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FALL RIVER, MASS.

Southeastern Massachusetts' Largest Weekly

Pope, bishops criticize brutality

MARIAN MANOR resident Antoinette Rondeau receives her commissioning certificate from Father Munro. (Motta photo)

Marian Manor

"Powerhouse of prayer"

By Joseph Motta

Handicapped and elderly Catholics at Marian Manor, iaunton, now have their oWn apostolate.

Called The Ministry of Praise, it is a spiritual program in which residents will offer prayers, joys and sufferings to God for the salvation of souls and other intentions.

Only the sick, the handicapped, the homebound and senior citi,. zens are eligible to participate.

Father Hugh J. Munro, Marian Manor chaplain, is excited about the ministry. He calls it "a very important spiritual activity which ST. PAUL, Minn. (NC) will energize life at Marian Manor," Priests cannot be experts on all To inaugurate it, he recently issues, but they can guide their celebrated a commissioning Mass parishioners and choreograph acfor the SO residents who are particitivities within the parish, accordpating. ing to Father Ted Dobson. ""Y.t>u're very special in the eyes Father Dobson, codirector and cofounder of spiritual renewal· ofGod,.. Father Munro told them, services for the Denver archdiocese, spoke to almost 100 priests and lay people at the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul during an institute on The Priest as Spiritual VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Leader.

John Paul II said a meeting of "A parish leader needs to feed nonaligned nations in Zimbabwe small groups and act as a unifier," is of "particular historical signifisaid Father Dobson. "We have the cance" because of the problems of opportunity to guide them on a peace and economic development. spiritual path through our work."

The Sept. 1-7 meeting of the He also said spirituality reaches Nonaligned Movement coincides a low point when leaders let things with "momentous international chalgo. lenges (that) demand from all lead"It is the ministry of leaders to ers of nations increased wisdom have a total view of the parish and and readiness to work together," direct the spirituality of that par- the pope said in a message to the ish," Father Dobson said. "A leader delegates. must be able to mediate and be Leaders of the 101-member openminded and openhearted." group met in Harare, Zimbabwe,

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Fr. Mkhatshwa torture is condemned

Parishes aid in air crash CERRITOS, Calif. (NC) - Two priests and parishioners near the site of the Cerritos plane crash rushed to aid families who lost relatives, neighbors and homes in Los Angeles County's worst air disaster.

All 67 air travelers died Aug. 31 when an Aeromexico jetliner and a small plane collided and fell onto a residential neighborhood near Los Angeles.

Up to 24 others on the ground were missing and feared dead, said officials sifting through the ruins of 16 houses.

When the planes crashed less than a mile from Holy Family Church, Father John Twomey, pastor, rushed to the crash site. He celebrated an evening Mass in memory of the crash victims and returned to the crash site twice the following day.

The parish has made donations to the Red Cross fund to provide for emergency needs of people whose homes were destroyed.

Msgr. Timothy O'Connell, pastor of neighboring St. Linus Parish, Norwalk, also rushed to the crash scene to administer last rites to victims.

Entire family groups died in the jetliner, which was on a flight from Guadalajara, Mexico, to Los Angeles.

Among victims were Carlos and Guadalupe Lopez, of Navajoa, Sonora, their son, Carlos J r., 13, who was returning to St. Catherine's Military School, Anaheim, and their daughter, Dinorah, returning to Flint Ridge Sacred Heart Academy, near Pasadena, where she was to have been a senior.

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stressing that they are vitally important even though they are retired and their families are grown.

Through them, he said. "Marian Manor will become a powerhouse of prayer:' Father Munro. himself confined to a wheelchair by mUltiple sclerosis, learned through Our Sunday Visitor, a national Catholic newS'paper, of The Ministry of Praise, which was organized by a Chicago priest. Enthusiastic about the idea. he quickly wrote for further in.. formation.

And Marian Manor wiUnever be the same.

During the commissioning Mass, the chaplain presented an olive~ wood cross from the Holy Land. a prayerbook and a certificate of membership to each member of the new ministry.

"Thank you, Father, I'm so proud to accept this," exclaimed a happy octogenarian.

The first intentions for which Father Munro asked prayers were an increase in vocations to the sisterhood and return to the faith of relatives who have ceased practh:;.. ing.

The Mass was inspiring. Resident Leopold LaRoch, the lector, ended the reading with a hearty "This is the word of the Lord," spoken with the conviction of one who has served that Lord for well over 90 years.

"It was a very solemn occasion. and very uplifting," said resident Theresa Haskell. "It made me feel more a member of the Church."

Resident Mary Lamont thought the ceremony was beautiful.

"111 pray morning. noon and night;" she promised.

Pope says nonaligned parley important for the September summit, which opened with a cal1 for nonaligned nations to adopt economic sanctions against South Africa.

The cal1 for sanctions came from Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, the new president of the group.

The papal message, addressed to the prime minister, expressed appreciation that the Holy See was invited to attend the organization's eighth summit meeting.

"It is clear that the intensification of the dialogue between the southern countries can lead to the

necessary restoration of the great worldwide balances," the message said.

Such issues as economic justice, the international debt, terrorism and the arms race show more clearly "the global nature'of peace," the message added.

In finding solutions, certain values must be respected, including the rights of "independence and free self-determination," and "subordination of economic and social systems to the integral development of the human person." it cautioned.

VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope John Paul IIjoined other Catholic leaders in expressing concern for an imprisoned black South African priest, and criticized "violence and abuse of power" in South Africa.

In a telegram, the pope said he was "deeply saddened at the news of the detention and mistreatment ofFatherSmangaliso Mkhatshwa, secretary general of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference."

Father Mkhatshwa has been held by the South African government since his arrest June 12. According to testimony given in a South African court, he endured 30 hours of interrogation and torture during his confinement.

In an affidavit presented in court Aug. 27, Father Mkhatshwa described being forced to stand halfnaked, blindfolded and handcuffed for 30 hours of questioning.

During that period, he said a "creepy creature or instrument" bit him, shots were fired behind his head and he was subjected to Ii "string of insults, most of which would be too unprintable."

He said he "lost all sense oftime, distance, orientation or awareness."

An outspoken opponent ofapartheid once banned by the government for seven years. Father Mkhatshwa was arrested at the beginning ofa government-imposed state of emergency during which thousands of activists have been detained.

'On Aug. 27, U.S. church leaders, including the head ofthe U.S. bishops' conference, Bishop James Malone. protested Father Mkhatshwa's situation and called for increased international pressure against apartheid, South Africa's official system of racial segregation.

Bishop Malone said the U.S. prelates were concerned over mistreatment of many Catholic and Protestant church workers in South Africa who are "only doing what the Bible requires." He said he hoped the reports of Father Mkhatshwa's torture would "induce our own government to work more effectively with other nations in demanding an end to the apartheid system."

The bishop also sent telegrams to South African officials, including President Pieter W. Botha, saying he was "appal1ed by the brutal treatment" ofthe priest and appealing "that you release him from detention immediately on humanitarian grounds. " Turn to Page Six

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., Sept. 5, 1986

u.s. smooths Northern Ireland's path to peace WASHINGTON (NC) - As Northern Ireland's troubled "marching season" inched toward an end, Congress approved $120 million to help smooth the path toward peace.

"Marching season," the annual summer demonstrations by which Catholics and Protestants angrily remember historic events, flared into new violence. Other separate terrorist attacks and border brawls also continued.

While blood spilled in Northern Ireland, Congress completed action on the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986. .Providing $35 million in both 1987 and 1988, on top of $50 million approved for 1986, the act is designed to show American backing for the landmark November 1985 Anglo-Irish Accord.

The accord gives the Republic of Ireland a consultative role in governance of Northern Ireland, where unionist members of the Protestant 'majority want to remain part of the United Kingdom while nationalist members ofthe Catholic minority seek to join the Irish Republic. Although intended to foster reconciliation among the sectarian factions, the accord itself has become a source for violence.

The U.S. money will go into an

international fund to promote eco- added that the money "will enable the Anglo-Irish Accord are expectaffairs, praised both the bill and nomic development and social reus to do certain things that wouldn't ed this fall. Meanwhile, "we're the conditions it places on the aid, construction in Northern Ireland have been possible" otherwise, espe- very pleased by the vote" of supincluding demands the money not and affected border areas of the cially in stimulating private invest- p~rt from the United States, she be used for security purposes and Irish Republic. ment to help cut Northern Ire- saId. that the U_nited States have a voice America's Catholic bishops, who land's 21 percent unemployment The press officer added that she in its disbursement. have set up their own churchrate. foresees eventual progress under controlled fund for peace in NorthNoting cutbacks in the U.S. the accord. "It's not proving easy Biaggi said that members of ern Ireland, took no stance on the bUdget, Anne Anderson, press offi- to implement but nobody thought Congress believe "that a catalyst legislation, although at least one cer at the Irish Embassy, said the it was going to be easy," she added. to... peace will be economic aid; we prelate, Cardinal John J. O'Con- allocation "was a very generous Rep. Mario Biaggi, D-N.Y., a have achieved an historic step fornor of New York, reportedly quietly - gesture on the part of Congress." Catholic and frequent critic of the ward with adoption ofthis bill," he backed it.

She said new agreements under British government regarding Irish added.

But the bill was supported by prominent Irish-Americans CatholOO-year-old Alice Shea lics in Congress as well as by the Irish National Caucus, an often vehemently anti-British group which has frequently spaI:red with members of Congress.

President Reagan, too was an early booster of such a U.S initiaconfirmed at the turn of the century.

By Joseph Motta She recalls walking to church as tive.

She attended public school and Passage of the legislation was Alice Shea on the Boston Red the former St. Mary's parochial a young girl, holding her mother's greeted with delight by both Irish Sox: "They've lost so many times I school in Fall River and began hand.

