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VOL. 28, NO. 13

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Oncology project

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Groundbreaking ceremonies for a state-of-the-art Oncologyl Radiation Therapy Center will be held at 2 p m. today at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River.

When completed, the facility will house the most advanced radiation therapy equipment available for the treatment of cancer and will be unduplicated in the nation at the community hospital level. .

Participating in the ceremonies will be Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Sister Dorothy Ruggiero, OP, hospital president; Alan Q. Knight, hospital executive direc­ tor; and Barbara Sullivan. ad­ ministrative assistant to Mayor Carlton Viveiros, representing the city of Fall River.

Center equipment will include a rotational linear accelerator, which delivers a high-speed, ac­ curately directed photon beam current to cancerous cells in an effort to destroy them. Hospital officials note that the beam's accuracy permits a body area being treated to receive maxi­ mum dosage with minimum ex­ posure of normal tissue.

Only one other U S. hospital

currently has such a linear ac­ celerator in use.

Also state-of-the-art is a. treat­ ment simulator which provi4es diagnostic X-rays, . computes treatment plans and rehearses suitable treatment techniques.

Since 1954 Cancer care has been offered at St. Anne's Hospital since 1954, when orthovoltage equipment was in use, replaced in 1966 by a cobalt therapy unit, which was replaced in its turn in 1977, when an earlier generation linear ac­ celerator was acquired.

Even before, in 1975, the hos­ pital established a regional on~ cology program affiliated with Boston University Medical Cen­ ter. This innovative program, .Jater duplicated at other Massa­ chusetts community hospitalsj provided area cancer patients with sophisticated care close to home.

At present the program serves patients in a. region extending west to Providence, east to Cape Cod, north to Brockton and south to Newport.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) Pope John Paul II defended the indissolubility of marriage and consecrated the world to the Blessed Virgin Mary at a Holy Year celebration for families March 25.

After an outdoor Mass in St. Peter's Square attended by 150,000 people, the pope prayed that Mary would help the world avoid the "incalculable self­ destruction" of nuclear war.

During the Mass, Pope John Paul stressed the importance of remaining faithful to one's mar­ riage, and said married love is meant to be prolonged by pro­ creation.

At the end of the Mass, the pope consecrated the world to Mary as he knelt before a statue of Our. Lady from the marian shrine in Fatima, Portugal, which had been enshrined be­ side the altar.

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Boston's new archbishop at his installation Mass

visit to Fatima to thank Mary for his recuperation from gun­ Archbishop. Law scores shot wounds suffered in 1981.

During the Mass, several couples presented the pope with gifts. Among them were John and Mary Welch of Chicago, mem­ bers of the lay Catholic Focolare Movement.

By C. M. Buckley In the afternoon, the pope met 9,000 people in the Paul VI audience hall to continue the BOSTON (NC) - Newly in­ Holy Year celebration, which tailed Archbishop aernard F. Law of Boston declared March 23 was marked by testimonies from that abortion is the "primordial families and a ballet interpreta­ darkness" c1oudil,lg society's tion of significant moments in the life of Christ. . -.. ability to effectively deal with such major problems as hunger, Also on the program was a injustice and the threat of nu­ 30-minute play written by .the clear war. pope while he was archbishop Archbishop Law laced the of Cracow. Titled "The Mystery of Fatherhood," it examined the. homily at his installation with fatherhood of God through the . references to light and dark.

"To be the light shining in the eyes of two youths.

World Peace? darkness, we must name the With regard to the pope's con­ darkness," he sa.id "The dark­ secration ')f the world to Mary, ness must be named whether it to Page Two

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In confronting abortion, "we individual conscience. in the paralysis of materialism, in the must speak the truth in love," excess of sensuality, or in the he added. "Like Jesus, our pur­ consequence of sinful decisions, pose .is not to condemn but in hunger, poverty, discrimina­ • rather to persuade, to call to conversion." tion, war, abortion."

Attending the installation Discussing abortion, he add­ ceremony in Holy Cross Cathe­ ed: "This, I bel~eve, is the pri­ mordial darkness of our time. dral were some 2,300 persons, This is the cloud that shrouds including Archbishop Pio Laghi, apostolic delegate in the United the conscience of our world.

"Having made our peace with States, seven carllinals, 130 the death of the most innocent bishops and archbishops, and among us," he continued, "it is about 300 priests and deacons.

Archbishop Laghi three days small wonder that we are so in­ effective in dealing with hunger, later was named apostolic pro­ nuncio to the United States· in dealing with injustice, in deal­ Episcopal Bishop John B. Co­ ing with the threat of nuclear Turn to Page Two war."

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Naming the darkness .

Continued from page one burn of Massachusetts .Ied more than 80 Protestant, orthodox Christian and Jewish represen­ tatives. Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heck­ ler, a former Republican con· gresswoman from Massachu­

setts, headed the contingent of federal, state ana civic officials.

To his colleagues from other Christian churches, Archbishop Law said that the welcome pres­ ence of brothers and sisters in Christ with whom we share the suffering of Christian division calls forth my pledge to pray, to dialogue and to work in the quest for that deeper communion which is God's will."

He also said he was "hearten­ ed by the presence of represen­

tatives of the Jewish community.

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seeks ever-new expression.

"I speak as both greeting and an urgent prayer that hallowed word: shalom," he added. .The white-haired 52-year-old archbishop, believed to be the first Harvard graduate tQ head a U S. Catholic diocese, took can­ onical possession of the Boston archdiocese at a vespers service a day earlier for priests, deacons and their wives and seminarians.

Archbishop Law, who succeed­ ed the late Cardinal Humberto \ Medeiros, who died last Septem­ \ ber, disclosed long-range plans ! for convening an archdiocesan synod, reestablishment ,of the priests' senate as a "presbyterial cO),lOcil" and promotion of 'an archdiocesan pastoral council and parish councils.

In his vespers homily, Arch­ bishop L!lw told the clergy that "from the national disgrace of abortion to the scandal of world hunger to the spector of nu­ clear warfare, I expect you to stand with me in giving voice to the church's authentic teaching and legitimate concern."

The homily prompted several ovations at the vespers service.

At an informal reception after­ ward, Archbishop Law thanked the clergy for their action and , confided, "The anxiety that caused me to wake at 3 o'clock this morning dissipated once I got here." "...-;:-~-. ~4~~ A third installation celebration ARCHBISHOP LAW. elevates host at consecration of his installation Mass (top) and was held at Holy Cross Cathe­ greets well-wishers as he leaves Holy Cross Cath~dral. (Pilot Photos by Pat Garrity) dral' for women Religiousc.March

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Marriage. defended, Continued from page one a retired Worcester priest re­ cently declared that conversion of Russia and an era of world . peace may: occur if all' bishops join in the consecration.

A'ssumptionist Father Joseph A. Pelletier, Ii former adminis­ trator at Assump~on College, Worcester, said he believes such a cODSElCration, would fulfill a formula for salvation revealed to SistElr I,.ucia dos Santos in !929 by Our Lady of Fatima.

Sister Lucia was one of the three ~ortuguese children to whom Mary appeared beginning

Father Pelletier said that in in 1917. She is now a cloistered Carmelite sister in Coimbra, October 1942, Pope Pius XII con­ Portugal. secrated the world, including ­ • According to Father Pelletier, Russia, ,to Mary.

Mary in 1929 t9lli Sister Lucia In 1982; Pope John Paul visit­ that if the world followed a for­ ed Fatima and again consecrated mula she set forth,there .would the world to Mary, this time in be no punishment. However: if spiritual union' with the bishops the world ignored her message, of the world. . there would be a world,war.

On, neither occasion, however, The formula conveyed required ,did the bishops join the -pope, the pope, in union with aU bish­ Father Pelletier said. ,If they ops, to 'Consecrate the world, and now 'do; he added, I believe the especially Russia, to her Immacu­ formula will have been satisfied late Heart, Father Pelletier said. and Mary wiU keep her word."

Then, Mary promised, Russia 'But~;he noted prudently, it would be converted and there would be peace. would not, happen overnight.

At a reception later, Domini­ can Sister Claire McGowan, re­ gional coordinator of the Leader­ ship Conferen<:e of Women Re­ ligious, referred to the women's ordination issue.

"Like Sarah of the Old Testa­ ment, many of us conceived new life in our corporate old age, a vision of a church in which wo­ men ?ke our place as full part­ ner in all of the church's minis­ tries, in all of the church's de­ cisions, in all of' the church's life," Sister McGowan said.

Archbishop Law answered that he came "as one sent in the power and ministry of Christ . . . to teach, to minister, to work with you willingly. What we can do we shall do," he said, "but there should be ~o false expectations."

He said he believes. in the "fundamental equality we have as children of God." However, he said, "at the sam.e. time, the tradition of the church is not mere biologism but rather ari expression of Christ's will for the church."

Nonetheless, he promised to

help overcome discrimination in '

society. "I know we have failed to grasp the vision in the church of men and women who are new creations in Christ, that equality that grants that we together are images of God," he said. "I will work with you to eradicate that discrimination from society and to make present your ministry and talents in all areas of church ministry."

Archbishop Law in Fall River

Since Archbishop Law's ar­ rival in Boston he has visited the graves of most of his predeces­ sors.

On Wednesday morning he came to St. Patrick's Cemetery in Fall River to visit the simple family plot where Cardinal Med­ eiros is interred and where some 200 people, led by Bishop Danie!

A. Cronin, had gathered to await his arrival.

There the archbishop greeted members of the' cardinal's fam­ ily and spoke of the cardinal's warmth to him as a young bishop.

"If the cardinal were here," he concluded, "I know he'd say 'Bishop Bernie, you should pray."

So let's do that now.'"

After leading prayers at the gravesite Archbishop Law join­ ed the priests in attendance in singing the Salve Regina, a tra­ ditional Latin hymn asking Mary's intercession at the time of death.

He then shook hands with all present, posing for pictures with several youngsters. Urging young Philip Silvia of Holy Name par­ ish, Fall River, to look at the ,photographers instead of at him, the archbishop said, "Your mother will never forgive me if we don't get a good' picture."

As the prelate started to leave the, cemetery, he was handed two roses. He turned back to Cardinal Medeiros' grave, laid them upon it and knelt for a final prayer. .At an impromptu news con­ ference, he was queried as to his attitude on abortion.

"It's not just a Catholic but a civil rights issue,"he declared.

The archbishop and the priests who' accompanied him from Boston lunched with Bishop Cronin at the ,bishop's residenc;e.

On his return trip to Boston Archbishop Law stopped at the Catholic Memorial Home in Fall River to greet retired Bishops James L. Connolly and James J. Gerrard.

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pro,nunCIO WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope John Paul II on March 26 made Archbishop Pio Laghi the first papal ambassador, or pronuncio, to the United States in 117 years.

A suave, self-effacing 32-year veteran of the papal diplomatic service, Archbishop Laghi has been in the United States since 1980 as apostolic delegate, or papal liaison with the U.S. Cath­ olic Church.

His appointment as pronuncio came three weeks after the U.S. Senate confirmed William A. Wilson as the first modem-day U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. Because of the U.S. position as the superpower of the West, Archbishop Laghi's new post is potentially one of the most sig­ nificant and powerful in the pa­ pal diplomatic corps, which mediates church positions on peace, justice 'and human rights with more than 100 governments around the world.

He will also continue as the Holy See's permanent observer to the Washington-based Organ­ ization of American States.

Archbishop Laghi, 61, was born in Castiglione, a small town in north-central Italy. Ordained. a priest in 1946, he joined the papal diplomatic corps in 1952.

After a brief service in the papal nunciature in Nicaragua, in 1954 he began seven years as a staff aide at. the apostolic dele­ gation jn.~,Washington". serving under Ar~bishop Amle~Q Ciog­ nani and Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzl.

Subsequent assignments saw him in India, Rome, Jerusalem and Argentina before he return­ ed to the United States three years ago.

In this country he has partici­ pated in practically all ordina­ tions of new bishops and is often a' speaker at national meetings of major Catholic or­ ganization's.

At a February press confer­ ence, Archbishop .Laglii told re­ porters that his appointment as' official Vatican representative to the U.S. government would not mean a great change In his 'work.

"Before, when bringing mess­ ages from the pope, I used to go through the' back door," he·said.

