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CHICAGO (NC) - U.S. Cath­ olics are individualists in a com­ munal church, University of Notre Dame sociologist David Leege said at a recent national symposium on parish life.

"I want to alert you to the is­ sue of individualism as one of the most serious problems (of U.S. Catholics) for liturgical Hfe and faith content," he said.

Leege gave the keynote ad· dress to about 100 theologians, sociologists, researchers, pastoral planners and other specialists from across the country who were in Chicago for the meet­ ing.

About two-fifths of "core" Catholics - minimally 'active to very active - take a clearly in­ dividualistic 'view of me, while less than balf that number take a clearly commu"nal view, Leege said. The remaining two-fifths showed mixed attitudes or views that did not fit those categories, he said.

"Perhaps just as' troubling," he added, was the finding that in a sacramental church "only 15 percent of core Catholics fit reliance on the church's sacra­ ments into their salvation scheme."

Leege is director of the Uni­ versity of Notre Dame's Center for ,the study of Contemporary Society.

He said a survey of parish­ ioners' primary religious atti­ tudes, orientations and motiva­ tions found that 39 percent of core Catholics bavea basic reli­ gious perspective which "focuses on me and my problems." Such people "are concerned with their own shortcomings, how they act on God or God acts on them; and on the reward they will re­ ceive either in the afterlife or in this life," he said.

He said 18 percent are com­ munal, which he defined as con­ cerned primarily with "the com­ mon needs of people in their social state." These people "de­ fine the (fundamental human) problem as alienation and social disharmony and they look to an outcome in terms ofa peaceful and just social order," Leege said.

Of the other 4~ ~rcent, he said, "21 percent define their religious values through bQth these themes, and 22 percent represent anomalous patterns or could not think in these terms bout religion."

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Giuttari work gets NAPM kudos

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BlV' Pat McGowan with NC News reports

Glenn Giuttari, director of the Fall River diocesan chapter of the National Association of. Pastoral Musicians, was' 'honored at the organization's recent national convention in Cincinnati as the chief architect of "Blessed Are the Peacemakers," a "theatre piece" based on the U.S. bishops' 1983 pastoral letter on war and peace.

Also honored was the diocesan NAPM chapter as a founding Breen Photo local unit of the organization.

"Peacllmakers" was cited as Splashdown at Cathedral Camp. the single most outstanding See page 10~ " origioal work -done in the United States during the past year. Com­ bining :liturgical dance and read­ ings, 'including quotations from Applied Christianity

the works of Daniel Berrigan~ Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day and Martin Luther King Jr., with choral and solo singing, it moved many heall'ers to tears when it was presented in June Sheral said she doesn't feel BELLE PLAINE, Minn. (NC) suited with a specialist in Minne­ 1984 at a regional NA'PM meet­ - The family of a 16-year-old apolis who recommended surgery bad about what happened to her. ing in Providence. " girl who underwent reconstruc­ and assured them the ankle She saw others in worse condi­ GiuWui shares credit for ,tive surgery on the wrong ankle would be "stronger than ever." tion while she was in the hospi. scripting and staging of Peace­ ,refuSed to sue the surgeon or But when Sheral woke up tal and they gave her strength. the hospital because their Chris-' from her surgery in Abbott­ "I figured there was nothing I makers with Sister Mary Lomax, tian charity won't let them make Northwestern Hospital last Feb­ could do about it and there was RSM, originally of SS. Peter and ,ruary, she lQoked <;Iown and saw no use getting angry," she said. Paul parish, Fall River, and now mon~y off the tragedy.

"We were tempted. Your first a cast on the wrong foot. Her "You've got to make the best of a hospital chaplain in the dio­ cese, and with Fathers Michael " attitude is very, very bitter. 1 left ankle had :been operated on it."

O'Neil and David Masello of the instead of the injured one.

The family, which refused to think that's ju~t human nature," "My first reaction (when the identify the doctor, turned down Providence diocese. The produc­ said Suz,anne Kahle of Belle Plaine, whose daughter, Sheral, anesthesiologist called to say repeated requests by attorneys to tion's musical arrangement, how­ underwent mistaken surgery something was wrong) was that represent them in a -lawsuit and ever, was his, including original Feb. 14. She was interviewed by she had died," Sheral's mother -also refused numerous offers of work and compositions by other . thousands of dollars for their artists. the Catholic Bulletin, newspaper said.

Sheral -left the hospital April story by tabloid newspapers.

It is noted that a videotape of of the St. Paul-Minneapolis Arch­ 14, wearing two casts and riding Peacemakers is -available through diocese.

"We did a lot of soul-search­ "But we didn't put stories in in a wheelchair. She can still ing and what we came up with is the Ca,thoHc Education Center, most pa~rs simply because they walk, go to school and to work. 'Whom do you blame?' " Sheral's 423 Highland Ave., Fall River, But her lifestyle is changed. father, Larry, said. "Personal telephone 678-2828. (the newspapers) were ~ut hunt­ Volleyball, softball, basketball, gain through this type of ,tragic ing for a degradation of the doc­ Unaware that he was to be tor. This would have ruined the . dance and even standing on stage accident isn't in the small-town recognized, Giuttari, director of man and we weren't out to do during a school musical cause ethic. You don't blame anyone music at St. Mary's Cathedral, her pain. that." person."

Fall River, did not attend this But the Kahles were still ,left Father Roger Lechtenberg, year's convention. His award wi-th the hurt and frustration of pastor of Our Lady of the Prairie was accepted by Joanne Mercier, having to cope with their daugh.

Parish in BeHe Plaine, described director at St. Mary's parish, ter's disability. the Kahles as "a giving family" South Dartmouth. and said that ",they're humble Their ordeal began on Oct. 13, Other diocesans at the con­ ,e Tauntonians in enough to ask when they need 1983, when Sheral slipped on wet vention were Kevin Mercier, Jo­ "Appalachia' help." pavement and severely fractured "Most of all, ,they trust in anne Mercier's husband; Ada her right ankle. She was in a .•. p. 3 God," Father Lechtenberg added. Simpson, director at Corpus cast for two months when it was • Serra seekS Mrs. Kahle agreed. "The nice Christi, Sandwich; Beverly Fer­ suggested that she might need vocations thing 'about having faith in God reira, who serves Attleboro area surgery on the ankle. A'fter parishes; Father Stephen J. Avila, is that you always have some­ ••. p. 12 months of seeking advice re­ Turn to Page Six one to turn to." garding surgery, the family con­

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Father Robert S. Kaszynski, pastor of St. Stanislaus Church, Fall River, and Judith Conrad, a . parishioner, wiH be among par; ticipants in a Hiroshima and Nagasaki memorial program, to be sponsored Aug. 4 to 6 by the Greater Fall River CoaHtion for a Nuclear Weapons. Freeze.

Father ~aszynski will offer prayer and Ms. Conrad will co­ ordinate music for a program to begin at- 7 p.m. Aug. 4 at Heri­ tage Park! Fall River.

The Heritage Park program will be followed by a vigil from 8 p.m. Aug. 4 to noon A:ug. G at Fall. River Government Center.

Its . 40-hour duration WiH com­ memorate the 40th anniversary of the World War II destruction of the Jaanese cities of Hiro­ shima and Nagnsalti.

Area residents are invited to participate in the project by taking part in the vigil, contri­ buting art work or their signa­ tures to a commemorative scroll which wiil be worked on during the 40 hours or by lighting a peace candle to burn throughout the two days. .

Churches have been asked to join the commemoration by offering special prayers for peace for a 40-minute period during the hours of the vigil, and by tolling church bells 40 times at noon on Aug. 6, as the memorial pro­ gram closes.

Aug. 6 is the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. Naga­ saki was bomoed Aug. 9, 1945, bringing an abrupt end to war in the Pacific.

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DR. GRADY consults with a nurse (top) and examines a child (below) at fe.eding center in Alamata, Ethiopia. (NC photos)

Doctor's view of' EtJtiopia SILVERTON, Ore. (NC) - Dr. Michael Grady said that when he saw· scenes from the' Ethiopian famine on the nightly newscasts ~. knew he had to go to help alleviate the suffering.

But l)e said he was not pre­ pared for the degree of human misery he found on arrival at the Alamata, Ethiopia, feeding center 'where he was first as­ signed.

"I was. overwhelmed for about the first 24 hours," he said. "I was stunned .by the whole thing.

These were the kids I was see­ ing on the newscasts. Here they were in the flesh - what there was of it. It was kind of numb. ing - surreal. .

"Quite frankly," he said, "that first night 1 .cried myself to sleep." . .

Grady, a member of S1. Paul 'Parish in Silverton, Ore., went to Ethiopia for 45 days this spring as a member of the North­ west MedicaI Teams.

Back in Oregon, he spoke of his experiences.

Grady stayed in AIamata, a town near the northern province ,of Tigre, where rebels have been fighting to secede from Ethiopia.

The team also worked in Addis Ababa, the .Ethiopian capitai.. ' Team members were not afraid the feeding compound where they stayed would be attacked, Grady said, because both sides welcomed their efforts.

But the town was attacked two weeks after he got there, the 35~year-old physician said.

"We spent the night on the floor, machine-gun and artillery fire going' on all around us.

Through a crack in my door I could see muzzIe flashes and tracer bullets. For someone un­

accusomed to warfare it was a frightening experience. 1 was never so glad to see the sun come out in my whole life," he said.

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The' medical team trained Ethiopian nurses how to treat the victims, but was discouraged ' from treating patients them­ selves.

"If you 'treat one patient, you might save one <life," Grady said. "If you teach someone else to do it, they could save a hun­ dred lives."

VAl'ICAN CITY (NC) - The number of priests in the world fell by more than 6 percent be­ tween 1973 and 1983, according to a statistical report recently released by the Vatican.

"Recent Tendencies in the Pas­ toral Activity of the Catholic Church Ending in 1983," reported that at the end of 1973, there were 433,089 priests worldwide.

A . decade later, there were 406,376.

But the 17-page report ana­ '1yzing trends from 1973-1983 showed ,an increase in the num­ ber of ordinations to. the priest-· hood over the last five years.

According to the report, the number of' ordinations has in­ creased from a decade ~ow of 5,765 in 1979 to 6,210 in 1983.

In 1973, however, there were 7,169 ordinations reported.

The report' cited increasing median age and increased num­ ber of deaths annually as a cause for the decrease in the number of priests.

The report also said. the num­ . ber of men 'leaving the priest­ hood is decreasing, with 3,790 leaving the active priesthood in 1973 but only 1,258 in 1983.

'But within that overall figure, religious orders were shown. losing priests at increasing rates' in the early 1980s. In 1982 541 left the ministry, followed by.

655 in 1983. iNo reason was offered for the difference in the trends for dio­ cesan and religious-order clergy.

The report shows' an increas· ing nU~ber of seminarians be­ tween 1973 and 1983.

In 1973, there were 63,795 seminari'ans. In 1983, thre were 77,044.

The analysis accompanying the report noted that "the number of diocesan clergy is increasing in A:frica, South America and Asia."

The figures remain "almost the same" in Central America and OceanIa. "The most notable re­ duction is found in Europe," the report added, "while there is a more modest drop in North Am­ erica."

