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"A time o/light and healing" My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today, in churches throughout the diocese, and indeed throughout the entire world, Christians of all ages, races and nationalities will be as one in acknowledging their sinfulness before God and His Church. All of us, clergy, religious and faithful, will step forward to be signed with blessed ashes and reminded of our personal need to turn from sin and be faithful to the Gospel.

Throughout the long history of our salvation, we are reminded again and again of God's u'nchanging promise of life and salvation and of the many ways in which humankind has fallen short in responding to God's love: From the original sin of Adam and Eve, the golden calf of the Israelites, the betrayal of Judas and the denial of Peter to the sufferings and death of the Lord, our history is filled with examples of our weaknesses and sins. Likewise, in our own day, we are often appalled at the sins of violence and racism and at a' moral apathy which seems to sap the strength and power of the Gospel and Christ.

Yet today we are exhorted in the words of the prophet Joel: "Come back to the Lord with all your heart; leave the past in ashes, and turn to God with tears andfasting, for he is slow to anger and ready tafargive. "(Joel 2:13) For the promise of God is as strong and life-giving today as ever it was to those who turn to him in contriteness of heart. Through the merits of the Lord's death and resurrection, we are invited to turn back and be saved.

Let this Lenten season be a time of light and healing for all of us. May our a'd·missfon of guilt on Ash Wednesday be the first step on our Lenten journey to reconciliation with God and his Church. May our penitential practices: prayer, fasting, almsgiving and a celebration of the Sacrament of Penance, be a source of grace and reconciliation. .

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Bay State native Bis-hop Daily to head Brooklyn diocese WASHINGTON (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of Bishop. Francis J. Mugavero of Brooklyn, N. Y., and named Bishop Thomas V. Daily of Palm Beach, Fla., to succeed him.

The changes were announced in Washington Feb. 20 by Archbishop Pio Laghi, papal pro-nuncio to the United States.

Bishop Mugavero, who has led the Brooklyn diocese since 1968, is widely known for his work in social justice and interfaith relationships, both locally and nationally. He submitted his resignation last June when he reached age 75,

the normal retirement age for bishops.

Bishop Daily, 62, was originally a priest and auxiliary bishop of the Boston archdiocese. When the diocese of Palm Beach was formed in 1984, he was made its first bishop.

Since 1987 he has been supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus. He also is a board member of the Eternal Word Television Network, Mother Angelica's Alabamabased cable network of Catholic TV programming which reaches about 10 million U.S. households. . Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York welcomed Bishop Dai-

Iy's appointment, calling him a "courageous teacher and preacher" and a man of"exceptional capabilityas an administrator and leader."

Bishop Mugavero was the fifth bishop of Brooklyn and the first native of that diocese to become its bishop. Born in Brooklyn June 8, 1914, he was ordained a priest there in 1940. He was diocesan director of Catholic Charities when he was appointed bishop of Brooklyn by Pope PauI'V I on July 15, 1968.

In 1969 he introduced a resolution at the National Conference of Catholic Bishops to establish a

National Catholic Crusade Against Poverty, leading to formation the following year of the Campaign for Human Development, the bishops' national anti-poverty program.

He was nationally known over the years for his public opposition to the Vietnam War, his struggles against racism, his opposition to abortion and to capital punishment, his leadership in pastoral care and social services to immigrants, and his 19-year position as national episcopal moderator of Catholic-J ewish relations.

In 1971 he formed what was

believed to be the first diocesan migration office, and that same year he received lifetime membership in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from director Roy Wilkins.

Thomas Vose Daily was born Sept. 23, 1927, in Belmont, and ordained a priest of the Boston archdiocese Jan. 10, 1952.

After eight years in parish work, he spent five years as an archdiocesan missionary to Peru. After his return in 1965, he held other archdiocesan parish and chancery . Turn to Page Six

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Papal Message In his annual Lenten message, - Pope John Paul II urges "a careful reexamination of conscience with regard to our attitude toward exiles and refugees.

"Concern for refugees must lead us to reaffirm and highlight universally recognized human rights," the pope wrote; "and to ask that the effective recognition of these rights be guaranteed to refugees."

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The annual Lenten retreat of the commissions on church, family, Diocesan Council of Catholic Wo- community, international,legislamen will take place March 30 , tive and organizational concerns. through April I at Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown.

Father Bruce Cwiekowski, coordinator of pastoral ministry at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, and of Catholic AIDS ministry ~;;r the Fall River diocese, will be retreat master. The weekend's The Mass of Christian Burial theme will be "Love One Another was offered Tuesday at Sacred Heart As God Loves Us." Church, Fall River, fo~ Sister JoseThe DCCW has also announced phine Priscilla Whiting, S USC, its 37th annual convention, to be 92, formerly known as Sister Rose held Saturday, April 21, at Coyle Emmanuel, who died Feb. 16. and Cassidy High School and A native of Upton and the daughnearby St. Mary's Church, both in ter of the late Irving H. and Grace Taunton.

M. (Clark) Whiting, she entered Speaking to the theme "We Serve the Holy Union community in the Lord with Joy and Gladness" 1924. Previously she had taught in will be keynote speaker Father Milburn; Pa., and at the WorcesAlfred McBride, O.Praem., who is ter Girls' Trade School. associated with the National CathAs a religious, she taught in parolic Evangelization Association. ish schools in New York, Alabama Bishop Daniel A. Cro~in w'ill and New Jersey and at the former also speak, present Our Lady of Sacred Heart School and Sacred Good Counsel awards to women Hearts Academy in Fall River. . outstanding for service to the She also served at St. Joseph and DCCW and celebrate the conven- St. Anthony schools in Taunton. tion Mass.

In retirement she lived at Sacred The program will also include Hearts Convent, Fall River. workshops presented by DCCW Sister Whiting is survived by three brothers, William of Grafton, Eugene of Upton and George of Seattle, Wash., a sister, Olive Medley of Bedford, N.H., and a niece.

Two free public lectures will take place in March at Bristol Community College, 777 Elsbree Sister Louise Parent, CSC, 84, St., Fall River. the former Sister Celine Esther, At 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6" died Feb. 8 in Manchester, N.H. Rev. Jay Maddock, judicial vicar She served at the former St. Anthoof the diocesan marriage tribunal, ny High School, New Be'dford, will speak in the Commonwealth during the 1950s.

Center on Church Annulments: Born in Willimantic, Conn., she What? Why? How? His presentaentered the Sisters of Holy Cross tion will be followed by a question in 1931 at St. Laurent, Quebec, period. It is sponsored by the where she taught until 1944, then Campus Ministry office which is returning to the United States for staffed by Father John J. Oliveira, . assignments as teacher and princialso parochial vicar at St. Michael's pal in various high schools staffed Church, Fall River, and Sister by her community. ' Suzanne Beaudoin, SSCh. The holder of a bachelor's degree Herbert Benson, MD, associate from Mt. St. Mary College, Hookprofessor of medicine at Harvard sett, N.H., and master's and docMedical School, chief of the be- toral degrees from Boston Colhavioral medicine section at New lege, she was a founder of Notre England Deaconess Hospital and Dame College, Manchester, N.H., author of several books on the where she was a professor, dean of power of the mind over the body, students and academic dean. will speak on the "maximum mind" She is survived by nieces and concept at 7 p.m. Wednesday, nephews.

March 7, in the college Arts Center auditorium.

In a previous lecture at the colThe Mass of Christian Burial lege, Dr. Benson explained the was offered Monday by Father "relaxation response," which refers to the body's capacity to coun- James W. Fahey for his father, teract the effects of stress through James J. Fahey, at Sacred Heart Church, Taunton. use of the "faith factor" and prayer.

Fahey, 69, died Feb. 14 followIn the forthcoming presentation, ing a long illness. He is survived by he will discuss use of these techniques to maximize health, improve his widow, Irene (Walton) Fahey.

He was a 3'5-year veter'an of the brain power and grow spiritually.

Taunton police force, from which he retired four and a half years ago, and he served as aU .S. Army staftsergea'rit in World War I I. Andre H. Faria Jr. and George ~...J ::aunt?n native, son of the A. Alves III of the diocese of Fall late:lohn' and Alice (Rothwell) River were installed as lectors on Fahey, he is survived, as well as by Feb. 14 at" St. Mary's Seminary his widow and his son a comand University, Baltimore. Atlanta mander in the U.S. Navy Chaplain Archbishop Eugene A. Marino Corps based in San Diego, Calif., officiated. by a daughter, Maureen Furtado of Raynham; three brothers, 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I11111111111111 Robert of Arlington and Francis THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Secolld and John of California; a sister, Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass.

Mary E. Cirino of Taunton; and a Published weekly except the week of July 4 grandchild. and the week after Christmas at 887 High-land Avenue, Fall River. Mass. 02720 by·

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Mac Gill festival at Bridgewater

A celebration of the centennial of the birth of Irish poet Patrick MacGill will take place March 5 through 8 on the campus of Bridgewater State College in Bridgewate'r.

MacGill is buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River. The city is the home of a daughter, Patricia MacGill McGowan.

The celebration Will include an art exhibition, a concert by Irish singer Tommy Makem, a Gaeliclanguage Mass in memory of MacGill and his wife Margaret, readings by poet'Seamus Heaney and discussions of MacGill's life and work. All events are open to the public and further information , is available at the Maxwell Library at the college, telephone (508) 6971256.

The four-day program will begin March 5 with a reception from 2 to flow of refugees, he said, "is a real- 4 p.m. in th~ Maxwell Library Heritage Room, opening an exhiity which no longer touches only bition. of oil paintings by artist certain regions of the world, but Carmel Brennan, like MacGill from extends to every continent."

County Donegal, Ireland. The paintHe noted that "although much ings are based on quotations from has been done, it is still not enough.

MacGill poems.

The number of refugees is growMs. Brennan's works hang in ing, and the resources fQr receiving ,and assisting them often prove to the official residence of the president of Ireland and in the Irish and be inadequate."

European parliament buildings, as There are an estimated 15 milwell as in many private homes and lion refugees seeking asylum in other nations. Afghani and Pales- collections throughout the world.

In the past few months they have tinian refugees account for more than half of that total, with Pakis- been featured in documentaries on tan and Iran harboring nearly half Irish and British television. Her exhibit will remain on view through of all refugees.

March in the Heritage Room.

The pope recalled the words of The Tommy Makem concert is Jesus, "who himself experienced scheduled for 8 p.m. March 6 in the condition of a refug,ee," in the Horace Mann auditorium on Matthew 25:35, 43 - "I was a the campus. Ticket information is stranger and you welcomed me ... I available at (508) 697-1271. was a stranger and you did not The Gaelic Mass will be at 12: 10 welcome me." p.m. March 7 in the Catholic Cen"Seek to help our brother and ter adjoining the campus on Park sister refugees in every possible Avenue. The celebrant will be Rev. way by providing a welcome that Bartley MacPhaidin, CSC, also of will lead to their full participation Donegal, the president of Stonein the everyday life of society," the hill College, North Easton, and a pope wrote. "Show them an open native Gaelic speaker. Irish music mind and a warm heart." will be by The Music Makers, Addressing refugees, he wrote, Eileen Quinn and Shamus Pender.

"All the world 'knows your probSeamus Heaney, a viSiting prolems. And the church- is near to you with the help that her members fessor at Harvard and Oxford uniare working to provide, even versities, will read from his own though they realize that it is works and those of MacGil1. His presentation will be at 7 p. m. March insufficient."

The pontiff said "charitable 7 in the library Heritage Room.

The celebration will close at a initiatives" should be "our first commitment," which in turn '~have program from 2 to 5 p.m. March 8, an impact on the processes of edu- also in the Heritage Room. Varcating children and young.people ious aspects of MacGill's life and works will be discussed by Dr. Joe in particular."

Mulholland, director of Irish teleRefugees, the pope emphasized, have the right "to establish a fam- vision; Dr. Bernard Aspinwall of ily or to be reunited with their fam- the faculty of the Univ. of Glasilies; to have a stable, dignified gow; and Dr. Owen T.P. McGow,occupation and ajust wage; to iive an, Bridgewater State College direcin dwellings fit for human beings; tor of libraries and a member of to receive adequate education for Holy Name parish, Fall River.

