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Roe vs Wade

A time for reconsideration

"The Idea of a University"

He asked that if the Supreme WASHINGTON (NC)-"Abortion is different. It Involves pur- Court decides not to reconsider poseful termination ... of pott:n- Roe vs. Wade, "I would ask, at ,tial life," which many consider least, that it say nothing here that would further entrench this deci"actual human life."

With those words a special assis- sion" on abortion.

But Frank Susman, an attorney tant to the U.S. attorney general urged the Supreme Court April26 for the American .Civil Liberties Union fromSt. Louis who was to reconsider the court's landmark 't973 abortion decision without representing Reproductive Health tampering with the right to pri- Services, defended the right to an abortion. vacy in other issues.

If laws like Missouri's remain The scene was oral arguments before the high court in the case of intact, he said, there will be no Webster vs. Reproductive Health stopping the attack on "the full Services Inc., involving a Missouri range of procreational rights." abortion restriction law gutted by "Procreational interests are inlower court decisions. deed" part of traditional liberty, "a "Today, the United States asks liberty that is deeply rooted" in the this court to reconsider and over- nation's history, he said. rule its decision in Roe vs. Wade," Provisions of the Missouri law the 1973 decision which legalizl~d passed by the state Legislature in abortion nationwide, said the at- April 1986 but struck down by the torney, Charles Fried, former U.S. lower courts: solicitor general.

- Declared that life begins at "Abortion is different" from conception. ' other personal decisions involving - Required physicians to perprivacy, such,as contraception, :le form various viability tests on ~aid. "It involves the purposeful fetuses apparently 20 weeks old or' termination, as the court said, of older, before abortions. potential life. And I would only - Prohibited public hospitals add that in the minds of many leg- and pe.rsonnel from performing islators who pass abortion regula- any abortion not required to save tion, it is not merely potential life' a woman's life.. but actual human life."

- Banned use of public funds

"for encouraging or counseling a woman to have an abortion not necessary to s~ve her life."

In the declaration of when life begins, "what they really have done is to adopt a particular religious belief' about which there is no consensus, and, through the state Legislature's action, "placed it into the law of the state of Missouri," Susman told the high court.

In a brief filed in November 1988 by then-Solicitor General Fried, the Reagan White House similarly asked the high court to use the case to review, and overturn, its 1973 abortion decision.

Among the many groups filing friend-of-the-court briefs in the case was the U.S. Catholic Conference, which, like the government, also asked for a reconsideration of Roe vs. Wade.

"The court's application of privacy principles to abortion in Roe vs. Wade was fundamentally flawed," the brief said. "There is no basis for Roe vs. Wade's inclusion of abortion "within the right of privacy."

Fried told the court during the oral arguments that even if Roe vs.

Wade is overturned, courts could

VATICAN CITY (NC) - CathThe participants included 30 U.S. olic educators from around the educators, bishops, experts and world who came to Rome to con- lay representatives. sult with the Vatican on a proThe final draft of the document Turn to Page Six posed document for Catholic uni- is scheduled for review by a plenversities and colleges went home session of the education con- . - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - with assurances thanheir recom- ary gregation in October. It will then mendations would be incorporated be presenteQ to the pope to assist into a major revision of the draft. him in the writing of an apostolic These recommendations includ- constitution on Catholic higher ed a significant paring down of 72 , education.

Over 20,150 volunteer solicitors 115,000 homes representing more last weekend, Bishop Daniel A. proposed norms governing Cathowill make house-to-house calls to than 325,000 people will be visited , Cronin said: "Sunday, hundreds Congress participants spent lic higher education to a few general parishioners this Sunday for dona- between the hours of noon and 3 of solicitors will take the time to go principles to be applied at the local about half of the eight-day session door-to-door throughout the diotions and pledges to the 48th annual p.m. in the diocese's 112 parishes. level as judged appropriate.

Turn to Page Six cese to enlist your support for the Catholic Charities Appeal.

Some In a letter read at parish Masses The April 18-25 world congress Catholic Charities Appeal. Your on Catholic higher education also generous donations will help the elected a 15-member commission apostolate to the innocent unborn' to work with the Congregation for who have no voice but yours.

Catholic Education in revising the Children and families in need of draft document in light of educaeducation, counseling and support, tors' recommendations. the sick in hospitals, the elderly The congress would have astonand families suffering from the ished John Cardinal Newman, the loss of a loved one are also among 19th-century English churchman beneficiaries of the services made and author of the classic "The Idea possible by the Charities Appeal." of a University." But he would Additionally, the bishop enuhave wholeheartedly supported the ' merated Catholic Social Services, concern of Pope John Paul II and education, campus ministry, assiseducation congregation officials tance for the disabled, summer that the Catholic character and recreation for the disadvantaged identity of the church's colleges at St. Vincent's Camp, youth minand universities be strengthened and affirmed. istry, family services and marriage The pope exhorted educators preparation as programs benefiton the last day of the congress "not ing from the Appeal. to be afraid" to proclaim the CathParishioners have received conolic nature of their institutions. He tribution cards by mail and solicisaid their schools should be a "crittors have received contact lists. ical and prophetic voice" in society.

Returns should be made to parThe draft statement of mission ishes on Sunday. Parishes and and norms has been nine years in area centers will be contacted for the making, with the most recent their reports on Sunday evening. version released last November.

Parishes will continue to call on The world congress gathered 175 members until the closing of the educators, bishops and experts Appeal on Friday, May 26. SpeEVA BARLOW, who has spent nearly a quarter century in a wheelchaU, is an inspiration cial Gift contributions may also be from 40 countries to review the 1988 draft with Vatican officials. to all who know her. Read her story on page 9. (Motta photo) made until that date.

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'AID's course begins in diocese

Special Gifts National $350 Rev, Haymond P. Monty

$300 Rev. Msgr. Allred J. Gendreau

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Pope is on fifth trip to "continent" of future"

Special Gift & parish listings will continue to appear weekly in order received by the printer until all have been listed.

ANTANANARIVO, MadagasThe initial breakthrough for the car (NC) - Pope John Paul II African church is often dated to began a second decade of world . 1956, when a group of African travels with his fifth trip to Africa, priests studying in Rome published highlighting his interest in what a book titled "African Priests many consider the continent of the Question Themselves." It became future for Catholicism. the basis for a search for a specifiAt a time when much church cally African Christianity. attention is directed toward religToday, most of the book's auious concessions in Eastern Eu- thors are bishops, and inculturarope and new possibilities in China tion - the effort to embody Chrisand' the rest of Asia, the pope is tianity in local languages and cusback in Africa for the second time toms - is now accepted as the key in seven months. to the church's future in Africa.

His April 28-May 6 trip has African liturgies, rich in song and taken him to Madagascar, the dance, have developed into some French island of Reunion, Zambia of the most beautiful in the world, and Malawi, where he is today and and even the pope celebrates Mass from where he will return to Rome . in local tongues during his travels. tomorrow.

But the pope has made it clear " 'Planet Africa' seems to have a that the church will not bend on certain attraction for the pope . such issues as polygamy, which right now," Cardinal JozefTomko remains a common practice said on the eve of the pope's trip. throughout much of Africa. likeCardinal Tomko, who heads the wise, he has warned local CathoVatican's vast missionary network, lics to avoid "syncretistic mystisaid the reason was that Africa cism" - an ambiguous blending represents "the best road to the of Catholicism with animist or evangelization of the world." other native beliefs. African pasAnother Vatican official said tors know that witchcraft, for the pope might return to Africa example, still thrives even in many twice next year.

"Christian~' villages.

"When he goes to Africa, the On the other hand, a slim docinternational community pays at- ument issued by the Vatican's tention to the continent - and it is Council for Interreligious Diaa continent in need of attention," logue in 1988 was seen as a big the official said. boost to African churchmen. It The pope has spoken several spoke in respectful terms of Afritimes of what he calls Africa's can traditional religions and said the whole church should learn "immense Christian potential."

Church statistics show that the from them - so that it can be riumber of Catholics there has vir- "more at home in Africa." tually doubled in the last 15 years, , A potentially bigger step came and the annual increase now out- earlier this year, when the pope numbers that of Asia, Oceania and announced an upcoming AfricaNorth America combined. By the wide synod. His extensive African year 2000, Vatican officials expect travels also underline an importhe church in Africa to reach the tant point about the universal church: the weight of its social 100 million mark.

Despite its growth, nearly the concern is shifting steadily to the entire church hierarchy in the con- Third World.

In one respect, the pope's travels tinent remains under the Congregation for the Evangelization of on the continent tend to underline Peoples, the Vatican's missionary Africa's biggest problems: war, agency. The reason is that local famine, racism, econoqlic ruin, sochurches still lack priests, forma- cial corruption and widescale mition centers and, above all, money gration.

But the pope also wants to bring to run their programs.

But the African church also has hope, and his speeches try to build shown signs of coming of age. on the positive: Africans' pervaMimy of its bishops and clergy sive religious sense of life, their today are natives, and in most strong family and community ties, countries lay Catholics are taking and their rich religious symbolism.

"I come with a soul full of trust leadership roles in a burgeoning basic Christian community move- and hope," the pope said when he landed in Madagascar at the beginment.

At the same time, the conti- ning of his latest visit. nent's theologians have pushed for It All Matters acceptance of an "African theology" based on the spirituality "N othing is unimportant if it is present in much of everyday Afri- done for God." - St. Therese'of Lisieux . . can life.

Priests, deacons and religious of' the Fall River diocese met last week at the Catholic Social Services building in Fall River for the first session of a five-part course on pastoral ministry to persons with AIDS. Father Peter N. Graziano, Social Services executive director, told them they were "special people concerned about special people" and "the hands, eyes and voice of the Lord in the AIDS situation."

Stressing that AIDS and the health conditions preceding it are "not a curse or a God-inflicted punishment but an illness cutting across all ages and social groups," Father Graziano said that those affected are not orily patients but their families, friends and caregivers.

The aim of the course, he said, was to put medical information concerning AIDS in the context of church teaching. He noted that "the way of Jesus calls for abstinence from premarital sex and care for the body," and that this moral teaching turns out to be the best AIDS preventive.

It would be a "betrayal of our understanding of Jesus' message" to hand out condoms or clean needles, declared Father Graziano.

"What we must do is maintain ..our concepts but get them across caringly, notjudgmentally," he concluded.

Participants were told the forthcoming sessions would include a personal account of his hospital ministry to AIDS patients by Father Bruce Cwiekowski, a chaplain at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford; presentations by representatives of Project CARE (Case management, Advocacy, Referral, Education), a New Bedford AIDS advocacy center; and a panel discussion with members including persons either suffering from or at high risk of AIDS. At last week's meeting, presented

by Paul Cassidy, Project CARE program director, and Christine Connolly, its health education director, Ms. Connolly said there were actually two epidemics to be dealt with: AIDS and Afraids, the latter affecting those afraid of being with, working with or helping AIDS patients.

She presented slides portraying the manner in which HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that leads to AIDS, attacks blood cells. Researchers have not studied the condition long enough, she said, to know whether HIV and ARC, AIDS-related complex, invariably lead to full-blown AIDS. She said, however, that statistics show that there are at present 90,000 AIDS sufferers in the United States, of which some 2100 are in Massachusetts and an estimated \ 90 in Bristol County. 38 percent of those who manifested HIV have gone on to AIDS, she said.

