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VINCENTIANS Taunton District Council Mass 7 p.m. June I, St. Ann's Church, Raynham; meeting will follow in parish center. FR District Council meeting June 2, St. Louis de France Church, Swansea. CHARISMATIC RENEWAL Diocesan Service Committee of the Charismatic Renewal will sponsor a Pentecost celebration, "You Shall Be My Witnesses," 2:30 to 6 p.m. June 14, Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. Program will include prayer and praise, personal witnesses and teaching by Rev. Pierre LaChance, OP. ST. JOSEPH, NB Pro-life Mass II a.m. tomorrow will conclude the Rosary Novena for Life. O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Father John E. Connor will celebrate his 60th anniversary of ordination at noon Mass Sunday: reception will follow in parish center.
ST. ANN, RA YNHAM First Friday Mass 7 p.m. June 5, followed by adoration of Blessed Sacrament until 10 p.m. First Saturday scriptural rosary 8:30 a.m. and Mass 9 a.m. June 6. All welcome. ST. ANTHONY of the DESERT, FR Exposition of Blessed Sacrament noon to 6 p.m. June 7 with Holy hour 5 to 6 p.m., St. Sharbel Chapel, 300 North Eastern Ave. • •
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., May 29,1992
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SURVIVORS CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Survivors. a local chapter of the National Coalition of Cancer Survivors, will offer "Getting Involved: The Cancer Survivor as Advocate," a dinner program with guest speaker Richard A. Block of H&R Block, 6 p.m. June 3 at White's of Westport. The program is open to the public and CEUs are available. Block, diagnosed with cancer in 1978, is now involved in cancer education. Survivors, a support group for cancer patients and their families. meets 7 to 8:30 p.m. second and fourth Wednesdays in the Nannery Conference Room at St. Anne's Hospital, FR. Information: 674-5741. VINCENTIANS Attleboro District Council Mass 7:30 p.m. June I, St. Mary's. Norton. D. of I. Alcazaba Circle 65 Daughters ·of Isabella open meeting 7 p.m. June 4, K. of C. Hall, Hodges St.; mystery ride will follow.
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By Christopher Carstens This spring millions of graduating seniors will hear the same dumb talk. Somewhere toward the end, the speaker will look out at the crowd and pronounce these magic words: "The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow. Now the torch is passed and the world is yours." That sounds nice, but it isn't true. Someday, just once, I'd like to hear a speaker at a commencement put reality on the line. The speaker might begin like this. "We've already got the power and you can't have it - as least not yet. You've got a lot of learning left to do, things they don't teach in any school. "Maybe in 10 or 20 years you .can be the leaders. But right now we're in charge, and you can't take over until you have the skills and you don't have them now. "You can't be in charge. The stakes are too high, and we aren't going to turn the big decisions over to beginners. Leadership is a skill, just like skiing or playing a guitar, and it takes a long time to get good at it. "Y ou can learn. You've proved that. But your real education for leadership only begins when you finish school. If you want to be a leader, watch the people making the decisions and see how they make them. "If you get a job in a store, try figuring out how the manager decides where to display different items and who should work on which shift. Keep asking yourself, 'Is there a better way to do thisT Then try to figure out what the better way might be. "Write your ideas down. Not all great leaders are good public speakers, but they all can think things through and put their ideas down on paper. "Once you have written your ideas, take the risk of sharing them with the people in charge. Write letters to your boss, to your con-
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gressional representatives, to your mayor, to the pastor of your church. Get yourself a reputation as a kid with ideas. "Don't be obnoxious. People don'f like being told they're messing up. Just say, 'I've got this idea about doing this better.' That's a lot easier for someone to hear. "Go to the meetings in your workplace, even the ones you don't have to attend. If the boss says 'I need three volunteers to help plan the Fourth of July picnic,' raise your hand. In any group the vast majority are along for the ride. A few volunteer for extra responsibility. Often those are the leaders. "Future leaders see a job that
needs to be done and say'I can do that.' Some of these jobs will be pretty boring, but each time you take on an extra responsibility you learn more about leadership. "American factories need to make the best products in the world. We need to rebuild our cities. We need to make our churches stronger than they are today. In time, those accomplishments will come from our leaders. "We need people who challenge us to do things better. When you are ready, the work of leadership will be waiting for you. But keep one thing in mind. If you want to be a leader, you'll ha ve to pay your dues."
The Graduate (!) By Dan Morris "So, which way do you throw the tassel after they hand you the diplomaT' asked our son, Jon. He posed a~d primped for the living room mirror. Graduating from high school: it's part of the normal course of events for mo~t families, but not so with us. It was never a given as it had been for his older sister and is for his two younger brothers. Jon is a handsome (at least to his folks and girlfriend) young man brimming with potential and self-confidence. To be blunt and honest, he has also been among those with whom you probably would have preferred your kids not play. "I can never remember," I answered. "I'm pretty sure those caps were invented by a deranged lampshade maker." His "self-confidence" showed early. For example, at age 12 (no kidding) Jon felt confident enough to take the family Datsun on quite a cruise around town. He was self-assured enough to tell more than a couple ofteachers they could or should take a hike -or words to that effect. At about 14 he was confident he could "borrow" Twinkies from the local store without repercussion. About that time he told us he could move out and make it on his own. He gave it a brief shot. On his return he made sure we all understood that as soon as he turned 16 "and get my license, I'm outta here." "Have you practiced your talk?" I asked. Asked to be one of his class graduation speakers! Jon! It provides strong evidence that waking Jesus' mother at 3 a.m. to plead for her intervention works. It is an understatement of great measure to say on many occasions Jon forced his mother and me to ask ourselves what kind of parents we were. Where did he find his values, his rationalizations, his behavior? Where had we gone wrong? What could we do? (Whacking him with a two-by-four passed through my mind more than a couple oftimes.)
"Are you kidding? You know Mrs. "T" and Mr. Muscle. They made me go through it 105 times yesterday." Know them? Yes. Mrs. "T" and Mr. Muscle are Jon's nicknames for one of his fa vorite teachers and for the vice-principal in charge of discipline. Thinking back, we probably should have had Mr. Muscle's phone number on our speed dialer. These two are high on a list of friends and educators whose message to Jon was not how incorrigible he was, but what a great young person he could be. They were strong and firm and patient and upbeat. They were incredible examples of God's goodness. "Do you think the part about each of us needing to find spiritual values for our lives is too corn?" Jon asked, flipping his tassel for his reflection's benefit. This question from a teenager who rarely passed up a chance to explain how out of touch the church is, how boring Mass was and how stupid religion is? "-What t-he heck," I said, "take the risk and use it."
Graduations Continued from Page One Msgr. Munroe and Coyle-Cassidy Headmaster Michael Donly will award diplomas. A baccalaureate Mass will be held at St. Mary's Church at II a.m. on graduation day. Father William L. Boffa, school chaplain, will be the celebrant and class salutatorian Jonathan O'Reilly of Norton will speak. Graduation exercises will be held at Bishop Connolly High school, Fall River, at 2 p.m. June 7. Msgr. Munroe will present diplomas. 127 graduates will hear commencement speaker Rev. William C. Russell, associate of the provincial of the New England Province of the Society of Jesus. A baccalaureate Mass will be held 7 p.m. June 6 at Holy Name Church, Fall River.
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A JUBILANT GRADUATE of the Catholic University of America in Washington shows off his diploma. (CNS photo) _I.