"Now I will ge~ in through the front door. I wUl also wear a better suit,"

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CRS helps millions The American Bishops' Over­ seas Appeal will be held this weekend in the Fall River dio­ cese. The annual national col­ lection supports efforts of Cath­ olic Relief Services, Migration and Refugee Services, the Holy Father's Relief Program, and the Offiee of International Justice and Peace. .

However, Catholic Relief Ser­ vices, the overseas relief and dey:eJopm~nt ~gency of the Am­ erican Catholic Church, is the princip~l :ben~fi~iiuy' .6f., the bish­ ops' collection.,'·. . ' . '.

In Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, CRS sponsors self-help development programs affecting the Uves of millions. , One of these millions is 12­ year-old Luis Romero of El Sal­ vador, an innocent victim of the civil war which has .plagued his country for more than five years.

Before fighting erupted, Luis and his family were day laborers on a large cotton plantation. The war disrupted their fragile sub­ sistence Uves. Luis attended school for only one year ·before the fighting caused the school to close. His mother became a ser­ vant for a wealthy family in the capital city of San Salvador and soon after his father was kilied in the fighting. .Luis, his grandmother and two brothers fled to a camp for dis­ placed persons but when rumors spread in the camp . that young ,

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boys were being "recruited" as

soldiers, friends arranged for Luis to live at Ciudad de -los Ninos _ City of Children, a home for war-orphaned children run by Salesian Fathers.

Ciudad de los Ninos has been witt!, shoemaking, provided tailoring, carpentry and welding workshops through a $36,000 grant from eRS to purchase tools and equipment.

There Luis. has a secure, car-, ing environmeht._, iO Which to, learn and grow. Over 70'percent of .Father Rossi's recent graduates have fq!Jnd. jobs so Luis has hope that he will be able to pro­ vide for his family when he

leaves.

eRS sponsors similar training

programs for Salvadorans and

Guatemalans in Honduran refu­

gee camps. The agency is also

assisting Lebanese war victims

and those struggling through a

drought and civil war in East

Africa.

In more than 70 countries

around the world, CRS sponsors

ongoing projects in nutrition,

clean water, leadership training

and agriculture projects to as­

sist Third World people to at;

tain lives of greater justice, hope

and dignity.

All this is made possible by

the generous support of Ameri­

can Catholics of the Bishops'

Overseas Appeal. .

A Portrait

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always a portrait of, himself and

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Samuel WASHINGTON (NC) ""7 Presi­ . dent Reagan will meet Pope John Butl~r Paul II in Fairbanks, Alaska, May.2, when one, is traveling to and the. other from the Far East, the White House has confirmed.

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A Holy Year program for youth and young adults (16 and over) will be held Sunday, April I, at St. Mary's School, New Bedford.

Beginning at 2:30 p.m. it will conclude about 6 p.m. with cele· bration of the Eucharist.

This afternoon is sponsored and coordinated by the Diocesan

Department of Education in con­ jUI1ction with various retreat movements in the diocese, in­ ,eluding Emmaus, TEC, GIIT (from St. Anne's parish, Fall River), ECHO and ECHO of Cape Cod. Music for the pro· gram will be directed by Rene Lepage.

The afternoon will begin with an audiovisual reflection on Christ's redemptive death and his resurrection composed and

directed by members of the GIIT program. This will be fol­ lowed by a candlelight penance service at which priests repre­ senting the various retreat pro­ grams will be available for cele­ bration of the sacrament of pen­ ance.

Anyone 16 or over is weleome to participate in Sunday's pro­ -gram, which has been planned as an opportunity for those in­ volved in youth retreats to cele­ brate their oneness in the Lord as the whole church commem­ orates the 1,950th year of re­ demption.

Further information on the day is available at the diocesan Catholic Education Center, tel.

678-2828. '

Over 300 to malie pilgrimage Between 300 and 350 Boy and portunity of receiving the sacra­

Girl Scouts and members of ment of penance at St. Anne's,

Camp Fire groups, with their the last church on the pilgrim­

leaders, will participate in a age. A 1:30 p.m. lunch break will Holy Year pilgrimage from 11 . be held at St. Stanislaus Church. a.m. to 6:15 p.m. tomorrow in . Priests participating in the Fall River. day will be Father Martin Buote, Beginning at St. Mary's Ca­ diocesan direcltor of Catholic thedral, .the youngsters will walk Scouting; Father Norman Buote, to St. Louis, St. Stanislaus and in charge of pilgrimage arrange­ St. Anne's -churches for a tour . ments; and Fathers Herbert Nich­ of each church' and a talk on its ols, Jon-Paul Gallant, John J. Oliveira, ,Ste~hen Fernandes, histqry" followed by a medita­ Kaszynski, William . tion on a1l:' aspect of .the Passion Robert Baker and John foIster, all to or .Resurrection of Christ.

Participants will have the op- speak at pilgrimage churches.

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The Revolution at Hand As our nation moves into the waning years of the

century, it is obvious that we' are on' the threshold of a 'new industrial revolution. ' , For those with only traditional labor skills, the outlook is grim. Workers depending on: labor unions to keep their '.jobs for them have found themselveS in unemployment. lines. Plagued with limited vision and internal strife, the, unions have 'not been able to maintain their membership. , Union off~cials have for too long refused to recognize :radical changes in the rieeds of employers. ConsequeI)tly,' many men and :wpmen possessed of only traditional skills ' have been replaced by computers and ro~ots. Their natural reaction has been one of anger .and frustration. No union leaders even warned them of such 'developments, never .' mind helped them to seek' alternative careers.'

There can be little surprise at the ·general public's loss of confidence in unions, given their inability 'and/or refusal to be effective catalysts in today's 'job .revolution.

Yet it .would be ,unfair to blame all the difficulties of the job mark~t and, its paucity of _.tr~ined technicians, on union lack of ,forethought. The world of education should also be, held responsible for its in,ability to foresee . the dramatic changes in needed skills and techniques.

Plagued with in-house philosophical disputes, politic~l pressures, lack of direction and inadequate structures, much of America~ educatio~ can be compared to the proverbial dog chasing its own·'tail.

The general decline in discipline among pupils, parents and teachers alike has made a shambles of many school systems. As a result, many so-called graduates have been totally unprepared to enter today's highly skilled and competitive job market. Many stu<ients c~nnotevenread: \ and write on the'level.demanded by employ~rs. Many kno,ck on doors but very, few are .chosen.

The high-tech industrial revolution forces us to be realistic about what is taking place. We cannot and must not pour new wine into old skins. Today's market is forcing all segments of labor and education to retool, renew and refurbish their goals and objectives.

The emerging job market will demand new skills.

Among capabilities e.xvected to be needed in the years ahead are those in the fields of biotechnology, fiber op~ics, the health professions and telecommunications.

Laser technology is about to take a massive leap, plastics have gained credibility once more, the medical field will encompass many new skills.

Man is ready to exploit the commercial possibilities of space, the computer is only scratching the surface of its potential and communications are about to leave Earth!

And if. ypu feel that these areas are too esoteric, just remember that people will be needed to install and repair all this new technology. Manual labor is becoming less and less needed. Shirt and tie-and the three piece suit are fast becoming the working man's uniform.

We should all become aware of what is going on in the marketplace, attempt to overcome our personal fears and support every effort to train and educate for the future which indeed is with us now.

Any other attitude is a disservice to today's worfd and the people who must live in it.

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By Father Kevin J. Harrington Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, archbishop of Chicago and chair­ man of the bishops' pro-life com­ mittee was a center of contro­ versy after a widely-noted ad­ dress in December at Fordham University. He argued for "link­ age:' for a consistent ethic of life on questions ranging from abortion to nuclear war.

Certainly, if the bishops', moral teachings are to have an impact, consistency is crucial. However, many pro-lifers believe strongly in . the value of nuclear deter­ ence. ·The bishops' pastoral letter on the nuclear i,ssue is far more open to nuance and interpreta­ tion than is the church's pro­ hibition on abortion. The fact that other episcopal conferences such as those of West Germany and France are much more com­ fortable with the presence of a nuclear deterrent and far more concerned with a conventional Soviet invasion than is the U.S. conference is a clear indicator that there is great room for differences. In v)ew of Europe's long and bloody history, the .Jast ·40 years of' a peace bought at the price of the threat of war can still be seen as a "pax Americana. tt In the case of church teach­ ing on abortion, however, there is no room for deviation. No episcopal conference in any cor­

ner of the world questions the argued by those who believe that clear teachings of Pope John is is not better to be Red than dead: the first assumption would Paul on this issue. And the link­ age argument' has the potential be that the Soviet Union 'is try­ to wreak, havoc on the pro-life ing to bring about the enslave­ ment of people through system­ movement.

The majority of pro-life acti-. atic denial of human rights, in­ cluding the inalienable right of vists see little connection be­ freedom to worship. Many Eu­ tween the taking of innocent hu­ man life in a nuclear war and ropeans as well as Americans share this assumption which.. is the killing of the innocent un­ born. But there is a middle course not altogether based upon fan­ tasy. • which would serve both the Am­ .erican bishops and those pro­ Further, ,let us suppose that lifers who share President Rea­ Russian command centers aim gan's views on the need of a nuclear warheads at innocent strong defense. civilians. Such an attack would ·Cardinal Bernardin's IOS1S­ not only threaten innocent lives tence upon consistency need not but could bring enslavement of be compromised. The middle future generations deprived of course is consistent and straight­ knowledge of God and of his ·forward. It uses the principle of love for humanity., double effect, which is that· an With such thoughts in mind, action can be done which 'direct­ could not a "nuclear attack upon ly produces both a good effect . Soviet nerve' centers be consid­ and an evil effect. However, this ered an action akin to that of action must not be in itself evil treating a pregnant woman de­ nor 'must the evil effect be in­ spite putting at risk the inno­ tended. Also, the good effect cent life within her? must flow directly from the ac­ With the intention of bring­ tion and there must be sufficient , ing about the good effect of pro­ reason to justify such an action. tecting the innocent in the pres­ With reference to abortion, it has always been the church's ent and for generations to come, teaching that medical treatment does not the unintended evil ef­ aimed at preserving the life of a fect, of killing innocent Soviet pregnant woman is permissible, civilians become permissible? even when such treatment Consistency and credibility are threatens the tife of an innocent indeed partners. All who re­ embryo or fetus. spect life should' be -linked by a With reference to nuclear war, bond of love to protect that life the following scenario may be at all stages.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., March 30, 1984

Family Night

God's

OJ\. weekly at-home progralil for fainilies

sponsored hy the Dloeesan Offlee of Falllily Ministry

OPENING PRAYER Dearest Lord, keep us faithful tQ our Lenten sacrifices and help each of us to grow 1n holiness as Easter approaches. Bless our Family Night this evening and help us to be loving and open to one another.

LESSON Young Family and Middle Years Family The Pretzel Story: the pretzel has a deep spiritual meaning for Lent. It has been used in Lent for over 1500 years. The pretzel is made in the shape of the cross­ ed arms, for in those days the people crossed their arms over their breasts while praying. The breads were called "little arms."

Later the Germanic people coin­ ed the term "pretzel" which we use today. Bake:

SOFT PRETZELS 1 cake yeast dissolved into

lightly greased cookie sheets. Brush pretzel with 1 beaten egg.- Sprinkle with coarse salt. Bake immedi­ 'ately at 425 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. (For hard pretzels, use only 114 cups water and add 14 cup melt­ ed butter. Make pretzels smaller and bake until brown. These keep well over a period of days.)

PRETZEL PRAYER: We beg you, 0 Lord, to bless these breads which are to remind us that Lent is a sacred season of penance and prayer. For this very reason, the early Christians started the custom of making these breads in the form of arms crossed in prayer. Thus they kept the holy purpose of Lent 'alive in their hearts from day to day, and increased in their souls the love of Christ, even unto death, if necessary. Grant us, we pray, that we, too, may \be

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We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. (Taken from: Pret­ zels for God, St. Francis Xavier Church, Phoenix, Arizona.)

Adult Family Materials: Bible, paper, pen.

Read aloud Ephesians 5:8-14, pause, share thoughts and feel­ ings; read' John 9:1-41 or the shortened version John 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38. Together make up a list of ways the family lives in the light.

SNACK Pretzels and a beverage.

