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Bishops back nonviolence

By NC News Service Criticism by Philippine bishops of what they called "fraudulence and irregularities"in their nation's presidential election has drawn a mixed reaction in the Philippines and prompted support by Pope John Paul II and the head of the U.S. bishops.

Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, praised the Philippine churchmen for their "endorsement of a nonviolent strug'gle" to combat the fraud.

His words were echoed by Boston Cardinal Bernard Law, speaking last Sunday at a televised Mass in Boston.

But Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has challenged his country's bishops to prove allegations of election fraud by his'party.

The messages from Marcos and Bishop Malone were sent to Cardinal Ricardo Vidal of Cebu, head of the Philippine bishops' conference, which issued its statement Feb. ,14.

Pope John Paul II expressed hope that the Philippine people,

torn by division over election results, would find peace and justice "without violence on anyone's part."

Marcos was decllired the winner of the election, but many - including the bishops, President Reagan and a citizens' poll-watching group - have said the results were tainted by fraud. Opposition candidate Corazon Aquino has claimed victory and announced a program of strikes and boycotts designed to topple Marcos' government.

Bishop Malone told Cardinal Vidal that the endorsement of a non-violent struggle brings "the light of the Gospel to bear upon the historic events of these days in the Philippines."

"As president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in the United States, I am aware of how significant the U.S.-Philippine relationship is at this moment," he said. "I want to assure you of our solidarity with the bishops of the Philippines. Your statement is of great assistance to us as we participate in the public debate in the United States about the Philippines."

Pope John Paul, who spoke during his Feb. 16 noontime Angelus appearance, said he was "particularly close" to the Philippine people in the current "moments of tension."

"I pray ardently that the Lord helps that dear nation find the peaceful and just way, without violence on anyone's part, as is required for the true well-being of the entire Philippine community," he said.

The Philippine bishops' statement said that "a government that assumes or retains power through fraudulent means has no moral basis.

In calling for a "non-violent struggle fOF justice," the bishops said: "We are not going to effect the change we seek by doing nothing, by sheer apathy.

They told the people to form their own judgments about the _election, and if they agreed with the bishops, "we must come together and discern what appropriate actions to take."

Bishop Federico Escaler of the Prelature of Ipil ~aid he expects Turn to Page Six

Diocesan man assists project

Dental aid for Haiti

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL candidate Corazon Aquino weeps during a funeral Mass for campaign organizer Evelio Javier, killed by a sniper Feb. I L (NCj UPI-Reuter photo)

Cardinal Law visit to di(jcese'</announced

His Eminence, Bernard CarAlthough the forthcoming ocdinal Law, Archbishop of Bos- casion will be the cardinal's first

By Joseph Motta native clergy and inadequate'reli- St. Stanislaus parish, volunteered ton, has accepted the invitation' official pastoral visitation of gious instruction. at the Rose Hawthorne while on of the Most Reverend Daniel' the diocese in his office as MetThere is 50 percent unemployLiteracy stands at under 25 per- _ vacation.

A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, ropolitan of the Province of ment in Haiti, the poorest and cent; while in Port-au-Prince, the An avid jogger, Dr. Lowney to make a pastoral visit to clergy, Boston, which includes the states least-healthy country in the west- capital, there are less than 1000 often ran into Fall River from religious and laity of the diocese. of Maine, New Hampshire and ern hemisphere, where 77 percent hospital beds for a population of Tiverton to have breakfast with The visit was originally sche- Vermont.as well as Massachuof the people earn less than $150 over 750,000. Health care in Jere- his wife. He showed slides of his duled for last October but was setts, it will not be his first occaper year and over half the babies mie and other outlying areas ranges Haitian trips to staff and patients postponed due to unexpected sion to come to the Fall River do not live to age 5. from very bad to nonexistent. at the home, and when Methot eye surgery undergone by Bishop diocese.

Life in Haiti is a challenge to all. , All in ,all, the situation in Haiti expressed interest, he was told he He was here on March 28.

Cronin. " Many residents subsist only on the sounds pretty hopeless. But there was welcome to join the dentist on Cardinal Law will be princi- 1984, five days after his installaharvest of a backyard garden. Aid are some who believe they can help his next journey. pal celebrant of a Mass to be tion as Archbishop of Boston. from the United States, sent des- our Caribbean neighbors. ",Going to Haiti with Jerry offered at 3 p.m. Sunday, March He came to pray at the grave of pite serious human rights abuses, Dr. Jeremiah J. Lowney, a for- Lowney was a privilege," said 2, at St. Mary's Cathedral. Fall his predecessor, Humberto Carhelps to an extent, but the lack of mer member of Fall River's Cathe- Methot, explaining that he took dinal Medeiros. attracting a River. , health care and adequate housing dral parish and now an orthodon- the nine-day trip because of "an Prior to the -Mass, Bishop large crowd of diocesan faithful takes its toll. tist in Lebanon, CT, since 1981 has overwhelming gratitude that I have Cronin will Introduce priests of and members of the media to In the city of Jeremie, for exam- traveled to Haiti twice a year to for all that is good in my own life. the diocese to the cardinal and the simple Mede' s family ple, at the western tip of Hispani- offer free dental care to the popugr . ill Fall 's S foIl be Iitu I ot "Haitians live a life that I still ola, the island shared by Haiti and lation, making the $800 to $1000 P etery s sinc.e ina wit op find hard to believe," he continued. the Dominican Republic, the vast treks at his own expense.

-tunity to meet him. Tentative made several unpu d visBut he was struck by how happy majority of the 50,000 residents arrangements have also been its to pray at th~ cardinal's On his last journey he was accomHaitians are despite their priv~颅 live in squalor. Six by 10 foot panied by Paul Methot, RN, a tions. made for a press conference. grave. shacks are home to a dozen or member of St. George parish, WestIt is expected th~t repr Las Methot said that Dr. Lowney is more people. Trenches of garbage port, who works at Fall River's tbe esc t tatives of aU parishes. in limited to "crisis care" in Haiti, and human waste adjoin the flimsy Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home. quet honoring C tions and apostolates of meaning extraction of teeth. Haishelters. 'Contaminated water, when "P,aul Methot was a wonderful diocese will be at the Mass, ros and benefiting the tians line up by the hundreds for available, is welcomed; pure water worker who gave witness to his ersity of路 Po which music will provi this service, he recounted, even is almost nonexistent. by the diocesan c aca great faith," Dr. Lowney told The though there is no novocaine availOver 85 percent of the people in In announcing a Weer, eC Anchor. able. Methot was Dr. Lowney's the Maryland-sized country, just visit, Bishop Cronin expressed w, Bernard Fra w was assistant during his day-long clinMethot met Dr. Lowney through , three hours from New England by rreon. Mexico, on his personal joy that the cardithat the dentist has ics.

He notes air, are Roman Catholic, but heav- the latter's wife. The Lowneys have I. He 路dely. ;, nal is coming to Southe financially adopted several Haiily influenced by the voodoo cul- a home in nearby Tiverton, RI, tian families and has also set up a tten ary Massachusetts to and Methot explained, and Virginia ture which permeates the communtoPag with diocesan resi ents.

Turn to Page Eight ity. There is also a shortage of Lowney, a native of Fall River's

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Father Kenneth J. Delano

"I've been interested in a'stronomy since I was a little boy, when I saw a meteor," said Father Kenneth J. Delano, parochial vicar at Fall River's Immaculate Conception parish. i'I must have read every book in the library on the subject. " As a teenager in his native Taun. ton, Father Delano made his own telescopes. The childhood hobby carried into adult life; in the seminary he built an eight-inch reflecting telescope, and as a young priest a 12-inch model.

The parochial vicar is a member of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, a worldwide organization. He has spoken at many astronomical conventions and has been at two spacecraft launchings.

Currently he is taking part in the International Halley's Watch, a network of amateur and professional astonomers who are pooling their observations on Halley's comet. .

Why such a love ofthe heavens?

"Their grandeur and immensity," the priest replied. "It just impresses upon you how finite we human beings are."

In therilid-60s Father Delano was studying the moon when he discovered -a small crater which was not yet on the lunar maps.

"It was less than one mile in diameter," he said modestly, as if . that made him any less a discoverer.

Since then, he said, technological advances have led to the discovery of many more small craters.

Father Delano is the author of two books, "Astrology, Fact or Fiction?," printed in 1973, and "Many Worlds, One God,"a 1977 publication.

The former assesses the legitimacy of astrology from the standpoints of science, :religion and rationality; the latter is a discussion of the possibility of extraterrestriallife and, if discovered, what its impact would be upon mankind.

The priest recently set up one of his telescopes il} Immaculate Con-

ception's backyard to give area skies of March and early April, Boy and Girl Scouts a glimpse of about an hour and a half before Halley's Comet. sunrise. Father Delano suggests Comets are composed of ice and . that those who want to see it find a dust, Father Delano explained, low horizon with a very dark sky describing them as "dirty snowaway from city lights. The farther balls." As a comet nears the sun it south one travels, the higher HaIbegins to evaporate, he said. develley's will appear in the sky, he said .. oping its characteristic "tail." The Horseneck Beach in Westport and average comet passes Earth only the southern shores of Cape Cod about once every four million years, will be good vantage points in the he said, in comparison to Halley's Fall River diocese, he said. which has an average orbit of 76 In late April, the comet will years. appear in the evening sky, he conWhile Halley's is tl)e 24th comet tinued, but will have dimmed consihe's seen, and by no means the derably. brightest, it holds special signifiFather Delano will travel to cance for the priest because of its Barbados earlier that month to get well-documented history. a good view of Halley's. In the past The first路 definite record of its he has made several expeditions to sighting dates back to 234 B.C., he view total eclipses of the sun and explained. Its next appearance, moon, traveling to Manitoba and after a final glimpse in early spring, Nova Scotia, Canada, the Sahara will be in 2061.

Desert and Colombia.

Thus, he noted, some of the youngsters to whom he recently He notes that he's been lucky on showed the comet may be around those trips; clouds have obscured long enough to see it aga,in. his view only once.

The comet will be visibel, with a For eclipses, "you have to travel," more prominent tail than it prehe laughed. "I would have gone to viously exhibited, in the predawn Australia.. .if it didn't cost $7000."

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Clover Club sings at area churches Continuing a tradition over a quarter century old, Fall River Clover Club members will celebrate St. Patrick's Day with programs of liturgical music at the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, and at parishes in Fall River, Somerset and Taunton.

The Clover Club Choir was initially directed by the late Adam E. Furgiuele and accompanied by the late Jean Lussier, organist at Notre Dame Church, Fall River. Rehearsals were held at the former Hotel' Mellen and later at St. William's Church, Fall River.

In subsequent years Charles F. Leonard was director and the late Eugenie Archambeault, 'organist at St. Joseph's Church, Fall River, was accompanist.

The present director is Kenneth E. Leger and the accompanist is Mrs. Denise Letourneau Weaver.

This year's schedule follows: 9 a.m. Feb. 23, St. Patrick's Church, Somerset; II a.m. March 2, St. Joseph's Fall River; 8:30 a.m. March 9, Holy Name, Fall

.River, followed by annual breakfast; 4 p.m. March 15, Sacred Heart, Fall River. .

II a.m. March 16, St. Paul's, Taunton; 9:30 l\.m. March 23, Memorial Home; 11:30a.m. April 6, St. Thomas More, Somerset;

II :30 a.m. April 13, Immaculate . Conception, Fall River; II a.m.

April 20, SS. Peter and Paul, Fall River.

11:30 a.m. April 27, St. William's Fall River; 9:30 a.m. May II, Mother's Day, Memorial Home.

Sr. Martha Marie The Mass of Christian Burial was offered Feb. 14 at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, for Sister Martha Marie Milloy, SUSC, 79, who died Feb. 12.

A native of Boston, the daughter of the late John and Teresa (Kyle) Milloy, she entered the Religious of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts in 1925, later earning a bachelor's degree from Manhattan College and a master's degree in special education from Cardinal Stritch College.

Her teaching assignments in the Fall River diocese were at Sacred Heart and Holy Name schools and Sacred Hearts Academy in Fall

River and at Immaculate Conception School, Taunton.

She also taught at schools of the Holy Union community in Patchogue and Astoria, N. Y., and worked with retarded children in New York and New Jersey.

In retirement since 1976, she resided at Sacred Hearts convent Fall River. .'

Sister Martha Ma'rie is survived by two brothers, John Milloy of Hyannis and George F. Milloy of Pismo Beach, Calif., as well as by several nieces.

:Bish'op urges defense cuts to' meet needs of poor Asked if he favored a balanced WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. government should reduce its budget; Archbishop Weakland re~ military spending as one step in plied, "Speaking only personally, meeting the social needs of the yes I do:" He emphasized that he' . poor, Archbishop Rembert Weak- was only giving his own private , land of Milwaukee recently told a view, because there was no' position on that issue in the pastoral congressional symposium.

