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FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS

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Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, general secretary of the U.S. Catholic Conference has written to all U.S. bishops, restating USCC support for tomorrow's 20th an­ niversary March on Washing­ ton, and pointing out that march organizers have made "serious efforts" to accommodate Jewish concerns.

In the last weeks before the Aug. 27 observance, Catholic groups across the nation have raised money to help unemploy­ ed or handicapped people get to the march, several U.S. dioceses or diocesan agencies, have pro­ moted the march and four bish­ ops have said they would attend.

The 20th Anniversary March on Washington for Jobs, Peace and Freedom will begin at 8 a.m. tomorrow on the Mall in Washington. The main march program will take place at 1 p.m. at the Lincoln Memorial.

The march will commemorate the Aug. 28, 1963 March on Washington, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. In an Aug. 18 memo to bish­ ops, Msgr. Hoye said" "Recent press accounts have called at­ tention to the fact that some or­ ganizations, traditionally sup­ portive of civil rights concerns, have not endorsed the march."

He said' "several Jewish or­ ganizations" had withheld sup­ port because of what they be­ lieved to be "an implied criticism of Israel's military policy" in march materials. ''The organizers of the march have discussed this matter at length with representatives of Jewish organizations and have amended the problematic lang· uage in an attempt to avoid any possible misunderstanding,II Msgr. Hoye said.

"In short, while not all groups are supporting the march, seri­ ous efforts have been made to accommodate the concerns raised

by Jewish organizations," he said. "One of the largest Jewish organizations, the Union of Am­ ,erican Hebrew Congregations, remains a full supporter of the march."

The memo pointed out that Archbll!hop John Roach, presi­ dent, had endorsed the march on behllif of the USCC and Na­ tional 'Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) L'Osservatore Romano, Vatican daily newspaper, praised Benig­ no Aquino, assassinated Filip­ ino opposition leader, as a fight­ er for human rights.

An unsigned front-page pro­ file of Aquino published on Aug. 22 said, "He had re-entered the country to unite himself with those who struggle in a non-vio­ lent manner for human rights and for freedom."

The 50-year-old Aquino was shot to death Aug. 21 at the air­ port in Manila: Philippines, as he returned after three years of exile in the United States.

Aquino was returning to his homeland "to create a true na­ tional reconciliation based on justice," said the L'Osservatore Romano profile.

Also praising the slain poli­ tician was Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila~ Citing Aquino's com­ mitment to political reform with­ out violence, the cardinal said "If we allow his d:eath to fan the flames of violence and division, then he will have died in vain."

Cardinal Sin, echoing fears of national leaders, also urged calm in the nation following the as­ sassination. Fun2ra'l rites for Aquino will be held this week­ end.

Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos, whose government are rested Aquino in 1972, denied opposition charges of responsi· bility for the assassination. He said the government had tried to stop Aquino from returning because of "confirmed reports of the serious conspiracy against his life" and tried to protect him when he decided to return de­ spite the warnings.

Aquino was a senator, leader of the opposition Liberal Party, and widely considered the like­ liest next president of the Philip­ pines when Marcos declared mar· tial 'law in September 1972.

Accused of murder, subver­ sion and illegal' possession of firearms, he was imprisoned for nearly eight years an4 sentenced to death by a militaf)' court in 1977. Aquino consistEtntly denied all charges.

While in prison he gained stature as one of ~e nation's chief advocates of' social re­ forms, human rights and the reTurn to Page Seven

DRS. EVELYN AND JOHN BILUNGS

NFP founders awaited

Arriving from Melbourne, Australia, Sept. 7, physicians John and Evelyn Billings, found­ ers of the Billings Natural Fam­ ily Planning method, will be guests of the diocesan Office of Family Ministry through Sept.

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The schedule of the interna­ tionally known natural family planning pioneers will include radio and television appearances, a series of lectures at the dio­ cesan Family Life Center in North Dartmouth and a general lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

Dr. John J. 'Billings is a gradu­

ate in medicine from the Uni­ versity of Melbourne and a fel­ low of the Royal Colleges of Physicians in London and Aus­ tralia. ' He began studying natural methods of birth regulation in 1953 as the result of research into the formerly popular rhy­ thm method of family planning..

He and his wife, Dr. Evelyn Bill­ ings, subsequently developed the Billings Ovulation Method of Natural Planning, which they have promulgated in Europe, Mrica, Asia and the Americas.'

Dr. Evelyn Bililngs holds de­ grees from the University of Mel· bourne and the University of

London. She has contributed to scientific journals on the subject of fertility regulation by natural techniques and with her husband has lectured throughout the world.

Father Ronald A. Tosti, direc­ tor of the Office of Family Min­ istry and of the Family Life Cen­ ter, said that attendance at the Billings' lectures will be "a uni· que opportunity for all in the medical and religious fields in the Fall River diocese. It is in­ deed a privilege to have such distinguished visitors share their knowledge and insights into what so many around the world have Tum to Page Seven

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CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy (NC) - Spiritual life is threat­ ened "by the lack of respect for human rights regarding religious liberty and freedom of consci· ence," Pope John Paul II said Aug. 21.· ' The pope's impromptu re­ marks, delivered after the noon Angelus prayer, came after a pointed attack by the Soviet news agency Tass on. similar comments voiced by the pope during his Aug. 14·15 trip to

Lourdes, France.

"It is necessary to defend hu­ man life, which is threatened by war, and we ought to defend al­ so the spiritual life of man which is threatened by sin and by the lack of respect for human rights regarding religious liberty and freedom of- conscience," said the pope, speaking to 10,000- visit­ ors to his summer residence at Castelgandolfo, 15 miles south of Rome.

"We ought to pray, the pope

continued, "that these l~berties be respected and defended in the entire world."

On Aug. 14, speaking at a prayer vigil at the Marian shrine at Lourdes, the pope had prayed for "all those who are suffer· ing intolerable attacks upon their human dignity and their funda­ mental rights, those whose just right to freedom of thought and action is shackled." ''There are men and women, 'fum to Page Seven

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HARTFORD, Conn. (NC) ­ There will be fewer Masses in i the Archdiocese of Hartford after Jan. 1, but those which re­ WASHINGTON (NC)' - Mary take became concerned j about main should be of higher quality, Dicks, who organized volunteer the plight of the Haitian~, who' according to a new directive efforts to assist Haitians detained_ were' isolated and uncertain from Archbishop John R. Wheal· about their future.

I for more than a year in a federal on of Hartford.

Miss Dicks, Ii teacher, ;organ­ Saranac Lake, N.Y., was com­ The directives call for no more mended for her efforts by the ized spiritual, recreational and than one Saturday-night-for­ educational services fdr the U.S. Catholic Conference.

Sunday-obligation Mass in each Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, USCC Haitians, including classe~ rang· parish, dropping most Masses at general secretary, said that "of· ing from basic literacy fto ad·, which the church is less than vanced English. She also I spear· i ficialsof the Migration and Refu­ half full, scheduling Masses at gee Services of the United States headed legal and lobbying lefforts least 90 minutes apart and elim­ on their behalf.

Her progr!lm en· Catholic Conference assure that inating Sunday Masses after the program which you initiated listed the participation of. about 12:30 p.m. ' contributed significantly to the 200 volunteers. i Basing his actions on recom· Miss Dicks dropped out as well-being and eventual resettle­ mendations by the Archdiocesan ment of these people. coordinator of the volunteer ef· Priests' Senate, the archbishop '''1 commend you for efforts in fort in the spring of 1982 when cited as reasons the exhaustion the best tradition of religiously she was treated for canc~r. She level o,f priests called upon to inspired volunteerism," he said remained in close touch with the .celebrate "too many Masses," in a letter to Miss Dicks. The program, however, throJgh its with insufficient attention to the letter marked the anniversary successful termination" with the quality of the Ifturgies. of the Aug. 20, 1982, release of court.ordere~ release of the "Our priests are being called the first group of Haitians from Haitians and their resettlemeht I upon to say too many Masses, the Ray Brook correctional fa­ in cooperation with USCCMigra­ during the Week as well as on cility near Saranac Lake. tion and Refugee Servicesl Sundays and holidays," the arch­ In an interview last ye~r with Forty Haitians were sent to bishop wrote Aug. 12 in his col· 'Ray Brook in July 1981, pend­ the Adirondack DailyEnt~rprise, umn in the Catholic Transcript, ing resolution of their legal sta­ Miss Dicks described herl work: archdiocesan newspaper. "There tus, and another 125 Haitians "We got more out of ,this than is too much competition among were sent there in November of ever we put into it. God puts that year. parishes. There is not yet enough us into circumstances, arid we attention to the quality of the Priests and parishioners of St. can either walk by' or notice. We Bernard's Parish in Saranac just noticed the need." i liturgical elebratio,n," 20 years after the Vatican II "Constitu­ tion on the Sacred Liturgy," he added.

I I The guidelines foHowed a study OBVIOUSLY IN NEED of education 'was the driver of by the Archdiocesan priests' this car. (Ne/UPI Photo) i Senate in consultation with the Archdiocesan ' Liturgical Com· WASHINGTON (NC) The na· a secular purpose, the; brief mission. tion's largest association of Pro· said, it instead could have erect· testant and Eastern Orthodox ed lights or bells or reindeer or The senate, in studying the churches has urged the Supreme Santa Clauses. ' : Dennis E. Friel, 34, and Don­ issue, learned that at numerous PORTLAND, Maine (NC) ­ Court not to permit local governThe brief added that hse of Portland's cathedral and two aId Lagas~e, 29, were .arrested Masses churches were not even ments to sponsor nativity scenes a religious symbol for c6mmer­ other area Catholic churches and charged with aggravated half full. at' Christmas: . cial purposes "degrades, ~ivial- were among churches desecrated criminal' mischief. If found "This new· policy should en.

The National Councll of izes and secularizes" a symbol in what some -local clergy said guilty they could be sentenced courage a deeper and more de­ Churches, along with the Ameri- sacred to devout Christia~s. may represent growing anti­ to five years· and fined $2,500 vout participation in the sacred ~~n Jewi~h Committee" said i~ a In a separate statemebt the church sentiment, by right-\Ving for each count. liturgy," wrote the archbishop.

Jomt fnend-of·the-court .bnef NCC's director for religiohs and Christian extremists.

Cathedral parishioners were "Our common hope must be for that go~~rnment sponsors~l~ of civil liberty, the Rev. D~an M. Police in Maine's Andros'cog­ "shocked that. sOmeone would. an effective parish liturgical such a" ~damentally re~lglous Kelley, said citizens have: many' gin CouJ)ty an-estedtwo men actually deface Ii church, and celebration at every Sunday and symbol ylolates separation of ways to express their religious Aug. 12 in connection with the confused over what the symbols holy day Mass at which all par­ church an.d state., , . beliefs "without emplo~ng or vandalism, which affected at 'meant and what we were being ticipate, at which the Mass is The, b?ef was fl}ed 1O. mId- seeking to employ the ma~hinery least 15 churches. accused ofi" said Father Michael truly celebrated by, a priest Aug~t m con~ection With. a of the state."

The churches - whiclJ in· Henchal, rector. , whose strength has not been ex­ laWSUit 'challengmg the erection .. ! .elude the Cathedral of the Im­ "Some ministers are afraid hausted and at which the music, for the past 40 years of a city.

Earher .t~IS s~mme~ th~ R~a- maculate Conception, Sts. Cyril there's a wave of this sort of, servers and effective homily all owned nativity scene in Paw- gan admInistration, m ~ bnef tucket, R.I. ' filed by the Justice Depa~ent, and Methodius Church and Holy thing, of these very conservative serve God and God's people.

Family Church in Lisbon FaUs, fundamentalist churches that are , The Supreme Court announced urged th~ court t~. allof city were spray painted with "666," vary radical. And that wave has "From the laity who may be in April that it would review the sponsorship of nativIty scenes., upset because of an enforced the symbol for the anti-Christ, tremendous potential for vio­ case, (Lynch vs. Donnelly) in its The Justice Dpartment brief . and the word, "Babylon." lence," Fa~her Henchal said. changed in convenient Mass term which begins Oct. 3. A argued that the fOl,lnding fathers, . schedules I ask a sympathetic ruling is expected sometime next in requiring separation of church understanding of the total pic­ year. and state, did not intend t6 "pro· ture," the .archbishop wrote.