ENTERTAINMENT (optional)

SHARING Each shares a struggle he had during the past week, each shares a high point and a moment he felt especially close to some par­ ticular person in the family.

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-Scripture: John 8:12.

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Gluttony

Gluttony. What does the word conjure up? Litter on a movie theatre floor? Nero's banquets? One who never stops eating?

When tve talked about the sin of gluttony in catechism classes of old, it always seemed to be tied into' food. Yet, the word embraces a much broader mean­ ing. We talk about a glut on the market or remark, "He's a glut­ ton for punishment."

In the family, gluttony show up in many shapes. I invite fami­ lies to take this little test to­ gether and talk about ways the sin of gluttony evidences itself in their family life.

1. Do we consistently use .food as entertainment and pleasure rather than sustenance? 2. Do we stop for a fast food fix two hours before dinner and then pick at the food prepared for us at home? 3. Do we demand separate dishes at mealtime whep we dislike what is being served? 4. Do we feel cheated if we miss our 6 p.m. cocktail?

5. Do we practice telephone gluttony, unhappy if somebody else wants to use the phone? 6.

Do we practice TV gluttony, in­ sisting that we have a right to watch anything at any time we want? 7. What about closet glut­ tony? Are our closts full but we swear we have nothing to wear?

8. And what about sposts

gluttony? Are we miserable if we miss a televised game because of a family or church activity?

9. Are we gluttonous talkers, monopolizing every conversa­ tion? 10. Can we share the care with others in the family or do we feel deprived y/ithout one?

11. Do we always have a soft drink or a cup of coffee in our hands? 12. Are we a glutton for cleanliness and order, re­ fusing to allow others to be com­ fortably homey? 13. 06 we hog the bathroom?

14. Do we refuse to share our clothing, bikes, books or toys with others in the family? 15.

Do we rebel over a meal of left­ overs? 16. In what other ways do we see ourselves as gluttons?

Gluttony in any of these forms can disrupt harmonious family life. Excessive accumulation leads to clutter and a constant desire for more, whether it's brand labels or uneaten food. Ex­ cessive possession leads to self­ ishness and an unwillingness to share, trait inherent in the very meaning of family. Excessive self-indulgence leads to self-love rather than love of others.

Gluttony, as we see by this' little test, is very much a prob­ lem in today's families. We are manipulated by the media and societal pressure to buy, accumu­ late, hoard, and collect, even though we do not need more. We are told we will be happier if °

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This takes a terrible toll on Christian family life because the very values we espouse as Chris­ tian are opposed to gluttonous living. Families who attempt to live a Christian simplicity teach self-control - in food, clothing, records, sex and entertainment.

They don't believe a teen has to attend every rock concert or a parent see every televised game to be happy and fulfilled.

They don't demand perfect meals and a full larder every day. They don't equate indulgence with satisfaction.

This family can be considered a counterculture family in a so· ciety that values upward mobil­ ity in economic terms and prizes a flourishing consumer economy is implied if we're satisfied with few goods.

That's why it's so hard to practice Christian values in our society. It takes strongly com­ mUted parents and children to be different, to be Christian. Yet such families are a sign to the rest of us and should be con· sidered among our national treas­ ures.

three answers There is a saying in my set: "Be careful what you pray for because God might give it to you." I heard that many times over the years be­ fore I appreciated the wis­ dom of it. Today I've come to understand it to mean that I should give a lot of calm con­ sideration to any request to God. "Be correct in your judgment qf what pleases the Lord," as St. Paul put it so well. Is what I want really what God wants? I should be sure the answer is yes before I ask God .lor anything.

We were talking about prayer in the church basement the other night, and I heard another good one-liner. The guy talking was a very interesting character, by the way. He was tall, slim and had a heavy beard. He had a very good sense of humor. Be· fore I tell you his one-liner about prayer, let me pass along a little story he told on himself.

"I wanted to go to a big meet­ ing in New Orleans in 1980," he said, "so I called my parole officer in Brooklyn and asked if it would be okay. He said he would call the authorities in New Orleans, and let me know what they said. I once had a spot of trouble with the police there.

My parole officer called me back the next day and told me, 'I just spoke with New Orleans, and they told me that if you so much as set foot in the state of Louisi­ ana they will throw you in with the crocodiles.' " As the guy went on he spoke about how his life had changed, about how he had ,been trans­ formed spiritually over the past half dozen years, about the deep and unshakable faith God had given him so graciously, about the retreats he regularly makes to rededicate himself to trying to do God's will in every aspect of his daily life. He spoke about the importance of prayer.

"Prayer is essential to my lif~." he said. "Concentration comes hard, but I keep at it."

Then came his great one-liner: "There are three answers that God gives 'to my prayers ­ 'Yes,' 'Not yet' or 'I've got some°

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thing better for' you.' " Yes. Not yet. I've got some· thing better for you.

I could identify with his ex­ perftence. God has given me those answers, too. I've prayed for a certain thing to take place in my life, and God said yes right away. I've prayed for something to take place, and God let me say the prayer for five or six years before coming through.

I 'began asking God to release me from my compulsion to smoke cigarettes in about 1971, and God did it in 1977. He didn't want me to think He was a push· over, I guess.

My throat was raw and my nerves were ruined when God answered that prayer, He made me beg. Humility was good for me.

I've prayed for other things. and I can't even remember what they were, so I guess I got some· thing better from God. Prayer is one of the reasqns why spiritual living is such a fascinating journey. I guess prayer is The reason, in fact.

Communication with God is the basis of spiritual living, and com­ munication with God is prayer.

Anything I might say ~bout prayer probably seems aWfully obvious to many of you. Many of you, no doubt have prayed fruitfully under good spiritual direction for many years. I cer­ tainly can't tell you anything you don't already know on the topic. .

But I share these observations for the benefit of beginners in spirituality like me and my friend the ex-convict who, only a few years ago, was unwelcome in whole states like Louisiana, but whom the Lord welcomed.

God is good.

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Rt. Rev. George C. Maxwell.

Pastor, 1953, 55. Peter & Paul.

Fall River April 1 Rev. George A. Lewin, Pastor, 1958, 81. Mary, Hebronville Rev. Edwin J. Loew, Pastor, 1974, St. Joseph, Woods Hole April 2 Rev. Adolph Banach, O.F.M. Conv. Pastor, 1961, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, New Bedford Rev. Donald Belanger, Pastor, 1976, 51. Stephen, Attleboro April 6 Rev. Msgr. John A. Chippen­ dale, Retired Pastor, 1977, St. Patrick, Wareham Rev. Lorenzo Morais, Retired Pastor, 1980, St. George, West­ .port

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FALL RIVER AREA supporters of Birthright met at a recent- banquet marking the 10th anniversary of the preg­ nancy aid organization in that section of the diocese.

Seated, Father Thomas Rita, diocesan director of pro-life activities; Marcella J. Warrener, Birthright board vice­ chairperson; standing, Diane Lambert, board chairperson; June Partridge, a founding member of the Fall River chapter.

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Layman named to NiCCB .. U8CC post WASHINGTON (NC) -- For the first time, a layman has been named an associate general 'sec­ retary at the National Confer­ ence of Catholic Bishops' and U.S. Catholic' Conference.

Francis X. Doyle, an' NCCB· ~SCC staff member for 13 years, most recently as director of fin­ ance and administration at the bishops' conferences, was named associate general secretary, ef­ fective April 1.

Also nanied associate general secretary was Father Robert N. ­ Lynch' of Miami, who was na­ tional coor4inaior of Pope John Paul II's 1979 visit to the United States. His appointment is ef­ fective July 1.

The NCCB also announced that Father Ronald C. Anderson, an associate generai secretary since 1982, will leave the bishops' con­ ferences to join the staff of Catholic Relief Services in New York.

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Historian affirms peace pastoral

By 'Robert JOImstOlll BALTIMORE (NC) - Msgr.

John Tracy Ellis, 78, elder statesman of U.S. Catholic his­ torians, strongly affirms the U.S. bishops' war and peace pastoral and says any other course of action would be "a grave dere-' liction of duty."

"Don't you say the bishops have no business in politics. They , were not ordained to be left only in the sacristy and sanctu­ ary," said Msgr. Ellis in atheo­ logy lecture at St. Mary's Sem­ inary in Baltimore.

He distinguished between "partisan politics" and political action that involves a "moral question," He quoted from a' speech by the century's "most other-worldly pope," St. Pius X, who told his cardinals in 1903: "The church cannot divorce poli­ tics from the realm of faith and morals."

Msgr. Ellis recalled that Jesus said "Render to Caesar what is Caesar's," recognizing the legiti­ macy of the civil order. "Since that time it's ,been impossible to keep priests and bishops out of political matters," he said.

The current involvement of the bishops in political issues is

not unique in U.S. history, al­ though the fact that Catholics were a small minority muted the voice of the church in earlier times, the church historian said.

He cited several instances of "political involvements" by bish­ ops, including the existence of a "Catholic ticket" in the 1841 New York City elections and bitter clashes between bishops over slavery during the Civil War. "In my judgment, some were right and some were wrong," he said. "What I find in the record that is enlightening, though in a sad way, is the many times the bishops did not speak." The bishops failed when they did not speak out against the wars with Mexico and Spain and when they took no real stand against slavery, he said.

He called Vietnam a turning point for the U.S. Catholic hier­ archy and described today's bishops as "very sensible, de­ voted and dedicated men we can be proud of," The bishops may be "very troubled at times by the decis­ ions 'they must make, but they are acting with balance and courage," he said.

Despite repeatedly demurring that he was "not a prophet," Msgr. Ellis gave' his views on many current issues in a ques­ tion-answer session after his speech.

"I can't see the advantages" to the recently established U.S.­ Vatican diplomatic relations, he said. He ventur.ed that only about 10 percent of the U.S. bishops support the move and ' said that it could "become em­ barrassing and awkward."

The move for prayer in public schools "is a mistake," he said.

"I don't want to discourage the growth of religious sentiment, but .. ~ the price will be too high. I would rather have after­ hours instruction in the faith of the children," It is self-evident that "Cath­ olics have arrived financially" in this country, "but they are paying the price for their afflu­ ence," he said. "Divorce, abor­ tion, family breakdowns are all signs of the times. And I fear the Master' (Christ) is turning his back on them for the poor," Msgr. Ellis said that "plain, simple people are the founda­ tion of the church - not the rich, they won't save the church."

But, he added, "Don't worry.

Many of the wealthy will come around. The church has seen worse. Worry about the repub­ lic; it has no guarantee of sur­ vival," On women, in the church, Msgr. Ellis said, "The ladies are here and will be heard from and will have a much more promin­ ent and meaningful role in the church. It's the wave of the fu­ ture."

But women should not seek ordination during iPope John Paul II's lifetime because "he's adamant against women priests," he said.

He called it "preposterous that a few, mostly Italian, ce!ibates

should direct more than a mil­ lion nuns" and said women re­ ligious should have a greater voice in the Vatican's congrega­ tion for Religious.

Asked if the increasingly powerful U.S. church would "challenge" Rome, Msgr. Ellis commented, "It has done so with the pastoral on war and peace. For the first time the American bishops took the lead on a crucially important world issue, and they were recognized for it."

At 78, Msgr. Ellis still lectures on church history at The Cath­ olic University of America in Washington, where he is pro­ fessor emeritus.

Small school, large impact

ROME (NC) -- The Pontitical added.

Ecclesiastical Academy has few He also said that training in­ students ,but its impact is world­ 'eludes development of a diplo­ matic outlook. wide.

"One of the primary obliga­ Its graduates form the diplo­ matic corps which represents the tions of a diplomat is to insert oneself into the country as much Vatican to more than 100 coun­ tries and to the bishops in those as possible in order to under­ stand the country. He does so not countries.

The academy is 'located in by speaking out but by listening to as many voices as 'possible.

Rome and has 32 students, in­ eluding four from the United He does not have to be seen a States. One of them, Father great deal in public forums but he has to listen a great deal," Steven Otellini of the' Archdio­ cese of San Francisco, recently said Father Otellini. described the process of diplo­ Academy appointments come matic education. through the Vatican Secretariat Among the courses the priests of State, the agency which over­ study are a variety of languages, sees Vatican diplomats and nun­ international law, diplomacy, ciatures, the Vatican term for history, world culture, Latin cul­ embassies. ture and diplomatic law.