Archbishop Weakland, chairman letter being developed by his com. of the Catholic bishops' commit- mittee. tee drafting a national pastoral letWhen asked if he thought there . ter on the American economy, was should be qualifications for para panelist at a two-day sympo- enthood, the Milwaukee archbi:' sium, "The American Economy in shop said that lie "certainly" did, Transition," sponsored by Con- because parenthood involves a numgress' Joint Economic Committee. ber of serious responsibilities that "I am sure the bishops feel very prospective parents ought to be strongly that enough cuts in the able to fulfill. military could make the ditference He went on, however, to wonder to meet all the needs (of the poor) that we're concerned about," he what might have been behind the said in answer to a question from question. "I get that question often, the audience about whether more .and then; seems to be a feeling out defense or social spending would there" that the problems of poverty would largely disappear "if hurt the economy.

In response to another question, only we could stabilize marriage he said he was convinced that the among the poor," he said.

United States "can reduce its mil"You cannot stabilize marriage itary expenditures and still keep among the poor without stabilizwithin the safety level." If addi- ing marriage ainong the affluent," tional public funds were still needed he commented. "The same values to meet human needs, the govern- (harming marriage and family life) ment should "raise taxes to meet pervade all of society." the costs," he sai,d.

ANN. LOPES, a nurse's aide at Fall River's Catholic Memorial Home since September 1970, was honored last week as the home for the aged's Employee of the Year. A buffet in the CM H solarium, attended by residents, co-workers and friends, a special cake and delivery of a balloon bouquet highlighted her day.

Cuban encuentro is seen as hopeful ,for church VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope state relations and the need for John Paul II has expressed hope greater freedom to evangelize.

Since Castro's revolution, Cuban that the first national meeting of Catholics in Cuba since Fidel Cas- church-state relations have been tro came to power in 1959 will strained. Foreign priests were exrenew church life after years of pelled, many church leaders were suffering. arrested and church schools were The Feb. 17-22 meeting should closed. Practicing Catholics were "give to the church in Cuba a also discriminated against when renewed apostolic enthusiasm," applying for state jobs or universaid the pope in a message to sity positions.

The faith in Cuba has "matured Cuban Catholics. by passing through difficult years" "I am convinced that in your example of faith, of s'ervice to in which "commitment to Christian life was denied to many Cuban charity and of your edifying ecclesial communion, you will find in- Catholics," said the 600-word pa pal . message in Spanish. spiration, toward your goals," the It did not elaborate on churchpope said. state problems under Communist Party rule. .

The me'ssage, dated Feb. I I, was made public at the Vatican Feb. . Vatican Radio reported feb. 18 18. It was delivered to Cuba by that Archbishop Jaime Ortega y .Cardinal Eduardo Pironio, presiAlamino of Havana opened the dent of the Pontifical Council on church' meeting by praising the the Laity and papal envoy to the. "positive signs" coming from the meeting. government regarding respect for the church.

The meeting, or encuentro, of The church "wishes to see ampCuban Catholics has been planned lified the possibilities' <;If its evansince 1.980 and is the fruit of five gelization through impartial ser~ years of .parish meetipgs. on .the vice to mankind," he said. " mission and future of the Cuban God "invites us today, in a very church. . . urgent way, to an authentic diaI Approximately.200 bishops, logue," he added. priests and lay people from throughThe meeting began at a time out Cuba are said to be attending when the country's Communist the meeting. Foreign observers in- Party is deba~ing a draft of its next clude Archbishop Patrick F. Flores five-year plan. The plan in part ofSan AQtonio, Texas, represent- calls on' Cubans to respect reliing the U.S bishops. . . gious believers. It asks Cubans to . The encuentro's working document is a 200-page. report which . discussed themes of importance to . the Cuban church, including church-

avoid practices' which could "wound religious sentiments.'" " The draft plan is sCheduled tobe voted.on in December.

Cardinal Law Continued from Page One schools in New York, Florida, Georgia and Barranquilla, Colombia, and graduating from high school in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands..

He graduated from Harvard University in 1953 and·.stl.!die~ f~r t~e priesihoodat S1. Joseph Seminary, S1. Benedict, La., and the Pontifical College Josephinum, Worthington, O. He was ordained for the Natchez-Jackson diocese in 1961, thereafter serving as a parochial vicar and· as editor of the diocesan newspaper. .

He served as executive director of the U.S. bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and director of the U.S. program for admitting into the priesthood married Episcopal priests who convert to Roman Catholicism. .

Cardinal Law was ordained Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau in 1973 and in May 1985, 14 months after being named to the leadership of the Boston archdiocese, he was raised to the cardinalate.

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Sr ~ Marie Celine Funeral rites took place Monday for. Sister Marie Celine Demers, SSJ, 83, who died feb. 13. .

A native of Taunton, the daughter of the late Sigefroid and Emela (Bazinet) Demers,she entered the Sisters·of St. Joseph in 1921.'

In the Fall River diocese"she. taught at St. Louis de France school, Swansea; St. Joseph's, New' .

Bedford; and St. Mathieu's, St. Roch's and S1. Jean Baptiste's, all in Fall River. She also taught in .

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A Struggle for Peace Certainly none of us has escaped the realities of the Philip. pine election and its predictable fallout. As an aside, one wonders how America would fare, subjected to such ongoing intervention ofthe media and offoreign political investigators.

Suppose, for example, that the Soviet Union covered an American election in the same manner as we focused in on the Philippine experience; how well would we come out?

There is indeed something worrisome about the extraordinary intervention of this country in the internal processes of another nation. Perhaps it might stem from our paternal colonial instincts, transferred to our present concern for our militarybases.

Putting this aside, what has emerged from the entire experience is a clear picture of a people crying aloud for the exercise of their human freedoms and rights.

No matter what party one might favor, there cannot be the slightest doubt but that something is amiss in Manila. Even the most hawkish and conservative mind could not describe the current status of the Filipino people as positive, given the restrictive conditions of the Marcos regime.

The election process has surfaced a situation far removed' from the mere ideological differences between liberal and conservative. In a dictatorship there is no room for differences. ' No one has voiced this reality with more solidarity and authority than the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The determination of the' Philippine hierarchy to be a catalyst for justice in their country is a bold and upfront proclamation of the Gospel message. Their unified voice in the face of oppres-' sion has been a responsible answer to the demand for leadership in a confused and violent time. They have proclaimed to all freedom-loving peoples that injustice imperils peace.

This is especially true in countries in which members of an elite group privileged by power and money exploit other citizens and in which there is socioeconomic exploitation imposed by a' political system. , As we know, man does not live by bread alone. It is disastrous to harm his dignity, his fundamental rights, his political liberty, his freedom of conscience or his expression of faith.

Torture, imprisonment and executions within the very halls of justice, religious harassment and persecution; all attack the dignity of man.

Violation of rights for political ends is never admissible. A regime or government, be it in Manila or Moscow, Hanoi or Havana, Bagdad or Belfast, or any other capital which stifles human rights cannot claim to be doing the work of peace.

If a government refuses ,to purge itself of injustice, the church, despite cost and hardship, must willingly commit itseif to encouraging all true dialogues for peace, all attempts to dissolve hatred and ensure rights. ' The church·has no choice but to be the voice of the disen,franchised, the poor, the displaced and the victimized. .

It is imperative that our Filipino brothers and sisters know that the church in this nation extends to them its moral support and any other aid it can muster as a visible and vital sign of solidarity with their church.

We must always remember that promotion of peace and justice demands universality. True men and women of peace know that it must be sought for each and every member of the human family. ,Peace demands common responsibility. It must everywhere 'be based on justice and respect for all.

It is in this spirit that we share in the struggle of the church of the Philippines. ' The Editor

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•Association with her involves joy and gladness.' Wis. 8: 16

Which animal are you?

By Father Kevin J. Harrington

Lent is an opportune time for Catholics to examine the strength or weakness of their convictions, but taking personal inventory of our beliefs can be painful. .

Jesus aptly compares sheep and goats to believers and unbelievers.

The sheep faithfully follow the Good Shepherd and the goats swallow anything.

Most people fall somewhere in between and using animal metaphors can help us identify where we stand between these extremes, Our first friends in the animal kingdom are the fish. They correspond to Christians who, like fish, never ask themselves how they got 'into the fishbowl.

Totally subscrihing to beliefs of parents, siblings and friends, they never think to base their faith on their own convictions. Like fish in their fishbowl, they are completely dependent upon their environment; and if their waters become turbulent with trouble or contaminated by bad example, it is difficult for them to survive.

Our second friends are the owls.

They are noted for their wisdom.

Safely perched on a fence, they give their hoot that often sounds like a rhetorical "who?"

Like the fence-sitting owl, many Christians play it safe and in the

interests of being open-minded pre- the potential of using their elonserve what ,they call a healthy gated necks to get a better view skepticism, refusing to make the pften choose rather to burrow their leap of faith. For them the doc- heads in the sand. trines of the Christian faith become How many Christians, although mere subject matter for intelligent enlightened by their faith, choose discussion. to ignore the many challenges withOur third friends are the mice, a , in their reach? I often think of species not noted for fortitude. We ostriches as the Christians who all know how easy it is to profess will be astounded on judgment our faith with our lips, but how day when they are shown the numdifficult it i~ to put it into practice. ber of times they turned their back Like the rich young man in the on Christ present in their fellowGospel, we refuse to let the call to man in need. leave everything behind and folOur sixth friends are the chamelow Jesus make a difference in our leons. These crafty reptiles are lives. The last thing we want to be noted for their uncanny ability to accused of is being fanatical. Like camouflage their identity by changthe rich young man who acted like ing their colors. a mouse, those who follow his How many Christians profess path will walk away from their call their faith on Sunday only to .in sadness. ' assume the values of the prevailing Our fourth friends are the sloths. culture the other six days of the One of the seven cardinal sins week? Their weakness is their refshares its name with this creature. usal to offend anyone. Their desire We should never underestimate to be liked by everyone often means the power of inertia. It takes 'energy that they will be respected by no to change oneself and too often one. lasting change proves too difficult I hope these animal metaphors a challenge. The way to hell is will help the reader to assess where paved by people with good inten- he or she stands as a believer. We tions who simply lack the zeal to are neither angels nor beasts, nor change their way of life. Often are we usually perfect believers more than willpower is involved in (sheep) onotal unbelievers (goats). overcoming a bad habit. Usually In short, I hope my animal one needs the humility to seek help friends will not take offence and and the willingness to face past my human readers will, in their mistakes. more honest moments, see a little Our fifth friends are the ostriches. of themselves in each of these These noble creatures who have animals.

Budgeting time Gather the family, light a candle, say a Lenten prayer and let's talk about time. Time is'what we all have the same of and never enough of. It's the great equalizer. We have different incomes, children, homes and spouses but we all have 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

Although money was named as the top stress in family life, four of the remaining ten have to do with time. In order of priority they are insufficient couple time, insufficient personal time, insufficient family play time and an overscheduled calendar.

Married men named insufficient couple time as their second highest stress, topped only by money. Clearly they are saying, as BiII Cosby says, "I want my wife back." And wives want their husbands back as well because they also named lack of couple time as a high stress.

Because I devoted an earlier column to family play time, I won't discuss it at length here but I think Lent is a good opportunity to examine how we use our time.

We put our values where we put our time.

Families who control time well balance work, couple, personal, family and prayer time, as 'Yell as activities like church, sport leagues

and clubs. Here I suggest families stop and put a percentage on each of these, individually at first, then compare lists. When you have done this, examine your balance and voids. It might be easier to evaluate by the week rather than the day because days can go by without couple, personal or family play time. But weeks shouldn't. If we go through a week without them, we are ignoring good resources for dealing with stress. .

Couples who take time for each other deal better with the stresses of work, money and children. Individuals who take time for a personal activity like jogging, reading, sewing or watching television are better able to deal with overall stress in their lives.

Whenever one area consumes so much time that the others are negatively affect,ed, there is imbalance.

Work is important but ifit becomes consuming to the point that the workers are rarely home, to eat with the family or that· they are home 'physically but still at work emotionally, the family suffers and new priorities need to be considered.

Can your workers strive to eat with the family at least three times weekly? Can they leave their work at work? Can they cut back on bringing work home?

Television is a fine personal activ-

Serious questions "Should the Catholic bishops take a public stand on political issues such as the arms race or the American economic system?" A recent study conducted by Dr. Dean Hoge of The Catholic University of America reveals that there is very strong agreement among priests that bishops should take stands in these areas. A majority of the Catholic laity, howe,ver, does not favor the action.

In the Hoge report, titled "Attitudes of Priests, Adults and College students on Catholic Parish Life and Leadership," it is stated: "If additionai research substantiates this finding, it can be concluded that organized lay resistance can be expected to arise on the bishops' political and economic stands much more than on church leadership issues such as women's ordination, celibacy and expriests. " Actually, the bishops have addressed a number of issues similar in nature to those of peace and the economy. There have been bishops' statements on the global food cri, sis, the role of multinational corporations, South Africa, capital punishment, housing, farm labor, racism, strip mining and the TV program Soap.

If the laity are less than favorable to the bishops going public on peace and economic issues, one must wonder how favorable they would be toward the bishops' involvement in the issues just mentioned. This leads me to ask: Is the church seen as an institution that should pick up the pieces after evil does its dirty work, or should the church go after the source of evil directly? Is the church to provide the hospitals, Sisters and chaplains

on the battlefield, or should it be protesting on the steps of munitions factories, or on the doorsteps of legislators who support an escalation of the arms race?

