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Pope hopes to boost moralE~ in nations on Baltic Sea VATICAN CITY (CNS) - A Sept. 4-10 visit to the Baltics gives Pope John Paul 11 tte chance to spotlight sufferings under Soviet communism while shining a light of hope for tt e future of the three newly independent countries.

The trip will take the pope to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, where sovereignty has brought religious liberty without sufficient personnel and material means to develop it.

The Baltic visit will be the pope's first to former republics of the Soviet Union and his 61 st tri p outside Italy.

LED BY Religious Education Coordinator Sister Theresa Sparrow, RSM, teen members of St. Julie Billiart parish, North Dartmouth, assisted youngsters participating in: a Bible Vacation Week with the theme God Loves and Cares For Us Always. Activities included crafts, art, singing and baking . bread, all related to Bible stories. Above, children enjoy enacting the Old Testament story of Daniel in the lion's den.

M4)ther Teresa said tlO be improving NEW DELHI, India (CNS) Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who is 83 today, is reported improving after being hospitalized for malaria, complicated by breathing problems, a hospital bulletin said.

"Mother Teresa is better. She had a restful night and her breathlessness has been controlled," a hospital bulletin said.

The superior general ofthe Missionaries of Charity was admitted to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi Aug. 20

complaining of fatigue and uneasiness. A team of specialists found her "suffering from malaria and acute\ breathlessness caused by lung congestion," reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency.

Two weeks before leaving, the pope said the trip will allow him "to pay homage to peoples who, through many sufferings and trials, fought to reconquer their freedom." , Baltic populations were aided by a "Christian culture so deeply rooted as to survive even tremendous persecution," the pope added Aug. 22 during his midday Angelus talk.

The three countries declared independence separately during the 1990-91 period when the communist grip on Soviet power weakened. Christianity was introduced into the Baltics almost 1,000 years ago.

Vatican and local church officials said the visit will be a shot in

the arm for people who survived 50 years of Soviet domination.

"Lithuania is tired. The people are tired. They need help. They need the respect of other countries," said Father Kazimietas Ambrasas, head of Vatican Radio's Lithuanian department.

Archbishop Justo Mullor Garcia, apostolic nuncio to all three countries, said the trip comes at a "positive time" when the Baltic nations are "turning a new page socially, politically, culturally and religiously."

People are looking for new values, and the pope can help by proposing church moral and social teachings as inspirations for reconstructing individual lives and nations, said Baltic church leaders.

The Albanian-born nun was fitted with a heart pacemaker in Calcutta in 1989 and underwent heart surgery in California last year. In May she was treated in Rome for Turn to Page 13

A II those prayers bear fruit Do you remember when every"low Mass" was followed by prayers for Russia?

Or when a popular petition was "Savior of the world," to which the response was "Save Russia"?

All those prayers and petitions have borne fruit.

Catholic News Service reports that Mary Queen of the Apostles Seminary, the first Catholic seminary in Moscow, will formally open Sepl. I with a public Mass and 12 seminarians.

Vatican Radio said Aug. 22 that the seminary will be housed at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, a building partially returned to Catholics a year ago.

The church, c1o~;ed by the Soviet government in 1937, was converted into a metal factory. With the support of Moscow's mayor, the metal factory has resisted. the Moscow city council's efforts to evict it, but'since August 1992 parishioners have been allowed to use the first floor of what was turned into a multistory structure. .

The rector of the new seminary will be Msgr. Bernardo Antonini, an Italian priest who has been teaching at SI. Thomas Aquinas Theological Academy in Moscow..

The first community event for the 12 seminarians, Vatican Radio said, would be a pilgrimage to Vilnius, Lithuania, for a Sept. 5 Mass celebrated by Pope J o~n Paul II. Vatican Radio sacid the choice of Immaculate Conception parish as the site of the new seminary reflects its special ministry among young Muscovites.

The parish, staffed by five Salesian priests and three Salesian sisters, was also the site of Moscow's local celebration of World Youth Day on Palm Sunday.

Archbishop Tadeusl Kondrusiewicz, apostolic administrator for European Russia, has estimated that there are almost 300,0.00 Catholics in the region under his care. He has 35 priests and 42 parishes to serve them. ___111 1 111

LITHUANI A 's HIL~ of Crosses, an ancient place of pilgrimage, where believers for the past five decades persistently replaced crosses torn down by communists. It will be the site of a papal Mass during the pope's Sept. 4 to 8 stay in the Baltic nation. (CNS photo)

Church leaders also see the vi! it as a papal stamp of approval fl)r increasing the international church aid already flowing into Baltic Catholicism.

Governments, interested in pc 1ishing their international prestige and receiving Western economic aid, joined Catholic leaders in inviting the pope and encouragir g the visit.

Five decades of communist pe:secution have left the Baltics ellcased in pre-World War II Catholicism. The newly unshackled church lacks priests, religiou;, teachers, educational materials and institutional structures to upda: e Catholic life and attract and hold generations of people used to official atheism.

Father Andris Jerumanis, La:vian bishops' coordinator for tl:e trip to his country, said the visit s "a great gift to the Catholic Church" and an important nminder of the universal church s historical support for Baltic indlpendence.

"Rome sustained the church a.I these years. Without this lin~, Catholics could not have resiste j communist aggression. We are ffceiving the man responsible for freedom in all the East Europea 1 countries," he added.

The Vatican never recognize,! the forceful annexation ofthe thre ~ countries into the Soviet Unio 1 during World War 11.

In Lithuania, the orily count I' { with a Catholic majority, the pop~ plans to commemorate victims of religious and political persecutiom.

Catholics form 80 percent of th ~ 3.4 million people.

During his Sept. 4-8 stay, he i, scheduled to celebrate Mass 0:1 Lithuania's Hill of Crosses, a centuries-old pilgrimage site wher: people continually put up crosse; at night after Communist authorities tore them down during thl: day.

The pope also plans to visit thl: graves of 13 Lithuanians killed b,Soviet troops Jan. 13, 1991, du~· ing pro-independence demonstra· tions.

These events should test papa tact. Former communists rule Lith· uania and have high governme01 posts in Latvia. Although thest officials now espouse democratic and capitalist principles, Catholic leaders are worried that they retain an authoritarian mentality.

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Hope, uncertainty seen in future of sisterhoods

Priesthood universal, stress-ridden, say convention speakers NEW ORLEANS (CNS) - A top Vatican official urged Louisiana priests to consider the "universal breadth" of the priesthood, as he addressed the first-ever gathering of priests from the state's seven dioceses.

New evangelization demands priests "animated by a deep missionary spirit, capable of looking beyond the confines of their diocese, nation or rite and willing to go where pastoral needs are most urgent," said Cardinal Pio Laghi.

The cardinal is former apostolic nuncio to the United States and now prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education.

Cardinal Laghi said priest shortages in Latin America often mean that many areas have no Sunday celebration of the liturgy.

Appeals from popes and bishops in priest-short countries "found a response among thousands of diocesan and religious priests, who in the past 30 years have made themselves available for priestly service in the local church which most needed them," the cardinal sl\id.

Among other speakers at the priests' convention was Jesuit路Father James Gill, whose topic was coping with stress.

"Everybody's ministry has stress," said Father Gill, senior consultant in psychiatry at the Institute of Living in Hartford, .Conn., "and we don't all experien~e it in the same way."

Statistically, the number of Catholics continues to grow as the number of priests keeps dwindling.

But Father Gill said Catholics still expect priests to "do all they did in the past and then some."

Stress is caused by many factors, he said, such as loneliness because of retirement or living alone and now because of the bad rap that good priests are taking because of those who sexually abuse children.

"You can't eliminate the cross from your life,' Father Gill said, "but if you're creating [your own) crosses and they're wrecking your health, your sanity and your spirituality, it is time to rid your life of them before they take their toll on your health."

Fall River novice professes vows Jesuit novices recently professing perpetual vows at LeMoyne College chapel, Syracuse, NY, included Charles Wrightington, 27, the son of George and Joan Wrightington of Holy Rosary parish, Fall River. A graduate of Durfee High School, Fall River, and Assumption College, Worcester, he did graduate studies at Fordham University before entering the Jesuit order in 1991. .As a novice in Syracuse he served as a hospital chaplain's assistant and while in Washington, DC, lectured on ethics at Georgetown University. He has studied Spanish in the Dominican Republic and last summer taught minority students in a higher achievement program at St. Peter's Preparatory School, Jersey City. He is returning to Fordham University to oomplete graduate studies in philosophy.

OLIVER M. CABRAL, 1993 chairman of the Feast of Senhor Born Jesus da -Pedra in New Bedford, holds citation from the Massachusetts Senate honoring him for his efforts to revitalize the feast, which promotes Portuguese culture and heritage. (Adalino Cabral photo)

NCCW parley delegates listed Rev. James F. Lyons, diocesan moderator of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, will lead a group of 21 women to attend the national convention of the National Council of Catholic Women, to be held Sept. 16-20 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago and to have as its theme "NCCW:OntheWingsofChange."

Those attending are Mrs. Bella Nogueira, diocesan president, St. John of God parish; Mrs. Claudette Armstrong, St. Louis de France parish; Mrs. Vivian Cleary, Sacred Heart parish; Mrs. Vivian Belanger, District One president, St. Louis de France parish.

Miss Mary Foley, St. Patrick's parish; Mrs. Mary Geary, Holy Name parish; Mrs. Claire McMahon and Miss Claire O'Toole, St. Mary's Cathedral parish, all of the Fall River deanery.

Mrs. Katherine Lancisi, St. John the Evangelist parish, Attleboro deanery.

Miss Dorothy Curry, St. Lawrence parish and member of the National Council of Catholic Women nominating committee; Mrs. Ellen Calnan also of 5t. Lawrence parish and Miss Helen Stager, St. Julie Billiart parish, all ofthe New Bedford deanery.

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deanery, Mrs. Joanne Quirk, Boston Province director of the NCCW and St. Pius X parish; Mrs. Kathleen Maddison, District Five president, Mrs. Agnes Lyons, Mrs. Mary Murray and Mrs. Ethel Zink, St. Francis Xavier parish; Mrs. Betty Mazzucchelli, St. Elizabeth Seton parish; Mrs. Mary Mikita, Holy Redeemer parish; and Mrs. Madeline Clancey and Mrs. Helen Rose of St. Pius X parish.

Two members of the Fall River delegation are candidates for national office: Mrs. Claire McMahon for secretary and Mrs. Mary Mikita for a position on the NCCW national nominating committee.

Prior to the NCCW convention, the North American region of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organizations (WUCWO) will host a conference Sept. 12-14, also at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Five women from the Fall River Diocesan Council plan to attend. They are Mrs. Nogueira, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Cleary, Miss Foley and Mrs. McMahon. The conference theme is "Mother Earth: God's Gift." Speakers will highlight the conference sub-themes of respect and responsibility for Earth, and its renewal.

What the DCCW does

By Bella Nogueira, President Diocesan Council of Catholic Women The Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women is now preparing for its 1993-94 season of activities and programs. We are affiliated with the 73-year-old National Council of Catho'lic Women. Ladies who are members of their parish guilds, clubs, councils or sodalities are automatically members of both the diocesan and the national councils.

As Catholic women active in the apostolic work of the diocese of Fall River, we participate in many activities of our parish communities as eucharistic ministers, lectors, religious education teachers and coordinators, and also as leaders and members in parish organizations.

This year, the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women has an ambitious program. One of our primary goals is to serve as a bridge between clergy and laity and we hope to address many issues that confront today's Catholic families.

We hope to achieve these aims through the various commissions that are part of the structure of the Diocesan Council.

Among issues that concern us are the poor and homeless, violence among youth, the diocesan Pro-Life programs, respite and spiritual care for the sick and disabled, leadership training and membership recruitment. Also not to be overlooked by an means, are our support and prayers for our bishop and clergy.

At 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, we will open our season with a Mass

DALLAS (CNS) - U.S. women religious face a future filled with hope, but also with ambiguity and uncertainty; speakers said at a mid-August assembly in Dallas of some 830 leaders of U.S. women's orders.

The uncertainty is there because of "the charismatic and prophetic nature of religious life itself," said Immacula.te Heart of Mary Sister Margaret Brennan, keynote speaker for the meeting of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. Conference members lead about 88,000 women religious in the United States.

Sister Brennan, a former head of the LCWR and now professor emerita of pastoral theology at Regis College, Toronto School of Theology, said a hallmark Of religious renewal since the Second Vatican Council has been the rediscovery by church authorities and religious orders that religious life itself should be understood as a charism, a gift of the Spirit for the church.

"It was with this mandate and challenge that we returned to the spirit and origins of our beginnings, seeking in them for sources . of revitalization in our life and ministry that would find expression in new ways," she said.

Among "urgent challenges" to which the Spirit may be calling religious orders today are the ecological and feminist movements, she said.

