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CCA head named David Hautanen is native Cape Codder The appointment of David L. Hautanen of West Yarmouth as 1989 Catholic Charities Appeal lay chairman was announced today

by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, CCA honorary chairman.

A native of Provincetown. the 1989 lay chairman is a member of St. Pius X parish, South Yarmouth, , and is controller of the Cape Cod Times.

After grad uating from Provincetown primary and secondary schools, Hautanen earned a degree in accounting at the, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

A convert to Catholicism, he is death of Christ on the cross, ih~ husband of the former Mary Ellen Curry of New Bedford, a all in the procession gather graduate of Holy Family grammar at St. Anne's life-size great and high schools in that city and of crucifix, now spotlighted. the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, from which she holds a At the 13th station, the degree in education. The couple nearly century-old corpus are the parents of two children, is gently taken from the David Jr. and Kathryn Eleanor. cross and laid on a bier as Hautanen is affiliated with the the moving "Jesus, rememInternational Newspaper Controllers Association. He has been a ber me when you come into senator and is a past president in your kingdom" is sung again the Jaycees International; past vice and ,again. president, Dennis-Yarmouth JayThen, in a dramatic and cees; and past chairman, New Bedford Jaycees. frighteningly realistic proHe serves on the personnel board cession, four men carry the of the Town of Yarmouth; is a past Turn to Page Two president of Dennis-Yarmouth High School Bank Parents' Club; and is a member of the Yarmouth bicentennial commission, Hautanen lived in New Bedford from 1966 to 1972 and was a member of St. James parish. He lacking" in bringing Christianity was formerly corporate accounto "every sphere" of American life. tant at Aerovox Inc. of New Bed"What is important is that chal- ford 'and assistant controller at lenges or even opposition to the Anderson-Little Co, of Fall River. saving truth which the church professes be met within the context of faith," the pope said.

Bishops need to be "faithful in handing on what we ourselves have received," the pope said - in their dealings with priests and Religious, in catechesis, in encouraging laity to take a proper role in the church's life and in "upholding the values of life and love in marriage and family life."

U.S. archbishops interviewed during their stay in Rome praised the four-day meeting for its openI).ess and candor.

Many of the U.S. church leaders emphasized the positive aspects of the speeches and discussion which took place in the Vatican's Old Synod Hall March 8-11. , "I think people back at home need to know" that much time was spent on the positive developments in the church in the United States, said CardinalJoseph L. Bernardin of Chicago.

Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York described the atmos-

Good Friday at St. Anne's

By Pat McGowan At 7 p.m. on Good Friday, for the 99th year, parishioners of St. Anne's Church, Fall River, will reenact in graphic detail the journey of Jesus to Calvary.

The huge church, always crowded to the doors for the event, will be in darkness except for the flickering candles of acolytes and a spotlight on each station of the cross as it is reached by the acolytes, a crossbearer and a priest or deacon.

At each station a verse.is sung of the traditional "Stabat Mater," a mournful meditation on Mary's grief at witnessing her Son's agony; appropriate, slides are shown on a screen at the high altar; the station itself is explained; and lectors read meditations written by Father John R. Foister, St. Anne's pastor, as if spoken by Mary and Jesus, and a litany of sorrow for the many sins for which Clfrist atoned.

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Evangelization Vatican topic VATICAN CITY (NC) - In "The talks were characterized one of the most wide-ranging and by candor, conviction and kindopen discussions ever held at the ness. It was not the bad schoolVatican, U.S. bishops and Vatican boys coming home to be disciofficials spent four days trying to plined by their fathers," Archfind the best approach to evangeli- bishop Pilarczyk said at a Vatican zation in a highly secularized U.S. press conference March II. society.

Cardinal Bernard F. Law of The March 8-11 meeting, which Boston said the meeting reprehad as its theme "Evangelization sented a "very significant" moment in the Context of Culture and in the life of the U.S. church and Society of the United States of he hoped it would lead to better America with Particular Empha- ' acceptance of church teachings by sis on the Role of the Bishop as U.S. Catholics.

Teacher of the Faith," was preThe pope, summing up the meetsided over almost continually by ing in a talk to the 35 bishops and Pope John Paul II. It covered such 25 curial participants March I I, practical issues as annulment pro- said that "difficulties will not be cedures, penance rites and family planning programs.

But the discussion generally gravitated around topics such as tension between the Christian faith ALL ARE invited to attend and Americans' idea of freedom. the Mass of the Chrism at 4 On that point, the need for bishops p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's to promote and protect church teachings was repeatedly stressed.

Cathedral. At this Mass, In the end, although "no specific chrism, a mixture of olive decisions were made, no plans oil and balsam used at bapwere laid and no structures set tism, confirmation and orup," the bishops felt confirmed in dination, is blessed by the their ministry, said Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, bishop for use in the diovice president of the National Concese throughout the year. ference of Catholic Bishops.

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MSGR. GOMES The lay chairman is active in St. Pius X parish as a special minister of the Eucharist. He is a past parish chairman of the Catholic Charities Appeal and past chairman of the parish Cub'Scout pack, The diocesan Appeal, now in its 48th year, serves Southeastern Massachusetts in the areas of charity, social services and education.

The 1989 Appeal will begin with a kickoff meeting at 8 p.m. April 19 at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, said Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan CCA director.

Special Gifts will be solicit'ed April 24 to May 6 and the parish phase will begin at noon May 7, when 20,650 volunteers will ask 115,000 diocesan families for support. The parish phase will end May-17.

DAVID L. HAUTANEN

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Unique book • pairs mayor, cardinal NEW YORK (NC)-In one of the most unusual events in U.S. publishing history, New York's Catholic cardinal and its Jewish mayor have produced ajoint book in which each presents his views on abortion, homosexuality, racism, needs of the poor and homeless, and other issues.

CardinalJohnJ.O'Connorand Mayor Edward l. Koch collaborated to produce "His Eminence and Hizzoner," published by William Morrow.

At a City Hall press conference Koch said he and the cardinal, each accompanied by a few associates, have a private dinner five or six times a year. It was at one of these, in 1987, Koch said that the cardinal proposed, " 'Ed, we should write a book together.' " "I was sort of flabbergasted," Koch said. But he agreed to the idea, and he said Cardinal O'Connor chose most of the topics.

When the project was first announced in 1987, it aroused special interest because the positions of the two men at times have been in sharp contradiction.

Shortly after coming to' New York in 1984, then-Archbishop O'Connor filed a legal suit, which he ultimately won, against Koch's executive order that required church as well as other agencies receiving city funds to promise equal employment for homosexuals.

Despite such conflicts, the cardinal and the mayor have made a point of showing friendship for each other. Koch went to Rome in 1985 for the consistory at which the archbishop received the cardinal's red hat. More recently, he joined the cardinal and others on a Marian pilgrimage to Ireland.

Asked to assess the cardinal's sections of the book, Koch, who is given to upbeat rhetoric, said they were "terrific. " In a chapter on racism and prejudice, Cardinal O'Connor discusses the question of Vatican relations with Israel and suggests Catholics "pray and work" for diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Israel.

The cardinal wrote, "I know that in the minds of many Jews formal diplomatic recognition by the Holy See would be the ultimate sign of the church's formal rejection of anti-Semitism."

"I raise the issue for another reason, as well. It is my personal conviction that, if the Holy See's concerns were' met and formal dipiomatic relations exchanged as a consequence, the potential for ·peace in the Middle East could be significantly enhanced."

Koch,_ while maintaining his frank disagreements with the cardinal on issues such as abortion and homosexuality, has many words of praise for him..

The mayor wrote that when major scandals were breaking around some key figures in city government, Cardinal O'Connor called to say, "I want you to know that you are in my prayers. I have full confidence in you as do the people of this city."

"The cardinal's call," Koch said, - "was the only one that I received from a religious spokesperson."

ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL HOLY WEEK SERVICES

t The Palm Sunday liturgy, to be celebrated at 4 p.m.

Saturday, March 18, will be offered by Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin. Concelebrants will be Rev. Horace J. Travassos and Rev. Michael K. McManus; liturgical deacon, Rev. Mr. Craig A. Pregana; deacon chaplains, Permanent Deacons James J. Meloni and Thomas F. Prevost. The Passion will be read by Father McManus, Christ; Beacon Pregana, narrator; Deacon Meloni, othc~r parts. Masters 'of ceremonies will be Msgr. John J. Oliveira and Rev. Richard G. Andrade.

At the Chrism Mass at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, Bishop Cronin will be celebrant with diocesan clergy as concelebrants; liturgical deacon, Deacon Pregana; deacon chaplains, Permanent Deacons Paul J. Macedo and James Marzelli J r.

Designated jubilarian concelebrants will be Rev. Rol.and Boule, Rev. Daniel Carey, Rev. John Carroll, Rev. John Murphy, Msgr. Maurice Sousa, Rev. Manuel . Andrltde.

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Rev. James Dalzell, Rev. Daniel Freitas, Rev. Joseph Oliveira, Rev. George Coleman, Msgr. Thomas Harrington.

Father Coleman and Msgr. Harrington will be bearers of the Oil of Chrism; Fathers David Andrade and George Bellenoit the Oil of the Sick; Fathers Richard Beaulieu and Robert Oliveira the Oil of Cat{~chumens.

. Msgr. Oliveira will be master or-ceremonies; assis- . tants will be Fathers McManus, Andrade and Jon-Paul Gallant.

Bishop Cronin will celebrate· the Holy Thursday liturgy at 7 p.m. March 23, with Fathers Travassos and McManus as concelebrants; liturgical deacon, Deacon Pregana; deacon chaplains, Permanent Deacons Manuel H. Camara Jr. and Robert G.L. Normandin. Msgr.

Oliveira and Father Andrade will be masters of ceremonies.

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On Good Friday, March 24, the Celebration ofthe Lord's Passion will be held at 3 p.m. Bishop Cronin will . . . preside and Father Travassos will be ~elebrant. Fathers McManus and Andrade will be chaplains to the bishop < and Deacon Pregana will be liturgical deacon. Father " Travassos will take the part of Christ at the reading of ,< the Passion, D~acon Pregana will be narrator and Father McManus will take the other parts. Msgr. Oli;veirawill be master of ceremonies. .

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Easter Mass will be telecast at 11 a.~.on W~N~, ·.f. .Channel 6, on Easter Sunday, March 26. Bishop Cron1O"'; will be celebrant with Fathers Travassos and Andrade; as concelebrants, Deacon Pregana as liturgical deacon ii and Permanent Deacons Antonio M. aaCruz and Robt~.rt A·faria a~ deacon chaplains. . . t;

GOOD FRIDAY AT ST. ANNE'S the corpus on St. Anne's Continued from Page One corpus down the center aisle great cross. of the packed chun::h, then . : The pastor also noted to the Lady Chapel behind the large part played in the the main altar.

