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Hundreds.fill Cathedral for Chrism Mass

By Dave Jolivet Anchor Staff Over 10,000 individuals will be either baptized or confirmed, thousands more in hospitals and nursing homes will be anointed, and several priests will be ordained this year with the oils blessed at the annual Chrism Mass held Tuesday of Holy Week at'St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. .

Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM, Cap., was principal celebrant for the liturgy along with l!- multitude of brother priests from throughout the Fall River diocese. . The a~~ual Mass, which Bishop O'Malley called "one of the most beautiful Masses ofthe year" is the' time at which the sacred oils to be used for the coming year .are blessed, and also a time for the

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ordained to renew their commitment to priestly service.

Addressing a filled cathedral, the bishop thanked God for priests, and thanked the priests for their faithful service to God's people.

"The Master calls us to renew our fidelity. He is always waiting to be invited into our lives," Bishop O'Malley told the priests:He went . on to tell them that when they became priests, they gave up many rights. "There are many demands on your time, energy and patience, but that's why there is a priesthood; to love and to service," he said.· The bishop reminded his brothers that in their priestly ministry they must reach out to those who have drifted away, have become indifferent, or have become angry.

He implored them to seek new ways to rea'ch out to those whose . faith has grown 'cold ..

Saying that }-Ioly Week is a love story and that the priest is part of that story, ht: cited biblical examples of the human flaws of priests and disciples but also pointed out how greatly they were transformed by the death and resurrection of the Lord. Clearly this transformation of character was not pf man, but of God, said the bishop. He urged his fellow priests to open their hearts to the mystery of God, and, quoting a German theologian, asked that their "yes" to the Lord would be the "yes that allows things to happen."

Roger Chapdelaine is a eucharistic minister, CCD teacher and' Boy Scout Ie'ader at St. Anne's parish, Fall River. One of his children attends St. Anne's School, where his wife is the fulltime CCD coordinator and Home-School Association president. . He has been diagnosed with cancer, but the family has no medical coverage, therefore the school is sponsoring a benefit program on his behalf, to take place at 6 p.m.

Also during the liturgy, Bishop April 19 at McGovern's Restaurant, 310 Shove St., Fall River.

O'Malley asked the prayers of the For further information on the congregation for himself and his program or to contribute to Chap- fellow priests. delaine's expenses, call St. Anne's Several priests were honored for school o'ffice, tel. 678-2152. "significant anniversaries" occur-

OBITUARIES Sister Bosse Daughter of the Holy Spirit Sister Imelda Bosse, 94, died March 28 in Putnam, CT. Born in Fall River, the daughter of the late Francois and the late Alberte' (Dolbec) Bosse, she entered reli-. gion in 1925. After professing vows in 1928, she nursed in France for three years.

Returning to the United States, she was a home nurse in Bridgeport, CT and then nursed in New Bedford from .1956 to 1963, and served from 1963 to 1966 as a district nurse, again in Bridgeport.

In subsequent years, Sister Imelda was a dietitian in Canada and in Chicopee. In retirement she lived at St. Joseph Villa in Putnam, CT and then in her community's provincial house, also in Putnam.

She is survived by two sisters, Dorothy Sanft and Yvette Lecour, both residents of Portsmouth, R I, and by nieces and nephews.

Sister Ashworth The Mass of Christian Burial was offered April I at Sacred Hearts Convent, Fall River., for Sister Immacullita 'Ashworth, SUSC, 96, who died March 31.

A Fall River native, the former.

Mary Ellen Ashworth was the daughter of the late JO'seph and

the late Mary (Foley) Ashworth.

After graduation from BMC Durfee High School and the former Fall River General Hospital School MNursing, she was a district nurse in Fall Riverfrom 1927 until 1933, when she entered the Religious of the Holy. Union of the Sacred Hearts.

After making her first vows in 1935 she was named infirm'arian at Sacred Hearts'Convent, Fall River, where among her patien'ts was Mother Maria Helena Daumerie, foundress of the Holy Union community in tne United States.

In 1939 she opened a retirement home for sick and retired sisters of the community, serving there for 32·years. She was superior of St: Joseph's Convent, Taunton, from 1953 to 1954, then returned to Sacred Hearts Convent for 13 years as infirmarian, retiring in 1985.

In retirement she worked parttime as a volunteer portress at Notre Dame rectory, Fall River.

She is survived by two sisters, Sister Joseph Dolores, SUSC, of Fall River, and Grace A. O'Connell of Providence, also by nieces and nephe.ws.

GOD'S ANCHOI{ HOLDS

HUNDREDS OF priests and lay people packed into St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, , April 2 for the annual Chrism Mass, celebrat~d by Bishop Sean O'Malley. (Anchor/ Jo~ivet photo) ring this year. Celebrating 50th 'anniversaries in thepriesthood are Fathers Bertrand R. Chabot, Jpseph L. POwers' and William J. Shovelton; 40 years, Fathers James W. Clark, Paul McCarrick, Bento R. Fraga and Gerald T. Shovelton; and 25 years, Fathers Richard W. Beaulieu and Frederick J. Meyers, SS.Cc. 'Preceding the sharing of the Eucharist, the bishop blessed the oil of the sick, and following the Lord's Supper he blessed ~he oil of catechumens used at baptism and poured with chrism into the baptismal water blessed at the Easter Vigil. He .·then consecrated the chrism, als'o used at confirmation, at the ordination of priests and . bishops and in the dedication of chur:ches and altars. , Enhancing the beauty of the dedicated Cathedral Choir. .

Manchester chancellor. named auxiliary ;bishop

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WASHINGTON (CNS) Msgr. Francis J. Christian, chancellor.of the D'iocese of Manchester, N.H., has been named an auxiliary bishop of Manchester by Pope John Paull\.

The appointment was announced April2 in Washington by Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, apostolic pro-nuncio to the United States.

The 53-year-old priest, who also was named titular bishop of Quincy, has been chancellor of the Manchester Diocese since 1977 and secretary of administrative/ canonical affairs since 1986.

Born Oct. 8, 1942, in Peterbo~ rough, N. H., Francis J. Christian attended St. Anselm College in

Manchester, SI. Paul Seminary in Ottawa and the American College in Louvain, Belgium. HI~ was ordained a priest on June 29,1968. .Bishop-designate Christian was assistant pastor of Our Lady of Mercy parish in·Merrimack., 196871, and th.en assistant pastor at St. Joseph Cathedral in Manchester.

In 1972, he began postgraduate studies at the University 0:' Louvain, where he earned a doc torate in moral theology. Upon his return to the diocese he was appointed vice chancellor in 1975.

The Diocese of Manchester, which.includes the entire state of New Hampshire, has a Catholic population of nearly 320,000 in a total population of 1.1 mill.ion.

the national nutrition programs will make childhood hunger even more widespread." .

"Bread for the World's Elect to End Childhood Hunger campaign focuses on one ofthe vital issues of

1996," said John Carr, secretary of the U:S. Catholic bishops' Department of Social Development and World Peace. "It could tie in nicely with the broader Catholic bishops' political responsibility efforts."

---------------------------------------'Letters Camp~ign b'egun to fight hung.~r SILVER SPRING, Md"(CNS) - M ore than 1,000 cO!1gregations nationwide are expected to join in Bread for the' World's annual Offering of Letters campaign, aimed this year at ending childhood hunger.

Through the campaign, which has as its the'me "Elect to End Childhood Hunger," churches and other organizations will work to get commitments from congressional candidates to support legislation and programs that will help overcome childhood hunger in the United States.

In particular, the campaign will work to defeat proposals tq scale back nutrition assistance in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and· Children, known as WIC; school lu'nch and breakfast, summer and child caremeals; and food stamps.

"This richly blessed nation doesn't have to allow one in four children in the United States to suffer hunger," said the Rev. David Beckmann, a Lutheran minister who is Bread for the World president. "But slashing or dismantling 1111111111111111111111111111111111111 THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass.

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Vicar for Religious reports on parley, announces events

SISTER PATRICIA Heath (right), provincial of the Holy Union Sisters' Fall River province, welcomes new member Kathleen Corrigan into their novitiate program at a recent initiation ceremony.'

New member joins Sisters The Sisters of the Holy Union, Fall River Province, weh:omed new member Kathleen Corrigan into their novitiate program at a ceremony of initiation held recently in Brockton.

Daughter of Jeanne Corrigan of Brooklyn, NY, the Brooklyn native. is a graduate of F. D. Roosevelt High School, attended the School of Visual Arts and Brooklyn College and is presently working toward her degree in fine arts. She is the niece of Msgr. James J. Cooney, has one sister, Eileen Antonucci, and a niece find a, nep,hew. , . ' ." . , . ..

Prior to entering the community, she was employed as a maitre ~'hotel of an executive dining room in a privllte brokerage firm in the Wall Street area Of Manhattan. She was also the folk group leader for her home parish of St. Rose of Lima, Parkville, in Brooklyn.