The report also shows a signi­ ficant imbalance in the ratio of priests to laity in different parts of the world. In Latin America and Africa there are almost twice as many lay people per priest as there are in Europe and. North America.

In 1983, for example, North' Arne.rica had 17.1 percent of the world's ,priests but only 7.7 per­ cent of the world's Catholics.

Europe had '58.2 percent of the world's priests for 3.3 percent of the world's Catholics.

Central America, on the other hand, cIaims only 3.1 per.cent of the world's priests to serve 11.4 percent of the world's Catholics and South America only 8.4 per­ cent of the world's priests to serve 28.1 percent of the world's Catholics. Similarly, 4.3 percent of the world's priests serve 8 percent of the world's Catholics in Africa.

Hispanic needs seen as critical

CHICAGO (NC) - ·Evangeli· zation of Catholic Hispanics is the most crucial issue confcont­ ing the church ,today and unless the church ects quickly it will In addition to training nurses, ,lose many ,to other denomina­ Grady screened between 700 and tions, said Bishop Ricardo Rami­ rez of Las 'Cruces, N.M., in an 1,000 children for maInourish­ interview in Extension magazine. ment each morning. Those ad­ . admitted were allowed to' bring He said Hispanics now com­ their' families, who were fed prise J;me-third of the Catholic;s along with them. ' in the United States and are proj~cted to become' the major­ 'It was "emotionatly wrench­ ing," Grady said, to decide each ity ethnic group by the' year day who would and who would 2000.

"I see it perhaps as the most not be fed. critical challenge for the church . Parents would try to shove for the next five to 10 years," their children a't him, he said. said ,the bishop. "If we do not Only 150 new admissions were start addressing in a very seri­ accepted each day, bringing eus way some of the needs of those treated to· about 11,000 a the Hispanic ,people, we may be day. Most were under 5 years on the verge of setting the old. church back for generations and He said those who were turn­ maybe with an entire people." ed away showed no animosity.

His remarks were published in "They might seem passive to the July issue of .Extension us, but they were resigned to magazine, which was devoted to that fact of their lives," he said. Hispanic Catholics in the United "There WOllid be more malice in State$ and included stories on one of .our 'department stores the Aug. 15-18 Third National over not getting a Cabbage Patch Hispanic Pastoral Encuentroto doll than these people showed in be held :in Washington, D.G.· a Ute-or-death situation."

Bishop Ramirez said ,that the United States is still an "immi­ It's Invisible grant church" and has been a "It is only with the hear,t that ·leader throughout the century in one can see rightly: what is welcoming immigrants from essential is invisible to the eye." Europe.

- St. Exupery Bishop Ramirez said U.S.

Catholics need to adopt a "mis­ sionary mode" to welcome His­ ,panics into parish,es. He said· that fundamentalist churches are 'usually smaller and therefore make a more concerted effort to make a new member feel com­ fortable.

The bishop said ,translations of liturgies and diterature into Spanish and observing religious fiestas and customs are ways of meeting the needs of Hispanic parishioners.

He also said that the church must address poverty in the His­ panic .community. "In' my dio­ cese aIone, about 43 percent of the people are at or below the poverty line. Works of mercy and justice are ways in. which we make the church visible and credible," he said.

He said he sees hope for the future because Hispanic voca­ tions are increasing. He said that one-fifth of permanent deacons are Hispanic and It:hat Spanish­ speaking lay ministers are per­ forming outreach services to the Hispanic community.

"There are some areas of the U.S. that really should have His­ panic bishops - auxiliaries, if not Ordinaries (heads of dio­ ceses)," he said. "If you don't have role models, you don't get vocations. And it is Il'eally hard to break the cycle. It certainly helps when a diocese gets a Hispanic bishop."

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., July 26, 1985

Agca trial

inconclusive

ROME (NC) -" The first phase of the papal shooting conspiracy trial ended July 19 much as it had begun two months earlier ­ with revelations, retractions and wild claims by the sta'te's key witness, Mehmet Ali Agca.

Agca, the 27-year-old Turk serving a life sentence for the 1981 shooting of Pope John Paul II, again changed his testimony about the number of his alleged accomplices. At another point, he urged a quick end to the trial, saying: "I am the only assassin, the only slanderer, the only liar."

During the 1ast scheduled session before an eight-week. summer break, Agca also re­ peated one of his frequent claims of having "returned from heaven" to announce the imin­ ent end of the world to "you men of pI'anet Earth." He has several ,times claimed to be Jesus Christ.

Agca's behavior, which has provoked derision and anger in the courtroom, this time also prompted 'a formal caU for psy­ chiatric testing. The motion, to be ruled on 'later by the court, was made bya lawyer for Bekir Celenk, a Turk who is one of several people Agca has named as a co-conspirator. Agca has never ~een given psychiatric tests in Italy.

The only clear admission dur­ ing the 'trial was from Orner Bagci, a Turkish dependant ac­ cused of bringing Agca the' gun used in the shooting. Bagci ad­ mitted bringing the gun from Switzerland to Milan, Italy, and handing it to Agea, but said he did it as a, favor and without knowledge of the papal plot.

The trial is expected to last several more months. More court questioning of defendants pres­ ent for the trial is expected, and defense laWYers have yet to take their turns. Then testimony by about 120 witnesses is to begin.

Vincentians work with ~EMA David J. Motta, Fall River District Council president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, has reported that the district has concluded its second year of in­ volvement in the Federal Emer­ gency Management Agency pro~ gram.

During the year, with 'a $6,800 grant awarded through the United Way of Fall River, Vin­ centians assisted 164 fami·lies totaling 676 members with 5,762 meals. Additionally, five families totaling 15 members were 'assisted with 60 nights of shelter per person.

In his two years of FEMA par~ ticipation, the district has dis­ .' bursed $13,600 and this year has also involved the Attleboro, Taunton and New Bedford Vin­ centian districts with an addi­ tional'tota'l of $10,000 in grants.

Motta noted that FEMA hlJ~ enabled Vi.ncentians ,throug~ollt the nation to expand thejr ef­ forts in depressed areas such as Bristol County.

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (NC) - ' A letter-writing campaign launched by a U.S. organization to ask Chinese officials to free priests jailed for religious rea· sons is beginning to see signs of succcess, according to John M. Davies, president of the North Carolina-based "Free the Fath­ ers." Davies said that the jailed priests are Chinese natives and most are Jesuits.

THESE HAPPY PEOPLE are now in' Monticello, Ky., working in a summer program with Sister Barbara Walsh, SUSC. From left, front, Tommy Gorman, Jim Perry, Mau­ reen Ross, Jack Barbour; rear, Sister Mary Oliveira, SUSC, David Laine, Sister Peggy Fromm,' SUSC.

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Taunton area youth working in Appalachia" As you read this, five young people from the Taunton area, together with two Holy Union Sisters, are hard at work in Monticello, Kentucky.

There they are helping .sister Barbara Walsh, SUSC, former principal of Holy Name School, Fall River, and now an outreach worker in Appalachia, with a summer program which .began July 20 and concludes Aug. 3.

They have spent this week at St. Peter's parish in Monticello, 'assisting at a vacation Bible school which, if past experience has been ,repeated, is 'being at­ tended by a student body over 75 percent non-Catholic.

Next week they'll see for them­ selves the degree of need that exists in the area as they take to the "hollers" of Appalachia, working. with the rural poor at such projeCts as painting. and repairing h~mesand farm build­ ings.

Led by Sister Peggy Fromm, longtime coordinator of religious education at· Sacred Heart" p'ar­ ish, Taunton, and Sister Mary Oliveira, a special needs teacher at the .Wixon School in Fall River' and religious-education coordinator at Our' Lady. of Health parish, Fall River, the volunteers are: ­ • Tommy Gorman, 23, a stu­ dent at Bristol Community Col­ 'lege, Fall River;

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Jewis.h leaders hit SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (NC) - Msgr: John M. Oesterreicher, -long 'a leading U.S'. figure in Catholic-Jewish relations, has t::riticized some Jewish leaders for their quick public criticism of a new Vatican document. He commented in·a statement issued a.fter the Iinternational Jewish Committee on Interreligious Con­ s'ult,ations and indlvj'(hlal Jewish . ileilders reacted - sharply to a Vatican document, "Notes Qn the C'orrect 'Way to Present Jews and Judais~ in Preaching and Catechesis in the Roman Cath­ olic Church."

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THE ANCHOR":;"'Oioceseof Fall River-Fri.; July' 26, 1985

the moorin&-,

the living word

Educational Disgrace The recent Supreme Court ruling that public school districts may not provide remedial learning services to students within parochial schools is an educational disgrace.

The July 1decision striking down onsite services in parochi­ al schools has thrown the federal Chapter I remedial assistance program into disarray. . . Even thougb otIicials are seeking a way to continue provid­ ing special' need services to parochial school children, the decision itself is a slap in the face to every parent who sacrifices time, effort and money to send a child to the school of ~is or her constitutionally guaranteed choice. .

What this act of the Court has unmasked is a prejudicial mind willing to sacrifice both children and principle. First and foremost the Court has now stated formally that children in religiously oriented schools a"re to be treated separatt:.ly under the law. They are to be quarantined as ifthey were a contagion. , Yes, the children can have the programs if they are willing to ' leave their parochial school premises to take advantage of them. Let's not mince words, the contagion is their religious ',faith.' .

Even the Chief Justice stated in his dissenting opinion that j:his decision indicated "a hostility toward religion and the "children who attend church-sponsored schools. " It is the children who will suffer. In some cases underprivi-' leged parochial school pupils will have to seek educational alternatives, including leaving a church-related school.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor felt that "for these children the Court's decision is tragic. The Court deprives them of a program that offers a meaningful chance at success in life and. does so on the untenable theory that the public school teachers are likely to be involved in religious education merely because they have walked across the threshold of a parochial s~hool. " What the Court also has done is to deny once more the right of parents to choose the form of education they deem best suited for their children. Intheir wildest dreams, the Founding Fathers never envisioned a gove~t~~ent;tha:t wo~l~ suppress this right through twisted interpretations :of their iritent: .

What the Court has done by this decision is to make of the Constitution an instrument of religious oppression. In this regard they have achieved the dubious distinction of threaten­ ing the very concept of freedom they claim to be so zealously observing.

It is imperative that'those who have the responsibility of directing parochial schools inform parents of the tragic enor­ mity of the Court's action. For the last 20 years the law of this land has effectively stripped parents of the educational respon­ sibilities that are theirs alone. It has in effect made every effort to separate child and parent through its biased interference in what should be family decisions. In fact, its actions have hastened the pr.esent destruction of family life.

The situation, indeed, puts another nail in the coffin of the family, that institution so essential to our American way oflife.

By its disruptive and unfair attitude the Court is taking from many famHies a, support needed to help' children face the challenge of today's social order. .

Let us not be passive, as we too often are, and, take this decision lying down. Rather, let this Court ruling alert us to the importance of our imperiled ,?onstitutional freedoms and to the way in which our children are being shortchanged. Let's unmask the hypocrisy of a Court that calls itself neutral.