Listing symptoms that might lead to suspicion of -t\IDS or the conditions leading to it, Ms. Connolly cautioned that most of them can signal many other illnesses but if persistent and extreme, they warrant investigation.

Few area physicians are willing to treat AIDS sufferers, she noted, because they fear losing their other patients. Similarly there are many cases of reluctance to rent apartments to known AIDS victims.

Those interested in further information on the series may call Clara Weeks, assistant director of Catholic Social Services, at 674-4681.

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He said all priests and permanent deacons ministering in the diocese are invited to participate in the paraliturgical service and, if they wish, to take part in the healing portion of the service.

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SPRING FAIR HOLY NAME SCHOOL Saturday, May 20 • 1.0 AM t03 PM Raffle MYRA ABELSON discusses dragons with Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses members (top); bottom, from left, Betty Novacek, incoming council president; Alice LeBlanc, incoming recording secretary; Father Edmund J.. Fitzgerald, council moderator. (Rosa photos)

Crafts Games

_Dancing with dragons

He prepared for the priestBy Pat Mc'Gowan hood Clct St. Joseph of Cupertino Seminary, Ellicott City, "How many of you are dragons?

Md., and St. Hyacinth Co,l- ·Those who say 'not I' are probably lege and Seminary, Granby, the worst."

Those were the attention-grabMass., where he was ordained bing opening words of "Dancing June 20, 1943. with Dragons," a recent daylong Father Szelagowski was for presentation to 110 members of 10 years choir director for the the Diocesan Council of Catholic Father Justin Rosary Hour, Nurses, Given by Myra Abelson of the only Polish radio program Abelson Associates of Newton, an organization specializing in human broadcast in both the United relations workshops, it was part of States and Canada. He taught the annual DCCN spring meeting, at St. Francis High School, held at St. John the Baptist par,i"sh Athol Springs, N.Y., then hall, Westport.

Mrs. Abelson identified six served at churches in New "dragons": the autocratic dictator, York, New Jersey and Boston the back stabber, the tight-lipped before being assigned to St. individual, the critical advice-giver, Hedwig's Church, New Bed- the soothing delayer and the fault ford, and then to Our Lady of finder.

Because everyone encounters Perpetual Help. difficult people, Mrs. Abelson said He is survived by two broth- "Dancing with Dragons" was the ers, Stanley Zeller of Roches- most popular workshop offered ter, N. Y.,.and Walter Zeller Of by her organization. "It's not about Anaheim, Calif., and by sev- slaying dragons," she explained, "it's about understanding them and eral nieces and nephews. learning how to collaborate with

FATHER SZELAGOWSKI (1961 file photo)

Fri., May 5, 1989

Letters to the editor are welcomed. All letters should be brief and the editor reserves the right to condense any letters if deemed necessary. All letters must be signed and contain a home or business address.

An evening of praise and healing honoring Mary under her title of Mother of the Church, will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, May 15, at St. Anne's Church, Fall River.

A similar observance last year drew an attendance of over 1600 people, said Father Robert S. Kaszynski, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin's liaison to charismatic groups of the diocese.

THE MASS of Christian Burial was offered Wednesday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, New Bedford, for Father Adolph Szelagowski, OFM Conv., 73, who died April 29 after a long illness. He had been parochial vicar at Our Lady of Perpetual Help for the past 17 years.

A musician in the Fred Waring Orchestra and a guest director of the Waring orchestra and choir before entering religious life, Father Szelagowski was born in Buffalo, N. Y., the son ofthe late Walter and ~tella (Pyszklewicz) Szelagowski.

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them. It's about putting down our swords, putting on our dancing shoes and learning how to sway to the music!"

Dictators, she said, put other . people down, are quick to anger and don't like change they didn't introduce or ideas conflicting with their own.

Remembering that 80 percent of situations that arise in one's life are unimportant, but that you owe it to yourself to stand your ground in the other 20 percent, she counseled that "when the dictator is loud, furious and out of control is not the time to try winning points."

A good strategy, she said, is to remain calm and try to put matters on hold, to be discussed at a later time. If you fight back, she re-

minded, you may win that battle, but you may also lose the war. l'y1rs., Abelson' recommended handling. back stabbers by letting them know you realize their game but allowing them a way to save face, then confronting them in private.

A most annoying character, she admitted, is the tight-lipped p,~r­ son who shuts up like a clam or .answers questions with a single word. Their message, she said, is "Leave me alone and you won't have to deal with this uncomfortable silence." , Recommended techniques are to ask questions that can't be a nswered with "yes," "no" or "mE,ybe"; wait in silence until Tight Lips is almost forced to give a respon:,e; if desperate, move from content to process - in other words, ta.lk about the lack .of talk, or ask a question such as "You haven't sa.id anything. How should I interpret that?"

The critical advice-giver, Mrs. Abelson said, may either reaUy know a lot about the topic in hand or may not know much but acts as if he or she does. With such persons, she noted, "you can't danc(: if you don't move together." Give them credit for what they do know

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the living word

the moorin~· A Faith Appeal

It's Catholic Charities Appeal time again. For some it might be a mere reminder that someone is looking for money. Others might think it is a good time to make sure no one is at home when the collector calls at the door. Some will donate the :'. proverbial dollar.

But fortunately many will answer the call to generosity with an open heart. This annual plea on behalf of our needy and less fortunate brothers and sisters is a true opportunity to express faith through good works. The Epistle orst. James gives little room for doubt that generosity is a test of sincerity and commitment. In his second chapter, James says: "My friends, what good is it to profess faith without practicing it? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and no food for the day and you say to them 'goodbye and good luck! Keep warm and well fed!' but do nothing to meet their bodily needs, what good is that? So it is with the faith that does nothing in practice. It is thoroughly lifeless." .

What more does one need in the way of a biblical quotation to make one realize that the Church of its nature must be caught up in the works of charity? What we do in this diocese' this weekend involves the faith community as the Special Gifts phase/ of the Appeal invites all members of our community, regardless of religious background, to share in the compassion all people s~ould have for one another.

The door-to-door appeal in our parish families, the very heart of Catholic Charities, should be viewed as an extension of the Bible teaching that without works, faith is idle.

All in the community of faith share the responsibility indicated by this teaching. It's not just for those with leadership responsibilities, it's intended for everyone, bearing in mind the widow's mite. . .

NC UPI photo What we do for the neglected and the rejected is important. .

AFTER HEAVY RAINS IN TIPP CITY, 0., SIX-YEAR-OLD CLAUDE POOLE TRIES HIS How we do it is also significant.

LUCK AT FISHING ON THE HIGHWAY AND IS REWARDED BY A CATCH Despite the surface appearances that often affect our vision of charity in the Church, a vision often colored by our secular "Faith is'the substaqce 0,( things,to be hoped for, t~e evidence Qf things mentality, the Church has no choice but to live the words of that appear not." Heb. 11:1 .

James.

Because she has over the centuries firmly taught that faith without good works is as dead as a body 'Yithout breath, she is unalterably dedicated to the works of charity.

We, as members of the Church, share in this work, not by choice, but constrained by our faith. It is this faith that. motitechnology and computers, Amer- be deaf and blind during thunderBy Father Kevin Harrington vates us toward success; a success measured not merely by icans cannot afford to be ignorant storms! goals and objectives but by personal generosity and goodwill.

Several recent surveys suggest of ·science. My own educational Anyone who does not realize This is the attitude for which we should pray as we once that America is a nation of science background was related to the that Earth travels around the sun illiterates. A survey of 2041 adult post-Sputnik emphasis on science every year must be totally ignorant more take advantage of the opportunity for charity offered Americans conducted by the Pub- and technology. I benefited from a of the significance of the four seaeach of us this Sunday. •

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Developing a scientific mind

A "Classy" Lady Last week the Church militant lost a good friend but the Church triumphant gained Sister John Elizabeth Creamer.

Her long career as a churchwoman was marked by intelligence, charm and class.

She brought to herlife as a woman religious a spirit ofloving service and sincere devotion to each and every person she encountered.

This editor will be forever grateful for her kindness and direction when she was the first principal of Bishop Cassidy High School in Taunton and he was its first chaplain.

She had a full heart, sparkling eyes and a soul refreshed. We thank God for this delightful and wise woman.

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EDITOR Rev. J()hn F. Moore

lic Opinion Laboratory of Northern lIIinois revealed to the horror of the National Science Foundation that less than half of those surveyed knew that Earth orbits the sun once a year, or that an electron was smaller than an atom.

Additionally, 20 percent of Americans believe incorrectly that sound travels faster than light.

No doubt every science educator has his or her pet theory as to why there is such ignorance of basic scientific information. Many point to the diminished number of academic hours allotted the sciences in the secondary school curriculum.

It is indeed unfortunate that courses are often added to respond to whims of our popular culture at the expense offundamentals. Twenty years ago the opportunity to study advanced chemistry or physics was available. Today such courses are frequently replaced by such offerings as contemporary issues or science fiction.

Giving a stu:dent the choice be. tween reading science fiction or studying advanced chemistry or physics is like giving a child the choice between a candy bar or a vegetable.

With an economy based upon

National Institutes of Health scholarship provided for students in the honors science program at Providence College.

Since the Nixon cutbacks of the early seventies few such programs have been reinstated. No wonder there is such a shortage of science teachers when business and industry attract the dwindling population of scientists with lucrative wages.

A recent survey of American high school graduates showed that only 15 percent had taken a physics course, 30 percent a chemistry course and 50 percent an algebra course. The same study found that black and Hispanic youths between ages 13 and 17 are at least four years behind their white peers in science tests.

The only way for Americans to compete in the world markets and for blacks and Hispanics to achieve economic parity in the near future is to radically change educators' attitude towards science.

We have become disconnected from science becau'se we are disconnected from the natural world it describes. Above all else, science should be a way of respecting our senses. Anyone who thinks that sound travels faster than light must

sons or of the motions of the stars and planets.

Anyone who thinks an atom is smaller than an electron would have no understanding of electricity.

The good news of science is that our world is ruled by something more than mere chance and the whims of gods. Science encourages us to'be humble in the face of nature's complexity. To demonstrate this, a good science teacher need only draw upon everyday, observations. Perhaps the best thing a science teacher can do is to strive to develop within his or her students their powers of observation and reinforce their curiosity about the natural world.

Ultimately, science literacy is not achieved by studying appropriate chapters of the best-selling "Dictionary of Cultural. Literacy" but by adopting a scientific attitude towards the world around us.

Students will approach science with anxiety or avoid it if possible if they perceive it to be the most difficult course in the curriculum.

They should be assured that the human mind can make some sense of nature's complexity and harness the knowledge acquired for the benefit of all mankind.

Unsung heroism A friend has a never-married' daughter who gave birth to a baby boy at age 27. She suffered the injustice and hu-

They have worries to see the Tridentine Mass more readily available and the Baltimore Catechism revised.

Then there are those who think Vatican Council II did not go far . enough. They want more lay involvement, or less clericalism, or less authoritarianism.

At last month's meeting, one prominent scholar noted the divisions and lauded research efforts to identify them. She then challenged researchers to study the values and ideals religious denominations represent.

Researchers are often viewed as people who delight in digging up everything that is wrong with society and the church.

But as I listened to the researchers' anxieties, I realized more than ever the error of that image.

The researchers 1 know are deeply concer~ed about religious divisions.

You may think researchers are unemotional analysts. But they have worr'ies.