"The discernment of what' we as Christian feminists have perceived as a gift of the Holy Spirit to the church has and continues to be a painful reality.... Our basic inequality remains," Sister Brennan said.

"The women's movement' in the church is not intended to overthrow its rich tradition," she said.

Rather, it involves a "revisioning" of all aspects of church life "that not only reflects women's experience, but offers a corrective as well to all that continues to denigrate women and deny the exercise of their gifts," she said.

Mercy Sister Janet Ruffing, a theologian at Fordham Un~versity in New York, used the image of dying embers that burst into new flame to describe women religious today.

Reviewing several recent indepth studies of religious life, she said many of the major changes affecting women's orders are the result of living in a transitional era.

"Not only is religious life itself on a strange and perilous journey, but so too is the planet and its cultures.... Religious life has not consolidated in its new form because all of the larger contexts affecting it remain as yet incoherent," she said.

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to be televised on Channel 6 and offered for the purpose of asking the blessing and guidance of our patroness, Our Lady of Good Counsel, in the year to come.

And periodically we hope to define and explain our goals and achievements in the pages of The Anchor.

Our theme for the year is "Show Us, Lord, Where in Your Vineyard You Want Us to Serve." We ask for prayers and support as we strive to find our special place in that vineyard, then use our talents, ideas and ideals to make our part of the world a better place to live.

While some research points to weaknesses such as tensions within communities, declining numbers and confusion about religious identity, she said, other research suggests signs of new vitality.

From one perspective, she said, a look at the research suggests that "the clock is running out. We are aging very rapidly. Some of our congregations will decline and die."

On the other hand, she said, the same research shows that "many communities are energized by a renewed understanding of their charisms.... There appear to be fresh energy and creativity in leadership.... There is fresh vision for the future emerging from multiple sources. There is evidence of a profound experience of God and an explosion of ministerial creativity and variety.... There is a commitment to serve the poor."

"I remain convinced," she said, "that whatever religious life will be in the coming millennium, it will rise up again from the dying embers of the present moment. Despite the enormous challenges religious life as an institution faces in the next 10 years, there are new experiences of God and fresh passion for ministry which continue to burst into flame within and among us."

In her presidential address, Sister Anita de Luna, outgoing LCWR president, emphasized the role of women religious as evangelizers or 'witnesses and preachers of the Gospel.

She analyzed the increasingly multicultural character of American Catholicism and urged her fellow religious leaders to "deliberately and diligently prepare ourselves and our members to minister in the multicultural mainstream."

She pointed out that according to numerous studies, Hispanics are expected to become the majority group in the U.S. church soon.

Yet Hispanics and sizable Catholic minorities such as blacks, Asians and Native Americans have few representatives in religious orders.

Religious orders need to "leave the comfort and the familiarity of our own ground" to embrace and reflect the multicultural church, she said.

Sister de Luna, under whose. leadership the Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence in San Antonio became the first MexicanAmerican community of sisters to receive pontifical recognition, was the first Hispanic to head the LCWR. Succeeding her as president for the coming year was Mercy Sister Doris Gottemoeller of Silver Spring, Md., a theologian and a national leader in Catholic health care ministry. Founding president of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Sister Gottemoeller played a leading role in the 1991 merger that brought 25 separate Mercy communities into a single, 7,000-member body.

The assembly elected as vice president for the coming year, with automatic succession to the presidency in 1994, Most Precious Blood Sister Andree Fries of O'Fallon, Mo. Sister Fries, currently in her second six-year term as supefior general of her congregation, has held a variety ofJeadership roles in her own community and with LCWR since 1974.

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Shooting of abortionist condemned WASHINGTON (CNS) - The chief pro-life spokeswoman for the U.S. Catholic 'bishops has sharply condemned the Aug. 19 shooting in which an anti-abortion demonstrator wounded Dr. George Tiller as he left his abortion clinic in Wichita, Kan. "There is no room for violence in the pro-life rr.ovement," said Helen M. Alvare, director of planning and information for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.

"We condemn the shooting of Dr. George Tiller in no uncertain terms .... We call 0:11 all who oppose abortion to act consistently with our beliefs about the respect owed to every human life," Ms. Alvare said.

Rachelle Shannon, 37, of Klamath Falls, Ore., was arrested at an airport in Oklahoma City as she returned a re ntal car which witnesses said she used to flee the scene. She was held on charges of attempted murder. Oklahoma City is 160 miles from Wichita.

Witnesses said she had joined a small protest group outside Wichita's Women's Health Care Services Clinic earlier in the afternoon, talking with protesters and helping hand out literature. When Tiller left the clinic and entered his van, they s,aid, she fired shots at him, fled to her car and drove away.

An Oklahoma City police spokesman said M,. Shannon also has outstanding warrants against her for trespassing during demonstrations at abortion clinic's in San Francisco and Milwaukee.

Tiller, 52, was released from a Wichita hospital after treatment for minor gunshot wounds in both arms.

One of the few U.S. doctors to perform late-term abortions, he has been a frequent target of abortion protests, including summerlong Operation Re!;cue protests in Wichita in 1991 that led to 2,700 arrests.

The attack on Tiller was the second shooting of an abortionist this year; sparking new concern about the use of violence as a tactic by a small minority in the antiabortion movment.

Last sp.ring abortion opponent Michael Griffin wa~ charged with the slaying March 10 of Dr. David Gunn outside an abortion clinic in Pensacola, Fla., during a protest sponsored by Rescue America.

Family is theme VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II, concerned at new threat~ to family values throughout the world, has chosen the family as the thf:me of his 1994 World Peace Day message: The papal message, usually released in December in anticipation of 'the Jan. I observance, will focus on the theme "The Family Creates the Peace of the Human Family." It will explore the positive contributions of the family to society as the place where basic values are transmitted and new generations receive moral formation; and will exam~ ine how war and other social ills break down the family and its ability to help build a peaceful society.

Times Like These "In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these." - Paul Harvey

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Catholic social action seen, difficult in India

YOUTHS FROM seven Fall River parishes gather at Notre Dame Church, Fall River, for World Youth Day prayer service in solidarity with diocesan pilgrims at Mile High Stadium welcoming the Holy Father to Denver.

Fall River parishes mark World Youth Day On Thursday, Aug. 12, at the candle from the baptistry of Notre exact time the fall River diocesan Dame church as a sign that, we pilgrimage to, World Youth .Day walk the road of life with the risen was at Mile High Stadium wel- Christ as our companion and also coming the Holy Father to Denver, as a reminder of the gift of life that some 100young people and adults our love can give to others. from the Fall River Deanery were Upon arriving at the plaza in gathering at Notre Dame Church front of Notre Dame Church everyon Eastern Avenue in Fall River one joined in singing an entrance for a prayer service in support of song as they processed into the and in solidarity with the 145 sanctuary. After all were seated, diocesan pilgrims. the symbols carried in pilgrimage Represented were Espirito San- were brought into the assembly as to, Holy Name, St. Anthony of each was explained by Michelle Padua, Notre Dame, SS. Peter & Masse of Notre Dame parish who Paul, Holy Rosary, and Our Lady led the Liturgy of the Word servof Angels parishes of Fall River. ice. Readers were from Our Lady To experience a bit of the sense of Angels, Espirito Santo and of going on pilgrimage, the young Notre Dame parishes. people met at one of three loca- ' Father Jim Medeiros of Holy tions: Immaculate Conception, Name parish shared a reflection Espirito Santo or St. Anthony of on the Scripture readings and on the Desert churchyards. In each the significance of the Holy location they shared a brief prayer Father's presence in the United service centered on the theme of States among young people. seeing life as a pilgrimage andaskThe service was followed by feling the Lord to be with them as lowship in the Notre Dame parish . they journeyed to Notre Dame halL Church to, meet with the other young people. ' Each group, then set off on its walk, carrying with it a symbol of UNITED NATIONS (CNS)faith to be' used in the prayer A tiny and ancient European mounservice. tain state nominally headed by a The group at St. Anthony ofthe Catholic bishop and the French Desert Church carried a large president is on its way to becoming wooden cross used at St. Anthony the 184th member of the United of Padua parish for its Youth Nations. The Security Council has Retreat and other parish functions. recommendep that Andorra, half It reminded walkers of the internathe size of New York City and tional World' Youth Day Cross wedged in the East Pyrenees bethat was given last year in Rome to tween France and Spain, should the youth of the U.S. and had since be given a seat in the world organitraveled through the country in zation. Andorra's application must preparation for World Youth Day. still be ratified by the General Those from Espirito Santo par- Assembly. ish brought the book of Scriptures The tiny country, 90 percent of from which would be heard at the whose population of 51,000 is prayer service the voice of God Catholic, was made famous in the inviting all to share in His gift of 50s by a Pete Seeger song praising "life in abundance." its expenditure of some "22 dollars Those from Immaculate Con- and 50 cents on armaments for its ception parish bore the Easter defense."

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SEVILLE, Spain (CNS) - Engaging in social action is difficult for Catholics in India because of mounting resistance from Hindu fundamentalists, said Archbishop Raul N. Gonsalves of Goa, India.

Social programs are opposed as incentives to conversion, he said.

"Before it was easy to aim at conversions. But now Hindus are more conscious of this, because many poor people converted to Catholicism," he said.

"They want to stop this and say nothing must be done to induce conversions," he said. They are even talking of reconverting exHindus, he said.

Hindus form about 83 percent of India's 866 million population.

Catholics are about 2 percent of the population.

Hindus have a different approach than Catholics to the role of religion, the archbishop said.

"Hindus provide religious functions for the people, but do not tell them what they should do in social life," he said. .

Hindus define as "communalism" the working on behalf of others in the name of a religious

community. Hindus oppose this, he added, citing the experience of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Nobel Peace Prize winner who works with the poor.

She started her work before tle current Hindu reaction so has be ~n able to continue, he said. But there are limits to her work, he said.

"Mother Teresa helps only he people in distress. She won't go the causes and fight injustice alld exploitation," he said, thus her work has to be complemented, "but this is difficult now in India."

Archbishop Gonsalves praisl:d India's constitution as a positi-le example of secularism. There is 110 state religion, he said, "but all re.igions are treated equally, and there is respect for religion."

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No justice SAN SALVADOR (CNS) Eighteen' months after the signir g of a peace accord, Salvadorar.s still feel justice has not been dor e in the case of massive human righ ,s violations committed during He 12-year civil war, a poll show;.

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the moorina-, Where's the beef?

Remember the two elderly ladies and the Wendy's commercial? Well, it certainly could be the question asked about the Clinton health plan. The "beef' is everywhere, but where is the health planfLike everything else the administration has put forth in its highly overrated and shallow blitzing of the media, it seems to be lost in compromise and concession. Our muchpublicized "Mrs. President" is still playing that role across the nation, but to what effect? She might be the brains behind the throne but she has as yet accomplished nothing in the direction of rehabilitating our shameful national health care structure..

The problems of health care reform have in any case been overshadowed by the politics of floods. It seems obvious that our broke central government will now have to come up with at least $10 billion to straighten out the Mississippi River disaster. And as the government also proceeds with bailing out the S & L mess and as the Keating culprits continue to pocket federal funds, it should be more and more clear that Congress as it now exists is quite incapable of a sincere attempt to help our citizens in any way whatsoever.

These are but a few of the reasons that lead one to doubt the government's ability to give the nation an honest and just health plan that will truly benefit people. What we are beholding is a complete shipwreck of good intentions. Proposals are offered and recalled, press leaks are a dime a dozen, and the compromises apparently being reached between health care insurers and providers have substantially weakened our hope of efficiency and expediency in putting together an acceptable package.

As the president and Hillary continue to lose the confidence of the nation, those who really rule the health care roost have regrouped their forces to ensure high-pressure lobbying of every member of Congress. Unfortunately, the powers that be are very susceptible to this longstanding and lucrative method of doing business in Washington.

N~vertheless, it will really be Congress that will ultimately give the nation a new health plan. Given the present legal entanglements of Mr. Rostenkowski, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, his effectiveness will certainly be limited. However, even he has doubts about the president's methodology. He knows full well that if Congress does not pass a workable health care program, heads will roll at election time.

Indeed, few would deny that health care is a cutting-edge issue in the nation. We can no longer play cat and mouse games with people's lives. It is a national disgrace that citizens die because they cannot afford proper medical attention.

The present health insurance programs offered on every hand constitute nothing more than capitalistic roulette: The big insurance companies are so busy coping with their internal" scandals that their policyholders are lost in the shuffle. The recent New York Blue Cross/ Blue Shield shenanigans are but one example of the shakiness that prevails in the industry.

There simply must be a better way to provide health care. If the private sector fails to demonstrate honest concern for people, government has no choice but to pass laws to protect them. The present situation is a national disgrace that daily puts more and more Americans at risk. Yet it seems that very few truly want to work to insure the health of each and every citizen. That's the real beef.

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"How long shall the land mourn?" Jer. 12:4

Are our problems blessings in disguise?

