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Hospice: peaceful alternative to aggressive therapies With Catholic News Service reports In one corner is a string of assisted suicides presided over by Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who is now facing trial for murder.

There has also been a bestselling book advising suicide for those suffering - "Final Exit" by Hemlock Society leader Derek Humphry - as well as efforts, though failed, to get Washington state's euthanasia initiative passed.

In the other corner are images of dying loved ones hooked up to tubes and machines in sterile hospital rooms with no hope of recovery.

For families seeking another option, Hospice presents itself as an' acceptable alternative to these two grim scenarios.

At its core, Hospice recognizes that death is a part of life, and that death need not be either hastened or postponed for the dying person to live as full a life as possible.

In Diocesan Area There are at least seven nonsectarian, nonprofit Hospice organizations in the area covered by the Fall River diocese, all offering inhome care, varying from volunteer

visitors to sophisticated professional services.

Some charge for some of their services, but, explained Jo-Ann Rossi of Hospice of Community Visiting Nurse Agency in Attleboro, almost all insurance plans cover hospice care and if a patient has no insurance, the agency will assist the person in accessing Medicaid coverage and other community resources as needed.

"No one is left unaided," she concluded.

The Hospice concept, said Sister Thomas More, OP, director of Hospice Care of Greater Taunton, began in England as a service for patients with incurable cancer. In the United States, some programs confine themselves to cancer patients, with some widening their service to include AIDS sufferers, while others accept patients terminally ill from whatever cause.

In a few areas, hospice programs operate facilities that admit terminal patients, but most, like those in the diocesan area, offer in-home care, an option greatly appreciated by many patients and families as an alternative to a nursing home or other institution.

It is, of course, recognized that even the most loving families cannot always provide adequate athome care, but there are many situations where Hospice offers the extra assistance that ,makes it feasible.

The following list gives the area served and the telephone number of hospices within the Fall River diocese. Since services offered vary, telephone or mail inquiries are recommended. An effort was made to list all hospices, but some may have been overlooked; Visiting Nurse programs, physicians and hospitals may be able to supply additional information. No hospice is directly sponsored by the Fall River diocese.

• St. Luke's Hospice, New Bedford, 997-1515, ext. 2520.

New Bedford area.

• Hospice Care of Greater Taunton, 823-5528. Greater Taunton area.

• Hospice Outreach of Greater Fall River, 673-1589.

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SCHOOLCHILDREN and adults at Notre Dame parish, Fall River, participate March 25 in yearlong diocesan celebration of the quincentennial of evangelization in the Americas.

From top, Rev. Ernest E. Blais, pastor, and Rev. Robert Blais, OP, receive quincentenary cross that is traveling through the diocese from Adrien" Pelletier of the Knights of Columbus, which is sponsoring similar observances nationally; Notre Dame schoolchildren venerate cross during prayer service conducted by Rev. Richard Degagne, parochial vicar; adults follow suit at evening prayer service and Mass with Knights as an honor guard and music by the parish choir. The cross remained in the parish for veneration through last weekend.

New CEO at St. Anne's St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, has announced appointment of James M. Dawson as its president and chief executive officer.

"Mr. Dawson was chosen from a field of excellent candidates," said Sister Joanna Fernandes, OP, hospital board chairman and chairman of the executive searchcommittee that selected Dawson.

"He brings to St. Anne's the leadership expertise that will propel the hospital into the next century."

Dawson was most recently acting president and CEO at St. Luke's Hospital, NeWburgh, NY, where he assumed interim leadership to guide the institution through a period of management transition.

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When Sister Mary Rosellen Gallogly is at the office, her clients are right at home.

The Sister of Mercy, recently named Person of the Year by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of New Bedford, directs Market Ministries of New Bedford, a 25-bed homeless shelter and a soup kitchen that serves 200 lunches five days a week.

The nun, known in her ministry as Sister Rose, is at the shelter 30 hours a week or more in addition to her duties as a member of the Sisters of Mercy Regional Leadership Team, based in Cumberland, RI. ' Her untiring efforts on behalf of New Bedford's needy began even before she was part of Market Ministries' founding a decade ago.

Born Helen Gallogly to Irishborn parents in Providence, RI, she grew up with five brothers and two sisters. She came to New Bedford as a Sister of Mercy in 1968 to teach English to Portuguese immigrants. In 1972 she oversaw opening of a foster home for troubled girls, and from 1975 to 1977 she was president of the New Bedford YWCA. She was later a counselor for truants from the New Bedford school system, and it was then she became involved with the soup kitchen established by Greater New Bedford clergy in Dec. 1981.

Though working for the school system,. "I was not one to' do nothing all summer," said the energetic nun. So in the summer of 1982 she volunteered at the soup kitchen, located at Pilgrim United Church of Christ.

"As a result ofthat involvement, I heard stories of people who had no place to lay their heads," she said, adding that New Bedford

clergy were reporting people coming to churches looking for shelter.

Sister Gallogly joined the effort to find a suitable site for a homeless shelter. "There were struggles," she said. "There were people who didn't want it in their backyards. It was a very painful time."

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Catholics at Vegas can bet there'll be a church for them LAS VEGAS (CNS) - So many Catholics are coming to spend some time - and maybe a little money - in Las Vegas that the I,OOO-seat cathedral at the northern end of the fabled Strip is too small to handle them all.

So construction of a 2,000-seat shrine is due for completion in early 1993 at the southern end of the Strip.

Las Vegas gets 22 million visitors a year, said Father Jim Bevan, who will be rector of the Shrine of the Most HolyRedeemer. And 20 to 25 percent of those visitors are Catholic, he said.

Even with 10 weekend Masses at Guardian Angels' Cathedral, . "they literally cannot get in," Father Bevan said.

On major feasts like Easter, "we literally have to go out into the street to distribute the Eucharist," he said.

The shrine, he said, will be located within walking distance of a block on the Strip that will be the site of 25,000 hotel rooms and a theme park designed to attract families. Las Vegas' growing family orientation further demands having a worship facility for them, the priest said.

Shrine construction will cost $3.5 million, with $2 million already pledged. "A great deal of the money [is] coming from the gaming industry itself," Father Bevan said. .

Mimy of the casinos have charitable trusts, he explained, adding that the casinos have let the statewide diocese of Reno-Las Vegas use the convention centers at no charge.

The shrine - and the pledges to build it - relieve a potential burden from area parishes, Father Bevan said. They can concentrate on using their own revenues to finance the pastoral needs of their growing memberships.

Several parishes have recently opened in the area, he added.

Catholics make up about 15 percent of Nevada's 1.2 million population but are still the largest denomination in the state.

"Out East they're closing churches. Out here, we can't open them fast enough," Father Bevan said.

He said worshipers often place chips in the collection basket, representing a fairly significant source of income for the cathedral.

Sunday is the last day in Las Vegas for many visitors, Father Bevan said. "They look in their pocket. They have chips. They don't want to go back to the hotel" so they decide, he said, to let the church walk back and trade in the chips.

Rooting out racism PITTSBURGH (CNS) - Recent racial incidents in one Pittsburgh neighborhood prompted Pittsburgh Bishop Donald W. Wuerl to ask Catholics to drive racism "out of our hearts, our lives and our community." In a column in the Pittsburgh Catholic, the bishop said people must practice "reciprocal" respect, "the ability to keep extending a hand in friendship to those who are, for whatever rea-' son, so reluctant to accept it."

NEW BEDFORD area directors of the Catholic Charities Appeal meet with Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, diocesan appeal director. Left, Rev. Maurice O. Gauvin, parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception Church, New Bedford, assistant area director; right, Rev. Richard L. Chretien, pastor of Our Lady of Grace Church, Westport, area director.

CCA Special Gifts phase begins April 20 The Special Gift phase of the in Southeastern Massachusetts indiocesan Catholic Charities Appeal terested in supporting programs begins Monday, April 20, and ends that serve all, regardless of color, Saturday, May 2. The Appeal, race or creed. Solicitors in this phase of the Appeal will reach now in its 51 st annual campaign for funds, helps support diocesan . donors in the Fall River, New Bedapostolates of charity, mercy, edu- ford, Taunton, Attleboro, Cape cation and social services.

Cod and Islands areas of the The Special Gift campaign con- diocese. tacts fraternal, professional, busiRev. Daniel L. Freitas, diocesan Appeal director, said today: "Over ness and industrial organizations

300 special gift solicitors will make 2,500 contacts in this phase of the Appeal. It is hoped that an increase in giving will highlight our 1992 campaign." . Charles T. Rozak, this year's Appeal chairman, has requested, that solicitors make their contacts and report returns daily to area headquarters. The final report date is Saturday, May 2.

Black Catholic returns to Church 25 years after racial incidents ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) Charles Anderson's childhood thoughts of becoming a priest disappeared the day a seminarian picked him up by his neck and called him a "greasy black nigger."

He later left the Church for 25 years. But Anderson, who changed his name to Yusef Mgeni in 1972 to reflect his black heritage, is back and active, giving much of the credit to his mother.

"I don't consider myself special or above average. I can forgive, but I can't forget. I bear no malice, no ill will, toward people who tossed racial epithets or denied opportunities," Mgeni said. "I'm ever so grateful I was born black so I had the opportunity to struggle to appreciate life to the fullest.

It made me a spiritual person."

The pivotal incident occurred during a week for altar servers at a Catholic youth camp. One day at swimming time, a white camper hollered, "Last one to the swimming hole is a greasy black nigger!"

Mgeni recalled in an interview with the Catholic Bulletin, news-. paper of the archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis.

"I grabbed him by the arm and told him he owed me an apology," Mgeni said. Then someone behind him roughly picked him up by the nape of the neck and called Mgeni a "greasy black nigger" and other racial slurs.

Mgeni said he was stunned when he saw that his assailant was a seminarian who was a camp counselor. He added he was hurt when several priests nearby thought the incident was funny. And he was devastated when he was the one forced to apologize.

Mgeni, 43, who grew up in St. Peter Claver Parish in St. Paul, was branded a "troublemaker" for the rest of camp. "I came back to the parish and resigned as an altar boy," he recalled.

Now the president of the Urban Coalition of the Twin Cities, Mgeni said an episode in the confessional in the mid-1960s, when he was involved in the civil rights movement, made him disillusioned enough to leave the church.

"I confessed to being angry at the people who路 discriminated,".

Mgeni said. "The priest said, 'Are you one of the agitators?' I was

given a dozen Our Fathers and Hail Marys for being involved in civil rights.

"1 left the church, because I had viewed it before as a refuge," added Mgeni. whose name in the Kiswahili dialect means "a person seeking wisdom to benefit others."

Mgeni's mother, Theresa Anderson of St. Paul, "brought me back" to the church in 1989, he said. "She is a devoted Roman Catholic and one of my best friends.

He said the Catholic Church still has not realized its potential for fighting racism, although bishops' statments have stressed the 'need to end racism - even labeling racism a sin.

Mgeni said the church "is a largely white institution in a racist society, and it is not immune from the malignant tumor of white supremacy.".

"The Catholic Church,needs to stand and take a look at itself before it tells, others about race, about spirituality. It must look from the board room to the boiler room to see how well it mirrors or reflects its constituent members."

DENVER (CNS) - Farmworker advocate Cesar Chavez warns that pesticides sprayed on grapes endanger the health of not only farm workers but of "all people who eat."

Chavez, a Catholic, is the president of the United Farm Workers union and has dedicated 44 years to improving the quality of life for U.S. farmworkers.

He was recently in Denver to speak at the U.S. Department of Labor's third annual Conference on Literacy. While there he announced the start of the consumer education phase of the current farmworker union's California table grape boycott.

The boycott aims to force grape growers to cease use of organophosphates, a group of pesticides suspe-cted of causing cancer. The boycott does not include the raisin or wine industry at this point.

Grocery store chains contacted by boycott organizers have been asked not to advertise the grapes but have not been asked to refuse to carry them, Chavez said.

Grape growers charge that there is no conclusive proof that pesticides lead to cancer, but Chavez contends that their toll can be counted in human lives, birth defects and childhood leukemia.

A spokesman for the Environmental Protection Agency told Catholic News Service that 50 to 60 pesticides now in use have been found carcinogenic in test animals. .. we don't feel. they pose an unreasonable risk to human health or the environment," said Albert Heier, EPA spokesman.

He said Congress in 1988 gave the EP A a mandate to reassess the 20,000 pesticides licensed before 1984. As of March 30, the lengthy reassessment had been completed on only "three or four" of the 20,000, he said.

Chavez called the reassessment process "inadequate" and said that in two California towns, Earlimart and McFarland, "cancer clusters" have been documented that show cancer rates respectively 800 and 1,200 percent higher than the national average.

"They say we can't prove it, yet our children are dying," he said.

Chavez said the organized opposition to pesticides is "for everyone who must breathe the air and eat."

He said the table grape is California's largest crop and uses more than 8 million pounds of 76 varieties of pesticides each season.

He said pesticide effects range from skin irritation and nosebleeds to several varieties of cancer, miscarriages, birth defects, low birth weight in babies, many of whom are born with upper respiratory problems, and death.

