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Pope caution.s Jesuits

By Nancy Frazier VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II praised the Jesuits' past contributions to the church Feb. 27 but cautioned that "there is no longer room for deviations" from the church's ban on political activism by priests and its de­ mand for doctrinal fidelity.

In an 18-page, four-language addre~s to partieipants in a special assembly of Jesuit lead­ ers, the pope presented what many observers described as his "marching orders" for the 26,622 member Society of Jesus.

'He also expressed hope that the mechanism for electing a suc­ cessor to the ailing Father Pedro Arrupe, Jesuit superior general, would get underway during 1982.

The society has been guided by 80-year-old Father Paolo Dezza, the pope's personal delegate, since last October.

Pope John Paul spoke to the Jesuit leaders in Italian, French, English and Spanish. He dis­ cussed the most controversial is­ sues surrounding the order ­ the role of priests in social jus­ tice work and the need for fid­

elity to church doctrine - in French and English.

"If one takes into account the true demands of the Gospel and at the same time the influence which social conditions exercise on the practice of Christian life, one understands easily why the church considers the promotion of justice an integral part of evangelization," he said in French.

But, the pope added, "it must not be forgotten that the nec­ essary concern for justice must be exercised in conformity with your vocation as Religious and as priests."

Pope John Paul quoted at length from a July 1980 speech he gave in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

"The priest's service is not that of a doctor, of a social worker, of a politician or of a trade unionist," he said. "Today they are provided adequately by other members of society; oilrs is be­ ing ever more clearly specified as a spiritual service."

On the topic of doctrinal fi­ elity, the pope quoted in English from a 1973 letter to Father Ar­ rupe from the late. Cardinal Jean

Villot, then papal scretary of state.

"Bishops, priests and lay peo­ ple used to look upon the So­ ciety (of Jesus) as an authentic, and hence a sure point of refer­ ence to which one could turn in order to find certainty of doc­ trine, lucid and . reliable moral judgment and authentic nourish­ ment for the interior life," the letter said.

"The same should remain true in the future by means of that loyal fidelity to the magisterium (teaching authority) of the church, and in particular of the Roman pontiff, to which you are in duty bound," the pope added.

Pope John Paul said the Jes­ uits, in light of their special vow of obedience to the pope, were also duty bound to help imple­ ment the Second Vatican Coun­ cil, according t6 the teachings set down at the council under the guidance of the Holy Spirit "and not according to' personal criteria or psychosociological theories."

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State's bishops oppo~e death penalty

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Claiming that the present judi­ cial system discriminates against the poor, young and minorities in imposing capital punishment, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts have issued -a joint statement categorically op­ posing reinstitution of capital punishment under such circum­ stances as unjust and therefore morally indefensible.

While recognizing the right of the state to employ capital' pun­ ishment for heinous crimes, the bishops distinguish . between possession of a right and use of that right.

When the use violates strict justice, in this case by a system favoring the rich and influential and placing an intolerable bur­ den upon the poor, such use be­ comes an evil to' which no one may rightfully subscribe, the bishops averred. ''The real question we face today," the bishops said, "is this: How can we best foster a regard for law and for the protection of society while at the same time ensuring respect for all persons, both victims and criminals?

"In the opinion of many today, a simple return to the use of the death penalty is not the answer to this question. The issue con­ fronting us is not whether the

state has the right to inflict the death penalty but whether it ought to exercise this right or re­ store it in places where it has been abrogated.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Arch­ bishop John Roach of St. Paul­ Minneapolis, president of the Na­ tional COnference of Catholic Bishops-U.S. Catholic Confer­ ence, and Father Daniel Hoye, NCCB-USCC general secretary, spent two and a half hours with Pope John Paul II Feb. 26.

The two U.S. church leaders were received in private audience for 40 minutes, then joined the pope for lunch at the Vatican.

Father Hoye, a Taunton native and former vice-officialis of the Fall R4ver diocesan marriage court, declined comment on the topics during the audience and lunch. .

He said that the meeting had been planned for some time pre­ vious to the Feb. 2 announce­ ment of his appointment as NCCB-USCC general secretary.

The Vatican releases no details about private papal audiences.

"Many are convinced that the imposition 0 fthe death penalty, brutal and final as it is, contra­ dicts the Gospel message. The Gospel proclaims that no human life is without worth or beyond the possibility of conversion."

Many people contend that op­ position to the death penalty, therefore, is an affirmation of the sacredness of human life and an appeal for greater efforts toward the establishment of a more hu· mane and just society. We agree with this position."

The bishops said they believed that long-term sentences, life im­ prisonment and sentences man­ dating restitution to the victims of crime on their families are deterrents as strong as the pros­ pect of capital punishment.

"Accordingly," they concluded, "we believe that any reasonable doubt concerning the morality of capital punishment should be re­ solved in favor of the right to life possessed by each and every human person, even persons con­ victed of serioUls crime:' Because of ethical and pastor­ al values, because of the lack of probative arguments to the con­ trary and in keeping with the pro-life stance we have articu­ lated on so many other occasions Turn to Page Six

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Amish businessmen must pay Social Securi,ty taxes for their employees even if such payments violate their religious beliefs, a unanimous Supreme Court has ruled. The decision reversed a :lower court ruling which said thwt forcing the Amish to pay Social Security taxes was an unconsti·t-utional violation of ,their freedom of religion. Although the Amish strictly believe that paying into' the Social Security is a sin because it denies their belief that the fUilJure will be determined by God's providence, the court said' the government's system of taxation would not work if denominat'ions were aHowed to chaUenge it every time they believed the money was being spent in violation of their religious beJiefs.

The court also pointed. out that nothing compels the Amish to accept Social Sec~rity.

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Dezza's assistant. (NC/UPI P h o t o ) ' .

UNDJ\TED (NC}-...P,romQters of ·the Purple Ribbon Campaign are asking Americans to show opposition ·to the escalating arms race and U.S. mj:Jitary budget, to federal CUlts ~n human services and to U.S. military involvement in Central America by wearing purple ribbons through the end of the ·United Nations' second Special Session on Disarmament .(Jun~ 7-Ju'ly 9). "These pol,icies show that as a natiort we are puWng all· our troustin military might, no matter what the cost to the pOQr, no matter what the risk of nuclear war," said .literature announcing the 'Purple ,Ribbon Campaign. Among those p~omoting the campaign are Pax Christi USA, an international Catholic peace organization; Benedictines for Peace, started by. U.S. -Benedictine religious orders; and the Center of Concern, a Jesuit­ founded think-tank on justice and peace issues.

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (NC)-Beca'use of a bitter controversy -with the bishops over the relocation of Indian vHlages, the Nica­ raguan government has asked the Vatican -to send a special mission to examine church-state issues. The Sandinista-Ied government said the relocation of Miskito, Suma and Rama villages near the Coco Riv~r on the northern border with Honduras was needed to defend the.:~t:n:i~qry agaim:,t.: raids by. former s~ldiers:qf ::th~ .pusted Nica­ raguan Somoza government. The bishops' conference said that dur­ . ing ,lthe relc;>cation the human rights of the Indians were violated.

In Washington, a State Department spokesman said that the U.S. government had evidence that Nicaraguan l,roops have killed Indians and burned their villages.

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YOUNG PEOPLE gather in Dresden, East Germany, for a peace forum on the anni­ versary of the 1945 Allied bombing. of Dresden. The obs.ervance included singing of the American civil rights anthem, "We Shall ~vercome." (NC/KNA Photo)

WARSAW, Poland (NC)-In a letter read in Polish churches 'Iast Sunday; the bIshops of Poland called for a quick end to martial law, amnesty for pontical detainees and restoration of the suspended' independent labor union, SoHdarity. The bishops' blunt and con­ frontational! statement took on particular significance beca'use it was the hierarchy's first public comment since a delegation of Polish church 'leaders met with 'Pope John Paul 'II in Rome in early February.· WASHINGTON (NC) - American Catholics are joining with other religious groups Ito form a network of aid for Salvadoran refugees in :the United -States, Auxiliary lBishop Anthony J. Bevi­ lacqua of Btpokilyn, N.Y., said.. The religious network wants to help Centra,1 American refugees, especially Salvadorans who a'r~ in danger of beingdepolted, said .the bishop, head of the Na·tional .Conference of Catholic iBishops' Migration and Tourism Committee. He said the network; plans a IO-stwte interfaith group tour to bring the ,Salvadorans' plight to the attention of !the American people.

WASHINGTON (NC)-The U. S. Ca·tholic Conference Depart­ ment of Co~munication has approved 32 projects for f,unding from the national coUectipn of the Catholic Communication Car:npaign for 1982. The projects range from mini-TV spots to aid the elderly and handicapped in daily life to TV news projects, evangelization efforts and a national Sunday magazine section for the Ca,tholic press. Funding for t~e programs was approved by the USCC Communication Committee, which has also set aside funds to be used by the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America (-CTNA), a network 'to link U.S. dioceses by satel~lite.

UTHUANIAN FATHER Virilijus Jaugelis, secretly ordained in 1978 after. years of Communist harassment, is shown celebrating Mass. He died of cancer in 1980 'at age 31, but is still the victim of a smear campaign. (NC Photo)

NEW YORK (NC)-People il1 more than 70 Third World coun­ tries will receive pumps, wells, tools, seeds, goats and chickens because American families choose to skimp on one meal a week during Lent. Since 1976 families in dioceses around the country have made one mea'l each week during Lent an inexpensive, sacri­ ficial one and donated Ithe money saved to Operation Rice Bowl.

According ltq Bishop Edwin iB. Broderick, executive director of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Operation -Rice Bowl has raised more than $13 million, allowing CRS to aid millions' of poor each year.

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I{enney to Sandwich

The Most Reverend Bishop has announced an assignment and an appointment, both effective Wednesday, March 17.

Father James F. Kenney, pas. tor of St. Patrick's parish, Fall River, will become pastor of Cor· pus Christi parish, Sandwich.

Father Paul F. McCarrick will assume Father Kenney's position as director of St. Patrick's Ceme­ tery, Fall River, while remaining pastor of St. Joseph's parish, also Fall River.

Father Kenney, a Fall River native, attended B.M.C. Durfee High School and Providence Col­ lege. He studied for the priest­ hood at St. Bern~rd's Seminary, Rochester, N.Y., and was ordain­ ed June 5, 1943 by the late Bish­ op James E. Cassidy.

After associate pastorates at St. Mary's Cathedral,' St. L<;lUis. parish, Fall River, and Holy Fam­ i1y, Taunton, he was named ad­ ministrator of Our Lady 9f the Assumption Church, Osterville.

He served at Osterville from 1966 to 1969, then being appointed pastor of St. Mary Church, North Attleboro.

He was also pastor of St. Louis Church, Fall River, before com­ ing to his present pastorate in 1974.

Additionally, Father Kenney has been a judge in the marriage tribunal and Fall River area and diocesan CYO and ,Boy Scout chaplain.

Father McCarrick was born in Malden and attended Boston College High School and Boston

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The Portuguese Charismatic Renewal of the Fall River dio­ cese will hold its 1982 assembly on Saturday at Kennedy Center, New Bedford.

With the theme "I Am the Light of the World - You are the Light of the World," the day will begin at 9 a.m. with praise session and a conference by Father Antonio Fernandes, OSB, of Portugal.

Three afternoon workshops will begin at 2 p.m.