"Church was the same then as it .and British governments, although shouldn't stand by them." working after finishing eighth neither anticipates immediate reOn her television viewing hab- grade, as did most youngsters of is today," she said. "You go to Mass and you go to Sunday sults from the infusion of money. its: "The good shows are on at that era. school."

"The amount of money itself is night, but I fall asleep."

In 1906 young Alice married probably not the most important Reflecting on raising five chilOn her religion: "I'm happy and John Henry Shea, a grocer and thing. It's the symbolism of it, if lucky that I'm a Catholic." bookeeper from S1. Patrick's par- dren as a young widow, she said you like," said Peter Jump, press Alice Shea is 100 years old. A ish, Fall River. They had five child- she had very little assistance, noting officer at the British embassy in communicant of Sacred Heart parren: Leonard, Frank, Edmund, that those were the days "before Washington. ish, Fall River, she was brought to social seurity.

Catherine and Helen.

Nigel Sheinwald, secretary in the attention of The Anchor by Shea died at age 31 of influenza, "It was a struggle." the embassy's political section, Very Rev. Barry W. Wall, pastor leaving his 28-year-old widow alone Daughter Catherine, 74, now and rector of St. Mary's Cathedwith her large family.

Mrs. D.H. Delaney of Walpole, ral, Fall River, and immediate Son Leonard passed away in visits her mother every Friday. past pastor of Sacred Heart.

1928, and daughter Helen in 1972. She pointed out that Mrs. Shea is While at Sacred Heart, Father But her surviving children have the same age as the Statue of LibWall regularly brought holy comprovided Mrs. Shea with a living erty, a fact that was celebrated at munion to Mrs. Shea, whose health legacy: 18 grandchildren, 47 great- her birthday party. and legal rights to remain a profes- has prevented her from attending grandchildren and three greatShe noted that her mother resor of theology at the university, Mass for the past 15 years. He great-grandchildren. The newest ceived birthday congratulations enjoyed his visits. including all my 'due process rights' addition to the clan in Megan Eli- from President Reagan.

Mrs. Shea "has a great deal of zabeth Carr, born July 28 in New under the statutes of the university."

That's no big deal, according to In the letter, he expressed a peace and contentment," he said, Jersey.

Mrs. Shea. "I got them when I was desire to know whether loss of his "because she always had a great In June the family celebrated 90, too," she said. "canonical mission" will end his deal of trust in God." "Grandma Shea's" 100th birthday "I think he's lovely," Mrs. Shea with a gathering of appropriately role as a professor at Catholic As a matter of fact, the centesaid of Father Wall. "If you say about 100 family members and narian couldn't understand why University.

"As I told you," he wrote to something funny, he'll laugh at it. friends.

The Anchor wanted to talk to her.

Archbishop Hickey, "it is impor- He's such a nice man."

"I'm not educated," she said.

Latin Mass tant for me to know, and to know Born Alice Cecelia Finley on Looking back, Mrs. Shea fondly "I'm just plain." reliably, whether in the view of June 8, 1886, Mrs. Shea moved to remembers the Latin Mass. "I find We hate to call a 100-year-old university officials withdrawal of Fall River from her native Rhode it hard to get accustomed to the wrong, but we will. You're not just my 'canonical mission,' should it Island as an infant. She made her changes in some of the prayers," plain, Mrs. Shea, just plain charming. occur, will or will not operate to first communion in 1892, and was she said. terminate my professorship in the department of theology and my professorship at the university.

"You deferred to the board of trustees on this subject, and I await their position," he added.

He noted that he is on a sabbatical until January and will discuss the significance of that factor with others at the university.

In the separate statement provided with his letter, Father Curran promised he will continue his scholarly activities.

"I consider myself suitable and eligible to exercise the function of a professor of Catholic theology," he said.

"No matter what happens in the future, I am committed to carrying' on my theological endeavors," he said. "As part of my theological enterprise, I will continue to work for the legitimacy of theological and practical dissent from some noninfallible church teachings and for the importance of academic freedom for Catholic institutions and for Catholic theology."

He said that the dean of Catholic University's school of religious studies, the executive council of the school, and the school's committee on academic freedom and ALICE SHEA, left, is greeted by Father Barry W. Wa.ll at her IOOth birthday party. procedures had asked him to pursue the internal procedures.

Great-grandson Brian Shea and daughter Catherine Delaney look on.,.

Father Curran announces he'll appeal dismissal WASHINGTON (NC) - Father Charles E. Curran has notified Catholic University of America officials that he will use internal university procedures to fight dismissal from his job teaching Catholic theology.

In a letter Aug. 29, Father Curran told the university chancellor, Archbishop James A. Hickey of Washington, that he was acting "without waiving" any academic and legal rights and was conforming "with the Sept. 1 deadline you unilaterally imposed" on deciding to invoke such procedures.

In a separate statement Aug. 30, the priest declared his belief he is "suitable and eligible" to function as a Catholic theologian and pledged.to promote "the legitimacy of. ..dlssent" from some church teachings.

On Aug. 18, Archbishop Hickey had released a letter by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, telling Father Curran that "one who dissents from the magisteriuin (church teaching authority) as you do is not suitable nor eligible to teach Catholic theology." The letter had been approved by Pope John Paul II. As university chancellor, Archbishop Hickey had also informed Father Curran Aug. 18 that steps were under way to revoke the priest's ecclesiastical license to teach in the theology department and that the priest had until Sept.

I to announce whether he would appeal through university channels.

At issue are the theologian's dissenting views on artificial contraception, abortion, premarital intercourse, masturbation, homosexual relations, divorce and euthanasia.

Father Curran in his letter said he was asserting "all my academic

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CU professor g-ets tenure WASHINGTON (NC) - After agreeing to change or clarify some of his writings, Father James Provost has been granted tenure as a canon law teacher at The Catholic University of America.

The decision, reached by a mail ballot of the university trustees, was announced Aug. 28, three days before Father Provost's contract would have been terminated had he not received tenure or a permanent teaching post.

Bishops among the trustees, reacting to Vatican concern over some of Father Provost's .views, had earlier blocked his tenure application. They issued a statement Aug. 28 saying that his clearance for tenure did not necessarily mean that they agreed with or approved all of his views.

They said he "has agreed to publish clarifying articles" in three areas where his views caused "grave concern" to church authorities.

These were: - "The order of the reception of first confession and first communion."

- "The so-called 'internal forum solution' for divorced and remarried Catholics."

- "The relationship of the laity and ordained ministers in the church."

The bishops said the priest has already notified the publisher of changes to be made in future editions of a commentary on the new Code of Canon Law regarding two other areas - the status of women in the church and the nature of decrees by bishops' conferences.

The three-page statement, which the bishop-trustees issued in conjunction with Father Provost's appointment, was jointly signed by Father Provost and Archbishop James A. Hickey of Washington, chancellor of Catholic University.

It said published opinions by individual canon lawyers "do not have the force of law" and cannot be used as a basis "to refuse to follow pastoral directives from church authorities."

As editor since 1979 of Catholic University's canon law quarterly, The Jurist, and executive coordinator for the past six years of the Canon Law Society of America, Father Provost is one of the most widely recognized canon lawyers in the United States.

Hard but Easy "The simple see at once that the way of Jesus is very hard to do but easy to understand." - Father John L. McKenzie

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Meat-thrower fined SKOKIE, Ill. (NC) - A follower of political extremist Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. was found guilty of disorderly conduct and fined $500 in a Skokie court for throwing a piece of raw liver at Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland. Archbishop Weakland was speaking at a Chicago synagogue May 7 when the LaRouche backer, Janice Hart, and a companion interrupted. While the companion spoke, Mrs. Hart threw the foil-wrapped liver, described as "a pound of flesh," at the archbishop.

Mrs. Hart won nomination in the Illinois primary election earlier this year as Democratic candidate for Illinois secretary of state. Democratic Party officials have disavowed her candidacy.

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Two pastors in new parishes Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has announced two moves affecting pastors, both effective Wednesday, Sept. 17.

Msgr. Patrick J. O'Neill, who will have been pastor of SS. Peter and Paul parish, Fall River, II years to the day at the time of his new appointment, will be pastor of St. Julie Billiart parish, North Dartmouth, succeeding the late Father John F. Hogan.

Father Peter N. Graziano, since 1981 pastor of St. James parish, New Bedford, ~nd since 1974 diocesan director of social services, will become pastor of SS. Peter and Paul parish.

Msgr. O'Neill Msgr. O'Neill was born March 9, 1931, in Fall-River, the son of the late Patrick and Sarah (Coogan) O'Neill. A brother, Father Cornelius J. O'Neill, is pastor of Sacred Heart parish, Taunton.

The new pastor of St. Julie's was associate pastor at Immaculate Conception parish, Fall River, following his ordination Feb. 2,1957.

He then served at St. Thomas More parish, Somerset, and was succe~sively acting superintendent and superintendent of diocesan schools as well as chaplain at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth. In 1973 he was named diocesan director ofeducation when

Diocese of Fall River'

OFFICIAL His Excellency the Most Reverend Daniel A.Cronin. Bishop -of i Fall River, announces the following appointments: Rev. Msgr. Patrick J. O'Neill from Pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Parish, Fall River, to Pastor of Saint Julie Parish.

North Dartmouth.

Rev. Peter N. Graziano from Pastor of Saint James Parish, New Bedford, to Pastofof Saints Peter and Paw Parishl Fall River.

Effective Wednesday, September t'1~-1986.

the department was reorganized

by Bishop Cronin.

On the national level he was president of the Department of Chief Administrators of Catholic Education of the National Catholic Educational Association and regionally he was the first Catholic chairman of the Independent School Commission of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

In 1974 Msgr. O'Neill was named a domestic prelate. In 1977 he resigned as diocesan education director to devote full time to pastoral ministry.