During her novitiate program, she will reside in the community's House of Formation in Brockton and will be involved in AI OS min-' istry, the B.E.L.L. program (Basic English for Lifelong Learning), parish music ministry, and will atten,dStonehill ~ollege., ' "

St. Vincent's happenings St. Vincent's Youth Treatment Center, Fall River, cosponsored Southeast Regional Appreciation Day, an all-day conference at Whit\:'s Restaurant, Westport, attended by more than 125 social workers in southeastern Massachusetts. Dr. Barbara Schwartz, a nationally known expert on the treatment of sexual offenders, was the speaker for the morning session. In the afternoon, attendees chose between one of two workshops, Peacemaking with Children and Adolescents by Amanda Frye Leinhos, and Responding Effectively to Traumatized Teens by Lynn West. Ms. Leinhos is the supervisor of Conflict Management and Peer Mediation programs at ComCare, a child-service agency based in Taunton. Ms. West is a mpe crisis counselor and mental health clinician at Stanley Street Treatment and Resources in Fall River.

In Greater New Bedford, nearly 75 fourth and fifth graders from private and public schools kicked off St. Vincent's Pen Pal Program.

About every two weeks from March through June, the students will exchange letters with residents at St. Vincent's.

"For students in public and private schools, the program offers teacher-directed training in letter writing and in the social issues of the day that create a need for places like St. Vincent's. For the children at St. Vincent's, many of whom have no regular visitors, the program provides an emotional boost, and a small but important step toward returning to life in the community," St. Vincent's executive director Father Joe Costa said.

Fourth grade teacher Suzanne Madden at Holy Family-Holy.Name, fifth grade teacher Marianne Kapinski at Gomes School, .both In New , Bedford, and Kathy Garth, a fifth grade teacher at Job S. Gidley School, Dartmouth, volunteered to participate in the program.

On the regional and national level, St. Vincent's volunteered in ~arch to generate interest and support for Stand For Children, a rally scheduled for June I at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. The rally was originated by Marian Wright Edelman, president and founder ofthe Children's Defense Fund (CDF), a private organization founded in 1973 to provide a strong and effective voice for all children of America who cannot vote, lobby or speak for themselves. CDF calls Stand For Children a day offamily and community renewal- a day to commit ourselves as a national community to do more to improve the quality of children's' lives.

In addition to sending staff and children to represent 5t. Vincent's at the rally, St. Vincent's is chartering buses and through a direct mail and telen hone campaign enc'ouraging representatives from other chi!dren's services agencies in southeastern Massachusetts to attend. BUSinesses are also being asked to support the event by defraying the transportation costs of those attending the rally.

For more information llbout St. Vincent's Stand For Children, and volunteer opportunities to work for children in need, call Karin'DeJesus at 679-8511, extension 32~1.

Sister Mary Noel Blute, RSM, Episcopal Representative for Religious of the Fall River diocese, represented the diocese at the 29th annual assembly of the National Conference of Vicars for Religious 'held March 21 to 24 at Paul VI Pastoral Center in Wheeling, WV. The representatives of diocesan bishops provid(: pastoral service to those living consecrated lives in the Church and encourage vocations to such a life. The assembly provides an opportunity for them to grow professionally and to support one another in their ministry.

At an opening session, the vicars and guests were welcomed by Rev. Robert C. Nash, Vicar for Religious of the Wheeling-Charleston diocese and Sister .Therese Guerin Sullivan, S.P., president of the national conference.

Subsequently the group was also welcomed by Michael Nau, vice-' mayor of Wheeling and director of human resources of the diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and viewed on video of the diocese based on the famous Appalachian bishops' pastoral, "This Land is Home to Me." , Newly elected conference officers were Sister Therese Guerin Sullivan, SP, of the diocese of, Gary, IN, president; Rev. Thomas E. Hoban, dioc(:se of Allentown, P A, vice president; Sister Doris Rauenhorst, OP, archdiocese of St. Paul-M in neapolis, secretary; and Rev. James J. Ruddick, diocese of Buffalo, NY, treasurer.

They were installed at the concluding liturgy of the assembly, presided over by Wheeling-Charleston Bishop Bernard W. Schmitt.

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Upcoming Events Sister Blute ha:> also announced upcoming events of interest to the Religious of the diocese: An Evening of Information on the religious life for single women ages 20 to 49 will take place from 6:30 \08 p.m. at Christ the King parish center, Mashpee. Those interested may register by calling or writing Sister Blute at the Office for Religious, 500 Slocum Rd ..

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Bishop Sean O'Malley will conduct a Day of Recollection for Religious from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, April 20. at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown. Jubilarians celebrating 25.50,60 and 70 years of religious life will be honored at the Mass opening the day. Reservations s'hould be made with Sister Blute before April 10.

Bishop to celebrate TV Easter Mass Easter Mass from St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, will be broadcast on Easter Sunday on WLNE-lV, channel 6, from 11 :30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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This weekend the entire Catholic community has the opportunity to rejoice and welcome. It can rejoice not only in the fulfillment of our f~ith in the Resurrection but also in welcoming the rebirth as sons and daughters of God the thousands who will be commencing their journey of'faith as members of the Catholic Church.

Sadly, however, to many cradle Catholics, their-faith is mere tokenism; others find it a burden and to still others it is just one more obligation. To~ many in the Church have lost the vitality of faith; they have no spirit, no "wow!"

Their faith, in fact, is no longer a priority. Liturgy must fit into'a social schedule and sports, camping and club activities "are more important than Mass. Those who do go to church are often bored-and to be sure;there are many parishes where the liturgy is lifeless and members seem to be coasting on past rememb.rances of faith, somehow hoping that childhood fervor will reawaken as they age. The results of such attitudes are obvious: parishes beset by inertia and inactivity, Witnessing the baptism of adults at the Easter Vigil is perhaps one of the best means of enlivening the faith of a lifelong Catholic. Since the beginnings of the Church, adult baptism has brought the Gospel message to life; and the catechumenate' . or preparation of adults for baptism, should be highlighted in parishes, especially d,uring the Easter seas(jn. The lengthy process, which reaches a peak,at the Easter Vigil with reception of the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and the Holy Eucharist and continues for about a year thereafter aims at bringing faith to maturity, not sn'mply in the individual directly involved but also in the ecclesial community of the parish.

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults should also be a call to all those already baptized for a reinvigoration of their faith. In the words of Vatican Council II, "the cate,chumenate is not a mere explaining of doctrines and precepts but a training period for the whole Christian life." The RCIA should be an experience that affects the lives of all the baptized. Indeed, because of its importance in the life of the Church, it was the desire of Vati~aI} II that the liturgy of the Easter season be restored in such a way as to lead all the faithful to celebrate the paschal mystery with renewed hearts, ' This,leads to the matter of welcoming. For too long we in the Church have been an ignoring rather than a welcoming community. Just reflect on how many years it took Catholics to offer each other an appropriate sign of peace during the Mass; and there are still people whose hands remain glued to their sides and who might prefer offering a fist rather than a handshake. We do not need fists. We do need open hands and open hearts and minds. ' Adults coming into the Church have responded to the invitation of the Holy Spirit. They have freely chosen to be united to all its members and we must cherish and welcome them.

Take time to extend a warm greeting to newcomers. Go out of your way to listen to the story of their journey towards faith.

Offer a handshake of encouragement and welcome-:-and let some of the spark of their new faith ignite any dry areas in your own life.

In short, make the Easter Vigil and all that it means a reason for you to rise from an arid faith to the jqy and fertility of new life in Christ. If each of us allows the Easter experience to take hold within ourselves, we will not only experience a personal "alleluia" season but the whole Church will beon fire with the power of the Spirit and there will be a new Pentecost.

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The case against capital punishment

By Father Kevin J, Harrington One of the most sensitive topics among people who are pro-life is that of capital punishment. I know many ri:ligious people who abhor abortion and euthanasia who feel that capital punishment should not even be put on a pro-life agenda. Since 1983, when Joseph Cardinal Bernardin of Chicago first spoke of a "consistent ethic of life:~ these issues have been inextricably linked.

But in 1980, the bishops recognized that while these three issues shared common features they were morally distinct. They wrote: "We do not wish to equate the situation of criminals convicted of capital offenses with the condition of the innocent unborn or of the defenseless aged or infirm."

Sister Helen Prejean did wonders to bring the issue of capital , punishment to the fore by encouraging Hollywood to portray her work with death-row inmates in Louisiana. The film, Dead Man Walking, not only.earned Susan Sarandon, who played Sister Helen, an Oscar, but succeeded in fulfilling Sister Helen's goal of personalizing the issue of capital punishment.

She was inspired to personalize, the issue when she was told that .the man who administered the lethal injection to the condemned prisoner would preface his action with the words "N othing personal."

As Hollywood reached millions, John Cardinal O'Connor of New York also voiced his deep personal opposition to capital punishment as a part of our culture of death to hundreds of police officers at an annual Holy Name Society Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral.

His comments were received with mixed emotions because they followed a week during which several political leaders called for the death penalty in the March 14 killing of New York Police Officer Kevin Gillespie on a Bronx s'treet. New

York Governor George E. Pataki anyone either a good' or bad removed the Bronx District Attor- Catholic based solely on his or her ney, Robert T: Johnson, from the jUdgment on the death penalty is case because he was convinced the "unjust. You have to mllke your' prosecutor would not seek' the' own judgment before God and be . death penalty against the ex-convict at Peace."

