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PRAYS UNDER FIRE as she awaits Pope's visit.

Papal schedule set A very nervous world turns its clip out this schedule and use it attention to Central America for as a Lenten guide that we may the very special visit of Pope walk with the Pope as he en­ John Paul II next week. Amid counters the suffering of our the strife and disillusioned, the brothers and sisters in Central defranchised and defenseless, America. The Vatican released the Pope will preach the Gospel th.e Papal itinerary this week message in circumstances never and the schedule is as follows: before encountered by a Pope Wednesday, March 2 ·in the new world. The Catholic 8:10 a.m. (2:10 a.m.), depar­ world' prays for his safety as ture from Rome's Leonardo da well as his' peace making efforts. Vinci Airport. .

10:05 'a.m. (5:05 a.m.), one­ In ord~r that we who share the ' hour technical stop in Lisbon, faith may walk in prayer with Portugal. .the Holy Father each day, the 3:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m.), welcom­ following schedule for the Papal ing ceremony in San Jose, Costa Rka. visit is offered The Anchor read­ 5:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m.), meet­ ers. May it be suggested that we Tum to Page Six

VATICAN CITY (NC}:'- Indi­ vidual confession and absolu­ tion, expected to he a key theme of the 1983 World Synod of Bishops, "responds to the deep psychological needs" of human beings, says the synod working document made public Feb. 17.

The working document for the month-long synod, scheduled to open at the Vatican Sept. 29, was released in Latin and in un­ official 'French and Italian trans­ lations ait a Vatican press con­ ference by Archbishop Jozef Tomko, general secretary of the synod.

The working document was prepared by the synod's 15­ member council on the basis of responses from 96 bishops' con­ ferences, Ca1lholic organizations or Vatican offices to the "l,inea­ ment,a" or preparatory "frame­ work" document issued a year earlier. The latest document

shows a much g~eater emphasis

on the importance of individual confession.

The "lineamenta" devoted ·slightly more than a page to the topic, while the working docu­ ment's treatment of the subject covers nearly five pages.

"It appears evident that the worthy celebra1tion of the sacra­ ment of reconciliation, and in its sphere Jndividual confession with

the minister of Christ and the church, responds to the deep psychologica'lneeds of man and can contribute to the maturity and serenity of souls and to in­ terpersonal 'relationships," the working document says.

"Some, havJng abandoned the celebration of penitence with in­ dividual confession, have begun to manifest the anxieties of their soul, and sometJmes its guilts, to psychologists and wi1lh too much guIlibility even to astrolo­ gers and others," the document adds.

The theme of the 1983 synod is "reconciliation and penance -in the missJon of the church."

The working document reaf­ firms the ~ong-time church ,stance that "individual and com­ plete confession, with the re­ spective absolutJon is the only ordinary mode whereby the faithful can reconcile themselves

with God and with the church." ly new, prepared at the request 'Of several bishops, in order to General absolution is per­ miltted only "if there is a great create a space for discussJon of need, namely when ,in view of concrete solutions and to show once again that true interior the number of penitents, suffi­ conversion brings a fundamental cient confessors are not avail­ contribution to renewal and able to hear individual confes­ sions properly within a suitable reconciliation in society and the perJod 'Of time," the document world," he added. says.

"Here," says the working doc­ "A person has an interior need ument, "is a call for Ithe work of the synod: May it declare in an to open his or her soul to an­ other," Archbishop Tomko told incisive manner the obligation which Christians have t'O com­ NC News after the press C'Onfer­ mit themselves to the ways of ence. penItence, which coverts hearts, The 70-page working docu­ in order to eliminate the ferment ment is a!1 expanded version of the "linea~enta," drawn up of hate and violence which sus­ tains wars and' to revive the along the same lines but devot­ flame of the SpirJt so that the ing more space to "the promo­ disciples of Christ may be found

tion of reconciliation in the va­ rious spheres of personal and 'strong in faith and active in

social life," Archbishop Tomko w'Ork.' " Archbishop Tomko said th.1t

said at the press conference.

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Letter to bishops

Holy Year. plans VATICAN CITY (NC}-Pope John Paul II has written to all Catholic bishops to ask tl1em to mark the Holy Year which be­ gins on March 25 by holding special celebrations and offer,ing programs of spiritual enrichment in their own dioceses.

'The pope's wishes were c'On­ tained in a letter to his "vener­ able brothers in the episcopate" released by the Vatican on Feb. 17, together with a working doc­ ument on the 1983 W'Orid Synod 6f Bishops.

On March 25 the pontiff will open the Holy Door of St. Peter's BasHica initiating a year of ju­ bilee marking the 1,950th anni­ versary of the death and resur­ rection of Christ.

On that date 'Or immediately following it each of the world's bishops ,is asked 'to hold a "spe­ cial celebration" Hnked to the pontiff's action.

All Holy Years are marked by pilgrimages of Ca'tholics to Rome, but in his letter the pope noted "the heritage and particular ge­ nius of the various ecclesiastical

communities around the world."

He inv·ited local bishops to tap local pastoral resources and his­ tory in planning programs with­ in their dioceses.

The pope said that current

diocesan programs can take on

a deepened meaning and be en­

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ituality during 1983 "by showing

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them a special digni,ty in the celebrations.

The pontiff released his letter on the publication date of the working document for next fall's assembly of the Synod of Bish­ ops, whose theme will be "Re­ conciliation and 'Penance in the Life of the Church."

A consideration of the work­ ing document, said the pope, "can ,revive in people's con­ sciences the sense of God and

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WASHINGTON (NC)-Preside.nt Reagan has asked members of -Congress for .quick passage of tuition tax credit <legislation and has proposed a tax credit bill similar to one which failed to pass Con­ gress last year. At a press briefing Department of Education Under­ secretary Gary t. Jones said that Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kan.) would .introduce the bill, with Sens. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.).

Robert Packwood (R-Gre.) and·WilHam Roth (R-Del.) as co-sponsors.

Jones said he believed there is a good chance of passing the tax credit bill this year. He said Dole's work last year in the Senate Finance Committee provided a good base for the new proposal.

PITTSBURGH (NC)-A "phenomenal amount" of human rights violations against religious groups ,is taking place in the world, according to John Healy, executive director of Amnesty Interna­ tional's U.S. section. He noted that while the UN Declaration on Human Rights states that all are entitled to religious belief, "reli­ gious leaders a,re the first ones the government goes after" when persecution begins in many nations. Interv.iewed at Duquesne Uni­ versity, Healy said that the Reagan administration gets "mixed reviews" for :its human rights record. He commented that his organization could not find evidence that the human rights situation has improved in El Salvador and Guatemala, as the admin1stration' claims.

SURROUNDING AMERICA'S newest cardinal, Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin (arms raised), are the nation's nine other princes of the church. Clockwise from upper left, Car­ dinals Patrick O'Boyle and John Carberry, retired; Cardinals Humberto. Medeiros, John Krol, William Baum, Lawrence Shehan (retired), Terence Cooke, Timothy Manning and John Dearden (retired). (NC/Chicago Catholic Photo) .

NEW YORK (NC)-Catholic Relief Services, overseas aid agency. of U.S. Catholics, is providing emergency food and medicine to illegal aliens expelled from Nigeria, according ,to CRS headquarters in New York. About 1.2 million West Africans have left Nigeria since the government ordered expulsion of illegal aliens in January.

Beth Griffin, CRS spokeswoman, said the agency :is working with local church groups to cook and serve 5,000 meals a day. She said that Nigeria ini'tiated the expulsions because it .is suffering from the recent drop in its oil exports and needs to ease the strain on its economy.

WASHINGTON (NC) - The sev,enth national Workshop on Christian-Jew,ish Relations, to be held April 25 to 28 in Boston, will have as its theme "The Next Generation of Christian-Jewish Relations." The workshop is sponsored by the Secretariat for .Catholic-Jewish Relations of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Office of Christian-Jew.ish Relations of the National Council of Churches and the Committee on Interreligious ,Affairs of the Synagogue Council of America,along with other Jewish and Christian agencies.

VATICAN CITY (NC)-Use of government grants by pr,ivate charities can help the church significantly in its mission to the poor. said"Bishop Edwin is. Broderick, executive director of Catholic Relief Services ata Vatican meeting. Bishop Broderick was keynote speaker at a three-day meeting of "Cor Unum," the Vatican umbrella agency which coordinates the work of church charJties worldwide.

A guiding priinciple for church acceptance of government grants, said Bishop Broderick, is that there be no strings attached which "appear to erode the integrity or independence of" agenc,ies.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (NC)-Jesuit Father Andrew Morrison, editor of the Catholic Standard, diocesan newspaper of Georgetown, Guyana, ·and the paper's' pr,inter have lost a J.ibel suit which Guyana's Vice President Hamilton Green brought against them. The convic­ tion 'carried a fine of 20,000 Guyanese dollars (about $6,667) and damages of 10,000 Guyanese dollars «about $3,334). Green brought' the 1ibel suit because of a 1979 Cathol,ic Standard story dealing with his actions during labor union picketing at a government store.

Four other suits against the paper by government officials are pend­ .ing. The Inter-American Press Association said in October that the suits constitute "an apparent orchestrated attempt to close the paper." ..

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, __1 MIAMI IDGH SCHOOL STUDENT Isabel Mascarenas teaches Haitian village children "London Bridge." She is a member of a student group that spends vacation working in the poorest diocese of one of the poorest nations on earth. Haiti is among places to be visited by Pope John Paul II on his LatinI Artie'rican tour March 2 to 9. (NC Photo)

VATICAN CITY (NC~The Vatican has r'efused comment on widespread' Italian press reports that the Holy' Shroud of Turin may be brought to Rome for public display next year. The shroud, a 14-foot-long linen cloth believed to be the burial shroud of Jesus, has been displayed only ,three times this century. According to Italian newspapers, -including the national Catholic daUy, Avvenire, 200 Rome and Vatican church 1eaders have asked Pope John Paul II and Cardinll}l Anastasio BaHestrero of Turin for transfer of the shroud to Rome for the 1ast tw.o months of the Holy Year of Re­ demption, scheduled to end April 22, 1984. Chur'ch and qivil leaders have expressed opposition to the proposal, especially Qec!luse the pope has said that the Holy Year is .to be celebrated not only in Rome ~ut in each diocese throughout the world.

Bishop hopes for Appeal success Bishop Daniel A'. Cronin, meet­ ing with priest directors of the 1983 Catholic Charities Appeal, expressed hope that this year's campaign will surpass last year's total of over $1 million.

The bishop reviewed last year's achievements, stressing al­ location of funds to the many diocesan apostolates and noting that many budgets will increase due to higher costs of adminis­ tration, materials and related ex­ penses.

He said that increased giving will be needed due to the larger number of people seeking assis­ tance from diocesan agencies in these times of economic stress.

Msgr. Gomes explained appeal mechanics to the directors. They are Rev. Richard L. Chretien, New Bedford; Rev. John F. And­ rews, Cape Cod and the Islands; Rev. Bento R. Fraga, assisted by Rev. Roger L. Gagne, Attleboro; Rev. Gerald T. Shovelton.. Taun­ ton. Msgr. Gomes will direct Fall River operations.