Good Friday ceremony by Accompanying the bear- confirmation candidates, ers are confirmation can- who, in addition to particididates carrying on pinows pating in the procession, the nails, scourges, crown do most of the readings of thorns and other instru- involved in the lengthy servments of Christ's passion. ice and hold crosses for Each candidate is attended v~neration by the faithful. by four first communicants. , The annual Way of the Like the corpus, the instruCross is a beloved tradition ments of the passion will be at St. Anne's, attended by carried next Friday for the many nonparishioners. "I've 99th year. been coming since I was a The procession is followlittle girl," said. one wored to the Lady Chape1 by sniper: the entire congregation, .

Those attending for the each person anxious to venerate the slain Redeemer, first time this year will have now laid in a symbolic tomb. an unforgettable experience.

Until Pentecost Sunday, Photographs by Sister Gersaid Father FoIster, an Alleluia banner will replace trude Gaudette, OP.

After 40 years, Lithuanian bishops

Promoted to bishop of Telsiai was the diocese's administrator since 1982, Bishop Antanas Vaicius.

Bishop Juozas Preiksas, who currently administers the archdiocese of Kaunas and the diocese of Vilkaviskis, was transferrred to Panevezys as apostolic administrator.

Two new bishops were also named to administer dioceses: Father Juozas Matulaitis, presently a local pastor, was made apostolic administrator of Kaisiadorys, and Father Juozas Zemaitas was made ad ministrator of Vilkaviskis, where he has been a pastor.

A church official in Rome, who req uested anonymity, said the appointments are viewed as having"tremendous importance," showing that "perestroika," the current Soviet reform program, is work~ ing well in Lithuania.

The appointments followed a number of recent state conc-essions in Lithuania, the only soviet republic with a Catholic majority.

The Catholic Almanac estimates that about 80 percent of the 3.3 million population is Catholic. The Brooklyn-based Lithuanian Information Center says about 66 percent of Lithuanian Catholics practice their faith.

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Pope John Paul II appointed bishops in all six Lithuanian dioceses, a major step that restores church leadership in the Soviet republic for the first time in 40 years.

The appointments included three fully empowered bishops and three administrators, the Vatican announced March 10.

"The Holy See is satisfied and pleased that a reorganization of the hierarchy was possible in Lithuania, reflecting the longstanding desire of Catholics there," said press spokesman Joaquin NavarroValls.

Named as archbishop of Kaunas, one of the most populous Lithuanian dioceses and the site of the church's only seminary, was Cardinal Vincentas Siadkevicius, who had been an apostolic administrator in nearby Kaisiadorys.

Bishop Julijonas Steponavicius, who only three months ago was considered "impeded" by the government in his ministry, was named archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania's oldest diocese and its capital city.

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FATHER BERNIER with Bishop Cronin at the 1987 celebration of the IOOth anniversary of St. Mathieu's parish.

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Father Adrien Bernier The Mass of Christian Burial was offered Tuesday at St. Mathieu's Church, Fall River, for its retired pastor, Father Adrien' E. Bernier, 69, who died March 12.

Father Bernier retired last Sept.

30 for reasons of health and since that time St. Mathieu's has been served by Father John R. Foister as temporary administrator. Father Foister is pastor of St. Anne's parish, also in Fall River.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was principal celebrant of Tuesday's Mass and Father Foister was homilist.

A Fall River native, Father Bernier was the son of the late Oscar and Eva (Boucher) Bernier. He graduated from Blessed Sacrament School, Fall River, and after attending high school in Canada served in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II as a sergeant in the 631 st Tank Destroyer Battalion and as an interpreter for the Military Police and Civil Affairs Commission. Returning to Fall River, he held various jobs before deciding at age 30 to enter the priesthood.

After preparation at St. Pascal School of Delayed Vocations, Montreal, and at the School ofSt. Philip Neri in Boston, he completed his studies at St. John's Seminary, Brighton, and was ordained Feb. 2, 1957 by Bishop James L. Connolly.

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PRECEDED by Permanent Deacon John H. Schondek, Msgr. John J. Oliveira and Bishop Daniel A. Cronin begin the 37th annual Legion of Mary Acies ceremony at St. Mary's Cathedral. (Studio D photo)

Father Bernier was associate pastor at St. Michael's parish, Ocean Grove; Notre Dame and St. Mathieu, Fall River; and Sacred Heart and St. Anne, New Bedford.

He was appointed pastor of St. Mathieu's in 1975.

Coincidentally, another St. Mathieu's pastor also died on March 12. He was Father Aurelien Moreau, who died in 1961 after only three months in the parish.

In 1987, Father Bernier presided over the 100th anniversary of St. Mathieu's parish. The celebration included Ii Mass of thanksgiving and a banq uet. M usic for bot h was provided by the Allegro Glee Club, a well-known Fall River group organized at St. Mathieu's in 1947.

Father Bernier, one of 14 children, was described by Fall River Herald News columnist John J. McAvoy in a 1987 column as a "quiet, cultured, dedicated, understanding, kind priest."

McAvoy noted with amusement that as a boy Father Bernier was known as "John" to his family because he loved ham, called "jambon" in French, and always reminded his mother to include it on her grocery list. "The family nicknamed him 'jambon" which developed into John," explained McAvoy.

An outstanding event during Father Bernier's pastorate of St. Mathieu's was his changing of the skyline of the north end of Fall River when winter storms threatened to topple the church's twin steeples, then 60 feet high.

The new pastor, haunted by the thought of the steeples collapsing on nearby houses, lost no time in having them cut down to their present height of 12 feet. Since they are atop solid square towers, however, they remain very visible to motorists driving eastward on the Brightman Street bridge or on Highland Avenue, east of the church.

Father Bernier is survived by four sisters, Lucienne Holewka of Fall River; Betha Lagasse of Somerset; ida Matuk of Plainview, N. Y.; and Gertrude Roberts of Portsmo'uth, R.I.; by three ·brothers, Leo A. Bernier and Rodolphe Bernier, both of Somerset; and Ma.urice Bernier of Tiverton, R.I.; and by many nieces and nephews.

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One of the pressing Irish issues this St. Patrick's Day has little to do with the trouble in Northern hehind. Rather, it has to do with the Irish in America.

At the turn of the century, poor Irish fled from farms and famine to America, seeking food and fortune. They were labeled greenhorns, a derogatory term for second-class citizens.

Their descendants have come a long way from the peat bogs of Ireland. They rate among the top of the current social heap in terms of education, jobs and income. Their influence on all levels of American life has been enormous, although in some cases the rise in social status has not been without scars and hurt.

Quite apart from all this, there is another reality. that many, particularly among Irish-Americans, have ignored. In the post-Vietnam age, most people think that the only immigrants to America are either Orientals or wet backs from Mexico and Central America. Their color, language and race set them apart. They are, for all practical purposes, the new greenhorns.

This is not the case with new arrivals from the Emerald Isle.

To outward appearances they blend in with the -crowd. But they suffer a unique difficulty. To the law, most n~w Irish in America are illegal aliens and it is estimated that there are presently over 200,000 of them in the United States. Most are hidden, so to speak,under the blanket of their ancestors in major metropolitan areas such as Boston, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco. One priest in South Boston . believes that in that area alone there are about 12,000 new Irish, all illegal.

Like their predecessors, they are fleeing poverty. Ireland is becoming poorer in spite of the tourist industry. One of the largest unemployment rates in the Common Market and Europe's highest birthrate have produced a stagnant economy and a bankrupt government.

There is little to stay home for except the dole. But educated young people don't want handouts after being promised job opportunities. Sad as it is, they just cannot survive at home; and with its many ties to Ireland, America is the logical' place for them to seek a meaningful life.

However, this hope is blocked by 1965 changes in the immigration law which, by the way, were proposed by President Kennedy, whom the Irish thought one of their own. The changes were designed to end racial and ethnic discrimination against non-Europeans. What they did was make it impossible for Irish immigrants to be granted visas, creating a reverse discrimination which is causing many people to resort to illegalities they never dreamed would be part of their lives. . Considering this inequity, it's about time our government ended this discrimination. Irish-American influence should be harnessed to change the current U.S. immigration policy without, of course, infringing on gains made by other ethnic groups.

We who were born here should realize that we are the heirs, the sons and daughters of immigrants. We have benefited tremendously from this land and we must not be selfish. Others want the advantages we enjoy.

It is precisely this that makes America work. We are not a homogeneous land. We reflect the entire plane't. As a nation of immigrants, we are unique. This will continue to be our source of national strength and purpose in a truly free society.

If we pull but one thre~d from t~e tapestry that is America because of prejudice or partialit'y, we will harm it, possibly irrevocaly. Let's work for a solution to this plight. Let's free today's Irish immigrants from the shackles of fear.

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Antidotes for loneliness all have experienced the joy of

By Father Kevin J. Harrington Mother Teresa of Calcutta has having a friend who can sense our said that the greatest suffering in sorrow or loneliness 'and can come the world today is loneliness. Too to our rescue. We also. have expemany people feel abandoned, for- rienced times when in spite of our gotten, unwanted and rejected. Any friends' best efforts we remain inconparish priest can attest to the mul- solable. titude of lonely people eager to At such times it behooves the share their story of sadness with a lonely person to seek out those willing ear. Although loneliness who would seem to be the best can lead to a preoccupation with candidates for loneliness: the sick, oneself that is the true root of sad- the widowed, the orphaned, the ness, a surprising fact is that lone- separated and the divorced and try liness is not limited to people phys- to make them feel better. Involicallyalone, Many of the beautiful vement is the best antidote that I and talented are also lonely, e'ven can recommend for the lonely. as their admiring public crowds The second best antidote is laugharound them. We are only too .tel'. Lonely people sometimes seem familiar with stories of the rich the least lovable. Sometimes when and famous who seem to thrive a lonely person responds: "Don't upon applause yet suffer agonies ask!" when I query "How are of loneliness in their hotel suites you?" I simply say with a broad that no amount of drugs or alco- smile "But I have to ask - don't hol can obliterate. you remember that Jesus said ask Another surprising fact is that and you will receive?"

The response is usually either an loneliness is not always bad. On Good Friday Jesus expressed the amiable laugh or an unfriendly fullness of loneliness in his cry lecture, but either way the person from the cross: "My God, my God; is distracted. The ability to console why have you forsaken me?" Many the lonely person is directly related centuries later St. Augustine said: to the ability to distract him or her "M y heart is restless till it rests in from the preoccupying sorrow. thee."

As a general rule loneliness is Evidently some lonelines is de- not good and should if possible be signed to make us more willing to eliminated. Lonely people too often call out to God in our distress. Our take themselves too seriously. I Lord provided for people who remember a lonely seminary promay suffer just a little loneliness as fessor who responded harshly to a well as those who suffer a great question I asked in an effort to deal of loneliness. . bring some levity into a class where But a little loneliness should not • the professor never smiled. I'asked inoculate us against the crr of "If God is all powerful, why can't he laugh at a joke?" He condesthose who suffer a great deal. We

cendingly responded: "Of course' he pannot laugh at a joke, Kevin, he already knows all the punch lines'" Unfortunately, nowhere in the New Testament does it explicitly state that Jesus laughed or even for that matter smiled. But I am convinced that the author of the letter to the Hebrews was on tl}e right track when he wrote: "He had to become like his brothers in every way."

