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Bishop Cronin's Easter Message Dearly beloved in Christ, "Death and life have contended in that combat stupendous, and the Prince of life, who died, reigns immortal" proclaims the Sequence oftoday's Easter liturgy. It is the Paschal Mystery by which .Christ suffered, died and now reigns victorious over sin and death.

As St. Paul announces in the sixth chapter of his letter to the Romans, "death has no more power over Him." Neither does death have power over those who believe in Christ and follow His commandments. Christ is truly risen, and the glory ofthe resurrection fills the whole world. Christ is risen, and the world is transformed in hope by His resurrection.

We, my brothers and sisters, have been favored with the gift offaith in the risen Lord. We have hope because of His resurrection. By our baptism, we have a share in the risen life of Christ. Let us rejoice as we celebrate the gift of Christ's resurrection, and let us live that reality in our everyday lives.

The hope of the Lord's resurrection must become a reality in the lives of those who have not heard of Christ, or who have heard but do not believe, or even have believed but have fallen away from living a Christian life. Christ is

indeed risen, but the glory of His resurrection and the hope of eternal life have not reached everyone.

We, therefore, are the ones chosen and commissioned by the Lord to bring the Good News of the risen and victorious One to those who either do not believe or who, if they believe, need to live their faith more fervently. Let the Easter message be a source of hope for those who live in darkness and the shadow of death. , I pray that your faith may be strengthened, that the witness of your life will lead others to Christ. Christ is risen. The Prince of life, who died, reigns immortal. May He reign triumphantly in your heart and in the hearts of all who believe.

With every prayerful good wish for the blessings of Easter, I remain Faithfully yours in Christ,

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"Remember that you act 'in persona Christi' - in the person of Christ," Bishop Daniel A. Cronin told priests ofthe diocese gathered on Tuesday in St. Mary's Cathedral for the Mass of the Chrism.

At the Mass, holy oils are blessed for use throughout the year in administering the sacraments in diocesan parishes. It is also a time for priests to renew their ordination commitment. Pope John Paul II has traditionally taken the occasion to write to the world's 400,000 priests and Bishop Cronin used the pontiffs 1988 letter as the basis for his comments on Tuesday.

He urged the priests to use the papal message, copies of which were distributed to them after the Chrism Mass, for meditation over a pr910nged period.

"We meditate on the Incarnation," said the bishop, "remembering that Christ took on humanity through the instrumentality of Mary, who formed Jesus the man."

This could happen, he said, because Mary "was a willing and obedient servant of the will of God." She continued her service to the foot of the cross, he went on, "consenting to the sacrifice of the victim she had brought into the world."

The papal letter emphasizes the sacrificial nature of the Mass, the bishop said, reminding priests that "we should take Mary into the home of our priesthood as John, the beloved disciple, took Mary into his home."

brought Christ into the world, so does the church.

"The pope's message, set in the context ofthe Marian year, speaks of consecrating priestly celibacy to God as Mary consecrated her virginity. He asks meditation on the role of Mary as foretold in Genesis and spoken of again in the Apocalypse."

The bishop thanked the priests for "making the bishop present in every corner of the diocese" at a time when many satisfactions formerly found in the priestly life are absent.

"But you are always working 'in persona Christi' for God alone, who is your happiness," he reminded them, urging them to "renew the zeal of ordination day when, with worlds to conquer, we knelt before the bishop."

P?iests celebrating ordination anniversaries in 1988 were recognized, headed by retired Bishop James J. Gerrard, who will mark his 65th anniversary of priestly ordination on May 26.

Music was by the Fall River Diocesan Choir and instrumentalists, directed by Glenn Giuttari with Joanne Mercier as cantor.

In the Latin sense of the word "type" as a model, explained Bishop Cronin, "Mary is a type of the church in the world. As Mary

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By Joseph Motta with NC News reports Ed Peck, a member of St. Bernard's parish, Assonet, finds himself saying "yes" to God. "I've come to understand," the 24-year-old said, "that if I do not say yes to God, then the fact that Jesus died on the cross for me 2000 years ago loses some of its meaning."

Peck was one of hundreds of teens and young adults representing dozens of parishes from all five diocesan deaneries at the second annual World Youth Day celebration, held Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.

The Fall River observance was among hundreds around the world celebrated at the request of Pope John Paul II, who some years ago designated Palm Sunday as a special day for youth. This year about half of the 60,000 persons attending Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square were youths from many nations, in Rome to celebrate the day with the pope.

The pope announced at the Mass that next year he will attend an international Catholic youth rally in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, to stimulate young Catholics to "rediscover the apostolic roots of their faith and commit themselves actively to evangelize the contemporary world."

Fall River's paraliturgical youth celebration had a Marian theme, since the diocese is dedicated to Mary and the Holy Father has designated this a Marian year.

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themoorin~ A Liberating Alleluia Christmas is a time of sentiment. Easter is a time of faith.

At Christmas, we urge people to "come home for Christmas." The concept of being home for the holidays plays on the heartstrings and unleashes a crescendo of memories. The dark of winter is a time for sentiment and even pathos.

Easter has none of this. On the human level, it far surpasses the ephemeral. Insecurity is replaced with security, weakness with strength, weariness with renewed spirit.

The darkness that makes us cling together in the depths of winter is dispelled by the freedom of individuality. We no longer need grasp for the flimsy excuses we need just to keep going in the face of nature's darkness.

Rather, we turn our faces to the light; we feel spiritually revivified; we walk as persons delivered from childish things.

For the person of faith, Easter is an alleluia of liberation.

No matter how trampled we have been, how tied down or bored, Easter gives us a lift and puts a skip in our walk. It is a time when we with all of nature bud forth and turn to the sun.

We burrow out ofthe mud and blossom in the light. Following nature's lead, we throw off all that has made our lives dull and dark. It is in this spring cycle, the Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox, that we sing once more our alleluia of deliverance.

Easter is rooted in the nature of time, of nature and of. ourselves. It is the heart of new life and new birth, it is the hope that springs eternal. In this transfer from natural to supernatural, we become new not only in a mystical sense but in our own being. Easter is the totality of Incarnation; the ultimate victory of man and his faith.

As St. Paul tells us, "If Christ has not risen, vain then is our preaching, vain too is your faith."

We all need a good dose offaith. In our social order, we have lost trust in each other. Governments spend time forging treaties to limit the missiles we have made to destroy life itself. Our trust and faith are for the most part based on our ability to verify facts given us through the wizardry of science.

What is true in our international relations is also carried into our domestic life.

"Trll;st no one" is our advice to all. Lock your doors, bolt your wmdows, get a burglar alarm system, beware of strangers are our mottoes. The result is obvious. We live in guarded houses, we are fearful of people, we have all but become vigilantes.

Easter reminds us that it need not be this way. It shouts to all thafeve~y day is not a Good Friday, that Calvary was not an end in itself, that we are called to be children of the light, not the dark.

This is the lesson we should confirm in our own lives this Easter Sunday. Jesus tells each of us that things change and so can we. None of us has to stay with our present limitations and failures. Jesus proclaims that we should be the person we know we can be.

