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Agreeing to disagree

Nation is divided on abortion ruUng WASHINGTON (CNS) - Many Americans, including those on both sides of the abortion issue, disagree with the U.S. Supreme Court's latest ruling on abortion, according to new public opinion surveys.

Ruling July 3 in Webster vs.

Reproductive Health Services, the high court upheld a Missouri law containing abortion restrictions but stopped short of overturning Roe vs. Wade, its 1973 decision legalizing abortion nationwide.

The Missouri law's provisions included a declaration that life begins at conception; a requirement that physicians perform various viability tests on fetuses apparently 20 weeks old or older; and a measure prohibiting public hospitals and personnel from performing any abortion not required to save a woman's life.

A Gallup poll, which surveyed the opinions of 1,253 persons, found that 55 percent disapproved ofthe Supreme Court ruling while 37 percent backed it.

Gallup reported that most disagreement with the Supreme Court ruling came from those who favor liberal abortion policies. But criticism of the high court ruling also was heard from 29 percent of people who want Roe vs. Wade overturned, the Gallup organization said.

The public rift over the court's action was apparent in other polls as well.

A July 5 poll by the daily newspaper USA Today, which queried 662 persons, found 50 percent displeased by the court decision and 40 percent supportive. Time magazine and Cable News Network, which July 6 conducted a joint poll of 504 persons, found 61 percent were opposed to the court ruling.

A Newsweek magazine poll that questioned 751 persons nationwide July6-7found 53 percentofrespon~ dents disagreed with the court ruling and 37 percent agreed.

But a nationwide Los Angeles Times poll, which questioned 756 Americans on July 3 after the ruling was announced, discovered 47 percent approved of the decision and 40 percent did not. The newspaper reported that the difference was too small to mean much statistically.

The public opinion surveys also indicated that Americans have differing views on abortion-related policy options but that many would support some restrictions.

Allowing governments to ban abortion in public hospitals except to save a woman's life was supported by 54 percent of respondents to the Gallup poll, by 56 percent in the Los Angeles Times poll, and by 54 percent in the Newsweek magazine poll.

Requirements for viability tests like Missouri's were backed by 52 percent of respondents in the GalTurn to Page Six

4th bishop arrested in abortion protest

BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN presides at the recent Blessing of the Fleet in Provincetown (top picture). Center, young Ashley Ann Vasques helps her father John pilot boat Gale, the family's fishing vessel. Bottom, Miss Sandy, owned by Louis Rivers, awaits her turn to be blessed. (Gail Vasques photos)

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (CNS) - Bishop Albert H. Ottenweller of Steubenville and the president of the Franciscan University of Steubenville were arrested July 15 in an Operation Rescue protest outside an abortion clinic.

Bishop Ottenweller, 73, Franciscan Father Michael Scanlan, 57, president ofthe university, and 45 others from the university were detained 'outside the Mahoning Women's Center in Youngstown.

They were among some 110 protesters picketing outside the clinic.

Both the bishop and Father Scanlan were charged with criminal trespassing for failure to leave clinic premises after repeated requests from police. officers. They were taken to Youngstown City Jail and then transferred with the others to the Army Reserve Center Armory in Youngstown.

After a July 17 arraignment in

Youngstown Municipal Court, the group decided to remain in jail, said Warren Bo Pritchard, the group's attorney.

"They made the decision that as long as the bond is set at $500 for all, no one is posting bond. Noone is going to leave," said Pritchard.

Also among those arrested were Franciscan Father Maynard Kolodziej, 62, of Pittsburgh and Franciscan Father John Osterhout, director of student life at the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Bishop Ottenweller was the second head of a diocese and the fourth bishop to be arrested in Operation Rescue efforts to close down abortion clinics. Bishop Paul V. Dudley of Sioux Falls, S.D., New York Auxiliary Bishop Austin B. Vaughan and retired Auxiliary Bishop George E. Lynch of Raleigh, N. C., are the other bishops who have been arrested.

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The Anchor Friday, July 21, 1989

Bishops' ask d'ebt lowering

Imani Temple continues /

WASHINGTON (CNS) -Just days after the 13 U.S. AfricanAmerican bishops urged the founder of a church for black Catholics to return to unity with the church, some 2,300 people attended the dhurch's July 16 services. , Since the July 2 founding' of Imani Temple by Father 'George A. Stallings, former evangelist for the Archdiocese of Washington, five liturgies have been celebrated, each attracting over 1,000 people, Gloria Nurse, press spokeswoman for the priest, said the total collection from the five services was $42,000. Imani Temple is looking for land to build a church and a NEW OFFICERS of Women's Guild at 51. Francis Xavier parish, Hya~nis, with Very school; she said. In the meantime, Rev. Edward C. Duffy, pastor, at installation ceremonies are, from left, Kay C~ase, treasure~; services are being held at a public Maggie Powell, corresponding secretary; Kathleen Madison, president; Ethel ~ink, vice presIhigh school in Maryland.

Reactions to the situation have dent; Mary HannoQ, secretary. (Perry/CAMERA 2 photo) I included an appeal from the naI I ' tion's 13 black bishops that Father Stallings return to unity with the church; a July 13 statement in The Washington Post from Cardinal VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pol- that unite the two states and ex- relations comes Iat the of a James A. Hickey of Washington, who suspended Father Stallings and has become the first Soviet- presses a desire "to develop mut- decade that has sFen sweeping polfor celebrating unauthorized lit- bloc country to establish diplo- ual friendly relations," said the itical c~anges in ~ola~d. The counjoint statement. try shlft~d from. stnct. one-party urgies; and a statement from Arch- matic relations with the Vatican. ,. f f The statement said the Vatican commumst rule,llncludlng several Th e d eClslon caps years ooten . f . II I" I bishop John L. May of St. Louis, . . d ' h' h planned to establish a Warsaw years 0. martla aw, to a po tense negotiations unng w IC . hi h h . Itlca president of the National Confer· h- b orn nunciature and that Poland would In w IC th e antl-comI d by P 0 IIS t he c h urc h , e . . plurahsm , . 1 ence of Catholic Bishops. 'open a Vatican embassy' It did not , mumst oppOSitIOn as a strong ' P ope J 0 h n P au I II ,was a major .

I The black bishops' statement spark for political reforms leading say who would head the dlplo- vOice. . d called Father Stallings a talented .

P matic missions.

The decade also has been marke to the current multiparty ar. , I by church-state turmoil over cleriperson. "His gifts belong to us and liament The deCISIOn came severa I ' to the church h~ was ordained to . " months after Poland granted legal ,cal support of! the Independent serve," they said.

AJomt an~ounceme.nt madeJ~ly status to the Catholic Church. Solidarity labo~ m~v.ement and "We do admit that the sin of 17 ~t the Vatican and In the P?hsh Lack of such status was the last strong church o~posl~lon to marracism still makes the harmonious capI.tal ?f Warsaw restores dlpl?- major stumbling block to restor- tial law 'ruI~ w~lch tned to ~~uff dialogue between our church and matlc tIes broken by Poland In ing diplomatic ties. out the Sohdanty-Ied oppOSitIOn our cultural heritage a challenge 1945. . . , " The law restores church prop- forces. !. . for'all of us," said the statement The d~~lslOn recogmzes the ,no,: erty confiscated in the 1950's and ~he 1980s havf been a decade In signed by the black bishops and ble traditIOns of many centunes gives the church the legal right to which the gov~r?ment came .to issued by Auxiliary Bishop John build churches, teach religion and accept the pohltIcal. and socl~1 H. Ricard of Baltimore, chairman establish and operate Catholic strength ofthe C~thohc Church In of the U.S. bishops' Committe~ schools. The church can also broad- a count~y, whe.re 195 percent of the for Black Catholics. cast religious programming, estab- 37.5 ~II,hon Inryabltants profess '''We urge him, we implore him lish radio and television stations Cathohclsm.

I to return to the unity of the church and publish newspapers and books.

The pope's I ~79 visit, marke~ and to continue to encourage the ST. LOUIS (CNS) - A 65The establishment of diplomatic ~y a strong def~nse. of worke.rs church to reform from the only year-old American nun was killed relations keeps Poland in the fore- nghts, sparked the bIrth of Sohdposition from which such a reform and another elderly nun was injured front of Eastern 'European nations arity. Church le~ders were often can be ,accoinplished - within the July 12 when gunmen opened fire seeking better ties to the Catholic called upon to htediate b~twe.en unity Qfthe one Catholic Church," on the women as they prayed in a Church. the governmen~ and .. Sohdanty the bishops said. chapel in Kenya., ' In 1979 Poland became the first leaders. Under the stnct controls Cardinal Hickey's statement Sister Agnes Reinkemeyer, of Soviet-bloc nation to be visited by of martial law;~eligious procesasked Father Stallings to "come Rich Fountain, Mo,; was killed by, a pope. . . , . ' sio~~ often becahte an outlet for home.'" a gun blast to the head and Sister The establishment of diplomatIC polItIcal, protest. I "As your bishop and your broth- Evelyn Marie Peterman, 61, of St. er, I ask you to .return to the Louis, was wounded in the leg in church that calledyou an4 ordained an armed robbery at the inission in YQU to the service of God's peo- Wema, Kenya, said Lynn Allen, a INTROD, Italy (CNS) - Pope years old, could !not executed. ple," the cardinal wrote. spokeswoman for the nuns' order, John Paul)I was happy to learn' However, the court said she should the St. Louis-based Franciscan Sis- that the death sentence of U.S, be imprisoned fo! 60 years. ters of Mary. The order has ab'out teen-ager Paula Cooper was comThe ~~diana rluling came after 300 membe'rs. muted, but grieved at the execu- the U.S. Supreme Court barred, WASHINGTON (CNS) - A "They've had problems with ban- tions offour high-ranking military under mostcircurrtstances, execution Vatican legal ruling that bishops dits in the area before," Ms. Allen cannot tax the schools of papally told the St. Louis Review, news- officers in CUb~, said Joaquin of anyone. under!16 committing a Navarro-Valls, VatIcan press spokes- crime pumshable by death. established religious orders should paper of the Archdiocese of St. l pleaded guilty have no effect on U.S. practice, Louis. "The area is remote. It was man.

Miss Cooper had The pope had asked for cle- to the 1985 murder of 78-year-old says expert in church property not politically motivated," Ruth Pelke. In 1987 she asked laws Nicholas Cabardi. Religious Gunmen entered the chapel mency in both cases.

The pope "was very happr to Pope John Paul for help in comorders of pontifical right "are well about 7:30 p.m. and demanded understood by canonists to be ex- money from the nuns and from , learn that Paula Cooper o~talned muting her sentence.

I cluded" from a local bishops' tax- Capuchin Franciscan Father Spiro clemency, but received With sorrow the news of the execution by • ing authority, said the general coun- Galeo, who was praying with them. sel of Duquesne University in Pitts- The trio gave the bandits money, firing squad in Cuba of the four men condemned to death for whom ' I burgh. He is coauthor, with Bishop but gunmen nevertheless opened had asked clemency" NavarroSOUTH 0 RAN G E, N.J. he Adam J. Maida of Green Bay, fire. , I b'IS h~ps ' Valls told journalists covering a (CNS)A propqsed U.S. Wis., of"Church Property, Church Sister Reinkemeyer had been in papal vacation in the Italian Alps. statemen~ ?n HIy, the h~man ImFinances and Church-Related CorIt was the first Vatican reaction munodeflclency ~llrus which causes porations," a basic text on church Kenya since 1983, whenshe founded the Wema mission. The holder to both events.

AIDS, has been delayed by stafand civil property laws used by of a doctorate in nursing educaThe four included Cuban revofing changes on the writing co~­ U.S. dioceses and other Catholic tion, she had been dean of the col- lutionary hero Gen. Arnaldo Ochoa mittee, said Los ~ngeles Arc~bl­ institutions. lege of nursing at Seton Hall Uni- Sanchez. shop Roger M. Mahony commIttee Also on July 13, the Indiana chairman. The arbhbishop said the versity, South Orange, N.J, from Accomplishment 1968, to 1977. She was then vicar Supreme Court ruled that Miss committee has completed a first "Success consists of a series of general of her congregation until / Cooper, sentenced to death for a draft, but it is Jnclear when the little daily victories." - Hutar murder she committed when 15 bishops will vote1on it. she went to Kenya.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - Thirteen U.S. and Mexican bishops, in a letter to President Bush, have urged continued efforts to move commercial banks toward "an equitable and voluntary reduction of the Mexican debt."