My picture of Jesus is that of one who smiled, laughed and enjoyed the company of little children.

In my opinion, the greatest proof that Jesus laughed and smiled was that the serious apostles were always upset when the children ran to him for a blessing.

I think there would be a lot fewer lonely people around if all of us could picture a God who smiles and laughs even at the children's silliest jokes and if we tried to do what Jesus asked and become like smiling and laughing children who enjoy each day as it comes.

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Easter and rebirth . A few years back I watched a television drama based on the true story of a woman who, because of an auto acci~ dent, lost a portion of her memory.

She retained the part that held cognitive skills like reading and writing, but she lost all memory of her previous personal life.

She did not know, nor would ever remember, her hU~band, children, parents, friends or childhood.

She was a blank slate at 35 and had to be introduced to those who were once near and dear to her.

She also lost all memory of the kind of person she had been, so as she attempted to reenter life, she became a different person. Her family, understandably, did not know how to respond.

They kept trying to get her to return to a self she didn't know. It was around this conflict the drama centered.

In a sense, this woman was reborn. Without memory, we are infants open to imprinting with new ideas and behaviors. But when one is an adult infant with husband, children, and home already in place, the imprinting is bewildering.

In an effort to get her to return to being her old self, her husband showed her home movies ofa family vacation where she was playing

with her young children at the seashore.

She watched pensively and then said, "She seems nice." Her husband reacted with anger because she didn't recognize herself or unblock, as he had hoped.

In another scene, she asked her mother, "Did we get along well?"

"Not as well as we do now," her mother replied. "We don't have all that old history getting in the

way."

I reflect on this today because Easter is a time of rebirth. With Jesus' resurrection, we were all reborn. Even the disciples who had spent so much time with him had to do away with their old ideas of what his kingdom meant. They came to understand his words after death .in a way entirely different from when they walked with him.

How often this happens to us in life. We go through constant stages of rebirth. When we are teens we don't understand our parents'feelings and behaviors but when we mature we do. When we are young marrieds, we don't grasp the significance of the painful growth that leads us to appreciate and cherish each other in later years.

Parents who have loved their adolescents through severe addictions speak poignantly of their recovery. "He's a new person," they will say.

Alcoholics speak of being reborn

Aiding immigrants Most people benefit from social connections of all kinds.

This is one of the ways the majority of people in the United States differ from recent immigrants.

Most of us have our own doctor and dentist, and often the companies we work for provide us with medical plans. We belong to a parish which gives us spiritual strength as well as social contacts. We belong to various organizations, we are familiar with the school system or the banking system and we have experience in dealing with public services.

All of this helps us to function well within society and to utilize society's resources.

But a high percentage of immigrants are marginalized, living on society's fringes and participating only in limited ways in the political, social, economic and even parish life of the nation. Lacking such social contacts, they suffer. Educational opportunities, health-care services and better living conditions are just some of the problem areas.

This is not new information.

How many TV documentaries have we viewed on t~is topic? But did we enter into the world of immigrants or did we simply gaze at it from the outside?

And even if we simply gazed from outside, how did we feel about the people we saw?

Were we untouched or even hostile, feeling perhaps that immigrants are a drag on the country.

Did we feel sympathetic but unmoved to do anything about it?

Those are questions that need to be asked repeatedly as we seek out strategies in the church for serving immigrants and relating well to them in church life. Today's immigrants are likely to constitute a

majority in the future V .S. church.

At the turn of this century, the church met the challenge of immigration. Now, facing the turn of another century, the challenge must be met again.

Gauge of success NEW HOPE, Minn. (NC) When they finished their 1986 pastoral letter on economic justice, the U.S. bishops said one gauge of success would be whether people talked about it in five years, said Ronald T. Krietemeyer, a former U.S. Catholic Conference official who was one of the document's authors. He spoke to members of the Economic Pastoral Breakfast Group at St. Joseph Church, New Hope, who two years after the document's approval in November 1986 not only are discussing the pastoral but trying to implement it in their lives.

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By DOLORES CURRAN

when they turn their lives over to a higher power. Couples who come perilously close to breaking up talk of a rebirth when they save their marriage. Crucial to rebirth is the ability to rethink or put away old history.

Once the alcoholic is recovering and has asked forgiveness, his or her loved ones must be able to forgive and forget. If, like the family of the injured woman, they expect him to remain his old self, he.will not be reborn successfully into sobriety.

If we truly believe in Christ's and our own resurrection, we will realize that God gives us lots of opportunities for rebirth before our final one into eternal life. As in the case of Jesus, most of these opportunities require a period of suffering.

But the joy of recovering alcoholics, drug-free addicts, reborn married couples and parents reunited with" estranged children gives us a tiny glimpse of the joy of life with God after death. Witnessing and experiencing such joy gives us the hope that Easter promises.

By FATHER EUGENE

Keeping holy the Sabbath Q. In a recent conversation with friends about attending Mass on Sunday, I reminded them of the commandment, "Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day."

I was told this had no reference to Mass on Sunday. I was always taught that the commandment meant attending Mass on Sunday and a mortal sin was committed if you did not. What is the church's explanation of the above commandment? (New York) A. While that commandment often has been quoted in catechisms, sometimes in ways almost certain to be misunderstood, it has nothing to do directly with our Christian observance of Sunday and attendance at Mass.

According to the writings of the Old Testament, this is 'one of the commandments given to Moses during the Exodus, somewhere around 1,200 years before Jesus.

Obviously it could not refer to our Mass.

While participation in the Eucharist, or "the breaking of the bread" as it was called then, was considered essential for Christians from the earliest decades of our faith, attendance at Sunday Mass did not become an actual church law in our present sense of the word until centuries later.

In addition, as you must know, Sabbath day for the Jews was the

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By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN ,eventh day ofthe week, Saturday.

Of course, observing a da'y of rest and prayer, particularly in celebrating the Eucharist, still is vital in our Christian tradition. It means something quite different for us, however, than it did for the people of Israel of the Old Testament.

Q. Your question and answer

in our Catholic paper about a nonCatholic groom receiving Communion at a marriage Mass gave me it chuckle. Thirty-five years ago I married a non-Catholic man.

We were not allowed past the altar rail (which in most churches is not there anymore), let alone to have a Mass.

Some of the wealthiest Catholic marriages performed by the bishop have not survived the duration of our marriage. Someone up there loves us. (Texas) A. Countless couples married some years ago would have similar stories. If one goes back a few years further in fact, an interfaith marriage was not allowed in the church at all. Such marriages were required to be in the rectory.

Your letter is another reminder of how far we have come in understanding the relationships we should have with each other.

HEMRICK

There is a role the church can play to aid immigrants who are seeking out the social, economic or spiritual resources of the nation.

The winning strategy for the church in the past was education, a strategy that can work again.

1t is a strategy that aids immigrants themselves. But it also aids longtime members of the V.S. church, who can benefit by becoming aware of the experience of others and learning to see through their eyes, to truly see, and not simply gaze passively in the manner of uninvolved, unmoved outsiders.

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THE U.S. BISHOPS pray with Pope John Paul II and Vatican officials shortly before beginning their meetings. (NCjUPI.,REUTER Photo) .

Evangelization Vatican topic Continued from Page One phere as one of "good will" in the hall, but added that he and other bishops spoke their mind. , "No one, it seems to me, felt any inhibition about saying anything at all in the presence of the Holy Father," he said.

On the high rate of annulments in U.S. church tribunals, which drew a special written intervention from Cardinal Achille Silvestrini . of the Apostolic Signature and a spirited defense from U.S. participants, Archbishops John R. Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis and Edward A. McCarthy of Miami said they felt the U.S. contingent had made its point.

Cardinal Bernardin said U.S.

bishops allocate more resources to their marriage tribunals than bishops in other countries do. The reason for this, he explained, is that it is a "high priority" and even a "form of f:vangelization."

Repeatl~d allusions in the'hall to the negative influence of "radical feminism" on U.S. church life drew further comment at the meeting's close.

Of. particular concern to the bishops was a radical religious feminism which sees the entire church structure as "one that has to be radically changed, if not done away with," said Cardinal Bernardin.

He said the RomaI) Curia as well as the U.S. bishops distin-

guish between Christian and radical feminisms, but said the Curia "may not face the reality of feminism as directly as we do on a dayto-day basis."

The author of an archdiocesan pastoral letter on women and the church, Archbishop Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles said the church' must involve "mainstream women" in its life.

"But many of us felt that the agenda" of radical feminists "is not an ecclesial agenda," he added.

But other concerns of women were quick to draw support. Altar girls, an issue that surfaced during the 1987 world Synod of Bishops' on the role of the laity, arose again during this meeting.

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Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law spoke up on the matter in the hall, declaring that altar girls would be' an appropriate development, Cardinal Bernardin said.

Summing up the bishops' arguments, Archbishop Mahony said the difficulty was explaining to "young girls that their mothers can be lectors but they cannot carry the cross or candlesticks."

"It's such a minor poirit," he added. "But if we don't deal with it, it will be a' constant irritant."

While Curia representatives spoke little during the sessions, differences sometimes surfaced within the U.S. delegation, particularly on the subject of the sacrament of reconciliation and general absolution, participants said.

Archbishop McCarthy said some bishops asked if general absolution services could be a means of reintroducing private confession and mentioned. the burden individual confession placed on dioceses short of priests.

But other U.S. bishops were quick to respond that in their experience general absolution services did not mean an increase in private confessions.

On U.s.-Curia relations, Archbishop McCarthy said one point raised in the haIl was that bishops needed to get Vatican documents sufficiently early to reild and digest them before they are made public.

Cardinal Bernardin said there are consultations between U.S. bishops and the Curia on sensitive topics, including a forthcoming statement on AIDS and a draft U.S. bishops' conference document on relations between theologians and bishops. He said U.S. representatives met with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith March 6-7 to discuss the draft document.

Last November, a last-minute letter from the congregation expressing reservations about the document forced it to be pulled from the agenda of the U.S. bishops' general meeting in Washington.

Reflecting on the large number of speeches and interventions heard in the hall, several bishops chose Cardinal O'Connor's for particular praise.

The speech by the New York archbishop was a "very profouno and at times brilliant analysis of the American situation," said Archbishop Eugene A. Marino of Atlanta.

Cardinal O'Connor's presentation, which dealt with the theme of the meeting, "The Role of the Bishop as Teacher of the Faith," will appear in full in next week's edition of The Anchor.

Overall, U.S. participants praised the meeting, with Archbishop Mahony calling it a "marvelous experience of collegiality" that "exceed.ed all hopes and dreams."

A bishop "must have the wisdom to distinguish between the essentials of the faith, which may demand definitive intervention on his part, and those matters which may be legitimately argued," said Cardinal Joseph L.. Bernardin of Chicago, in a summary statement issued at the end of the meeting.