By Father Eugene Hemrick Catholic News Service Could some negative pictures of the church portrayed by the media be a blessing in disguise?

Before responding, ask yourself whether the church would be better off if it had all the priests it needed, if it had a monopoly on religion and all Catholics were in agreement.

The answer is no, according to sociologists Rodney Stark and James McCann. They contend the church thrive~ on competition and pluralism.

Stark and McCann point to the popular notion of universal piety in medieval Europe, of peasant villages where everyone gave unques~ tioning assent to the local priest.

"This is bad history." they say.

Religious indifference. not piety. was rife in medieval times. The church has never had real nirvana.

In fact, when it did experience strength it was often at its weakest.

Adam Smith wrote in 1776, "The clergy. reposing themselves upon their benefices, had neglected to keep up the fervor of faith and devotion of the great body of the people; and having given themselves up to indolence were incap,!ble of making vigorous exertion in defense even of their own establishment."

Smith concluded that when religion is supported.too much by the state and becomes a monopoly, it "lacks exertion ... zeal and industry."

When we reflect on the history of the immigrant church, how true Smith's observation seems. Most of our grandparents came to America with little education and finances. Churches were nonexistent. as were priests.

But we were very competitive!

How many nationalities feared the loss of their own to other denominatio,ns? Suddenly there were people like Peter Paul Cahensly looking out for the Germans and Mother Frances Cabrini protecting the Italians.

We built parishes and schools and devised every type of program thinkable to "save our own."

This was accomplished in the midst of piuralism. The Irish did not think like the Italians, and the Italians did not think like the Germans or Poles. Parishes reflected this diversity in the way they celebrated church feasts and liturgies.

Not a week goes by in which we don't read about some church shortcoming. The numbers of priests, sisters and brothers are dwindling, the pope and bishops

prayer~BOX To the Virgin Mary

o Virgin Mary, help of Christians, we dedicate ourselves to your service. We promise to work always for the glory of God and salvation of all people. We pray for the Church throughout the world. Protect the young and help the aged, save sinners and console the dying. You are our hope, Mary, Mother of Mercy and Gate of Heaven. Pray to your son for us so that we may be filled with selfless charity and deep faith.

Ask Jesus for those things which we cannot obtain through our own actions and help us in this o~r present necessity. May we always see the will of God. in our lives. We ask you this so that we may come to your Son in grace. Amen.

are out of touch. we are too singleissue oriented. members of many newly arrived cultural groups are being lost to other denominations.

The stories never stop.

Many heads hang low. and there is much hand-wringing. There are days when these stories, coupled with accounts of financial woes. yield genuine pain.

Nonetheless, Stark and McCann are right on target when they conclude with a quote from St. Paul:.

"When I am weak. then am I strong."

As we' move toward the third millennium. my bet is we will see those- drooping heads lift. If the present moment is hard, so is it hard to separate the weeds from the wheat.

If the scandals the media love to portray are damaging, they also alert us to ne,glected virtues. If the diversity of opinion they love to point out often seems to reflect a dysfunctional family. that diversity nonetheless often leads to a deeper understanding of the faith and its applications.

Struggling to respond to thc faith needs of new cultural groups has always brought out the best in the church spirit. .

The church has always thrived better on pluralism than on homogeneity or uniformity. History will repeat itself!

Wonderful Surprises "Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing.

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One of the most unforgivable things we do to JI~SUS is to steal his real, historical personality from him. Ironically, the theft starts the moment we begin to look at him as God. At that point, some of us give into the temptation to think of him as some kind of d.ivine robot, programmed only to do "God-things," while others create such a'saccharine disposition for him that diabetics can't come within 50 feet of his smiling countenance without fearing going into a coma.

Once we steal Jesus' humanity we create a person with whom we can never identify, a real misfit: someone who doe:; what God wants him to do, but who doesn't have to have a relationship with God to do it.

Paul presumes that, in order to be fulfilled, everyone needs to develop a personal tie-in with God. No one is programmed to good or evil at the moment of conception.

Such characteristics grow gradually, gaining ,much of their direction from our relations with others. The Apostle believes that to do good, and therefore be fulfilled, we must become an "item" with God. But those who start this process quickly discover a danger which lurks in all relationships: a natural tendency to turn others into copies of ourselves instead of appreciating and encouraging their unique personalities. That's why Paul reminds the Romans, "Do not conform yourselves to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may Judge what is God's will, what is good, pleasing and perfect." In other words, we're not in this to change God, but to let God change us.

Today's Jeremiah reading gives us some powerful insights into such a relationship. Rarely do we hear a Sacred Author reflect so deeply (and honestly) on his involvement with God. No programmed robot, no saccharine disposition here. "You duped me, 0 Lord," he howls, "and I let myself be duped; you were too strong for me, and you triumphed ...The word of the Lord has brought me derision and reproach all the day."

DAILY READI.NGS Aug. 30: 1 Thes 4: 13-18; Ps 96:1,3-5,11-13; Lk4:16-30 Aug. 31: 1 Thes 5: 1-6,911; Ps 27:1,4, l3-14; Lk 4: 31-37 Sept. 1: Coil: 1-8; Ps 52:10-11; Lk 5:1-11 Sept. 2: Col 1:9-14; Ps 98:2-6; Lk 5:1-11 Sept. 3: Col 1:15-20; Ps 100:1-5; Lk 5:33-39 Sept. 4: Col 1:21-23; Ps 54:3-4,6,8; Lk 6:1-5 Sept. 5: Ex 33:7-9; Ps 95:1-2,6-9; Rom 13:8-10; Mt 18:15-20

The Anchor Friday, August 27, 1993

Killers of nuns denied amnesty

By FATHER ROGER KARBAN Jeremiah once thought he had Yahweh fairly well psyched out.

He'd act as his mouthpiece, proclaim his oracles, and laugh as everyone trembled at his words.

But he hadn't counted on the anguish such a unique relationship with the Lord would bring to his own life.

First, he couldn't trust that God would tell him the same thing today that hel she told him yesterday. The prophet had to move as God moved, and then had to endure the ridicule which came from doing so.

Second, he could never expect to be received with open arms (or open minds). A prophetic voice always demands change. Jeremiah soon discovered that ..... violence and outrage is my message." Everyone hated him because of it.

Third, entering into a true relationship with God was similar to joining the Mafia. Jeremiah couldn't walk away from it. He tried to disengage. "I say to myself, I will not mention him, I will speak in his name no more," he cried.

"But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones; I grow weary holding it in, I cannot endure it."

The prophet's wrestling relationship with Yahweh developed his personality and shaped his message. We simply cannot understand him if we know nothing about his struggle with God. We presume the human Jesus also wrestled with God. There's no other way to explain his experience in Gethsemane. But from today's Gospel pericope we know his struggle began lo~g before Holy Thursday. Matthew tells us the Lord started talking about his death in Jerusalem immediately after Peter's remarkable profession offaith (which we heard last week).

Listen carefully to how Jesus responds to Peter's "remonstrations." "Get out of my sight, you satan!" he shouts. "You are trying to make me trip and fall. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do." In other words, "I'm constantly tempted to chuck the whole works and walk 'away from it. Don't add to my temptation!"

The Lord cuts Peter down because his objections make sense.

But it's a sense which comes before we enter a relationship with God ...and discover that only in such an ongoing struggle do we ever find our "very selves."

Anything we must go through, Jesus went through. After all, he's human.

SAN SALVADOR (CNS) - El Salvador's Supreme Court has rejected a request for amnesty from the convicted killers of four U.S. religious workers.

Two former members of the paramilitary National Guard had asked to be freed under a recent amnesty for political crimes carried out during El Salvador's 197992 civil war.

But the Supreme Court ruled Aug. 17 that Jose Roberto Moreno, Francisco Contreras and three others had been found guilty of a common, not a political, crime and therefore could not, benefit from the amnesty.

Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and lay worker Jean Donovan were shot dead Dec. 2, 1980, after being stopped at a National Guard roadblock near Comalapa international air-

port. Some of the women were also raped. The crime provoked international outrage and focused attention on human rights violations in El Salvador.

Five National Guardsmen were sentenced to 30 years in prison for the killings in May 1984. No officers were tried for'the crime despite 'widespread allegations that senior National Guard or military officers ordered it.

The National Guard was dissolved last year under U.N.-sponsored peace accords that ended the war. El Salvador's National Assembly passed an amnesty last March covering political crimes committed during the conflict.

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What one person learned in Catholic school He wanted to show "how, while clinging to the same truths I learned as a child, I left behind the things of a child in order to embrace ideals and perspectives more appropriate to adult faith."

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N at long ago I met Mitch Finley. a man with a very positive memory of his Catholic school days. As a writer in the Catholic press. he decided to write a book which relates to that message.

His latest book is "Everybody has a Guardian Angel - And Other Lessons I Learned in School" (Crossroads).

But nowhere in Finley's book does that adult faith come through more strongly than when he writes of the stunning tragedy of his father's suicide.

In his chapter. "N obody's Perfect." Finley recounts: "On June 19. 1988. near his northern California home. my father took his own life. It was Father's Day." Finley recalls how his father"coped with his personal demons by drinking."

Finley also recalls how in earlier

days, when he was IS, he. his sister and his mother were suddenly abandoned by his fa~her.

Finley was tormented by why his father chose Father's Day to kill himself. wondering if he did it so that the children would never forget him. "If so," writes Finley. "it was the 'only time I know of that he ever came close to admitting that he. too. needed to be loved."

Perhaps unconsciously. Finley expresses forgiveness toward his father. saying. "M y father fell from overwhelming loneliness into God's tender mercies."

Finley, a husband and the father of three. finds peace from th'is pain. saying, ,'Only the faith I first experienced and learned about in

a Catholic school enabled me to face this darkness and believe that the light in my life. not the darkness. is the key to life's true meaning.

In his chapter titled "Life is Worth Living." Finley said: "One of the most important lessons I learned in Catholic school was that if my life was to have meaning, and therefore be worth living.

I would need to distinguish between what the world might say to me and my faith would say."

He has an early chapter in the book explaining its title. Certainly. many of us remember nuns teaching that each of us has been assigned a specific guardian angel. Finley gives us something of a primer on

the biblical history of angels. The chapter is informative and asks so~e provocative questions.

Finley doesn't say that he is a solid Catholic because the church is perfect. Nor has he written a book as some kind of defender-ofthe-faith thesis. The book is impressive for its fine writing. but more for its honesty, He repeats a line from social scientist Father Andrew Greeley: "If you can find a perfect church, go ahead and join it. but as soon as you do. it won't be perfect anymore."

For anyone, especially those who went to Catholic school, this is a book to savor.

Lessons learned while in a wheelchair By

DOLORES CURRAN

"M om." my 19-year-old son said." everyone should spend some time in a wheelchair. Yo.u really get to know what people are like."

He ,had a broken right arm and crushed right femur from an accident and opted to stay on his college campus and finish his courses.

His campus is perpendicular, built on a series of hills in southern . California. So he had the difficult task of pushing himself uphill and the more hazardous task of keeping his wheelchair from running away on a descent. To complicate

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Dr.JAMES&' MARY KENNY Dear Mary: My daughter is entering fifth grade. She has always been an average-to-good student.

However, she does not seem to think about her work.

For example, she often reads something, but when I talk to her about it, she has a very poor understanding of what she has read. As she gets older and her schoolwork is more difficult, I fear she will not understand unless she becomes a better student. How , can I help her?-lIIinois

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FATHER JOHN J.

DIETZEN Q. We have two questions about marriage annulments when children are involved.

We realize that when a marriage is annulled it means that no marrige ever existed, First, how can anyone claim after 10 years and three children there was never a marriage?

Second, if the marriage never

matters, his right arm was in a cast so when he wheeled the chair with only his left hand he went around in circles. He had to learn to zigzag the chair to drive in a straight line.

"Some students would see me doing that and would come over and without saying anything just start pushing me," he said. "We'd talk and laugh together and I met some really neat people that way.

But others would walk alongside me and laugh at my efforts. I couldn't believe them. I will never pass up helping anybody in a wheelchair again."

I discovered how true his words were when I lived in a wheelchair for three weeks last June. I was refreshed by the kindness of strangers who were sensitive to my plight and appalled at the insensitivityof others who jostled the

chair dangerously and brought me periously near to falling out.

Falling out is a big fear. especially if one knows she can't get up again without help. I only fell out once and that was at home. My heart still beats faster in recalling the fall. A broken knee means a straight-out extended cast so the weight of the plaster creates an imbalance. I leaned forward to pick something off the table and over I went.

Fortunately. my husband was home and was able to retrieve me, shaken but not hurt. But one of the lessons I learned was to give wheelchair-bound people a lot of space and time. And to lend a hand. even if we're' strangers; to open a door 'and wait patiently for the chair to go through; to say simply. "Can I , 'I. help push?" ,

A second lesson I learned was that wheelchair .occupants spend a lot of time'looking up, which can be uncomfortable to the neck and demeaning to the spirit. We have a good friend who has lived in a wheelchair most of his life and he once told me that caring people sit or kneel on one knee during conversations so that they are on eye level with him and he doesn't have to look "up constantly.

