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In Aquino victory

Church support seen

By NC News Service

shut down a weaker backup system for repair.

Catholic Church involvement in At the Vatican, Pope John Paul the post-election turmoil in the II had prayed for the second weekPhilippines grew more visible as end in a row for a "peaceful and events led to the ouster of Presi- just solution, without violence and dent Ferdinand Marcos Feb. 25 without bloodshed, caring only and the recognition of Corazon for the supreme good of the nation.

Aquino, 53, as his successor.

In the United States, Cardinal At press time Marcos, 68, was in Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago Guam, where a spokesman said he and Bishop James Malone of was to enter the U.S Naval Hospi- Youngstown, Ohio, head of the tal in Agana for a medical checkup. U.S. bishops' conference, were Earlier reports had said that per- among those who expressed "solidsons entering the presidential palace arity" with the Philippine bishops in Manila after Marcos' departure in their call for a non-violent strughad discovered a kidney dialysis gle for justice. machine, presumably used by the Both Mrs. Aquino and Marcos former president, who has long' had declared themselves winners been reported to suffer from kid- of the Feb. 7 presidential election, ney problems as well as other but international observers had ailments. said the government vote count In events leading to Marcos' which proclaimed Marcos the windownfall, Cardinal Jaime Sin of ner was fraudulent.

Manila had urged civil disobedience, while the pope and U.S. Profile of religious leaders had called for a Corazon Aquino peaceful solution and expressed Page 6 solidarity with the Philippine bishops.

Mrs. Aquino called for a series Thousands of Filipinos':- including priests and nuns - responded of,boycotts of businesses and banks to a call by Cardinal Sin Feb. 23 to linked to Marcos. Defense Miniskeep vigil outside a camp housing ter Juan Ponce Emile and Lt. Gen. military leaders who defected from Fidel Ramos, the acting chief of the Marcos government. The car- staff, defected from the government, dinal had made his appeal on the seized control of the defense minCatholic radio station, Radio Ver- istry and called for Marcos'resigitas, which later stoppt;d broad- nation Feb. 22. casting after its main transmitters

By Feb. 24, Marcos had declared were sabotaged and technicians a "state of emergency" and said he

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would not resign, while opposition leaders said that "a new government has been set up," headed by Mrs. Aquino and her runnning mate, Sen. Salvador Laurel.

On Feb. 25, after both candidates were inaugurated in separate ceremonies, the U.S. government recognized Mrs. Aquino as presi'dent and provided a plane for Marcos·to leave the country.

Upon hearing that Marcos had fled and Mrs. Aquino had assumed the presidency, Father Efren Musngi, the leader of Filipino priests and religious living in Rome and vicar general of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette, said he felt "a sense of joy and a sense of pride because of how the people in the Philippines risked their lives for democracy.

Msgr. Benjamin Almoneda, rector of the Philippine College in Rome, said that Marcos' leaving office proved "the. power of the prayers of the people."

Although the Philippine bishops had not directly endorsed Mrs. Aquino, in a statement issued Feb. 14 they said the presidential elections were an unparalleled fraud and that "a government that seizes, assumes or retains power through fraudulent means has no moral basis."

Throughout the election campaign and follow'ing events, Radio Veritas - the strongest station in the 'Philippines - had been on the air virtually. non-stop. However, at 5 a.m. Feb. 23, as listeners heard an account of the standoff between Emile, Ramos and the government, gunmen shot up the four 100'. kilowatt transmitters.

On Fe~2l, the National Council of Churches called on the.U nited States to suspend "all military aid" to the Philippines. The resolution, adopted by the council's executive'committee at a meeting in New York, said the decision was spurred by the Feb. 14 statement by the Philippine bisho'ps' conference and a statement by the officers of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines. o

Visit awaited

FATHER RICHARD W. BEAULIEU, Diocesan Department of Education director, takes a break from executive responsibilities to clear snow from the steps of the Catholic Education Center. (Motta photo)

All is in readiness for Sunday's pastoral visit of Boston Cardinal Bernard Law to the Fall River diocese.

After a brief press .conference, the cardinal will meet priests of the diocese prior to a 3 p.m. solemn Eucharistic Liturgy at St. Mary's Cathedral.

Representatives of all parishes,' apostolates and institutions ofthe diocese will be present at the liturgy, after which the cardinal will greet all in attendance.

MSGR. ANTHONY M. GOMES (left), Catholic Charities Appeal director, and Bishop Daniel A. Cronin _display.the familiar CCA hearts poster, this year bearing the slogan "reach out in love-share and give."

al Bishop Daniel A. nin, meeting with priest directors of the al,lDual Catholic Charities Appeal of the Fall River diocese, has expressed optimism that the 1986 drive would surt year's record.breaking to f$I,669,666, an increase of $120, 139 over the 1984 total.

Since 1976, the first year the 45 year-old Appeal surpassed the million dollar mark, the· Appeal total has risen yearly. . reviewiqg last Apthe bishop stre at derived from it located to the many dioc oStolates and that most of their budgets are expected to rise due to inflation and to in d o!persons

John Andrews, Cape and Islands; R,ev. Francis L. Mahoneyand Rev. Rog€;r L. Gagne, Attleboros; Very Rev. Gerald T. Shoveltol1,Taunton;and Msgr.

Ant~p~~rvf" Gomes, Fall Riv¢r.

Msgr"(lolnes is also diocesan,· appeal director.

The tradjtional Appeal kickoff meeting will be held at 8 p. m April 16 8t Bishop Connolly~ High School auditorium, Fall River. Itiliexpected that over 8QO ~ric;:~t~~religious .aI)d la wiU.bein>attendance.

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Holy Union Sisters observe U.S centennial The Sisters of the Holy Union invite friends in the Taunton, Raynham, Easton, Attlebo'ro and Dorchester areas to join them at a Mass of Thanksgiving at 2 p.m.

Sunday, March 9, at Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton.

The liturgy will commemorate the centennial of the arrival of the first 10 Holy Union sisters in the United States.

After an initia'i foundation in Fall River, Taunton was the next area of the sisters' apostolate.

Before St. Mary's Convent in that city opened in 1890, sisters commuted from Fall River for Sunday School classes.

By 1891, Immaculate Conception School, also serving children from what would become St. Jacques and Holy Rosary parishes began classes.

St. Mary's Grammar School opened in 1908 and St. Mary's High School for boys and girls followed in 1911.

When the diocese of Fall River sponsored Coyle High School for

boys in 1933, the sisters continued' to teach girls at St. Mary's High School.

During the provincial administration of Sister Joseph Teresa Moran, a Taunton native, the sisters extended their fulltime teaching in Taunton to the schools of St. Joseph, Sacred Heart, and S1.

Anthony's parishes. They also traveled to S1. Mary's parish, Mansfield; St. Joseph's parish, North Dighton; and Immaculate Conception parish, North Easton, for religious education classes.

In 1963 the sisters continued at Cassidy HighSchool the work begun at S1. Mary's; and since the 197.1 consolidation of Taunton area parochial schools have maintained their commitment to education by helping to administer or staff St. Mary's primary school, Taunton Catholic Middle School and the merged Coyle-Cassidy High School.

Sisters of the Holy Union are also involved in religious education at Sacred Heart parish, in secretarial a'ssistance at Marian

Manor, in private music instruction in the area, in retreat work at LaSalette Center for Christian living in Attleboro and in teaching and campus ministry at Stonehill College.

Some sisters resident in Taunton are also serving the needs of the province and of its elderly and retired sisters in Fall River.

The principal and the kindergarten teacher at S1. Angela School in Mattapan are Sisters of "the Holy Union. The' school serves new Haitian residents, as sisters a .century ago ministered to incoming Irish, Canadian and Polish children.

In the Dorchester area sisters 'are on the staff of an adult education center.

In August the two United States provinces of Sisters of the Holy Union will join in three days of celebration in Fall River, in Groton and at Nanaquakett in Tiverton, RI.

First American Indian bishop named WASHINGTON (NC) - Father Donald Pelotte, 40, provincial superior of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers of Cleveland, was named Feb. 24 as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Gallup, NM. He is the first American Indian to be named a bishop. He will be ordained May 3. " Father Pelotte's father was a member of the Abenaki tribe of the Algonquin Indians. His mother was French-Canadian. Both are deceased.

The bishop-designate will automatically succeed Bishop Jerome Hastrich of Gallup when the bishop, 71, retire.s.

At a news conference in Cleveland Feb. 24, Father Pelotte said he has never visited the Gallup Diocese, which is home to some 200,000 mostly Navaho Indians.

The diocese, which includes the

'northwest section of New Mexico and the northeast portion of Arizona, has only 45,000 Catholics, of whom 20,000 are Indians.

Msgr. Paul Lenz, executive director ofthe Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, said Native Americans "have longed for this moment" for many years.

"There is no group of people in the world more supportive of the Holy Father and more dedicated to the Catholic church than the native peoples," Msgr. Lenz sa,id.

Father Pelotte has been provincial superior of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament since 1978. At age 33, he was one of the youngest provincial superiors in the U.S. at the time.

The bishop-designate was born in Waterville, Maine.

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HAITIAN LIFE returns to normal for these women carE ryin'g baskets to market as the country regroups after the flight ;~', of-President Jean-Claude Duvalier. (NC/,UPI-Reuter photo)

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2, 1972, Father Pelotte earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from John Carroll University in Cleveland and a doctorate in theology from Fordham University in New York., His doctoral thesis on Jesuit Father John Courtney Murray was published as "John Courtney Murray: Theologian in Conflict" by Paulist Press in 1976.

Father Pelotte is a member of the National Board of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men and is on the board of the Tekakwitha Conference, an organization of Catholic native peoples.

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Church responds to floods

By NC News Service The altar of St. Elizabeth's Church in Guerneville, Calif., became an emergency buffet table as the church sheltered townspeople when Russian River waters rose 17 feet above flood stage.

The Mass of Christiap Burial was celebrated Wednesday at SaGuerneville residents are used cred Heart church, Fall River, for to floods, said Msgr. Thomas J. Sister Mary Daniel Heffernan, Keys, vicar general for the Diocese SUSC, 81, who died Feb. 23. of Santa Rosa, but this year's rains A Providence native, the daugh- left the entire town under water. ter of the late Daniel and Mary At one point the river rose 2 feet (Clancy) Heffernan, she graduated in 35 minutes, Msgr. Keys said. from the Rhode Island College of "S1. Elizabeth's is on very high education in 1925 and taught in ground," said Msgr. Keys. "We Providence until 1932, when she used the parish hall first but then entered the Religious of the Holy had to move to the church. We had Union of the Sacred Hearts.

400 people ,in the church... we had She held a bachelor of arts degree food for them on the altar like a from St. John's ,University, Jamai- buffet. " ca, NY, and pursued graduate The Diocese of Santa Rosa has cou'rses in art at St. John's and at the Catholic University of Amer- played a major role in relief efforts ica, Washington, DC, also study- for flood v.ictims, he said.. ing music in New York.

In 44 years of active ministry,Catholic Charities helped proshe taught music and art On the vide workers and supplies for an primary and se,?ondary levels at evacuation center and madecounSt.' Mary's'and Immaculate Con-" selors available to help people deal ceptiori schoolsiri Taunton and' at with their losses: Sacred Heart school and Sacred -----~------­ Hearts Academy in 'Fall River.

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Bishop Mark Hurley called on parishes near flooded areas to make ' their facilities available to victims during relocation. ' Another ,area suffering heavy damage was the town of Napa, south of Guerneville on the Napa River in the heart of California's wine country.

St. John the Baptist Church suffered $250,000 in damage, with the sanctuary under six feet of water.

"In the last two days we have had 80 people helping, Catholic and non-Catholic, young and old," said Father Stephen Canny, pastor, shortly after the flood.

"One young girl told me she thought God sends things like this every once in awhile to get people together.

Freeway symbols LOS ANGELES (NC) - The freeways crisscrossing Los Angeles neighborhoods symbolize the a,mbiguity of riches and pov'erty, discrimination and oppor'tunity in the,,~rchdiocese, said n~wly-installed Archbishop Roger Mahony', The new head of the ~atioii'~ l~rgest ,diocese pledged to minister to those most in need.

"T\1e church is sent to every ,language and every tradition ... b~t perhaps above all the church is sent to the poor," he said in his ,.installation homily.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese. of Fall River-Fri., Feb. 28; 1986

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Satellite broadcast for FIRE' rally STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (NC) - A Catholic evangelistic rally will be broadcast live via satellite from the Providence, R.I., Civic Center April 5.

The rally is being sponsored by A Catholic Alliance of Faith, Intercession, Repentance and Evangelism, known by its acronym, FI RE. Scheduled to speak are Catholic charismatic figures Ralph Martin, Ann Shields and Father John Bertolucci.

The only areas where thesatellite broadcast will be picked up are ,

Washington; Detroit; Des Moines; Sacramento; Cleveland; Pittsburgh;, Chicago; Palm Gardens, Fla.; Lake Charles, La.; Corpus Christi, Texas; Hamilton, Ontario; and Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The FIRE office is on the campiJs of the University of Steubenville.