The Hoge study leads to even deeper questions. To pray and provide a Christian vision for life's troubles is a must for all of us. But when does the time come to write, to lobby, to march and to protest publicly? How are we to read the bishops' statements? Are they to be studied with the hope of educating Catholics on how to avoid further evils, or in hopes of activating Catholics to strike at the heart of evil?

These are not easy questions to answer. The French philosopher Alexis de Toqueville once said: "At first it is by necessity that men attend to the public interest, afterward by choice. What had been calculation becomes instinct. By dint of working for the good of his fellow citizens, he in the end acquires habit and taste for serving them."

As long as there is no' war or depression, some might argue there is no necessity to become involved in the issues of peace al1d the economy. They might argue also that the hierarchy's place is in the church, not on the streets.

Yet, when we study the lives of the saints and the Old Testament prophets we find that they were not aloof from civic affairs. Saints have confronted many a ruler and state policy head on.

I believe Hoge's findings need closer examination. If a large m'ajority of Catholics .is unfavorable to the public stands of our bishops, could. this be a sign that there is need to strengthen both the tradi. tion of American democracy which

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Fri., Feb. 21, 1986

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ity for many but if we spend the bulk of our leisure time in front of a TV, are we ignoring couple and family time? What is a reasonable amount of time a caring family member can spend in front of the television without affecting the family?

Activities like youth sports, church voluntarism and golf can be stress-reducing but if they get out of hand, family stress rises.

Can we'examine our activity calendar and get it under control so we can "waste" some time together?

During Lent, let's especially examine our God-time together. If it's negligible or hits the ,lowest percentage, this is the season to give up some television and activities to rectify this im balance. What we begin in Lent can last throughout the year.

Healthy families budget their time,as they do their money. They know that if they don't, they can lose each other. And they don't want to do that because they stop being family and start being housemates.

Q. In no way do I support abortion, but what do you have to say about the following that appeared in a supposedly responsible proabortion letter in our daily paper: "The Vatican unheistatingly permitted their Catholic nuns to obtain abortions after they had been impregnated by rape 20 years ago during the withdrawal of belgian troops in the Congo. Apparently, when abortion is permitted within the religious family it is not considered 'killing babies.' "

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advocates participation in government affairs, and the tradition of saints and prophets who entered into the mainstream of civic affairs?

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A. Most readers will consider this question as really off the wall.

But the allegation being questioned has been circulated widely around the country during the past couple of years.

Unfortunately, too many people still feel that if something is in print it must be true. You ask why the church would allow abortions in this instance.

The answer is simply that it did not. There is no shred of truth, so the next time it comes up I hope someone will challenge whoever says it and ask for proof.'

Q. I would like to know what the original words of the Ten Commandments are, without all the additions by the church and other preachers. (Louisiana) A. The Ten Commandments appear twice in the Bible, in Exodus (20: 1-17) and Deuteronomy (5:6-21 ).

A much'looser and less comprehensive set of "Ten Commandments" is found later in Deuteronomy (34: 10-28).

I'm not'sure what yO\! mean by "all the additions." We know, in fact, that the form of these commandments now in Scripture is considerably longer than the early (original?) Hebrew versions.

To the Jews the Ten Commandments were known as the Ten Words. The very word, "decalogue," which we frequently use for them, would be loosely translated anhe Ten Words.

In the more primitive form, each commandment was two words. In English they would be something like "No stealing," "No adultery," "No killing." So even when the biblical books took their present form a lot of expansion had already taken place. ' Perhaps you mean we have, in Christian times at least, added on to the things prohibited by the Ten Commandments. That seems quite true.

The last seven commandments (as Lutherans and Roman Catholics generally number them) were understood by the Jews to deal particularly with essential civillaw matters, which is not to deny, of course, that they were still commandments of God. Thus, the commandment "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor" was intended to protect the integrity of the judicial system. One must speak the truth as a witness in any trial or procedure involving one's neighbor.

The explicit connection of this commandment with malicious gossip, for example, or personal insult,

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came later. Obviously this larger meaning fits well our understanding of Our Lord's supreme commandment, total love of God and of our neighbor.

Similar.things might be said of some other commandments.

Q. I have two questions about Communion. The priest who comes to see me told me to ask you.

Is there a rule any more about what to have ready when he comes to my home for Communion? Also, can I go to Communion on Holy Thursday and Good Friday? (Ohio) A. The official ritual of the church for Communion outside of Mass says that when Communion is given anywhere outside of a church "a suitable table is to be prepared and covered with a cloth; candles are also to be provided" (No. 19). This would, of course, include at home.

The same ritual says that people who are sick may receive Com-, munion any time on Holy Thursday and Good Friday. On Holy Saturday it may be received only as viaticum, that is, if the person is dying. (No. 16).

This is indicated also in the Sacramentary. for the liturgy of those days.

Q. My mother, aged 89, is on the verge of death. She is greatly troubled over an incident and I don't know how to console her.

A priest brought her Communion in the hospital. In the room, were her daughter-in-law 'and 22year-old grandson. The priest offered both Communion and both received.

The daughter-in-law is a practicing Catholic, but her son (my mother's grandson) has not been to the sacraments for years. He's, always too tired and openly says he no longer believes "in that stuff."

Everyone was taken by surprise, but my'mother is deeply upset over the incident. Was not the priest imprudent and careless in this case?

To my mother, who has a great devotion for the Eucharist, it was a cause of real turmoil. (Alberta, Canada) A. Perhaps, as you suspect, there was little time for anyone to think and no one should be blamed.

Priests and special ministers of the Eucharist who serve the sick need to reflect carefully on your experience. By no means is it always compassionate to give Communion indiscriminately in such situations. Part of real compassion is always a healthy, sensitive respect for another person's conscience.

Pushing reception of the sacraments on them when they are not ready is as bad as refusing them the sacraments when they are.

A prayerful and thoughtful invitation to people in these circumstances to receive the sacraments is certainly in order, but they should be given the opportunity to decline.

This may save the individuals themselves, as well as bystanders such as your mother, a good deal of later remorse and confusion.

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Fri., Feb. 21, 1986

Letter of the Philippine 'bishops

-- NCEA convention pl~nned WASHINGTON (NC) - The nation's highest education official, U.S. Education Secretary William J. Bennett, will address Catholic educators at their annual convention March 31 to April 3 in Ana. heim, Calif.

Bennett, who has frequently spoken on values and ethics in education, will be the keynote speaker April 2 at the National Catholic· Educational Association's 83rd annual gathering.

Patricia Feistritzer, NCEA press spokeswoman,' said more than 12,000 Catholic elementary and secondary educators fr9m across the country are expected at this year's convention,.which has as its theme "Mission and Ministries-· A Celebration;"

tribution of the U.S. church to an understanding of mission and ministry and on catechesis in the church's social ministry.

Father Virgilio Elizondo, director of the Mexican American Cultural Center in San Antonio, Texas, will address the special needs of Hispanic students in Catholic schools.

A repor·t on Hispanics, the nation's fastest growing minority, will be presented by Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Suzanne Hall, executive Director of the NCEA special education department, and School Sister of Notre Dame Carleen Reck, executive director of the NCEA elementary school department. ,.

BISHOP Adam Maida of Green Bay, Wise., was one of a 19-member American delegation that observed the Philippine presidential elections.

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Norbertine Father Alfred McBride,president of the University of Albuquerque, N.M., will speak Continued from Page One on "Evangelization: Christ Comes , the bishops'stat~ment to draw vioto the Globa] Village." lence to clergy.

Poet,:pla,ywright and actress "We have taken' a non-violent Maya Angelou, author of "I know stance, and this will anger the left, Why the Caged Bird Sings," will which advocates armed struggle, address the 'convention, and as well as the government, so we Wavelength, it five-member acting will be caught in the middle;" he troup~ from CnL~ag6, will use said. satire 'and improvisation to presAbout 50 of the nation's 102 Archbishop Roger Mahony of ent its prespective-oll~ducation's bishops met in Manila for. two Los Angeles will speak on the con- . issues and problems. days to formulate the statement~ Auxiliary Bishop Teodoro Bacam of Manila said there was a "diversity of opinion" among the bishops, EARLY BIRDS - ALL DAY so they "went to prayer before the SUNDAY' Blessed Sacrament for divine guid-, ance."

CLOSED MONDAYS First lady Imelda Marcos visited OPEN TUES. - FRI. the conference to plead the side of LUNCH -'12:00 - 2:30 the government, and Mrs. Aquino • '," DIN~ER- 5:00.,9:00 also 'visited' briefly. For the first time since the election, Mrs. Aquino SATURDAY 5 - 9 p.m. traveled in a bullet-proof car with SUNDAY 1 - 8 p.m.

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•• . In his message, Marcos told Cardinal Vidal to "remember that we are not talking of ~cclesiastical issues, but of political matters." . Designers and Manufacturers of Marcos said the bishops' stateWorld's Finest R~ligious' Master· ment had "dangerous implications" for the country's law and order. pieces, Jewelry and Gifts.

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Borongan was asked if those "involved in the forcible seizure of power" were entitled to receive Communion.

In addition to the more than 300 sessions for teachers and administrators, a National Catholic Par-' ent Leadership convocation will be held in conjunction with the, NCEA convention. The Catholic Library Association, the National Catholic Business Educators Association and the Catholic Audio Visual Educators also will meet. . .'

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"Obviously not," Bishop Carino replied.

The bishops later said it would be the decision of individual priests whether or not to administer the sacraments.

Richard Powell, a Manila businessman and a leader of a churchsponsored non-violence movement, said the bishops "couldn't have made it any stronger." , "We had decided to go ahead with the program of civil disobedience anyway, but this beautiful statement has given us the su pport and the power of the church," Powell said.

Abollt 84 percent pr'the 52 million Filipinos are Catholic.

But Philippine O!=puty Minister of Justice Manuel Garcia said the bishops' statement will "divide the people and the nation."

The people have spoken. Or The \Yay indicated to us now have tried to. Despite the ob- is the way of nonviolent strug' stacles thrown in the way of gle for justice: This means active resistance their speaking freely, we, the bishops, believe that on the of evil by peaceful means - in basis of our assessment as pas- the manner of Christ. And its tors of the recently cO.ncluded one end for now,js that the will polls, what they attempted to of the people be done through say is clear enough. ways and means proper to the. .

In our considered judgment, Gospel. the polls were" unparalleled in We therefore ask every loyal the fraudulence of their con- member of the church, every duct. And we condemn espe- community of the faithful, to cially the following modes of form their judgment about the fraudulence and irregularities: Feb. 7 polls. And if in faith they I. The systematic disenfran- see things as we the. bishops chisement of voters. The sheer do, we must come together and scrambling of the voters' lists discern what appropriate actions made it impossible for vast num- to take that will be according to bers of our people to express the mind of Christ. In a crea... their proper preference of candi- tive, imaginative, way, under dates. ", ~ die gUidance of Christ's Spirit; .'

2. The widespread and mas~'·· let us pray together, reason :sive vote-bpying. Tht: vote- together, decide together, act buyers in their cynical exploit- together, always to the end that ing of the people's poverty and the truth prevail, that the will of deep, if misguided, sense of the people be, fully respected. . "utang ita loob" (fa~or owetl 'These last few'days have given a great hining examples of the non-' ... ai,of ch olent struggle for justice we te tampe advocate here: with the ele returns. The - The thousands of NA M. votes of the people, even when FREL (National Movement for 'ah:~ady duly expressed and 'Free Elections) workers and volunted, ealtered to regisnteers who risked their ver choi their 0 o ensure clean and non 4. I·nt rassm ons.

[Otis er. T - The COMELEC (Commade 'nake the decisi mission on Elections) computer 1factor in people not participat- techniCians who refused to de-ing in the oils or making their grade themselves by participatand many 'ing in e~eciion frauds.· final ch . .' ': other i r p o i n 1 to ,a . -The poll officials -regis~. 'crimin er to thwarF trars, teachers, government worth~ sovereign will of the people. kers - who did their duty withYet, despite these evil acts, we out fear or favor. are morally certain the people's :...- The millions of ordinary real will for change has been voters who kept the sanctity of . truly manifested. their ballot untarnished, their Accor moral p . dignity intact.

- Radio Veritas and fearless es, a go ntthat ass press people who spoke and or retains powerthrough fra lent means has no moral basis reported the truth at aU times.

Men and women ofconscience, for such an access to power is tantamount to a forcible seiz- alL We cannot commend them ure and cannot command the . highly enough. egianc. ' citizenry, The There are thousands of t then a st we nd among government 0 such a government is that it is dais in the Batasan (parliament), government in possession of the military, the COMELEC, power. But admitting that, we aniong millions of our people hasten to add: because of that who in the face of overwhelmvery fact, e governm 'ng odds' voted and acted as If has . n to eir consci dictated. o ed re other and women must resp ndate 0 t 0 will sta.nd up onscience people. This is precondition for like them and courageously conany reconciliation. ' fess their Christianity? .It such . vetnplent Now is e to speak up , 0 repair was syst . So mO as in the e ec,t10n itseI epends fully on the people: on what they are . . todo:We, natl ut we i ng m always be according <> the Gospel of Christ, that is, ,in a peaceful, non-violent way.