I knew this and practiced it with him and others but I C1idn't really understand it until I experienced it. Looking up puts one in a childish position. So, readers. when talking with a wheelchair occupant, etiquette says to crouch down and 'converse horizontally.

While handicapped accessible buildings are a great blessing, I discovered that m'ost signs and

instructions are displayed for the standing. One of my first forays out was to our local library for a quilt exhibit. My husband, who isn't into quilts. offered to push me around.

"Oh, no," I laughed. "I can handle it. Go look at books." He did.

Then I discovered that all the information supplied on the quilts was printed on little cards about three feet above my head. Now. whenever there's an exhibit of any kind. I suggest dual signs, one for the standing and one for the sitting.

My sojourn in a wheelchair was short but informative. Like my son. I believe everyone would benefit from spendinga few weeks in one. We would become more caring. knowledgeable and sensitive people. I consider my experience a blessing.

How to help your'child become a good thinker Your concern seems to be in the area of thinking and problemsolving skills, an area which concerns many educators. Educators are concerned because both teachers and pupils often focus on getting the right answers rather than thinking through a problem.

Educators identify four skills which mark good thinkers: - Good thinkers can apply learned skills to a new problem.

- Good thinkers use inference.

They can figure out meanings from the context.

- Good thinkers can generalize. They can take information from one context to another.

- Good thinkers can synthesize information.路 They can pick out the important elements in a sea of information.

A tall order indeed for young

minds. You note rightly that these skills become increasingly important as schoolwork becomes more complex.To help children develop thinking skills. some teachers have turned to the Socratic method of questioning, a centuries-old technique which means nothing more than using careful questioning to determine that the pupil truly understands the material. ' Here are some do's and don路ts.

Do phrase questions carefully.

For example, in a'transportation unit. you might say. "Tell me the difference between a car and a hot air balloon." A better problem is.

"Tell me the difference between the way a car moves and the way a hot air balloon moves."

Use questions that require a sentence or more to answer. Even

better, use open-ended statements like "Tell me about ...... "Explain how ....""How do you know that?"

When you ask a question, wait.

Give the child time to answer and listen to the answer. Teachers find that once students realize that their answers are taken seriously. they answer more thoughtfully.

When you get a wrong answer. help the child figure out why it is wrong. "Tell me another way."

"Tell me how you got that information."

Some ways o( questioning discourage thin,king skills. Here are some don'ts.

Don't give hints. When a child cannot come up with an answer, some parents and teachers rephrase the question again and again. 'Each time they add more hints until they have given away

the answer. This is a mistake.

Repeat the question if necessary. but without giving any more" information.

Do not accept vague. half-right answers and go on because you need to get finished.

Do not ask questions that can be answered yes or no. Such questions promote guessing. not thinking. "Yes." "no" and "I don't know" are the three favorite answers for most children. Discourage them.

Thoughtful questioning need not be dull. You can use it in many situations. When you are riding in a car, observing something beautiful in nature, shopping and making a decision about a purchase. you can question carefully. listen thoughtfully. and help both you and your child become better thinkers.

The status of children when a marriage is annulled existed, then the children were born out of wedlock and are illegitimate. That is the way it seems, but I have hard time believing that children in these situations would be labeled this way, Can you explain? (Pennsylvania) A. Both of your questions come to me often.

The existence of children says nothing in itself about the existence of a marriage. even if the couple have lived together for years.

A declaration of nullity of a . marriage can happen in civil law as well as in church law. though the process and understanding are quite different in state and church courts.

In both, however. an annulment says simply that a couple can go through marriage ceremony. repeat the vows anq perhaps live together for some years. and still not be truly. validly married.

The Catholic Church is quite explicit about this. Canon law says: "The marriage covenant. by which a man and woman establish between themselves (this means with clear awareness and intention) a partnership of the whole 'of life. is by nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring" (Canon 1055).

The new Catechism of the

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Catholic Church begins its discussion of the sacrament of marriage with that definition. then stresses that when awareness of the meaning of that marriage consent, or the physical and emotional ability to make it with genuine human freedom. is not present. there is simply no marriage. (nn. 1601.

1626-1632) It surely is not news that such "invalidating" circumstances may sometimes not be recognized for what they are until years after the wedding.

It is to determine whether these. or other questionable circumstan-

ces. are present that annulment proceedings are initiated.

Your second question is simpler.' at least in theory. If a man and woman were free to marry in the first place. any children born during their legal union would he considered legitimate by the church. even if that marriage is annulled.

Such a union i's called a "putative" marriage; everyone. including probably the couple themselves. thought it was a true marriage. and there was no apparent reason to think otherwise .

Offspring of such marriages are legitimate children in church law. and of course in civil law as well.

Priest suspended for his views on abortion violence A new custom Dear Editor: We, the community of St. Peter's, would like to ask you to help us institute a new custom which we hope will help remind us each day of our commitment to our brothers and sisters living with AIDS. In a recent article in the Anchor, it was stated that Mother Teresa had called upon.,all Catholics to say the Hail Mary, each day when they gather together for Mass, so that a cure for AIDS may be found.

AIDS-related diseases not only cut short the lives of individuals in communities hke our town ano other U.S. cities, but in large sections of the population in many countries in Africa, Europe, and Asia. I n solidarity with all these patients, we join Mother Teresa . and her communities of brothers, sisters and coworkers around the world in praying for the intention that the cure for AIDS might be found.

Since we started this custom, we have experienced a very favorable response in our parish. We would therefore like to invite other parishes to do the same each day. This simple gesture and act of devotion may well be the means to obtain a cure.

God bless you, Father William Blottman, pastor Father O.R. Ndong'a, SJ

New AgeMovement Dea'r Editor: When I read the letter from Kathryn Swegart (Anchor, Aug. 13), I had just finished reading for the third time a book by Constance Cumbey, a Christian attorney from Detroit. The book, published in 1983, is entitled "The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow: The New Age Movement and Our Coming Age of Barbarism." .

Another book that I have read IS "The Unicorn in the Sanctuary: The Impactofthe New Age on the Catholic Church" by Randy England, a Catholic lawyer and an expert on the New Age. What these two people have discovered through extensive research is alarming. They tell us that the "New Age is widely promoted by well known personalities and the commercial media but as a bizarre combination of humanist ideals, pagan superstitions, self-deification, Satanism and Witchcraft, the New Age Movement is ·far more dangerous than it appears."

All the more alarming, therefore. is the spread of New Age ideas within the Catholic Church.

I bring this up because ment~­ oned in Randy England's book IS Rosemary Ruether, one of the feminists who believe in a separate feminist spirituality for women that goes beyorid God and the Father and instead celebrates self and seeks to connect with the "Goddess." This femi~ist spirituality is probably the most blatant form of heresy in the church today. One wonders how far this movement can go 'without waking up .t~ose who up until now follow unwlttmgly.

However, the Catholic Church

is not alone with this New Age Problem. "The wonder of this entire business," says Constance Cumbey, a Protestant, "is its ecumenism.'! She tells of a groupjn Berkeley, Calif., that has btoug~t Catholics; Protestants and Jewish participants together in a sort of commonizetilapostasy. Unfortunately, the movement ~as mis~ed Iliany sincere followers Into seeing its plain declarations for what they actually are. Both Constance Cumbey and Randy England alert us to the danger.

Irene Wilson Sagamore Beach 1I4••_~~_-

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Dear Editor: Can any of us thread our experiences of this day and age to' yOUTS, Mary, so far away?

Can a woman begin to pray to one whose perfection has been raised beyond our ordinary lives. our ordinary days?

Can a mother balance all the little things, all the fears and all the wonders her children have each and every day?

How do I pray to you about the worries of labor and birth, when I imagine your journey on a donkey and at a stable?

How do I pray to you about the need for safe homes, hope-filled educations and bread to feed our children's hearts?

How do I pray to you about a world beyond stabbings and drugs or- children being lost to strangers with vicious hearts, when you lived through so much more?

Did you ever explain: "Lord, my heart is very tired..."

Did you ever want to scream: "N o! That's enough!"

Did you ever question "Why?" I wonder if our hearts have been woven together with any common threads, when I spar with rounds of laundry and bathtubs that have become wildlife preserves.

I wonder in my heart, when I try to tame the pantry with the cupboard-doors-that-never close or the bedrooms where floors become closets and .beds are launching pads.

I wonder not at all when I see children of all ages having the faith and discovering the will to challenge the dragons of the world in their own consistent ways.

You were raised up to him, when you rebelled against many unanswered questions. Your trust and your willingness to believe in him have been as open as the morning skies.

You were raised upto him when you rebelled against discourage.. ment. Your wisdom and courage have encircled you with a crown of stars a dozen times over.

You were raised up to him when you rebelled against fear. Your darkened paths have been brightened by the moonlight and not ended by lies.

Raise our trust to love; raise our wisdom to teach; raise our prayers to him who raised you..

Denise Turner Seekonk

Worthier "It is worthier of a man to rise in

laughter above life than to bewail it." - Seneca

MOBILE, Ala. (CNS) ~ Archbishop Oscar A. Lipscomb of Mobile has suspended the priestly faculties of an archdiocesan priest who refused to stop calling the murder of abortionists justifiable homicide.

In an Aug. 23 statement, Archbishop Lipscomb said he was removing Father David C. Trosch as administrator of St. John's parish in Magnolia Springs, Ala., becau~ of the priest's "continued pubhc support of an erroneous .tea.chin.g that the killing of abortlORlsts IS morally acceptable. .

"At this time it is not certain whether Father Trosch can recover the confidence I need in him to be able to return as administra- . tor of St. John's," Archbishop Lipscomb added. "His acceptance, in obedience, of the above arrangements offers solid hope for such an outcome."

The archbishop's action came less than a week after he announced that Father Trosch had agreed to stop saying that it was morally acceptable to kill those who perform abortions.

The controversy began earlier in August when the priest tried to buy a newspaper advertisement backing the murder of abortionists. The ad, which the Mobile Register daily newspaper refused to run. showed a man aiming a gun at the back of a doctor about to perform an abortion. The caption read, "Justifiable homicide?"

"The Catholic Church cannot espouse the teaching that abor-. tionists are to be killed in defense of human life." Archbishop Lipscomb said in an Aug. 17 statement.

He added he gave Father Trosch "the alternative of publicly abiding by my judgment on this erroneous teaching or relinquishing his public position in the church. He has indicated to me that he chooses the former and will so conduct himself publicly in the future."

But in an interview published Aug. 22 in ihe Mobile Register, Father Trosch reiterated his views.

"Instead of paying $1,200 [for an ad], I got a half-billion dollars of free pUblicity," he told the Register.

The controversy was further fueled by the Aug. 21 late-night murder of a Mobil« abortion d.oc~ tor outside an x-rated theater.

Mobile police have indicated that the killing of Dr. George Wayne Patterson was most likely a random street crime, but the Aug. 24 editiol) of the Mobile Register carried side-by-side front-page stories. on the murder and the priest's suspension, linking them with the common headline, "Questions haunt abortion doctor's death."

The issue also carried a letter from Archbishop Lipscomb protesting the newspaper's handling ofthe story, saying it had "enabled (Father Trosch) to reach a worldwide audience and solidified, by interview and emphasis, what began as query for the sake of attention."

In an editor's note, the Register said the "enormous national interest in the story validates its importance as a news event."

During an Aug. 18 radio interview, Father Trosch said Michael Griffin, charged with ~he March 10 murder of Florida abortionist David Gunn, "acted out his beliefs in what God wanted done .... I find no fault with him and I do find it justifiable homicide."

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DENVERITES Do-Tothy Leonard (center), her mother and brotherattend Mass celebrated during World Youth Day at Annunciation ChUTCh in Denver by Bishop Sean O'Malle~.

Ms. Leonard, a fo-rmer student of Bishop O'Malley at Ca~h~hc University of America, is a pastoral assistant at AnnunCiatIOn parish. (Hickey photo)

ABA won't do poll NEW YORK (CNS) - The American Bar Association has defeateda resolution· .that would have forced it. to que~on all its 370,000 members abOut whether they backed ABA support of abortion rights. The ABA's House of Delegates, its policy-making body, rejected the resolution by a vote of 313 to 128. The ABA has flipflopped several times over the controversial issue during the past few years, causing fluctuations in its membership numbers. The ABA Journal reported that the associ.ation lost about' 1.4 percent of ItS membership between its 1992'and

1993 billing years because of the economy and policy positions, including the vote last August supporting abortion rights.

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We are one body, one body in Christ. And we do not stand alone.

At the name of Je,sus, every knee shall bend.

Jesus is the Lord, and He will come again. . .