Father Graziano Father Graziano, a Boston native, was born July 13,1935, and is the son of William and Ruth (O'Neil) Graziano. A sister, Sister Julie Peter, SND, serves at a shelter for the homeless in Lawrence.

Ordained May 25, 1963, Father Graziano was associate pastor at St. Mary's Cathedral and Holy Name parish, Fall River; Holy Ghost, Attleboro; Immaculate Conception, Taunton; and St.

Thomas More, Somerset, before becoming pastor at St. James.

As director of social services and coordinatior of special apostolates, he supervises a wide range of diocesan outreach programs, including the Hispanic apostolate.

For many years he has appeared weekly on Confluence, a television panel program examining current issues in the light of religious principles. The program appears at 8 a.m. each Sunday on WLNE, Channel 6.

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Fri., Sept. 5, 1986

themoori~ An Infamous Wall It's hard to believe time passes so quickly. Yet even though caught up in its relentless flow, we must remember that its passage does not obliterate what has gone before.

The 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall is a sharp reminder of the past and the Wall is perhaps the most vivid symbol of the division man has inflicted on his fellow man.

We tend to forget that and relegate the infamous Wall to the category of a sight for tourists. But on this 25th anniversary we must rekindle our awareness that it is an extension of Dachau and Auschwitz, that it holds people captive, that it is in truth a prison camp.

There are those who, in the euphoria of detente and international'diplomacy, would overlook the Berlin Wall sidestepping its reality and meaning. For the sake of nebulou~ goodwill and diplomatic advantage, they would have us gloss over the guns, minefields and bunkers that have spelled death for so many attempting to flee. Some indeed would like to ignore the Wall altogether; but it remains as bleak a statement of Russian intent today as on the day it was built.

For the idealists who yet believe that compatibility and harmony with the Soviets can be achieved, the history of the Berlin Wall should serve as a heinous reminder ofthe Marxist state in all its loathsomeness.

It is obvious that the Communists cannot live without the Wall. Th€?y need it, not just as a symbol of division, but as an example of the way of life that they would impose on all who would oppose their totalitarianism. But to the rest of the world it is not merely a scar on the face of Europe, but a tear in the fabric of global peace.

Despite disclaimers, some view the Wall as just punishment for Germany's provocation of two wars in one lifetime.

Keep Germany divided and you'll keep peace in Europe is a deep-seated feeling in many hearts. But the divide and conquer theory is a longstanding invitation to disaster. All one need do is examine its results in India, Ireland and Israel. ~~lIs of separation, no matter what form they take, do not diVide people, they merely infuriate them. History should teach us that such political expediencies are ultimately selfdestructive. It is obvious that those who continue to justify the Berlin Wall have failed to learn that lesson.

The Germans, East and West, want to be one. But as long as each part of the country has its back to the Wall, literally and figuratively, they will never be able to join together in peace. The West Germans will forever be remorseful about their inability to do anything about the Wall. The East Germans, plagued by their Russian captors, know well they run a prison rather than a state.

There are no easy solutions to the question of the two Germanys. However, one can ask if this divided nation will be able to live with the Wall for another 25 years.

One must keep in mind that the Wall divides not only Germany but all of Europe.

The Russians cannot live without it. Perhaps this is their ultimate weakness, one which could not only bring the Wall crumbling to the ground, but also those who approve and support its existence.

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"The sins of the fathers are visited on the children." Num. 14:18

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By Liz Schevtchuk

WASHINGTON (NC) - If government can give. government can take. And it did, to the tune of $13 billion from charities in the latest congressional tax reform plan.

Five years ago, Congress gave charities a boost by allowing taxpayers who do not itemize on their tax forms to begin claiming deductions for their charitable contributions.

That action, like other tax policies adopted over the years, according to non-profit groups aided charitable activities by encouraging donations.

Now, the latest tax plan will remove these benefits - and charities predict the changes will cost them $13 billion in lost revenue.

The tax plan, a complicated amalgamation of separate House and Senate tax reform proposals based on earlier congressional and presidential schemes, was approved bya House-Senate conference committee late Aug. 16.

Conference committee action cleared the way for yes-or-no votes on the new tax bill by both chambers after Congress returns from its summer vacation Sept. 8.

Both chambers are expected to pass the tax bill, though not without some final bickering on the House and Senate floors.

Loss of the non-itemizer exemption alone will cost charities some $6 billion, according to Independent Sector, a coalition of nonprofit groups that includes Catholic Charities USA and the U.S. Catholic Conference, public policy arm of the U.S bishops.

In addition, charities also foresee adverse effects from reductj.ons in the number of tax brackets.

Donors are considered less likely to contribute if they do not face as

steep a tax rate and think they have less to gain from writing off a large donation.

Finally, charitable institutions say, the non-profit sector also will be hurt by new provisions which remove some tax breaks claimed for gifts of appreciated property, such as the works of art or architecture often given to universities, hospitals, museums and local charities by wealthy benefactors.

Taken together, these three major changes will cost charitable insti.. tutions some $13 billion, warned Independent Sector.

Matthew Ahmann, associate di-· rector for governmental relations for Catholic Charities USA, said "we're very pleased" because the new tax plan spares the poor from paying taxes, but added that "we're terribly disappointed overall" about the treatment of charities.

"I don't know when the nonprofits have worked so hard" on an issue, Ahmann added, referring to lobbying on the tax bill. "It's kind of a heart-breaker."

He said that prime beneficiaries of the non-itemizer charitable deduction tax break have been churches and charitable institutions. "There isn't any doubt it's going to affect non-profit income," Ahmann said of the legislation.

But, as Ahmann noted, there is some good news in the tax bill as well.

One of the most sweeping changes, supported by church and charitable groups, would remove some 6 million poor people from the tax rolls.

In addition, several provisior.s in the conference committee legi~;­ lation reflect measures sought by churches and charities: - The earned income tax credit, for low-income workers, would increase from $550 to $800 maxi-

mum; it would not be phased out until the income reaches $9,000$ I7,000 and thus is more generous to the worker than the present phase-out limit of $6,500 to $11,000. . - A tax credit for child care costs of working parents would be retained.

- The personal exemption would increase to $2,000 by 1989, up from the present $1,080, and would be indexed for future inflation.

- The standard deduction (zero bracket) amount claimed by nonitemizers would increase for all taxpayers. For joint returns, for example, the standard deduction would increase to $5,000 up from the current $3,670.

- Taxpayers could continue to write off state and local taxes, an exemption considered important in areas with high percentages of poor and disadvantaged persons dependent on government services.

Although many of the new provisions will be welcome when they take effect in the future, Catholic, Protestant and Jewish leaders told Congress that immediate tax relief for the poor this year would be especially welcome too.

The U.S. Catholic Conference, National Council of Churches and Synagogue Council of America praised the increases in the standard deduction, personal exemption, and, in particular, the earned income tax credit.

"We believe, nonetheless," they added in a letter to Congress, "that some substantial tax relief for the poor in the current year is required.

It would be truly a shame if, in the very year that historic tax reform becomes reality, taxing the poor into poverty would not only continue but reach an all-time high."

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Tough love A reader wrote, "I agree wholeheartedly with your column on use of family time. I realize this is a silly question but when you recognize a problem, how do you get the family to cooperate?"

She goes on, "It makes me feel bad when I know things can improve and my husband ignores the fact and thinks it's all in my head - a real cop out. It's very frustrating. " Frustrating it is and familiar, as well. The number one question I get from women in workshops is, "How do I get my husband (and/ or family) to change?"

It's a question that needs addressing on a much deeper level than a specific issue. When one in the family recognizes problems that interfere with establishing a healthier family climate and the others refuse even to acknowledge the validity of the issue, it says much about the family.

It says, "Family life is your responsibility, not mine." "Life is fine the way it is." "I t's your hangup." And, "I refuse to change."

Almost always in such cases, the ones refusing to acknowledge the problem and to change get a payoff by having life remain the way it is.

They know they will lose something. Maybe they will have to cut back on personal activities, contribute more to household respon-

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Whatever it is, they know change will cost personal comfort and they aren't willing to sacrifice it for better family life. Many women complain, "We talk about problems but nothing happens. Nothing changes. To them, it's as if just talking about it solves it."

The problem goes back to expectations in family life. She expects the family to cooperate on problems that get in the way of healthy interaction. He and the kids view problems as her problems and responsibility. When she tries to deal with these issues, they nod and listen, but don't take any action.

After so long, her only seeming alternative is to get angry and lay down the law. The family changes briefly but when her anger dissipates, they revert to old patterns.

This kind of hassle is demeaning and lowers a woman's self-esteem.

She begins to feel like a servant and a nag. Nobody but she cares enough about establishing a happy family life to change. She can become resigned and bitter.

If such a family is to improve, the payoff has to change. When meals aren't as good, clean laundry doesn't automatically appear and shoes are left lying where everyone drops them, the lack of responsibility isn't paying off as it once did.

It has to cost the family not to change.

DOLORES CURRAN

It's difficult for some women to stop serving the family even though women are angry. Yet, service is what this is all about. Family therapists suggest that the solution to the issue of non-compliance is to step back and all"ow the family to suffer from lack of responsibility or lack of communication.

If the kids refuse to do their chores without argument, then refuse to chauffeur them until they do. If a husband refuses to communicate, then stop trying to make his life pleasant. Families soon get the message that a pleasant family life is not just mom's responsibility but everyone's. And that if life is going to improve, they are going to have to improve, too.

Some women simply say, "I'm not going to try anymore until the rest of you do. This family is yours as well as mine. When you want a better family life, let me know and I'll work on it with you."

Tough love, maybe, but it beats being angry all the time. And it serves notice on spouses and children who refuse to change because they know mom will continue to try, no matter what.

Ecclesial groups

What more can the u.s. church do to serve the inner , , . h' cities where pans loners are fewer, buildings are deteriorating and priests are unavailable? .