Churches cooperate OMSK, Russia (CNS) - Despite tense relations between toplevel Catholic and Russian Orthodox officials, local leaders of the two churches are collaborating on several projects. Near the Siberian city of Omsk, representatives of both churches recently laid the cornerstone for a future Orthodox complex on the site of a communist massacre, revealed in 1991 when a change in the course of a nearby river uncovered the bodies of 10,000 men, women and children buried under permafrost. All were believed to have been inmates of an adjacent Soviet labor camp.

Apostle to children dies in Philippines SILANG, Philippines(CNS)Msgr. Aloysius Schwartz, 61, a Washington-born priest who founded international relief programs that care for more than 12,000 needy children in three countries, has died in Silang, Philippines.

Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila presided over funeral services at the Boystownj Girlstown complex in Silang built by Msgr. Schwartz, who died after a three-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Msgr. Schwartz's programs now care for more than 7,500 Filipino children, as well as 4,000 children in South Korea and 1,000 in Mexico.

He was recently nominated for the second time for the Nobel Peace Prize by U.S. Rep. Robert K. Dornan, R-Calif., and Maryland Gov. William Donald Schaefer. In 1984, he was nominated for the prize by U.S. Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md. Ordained a priest of the Washington archdiocese in 1957, Msgr.

Schwartz was sent to South Korea that year. He focused on poor children in slums and established Korean Relief Inc. in 1961.

In addition to the children's programs and the Village of Life, Msgr. Schwartz also founded two hospita,ls, staffed hospices for the dying and cared for 400 South Korean children with severe physical or mental disabilities.

Adoption party set at LaSalette The Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) will sponsor an adoption party II a.m. to 2 p.m. May 2 at LaSale.tte Shrine, Attleboro.

The event will focus on special needs children, children of color, sibling groups and older children waiting to be adopted.

Prospective adoptive parents will have the opportunity to learn more about the adoption process from other parents, social workers and MARE staff members, who will provide referrals and answer questions. The prospective parents will also have the chance to interact in a relaxed environment with children who need adoptive homes.

MARE is a nonprofit information and referral.agency assisting private and public adoption agencies.

Dale Francis, 75 HUNTINGTON, Ind. (CNS)Dale Francis, 75, a prominent Catholicjournalist remembered for his compassion and his activism, died March 24 at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind., after a brief illness. He had suffered a heart attack March 17 and was hospitalized in critical condition.

His career in the Catholic press spanned more than 40 years, including stints as editor of Our Sunday Visitor and the National Catholic Register and as founding publisher of Twin Circle, all Catholic weeklies.

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AT BOSTON Province parley, from left, Kate Kubers, Springfield DCCW president; Eileen Flyn.n,. past provi.nce director, representing Vermont; Mary Mikita, Fall River DCCW president; Marjorie Langella, Manchester DCCW president; Joanne Quirk, Boston Province directo~. Seated, Msgr. Gilles Simard, Manchester, past Boston Provmce moderator. (Lavoie photo)

DCCW members at province parley; set annual meeting It's the busy season for the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. Representatives attended a quarterly meeting of the Boston Province of the National Council of Catholic Women, held last Saturday in Bedford. NH, while all DCCW members are urged to be on hand Saturday, April 25, for the 39th annual DCCW convention, to take place at St. Francis Xavier parish center, Hyannis.

In New Hampshire Eighteen women representing the dioceses of the Boston Province, which comprises the states of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, attended the New Hampshire meeting, which was presided over by Province Director Joanne Quirk of St. Piux X parish, South Yarmouth. Also present from the dioce~e. was DCCW president Mary Mikita.

Mrs. Quirk reported on an NCCW board meeting she attended last January. She said among issues discussed were the forthcoming publication of a list of speakers who might be called upon for diocesan meetings; and the importance of urging DCCW members to express their opinions to legislators on such topics as abortion and pornography.

The province director also noted that an informative program on health care reform would air on Boston public television Channel 2 on April 8.

Reports on diocesan activities were given by representatives and Msgr. Gilles Simard of Manchester. NH, a past Boston Province

moderator, spoke on the contribution of Catholic women as "central figures of love in the Church."

In Hyannis Themed "All for the Honor and Glo'ryofGod,"the Hyannis DCCW convention will take place from 8 a.m. to 3: 15' p.m., April 25. opening with a coffee hour. Mrs. Mikita will preside at the opening session and keynote speaker Roberta Paradise, director of youth ministry at Our Lady of Victory parish.

Centerville, will be heard at 9:45 a.m.

Very Rev. James F. Lyons, DCCW moderator, will then speak and introduce Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, diocesan administrator, who will present the traditional Our Lady of Good Counsel awards to women nominated by parish councils for outstanding service; and will celebrate Mass at St. Xavier Church. Luncheon and a raffle will follow and the afternoon will conclude with 45-minute workshops.

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themoorin~ Getting a Right Focus Present attempts by the secular media to regulate morality and ethics are a mockery. This is especially true with regard to their attempts to disseminate information on AIDS and the use of condoms. To date, such efforts have amounted to no more than telling young people it's OK to continue being promiscuous - just don't get caught.

What is so insulting about this approach is thilt it totally fails to address personal responsibility and accountability. Indeed, some recent "instruction" sessions in area public high schools have not only abrogated parental rights but have encouraged a level of sexual behavior bordering on the pornographic.

High school students may be developed physically, but it is a rare youngster who is fully mentally and emotionally mature.

There is much more to life than sexual encounters, yet many who address teenagers fail to make this clear, stressing precautions to be taken rather than recommending the 100 percent safety of sexual abstinence. It is really like telling a child to eat all the candy he or she wants, because if an upset stomach follows, remedies are available.

Recommendations to use condoms as a preventive of AIDS are simply the panic approach to a moral and' ethical issue that goes far beyond the province of newspaper and television reporting. In short, Mother Nature does not deal kindly with promiscuity. All one need do to confirm this is to note the alarming rise in venereal diseases, such as certain strains of syphilis and herpes, that are resistant to present drug therapies.

The idea that "I won't get caught" is totally unrealistic when it comes to sexually transmitted illnesses.. The medical profession has thus far been all but helpless in the face of this mighty epidemic; and the present social order, in which not only the young but so-called adults frequently seem unable to take charge of their lives, contributes little to a solution.

If we are to advocate policies in the area of sexual behavior, they must flow from the ethical and moral standards dictated by the natural law, not by journalists and commentators. We simply cannot fool Mother Nature; and for the believer, there is a higher and supernatural nature which encourages respect for the right order of things set by the Creator.

In this order, the human body is seen as part of creation and as a fragile vessel that encapsulates the gift of life. One should recognize that no one lives forever, but most young people feel, however unrealistically, that they are immortal, that, like "Fame," they will never die. AIDS and substance addiction teach all too many another and a very hard lesson.

Our young people need values. They need to see virtue encouraged and they need their self-respect nurtured. It is wrong to think that they cannot accept life-giving goals; and'it is wrong to destroy their hopes.

Let us have classes in our schools that support such concepts; not destructive sessions that deal in gross misinformation. Let us help our youth to be faithful to themselves and respectful of one another.

Let us not fear to make our principles clear, no matter what the social pressures. Self-esteem and personal achievement are what we should be encouraging.

It is time for us to focus on teen opportunity, not adolescent destruction.

The Editor

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2,500-year-old issue discussed WASHINGTON(CNS)-Agonizing questions of when to treat dying patients and when to let them die did not start with today's hightech life support systems.

"That (issue) is 2,500 years old," said Dr. Edmund Pellegrino, Georgetown University professor of medicine and medical ethics, at a recent Washington symposium.

"Hippocrates clearly said, when the patient is overmastered by the disease, when medicine has nothing further to offer, we should back off," said Pellegrino.

He and six other scholars tackled a variety of critical ethical and legal issues being faced in health care today, including living wills, assisted suicide, AIDS issues;fetal rights and child abuse as well as the difficult question of when to end treatment of the dying and what constitutes treatment.

Sponsored by the John Carroll Society, an organization of Washington-area Catholic professionals, the symposium drew about 250 people.

"Most people agree to take somebody [in a hopeless situation] off a respirator," said Basile J. Uddo, a law professor from Loyola University in New Orleans. "Most people agree you don't have to subject them to surgical or certain other treatment, but there's enormous disagreement on whether 'treatment' includes giving a patient food and fluids - nutrition and hydration." .

William E. May, a moral theologian at the Pope John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family in Washington, said futile or excessively burdensome treatment can be withdrawn, but nutrition and hydration "is something we are morally obligated to do."

But Dominican Father Kevin O'Rourke, director of the Center for Clinical Health Care Ethics at St. Louis University Medical Center, contended, "If a person is in a persistent vegetative state or an

irreversible coma, and there's medical evidence that the person won't recover, then it's legitimate to remove" artificially provided food and water.

He said the criterion for effectiveness of therapy should be "how it restores or does not restore cognitive effective function - that's the heart of what makes us human."

May disagreed, saying profoundly retarded children or elderly people with Alzheimer's disease still have human dignity although. their cognitive ability is limited.

He objected to the phrase "vegetative state," saying it seems to strip people of their humanity.

Catholic teaching prohibits a doctor from intentionally killing a patient, but it is "simply fallacious" to conclude that "every time you remove life support, you have the intention of killing somebody," said Father O'Rourke. "Many times our intention is to admit, 'Hey, we can't do any more,''' Dr. John Harvey of Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics said people should prepare in advance for situations in which they are no longer able to make their own decisions about medical care, by writing a living will or by

praye~BOX Prayer jor Selection ojaBishop Lord God, you are our eternal shepherdandguide.

In your mercy grant your Church in the diocese of Fall River a shepherd who will walk in your ways and whose watchful care will bring us your blessing.

Amen.

granting power of attorney to trusted loved ones.

He and several others warned against approaching such decisions too casually or simplistically.

Washington attorney W. Shepherdson Abell said people planning a living will should talk it over with family members and others they trust, such as their priest and their doctor.

Federal law now requires hospitals and nursing homes to advise adult patients of their right to accept or refuse treatment and to prepare advance directives, but this does not mean patients have to draw up such documents, Abell said.

Pellegrino said everyone should have an advance directive. He cautioned that giving someone power of attorney can place a "terrible burden" on that person if difficult medical decisions arise.

All the panelists agreed that Jack Kevor'kian, the retired Michigan pathologist facing murder 'charges for helping two women commit suicide, was morally wrong.

But Father O'Rourke warned that current attitudes in U.S. society, emphasizing individualism and autonomy to the detriment of compassion and mutual care, must be changed. He predicted that otherwise "euthanasia will be legitimized and legalized in to states within five years," Both lawyers on the panel, Uddo and Abell, said they would break lawyer-client confidentiality if a client revealed he had the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS, and was exposing others to it.

Pellegrino said the same rule would apply to doctors. Patient confidentiality is not an absol.ute, he said, imd a doctor would have - to break that confidentiality if necessary to prevent grave harm to someone else.

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Forgiving is what counts Isaiah 43:16-21 Philippians 3:8-14 John 8:1-11 Our sacred authors never report history for history's sake. They only describe past events because they believe such narratives will hi:Ip their communities better understand what God is doing for them in the present.

Like Paul, each writer has been "grasped" by the Lord. He looks at life as a "course" to be run, a "prize to which God calls" him. Each assumes we are constantly on the move, constantly directing our "entire attention to the finish line."

Every author also presumes God is always present, always working, always helping us live on the cutting edge of history.

Inspired writers reflect on the past because they want us to steer a correct path today. Since the same God operated and operates in past and present, understanding our history should aid us in understanding our now. Our sacred past helps us see the sacredness of our present.

In all of Scripture, no one does all this better than Deutero-Isaiah.

The unknown author of Isaiah 40 to 55 continually reaches back in order to show his people how to go forward.

Exiled in Babylon with no hope of getting back to the Promised Land, the Israelites suppose Yahweh is powerless to bring about their return. Though taught about the wonders of the Exodus since childhood, they see no relation between Jews enslaved in Egypt and their own plight.

Deutero-Isaiah makes the connection. "Thus says the Lord," he proclaims, "opening a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters, leading out chariots and horsemen..." Well-known Exodus imagery.

But then he turns the corner: "Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not. See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the desert I make a way, in the waste- . land, rivers..." If we believe Yahweh worked in the Exodus, we must believe he continues to work.

What Yahweh once did, he still does. But because he always oper. ates in new ways, in new sets of circumstances, we often overlook him.

Followers of Jesus eventually came to recognize the Galilean teacher - overlooked by most as the latest manifestation of Yahweh's concern for his people.

This insight moves Paul to write the beautiful lines of today's second reading: "I wish to know Christ and the power flowing from his resurrection; likewise to know how to share in his sufferings by being formed into the pattern of his death. Thus do I hope that I may arrive at resurrection from the dead."

We must remember that Paul, a Semite, uses "know" in the sense of experiencing someone or something, not in the sense of mental comprehension. So when he speaks about "knowing Christ," he is implying that Jesus is a present experience for him, not just a fig-

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PRESENTS ITS 14th ANNUAL EASTER CONCERT ENTITLED

ure from the past with whom he is familiar. The Lord's historical ,death and resurrection are important only if they can be replicated in the lives of his followers.

t1esus Shall Reign" diTected by Dee Powell

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this in our gospel pericope.