Last month the Lilly Endow-

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To thee do 1 come, before thee1 stand, $inful and $orrowful. 0 Mother of the Wordlncarnate, despise not my petition, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.

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single parents because there never was a legal father in their lives.

DOLORES The paradox, of course, is that we publicly abhor abortion. This CURRAN woman could have opted for a quiet abortion and been accepted socially by those around her. But when she refused that option, she known, or even had the whole earned a stigma instead of an world known, we have made aboraccolade.

Single women ,who give birth tion so respectable that many, perare a courageous lot. In a column haps, would not have cared. RJt to supporting such mothers, Cardisave and care for the life of a haby can mean the lifetime loss of this nal John O'Connor wrote about a friend of his who chose to keep her subtle thing we call respectability baby while remaining unmarried. for the baby's mother," And he closed with, "For the "I am not at all sure ... that I more I see the rewa:;ds of the have been saying or writing enough about the support and the respect efforts being mad,e in this archdiodue the single woman who decides cese to help those who so very to bear the child she has unintenmuch need our help - single pregtionally conceived, and to nourish nant women - the more I recognize my debt to you," and educate and love her child through the lonely months and I am pleased to learn thal his demanding years that follow such archdiocese is ministering to these a decision. women. All of us may not be able "My friend has helped me under- , to get involved in such min:.stry stand something of those months but we can change attitude!; by and years, and she has also helped being there with our love, support. me understand something of the and thanks. shame and ridicule faced by so If, every time we hear about a many women in her position pregnant single woman, we take the time to write a little note like indeed, the outright contempt which may greet them in their "A Friend," we are ministering as search for decent housing and surely as if we go to a :;neeting. If decent jobs. . we affirm her decision when gos"That's sad, isn't it? They could sipmongers start, we are givi::lg a gift to all present and fuwre unwed have aborted their children, such women, and few would have parents.

miliation such women face. The father of the baby told her clearly that "it" was her problem and that if she chose to give birth to "it," there would be no financial or emotional support from him.

"She was deeply depressed," her mother told me. "But do you know what brought her out of it? Shortly after the baby was born, my daughter got a note with a $5 bill in it from an anonymous writer."

The note read, "Congratulations on your new baby. Thank you for not aborting him. He can make a difference in a world that needs good people. Please use the enclosed to get him a little toy. In God's love, A Friend."

Sometimes the simplest gesture can mean the most to one in n~ed of support. My friend's daughter never knew who sent that note so it brightened her attitude toward people in general. Her son is six now and she struggles as do all single parents. However, being a never-married parent carries special burdens.

We haven't made such women very welcome in our churches and neighborhoods. They don't fit into our categories and ministries to young marrieds, parents, or even

ment gathered' religion researchers together to exchange notes.

Among topics discussed were growing numbers of new interest groups, polarization of church congregations and the need for studies focusing on the positive dimensions of religion.

Dr. Robert Wurthnow, a Protestant participant in the meeting, has a new book, "The Restructuring of American Religion," In it he notes that special interest groups are on the rise in churches. They include coalitions against nuclear warfare, holistic health groups, positive thinking seminars, group therapy sessions, social activist organizations 'and healing ministries..

On a positive note, Wurthnow noted that these groups meet a need by drawing together people with common interests and providing opportunities for leadership.

They also provide a focus for people and don't require long-term commitments.

But on a less positive note, some special interest groups could threaten denominational unity.

This occurs in Catholicism. Some people feel they don't need the institutional church to be Catholic.

They are involved in activities which have nothing to do with a parish or diocese.

Although most special interest groups provide valuable services, the literature of some groups has an anti-church ring. It is as if they are saying, "You have let us down and we are now taking things into our own hands."

A second concern of religion researchers is the division created by conservatives and liberals.

There are those who would like

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In our parish we are only permitted to receive by drinking from the cup. Our pastor told us it is a great sacrilege to receive in the form of intinction. He has indicated to me his fear that the consecrated wine could be dripped to the floor. I can understand this concern.

However, I have heard that intinction is common in other parishes. It is approved? Is the communicant permitted to dip the host in the chalice? (Illinois)

A.Communiop by intinction was common in the 1960s and 1970s.

Since that time it has become rare because it in effect precludes the option to receive Holy Communion in our hands, an option that every priest is obliged to allow wherever it has been approved, as it has been in our country and for most Catholics in the world.

Liturgical guidelines insist that the Eucharist be ministered at Communion time. If Communion by intinction is offered, the host should be dipped into the chalice by the minister of the Eucharist and placed on the tongue of the recipient.

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Roe vs. Wade Continued from Page One not expect their chants or banner&, still have some jurisdiction in abor- to sway the justices' votes. But tion matters. their philosophy seemed to be, it didn't hurt to try.

"We are not here today suggestBarbara and jerry Urbik of Elming the court would allow extreme, e?,travagant and bloodthirsty reghurst, Ill., were in Washington to ulatio'ns and that it would lack the attend a meeting of Legatus, an power to strike those down," he international organization ofCathsaid. ' olj,c business leaders, when they Also participating in the oral decided to join the protest. arguments was Missouri Attorney Urbik, 59, said he objected to General William L. Webster, who those who say women have a right focused on issues raised by provito do what they want with their sions of the law struck down by the bodies.

-' lower courts, such as the state's "Why then can't a woman have decision to bar abortions at public the right in the privacy of her own hospitals and to prevent encourhome to beat the hell out of her agement of abortions. kid?" he asked.

Under the interpretation of Roe Washington tourists and visitvs. Wade by lower courts, "states' ing students viewed the boisterous have effectively been forbidden" crowd with curiosity, snapping not only to outlaw abortion "but photos of demonstrators. to regulate abortion in any signifiHeriberto Baez, 17, a high school cant way," he said. student from San Juan, Puerto He defended the right of the Rico" said, "I can't believe it. In Missouri Legislature to adopt a front of the Supreme Court. Pro"finding" on the begining of life, a testing abortion. We don't have statement he described ,as "an ab- anything like this in Puerto Rico." stract, philosophical statement of Estelle Whalen, 58, mother of the Legislature."

11 and grandmother of eight, drove The state "does not in any way 'to Washington from New Windaffect a woman's constitutional sor, N.Y., to express her views. right to choose abortion over child- '''The Lord does provide," said birth," even if it reaches a "find- Mrs. Whalen. "You don't think ing" on when life begins, Webster you're going 1'0 be able t'o feed one argued. more,but the Lord does provide."

In their comments to the attorThe Rev. Levon R. Yuille, pasneys, 'the justices raise4 numerous tor of a largely black non-denominquestions.

Justice Antonin Scalia, ques-, ational church in Ypsilanti, Mich., tioning Susman, noted that the agreed. "Poverty should not be Roe decision drew some distinc- related to the death sentence," he tions between abottions at various said.

"We were extremely poor," said stages of pregnancy and said, "I 'don't see why a court th!lt can the 48-year-old preacher. "I probdraw that line can't separate abor- ably wouldn't be here if we had a tion from birth control quite policy back then of aborting babies of familiis that couldn't afford readily.'"

Scalia also questioned Susman them." when the latter said that in fetal Braintree Meeting development, "both sides would Also speaking to the abortion agree as to when Ii 'heartbeat can issue at a recent national meeting first be detected" but that "it is a of pro~life directors, including Rev. question of labels" that causes dif- Thomas L. Rita from the Fall ferences about the nature of the River diocese, was Boston Cardilife involved. nal Bernard F. Law. "I agree with you entirely," ScaThe pro-life movement must prelia said, "but what conclusion does sent "clear, unambiguous teachthat lead you to? That, therefore, ing" on the beginning of' human there must be a fundamental right life in order to reinforce the wideon the part of the woman to despread public disapproval of aborstroy this thing that we don't know tion, said the cardinal in the meet. what it is, or rather, that whether ing's keynote address. there is or isn't [a right] is a matter Also at the meeting, Mary Ann that you vote upon - since we Glendon, a professor at Harvard don't know the answer, people Law School, gave a presentation have to make their minds up the comparing U.S. abortion laws to best they can." those of Western European nations.

As is usual in Supreme Court Whatever the outcome of the arguments, the justices gave no high court abortion case, argued indication of conclusions they before the Supreme Court April might reach or when they might 26 - in which the U.S. governissue their decision. Decisions in ment asked for greater abortion cases argued this spring are ex- restrictions - Cardinal 'Law said pected by the time the court ends the pro-life movement must remain its 1988-89 term around July I. active.

Outside High Court He defended the "seamless garWhile the Supreme Court pro- ment" argument, which stresses ceedings went forward inside, the "interconnection'among the tempers flared outside as about full gamut of moral concerns" 200 demonstrators pushed each regarding human life and dignity.

Not all pro-life issues carry the other around and tried 'to drown same weight, the cardinal said, but out each other's chants.

Pro-abortionists outnumbered "abortion and euthanasia, by the pro-lifers about eight to one in logic of love, should take a prifront of the marble-pillared court mary position."

Calling euthanasia "a horror building on a warm, sunny Washwhose time has apparently come," ington morning.

Police arrested 24 pro-abortion- he told the pro-life leaders that ists who attempted to cross barri- "the battleground is in the state cades set up to control demonstra- legislatures."

While teaching is important, he tions. Thousands of protesters had been expected but only about 200 said, "I in no way minimize the importance of service. We all know came.

Most interviewed said they did that perhaps the most 'effective

TAUNTON AREA members of the Cathalic Charities Appeal committee meet with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. From left, Rev. John J. Steakem, assistant area director; Very Rev. Gerald T. Shovelton, area director; the bishop; David L Hautanen, lay CCA chairman; Andrew Isaacsen and Richard Paulson. (Studio D photo)

Idea of a University Continued from Page One in six multilingual working groups, each of which discussed one theme of the draft document. The themes selected by the congregation were the nature and purpose of Catholic higher education; types of higher 'education institutions; Catholic higher education in church and society; the community in an institution of higher education; participation of higher education in the church's mission; and pastoral activities.

Each group produced a paper elaborating specific suggestions concerning its theme 'and a steering committee composed of the head of each group formulated 10 suggestions synthesizing the papers.

These recommendations, approved by a "virtually unanimous" vote on the last day of the congress, called for a shorter document that would be "positive, inspirational and future-oriented."

Normative principles should be "feWI~r in number, general in nature and interpreted and applied in accord with principles to be developed by regional bishops' conferences, taking into account regional' laws and institutional statutes," the first recommendation said.

The draft's section of norms had been criticized by many educators as being too specific and insensitive to ÂŤivil law and standards of academic freedom.

On another controversial issue - the relationship of bishops to Catholic colleges and universities - the congress said bishops and their conferences "have a responsibility to promote and assist these institutions in maintaining the Catholic identity."

The relationship between universities and church authorities should be "characterized by mutual trust, cooperation and continuing dialogue," the congress said.

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teaching we can do is through acts of compassion and love."

"There was a time in this nation when opposition to slavery was far less popular than is opposition to abortion today," the cardinal said.

"The movement is on a roll. It has, please God, had its darkest days."

canon law in regulating bishopuniversity relations, nor repeat such canons anywhere in the final docu- ' ment.

Other congress recommendations were: - An affirmation of the university's autonomy and "freedom of research and teaching."

- A distinction between the church's mission of evangelization and the "teaching and research ~hat constitute. the mission of the Catholic university."

- Recognition that the "maintenance and strengthening" of Catholic identity is "primarily the responsibility of the university."