The National Council of hibit governmental acknoWledge­ "Revising the parish Mass C~urches is the coo,perative ment of religion as a partlof our A concelebrated funeral Mass held a doctorate in sacred theo· schedule is ony the beginning of agency of 32 P-rotestant and.' nation's, heritage." . was offered Tuesday, at Our logy and: was a graduate of the work we m1Jst aH dQ, so as Eastern Orthodox religious bodTwo lower federal courts have Lady of Grace Church, Westport 'Epiphany Apostolic College, to realize in our parishes the, for Father Thomas Cantwell, SSJ, Baltimore, also attending the' liturgical exypectations of the ies. The American Jewish Com- ruled that Pawtucket's sponsor­ 86, a Fall River native who died Catholic University of America Second Vatican Council," he mittee is ~ civil right.s a~d hu- ship of the nativity scene. viola­ in the city last Saturday. and studying at St. Mary's Sem­ man relations orgamzation of ted the Constitution. said. .

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us, SSJ, was principal celebrant ginia, Mississippi, Delaware and groups rejected Pawtucket's S St for the Mass. the District of Columbia and argumept tha~' a nativitr, scene David Sousa, a sophomJre, has Denise Kearney, a recent grad­ can b~ conslder~d a secula,~ been named to the dean's llist for ' Father Cantw~ll, the son of was rector of St. Augustine 'uate of Assumption College, High School, New Orleans. symbol pf the Chnstmas season. academic excellence ftir the t~e late John J. and Margaret

Worcester, with a ba<;helor's de· In retirement, Father Cantwell gree in psychology an4 social reo Insteljd, the brief 'argued,the spring, 1983, semester at Stevens (Murray) Cantwell, was ordained "depictipn in adorational terms" Institute of Technology, I Hobo-, as a Josephite priest March 22, lived at St. Joseph's Seminary, habilitative services, has joined of the b~rth of Christ is "quintes- ken, N.J. The son of Mr. and 19~9, and served 16 years as a Washington.

. the C,pe Cod office Qf Catholic sntially relig'ious" an dseparates Mrs. Firmino. D. Sousa 6f Fall professor of philosophy and as· He is survived by a .sister, Social Services, where she will Christianity from other religions. River, he is a graduate of iBishop sistant rector at his community's Mrs. Harold J. Roberts of West­

work in the office's pregnancy . If the city wanted to achieve ConnOlly Hi{?h School. seminary in Washington, D;C. He port.

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Government critics interpreted the controls as an attempt to head off rallies on Aug. 31 to mark the third anniversary of the founding of Solidarity, the in­ dependent labor union which be­ came illegal under martial law.

The announcement came after fleeting pro-Solidarity demon­ strations Aug. 14 and Aug 15.

The Aug. 14 demonstration be­ gan after Sunday Masses in Catholic churches. In the past many pro-Solidarity demonstra­ tions have begun as worshippers left Sunday services.

The Baltic port city of Gdansk was the birthplace of Solidarity.

The controls, called "special regulations," include summary court procedures for violators, allowing for their quick punish­ ' ment.

Cygan's action marked the first time Polish authorities have used "special regulations" pro­ POPE JOHN PAUL II prays before a statue of Mary visions enacted with the lifting of martial law July 22. The in the grotto at Lourdes during his Aug. 14 and 15 visit to "special regulations" allow the the shrine. (NC/UPI Photo) government to reinstate many martial law measures without the need to formally declare martial law. on the facuIty of the former Pre­ Two Brothers of Christian In­ Under the Aug. 16 controls vost High SChool in Fall River. struction who are Fall River na­ people must leave public gather­ ings immediately after being told tives and two who served at 'Brother' Theodore Letendre, a to do so by police; meeetings Fall River high schools were silver jubilarian, is from Fall among golden and silver jubilar­ cannot be held without govern­ River and was a guidance coun­ ment permission; and notices, ians recently honored in Alfred, selor at ,Bishop Connol,ly High School in the city. He is now a announcements, inscriptions and Maine, in the course of a com­ campus minister at Walsh Col­ drawings cannot be posted in munity chapter meeting at No­ tre Dame Institute. unauthorized places. lege. Also a silver jubilarian and Brother Henry Vanasse of Fall a former Connolly guidance On Aug. 31, 1980, Solidarity leaders signed aCcords with River, a golden jubilarian, is the counselor is Brother Guy Roddy of Fairfield, Vt., who now serves government officials which led ~irector of the Notre Dame In­ at Marian Hill Central Catholic to the legal recognition of the stitute community. He was form­ erly assistant to the superior High School, Worcester. union, the first legally recog­ nized union independent of the general of the Brothers of Chris­ Among concelebrants at the Communist Party in the Soviet tian Instruction and was sta­ jubilarians' Mass of thanksgiving bloc. The agreement followed a tioned in Rome. were Father James' C. O'Brien, series of crippling strikes which Brother Edward Harrison of started in the Gdansk shipyards Matane, Quebec, also a golden SJ, Connolly principal, and Father Thomas J. Gibbons, SJ,

and spread across the countrY. jubilarian, is now at Walsh Col­ Under martial law, the govern­ 'lege, Canton, O. He had served a former Connolly principal.

ment first suspended the activi- ' ties of Solidarity, then it passed' a new .Jabor law making Solid­ arity illegal. However, there is law did not address the basic still much sympathy for the CHICAGO (NC) - The Illin­ issue regarding bingo in Illinois union in the general population. ois Catholic Conference has criti­ - "that violations of the law When Solidarity was legal it had cized a state bingo law for ignor­ are Uning the pockets of organ­ a meml>ership of 10 million ing the involvement of organ­ while Ute Communist Party ized crime and the "squeezing ized gambling at the expense of membership was three million. out" of parish-based games. The little games that further the work During Pope John Paul II's bingo bill, which 'passed the of bona fide not-for-profit groups Illinois Senate in May and the June tri~ to Poland, many Solid­ arity b~nners appeared in the State House in June, increased like Catholic parishes." crowds, . and pro-SOlidarity ral­ bingo prize-money limits in two Life lies followed many papal events. southwestern Illinois counties in Polish-born Pope John Paul and an attempt to draw players and "Life must be understood keep them from going to nearby backwards. But . . _ it must be the Polish bishops have consist­ ently supported the idea of an Sl. Louis for bigger stakes. 'lived forwards." - Soren Kier­ The ICC statement said the kegaatd • independent labor union.

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I Last Sunday, The New York Times offered its read~rs

a special supplement profiling current situations and diffi­ .cuIties in the world of education. The articles were ddne with the usual Times thoroughness. Among the plethora of ads were many from Catholic institutions; howe~er, there were no stories on Catholic education. This omission of such a large sector of the nation's educational systerrl is typical of most secular journals.

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complete story of the current debate on the quality I of

American education cannot be told without inclusion of

Catholic schools. After all, our schools constitute 64 percent

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Despite media inattention, there can be little doubt of .

the resurgence of interest in Catholic education. As public

education struggles to reform itself, Catholic, schools! in

many areas of the nation have been besieged by" applicants.

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Currently an in"depth study of Catholic schools has been commissioned by the Chief Administrators of Cath61ic ',~ .::~" Schools, a department of the National Catholic Educatioi-!al" Association. The study is being conducted by the Huton 'I will give you rain in due seasons.' .Institute of Cambridge, an independent research organiza­ tion with ties to Harvard University's graduate school! of . education. Already some interesting facts have emerged -

" I from the prpject.'· ' It has,. for instance, documented the obvious fact that parents; students and teachers in Catholic schools share major' political lobbies are a consensus as to the purpose of education and are strotigly !By Father Kevin J. Harrington notTheafraid to impose their own A question often raised. by moral values upon the general, committed to achieving this purpose. Student bodies, though diverse in ethnicity and social class, appear unified, coheSive non-Catholics is: "Why do Cath­ populace, as when they claim politicians always vote that in the name of separation and well socialize~. .Many Catholic teachers consider their olic against what their church of church and state Catholic work a ministry and are concerned not only with academic te,llches?" politicians must not let their re­ excellence but also with building moral character and cc>m­ It is an embarrassing question ligious beliefS enter the political munity a~ong their students. realm. that admits of no simple an­ StudIes such as that of the Huron Institute should swer. There has been a tradition­ A glaring example is the ra· make it more difficult for educational researchers and the al suspicion that Catholic polio tionale used by. Catholic politi­ American public iiI general to continue ignoring the effec- . ti(;ians might be overly influ· cians to repudiate the church el1lced by their too parochial up. position on abortion. Once the tiveness of our schools.'

I bringing. Catholic politicians landmark case. of Roe vs. Wade But· we must not rest on our laurels. For Catholic ohslve ;gone out of their way to was 'decided by the Supreme schools too this must be a time of continuing concern imd disprove this stereotype.. Lately Court in 1973, the right to abor· openness to change. Our schools must continue to chart they have gone so far out of their tion became enshrined in the new courses while ,maintaining commitment to their ~ca­ way that the only politicians Constitution, to which Catholic demic and spiritual traditions. They must not be dismayed ,supporting the Catholic position . politicians show more reverence on -moral issues seem those who by the reactions of the- secular or impai~d by the forces could be categorized as funda­ than to the Decalogue, even though the latter is the' very of rejection. .

I mental Christians. ' foundation' of our common Ju­ Catholic schools are an important part of the American In general, Catholi'c politicians deo-Christiap tradition. l educationar scene. They are alive and well offering to all represent northern states with Those who claim that religion who are willing new visions and new dire~tions in edJca­ large urban areas where the tion. If Catholics themselves would begin to realize tllese population includes many basic­ must not intru4e into politics are naive indeed not to realize heartening facts, they might stop feeling' threatened Iby ally Catholic minorities. Most the results of that attitude in Catholic politicans are both the forces opposed to Catholic schools. the past 10 years. The hypocrisy liberal and Democrat and un­ Our schools are important in and for America. L~t's fortunately, seem more concern­ of Catholic liberals irritates me. not be afraid to say s o . ' I edl with their rating from Ameri· They rejoiced when the American

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cans for Democratic Action than Catholic bishops published their w:ith how their voting represents controversial pastoral on war the beliefs of their Catholic con· and peace b~cause it seemingly coincided with their own politi­ stituents. cal beliefs. A careful reading of Rule number one in politics is not to bite the hand that feeds the pastoral,' however, shows it you. If our Cath,olic senators to be a part of the bishops' and representatives vote in ac­ larger attitude towards the whole cord with the dictates of power­ question of reverence for life. ful lollbies, they are assured of The liberals, , then, find them­ campa~gn /funds tha~ can make the difference between victory selves in the position of acus· . ing the bishops of being fanati-. and defeat.

cal in their opposition to abor­ tion while at the same time pro­ claiming them prophetical in their opposition to nuclear war.

The voice of the American bishops is one with that of our Holy Father. Historically, the papacy has championed church independence from the state, Those who regard papal author­ ity as an illegitimate usurpation or wllo advocate a lessening of its scope in the interests of more independent local 'churches are often blind to the subtle power of the state to impose its own values under the guise of moral and religious neutrality.

C>nXT WEEK • the u.S. bishops'

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• the 1983-84 school calel1dar

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Aug. 26, 1983

Family Night

A weekly at-home program for families

sponsored hythe Diocesan Office of Family Ministry

OPENING PRAYER The Lord's Prayer - prayed slowly and meditatively.

TO THINK ABOUT Part of Jesus' "Happiness Message" is that those who show mercy to others shall aiso re­ ceive mercy. Mercy is simply showing that we care when someone else is in need, whether a total stranger or someone in our own household. Let's spend this Family Night focusing on the power God has given us to heal each other;

ACTIVITY IDEAS Young and Middle Years Families SHOWING MERCY Materials: paper, magazines, paste. Spend some time discussing what it means individually and as a family to show mercy. Look through magazines for pictures that illustrate the need for mercy in today's world. Each make a

collage and then put them to­ gether in a book. Give it your own title and decorate the cover.

SNACK TIME Fruit cobbler made with fruit that is in season in your area.

Adult Families Jesus' reaction to pain and suffering was one of compassion.