The early Christian community passed on this famous story because it helped them "know Jesus" on a very deep level. They could experience the Lord in their lives whenever and wherever they attempted to imitate his total forgiveness of sinners.

Facing someone "caught in the act of adultery," someone liable "to be stoned," Jesus amazingly demands that her accusers examine their consciences instead of hers. "Let the one among you who has no sin," he insists, "be the first to cast a stone at her."

Jesus' strange requirement ultimately leads to the inevitable: "Woman, where did they all disappear?" then to the beautiful words, "Nor do I condemn you."

The Lord continues to forgive sinners through the forgiving actions of his imitators.

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Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY Dear Dr. Kenny: Our 14-yearold daughter has a real "attitude."

Whenever we tell her to do something, she "mouths off' by saying things like: "Make me!" or"l don't have to." She has even called me bad names. I find this very offensive and would like to stop it, but whenever I try to control her mouth, things get worse. She shouts

When teens use confrontative language at home louder and is even more disrespectful. Surprisingly, she obeys in other things fairly well, but it's her mouth I can't stand. - New York You have addressed a very unpleasant but common problem today, the confrontative and disrespectfullanguage of teens.

In days past, such disrespect was considered a forerunner to disobedience. A stern authoritarian lecture and/ or physical punishment was immediately applied, often with "success." The adult exerted power to win the confrontation.

Today such discipline is not as effective. One reason may be that we have fewer children today and we tend to indulge them more. We have more tolerance.

Another reason is the example they hear on television and in music, where young people are critiquing the status quo in blunt and often offensive terms.

Still another reason may be that we are more afraid of our teens today. We try to placate them because we don't want them angry with us. Or we fear they may do something as outrageous as what they are saying.

Whatever the reason, it is hard to take. Here are a few simple suggestions.

I. Ignore it. Ignoring is not doing nothing. Rather, it's a powerful way to get rid of objectionable behavior.

Behavior, including bad behavior, only continues if there is some

sort of payoff. Often children misbehave to get attention, and they continue to misbehave when adults provide this attention through lectures and punishments.

You say your daughter behaves in other areas. I assume you mean she does her chores, comes home on time and keeps up her grades.

Focus on these areas and give as little attention as possible to the foul mouth.

2. Notice when she's good. You may want to award her a point for each day that she avoids raising her yoice and using unpleasant words.

If she has one of her outbursts, ignore it. If you want, mention that you know it is difficult for her to control her mouth. But she does

not receive a point. Let the points be worth some reward.

Our job as parents is to teach our children not only how to behave but how to express themselves properly. Sometimes the initial expression of angry feelings may be unpleasant. A good parent will try to understand and accept the anger and at the same time help the child express that anger more appropriately.

Nothing is learned if the child is simply told never to disagree with his parents.

Thank you for being honest about rebellious teen language.

Good luck.

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The disturbing new morality By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

I just saw the movie "JFK" and recommend that everyone take the time to view this recounting of the Kennedy assassination.

The movie is unquestionably controversial. I've seen the TV interviews defending the Warren Commission report. And I've heard the accusations that Oliver Stone, who made the movie, distorted an event where the chapter was closed.

Ah, but that's really the question to be raised. Who was behind

closing the chapter so quickly and so securely that records on the death of JFK were sealed, not to be reopened until the second quarter of the 21 st century, when most adults alive at the time of the murder would surely be dead?

That in itself smells of intrigue and cover-up. I think it took courage on Stone's part to question what happened in the power palaces of government agencies at that time.

Did these agencies redefine good and evil, by their own terms, simply because they had the power to do . this?

Neither I, nor anyone, will ever really know the truth of the JFK assassination. But Stone has brought an路 important, and very serious, issue to the table. He makes us ask: Are we a country

that has changed morality into expediency - where people in power can use it to destroy others for their own gain, and get away with it?

This abominable morality remains academic until it hurts you personally. This happened to me four years ago when my son was catapulted into a custody battle for his two children.

The court appointed a psychologist as a "custody evaluator" and I traveled 2,000 miles to meet with her.

When the report came out, I was in shock. I couldn't recognize my son in the profile she presented.

But more personally shocking was how she misrepresented what I'd said.

So shaken was I that I complained to the state board that

oversees the professional behavior of psychologists. They coldly informed me all they saw was "a difference in perception."

The new morality allows that.

Professionals can use the power of their profession to manipulate consequences. In my son's case, this report became the basis of discrediting him, keeping him from getting custody.

After three years, however, the children's situation was such that the court returned them to their father.

In mid-March, the Denver Post ran a special report asking "Is Johnny Short on Character?" Kevin Walsh, an education professor at the University of Alabama, was quoted as saying that kids today can read and write and do math,

but they're short on the "positive attributes that contribute to the development of good character" - like dependability, honesty and perseverance. Well, who are they emulating?

I think our challenge, especially as Christians, is clear. We have to say "enough!" to the immorality, to redefining good and evil so that those in power are excused when they control and destroy the lives of others - be it through a court system, a cover-up in government, white-collar thievery, a convenient war, an environmentally polluted neighborhood and, yes, maybe even the murder of a president.

Stone may have produced a true movie or a work of fiction. But he deserves much credit for daring to bring this immorality of our age to the table.

Lent VI: a time for loving and a 路time for hating By DOLORES CURRAN

"For everything there is a season...a time to love and a time to hate." (Eccl. 3) Most of us don't have any trouble understanding a time to love, but a time to hate?

How can that be part of a religion based on love for one another?

I'll go back to my childhood instruction for a response to this paradox: "Hate the sin but love the sinner."

Sometimes this is awfully hard

By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN Q. Is there a difference between a Catholic and a Roman Catholic?

What is the meaning of the adjective 'Roman'? (Missouri) A. The word "catholic" means "universal." It was first applied to the Christians by St. Ignatius of Antioch around the year路 100. We Roman Catholics often tend to consider ourselves "the" Catholic Church of the world.

While we are the largest in num-

to do. When I read about the abuse of children for pornographic purposes, for example, I find it extremely difficult to love the sinners while hating their sin. Yet, scripture tells us over and over that we must love sinners in spite of their sinfulness.

In I John, we read, "Whoever claims to be in light but hates his brother is still in darkness," and "Whoever does not love, remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer ..... Scripture also tells us to hate evil. Psalm 97 proclaims, "Yahweh loves those who hate evil," a theme repeated throughout the Bible.

A television news report in December offered a dramatic story

of how love turned a hater around.

A Jewish cantor and his family moved into Omaha to serve in a synagogue. They began getting harassing and threatening phone calls from an anti-Semitic bigot who belonged to one of the rising hate groups.

Fearful, they took precautions to protect their children and themselves, but after awhile, the cantor decided to confront the man. He called him and asked if he could help him in any way. The bigot responded with an explosive no but the cantor continued to call and offer friendship.

Eventually, the bigot, who was mystified by the cantor's caring behavior, agreed to meet with him.

The cantor and his wife invited the bigot and his wife over for dinner.

The result was a deepening friendship and respect between the two co'uples. After a few months, the bigot dropped out of his hate group, became involved in a group promoting interracial harmony, and began taking instructions in the Jewish faith, all because the cantor responded to hatred with love.

It's easy to love those in our families and those who behave and believe as we do. But, perhaps, as we approach Holy Week, we could enrich our souls by focusing on those we find it difficult to love and trying to find one lovable characteristic in them. We might even make an overture to them, as the cantor did.

And, while we're at it, we can ponder again the great love God

Roman Catholics are not the bers, however, there are numerous other Catholic churches, united with the bishop of Rome but distinct churches in themselves.

There are the Melkite, for example, the Armenian, Maronite and Ukrainian Catholic churches, and many more.

These churches, including the church of Rome, have their roots in the varying styles of liturgy and expressions offaith that developed in different centers of Christianity during its early centuries.

Such churches are not branches of the Roman Catholic Church.

They are of equal dignity and rank with the Roman church and with each other. (See, for example, the Vatican II Decree on Eastern Churches, No.3.)

In this context, the designation Roman Catholic simply distinguishes our part of the universal church from other Catholic churches.

Q. I was surprised to read in our Catholic paper your response concerning parishioners and their parishes.

I don't know any Catholic who attends the same church for all liturgical functions and other events. You can't expect a parish priest to be "all things to all men (and women!)."

Some are very gifted with youth and the running of a school, some with the elderly, others with family life and some with singles. Each one's spirituality directs a different need. The 'priest of today, even if

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continues to bestow upon us, in spite of our own sinfulness. Sometimes, we find it impossible to love ourselves but God loves us enough to forgive our sins and then keep on loving us as we sin again. How can we not forgive others their transgressions when ours are forgiven so many times?

Good Friday reminds us that Jesus loved us enough to die for us on the cross. I have a holy card that has on one side Salvador Dali's stark portrayal of Jesus hanging from the cross, head bowed on his chest.

On the other side, the card reads: "How much do you love me?" I asked Jesus, and Jesus said, "This much." Then he stretched out his arms and died.

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very holy and directed in his prayer, may not reach all these elements in our society.

As a matter of fact, my local church is very involved in charismatic prayer groups, among other things, whereas a church close by offers 24-hour eucharistic devotions before the monstrance (which, you must admit, is quite rare!).

Some parishes, too few I believe, fail to focus on the international church picture and know little of what the church is involved with in our world.

I think one must search for the blend that nurtures one's spiritual growth, and should we have to travel to attain this, then I say amen to that!

No church can serve the needs orall. (New York) A. Your letter is typical of the ones I received in response to that column.

It seems to me you perhaps identify the parish too much with the priest, though what is done in any parish and who does it, obviously, will depend enormously on the pastor.

Whatever the theories or the technicalities, I believe many, if not most Catholics, will recognize themselves in your words.

Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at Holy Trinity P~rish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701.

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Boycott proposed Dear Editor: The most recent film to invade our movie houses is something called "Basic Instinct." It was given an R. rating [restricted; unsuitable for children and young teens], but from the secular newspaper advertising, it should be rated as the filthiest and most obscene movie of the current year. It is being advertised as an "Erotic Thriller"!

A well-known movie critic of a Boston newspaper, in discussing the film, said in part, "the film pushes against the outer limits of the R rating, supplying something to offend almost everybody," and added, "the lure is open sexual challenge." TV shots, advertising some of the scenes in the film, are expertly done, and are titillating and nauseating beyond belief!

Evidently the movie moguls refuse to listen to the earnest pleas of Mr. Sullivan, our U.S. Health Secretary, to use some "soap and hot water" so that moral damage and harm to our kids will cease!

Maybe a boycott is the answer!

Thomas A. Walsh Morality in Media Needham Heights

AIDS risk rises for women, teens, small-towners WASHINGTON(CNS)- Why is the U.S. government targeting women, teens and small-town America with its newest AIDS awareness campaign?

Because those are the three fastest-growing groups of Americans getting AIDS. "I bet you think only certain people get it.... It won't happen to you," says former high school honor student Krista Blake in a new public service TV spot.

"I'm 19. I live in town with a population of 5,000. I've never touched drugs," Ms. Blake says.

She goes on to tell you she has HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Got it from a former boyfriend.

"Do you know why? I used to think like you."

The new ad campaign, titled "America Responds to AI DS" and put together by the Centers for Disease Control of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was unveiled at a press conference in Washington March 26.

Dr. James O. Mason, head of the U.S. Public Health Service, described the new campaign as an effort to change people's behavior.

The ads do not promote condom use.

Mason said a Roper poll last year "revealed something unsettling: that 'personal concern' about the spread of AIDS had declined by nearly 50 percent since 1988."

"We were disturbed by that," he said. "Based on our research as well as experience with cigarettesmoking cessation efforts, we know that behavior doesn't change appreciably unless people believe they are at risk."

Invention "America did not invent human rights. I n a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America." - Jimmy Carter

SISTER LISA Marie Gulino, aformer member of St. John the Evangelist parish, Attleboro, was recently received as a novice in the Congregation of the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate in ceremonies at the community's motherhouse in Monroe,

United States Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander will be a keynote speaker at the 89th annual convention, exposition and religious education congress of the National Catholic Educational Association, to be held April 20 to 23, in St. Louis. The convention, expected to draw over 14,000 delegates, is the largest of its type in the world.

Secretary Alexander'will review administration educational policies in accordance with President George Bush's America 2000 plan and address other such issues at a general session Thursday, April 23.

Other keynote speakers are writer Maya Angelou, author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," Rev. Raymond E. Brown, S.S., Auburn Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Union Theological Seminary in New York City; and Rev. William J. O'Malley, S.J., teacher of ad-

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PC alumni to honor Brian Corey The Fall River area Providence College Alumni Club will honor Atty. Brian R. Corey, of Fall River with the Friar of the Year Award at a 9 a.m. Mass April 12 at St. Joseph's Church, Fall River, followed by brunch at White's of Westport.

A 1965 graduate of Providence College, Corey holds a law degree from Suffolk University Law School.