Father Gastao Oliveira will lead a discussion of "New Life and SpiJ:itual Renewal" at the Kennedy Center; Father Jose dos Santos will have as his topic "Spiritual Gifts: What They Are and How to Receive Them" and will conduct his session at St. John the Baptist Church, New Bedford; and Father George Har­ rison and a team of youth and adults, will conduct an English-

On April 16 The Anchor will publish an issue com­ memorating its 25th anni­ versary as the newspaper of the Fall River diocese, Parishes, organizations and businesses wishing to be included in this souvenir edition should contact: ROSEMARY DUSSAULT ADVERTISING MANAGER Advertising .Deadline MONDAY, MARCH 15

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Sainthood for"Bl· l(olbe ROME (NC) - Blessed Maxi­ milian Maria Kolbe, who gave his life for another prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp, will be canonized Oct. 10

by Pope John Paul II. ' The canonization was an­ nounced March 2 in Rome by Father Vitale Bommarco, minis­ ter general of the Minor Conven­ tual Franciscans, and Father Ambrogio Sanna,' postulator of Father Kolbe's cause for canon­ ization.

Father Kolbe, a 'Pole, was a Conventual Franciscan.

Father Bommarco said Pope John Paul told the Congregation for Saints' Causes to proceed with the canonization, waiving the r~quirement that the, con­ .gI:egation. veJ;ify other miracle$'

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College before entering St. Mary's seminary, Baltimore to study for the priesthood. He was

ordained in 1956 by retired Bish­ op James L. Connolly.

He served at St. Mary's Cathe­ dral, Fall River, Sacred Heart parish, Taunton, and St. Pat­ rick's, Fall River, .before being named to his present pastorate in 1974.

He is diocesan CYO director and was formerly chaplain to the Fall River police and fire depart­ ments. He was instrumental in founding St. Anne's Hospital drug clinic and was. a member of the Attorney General's Task Force on Drugs.

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language teaching for young people at the auditorium annex of Kennedy Cente~.

The day will conclude with a 4:15 Mass. Msgr. Luiz G. Men· donca, diocesan vicar general. will be principal concelebrant, assisted by attending priests.

Music for the day will .be by groups from participating par­ ishes.

Among organizers of the as­ sembly are Bernice and Joseph Ponte. They request participants to bring lunch. Beverages will be available.

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and his members it is the mys­ tery of yourselves that is laid upon the altar. It is the mystery of yourselves that yoiJ receive.

It is to what you are that you say Amen." - St. Augustine

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APPOINTMENT Reverend Paul F. McCarrick, to Director, Saint 'Patrick's Ceml!tery, Fall River, while remaining as Pastor of Saint Joseph's Parish, Fall River.

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The Microchip Revolution " ;, Have you had a chance t,o visit a computer convention?

Have you ever dropped into one of the new video stores tha,t

seem to spring up daily?- Have you any idea that we are' ori

the threshold of one of the most exciting' a'ges eyer to be

entered by man?'

The microchip 'revolution-is u!lderway. No matter how

you might' wish, to escape it, all efforts will be useless. ,It,

,will, permea'te every asp~ct, of ,our life from the cradle to the grave. What will happen in days to come 'will make the Industrial Revolution seem like child's play.

In fact, we are already in the final days of that age t I#/'" of history., ' . ' The evidence 'of this is all around us. On all the assem·'

bly lines of the world, the computer is replacing man.

Current union negotiations in the auto industry are attempt­

'ing to face this reality.. ' More and more, the robot is doing

what was once the work of man.

The' crisis in the world of American labor lies in the

fact that few had admitted that what is now happening in

'industrY could ever take place. For too long the union movement clutched at straws in the wind in'its' attempt to stop the march of computers 'and robots.,' Unionism is tardily realizing that it must come to grips with this new revolution or' unions will not only cease to be an effective force in the world of work but' will also self-destruct. .....

Labor is but one area in which' the microchip' has

become a force to be reckoned with. It is obvious that in,

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education as opposed to mere babysitting or patrolling of

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schools, that each desk will soon include a computer. Com­ ,p,uter education is already a reality in some of our own iMychildren are de~olate because the 'enemy hath, prevailed.' Lam. 1:16 diocesan schools. , However, one must keep in mind that in all revolutions

there is, suffering and ,loss .of ,personal identity. 'Revolutions

tend .to-.incite, mob action while burying the individ4al.

, This holds: true of the' microchip revolution.' Com­ lem it i,s, when one stops to ',By Father Kevin J.'Harrington upon Jesus' teachings to his dis­ puters do not view people as human. To them an indi­ ciples. In the 15th, chapter of think about it. Who has ever de­ vidual is but a number. This is seen in the f~ct that one's At the ,beginning of tel'!t we Matthew's gospel, he is informed fined 'it? What philosopher has social security number has become one's electronic double. bow, our heads to receive the that his words have offended the dealt with it? It is the most im­ ,From driver's license to bank account to tax forms, it is blessed ashes of, repentance, and Pharisees. portant problem we have to deal "Listen, to .me." he responds, with, truly a matter of life and the number that identifies a person. In' collective usage it we h~ar the admonition of the becomes ,the key to knowledge of a given human .being: Church: "Remember man that "and underst,and this: a man is death, and who" cares about it? thou art dust and tb dust thou not defied by. what goes' into his as I have seen in my recent What is so very frightening in all of this is that in shall return'" or "Turn away mouth, but tiy what comes out Yet, meditations, Jesus Christ in his becoming computerized we can lose our sense of humanity: from sin an~ be faithful to the of it .. . Do, you not ,see that noble teaching is constantly Machines and,. microchips' have no heart, no emotions.' gospel." whatever goes in by the mouth showing us how in practice we We, need to be called from the passes into the stomach arid so must oppose this mortal enemy , They do not see men or women, they only print out false values of our world and led is discharged into the drain? who corrupts all our actions." numbers and letters. ' to worship in spirit and truth. But wh~t comes out of the Putting on Christ means shar­ We must remember this as we are forced into the Our world tends' to deny' the mouth has' its' ,origins in the ing his cross. This will at th:nes new world of t~e microchip. It would be appalling if we ' reality of sin and death and we heart; and that is what defiles a . be a humbling experience.' The, were forced to lose our ,identities and our personalities desperately need to be reminded man." " I true God puts us before the mys· because of the computer. We must not flee from this of our need'to be redeemed. ' , Even without reminders, how.

Humility of heart must become tery of divine-love and, like it or challenge, to our personhood, otherwise we shall indeed' our goal if our outward behavior not, the' mystery of sin.

ever, we ,cannot stray' totally is trul'y to 'reflect our inward

become~laves of the computer. ' To live, not merely survive, God cannot be as easygoing from our need for God's love. St. the dramatic days of this' new revolution we cannot fear Augustine spoke for us all' in 'Uie love of G9d. Sorer) Kierkegaard about sin as to our world. He

unforgettable words of his Con. deals with this problem in his loves ~s so much that he does

the computer. Fear is the product of ignorance. fessions: "You have made us for devotional classic, "Purity of not desire to leave us in our sin.

, It should thus be obvious that each 'of us should be yourself, 0 God, and our hearts, . Heart Is to, Will One' Thing." He cannot love evil; he wants' to

Willing to learn about our new t()ol. Education is the o~ly are restless 'until they rest in Kierkegaar~ ~arns of ,evil' pa­ make us lovable, worthy of his ,avenue 'to mastery of tomorrow's machines. Every effort you.'" , r a d e d in the' garments of ,good- holy love.

to help people .realize what .is going on in the world of the , Lent' should indeed be a rest- • ness. The evil of. self·righteous· The season of Lent is are· ' microchip 'should be encouraged. 'less season. Prayer, fasting 'and' ness leads us for from authentIC minder to all of us of the drastic Once gained, this information should be utilized to ,abstinence,' works of' mercy, goodness. Being good cnn be steps God is willing to take to ensure that in the brilliance and, bewilderment of the dawn tUrning from, sinfulness are simply a'means of advancing our accomplish our redemption. of the computer age man does no~ lose heart or his personal means by which we may offer self-striving ego. This is good· We cannot have both God and ourselves to- God. We may not ness corrupted by what Kierke­ sin; the cross of Christ is not hold on his private world. : love this kind o( behavior b]Jt gaard refers to as a "heaven­ .~;

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something seasonal J>ut an integ. if' we love God such behavior 'storming pride." , ral element of Christian life. should follow.

We should make the season' To be with Christ is to share 'But we 'must go guard against of Lent a time for striving to that cross; not to share it is to the danger that outward mani- put on Christ. if the effort is not be 'against him. festations or ,sacrificial love will a st,rain upon ,our will, we will not be rooted in an authentic never grow in humility. Without love of God. Jesus was only too humility, all our efforts can THE ANCHOR (USPS·545-o20). Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. Publl~hed aware of the, tendency of the prove fruitless. , weekly except the week of July 4 and the week after Chri~tmas at 410 Highland Aven.

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A couple, with a baby showed up at at family re­ treat saying that although' they had been married for eight years, they had not been to church ,or prayed together at home in all that time. "But now that we have a baby we figured we better start looking at the re­ ligious side of our maniage," they explained.

This phenomenon isn't unique.'

But what goes on' between couples spiritually is often more decisive than what goes on be­ tween them and their parish.

Beginning a family is the second stage in family life and one of the most crucial to a couple's eventual marriage. Let's look at what's going on in the relation­ ship exclusive ~f faith.

First, it's the most stressful stage in marriage and family life.

Suddenly there's a new and de­ manding member - the baby ­ 'who cries for attention' and changes the roles and lifestyles of partners who previously had pretty much control over their own lives.

'The new mother is frequently frightened of this new responsi-' bility and exhausted by the physi­ cal and emotional demands made upon her. Previous priorities like parties, appearance, work" time

with spouse, and a neat home be­ come secondary. She'is often too tired or distracted to focus on her husband and his work as she once did.

The father, on the other hand, ,has equally new responsibilities.

He is expected to be a partnering parent but without much power in the process. He is' expected to support his wife emotionaliy, economically and physically without detracting from his job.

He frequently feels as if, he's been moyed to second or third place in his wife's life. This wo­ man who has always, been 'so interested and supportive in him and his work doesn't seem to care about him as much any more.

That's the' way it can ,be in families, but it doesn't have to be. Many couples find they can weather this shift ill family re­ lationships and even enrich it by building a strong religious, strength into the childhood years , at home. The couple I mentioned earlier senses this need and in talking with them, I found that their belated focus on family faith had opened a' new ,dimen­ sion in marriage for them.

"We never prayed together or even went to church before the baby," admitted the wife, "but now it's an important part of our life. I just wish we hadn't

,Little, boxers.

Some years ago Catholics to insist that young fighters "{ear used to deplore boxing as protective headgear. something you might expect Dr. Mickey Demos of the to find in the jungle but not' United States of America Ama­ on the streets of New York or some other civilized area.

I remember the righteous wrath of Father James Gillis. He saw boxing as an unconscion­ able, grossly immoral profession because it inflicted grave physi­ cal injury on a person made to the divine image and likeness.

He contended that the boxer's aim is to inflict massive injury on his, opponent, to knock him unconscious if possible.

In the '30s and '40s, Father Gillis was the outstanding preacher of his day except per­ haps for Bishop Fulton J. Sheen.

Today Faiber Gillis is no longer on the scene. Boxing is booming.

In a real sense, boxing is not . a sport at all but a succession of injuries inflicted by a mauler whose aim is to engage in, a knock-down, drag-out battle.

You might think parents would warn their children of the art of modified murder. Not so.

I am reminded of a recent arti­ cle in the New York Times magazine, "Golden Boys of the Ghetto," by Michael Norman.

He is referring to some 20,000 boys between the ages of 10 and 15 who climbed into the ring in various parts of the country.

In t~e ghetto, boxing action can be something more lively than childhood recreation. Often there is no doctor on the scene and no seasoned referee, no one

teurBoxing Federation conduct­ ed 'a national survey of injuries sustained in the course of more than 6,000 amateur bouts over a two-year period involving mainly boxers between the ages of 10 and '26. Demos' survey turned up 174 injuries, 104 of which were considered major.

These included facial cuts, bloody noses, fractures and' concussions.