The traditional Appeal kick­ off will take place at 8 p.m.

Wednesday, April 13, at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

It is expected that nearly 1000 clergy, religious and laity will be in attendance. ' The special gifts phase of the Appeal will be held April 18 to 30 and the parish house to house campaign will take place from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, May I, with over 107,000 homes being visited by 19,500 volunteers.

Priest is shot AMES, Texas (NC) - The pas­ tor of the Catholic parish in· Ames was found shot to death at his rectory Feb. 18 in an ap­ parent robbery.

Josephite Father Henry G. Bouchie, 68, pastor of Our Moth- . er of Mercy parish in Ames since 1976, was found on the back porch of the rectory by the par­ ish housekeeper. He had been shot in the head.

The priest's wallet was miss­ ing, and several rooms of the rectory had been ransacked, law officers reported. . He had last been seen the pre­ vious evening when he led the Stations of the Cross.

Father Bouchie was praised as a "kind and gentle man" by Bishop Bernard J. Ganter of Beaumont, in whose diocese the parish is located.

"He was especially interested in teaching the young and was very good at developing CCD programs," said Bishop Ganter.

"In Ames he had one of the best organized and attendedCCD pro­ grams in the diocese."

Bishop Ganter asked for pray­ ers both for Father Bouchie "and for whoever did this to him."

Father Bouchie was a native of East ijoston, Mass., where he excelled in both sports and acad­ emics. The Boston Red Sox once tried to sign him to a professional

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baseball contract, a fad that Father Bouchie often related to his youth classes.

He entered the Josephite order in 1933 and was ordained to the priesthood at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington in 1942.

He had been a pastor in Tuske­ gee, Ala., taught college in New­ burgh, N.Y., and also had served as pastor in the Texas cities of ·Bryan, Old Washington, Houston and Crosby before coming to Ames.

Funeral services were held last Saturday at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro, for Father Alphonse J. LaChapelle, MS, 86, who died on Ash Wednesday at the La­ Salette provincial house on the shrine grounds.

He had lived at the house since 1971, assisting in area par­ ishes, especially at }foly Ghost Church, Attleboro.

Strange Logic We would fain be humble; but not despised. To be despised and rejected is the heritage of virtue.

We would be poor too, but with­ out privation. And doubtless we are patient, except with hard­ ships and with disagreeables.

And so with all the virtues." ­ Meister Eckhart

THIS bumper sticker was spotted on a car belonging to Bishop Joseph L. Imesch of Joliet, ILL.

Born Feb. I, ~897, in St. Fran­ cois-du-Lac, Canada, he was the son of the late Louis and Olivine (Lancette) LaChapelle. He came as a child to Fall River and in 1916 entered the LaSalette sem­ inary. After studies in Connecti­ .cut and in Belgium, he was or­ dained in Tournai, Belgium, July 29, 1928.

From 1929 to 1940 he served in parish ministry, then under­

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In 1952 he was assigned to the LaSalette missions in the Philip­ pine Islands, serving there for three years before returning to parish ministry in the United States.

His survivors include four brothers, Albert, Robert and Raoul LaChapelle, all of Hart­ ford, Conn., and Theodore La­ Chapelle of Brimfield; and a sis­ ter, Mrs. Seraphine Champagne of Canton, O.

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Abortion Politics: A Catholic Problem Why is it that Catholics cannot exercise a collective opposition to the abhorrent issue of abortion politics? Over the past few years it seems as if Catholics in this country have just given in to the pressure, demands and power of pro-abortion forces. The future offers little hope since so many. Catholics seemingly wish that the entire abortion controversy would just fade away from the area of conscience response.

What makes this current att~tude such an embarrass­ ment to the church is that so many Catholics in politics are on record as proponents of abortion legislation.

In a recent address to the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, Ellen McCormack, the anti-abortion political activist assembled some interesting facts that are worthy of note.

It is the northern states where there are many Catholics that almost all the senators are voting for the pro-abortion position. In thirteen states of the country where· between 35 and 40 percent of the people are Catholics, only two senators out of 26 supported the right to life position.

Catholic politicians who provided the pro-abortion move­ ment with indispensable help were Cuomo, Carey and Moynihan of New York, Kennedy arid O'Neil of Massa­ chusetts, Rodino of New Jersey. .

McCormack makes an interesting observation when she states, "It is an ob~ous fact that the success or failure of Right-to-Life depends on the Catholic Community. Much has been written recently about Right-to-Life efforts of the Moral Majority, but the .areas of the country where the pro-abortionists are- presently obtaining votes are those northern -industrial areas where the Moral Majority is not strong. The pro-abortionists, she reflects,· are presently obtaining their support in areas -where the Catholic com­ VOLCANIC ERUPTION

munity has great numbers. She continues, Catholics could change this situation, if enough of them· refused to vote, 'The God of maiesty 'hath thundered.' Ps. 28:3 on principle, for candidates who support the killing of unborn children."

Whether one likes it or not, Ellen McCormack has raised an issue long surfaced by this editor, namely, that many Catholics just do not follow the~r faith demands when it comes to civic responsibility. .In the case of abortion, By Bishop Norbert F. Gaughan trich-like, denies that· there is . which might bring some unfavor­ anything. bad in the living out able publicity (as they might HOMrary president,

life becomes merely an expedient substitute for a vote. of the human life in the world view it) upon the Church and· its CathoDc pless Assn.

There are other issues that reflect this mentality such as . and in the Church. They would works. seen recently in this state with the first amendment issue.

An important development say to those who insist, "But There are yet a few in the comirig from Vatican II .is the there is something called 'sin,' This unfortunate development in the Catholic commu­ Catholic press who will only re­ nity is no more than horrendous. One would judge from scriptural revolution especially there are things called human port the happy news, or treat the revival and growth of love frailties. there are faults and ·some irrelevant or minor church recent voting records and elections that many Catholics among Catholics for the Gospel. vote on the basis of appearances rather than on the basis Thanks to the work of truly shortcomings in all the members doings as major, describe the the Body of the Church," that comings and goings of the clergy of principles and issues. If Catholics would fight for the talent~d scripture scholars, this, of such Catholics are traitors to the as if these were the signs of the issues in which they believe the way that our Jewish generation of Catholics has the Good News.

Parousia, the coming of the Lord. ·brethren supports issues, then our country would have opportunity to know more about Yes, we have met those who Then there are those for whQm a pro-life constitutional amendment within a remarkably the scriptures than any other in the history of· the Church. the Good News signifies that all want the Catholic press' to be short time~ Now each Sunday we proclaim our tasks will be successful, all like the song, "Home on: ·the May this paper·once again urge the Catholic com­ that this is the Gospel, of the our projects will be easily done, Range," with no discouraging munity whom it serves as. a teaching instrument to rise Lord Jesus. Lest ~ people miss all our ~ictories be gained with­ word ever to be heard, or. men­ tioned, or hinted at. to the challenge of our times, to live their faith when the point, enthusiasts will hold out serious effort. convenient or inconvenient as the day demands. :If we up the book ~d say, "This is the But the Good News means that There may even be a few who are to be true to the Gospel message, reflective of the GoodNews of the Lord Jesus." would think the Good News by His passion, death and resur­ rection Christ has overcome sin, What is this Good News that deposit of faith, honest in our witness to truth , then means' g~>od fo.r us; good f?r. me, our anxiety, despair, doubt and Catholics have to stop leaving their faith outside the voting ,we proclaim? Good news for good fo~ my Views, my OplDl?nS, death. It states that if we are booth. Abortion politics is now indeed a Catholic problem. .whom? Good news about what? my ~holces, my personal belIefs. / true to Him these victories He Good news for what purpose? In If history is tQ record that American Catholics were their attitudes, people provide a If th~re dare be any who ~o not / will win for us. Not that we shall agree, they must be enemies of win them by ourselves, but that successful in the effort to restore protection for human life, variety of responses. the Good News.

He will be the One, Who will they better act now to change hearts that have hardened.

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Urifortunately some have a . tendency to read into the phrase, "Good News," what they mean by good newS. Others take the word "good" to mean happy. The Gospel means happy news. We . are called to happiness.

Thus, for these the mark of the Catholic should be' that he is a happy person. But to them that means one who goes \ around bUQbling over, or one who, os­

Should we be surprised there are some. who would believe .that the Good, News encompasses some of the attitude described?

There are indeed some who want the Catholic press to automatic­ ally deny all wrongdoing, to con­ ceal injustices even when it is claimed they are done for the good of' the Church, not dwell upon our projects which wete misdirected, badly done, or

overcome, and we in 'Him. So the good news of the world is not the Good News of Christ.

It is not a celebration of the glories of man, but an under­ standing that in ulliting our works with the passion"and death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus, we can go about our tasks and duties in this world with the sure knowledge that He will transform pains and hurts.

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OPENING PRAYER Dearest Jesus, bless us this Lent as we prepare ourselves through good works and penance for your great feast of Easter. Be with us, Jesus, and help us to be .instruments of your love to all we come in contact with this week. Amen.

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Two symbols of faith we wish to focus on this Lent, are the tomb of Christ and his crown of thorns. The tomb where Christ's dead body was placed after his Crucifixion is the focus for the cornerstone of our faith, Christ's Resurrection. Dark and silent, the tomb reminds us that each of us too will die, yet faith in Christ means eternal life (In 3:16). Christ's crown of thorns is a worldly mockery of his being a king (Mt 27:27-31). It reminds us boldly that Christ's kingdom is not of this world.

TOMB AND CHRIST'S CROWN OF THORNS Materials tvc tomb: plaster of paris, empty oatmeal box, scissors, a stone about the size of Dad's fist. Mold the tomb out of the plaster of paris around· the bottom four inches 0 fthe box. Cut off the ibox and place the stone at the door of the tomb. For the crown :use some sticks, toothpicks, and thin wire. Make the crown by wiring .the sticks into a circle and affixing the toothpicks as thorns. These items can be used as a centerpiece during Lent.

ENTERTAINMENT Hold a "Spring Round-Up." Search the clQsets for toys and clothes that can be given to an organization that wJll make them available to the poor.

SHARING -Try to give every member a chance to talk during the' shar­ ing. Share a crazy story from last week.

-Try to recall when your faith was tested. What was it like and how did things turn out tin the end.

-Someone share a time when he or she felt extremely sad.

How could it be compared to Jesus' crown of thQrns?

Adult Families Read about John 3:16 and then Matthew 27:27-31 and have each family member share thoughts.

SNACK TIME Why not keep the snacks low key during Lent? Try carrot sticks cut in all sorts of sizes and shapes.

CLOSING PRAYER Gentle Jesus, thank you for the symbol of your empty tomb, and, Jesus, thar:tk you also for suffering for us the hQrrible "crown of thorns." How deeply we ali love you, Jesus, and how much we want to be your dis­ ciples. Help us along our way this Lent, especiaBy when we are angry at each other. Amen.