Mayh r4 of justice,e Lord eace, be with us in' our striving for that good . .And may the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Queen of Peace, and patroness of ou.r country, assist us in this time of need. t,o,

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A committee studying bioethi- ' cal issues for the bishops' conferences of Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales said nurses should urge hospitals to change their proceSouth Africa's strict system of TORONTO (NC) - A Ca'nadures if babies are being treated, dian Catholic Church delegation racial segregation, or apartheid" unjustly. classifies racelL into whites, Afrihas criticized South Africa's aparcan, Asian and Colored (mixed) "Babies born with spina bifida theid system as "enslavement" after race. who have not been selected for a 12-day visit to the turbulent The delegates, who visited at the special surgical treatment have been nation. of the Southern African invitation Group members also recomplaced, in some units, on a regiCatholic Bishops' Conference, met mended "more serious action on men of heavy sedation and underwith church and trade union leadfeeding so that starvation has been economic sanctions against South ers. They also met with members Africa. a significant factor in causing their of the outlawed opposition groups, "The systematic repression of early and intended death," the the African National Congress and all social, economic and political group said. the South-West African People's rights for black South Africans Organization.

"If the hospital authorities will and the repression and imprisonBishop MacDonald said he could not take.rapid steps to rectify this ment of other non-white opposisee "a new society emerging in state of affairs, then a conscien- tion groups and individuals is repreSouth Africa," but he could not tious nurse who knows for certain hensible," said Bishop Joseph tell whether it would emergeviothat serious wrongdoing is taking Faber MacDonald of Grand Falls, lently or non-violently. place has no alternative but to Newfoundland. report the matter to the police," South Africa's non-white youths The bishop was part of the eightthe committee said. are determined "not to have happen member delegation, which included to them what happened to their of the Canadian representatives In 1983, the bishops established ancestors," which could result in a six-member committee of pedia- bishops' conference, the Canadian bloodshed, he said.

Catholic overseas development tricians, nurses and theologians to But the determination of many study bioethical issues, especially agency and an umbrella organiza- . reform groups to shape their own of men and tion for superiors in light. of two 19~ I court c~ses. destinies, combined with economic women Religious. sanctions imposed by the rest of In one case, the parents of a At a press conference this month, the world, could foster peaceful baby girl with Down's syndrome, Bishop MacDonald called the trip change, the bishop said. a genetic disorder which can cause a "devastating experience. " ' mild to severe retardation, refused "We are exploding from within to allow an operation needed to with overwhelming feeling because save her life. ' of what we have seen and heard," An appeals court ordered the said Bishop MacDonald. ope.ration.

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DR. JEREMIAH LOWNEY, top left, with two of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, who operate a children's hospital, feeding center and home for the dying in Jeremie; Right, Dr. Lowney extracting teeth in a Port-au-Prince "alley clinic." The young' man pictured is one of hundreds of Haitians who line up for treattpent.

Dental project aids Haitians' Continued from Page One foundation to build a dental clinic/residence in Jeremie, which he hopes will be staffed by volunteer doctors and students from the University of Connecticut Dental School. Dr. Lowney notes that any parish in the Fall River dio-

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cese that desires a direct project in Haiti may contact him at 100 Sherman Street, Norwich, CT 06360. He tS often in Fall River to visit family members, he said, and would be happy to meet with interested groups.

Mother Teresa's Missionaries of

Charity staff a children's hospital, feeding center and home for the dying in Jeremie, but the almost primitive resources hamper their good intentions and hard work.

Methot speaks French, Haiti's official tongue, but is studying Creole, a related language spoken

by the majority of residents, against the possibility of accompanying Dr. Lowney on a future visit.

Although Dr. Lowney's 10th trip to Haiti was originally scheduled for tomorrow, the current unrest there has' necessitated its postponement.

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What makes Mercy speciaJ? - Summer 1986 June 1.5·20 A Theological Colloquium Raymond E. Brown, S.S. (Passion Nar· ratives). Marlene Halpin. O.P. (Forgiving: Present·Perfect). Boniface Ramsey. O.P. (Developing Images of Christ). Reginald Haller. O.P. (Musical Settings on the Pas· sion).

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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Visit most any hospital and you11 see them, They are the ones catnapping restlessly on waiting-room couches and perched uncomfortably on bedside etiairs.

And they are the ones bleary eyed and exhausted from driving home each night and back to the . hospital each morning.

Or the ones struggling with the expense of a nightly motel room.

They are the family members of seriously ill patients, at times jeopardizing their own health and well-being in order to be near their loved ones.

But things are different at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield.

"Since September, patients' relatives have been able to spend the night in rooms of their own, just a few floors away from the patienJs. The guest rooms, which have televisions, private baths with 'showers, and telephones with direct links to the nurses' station, are available to family members of critically or terminally ill patients for a $5 refundable deposit.

The idea is part of the "Touch of Mercy" concept, an outgrowth of the Sisters of Mercy philosophy of providing "excellent service for the love of God and our neighbors," according to Regina Estep. public relations director.

Located on the hospital's sixth floor, the four guest rooms ~ two singles and two doubles - for. merly served. as the cardiology outpatient area and were later CARDINAL RICARDO VIDAL of Cebu, Philippines, used for storage.

reflects after reading a statement from the Philippines Catholic Converting the area )Ot0 guest , Bishops' Conference calling for a nonviolent struggle for jus~ rooms wasn) ver:}' e?,pensive, Ms. . tice. See complete text of bishops' letter on page 6. (NC/ UPI " Estep said, poit;ltin.g out that grate...1.. Reuter photo) ful' guests' donations havet:nQre ••.

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Except for the hospital beds, the guest rooms have many of the amenities of motel rooms. Sleekly designed patient information brochures - similar to the promotional packets provided in hotels -are placed on guests' nightstands. Among .the services listed are gourmet entrees that can be prepared for both patient and guest.

Carol Ann Busch, director of patient relations and a registered nurse, determines a need for a room with the patient's family.

"Even if there was a hotel across the street, family members would not want to leave," Ms. Busch said. "The guest rooms give them a chance to relax, shower, meditate, talk privately and get away."

When an Indianapolis man was injured and brought to Mercy, his wife stayed in one of the guest rooms.

The wife's apprehensions about an unfamiliar hospital in a strange city disappeared when she discovered that "Mercy not only has quality care, but also great guest rooms," Ms. Busch said.

"Family members can't believe we have such wonderful service and accommodations." she added.

"We know if we're going to compete well in the health care field, we have to be true to what makes Mercy special," Ms. Estep said .

Friendly Forces "In the difficult are the friendly forces, the hands that work on us." . - Rainer .Maria Rilke .

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Permanent diaconate ranks increase WASHINGTON (NC) - The number of permanent deacons in the United States rose by 323 and the number of candidates for the diaconate by 149 in 1985, according to a report by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The Annual Statistical Report on the Permanent Diaconate, issued Feb. 10 by the NCCB permanent diaconate secretariat in Washington, showed that the num~er of deacons increased from 7,102' In 1984 to 7,425, while diaconate candidates increased from 2, 114 to 2,263.

The increase in diaconal candidates reverses a five-year "modest deCline," according to Deacon Samuel Taub, executive director of the bishops' permanent diaconate secretariat.

Candidates for the permanent

diaconate peaked in 1979 at 2,621, but then slowly dropped to the 1984 figure of 2,114 before the most recent increase.

Taub said that some of the new candidates are the first graduates of diocesan programs integrating training for lay ministers and deacon candidates. Men who want to be deacons first go through a lay ministry program, he said, delaying their entry into the diaconate program, but giving them more contact with lay ministers.

He said he feels the increase in deacon candidates will continue as graduates oflay ministry programs who indicate interest in the permanent diaconate complete deacon programs.

According to the report, there are 36 dioc~ses, 12 more than the

previous year, in which the diaconal formation program has been integrated with a lay ministries formation program.

The NCCB report, based on returns as of last Oct. 31 from 136 diocesan diaconal formation program directors, showed that:.

- 82 percent of deacons are white, 13 percent are Hispanic, 4 percent are black and I percent are of other ethnic backgrounds.

- 35 percent. are 51-60 years old, 34 percent are age 41-50, 18 percent are age 61-70, 8 percent are age 32-40 and 4 percent are 71-80, 15 deacons are age 81-90 and one is 91.

- More than 90'percent of the deacons and candidates are married.

- 17 dioceses have 100 or more deacons, accounting for 40 percent of all U.S. deacons.

Black e'vangelization seen ne.glected MIAMI (NC) - The U.S. Cathpriests and religious, Bishop Moore olic Church puts evangelization of said. Blacks can have a "sense of ownership" about most Protestant blacks on "the back shelf," Auxiliary Bishop Emerson J. Moore of churches because many of their clergy are black.

New York said during a visit to "It bothers me when I see that in Miami in conjunction with Black some dioceses and archdioceses History Month. this is not a high priority. If the He said the U.S church is conchurch is going to survive in the centrating on evangelizing Hispanblack community, in addition to ics but neglecting blacks in' the having committed white people process. there, you have to have black Blacks have made advances but priests and sisters as role models to "racism still exists in the church create that sense of ownership. and you hear horror stories from time to time," said Bishop' Moore, one of 10 black U.S bishops. His visit to Miami was sponsored by Catholic Community Services as part of the February black history ROME(NC) - The Polishgovcelebration.

Evangelization of blacks "is not ernment is not oppo~ed to another very high on people's priorities,: visit by Pope John Paul I1,but this Bishop Moore said. "We're just would entail problems that have kind of pushed to the back shelf. . yet to be discussed by church and That bothers' me because I think state officials, said' Polish leader that if there was a will there would Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski.' certainly be a way. There are resourInterviewed in Warsaw, he said ces, but the will isn't there." another meeting with the Polishborn pope would be helpful for the A similarly exclusive outreach nation. . to immigrants without regard for The pope and Jaruzelski met native black Americans character- during the pope's 1983 visit to ized the post-Civil War history of Poland. The Polish bishops have the U.S. church, he said, and "we're invited the pope to return in 1987. suffering for it now."

Jaruzelski said the government Making it even more difficult to plans to continue its dialogue on convince blacks to "check us out" church-state issues with 'Polish" as a church is the lack of black church authorities,b'utthat it had

The bishop called on blacks to "agitate, agitate, agitate" to eliminate racism. "Stay where you are and try to begin change right there."

The bishop also urged black Catholics to put their "tremendous gifts" at the service of the church and called on white Catholics to be open to minority cultures. . Although racism is painful, Bishop Moore said, "There's a basic trust, a basic faith that I have in the church that keeps me going.

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Poland open to papal visit been impeded by priests who have become involved in political activities.

Louvain first WASHINGTON (NC) - Jesuit Father Richard A. McCormick; Rose' F. Kennedy. professor of Christian ethics at Georgetown . 117 Rockdale Ave. University, is the first American theologian to receive an honorary New Bedford, Mass. doctorate from the Catholic Uni- ~ versity of Louvain, Belgium.

996·67~8 He addressed Louvain faculty DAILY 9-9/SUN. 9-1:00 and students at a recent ceremony opening the university's Center for Biomedical Ethics.

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one wheo will agree to pass them Thiss type of resume 8'et:s yotil Dear Dr. Kenny: I am a recent workslops or training programs name hoto places not preserm, widow witb tbree ehillken, ag08 s t t e n d ' d . ' aceeptimg job applications. Since ROME (NC) - When Pope vate meeting that his fascination 13,10and9.Ueoilostontoringtbe "Em,loyment" should list job jobs are, hard to find. seek evciy' John Paul II wanted to quote the with Gandhi went hack to his work world .. 1 ban no prnious titles. frmsand dates. You say you possible: opportunity. youth, and that his visit the same paid experience. Any ideas? (116- have n' previous paid work expeIf yowr resume blitz does not late Mahatma Gandbi on birth control during his Feb. 1-lOtrip to day to Gandbi's funeral monument nols) rience. What about summers in achieve ,results,.lty youfloc:aljob-India; he didn't have to turn to an was the fulfillment of a lifelong The unemployment ofthe never- high smool? Baby-silting? If you training·. program. In ~iJi·...... indexofGandhi'scollccted works. desire. yet-<mployed is a problem. The have acomplete blank, leave this the govrernment will underwrifle Speaking with reporters on the first step is to take inventory of section out and explain you have on-tbe-,iiob training. Tbjs ~ns-.

Seventeen years ago, as Archreturn flight from India~ the pope your assets. What do you have to been bllSy being a mother. business; can get a ""ree" employcic bishop Karol Wojtyla of Cracow. eta borated on his interest in offer a potential employer?

"Spe:ific achievements" should for a perriod of tim. while you get he bad used the quotation in an G dh' h i ' b H' d Do not be discouraged that you I'oclude"'ghschoolcluhs_and organ-.· valuable: 10'b training. article on, the 1968 encyclical an .. w owass ' ~ A notUR;r ....- passim "Ii religious fanatic in am 1948.ya 10 u d o not havea Iong I'lSt of pat' d pOSI- ization!, sports~ specific things acty wouIdbe-to ·Hilmanae Vitae which he wrote .