His was truly a healing ministry.

Read these accounts from Scrip­ ture and· then discuss how we minister to each other, especially those in our own home.

Mark 1:23-28 A shrieking man Mark 1:29-32 A woman is restored to peace Mark 1:29-32 A woman is cured of a fever Mark 1:40-45 The healing of a Jeper Mark 2:1-12 A paralytic is ht:aled in both body and soul

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- Share why you are most excited about going back to school.

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Pray Matthew 5:1-3 together.

Jesus, thank you for being with us tonight and for guiding us. Help us to grow stronger in our love for you and in our car­ ing for each other. We want to enjoy the happiness you. intend for us. Amen.

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My friend the Bronx boy had me laughing the other day. He was telling me about a woman on his block who

was perched atop the cabin roof.

But God was good again, and a small U.S. Navy vessel appear­ ed. "We'll take you off, prepare to abandon ship!" the skipper recently became a born-again shouted.

Christian. Since her conversion, "On your way!" Clancy shout­ it seems, the woman can't com­ ed back, his faith unshaken. plete a sen,tence without saying, "Heaven's on my side. I'll be "Praise the Lord." She says just fine thank you." things like, "I've got to go to Before nong all that was stick­ the store for bread, praise the ing out of the water was the top Lord." of the mast with Clancy wrap­ Listening to this sappy piety ped around it like King Kong in aU the time was beginning to the final scene. But God gave wear on the Bronx boy's nerves. Clancy one more nibble.. Out of But then, he told me, it occur­ nowhere came a helicopter. red to him one day that he "We'll lower a cable and pull you should welcome the woman's up!" the chopper pilot yelled churchy chatter. Before she be­ through his bullhorn. "We'll gan praising the Lord, the Bronx have you high and dry in a min­ boy remembered, her favorite ute." expression for many years was "Never mind, keep on moving," "Aw, spit!"

Clancy hollered up. "God is my co-pilot and He'll save me, Only God and laughter are im­ portant, somebody wise once thanks all the same." said, and the Bronx boy special­ A minute later Clancy drown­ izes in both. He was an altar ed. He found himself forthwith boy 50 years ago at Sacred Heart at the Pearly Gates, signing in.

Church in the Highbridge section St. Peter walked by, and Clancy of the Bronx. Today he is a con­ collared him. He gave St. Peter struction executive in upstate a loud beef about"losing his new New York, a devoted husband, boat and dying' before his time father of four, two of the kids and how unfair it was because still in college. He goes to Mass nobody had more faith than he, Clancy. on Sundays most of the time, al­ though he is more spiritual than "Now just a minute," St. religious. So am I, which gives Peter saidl, eyeballing Clancy. "I us something in common. The dunno what you're yellin' about.

Bronx boy's real name is John 1 sent you two tugs and a heli· Deignan, but I call him the copter,'~ Bronx boy because he is a typi-, The Bronx boy paused to let cal knock-around alumnus of the punch line linger. "The moral that great borough I of New York of the story is that God works City. through people," the Bronx boy "Did I tell you' about Clancy said. from the old neighborhood?" the A great yarn. The Bronx boy Bronx boy asked me one day is full of fascinating stories. I recently. Without waiting for loved the point of this one. It's an answer, he told me about a mistake to get too mystical in Clancy. It seems that Clancy, our relationship with God. We like us, had a great faith in God. meet God in each other. He even Clancy had squandered his showed up as a human, in Jesus. youthful years self- indulgently, And the Bronx boy's sense of but God gave hlm a second humor is, well, divine. chance. In middle-age he under­ went a spiritual awakening. He came to depend upon God" for everything.

rare. I constantly hear parents say, "I couldn't do that when I was his age," or "I'm glad I DOLORES don't have to go to college to­ day. "Yet, we tend to judge our CURRAN ing'by a high government com­ kids' school success by their mission, the media and college spelling, penmanship and math admissions directors who decry basic skills. It's almost as if we're the lack of writing and spelling saying we don't care if they can skills evident among today's think as long as they can spell question like, "How many 'Ks of storage will it hold?" and students. and add. throws arouna words like disk I confess this brings to the In all the talk of poor educa­ drives and megabytes. Maybe he surface some conflicting emo­ tion and funcqonal illiteracy, I tions within me. On one hand, wonder how many parents would doesn't know Latin but this is the old English teacher in me pass the basic literacy tests their every bit as foreign a language says, "Right on. I don't care if children take today. Or how well to me.

I get so frustrated that I want your teacher isn't grading on we would do on the SAT and spelling or penmanship, you ACT tests which are used for to tell him to go study his spell­ ing because I understand that. need to write properly." My chil­ college entrance. These tests are dren probably suffer more from tough, a lot tougher than the (He also points out that spelling -literary nagging than anyone ones we had to take to get out will soon be obsolete because for $300 you can buy a spelling , else's. I've been known to cor­ of college. program for any word processor. rect and grade the notes they I wonder if we aren't being hy­ How do I respond to that?) leave on the kitchen table. pocritical in expecting ever high­ Highly publicized studies la­ On the other hand, I look at er achievement scores and place­ the kind of assignments and ment by our children. Are we menting the state of education papers they're doing and realize asking our schools to teach our have been around forever and they are light years ahead of children more' than we were they are valuable in that they what I did at their age or even willing or able to learn? When keep us from becoming compla­ of what I taught 20 years ago. My we hear of dwindling. SAT . cent. But they don't serve us if Clancy found himself with a eighth grader did a term paper scores, do we read on to discover we focus only on what our chil­ August 27 surplus in his retirement fund, dren aren't learning that we did on Pickett's Charge at the Battle that more youngsters are taking Rt. Rev. Francisco C. 'Betten­ so he decided to treat himself rather than what they are learn­ of Gettysburg last spring that it now than did a decade ago to a sailboat, the Bronx boy court, Pastor, 1960, Santo put to shame the most ambitious and that we're dipping- beyond ing that we didn't. related. He had it out on Long Christo, Fall River paper I wrote in high school. the group of elite scholars to the Rev. Msgr. Hugh A. Gallagher, Island Sound one day when a My senior did a comparison of average? seam opened up in the bow. The Pastor Emeritus, 1978, St. James, George Orwell's Animal Farm Finally, are we focusing on waves began washing over the ' New Bedford and Charles Dickens' Tale of our children's voids such as Father Joseph A. Martineau 'deck and before he knew it August 29 Two Cities, contrasting the au­ poorer spelling and math rather was the recipient of the Knights Clancy was up to his aft in salt Rev. Joseph DeViIlandre, thors' outlook on political revo­ than on their more advanced of Columbus Legion of Merit water. 'But Clancy didn't panic.

D.O., Founder, 1921, Sacred lution with insights that I as a understanding of physics, litera­ Award at recent ceremonies held He had faith that the Lord Heart, North Attleboro college English major never had ture and' computer than we faced at Valladolid K of C Council wouldn't let him down. to tackle. at their age? headquarters in Lynn. ...11'01.......

One of Tracy's tugboats hap­ The presentation was made by To cite a personal example, I In both instances, the research THE ANCHOR (USPS·S4S.()20). Second Class am in the midst of studying word Master Joseph Arena of the pened to be passing by, provi­ and cri~ical thinking skills de­ ,"ostage Paid at Fall River, Ma~s. Published dentially. ,But Clancy waved it weekly manded were far more mature processors with an eye toward Fourth Degree Knights of Col­ except the week of July 4 and the week after Chrlstm~s at 410 Highland Aven. off. "The Lord's got matters in ue, Fall than those required 10 or 20· moving from a typewriter to umbus, Bishop Healy Province River, Mass. 02720 lIy the Cath­ olic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. hand, thank you," Clancy hOl­ years ago - a result of improved computerized writing. Even the District One. Subscription price by mall, postpaid $8.00 lered.

The award recognizes patriot­ per year. Postmasters send address changes simplest brochures confuse me. educational methods and goals. to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fill River, MA . It wasn't long. before Clancy 02722.

My experience is by no means Yet my 14-year-old asks me ism and devotion to the church.

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torch, destroyed the roof of the 86-year-old church.

Unlike the case of the Fall River fire, however, no damage was done to surrounding build­ • I JOgs. By the time the Baltimore blaze was contained, approxi­ mately two hours after it started, three firefighters were injured and the graystone church suf· fered an estimated $1.5 million in damage.

Plans· are ~eing made tore-' store the roof, of the church in southeast Baltimore's Fells Point area, near the: city harbor.

The fire was spotted about.

11:30 a.m. by a passing vehicle from the fire department, said Captain Patrick Flynn, fire de­ partment public information officer. Painters were using pro­ pane torches to remove paint.

Forty-five companies and i35 firefighters responded to the six­ alarm blaze. On~ firefighter feli 25 feet through the roof while clearing debris.

Father Blair Raum, the pastor, who had proudfy spoken of the

progress of the renovations at Mass the day before, said he first thought -a vigil light had started the fire. When firefighters stop­ ped him from entering the build­ ing, Father Haum said he had "a feeling of hopelessness."

By 1:10 p.m. however, the fire was under control, and ushers as well as the pastor were inside the church trying to salvage oil paintings, collection baskets and other portable items.

The interior of the church .was flooded and strewn with debris, and five stained glass windows were destroyed. The wooden pews, marble floors and altars were not damaged.

St. Patrick's is the oldest ac­ tive parish in the city, locat~d in an area where immigrants from Europe first landed fropl .ships docked in the nearby har­ bor. Bishop John Carroll, the first U.S. Catholic bishop, celebrated the parish's first Mass in 1792.

Cardinal James Gibbons dedi· cated the present gr~ystone gothic revival structure in 1898.

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Cardinal. Humberto Medeiros of Boston wrote a march organ­ izer that he joined "with ecu­ menical colleagues" in repeating support of th~ March on Wash­ ington's principles, an archdio­ cesan official said.

The Archdiocese of Washing­ ton will hold a prayer s~rvice for Catholics in the march on Aug.

27 at 10:30 a.m. in Lafayette Square, near the White House.

Auxiliary Bishop Eugene Marino of Washington, one of the na­ tion's seven black bishops, will give a short homily at the ser­ vice.

Archbishop James A. Hickey of Washington, who will address the march, has urged parishes in the archdiocese to participate in the march as "an important sign of the church's continuing concern for racial justice and huipan rights.~' Also expected to attend the march are Bishops P. Francis Murphy, auxiliary of Baltimore, and Walter Sullivan of Rich­ mond, Va.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Aug. 26, 1983

Continued from page one turn to constitutional govern­ ment and civil liberties.

He made inlernational head­ lines in 1975 when he went on a 42-day hunger strike to pro­ test martial 'law and the con­ tinued detention of thousands of political prisoners.

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In the text he declared himself committed to Mahatma Gandhi's principle of non-violent resis­ tance. "The willing sacrifice of the innocent is the most power­ ful answer to insolent tyranny that has yet been conceived by God and man," he said.

The text warned that inJus­ tices under Marcos were leading to a "bloody revolution" but urged peaceful reform instead.

"In a revolution there can really be no victors, only victims. We do not have to destroy in order to build," it said.

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In a prepared speech he plan­ ned to deliver to some 2,000 supporters awaiting his arrival at the Manila airport, Aquino said he was returning, despite a death sentence facing him, be­ cause "it is the duty of every Filipino to suffer with his peo­ ple." .

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The study concluded that such fasting "is not necessarily sui­ cidal." Even if it leads' to death, it may be "a lawful sacrifice of one's life for a great cause or ideal," the study said.

In 1980, in need of heart sur­ gery after nearly' eight years in solitary confinement, Aquino was allowed to go into exile in the United States with his fam­ ily. Following surgery in DaUas, he moved. to ' Massachusetts, where he was a research scholar in international studies, first at Harvard University and then at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Fol­ lowing one's conscience is not always enough, Pope John Paul II told 35,000 people on Aug. 17.

What matters first, said the pontiff during a general audience in St. Peter's Square, is where the conscience gets its informa­ tion in order to make moral judgments.

"It is not enough to say that we must always follow our cons­ cience," the pope said. "Each one of us must 'form' a right conscience, one that/ seeks to know the truth as re~ealed to us

by God, according to his wise and loving plan."