- A review of the dellft document's final version by civil as well as canon lawyers to make sure the "statutes of Catholic universities, as they relate to the civil laws" in each region, "be fully respected."

- Recognition of the "critical importance" of the teaching of theology in a Catholic university.

Theology should be faithful to the church's magisterium, it said, while theological research is "necessary and should be encouraged if the doctrine of the church i.s to be not only protected but better .understood and communicated."

In light of all the recommendations, the changes to be made in the present draft are likely to be "as radical in style as the changes from the 1985 draft to the 1988 draft," said an official of the education congregation.

The official, who requested anonymity" said the tone of the 1988 draft would not be changed, but that stylistic changes would likely include statement of a few general principles in place of the' present 72 proposed norms, making the next draft shorter and more general.

He also said a post-meeting commission established by the congress at the recommendation of the congregation "allayed a lot of suspicion" among participants that the recommendations might be ignored.

Creation of a 15-member commission to help revise the draft document was announced by congregation secretary Archbisho,p Jose Saraiva Martins. Three members are from North America, two from. Europe, two from Latin

NEW YORK (NC) - A cam- , pus ministry network that would use satellite telecommunications to reach college students is being developed under sponsorship of the Catholic Campus Ministry Association and the National Association of Diocesan Directors of Campus Ministry.

The programs would be transmitted by CTNA, the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America.

Jesuit Father Francis Stroud, a campus minister and chairman of a promotion committee for the new, network, said his impetus came, from a national teleconference he arranged in 1986.

The event,' which featured the late Jesuit Fathet Anthony de Mello, a priest from India noted for his retreat work, linked some 3,000 students on 76 campuses and demonstrated the potential of the format.

"If students are concerned about some topic such as AIDS, you want to get the best people to talk about it he said. "And you can do that as a network. You can bring in the best people in the country, people you could never get if you were doing it alone."

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America, two from Asia and one from Africa.

Other commission members are two bishops and three representatives of the International Federation of Catholic Universities.

Three U.S. educators are on the commission: Jesuit Father Joseph 'A. O'Hare, president of Fordham University, Bronx, N.Y.; Holy Cross Father Edward A. Malloy, president of.the Univ~rsity of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind.; and Sacred Heart Sister Sally Furay, vice president and provost of the University of San Diego and the only woman member.

The open discussion at the congress, the willingness of Vatican officials to accept the recommended changes and the formation of the followup commission all won plaudits from U.S. participants. Jesuit Father J. Donald Monan, president of Boston College, said the congress had been "remarkably democratic."

While U.S. educators at the congress expressed reli.ef that the congregation had heard their objections to sections of the draft that seemed to threaten university autonomy and academic freedom, the pope, in his talk at the meeting's close, stressed again the importance of a strong Catholic identity for the universities and colleges. . Telling participants that higher education 'was in the midst of a "spiritual and cultural" crisis provoked by scientific and technological progress unhinged from ethical reflection and the true needs of humanity, he said the Catholic university must become a "critical and prophetic voice in relation to a society" marked by religious indifference and secularism.

The "light of faith operis to the completeness of truth," said the pope, stressing that "The Catholic university must not be afraid of appearing different and unique."

Catholic educators "must be convinced that the Catholic character helps" them to better carry out "the mission of the university in the world of today."

Three from diocese attend parley of priests' councils NEW ORLEANS (NC) - U.S. Catholics, especially priests, must recognize that they are part of the universal church and must become collaborators with it, said Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly of Louisville, Ky. "The Second Vatican Council makes no bones about the fact that every priest is ordained for the universal church," Archbishop Kelly said during the April 17-21 national convention in New Orleans of the National Federation of Priests' Councils.

Representing the Fall River diocese at the meeting were diocesan Presbyteral Council members Fathers Marc H. Bergeron, council secretary, William M. Costello and Michael R. 'Nagle.

Before Vatican II, Archbishop Kelly said, U.S. church leaders were "the loyalists of .the world."

But over the past 25 years, he said, there has been a growing feeling that the Vatican is rigid, pastorally insensitive and, therefore, legitimately may be dismissed.

"It is a remarkable shift on our part, and is hardly commensurate with the truth of the situation," Archbi'shop Kelly said.

"If the Vatican is not the universal church, then neither are we," he said. LoCal churches throughout the world, which make up the universal church, must collaborate for the good of all.

"We tend to think our own problems are tile only ones," the archbishop said, adding that it is a cultural tendency to seek a "quick fix" for every problem. , , ."Being an 'American' Catholic before Va~ican II was a relatively simple thing," said Michael Co.wan, a consulting psychologist for the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis and for the Navy's chaplain schoo!.

"Y ou had a line of thought and a chain of command all laid out for you," he said. "But Vatican II brought us face to face with the complexities of· our religion. It asked us to grow up."

When the National Federation of Priests' Councils formed "it had a very 1960s feel to it, very political, very activist," Cowan said, '''Now we have three different generations of priests in the membership: those ordained before Vatican II, the contemporaries of the council, and now a younger group of priests who tend to be more conservative."

The change in membership has changed the federation, he said.

"What we're seeing here this week is a move from the confrontational to the collaborative," he said.

Bishop Donald W. Wuerl of Pittsburgh, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry, noted that when priests' councils began forming, some were not accepted by bishops and others "cast bishops as the constant antagonists of the prophets," which is how some councils saw themselves.

"In attempts to determine the true prophets, disastrous conflicts occurred which ill served the church and its bishops and priests," he said.

But to serve the church, he said, bishops need to hear the wisdom of priests, "a wisdom born offaith, nourished by pastoral love and enriched by experience in ministry."

At the same time, he said, the prophetic voice of the church speak/

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ing with wisdom will not be heard if the bishop-priest relationship is "fragmented and torn asunder."

Bishop John F. Kinney of Bismarck, N.D., also spoke of the importance of priests' spirituality.

"If the pastor's prayer and personal experiences of the Easter mystery of Christ are shallow or weak, then that flows over into the ministry, the liturgy, t.he parish life and even the broader church," he said.

Before the council, "it was a quiet, peaceful, serene scene," he said. The council "encouraged the laity to speak and they took us at BREAKFAST lUNGS: our word," , "Our parishes are now hubbubs Dick Spiering and Ray Kosel of activity - meetings, council , scramble eggs at St. Anthony sessions, staff evaluations - all Cnurch, St. Cloud, Minn. The seeking the presence of the pasparish men's club has bt:en tor," the bishop said. serving a monthly breakf.ast "Sometimes we feel burdened, tired of listening, burned out and since 1976, scrambling some dumped upon," Bishop Kinney 2,880 eggs anci 350 pounds of said. "We need to change some of' sausage for the 600 to 700 our priorities. And some expectahungry people who come to tions of us need to be changed as eat, ~nd turning in some wei!." , Cesar Chavez; leader of the Uni- $50,000 profit to the par:.sh ted Farm Workers union, thanked over the years. (NC photo) the priests, their councils and their bishops for the support they have given to'migrant workers.

Valuation Although they still are seeking "The true measure of a man is contracts guaranteeing fair wages, not the number of servants he has, the farm workers' biggest concern but the number of p'eople he serv.es." isn't money, Chavez said. It is the - Glasow use of pesticides which some say are respon.sible for illnesses, birth defects; cancer and death among farmworker families. '

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CLEVELAND (NC) - It's no secret among the Sisters of the Letters to the editor are welcomed. All letters should be brief and the Holy Spirit that Sister Mary editor reserves the right to condense any letters if deemed necessary. All Assumpta Zabas is "a wild, avid" fan of Cleveland's baseball team, letters must be signed and contain a home or business address. the Indians.

Now the country will recognize her zest for the sport and love for "New England 'lOS/'ll alII: the "Tribe" whenever they see the wIlli a European FlaIr" opening and closing credits footage for "Major League," a motion picture partially shot in Cleveland 102 Shawomet Avenue Bed C9' Brea1ifust last summer. It debuted in CleveSomerset, Mass. land April 4, the day after the Indians' home opener. "el. 674-4881 "This will be one of the first.

495 Wesl f,IImourhll'glllnly 31/2 room Apartment times I won't complain about the (Rou!e 28A) /;,0 B.... IN5 4Vz room Apartment length ofthe film credits," she told Wesr Falmoulh, Ma. 02574 Includes heat, hot water, stove reo the Catholic Universe Bulletin, newsOpen year round friprator and mainte,nance service. paper of the Diocese of Cleveland, (50RI 540路 7232 in an interview. "I think the whole movie thing is hilarious."

Sister Zabas, superior general . of the 12-member Cleveland-area" community, said it was "crazy" COMPLETE LANDSCAPE SERVICES how she was discovered.

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SERVING make a contribution to Jennings Hall United Way campaign and went down to the stadium to pick it up," she said. "I was wearing my . Indians jacket that I got as a jubi~ FOR 15 YEARS lee gift last year. The film producer [Chris Chesser] saw me and asked if! would stay. around to be part of CALL: 398-8337 the crowd scene. They filmed me coming through the turnstile."

A few weeks later, Chesser called to ask if she would like to be"filmed at a park.

"They had the area cgrnered off and for an hour and a half, the crew filmed me feeding the birds," Sister Zabas said.

The movie was written by a native of Cleveland, David Ward, who won an Academy Award for his screenplay of "The Sting," It was released nationally last month.

The Paramount Pictures film stars Corbin Bernsen, Tom Berenger and Charlie Sheen.

Sister Zabas wasn't at the movie's premiere in Cleveland nor at the Indians' opening game against the Milwaukee Brewers April 3 because she was on retreat in Colorado.

But she saw the Tribe's final spring training game in Tucson during Easter week while visiting relatives.

It's 'not the first time the order has received nationai attention for its baseball fever.

Last year, a syndicated photo of Sister Zabas and three other nuns displaying placards of their team heroes was published across the

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Three years ago, when elected to lead her community, Sister Zabas renewed her lifetime interest in baseball "as an emotional outlet."

She said she reads the sports pages every day and attended 22 games last season.

Her love for the Indians also extends to the community's ministry at Jennings Hall, a Clevelandarea nursing home, which will begin an" Adopt an Indian" program for wives and children of players while the team is out of town. ' Although she shuns the idea of becoming a team symbol, Sister Zabas said she feels that "when I get to throw out an opening pitch at an Indian's game, that's when I know I've made it."

Housing crisis threatens, says USCC official WASHINGTON (NC) - New statistical data prove that "decent and affordable housing is beyond the reach of millions of American families" and constitutes a crisis that threatens the nation as well as its poor, says a U.S. Catholic Conference official.

"The American dream of decent housing has become a nightmare for too many [who are) paying most of their meager incomes for inadequate housing, stretching their scarce resources until they break," said John L. Carr, secretary of the USCCDepartmentofSocialDevelopment and World Peace.

Carr spoke at a Washington news conference to announce release of a report on America's housing problems.

The 80-page report, "A Place to Call Home: The Crisis in Housing for the Poor," was prepared by two Washington-based nonprofit research centers, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Low-Income Hous'inghlfor,ination Service. .

Inadequatelyhot\sed Americans "are on our doorsteps and in'our shelters," said Carr. . "They are the homeless waiting to happen, ten'ibly vulnerable to losing their home because they pay so much of their income for it," he said. "The brutal realities laid out in this report are destroying' lives, undermining families, hurting communities and tearing apart the social fabric of our nation."