ACTIVITY IDEAS Young and Middle Years Families

Saint fo·r Lent

I recall an early religion class in which Father asked us to write the name of the person most likely to be in heaven. We all wrote Mary, of course, considering it to be the free question that teachers put on a test so that everyone gets at least one right. We were furious, therefore, when Father sprang the Good Thief on us.

We argued but he simply opened the Bible and read aloud: "One of the criminals hanging there cover~d him with abuse and 'said, 'Aren't you Christ?

Why don't. you save yourself ­ and us?"

'But ,the 'other one checked him with the words: 'Aren't you afraid of God even when you're getting the same punishment as he is? And it's fair enough for us, for we've only got what we deserve" but this man never did anything wrong in his life.'

Then he said, 'Jesus, remem­ ber me when you come into your kingdom.'

And Jesus answered, 'II tell you truly, this very day you will be with me in paradise'."

Father closed his book and asked, "Any questions?" He be­ ing Father and we being stu­ dents, we didn't but I've never forgotten that lesson because he went on to explain the meaning of the exchange and by the time he ,finished, I think we all envied the Good Thief because we knew

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The Good Thief has always intrigued Christians. What was there about him that made him different from the other? Like the two women at the well in scripture where one heard and was 'saved while the other didn't, they seem to share similar,ities.

They both led a life of crime, were apprehended, sentenced to death by crucifiXion,' and wit­ nessed the taunting of Jesus by the soldiers and Jews who cried, "Hey, King of the Jews, you can save others. Why. don~t you save yourseU?" as they laughed.

Yet, one thief believed and was saved while the other rebelled and wasn't.

Dismas, as the earlyChristians named this anonymous criminal, is considered to be th~ only sa,int who was canonized before he died. And he was one of Jesus' final gifts to us. He has come to symbolize hope and salvation for even the most hardened heart.

After a lifetime of crime and in the midst of despair, he an­ swered God's call to grace, rec­ ognized his own sinfulness, and took the first step toward re­ pentance. And Jesus responded as he promised he would. That's what makes Dismas a perfect saint for Lent. Like Easter after Good Friday, his is the penulti­ mate happy ending story.

His 'story'is reenacted daily in

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our ·world. A terminal cancer, a tragic accident, an earthquake or flood. - aU bring people to respond to God's call to grace which is always there.

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Why do we have to wait for death to find grace? Because we have a bit of the other thief in us, ,the one who joined the taunt­ ing crowd, the one who rebeHed even at· death. We rebel in so many ways - ' trying to assume GQd's power ourselves, refusing to recognize our sinfulness, call­ ing on others to save us because they claim to be holy. How like the other thief we can be.

Oscar Wilde wrote, "He who is i~ a state of rebellion cannot receive grace, to use the phrase of which the Church is so fond -'- so rightly fond, I dare say ­ for in life as in art, the mood of rebel1ion closes up the chan­ nels of the &Qui, and shuts out the airs of heaven."

Jesus, in one of his last gasp­ ing breaths, gave us the gift of Dismas. He didn't question him, lecture him, berate him. He simply called him to him and responded to his repentance.

Will he do less for us?

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By circumstances and choice, Pope' John Paul II is standing at the center of the whole complex of East-West relationships, not to mention Ronald Reagan's thorniest for­ eign policy problems.

Because of the plot against his life - the Bulgarian connection that the Italian police have es­ tablished - and the possible, al­ though far from proven, involve­ ment of Yuri Andropov, the new Soviet leader and erstwhile head of the KGB, the pope could be­ come the glass through which the free world ,looks at Moscow.

The president has been preter­ naturally restrained in his com­ ments about an unfinished story that so far reinforces a thou­ sandfold his stated views on the Soviets as perfidious and brutal people who stop at nothing to divide and conquer the world.

The monstrous suspicion engen­ dered by the reports would con­ stitute a perfect alibi for halting the disarmament negotiations Reagan so reluctantly opened in Geneva. The explanation that he w,ishes to preserve detente is ; hardly conyincing, in, view of 'his recent attempts, through pipeline sanctions, to discourage it.

Not all public f,igures are so reticent. Sen. Alphonse D'Amato, R-N.Y., recently stormed around Rome shouting "J'accuse" at the Central Intelligence Agency for ineptitude in investigating the enormous crime about which, he rages, he gave them advance in­ formation.

Adding to the riddle is the fact that the CIA has been charged with leaking accounts that pooh­ pooh Bulgarian and KGB involve­ ment. Why? ~ Is it coverJng for its failure on the case? Does it have better ,information? If so, why is it not divulged?

The pope also is a pivotal fJg­ ure in the matter most galling to the Reagan administration, the U.S. bishops' controversial and­ nuclear pastoral 1etter. Accord­ ing to Rowland Evans and Rob­ ert Novak, the White House dis­ patched veteran troubleshooter Gen. Vernon Walters to the Vatican to importune the pope to rein in' his '·radical clerics who oppose first-use and other nu­ clear "options" Reagan wishes to retain. Walters Jndignantly denied the report, but plainly the administration hoped that the American bishops, who were recently summoned to Rome to meet with their dissenting Euro­ pean brother bishops, were being called on the carpet.

Theirs was not the purpose or the outcome of the meeting, ac­ cording to eyewitnesses. Differ­ ing opinions were exchanged in an amicable, fraternal spirit.

The third draft of the bishops' letter, which the president wish-

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es would never see the light of day, is going forward.

The Reagan administration thought at one time that it could circumvent the U.S. bishops who have taken an adamant position against oits policy in Latin Amer­ ica. It had some initial success, but 'last Augus~ the Holy Father issued a pastoral letter that proved he did not share the ad­ ministration view of the war in El Salvador as a struggle be­ t'Yeen East and West, with the guerrillas cast as clients and pawns of, Moscow and Havana.

The pope defined it in these terms: "On one side (are) those who consider armed -battle a necessary instrument for obtain­ ing a new social order, and on the other side those resorting to the principles of 'national secur­ ity' to legitimize brutal repres­ sion."

Now the pope will go and see for himself. Early next month ,he is embarking on a tour of Central America hot spots: El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua. His itinerary is a tribute ,to his courage and also his determination to be taken into account in world affairs.

The State Department hopes that ,it may be just another of those picturesque pastoral prog­ resses, with the white-clad fig­ ure lost in the seas of screaming, yearning humanity that envelop him wherever he goes. But the political potential is too great foro comfort.

If the pope, for instance, makes Arturo .Rivera y Damas the permanent archbishop of El Salvador, it ns bad news for the administration. Rivera, who has been "acting" archbishop for three years, is a critic of the security forces and an outspoken advocate of "dialogue," that is, negotiations with the guerrillas.

His ,installation would be seen as a papal endorsement of Rive­ ra's approach.

The most the administration could hope for in the pope's visit to Nicaragua is that the supreme pontiff will be preoccupied with ecclesiastical offenses-the pres-' ence of disobedient priests in high places in the Sandinista government snd the recalc-itrant "popular church" that ,the pope wishes to convert to the Polish virtues of "unity and discipline."

But he may find time to speak of "reconciliation" between Ni­ caragua and its neighbor Hon­ duras, which recently engaged in military maneuvers with forces of the United States, which has never denie4 a covert campaign against the Marxists in Managua.

His resonant baritone will be heeded. John Paul II, by acci­ dent and design, has long since become more than the shepherd of his flock.

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9:45 a.m. (10:45 a.m.), meet­ ing with Costa Rican President Luis Alberto Monge.

10:45' a.m. (11:45 a.m.), Mass at the Sabana.

4:15 p.m. (5:15 p.m.), meeting with women Religious in the cathedral.

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8:30 a.m. (9:30a.m.), depar­ ture for Managua, Nicaragua.

(No time), welcoming cere­ mony.

10:30 a.m. (11:30 a.m.), pri­ vate visit to the cathedral of Leon, Nicaragua.

10:45 a.m. (11:45 a.m.), Liturgy of the Word for the laity in Leon.

12:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m.), meet­ ing with Nicaragua's ruling junta at the Centro Cesar Au­ gusto Silva in Managua.

4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m.), Mass in July 19 Square.

7:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m.), depar­ ture ceremony at the airport.

Return to Costa Rica.

for the campesinos (peasants) in the Olympic City.

6.30 p.m., 'meeting with Pan­ amanian President Ricardo de la Espriela.

7:10 p.m., visit to the cathe­ dral.

8:15 p.m., departure ceremony at the airport.

Return to Costa Rica.

with President Roberto Suazo Cordova.

6 p.m. (7 p.m.), Liturgy of the Word with "delegates of the word" (catechists) 'at the airport of San Pedro Sula.

7:15 p.m. (8:15 p.m.), depar­ ture ceremollY at airport.

Return to Gua.temala.

Sunday, March 6'

. 6:30 a.m. (7:30 a.m.), Depar­ ture ceremony in Guatemala.

7 a.m. :(8 a.m.), departure for Belize.

8 a.m. (9 a.m.), Mass at the airport.

2 p.m. (same as EST), wel­ coming ceremony in Haiti.

3:15 p.m., Mass for the closing' of the National Eucharistic Con­ gress at the airport.

6 p.m., meeting with Presi­ dent-for-life Jean-Claude Du­ valier.

7 p.m., inauguration of the meeting of the Latin American Bishops' Council ·in the cathe­ dral in P()rt-au-Prince, Haiti.

11:30 p.m., departure. cere­ mony and departure for Rome.

8 a.m. (9 a.m.), departure ceremony in Costa Rica.

8:30a.m. (9:30 a.m.), depar­ ture for San Salvador, El Sal­ vador.

I(No time),' welcoming cere­ mony.

11:15 a.m. (12:15 p.m:), Mass and Angelus at the Metro Cen­ ter. .4:15 p.m. (5:15 p.m.), meet­ ing with President Alvaro Magana.

5:15 p.m. (6:15 p.m.), Liturgy of the Word for priests at the Marist Brothers' high school.

6:30 p.m. .(7:30 p.m.), private visit to the cathedral.

7:15 p.m. (8:15 p.m.), depar­ t~re ceremony ·a.t the ai,rport."

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"What the Gospel demands of men is more than notice or understanding or sympathy. It demands. 'participation, compre­ hension, cooperation; for it is a communication which presumes faith in the living God and which creates .that which it presumes."

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Continued from page one reactions to the preLiminary doc­ ument, issued Jan. 28, 1982, came from 42 national bishops' conferences, 21 regional bishops' conferences or individual bish­ ops, four Vatican congregations, 28 'Catholic organizations, and the Union of' Superiors General of religious orders.

Many of the il'esponses to the Vatican synthesized the results of wide consultations he said. "·For example, the dossier sent by the Chilean iBisnops' Confer­ ence is a synthesis of 25,000 re­ sponses prepared in various par­ ish communities," Archbishop T0I1!ko said.

The. working document in­ cludes sections on first confes­ sion for children and on con­ fession of venial sins, which were not contained in the pre­ liminary draft, indicating that both topics were raised during the past year's consultations.

Although five other ordinary world synods. and one extraor­ dinary one have been held at the Vatican, ,this was the first time that a working document had been made public. PrevIously the preliminary materials for the meeting were sent on a con­ fidential basis to bishops.

"The publication of the 'Hnea­ menta" (last year) had very good results," Archbishop Tomko said.

