " would later serve as apostolic sects from flying in by accident ~y Katherine Bird who was born in India. Among , When I first studied the Bud­ dhism of Asian Tib9t, I thought ' delegate 'in the United States. and dying.

Buddhists, however, he repre­ In 1968, Archbishop Rembert a lama-rimpoche (a' holy teacher) The patriarch's presence at the Some non-Christian reli­ sents only one in a line of en­ would be unapproachable and Weaklapd, OSB,' traveled to conference "was an indication gious practices will seem alien to lightened beings.

Bangkok, Thailand, to preside at to other Buddhists" of the value Christians.

But Archbishop There are many stereotypes reo mysterious. I was sure if I met an international conference on he placed on beginning a deeper Weakland points out that East· garding Buddhism. One holds Tum to Page Thirte~n monastic renewal. At the time he dialogue with Christians, a dia­ ern religions have been influen­ was ab~ot primate of the world· logue which is continuing today, ' tial in "reawakening the mysti-" wide Bepedictine order. Today he said the Milwaukee archbishop. cal tradition in the West," He is the archbishop of Milwaukee, .Five years later, the Buddhists reminds Christians that the Vati­ Wis. attended a second conference in can II document, "On the Rela­ Panticipants in the Bangkok Bangalore, India. Archbishop tionship of the Church to Non­

By Father John J. Castelot by asking their opinion of John conferertce included mon'ks from Weakland recalled that the Bud. ­ Christian Religions," unequivo­ the Baptizer's authority: Did it 'India, Korea and Thailand as well Mark crowded a great many , dhists stood out there because of cally states that the church is . events into his account of Jesus' derive from God or from man?' as from the West. During the their total dedication to the pre­ concerned about truth wherever confere~ce, Archbishop Weak· servation of life. Jain monks, he found. last week. Practically 'all are They are caught in a bind.

If they say "from God;" he land wa~ the priest called upon said, wore masks to prevent inconflicts with Jerusalem authori­ Among Buddhism's special i~­ can ask why they di,d not re­ to anoin~ Trappist Father Thorn· ties, illustrating ~he increasing· sights, said the archbishop, is its spond accordingly. If they say as Mertqn following his acciden­ antagonism which led to"his trial strong"sense of "interiority," of "from men," they will antagon­ tal death by electrocution. and execution. the need to develop an aware· I ize ,the people who acknowledge The day after the cleansing of One purpose of the Bangkok ness of the indwelling of the that John was indeed a man conferen~e, Archbishop Weak­ the temple, he is back in the spirit in each person. In addition, "sent by God," (John 1:6). land explained, was to begin a temple precincts. Some of the he said, Eastern mysticism has

By Janaan Manternach, They answer lamely: '''We do dialogue :with Buddhism. authorities (Mark 11:27), want led Western monks "to appreci­ It was late evening in the ate their own heritage better," to know 'by what authority' he ' not know," Since they, in effect, In the archbishop's view, a refuse 'to answer his question, he upper room ,of a home in Jerusa­ does such things.

Archbishop Weakland pointed breakthrough came when Arch· lem. to answer theirs and refuses to Benedictine Father Bede Griff· Their question does not con­ , bishop Jean Jadot, then papal it is not hard to imagine their delegate: in Thailand, persuaded 'I.:orches burned the walls. iths as a person who has found cern his civil or ecclesiastical au­ frustration and anger.

Two of Jesus' disciples were Eastern religiou~ traditions valu­ thority; what he has done be­ the patriarch of the country's finishing preparations for the able in his own spiritual develop­ This encounter is followed by speaks a divine commission.

'Buddhist~ to meet with the Chris­ Passover meal. They had set the ment. Father Griffiths, a British Jesus counters their question Tum to page thirteen tian leaders. Archbishop Jadot huge table and were arranging convert to Catholicism, began couches around it. living in an ashram in India in The aroma of roasting lamb 1956. filled the air. Stacks of thin, un­ An ashram is a place where a leavened bread rested at the ends guru lives, prays· and gathers of the table. Goblets of wine disciples around him. He' com­ stood beside the bread. In the pared it to a Western monastery, center of the table there was but said it is not as permanent space for the large lamb. in the sense that the guru ex­ Jesus arrived with his friends. pects his disciples to establish They looked around the room, their own ashrams sooner or admiring its decorations and the later. carefully set table.