Graduates also work in the The other U.S. students are Council for the Public Affairs of Father Daniel Pater of the Arch­ the Church, a sister office to the diocese of Cincinnati; Father Secretariat of State which ex­ Timothy Moran of the Archdio­ amines questions involving cese of Boston; and Father church-state relations.

Thomas Gullickson of the Di()­ Current. academy students cese of Sioux Falls, S.D. come from 16 countries. The Students, who must be or­ four U.S. priests constitute the dained priests and no more than largest group after the 12 itali­ 31 years old when they enter the ans. academy, attend, it for two to Upon graduation, young diplo­ fOl;1r years, depending on their mats usually join the staff of an academic credentials at entrance. apostolic delegate, someone who All graduates must hold a represents the Vatican to the doctorate so those who enter the bishops of a country, or of a acade!Dy without one must also nuncio or pronuncio who repre­ study for that degree as they . sents the Vatican to the Jocal study diplomacy. Also required church, and is the diplomatic is a degree in canon law. representative of Vatican City to the country. (Archbishop Pio "The canon law degree is re­ quired befause there is a lot of Laghi, formerly apostolic dele­ law involyed in the work," said gate to the U.S. has just been Father Otellini. A doctorate is named pronuncio to the nation.) required ~cause it helps estab­ Diplomatic work may include lish credibility in government, negotiating a concordat treaty church and diplomatic circles, he outlining the relationships be­

tween church and state in a given country or mediating dis­ putes between nations.

Graduates of the 283·year-old academy generally are not as­ signed to their home country for fear that they may not be able to maintain objectivity.

Father Otellini said that nun­ ciatures vary in prestige and im­ portance.

Assignment to the nunciature in the United States is very pres­ tigious," he said, citing the U.S. position as a world power. "Paris is also significant, not so much for its current position in the world but because of its his­ tory," An assignment in the Holy Land also is important.

"It's not a comfortable life," he said, "but whoever is there is going to have the confidence of the secretary of state."

There are approximately 230 active diplomats in the church's diplomatic corps.

Among U.S. diplomats are Archbishop Ambrose De Paoli of the Archdiocese of Miami, pro­ nuncio to Sri Lanka; Msgr. Jus­ tin Rigal~ of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, a staff member of the Secretariat of State; Msgr.

James Harvey of. the Archdio­ cese of Milwaukee, a staff mem­ ber of the Secretariat of State.

Father Timothy Broglio of the Diocese of Cleveland, a staff member' of the nunciature in the Ivory Coast; Father Joseph Har­ ris of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, a nunciature aide in Zambia; and Msgr. Edward Adams of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, a nunciature st~ff member in Honduras.

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ROME (NC) - "My vO,catiqn is to announce the Gospel and to help create a more human world" said Archbishop Helder Cama~a, the 5-foot-2-inch Brazil~ ian churchman whose criticisms of social injustice have made a giant-size impact on Latin Am­ erica.

Archbishop Camara, head of the Archdiocese of Olinda-Re­ cife in the ,poverty-stricken northeast of Brazil, was in Rome this month for ceremonies can­ onizing Paola Frassinetti, found­ ress of the Sisters of St. Dorothy.

Members of the order work in I his archdiocese. f "I was born in a poor area," the 75-year-old archbishop said.

"When I was growing up, it Ne Photo was easy to see that local prob­ lems could not be solved locally.

ARCHBISHOP HEWER CAMARA I learned that prol?lems have a national and international dim­ place national security as the we could help the poor," he said. ension." supreme value is a great evil."

That changed "when we saw That awareness spurred Arch­ Archbishop . Camara said 'that two-thirds of the people' bishop Camara to work for social church people such as himself were living in terrible human change in Latin America. He said who criticize the political situa­ conditions," the archbishop said. that he' will continue this work, tion are unpopular with govern· "We realized," he ,-added, even though his resignation, re­ ment$. "that we were not supporting quested by' the Vatican of aU "At' one time the Catholic social order but social disorder." bishops of dioceses when ,they bishops of Latin America thought Now, when bishops nonviolent­ reach 75, has been submitted to 'it was a pastoral necessity to ly denounce injUStice and en­ Pope John Paul II. support government authority courage respect for human "My resignation is only from because without it there would rights, "we are called 'subver­ the diocese. While God gives me be chaos. We supported the so­ sive' and 'communists,';" he add­ life and health I will continue cial order and were close to the ed. "All we want is that people to work both inside and outside government and the rich so that have human living' conditions." of Brazil," he said.

Archbishop Camara has be­ come well known inside and out· side of Brazil for preaching non­ WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope native of Guam and has been violence' and pleading ~or the poor.

John Paul II made the diocese of bishop of Agana since 1971. He During the next few months, Agana, Guam, an archdiocese has been a member of the U.S. he plans to campaign in several March 24. Two other dioceses in National Conference of Catholic countries to build support for a the 'Pacific will be suffragan Bishops, but now will join the Fiji-based Conference of the , renegotiation of Brazil's $90 bil­ 'sees to the new~ccesiastical pro­ vince of Agana.

Bishops of the Pacific, to which lion foreign debt, the largest in Bishop Felixberto C. 'Flores of the bishops of Tarawa and the the Third World. He criticized Carolines-Marshalls already be­ Agana will be the new U.S. arch­ the foreign ,banks and multi­ long. national 'Corporations to whom diocese's first archbishop. the money is owed, saying their Guam which the pope visited The situation is similar to that stiff demands will weaken Bra­ in 1981 as a stopover point be­ of the .church in iPuerto Rico, zil's economy and "crush" the tween the Philippines and Japan, which because of its caribbean people." ' is a U.S. territory and a major location and Hispanic heritage U.S.. Navy base il\ the Pacific. has a separate bishops' confer­ Archbishop Camara' also re­ iterated his call for distribution It is the largest and southern­ ence even though it is a U.S. most of the Mariana Islands, commonwealth. of unused Brazilian land to land­ which are part of the new Agana less peasants. archdiocese. Except for Guam, a "The Brazilian government re­ self-governing U.S. territory, the ports that there are millions of Marianas ar:e part of the U.S. acres of ~and that are, not pro­ ductive," said Archbishop Cam-_. Trust Territory of the Pacific Is­ COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (NC) ara. "Yet there are millions of lands.

Evangelizers must "propose, Pope John Paul pl~ced the Brazilians who don't have any not impose the truth of the Gos­ Diocese of Caroline-Marshall Is­ land: We need a specific way, pel," Archbishop Pio Laghi, 'without violence, to obtain real lands and the Diocese of Tara­ apostolic delegate in the wa, / Gilbe~ Islands, under the land reform in Brazil."

United' States, told Catholic In­ new provIDce of Agana.

Those Archbishop Camara blamed

.dians 'and missionaries at the government emphasis on internal islands are also part of the Pa­ cific territory placed under U.S. 1983 Tekilkwitha Conference. security for suffering in Brazil.

The recent' meeting brought to­ trusteeship by the United Na­ "The government is. making gether more than 1,500 Native tions in 1947. an effort to be more serious Americans from 100 tribes,

Before it was made an arch­ about abuses of human rights," along with Catholic bishops,

diocese, Agana was part of the priests, religious and lay minis­

he said, "but the greatest sym­ bol of human rights would be ecclesiastical province of San ters who work with them. Arch­ for national security no longer Francisco. The other two dio­ bishop Laghi celebrate4 an open­ to, be the supreme value. All ceses were part of the province ing Mass with eight bishops, six people have the right and duty of Suva, Fiji.

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Participants felt media train­ ing should be part of religious education programs to help peo­ ple become aware of how they use the media in their own lives, and to help them interpre't media messages in Hght of church teachings.

Other recommendations in­ cluded building a better relation­ ship of church personnel with the telecommunications industry and disseminating existing re­ search as well as conducting new research' on media issues.

Gene F. Jankowski, president of CBS Broadcast Group, told institute p'articipants that the media do not create or change va'lues but "are much more like­ ly to reinforce existing values."

He said "values tend to be enduring," whereas opinions and beliefs are "momentary and sub­ ject to change.

"For example, if you already use toothpaste you might change your brand because of some new information, but your . fundamental convictions about health care are not thereby changed," he said. , To assume that effectiveness of television in influencing peo­ ple's buying habits has similar impa,ct on people's value sys­ tems is a flawed argument, he said.

But Robert N, Bellah, profes­ sor of sociology and comparative studies at the University of Cali­ fornia at Berkley, said in a keynote address that the predom­ inant messages of the electronic media are that "only material accumulation makes any sense and that no human relationships are reliable."

He said television fosters an'

WASHINGTON (NC) - The Catholic Church must take an active role in finding ways that new media technologists can be used to promote traditional fam­ ily values, participants in a re­ cent Catholic Institute on the electronic media recommended.

The group also recommended that the church take an active role in helping families under­ stand the impact of the electron­ ic media on their lives.

The proposals were basic to a series of other recommendations offered by more than 80 Cath­ olic religious educators, com­ munications professionals, fam­ ily life ministers and education specialists at a recent institute on the electronic media, popular culture and family life at the Catholic University of America in Washington.

The institute, sponsored by the U.S. Catholic Conference De­ partment of Communication, featured presentations by execu­ tives of commercial and public television networks, leaders in church communications and fam­ ily life, and PfQfessors in the fields of communications and sociology.

Television (can) no longer be viewed as mere entertainment," said Eli A. Rubenstein, adjunct reearch professor of mass com­ munications at the University of North Carolina. "The research has documented that television is an important part of the total process of child development."

But, he said, television pro­ vides "rather few examples" of "healthy, creative family life."

Even the television program "The Waltons," which revealed a "more sympathetic approach to the American family," still showed the "same striving for upward mobility.

"Thus, the children are des­ tined to leave their parents be­ hind in occupational status. By implication, if moving up is good, remaining at the working class level is not so good," Rubenstein said.

Rubenstein said stereotyping of individuals or groups on tele­ vision programs produces atti­ tudes about those people.

"The facts that women are usually portrayed as primarily homemakers, old people as help­ less or confused, minority race ' individuals as either comic fig­ ures or of lower socioeconomic status, all carry subtle messages about these groups," he said.

Because of the persuasive in­ fluence of the electronic media on American culture and fami­ lies, institute participants agreed the church must expand its ef­ forts to educate the public on media issues and broaden its presence to the telecommunica­ tions industry. .

They also called on the U.S. hierarchy to study the impact of the electronic media on society and families and urged issuance of a pastoral statement offer­ ing a Catholic perspective on the

"endless catering to our own wishes and desires," and the tendency among many Americans to believe they are responsible only to themselves and to no one else. .

'Bellah said individual family efforts to counter the influence of television must be "nurtured and supported" by parishes and communities.

Anchor staffer aids select~on A Catholic Press Association nominating committee that in­ cluded Rosemary Dussault, busi­ ness and advertising manager. of The Anchor, has presented a slate of officers to be voted on by members prior to CPA's an­ nual convention, to be held this year in Chicago May 23 to 25.

Nominated as president with­ out opposition is Msgr. John P. Foley, editor of the Catholic Standard and Times of the Phila­ delphia archdiocese.

Candidate for vice president are Father Owen Campion, editor of the Tennessee Register of the Nashville diocese, and Moises Sandoval, editor of Maryknoll magazine and Revista Maryknoll.

Albina Aspell, editor of the Catholic Post of the Peoria di­ cese, and Dennis Bednarski, vice president of marketing for Our Sunday Visitor, have been nom­ inated for treasurer.

'Father John T. Catoir, director of The Christophers, New York, and Arthur Runnells, a perman­ ent deacon and business mana­ ger of the St. Anthony Messen­ ger magazine, Cincinnati, have been nominated for sec~etary.

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I have to find a way to keep life while you are consumed by from hurting so much over these pain and resentment. While much of life's pain is unavoidable, things. - North Carolina.

You outline well the pain you there is other pain which we are experiencing. At the same bring upon - ourselves.

You indicate your pain is of time, there are indications that you yourself recognize the cause the latter type. Do something and the potential cure for your about your pain and the insidi­ ous resentment that causes it. pain.

The pattern you have estab­ Often people choose spouses who seem to be opposites. Such lished has persisted for years. It matches may be complementary will be difficult to change. Yet, rather than opposite, as though since you say you cannot live the partners recognize that they with the pain and resentment need someone to balance their you feel, you may have the own strengths and weaknesses. strength and courage to change.