A 'h b bl h 1__ ' "1 learned from him." the p'ope tlons. s a mot er you pro a Y complilhed, skills you possess and c eek o'ut coprses at ,yow uuu for L'Osservatore Romano. the said. 641 think Oa,ndhi is still alive. - have more ered'.Itabie aecompl'IS h- even h.bbies. For example. you voeatlOma .

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H. hai remained very necessary ments than you realize. Get them might ist that you were on the These c:olleges are v.rywork . Whileprepariitg fo<the trip. the not only for India but for us." ' down on paper in the form of a highscloolswim team. sang in the focused, and their trainiDjl -propope remembered the article and resume. chorus. were a den mother~ were grams Wary from one i?Qurse to took another look a~t~it~'c'la~V~a~llli'cacac:'n'----J~O~n=-:b~irt~h~c~o~n~tr~o~I,~th~e~p'~o~p~e~sa~id':.._f_=~"e~sl~Jme~"w¥ii~lIh1h~e~lp~yo~u~o~rga~n~i~ze:'eell~ ...C1t:eedlhto~1lIhee",!p~arist.l councn and -------rour semtesten. -You do- ~t tteed ~ .spokesman saiG.HOdcc.ded to use •here agam Gandh'ls WIt us. your aSsets. It should improve enjoy qJilting. This section allows high seh(ool dearee to atteiJd..And Ue same liDes in his Fob. 9 sermon "Ii> this regard Gandhi Was your self-image to recaU what you you to 1st items which would not you may! be eligible far financial on the family in Bomhay. India. much more Christian than peopk have already doJl'e. Yon can use normally appear on a job applica- aid.. ' Pope John Paul hU spolten of who say they are Christians," the the resume as an advertising bro- tiou fonn.

Ii yon I eanno~ get a job at this . his longstanding respect for" pope Said. chure to pass out to possible job' "Refcrenccs"should includethe time or iif the pay barely covers Gandbi. ' prospects when you do not bave a 'Dames of tbree pe~ons who will your .splCn.... it inay be wiser to job application. attest tlat you poss... basic pre- explore jeob training.

The pope quoted Gandhi as sayt t Your resume should fit on one employnent skills such as punctuDo no)t apologize for being a ingthat "moral results can only be page aqd might cnnsist of five ality, re.iability andpe~onal hy- 1D0ther. !Raising children is.a hard produced by moral restraints,'" major parts: pe~onal, education, giene. Some say you should not . and deJDalndingjob)lIhich ~uires and that the suspension of proNEW ORLEANS (NC) - Th. employment, speeificachievelllents Iis.t ref..enccs on'a resume, but I many skiills valuable in the labor creation sbouid be brought ,bout greatest weapon Christians have and references. disagree The names strengthen market. (Qood,~! "not bY'immoral and llrtificial against terrorism is the example of "Pe~onal" should include your your .... for employment.

Read... '1aeadoQaoa fually 1IYchecks.. .-But by a life ofof disci- Christ's love for his enemies. the address, phone number. birth date Type !our resume in an attrac- IDlIlIId e,lolId ~e fPl>o ~W.,ed pline and self-control." cliairman of the ulional council and family status. . tive fornat. Make lots of copieS In print are Invited. Adlk... The , . .

The pope's interest in tbe Indian of PAX Christi USA wrote in the "Education"should indICate Ihe and pa.. them oullo pOSSIble pla- Ke_rs, Bos' 171; St. Clarion H.rald. newspaper of the I Ired . h' ed f ' I Ia . ucallon ac lev , nam- ces a enp oyment, re ttves, any- C-·.... __.... IRe-_...._ . . . . ._~ . . . .'7, •• P hilosopher and indepen,d.ence New Orleans Archdiooese. Father eve 0 leader goes back many yean, a Douglas A. Doussan wrote that . papal aide said 'during thelrip. "while hating the actions oftereorHe said tbe pope told India's is(s. out faith demands that we Pre~ident ZQ,il SinJh during a pri. _love tbe terrorists themselves... be· cause our one Father in beaven loves them." could . ~ called a' malaise that ren in Annerica.-by Lenore Weitz·

By Antoinett~ B_o STAFEON 'tORIST o"~~'I"d~~cdCl'rivation. nia~aIs • .,aks about this. ,and CREENHOUSES A junior high school in GreenMany children leave an emply -The aUlthar Dotes that a woman 11t1 ALDEN ROAD wich, Conn.• bas initiated a "'bud- house il the momiitg and come who-waint5 tl!' devote berself to dy"program, Students are assigned home h ·aII empty house afler child rearring and homemaking is FAIRHAVEN, MA 02719 buddies at the beginning of the school. ,( is no wonder that some treated -al5 if sbe 1S pursuing a J..... ~2 - 997·2666 fmterol Home school year and lold that if Ihey .children report a certain listless- "foolhardly" coutse: -S~ is impovare going to be absent from school ness abeut life and undue fear of erished b»> a society that no ~onger 'Cut Flower 571 Second Street tbey must call tbeir "buddy." the fUlDle. shares hter priorities or values Arrangements .

The program responds to a conThe D>yle Dane 8embach adver- skills."

Fall River, MClss. cern raised by working parents tising agency recently conducted a Divorcced women and their childSI'ECIM PIIm 8IMl1Dl 679-6072 who leave the hou$e before their study of youth and reported that ren aTe btecoming a new underTO AlL CHURCHES children leave for ·school. They suppose41y carefree teen-agers are class. sufffering a d'ecIine of 73 perworry that if their child d-idn'1: get intensel) preoccupied with major cent in tlheir standard of living to school, they wouldD '1: know for survival ssues. They are confront- after divOlrce.... says Ms. Weitzman. many hours. If this happened be- ing the ..tread possibilities onoss The mothter goes to work to supcause of sickness or an_ accident, of paren\ (or his OT her job). crime port the children. leaving them no one would be there to help the and violence. major illness. acci- increasingly alone. child. dents, elt. ..

I koo'wl how often I agonized I can empathize with that conThe rtport suggested that the over havimg to weigh the need to cern. As a single mother' who often breakd<lvn of traditional sources put food om the table against being had 10 leave r,he house before my of SUppO"l, most notably the fam- physically' at home with my childchiidren,l know that naSgingfeel- ily. is forcing teen-agers to deal ren.

Mortgage money now available. ing. Did they get to school safely? with adlll challenges and presAny proogram that helps childDid they get there at all? sures at Cln early age: ren reel less alone as they grow up . The buddy system is not a police ' A rece.lly published book. "The is welcomee, The buddy system is a action aimed at catching children Divorce Revolutip:n: The Unex- . giant step. in the ngbt direction who skip school. It is a bleans of pected Social and Economic Con~ and those: behind the program lSliiiliill!l!lili!IiIIlIllIllIlIIIIllililliilllilllllll!r-----'1 staying in communication. accord· sequence. for Women and Child- deserve pr:aise. iog to school ~dministrato.rs. _ It works tbis way. Each buddy has the other's phone number. If a "Phan"acy , 1R~=,m child is going to be absent. he or she or Ibe parents call the buddy. are not perfect and lbat. sadly.

B! Cecilia Belaneer Invalid Equipment For Ren1 or Sale When the buddy arrives at school. chariots of fire blow up. he or she tells the absent child's Suqial Glr. . .t, - Ind· , - Jobst This week three wornen told me Jesus, om the other hand, comes adviser. If a child is absent and the they wen going to use Lent as a • Homat., - CNtcIan - E ie SIOC*i"" to us witltt his call for the single buddy didn't get a call, the school kal.~_ kind of retreat. to evaluate. to shed mind. the' unclouded vision. the goes into action to find out where and to renew. There is growing one guidimg Iight."True simplicity, _I, • TrutSt$ - (byp" -'0lYnn . . . . Teftls , the child is. e........ lIep"", . AppAved -1IHicI,. dissatisfa:tion with one's self. the .. It·s a safetyvalve.-~said a prin- direction ()f one's life and the gods he tells U5. comes from within. It is ~- .'~ 24 HOUR OXYGEN saVICE not achieved by Withdrawal from cipal at an elementary school. It·s one'idoli2es. the complications oflife~ by re~reat 24 lI8llI EMUmtT IlESClifi"", SEtmCl a way to make sure t~ateverychild So oftert people say, ... am not from decision.making. by throw· is accounted for. for the child's praying Clough. I've lost all con113 . . St, D.......rt - -.nIt ing all the gadgets-in the trash can. safety and for the peace of mind of tact with God in prayer."

"Seek ye first tbe kingdom of parents. . ,_1IcA!'Ur ... 1Iti.2I, .1 - .2213 Certainly Lent is a good time to ~\ God, ~ is Ithe message of JesuS. I have long thought that schools make challges in aur lives for the 31 . . SL, 0.-. - 2IM132 When our eyes are fixed on Go~. could ,take more responsibility in better. It\ a time to search for helping parents who work. I think simplicity in life. t~ get rid of we are "single" and the light of ">\ SL," . . . . - .1412 God can illumine all the tangles one of the most C1teary things for things Iha' complicate and complications of our' mortal ~' many children tnday is the esten. . We ~le seen-·"that computers -life. . sive aloneness'ln their lives. It

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THIS PARAKEET obviously thinks Sister Leontius' head is for the birds. The obliging nun is a fifth-grade teacher in Hamtramck, Mich. (NC photo)

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By Hilda Young

My husband and I have an agreement. I don't laugh at nis . Paint-By-the-Numbers when he is in the room and he does not have to read anything I write for print.

That means I am safe in telIing y,gu what I have suspected for years. The man has a psychological block about using the correct tool for the correct job.

Oh, I used to believe his stories about having to tighten hinge screws with dimes and quarters because the boys had hauled off all his screwdrivers to mix paint, punch air holes for bugs in jars and dig for worms.

I believed him when he said he was pounding nails with my meat .tenderizer because the boys had left his hammer in their tree house, and he wasn't climbing up after it.

But I became suspicious because I have also seen him pound nails with the side of a pair of pliers, with a rock and with the handle of the screwdrivers he should have been using to tighten loose screws.

My suspicions were confirmed this Valentine's Day when I bought him one of those little sets of tools that have all the basics in them:

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'Compassion fatigue' feared among donors

WASHINGTON (NC) - A District of Columbia judge, hearing the case of a group of pro-lifers WASHINGTON (NC) - OffiHowever, the "unprecedented" who were arrested at the Supreme cials of an international Catholic relief effort for the last year has Court after the Jan. 22 March for relief organization have said they not changed the underlying probLife, withdrew from the case after hope people won't succumb to' lems in Africa, he said. announcing in his courtroom Feb. "compassion fatigue" when they Many African nations are "strap13 that he too had participated in realize how much more help famineped by debt,'; Filochowski said. the march. stricken Africa needs.

They also cannot sell' their proD.C. Superior CourtJudge JosThey said Western nations need duce because prices for crops in eph Michael Hannon initially rejec- a "new awakening of conscience Europe and North America are at ted a motion to withdraw from the that translates into political choi- "record low levels." trial but announced Feb. 14 that ces," such as lobbying governments He added that aid from Western he would withdraw, saying he felt for continued public aid for long- governments is falling and that his presence would raise questions term developmerit projects. public pressure must influence govabout the "appearance of justice."

The officials, Julian Filochow- ernments to reverse the situation., "In my heart of hearts as ajudge ski and Patrice Robineau, are with Many African countries cannot of the Superior Court I know I International Cooperation for De- get food "from the ports to the could be fair and impartial in this velopment and Solidarity, a Brus- people," he said, adding that in case... " Hannon said. But, "so long sels, Belgium-based organization ,Sudan the government has not as I sit, there are those who are representing Catholic relief agen- had enough money to operate its going to say I favor the defendants." cIes. r!\ilroad for 17 years.

Prosecutors said that a new trial Filochowski, who is with the Long-term self-sufficiency developbefore another judge has been set Catho'lic Fund for Overseas Devel- ment projects 'go beyond the disfor April i4. ' opment of England and Wales, is' tribution of food'and famine recThe nine people on trial were the newly elected president of the overy to preventing further disascharged with violating the misde- international group. Robineau is ters, Robineau said,. which, for meanor statute that prohibits dem- . :its general-secretary. They were in instance, provide people with tools onstrations on the grounds of the Washington Jan. 17 for a seminar they need for taking the best advanSupreme Court. on the African situation. tage of a good rain.

The protesters knelt on the , They spoke toJ'l:lational Catholic., ,.One recent prqjectinvolved a Supreme Court steps fq!lowing News Service following recent survey of Sudan's agricultural areas the annual march, which drew . reports of continuing emergency to determine how small farms can 37,000 anti-abortion demonstrators crises in 12, countries, including be better utilized. protesting the 1973 Supreme Court. Ethiopia, Angola, Mauritania, In Northern Kenya, Robineau decision Roe vs. Wade; which Mozambique, Niger, Sudan, Mali, said, food banks have been develstruck down m'ost state abortion Botswana and Chad. oped to solve a food storage problaws.