A d "0 progr,~m name yeratlOn Bootstrap, . . to meet needs In Puerto . .

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Inner CitIes, gives us a strategy to h . d tr y· h T e program emp aSlze prod · t h b th' Jec s were y ose In most nee bl h I Id b d t h e. p t emwou e ena e 0 . selves.

Instead of pounng In. out· Side resources the . people In the area were conSidered the best 'bl resource POSSI e. . d d .

Iy motivate an um· If proper . fled, It was reasoned, the people would know best where and how ·· .

Th to b ett er t h elr SituatIOn. e program was a success. . .

T o d ay t h ere IS a program slm'1 t "0 t' B t "h' I ar 0 pera IOn 00 strap t at s . II . S h A especla y strong In out mer· C a II ed "b' ' I comIca. aSlc ecc I eSla 't' "h . mum e movement IS oper.les, .t . atlng In the U mted States on a limited basis. .. · These commUnities usually . .conslst.of 20 to 50 persons. within a par.1sh who form a speCial group which st.resses a d~ep sen~e. of c.ommum?~ and active partlclpatlOn for hVlng t~e Gospels more ~uII~.. One. g?al IS t? counter the IndlVlduahstlc, self-Interested and .. competitive approach many . peo. pIe .are te~pted to take In their ordinary hves. . . · Th e groups f oeu.s on I.mprovlng Interpersonal relatIOnships and on making everyone .. feel they k' are a part 0 f t h e d eCISI?n-ma I.ng process.. I~ a way, baSIC ec~leslal co~mUnltles are attempting to hve such principles as: "In unity there is strength" - "Improving a sense of personal ownership causes improvement in the community" "The more Christian our relation-

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Members In the groups usually a~e at th.e bottom of the church s hierarchical ladder and at the bottom of society in terms of wealth.

Th e groups are " ecc IeSla . I" .In that th ey are um'f'Ie d'In th e f al'th 0 f the church and linked to the institutional church. They are recog. d . mze and supported by the bishop d E ' an pastors. very effort IS made . d e 0 f b' . to avOl'd any attltu elng In co n fron ta t'Ion WI'th th e h'lerarc hy.

On e resu It 0 fth ese commum't'les 'IS that p ans . h'lOners w h 0 wen t t 0 h ' . to console or c urch pnmanly strengthen themselves now more fully re r th t Ch . t' 't . a Ize a n.s lam y means working together With others and develop' ' t ' 't Ing a com mum y SplT1.

Members also make a concerted ff . . e ort to read the Scnptures dally.

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IS IS one In a group for the support people try I' . need when they . to Ive according to the Scnptures.

In rna n y poor areas were h parishes have b I d d . t . een c ose an pnes.s are not available, these commumt'es Iyt 0 I h ave b een a bl e no ton maintain the faith but to strengthen it.

So often when we think of helping an inner-city parish we think in terms of sending canned goods, clothing and money. It might be advantageo u sfor d'IOcesan p Ianners to study bas'c ' I communl.

I eccI eSla ties as a possible strategy for helpI'ng 'nner-c't . hes.

I I Y pans As long as a parish area still has parishioners, even though the parI'sh I 's closed h th e , th ose peop Ieave power to be the church where no visible building exists. For basic

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A very • moving letter Q. You once responded to a question from a woman who wondered about Episcopalians who receive the Eucharist in her parish church. The answer you gave was puzzling and painful to me.

First of all, you immediately shifted from Episcopalians in particular to Protestants in general.

And that's not the same thing at all. We rejoice in the AnglicanRoman Catholic Consultation and the promise it bears for a closer relationship based on love and mutual respect.

Episcopalians do go to the local Roman Catholic parish to receive Communion. There are those who do believe that the Lord Jesus wants them to do this.

You might be surprised to know that it is not at all unusual for Roman Catholics to receive in our church in general, in this parish in particular.

Forgive me for saying so, but you -laid an egg when you spoke about visiting in another's home and failing to observe the host's rules. I always thought the holy table was the table ofthe Lord and that he is the divine host as well as sacrifice. So who are you, your bishop or even the pope to say who among Christ's children shall respond to his call to take and eat?

Do you know the story of St. Elizabeth Seton's conversion to Rome? She was the daughter of an Episcopal priest, faithful in our church all her life, until the day she heard a sermon by the (Episcopal) bishop of New York on the importance of frequent reception of Communion.

He said he thought the faithful should receive daily. It was her discovery that only in the Roman church could she hope to receive so frequently that led her to Rome.

At the time of her canonization, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, then archbishop of Cincinnati, invited the official Episcopal delegation to attend the services in St. Peter's.

In his gracious letter, he described St. Elizabeth as the Episcopal church's gift to Rome.

If more of you could show such kindness, such graciousness of spirit, who'knows? You might get us all!

My closest clergy friend in this parish is the Roman pastor. I long and pray (or the day when in good conscience we can break the bread of life together without compromising our consciences. (Massachusetts) A. I can only say that your letter moved me very deeply. Not only do I agree with almost everything in it and consider the division of our churches a shameful scandal of our lifetime, I also am deeply sorry that you felt my response was so negative and ungracious, I hope it was not, and apologize insofar as it was.

In no way do I judge the personal decisions of people in this matter (or any other) in responding to what they feel the Holy Spirit is moving them to do.

While I believe there is some responsibility to be aware of and follow some objective norms of

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DIETZEN

faith, I would never translate that to condemnation of any individuals.

On the other hand, it is not my option, or that of any other person who presumes to speak as a Roman Catholic teacher and as one faithful to the Roman Catholic tradition, to encourage or approve violations of what are, for better or worse at the moment, the policies and teachings of our faith.

I fully realize the difference between the histories of the Episcopal Church and those of Protestant denominations. I made the transition because the same principles apply to anyone contemplating reception ofthe sacraments who is not a member of our Roman Catholic faith.

I have enjoyed many relationships with people of other faiths, and have spoken often to Protestant groups in various levels of formality.

I always indicate something which I believe is a universally accepted principle at every responsible level of interfaith dialogue: The reunion of our churches, however that may look in the future, will not be the consequence of our skills and techniques for compromise.

It has been and will be the work of the Holy Spirit; our responsibility is to be faithful to what we believe the Holy Spirit is giving to each of our communions as we move through this process.

It seems to me you feel I should have said something like: "The Catholic Church teaches this but it really is not that important to pay attention to these teachings." To say this would not only be dishonest in our relationship to our faith, but undermine the whole process of the work of the Holy Spirit in bringing us faithfully together as he sees we should be.

I would agree with what Cardinal Bernardin said at the time of the canonization of Mother Seton.

He does not see any conflict between that kind of statement and attitude to the Episcopal Church and his own firm adherence personally and in his archdiocese to the policies established by our church. I must admit I do not either.

This tension and division is among the great crosses we are asked to bear in our time of Christian history. I join my prayers with what are obviously yours, that this kind of problem will be part of past history in the not distant future.

A free brochure explainblg annulments and the promises made before marriage is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 7041 N. Main St.~ Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions. for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.

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Airport chaplains have uniq~e job

Friday, Sept. 5, 1986

Ban lifting asked VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Ghanaian bishops' conference has asked the government to lift its ban on the country's Catholic newspaper, the Catholic Standard, closed since last December. The bishops also criticized the government of the West African country for prohibiting publications with which it does not agree. The bishops spoke via a pastoral letter after numerous private efforts on behalf of the paper had failed, Vatican Radio reported.

New university BISMARK, N.D. (NC) - The only Catholic college in North Dakota, Mary College, officially became the University of Mary Aug. IS, the feast of the assumption of Mary. Dedication ceremonies for the new university will have former U.S. Secretary ofEducation Terrel Bell as keynote speaker.

Torture Continued from Page One Cardinals John O'Connor of New York and Joseph Bernardin of Chicago also expressed concern over the South African situation.

Cardinal O'Connor sent his "prayerful support and admiration" to Father Mkhatshwa in a telegram to Archbishop Denis Hurley, head of the southern African bishops' conference.

Cardinal Bernardin protested to South Africa's ambassador to the V..S., Herbert Beukes, that "detention and harassment of church workers is a moral outrage and unacceptable. " The cardinal also said in a telegram to Archbishop Hurley that he would continue to press the Reagan administration to adopt economic sanctions against South Africa "until justice is achieved."

Cardinal Basil Hume of Westminster, England, called Aug. 29 for immediate release of the detained priest because of the "monstrous treatment he endured."

While the bishops and cardinals were filing their protests, Catholic demonstrators took Father Mkhatshwa's case to the South African Embassy in Rome.

At least 75 religious and laity protested at the embassy Aug. 28 and issued a statement calling on "all hierarchies of the churches to take positions of solidarity with Christians fighting against the system of apartheid."

DENVER (NC) - Airport chaplains watch their "parish" ebb and flow by the hour. It is one of the fascinations of their work.

"I was at the birth of a baby," said Father John Jamnicky, chaplain at Chicago's O'Hare Interna. tional Airport for the past 10 years.

"I've anointed the dying. In a confessional context I've dealt with fleeing felons and a murderer. I've found knives that have been left in the chapel."

"It's hard to plan a day," he said.

"Something always comes up."

Father Jamnicky was one of 12 airport chaplains who recently met in Denver for the fourth Meeting of Airport Chaplains. The meeting was organized by George Hendricks, a permanent deacon and the Denver Archdiocese's chaplain at Stapleton International Airport.

In addition to passengers - 729 million a year nationally - the chaplains minister to airport emREV. ALBERT J. Ryan, Very Rev. Edward C. Duffy, pastor, and Rev. John C. Ozug, ployees. At O'Hare, there are from left, gather with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and altar boys in front of St. Francis Xavier 190,000 employees, accounting for 40 percent of those attending Church, Hyannis, on occasion of bishop's recent pastoral visit. services.