Certainly you need a personal Such complementarity often .works well. Each, partnElr can adviser and. confidant to listen benefit from the strengths of the to you and to put your own judg­ ments in perspective. Perhaps a other. confessor or a trusted friend can In your situation the differ­ ences seem to be 'destructive. fill this role. Perhaps a mental health professional will be your You perceive your husband's ef­ forts to be nice as a tactic to choice.

Whoever you chopse, you will win the children's affection and as a cover-up for his basic lack need openness to listen to other views and ·courage to recognize of concern. ' .

You might try to see the good that your interpretations of your side of his change. He may be family life might not be the only trying to imitate the loving con­ one or the best one. When this cern you have shown for so long. proves difficult, remember that ridding yourself of resentment Your husband's efforts may rep­ and pain is a goal well worth resent more than "hypocrisy." striving for.

Yo~r children, who live with Reader questions on family both of you daily and know you well, . like their father. Can you living or child ~e to be an­ learn to see him through their swered in print are invited. Ad­ dress The Kennys, Box 872, St. eyes?

Furthermore, you recognize Joseph's College, Rensselaer, that your husband seems to be IneL 47978.

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By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Mary: I think I need help.

I'm hurting so much, and I seem to be filled with resentment and self-pity. The problem started 23 years ago when I first had ba­ bies. Anytime I left the babies with my husband, he wouldn't watch them. He'd usually fall asleep'. Despite all my efforts to get him to care about his little ones, he never did.

After years of this, I noticed that whenever one of the older kids was near, my husband held in his temper. He'd occasionally" act nice to a younger chUd. He; still never corrected bad behavi­ or, but he began to praise them.

He wanted to be liked by them.

I discovered my hus­ band's .tacticswere working, I cracked. I couldn't stand the hurt I felt when I. discovered that he was succeeding in becoming Mr. Nice Guy. I hearne so filled with resentment I started "picking" at my husband - but the kids didn't know why, it was just an­ other sign of Mom's meanness.

I can't put up with his hypocrisy witbout some remark coming out Sometimes I even think GOd is against .me. I can't sleep well, and now ~e'ssent me a knee condition, a bad. back and neck problems, aU in the past two years. My husband continues to sleep more than enough, never gets sick or has problems, looks

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NEW YORK .(NC) - The olic intellectuals of this century Catholic magazine Commonweal have been featured on its pages. still has many battles ahead for Passing the editorial reins on an "open and pluralistic" church, to Peter Steinfels, who joined

editor !ames O'Gara said as he the Commonweal staff in 1964

announced his retirement in the and is currently executive edi­

March 23 issue of. the lay-run tor, O~Gara said there are

. "plenty of critical issues" still

journal. facing the church. Among these

O'Gara, 66, joined Common­ weal in 1952 as managing editor he listed: - The vocations shortage and and has been its editor since 1967. He wrote a three-page questions of women priests and farewell column in which he married priests; - "Clerical refuseniks" who reminisced about his 32 years with the magazine and looked reject greater lay participation and responsibility in the church; at challenges ahead.

- Apathetic laity who do not He recalled the days when the epithet "Commonweal Catholic" want greater participation or re­ ­ was used to "indicate sqmeone sponsibility; whose theology was shaky at - "Lack of regard for a gen­ best and whose loyalty was du­ uine lay vocation," not in the bious." sense of "churchly (lay) minis­ Before the Second Vatican tries," but in the sense of "re­ Council in 1962-65, said O'Gara, spect . . . for the layman's real "Commonweal was often a lonely work in his secular 'milieu;" voice 'crying out on behalf of - The phenomenon of the, human rights, of ecumenism, of "communal Catholic" who still interracial harmony, of social feels a Catholic identity but is justice, of intellectual integrity." not involved in the institutional Since Vatican II "brought church; many things to pass that Com­ - The frustration of "Ameri­ monweal had been arguing for can Catholic women who are since 1924," the magazine has told they can't even see a girl become "mu,ch more respect­ serving on the altar." able," he said. .

On the plus side from the ."Don't worry, though; we can commercial perspective O'Gara easily blow that (respectability) said that "the church is any editorial day and probably seen increasingly as a church will," he added. that exists to serve others. We Commonweal was founded in still have a good way to go on 1924 as a weekly magazine of this, but a start has been made." opinion am~ commentary on so­ He also had high praise for cial, cultural and political issues the U.S. bishops' 1983 pastoral in the light of Christian princi­ letter on war and peace.· The ples. Many of the leadi~g Cath­ document is "readable, moral,

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nuanced and balanced - all in all, deserving of the compliment of the right-wing attacks it has been receiving," he said.

O'Gara said that in September he will begin a year as a fellow at the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at St. John's University in College­ ville, Minn., '''pursuing a project in Catholic social thought, al­ ways a favorite topic of mine."

He's Vatican ambassador now ROME (NC) - Ambassador William Wilson has arrived in Rome to take up his position as the first United States ambassa· dor to the Holy See. He and his wife were greeted March 21 at Rome's Leonardo da Viilci Airport by Father Mario Carlomagno of the Vatican Sec­ retariat of State and U.S. Am­ bassador to Italy Maxwell Rabb.

Ambassador Wilson, who had served as personal envoy· of President Reagan to the Vatican since 1981, made no statement to the press. In previous inter­ views, he has indicated that his admission into the Vatican dip­ lomatic corps will not substan­ tially change his activities there, Wilson 69, is a convert to Catholicism and a long-time per­ sonal friend of President Reagan.

Not .Wasted "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." ­ Aesop

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By Father John Dietzen Q. Wbatls the correct proee­ dure concerning SJPODSOnl at baptism? I was told that one sponsor could be a non-Catholic.

Is that correct? The baptism will actually take place In another state. WIll that make a differ­ enee? (Indiana) A. In the baptism of a Cath­ olic there must be at least one sponsor who has received the three sacraments of initiation ­ baptism, confirmation and the Eucharist - and who is living a faithful life as a practicing Cath­ olic.

This makes sense, obviously, since the sponsor's responsibility is to guide the newly baptized child or adult in his or her faith and to give a good personal ex· ample of a Catholic life.

Only one Catholic sponsor is required, though there may be two. Instead of a second Cath· olic, a baptized Christian of an­ other denomination may stand up for the child at baptism. The person is formally called a "Christian witness" to the bap­ tism, and of course shares the responsibility to help the bap· tlzed person to live as a good Christian and even as a good Catholic, insofar as that Chris­ tian witness is conscientiously able to do so.

There should be no difference in these procedures from one state to another. They are spell­ ed out in the "Introduction to the Rite of Baptism," and the "Directory Concerning Ecumeni· cal Matters" of the Secretariat for Promoting. Christian Unity of May 14, 1967, which apply to the entire Latin Rite church.

Q. Our group has been dis·

cussing Lent. Where In Scripture can we find the words used'in the services of Asb Wednesday: "Remember, man, that you are dust and unto dust you shall re­ tum?" (North Carolina) A. The words (except for "Re· member, man,") are from the Book of Genesis 3:19. They ap­ pear in the admonition to A'dam

by God after the fall, and echo, of course, the words in the story of mankind's creation in the second chapter of Genesis, that God formed man out of the clay or dirt of the ground.

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Perhaps you know that many churches. no longer use those words during the distribution of' ashes. The sacramel}tary for that day also suggests the words, "Tum away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel." (See Mark 1:15) This type of admoni­ tion is generally con~idered more appropriate for the purpose of Lent as a time of· repentance and renewal.'

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Pavlik Morozov is a hero in the Soviet Union. In 1932, dqring the Stalinist terror, the 13-year-old lad de­ nounced his father 'to Commun­ ist Party officials as an enemy of the state. Although his relatives, seeking vengeance, killed 'Pavlik shortly afterwards, the boy lives on in Soviet lore as an exemplar of "devotion to the affairs of communism and' love of the socialist motherlarid." Soviet children know Pavlik's story by heart, and each year they cele­ brate the anniversary of his death. , In George Orwell's nightmarish book, 1984, children' are en­ couraged to traduce their rela­ tives. 1984 thus seems an ap­ propriate year ,to consider the problem of children" testifying

against their parents in our own country's system of criminal jus­ tice. A few months ago, in the case of Three Juveniles v. Com­ monwealth, the Supreme Judi­ cial Court of, Massachusetts di­ rectly confronted this issue.

If you are called to testify in .a criminal trial or before a grand jury you usually may not refuse to appear. The Commonwealth - the public, which prosecutes every. state criminal case- has the right to hear relevant testi­ mony from everyone. In a trial a court searches for the truth, and the truth is harder to dis­ cover if the court is denied ac­ cess to potential helpful infor­ mation.

Exceptions nonetheless exist to the general rule of compelled testimony. These exceptions, called privileges, allow people to refuse to testify in criminal cases in certain circumstances: The . most famous privilege is containe4 in the Fifth Amend­ ment to the Constitution. Whell som~one "takes the Fifth," he' asserts his privilege not to be forced ..to ,be a witness against himself in a criminal trial.

The .Massachusetts legislature has created' severaI testimonial privileges. Certain communica­ tions between, you and your clergyman; for example, cannot be used against your wiil in a trial. Confidences shared by. therapists and patients, as well .as by s~ial \yorkers and clients, may also be privileged. State

Juveniles v. Commonwealth.

In that case a grand jury was investigating the possible murder of, a young woman by a Tufts University professor. The professor .was the father of three children, aged 12, 14, and 15, who lived with their parents.

The grand jury asked the children to testify before it about free? ' anything they might have heard A privilege generally' repre-' or seen around the time of the sents a decision to protect and woman's disappearance. encourage certain social and pro­ The children asked the court fessionalrelationships - even to rule that they could claim a to the detriment of judicial truth­ privilege to .refuse· to testify seeking. Most privileged relation­ ships require confidentiality in against their father. Their parorder to flourish. .In creating ents joined In the request. They privilegesw.e respect the privacy urged the court to recognize a of certain intimate relationships parent-child testimonial privilege, and argued that society's and encourage open' communica­ Interest in the preservation of tions within them. the family warranted such recog, Suppose the government forced clergymen to inform it of all nitlon.

The children and their parthe' crimes - from parking vio­ ents lost. The court ruled that no lations to unpaid taxes to mur­ ders - 'which they learned general privilege permits a child to refuse to testify against a abou~. 'How candid would you be with your clergyman? Not parent in a criminal case. The very, one suspects. In privileging decision compelled' the children your communications with' your to appear before the grand jury clergyman. the law protects your and to reveal everything they priva~y and encourages the knew. For the court, society's two of you "to build an honest need for relevant testimony outweighed the arguments in favor and trusting, relationship. of creating a privilege.

What about children and par­ But the court left for another ents? Is society's interest in pro­ tectirig child-parent relations day an impOrtant aspect of the stronger. ·than its need to hear Issue. The court. was careful to all relevant testimony in criminal limit its decision to nonconfidential circumstances. Its holding trials?F6r the first. time the high­ est court in Massachusetts ad­ applied only to tElstimony that dressea ,this question in-Three did not involve private; candid courts have developed other priv­ leges - such ·as the one pro­ tecting your relationship with youi' attorney.

Why do we have privileges?

Why should we refuse to com­ pel what may be crucial testi­ mony, when by so doing we risk allowing guilty defendants to go

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conversations between children and their parents. In compelling the children to disclose what they had observed of their father and the young woman, the court did not intrude upon, parent-child communications as such. The distinction betwe~n nonconfidell­ tial circumstances was crucial to the court.

So where do we stand? The decision was .as close as they come: four justices in favor, three opposed. We now know that there is no absolute privi­ leg~ protecting parent-child re­ lations. But the court did not determine whether confidential communications between child­ ren and parents might be privi­ . ·lege~. The court sugg~sted that the Issue might best be decided by the legislature.

In America we do not admire Pavlik Morozov. Here we often deem qualities such as loyalty. and trustworthiness more impor." tant than the duty to assist the state in prosecuting criminals But in Massachusetts a child might be forced to testify about private 'Communications with his' or her parent. The law is un­ clear. ,How important is our in­ terest in hearing helpful evidence when balanced again!!t our de­ sire to foster strong parent-child relations? If you feel strongly about this issue, your state legis­ lators would like to hear from you.