Some bishops urged clarification of the role of the theologian, a subject of current study by the U.S. bishops' conference, said Cardinal Bernardin, who was a moderator of the meeting.

While Cardinal O'Connor made a strong call for a "countercultural" church in the United States, . other bishops noted that U.S. ideals

of freedom, plurality and compromise can also make the church stronger.

Archbishop John R. Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis said U.S. bishops explained that they compromise tactically on some matters when a full victory cannot be won - such as in supporting legislation to modify abortion laws.

'Afterward, Cardinal Ratzinger said that while he better understood how U.S. bishops view the issue, compromise should not be used "when truth is at stake just to JIlaintain peace."

As discussion moved to specific points, differences between the Vatican and U.S. representatives arose: 1

:- On use of the Tridentine Mass, Cardinal Eduardo Martinez S6malo, head of the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, urged that the indult bishops have for permitting the old rite's use be given a "generolisand broad"application locally.

The Americans replied that some groups are using the rite, replaced after the Second Vatican Council, to ~'turn back the c1ock"and undermi;ne the authority of local bishops. ~ U.S. Cardinal William W. Baum, head of the Vatican Congr~gation for Catholic Education, . stressed "positive thinking" in the vocations crisis.

While Catholic schools have reason for U.S. church vitality, there is room for improvemf;nt in areas of Catholic identity and formation of lay teachers, Cardinal Baum said. He said many people wonder whether churct)run colleges and universities are as Catholic as they once were.

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~ U.S. religious life was described as in "crisis." There were suggestions that bishops be open to Inew forms of consecrated life and keep close personal contacts with religious orders in their diocese.

According to Cardinal Bernardin's report, one particular issue "elicited much concern and discussion" - the role of the Leadershi~ Conference of Women Religious and its relationship to Consor,tium Perfectae Caritatis, a sepanite organization of women Religious who are opposed to what they consider improper reforms since the Second Vatican Council.

There was agreement that "someho\v a reconciliation must b'e brought about" between the two groups, Cardi'nal Bernardin said.

- U.S. Archbishop John P. Foley, who heads the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, suggested religious radio talk shows and inspirational television spots among other means of reaching the estimated 70 million "unchurched" and 15 million inactive American Catholics through U.S. media.

C:ardinal Szoka responded that air time is expensive and there are doubts that television really changes people's views.

Throughout the meeting, the pope listened intently and occasionally asked the U.S. speakers to go more slowly so the translators c0l.1ld keep up, according to those present.

Archbishop John L. May ofSt. Lo~is, president of the U.S. bishops,' conference, said in a closing toast at a meal hosted by the pope: "T~ese have been most encouraging days for us, and we hope that we have shown you once again our total cooperation and loyalty."

of the professionally-produced 12minute video were shown. The pastor said the film was "about where we've been, where we are and where we are going."

Parishioners interested in viewing either version of the video at home, he said, can obtain it through Mildred Almeida, 996-6950.

Daniel Fournier and Manuela Maciel are chairing and cochairing the project's fundraising committee and are now soliciting pledges and donations.

Building committee members, all individuals who are and have been involved in construction work, are Msgr. Mendonca's brother, George Mendonca, Vincent Fernandes, Joseph Ferro and Manuel V. Faria.

New' Bedford parish begins renovation project About 400 members of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, New Bedford, gathered last Sunday at the parish school auditorium for an enthusiastic kickoff of a $3 million renovation of the church interior.

Attendees were addressed by their pastor, Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, architect Owen F. Hackett of O.F. Hackett Jr. Associatesand Viggo Rambusch of New York <Oity's Rambusch Company, a church restoration firm that speciaii:ies in lighting, stained glass, woodwork and designing.

The Rambusch Company, Msgr.

Mendonca said, has renovated the interior of the U.S. Capitol dome. . t as a so one 19 tlRg wor at Providence's SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral.

Msgr. Mendonca said that Mt. Carmel's effort would see the church sanctuary restructured "to adapt it toa post-Vatican II liturgy" and the church brought into COmpliance with handicapped access and safety codes.

New lighting and carpeting will be installed, as will 120 new pews.

The church, which seats 900, has a membership ofapproximately 4,500 families, totaling about 16,000 individuals. .

An elevator for handicapped and aged parishioners will be installed in the rear of the church.

"We have over 100 nonagenarians and over 350 octogenarians in the parish," Msgr. Mendonca said.

Mt. Carmel's daily Mass chapel will be completely renovated. When finished, the Blessed Sacrament altar will be accessible both from

____Irlshdilemma MSGR.MENDONCA the chapel and the church. A glass wall, to separate the church from the chapel, will incorporate a twosided tabernacle.

The chapel will also include reconciliation rooms and shrines to Santo Christo, Our Lady of Fatima, St. Joseph and St. Peter.

The last-mentioned, Msgr. Mendonca said, was requested by members of the parish's large Portuguese fishing community.

The sacristy will also be renovated, the pastor added, and new toilet facilities will be installed in the church basement. Work, he said, is expected to begin this summer.

A kickoff highlight, Msgr. Mendonca, said, "was the premiere showing ofthe Mt. Carmel video."

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BOSTON (NC) - Almost unnoticed among the thousands of immigrants illegally entering the UnIted States are undocumented Irish looking for the opportunities that earlier generations of Irish found. As many as 150,000 undocumented Irish have come to the United States since 1980 and thousands more can be expected to enter illegally unless U.S. immigration policies are amended, said speakers at a recent Boston conference on "The New Irish Immigrant."

Unlike the turn-of-the-century wave of Irish immigrants, who were mostly unschooled people forced off the land by famine, today's wave includes well-educated, highly skilled young people who left Ireland because of a faltering economy, said an Irish history professor at University College in Dublin, Ireland.

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Music workshops, concert scheduled Noted liturgical musicians Christopher Walker and Marty Haugen will conduct workshops in the Fall River diocese in April and June.

Walker, a composer ofliturgical music at St. Thomas More Centre, London, England, will give presentations on the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults from 7 to 10 p.m. April 26 and 27 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, under sponsorship of the Pastoral Musicians of the Fall River diocese.

The workshop is for directors of music, clergy, deacons, choirs, liturgical commissions, directors of religious education, instrumentalists and all others involved with liturgy planning. .

Walker is presently music direc.tor of Clifton Cathedral in Bristol and of the diocese of Clifton, both in England. His compositions appear in American collections, including "Sing of the Lord's Goodness" and "We are Your People."

Information on the event is available from Nancy Smith, 6442077.

Haugen, who has recorded nine liturgical music collections, will offer a concert and workshop at St. John Neumann parish, East Freetown, the concert at 8 p.m.

June 16 and the workshop at 9 a.m. June 17.

Music ministry and ways of increasing one's effectiveness as a pastoral musician will be workshop topics.

Haugen, whose work includes -"Song of God Among Us," "Mass of Creation" and "Come and

Journey," will also introduce new music written by a variety of liturgical composers.

Information on Haugen's programs is available from Anne Marie Vigeant, 995-4287.

Diocesans Patrick and Denise Morency Gannon will offer a workshop on wedding music and copyrights at 7 p.m. June 4 at St. Anthony's Church, Mattapoisett.

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Holy Thursday: March 23

The Solemn Blessing of Palms will take place at the 4:00 P.M. Vigil Mass.

Palms will be distributed at all the weekend Masses.

7:00 P.M. Concelebration of the Lord's Supper.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will follow until midnight.

Moaday: MilI'ch 20

Good Friday: March 24

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Holy Saturday: March 25 7:00 P.M.

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Angry, and trying to work the converts against St. Patrick, the Druids demanded 'he prove that the Holy Trinity was in fact three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

St. Patrick was perplexed. How could he prove what was in fact a deep mystery offaith? God, in his majesty, provided the means for 51. Patrick's explanation. In the field nearby the saint spied the simple clover plant, the shamrock.

Plucking one, St. Patrick demanded of the pruid high priests whether he held one leaf, or three leaves. If they maintained it was one leaf then why were there three lobes of equal size? If they agreed it to be three leaves then why was there but one stem?

The high priests were stunned into silence. Through God's handiwork he had turned their argument on them. St. Patrick sent the . high priests away, demanding in turn, "If you cannot understand so simple a mystery as the shamrock, how can you hope to understand one so profound as the Holy Trinity?"

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WASHINGTON (NC) - TQP hat and tails made way for pillbox and knit coat when New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee elected a woman to lead the March 17 event for the first time in its history.

Dorothy Hayden Cudahy, grand marshal of the 228th parade, said she would lead the march down Fifth Avenue in style, dressed in an .Aran wool hat and fUll-length coat fashioned by Irish designer Mary O'Donnell of Dublin and New York. The grand marshal traditionally dresses in top hat and tails.

Mrs. Cudahy, who hosts an Irish .radio program onan New...Y_o.r.k..... station, said what she would wear was the biggest question after her selection by the parade committee.

Mrs. Cudahy told questioners, "Just tell them they'll all be proud of me."

Aran wool, named for the frequently misted islands off the west of Ireland, was chosen because it's water-resistant, said Mrs. Cudahy.

The year New York City Council President .Paul O'Dwyer led the parade in the 1960's, it rained all day, she said.

Under the classic creme-colored coat, which will have a stand-up collar and turned-up cuffs, she will wear a green wool dress, also designed by Ms. O'Donnell, said Mrs. Cudahy, a 66-year-old wife, mother and grandmother.

Mrs. Cudahy was a candidate four years in a row for the honor of leading the almost six-hour parade.

"I never stepped aside," she said.

Past parades were led by "fine men," she said. "Now it's time for a few fine women."

Mrs. Cudahy, whose parents' were born in Ireland, said "it was the women of Ireland who contribUted so much to this country."

- "They left Ireland when they were 17 and 18," came to America and married, she said. "It was they who kept the faith and passed it on, saw that the children went to Catholic grade schools and raised money to keep the schools going."

The Irish women were "strong, positive, faithful and optimistic," she said. "They were very loyal to America but they never forgot their motherland," Mrs. Cudahy expressed concern for the thousands of Irish illegal aliens living in New York and Boston who left Ireland because of its high unemployment. But she also expressed confidence that church efforts might help them.

Today's festivities are scheduled to begin with 9:30 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral. After that, marchers are to parade down Fifth Avenue, traditionally painted with a green stripe for the event.

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Irish primate Cardinal Tomas 0 Fiaich, archbishop. of Armagh; Archbishop Desmond Connell of Dublin; Archbishop Joseph Cassidy of Tuam, and Archbishop Dermot Clifford of Cashel said in a statement that 20 years of violence have failed completely to achie\'e a united Ireland. Instead,

they have led ,to distrust, suspicion and heartbreak, the statement added.

"We said it before, and we repeat it today: violence cannot be the way," the clmrchmen said. "There is only one way, that is the way of trust, of forgiveness and of reconciliation."