The prelate's critique of captial accused of killing Gillespie. punishment included arguments In fact, the cardinal presented a detailed critique of capital punagainst its use because it leaves no ishment after saying: "To call room for reversal in the case of someone wrongfully convicted; and it both appeals to the desire for vengeance without working toward real remedies for the crime and the violence rending society and lulls people into believing that it is solving those problems.

The American bishops have been April 6 . vocal opponents to capital pun1977, Rev. Msgr. John A. Chipishment for years, and the Vatipendale, Retired Pastor, St. can's position on the subject has Patrick, Wareham been more strongly expressed in 1980, Rev. Lorenzo Morais, Rerecent years. Four years ago the tired Pastor, St. George, Westport Catechism of the Catholic Church . 1987, Rev. Msgr. William D. stated: "If bloodless means are sufThomson, Retired Pastor, St. ficient to defend human lives Francis Xavier, Hyannis against an aggressor arid tQ pro1994, Rev. Gerald E. Con my, tect public order and the safety of CSC, Associate Pastor, St. Ann persons, public authority must limit DeBary, FL itself to such means."

April 7 And last year Pope .John Paul 1976, Rev. James A. Dury, II's encyclical "Evangelium Vitae Chaplain, Madonna Manor, North ("The Gospel of Life") stated: Attleboro "Public authorities ought not go April 8 to the extreme of exe:cuting an 1988, Rev. Alvin Matthews, offender except in cases of absoOFM, Retired, Our Lady's Chapel, lute necessity: in other w.Jrds, when New Bedford . it would not be possible otherwise April9 " to defend society. thi:; is a very 1919, Rev. Cornelius McSweerare if not practically nonexistent ney, Pastor, Immaculate Concep- situation." . tion, Fall River Good Friday commemorates the 1965, Rev. Edward F. Dowling, day when Jesus was wrongly conPastor, Immaculate Conception, victed and executed and also the Fall River day when a good thief was welcomed to a home better than that April 10 1944, Rev. John P. Doyle, Pas- of any prodigal son. In 1902 a 20year-old man named Alexander tor, St. William, Fall River attempted to rape and stabbed to April II death a 12-year-old na.med Mar1914, Rev. John F. Downey, ia Goretti. His life was ,pared and Pastor, Corpus Christi, Sandwich when he was 68 he sa w Maria canApril 12 onized. Bloodless solutions 1909, Rev. John Tobin, Assist- allo,w God to be God Hnd man to ant, St. Patrick, Fall River be man!

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Easter: feast of life, joy Readings: Acts 10:34,37-43

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The Easter readings are marked by extraordinary joy over Jesus' triumphant resurrection from the dead; they also exhort us to seek a new life based on faith in God's victory over sin and death in Christ.

Let us enter the celebration with the joyful words of our responsorial psalm: "This is the day the Lord has· made; let us rejoice and be glad" (Ps 118).

I n the first reading from Acts, Peter proclaims that God has raised Jesus up. and now forgiveness of sins. first brought by Jesus to the Jews. is available to all who believe in his name. Peter is addressing Cornelius' household, whose members were the first Gentile converts to Christianity (see Acts ch. 10).

He begins by summarizing the first stage of the Gospel: God anointed Jesus with the powerful Spirit to do good and heal those oppressed by the devil.

Peter and the other apostles are witnesses "to all that [Jesus) did in the land of the Jews and Jerusalem."

But when the leaders killed Jesus, "hanging him on a tree," God did not allow his good work to end.

Rather, he raised Jesus on the third day and granted that he be seen by chosen witnesses who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. Now Peter, in fidelity to Jesus' command, testifies that· Jesus is the one ordained by God tojiJdge the living and the dead. and that in his name forgiveness of sins is available to all.

The second, reading exhorts the Christian at Colossae to live out the consequences of the resurrection. Having been raised up in company with Christ, they are now to set thc:ir hearts on the higher realms rather than on things of earth. The meaning of this contrast between "the things above" and "things of earth" is spelled out in CoI3:5-17. The earthly way to which the Christian has died is a life of fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, covetousness, etc. (3:59). The new life that is to mark the Christian is one of compassion, kindn~ss, hU\llility, gentle'ness, "a'tience and forgiveness (3: 10-17).

John's Easter gospel begins with "darkness" and consternation over the discovery of the empty tomb but ends with the faith of the beloved disciple, who believes in Jesus' resurrection and return to the Father simply on the basis of the discarded burial wrappings found in the tomb.

When Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb "while it was still dark," she discovers the stone has been rolled away but meets no angels to interpret these signs as in the other Gospels. Instead, she thinks that the body has been stolen and runs to tell Simon Peter and the disciple "whom Jesus loved."

When they race to the tomb, the beloved disciple

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arrives first, but defers to Simon Peter, who enters the tomb and observes the wrappings on the ground and the piece of cloth which had covered Jesus' head.

We are not told Peter's reaction, although 20:9 reminds us: "Remember, as yet they did not understand the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead."

In contrast to the other disciples, and especially to Thomas who will demand to see and touch the risen Jesus and his wounds (20: 19-29), the beloved disciple simply enters the tomb, sees and believes. For him, the discarded burial cloth is a sign that Jesus has fulfilled his promise, made at the Last Supper, that he was returning to' the Father (14:28-29).

On this Easter feast, we are called to rejoice with the beloved disciple tha,t Jesus has indeed returned to the Father and will come back to dwell with us believers.

"Y ou have heard me tell you, I am going a way and I will come back to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. And now, I have told you this before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe" (John 14:28-29).

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An appetll Dear Editor: It has been a long cold winter and the harsh economic climate shows no signs of changing. Our clients at the Office of AIDS Ministry have suffered the effects of severe budget cuts and tightening welfare policies. Our office receives daily requests for assistance, and our ability to respond depends on the generosity of the friends who have always supported us in the past. Our supply of Care Coupons is greatly diminished, thus we welcome gift certificates from local supermarkets, pham1acies and fast food chains. ;rickets for entertainment can. also lifet the spirit. During the season of Lent we are challenged to examine' our lives, reassess our priorities and renew our commitments. At this time of pressing need for so many in our community, please help us to help them with any gift you can give (no amount is too small). Donations may be sent to the AIDS Ministry Office, Room 225, 243 Forest St., Fall River, MA 02721-1798.

Thank you for caring, and may your Easter be overflowing with joyous blessings. .

Phyllis Townley Volunteer Coordinator

Protect your children Dear Editor: This letter regards condoms in Falmouth schools. There are two bills right now that address the rights of parents imd will not only affect Falmouth and its case but future cases as well.

I received this information through Concerned Women for America. ~ave you heard of them? They are "protecting the rights of the fam lIy through prayer and action." The organ ization is three times. the size of N.O. W., the National Organization of Women, but gets little notice from the press, because it is Christian.

While we know every little detail in the lives of movie or T.V. stars, there is a blackout on what would have adverse or even disastr<;>us ~onsequences on our lives and families. Ha~e you heard anything In the media about these bills? I haven't. Is it important to you to have your rights as a parent defined and preserved?

Right now in our state a group of parents in Chelmsford sued scho~1 officials wh~n their children were forced to sit thr,ough a 90-mlnute presentatIOn by "Hot Sexy and Safer Productions .Inc." In this so-called "group sexual experience" children were made to engage !n activities some parents considered outrageous and pornographiC.. The court decided against the parents, stating that mothers and ~a~hers did not have a r.ight ~o know and consent to this sexually expliCIt program before their children were required to attend. . There ~re ~undreds of cases that only come to light when Chris.tlan organizatIOns expose them. You may be asking "What can we d??" Write to your Senators, Re'presentatives, local newspapers and diocesan papers.

Phone the White House switchboard (202) 224-3121 to let your Senat.ors and Representatives know how you want them to vote. Get literature from Concerned Women for America, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20024.

Janet Nerbonne Attleboro

The symbolism ofthe cross Dear Editor: The perpendicular beam of the cross stands' starkly alone.

Roo.ted in the e.arth, yet it points forcibly toward the sky, it gives direction to our lives on earth, a giant sfgn showing us the way we are commanded to go. As it stands high on Cal~ary against the vault of i the heavens it shows itself as the figure of number one, the first and greatest commandment: "to love the Lord."

Ne.xt, ad~ing the transverse piece to the upright trunk of the cross Immediately represents the second most important commandment added to our love of God. Throwing our arms open wide to e.xt~nd.our I~ve to th.e ~ast.and the west to all our neighbors without ~Imltatlon, w~t~out distinctIOn. We welcome them, and, in completIng the mysticism of the Cross, our arms remain extended straight, to everyone and always. .

As Jesus said, according to Matthew, "The whole Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets depend on these two commandments." The cross symbolizes our love for God and our love for our , neighbor.

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The surprising wisdom. of_children My daughter Mary was telling me recently about a conversation she had with her 5-year-old daughter, Sophia. .

Out of the clear blue, Sophia asked her, "Mommy, when you and daddy got married, did you know me really, really well?"

Mary said she smiled and explained how that was impossible. "You see, honey, you weren't born yet when daddy and I got married, so it was.impossible to know you."

Sophia thought a minute and then ~hook her head, "Yes I was," she said. "I was b.orn. I just hadn't shown up yet."