'The report also should help explain "that private efforts like ours and support for emergency shelters, while' essential, are inadequate" in the face of needs,

President Bush, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp, the leaders of both parties in Congress and all those involved in housing policy to put the needs of the poor first in designing new housing policy for our nation."

Although the federal government .considers housing affordable only if it costs the household no more than 30 percent of income, 63 percent of low-income renters paid at least 51 percent of income, for housing (shelter and utilities), the report said. Nearly half of all lowincome homeowners paid 51 percent or more of their incomes on housing, according to the r~port.

While the number oflow-income renter households has increased substantially over the last decade, the number of low-income rental units on the private market has decreased, the report stated.

Moreover, appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development's subsidized housing programs fell'I>yapproximately 80 percent between 1978 arid '1988~ the report said. ' Yet, the report noted, "there has been a substantial increase in a fo"rm dHederil! housing assistance that primarily benefits middle-and' upper-income families," through such tax Breaks as the mortgage interest tax deduction and deduction for property taxes.

For example, the document noted,'the federal government for fiscal 1988 spent $14 billion in lowincome housing assistance but had $54 billion in "tax expend'itures" - tax mori"ey lost to the government because of housing tax breaks for the middle- and upper-income

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By Pat McGowan For several years it has been my privilege to brin$ holy communion to Eva Barlow, for nearly II years a patient at the Fall River Nursing Home and for many years before that at other homes.

Afflicted with multiple sclerosis since age 23, she struggled with the disease until her late 30s before admitting that she needed more care than her own home could provide.

Now unable to move her hands and her legs only very slightly, she is totally dependent on' others to feed, bathe and dress her and move her from bed to wheelchair.

But at age 60 she looks like a woman in her 40s, her hazel eyes sparkle with life, she is well groomed with nails polished, hair carefully styled and jewelry painstakingly chosen to complement her stylish wardrobe.

She is, in the words of staff nurse Barbara Staskiewicz, a "survivor" and a "heroic person, always pleasant and up, ready for all parties and activities.

"Everyone wants to help her," said Ms. Staskiewicz, speaking for all the personnel on Ms. Barlow's floor at the nursing home.

"When she's in the hospital, everyone visits her."

Ms. Barlow, an only child born in Brooklyn, came to Fall River at age 13 with her parents, first attending Notre Dame School, then Diman Vocational High School. Her wedding, at age 20, took place in Notre Dame Church and she had two daughters, one now deceased.

Each daughter, she said, had four children, giving her eight grandchildren, the youngest four months old.

"It's faith in God and Mary that sees me through," she declared.

Complications connected with Ms. Barlow's illness have put her in the hospitai many times. On one such occasion the doctor said it

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would be ne,cessary to use a tube to relieve her painfully congested lungs.

"I prayed all night to God and Mary," she related. "In the morning they took an X-ray and my lungs were totally clear. The doctor didn't know how to explain it."

Ms. Barlow did. "You really' have to have faith and truly believe," she said.

Her day begins with breakfast in bed. Aides get her up about 10. a.m., taking some 45 minutes to prepare her for the day. She, maneuvers her wheelchair with a "puffer," blowing into it to operate' it.

Another sort of puffing takes place by means of an ingenious . cigarette holder a fellow patient' crafted for her. A bent wire holds a cigarette to her mouth and a strate~ gically-placed tray safely 'catches ashes. .

A pleasant moment comes daily when a friend brings her a container of coffee, carefully holding it to her lips.

Once a week Ms. Barlow works in the nursing home's cera:nics studio, shaping and painting pottery pieces with the aid of a tongue depressor and a paintbrush, both held in her mouth. Physicallherlip)" comes nearly every day, with therapists endeavoring to preserve what little motion is left her.

"How can you be cheerful with all you have to go through," ajdes ask Ms. Barlow. "If I were you, I wouldn't even smile."

"What's the good of being grumpy?" is her rejoinder.

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By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Firs~, do not ask your child to need to call the other parent to make sure she is invited. If truancy Dear Dr. Kenny: How can I confess her own wrongdoing. . Second, check with other souris a problem, you may need to get stop my daughter from lying? We information on attendance directly just discovered that her "job" as a ces if you have reason to doubt her babysitter last week was a decep- word about her activities or where- from the school.

Lying has consequences. This is tion. She told us she was babysit- abouts. the discipline. Once a child has lied ting so she could stay out late.

Children should have the same to benefit herself, parents must I found out accidentally by talk- right of non-self-incrimination as verify important information ing with the woman for whom she adults. If parents stopped asking was supposed to be babysitting. children about their owri wrong- through other sources.

Many parents Rave a hard time She has lied to us in the past. I feel doing, over half of the lying would seeing this as discipline. They are that all trust between us is gone. be eliminated. too accustomed to equating disciHow can you have a good relaThis does not mean parents pline with punishment. Actually, tionship with someone whom you should let their children get away those two rules are an excellent cann.ot even beiieve? (Iowa) with lying. Rather, they should way to discipline lying. gather evidence from other sourMany parents spend much time Don't ask your daughter to intrying to get to the truth 'and are ces and make their own decision criminate herself. If she lies about about whether the child is guilty. furious when they find they have something, double-check from then been deceived.

Your daughter told you she was , on. If you do this, you will have With lying, as with any child babysitting so she could stay out eliminated almost 100 percent of problem, the goal is to end the later. lying. problem or misbehavior. Too often What is the best way to stop Most children lie at some time. parents think first, or only, about such behavior? Not by a long lec- That does not mean the end of punishment. When that does not ture or by a severe punishment parent-child trust; stop the lying, they blame the such as grounding. These are usuIf you follow these suggestions, child's moral state. ally ineffective. your child is much more likely to The best way to stop such a lie is A major problem with getting to tell you the truth because there is the bottom of things is that it takes to make it impos·sible. From now nothing to gain from a lie. too long. The time spent trying to . on, or at least for a long time, you.

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, By Antoinette Bosco, If the courts stay on their present course" we may be headed into aworld where anyone who tries to help atroubled .in.d.ividual risks a lawsuit ,or a jail term.

Here I am thinking of people with seyereemotiqnah disorders .

Those who love them are often frustrat~dandworri~d because they are ullsure how to help them. .Sometimes, t!lough rarely, a troubled individual goes berserk, committing acts of violence. No matter how clear the signs of psychological disorder, it is never possible to predict the one-in-a-million' who will go on a killing spree. In those bizarre and freakish incidents, no one but the killer is responsible.

That is why I was appalled when I read that the parents of Laurie Wasserman Dann, the 30-year-old woman who opened fire in a school in Illinois last year, has been' sued over their daughter's crime.

I suppose Norman and Edith Wasserman had to have known that their daughter was emotionally unstable. According to reports, the police hadtold them about her threatening phone calls to her exhusband's family and a psychiatrist had urged them to have her committed to a mental institution.

The Wassermans decided instead to have their daughter live with them. They found her a job and hoped for the best, exactly what thousands of other caring parents have done or would do.

It all went wrong. One day last May, Laurie Dann set fire to the house where she had worked as a babysitter, then walked into a nearby elementary school with a revolver and began shooting, killing one child and wounding five.

After leaving the school, Dann wounded a college student, then killed herself.

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How accurate can'anyone's prediction of another human being's behavior be, and h()w trustworthy is their judgment of prescribed "treatments"? The second is philosophical. Can anyone be consid~ ered truly responsible fot the actions of another? .

The suit against the Wassermans reflects thegrowing assumption in our legal system that a psychiatrist, psycholOgist or social worker is an "expert" on human behavior and competent to judge what is best for other 'human beings. .

One priest told me about a couple whose son had just beenjailed.

They were in tears, saying, "Where did we go wrong?" The priest told them,., "You're asking the wrong question. It's where did he go wrong?"

That simple rerriark was in fact a

deep philosophical statement, consistent with the Christian doctrine. of free will. Free will is what makes us huma.n. It ·is a gift ·to every human being - of choice and responsibility.

Clearly, w~ are' moving in the direction of,pointing blame at.third parties. Third-party responsibility has emerged in part because we want to believe in a fairyland where everyone is safe. In an ideal world, someone would always prevent another person from doing harm.

Regrettably, it just isn't so.

When the Lord said we are our brother's keeper, he meant we had an obligation to care. He didn't mean we were responsible for our brother's independent actions. It is a crucial distinction.

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By Hilda Young Arecent study claims the mother of a middle-class American family with two or more children will log more time in a driver's seat than a Detroit test dummy. Some speculate the dummies are at less risk.

I thought of this yesterday as I tooled around the mall parking lot trying to find a space to wait for my teens.

If I were designing malls, I would include reserve parking, like that for the disabled, for parents picking up, children. A symbol of a clenched fist painted in red on the pavement would be a nice touch.

I don't wait well but I am trying to be like my friend who keeps foreign language cassettes in her glove compartment. After only two seasons of soccer, karate, baseball, band and basketball, she spoke fluent Spanish and had a start on French. .

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In all three' instances you have young peoples' whining and gnashing of teeth to keep your nerves stretched tighter than a violin string. . This is not a good stat~ of mind for' balancing the checkbook, but it can. be perfect for isometric exercise like pressing your toes into the floqr, stretching your jawline and tightening your stomach muscles. . .

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Cardinal O'Connor told a Sunday congregation at S1. Patrick's Cathedral that people are quick to blame parents and racism for such incidents. "But will we blame the indifference that's a cancer in our society?" he asked.

Cardinal O'Connor asked the congregation to pray for the 28year-old, Yale-educated woman who works for a Wall Street investment banking firm. She fell into a coma April 19 after she was attacked by eight youths aged 14-17 while she jogged through Central Park late at night.

The cardinal, noting that a newspaper headline about the crime referred to the condition of New York City as "a disease," asked, "Are we incapable of curing a disease?"

He said, "There is only one cure - that's love."

Police said the woman, whose name was not released, was beaten on the head with a brick and pipe, then raped by at least five of the youths, who had harassed, threatened and assaulted at least eight other people earlier that night.

The cardinal visited the hospital bedside of the victim and spoke with her mother and father.

Leaving the hospital, the cardinal said he was there as a priest and that he "offered whatever assistance I could. I gave them my home telephone number to contact me at any time of the day and night, and assured them I'll be praying every day."

Cardinal O'Connor, in his comments at the cathedral, said he was especially distressed by reports that after the arrest of the eight suspects, some ofthem laughed about the crime spree and said, '''We were having fun.'''

He said such an attitude reflects a "profound indifferen.ce, profound callousness toward the sacredness of the human person."

Cardinal O'Connor said the crime made it difficult to preach about love as he had planned for the Mass, but he proceeded with the sermon, saying that love "is our only salvation."

The cardinal said he was agonizing personally over whether he, as leader of the Catholic Church in New York, was doing enough "to make clear the love of Christ" to people, especially those who "look for fun in the raping, the battering of a 'woman."

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We cite LEE ALBERT DEMATOS to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Monday, May 8,1989 at 11:30 a.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the SIMMONS·DEMATOS case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, LEE ALBERT DEMATOS, must see to it that he is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation.

Henry T. Munroe Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this 27th day of April, 1989.

EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FAll RIVER, MASSACHUSETIS Since the actual place of residence of JULIA E. CRAIGHEAD is unknown.

We cite JULIA E. CRAIGHEAD to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Tuesday, May 9,1989 at 10:30 a.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mas·' sachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the MORTENEN·CRAIGHEAD case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, JULIA E. CRAIGHEAD must see to it that she is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation.