Its deeds unmask the fraudulency of this 'claim.

"By their fruits you shall know them.", The Editor

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Recent high court rulings

By Liz S. Armstrong WASHINGTON (NC) - Only a handful of the 150, decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in its n;cently ended term involved church-state issues. But those that did drew lots ofattention.

And one of the things the court proved is that predicting its rulings is iffy at best.

In 1984, critics who thought the court had been leaning too heavily on the side ofabsolutist, strict sep­ aration of church and state got a measure of encouragement when the court approved the constitu­ tionality of a city-sponsored nativ­ ity scene in Pawtucket, R.I. As it explained in that ruling, the court regarded complete sepa­ ration as undesirable and unfeasi­ ble. "Nor does the Constitution require complete separation of church and state; it affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance, of all religions and forbids hostility to'ward any," the majority 5-4 decision stated.

This year, things were a little different.

Among the highlights: .

-~uly 1, the court struck down educational programs in Grand.

Rapids, Mich. and New York City allowing public school teach­ ers to teach remedial and other special classes in Catholic and other religious and private schools. Such programs violate the Constitution's ban on establishment of religion, the court determined by twin 5-4 votes. , - June 27, the court scrapped a Connecticut law stipulating that no employee could be forced to '

work on the day he or she observes as the Sabbath. Ruling 8-1, the court found the law went too far and promoted government estab­ lishment of religion.

- June 4, ruling 6-3, the court struck down an Alabama law spec­ ifying a public school moment of silence to be used "for meditation or voluntary prayer." The court indicated it had no problem with mere moment of silence laws that do not call for prayer.

- April 23, the court decided unanimously that so-called volun­ teers staffing enterprises of the . Tony and -Susan Alamo founda- ' - tion must be covered by the federal labor laws and that the record­ keeping required does not violate religious freedom.

The justices pondered another nativity scene case as well. March 27, they voted 4-4 that Scarsdale, N.Y., should make available pub­ lic land for a private nativity scene.

However,the split, no-majority ruling was issued without a written opinion and set no legal pr:ecedent.

The rulings on the teacher-shar­ ing programs and, to a somewhat lesser extent, the Alabama ruling, provoked rejoinders from Catho­ lics and other Christians who dis­ agreed. The U.S Catholic Confer­ ence had issued friend-of-the-court briefs in both the Michigan and New York City school cases and regarded the court's rulings as saddening, surprising and detri­ mental to schoolchildren.

Critics also expressed fears the court was displaying bias against religion or religious institutions and misinterpreting the Constitu­

tion to mean that government can­ not be involved with religion at all, rather than that government can­ not promote one religion over all others.

Some groups, however, among them the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church and State -which is directed by a Baptist minister - praised the court's rul­ ings as ensuring religious liberty by protecting church-state separation.

The ACLU said, "In a world beset by religious fanaticism, the court's refusal to bend the consti­ tutional rules to permit the state to advance religion is a welcome exer­ cise in true conservatism."

Aside from the obvious church­ state cases, the court also issued a few other decisions of interest to many religious believers.

On a case from Washington state, it determined by a 6-2 vote that published'material arousing "lust" is acceptable but that state provisions restricting obscene mater­ ial on grounds other than lust were also permissible. On a s.eparate 7-2 vote it also made it easier for police to obtain allegedly obscene publications by saying police, with­ out warrants, may purchase such material from "adult" book stores.

Contin uing its trend of support­ ing capital punishment, the court also declined to stop executions in several states and said that courts can impose the death penalty with­ out a jury vote and that citizens who question the death penalty ­ even if they do not necessarily oppose all use of it - can be excluded from juries.

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Pitfalls of humor

Someone editorialized re­ cently that there I is a notice­ able lack qf humor in today's writing and lectures. He noted that humor has been a hallmark of ,American writing in the past and that he sees us losing this valuable characteristic.

I agree this is a loss but there are good reasons why we put less wit and humor into our words. Humor is often at the expense of others and people today seem to look for reasons to be offended. The' only safe humor is that written at the writer's expense.

For example, I can write about something absurd that I do or something funny that has happened in our family but if I write the same thing about people in general, I can count on a barrage of letters from others telling me that I don't speak for them.

Recently I wrote a column on kids' coping with unreasonable and angry parents. I received much positive mail on that one but also several angry letters from parents who claimed I was sowing the seeds of disruption and disrespect in the family. One wonders how much humor is used to defuse ten­ sion in such families.

I love to write humor. If I had my druthers, all of my columns and talks would include humor.

But as I look back over my writing the past 20 years, I notice that I am more cautious in using humor. I've

learned that I must defend my humor more than my opinions.

L~t's look at the restrictions on writers today.

First, we must be careful that we do not use brand names generically.

We must use tissue instead of Kleenex, photocopy instead of Xerox, soda instead of Coke, and gelatin instead of Jella. These com­ panies have personnel who must spend a good share of their time writing to editors and writers who unintentionally mention their pro­ duct without a capital letter.

Secondly, stereotypes are offen­ sive so we must be very careful that we don't imply that elderly ~re slow, .that mothers are protective, that smgles are lonely, or that the poor don't eat well. Rightfully so, ' but this limits the writer in making generalizations so we muddy up our copy with qualifying words like some, often, and occasionally.

Third, sexist language raises red flags. I stress again that I believe it should, but on the other hand writers and speakers must con~ stantly use he and she, his and hers, firefighter instead offireman, chair instead of chairman, and avoid seemingly limitless masculine words we have come to use freely , in conversation.

In my field of family, I must constantly keep, in mind that all children do not have'two parents, that stepfamilies may resent being cl~ssified differently or not being classified as unique, and that

Respectfor elderly

The disengagement theory holds that the elderly are'more satisfied if they slowly disengage from activi­ ties as they grow older. Propo­ nents of the theory claim that wan­ thoughts which in any way remind ing capacities, energies and interests us of mortality. make some disengagement inevit­ able.

As long as we feel good physi­ The activity theory, on the other cally, we don't want to take time to think about growing older. Yet, in hand, states that the elderly are many areas of society today, we better off if they are as active and constantly are bombarded with involved in events as possible. Evi­ dence indicates that active older reminders of the aging process. persons who feel in control of their Many psychologists, for exam­ ple, are focusing their studies on circumstances are less likely to be depressed and are likely to be the elderly. In this column, there­ fore, I want to alert readers to more successful in coping with what is being written about the their problems.

I have to admit that there are aging process through a brief review of some ideas found in articles that times when I become weary of what appears to be the over-analyza­ have come my way recently.

A recent edition of American tion of the elderly. Didn't the elderly get along in the past with­ Psychologist contained the follow­ ing articles: "A Respectable Old out all this attention?

But then I am reminded that this Age," "Social and Mental Health is,not the past. Much has changed N~eds of the Aged," "Psychology's in society, including the fact that, Response to the Graying of Amer­ ica" and "Jobs for Older People." people are living longer, since many In "A Respectable Old Age," dreaded and debilitating illnesses Dr. Clifford 'Swensen of Purdue have been conquered.

Then too, what is wrong with University reported that the prob­ learning more about ourselves as lems of older persons are very dif­ ferent than those of the young. He we grow older? Isn't it good for us indicates that younger people focus to hear what is being said about on solving a pro'blem and getting the aging process - and to think about it? Perhaps learning about on with life.

With older people, Swensen com- ' the activity theory, for instance, ments, problems frequently can't will prod us to resist the inevitable be solved. Instead, in many cases tendency to disengage from life . the elderly must adapt to changes too soon.

How many elderly persons who they are encountering. Manyelder­ still are quite capable have given ly persons experience physical prob­ up activities unnecessarily because lems, such as rheumatism or arthri­ no one ever discussed the options tis. Others are having difficulties with their memories. Often, the with them or encouraged them to elderly have no choice except to think about it very much?

The Roman orator, Cicero, once adapt to their problems. said: "The fact is that old age .is Two quite different theories have respectable just as long as it asserts been formulated on how older itself, maintains its proper rights persons can adapt to change. and is not enslaved to anyo,ne."

Although each day of life distances us from our youth, few people like to reflect on it.

Our instinct seems to ward off

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DOLORES CURRAN

because mothering connotes nur­ turing while fathering siring, I must substitute the word parenting.

Add to this that some people don't like being labeled grandpar­ ents, some single parents don't like being singled out and nobody agrees on how old is elderly. Catho­ lics want us to use priest, Protest­ ants minister, Jews rabbi and the military chaplain. Adult has come to mean pornographic as in adult books and movies.

I can handle most of these with­ out problem but what annoys me are readers and listeners who look for a reason to be offended. So intent are they in seeking implica­ tions that they miss the point of the article or talk.

I gave a lecture recently on traits of the healthy family. Afterward one single mother told me I only referred to single parent families three times and another told me she resented my pointing' out sin­ gle parents at all.

As I said, readers have a right to be critical but when writers have to scrutinize every word carefully, we are limited as to the witty phrases readers like so much.

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FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK Could it be that the new empha­ sis on the study ofthe elderly is one way to maintain their rights and to show respect for them?

{necrology] July 27 Rev. Damien_ Veary, SS.Cc., Former Pastor, 1981; St. Anthony Mattapoisett July 29 Rev. Mathias McCabe, Pastor, 1913, Sacred Heart, Fall River July 31 Rev. Daniel Hearne" Pastor, 1865, St. Mary, Taunton

eRA raps rules WASHINGTON (NC) - Long­ awaited regulations from the fed­ eral government allowing adjusted Medicare payments to hospitals serving a "disproportionate share" of poor patients have been critic­ ized by the Catholic Health Asso­ ciation. According to William J. Cox, CHA vice president for govern­ ment services, the new interim rules are "totally and completely inadequate." He said attempts by hospitals to obtain money under them would be like "a craps shoot."

The regulations {rom the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services comply with a federal dis­ trict court order and are consi­ dered merely temporary by HHS, which hopes to have them revoked.

Does wedding

count?

Q. Is it possible to fulfill our Sunday Mass obligation by attend­ ing a wedding on Saturday after­ noon? Our pastor seems to say it is possible, but another priest has said he doesn't think so.

(Oklahoma) A. A Catholic may satisfy his or her obligation for Sunday Mass by attending any Mass celebrated on Saturday evening or on the vigil of a holy day of obligation. This is clear from several 'statements of the church but was made explicit in a special reply from the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy (1971).

Perhaps some confusion arises from the fact that the wedding (or funeral or other special Mass) must be after the time established by the local bishop for fulfilling the Sun­ day Mass obligation. If, for exam­ ple, in a particular diocese the time for anticipatory.Sunday Masses is after 4 p.m. on Saturday, a wed­ ding Mass at I p.m. would not fulfill the precept for Sunday Mass.

Q. A magazine I read has contained advertisments of a book for.etelling many things of our day, wTltten by the prophet Nostra­ damus. According to the ad, this man predicted war in space, a time when night will become day, the destruction of the Catholic Church an.d the last pope, and many ot,~er thmgs. These predictions trouble me every time I see them. Is there any truth to them? (California) A. The so-called prophecies of Nostradamus, along with those of a number of other seers of the Middle Ages and' Renaissance periods, have long been discredi­ ted.The main and most famous predictions by Nostradamus are contained in a long series of brief poems, said to identify and char­ acterize popes from his lifetime until the end of the world. I believe the list provides for two more after Pope John Paul II. Among other problems with the prophecies, we know they were written long after some popes they claimed to foretell. Early"predic­ tions" are relatively plain. Later ones get awfully fuzzy.