After we stopped laughing, we talked about how much we ignore the wisdom of children. We think of them as little. because their bodies are small. But what a mistake we make to confuse their bodies with their minds.

These tots are thinking all the time, and if you listen to them you cari be amazed at·their depth.

Unfortunately, mothers tend to forget many of these eye-opening comments that children make.

Every mother I know has regretted not writing down the gems from the mouths of babes.

I had a remarkable conversation with my son Frank when he was 4. He h~d been playing quietly, and I was ironing clothes. He looked up at me and said, very seriously, "Mommy, if I died, would you cry?"

What a strange question coming from a 4-year- • old, I thought. Trying to lighten the moment, I said, "Of course, honey. Would you cry if I died?"

He was quiet. Then he said, "I- wouldn't cry too hard if you died of old age."

When I was a teen-ager, my Aunt Justina once was taking care of my Uncle Tony's little girl Margie, who was then about 4. She had taken Margie to church, a place the child had rarely seen. Margie started to talk aloud, and my aunt shushed her, te!ling her she had to be quiet and only whisper in church. To which Margie responded: "Why? Is God sick?"

Apparently, when she had been in the hospital to

. visit her ill mother she had been told to be quiet. So in her child's mind, little Margie associated quiet with sickness.

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By Antoinette Bosco The more I see of my grandchildren and other tots, the more I respect them fOf their innate smarts. The more I worry, too, that with all the influences, particularly that of television, that are out there, we may have forgotten that they need protection so ~.s not to get a stimulation overload in those incredible brains.

Not long ago I read an item sent to a newspaper by a grandfather who wrote that each day when his grandson came home from kindergarten, he'd ask him what he had learned that day. The boy wouldn't say. .

After a few days of hearing the same question, the child impatiently answered: "Grandpa: I wiHh you'd stop asking me that question. When I learn something, I'll tell you."

I remember another time when my son Paul had an earache. He had a wax buildup and the stuff was probably crackling. He didn't know what to make of this new experience. Confused, he asked me, "Mommy, why is my ear talking?" Nota bad analysis of the problem for a 3-year-old.

If ever there's a time to teac~ children the happy rights and wrongs we call values, it's in these very' early years when children absorb information and ideas like sponges.

And if anyone wonders how much responsibility we have to teach children in these early yl:ars, my suggestion is: Just listen to them, and you'll learn fast!

Encouraging good grades· Dear Dr. Kenny: I would be interested in more details on how to encourage good' grades, especially at the high school level. I enjoy your common-sense . advice. Thank you.

What a positive way to state it. Encouraging good grades is much more effective than punishing bad ones.

Punishment creates two major problems. First, by ta~ing time, it provides attention to the very behavior parents are trying to stop. What parent has not 'said: "I can't understand that child. The more I get after him, the worse he gets. He's just doing it to get attention. " When grades are. poor, a lecture or grounding often has an effect opposite. to what is intended. No matter how good the lecture sounds, it follows the bad grades and runs the risk of reinforcing them.

"Shutdown" is the second reason that punishment for poor grades is problematic. Too often school and parents shut down an important area of student's life in hopes this will motivate him or her to study.

Schools deprive students of the chance to achieve in sports by declaring poor students ineligible for athletics. Parents deprive a child of a social life by grounding. Both are a mistake, because athletics and social life are important in and of themselves. Eliminating some~hing developmentally im'p~rtant in order to punish poor grades is unwise.

Use positive ways to encourage good grades. The first step is to follow the sample of good coaches and keep regular'account of academic behavior. Keep a chart. .

A basketball coach keeps track of free throws, bas,kets, rebounds, assists, steals and minutes played.

Parents can do the same about school. Here are some possible items for stats: hours studied, homework 'assignments completed, weekly grades in e~ch class.

Have a time and place for studies at h'o·me. Keep a written record of the hours spent studying. Collect ail papers with a grade of C or better. Save th~m.

Ignore the others.

Ask the school counselor to g~t weekly grades from all your child's classes. Regular grading periods are too long to wait. Effective rewards must be given immediately, not next month. .

Often, keeping daily track of academics is sufficient to improve grades. The fact that a swim coach counts the laps his swimmers do is usually enough to motivate them to complete their workout.

If your stu.dent needs more motivation, translate the hours andl or the homework assignments andl or the gr~.~.es .into points. For example, each half-hour

of studying, each homework assignment and each grade of C or better can be worth one point.

The points then can be cashed for a·reward. Teenagers gene.rally value money, use of the car, clothes and later curfews. One 'point might be worth 25 cents, 10 minutes use of the car or 10 minutes time' past curfew. .

With Dr. James & Mary Kenny The reward is the parents' way of saying thank you .for the academic effort. The two keys to encouraging good grades are to notice them consistently and to reward them with something of value.

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THE DiOCESAN Council of Catholic Women continues to prepare for it!; annual convention to be held May II. From 'Ieft, Marilyn Leddy and Joanna Medeiros head the luncheon, tickets and seating committee.

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Imagine your pa.rt in the Passion DE PERE, Wis. (CNS) - As you listen to John's account of Jesus' passion and death on Good Friday, ask yourself what role you would have played in this drama if you had been there.

If you confidently say that you would have been one of the few huddled around the cross right to the end, you may be missing the point, said a prominent U.S. Catholic Scripture scholar.

As for being one of the faithful few, consider what happened to Jesus' closest followers, Sulpician Father Raymond Brown said in a March 28 lecture at SI. Norbert College in De Pere.

One, Judas; sold Jesus to the authorities; another, Peter, denied him three times; and the rest ran away. It was the minor characters, the unknown people, such as Simon of Cyrene and the Roman soldier, who came through.

"If you think you would not have opposed Jesus, don't be too sure," said Father Brown, author of more than25 books. "Jesus had no problem with sinners. He had lots of trouble with religious peoples, those who had it all figured out what God wanted. Jesus' message was 'Change your mind,' He . told them they can't be sure they know what God wants. The Passion narratives are meant to bring that out, to make us unsure," The various accounts of the Passion, which Father Brown likened to the different sides of a diamond, should challenge us to re-examine our relationship to God because "as soon as we become comfortable with what God wants, then we have made God in our image," Even Jesus, especially in Mark's account, had doubts and difficulties in dealing with his own death, said Father Brown, who in 1990 retired from teaching in the seminary. As examples, he cited Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane asking the Father to take away the cup. And when Jesus said, "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak," he's probably referring to himself, not the disciples, Father Brown said.

That difficulty with death should not be surprising, Father Brown said, because as both Mark's Gospel and the Letter to the Hebrews show, "Jesus was likt: one of us. He had to learn obedience and how to accomplish God's will. Hehad to learn how to die. That was a tremendouschallenge. God had never been human before."

But it would be wrong, Father Brown said, to believe that God caused or demanded Jesus' death.

Instead, God used Jesus' death to bring about salvation.

Nor should we think that the people who demanded Jesus's death were evil. Humans, he said, are complex, and often even good people do wrong things," Father Brown said.

Nor is it fair to blame the death of Jesus on the Jews of either that time or today, Father Brown said.

The fact is, Jesus upset the accepted order. Any time that happens, good, sincere, well-meaning people will support actions needed to preserve order.

The various Passion accounts are more than history, he said.'

"They are highly sel(:ctive dramatized accounts."

For example, Mark's account - the first one written - has two trials, one before the high priests, the other before Pilate.

Each trial asks its own important question and at each trial Jesus is mocked. Thl: high priests want to know if Jesus is the Mes-

siah, the Son 9f God, and Pilate wants to know if Jesus is king of the Jews.

Matthew's accQunt of the Passion, read this year on Palm Sunday, plays on Old Testament themes, Father Brown said. For example, only Matthew stops his account to tell us what happened to Judas. Only Matthew tells us that Judas sold out Jesus for 30 pieces of silver, a reference to the Book of Zechariah (II: 13).

The name Judas is a variant of Judah. In Genesis, Judah is the brother of Joseph and the one who wanted to sell Joseph to the merchants so that the brothers would not have Joseph's blood on them.

Matthew shows Judas, the high priests and Pilate all refusing to accept responsibility. But even then, all the other parties share the responsibility, he said.

One message of John's Passion.

account concerns the role of Pilate.

John constructs the trial before Pilate so that Pilate must shuttle back and forth between Jesus and the crowd, between good and evil.

Pilate - like the parents of the blind man - does not want to make a decision. The lesson from John is that those who refuse to make decisions are as bad as those . who choose evil.

Luke, Father Brown said, presents a gentle Jesus who healed both the servant's ear and the enmity between Herod and Pilate.

His is the only account to promise salvation to one of the thieves crucified with Jesus.

As for trying to prove the historioal accuracy of any of the accounts. or whether the trials followed the laws and practices of the day, we don't know, Father Brown said.

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Catahoula gets its, name from At 9 a.m. Good Friday comthe Native Americans who lived munity members gather to begin there long before the white mario the Way of the cross, an outdoor Surrou9ded by water and thick devotional covering 10 miles. forest, it was later settled by those It's a family Lenten journey.