The pope was commenting on a passage from the Epistle to the Roman~ where St. Paul invites his readers to discern "what is the will of God. What is good and acceptable and perfect."

The pope called attention to "that inner moral sense, poss­ essed by each one of us, which guides our steps on the path to­ wards goodness in every situa­ tion of our lives" and said that the believer h_as the assistance of the church in forming a "right conscience."

"For it is the duty of the church," he said, "to give ex­ pression to that truth which is Christ himself, and to declare and confirm those principles of the moral order which have their origin in human nature itself."

Following the audience, the pope shook hands with dozens of pilgrims who were in front­ row seats in the square. Among them were American film star Robert Wagner and' his two young daughters.

Wagner 'was on his way to Greece to film two episodes of his "Hart to Hart" television series.

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"I don't know whether the Holy Father knew who I am but I hope so," Wagner later told reporters. "He is one of the world's greatest men."

"He touched the children, and he shook hands with me," Wag· ner added. "He said hello to me, and I told him .how grateful I was to be there,"

Rights Continued from page one manual workers, intellectuals or those engaged in other callings, who, by the simple fact of pro­ fessing their faith, face the risk of being deprived of a future im­ portant for their careers or stud­ ies," he added at Lourdes.

It is a general practice in com· munist-ruled countries to dis­ criminate against believers who openly practice their faith.

On Aug. 19, in a dispatch from Rome, the Soviet news agency Tass criticized the "anti-social­ ist attacks" of the pope at Lourdes, calling them part of "a strategy of the Vatican devoted to intensifying the line of ideo· logical collision with the social­ ist countries."

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DETROIT (NC) - At 57, her ,children grown, the Detroit housewife looked forward to a retirement, in 4:omfortable Florida and northern Michigan.'

Then, on a television show, !ihe saw a tiny Korean orPhan from an orphanage short of sup­ plies. .

Today, in the eight-story inner­ c:ity warehouse she calls home, I~etirees pack old medical jour­ nals for a Polish hospital and gray-haired grandmoth~rs sort medications for delivery to Africa.

So much for the retirement l)f Irene Auberlin.

"I guess I'll never retire," :;aid the tiny blue-eyed founder of World Medical Relief. "I'm a 'Workaholic. but what else can you do when you live in the :sllme place that you work!" . A:t 86, Mrs. Auberlin has de­ voted the last 30 years to pro­ viding "anything and everything" a missionary might need to' pro­ vide medical care in more than 80 nations around the globe.

World Medical, Rlief stocked the first Catholic dinic in Cairo, Egypt, and supplie4 Dr. Tom Dooley in Indochina. Since May 1982, it has sent nearly $8 mil­ lion worth of medication, equip­ ment and supplies (to hospitals in Poland.

The agency also provides medical equipment and drugs to 'American Indians, a mental health center in West Virginia and Detroit's Sacred Heart Re­ habilitation "Center, as well as supplying free prescriptions to needy senior citizens in four Michiagan counties.

Mrs. Auberlin points out that "everything you see here" at the non-prOfit, interdenominational

relief agency has been donated band's encouargement, she got the orphange's 'address and - . from the boxes of multi­ colored prescription drugs and "dragged out all th~ old baby used eyegl~sses to the salaries :things I had put away in a cedar of clerical workrs handling the closet."

Enlisting the help of friends tremendous' amount of time..con~ ,and fellow parishioners at De­ suming paperwork.

She hers~lf draws no salary ,troit's Gesu parish, the Auber­ and relies on the assistance of lins collected four barrels of nearly 230 retired senior citizens clothing for the Korean orphans.

When Sister Philomena, the who volunteer a day or two a orphanage director, wrote a let­ week each month to sort, pack­ age and prepare for shipment the ter of thanks, she described the tons of medical equipment tremendous need of the orphan­ age hospital for medical supplies. housed in WMR's warehouse.

Mrs. 'Auberlin contacted area "Right now we're looking for someone with medical supply businesses and pharmaceutical companis for medical donations experience to become an assist­ and appealed for help in .news­ ant here," she said. "We're look­ papers. ing for so~eone to replace us."

Soon donations filled her base­ Not that she's ,worried tJtat ment, overflowed into her the work won't continue. "God breezeway and spread to her runs this place," she said. one-car garage. She borrowed Born in the Chicago area, Mrs. trailers and enlisted the help of Auberlin converted to Catholic­ seminarians to collect "medical ism' at 16 and studied nursing. crumbs" that could be used in She worked briefly as a private Korea and in other places with nurse before moving to Detroit "next to nothing" for providing and marrying her husband, Les­ medical care. ter, a purchasing agent and For security measures, Irene editor o~ the Detroit Purchaser and Lester Auberlin moved into .magazine. the warehouse during the 1967 She raised three children, Detroit riots and never left. Les­ maintained, a household and ter died nine years ago, Mrs. Au­ served as a church organist. Life berlin has continued to live in proceeded peacefully until 1953, 'the building, her sparse personal when, she' said, "my husband possessions intermingle<;i with and I had a terrible tragedy medical supplies awaiting ship­ come into our lives." She de­ ment to Pakistan, Mexico and " clined to elaborate, saying only Thailand.

"I just couldn't go on any Mrs. Auberlin .admitted she longer. I needed something' to never expected the World Medi­ do and I told the Lord to take cal Relief program to take off my life and do something with as it did. "If I had known, I it." ' would have run for th~ woods;" The next day she watched.a she said. "But we're the only television feature on a homeless agency I know of that is doing Korean boy. The plight of the this type of work, and I remem­ ber that every time a plea for child and others at his orphan­ age haunted her. With her hus- help comes across my desk."

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BUZZARDS BAY, St. Margaret, 141 Main St.: Sat. 4:00 and 5:00 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m., con­ fessions, Sat. 3:00 - 3:30.

ONSET, St. Mary Star of the Sea, Onset Ave.: Sat. 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 a.m.; confes­ sions, Sat. 4:30 - 5:00.

CENTERVILLE, Our !Lady of Victory, 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 ~-4:45 p.m.

WEST BARNSTABILE, OUII' Lady of Hope, Rte. 6A; Sat. 4 & 5:15 p.m.; Sun., 8:45, 10 a.m., daily 8 a.m. confessions, before· each Mass.

CHATHAM, Holy Redeemer, 72 Highland Ave.: Schedule July 4, Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m.; daily, 8 a.m.

SOUTH CHATHAM, Our Lady of. Grace, Rte. 137, off Rte. 2S: Schedule July 4, Sat. 7 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 a.m.; daily, 9 a.m.

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 S'aturdays. 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. lFALMOurn HEIGHTS, St. Thomas Chapel, Falmouth lHleights Rd.: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, 11:15 'a.m.; daily 8 a.m.

H'lfANNIS, ,St. Francis Xavier,

347 Sou~ St.: Schedule effective May 30 - Oct. 8-9, 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:~0 p.m. and following 7:30 p.m. Mass.

YARMOUTHPORT, Sacred Heart, off Rte. 6A: Sat. 4:00, 5:15 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.; confessions before' each Mass.

MARION, St. Rita, 113 Front St. Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 1(), 11:15 a.m.; daily, 8:30 a.m.; confess­ ions, Saturday, 4:15-4:45 p.m.

MATTAPOISEIT, St. Anthony, 22 Barstow St.: Sat. 4:30, 7 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9:30, 11:00 a.m., daily 8 a.m.; Confessiops 3:30-4:20 p.m.

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Sun. 7, 8:30, 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.; daily, 7:30 and 9:00 a.m.; confessions: Sat. 4-4:45 p.m.

PROVINCETOWN, St. Peter the Apostle, 11 PrInce St.: Sat. 7 p.m.; Sun. 7, 9, 11 a.m., 5:30 p.m.; daily, 7 a.m., confessions, Sat. 6:30-7:00 p.m. and by ap­ pointment.

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ORLEANS, St. Joan of Arc, Bridge Road. (schedule .effective June IS-19 througln Labor Day): Sat. 5, 7 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 4-4:50 p.m.; Our Lady of Perpetual Help novena, at 8 a.m. Mass Wed. ' NORm EASmAM, Church of the Visitation (schedule effective June IS-19 throuP Labor Day): Sat. 5, 7 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 a.m.; daily Mass 9 a.m.

Mon.-Wed.-Frl during July and Aug.; confessions, Sat. 6:30-6:50 p.m.

BASS RIVER, Our Lady of the Highway Rte. 28: Schedule ef­ fective July 2 - Labor Day. Sat. 5:30 p.m. Sun. 8, 9:30, 11 a.m. daily (Mon.-Fri.) 8 a.m.

VINEYARD HAVEN, St. Augus­ tine, Church and Franklin Sts.: Sat. 4:00 and 7:00 p.m.; Sun. 8, 11 a.m., 5:00 p.m.; daily 8 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3-3:45 p.m., No­ vena to O.L. of Perpetual Help, Monday at 8:30 a.m.

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WEST WAREHAM, St. Anthony, off Rte. 2S (schedule effective July and August): Sat. 4 p.m.; Sun. 9, 10 a.m.; confessions before each Mass.

WELLFLEET, Our Lady' of Lourdes, 56-58 Main St.: Sat. 4 and 5 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m.; daily, 9 a.m., confessions, before all Masses.

TRURO, Saered Heart, Rte. 6A: Sat. 7 p.m.; Sun. 9:30 a.m.; con­ fessions before Masses.

NORm TRURO, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Pond Road: Sat. 4, 5 p.m.; Sun. 9, 10, il a.m.; confessions before Masses.

SANTUIT, St. Jlude Chapel, Rte. 28: Sat. 4:00 and 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 9, 10:30 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3:30-4:00 p.m.

WEST HARWICH, Holy Trinity, Rte. 28 (schedule effective June 25-26): Sat. 5, 7 p.m.; Sun., 7:30, 9, 10:30, 12 noon; daily 9 a.m.; confessions, Sat. ,3, 4:30 and 7:45 p.m.

POCASSET, St. John the Evan­ gelist, 15 Vlrgllllilll Road: Sat. 4, 5; . Sun. 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily, 7:30 a.m., except Thursday and Sat­ urday; Tues. and Thurs. 9:00 a.m.; Sat. 8:00 a.m.; Confessions Sat. 3-3:45 p.m.

ll>IENNISPORT, Our !Lady of the Annunciatlolll, Upper County Rd. (schedule eff~tlve ,vUllle 25­ 26: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m. Daily 8:00 a.m.; Confessions, Sat. 3-4 p.m.

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IIJed., outside playing, in school Even adults are concrete crea· Il)r whatever. She can explann in tures. All humans take in infor· iBimple words that Jesus is her mation thro,ugh their senses. The church recognizes this character· '''elY beSt friend and helper. ­ lDelaware istic admirably in the signs of

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Reader questions on family living and child care to' be an· swered in print are invited. Ad· dress The Kennys, Box 872, St. 'oseph's College, Rensselaer, ind. 47978.

Church, state clash in tiny Malta

VALEITA, Malta (NC) - A dispute ,over ownership of St. ;rohn's Cocathedral in Valetta has highlighted the growing c:hurch-state clash in Malta over Ii government decision to expro­ priate '~ny church properties.

Mintoff, has frequently clashed with the church since Malta gained independence in 1964.

No clear figures have been given on the amount or value of church property which would belong to the state under the Government authorities claim new law, but it is a major issue the 16th-century church, an within the tiny nation. Maltese foreign minister Alex Scebarras ~Irchitectural masterpiece built by Trigona has said one-third of ,all the Knights of Malta and. con­ property in Malta is in the hands taining some of the island na­ of the church, and an Italian na­ Hon's best-known artistic -treas­ ures, belongs to the people of tional Catholic newspaper, Av· 'Malta. Church authorities say venir:e, estimated the law would ahe Catholic Church has always transfer to the state as much as c:onsideredl the cocathedral 80 percent ()f the church's hold­ c:hurch property; although it has ings.

If, those figures are even close 'no legal deed to prove owner· '~:hip. to the mark, it would mean ap· The public debate which proximately one-fourth of aU E~merged in late July and early, property in Malta would abrupt­ August over ownership of the ly shift from the church to gov­ c:hurch 'symbolizes the broader ernment ownership.