In short, our world needs a good dose of trust and assurance.

It is not going to come from the political promises of campaign oratory, nor from the specious professions of capitalism.

Rather, it will come from our personal conviction of the eternal significance of who we are and what we want to be.

Clinging to this faith will lead us to the limitless life that Easter promises to each man, woman and child who dares to say "I believe."

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EASTER 1988

"Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?" Luke 24:38

Passion play criteria

By Cindy Wooden WASHINGTON (NC) - Passion plays which blame the Jewish people for Jesus' death not only are anti-Semitic and historically inaccurate but ignore the Christian beliefthat Jesus accepted death to atone for the sins of all people, said a new U.S. bishops' committee document.

Titled "Criteria for the Evaluation for Dramatizations of the Passion," the document was written by the bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and was authorized for publication by the Administrative Committee of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops at its meeting in Washington March 22-24.

Because Christ's passion "touches upon the most sacred and central mysteries of the faith," depictions of the events surrounding his death must "conform to the highest possible standards of biblical interpretation and theological sensitivity," the document said. . "Any p~ese~t~tionswhich explicitly or ImpliCitly seek to shift responsibility from human sin onto this or that historical group, such as the Jews, can only be said to o~scure a core Gospel truth," it said.

Although many Catholic-sponsored passion plays were revised 路after the Second Vatican Council to reflect church teachings about

Jews and Judaism, the bishops' committee continues to receive requests for guidance, said Denver Archbishop J. Francis Stafford, committee chairman.

The new document provides practical advice for evaluating the dramatizations. based on the 1985 Vatican statement, "Notes on the Correct Way to Present Jews and Judaism in Preaching and Catechesis in the Roman Catholic Church."

The 1985 statement said that Jews and Judaism should be presented "not only in an honest and objective manner, free from prejudices and without any offense, bl:it also with full awareness of the heritage common to Jews and Christians."

For the sake of drama, the new document said, some passion plays "resort to artificial oppositions in order to heighten ipterest or provide sharp contrasts between the characters."

Rather than constructing a tension between Jesus and the Jews, the statement said, in presentations of the passion "it is important to portray Jesus and his followers clearly as Jews among Jews, both in dress and actions, such as prayer."

To be historically accurate and faithful to church teaching, the presentations should not:

- Depict Jesus as being opposed to the Jewish law.

- Show the Old Testament and Jewish tradition as being concerned Ollly with justice, fear and legalism, while the New Testament appeals to love of God and neighbor.

- Portray the Jews as avaricious and bloodthirsty.

- Imply that all Jews or all Pharisees were against Jesus and called for his death.

The document noted that by changing the "small crowd" at Pontius Pilate's palace to a "teeming mob" calling for death, some passion plays imply a "collective guilt" among all Jews ofthat time.

"The Jewish populace, far from wishing his death, would have opposed it had they known, and in fact mourned his death," the document said.

The portrayal of Pilate also needs examination, it said. Historical evidence shows Pilate to be a "ruthless tyrant" who crucified hundreds of Jews without proper trials, and Catholic tradition mentions only him as the one legally responsible for Jesus' death. Yet some passion plays show him to be a "vacillating administrator" who tried to free Jesus.

The major focus of any depiction of the passion, the document said, should be "a profound selfexamination of our own guilt, through sin, for Jesus' death."

Conflict roots I sat listening to a bunch of as often as a pesky virus. They authorities lecturing on the steal scissors, break toys and misplace items. Their presence becomes roots of conflict in the family. known when someone asks, "Who As they tossed around phrases took my Walkman?" and nobody like "unresolved infant psychosis" has. These phantoms are incrediand "birth order patterns of sibling bly clever. They are never seen but interaction," I sat there thinking, are always present.

"Nonsense. Everyone knows it's Paranoia: This one is related to simpler than that. Family conflict the family phantom. The conflict comes from things like ice cubes usually starts with, "Why is everyand extension cords." one looking at me?" and escalates For those considering marriage me and family, here is my list of con- quickly to, "You always blame for everything," or "How come flict roots.

The last ice cube: Because the you never ..." Always and never person who takes the last ice cube are the operative words. Without them, this conflict would suffer. is responsible for refilling the tray, How clean is clean?: "But I did everyone leaves the last cube inthe my room" is a good opener clean tray. Since a warm Coke is. not路 cooled by one cube, this practice is on this one. If followed to its natua potential blowup, starting with ral conclusion, parents end up on an outraged shout, "Who left one the defensive, being expected to justify sanitation standards. Much ice cube?"

Extension cords: Stealing exten- family energy is expended on the sion cords becomes a form offam- definition of clean when a closed ily interaction. No matter how door is likely the best resolution. many you buy, there are never I've found that the only way to enough. When I go into my office avoid this conflict is to avoid going and find my radio working (about into children's rooms until they once a month) I am pleasantly leave home permanently.

Eat your peas.: If I had it to do surprised.

When it isn't working, I play the over again, I wouldn't serve peas game and steal someone else's cord. - or broccoli or anything green The person who comes up with a that is cooked. I would toss a way of locking up extension cords clump of raw vegetables on the will become an overnight million- table and say, "Have at it." What aire and deserving of the Healt~y have I learned? That food battles aren't worth the fight, that kids Family Award as well.

Family phantoms: These are the grow up strong and tall in spite of sneaky spirits who invade families no spinach, and that conversations

A need for elders In many dioceses the strength of the priesthood is being tested as never before.

There are fewer priests and this is causing those in active service to burn out and, perhaps worst of all, to experience loneliness.

Role confusion is weakening priests' solidarity.

In many circumstances it seems as if a priest, if he;: is to survive, must go it alone to work out a personal lifestyle and the meaning of his ministry. Unless he is fortunate enough to have a good spiritual director or a confidant, it is becoming difficult for priests to find other priests to share with and with whom to feel at one.

As I was pondering the problem of priests needing other priests and the difficulties of going it alone, I came across a passage in the Psalms that shed some interesting light on the topic. The psilim referred to the beauty of being an elder.

In the early church an elder was an ol~er person who presumably was wiser because of age. A council of elders fulfilled an important role in the community.

During the time of Sts. Peter, James and Luke, elders were considered the fathers of the church who exerted a strong spiritual power in it. They were the leaders chosen to preserve and transmit the tradition received from Jesus through the apostles.

As I reflected on the role of elders, I wondered whether the role had any place in the church today. Three decades ago we seldom retired priests. Though some should have been rightfully retired, many worthy priests were considered special because of their years of experience and their spirituality.

Often those elderly priests were sought after for counsel. They had

a wisdom that lent stability to the younger generations. They were accorded deep respect and I believe that this kept many priests from retiring because they had the fl:eling of being a venerated elder. !oday much of that no longer eXists. We have all types of programs to provide older priests with

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about daily events are more interesting than how many peas must be eaten before one is entitled to dessert.