Like the daily newspaper horo­ scopes, we can read almost any­ thing into them if we wish.

Q. What is meant by the mOll'al principle: Sin is in the will, not in any external act. Over 30 yeall's ago, in a religion class for youtln in their early 20s, a priest recom­ mended that we memorize that principle as a way to deal with per­ sonal sin. Unfortunately, he didn't explain it. What is the story? (New York) A. While there is a proper way that sentence might be understood, I'm not sure I would accept it exactly as you put it.

It is true that every sin is first and primarily in our will, not in what we do. The essence of any sin is that it is a deliberate (that is, freely and consciously embraced by our free will) act against the law of God. This means that even before any ,external action takes place, our will, which is meant to be turned in

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FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

love and reverence toward God, says: "In this I will not obey' in this I want what I want, no; what God wants." When that happens, as Jesus himself tells us we have already sinned. ' Obviously, the seriousness of the sin depends on how serious a matter we're dealing with and on other factors. But our 'experience of sin - our own and others' ­ confirms that this is the way sin happens.

Here, as is so often true, the sin of Adam and Eve offers remarka­ ble insight on all the sins of the human family that followed. The Tempter's appeal was not to the enjoyment of the "fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil."

Rather the devil claimed that only God's jealousy of Adam and Eve was behind his command, and that if they disobeyed God, they then would prove themselves to be God's equal. "God knows well that the moment you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like Gods!" (Gen.3:5) As always, there was just enough truth to the temptation to make it attractive. By refusing to obey him wouldn't they prove God was not above them, that they were just as "big" as he was?

The tragedy, of course, was that it was all pretense and lie. They were, after all, not the equal of their Creator. And when they for­ got that, their world fell apart.

Thus the core of their sin and ?urs, the moment when it happens, IS when our will says: "Here and now, I come first,'not God. It is my will that must be done, not his."

As noted, however, this is not to sa.y there is no sin in the external deed which follows that act of the will. Obviously there is more mal­ ice, hurt and destruction (in other words, more sinfulness) in actually murdering someone than in desir­ ing and planning the action with­ out carrying it out.

Incidentally, it is this truth that sin is first and mainly in the will, not in the action, that the church would have us be most concerned about today in the sacrament of reconciliation. Deeds are impor­ tant. But it is the sinfulness in our hearts, the sinful leanings in our will that lead to those deeds, that must be-dealt with above all if we are to renew our lives, reduce our faults and grow in holiness.

A free brochure giving the basic prayers, beDiefs and precepts ofthe Catholic faith is available by send­ ing a stamped, self-addressed envel­ ope to Father Dietzen, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701.

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By Jerry Filteau' Carmel. New Bedford.

At the convention, attended WASHINGTON (NC) - Both by some 6,000 church muscians, ultra-conservatives and ultra­ discussion topics included factors liberals are being unfair to Pop.e contributing to poor Hturgies in John Paul II by expecting him to many parishes. use ,this fall's world Synod of Bishops to restore a pre-Vatican Problems range from lack of II church, said Bishop James Ma­ a strong singing tradition in Ione of Youngstown, Ohio, at a American Catholicism to chang­ closed-door meeting of the U.S. ing social and cultural patterns, ' bishops in mid-June at College­ from weak parish ·leadership to overly simplistic songs, said FATHER FRANCIS L. viUe, Minn: delegates. .

In text of his remarks later Mahoney, 'pastor of St. In addition to' the presenta­ , Mary's parish, Seekonk, has , ,released 'to reporters, Bishop tions, workshops and addresses, Malone,president of the U.S: the, convention featured the 'been named by Bishop Dan­ .bishops, said people should view world premiere perlormance, of ' iel A. Cronin as Greater At­ the synod as 'a chance to con­ an oratorio" "Voice of the Holy tleboro -regional director of tinue ~he renewal started by the

Spirit: Tongu~s of Fire," by jazz the Catholic Charities Ap­ Second Vatican Council.

musician Dave Brubeck. ' peal. His duties will include He added that at the synod 'Brubeck, who has increasingly he plans to reaffirm "the fund:a­ coordination of regional ef­ composed lI'eligious music in re­ mental rightness of the program cent years, said the work "a forts associated with the of Vatican II" and to state "my annual Bishop's Charity Ball. narrative of the story of Pente­ profound conviction" about the cost and an expora,tion of its importance :of strong national Christian meaning." bishc;»ps' conferences.

Several musiC leaders inter­ 'Bishop Malone will 'fepresent viewed by the Catholic Tele­ the U.S. hierarchy at the synod, graph,Cincinnati archdiocesan to be held in Rome Nov. 25 to newspaper, during the conven­ Dec.8. tion were asked to comment on He said that "some very con­ a recent report of the Notre servative folk . . . 100k to the Dame Study of 'CathoHcParish synod to undo the work of Vati­ Life based .on a survey of 36 can II" and that "certain very representative parishes' around -liberal persons . . . fearluUy en­ the country. The survey found tertain much the same expecta­ that 94 percent of .parishioners tion. Neither party is being fair surveyed welcome hymn-singing, to the pope." , but many "feel that. their' parish But one conclusion to be drawn ~oes it poorly or feel ill-equipped from the "exceptional interest" t~. participate." , the synod has evoked, he said, is /T:ime and practice are needed, that "pe9plE~ care - care intense­ said composer Carey' Landry. ly - about Vatican II and about "The biggest problem is that we the future of the church." don't. have a very long history The papal call to revive the and strong tradition of church spirit of Vatican II, exchange in­ singing to go by," he said.

FATHER'RICHARD PAS­ formation about itsappli~ations Jim Hansen, a parish music director who conducts 'cantor SERI~ OFM, has been ree-' and study its further embodi­ training programs, said most ommended by Very Rev. AI~ ment in the church should not be looked at merely as a two-week Hturgical music fails to relate to . ban V. Montella, OFM, min­ the "problems of everyday, real ister provincial of the Jm- project but as "a continuing for the church in the people." . maculate Conception Pro­ agenda 1980s and beyond," Bishop Ma­ "We're still writing liturgies . for the traditional model of the vince of the Franciscan lone said.

Friars, to serve as parochial He said Pope John XXIII caU' family with one working father and one mother ~t home," he vicar of St. Louis' parish, ed the councH lbecause of a "crisis under way within society," ,said, while few American Cath­ Fall River. which .in large part "has Jost olics fit that model.

The Most Reverend Daniel sight of God." Tom Conry, 'a composer from A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall Portland, Ore., caUed' for. par­ He noted that in 1962 Pope ishes to "stop singing music that River, has accepted this rec­ John charged the council with pretends there are no hard' ques­ ommendation and has grant­ a mandate of ftdelity to the tions in life." ed the necessary facilities to original deposit of Christian During the convention about Father Passed, effective July teaching and creativitity in "put­ 20 top contemporary liturgical ting aside outmoded forms and music artists sponsored a benefit 22, 1985. cultural ,accretions" which helped concert and recording session estrange the church from the for "The Cry of the Poor,"· an modern world and hindered it album designed to raise funds from gettipg its message across.

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He said that the, "prophets of father of' Adam Walsh, whose gloom" against whom Pope John -1981 kidnapping and murder warne~ when he opened the fueled the nationwide movement council, "are still very much with to fi.nd missing children, said , us." In their view, he said, "the that Catholic pa·rishes and 'last two decades have witnessed schools ca~ help educate child~ nothing but dissolution and col­ 'fen on the dangers they face, lilPse," . , and can provide parents with Bishop Malone rejected that the' means of speeding recovery view but added that "neither can of missing youl'lgsters. we accept ,the simplisticoptim­ "They could hold safety days ism" of those who think that

to provide parents .w~th a recent everything begun since the coun­

photo of their child, fingerprints cil is good:

and dental charts. Second,· they Bishop Malone also declared

could offer' programs which that Vatican II ",left a great deal

,teach children how to lI'esist undone" and set aside "many' molesters and abduction" he important questions" to' be dealt said. ' ' with later. ...GLENNGI,VITARn ,

As a "central" case he cited the mixed development in "col­ legiality," or .the idea of shared authority among the world's bishops.'

Bishop Malone said he hopes to "share with the synod my. profound conviction" about the value of national bishops' con­ ferences . in light of the "very positive" experience of the NCCR. - . "Consider the tremendous contribution our conference has made to the public debate" reo cently on such issues 'as war and peace and economic matters, he. said.

The bishop said the .synod will also have to discuss the need for further progress in ecumenism and interreligious dialogue and "the fundamental goal of Vati­ can II - closing the gulf be­ tween the church and the world." . On .the church-world issue, he said, a basic question will be why many Catholics have "in­ teriorized the authentic spirit of Vatican II" while others "have grown less firm in their belief, less apostolic in their practice, more self-absorbed and inward­ looking in their attitudes," "What accounts for the strik­ ing difference . . . ? Why has the vision of Pope John and Vatican II taken hold with some and touched others only, super­ ficially or not at am" Bishop Malone asked.

WCC head dies GENEVA, Switzerland (NC) ­ The Rev. William Adolf Visser't Hooft,' 84, secretary general' of the World Council of Churches from its formation in 1948 to 1966, died July 4 at his home in Geneva. Under his 'leadership the World Council of Churches which represents all the world'~ major Christian religions except Roman Catholicism, grew from 147 denominations in 40 coun­ tries to almost 300 in 90 coun­ tries.

Visser't Hooft sought' to in­ clude Catholics as full WCC members but that goal was un­ fulfilled. He said in 1966 ,that as 'a result of Vatican II, the Cath­ olic Church and the WCC, while doctrinally divided, "have far more common positions to advo­ cate than we ever .thought possi­ ble."

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BRUSSELS, Belgium (NC) ­ FOR DETAILS, CALL MANAGER _. 636-2744 or 999-6984 People who see the church as a democracy have misinterpreted ,the Second Vatican Council, Car­ dinal Leo Suenens of Belgium, HOLY CROSS Father Patrick Peyton talks with Mi­ , 'the ,last of the four council mod­ chael Wilding, playing Jesus in a Family Theater production erators still Hving said in Brus­ ~~r- ~i:\ sels. "The church is not,a parlia­ on the Ascension, one of a series on the 15 my~teries of the ment with one member, one rosary. (NC Photo) ~ vote," he said, assessing what he -~,,~V ~ said was the chief misunder­ F'ROM THE standing of "Lumen Gentium," BOOKSHELF the council document on the Re,.. church, considered to be the' "Magna Charta" of Vatican II. ,g.on Textb00Ies For CIasses "People read democracy where Aids For Religious Educat;ol1J, Classes TUCSON, Ariz. (NC) - Holy hrother Thomas F. Peyton, with there was not democracy," he Cross Father Patrick Peyton, 76, whom he emigrated, left the said. "The church is not a dem­ said in an interview with Arizona coal mines and joined him. They ooracy and not an aristocracy. are both Holy Cross priests to­ Catholic Lifetime, Tucson dioce­ It is a coHegial reality." Another 00 day. san newspaper, that he felt call­ misreading of "Lumen Gentium," As he was completing his theo­ the cardinal said, was the view 423 Highland Aven"e - Fall River ed to "go to the ends of the Earth and cry out to families logical studies in Washington, ,that 'left members of the hier­ ~ g.. ' 'archy out of the "people of the world over the need for ,D.C., he was stricken with tuber­ culosis and nearly died. When God . . . The term 'people of family prayer." he said, ",includes all : OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 10 A.M. TO 4P.M. he was finally strong eno",gh, he God,'" As a result he started ,the Al­ baptized people,including the ll:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiii iiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiii~_ bany, N.Y.-based Family Rosary was moved to the headquarters Crusade - known for its slogan, of the Holy Cross priests in pope and bishops," "the family that prays together, South Bend, Ind. At age 30, he stays together" - in 1943. In was placed in the infirmary . " " " " " " " " " " " .