One key provision in the new dispute in the overwhelmingly Catholic country since June 27, law, the one around which the dispute over ownership of st when the government passed a law appropriating certain kinds John's Cocathedral revolves, (If church property. concerns property owned by the church by right of prescription In a related development, gov­ - that is, acquired without 'for.

E~rnment sources said the Vatican has broken off diplomatic nego. mal deed or other title of trans· tiations with the government fer, but by right of domain for 30 years' or more. The law says 'clver the expropriation Issue. that all such property not used With the prospect of any nego­ tiated settlemment disappearing, for religious services now be­ the government will proceed uni· longs to the state. hterally to implement the whole A second key provision de: 1;!lW within the next six months, clares that property willed to the sources said. the church more than 10 years When the legislature voted on ago.in exchange. for the celebra­ the Devolution of Certain Church tion of Masses for the soul of Properties Act on June 27, aU 34 the donor or of someone speci­ members of the ruling Malta fid by the donor now 'belongs to l.abor.Party voted for it, while the state. all 31 members of the opposition Since 1882 the church in Mal· Nationalist Party did not vote ta has been, unable to acquire i:n' protest. The Labor Party, any property except for religious 11 eaded by Prime Minister Dom purposes and has been required

to sell within one year any land or buildings donated to it, so both provisions of the law chief­ ly affect the substantial church holdings acquired before 1882.

Before that time, however, the church often acquired property in Malta without any written regis­ tration of title or deed that could serve as modern civil proof of ownership. Exact origins or man­ ner of possession are particularly vague for the many lands given over the church use and buildings built for the church by the Knights of Malta, the sovereign international Catholic military order which ruled the island from 1530 to 1798.

The expropriation law was the culmination of several years of efforts by the government to force the church to provide free education in its 63 schools, which educate about one quarter of the country's 80,000 school children. in 1980 the government ended tuition grants to children in Catholic schools. Last year, in an effort to force the church to pro­ vid free schooling, the govern­ ment banned tuition payments by parents until the fees should be abolished.

The state of Malta consists of five islands, the two smallest uninhabitable, which together cover only 122 square miles, or less than the area of the city of Philadelphia. It has about 350,000 people, of whom more than 90 percent are Cqtholic.

Its strategic position in the Mediterranean, less than 60 miles south of Sicily and 180 miles from North Africa, has long given it an international importance disproportionate ·to its size or population.

THE ANCHOR ­ Friday, Aug. 26, 1983

making. He canted us to speak the olanguage of peace, which includes "a desire to listen and understand, respect for others, -gentleness which is real strength, and trust."

He asks ,us to make gestures of peace, for "without such ges­ tures, budding· convictions van­ ish, and the language of peace becomes a quickly discredited rhetoric." It is, then, together that we shall discover new ini­ tiatives for peace.

Peacemaking, in short, is a way of Ufe.

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Disagrees Dear Editor:

The main theme of Mr. Joseph

Noone's letter to the Anchor

(Aug. 12) seemed to be: pro-life

and pro-choice forces would be

more effective in combating child

abuse if they forgot their differ-' ,

ences and challenged the "econ­

omic order on which we suppose

our security to be based." He

'Seemed to maintain that the in­

justices associated with such a

system constitute an officially

approved form of child sbuse.

He furthermore leaped to the

defense of those who physically

injure children, actually calling

it "unjust to castigate them" cit­

ing their "rage and poverty" as

somehow excusing factors es­

pecially in the face of what he

described as widespread ap­ proval of "official harm.", In the same vein, Mr. Noone

went on to assert that "shortion

and child abuse are but two ef­

fects of a deeper and serious dis­ ease of exclusion." He essentially once again shifted the guilt as­ sociated with these crimes from individuals to the social ,order at large.

Needless to say I disagree with him. For if poverty and social injustice (read: exclusion) have caused abortion, why is it nec­ essary for Planned Parenthood to export it to the poverty­ stricken Third World? Why wasn't child abuse a more no­ table problem during the great depression than today when mil- . lions lived in abject squalor?

And how can he even begin to rate "exclusion" as a greater evil than baby killing or child beating?

No, Mr. Noone, those who abuse their children have no one to blame but themselves for failing to harness their own sin­ ful natures! Furthermore, if there is any "officially approved harm" that influences child abuse it is the horrible Roe vs Wade de­ cision of 1972! For when a so­ ciety has degenerated to the ulti­ mate in child abuse, the ltilllng 'of children in the mother's womb (and even outside it), what is left to restrain the mal­ ice of the evil hearted?

Pro-lifers will do well to avoid the economic and social crusade route apparently recom­ mended by Mr. Noone as an ob­ vious attempt to expand, i.e. di­ lute the pro-life cause. For abor­ tion is murder. Such an evil can only be conquered through prayer, penance, Catholic action and a conversion of hearts.

Harry J. Booth South Dartmouth

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Pope Joh~ Paul II a's peacemaker

by Marjorie Keenan, RSHM 1979, when the pope spoke in Pax ChristI, USA New York at Yankee Stadium, Recently Pope John Paul II he pointed out some of the impli­ raised an anguished question: cations for ,us in the United "When will people succeed in States when he said that we must understanding that their dignity not recoil "before the reforms is undermined every time that ...... even profound ones - of at­ titudes and structures that may

they do not do everything possi­ ble for peace to triumph and prove necessary in order to re­ reign among peoples and create over and over again the conditions needed by the disad­ nations?" vantaged if they are to' have a From the very beginning of fresh chance in the hard strug­ his pontificate, Pope John Paul gle of life." He went on to say has put promotion of human dig­ that the poor of the world are nity at the very center of his our brothers and sisters in teaching. Here he declares that Christ, and that we must take, dignity is endangered if we do not of our abundance, but of our not do everything possible to . substance to help them. work for peace.

The pope has come back to What' is the peace of which he talks? It is not an easy concept, this theme again and again. In his recent encyclical, we read and certainly not passive. It re­ quires the active commitment, that we must search out ways not only of each individual but for ensuring just development for all "not by concealing unjust also of whole nations. structures, but demanding that In his encyclical on human they be examined' and trans­ work, John Paul states that com­ formed on a more universal mitment to peace must be closely scale." linked with commitment to jus­ tice. Again and again, he has The consequences of such ac­ spoken of this link. For example, tion are evident to him: ". • • in Brasalia, speaking to the dip­ (This) will very probably involve lomatic corps, he said that each a reduction or a less rapid in­ country has the duty to preserve crease in, materia\ well-being for peace and security for its citi­ the more developed world. But zens but that this peace must (it) can also bring relief and hope be deserved by ensuring the com­ to the millions who today live in mon good of everyone and the conditions of shameful and un­ respect of rights. This calls for worthy poverty." justice through nonviolent And so to work for peace, we change. must work for a just world.

But what about peace among nations? The pope goes on to Peace cannot be established in say that peace requires promo­ ,peoples and nations when there tion of international solidarity; is the fear of war, and the terrible that means dealing with prob­ threat of nuclear destruction ­ and the pope speaks often of this lems of hunger, disease, illiter­ acy. "Peace passes through - but neither can it exist with­ development in solidarity, and out a m9re just world order, one not through the accumulation of which assures the dignity of the the arms of fear or the upsurge human person. of violence," he declared.

The pope's efforts to lead us International solidarity is a to devote ourselves wholeheart­ particular challenge for us in the edly to peacemaking also oblige so·called developed world. In us to avoid violence. Why?

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"Violence destroys what it claims to defend: the dignity, the life, the freedom of human beings.

Violence is a crime against hu­ manity, for it destroys the very fabric of society" (Ireland, September 29, 1979).

Yes, nations' and people can defend themselves, but only by "proportionate means against an unjust aggressor." We need to think long and hard about pro­ portionate means in today's world. The pope indicates that in view of the radically changed nature of modem war it is ur­ gent "for the world to equip it­ self with effective means of ne· gotiation."

The positive working for a world of justice and peace, with­ out violence and the fear of war, is rooted in the entire gospel message from "Blessed are the peacemakers" to "My peace J. give you."

Pope John Paul II, as did his predecessors, has given us the moral framework out of which to work for peace. He has done more and given the example of commitment to action in a con­ crete situation. Each time that violence breaks out across the world, the pope speaks out, as he did on the Falklands/Malvinas 'crisis. He prays for peace; he begs warring nations to reach peace.

Admittedly, peacemaking is not an easy task. It touches the very root of the human person and therefore of society. It re­ quires prayer, reflection on the gospel, reflection on what is hap­ pening in the world. It calls for active commitment to a society of justice.

And yet this peacemaking is beyond no one, excuses no one.

How is that? At the very begin­ ning of his pontificate, Pope John Paul II reflected on the all­ embracing character of peace-

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· Monday 7 to 9 p.m.

Johannine Theology Thomas Aquinas Collins

· Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m.

Wisdom Literature Helen O'Neill

· ..... Wednesday 3:45 to 5:45 p.m.

The Pentateuch PatriCk Reid

· Thursday 7 to 9 p.m.

Religious Studies The Sacred Liturgy Giles Dimock

· Monday 3:45 to 5:45 p.m.

Theology/Spiritual Life Mary Ann Follmar · Tuesday 3:45 to 5:45 p.m.

God: One and Three JohnJ. Reid · Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m.

Moral Problems Today Paul Seaver

· Thursday 3:45 to 5:45 p.m.

Religious Education Ministry to Adults Elaine Scully

· Tuesday 9:30 to 11 :30 a.m.

Personal Development Elaine Scully

· Friday 9:30 to 11 :30 am.

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Providence College Providence~ R.I. 02918 Or call: (401) 865·2274 Providence Collego odmlto students of any rsce, sex, color. crosd and national or ethnic origin. Handicapped parsons are encouraged to apply.

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O.L. GRACE, WESTPORT The summer basketball league will play in ·the parish center from 6 to 10 p.m. tonight and Sunday. Coaches are needed for the junior CYO teams~ Teen Club members and gu~£ts will play volleyball in the pal'­ ish center from 7 ·to 9 p.m.

Wednesday.

Vincentians wlll meet in the SACRED HEART, church hall at 7:30 p.m. Tues­ N.ATTLEBORO day, Sept. 6, and the Council of Volunteers are needed ,to as­ Catholic Women will meet in sist in washing the c.hurch lin­ ens. Those interested may call the ,parish center at the same time Wednesday, Sept. 7. the recto~.

A Couples' Clu~ dance is Seventh' and 9th grade CCD teachers will meet at 7:45 p.m. slated for 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

Monday, Sept. 12, in the CCD 10, in the cen,ter.

Parents are asked to register office. CCD registrations will take place the week of Sept. 18. children for CCD classes, whe­ The New Hope Singers will other they are in public or Cath­ resume their ministry 'at 7 p.m. olic school.

Mass Saturday, Oct. Musi­ O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE cians will rehearse at 7:30 p.m.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will Tuesday in the chapel and mu­ celebrate 5 p.m. Mass 'tomorrow sicians 'and singers will meet. at and will meet ,parishioners fol­ the same time and place Tues­ lowing the liturgy. day, Sept. 6. New, members The folk group' rehearses at welcome. 'Information: Pauline 7:30 p.m. each· Tuesday and · Paquin, 699-8383: ' sings and plays at 9:30 a.m.

Mass three Sundays a month.

D of I, ATTLEBORO CCD classes will begin the Alcazaba Circle, Daughters of -week of Sept. 26 and teachers Isabella, will meet at 6:30 p.m. are needed at 'all levels. Infor­ FHday, Sept. 9, at K 'Of C Hall, mation: 771-1614.

Hodges Street, for a potluck ST. MARY, SEEKONK supper and meeting. Installa­ CCD teachers' orientatiun tion ceremonies 'and a dinner meetings will be held this week. will ·take place at 3 p.m. Sun­ Late registrations of children day, Sept. 18, in the hall. will be accepted Tuesday, Sept.

ST. THOMAS MORE, 6, and classes will 'begin Satur­ SOMERSET day, Sept. 10.

The CCD program will open Sunday, Sept. 11 with class BL. SACRAMENT ADORERS The Adorers will ,hold a holy times announced in the parish bulletin. Catholic high school hour conducted by Rev. Rene students are excused from the Belanger, SSS, from 7 to 8 p.m. at Sacred Hearts first semester of confirmation Tuesday pre'par-ation but must join the Church, Fairhaven.