During his many yellrs' in In· Soon they were all settled, . dia, Father Griffiths h~s learned Jesus in the center, at the place to integrate Western monastic of honor. It was the great J~w· traditions with those of the East. ish feast of Passover and this Now 75, he follows a simple life-

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and many also forming colonies

on tea plantations. The Dalai

Lama is much loved by his peo­

ple, and they are the most pray­

erful people I have seen. Some of

them seem to be praying con­

s~ant1y, and I don't mean monks,

lay people. Some always have

rosaries in their hands (counting

out Buddhist mantras), and I have seen some with prayer wheels ...

The Dalai Lama is 33 years old, a very alert and energetic person. He is simple and out­ going and spoke with great open­ ness and frankness. He is in no sense what you would expect of a political emigre, and the things he said about communism seem­ ed to me fair and objective.

His real interests are monas­ tic and mystical. He is a reli­ gious leader and scholar, and also a man who has obviously received a remarkable monastic formation. We spoke almost en­ tirely about the life of medita­ tion, about "samadhi" (concen­ tration), which is the first stage of meditative discipline and where one systematically clari­ fies and recollects his mind.

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,vows constituted an initiation I. IfI#D¥ 8 lNG into a mystical tradition and ex­ ~RAINT perience under a qualified mas­ DJ1IfIIRTMDlr.?" ter, or were they just "equiva­ \ .

'---w _--~ lent to an oath" - a kind of -i2­ agreement to stick around.

When I explained the vows, then he still wanted to know what kind of .attainment the monks might achieve and if there were possibiliti~s of a deep mys­ tical life in our monasteries.

I said, well, that is what they are supposed to ·be for, but many monks seem to be interested in something else .. . . I would note, however, that some of the monks around the Dalai Lama complain of the same things our Continued from page· tweh'e monks do: lack of time, too much work, inability to devote one I'd be silent and afraid.

Then I did meet a rimpoche enough time to meditation, etc. . whose books I had read. He was I don't suppose the Dalai gracious, humorous and inter­ Lama has much time on his hands, but in the long talks we ested in others. I was struck by had on meditation I could see his ability to concentrate on that he has certainly gone very each person he spoke. with.

This rimpoche emphasized the thoroughly and deeply into it importance of spiritual enlighten­ and is a man of high "attain­ ment. He was especially inter­ ment." ested in meeting Christians deep­ I have also met many other ly committed to their own reli­ Tibetans who are impressive in gious traditions. this- way, including Tibetan lay Each person, he felt, ought to people who are very far ad­ "dig his or her own well, not vanced .in a special type of Ti­ The Tibetians have a very betan contemplation which is run off to dig another's well." acute, subtle and scientific know­ Eventually, he said, you will ledge of the mind and are still like Zen and is called "dzog­ come to the water, the source of chen." experimenting with meditation. life. But, he cautioned, if you We also talked of higher forms give up digging your own well, of prayer, of Tibetan mysticism you will never reach the water. (most of which is esoteric and There is a practice of medita­ kept strictly secret) especially Continued froO' page twelve tion known as Zen and often comparing Tibetan mysticism was the most important meal of associated with Buddhism. In with Zen. the year. fact, one of the main Buddhist In either case the highest my­ But there was an air of fear. sticism is in some ways quite Everyone at the table knew Jesus schools is Japanese Zen Bud­ "simple" but always and was in danger, that his enemies dhism. But Zen practice is not limited to Buddhism. For Zen is everywhere the Dalai Lama kept were plotting to arrest him. not a theology of revelation and insisting on the fact that one Jesus began the meal with a salvation, nor is it mysticism as could not attain anything in the blessing. He took a large piece understood in the Wl!st.. spiritual life without total dedi­ of bread, said a prayer of thanks, Zen encourages the effort to cation, continued effort, experi­ then broke the bread and gave get to the direct experience of enced guidance, real discipline, it to his disciples. He startled and the combination of wisdom them by what he said as he life itself. One asks such ques­ and method (which is stressed by handed them the bre~d: '.'Take tions as: What does it mean that I exist? Who am I? Tibetan mysticism). this, this is my body."

Obviously, such questions are The disciples pondered his not reserved to Buddhists. Chris­ He was very interested in our Western monasticism and the. words as they ate. tians and many others ask them.

The usual Passover meal con­ questions he asked about the Cis­ One who studies Zen wants to tercian (Trappist, ed.) life were tinued. Jesus and his friends re­ come to grips with the everyday interesting. He wanted to know called the escape from Egyptian experience of the senses and the about the vows, and whether the slavery, when God led his people invisible reality undergirding vows meant that one became to freedom. They rejoiced that everything. the same God of freedom was committed to a "high attain­ One of the Zen approaches is with them. ment" in the mystical life. that of silent meditation. Many The bitter herbs reminded Christians are seeking ways to He wanted to know if one's them of the sufferings of their integrate Zen with their own forefathers in Egypt. The un­ faith, some in monasteries, some leavened bread recalled how in families and professions, in quickly their ancestors left ordinary social and cultural life.