"Its distribution was shown to be providential when the holy father proclaimed 'the Holy Year of Redemption; ,in fact, the re­ flection which it prompted in the church community contributed . . . to pavJng the way for the jubilee."

A papal letter on local cele­ brations of the Holy Year was sent to the world's bishops along with the synod working document. See story on page I.

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Holy year Continued f~om page one tance of the sacrament of pen­ ance for Ihuman and Chr.istian growth and inCleed for the very renewal of society."

"The sacrament of confes­ sion," said the pontiff, "is the irreplaceable means, of conver­ sion and spiritual progress."

For this reason, he observed, durihg the Holy Year "every­ thing that is .pastorally effective

for evoking in people's hearts sentiments of sorrow for faults committed must be opportunely supported by the means that are avaiable."

Such means, the pope con­ tinued, ".include catechesis, fre­ quent penitential services, and the presence of priests in the main churches who will insure that at any hour of the day indi­ viduals can receive the sacra­ ment of penance."

The pope also invited the bish­ ops to use in their dioceses "aU practices that aim at preserving and. fostering in people's hearts fmal devotion to the Blessed , Virgin.".·•· ::·A.1:.A.A~4 Re noted' that the A·A~ llo·O,~.::>.t:>o&:I l'<:: • 0

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Especially . recommended by the pontiff was the recitation of the rosary. In contemplating through the rosary the events of the l,ife of Christ, he said, "we see how the word of God en­ tered, by a merciful decree, into the world of man and accom­ plished the redemption."

The pope suggested to the

bishops that the local celebra­

tions on March 25 would pro­

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plain "the purposes of the spe­

cial jubilee and the ways in which the indulgence can be gained in the diocese by com­ munities and indiv,iduals."

Holy Years traditionally offer Catholics the privileg~ of gain­ ing a plenary 'indulge!,!ce, which is the remission of th~ temporal punishment due for si!,!s already forgiven, through reception of the sacraments, participation in certain celebrations or visits to designated sacred sites, and prayers for the pope's intentions.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Feb. 25, 1983

"We brought with us about two tons of equipment," said Dr. Elias Hanna, medical director of the Western Heart Institute, who began arranging the trip during a previous visit to Shang­ hai in 1981. 'loA vast amount of disposable equipment was taken to China and left there at the end of the trip. Perhaps as a re­ sult of our demonstrations, the Chinese have a better idea of what equipment they need to diagnose and treat coronary heart disease," added Hanna.

The annual convention of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will be held at St. Fran­ cis Xavier parish hall, Hyannis, Saturday, April 23.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin Will be guest of honor a~d principal celebrant of the convention Mass and Msgr. Daniel Hoye, general secretary of the National Con­ ference of Catholic Bishops and a Taunton native, will be the afternoon speaker.

The Fall River District will hold a communion supper Wed­ nesday night, April 6, at St. John of God parish, Somerset. Pro­ ceeds from a special event held in connection with the supper will aid in sending delegates to the National Council convention in the fall.

RITA W. FOLEY, a vet­ eran catechist associated with the Archdiocesan Reli­ gious Education Office of Boston since its inception, will present a workshop for catechists from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at Holy Name School, Fall River.

Catechists wishing to at­ tend are asked to register by Monday with the Catholic Education Center, 423 High­ land Ave., Fall River, tel.

678-2828. , Mrs. Foley conducts teach­ er training programs, adult education courses and values education seminars across the nation and is o'n the Mas­ ter Teacher Program staff in Boston. She is the author of a teacher training manual, "Create!"

Her presentations empha­ size an experiential ap­ proach, Christo-humanistic values and moral develop­ ment and the use of prayer responses and activities for both classroom and home.

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NURSE SHAREEM SALEM and respiratory therapist Paul Cota monitor the first patient to undergo coronary bypass surgery in Shanghai. Both were members of a California team that visited China to train medical per­ sonnel "in cardiac techniques. (NC Photo)

Catholic medical team brings expertise to China SAN FRANCISCO (NC) - A medical team from a Catholic hospital in San Francisco took part in a lecture and demonstra­ tion tour to China which, it is believed, involved many "firsts" in Chinese medical history.

According to members of the team, their trip set a number of precedents in medical procedures in China. For the first time a foreign medical team performed open heart surgery. And for the

first time a high-ranking Chinese. official was operated on by for­ eign doctors. They also perform­ ed the first coronary bypass operation in the city of Shanghai, said a surgeon in the team, Dr. Sami Kabban.

The team, from the Western Heart Institue at St. Mary's Hos­ pital and Medical Center, visited China in 'November for a two­ week lecture and demonstration tour.

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Russell Shaw, public affairs secretary of the bishops' con­ ference, said that it was "gratui­ tous editorial comment" by NCR to move from Cardinal Casaroli's acknowledgement of the prin­ ciple that bishops' conferenc,es can go beyond papal statements on peace to the assertion that they can also differ with papal teachings in that area, and "then by some internal logic" to assert that they can therefore disagree with the pope on other issues such as abortiop or women's or­ dination as well.

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In his statement Msgr. Hoye said that anyone who claimed to have heard even an indirect en­ couragement from Cardinal Ca­ saroli to disagree with papal statements "was not present at the meeting."

He made a sharp distinction between disagreement with papal teaching and the generally con­ ceded principle of expansion on general church teachings by a bishops' conference to apply those teachings to concrete is­ sues and circumstances.

"It is true," he said, "that episcopal conferences were told they are free to expand on Vati­ can pronouncements on peace.

It is consistent with ,the nature of the church to expect bishops in their own country to apply principles articulated in papal teaching to local conditions. One should expect this to happen."

He said that there was a "frank and candid exchange of ideas" at the Vatican meeting, but that all participants "ex­ pressed fidelity to, and appre­ ciation of, the teachings of ·re­ cent popes on the issue of mod­ ern warfare."

Msgr. Hoye was one of four Americans participating at the meeting, an informal consulta­ tion called by the Vatican. The meeting brought representatives of the U.S. bishops, European bishops' conferences and the Vatican together to discuss the moral issues raised by the first and second drafts of the U.S. bishops' proposed pastoral letter on war and peace.

The NCCB general secretary will be a major speaker at the annual convention of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Cath­ olic Women, to be held Satur­ day, April 23, at St. Francis Xavier parish hall, Hyannis.

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There were a few surprises

but no major shifts in direction

·when the Catholic Church's new Code of Canon Law became pub­ lic Feb. 1.

Among the most notable

changes were the spelling out of

lay rights in the church, the

· elimination of most forms of dis­ crimination against women, and' the broader opening of church offices and ministries to lay­ persons.

In these areas and many others

P9pe John Paul II left virtually

untouched the recommendations

made to him by the papal com­

mission that had ·worked nearly

20 years on revising the code.

In a few areas where he re­

jected the commission's recom­

mendations, the pope opted for

more traditional church discip­

line. For example, he eliminated

proposals that would have al­ have permitted ,married perman· lowed bishops' conferences to ent deacons to remarry if they establish .regional or national ad­ were widowed. He retained the ministrative tribunals and would 1972 discipline whereby under have set general norms for their general Jaw no permanent dea­ con may marry after ordination. operation.

The pope made a notable The courts would have pro­ vided an easier way for church change in the new code's treat­ members to seek redress if they ment of women. Where the 'draft presented to him retained special felt their rights had been' vio­ lated by a church authority. By rules for women's confessions eliminating them the pope basic­ (at a confessional site with a grille available), he rephrased ally left Rome as. the only re­ course for a grievance if it the new law to say, without dis­ could not be resolved satisfactor­ tinction between men and wom­ ily within a diocese. en, that confessions are not to Pope John Paul did leave in­ be heard outside duly established tact, however, norms for estab­ places without good reason. lishing offices of r.econciliation· Among the places of confession or arbitration within dioceses. available, some must have the These did not exist in the old grille between confessor and peni­ Code of Canon Law. tent available, to preserve the Another commission recom­ rights of those who wish to use mendation which. the pope re­ it. jected was language that would

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Father ·Bouchard has been Di­ rector of Continuing Education since July 1980. He is also Assis­ tant Director for Religious Edu­ cation, and is in residence at Holy Family Parish, E. Ta.unton, Mass. .

He succeeds Fr. Paul Walsh of Boston, who has accepted a pas­ toral assignment in the Arch­ diocese.

On the national level, Fr. Bou­ chard will· represent Region I (New England) at board meet­ ings, an~ help to plan the an­ nual convention, scheduled next year to take place in Miami. In New England he will convene meetings of Directors of Con­ tinuing Education from dioceses

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Dear Mary: .I would like to question you concerning your re­ cent article, "If You Feel Un­ loving, Do Something Loving" that appeared in our paper.

Recently my husband and I had a disagreement which ended in my husband hitting me very hard. In our seven-year marriage he has hit me ,on three separate occasions. He has never injured me badly, but now I am finding it hard to feel affectionate or loving toward him.

I forgive him, but I can't just act as if nothing has happened.

Do you think we.need counsel­ ing? Except for these incidents we have had a loving marriage with two beautiful children.

Your article says to' change if you feel angry. You continue by saying you should do some­ thing loving and that we have more co'ntrol over what we do than how we feel.

Are -you suggesting I should be loving toward my husband?

He is always sorry after one of these episodes, but I'm finding it hard to sympathize with him.

I am keeping busy and praying, but I'm still seared and lonely.­ Mississippi.

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to apply our theory .to a real-life situation. In your case "do something loving" seems to im­ ply that you should demonstrate affection you do not feel. That's not what we mean. Perhaps we should have said "be positive" instead of "do something lov­ ing."

Should you seek counseling?

If. your me continues to be so difficult that you cannot toler­ ate it, you may need counseling or you may even decide to break up. Only you can make this choice. You say you have" had a loving marriage except for these incidents. Yet you also say ,that you are scared.

If you do seek counseling, choose 'a clinical psychologist. or a social worker with an ASCW (Academy of Certified Social Work~rs). These degrees repre­ sent a high level of professional training in the mental health "-field.

With or without counseling, only you and 'your spouse can change your marriag~. Your marriage seems to have many strengths. We think you may be able to .help yourself a great deal by staying positive in thought and action. Here are some suggestions: 1. Think something positive. j

Your letter already indicates that you see many positive things about your husband, your marriage and your family. Think of all the things, large and small, that are good about your husband. Write them down ­ all of them - everything from "good provider" to "g()od look­ ing" to "picks up after himself."

2. Now do something positive.

Pick out two or three of those virtues you wrote down. Notice them in 'your -husband and make him realize that you appreciate them. "You work so hard to give us a comfortable life." "The kids get their good looks from their father."

At a time of crisis spouses cannot always be loving, but they can be positive'- We are not suggesting that you be a Pollyanna, creating an imaginary _ world without problepls. Nor are we suggesting that you deny problems. Rather we encourage you to focus on the very· real positives in your husband. Good luck!

Reader questions on family living and child care to be an­ ewered in -print are invited.