They said that 20 years of sectarian bloodshed had resulted in the deaths of 2,700 people and nearly 10 times as many had been injured.

Another 50,000 people had been driven from their homes in one of

the greatest forced movements of populations since World War II, they said.

Earlier, Bishop Cahal Daly of Down and Connor had criticized illegal extremist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland for killing innocent people.

"All their victims are innocent,~ he said. ' Also in Northern Ireland, two projects aimed at improving the economy of a heavily Catholic, high unemployment district of west Belfast are being boosted by grants

from an international fund with strong U.S. backing, said a priest promoting the projects.

Father Patrick McWilliams said the International Fund for Ireland, to which the U.S. government has contributed $120 million, is to grant $1.65 million towards building a town center and an economic development area projected to provide 110 permanent jobs. The project includes a supermarket, shops and offices, Father McWilliams said. Facilities for small industries are also part of the plan.

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Henry cooks from scratch

By Joseph Motta

The Slade Street dining room, which seats 28, is spotless. Silk When the Fall River Community Soup Kitchen opened its doors flowers adorn the tables and good in the Diocesan Department of smells waft in from the kitchen.

Urban describes his work as he Catholic Social Services building shows you around. "I love it," he at 783 Slade Street, Fall River, in January, 1983, Henry P. Urban says. "It keeps me from getting old and borin~."

Sr. was there to wash dishes.

Urban, retired from the ship. Wearing a cross over his chefs department of a local finishping apron, he's been washing, cooking, planning meals and having a ing company, is the father of three, all teachers, and a grandfather of great time ever since.

Urban, 73, a Fall River native two. His wife, Veronica F. Urban, and a member of the city's St. is among Slade Street volunteers.

-He tells you that "the cooking Patrick's parish, has been kitchen must be good" since many guests supervisor for the past three years.

The ecumenical facility, with have let him know that his meals locations both at Slade Street and are the best they eat.

He notes that he strives for vaat the Church of the Ascension at and balance. The day the riety 160 Rock Street, Fall River, was begun, Urban said, "to feed the Anchor visited, guests were enjoyhungry and give the lonely a bit of ing spaghetti and meatballs with fresh bread, fruit cocktail and cake. companionship. " Urban has a special fondness for It got its start with Sister Kathleen Murphy, OP, whose cousin, cooking soups from scratch. His the late Sister Eileen Murphy, specialty, he said, is "s'more soup," RSM, was involved with Provi- which contains a little bit of everythjng. dence's Amos House soup kitchen.

"It goes to taste," he said.

After visiting Amos House, Sister The Slade Street kitchen is well Kathleen decided that Fall River needed a similar project. After a' equipped, with a steam table, plenty of freezer space and a very-busyseries of meetings it had one.

The kitchen draws support from during-summer ice machine.

Volunteers include Helen Polak area businesses, fraternal groups ofSt. Stanislaus parish, Fall River, and individuals of all faiths.

Sister Kathleen is still on the who explains with a smile that she's been helping for four years kitchen's board of directors. ,Mayetta and Joseph Levasseur, because "you meet people. " Lillian and Claire Morissette, a Baptist couple, were for its first three years supervisors at the Slade sisters from St. Michael's parish, Street site. When they retired for Swansea, were retired office workhealth reasons Urban took the ers looking for enjoyable volunreins. The Slade Street kitchen is teer jobs when they saw a newsopen from II a.m. to 12:30 p.m. paper article about the soup kitTuesdays and Thursdays with chen. They signed up in a flash and Urban at the helm. Father William have been active for two-and-a.

W. Norton, pastor of St. Patrick's half years.

"You feel as though you're helpparish, is in charge on Saturdays during the school year, with a ing somebody," Lillian said. Her volunteer crew of parishioners and sister added that lending a volunstudents from Bishop Connolly teer hand offers the satisfaction of feeling needed.

High School, Fall River.

Catherine Walsh of nearby TivThe kitchen's Rock Street site, which serves 120 to 160 people on erton, R.I., was newly widowed Mondays and Fridays, is super- when the kitchen was in its infancy.

Her sister-in-law had heard of it vised by Helen Botelho.

The Slade Street site serveS about and suggested she become involved.

Mrs. Walsh has given one day a 80 guests of all ages each day it is week to the facility ever since. open.

Urban is at the kitchen at 8 a.m.

"You get so it's where you live," on serving days preparing meals shtl said. "It's a ritual." ud is 1>it..c.lUhere to pJaa,tm-;:en.~~,:'~Y-:OllQUl-'tbea.t th.em, "l)):ban other days.

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The kitchen welcomes food and other donations. Food may be left at the building and the mail address is Fall River Community Soup Kitchen, 783 Slade St., Fall River 02724.

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Irish limericks Condemning such capers, .

If Ireland is the land of saints And signs herself "Mother of and scholars, how come the limerThree." ick is the verse form so often And where but in Ireland could linked to the Emerald Isle?

It's such a simple rhyme, so easy you' find a mix of wit and religion to compose, its subject matter so like this,.also from Butler's collecoften bawdy or bodacious, that tion: A girl from Belfast name of Alice, surely St. Patrick would have Drew rude things on the Vatican deemed it at least undignified! palace.

Ireland's claim as the source of She said, "Now this deed, the limerick has its stoutest deCQmes from aesthetic need, fender in Tony Butler, whose And notfrom a Protestant malice." slender paperback, "Best Irish Occasionally a limerick departs Limericks," declares the verseform can be found as far back as the from the traditional a,a,b,b,a rhyme - but not far. Here's one I like: eighth century.

A party in old Ballyvaughan, "It later became the fashion to deny any Irish connection to the Went on 'til the night time was gaughan, limerick," Butler wrote in his inIn the coldness of daughan, troduction, "and both EncyclopeThey littered the laughan, dia Britannica and the Oxford English Dictionary rejected the Regretting the day they were . baughan. idea. Alas for their inadequate Limericks are popular with pasinvestigation - the limerick was Irish and got its name from the tors of Irish ancestry looking for Irish city if the circumstantial evi- .witty fillers to brighten up their parish bulletins. This one is from dence for the theory is accepted."

My _own belief that the limerick Msgr. F.J. Fleming's' downtown parish in Minneapolis: is a product of Ireland comes from She had pouted and protested, the lilt and rhythm of the form, its "Mr.!" outrageous rhyme and its surprise Because in the swing he had kr. ending, like an O. Henry short So out, of sheer spite story, in the last line, Here's one: On the very same night, . He went off and kr. sr.

There was a yqung rose of Tralee, Who let herself go on a spree: Most limericks have unknown Now she writes to the papers, authors, perhaps becausethey are

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By BERNARD CASSERLY plagiarized so otten to fit load circumstances. But famed poets and authors have written them too.

W.S. Gilbert ofOilbert and Sullivan did this: Ob. my name is John Wellington Wells, I'm a dealer in magic and spells, In blessings and curses, And ever-ruled purses, In prophecies, witches and knells.

I guess there will always be folks who object to mixing humor and religion - especially in a verse form that all too often was linked to drinking, wenching and worse.

The Rev. John Healey, Brooklyn Tablet columnist, addressed that problem a few years ago.

He did it in a limerick, ofcourse.

And it wasn't even St. Patrick's day. Here it is: That religion is always a gloomer, .

Is a most detestable rumor, For things that are serious Can give joy delirious.

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By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Dr. Kenny: We have three children and thought we had a wonderful life. Sadly, two years ago our 14-year-old daughter forced her grandfather to confess to his wife, son and me that he had sexually molested her since she was 7.

We returned home the next day with promises of therapy for the grandfather and promises of payment for therapy for my daughter.

Soon after, we found that my father-in-law discontinued therapy, and the payment for my daughter's treatment stopped as well. Presently, there is no contact at all.

My husband is frustrated and angry and probably guilt-ridden for his parents' actions. My daughter is filled with rage and hate and pretends her grandparents are dead.

I am caught in the middle. I cannot condemn too harshly without hurting my husband. I have to support my daughter and her feelings as well. She is the victim and indeed we are all victims now.

This has put tremendous strain on us as a family as we see no end in sight.

We have seen an attorney, and he feels we should sue for damages. What suggestions can you offer? So far, prayer is the only thing that has kept us from cracking up. - New York

You have the worst of both worlds. Not only has your fatherin-law backed off from his promises, but the family has been badly split and your daughter is still in pain.

Most states require sexual and physical abuse to be reported to the Welfare Department. If not the Welfare Department, then certainly to the police. A crime has been committed.

My strong suggestion would be to report this crime at once. Chiid sexual abuse involves an adult taking advantage of a child. It must be stopped not only for your daughter's sake, but for any other child your father-in-law may approach.

I feel sure that you refrained from reporting the crime in the mistaken hope that you could avoid harsh feelings within the family. If anything, matters are worse.

Most child abuse takes place in the family. This is why a special law for reporting was needed. If an outsider molests our children we have always been ready to bring that person to task. However saddened and fearful we feel, we must be prepared to report family members to.protect children.

The sexual abuse has gone on for seven years. This is no onetime mistake. It may well have happened with other children.

You tried what a good prosecu-

tor should do; bargain with your father-in-law for his therapy and some payment for counseling for your daughter. You failed because you lack clout. Your father-inola w would likely take a court order much more seriously, since his alternative would be prison.

By failing to report the sexual abuse, you allowed your father-inlaw to back off from his commitment. You also allowed relations in the family to become more unpleasant, not less.

Report the sexual abuse. Matters will be no worse for you and your daughter, and there will be increased pressure on your fatherin-law to behave.

For your daughter's sake, a good caseworker or police officer can videotape her statement at once.

Further, your attorney can ask for a deposition to be taken from your daughter, with your father-in-Iaw's attorney present. This way. your daughter may be finished with her part and able to get on with her life.

Thank you for raising a very unpleasant, but. all-too-common issue. Courage and good luck.

Reader questions on family living and child care to be answe.red in print are invited. Address questions to the Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

Parental leave, a concept for today

By Antoinette Bosco The U.S. Congress has a great opportunity to strengthen American families and I hope they take it.

Sen. Christopher Dodd, DConn., has reintroduced legislation, the Family and Medical Leave Act, to guarantee working parents up to 10 weeks of unpaid leave from their jobs to care for newborn, newly adopted or seriously ill children. This is the third time he has offered such legislation.

The Senate bill will also give employees up to 13 weeks of unpaid leave if they are incapacitated by a serious illness and cannot work.

Its aim is to provide "job protection during the two kinds of crises which can remove the primary breadwinner from the labor force and cripple a family's economic security," Dodd explained.

More than half of all mothers with infants under the age of I work outside the home. Thirtythree million American children live in "non-traditional" households. Dodd cited 29 million twoearner families and 8 million single~ parent families.

No parent should have to lose a job because a child is ill. But that is what often happens.

The proposed legislation is supported by the U.S. Catholic Conference, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Academy of Pediatrics and more than 150 other national children's family, health, labor and business organizations.