As pastors, the bishops said, they are "deeply anguished by the devastating effects of the debt on real people, especially the world' poor, who had no voice in creating the debt and received minimal benefit from it."

The letter was sent to Bush before he went to Europe for a seven-nation economic summit.

The bishops, sent the letter to Bush after meeting earlier this month in Mexico City to discuss mutual concerns, including the effect of external debt on Third Worid nations.

The total Third World debt is estimated to be $1.32 trillion. Mexico's debt is approximately $114 billion. Negotiations between Mexico and the commercial banks that lend to it have been closely watched because any agreements would set a standard for talks with other nations, including Vene'zuela and the Philippines.

In the letter to Bush, the bishops said an "equitable solution" to the debt crisis would be "in the broader interest of the United States its,elf." .

Mexico, they said, has taken seriously its responsibility to put its economy in order.

"But in doing so, the people's standard of living has suffered severely," they said.

Real wages have decreased by almost 60 percent, per Capita national income is down from U.S. $3,400 to $2,000, rural development has stopped, education and public expenditures have decreased by 62 percent and 50 percent respectively, the bishops told Bush. Efforts to payoff the debt are "strangling the economy," they said.

The bishops made reference in their letter to Pope John Paul II's comments on the debt during a May visit to the African nation of Zambia. '.

Tlie 'pope"said the debt problem is an example of world interde'pendence. "Is it a'theoretical question to ask how many infants and children died every day ... because resources are being swallowed in debt payments?" the pontiff asked.

U.S. bishops who signed the letter to Bush were Archbishop John L. May of St. Louis, president of the National Council of Cat!lolic Bishops; Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston; Archbishop Patrick F. Flores of San' Antonio; Bishop James A. Griffin of Columbus, Ohio; and Bishop William K. Weigand of Salt Lake City.'

"Mixed signals" NEW YORK (NC) - Retired Bishop William E. McManus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., a former chairman of the bishops' education committee, says the U. S. bishops are sending "mixed signals" on the importance of Catholic schools. Virtually all bishops continue to express belief in their importance, but simultaneously question whether the church can afford them and fail to open schools in new residential areas, he said. He spoke during a teleconference on "Paying for Parochial Schools" sponsored by the National Pastoral Life Center.

WASHINGTON (CNS) Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens used the 13thcentury opinions of St. Thomas Aquinas to support his dissent from the high court's July 3 ruling upholding Missouri abortion restrictions.

Stevens wrote that the preamble to the Missouri law, which states that life begins at conception, is a theological belief, not a biological fact.

Therefore, he said, the preamble is unconstitutiorial.

Even within Catholic Church teaching, Stevens said, the beginning of human life has been disputed.

But Catholic Church documents, and Aquinas himself, dispute -Stevens' conclusions, said Vincentian Father John W. Gouldrick, director of the U.S. bishops' Office for ProLife Activities.

Stevens wrote in his opinion, "My concern can best be explained by reference to the position on this issue that was endorsed by St. Thomas Aquinas and widely'accepted by the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church for many years."

Stevens cited a Library of Congress paper on Catholic teaching on abortion, which drew on Aquinas to conclude: "It was widely held that the soul, was not present until the formation of the fetus 40 or 80 days after conception, for males and females respectively. Thus, abortion of the 'unformed' or 'inanimate' fetus was something less than true homicide, rather a form of anticipatory or quasihomicide." ,But Father Gouldrick said that Aquinas' distinction between beings with and without a soul was not used to determine if an abortion were per-

An unexpected delight in the welter of legalese in the 24,000word July 3 Supreme Court ruling upholding Missouri abor- tion restrictions was the pungent style of Justice Antonin Scalia.

While concurring with the majority that the Missouri law is constitutional, he also felt that Roe vs. Wade had been brought into question and argued that the court should have reconsidered the landmark 1973 decision.

Herewith excerpts from his opinion: "The outcome oftoday's case will doubtless be heralded as a triumph of judicial statesman-ship. It is not that, unless it is statesmanlike needlessly to prolong this court's self-awarded sovereignty over a field where it has little proper business since the answers to most of the cruel questions posed are political and not juridical - a sovereignty which therefore quite properly, but to the great damage of the court, makes it the object of th~ sort of organized public pressure that political institutions in a democracy ought to receive....

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River :- Fri., July 21, 1989

the moorins.-, An Imperiled Vision The anti:"life, pro-abortion forces, so often limousine liberals from the affluent suburbs, use the cry of the poor to justify their actions and sometimes their consciences.

When they lobby for abortion, they never fail to mention poor women and all the ramifications of poverty; yet they seldom support alternative means of helping people change their condition. You can be sure they don't want the "poor" in their neighborhoods. Too often the attitude is give them what they think they· need but keep them in their place.

It is this mind which too often, while indifferentto human rights, supports animal rights to the extreme.. It's quite a contradiction to see people advocating legal murder of the unborn human being while fanatically pampering pets.

The pet industry is a $10 billion a year business, with $5.6 billion of that amount spent on pet food. A trip to your local supermarket will demonstrate that it stocks more food for cats and dogs than for babies. Nor is it unusual to see gourmet delights far beyond the income of many shoppers feeding families. For example, Frosty Paws can spare a person from having to share ice cream with a pet. This sugar-free treat is especially for dogs who can't digest the lactose in dairy products. .

Even beyond this folly, consider that over $4 billion goes for non-food products. Bloomingdale's will open animal boutiques in all its stores before 'Christmas. They will carry designer poochie pearls, doggie dental kits and matching owner and pet outfits. Macy's, not to be outdone, has unveiled a Petigree boutique featuring crystal feeding bowls, pet wedding outfits, crocodile-skin collars and lizard-skin leashes.

Animals, take note; are being slaughtered to keep other animals in fashion.

For the ultimate in insanity, consider special jewelry by Pooch of Houston. Paw Cuffs l>racelets, Bowser Bow hair. ornaments, jeweled pendants and 14-karat goldplated' beastie baubles, all while men, wome"n and children are hungry, homeless, battered and abandoned.

Th~re are also pet health care services, including a 24;..hour Pet Line, a computerized phone service offering information on over 300 medical, legal, behavioral and lifestyle topics to do with dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles and rodents, all while many human beings can't even get emergency rpedical aid, let alone health insurance.

If all this seems to belabor the point, let it. The whole situation is a sad commentary on our moral and ethical values and on the degenerate reality of the secular state. When human beings are as disposable as trash, it's easy to opt for a dog or cat over a baby.

Pe,rhaps we should not be surprised by all this. Shattered family life, abusive relationships and denial of the fact that every human being is created in the image of God: all have brought about an imbalanced view of life and living. Is it any wonder that more and more people are unable to cope with their consciences and their feelings?

Increasing drug and alcohol addiction, suicide and abortion are sure signs of.the human decline. Insecurity has made many turn to pets for consolation. This loss of perspective might be good for dogs and cats but it is a disaster for humanity. Mind and soul have lost their vision and the human being has become a throwaway.

As we debate poverty, human needs and individual wants, may we try to brip.g to the discussion the Judeo-Christian vision oflife that has endured from the days ofthe prophets of old but is imperiled today.

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By Father Kevin J. Harrington We are hesitant to share our.

In this day of budget constraints, The 20th anniversary of the first superiority in computers with the such a pledge would indicate that landing of men on the moon has Soviet Union. Therein lies the dif- space exploration, far from a nationprecipitated a good deal of reflec- ficulty of a joint mission. Sending alistic exercise of unrestrained ego, tion about both 'the history and an astronaut in place of a cosmo- could be a clear sign to the world future of our space program. naut or a cosmonavt in place of an . of what can be accomplished by Many argue that President John astronaut is a nice token gesture cooperation rather than comF. Kennedy's commitment to space 'but less risky than Isharing secrets petition.

The only thing that is lacking expl?ration wit~ ~ manned .Iunar that co.uld jeopardi1ze SOL land 109 was pohtlcally motIvated PreSIdent Reagan challenged the for such an initiative is the moral to counter Russian success in spa~e Soviet~ to demolish!the Berlin Wall imagination. Historians will view' . and was another wasteful play 10 as a sIgn th.at thel cold war ~ad the detritus of the Apollo II moon the battle of th~ superpowers for . ende~. ~han~g our tech.nologl.cal landing and see footprints and a the hearts and mmds of the people. supenonty WIth the SovIet Umon flag representing the state of world I find this argument neither com- would be a compa~able gesture. It affairs in 1969. pelling nor convincing, but I must is not surprising t~at during disIn 2010 we m h th _ admit that politically t.he sp.ace armament ~alks R;e.agan focused tunity 'for an :~enaverea~e~Pfe~~: program ha~ not been a hIgh pnor- on human nghts whIle Gorbachev planting the flags of two peaceIty for fu.ndmg by the Congress or focused on SOL seeking nations on a planet a thouthe preSIdent. The fact that the . The Kennedy pledge mvolved a sand times farther from Earth th col<;i war has thawed while funding gamble that our tedhnology would the moon an has decreased also makes the argu- improve to the poiht of being able Th" ... ment of political motivation harder to send a man to th~ moon. I think h I~ .sarr:.e moral. Imagm~t~on to dispute. Furthermore, our will- the world is ripe fo~ a Gorbachev- ~ ~~ ..n t e meantIme wor ~r ingness to spend billions of dollars Bush pledge' to e~tablish a plan J~S Ice 10 every part of our fragIle for a Strategic Defense Initiative involving joint expenditure in, p anet. belies the belief that the cold war is research and development to the end of planting th~ flags of both really over.

Ideally, space exploration should superpowers in Martian soil by ROME (CNS) - The Passionbe more inviting as the superpow- 2010.

I ists, a Rome-based missionary ers grow more friendly; but as long order, say its missionaries conas America's technological advantinue to face death threats and tage is seen by the Bush adminisintimidation in the Philippines. tration as primarily military, one Community officials say one fears there will be only token sharAmerican missionary has been ing in space exploration. killed, another missionary was atWhen President Kennedy pledgtacked and a third threatened with ed to land a man on the moon in death in the past 14 months. They less than a decade, NASA had no ~&i Evening'lfrayer.;,j; said members of the Philippine idea how it would be done. Now Blesse~JV,rgin M(I!:)!l!/ military have accused the threatPresident Bush has named Vice ened missionary and fellow work;ff~therol~rJy,: prayjQf:j President Dan Quayle to chair the ers of being Communists. It is "a thtlt I maubk preserved; Space Council, which is consider- <me ; .• . ., l .' completely false accusation," they ing a bold national commitment this night jrom all evil oj said, but part of an "easy political for a space station on the moon by !~ody or soul.! Dear St. practice" of painting one's oppothe end of the centur.y and a flight ;~~seph, all':)!e lsa!nts an~ nents as extremists. to Mars by the year ~O 10 at an ! . .

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Tolerance . p. . . ;atron saint, watch over In 1961 the technology did not ;'. j "Tolerance -is the positive and exist to fulfill Kennedy's dream tne~ I comment! myself to cordial effort to understand anbut development money was availyour protection now and other's beliefs, practices, and habable. Today the technology exists its without necessarily sharing or but the willingness to spend the ;~~~ays. A m~~.. ! accepting them." -Osborne money is in question.

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'Parish bulletins I read lots of parish bulletjns and I've started to divide them into types.

First, there's the Canon Law Bulletin, which precedes every announcement with canonical reasons: "Because parents are the primary religious educators oftheir children, there will be a meeting for parents..... and "December 8th is a Holy Day of Obligation so and "Diocesan regulations state ..

Equally depressing is a second type, the Parental Bulletin. "Please do not call the rectory for Mass times..... and "Crying babies are so disruptive so..... and "Only 323 parishioners turned in envelopes last week. The pastor cannot be expected to run this parish on air."

I read the following in a parental bulletin once, "Your pastor is tired of people leaving Mass early.

And of those who come late. If this continues, I will feel called upon to stop Mass and point you out to the rest of the congregation."

Then, there's the Folksy Bulletin. This is one of my favorites. It recognizes that there are real people in the parish. "Congratulations to Tim Mahoney who is starring in his high school play, Mr. Roberts.