Dr. Barry Goldberg, a consul­ tant at the Lenox Hill Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma in New York, says: '''Even though ther~'s 'no hard data, common sense tells you thilt repeated pounding can't be very good. What we don't know about are the psychogeriic eff­ ects, the loss of memory and learning disabilities that could take place 10 or 15 years later."

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., March 5, 1982

By DOLORES

CURRAN

waited until we had a baby to experience it."

Couples or single parents with yoting children can use Lent as an excellent time t() do an all­ points survey ,on their family' faith environmen't. If they haven't shared frankly their, hopes in bringing up religious children, this fs a good time to do it.

Frequently' we find' a mother who expected a father to be a strong faith model once the chil: dren came, while he expected nothing of the kind. Such con­ 'tradictions can give rise to feel­ ings of anger which can 'further divide a couple already under­ going the strains of the develop­ ing family.

Further, the' family can use Lent to start some simple prayers and rituals which they can con­ tinue 'after Lent ends. Most par­ ishes offer some kind of family Lenten enrichment, but even if they do",'t,' there are plenty of materials and books available to help parents develop the customs so meaningful to beginning fami­ lies.

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SHEERIN, CSP

Young Lopez describes one bout like this: ~'And then I start­ ed hurtin' him a lot. He was dizzy, right, and he didn't know what he was doin'. So I charged at him because I knew he was in trouble. I started goin' to his body and then to the head. I got him one time good. on the jaw with an uppercut." .

Is this the way to fight your- ' self out of the slums? The truth is' that very, ,very few succeed.

(nec~olo9YJ

March 6 Rev. John W. Quirk" 1932, It has been said that the chil­ Founder, St. Joseph, Taunton dren of the slums discover that Rev. Bernard P. ~onnolly, boxing is a way up and out. We ,S.S., 1932, St. Charles College, can understand their plight. But Maryland' are the parents of these boxers' .

March 7 really proud of what their child­

ren are doing?

Rev. Arthur P. J. Gagnon, 1958, Pastor, Holy Rosary, New The youngsters fight in smoke­ Bedford filled arenas where crowds drink ' . and gamble and smalltime pro­ March 9 moters are concerned' about a Rt. Rev, Henry J. Noon, V.G., few dollars at the gate. Their 1947, Pastor, St. James, New rationale may be like that of 11­ Bedford, 3rd Vicar General, Fall year-Old Richard Lopez~ He is River 1934-47 quoted by Norman: "I want to March 12

fight ,because I want to fight and . Rev. Aurelien L. Moreau, 1961,

because you can make money at Pastor, 5t. Mathieu. Fall River

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MARY McGRORY

"In the event of a nuclear at· tack on Washington," the doctor gently told the president, "there would be no George Washington University Hospital."

Reagan "stepped back" under the force of Hiatt's message, ac­ cording to one witness. During the 15.minute session in the Oval Office, the delegation was not invited to sit down - which tells you something about the president's hospitality to anti­ nuclear arguments.

sponsibility, wants House Speak­ er Thomas P. O'Neill to show to a joint session of Congress a film caIled "The Final Epidemic."

It runs for 29 harrowing min­ utes. Doctors and scientists ex­ plain in wipeout detail what will happen in, the event of a nu­ clear attack. The longest seg­ ment shows Dr. H. Jack Geiger, director of community health at the City CoIlege of New York, The precautions against anni· telling, in ~ matter-of-fact tone, hilation to be taken by the Fed­ what San Francisco could ex­ eral Emergency Management pect If a I-megaton nuclear Agency focus on a Crisis Reloca­ bomb were dropped on "a clear, tion Plan (CRP). The evacuation dry day, say a Monday, at 3 of people from "risk" areas to p.m." "host" areas - they would bring In the heIl that would foIlow their own lunches"":'" depends on - radiation, firestorm, 500-mile­ something that cannot be guar­ an-hour winds, coIlapsing build­ anteed, a three to eight-day warn­ ings - 789,000 people would ing. Such "survivability'" think­ die instantly and ~82,OOO would ing strikes scientists and physi­ be seriously injured. cians as madness on the order "Among survivors," he points of the nuclear arms race 'tself. out, will be tens of thousands of U.S. politicians, like many Am­ cases of third-degree burns, a ericans, are subject to what Dr. number that would "exceed by a Caldicott calls "psychic numb­ factor of 10 or 20 the capacity of all the burn-care centers in the ing" on the subject. In a power­ ful series on ."The Fate. of the U;S."'·· i '. , J:;arth", ill ahe New Yor~er, Jona­ T~ bring such 'grisly, 'although' than Schenl caIls it "a deni~l of irrefutably relevant, data to the the most important reality of attention of our legislators might our time." be difficult for the speaker to But there are signs that, with­ arrange. Traditionalists would object to "movies" on the floor out prompting by their leaders, and hawks would be outraged at people are rebelling against such official sanction of negative a fate. Three state legislatures thinking on the Reagan doctrine have caUed for a nuclear mora­ torium. Californians have collect· of "peace through strength." ed enough signatures to put the But there is nothing to pre­ vent the speaker and his feIlow issue of bilateral freeze on the Democrats, whO flinch under the November ballot. Half the town label of being members of "the' meetings in Vermont will vote on the question the first Tuesday war party," from taking up the end of the world as a political in March. issue. Democrats are intimidated It is a cosmic issue looking for , by the popularity of Reagan's a leader. But the Democratic arms buildup. But they might presidential candidates have yet take courage from the ultracon­ to see it. Fritz Mondale has not servative Ameriican Medical been heard from. Gary Hart Association, which recently pass­ spoke at a nuclear symposium, ed a resolution saying starkly but frets that a mass move~ent that it is "incumbent on the might be taken over by the left AMA to inform the president and wing. John Glenn wants us to the' Congress of the medical con­ truck nuclear weapons across sequences of nuclear war and ' our highways. Edward Kennedy that no medical response is pos­ concentrates on survival under sible." . the Reagan budget.

On Dec. 14, a group tif scien­ As it happens, nuclear dread tists and physicians, which in­ has ,been tested in the field. In cluded two Nobel Laureates and was led by the papal delegate 1980, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy of carrying the pope's warnings on Vermont was running 10 points nuclear war, caIled on President behind his conservative Republi­ Reagan to tell him face to face can- opponent. In the last week of his campaign, he opened up . about the horrors ahead. on the criminal lunacy of a nu­ Dr. Howard Hiatt, dean of the clear arms race - and won by Public Health School of Har­ one percentage point. ' vard, appealed to the president in compelling personal terms. He Dr. Caldicott may not suc· recalled to the president the ceed in making Congress watch medical marvels, the trained "The Final Epidemic." Its con· teams, the drugs, plasma and stituents may force it to, how­ skills mobilized at George Wash­ ever - and could ~ven make it ington University to save his life understand that nuclear war is suicide for the human race. last March 30.

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Funeral liturgy is topic rector of, three Fall River area

funeral homes.

Problems arising in connection

with playing as a visiting organ­ ist wifl be the topic of. organ builder Raymond Whalon.

Selections in the funeral reper­

toire will be offered by a Holy

Name parish quartet.

Forthcoming NAPM activities

include a May 12 workshop by

Father ,Eugene Walsh of Wash­

ington, D.C. on "The Role of the

Musician in Celebration;" and

attendance at a regional NAPM

convention to be held in Provi­

dence June 22 to 25.

Further information on events

is available from Joanne Alden,

822-9823.

Church mUSICians of the aio­ cese will discuss the funeral lit· urgy at a workshop to. be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church, Taunton.

Sponsored by the diocesan chapter of the National Associa­ tion of Pastoral Musicians, the program will be directed by Larry, Poulin of Holy Name parish, Fall River.

"The Church's Attitude toward the Funeral Liturgy" will be dis· cussed by Father William Camp­ bell, pastor of St. Dominic's par­ i'sh, Swansea.

Poulin will consider the or· ganist's part in the funeral litur­ gy; and the perspective- of the funeral director will be presen, - ted by William J. Sullivan, di-

At e.ducation parley Father Marcel H. Bouchard, diocesan director of continuing' education for the clergy, was among 175 priests attending the 10th annual convention of the National Organization for the Continuing Education of the Rom a n Cat hoI i c Clergy .

(NOCERCC). .

Held in New Orleans, the par· ley highlighted a keynote address

by Dr. Thomas Groome of Bos­ ton College, who also coordina­ ted all sessions. The theme was

"learning how to live the 'faith , by reflecting on the shared ex· periences of life and faith and

,

bringing these' to bear on the

present and future with the gui­

dance of Christian doctrine and

tradition."

Also heard was Msgr. Colin

MacDonald, secretary of the U.S.

bishops' committee on priestly life 'and ministry. He stressed the importance of developing priestly ministry responsive to contemporary needs.

Father Bouchard noted that concerns of priests throughout the nation are similar. They in­ clude lack of priests and prob­

lems connected with developing new types of church service.

.Pope cautions Jesuits Continued from Page One aI, "there is no longer room for deviations certainly harmful to the vitality of communities and of the entire church," the pope said.

The role of the Jesuits today as in the past is "to aid the pope and the apostolic college along the great routes traced by the council and to convince those who are unfortunately tempted by the courses of either pro­ gressivism or integralism to re­ turn . . . to communion . . . with their pastors and their brothers who suffer for their at· titudes and their absence," he added.

Pope John Paul said the So. ciety of Jesus must devote itself to the fields of spiritual renewal, , education of youth and clergy, and missionary work.

"This involvescatchesis, pro­ clamation of the word of God, diffusion of the doctrine of Christ, Christian penetration in the field of culture in a world which seeks to. establish a dive Ision and an opposition be-. tween science and faith, pastoral activity for the poor, the oppress­ ed, the alienated, the exercise of priestly ministry in all its au­ thentic expressions," he said.

The pope also encouraged the , Jesuits to take special interest in the area of communications media and in the Vatican coun­ cil's initiatives in the fields of ecumenjsm, 'relations with non­ Christian religions and atheism.

He ~poke against moves to

shorten the society's lengthy. period of training before final profession of v'ows.

"You must not yield to the easy temptation of watering down this formation which has such importance in. each and every, one of its aspects: spirit·, ual, doctrinal. disciplinary and pastoral," the pope said. "The ensuing damage W9uld outweigh by far any results which could perhaps be acieved right away."

American Jesuit provincials at the assembly cabled their. re­ actions to their U.S. conferee on the day of the pope's address.

MANY FOODS are in short supply 'in Poland but judging from this Cracow street scene, pretz~ls are not among, t~em. (NC/UPI Photo),

Pope backs EI.Salvador elections Agostino Bono NC News Service In a speech: to the Organiza­ tion of American States President Reagan viewed El Salvador through the prism of Caribbean and Central American economic and security ptoblems, but criti. cism and' comments on his poli­ cies from church sources have continued. ' On Feb. 28 Pope John Paul II , added his voice to the discussions by speaking ol,lt against super. power influence in El Salvador ,and 'human rigtlts violations by all combating parties.

The president's Feb. 24 'speech and the reactions to it demon­ strate the complexities of the El Salvador situation, especially the failure to find common ground for the warring parties to reach a political solution., The part of ~eagan's Feb. 24 speech stressing the tie between economic prog~ss and political stability in the r~gion and saying economic aid is the chief weapon to combat comrr!unist aggression received a gen'erally favorable reaction by U.S. critics of' the Salvadoran government.

But Reagan also added fuel to the EI Salvador controversy by reiterating the need for more U.S. military aid to tombat "Soviet-

"We want to share with you our satisfaction' because of the spirit of fraternal frankness and openness that has characterized our discussions in these first days," the Americans said. "We have been equally impressed and reassured by the extraordinarily high degree Qf unity of senti-' EDICTAL CITATION ment. and judgment existing DIOCESAN ,TRIBUNAL among our fellow Jesuits at the FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSmS Since the actual, place of r'esidence meeting from almost every part of FlOY M. NEELY is unknown. of the world," they added.