Nova Scotian exiles who were Many participants observe a strict mainly fishermen and fur trappers. fast, no food or beverages" ,not A hardy people, they lived in even water" since midnighl: the ' virtual isolation. Their only means previous day. , of transportation was by "pir"Flatbed trucks are pro"id~d ogues," wooden boats they carved for older people and children who from cypress trees in the swamp are not able to make the walk, so forest. ' there is activity all along the mad," While these early Cajun settlers Father Allen Breaux, pastor o)f St. were Catholics, they were able to ,Rita's parish in Catahoula, told atte'nd Mass only sporadically the Acadiana Catholic, Lafayette's when a priest was able to make the diocesan newspaper. arduous journey through the According to Father Breaux, swamp to reach tht; settlement. approximately 350 people pmticithe priest would ,baptize the 'pated in last year's Way of the -\ children born silJce his last visit Cross. and bless marriages which, in the The procession stops along the absence of clergy, had been con- _ way for prayers at stations of the tracted by couples in the presence cross that are nailed to the trunks of "three good men," tie ,also of huge old oak trees growing would hear confessions and pray alongside the road. The last stafor the deceased. . tion is located in the churchyard.

Then they either 'gather in the Even without benefit, of constant guidance from clergy, the church hall or return to their h.om'es people clung fiercely to their Catho- to feast on the pies. .. lic faith, and attempted as ,best At 3 p.m. Good Friday afterthey could to follow the rules and noon, the families return to St. Rit~'s Church for the Liturgy of regulations of the church.

Sometimes, though, they were the Word .. not quite sure about the particu- '." .FI,o Laperouse, secretary at St. lars of religious observances.

Rita s, recalls how her grandmother . . would always bake on Wednesday Accordl.ng to legend, one time and Thursday fcir the Good Ihiday , lo~g ago In Catahoula, as Good observance, ' Fnday approached, "Th e I'd' . Ca ta h . , the people a les In oui a' h ave .. knew It was a day which the c h u r c h , . I b t th been baking these treats for years, ha d se t aSI'd e as speCla, u ey 'd E B I ' . cou Id n't remem ber' f I 't I was a feas t sal resident.mma ourque, ongtlme day or a. fast d.ay. .

The I~habltantsof ~he tmy commumt~ debated the Iss~e, for days, and ~lnally made a deCISion.

Not knOWing whether to feast or fast, those loyal s.ons ~nd daughters of the church de 71ded to do both. They fl\sted until n.oon and then they feasted -- on .ples. , "!"hat w~s the beginning o~ a tradltlOn which e~dures to. t.hls day.

Each Good Fnday, families from throughout the ~n:a g.ather t~get~er and they ~ll bring p~es: fr,Ult PI~S, custard pies, crawfish pies, pies ~ontaining a, wide variety of ~illlOgS, anything and everythlO&

She recalled from her childhood how her family would recite the rosary after awaking on Good Friday morning.. Then at 10, the children would be given sweet dough pies, usually filled with blackberries, pineapple and other fruit. .N!'w, according to Bourque:, 9 nl y about 12 to 15 families stilli bake the Good Friday pies, or tarts, as they are also called. But she is doing her part to carryon the tradition of Pie Day. "My mother did it, my grandmother did it and now I do it" she says. "I expec't my daughter, Patsy, will keep it going after I'm gone,"

Remembering the Hotel Hixon.

The staff and friends of Madonna as well as the renovations that the dining room now, in my mind I'm actually doing the jitterbug; Manor Nursing Home, North make Madonna ManOr'home to Attleboro, formerly the Hotel 129 men and women. Guests also don't you know!" wrote Mrs. Powen.

Hixon, recalled the build ing's past enjoyed a display featuring Hotel Her writings_combined memoduring a recent tour commemoratHixon memorabilia. ing the Manor's "The response from the com- ries of the grand hotel with the Mission Week, its 30t h annivermunity was wonderful. So many peace and comfort she experiences sary of service to the community people have good memories of the now as a resident of Madonna and its original.

Hotel Hixon, and others want to Manor. "The sitting room where Opened on April 14, 1928, the learn about town landmarks," said we caught our breath and rested Hotel Hixon was North AttleboStrother. "Madonna Manor and was located where our beautiful ro's focal point for social activity, the hotel have been so closely chapel is now. Rather appropriate, community spirit and civic pride. interwoven. We have provided nurs- don't you think?"

The first residents of Madonna The Diocese of Fall River pur- . ing care to many people who workchased the hotel in thf: early 60s ed at or visited the Hotel Hixon. . -Manor-were lovingly cared for by and dedicated Madonna Manor The hotel's hospitality and dedica- the Dominican Sisters of the Order on Valentine's Day, 1966. tion to the community exist through of the Presentation. The Sisters' mission has end ured for 30 years "We have been part of the North, Madonna Mapor today." and will continue in the future, as Attleboro community for 30 years Madonna Manor's resident poet . Madonna Manor staff strive to and have a rich history to share," Myrtle Powers remembers the day provide a unique and distinctly said Susan L. Caldwell, adminiher club held their annual Decem- caring environment for the resistrator. ber dance at the elegant hotel. Her dents, families; employees and "We offered the tour as part of reflections on Hotel Hixon and friends, where each perso.n is treated Madonna Manor were presented our Mission Week celebrations, with dignity, respect, and individuto guests after the tour. because Mission Week encourages ality. us to look to the future and re"As I wheelchair my way through The Manor provides skilled nursmember our past as Wt: serve the community," sacid Manor social worker Tracy Strother. LCSW. "At Madonna Manor we feel that mission is key to quality of our ministry and for that reason, we take every opportunity to promote our mission. The celebration of our 30th anniversary provided us with such an opportunity," said Sr. G:onstance Perron, D.H.S., director of pastoral carl~. '~During the week. we reaffirmed our dedication to providing quality care and support to our residents and their families."

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Bethany House'is a daytime program providing nursing care, nutritious meals, therapeutic activi-. ties and access to rehabilitative therapies for adults w.ith hea.lth care needs who live independently or 'with their caregivers in the community, . According to George· O'Brien, .

Jr. of Raynham, e'rirolling his father in the program has been a . positive experience for both father and son. "Bethany House has given my father a new' slice of life, He looks forward to going there and' thinks of the staff as a family," said O'Brien, A combination of in-home services and Bethany House Adult Day Heath Care helps O'Brien's : father receive the best possil:il~ care. "There are so many advantages to Bethany Holise - the staff is excellent and the program is in a lovely home-like setting:' he said, .

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The conclusion of tl1e Novena will take place on Sunday, April 14, 1996 at the 11:00 A.M. Mass.

We invite and encourage parishioners, friends and all who have devotion to the Divine Mercy to join us for this Novena.

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Feast of Dil)ine Mercy Sunday, April 14,1996 , SpeCial Liturgy & Devotions at 11 A.M. MqST REVEREND SEAN P. O'MALLEY, OFM Cap., PaD. BISHOP OF FALL RIVER MAIN CELEBRANT AND HOMILIST

JAMES TIGANO (front), a resident of Marian Manor, • Taunton, proudly accepted the American flag donated' in his name to the nursing home by VFW P9st #6 U. With him (from left) are Robert Watts Mansfield, Senior Vice Commander of District "6, John F, Tigano and Dominic Tigano, brothers to the·hon-oreq veteran. _ .

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Members of the Sgt. David F. Adams Post #611 recently presented an American flag to the residents of Marian Manor, Taunton.

The flag, which will be displayed in the home's chapel, was donated in' the name of James Tigano, a World War II veteran, and a resident of the nursing home.

Tigano is also a former commander of-the post.

Several post members attended the ceremony, including Tigano's brothers John F. Tigano and Dominic Tigano.

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by Robert Watts Mansfield, Senior Vice Commander of District #6 and past commander of Post #611.

Richard F. Flannery is t~e post's' current commander and Tom Leonard is the post's cha:~lain.

"Since Marian Manor's chapel didn't have a flag, Jim [Tigano) always brought a small nag from his room to the chapel. He asked if we. could donate a flag f,:>r {Ill the residents to enjoy," said Mansfield.

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Bishop gets tough on: Church dissenters al1ld calls others to follow sunt LINCOLN, Neb. (CNS) Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz of Lincoln has formally warned Catholic members of a variety "I' groups that they will be automatically excommunicated if their membership continues after May 15.

The penalties would apply to members of Planned Parenthood, the Hemlock Society, Catholics for a Free Choice, C~ll to Action or its Nebraska chapter, traditionalist groups that do not support church reforms since Vatican II, and groups affiliated with the Freemasons, the bishop said.

"Membership in the:se organizations or groups is always perilous to the Catholic faith and most often is totally incompatible with the Catholic faith," said an announcement published March 22 in the Southern Nebraska Register, Lincoln diocesan newspaper.

The announcement, called "extrasynodal legislation," was dated March 19 and signed by ·Msgr.

Timothy Thorburn, chancellor of the Lincoln diocese, "by mandate of' Bishop Bruskewitz. .

It said any Catholics "in or of the diocese of Lincoln who attain or retain membership" in any of the organizations after April 15 are automatically "under interdict and are absolutely forbidden to receive holy Communion."

"Contumacious persistence in such membership for one month following the interdict on part of any such Catholics will by that very fact ('ipso facto "atae sententiae') cause them to be ,excommunicated," it added.