Go see it if you can. You won't be sorry and you will be proud of one of our young parishioners."

And, "f have a hideaway bed to give away if anyone can use it."

and "As pastor, I always enjoy hearing about our young people who have leftfor jobs or college. I know you do, too, so keep me posted and I'll put any news in the bulletin."

After saying that we must receive the sacrament of penance after a mortal sin, the text continues, "If we have a serious reason for receiving Holy Communion and if it would be unreasonably difficult to get to confession, we may receive the Eucharist, provided we have had a true change of heart toward God and intend to confess as soon as possible."

• hope you will straighten this out for your readers. (California) You sound like a Catholic who learned his faith primarily from what many call the "old catechism."

If so, you hav.e forgotten a few things you should have learned back then. The revised Baltimore Catechism No.2, approved by the American bishops long before the Second Vatican Council and the standard text for upper grades in most parts of the country for many years, has the question,"May we receive Holy Communion after committing a mortal sin if we merely make an act of perfect contrition?" (No. 405) After pointing out that the sacrament of penance should be •received before Holy Communion in this circumstance, the answer continues, "The church permits an exception in the case of one who has an urgent need to receive Holy Communion (which rarely happens) and cannot get to confession."

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in LaGrange, I1linois. Included was the following notice: Choir Members Wanted. Positions open: In soprano, alto, tenor and bass sections. No others need apply.

I'll mention here a Seattle pasPhysical Qualifications: Must tor who asks new parishioners to . be able to carry light musical notes stand as he introduces them before part way across church. Must have Mass. They are t!ten warmly welgood vision to see the director 10 comed by applause. The bonus is feet away. that others feel comfortable in Experience: No applications accapproaching them and welcoming epted from persons who have not them in person after Mass. sung, hummed, or whistled in the tub or shower at some time.

Often the pastor writes a weekly Beginning Wages: Guaranteed column in the folksy bulletin and it satisfaction and joy in the service helps people to know him better, of the Lord. too. I've found lots of good writers Advancement Opportunity: Memamong pastors out there. bers who demonstrate unusual abilAnother is the Straight Scoop ity and courage might sing a solo Bulletin. Almost every item begins sometime. with, "There will be..... as in "There Fringe Benefits: Social security will be a bake sale next Sunday;" - we promise you the security of or "There will be no Wedne'Sday fellowship with other fine members morning Mass." This bulletin is of the choir. more a calendar than anything Retirement: After your voice else, and it is read with the same reaches the place where it can hit excitement. two notes at once, you may sit in My final and favorite is the the congregation and listen to othGood News Bulletin which isn't ers use their God~given talents. afraid to smile or poke fun at itself.

Apply in Person: Chancel Choir Even the kids read these. A reader - Thursday 7:30. sent me one from St. Cletus parish I think I'd like that parish.

for the judgment which may lie behind those three words, but that is not relevant to the point here.

Furthermore, there is nothing at all new in this understanding of the relationship between sin, contrition, penance and the Eucharist. !'fothing in the church's teachings through the centuries would lead us to believe anything other than what is taught in the materilll you describe.

I might note, incidentally, that the teaching expressed in the above answer was precisely what I was taught when I studied the catechism in the 1930s.

I'm glad you wrote, however, because the folder you enclosed is perhaps the best brief presentation of the "what" and "how" of the sacrament· of penance I have seen.

It is titled "Once Upon a Time I Went to Confession - Now the Church Invites Us to Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation." The publisher is the Commission on Worship, Archdiocese of Cincinnati (100 E. 8th St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202).

A free brochure explaining Catholic teaching on cremation and other burial policies is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, Ill. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.

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These are also welcoming to new parishioners, giving their names, former addresses and other tidbits, giving them a feeling of being cared about and giving longtime parishioners some information about new members.

About ·mortal sins Q•• found the enclosed folder about confession in our hospital chapel.• take exception to the part that speaks about the' need for confession before Communion if one has committed a mortal sin.

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Father Joseph A. Ellison, C.SS.R., a native ofSt. James parish, New Bedford, has celebrated his 50th anniversary of priestly ordination at St. Joseph's Church, Tampa, Fla., where he is in residence.

Earlier he was honored at New Smyrna Beach, Fla., among other Redemptorist jubilarians.

At the Tampa parish, Ladies' Guild members hosted a reception for him June 17 and he offered a Mass of thanksgiving June 18.

Attending these events were two sisters, Alice Sawyer of Fairhaven and Agnes Harrington of North Dartmouth. Other family members are Edmund of Lakeville, Augustine of Middleboro and Walter of Brownsville, Tex. Another sister, Margaret ~rimley, died in 1933.

Father Ellison began studies for the priesthood after graduation from St. Mary's grammar school, New Bedford, and was ordained for the Redemptorist community June 18, 1939.

He subsequently served in Brooklyn, N.Y., Wilson, N.C., Orangeburg, S.C. and St. Petersburg and Tampa, Fla. Among his major concerns has been the problem of alcoholism among priests and religious. While in St. Petersburg, he was a board member of the national Clergy Council on Alcoholism and was involved in direction of a house of rehabilitation.

In Tampa, he remains active in counseling services and as a retreat master.

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LOUISVILLE, [Ky. (CNS) '(ollowing a speech on sexual During a visit to Louisville Cardi- morality he gave at the fourth nal Edouard Gagnt>n defended his annual Church Teaches Forum, a widely criticized r~mark to U.S. daylong program in Louisville coarchbishops in Rdme earlier this sponsored by Catholics United for year about nuns se~ving on dioce- the Faith and the Cardinal Mindsan marriage tribun,~ls being misled szenty Foundation. by "tender hearts. 'j In an interview in July with The Record, Louisvill~ 'archdiocesan newspaper, he saId he did not mean to imply that nuns holding KARACHI; Pakistan (CNS)such posts should Ibe singled out for special supervision, and in fact More than 30 American sailors his main purpose ~as to stress that and a 74-year-old Holy 'Cross women can be usefhl on tribunals. brother who teaches English Cardinal Gagno1n, president of courses on their ship recently used the Vatican's POIitifical Council their shore leave to clean and paint for the Family, waslaccused of sex- a home for handicapped Pakistani ism in many quafte~s aftera speech children. he gave March 16 at a summit Many of the children had been meeting between uls. archbishops abandoned and abused before findand top Vatican officials. ing their way to the home. A Speaking of "th~ choice of per- number of the boys living there sonnel" as one of the problem had spent time in jail. 'areas that "need spkcial attention" The seamen were from the crew by bishops in martiage tribunals, of the USS William H. Standley, he first cited the dse of a former part of an eight-ship Navy flotilla tribunal official irt Canada who making a brief port call at Karachi.

Dutch Franciscan Sister Ger"did not believe in the indissolubility of marriage," add then added: trude Lemmens, who runs the home "Women religioJs can be very for 132 physically and mentally handicapped children, said she was helpful in dealing rith marriage cases, but we have, to be careful thrilled by the help.

"My home will be new after they that their tender hearts do not play have finished," she said. tricks on them." I The Canadian-born Vatican ofA Navy spokesman said the ficial said his rem~rk was biown American Consulate had called out of proportion,l and "I have the commander of the flotilla durreceived many letters of insult" ing its two-day stay in Karachi and . I because of it. asked for voluntee'rs to help at the He said he was telling the U.S. home. archbishops that "irt general, they Holy Cross Brother' Dunstan need to be vigilant 6n personnel." Bowles, who cond ucts college-level He said he did riot believe his English classes on the ship under reference to "tender hearts" should contract with Central Texas Coloffend women. "Th~ feminists do lege, had worked with mentally not want to have a tender heart?" handicapped in the United States. he asked.

I He praised Sister LemlI\ens' work Cardinal Gagnon las interview-" for the handicapped in Karachi.

Sailors refurbish thildren's home

AN OPERAnON RESCUE participant in Poway, Calif., is arrested outside an abortion clinic. Her.i-shirt tells it like it is. (CNS/UPI photo)

How to handle PC byte I am becoming more and more concerned about friends who have been PC bitten.

Recently a colleague told me he had solved a computer problem that had cost him nights of sleep. When I congratulated him he seemed compelled to show me exactly where he had slipped up.

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FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

When I complimented him again, it was like giving him the green light to expand further on his solution. He was so proud of conquering the computer that he became oblivious to my presence. He was being controlled by his personal computer.

I sympathize with the PC bitten because I too was bitten. My first mistake was buying a personal ~omputer for home use. In the beginning my work output doubled and I felt my evenings were productive indeed.

I stopped taking leisurely after~ dinner walks and my TV viewing dwindled. As long as I had my personal computer, I was content to be alone with it.

There was always some new program that intrigued me or something more to be learned with the programs I already used. In many

Nation divided Continued from Page One lup poll, by 48 percent in the Time. CNN poll, by 57 percent in the Los Angeles Times poll, by 54 percent in the Newsweek poll, and by 52 percent of Minnesotans questioned in a Minneapolis Star Tribune poll.

Measures to ensure a parental role in a teen-age girl's abortion decision also proved popular.

Gallup found that requiring parents to be notified was backed by 67 percent of respondents to its poll.

USA Today found 75 percent backed parental notification while 21 percent opposed it.

The Time-CNN poll found that by 72 percent to 25 percent Americans back rules demanding parental consent for a teen-ager's abortion; Newsweek found 75 percent favored and 22 percent opposed parental consent requirements.

ways it was like playing a game of chess with myself.

I found myself tiuddling with computer enthusiasts and completely ignoring other people.

I would tell myself after dinner that I would only take a quick look at something I had on the PC and two hours later find myself totally absorbed in it.

After awhile it became automatic to flip on the computer first-thing when I entered my room.

If I welit to a movie or out for dinner I felt I was neglecting my work. There was also the feeling that playing with my new toy was much more fun and mentally better than seeing a dumb movie or risking an evening of boring conversation. .

Tadnton pupils' map tops in 9th District

Fifth graders at lour Lady of Worse than all the above, however, was being caught up in a Lourdes School, [faunton, are world that was causing me to first-place winners f~r the 9th Conbecome oblivious to everyone and gressional District of a national everything around me. Neverthe- historical pictorial map contest less, if it hadn't been for sleepless sponsored by the Commission on nights and chronic edginess I don't the Bicentennial of It he U.S. Conthink I would really have noticed stitution and the Center for Civic I the hold my PC had on me. I Education.

Contest participants were asked finally moved it to my office and to show howgeogtaphy affected think I'm better mentally and the history and fo~mation of the physically as a result.

United States between 1607 and If you feel you too might be a . .1803. The Taunton! pupils elected victim of PC byte, may I suggest to show geographic influence on you write a true confession about events in the colohies from the your relationship with your com- time of the 1756 Frbnch and Indputer.

I Tell all. Confession is not only good for the soul, it also is excellent for PC byte.

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ian War up to the 1791 ratification of the Constitution by the 13 original states.

At the district level, Our Lady of Lourdes School received $100, to be used for educational materials, and each student received a certificate signed by Warren E. Burger, retired former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Bicentennial Commission chairman.

The Taunton map now continues to competition with winners in the other 10 congressional districts in Massachusetts. State winners will continue to national competition in Washington.

Prizewinner LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Patricia Green, writer of "Promised Land," an episode in the ABC-TV series "China Beach," was awarded a $15,000 Humanitas Prize for a TV show affirming human life.

The award was one of three won

by ABC productions iI! the annual Humanitas Prize competition, sponsored by the Human Family Educational and Cultural Institute.

The "China Beach" episode dealt with how a soldier in Vietnam, affected by the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., was forced to choose between violence and nonviolence.

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Camp Sunshine Dear Editor: I am an '81 graduate of St. Mary's School, New Bedford, an '85 graduate of Bishop Stang High School and a recent graduate of Southeastern Massachusetts University where I received my bachelor's degree of science in nursing. I am currently employed at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.

I am writing to you about Camp Sunshine in Casco, Maine, where I recently spent a week as a volunteer counselor for 6 to 8-year-old boys and girls.

This camp runs five weeks a year at no charge for children who have cancer and for their families.

Before I left for the camp; a few people said, "Isn't that going to be depressing?"

I did not think it would be and now, after my week's experience, I would like to tell them: only if you get depressed when a 7-year-old boy with leukemia asks you to sit near the lake at night to look at the stars and moon; or when you watch an 8-year-old boy with a brain tumor get up for a talent show and sing "I'm looking over a 4-leaf clover."