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We are"on'ebody For YoiJare {TlY body, 楼ou'r~ my'hands We are one body, one body in Christ.

And He came that we might have life.

When you eat My Body and drink My Blood.. i will live in you and you will live in My love...

I am the way, the truth the life.

I am the final- sacrifice. I am the way, the truth the life. He who believes in me will-have eternal life...

In the rock of Peter see my church I build...

Come receive my spirit, with . my gifts be filled.

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Speak my word of life to everyone you meet.

I have come, your Savior, that you might have life. Thru the tears and sorrow,' thru the toil and strife.

Listen when I call you, for I know you need.

Come to me your Shepherd, for my flock I feed.

He came th'at we might have life.

Text: "We Are One Body" Official World Youth Day 1993 theme song Hickey photos of diocesan pilgrims

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Questionnaire aids disability review In May IlJlJ3. approximately categories. They establish when eficiary will be spared the need for an extensive review of his or her 92.000 Social Security disability the review shourd take place.

The categories are: cas~. beneficiaries who were expected to have a Continuing Disability Re• Medical improvement exSocial Security staff in local view (CDR) to evaluate their con- pected- beneficiliry's status gen- offices have helped beneficiaries tinuing eligibility for disability erally scheduled for review within complete the questionnaire if they benefits received both a letter and 6-18. months of the most recent requested assistance. This coopera'briefquestionnaire from the Social medical decision; ative effort should result in reSecurity Administration (SSA).

• Medical improvement pos- sponses that are complete, accuThe letter explains Social Se- sible-beneficiary's status sche- rate, and as timely as possible. curity's new "CDR mailer" pro- duled for review every 3 years; or The existing full medical CDR cess. The questionnaire consists of • Medical improvement not process requires an in-person apseven questions for the beneficiary expected-beneficiary's status sche- pearance by the beneficiary. It to answer. Then, he or she simply duled for review every 7 years. places a considerable burden on mails the completed questionnaire the disabled beneficiary and on No matter which category an SSA in order to determine the to Social Security's disability processing center in Baltimore for individual is placed in. Social' beneficiary's continuing eligibility.

Security historically has required technical review. that the CDR include a full mediThe number of individuals apBased on the information the cal review. This procedure involves plying for disability benefits has beneficiary supplies, one, of two a labor-intensive process that in- grown rapidly over the last few actions will occur: the full medical eludes an in-depth field office years. and the resources needed to CDR under the current process interview evaluation of the medi- conduct CDRs have been diverted will be conducted at !his time or cal evide~ce of record by a State to handle the increased initial ~h ~--D1sa6iTifYDetermination Services ---Claims workloads. At this time, mt~ ~ category to be ch~cked (DDS) examiner, and a possible more than one million beneficiaragam m the future. consultative medical exam to ies are awaiting CDRs and approxSocial Security is required by obtain any additional information imately 400,000 additional Social law to periodically review the 8ta- neededlo assess the possibility of Security disability beneficiaries are tus of Social Security disability medical improvement of the bene- due to have a review each year.

The existing CDR process was beneficiaries to determine if- they ficiaty's present condition. continue to be disabh;d. The time The test results show that the no longer addressing the agency's between reviews depends on (1) responses to the mailer will enable or beneficiaries' needs so Social the beneficiary's age and (2) the Social Security to identify benefi- Security's Office of Disability nature and severity of the medical ciaries whose disabilities have not initiated and successfully tested an condition on which the benefits improved-in an efficient. com- alternative mailer process in field are based, including the chances of passionate. and cost..:effective offi-ces in 25- states. The new quesmedical improvement., manner. If a review of the mailer tionnaire elicits key information response and other information in about a beneficiary's medical conBased on these factors. disabiIity beneficiaries are placed in one SSA records offers no indication dition and his or her attempts. if of three medical re-eXamination of medical improvement. the ben- any. to return to work.

SERRA STATUE: Cardinal Roger M:'Mahony of Los Angeles stands with retired developer William Hannon before one ofthe 30 life-sizebtoDze·statues of Father Junipero Serra Hannon has donated' to' schools ,and missions in Southern California. <<;NS photo)

L.A. retiree donates statues of Junipero Serra LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A within five miles of a miSSIOn. California real estate developer that's where the land is best.'" has given the archdiocese of Los The Serra figure stands 5 feet, 3 Angeles 30 statues of J unipero inches -- Serra's height as deterSerra, which are being placed in mined by his remains - on a fourschools and missions throughout inch base. Hannon's gift is estimated at nearly $1 million. the archdiocese.

At the recent blessing of the William Hannon, 79, who donated the statues, said his mother Serra statue placed in the garden instilled in him love for Serra, the beside St. Vibiana Cathedral, Car18th-century Franciscan friar who dinal Roger M. Mahony of Los founded many California missions. Angeles hailed Serra as a "magnificent Californian" and a "wonder"I n 1925, my parents put us six children into the Studebaker and fullocal hero for our youth."

The statue reflects "a man always we visited everyone of the California missions:' Hannon said. "I on the move. His eyes are lifted up. was in fourth grade. and of course, he has a vision. His staff is at the it made a tremendous impression ready. This sums up well what we need to be as disciIfles of Jesus," on me."

The statues are close to a school's the cardinal said.

"We need to have the same type playground or entrance "where the children can see' it every day," of motto as Blessed Serra. 'siemHannon said. He added that he pre adelante," 'always forward: hoped children would see the image always looking ahead and not and be impressed by Serra as he worrying about what happened in the past." had been as a youth.

As Hannon matured and prospered, so did his admiration for Serra. He came to appreciate Serra's humility and persistence CHICAGO (CNS) - Arch_ _~a~nd~h~i~s~in~s~t~in~c;.:t~s-:-fo~r:-:fi~n~d~in~~i0I.Wu....~~. hop Elden F. Curtiss of Omaha, UI mg sites for the missions.

Neb., has been named episcopal "I often refer to Serra as Cali- adviser of Serra International. He fornia's first subdivider. He picked will counsel Serra leadership rethe mission sites in areas with garding the organization's vocaplenty of water. fertile soil, good tion mission and be liaison with foliage and no wind." Hannon the U.S. hierarchy. Serra Internatold The Tidings. Los Angeles tional is an organization ofCathoarchdiocesan newspaper. lic laity who promote vocations to "Today. when people ask me the priesthood and religious life where to buy land or wh~re to, and strive to develop thei':..own build. I tet! them. 'Buy anywhere' vocation to service. .

New adviser.

About baby boomers Don't look back now, my fellow older Americans, the baby boomers may be gaining on us.

U.S. boomers. those born between 1946 and 1964, are not only younger and stronger. they are more numerous than those of us 65 and older, and they ar-e beginning to challenge our dominance as the wealthiest segment of society.

Besides, they're getting their act together. A 36-year-old Dallas, TX. accountant, Karen Meredith, has launched the American Association of Boomers, hoping to get all 69 million of them organized.

Meredith hopes the AAB will one day catch up to the American Association of Retired Persons with its 33 million members. She hasn't seen her first million yet, so she has a way to go to match the clout of AARP. The Wall Street Journal has reported that for the first time in years, "wealth is flowing from older Americans to the baby boom generation." What happened? Last year's sharp decline in interest rates. that's what.

During the 80s, sky-high interest rates and rising housing prices helped the elderly build their assets. the J ourna!' reported. but made it difficult for their children to buy houses. Last year's drop in interest rates altered the economic balance.

Lower mortgage and other interest rates have made life easier for millions of baby boomers, many of whom refinanced their home loans and benefited from grealel expendable income.

Noone can predict how long the low interest niles will last. but the boomers will have a long way to go to match their elders. To look at just. one measure, the median income of people 65 and up nearly doubled from 1962 to 1988' when adjusted for inflation.

Today's boomers will likely never share the degree of affluence en-

joyed by their parents, many of whom grew up during the Great Depression and are now living off the fat of the land.

Public policy planners also fear that boomers will not enjoy the benefits of their parents' good fortune. Much of their wealth will be consumed by older Americans themselves. just because they're living longer and higher on the hog.

The fact that the big bulge of baby boomerswiU soon reach retirement means trouble ahead, according to a growing number of experts both private and governmental. The nation's "social safety net will be strained," according to one.

"As the generation in the middle:' according to the Population Reference Bureau, "baby boomers will playa pivotal role .... as they provide for their children, assist their aging parents and plan for their own future."

The ability of the Social Security system to provide for the future needs of, retireds will be endangered. the Reference Bureau said. in light of the fact that the elderly population is soaring and the number ofworking Americans contracting.

That potential crisis "may be one of the first major tests of the baby boom generation's political cohesion and power,"tbe bureau predicted.

The drop in interest rates may be clQsing the gap between boomers and elders, but the boomers face many problems that their parents never experienced. To cite 0'

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just one. as boomers age. they may soon have more older relatives to care "for than children.

As aging elders increase, according to the Wall Street Jour~ nal, employees and unions may launch campaigns to obtain more elder-care help from employers or the government.

The American Association of Boomers has a difficult row to hoe and it must build its clout rapidly if it expects to match some of the gains enjoyed by us older Americans. I strongly recommend moderation in their demands on the public treasury. however.

They've got to remember tl1at if they're lucky. one day they too will be senior citizens.

They~re not enough WASHINGTON (CNS) - Eight words, "Due to some violent content, parental discretion advised." are not enough to stem the tide of violence on television, say Catholic media watchers. The parental advisory, to start this fall, was voluntarily offered by the four broadcast networks and the Motion Picture Association of America in response to mounting complaints about TV violence. Each network will determine which shows merit the advisory. But as for its deterrent effect: "I'm not confident of that at all," said Miriam A. Crawford, director of the U.S. Catholic Conference Office of Communication Policy. "!t's not doing anything to reduce the amount of violence."

The Anchor Friday, August 27, 1993

Wlllere do we go for light in darkness?

For the third summer, Father William W. Norton, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Woods Hole, presents a series of thought-provoking articles, the fourth of which appears below.

The Editor . The untimely d,~ath of Vincent Foster, one of the inner circle members of our IPresident's first team, has caught the eye of America. Vincent Foste:r ended his life by a self-inflicted gunshot. Now the press and the. public seek understanding of the dreadful disease which took this chief White House aide to a premature grave.

Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses. All of us

have some experience with it; either suffering fr,om it personally, or having friends. acquaintances or family members who have been at some time clinically depressed. In fact. at least one out of 10 adults experiences one or more episodes of depression during his or her lifetime.

Researchers estimate the lifetime risk to be as high as 30 percent Some depressed people obtain professional help, but iTIany others do not. Probably only 10 to 25 percent with this illness seek medical treatment. Are we still a society that stigmatizes the person seeking psychiatric help? Our schools have guidance counselors, but I know of no public or private school with

services for a troubied student, yet it is so important to allow both students and adult:; to admit they need help to cope with life.

The clinical picture of depression varies tremendously. One person may cry continuously and be filled with self-ro~proach. Some people complain about physical pain or chronic fatigue. Feeling' sad or as we say "down in the dumps" is the most common experience of people wffering from depression. And there are those who report no mood disturbances and appear to be quite together and functional although they have some classic physical signs of depression.

What should be looked for as

Tlhe Bible is the Church's book

By Father Pierre E. Lachance, OP Fundamentalist Christians often accuse the Catholic Church 'of being anti-Bible. Little do they realize that the Bible is uniquely the Church's boole. It has nourished the faith of. Catholics for almost 2,000 years. The Fathers of the Church and later theologians pored over the.Scriptures and studied them assiduously. They commented on the books of the Bible from the pulpit and in the classroom. The Bible was their life.

The Vatican Council says that "the Church has always venerated the divine Scriptures just as she venerates the body of the Lord (in the Eucharist)." Both are food for the sou!. The Couneil also reminds us that the Churo;h has always joined both in the Mass: the first part is the Liturgy of the Word; the second, the Liturgy of the Eucharist. .

In order to emphasize the importance of the Bible, the Church of Vatican II gave us a new Lectionary with three Scripture readings every Sunday instead of two, and selections from all the books ofthe Old and New Te:;taments in a three-year cycle. The Council also put new emphasis on the homily so that we now have B~n explanation of the Bible readings at practically every Mass. All this highlights the importance the Church attaches to the Word of God. It is also worthy of note that it was monks of the Catholic Church who preserved and copied the Bible by hand over the cf:nturies before the invention of the printing press in 1450. All Christians owe them a debt of gratitude.

The Church is s,ometimes accused of having forbidden Catholics to the Bible. The contrary is true. The Church has always encouraged reading the Bible, even granting indulgences to those who read the Scriptures at least i 5 minutes every day. But at the same time, she required that lay people use only Bibles approved by the Church with footnotes and commentaries to guard them against wrong interpretations. Today Catholic Bible study groups flourish and are supplied with excellent teaching materials.

The Bible is a Catholic book not only because the Church has always sought its spiritual nourishment in the Word of God, but more basically because it is the Church that gave us the Bible, especially the New Testament.