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. By LIz Armstrong

WASHINGTON (NC) - Sen­ ate defeat March 20 of a pro­ posed constitutional amendment allowing VOluntary,' organized prayer in public schools doesn't kill ,the volatile issue, said both supporters and opponents after the vote.

In fact, some expressed either predictions or fears thai the con­ troversy will hit the campaign trail.

The 56-44 Senate vote left something for everyone: Back­ ers of organized school prayer could take heart 'that their views won most of ,the Senate, even if support did not re,ach the two­ thirds majority needed for pass­ ,age.

Opponents claimed victory for their side and the Constitution.

While leaders of both pro­ amendment and antiamendment forces in the Senate said they hope school prayer is not used for political purposes. in the up­ coming election, the ll~ader of 'the Moral Majority warned of repercussions at the polls.

Supporters of the measure saw it as m~ans of removing what they see as an unfair prohibi­ tion against religious expression . in public schools, as well as a way of promoting morality. , Opponents regarded the pro­ posal as a potential tool for a

religious majority to undermine the rights of a religious minority and to attack the Constitution's mandate against government establishment of religion.

Votes crosse~ party lines.

Thirty-seven Republicans and 19 Democrats voted for the amendmerit; 26 Democrats ~nd 18 Republicans opposed it. Colorado Sen. Gary Hart, 'a contender for the Democratic presl~entlal nomination, cut short campaign. ing to return to Washington in time to vote against the measure:"I'm not here for political 'reasons" but "to do my duties as a' senator;' he said. .

amendment.

Another silent prayer' proposal, by Sen. Alan Dixon, D·I11., wa~ defeated in the ~enate March 15, in part because some senators wanted to get out of the way to aI­ Iowa vote on the stronger, ver­ bal prayer amendment.

However, Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, R-I11., who backed the verbal prayer proposal, said he has no plans to schedule more school prayer debate.

Hatch said the "issue that really should be discussed. rather than the form pray.er should take, ill: ending the governmental prohibition against prayer."

The proposed amendment was backed by' President Reagan.

"This has been an important de-' Tbe Rev. Jerry Falwell,~leader bate 'revealing the extent to' of the Moral Majority, said

which the freedom of religious voters would react to the Sen­

speech has ,been 'abridged in our at~ actlonst the polls. "The nation's 'public schools," the overwhelming majority of those president said after the vote. of us concerned a·bout our poli­ Nonetheless, "the issue of free tical leadership can do. some­ religious speech is not dead" thing, and very quickly, this 'and our struggle will go on,'; he November," Mr. Falwell said. added.

Sen. Lowell Weicker,R-Conn., . Another amendment backer, who led the fight against the.

Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., said, ~mendment, also said the issue "We have just begun to fight." _ probably will come up again and Utah Republican'" Sen. Orrin ...~J~dvised against using the vote Hatch, who argued on behalf of . 'as a political tool. the amendment, said he would .. 'W~lcker said the victors had now like to see the Senate fully ,~',.··theproduct - the First Amend­ discuss proposals to allow silent.ment" behind· them and added prayer in 'public schools. Hatch ·th/l.t:.::Ulis ofs not a partisan is­ had' drafted .~ silent prayer stje~;~

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"I think that when you in­ troduce religion into politics, you're playing with fire," he said.

Some religious groups' hailed the vote.

The SenatE~'s action sends a clear and powerful signal to all . those in and out of government who would confuse politics and prayer," the Lutheran Council of the USA said in a statement.

'Obviously; there is a time and a place for both. What has been upheld .. . is the rightful dis­ tinction that each of these en­ ioys.'; The National Council of' Churches "is grateful the Senate has upheld and protected the

free exercise of religion," ac­ cording to Mary A. Cooper, the NCC's assistant director.

The American .JeWish Com­ mittee said it was 'satisfied' by the vote.

Earlier, Rabbi Marc Tanen­ baum, the AJC's director of in­ ternational relations, agreed with amendment advocates that "America is morally in deep trouble" but said school prayer is no solution. .If family, church and syna­ gogue "did their job more effec­ tively, there would be no need to suggest ritualistic prayers in state-run schools," he said.

The U.S. Catholic Conference had no comment on the vote.

Keep. going, pope tells aged VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul' II, 63, recently told a group of senior citizens that be­ ing old is no reason 'to say "enough."

"According to the divine plan, every single human being is a life in growth, from the first

spark of existence to the last . j ,breath," the pope told the group of Italian pilgrims.

"Nobody has the right to say 'enough,''' he said. "You should not stop nor consider yourselves in decline."

The pope' added that, contem-

porary society errs when it does not affirm the value of the elder­ ly.

"In this mentality of superflu­ ous consumerism and systematic materialism, you can and must become elements of rebirth," he said

The pope also told the elderly not to succumb to temptations to withdraw nor to feel aban­ doned by a modem society.

"You still have ~ mission to accomplish, a contribution to make," he said.

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ROME (NC) A1"chbishop Marcel Lefebvre, the suspended prelate who founded a movement opposed to many teachings of Vatican II, would like to meet Pope John Paul II during the papal visit to Switzerland June 12-16, said a spokesman for the archbishop. ..

S'uch a meeting "depends on the pope," said the spokesman, Father Klaus Wodsack, professor at the new St. Pius X seminary in Rome, 'March 20.

The seminary,is 'run by tlie Society of St.· Plus X,' foundee!

by Archbishop Lefebvre' and headquartered in Econe, SWitzer- . land. .

Father Franz Schmidberger, a representative of Archbishop Lefebvre, "met· with people 'at the Vatican uriofficia11y" three weeks ago, said Father Wad; sack.

The Vatican press office had no comment on the matter March 20.

Currently, Cardinal Joseph.

Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Is e~amining the case of Archbishop Lefebvre at the request of PQpe John \Paul.

Archbishop Lefebvre, a 78­ year-old Frenchman, was sus­ pended from his ministerial duties by Pope Paul VI in 1976 because he ordained priests in defiance of a direct papal order.

He opposes Vatican II liturgical reforms and several key teach­ ings, including the documents on ecumenism and religious free­ dom. ' ..

In 1969 he founded the Society of St. Pius X for pirests who of St. Pius X for priests who seminaries and parishes in sev­ eral countries including Switzer­ land, West Germany, France and the United States.

Under his suspension, the archbishop continues to hold his ecclesiastical title but cannot licitly celebrate Mass, ordain priests or administer the other sacraments. The sacraments he administers, though illicit, are valid 'because they are performed by a validly ordained bishop.

Since his suspension, Arch­ bishop Lefebvre has met Vati­ can officials, including Cardinal Ratzinger, to discuss his sit\la­ tion.

Bono win h~ad NC Rome bure~u WASHINGTON (NC) - Agos­ tino Bono, foreign editor of the National Catholic News Service; will replace Father Kenneth J. Doyle as chief of NC's Rome bureau in July. ' Father Doyle, 44, has headed the ROme bureau since July 1981.

He will return to the United States for family reasons.

Bono, 41, has been NC for­ eign editor since October 1978.

Previously he was a free-lance journalist in Latin America.

Before joinjng NC, Father Doyle was executive editor of The Evangelist, newspaper of the Dio~se of Albany, N.Y., and an attorney admitted to prac­ tice in !)lew York state and fed­ eral courts.

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SPOKANE, Wash. (NC) - The Soviet Union still persecutes some religions and commonly uses tolerated church organiza­ tions for .intelligence .gathering, according to a former member of the KGB, the Soviet secret poliice.

Vladimir . Sakharov, now a U.S..citizen and an agent for the Central Intelligence Agency, said Rl,1ssian Oithodox priests often report the names 01 people .attendiQg church services to government officials. '. :l3ecause the Soviet government is afraid of the role of religiqn in people's lives, it has· kept some churches, under strict con­ trol while persecuting others, he said.

The atheistic mentality. is so widespread in the Soviet Union, he added, that most citizens cori­ sider God as no 'more than a fable.

Sakharov, who worked for the KGB in the Middle East, spoke in an interview published in the Inland Register,' newspaper of the Diocese of Spokane. He was in Spokane to le'cture at Gon­ , SOME 2,000 Warsaw area students participate in ~ zaga University.

Mass protesting removal of crucifixes from'state-run schools "If young people go to church, the priest will very often take in Poland. (NC/UPI Photo) their names and report them to the KGB. The lise 'of the church by the Soviet intelligence fac­ tions is tremendous," said Sak­ harrov.

He said the State Committee for Church Affairs, a liaison be­ VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope crucifixes should.. be, returned. tween the' Communist Party and J~hn Paul II has expressed soli­ Authorities have vowed' "not' to the church, is also active in jn­ darity with Poles who are fight­ change the polie:y,wtiich has telligence work overseas. ing a government order to re­ ,been largely 'ignored through­ Islam is tolerated more than move crucifixes from schools out the country.

Christianity while other religious and other public buildings. groups such as the Quakers are O~ March 20 in Poland Bishop prohibited by law, he said.

Speaking in' his native Polish Jan Mazur of Siedlce, the dio­ ""Its members are persecuted, at a weekly general audience cese that includes Mietno, said put in jail, sent to Siberia and March 21, the pope referred to he had heard from authorities killed," he said. ,. a Polish bishops' statement the that signed statements proclaim­ "Anything that is uncontrolled previous week that called for ing the secular nature of state the return of the crucifixes. It schools would not be required within the Soviet system scares the Soviet leaders," he said. was the<-tirst time he had spoken of sudents' parents.

Atheism is integrated into all publicly about the situation.

Authorities had' threatened to school classes, he noted, and The pope said he wanted to expel students of the Mietno Soviet youths constantly hear express his "profound solidarity school unless their parents sign­ "snide remarks about God" from with the Polish episcopate and ed the statements, which pledge their parents. all believing society in the support for school rules.

Sakharov described the U.S. fatherland. " as stronger militarily and econ­ omically than the Soviet Union.

"Catholic society desires that But he also said he favored im­ the cross be found in places of proved U.S.-Soviet relations, education of the youth," the pope pointing out that they have sunk ~erm said. 'The good of the country to a "dangerous" low and that, requires tranquillity and this re­ VATICAN CITY (NC) the U.S. should forgo its "hard­ quires respect of civil rights of Father Joseph Krasovec, a theo­ line" stance. believers." logian in Yugoslavia, was sen­ The United States should The pope termed the dispute, tenced to a month in jail and a stress better diplomatic com­ which erupted tnto protests by five-year suspended sentence munication and "mingle 'with students earlier in March, a for having given a conference on people in the public squares" in atheism that was critical of foreign countries, rather than "very sOJ:rowful question."

Yugoslavian authorities, Vati­ rely on a handful of high-placed Students at a. state agricul­ can Radio reported earlier this officials for information, he de­ tural school in Mietno, 40 miles month. clared. southeast of Warsaw, staged a Many of' the Soviet Union's Father Krasovec, an Old Testa­ one-day occupation of their weaknesses, he said, are internal. ment expert, was sentenced by school March 7 to protest the a court in Lubiana, Yugoslayia. They include virtually total government order that cruci­ government control over every fixes be removed from class­ The conviction resulted from' aspect of life, a no-incentive room halls. The crosses have his comments that atheists and work regime and a high rate of long been a fixture in many pub­ communists promote beliefs alcoholism. lic buildings and had been re­ which de-emphasize the impor­ "The young bureaucrats have moved from the Mietno school tance of the individual, Vatican no morals and no principles. in December.

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Their basic goal is to get ahead, The executive council of the The priest was 'arrested under get a career, get a car and get Polish bishops' conference later a law punishing people who as mU<;h money, prestige and issued a statement saying the spread false news. power as they can," he said.

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Guidance counselor Jim Mc­ Namee has been named Coun­ selor of the Month by the Massa-' chusetts School Cou~selor Asso­ ciation. He now moves on to state competition for School Counselor of the Year.

Bishop. Connolly Upcoming events at the Fall River hlgh school include a clay of retreat April 5 at the Family Ufe center, North Dartmouth, aDd a career day Tuesclay, April 10, at which representatives of various QCCUpations ~ll .discuss their work with students.

".. Co~le·:Cassidy The Coyle-Cassidy varsity .cheerleaders won third place at the North Attleboro High School cheerleading tournament held March 24 in North Attleboro.

14 squads were in competition.