Toilet tissue: This one probably causes more marital fractures than infidelity. Where is it written that mothers are uniquely qualified in replacing' the tissue? Once, in an attempt at research, I placed a roll on the floor of the bathroom, testing how long it would take until someone put it on the dispenser.

You're right. The tissue ran out before the task was achieved. So much for research.

How old is old? We're talking leftovers here. By definition a leftover is anything more than one meal old. When the kids ask, "What's for dinner?" and we respond, "Leftovers," we can count on a groan unless it's pizza or macaroni and cheese.

These are my roots of family conflict. They have little to do with early-origin psychosis but a lot to do with daily harmony. And I've not even gone into how long it takes to make a phone call or where's the change? I must be slipping.

Q. Is there a law regarding the time ofthe Good Friday services? I understand the Holy Thursday service being in the evening but why Good Friday? Surely 3 p.m. is more appropriate. In some places I think 3 p.m. is mandatory. Is that true? (New York) A. It is quite clear that Friday afternoon is the appropriate and proper time for the liturgy commemorating the death of our Lord, both from custom and by church regulations.

The Sacramentary (missal), in the instructions preceding the Good Friday liturgy, indicates that the celebration takes place in the afternoon about 3 p.m.

In its discussion of the Easter Triduum (Holy Thursday evening, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night) the introduction to the Sacramentary also says that "the celebration of the Lord's passion takes place on Friday during the afternoon hours."

The pre-notes for Good Friday, however, allow for another time if "pastoral reasons suggest a later hour." Thus particular local circumstances might explain the variations you have experienced.

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security and comfort in retirement. We don't expect that with age will come spiritual power and wisdom. While there is respect, this fuller idea ofan elder is missing.

I know there are some retired priests who would like me to keep quiet and who wish to remain in retirement. Nonetheless, I ask, where are the elders in the priesthood?

Have we younger priests low'ered our expectations of what a priest should and can do after a certain age and dismissed the thought of treating him as an elder?

Have priests close to retirement lowered their expectations of their own priestly powers after a certain age? Have they forgotten church history and the idea of elders in the priesthood?

Perhaps if we had more priests who became true elders we wouldn't see so many younger priests having to go it alone.

Cuban changes VATICAN CITY (NC) - An official of the Catholic Church in Cuba said church-government relations are changing for the better, although problems of religious liberty remain. Welcome changes include authorization the church recently received to bring 20 missionaries to Cuba. Msgr. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, director of the Cuban bishops' secretariat, said the missionaries will include one Cuban.

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By FATHER

JOHN DIETZEN

At the very beginning, by their response-to the priest's greeting, all unite themselves in asking that God will be with him as he leads them in the coming liturgy.

At the Gospel the priest's or deacon's invocation that the assembled people will be open to the Lord's presence in his Word is responded to with the prayer that the Lord also will be with him as he proclaims the Gospel message.

Again at the preface of the Eucharistic Prayer, the priest uses the same words to begin that intimate prayer of the church which calls down the Holy Spirit, thanks the Father for his goodness and brings the eucharistic presence to the midst of the people.

The congregation's "and also with you" is a prayer that the Lord will bless .his prayer and their union with it.

At the end of the Eucharistic Prayer, of course, they all reaffirm that union by the spoken or sung Amen.

Finally,just before the last blessing and dismissal, the celebrant asks the Lord to be with his people, now nourished by his body and blood, as they leave to live out what they have celebrated.

As you can see, though we hardly may notice the words as they fly by, they carry much of the freight of meaning at Mass.

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Some dioceses do have particular rules on some of these matters.

Your parish priest or chancery office could inform you of them.

Q. I believe I read once in your question column an explanation ofthe words at Mass: The Lord be with you - and also with you. We would like an explanation of what that means, especially when the congregation answers. Could you explain again? (California) A. I do not recall ever dealing with this particular question before but it is a good one.

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BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin meets with Fathers Thomas L. Rita, left, and Ralph D. Tetrault, right, to discuss CCA plans and procedures. Father Rita, pastor ofSt. Mary's parish, Seekonk, and Father Tetrault, pastor of St. Mary's parish, North Attleboro, are respectively CCA area director and assistant for the Attleboro deanery. (Gaudette photo)

CCA Special' Gift phase'dates announced The Special Gift phase of the annual diocesan Catholic Charities Appeal will begin April 18 and , end April 30. The CCA,now in its 47th year, helps fund diocesan apostolates, including works of charity, mercy and education.

The Special Gifts campaign reaches fraternal, professional, business and industrial organizations in southeastern Massachusetts.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has sent personal letters to Special Gift solicitors. Most have already indicated willingness to aid the campaign.

THIS SATURDAY IS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Honor the Immaculate Heart of Mary .

Practice the devotion of the five First Saturdays This devotion was requested by Our lady of Fatima on July 13, 1917, when she said: "God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart.

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

Then again, on December 10, 1925, Our lady appeared to Sister lucia, one of the ch'ildren of Fatima, and told her the followi~g: "Announce in my name that I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, shall

1. Go to confession and receive Holy Communion, 2. Recite the Rosary, 3. And keep me company for a quarter of an hour while med.itating on the mysteries of the Rosary 4. With the intention of making reparation to me./I To practice this devotion, you must fulfill the requests of Our Lady, doing so in reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Confession may be made during eight days before or after the Communion.

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

Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, PA. diocesan Appeal director, recently announced that over 900 Special Gifts solicitors will make 5,150 contacts in this phase ofthe Appeal.

"It is hoped that an increase' in giving will highlight this year's

'San F:ran~isco prelate to return to' work SANFRANCISCO (NC) - San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn will return to work April 9 after a five-month sabbatical taken for "reasons ofaccumulated stress," the Archdiocese of San Francisco announced.

The archdiocese also announced Archbishop Quinn is to undergo surgery for removal of a benign parotid tumor located in the parotid gland behind the earlobe.

The announcements were made in a recent news release.

No date has been set for the surgery, which will be performed at Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto.

On his first day back at work, Archbishop Quinn is to ordain four men to the priesthood at San Fra..,ncisco's St. Mary's Cathedral.

"I feel refreshed and renewed," the archdiocese quoted t.he archbishop as saying. "I'm eager to be back in San Francisco and to get back to work," he said.

Last Nov. 5 Archbishop Quinn announced that on his doctor's advice he was taking a sabbatical of indefinite length. An archdioce-. . san press officer said at the time the archbishop was simply worn out from work and there was no disease or chemical dependency involved.

In addition to his archdiocesan responsibilities, Archbishop Quinn in recent years has been president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, head of its doctrine and pastoral research and practices committees, papally appointed head of a commission to study U.S. religious orders, president of the California Catholic Conference, member of a three-

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Mrs. James A. O'Brien Jr. of Fall River, this year's CCA lay chairman,has requested that Special Gifts solicitors make contacts and report returns promptly to area headquarterS.

bishop commission appointed by the Holy See to help resolve a major church dispute in the Archdiocese of Seattle and host of the papal visit to San Francisco this past September.