He is a director of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, and chairman of the Fall River Housing Authority. He is also active in the Fall River chapter of the PC Alumni Club, Greater Fall River Medical Systems; Inc., Stanley Street Treatment and Resource, Inc., Acoaxet Club and the Providence Country Day School Parents' Council.

Corey is also a lecturer for the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.

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Marriage Encounter shown to improve family life What's one way to improve relations with your children? Leave them for the weekend, according to a major survey spanning twenty years of Worldwide Marriage Encounter marriage enrichment weekends.

The survey, designed to determine the effectiveness of the Marriage Encounter Weekend experience in enhancing a couple's relationship, showed a surprising corollary finding: nine out of 10 couples reported significant improvement in their family interaction after they attended a Marriage Encounter Weekend. Many noted that the improvement remained even years later.

The survey was commissioned

by Worldwide Marriage Encounter, a nonprofit movement developed to offer couples a way to enhancecommunciations and their .v marriage in general. The survey, implemented by the National Institute for the Family (NI F), Washington, D.C., was distributed to 4,000 couples who had attended a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend program since the program became popular in 1970.

Since then, more than two million people have participated.

Donald B. Conroy, NIF project director, said the finding on improved family life wasn't expected, but shouldn't be too surprising.

"Even though children are not directly involved in the Marriage Encounter experience," Conroy said, "if the parents have taken a major step in improving their relationships, it stands to reason that the rest of the family will benefit by a spin-off effect."

More than half of the respondents to the lengthy questionaire rated their weekend experience as "excellent", with another third classifying it as "rather good" at improving their marriage in a number of important areas.

"Examining the program over two decades shows both immediate positive effects and longterm effects on marriages," said Conroy, project director. "We find this a remarkable result, considering the wide diversity of people who attend the program."

Conroy said that another key finding was fears commonly expressed by individuals before the weekend experience proved unfounded in all but a small number ofattenders. "Women worried unnecessarily about stirring up problems withtheir husbands, because of the weekend's emphasis on communications," said Conroy.

"Men were especially relieved that they didn't have to participate in group sharing."

Improvements in Five Areas According to Conroy, the survey indicated varying degrees of immediate and long-term improve-

ment in relationships in five key areas. They are: Intimacy and closeness: 84% noted "high" improvement; 70% maintained that improvement a year to several years after their weekend experience.

Communications: 84% indicated a major improvement both immediately and years later.

Sexual relationship: 67% noted an immediate major improvement with another 26% claiming at least moderate improvement.

Respect for each other: 86% noted marked improvement with the percentage slipping only slightly to 82% even years later.

Increased spirituality: 70% reported a greater openness to God and prayer as a result of the week-. end. This is the only category that actually showed an increase - to 72%, after several years had passed.

Effect on the Church A significant side effect of theMarriage Encounter Movement, according to the survey, was a deepening of religious practice, including greater involvement in parish activities. Eight out of 10 husbands showed weekly involvement in religious worship, while ning out of 10 wives show similar involvement.

In addition, couples who experienced a Marriage Encounter Weekend displayed a rise in lay leadership in various areas, including liturgical ministry, religious education, marriage preparation and evangelization.

Conroy noted that results of the survey showed no major differences between couples who attended the weekend in the '70s and those that did so in the '80s. "We saw strong satisfaction and a lasting effect regardless of how long ago a couple participated."

"From a bottom line perspective," Conroy concluded, "it seems clear that even with the very busy lifestyles many two-earner couples lead, and perhaps because of those lifestyles, a small investment of time in this weekend program may be one that pays dividends for the rest of their lives."

Reprinted with permission of Matrimony magazine.

Promoting families VATICAN CITY (CNS)- The Church's teaching on marriage and family life will find greater acceptance in society if its scientific foundations are better explored and explained, says Pope John Paul II. The pope was marking the 10th anniversary of the Institute for studies on Marriage and Family, which he said provides support to Catholic teaching about "the nature and particular aims of the intimate community of life and conjugal love willed by the Creator and elevated by Christ to the dignity of sacrament."

Burgers, fries and family

By Mitch Finley One day, in a typical American hurry, I popped into McDonald's for a burger and a small soft drink.

My fast repast over, I headed for the door, there spotting a counter display rack filled with small singlesheets ads. One caught my attention I plucked from the rack an ad meant to attract people into working for McDonald's. It displayed a color photo offive radiantly happy individuals, all attired in spiffy McDonald's uniforms: a young white female, a young Hispanic female, a middle-aged AfricanAmerican female, a young white male and a middle-aged white male.

God bless America.

In bold black letters across the top of this ad were the words, "Join the family."

I don't understand why I continue to be amazed at corporate advertisers' use of the images and language of human intimacy to hawk their wares. It's nothing new.

Here's how it works. Advertising agencies that manage billionsof-dollars-a-year accounts for corporate businesses do not hire stupid people. They hire alert, savvy people who watch us and conduct scientific surveys.

They observe that we hunger for friendship and community, that we want blissful marriages and a family life right out of a Norman Rockwell painting.

The mass media advertising industry knows we want warm human relationships. "But," advertising types say, "people don't have such relationships. People crave a warm family life, but they don't have it. So we will tell them that going to work for McDonald's will get them a family."

PULLING A FAST ONE: advertisers use family images and language to sell everything from fast food to fabric softener. (eNS photo) it's funny how so many of the plaPushing burgers and fries won't satisfy anyone's craving for family ces we find Smirnoff feel like home." life, of course. But the idea is so Corporate marketing departattractive, which is why advertisers use the images and language of ments wouldn't pay megabucks human intimacy. We've heard for for ads like this ifthey didn't work years that sex sells, but it's just as and work big. When we buy beer, a car, insurance policies, vodka, true that warm images of family . soap and countless other consuand friendship sell. mer goods, emotionally our choiMen would like to have the kind ces are influenced more than we of yuk-it-up buddies they see in would care to admit by ads we TV ads for beer. Parents would have seen that relate these prolike to have the kind of family they ducts to warm experiences offamsee in ads for cars. One auto manu- ily, friendship and community. facturer calls its station wagon a What can we do? family room.

First, become more critical of Home is a warm enticing con- advertising that uses the language and images of human intimacy. cept in a highly mobile society. So: Second, resist commercial fan"Home is where you find it:' appears in exciting red letters, tasies of blissful, conflict-free friendsmack in the middle of an other- ships, marriages and parent-child. relationships, which we can never wise white, full-page magazine ad.

Near the bottom of the page, in have.

Third, and most important, be soothing black letters: "Home. It's more accc;pting of the imperfect a place we feel comfortable. A friends, spouses and children we place defined by family and frienddo have. We can learn what love ships. A place where we find means in the real world. laughter and contentment. And

When an aged parent doesn't want help sprung on him out of nowhere.

By Monica and BiII Dodds Few of us do. At any age. He felt Karen feels caught in the middle. Her older brothers and sisters that having some stranger come into his house and cook his meals are strongly suggesting their dad be placed in a nursing home, but and clean - and give him a bath! she's convinced he will fight that - was preposterous. every step of the way. Though 85, Karen's dad was not giving an he hasn't lost his fierce spirit of inch - not on this, not on anyindependence. thing. Why, there was no telling What is lost is his good health. It what else his children were planis clear to them that it is beginning ning behind his back. to deteriorate rapidly, especially He had lost so many things since their mother passed away his wife, his good health, longtime four years ago. Lately the children friends in the parish and neigh- in their late 40s to mid-50s borhood - he wasn't about to have noticed Dad seems more for- give up his privacy in his own getful and in the past six months home. . he has fallen several times.

What can an adult child do to So Karen does a little investigat- avoid that kind of confrontation? ing and finds a social service proI. It helps to talk about congram that can provide someone to help a couple of hours a day in cerns - early and often - out in Dad's home: a worker to fix his the open. It's much easier to hold meals, do the shopping, keep the "what if' discussions before a crisis arises. place clean and help him bathe.

She believes - rightly so - that What if you needed some help her father will be strongly opposed around the house...? to any kind of "outside" help', and What if you couldn't drive safely so she arranges for the service to begin and schedules a social worker anymore ...? from the program to meet with her What could you do, what could father in his home when the work I do, what could someone else do is to start. to help us out? What are other "N her father flatly replies people we know in those situations when presented with the plan for doing? the first time at that meeting. "Get 2. If there is a need, don't presout. Get out of my house." And ent "the solution" - meaning your the pair has no choice but to leave. choice - but a number ofpossibilWhat went wrong? Karen had ities. Let your parent decide. the best intentions. She was aware of her father's feelings, but felt she In cases where a parent may not knew what was best for him. . be competent, have a professional But her father doesn't much assist you in presenting a plan and care for changes, especially one the reasons for it.

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3. If there's any resistance, go with the minimum service first.

Maybe Mom doesn't want someone in her home four hours every day, but she'll agree to a person coming in two hours a week to help with cleaning or shopping.

Then as they get to know one another, the idea of increasing the hours and the workload may not be nearly as threatening.

4. Remember your goal is not to take over your parent's life, but to assist him or her in getting what's needed. That can be done without trampling on Mom or Dad's right to make decisions. That can be done while continuing to show great love - and respect - for an aging parent.

Clinic vigils set YONKERS, N.Y. (CNS) Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York has announced that his archdiocese would follow the example of the Brooklyn diocese in sponsoring rosary vigils at abortion clinics. Bishop Thomas V. Daily, who became bishop of Brooklyn in 1990, instituted a practice of leading the rosary at an abortion clinic one Saturday each month following a Mass at a nearby church. Cardinal O'Connor, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said he would participate in such an event June 13. A Mass at St. Agnes Church near Grand Central Station will be followed by a march to a clinic for the rosary.

Hospice peaceful alternative Continued from Page One Assonet, Freetown, Fall River, Westport, Somerset, Swansea.

• Hospice of Cape Cod, 362-1103. Covers upper, mid and lower Cape.

• Lighthouse Hospice Assn. of Wareham, 295-8544. Covers upper Cape and Rochester.

• Hospice of Community Visiting Nurse Agency, Attleboro, 222-0118. Covers AttIeboros, Raynham, Rehoboth, Easton, Foxboro, Seekonk.

The Wider Picture Across the nation, there are 1,850 hospices, which cared for 206,000 people in 1990.

Education is needed to clear up the misconceptions about Hospice, said Jan Jones, executive director of Catholic Hospice in Miami Lakes, Fla. "When I go out in the community, I get questions like, 'Oh, what about that book "Final Exit"? Isn't that guy with Hospice?' "Ms. Jones said. On the other end of the scale, some tell her prolonging life is "the be-all and end-all," she added.

The 1980 Vatican Declaration on Euthanasia said that the intentional taking of life, either by commission or omission, is wrong.

Patients, it added, may refuse a . medical technique "which carries a risk or is burdensome."

It pointed out Pope Pius XII's 1957 statement to a group of doctors that, in certain circumstances, under the theological principle of "double effect," drugs may be used

to stop pain, even if at the same time they unintentionally shorten life.

Theologians have said that "one is never obligated to use 'extraordinary' means" to save life, the Vatican document said. In recent years, several bishops have insisted that the provision of food and water should be considered ordinary treatment, and have waged verbal battle with doctors and lawmakers on that point. (See story on this topic on Page 16.)

Catholic Hospice holds that "the story of Jesus tells us that suffering need not be useless, but can become meaningful and redemptive."

Such a statement -"fits smack right in there" with Catholic teaching on death, said Jesuit Father William Ellos, medical ethicist at Loyola University in Chicago.

Hospice, Father Ellos said, is "an absolutely wonderful and beautiful thing. People look forward to their death in joyful expectation, not in terror~" Patients must be diagnosed as terminally ill before they are accepted into a hospice program.

The patient and family agree that no aggressive therapies will be pursued. Instead, treatment is given to the disease's symptoms, associated pain, and the patient's well-being.

Typically, a team of doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, clergy, social workers, therapists, health care professionals and volunteers work with the patient and

family to guide them through the patient's dying.

Family members meet a dying loved one's immediate care needs, but professionals are available for emergencies.

The hospice approach is seen by its practitioners as holistic, tending to not only the patient but friends and family members as well.

Sister Victoria Segura, a Sister of Bon Secours and a doctor for the Hospice of Southeastern Michigan, said sometimes family members need more assistance than the patient.

She laments that the medical community lacks a greater understanding of Hospice.

"I don't consider taking care of the dying giving up," Sister Segura' said. "It's a natural thing to die."

But "it's an uncomfortable thing to deal with dying when you're a physician in training," she added.

"You have to face the fact that [some patients] can't be cured," said Scotti Dixon, hospice coordinator at Mercy Medical Center in Daphne, Ala. She pointed out that in an age of spiraling health care costs, hospice "saves the system money and you get good care." About two-thirds of all hospice programs meet Medicare standards.

Sister Segura agreed. "There's another way of taking care of the terminally ill. It doesn't have to be the Kevorkian way."