Continued from page twelve Egypt under cover of darkness.

Perhaps today it is becoming style which many westerners, They prayed some of the Psalms more urgent to explore the mean­ "used to their three square meals and drank some of the wine.. ing of our humanity and of the and hot baths," would find very At the end of the meal Jesus Christian themes of life and demanding, Archbishop Weak­ took the "cup of blessing," unity in Christ. land commented. A vegetarian, prayed the customary thanks­ This exploration: if it leads to Father Griffiths spends many giving and gave it to his friends. action, will'transform one's life. hours in prayer and meditation.

All drank from it and Jesus said, I think ultimately it will mean "This is my blood, the blood of facing the narrow gate of which Yet, even though Father Grif­ fiths has adapted some Eastern the covenant, to be poured out Jesus spoke, and. deciding traditions, his prayers are "still on behalf of many." whether or not to enter.

The disciples then sang a centered on Jesus," the Holy Those who choose to enter Spirit and the Trinity, concepts hymn of praise and left the up­ that gate will benefit from the per room. As they walked to the experience of others and from not found in the Buddhist tradi­ Mount of Olives, they talked Zen, a link between East and tion. about what Jesus had done.

West.

He has written about the possi­ Zen values waiting, patient bility of integrating Christianity Clad in Goodness waiting. That is itself an act of with elements of the Buddhism.

"As the body is Clad in the humility.

His book has an interesting title, And· I've always imagined diat reflecting his concern with living cloth so are we, soul and body, one had to bend low to make it in contact with the source of all clad in the goodness of God." ­ through Jesus' gate.

Juliana of Norwich reality: "Return to the Center."

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Continued from page twelve another, with Jesus taking the .initiative. He relates a parable about a man who has a valuable and well-tended vineyard. The dl;!scription is obviously borrow­ ed from the parable in Chapter 5,of Isaiah, where the landowner is God and the vineyard is Israel.

In Jesus' parable, the man goes on a journey and in due tjme sends his servants to collect his .share of the produce. But every time he sends his agents, the tenant farmers either abuse or kill them. Finally he sends his own son - "the son whom he loved."

He thinks: "They will have to respect my son." But they do not.

On the contrary, they see :1 chance to take over completely; they will kill the son and per­ petrate the final indignity of denying him decent burial. They simply drag him outside the vine­ yard. .

Jesus states ominously that the °landowner will "come and destroy those tenants and turn his vineyard over to others."

The landowner is, of course, God. The tenant farmers are his people, and the servants are the prophets he sent to them throughout history, whom they ignored and mistreated. The son is Jesus and their treatment of him is another dark forecast of the Passion.

The main point of the parable, . however, is the punishment of the tenants and the transfer of the vineyard to others - a clear reference to the disaster soon to befall Jerusalem and the exten­ sion of God's reign to the gen­ tiles.

It was this that so infuriated some of the authorities. They wanted to arrest him on the spot.

The point of the parable was all too dear to them.

Their fury, however was checked by their fear of the crowd. Finally, in desperation, "they left him and went off."

But they had been sharply stung.

If, for the moment, they left Jesus, others were waiting in the wings to continue the attack, as the sequel will show.

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Gifts By cecilia Belanger There are all kinds of gifts.

For instance, letters one receives from unexpected places, gifts conveyed so quietly they' are known only to you and their author. Some recent 'letters last week carried such gifts.

From a Quaker: "The Catholic Church holds treasure for me. It is wonderful that people from the different churches can see one another as companiqns on the way. The· spirit is so gener­ ous, to call a Quaker to talk to a Protestant congregation about a perception of truth which the Catholics have preserved' for us am" .The writer was referring to our bigh regard for the Blessed Mother.

Nancy T. G. writes.... movingly of a visit to Chartres Cathedral; .

"I decided to take in the after­ noon talk given by Malcolm Miller, an Englishman who speaks daily in the cathedral to English-language groups."