The Only FO,rce ' "Love is the only' force that makes things one without destroying them." - Teilhard de Ch~rdin

FATHER JOHNF-. MOORE (left)director of the Diocesan Office of Communications, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and communications'assistant John E. Kearns Jr. with new diocesan information kit for the media. (Motta photo) ,

Communications office 'is media link started in 1981 by the bishops of aration will better enable him to meet future diocesan needs. the U.S. The Fall River Diocesan Office ,Aspirations of the communicaThe Office of Communications of Communications, established evolved from The Anchor and the tions ministry also include coordiin its present format just over two long-running television Mass dir- nation of the media efforts of the years ago 'by Bishop Daniel A. ected by Father John F. Hogan, diocese," implementing the Gos' Father Moore said.

Cronin, seeks to "serve the Church pel mandate to teach the truths of and proclaim its message to the , "It became a necessity to estab- the Catholic faith," Father Moore media market"accordingto Father lish a department to consolidate said.

Through Paulist News Service, John F. Moore, office director.

1111 media efforts within the dioBishop Cronin takes special inter- cese." The department has grown the office provides radio stations est in the communications aposto- q~ickly, he added. "It's fast becom- in the diocese with religious prolate for good reason; he is a,member ing the parent, not the child." , gramming. Additionally, tapes and of the board of directors of the Another goal, said the busy CTNA public service announceCatholic Telecommunications Net- priest, is that of serving the print ' ments'such as seasonal greetings work of America (CTNA), and the media of the diocese. Over the past from Bishop Cronin have been United States Catholic Conference year and a half he has developed furnished to radio and TV outlets.

Communication Committee., The an ongoing news-release program The office intends to pay strict bishop was appointed to the latter with over 110 media outlets of all attention to quality in producing its own local television and radio position last autumn. types.

"The Office of Communications John E. Kearns Jr. of Holy programming, its director said, is the overall evangelical outreach Rosary parish, Taunton, joined noting, however, that cost is a sigto the total media (newspapers, the department in summer 1984, nificant factor in its plans. radio and television)," Father as its work load increased and "I think the Office of CommunMoore explained. expansion was necessary. His main ications is one of the most vital The goals of the young ministry responsibility is being.a liaison areas being developed," said Father are many: its director, who is also between the diocese and the media. Mo.ore, who refers to Fall River as pastor of St. Mary's parish, New Currently he is distributing a "growth diocese," noting espeBedford, director of the diocesan throughout the diocese a newly- cially the maturity of Cape Cod. permanent diaconate program and developed media kit, designed to "The bisHop's interest in and, editor of The Anchor, stresses that provide fingertip access to infor- support, ,of the communications in the area of television the first mation on diocesan agencies, ser- apostolate on the nationallevel.is task "is to establish a liaison and vices and personnel to television, reflected in his efforts on the diocerapport with the television stations radio and newspaper editors and re- ' san level. He has intuitively looked located or heard in the diocese." forward, knowing well that the porters.

In recent months, Kearns has potential of this new ministry is "Wavelengths are no respecters of parish and diocesan' boundar- re'presented the diocese at the an- almost unlimited, "'said the priest. ies," he added, necessitating estab- nual National Conference of Cathlishment of relationships with other olic Bishops/ U.S. Catholic Condioceses, for the most part through ference convocation in WashingFuneral rites took pl,ace Fe-b. 22 meetings with their leaders'. ' ton, D.C., and at an Undll-USA convention in San Antonio. Unda, in Montreal for Father Raymond Television presents "a great chal- the, Latin word for "wave," sym- M. 'Giguere, OP, 72, fOf 45 years lenge to the diocesan Church," bolic of communicatioQ air waves, associated 'with St: Anne's parish, Father Moore continued, pointing is a national Catholic association '- Fall River, where a memorial Mass out that the Fall River diocese is for broadcasters and allied com- was offere~ fcir him on Monday. located between the major televi~ municators.

A native of Canada, he was sion markets of Boston and Provi- ' He also attended the recent an- ordained a Dominican p'riest in dence. nual Institute for Religious Com- 1938. From 1940 to 1942 he was "Multiplication ofcable TV com-. ' municati6ns afLoyola University, parochial vicar at St. Anne's servpanies" presents another challenge '. New Orleans" as a recipient of a, ing also as' parish archivist and to the diocesan communicator; he' ,schoJarshipfrom the Catholic Com- director of theCYO and Boy and Girl Scouts. " thinks it likely that within the'neXit ':m-unicationsFoundation.

10 years there may be as many The iristih.ite'i~ the "best Church-' Although he served as professor 30 TV channels in the ~rea. A top ,'sponsored workshop in communi- and librarian at the Institute, of priority is implementation of dioce- cations," said Father Moore, not- Medieval Studies ofthe University, sail participation in the CTNA,a:ingits"'prQventiistory of effeCtive- ' of Montreal from 1942 until his retirement in 1978. Father Giguere satellite delivery system' bringing' 'ness,'~ Catholic television, radio program- ' He saidt:hat.in' the near future retained close ties with St. Anne's ming and other telecommunica- Kearns wiJI'ifttern in video pro- ,and its Dominican community. tions services to dioceses across <!uction; h@nd~on training in light~ Through the years, he served each ' the United States. CTNA wasing, camera:work and script prep- summer at the parish. ,

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The Philippine Church

. Acquainted with Grief During these days of crisis in the Philippines, much has been said about the necessity of these islands to the defense 'ofthe so-called free world.

Because of its location, the Philippines is considered vital to United States military interests in the volatile region. The major U.S. base at Clark Air Field and the naval repair facility at Subic Bay are home to over 15,000 military personnel.

'With the fall of Vietnam and the exclusion of American forces from other areas ofsoutheast Asia, these bases now play a major role in defense planning at the Pentagon, espec}ally when one also considers the expansion of Soviet forces in the area.

One can be quite certain that these factors were carefully weighed by U.S. policy makers in determining this nation's role in the decision to terminate the Marcos regime. Whether all activities in this regard were above board is something we may never know.

Be that as it may, for Catholics it is of interest to know something ofthe long history of the Church in the Philippines.

Few people realize that in all of Asia it is the only country with a vast Christian majority. 85 percent of the nation is Catholic, with evangelization beginning in 1564 and resulting in firm establishment of the Church by the 19th century.

The role ofthe Church in the present difficulties of the island nation is nothing new.

It should be recalled that during the period of Spanish rule which lasted from the discovery of the islands by Magellan in 1521 to 1898, the Catholic Church experienced grave difficulties with the patronage system which by the Spanish crown tried to control church affairs. . This system ended abruptly following the Spanish-American War, wtlen Spain ceded the islands to the Unite9,S~atesfor $20 million. ~." ..

The takeover was not; however, all peaches and cream for the Church. The new government once more imposed the so-called doctrine of separation of church and state on the Filipino people, enforced with bias, bigotry and prejudice.

The church, attacked as a remnant of Spanish colonialism, was very poorly treated. Any recognition of its grassroots influence on the Filipino people was mere tokenism.

With the invasion of -the Japanese in 1941, the Philippine Church entered another period of restriction and persecution, ended only when the nation gained independence from the United States on July 4, 1946.

Dec. 30, 1965, the government of President Marcos came into power and as denial of human rights became a hallmark of his regime, attempts to restrict the Church steadily increased, becoming of growing concern to those who saw in the president an illustration of the maxim that absolute power corrupts absolutely.

It is obvious that the Philippine Church is no strang~r to controversy, repression and p~rsecution. Perhaps this is why it is such a vital force in the .life of the Filipino people. It has been a voice oftruth in an area that seldom heard the Living Word.

We do not know what the future may bring to this small nation, but one thing is certain. The Catholic Church in the 路P路hilippines can stand proud in its defense of the God-given dignity of the human person.

The Editor

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CORA LEE, 99, AND OLIVER GLENN, 98, WHO ELOPED AS TEENAGERS IN 1904, STILL HOLD HANDS IN AN ALABAMA NURSING HOME. THEY WERE HONORED BY MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER AS POSSIBLY THE NATION'S OLDEST COUPLE.

'God hath given thee the honor of old age.' Dan. 13:50

A universal catechism?

BOSTON (NC) - Creation ofa post-Vatican II catechism should include "active involvement" of the world's bishops, says Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law. Such a process would be "healthy," he said, particularly since the idea grew out of a gathering of the world's bishops. Cardinal Law first proposed the catechism during the extraordinary Synod of Bishops la_st fall.

The synod was convened by Pope John Paul II to discuss the state of the church 20 years after the Second Vatican Council.

Cardinal Law was interviewed

by National Catholic News "Service in mid-February after he addressed a Boston conference sponsored by the New Oxford Review, a Catholic magazine, and the Pallottine order.

The cardimil expressed hope that the finished cate9hism might be officially promulgated in five years, at the 25th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, but said he did not know how the Vatican planned to implemt:nt his suggestion.

Calling Vatican II "a terrific' thing," the cardinal said that the ,exercise of creating a catechism and defining what Catholics believe would "be a salutory one for the life of the church."

However, two U.S. members of the International Catechetical COlincil, an advisory council to the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy which is responsible for catechet-

ics, have opposed the idea of a universal catechism.

The members also said their council in 1983 u!lanimously rejected a draft universal catechism presented to them by Cardinal Silvio Oddi, the prefect of the clergy congregation. The council has not met since then.

The final report of last fall's extraordinary Synod of Bishops endor'sed the concept of a universal catechism. The Vatican has not yet announced who would prepare such a compendium.

Shortly after the synod, Cardinal Oddi announced that his catechism was nearly complete and would be presented to Pope John Paul II. Since then, the pope has accepted Cardinal Oddi's resignation due to age and has appointed Cardinal Antonio Innocenti as his replacement.

"My first reaction is (a universal catechism) is not necessary," said Msgr. Wilfrid H. Paradis, historian of the Diocese of Manchester, N. H., and a mem ber of the Catechetical Gouncil.

"We already have the General Catechetical Directory, which is a summary of Christian teachings," said Msgr. Paradis. ' The general directory was prepared by the clergy congregation, then headed by U.S. Cardinal John Wright, and approved by Pope Paul VI in 1971.

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Msgr. Paradis said that the Italian-language draft of Cardinal Oddi's catechism which the Catechitical Council saw in 1983 "was

very poorly done" but with regard to any universal catechism, the "fear was that if you just put out a catechism without putting it in the context of the whole field of catechetics, it would be abused," said Msgr. Paradis.

After that meeting, he said, the council "has not heard a single word from the (clergy) congregation" and has not met.

Most members, he added, "are very disappointed" at not being consulted.

Another U.S.-member' of the council, Society of Helper Sister Maria de la Cruz Aymes, also questioned the need for a universal catechism and said Cardinal Oddi's catechism "did not come close to anything worth commending." She and Msgr. Paradis agreed that any universal catechism should be prepared with the input and approval of episcopal conferences around the world rather than by one congregation.

A French priest who also is a member of the catechetical council, Father Jacques Audinet, currently teaching at the Catholic University of America in Washington, said that because of cultural differences in regions and nations of the world, "it would be wrong to have too narrow a definition of cat~chi~m."

Exactly what the extraordinary synod had in mind, Father Audinet said, remains to be seen.

THE ANCHO,R- Dio<;ese,9 f Fall River.-Fri" F~b..28,

Children and stress Gather the family, light a candle, say a prayer and let's talk about children. Children ~ behavior/sibling fighting/ discipline - represented a high stress in family life in my research.

Interestingly, communicating with children appeared as a high stress to dads but not to moms. Could it be that mothers feel they are doing most of the communicating with children - or even over-communicating with them?

In families who deal well with the stresses of children, I found a balance of parenting time. In short, dads spent more time with their children than in families who are highly stressed by children. This is an area families might examine.

Let's ask ourselves, "How much time did Mom, and then Dad, spend with the children this past week?" And ask each child, "Was this enough for you or would you have liked more? When could we have made more time for one another? Can we make a specific effort to be together in the upcoming week?"

Because child'ren's behaviors, particularly fighting, are so stressful, let's look at how families deal well with these. They set limits, rules and consequences and they stick to them. Probably the greatest stress lies in families where rules are not clear and consequences are not carried out consistently.

If there is a rule against hitting, for example, and a child hits and there is no consequence, the child learns that the rule is simply a parental wish, and not a limit.

It's a little like the way adults observe traffic rules. If the speed limit is 55 mph and everyone drives 65 mph without being stopped, we realize that the rule is negotiable because it isn't enforced.

But in areas where we know 55 mph is enforced, we slow down.

We get very good at learning the areas in which traffic officers mean business. So it is with children.

Another characteristic of families who deal well with children is that they tend to negotiate rules and consequences with children mutually rather than having parents arbitrarily set rules. This leads to earlier self-discipline in children.

For instance, these parents, instead of saying, "You will be in by II," may ask, "When do you think you should be in?"

If the youngster replies, "3 a.m.," these parents respond, "We see you aren't ready to be part of rule setting yet.... It happens only once.

On the other hand, the child might say, "10:30." If parents agree and the child gets in at 11:30, they mutually negotiate Ii consequence, saying something like, "What do you think should be the consequence of your being an hour late?" Often children choose more . severe consequences than parents

N 0 teachers?

"Notice: We are very sorry to inform you that given the low numbers of teachers your child cannot be educated at this school. " Even though that notice to parents sounds farfetched, don't bet it'll never be posted.