During his sabbatical Archbishop Quinn went to The Institute of Living in Hartford, Conn., a clinic where he underwent a medical evaluation and dealt with issues of stress management and exhaustion, the archdiocesan announcement said. The medical evaluation revealed the existence ofthe tumor, it said.

The surgery is to involve a hospital stay of approximately five days, followed by a brief period of convalescence, it added.

During his rest the archbishop also spent time at St. Anselm Benedictine Abbey in Manchester, N.H., St. Joseph Trappist Abbey in Spencer, Mass., and with the Jesuit community at Fairfield University in Connecticut.

He also visited the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa., the homes offormer presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson at Mount Vernon and Monticello, Va., and the Epcot Center in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Archbishop Quinn also went to Rome where he met with Pope John Paul II to thank him for his visit to San Francisco and present him with photos and commemorative medals from the visit.

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Pornography Dear Editor: With all the rhetorical hullabaloo uttered by the presidential candidates in their efforts to obtain votes, it amazes me that the majority of the candidates shy away from discussing pornography and its effects on our citizens, not to mention its tie-in with organized crime. Very little, if any at all, is argued by the hopefuls.

Reverend Jackson quips, "The COI,Jrts do not allow us to abridge the legal rights of adults to have access to obscene material."

As a candidate for our nation's highest office, Reverend Jackson should know that obscenity is not protected free expression under the 1st Amendment. Our highest court has ruled on that question time and time again! Of course our own governor has never been known as an anti-pornography crusader.

During his current term he has failed to assist the concerned citizens of Stoughton and Lowell as the latter battled with organized crime stalwarts to keep their municipalities in states of public decency.

In both instances, the good citizens prevailed. as the governor turned aside all requests for help from these communities. Adult book stores, so-called, are no longer in operation in Lowell and Stoughton.

These candidates and all candidates should keep in mind that children get their pornography from adults, and adults alone!

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BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin, left, chats in their common language, Italian, with Auxiliary Bishop Jose da Cruz Policarpo of Lisbon, Portugal, who conducted a Lenten series at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, New Bedford. Bishop Policarpo, dean of the School of Theology of the Catholic University of Portugal and rector of Seminario dos Olivais, the major seminary of the Lisbon archdiocese, is recognized as Portugal's outstanding contemporary theologian. (Motta photo)

Sister Blute commented that the meeting was enriching for the calibre of speakers, topics discussed and interaction among the vicars.

The Indians finally came down from the mountains "because we didn't have enough to eat and there were so many of us we could no longer survive." said Juan Domingo. an Indian in his early 20s.

Other groups like theirs. he said. continue to live in fear and silence. trying to avoid capture, Bishop Flores said the sanctuary given by the diocese is unique.

In fact. he noted. "this is the only part of the republic in which this has been achieved." An important factor. he said. was the strong support provided by the ChristianDemocrat governor of the department.

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Bishop Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes of Vera Paz and Coban. said the Indians fear the troopers because more~ than 100 Guatemalan highland villages were

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Sister Mary Noel Blute, RSM, Episcopal Representative for Religious in the Fall River diocese.· was among vicars of religious from 75 U.S. dioceses who met last month in Tampa for their 22nd annual assembly.

The role of vicars as "enablers" in cases of dissolution and/ or mergers of small congregations was discussed by canon law specialist Sister Ellen O'Hara, CSJ; while Father Robert Nash, newly reelected president ofthe National Conference of Vicars for Religious, pointed out that "the office of the vicar has moved from a canonical role to one of pastoral care."

fled to the mountains to escape the massacres.

"The thing which made the deepest impression on us was their silence." said Bishop Flores as he viewed a videotape of a group of Kekchi Mayan Indians in the diocesan offices in Coban.

Huddled together among trees and brambles. women and children. young men. the sick and elderly stared at the cameras and uttered barely a sound beyond the quiet greetings they exchanged with Bishop Flores.

They had learned that neartotal silence in their daily lives was necessary to avoid detection by troops searching the hills. he explained.

The bishop said that in 1986 the Indians sent him a note written on a scrap of paper and concealed inside a ball-point pen. inquiring about the possibility of sanctuary.

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Continued from Page Three Youth Ministry, prepared thecelebration of which Kathryn E. Wrobel was coordinator.

Earlier the Youth Ministry Office prepared a packet of suggestions for preparing to participate in Sunday's service, distributing it to diocesan parishes.

The celebration began with a colorful procession into the cathedral. Diocesan youth, preceding Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, who presided at the celebration, carried deanery banners. .

Father Harrison delivered the day's greeting to "members of the young church of Fall River," The pastor of St. John Neumann parish, East Freetown, said that everyone'would join in pr-ayer to celebrate the presence of so many diocesan youth and "to celebrate Mary's life and her role in our lives as mother.

"The young woman God chose to be the mother of his Son seeks to lead us to him," Father Harrison said, noting that Mary must be experiencing "deep joy and peace as she sees this cathedral, dedicated to her honor, filled with youth seeking to love her Son," A reading based on Luke 1:2638, narrated by Mrs. Wrobel and featuring Elizabeth Barton, a student at Taunton's Coyle and Cassidy High School, completely captured the congregation's attention.

Dressed in white, Elizabeth portrayed Mary. She offered a sincere performance, showing her contemporaries how confused, alone and afraid Mary was upon accepting the responsibility of becoming Jesus' mother and conveying how Mary's trust in God saw her through those trying moments.

Ed Peck's witness followed. He introduced himself to celebration attendees as a worker with St. Bernard's active youth group.

Peck said he had "struggles" in his life when he was moved to speak to Father Edward E. Correia, St. Bernard's pastor. He had, at that point, only been in St. Bernard's once and didn't even know the priest's name.

Through their contact, Peck said, "God was addressing all of the concerns and needs that I had." By opening himself to God, he told his listeners, he took on new responsibilities, "much like Mary did," and became involved in other parish apostolates, including religious education. .

Peck said he will be confirmed in May. "We have to believe we are not just the church of tomorrow," he stressed. "We are the church of today!"

A liturgical dance group from Fall River's Dominican Academy moved from the rear to the front of the cathedral with a peaceful, calming interpretation of Mary's Magnificat, sung by cantors Joanne Mercier and Father David A. Costa. . Joseph Paulo of Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Taunton, and Tracy Rebello of Holy Name parish, Fall River, representing all youth present, then presented Bishop Cronin with a lit candle "to light the path for youth in our diocese."

-. The· bishop accepted the gift . with a smile before presenting a lit Marian candle to a young member of each parish represented at the service.

"Just being here with you is a delight," the bishop told the young people. He remarked that the gathering was one of "great dignity" and congratulated Father Harrison, his staff and all who contributed to the day.

An event such as the celebration, the bishop said, provides an opportunity to focus on the fact that "we're feeding one another in our spiritual lives."

The bishop said Pope John Paul II "never meets with young people without imparting a lesson" and encouragement and hope.

In New Orleans last year. Bishop Cronin continued, the pope gave a "rather profound" homily during a meeting with youth, telling them that their special mission is "to seek the truth, because the truth will make you free. And the truth is Jesus Christ."