Support group meeti-ng schedules

Women topic of usee video

Ministry to Divorced and Separated

V .S. Catholic bishops' Committee

Attleboro Area Meets second Tuesday and fourth Sunday of each month from 7:30 to 9 p.m., at St. Mary's parish center, 14 Park Street North Attleboro , Spiritual director: Rev. Ralph Tetrault, 695-6161. ' Cape Cod Area ~eets third Sunday of each month from 7 p~nsh, 5 Barbara Street, South Yarmouth.

to 9 p.m., at St. Pius X Spiritual director: Rev.

RIchard Roy, 548-1065.

Fall River Area Meets second Tuesday and fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 p.~ ..' at Our Lady of Grace parish center, 569 Sanford Road, Westport.

Spmtual director: Rev. Gerard Hebert, 674-627 I. New Bedford Area Meets second Wednesday and fourth Monday of each month at 7 at th~ Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road, North Dartmouth.

Spmtual dIrector: Rev. Matthew Sullivan SS.CC., 993-2442. p.~ ..'

Taunton Area and fourth Tue~day of each month at 7 p.m., at St. Joseph s pansh center, 499 Spnng Street, North Dighton Spiritual . director: Rev. John Cronin, 822-1425.

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Ministry to Widowed Attleboro Area Me;ts first Friday of each month, beginning with 7 p.m. Mass at St. Mary s Church, 14 Park Street, North Attleboro. Spiritual director: Rev. William Babbitt, 695-6161.

Cape Cod Area Meets fourth Sunday of each monthfrom I:30 to 3:30 p.m., Christ the King I?arish CC:D center, Route 151, Mashpee Commons, Mashpee: For more mformatlOn contact Dorothyann Callahan, 428-7078.

Fall River Area Meets fourth Monday of each month at 7 p.m., St. Mary's School Hall, ~cross S~cond Street from St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. For more mformahon contact Sister Ruth Curry, 999-6420.

New Bedford Area Meets second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m., St. Francis of Ass!si Churc~ Hall, 247 North Street, New Bedford. (En~er by side door f.: rl;3!':'l of MIll Stree'( entrance.) For more information contact Sister 2'(:-.:-::' :;-:h-:istopher C':"'..ourke 0: Sister Michaelinda Plante, 997-7732.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - The on Women in Society and in the Church has produced a videotape on women and the roles of work, intergenerational guidance and prayer in their lives.

The 38-minute video is divided into three sections, each designed as a "springboard for discussion," said Sister Gretchen Dysart, vice president of Journey Communications, which made the video.

Dolores Leckey, executive director of the V.S. bishops' Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth and executive producer of the video, said one aim of the video is to "get people talking about critical issues in a Christian context."

The video, available in English and Spanish, comes with a study guide. It incorporates insights from V.S. women, whose input was sought through an article disseminated in the Catholic press last April. They were asked to suggest issues the video could address, raise questions and point out topics that could be addressed in parishes. Mrs. Leckey said she received dozens of responses.

Making the video was the bishops' committee's response to people who sought "resources to continue the dialogue" which preceded development of the bishops' pastoral on women, Mrs. Leckey said.

Sister Dysart said the video uses images of windows to emphasize opportunities.

The video is formatted so that each section can be used separately.

The section on work looks at the stress women feel when torn between home and work obligations and their tension when forced for economic reasons to work outside the home when they would rather be stay-at-home mothers.

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Continuing the way It was a Lenten lecture sponsored by Knights of Columbus in a half-rural, half-suburban community on the outskirts of my home town and I was the penitential offering.

During the social hour before the spaghetti and meatballs, one of the Knights had a question for me.

Workers in a nearby parish had uncovered a pile of old stations of the cross dumped in the church basement.

They had been removed by an earlier pastor in the first blush of the renewal after Vatican II. The body of .the church had no "stations." Could they be put back up?

This is the kind of parish batHe church editors shy away from instinctively. That's what I did, after telling my friend how important

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In the years after Vatican II, I told him, many new churches were built in styles unlike those we grew up with. In one diocese, the contemporary structure did not include the stations. A standoff developed, and the church was not blessed for more than a year - after some stations were erected.

Some of the beauty, music and mystery ofthe church disappeared in postconciliar efforts. I can get by without ember days, fire-andbrimstone missions, novenas and 40 Hours, and survive.

But don't take the stations away from me. Heading into the home stretch of the Lenten season, with Palm Sunday and Holy Week dead ahead, I feel a deep loss if I have

CASSERLY not been able to make the stations more than a few times.

With many of the Lenten rules abandoned, the season is not much of a strain for us seniors - even though we still must skip meat on Friday. Prayer, sacrifice and almsgiving have not been repealed, either.

Daily Mass attendance climbs during Lent, and lecture series seem to grow in popularity. But despite its' long history in the church, the way of the cross appears to be barely hanging on.

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My personal favorite is a 1936 booklet credited to St. Alphonsus Liguori, 1696-1787.

No one seems to use it in public services today. Recall these words, repeated often: "I love Thee, Jesus my love. I repent of having offended Thee. Never permit me to offend Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always,.and then do with me what Thou wilt."

In an effort to increase attendance at the stations, many pastors have taken to offering them during the day. It's convenient for seniors, for retirees, for those unable or unwilling to go out after dark.

But when they take the place of evening services, unless parish school children are invited, it means that the way of the cross will disappear when older Catholics die off. The stations are great family devotions but who will want to go' to a service never before experienced?

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true in yOur parish, too? So many folks came at myoid Ascension parish on Friday nights during Lent that identical services were held upstairs and downstairs.

Remember? "At the cross her station keeping." The rhythmic kneeling and standing as the priest and altarboys moved from station to station. "0 Salutaris Hostia."

"Tantum Ergo." Incense. Benediction. Bells. The Divine Praises.

We attended stations as a family. Mother kept going even when she had to sit out the services too weak for the up-and-down exercises. Things changed after Vatican II, however, and many parishes dropped the service entirely.

Others tried new and different versions. Some were held in the streets, with the 14 stations temporarily set up at designated homeless locations, military objectives, nursing homes and mortuaries.

New versions of the way of the cross were published. I have a col-

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Ms. Caldwell has been personnel director at Madonna Manor, North Attleboro, for four years.

Both Madonna and Catholic Memorial Home are part of the Diocesan Health Facilities system of nursing homes.

"While I've become somewhat familiar with the various positions at Madonna, it's a smaller facility with 121 residents," Ms. Caldwell said. "Catholic Memorial Home has 288 residents, many more employees, and a much larger physical plant. The organizational structure is much more complex. That's part of the reason I'm in training here: to learn how to administer a larger facility while still providing the same level of personalized care you'd find at a smaller home."

Although the administrator-intraining program is not unique to the diocesan system, Ms. Caldwell finds it encouraging that the Health Facilities office supports such training and advancement in a time of strained finances.

"There's a genuine concern for the future of long-term care, and an understanding that tlle needs of the elderly population will increase," she said.

While Ms. Caldwell will be exploring the management aspects of administration, the program will address all aspects of resident care as well.

"After all, that's really why we're here: to provide our residents with the best possible home for the time they are with us," she said. "I find it rewarding to work for a longterm care system that is residentoriented, and offers such a caring atmosphere."

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Ms: Caldwell is also currently enrolled part-time in the graduate program at Bryant College, Smithfield, RI, where she is pursuing a master's degree in business administration. She was the recipient of a management scholarship from the Diocesan Health Facilities last spring.

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Sister welcomes home the homeless Continued from Page One Southeastern Massachusetts University building.

"We opened Feb. II - there was a snowstorm coming and the city didn't want anybody left on the streets," Sister Gallogly recalled. "There were a large number of people waiting to welcome any guests."

Only four persons arrived that night, but soon all 20 cots in the allocated classroom were being filled.

It was a simple operation: opening at 5:30 p.m., "We would just take them into the dorm and give them a bed; they'd take off their shoes and go to sleep," said Sister Gallogly. Volunteers supervised overnight, and all were out by 6:30 a.m.

Market Ministries soon outgrew the one-room, no-cooking-facilities setup and in June 1984 relocated to its present site, a large stone building on Eighth Street.

Sister Gallogly oversees operation of the three-floor shelter, which has three dorm rooms for men on the upper floors, plus a separate bedroom and bathroom area to accommodate three women.

The first floor is occupied by a main office, eat-in kitchen and a lounge that serves as a TV and game room. Showers, bathrooms and a smoking room are located in the basement.

Sister Gallogly's office is a small niche on the third floor dominated by a desk and computer. Here are stored the records, files and bookkeeping - even boxes of donated clothing - that keep the shelter running smoothly.

The bustling office contrasts with the spartan dorms, quiet during the day, sheets tightly tucked, blankets neatly folded on rows of empty beds.

Other rooms are sparsely furnished, a feature not just budgetary but aesthetic, Sister Gallogly noted.

"The fewer surfaces you have, the less can accumulate on them," is her theory.

Shelter guests have lockers and they also help clean the building.

"We want them to have a sense of pride in the place," said the director.

All are expected to keep to the shelter schedule: guests are awakened at 6 a.m. for breakfast. Dinner is at 6 p. m. and showers are opened at 7. All must be in bed by 10 p.m.

Such a structured day, said Sister Gallogly, helps the guests "develop a sense of value for getting up in the morning and having something to do. They know they are not going to waste time here."

During the day, clients are either cleaning the building, which is currently undergoing renovation, or are out working or looking for work.

Each morning clients in need of work check in at a job search organization next door. A minibus will transport them to whatever jobs are available.

"There are very few openings," Sister Gallogly lamented. "They'll come back and say there's nothing.

Sometimes they'll find work 'lumping' - emptying fish out of a boat - and get paid for a few hours' work, but it's never enough and never consistent."

Economic recession and a New Bedford unemployment rate hovering near 13 percent have understandably increased demand on Market Ministries' services.

The shelter's 25 beds, plus nine more made available during the winter months, are consistently occupied, with a total of more than 800 beds prepared per month.

"We've had maybe 300 different people stay here since July," said Sister Gallogly, "a larger number than in the past. The unemployment is killing us."

If the shelter is overcrowded, some guests are sent to a lodging for fishermen or a motel, with expenses paid by Market Ministries.

No limit is placed on how long a client can stay at Market Ministries; the average stay of 10 days is somewhat misleading, according to Sister Gallogly. Some leave after two days, while others need assistance for a year or more, she pointed out.

"They stay until they have enough money or are assisted under some program" such as welfare, disability or veterans' benefits.

People of the Heart Market Ministries has come a long way in a decade, now providing more than just beds and meals.

Its services include housing and social services advocacy, agency referral, job education and transportation to interviews, appointments, medical care or other matters.

There are eight fulltime staff members, called direct care personnel, three parttime employees and more than 50 volunteers providing 24-hour coverage at the shelter.

Clients come to Market Ministries from every imaginable situation and in various conditions: financial emergencies have made some suddenly homeless; others have long-term problems such as substance abuse, poor health. or mental illness; some are elderly and need care until they can be placed in a nursing home.

Whatever the case, Sister Gallogly is for many a guiding force to a better life, someone who is not afraid to deal head-on with their difficulties.

"We do what we have to do, and that's it," she said simply. "It's

about learning awareness, underIn addition there are grants from women," she said. For instance, "I standing the things that have to be sources such as Federal Emergency bumped into a man at the market," done, not being afraid to reach Assistance and Coastline Elderly, a former shelter client, she said. out." plus funding from a Walk for "He's now a painter. He said 'SisHer philosophy, she said, is "We Hunger to take place in Boston ter, I'm doing great now!' " have to be people of the heart."

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Sister Gallogly continued, "I got She also, Sister Gallogly added, Grants fund the current renova- a letter from a man [now at a has to be tough. At Market Minis- tions, to include a new kitchen and detoxification facility] saying 'fortries, turning a client's life around new shades and curtains for other give me for all the grief I caused at is a cooperative effort.

Market Ministries.''' In another rooms.

If a client is abusing alcohol or Then there are people who find letter a former client thanked her drugs, he must attend rehabilita- creative ways' to give, Sister Gal- "for allowing me to keep the sheltion. If he is unemployed, he must logly said, recounting the story of ter clean." find work. If he has a job, he must a woman who donated a Christ"These are wonderful moments save money: mas tree and a teacher who slept in that make it all worthwhile," Sis"We have a folder for every a tent for a week, obtaining spon- ter Gallogly said. "You become guest who comes here, meet with sors to raise funds to pay for heat the recipient of a kind word or them regularly and plan a course at the shelter. deed instead of always giving. In of action," said Sister Gallogly.

"You just need something and it that way they are ministering to A social services advocate helps arrives," Sister Gallogly marveled. me." clients seek benefits or ajob, while "We cannot operate without that There was a young man at the a housing advocate finds single- generosity." shelter, Sister Gallogly recalls, who room occupancies for clients who came into the kitchen one night They're Guests. have become self-sufficient. and laughed, then said, "For a Another staff person coordinates Whatever the sources that keep' moment there I almost said 'Hey, efforts at the Market Ministries the shelter going, it is Sister Gal- mom, I'm home.' " soup kitchen, where 27 area logly and the direct care staff who "And that's what it's all about," churches send teams of volunteers support clients during an extremely says Sister Gallogly. "That for a to prepare and serve meals on dif- difficult times in their lives. time they feel welcome enough to ferent days and where shelter resiSister Gallogly's attitude is sum- call it home." dents can obtain lunch if necessary. med up in a word she uses often: One suspects that for hundreds In addition to providing meals, she always calls those at the shelter of New Bedford's less fortunate, Sister Gallogly added, the soup "guests."