According to Dr. Eugene Campanale, a professor of education at St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Ind., and other prominent educators, the teaching profession could become unable to meet the educational demands of the future. He sees many fewer young adults choosing the teaching profession.

Women, the backbone of elementary and ~econdary level schools, are opting to become business executives and doctors. These professions offer them an identity and financial rewards once restricted primarily to men.

Other reasons for the lower num~ ber of teachers might be traced'to the high tolerance now needed to deal with children who vent thei'r " frustrations in the classroom. Arguments over a teacher's authority have in many cases turned many schools into battlegrounds. ",

Ther~ is no questi~n that most teachers, like most musicians, belong to a, profession \lot overly rewarding from a financial standpoint. The fact that many teachers are underpaid and must strike in order to get better wages and benefits h~s helped diminish thei~ image " and In some cases lessened community support.

A growing distrust of teachers, especially by vigilante-type Accuracy in Academia groups, is adding to the woes of educators, while at the same time threatening tlie demo-

cratic principles upon which American education is based.

In the play, "A Man For All Seasons," there is a scene where

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but parents always retain the ultimate right to decide. ' Finally, parents who deal well with children do not refight issues.

Daily hassles over chores, responsibilities and behaviors cause great family stress. Parents get exceedingly weary of arguing who is supposed to do this or that and from stopping fights. "I get so tired of it, I just give in," was a response I heard from many highly-stressed parents.

Let's take some time in the family to reflect on these questions: I. Which rules are clear and unclear (chores, behaviors, fighting, grades, TV, etc;;.) in our family? 2. What are the consequences of violating these rules? 3. Are these consequences carried out consistently?

4. Which rules do the childr~n feel are unfair? Can these be negotiated? 5. What suggestions do the children have for better rules? For better consequences?

6. What hassles are refought in our family? What rules can we develop to limit these daily hassles? 7. How can we ask God to help us overcome our stresses in living together? 8. Can we start with a prayer right now?

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

(necrology] February 29 Rev. Msgr. James, J. Dolan, Pastor Emeritus, 1980, St. Mary, Taunton March 1 Rev. James F. Masterson, Founder, 1906, St. Patrick, -Somerset 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, Attleboro " Rev. Tarcisius Dreesen, SS.CC., 1952, Monastery Sacred Heart, Fairhaven . Rev. Alphonse .Ga.uthi~~, Pastor, 1962, Sacred Heart, New Bedford Rev. 'J. Orner Lussier, Pa~tor, 1970, Sacred Heart" North Attleboro March 3 Rt. Rev. Timo~hy P.Sweeney, LL"D., Pastor, 1960, Holy Name, New Bedford ' March 6 Rev. John W. Quirk, Founder, 1932, St. Joseph, Taunton Rev. Bernard P. Connolly, S.S. 1932, St. Charles College, Maryland March 7 Rev. Arthur P.J. Gagnon, Pastor, 1958, Holy Rosary, New Bedford

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Richard Rich; a friend of Thomas More's family and an admirer of his power and fame at court, asks More for a job. More replies: "Why not be a teacher? You'd be a fine teacher. Perhaps even a great one."

Rich asks: "And if I was, who would know it?"

More replies: "You, your pupils, your friends, God. Not a bad public, that."

In that succinct scene the significance of being an educator' and the impoitance of' the teaching vocation are summed up.

I believe there is an urgent need to look at teaching as Ii vocation, to see it as did Thomas More.

It is possible too that i(we don't do our homework now we could see fewer schools, as well as ed ucation restricted only to those 'who can pay for it.

We also could be, and in many cases already have been, subjected to second-rate teachers who can't find anything better. Or is it possible the business, world could take over our educational systems and educate soldy in the things that make a profit, with no care ~bout educating the whole person?

In 1986, diocesan and parish councils, state Catholic conferences and adult-education groups should p,ut the value of a teacher's vocation high on their list of studies.

How are â&#x20AC;˘ our sins remitted?

Q. Why do we hear almost nothing about indulgences today? Gaining indulgences was a big thing when I was growing up. Is there some reason the church doesn't talk about them as much as it used to? (Massachusetts) A. To answer your question directly, the church is much more careful in speaking of indulgences today, largely because they were so badly misunderstood and abused in the past.

The traditional teaching about indulgences is based on two ancient Christian fruths. First, sin is not only disobedience to God's law but a violation of the order established by God and a rejection of his love. ' Thus, complete forgiveness of sin requires not only conversion but a reintegration of that divine order and plan. This process involves pain and cleansing (purgation), either in this life or in some temporary condition after death.

Second, the early church community was convinced that it was pursuing the work of salvation as a body.

The doctrine of the Communion of Saints, so prominent in the early church, taught that all children of God in Christ, whether in this life or in et~rnity; are linked in the Mystical Body of Christ.

In light of this truth, the church undertook various ways of applying the fruits of our Lord's redemption to individual Christians and of urging them to assist each other's spiritual wellbeing; The remission of temporal punishment for already forgiven sins, through prayer, fasting and good works, has been called an "indulgence".for hundreds of years.

Through these years, indulgences have been formally attached by the church to specific prayers and actions. They may be applied to oneself or to those who have died.

Today, however, the number of formally indulgenced prayers and works is drastically reduced. '~The main concern has been to attach greater importance to a Christian way of life and lead souls to cultIvate aspirit of prayer and penance and'to practice the theological virtues (faith, hope and charity) rather than merely repeat certain formulas and acts" (Enchiridion of Ind ulgences," 1968)." :" Partial ind ulgences" are granted using only those words, with no determination of days or years as was common previously. This is, among other things, to avoid confusion. Contrary to what many Catholics believed, an indulgence of one year, for example, did not mean one year off purgatory. What does "one year" mean in timeless eternity anyway?

Plenary (full) indulgences can be gained only once a day with proper conditions fulfilled.

Another reason for the confusion about indulgences is that they are intimately connected with purgatory, another area of Catholic teaching which has collected an enormous amount of debris over

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the centuries. We must be sure of the real church teaching about this to understand where the church is, and where it has been, on the subject of indulgences.

The fact is that a lot offolklore has littered what is essentially one of the most beautiful facets of our Catholic faith. The idea that purgatory's a kind of minihell may literally scare the devil out of us but it is irrelevant to the real doctrine on this matter.

At least three things about purgatory are clear: first; the church teaches that there is some condition or circumstance after death in which any temporal (as distinct from eternal) punishment remain~ ing for sins committed during life is satisfied.

Second, by our prayers and good works on earth we can assist those "in purgatory."

Third, it is clear that official church teaching has never given details about purgatory. Is it a state, a condition or a "place''? Is "time" involved or not?

Since the world after death, the world of eternity, would not seem to have hours, days or locations in our sense of those words, it seems unlikely that purgatory involves' place or time as"we usually think of them.

One possibility' is that in the burst of awareness of the awesomeness and majesty of God immediately after death', the pain that comes at that moment from knowledge of our sins and shortcomings might be so acute and intense that an entire purgatory - or "cleansing," which is what the word means - could occur in an instant.

Such an explanation seems to square with what we might suspect about the threshold of eternity.

But we simply don't know.

Q. I am a convert of two years and am stiII~gnorant about many Catholic practices; Just before the reading of the Gospel at Mass, the priest touches his head, his mouth and his breast. Then most of the people do the same. What does this mean? (Pennsylvania) A. This custom confuses most new members of the church. In its nearly 2,000 years, the church has employed numerous symbolic ac-, tions in its liturgy and other prayer.

Some die out arid some remain,but it's impossible to discuss all of them during classes for prospective converts.

If it's any consolation, I'm sure that many born Catholics could not-answer your question, though they probably know the action "implies some reverence for the Word of God. Actually the priest and people' are (or should be) making a small sign of the cross on their forehead, their lips and breast. The action is a prayer that the Good News of the Lord, which they are about to hear, may be always in their minds, on their lips and in their hearts.

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Federal housing role necessary

6 Friday, Feb. 28, 1,986 Affirmative action policy adopted CHARLOTTE, N.C. (NC) The Diocese of Charlotte will folIowan affirmative action policy in hiring, according to guidelines mandated by Bishop John F. Donoghue and promulgated at a diocesan celebration in honor of slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. .

The policy calls for the diocese "to seek minority and female representation in governing and advisory bodies equal to minority and female population of the diocese and to provide equal employment opportunity and affirmative action in all personnel policies, practices and procedures."

At a news conference Bishop Donoghue said the policy was a way to address the problem of discrimination in the diocese.

He said he was not aware of specific cases of discrimination in the <iiocese,"but I want to make sure it's not a problem."

ON THE OCCASION of the 20th anniversary of Madonna Manor, North Attleboro, residents of the nursing home greet Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, aided by Sister Thomas More, OP, administrator, at right. (Kearns photo)

He said th~t in his visits throughout the diocese he has met few blacks or members of other minorities working for the church.

"I would hope a year from now we would see a big difference," said Bishop Donoghue, who became head of the Charlotte diocese in 1984.

The affirmative action program will cover diocesan offices, parishes, Cat~oIic elementary and high schools, day-care centers, social service organizations and voluntary boards.

The policy also forbids discrimination based on rate, sex, age or religion in diocesan construction activities, purc;:hases, contracts, banking, use of lending institutions and other economic activities.

Bishop Donogh ue appointed an affirmative action advisory coun-

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cil which will monitor implementation of the policy and handle any complaints.

The policy is to be posted around the diocese, included in diocesan contracts an" read annually at all Masses in the diocese, preferably at the time of the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday.

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Matthew Ahmann, Catholic Charities' associate director for governmental relations, said discussion among the representatives, others from Capitol Hill and Catholic Charities leaders prod uced agreement that the Reagan administration's apparent plans "to zero out housing are wrong." Gonzalez lauded Catholic efforts to provide housing for society's less fortunate and recommended more such activity.

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Pickles, soup now ·on OK list

By NC N~ws Service The signing of two collective bargaining agreements Feb. 19 has 'ended a seven-year dispute between the Farm Labor Organizing Committee and the Campbell Soup Co. The agreements resulted from mediation by a commission headed

by John Dunlop, a Harvard University professor and former U.S. secretary of labor, and including Msgr. George G. Higgins, a labor activist and former U.S. Catholic Conference secretary for special concerns.

One collective bargaining agreement signed Feb. 19 involved the Campbell Tomato Growers Association covering 16 farms in northwest Ohio, Campbell Soup Co. and FLOC. The other involved Campbell and Vlasic Foods, Inc., FLOC and 12 growers of cucumbers in Michigan.

The agreements include provisions concerning wages and incentives, benefits and recognition of the union.

Campbell issued a statement Feb. 19 saying the company "is pleased that the Dunlop Commission has successfully resolved this longstand. ing labor dispute. The contract between the growers and the Farm Labor Organizing Committee should result in more settled conditions in the farm fields of Ohio and Michigan and should benefit agriculture in the region."

FLOC has been boycotting Campbell products since 1979 seeking a collective bargaining agreement. Campbell contended that since it did not directly hire farmworkers, it should not be targeted.

FLOC countered that since Campbell's agreements with growers determine what they can pay their workers, the company was the logical focus of the boycott.

The boycott' was endorsed by a number of religious groups including the Ohio bishops, the Catholic conferc::nces of Ohio and Illinois, the National Conference of Catholic Charities and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference.

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Toilets, clean water called basic right

A spring bulb

Dear Editor: On a bleak February day with the promise of nasty weather in the air, my eyes were treated to a visual promise. From deep within the recesses of fall mulch, I saw a spring-green knob thrusting forth.

This lonl> brave bulb dared to break through the crusty ground to declare its presence and to say "I'm coming soon!"

I suddenly realized that this was much like God's love. When we shudder in our times of trial, we forget that he, like the spring bulbs, is always there. His glorious presence is hidden as the crocus is hidden, but as with the flower seeking to bring joy into our lives.

I stooped to cover this precious gift lest the oncoming ice damage it, knowing that it, if nurtured, like God's love, would be a joy for all to see.

So as the winter winds blow hard wet snow, I shall not shiver in despair because a promise of hope has been revealed, setting the soul free to fly.

Jean Quigley Rehoboth

Diocese of Fall River·~·F,ri.~ F'eJj.i:iS·, 1986

Secretary of Labor William Brock, choosing a middle road between doing nothing and pushing for a strict federal standard, in October issued a guideline allowing each state to decide its own standards, with a further review within 18 months.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Provision of toilets and clean water for migrant farm workers in the fields is a basic human right, Msgr.

George G. Higgins recently told a congressional panel.

Msgr. Higgins, long active in labor and farmworker issues and former secretary for research for the U.S. Catholic Conference, urged the House Subcommittee on Health and Safety to back legislation setting farmworker sanitation standards.

Msgr. Higgins, who with other religious leaders had met with Brock to discuss the issue last summer, expressed "deep disappointment that so fundamental an issue as the provision of drinking water and adequate sanitation facilities for farmworkers has not been resolved for some 14 years."

He said "adequate water and sanitation facilities are clearly among basic necessities required for human dignity in our society.

Therefore, this is a matter of fundamental human rights and social justice. "

The bill, H.R. 4029, demands that toilets, hand-washing facili-' ties and drinking water be available for farm laborers in the field and would apply to employers of five or more workers. It is sponsored by Rep. Joseph M. 9aydos..