The bishop told his young hearers that "freedom has to be...connected with the proper use of one's liberty.

"We have to seek the will of God," he said, "and know the truth of the will of God. And that's what Mary did!"

The bishop said that the pope advised his youth rally listeners to "be young people of prayer, because Jesus Christ was a man of prayer."

Mary McCaffrey, 17, who traveled over an hour from St. Pius X parish, South Yarmouth, to attend . the paraliturgy. noted that she appreciated Bishop Cronin's candid address.

Father Harrison remarked later that the celebration "was really the fruit of a Lenten preparation" and that it is "inspiring to see how many people are dedicated to youth" and are "always there to respond."

Msgr. John J. Oliveira, V.E., was master of ceremonies for the occasion.

Sacred Hearts communities end anniversary year 37 candidates, sisters, brothers and priests of the Sacred Hearts Community met last Sunday at the sisters' House of Intercession in Fall River for the concluding event of a year commemorating the 150th anniversary of the death of the community's founder, Father Marie-Joseph Coudrin.

The international religious congregation of men and women was founded in 1800 by Father Coudrin, together with Mother Henriette Aymer de la Chevalerie.

Those gathering last Sunday represented the East Coast Region of the Pacific Province of the sisters, headquartered in Mt. Rainier, Md., and the Eastern Province of the fathers and brothers, headquartered in Fairhaven. They joined community members in 42 countrie~ and regions in marking the sesquicentennial as an opportunity for reflection and renewal.

Sunday's celebration began with a prayer service before the Blessed Sacrament exposed, planned by Father Columban Crotty, pastor of St. Joseph Church, Fairhaven; Sister Gail Fortin, St. Joseph's School, Fairhaven; and newlyordained Father Robert Charlton, parochial vicar at Our Lady of the Assumption parish, New Bedford.

In a symbolic ceremony, leaves representing areas served by the community were placed on budding tree branches while prayers were offered for those working in each area. An original poem, "To the Good Father - l50th Anni- . versary," by Sister Marion Storjohann was read. Sister Storjohann professed perpetual vows during the anniversary year.

A slide show presented by Sister Claire Bouchard, sisters' formation director, and vocation director Father Patrick Fanning depicted the past, present and future achievements and goals of the congregation.

A meal arranged by Sister Margarita Denis, coordinator of the House of Intercession, and Sister Lucia Iwata, also of the house, was followed by a sing-along and "Pictorial Pursuit" game organized by Sister Iwata and Brother Walter deCremieux, the latter from Sacred Hearts Seminary, Wareham.

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (NC) - Nicaragua's Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, mediator of early talks aimed at achieving a truce in his country, was named to a twomember commission to verify compliance with the cease-fire accord signed March 23 by U.S.-backed rebels and the Sandinista-Ied government. .

Cardinal Obando Bravo will be joined by Organization of America States General Secretary Joao Baena Soares.

The cease-fire agreement calls for a 60-day suspension of military operations during which further talks for an end to the war, the release of political prisoners and democratic reforms would occur.

Negotiations on an extended truce are to begin April 6. The initial cease-fire is to begin today and in Other anniversary year events the ensuing 15 days, contra forces included an opening gathering at the Wareham seminary; a day of are to move into designated zones decided by commissions which were prayer in August, led by Fall River to meet March 28. native Father Richard McNally, Cardinal Obanao Bravo signed community director of formation; the nine-point accord as a witness a December prayer service preto the talks held in the Nicaraguan pared by Sister Bouchard and town of Sapoa, three miles from Father Frederick LaBrecque; dithe Costa Rican border, March rector of communications; and 21-23. publication of various articles and Prior to the signing of the agreean ongoing community bulletin ment by Adolfo Calero of the feature, "SS.Cc. Trivial Pursuit."

Nicaraguan Resistance and NicarReassessment ofcommunity pri- guan Defense Minister Gen. Humorities in the course of the year has berto Ortega, Cardinal Obando led to withdrawal from former Bravo led those present at the signmissions, now well-established ing ceremony in a prayer ofthanks. parishes, including six in the Fall Calero, one of the directors of ~iver.diocese, and planned expan- the rebel coalition, said the final sIOn of the Sacred Hearts mission- result of the negotiations followed ary presence in India, Japan and closely the agenda which Cardinal the Bahamas as well as in U.S. Obando Bravo had submitted early home mission areas. on for talks and which had preCoordinating all anniversary ac- viously been rejected by the Nicativities were Father LaBrecque, raguan government.

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In Miami, self-exiled Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega of the Prelature of Juigalpa, Nicaragua, expressed deep skepticism about the accord.

A harsh critic of the Sandinistas, Bishop Vega said in a March 24 telephone interview that he believes the Sandinistas signed the cease-fire only to ease contra military pressure on the Managua government.

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The discussion is to be held in an executive session, from which the press and other observers are barred.

Archbishop John L. May of St. Louis, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Conference, recently announced that the closeddoor session will feature an "openended" discussion of AIDS issues, "with its direction determined by the will of the bishops."

He said the USCC Administrative Board, which met in Washington March 22-24, agreed to place the discussion on the agenda of the June bishops' meeting and wanted it to "focus on the pastoral, theological and moral dimensions of AIDS." Last December a number of bishops publicly opposed or expressed reservations about some portions of an AIDS statement issued Dec. II by the 50-bishop usce Administrative Board.

Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York called the statement a "very grave mistake."

Archbishop J. Francis Stafford of Denver issued a 2,300-word critique in which he accused the board of overreaching its authority and engaging in bad theology.

The board statement covered a wide range of social, moral and pastoral concerns surrounding the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, a fatal disease often contracted by homosexual or promiscuous heterosexual activity or by intravenous drug abuse.

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While only a few bishops directly opposed the language about condom information in the statement, a number of others said ambiguity or vagueness in the statement lent itself to misinterpretations.

On Dec. 17 Archbishop May sent a private letter to all the bishops suggesting that during their June meeting they have a "full discussion" of theological and pastoral questions involved so that the bishops as a group could "formulate clear conference policy on aspects of the AIDS issue."

He said he would recommend such a discussion when the administrative board met to set the Collegeville agenda..

The archbishop's letter generated a new flap at the end of December when the communications office ofthe New York Archdiocese released portions of it and The New York Times interpreted it to mean that the AIDS statement had been "set aside for now" until the bishops could review it.

Archbishop May and Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago, a member of the committee that had drawn up the AIDS statement, immediately denied that the statement had been withdrawn or set aside.

A March 10 front-page article in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, said Christians should fight AIDS through chastity and marital fidelity and by offering compassion to victims of the syndrome, but not by promoting condom usage.

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By Antoinette Bosco A friend was reminiscing about the "good old days" in the church and how she used to look forward to Lent. It was the time she gave up candy, concentrated on fast and abstinence days, got to morning Mass twice a week and put nickels in her kids' mite boxes.

Easter was a goal to look forward to, the hosanna day when she could give up the sacrificial life and go back to living in comfort.