They were judged on general appearance, execution of routine, coordination, difficulty, original­ ity and general impression.

The contest ended the com­ petition for this year's cheer­ leading'squad. Tryouts for next year's squad will be held in May.

FUTURE ARCHBISHOP? During his installation Mass at St. ~atrick's Cathedral, New' York Archbishop John .'1•.

O'Connor tries his mitre. on lO-year-old namesake John J. . ,O'Connor who was among ~he.Mass servers: (NC Photo) .

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''TJNlt there should be uniform rules of investigation In all crim­ Inal courts In the natioOo" - -,

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The North Dartmouth school is in the midst of' its annual ative and negative squads, Wbile' Manhattan program, offering the A afflnnatlve team earned a over 15 rooms of live profession­ fourth place trophy. . individual speakeni' trOphIes' al entertainment and varied eth­ went to WIUlam Healy, Robert nic refreshments. Begin,ning at' ,NIcastro, James Asplnall and 6:30 each night, it was held last Friday arid Satui'day and will be : Paul EhrllCh. In the ~ round, the repeated tonight and tomorrow. , affirmative and negative A teams And, no _'April' foolin', it'll be placed' first, tile:B nePtive team followed April 1. by a giant clean­ , placed fourth and the B .affinDa~ up lasting from 10 a.m. until :.

tlve placed flftb. , Speaked trOphIes were merit­ ed bj.~ AsplnaU, first place; Paul Ehrllcb, second place; and

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Truth

By Cecilia Belanger As I watched the candidates

he too is crucified. We need peo­ ple with less ambition and more courage.

Who can say that our Lord's heart was not broken? Denied, betrayed, forsaken, he' was the victim of the envy of th~ priests, the mockery of Herod and the mob, the weakness of Pilate and the disciples. But for the women who' wailed over him, he had only tender words: "Weep not for Me, but for yourselves, and for your children."

He meant those words for us too. The nation should weep for what is happening to her children. Adults are so deadened that they no longer hear the children's cries.

Jeruslliem is here and every­ where and always within the sound of Christ's voice. Let· 'Us listen to him.

scurrying around the country I have waited for someone to ask them: "What is truth?" During the shifting of positions, tech­ niques, strategy, 'language and slogans and the borrowing from hamburger commercials (and even getting that wrong) I kept thinking that these people want to run a country when they can't run themselves but instead keep leaning on advisers. . AU these things that are going on are a far cry from the dignity Jesus talked about. He truckled to nobody. And he won!

Politicians :want to content the masses of peop.Ie. It doesn't seem to matter how fast and loose they play with the truth.

So .again, one. asks, "Ladies and gentlemen, what is truth?"

Warning Is it self-service? Sometimes I "It is our less conscious feel that the electorate is being thoughts and our less conscious crucified and' wearing .a crown actions whieh mainly mold our of thorns. They are asked to bow lives and the lives of those who the knee ,to mere men, they are spring from us." - Samuel But­ mocked as if they knew nothing . ler and had to be told how to vote, they are .surrounded by sham and show as. Jesus was, and when someone ,comes forward , ~. CATHOLIC CHARITIES and tries to "cleanse the. temple" " " . " " " " " " " " "

wards' are streefs "deserted and cold." One's traveling compan­ ions become emptiness and lone­ , liness. .

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• thrills~' highs' fmd speed. People , , must look beyond themselves for 'lasting happiness. One thing to check is how, our goals affect .others.

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- Have we attempted to blend our dreams with the needs of others?

- Do we open our eyes to Please don't· ask me to stay

the pain of others?

I'm leaving this town

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our own journey to reach out to Believe me as I believe that .

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ly, we may discover that the If I Can find '

streets of life are not so empty . A way thr~ these strange days of my ·life. after all.

'We live so fast .

These questions ask _about ,Mo#on, Motion generalities but answering them No, time to waste leads to specifics, such as our , Use It, use It .

I'elationship, with God Ca.n we We live so fast

slow down enough to share feel­ Motion, Motion

ings and thoughts with God? Do ., ,lWake ' the . ~rst ~ep and reach out for tomorrow We thank him for the giftS of We live so fast, . life?' . ' ~otiOn; Motion The next place to' sl~w down . W~ ,can~.~. stand stIll_

is at .home. Do we as;k' our par­ Move It, move it.

ents how they, are doing? What ~e live -,so f~ '.!

can we do to help them? Sure -~ Motion, motion . . this can cost tis some: time away , ~ove.~, of~y ,,?~y It~s.,~e·to.~~ke li.~ppeD. " from' friends' or 'activities. But The. streets deserted anCl cold ... ' ,, . what is gained' inay' be a more '.. . ~ ....

'They're nOt paved with gold ·vibrant friendship ~tIi 'our par­ . . .' , , ' But I don't· care ents. ' . • ' For" thoSe who thlnk yQUDg will stiU' sUrvive " An~. what ,about school? Are Making theli- mo.ve '.; , .. .'.. ...... we., so. concerned about being in " . ',_ HoplDg to prove' I '; .' .,.', our, friends that we seldom with . That Uley .~ f a c e ' ,:.". ., take' time, to· talk,·with others?

'-' ,'. ,. ~ bl~ city,' small world, bigtIme;" Can we reach out ·to those who ,(Repeat cltorus) fit in with no group?

R~orded by Heaven 17, written'b~ Gl~'G~~ry,,'lan' ~~r!!b · What really, _counts~, ,Slowing and· Martln Ware, (e) 1983 by· Virgin MuSic Pubilsher Lt~ down may change our perspec­ ': I a~ Sound Diagrams . ·tive on this a~d help us get a _HEAVEN 17's ·release looks life ·becomes ~ continual s~arch ·t,ota~ view.

Your ,conuitents are, welcome at, fast living, in the - 1980s. for the next high or another ~'Motion, motion, move out of thrill? and may be used In future col­ my way."

The' song' suggests these 'an­ umns. Please address CharIl ,Yet where does all this mo- s~ers: You end up ,nowhere with Martin, 1218 S. Rotherw tion take,us? What happens when nothing gained. The'ultimate re­ Ave., Evansville, Inll 47714.

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North Wins Hockey Final Opener Fall River North defeated Mansfield, 7:5, last Sunday in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River, in the opener of the ,best-of·three final in the Bristol County eyO Hockey League playoffs.

North, the regular season titlist, was given strong opposi­ tion by Mansfield, the regular season runnerup, before riding to victory on a four-goal out­ burst in slightly less than four minutes in the last period.

The only goal scored in the first period - Mike Cassidy on a pass from Dave Briggs at 7:20 - gave Mansfield a 1-0 lead.

The North skaters tied the score on Larry Ferreira's goal at, 2:50 of the second period but Mans­ field regained the lead on Cas­ sidy's second goal of the game, again assisted by Briggs, at 8:30.

Late in the period North's Den­ nis Eisenhauer netted the first of his three goals on a pass from Marc Gallagher and the team

went into the last period tied at 2-2.

Thirty-eight seconds into the final canto Mansfield regained the lead for the last time on Rick Webster's goal on a pass from Jay Barron. Then came North's four-goal outburst started by Scott Wilkinson from Mario Pasque at 3:35 followed by goals

by Eisenhauer from Gallagher, Gallagher from Eisenhauer, and Eisenhauer unassisted to give North a 6-3 lead.

Mansfield rallied to within one goal on a pair of markers by Gino Govoni but Gallagher's second goal of the contest ended the scoring and gave North an insurance goal.

North's goalie, Richard Viccio, was credited with 20 saves, 13 of them in the last period while Mansfield's goalie, Jim Rath­ burn, had 17 including five in the last period.

The teams will meet again at 9 p.m. in the Driscoll Rink.

Diocesan Basketball Playoffs All three Fall River teams posted victories in the Fall River CYO hall last Sunday in the opening games of the' playoffs for the basketball champion­ ships of the Diocesan CYO. In the senior division St. 'Jo­ seph's of Fall River romped to a 90-64 victory over Our Lady of Lourdes of Taunton. Joe Cam­ ara topped the North scorers with 29 points and Darrin Doane contributed 26.

Holy Name of Fall River fought off strong opposition from North Dighton's St. Joseph team but. was victorious, 56-52, in the junior division. AI Bernier and Jay.Carvalho were the high

scorers for Holy Name with 13 and 11 points, respectively.

Fall River's Our Lady of Health pinned a 71-62 decision over St. Joseph, also of North Dighton, in the prep division.

Kenny Souza set the scoring pace for OLOH with 24 points.

The best-of·three series in all three divisions resumed Tues­ day night in the Taunton Cath­ olic Middle School.' The winners in the senior and junior divisions will meet the New Bedford cham­ pions in' the diocesan final. As there is no prep division in New Bedford the winner of the Our Lady of Health·St. Joseph series will be crowned diocesan prep champion.

St. Vincent Hoop Tourney The fourth annual St. Vin­ cent's Home Basketball Tourna­ ment will be held April 14 through 27 in' Bishop Connolly High School, Fall, River.

There will be three divisions: open, six feet tall and under, and juniors, 14 and younger.

Team entry fee is $55 except for the junior division which is $40.

Rosters must be limited to 10 players. First and second place teams in each division will re­ ceive trophies and all-tourney teams in aU divisions will be selected.

For information call Fran Des­ marais at 678-1482 or Tom Dunse at 679-8511.

The Blld Pierce Hilltopper 10­ mile road race is scheduled for 11 a.m.' today from the Luke Urban Field House, Durfee High School, fall River. A two-mile fun run i'l' set for 11:15 a.m. Post entries, $5, close at 10:30 a.m.

For information contact Ed Talbot at (617) 763-5355 or John Mullaly at (617) 673-9169.

Tickets are available for a testimonial dinner to be tendered state basketball champion Dur-. fee High School team in the Venus deMilo Restaurant, Swan­ sea. They .may be obtained at the school's Campus Shop and the Community Development Recreation office in the Bank Street Armory" Fall River, among other locations.

Duty of Happiness , "The world would be better and brighter if our teachers would dwell on the duty of hap­ piness as well as on the happi­ ness of duty, for we ought to be as clleerful as we can, if only because to be happy ourselves is a most effectual contribution to the happiness of others." ­ John Lubbock

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Portuguese· Masses from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford: 12:15 p.m. each Sunday on radio station WJFD­ FM, 7 p.m. each Sunday on tele­ vision Channel 20. / Mass Monday to Friday every week, 11:30 a.m. to noon, WXNE, Channel 25.

"Confluenee," 8 am. each Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Gra­ ziano, diocesan director of social services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island; and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

"Breakthrough," 6:30 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 10, a pro­ gram on the power of God to' touch lives, produced by the Pastoral Theological Institute of Hamden Conn.

"The Glory of God,'" with Father John Bertolucci, 7.30 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 27.

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"Spirit and the Bride," a talk show with William Larkin, 6 p.m. each Monday, cable chan· nel 35.

Each Sunday (SPN) "New&­ Front" - NC News weekly re­ ports on religious, ethical and moral concerns..

Sunday, April 1 (CBS) "For Our Times" - A report on legal aid for the poor in Los Angeles.

On Radio Charismatic programs are heard from Monday through Fri­ day on station WICE, 1210 AM; Father John Randall, 9 to 10 a.m. and 11 to 12 p.m.; Father Ed­ ward McDonough, 8-12 a.m.; Father Real Bourque.

Father McDonough is also on WMYD from 1:30 to 2 p.m. each Sunday.

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TV mission to be seen nationwide p.: four­ CHICAGO (NC) part mission for Holy Week con­ ducted by Cardinal Joseph L. Ber­ nardin of Chicago will be seen on television screens nationwide.

The cardinal's reflections on forgiveness, beginning on Palm Sun~ay night, April 15, will be broadcast on WGN-TV, a station picked up by many cable sys­ tems.

A WGN spokeswoman said the station reaches 3.5 million households locally and another 13 million nationwide via cable.

Titled "Forgiven," Cardinal Bernardin's mission is scheduled for broadcast April 15-18 at 9 .

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18 to 20 minutes of each pro­ gram will be devoted to the car­ dinal's talk, with the remainder of the time taken for dramatiza· tions, visuals and newsclips.

Part one includes a tape of Pope John Paul II visiting his would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Agca, and offering him forgive­ ness. Cardinal Bernardin also adds stories of forgiveness from his own life.