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Dilemma aired' of <3atholics in , military . WASHINGTON (NC) - Cath­ olics in the military "are becom­ ing a suspect class who cannot be trusted to push the button, fire the weapon, pull the lan­ yard," because of discussions about the U.S. bishops' pastoral o.n war and peace, an active duty' Army officer said.

The officer, Col. Leroy Fore­ 'man, an appellate judge on the Court of Military Review: spoke at a recent discussiop of the pas­ toral at Holy Trinity Church in Washington.

The prinCipal· speakers that evening were Father Bryan He­ hir, director for international justice and peace of the U.S. Catholic Conference, and Mi­ chael Novak, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Insti­ tute.

Because the bishops· have taken a magisterial position in addressing the quest.ion in a pas­ toral letter, "Catholics in uni­ form, particularly in the lower ranks, do not see the letter as offering guidance, but as a di­ rective," the calnel said. They do not see the letter as leaving them with a' choice, he added.

"Non-Catholics in the mili­ tary," he continued, "from lieu­ tenan~s to general officers, feel that Catholic~ have no choice."

Foreman said later his com­ ment was based on conversa­ tions with military person~el in the Washington area.

In response, Father Hehir, who has worked with the com­ mittee of bishops drafting the letter, said that the pastoral "is a teaching document, but it does not mean that every line is de­ finitive dogma."

However, he said it inc~udes some teachings "on which none of us has any choice." The teach­ ing, for example, that the direct killing of civilians is not per­ mitted, he said, is not new, is not optional and does bind every­ one; Father Hehir noted that Cath­ olics in other professions also encounter conflicts between their moral views and current prt\~­ tice. He cited the case of a Cath­ olic doctor who is administrator of a secular hospital where abor­ tions are performed.

In his initial presentation, Father Hehir said the pastoral "is not a pacifist letter" but that its basic premise. is that nuclear weapons are qualitatively differ­ ent from any weapons in past history.

The bishops, he said, seek to "draw a li!1e" against the use of such weapons and against the arms race.

During the question and an­ swer session, Father Hehir said that one of the principles bear­ ing on the question of nuclear deterrence is that it is wrong to have a formed intention to do what is evil. It would be evil, he said, to have a formed intention. to use nuclear weapons against civilian targets.

But -he noted too that there is a distinction between a threat .and an intention. He said the pastoral letter has not made jUdgments about such things as the deployment from bases to operational areas of submarines fUlly armed with nuclear mis­ siles.

Novak, in his presentation, said the bishops could have \

avoided questions about the au­ thoritativeness of the teaching by using' another format to discuss the issues, such as a statement issued by a committee of Cath­ olics including bishops.

He criticized the pastoral for "treating the United States and . the Soviet Union almost as moral equals."

At many places in the text, he said, the bishops have "moved ahead of the Vatican." In con· trast to Pope John Paul II's description of nuclear deterrence as· acceptable under present con­ ditions, he said, the bishops describe it as ':tolerable" under strict conditions.

Novak said the discussion of nuclear . deterence should not be carried on in general terms, but· in terms of deterring an­ other power, the Soviet Union, which is "awesomely armed."

The point of deterrence, he said, is avoiding the use of nu­ clear weapons and allowing time for winning the war of ideas with the Soviet Union, which he described as "a system based on lies and terror."

Incomplete WASHINGTON (NC) - "Just as a person who ignores his or her creator is a sad creation ... so a university without a con­ scious opening to the creator of all truth and beauty is an incom­ plete university," Jesuit Father William J. Byron said at his in­ auguration as 12th president of the Catholic University of Am­ erica. Father Byron, 55, was for­ merly president of the University of Scranton.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Feb. 25, 1983

uestion corner

By Father John ·Dletzen

Q. Can you explaln the old custom of churehlng of women?

Is It still practiced? (Ohio) A. In the Old Testament a woman went through a ceremony of purification after the birth of a child. This was related to the Jewish belief that some sort of ritual uncleanliness was con­ tracted by a mother in giving birth. This impurity was taken away through the rite of purifi­ cation.

The Christian ceremony of the churching of women after child­ birth has roots in this Old Testa­ ment belief, though the focus of the Christian ritual was more one of thanksgiving snd praise of God. You are right; this ceremony is not spoken of much any more.

The reason, I believe: is very simple. All the positive Christian themes in the ceremony for the churching of women are now contained, even more richly, in the rite of infant baptism itself.

Q. Several months ago, in re­ sponse to a question about the apparitions at Garabandal, you sald that the church had not ac· cepted the fact that the Blessed Virgin Mary really appeared there. You quoted bishops back In the 1980s.

I have read much about this and I think the church has now stated that the appearances did actually take place. It is a beauti· ful story, a~d I think you should set the facts straight for peo­ ple who may not know about developments that came up after your previous columns.

Please let us know: Where does the church stand on this today? (New Jersey) A. For readers who may not be familiar with the background of this question, the town of . Garabandal is in the Diocese of Santander in Northern Spain.

For several months, beginning in 1961, some children of that area were said to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary. ·During these appearances Mary is reported to have repeat­ ed much pf the message of Fati­ ma, the need for prayers and conversion of life if mankind is not to suffer greatly from dis­ asters imminent in the world.

At least twice in recent years I have reported statements of the bishops of Santander during the several years following these alleged apparitions. In both in­ stances the bishops, after care­ ful investigation, indicated there was no basis for claiming any­ thing supernatural happened at the site of the apparitions.

Because of the above question and similar letters I have re­ ceived, I wrote to the present bishop of Santander, Bishop Del Val. Just a few years ago, in Decemb~r 1977, he visited Gara­ bandal and met with people said to have been involved in the appearances.

Following this visit, noting that his predecessors did not admit a supernatural character

to the phenomena that took place there, he said, "I, am in agreement with these bishops, my predecessors. I was always open in charity and without pre­ judice, and will always be will­ ing to consider any occurrence .that takes place here (in Gara­ bandal). But in the six years that I have been bishop of Santander no new phenomenon has taken place."

Bishop Del Val adverted to the suggestion by partisans of this shrine in many parts of the world that a new investigation take place. If the Vatican wishes to do this, he said, he has no objection. He himself, how­ ever, has no reason to review the process, and sees no reason for a special commission for the Holy See to do so.

I must repeat what I have in­ sisted on several times before when speaking about private revelations, which all such ap­ paritions would be. When local church authorities find no evi­ dence for a supernatural charac­ ter to these appearances, they mean precisely that and nothing more.

Unless explicitly stated other­ wise (as it has been in some in­ stances), the chutch does not mean to deny the fact of the apparitions, nor to forbid Cath­ olics from observing the spirit­ ual advice inVOlved, which most often is simply restressing the need for prayer and penance, which is and always has been an integral part of a good Christian life., Questions for Father Dietzen may be sent to Holy Trinity Par. ish, 704 N. Main' St., Blooming­ ton, Ill. 81701.

Pope supports ,school aid VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II backed the right of parents to choose Catholic schools for their children and said the state should contribute to the costs of that ed).1cation.

His comments came during a meeting in the Paul VI A'udience Hall with some 10,000 Catholic school teachers from the Rome area.

The event marked the feast of Sl. Thomas Aquinas, patron saint of Catholic schools.

In Italy the national govern­ ment does not 'directly subsidize Catholic schools but some pro­ vincial. and local governments pay the tuition of children from poorer families attending Cath­ olic schools. The public school system in Italy provides Cath­ olic religious instruction, though attendance at such classes is not mandatory, and salaries of those teaching such courses are paid by the state.

In Britain, France and other nations in Europe and' around the globe, the state does con­ tribute to the support of Cath­ olic and other church-related schools.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Feb. 25, 1983

When will the Second Coming occur?

By FlIIther John Castelot

Mark composed Chapter 13 of the Gospel after the fashion of a farewell discourse for Jesus. It appears just before the passion story.

This approach was used for a serious pastoral reason.

It is hard to realize now just how preoccupied the first Chris­ tians were with the second corn­ ing of the risen Lord. This pre­ occupation led to many difficul­ ties: false expectations, fanatical predictions.

One persistant conviction that the fall of Jerusalem would her­ ald the glorious reappearance of Christ. But when the city fell and nothing happened immediate­ ly, the~ was bewilderment.

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Andy was my friend in. grade school but I felt very different from him. , He wasn't Catholic and all of the rest of us were. In fact, my whole town in Michigan was Catholic except for Andy's fam­ ily.

I had not heard of e,cumenism then, but Andy provided my first experience of friendship with someone of a l;Iifferent Christian community. , Thanks in large part to Vati­ can Council II and its work on Christian'unity, I now have many good friends of different .faith communities.

The Rev. Don Utterback is a Methodist mi!lister who chaired

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Approximately 40 percent of, all Catholics who marry in the United States select non·Catliolic mates and the percentage is even 'higher in areas of small Catholic population.

That is one reason for the impon:ance of the ecumenical movement: it clearly affects. sq many of our personal relatlon-: ship~.

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In ,recent ,ye~rs, Protestants, Roman Catholics,' Orthodox and Anglicans have taken major steps t6 repair Christianity's div. isions. "" In 1948, two separate move­ . m'ents were merged to form the World Council of Churches. to­ day· the council fosters coopera­ ,,~rn, to Page Thirteen

Just how seriously is the. move­ ment taken today?

We think for iristance, of the recent visit of, Pope John Paul II to, Queen Elizabeth II in her ' capacity as h~ad of the C!1urch of England. \ Later, we saw on television the pope and the archbishop of Canterbury kI1eeling side by side in the Anglican cathedral at Canterbury. They prayed for the future unity of Anglicans and Roman Catholics and together renewing their baptismal' prom­ ises, they emphasized how much of the Christian faith they share. ,The pope's British visit, ,re­ ceived considerable attention. It was the first time a pope had set , foot on British soil an~ it also was a highly significant ecumeni­ cal event, narrowing the over 400 year old gulf of separation and dissention between the Angli­ can Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope John Paul II has demon­ strated a, strong personal com-'" bitment to Christian upity, traveling in 1979 to Istanbul to '-',

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the family life education task force of the United Religious Community in South Bend Ind., where I now live. Working with him provided an opportunity to clarify our respective thinking about the content and method of church-sponsored sex education programs for adolescents and adults. I learned that Catholics are the only ones who have questions about how best to pro· vide such programs.

I 111so worked with the Rever­ end Utterback on several Ameri­ can Bible Socit:ty workshops, during which we discovered how much we really shared and loved the Bible. ' ' , Lectliring on Pope pilUl ,VI's encyclical, "On Human Life,"

several years ago at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich., brought me into contact with Seventh Day Adventists,.J discovered how well they em­ pathize with Catholic views on natural law. Also, although our beliefs about the end of time are not the same, a belief in resur­ rection animates both religious traditions.

I have spoken at the Church of Cilrist, played St. Nicholas at the Greek Orthodox Church, driven to a meeting with a, min­ ister who felt compelled to pick up every hitchhiker he saw be­ cause ,he believed Christ was manifesting himself in this guise.