These children are not depressing ~ they are an inspiration to watch and it's amazing to see their energy and smiles despite chemotherapy treatments, hair loss, etc.

But Camp Sunshine needs help, since it is run solely by volunteers and donations. Contributions may be sent to Nancy Hibbert, Camp Sunshine, RR # I, Box 712, Casco, Maine 04~15.

Please help our children to con~ tinue singing by a campfire and stargazing on the shore of a Maine lake.

Judy Duarte New Bedford

A bout abortion Dear Editor: A little blue figure swims against a very swift current on a difficult journey. It is pursued and joined by thousands of others all vying to' be first to reach the princess's castle where only the first arrival is allowed to enter and join the pink princess. After his arrival, the castle door is bolted and barred.

They meet and become one being, living and growing in their own pleasant, comfortable and Godcreated sanctuary. Every need and want has been anticipated and is supplied at precisely the correct moment.

But unknown to them there lurks a sinister devil called Abortion, who brings terror and terrible pain to this wonderful little being now called Baby, who is utterly defensel~ss against him.

Who would let such a terrible crime be perpetrated on such a defensless being? We do! We, who make a holiday for this special person and extol her virtues, let her destroy this wonderful little being in a manner befitting the ugliest of history's torturers.

Yes, we call her Mom or Mother, for from the moment of conception that's what she is, whether she admits it or not.

This is allowed because too many think that the previously conceived being has the right to say she

. doesn't want to protect and nurture the new being in her Godcreated perfect environment. She believes she knows better than God who should live, die or be born, Eve also thought she knew better.

We call ourselves a Christian nation. Who of us would look Christ in the eye and say, "Abort the fetus!". Would we change our minds if he were here tc)·tell us that the wonderful little being would be greater than Washington, stronger than Atlas, more perceptive of the world's forces than Einstein and more humanitarian, loving and caring than Mother Teresa? _ We won't ever know ifit would or not. Shouldn't we chance it?

Someone did with you and well, just look in the mirror!

Someone is about to consider murder. Waiting in the wings to commit this dastardly deed is the devil himself in the guise of abortion. Noway to torment the human body has. escaped him. His ultimate achIevement is abortion. It is performed on a being too small to protect itself; for this job had been left to Mother. But it is she who unleashes this hideous being.

She doesn't consider the 'pain and suffering it brings to the little being. She entertains no thought of what this little being might bring to the world.

We crucified Christ. Now we kill the defenseless; not humanely but in a horrible and excruciatingly painful way.

Christians? No way!

Skip Handy· Franklin, MA

Team 365 Dear Editor: Mother Teresa of Calcutta has written two letters to Team 365, a recently organized effort to recruit volunteers to fast in some way and pray on or near their birthdays to change the attitudes and hearts of governments and peoples about abortion.

In her letters, Mother Teresa says she cannot join any such team, because she has enough to do as a Missionary of Charity, "but I will pray for you all that God's blessing be with you," and "my prayer will be with you that you allow Jesus to use you more and more as instruments of His peace - the peace that comes from respecting the rights of everyone - even the unborn child."

As a longtime pro-life activist, I founded Team 365 to have volunteers nationwide and worldwide sufficient in numbers so that every day of the year someone somewhere would be praying and fasting to thank God for the gift of birth and intercede for those who have abused or are abusing this gift.

Prayer and fasting are nondenominational and nonconfrontational, and the abortion issue is certainly worthy of this major effort.

Religious and political leaders of most faiths consider abortion to be the number one evil of our time.

Both Scripture and history record that history can be changed and has been changed by people joined in prayer and fasting.

It is decision time for you and·

me. 'We either believe in God's Word and recorded history or we do not. We can shape history by our combined effort.

People may register with Team 365 by sending their name, address and birthdate to Team 365, P.O. Box 29, Fall River, MA 02722.

Daryl Gonyon Fall River

Friday fasting Dear Editor: Why have we not been able to stop abortions in America after 15 years of praying and educating and demonstrating? Perhaps "this kind does not leave but by prayer and fasting" (Mt. 17:21).

Some friends and I decided to commit ourselves to fasting each Friday (or as often as circumstances permit). This may seem extreme, but every day 4,000 unborn children are killed in the U.S. In Worcester's abortuary, abortions are performed every Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and every other Tuesday (a total of 75 abortions/ week), not counting abortions performed in hospitals.

Abortion has become the greatest destroyer of peace because it destroys the life of the child and the conscience of the mother."

(Mother Teresa) When a person's conscience is destroyed, he/ she willliOt confess sins of omission or commission, nor ask for forgiveness. He/ she will die in sin unless someone (1/ you) intercedes.

Fasting gives power to prayer.

If you would like to join us in fasting, please send us your name.

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered' at the site of Worcester's abortuary each day abortions are performed. We would like to personally remember you in our prayers.

God bless you for all that you do for the unborn!

Fr. Anthony Kazarnowicz Our Lady of Czestochowa 34 Ward St. Worcester, MA 01610

Stamps .wanted Dear Editor: The senior citizens at St. Francis Retirement Village would welcome your cancelled stamps.

Sorting them gives them something to do, which is good therapy.

Leave a small margin of paper around them, if possible, to protect the perforations.

Proceeds from the sale of stamps help keep expenses down.

Thank you.

Father Albert Merz, OFM St. Francis Retirement Village I Chapel Plaza Crowley, TX 76036

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By Marcie Hickey Ruth Rezendes, president ofthe New England regional board of the North American Conference of Separated and Divorced Catholics, is pleased with progress made by local and national divorced ministries in recent years, but she is concerned that misconceptions and lack of information may be keeping some people away from support groups.

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NAC;;:SDC, organized in 1975, is causes many to brcom~ angry at a network of U.S. and Canadian God and the chu~ch. But the disupport groups for families affected vorce crisis is essentially spiritual, by separation, divorce and remar- she pointed out, ieven for those riage. It provides resources, train- who·do not see themselves as paring, grants and information to ticularly religious; ~nd while meetings are not preserhed as spiritual regional boards.

In the Fall River diocese, the experiences, this c6mponent autoboard works through the Dioce- matically becomesl evident. san Office of Family Ministry in The sharing in support groups is North Dartmouth. Scottie Foley, especially valuabl~, she said, beprogram director at the office, said cause it· enables :participants to that Ms. Rezendes' appointment learn from each qther, help each to head the New England board other cope with diftficult situations was a first for the diocese, which and build self-confidence. has been active in ministry to the Members who Ihave been indivorced and separated since the volved for years often remain in mid-70s. groups primaril}\11 to help newMs. Rezendes herself has been comers. involved with divorced ministry "People who are being healed for the past se~en years, first as a want to see others healed," Ms. member of a local support group, Rezendes said, although she cauthen as coordinator of Fall River tioned that part ofIthe healing proarea divorced and separated ce!ts after divorce. is recognition groups. She was a regional board that,'~people nevel1ll get over it." member for a year before becomSupport group members, she ing president last month". . said, are people coping with being Discussing stereotypes associ- newly single, an~ "learning to again." ated with divorced and separated socialize and feel adceptable I "They start to f~el that they are persons, she said such persons are often considered irresponsible, sel- lovable," she said, instead of dwellfish, irreligious or unfaithful, when ing on feelings of ~ilt or rejection.

I in reality they may well be sufferReentry t~ church ing stress, and the effects of isolaAnother goal o~ support groups tion, to say nothing of feelings of is to ease reentry ,of members into loss, doubt and low self-esteem.

She cited the case of a woman the larger church ~9mmunity. Diwho came to a support group vorced Catholics) Ms. Rezendes utterly devastated after being .left said, "may feel rejected but want by her husband of 50 years, point- to belong in the c\turch."

She emphasizes that it must be ing out that "many people don't understand that there are no guar- recognized that m6st divorced peoantees against divorce," no matter ple in support groups "didn't choose .to be divorced" and also how many years of marriage.

I "Suddenly," she said, "you don't that they must "let people know that we aren't outsiders and want fit in." .

"The feeling of displacement is to be part of the Church."

I • However, acceptance of divorced especially common among Catholics," she noted, "because it is a Catholics by the church communof other blow to their Catholic identity, ity requires edutation I making them feel as if they've church members, support and "people demanding that their needs become outsiders to the church."

There is thus a great need for be recognized," I she said .. The should not support groups in which men and divorced, she declared, I women experiencing divorce can relegate themselves solely to a supshare their stories and problems in port group, but Ishould take as an atmosphere of acceptance, trust much part in parish activities as I and understanding and with the anyone else. feeling that they are in a commun- . Ms. Rezendes said that people ity where "they won't be judged," are often misinformed about support groups, thinking they're datsaid Ms. Rezendes. ing services or ar~ just for women, It is difficult to discuss religion at support group gatherings, she But men are just as likely to be notod, said, because the anguish of divorce v;"im, of diVO

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adding that it's important to overcome the "I hate men" or "I hate women" attitudes that often folIowa breakup. .

More simply, many people do not know that support groups are available and many support groups don't know they can affiliate with NACSDC and tap into its resources.

Leading a group, let alone becoming president ofthe NACSDC regional board was the iast thing ·on Ms. Rezendes' mind seven years ago, when she attended her first meeting.

"I was very insecure," she said.

Her group, at Our Lady of Fatima parish, Swansea, meets twice monthly with Father John P. Cronin, pastor, as chaplain.

Gradually the new regional president moved into a leadership position, coordinating meetings, networking with other groups and organizing social activities for interested members.

In 1988, she became diocesan chairperson for support groups, then a regional board member.

When the board president resigned, other members encouraged her to run for president. In that office she will attend a forthcoming ·national convention of NACSDC in Los Angeles.

Group needs have changed as the movement has developed, said Ms. Rezendes, explaining that the conference began as an organization for remarried Catholics seeking church acceptance. Then single .divorced/ separated people sought support. Now there is growing concern for the children of broken marriages.

It is important to get youngsters involved with parish youth groups, she notes, even if it might take some persuasion to get them to meetings. "Once .they start, I've found they like it," said Ms. Rezendes.

"There are so many needs to be .met," she says, but "you learn to reach out and it does work."

Support groups help people come out of their shells, she sums up, and give them back their dignity and self-respect. "It's wonderful to see the growth of people from one meeting to the next as they feel fellowship, security and support.

"It's so good to see them healing - but they have to find us first," she concludes.

There are Separated/Divorced support groups throughout the Fall River diocese. Information on locations "nd meeting times is available from the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry, 500 Slocum Road, North Dartmouth 02747, telephone 999-6420.

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by Holy Name parishioners at a golden jubilee party.

There he was presented with a "memory quilt" made up of 18 embroidered squares representing every parish organization; and representing parishioners and former seminarians who had served in the parish as .deacons,"Joanne Gieco, a Holy Name choir member, sang "Wind Beneath My Wings," a song whose lyrics include the lines "I can fly higher than an eagle I But you are the win<;l beneath my wings."

The song was chosen, said a parishioner, "in tribute to the spiritual leadership Father provided during his 14 years at Holy Name Church and in acknowledgment of his humility."

Also a highlight of the testimonial was a poem by Father Edward J. Healey, in 1987 a transitional deacon at HolY Name and now a parochial vicar at St. Pius X parish, South Yarmouth.

Titled "Father Murphy's Clerical Finishing School," it follows: As our seminary sentences diminished, The bishop said, "You're not quite finished.

You need a bit of extra-special care, So go off to t"e hill above Weld Square.

There you'l find an experienced and kindly man".

There are some things he'l teach you.

He's got a plan."

Be we deacons or priests, Our training had not yet ceased, For we were sent to learn the rules At Father Murphy's clerical finishing school.

Now, as for teaching church administration, Father Murphy had quite a reputation.

He taught us to save a buck By borrowing the neighboring parish's truck; He said "If you're building a shelf,

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And comeback again whenever you're able -" Everyone has a place at Father Murphy's table.

Be we deacons or priests, Our waistlines surely increased As we learned that hospitality rules At Father Murphy's clerical finishing school.

And regarding pastoral care Really, who cancompar.e?

We must say from the start Father Murphy's all heart.

That's why, when at the door, the needy masses Always preferred to see the older priest, "The one with the glasses."