According to the United Nations~ lem. ; Nancy Elliott, one of eight defend- , Office of Emergency .Operations "The biggest sign of hope in ants present Feb. 13, said Hannon in Africa, milIions in Africa will be Africa is the people," Filochowski told the court that he and his law dependent on the world's generos- said. "They have creativity, vitalclerk, John Ingram, took part in ity through 1986 for not only food . ity and imagination in coping with the march but stopped before the but cash and other supplie~. the situation'." demonstration reached the Sup"A lot of people are alive because reme Court. The judge said he was of the emergency relief effort who Only by. Love exercising his First Amendment路 wouldn't be," Filochowski said, "Only by it, by love, life holds rights in marching and that he was "and I want to emphasize and undertogether and advances." - Ivan opposed to the Supreme Court's score that. People's commitment, Turgenev abortion decision. generosity and sacrifice has made Hannon,who was trying the an effect." case without a jury, made his disclosure just as the first prosecution witness started testifying in the case, according to Mrs. Elliott.

FUNERAL HOME After Hannon said he had taken part in the march, Assistant' U.S. 550 Locust Street Attorney Lizabeth McKibb'en Fall River, Mass. asked him to remove himselffrom Rose E. Sullivan .the case, arguing that his particiWilliam J. Sullivan Margaret M. Sullivan pation in the march impaired his . ability to rule impartially.'

672-2391 LEARY PRESS "But once one witness has testified the case is considered in process and it .becomes a question of . doublej~op'ardy," Mrs. Elliott said Feb. 14.

Double jeopardy is tbe constitution~1 principle that one cannot be tried twice for the same crime.

A U.S. attorney's office spokesman said that because Hannon had found that it was "manifestly 54 KANE ST., FALL RIVER, MA necessary" to stop the trial, the government should have no problem retrying the case.

The Jan. 22 Supreme Court M. S. AGUIAR & SON . protest was organized by the ProLife Non-Violent Action Protect, a group bas.ed in Maryland, but Mrs. Elliott, of Falls Church, Va., said she was not part of the organization.

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hammer, pliers, screwdrivers, "the pointy kind and flat," and a couple of other things with plastic handles and sharp edges.

This morning I found him trying to pry open the kitchen catchall drawer with the butcher knife. "Why don't you unfasten the front of the drawer with one of the screwdrivers I gave you?" I asked.

He grunted. "See if you can slip your fingers in far enough to hold down the mixer beaters, will you? I think they're holding it shut," he said.

I tried. I couldn't. "Have you thought about taking out the drawer above and removing the lodged object"with your new pliers?"

"It's jammed too," he said.

"Maybe there's something you could do with your new hammer," Questions I suggested. .

"Cowardice asks 'Is it safe?' Exp"There probably is," he said, . edience asks 'Is it politic?' Vanity bending the butcher knife. "But it wouldn't have anything to do with asks 'Is it popular?' Conscience asks 'Is it right?' " - William M. getting this drawer open."

About that time the drawer pop- Punshon ; ped open. The new set of tools I gave him for Valentine's day had been holding'it shut.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Feb. 21, 1986

All about mortgages

By ATTY. expanding, it pays to do some research. Such work can mean the difference between buying your MURPHY dream house and settling for second best'.

In basic laymen's terms, a mortgage is nothing more than a longterm secured loan agreement. It differs from other types of ioans in & ATTY. that it is usually used to finance real estate. A mortgage consists of two separate doc.uments, the mortRICHARD gage note and the mortage deed.

The mortgage note is- written MURPHY proof of the mQrtgagor's promise to repay the money lent' to him.

This is obtained in writing by the bank so that if the mortgagor defaults the .bank will not lose its money.'

You finally found the house The second part of the mortgage of your dreams close to work, is the mortgage deed. the pledge of close to school, close to the the property as collateral for the mortgage note. In some states, stores. Thre,e bedrooms, a white picket fence, even a b~ck­ including Massachusetts, the actual yard pool. Your bid has been accep- , legal title to the land is deeded ,to ted and the house is yours, almost. the bank.

Although the bank (mortgagee) Before you can take your first plunge in the pool, though, you owns your house, you (mortgagor) will have to finance the purchase, retain what is called equitable title. unless your last name is Rocke- This means that even though the bank has that slip .of paper .that feller. says that they own the house, you Finding a mortgage that will get the house itself and the right to allow yo'u to payoff the purchase occupy it. Under your right of posprice gradually without stripping session, no one can force you to you bare can be a frightening propaint the house blue or make any position. With real estate prices skyrocketing, interest rates begin- other changes you don't want. ning to climb and the market of In additi.on, you retain legal title available mortgage sources rapidly against anyone but the bank. Thus,

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On Steerin~ Points' items FR indicates Fall River, NB indicates New Bedford.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, NB English choir rehearsal 7 p.m.

Tuesdays. Easter music is being prepared; new members welcome.

Adult confirmation class 6 p.m.

Mondays, church basement.

Bible study in English Lenten Mondays and Wednesdays; in Portuguese Wednesdays; all meetings 7 p.m., school.

Daily Lenten Masses: 7 a.m., 5:30 p.m., Portuguese; 7:45. a.m., 4:45 p.m., English. Saturdays: 8 a.m.

English; 8:30 a.m. Portuguese.

A recent painting of the church by Sister Avelar is available in postcard form in the sacristy." .

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN 1986-87 registrations are now being accepted for new students in kindergarten through' 8th grade: Information: 996-1983.

Stations of the Cross 6:40 p.tn. each Lenten Wednesdays. .

A nondriver on West Island is in need of transportation to Mass.'

Information: 996-1305.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH Rosary and Benediction 7 p.m.

Sunday.

ST. ANNE, FR. School science fair Feb. 28, school auditorium.

CYO day of recollection 3:30to 9 p.m. March 4.

ST. ANTHONY OF.DESERT, FR Adoration of Blessed Sacrament noon to 6 p.m; March 2, with holy hour 5 to 6 p.m. .

CATHEDRAL CAMP· YOUTH MINISTRY Espirito Santo parish, Fall River, confirmation retreat 2 to 8 p.m. Feb. 23.

CATHEDRAL, FR Vesper servIce 7 tonight, Lady Chapel.

Concerts following 12:05 p.m.

Mass on Lenten Tuesdays will have as organists Normand Gingras, Feb. 20; Glenn Giuttari, March 4; and Richard Pitre, SJ, March I L Linda Kennedy emerged 'as champion of the annual parish ladies' bowling tournament. Other winners were Lucille Bolduc and Joan Coulol)1be.

you have the right to legal title against any third parties who make claims on your property.

home you should review each clause to determine your rights and obligations.

You a}so retain the right to be . No other major industry is as given back legal title once you dependent on borrowed money as have paid off the mortgage note. If is the housing and construction you rent the house or derive any industry. Because of this dependother profits from it, you also have ence, swings in the financial market the right to keep those profits. hi~ housing first and perhaps hardAlong with your rights as mort- est. Whether you will be able to gagor come some responsibilities. afford your dream house will Certain clauses that often pop up depend in large part on how the in mortgages may subject you to economy has affected mortgage serious liabilities if you do not terms. understand them.

There are three primary terms ii\ ' For example, many mortgages a mortgage transaction: the down contain the clause, "Upon the statu- payment, the length of the morttory conditions." If your mortgage gage and the rate of interest. The includes this phrase you must 'per- down payment is the initial sum form all obligations secured by the you pay toward the purchase price. mortagageand any other superior The down payment ensures the mortgage, pay all taxes against the bank that you have money invested property, keep all buildings on the in the property over and a bove the premises insured against fire and amount borrowed from the bank not injure the land in any way that (the mortgage amount). causes its value to decline.

The length of the mortgage deterHomeowners should also beware mines how long it will be before ofl any mortgage containing an you can truly call your house your' "acceleration clause." If you miss a own. Usually this takes years. monthly payment on the mortgage note, the lender can "accelerate" The third term, the rate of interthe due date of the remaining est, is the key element to look at money you owe him. If you cannot when you are researching mort~ meet this payment, the bank will. gages. Inflationary times tend to foreclose the mortgage, take pos- cause higher interest rates while session of the property and sell it recessionary times tend to make at a public auction. interest rates come down. ThereBecause of the potentially serious fore, by increasing and decreasing consequences of mortgaging your the money supply, the government

converts. 62 first communions were'· received and there were 24 marriages and 63 funerals.

During 1985 parish Eucharistic ministers distributed 14,840 communions in the eight nursing homes .

WIthin the parish, visiting the homes every Sunday and on Christmas Day.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET During Lent: Masses 5:30 p.m. each Monday and Thursday; rosary and Benediction 7 p.m. each Tuesday; Stations of the Cross 7 p.m. each Friday; rosary 3:30 p.m. each Thursday.

Fellowship meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, parish center.

Retreat renewal program 7 p.m.

Feb. 23, parish school..

Students participating in taping of the diocesan TV Mass will meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the schoolyard.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Lenten program 7 p. m. each Wednesday, including Benediction.

A new shipment of Bibles is available in the church book rack.

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parish and mission. The cake will bea replicllofthechurch.' .. '. ,.Atlendanceat IOa.m.Mass as honore'9 guests, followed by a, · pancake bt'eakfastin the parish ST. STANISLAUS, FR .. hall will highlight. celebra.tions English-language Lenten retreat .• for "gradesJlo 6 on March 9and March 17 through 21, 7 o'clock •• fOr.grll<les.:t.to.12.on MarCh 16; nightly. . Entertainment on March 9 will Day of recollection for parents of :be provided by mime artist 'Mike confirmation candidates 2 to 6 p.m.

Zerphy and on March 16 bv March 16, school. "mime ai'tisfGarry Krinsky:'" Exposition of Blessed Sacrament .': Also, a part of jubilee obser:': II :30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sundat vances will be presentation of ST. JOAN OF ARC, ~'Everymalfs Way of the Cross'" ORLEANS .a~ 3, p,~.~arch 16. Including, Stations of the Cross follow 9 a.m. readings and choral selections Mass in Eastham on Lenten Fridays' . accompanied by a string ensem:' and take place at 3:30 p.m. Fridays ble and directed by Denise Morat St. Joan of Arc. , ency. Gannon, it was offered laSt" year at St. Patrick's and is return~ HOLY NAME, FR' .ing by popular request. . ' ..'

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SACRED HEART NURSING HOME,NB Volunteers are sought to share some time with residents. Information: Cecile L. Sanders, I to 2:30 p.m. weekdays, 996-6571, ext. 49.

ST. PATRICK, FR A set of purple vestments and a tabernacle have been donated by Anna K. Correia in memory of family members.

can thus encourage or restrain the housing market.

Banks sometimes charge a "fixed rate" of interest over the life of a mortgage and other times charge an "adjustable rate" which changes periodically according to certain economic indexes.

Besides economic controls, federal and state governments cim 'control interest rates through usury laws. These laws determine the highest rate of interest a money lender can charge, and are designed 'to avoid-Joan shark transactions.

In Massachusetts, criminal and civil charges can be bn;>Ught against anyone who lends money at higher than the maximum rate of interest which i~ specified by statute. . There are also hidden expenses in a mortgage aside from the major terms of the agreement. These are commonly referred to as "closing costs" and are due at the "closing" when you acq uire title to the property.

If you are careful about selecting the right source for your mortgage and reading over each clause of the agreement, a mortgage is not something to fear but to appreciate. Without it, you would probably never be able to buy any house, much less the one of your dreams.

The Murphys practice law in Braintree.

DCCW The Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will sponsor A Day at the State House from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday, April 8, including breakfast with legislators and attendance at House and Senate sessions.

F AMIL Y LIFE CENTER Couples' retreat begins tonight; meeting for Divorced and Separated 7 p.m. Monday; Bishop Connolly High School retreat day Tuesday; Bishop Stang High School retreat day Wednesday.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Stations of the Cross and Benediction 7 p.m. each Lenten Friday.

ST. ANTHONY, MATT APOISETT Confirmation candidates and .sponsors will meet at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 28 in the church hall to prepare for 7 p.m. ceremony.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, HOLY.ROSARY, TAUNTON Lenten study of St. Paul's letters CAPE COD St. Francis of the Cape Fraternity to the Thessalonians 7:30 p.m. each Wednesday from Feb. 26 through meeting 2 p.m. March 2, St. John's April 9. parish center, directed by parish center, Pocasset. Father Edwin Dirig, OFM, will celebrate Mass Father Gabriel Swol, OFM Conv.

'Aerobic classes for women 7 p.m. . and speak. Information or transportation: upper Cape 563-2654; mideach Tuesday.

Vincentians request a donation of dle, lower Cape 394-4094. nonperishable food each weekend LaSALETTE SHRINE, for area poor and for African ATTLEBORO missions.

Healing service with Father Albert Fredette, MS, 2 p.m. Sunday, PeoCORPUS CHRISTI, ple's Chapel.