The Latin phrase "ipso facto latae sententiae" means "by that very fact the sentence will be carried out."

Publication of the notice by the Southern Nebraska Register should be considered "a formal canonical warning." it said.

In an unsigned editorial accomJob's Daughters, DeMolay, Eastpanying the notice, the Southern ern Star and Rainbow Girls all are Nebraska Register said the move affiliated with the Masons. 'The was a "service of c1atification" by Society of St. Pius X and St. . the bishop.

Michael the Arch-angel Chapel both "Because certain organizations oppose the liturgicaJ reforms of have been. either directly or indithe Second Vatican Council and rectly, asserting that' membership celebrate Mass in the Tridentine in them does not contradict memrite without the permission of the bership in the Catholic Church ...• local bishop. our bishop has found it necessary Msgr. James D. Dawson, vicar to dissipate ambiguity and overgeneral of the Lincoln· Diocese, come any confusion in the minds said the bishop's action was of Catholics in the dibcese of Linprompted in part by the formation coln about these matters," the ediof a. Nebraska chapter of Call to torial said.

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Call to Action, a Chicago-based "Despite the fact that the antinational organization, opposes Catholicism of most of these organchurch teaching on artificial birth izations and groups is frequently control and supports married open and apparent, ~ome of their priests, the ordination of women members 'and leaders have been and greater lay participation in trying to sell their evils to the church leadership. unwary and uniformed, and someSheila Daley, Call to Action cotimes to give the impression that the Catholic Church is divided or ,director, said Bishop Bruskewitz's action "violates the most basic undecided about some of these principles of jUlstice." groups and organizations," it "It is the sort of bully boy tactic added.

The editorial said Bishop Brus- that makes thl~ churcb incredible in the eyes of many reasonable kewitz "has told us that he would feel he had failed in his office (as' people," she said.

"It is precisely because of Bishop bishop) and in his duty to protect Bruskewitz and people like him the Catholic faith, unless he acted as he did."

The action was taken "only after the bishop engaged 'in extensive consultation over many months with innumerable inquiries and discussions," the editorial said.

The groups named by Bishop Bruskewitz were: Planned Parenthood, Society of St. Pius X, Hemlock Society, Call to Action, Call to Action Nebraska, St. Michael and the Archangel qhapel, Freemasons, Job's Daughters, DeMolay, Eastern Star, Ra!iribow Girls. and Catholics for a Free Choiq:.

The Hemlock Soci,ety works to legalize physician-assisted suicide. his is Conchita. She lives in and Planned Parenthood and Guatemala in a one-room Catholics for a Free ,Choice both house with a tin roof, a support legal abortiop.

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that Call to Action exists - to proclaim that the church is not a dictatorship but a community of believers," added Dan Daley, the group's other CO-director.

Human Life International, a pro-life group based in Maryland praised Bishop Bruskewitz for his "courageous act of leadership" and

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Braca Romi. The organization has Abazi Alija is the founder and distribut~d food, clothing, boots sies currently live in Sarajevo. president of Braca Romi,a humani- and plastic sheeting to Gypsies Another 9,000 reportedly are distarian .organization directed prim- and other needy people in Sarajevo. placed but Want to return. ..arily, but not exclusively, at helpThe C!ypsypopulation ii. unique Keeping the organization afloat ing' his fellow Gypsies. . has presented one of Alija's grea- in that it crosses all religions. Gyp, Before tht; war,Alijawas a suc- test challenges. Braca Rorpi cur- , sies.can be OI:thodox, Catholic or cessful businessman.·As,the prop- . rently hasabofit 2,500 benefiCiar- Muslim, yet their Gypsy identities rietor of a chain of cafes, he drove ies who rely on it for support. The often provoke rejection by their a red Mercedes and owned four ongoing return of citizens to Sara- fellow citizens. houses. His resources helped him jevo's suburbs has resulted in to survive the siege of Sarajev'o, dozens of new people daily appealTer.~sa but as times got harde'r he became ing to the organization for help. increasingly concerned about the AI"ija has knocked on many doors, but finding donors willing to help his cause has proved almost CALCUTTA, India (eNS) impossible. The problem,. he believes, stems from' the suspicion Mother Teresa of Calcutta was and mistrust u'nder which Gypsies released from the hospital April 2 have labored for centuries. It is a after falling and fracturing her topic that causes him consternation. collarbone.

Sister Priscilla Lewis, speaking "The Gypsy population cuts across all communities," Alija said. from the Missionaries of Charity motherhouse, said the 85-year-old "We fought in the army just like nun would need "at least two weeks' everyone else, and still we get no complete rest" and that the sisters help." As if to emphasize his point, he looked up at the Bosnian coat were glad to have her bad.

A spokesman for W,[)odland of arms hanging prominently on Nursing Home said the frail misthe wall behind him.

Alija has traveled at home and sionary had fallen during,the night March 31 but had not fractured abroad in search of assistance, but her left hand, as believed I~arlier. so far, he said, only one group has Mother Teresa had bel~n scheanswered his pleas: the Catholic duled to visit Calcutta airport the Church. morning of April I to witness the During the past year, Braca Romi arrival of 50 tons of medicines and has received donations of food supplies worth more than $12 and clothing from the local Cari- million. tas; Caritas Switzerland and CathoThe gift, sponsored by the U.S.'Iic Relief Services, the U,S. bishops' . based humanitarian organization oversea's aid and develop'ment Heart to Heart International, was 'agency. This spring, CRS wil( for health care facilities run by provide the Gypsy group with Mother Teresa's order. the Misglass for the'repair of houses. sionaries of Charity.

Velida Dzino, CRS senior field Mother Teresa, who won the review officer, said Braca Romi is Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, founded . among the best-organized coun- the Missionaries of Charity in 1950. terparts with which her staff works.

The order, based in India, runs "They have only one typewriter, orphanages and organiz,:s relief Fall River - Main Office: 4 So. Main Street, 678-7641, no computers and yet their lists of for the "poorest of the poor:' in beneficiaries are always -in good 335 Stafford Road, 570 Robtson Street, 81 Troy Street; India and more than 100 other order," she said. . countries. . Somerset Plaza (Rte. 6), 554 Wilbur Avenue, Swansea Even before the breakup of In 1989, Mother Teresa received Yugoslavia, Gypsies were notor- a pacemaker, and in late D~cember Member FDICIDIFM iously. the poorest segment of the 1991 she underwent angioplasty. population. Today, the war has In 1993, she was hospitalized for rendered them destitute. several days after a fall in which Recently, tWQ residential areas she broke three ribs.

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Frol1n Beatles to gymnastics, P~)lish religious and laity have varied interests WARSAW, Poland (CNS) Father Eugeniusz ~iemann, head Warsaw daily that's frequently Some are sportsmen. At lell;st one of the Sacred Heart order's semi- attacked for its alIeged anti-church is a star-gazer. Half come from . nary, likes reading the Spanish bias. peasant stock, but 90 percent hold mystics but prefers to spend his In a throwback to traditional university doctorates or professor- spare time flying. social categories, the book lists ships. . .. Bad habits and crankiness" are family backgrounds. Cardinal J ozef Who are they? Pola.nd's Catholic alI Gdansk seminary rector Father Giemp of Warsaw has worker roots bishops.

Stanislaw Wypych came up with in Inowroclaw, while Cardinal Finding out about the hierarchy to describe his leisure activities.

Henryk Gulbinowicz of Wroclaw has become easier since the publiThe book also provides an insight was born a peasant in Polish-ruled cation of the first "Who's Who" of into the Polish church's self-image.

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Only 82 of the more than 700 By contrast, Cardinal FrancisIt outlines the favorite pastimes entries are of lay people. Of these, zek Macharski of Krakow hails of the bishops and other promi- 27 are of laywomen, most of whom from the rarefied intelIigentsia nent church officials. These range hold formal academic posts. atmosphere of Krakow, where he from studying cosmology to jiving Though Poland is home to 25,000 succeeded the pope in 1979. to Beatles music. Preferred read- nuns and over 100 female religious Personal pastimes are as varied ing covers anything from Holy orders, only 16 nuns gain a men- as family backgrounds.

Scripture to Ernest Hemingway. tion, compared to at least 200 male When he isn't presiding at SzczeThe "Who's Who" was written religious. There are 5,000 male cin's archdiocesan 'court or teachby Catholic journalist Grzegorz religious in Poland .. ing canon law at the local semiPolak and published by KAI, a Polak, presenting the book nary, Father Ryszard Ziomek, of Warsaw-based Catholic news M'arch 5, said most nuns had worker-peasant background, enjoys agency. declined to be included, citing the a tumble at gymnastics. Father With biographies of over 700 strict priorities irj:lposed by a Slawomir Zarski, a top military leading Catholics, the book marks secluded contemplative life. chaplain of pt:asant stock, likes to a significant innovation in a church Those listed in the book, how- jam on the accordion. noted for its forma!I, inscrutaJ;le ever, have a far-Crom-isolated Bishop Jozef Zycinski of Tarexterior. existence. now relaxes with "relativist cosDuring four deca.des of comUrsuline Sister Zofia Zdybicka mology" and "studying the relamunist rule, the Polish church runs the philosophy department at tionship between science and faith." acquired habits of secrecy, fearing the Catholic University of Lublin. . By contrast, Auxiliary Bishop any systematic data about its mem- She said her favorlte reading is Piotr Jarecki of Warsaw grabs a bers would be used negatively by dogmatic theology,: from which tennis racket or clicks on skis the regime. . she only takes occasional breaks when he isn't !;trumming his guitar AlI of that began changing when to go for a quiet walk in the nearby or playing the organ. democracy returned in 1989. Today, pine forest.