D-Pa. Msgr. Higgins, testifying for the USCC, public policy arm of the U.S. bishops, said he wanted to make "two basic points:"

Evidence accumulated by the' federal government over the years "indicates the clear health hazards" attributed to lack of slmitation .facilities and water, he added.

Msgr. Higgins noted that farmworkers follow jobs from state to state. "This mobility along with the fact that farmworkers are exposed to infectious disease is a strong argument for a federal standard," he added. "Only some uniform national standard can adequately help to control and mitigilte the effects of these. diseases."

- "The first is that this issue of . ensuring adequate water anlJ sanitation facilities is a matter of basic social and human justice."

BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin, left, greets Bishop Agos- "Secondly, I wish to suggest tinho de Moura, retired Ordinary of the diocese of 'Portothat an approach which relies Alegrea and Castelo Branco in Portugal. The bishop was in primarily upon the states to resolve Fall River to give a mission at Our Lady of Ang~ls parish. this issue is clearly inadequate."

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Ad.ult religious education seen essential WASHINGTON (NC) -Adult religious education "is essential to who we are and what we do as church" and "is no mere educational icing on the cake,:' said a paper published by the U.S. Catholic Conference.

The. paper, "Serving Life and Faith: Adult Religious Education and the American Catholic Community," was prepared for the USCC Department of Education by its National Advisory Committee on Adult Religious Education.

It stated that adult religious. education should: - Help "individuals and communities understand and live the Gospel to the fullest extent possible."

- Prepare believers to "exercise a prophetic voice in today's world, to focus the light of the Gospel on the issues of our time."

- Help adults "share their faith with the next generation."

Bishops should "not only model lifelong learning themselves," but, as the church's primary teachers, promote opportunities for continuing education for priests, deacons, religious men and women and laity, the document said.

Pastors and pastoral ministers should "heed the call to maturity offaith as they help other adults to do the same." Councils, boards and committees should promote adult religious education through realistic funding, staffing and allocation of resources, the document said.

Failure to meet the challenges of adult religious education, according to the committee, "would leave us a community of believers whose level of religious maturity has stag-

nated far below our calling" and would "mute our voices in a world desperately in need of the saving message of Jesus."

Adult religious education must be more than a series of unrelated learning experiences but "should comprise approaches and ~ethod by which believers are continually encouraged and enabled to move

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Conversion is a lifelong process, the committee document said, and "true learning reaches into the very depths of our being; it expands the mind, opens the heart and challenges the will. True learning in faith is always an adventure of the soul,

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A permanent deacon's wife speaks The followi.ng article is by Lillian Camacho, wife of Permanent Deacon Francis J. Camacho, who serves at Our Lady of the Cape parish, Brewster. It is reprinted from The Current, quarterly newsletter ofthe Office ofthe Permanent Diaconate of the Fall River diocese, which is edited by Deacon Robert A. Faria. pie being united before God in the My role as wife and mother sacrament of matrimony. Special never has changed nor will it moments were when he witnessed change. As the wife of a deacon, the marriages of a couple of secreI'm no different from most wives. taries who worked for him.

My new way oflife is a shared road I went with Frank for his first I look forward to daily. baptism and how disappointed he Although trained for family,job was when no one showed up at the and ministry, sometimes it is hard to keep those priorities in that church, not even the babies! I cried order. Many times an obligation inside for him as I have done on many occasions. but baptizing has in two out of the three areas calls for our presence so we have to shift become one of Frank's and my (juggle) and disappoint people, in- greatest joys, as our daughter Francine and I have witnessed many, cluding ourselves many times.

I would like to try answering a including our own grandchild~en. few questions I was asked by a Frank and I also attend a weekpriest recently to help others under- end retreat for deacons and their stand .my life as the wife of a wives once a year. deacon. ' I have learned to adjust 'and to Please note: it has been a slow- accept our commitment, knowing moving growing process, one that it will always be an ever~hanging allows me to stop and reflect at but ongoing life as the wife of a this tiIJie as to where I was then deacon. I find myself at times very and where I am now. concerned as to the lack of knowlI have been lonesome, fearful, edge people and clergy have regarddoubtful, happy and sad. A few ing the acceptance and role of the ,times a~ I sat in church during deacon's ,commitment and service Mass, I looked around at the peoto and for God, the church and ple and asked God why, of all the', others. people there, he chose Frank and Yes, my life has changed and I me to serve him through the diacmust never forget to thank God onate family. WOW! for it, as each day becomes an ongoing want and need to fill an DIACONAL FAMILY: Deacon and Mrs. Camacho and How do I feel when Frank is unquenchable thirst for God and daughter Francine. the altar and I am alone in the life. pew? I am never alone! I am right there with Frank. There is no separation. Frank and I are one with the Lord'.

Even though he is an ordained minister, I am very much a part of his ministry. Five years ago, Frank tempts made to learn their identity." that has become increasingly imporBy NC News Service would read his homily. to me and ' It urged pastors to remind peo- tant lately. we would go over it together. ple of what the church teaches Only bishops and priests may He said the phenomenon was Time has allowed me to see, feel perform exorcisms, said a letter "about the role of the sacraments especially apparent in Turin, and hear the growth and gifts the sent to dioceses worldwide by Car- ,and the intercession of our Blessed "where an even greater number of Lord has blessed Frank with. Some- dinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of Lady in the spiritual struggle people are coming to the (archditimes when he is giving a homily, I the Vatican Congregation for t~e against evil spirits." ocesan) curia, affirming that they observe the people's reactions, espe- "Doctrine of the Faith.

"The announcing of these norms are possessed by demons." . cially when I am moved, hoping should in no way discourage the The'letter, written in Latin anti An archdiocesan official who they also are hearing the Lord dated Sept. 29, 1985, was sent in faithful from praying as Jesus , ~ould not give his name said Turin , speaking through Frank.

November and became public in taught us that we might be deli- is the exorcism "capital of Italy."

February. National Catholic News vered from evil," the letter added, He said that the archddiocese hears For seven years I was a EuchaService obtained an English-lan- citing the Gospel of Matthew. ristic Minister at the Cape Cod from an average of three people hospital, a ministry we shared as guage summary as translated by Officials of the Vatican congre- per weekwbo claim to be possessed.

Frank still does on Wednesday the Bishops' Conference of Eng- gation confirmed that the letter, Father Donald Heintschel, assoland and Wales. and Saturday. had been sent but would not com- ciate general secretary of the U;S. "For some years now there has ment on its contents or the reason Catholic Conference in WashingPreparing couples for matrimbeen a growing number of groups it was sent. ton, said he did not think exorony is also something beautiful within the church meeting to pray However, Cardinai Anastasio cisms were a problem in the Unithat we share, especially when to obtain deliverance from evil Alberto Ballestrero of Turin, Italy, ted States. Many manifestations Frank is asked to witness the couspirits," the letter said. "Although recently named six archdiocesan formerly ascribed to possession they have hot been practicing exor- priests as exorcists "to study and cism in the strict sense, and even better understand a phenomenon were actually caused by mental illness, he noted. though there may be a priest present, these meetings have been taking place under the leadership of lay people."

CHICAGO (NC) - The NationThe letter cited Canon 1172 of al Center for the Laity will sponsor Father Fasani, beatified by Pope VATICAN CITY (NC) - A a national conference in Chicago the Code of Canon Law which priest who worked with prisoners Pius XII in 1951, was born in Lucforbids exorcism without permisin September to explore the vocaand an 18th-century cardinal noted era, Italy, of a poor family. tion and mission of the laity in the sion of the local Ordinary. That He worked as a priest in Assisi, for his liturgical writings will soon permission can only be given to "a world in anticipation of the 1987 Rome and Lucera, and was known join the church's list of saints. priest who is endowed with piety, World Synod of Bishops. , Father Frapcesco Antonio for his pastoral work, especially The 1987 Synod will focus on knowledge, prudence and integFasani (1681-1742), a Conventual with prisoners condemned to die. rity of life,"said the letter, quoting the role of the laity in the church Franciscan who worked with pri, canon law.

Cardinal Tomasi, born of a and world. No date has been set soners, and Cardinal Giuseppe noble family in Licata, Sicily, for the synod.

"It foilows, then, that permisMaria Tomasi (1649-1713), whose resigned his hereditary right to the Grace Barry, a conference organ- sion cannot be given to the lay writings influenced the liturgical Duchy of Parma when he was 17 izer, said that since Vatican Coun- faithful to use any formula for the reform of the Second Vatican to join the Theatine congregation. cil II there has been a great deal of exorcism of Satan or any apostate Council, were approved for Because of poor health, ~e had a discussion on the laity's role in the angel taken either partly 6Yentirely canonization at a Vatican meeting limited priestly ministry, and church,.but very little on Catholics from the formula promulgated by of cardinals in February. devoted most of his life to study, in the workaday world. order of Pope Leo XIlI," it said.

Vatican Radio reported that , The National Center for the During the meeting, Pope'John The letter urged bishops to make Cardinal Tomasi influence~ the Laity, founded in 1978, has estab- sure that "those who do not have Paul II scheduled Father Fasimi's liturgical reform .promoted by lished a Chicago committee to 'authority" do not lead prayer gath- ' canonization for April 13. The organize the conference, for which ,erings "in the course of which dev- date for the canonization of Car- Vatican II with his research into ' ancient rites of the church. ,exact dates have not been set. ils are addressed directly and at- , dinal Tomasi was not set.

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Modern Itlurallights chapel

By Joseph Motta

His modern approach to Blessed Sacrament Chapel works well, contrasting pleasantly with the 18th century rococo style of the main church.

An explanation of the chapel painting, which appeared in the Blessed Sacrament parish bUlletin, follows: The painting is divided into three sections which represent the three levels of reality. The uvderworld and chaos are shown in the form of water from which emerges the zone of space and time containing the Eucharistic symbols of stylized wheat and grapes at either side of a quotation taken from the gospel of John (6:35). Besides the wheat, .a symbol of bread, and

grapes, a symbol of wine, the fishes loaves remind us of how the Lord foreshadowed his' gift of Himself at the time of the mulplication of the loaves and fishes.

The over 500 families who constitute Blessed Sacrament parish, Fall River, have something new to look at. Again and again and The fish is a known symbol again. of Christ. The Greek word for A 20 by 15 foot mural, recently fish is ichthys, an acronym for completed behind the altar in the the Greek statement "Jesus church's chapel by parishionerChrist, God's Son, Savior." artist Jacques Rivard, will be the At the upper left and right are focus of their attention. the letters IC and XC, Greek Father Rene R. Levesque, Blesabbreviations for Jesus and sed Sacrament pastor since October Christ.

1982, said that the painting is "a The upper zone bears the beautiful contribution to the parcrucifix, surrounded by a ish and greatly appreciated." mandala of glory signifying He noted that since daily Mass the risen and victorious Lord is .celebrated in the chapel, and in he~ven. religious education classes and Bible study group meetings are held there, many parishioners will have the opportunity to enjoy Rivard's work.

A native of Canada and a Blessed Sacrament parishioner for about LOS ANGELES (NC) - The at the church in terms ofpower,oo.of four years, Rivard said that work main result of the 1985extraordi- the institution vs. the people of on the mural took about a month.. nary Synod of Bishops was a com- God. The Bread of Life Community, the mitme!1 t to achieving fully the vi"So many ways of looking at the parish prayer group, covered exp'ension of the'Second Vatican Council, church did not capture the full said Belgian Archbishop Jan Schot- reality of what the church is," he ses.

"The idea was to paint some- te, synod general secretary. said. "So the bishops found it thing referable to the Blessed SacArchbishop Schotte was recently necessary to say, in the first place, rament," he said. in Southern California to address that the church is a mystery."

Working with bright acrylic a religious education congress in" He also said the synod recog- . nized the demand in the church for paints, Rivard chose uncial letter- Anaheim. He also spoke to priests, ing for the mural. In use from the religious and lay people in various clear teaching. "This was somethird century B.c. to the 10th ci:n- parts of the Los Angeles arch- thing .that came from everybody." tury A.D., it was most notably diocese.

A third result of the synod was a employed in Greek and Latin manHe said t'hat failings in regard to call to communion, Archbishop uscripts of the fourth to eighth the council were acknowledged at Schotte said. "The church as co'm. centuries and persists today chiefly the synod. munion is knowing that we are in Gaelic script.

"Here we saw a tremendous tied into the plan of God. The plan Rivard studied art at the Museum honesty among the bishops. No- of God is the communion between of Fine Arts School and the former body tried to say "Everything is the people and God, the people Scott Carbee. School of Portrai- . fine,' " the archbishop said. and each other. The model of that ture, both in Boston. Many of his Two-thirds' of the delegates were is the church. paintings are in private collections from Third World countries, he ---------and several are in the collection of said, adding that the church is no Reasons of the Heart the Clement C. Maxwell Library longer dOqlinantly Western.