SANDWICH Lenten mission, Feb. 26 through Youth choir rehearsal 4 this afternoon; adult choir meetings 7:30 p.m. 28 at 12: 10 and 7:30 p.m. Masses, each Thurday at Corpus Christi; 7 directed by Father Richard Delisle, MS, concluding with penitential p.m. each Tuesday at St. Theresa service for "healing of memories."

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Women's G~ild meeting 7:30 p.m.

7 p.m. Mass on Lenten WednesFeb. 26, parish center.. days will be followed by study of the Day of recollection for CCD Gospel of Mark. workers and spouses 2 to 6 p.m. Feb. Letters requesting reception of 23, center. confirmation will be presented by ST. JAMES, NB candidates.at 9:30 a.m. Mass March Cub Scouts meet 7 p.m. each 2.

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Latin church commitment seen lessening in U.S.

SCULPTOR LEROY LEE, right, and a friend stand beside the damaged hand of the Our Lady of the Rockies statue, considering how to repair it before it is lifted into place.

Roc'kies statue a five-year labor of love BUTTE, Mont. (NC) - When Bob O'Bill's wife, Joyce, recovered from a serious illness in 1979, O'Bill promised to put up a small statue in honor of Mary "and mothers everywhere."

The Butte resident's pledge turned into a five-year project and resulted in a 90-foot statue, Our Lady of the Rockies, which now sits on a mountaintop at 8,510 feet above sea level overlooking Butte.

The steel structure, made in six sections and painted 'white, was put in place with the help of members of the Nevada Army National Guard and a helicopter which airlifted the sections onto' a cone'rete base.

Completion of the project was "the greatest day in my life," O'Bill told The Montana Catholic, newspaper of western Montana's Diocese of Helena.

O'Bill said he had wanted a fivefoot statue placed in a Butte park but that two friends came up with the idea for a 90-foot version.

A group of people of all faiths, he said, formed a non-profit foundation to raise money for construction of the statue and for a site and a road to reach it.

The owners of the site agreed to a permanent lease at no cost.

A local company, Anaconda'Min-

erals, 'donated equipment to build the road, whi,ch was completed in 1981.

Leroy Lee, an ironworker, began the statue in 1981. The owner of a local equipment yard, Joe Roberts, provided space for the project.

Lee used a I O-inch ceramic figurine of Mary as his model and began by making a hand out of exhaust pipes from heavy trucks.

He said he felt if he couldn't make the hand then he couldn't build a statue. He completed the hand, but the rest, of the project seemed impossible, he added.

"I took the iron and Ijust heaved it' in' a pile," lie recalled'. ")sa"id to myself, 'Monday I'm going to tell Joe ( Roberts) to find someone else to do it. I'm no sculptor.' " But, he said; he went to Mass and prayed to Mary to show him how to build the statue, Then, he recalled, the design "just flowed."

Leroy and a team of volunteers, including O'Bill, completed the 60-ton structure in 1985. With an engineer's guidance, they built internal supports.

"N one of these guys had any idea of how to build the statue,'" Roberts said. "They just stepped out in faith, believing that building the statue was the thing to do.

They have accomplished great things. .

Retired medical personnel asked 'to help missions NEW YORK (NC) - Retired medical personnel have a reservoir of skills that should be tapped to help the poor in foreign countries, a retired physician told a Catholic Medical Mission Boar,d meeting in New York.

Calling his volunteer work enriching, Mainzer recently told the board he believes "my colleagues in the ,medical profession will find the experiences something they will never forget for the rest of their lives."

Dr. Robert Mainzer of Haines Falls, N.Y., said retired doctors dentists and nurses would be ideally suited to take on the one to three month assignments often needed by medical mission organizations' outside the United States.

Jesuit Father Joseph J. Walter, medical mission board director, said the board accepts applications from practicing medical personnel as well as from retirea people. '

Since 1982 Mairizer has worked on short-term tours under the auspices of the Catholic Medical Mission Board in Ghana and Colombia and twice in St. Lucia in the Windward Islands in the Carribbean.

For 58 years, Father Walter said, the medical mission board has been sending medicines and medical volunteers to more than 6,000 missions in 60 different countries.

The address ofthe Catholic Medical Mission Board is 10 West 17th St., New York, N,Y. 1001 I.

The report termed "surprising" . NEW YORK (NC) - A national which religious involvement is often survey of Hispanic Catholics has more a matter of participation in the results of questions about the found that the traditional religious such community events as proces- modern church. Asked to rate the commitment of the Hispanic com- sions and pilgrimages rather than importance of various factors in recent church life, 12 percent said munity remains strong but less so iri formal parish life. among those born in the United , Significant numbers reported Vatican II was "very important," States, and among those who are such practices as keeping candles another I 0 percent "somewhat imyounger, better-educated and more before a religious image in the portant." But 55 percent said they home (45 percent) or maintaining had not heard of it. affluent.

Based on telephone interviews a home altar (28 percent). Report Regarding the 1968 conference of 1,010 randomly selected indi- recommendations included "enof Latin American bishops at Medcouraging the practice and creaviduals in the 40 U.S. metropoliellin, Colombia, which set major tan areas with more than 50,000 tive adaptation of some (Hispanic) new directions for the Latin church, folk and individual religious practiHispanics, the survey also indi5 percent called it "very imporcated that Latin Catholics have a ces." tant" but 78 percent had not heard low level of involvement in parish of it. On liberation theology, the activities and little knowledge of respective figures were 6 percent modern church developments. and 74 percent; on the charismatic More than half had never heard of renewal, 13 percent and 53 percent. the Second Vatican Council.

"My own conscience is pricked," WASHINGTON(NC)-A VatThe highest level of awareness said Cardinal John J. O'Connor ot' New York, who wrote a foreword ican letter on the state of U.S. was of the U.S. bishops' 1983 pasfor the survey report and appeared Catholic theological seminaries is toral letter on war and peace, at a press conference announcing likely to be sent out this spring or which 17 percent called "very its publication by the Northeast summer, according to Bishop John important" and of which only 50 percent had not heard.

Catholic Pastoral Center for His- A. Marshall ,of Burlington, Vt. Bishop Marshall, who heads a panics.

As a further test of church knowThe cardinal, who celebrates study of all U.S. seminaries for the ledge, interviewees were asked Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Mass and preaches in Spanish for Education, announced the planned to name three present-day religious Hispanic congregations, said that in a report to the U.S. bishops' leaders. Out of 1,010 Hispanics letter although he had made some efforts Committee on Priestly, Formation. who had identified themselves as to reach the New York Hispanic , His report was not publicized Catholics, 28 percent could name community, he realized in reading it was first given last Novem- no religious leader.. not even the when the survey report that they were ber, but the text was run in a recent pope. The largest numbe~, 657, did insufficient. He said he would work issue of Seminary News, newslet- name Pope John Paul II and 203 for an improved m'inistry with ter of the seminary department of named local bishops.

Hispanics. ' the National Catholic Educational Copies of the report, "The HisAssociation.

Those surveyed were randomly panic Catholic in the United States: Bishop Marshall said the last of selected in areas known to have A Socio-Cl!ltural and Religious concentrations of Hispanics. Thus the visits to free-standing theolo- Profile," are available· from the gates - seminaries·auhe.theology . Northeast Pastoral Center for Hisresults do not necessarily reflect level that combine academic, spir- panics, I 0 II First Avenue, New views of Hispanics in communities where their num'bers are fewer or itual and pastoral formation in York, N.Y. 10022. of those without tefephones, which , single institution - had been completed in October, and that most would presumably include many of the reports on them had already farm workers.

Overall, the 524 women and 486 gone to Rome.

After Mall Sunday Brunch men polled indicated strong reliWith that phase of. the study At gious commitll1ent. 83 percent said nearly over, he said, "the Congrereligion was "very important," 88 gation for Catholic Education is percent that they had no doubts preparing a letter for the conferabout their belief in a God "who ence of bishops containing the cares, loves and forgives me," and congregation's reflections on'this Lunches • Sandwiches • Cocktails 94 percent that Jesus is the son of m.odel of seminary.... 1t probably God made man.

Tennis Courts Available Now will be ready by next spring or The traditional Hispanic devo- early summer."

County Road, Pocallet tion to Mary was also seen, with a The U.S. seminary study, re, 563·7171 fractionally larger group, 95 perquested by Pope John Paul II, was cent, believing that Mary is the Private Function Room announced in 1981. mother of God than that Jesus is .,., ",.",." , ,. the son of God. But the number saying religion is "very important," 83 percent for the total group, was only 77 perPainting & Decoratin, Co. cent for the U.S.-born, 73 percent INTERIOR & EXTERIOR for those with some college educaCHURCH PAINTING tion, 76 percent for those under 30 490 ROBESON GOLD LEAF " , STREET and 68 percent for those with household incomes of more than , " FAll RIVER, STAnONS & STATUES $40,000.

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each of us to take the initiative to reach beyond the prejudices that keep people apart..

Prejudice makes people afraid of each other. It tells the lie that to be of a different color, a different country or a different lifestyle is dangerous. Yet the truth remains that the human heart is larger than exterior differences.

All people need love, respe!::!

By Charlie Martin and the freedom tQ enjoy their God-given gifts.

Freedom , I have said in previous columns Freedom, freedom ' . that young people have a special '·Freedom oh, ooh, ooh, let me go gift for diminishing today's pre',' Do YQu want to know me judices. For example, teens seem , I woul(J like'to know you better able tO'see through socie, " Do you want to talk to me ty's lies about differences and ask ' . I would like to talk to you "why?" Their questions may O~ oh I just want to love you. eventually free us from our fears. , If you don't ~rust m~ , , Young pepple often., possess I'm never gonna trust you the energy to start over with relaIf you don't try to understand me tionships. As.a group of teens go I'll never understand you . aboutrelati'ng to each other in a Oh I just want to love you. high school, a parish youth group .'

I'm talking ab.out freedom or just about any type 'of com(Do you want to know me) munity, they can use this energy I'm talking 'about freedom to really get to know each other, (I would like to know you) Mutually sharing dreams, fears, Talking abouf freedom goals and fun is a certain way to Oh, ooh ooh let me go move beyond prejudice. ' '. . If you call me now Of course, young ,people also I'll k~ep praying . can be victimized by the lies and That you will come around fears of' the' past. I encourage And bear what I'm saying every young person to examine' I just want to love you. ' his or her attitudes toward the If yo\.! take my eyes differences in people. Do you 'I'll still be watching you treat those who are different And if you take my voice from you as iridividuals? What 111 still hear me saying are you trying to do to l~ssen I just want to love you. prejudi~e between people 'of difRecorded by the Pointer Sisters. Written by David McHugh., ~. ferent ni'ces, beliefs or nat.: " ( c ) 1984 by Golden Torch Music Corp. ionalities?

In summary, what are you THE POINTER SISTERS' break down barriers between doing to make our world more new release "Freedom" might be 'people: "If you don't trust me, an appr'opriate song to hear each I'm never gonna trust you; if you . free?

Your comments are always year when the United States offi- don't try to under~tand me, I'll cially honors the late Martin never understand you .. .I'm talk- welcome. Address Charlie Martin, 1218 S. Rotherwood Avenue, Luther King Jr. ing about freedom."

The song describes how we can As the song suggests, it is op to, Evansville, Ind. 47714.

What's on your mind?

Q. What does a guy think of a girl who calls him or asks him out?

A. Here are the results of a nonscientific ~inisurvey conducted over the past few day,S:, .' '. .

Jay, a high:school sop,hom ore , said: ''I'd like her to call me. It takes some pressure .off the guy if the girl calls. him and invites him out. He doesn:t l1ave ~d be worrying about whether' the girl will

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My minisurvey proves what I had thought all along: Young men do not all think alike, nor is there allY reason why they should. Each is a unique individual.

You may miss some of life's most wonderful experiences if you are unwilling to risk rejection, disappointment and pain.

Consider a little baby. What would happen if he or she I)ever' took the first step for fear offalling down?

Send questions to Tom Lennon, 1312 Mass. Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. '

, Bishop Feehan Sister Mary Faith Harding; RSM, principal of Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro,' annou:n,ces inclusion offour of the school'S, J'uniors in the 1986 edition "Who's Who in Music,'" ,: Gay Perkoski of Attleboro, James Holmes and Kevin Ma'guire. of North Attleboro and Kalarn'

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'Teenager in Lov,e' uses music in ministry ORLANDO, Fla. (NC):- At 21 he had $2 million and eight gold records, including "Teenager' in Love," "Runaround Sue" and "Ruby Baby," He was Dion of Dion and the Belmonts.

But singer Dion Francis Dimucci was not happy.

Dimucci, in an interview with The Florida Catholic, recalled his battle with alcohol and drugs apd how renewed faith in God led him to use his music in ministry.

Dimucci, 45, lives in the Miami area and uses his music "to help people come to know the Lord."

He also works with drug addicts and alcoholics.

He said he feels he is "able to talk to people who are where I was."

Raised in an Italian Catholic family in the Bronx, N. Y" Dimucci said he "learned about life" in th'e streets. He,also learned, he added, th~t tht: form~la for ~uccess was "to be somebody and h;lVe enough money to h~ve the' right girl on your arm."

After marriage to his childhood sweetheart and a number of musical hits, he noticed "a gap between how people saw me and how I perceived myself."