Traditional Irish music will again their children and young people, be offered by The Music Makers. as well as adequate health care."

Diocese readies for Lent Diocesan observance of Lent will begin Feb. 28 with celebration of the Ash Wednesday liturgy and distribution of ashes by 'Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at 12:05 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.

As in previous Lents, Catholics are asked to participate in the Operation Rice Bowl program of Catholic Relief Services, eating a simple main meal once a week during Lent and contributing money saved to parish Rice Bowl collections.

"The Global Family: Together We Make a Difference" is the 1990 'Rice Bowl theme. Organizers explain that 75 percent of the money collected is used for ~mall-scale . community projects in Third World nations, usually related to nutrition, food production and storage.

25 percent of diocesan contributions, they note, may be retained for local anti-poverty programs.

An Operation Rice Bowl calend. ar of Lenten suggestions in addition to mealtime simplicity appears on page 8 of this issue of the Anchor.

In other Lenten activities, diocesan parishes will offer a wide variety of. spiritual programs. Announcements of these will be found . in the Steering P9ints section of the Anchor. '' Priests will attend a day of Lenten reflection directed by Bishop Cronin on Tuesday, March 27, at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown.

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St. Anne's Hospital, FaIl River, will present "Ethics at the End of Life," the hospital's first annual symposium on ethics and medicine, Tuesday, March 20, {rom 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Registration and a continental breakfast will begin at 8:30 a.m. at White's of Westport.

The symposium is sponsored by St. Anne's Ethics and Physician Education committees in conjunction with the Pope John XXIII Medical-Moral Research and Education Center in Braintree.

Designed for health care professionals, it will offer educational credits for physicians, social workers and registered and licensed practical nurses.

The program will begin with "Levels of Consciousness: Medical Descriptions and Prognosis" presented by John Delfs, M.D., assistant professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School.

The second presentation, "Ethical Issues Concerning Treatment Decisions for the Permanently U nconscious," wiIl be by Father Albert S. Moraczewski, O.P., Ph.D., S.T.M., Houston regional director of the Pope John XXIII Center.

A member of St. Anne's staff wiIl present a case study to conclude the day.

Further information is available from the physicians' educatiQn office at St. Anne's Hospital, (508) 674-5741, ext. 2482 or 2483.

Workshop set .for religious Sister Mary Noel Blute, RSM, Episcopal Representative for Religious for the Fall River diocese, has announced a workshop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 7, at Dominican Academy, 37 Park St., FaIl River.

The workshop, open to religious of the Fall River and Providence dioceses, wiIl request comments on results of a Leadership Conference of Women Religious and Conference of Major Superiors of Men meeting held last summer in LouisviIle. The gathering's theme was Tra'dition and Transformation. Participants identified 10 "transformative elements for religious life in the future" and are now seeking reactions and reflections of congregation members on their findings.

Also on the workshop program wiIl be a video presentation of an address given by Sister Clare Fitzgerald, SSND, to last fall's convention of diocesan directors of vocations. The presentation touches on many topics also covered at the Louisville convention.

The day will end with Sunday liturgy.

Editor to be priest DALLAS (CNS) - Steve Landregan, a permanent deacon and former editor ofthe Texas Catholic, newspaper of the diocese of Dallas, will be ordained a priest May 19 by Dallas Bishop Thomas Tschoepe. Landregan, 61, currently director of the diocesan Office of Pastoral Planning and codirector of the permanent diaconate program, was in 1973 one of the first two permanent deacons ordained for the diocese. He was a founding member and former national secretary ofthe National Association of Permanent Diaconate Directors.

enting some 60 churches and includ-' ing Anglican Archbishop Robert Rundie of Canterbury, that in Catholic teaching eucharistic communion is not only an expression of discipleship and belief in the real presence, but also a sign of the unity ofthe visible church community. '

Bluffs and the son of Viola (Authier) Lopes and the late Constantine Lopes. He prepared for the priesthood at St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, Conn., ~nd St. John's Seminary, Brighton.

After ordination he was paroch. ial vicar at St. Kilian, Holy Name and St. Mary parishes in New Bedford, at St. Patrick, Wareham, and at St. Patrick, Fall River. In February, 1985, he was named administrator of Holy Ghost parish and in July of the same year was named pastor. , In other diocesan activities, he taught and was chaplain at Bishop Stang high School, North Dartmouth, was New Bedford area CYO director, chaplain of the New Bedford Council of Catholic Nurses and active in area pre-marriage programs.

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Holy Ghost pa'stor marks' silver jubilee Now it can be told. Father the ordination and wedding anniThomas C. Lopes, pastor of Holy versaries together. Thus when the Ghost parish, Attleboro, marked Ferreira family planned the surhis 25th anniversary of priestly prise celebration, Father Lo'pes ordination Feb. 13. Announcement eschewed advance publication of of his celebration on Feb. 17 was , the event. delayed because it was combined The double obs'ervance took with a surprise silver anniversary place last Saturday with a noon celebration of his sister's wedding.

Mass at St. Mary's Church, RanFather Lopes said that the first dolph,celebrated by Father Lopes. marriage at w!Jich he officiated, A reception followed. came two weeks after his ordinaFather Lopes said a parish tion and was'of his sister Nancy to observance of his jubilee is set for Ronald Ferreira. The couple had May ,20 when an outdoor receppostponed the nuptials until after tion will follow a 3 p.m. Mass. his ordination and they and Fac Oak Bluffs Native ther Lopes have always celebrated Father Lopes is a native of Oak

LONDON (CNS) - Christian unity is a tough goal to reach, Cardinal George Basil Hume of Westminster, England, recently told a packed interfaith congregaton at Westminster Cathedral. "We shaIl often be tempted to take apparent shortcuts, to anticipate a unity that is in the making but not yet achieved," the cardinal said, appar'ently referring to intercommunion.

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the moori'19..-., Lent: A Life Opportunity Where is the time going? Only a few weeks ago, Lent seemed 'so far away and here we are, preparing for Ash Wednesday.

Advent and Lent are perhaps the best teaching times of the year for the Church. For better or worse, most Catholics have retained from childhood at least a basic idea of what the seasons are about.

When it comes to Lent, any pastor can testify to the popularity of "getting the ashes" and can also tell you that the occasion provides a more than usually docile congregation. Not surprisingly, with the social ills and moral difficulties that permeate the times, many realize that their best hope lies in the promise of Lent and the fulfillment of Easter.

But for too many others, life has little meaning and this attitude is reflected in everything they do. Lent, however, is a time to reaffirm the importance of each day.

A prime way.of bringing meaning to life is to give of ourselves. So many are so stingy! Each of us possesses creative abilities, but too often we destroy rather than create or are simply comatose, caring nothing for people or events. Such lives display a very basic selfishness.

The philosophy of "if it feels good, do it," minus any sense of , responsibility or accountability can lead to nothing but ruin.

Just read the headlines to learn where such lifestyles take their proponents.

Lent is a time that can bring one to the realization that man's freedom has limits. None of us is free from limiting circumstances, be they physical, psychological or sociological; but at the same time resurrection is a possibility for all.

Each of us can take charge, not only of our own lives but also of our a,ttitudes towards the world around us. This does not, of course, mean that in so doing we will not take risks. In an age that hymns euthanasia and painless suicide, few want to face any sort of peril.

It is true that we cannot always find the right solution to every problem; but we will only kn'ow true freedom when we accept the fact that no one is guaranteed freedom from errors.

Certainly this should not stand in the way of our seeking a truly meaningful life.

So many today seek sure bets, but they should remember that there are few winners. in Megabucks or in any lottery.

Regardless of risk, we must take control of our lives, or others will control us.

The evidence of this is everywhere, from the halls of Congress and state legislatures to those of corporate headquarters.

In the end, the greatest problem our social order will have to face will be that of putting our spiritual house in order.

Until we accept this reality the quality of our lives will continue to disintegrate.

Catholics have the means at their disposal to avoid becoming victims of society, yet many do not avail themselves of those means. For whatever reason, the life of faith is supplanted by a craving for the good life, sans any trace of accountability.

Such a buffet approach to life is patently nonsense in the face of things that cannot be changed, such as suffering and death.

Lent teaches that lesson. It gives each of us the opportunity to make our lives worth living, not just for the now but for the always.

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A GIRL IS SIdNED WITH ASHES AT AN ASH WEDNESDAY MASS ATOP AN ARIZONA MOUNTAIN

"Nor height, nor depth...shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Rom. 8:39

Can Russia learn from Vatican 2?

Europe and the Soviet Union; but question. "What will become of Father Kevin J. Harrington Just as Mikhail Gorbachev has it is one thing to talk about free- my country?"

God tells Mao that China will added perestroika and glasnost to dom and it is quite another to . institutionalize it in societies with become capitalist and Mao turns our vocabulary, so Pope John XXIII gave us aggiornamento, the no history of political parties or a his head away and cries. God tells Nixon that the United States will Ita~i~n word for an updating or . free press.

I think that Jesus Christ address- become communist and Nixon revIsIon. The fathers of the Second Vati- ed a similar situation. albeit obliq- turns his head away and cries.

"Comrade God. please tell me. can Council used this word to des- uely, in the second chapter of the cribe their work of spiritual rene- Gospel of Mark: "No one sews a what will become of the USSR?" wal and institutional refQrm within patch of unshrunken cloth on an asks Brezhnev. In answer. God the Church, a work that triggered old cloak.... Noone pours new turns his head away and cries.

Perhaps the structure of the a sense of euphoria not unlike that wine into old wineskins." The new now permeating' Eastern Europe wine of perestroika will ill fit the Church holds a lesson that can help the Soviet Union and E~stern old wineskins of Stalinism. and much of the Soviet Union.

Without doubt the Soviet Union Europe. Had it not been for the Euphoria is a good servant but a bad master; and the Second Vati- is at a turning point. Moscow chi- . monolithic organization of the can Council is a good example of zens who are waiting two hours to Church. many ofthe reforms manwhat happens when the rhetoric of pay two hours' wages for a Big dated at the Second Vatican Counwords outpaces institutional action. Mac. fries and shake to a smiling cil could not have taken place.

How to translate political pas- cashier have been overheard by seemingly· overnight.

Precisely because of this, many sion into structures that facilitate the Western press repeating this democratic government haunted telling joke: Mao. Nixon and church members have never really the Church of the 70s and 80s and Brezhnev are all in heaven, where understood either the need for wiII no doubt haunt the' East each is allowed to ask God one changes or why it was imperative question. Each chooses the same to make them so rapidly. through the next century.

On the other hand, those who . Such cautionary comments contrast the so-called spirit of the should not be misconstrued as Second Vatican Council with the pessimism. The strong personality sins of the institutional church are of Pope John Paul II has provided creating the same kind of false a spiritual basis for what has hapdichotomy that threatens perespened in Poland and the Balkans. troika and glasnost.

An interesting anecdote concerns Creating a political infrastruca question asked by a Soviet ture was as critical in implementreporter of the Holy Father during For the Departed ing the reforms ofthe Second Vatthe pontiffs recent trip to Africa.

Jesus, I pray on behalf ican Council as it is today for the He asked the pope what advice he of the souls of parents, Soviet administration as it attempts would give Gorbachev with regard friends and relatives, those to translate its newfound political to the upcoming meeting in passion into democratic governespecially dedicated to your Moscow. ment and true freedom.

After- considerable thought, the service and those in poPerhaps Pope John Paul II is pope jested that he would have to sitions of civil authority. I actuaIly in a unique position to pray a great deal before he could pray also for forgotten advise' Gorbachev. In his lifetime give an answer because he was souls.

Admit all, 0 merciful the Holy Father has not only witbeginning to think that he, the nessed the rise and faIl of commuJesus, to eternal happiness. pope, had the second most diffinism in Poland but the reform and cult job in the world.