And it's widely known that Father Murphy's good as gold With young children, the sick and the old.

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Be we deacons or priests, Surely our virtue increased, For we learned that charity must rule At Father Murphy's clerical finishing school.

Now, as your alumni, our numbers are small.

That's why we try very hard to stand tall, Because upon our graduation, Father Murphy, you begged us, "Please don't ruin my reputation."

So we pray the mistakes we make will be' few, While our good deeds will rightly reflect upon you.

The poet

Yes, whether we were priests or deacons, Surely each of our hearts has its reasons To gratefully review That precious time we spent with you.

Your lessons, though not formal, were still ample.

Father Murphy, you taught us by your example.

So now, wherever we go, whatever we do, May our deeds prove us true To the great lesson of love that we learned At Father Murphy's clerical finishing sclfDol.

Save money, do it yourself."

And to save a few extra pennies He advised that we always shop the sales at Benny's.

Be we deacons or priests, Our bankrolls all increased, For we learned not to spend like fools At Father Murphy's clerical finishing school.

Now, as for rectory living, We must say most meals were like Thanksgiving..

If guests appeared unexpectedly at the door, .Murphy's Law: "Sit down, we've always room for more

NEW YORK (CNS) - Catholic Relief Services will begin operations at its new international headquarters in Baltimore Aug. 14.

The U.S. bishops' overseas relief and development agency, headquartered in New York since its founding in 1943, will consolidate its three offices, two in New York and one in Washington. The offices were rented but CRS has purchased the Baltimore building where it is moving.

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In the 1917 apparitions, Mary recommended frequent recitation of the rosary, urged works of mortification for the conversion of sinners, called for devotion to herself under the title of her Immaculate Heart, asked that the people of Russia be consecrated to her under this title, and asked that Catholics receive a communion of reparation on the first Saturday of each month.

The longstanding policy of church authorities has been that the "secret" message adds nothing to the revealed faith, making its publication unnecessary.

"If we get sidetracked on the message of Fatima, the real thing Our Lady wants us to do is ignored.

Fatima calls all Catholics to be deeply renewed in faith and spirituallife," said Father Miller.

He told Catholic News Service that belief in Fatima could be strengthened by the Vatican's May 13 announcement of recognition of the heroic virtue of Francisco and Jacinta Marto, the two other children, now dead, who saw the.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Recent polls revealing public skepti. cism of abortion underscore what abortion opponents have concluded for years, according to pro-life officials. Polls conducted by news media shortly before the Supreme Court heard arguments in April in a major abortion case said most Americans would allow abortion to remain legal but would prefer to allow it only for such reasons as pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, fetal abnormality or risk to the mother.

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Another speaker, Consolata Father John De Marchi, a missionary in Ethiopia, said the Fatima children clime from poor families and weren't very interested in anything but playing.

After the apparitions, the children changed dramatically, said Fatherde Marchi, who went to Fatima in 1943 to establish a mission and became friendly with the children's families.

"HoW can we figure childrenused to a normal life - spending long hours in prayer, practicing sacrifices and fasting unthinkable even to grown-up people," he said.

Father De Marchi said Mary showed the children what hell looked like and told them they would go to heaven.

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In 1917, three children saw apparitions of Mary near Fatima, Portugal, and the "third secret" is the unpublished account of the appa- . ritions by one. of the children.

The child, Lucia dos Santos, now an 82-year-old Carmelite nun, has released two parts of the account of the apparitions, but the third part was given to the Vatican, leaving its release to the discretion of the pope. Some speculate it contains a prophecy of catastrophic events.

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Sister Carey noted that "Think- sion they found irt trying to do 'ing and Rethinking U.S. History" mission education dn social justice differs from textbooks used by issues came in partl from the way parochial schools before the Second Americans learned their history.

Vatican Council that emphasized Other groups, inbluding Quakthe Catholic elements in U.S. his- ers and Unitarian I Universalists, tory from a "defensive" or "chauv- were interested, an(J an advisory I inistic" posture. board was put together under the The influence of religion is not leadership of Marg~ret L. Shafer' presented as invariably beneficial, ofthe National Couricil of Churchbut as both positive and negative. es.

I Sister Carey s~id the writers of "We believe," the book's introduction says, "that students should "Thinking and Rethinking U.S. know that religious beliefs and History" did not influde any speinstitutions have sanctioned colon- cialists in Catholic history, and she ization, slavery, women's subor- found Protestantisrb getting "the dination, class discrimination, reli- lion's share" of attehtion. gious discrimination and militar"But that is no ~roblem," 'she ism.But major challenges to these said. The book can still help Catholic injustices have also been brought teachers become n10re aware of by. people acting in the name of the perspective froIrt which a textreligious beliefs and institutions." book is written artd more conSister Carey said the idea for the scious of the need I to ask if the book came from the Maryknoll values in that perspective are the Fathers, who also provided partial same as theirs.

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Divine Compassion Sister LorNEW YORK (NC) - A manual etta Carey, director of the Center has been published for teachers for Justice and Peace Education at who wish to present U.S. history New York's Fordham University wit.h greater attention paid to the and an advisory board member, impact of religion and social jus- said recently that the book is the tice themes than textbooks nor- only resource of its kind and is mally provide. ' suitable for use in both parochial Called "Thinking and Rethinkand public schools. . In short sections moving from the "European invasion and genoATTENTION cide" to the "social gospel" of the GOVERMENT SEIZED VEHICLES 20th century, the authors quote From $100 statements from standard elementary, junior high and highschool Fords, Mercedes, Corvettes, Chevys, history textbooks, and critique Surplus Buyers Guide, them from a social justice perspective.

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Study surveys church-Ieavers' WASHINGTON (NC) - One of three Americans raised Methodist and one of 10 Americans raised Catholic no longer identify with the denomination of their childhood, reports Jim Castelli author of the syndicated Gallup Religion Poll column.

The decline among Catholics is seen particularly among the young and college-educated, Castelli told National Catholic News Service.

The figures are taken from a Gallup Organization survey, "The Unchurched American, 1988." The survey, completed last spring, was funded by 22 Catholic and Protestant organizations.

Castelli said it did not attempt to find out if those who left the denomination in which they were brought up no longer practice any faith or if they have switched to other denominations.

Overall, 13 percent of those sur, veyed said they were raised Methodist, while 9 percent said they now are Methodist. And while 31 percent of those surveyed said they were raised Catholic, 27 percent said they are now Catholic.

Breaking it down py age groups: - Thirty-six percent of the 18'to 29-year-olds in the survey said they were raised Catholic; 31 percent said they are now Catholic.

- Thirty-five percent of those 30-49 said they were raised Catholic; 29 percent said they still are.

- Twenty-two percent of the survey respondents over 50 said they were raised Catholic; 21 percent said they still are.

Among college graduates, 31 percent said they were raised Catholic, but only 21 percent said they are now Catholic, Castelli said.

Some decline "is pretty standard," he said. Polls generally find that the more education one has, the less involved one is with religion.

But in his 1987 book, "The American Catholic People," Castelli found that Catholics with a college education were happier with the church than' were Catholics who didn't go to college.

The two studies, he said, indicate that "if you have a college degree, you either love the church or you leave it.

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By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Mary: My 25-year-old son is causing me a great deal of worry.

He is married (no children). He and his wife are not getting along; I think the marriage will end in divorce.

Both are irresponsible finandally. Their gross income is 548,000 yearly. They waste their income on many unnecessary items.

Three years ago, my son borrowed 54,000 from me to get himself out of legal trouble. So far he has repaid 5200.

Now he owes 53,000 on another debt.

I am self-supporting. My income is 512,000 a year. I have put enough money aside to possibly get me through eight months' should I become disabled and unable to work for some time.

I suppose he will want to borrow from me again. I doubt if any finandal institution will lend them money.

I am tired of being' used, yet it would hurt me to see him in trouble. Please advise. - Indiana It must be frustrating to watch young people with four times your income unable to manage. I suspect you already know the answer

you need to give your son - one of the easiest words in our language, "no:" While the word is easy, using it can be difficult.

YQU say it would hurt you to see him in trouble. Yet this couple already has trouble. Your efforts to save them could simply postpone their day of reckoning as they go deeper into debt.

You seem to be in an unfortunate pattern that is harmful to them and to you. First, you criticize every aspect of their behavior: their relationship with each other; the money they spend; the purchases they make; their failure to save; their failure to repay debts.

Then you loan them money to continue the lifestyle to which you object.

Stop lending them money. Your loans have not helped.

If you wish, draw up a plan for systematic repayment of your loan and get your son to sign it. If you think this is futile, put the whole matter behind you. Forget it. Consider the loan an early inheritance and adjust for it in your will.

In addition, you need to reexamine your attitude toward this couple. You project the worst on every issue. They are going to

divorce (they haven't). They are going to ask you for another loan (they haven't). They will not be able to get credit (they have not tried).

Their relationship with each other is their concern, not yours. Paying bills, sp~nding or saving are their business.

As a relative, you need to encourage what is right and good about them. As a starter, they earn $48,000 per year. They must have some ability or work skills to do so well.

Notice what good breadwinners they are. Look for other desirable characteristics, virtues even, in each of them. _ Your son does not need a mother who pays his debts. But he does need a mother who affirms what is good about him and his wife.

Do not le.t your criticism destroy your relationship with your son and daughter-in-law. .Y ou will find much more peace if you can look for the good in your children instead of constantly criticizing what is wrong with them.

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet is a group' I always considered top notch. It was frosting on the cake when I learned Brubeck was a convert to Catholicism._ Recently, I interviewed him before a benefit concert and I started out by saying, "We have two things in common - six kids and the Catholic' Church." And we were off to a good start. i knew that he is a caring man.

He once explained why: "Christ said it, Buddha said it, Martin Luther King said it: We must live together as brothers or die together as fools."

Without question, Brubeck takes a spiritual approach to his music and his life. Since 1965 he has become a force in contemporary sacred music. His Christmas choral pageant, "La Fiesta de la Posada," the most popular of his choral works, has been recorded on the Columbia Masterworks Series and he was commissioned to write music for Pope John Paul Irs 1987 visit to San Francisco.

One of his sacred pieces radically influenced the composer, leading to his baptism as Ii Catholic seven years ago. It came about, he . said, after he "was doing something I had refused to do, write a Mass."

The story began with Ed Murray, a man involved with the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, Ill. "He would show up at concerts and he talked Mass until I did it. I told him I knew nothing about the Catholic Church and he would say he didn't want somebody who knows," related Brubeck.

When the composer finished the Mass, titled "To Hope! A celebration," a two-year project, Father Ron Brassard, who produced one of its first performances, had a question, Brubeck said.

"Father Ron wanted to know why I had not written an Our Father in the Mass.... Well, we were finished with the Mass as far as I could see and because of that,

my wife, the kids and I went to the Caribbean for a vacation."

One night while they were there something startling happened. "I dreamt the Our Father from beginning to end," he said, adding that this convinced him he "ought to . put it in the Mass."

The episode "started making me think more about the power of what was goingon," said Brubeck, who subsequently was baptized and confirmed.

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"By the time you reach this point in life, you know there's no way you're not going to have sorrow. But if you can't rise above it," he said, "you really don't have faith."

popped back to the surface, paddled to the edge of the bowl, indignantly bUZZ-dried its wings and set out in search ofless violent climes.

It was Qne ofthose rare happenings of science when two great minds hit simultaneously on an idea whose time had come. Carolyn and I cried in near unison, "Let's freeze some flies and see if they , live."

Always creative, Carolyn saw us moving on to larger creatures, slugs, rabbits, horses, our brothers, and become rich and famous.

What we ended up doing was one experiment with a slug without using water or orangeade. However, the results were inconclusive because my father interrupted the process trying to find an ice cube.

Yelling several words that alone would have melted a frozen slug, he strongly discouraged us from further research.

Truth is, our minimal success can be blamed on him. We dared not grope in the back of the freezer section for the ice-cube tray in which we had deposited several flies.

I said minimal success because it cannot be ruled out that the insects did not revive.

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"To freeze it," he said, holding it with both hands as he walked'. toward the refrigerator. He put the container in one hand and carefully opened the freezer with the other, spilling hardly more than a third of the:; water on the floor.

"Just because," he explained.