Also attracted to the airport are the homeless, seeking a shelter.

"At O'Hare you could walk around naked all day and nobody said then that the UN agency was "Expert China-watchers in ConWASHINGTON (NC) - Prowould say anything," Father Jamlifers have praised a decision by gress and elsewhere agree that not directly involved in coercive nicky said. "The poor and the abortion programs but that its ties the federal Agency for Interna- forced abortion continues to be homeless come to get lost in the tional Development to cut off V.S. prevalent in China's population to an unnamed country suggested crowd." it condoned such practices. funding ofthe UN Fund for Popu- program," said Douglas Johnson, He said it is a mistake to think AID's refusal to supply the $10 lation Activities because the fund legislative director of the National that most airport travelers are million allocation was challenged condones China's alleged forced Right to Life Committee. vacationers with little or no interHe said right-to-life backers in court by the Population Instiabortion practices. est in spiritual pursuits.

The $25 million contribution "think most Americans can think tute and the Population Council, "Traveling is a very sensitive from the United States would have of better things to do with their tax which have received UN money, time for people," he said. "It's not constituted about one-fifth of the dollars than fund a UN-supported but on Aug. 12 a federal appeals always vacations. People are upUN agency's budget, which helps program of compulsory abortion." court upheld AID's action. rooted, undergoing divorce, leavAccording to AID, the $25 milfamily planning efforts in 130 The AID cutoff follows other ing home for the first time or there nations. expressions of V .S. government lion which would have gone to the has been a death in the family." dissatisfaction with the China pro- UN program will instead be devoted People who have not been to Abortion foes and other foreign gram and the UN agency's role. to family planning activities in confession for five or I0 years will observers have reported that efforts In August 1985, Congress passed developing nations. seek reconciliation with the airto limit family size in China include legislation denying U.S. funds to Furthermore, the cutoff decision forced abortions and encourage- any organization or program that will be reviewed in 1987 to see if port chaplain, he said. He has also presided at first communions and ment of such practices as slaying "supports or participates in th~ conditions allow the allocation to weddings. of baby girls. management of a program of coer- be resumed, an AID official said.

The Chinese government, how- cive abortion or involuntary sterBishop Rene H. Gracida of CorAn official of the Population ever, has denied any official family ilization."

Crisis Committee termed the AID pus Christi, Texas, who attended planning policy of forced abordecision "an unmitigated disaster." the meeting as liaison between airtions or other abuses. With a popEarlier that year, because of "It says to the world that we are port chaplains and the National ulation of over I billion, China has concern that the UN agency was willing to dismantle our family Conference of Catholic Bishops, a population density of 290 per- condoning coercive abortion prac- planning programs abroad to keep said some dioceses will not prosons per square mile, compared to tices, AID administator M. Peter happy a small but noisy anti-family vide airport chaplains.

65 persons per square mile in the McPherson withheld $10 million planning constituency at ho~e."

"There is a large archdiocese in United States, which has a popula- of AI D's total $36 million fiscal said Sharon L. Camp, PopulatIOn the West with a major internation of 236 mrtlion.

1985 U.S. donation. McPherson Crisis Committee vice-president. tional airport. I received a letter from the chancellor telling me there was no need to appoint an airport chaplain. He said there was a priest at a parish near the airport many denied him a visa and the lion, a sum donated by corpora- who was also the fire department UNITED NATIONS (NC) Globe-girdling Canadian wheel- Soviet Union allowed him to fly tions, individuals and the Cana- chaplain, and he would come in chair athlete Rick Hansen recently only into Moscow. dian government. case of a crash."

In China, he said, he was greeted visited the United Nations in his So far he has raised about Bishop Gracida, himself a pilot campaign to demonstrate that by Deng Pufang, a lKln of Chinese $250,000 for spinal cord research and a member of the NCCB ad hoc physical disability is no barrier to leader Deng Xiaoping and himself and rehabilitation. committee on migration and toura paraplegic. success. ism, said travelers and airport crews Hansen said he travels 50 miles During a 25,000-mile journey have spiritual and social needs. through 34 nations on four contin- daily, rain or shine.

"Airport employees are gone from ents, Hansen also met with Pope At age 14, the young Canadian home so much of the time. Work John Paul II. The pope shook was paralyzed from the waist down schedules often make parish life hands with the 26-year-old para- following an auto accident. Preimpractical. " 'plegic at a general audience last viously he was a star athlete, winNovember and praised his effort ning honors in basketball, baseto promote awareness ofthe capa- ball, pole-vaulting, volleyball and other sports. bilities of disabled persons.

Rev. James C. O'Brien, SJ, prinAfter meeting the pope, Hansen After adjusting to life in a wheelcipal of Bishop Connolly High set out for a long trip through chair, Hansen began coaching School, Fall River, will be princiChina. sports. In 1974, he received the pal celebrant at the Mass of ChrisAt UN headquarters, he talked Most Inspirational Athlete award tian Burial for his mother, Mrs. about physical and political ob- from his high school.

Agnes F. O'Brien, 96, who died stacles along his trek route Since then, he has been named Sept.

3 in Springfield. which began in his hometown, National Disabled Athlete of the The Mass will be offered at IO Vancouver, B.C., in March 1985 Year in 1979, 1980 and 1982 and a.m. tomorrow at St. Michael's and is scheduled to end there next shared the Outstanding Athlete of Cathedral, Springfield.

March. the Year award for 1983 with As well as by her son, Mrs. In Eastern Europe, his journey hockey star Wayne Gretzky.

O'Brien is survived by her husthrough Poland and CzechosloHe said his two-year trip around NC photo band, Frank O'Brien.

RICK HANSEN vakia was smooth, but East Ger- the world will cost about $1 mil-

Pro-lifers praise UN fund cutoff

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I am a priest working in the dio·

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I would like used Christmas cards and religious articles and if possible used clothes.

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Scholars to meet NEW YORK (NC) - Catholic spiritual life will be the theme of the 1986 New York convention of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor and retired SI. Louis Cardinal John J. Carberry will be among speakers.

Auxiliary Bishop Edward M. Egan. New York archdiocesan vicar for education. is to deliver the -);l;1ynote speech on trends in Catholic spirituality since the Second Vatican Council.

Msgr. George A. Kelly of St. John's University, New York. fellowship founder and president, said the theme responded to fear tbat the "authentic Catholic goal of personal holiness was being displaced by movements rostering psycho-social, not spiritual values."

Holy Cross adult education Joseph Moore, director of religious education at Holy Cross parish; South Easton, has announced the following adult. education Qfferings. All arefree of charge and the public is welcome. Infonnation: 238-2235.

• • • SEPT, 14: Anchor columnist Dolores Curran, Traits of a Healthy Family, 7:30 p.m.

UPDATE YOUR THEOI,OGY OCT. 15: Dominican Father Paul Seaver, Morality, 7:30p.m.

OCT. 12: Gordon Zahn. Social Justice, 7:30 p.m.

OCT. 29: Mary Reed Newland. Scripture, 7:30 p.m.

NOV. 5: Bernard Cooke, Sacraments, 7:30 p.m.

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• • • MARCH 16, -1987: Jesuit Father James DiGiacomo, Coping with Your Teenager, 7:30 p.m.

U.S. resettlement for Cubans begins WASHINGTON (NC) - Process.ing Cuban political prisoners for admission to the United States has gotten off to a smooth if at times heartrending start. says Msgr. Nicholas DiMarzio, director -of the USCC Migration and Refugee Services.

In a statement issued in Wash· ington he said the process was "proceeding under the best imaginable conditions,"but he described some ofthe interviews involved as "really heartrending_" The Cuban government is permitting about 90 prisoners and their families to leave the country.

Father DiMarzio's agency is workjng with 56 'prisoners, helping resettle those ruled eligible to enter the United States by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and the State Department. ,Prisoners"slowly gave the names and addresses of their relatives and friends in the United States with whom they wished to be reunited. Some recited from memory addresses, including zip codes, and telephone numbers, including area codes," Msgr. DiMarzio said.

Others. he said. produced "yellowed scraps ofpaper from pockets, and in one case from a small match box., which held the secret to their eventual destinations in the U.S., if they are approved."

Msgr. DiMarzio said he expects "a high approval rate" for the Cuban applicants, but cautioned, that some might be denied U.S. entry if they were "engaged in the persecution of people, a fact which disqualifies applicants from obtaining refugee status."

Msgr. DiMarzio reported meet· ing with church and slate officials in Havana "to ensure the sm'ooth operation of the program."

He said that in a meeting with Filipe Carndado. minister for religion in the Cuban government, he reminded him that when the resettlement program was initiated by U.S. bishops in January 1985 dur· ing a visit with Cuban Presidenc Fidel Castro. 146 names were on a list presented by the bishops and the release of 99 of the 146 is still sought.

Msgr. DiMarzio said that Carndado expressed hope that a second release program could take place but he made no commitment.

4% of groceries asked for farmers WINONA. Minn. INC) -Catholics in the Winona diocese have been asked tocontribute 4 percent of whatever they spend on groceries to a special fund aimed at helping southern Minnesota farmers survive.

Father Paul Halloran, Winona 'diocesan rural life director, made the suggestion in The Courier. the dio<:esan newspaper.

"Farmers feed 100 percent of us, _ One hundred percent of us should help (them) survive. Time is running out on the family farm unless we help," he wrote.

"If each of the 38,000 Catholic families in the diocese of Winona would contribute 4 percent of an average grocery bill, the total income generated to assist our farmers would be $456,000 per month," he concluded.

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by Jerry Filtnu When he came to the University of Notre Dame as a student in 1937, Theodore Martin Hesburgh was given the campus laundry number 00652. More than a half century later, he still has it as he begins his 35th and last year as university president.