1945 the "Family Theater" had among "the old priests waiting their turn to die."· its first network broadcast fea­ turing Bing Crosby.

When his condition began to Father Peyton was interviewed deteriorate, physicians said "the Post Office has increased from­ on the set of "The Ascension," two words that changed my :_ The 13 to 25 cents its charge to THE: one of a series of films Family life." The ailing seminarian was - ANCHOR for notification of a sub-, told, "Try prayer. Our remedies : scriber's change of address. Please' Theater is producing on the mys­ , help us reduce this expense by noti-: teries of the rosary. are worthless." , fying us immediately when you plan_ For Father Peyton, "This was The Ascension was being film­ , to move. ­ PLEASE PRINT YOUR fiEW : ed in Old Tucson and stars Mi· the whole challenge of a me· : ADDRESS BELOW _ chael Wilding, who plays the time." He said he asked the ~ same role of Jesus he played in Blessed Mother to restore his , the NBC-TV mini-series "A.D." health and she did. He vowed , Name 'last spring. Wilding is the son of that if his' life was spared he : Street Address , would direct it to promoting de­ 'actress Elizabeth Taylor.

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Franciscans say Faiher Boff silencing ·to· end

NC News Service the Vatican plans to lift its silencing of Brazilian theologian Father Leonardo Boff in the early fall, possible early October, in­ formed Franciscan sources said.

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He had accompanied the pries.t to a meeting on Sept. 7, 1984, with Cardinal Ratzinger to discuss the Franciscan's writings.

Last May, Cardinal Ratzinger described the silencing as a "sab­ .batical year." That was the last official Vatican comment on the action which followed the doctri­ nal congregation's declaration that a book written by Father Boffwas dangerous to tlle faith.

According to the sources, the Brazilian bishops told the Vatican of strong public criticism of the silencing in Brazil and elsewhere.

The bishops spent ~ight hours in meetings with Cardinal Ratzinger, the sources said, and two hours with the pope. In addition to the

issue of Father Boff, the sessions worked out problems in commun­ ication between the Brazilian bish­ ops and the Vatican, they said.

Father Boff was silenced in late April after the Vatican declared his book "Church: Charism and Power" contains views which "en­ danger the sound doctrine of the faith.". Among other things, the . book holds that the one, true church can' exist outside the Catholic Church, according to the doctrinal congregation.

The silencing barred the priest from his work on a Brazilian theo­ logical review and from teaching and preaching activities.

Brazilian church groups in June asked the pope to lift the silencing, .calling it a violati.on of the "rights of free speech and thought."

Cardinal Paulo .Evaristo Arns of Sao Paulo, Brazil, called the silencing "surprising"and curious."

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EAST BREWSTER, lmmaculate Conception, Route 6A: (Schedule effective July and Aug.): Sat. 4:30 and 6 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9:30 and II a.m. Confessions, Sat. 4:00-4:25 p.m.

BUZZARDS BAY, St. Margaret, 141 Main St.: Sat. 4:00 p.m.; Sun. 8, 10, II a.m., daily 8:00 a.m. Sat. 9 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3:00-3:30.

ONSET, St. Mary Star ofthe Sea, Onset Ave.: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 10:30 a.m.; daily Mon., Tues., & Fri. 9 a.m.

CENlI'ERVILLE, Our Lady of VictolTY, 230 So. Main St. Sat. 5, 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8: 15, 9:30,10:45, 12 noon and 5:15 p.m. daily, 7, 9 a.m., Confessions, Sat. following . 9 a.m. Mass and 4-4:45 p.m.

WEST BARNSTABlLE, Our Lady of Hope, Rte. 6A; Sat. 4 & 5: 15 p.m.; Sun., 8:45, 10, 11:15 a.m. daily 8 a.l11. confessions, before each Mass.

CHATHAM, Holy Redeem~r, 57 Highland Ave.: Schedule July 4, Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, II a.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; Confessions, Sat. 11 :30 a.m.-I2 noon; First Friday­ Mass 8 & 9 a.m., Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass.

Closing with Benediction at noon.

SOUTH CHATHAM, Our Lady of Grace, Rte. 137, off Rte. 28: Schedule July 4, Sat. 7 p.m.; Sun. 8:30,9:30, IO:30,11:30a.m.;daily, 9 a.m. Confessions Sat. after 7 p.m. Mass.

EAST FALMOUTH, St. Anthony, 167 East Falmouth Highway: Sat. 4:30, 7 p.m.; Sun. 7:30,9, 10: 15, 11:30 a.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3:30-4:15 p.m., weekdays, any time by request.

EDGARTOWN, St: Elizabeth, Main Street: Sat. 4 and 6 p.m.; Sun. 7, 9, 11 a.m.: daily, Mon.­ Sat., 8:30 a.m.; confessions, 3:30, Saturdays. Rosary: 8:15 a.m. weekdays, 8:30 a.m. Sundays.

FALMOUTH, St. Patrick, 511 E. Main St.: Sat. 5:30, 7 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:45, 10, 11:15 a.m., 5:30 p.m.; daily, 7 and 9 a.m., Sat. 8 a.m.; confessions: Saturdays 3:45-:4:45 and following 7 p.m. Mass.

FALMOUTH HEIGHTS, St. Thomas Chapel, Falmouth Heights Rd.; Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 8,9, 10, 11: 15 a.m.; daily 8 a.m.

HYANNIS, St. Francis Xavier, 347 South St: Schedule effective May 30 - Oct. 6-7, Sat. 4:00, 5: 15, 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11:30 a.m.,5 p.m..; daily 7 a.m., 12:10 p.m.; confessions, Sat. 3:00-3:50 p.m. and f,?lIo~ing 7:30 p.m. Mass

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5:00 p.m., confessions Sat. 4:00­ ~ NANTUCKET, Our Lady of the 4:45 p.m.

Isle, Federal St.: Sat. 5, 7 p.m.; SOUTH YARMOUTH, St. Pius 1-= Sun. 7,8:30, 10 and 11:30a.m.and X, 5 Barbara St.: Sat. 4, 7 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.; daily, 7:30 and 9:00 Sun. 7,9,10:15, 11:30a.m.;5p.m.

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EJ~RL Y BIRDS - 5~6 Daily , Elizabeth Seton, 481 Quaker Rd.: Sat. 4, 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:45, 9, VINEY ARD HAVEN, St. Rte. 28, East Falmouth 10: 15, 11:30 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily 9 Augustine, Church and Franklin -ALSO­ a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3: 15-3:45, Sts.: (Schedule effective June 23 Hosts - Paul & Ellen Goulet Catering to Weddings 4:45-5: 15 p.m. thru Labor Day): Sat. 4:00 and Tel. 548-4266 7:00 p.m.; Sun. 8, II a.m.; daily 8 and Banquets OAK BLUFFS, Sacred Heart, a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3-3:45 p.m.

Circuit Ave.: Sat. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8, Novena to O.L. of Perpetual Help, 9: 15, 10:30 a.m.; daily (Mon.-Fri.) Monday, after 8 a.m. Mass.

7 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 5: 15-5:45 WAREHAM, St. Patrick, 82 p.m.

DENMARK'S Pharmacy REGIS~~~~~Rr~~~~~C'STS High St.: Sat. 4, 6, p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:30, 10,11:30 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily, ORLEANS, St. Joan of Are, Invalid Equipment For Rent or Sale Bridge Road. (Schedule effective 8 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3-3:45 p.m. through Labor Day): Sat. 5, 7 Surgical Garments - Bird· IPPB Machines - Jobst p.m.; Sun. 8, 9:30, II a.m.; 5:00 Hollister - Crutches - Elastic Stockings p.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; confessions, WEST WAREHAM, St. Surgical & Orthopedic Appliances Anthony, off Rte. 28 (Schedule Sat. 4-4:50 p.m.; Our Lady of Per­ WH'" • Trusses - Oxygen - ' Oxygen Masks, Tents & CHA,O' Regulators· Approved For Medicare petual Help novena, at 8 a.m. effective July and August): Sat. 4 p.m.; Sun. 9, 10 a.m.; confessions Mass Wed. ~-~ 24 HOUR OXYGEN SERVICE before each Mass. ;+HO~P,:::;r 24 HOUR EMERGENCY PRESCRIPTION SERVICE NORTH EASTHAM, Church of WELLFLEET, Our Lady of BIOS l the Visitation (Schedule effective Lourdes, 56-58 Main St.: Sat. 4 673 Main St., Dennisport - 398-2219 t.,=J through Labor Day): Sat. 5, 7 ·and 5 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9,10,11 a.m.; nO~~;l HIO 550 McArthur Blvd., Rte. 28, Pocasset - 563-2203 p.m.; Suli. 8:00, 9:30, 11 :00 a.m. daily, 9 a.m., confessions, before ~I~ daily Mass 9 a.m. Mon.-Wed.-Fri. all Masses.

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occurences. An inviting Indoor pool followed l?Y Exposition of and sauna. A short walk to splendid Blessed Sacrament .c1osing with MASHPEE, Queen of All Saints, Benediction at 2 p.m.; confessions shops and Cape Cod beaches. And the enlire weekend; with eight Great Neck Rd. (towards New eve of 1st Friday 2:00-3:30 p.m. meals. dancing. and our unique Seabury): Sat. 4:00 and 5:30 p.m.; BYOB club. probably costs less Sun. 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m.; Daily DENNISPORT, Our Lady of than a room and meal allowance 9:00 a.m. Mon.-Fri. Annunciation, Upper County Rd.: someplace else. That's what makes Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:30, 10, Shoreway Acres the ultimate value.

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St. William's, Fall River, in second and third place. St. Rita's, Marion; SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River; St. Mary's, South Dartmouth; St. Ann's, Raynham; and Cathedral, Fall River, all tied for fourth 'place. (Breen photos)

In-house squabbles

By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Dr. Kenny: My 15-year­ old ~aughter and l2-year-old son bicker and fight constantly. She calls him names, puts him down and keeps at him until she gets a . reaction. Finally, he loses his tem­ Plr and screams at he~, sometimes even strikes her. Then she plays Injured Innocence. If I try to tell her to quit baiting her brother, she complains that we favor him. This goes on every day and is getting worse. I don't know how to stop it.