Auxiliary Bishop Tadeusz Zawisthe church issues regular statistics Ursuline Sister Irena Makowicz towski of Lornza gave his key pasdetailing Mass attendance, semi- said she's deeply ver~ed in existen- time pursuit as "studying the nary admissions and the ebb and tialism, adding tha~ her hobbies influence of the personality of disflow of religious vocations. include fine-arts 4isplays, and tinguished persons on their politihanging around theaters and cine- cal, social and scientific decisions."

Thanks to Polak':, book, it is mas. now clear that the Polish church But bishops' conference secretaryMeanwhile, Sister Maria Bro-. general Bishop Tadeusz Pieronek contains a fair mix of types and niee, Sacred Heart provincial, opts prefers trying his hand at cooking, temperaments.

Father Jerry Zajac:, who heads for "photography and tourism." and Auxiliary Bishop Gerard Kusz Caritas in the Dioce:se of Plock, What about Poland's 'Ieading of Gliwice would rather reach for insists his only hobby is reading Catholic laywomen? his violin. . the teachings of Pope John Paul II Anna Pernal, who chairs the Then there is Bishop Adam and Poland's late great Cardinal demure Catholic Women's Forum, Smigielski of Sosnowiec, doctor Stefan Wyszynski. said she divides her time petween of theology and graduate of Biblipolitics and discussing national- cal institutes in Rome a'nd Jeru-.

But Piotr Wierzchoslawski, a ism. She also·enjoys Oower-arrang- salem. coordinator oCthe Light-Life youth ing. movement, admits he likes fast If he isn't riding his bike, playElzbieta W olicka-Wolszleger, ing soccer, singing Gregorian chant cars and has stayed crazy abo'ut who heads the art history depart- or humming synagogue songs, he the Beatles ever since school days. ment at the Lublin university, likes said he likes nothing better than to Archbishop Tadeusz Goclowski nothing better than reading Gazeta lie back and just gaze wistfully at . of Gdansk confides that his real WybQrcza, the ma,ss-circulation the stars. interest is radio journalism.

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Walesa to receive peace award i'n New York NEW YORK (CNS) - Lech Walesa, named to receive the 1996 Path to Peace Award, will receive the award in New York May 22, according to the Vatican nuncio to the United Nations.

Archbishop Renato R. Martino, the Vatican nuncio, told Catholic News Service March 28 that Walesa was chosen for the Path to Peace Award because "he was the one who brought his country back to democracy peacefulIy." In a statement he also praised the former president of Poland for "his efforts on behalf of the rights of workers" as leader of the Solidarity movement.

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Honorees receive the award during a fundraising dinner and yacht cruise in New York Harbor. Archbishop Martino said Walesa would accept the award in person and give an acceptance speech.

Inaugurated in 1933, the award has previously gone to U.N. Secretary-General Boutros BoutrosGhali; posthumously to King Baudouin of Belgium; and former Philippines President Corazon Aquino.

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Coyle and Cassidy High School Coyle and Cassidy High School of Claremont, and Mrs. Barbara and St. Mary's Grammar School, Roth, program director at the high both in Taunton, have announced school, made the presentation to that the Claremont Corporatiop has the two schools. given a $1000 grant to be used by Currently, 56 Coyle and Casboth schools for the Coyle and ,sidy students, ,as part of their Cassidy World Language Tutor- community service projects and ing Program, Patr,ick Carney, CEO , . their world language classes,'tutbr

more than 250 St. Mary's students in Spanish, Portuguese and French.

The program has been so successful in its first year that Coyle and Cassidy will be offering world language tutoring as a class in itself.

"Next year," said MrS. Roth, "We hope to continue with the same number of students; however the classes will meet more ofte~. Such an effort requires more material. This generous gift will enable us to purchase more professional quality. books, games and activity packets to enrich the experience for both tutors and young students."

March Madness ' Coyle and Cassidy-students have been having 'a little March madness of their own. The school . sponsored the II th ~nnual Twoon-Two basketball tournamt;nt recently. A record number of students played in the weeklongevent, a single-elimination tournament, divided into four categories.

When the dust had ,settled, "seniors Derek Chaves and Steve . Rivers won th'e'Junior-Senior boys championship. I'n' the FreshmanSophomore boys division, sophomores Justin Schmeerand Ryan Kelieher claimed the tr()phies. In ,the girls' br~cket, sop~omore Dana "Tourarigeau and Stacey Arpin came , out the ..victors.

ST. MARY'S principal Martina Grover (center left) an~ The r~ai ~inne~ df t'he:tournaC:-C World Language tutoring coordinator Barbara Roth ment. was the. Coyle and Cassidy (cen'i~r) hold a check for Claremont Corporation.With'the~' , F09~"f>a~~ry'tq~r~~~li~F~ ;PlOtt: ," are C-C tutors Melissa Albert (left), Irene G.utierrez.(right) and than $250 fTom. the proceeds'Of the a third grade class from St. Mary's, Taunton. 'event: Tile C-C' Athletjc, A,ssocia.. '. . .. ', tion 'generously donl;lted the win-' ners' trophi~s.

Pope te"s' youths to·base., actions on love of God

VATICAN CITY (CNS) ·-In their continuing quest to lolie and be loved, young people must base their actions and attitudes first of all on love of God, Pope John Paul II said.

"Everyone searches for love, a beautiful love," the pope told thousands of Roman young people 'gathered at the Vatican in preparation for the celebration of World Youth. Day on Palm Sunday.

"Even when human love givesointo weakness, one continues to seek a beautiful and pure love," the pope said. "But in the end you know very well that no one but God can give you such a love."

In following Christ, he said March 28, young people will discover how much God loves them and the ways in which he wants them to love others.

The theme for the 1996 celebration of World Youth Day was "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life."

The Roman youths' evening with their bishop, Pope John Paul, was an extravaganza of talks, songs and dance illustrating the search for Christ in every aspect of life.

"Who can you go to, young people in search of happiness, joy, beauty, honesty, purity or, in just a word, in search of love?" the pope asked. , Many young people, he said, follow "false teachers" or those who say only what they think young people want to hear.

Young people can get sidetracked by "money, success, careers, morally unrestrained sex, drugs, believing that the 'here and now' is the only t~ing that counts and that life should fbcus on what one wants today without taking into account the fact that an eternal future exists," the pope said.

Others want easy answers and security, looking for them in sects, magic or "in other religious paths which lead people to turn in on themselves rather than to open themselves to God," he said.

But in all of those cases, 'he said, young people will remain disappointed because "if they do not find God, they miss the answer to the truest and deepest desires of the human heart, and life becomes full of compromise arid interior tensions."

The pope told the teenagers and young adults that they must be the first to witness to the truth of God's love to their peers.

"Do not remain closed within your own groups," he said. "Be missionaries to savor the beauty of the Gospel, which still today is able to convert hearts, change' the world and give everyone a reason for living and hoping."

FOURTH GRADE students" at St: Joseph's School, Fairhaven, enjoy a pizza parwtectmtly; a r~ward. for-:colT~pleting their "Book It Program.'" ' . ',

'. St. Joseph,. 'Fairhaven The fourth graders at St. Joseph School in Fairhaven were tr~ated to a free Pizza Hut party recently.

This party was their reward for' successfully completing the Pizza Hut "Book It" program. . Bo'ok It is an incentive program , which is designed to promote reading at the elementary level.. Each month from October through, February, ~here was 100% p.artici-

pation with every student reading a minimum of 100 pages. Along .tl1e way. each child received Ii Personal Pan Piz.za certificate redeemable at any PIzza Hut Resta'Jrant.

There 'was a free certifica'le for e~chof th~ five monthS:. The final reward was a class pizza party.

Sister Mur.iel Ann Lebea'lJ_ presented the students with a special Reading Program Honor Diploma.

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High 'School The Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, debate team coqcluded its season by meeting Tabor Academy. Shawn LeMarier ranked as ninth novice affirmative speaker for the season. Danielle Szelag ranked as eleventh affirmative varsity speaker. Jas~n Collins received the coach's trophy for his commitment, enthusiasm and leadership.

In .the tournament, Melissa Thomson and Karen Tranavitch ranked as first and second speakers respectively in all three rounds.

Eleanore Sbardelli was top speaker in two rounds, as was Jonathan Salomon. David Finnegan and Sharon Dwyer were judged as secon'd best speakers in a round.

The Latin class visited the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, touring the classical collections and observing many' vases, sculptures, paintings, mosaics, sarcophagi and ther items from the Greco-Roman and Etruscan world.

Junior Rod McArdle was selected as captain of next year's hockey team. The alternate captains are Kyle Lincourt, Michael Flood and Jason Henney.