It took me back to my own youthful idealism when I ~id things for the purity of it with no particular application in mind. It had been years since I froze water just to freeze water. Now I make ice cubes, keep chipped ice handy for gelatin desserts, store ice bags for sprains.

"Did I ever tell you about the time my best friend Carolyn and I experimented with suspending life in ice?" I asked my Mr. Freeze.

Masking his excitement about this classic tale of my youth, he started for the back door.

"Hey, Buster," I said, "Get your soggy socks back here and clean up this water."

His attention riveted, I told him in detail how Carolyn and I had mastered freezing fruit drinks on sticks and were working on solidifying them in balloons when Carolyn suddenly snatched the flyswatter and deftly flicked a big fly auditing our.experiments. S,till buzzing, it landed smack in the middle of our bowl of orangeade.

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,. POPJQHNPAUL II presented;wlth a life~size .•. porcelai.n sculpture, "Madonna and Child oLthe Settt~-> .soli,?' by HelenF. Boehn),-chairIrtan of'Boehm Studiosin.: Trenton,N.J. She, saio'th~ sculpture was inspired by (Q.e, m,an} ti~es she had se~n the pope .lovingly embrace or·· look at it child. (eNS· photo by Arturo Mari) '. . . \."

Pope commemorates dogma of Immaculate Conception GAETA, Italy (CNS) - Pope John Paul II came to Gaeta for 12 hours to pay homage to a 140year-old slice of Italian religious life that affected the entire Catholic Church.

Gaeta is known as "The City of the Immaculate Woman" because it is the place where Pope Pius IX began the process of officially defining the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.

The dogma says that Mary, the mother of Christ, was conceived without original sin.

Gaeta' "IS the cradle" of the dogma of th!= Immaculate Conception, Pope John Paul II said during a recent visit to the archdiocese of Gaeta.

The current pope recalled that from Gaeta in 1849, Pope Pius sent a letter to the world's bishops asking their views on the subject.

This letter was "the decisive step to~ard the definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of· M!lry, which took place in Rome several years later, Dec. 8, 1854," said Pope John Paul. . Pope Pius IX, at a time of mid19th century political turmoil in Italy; decided to leave Rome and live in Gaeta under the protection' o(King Ferdinand II of Naples. ·.. P~pe Pius arrived in 1848 and was attracted to the Church of the Aimunciation, which had a wellknown painting of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.

His decision was made after _ repeated. meditation before the painting; Pope Pius IX also was attracted to a Marian shrine in

Itri, about 14 miles north of Gaeta, where he also meditated on Marian theology.

The result was a conviction that the belief should be formally <Jefined and the follow-up decision to gather the opinion of the world's bishops on the Immaculate Conception.

While in the port city of Gaeta, Pope Pius also engaged in two papal firsts. He became the first pope to take a ride on a steamship and was the first pope to visit a U.S. naval vessel, the sailing frigate Constitution, which was anchored off Gaeta.

Pope John Paul did not commemorate his predecessor's seafaring endeavors, but he visited the Church of the Annunciation and the Marian shrine at Itri, praising local residents for their veneration . of Mary.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - One tion, Ecclesia Dei had "regular- sier de Mallerais, general secretary year after Archbishop Marcel ized" four small groups o¥priests, of the society.

Lefebvre provoked a schism by religious and seminarians. Among The society has made up the ordaining bishops against papal them was the Priestly Society of number of initial defections among orders, the aftershocks are still St. Peter, an order of about 20 priests and seminarians and has reverberating through the Vatican priests and 30 seminarians, mostly even opened a new seminary in and beyond. . drawn from Archbishop Lefebvre's Australia, Bishop Tissier said. He estimated that the number of peoThe debate has centered not so society. much on the 83-year-old archThe commission, meanwhile, has ple who frequent the society's 500 bishop's act of defiance - seen in granted more than 100 "celebrets" centers around the world has retrospect by many' Vatican offi- so that individual priests can say actually increased slightly.

Bishop Tissier said he had "not cials as unpreventable - but in- the Tridentine Mass. When 'this stead on the Vatican's effort to request involves groups, the local the slightest regret" that the society lure back Archbishop Lefebvre's bishop must grant his permission, took the step that led to schism and excommunication for those followers and sympathizers. too: ordained, himself included. As for The presidents of the Swiss, Cardinal Paul Mayer, who heads French, British and German bish- -' .Ecclesia Dei, -recently said some .the efforts of Ecclesia Dei, he said, ops' conferences recently met with local bishops have not pushed hard "I'm afraid they will be unsuccessPope John Paul II and other Vati- e,?-ough in implementing the pope's ful."

"This commission cannot work, can officials to vOice strong con- plan to bring b!1ck Archbishop because of opposition by local cern about the way the Vatican's Lefebvre's f(lllowers. He noted that Ecclesia Dei commission is' going the pope's letter unveiling Ecclesia bishops. This is interesting to us. It confirms. our opinion that this about that task.

'Dei asked bishops to make a "wide :commission was not a serious Ecclesia Dei was set up by the and generou's'" application of the thing," he said.. ' pope alm'ost immediately after the. option feif- the Tridentine Ma~s.

At the Ecclesia Dei office, that illicit ordinations by Archbishop Some" 'traditionalist' believers argument is rejected. One prelate Lefebvre in order to "facilitate full find it impossible, or nearly im- involved in the reintegration effort ecclesialcommllnion" among fol- possible,to benefit from the con- said the opposite was true: the fact lowers who might hesitate to fol- cessions'" granted oy the pope, that some bishops have shown low him into schism. But some Cardinal Mayer said. He quoted resistance demonstrates that the churchmen have questioned from a letter the commission had commission is serious in its work. whether too many concessions are received from one layman who But he acknowledged that the being given to these "traditional- described a "feeling of despenition commission's task is difficult and . ist" Catholics. among traditionalist Catholics" be- slow. On the one hand; it must "The bishops want to know cause "bishops want to prevent a wait for individuals and groups to where they stand when they are generous response from being come to it. On the other, it must confronted by actions of Ecclesia given." , help convince the rest of the church ,Dei," said a church source who that it is not handing out exemphi dioceses where bishops resist tions from the teaching of the works with the S'wiss bishops' conthe concessions, the 78-year-old Second Vatican Council, but rather ference.

He said the bishops questioned cardinal said, the schismatic move- trying to guarantee liturgical and the commission's practice of grant- ment tends to retain or pick up spiritual diversity.

A year after he created four new . ing induits of special permission to members.

At Archbishop Lefebvre's head- bishops, Archbishop Lefebvre's priests for celebration of the Tridentine Mass, for example. They . quarters in Econe,' Switzerland, name has vanished from the Vatialso wanted to know more about officials report business as usual. can's annual yearbook, the Anthe nature and mandate of Eccle- The archbishop is scheduled to nuario Pontificio. But in and out sia Dei and were concerned that it ordain 10 more priests this summer, of Vatican offices, the debate over has no representation from local according to Bishop Bernard Tis- his movement is still going strong. dioceses, he said. There were questions about the relative indepeni~ dence of some reintegrated groups from local bishops.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The "This silence, absurd and immor"When the pope created this Vatican's newspaper has criticized al, will weigh on the consciences of commission, it was an attempt to what it calls the lack of world people and nations," it added. help in an intermediate or transi- interest in stopping the "slow but "To die in Lebanon no longer tion stage - not to create a new decisive genocide" occurring in Leb- makes news," it said. rite or a new institution. But some anon.

The newspaper said the recent people now think maybe there "The genocide is consumed in joint cease-fire ca'll issued by French should be a new rite. This was not silence" and under"the sad shadow President Francois Mitterand and the bishops' understanding," he of indifference,"· said L'Osserva- Soviet President Mikhail Gorbatore Romano in a July 9 front- chev was received "with indiffersaid.

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Mindszenty ease reopening no surprise to Vatiean VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The announcement this month that" Hungary would reopen the controversial post-World War II trial of Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty at the request of Hungarian church officials came as no surprise to the Vatican, norto Hungarian Catholic leaders. It was a well-rehearsed confirmation of what was already known.

Vatican and Hungarian churchmen were informed in March that the government would reopen the case of the man who symbolized the harsh repression of the staunchly anti-Communist Catholic Church during the postwar period.

The situation also illustrates the church-state consultative 'process that precedes major religious decisions by one of the Soviet bloc's more relaxed governments.

ThiS consultative process,known as "small steps," aims to foster church-state harmony in a country where 61 percent of the 10.6 million inhabitants are Catholic.

Cardinal Mindszenty, Hungarian primate at the time of the 1948

Communist takeover, led church opposition to the government. He _ opposed takeover of Catholic' schools and helped organize massive demonstrations in support of religious and national freedom.

Cardinal Mindszenty was arrested in 1948 and convicted in 1949 on charges of spying, treason, subversion and illegally exchanging foreign currency. Sentenced to life imprisonment, he. was freed during the brief 1956 uprising against Communist rule and took refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Budapest when the Soviet army arrived to crush the .revolt.

The cardinal. remained in the emb~ssy until 1971 when,' un,der Vatican pressure', he agreed to leave. He died in Vienna, Austria, in 1975. ' Ju'st prior to President George Bush's July '11~13 ~isit to Hungary, the state news agency issued a statement saying that Prime Minister Miklos Nemeth agreed to reopen the case at the request of Cardinal Laszlo Paskai of Esztergom, Hungarian primate.

At the end of March, in answer to a query posed by Catholic News Service, then-vice president of the State Office for Church Affairs, Barna Sarkadi-Nagy, confirmed that the. government planned to reopen the case as part of a "democratic renewal." Shortly after, Sarkadi-Nagy was promoted to director of the state office.

Meanwhile, thedecision was not announced' inside Hungary, but the public was being P!epare~.

At the beginning of April, Hungarian radio rebroadcast, without comment, the full text of Cardinal Mindszenty's Nov. 3,1956, speech on the eve of-the Soviet invasion, in which he called for a neutral Hungary. Bookstores began displaying a book by a well~known historian arguing that the weight of evidence was often on the side of the cardinal in his battles with the ,government: Church ~nd state had found common ground. Rehabilitating a disgraced cardinal was now in the national interest.

1960s "sex revolution-" non~event,. says study NEW YORK (CNS) - The socalled "sexual revolution" of the 1960s, widely considered a major shift in American society, did not in fact occur, according to a newly published report on a federally funded national study conducted in 1970.

"Sex and Morality in the U.S.," a 462-page analysis of the in-depth study of sexual views and practices of more than 3,000 U.S. men and women, concluded that while the '60s brought some changes in sexual behavior, "a strong strain of traditionalism regarding sexual morality still permeates American society."

One of the most significant changes in sexual behavior the researchers found was an increase in premarital sexual activity. _Even though more women had sex before marriage, they reported, these women stiUconnected it with marriage, most often having their sexual experience only with men they expected to marry.

At a recent New York news conference introducing the book, its editor, soCiologist Hubert J. O'Gorman, said a testing of some surveys done in intervening years showed no evidence of a major change since the 1970 study.

The study was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and conducted under the auspices ofthe University ofIndiana's Kinsey Institute, famed for studies in male and female sexual behavior made by its founder, Alfred C..

Kinsey.

Originating in a plan to learn more about anti-homosexual attitudes, the 1970 study was broadened to cover other types of sexuality for comparison purposes. Possible significance of the findings in dealing with the AIDS epidemic led to renewed interest in their publication.

In an introduction to the new book, coauthor Colin J. Williams, a University of Indiana sociologist, said Kinsey's '40s and '50s studies dealt with behavior, not with views on norms of moral behavior.

He told reporters that while behavior of individuals might v~ry from the norms they affirmed, a "sexual revolution" could not be

identified unless significant numbers of people began to approve actions previously condemned.

The survey, he said, showed large pn;>portions of the population still affirmed conservative views on sexual morality and had not themselves changed.

People are especially "absolutist" in their negative views on homosexuality, he said.

The book identifies "current devoutness" as "the most powerful predictor" of attitudes toward homosexuality.

"The more religiously devout (regardless of religious affiliation) people are, the more likely they are to hold highly negative attitudes toward homosexuality," it says: It found Catholics as a group more conservative than Jews and those without religious affiliation but more liberal than Protestants, whether fundamentalist or other.