I go back with Jesus for those 40 days of searching, scared stiff over the crosses lying in wait for me.

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"Funny," I said to my friend, "I always thought of Lent as the time for recharging our faith batteries, so we could get through the crises of September and November and January."

"That'll never happen now that the church has made Lent so easy," she responded.

"Lent," she sighed, "just isn't what it used to be."

In truth, however, faith can be affected by what is happening in life. When life is pleasant, faith is an easy part of the package.

But life can bring the death of a child, the divorce of parents, a grown child turned selfish and ugly, a debilitating disease, a desperate, internal boredom, an untouchable loneliness, confinement to a home for the aged.

Can many of us say that our faith is so strong that we can face terrifying events with complete conviction that God is still with us?

For myself, I walk the tightrope between yes and no: But I haven't fallen off yet - because of Lent.

New Nation closed WASHINGTON (NC) -South Africa's white minority government has closed the southern African bishops' newspaper New Nation for three months for publishing stories that Minister of Home Affairs Stoffel Botha found politically objectionable.

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Was that really all Lent meant to Catholics? Somehow, that wasn't the message I got from the church.

Lent wasn't the time to chalk up sacrifices in a kind of score sheet approach to sanctity.

Lent was the moment of truth in a Christian's life because it dealt with the basic issue - faith.

Lent wasn't an innovation of the church either. Lent was an inevitability in the life of our leader.

When the carpenter's son began making a stir, he was wise enough to know the next step would bring enemies.

Jesus spent 40 days in the desert to recharge his energies, to solidify his determination to see his mission through.

That was the first Lent.

If Lent was built into the church year, it had to be related to that beginning. It had to spring from the honest admission that, like our founder, all Christians would need time to recharge their energies.

For faith can be as corriforting as a security blanket one minute, and as tormen~ing as a fickle lover the next. .

Therefo~e:'all'Chrhtians have t~ retreat periodically to the desert.

Here they can discover trust in Jesus' love and reaffirm fidelity to him so as not to break down in the blackness of the cross. Lent, as well as Easter, is our heritage.

I've often thought that we are misled by terminology when the church says we receive the "gift of faith." Automatically we may assume that faith is something given to us; once we have it, we can lose it only by the most perverse and evil self-willing.

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STRESS, Coping and Self-Esteem were the subfects of a . seminar sponsored last Saturday by the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses at St. John the Baptist parish hall, Westport; From left, Barbara Gauthier, council president; Dr. Claire.Stevens of the faculty of Bristol Community College, . Fa~l Rl';"er, thespeaker~ <!,fi.9 Del()res Santos; council secretary.

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Queen's Daughters chaplain named Taunton Queen's Daughters will welcome Msgr. Robert L. Stanton, pastor of St. Paul's Church as their new chaplain at a com~ munion breakfast April 10 following 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Joseph's Church. Both churches are in Taunton.

Msgr. Stanton succeeds the late Father William Farland as chaplain ofthe women's organization.

The breakfast speaker will be .Sister Suzanne Beaudoin, SSch., campus minister at Bristol Community College, Fall River, and formerly a faculty member at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro.

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• Liturgy ofthe Lord's Passion and Death at 3:00 p.m.

• Confessionsfrom 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

• 98th annual paraliturgical and dramatic Way ofthe Cross. Descentfrom the Cross and procession at 7 p.m.

HOLY SATURDAY • Confessions in the shrine from II :00 to 12:00 and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

• Easter Vigil and First Mass of the Resurrection at '1:00 p.m.

Laetare medalist NOTRE DAME, Ind. (NC) Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder and chairman of Special Olympics International, is the 1988 Laetare medalist. The award is the Univer, sity of Notre Dame's highest honor.

Also medalists have been Mrs. 'Shriver's brother, the late President John F. Kennedy, arid her husband, Sargent Shriver, former Peace Corps director and ambassador to France.

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Installed as officers of the Catholic Women's Club at St. Michael parish, Swansea, were Mrs. George Ferreira, president; Mrs. Charles Viens, vice-president; Mrs. Albert Chenard and Miss Rita Martin, secretaries; and Mrs. Joseph Pineau, treasurer.

1968 St. Margaret's parish, Buzzards Bay, announced plans for a new parish center.

1973 Mrs. Gilbert J. Noonan of St. Patrick parish, Falmouth, was appointed lay chairman ofthe Cape Cod area Catholic Charities Appeal.

1978 Our first issue of the month contained a 12-page salute to the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women on the occasion of their 25th anniversary.

1983 Sister Gertrude Gaudette, OP, scored a triple achievement on the front page of our Easter issue. She handlettered a verse from a 19th century Easter carol, took the front-page photo and crafted the crosses featured in the photograph!

No government role in papal snub, he says ROME (NC) - A Soviet diplomat said his government had no role in the Russian Orthodox Church's decision against inviting Pope John Paul II to celebrations marking the I,OOOth anniversary of the introduction of Christianity into what is now the Soviet Union.

Valentin Bogomazov, deputy Soviet ambassador to Italy, recently said it was the "autonomous decision of the church" not to extend an invitation to the pope.

The ambassador also called the pope's recent apostolic letter on the millennium "very constructive."

Bogomazov spoke with the press following presentation in Rome of a new book chronicling the history of Christianity in the Soviet Union, written by an Italian journalist.

"The question of an invitation to the pope for a trip to the Soviet Union does not regard the state," Bogomazov said. "It is an autonomous decision of the church."

Despite denials by government and church officials that the pope would be invited to the millennial celebrations in Moscow, there has been continued speculation that the first-ever papal trip to the Soviet Union was in the works.

Last September Russian Orthodox Patriarch Pimen I said relations must improve between the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches before the pope could visit.

During a January 1988 press conference, the pope said any trip to the Soviet Union would have to

be in the context of a pastoral visit to Catholics in various Soviet republics.

"It must be a true visit in response to a true invitation," he said.

Two days later a Soviet foreign ministry spokesman reiterated that the government had no plans to invite the pope.

A Vatican official recently announced that the pope would send a delegation to the celebration.

The Soviet deputy ambassador praised the pope for his support for dialogue and peace and called his just-released apostolic letter on the millennium constructive.

The letter, titled "Go Into All the World" and released March 22, could be seen as supporting "a process now in course in the Soviet Union," he said, without elaborating.

Bogomazov also said that continued crises in the Italian government have di~rupted plans for a visit to Italy by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

"We must wait until there is a stable government before we can move ahead with plans for this visit," the diplomat said.

A trip to Italy could include a visit to the Vatican.

When a Gorbachev visit to Italy was first being discussed in 1986, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valis said the pope would "very probably" meet with the Soviet leader if an audience were requested.

Iteering pOintl HOLY NAME, FR Women's Guild open meeting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. school. David Dunne will speak and show slides. Mrs. Patricia Wingate has been named school principal, succeeding retiring Sister Lina Nadeau. SUSc. ST. ELIZABETH SETON, N. FALMOUTH Prayer group meets 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays, church. $500 Women's Guild scholarship available to high school seniors; applications at rectory and church, deadline May 6.