"The heart has its reasons which at. Bridgewater State College. reason does not know." - Blaise_ "The second major result of the Pascal Shy and unassuming, Rivard is synod was that just as the council reluctant to discuss his work but had dune, it reaffirmed what is he noted that a present interest is important in being church," Archthe,study of Arabic. "The writing bishop Schotte said, "Here the GOD'S ANCHOR HOlD' is so beautiful, I would like to affirmation was the church as myst know the language," he explained. tery. It may be that we have looked

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Fe~. 28, 1986

'Hong Kong pledged religious freedom HONG KONG (NC) - Religious freedom will be backed by law when British-ruled Hong Kong comes under Chinese jurisdiction in 1997, said Father Louis Ha, a representative of the Hong Kong diocese. Fahter Ha said he ~as told the freedoms will include Catholic links with the pope.

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Dear Mary: My husband and I are feeling betrayed and hopeless because our 16-year-old daughter lies to us. She seems sincere, but on several occasions we found out that everything she said was untrue.

I fear we cannot be close as a family if we cannot trust each other. Is this likely to pass? Is there .anything we can do? (Pennsylvania) You describe well a parent's feelings of dismay. How can a child return love and caring by lying? Can we ever restore a good family relationship?

Most often a child lies to keep from getting in trouble.

Another reason may be to get their way. As a teen-ager might put it: "If I told the truth, you wouldn't let me do what I wanted."

These reasons do not excuse lying, but help to recognize why it may occur.. , Lying frustrates parents like no other misbehavior because lying is , totally within the child's control.

The usual suggestions about rewarding good behavior and discipling misbehavior firmly and promptly do not work with lying. Often parents do not even know when the misbehavior is occuring.

The parent's only recourse is to take away the payoff for lying. If lying works for the child it is likely to continue.

To take away the payoff for deception a parent must verify everything from other sources. Is Lisa staying overnight with her girlfriend? Call the girlfriend's parent.

Has Larry skipped school and lied when you questioned him?

Contact the schoo! counselor and set up a program to check on and discipline attendance. Call the counselor personally whenever your child is going to be absent.

Does Tim come home after curfew with the excuse "We had a flat tire?" Establish that curfew is curfew. If he is late because of a misfortune, sympathize but impose the penalty anyway.

You will have taken away the reason to make up an excuse.

Next, when some activity cannot be verified from another source ignore it.

"Where were you?"

"We went to il movie."

In most cases the parent cannot verify this. Of course, you could grill the child: "What time did the movie start? Tell me the plot."

Such questioning focuses time and attention on lying. Ideally, you want to ignore lying.

Ignoring is an effective way to stop behavior. Suppose each morning on your way to work you meet your neighbor. Each !l1orning you say: "Good morning!" Your neigh-

bor, however, never returns your greeting. Rather quickly, you will probably stop your greeting.

Ignoring can have the same effect on lying. There is no point in continuing to do something when you get no response.

Will lying stop eventually? Some adolescents who lie grow into adults who are very open and honest with their parents.

While no one can predict the future, human behavior suggests that lying will stop most quickly when it proves useless and is ignored.

Some parents try to "nail" a lying child by setting him up. They get evidence from outside sources, let the child lie and then confront him with the facts.

While such a practice may give the parent a gr,im satisfaction, it destroys every shred of the child's self-respect. It is the cruelest of put-downs and leaves the child no way out. For these reasons it is not a good way to handle lying.

Verify your child's activities from outside sources. Disregard what cannot be verified. When there is no reason to lie, lies are likely to stop.

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That's great. I'm sure everyone and nature but, at the same time, couldexpana 'their creative abili- reminds us that we cannot grasp or The U.S.,penchant for packag- ties. But the kind of creativity .understand l;verything. ing now reaches even into the needed to conceive the theory of We have to be careful when a realm of creativity. What was once - relativity or paint the Sistine Chapel word like "creativity," which reprethought of as a God-given gift has is beyond a "how-to" course. lately become a commercial item What really bothers me is when sents a profound concept, becomes for consumers. it is claimed that creativity is a skill the latest buzzword. If we think Self-help article's are popping and not a talent. Skills can be that creativity is an acquirable up all over that make. acquiring taught, practiced, measured and skill, we are boxing it up and makcreativity sound as easy as having tested. Skills are something we can .ing it superficial. a pizza delivered to your doorstep. own and control and use to make The belief that we can unlock The cover article of this month's money. the secrets of the creative mind Writer's Digest is ~alled "Seven Talking about creativity in such and put them into textbooks and Steps to Harnessing Your Creativ- limiting terms diminishes what real training materials 'is tantamount ity." It offers point-by point creativity is all about. to denying the mystery of the instructions for inspired moments, True creativity, the kind that world. It is a way of saying that as if creativity were a thing to be leads to enduring art or a pro- humans can control everything grabbed and captured for self- found new understanding oftruth, through analysis and technique. serving, practical use. and the genius of a Mozart, MichelBut even in the realm of science, The latest fad in the world of angelo or Einstein, requires vision the greatest scientists have always business is to send employees to or inspiration from another source acknowledged the unfathomable school to learn how to become beyond the everyday world. mystery of the universe.

It can only happen when there is creative because there aren't enough True creativity is not a teacha connection to the eternal and creative ideas coming up from the what is created embodies an ever- able skill. There's not a how-toranks to develop exciting new products. course in the country that could present sense of mystery.

A f!lasterpiece offers a glimpse teach anyone how to paint the Consulting firms are selling of the eternal patterns in humanity Mona Lisa's smile. quick, expensive courses in creativitytraining. They say that anyone can lea~n to be creative. It isn't a gift reserved for the privileged few.

I think they are partly right but mostly very wrong. . One of these firms report that most people have reservoirs of untapped talent that rarely surface' due to fears of looking foonsh. So it offers courses, geared toward professionals in their 30s and 40s, where the students play with crayons, tell stories or play word games.

Students are encouraged to free up the imagination and combine intuition and logic to see new conI)ections in the world around them.

Some students say that the training helped them to think more freely and imaginatively..

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THE ANCHORFriday, Feb.. 28, 1986

40,000 South Africans depend on church aid DU RBAN, South Africa (NC) - Church aid, including a grant from'the archbishop of Durban, has been almost the only relief available to about 40,000 people left homeless by tribal fighting since Christmas time.

At least 120 people have been killed since the Dec. 23 eruption of fighting between factions of the Zulu and Pondo tribes in a squatter settlement just outside Durban. In a second battle in late January, the settlement was razed, and its residents left homeless.

Although some moved in with relatives and friends, others have returned to northern Transkei, a tribal homeland created by South Africa. Hundreds have been housed in five abandoned rail coaches, but the majority have had to take .refuge in the countryside.

Archbishop Denis Hurley of Durban donated 2,000 rands - about $960 - for relief efforts..

Most other money also has come from member churches of the South African Council of Churches, said Paddy Kearney, director or' the. ecumenical church agency Diakonia.

Police have described the clashes. as "naked tribal hostility."

Some scholars and church leaders " have said the "app;illing conditions" under which the· squatters lived triggered the' situation, as well as did the shortage ofjobs and basic facilities.

The settlement had no sewage removal system and only one water tap for the 40,000-person community.

The Red Cross has supplied some food for the victims but officials said it was not possible under South African law to help the homeless find accommodations.

The Durban city council said housing is the responsibility of the provincial authorities and central government, neither of which had done anything to alleviate the situatjon by mid-February.

Kearney, a Catholic, said Diakonia has been flooded with requests for money for funerals and food. He said the agency's crisis fund has been entirely spent - in one day, more than $6,000 in aid was distributed.

Kearney said he was disturbed that most aid was from churches.

Had 40,000 people been left homeless elsewhere in the world, it would have been declared a national disaster, he said, attributing the lack of government response to the fact that the victims are black. .

On Feb. 12, Ash Wednesday, parishioners at the mixed-race.parish of Christ the King in Wentworth used ashes from the victims' charred huts for the rite of putting ashes on the forehead.

Oblate Father Cyril Carey, parish priest, said the tragedy was caused by apartheid and that all South Africans should repent.

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By Hilda Young I went on a Lenten retreat once where it was stressed that we should try to be aware of the little signs God provides us in the ordinary events of everyday life. I distinctly remember the retreat master saying, "Nothing in God's land is accidental." .

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my head in both hands, watch my toe turn pur'ple an.d groan at the .' same time, From that vantage point I could see the children's wet towels and underwear stuffed behind the-door, the empty toilet-paper spoo) and a new tube of toothpaste lying behind the commode.

If God was speaking to me in the That thought popped to mind ordinary events of everyday life, I for some reason this morning when thought, I'd better start' paying I crawled out of bed and went attention before the clothes hamper directly to the dresser and stubbed gives me a karate kick to the ankle. my baby toe on the corner.

I stood up only to notice I had On my personal pain scale, stubbeen sitting on a wet wash rag that bing my little toe ranks about a had been draped over the edge of nine, just below root canal and the tub. ' ' childbirth.

"If this is your way of getting my Taking deep breaths through attention, Lord," I said, "I'm all gritted teeth, I limped and hopped ears. If this is punishment for putinto the bathroom. Once there ·1 ting cabbage on the kids', bologna immediately dropped my toothsandwiches'and telling them it was brush on the floor. Bending over' lettuce, I confess. But have you to pick it up I bumped my head on seen the price of lettuce?" . the sink.

"Talking to yourself again?" my I sat down on the edge of the tub. husband yawned, coming into the where I could comfortably hold bathroom.

"No, to God," I said.

"In the bathroom?" ..It's OK," I said....1 washed the mirror and the guest towels are NEW YORK (NC) - Cardinal clean."

John J. O'Connor of New York "Did you notice that the kids told a Feb. 13 forum ori Religion used up almost all the bread last and Rehabilitation that "profound night making some kind of pudignorance" pervades the church as ding?" he asked. "I don't know well as the rest of society regarding what they're going to do about the handicapped. Ignorance, rather making lunches this morning." than callousness, explains why so "Whatever you do; don't tell few churches are accessible to the them the cabbage is lettuce," I disabled or otherwise meet their said. special needs, he said. The cardi..Are you talking to me or God?" nal, who worked for more than 40 he asked. years with retarded children, spoke "I'm going back to bed," I told at a forum held by the Open Con- him, hobbling out of the bathroom. gregation, an interfaith agency pro- "That's got to be what the retreat moting programs for the disabled. master meant."

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Father Hartke dead. at 79· WASHINGTON (NC) Dominican Father Gilbert V. Hartke, 79, who founded and was chairman ofthe drama department at the Catholic University of America in Washington for almost 40 years, died Feb. 21 of heart disease.

Father Hartke began his showbusiness career as a child actor and. throughout his life worked and was friends with Hollywood celebrities. But he insisted his primary role was that of priest.

"I don't want to be known as a showbiz priest. The first thing in my life is the priesthood," he said in, an interview shortly before his death.

A. 1936 Catholic University summer workshop was theinspiration for the establishment of the drama department in 1937. The original faculty was made up of' Father Ha'rtke, film critic and playwright Wafter Kerr, Leo Brady and Josephine McCarry Callilri.

After Father Hartke's campaign to raise funds to build modern theater facilities at Catholic University, the new theater was named for him in 1970. The last play he directed was Eugene O'Neill's"Ah, Wilderness," in 1973.

He retired as chairman of the department in 1974 and' was appointed emeritus professor of drama and special assistant for public affairs to the president of the university. .

Jesuit Father William J. Byron, Catholic University president, praised Father Hartke's devotion to the university and to "his kids." ' "The medical people say his heart simply gave out, but I'd revise that· a bit and say he really gave it away over a long lifetime of generous service. His entire priestly and professional life was spent on this campus," Father Byron said.

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Just remember, there are two sides to every story, or else you wouldn't be in court. Oftentimes two people can see the same event and come to completely different conclusions, each believes he is telling the truth. Your attorney wants to learn what you do and do not know about the accident before he puts you on the stand ..

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Those of you who are fans of Perry Mason relish the masterrulway he always made the witness crack during cross examination. Buf have you ever tried to put yourself in the witness' shoes?

At some time in' your life you -may be called to testify in court.

Let's hope that it is as a witness in someone else's trial, but there could be a time when someone is bringing suit against you.

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There are some exceptions to the general rule against narratives arid leading questions. For example, if you' are a hostile witness or unwilling to testify, leading questions are permitted to elicit all of the information.

Leading questions are also generally permitted to establish background information and to help witnesses such as young children to answer the question.

Unlike direct examination, you can lead all you want on crossexamination. The opposing attorney is probably hoping to lead'you right into a trap. For example, he may ask you a lot of seemingly innocent questions about your vision, leading you to divulge that you ~ere not wearing yl;lUr glasses when you observed the accident.

Generally, the rules of evidence which govern direct examination are relaxed during cross-examination. The opposing counsel will probably try to impeach your credibility as a witness on cross-examination, using one or more of the following techniques.

Memory: The opposing counsel will try to prove that your memory is faulty. This technique is especially effective during trials taking place several years after the incident occurred.

Bias: The opposing counsel will try to show bias, interest, influence or motive which would be likely to . affect your testimony.

Character: The opposing counsel will try to prove that you are a disreputable character who is not likely to tell the truth.

Inconsistent statements: The opposing counsel will try to make you contradict yourself, so that it appears that you were lying in your earlier testimony.

Although an opposing attorney generally ca~ only question you on matters raised during direct examination, when he is trying to impeach you, he is not limited to those issues. It is almost impossible not to get defensive when someone is attacking your credibility on the witness stand.