The Blessed Sacrament will class in January. CCD teachers ·be exposed at the church from will meet" for dinner and dis­ cussion at7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9. 8:30 ·a.m. to 8:45 ,p.m. Friday, Workers in the recent parish Sept. 2. 'festival, together with their ST.ANNE,FR families, are invited to a cook­ The ,parish ultreya will meet out hosted 'by Msgr. John J. at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the home Regan, pastor, from 1 to 4 p.m. of Norman and Lucy Paul, 188 Sunday on the' rectory grounds.

Lafayette St., Fall River. ., ... , Nursery school registration ST. MARY, NB will take place daily next week Anyon€ interested .in joining from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 the Adult Folk Group' may call p.m.

Al Houde, 995-7070.

The Boxers of St. Anne Little As of Oct. 1, ·parents of chil­ League have won the Father dren to be baptized will meet Pat Tournament and 'are league with Deacon Lawrence St. Onge champions. for explanatory sessions. Ap­ A fellowship ·meeting will be pointments may be scheduled by held in' the school cafeteria at calling the .rectory.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1. ~he CCD dasses will begin the fellowship committee wlll meet week of Sept. 25 and registra­ at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6. tions will be accepted from 9:30 a.m. to noon Sunday, Sept. 11, LaSALETTE SERINE, and from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. each ENFIELD, NH , The Enfield shrine will ob­ morning of the following week

· at the religious education. center.' serve the anniversary of the The parents of Shana Amy LaSalette apparition Sept. 16 Filipek express gratitude for 'through 18 with evening litur­ the prayers of the community gies and candlelight processions. for their, daughter's recovery The solemn Mass of the LaSalette feast will be offered at 11 a.m. from serious illness. All are in­ Sunday, Sept. 18, followed by a vited to 'a. Mass of thanksgiving play and a Marian crowning to be offered at 10 a.m. tomor­ row at St. Julie's Church, North ceremony.

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O.L. ANGELS, !FR The CCD ,program will open SACRED HEART, FR Organizations are asked to with 9 a.m. Mass Sunday, Sept.

18. All child~en are requested submit dates of activities to the . parish calendar before Monday. to. be present.

Boys in the third through fifth The parish council will meet grade are eligible to be altar at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the rec­ tory. Vincentians will meet at boys. Those interested may con­ the same time and place 011 tact the rectory.· Appreciation night for parish Tuesday. . Mrs. Kenneth Leger will be workers will be held beginning the new parish CCD coordinator: at 6 ,p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, at White's restaurant. · Additional teachers are needed The winter Mass schedule for the 1st, 2nd and 4th grades, takes effect Sunday, Sept. 11. which meet from 8:45 to 9:41 a.m. each Sunday. Parents are asked to make sure children are registered for ·the ~oming year.

PUILlCI'" eNllRMn are asked to submit news items for thIs column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town should be Included as well as full dates of all activities. please send news of future rather than past events. Note: We do not carry news of fundralslng activities such as bingos, whlsts, dances, suppers and bazaars.

We are happy to carry notices of spiritual programs, club meetings youth proJects end similar nonprofit activities. Fundra[slnllpro­ lects may be advertised at our regular rates, . obtainable from The Anchor business office, telephone 675·7151.

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

CATHEDRAL, FR Parishioners are praying this week fora sister cathedral ,par­ ish in Albany, N.Y., currently conducting a Renew program of faith commitmlmt.

A Jesuit missionary will speak at all Masses the weekend of Sept. 3 and 4 under the diocesan Mission Cooperative Program.

The 1983 Cathedral golf tour­ nament will take .place Sunday afternoon at Touisset Golf , .Course, Swansea, instead of the previously announced location.

XAVIER SOCIlETY, NYC T'heXavier Society for ,the . Blind has a free CCD textbook service available to students .. needing material in braille, large print or on tape. Infor­ mation: Xavier Society, 15~ E. 23 St.,New York, NY 10010.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR ' The church will be open throughout ,th~ day today for visits honoring Our Lady of Czestochowa. Evening, prayer at 6:40 p.m. will be followed at 7 by a concelebrated Mass, pro­ cession and prayers for 'healing.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Mrs. Patricia A. Benoit has been named second grade teach­ er in the parish school. .

The Women's Club will 'host a District Council of Catholic' Women meeting ,at" 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 15.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH CCD registration in the church hall will follow all Masses this weekend. Seventh ,grade teach­ ers will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the religious education office.

Teachers are still needed in the program, especially for 8th grade home classes. A teacher training course is provided. In­ formation: Clara W.eeks, 990­ 0287. .

The Ladies' Guild will meet for 6:30 p.m. Mass Wednesday, Sept. 14. A communion supper will follow. All women of the parish 'are invited. Information: Ann Fraga, 999-6519.

A prayer meeting is held at 7:30 p.m. each Monday in the parishhalI. BL. SACRAMENT, FR The W.omen's Guild will open its season at 7:30 p.m. Wednes­ day, Sept. 14.

ST. JOEN OF GOD, SOMERSET A prayer meeting and social .. hour will follow 7 p.m. Mass Thursday, Sept. 1.

The CCD program will open with a Mass at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, for all students, teach­ ers 'and parents.

FAMILY LIFE CENTER, 'N.DARTMOUTH T'he Abba Father prayer group . will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday will be the Lamaze Nonsectarian Prepared. Childbirth Ins"truction group.

Facul,ty of St. Mary's School, New Bedford, will attend a day of recollection Wednesday, fol­ lowed bya dinner at whjch ,they. will be joined by their spouses and school board members.

DCCW, DISTRICT 4 Affiliates-and members of District 4, Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, will hold an open meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, at St. Stephen's Church, Attleboro.

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HOSPICE OUTREACH', FR Joanne Jozefowski, RN, Ph.D., an international authority on death and dying, will speak on "Living and Growing through Grief and Loss" at 7 ,p.m. Wed­ nesday, Sept. 21, at S1. Anne's Credit Union, 286 Oliver St. All welcome. Information: 673­ 1589.

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By Tracy Early

the movement toward the ser­ vice of Christian ecumenism.

The Focolare movement, for­ merly known as the Work of' . Mary, received papal approval from Pope John XXIII in 1962.

Miss Lubich continues to head the movement, now established in 40 countries. Within it have emerged subordinate movements such as New Humanity and, this ' year, Youth for a United World.

In addition to about 3,500 un· married members in centers, Miss Silvi and Father Grimaldi said about 1 million people liv­ ing in their own families are as­ sociated with the movement.

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fically to serve Focolare. Some 600 other priests have a com­ mitment to it, and 'about 15,000 are more loosely associated, he said. There is also a branch for members of religious orders, with 60,000 members.

Participants in the Focolare movement emphasize the need to see Jesus in one's neighbor and to express love in the sim­ ple, immediate encounters of daily life. At a Mariapolis they share their experiences in put­ ting these teachers into practice.

NEW YORK (NC) - More than 900 participants in the Fo­ colare movement gathered at Fordham University earlier this month for the last of four one­ week "Mariapolis" programs held in the United States this summer.

The theme for this year, set by the movement's headquarters in Rome, was "Unity," which is the special goal of Focolare.

Attracting large numbers of children, teen-agers and young adults, as well as older people, the Mariapolis program empha­ sized building unity in the every­

day relationships of family and community, and among people of different religious traditions

and ethnic groups.

Besides the New York Mari· apolis, the United States section of the Focolare movement held siInilar programs in Las Vegas, ..N.M.; Platteville, Wis.; and Bellingham, Wash.

Sharry Silvi, U.S. director of the Focolare womell's branch, and Father Sebastian Grimaldi, U.S. director of the men's branch, said about 500 people at­ tended each of the other meet­ ings.

They said attendance was greater than in previous years, and that more non-Catholics, in­ cluding non-Christians, were par­ ticipating. They reported a steady growth since 1963, the first year a U.S. Mariapolis was held, a New Jersey gathering NEW ORLEANS (NC) - Ef­ which drew 50 people. forts by the National A:ssociation This year's New York Mari­ apolis, the first held in a U.S. of the Holy Name Society to have metropolis, proved successful in its founder, Blessed John of Ver­ attracting more people, they celli, canonized will be a major discussion topic at the society's said. convention Sept. 1-4 in New Archbishop Pio Laghi, apos­ tolic delegate in the United Orleans.

The convention's theme will States, participated in the pro­ gram, saying he came not only be "Jesus Christ - True God ­ to represent Pope John Paul II True Man." Four workshops and but also to learn "and perhaps five plenary sessions are sched­ become associated with the uled. movement, if you will accept The major project of the Holy me." The group responded with Name Society around the world a standing ovation. is the canonization of Blessed Two women from the move­ John, who was Dominican Father ment work at the apostolic dele­ John Garbella. Members seek a gation in Washington. minimum of 50,000 prayer Unmarried members take the pledges for this intention. religious vows of poverty, chas­ As Dominican master general tity and obedience and live to­ in 1274 Blessed John was com­ gether in small communities missioned by Pope Gregory X to called Focolare ("hearth" or have priests of his order preach "family fireside") centers, reverence for the holy name of though they take regular jobs in Jesus. society.

To that end, ~Iesed John in­ Miss Silvi, a native, of Italy stituted the Holy Name Society sent here in 1961, lives with four and walked through Europe' other members in a Focolare, as preaching on the importance of does Father Grimaldi. respect for the Lord's name.

He died Nov. 30, 1283, while Archbishop Laghi was princi­ pal celebrant and homilist at a journeying through France. Holy noon Mass in the Fordham Name members hope he will be chapel. canonized Nov. 30 of this year, In his homily he recalled the the 700th anniversary of his death. founding of the Focolare move­ Dominican Father Reginald R. ment in Trent, Italy, in 1943 by Masterson will be the conven­ a young Italian laywoman, Chi­ ara Lubich, who sought to build tion's keynote speaker. unity iq the war-ravaged com­ Archbishop Philip F. Hannan munity ~hroughserious applica­ of New Orleans will give the tion of the Gospel call to love in welcoming address and the asso­ everyda~ life. ciation's episcopal moderator, After meeting at a later stage Bishop Joseph F. Maguire of Springfield, Mass., wiU also with some Lutherans, the arch­ bishop said, in 1960 she directed speak.

Holy Namers want founder canonized

II DOROTHY DAY

Dorothy Day canonization,?

CHICAGO I(NC)- The Cath­ olic Worker Movement's co­ founder, Dorothy Day, should be canonized, urged an editorial in Salt, the Claretian Fathers' and 'Brothers' magazine on social justice issues.

Miss Day, known for years of social justice activities, died Nov. 29, 1980, at 83.

She was a pacifist, supported workers' rights, established homes for the needy, spent time in jail for various causes, and lived her life among the poor.

Miss Day is "certainly a saint for our time and place," wrote Father Henry Fehren in an edi­ torial in the September 1983, is­ sue of Salt. "So let's canonize her now."

The magazine offered to be a clearinghouse for information on Miss Day as part of the canon­ ization effort and asked people to submit written testimonials of her influence on their lives to Salt at 221 W. Madison St., Chic­ ago, Ill., 60606.

Father Fehren who met with her many times over 30 years, said, "What impressed me most was her perseverance - year after year living an austere Hfe in the grimmest of conditions, being jailed again 'and again, never giving up in doing the works of' mercy, never getting cynical, never letting her love of God and people dissolve.

"Anyone can be saintly for a week or two, or even a year, but to persevere from youth to old age, to remain on the cross

until death - that is the mark of true holiness," Father Fehren wrot~.' _ "I inn 'f()r 'the canonization of Dorothy Day now because it would keep her memory alive and because' more people would learn about her and be inspired and strengthened by her," Father Fehren wrote.

"Dorothy is a saint for our times because she is a lay wom· an," he said. "Most of the can­ onized saints and saints by ac­ clamation are nuns, brothers, priests and bishops; yet the church is almost entirely made up of lay people, and the em­ phasis in our time is on the work and responsibility of the lay people of the church." ! ' "But more important than that, Dorothy was an independent lay person," he added. "She did not ask church officials for per­ mission to do her works of mercy."