She relates. how she listened as Mr. Miller introduced himself and his subject. In her words, "Then he paused, and said, 'Ladies and gentlemen, you are seated in the dwelling-place on earth of the Queen of...fIeaven.' " She said a shudder of awe went through her body and tears spill­ ed from her eyes, a response that ­ to this day amazes her as she re­ calls it.' ' . For Nancy it, was a moment of recognition that she knew "the great Lady."

has been named a delegate to a national 4-H conference April 9 to 16 in Washington, D.C. Her 4-H concentration has been in riding and care of horses and sh~ hopes to become a' veterina­ rian. .

The annual father-daughter dinner dance will be held tonight at Venus deMilo restaurant in Swansea. Due to the large num­ ber of dads and daughters attend- ' ing this annual event, it had to be held on two nights when it took place at Feehan. The move to the large restaurant facility will make a one-night affair pos­ sible..

Feehan Theatre Company mem­ bers' will compete tomorrow in the annual Massachusetts High School Drama Festival, present­ ing "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"

Directed by Alan Ksen, they will appear at Case High School, Swansea.

An Easter Seals-sponsored basketball shooting contest for b9Ys and girls under age 18 will be held at Feehan immediately . after school today. Participants - will obtain pledges for baskets made and proceeds will benefit the Easter 'Seals program for children. Winners are eligible' for a large number of prizes.

"Only 15,'" a poem about the suicide of a young boy based on a personal experience of senior Monique Debatis, has been. ac­ cepted for inclusion in an an­ thology, "Today's Greatest Poems:" .It first appeared in Shaman, Feehan's literary maga­ zine.

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.shiP arid will 0 enjoy an all-ex­ pense-paid trip to the upcoming Century III national conference in Williamsburg, Va. Miss: Teresa Furtado, Stang faculty I member, is also a viola. player' with the New Bedford Symphony. She will be heard in concert: at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, at Keith Junior High School in New Bedford. She is also heard ~.t Stang . liturgies.

This is the juniors' big week­ end, with their Ring Mass to­ day and Ring Dance tomorrow, the latt~r in the Stang gym. ,

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Congratulations go to the three C.C students who took the top pla¢es in the recent 19th ,annual ;Olympiad High School Prize Competition in Mathe­ matics. iThey are Toni Jane Sil­ veira aDd Sean McMullen, sen­ iors, and John Rogers, junior. All from one school, they triumphed over 41 :other competitors.

Registration and tryouts for the Taurlton school's spring musi­ cal, "Bye Bye Birdie" will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday in the band room. '

, Bishop Stang

Now is the time to apply for federal and state loans and grants for higher education.

Those needing financial help In pursuing a degree - high school seniors, students pres­ ently in ~lIege, and older adults - should apply now for the academic year begin­ ning September 1983. ''The good news is that aid is still available," according to John C. Hoy, president of the New England Board of Higher Education. "Last year Congress for the most part re­ sisted Reagan's propoSed cuts in loans and grants. Students should not panic and assume . that it' is useless to ask for help for the upcoming year."

Students must' however complete the 1983-1984 appli­ cation forms quickly and accu­ rately•.Two months behind schedule, the U.$. Depart­ ment of Education just re­ leased the federal forms.' Be­ cause of this delay, parents and students must submit completed forms quickly.

Misunderstanding of re­ quirements may occur among students whose parents did not attend college, noted Hoy. "We urge community leaders to give special encourage­ ment and assistance to first­ generation coDege students," he said. "It would be tragic ,for this most vuinerable group to give up ~use of misin­ formation or lack of moral support."

The following are the pro­ grams most relied on by col­ lege students:

By Charlie Martin The school has expressed grati· tude to Father John F. Moore, STAND OR FALL Elizabeth Latta has been Anchor editor and pastor of St. The crying parents tell their children named Bausch and Lomb Science Mary's parish, New Bedford, "If you -survive don't do as we did" Award winner at Feehan' High which has many parishioners A son explains there'll be nothing to do too in Attleboro. The award recog­ among the S~ang student body.

A daughter Says she'll be dead with you. nizes the senior student with the As the Stang newsletter tells While foreign affairs are screwing rotten . highest standing in. science the story: "Don't ever offer to Line morale has hit rock bottom courses. Winners from nearly' Dying embers stand forgotten 9000 participating SC900ls in the help Stang if you are not serious.

U.S. and Canada are eligible to Father John Moore can attest to Talks of peace were being trodden. this: It seems Father Moore indi- . compete for four-year scholar­ Refrain: St~ or fall cated to Coach Lanagan his will­ ships at the University of Roches­ State your peace tonight ingness to help if needed. Well, ter, N.Y. Stanel or fall Elizabeth, a National Honor if you. expand the weight room, State your peace tonight.