But just remember that your. attorney will be right there to pro-. tect you from harassment. He can object during cross-examination if the questions are argumentative, or if they concern a subject your lawyer did not raise during your direct examination (except for impeachment purposes). If your lawyer objects, do not answer the question until the judge tells you to. You may not have to answer it at all.

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Instead, he would have to ask, "Was there anyone at the scene of the accident?" That question is not leading because it doesn't draw any conclusions for you, but give's you the chance to tell the whole story·

However, there are limits to your freedom to tell the story from start to finish. You might not be allowed to ramble on in an uninterrupted narrative. The judge has discretion to decide whether to permit testimony in a narrative . fashion, or whether the witness In addition, your attorney may will have to respond to specific stage a mock cross-examination, questions by the attorney.

Opposing cou.nsel may object, Perry Mason style, to prepare you for the worst. No doubt the attor- 'claiming that a narrative testimony allows irrelevant or prejudiney for the' oil company also has a cial matters to come before the few tricks up his sleeve. court. With a narrative, there is no Try to think of direct examinaway to alert counsel of what is to tion as your chance to tell the story come. There is no time to object. from your own point of view,.

In contrast, question and answer

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He wants to prepare you for what the other side may ask you.

The whole experience is bound to make you nervous; he'll prepare you for that too.

So your attorney will probably rehearse your testimony with you before trial. However, a good witness will tell the story with an air of spontanei~y, so that answers do not appear comp'etely memorized.

because that is exactly what your lawyer will ask you to do.

In direct examination, your attorney will ask you ce(tain types of questions.

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.Mexican Finance Minister·Jesus Silva Herzog said recently that the top 15 Third World deotor co'un-' tries owe a combined debt of $430 billion. and are ,required to pay almost $40 billion a year in interest alone: ' Mexico's foreign debt is almost $100 billion.

Unless terms are readjusted between borrowers and lenders, Third World countries are faced with almost the impossible task of try-

ing to squeeze more wealth from domestic economies where popu" lation growth already outstrips economic growth and where job opportunities are insufficient to absorb new workers.

"The'debt service is draining Latin America of the capital it needs for inv,estment. It's like taking blood from a patient who needs a transfusion," said Argentine economist Raui Prebisch. ' Argentina 'sforeign debt is about $50 billion, The situation hascalised a flurry of meetings and negotiations between borrowers and lenders without much concensus on how to solve the proble'm. Proposed solutions range' from' calls oy some Third World leaders that loan repayments be indefinitely suspended to a plan offered by U.S. Treasury Secretary James Bakerl that an extra $29 billion in loans be made availab.1e to.thelS most indebted nations over the next three years.' . The pope has not offered specific' solutions but has asked for greater unity among debtor countries in facing th'e problem, new international economic relationships and better use of funds in .

Third World countri'es.

The pope outlined his views in a December speech to 40 Latin American politic~lleadt:rs,in his Jan. I World Peace Day message and in a more recent talk to diplomats accredited to the Vatican.

The church cannot offer specific solutions because these involve complex'economic and technical issues beyond, its competence, said An-

thony Chullikal, an Indian economist and an official of the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace.

The commission has been asked to study the problem but does not have an official position on the issue, he told National Catholic News Service..

"The pope's major concern is that the major tensions in NorthSouth r~lations are coming from trade and.economic factors," Chull- , ika"s~id: ....

Another concern is that the social. unrest .,caused by economic problems, related to, the foreign debt is causing a rise in Ma,rx,i.st influence and in support of guerrilla groups in Third World countrie~, he said. ~ ,Most political theoreticians say. the potential for a major world conflicL lies in· ..underdeveloped ' areas such as the Middle East and·, Central America, where majorworld' powers would be drawn into local conflicts,"'said Chullikal.

The pope's statements on the debt· crisis are trying "to create a politi~ cal. climate, for understanding and necessary concessions by all sides," , Chullikal added.

"It is futile to avoid technical aspects in seeking solutions, but there should also be a code of conduct which is tolerably just to everybody," he said.

Part of the problem has been the misuse of previous loans in some Third World countries, said Chullikal.

"Through corruption and dishonesty, much of the funds ended

up in private hands and were invested in developed countries for personal gain," he said.

Much money also went for purchase abroad of military weapons rather than for stimulation of the domestic economy, he added, Solutions to these problems will requi~e political action on the part of both borrower and lender countries, said Chullikal., The papal World Peace Day message said the Third World debt situation is worsening the "social and economic abyss that separates rich from poor." .

"In this situation peace as a universal val.u,e is in great danger," it added, ' " The pope told the Latin American political leaders in December that "neither, the creditor nor the debt'or countries ga,in anything if situations' of desp.air are unleashed w.hich escape all colltro!."

'~rasingl famine 'V ATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has called on national and international groups to coordinate-efforts to erase famine. There are ','numerous and generous initiatives of solidarity" with the hungry; the pope told participants in an international food and disarmament conference, But, he said, these initiatives must be coordinated "to avoid either duplication or dissipation of efforts." Prosperous countries, added the pope, "must be aware of their need to contribute to the progress of countries which have less".

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Wide consultation set for 1987 synod on laity , WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. bishops' Committee on the Laity is finalizing plans for extensive consultations on the experiences, needs and views of U.S.Catholics in preparation for the 1987 World Synod of Bishops.

The synod will focus on the mission and vocation of the laity in the church and in the world. No date has been set f()r the gathering.

"The pope has asked for 'very widespread consultations with the laity," said Dolores Leckey, director of the U.S. bishops' Laity Secretariat.

She added that the U.S. bishops' laity committee recently approved plans to aid dioceses in their own consultations and assist the U.S. bishop-delegates to the synod in gaining a sense of the laity's views.

The delegates will" be elected in November.

Mrs. Leckey said a select national consultation is planned for August, followed by five regional.consultations early in 1987.

She added that the bishops'committee hopes to utilize U. S. Catholic newspapers in gathering the views of the laity.

Participants in the August consultation, to be held in Buffalo, Minn., will include current members and past chairmen of the bishops' laity committee, about 15 other experts in various church f!elds and invited laity.\ Among lay'participants are Peter Steinfels, editor of Commonweal magazine; ·P. Michael' Timpane, president of Columbia teachers'

A separate consultation will be held in Belleville for leaders of national lay organizations.

Mrs. Leckey said the four U.S. bishop-delegates to the synod will be invited to participate in the regional meetings.

Brazilian church leaders summoned to Vatican VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has invited Brazilian church leaders to the Vatican March 13-15 to discuss church activities in their country.

A Vatican official who asked' not to be identified said the discussions would cover liberation theology, popular in Brazil, which has drawn warnings from the Vatican.

The official added, however, that the meeting would inClude 'other pastoral issues.

The meeting coincides with the last in a series of"ad limina" visits, which Brazilian bishops have been making in regional groups since January 1985. The pope wanted to' 'end the ad limina visits~ made every five years by heads of dioceses, with Ii meeting including representatives from the wh'ole country said the Vatican. .

Those invited are the pre'sident of the Brazilian bishops' conference, the presidents of the country's 14 regional secretariats, Brazil's five resident cardinals and Vatican Curia officials.. . , In a Jan. J7 .meeting with IJrazi-. lian bishops, the pope war,ned of "grave deviations" in some theolgies of liberation. He has consistently cautiont:,d the bishops about church work on behalf of the poor, saying the church. cannot be reduced to a merely social or political role.

Liberation theologies developed in Latin America in the 1960s as a theological reflection on material poverty and the need to provide concrete aid to the poor as a part of evangelization. A 1984 state-

ment by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith warned that theologies are incompatible with'the faith when they use Marxist concepts uncritically, The liberation theology debate surfaced again at the 1985 Synod of Bishops, when Bishop Jose Ivo Lorscheiter, president of the Braz-' ilian bishops' conference, strongly defended the theology, saying it "does not justify Marxist ideology or break with Catholic theological tradition." .

In May 1985 the doctrinal congregationdirected a leading Brazilian liberation theologian; Franciscan Fath~r Leonardo Boff, to observe a "'period of respectful silence." His book, "Church: Charism and Power," was called dangerous to Catholic doctrine partly' because it questions whether Jesus, envisioned the ins'titutional church as it exists.

Since then, some Brazilian bishops have met with Vatican officials over the Boff case, but there has been no change in his status.

'Throughout, his' ad limina talks to Brazilian bishops, the pope·has emphasized doctrinal purity. The' church's ·'preferential. option for the poor," he has said, must not exclude anyone and must not be confused with "ideological" interpretations, The pope has praised the' social work of the Brazilian church, espe~ cially in areas of education, health and pastoral care of migrants, but has said the bishops must avoid offering "partisan political alternatives" in connection with it.

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MOBILE, Ala. (NC) - Cornelius Singleton, convictl;d of murdering a nun, received a courtordered stay of execution as members of the nun's order asked Catholics to appeal for clemency to Alabama's Gov. George Wallace, .

Singleton had been scheduled to die Feb. 21 for the 1977 killing in Mobile of Sister Ann Hogan, a member of the Daughters of Char'ity of St. Vincent de Paul.

Sister Hogan, 51, was found strangled in a Mobile cemetery.

She was director of admissions and communications at Providence Hospital in Mobile. Singleton, then 11, was arrested within eight days of the killing.

This group will hammer out a statement on the principles of shared responsibility-"the laity's sharing in the work of the church," Mrs. Leckey said. It will be used to prepare "position papers in reference to the synod and as a background document" for regional ,consultation~, she added.

Diocesan bishops will be asked to send delegates to one of four 1987 regional conferences to be held in Burligame, Calif.; Belleville, III,; San Antonio, Texas; and an undetermined East Coast site.

Issues likely to' 'surface, Mrs. Leckey said, include sharing of laity in diocesan and parish ministry, spiritual formation of the laity, and development of small communities of faith in parishes.

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College in New York; Norman Francis, president of Xavier University in New Orleans; Donna Hanson, chairperson of: the U.S. bishops"National Advisory Council; and theologians Doris Donnelly and David Thomas.

Also in 1987, Mrs. Leckey said, the bishops' laity committee hopes to invite responses from U.S. Cath-', olic newspaper readers t<>: question's raised in' a series of' articles' on the laity.

'iHEA'NC'~~O'R';" Friday, Feb. 28 1986

, CHECKING THE SCHEDULE of the newly reactivated Ostomy ~linic at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, are Jean Allardice, RNET, clinic nurse and enterostomal therapist, standing, and Jacqueline Juttelstad; administrative secretary for nursing services. Serving both physical and emotional n'eeds, the clinic provi~es instruction and assistance to ostomy patients and their families. Further information is available at 674-5741, ext. 430. ... '

Vatica,n congregation t9 s~ud.y brothers' role brothers among their members, VATICAN CITY (NC) - A and institutes of brothers. Many study of whether or not a brother brothers would like to see a third can be elected head of an order of form of institute where brothers brothers and priests has been and priests live together as equals commissioned by 'the Congnigation,' for Religious and Secular in-terms of decision-making, said Institutes.

Bishop Bevilacqua. .

Pittsburgh Bishop Anthony Shortly before the Vatican ineet~ Bevilacqua, a member of the coning opened, The Franciscan Comgregation, said that the study munications Center in New York probably would be interdiscipli- said in a three-page p~ess release nary and would treat the concept that the Conference of Major of ministry for brothers.

Superiors of M.en felt brothers Bishop, Bevilacqua, a canon "are getting short shrift" in the lawyer, said that the traditional church because of lack of access to position of the church is that only positions of authority: priests can he'ad religious orders of Passionist Father Paul Boyle; brothers and priests. He said that superior general of the Passionist "on occasion, the Holy See has Fathers and Brothers, said that dispensl?~ with" those laws, and lack of equal treatment of priests the.'yatican action, "seems to say and brothers in' the church 'is that this is not something that demoralizing for brothers and absolute. " adversely affects vocations.

The bishop said brothers, who Bfothers; especially in Third have been hit hardest of all reli- World nations, and "even in gious by the vocations decline after ' Europe are ~ssociated only with' the Second Vatican Council, need manual labor," he said. encouragement. .

The brother "is seen as the poor.

Brothers "feel they're second- man in the community," said rate citizerys in religious life~ "he Father Boyle. "He's admired, but said, stressing that "the vocatiolJ. no one wants to imitate him." to the brotherhood is a vocation in Father Boyle said in some plaitself. " ces "the work of the brother is too Currently, the church has cleri- humble for a'man with intellectual cal institutes, which may include capabilities. "

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Sister Gertrude Bastnag'el, provincial of the order's east-central province, based in Evansville, Ind., announced Feb. 14 that sisters of the province oppo.sed the death penalty out of concern for "respect for life from the first moment of conception until God calls the human soul to himself."

Citing Sister Hogan's slaying, she said the province adopted its stand despite its own "experience , of the, pain and distress of those victimized by violent criminal activity. " At the same time five Daughters of Charity in Mobile wroteajoint letter t'o The Catholic Week, Mobile archdiocesan weekly, asking Alabama Catholics to "join us in acting" to stop Sin'gleton's execution.

"Express your opposition to the' death penalty and ask that the current sentence for Cornelius'Singleton be overturned," they wrote, saying that Christ "set the standard for us when he said, from the depth of his own execution, 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.'"