Businesses which already have parental leave policies in place have testified that it actually saves them money in reduced abs'enteeism, turnover and hiring and training costs.

In practice, I'm sure most parents won't take 10-13 weeks leave from their jobs regardless of the law.

How many people can afford to go a week without pay, let alone two

or three months? But at least they course I would take care of a sick won't lose their jobs in cases of child, I understood and respected emergency. . professional responsibilities. She Moreover, it is a step in the right would not hear it and simply threw direction. It makes a powerful me out. conceptual statement about the , There was and still is so much place ofjob and family in our lives. prejudice against single mothers in I recall a time 20 years ago, the job market. when, with six children to support, Among industrialized countries I went to an employment agency. in the world, only the United States After I filled out the application, and South Africa are without nathe interviewer glared at me and tional family'leave policies. asked, "You have six children? , Parental leave is an idea whose Why are you wasting my time? No time has come. Instead of being one will hire you. If your kids get pulled dragging and kicking into sick, you'll give them priority over the 21 st century, why not take an , enthusiastic leap forward right the job."

I tried to explain that while of now?

How I handle stage fright

By Hilda Young Studies prove that some bright children who understand the material they are studying nonetheless receive poor grades.

Why? They become nervous wrecks during tests.

The next studies should focus on the effects of requiring shy students to read aloud in class.

If you sense an autobiographical tone here, I must confess a slight recollection offaking several popular diseases of my era - typhoid, diphtheria, tuberculosis, malaria - on mornings it was our line's turn to read the' Bible verses in Sister Marie's fourth-grade class.

My mother obviously did not read the same magazines as I, since she could not distinguish malaria symptoms from oatmeal-induced nausea.

In retrospect, reading wasn't so much the problem as breathing.

By the time perfect Alice with the perfect ringlet curls in front of me had read her perfect verse three or four gallons of perfect adrenalin would be pumping through my system.

Thus intoxicated, my lungs would lose all sense of responsibility, sometimes working independently of one another, sometimes not working at all, sometimes filling simultaneously to the extent that my larynx behaved like a steam valve on a pressure cooker.

Practicing the night before did not help. The passage I had read fla wlessly two dozen times became as unfamiliar as the, 9s and II s on the multiplication table the instant Sister said "Please stand and read.", Words like "prayer" and "70 times 7" would become "player" and "seven knees in heaven."

Whereas this would' empty half the seats in the class as students fell laughing onto the floor, it rarely amused S,ister Monica Marie.

If it did, she disguised her mirth well by shaking her index finger in my face.

Yd, as I said, these are just faded recollections and the lasting effects undoubtedly minimal. . As a matter of fact, last night, when they asked me to read the minutes ofthe last home and school association meeting, I told them I'd be happy to if it weren't for my relaps~ ilJto malaria and typhoid.

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"We find this to be contrary to the position taken' by the 1984 International Conference on Population," said a statement made on behalf of the Holy See Mission by Auxiliary Bishop James T. McHugh of Newark.

"The 1984 conference was concerned with safeguarding the health of women and discouraging abortion as a method of family planning," added the statement.

Bishop McHugh's intervention to the V.N. Population Commission came in response to a report that the V.N. Fund for Population Activities, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, was providing funds for clinical testing of RV-486 and that it was expected to be especi~lly useful in developing countries.

RV-486, commonly taken in pill form, dislodges a fertilized egg from the womb. The drug, developed in France in the 1980s, reportedly causes side effects of nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

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"Thf: clinical testing carries with it SOffil~ danger to at least some women," he said. "This is especially the case in developing countries where it is difficult, if not impossible, to have appropriate medical histories and to carefully monitor the use of the drug."

As am observer at the United Nations, the Holy See does not vote, but has the right to participate in deliberatIons of the various V.N. units.

The V.N. Pop'ulation Com'mission was established in 1947 to advise the Economic and Social Council Since·1973, Bishop McHugh has represented the Holy See at biennial commission meetings.

He said that after his protest about funding the abortifacient research, V. N. officials publicly and privately gave assurances that they were interested only in research and would not promote abortion as a method of birth control.

1 nird World countries on the commission customarily take a different view of population questions from that of First World countries, the bishop said.

"Thf: Third World wants to put emphasis on development rather than population limitation," he said. "The First World, tends to look to population limitation first and to speak of [it] as a necessary component of a development plan."

In addition to the abortifacient protest, Bishop McHugh spoke to the commission on several other . issues, including concern for the elderly., "At present, the problem is more apparent in the developed nations, where there is often an absence of structures and services to meet their needs," he told the commission.

"Most nations have not adjusted their social policies to deal with the growing numbers of elderly people,," he said. "We hope they will not isolate the elderly, but . help families to provide for them in their homes." o

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The changes will introduce severallevels of control over the bank's operations, the Vatican said.

Archbishop Marcinkus, 67, who has headed the bank since 1970, when asked if he would leave the bank, told National Catholic News Service: "Not necessarily. But if there's no more presidency of the kind I hold, why hang around?"

He is in line to become president of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City-State. He has been its pro-president since 1981.

The new statutes foresee continual supervision of the bank, which many churchmen have urged since it became involved in a 1982 Italian baqking scandal. Known officially as the Institute for the Works of Religion, the bank serves primarily the Holy See and religious orders and organizations.

V nder the new statutes, an exist~ ing commission of five cardinals will 'lame a priest-secretary who will follow the bank's operations closely.

In addiuon, the commission will name a supervisory council of "five experts in economic and financial activities, selected from various countries," the statement said.

The council will name a director and vice-director to carry out the actual bank management upon approval of the cardinals' commission. Three auditors will also be appointed and will report to the supervisory council.

Archbishop Marcinkus has "indicated his willingness" to help in the transition, the statement said.

Vatican sources said it might take months before the statutes are implemented.

The archbishop called/the changes "radical" but said "there are a lot of things we suggested a long time ago that I'm happy to see." He added that he "might be involved in picking the people who will come in."

As for his own future, the archbishop said: "I have no plans for the future - I'll see what they have in mind."

A V .S. member of the cardinals' commission, Cardinal John Krol, retired archbishop of Philadelphia, said he would not be surprised to see Archbishop Marcinkus give up the bank position to devote more time to administering Vatican City.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Aux- i ference is to be a pastoral exteniliary bishops cannot be presidents i sion of the diocese. of national bishops' conferences· ! Only bishops have "direct, imor regional groupings that have :mediate and personal pastoral resome of the powers of a national :sponsibility for the section of the conference, says the Vatican.

Ipeople of God under their care," "You could say, without intend- :said Cardinal Castillo Lara. ing to offend, that they are second- , "The task of the auxiliary bishop class members" of bishops' con- !is to help," he added. ferences, said a three-sentence rul- I Even if an auxiliary bishop has ing written by Cardinal Rosalio ~ responsibility for a portion of the Castillo Lara, president ofthe Pon- ,diocese as a vicar general, he is still tifical Council for the Interpreta- :given that power by the bishop, tion of Legislative Texts. Council :said the cardinal. rulings have the force of church I "More than one head is not law. ipermissible, and because of th'is The ruling said auxiliary bishops collegial government in the strict cannot be elected as conference . ,sense is not conceivable" in a diopresidents nor to a post in which leese, he added. they would serve as acting presi- , Although canon law does not dent in the absence of the president. ,explicitly prohibit auxiliary bishops The ruling applies to all national from bei~g president, it establishes bishops' conferences and regional a two-tier membership system, he groupings within a nation that said, citing Canon 454, which says have been granted the powers of a :that auxiliary bishops do not have bishops' conference by the Vatican. :deliberative votes in bishops' conCanon law distinguishes between ;ferences unless so granted by conregional groupings granted pow- :ference statutes. ers by the Vatican and those that . i Church law also prohibits auxilare administrative divisions of a ,iary bishops from voting on the national conference. The V.S. bish- ~drawing up or modification of ops are divided by region for some :conference statutes. administrative purposes, but those I It is "illogical and, I would say, groups do not have canonical pow- ~incompatible to entrust to an auxers, so would not be covered by the ,iliary bishop the responsibility of heading the bishops' conference ruling. 'because he has never been a member Accompanying the brief ruling . was a five-page statement by Car- in full right," said Cardinal Casdinal Castillo Lara. It said auxil- itillo Lara. -:~-~~ iary bishops cannot be presidents I Betrayal because th~y do not head a diocese I "Great riches have sold more or equivalent jurisdictions and that 'men than they have nought." -Bathe function of the bishops' con- Icon I

THE BERN ARDINS: Chicago Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin and West African Cardi~al Bernardin Gantin, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, listen to questions at a news conference held during last we~k's meeting of U.S. bishops with the pope and Vatican offiCials. (NCj UPI-Reuter photo) I i

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DIOCESAN CHOIR Diocesan choir, which sings at events including ordinations and television Masses, welcomes new members; information: 998-5192.

DIVORCED AND SEPARATED, CAPE AND ISLANDS Ministry for Divorced and SeparatedCatholics of Cape Cod and the Islands meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, St. Francis Xavier parish center, Hyannis; reflection session presented by Father Phil Hamel; information: 771-4438; new members welcome.

APOSTOLATE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Easter Mass (signed and voice) 11:30 a.m. March 19, Queen of All Saints Chap.el of Christ the King parish, Cotuit/ Mashpee; Christ the King youth-group sponsored lasagne dinner follows, parish hall. Signed Masses 9:30 a.m. Sundays, SI. Ann Church, Raynham; 10 a.m. Sundays, St. Margaret's Church, Buzzard's Bay; all welcome.

EMMAUS/GALILEE Galilee reunions for Emmaus retreats 7 to 10 p.m. second Sundays.

Neumann Hall at Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown; April 9: "Easter and the Resurrection" theme with guest speaker Claire O'Toole and celebrant Father Joe Costa, commissioning of Emmaus 78 team. Emmaus 78 April 21 to 23; welcoming Mass 7 p.m.

April21, St. John Neumann Church; closing ceremony 7:30 p.m. April 23, Neumann Hall.

BIRTHRIGHT, NB Volunteers needed; information: Anne or Gordon Baker, 995-2905.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Mass in honor of SI. Joseph 7:30 a.m. tomorrow. Women's Guild scholarship applications available at parish school principal's office; information: 674-6771. Holy Rosary Sodality meeting I: 15 p.m. April 2, school auditorium. Free parenting workshop (topic: communications) with George and Kathy Wrobel begins 1:30 p.m.

April 2; parents who have or who will have children in the parish school welcome.

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR This week the hospital hosted 250 children from local schools for a Children and Hospital Week handson exhibition where the youngsters saw and learned about hospital equipment and toured the building. Participating youngsters also will engage in a drawing contest; the eight who best illustrate their St. Anne's experience will receive prizes.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, FR St. Clare fraternity meeting 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Rose Hawthrone Lathrop Home, Fall River.