Society member, is captain of and provide a program, you have It's the Euro theater candidates - over 90, as a mat­ the Feehan majorettes.

An empty face reflects extinction Feehan Math Club members ter of fact. Can you imagine 90 ' Ugly scars divide the nation placed first by 18 points at the young men changing' 'in one Desecrate the population locker room! With ingenuity and, recent Southeastern Massachu­ There will be DO exultation. some needed financial aid ­ setts Math League meet held at Is this the value of our existenee more hooks could be added. Mr. Attleboro High School. Top scor­ ShQUJd we proclaim with suda persistence Lanagan provided the ingenuity ers for their grade levels were Our destiny reUes '08 ,0000science

junior James Zito, and freshman and Father Moore made a most 'Red or blue what's the ditfereaee.

generous contribution. We are Albert Walgreen.

Kecorded ~y'The FIXX, written by Peter Greenall" Adam Woods, The next meet will be held very appreciative of Father's sup­ port."

CyrH Cumin, Charles Barrett, James West-oram, © 1981 by E.M.I. Tuesday, March 8 at Feehan.

Also at the North Dartmouth Music Publishing. Rights CODtrollect by CoIgems-E.M.I. Music Inc. Named for indusion in the 1983 edition of Who's Who in school, Jane Hendriques has been . APPARENTLY U.S. economic message and 'musical styles of named a state winner of the Music are Feehanits Darren He­ iff.iculties :have influenced the cert-ain recording artists. Bruce .Century III Leadership Program. nault, Sharon Mullane and Lori , .~ Boucher; while' Patricia Pierce She has received a $1500 scholar­

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The interest rate is 9%.

Undergraduates can bor­ row up to $2500 a year and graduate and professional stu­ dents up to $5000 a year. For those with family incomes above $30,000, financlal need must be demonstrated. Fac­ tors considered are family cir­ cumstances and the number of chUdren In ,the family.

Many middle-income fami­ lies are successful in demon­ strating some financial need.

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Springsteen is among them and "Stand or Fall" seems to exem­ plify this new "recession rock."

The FIXX song depicts depres­ sion and its effect on people.

How can a person replace de­ pression with hope? ,First, learn to accept your feelings. If you are angry about losing a job or because of some person'al occurence, it is dmpor­ tant to face that anger. Repress­ ing ·it will only compound de­ pression. Often this is a time to seek out a trusted friend who may be able to listen attentively and support you.

Once you acknowledge anger, it is oft~n possible to move be­ yond it and 'begin thinking about alternatives. Are there new ways to attempt reaching the desired goal? If Jt is really out of the question, what are other objectives?

Nothing feed:! depression like boredom. We must use our ener­ gies creatively. even when a pri­ mary goal is blocked for the time being.

As the song suggests, we can remain at peace with our per­ sonal conscience. When we work for inner integrity, we are doing our best, regardl~ss of ou external ci,rcumstances.

Your comments are welcom and may be used In fqture col umns. Please ad~ Charll Martin, 1218 S. R~therw Ave., Evansville, Ind. '47714. ­

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Lombardi Dinner Sunday The 12th annual Vince Lom­ bardi 'Block of Granite Award dinner, sponsored by the Greater Fall River Chapter of the Amer­ ,iean Cancer Society and honor­ ing the area's outstanding high school football lineman, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Venus de Milo restaurant, Swan­ sea.

Robert S. Griffin, hea:l foot­ ball coach at URI for the past seven seasons, who last season piloted the Rams to a 7-4 record for the second consecutive sea­ son, will be the guest speaker.

Gr.iffin's 1982 Rams set 17 team and individual records and 13 players received AlI-Confer­ ence honors '(Yankee Confer­ ence).

The nine finalists, who will be special guests at the dinner, are Maurice Mendonca, Bishop Stang; Daniel Lukey, Appone­

quet Regional; Scott Moniz, Case; John Field, Coyle-Cassidy; Richard ,Paulsen, Dighton~Reho­ both; Timothy White, Durfee, Michael Benevides, Seekonk; Raymond McDonald, Somerset; John Medeiros, Tiverton.

The winner among the final­ ists will be announced at the dinner at whioh real estate and insurance man Ernest Mizher will be master of ceremonies.

'Previous winners were Steve Winarski, Durfee, 1971; Peter Reis, Case, 1972; Eugene Wade, 1973; Robert Coyle-Cassidy, Ponte, Durfee, 1974; Bob Mon­ teiro, Case, 1975; George N. Bro-­ deur, Somerset, 1976; John Gonet, Bishop Stang, 1977; Chris Destremps, Tiverton, 1978; John Sharban, Apponequet Regional, 1979; Matt Schults, Seekonk, 1980; James Beaulieu, Somerset, 1981.