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Because of our history, Bible study is relatively new in our church. Indeed,just to or 15 years ago, a Catholic who wanted serious Bible study had to search it out in another church.

In the past decade, however, there's been an explosion of books, articles, seminars and courses on the Bible from a Catholic perspective. In some parishes, adult Bible courses draw more interest than any other offering.

How did this come about? Why the surge in interest after so many centuries of disinterest? We need to know a little history to understand the phenomenon. ' We are a sacrament-centered church, not a Bible-centered cl1urch. The heart of our worship lies in the Eucharist. Everything else - music, homily, Scripture readings, prayers - serves to enhance and deepen our celebration of the Eucharist.

If we were facing annihilation and wanted to celebrate Mass, it could be done in 10 minutes because all we really need is the consecration. Many a soldier has attended Mass said on the hood of ajeep by a field chaplain an hour before battle.

When the various Protestant denominations broke off, they became Bible-centered rather than sacrament-centered, the liturgy of the Word taking precedence over the liturgy of the Eucharist.

Preaching became central to their worship, which is one reason they do a better job of preaching than we do. A poor preacher just doesn't make it in these denominations.

Because music and Bible are such an important part of their worship, their congregational singing

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Some denominations became fundamentalist, interpreting the Bible literally. Issues like the story of creation become sacred causes for them. If the Bible says God created the world in seven days, then that's the truth despite any theory of evolution.

Other denominations, primarily mainline Protestant - Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, etc. - interpret Scripture less rigidly, believing that the Word was not revealed once but is constantly being revealed to us by the Spirit.

Thus, as culture changes, so do the interpretation and application of God's revealed Word.

When Protestantism began to emphasize the centrality of Scripture over sacrament, we did the, opposite, as a reaction. As a result, Bible reading was deemphasized and sacramental theology, doctrine, tradition and church law became the focus of religious training. o.ur church used Scripture readings at Mass and we were taught Bible history stories but serious Bible study and daily Bible reading were not encouraged. While most Catholic families owned a Bible, it was used more for recording births, weddings, and deaths than for serious reading.

Many of us who grew up in the pre-Vatican II era believed the Bible was a Protestant book. As a result, we feel woefully ignorant about it, even intimidated.

In recent years, Catholic leaders and biblical scholars have opened its beauty and richness to us. Rather than detracting from the sacraments, the lJible is returning to its original purpose of enriching our relationship with God. We're blessed to live' in s1.!ch' times.

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Q. What is the church's present belief on the culpability of children born with Down's syndrome? Is it necessary for them to receive the sacrament of penance?

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Regardless of all that, the church makes every possible provision for their reception of the sacraments, with whatever preparation they seem able to accept.

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Here as always, sacraments are for people. The church wants them to profit from all the sacraments as best and as often as they are able.

J:cumenism grows WASHINGTON (CNS) - A 1989 survey by the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs has indicated a slight increase over the past five years in the number of Catholic dioceses belonging to state-level interchurch councils or conferences and signs of growing Catholic involvement in ecumenical organizations at the neighborhood, parish and city levels.

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6 THE AN~HOR.--- Diocese 'of Fall Rivel',-'- FrL, 'Fe'b., '23, 1990 Capital campaign for Boston BOSTON (CNS) - Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston has kicked off a $30 million capital campaign to help fund archdioce-san projects and services into the next century. ' The appeal, linked to observance of the bicentennial of Catholicism in Boston, has been named the Third Century Campaign. $14 million ofthe capital fund is designated for Catholic education, with $5 million each going to student financial aid and to scholarship endowment. Half of each of those funds will be used for students in financially distressed areas of the archdiocese.

Of the remaining education funds, $2.5 million is for renovation of parish schools, $1 million for religious education outside Catholic schools, and $500,000 for systemwide planning and reorganization.

Archdiocesan Social Services, which operates numerous programs for the poor, would receive $3 million, as would Catholic Health Care Services.

Other funds are earmarked for cathedral renovation, seminary development, pastoral services for youth and family life and ild for elderly nuns and priests.

Bishop Daily to Brooklyn Continued from Page One posts and was ordained a bishop Feb. II, 1975.

After nine years as an auxiliary bishop in Boston, he was named first bishop of Palm Beach July 17, 1984, and was installed there Oct. 24, 1984.

His opposition to abortion led him in 1987 to" endorse publicly President Reagan's nomination of Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. Bork's presence on the court would be "a real opportunity to end abortion," he said. Bork, opposed by abortion supporters and civil rights and education groups, did not receive Senate confirmation.

Last year, after the bishops of Florida issued a joint statement supporting the goals of the antiabortion protesters of Operation Rescue, Bishop D;1ily led a group in praying the rosary in front of an abortion clinic.

This January he was one of about a dozen Catholic bishops who traveled to Washington to participate in the annual March for Life. , An ardent supporter of Mother Angelica's television work, Bishop Daily, at the June 1988 meeting of the U.S. bishops, led a floor fight to persuade the bishops to sign an exclusive contract with Eternal Word Television Network for air-

ing of conference-sponsor~dcable programming. He argued that if the bishops instead went ahead with a proposal to negotiate participation in Vision Interfaith Satellite Network, an ecumenical'religious cable network then being formed, the competition would seriously harm Mother Angelica's network.

Under his leadership the EWTN contract proposal won out and was approved; the bishops rejected the VISN proposal.

As board chairman of the American Board of Catholic Missions from 1985 to 1988, he oversaw the board's implementation of new guidelines for its $1O-million-ayear- funding of mission projects in the United States.

- In the continental United States, the Brooklyn Diocese is by far the smallest in area, with only 179.25 square miles, comprising the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens on Long Island.

But it is also the nation's most densely populated diocese, ranking ninth among dioceses and archdioces,es in Catholic population with a reported total of 1,268,591.

Seven of the jurisdictions with a larger Catholic population are archdioceses. Among dioceses, only neighboring Rockville Centre, with, sevenl times the area, has more Catholics than Brooklyn.

SWINGING BISHOP: Bishop Daily took time from his duties as a Boston auxiliary to enjoy a swinging time with a young camper in this file photo. (CNS photo)

MEMBERS OF S1. Louis parish, Fall River, celebrate Worldwide Marriage Day at a reception in the parish hall following renewal of vows in the context of Mass. (Medeiros photo)

Cultural concerns topic at black parley ROME(CNS) - Culturaladaptations of faith and worship are" not meant to divide the universal chu"rch, but to celebrate its diversity, a religious educator told black Catholics meeting in Rome.

Sist,er of Social Service Eva Marie Dumas said that "faith is not diminished by a variety of cultural expressions any more than it is fully contained by any culture."

Local churches must reflect local culture, but "inculturation is not a frantic effort to make everyone happy," said Cardinal Francis Arinze, former archbishop in Nigeria and president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

When a country has many different cultures, as in the United States, inculturation efforts must be "nuanced," he said.

Cardinal Arinze and Sister Dumas, founder and director of Bloodties, a Christian education resource center for black Catholics, were speakers at a recent Rejoice Conference seminar in Rome, Close to 100 black Catholics from 20 U.S. dioceses participated in the seminar.

While the central truths of faith do not change, the church must speak to people's experience if it expects its message to be accepted, Sister Dumas said. ' "The contemporary pressures of being black in America require evangelization and catechesis to offer blacks some assurance that God is still acting on their behalf," Sister Dumas said.

"Socially, blacks are still daily assaulted in subtle and overt ways," she said. ','And even within the church itself, blacks have found that their priorities must wait, their values must be compromised and their culture must accommodate itself to the ways and whims of whites."

To reflect the best of any given culture, Cardinal Arinze said, changes can be maoe only, after intense study, debate and consultation. ' "Time does not respect what is done without it," he said. "The church has a tradition th;1t has, come from 2,000 years, so we can't act like it started with us today.

That doesn't mean we won't change, but it takes time."

"You cannot expect the bishops to be on the front line of change," he added. "Rather, it is the bishops' responsi bility to ensure, that

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"However," she added, "black Catholics are learning the power of religion as it is manifested in their own culture~ " "The growth of the African community will help the church to be more Catholic," Cardinal Arinze said.

"The fact that you chose Rome as your meeting place is a proof -if any proof is needed - that "The problem is to be found in you recognizethat the Catholic Church /, the inability of whites to differen- .IS a ulllversal church," the cardinal tiate between the essence of the' said.

Sister Dumas warned that many new religious education materials that claim to be multicultural are, in fact, "insidiously racist" because while presenting the religious expressions of many cultures, they do not acknowledge the cultural â&#x20AC;˘ peculiarities of white European Catholicism, in which "the very structures, traditions, rituals, artifacts, symbols, language and laws ofthe American church are rooted.

"Called To Serve by Giving" is 1990 CCA theme At a recent meeting of priestchairmen for the 1990 Catholic Charities Appeal, which has as its theme "We Are Called To Serve

by Giving," Bishop Daniel A. Cronin expressed hope that this year's totals would surpass those of 1989.

Last year was the first in the history of the appeal which topped the $2 million mark, with the final tally reaching $2,072,848.33.

At the meeting, the bishop reviewed last year's appeal, noting , that funds were allocated to a wide variety of diocesan apostolates.

He said that program costs will rise due to inflation and that increased giving will be needed for that reason and also to care for

rising numbers of individuals and families in stressful situations.

Diocesan Appeal director Msgr.

'Anthony M. Gomes explained CCA techniques and announced that the annual kickoff meeting will take place at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. Over 800 religious, clergy and laity are expected to attend, The CCA Special Gift phase will take place April 23 to May 5.

A house-to-house campaign isscheduled for noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 7. At this time over 115,000 diocesan homes will be contacted by more than 20,000 volunteer coilectors.

CCA DIRECTORS and area chairmen, from left, Rev. Richard L. Chretien, New Bedford area; Rev. John F. Andrews, Cape Cod and Islands; Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan and Fall River area director; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, honorary chairman; Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, Fall River area assistant; Rev. Ralph D. Tetrault, Attleboro area assistant; Rev. Thomas L. Rita, Attleboro"area. Rev. Gerard T. Shovelton, Taunton area director, and Rev. John J. Steakem, Taunton area assistant, are not pictured.

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American history teacher Letters are welcomed but the editor reserves the right to condense or edit. if deemed necessary. All letters must be signed and include a home or business address. They do not necessarily express the editorial views of The Anchor.

It's a joy Dear Editor: Just wanted to let you know it's a joy to read the Anchor and to still keep in touch with what is going on in our former diocese.

We'll always remember the wonderful coverage you gave when the Pilgrim Virgin apostolate came to Cape Cod through St. Pius X in South Yarmouth when dear Msgr.

Broderick was pastor.

John and Yvonne Malloy are still carrying on this apostolate whose ultimate goal is Enthronement of Jesus wherever Our Lady visits. As we know, her role is always to lead us closer to Jesus.

Our daughter brought this apostolate to the Buffalo diocese through the Cape Cod Pilgrim Virgin. We now share a home with her in Clarence, N.Y., and are members ofa fine parish here. Forgot to say it was Pat McGowan who gave us that wonderful coverage in 1972 and we thank her for all she did in that area. , Joe and Mary Evers Clarence, N. Y.

Word of thanks Dear Editor: Massachusetts Citizens For Life would like to acknowledge with deep appreciation all those from this diocese who contributed in any way to the success of the Prayer Vigil and March For Life in Washington, D.C. on January 22nd.

Many area churches posted fliers and carried bulletin announcements. Some individuals and churches contributed toward the cost of bus tickets for college and high school students or their church's pro-life representatives.

Individuals and marchers gave their time, energy and prayers for the Vigil and March's success. The Anchor is commended for its excellent coverage and its editorial of Feb. II. Mayall be blessed for their efforts to stand up and be counted on the side of the helpless unborn.

God must be pleased.

Sincerely, Mary Ann Booth South Dartmouth

Volunteers sought for summer ministry to poor The Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, who also serve in the Fall River diocese, are sponsoring a summer ministry experience from July 8 to 22. The program will provide a short-term opportunity to serve the needy.