Moreover, he said, "she is a saint for our time because of her thorough opposition to war and the means of war."

The priest said many religious orders promote canonization of their illustrious members, but the Catholic Worker Movement lacks the money or organization for such an effort.

Miss Day became a saint to millions of people because she "was a true sign of God after the example of Christ himself," said Msgr. George Higgins, ~ long-time labor activist and former U.S. Catholic Conference official, after lier death.

But Miss Day once made light of references to herself as a saint. As she put it, "when they say you are a saint, what they mean is that you are not to be taken seriously."

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This week the goodnews de~ partment presents a report on the happy life and times of a . young woman in Ohio.

In a recent letter, she talked ab.out dating. I am quoting at length from it because of her interesting insights on premarital sexual relationships. She writes: "Rick, my fiance, and I have always been very committed to putting our Catholic Christian beliefs into practice, to - being honest in our words and actions, and to being sensitive to the needs of others.

"Rick dated in high school and both of us dated in college and after college. We always re­ spected ourselves and our friends too much to engage in casual sex. I always felt that if I ever got married, I would want to be radiant and that my white dress would be not just for show but would really mean some­ thing.

"Rick and I began dating in 1981. From the start both of us could sense that the other per­ son was uniquely different from any other we had previously dated. IqJanuary Rick first talked about 'if we get married,' In September he proposed to me.

We plan on getting married this c()ming October.

"During these past two years we've been tempted many times to have sexual intercourse. We've found ourselves, in numerous situations where intercourse

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5 EP A ~ A T IE WAYS would have been so easy, and Here we stand no one would have knovin. Dur­ Worlds apart ing these times we had Ito seri­ Hearts broken it1l two, two, two ously reconsider why we, unlike Sleepness nights many of our friends, had idecided Losing ground to wait until our wedding night. . I'm reaching for you, you, you "First, we love and I respect Feeling that it's gone-oll/oon ourselves too much to do anyCan change your mind I thing that would harm ,us. We If we can't go on to survive the tide love and respect each other, and When love divides we acknowledge the fact Ithat all Some day nove will find you our actions affect others.

Break thOse chUM that bind you i "We continue to strive to be One night will remind you , genuine, real human persons; How we touchecll and went our separate wayu not unfeeling machines. IWe re- .

If he ever hurts you fuse to put on masks,l to be True love won't desert you ' someone that w.e aren't. t ­ You know I stiD love you "Rick and I agree with, St. Though we t01llched and went our sep8!'ate ways.

Paul in his Letter to the Gala­ l'roubledtimes tians (5:22-23): 'But' -the Spirit Caught betweeIl1 confusion and paillJ, paIn,. paln produces joy, peace, ~a~ience, Distant eyes : . kindness, goodness, faithfulness, Promises we made were In vain, in vain, In valn humility and self-control!' , I If you must go ' .

"This self-control of our sex­ I wish you love ual desires has made us Stronger I • You'll never walk alone persons. We feel that ;we are Take care my love ~ also growing in self.control .in I Miss you love. many other areas of our per­ If he ever hurts you 't' I sanal lies.

I Trull! love won't desert you "Recently I remember read­ You know H still love you ing that what we ultimately ad­ mire in others is goodhess,' I Recordecll by Journey, written by S. Perry ~d J. Cain, (c) 1982 l~ve R~ck because I see IGOd in'

by Weed High Nightmare r'tusic. , I him. HIS ,love for me hasI shown Ii. COUPLE OF months ago I Many readers wrote in, sharing me .a little of God's great love j for me. wrote about Joe Jackson's the pain of iove that waned.

"Our world teUs us that "Breaking Us in Two" and Dan A reader in Hamilton, Ill., 'everybody's doing it,' i Fogelberg's "Make Love Stay," wrote: ".After several years of "Well, not everybody is," .

marriage, we found our relation­ ship breaking apart. We are desperately trying to hang on in hope that we can rebuild the ,love that has been neglected. We are searching for ways to become closer and regain -that caring and concern we once shared," The pain of breaking apart is also the topic of Journey's new release, "Separate Ways." Over a year has passed since their last big hit, "Open Arms." But the success of "Separate Ways" shows that pop music listeners have not forgotten them.

The song indicates that the feeling of love is not always enough to keep a relationship together. Love can be "caught between confusion and pai~" and individuals may go "separate ways," If a way is not found -to reo build a relationship we cared a Iot about, a sense of grief over what is lost is likely to develop.

We may be tempted to fill up the emptiness with another re­ Iationship, overwork or behavior such as excessive use of alcohol.

But grief cannot be escaped; It requires ., time and emotional . space. And we can only rebuild our lives sJ,1ccessfuUy by work· ing through the pain. . The process involves acknow­ ledging our anger and ·guilt. We may feel cheated or unfairly -treated or guilty. All these feel· jngs must be faced openly be· fore they can be healed.

Talking with someone who can guide us through this heal­ ing process is important. This person can be a priest or another parish minister, a profellsional counselor or a good frien~.

Your comments are welcome.

Send to CharIle Martin, 1218 S. Rotherwood Ave., Ev~vllle, Indo 47714.

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Trustees of truth

By Cecllla Belanger In our own way, each of us is a trustee of the truth. In our hearts we know it. But we let the worl~ set traps for us and in-

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One hears the cry, "I heed to be fulfilled!" Jesus tells ;us that we are not truly fulfilled unless we are submitting ourselves to God. .' I .

Jesus knew that what appears to be the best possible answer to prayer, from the hu­ man point of view may Inot be so in the sight of God. And be­ cause he knew and, belie~ed this, he added to his prayer for deliv­ erance the world nevertheless: "Nevertheless, not my Will but thine be done," Certairtly, as we ·look around us, it I is not God'swHl that is being done.

Eve!) 'in charitable work !there is too much self-interest. I Christianity has never offered freedom from hardship nor pro­ tection from the vicissitudes com­ mon to all humanity. Btlt it ofI fers strength to conquer; courage to endure, and inller se~nity in the midst of trouble and Ia pla~e whereon to stand when all around appears to be quIcksand.

I In our best moments we say, instinctively that we do-riotwant .

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for nobility of character and for adventure. We should not be robbed of the glory which sur­ rounds the triumph of the spirit over adversity and the daring which 'explores' the unknown with total commitment.

We should be wary .of those politicians' who promise us every­ thing from the cradle to the grave. Such promises kill the human spint, squelching it ere it rises to meet the challenges', demands and confrontations of life.

Frequently we need 'to be reo minded that is not meant to be chips, popcorn and peanuts.

Certainly God wills for us a m~asure of serenity, smoothsaiI­ ing and other good things, but, from the beginning he tells us that we must make an effort too.

Our prayer is meant to be, "Thy will be done in joy and in sor­ row,in light and in darkness, in serenity and in turbulence,' in health. and in sickness, in pov­ .erty and in riches, in life and in death~" .

gloom. .

Maybe ~e should rejoice that things are not as bad as they might be, and that they are as good as they are. 'Rejoice that we live in a beautiful country where one can worship as one pleases.

This is a precious inheritance which we 'should value and con­ serve. And above all we should be grateful for the Presence an~

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It is the alternation of shadow and light, of calm an<r storm,'bf ups and downs that makes life what it is meant to be. We are to commit ourselves to his will even when we 'Cannot fathom it.

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influence and redeeming power of Jesus Christ in this often be­ wildering world.

Blessed are they who have the courage of candor and the reo ceptiveness of humility for they will be able to declare with joy and conviction in the words of Job, "I know that my redeemer liveth," And like Job we shall behold him not as strangers.

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NOTE Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local list­ ings, which may differ from the York network schecll­ ules supplied to The Anchor.

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North End which finished the Ernie ·Bacon for Somerset and regular season in first place Carl Pobzeznik for Maplewood Symbols following film reviews indicate each gave up only two hits in with an 18-7 record has ad­ both general and Catholic Film Office vanced to the final in the Bris­ . the first game. A. four-run out­ ratings, which do not always coincide. tol County CYO ,Baseball League burst in the seventh inning en­ General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral' viewing; PG-parental guidance sug· playoffs. abled Maplewood ·to eke out a gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for The Northenders swept their 6-5 decision in the second game. children or younger teens.

The best-of-three final gets best-of-three semi-final with 2-0 Catholic ratings: AI-approved for underway Sunday night at Chew and 11-1 victories over first­ children and adults; A2-approvedfor adults and adolescents; A3-approved for year Anawans, who finished in Field, FaIl River, with North only; A4--separate classificat!on fifth place in the regular season End opposing Maplewood or· adults (given to films not morally. offenSive with a 10-15 record. In the Somerset. which however, require some analysis and .explanation); O-morally offensive.

Immaculate Conception has quarter-finals, in which North End had an automatic bye, advanced to the best-of-three.

New lFiRms Anawans eliminated fourth-place semi-finals in the ·Fall River "Easy Money" (Orion) Rodney CYO Baseball League with a Dangerfield plays a happily mar­ Kennedy, 10-14-1, in the regu­ sweep of its quarter-finals with ried lout, given to drinking, lar season.

Notre Dame, 13-4 and 9-5.

Tony Barosso's two-hit hurl­ gambling, philandering and nar­ ing was the highlight of North In ·theother quarter-final St. cotics, who is forced to clean up End's 2-0 shutout in the first Michael's. Club won the opener, his act when his wealthy mother­ game. .'Pitching, with strong 13-4, but Swansea deadlocked in-law (Geraldine Fitzgerald) support at the plate, marked the .series with a 4-3 win in the leaves him and his wife a for­ North End's second victory. John secorid encounter. The deciding tune on condition that he re­ Fryzel Hmited Anawans to one game was scheduled for last forms completely. A subplot of hit while the team pounded two night. this dreary comedy concerns the Semifinals get underway Sun­ Anawan pitchers for 11 hits. unwillingness of Dangerfield's day night with one game at La­ In the other semi-final defend­ daughter (Jennifer Jason Leigh) ing champion Maplewood 13-12 fayettte Park the other at Ma­ to consummate her marriage and third place in the regular plewood Park, both at 5:30. . with her ardent husband. Because season) dropped a 1-0 decision to Pairings awaited the outcome of of nudity, vulgarity, obscenity, runner-up Somerset (15-10 in the last night's game. and a benign attitude towards regular season) but forced that Ron Chouinard will be coach drugs, it is rated 0, R. series to a third game with a of the Notre Dame team in 1984.

"The Golden· Seal" (Samuel He succeeds AI Turgeon, who Goldwyn) Eric (Torquil Camp­ 6-5 victoy in the second game. has held th~ post for 10 years.

The deciding game was sched­ bell), a lonely boy on an island uled for Wednesday night. in the Aleutians, off the Alaskan \ coast, gets cut off from his home St. Anne Golf Tourney a Success in a storm and shares his shelter The first annual St. Anne other players-Norm Cote, John with a legendary golden seal Hospital Charity Golf Tourna- Marchetti, Allen Rogers and who promptly becomes a mother. ment at the Fall River Country Ted Almon-fired net 70s. Prior All three become good friends, Club attracted 135 golfers and to the tournament it was decided but adults, even Eric's father was an unqualified success.' that if a tie existed for low net (Steve Railsback), have a differ­ iBill Lenaghan and Paul Saun- the winner would be determined ent outlook. For the rest of the ders tied at 72s for the low by the lowest gross among those . film, Eric defends mother and gross championship. Tourna- tied. Duffs 77 in that category child seal from three two-footed ment officials determined that was best. Cote had. 78, the predators: his father, a cunning if a tie existed the best score other three 81s. drifter (Michael Beck), and a Helen -Ducy led the field of registered on' the first hole young Aleut (Richard Narita) would be the winner. Lenaghan eight women players in the tour­ who considers seals the rightful had a par four on the first hole, ment with a low net 76. Wilma property of his }Jcople. The pic­ Saunders had a six.

Perry and Kathy Hackett tied ture's strongest asset are its Tom Duff was the winner of for runnerup honors with 77s. two seals. The human actors the low net title with a 70. Four fare less well. Though it seems designed to appeal to children, New Coach at Connolly there is a lot of profanity scato­ James Barnaby is the new day with Rev. Arthur Pare, SJ, logy, as well as much violence. cross-country head coach at again at the helm. VolleybaB 1\2,PG Bishop Connolly High School in practice will begin at 2 p.m.