We cite FlOY M. NEELY· to appear persona!ly before the Sacred Tribunal of The American Jesuit provin­ the Diocese of Fall, River on March 8. cials told their American col­ 1982, at 10:30 a.m. at- 344 Highlanil' leagues of their "satisfaction" at Avenue, Fall River,' Massachusetts: to the pope's statement. "In it, the give testimony to establish: Whether the nu'lity-' of the marriage pope spoke of his conviction that exists in the REEVES·NEELY case? the work of preparing the society, Ordinaries of the Iplace or other pas­ for our next general congregation tors haVing the knowledge of the resi­ was going well," the provincials dence of the above person, Floy M. said. '!We were especially happy Neely, must. see t~ it' that she is properly advised in regard to this edic: . to hear him declare his confi- tal citation. 'dence that it would proceed so Henry T. Munroe as to allow for the summoning " Officialis' . of a general congregation within Given at the Tribunal" ' Fall River, Massachusetts, on this, thc present year."

• the 26th day of February, 1982.

backed" aggression and by sup· porting the March 28 elections for a constituent assembly as the political solution to the conflict.

The Salvadoran guerrillas oppose the elections, saying no valid vote can be held unless the gov­ ernment reaches a prior negotia­ tcd agreemen't with them.

Since Reag~n spoke, EI Salva­ dor-related e~entsinclude: - A strong statement Feb. 28

by Pope John Paul II opposing superpower interference in EI Salvador, supporting the March 28 election aOd condemning hu­ man rights abuses by guerillas and security forces.

- A reiteration by the U.S. Catholic Conference of its opposi­ tion to U.S. military aid for EI Salvador and the need for elec­ tions to be tied to "political dial­ ogue" among warring factions.

- A pastoral letter issued by 16 Caribbean Ibishops criticizing "atheistic Marxism" and "ex­ ploitative capitalism" as alien to the region and criticizing what they said were efforts to involve the area in a i~ternational power struggle.

- 'Praise of Reagan's policies

by Jose Napol~an Duarte, presi­ dent of the Salvadoran ruling civilian-military junta, who said the March 28 elections are need­ ed to establish a "legitimate government." If .his Christian Democratic Party wins the elec· tions, he said, he will be able more forcefully to control human rights,violatioris.

- Criticism, of Reagan by Guillermo Ungo, a leader of the Salvadoran opposition Demo· cratic Revolutionary.

Front, which has ties' to the ,guerillas.

He said "the American taxpayer is wasting his money" In aid to EI Salvador because "it doesn't go to achieve peace and stabil­ ity." Peace will come through negotiations to form "a demo­ cratic broad-ba~ed government" that will then hold elections, he asserted. ' ' - Robcrto 'D'Aubuisson, a

strongly anti-communist candi­ date in the elections, was wound­ ed slightly in a guerrilla ambush while campaigning Feb. 27. After a short rest, D'Aubuisson pledged to continue campaigning.

- Congressional critics, such as House Speaker Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neill {D-Mass.), praised Reagan's economic plan, saying chances were good it would pass, but also warning Reagan to go slow regarding military aid.

Bishops Continued from page one we . . . oppose the' reinstitution of capital punishment in this State."

The statement was signed by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston; Bishop Bernard J. Flana­ gan of Worcester; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin of Fall River; Bishop Joseph F. Maguire of Springfield; and Auxiliary Bishop Timothey J. Harrington of Worcester, epis­ copal moderator for the Massa· chusetts Catholic Conference.

It reiterates a stand taken in November, 1980, by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Peace group loses WASHINGTON (NC) A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled against a Catholic peace group and others which had been attempting to force the Navy to disclose where it may be storing nuclear weapons in Hawaii. Reversing a federal ape peals court decision, the SUo preme Court said such disclos· ures could harm national secur­ ity arid were not required by fed. eral environmental laws. After several years of controversy in Hawaii over alleged storage of nuclear weapons within the state, the Catholic Action of Hawaii Peace Education Project and others sued the Navy in 1978 to prevent it from expand­ ing an ordnance site there.

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Portugal?

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ROME (NC) - Pope John Paul 11 accepted an invitation to visit Portugal in May during an audi­ ence with Portuguese Prime Min­ ister Francisco Pinto Balsemao, Balsemao told reporters after the Feb. 26 meeting.

Dear Editor; Our Lord said to St. Peter and his successors, "He who hears you, hears me (Luke 10:16).

Aren't these famous Catholic theologians heretics who dis; The trip was not immediately agree with the pope? "He who is confirmed or denied by Vatican not with me is against me." spokesmen, who generally do not Someone should remind them comment on such visits until de­ (their superiors?) that the Holy tails of the trips are firmly es­ Spirit teaches through his vicar tablished. on earth, but these renegades seem to take delight in blatantly Balsemao said Pope John Paul disagreeing (disrespectfully at would visit Fatima, site of sev­ times) with their pope. eral Marian apparitions to three Aren't they afraid they might children in 1917, and make other sow seeds of doubt in the faith­ stops in Portugal during the visit, ful? Don't they worry their bear­ expected to last three days in ers might form wrong consci­ mid-May. ences, have their understanding The pope is likely to be in clouded and their resolutions Fatima on May 13, the first an­ weakened? "They are the blind . niversary of the attempt on his and leaders of the blind: and if life in St. Peter's Square and the the blind lead the blind,both anniversary of the first of the fall into the pit" (Matt. 15:14).

Marian apparitions. After re­ I think these egotistical covering from the assassination troublemakers should read Luke ' attempt, the pope expressed 17:2 and tremble: "Stumbling gratitude several times to Our blocks will inevitably arise, but Lady of Fatima for saving his woe to him through whom, they life. ...~._._~ come!"

Kay Mack MARGARET MEALEY, president of Catholic Golden The visit would be the 11 th Nantucket Age, an organization for Catholics over age 50, presents a foreign trip of Pope John Paul's $10,000 grant to Dr. David Guttman, director of the Center. pontificate. Later in May he is for Pre-Retirement and Aging of the Catholic University of scheduled to visit Great Britain, and in October he is to spend America. The gift will be used for research on aging. Miss about eight days in Spain. Other Dear Editor: I was pleased to see the arti­ Mealey, now retired, was the longtime director of the Na­ possible foreign trips during 1982 cle in The Anchor about the tional Council of Catholic Women. are to Switzerland and Poland.

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He participated in the tJ:adition­ Dear Editor: al penitential procession from I am writing concerning the St. Anselm Basilica to St. Sa­ article in the Anchor, page 3, bina Basilica, both on Rome's Feb. 19. Although I agree that Adventine Hill. the laity do have the duty to be "Perhaps never does the word actively involved in the ministry of God resound so directly for of their parish, I certainly do not us" as on Ash Wednesday, he approve of their "choosing" their - said during a Mass at St. Sa­ own pastor.

In my opinion, this suggestion bina, built in the mid-fifth cen­ tury. "It is addressed to each of made by Rev. Father James H. us, without exception ~ 'Re­ Prevost, executive director of the member that you :atedust and to Canon Law Society of America, . dust you will return!" '" would bring, about much divis­ is On Ash Wednesday 'Iman ion among parishioners. Father called to participate in the sor­ Provost even admits "The pro­ cess would be a bit messier than row of God up until the death the current process of having of his eternal Son on. Good Fri­ bishops alone make the choice." day," Pope John ,Paul said.

"Man is called 'to reconcilia­ As leader of the diocese and shepherd of souls, who is more tion with God in the death of qualified to name pastors or Christ. Man is called to peni­ curates to a parish, if not the tence," he added. bishop. The bishop probably con­ The Ash Wednesday process­ sults with some of his colleagues, ion in Rome was begun in the and then, with the help and in­ 11 th century. Papal participa. spiration of the Holy Spirit, as­ tion in it was revived by the late signments of priests are, given Pope John xxm. . for the good of the souls en­ trusted to their care..

Heaven on Earth Let us pray that the faithful will continue to abide by the" "Certainly it is heaven upon present rule in this important earth, to have a man's mind matter. move in charity, rest in provi· dence. and turn upon the poles Alice Beaulieu of truth," - Francis Bacon New Bedford

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believe that the Son of God be­ came a man to be our Savior, should want to make a religion a private matter between man and God! Jesus is Savior pre­ cisely because he is Mediator.

"One is the mediator between God and man, the man Christ 2:5) , But when' Jesus spoke those Jesus." {I 'Tim. 2:6) To say: I can go directly to God is to say words of forgiveness to the para­ I don't need Jesus, I don't need lytic, the bystanders could won­ der: Is it trUe? We have only the Incarnation.

Only if we really believe in the your word for it. So Jesus added, "that you may know that the Incarnation, can we understand Son of Man' has authority on 'why Jesus founded a church, earth to forgive sins," he said to why he gave authority to the the paralyze~ man, "I command apostles to continue his work, you: Stand up! Pick up yo~r mat why he instituted visible sacra-­ 'and go hO,me;" The people were ments as channels of his saving , awestruck as: they saw the man' grace.

1 ;.. "",,' get up, take hIS mat and leave. ,.Th~: ertor, :vVouldbe to ',see' the "we' have'" n~v-er'see~"'anytliing church,' the: priesthood and the

like this!" ' sacraments, apart from Jesus.

,Jesus had made his poin~: his They' do not stand between

words had P9wer;, they accom­ Christ and men:' The church, in

plished what they said. With his Paul's vision, is itself the body

words he had forgiven the of Christ. As the Son of God be­ man's sins ju~t as surely as he . came flesh in that body fashioned

had cured' his, paralysis._

by Mary, so, after his ascension,

Those words of forgiveness are he remains With the church for

still with us today in the sacra­ all time in that corporate body

ment of reconciliation or pen­ which is the church, ance. The priest (ioes not forgive The church is not a foreign by any autho~ity of, his own. In body, a new intermediary be­ giving absolution he says, "May tween Jesus and mrm; the church our Lord Jesus Christ forgive is the very body of Christ. In you and, by h,is authority, I for­ that body Jesus acts through its give you all your sins." These members: hi~ apostles, his priests words havepO:wer, the power of and lay people. When the priest God himself.' It takes the same baptizes, as 'St. Augustine says, power to forgi-l-e sins as to make it is Christ who baptizes; when a paralytic walk. A miracle of he forgives sIns, it is Christ who grace happens every time one forgives; whEln a Christian pro-­ goes to confes~ion.

A truly unfortunate thing has happened in the church since the Vatican Council: the sacrament , of God's forgiveness has been downplayed a'nd' neglected. A certain Protestant ethic has come to influence many of our Catholic people who now feel that their sins are a private mat· ter between them and God alone."

Many have told me, "I don't feel I have to confess my sins to a priest. I confe~s to God and I know he forgives me," The Protestant Reformation did away with ,human interniedi­ aries between God and man. This was a consequence of their re­ ,if:'ction of the church, which they accused of being corrupt. Logi­ cally, ' many, churches also re­ jected Holy Orders to emphasize the priesthood bf all believers.

Strange that, Christians who

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I think what we need today is not to do away with the sacra­ ment of penance, but to renew our understanding of it. Maybe one reason why it has been all but abandoned with so little re­ gret is that it had degenerated into a formalized ritual and had lost much of its effectiveness to bring about change in people's lives.

I'm afraid we have been too concerned with breaking com­ mandments and rules, instead of focusing on 'the, one esse~tial question: where do I stand in my relationship with God? Is he really the center of my life? Do I put him before every­ thing else? Am I ready to give up anything that interferes with my love of God? Is he my best friend? How is my prayer life, that expression of my friendship with him? Who stands between me and him? What sins, attach­ ments? Worldliness? Lack of faith? Unwillingness to forgive?

Think of sin as anything that stands in the way of your love relationship with God. Confess that, with a sincere desire to center your heart and your whole life in God. Your confess­ ions will begin to change your life.