Henry T. Munroe Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this 1st day of May, 1989.

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Since the actual place of residence of GENE GASPAR is unknown.

We cite GENE GASPAR to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Monday, May 8,1989 at 10:30 a.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the MARTIN·GASPAR case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, GENE GASPAR, must see to it that he is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation..

.Since the actual place of residence of ROBERT LI BERTY is unknown.

We cite ROBERT LIBERTY to appear'per, sonally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Monday, May 8,-1989 at 11:00 a.m. at'887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mas, sachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the LAFRATTA-L1BERTY case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, ROBERT LIBERTY, must see to it that he is properly advised in regard to.lhis edictal citation. .

Henry 1. Munroe Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this 27th day of April, 1989.

Henry 1. Munroe judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this 27th day of April, 1989.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Listening to the pope can be as easy as dialing long distance with a new Vatican service that provides a daily papal message over the telephone.

Vatican Radio inaugurated the service April 17, according to a announcement released to U.S. news agencies April 26.

The new program is "designed to bring the voice and teaching of the Holy Father to an even greater number of people in the U rlited States," the announcement said .

The recorded "reflections of Pope John Paul II" are offered in three languages, reached. by separate numbers, and have bel~n "selected from among his many discourses in English, Spanish and Italian around the world," it added.

The messages, which begin with the sounds of pealing church bells, are available 24 hour~ a day and run about two minutes in length.

Messages change daily.

On April 27 the English-Ian~,uage message described God's plan of creation, the meaning of the Trinity and the importance ofthe marriage bond.

"The image of God in men n~ach­ es a particular richness in the ,~om­ munion of persons existing between a man and a woman within the marriage covenant, a communion which God has willed from the beginning," said the pope 011 the digitally recorded message.

The message was followed by bells chiming what's known a.s the Vatican Radio anthem, "Christus Vincit" [Christ Conquers], heard throughout the day on "the pope's radio," as the recording called it.

At the conclusion a woman announced that "Vatican Radio hopes these words have been of comfort and inspiration to you. Call us again soon for another me:;sage from Pope John Paul."

Rick Wallerstein, manager for AT&T International in Baiiking Ridge, N.J., said in Ii telephone interview that the cost of a call to the tape from the United States would range from $1.81 to $3.03 for two minutes, plus tax, with the cheapest rates available from' 6 p.m.-7 a.m. .

He said the message was being carried by Italy's telephone service, called ITAL Cable, and that calls were being received at the Italian telephone company.

Vatican officials have talked with AT&T over the past three rears about setting up a 900 number for papal messages, Wallerstein said, but that they decided against such a service because it requires a guarantee of "2,000 calls a day."

There also was concern, he added, that families who have blocked out 900 numbers from their homes to prevent chi:.dren from reaching 900-number d:.al-aporn companies would. not be' able to call the pope, he said.

In the United States, papal messages may be heard by dialing the international access code and then 39-7779-3020 (for Engli'sh); 39-7779-3030 (for Spanish) and 39-77793010 (for Italian).

Feminists object MEXICO CITY (NC) - Condemnation by Mexican bishops of . doctors who perform abortions, lawmakers who favor legalizing abortion and worrien who have abortions have provoked the ire of feminist groups.

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Pope to Cub,a soon VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has accepted an invitation to visit Cuba, said Archbishop Jaime Ortega y Alamino of Havana.

No date has been set for the trip but the .visit is "not far off," the archbishop said in an April 25 Vatican Radio interview.

Archbishop Ortega y Alamino said heand Bishop Mariano Vivanco Valiente of Matanzas, Cuba, gave the pope a letter on behalf of all the Cuban bishops inviting him to visit the island-nation, 90 miles off the Florida coast.

The invitation' was presented during an April 22 papal meeting, the archbishop said.

The invitation is a sign of 'the growing freedom the church has under the communist government of President Fidel Castro, he added.

Cuban church and state officials are involved in a "practical dialogue" which has been "progressively broadening," he said.

Concrete results so far have included government permission for 30 priests and numerous religious to enter the country and for church personnel to work in health and social service activities, Archbishop Ortega y Alamino said.

"The visit of the Holy Father will be a great contribution" to this church freedom, he said.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Bishops representing Catholic family life commissions worldwide have urged seminary professors to adhere to church birth control teachings in their instruction of seminarians, according to a Vatican report.

Moral theology professors should "teach the doctrine of 'Humanae Vitae'" and "are not to present their own opinions," said the report.

"Humanae vitae" ("Of Human Life") is Pope Paul VI's 1968 encyclical which reiterated church teachings·that artificial and chemical means Of contraception are immoral.

This was part of a consensus view that priests and seminarians should receive more intense education in birth control, the report said.

The report was on a meeting held Nov. 7-8 at. the Vatican and sponsored by the Pontifical CounPositive and neg~tive images of the Shroud of ,Turin cil for the Family. Attending were 60 bishops representing family life organizations and 10 Vatican officials.

The Vatican report of the meetABOARD THE PAPAL After consulting a moment Thep9pe's remarks came .ing was subsequently sent to the FLIGHT TO AFRICA (NC) Several Months after a chUrchwith an adviser, the pope rep~ presidents of bishops' conferences ........ Although carboll-14 dating commissi~ned study concluded lied cautiously: "The church has and made public by the Vatican places the Shroud of Turin no . neVer pronounced itself in tltis that the shrOUd material dated 'April 28. earlier than the Middle· ~ges, sense. It has always left the to the Middle Ages(and could The report listed several conPope John Paul 1I said he benot therefore have been Christ's question Open to aU those who sensus principles emerging from lieves the cloth is "certainly a burial linen. want to' seek its authenticity. I the meeting, organized to comrelic." think it is a relic."

The results, made public by . memorate the 20th anniversary of "If it were nota relic, one the Archdiocese ofTurin Where Pope Paul's encyclical.

Whether the shroud ever realcould not underStand these reacthe shrou,d is kept, touched off These included the need to: tions of faith that sUrround it .Iy covered the body of Christ, criticism from some church quar- Train priests and seminaras is believed by sOme people, and whicharenoweyen stronger ters,however. Recently the methians "in the moral theology and the pope appeared was an issue after scientific test results," the ods used in the carbon-14 datpastoral practice of 'Humanae to leave to individual faith. pope said April}~ ..· in~,havei been chaIlenged i!1 Vitae.", "A relicisalways~'11~bjectof ·.'lftnaIlY p~.Qple think, it some Italian press reports. , - Train Catholic medical perfaith," he added in explallation.

(Christ's shro\.id} then they are the. Hply See officiaIly possonnel in the teachings of "HumaBut in the pope.'s opinion, is not without foundation in their' sesses the shroud but the cloth nae Vitae" and in "modern methods . the shroud authentic? Journalconviction that in this image . is kept inthe Turin, Italy, catheof natural family plannin¥." ists wanted to know. ,they See Christ's body," he said. dral.

- Help improve cooperation among bishops' conferences through the exchange of information about pastoral promotion of "Humanae Vitae."

- Find "accurate language In his talk, the pope also cited which makes it clear we are not VATlCAN CITY (NC) - When there exist side by side communihis peace day message's condem- promoting 'birth control'" in natuPope John Paul II spoke recently ties marked by different ethnic nation of terrorism, saying ,that ral family planning programs. . on violence in Sri Lanka and origins, cultural traditions or relig"to strike blindly, kill innocent Northern Ireland, he did not have ious beliefs, each has a right to its -Reject international aid for to formulate a position on the collective identity, which must be . people or carry out bloody repri- natural family planning which consals" does not help minoritjes ad- tains provisions for referring peocomplicated ethnic and religious safeguarded and promoted." vance their claims. Sri Lanka has a ple to methods not approved by issues involved - there was already But "historical developments and a handy 'reference work on his the present reality" must also be recent history of terrorist bomb- the church. ' ings, most blamed on Tamil sepbookshelf. . -' Unite with Pope John Paul II taken into account, so that groups aratist. extremists, in· which hun- to oppose internation'al agencies His own 1989 Woi'ld Day of' do not ,remain "prisoners of the dreds of innocent civilians have which impose a "contraceptive imPeace message, titled "To Build past," the pqpe added. died. ' Peace, Respect Minorities~;' had The remarks had special signifi- :. When the. peace day message perialism" of population control explored legitimate ways to procance for the British-ruled pro- was presented to the. press last instead of promoting development tect the Tights of minority groups, in poor c·ountries. , :while ,strongly condemning ter~ vince of Nor.thern Ireland, 'which December, there was interest in The report 'said' many bish'ops was once ~nited politically with the ,theme, but some.lournaiisti,c rorism. the rest of the island and where 10 disappointment with the content. from the Third World "deplored It,s application during important years of sectaJ:,ian strife have left Vatican reporters tend to th,1.1mb the neo-colonialism'" of 'efforts to audiences at the Vatican April 20more than,2,200 people dead. Many through papal documents looking impose birth control programs.

21 was an~xample of the "delayed , "The bishops of Kenya, Nigeria, . of the minority Catholic popula- for names of countries - and reaction" fa,cfor in'the pope's docGhana, Zaire, Haiti and the Phition in Northern Ireland want rarely find them. uments, which at first glance some':' lippines denounced the aggression union with the Republic of IreWhen the point was brought up and conspiracy oUhe World Bank, timeS appear general and unthey'are second-class land, saying specific. " -, at a press conference, ,Cardinal citizens in the north because of Roger Etchegaray, head of the, the International Planned ParentAddressing Irish President 'Pahood Federation" and the U.N. Vatican's justice and peace coun- Fund of Population Activities, said trick J. Hillery April 20, the pope discrimination.

The next day, speaking to Sri cil, sai~ the pope did not intend to the report. built his remarks around two secLanka's ambassador to the Vati- write a country-by-country scenations of. the peace day message.

First, the p,ope stressed that "where can, the pope cited the document's rio but give a set of principles and Compliment . call to eliminate racial and ethnic criteria.

"T 0 be trusted is a greater comdiscrimination "where .such attiOthers would have to apply the than to be loved." - Macpliment tudes have been embodied in legis- pope's criteria in different situalative policies." In Sri Lanka, an tions,the cardinal added.

- Donald HALLETT island nation southeast of India, a . In fact, most often it is the pope Tamil minority hs pushed for years who applies his - or his predecesFuneral Home Inc. to change what it says is linguistic sors' - teaching to specific coun- . discrimination in education and tries. The tie-in to national or 283 Station Avenue employment matters. More recentregional problems usually comes South Yarmouth, Mass. ly, the church there opposed legis- in carefully worded quotations or lation that would weaken human references during papal trips, or in Tel. 398·2285 rights protection in extending mea- audiences with state officials and sures adopted against terrorists. bishops.

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OnTV Each Sunday, 11:00 a.m WLNE, Channel 6. Diocesan Television Mass.

Portuguese Masses from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford: 12:15 p.m, each Sunday on radio station WJFDFM,7 p.m, each Sunday on television Channe~ 20.

Portuguese Masses from Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Anthony of Lisbon parishes, Taunton: 7 p.m. each Sunday and 6 p.m. each Monday on cable channeI2?

"Connuence," 8:30 a.m. each Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent partidpantsFather Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop ofRhode Island, and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

"The Beat," produced by Building Block Ministries of Taunton and aired on many cable systems in the Fall River diocese features videos from and information on contemporary Christian rock artIsts. Check 10eaHIstings for ti~es and dates.