It is important to realize that historically the Church came before the Bible. When Jesus founded

his Church, only the Old Testament was in existence.

He sent his Apostles to preach all he had taught them and to baptize those who would believe.

(Matth. 28:19-20) Eventually, soine of his disciples of .Jesus put into writing their recollections about Jesus and his teachings and that is how the Gospels came into being.

Later other members of the Christian community, such as St. Paul, wrote letters to the churches, and they too were regarded as inspired writings. Thus, little by little, we got the 27 books that make up the New Testament. It was 64 years after tlie Ascension of Jesus before all those books were written. Dur~ ing all that time the Church was a going concern. Sh'e did not depend on the Bible.

The New Testament was entirely written by members ofthe Catholic Church and it expressed the faith of that Church. This makes the Bible the Church's book, and she is the Mother of the Bible.

However, it was a long time before the 27 books of the New Testament were put together in one volume and recognized as Sacred Scripture. For over 350 years many other edifying writings circulated among Christians and it was not always clear which were to be regarded as part of the Bible.

But in the year 393, at a Council of the Catholic Church held at Hippo, the bishops decided to sort out which writings belonged to the

Bible. All Christian:; today possess the authentic New Testament on the sole authority of the Catholic Church. At the same Council, the Church recognized 45 books as making up the O;,d Testament.

Truly the Church is the Mother of the Bible. Its importance comes from the fact that :it preserves in writing for all generations an accurate account of the faith of the apostolic Church.

True reverence for the Sacred Scriptures require~ careful and even scholarly study of the Word of God to make su:re we discover its true meaning. Te' make sure we get God's message and not our own personal interpretation, Jesus as guide,. gave us the Church .

In the 16th century, the Protestant reformers, having rejected th~ Church, had to fall back on the Bible as the only basis of their faith. Luther at first said that each Christian could read and understand the Bible by himself. That .was the famous principle of "pri- " vate interpretation." The result was chaos. Because of private interpretation, we have today hundreds of .

Protestant denominations and sects, because each founder decided to follow his or her own interpretation of God's Word.

We can thank God for giving us the Church as his authorized interpreter ofthe Bible. B,ecause ofthis, the Catholic Church has preserved her unity for 2,000 years.

symptoms of this illness? They can include depressed moods, inability to derive pleasure from previously enjoyed activities such as sports, eating, sex, social events and family functions; anxiety with regard to everything; insomnia or other sleep disturbances; loss of appetite; gaining weight too fast; loss of energy; feelings of hopelessness and helplessness; suicidal thoughts or behavior such as excessive drinking, driving at excessive speeds to endanger oneself; feelings of guilt, worthlessness and low self-esteem; difficulty in concentrating on activities. such as reading or even watching television.

The good news is that researchers F ATHER NORTON have developed wonderful antidepressants and that people can re- is unlikely that he would have fe t cover and enjoy a very happy life suicide was the only way for him t:> once they receive treatment. Even escape what was a legitimate illnes::. if you are skeptical, I suggest that Hiding from depression adds to il s if you experience any of these pain; facing it strengthens you I' many symptoms over a two or faith that God will be there fcr three-week period, do yourself a you, even if you cannot see him i 1 favor - see someone with medical the darkness.

God will wait for as long as it expertise who can help you. .

Had Vincent Foster been able to takes us to get better and enjo { seek proper medical treatment, it him in our lives.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Aug. 27,1993

Pope, president have job of getting message across WASHINGTON (CNS) When Pope John Paulll and President Clinton met in Denver, "we shared many values and perspectives," Clinton said in formal remarks afterward.

Clinton revealed a number of items they talked about, but one characteristic they share wasn't on the president's short list: the demanding job of getting their message across to their respective constituencies.

The pope faces reluctance and recalcitrance among some of the laity on such matters as abortion, birth control, women's ordination and a married priesthood.

Clinton's stands on taxes, the budget, the federal deficit and health care reform have been met with resistance if not hostility in Congress and large segments of the American public.

It's not something past popes and presidents haven't faced. Rare is the president who won with more than 55 percent of the vote, considered a landslide in political circles. And popes through the centuries have had to battle against heresies, defectors and antipopes.

But there are differences in the two situations.

For one thing, the president, as the head of a democracy, presides over a "free exchange, coalition building, 50 percent plus one," noted James Castelli, co-author with George Gallup Jr. of "The American Catholic People" and "The People's Religion."

"The pope does not claim that the church is a democracy. That's a very big difference in the way you argue with people. If you do it from the basis of authority, it doesn't work for many people as a claim," Castelli said.

It must also be noted that popes have路the luxury of time to instill church teachings, while presidents must think in terms of, well, terms - the two-year and four-year kind.

But that is no reason for complacency, according to Catholic University of America theology professor Peter Casarella.

"The church cannot portray or have a certain smugness just because it's survived for 2,000 years," Casarella said. "It must test its teaching in every generation."

Castelli said that with polls showing many Catholics disagreeing with church teaching on moral issues, "do you need to re-examine the message?.... If 80 percent of Catholics reject the church's teaching on birth control, then... what do you do with that fact? How do you respond to it?"

Clinton faltered in his message on the tax and budget package, said Frank Mankiewicz, vice chairman of the Hill and Knowlton public relations firm, when he "let the Republicans get away with saying 路it was the biggest tax increase in history."

To reverse that impression, Mankiewicz said, Clinton will have to tell Americans to "look at their taxes on April 15th when they see they're not paying any more taxes PUBLIC RELATIONS man Bill Ramsay stands by billthan they were the year before." board his firm helped produce for Serra Clubs and archdioce"The challenge ,the Clinton adsan vocations office in Omaha, Neb. (CNS photo) ministration has is truly a pragmatic and political problem," Casarella said, while oversimplifying the church is "one of the greatest causes of misunderstanding of what the church is."

Evan Zeppos, president of ZepVATICAN CITY (CNS) kingdom of God and to serving pos Remsik Mueller, a MilwaukeeWanted: men with hearts big people with a heart open to all based public relations firm, said enough and minds educated enough humanity as the founder of a new that American distrust of Richard to lead the church into a new spiritual family," the pope said.

Nixon's presidency spilled over millennium.

While there have been some into other institutions, the Catholic Chastity and obedience also are tough admonitions for priests to Church included. called for in Pope John Paul ll's be holy and toe the church's line in job description of a priest. But the the recent series, the overall tone But, he added, "I don't think pope's focus in his first dozen flows from what Pope John Paul you'll ever see that [degree of loss weekly general audience talks on said at the beginning was his motiof respect Nixon encountered] in the priesthood has been on the vation: "a heart full of affection" the papacy." personal spirituality and public for the current clergy corps.

Zeppos said Pope John Paul is ministry of the clergy. "overwhelmingly" popular despite Because priests are anointed by Pope John Paul has been using the Holy Spirit, their identity canopposition to certain church teachhis weekly general audiences since not be interpreted in purely secuings. The pope as symbol is crulate March to paint a picture of the lar terms, "as if the priest were cial, he added: "Symbolism is one ideal priest. of the most important ways to simply dedicated to the establishThe topic and content of the communicate with people." ment of justice or to the spreading Pictures humanizing the pope talks followed an extended series of love in the world."

The most important ministry of made the front page of newspapers in which the pope explained his nationwide. "He is the pope, he is oWf\ job, from the historical ori- the priesthood and the source of the hierarchy, but yes, the pope gins ofthe papacy to the authority its ongoing strength is the celebration of the Eucharist, the pope likes to hike, he likes to read a of papal teaching.

Both series have the flavor of said. book, he gets tired, he likes to sit catechesis, educating the faithful While the pope has encouraged down," Zeppos said. and the general public about the priests to celebrate Mass daily, his And while Clinton has an "in- different ,roles people have in the job description goes beyond what credible power to influe'nce and church.

Catholics see their priests doing shape the public agenda," he added, He began with an explanation every day: celebrating Mass, ad"when you saw the photos of t~e of the role of priests as successors ministering parishes, keeping boilpope and the president together, it of the men chosen by Christ to ers functioning and worrying about was the president who came in' assist the 12 Apostles in spreading financing the parish school. second." the Good News. They act on behalf The papal qualifications for of Christ, presiding over worship priestly ministry are even tougher. and evangelization efforts.

An effective priest embodies perIn a mid-J uly talk, the pope said the presence of married priests in sonal goodness, honesty, sociabilthe early church and among some ity, humility and charity, he said.

"The priest should always be Eastern-rite Catholic churches topatient and gentle with his people, day shows that celibacy "is not demanded of the priesthood by its generous in assisting them in their needs, eager to know them better, nature."

But the tradition that has lasted ready to forgive."

Regular prayer is indispensable, centuries and has been reaffirmed repeatedly shows that the church he said. It "protects the priest from has become more and more con- the danger of neglecting the invinced that celibacy follows Christ's terior life in favor of action and design for the priesthood, he said. from the temptation of losing oneIt is an imitation of Christ him- self in too much activity." self, the pope said, Prayer, adoration of the Eucha"He lived as a celibate, and for rist and frequent confession lead a this reason he was able to devote priest along the path to perfection all his' energy to preaching the and around the roadblocks of anything "that would make him seek the goods of this world," the pope said.

Another desire priests must be willing to give up is poiitical power LEADERS OF the world's Catholics and the free world exercised either directly through stroll together on the grounds of Regis University in Denver elected office or indirectly through dictating political choices to one's during the World Youth Day program earlier this month. congregation, the pope said.

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Generous, educated men wanted for priesthood

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The faith calls on all Chris,tians, and priests in particular, to live a "spirit of poverty" and be detached from earthly goods, says Pope John Paul II. But that doesn't translate intoa "radical poverty" that would deny the right to own property, he said at a recent general audience.

"The spirit of poverty is necessary for everyone, in every time and every place. To fall short of this would be to betray the Gospel," he said.

Being faithful to this spirit, however, does not entail for either priests or lay people "the practice of a radical poverty with the renunciation of all property," he said.

He noted that the church has never accepted the idea that Christ's teaching means individuals cannot own property. Instead, she has sought to bring "moderation" to the understanding and practice of poverty.

The pope said the growing awareness that priests should demonstrate poverty in their own lives represents "great progress" in the modern church.

"If ever the clergy may have appeared in some places as belonging to the category of the rich, today he feels honored, along with the whole church, to be in the front row of the 'new poor,''' he said.

This "attitude is a blessing for priestly life and brings the clergy closer to Christ, who was born and lived among the poor," the pope said.

The priest should be disinterested in money, and unselfish regarding earthly possessions, and should live a simple lifestyle in a modest house accessible to everyone; he said. He should "refuse everything that is or even appears to be luxurious," he added.

The pope said the problem o( earthly possessions among the clergy was a "delicate" one. On the one hand, he said, Christ did not prohibit the apostles from acquiring goods needed for their daily life. Likewise, priests and the institutional church today are allowed some possessions.

But the pope added: "This should be especially underlined: ecclesiastical office cannot be used by priests or bishops for personal enrichment or profit for their own families."

Priests should generally stay away from commercial activity and stay out of lay professions, the pope said. He acknowledged that in special cases, priests who also work a regular job can demonstrate great generosity and help bring the church to the working world. ' But he said there is always a risk that the sacred ministry of such clergy will become secondary.

"Everything should be done so that these remain exceptional cases," he said of working priests.

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The church has its own task, the pope said: to proclaim the Gospel while cooperating in its own way toward enhancing the common good.

In each talk on priestly life and ministry, Pope John Paul has included a prayer not only that more men will accept a call to the priesthood, but that they would feel the love, understanding and support of the people whose needs make the job description so long.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Aug. 27, 1993

Spirituality needed by HIV, AIDS ftatients, says chaplain CHICAGO (CNS) - AIDS ministers use spirituality as a resource for persons with H IV and AIDS, a hospital chaplain told' participants at an AIDS ministry, conference in Chicago.

In his 10 years of AIDS ministry, "people who have been living with AIDS have ta.ught me a great deal about the difference between spirituality and religion" said Augustinian Father James Corrigan.

Father Corrigan, chaplain at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, told the sixth National Catholic HIVjAIDS Ministry Conference. that for many, religion is an expression of spirituality, but for others there is a profound conflict between the two.

Father Corrigan said he starts with the assumption that every person has an "inn,~r life." He suggested problems of alienation, sexuality and spiritua lity can be addressed through reconciliation and integration.

Reconciliation, he said, must go both ways. "When people can come together in our mutual brokenness and vulnerability, that's sacred ground ... and I believe something redemptive takes place," Father Corrigan said.

Closely related to reconciliation is integration, and nothing integrates like ritual, he added.

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tive on how AIDS is affecting people in developing nations: "I n the Dominican- Republic, AIDS and HIV are a reality fostered by ignorance," said Bishop Priamo Tejeda Rosario of Bani, Dominican Republic, adding he has heard people say they believe the church has invented AIDS to curb their "fun."