Present ministry sites are in Tompkinsville, Ky., La Joya, Tex., and Springfield. Volunteer opportunities include working with the homeless, elderly and children, serving in a food pantry, coordinating recreational youth programs and participating in community outreach.

Persons 20 years of age or older interested in the program may contact Sisters Eileen Sullivan or LorryVillemaire, Mont Marie, Holyoke, tel. (413) 536-0853.

Fall River diocesan schoolteacher James F. "Jay" Hoyle, a faculty member at St. John the Evangelist School, Attleborofor over 20 years, has been selected Outstanding American History Teacher in Massachusetts by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Hoyle was surprised with the state honor Feb. 7 while being recognized as the DAR contest's Attleboro chapter winner. The decision to name him state winner was unanimous, said Mrs. Joseph Leonesio of Williamstown, DAR state historian.

Letters of recommendation for Hoyle were submitted to the DAR by former students, Sister M. Michaelinda Plante, RSM, associate superintendent for diocesan elementary schools, Hoyle's former and current principals, Sisters of Mercy Mary Jessica Aguiar and Martha Mulligan, Father James M. Fitzpatrick, formerly of St. John the Evangelist parish, Shelley Gauthier, faculty member at St.John's;andJoe Motta,aformer Anchor reporter now among trustees of the Mark Gardiner Hoyle Memorial Scholarship Fund.

The fund was established in memory of Hoyle's son, Mark, who died in 1986 at age 14 after !=ontracting AIDS through treatment for hemophilia.

Hoyle is the author of "Mark," a book detailing the response of his hometown, Swansea, to Mark's illness. Mark Hoyle became the nation's first youngster afflicted with AIDS knowlingly allowed to attend school.

Guide to document on laity published WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Knights of Columbus have published a guide to Pope John Paul II's 1989 apostolic exhortation on the laity, "Christifideles Laici." , The,guide contains a summary of the papal document and discussion questions to be used in conjunction with the document.

Copies are being distributed by the Daughters of St. Paul, a community of women Religious engaged in evangelization through media, along with the order's edition of the text of "Christifideles Laici" ("The Lay Members of the Christian FaithfuL") The Knights are also distributing the study guide to the organization's state and local leaders and chaplains.

Single copies of the study guide may be obtained free by writing to Knights of Columbus, I Columbus Plaza, Dept. DFS-l, New Haven, Conn. 06507.

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"The school system is privileged to have a man of this caliber," said Attleboro DAR historian Ellen Parker, while presenting the local award to Hoyle.

"To my mind, he is the model educator," wrote former student Christine Lazarz. "N ot only did he nurture in me a love of learning, but perhaps more importantly, he has inspired my desire to affect the next generation the way that M r.

Hoyle has affected mine. He did more than teach history, he also taught us to make history."

Kathleen Maher, another former student, said, "I learned from Jay Hoyle not only as a history teacher... his moral values and personal life taught me as well. He strengthened my faith in God through his example and teaching skills. " Hoyle accepted the award on behalf of Sister Mulligan and his coworkers. "They all work so hard," he said. He also accepted in memory of his late son. "He taught me so much about life and so much about courage," the teacher said.

Hoyle will be honored on the state level March 23 in Newton.

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4Conserving WEEK ONE the Forests

Offer thanks to God for the glorious gifts of the trees, water, air, sunshine and soil. Stewardship means sharing a sense of personal responsibility for these vital elements.

Genesis 2:7-9,3:1-7. Creation of our first pare~ts and Sin. Romans 5:12-19. Results of the gift, Jesus Christ, outweigh one's sins.

Matthew 4:1-11. Jesus fasted 40 days and 40 nights.

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Tilling the Land Genesis 12:1-4. The call of Abraham.

2 Timothy 1:8-10. God saved us and called us to be holy.

Matthew 17:1-9. Jesus' face shone like the sun.

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Educational and prayer resources on land and rural concerns are available from the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, 4625 NW Beaver Drive, Des Moines, Iowa 50310.

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Begin now to plant seeds or bulbs indoors.

When they begin to grow and blossom, give them away to someone who lives alone or to a friend.

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Providing Safe Water

Exodus 17:3-7. Give us water to drink.

Romans 5:1-2, 5-8. Love of God is poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit.

John 4:4-42. The water I shall give will turn into a spring of eternal life.

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Promoting Good Health

1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13. In the presence of the Lord, they anointed David King of Israel.

Ephesians 5:8-14. Rise from the dead and Christ will shine on you.

John 9:1-41. Blind man's sight is restored.

1 WEEK FIVE

Strengthening the Community Ezekiel 37:12-14. I shall put my spirit in you and you will live.

Romans 8:8-11. U the spirit is living in you . . .

John 11:1-45.' I am the resurrection and the life.

8 WEEKSIX Creating a Hopeful Future Isaiah 50:4-7. I did not cover my face against insult.

Philippians 2:6-11. He humbled himself to become like us.

Matthew 26:14-27,66. Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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In the ancient church, Wednesdays and Fridays were traditional days of fasting. Reflect on Luke 4:14 while having just bread and water today.

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Check with your city or town hall, or county park commission to see if there are gardening opportunities in your area. Grow fresh vegetables for your family using organic methods.

Donate some to a local meal site.

Arbor'means "tree" in Latin. Arbor Day has been recognized annually for 118 years. It is held on the last Friday in April. Contact others now to see about observing this day publicly and planting a new tree seedli~g at your school orpansn.

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Contact the Global Education Office of Catholic Relief Services for a copy of the Guatemalan Bishops' letter on land crisis, called 'The Cry for land:' Become informed on land issues in your community.

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Children's health is in serious danger due to pesticidcs on our fruit and veaetables. To learn more, or er the $7.95 booklet called: FOR OUR KID'S SAKE - How to Protect Children A~ainst Pesticides in Therr Food, Dept.

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Name some ways you have observed the Earth's self-healing. Are there ways that you can help or at least not hinder this process?

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Read the story of Noah (Genesis 6:13-8:14) with your family. Talk about the symbols of water and a dove with a green branch. What might these symbols be in your lives?

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Review the newspaper for timely issues related to social justice and the environment. Write your editors and legislators saying how' critical these issues are.

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Fasting is part of our religious tradition. Fast today and place your meal savings in the Rice Bowl. Begin and end your day with the words of the prophet Isaiah 58: 3-8.

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Commit to a simple lifestyle for Lent and beyond. Are there ways your personal conduct and consumption can Change for the betterment of the Earth and its ,people? What can you reduce, recycle, re-use?

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Make an inventory in your house today for things made of wood from the forests. Give a nickel to Operation Rice Bowl for each item.

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Figure out the square footage per person in your home or apartment and yard if you have one. Reflect on what it would be like to live on 1f3 of that as many people do in developing countries.

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Americans use an average of 160 gallons of water per person each day. Think of three ways you and your family can conserve water.

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Pay a visit today to a friend or relative who is ill.

Write to your legislators about your concern regarding the health of all living things on Earth.

Ask for measures to curb the production of gases and for the development of new energy policies.

Spend a few moments in quiet prayer, reminding yourself that you are forever in the presence of a loving Creator. Place your worries in God's gentle hands.

Tonight prepare a simple meal of beans and rice, which is all that many people in Latin American countries have to eat. Remember these people in your mealtime prayer.

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Earth Day is 20 years old in 1990.

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ASH WEDNESDAY Prayer is integral to Lent.

Try a variety of prayers and prayer forms this ' Lent. Pray alone and with others. Choose quiet contemplation, or pray the rosary. Meditate on the stations of the cross or on a favorite scriptural passage.

Contact the Global Education Office of Catholic Relief Services for the video "Water for Life:' Discuss the importance of water in daily life.

Donate .50 to Operation Rice Bowl for each time your family ha~ used health insurance benefits this year. What do people do who have no health insurance?

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HOLY SATURDAY Take a long walk outdoors and be sensitive to new life blooming all around you. See new hope opening up in you, because of a Lenten season well lived.

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"I couldn't wait to start back"

By Pat McGowan "The most boring part of the program was the long break over the Christmas holidays. ] couldn't wait to start back."

Charlene O'Rourke Tobin spoke of the second Pastoral Care to the Sick Education Program sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Pastoral Care for the Sick for persons who minister to the sick and elderly in nursing homes, hospitals or home settings.

Thirty~seven men and women participated in the second program which, like the first, began in September and will conclude in May. ]n between lie seven weeks of classes and 10 weeks of supervised contact with the sick and elderly.

The program pauses at midpoint to bring class members together for a weekend retreat, this year held last month at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown.

The weekend gave retreatants' the opportunity of reflecting on the first part of the pastoral care program, which had offered study of the sacramental life of the Church, their role as Christians and the mysteries of suffering, grief, sin and conversion: The remainder of the program will concentrate on techniques of pastoral visiting under direction of experienced ministers.

The retreat weekend was coordinated by Sister Shirley Agnew, RSM, assistant director of the diocesan pastoral care office, of which Father Edmund J. Fitzgerald is director.

Working with Sister Agnew were Fathe.r Bruce Cwiekowski, Sister Dympna Smith, RSM, and Sister Jacqueline Dubois, SSA, all pastoral ministers in hospitals within the diocese.

A high point of the retreat came after it had concluded, noted Sisters Agnew and Smith. They said that at the first class meeting following the weekend, participant Edward Enos, employed at the Marine Biological Laboratories in Woods Hole, reminded his classmates of a retreat meditation for which Sister Smith had gathered shells.

Most of them turned out to be a type popularly known as the "heart shell," Enos added to the meditation that had developed at the retreat with research information he gathered at the Woods Hole laboratories. He discovered that the heart shellfish is the only type ~;i1own with red blood and he also i10inted out the shell's unique mark. " mdicating its stage of growth. , ,nalogies were quickly made to

the spiritual life and the shells, said Sister Smith, became even more a treasured retreat souvenir than before.

Also a retreat highlight was a presentation on stress management offered by internationally known lecturer Marcy J.T. Smith, holder of several graduate degrees in nursing, a faculty member at Cape Cod Community College and associated with Cape Cod Hospital.

Comments from retreatants on the pastoral care program were uniformly enthusiastic. As Charlene Tobin commented, "] love Wednesday evenings!"

Several members of this year's program are health care workers and all agreed that it is adding a welcome spiritual dimension to their daily responsibiliti'es.

Said Anne Marie Kelly, RN, "This ministry is a tool] plan to use every day of my life, for each person we meet has a rieed to be ministered to in some way."

Bettie Lynch, who noted that she signed up for the pastoral care course "because] was retiring and looking for a volunteer opportunity," said that the course "is doing

much more than simply preparing me to be a volunteer caring visitor.

"One of the unexpected benefits is that it is putting me in touch with myself ... And the course has also provided a comprehensive review of church history and doctrine... ]n short, it has been, is being, an outstanding, stupendous, transforming, experience, thanks to a terrific team and to their choice of guest speakers."

Commenting specifically on the retreat weekend, Eileen Hadfield said that "the prayer services were powerful and gave us the opportunity to go deeper in our relationship with the Lord and in knowing ourselves."

She said that among other highlights for her were the retreat reconciliation service, its presentation of the Gospels, sessions on prayer and stress and a moving Stations of the Cross.

For Roland). Dubuc, the pastoral care program has been "a theological journey that started with the early Church and its growth through the Gospels and the changes of Vatican II to the

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Church of today." He added that he expects the program to be instru- . mental in helping him understand the "caring needs" of his .spiritual brothers and sisters.

The value of the program in everyday life as well as in pastoral ministry was noted by Ginny Leaver, who said "] truly believe the knowledge and understanding ] have gained have made me a better person with a more Christian love for others and have given me a deeper love and understandiJ;lg of my Catholic faith."

"Most of all," summed up Joan Provost, "we learned to listen with the heart; to love and communicate that love into caring and sharing with others. Our session on loss, grief and stress brought all the pieces together and now we will let the Spirit guide us in our beautiful ministry of love."