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HAILEY, Idaho (NC) - Bill Mallory, a pennanent deacon in Hailey, is becoming famous for his eucharistic bread recipe..

A baker for 34 years with special expertise in cake decora­ ting, Mallory and his wife, Rose, decided in 1977 to enter the per. manent diaconate training pro­ gram in the Boise, Idaho, diocese.

Soon Mallory put his skill to work to develop a eucharistic bread that, while following church specifications, would look and taste more like bread than the average Communion wafer.

The recipe he perfected after several months of experiments is now used in his parish and sev­ eral others in Idaho. It has been publicized in Catholic periodicals and was brought to other dio­ ceses last year by participants in a national liturgical confer­ ence held in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Mallory bakes the unleavened whole wheat bread in thin nine­ inch rounds for Sunday Masses and smaller three-inch rounds for weekday Masse~, with fewer communicants. He said that, un­ like most recipes for homemade eucharistic breads, his produces very few crumbs when broken.

While training for the diacon­ ate Mallory also decided that in­ volvement in church work was more important to him than own­ ing his own business, so he sold his Sun ,valley bakery and went to work in a bakery in Hailey, his home town.

"It was a hard decision," he said. "I liked what I was doing.

But I am now very happy to be working and serving the dio­ cese. I'm one of those fortunate people who really likes his work."

Mallory was ordained a. per­ manent deacon in 1980. He and his wife serve St. Charles of the Valley Parish in Hailey in a num­ ber of capacities, including mar­ riage preparation, religious edu­ cation and an outreach program.

While the pastor was in Japan in February he was parish ad­ ministrator. The Mallorys are al­ so spiritual coordinators in the diocese's Ministerial Develop­ ment Program.

"I know a lot of priests don't . believe that this recipe produces no crumbs," he added. "Many of them have used homemade recipes that result in lots .of crumbs when the bread is broken.

But that doesn't happen with this recipe. Arid there is no need to score the bread; it breaks easily."

He said he thinks that home­ made bread has an important symbolic value. "Jesus broke a loaf of bread at the Last Supper, and' using homemade bread con­ tinues the scriptural.-tradition.

Because of this, we may be more aware of the humanity of Jesus when we receive his body in Communion," he said.

Church nonns for eucharistic bread, repeated most recently in a 1980 Vatican insetruction, are quite strict.

"No other ingredients are to be added to the wheaten flour. and water," said the 1980 docu­ ment. "The preparation of the bread requires attentive care to ensure that the product does not detract from the dignity due to the eucharistic bread, can be broken in .a dignified way, does

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not give rise to excessive frag­ ments and does not offend the sensibilities of the faithful when they eat it....

Mallory's recipe follows: Eucharistic Bread 2Y2 cups whole wheat flour % cup unbleached white flour

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'Mix all ingredients in a bowl,_ . knead (on floured board) very well for 6 to 8 minutes or until dough is smooth and pliable. Roll dough into desired size and shape, to about a quarter­ inch thickness. (For 3-inch rounds, cut with a round cookie cutter.) 'Prick around the edge to prevent air bub­ bles. Lightly score a cross in center of circle.

Bake bread in 350-degree oven about 15-17 minutes on ungreased pizza pan or cookie sheet. Yield: two . nine-inch rounds (or about 18 three-inch rounds). Cool and wrap in plastic wrap or foil. Bread may be frozen or refrigerated until needed.

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In South.America, '.'every· na· tion has prayer groups, with some countries numbering their groups in the thousands," said Redemptorist Father Tom For­ rest, chainnan of the group and author of the report.

"The largest number of bish­ ops active in the renewal also would be in Latin America and there is hope that next year the first charismatic retreat specifi­ cally for bishops will be taking place in Colombia," he said. One group of priests in Chile organ­ izes 20 retreats a month.

The report, released in Febru­ ary, also indicated that the move­ ment toward strong charismatic

communities continues to develop worldwide. "Growth in the re­ newal overall is consistent both in maturity and numbers," Fath­ er Forrest said.

Moreover, according to the re­ port, charismatic· books and magazines are published and dIstributed in' "vast' quantities,;; In other developments, the National Service Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renew­ alin the United States has an· nounced it has located $20,000 for the work of Misiones His­ panas, a group serving Hispanic charismatics.

The allocation brings to $40,000 the amount ear­ marked by the committee for the U.S. Hispanic renewal in 1982.

Also, according to a Gallup Poll, about 500,000 U.S. teen­ agers, two percent of the total U.S. teen-age population, are in­ volved in the charismatic re­ newal.

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Dear Dr. Kenny: Three weeks ago my husband of nine years gave me the shock of my life.

He told' me; he doesn't love me and never ·did.

I was so Ishocked ami hurt! I couldn't, think what I had done wrong for so long and' I felt like a fool, ~t ~alizing it.

We have three adorable chil­ dren and he haS a great job.

I haven't worked for a few years because fi~ancially we were making it an~ I thought it would be better f()r the children 'if 'I stayed home.

I My husband and I did marry young, in o~r early 20s. Some­ times I think we rushed into marriage, butI we went through the talks wi~ the parish priest and attend~ the marriage classes.

I One problem is lack of communication. My husband is so engrossed i~ his work and friends nfeelReft out. fm confus~d. He doesn't want me to hate him, but I have such mixed emotions hate, con­ fusion, betra~al. I ca,n't under-' ~tand why he didn't tell me be­ children.Indiana fore we had , I You have the grace to share your rejection and pain. I wish there were 'something I could do to make your marriage whole for you.

Unfortunat~ly, it, takes two to

make' a ~arriage, but only one to end it. I'don't know why love is sometimes one~sided. In an ideal world, love would be mu- tual. ' I do know some easy answers.

I could tell you to seek counsel­ ing. If yotir husband was agree. able, that ,might help. Marriage counseling~ however, has not been proven very effective for remedying: the situation you de­ scribe.

You coJld remind your hus­ band of his:commitment:. Tell him that he made a binding promise. ~ Tell him the children need him.

This too might help. I suspect, however, you have already tried this. ' The problem with commitment today is that it is viewed as a "personal'" matter. One person commits himself, to the other.

Many marriage vows today promise commitment for "as long as love shall last." What hap­ pens when ,love runs dry for one' party?

To me, commitment is more, earthy, more concrete. A marri­ age contract goes beyond a per­ sonal promise. It binds the par­ ties together in a division of labor and a unit for child care.

Even when love wanes, the commitment goes on. The parties must struggle to work out their differences because of their com­ mitment .to' the 'important joint , tasks they :agreed upon.

What can you do? I have given you two easy answers. Try them. but I' am not too optimistic.

Here are some harder ones: , Pray. Forget your prayers of petition. Instead try "making God up'" .Write to God as you have written to us. Share your pain and emptiness with him.

Focus on other aspects of your life. You clearly love your chil­ dren. Pay special attention to them now. You all need it., Do you have any hobbies?

Force yourself to work at them: Have you thought of a career, when-your children are older? Do a little dreaming or planning.

Finally, focus on any positive factors in your relationship, Even if you divorce, maintaining a , good working relationship will be important. In fact, when chil­ dren are involved, there is no such thing as divorce. There is only restructuring of the way you must go about caring for them.

You are not alone. Many men and women like you are experi­ encing the same rejection and fear of being alone. I hope you have the chance to meet and share with some of them. I wish you well at a difficult time.

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At a joipt s'ession of two sub­ committees of the House Com­ mittee on Post Office and Civil . Service, Fink protested the steep mail rate increases placed on the non-profit pr~ss Jan. 10, after support for no'n~profit mail rates. was cut from federal budget pro­ posals.

'I " Fink testified on..behalf of the CPA, the Ametica~ Jewish Press 'Associated Association, . the Church Press I and Evangelical Press Association.

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gress never intended that the non-profit press be virtually stripped. of its historical rate preference"in the Postal Service," he'said. .

"Members of both, houses of Congress, on both sides of, the aisle, have long viewed the con­ tribution of the religious press in the dissemination of news and opinion of religious and moral

content to be essential to the re­ ligious freedomi and character of this nation, 'under God,''' Finn said.

He noted that in spite of fed­ eral budget cut requests from the

Reagan administration the com­

mittee had attempted to provide some support for the non-profit press but that ;'this committee's

commendable action . . . has so far come to naught."

Fink cited, several examples of the high mail costs now faced by religious ,publications. ,For the monthly Cumberland 'Presbyterian, costs have risen from $500 to $1,000 per mailing while' costs :for another Presby. terian publication; The Mission­ ary Messenger, ·rose from $200 to $440 a' m,onth" he said.

(For The Anchor, postal rate rises will amount to more than $20,000 in 1982.)

Weekly'rdailing costs of The Texas Standard jumped to $22,000 frodt $9,000, and costs ,of mailing the United Methodist Reporter, a '500,000~circulation weekly, 'are'now $1 million year-;' Iy, he said.:! ' ,.:: ,": '''And so' it 'goes,'; Fink said. '

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"Such institutions are being squeezed at both ends with the fall~outaffecting all our lives."

fink,~rg~d th!lt J::ongr~ss de­ fine "attributable costs" of, mail operations involving the religious press so. that it .is ,clear how 'much use of ~hemail system by the non-profit press a.s1ds to Postal Service expenses. Under law, the non-profit press is re­ quired to pay only those costs directly and indirectly attribu. table to the handling of their mail but methods for defining such costs have never clearly been defined, he said.

The Postal Rate Commission·s power in setting rates should be expanded and the commission should be given subpoena rights to obtain Postal Service records, he added.

"A very close, hard look must

be taken at what th~ Postal Ser­ vice is doing" to non-profit or­ ganizations, Fink tqld the sub­ committees. '

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Franciscans started a Lenten fast and prayer vigil Ash W~dnesday outside the nation's only nuclear weapons test facility, urging that the site be converted to peaceful uses.

About 50 Franciscans were joined by other religious and lay­ persons a mile from the main gate to the test facility, a 1,300. square mile desert area about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

JOEY MASTRULLO

Heeeere's Joey .. star of radio and third grade PI Shannon Flynn CINCINNATI (NC) - For a radio personality Joey Mastrullo is very unassuming.

The third grader from Our Lady of Victory School in Cin­ cinnati seems genuinely unaware that anyone outside his family tunes in to WLW radio in the morning to hear what "that kid Joey" is going to say to announ­ cer Gary Burbank.

Burbank, WLW's wacky morn. ing announcer, thinks the boy's name should be mounted in lights.

During· Burbank's show listen­ ers get an audio assault of paro­ dies of local and national person­ alities and news. Because of Joey's on-the-air ease and quick wit, listeners have assumed he was just another fictitious char· acter. But he's not.

With touseled blond hair and wide blue eyes, young Mastrullo is a low key, soft-spoken eight­ year-old. He's not quite sure why people like the produce man at the grocery store ask for his autograph. The fact that Our Lady of Victory's principal, Franciscan Sister Rita Brink, let him sing a song on the PA sys· tern after hearing his rendition on the radio was a big deal, but he seems unaware that thou­ sands of people may have heard him sing it on the air.

He calls the station every morning at 7 o'clock. Burbank said he has developed so much confidence in Joey's spontaniety that there is little question he'll be able to go on the air. "I just don't worry about what he'll say.

Usually we talk about it first, but if he says something else it's always good," he told the Cath­ olic Telegraph, newspaper of the Archdiocese of CincinnatI. Among other things, Joey has plugge4 Catholic Schools Week ~ dur~ng which he sang a Bra­ zilian folk song, "Mama Pe­ quita," in honor of Grandparents' Day -talked about his quest for potholes (another Burbank

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"I love school. 1 love everything about it but going home." He especially likes reading film strips l\nd dass activities.