Scouts honor Ad Altare Dei founder

By NC News Service Sixty-eight' years after joining the Boy Scouts, Msgr. Louis Bar­ celo, 80, founder of the organiza­ tion's Ad Altare Dei award, will receive 'Scouting's highest hon­ or, the Silver Buffalo.

He will receive the award at a national meeting May 21-25 in Salt Lake City.

When Msgr. Barcelo Intro­ duced the A:d Altare Dei. (to the.' altar of God) cross to the scout­ ingprogram, it was the first re­ ligious program of any denom­ ination in scoutlng. "Now there' are 17 or 18," said Msgr. Bar­ celo.

The' emblem 'is awarded to Catholic Boy Scouts for comple­ tion of a religious education program including service pro­ jects and parish involvement.

"Hundreds of thousands of kids have gooo through the pro­ gram," said John Farnsworth, representative for youth minis­ try at the U.S. Catholic Confer­ ence in Washington.

With Jesuit Father Edward Fuller, Msgr. Barcelo wrote "Scouting for Catholics" in 1937.

It was a first for the Boy Scouts.

He also wrote' a number of other Catholic Scouting books, including a prayer book.

Msgr. Barcelo joined the Boy Scouts in Brighton, Mass., when he was 12 and rose to Eagle rank.

He was a scoutmaster and a lawyer in Boston before enter­ ing the seminary. He was or· dained a Holy Cross priest in 1936 and later joined the Santa Fe Archdiocese, where although retired he still assists at parish Masses.

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telephone 675-7151.

On Steering Points items fR Indicates fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO "The Look of Love" wUl be the theme .of a Lenten day of recollection to be held ,at the shrine from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday,' April 14. To. be con­ ducted by Fathers Donald Para­ dis, MS, and Andre Patenaude, MS, the ·program will include ,teaching, son, prayer and lit­ urgy. Further information: 222­ 5410.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Meeting for parents of first communion candidates: 6 p.m.

April 1, ,parish center.

Prayer meeting: 7 p.m. Thurs­ day, April 5,beginning with Mass.

FAw.uLY LIFE CENTER, N.DARTMOUm Forthcoming events: weekend retreat for St. Francis P·rayer Group begins tonight: 'day of recollection for Mothers' Guild . of O.L. Lourdes .parish, Taun­ ton, 2 p.m. April 1; Office of Family Ministry leadership meeting, 7 p.m. Aprjl I: New EngIand Directors of Family Ministry meeting, April 3 through 5: Bishop Connolly High School ·retreat' day, 8:30 to 2 p.m. April 5.

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ST. MARY, NB Parish renewal week with Father Robert Kaszynski: 7:30 p.m. April 2 through 5. ' Rosary folders :have been dis­ tributed, to each .parish family in keeping with 5t. Mary's ,tra­ clition as aro~ary' parish.

ST. JAMES, NB Speakers for a Lenten pro­ I!ram April 9 through 12 will ·be Father, Edward Holleran, OFM, Father Daniel Crowley, Sister Rita Pelletier, SSJ, and Deacon Leo Racine. A Holy Week pen­ ance service is planned for 7 p.m. ApTiI 18~ ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Youth group organizational

meting for youth and adults: 8 p.m. April 2.

Prayer group meeting: 7 p.m.

April 6, beginnIng with Mass~ ST. MARY, SEEKONK Prayer group meeting: 7:30 p.m. each Monday, church hall.

All welcome.

Penance service for conflrma­ .lion candidates and sponsors: 7 p.m. April 1.

BLUE ARMY Five':houT vIgil: 7 p.m. to midnight Mass April 6, St. James Church, New Bedford.

Marian Day: May 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 5t. Joseph's Hall, ,800 Tucker Rd., N. Dartmouth: In­ formation: Lucille Pimentel,

9'92-5402; Ann Levasseur, 822­ 6866.

SACRED HEART,'FR Mondays: exposition of ,the Blessed Sacrament following 12:05J,l.m. Mass until 5 p.m.

Mass.

APPEAL FROM INDIA Religious articles,cards and used clothes are needed by mis­ sions served by Father Paul Cruz, Our Lady's -Church, Kan­ nanalloor PO, Kerala 691576, and 'by Father Paul Kocheeka­ ran, St. Francis Xavier Church, Kallada, PO Koduvila, Quilon de Kerala, both in India:, HOLY NAME, FR Youth group meeting: 7 p.m.

April 8, Holy Name School.

Women's Guild meeting: 7:30 p.m. April 3, Holy Name School.

Presentation' on "How to Build a Success Wardrobe" by Alice Coutinho. ' ST. DOw.DNIC,SlVANSEA Parishioners are requested to donate .unneeded maternity and infant clothes, cribs and carseats to the a.rea Birthright program.

Information: 674-0180 after 4 p.m. , Stations of the Cross and Benediction follow 7 p.m. Mass each F·riday of Lent.

Children who sang for Christ­ mas Masses aTe asked to attend Palm Sunday and Easter Sun­ day rehearsals at 10:15 a.m. tomorrow.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN

Stations of the Cross at 6:40 will precede 7 o'clock Mass tonight.

NOTRE DAME, 'FR Stoles for parish choristers have been J:nadeby Mrs. Charles, Larrivee.

Women's Guild scholarship -applications close April 15. En_ tering freshm~n at Bishop Con­ nolly or Bishop Stang High School whose mothers are active guild' members are eligi'ble to apply. ' Stations of the Cross for the new Notre Dame Church are

available as 'memorial guts. In.,.

formation at rectory.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH

Parishioners are asked to

share favorite ·recipes for a

planned ,Ladies" Guild cookbook.

Information: Carol Wilder, 993­ 7621. ,

Lenten penance service: 7

p.m. April 9.

Fact: If You Are Paying Over .,83° -Per Gallon For Oil To Heat Yoilr Home You're Paying TOO IUCH. Change To MUCH .LOWER C'ost .&as Heat

AID SAVEl FALL t ,,' , RIVER GAS'COMPANY,

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ST. FRANCIS XAVIER,

HYANNIS

Afternoon of ,recollection for parents of special needs chil­ dren and young adults: 2 to 6 p.m. April 1, parish center, end­ ing with Mass, under direction of Father Bob Campbell, O.L. of Cape Church, Brewster.

CA'lIHEDRAL,FR The annual parish mission will take place April 5 through 7.

D of I, ATTLEBORO ~cazaba Circle meeting: April 5, 7:3.0 p.m., K of C Hall, Hodges Street.

COUNCIL FOR OHILDREN. FR Foster. parents' ,tollfree b~t­ line, 1-800-792-5200, 1s avail­ able for belp in cases of run­ aways, medical emergency, vio­ lence -or problems with natural parents.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Mass intentions for neady every weekend of 1984 apd through March of 1985 are al­ ready reserved. Parishioners are asked to make 1985 'reserva­ ' tions at ,this time.

Repeating a 1982 gift offer, parishionel"s subscribing to The Anchor ,this year will receive it free during 1985 as a gift from St. Stanislaus Church.

Youth ,Ministry meeting: 7:30 p.m. April 2. End-of-school and summer plans Vlill be discussed.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED, 'NB New Bedford area support group: meetings 7:30 p.m. each Sunday, O.L. Chapel, New Bed_ ford. April topics: 1st, "Pro­ bate and Family Court: An In­ sider's View," talk by James Casey, chief probation and fam­ Uy service officer: 8th, Mass, social ,hour: lSth, wine and cheese party: 22nd, Easter Sun­ day, no meeting: 29th, "Children of Divorce," talk by Anthony Oliveira.

Counseling available at all meetings: annulment informa­ tion sessions at 1 ·p.m. each Saturday.

ST.ANNE,FR Registration for 'baseball try­ outs: 9 a.m. to noon April 7" St. Anne's School. Tryouts: 1 to 4 p.m. April 8: 5 to 7 p.m. April 9 and 10. Parish children 7 to 12 eligible.

ST. LOUIS, FR 13 Tuesdays devotion honoring St: Anthony: following 7· a.m. and noon Masses each Tuesday until June 13.

Exposition of Blessed Sacra­ ment and prayer fellowship: 7 p,m. April 2.

Bible service: 7 p.m; April 3.

Stations of ·the Cross: 11:30 a.m. AprIl 6.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR

Reunion for those who have

made a parish renewal weekend:

7 p.m. April 1, Father Coady

Center.

CYO Mass: 11 a.m. April 1.

New Mass vestments have

been donated to the parish by

the Tyrrell family, Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Kelly and Mrs. Mildred

Dempsey.

ALHAMBRA ORDER

Region One Council of Cara­

vans meeting: 8:30 _p.m. April 6,

Mercy Center for Disabilities,

Worcester. Roger Ouellette of

Leon Caravan, Fall River, will

preside. ' BUllLDING BLOCK, TAUNTON

The Building Block Youth

Group will sponsor a, large­

screen video ·presentation of

"Brother Sun, Sister Moon," an

internationally acclaimed film

biography of St. Francis of

Assisi, at 7 p.m. April 7 at

St. Mary's School, Taunton. The

showing will ,be followed 'by a

live concert by Jon Polce, Cath­

olic music evangelist and re­

cording artist who is heard daily

of radio station WRCP-AM 1290.

The Building Block is a, youth

prayer group wlthmembershlp

from 12 Taunton -area parishes.

It meets 'at 7 a.m. each Wednes­

day at St. Mary's School. ,New

members are welcome. '

group will also sponsor a

concert by Crossroads, an evan­

gelical group, ·at 7 p,m. May 2,

also at 81. Mary's School.

The

ST. 'JOAN OF ARC/

VISITATION, ORLEANS

A family Mass, the last o! such Masses until Fall, will be offered at 9 a.m. April 1 at Visitation Church, North East'ham. T,he liturgy has· been planned by Visitation first com­ munion candida.tes and their ,teacher, Walter Ross.

VINCENTIANS, FR

Vincentian conferences will

meet at 7 p.m. April 3 at'Santo

Christo Ohuroh, Fall River. Re­

ports on a new emergency food

and shelter. program will be

submitted and needed improve_

ments to St. Vincent Camp,

Westpor·t, will be discussed.

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (NC) - A government commis­ sion has criticized the South ­ African Council of Churches' involvement in political issues and said it was sympathetic to terrorist organizations through support of black liberation move­ ments. The five·man commis­ ST. ELIZABETH, FR sion also said the church coun­ Stations of the Cross: 5 p.m. cil exercised poor control over each Friday; preceding Mass. the millions of dollars, it bud­ ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, geted between 1974 and 1981.

SlVANSEA Diocesan Council of Catholic The commission report noted , Women day of recollection: 9:30 , tension between the council and a.m. to 4 p:m. April 7. the white,minority government, with the two holding irreconcil-, BL.SACIltAMENT,FR Parish council meeting: 7:30 able views on social justice. ,p.m. AprU 5, small chapel.

HOLY NAME, NB As part of the parish 75th EDICTAL CITATION

anniversary celebration, Father DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL

Robert Carson, O.Praem., will FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS

conduct a parish mission April Since the actual place of residence

1 through 5, with a ·brief in­ of FORREST SAMUEL STRElEY Is un­

struction following 9 a.m. Mass known.

and a major conference sched­ We cite FORREST SAMUEL STRElEY

uled for 7 .p.m. daily. The mis­ to appear personally before the Tribunal

sion will conclude with a pen­ of the Diocese of Fall River on Mon·

ance'service. All welcome. day, April 2, 1984 at 1:30 p.m. at 344

Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachu·

ST. RITA, MARION setts, to give 'testimony to establish:

PaJ;ishionel"s are asked to con­ Whether the nullity, of the mar· tribute staples and canned goods riage exists in the KENNEY· in containers in the rear of the STRElEY case? church to provide Easter food Ordinaries of the place or other. pas- ' for the needy. tors having the knowledge of the resi­ ST. PATRICK, FR dence of the above per$on, Forrest Women's Guild meeting and ,SamuelStreley, must see \0 it that he

calendar party: 7:30 p.m. April is properly advised in regard to this

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'Adult education group: 7:30 Henry T. Munroe p.m. April 9, -rectory. Topic: Officialis

Acts of ,the Apostles.

Given at the Tribunal,

Instructions for converts will Fall River, Massachusetts,

begin shortly. Those interested on this, the 22nd day of March,

may call the rectory.

1984.

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