We would welcome any sugges­ tions. (Iowa) A. You have addressed the most common family problem of all: in­ house squabbles. No home would seem real without the noise and shouting that seem to punctuate our interrelationships. Even Jesus' disciples were known to fight among themselves about who would be first in the kingdom to come.

The second story in the Bible is a humdinger about sibling rivalry.

Right after the Fall of Man, we have the story of Cain's jealousy and his eventual murder of his brother. Strong stuff, but real and omnipresent in all our homes.

Let us consider how to be effec­ tive. Telling your son and daughter

to stop the fussing probably does not work. Apparently you have already tried that, perhaps even losing your own temper and trying to outyell them, without effect.

An appeal to reason also is likely to be ineffective. You write that you have tried to tell your daughter to stop baiting and she responds defensively. The rational approach rarely works when confront­ ing strong emotions. N~ver reason with an angry man - or child. It is fruitless.

Here are two approaches which may work. First, try "physical" discipline. By physical I mean. non-verbal. Separate the two of them.

You may want to prepare your response in advance. Talk with your spouse about the most com­ mon times for combat. Let dad go off with~.one of them and mom with the other. That way they both get attention, and you have success­ fully disciplined the fighting by making it impossible. Children can­ not fuss and fight if they are out of shouting distance.

Supppose you are too late. The battle has already erupted. I would still separate them. Send one out­ side or to the other room. Do not try to intervene or settle the dispute

fairly. Simply stop it by putting distance between them.

A second approach would be to reward non-fighting, to notice their quiet times and good times to­ gether. Too often we parents get into the bad habit of responding only to misbehavior. We are silent when good things are going on.

Define the problem concretely.

Ide~tify the words that inflame like "stupid" and "jerk" and "weir­ do." Rule out yelling and hitting.

Then pinpoint the times that these words and behaviors occur.

Set up a simple chart with a space for each half hour. Give a smile face for each trouble-free period and an X when the fighting occurs. Responding with smile faces will remind you to notice when the good brother-sister behavior oc­ curs. While this may seem trouble­ some and a bit juvenile, it is surely better than not noticing and an improvement over your present. condition.

Remember, you are facing a problem which is as common as rain. Be patient. You can be successful.

Reader questions on famDy Uvlog and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address the Kennys, Box 871, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

Secrets for parents

By Antoinette Bosco Not long ago a young friend with two little children told me she was curious to learn some of my secrets about raising children. She had noticed that I seem to have a very good relationship with my children and she wanted to achieve that goal with hers. "What were your rules?" she asked.

I always smile when someone wants "secrets" and "rules" about how to make relationships work. I told her I had no secrets and that after being into parenthood a while i had realized all the family rules could go out the window if they were replaced with just one: "No one' should ever be allowed to deliberately hurt anyone, and that includes themselves." . Simple as it sounds, I learned that rule covered a multitude. It wasn't too long before my children realized that in keeping this rule they kept all the other rules a par­ ent would be tempted to make.

But what I really wanted to tell my young friend was what I learned as my children entered adulthood ~ things I wasn't aware of while I was so involved in raising them.

Little by little as we talk these days about times past, the children will come out with incidents that I have long forgotten or that didn't impress me at the time.

What it boils down to is that in parenting everything we say or do may come back to haunt us or to give us joy. .

In conversations, my daughter Mary has surprised me many times with recollections. One time, for example, she was playfully horsing around and .accidentally broke a crystal bowl. .

I had never had anything as pretty as that bowl. It was one of the rare times I had bought some­ thing for myselfjust because it had beauty. It was a bargain because the store was going out of business.

Mary rec~lls how frightened she was because she knew how pleased I had been to have the bowl. When

she came to me with the broken glass in her hands and tears in her eyes, I told her not to be upset. It was only a "thing." It wasn't impor­ tant and no one should be punished for an accident.

I vaguely remembered the inci­ dent. But it is one that is forever sealed in her. memory - one that taught her something very impor­ tant about vailles, she says today.

Then there was another incident.

This one I remembered because it was a serious infraction of my one rule. She had sneaked out of the house, causing me a great deal of concern and worry and putting herself in a position where she' might have been hurt.

When she came home, I remem­ ber punishing her. What I didn't recall was what I said. She tells me

she will never forget I told her: "That was a bad thing you did, my good little Mary."

It was my Catholic training that had taught me always to distinguish between the sin and the sinner, and I had admonished her in· a way that automatically made that dis­ tinction. It was an incident that impressed her deeply. .

What we learn as parents is that it is not the rules but the values that in the long run make the deepest impressions on children. I am reminded once more of tbe old saying that so well applies to parent­ ing: "What you are shouts so loud, I can't hear what you say.'

I wa!1ted to tell that to my young friend. I'm not sure she's been into parenting long enough to know what I'm talking about.

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SILVER JUBILARIAN Sister Madeleine Tacy (left) and diamond jubilarian Sister Mary Loretta Love celebrate their anniversaries at the Fall River motherhouse of the Domini­ cans of St. Catherine of Siena. Sister Love, who entered reli­ gious life in 1923, taught primary and secondary grades throughout her active life, serving in Fall River and in Platts­ burgh, N.Y. Sister Tacy, a 1957 entrant, taught primary and secondary grades in Fall River, Achushnet and New Haven, and spent three years at a house of prayer before beginning her present assignment as a campus minister at Southeastern Mas­ sachusetts University. (Gaudette Photo)

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri.,

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The basis of the overwhelming majority of medical.malpractice claims is negligence; that is, an allegation that the doctor didn't MURPHY exercise the degree of care and skill ofthe average doctor in his or her specialty.

In Massachusetts, a doctor is held to a national standard rather than the state of the art of the community in which he or she & ATTY. practices. However, some- allow- ­ ances are made fo'r'the medical resources available to the physi­ RICHARD cian in a small or rural commun­ ity. Negligence cases usually involve MURPHY deviations from accepted standards for diagnosis and treatment of a ' particular condition.

To win a negligence suit, 'you'll have to prove the existence of a standard, your doctor's deviation It may be infrequent but _ from that standard, and some injury medical mishaps do happen. to you, resulting from your doc­ A study conducted by a team tor's deviation.

Most commonly the doctor~s of Boston doctors and pub­ lished in the New England Journal defense to your negligence suit will be that your injury was nobody's of Medicine, found that at a pres­ tigious Boston hospital 3'2 of 6512 fault - just an "unfortunate med­ surgical patients were admitted to ical' result." Physicians, you see, generally do not guarantee results have prior medical mishaps recti­ fied. Twenty of the 32 died. The - they can't. Every medical proce­ study team linked II of the deaths dure carries with it a failure rate and the possibility of unforeseen directly to the medical mishap suf­ fered by the patient. The doctors complications. This is often a com­ , also reported that. two-thirds of pelling defense.

The Sponge Story is perhaps the the mishaps could easily have been avoided, and recommended closer easiest of the negligence cases; a

forgotte.n sponge left in the patient's monitoring by hospitals.

This article is the first of two ,abdomen after surgery must be setting out some of the essentials a someone's fault, and not simply an could-be medical malpractice plain- ' "unfortunate medical'result." Some of the other stories ,- ~ancer tiff should know about.

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Generally, to prevail on an doctors have expressly promised informed consent theory, you'll them specific results which first have to prove that the risk ultimately do not occur. If a doctor is confident (enough or, as some 'which materialized was not dis­ closed to you. dr, that you simply would suggest, rash enough) to did not consent to the procedure expressly promise you a specific which occasioned the risk. Ifyou~re r.esult, he or she is theoretically alleging an undisclosed risk, you'll hable to you for any variations also have to prove that the risk was from that result, regardless of one that the doctor had a duty to whether or,not the variations are disclose. That is, that it was one his fault. which, if known, might have caused Typically, breach of warranty a reasonable person in your posi­ cases involve cosmetic surgery that tion either to elect a different treat­ ,falls short of promises, or steriliza­ ment or forgo treatment. tion procedures, such as vasectom­ ies or tubal ligations, that result in Note that the question asked is .unwanted pregnancies. not whether YOU would have made Courts tend to be unenthusias­ a different decision had you known tic and skeptical when faced with a of the risk. This is because the court is looking for an objective breach of warranty case. They are assessment of the gravity of the conscious of the uncertainties risk (which you, understandably, inherent in medical practice and could not make), in order to therefore reluctant to pin a doctor determine whether the doctor had to the promise of a specific result a duty to disclose it to 'you. particularly when the doctor hasn't Doctors need not disclose every been negligent. Instead, courts, conceivable risk, no matter how often construe a doctor's statement minor and remote - if they did, which a patient may view as a they would spend many long hours. promise as simply a professional opinion or prediction offered by with every patient.

Informed consent is only one of the doctor.

These are the major, most com­ the rights you have as a patient.

Indeed, iii Massachusetts, there is mon legal theories in medical mal­ an actual Patient's Bill of Rights practice cases, though by no means devised by the legislature. If you all of them. Which theory applies are hospitalized, your legal rights to a particular situation can often include confidentiality of your be difficult to determine. Some­ records, privacy during medical times none may apply at all. A treatment and prompt life saving future article will discuss some of the mechanics of bringing a mal­ treatment in ~ny emergency. practice suit.

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Serrans urged to avoid diluting vocation work

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Forln'o Contact Matthew McCloskey IV, outgo­ , .~:. . ED" BECKY ST. PIERRE 1021 III' Streit . ing president, told fellow Serrans fill IIlnr, MA 02720 that "passiQg out prayer cards in To'. 875-2278' , church is not,enough'. We are in Ii . very competitive marketplace."

He described successful efforts,' such as a service in Montevideo, Uruguay, honoring parents of those entering religious life and thereby highlighting the role of families in vocations; and a St. Louis pro­ gram, "I am Waiting to be Asked," 102 Shawomet Avenue identifying potential candidates for Somerset, Mass. the priesthood and religious life.

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"Informed consent" is "another legal theory often use'd by medical malpractice plaintiffs. This theory is grounded upon the legally rec­ ognized' right of all persons to make intelligent, informed choices about what medical risks they are willing to take, and the corres­ ponding legal duty of doctors to , disclose those risks.

If your doctor fails to disclose a risk to you, and that risk becomes a reality, you may be able to sue him or her on the informed con­ sent theory. Or, if you've consented to one medical procedure (and thus to certain risks) but your doc­ tor subjects you to' another (with other risks) you may be able to sue on ihis theory - even if you haven't suffered any injury.'You can sue a doctor for battery if a doctor per­ forms an operation on you to which you have not consented. If the correct operation is performed but the risks are not disclosed, you can only sue under negligence.

This exposure to liability ex­ plains why you must sign so many forms prior to surgery. You are recording your consent to the risks you are about to encounter. There can be no informed consent in the'

absence of any consent at all. An exception to this proposition exists, however, in emergency situations.

Then, your consent is implied for medical procedures necessary to save your life.