Ut course he has a lot more: he holds more honorary degrees than anyone else in history, for decades he has advised presidents and' popes; He has been a U.S. ambas~ sador and a member or officer of so many national and international organizations it takes four typewritten pages to list them.

But as he nears the end of a career as one of America'& most distinguished citizens, Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh, 69. calls the priesthood ··the core of my life." Without that "I'd just as soon die:' As Notre Dame president since 1952, the longest term ever served by any U.S. university president, he has long been recognized as one of the world's foremost figures in Catholic higher education. He plans to retire from that post at the end of the coming school year.

As a trustee and chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation and a chairman of the Overseas Development Council, he w.as a leader oftheGreen Revolution to expand food supplies in the Third World.

Asa charter member ofthe U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and chairman in its most active period, he became one of the nation's lead~ ing voices against racism before President Richard M. Ni){on forced his resignation in 1972 - a point of pride for him, since he was ousted for pushing civil rights too hard. In all; he has held 14 presidential appointments.

But in the last few years Father Hesburgh has come to see peace as the world's central issue and has devoted much of his talent and energy to developing an international alliance of scientists and religious leaders for nuclear disarmament.

Msgr. John Tracy Ellis, dean of U.S. Catholic historians, calls him "Mr. American Catholic."Noother U.S. Catholic churchman today is so recognized and respected as Father Hesburgh, the historian said. "With all due respect to our archbishops and bishops, there isn't a one who could touch him, He's miles and miles ahead," Ina U.S. News and World Report poll in '1975, fellow educators ranked him third among U.S.leaders in their field, and religious peers called him the country's most influential religious leader.

Father Hesburgh, a Holy Cross priest for 43 years, reflected on topics including U.S. Catholicism, Catholic education, civil rights, Third World development, abortion and women in the churcn in an interview during one of his fre~ quent trips to Washington.

Among his views: - Abortion is "an abomina~ tion," and its legalization. was "probably one of the worst blunders the [Supreme] Court ever made."

- Women "have enormous talents to offer" that ought to be "unleashed a,s totally as possible" in the church.

- U.S. Catholics foday have "enormously more involvement.. ,

in the intellectual life" of the nation than a generation ago.

- The University of Notre Dame "is a lot more Catholic today chan when I was a student there."

- The "fervor has gone" from the civil rights movement. Despite great progress, "we still have a long way to go... and this is not the time to rest on the oars."

He mentions almost casually his visit to Moscow and Peking this July to arrange for three "peace fellows" from each country to attend Notre Dame, with similar peace fellows from Japan, Europe and the United States, for a seminar and master's degree program in peace studies.

Even a short list of some of Father Hesburgh's major accomplishments, besides his civil rights and Notre Dame work, would include that he: - Led fund~raising efforts in

despite strong initial resistance from the Vatil::an.

- Was the Vatican's. permanent representative for 14 years to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

---,- Chaired President Jimmy Carter's Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy, which proposed major immigra. tion law reforms.

- Was a key member of President Gerald Ford's Presidential Clemency Board to deal with Vietnam-era draft evaders and of the President's Commission on an AlI·Volunteer Armed Force.

Born in Syracuse, N,Y., in 1917, Father Hesburgh was educated at Notre Dame, the Gregorian Uni· versity in Rome, Holy Cross College in Washington and The Catholic University of America in Washington, where he earned a doctorate in theology in 1945.

What does he think of today's Notre Dame students?

"We're getting superb students today.... We get students that are 300 points over the nalional aver~ ages" on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. "Over SO percent are in the top 10 percent {oftheir high school classes] .... Even in our athletics, we graduate 99 percent of all our varsity athletes."

He has to say 99 instead of 100 percent, he interjects, because of one football player who failed to graduate.

"This group is academically far superior to the group I entered Notre Dame with in 1934.... On any scale, today's students are very, very good."

Spiritually, he adds, "I see things today that I didn't see when I was a student. I think the students today are very much more spontaneous in the practice of their religion."

Father Theodore M. Hesburgh 1979~80 that averted ,mass 5tarva~ tion in Cambodia.

-Is credited with having played a crucial role,' through a series of public letters, in convincing the Nixon administration not to call out federal troops 10 que'll nationwidecampusdisturb,.nces in 1969. .- Founded Notre Dame's Ecu~ menicallnstitute at Tantur, Jent~ 5alem, at the request of Pope Paul

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- As president of the Interna· tional Federation of Catholic Universities, reorganized the federation and led tne fight to establish a major new definition of Catholic univenities aro... D4ti~he wprld.

He received his first honorary degree in 1954 and now holds 110.

He entered "The Guinness Book of World Records" four years ago when he broke President Herbert Hoover's old record of 89 honor· ary doctorates.

The priest 'estimates that over the years he has traveled about 2 million miles, or the equivalent Of 80 full circuits around the globe, and been to 130 different countries.

Maybe that's why Notre Dame students affectionately joke, "What's the difference between Father Hesburgh and God? ..

God is everywhere, Father Hes~ b~Jrlh:~ t::Y~fy:W)aere,.but,,?e~e."

He: says that in his student days Mass attendance at least three times a week was a prerequisite for weekend privileges, but now students fill the Notre Dame chapels on weekdays as well as Sundays withoul such rules.

"I've said Mass in practically all of our residence chapels this year, and they're not only filling the . chapels, they're out in the hall looking through the door." He also cites "an enormous spirit of volunteer service that didn't exist (before)."

How great a role does the Fig;ht~ ing Irish football team have today in the 'internal nfc and <natfol'l'ti.l

recognition of the university? "Oh. a minor role. Football has tradi~ tionally been important at Notre Dame. and it still is in the sense that there's a lot of excitement in the faU of the year. But it's nOI a big deal, financially or in the life of che uniyersity.... , "There was.a time when it proJected Notre Dame inlo a national figure as a small Midwestern school that was taking on the giants of football, mostly Eastern schools at that time.'

"But today. with a budget of over$175 million nexi year, a few hundred thousand income from football isn't exactly going to turn the world around."

He makes no apologies fodink. ing academic excellence to money.

"You absolu[ely are going no'where without a good endowment," he says. "In very pragmatic terms, if you turn out the 10 American uni~

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versities with the top endowments. they're probably the 10 best uni· versities in America. We are now finally in the top 20 in that group and we're coming up fast. We're aCtually passing many in the Ivy League.

"Twenty years ago we probably had about 530 million in endowment. Today we've got $380 million, and we're going to be over half a billion 500n. That's important because otherwise your tuition gets just way out of s·ight."

Enthusiasm for new projects and excitement about today's students flow out as the priest talks and questi'Ons'aboutci'Vi! rights evoke

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ago. ones either, as lillie as 20 years "But we changed all that. and I'd say we made more progress in the. decade of the '60s, thanks mamly to the leadership of Lyndon Johnson, who got through those great (civil rights) laws in '64 and '65 and '68, than any civilized country has made, to my knowl. edge, in history....

"Today I havethefeelingthat_ I want to say this carefully .- I think the fervor has gone out of the civil rights movement.... I think many in Ihe government _ in this government and past governments - have pedaled bal::kward... ' .We.still have a long way to go for Justice and equality and equal opportunity for all peoplr: in America, and this is not the time to rest on the oars."

One of his greatest disappoint. ments, he says, is that the "spec. tacular achievements" in advanc. ing black education have begun to ! slide.

One result is that "it's-very hard to gel blacks with doctorates on faculties. And that's a shame, because black students inJcollege need their own role models. too."

On the other hand, he says, black political participation has made "spectacular" strides since the mid~'60s, and there has been a "complete revolution" in the employment of blacks in middle· and upper-management levels of business.

"But you asked what is still to be done: There's an enormous under· class of blacks in America. There's an underclass of whites as well.

But what characterizes both of these underclasses most is that they're mostly single-parent families" without fathers.

Father Hesburgh calls tne socalled "feminization of poverty" and the "ruination of family life" in those situations "a real time bomb, ticking away at the heart of America. " "Family and education and neighborhoods - that's what it all comes down to," he summarizes. "i think the whole civil rights thing involves three points today, One is education, one is employment. and the other is housing.

"If you get a good education and a good job, you can buy a decent house in a decent neighborhood. and the spiral goes upward .... It's as simple as that."

Notre Dame's graduate programs have been open to women, mainly nuns, since the fint one began in 1918. But the undergraduate enrollment was limited to men for the first 130 years ofN otre Dame's existence. Father Hesburgh calls the decision to go coeducational in 1972 "one of the greatest developments" the university has seen.

"It has given us a much more balanced campus. a much more wholesome life - more like family life. if you will," he says.

W omen, he adds, "have a terrible problem in society today. "They Tum to Pap Thirtetn

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By Antoinetle Bosco It·s time for a reevaluation of the way health care in the United States is delivered and funded.

Costs of medical in~urance are skyrocketin@andtoomanypw.pte no klnger can afford to pay insur_ ance premiums.

On the issue's flip side, hospital care for non-paying patients has been increasing steadily with hospitals having 10 foot Ine bill, according to the American Hospital AS$l)cialion. Their excellent booklet. "The Cost of CompasSi011,~ explains who the medically indigent are and offers suggestions on sharing the responsibilily for health care. It says: "Medical care mUSI be availahle to all Americans, regardless of their ahility to pay for it. OUr health cnrc s)-stem must <.:ontillue to deliver on that commitment.

Care for the medically indijtent must be assured."

Even if it may be the threat of hankruptcy that has promptcd ho~. pitals to speak out for health righh, the AHA message indicates a higher level of mdal con~iousness.

Virtually no individual can afford the coslS. of catastrophic ilIlless which I;an easily run into tens Or hundreds of tl10usands of dollars.

The mt;:oically indigent are all who lack health insurance - one in every eight Americans.