Of 3,018 people studied in 1970, 85 percent agreed that homosexu- \ ality is "obscene and vulgar." Lesser majorities felt homosexual men should not be allowed to hold such positions as schoolteacher, judge or "government official."

Williams declined to characterize a conservative position on homosexuality as ~imply right or wrong.

"It is only when it is politicized to deny the sexual rights of others that conservatism becomes a prob. lem," he said.

The authors used the term "antihomsexuality" rather than "homophobia" to describe opposition to homosexuality. They said in a footnote that use of "homophobia" probably began with two authors in the 1970s, but the underlying notion that opposition to homosexuality is a "phobic response" lacks "convincing support."

The 19-year-gap between the study and its publication of its findings was attributed to a series of difficulties, from disagreement over how it should be presented to a dispute over who should be listed' first among the authors.

O'Gorman said that despite delays, the 1970 survey was the only one of its scope ever conducted for any country, and would always retain its value as a "benchmark" for such research.

Chill winds of change felt in Dubuque archdiocese DUBUQUE, Iowa (CNS) Chill winds of change are being felt in the Dubuque archdiocese as population shifts from rural areas to towns and cities and shrinking parish rolls in country parishes have forced a change in status for 13 parishes within the past year.

In announcing the changes, Archbishop Daniel W. Kucera also said it has become increasingly difficult for priests to provide liturgical and pastoral leadership at several parishes while traveling from one to the other.

The changes involve closing one parish, redesignating seven parish churches as oratories, and changing five parishes that have had resident pastors to parishes served by a pastor who lives in a different parish.

According to The Witness, the Dubuque archdiocesan paper, "Oratory status designates a church at which no regularly scheduled liturgical services will be held,

though it may be used to celebrate specific liturgies such as a funeral of a longtime parishioner or wedding anniversaries. The church edifice will be maintained for these purposes."

The removal of resident pastors from five parishes brings the archdiocesan total of parishes without resident pastors to 59. Previously, of 233 parishes in the archdiocese, 64 served fewer than 100 families.

Archbishop Kucera noted that many rural parishes had been established when "large families in rural areas and limited transportation ... made the establishment of parishes relatively close to o~e another a natural decision."

In sOqle cases the local parish is "the last act in town," making it even more difficult for families to accept a closing or change in status, he said.

He said extensive consultationwas carried out in each affected parish.

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Universal catechism draft to be .ready by November

TOMORROW'S 7:30 p.m.

Twiiight Garden Concert at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro, will feature release of the ninth album of songs by Father Andre Patenaude, MS, also known as "Father Pat," top picture. "Shekinah Glory!" echoes words of Scripture while making a contemporary statement of one's need for God's presence within. The concert will be preceded at 6:30 p.m. by an outdoor Mass celebrated by Father Pat. David Haas, second picture, will be featured in the twilight series at 7:30 p.m. July 29. His songs, used widely in parishes, include "To Be Your Bread" and "Lead Me, 0 Lord." He has also collaborated with pastoral musicians Michael Joncas and Marty Haugen.

He will lead the music ministry-at 6:30 p.m. Mass preceding the concert.

Both concerts will be followed by a social in the shrine cafeteria and will be held indoors in case of rain.

Uninsured children ST. LOUIS (CNS) - Officials at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis say they are treating a growing number of children of working people who are neither able to obtain -insurance coverage nor eligible for government assistance. The hospital the nation's only freestanding Catholic hospital for children - provided more than $37 million in uncompensated patient care in 1988.

"Sometimes both parents are working and aren't able to afford health insurance for their family," said Marilyn Horst, Ii hospital social worker.

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A draft of the universal catechism proposed by the 1985 extraordinary Synod of Bishops will be ready in November, according to Archbishop William J. Levada of Portland, Ore. Archbishop Levada said the draft would be sent to the world's bishops and bishops' conferences for consultation, with their responses expected within six months.

"I expect the final catechism, after the observations ofthe bishops are back, to be out and published in 1991," Archbishop Levada said.

Archbishop Levada, a member of the catechism's drafting committee, commented on "Heart of the Nation," a program on the Eternal Word Television Network.

He said the new catechism is unlike the Baltimore Catechism in that it is "not set up in a questionand-answer form."

Another difference, he said, is that the paragraphs are longer. At the end of each paragraph are summary statements of the most important points which could be memorized.

Archbishop Levada said the draft has three basic parts: the creed, the -sacraments and "worship and the commandments ordering our lives."

The universal catechism's purpose, he said, is to give bishops, catechetical staffs and publishers "a point of reference, a vision of the whole of Catholic doctrine."

Pope John Paul II has said the universal catechism is meant to be "an important help in guaranteeing the unity of the faith" but not ~a substitute for diocesan or national catechisms."

The pope established the commission for the preparation of a catechism for the universal church in 1986 after the 1985 synod recommended the writting of a universal catechism. Two Americans are commission members: Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law and Cardinal William W. Baum, head of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education. The commission is headed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The catechism, Archbishop Levada said, will help develop "the really comprehensive materials that we need to have if we're going to have a truly ed ucated next generation of Catholics, if we're going to have people who know their faith and are able to put that faith into practice."

-Busy Knights NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CNS) - The Knights of Columbus gave more than $85.3 million and more than 27 million hours of service to charitable activities in 1988, according to the organization's annual activities survey.

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People who don't know the difname we will .remember for the rest of our lives. When that friend ference between acquaintances in return shares his or her dreams . and friends can go on for years and fears, we have found a price- thinking of others as friends who really aren't at all. They don't less gift. know these people and aren't An interesting question is, What known by thern in any deep way. are the names of the three most If one were in some kind of perimportant friends you have had? sonal trouble, such people would You would be in some way a different person today if you had not, most likely not be there to listen, understand and help. "Good-time known them. friends" are really just ~cquain­ Conversely, you mayhave friends tances. who could say, "I wouldn't be the I often see high school students person I am now, my life would be who call each other a friend but different, it would be less if it were who really don't seem to care not for you." , about each other, except as someUnfortunately, not everyone un- one to help them have a good time. derstands what friendship is about.

But I also see those who underSome people call almost anyone a stand friendship in deep ways. .fri~nd. They don't distinguish beWhen they call a person a "friend" tween a friend and an acquaintance. it means that they know him or her 'X ou can have endless acquain- in a special way and hope to be tances, but only' a few friends. that person's friend for years to Why? Because friendship involves come. a deep kind of sharing with another, They would want that person to a deep kind of knowing and of take part in their wedding, for letting yourself be known by the example. When someone in their other person.. family dies, they will look for that If I meet someone often, say at person to be at the wake and funschool or at work or through some eral to offer comfort. activity and if I know lots of superThey know that friendship is ficial information but don't know fun but 'it is also commitment.

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. You might want to cool your friendship with these two people temporarily - until the storms of their war have blown over. But let the cooling process be quiet and subtle with no formal announcement about what you are doing.

Just back offa iittle and maybe both your friends' will get the message.

The risks connected with this approach should be obvious.

Another possibility is to talk with your friends separately. Explain firmly that you value both their friendships very much and absolutely do not want to take sides. Point out that you have a right to adopt such an attitude.

One or maybe both your friends DENVER (CNS) - Young may object and you may lose them. people from throughl,lut the westThat's the risk to this plan. ern United States shared with five Still another approach would be bishops their concerns about their to play the role of peacemaker, but. place·in the church and also asked be aware that in the course of his- -questions about church teaching tory some peacemakers have been on women priests, sexuality and assassinated. You may get hurt as other topics. . you try to reconcile your friends.

As part of a western conference Still, you may decide it's worth of the National Federation for the effort and the risk. Again ap- Catholic Youth Ministry, the forum was sponsored by the U.S. bishops' proach each of them separately.

Tell them about your desire to see Commi~teefor Marriage and Famthem be friends again. Let them ily Life.

A similar dialogue for the eastknow emphatically how much you value their friendship. Try to get at . ern United States will be held in November in Louisville, Ky. the heart of the argument and try to help each persQn see the other's .

Some 20 teens met with Bishops point of view. ' . Bernard J. Ganter· of Beaumont, Try to suggest ways they might Texas; Richard C. Hanifen of Calend their quarrel without losing, orado Springs, Colo.; Arthur N. face. And especially seek to clear' Tafoya of Pueblo, Colo.; and Auxup any misunderstandings thalmay, iliary Bishops Robert J. Carlson exist. . of St. Paul-Minneapolis and Dale In spite ofyour best efforts you J. Melczek of Detroit.

Asked why youths aren't servmay fail and you may lose one or; ing on parish· councils,and comboth of your friends. Be aware that you cannot control what other . mittees, the bishops agreed that young people should have visible people do. roles in the liturgy, that they should Your comments are welcomed' be on parish liturgy committees. . by Tom Lennon, 3211 Fourth St•. and that their ideas for meeting needs of young people should be N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017listened to. The bishops thought 1100.

Youths meet with bishops peer ministry programs were espe. cially important.

One young man asked why special liturgies could include music and cultural symbols of Poles, Hispanics, blacks and other groups, but that music meaningful to youth was forbidden.

Bishop Melczek said he favored celebrations with appropriate music . for young people. . The use of girls and women as altar servers was supported by both the young people and the bishops One teen asked why the church teaches that premarital sex is wrong, even if the couple is really in love. The teen added that Adam and Eve didn't have "a piece of ,paper" saying they were married.

The youths applauded when the 'bishops explained that the church 'does not view sexual intercourse as a recreational activity.

The majority of the 1,200 teens at the conference seemed to agree .that priests should be able to marry, and that ordination should be open to women.

Bishop Ganter said,' "The bottom line is because the pope says 'no.'"

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WLNE, Channel 6. Diocesan On Radio Television Mass. ."Be Not Afraid," 1.5 minutes of Portuguese Mas.ses·from Our music and Gospel message hosted Lady of' Mt.' Carmel Church,

by Father James M, Fitzpatrick, Ne~ Bedford: ·12:15'p.m.·each parochial vh;ar at St.John the Sunday on radio station WJFDEvangelist. parish, Attleboro, is FM, 7 p.m. each Sunday on tele- . heard at Ii a:in.. SU!1days on sta~, vision Channel 20. . tion WARA, 1320 AM. The CathPortugu'ese Masses from Our olic clergy of the Attleboro area Lady of Lourdes and St. Ansponsor the program. thony of Lisbon parishes, Ta.un"The Beat~" Christian' rock ton: 7 p.m. eacli Sunday and 6 music and information 'p~oducea p.m. each Monday on cable chanby Buil<!ing Block Ministrjes of ne127. .

Taunton, is broad'ca'st, at.6:00 "Confluence," 8:30 a.m: each. a.R). Sund!1Ys on sta'iion WVUF Sunday'o'n Channel 6, is a panel. Boston, '10~.7 FM"and may be program moderated by Truman heard in the Attleboro, Fall River, Taylor and having as permanent .. New Bedford and Taunton deaneries. .' ' . partiCipants Father Peter N. Graziano, 'diocesan director of social Charismatic prog~a!TIs with services; Right Rev; George Hunt, Father. John Randall'are aired Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island, , from 9:30 to:\0:30 a.m. Monday and Rabbi Baruch Korff. through Friday on station WRIB, . "The Beat," produced by Build1220 AM; Mass is br.oadcast at I ing Block Ministries of Taunton p.m. each Sunday. . ' . and aired on·many cable systems "Topic Religion," presented by in the Fall River diocese features two priests, a rabbi .and a Protvideos from and information on . estant minister, is broadcast a~ contemporary Christian rock art6:06 a.m. and 9:06 p.m., each ists. Check 100;allistings for. times Sunday on station WEEI Bosand dates. ton, 590 AM. Mass 9:30 a,m. Monday to Programs of Catholic interest Friday, WFXT, Channel 25. are broadcast at ,the following "Breakthrough" 6:30 a.m..each times on station·WROL Boston, Sunday, Channel 10, a pr,ogram' 950 AM: Monday through Frion the power of God to touch day 9, 9:15, 11:45 a.m.; 12:15, lives, produced by the Pastoral 12:30, I p.m.

Theological Institute of Hamden, A Polish-language rosary hour, Conn. conducted by 'Father Justin, is "Maryson," a family puppet broadcast at I:30 p.m. Sundays show with moral and spiritual on station WALE, 1400 AM. perspective 6 p.m. each ThursA Polish-language Mass is day, Fall Riverand New Bedford heard from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

Cable Channel 13. every Sunday on station WICE: "Spirit and the Bride," a talk 550 a.m.