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Ins.tead of focusing;directly on recrUIts, Serra plans to implement the latter program nationally. It addresses the total church com­ munity, asking members to sug­ gest the names of people ages 18­

35 they believe have the needed the need forloyaltyto themagistequalities. Those whose names are num,thechurch'steachingauthor­ . submitted get letters telling them fellowchurchmembershaverecom- ity. mended them, and are invited to Archbishop James A. Hickey of meetings where they can explore Washington challenged the dele­ the idea with priests and members gates to seek more young members, of religious orders. ' citing statistics showing average Boston Cardinal Bernard Law age of members as about 57 and t ld th d 1 t th h . h saying, "I think that's a dangerous 0 e e ega es at t ose WIt figure." , respect for life must oppose any threat to the dignity of the human John Gennaro, new Serra pres­ person. , i d e n t , said he agreed with Archbi­ "N 0 person who respects life shop Hickey but considered age from the moment of conception less important than what members ,can rest easy when millions are could do for Serra. He said people hungry, when workers in some further along in their careers often countries are subject to the whim could offer more. of the employer or young people cannot marry because ,of govern­ ment oppression," he said.

Taking a stand similar to the ROME(NC}-A WorldCoun­ "seamless garment" approach of cil of Churches study ofthe Nicene Chicago Cardinal Joseph Bernar­ Creed could enhance the ecumeni­ din, Cardinal Law said commit­ cal movement, a WCC official said ment to the value of all human life recently in Rome. is the."consistent thread" that ties The study, titled "Toward 'the together' positions on all social Common Expression ofthe Apos­ issues. ' tolic Faith Today," could be "a This commitment can be tested, tremendous encouragement for he said, by asking, "are we willing many Christians who are asking us to stand in favor of life against all whether we are still moving for­ those other positions that would ward on our ecumenical pi1grim~ destroy it in the womb, exploit it in age," the official, Gunther Gass­ the marketplace" degrade it by mann, said. 'denying its rights, subject it to war Gassmann, a Lutheran, is direc­ and daily trivialize it through all tor of the WCC Commission of ' the diverse and exclusivist choices of a hedonist and selfish culture." Faith and Order, which is con­ Cardinal Eugenio de Araujo ducting the study, aimed at devel­ Sales of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, opment of a common interpreta­ told Serra members in.an address tion and vision of the Christian that attacks on the church from faith.

The commission, which includes inside are more dangerous than those from outside. He stressed 12 Catholic theologians, will pres­

D 1 . e egates wItnessed I'ng by US Postal S the . unveil­ . . ervlce execu­ tive James Jellison of a stamp honoring Franciscan Father Juni­ pero Serro.

A 44-cent airmail stamp, it will be issued Aug. 22 in San Diego at a meeting of the National Philatelic Society, and postmarked Aug. 28, the end of the bicentennial com­ memoration of Father Serra's death, at post offices in areas where he established California missions.

The stamp depicts Father Serra, backgrounded by San Diego de Alcala, the first of 21 missions he founded in California.

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ent a draft of its work at a planned meeting in Stavanger, Norway.

Gassmann predicted the effort "would lead beyond a common experience and sharing of personal faith to a common confession of the same faith" among Christians.

"We start from a common baSIS, the Trinitarian and Christological dogmas, wllich can be expounded in their richness and manifold con­ sequences for Christian· life and witness today," he explained.

He said the study will focus on the faith of the first centuries of Christianity and will try to relate it to the modern world.

He noted that through the ecu­ menical movement, Christians of different churches have found "a deepened experience of a common .life of faith" and a growing "com­ mon understanding concerning the content of faith."

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erican Lutherans. "The Spirit is transforming the old hostilities of the past into new patterns of reconciliation so that' the .prayer of Christ for the unity of his followers may be fulfilled," the pope added. "The laity have an important role in the quest for unity" whether exercised "in daily Christian living or in theo­ logical and historical studies," the pope said. He -also praised "the good relations that have been developing ,between Cath­ olics and Lutherans in the United States,"

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Individualism' grave issue

Continued from page one He said it was "sobering" to realize "the dominance of in­ dividualistic themes in a church that stresses community sym­ bols."

He called American individual­ ism 'a "persuasive' value" that has largely captivated U.S. Cath­ olic thinking. It may help ex­ plain "the routine dismissal of Catholic social teachings by American Catholics," he said.

Among other trends noted at the symposium were: - A high degree of female leadership in lay ministries in parishes.

- An increasingly voluntary sense of Catholic identity.

- A relative strength of church attachment 'among young U.S. Catholics despite, wide­ spread "destabilizing forces" of upwardly mobile educational and economic achievement. ,"The remarkable phenomenon is not the decline in Mass at­ tendance among educated young Catholics, but their rela'tively high 'attendance level" in view of the social changes they are experiencing, Leege said. He said about 45 percent of U.S. Cath­ olics still attend Mass regularly, while only a third as many are active in some traditionally Catholic European countries such as Italy, France and Belgium.

Leege also said that a Notre Dame stu~y ,revealed a surpris­ ingly high level of female lay leadership in U.S. parishes, but

"we are not prepared at this point to analyze" ,the implica­ tions of that fact for controver­ sial issues such as the possible ordination of women as priests.

Although the Notre' Dame study "is slightly biased to older, female, and 'conservative' Cath­ olics," he said, "a substantial majority (of active Catholics surveyed) feel that married men should be allowed to become priests and' a little over one­ third ,feel that women should become priests."

tion principles. Follow-up let­ ters from Mr. Moon, currently serving a term in prison for tax evasion, ask the Christian churchmen to evaluate the ma­ terial. Mary Bratti, a public af­ fairs aide at the church's national headquarters in New York, said , the campaign sought to counter­ act widespread hatred, distrust and misunderstanding of the Unification Church Iby explain­

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communion," the cardinal said i1~ a recent speech at an ecu­ menical center in Rome. "The practice of so-called 'open Com­ munion,' which is regarded in some confessions as a 'small step,' represents an execption­ ally great step as far as Cath­ olics are concerned," he said.

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WASHINGTON (NC) A coalition of anti·hunger groups; including the National Confer­ ence of Catholic Charities, has urged passage of a new $1 bil­ lion legislative proposal to feed the hungry. The Comprehensive Nutrition Assistance Act of 1985 would provide lunch funds for poor children in public and paro­ chial schools, the Women In­ fants and Children prenatal and childhood nutr,ition program, special food supplies to 'low-in­ come elderly, food stamp re­ forins, and other food 11l1d hunger-related projects: The bill was introduced by Rep. Mickey Leland, D-Texas, who chairs the House Select Committee on Hunger,

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mon faith still is lacking, said Cardinal Johannes Wi1Iebrands, president of the Vatican Secre­ tariat for Promoting Christian Unity. "Celebration of the Eu­ charist represents a tangible con­ fession of the church's faith. It is the most profound and intense expression of faith and church

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Here we must look more close­ pent convinces her that God for­ bids the fruit of that tree only ly 'at the story, for the ancient .

The familiar story of Adam because he does not want her writer had another very im­ and Eve; who hasn't heard it to be as a goddess. She ~ooks portant little Hne there. It sug· hundreds of times? But there are more closely at the fruit and gests these were not the reasons; a couple of things in it that sees that it is good for food. , Eve took the fruit, but rather be· strike one particularly when one Anything that healthy could not cause eating it would make her considers the whole' Greek tra· be all bad. as a goddess. dition 'and its concern with truth; We see the serpent smiling.

And that~ to most, ,is the beauty and goodness.

He has his tail inside the door! central issue in the story of the

Not that the author of ,the Then Eve also' notices that the Garden of Eden. There we see third chapter' of Genesis was apple is beautiful. The Bible says the beginning of pride and ob· giving us an exegesis of those "it was a delight to the eye." serve how closely it is allied virtues, but, they are central to (Nature knows a 'lot about eye with sin.' our human value'structure quite appeal.)

The 'issue is not the apple. apart from many particular cul­ How could anything that was It is whether or not humanity tural" national or ;r-a<:ial milieu. a "delight to the eye" be evil? can refrain from pretending to 'The story of Adam and Eve Finally, if eating the fruit would be God. We have a persistent does not talk about truth in the make one wise enough to know tendency to have a higher reo abstract, nor goodness as a prin­ the difference between' good,and gard for self than is warranted. ciple, nor beauty 'in general. evil, well, might not the serpent Pride is our problem and many Ina very" simple tale,' th~ au· have something there? How can writers have made it almost in· thor has the serpent play the it be' wrong to affirm the good· terchangeable with sin, because role of Tempter, We all know ness of creation, a commitment it, separates men and women thedi'alogue that ensues: "How to know the truth and an appre· from their deepest selves, ,from come you don't, eat from that ciation of beauty? the rest ot humanity and finally , tree?"

Doesn't this' sound familiar? from the mystery ,and reality of '~God, has forbidden' it." , We hear it in song, we read it in God. The persuasive Tempter, not magazines, we see it on TV. We may differ in accidentals, to be denied: "Oh, come, come, But did Eve take the apple but on' the deepest ~evel we eating from that tree will not be 'your death" (he sounds like· because it was' good food, be· should be in communion with a drug pusher,), "It will mean cause it would make her wise, one another. This w~ need for because it was a ~eligtitto her our souls; saKe and for the, sake your, life." ' of 'the whole world. .' ,Eve is uncertain but the ser- eye?

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"This course has helped me to understand what my religion is all .,about 'after :;oroe: years: of . estrangelllent," hes~ic\:. ',.

, ·Tier~eYF.inn, another Catholic'. said, "I wanted to know more' about my own,religion's pl'ace in the history of all faiths. I'be­ -lieved my own religious commit­ ment would be strengthened if 1- kneW. more abo'ut other :'reli· gions." ,.-,' I, ... Carse said he was pleased ,that

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Yet we cannO't ',let its complexity keep us from responding. " ,T..he song 'puts... the challenge

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da~ that soipe~>ne, somewhere will 'soon make a change." If global hunger 'is to. be. overcome, effort from everyone, will be required.: ,What can youth do? I,suggest thes'e practical steps: , ,' 1. First, hunger is both a ,personal al\d a, political problem.

We must work hirough the poli­ tical 'process' to effe.ctively reo sp~n,d, to the ,suf{er:ing". ' Many go~ernm~,l)ts, including the United States" spend billions on weapons and instruments of de~th. This mo'ney could be reo channeied toward the needs of life. ,It ,is difficult to, understand why' the' United, States 'should ~pen~ l:!iII.ions· to inilit~rize outer space ~hEm money 'is .. needed to help the, starvipg.· ..' .

I encourage yout~~ to write their'representatives in Congress to change the !ocu.s of 'national priorities. Food, for the hungry m'ust bee'ome more im'portant.

2. The hun'g'ry need' financial help. Find out What your parish or diocese is doing. Then design your own' giving plan. For in· stance: forgo one movie' a month or one week at the arcade and send ,the money to aid hunger victims. ' .

'3. The probfem of hunger should teach us ,new respect for food. Cut down on food waste.

Undoubtedly you have other suggestions on what youth can do to respond to the challenge given in "We Are the World."

Write :to this column 'and I will share your id~as with other readers, .