Theseare nOl welfarecascs. Most are adults working in low~paying jobs or their dependents whOse employers do not provide health benefits. The uninsured are not poor enough for governmerlt assis-tance but too poor to afford private \l\Surance. They are the 33 minion Americans who "fall between the cracks" A young couple I know illustrates w hat can happen. They were uninsured but had saved $2.500 to pay obstetrical costs. The young woman. however, ran into serious complications during delivery of her b-abv. Without emergency surgery she would have bled to

death. The 10tal cost of her fourThe commission printed it, but day hospital stay shot up to $6,000. that'~ when Vie 5aw till;: rift between Without support from their famihuman rightsand practical realities.

Hes. the young couple could not The'e are practical \irniH. Not have p<lid the bill. BUt would anyeveryone can be assured a heart one say that before performing the transplant. But with the resoun:es surgery, the hospital should have , In the Unite<! States, it is a sin to ascertained the couple's ability to aeny basic health care to any human pay for it? being.

With mcdicaf ccsts rising, tl1e number ofsmaJl firms abandoning The AHA has come up with health benefits is growing. And ~ome proposal.!> to promote priMedicaid covers fewer than 40 vate insurance. They al~o call for percent of those living below the strengihening public- programs poverty level. Many rely on hospi- through the expansion of Medital charity. caid. Urging cooperation among At tf1e same time. hospitals are government, bU5iness Bud indibeing told they must become "com- viduals, the AHN concludes by petitive" But in a free market, app~aling: "Find a way you can competitive health care means th"'t help... hospitals serving the affluent may make a profit while those making . We have to take a look. with a a Christian commitment to serv- Christian conscience, at plans that ing the poor may go out ofbusiness. can embrace all people. No ghetto child and no unemployed worker Twelve years ago, as a county should be left without basic health health rights commissioner. I au- care. Bul when one ·person's riaht thored II; "Health Bill of Rights'· requires someone e1se·s money, which maintained that e\'eryone public programs are ultimately the had a right to good health care. only solution. '

Spiritual renewal cruise Father Robert S Kaszyilsld, pastor of St. Stanislaus Church, FaU River, will be spiritual director for a Christian Growth Cruise to the Caribbean Jan. 24 to 31.

Some 200 persons are expected aboard the Nieu Amsterdam for the cruise, embarking from Tampa.

COlumel and Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

Further information on the cruise is available from Father Kaszynski at St. Stanislaus reetory, 36 Rod:land St., Fall River 02724, tel.

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Dr. Larkin:s television and radIO programs are estimated to reach 30 million Americans The program will include discussions and seminars on topics of Christian conCel'lI, combined with onboard activities such as games and entertainment. Ports of call will be Jamaica, Grand Cayman,

PHOENIX, Ariz. (NC) - Catholic Relief Servil;es' work ira Peru is needed and obvious in the face of incredible poverty there, Bishop Thomas J. O'Brien of Phoenix said after a four-day trip to the South American country. CRS is addressing bOth emergency situa· tiou and long-term needs in Peru, the bishop said, providing $6.-5 million in 1985. The largest item was $5.4 millioninfoodcommOOi,. tiel>, distribution. a.nd n.utrition assistance.

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

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

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

New Films "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Part II," (Cannon) - Grotesque parody ofthe blood-and-gore genre of horror films. Overtly sexual, shamelessly vulgar and disgusting and brutally violent. the film tries vainly for laughs but elicits depravity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is O. There is no Motion Picture Association of America rating, since Cannon Films refused to accept their X rating.

"Manhunter"(DeLaurentiis) Tight, suspenseful crime drama contrasting the positive and negative sensitivities of the madman and the FBI manhunter who tracks him. Features mental and psychic exercises rather than guns and brawn to stop a killer. There is a bedroom scene, vulgar language and some brutality. A3, R "Extremities" (Atlantic) - Farrah Fawcett is the target of a

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molester-rapist whom'she manages to restrain. Film plays upon the vulnerability of women in a man's world and suggests that fighting back is an essential survival tactic and that justice must be tempered with mercy even though forgiveness might lead to further endangerment. Explicit brutality and foul language. 0, R Films on TV Sunday, Sept. 14, 8·10 p.m. EDT (NBC) "Dumbo" (1941). In this classic animated feature, a baby elephant with oversized ears, the laughing stock of the entire circus troupe to which he belongs, is befriended by a sympathetic mouse.

Disney used the diminutive pachyderm to show children how selfrespect and self-confidence can be gained by making the most of one's imagination and inventive initiative. The film's score won an Academy Award. AI Monday, Sept. 15, 9-11 p.m.

EDT (NBC) "First Monday in October" (1981). Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh star in this prophetic drama about the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. On the surface the film deals with liberal-conservative conflicts but essentially demonstrates that women have the same problems as men in dealing with the complex and often unfair system of justice in America. A3, R Religious TV Sunday, Sept. 7 (CBS) - "For Our Times" - CBS presents a tribute to Franz Liszt, the 19thcentury priest-musician, filmed in his homeland of Burgenland, Austria.

Religious Radio Sunday, Sept. 7, (NBC) "Guideline" - Danny Frank of the St. Vincent de Paul Society is interviewed about the charitable activities of the organization.

On an exercise kick

By Hilda Young I received so much positive mail about the column defending life after size 14 that I thought I should confess I became weak recently and enrolled in an exercise class.

I don't know if it was because I had to let out the mirror or if it was seeing Jane Fonda on television in "On Golden Pond."

In no time I was out of breath.

"Is it always this bad?" I panted.

"Actually, climbing the stairs into the building doesn't count as part of the class," the receptionist said.

My friend Suzanne and I took positions in the back row. We knew we belonged there. It was obvious one earned one's way forward by how close one could come to touching one's toes.

The class leader looked like a human marionette with her arms and legs jerked skyward by some unseen puppeteer.

"The last time I moved like that I had a hornet in my blouse," I told Suzanne. "And I was 'stiff for a week."

"For me it was when the kids went back. to school," Suzanne said.

We tried everything - running in place, sit-ups, jumping jacks.

Our favorite was leg lifts, where

you lie flat on your back and lift your legs straight off the ground. I let Suzanne rest her feet on my stomach and I propped mine against the wall.

"N 0 cheating in the back rows now," called out Ms. Puppet.

"Who's cheating?" I asked. "I'm surviving. My stomach muscles aren't used to this much pressure from the outside."

"Do you see what the passionate pink leotard in the front row is doing to her body?" Suzanne gasped.

I struggled to my knees and squinted. "The top half of her body is missing."

"No," Suzanne corrected, "she's almost touching her knees with her nose."

"If God had meant us to bend like that he wouldn't have invented knees or bifocals," I smiled.

Suzanne chuckled. "She probably hasn't eaten anything but hard boiled eggs and Melba toast since she was 10."

Tears started coming to our eyes and our faces were turning red from holding back a giggling fit in the making.

"Is that laughing or crying I hear in the back row?" asked our Ms. Jerk and Shout.

"Yes," Suzanne and I said in duet.

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DAMIEN ROCKNE, great-grandson offamed football coach Knute Rockne, holds a crucifix at the graveside of his father, Mike Rockne, among victims of the Aug. 19 post office massacre in Edmond, Okla. (NCj UPI photo)

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Poor box theft no blast LOS ANGELES (NC) - When a thief stole the poor box at St. Francis Church off Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, the heist attracted police, firefighters and the local bomb squad.

Someone reported that a shelllike vessel 8 inches long and 5 inches in diameter had been placed against a city maintenance building. The police suspected the object could be a bomb and called the bomb squad, which evacuated hundreds of people from a four-block area.

Then the experts placed sandbags around the cylinder, attached a small explosive charge and covered it with a "bomb blanket" to stifle the blast.

From 200 feet away, they set off the charge. No blast. Bravely shaking the cylinder, they heard rattling. Then they noticed a slot.

Inside, they found coins.

The next day, Capuchin Father Lawrence Caruso of St. Francis Church saw a newspaper picture and story of the "bomb." He recognized his poor box and went to the police station to reclaim it and its contents, 51 cents.

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BALTIMORE (NC) - The archdiocese of Baltimore will begin divesting its holdings in companies that do business in South Africa unless these firms cease their South African operations by Dec. 31.

Archbishop William D. Borders, in announcing the policy, said the archdiocese wants to "bring pressure on the South African government to end the inhuman practices of apartheid. " According to the U.S. Catholic Conference Office of International Justice and Peace, the Baltimore archdiocese has apparently taken the strongest action to date of any U.S. Catholic diocese on divestment.

Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop John H. Ricard, who has supported divestment by both the archdiocese and the city of Baltimore, said he viewed the action as a "moral force to enlighten other major investors. " The archdiocese plans to divest holdings in General Motors Corp., Burroughs, Chevron, Texaco and International Business Machines Corp. if they do not leave South Africa.

The five are among II major firms described by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility as important to South Africa either because their products are used by the military, because of the size of their assets, sales or work force, or because of the strategic nature of their involvement or services.

David Malanowski, director of the archdiocesan Office of Budget and Management, said the archdiocese will contact the five companies and "tell them what we're

doing. Ifthey're not out by December, we will begin divesting."

Malanowski said most of the targeted companies "have said they might leave if the situation gets bad enough" and that one targeted firm, General Electric, has already announced plans to pull out of South Africa.

Under the divestment plan, the archdiocesan holdings, which involve investments for retirement pensions and other holdings, will be sold gradually over a yearlong period.

Father William Au, spokesman fo.r the archdiocese, said the full value of the investments will not be known until Dec. 31 but that they represent "not a large percentage of any investment portfolio."

Malanowski said the archdiocese could have used assorted options, such as shareholders' actions, instead of divestment, but that "because of the seriousness of the issue, divestment was deemed the most appropriate course of action." Bishop Ricard expressed doubts that economic actions against South Africa would create much more hardship for South African blacks than they already suffer.