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Lady's Haven nursing home in Fairhaven. Sister Agnew said that Ms. Pepin, in cooperation with Kathleen Burt, director of religious education at St. Mary's Church, Fairhaven, has introduced a "prayer pal" project for parish first communicants, pairing them off with elderly nursing home residents.

The elderly will pray for the youngsters, who will reciprocate, and following first communion in May, there will be a special Mass and party at Our Lady's Haven for all participants.

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Course offers aid to caregivers to homebound

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The Family Service Association of Greater Fall River is offering a course, "Home Is Where The Care Is," for persons caring at home for an ill or elderly loved one.

Paul Campbell, a Family Service Association clinician, directed the first session of the course, which focused on family interaction in caregiving situations.

In an informal discussion setting, participants addressed concerns regarding communication between caregiver and' recipient and emotions and reactions of others in the household.

He said that key elements in a successful caregiver-recipient relationship are communication and a positive attitude and stressed that a caregiver must understand his or her own feelings, as well as those of the one being cared for. Such understanding, said Campbell, can be positively shaped by "empathy, reframing and positive self-talk."

He defined empathy as the :<bility of a caregiver to know and understand what a recipient is feeling. Developed through verbal and nonverbal communication, it enables the caregiver to respond as appropriately as possible to a dependent's needs.

Empathy, Campbell continued, is "not only an understanding of their feelings but a recognition of their worth: let the recipients know they have value."

As an example, Campbell told of a woman he knew from regular visits to a nursing home. Staff members described her as "demanding" because she constantly called for help and complained about lack of service. The caregivers eventu.ally recognized that the patient simply wanted company and that the way to resolve the situation was to "respond when she didn't call" by visiting her occasionally.

Among difficulties caregivers face, said Campbell, is "making a distinction between the person cared for and the task." A caregiver who feels overwhelmed may begin to direct his of her frustration toward the person responsible for the situation.

Such difficulties, he said, call for "reframing," which he described as looking at a situation in a different way, for example, a caregiver might initially view a task as distaste! II, but through reframing can 10010. 1t it as a way to make life l asierfol someo.ne in need of help.

Caregivers "don't get a lot of applause," he admitted, and sometimes have difficulty maintaining a positive attitude when tasks become demanding or unpleasant. He suggested "positive self-talk" as a means of alleviating such situations.

"Developing an awareness' of and appreciating the self' is one way to foster a positive outlook, Campbell explained.

"Tell yourself, 'I am doing a good job. There are times when I think I'm not, but I'm doing all right.' " It is important, he emphasized, that the caregiver "take care of yourself while you're taking care of other people."

Participants in the session said that they often lean on family members or friends for support when caregiving becomes stressful.

"I talk to my children," said one person.

Another said, "I talk to the Lord. The answers are there. God is with me all the time."

Campbell noted that through faith the caregiver can come "to believe in yourself."

One participant said that the person dependent on her "wants to know where I am at all times."

"It's tough for the caregiver to always be 'on,' " said Campbell.

"Caregivers need play. What's scary to your friend is a feeling of aloneness. Assure her thatshe is capable of taking care of those lonely moments."

In time, said Campbell, caregivers develop skills and ways of dealing with particular circumstances and they learn to use readUy available resources, such as family members or religious belief, when stress oegins to build. Learning relaxation and stress reduction techniques can also be helpful, he added.

Campbell' encouraged course participahts to become more aware of their own methods of coping with the caregiving situation without being overly self-critical and to work on understanding what a dependent is feeling.

Christ said to "love one another and caregiving is a part of that," he concluded.

Other sessions of "H orne Is Where the Care Is" have dealt with community resources and time management and long-term care eligibility for Medicaid.

The series continues from 10 a.m. to noon Mondays at the Fam-

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The ashes of Ash Wednesday seem to disappear from our foreheads in the first breeze. They seemed to last longer when we were growing up.

Maybe it's because the 40 days of Lent played a more important role before the post-Vatican II changes in fast and abstinence.

The Council ended in 1965, but it was Pope Paul VI's "apostolic constitution of Feb. 23, 1966" which changed the rules.

Pope Paul limited fast and abstinence to Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, but let the "fish on Friday" rule stand for the entire year. The U.S. bishops later dropped Friday abstinence except for Lent.

Too many Catholics forget or ignore the meat ban on Fridays in Lent. Many never knew and others have forgotten the special bond that linked Catholics around the world when they saw strangers eating eggs, cheese or macaroni instead of steaks and hamburgers on Friday.

Is it only nostalgia which makes us recall those days with a smile?

Perhaps. But part of it was the instant recognition that a stranger shared your belief that Jesus Christ had stamped Friday forever as the day he died to save us all.

There was more than just a change of rules, however. Besides calling for voluntary acts of "prayer-fasting-charity," Pope Paul made a special appeal to the rich nations of the world.

"Therefore, where economic well-being is greater," he wrote, "sl? much more will the witness of asceticism have to be given in order that the sons of the Church may not be involved in the spirit of the 'world', and at the same time¡ the witness of charity will have to

be given to the brethren who suffer poverty and hunger beyond any barrier of nation or continent."

Have we Catholics in America gotten the message? Not if you can believe the figures reported on giving to charity by church membership in the United States. Catholics are at the bottom of the list, according to the Jan. 8 Wall Street Journal.

The paper quotes Independent Sector, a Washington-based charity monitoring group, with the following figures on the percent given to charity-"mostly churches"¡: Catholics I, Methodists 1.3, Jews lA, Lutherans and Baptists 1.6, Presbyterians 2.2, and other Protestants 2.5 Do you believe we Catholics give less to charity than people of other faiths? I do not. We will never know the truth until we have a religious question in the census.

Till then we must rely on opinions .surveys and estimates.

The American bishops have decided to look into the general area of giving and to issue a pastoralletter on stewardship. Coadjutor Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy of Seattle headed the bishops' ad hoc committee which recommended the study.

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By BERNARD CASSERLY Asked about statistics on Catholic giving at a news conference following his presentation at the bishops' November meeting in Baltimore, Archbishop Murphy said he believed "many of our people have not been asked."

When the bishops start their study of stewardship, I think they should collect data on contribu-. tions to many charities outside parishes, such as gifts to missions, seminaries, building programs and school support activities.

We Catholics have come a long way from the days when our immigrant ancestors built schools, churches, hospitals and orphanages wherever they settled. We've made it now-with one of the highest average household incomes-$34, 175-of any major religious group.

Have we forgotten our rootsand the poor and needy of the world in the process? I don't believe it. Lent is an ideal time to demonstrate that it ain't necessarily so.

Forum to discuss senior aid cuts Attleboro area Councils on Aging will sponsor a legislative forum for seniors and their advocates to meet with their elected representatives and discuss proposed state cuts in programs and services for seniors.

The forum will be held at 9:30 'a.m. March 2 at Elks Hall, 887 South Main St., Attleboro.

Representatives Kevin Poirier, William Vernon, Stephen Karol

and Philip Travis and Senators David Locke, Theodore Alexio a'nd William Keating have been invited to participate.

Transportation is available from the following Councils of Aging: Attleboro, 229-9610 ext. 3317; Mansfield, 261-7~68; North Attleboro, 699-0131; Norton, 285-630 I ext. 616; Rehoboth, 252-3372; Seekonk,336-8772.

News from Councils on Aging Mashpee Senior Walking Club meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9 a.m. Senior swimming 10-12 a.m. Tuesdays, Sea Mist pool.

Information: 477-2773, 477-5266 Chatham Activities at Chatham COA, 147 Depot Rd., tel. 945-1534: Supervised play bridge 9 a.m.-noon consecutive Thursdays until March" 22. Widowed support group facilitated by Lynn Halpern. RN, 9:3010 a.m. Fridays; call COA to register. Creative stitchery and design classes 8:30 a.m.-noon Mondays.

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ily Service Associatio-n~ T5I Rock St., Fall River. Upcoming sessions will address accepting the present and planning for the future, Feb. 26; personal care" mobility and bed care, March 5; medications and. nutrition, March 12; and home environment and exercise, March 19.The\ March 26f'Ina I sessIOn . '''''''11 WI be a general discussion of topics of interest, including the,possible formation of an ongoing support group for caregivers. .

Further information on the series is available from Dr. David Weed, 678-2901; or Christine Dexter, 678-7542.

Foot screening clinic 9-11 a.m.

Feb. 26 by appointment. Hearing aid service 12:30-4 p.m. Feb..28.

Free income tax service 1-3 p.m.

Mondays until April9 byappointment.

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Hospital to host health program A series of .presentations on health topics for seniors is being offered at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River. Seniors, their friends and family members are invited to attend any or all presentations.

Topics are Low-fat, Low-Cholesterol Diets, Feb. 28; An Overview of Arthritis, March 28; and Health Care Decisions: How Do I Make My Wishes Known, April 25.

The series will finish with the fifth annual Senior Health Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 30.

All other programs will be held in the hospital's Daniel L. M 00ney, MD. Assembly Room from 10to II a.m. Thereisnochargefor the program but registration is requested due to limited space. To register call 679-7152.

Hope St; tel. 261-7368, 261-7369: Cholesterol screening Feb. 27 by appointment. Tax assistance Tuesdays by appointment.

Rehoboth Reservations for January-February-March birthday party on March 22 may be made at the.

COA. A support group ior families and friends of nursing home residents will meet at/6:30 p.m. Feb.' 26 at the COA: information: Sally Knox, 222-9610 ext 3316.

Free income tax assistance will be offered on Mondays and Tuesdays until April 10; appointments may be made at the COA. Swansea Tax assistance 9 a.m.-noon Wednesdays and Fridays uritil, April 16. Blood pressure check 9-10 a.m.

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U'pdating the Rom'an Martyrology' VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican has convened a group of scholars to do some detective work on a book originally published by Pope Gregory XIII in 1584 and updated most recently in 1960.

Publication of the revised version of the Roman Martyrology, a book-length calendar of saints' and martyrs' feast days, is expected in 1992.

The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments called together 14 historians, liturgists and experts on the lives of saints in December 1984 to coordinate the research and reVISIOn.

By early' February the sleuths had reached the September list of saints and martyrs, gathering evidence on their identities and lives, often following trails turned cold hundreds of years ago.

Broadening its search for clues, the congregation has sent copies of the proposed lists for January through May to experts all over the world for their suggestions.

In general, the feast days of the saints and martyrs are their "dies natalis" (date of birth). But it's a different birthday than the one they celebrated on earth.

In its liturgies, the church celebrates the day that those men and women were "born into eternal life," said Benedictine Father Cuthbert Johnson, a congregation official. In other words, it's the day they died.

The martyrology gives options for the focus of liturgies, supplementing the church's general calendar of seasons, feasts and holy days.

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Sometimes the church assigns a feast day other than the date when the saint died: for example, if the saint was traditionally honored on another date, if the date conflicts with a major feast or if it falls dur.ing Lent, when liturgical celebrations are more subdued.

And in many cases, individuals are listed according to the date scholars suspect they died. Official death certificates are not available for martyrs and saints who died before the advent of documents.

While record keeping has improved since Pope Gregory's Martyrology, the only traces of some holy ones are in his sources, a series of martyrologies spanning the 1,200 years before his time.

The 16th-century pope continued using the term martyrology, even though by then it included people not killed for their faith. The fourth-century reign of Constantine saw a decline in the persecution of Christians in the West and the beginning of the tradition of honoring people who had lived exemplary lives.

The tradition did not involve a formal canonization process until Pope Gregory's successor, Pope Sixtus V, set up a congregation for sainthood causes in 1588.

The printing press had been around just over 100 years when Pope Gregory decided he wanted a universal martyrology.

His idea was not only to list luminaries, like' St. Peter, who were remembered by all Christians; but to include saints whose feasts' were celebrated only in the diocese or nation where they lived.

The early martyrologies were

the work of scribes, and included in the lovely script are spelling errors, transposed numbers in the dates and other mistakes. Later scribes corrected some errors and added a few of their own.

In addition to uncovering simple goofs, the revision committee is trying to correct factual errors and remove "useless or trite" information supplied by wellmeaning authors, according to an article by a committee member, Benedictine Father Jacques Dubois. ' Some of the easier detective work involved in the revision requires checking how a description of a day of death was translated into a date.