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, By, ,~a~erine B~rd Paulist Father Johri Sheerin ' remembers the close friendships he made with' Protestants in Rome'during the Second Vatican Council. Those friendships·"help· : ed fire his long-lived iri,terest· in , the ecumenical movement. "

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Father Sh~erin, 'now, a ret,it:ed editor and author in Washington, , D.C., was a liaison between the ,bishops and the press during, the 'council. He explained that Ii number of Protestants were in­ By. Janaan Manternach vited to represent their commun­ ','My name is Ruben. I did odd ions at the council tq learn first­ jobs around the temple until ,that hand the concerns of the Cath­ Thursday night in the olive grove olic Church.' called the' Gethsemane.

Many observers, he' said, "After sunset I' met with a mgb of men the enemies of Jesus had organized. We had swords and clubs. They told us' to find Jesus and arrest him.

"They introduced us to a man named Judas who had, been a close friend of Jesus. He was to iead us to where Jesus was. I didn't like hiIlJ· I wouldn't trust anyone who betrays his friends.

"We walked to the olive grove with torches, Judas in front.

'The man I shall embrace is the one. Arrest him and lead him away; he told us.

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The first - "When will this occur?" - concerns the destruc­ tion of the temple.

The second question - "What will be the sign that all this is coming to an end?" - has to do with the end-time.

Jesus' answer is couched in terms that reflect the situation preceding and immediately fol­ lowing the fall of Jerusalem. It also is given in terms borrowed from imaginative descriptions of the last days. ' The basic message is stated right at the beginning: "Be on your guard. Let no one deceive you." It is repeated at the very end: "What I say to you, I say to all: Be on guard!"

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Interfaith friendships

By Dr. Theodore Hengesbaeh

ANGLICAN BISHOP Robert Runde of Canterbury, Pope John Paul II and Metropolitan Anthony Bloom, head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain, worship together in London's Cant~rbury Cathedral for fulfillment of Christ's prayer, "That all may be one." (NC/UPI Photo)

The seriousness of the prob­ lem is signaled by Mark's solemn setting in Chapter 13.

After the prediction of the fall of Jerusalem, we see Jesus seat­ ed on the Mount of Olives facing the temple. In popular thought, it was from this mount that the Messiah would make his appear­ ance. Thus, we see Jesus as messianic judge.

Jesus then instructs the first of the disciples to have been called - another note of solemn­ ity. Their question points to the general conviction that the fall of Jersusalem and the second coming would be linked in some way.

The disciples really ask two questions:

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found the proceedings "illumin­ ating and impressive," especi­ ally the sessions on ecumenism.

To encourage ecumenical con­ tact, Father Sheerin recalled, small 'groups ,pf bishops met regularly wlith Pr,otestants ,in private homes or at the Vatican.

After the council, Father Sheer­ in frequently' traveled through­ O\.1t the United State,s to taik, about 'ecumenism. He, said the I'rotestants, he met wer~ very interested in ecumenIcal devjllQP­ men~s.' , , Father John Hotchkin and Father George Tavard are two other Catholic ecutnenists who consider the search 'for Chris­ tian unity vital for all Christians.

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They trace this concern to New Testament times.

Father Hotchkin poipted out that during the Last Supper, Jesus prayed for his followers to the Father and asked "tHat they m,ay be one, even as we are one." ' For Father J'avard, divisions among Christians are a scandal in' the eyes of the Gospel, while. for Father Hotchkin they are a fesultof sin, wftich causes peo­ ple "to wall themselves off from one another."

The ecumenists were inter· viewed, while they were attend­ ing' the Anglic~n-Roman Cath­ olic :'Consultation" in Savannfh, Ga.; a group that meets every Turn to page'thirteen

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Contlnued frolJ' page twelve If they hear it marks the end, Just as there were false they are to pay no attention. In God's good time the risen Lord messiahs in the story days pre­ ceding the seige and fall of will return. But, "as to the exact day or hour, no one knows it."

Jerusalem, so now, in the Chris­ tian community, there are false If Jesus assures his disciples prophets claiming to have in­ that "this generation will not side information about the sec­ pass away until al1 these things ond coming. take place," they still must learn Mark's readers are assured by experience that "this genera­ that all sorts of things must hap­ tion" may wel1 be of undeter­ pen before that takes place. mined duration.

Many events will be so calami­ The important thing is not to tous they will look like "the end ""be lul1ed into indifference or of the world. complacency by the delay: "Be But, we read: "This is not yet constantly on the watch! Stay the end." awake! You do not know when Above alI, Christians need to the appointed time will come." realize that in pursuit of their The lesson remains important. vocation they will suffer persecu­ tion. But it does not signal the end-time. Christians must per­ severe patiently to achieve salva­ tion.

Continued from page twelve Now we read of an "abomin­ nine months to "maintain com­ able and destructive presence munication during a period of standing where it should not be."

That is an image borrowed from growing unity," explained Father Daniel in the Old Testament Hotchkin. He is director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and (9:273. It refers to the pagan Ro­ Interreligious affairs ·at the U.S. man domination of Jerusalem.

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Mark is telling Christians they are not to panic when this takes Father Tavard, a professor at place, but simply and quickly the Methodist Theology School move elsewhere. in Delaware, Ohio, became ,in­ terested in ecumenism as a sem­ inarian. He has attended inter­ faith meetings at a number of historic sites, including Windsor Continued from page twelve and Canterbury, England. Such tion and unity among Protestant, settings provide a sense of his­ Anglican and Orthodox commun· tory as participants look back ions. at the causes of separation and In the Roman Catholic Church, try to understand them in the new ground was broken in 1964 context of our times," he said. with publication of the Decree Father Hotchkin observed that of Ecumenism by the, Second Vatican Council. The council several polIs have indicated that fathers deplored the discord the quest for unity ranks high in ·interest among Catholics. He said among Christians, saying it con­ tradicts the will of Christ and a recent Gal1up poll of Catholics hinders the work of the church. found 87 percent of those con· tacted responded favorably to a Vatican II cal1ed on all Chris­ question on the need for unity tians t6 work for unity and sug­ among Christians. Similar pol1s gested ways to do that. One way in other countries obtained simi­ concerns attitudes. lar results, the ecumenical The council fathers encouraged leader stated. divided Christians to recognize their need for trust, love and dialogue. Significant progress has been made in this area. In Eng­ land, the pope and the arch· Continued from page twelve bishop of Canterbury thanked ally the words: "If you do ·it to members of the official interna­ tional Anglican-Roman Catholic the least of my brethren you do dialogue commission for their it to me!" I do not share his com· pulsion and was happy' there work during the past decade. were no hitchhikers on the road Dialogue, of course, is not that day.

Nevertheless, I admire only for the experts. Many com· such faith. It is a chal1enge to munities have programs involv­ ing lay people in ecumenical ex~ my own. I remember this inci­ every time I see a hitch· changes that may ease the path dent hiker. to unity. There are also many projects in which Christians of It feels good to attend a Bar' many faiths meet to serve needs or Bat Mitzvah and to recognize among the poor, the sick, the and appreciate great aspects of jobless arid others. the Jewish tradition. When I It is not surprising that it is hear Hebrew on the lips of young , taking time to resolve differences boys and girls and listen to among Christians. It is difficult prayers and hymns much the to resolve any kind of differences same as those of Jesus' day, I understand those who speak of among people. the religious roots shared by The labor for Christian unity can seem slow and tedious. At Jews and Christians. times it is easy to lose sight of I am glad that Andy was my its real importance or to think friend long ago and that over it isn't getting anywhere. the years my' friendships with The l~bor will continue, how· members of other faith com­ ever. For on the night before munities have widened. I have he died ~esus prayed for a unity been enriched by these contacts ultimatelY to embrace the whole and I hope that somehow I have world. enriched others, too.

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Continued from page twelve grove. We surrounded four men standing under an olive tree.

Others were sleeping under trees on the other side of the grove.

The four were talking together when we surprised them.

"Judas embraced one of the four. We knew that must be Jesus. So we grabbed him and began to tie him up with heavy rope. He didn't say a word. He didn't try to stop us or escape.

Suddenly one of those with Jesus drew his sword, struck out at a slave and cut off his ear.

"Then Jesus spoke to us: 'You have come to arrest me. You are armed with swords and clubs as if you were capturing a criminal.

I was within your reach daily, teaching in the temple. Yet you never arrested me. But now, so that the Scriptures may be ful­ filled ..• ' "~esus didn't finish the sen­ tence. I'm not sure what he had meant but he seemed to think that what we were doing had something to do with the Scrip­ tures.

"While Jesus was speaking, all his friends deserted him, run­ ning off into the darkness. One poor fellow had on only a linen cloth. We tried to seize him, but he slipped out of the cloth and ran off naked.

"For a moment we hesitated, standing and staring at Jesus.

His friends had abandoned him.

But Jesus did not resist. He didn't try to run away or bargain with us.

i "Jesus really impressed me.

The sight of him that night changed my life. Now I am his follower."

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Cripples plead for crutches; the wounded, ban' dages; and the elderly;· a roof 'to cover their heads. It goes without· 'saying that during the aftermath of any fighting, guilt-free victims suffer tremendously as they attempt to pick up the pieces of their broken lives.... These vic· tims are profoundly grateful for what you are doing for them. Reports an on·the·spot priest: "They spoke to me with tears in their eyes of their losses, but expressed profound gratitUde for all Catholics are doing for them."

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A-1 Approved for Children and Adults Annie Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie The Dark Crystal

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The last Unicorn -The Secret of NIMH

Heidi's Song Joni.

A-2 Approved' for Adults and Adolescents Barbarosa The Chosen (Rec.) Five Days One Summer Gandhi (Rec.!

Gregory's Girl

The Man from Snowy River The Night oft he Shooting Stars Split Image Star Trek II Tex

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Threshold The Treasure of the 4 Crowns Twilight Time The Verdict Without a Trace

A-3 Approved for Adults Only Author,' Author Best Friends Das Boot Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Deathtrap Diner Diva Endangered Species Enigma Firefox First Blood Inchon Independence Day

Jinxed Kiss Me Goodbye Le Beau Marriage Lookin' To Get Out Lovesick A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy .' My Favorite Year On Golden Pond Piaf: The Early Years Rocky III Rollover Six Pack Six Weeks

Sophie's Choice Spring Fever Tempest , That Championship Season Timerider The Toy - Tootsie Trail' of the Pink Panther The World According To Garp Wrong Is Right The Yearof Living Dangerously

A-4 Separate Classification (A Separate Classification is given to certain films which while not morally offensive, require some analysis and explanation as a pro­ tection against wrong interpretations and false conclusions.)

Frances The Long Good Friday

Love Child

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Chris Leary with C-C head football, coach and athletic director Steve Winslow

C-C se~or tapped f~r Shriners' game Senior Chris Leary of Coyle .and Cassidy High School, Taun­ ton, has been nominated to par­ ticipate in the Fifth Annual 'Shriners' High School All Star Classic at Boston College on Saturday evening, June 25.