DCCW, TAUNTON District Council open meeting in conjunction with diocesan International Affairs Commission, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday. St. Joseph's church hall.

Kilmer Ave. "Water for Life" program will be presented by Sister Mary Thomas More. OP. O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Effective parenting group led by Dr. James Campbell will meet for eight weeks beginning 7 p.m. Monday. rectory. Ladies' Guild board meeting 9 a.m. Tuesday; regular meeting 6:30 p.m. April 12 with covered dish supper, business session and elections; communion brunch May 15. Harbor Point. Talk and slides on Nicaragua by David and Peggy Lilienthal 2 p.m. April 17. rectory.

DCCW, CAPE District Council meeting 8 p.m.

Thursday. O. L. Victory Church, Centerville. ' LaSALETTE CENTER OF CHRISTIAN LIVING, ATTLEBORO Enneagram workshop April 22-24 directed by Rev. Fernand Cassista, MS. Information 222-8530.

ST. JOHN EV ANGELIST, ATTLEBORO Providence psychologist Dr. Barry Plummer will speak on Youth Suicide at an open Ladies' Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. April 13. school hall. Hodges St. He is a specialist in youth problems. affiliated with the Sa nyuitans suicide prevention group. a Brown Medical School faculty member and a staff member at Bradley Hospital. Providence.

ST. ANTHONY OF DESERT, FR Exposition of Blessed Sacrament April 10 noon to 6 p.m. with holy hour 5 p.m.

ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT $500 Women's Guild scholarship available to high school seniors; applications at high schools and rectory, deadline April 15.

Parishioners are invited to bring cut fresh flowers to Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday services to place on the cross as a symbol of new life.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Youth retreat April 7-8 for Our Lady of Assumption parish, Oster~Ik.

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ST. STANISLAUS, FR Thanks go to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wojnar and the family ofthe late Mrs. Mary Gagnon for gifts used respectively for purchase of palms and of Easter season hosts and wine. also to youth minister Paul Gibson for Mass offerings for the intentions of parish youth and parish single people. Easter foods will be blessed at I and 3 p.m. tomorrow in the chapel. Egg hunt on church grounds Easter afternoon, followed by 5:30 p.m. family prayer service.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK Children's Stations of the Cross tableaux 2 p.m. today with rehearsal at 10 a.m. All welcome. Women's Guild corporate communion at 10:30 a.m. Mass April 24, followed by breakfast. Guests welcome.

ST.GEORGE,WESTPORT A Crazy Hat Social will be featured at the Women's Guild meeting 7 p.m. April 6. The PTO will sponsor a Narcanon program on drugs April28; all welcome. A family walkathon is slated for May 22.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Fresh flowers are requested for use on the Resurrection Cross this weekend. New schedules for eucharistic ministers, lectors and altar servers begin this weekend.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Boys' ECHO weekend April 8-10; applications in parish center. Women's Guild scholarship applications available in high schools, deadline May 15. Roger Gamache of Monument Beach and Dan Haddox, Alan Dean and Lennie Dexter will be received into the church at the Easter Vigil Service.

SACRED HEART, FR John and Elizabeth Harrington are thanked for a contribution to the parish restoration fund; lector Bill Norton is congratulated on his recent honoring by Providence College for his longtime work on its behalf.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Musicians and singers needed by the parish contemporary ensemble.

Information Ada Simpson, 746-5440.

Parish Marriage Encounter weekend April 8-10, Family Life Center, N. Dartmouth. Information 888-0209.

ST. ELIZABETH SETON, N. FALMOUTH Women's Guild $500 scholarship available to a high school senior with preference to those involved in parish activities. Applications at church and rectory, deadline May 6.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., April I, 1988 ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Eighth graders will dramatize the Stations of the Cross at 7 tonight and the school choir will sing. Prolife videotape and speakers 7:30 p.m.

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ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Father Paul Carrier, SJ. will be homilist at all Holy Week Masses.

Father William G. Campbell, pastor, will celebrate his silver jubilee of ordination at a Mass at路 6:30 p.m.

April 10, followed by a reception in the parish hall. The event was delayed from February ordination date for considerations of weather. Women's Guild open meeting on use of cosmetics and fragrances 8 p.m. April 19, parish center.

ST. JOSEPH, NB Senior citizens will meet April 7.

Bus trip to Hillcrest in Waltham April 20. Registrations are being accepted for nursery and day care programs in September. Information 995-2264.

VINCENTIANS, TAUNTON District council Mass and meeting 7:30 p.m. April4, St. Peter's Church, South Dighton.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Drivers needed to take CCD students to Marian Manor, Taunton, at 1:15 p.m. tomorrow. Nonperishable foods may be brought to weekend Masses for distribution to the needy

by Vincentians.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Family Easter party tomorrow 1:30 p.m.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Prayer program Wednesdays in Aptil and May, scripture course six Thursday evenings beginning April 7, both directed by Sister Lucille Gauvin, OP.lnformation: 222-5410.

NOTRE DAME, FR Holy Week missalettes have been donated in memory of Normand Migneault by his mother.

CATHEDRAL, FR Vincentian meeting7:30 p.m. April 4. 150th anniversary banquet follows 5 p.m. Mass May J5.

CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/MASHPEE Confirmation 7 p.m. April 5, Mashpee. Those wishing to join Legion of Mary may call Michael McGuirk, 428-7006. Cape Irish Children's Program information: 362-4023. Nonperishable foods for needy families are collected regularly at the church entrance.

ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Easter egg hunt follows 10 a.m.

Mass Sunday under CYO sponsorship. CCD substitute teachers needed.

Junior CYO meeting 7 p.m. April 7.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Thanks to Robert O'Brien and Lorraine Felix Rodrigues for gifts towards the school's computer laboratory fund. Women's Club open meeting 7 p.m. April 4 with guest speaker Marvis Lesage of Heritage Park.

EASTER PROGRAM, TAUNTON The Taunton Family Dinner Committee offers coffee, pastry, conversation and TV beginning at 9a.m.

Sunday at St. Thomas Episcopal parish center, High St. Dinner will be served from II a. m. to I p. m. and those in attendance will also receive a take-home brown bag supper. Committee director is Franciscan tertiary Corline Cronan and among "kitchen help" will be Father Cornelius O'Neill, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Taunton. Meals will also be home-delivered to those unable to reach the parish center. Information: 727-3139 days; 824-6577, nights.

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Red Sox fan keeps the faith-again The Anchor's mysterious baseball expert is once again on the prowl, buoyed by his often dashed but indestructible faith that this will be the Year of the Red Sox. Dream on, mysterious expert; in spring all things are possible.

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The sweet aroma of ripening citrus wafts gently across Route 4, the busy Florida interstate linking Tampa and Orlando.

Close by, the distinctive crack of wooden-not aluminum-bats and the loud pop made only by a fastball winging into a catcher's mitt mingle with other familiar sounds: the expectant murmur of a comfortably lazy crowd basking in the early afternoon warmth; the cackle rewarding the efforts of the inevitable funny and leather-lunged zealot in the grandstand; the trills and tunes of the organist or, unbelievably, the accordion maestro, blaring over the public address system, reflecting or sometimes attempting to provoke the fans' enthusiasm.