It was common, for example, for an ancient record-keeper to say something like, "Beloved Freda died Easter Monday in the year of our Lord 456." Then the scholars must figure out the date of Easter that year. .

In the 1960 edition of the Latinlanguage Roman Martyrology, the calendar takes up 327 pages. It is prefaced with the decrees of promulgation of Pope Gregory and a number of his successors who approved revisions, and it ends with comprehensive indexes.

The number of saints and martyrs named in the book is more than 3,500, but no one involved with the martyrology's revision was willing to make a "guesstimate" of the true total.

Part of the hesitation stems from several listings of names followed by "and companions."

Continuing all the names will become more difficult when those canonized during Pope John Paul II's p,ontificate are added. They numbered 270 as 1989 ended. His additions include 103 Korean martyrs' canonized in one 1984 ceremony and 117 Vietnamese . martyrs canonized in June 1988.

The 220 individuals will not be listed separately.

While the Roman Martyrology will include all those who can be honored with a public liturgy, the church does not believe it is an exhaustive list of Christian saints and martyrs.

Even after the detective-scholars have completed their work, there'll' still be the day for anyone left out - Nov. I,. the feast of All Saints.

Vatican UN representative de'nies UNICEF funds abortion NEW YORK (CNS) - The Vatican's representative at the United Nations said that because UNICEF, the U.N.'s Children's Fund, does not fund abortion or advocate any form of family planning, the Catholic Church can cooperate with the agency.

Archbishop Renato R. Martino, the Vatican's permanent U.N. observer, said he sought a statement from the agency to that effect because some pro-life groups, urging Catholics to stop contributing, have, in correspondence with the Vatican, accused UNICEF offinancing abortions. He. said, however, that he had not received evidence confirming any of the allegations.

In a recent interview at the Vatican's U.N. mission in New York City, the archbishop released the text of a letter from James P. Grant, UNICEF director, in response to his inquiry.

Grant said UNICEF advocates "child spacing" to prevent "pregna,ncies which are too young, too old, too many and too frequent."

"However.. UNICEF does ·not advocate any particular view on the choice 'of the family planning method since such choices are'the prer.ogative of the individual and the country," the UNICEF director said.

"Furthermore, it does not now, , nor has it ever,financed abortion or abortion-related activities."

UNICEF, the United Nation's Children's Fund, was created by the first General Assembly in 1946.

The words,' ·"Internati'onal" and ·"Emergency," originally part of the name, have been dropped.

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Pope calls priestly formation arduous VATICAN CITy'(CNS) -,- The preparation and fo.rmation of priests is' an "arduous, compelling and exacting" task and a primary responsibility of diocesan bishops.

Pope John Paul II said.

Because they will work with the bishops in the pastoral care of their dioceses, future priests deserve "the first fruits of the minds and hearts of the bishops," the pope told the council of the general secretariat of the world Synod of Bishops as they met to prepare for the Sept. 30-0ct. 28 synod on priestly formation.

Seminary life should be marked by training in theology and pastoral care, by community life and service, and by "attention to the signs of the times," he said.

"This task, therefore, must be undertaken with the basic intention of total obedience to the original and normative model of the' Good Shepherd," the pope added.

He stressed that priestly formation should promote the "harmonious integration of the human.

Christian and priestly. identity of the young. wh,o are called," The'work of the synod in making recommendations about 'priestIy formation appears "particularly urgent". when one realizes that the majority of the ministry of today's seminarians will be exercised after the year 2000, he said.

The synod council last May released its "lineamenta," a preparatory document giving a broad outline of the synod's theme. Responses to the lineamenta were received from individual bishops, bishops' conferences and groups of priests and laypeople. .

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Archbishop Martino said the amount was $1,000 per year, but was raised to $2,000 with the 1989 contribution, but he added the donation would not have continued if the policy against, funding abortions had not been confirmed.

The archbishop said he and his staff, aware of no existing formal statement of UNICEF policy on this issue, first raised the question verbally in early 1988, and followed up with a letter of inquiry.

One meeting followed between him and Grant and later between members of their staffs. ·Archbishop Martino said Grant handed him the letter in October at the annual conference where governments make their pledges of UNICEF support for the coming year. Grant told him at that time, he said, the letter was an official declaration of policy.

Grant· was out of the country and not immediately available for comment. John Usher, UNICEF spokesman, said the policy stated in' Grant's letter was not new, but he did not know whether it had been p"reviously put in writing.

The archbishop said 'he assured Grant both that the policy statement would be publicized in church cirCles and that the church would remain '''vigilant'' in checking on its implementation.

Archbishop Martino said the church - its·own commitment to assisting children in need long antedating the United Nations - had suppo'rted UNICEF throughout its history and "wanted to continue this."

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get bishops VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II has named bishops for five dioceses in Czechoslovakia, marking the first time sincd 950 that each of the nation's 13 dioceses has had a resident bishop.

The pope will make a first-ever papal visit to the nation April 2122. a Czechoslovakian church official said Feb. 20.

Gejza Sidlovsky, a spokesman for Cardinal Frantisek Tomasek of Prague. said the pope would visit Prague April 21. The following day the pope will visit the Moravian shrine of Velehrad. where St. Methodius is ·buried. and Bratislava, the capital of the Slovakian republic.

In January the pope agreed to visit Czechoslovakia before its June elections to pay tributt to the country's emerging democracy.

Parish service is Milwaukee school requirement MILWAUKEE (CNS) - Parish service hours have been added to the graduation requirements for seniors at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School in Milwaukee.

Starting with the 1990-91 school year, seniors must complete four hours each month serving the elderly, poor or needy of their parishes.

A letter on the new requirements went to pastors, youth ministers and religious education directors from Angela Pienkos, chief administrator, and Father James Flynt, pastoral minister of the' 'school.

"If we educate for life and not merely for college entrance, we believe that we need to bond students to parishes, i.e., the people who celebrate life, love and faith together as a community," the letter said, JOSEPH P. NOLAN announces his resignation as treasFather Flint said the school's urer of the American Bar Association after the body's House students always have been encourof Delegates approved a pro-choice resolution. (eNS/ UPI aged to do service work, but never in a parish at the school's insistence, photo) Service projects, he said, are now promoted in classes and schoolw.ide.

For example, the priest said, freshmen help with a parish meal LOS ANGELES(CNS)- After "The proponents of the resolu- program, sophomores make and emotional debate the House of tion made no secret of their intent serve sandwiches to the homeless, Delegates of the American Bar to use ABA endorsement as a and juniors "adopt grandparents" Association Feb. 13 overwhelmweapon in the legislatures and the at several nursing homes.

Schoolwide projects include food ingly backed a woman's freedom courts to preserve and expand drives, adopting families for to have an abortion without legal abortion on demand," he said. interference.

As gerieral counsel ofthe USCC, Christmas, and collecting toiletries The resolution was approved public policy agency of the U.S. for nursing home patients, Father 238-106 by the ABA policy-making bishops, Chopko is chief coordi- Flynt said.

The new requirement for seniors body during its meeting in Los nator of the bishops' efforts at the Angeles. It backed "fundamental federal legislative and judicial lev- allows them "to return to their rights of privacy and equality" and els to restore legal res,trictions on place of prayer and worship and give back some of what they are opposed "legislation or other abortion. governmental action that interferes He said that although questions given here. The center of the church with ... the decision to terminate about the constitutionality of has been and always will be serthe pregnancy." abortion "remain controversial and vice," he said.

A common criticism of the new ABA Treasurer Joseph P. Nolan, unsettled," the new ABA policy a leader in the fight against the "lends an air of illegitimacy to the requirement from students, Father resolution, resigned his post after legal opinions that I share with Flynt said, was that they already were busy. it passed. Several other ABA dele- many thousands of lawyers."

"The point is, the Catholic gates who opposed the resolution In Wisconsin, Catholic lawyer threatened to resign during the Gerald O'Brien, a member of the preparation you receive here will two-hour debate.

ABA House of Dc;legates and stay with you for the rest of your Also opposed to the resolution former president of the Wisconsin life," he said. "It is a church of all people and you should always find were ABA President L. Stanley Bar Association, told the Times Chauvin and President-elect John Review, Catholic newspaper of time to be of service."

J. Curtin Jr., who takes office at the La Crosse Diocese, that after 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 of the committee figured promithe association's national conven- the resolution was approved he nently in the U.S. Senate's 1987 tion in August. resigned from the ABA. rejection of Robert H. Bork, a fedChopko told Catholic News SerCardinal John J. O'Connor of eral judge and former U.S. solici-, New York, chairman of the U.S. vice that he has considered resigntor general, as a candidate for bishops' action "a sad day for both ing from the ABA because of the associate justice of the Supreme the legal system and for human resolution, but did not know yet Court. whether he would. rights."

The ABA has a significant hisABA spokeswoman Debbie In a statement issued in Washingtory of influencing law reforms, ton Feb. 15, he said that in the Weixl said passage of the resolulawyers' debate over the resolution tion makes it "official policy of the especially at the state level. Its recommendation against legal res"millions of voices went unheard association." trictions on abortion will unOne possible implication, she - the voices of defenseless childdoubtedly enter into committee ren in their mothers' wombs," said, was that the ABA might join and floor debates in statehouses "Who will protect their rights, if other abortion rights advocates in across the country. arguing against abortion restriclawyers won't?" he asked.

In 1972, the year before the Noting the ABA's advisory role tions in future court cases.

Supreme Court ruling that overSome delegates said they would in the nomination offederaljudges, turned virtually all state laws reshe asked, "Will ratings of judicial ask the convention to overturn the tricting abortion, the ABA apnominees' qualifications by the House of Delegates resolution. proved a resolution calling for In Washington the National ABA henceforth be based onjudiunrestricted abortion throughout cial competency or on a predeterRight to Life Committee called for the United States in the first 20 mined pro-abortion political an end to the bar association's weeks of pregnancy. review of candidates for federal agenda?" , Mark E. Chopko, general coun- judgeships, Since the 1950s, the Justice sel of the U.S. Catholic Conference, called the resolution a "deeply Department has submitte<N1ames of possible federal judges, includdisturbing" action "of which I, as a FUNERAL HOME lawyer, am ashamed," ing candidates for the Supreme Court, to the ABA Standing ComChopko, an ABA member, called 550 Locust Street Fall River. Mass, mittee on the Federal Judiciary for the resolution "more expansive than current law" and said it a confidential rating of their qualiRose E, Sullivan places the ABA "on the fringe of fications. Those who are rated William J, Sullivan Margaret M, Sullivan American public opinion." "not qualified" are unlikely to be He said it puts the ABA in a appointed, 672-2391 A negative rating by a minority position of "abortion advocacy."

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BLAME IT ON THE RAIN You said you didn't need her You told her goodbye You sacrificed a good love to satisfy your pride Now you wished· that you had her And you feel like such a fool .

You let her walk away Now it j",st doesn't feel the same Got to blame it on something GClt ·to blame it on something .Blame it on the rain That was slowly faIling Blame it on the stars that shine at night Whatever you dQ Don't put the blame on you Blame it on the rain . Should have told her you were sorry Could have said that you were wrong But no, you couldn't do that You had to prove you were strong If it hadn't been for blindnes~ She might still be there with you You want her back again Becaqse you just feel the same Got to blame it on something Got to blame it on something I'm going to blame it on the rain Because the rain don't mind And the rain dob't care Recorded by Milli Vanilli. Written ~y D .. Warren (c) 1988, ~ 1989, Hansa Musik Production HAVE .YOU EVER made a mistake in a relationship that. you later regretted?

Most of us have. Mistakes themselves aren't so bad. What is more important 'is how w'e handle them.

Milli Vanilli's "Blame It on the Rain" gives listeners one sure approach to avoid. The song obviously has a certain

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tongue-in-cheek quality as few of us are likely to 'blame our mistakes "on the rain" or on the "stars tha~shine .at night."