The annual game is sponsored by the Shriners of Aleppo Tem­

pIe and the Massachusetts High football. He is a Taunton Daily Gazette 1982 All-Scholastic Foot­ School Football Coaches Asso­ ciation. Proceeds will benefit the ball Award winner and the recipi­ Shriners' hospitals for crippled , ent of the Brockton Enterprise All-Scholastic Award. children.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Tim­ Chris has been a standout athlete at CC for the past four thy Leary of Berkley, he is a years, earning varsity letters in member of Sacred Heart parish, Taunton. . bas~ball, basketball, track, and

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Airplane 11:\ The Sequel 48 Hrs. Amityville Horror II Gain'· All The Way An Officer And A Gentleman Halloween III The Best Little Whorehouse Hey Good Looking in Texas Honkytonk Man Blade Runner I Love You Conan the Barbarian I, the Jury Concrete Jungle Lianna Creep Show The Missionary fast Times at Ridgemont Monsignor High National Lampoon's Fighting Back Class Reunion -

Night Shift Poltergeist Porky's .

The Road Warriors The Sender Soup for One Summer Lovers The Thing Things Are Tough All Over Vide9drome.

Yes, Giorgio ' ~ Young Doctors in Love

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Compassion

By Cecilia Belange'll'

A word I've been hearing a great 'deal lately is compassion.

'It is a beautiful word, one fraught with meaning. It means more than feeling sorry for someone; if we want to know what it really is we need only look at Jesus~ Here is compassion witness­ ing through an indescribable life yet beautifully revealing to us that we bring some of our suffering on outSelves. We can so desire the fulfillment of our wishes that they can become ty­ . rannical, Idolatrous and finally 'destroy us. Jesus makes us aware of ~ese pitf~lIs, compas­ . sionately warning us. , Justice is one of the finest forms of compassion because it : permits a person to maint~in his

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The "Feehan Company's pro­ 'duction of Whose Life Is It Any­ way? was the alternate winner of the 8th section of the Massa­ chusetts High School Drama Festival. Shaun Sullivan, leading actor of this play made the All Star Cast Division. Director, Mr.

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or her dignity and removes the ,necessity of patronizing charity. ST. JOHN OIF GOD, SOMERSET March Prayer Meeting will We cannot focus our com­ passion on one group only. If we be held Thursday, March 3rd starting with Mass at 7:00 p.m. do, we are failing to see the 'and meetinghnmediately after-. . interconnectedness of things, ward. Soci-alhour will ,be after ,the prayer meeting in the parish microbes to the biosphere, a les­ son brought home to us in this center.

CCD Co-ordinator Agnes Bar­ nuclear age. Acid rain..' stripping bosa requests that any ,teacher of the land, toXIC wastes, all' of who wishes to attend the work­ these have thir effect on us. shop for catechists to be held Peace is rooted in compassion. at Holy Name School on Sunday, 6th to ,please contact her If only ,one person is peaceful, March as soon as -possible. then peace is difficult to make, NOTRE DAME de LOURDES, but nevertheless, must risk one­ FR . self, move out to meet the, other Scnool registration for kin­ and pray she or he responds. dergarten for the few available seats will be ;held for parishion­ We need peace and compas­ children until March' 7th. sion within the family. Hard . ers', After that date, the few 'open­ times shouldn't mean that one ings will be given to anyone, takes out anger on one's child­ first come, first serve. Don't be ren. The agony times, the Hving disappointed. Register 'as soon and dying times should be got_ as you can. . . through together. overcoming, O.L. OF MT. CAlRMEL,

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The parish will sponsor 'a Len­ We remember the popular ten Mission with Rev. William song "He's got the whole world Young as the Guest Preacher. in his hands. While listening to The mission will begin on Mon­ day, Feb. 28th and, run for five it this week I couldn't' help re­ flecting that God has indeed put consecutive eve~ings until Fri­ day, March ,4th. Mass will.be at the whole world in our hands. In 7:00 p.m. followed by the' Len­ fact, we've been given the' free­ ten preaching by Rev. Young dom to blow this planet to and ending with an evening prayer service. Topics will in­ smither~ens. clude: Catholicism Today (Mon_ Isn't it time we had com­ , day), Family Relationships ,passion for planet Eartb, for (Tuesday), Penance Service (Wednesday), The Importance every blade of grass, every ani­ 'mal, every human being? If not of ,Family. (Thursday), and Unity in :the Church (Friday). now, when?

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Special Lenten Sunday Teach­ .ing: ~ear, the Essence, of Sep­ ·aration. Given by Dr. Rick Varieur in the school hall fol­ lOWing 6:30 p.m.. services in church. This is',a, th'ree-Sunday series. Parishioners and non­ parishioneJ!S: 'cu:e welcome. Sun­ day Lenten Service 'of Morning Prayer at 8:40 a.m: and Evening Prayer at 6:30 p.m.

Pilg·rimage fo Poland' is set to leave -on 'Tuesday, May 31st and returns June 14th': Fr. K. is now 'accepting reservations. There are 15 seats available. Informa­ tion, contact the rectory.

Works of Love "You may indeed do many . works of love and delight in them, especially at such times as they are not inconyenient to you or contradictory to your state or temper or occurrences in life.

But the spirit 'of love is not in you till it is the spirit of your life, till you live freely, willingly and universally according to, it.

- Wiliam Law It

Al Ksen and the F.T.C. is hoping to pull a winning' position on March 5 at the Alternate Semi­ final level of the festival.

CoyIe-Cassidy U.S. Air Force Brigadier Gen~ Chris O. Divich announced that Toni ·Jane Silveira, daughter of M-M Anthony Silveira of High­ land Street, Taunton has been selected as a recipient of an Air .Force ROTC Scholarship. Toni' is an honors student at the school, and a communicant of St. Anthony's Parish in Taunton.

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February 27 Rev. Joseph N. Hamel, Foun­ der, 1956, St. Theresa, New Bed­ ford Rev. Philip Gillick, Founder, 1874, St. Mary, North Attleboro February 29 Rev. Msgr. James J. Dolan, Pastor Emeritus, 1980, St. Mary, Taunton . . March 1 ,Rev. James F. Masterson, Founder, 1906, St. Patrick, Som­ erset Rt. Rev. Peter' L. D. Robert, P.R.,' Pastor, 1948, Notre Dame, Fall River March.2 Rev. James J. 'Brady, Pastor, 1941, St. Kilian, New Bedford Rev. Antonio Berube, Pastor, 1936, St. Joseph, AttJe..bpro Rev. Tarcisius Dreesen, SS.CC., 1952, Monastery Sacred Heart, Fairhaven Rev. Alphonse Gauthier, Pas­ tor, 1962, Sacred Heart, New Bedford Rev. J. Omer Lussier, Pastor.

1970, Sacred Heart, NQrth Attle­ boro March 3 Rt.,.Rev. 'fimothy P. Sweeney, LL.D., Pastor, 1960, H91y Name, New Bedford

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By Bill Morrissette

Former eyO Golf Champ Honoll'ed and the Massachusetts amateur crowns in the same year as well as capturing his fourth consecu­ tive New England intercollegiate championship, an unprecedented accomplishment.

Among other accomplishments in 1982 were a first-pl~ce tie in the Northeast Amateur Tourna­ ment at the Warinamoisett Country Club, losing in the title playoff; posting the low amateur score in the Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire open tournaments;; :the Northeast Intercollegiate championship; the Northeast-8 Conference individual crown, the Yale invitational championship; .the Toski invitational title; and membership on the Massachu­ setts Four-Ball championship team.

Ticket information may be ob­ tained from John Gillooly, direc­ tor of sports information at Bry­ ant College or Peter Fontaine, sports editor of the Pawtuxet Valley Daily Times, West War­ wick.

CYO Hockey Regular The Bristol County CYO Hockey League rings down the curtain on its regular season Sunday night with the usual twin bill in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River. Champion New Bedford will meet runnerup Mansfield at nine o'clock and third-place Fall River South will oppose lastplace Seekonk. Fourth-place Marion, which has already compieted its schedule, will be idle.

In last Sunday's games Mansfield defeated Marion, 5-2, and Fall River South tied New Bedford, 3-3.

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scheduled to get underway on Sunday, March 6, with a single preliminary round game in which Marion and Seekonk will be seek­ ing a berth in the best-of-three quarter-finals set to being on March 13.

In the quarter-finals Mansfield will oppose Fall River South and the winner of the Marion-See­ konk game' will take on New Bedford. Both series will conlinue on March 27 with the best­ of-three final scheduled to get underway on April 12 and con­ tinue on April 15.

Eastern Mass. Playoffs Next Week The Eastern Massachusetts basketball playoffs will start next Tuesday but pairings will not be available until tomorrow.

Neither will the complete list of participants be known until 10 o'ciock tonight. Playoffs will aiso be in progress in other sports but, again, no pairings are available at press time.

'New Bedford High, Durfee, Dennis-Yarmouth and Seekonk are definite qualifiers for the boys basketball playoffs as far as Southern Massachusetts Conference teams are concerned. Apponequet Regional High School, champion of the Mayflower League's Large School Division, is another qualifier.

Westport High, undefeated in conference play, and Somerset High ar~ among the qualifiers for the girls Eastern Mass. competition.

Oliver Ames has won the Hockomock League basketball championship, Canton and Sharon share the gymnastics crown.

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portswQtch Jim Hallet of South Yarmouth, a former CYO diocesan golf champion now a senior at Bryant College in Smithfield, R.I., has been named 'Athlete of the Year'

by Words Unlimited, a Rhode Island organization of sports writers and sporstcasters.

He will be honored at the 37th annual Words Unlimited awards dinner on Sunday, March 6, at the 1025 Club in Johnston, R.I. A social hour at four p.m. will precede the dinner, scheduled for five p.m.

Hallet is only the third golfer and the first in 18 years to win the 'Athlete of the Year' award and also the first Bryant athlete· ever named for the award.

His accomplishments in golf last summer included gaining the semi-finals in the United States Amateur Championship competition, a performance that earned him a berth in the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, next April.

In 1982 he became the first golfer to win the New England

THE ANCHOR Friday, Feb. 25, 1983

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

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

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

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

New Films "Lovesick" (Warners): A tale of male mid-life crisis spun out aga,inst Manhattan's fashionable Upper East Side.

Dudley Moore plays a married psychiatrist suddenly stricken with true love.

In a mildly amusing "prelude a fellow psychiatrist (Wallace Shawn) confesses to Moore that he has gone utterly wild over a pat,ient and that he's at a loss ,to know what ~o do. As it turns out a fatal heart attack settles the matter and soon after the femme fatale (Elizabeth McGov­ ern) is knocking on Moore's door.

What happens then is quite predictable, not very funny and pretty limp. Miss McGovern is ready to fall into Moore's arms and there's no problem with his wife, since she's picked that mo­ ment to start an affair wdth a deranged painter.

Because of its benign view of .adultery as something relatively trivial, "Lovesick" ds rated A3, PG. .

"Twilight Time" (MGM-UA): Karl Malden plays an old man who spent 20 years in the United States . bef.o~e returning to his mountadn village in Yugoslavia.

Years later he finds himself car­ ing for his two young grandchil­ dren, with his son and his daugh­ ter-in-Iaw off working dn Ger­ many. The old man strikes up a fr,iendship with a pretty young school teacher (Jodi Thelen), who takes an interest in the children's welfare, otherwise nothing much happens. A2, PG.