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General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing;. PG-13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental .guidance suggested; R-:-restricted, unsuitable for children or young teens, Catholic ratings: AI-approved'for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3....,. approved for adults only; A4-separate classification (given films not morally offensive which. however. require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

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

bloci!Jy .carnager· Some' profimity/!ond' a sexuar encounter with shadowed nudity. 0, R.,.. ;' "Licenseto'iml"(U~tedArtists): James Bond (Timo~hy Dalton) tracks down a. sadistic Latin American drug lord (Robert Davi). The usual nutty stunts, mechanical gizmos and various Bond in-jokes fail to perk up this clone of every other Ramboesque 'film. Grisly deaths by torture, intens~ chases, violence, implied·sexual promiscuity. 0, PG

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New Films "Do the Right Thing" (Universal): After 25 years of selling pizza in a Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood which has become totally black and Hispanic, Italian-American Sal (Danny Aiello) attempts unsuccessfully to squash racial tensions before they destroy.his business. This is a powerful look at racism encompassing passionate characters, satire and savvy.music. ." Much ·humor, but its unsettling point of view, that violence; may be a justifiable mea,ns·to an end, will unsettle many and force viewers to confront stereotype.s and' bigotry.

Profanity, racial and ethnic slurs, racial violence, brief sexual scene with fleeting OI,ldity. A4, R . ; "Le.thal Weapon 2" (Warner Bros.): Mindless, .violent sequel to .the .1.987 hit features ,the 'popular bla'ck-white cop team (Danny Glover and Mel Gibson) who turn into vigilantes to squash. a ruthless South African diplomat (Joss.Ack,land) operating a profitable drug operation ill·Los· Angeles. Enqless strealll ,of chases, deatQ-defying .' stunts,' m.~rde.rous'·mayhem and

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"Weekend at Bernie's" (Fox): One-joke farce about t'Y0 witless, low-level insurance executives (Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman) who hide the fact that their boss (Terry Kiser) has been murdered so they can take advantage of his weekend beach house invitation. Writer Robert Klane and director Ted Kotcheff knock the conscienceless, self-absorbed' hedonists who don't notice that their host is dead, but the main focus is on how best to lie to get what you want - a weekend in paradise, the girl, etc. Alcohol and drug abuse, sexual innuendos, implied necrophilia. 0, PG 13.

Ty Films Friday~ July 21,9-11 p.m. EDT (CBS) - "Little Treasure" (1985).

An erotic dancer (Margot Kidder) ,and a down-on-his-luck ex~sem­ inarian (Ted Danson) team up in Mexico to find the loot from a Depression-era bank robbery. A morality tale with serious overtones but not enough substance, despite some good acting and dia:logue. Nudity and some rough language. A4, R Sunday,July 30, 9-11 p.m. EDT (ABC) - "Starting Over" (1979).

A divorced· man (Burt Reynolds) . finds himself drawn to a nice, sensible but wary schoolteacher (Jill . ~layburgh). 'However, he is still attached to his former wife (Can, ..dice Bergen) who now shows up, .asking for another try. Funny but .repetitive and the humor and 'more serious concerns don't blend well.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Parishioners and summer visitors are thanked for generous donations to the food pantry for the needy.

Babysitting is available at the 9:30 a.m. Mass each Sunday. Those involved in this service will have a meeting and potluck supper to which alI are welcome at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fr. Clinton Hall. Information: 4776645.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH Second annual youth day July 30 on the church grounds begins with II :30 a.m. Mass, followed by a cookout and activities until 4 p.m. AlI parishioners entering grades 8 to 12 are welcome. A trip to Rocky Point is planned for Aug. 8. Thanks are expressed to a newly-formed vocal quartet which will be heard at 9 a.m.

Sunday Mass throughout the summer.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Special ministers of the Eucharist will meet at 7:'30 p.m. Monday in the parish hall for rededication to their ministry. The evening will include Benediction and a social hour. CCD teachers are needed on all grade levels. Inform!ition at rectory.

OL CAPE, BR'E\VSTER Bible study group begins Sept. II; registration deadline Aug. I. Infor,mation: 394-5023, 385-675 L

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TOLEDO, Ohio (CNS) - Parishes that rely merely on the offertory collections, bingo, raffles and 'PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN O.L. ANGELS, FR festivals to finance services, espeare asked to submit news Items for this Parish finance council members column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall cially Catholic education, won't are Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, pres~ River, 02722. Name of city or town should survive in the 21st century, says ident; Patricia A. Cabral, secretary; be Included, as well as full dates of all activthe development officer for the Alfred MelIo, WilIiam Rego, Antone Ities. Please send news of future rather DioceSe of Toledo. than past events. Note: We do not normally Michaels, Carl Dionizio, Tobias Moncarry news of fundralslng activities. We are te, members.

"Many parishes and especially happy to carry notices of spiritual prothose with schools, are surviving ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON grams, club meetings, youth projects and by withdrawing from past savings, similar nonprofit activities. Fundralslng The parish wilI begin a singalong proJects may be advertised at our regular program sponsored by the Vincenand others are just barely managrates, obtainable from The Anchor busitians at noon Tuesday in the longing to balance the books at the end ness olllce,telephone 675-7151.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, term wing of Morton Hospital. AlI On Steering Points Items FR Indicates ofthe year," said the official, RichE. FREETOWN willing to lend a voice are asked to Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford. ard Waring.

Company picnic noon to 6 p.m. participate. Renovations at the parWaring, who has 20 years expetomorrow. ish center include a new roof, blackST. STANISLAUS, FR rience in fundraising for private Sisters of Social Service wilI speak topping of driveways and parking ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN colleges, dioceses and parishes, adareas and landscaping. at weekend Masses about their work Lectors needed for Masses for vocates planned-giving programs in Iron Curtain countries and other ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN vigil and feast of Assumption. If able and creation of endowment funds nations.

Picnic noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 6, to serve, please notify rectory. for long-term financial stability of Cathedral Camp, East Freetown..

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, . the church facilities .

CHRIST THE KING, POCASSET Waring, a former board member O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE The church is open for prayer COTUIT/MASHPEE Holy Spirit Fathers wilI speak at of the National Catholic Steward'A parish library is being organMonday throl!gh Friday until 12 ship Council, is the author of pubnoon. . ized and donations are welcome at weekend Masses on their mission work. Returnable bottles and cans ST. PAUL, Minn. (NC) - The lications including"Financial Organthe rectory. may be left at the religious education Latin-language liturgy, used exclu- izer," a personal estate planning SACRED HEART, center. Proceeds will benefit Day/ sively in the Roman Catholic guide; "How To Save Our Catholic N. ATTLEBORO _ _ _ 234 Second Street . Star Place, Hyannis day shelter for Church until the Second Vatican College," a profile of the financial Parish picnic noon to 5 p.m. Aug. the homeless. ~ Fall River. MA 02721 Council, stilI provides a link to status of U.S. Catholic colleges; 20. ~WebOffset ST. JAMES, NB tradition and to Catholic culture, and "Preserving and Extending _ _ Newspapers IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, Bishop Joseph Regan, MM, will says a priest whose parish regu- Our Catholic Heritage," an estateTAUNTON . . . . . . . , . Printing & Mailing speak on the Philippine missions at planning pamphlet for distribution A restored statue of Our Lady weekend Masses. AA meeting held 7 larly celebrates Mass in Latin.

IMIIIiiIIiI (508) 679-5262 Msgr. Richard J. Schuler, pas- by parishes to parishioners. used in the old church and also in the p.m. each Wednesday, parish hall. city's 350th anniversary parade is tor ofSt. Agnes Parish in St. Paul, Fundraising methods his office now in the front vestibule. Canned ST. MARY, SEEKONK told 100 members of the Latin recommends to parishes and CCD teachers and aides needed; carrots wilI be collected the weekend Liturgy Association that both Mass schools include tithing, insurance of July 29 and 30 for Our Daily information at rectory. Sacred Hearts in Latin and Mass in the vernacuFirst Class Second Class programs, wilIsand bequests. WarSisters are praying for the parish this Bread soup kitchen.

First Class Presort Carner Route Coding lar "are to be used to benefit ing said the most effective are week.

DIVORCED/SEPARATED, '-c:o souls."

Third Class Bulk Rate lip Code Sorting tithing and estate-planning proHOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO N. DARTMOUTH Third Class Non Profit List Maintenance The association, which has about grams.

Meeting for parents of teenagers Sister Jane Hogan will speak July 2,000 members, was organized "Through a good sacrificial givAll TO USPS SPECIFICATIONS 24 for members of the Divorced/ Se- ?:30 p.m. Aug. I, parish center. Lecmore than a decade ago by a group ing or tithing program, the basic new and present lectors are needed; parated support group that meets 7 Cheshire labeling on Kirk·Rudy 4·up to 9 p.m. each second Wednesday tors are invited to a workshop at 7 of scholars and writers devoted to' operating'expenses of virtually any labeler. And Pressure Sensitive Labeling retaining Latin in the liturgy. Latin parish c'an be met and good finanand fourth Monday at the Family p.m. Aug. 2, center. Youth group became an optional language for cial planning can be undertaken Life Center, 500 Slocum Rd. Other beach trip to Matunuck, RI Sunday.

Inserting. collating, folding, 226-1591. meetings: Dorothy Levesque, Com- Information: , liturgy with the reforms of the by the parish," he said. metering, sealing, sorting, addressing. munications, Aug. 9; Father John ROSARY FOR LIFE Second Vatican Council in the sacking. completing USPS forms.

He added, however, that "adPowell video, "Free To Be Me," The first National Rosary for Life mid-1960s. direct delivery to Post Office 'vance planning on the part of Aug. 28; Dorothy Levesque, Stress is scheduled for Oct. 7. Those inter... Printing •. .. We Do It All! A generation feels "cheated" out Catholics to include the church in Relief Workshops, July 31 an,d Aug. ested in planning such a rosary may of experiencing the Mass in Latin, their wilIs is the only way that Cal' for D~tail$(508) 679·5262 7, 14,21. (Workshops are 7:30 to contact Rosary for Life, PO Box Msgr.

Schuler told members ofthe major improvement and preserva9:30 p.m.)

40213, Memphis Tenn. 38174-0213. association at their convention in tion programs in our aging and St. Paul. "You've no idea how inefficient buildings and facilities many people I've brought into the 'will be financed in the future." church because ofthe Latin Mass," Parishes in the Toledo diocese he said.' . . p received $27 million in bequests in .

Msgr. Schuler spoke of "abuses the last 15 years. There were also ofliturgy and abandonment of the bequests to high schools, diocesan faith by thousands" because of ministries and to ,national minisviolations of Vatican II that he tries such as the Society for the said often reduce the Mass to a Propagation of the Faith, worth "vaudeville show." many millions of dollars, Waring "If we'd have done reforms with said. care and reverence," many of the "We simply must begin now to church's troubles would not have generate a financial endowment to arisen, he said. Msgr. Schuler en- replace the living endowment which couraged association members who sisters and priests have provided in want to generate support for a the past," he declared.

Latin Mass in their parishes to Through the parishes, the dioproceed with "finesse and care. cese has sponsored free seminars Don't browbeat." on estate planning attended by "Priests found that out when more than 5,000 people. Waring they tried to browbeat people into credits a portion of the bequest singing English: 'Sing or go to totals to the seminar effort. In hell.' You don't have to sing to get 1987-88, the largest total for beto heaven. And you don't have to quests was $247,000 in one'parish, say Latin to get to heaven," the he said. monsignor said.

Such success could be experiRobert J. Edgeworth, chairman enced in parishes across the counof the foreign language depart- try, but Waring said few parishes ment at Louisiana State Univer- have established endowment funds sity in Baton Rouge, is national to attract wills and bequests.

"As a development director, I vice chairman ofthe Latin Liturgy EVERY FRIDAY, OUR S~BSCRIBERS Association. He said that in the see the potential' which planned CHECK OUR ADS AND ATTEND ~~~' past five years, the number of gifts hold for almost 23,000 Catho-' Catholic parishes offering Latin , lic parishes in the United States," PARISH ACTIVITIES AROUND THE DIOCESE. Masses has risen from 70 to about Waring said.

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