Coyle-Cassidy still in running In Division One New Bedford, Although their 'loss to pace­ setting Dennis-Yarmouth last which seems the likely titlist, is Friday jolted their quest for the host to Attleboro, runnerup Dur­ Southeastern Mass. Conference fee is at Barnstahle, Bishop Con­ Division Two basketball crown, nolly at Bishop 'Feehan, Somer­ the Coyle-Cassidy hoopsters had set at Falmouth tonight. At the conclusion of last week's play not been el,iminated from con­ tent.ion. Dennis-Yarmouth, 10-0, New Bedford had a two game had a two-game lead over Coyle- lead over Durfee and three over Cassidy, 8-2, entering this week's Barnstable. action.

Holy F'amily, in third place be­ Tonight Coyle-Cassidy is host ~ hind leading Seekonk and run­ to ceIlar"dwelling New Bedford nerup Bourne, entertains See­ Yoke-Tech, 0-10, while Dennis- ,konk tonight in Division Three Yarmouth visits Fairhaven, 2-8, as Diman Voke hosts Dighton­ Stang, 6-4, goes to Wareham, Rehoboth and Case visits West-.

7-3, and Old Rochester, 4-6, is port. home to Dartmouth, 3-7.

Hockomock race still close The race for the Hockomock League basketball crown re­ ma,ins close and has all the ear­ marks of a "down to the wire" finish. Fox'boro, with a 69-58 victory over King Philip 'last Fri­ day, retained its one-game lead over Oliver Ames, a 62-60 win­ ner over Stoughton, which had shared the runnerup spot with Oliver Ames and is now two games back of the pace.

Prior to last Tuesday's games Foxboro was 10,.,2 in the stand­ ings, Oliver Ames 9-3, Stough-

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Tonight's games list Sharon at Stoughton, King Philip at Mansfield, Foxboro at Oliver Ames in a game that could have a def.inite impact on the pennant race, North Attleboro at Frank­ lin with Canton drawing the bye.

The Conference and the Hock­ omock League wind up their regular seasons next Friday.

CYO hockey In games last Sunday dn the Driscoll Rink, Fall River, Mans­ field defeated Fall River South for second place in the Bristol County Hockey League. The teams had shared the ,runnerup spot. ,In the companion game Seekonk upset Marion.

Next Sunday night's games llre Seekonk vs. New Bedford, which h~s already clinched the regular season championship, and Fall River South vs. Marion.

The staooings: New Bedford 13-1-1 (~on, lost, tied), Mans­ field 6-6-3, Fall River South

5-7-3, Marion 4-10-2.

5-9-1, Seekonk

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

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

General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sug­ gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation!; O-morally offenSive.

New Films "Threshold" (Fox Classics): al­ though 'made two years ago, is an ideally timed Canadian film about the first implantation of an artificial heart.

In it, America's foremost heart surgeon, Dr. Thomas Vrain (Donald Sutherland), meets a brilliant young research biolo­ gist. They join forces, get finan­ cial backing and develop the artificial heart which Vrain im­ plants in a young woman in criti­ cal condition. Although she re­ covers physically she develops severe psychological problems.

This is a low-key and realistic but not especially inspired film, marred by shallow characteriza­ tions'. A2, PG "Lianna," (UA Classics): The young wife (Linda Griffiths) of a philandering and cynical college professor (Jon DeVries) falls in love with another woman (Jane Hallaren) and impulsively aban­ dons her husband and children only to find that she hilS traded one set of problems for another.

This is a perceptive, sensitive film but there is little passion or dramatic tension and only the most rudimentary of moral per­ spectives. Because of this, to­ gether with a graphic love-mak­ ing sequence, it is rated 0, R, despite its virtues.

"The Night of the Shooting Stars" (UA Classics): In the last chaotic days of World War II Italian peasants, fearful of Ger­ man reprisals, flee their village and spend the night and the fol­ lowing day avoiding both Ger­ mans and vengeful Fascists seek­ ing a naive and artless effect, the action is seen through the eyes of a six-year-old girl, who in a frame sequence narrates the story years later to her infant son. The pace is slow and the acting leaves much to be desired.