Joey has met his radio pal only once; at Christmas during the Cincinnati Zoo's "Holiday Happening," where Burbank was among celebrities' reading child­ ren's tales. ' "He's a nice guy. But he's old," he said. "He acts likes he's in his 20s but he's really 44."

The youngster's life has changed in small ways since be­ coming a radio regular, accord­ ing to his mother. He wakes up

at 6 a.m. to hear Burbank come on the air, makes his bed, dress­ es and eats breakfast as he waits for the 7 o'clock news break, when he calls the station.

His sisters Jennie and Aimee aren't overjoyed their mother wakes them ·up earlier than usual to hear their brother on the radio, he said, but they're get­ ting used to it.

Joey said his career goals have shifted a bit since his radio in­ volvement began. Whereas he had simply wanted to grow up to work like his father at Procter and Gamble and "know the secret to making Ivory Soap float," now he hopes he can als& fit in a radio career.

"I don't know," he pondered. "but I have to makl! up my mind before I'm 20 so I can get a good educa.tion.

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As buses rolled by carrying test site workers to their jobs the demonstrators conducted roadside vigils.

They held a service in which they read the names of people they said had died of cancer as a result of nuclear tests at the facility.

They then burned the sheets of paper bearing the names and used the ashes to mark their foreheads with the Sign of the Cross.

The Ash Wednesday blessing with ashes, normally done with burnt blessed' palm fronds from the previous Palm Sunday, is the traditional Catholic entry into the penitential season of Lent.

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The demonstrators planned to continue their "Lenten .desert ex­ perience" until Easter as a pray­ er vigil for peace.

AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL OUR READERS

DR. ELINOR FORD, vice­ president of ~adlier Publish­ ers, will address elementary school teacbers of the dio­ cese at a professional day to be held Monday, March 22, at St. George's School, Westport. The holder of doctorates in education, hu­

manities and law, Dr. Ford

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dent of the New York arch­ diocesan schQol system and it consultant to the National Catholic Educational Asso­ ciation. Her topic for the diocesan teachers will be "The Next Decade in Cath­ olic Education." Also on the March 22 program will be Harry Gaffney, who will discuss "Writing as a Moral Activity."

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Dear Nolan:

Dear Friend: T~ere are 1.8 million refugees In the Holy Land, each one the voiceless victim of a war that began 34 years ago.

Mostly children, they are torn to shreds by war's aftermath.

We mend them best by giving them hope.

Hope is $5 that can provide a pair of shoes, food, clean blankets, a chance to receive the sacraments.

Hope is a handful of practical-action people - priests, Sisters, and qualified volunteers - who leave their own homes and become refugees in the Holy Land for the refugees.

They are people who feed, teach, heal, clothe, mend, fUlfilling the love-mission of Jesus Christ, in Beirut, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Cairo, Damascus, and trouble points In between.

Their strategy is service - the works of mercy, person·to·person, In the name of Jesus Christ.

Just $25 will help one of them care for a refugee for a month.

There is hope in the heart of the blind child in the Gaza Strip because he Is learning a trade in the Pontifical Mission Center for the Blind.

In Abu·Dls, outside Jerusalem, an elderly' Muslim prays contentedly to Allah because a Sister from Ireland is at his side. It costs just $65 a month for his complete care.

Six Sisters from India """ a physician, two nurses, three social workers - live in Jordan, to work in the camps. They are no better off than the refugees. All six can live, teach, and work for only $150 a month. .

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Human values would certain­ A j6gger passed me the other tendanc~ in the United States is ' ly be on the agenda. They might morning. His gear included, not ,dropping steadily. 'only a sweat shirt and, the reTwenty years ago a theologian try to answer this question: If something can be done, does that quired shoes; but, a headset - named Charles Davis wrote, de­ one of thos~ new walking stereos scribing' th,e attitude of some, mean it should be done? For ex-' "The conviction, grows that the ample: -aswe.

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I wondered what 'bellt he was age of religion is past, that faith , tuned in to. And I thought: Tech- is an incongruous 'feature in our ill patient can be prolonged through technology, does that' noiogy is certainly part 'of his modem mental landscape." mean it should be in every case? life!

It w9uld, be a gross oversimpU. - If calculators' can be used Technology is part of all, our '\' fication t9 view religion as some­ for mathematics, does that mean liv~s. Developments in health 'how ret~ating before the ad­ •children should use them in care, transportation, ,communi~a- vances or< science and technol-, tion, environmental control and ogy. To' the 'contrary; despite school?

The' leaders might' discuss the media have 'significa~tly al- past difficulties, these important

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tered our lifestyle, all the while ' spJteres of hUJ.Ilail activity have ,intensifying our dependence 'on much ,hi common that warrants , and technology are used, in the ways they were intended: science. ' their earnest cooperation.

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One sprjng day, with the sun ,isn't matter, like the Holy Spirit? shining on the Charles 'River;, I Are you physicists saying the Have you ever lived in a collo· ate lunch with five doctoral stu­ real must be material?" I 'asked~ ,try without understanding its" dents, in 'physics who were also A moment of silence followed . language?, , members of Tech Catholic' Com- my questions. Then, a Fulbright , " Then you canund~rstand h,ow munity at' Mfr. As we finished scholar demurred, "Oh well; Vir­ I feIt as a campus minister with eating, an' astrophysicist asked, ginia, if you are going to get no background in science at the "Who wants to, go to the nega­ , philosophical .. ."

Massachusetts Institute of Tech- tive probability lecture with me Since I have long noticed that nology. MIT almost' overwhelm- . this afternc;>on?" eyes 'brighten and ears listen ed me. more carefully to talk on familiar .On consideration, I decided 'the "What's negative probability?" matters, I mulled over ways to lonly feasible option was to find I asked. 'tum that conversation to my a middle road between the stuEveryone answered simultan­ own purposes as a campus min­ dents' scientific world and my 'eously. Larry's voice was loud­ ister. world of religious experience. est. ''The speaker will, say that The following Sunday I took I found, finally, that I had to the appearance of certain effects the risk of adapting the students'

use their scientific, interests as can lead one to believe negative scientifi.c j~gon to an example a springboard into "religious ex- 'probability exjsts, but . ; ... from Scriptqre, foUowjng my

perience , though I otten, di~n't ," "Like the Holy Spirit .. I understanding of what the stu­ '

have the foggiest idea what' sci- broke in. "Why can't we' trust dents were talking about. appearan~es? What' if ,reality entific terms meant.

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Everything that happened be­ , form conveymg a practlc messmediately by Jesus' command age that met his people's needs. fore has' been but a prelude to that they teU no one about him A study of how he arranged his . this cliptax: a long journey to and even more by Peter's obvious ' material can give 'us a' fairly Jerusalem. ' lack of comprehension. good idea of what, those needs Mark starts Jesus off on this Jesus goes on to make the first were. journey right from the' beginning prediction of his coming death, The more clearly we' under- of, his narrative, which opens , and, Peter objects strenuously.

Scientists "can't simply play with lI1ature without stand the situation of the com- with the, preaching of John the Jesus, reacting just as vehem­ worrying ~~out the implications of their research.", munity, the better we ,can under- Baptizer. This shadowy figure is ently, gives an instruction on dis­ stand Mark's approach to ~e' 'truly the forerunner of Jesus, cipleship which, in the general ,mY$tery of Jesus. ' ' prefiguring ,by' his own tragic context, is, clearly aimed at Anyone who ,reads the gospel' . 'fate that awaiting Jesus.

Mark's readers. struck-~y the amount of: Already in Chapter' 3 we read will be It stresses the, cost of dis­ i attention Mark pays to the cross. of plotting i, against \ Jesus. In cipleship, a cost that means re­ The last week of Jesus' life, Chapter 6 everi his own towns­ jecting self-seeking and glory

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Xaverian Brother' Nivard The climax to the first part of the cross. '

For him, science isn't a field, Jerusalem, takes up a third of Scheel likes to' tell the story for specialists alone. Science the whole account. for Mark, the Gospel comes in: Chapter' 8, Tum to page thirteen

about a famous physicist at the touches us everywhere we go," he end of the 19th century ~ho was TUm to Page Thirteen certain all the major scientific discoveries had been made.

It wasn't much later, Brother \ Scheel remarked, that scientists discovered the atom has parts ­ ' a discovery which shot the fa­

By Jimaan Manternach mous physicist's theory to pieces.

Scientists soon realized that Simon's mother-in-law was their previous knowledge, though putting her dishes away and pon- , not w1'Qng, was incomplete. dering what had happened to her. ' Presently associate director of 'Less than three hours ago she the Coqference of Major Super­ had been lying in bed, very sick. iors of lYIen in Washington, D.C., She did not kriow what 'was Bt:Other Scheel is also a physicist wrong with her., and a former vice-president, for Tum to page thirteen

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Continued from page twelve Then her son-in-law Simon came to her house with his' friends, Jaqtes and John, and Jesus, the prophet from Naza" reth.

As soon as he discovered she was sick in bed, Jesus came to her. Simon, James and John stood nearby.

"I'll never forget what hap­ pened," she thought. "Jesus touched me and right away I felt better. A moment later I knew I was completely healed.

I still can hardly believe it."

Suddenly Simon's' mother-in­ law was startled out of her mus­ ing by the sound of moans and cries outside.

She ran to the front of the house and looked out the win­ dow. She could not believe what she saw.

Dozens and dozens of sick people filled the narrow street, some with arms, legs or heads bandaged. Others leaned on crutches. Many lay on stretchers.

He came to the front door, stood there a moment looking out at the people, then walked into the street. Hands stretched to-

wards .him. People begged for healing. Everyone tried to touch him.

Simon's mother-in-law watched with amazement. She saw a wo­ man get up from the stretcher as Jesus touched her. A biind man claimed he could now see. One man jumped around, waving his crutches over. his head. A wom~ an, so upset that her. whole fame' ilY,had been' holding her down, now sat quietly on her stretcher.

Jesus was going from person to person. He, smiled at each, then with a word and a touch of his hand he healed them.

"Jesus must be a great pro­ phet," . Simon's mother-in-law thought. Then she prayed, "Thanks and pmise be to you, o God, for sending Jesus to me this afternoon and to these suf­ fering people this evening."

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Continued from page tweh'e What is most striking is the fact that the opposition, rejec-' tion and lack of comprehension we see here follow an almost uninterruptea series of miracles which lead no one to recognize who Jesus is.

The only one who sees the light is the Roman centurion at the Continued from page twelve foot of the cross. He sees the said during a recent interview. lifeless, battered corpse of an Think of the homemaker in apparently disgraced and de­ Denver Colo., Brother Scheel feated'man, and he cries ,out: suggested. When she boils an egg, "Clearly this man was the son for four minutes instead of the of God" (Chapter 15). usual three, she is using chemis­ Such an arrangement of the try and physics, recognizing that Jesus-traditions by Mark was water boils at a lower tempera­ obviously purposeful, probably ture an~ an egg cooks slower a designed to counter a 'dangerous mile above sea level." tendency in the' community to Furthermore, the brother what we would call a theology pointed out, scientific research of glory... can lead to practical applications This attitude would have led' affecting 'people in ,many wQys. to concentration on the miracle I Aware of this, corporations hire stories as evidence of Jesus' research scientists in hope that power and glory, along' with a their discoveries now and again . <;prresponding deemphasis of the can be turned into commercial meaning of Good Friday. products.

Mark counters not by denying According to the Xaverian the miracles but by showing that brother, a good example of this occurred at the Bell Telephone they did not in fact reveal Jesus even to those most well disposed.

Company where physicists study­ Mark knew that looking for God ing the properties of metals dis­ in the miraculous can lead to dis­ covered that semiconductors illusion. But looking for him in could amplify sound. This dis­ suffering, rejection, failure and covery made miniaturization death leads to true faith. ' possible, leading to computers, tape recorders and computer games among other products.