DCCN SEMINAR "Dancing with Dragons" educational seminar sponsored by the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 8, St. John the Baptist Church hall, Westport; Myra L. Abelson, president of Abelson Associates, Newton, will present the workshop, on how to deal with difficult people; continuing education units available for nurses; all interested individuals welcome; registration deadline: March 31; information: Betty Novacek, 674-5741, ext. 2080.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Women's Guild dinner begins 6 p.m. tomorrow, SI. Theresa's hall, Sagamore; information: Catherine Currier, 888-0726. Penance service 7 p.m. Monday, Corpus Christi Church. Vincentians meeting 7 p.m.

Monday, rectory; ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, V.E., a friend of the parish's late pastor, Father William Farland, will confirm 33 parishioners at 7 tonight; immediately after the ceremony, he will help hang a portrait of Father Farland in the church hall's parish meeting room. Vincentians singing 1:45 p.m. Sunday, Taunton Nursing Home. Lentendevotions4 p.m. Sunday, church; includes modified Vespers service and meditation.presented

by Sister Beth Mahoney, CSc. Feast of SI. Joseph Mass 9 a.m. tomorrow. Calix group meets 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, CCD Center. Vincentians recently sent over 5000 Ibs. of clothing to Sister Barbara Walsh. S USC, a missionary in Appalachia.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Leaders of song needed; information: pastor Father Brian J. Harrington.672-1523. .

WIDOWED SUPPORT, CAPE COD Cape Cod Widowed Support Group meeting 3 p.m. Sunday, CCD Center next to St. Jude the Apostle Chapel. Cotuit; topic: "Making Change"; information: 428-7078. evenings.

ST. ANTHONY OFTHE DESERT, FR Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 8 p.m. HolyThursdayto 8 a.m.

Good Friday, SI. Sharbel Chapel; all welcome.

ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Altar boy's Holy Week preparation meeting II a.m. tomorrow. Poor Man's Supper 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. church hall.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Saints and Singers' Chorus Easter Cantata performance 4 p.m. Sunday, church.

ULTREYA, UPPER CAPE Meeting 7:30 tonight, St. John the Evangelist parish center, Pocasset.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON Cooking rice to benefit Taunton's Our Daily Bread soup kitchen will be collected at Masses March 25 and' 26. Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. March 28, church hall. Girl Scout Sunday celebration at 7 p.m.

Mass tomorrow.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Parishioners interested in serving on the parish council may contact one of the priests.

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR Parish school fourth grader Christopher Anctil was recently awarded third prize in a Computer Learning Month Storybook Contest; his work was selected from thousands of entries from across the country. CYO pool party at YMCA tomorrow.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Ladies of St. Anne Communion Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Mass March 19: meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, rectory meeting room. Cub Scouts' Parvull Dei religious award class meeting 6 p.m. Wednesdays, rectory. Day of Prayer Wednesdays with exposition after 8:30 a.m. Mass; rosary 6:30 p.m.; Benediction 7 p.m.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Exposition Wednesdays 7:30 a.m. t04 p.m. Benediction. chapel. Mass and prayer meeting 7 p.m. Thursdays. Choir practice 7 p.m. Wednesdays, parish center. N. Attleboro K of C to attend 8:30 a.m. Mass Sunday; communion breakfast follows, Smith St. council home.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Folk choir rehearses 7 p.m. Thursdays, sings at 8:30 a.m. Mass first and third Sundays. Parish choir rehearses 8 p.m. Thursdays, sings at 8:30 a.m.

Mass second and fourth Sundays.

Mass at Country Gardens Nursing Home, Swansea, 2 p.m. Wednesdays; rosary 6 p.m. Mondays. Rosary at church 6:40 a.m. weekdays. Mary, Queen of Peace prayer group Mass 7 p.m. Lenten Wednesdays. Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Healing service 2 p.m. Sunday, Jed by Father Andre Patenaude, MS; all welcome. Holy Week services: Solemn Mass of the Lord's Supper 6:30 p.m. Holy Thursday; dramatic presentation of the Passion 3 p.m. Good Friday; celebration of the Lord's Passion 6:30 p.m. same day; Easter Vigil Mass 6:30 p.m. Holy Saturday; confessions I to 5 p.m. through Holy Thursday.

Easter: sunrise service 5:30 a.m. includes Mass; celebration (participants will receive Easter eggs) for children up to age 10 and accompanied by an adult 2 p.m., cafeteria; Marian devotions 2 p.m.; Benediction 3 p.m. Information on all events: 222-5410.

CATHEDRAL, FR Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will bless palm branches at and celebrate the 4 p.m. Palm Sunday Vigil Mass. Providence College Alumni Association of Greater Fall River members will attend the 10 a.m. Palm Sunday Mass.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK 7 p.m. Mass Monday precedes 路RETIRED Long Island po- Women's Guild meeting. Adventure youth group general meeting 7:30 lice officer Tom Cook will p.m. March 27, parish center. give a presentation on Christ's O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Passion at 3 p.m. Good FriHigh School Youth Ministry and day at LaSalette Shrine, Attle- ' ECHO community meeting 6 p.m.

Sundays, parish center: all high boro .. schoolers welcome. Party for parish volunteers 7 p.m. tomorrow, center.

Parish council meeting 7:30 p.m.

SEPARATED AND DIVORCED, Tuesday, religious education center.

CAPE AND ISLANDS Minis,try for Separated and DivorST. PATRICK, WAREHAM ced Catholics of Cape Cod and the Youth Mass 10 a.m. Sunday;sevIslands meeting 7 p.m. Sunday. SI. enth graders will participate. Easter Francis Xavier parish center, Hyanegg hunt for children grade four and nis; includes reflection session with younger after 10 a.m. Mass Easter Father Phil Hamel; information: Sunday.

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NOTRE DAME, FR Allen and Theresa Givens are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. Parish mission Sunday through March 25; theme: "God Loves Me Unconditionally. Do I Believe It? Do I Allow Him To?" ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Couples' Club members will attend the 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. Parish Council Social Ministries Commission members needed; information: Joe Begnoche, 992-7371.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Family Group roller skating party tomorrow, Star Wheels, Seekonk; Easter Party and egg hunt 1:30 p.m.

March 25, parish center. Anointing of the Sick at Mass 10 a.m. tomorrow HOSPICE OUTREACH, FR Self-help series on grief 7 p.m. six consecutive Tuesdays beginning April 7, Clemence Hall at St. Anne's Hospital, 243 Forest Street, Fall River; open to all who have recently lost a loved one and are having trouble coping with their loss; sessions to explore aspects of grief and ways of coping; information and registration: 673-1589.

SACRED HEART, N. ATTLEBORO Vincentians' meeting after 8:30 a.m. Mass Sunday, rectory. Next planning session for new Women's Guild March 28.

CURSILLO ANNIVERSARY The 25th anniversary of the first Curillo retreat in the Fall River diocese will occur with the closing of Cursillo 142 in November; a year of events spiritual, social and informational is planned; on the drawing board are activities including a renewal weekend, a dinner dance and a day of study to enhance the awareness and commitment of Cursillistas.

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"This is where God wants me. "

Sister Mary Barbara Age: 36 Native of: Duluth, Minnesota Graduate: Bemidji State College, Bemidji, Minnesota Cum Laude: B.S., Business Education Prior Experience: Worked for Minnesota State Senate, Governor's Office and Treasurer's Office Outside Interests: Reading and politics.

"One becomes aware oftheir vocation when they question seriously what God wants them to do with their lives. He led me here, to a life ofpeace and joy. "

DOMINICAN SISTERS OF HAWTHORNE A religious community of Catholic women with seven modern nursing facilities in six states. Our one apostolate is to nurse incurable cancer patients. This work is a practical fulfillment of our faith.

The most important talent, highly prized by us, is the talent for sharing of yourself - your compassion, your cheerfulness, your faith - with those who h<;lve been made so vulnerable and dependent by this dread disease.

Not all of our sisters are nurses, but as part of our apostolate, all directly help in the care of the patieots.

If you think you have a religious vocation and would like to know more about our work and community life, why not plan to visit with us. We would be happy to share with you a day from our lives.

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By Charlie Martin

PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART

EVENING of Reflection participants included these young ladies .

Reflection session at Taunton parish

By Margaret Travis Religious Education Coordinator

discussion on the challenges of life and risk-taking.

All participated in a closing On Wednesday evening, March I, confirmation candidates at St. liturgy celebrated by Msgr. ThomJoseph parish, Taunton, and their as J. Harrington, St. Joseph's passponsors met for an evening of tor. Msgr. Harrington paused sevreflection. A video entitled "The eral times during the celebration Choice" was shown and discussion to give instructions on the parts of -the liturgy. During the offertory, followed.

Sponsors and candidates were "The Rose" was played and'stuasked to pair up with their chairs dents presented their teachback to back for a fun exercise, ers with red roses.

A rose was also presented to "Getting to Know You." Participants were asked to write down Lisa Kelly, who provided music their partners' eye color, shoe size, for the service.

The communion meditation was favorite TV show and favorite a slide presentation of confirmahobby. tion class activities, shown to the Another exercise involved a Bible SOllg "True Colors." passage on the call of Peter and

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What's on you~ mind?

Q•• have these friends who are fighting .• would like to help them, but if • do then • may have a .chance oflosing them. What should • do? (Maryland) A. The poor man of Assisi, St. Francis, gave us a prayer in which we ask the Lord that we might become instruments of God's peace.

And Jesus himself said a person is fortunate if she or he is a peacemaker.

So your instincts are headed in the right direction.

Yet peacemaking is sometimes a hazardous occupation, as you seem to understand. Yes, it's possible you will get hurt, or fail completely in attempting to reconcile your two friends.

But it doesn't follow that you shouldn't make any attempt to help the two of them get together.

By TOM LENNON

If you make your moves cautiously and gently, you may be able to help ease the tension somewhat and after a time bring about a renewed friendship. Here are a couple: of suggestions: Avoid saying things like, "Brian, you're all wrong about Jenny. She's really' an awfully nice person."

That probably would antagonize him.

Instead, try to be very specific in clearing up possible misunderstandings. Say something like, "Brian, Jenny had a bad cold last week and was all out of sorts. I wonder if that was the real reason she was short-tempered with you."

That won't clear up everything. but it will give Brian something to think about and may lead to a little bit of understanding.

Try to explain behavior and

Think of your fellow man Lend him a helping hand Put a little love in your heart You see it's getting late Please don't hesitate Put a little love in your heart And the world will be a better place And the world will be a better place For you and me you just wait and see Another day goes by .

And still the children cry Put a little love in your heart We want the world to know' We won't let. hatred grow Put a little love in your heart Take a good look around And in your looking down Put a little love in your heart I'm hoping you decide Kindness will be your guide Put a little love in your heart Recorded by Annie Lennox and AI Green. Written by Jackie De Shaimon, Randy Myers, Jimmie Holiday. (c) 1988, A & M Records Inc. THE JACKIE DE SHANNON original, "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," turned up as a remake in the 1988 film "Scrooged."