The song r~minds,us that at times we hide behind our pride only to regret such' decisions later.

For the person in the song, giving in to pride costs him the relationship. Refusing to say he

was sorry was a way to "prove you were strong."

Now, however, he sees the action as a type of blindness.

He longs to have the relationship back again.

Clearly, there is a better method. When you have done something that hurts a dating relationship, consider the following suggestions: I. Take some time to yourself. Figure out what happened' and why. Taking some time apart also allows the other person's anger and hurt to lessen.

Seldom is much helpful to the relationship accomplished while individuills are upset and angry.

2. Ask the other person if you can talk about the situation.

Make no excuses. Acknowledge the mistakes in your behavior' and take the responsibility for what you have done. Explain how you now see what led up to the mistaken actions. ' 3. Apologize. Part of your expression of sorrow should be a clear statement on how you intend to handle the same situation differently in the future. Be certain that such 'plans are specific, with clearly identified actions that will bring about a different outcome.

4. Ask the other person if he or she has learned anything from the incident. Many relationship problems involve reactions on both individuals' parts.

Perhaps the other person can see how he or she wants to change.his or her behavior.

5. Resolve to grow personally and as a couple because of the disagreement. There are no perfect relationships. However, all of us can improve in the way that we care about each other.

Turn a regretted mistake, into an opportunity for learning and a means for helping a love to grow.

Your comments are welcomed

by Charlie Martin, R,R. 3, Box 182, Rockport, Ind. 47635.

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Q. Why are problems so hard to Some people believe that humans are by their very nature "problem solve? (Montana) A. The letters on the top of illy solvers:" desk are eloquent proofthat!I1any The mother who discovers at problems are indeed hard to solve. suppertime that she has run out of Young 'people tell of difficulties salad dres~ing and the scientist with family members, of brufsed searching, for. a cure for AI OS relationships in the.ir social life, of must both put on their thinking alcohol and' drug abuse' and of caps and 'solve a problem. complicated personality problems.

Probably today you already have Looking out on the national been faced with some major or and global scene, the problems at ' min~r problems to thjnk through times are far worse,.almost incom-·. and solv~ yourself. '.

The challenge of these problems prehensible. How big is our national debt really?'How many people will. '.' can sharpe~ your' thinking 'skills die of- famine in years to .come? . ~!ld increase your tenacity in seekCan anybody stop those bombs ing a solution. If you don't give up from blowing up :someday? And in. 'seeking a solution, you are ,where. will t,he next earthquake be? ~ik~ly to fin~ you become more Why are we faced with' such and more skilled at problem solv~ enormous problems? ing.

Sorry, but I can't say for sure Inno~givingup,youalsodevelop why God has arranged life this courage; the ability to hang in there when a problem is especially way, allowing room for problems to develop. I can only speculate. tough to solve.

Problems that are unusually tragic and threaten to overwhelm us can make us realize oUf helplessness, This often leads us to a greater, sharper awareness of our utter dependence on God, Last night a young mother, after telling me of a number of terrible problems that had piled up the past week, said, "Isn't it interesting that I've found much more time to pray this past week?"

It's true, Unusually difficult problems often do lead us to sincere and prolonged Prayer to the God on whom we are dependent.

And it is this attitude that can keep us from giving up when unsolvable problems threaten to overwhelm us. Whether it is the pain of a broken friendship and broken heart, or despair over terrible world problem.s, hope in God, can keep uslrom giving up,

in our schools Bishop Feehan James Fera, a junior at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, won the recent Lions Club southeastern regional speech contest, speaking on "What My Family Means to Me." Fera rece~ved a plaque and $1,000 cash award and now advances to state competition in Hyannis in May.

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Senior Rebecca Jones had a poem, "Death," published by the Sparrowgrass Press after entering it in it national contest sponsored by the press.

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Diane Crane's mythology class recently viewed paintings, sculpture, mosaics, amphorae and jewelry in' the classical collection at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. .

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Second quarter honor roll; Highest honors, freshin'en: Timothy Famulare, Kelly FItzsimmo....s, Erinn Hoag, Melissa Ormonde, Nita Patel; sophomores: John Diverdi, Paul Flanagan, Heather Galligan, Dierdre Palermino; jimiors: Stephen Brady, Marjorie LIacuna, Amy Matoian, Kathleen McCarthy, Brett O'Brien, Gabriel, Paqueneza;seniors: Karyn Con-.

Ion,. Marc Cote, Tracie Feeley, Lisa Gagnon, Joanne Gervais;' Steven Goodreau, George Jabren, John McCracken, Priti Patel, Julie Toscano.

99 students merited high honors and 69 received honors.

Bishop Co'nnolly Through the "Express Yourself' ,program, to be held at Connolly March 21, students will have the opportunity to be photographed informally, individually or in groups.

Incoming freshmen and their parents are invited to a registration night March 21. Information on course placement, financial aid and tuition will be presented and staff and students will be available to discuss academic, athletic, religious and extracurricular programs.

Returning students will select courses for next year during the coming week.

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The boys' basketball team begins sectional quarterfinal play on Monday with the goal of earning a place in a March 17 state championship game at Boston Garden.

The Connolly ski team recently competed in two slalom races on Wachusett Mountain. Jeremy Tung clocked 59.61 seconds to earn 10th place in a field of 70 racers.

In the first race, Eric Lafrance and Fred Campagna tied for 13th place. Lafrance placed 8th, Campagna 9th and Matt Audet 15th in the second run.

Samantha Worthington led the girls with a third place finish in the first race. Notable performances were also turned in by Anne Kubik, Sarah Rogers, and Jane Peterson.

Coyle-Cassidy Freshmen atCoyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton, are participating in an English program designed to strengthen skills. in reading, . writing, speaking and observing. , The program follows a seven. day cycle; successively focusing on literature, v~cabulary, grammar and thinking skills. In addition to the seven classes in each cycle, there are four additional instruc- . ticin sessions which maybe large group discussions, small group or individual instruction, or independent study and research.

At the end of each cycle students' complete a unit test. A grade of 85 perce.nt indicates proficiency in the unit and allows the student to proceed to the next level. Remedial instruction is provided for students who fail the unit test until retesting indicates proficiency.

In the course of the year, students in the program learn definitions, spelling, pronunciation and usage of 300 new vocabulary words and receive instruction in clear and concise writing. There is frequent review of the parts of speech, parts of a sentence and standard English usage.

During one segment of the program, classes learn how to use reference materials in preparing a research paper.

In the literature cycles, freshmen are introduced to the short story, poetry, Shakespearean comedy and the modern American novel.

The final area of concentration is thinking skills. Through activities designed to promote selfawareness, students are encouraged to develop creative and critical thinking. Ultimately they learn to establish a proposition and argue it with inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning and clear thinking.

EWTN' to East bloc W A'SH INGT()N' (tNS) Mother Angelica has expanded into. Italy and will begin broadcasting shortwave 'radio programs into" Eastern Europe 'in about six months. The broadcasts, from Olgiata, 30 miles north of Rome, will be beamed through the recently established radio division of the Eternal Word Television Network, which the nun founded in 1981 at her monastery in Birmingham, Ala.

KATIE GIOVANONI'S project"on how vaccines have triumphed over plagues was a winning entry in the History Day program at Coyle-Cassidy High School, ·Taunton. At right is school principal Sister D<?nna Boyle. (Breen. photo)

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JOE GANEM of Slade's Ferry Bank, Somerset, explains the bank's newly-introduced First Mate savings account for depositors 18 and under to sixth through eighth graders at SS. Peter and Paul School, Fall River. The youngsters are participating in the bank's pilot program for the accounts in conjunction with studying banking procedures in mathematics classes.

By Linda Rome She fought to live but prayed, There are many endings in life: .. "Thy will be done."

I, on the other hand, flailed the natural progression of the seasons, the changes of age, the grow- against the cards dealt me. Surely there was some right combination ings up and away. Sometimes it is difficult to accept the finality of of things to do that would save her. Above all, I did not want to these passages because they do not jibe with our mental images of lose her.

Yet through her death, I grew. I how our lives are supposed to be.

When I was 14, my best friend learned that God can bring good started dating. She w.alked between out of darkness and peace out of classes with her new boyfriend .pjlin. And I learned to "let go and instead of with me and met with let God" because he knows better than I about what I need and want. him after school to study - the .. Do not let your hearts be way we used to together. troubled. You have faith in God; She had less time for me and our have faith also in me" (John 14: I). friendship became a victim of a natural parting.

This is a Scripture verse I memorized for my church group. I I couldl"t understand why it repeated it like a lucky charm, as if had to happen that way. I was angry, sad and spiteful all at once it had a magical power to protect and afraid because I didn't want to me from all that could go wrong. be hurt again. .

When the first boy whom I ever One day the significarice of the told I loved dumped me, I couldn't word "let" struck me. I have a choice believe it. I walked through my whether or not my troubles overdays like a robot. I don't remember whelm me. I can let them. Or I can any of my classes but I must 'have not let them. I can put my faith in God or his Son, or I can put m'y studied bec,aus.e I have the transcripts. fai~h in the world and myself.

Letting go is a hard di"scipline. It I remember that the spaces between my crying l?ecame longer· means acceptance. Ii means choice. and longer until only an occa- " It 'means faith. It also means hope and joy and peace. sional song' set me off.· ' . .

Accepting the pain and then letting go of it was the first step to healing. .

Many circumstances are beyond ~ our control. Accidents, illness and WASHINGTON (CNS) - The t death are all ·supp.osed to. happen i to other people, not to us. And executive director ofthe U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life ActiviI when they d~, we hardly can believe ties has disputed the findings of a • it . On the day my mother was to study saying young women who ~. ive for her first grandson's first had abortions were no more likely tbi hday party, I got a telephone to have emotional problems than °aL My mother had had an emer- women who bore their children. g~ncy surgery the night before.

Researchers atJohn Hopkins UniSr'1,e was diagnosed with an inopversity did a two-year study of 360 era'ble and virulent form of cancer. black, unmarried women 17 years In t'Wo years she was dead. old or younger who visited one of In. t'hose two years we had many two Baltimore family planning agenspeclall times. cies that provided pregnancy tests.

She ididn't ask, "Why me?" She "The conclusion of this study," as.ked, '~'Why not me?" Then she said Vincentian Father John W. Gouldrick "is underwhelming." trIed to live each day to the fullest.

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

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-I3-parental guidance strongly suggested for children , under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or young teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for'adults only; 4-separate classification (given films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); a-morally offensive.

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

New Films "Hard to Kill" (Warner Bros.): Los Angeles detective Mason Stone (Steven Seagal) awakens from a coma to avenge 'the bloodthirsty slaughter of his family seven years before by the henchmen of a corrupt congressman. Although Stone is depicted as a loving family man, emphasis is oli his grisly retribution. Excessive graphic violence, implausible vigilantism. O,R "Homer and Eddie" (Skouras): A lovable brain-damaged man (James Belushi) and a homicidal maniac with a brain tumor(Whoopi Goldberg) travel from Arizona to Oregon in search of long-lost parents and $87 in stolen cash. Draws little empathy for Miss Goldberg's repulsively unrepentant character and, despite Belushi's endearingly honest and God-loving character, the film is little more than a parade of brain-damaged souls. Much profanity and some grisly, pointless violence. A3,R

fanity and some grisly, pointless violence. A3, R "Men Don't Leave" (Warner Bros.): Realistic, unsentimental portrait of a family in crisis after the sudden death of the father and the coping mechanisms used by the mother (Jessica Lange) and her two young sons to withstand the resulting shock, grief and change of lifestyle. The situation is made believably poignant by a fine cast. Younger children may be upset by its depiction of the sudden death of a parent, and the sexual involvement of the 17-year-old son 'is inappropriate for adolescents; but pa~ents and their older offspring may wish to share and discuss this otherwise relevant film. about loss, grief and family rene-. wal. Some rough language, sexual situations involving an adolescent.