"The Man Who Wasn't There" Sept. 6. Deborah Johansen is (paramount) 3-D has come a Fall River. A physical educa­ tion teacher at Connolly, he is head coach. long way since but not so script­ Mrs. Mary Jane Keyes, the writing. Steve Guttenberg finds also head coach of track and school's athletic director, said a liquid that makes the drinker field.

The cross-country team will that aU candidates must have invisible. He is pursued by Am­ hold its first practice session at physicals prior to the first prac­ erican and foreign secret agents, 9 a.m. Monday. Soccer practice tice date. invisibly explores a women's will begin at 10 a.m. the same locker room and falls in love with his fiance's sister. There is no reason for the 3-D process in this film, and little plot, humor or excitement. 0, R Films on TV The award acknowledges CHICIoGO (NC) Paulist Sunday, Aug. 28, 9-11 p.m.

Father Alvin A. Illig,' founder Father Illig's accomplishments, "The Godfather" including initiation of Share the (NBC) and director of the Paulist Na­ tional Catholic Evangelization Word, the largest Catholic Bible (1972) - Francis Ford Coppola's AssociatIon, has received the study-sharing program in the movie and 1974 sequel relate a papal medal, Pro Ecclesia et country, and Another Look, a mob's rise, near fall and resur­ gence in the world of New York program inviting inactive Cath­ Pontifice, for his work with in­ racketeering. Even in a some­ olics to return to the church.· active Catholics and the un­ what sanitized TV edition, the churched in the United States.

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film is for non-squeamish adults.

Murders are plentiful and grue­ some and little is spared in de­ tailing the intricacies of mob life. Parts II and HI. will air Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 29 and 30, 9-11 p.m., ,and part IV will air Thursday, Sept. I, at 8­ 11 p.m. A3 Sunday, Aug. 28, 9-11:3Cli p.m.

(ABC) - "The Choirboys" (1977) - This film version of Joseph Warnbaugh's popular police novel might convey the impress­ ion that Los Angeles would be OK if it could only get rid of its corrupt, drunken, violent, per­ verted and vicious police force.

The Choirboys is nothing but a series of clumsy, presumably black-comedy sketches thrown together in so slapdash a fash­ ion that it is difficult to ascer­ tain just what the writers were getting at, though it is obvious that their aim was low. Over­ all, the cynical, leering tone is al­ together offensive. .0 .

Monday, Aug. 29, (ABC) ­ "On Her Majesty's Secret Ser­ vice" (1969) - George Lazenby as James Bond is off to the Swiss Alps where he uncovers an insidious plan to threaten the world with genetic extinction.

The usual violence and sexual implications of the 007 series makes this adult fare. A3 Wednesday, Aug. 31, (CBS) "The Trial of Billy Jack" (1974) - Using the mix, of violence and simpleminded idealism that marked the original "Billy Jack," this sequel offers as an alterna­ tive to contemporary injustice only a shallow romanticism. A.4 Friday, Sept. 2, (NBC) "Gray Lady Down" (1979) - A recon­ ditioned nuclear submarine re­ turning to New London after a shakedown cruise is struck by a freighter and sinks. CharIton Heston, as the submarine com-' mander, and Stacy Keach, as the officer in charge of a navy res­ cue operation, are properly taut­ jawed and grimly heroic, while for variety's sake, David Carra­ dine is loose-jawed and cheer­ fully heroic as the pilot of a small experimental submarine.

All for all, fairly good enter­ tainment. A2 Religious Broadeastlng - TV Sunday, Aug. 28, 10:30 a.m., WLNE, Channel 6, Diocesan Television Mass.

BegInning Monday, Aug. 29, Mass Monday to Friday every week, 11:30 a.m. to Illoon, WXNE, Channel 25.

"Confluence," 8 a;m. each Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Gra­ ziano, diocesan director of social services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island; and Rabbi Baruch Korff: This week's topic: Abortion.

Sunday, Aug. 28, (ABC) "Di­ rections" - A· report on the work release program of Charles Colson's prison ministry.

Sunday, Aug. 28, (CBS) "For Our Times" - First of two re­ ports on the World Council of Churches assembly in Vancou-

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"The Gloll'Y Il)f God," with Father John Bertolucci, 7:30 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 27.

"MarySoll1;' a family puppet show with moral and spiritual perspective 6 p.m. each Thurs­ day, Fall River and New Bed­ ford cable channel 13.

"Spirit all1ld the Bride," a talk show with William Larkin, 6 p.m. each Monday, cable chan­ ne135.

On Radio Charismatic programs are heard from Monday through Fri­ day on station WICE 1210 AM; Father John Randall, 9 to 10 a.m. and 11 to 12 p.m.; Father Edward 'McDonough, 8:15 a.m.; Father Real Bourque, 8:45 a.m.

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Sunday, Aug. 28, (NBC) "Guideline" - Religious educa­ tor Sandra Rueb is interviewed about teaching religion to young children.

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PEORIA, Ill. (NC) - Love laughs at locksmiths and light­ ning chuckles at automation.

Staffers at the Peoria Cath­ (Ilic Post found that out the hard' way after a weekend electrical storm . effectively closed down their state of the art computer­ i:zed new~room.

They arrived at work Monday [noming to find .no automatic magnetic recording of National Catholic News Service from Washington.

prepare the i labels, and by the next day news from Washington was being recorded, but the edi~­ ing terminals which had chased typewriters from the newsroom were still useless as inkless pens. pens.

The clock :had to be turned back and everything for that week's iSSU~ had to be produced

Obstacles

WASHINGTON (NC) Truck­ ing shortages and transportation difficulties caused by a civil war are the biggest obstacles to pro­ ~itories. viding food assistance to the Anyway, the complex inter­ more than 3 million victims of face connecting the terminals famine in Ethiopia, according to 10 typesetters wasn't function­ Kenneth Hackett, director of ing.

Catholic Relief Services for sub­ Neither were the computer and Saharan Africa. "The problem is printer that ordinarily prepare . food," Hackett said, "but the labels for the Post, three other Catholic papers llnd eight s~cu-, most pressiJg problem right now is how to move that food lar publications. through the, country." The fam­ Makeshift provisions event­ ually .allowed the comp,uter to . ine has been caused by a pro­ With dead computer terminals, Iepo~ers could not compose

DESPITE THE SIGN- on this lake at Holy qhost Monastery, Conyers, Ga., if you ask the right monk, the rule can be bent. (NC Photo) I (

, with the punched paper tape that went out of style a couple of technological generations ago.

All equipment is now back in business but no one's taking any more chances during the thunderstorm season. From now on, ~ircuit breakers will be thrown nightly.

What would Gutenberg say?

longed drought. Hacket said from 20,000 to 40,000 tons of food are tied up in the ports of Ethiopia. Besides food, the peo­ ple need seeds to be transported immediately, or they wiU miss the rains for planting, and the famine will begin again in No­ vember, he said. ~ndlessly

"We must make our homes centers of compassion and for­ .give endlessly." - Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

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ltHIE LUR'E OF CULTS "Do you need a job, a place to stay, some money, a chance to travel, security, salva­ tion, happiness, accep­ tance, friendship,love?"

They came, one byone, at ten minute intervals. Theycame to ask that question of our kids. Ten young men and women, 18 and 19, each carrying knapsacks, infiltrated UNDER 21. They were homeless, they said. They had "problems at home", they said. They needed shelter, they said. .

They lied. They were actually members of a vicious cult headquartered in Philadelphia, with centers in Brooklyn, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, DC, and Montreal. They call themselves The Church of Bible Understanding-or, as they like to be known-the "We People".

"Come witl:l.. us and ·find the truth," the liars said. / "Come with us to Philadelphia '" An irresistible invitation to vulnerable, hurting kids who needed and wanted all those things instantaneous­ . ly.No more hard decisions about getting their heads together, about taking responsibility for their own lives.

No more hard choices about schools. No more thinking through what it means to be accountable to yourself.

Seventeen of our kids ran upstairs and excitedly pack­ ed their bags: money, jobs, travel, securityl Philadelphia I Our counselors pleaded with them, trying vainly to stem the exodus. But it's hard to argue with needy long­ ing kids caught up in the hope of instant fulfillment and instant solutions'to tough problems.

The kids piled into three vans the cult had hidden around the corner, and took off-they thought-for the "Young Sheep House" in Philadelphia-a kind of indoc­ trination center for new recruits~nd wound up in Brooklyn I .

What our kids found was not happiness, fulfillment, and instant salvation in Philadelphia; but heavy and in­ tense indoctrination sessions lasting until3 and 4 in the morning in Brooklyn.

"I couldn't leave, Bruce. They said I would go to hell and that awful things would happen to us if we left. "

I "They wanted us to confess our sins in front of elverybody. Bruce. They yelled at some of the kids until they cried. "

For thousands of years, cha rlatans and deceivers have wrapped themselves in religious garments and exploited the credulity and ignorance of their followers. It's par­ ticularly despicable when children are exploited and abused by these evil manipulative men. (I am glad to report that the FBI and the Brooklyn DA have launched a major investigation into the "We People".) .

1 "Girls a,re always supposed to serve the men, Bruce.

Tthat's why God made us," Mary was indignant, "to cook all th eir meals and everything. ..

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They wouldn't , let us leavl~. There were locks andguards and bolts. "

.Our greatest weapon against these cults is the truth: the truth about how their lying promises can quickly in­ fluence people; how quickly their manipulative techni­ ques can enslave their followers. And, sadly, how dif­ ficult it is to break their almost diabolical hold.

\ "They want you to work in their rug cleaning business B'ndgive them back all the money you earned.

I [worked lor that money, Bruce!"

The "We People" apparently delighted by their mturned to UNDER 21 the next night and brazenly parked their van right in front ofour Center: try­ i?9 once!p10re to lure away some ofour young and im­ pressionable youngsters. One terrified 12-year-old fled ~ack insidll UNDER 21. '~catch"

Teach your childtenl Teach them how these cults operate. The techniques they use to recruit and indoc­ trin.~lte their unwary victims could easily and effectively be taught in a school setting and this same knowledge can protect our children in times of loneliness and doubt 'and pain when they too seek instant love and acceptance and security, the easy way.

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immediately drew up the necessary legal d,ocument:; and by 10:15 that night obtained from Supreme Court Judge Richard W. Wallach a temporary r~strainin~1 order. nle order prohibited members of this c'ult from entering UNDER'21, or enticing any resident to I+ave our. Center: By 11 :30 that same night, our at­ torneys presented the documents to the cult's head­ q1uarters in Brooklyn.

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Kids and young people should not be exploited by anybody. Not by pimps, not by people who buy and sell them, not by cults who offer security and love and shelter in coerced exchange for the total devotion-and the hard-earned money-of their followers. Love, not freely . given, is not love at all.

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lOne of the boys released-a real street kid and qefinitely 110 cream puff-said fervently: "I was never so glad to see a bunch of blue uniforms in my life."

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I Later that night, two of our kids phoned our staff fro'm Brooklyn, pleading to be rescued from the cult head­ quarters. Covenant House immediately called the police a'nd explainedthe.situation. The police rushed over and d,emanded that the two young men be permitted to leave the "Youn'9 .Sheep House."

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What kind of man runs such a crazy outfit? What kind "I couldn't go to the bathroom without getting per­ of man would send out legions of. brainwashed kids to mission, Bruce. They kept ch,nting the Bible at us, r~cruit, with lying promises, other equally fragile kids?

Bruce. It was 3 AM. " ~he founder and leader of this cult .is a man named Stewart Trail, a former vacuum cleaner salesman. Trail .. They wouldn't let me go to sleep, "B illy was outraged. fbunded his cult in 1971 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, "Besides they said I was going to Philadelphia and they. alnd immediately began to attract followers-andes­ brought us to Brooklyn! I live in E!rooklyn, Bruce." tablish lucrative businesses for them to work in.

Father Bruce Ritter, OFM Conv., is the founder and President of Covenant House/UNDER 21, which operates crisis centers for homeless and runa'way youth. '. .

the board, buUhe belt had no effect," said a member of the cult. "We stopped when the board broke.- Then he was told to read a verse in the Bible."

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