"Ignorance makes people vulnerable," he said. "Because people are vulnerable, the parish is vulnerable, the church is vulnerable, and humanity is vulnerable."

The institutional church in Uganda has been slow to get involved, said Sister Mary Ursula Sharpe, a Medical Missionary of Mary. "'We have been devastated by AIDS," she said, citing statistics that show more than I million orphans as a result of AIDS in a country of 16 million.

Many at the conference spoke of frustration in working within the institutional church. "We've been practicing 'guerrilla Christianity' for years now," one man said.

Archbishop John R. Quinn, episcopal moderator of the National Catholic AIDS Network, sponsors of the conference at Loyola University,urged participants in his homily to see hope in a future that God is preparing.

"Tears are not the last word. Sin and death are not lord," he said.

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, Honoring victims of communism also involves treading on Russian sensitivities because of Russian domination during the Soviet era.

Baltic populations still refer to the Soviet period as the: "Russian occupation," and Russian influence is still strong.

Ethnic Russians are an important and controversial segment of the Baltic inhabitants. They form about one-third of the populations of Latvia and Estonia and 9 percent of the Lithuanian population.

In Latvia and Estonia, major political disputes center on whether ethnic Russians should be granted citizenship.

Under Soviet communism, Russians were the political elite, sent from Moscow to control national life. Russian troops of the Soviet army, their civilian dependents and hundreds of thousands of Russian workers moved into the region to fill the factories of the Sovietcreated war industry.

Russian troops are still in all three countries, as phased withdrawals have not been completed.

Russia has tied troop removal to better legal treatrnent of ethnic Russians.

Russia also is the: regional political power and has financial clout because Baltic economies were firmly tied to it during the Soviet decades.

Papal trip advisers do not expect the pope to get involved in the nitty-gritty of these economic and political problems. Instead, they said that the pope will give overall guidelines for solving sticky issues, stressing the need to achieve regional justice and peace through dialogue and reconciliation.

Father Jerumanis said that while Russia is pressuring over the ethnic issue, "in everyday life there

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The Nobel Peace Prize winner started work amoli,g the poor of Calcutta in 1949 and now has missions in 80 countries. She is regarded by many as a living saint.

She was in New Delhi to receive an Indian government award for "promoting peace and communal harmony," but fell sick hours are no tensions between Latvians before the awards ceremony. and Russians" in Latvia.

'A spokewoman for the MisThe pope also said Aug. 22 that sionaries of Charity in New Delhi the trip is an excellent opportunity said the sisters were praying around to stress ecumenism as a main the clock for the speedy recovery component of church rebuilding of their superior general. and should be seen as a stimulus Father George Pereira, deputy for "intensifying dialogue" among secretary-general of the Catholic the predominantly Catholic, Lu- Bishops' Conference of India, said theran and Orthodox populations. "nothing will happen to Mother."

He told UCA News that "God A papal meeting with ecumenical leaders is planned in all three will protect her, be,;ause she is so much needed in this present-day countries. . The pope will be in Latvia Sept. . world. Not only India, the whole world is looking forward to her 8-9 and in Estonia Sept. 10.

Catholics represent almost 25 presence and prayer." percent of Latvia's 2.7 million inhabitants. Lutherans number about the same. Orthodoxy is the other . HONG KONG (CNS) - A main religion.

There are only 3,000 Catholics Jesuit well known for choosing in Estonia out of 1.5 million inhab- several prison sentences rather itants. Lutheranism is the main than join China's governmentreligion, and there are significant approved and controlled Catholic organization has died of a heart numbers of Orthodox.

In Latvia, the ecumenical meet- ailment in Shanghai, China. Father ing is planned in the Lutheran Vincent Zhu Hong:;heng, 77, was cathedral of the capital of Riga. imprisoned thre~ times and died The cathedral was once a Catholic just four months after Chinese Church but became Lutheran after authorities rescinde:d the remain1530 when the Duchy of Prussia, ing years of his latest sentence. His to which Latvia belonged, adopted family traced its Catholic roots back over 300 years. the new religion.

The ecumenical meeting is "very important" for Latvians, said Father Jerumanis, because it will show that Christian churches can cooperate.

Aug. 29 Latvian Christian churches al1921, Rev. Joseph DeVillandre, ready have a council to coordinate projects and work together to pro- D.O., Founder, Sacred Heart, duce programs for state television. North Attleboro 1975. Msgr. William H. HarArchbishop Mullor Garcia, the nuncio, is the only resident bishop rington, Retired Pastor, Holy for Catholics in Estonia. He sees a Name, Fall River Sept. :l special aspect to the pope's one1985, Rev. Jorge J. de Sousa, day Estonian stay.

Because there are so few Catho- Pastor, St. Elizabeth. Fall River lics, the visit will have "the flavor Sept. :l of a family affair," he said. "Every 1912, Rev. Thomas .I. McGee, Catholic will have a chance to see D.O., Pastor, Sacred Heart, Taunthe pope up close." ton

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she "should get on with my life, but a life lived without you would never be right." Consquently, "I'll never get over you getting over me."

While the son'g has a few soapoperatic overtones, it describes how well some individuals stay stuck in their pains. As anyone knows who has experienced a loss of love, this pain is intense and difficult to face.

Yet there are ways to help ourBy Charlie Martin selves move through the hurt, anger and sadness of grieving.

Consider these ideas as you face the end of a relationship: I'LL NEVER GET OVER YOU I. Don't waste energy blaming yourself or assigning blame (Getting Over Me) to anyone else. Do speak of how you truly feel and face the facts of I hear you're taking what happened.

Your time again Blaming the other person will Having a good time just keep you stuck in anger.

With all your good friends Likewise, blaming yourself will I don't think just make you sadder. ' That you think of me , 2. Be patient with yourself.

You're on your own now Feelings don't run on schedules.

And I'm alone and free Don't put yourself down if you I know that I should have recurring episodes of sadGet on with my life ness or anger. Share whatever But a life lived without you you feel with someone you trust.

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Remember that your body As long as the stars is hurtil1g too. Treat it with speShine down from the heavens cial care.

Watch what you eat.

As long as the rivers Don't resort to junk food. Don't Run to the sea turn to alcohol or any other I'll never get over you drugs. Try to nurture your body Getting over me. with exercise. ' ' I'll try to smile , 4. Tell God how it hurts. God So the hurt won't show accepts our anguish, our sad ness, Tell everybody our despair, our anger. Let it out I was glad to see you go to God. But the tears just 5. Don't try t,o establish some Won't go away other form of relationship with No need to smile again the person you were dating, at Looks like it is here to stay least for a while. Trying to be , I know that I ought friends, for example, makes you , to find someone new 'too vulnerable initially. Rather, But thinking of you allow some distance to develop Now what'llldo? ,between the tw.o of you. '" It's such a rough time 6. 'Tell yourself every day: "I To live through' am getting through this ,pain. I I can't go on like this am getting over this person 'getYou're the only one ting over me.' " In this way, you that I'll ever love. allow room for your self-confidence to grow ~ Written by Q.iane Warren. Sungby Expose So focus mentally on healing (c) 1992, 1993 ~y Arista Re.cords Inc. and on learning to enjoy life once more. Affirm the gift of your life I WONDER how many chart , The song repeats a familiar, and the goodness of being just ' hits Diane Warren has written? It theme in pop music. A romantic who, you are. seems like hundreds! Her latestis Your comments are welcomed relationship ends. One person Expose's "I'll Never- Get Over involved can't get past the grief. ': by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box You (Getting Over Me)."

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If 'you're not old enough to drink, then you're not old enough to drink: It's that simple. Parents I have a poster in my office aren't the only ones yelling about which says, "The change of one simple behavior can affect other teens who drink. The law is pretty rigid about it too. behaviors and thus change many If a kid can change the behavior things." of underage drinking, who knows Since many of my clients are what other positive changes might, teenagers, I use that message to help them see how changing just happen'? Like parents getting off the kid's case, for instance. one behavior that causes trouble I have another poster in my can be the beginning of a variety of office that is an attention-getter. other changes in their lives.

Its message is stated simply, in We try to identify behaviors large black print: "Grounded at which have consequences and re16." Furthe,idown on the poster is place them路 with behaviors they a picture of a casket, surrounded consider better suited to success. by several beer cans, Suppose parents set hours for Ir' a picture says a thousand teens to be home at night and words, that poster says it all. The those hours routinely are disrethought of being grounded pergarded or abused. What do kids get out of thumbing their noses at manently probably never emers parental authority? Trouble, that's the minds of kids who use and abuse alcohol or other drugs. To what.

Or, if teenagers come home again teenagers the thought of mortality and again with alcohol on their seems strangely unreal-"-' until it breath, the old war wagon' gets on happens to someone they k'1o}\'. a roll. How many times do parents Most teenagers referred to me have to' scold,' preach, threaten or forsubstance abuse counseling are withhold privileges before kids fi- bright young adults. They've made nally get the message that under- , some poor choices, 'like drinking or using other drugs. ' age drinking is unacceptable? .

What would it, take for these Many have conflicts with parkids and these parents t6 draw up. ents or other authority figures and a peace treaty? Changing one sim- often find 'themselves in the 'unple behavior (for both parents and happy po~ition of being in trouble . teens) would' probably lead to a with the law.

Many have lost touch with their spirit of cooperation and' foster even more, changes. A peaceful co- sense of spirituality. They've be~ come so absorbed in growing up e~istence has to be a better place to that there's no time for God in live than a war zone!

Try getting' home' on time their lives. ~ even five, minutes early if you , Leaving chil,dhood behind is an really want to impress the powers experience that m'ost teenagers welthat be. Coming in past. curfew come. It's a time for moving on to inevitablY,leads to a showdown new things, new friends, new, that will be unpleasant, if not growth. But the teen years also b~ing new responsibiliti~s. ' awful.

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, Ho,w to 'upholdyo'ur values atc~llege' DAYTON, Ohio (CNS) - If yoiJ're a college freshman heading off to school, be prepared to have your values challenged. probably during that first weekend ';away from home, says Steven D. Mueller, director of ,the student counseling center at the University of Dayton.

"You've got to know what you' want and stick to it." advises" Mueller, "because somebody that first 'weekend will challenge your values, whether it's a challenge to drink a beer, have sex, skip church or cheat."

Freshmen face adjustments in all facets of life when they go away to college. "It's probably the most stressful year oftheir life up to that point," says Mueller.

A common fear is one of inadequacy in the new experience, he says. "They ask themselves if they can get along with a roommate, or understand the professors, or handle that first set of exams. j There's nothing abnormal about a A YOUNG relief worker in Banja-Luka, Bosnia-Her- fear of the unknown, but you do zegovina prepares rice from Catholic Relief Services for distri- . want to minimize it as much as possible." bution'to war refugees. (CNS/ CRS photo)

Self-knowledge iS'the key, he says. "Ask yourself what you want to get out of college and then make some goals. What do you want to accomplish in the first week? Maybe your'goal is to meet five people pr participate in orientation events or sign up for a certain club. Get to know your university." , Getting involved in activities and meeting new people will also hei p stave off homesickness, Mueller says. "The thrill of new challenges, the beginning of adult life - that's the best part about coming to college."

What can Mom and Dad do to encourage their child's independenc~ while still making it eas'ier to adjust to living away from home?

Phone calls can help, Mueller says, as long as you don't overdo it.

"And there's nothing better than a care package. I don't know of any student who felt too dependent on his or her parents because of accepting a care package."

Sometimes students can help themselves by using the, same coping strategies that have worked for them in the past. Mueller says.

In other words, if your teddy bear is very important to you. don't hesitate to tote it along to college.

Bishop Stang Bishop Stang juniors Danielle Charest and ,Matt .Emond, and senior ChJ;'is Shatas participated in the Bay State Games. Danielle was a member of the Coastal Field Hockey team; and Matt and Chris were on the Coastal baseball team.

The Olympic-style sports festival was held in Boston following regional tryouts for the various teams.

Stonehill College Karen S. Beaulieu, daughter of Susan and Kenneth Beaulieu of Somerset, has been named ,to the 1993 edition of Who's Who Among, Students in American Universities and Colleges. Miss Beaulieu received a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics, summa cum laude. from Stonehill College, North Easton, in May.

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'Coyle-Cassidy Coyle and Cassidy High Scnool, Taunton, will open for its 82nd school year Sept. I, Faculty and staff will participate Aug. 30 in a day-long retreat as part of the "Sharing the Faith" faith enrichment program, and they will attend a Mass and business meeting Aug. 31.

Freshmen are to report in uniform 7:45 a.m. to I :50 p.m. Sept. I for orientation and book purchase.

Sophomores,juniors and seniors are to report in uniform 7:45 a.m. to 1:50 p. m. Sept. 2.

Book purchase for seniois will be 2: 15 to 3 p.m. Aug. 31; for juniors, 10:30 a. m. to noon Sept. I; and for sophomore:; I to 2:30 p.m.