Sister Rose has long been Person kitchen distributes groceries once "Part of it is being a Sister of of the Year. a month to needy families.

Mercy - that whole sense of com"All those canned goods are passion for others, a call to service, coming in through donations," said responding to unmet needs," she ONLY FULL·L1NE RELIGIOUS GIFT STORE ON THE CAPE the sister. "We don't purchase any- said. "And part of it is recognizing thing. We can only give away what that everybody has dignity and • OPEN MON·SAT: 9-5:30 comes in." you want them to feel better about SUMMER SCHEDULE . The same is true for food and themselves."

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Sister Gallogly now has a plaque, "We have never purchased a bar . awarded by the Friendly Sons at of soap, razors or toiletries," Sister their March banquet in acknowlSullivan's Gallogly said. "We have never sol- edgment of her tremendous conReligious Goods icited for money. People have been tribution to the community.

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The shelter receives 75 percent John & Mary Lees. Props.

"I know we make a difference in of its funding from the state De- the lives of many young men and partment of Public Welfare. Market Ministries is responsible for obtaining the other 25 percent, which comes from a variety of Color Process Year Books sources: area churches, the city of New Bedford, community organiBooklets Brochures zations and private donations.

Many churches contribute a set amount each month or assist in other ways; for example, one church holds an annual dinner for the homeless, busing in clients OFF SET PRINTERS - LETTERPRESS from the shelter. . Schools, both public and pri1-17 COFFIN AVENUE Phone 997-9421 vate, regularly collect canned New Bedford, Moss. goods, and clothing drives are also held. The shelter is currently asking for towels, new or used.

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Thoughts on evangelization

By Very Rev. Pierre Lachance, OP The fourth in a series on evangelization today

Relief groups gird to aid Cambodians

A few thoughts on how to evangelize: first, a basic and very imporPHNOM PENH, Cambodia tant principle Jesus himselfteaches (CNS) - Jesuit Refugee Services us - don't try to force people to and other relief organizations are do anything;just invite. They have racing to prepare for hundreds of to believe because they are ready thousands of Cambodian refugees and want to. scheduled to return to their counLook at Jesus. Never does he try from camps in Thailand. pressure or coax people into folMeeting the goal established by lowing him and becoming his dislast October's Paris peace accords ciples. What does he do? Essento repatriate 375,000 refugees from tially two things: first he invites the Thai camps by the end of the and second he proposes his ideal, year is going to be a difficult job, his way of life. If you like it, says Australian Mercy Sist~r welcome!

Denise Coghlan, head ofthe JesUIt See how he invites: "If anyone Refugee Service team in Cambodia.

MEMBERS OF the Legion of Mary participate in their' wishes to come after me..." (Mt "Geographically as well as eco40th annual Acies ceremony at 51. Mary's Cathedral, an occa- 16:24) If... It's up to you. On one nomically, Cambodia is not in a sion for renewing their dedication to Our Lady. A spiritual occasion he invites a young man to position to receive so many people bouquet was presented to Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, diocesan follow him, but first to sell all he in so short a time," she told UCA has and give the money to the News, an Asian church news agency administrator, and he addressed legionaries. The Legion uses poor.

The young man was rich and based in Thailand. "Therefore inLatin terminology employed by the Roman legions and "acies" did not have the heart to comply. tegral development programs are signifies an army drawn up in battle array. For legionaries, this He went away sad and Jesus let urgently needed." him go. (Mt 19:21-22) indicates their readiness to serve Mary. (Gaudette photo) Sister Coghlan calculated that On another occasion, Jesus tells 1,000 villages would have to be people they must eat his flesh and built to accommodate all the Cambodia, poverty and the com- standards 01 the people and said paratively good conditions in Thai that the Jesuits encourage develdrink his blood, otherwise they refugees. camps will add further difficulty to opment of water supplies by prowill not have life in them. This "No one believes that this is posto villagers who work viding food the process, she said. surprising statement was so upsetsible. And yet it will have to on well- and pond-building pro- ting to "many of his disciples (note Jesuit Brother Noel Oliver, prohappen," she said. they were disciples) that they The multitude of mine fields in gram head, noted the poor living jects. "broke away and would not remain in his company any longer." (John 6:66) Jesus made no effort to hold them back. He forces no one.

The second approach Jesus uses to win disciples: he proposes his way of life, holds up his ideal in all its beauty, explains the happiness it will bring, but also the price one must pay to walk in his footsteps; as when he says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, the reign of God is theirs," If you want to be blessed, happy, follow me. How d~licate the invitation; not the slightest pressure. .

Nor does Jesus use pressure by threatening with hell fire or any kind of punishment those unready to accept his invitation. God finds Founded and Directed by no pleasure in being served by CATHOLIC LAY PEOPLE slaves or mercenaries. He wants to be served by people who believe in him and love him. He created us Your $20 monthly support provides a needy with free will so that we would child with: NOURISHING FOOD, MEDICAL serve him out oflove. This fact has CARE, the chance to GO TO SCHOOL and some very practical applications.

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the Messiah?" The townsfolk went to meet Jesus and invited him to stay with them for a few days, after which they too became believers.

See how ordinary life situations often provide opportunities to evangelize if we are alert. Jesus converted the Samaritan woman.

She in turn, a woman of ill repute, spread the word and became an evangelizer of the townsfolk. God can use anyone to spread his message!

Now, a few practical hints for evangelizers. Prayer is always neces'sary and presumed here, but it's not enough. Action also is called for. Here are a few things we can do: Use the Cursillo Method: I like the three-step Cursillo plan for winning converts: make a friend, be a friend, introduce that person to your friend Jesus.

Make a friend: suppose you have a neighbor or a coworker who has no religion or who doesn't go to church. Start by talking to him or her. Be ready with a smile and a greeting.

Be a friend: try to develop your contact into friendship. If you succeed, the door to your friend's heart is wide open.

Introduce that person to your friend Jesus: tell him or her about this wonderful friend when you feel the time is right.

Reach out to fallen-away Catholics: A 1985 Gallup poll indicated that there are 15 million unchurched Catholics in the United States and that 40 percent of them have thought about returning to practice of the faith. Think of the opportunities! Don't give up easily on fallen-away Catholics, no matter how long ago they may have left the Church.

Recently the Institute for American Church Growth conducted a survey to determine why people join churches. To the question "What was responsible for your coming to this church?" nearly 80 percent said they had been invited.

This illustrates the importance of reaching out to fallen-aways.

But I must sound a note of caution; at first it may not be wise to try to bring them to Mass. Instead, bring them to Jesus. One must know and love him before finding the Mass meaningful. One might start by inviting such friends to a charismatic prayer meeting or to some other church renewal movement.

Make use of available resources: You don't have to do all the work yourself. Invite a friend to a retreat or to a prayer meeting.

Have some Catholic literature on hand, possibly special pamphlets for those with specific problems.

Distributing leaflets and pamphlets on the Catholic faith is easy and effective. Literature can be left on bus seats or in public places as well as given to friends.

These are only a few ways of taking advantage of the innumerable opportunities we have in the ordinary course of life to give witness to our faith and to win people to the Lord.

--Spring

"Spring is God's way of saying.

'One more til1!e!"'-Robert Orben

Does confirmation really mean much to kids?

Rejecting a policy that has allowed each u.s. bishop to set the age for confirming Catholics in his diocese, the Vatican has ordered the National Conference ofCatholic Bishops to set a national age for receiving the sacrament.

But a uniform age alone won't give this "rite of passage" meaning, says theologian Joseph Martos. He believes confirmation as we know it "marks no real change in a person's life."

Assuming that there's "a proper chronological time in people's lives when they should be confirmed" makes no more sense than designating a "proper age" for marriage and other sacraments, argues Martos, professor of theology and philosophy at the College ofSt. Francis de Sales, Allentown, Pa. Author of the bestseller "Doors to路 the Sacred." Martos thinks the rite should be delayed until a person truly feels called to more active participation in the church. His article, ''I'd Like to Say: Let's Not Confirm Kids," is featured in April's St. Anthony Messenger, a national Catholic family magazine.

"A real discrepancy exists between the theology of confirmation and the role the sacrament actually plays in people's lives," Martos observes. "As the church becomes increasingly a community of lay involvement, it needs a ritual that clearly expresses its members'" commitment to service.

"The theology of confirmation is searching for a way to be authentically expressed," he continues, describing the mutual goal of American theologians, liturgists, educators and bishops.

Responding to the Vatican's directive, NCCB president Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk appointed an ad hoc committee last June to propose a uniform age of confirmation for U.S. Catholics. The committee, which includes Boston

Auxiliary Bishop Alfred Hughes, is expected to announce its recommendation in 1993.

Meanwhile, the debate heats up among U.S. clergy and laity: is it better to keep together, as did early Christians, the three sacraments of initiation-baptism, confirmation and eucharist, or should confirmation be withheld until adolescence, transforming it into a sort of Christian bar/bas mitzvah which stresses maturity, discretion and a willingness to serve others?

Martos questions that adolescents are old enough to make this "mature commitment to membership in the church." For many teenagers, he says, "confirmation seems to have become sort of graduation from religious education and perha.ps even an exit visa from active involvement in the church."

He also opposes the trendbegun in Texas, California, Florida and Pennsylvania diocesetoward administering confirmation and first communion together.

"Communion preparation programs are largely directed toward parents because seven- and eightyear-olds cannot comprehend much of the theology of the Eucharist," Martos suggests.

"So is it not likely that consolidated confirmation-with-communion programs will explain confirmation to the parents rather than to the children?"

Postponing the sacrament and making it optional, says Martos, will allow confirmation to "become a genuinely symbolic step into Christian ministry." This step should "signify the completion of a person's full initiation into the church," he adds. "Celebrating confirmation as a rite of passage into active church ministry might inspire people to deepen their baptismal commitment."

Reprinted by permission from St. Anthony Messenger

Vatican issues quincentenary stamps VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican post office has issued a five-stamp series commemorating the 500th anniversary of the evangelization of the Americas.

The stamps feature Christopher Columbus, whose 1492 voyage opened the Western Hemisphere to Catholic evangelization and Spanish colonizat.ion, the Spanish king and queen who sponsored his explorations, and three Catholic missionaries.

The Vatican also issued a postal sheet of two stamps forming part of a 1542 nautical map from an atlas in the Vatican Apostolic Library. The sheet has Columbus kneeling in front of the map, sword in hand.

Written in Italian on the stamps and the sheet is "V Centenary of the Discovery and Evangelization of America" and the dates 14921992.

Depicted on the stamps, in addition to Columbus, are St. Peter Claver; The Virgin of the Catholic Monarchs, a paintury of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, admiring the Madonna and baby Jesus; Bishop Bartolome de las Casas; and Blessed Junipero Serra.

St. Peter Claver was a 17thcentury Spanish Jesuit known as the "saint of the slaves" because of his work with African slaves shipped to the Americas and his opposition to slavery.

Bishop De Las Casas was a

16th-century Spanish Dominican known as the "apostle to the Indians." He opposed slavery of Indians but allowed it for Africans as a way to protect Indians from bondage.

Blessed Junipero Serra was an 18th-century Franciscan who founded numerous Indian missions in California. Recently, U.S. Indian groups have alleged that he brutalized Indians and destroyed their culture. The allegations have been denied by California Catholic officials.

The stamps and sheet can be ordered by mail from the Ufficio Filatelico, 00120 Vatican City.

Price is 8,950 Italian lire ($7.25) per five-stamp set and sheet, plus postage. Postage for one set is $3.30. Postage for two to 15 sets is $4.25. Postage for 16 to 60 sets is $6.

A Prayer "Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change, and when we are right, make us easy to live with." - Peter Marshall

THOUSANDS OF SALVADORANS came to their capital of San Salvador March 24 to mark the 12th anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. Thirteen miles away, others who remembered the prelate gathered to plant the Oscar Romero Reconciliation Forest, which will memorialize him and the 75,000 who perished in El Salvador's bitter civil war. This 1980 photo is of the archbishop's outdoor funeral Mass. (eNS photo)

around the church world with catholic news senice A JOINT church delegation has urged the South African government to give refugee status to an estimated 200,000 Mozambicans who fled over the border to escape their country's civil war. "The Mozambicans are fleeing a devastating war. They are here because their lives are in danger, not to look for work," said Bishop Wilfrid Napier, president of the southern African bishops' conference.

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A recent two-day CatholicRussian Orthodox meeting has produced a pledge to improve relations and an acknowledgment that serious local problems threatening ecumenical dialogue remain unsolved. The problems include disputes between Eastern-rite Catholics and Orthodox in the Ukraine and between Latin-rite Catholic and Orthodox leaders in Russia, said a joint communique issued after the meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.