"There was an emptiness," he said. "I tried drugs and drink to try to fill the vacuum in me."

Dimucci had what he called a "profound religious experience"in 1968 that changed his life.

"I fell on my knees and I cried out to God, 'Help me,' " he said.

"And he did, He said, 'Here I am.' ,Ever since then I haven't had a drink or taken a drug."

Dimucci said he has experienced a "gradual growth" in faith since then.

A similar experience a few years ago set him free, he said.

"I felt this white light in the pit of my chest and it moved throughout my body," he recalled. "Talk about feeling the p'resence of God! Jesu,s reyealed himself to me. I knew who he was and why he had come. I sensed his indescribable love and the, deptl1 ,Qf his forgiveness. ,

So don't make the mistake of stereotyping guys. Not all of them h ate'r~a . d'mg. N ot a II 0 f t h em f ee I h ' . Is ca II'109 t h em t e same a b out glr up.

So what should a girl do? accept his invitati.olr . ',' : It's better not to call aguy right ..'O • : "Besi<;l.~s, it.w/:>uld make lJIe feel f h bl F' k' good:to, kno~, it gjrl likes ine so out 0 t e ue., IrSt. rna e some.

Fox qf Sharon'are li~ted among Patrick Mercier has joined the niferConneli have been named to much she wants to ask me out." verbal con.t act Wlt~ him at scho~I:" :. the country's, outstanding high math department staff at Bishop' the Boston Globe's All State Field , Dave, ,a coi!ege' senior~ off~red or at a sO~lal fu~ctlO~. Have a few. schoolmusicians.,They were selec- , Stang High School, North' Datt- Hockey:team. , conversatIOns WIth hIm before Y0 l1' •. ted on the baSIS ofacademic achieve"Senior David Ottavianelli has this opi~ion: "I feeIO'.l~tere~~hen reach outto touch him by phone': ," ment, community' service, and p'ote'n. ~ mouth: A New BedfOrd resident; a girl calls me. It·s a compliment. he has taught arSomerset, Dighton- won the' Otto Graham award, preAs matter of fact,Debbie;.the You also may find it better to tial for continued 'Success: ' Rehoboth and Holy Family' High sented'to the outstanding student issue an invitation in person. Y o u ' ' , Schools. ' . .. athlete'in,fhe"Greater ·New Bedgirl I'm engaged to, called me first. ' " "~ut I clm' see where a guy who, are Iik~ly to find it easier to read Stang science department faCUlty ford area. He led'the Stang Sparis maybe 150r ,l6 mightfeduneasy his,reactions and to overcome any members Kathryn Crosson arid tans' to an 18-2 'record during the if a girl took the intti!ltive.l'mjust ,objec~icilis if y,ouare talking face Susan Curt 'recently attended ari last two seasons.' " Students at Coyle and Cassidy, not sure how he'd react. ", , ,', to face., ' '. ' , High School, Taun'ton, will celeInservice Institute for Teachers ofWeighi liftingcon;petition: Marc4 Cra,ig" a senior in high school: .'

Whether it's a phone call or a brate Foreign Language :Week with Chemistry at Boston College. The 20. Among 'awards, the Todd Clesaid:""nhink a lotof guys would, face~to~face Invitation, try not 'to semifinals for the Foreign Lanprogram covered subjects'rang,ing me,nt Memorial Trophy, will be be scared by a girl coming on so " have a,nexcessive-fear of rejection: guage Bowl March 3, an Interna-, , from analytical, nuclear, radiQ. and p,resenied to!he best overall lifter. strong, Jthinkthe guy should call While it's true 'thi:lt rejection is 'tional Food Nigh't March 5 and instrumehtal chemistry ,to micro~ upthegid and not the other way always'a'sad experience, don't let Foreign Lapguage'Bowl Finals computer techniques.' , Freshme~ arecollecling canned a r o u n d . ; " i t keep you from taking risks, March 7. ' Students 'Lon Souza and ,Jen- goods for the needy d,uring Lent.

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~-ports watch 'CYO basketball Albert VaiIIancourt, associate director of the Fall River Area CYO, has announced the lineups of the CYO Basketball All Stars, as chosen by coaches of Junior Boys, Junior Girls, Seriior and Prep divisions.

The Fall River teams wiII compete against troups from Attleboro, New Bedford and Taunton, beginning Sunday with the Junior Boys tournament Itt the Anawan Street CYO Hall in Fall River.

New Bedford will meet Attleboro at I p.m.; following that, Fall River takes on Taunton. Winners will play for the'championship at 3 p.m.

The Prep tournament is on tap at the same location Monday night.

At 6:45 p.m. New Bedford wiII play Fall River; Taunton vies with the winner later that evening.

At New Bedford's Kennedy Center on Tuesday, the Fall River Seniors play Taunton at 6:45 p.m.; New Bedford meets the winner at 7:45.

Fall River Junior Girls All Stars wiII host their New Bedford counterparts at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Anawan Street.

Five All-Tournament trophies will be awarded in each division and an MVP will be chosen for each tournament.

Weightlifters' meet planned The Warriors' Weightlifting Club at Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton, will sponsor a power lift-

ing meet at the school beginning'at 9:30 a.m. March 8. Events wiII be squat, bench press and deadlift.

Sarah Wilcox a champ Sarah Wilcox, Durfee High School's track star, has become the Fall River school's first-ever female winner of a state championship. In winning the state crown in a Class A meet held recently at Harvard University,

she ran two miles in II :35, establishing a new school record 12 seconds faster than her own previous time.

She was among nine Durfee athletes scheduled to compete last night in an AII"State meet at MIT.

Miscellaneous notes The Bishop Connolly Cougars, successful for the past four seasons in their quest of a hoop crown,.this year share the Division Two Sou-

theastern. Massachusetts Conference title. Under first-year coach Frank Nightingale, the Fall River players have also qualified for postseason play.

• ••• After 24 years as coach at Somerset High School, Ray McDonald has retired. His Blue Raiders basketball team has compiled a 20049 record over the past 16 years; and he also coached foot ball for 10 years.

He was honored by a presentation from Durfee coach Skip Karam, representing the Hilltoppers, and by a plaque when Somerset played Falmouth in its last McDonald-coached game.

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Upcoming boys' basketball games see Coyle-Cassidy at Taunton, New Bedford at Oliver Ames and Mayflower League playoffs.

In girls' matches, Feehan will host North Attleboro and Westport wiII visit Dartmouth.

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-I3.,.-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PC-parental guidance suggested; 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.

NOTE Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local listings, which may differ from the New York network schedules supplied to The Anchor.

New Films "Quicksilver" (Columbia) - An iII-conceived, teen cop-out movie starring Kevin Bacon as the young stockbroker who, losing his parents' savings and his professional reputation, quits the stockmarket and becomes a bicycle courier.

The film portrays an essentially false image ofa teen-age hero who saves his friends fro'm the evils and the dead-ends 01 a lower-class work environment. Because it may convince youngsters that immaturity and juvenile behavior lead to success, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A3, ·PG.

Film on TV Sunday, March 2, 9-11 p.m.

EST (NBC) - "48 Hrs." (1982) -A San Francisco policeman (Nick Nolte) frees a convict (Eddie Murphy) on a 48-hour pass to get his help in tracking down some vicious killers. A crude, repulsive movie with disagreeable characters and excessive violence. 0 R, TV Programs "Babies Having Babies," a drama about teen-age pregnancy, airs Tuesday, March 4, 4:30-5:30 p.m; EST o~ CBS. The program begins with the arrival of five teen-agers to see a counselor at a community center.

Waiting for the counselor's arrival, they begin talking about why they are the/e.

The only thing they have in common is their pregnancy. Coming from different social and economic backgrounds, they argue about their differing attitudes toward sex and the consequences of teen-age motherhood.

The counselor, delayed by car failure, finally arrives at the end of the afternoon just as the girls are departing. It is a contrived situation but it provides a natural setting for this hour of soul-searching and shared confidences.

Directed by actor Martin Sheen, the drama succeeds in establishing a realistic interaction. Teen-age boy viewers may learn a little more respect for the feelings of their girlfriends.

This is an example of television teaching a lesson in sexuality, this tiirie by offeiinga cross sectiori of views on sex, contraception, abortion and motherhood.

Its value is in treating the subject as a serious problem with no easy answers. Parent-teen discussion following viewing maybe valuable.

"Hannah and Her Sisters" (Orion) -This is Woody Allen's disappointing treatment of infidelity and adultery in the lives of three sisters. Although it shows the struggle and disappointments of people searching for a better life, it rowan- ' Religious Radio ticizes amoral behavior and disSunday, Feb. 23 (NBC) honesty as a natural consequence of contemporary urban lifestyles. "Guideline" -The guest is Ken Ring, author of "Beyond the A4, PG-13.

Omega," a book about near-death experiences.

A state swimming meet is set for today and tomorrow at Bentley College, Waltham, while hockey action tomorrow has Coyle-Cassidy at Dennis-Yarmouth, Durfee at Somerset and Barnstable at Falmouth.

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SANTO; FR· A priest from Portugal will offer a [Jteerfng pi)intJ] ESPIRITO Portuguese-language Scripture Continued from Page Twelve IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON Parishioners are requested to donate cans of baked beans this weekend for the area soup kitchen.

Videotapes by Trappist Father Vincent Dwyer will be shown at 9:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Lenten Thursdays in the church hall.

course nightly in the church hall March 10 though 15. All welcome.

Men wishing to participate in the Lenten Romaria may give their. names at the sacristy.

A new statue of Our Lady has arrived from Portugal for use in the Good Friday procession.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA A commemorative plaque was recently presented to Mrs. Juliette Talbot in appreciation of her many years as parish organist.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Lenten Masses: 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Stations of the Cross follow 7 p.m.

Mass each Friday..

SACRED HEARTS Due to moves and changes in SEMINARY, WAREHAM work schedules, three CCl> teachers The seminary prayer group will are needed for the remainder of the sponsor a bus to a FIRE rally in year. Information: 679-0321.

Providence April 5. Information: Parishioners are needed to volun- Carol Ducey, 295-9227. teer help in planning for the 75th .

NOTRE DAME, FR anniversary of the parish in October.

Women's Guild meeting 7: 15 p.m.

Information at rectory.

Feb. 24, Cottell Heights. Donations BL. SACRAMENT ADORERS of canned goods for area soup kitHoly hour 7 p.m. Feb. 25, Sacred chen requested.

Heart Church, Fairhaven, directed . CVO Boston trip II :30 p.m. Feb.

by Father Alphonsus McHugh, 23.

SS.CC., pastor.

Bible study class conducted by Father Marc Tremblay will resume' ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, Monday evening, March 3.

HYANNIS Appreciation is expressed to Mrs. Rev. Albert J. Ryan is offering a Germain Boulay for making robes course, "To Know and Follow for parish baptisms.

Jesus," at 7:30 p.m.. each Monday through Easter Monday, March 31. .CHRIST THE KING, Confirmation day of recollection _ COTUIT/MASHPEE I to 5:45 p.m. March 2.

A class for prospective converts began yesterday. Interested parties O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE may contact the rectory, 428-0166.

Bible study group meets with Parish retreat for women: March Father Michael Dufault in the Reli7 to 9, Family Life Center, No. gious Education Center after 9 a.m.

Dartmouth. Information and reserMass each Tuesday. vations: Louise Snyder, 428-6385.

Women's Guild day of recollection conducted by Father John OliST. GEORGE, WESTPORT veira 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 28. All Healing service with Maria Rocha parish women welcome. of the Mission from God Healing

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Ministry: begins with 2 p.m. Mass March 2. Wheelchair accessible; all welcome.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Vincentians ask to be notified of' the sick or those in financial need.

Prayer group: meets 1:30 p.m.

Monday, church hall.

Alcoholics Anonymous: meets 7 p.m. Wednesdays, chu-rch hall.

Lenten Masses: 9 a.m.. daily; 7 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Stations of the Cross: after 9 a.m. Mass Thursdays and 7 p.m.

Mass Fridays.

Senior Citizen Day: 2 p.m. March 16.

Night of Reconciliation and healing: March 23.

WIDOWED SUPPORT, CAPE The Cape Cod Widowed Support Group will meet at 3 p.m. Feb. 23, Christ the King religious education center, next to St. Jude the Apostle Chapel, Cotuit. Theme: Taxes and Other Luxuries. Information: 4287078. All welcome.

Only on Sunday BUJUMBURA, Burundi (NC) - A Catholic priest and eight lay people have received sentences of .

I one week to five years for writing and distributing a document criticiling Burun'di's ban on religious activities during weekdays. Father Barakana Gabriel, convicted of inspiring the document, was given a five-year sentence. Joseph Gacukuzi, a layman, was also sentenced to five years for writing and distributing the pUblication. Another priest was acquitted. The governA FAR CRY from its summertime self when it's jammed ment of the Central African nation , has accused the church of interfer-' with tourists, St. Peter's Square in Vatican City is pretty much ing with economic development the property of these snowball-tossing young Romans. by holding weekday services which (NC/ UPI Reuter photo) . conflicted with normal working hours.

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