Sept. I. Bus transportation will be available for students living out- . side Taunton beginning Sept. I. Bus service in Taunton begins Sept.

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School will be closed Sept. 3 and 6, with classes resuming 7:45 a.m. Sept. 7 for a full day of school.

Youths need mentors, bisl1lop tells Knights NEW ORLEANS (CNS)-"We not only have to be concerned about our young people, we must be leaders and mentors to them," Auxiliary Bishop Curtis J. Guillory of Galveston··Houston told the Knights of Peter C1aver and Ladies Auxiliary during their recent convention in New Orleans.

"Grandparents arld parents still have a strong influence, and they should not take that lightly," he said.

"Young people,'" Bishop Guillory added, "are facing a lot of pressures and if they have support in the home they an~ more likely to overcome the preS5,ures of getting into drugs, into sex and violence and crime..

"Surveys have shown young people who attend Sunday school are less likely to get into trouble," he said. "This is an indication that the church has a big role to play."

Bishop Guillory cited a recent gang summit in Kansas City, Mo., that brought together rival gangs from several cities. "The response of the kids showed that they don't want to be involved in drugs and violence. But we have to offer them an alternative, and the alternative is Jesus Christ," he said.

Young people will follow an "authentic teacher. The authentic teacher is the om: who practices what he or she te:aches," Bishop Guillory said.

"Often young people look to adults and see us compromising the teachings of the chur'ch, compromising values. They don't see us as countercultural."

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With the opening of the new school year, Coyle-Cassidy reaches an impressive milestone in years of service by staff. The 69 administrators, faculty and staff members have given a combined 644 years of service to Coyle-Cassidy and its predecessors: Msgr. Coyle, Bishop Cassidy and St. Mary's high schools.

Thomas Whalen, gui'dal1ce director, begins his 36th year at the school, and past the 20-year mark are Sisters Mary Catherine Burns, Vera Herbert, Ann Joseph LaPlante, Mary Elizabeth Murphy, Elizabeth Magdalen Clayton and Eugenia Marie Arsenault, as well as headmaster Michael Donly.

Aug. 30 when incoming freshmen and their parents will attend an orientation evening, liturgy and cookout.

Aug. 31 the faculty will attend an all-day staff meeting and final preparations will be made to receive a visiting team for the school's IO-year accreditation evaluation in October. , Freshmen will arrive Sept. I for an abbreviated run-through of a typical school-day schedule, picture taking and book purchasing.

Seniors also return Sept. I for orientation, school photos and book sales; juniors and sophomores on Sept. 2.

There will be no school Sept. 3.

Classes will begin Sept. 7.

Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice Revius O. Ortique Jr., keynote speaker at the convention, told the 2,500 assembled that "the words 'justice' and 'equality' shall ring true for 100 million Chicanos, Asians, Native Americans and blacks in America, or it shall be a hollow sound of tinkling bells for millions the world over."

Ortique said it was up to families to teach the lessons ofjustice in the home. "Family justice means that all must sacrifice," he said, "and all can be proud when sacrifice yields to triumph."

He said, "J ustice for the poor and disadvantaged requires - no, it demands - broadened, not reduced support for public education."

Ortique said he believed the U.S. Supreme Court was wrong in declaring in an lIIinois case that "our public schools need to be nonsectarian and godless.... I believe our children might find honor, respect and self-esteem if a greater emphasis were placed on religious values."

Grants awarded DENVER (CNS) - The Catholic Communication Campaign has awarded $309,000 in grant monies to be distributed amo'ng eight projects. The largest grant, $100,000, will go to National Public Radio for "Wade in the Water," a series of 26 hour-long programs exploring African American sacred music tradi'tions. The shows will be sent to NPR's 464 member stations.

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nishop Connolly 1993 graduate Mike Donnelly of Somerset emerged from a field of285 runners as the winner of the second annual Christopher Mark Leahey, '87, Memorial Road Race.

Donnelly, coincidentally the first recipient of the Le:ahey Scholarship in the spring, finished the 3.1 mile race in a time of 15:57. Nine seconds behind in second place was Dave Ozug of Fall River, who finished at 16:06. Lynn Clay was the overall women':; winner with a 17:27 finish.

Leahey, Connolly's athlete of the year in 1987 and a 1991 graduate of Providence College, was killed in an automobile accident April 26, 1992.

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CATHOLIC YOUTH Leadership Program participants .from Fall River diocese: Jefferson Guimond, Luke Methot, Bishop Connolly High, Fall River; Mark Estrella, Coyle & Cassidy High, Taunton; Lori Pedro, Bishop Stang High, North Dartmouth, Also in picture, Brian Donovan, Xaverian Brothers High, Westwood,

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Four students from diocesan high schools were among 83 participants in a summer Catholic Youth Leadership Program at Boston College, Chestnut Hill.

Organizers said it was the first such national program designed' especially for Catholic high school students and that it was offered by the Catholic School Leadership Program for Catholic: school administrators under direction of Sister Clare Fitzgerald and Rev. Louis J. Phillips, SAC.

Participants engaged in communication and leadership effectiveness workshops and in spirituality sessions concerned with various dimensions of faith and with the role of fai~h in daily life. Issue sessions considered matters related to Catholic education and the church.

Diocese participants and their schools were Jefferson Guimond and Luke Methot, Bishop Connolly; Mark Estrella, Coyle & Cassidy; Lori Pedro, Bishop Stang.

St. Anne's School The school year begins for first through eighth grade students at St. Anne's School, Fall River, with classes 8 a.m. to II :30 a.m. Sept. 8.

Uniforms are optional on that day only and morning extended care will be available beginning at 7 a.m.

Sept. 9 will be a full day (8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.) for grades I through 8. Kindergartenels whose last names begin with A to K will report, with dismissal at 11:30 a. m.

Preschool orientati.on for threeyear-olds will be held 9 to 10 a.m.

Extended care will be available 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sept. 10 will follow the same schedule, with kindergarteners whose last names begin with L to Z and four-year-old preschoolers reporting.

Full schedule begins Sept. 13, with hot lunches available to grades I through 8.

Sandwich student sings ~! Denver palpal Mass 'Diane M. Figueiredo, a member of Corpus Christi parish, Sandwich, and a student at St. Michael's College, Winooski, VT, was among college choir members who sang at the papal World Youth Day Mass Aug. 15 at Cherry Creek State Park outside Denvl~r.

Ms. Figueiredo i:; active in Corpus Christi parish as a CCD aide and a lector and participates in Emmaus and other religious programs at St. Michael's.

Four-year-old preschoolers report on the 13th, three-year-olds on the 14th, and all preschoolers on the 15th.

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New Montfort head ROME (CNS) - Father WilI,iam J. Considine, American provincial for the Montfort Missionaries, was elected superior general of the order at a recent general chapter meeting in Rome. Born in New York City in 1948, he was professed as a Montfort Missionary in 1966 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1973.

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ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN The parish community garden has been able to provide fresh produce to the Market Ministries soup kitchen in New Bedford throughout the summer. Thanks are expressed to all volunteers who worked on the project.

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District council meetil)g Sept. 7, Aug. 29 at shrine, led by Father St. Anthony of Padua Church, FR. Andre Patenaude, MS. All welcome.

Further information: 222-5410. The ST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBORO Farewell open house I to 4 p.m. shrine's summer concert series will close at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow with a church hall Sept. 19 for departing pastor Rev. Richard Gendreau. program by Father Patenaude,preceded by Mass at 4:30 p.m. The O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE popular singing priest appeared at a A tape of Vince Ambrosetti conMarian forum during Denver's cert held at the parish in June will be World Youth Day celebration. He shown at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 29 and has issued 14albums of his composi10:30 a.m. Sept. 4 on cable TV tions and is also seen regularly on Channel 3, which serves the midarea radio and television.

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World Youth Day, will be heard in West Falmollth. Ma ()257~ concert at 8 p.m. Sept. 7 at the Open year round cathedral. All welcome; no admis(5081 540-7232 sion charge.

ST. WILLIAM, FR Farewell Mass and reception for Father William Shovelton, former pastor, 11:30 a.m. Sept. 19.

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COMTEMPLATIVE RETREAT, WAREHAM Rev. George A. Maloney, SJ, will offer a retreat on contemplative spirituality Sept. 7 through 9 at Sacred Hearts retreat house, Wareham. The author of over 50 books on prayer and contemplation, he holds a doctorate in Oriental theology and is a professor of theology at Fordham University. He has preached and given retreats in the U.S. and Canada for the past 25 years. Further information: 748-1895.

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Italian masterpiece turns up in Ireland DUBLIN, Ireland(CNS)- Ireland's National Gallery has authenticated a lost masterpiece by the 16th-century Italian painter Caravaggio which turned up at a Jesuit order house in Dublin.

"The Taking of Christ," valued at up to $75 million, will go on display in November.

The Jesuits, whose treasure was revealed when art experts were studying their collection, have offered the painting on permanent loan to the gallery.

"The picture is something every art gallery director on earth would give his eye teeth for," a gallery spokesman said.

Jesuit Father Noel Barber told Irish slate radio that the painting was originally thought to be by a "good second division Flemish painter."

The painting was donated to the Jesuits by a Dublin pediatrician.

"It was rather stunning to hear it was a Caravaggio. It took some time to catch one's breath, to realize the full impact of what had been. in . our possession for the best plut'of 50 to 60 years," Father Barber said.

"It had hung for a while in our dining room and then in our parlor," he added.

Sisters of Me.rcy assist women, children in need DES MOINES, Iowa (CNS) Surrounded by boarded-up tenement houses in a Des Moines neighborhood, the Clark Street House of Mercy shines like a beacon that beckons women and chil. dren in need to its shelter and security.

Founded in 1987 by Mercy Sister Patricia Clare Sullivan, president and CEO of Mercy Health Center of Central Iowa, the house is a refuge for homeless women and their children.

"The whole goal of the House of Mercy is to educate the women who come here," said Mercy Sister Elaine Delaney, executive director.

"Education and employment are primary goals here. We strive to help our women become functioning human beings with a sense of pride," she told the Catholic Mirror, newspaper for the diocese of Des Moines.

The 47-bedroom facility offers three assistance programs, including Project Together, an after-care program for women who have completed drug or alcohol treatment and want to continue recovery while living with their children at the House of Mercy.

One resident said she can't "speak highly enough of the dedicated women here, pulling together to salvage life." Connie Ross, after undergoing alcohol treatment at Des Moines General Hospital, moved into the House of Mercy with her youngest daughter, Sarah,

II. Her drinking problems began in 1981, when her oldest child, Sheri, was diagnosed with acute schizophrenia. A successful administrative assistant living in southern California at the time, Mrs. Ross used all her resources for her daughter's care, eventually having to move from a $300,000 house to a small apartment.

For six years, Mrs. Ross, a single parent, worked from 8 a.m. to 2 and 3 a.m. to support her family, visiting Sheri in the hospital during her lunch hour. All the while, she was drinking as her daughter's condition continued to deteriorate.

"I was just trying to pull myself out of misery," she said.

In early 1989 Mrs. Ross moved her family back to Iowa to be closer to her own family, but her

drinking continued, and she overdosed on alcohol in April 1992 shortly after.her mother's death.

After nearly a year at the House of Mercy, Mrs. Ross has begun a new job in Des Moines, but she and Sarah plan to stay at the house for a few more months.

Now 29, Sheri lives in a group home in Chillicothe. Mrs. Ross's middle child, Russell, 24, also is an alcoholic.

"Coming here for me was like getting the last ticket out when war has been declared, that war being alcoholism for me," she said. "I would have been a lost soul without the House of Mercy."

The house also offers a program for homeless mothers and a parenting program for teen-agers.

The Adult Transitional Living program aids homeless mothers who wish to get out of the ,welfare system. So far it has helped 158 women and 237 children.

The Teen Pregnancy and Parenting program is for teen mothers who are either expecting a child or are new parents. It offers in-house parenting classes and helps with educational needs and living skills.

The House of Mercy's child development center cares for as many as 50 children while their mothers work or attend school.

House funding comes from a variety of sources, including state and federal monies and corporate and private donations.

Most residents are native Iowans sent by the state Department of Human Services or the courts.

Some are referred by clergy or family members.

In two years at the House, resident Barbara, who only gave her first name, has changed her life.

The mother of two has gone from being a victim of domestic violence and a cocaine and alcohol addict to being a dean's list student at a local community college.

"I have been given another chance at the house, and I have friends here, people that I can trust, people who care about me," she said.

"I just love our women here," Sister Delaney said...... They are survivors. If you look at all the things that brought them here, it's a miracle they've made it this far.

The second miracle is that they're doing something to change their lives."

Compensation "It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."-Charles Dudley Warner

MERCY SISTER Elaine Delaney, executive director of the Clark Street House of Mercy in Des Moines, lA, sits with two children living at the 47-bedroom shelter. (CNS photo)