Mass 9:30 a.m. Monday to Friday, WFXT, Channel 25.

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

"Maryson," a family puppet show with moral and spiritual perspective 6 p.m. each Thursday, Fall River and New Bedford Cable Channel 13.

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A ,COUPLE'of' months ago Boy' Meets Girl burst 6nt'0 the charts with "Waiting for a Star to Fall." While the song's sound was full of energy, its message confused love and infatuation.

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Q. Wh)' do parents stereotype guys who are older? Just because they are older dot!sn'. mean they are out to hurt anyone. Can' any obstacle be conquered if two people love each other?

A. To avoid misunderstandings, it's wise in some dis.cussions to define your terms. So it would be weil to decide exactly what we mean by "guys who are older."

In this column the term, "guys who are older" refers to young men, who are eight to 10 years older. talking about a 17- or 18year-old girl who is going with a guy who is 25 or 26.

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person as a fri'volous matter. , What does,this song suggest on the subject?

The person in the song discovers that he has "to let go of visions I've outgrown." He. realizes that the concept of"perfect love is a desperate creed" and seeks to close "the distance between rny life and my dreams."

The song is righe Attempting to find the perfect love is like trying to touch a mirage. Even whe'n we think we aft: close, we eventually learn that what we see is not real. No relationship is perfect.

UnfortunatelY,milny individuals search for thepetfectperson: the whitekni' .Who can rnal<e them Jot the girl Whohl:l~.e ti6MIIYtP . ally, Pet.'. ,exisfHl faJ ••..., ••............ " . . sics, but love needs rnO~JMI1imake-believe. '. ' f ' .. ' Mature love istQve for a real person, not a mirage.

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ton. Las't w'eek I talked with a 15year-old llboutthe question of dating "guys who are older." Here is a summary of her observations: "1 really wonder about these older men who want to date high school girls. 1 can't help thinking that they are frightened and insecure around women their own age.

And ifthey are, whatdoes,that say about their personalities? ' "Do they think it will be easier to impress a teen~ager? More important, have they perhaps failed to impte'ss women their own age?"

H~ving let my young' friend speak, let me add that one of the happiest marriages I know is between a man and woman with an eight-year age diffe~ential.

MILFORD, Mich. (NC) - For his experience at a Jewish Seder seven years, "morning drive" for meal.

Kevin O'Neill meant the on-theO'Neill doesn't employ many air shift he had as a disc jockey. tricks from the announcer's trade This year, though, "morning when teaching, but he does use drive" describes his 20-minute Mon- tec~niques he learned while moonday morning commute to S1. Mary Iightipg as a standup comic.

Church in Milford, outside Detroit, "Attention span is the key to to teach religion to parish fiftheverything;" O'Neill said. "Once graders. . it's gone, it's hard to get it back.... hutfs; O'Neill, although enthusiastic You got to hit 'em real quick." . CanYclUl 'about teaching, told The MichiThe worst way to run his class, son to "make')'o , gan Catholic, newspaper ,of the he said, would be to start with, ably not, if yo Archdiocese of Detroit, in a recent ",Now .let's open our book to literally. Happine ., . , ptimarily interview that' he was apprehenpage..." Instead, he tells ,a story to one's own responsibility, though sive when asked to teach last summer. happiness will OoW within a "I ha4 never' taught before," he present "so~e kind of analogy" to .the.lesson at hand, O'Neill said. good relationship, The fun side said'inhis resonant tenor voice. ' of love comes in sharing one's He said he's had,to prove.several Sister Ruth McDonell,parish life with another, tHus enrichreligious 'education director and a times that he's really a disc jockey ing what is already a personally, Sister of the Immaculate Heart-of either by talking in the speedy patsatisfying·life. '" Mary, fold him not'to worry a'nd ,ter of the trade or introducing If you think'that you have that he'd be fine if he came to the ,himself to disbelieving parents. found the'''perfe9!'ip.etson to " "I ,know he mentions,the kids' Ofientationprogram, he said. .date; look. again"tvt0Sllikely names [over the air];" said Linda 'O'Neill's ratings as a religion you don't know the othell.perMadden, mother of Annie. "She teacher among students and parson very well. Maybe your vision ents are as good as, if hot better thinks he's one of the best teachers is obscured by looking for the than, his ratings as an "afternoon she's'had. The kids are so enthused ideal. Take the risk of discoverdrive" disc jockey on WOMC-FM. about him." ing both the r~al joys, ;md honSister McDonell joins the cho"He makes class fun," said stuest proble,ms of loving anoth~r rus of praise. dent Sarah Digsby. person.

"He's been a big help to all of "He doesn't yell at us," said Your f;omments are welcomed us," she said. "Fifth grade is a very Annie Madden.

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Eric DeLanoy; "He talks about coming. They're never late."

U' Neill repays the compliments. other things besides religion."

"I just think the kids are great," O'Neill uses events from his life However, they didn't marry until to make points about the week's he said. ,"They say what's on their both were well into adulthood. It religion lesson. At one class, he minds. They're real open. I feel wasn't a case of an adult marrying explained ecumenism by relating great every time I leave that class." an adolescent who still had a lot 'of maturing to do. , The second question contains a big if - "if two people,love each Bishop Connolly seniors Jeff Honor Society,and this year was other."

Pereira and Aimee Vezina have treasurer of the Bishop Connolly Adolescent love. often is un' been honored as "Elks Teenagers Chapter. proven and unchallenged. It has ofthe Year" from Connolly.

Pereira As a junior, she was captain of not stood the test of years. It has not endured the monotony of is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel the first Connolly indoor track thousands of working days of mis- G. Pereira of Fall River. Ms. Ve- team and was chosen MVP in understandings, of frictions, of zina is the daughter of Mr. and indoor track and fall cross counharsh arguments, of bitter words Mrs. Alexander Vezina of Swansea. try. In senior year she has capPereira ranks eighth in his class ,tained, track, teams in all three and other .obstacles to love. of 150 at the Fall River school and seasons.

It's very difficult to say of two will attend Boston College. He has ,.., adolescents that they love each been a member of the National other enough to overcome any Honor, Society for, two years and Two Connolly seniors were obstacle. Mostly we have to say was co-secretary of the Bishop among five young people from that only time will tell.

Fall River sc'hools honored last Connolly Chapter this year.

And one can't help but think His leadership has been espe- week by the Harbour Mall for that many of the people now cially evident in the school track leadership in the fight against studivorced thought at the time of program where he has been an dent abuse of drugs and alcohol. their marriage that they truly loved active participant for four years They are Gregory Ciosek, son of another. Did they?

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ciosek of and was track team captain this What do you think is necessary year. He has qualified for state Westport, and Pamela Tepfenhart, to make the sacrifices out of which .class competition in winter and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul a marriage is built that endures for spring track and been twice named Tepfenhart of Tiverton. Both are 50 years? How, really, do you a divisional All-Star in cross members of CAAT, the Connolly develop a love that can conquer 'country.

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By Christopher Carstens For the seventh Saturday in a do it with you. Pick something you row you're stuck in your room ·would really enjoy doing and then watching television and feeling sor- invite a friend to share the expery for yourself. It feels like every- rience. You might want to go to a body else is having fun and you've new movie, check out the big sale at a department store or go together been left olit again. . to the Friday after-school dance.

For whatever reason, kids fall When you ask the other person, into the habit of doing things with use these exact words, "I'm going certain other kids and if their habto (go see the movie; go to the sale; its don't include you, you can end New Films go to the dance). Would you like up left out. Believe it or not, you to go with me?" This says that . "La Boheme"(New Yorker): Uncan do a lot about changing that in you're planning on haying some inspired film version of the Pucas little as eight weeks. fun and would like some company. cini opera updated to Paris 1910.

The trick is to plant yourself in - For best results, try to make .Barbara Hendricks has the voice other kids' minds as a person who weekend plans before bedtime on but no inner fire as Mimi, thf: frail likes to go out and have fun. While Wednesday. Don't let getting turn- love of the penniless poet, Rodolfo you can't take out an ad in the ed down. blow you away. Some . (woodenly acted by Luca Canolocal paper stating, "Experts list peop.le will already be busy, even if nici and exquisitely sung by Jose 15 reasons to invite Tammy to you ask early in the week, and there Carreras): Bad lighting, stiff peryour next party," you. can still are sure to be a few who just are formances and choppy editing. work on changing how often your not interested. Call somebody else.

Sung in Italian, with English subname comes uP'.

After all, if you have thought of titles. Implied illicit sexual liai- First, don't just' wait for something fun to do, someone is sons. A3 "Checking Out" (Warner lI,ros.): somebody to call you. If you are almost certain to want to do it. If really serious about improving your you make a few calls and nothing' After a 35-year-old a:r1ine executive (Jeff Daniels) witnessf:s the social life, you need to call at least works out, try again next week, sudden death of his best friend and three kids each week, even if it is · but don't give up. colleague (Allen Havey), he is conjust to talk about homework.

- Remember, the important sumed with a fear of dying by - Each week invite at least one part is not whether you get together coronary. His anxiety attacks, hypoperson to do something with you. with somebody this weekend. The chondria and bizarre mood swings That can seem difficult at first, long-range goal is to make sure drive his family, friends and docespecially if you feel a bit shy, but that kids think of you when they tors to distraction. This film is it gets easier with practice. make their own plans. That's how weighed down with tastele!:s ethSome teens feel more at ease you get to be a real member of the nic and coronary jokes, narcissism, making these invitations in per- group. dreary characters and vulgar sex. son, while others enjoy the relative · You do that by being active, takO.R safety of the phone. Do whichever ing the initiative and having fun'. feels best to you.

Each week, make three phone calls "Red Scorpion"(Shapiro-GJ~cken­ - Never, never, never say, "Do and ask at least one person to get haus): A violence-satu.rated advenyou want to get together and do together. ture set in an obscure African something on Saturday?" The other This is not a magic formula. But nation overrun with Russians and person will automatically reply, "I if you follow this program for Cubans who are wil?ing out the don't know. What do you want to eight weeks, you will see some natives. Muscleman Dolph Lunddo?" And you'll answer, "I don't major improvement in your social gren, a Soviet killing machine who know. What do you want to do?" life. If you keep it up for a year, fails to nab the natives' rebel leader, This makes everybody uncomfort- you will wish you had an occa- . is ousted in disgrace and makes a able. sional quiet Saturday afternoon moral turnaround when saved by - Always decide what you want alone in your room: African bushmen. Long, t,~dious chase, excessive foul language. O,R

Marriage preparation guide issued WASHINGTON(NC)-Ahandbook on marriage preparation, including explanations ofchurch teaching and discussions of the "serious difficulties" facing couples, has been prepared by the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pastoral Research and Practices.

The handbook, "Faithful to Each Other Forever," is designed for p.astors, teachers and those involved in marriage preparation work.

Topics covered include pastoral approaches to unmarried couples living together, discerning readiness of couples for marriage, interfaith marriages, natural family planning, clergy and lay collaboration in marriage preparation programs, and pastoral care of infertile couples.

The handbook, which went through three drafts, incorporates materials from consultations with the bishops' committees on canonical affairs, black Catholics, ecumenical and interreligious affairs, laity and family life, and liturgy, and the committee preparing a

pastoral letter on women's concerns.

The handbook is available from the USCC Office of Publishing and Promotion Services, 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1194.