Some scientists, he feels, may Continued from Page' Twelve thintt science can be value-free.

Later, at a student picnic by A geneticist for instance, might think; "I'm working on this for the Atlantic Ocean, Larry, and I the sake of gaining knowledge. talked again. I thanked him for What others do with it is none helping me to see better how a scientist thinks. And he said he of my business."

But, asserted the brother, sci­ , now understood spiritual reality entists "can't simply play' with better.

He said: "The Holy S'pirit is a nature without worrying about reality for me, as a believer. As ~e implications of their re­ a physicist, however, I .believe search." that all reality is based in mat­ They therefore need to culti­ vate "a well-developed value ter. Wowl Do I have a contra­ diction running around my system"~ In this regard, he cited the ~ainple of Catholic Univer­ head'" .

To the reader, my method ity Physicist Karl Herzfeld.

According to Brother Scheel, may seem an elusive and incom­ Herzfeld refused "on moral plete way to teach theology an4 grounds" .to take part i11 the strengthen faith. Nonetheless in World War II Manhattan Project an age of.science and technology, aimed at developing the atomic I feel strongly that technology bomb. ~ealizing what the out­ experts and church ministers come of the research was likely must find ways to communicate to be, Herzfeld said simply, "I for the sake of peace and the fu­ can't ~ part of that," ture of the world.

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Again, the leaders might dis­ cuss ways for people in medicine and religion to cooperate in the care of the sick.

Religion and science should be partners in fulfilling God's com­ mand to fill the earth and sub­ due it. Since the dawn of human life, science has been the means by which we have sought to take our place _as stewards of crea­ tion.

Religion .offers a vision of man's destiny, science and tech­ nology strive to make that vision . a reality. ' In the New Testament, Je,sus heals the sick, feeds the hungry and addresses the plight of the oppressed. He continues such work through his followers, men and women who share his desire

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Today, science is on the verge of new breakthroughs. Techni­ ques are even available for cre­ ating new life forms. Such pros­ pects are at once breathtaking ,and frightening.

It is religion's task to hold before science those values which conform to humankind's ultimate destiny. The vast poten­ tial of. science must ~e used for good, not evil. , Today religion and science might be seen as essential ele­ ments in God's redemptive pro­ cess of drawing all things to him­ self.

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caution and uncertainty' when love's open door is encountered.

Perhaps we fear that in accept­ ing the offer of love, we will ,end by getting trapped or hurt or rejecte~. '

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By Cecilia Belanger If Jesus appeared as a shep-,

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herd to people of the East, he appears more as a teacher to those of the West: a teacher apt, tender, firm, thorough, earnest and attractive - bringing all to God. To some Jesus comes as the Great Physician, himself without blemish, healing the, body and soul. We know we need earthly physicians but most of all we need the Great Physician. How often have I heard that remark from a patient who has fo'und, the true values and priorities of life.

A gir)"sitting beside me on a bus noticed some literature on my, lap. ,She said, "Oh, ,what a coincidence! interested in' re­ ,ligion too." Then' 'she told me of her upbringing, her ,religious par­ ents and how God held them to­ gether as a family when, times were tough. They did not com­ plain; they merely trusted, ,she said. She was wise for a young girl, wiser than sonie of her elders.

It's become trite to keep say­ ing we are living in a different world today. Sure we are, but that doesn't mean we have to throw caution 'to the winds. Sure we are living in' a world of nu­ clear bombs, electronic compu­ ters, cities that are 'really mega­ lopolises, moon landings, space exploration, ecological affects of pollution and a host of other , :" -', things.: ; ,;,,' ,'" For many, all the old securi­ ties are gone. They turn to God for safe harbor, hide their heads and do nothing. , When will we Jearn that it is through us that things change.

To me there is always something new and bright and young ,about God. Those who run away from problems do not see God as some­ one flexible for all times and situations. " We are old 'before our time.

We give up too easily. God is ever yo~ng. We grow old because we become part of the sil~nce around us, 'a kind 'of hardening of the arteries 'of the brain. We ,let everyone else 'do otir think­ ing fqr us, TY" analysts, corres­ pondents, you name 'it. We aie :too easily swayed'by, this voice 'or. that, or by .that'last:column ,we read. ' , Why not shut all these, things off for awhile and do some thinking of our own?'Why'blame President Reagan for all our . troubles?' They!ve 'been; COming on for a long time a!1d often the· very 'people who created the'm are the loudest in 'their criticism.

Too many Americans enjoy ripping off those, who work the hardest. This does not make for a good, productive 'citizens.

The same people are' footing all the bills and I for one listen to them when they yell against the injustice done them. They are too often' the forgotten people!

They too have' a right to speak!

God gave his 'Iove, his justice to all. He did not rip off any­ body. We should be more even­ handed today.

By Charlie Martin

PERHAPS LOVE Perhaps love is like a resting place

A shelter from the storm

It exists to give you comfort

It is there to keep you warm

And in tho,se times of trouble

When you are most alone

,,'The. memory of love will bring yo~ home.

Perh8ps 'love is like a window Perhaps an open ,door It invites you'to ' com~ ~Ioser It: wants to show, you more And ~ve~ if 'y~u lose yourself and don't know what to do The memory of love will see you through

Oh love to some is like a cloud

To some as strong as steel

For. some a way of living'

For some a way to feel

And some say. love is holding on

And some say letting go

And some say love is ev'rything

Some saY. they don't know

Pehaps love is like the ocean

FuU of conflict full of pain '

Like a fire when it's cold outside

Thunder when it' rains

If I should live forever

And all my dreams, come true

My memories of love will be of you,

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THIS SONG is like a Rubik's Cube; as you turn it, another of love's colors comes into view.

One of the songs' images of love speaks of the "open door

(that) invites you to come' closer."

An open door appeals to our curiosity. We wonder what is in­ side. Of course, there are times when we experience a sense of

Perhaps we are cautious be· cause, in the past, we have, en­ countered 'love in a counterfeit form. Some of love's counter­ feits include possessiveness, emo­ tional ma~ipulation and sexual exploitation.

Rarely do any of us succeed completely' at expressing love that is free of secondary motiva­ tions, free' of some self-interest, free of uninet needs. Still, real love aspires to higher goals.

Lov~ wants to give freedom; it does not aim to -be possessive.

Love encourages the' other per­ son to groW and develop on the emotional level; it does not aim at some form of emotional secur­ ity that is ;fixed in concrete, so to speak, and stifles growth.

Love recognizes ,the difference between the power of sexual at­ traction and the power to freely care for anbther.

There is a-difference between love and infatuation. Infatuation can be fun. and easy. When we are infatuated, it seems as' if life evolved I from a magical fairy tale. But irl love life is full of challenge; we grow.

Infatuation is one of. love's counterfeit' forms, but once we experience ,the difference be­ tween infatuation and love, we are not likely to settle again for infatuation's idealistic promises.

Love is frortI God. Like God, it fills our he~rts. The 'experience of love and !the discovery of its meaning cani transform our lives.

If we allow' that transformation to take place, it can help to re­ veal who we are and how God lives in us.

GARY MASAPOLLO

CoyIe-Cassidy Two seniors have merited recognition 'at Coyle.~assidy High in Taunton. John ,F. Brady has been 'named a National Merit Finalist, eligible for' considera­ tion for' one of 1,800 $1,000 scholarships and a limited num­ ber of four-year~ scholarships, awarded by the Merit Scholarship Corporation and fun4ed by cor· porations, foundations and U.S. colleges and universities. Brady is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Brady Sr. The family belongs to St. Mary's parish, Taunton.

Gary Masapollo has been noti­ fied of selection as a competitive alternate nominee to the U.S. Military Academy at WestPoint.

Authorities have indicated that he will have a good chance of gaining admission to the acad­ emy, since selections are made on a continuing basis from the alternate list. Masapollo, a mem­ ber of Holy Itosary parish, Taun­ ton, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Massapollo.

In other C·C news, the girls' basketball team has merited a Class C Tournament Trophy.

Essay contest _BALTIMORE (NC) - "What Is a Religious Vocation?" is the ,theme for the annual essay con­ test· sponsored by the National Association of the Holy Name Society.

Leo H. Nuedling of Baltimore, the .association's youth chair­ man, said the contest is open to students of seventh through 12th , grades' in all parochiai, private and public schools.

Essays must be at least 300 but not longer than 500. words.

Prizes will be awarded in sev­ enth-eighth arid ninth through . ~~th ,~rade divisions.

The contest will close March 31. Essays should be' postmark· ed no later than that date and sent to Leo H. Nuedling, 3318 Fleet Street, Baltimore, Md. 21224:

Intention Counts

STUDENTS AT Bishop Stang High School put their all into a rehearsal for "Guys and Dolls," to be opened at the North Dartmouth school at 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, March 11, '12, 13 and J4, with a 3 p.m. matinee also scheduled for March: 14. Lisa Bibeau is choreographe'r, music is ,in charge of George Campeau, Gerald Morrissey is director.

"Many things seem to be good and yet are not, because they be not done with a good mind and intention; and therefore our Saviour saith .in the Gospel, 'If ,thy, eye has naught, all thy body shall be dark.' For when the intention is wicked, all the' work which followeth is naught, although it seemed to be never' sa good." - St. Gregory the Great

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River South taking on Seekonk.

Pete Larrivee scored three The best-of-three semis ·will con­ goals, Dennis Silvia two for the tinue on March 21. champions. Paul Hogan's hat Third games in the semis, if trick and Dave Nobrega's two needed, would be played on goals sparked South to i~s vic­ . March 28. Oth~rwise the best-of­ tory. three final will open on that date.

Post-season playoffs open next

Round Robin Hoop Tourney The third annual Round Robin Basketball Tournament, sponsor­ ed by the Fall River Diocese CYO, got underway last night at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, with Taunton vs. New Be9ford and Attleboro vs. Fall River.

Tonight action shifts to the Kennedy Center, New Bedford where it will be Taunton vs. At­ tleboro, New Bedford vs. Fall River. Play continues tomorrow night in Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton, with New Bed­ ford vs. Attleboro, Taunton vs.

Fall River.

The tournament concludes Sunday in Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, with the con­ solation game at 6 p.m., the championship game at 7:15.

The tournament features out­ standing high school hoopsters and is designed to give players in the different areas who have played against each other during the regular season an opportun­ ity to play on the same team against other quality competi-

tion.

Coaches this year are Brian Shanley, Attleboro; John Powers, Fall River; Frank Britto, New Bedford; Larry Masterson, Taun­ ton.

The tournament is directed by Rev. Jay Maddock, who may be conta"cted for further information at 675-7503.

David Gauvin, the 17-year-old Bishop Connolly High School senior who fights out of the Fall River CYO, h.as been named to a United States boxing team for the second time in three months.

He reported Tuesday to the U.S. training camp in Colorado.

Dave, who' has amassed sev­ eral New England Gloves and New England Amateur Athletic Union crowns, will be on the U.S. team against the Yugoslav­ ian team on either March 13 in Rapid City, S.D., or March 17 in Lafayette, La. Now fighting at 119 pounds, he has an enviable record of 37 victories against two losses in his five-year boxing career.

eyo All-Star Basketball Don Lessa, New ,Bedford, who scored 60 points in two games,. was named most valuable player of the juoior CYO all-star tourna­ ment in CYO Hall, Fall River, last Sunday.

In the semi-finals Fall River defeated Attleboro, 78-57, and New Bedford eliminated Taunton, 66-51. Fall River won the tourna­ ment championship with a 75-64 victory over New Bedford in the final.

Tom D'ambrosio, Skip Karam

and Steve Vincelette of Fall River, Bill Velasquez of Taunton and Gerry Bond of Attleboro were named to the tourney's -all­ star team.

In a senior basketball tourna-. ment at Kennedy Center, New Bedford, New Bedford defeated Fall River 64-54 and went on to win the championship with a 62-56 victory over T~unton.