A3,PGI3 "Torrents of Spring" (Millimeter): Visually lovely, emotionally bland version of 'the Ivan Turgenev novel about a 19th-century Russian nobleman (Timothy Hutton) traveling in Germany who becomes engaged to a sweet Ital-

CY 0 basketball champs decided

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The Senior, Prep and Junior Boys' CYO basketball teams recently competed in diocesan all-star tournaments.

The Senior Boys' competition took place at Kennedy Center, New Bedford. with the home team defeating Fall River 104-72.

Fall River players Joe Couto, Jeff Berube and Lou Britto and New Bedford teammates Kevin Dearse and Sean 0' Acci were named to the All-Tournament Team and New Bedford's Jason Baptiste was named Most Valuable Player. Britto was the game's leading scorer with 21 points.

In the Prep Boys' game at the Taunton CYO center, Fall River outscored Taunton 71-56. Named to the All-Tournament Team were Fall River's Joe Cidade, Mike Cioe and Marcel Moniz and Taunton's Tim Bollin and Kevin Morrison.

Cidade was the highest scorer with 17 points a'nd his teammate Mike Isadore was named MVP. Playing at the Fall RiverCYO center, the native Junior Boys edged past Attleboro 51-49 and New Bedford bested Taunton 46-21.

High scorers were Eric Mayer, Attleboro, 23 points; Jared Sandman, Fall River, 23; and Ryan Corriea, New Bedford, 16.

New Bedford played Fall River for the championship and came out on top 66-27. Mayer and Sandman were named to the AlI-Tournament Team along with Fall River's Bill Norton and New Bedford's Paul Pothier and Todd Jones.

Armando Gomes of New Bedford was the highest scorer with 13 points and Correia was the MVP.

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ST. PATRICK, FR Holy hour 2 p.m. Sunday. Confirmation class interviews begin tomorrow. Lenten series featuring video presentations by Jean Vanier with sessions at 10:30 a.m. or 7 p.m.

Wednesdays beginning March 5.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Lenten Bible study of Gospel of . St. Matthew 6:30-8 p.m. Sundays at the school.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Parish council meeting 8: 15 p. m.

Monday. Applications are available for Girls' ECHO weekend for high school juniors and seniors March 24; several parishioners are team members. The Women's Guild is offering college scholarships; information: Marion Linhares, 759-3320; Bunny McKenna. 563-7365.

ST. ANTHONY OF UESERT, FR Exposition of Blessed Sacrament noon to 6 p.m. March 4, closing with holy hour at 5 p.m.

FIRST FRIDAY, FR Father Pierre Lachance, OP. prior of the Dominican community at St. Anne's parish, Fall River, will speak on Christian healing for First Fridians following 6 p.m. Mass and a dinner March 2 at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River. Father Lachance has conducted healing services at St. Anne's Shrine since 1978.

ST. ANTHONY, MATT APOISETT Confirmation rehearsal 7-8 p.m.

Saturday, church hall. Confirmation, 7 p.m. Saturday; candidates and sponsors should be in the church hall no later than 6:30 p.m.

HOLY REDEEMER, CHATHAM The state of the Church in Central America will be discussed at 9 a.m.

Sunday in the church hall, immediately following 8 a.m. Mass, by Maryknoll Missioner Father John Halbert. Now president of the school of theology at the Maryknoll motherhouse in Maryknoll, N.Y., Father Halbert returned to the United States last July after five years of service in EI Salvador. Sponsored by the newlyorganized parish Men's Club, the lecture is open to the public.

ST. JOS'EPH, TAUNTON Lent program with Coyle-Cassidy High School faculty member Michael Kelly 7 p.m. Mondays beginning Feb. 26 at the school. Day-long centering prayer seminar, led by Connie Daniel and Trappist Brother John Crocker of New England Contemplative Outreach, 10 a.m. Sunday.

Young Mothers' Group Mardi Gras potluck supper' 7 tonight, church hall; new members welcome. Diocesan Council of Catholic Women presentation on drugs and alcohol following 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday.

Parish council meeting 7: 15 p.m.

Sunday, rectory.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, HYANNIS This Sunday the gym will be open for grades 5-8 to play basketball; boys, 12:30-2:30 p.m.; girls 2:30-4:30 p.m. Parent supervisors needed; information: Sister Rebecca Betz, 775-6200. Volunteers needed to start a parish Boy Scout troop; information: David Bisbee, 771-3067. First communion parents' meeting 7 p.m.

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ConfirmatIOn election ceremony II: 15 a.m. Mass Sunday.

LaSALETTE CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING, ATTLEBORO Guided imagery prayer program 9:30-10:30 a.m. Mondays March 5April 9, facilitated by Sister Patricia Cocozza, SND. Preregistration necessary; information: retreat secretary, 222-8530.

AIDS WORKSHOP The Diocesan Office of Catholic Social Services will sponsor" AI DS: Strengthening Our Community's Response," addressing educational, pastoral, social and personal issues of the disease, 1-6 p.m. Sunday, St. Pius X Church, S. Yarmouth.lnformation: Catholic Social Services, 674-4681.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Women's Guild meeting 7 p.m.

Monday. Guest speaker Susan Collamati, member of the religion department at Bishop Feehan High School, will give a Lenten presentation.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Scripture study on Passion and Resurrection Narratives of Jesus begins Thursday; space available in morning or evening classes. Register

by Sunday. Information: Sharon Fitzpatrick, 888-8693. New members welcome at choir rehearsals 7 p.m.

Tuesdays; information: Ada Simpson, 746-5440.

CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NB Executive board meeting 7:30 p. m.

Wednesday, St. Lawrence rectory.

110 Summer St.. NB. HOSPICE OUTRICH, INC. Fall River area training course for volunteers to provide support and services to terminally ill cancer patients and their families begins Tuesday and continues at 7 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays for 7 weeks.

Information: 673-1589.

ST. ANTHONY, TAUNTON Guild meeting 7 p.m. March 6; Mrs. Arthur Pouliot will demonstrate party food trays and gift wrapping. Parishioners asked to bring canned sliced carrots to the church Mar~h 3-4 for the soup kitchen. Rev. J.J. Sullivan will give a mission in English for one week beginning March 17.

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ST. THERESA, NB Holy hour sponsored by Adorers of Blessed Sacrament 7 p.m. Monday, St. Theresa's Church, Acushnet Ave. Celebrant will be Father Richard Chretien. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament following 9 a.m. Mass until 7 p.m. on Fridays. Information: Angelo DeBo.rtoli. 996-0332.

ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL, FAIRHAVEN Open house for parents' of prospective students, including those for nursery program for ages 3-5,7 p.m.

March 14. Information: school, 996-1983.

Panelwill address societal problems .The Taunton District Council of Catholic Women will sponsor a panel presentation on five vital problems.

9f today's,s()ciety at 7 p.m.

March8at Immaculate Conception Church, Tauntop.

Justice Ronald Harper of ~Q~ Juvet1il~ Court for Bris• tol County will speak on drug and alcohol abuse .

Other speakers and topics will be Rev. Bruce Cwiekowdirector of diocesan AIDS ministry, AIDS; Kathleen Simpson, Taunton Catholic Middle School principal, education; Deacon and Mrs. John Schondek of St. Paul's Church, Taunton, family involvement; and Kay Poirier,:J3irthright, teen pregnancy.

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District moderator Rev. Paul G, Connolly, pastor of St. Mary's Church, Taunton, twill'iilQ~~rate the paneL A questiOn and answer period will follow. . Stl1d~Qtsin seventh grade '~9~::~9 Je,encouragedto attend' ..•...... their parents and the general public is invited.

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ST. ELIZABETH SETON, N. FALMOUTH Welcoming Committee potluck supper to welcome new parishioners and share with old friends 6:30 tonight, church hall. Information: 563-2695, 540-4190, 563-3113.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Meeting for adults interested in forming a parish youth group 7 p.m.

Tuesday, parish center. St. Patrick's Fellowship meeting 7-9 p.m. Sunday. parish center. Community blood drive 2-7 p.m. Wednesday, Amvets Hall, 659 Brayton Ave. Appointments. 673-2658; walk-ins welcome.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Cub Scouts in grades 3 and 4 interested in earning the Parvuli Dei emblem may pick up registration forms to be returned by March 4; information: 336-9592. Mardi Gras party for youth 6-9 p.m: Tuesday, parish center; activities include lipsync and make-your-own-sundaes.

Grades 3-5 students will lead Stations of the Cross 7 p.m. March 2.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS Attleboro area meeting 7-8:30 p.m.

Sunday, St. Mary's parish center, N. Attleboro. Information: 695-6161.

FR area meeting 7 p.m. Wednesday, O.L. Fatima Church Hall, 560 Gardener Neck Rd .. Swansea.

WIDOWED SUPPORT . FR area meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sacred Heart parish center. Cape area meeting 3 p.m. Sunday, Christ the King parish CCD center, Rte. 151, Mashpee. Topic: Taxes and Other Burdens. Information: 4287078. Weekend retreats for the widowed March 9-11 and April 2729, Family Life Center, N. Dartmouth. Information: 999-6420

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Cub Scout Blue and Gold banquet -2 p.m. Sunday. No religous education classes tomorrow. Lenten retreat 7 p.m. daily March 5-9; seven week Scripture study series begins in April £01' Holy Week and Easter season. Information: Deborah Osuch, 994-3405.

SACRED HEART, N. ATTLEBORO Vincentians meet after 8:30 a.m.

Mass Sunday, rectory. Finance committee meets 7:30 p.m. Monday, meeting room. Women's Guild meets 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, church hall; storyteller John Welch will speak at 8 p.m. Information: Kay Reed, 7614295.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Mardi Gras celebration 7-11 p.m. tomorrow. North Attleboro Knights of Columbus Council 330 is accepting applications for membership; information: Steve Eighmy, 6951984; Ed Lambert, 695-3934.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Youth ministry meeting 6 p.m.

Sunday, R.E. center. Volunteers needed for Hyannis Salvation Army day shelter to supervise on Sunday afternoons; information: Paul Hebert, 778-0568, evenings.

OL V/ OLH Guild members invited to attend World Day of Prayer I p.m. March 2, West P!lrish Congregational Church, Rte. 149. Baby equipment needed by Summerside Center family shelter; information: Lenore Lyons, 790-2933. Knights of Columbus Council 2525, Hyannis, meets second and fouth Thursdays; information: Bob Bourque, 428-1877, evenings.

O.L. CAPE BREWSTER The Great Themes of Scripture Bible study meets 9: 15-10:45 a.m.

Sunday, parish center, with Father Richard Rohr videos. Volunteers needed to form a choirfor the 4 p.m.

Saturday Mass; information: Claire Costello. 385-3302. Youth ministry meeting 6-8 p.m. Sunday.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB Men's League meeting II a.m.

Sunday. Coffee and donuts following the 8 and 10 a.m. Masses. The Men's League plans to divide its funds equally among parishioners attending Catholic high schools in September; information: Father Kenneth Delano.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Parish mission this week with Father Conrad M iller. Program: 4:30 p.m. Mass tomorrow; vespers service, sermon and Benediction 7 p.m.

Sunday; weekday Masses 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m. (Polish sermon), 7 p.m.; rosary prayed before 7:30 a.m. Masses; confessions before 7:30 and 9 a.m.

Masses and after 7 p.m. Mass.

Consistent priests' OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) - When two priests crossed the line at the U.S. Strategic Air Command headquartets at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Neb., more than three dozen in the peace movement stood by to pray and offer support. But three hours later that same day, when the same priests were arrested at a protest outside an Omaha I abortion clinic, about six of the } same anti-nuclear protesters demonstrated against the priests. Two 1 tried to physically prevent Fathers ': Frank Cordaro of Logan, Iowa, and Jack McCaslin of Tekamah, 1 Neb., from stepping onto the clinic ~ grounds for a moment of prayer.

The actions may seem confusing, to some, but the priests' action~; show "a consistent ethic of life,", said Joyce Glenn of the New Cov/enant Justice and Peace Center ifn Omaha, which had conducted! a three-day retreat that culminll(ted in the recent dual demonstrati· ons .

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