I doubt if 'Charles Dickens , ever imagined a Bill Murray version of his famous story, but Annie Lennox and AI Green give listeners a fine rendition of De Shannon's hit.

The song repeats what we all know: If we would fill our hearts with the power of love, what a

difference it would make in the world.

I like the song's emphasis on love being a decision. Often, we think of love as a feeling of warmth and concern for others.

Yedeelings can change quickly.

However, when we think of love as' a decision, we try to treat others, or even ourselves, with can" even though our moods or feelings fluctuate. Love as a decision, that is, as an act of the will,

places driving energy into the sbng's words, "We want the world to know we won't let hatred grow."

One way to open your heart is to expand your perspective. What you can envision mentally has a greater chance of happening. Ask yourself: What would occur in my life if I filled my heart with love?

Let me suggest some possibilities..

I First, you might see your attitUde toward yourself change. You would not compare yourself to others or put yourself down for the way you look or for what you have failed to achieve.

I Instead, you would feel good about yourself more frequently.

What would happen in your family? Maybe you would become ~n added force of healing for family pain.

Sometimes teens can be caught in situations that have nothing to do with their presence in the family: emotional distance, divorce. ; Teens alone cannot change such situations, but whatever love you display affects the family. Making an effort to be understanding and forgiving, and being respectful of others always makes a difference, even when one's caring cannot heal deeper problems.

When we focus love ·on the world level, the possibilities of change greatly expand. Maybe we would begin to see more clearly }Vhat Jesus talked about long ago.

He described a kingdom where hatred, greed and prejudice of any type diminish. This is a changed. world you can help create. , Can you make a decision for love?

Your comments are welcome illways. Address Charlie Martin, R.R. No.3, Box 182, Rockport, Ind. 47635.

Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River Five members of the Speech and Debate Team at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, qualified for the Massachusetts State Speech Finals during recent competition at Xaverian High School, Westwood.

Connolly will send a total of 12 . students to the state competition, to be held next month. suggest motives rather than accusing one of them and laying guilt on either or both.

Seek when possible to clear up misunderstandings in a tactful way.

If it turns out you're wrong in some instances, be ready to admit your mistake.

You also might once or twice express your regret to them separately that the three of you aren't having the good times together that you used to.

If you fail, don't by any means regard yourself as a failure. Reconciling two people who have had a serious falling out is one of the most difficult tasks a person can undertake.

It is well-nigh impossible to control other people, and it's never a good idea to try to do so. If one or both of these people refuse to bury the hatchet, you must accept t,hat reality and go about your life in peace.

But, god luck in your gentle attempt to help them.

Your questions are welcome.

Please address Tom Lennon, 1312 Mass. Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.

The recent qualifiers were seniors Cara O'Hare and Jason Vanderpool, who took first place finishes in the Westwood competition,junior Carla Berg, who scored a second place in play reading and was selected best novice in her category, and juniors Amy Benedetti and Rita Viveiros, who teamed up Jor a fourth place finish.

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Freshmen Heather Hague of Fall River won a silver medal for her second place finish at the recent Massachusetts State Figure Skating Competition in Newburyport.

A skater for four years, she is a member of the Skating Club of Southern New England. .

• • • • A blood drive, sponsored by the Connolly chapter of the National Honor Society in conjunction with .the Greater Fall· River Region of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Red Cross, will be held at the school from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday. Information and regis~ tration: 676-1071.

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Connolly principal Father Stephen Dawber, SJ, will make a special guest appearance in "The Mysterious Doors of lin," a production the Connolly Players will present tonight, tomorrow and Sunday.

The play, a musical fantasy; was written by faculty member Douglas Smith, alumnus David Rossetter and senior David Gasior.

The school's faculty and staff recently attended a daylong work,shop on substance abuse and suicide prevention. The session was coordinated by George Angelo, head of the Connolly Alcohol and IDrug Awareness Team and the 'school's Peer Training Program.

• • • • 28 seniors recently visited the ! Old Colony Correctional Facility,

Bridgewater, as part of "Project , Youth," a program offered by the correctional facility aimed at deterring poor behavioral patterns among young people which could eventui ally lead them to prison.

The students met with a panel of prisoners serving a variety of ; sentences. Three prisoners spoke of their personal backgrounds and the consequences their prison sentences have had for themselves and their families. There was a tou~ of the prison designed so that the students can, in the words of : prison officials, "smell, feel and actually taste (prison) environment . and its isolation." A question and ! answer period and a video presen, tation depicting an average day in the lives of two prisoners, a young I first-timer and an old recidivist, concluded the experience.

Since its 1964 inception "Pro: ject Youth" has reached out to well , over two million Massachusetts students. Connolly's Ted Pettine I and Robert Fontaine arranged Connolly's participation.

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By Christopher Carstens Maybe you'd like to save up for a car, or you may simply want more money for Guess jeans and Benetton shirts. For whatever reason, the allowance is not going far enough, and asking your folks for more money does not seem like a good plan. It's time to get a job.

Getting that first job requires real effort on your part. You need persistence because it may take several months. Here are some guidelines. .,...... Start humble. Lots of teens want their first job to pay $6 an hour and they don't want to fry burgers. But there aren't many high-paying jobs for teens, and they almost always go to kids with work experience.

Working fast food may not be as interesting as selling jewelry in a fancy boutique, but it is a place to start. Once you have a track record as a reliable employee, you will have a shot at those better jobs.

- Do not hang all your hopes on onejob. Weeks can pass between putting in an application at the Puppy Palace and finding out if you're going to be hired. Keep submitting new job applications until the day somebody hires you.

It does not hurt your reputation if an employer calls you for an interview and you already have another job.

- Remember the importance of first impressions. Employers who hire teens depend on them being neat, showing up on time, working hard and being easy to get along with. If you have no job experience, the employer cannot know if you meet these standards.

Since you have no track record, landing your first job depends on making a good first impression.

The truth is, most employers will . decide whether or not to hire you in the first minute of your interview.

That minute has to show off your best.

- Even before meeting you, the employer usually meets your application form. If it does not make a good first impression, you do not get an interview. Fill it out neatly and completely. Always use an erasable ball point pen and print if your handwriting is poor. Check your spelling carefully.

- Dress properly for the interview. Your clothing talks before you say a word. A good rule of thumb is to wear what you would wear to church. You do not have to be fancy, just neat and appropriate.

Above all, avoid clothes with holes or stains and T-shirts with rock band insignia. They t~ll a prospective employer that you're not serious about getting a job.

- Be on time for the interview.

The main complaint employers have about teen employees is that they are not punctual. Whatever you do, don't keep a prospective employer waiting even one minute - that is about the worst sort of first impression you can make.

- When you speak, look at the interviewer and speak clearly. Pay close attention to what the interviewer says. Answer qu~stions with full sentences, "Yes, I go to Madison High," instead of"Yeah."

Getting your first job can be tough, but if you follow these steps and focus on making a good first impression, it shouldn't be long before you're cashing a paycheck.

Dr. Carstens is a clinical psycho~ ogist in San Diego, Calif.

Vatican adviser HUNTINGTON, Ind. (NC) Father Owen F. Campion, associate publisher of Our Sunday Visitor, a national Catholic weekly based in Huntington, has been appointed by the Holy See as its adviser to the International Catholic Union of the Press.

mance and deflate their peers' antiSymbols following film revie~s social behavior. Poorly-made film indicate both general and Catholic includes much rough language Films Office ratings. which~d<;l not laced with sexual vulgarities. A3, always coincide, PGI3.

General ratings: G-suitable for gen~ral viewing; PG-13-parent.a) "Lean on Me" (Warner Bros.) guidance strongly suggested for chilFeel-good bio of controversial dren under 13; PG-parental guidPaterson, N.J., high school prinance suggested; R-restricted. un- ~ cipaIJoe Clark (Morgan Freeman) suitable for children or young teens. focuses on Clark's mission to clean Catholic ratings: AI-approved for lip his crime and graffiti-infested children and adults; A2-appr,oved 'trchool. Much rough language, for adults ana adolescents; A3some violence and a'flash of nudapproved for adults only; A4-sepai~y. A3, PG 13. rate 'cl~~~itication (given films not "Skin Deep" (Fox) A famous mordly offensive which. however. writer (John Ritter) suffers from requi~ some analysis and explanation);j'O--m,orally offensive. r alc.oh'o\.ism, writer's block and an Catholic ratings for television I .;"bsessive need to bed every nubile movies are those of the movie house' female who crosses his path. Generates laughs from sexually titillatversiOns of the films. " , ing material. Romanticizes an in_ - . ........._ ..............---..............~ .., .cautious lust for sex and alcohol. . .f..S ome nudity and much profanity.

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New Films "Bert Rigby, You're a Fool" (Warner Bros.) Clumsy rags-toriches musical-comedy fable showcasing the talents of British songand-dance man Robert Lindsay.

Some rough language and brief nudity. A3, R. "Drea~ a Little Dream" (Vestron) Through dream telepathy, a loving, eccentric middle-aged couple (Jason Robards and Piper Laurie) and a young, deadbeat couple (Corey Feldman and Meredith Salenger) swap psyches. The teenagers shape up, redirect their adolescent anger into a sweet ro-

Our Lady of Lourdes Katie Boyd, a second grader at Our Lady of Lourdes School, Taunton, was the recipient of a third place prize in a Scholastic Lucky Book Contest. To win the stuffed animal Oliver, star of the recent Disney movie, Katie drew a picture in answer to the question "Oliver the kitten is lost in the big city, and he needs a home. Would he like to live in your home?"

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Films on TV Tuesday, March 28, 9-11 p.m.

EST (CBS) - "Wildcats" (1986) - Goldie Hawn stars in this failed comedy about a woman coach of an inner':city high school football team. Excessive amounts of streetwise profanity, brief nudity and a scene involving simulated fornication. 0, R. Wednesday, March 29,9-11 p.m.

EST (CBS) - "Stroker Ace"(1983) - Race car driver (Burt Reynolds) wants to break his contract repre-

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St. Jean Baptiste Fall River's St. Jean Baptiste School has presented certificates to February Students ofthe Month.

The kindergarten through grade eight winners were Alisha Camara, Lauren Lafrance, Scott Pacheco, Steve Aguiar, Melissa Tooley, Jennifer Raposa, Erica Pacheco, Karen Vieira and David Dore.

Students kindergarten through grade three were recently entertained by Dominican Friar Deacon Denis Giles Theroux, the son of kindergarten teacher Lorraine Theroux.

Deacon Theroux, of the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C., presented a program about God and the church incorporating his puppets, Button the Clown and Maybel the Moo Cow.

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SCIENCE FAIR winners at Dominican Academy, Fall River; proudly display their trophies. With scien~e teacher Denise Kochanski, the winners are, from left, Melame Arruda, second place, allergies; Amanda Carvalho,. fir~t place: hyd~o­ ponies (growing plants without soil); and Momca Sylvla, thud place, comparison of effectiveness of laundry detergents.

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