Some violence. A2, R

tie a knot on it to make it hold together again. It is spiritual Religous Broadcasting - 1V thrift and no misbecoming base­ Sunday, ,Feb. 13, ~, Chan· ness flo piece and join thy ne- , nel 6, 10:30 a.m. D}ocesan Tele­ glected promises with fresh ones. vision Mass. .

So shall thy vow in effect be not "Confiuence," 8 a.m. each broken when new mended: and remain the same, though not by Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel one entire continuation, yet by program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent a constant successive renova­ particlpa~ts Father Peter N. Gn· tioon." - Thomas Fuller

ziano, diocesan director of social services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island; and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

"The Glory of God," with Father John Bertolucci, 7:30 a..m. each Sunday on Channel 27.

"MarySon," a family puppet show with moral and spiritual perspective, 6 p.m. each Thurs­ day, Fall River and New Bed­ ford cable channel 13.

Sunday, Feb. 13, (ABC) "Di­ rections" - The complex issue of ethics and law is reviewed.

Sunday, 'Feb. 13, (CBS) "For Our Times" - The new immi­ grants and their effect on reli­ gion in Los Angeles are por­ trayed.

On Radio Charismatic programs are heard from Monday through Fri­ day on station WICE 1210 AM: Father John Randall, 9 to 10 a.m. and 11 to 12 p.m.; Father Edward McDonough, 8:15 a.m.; Father Real Bourque, 8:45 a.m. . Father McDonough is also on WMYD from 1:30 to 2 p.m. each Sunday.

Sunday, Feb. 13 (NBC) "Guide­ line" - Marist Father John Jaz­ wiecki, director of development for Chanel High School in subur­ ban Cleveland, is interviewed about the ethics of fund-raising.

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FAMILY LIFE CENTER Young Couples' Support Group memoers will' meet at 7 p.m.

Sunday.

Confirmation candidates from St. Patrick's parish, Wareham, will attend ·a day of recollection from 4:to 9 p.m. Monday, while Bishop·Stang students will meet at .the North Dartmouth center all d~y. A CARE program is scheduled from 4 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday 'for students from St. Arithony's parish, Mattapoi­ sett. '

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of 'Fall River-Fri., Feb. 11, 1983

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ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, 'FR The Women's Guild will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March I, in ·the school hall.

All members of the diocese are 'invited to 'an organ concert

by Richard Grant 'at 8 tonight.

Refreshments will follow in the school hall. .

Parents of first communion candidates will meet Sunday, Feb. 20, in the school following 10 ·a.m. Mass.

ST. RITA, MARION A magazine, "Forward in Faith," will be distributed to parishioners :this weekend for use in home observance of the Lenten season.

HOLY NAME,FR First communion candidates will ,receive first penance 'at 2 p;m. .tomorrow in the church.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Second graders preparing for first penance will attend 11 a.m.

Mass Sunday. A parents' meet­ ing will follow.

The spiritual life committee will meet Monday and the edu­ cation committee Tuesday, fol­ lowing retre'at services.

The CYO will meet ·at 6 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 20, in the' parish center.

ST. DpMlNmC, SWANSEA Parish 'renewal weekends are planned for Feb. 18 to 20 and March' 4 to 6 'and 18 to 20. They will replace the Holy Week mini-retreat 'held the past ,two years.• Those interested in any of the' weekends may contact the rectory.

OpeAings are still ·available in ,the :proposed ·handbell choir.

Volunteers may call the ·rectory.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED, FR The Greater Fall River Sup­ port Group for Separated, Di­ vorced and/or Remarried Cath­ olics will meet 'lit 7 p.m. Wed­ nesday, F,eb. 23, at Our Lady of Fa'tirna Church; Swansea. The discussion topic will be '''How Long Does the Pain Continue?"

Organizers note that everyone is welcome, "whether you have the questions or ,the -answers."

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ST. MARY, SEEKONK MarrJ:age vows will be re­ newed :'at 6 p.m. Mass tomorrow and ·the, 11 :30 Mass Sunday will bea special liturgy for parish first graders. \ Vincemtians will meet Sun­ day, F~b. 20.

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ST. ANNE,FR A Catholic Schools Week lit­ urgy will be offered at 1:30 p.m. today. "In God We Trust" coins made by pupils and teachers will be among the offertory gifts.

A parish council is in process of formation. Those wishing to serve on the council or ·nomi­ nate 'someone to membership are 'lIsk'ed to contact Father John R. Foister, pastor. ~he St. Anne ultreya will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sunday 'at the home of Norman and Lucy Paul, 191 Lafayette 51. Father John Raposo will speak.

ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM CQnfhmation candidates will ·attend a program Monday after­ noon and evening at the dioce­ san Family Life Center.

BREAD OF LIFE The Bread of Life prayer community will sponsor "Foun­ dations: A Course in Basic Christian Maturity" for prayer group members in the Fall River deanery. The program will be­ gin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and continue for eight consecutive Tuesdays ·in the chapel of Blessed Sacrament Church, South Main Street, Fall River.

All w.ho have completed Life in the Spirit seminars are invited.

Information: Fred Demetrius, 644-2375; Don Sulvain, 673­ 4378.

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BLUE ARMY The Blue Army of Our: Lady of Fatima will meet at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday at Our Lady of Fatima Church, 4254 Acushnet Ave., New Bedford.

ST. MARY, NORTON George Yelle of the 'area His­ torical Society will show slides of Norton ·and surrounding .towns following a Catholic W/?men's Guild meeting set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24. All welcome to the slide presenta­ tion.

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.ST.MARY,' NB As part of Catholic Schools Week .observance 'a parenti faculty/stu.dent basketball game and Spirit Day will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday in the school gym.

'Parishioners interested in ministry to hospital patients are asked to 'contact Sophie Fredette, 995-3341.

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ST. JOSEPH, NB February activities will in­ cludea children's Mass 'at 9:30 lhis morning, a' healing Mass . and prayer meeting at .7 p.m.

Wednesday the 16th and 23rd, a Legion holy hour at 5:30 p.m.

Friday, the 18th.

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ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN. As part of observance of the parish golden jubilee, marriage vows will be renewed at 11:15 a.m. Mass Sunday. Past 'lind present parishioners married at St. Mary's and their friends 'lire invited.

ST. PATRICK, FR A study class on the Gospel of Luke meets at the rectory following ,the 7:30 p.m. novena service on Monday.

Youth Clan members and con­ firmation candidates will attend a day of recollection from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, in the school.

The Youth Clan will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the rectory.

The organization is open to all parishioners of high school age.

An effort is being made to reestablish a former Sacristy Guild. Those interested are asked to contact the rectory.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB A CCD evaluation night for parents will be held Monday.

The Family Night religious edu­ cation program will be ex­ plained at that time.

ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE,

SWANSEA

Ladies of St. Anne will meet Wednesday in the parish hall, following 7 p.m. Mass. Sister Irene Comeau will present a slide commentary ,on .the Holy , Land.

CURSILLO MOVEMENT New Cursillo rectors are Manuel' Cordeiro and George Powers. A new rectora is Lucia Marcille.

Applications are being re­ ceived for a men's Cursillo to be held April 28 through May 1 if at least 25 applicapts 'lire 'lIC­ cepted. Df:adline is April 2.

A new 'address :has been an­ nounced for the diocesan Cur­ sillo: PO Box L-265, New Bed­ ford 02745.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Holy Rosary sod-alists will meet Sunday for a business ses­ sion and socIal. Felician Sisters from several communities will meet at St. Stanisl'aus from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a pre-Lenten day of prayer and reflection.

New altar boys will meet in the upper church followin~ 10:30 ·a.m. Mass Sunday.

MATTAPOISETT ULTREYA Cursillistas will meet on Ash Wednesday following 7 p.m. dIs­ tribution of ashes at St. An­ thony's Church, MattapoIsett.

Joe Pare of Dennis will ,be the witness speaker.

NOTRE DAME,FR Throughout Lent Mass will be offered at 7 o'clock nightly . in the Lourdes Chapel.

Women interested in joining Les Dames de Ste. Anne may contact Mrs. Germaine Boulay, 675-7625.

School registrations for kin­ dergarten through 6th grade will be accepted through today from 9 a.m. to 11 -a.m. ·and 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. At other times they may be made by appointment by calling 672:-5461. .

Catholic Schools Week and the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes will be marked at 7 tonight with a Mass at Mt. St. Joseph School.

ST. THOMAS MORE,

SOMERSET

The Lenten schedule will in­ clude a scripture study program from 7:15 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21 and 28 and March 7; and a study of Catholic doctrine at the same time Monday, March 14 and 21 and Sunday, March 27.

The programs 'will be repeat­ ed from 10 to 10:45 ·a.m. Wed­ nesday, Feb. 23 ancf all the Wednesdays of March.

BL. SACRAMENT, F~ Coffee 'lind muffinll will be served -in .the church basement following 10 a.m. Mass Sunday.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET The Women's Guild will meet following 7 p;m. services on Ash Wednesday.