. Bishop Feehan A health fair from 8 a.m. to noon Monday, May 15, at the Attleboro high school will provide the opportunity for students, faculty members and parents to become aware of services offered by community health agencies.

Among organizations to be represented at the fair will be the American Cancer Society, the American Red Cross, the Attleboro Health Department, Birthline, the Heart Association, the Samaritans and WIC, a food service for women, infants and children.

The fair is under direction of Edward Gagnon of the Feehan faculty.

"See You in the Mor ning" (Warner Bros.) Writer-director Alan J. Pakula studies the angst of blended families in this serniautobiographical comedy-romance. He focuses on the dissolution of two seemingly perfect marriages through death and divorce, and the union of the wife (Alice Krige) from one and the husband from the other (Jeff Bridges) into a ,econd marriage with many adju:;tment problems. The kids (Drew Barrymore, Lukas Haas and Heather Lilly) are refreshing in their struggles to adjust to new parents but there's too much psycho-babble and sentimentality. Some rough language and adult situations. A3, PG-13

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The cheerfully implausible plot serves as a catalyst in changing the attitudes of his sister and best friend. Some vulgar language. A2, PG-13 Religious Radio Sunday, May 7 (NBC)-"Guide-

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On Steering Points Items FR Indicates Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford.

ST. WILLIAM, FR First communion II :30 a.m. May 14. CYO baseball begins 6 p.m.

Sunday, Maplewood Park, for players ages 16 to 21.

'D of I, NB' Hyacinth Circle, Daughters of Isabella meeting 7:30 p.m. May 16, VFW building, Park St. A slide program will be presented.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Vincentian meeting 11:30 a.m.

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CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NB Annual business meeting 7:30 p.m.

May 10 Wamsutta Club, New Bedford. "Two for the Show," excerpts from Broadway plays, will be presented by George Charbonneau and Armand Marchand.

LaSALETTE CENTER, ATTLEBORO Retreat for single-parent families June 9 to II.Information: 222-8530.

ST. ANNE, FR School alumni and friends will meet 7 p.m. Monday, school auditorium. Organ recital and festival evensong service 3:30 p.m. Sunday, sponsored by area members of the American Guild of Organists. All welcome.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Women's Club banquet June I, Somerset Lodge. First communion II a.m. Mass Sunday. Academics Award Night 7 p.m. Tuesday, Father Coady Center. Vincentians meet 7 p.m. May II, rectory.

BL. SACRAMENT, FR Women's Guild meeting and strawberry festival May 10.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR All-day exposition Sunday honors Mary and the vigil of the feast of St. Stanislaus. Anointing of sick in Polish 4 p.m. Sunday, in English 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

CATHEDRAL, FR Parishioners are asked to bring flowers to adorn the May shrine.

The rosary and litany of Mary are prayed before weekday Masses this month.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Msgr. Thoma~ J. Harrington, pastor, will mark his 25th ordination anniversary with a Mass of thanksgiving May 28 at 4 p.m., followed by a fa'mily cookout on the parish grounds. First communion 10:30 a.m.

Mass tomorrow. A Bible school is planned for July 17 to 21 for children 5 to 12. Information: Margaret Travis, 823-6819. Get-together and potlucksupper for recent mothers 6 p.m. May 19, church hall.

ST.GEORGE,WESTPORT Benediction and healing service 2 p.m. Sunday. All welcome.

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HOLY GHOST, ArfLEBORO RCIA meeting I 'p.m. Sunday, parish center; youth group meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, also at center. New Women's Guild officers: Madeleine Livingston, president; Alice Lauzon, vice-president; Pat Kettle, treasurer; Marie J ones, secretary; Cindy Kashtan, program chairperson.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH May crowning will follow first communion May 13. Parish council meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, rectory.

Women's Guild banquet 6:30 p.m.

May 10, Century House, Acushnet.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE May procession noon May 21.

Rocky Point youth trip May 7.

Volunteers needed at Hyannis soup ST.ANTHONY,MATTAPOISETT kitchen; sign-up chart in candle room First Eucharist I p.m. Saturday, at back of church. The parish confollowed by a reception in the church CATHOLIC NURSES, CAPE COD gratulates Mary Leary on her 105th hall.

Mass 6 p.m. Wednesday, St. Pius birthday. Women's Guild meeting IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, noon Monday, parish center.

X Church, South Yarmouth, followed TAUNTON ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Women's Guild communion by banquet at Riverway House, Volunteers interested in constructbreakfast following 8:30 a.m. Mass South Yarmouth. ing a ho'using for the outdoor MarSunday. First communion noon O.L. ASSUMPTION, ian statue are asked to contact the Mass May 21. ' OSTERVILLE rectory. Children's liturgy and May First communion 10 a.m. tomorHOLY NAME, FR crowning 10 a.m. Mother's Day, Youth group elections. May 28. row. May crowning at 8:30 a.m.

May 14. Youth ministry team meetMass Sunday.

First communion 9 a.m. May 13. ing 7 p.m. Monday, lower rectory.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Board of education meeting tomorST. MARY, SEEKONK Healing service and Mass 2 p.m. row following Renewal Mass.

First communion II a.m. May 13.

Sunday, church. Area widowed Redeemable bottles and cans may be Woman's Guild communion breakgroup meets in parish at 7:30 tonight. ' left behind the parish center. fast at Pub Dennis following 8:30 Participants in May 14 living rosary Mass Sunday. meet 7:30 p.m. May 10 in the church. ST. JAMES, NB O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Applications for Women's Guild Life in Spirit seminar tomorrow scholarship for college-bound stu- and Sunday. dent close May 17. Resumes may be sent to Mrs. Maureen Lewis, 68 ST. JOSEPH, F AIRHAVEN e third ~rinuaIMot~ef;s Adoration 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Borden St., New Bedford 02740. and161ightMarch tl), Those interested in placement of a today. First communion retreat, ncern 'over abortion child at St. Vincent's Camp this Group II second graders, 9:45 a.m. summer may call the rectory for tomorrow. and its effects on unborn babies information.

ST. FRANCIS, NB , heirtnothers will take place First communion II a.m. Mass 30p.tri. Saturday, May 13~ FAMILY LIFE CENTER, Sunday. With a contribution in 2 prighamSt., New Bed-.

N. DARTMOUTH memory of Robert Morelli, new ~ siteofari abortion cliriiC Conference for Separated/ Dilights have been purchased to illumvorced Catholics 8:30 a.m. tomor\Vhich blights our diocese," said inate the Nativity painting above the row; New Bedford deanery meeting sanctuary. The painting had been M,ary ,Ann Booth, an organizer II a.m. M,onday; Divorced/ Separ- given to the church by the Morellis onhem~rch, sponsOfed byfhe ated meeting 7 p.m. May 10. some 40 years ago. It is by artist ecUmenical Lifeline Action ComNicholas Yellenti, now living in FairST. PATRICK, SOMERSET ee ew Bedford., .• ','. " First communion lOa.'m. May 13. haven. rs. th said hYnlns would Children will receive their robes at SACRED HEART, ....,.• u inga "pea<;eful and 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. Rosary N.ATTLEBORO , ,'praye alk" to nearbySi. prayed each May morning before 8 Vincentians Paul Fournier, NorLUke'sospita~,which she said o'clock Mass. Fellowship meeting 7 mand L'Homme and Rodolphe ."has nopolicy prohibiting aborp.m. May 14. Women's Guild evenMorel have merited the Top Hat 'tions ,,' .... ......,., ing of recollection and dinner 6:30 Award from the Vincentian District Ali,e~pecially members ~f p.m. May 15, Family Life Center, N. Council, recognizing their length and the clergy, are ",elconie to p~r­ Dartmouth. May crowning at 10:30 quality of service to the organizatiCipatl.~jrt themaroh. Those' , a.m. Mass May 14. tion. Altar boys meet 10 a.m. May taking part should bring a can13.

ST. MARY,NB Jl:1e.or.flashlightand his noted ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Parish Scouts will attend 5:30 that soda bottles are pracFirst communion dates: 10 a.m. p.m. Mass tomorrow, then hold a Mass May 6, MaY,I3, May 14, May f I c . -holders. .' potluck supper in the school hall.

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Youth group council meets 6 p.m. ur rifofmation' on the Monday, rectory, members meet 7 ST. THOMAS MORE, ch vailable from 996p.m .. cafeteria. A Marian statue SOMERSET -4903" while inforthepro~lif~':rllo"e~ . from the old St. Mary's Home will ' .. Women's Guild communion breakfast following 9 a.m. Mass May 21. center the new parish Mary Garden. ui general' a '.' bleby Dedication ceremonies are planned. Bob Hubbard will speak on the life '.

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ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, May crowning at 9:30 a.m. Mass ATTLEBORO Sunday, at which time 19 Cub Scouts An apartment is needed for a Hmong family moving into Attle- also receive the Parvuli Dei award. boro, as is assistance with study of Coffee and doughnuts will follow in the church hall.

English and learning such basics as use of supermarkets and laundro- ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, mats. Further information available POCASSET The parish congratulates Bob Zak, from Sister Martha Mulligan at St. recipient of the Eagle Scout award.

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For the Works of Charity, Mercy, Social Services and Education benefiting all people in the Southeastern Area of Massachusetts ... The Appeal provides care for all regardless of Race, Color, Creed ... The Appeal is supported by Fraternal, Professional, Business and Industrial Organizations.

20,500 Volunteer Solicitors will Honorary Chairman visit 114,000 Homes in the Areas of Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D. FaIl River, New Bedford, Taunton, Bishop of Fall River Attleboro, Cape Cod and t'he Islands.

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ST. HEDWIG, NB Seniors will hold an installation banquet at noon May II at Century House, Acushnet. To be seated: Louise Arruda, president; Stanley Mastey, vice president and program director; Loretta Benedetti, recording secretary; Winifred Vera and Helen Hinchcliffe, treasurers. WaIter Szelag and Stanley Mastey are Catholic Charities Appeal cochairmen. .

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Food prices unjust, farmers say MINNEAPOLlS(NC)- When' a farme,r gets 5 cents for growing what's inside a box of corn flakes and consumers pay $2.60 for the 15-ounce box of cereal, two parties are being wronged, said Delores Swoboda.

"It's im injustice," said Mrs. Swoboda, a farmer from Redwood Falls, Minn.

She was among Minnesota and Wisconsin farmers recently visiting St. Paul-Minneapolis.

Bringing with them the fruits of their labor, the farmers distributed mill, cake and ice cream to the needy in a poor section of south Minneapolis.

Among sponsors of the giveaway and the organization behind it was the Campaign for Human Development, the U.S. bishops' domestic anti-poverty program.

"We're proud the Catholic Church is involved," said Mrs. Swoboda, who was representing Groundswell, a grassroots rural

advocacy group. "We see it as a moral obligation to fight injustice."

In preparation for the Minneapolis trip, Mrs. Swoboda compiled comparisons of how much so'me common foods cost consumers and what profit farmers receive for them.

The cost to feed and raise a 220pound hog for market is $92.38, she said. If the hog had been taken to market in mid-October, the farmer would have received 37 cents a pound, or $81.40, a loss of almost $11.

"Now you in the city go to the grocery store and buy that meat, and the store gets $202.84 from the. same hog," Mrs. Swoboda said.

The milk giveaway illustrated the problem of low milk prices for dairy farmers.

"We're practically giving our milk away as it is," said dairy farmer Curt Rohland. "We mig~t as well give it directly to those who need it the most."