In a prep tournament in Taun­ ton, Fall River defeated Taunton in overtime play.

Backs ERA RICHMOND, Va. (NC) - Bish­ op Walter F. Sullivan' of Rich­ mond, Va., has publicly backed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), citing "anoblig~tion in justice" and "my growing aware­ ness 'of the inequality and dis­ crimination that marlc the real­ life experience of women." Vir­ ginia is one of the key states in which ERA supporters have been .making efforts to gain passage

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"Nearly all Americans support 'in principle' the position that women and men are equal in dignity and responsibility," the bishop said. He added that for Catholics that position "is not simply a civil rights affirmation but it is a conviction rooted in the Gospel and the teaching, if not actual practice, of the church." ..

NOTlE Please check dates and times of television programs with local listings, which may differ from the New York net­ work schedules supplied to The Anchor.

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

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

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

Dunaway as his ex-wife and Ricky Schroder as their son.

Some violence. A2, PG

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"Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday, repeated at 6 a.m. each Tuesday on. Chann~l 6, Is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as peimenent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan di­ rector of social services; Rev. Dr. Paul Gillespie, of the Rhode Is­ land State Council of Churches; and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

"The Glory of God," with Father John Bertolucci, 7:30 p.m. each Sunday on Channel 25.

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Films on TV Sunday, March 7, 9 p.m. (ABC) - "Alligator" (1981): This film takes the old chestnut about the baby alligator that g'rows mon­ strous after being flushed down the sewer and turned it into a moderately entertaining thriller.

Although the creature is selec­ tive, devouring' mostly villains, the violence rates an A3 listing.

Sunday, March 7,9 p.rn. (NBC) - "The End" (1978) --: Except for the buffoonery of Dom De­ Luise, this is a painfully unfunny Burt Reynolds comedy about how not to commit suicide. It is seriously disrespectful in its treatment of confession and in­ cludes an explicit love scene and highly insulting Polish jokes.

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New films "Das Boot" (The Boat) is a very long (two and a half hours), very exciting war movie about the final cruise of a German sub­ marine in the North Atlantic in the days when U-boats were the terror of Allied convoys. Photo­ On JRadio graphy and acting are superb, Charismatic programs are and the haggard faces of the captain (Jurgen Prochnow) and heard from Monday through Fri­ his men are likely to haunt the day on station WICE, 1290 A.M.. viewer for some time. The pace Father John Randall is heard seldom slackens though a bit of from 7 to 8 a.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. judicious cutting might have and ·Father Real Bourque is heard helped. For all its virtues as a from 8:45 to 9 a.m. war movie, however, '.'Das Boot" Sunday, March 14, (NBC) ignores the moral implications of serving one of the w6rst causes "Guideline" - Therapist Ruth in history..F0r, this. reason and . Maxwell tal~s about getting the alcoholic into therapy. for its scatology and .verbal ob­ scenity, it is rated A3, R. "Death Wish II" (Filmways): Charles Bronson reprises his role of decent citizen turned mur­ derous vigilante in this utterly offensive sequel directed by Mi­ chael Winner. Because of graph­ ic nudity, violence .and condon­ ing of unlawful behavior, it is rated 0, R.

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CENTER, N.DARTMOUTH An Engaged Encounter week­ end will begin today.

On Monday,' priests of the New Bedford deanery will meet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and St. Patrick's Circle of Wareham will hold an evening of recollection from 7 to 10 p.m.

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WIDOWED, NB Father Donald D'Ippolito will speak on Remarriage for the Widowed at a widowed support group meeting to beheld at 8 p.m. Monday at St. Kilian's rec­ tory, 306 Ashley Blvd., New Bedford. Future meeting topics will' include a slide show on the Passion and discussion ·of insur­ ance for the widowed. All wel­ come.

ST. MARY, NB A Lenten program centering on the Eucharist is held from.

10 to lIa.m. each Tuesday in the religious education center.

Also on Tuesday, scripture stuoy is held in the center from 7 to 9 p.m.

Girl Scouts will attend a spe­ cial Mass at 9 a.m. Sunday.

FIVE-HOUR VIGIL The diocesan five-hour First ~riday vigil will take place from 8 p.m. tonight ,to 1 a.m. tomor­ row at Espirito. Santo Church, Fall River. The service will in­ clude a holy hour and rosary and begin arid end with Mass.

A coffee break will be .held at 10 p.m. All invited.

ST. ANNE, FR Girl Scouts will attend a spe­ cial Mass at 10 a.m. Sunday in observance of Girl Scout Sun'­ day.

Cheerleaders recently won first place in a regional contest, as well as a trophy for origin­ ality in ,their routines.

STONEHILL COLLEGE, N. EASTON Establishment of a college speakers' bureau has been an­ nounced. it 'will fill requests from organizations or news me­ dia for faculty or administra­ tion members to lecture or act .as consultants in any o.f a large number of fields. Information: Public Affairs Office, 238-1081, ext. 321. , The public is invited to a one­ woman sho,:\, to be presented at 8 p.m. Monday in the college's · Hemingway Theatre by Anna Manahan. award-winning Irish actress. Her program will con­ sist of excerpts from works by George Bernard Shaw, Sean O'Casey, James Joyce and other Irish playwrights.

VINCENTIANS, FALL RIVER DIOCESE

SEPARATED, DIVORCED Diocesan and national of~icers GREATER FALL RIVER of the Society of St. Vincent de . An area Support Group for Paul met last weekend at Hyan­ Separated, Divorced and Re­ nis to further plans for a na­ married Catholics will meet at tional Vincentian convention to 7 p.m. Tuesday; March 9, and be held in that town Sept. 22 to Wednesday, March 24, ·at Our 26. Officers and members' of Lady of Fatima Church hall, 530 Cape Cod Vincentianconfer­ ~ Gardners Neck Rd., Swansea. ences will meet Sunday after­ All welcome. Information: James noon, March 21, at St. Francis L. Lanczyck. 674-5202.

Xavier parish center, 'Hyannis.

SEPARATED, DIVORCED ST. NUCHAEL.SWANSEA GREATER NEW BEDFORD "Let Us Build the City of An area support group meets God" is the parish theme -for at 7:30 p.m. each Sunday at Our both Lent and Hs 60th anniver­ Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant St., sary. It is being symbolized by New Bedford. This Sunday Gail a display to be revealed little by Sylvia will facilitate discussion little during the Lenten season, on "Divorced Catholics: Who prepared by Mrs. Lucille May­ Are They?" 'Mass, fo.llowed by nard.

coffee and conversation, is Children will receive first scheduled for Ma.rch 14; Mar­ penance at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

garet Perry will lead discussion The Youth Groun will partici':' on "Catholics :and DivorcE!: Past, pate in stations of !the cross at Present and Future" on March 7 tonight. A meeting will follow 21; and the ~arch 28 topic will in the youth center. be "Dealing with the Emotional Pain of Divorce," with Donna Dorgan as facilitator. Reserva­ tions "or an annulment clinic led· at 10:30 a.m. ~each Saturday by Father Marc ,Bergeron may be made by callit;tg 996-8275.

CA1-uOLlC WOMAN'S CLUB.

NB A Mass for deceased members will be offered at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday at St. Lawrence Church on County Street. Pro­ fessor Earl J. Dias will address a meeting to follow at the Wam­ sutta Club.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, POCASSET St. Francis of the Cape frater­ nity will meet for Mass at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday at the parish cen­ ter. Talks on "Sowers of Light" will be delivered by Father Ed­ win Dirig, OFM, and JoAnn Reif, SFO. All welcome.

HOLY NAME, FR Catholic high school students eligible to receive the sacrament of confirmation will meet a,t 7 p.m. Wednesday in the school.

The sacrament will be adminis­ tered at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 28.

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Parents Wishing their children baptized at Easter are asked to contact Dora Sokoll, baptismal catechist. at 676-8626.

Holy Rosary sodalists will meet at 1:15 p.m. Sunday in the upper church.

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SACRED HEART. FR During Lent the' Blessed Sac­ rament will be exposed follow­ ing noon Mass each Monday. The adoration period will close with Benediction .at' '4:45 p.m. and Mass will follow at 5:15 p.m.

Confirmation, candidates will meet tomorrow~ Clover Club member and the choir will participate· in 8 a.m.

Mass Sunday and attend a fol­ lowing communion. breakfast.

OUR LADY. OF; GRACE, WESTPORT The Teen Club will meet at .6:30 p.m. SundCly in the church hall.

First communion candidates will receive first penance Satur­ da afternoon, Minch 13. Parents are urged to be present at the · service.

COUNCIL OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS The diocesan-wide group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Our · Lady's Haven. ·71 Center St., Fairhaven. All diocesan sisters are invited.·' The council will sponsor a day of prayer beginning at 9 a.m.

Saturday. March 27, at 800 Tucker Road, North Dartmouth.

Rev. Philip Kelly, CSC, will con­ duct the pro~ram, to end with a 4 p.m. liturgy. Lunch will be provided. Sisters wishing to as­ sist with music and those desir­ ing further information may call Sister Aileen, 99~-4561.

CHARISMATIC LEADERS Diocesan prayer group leaders and members are invited to a program beginning at 9 a.m. Sat­ urday, March 13, at St. John Baptist parish hall, 344 County St., New Bedford. Participants are asked to bring lunch. Berv­ erages will be provided.

ST.-PIUS X, S. YARMOUTH A Lenten Forum series of lec­ tures is being presented from 7:30 to 9 p.m. each Sunday of Lent. Sunday's discussion will cover Catholic Social Services and 'be presented by Jane Price of the Hyannis office of' Dioce­ ;an Social Services. .

Sister Lucille, SMSM, and her·. 'staff will explain Natural Fam­ ily Planning March 14; and Hos­ pital Ministry and Medical Eth­ ics will be the topic of Cape Cod Hospital Chaplain Father Thom­ as Lopes on March 21.

The series will conclude March 28 with a parish penance service.. .

ST. DOMINIC'S, SWANSEA Parish ministry representa­ tives will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 14, to elect members to the new parish council. It is hoped the council will be in operation by the end of April.

The education committee will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the education' office.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Stations of the cross are con­ ducted during Lent following Monday evening and Tuesday morning Masses. During Lent the parish prayer group will meet following the Monday night stations.

Vincentians will meet after 10 a.m. Mass Sunday. .

Altar boys will meet at 1 p.m.

Saturday.

BLESSED SACRAMENT,FR The Women's Guild will spon­ sor an open meeting at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday in the church hall.

Four speakers will discuss busi­ ness opportunities and careers for women.

Lenten activities include a daily Mass at 6:30 p.m. with the Wednesday Masses celebrated by visiting priests. Following . the Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Mass each week of March, visiting priests will discuss the sacraments of initiation.

Vespers and Benediction will be conducted at 3 p.m. each Sunday and a parish retreat will be held during Holy Week with Father Bertrand Demers, OMI, . as director.

ST. JOSEPH, NB Suffering, violence and death will be considered dur-ing a se­ ries of filmstrips to be shown each Friday of Lent following 7 p.m. Mass.

Healing Masses are 'held at 7 p.m. each Wednesday, followed

by prayer or Bible study.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH A penance service for first eommunion candidates and their 'Parents will be held at 7 p.m.

Monday.

ST. RITA, MARION Those wishing to partiCipate in the 'Holy Week choir are asked to' call Pat Mackensen, 748-2347.

A Parish Renewal Weekend is set for MaTch 27 and 28.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Parents of first communion candidates will meet at 10 a.m.

Saturday in the school naIl. An Easter concert is planned for 8 p.m. Thursday, April 1, in the church.

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DOMINICAN THIRD ORDER• FR St. Rose of Lima Chapter will . meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 12, at Dominican. Convent, 37 Park St. Mass will be followed

by Lenten reflections offered by Father Giles Dimock, OP.