It's spring training time in the old Grapefruit League!

The Anchor's roving reporter toured Central Florida's "Citrus Circuit" again this year, checking into some of its fabulous new facilities, including the Cincinnati Reds' gorgeous training camp and stadium in Plant City and the spectacular complex at "Baseball City," actually Haines City, where the menacing Kansas City Royals show clear signs of bracing for a drtermined run at last year's champs, the Minnesota Twins, in American League West actiono With great speed, superb pitching on the part of both starters and relievers, now that Dan Quisenberry is back in form and awesome offensive punch provided by George Brett, Danny Tartabull and sometime Los Angeles Raider halfback Bo Jackson, the Royals look like a strong contender for divisional supremacy.

Ah, but wending up the hillside from the blue waters of Lake Lulu in Winter Haven, from Ted Williams Field where strong, swift young fellows like New Bedford's Dale Burgo, North Easton's Gary Gouldr,up and Seekonk's Ken Ryan seek to fulfill every boy's dream of making a mark in the national pastime, ·up pas~ Yawkey Fiel4, where the Pawtucket franchise gears up for the Triple A action, and on to where nifty Chain-of-Lakes Park nestles between c.ondos and <;>range . groves, all eyes examining prospects in theOAmerican League Ea~t are on the pre-season heroics of Manager John McNamara and, the Boston Red Sox. The Stockings are richly endowed with talent as the season's opener nears. Repeat Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens leads a superb mound corps. Anchor's rep viewed auspicious consecutive stints by a cool, confident Oil Can Boyd and gritty southpaw Bruce Hurst.

Most impressive Sox hurler was towering Lee Smith, obtained in the most astonishing trade of the "hot ,stove league" from the Chicago Cubs. With the. verve and considerably more velocity of oldtimer Dick Radatz, the new Sox reliever stymied Astro batters in successfully closing off a recent exhibition game. Rich Gedman is back in 1986 form and Jim Rice, recuperated from surgery, is slash-

ing the ball to left again, driving in runs, perhaps ready for "contract year" offensive stats.

Watch for hard-hitting infielder Jody Reed to break into the starting lineup at short, and certainly a place on the roster must be available for this year's prize rookie, Bra.dy Anderson, who simply must move to the parent club despite the plethora of talented young outfielders in camp.

The Orioles seem still a season or more away from serious contention. Paul Molitarand the Brewers had their run in the sun last season. Toronto's Blue Jays have apparently taken a leaf from the Yankee book and are racked by dissension. The Cleveland Indians

remain enigmatic. It looks like a great year for Red Sox fans and The Anchor's hunch is that the Stockings will prevail over the Royals next autumn and onct; again bring the American League pennant to friendly Fenway.

Who will they meet in next fall's classic? Well, Tommy Lasorda has been wearing a conspicuous grin all over the Grapefruit League, so how about the L.A. Dodgers in a phenomenal turnaround?

Then, in the '88 World Series, make it the Red Sox in seven, with Lee Smith coming in from the pen to nail down the victory and the elusive World Championship for the local entry.

"Play ball!"

JAMES GIBSON, Jesus in the Sacred Heart presentation, washes the feet of apostle Daniel Fagan.

Island parish. holds .Holy Week presentation "Come follow," read the invitation to parishioners at Sacred Heart Church, Oak Bluffs.

And follow they did. The entire community of the Martha's Vineyard parish recently attended a religious education program production in which youngsters in grades Qlle through six reenacted th~Lasi Supper, the Agony in the Garden, the Passion and the Resurrection.

A church release said the idea for the program came at a January meeting, its goal being "to let everyone see what the children w.ere learning, to... have the adults see new meaning in Holy Week and to have an occasion for families to visit the church outside of a Eucharistic celebration.

"But like any seed that is tended by willing workers," the release continued, "it grew until it bloomed into a full-sized production."

All primary graders were given roles in the presentation, and jun. ior high schoolers were assigned production chores.

Parishioners donated materials for costumes, designed and made by the project's staff.

"A lot of energy was.expended," noted the release, "and many anx-

ious moments were had but we of Sacred Heart parish know that the events of Holy Week are now more meaningful to the whole par. ish family."

Other parish events planned for 1988 include theann\lal May crowning, an awards .Mass honoring religious education progra:m assistants and youngsters' achievements, a Celebration of, 'Lovoe and a balloon launch.

Sacred Heart's pastor is Father John A. Gomes.'·Lois· De Bettencourt is religious educationcoordinator.

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Seventh graders Monica Sylvia, Alexis Sbard'ella, Amanda Fernandes and Kris Sardinha won awards at the recent Region III science fair at Bristol Community College.

The Fall River academy will participate in a police departmentsponsored child abuse information program next week. Coordinated through the diocesan education office, it will offer students, parents and teachers practical advice through lectures, films and assemblies.

tv, movie news Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Films Office ratings. which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted. unsuitable for children or young teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; 4-separate classification (given films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

Catholic ratings for television movies are those of the movie house versions of the films.

NOTE Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local listings, which may differ from the New York network schedules supplied to The Anchor.

New Films "Dominick and Eugene"(Orion Pictures) - Lovely story of an unlikely pair of 25-year-old fraternal twins - one a mentally damaged garbage man (Tom Hulce), the other a moody medical student (Ray Liotta). Follows the traumas and conflicts that threaten to disrupt their close sibling bond and the positive changes that result.

Sensitively underplays a child abuse subplot and does not exploit the violent potential of several incidents. A few sexually suggestive scenes and some profanity. A3, PG 13.

"D.O.A."(Touchstone Pictures) - A burned-out novelist-college professor (Dennis Quaid) chugs a cocktail spiked with siow-acting poison. With 24 hours to live, he and his naive, young student (Meg Ryan) track down his killer. This thriller, based on the 1949 classic of the same name, is entertaining but intense a'nd not for the squeamish. Much violence and incidental profanity. A4, R

eph Fenton, host of the series, discusses the spiritual roots of Easter and Passover with Rabbi Philip Hiat of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.

Paschal season requests increase LOS ANGELES (NC) - 1988 requests for Catholic radio programming for Holy Week and Easter increased 33 percent over 1987, says Paulist Father John Mulhall, director of Paulist Communications in Los Angeles.

The Holy Week-Easter increase follows a 7 percent increase in 1987 requests for Thanksgiving and Christmas programming, he said.

Father Mulhall said radio stations requested more than 800 programs and public service spots for Good Friday and Easter. Last year's figure was 600 programs.

Film on TV 1988 Holy Week offerings inSunday, April 10, 9-11:45 p.m.

EDT (ABC) - "Prizzi's Honor" clude eight half-hour programs, (1985) - Middle-aged man (Jack plus 30-and 60-second spots on the Nicholson) falls in love with a passion, death and resurrection of beautiful and mysterious woman. Jesus.

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