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CARDINAL RICARDO Vidal of Cebu, Philippines, told presidential candidate Fidel Ramos that he will bar a diocesan priest from running for Cebu governor in the May II elections. "If you field a priest and if I allow him to run, it would be an insult to the leader-

ship of laypeople in Cebu," Cardinal Vidal said at a meeting at the office of Cebu Gov. Emilio Osmena, Ramos' running mate.

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AN IT AllAN lay missionary was murdered last month in Rwanda, a Central African state long troubled by tribal warfare, reported Vatican Radio.

The victim, Antonia Locatelli, 55, had worked as a teacher in Rwanda since 1971 with the Missionaries of Africa and the Salesian Sisters. She was locally called the "angel of the dispossessed."

She was slain at a Catholic mission in Nyamata, Rwanda, which sheltered several thousand refugees from the Tutsi tribe - traditional rivals of the Hutu tribe which controls the government.

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CHURCH SUPPORT of prodemocracy rallies is causing the growing ire ofthe Zairean government, says Father Leon Heysen, who was expelled from the African country in February.

He cited violent repression of church-sponsored rallies in the capital of Kinshasa.

The rallies favored reconvening of a national conference to draw up guidelines for a transition period to democracy after 25 years of rule

by President Mobutu Sese Seko.

Catholics form 52 percent of Zaire's 34 million inhabitants.

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A QUIET revolution has been taking place in the pontifical equestrian orders - the honorary knighthoods conferred by popes in recognition of service to the church and society.

Five knights named by Pope John Paul II in 1991 are Swedish women, a rare break with the allmale tradition of chivalric orders, although in the late '70s knighthood was conferred on Bernadette Olowo, then Uganda's ambassador to the Vatican.

The Swedish women who were knighted were members of the king of Sweden's entourage when he visited Pope John P~ul last May.

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THE NEW evangelization of the world requires the same amount of zeal shown 500 years ago by missionaries to the Americas, Pope John Paul II told members of religious orders.

The 1992 celebrations, he said recently in St. Peter's Basilica, should include thanksgiving for the religious who dedicated themselves to "converting those lands into sanctuaries of the merciful and faithful presence" of God.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Apr. 3, 1992

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By Mick Conway Huff was his name, inhalants were his game.

When Howie, alias Huff, was 15 he discovered a cheap and easy way to get high. He and his friends had tried booze several times, but it was hard to get, since none of them were old enough to buy alcohol.

Huff decided to take matters into his own hands. He had heard of getting high by sniffing glue or paint thinner, but he hadn't tried that particular method.

Even small amounts of inhalants can be instantly fatal, a fact that many teenagers, like Huff, discover the hard way.

To Huff, it had seemed like a challenge, a way to impress the guys. So, he embarked on what he called his Pilot Project - a research program designed to find a new way to fly.

There were plenty of opportunities to experiment with inhalants around the house. Huff liked inhaling gas fumes the best and soon became an accomplished huffer -thus, the name Huff.

After the dizzying rush of inhaling gas fumes, Huff experienced an alcohol-like intoxication, distortion of senses and perceptions, and a sense of weightlessness.

Huff knew his parents would go off the wall if they found out what he was doing, so he carefully planned his huffing times around their absence.

Huff and his friends had a few huffing parties, but only when they couldn't get hold of any booze.

Most of the guys preferred beer, but they hailed Huff on his inventiveness and occasionally participated in his Pilot Project.

Hufffeit good about being part of what he considered the "in crowd." They accepted him as part of their group. He had made a name for himself among his peers.

As time went on, Huff became more and more proficient with inhalants. The privacy of his room afforded undisturbed opportunities to indulge his habit, but his parents were beginning to question his isolation. His grades at school went steadily downhill. ,Huffs angry behavior toward his parents' concerns were also untypical, another indicator that something was definitely wrong.

Then one time Huffs mother was unable to raise a response from him behind his IQcked door.

She became alarmed. A call to his father for help resulted in a frantic effort to remove the door from its hinges so they could enter his room. They found Huff on the floor, comatose and bleeding from the nose.

Hours later, an emergency room doctor met with Huffs parents to report on his condition. He told the stunned couple that Huff had come dangerously close to dying from an overdose of drugs.

Although Huff was still unconscious, the medical examination revealed toxic effects of his use if inhalants. He was suffering from bronchial tube spasm and possible respiratory tract damage. It was unknown at that point whether Huff had suffered brain damage, but the doctor was concerned.

Huffs hospitalization in the intensive care unit was an experience in itself. He realized the seriousness of his condition when he awoke to find a priest standing over his bed, administering the sacrament of anointing. Huff thought he was dying, and one look at his distraught parents confirmed that fear.

Huff didn't die from his overdose of inhalants. When he was well enough to leave the intensive care unit, he was transferred to another hospital room for observation and continued care.

From there, Huff was admitted to the adolescent chemical dependancy treatment unit, where he remained for 45 days.

Inhalants are a dangerous, deadly form of drug abuse. If Huffs parents hadn't acted quickly, he would have been just another statistic.

"Godpare.nts" teach religion to teens OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) - Give high school students the choice of going back to school for religious education classes or staying home to relax and talk with friends, and it's obvious what most would prefer. .

At St. Wenceslaus parish in Omaha, they don't have to choose.

Through the parish's godparent program, 170 teens go to the homes oftheir"godparents":- 14 married couples or teaching teams - for 90 minutes of frank discussion, faith-sharing and fun on Wednesday evenings.

They leave with a better understanding of the church and themselyes, and the knowledge that they are deeply loved, according to godparents Penny Tramontozzi and Al and Ann Lerdahl.

"I tell them if they remember nothing else to remember that there was someone in their life who cared," said Mrs. Tramontozzi.

"The most important thing is to make a commitment to them just as if you were their godparent," she said. "You're in their life and in their faith life as long as they're around and you're around."

"We're getting as much out of it as they are. We're all growing in the faith together," said Mrs. Lerdahl.

That's what the godparent program is all about, said Rita Ramos, St. Wenceslaus' director of youth ministry.

"The role of the [program's) godparent is the same as that of a baptismal godparent, when the parents ask another couple to come in

My mother came to Hazard when I was just 7 Even then the folks in town Said with prejudiced eyes That boy's not right Three years ago along came Mary First time someone looked beyond the rumors and the lies Saw the man inside We used to walk down by the river She loved to watch the sun go down We used to walk along the river And dream of ways out of this town No one understood what I felt for Mary No one cared until the night She went walking all alone And never came home Man with a badge came knocking next morning, Here I was surrounded by A thousand fingers suddenly Pointed right at me I swear I left her by the river I swear I left her safe and sound I need to make it to the river And leave this old Nebraska town I think about my life gone by How it's done me wrong There is no escape for me in this town All my rescues are gone Written by and Sung by Richard Marx (c) 1991 by Capitol Records Inc. BOTH the sound and message in Richard Marx's music is maturing. An example is his latest release "Hazard." The song's lyrics raise challenging questions while the sound creates the emotional tone needed to support his message.

The story is of tragedy and unfairness. A man looks back at his life's hurts. As a child he came to "Hazard" with his and help with the faith journey of their child," she told The Catholic Voice, newspaper of the Omaha archdiocese.

While basics of doctrine and church teaching are covered in the sessions, there are no lectures or homework. Each session starts with

mother. Not a native of the town, he always felt judged by the "prejudiced eyes" of the townspeople.

When he became an adult, he found love with "Mary," the first person to genuinely look "beyond the rumors and the lies" about him. Yet, when she mysteriously disappeared one night, he was falsely blamed for her death. Now he can only an activity designed to get a discussion going and that interaction is key to the program's success, according to the godparents.

"I encourage the godparents to be honest," Miss Ramos said. "I tell them that if something comes up that' they don't know how to

"think about my life gone by" and "how it's done me wrong."

Many of us can identify with the pain described in this song.

At times, life's situations can leave us emotionally broken.

We wonder how to recover from the painful loss now present in our lives.

The song raises, but does not answer, this question: How can we find hope when hope seems irretrievably lost? I know no sure answers to this question.

Much depends on our willingness to look for hope, even while sifting through the ashes of pain and hurt.

One way to start looking for hope is by sharing the hurt. The Gospels are filled with stories of how Jesus listened to others.

People took the risk of telling him of their hope for healing even when they felt hopeless.

Jesus brought support to others through his loving attention to their feelings.

These stories encourage us to do the same. Even in the midst of pain, we can try to reach out to someone or some group and speak the truth of our feelings.

We can also try to focus on today. Seek the help you need to make it through one day at a time. Life can feel overwhelming if we think about going on for years while feeling today's pain. All God asks is that we live this day, doing our best to find the goodness within it.

For most teens the circumstances will be different, but many will find that "Hazard" surfaces their own feeling of loss. If you are one of these people, I want you to know that healing can be found. Hope can be rebuilt.

Reach out to those who willingly would talk with you through your time of pain. Ask God to help you rediscover meaning a'nd promise in your life.

Your comments are welcomed

by Charie Martin, a.R. 3, Box 182, Rockport, IN 47635. answer, be up front with the kids and say that."

It's good for teens to see that adults struggle with issues too, she said, adding that the parish associate pastor is on call if teens need specific answers the godparents don't have.

ARCHBISHOP FRANCIS T. Hurley of Anchorage, Alaska, greets three members of a youth choir from the Catholic Mission ofthe Nativity of Our Lord in Magadan, Russia. During their weeklong stay in Alaska, the youth were introduced to a Catholic community by their hosts at St. Elizabeth Seton parish in Anchorage. (CNS photo)

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Bishop Feehan A recent Ministry Day organized by chaplain Father David Costa better acquainted students at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, with ways they can be of service to their churches and the larger community.

The program was set up fairstyle, with 20 booths representing such services as youth ministry, parish ministry and outreach to the poor, homeless and addicted.

Six religious communities of women and four religious communities of men were also featured.

Many presenters had videos or slide shows depicting the kind of work they do. Of particular interest to students was the Jesuit Volunteer Program, which enlists college graduates to serve the needy in this country. Representing the Volunteers was a young man who graduated from Yale and now works with troubled youth in Jamaica.

While the Ministry Day opened students to possible future careers assisting the needy, a current project has them raising funds for three Third World mission sites: Ayacucho, Peru, served by the Franciscan Friars; Rongain, Kenya, served by Christian Brothers; and Ecuador, served by lay missioners of the St. James Society.

A-recent-bress-U p Day for-the Poor had students donate a dollar to come to school wearing their best clothing in lieu of uniforms.

The project raised $575, much of which will be used to fund an Ayacucho soup kitchen. The chaplain's office will continue Lenten projects to raise additional monies for the missions.

- Psychology- students in Peter Klin's class got an inside look at prison life during recent visits to the Bridgewater Old Colony Correctional Center. Project Youth, a program sponsored by the Department of Correction and the Office of Human Services, is designed to deter such student groups from· poor behavioral patterns, peer pressure and drug and alcohol abuse.

The program involved a tour of the prison and discussion with a panel of inmates who told why they were incarcerated and how their crimes and imprisonment have affected their lives and the lives of their loved ones. Students saw a progression from truancy, disrespect, vandalism, stealing and alcohol and drug abuse to more serious crimes and finally prison.

In a formal evaluation after the tour, one young woman remarked, "It taught me that no matter who you are, one simple mistake can ruin your whole life."

Another student said, "I walked in there acting like it would be some kind of show, but after hearing their talks I discovered that these were real people."

"Prison is a place I want to stay out on" one young man summed up.

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The Debate Team has concluded its regular season, with first place finishes having been earned by: two person teams Amy Dwyer and Leigh O'Mara (affirmative) and Josh Orsini and Charles Antone (negative).

First place tournament finishes went to: Katherine Goldman and Nita Patel, two-person team-nega-

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Bishop Stang The Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, drama club plans a performance of "South Pacific" in May. Kate Lacoste and Luke Wrobel have the main roles, with other key players Jaimie Raposa, Burke Doherty and Mark Chekares.

Angela Paquin of Acushnet is directing the musical and Suzanne Christie, Stang band director and music teacher, is music director.

The Stang art department, directed

by Gary Rego, is creating the sets.

The Bishop Stang varsity cheerleaders and their coach will conduct a cheering clinic for grades 5 through 8 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

April II. Topics covered will be dance, cheer, sidelines and beginning partner stunts. For information contact the school's athletic department.

Bishop Connolly Tiffany P. Gauthierand Michael Iacovelli have been named March Teenagers of the month at Bishop Connolly High School. Fall River.

Miss Gauthier is a member of the National Honor Society. cheerleading squad. and drama society.

She is also active in Girl Scouts and her parish youth group.

Iacovelli is a member of the National Honor Society. Peer Training Corps and Connolly Drug and Alcohol AwarenessTeam. He has been captain of the soccer team for two years and also participates in Ski Club and the Student Athletic Training Team. He is an Eagle Scout candidate. CCD teacher. youth soccer coach and participant in Bristol Summer Theater.

St. John Evangelist In observance of National Library Week, April 5 to 10, students will hold a Rock and Reada-Thon between 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day. Students will take turns reading in a rocking chair on the first floor. Also, each classroom will set aside "Drop Everything and Read" time during the week.