Jeremy Sparrow recently participated in the All-State Music Festival held at Gordon College.

Bishop Feehan'students collected $680 for the Fredda Brandley Scholarship Fund. The next project will be to make a contribution to the "Make A Wish" Foundation.

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STUDENTS IN preschool through grade eight at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, New Bedford, brought a "special friend" with them to school recently. Teddy bears, cats, dogs, mice and ,all sorts of stuffed pets spent a day with their owners and ~ets and students enjoyed a picnic lunch in the auditorium.

Pictured here is the first grade class.

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ANTHONYYY! Father Michael Racirie stirs the spaghetti that was served! to the students of Notre Dame School, Fall River, on March 19, the feast of St. Joseph. Students learned the background and birthplace of St. Joseph from 'Father Racine and parent volunteers and the seventh and eight~ graders prepared and served 路the meal.

Family members buy life insurance for children to lock in low rates and guarantee acceptance before health problems may arise. In our Catholic Fraternal Society, children also . benefit from and share in social, educational,religious and charitable programs of the Foresters.

Bishop Stang H.S. offers scholarship Bishop Stang High School, No. Dartmouth, has announced that an anonymous donor has established a new scholarship to be offered to a member of the Class of 2000, next year's freshman class.

A scholarship of $1 ,000 per year for the four years' at Bis,hop Stang has been established for "a minority student, specifically a student of African American, A!iian American or Cape Verdean heritage," who attends Bishop Stang.

This scholarship will be given in addition to financial aid! for which the student qualifies. The scholarship will be based on need and it is understood that the student will maintain good academic standing

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The Math team, paced by sophomores Megan Lally and Leah Makuch finished the '95-96 season in fourth place in tM 20-school league.

Competing with more than 200 students, Megan scored the fourth highest individual point total in the league and made the All-star team. Her 62 poi nts (out of a pos~ sible 72) were only five points behind the league leader.

Rounding out the team are: Jacob McGuigan, Kathryn Barrett, Jessica Belanger, Chris Grzegorczyk, Leslie Brito, Philip Pereira; Dan Osuch,Tim Wojcik,

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Keelin A. Garvey and Angela J. Pacheco received recognition for being in the top two percent of the graduating seniors at Bishop Connolly.

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Iteering pOintl PUBLIC LIBRARY, FR SECULAR FRANCISCANS The library is offering"Education St. Francis of Peace Fraternity, Funding 101," a free workshop for West Harwich.'will hold its monthly meeting on Sunday, April 14, at 2 parents on financial planning for p.m. at Holy Trinity Church. West college expenses at 6:30 p.m. April Harwich. Mass will be celebrated by . 17. Parents of younger children, including infants, are urged to attend, Father. Cornelius Kelly, OFM, who will speak on St. Francis' trust in the considering the fact that rapid rises in tuition and other college expenses Lord. A busiQess meeting, discusmean tQat saving for education sion and refreshments will follow. should begin as early as possible.

Rosary recitation will begin at 1:30 p.m. For information. call Dorothy Topics will incl ude college costs, effects of inflation, responsible fundWilliams, tel. 394-4094. ing options and tax-saving opporST. THERESA'S CHAPEL, tunities. Guidelines for financial'aid SAGAMORE programs, will also be explained.

An afternoon of recollection for Those interested in attendance women will be held on April8. Conshould call 'for reservations at tel. fessions will be'heard from 2:30 to 3 324-2700 as early as possible, since p.m. and at 5 p.m. All area women seating is limited to 20 people. are welcome.

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The hospital is seeking donations The Easter celebration will begin of !"agazines. Gall Sandy Epstein" with a sunrise 'service at 6:15 a.m. tel. 824-7551, ext. 127, for more followed by an indoor' Mass. The information. children's celebration will be held at STS. PETER AND PAUL, FR 2 p.m. and children must be accomThe. parish will honor shut-ins panied by an adult. For informawith a special Mass on April 27 at 4 tion, call 222-5410. p.m. Arrangements for a ride and to CATHEDRAL CAMP receive the Sacrament of the Sick The Cathedral Camp Retreat and may be made.

Conference Center will offer the fol- ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET lowing events in April: Men's Tres Parishioner Donald Corrigan was Dias retreat, April 11-14; and a sub- honored at last Sunday's 10:30 a.m. stance abuse workshop led by Ray 'Mass as the 1996 winner of the ProvGordon from SSTAR (Stanley Street idence College Distinguished AlumTreatment and Resources, Inc.). nus Award: A delegation of priests FRANCISCAN FRIARS, NB from the college that concelebrated The friars will sponsor a weekend the Mass was headed by Rev. Philip symposium at the Knights of Colum- A. Smith, OP, president. bus Hall, 57 Fairnaven Rd., Matta- ST. MARY, SEEKONK poisett; on April 26 at 7 p.m. and The parable of the Prodigal Son April 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For will be the topic for an adult Bible details, call 996-8274. study to be held April 9 from 8 to 9. p.m. and April 10 following the 9 ST. MARY, MANSFIELD a.m. Mass.

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It's a fun race, a fast ral;e and a big race. It's also a scenic walk. . The ninth annual Mark G. Hoyle Memorial Road Race/ Walk will be held on May 5 at 9:30 a.m. beginning at Cardi's Furniture in Swansea,'Exit 2 off 1-195. ' , Runners, walkers and joggers are welcome to participate in this popular sporting and social event in Southeastern Massachusetts.

The race is in memory of Mark, a Swansea resident, who contracted AIDS through treatment for his severe hemophilia, and died at age 14 in 1986. His story drew nationwide attention as he became the first youngster known to have AIDS to be allowed to attend school. ' The book Mark, written by his father, Jay Hoyle, a teacher at St. John's School, Attleboro, tells Mark's story, and the Swarisea town school is named for Mark.

Hoyle's book has been used in curriculums at Coyle and Cassidy and Bishop Connolly High Schools.

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The Appeal provides care for the unplannedpregnancy, the youth, the handicapped, the engaged couple, marriage counseling, the sick, the AIDS afflicted, the poor, the elderly, family life, ed,!cation and the needs of many other people.

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PAX CHRISTI OF CAPE COD "Faces of Haiti," a slide presentation deve\.oped by a Pa'., Christi member following a recent Haiti parish twinning program trip, will be the theme of the monthly meeting to be held April 15 at 7:30 p. m. at Our Lady of Victory Church, Centerville.

VOCATION COUNCIL, FR The council will sponsor an information evening for women interested in learning more about religious life April 10 at Christ the King Parish Hall, Mashpee, from 6:30 p. m. to 8 p. m. Single women ages 20 through 40 are invited tn attend.

Call Sister M. Noel Blute, tel. 9929921 or 226-4608 for inf,)rmation and to pre-register.

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tributes money for college scholarships, AIDS research at Brown University, and other educational needs.

The male and femak overall winners will receive $300 and a trophy; $150 and a trophy for second place and $50 and a trophy for third place.

Trophies will also be awarded to the top three female and male finishers in each of the following age categories: junior (13 and younger), high school (14-18), open (19-29), sub-master (30-39), ma.ter (4049), senior (50-59), veteran (60-69) and golden (70 and over).. In addition, trophies will also be awarded to the top male and femak runners from St. John's School, Attleboro.

Applications are available from race .director Jayne WLlson, 17 Circuit Dr., Swansea, 02777. Requests should include a, self-addressed stamped envelo:f>e. Businesses are invited to donate raffle prizes; for information contact Barbara .Hoyle, 673-6525. The Hoyle Trust Committee'S address is 51 Lockewood Circle, Swansea, 02777. Donations are always welcome.

Stonehill College Evening Divi~~ion celebrates 25th anniversary Stonehill College of North Easton recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of its. Evening Division. The evening's'festivities included a reception, dinner, guest speakers, music and dancing. The group of 250 people who attended the event included students, alum, ni" faculty, staff, professional associates, community group members, friends and family members.

The guest host for the evening was Marjorie Clapprood, WRKO talk show host and former State Representative who graduated from Stonehill's Evening Division with the Class of 1982.

Welcoming remarks were provided by George Rogers, Associate Academic Dean for Continuing Education. Dean Rogers gave an overview of the history of the Evening Division. Founded in 1970, the Evening Division has grown from six course selections and fifty students to more than 125' course selections and I ,000 students. To date, 1,300 Evening Division students have earned their undergraduate degrees from this liberal arts college.

Reverend Bartley MacPhaidin, President of Stol1ehill College

spoke about the Evening Division's evolution over the past 25· years.

He remarked that the hallmark of Stonehill's Evening Division has been its commitment to providing individualized attention, comprehensive student services, and curriculums that meet non-traditional student needs.

Billie Mae Gordon, a member of the Episcopal Church and alumna of the Evening Division Class of 1991 providell the invocation.

Following diener, M.: Clapprood recalled her experience as an Evening Division student.

The last speaker of the evening was Dr. Leo J. O'Hara, first Associate Academic Dean for Continuing Education. Dr. O'Hara held this position from 1977-1990. Cur, rently, Dr. O'Hara is prc:siden't of Alpha Sigma Lambda, th€: National Honor Society for Continuing Education and in 1981 eHablished Beta Xi, Stonehill's loca.l chapter of the honor society.

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