It is the story of Rocco (Bill Hufsey), who dreams of hecom­ ing a popular singer. Though he does nothing to prepare seriously for such a career, he ds, nonethe­ 'less, quite sure he doesn't want that kind of life his father (AI Ruscio) has laid out for him: owning and managing the fam­ ily's prosperous little restaurant.

His sister, on the other hand, loves the restaurant and wants to run it; but her father thinks she wants to be an art director, and he's sent her. to college for that. A good family story.

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

"Women and the Catholic Church" NBC, Sunday, Feb. 27, 1-2 p.m. , An NBC News Religious Spe­ cial which takes up the issue of the feminist movement as it has made itself felt in the Catholic church.

Guests are columnist and nov­ eMst Abigail McCarthy of Com~ monweal magazine; Cecelia Ben­ net, director of the Institute for Pastoral Ministries at Biscayne College; Sister Lora Ann Quino­ nez of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious; and Marist Father Joseph Fenton of the U.S. Catholic Conference Department of Communication. lOhe program begins with a clip of the famous statement made by Mercy Sister Theresa Kane in the presence of Pope John Paul II during his U.S. visit. Partici­ pants then discuss what has hap­ pened since. .

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but the hockey championship was undecided' at press time. The league will hold its east-west basketball games tomorrow at Foxboro High School. The girls' game is set for six p.m., the boys for eight p.m.

Today is the deadline for en­ tries in the 24th CYO Cheer­ leading Competition to be held on TV Film Sunday, March 6, in the Kennedy On Radio Youth Center in New Bedford.

Sunday, Feb. 27, 9 p.m. (CBS) Charismatic programs are Entries must be received today - "9 to 5" (1980) - Dolly Par­ heard from Monday through Fri­ at CYO Cheerleading, 403 Ana­ ton, Jane Fonda and 'Lily Tom­ wan Street, Fall River, Mass. lin team up as three ha'rassed day on station WICE 1210 AM; Father John Randall, 9 to 10 a.m.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of' Fall River-Fri., Feb. 25, 1983

Iteering pOintl ST. JULIE BILLIA'RT, N. DARTMOUT,H CCD teachers will meet at 7 p.m. Monday 'at the religious education office.

Confirmation I students will meef for instructi<ms in the church .hall at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Children will receive first penance ·at 10 'a.m. Saturday, March 5.

Deacon Leo Racine .will speak on '''How to Make This Lent an Experience of Family Renewal" at rosary and Benediction serv­ ices at 7 p.m. Sunday.

O.L. ANGELS, FR Confirmation will be admin­ istered 'at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Mar.ch 8.

The parish council will meet ,at 7 p.m.. Monday, March 21, in the parish hall.

WIDOWED SUPPORT, ATTLEBORO The 'area support group for the widowed will meet at 8 p,m. Friday, March 4, for line dancing '3t St. Theresa's church hall, South Attleboro.

CATHEDRAL CAMPS Parishes wishing to reserve PASTORAL MUSICIANS Sundays for outings 'at either A workshop on use of the Cathedral or Our Lady of the organ ·as a servant of liturgy Lake Camp should make ·reser­ vations before the end of March. will be presented by Glenn Giuttari, director of. music at Only a few Sundays remain St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall open.

Interviews for prospective River, an'd Pat Reynolds, St.

Mary's Church, Mansfield, 'at 2 summer camp. ·counselors will p.m. Sunday at the cathedral. be held at the camp office be­ Participants may bring music to . ginning '3t 1 p.m. Sunday, April play on the cathedral's new 10, for the boys' camp ·and at three manual, 80 stop Allen the same hours Sunday, April 17, for ·the girls' camp. organ.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO A Lenten ·recollection series entitled "The Psalms: Partners in Prayer," will be held on Wednesdays, March 2, 9 and 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 'and again from 7:30 to 10 p.m. The series will be conducted by Rev. Don­ ald Paradis, MS. Rabbi Bemard Glassman of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, New Bedford, will speak at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 3, at the shrine on "Observance of the Jewish Holy Days."" The program is part of the Ecumenical F,ocus series offered' by the shrine.

Information ·and .rep;istration for 'both series is 'available by calling 222-5410.

ST. ANNE,FJIt First penance will be -received in the shrine at 1 p.m. Sunday.

The school science fair will be open to the public fmm 6 to 7:15 p.m. Friday, March ~.

A Girl Scout Mass will be of­ feredat 10 a.m: Sunday, March 6.

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR A four-part program on can­ cer nursing will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. March 2, 9, 16 and 23 in Room 112 of Clemence

Hall. Topics will include che­ motherapy, radiation' theraPY

and nursing the breast cancer patient. Information and regis­ tration: 674-5741, ext. 401.

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ST. PATRICK, FR High school students of the parish are invited to ,a Lenten day of recollection from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday in the school build­ ing. The program has been planned by high school students for the participantS, espe.cially confirmation candidates.

First communion and confir­ mation candidates will be meas­ ured for ·robes at the school from 9:50 to 10:50 a.m. Sunday, March 13.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR The Lenten Retreat originally scheduled for Feb. 13-17 will now be held from Sunday, Feb. 27 through Thursday,' Mar. 3.

Evening services will be at 7:00 p.m. Rev. Robert E. Carson, O.Praem., will offer Mass each morning -at 9:00a.m. for adults followed by a discussion. .

The Spiritual Life Committee has elected Thomas Dzialo as Chairman ·and Gay Bradbury as Secretary.

STONEHILL COLLEGE Godspell will soon be a Stone­ hill Theatre Company produc­ tion, Assistant Professor of Communications Thomas Heeney has stated. Direction and cho­ reography will be 'handled by Rob Ruggiero, with music di­ rection 'by W. Scott Warfel. The musical will be held at 8 p.m. in the Hemingway Theatre at Stonehill College, North Easton on March 3! 4 and . 5.

CAPE CeD WIDOWED APOSTOLATE The monthly meetinp; will be held at 3 .p.m. Sunday, the 27th of February 'at St. Francis Cen­ ter, 342 Cross St., Hyannis, Rm. No.7. The topic will be "Where Can I Be Useful?" 'and will fea­ ture Mrs. Ann Williams as speaker. All are welcome. In­ formation call: 428-7078.

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ST. PIUS X, SO. YARMOUTH The Guild will hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 8th at 1:30 .p.m. in the parish hall, Station Ave., So. Yarmouth. Business meeting will be held followed by A Spring Fashion Show. Refresh­ ments will :be served and guests are invited.

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ST. MARY, N.B. Bible Study will be on Tues­ day 'at 7 .p.m. Reading: 2nd Let­ ter to -the Corinthians. St: Mary's Youth Service Corps in­ vites everyone for coffee and doughnuts in the school cafe­ teriaafter the 9 and 10:15 a.m.

Masses <In Sunday.

Monday evenings at 7:15 p.m. during Lent, a special Holy Hour ·and benediction will -be held in Church..

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON Junior Youth Group will hold their next meeting on Saturday, Feb. 26 from 10:30-11 :30 a.m.

Volunteers· to assist in this group's efforts are urgently needed. '

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O.L. FATIMA, NB The Pilgrim Virgin statue is available ·for one-week visits to parish homes. Organizers of the program say "The Pilgrim Vir­ gin statue never travels alone.

She 'always brings her .Son, the Sacred Heart of Jesus to be en­ throned and remain' forever with you."

Further information is avail­ able from Mrs. John Laronda, 763-2349.

ST. JOSEPH, NIB .

Penance Service for First Communion candidates will be held 'On March 5th at 9 a.m. in the church.

BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR Special Dinner Dance '(chick­ en or meat pie) will be held Saturday, March 5th for ,the benefit of the building fund of Notre Dame Church.

Maple Sugar Trip reservation f!1oney due by March 15th.

ST. MARY'S CAToHEDRAL, FR The Cathedral Guild March meeting will be on Tuesday, March 1, 'at 7:30 p.m. in the School Hall. Because of the Lenten Season, there will be a special Mass at 7:00 p.m. for Guild members' convenience and devotion.

The Cathedral Choir will pre­ sent the moving Faure Requiem on Saturday evening, March 5, at 8:00 p.m. in the main Cathe­ dral.

The annual Lenten Missionl Triduum will be :held on Thurs­ day, Friday ,and Saturday, March 10, 11 'and 12. Guest preacher and spi·ritual guide will be Sacred Hearts Priest, Father Felix Lesnek. Format will in­ dude ,a homily at 10:30 a.m.

Exposition of the Blessed Sac­ rament for a Holy Hour 'at 11:00 a.m. during which time Fr. Lesnek will be 'available for confessions 'Bnd spiritual guid­ ance and then the noon-time Mass.

ADORERS OF BLESSED SACRAMENT Tthe second part of ·a six part Lenten Series, will be held Feb. 28 from 7 - 8 p.m. at the Sacred Hearts Church; 382 Main St., Fairhaven. Series will be cele­ brated by Fr. Rene Belanger, S.S.S. priest of the Blessed Sac­ rament and will be based on "The Seven Last Words of Our Lord on the Cross". All ·are in­ vited to attend. ·Refreshments will follow in the church hall.

The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed 'On the First Friday, March 4th following the 8:30 a.m. Mass to 8:45 p.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel fn the Sacred Hearts Church, Main St., Fai-rhaven. Benediction services will be theld at 8:45 p.m. Ail are welcome. The chapel is open daily :except Wednesday for Adoration from 8:00a.m. to 9:00 p.m. If anyone 'is interested in joinin~ the Holy Hour Program call Gloria Dias (996-9861) or Angelo DeBortoli at 996-0332.

ST. JAMES, NB Starting the first weekend in MarCh the parish will have as . its Director of Music Steven Massoud.

Welcome is extended to Fr. Bruno Ciardiello, OFM, the Di­ rector of Regina Pacis and of the Spanish Apostolate in New Bedford, who has taken up resi­ dence in ,the rectory of St. James.

ST. RITA, MARION 1982 Statement of Contribu­ tions - financial reports are '3vailable to all our .pariShioners who use -the weekly envelopes.

This informatioon will be useful in preparation of income taxes.

PRIESTS' PRAYER GROUP All .priests of the diocese are invited to share in ·a Charisma­ tic Prayer Meeting on the 4th Monday of each month from 1 - 2:30 p.m. at :the Diocesan Family Life Center in No. Dart­ mouth. The next meeting will be on Monday, Feb. 28th.

DIOCESAN FAMILY LIFE CENTER nth Step Weekend for Women begins on Friday, Feb. 25th through Feb. 27th. The post­ poned Christmas Party for the Division of the Blind will be on Monday, Feb. 28, 1983.

THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS Dr. Julie Cleare, professor of psychology, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Greater F.R. Ohapter of The Compassionate Friends. This is a self help organization offering support 'and understanding to parents who have lost a child.

The group meets on the fourth Monday of each month. The n'ext scheduled meetin~ is to be 'held on Mond'ay, Februa·ry 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the St. Louis de France school in SWaJ}Sea. The topic for the evening will be "Problems in linterpersonal ~e­ lationShip as a result of grief."

For more information call Georgette LeComte 676-8458.