Father Kevin Duignan, pastor of St. Robert parish in Atmore, and a chaplain at Atmore' State Penitentiary, where Singleton is imprisoned, said the stay ordered by the Alabama Supreme Court was one ofseveral Singleton had' received since his co·nviction.

But he added that, despite 'public opposjtion to the death penalty by both Catholic bishops in. Ala~. bama and some non-Catholic church I~aders, there was' "no' chance" ofclemency from Wallace' "unless he decides not tQ run for re-election. "

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Cardinal Stephen Kim of Seoul has urged women Religious' to "struggle" for the physical and spiritual liberation' of Asian women. "The church must reach ~ out 'and touch women, allowing~ them to stand up straight. Wer: He said lack of equal recogni- must struggle for full liberation tion' of' broth.ers in clerical orders of women, both spiritual and' shows in small but significant. physical," Cardinal Kim said ways. ' speaking -recently at the seventh In some orders, 20-30 percent of Asian Meeting of Religious Women held in' Seoul. "Both the,members are brothers, but the telephone is answered with "Augmen and women need Hberaustinian Fa'thers" or "Servite tion, .so there can be a new Fathers," Father Boyle said. creation," he said.'

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri.~Feb. 28,

1986

A real friend is loyal. When others put us down, a friend does not go along with the crowd.

Friends also will not ridicule us.

They know the sensitive or painful sides of our personalities.

They respect our need to be treated with gentleness in these areas.

By Charlie Martin

That's What Friends Are For , And I never thought I'd feel this way " And as far as,l'm concerped , " I'm glad I got the chance to say That I do believe'l love you ' And if I should ever go away Well then ~Iose your eyes and try To feel the way we do tod~y , And then if you can rt:member , Keep smiling, knowing that you can Always count on me - ' , For sure, that's 'what friends are for , 'For good times and bad times I'll be on your side forevermore That'~ what friends are for. ' Well you came and opened me and now' There's so much more to see ' And so by the way I thank you l And then for the times when we are apart ' Well then,c1ose your eyes and know The words that come from my heart ' ,

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However, a friend does not ignore our imperfections. A real friena is honest and tells us when , we are hurting ourselves or others. He or she challenges us to rise above actions that in the long run can only hurt our lives. Such a friend is also ready to stand by us as we try to make changes in behavior.

Perhaps one of the clearest signs of a true friend is how this person brings out. the best in us.

Because of friends,' we dare to dream bigger dreams. We set higher goals and work harder to achieve them. Friends also help us to clarify true values and encourage us to live by them.

Put another way, a true friend helps us to become the person God wants usto be. This person's presence in our lives enables us to see our· potential more clearly.

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I invite you to sha're with other , among the biggest names in True friends are among life's the music business - Gladys greatest rewards: As ,the song readers what you think it is that Knight, Stevie Wonder and says, friends are "for gQod times builds good friendships. What Elton John - have an imporand bad." A real friend is on should a person do to show that he'or sheis 'a friend forever? I'will tant topic on their minds: What "your side forevermore." 'are friends for? Their hit sinSince friendship is so impor- shhe'your responses in a future gle is another example ofh'ow: ta~t for h,appiness,. this ~olumn column. today's musicians are m'ore focuses ,on ways to ,be a good Your comments are always welinvolved with the problems of friend. The following ideas are a . corne. Address' Charli~ Martin" our world. All profits' from few suggestions that are impor- 1218 S. Rotherwood Ave., Evans. ihesong ate being donated to tl,lnt to any f~iendship., ville, Ind., 47714.

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FATHER ANTHONY Clark coaches a young protege during a boxing match. The priest, 'whq fotin~ed the Casa de Guadalupe Boys' Home in Nogales, Ariz., in 1984 has had to close it temporarily because his lengthy sanctuary trial has restricted the tjme he ~an devote to it. He and 10 others are on trial in Tucson charged with aidipg illegal ~liens. The 'home is the only shelter in its areafor troubled adolescents. (NC photo)

Telling 'it 'like it 'is ANAHEIM, Calif (NC) ~ ,Young men as well as young women have "a Christian obligation" to be virgins, Notre Dame Sister Mary Carlann, vice principal of St.-Matthias High School in Huntington Park, Calif., told 300 youths in Anaheim.

sexual intercourse," she told 300 youths at the workshop.

She said that "fear increases sexual activity.. Fear of rejection, fear of loneliness, fear of nuclear annihilation, fear of a broken and fractured family." , 'Sister· Carlanil cited statistics showing that each day in the United States 2,740 persons run away, there are 1,986 divorces and 69 suiCides.

"Every eight minutes there is a rape, every 27 riIimites a murder, every 76 .seconds a robbery, every to seconds a burglary and every 10 seconds an auto theft. These are the realities which create fear," she said.

Sexual activity is not a proper response, the nun added.

Sister Carlann'said that young people have to love and understand themselves before they can love and understand others.

But there is a way to return, said Sister Carlann.

"God will not turn you away," Sister Carlann said. "He is the way when we lose our way, the truth when we feel our life is a lie,"

:, "There is a Christian obligation to, be a .virgi~;" she said at a recent Religious ,Education Congress Youth Day. "And that goes for boys and girls, The problem is that boys have been told to be experienced and girls have jJeen told if they'do they are loose. That double standard is wrong. Boys are p~j-haps you couid persuade your called to be. virgins, too," Sister friend to go ,with you to one of Carlann said.

And if physical virginity is lost, these meetings. Check your phone By book, make a call to A.A., and a virginity of the heart can be find out where 'and when one of adopted, she added.

TOM these meetings takes place. , ."Virginity is more than not havYou are likely to see quite a few ing sexual intercourse," she said.

LENNON young people there. Many will "It is not an item you lose. That is probably be both alcoholics and dangerous. If it seems like a point drug addicts. of no return and you can't 'revirginize' yourself, you think 'I , Q '. I t h'In'k 0lle ' 0 f my b u ddi es IS . a .

And you are not unlikely to, hear . h t as we II contmue . b ecause I "About aliI can say for myself IS mig one of the older persons make a " It an d I ' tun d 0 It. . , I· C an you suggest that I did quit drinkin' and usin', rea I a Ico h OIC. enJoy can some w.aY'f~r.me to he!p'h.im1 and I'll' never. :go back' to that comment like this: "I think the "Even if you are no longer phys. II y a vlrgm, " II t rue ,. again. But it's hare!.' Soei)ltimes I A . F Irst, rea d t h e foowmg Young people who come to these Ica you can b ecome a, story of Heath, a young man of25, 'wonder how long I can keep'going." meetings are really smart - and virgin of .the heart," she said. fortunate. They're attacking their "D on ' t k an d d e<:l.'d ew. h et h eryouc.,ou Id hI" e p, ,W. hat helped, t-Iel!th, was, .the eep' trave I'mg on t h e problems early and not wasting a ·...d y. , . . friend who took him to,a beginner's b Y s h owm.,g ~t !O ,your b u~ wrong roa d . rna k e a U-turn. " "T k meeting of. Alcoholics Anonymous. , lifetime the way I did." '. H eat h IS h a~,d so!"~, WI th d ar. reat' your b 0 d'les as temp Ies, " .. ''she advised the young people.

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By Cecilia Bela~ger like a' child. I was without that mind as a totality - not just your anci hire more Catholics or its remem6er just when'I began drink~fatherwhohad meant so much to me. reproductive org~ns. Our bodi,es, "equal op'portunity" certificate ':in' and.-usin',· but-:itwasthrougn ":.We ,hear 's-o, many prom'is-es, so don't know they are ,Catholic. We might be' withdrawn. The warnmost of high school and after. manyidle words without substan~¢, ' Sometimes I like to push his death think there's a little value marked '. ing to Short ~,rOthers PLC came "I wasn't dumb. I could pass or uplift. , ' ' ,into 'the background and pretend 'Catholic;'that will turn ~ffthebio-' '. ,in a report 'from Britain's Fair . tests ,and ~et good grades~ but I " ·~udhere,was one whd~ spok~, ,if 'didri'th!lPpen"~ . . logical responses, that happen'-:, EmpJoyment,' Agency. which ·.didn't *ant to·take- tJle frquJ)le iQ'· ·m~~e. I'ro,riii'se~ ~il4 .k~eps. tpem.· The bereaved need out support. . when a man, and' woman are' issues', the, certificates. Of 7 {loa, do it. I was always gettin' drunk or The hfe that moved hke aTlVer to, . ManY9f'us'knoW\\,h~tthat son-is '.togetfter. '~, employees atShoris. more than taking some kind of dope, I was~hese~notonlyhadfoamingiapids, ". gojng ,through. In his'letter. he' ~'But the body doesn't know 92 percent are~rotestant.A:cdoin'thai all the time.'" ,,' but wonderful still 'pools, proving "..' asked for material on death, for rno~alcode.-the intellect a'r:idwiII ", cording ,to, the report•. the u.s. " -"1 nev~J:' did graduate.". , . .' ',that th~ b,attleground belongs to, poemS;articlesor,anytliing else do, . she saId... ", government ,in- . October 1984 , " He.ath paused, ,and w'henhe, tlie peaceful. The dangers,and'ed~,•. that would help huD.' • ~Ist~r C~rlann s~ld th~ values of warned ihat'if the 'firm did not': . spoke again, there was a weai'ines,s dies oflifecan be oVercome. There ,',. ,:Bui- ih~only ,words that truly "s~clal JustlC~ must extend to per- , hire more. Catholics. its con-' in his voice"as'thOugh he was bur~ is hope. , ' . ." help arelhe comforting words of- s0!lal morahty. tracts With the US. Air, Force deneddown with ateri'ible Imid., 'I'm hearing, from, many who, '.Jesus.· " , ' , "We damage and pollute ourcould be, enda,ngered. lit, Marc,it "Themyea'rs Was wasted. Nuthin' have lost parentS-. Though death is ., BecaiJse loved one has been' 'else. Nowl'ni indebt. I got a police expected in-some.- cases, one son 'takeri from us, we,shoullnot.feerselves through substance abuse 1984. the .Belfast firm' sold 'the' n "Why ' m~st' , ' record .. Artd,:I.. haven 'igpt lnuch 9f- ,wrote "When the blow struck I stl' '. ,betrayed. t h,e goo d ' and then we bomb the cathedralof 'Air Farce 1-8. aircra'ft : worth a job. At25 I'm just nowhere.· was not ready. My dad had gone. die?" They do< not' die! That we.' our body through immoral, premore than $54.5 million. an Air, , N' ow ", h'ere --,' a't a II . ' It was final. I suddenly became must believe.. ' '. ' marital, destructive sex play and . Force spokeswoman said. '' " ,man;

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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-13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

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

sibilities but the dialogue is so awful and the script so inadequate that the film is not credible. 0, PG. "91/2 Weeks"(MGM-UA)-, Adrian ("Flashdance") Lyne) passionless expression of a man's erotic Somerset and Fall River North Although postseason playoffs fantasy of woman's sexuality feawill meet at 9 p.m. Sunday in the are underway, little action is schetures Mickey Rourke and Kim lone quarter-finals in postseason duled for tonight.

Basinger in a sexually explicit depicplayoffs of the Bristol-County In girls' basketball the Stang tion of a sadomasochistic love CYO Hockey league. affair between an art gallery manSpartanettes drew a bye in the first The winner will meet season round of Division Two South S~c­ ager and afinancier. Because of its' champion Fall River South in tionals. They tied with Dennisexcessive simulations of sexual actibest-of-three semifinals starting Yarmouth for the Division One vity, this film is rated 0, R. March 9. The other semifinal pits Southeastern Mass. Conference Film on TV runnerup Mansfield against third crown.

Sunday, March 9, 9-11:31 p.m. place New Bedford.

EST (ABC) - "Live and Let Die" Top-seeded New Bedford High Please check dates and (1973) - Roger Moore replaces Both semifinals continue on drew a bye in Division One and times of television and radio Sean Connery as James Bond in March 16 with third games, if will host either Newton South or programs against local listanother comic book-style spy advenneeded, on March 23. The best-of- Weymouth South at 7 tonight.

Ings, which may differ from ture, this one set in the Caribbean. three final is set for March 30, the New York network sched· The customary Bond sex and vioApril 6 and, if needed, April 13.

Also at 7 tonight, Fairhaven ules supplied to The Anchor. 'lence are the same as ever. A3; PG.. and Medfield meet in a Division In ,regular season games Fall Religious TV .

Three girls' basketball game. The River North won 7-2 and 4-2 over Sunday, March 2 (CBS) - "For Somerset; which had 4-2 and 5':1 ,winner advances to tomorrow's Our Times" - What the religious New Films semifinals at Boston University. wins over the North skaters. community is doing to combat' "Pretty in Pink" (Paramount) child abuse is examined.

- This .film offers a compassionIn last Sunday's games Fall Religious Radio ate dissection,of the teen psyche.

River South defeated New BedSunday, March 2 (NBC) Featuring Molly Ringwald as a ford 8-1 and Mansfield topped self-suffi«ient, self-assured high' "Guideline" - Robert Martin of Somerset 8-2 as the league ended Julia Lothrop, ajunior at Bishop school junior hoping to I?e invited Partnership for the homeless is its regular season.

Connolly High School, Fall River, to the prom, it overcomes; harsh interviewed about his organizaScott Barbato n'etted three goals, ,was one of 17 young artists selected , language and sexual innuendoes tion:s work in U.S. cities.