Grades 5 through 8 students will display their projects at a social studies fair 7 to 8 p.m. April 7.

The third annual Father-Daughter Dance will he held 7 to 9 p.m.

April 10. Also on April 10, a "take your child to lunch" day will be held for parents or grandparents of seventh graders.

St. Mary-Sacred Heart School Courtney Julian, a fourth grader at St. Mary-Sacred Heart School, North Attleboro, placed third in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's recent Earth Day poster contest.

Courtney's poster, "Discover Our Corner of the World," was one of 39 finalists out of 2,000 entries.

She won four large multicolored rainforest posters for her classroom.

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TEENAGE SWIMMER Anita NaIl swims five hours a day preparing for the summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. (eNS photo)

Catholic teenage swimmer headed to Summer Games TOWSON, Md. (CNS) - Fifteen-year-old Anita Nail figures she's met 100 reporters since she won a spot on the U.S. Olympic swim team.

But Miss Nail, a sophomore at Towson Catholic High School, is like every other student. Except for the People magazine writer who is asking friends and teachers about her. And the local newspaper that is sporting her picture on the cover. And the Sports Illustrated magazine article that was passed among her friends.

The attention has followed her performance in Olympic time trials March 5 in Indianapolis, when she broke the world 200-meter breast stroke-and then broke her own hours-old record later that day.

Come July-in Barcelona, Spain, Miss Nail will be swimming against the world's best. But as the worldrecord holder, she'll be the one to set the pace. "You've got to think it's just another swim meet," she said.

Until then, Miss Nail will keep swimming five hours a day, with longer workouts on the weekends.

She also will keep up with her Spanish to be comfortable with the language around town and the Olympic arenas.

But she'll try not to think about the other swimmers. "I'm going to swim against them whether I know them or not," Miss NaIl told the Catholic Review, Baltimore's archdiocesan newspaper. "I know they're the best in the world. I have to prepare for that." .

Miss Nail, a member of Immaculate Conception Parish in Towson, a Baltimore suburb, learned to swim at age 6.

When the family moved from Harrisburg, Pa., to Towson in 1989, she had gotten serious about swimming but was not thinking about Olympic competition. But after she paired up with Baltimore-area swim coach Murray Stephens, she broke the U.S.

Holy Family-Holy Name The Parent and Friend Steering Group of Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, will hold its monthly meeting 7 p.m. April 6 featuring a talk on "Self-Esteem: Helping Your Child" by Sharon Costa Smith of New Bedford Child and Family Services.

record in the 200-meter breast stroke in last year's Pan Pacific Games: "I realized I could do something better, faster," she said.

At the Olympic trials in Indianapolis, Miss Nail did indeed do something better and faster. In the first qualifying race, she broke East German Silke Hoerner's world record of 2:26.71. That night, she broke her own record with a time of 2:25.35.

Miss NaIl will have her own cheering section in Barcelona.

Parents John and Marilyn Nail will be there, and possibly sisters Jenifer and Kim and brother Marc.

She counts on support like that.

"My whole family and my friends here are my cheerleaders," she said. A banner over the school entrance said, "All TC [Towson Catholic] will be rooting for you in Barcelona."

Principal Andrew Dotterweich said Miss NaIl "hasn't changed" since her success, calling her "a good role model for Catholic kids."

Miss Nail has school, practice, and several meets before joining the Olympic team in Tampa, Fla., July 9. Then she heads to France and, finally, to Barcelona about July 22.

"I think Spain will be fun," she said, flashing a winning smile.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Apr. 3, 1992

Iteering pOint, NOTICE TO THOSE who faithfully send us their parish bulletins: could you do us the additional favor of indicating on the bulletin when an event such as a lecturet workshop or special service is open to nonparishioners. Many thanks!

ST. PATRICK, FR Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m.

April 6, school hall; Sister Imelda, director of Rose Hawthorne Home, will speak and show video about care of home patients. Coffee and pastry will be served. All welcome.

CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB,NB Meeting 7:30 p.m. April 8, Wamsutta Club, County St., NB. ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS Parish Vincentians have established a ·confidential helpline for those in need in the community. Persons in need or who know someone in need may call 255-8080 and leave message.

ST. THERESA, S. ATTLEBORO Christian Mothers Mass 7 p.m.

April6 followed by meeting at which Father Edmond Bourque, MS, of LaSalette Shrine will speak.

HOLY NAME, FR George Allen, talk show host on Channel 6, will speak at Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m..\pril 7. school hall.

ST. JOSEPH, WOODS HOLE We Break Bread Together monthly gathering after 10 a.m. Mass Sunday.

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LENTEN PENANCE SERVICE, WESTPORT St. John, St. George and Our Lady of Grace churches, Westport, will jointly sponsor a Lenten penance service 7 p.m. April 10 at St. George's.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Exposition of Blessed Sacrament II :30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. ~unday.

Communal penance service 7 p.m.

April 6 with eight confessors and' preacher Father John Steakem of St. Mary's parish, Norton.

ST. STEPHEN, ATTLEBORO Lenten program 7 to 8:30 p.m.

April 6, parish hall; theme: "Living Justice."

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Youth group will sponsor a Meager Meal5 to 7:30 tonight, parish center.

Job Seekers Support Group meeting 7:45 p.m. April 6, parish center room I; information: Carl and Joanne Claussen, 833-0425. Women's Guild meeting and potluck supper April 8, parish center; Norm Robinson will speak on bird carvings.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Vocation Awareness Team will sponsor Stations of the Cross for Vocations 7:30 p.m. April 8.

VINCENTIANS Taunton District Council Mass 7:30 p.m. April 6, Sacred Heart Church, Taunton; meeting will follow in church hall.

ST. PIUS X, S. YARMOUTH Women's Guild membership tea with folk fiddler entertainment 12:30 p.m. April 14.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Portuguese-language confessions 3 p.m. tomorrow and Mass9:30a.m.

Sunday celebrated by Father Brian Albino, SJ. SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS, ATTLEBORO Support group meeting 7:30 to 9 p.m. April 7. St. Mary's rectory, N. Attleboro; information: 695-6161.

ST. ANTHONY, NB St. Anthony Centennial Committee meeting 7 p.m. April 6, church basement, Nye St. entrance, to plan for parish's 100th anniversary in 1995. Past and present parishioners, as well as St. Anthony School alumni, are welcome.

ST. LOUIS, FR Living Stations of the Cross 6:30 p.m. Sunday, in church, Bradford Ave. Refreshments will follow.

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ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Guild is offering a $500 scholarship; applications at rectory and local high schools. Deadline for submission April 17.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Emmaus retreat today through Sunday. St. John Neumann, E. Freetown, confirmation retreat tomorrow.

ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Lenten retreat with prayer, presentation and video "Spirituality for Today's Woman" 9 to II a.m. April 7 and 14, conference room.

FATHER NORMAND Theroux, MS, of the Attleboro LaSalette Community will present LaSalette Shrine's Lenten mission, themed "Come Back to Me," beginning with a 6:30 p.m. Mass tomorrow and continuing at 12: 10 p.m. Mass Sunday and 12: 10 and 6:30 p. m. Masses April 6 to 8.

Father Theroux travels worldwide preaching parish missions and retreats for religious. Recently he produced a new translation of "A Grace Called LaSalette: A Story for the World" by Jean Jaouen, MS, first published in 1946.

CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE Carol Paige will speak on "Cycle of Abuse" at Catholic Women's Club meeting 7:30 p.m. April 8. Penance Service 7:30 p.m. April 9. Lenten food drive collections will be taken at Masses this weekend.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Women's Guild Scholarship applications may be obtained from Nurse Marion Linhares at Bourne High School or from Bunny McKenna, 563-7365; deadline for application is April 15. Penance service April 7.

D.,of I. St. Patrick's Circle Daughters of Isabella meeting 7 p.m. April 8, Old Town Hall, Somerset. Chaplain Father Stephen Salvador will speak on "A Lenten Journal." Vice-regent Trish Isserlis will represent the circle at Massachusetts State Circle meeting April 24 to 26 in South Yarmouth.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Healing service and Sunday Mass with Father William T. Babbitt 2:30 p.m. April 5.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS, FR Support group meetings 7 p.m. second Tuesdays and fourth Wednesdays, Our Lady of Grace Church, Westport.

ST. MARY, NB Women's Guild will sponsor informational evening on Health Care Proxy with Father Mark Hession and Atty. Raymond Veary 7 p.m.

April 7, parish center.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Seder Passover meal 7: 15 p.m.

April 13, Shrine cafeteria; reservation deadline April 5. A Very Good Friday Experience one-day retreat, 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 17, will include presentation for each station of the cross, prayer, reflection, concert with Father Andre Patenaude, a passion play in mime and showing of the film "Jesus of Montreal." Presenters will be Father Roger Chauvette, MS, and Brother Roland Langevin, MS. Reservation deadline April 13; information: 222-5410.

ROSARY NOVENA FOR LIFE NB ' Recitation ofthe rosary for unborn babies, pregnant mothers and softening of hearts of abortionists and their supporters will take place at 10:30 a.m. for nine consecutive Saturdays April 4 through May 30, St. Joseph's Church, NB. O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Loaves and Fishes meeting 9:30 a.m. April 9, parish .center. The group feeds homeless at Salvation Army headquarters in Hyannis each Saturday. Information: Kathleen O'Leary Lofstrom, 896-5219.

DCCW Diocesan Council of Catholic Women District I, FR, meeting 7:30 p.m. April 9, St. John the Baptist Church, Westport; Colette Waring will conduct program on family.

U.8. bishops join nutritionhydration discussion until the last possible moment; but WASHINGTON (CNS) - The U.S. bishops' Committee for Prowe should never intentionally cause . Life Activities has categorically death or abandon the dying perrejected "any omission of nutrison as though he or she were tion and hydration intended to unworthy of care and respect." cause a patient's death."

"Our committee has consulted It said there must be a "preextensively with medical and theosumption in favor of providing logical e~perts and with the other bishops to ensure that we take medically assisted nutrition and account of all viewpoints within hydration to patients who need it." the Catholic tradition," Cardinal But it added that this presumpO'Connor said. "We believe [the tion is not absolute: It "would statement) provides sound moral yield in cases where such proceprinciples for further reflection, dures have no medically reasonaand it offers our committee's pracble hope of sustaining life or pose tical guidance on ways to respect excessive risks or burdens." the inherent dignity of helpless While it is always wrong to omit patients as this moral debate conor halt medical treatment or care tinues." . for the purpose of killing a patient, The document spells out relevant "we should not assume that all or church teaching, especially from most decisions to withhold or withthe 1980 Vatican "Declaration on draw medically assisted nutrition Euthanasia," and the moral prinand hydration are attempts to cause ciples that Catholic theologians death," the committee said. and ethicists bring into play in The 21-bishop committee of the attempting to address the hard National Conference of Catholic issues being confronted in nutrition Bishops, chaired by Cardinal John and hydration decisions.

J. O'Connor of New York, issued It also points out legitimate difits conclusions yesterday in a 9,000-word statement, "Nutrition ferences among theologians on some key issues, however. and Hydration: Moral and Pastoral Reflections.".

Some theologians, for example, The statement, four years in the have debated one aspect of the making, is the first fullscale entry question in terms of whether medby the nation's bishops into the ically assisted nutrition and hydranutrition-hydration debate that has tion are "medical treatment" or increasingly occupied the attention "normal care." In simplest terms of doctors, lawyers, ethicists, the argument goes that ifit is care, judges, legislators and the general then it must always be given, but if American public in recent years. it is treatment, then it falls within "This document is our first word, classical medical-ethics categories not our last word, on some of the or benefit and burden, ordinary complex questions involved in this and extraordinary, and so on. subject," the bishops' committee "The teaching of the church has said. not resolved the question," the It acknowledged that Catholic statement says. It says oral feeding moral teachings and principles "do is clearly in the realm of care, but not provide clear and final answers when technology and expert medto all the moral questions that ical assistance are needed, the facarise as individuals make difficult tors change so much from patient decisions" concerning nutrition and to patient and from one pro.cedure hydration. to another that it is "difficult to But it warned against interpretclassify all feeding procedures as ing a lack of clear, black-and- either 'care' or 'treatment.'" white answers to every case as a The statement lists and anaiyzes signal for permissiveness. different benefits and risks and "We are gravely concerned about burdens that must be assessed in current attitudes and policy trends making decisions about the care in our society that would too easily and treatment of patients. It redismiss patients without apparent peatedly cautions against overstamental faculties as non-persons or ting the nature or degree of burden as underserving of human care involved when it comes to deciand concern," it said. "In this clisions that mean the difference mate, even legitimate moral argubetween life and death. ments intended to have a careful Such decisions "should not be and limited application can easily determined by macroeconomic conbe misinterpreted, broadened and . cerns such as national budget priabused by others to erode respect orities and the high cost of health for the lives of some of our socie- care," it says. "These social probty's most helpless members." lems are serious, but it is by no "As Christians who trust in the means established that they require promise of eternal life, we recog- depriving chronically ill and helpnize that death does not have the less patients of effective and easily final word," it said. "Accordingly tolerated measures that they need we need not always prevent death to survive."