Address correspondence to: Charlie Martin, 1219 S. Rother­ wood Ave., Evansville, Ind. 47714,

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There comes: a time'when 'w~ 'n~ 'a,cerkiri cail' I'l' When the World must eo~e' togetlier as one ' 'There are' ~Ie dy.ing " ".",... . ", ,l, ..'

Oh and it's time to'iimd a h~~d to life ': ,; The' greatest gift of 'all.,.

We can't 'go on pretending ~ay: br day r,' " .'" That someone, somewhere wm soon make a change., We are alia part of God's, g~at big f~J'~ And the. truth you know , " .. lLove is all we need•.

We are the world - :',," , ," "We are the children, : We are, the'ones who make brighter c.lay . " So,let's start giving , ,'., , :1bere's a choice w~'re making, ' , , ' .. We're Saving our own Jive~ ':' It;s true we'n make better day:" . . Justyou:'anct.~e. .' " .'. Well send them your heart , ," So they know that someone cares And their Jives will 'be stronger and free , As' God has shown' us , Byiurning stone to bread . . And So we all must lend;a helping hand, " >.'

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Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG-13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or. younger teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive Which, however, require some analysis and e~planationl; O-morally offensive.

volving a chase with the usual assortment of bizarre vehicles.

It's rather violent but not excess­ ively so, and there is a solemn purpose about the movie, which depicts the appalling conse­ quences of nuclear holocaust.

Fairly good entertainment for action fans with the violence making it mature fare. A3, PG-13

"Silverado" (Columbia) 1\ big, gaudy Western as artificial as its title. Four strangers meet on the road to Silverado and unite to fight evil and injustice. One problem, among many afflict· Please cheek dates and ing the movie, -is that its makers times of television and .radio . fail to do right by evil and in­ programs against local list· justice, so it's impossible to work ings, which may differ from up a good hate. Nor can we find the New York network sched­ much to cheer in the four lack­ ules supplied to The. Anchor. luster heroes weighed down by a contrived story Hne and a tone wavering between sendup and dead seriousness. Because of New Films "Mad Max Beyond Thunder· moderate violence, it is rated dome" (Warners) Mad Max, A2, PG-13.

(Mel Gibson), that angst·ridden, Religious TV two-fisted roamer of the· post­ Sunday, JUly 28 (CBS) "For Armageddon . Australian Out­ back. encounters civilization, not Our Times" - Douglas Edwards as we know it but' even worse. reports on the religious com­ The place is Bartertown, ruled munity's response to New York City homeless. over by Aunty Entity (Tina Tur­ ner ·in run-proof chain mail Religious Radio stockings). After sundry adven­ tures Max is driven out into Sunday, July 28 (NBC) "Guide· the desert again and becomes a Hne" Anthropologist Carl cult figure for a tribe of tost Quinn discusses the church's children. There's a fina.. show­ response to claims of possession down with the ·Bartertowners in­ by the devil. . .'

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ST. MAURICE'S parish in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has become a breadbasket to a starving world.

Florida parish helps feed the world' FORT LAUDERDALE. FL. ­ While most pastors are con­ cerned about just paying the utility biUs, Father Sean Mul­ cahy, 47, worries about giving away over $125.000.

Father Mulcahy is ·pastor of St. Maurice's Church, a 2,100 family parish in this south Florida city kown for its annual appeal to thousands of vacation­ ing college students. Nestled 'among sprawling retirement vil­ lages and palm shaded estates, St. Maurice's has become a breadbasket to a starving wol'1d.

The church. converted from a neglected stable 14 years ago, has attracted national attention because of its Hunger Program which currently funds 25 pro­ jects in the United States and a dozen foreign countries.

Father Mulcahy spearheads the program backed by Jesus' gospel message to help the poor.

"You ~ave to feed somebody be­ fore you talk to them about Christ." says the Irish farmer­ turned-priest.

His concern inspired St. Mau­ rice's in 1976 to. establish a hunger liturgy to educate parish­ ioners and' generate interest to~ ward solving world hunger.

Their first project came to St. Maurice's attention through a former parishioner working in a barrio outside Bogota, Colom­ bia. A group visited the church, which ~as since been renamed La Quinta De San Mauricio for its Flo~ida benefactors. Nearly 10 years later ,the Bogota group still 'l'eceives over a $1,000 dol­ lars a month to aid 10,000 peo­

pie, including 120 children who are fed daily. , According to Hunger Program coordinator, Isabel Pfau, each year more needs were brought to St. Maurice's. "We searched for new projects, but we didn't have to·look far, because we saw so many needs. .We also found ways to get the funds. Father Sean's 'leadership and enthusi­ asm helped build our parish's sense of a family working to­ gether. Most importantly, we cut out the middleman. AU the money we raise goes directly to the people in need."

St. Maurice's has eliminated the bureaucratic snafus of other well-intentioned projects' by keeping tight control over' the raising and dispersing of funds.

Over the years money has come from various fund raisers in­ cluding dances and entertain­ ment events;, Vegas nights and donations from parish clubs.

The parish also holds carefuHy coordinated "Rice Thursdays" for families to experience a Third WOl"ld meal and obhen con­ tribute to the hunger fund.

In nearby 'Boca Raton, St. Joan of Arc parish heard about the success of St. Maurice's pro­ gl'am. Two years ago they de­ cided to start their own Hunger Program. Today they fund 20 projects. Several other parishes have come to St. Maurice for advice.

For 'information on st,arting a hunger program contact Isabel Pfau, Coordinator, St. Maurice Hunger Program, 2851 Stirling Road, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312.

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NEW YORK (NC) - The use of illegal drugs is portrayed fa­ vorably in at ileast 60 major movies, most produced during the past five years, but few films contain clear anti-drug messages, according to an article in the July 21 issue of Parade magazine.

The article, written by Parade reporter Michael Satchell, also said many movies aimed at the youth market "depict heavy drinking and pot smoking as in­ evitable rites of passage."

trayed ,as "junkies, hopheads and losers," the article said.

"Then the upsurge of drug usage in society that accompan­ ied the turbulent events of the ·Iate 1960s and 1970s was mir­ rored in the entertainment media," it said. Today, drug usage is presented in many movies. as a normal and enjoy­ able part of life, according to the article.

Network television' has elim­ inated most positive references This trend has sparked a new to drugs from its programs and movement to change the way has produced many dramas drugs are portrayed in the media. carrying strong anti-drug mess­ Satchell ~eported. Critics of ages, the article reported. But Hollywood portrayals hope to the networks fail to edit out persuade the industry to show, drug sequences in theatrical movies they air. although they the problems drugs cause. edit obscenity, In addition, some groups want customari,ly graphic violence, nudity and ex­ the Motion Picture Association of America ratings board to add plicit sexual content. a warning to its ratings alerting "In the 60 films that imply parents when movies glorify drug endorsement, most show drugs, the article said. marijuana smoking, although Pal"8de, in a two-question survey, asked readers whether or not they are in favor of the Motion Picture Association of American adding an "SA" ­ substance abuse - warning to movies that show "gratuitous drug abuse" and whether or not they believe movies favorably depicting illegal drug use should be I"8ted X. Before the 1960s, movie char­ acters who used drugs were por­

virtually every other illeg~l drug is displayed except heroin ­ which is 'always depicted nega­ tively," the article said.

Among movies said to portray drug abuse positively are "Terms of Endearment," which ,in 1983 won five Academy Awards in­ cluding Best Picture, and other box~office. hits such as "Private Benjamin," "Nine to Five," "Poltergeist," "Romancing the Stone" and "The Big ChilL"

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

LEGION OF MARY, SEEKONK Picnic: I p.m. Sunday, Holy Cross ' grounds, No. Dartmouth SACRED HEART, NO. ATTLEBORO Parish picnic: 10:30 a.m. August 4. Information: Don Kirby, 699-8902.

ST,. ANNE, FR Feast of St. Anne: Masses in upper church at 7, 8,10, II a.m. and noon today. Special Mass: 7:30 p.m., shrine, to be followed by candlelight procession. Devotions: 2, 3 and 4 p.m. today, shrine.

ST. .MARY, SEEKONK , Blood drive: 6 p.m. Augu~t 13, parish center.

St. John's Council Knights ofColum­ bus have donated $1000 to the rec­ tory building fund. .

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SACRAMENT, F:AIRHAVEN

Holy Hour: 7 p.m July 30, Sacred Hearts Church, 382 Main St., Fair­ haven. Exposition, scripture read­ ings, homily, prayers and Benedic­ tion. Refreshments will follow. All invited.

HOLY TRINITY, W.HARWICH Slide show: 2:30 p.m. August 2, church hall, "What is a Cape Codder?" All welcome.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Garden flowers may-be brought to the rectory.for altar'decorati'on.

ST. JAMES, NB

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ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS

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speak at all Masses this weekend.

Special Mass: first anniversary of

new church, 7:30 p.m. August 12.

ST JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN

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profession II a.m. August 19, church.

, Microphones have been donated to the parish by Mr. and Mrs. David Fortin.

15 parishioners have been com­

missioned as Eucharistic ministers.

NOTRE DAME, FR Parish picnic: II a.m. August 4, Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown.

The St. Vincent de Paul Society , has donated $500 to the parish.

BL. SACRAMENT, FR ' A Redemptorist missionary will speak at all Masses this weekend.

ST. ANTHONY OFTHE DESERT, F.R. Adoration of Blessed Sacrament

noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 4; holy hour 5 to

6 p.m.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK Prayer group: meets 7 p.m. Wed­ nesdays. Mass upstairs followed by . prayer in basement.

Family groups who would like to serve as greeters at Mass may con­ tact Bob and Betti Tobiasz, 336-7261.

HOLY NAME, FR Altar boys: new schedules 'avail­ able. ' Youth group council: planning meeting 10 a.m. tomorrow, Cathed­ ral Camp, E. Freetown.

Youth retreat group: renewal 7 p.m. Sunday, Holy Name School.

ST. JULIE, NO. DARTMOUTH Altar boy schedules available in sacristy.

7 p.m.

Rosary and Benediction: - ' , Sunday. '

K of C donate ham radio to Vatican VATICAN CITY (NC) :..- The Knights of Columbus, an American Catholic fraternal organization, -gave the Vatican an amateur radio station at the urging of the U.S. ambassador to the, Vatican, Wil­ liam Wilson.

The station, estimated by ham radio operators to be worth about $7,000, includes a transceiver (a combination transmitter and re­ ceiver), a final amplifier, which magnifies the radio's signal, and a rotatable antenna about 50 feet tall. ' The new station, to replace a 1957 model, is located atop a hill 'in the Vatican gardens and carries the call letters HVlCN. The new operation, one ofthree used by Vatican personnel, was

blessed by Archbishop Paul Mar­ cinkus, head of the Vatican bank.

The Vatican's ham radios "create good will, "said Jesuit Father Lars Rooth, head of Scandinavian pro­ gramming for Vatican Radio, and a ham operator.

Vatican ham radio stations have been used in the past for emergen­ cies, such as helping get medicines to different parts of the world, he said.

Father Rooth said that Ambas­ sador Wilson operates a ham radio station at his home in California and one in Italy. He said that Italy's new president, Francesco Cossiga, is also a ham radio operator.