Paul Pelletier two for Mansfield; from 400 entrants to receive spe- 'to provide a sensitive pqrtrayal of Rob Hichock got both Somerset cial recognition and a cash prize in a teen-ager who maintains her markers while Ray Kitchen a'nd the Portland School of Art's Young individuality despite her classmates' Scott Santos each scored twice for Artist Drawing Competition. prejudices. A3, PG 13.' \ the Southies.

"Dream LO,ver" (MGM-UA) The Catholic high school's boys' The Fall River hoopsters won basketball team ended the season - In this psychological thriller, .. the CYO Junior All-Star Basket- as cochampion in their division, Christy McNichol is a young girl .VATICAN CITY .(NC)- The ball Tournament in ,CYO Hall, with Attleboro HighSchooL-The .tormented by a recurring' nightlast Sunday, 'defeating Taunton squa'ds will go to the state tourna- mare of her violent stabbing of an Catholic Church is neither a 67-51 and New Bedford, 67-39. ment. intruder and potential rapist: Under monarchy nor a confederation' 'a dream state induced to cure her, of local churches, but ·"an or, New Bedford gained the final with a 55-46 victory over Attleboro.

National Honor Society candi- she envisions her own rape, stabs ganic body,' animated by the Fall Riyer's John Murray was dates will be inducted March 5. her father and tries to leap off a spirit of Christ," Cardinal Jonamed the tourney's Mvp and Mrs. Carol Woodhouse is~hapter 40-story building. Because of needseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatiless repetition.of excessively viowas joined on .the' all-~ournament ' m.oderator. can Congregation for the Doclent acts, this film is rated 0, R. team by New Bedford's Lamont trine of the Faith, said recently.

Ashley, teammates Gil Farias and The cardinal ,vas speaking at a "French Lessons"(Warl'!er Bros.)

Gene Dumont and Attleboro's closed-door session of the Coun- This somewhat anachronistic False Security Mark Houle. romance details the first sexual cil of Cardinals during the coun"The rich man thinks of his Fall River also won the Prep experience of a BrItish exchange cil's meeting to discuss Vatican an impregnable defense, wealth as All-Star Tournament with a 74-37 st-udent in Paris. Jane Snowden finances 'and propose changes in victory over Taunton and a 62-48 a high wall of security. What a sensitively portrays a young girl the Curia, the church's central dreamer!"

Provo 18: II win over New Bedford. experimenting with adult responadministrative offices. A twoparagraph summary of his speech was released oy the Vatican press office.

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After 37, years WASHINGTON (NC) - ' The Senate, after'3? years of s,poradic debate, lias voted 83 to II to ratify an international treaty that bans genocide.

The treaty~ endorsed by 90 other nations, was approved by the U.N. General Assembly, in December i948. 'It specifically outlaws acts such as killing, harming, preventing births among and forcibly transferring children'of a people or ethnic group and was inspired by reactions to the World War II Nazi slaughter of the Jews.

During 1984 hearings, the U,S. Catholic Conference had backed ratification of the treaty, calling it "long overdue." Other Catholic groups, including the Catholic War Veterans, had signed petitions in the'late 1940s urging adoption of such a ,measUre,

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ST. KILlAN,NB CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Widowed support group meeting Women parishioners are invited 7:30 p.m. Ma'rch 10, rectory base- to participate in an ecumenical ment. Crime Prevention Officer Ray- World Day of Prayer Service at 10 mond Furtado will discuss the the- a.m. March 7, First church of Christ ory and practice of preventing crime. Sandwich. , ' Information: 992-7587. , Prayer group meets 8 p.m. Fridays, Father Clinton Hall.

HOLY CROSS, "Share the Word," a parish Bible S.EASTON A Lenten program now in pro- study group, meets weekly. Inforgress begins with Mass at 7 p.m. mation: 428-9456. each Wednesday,Jollowed by a lecLaSALETTE SHRINE, ture and scripture study.

ATTLEBORO To be heard March 5 is Father Jay Lenten meditation in song and Maddock of the diocesan Marriage Tribunal, 'who will speak on the prayer, "Why Do We Pray?, "featurannulment process; Father Richard ing Father Andre A. Patenaude, Segreve, CSC, a psychologist, will MS, Sister Lucille Gauvin, OP and speak on the place of compassion in the LaSallette Shrine Chorale, family life on March 12; and Peter directed by John Travers: 2 p.m.

Beisheim of the faculty of Stoneh,ill March 2 and 16.

College, former president of a hos- ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS pice group, will discuss the Christian Parish mission: March 10 to 14 perspective on grief in times of ter- , with Father Jay Madden, SJ, Christ minal illness and death on March 19. the King Retreat House, Syracuse, Study and discussion of the Gos- NY. pel of Mark will close each evening.

Prayer group: meets 7:30 p.m.

CCD students and junior choir Tuesdays, Visitation Hall. Our members will participate in Stations Mother of Perpetual Help novena, 8 of the Cross at 7:30 p.m. each Lenten a.m. Wednesdays.

Friday.

ST. MARY,NB ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR Discussion group led by Sister A diabetes support group for parents, organized to promote sharing Rita Pelletier, SSJ: 10 a.m. Tuesof experiences in meeting the physi- days, Religious Education Center.

Divorced, Separated and Single cal and emotional needs of diabetic Parents: meeting 7:30 p.m. March 4, children and their parents, meets center. monthly. Information: 672-5671.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA ST. ANNE, FR Folk choir rehearsal: 7 p.m.

Exposition of Blessed Sacrament: after 11:30 a.m. Mass today. Holy Thursdays; parish choir 8 p.m.

Thursdays, Rosary at Country hour: 2 p.m.

Parish school science fair: 7 to Gardens Nursing Home: 6 p.m.

8:30 p.m. tonight', school audit- Mondays. Parish Renewal Weekend: March 14 to 16. Information: recorium. tory, 675-7002.

ST. ANTHONY, BL. SACRAMENT, FR MATTAPOISETT Stations of Cross 3 p.m. today, Confirmation 7 tonight, followed small chapel. by reception in church hall.

BLUE ARMY Five-hour vigil: hegins 7:30 p.m.

March 7, St. Joseph's Church, New Bedford. All welcome. Information: Ann Levasseur, 822-6866.

ST. MARGARET, BUZZARDS BAY Lenten prayer, meditation and adoration: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Information: Pat Cleary, 759-7614.

Stations ofthe Cross: after 8 a.m.

Mass Lenten Wednesdays.

Lenten Triduum: Father Gus Perevada, CSC, will speak at all Masses the weekend of March 15 and w.ill preach at II a.m. and 7 p.m.

Masses March 17 to 19.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Father Robert F. Dinan, SJ, will speak on U.S. intervention in Central America at 2 p.m. Sunday.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Stations of Cross Lenten Fridays, noon in Polish, 7 p.m. in English. ' Lenten penance and healing service: 3 p.m. March 9.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Stations of Cross and, Benediction 7 p.m. Lenten Fridays.

Parish council meeting 7:30 p.m.

March 5, parish center.

First Saturday Ma'ss 8 a.m. tomorrow, followed by recitation of rosary. Women Guild scholarship applications available. Information: 759-3320.

ST. PATRICK, FR On display in the rear of the chapel is a lifesize crown of thorns made by parishioner Mary Kwarcinski as a reminder of the Passion.

New Stations of the Cross for the chapel are available as memorial gifts to the parish.

O.L. GRACE, WESTPORT Council of Catholic Women meeting 7:30 p.m. March 5, with demonstration, "Adventures into the Magic of the Mind," presented by Father Stephen A. Fernandes.

TAUNTON VINCENTIANS District Council meeting beginning with Mass 7 p.m. March 3 at St. Mary's Church. Meeting ~peaker: permanent diaconate candidate Michael Murray.

THIS SATURDAY IS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF. THE MONTH Honor the Immaculate Heart of Mary Practice the devotion of the five, First, Saturdays This devotion was requested by Our Lady of Fatima on, July 13, 1917, when she said: "God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immac.ulate Heart.

"I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of reparation on the first Saturdays. If people listen to my requests, Russia will be converted and there will be peace."

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHA VEN Additional volunteers needed for parish census; information at rectory.

Couples' Club brunch will follow 9:30 a.m. Mass March 16, with Sister Rosellen Gallogly, coordinator of Market Ministries in New Bedford, as speaker. Parishioners welcome. Information: 992-8954.

Parishioners will travel by chartered bus to Legion of Mary service April 12 at Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston. Information: 994-7717.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Confirmation II candidates: day of recollection 2 p.m. March 2, parish center.

Women's Guild meeting and presentation by beauty consultant Angie Snell 7:30 p.m. March 13, center.

Teenage daughters ·welcome.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Carved wooden statues from Italy of the Sacred Heart and Our Lady have been installed in the church as a gift of parishioners. They were blessed last weekend. .FAMILY LIFE CENTER, N. DARTMOUTH Retreat for St. Mary's, New Bedford Women's League begins tonight; Bishop Connolly High School students retreat day May 4; Bishop Stang students March 5.

ST. FRANCIS XA VIER, HYANNIS Coffee and doughnuts are served in the lower church hall following 7:30, 9 and 10 a.m. Masses each Sunday.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH Ladies' Guild scholarship applications for high school seniors are available in rear of church. Deadline April I. First penance 10 a.m. tomorrow.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Blood pressures will be taken after all weekend Masses in the lower church chapel.

ST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBORO , Lenten retreat evemngs followed by' coffee and a social period will begin at 7:30 p.m. tonight and March 7, 14 and 21.

DOMINICAN LAITY, FR St. Rose of Lima chapter meeting 7:30 p.m. March· 7, 37 Park St. Fathet Joseph Allen, OP, province promoter, will be Mass celebrant and homilist. A Dominican workshop will follow.

HOLY NAME, FR Confirmation candidates will be interviewed March 1,8 and 22.

Science Fair '7 -at Holy Name School.

SACRED HEART, FR Parish musical rehearsals for.

March 2 and 9 have been cancelled; a special rehearsal will be held 7 p.m.

March 10.

Sacred concert, including Stations of Cross: 2:30 p.m. March 9.

Women's Guild meeting March 3, beginning at 7 p.m. with Mass.

Parish council meeting 7:45 p.m.

March 9, rectory.

YOUTH MINISTRY, CATHEDRAL CAMP Retreat for confirmation candidates of St. Mary's parish, N. Attleboro 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow.

CHARISMATIC RENEWAL, NO DEANERY Meeting 8 p.m. March 5, Cathedral Camp, hosted this month by St. Joseph parish, New Bed·ford.

ST. JAMES, NO CYO Council meeting 7:30 p.,m.

March 4, parish center. .

Women's Guild communion supper March 19 following 6 p.m. Mass.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN New Bedford Curia, Legion of Mary meeting 6:30 p.m. March 2, rectory. ' Father Steven Furtado will speak March 18 and 19 on "The Call To Be Healed" imd "Our Response."

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Discussion group after 9 a.m. Mass today; Stations of Cross 7 p.m.

CATHEDRAL, FR ST. MARY, TAUNTON Vespers 7:30 tonight, Lady Chapel.

Women's Guild "Mystery Meal SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Night" 7:30 p.m. March 5, school Presentation on the Shroud of hall.

Turin by Professor and Mrs. Tony' CHRIST THE KING, Paruta of the University of Rhode COTUIT/MASHPEE Island 7p.m. March 4, Coad·yCenter.

Memorial cards are available for building fund donations made in D of I, ATTLEBORO Alcazaba Circle, Daughters of Isa- memory of a loved one. bella: meeting 7:30 p.m. March 6, K ST. JOHN OF GOD, of C Hall, Hodges St.; annual com- SOMERSET Annual St. John of God novena' munion breakfast with Knights of 'Columbus at hall following 8:30 began yesterday and continues a.m. Mass at St. Joseph Church, through March 7 daily after 7 p.m.

Mass. The feastday Mass will be at Attleboro.

6:15 p.m. March 8. ' 'Prayer meeting March 6, beginVINCENTIANS, FR District Council meeting 7 p.m._ ning with 7 p.m. Mass.

Annual family Mass and breakMarch 4, St. Patrick's Church, Fall River. Participation in Food for the fast 9:45 a.m. March 9, cosponsored Poor program for Haiti, Jamaica by Women's Guild and Holy Name and Central America to be discussed. Society.

Then again, on December 10, 1925, Our Lady appeared to Sister Lucia, one of the children of Fatima, and told her the following: "Announce in my name that I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, shall

1. Go to confession and 'receive Holy Communion, 2. Recite the Rosar,y, 3. And keep, me company for a quarter of an hour while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary 4. With the intention of making reparation to me."

To practice this devotion, you must fulfill ·the requests of Our Lady, doing so in reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Confession may be made during eight days before or after the Communion.

(Courtesy of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Hedwig parish, New Bedford, Mass.)

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DISCUSSING BOY SCOUT activities in the Fall River diocese with council chief executives are Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, center, and Father Martin L. Buote, Catholic Scouting Program director. Executives, from left, Frederick Gouvain, Annawon Council, Taunton; Ronald Mansbach, Cape Cod and Islands Council; Sumner Morse, Moby Dick Council, New Bedford. (Motta photo)