He said a key side effect of economic sanctions would be to "wake up" white South Africans "who have little knowledge of what's happening in their own country.

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and relations between church and state in their homeland.

Pope discusses human development "I wish to speak about the relations'hip between human development and the growth of the kingdom of God," Pope John Paul II told listeners at a recent general audience.

"All human activity proceeds from the human person," he said, "and is intended for his or her own good and for the good of all. Who I am as a person is more important than what I have. What people do to make the world more just, more fraternal, more truly human, is of greater value than technological advances, since ethical and spiritual values are more important than material ones.

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"The major obstacle," the "pope continued, "to human development is moral evil or sin. Because of moral evil, individuals and groups are tempted to consider only their own advantage and to disregard the good of others. However, there is another dimension of the historical evolution of the world, namely, the role ofthe Holy Spirit. Through God's marvelous providence, the Holy Spirit is active at all times, directing the course of human events, renewing the face of the earth.

"By opening our hearts and minds to the Spirit, we can overcome evil and use our talents and abilities to build a world which is more truly human.

"Although the路 growth of the kingdom of God cannot be identified with the evolution ofthe world, nonetheless it is true that the kingdom of God is in the world; above all it is in each man and woman who lives and works in their world.

We Christians know that, by our commitment to human progress and with the help of God's grace, we are cooperating in furthering the kingdom of God as it moves toward its historical fulfillment according to the designs of God's providence."

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"The day one dies is better than the day of birth." - Eccles. 7:2

In the dog days, even St. Peter's Square is quiet.

Vatican has its dog days too VATICAN CITY (NC)- Vatican news ebbs and flows with the seasons, and in the late summer there is mostly ebb.

During the August dog days news slows to a trickle. It is "ferragosto" - a name formally reserved for one holiday in the month, but often used to describe all of August, when most of Rome is on vacation.

This August was no exception.

Except for his Wednesday general audiences at the Vatican, the pope rarely strayed beyond the walls of his summer villa in Castel Gandolfo. He spent his time reading, walking and meeting with various small groups, aides say.

The retreat to Castel Gandolfo is a custom dating to the Middle Ages, when popes would retire to country residences to escape Rome's heat and malaria. In modern times, it coincides with a monthlong vacation taken by most Europeans.

Back in Rome, a skeleton staff

maintains the Vatican's curial departments. The infrequent visitor who gets past the doormen (often deep in card games) walks down the empty Vatican halls accom-, panied only by the echo of his or her footsteps. The relaxed pace of August is punctuated just once, when it becomes even more relaxed and everybody takes a four-day holiday at mid-month.

The church's business, which in large part is communication, comes to a near standstill. But every so often bits of real news are dropped into this lull- with curious results.

The Vatican's announcement that U.S. Father Charles Curran

could no longer teach as a Catholic theologian, for example, came at the peak of the August shutdown.

It caught the Vatican press corps with few sources to turn to in town.

Officials at Rome's several pontifical universities, who might have given a European perspective to the story, were away on summer vacation. At the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which took the disciplinary action, top officials were likewise absent.

In the end, most of the comments on the Vatican action came not from the organizational center of the Catholic Church, but from bishops and teachers in the United States.

However, even in the doldrums of August, a little bit of news occasionally stirs the surface.

That was the case Aug. 26 when the pope spoke to 700 Polish visitors at Castel Gandolfo about workers' rights, political prisoners

But even those events can be frustrating to news-hungry reporters.

The summer villa is just 15 miles from Rome, but it might as well be 15,000 miles away when it comes to getting texts of papal talks.

The Vatican press office considers such talks "private" and offthe record.

One practical reason for so classifying those events is that the people in charge of texts and translations are on vacation.

When the press corps really wants the information from a villa talk, someone at Vatican Radio, which tapes the talks, or L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, usually provides transcripts - but it may take a while. ' In the case of the pope's talk with the Polish group, reporters got the translated text 32 hours after the event - not bad, for August. Ironically, that was well after Vatican radio broadcast the sermon to audiences behind the Iron Curtain.

Journalists aren't the only ones who get less than they hope for in August.

Add in the hundreds of tourists who make their way up to the Via della Conciliazione toward St. Peter's Square for the pope's Angelus talk.

They hear the noon bells, then the pope's voice, apparently coming from nowhere. They look in vain for the familiar figure in white, the reason being that while his voice is there, the pope is not, because his sermon is piped in from Castel Gandolfo.

Careful listening to the loudspeakers, however, may yield insight into the less formal side of the 66year-old pontiff. He often ad libs to individual groups or jokes about a banner he spots in the villa courtyard.

When musical groups are performing, Pope John Paul has been heard humming or singing along, in tune and out.

For reporters tuning in at the Vatican press room, it's a sign that he, like most others in Rome, is probably enjoying his August vacation.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Appointment of Jesuit Father Michael Buckley as executive director ofthe U.S bishops' Committee on Doctrine has been reconfirmed despite a campaign to reverse the appointment.

Msgr. Daniel Hoye, general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, said a special panel of bishops affirmed "Father Buckley's theological competence and his loyalty to the church."

Msgr. Hoye, who originally appointed Father Buckley in May, announced reconfirmation of the appointment in a letter to the nation's bishops released Aug. 27.

The panel declared that "demands ofjustice" required the conference to go through with the appointment, even if it should result in controversy.

Msgr. Hoye quoted Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk, head ofthe special panel, as saying that despite allegations, "we have no evidence that Father Buckley had ever publicly dissented from the teaching of the magisterium (church teaching authority) or was in any way disloyal to the church,

the Holy Father or the Holy See." On the key complaint raised that Father Buckley allegedly dissented from church teaching on ordination of women priests Archbishop Pilarczyk said the panel determined that the priest's position "is theologically sound and in accord with church teaching."

Last May 30 Msgr. Hoye announced the appointment of Father Buckley, 54, a specialist in fundamental and spiritual theology, as director of the bishops' doctrine committee and their Committee on Pastoral Research and Practices.

But some bishops received materials in early June challenging the doctrinal committee appointment, chiefly on grounds that Father Buckley was among professors at The Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Calif., who signed a 1977 statement objecting to a Vatican declaration on ordination of women to the priesthood.

Sources said the materials were sent by Msgr. George Kelly, president of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars and often identified with conservative ecclesiastical views.

A front-page article in the National Catholic Register, an independent Catholic weekly, said the Buckley appointment was in trouble.

During a mid-June meeting of the U.S. hierarchy at Collegeville, Minn., some bishops reportedly questioned the wisdom of the appointment.

Msgr. Hoye said in late June that he was investigating these concerns and in mid-July said he had named a three-bishop panel to advise him in the matter.

Besides Archbishop Pilarczyk, the panelists were Bishops Walter Curtis of Bridgeport, Conn., and Michael Murphy of Erie, Pa. Msgr. Hoye said Father Buckley was asked to explain his views on theological dissent itselfand whether the 1977 statement disagreed only with the arguments or also with the conclusion of the declaration by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which rejected ordination of women to the priesthood.

The statement was in the form of an open letter to Archbishop Jean Jadot, then apostolic delegate in the United States.

The theologians said it was "simply not evident" that fidelity to Jesus' example required the church not to ordain women. They objecte~ to what they called "questionable" use of Scripture, early Christian theologians and the church's historical tradition in the doctrinal congregation's efforts to justify its case.

They said the congregation could have made a more reasonable case with more limited, practical arguments for refusing to ordain women instead of defending the position "in terms of dogmatic impossibility."

Archbishop Pilarczyk wrote that "Father Buckley contends that the intent of the signers was to disagree with the argumentation of 'Inter Insigniores' (the Vatican declaration in question) and with the conclusion insofar as the conclusion is based on the argumentation. It was not their intent to deny or dissent from the teaching of the church on the matter."

Archbishop Pilarczyk went on to say that the special panel did not approve either of the theologi-

ans' stand on the issue or their decision to make it public.

"At the same time," he added, "we do not see that participation in the issuance of this statement constitutes public dissent from church teaching."

In his letter to the bishops, Msgr.

Hoye also quoted a suggestion by Archbishop Pilarczyk that a better public understanding of the executive director's role on the doctrine committee might have helped avoid the controversy over Father Buckley's appointment.

The archbishop said there is an "unfortunate" perception that the committee's director is "the bishops' theologian" or "the theologian of the church in the United States."

He said it should be made clear that the director is a coordinator "whose main responsibility would be to know whom to call on to counsel the conference or its members about the various doctrinal and pastoral issues which arise."

Msgr. Hoye said he agreed with Archbishop Pilarczyk's comments and that they )Vere consistent with procedures the doctrine committee itself has been developing.

Old age "precious gift"

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Miss Wyatt, a Catholic,· encouraged her audience to develop new interests and, more importantly, do something for others.

"We can find deep and lasting happiness by visiting the sick, the lonely, the poor," she said. "I feel the most sorry for the lonely. It means they haven't been able to share, for whatever, reason, their sorrows and their joys with someone. Their lives are diminished."

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JANE WYATT from a 50-year marriage, two children and three grandchildren, a career that has spanned stage, screen and television, and a 26year association with the March of Dimes, an organization that fights birth defects.

Miss Wyatt reminded her listeners of changes they have seen in their lives.

She contrasted her trip on "a high-powered jet" from her California home to Washington to trips made with a horse and carriage.

"We've gone from the horsedrawn carriage to the jet-propelled

Father Hesburgh Continued from Page Nine are challenged to "go for it all," but "there's an enormous problem of balance in achieving marriage, a family and a career, all at the same time.... It's a real tightrope walk."

Asked about expanded women's roles in the church, he says the church should unleash the talents of women "as totally as possible."

What does he consider possible?

"I think it's whatever you can think about, and I can think ofjust about everything." In the next 100 years, he predicts, the role of women in the church will be expanded "enormously." North American women "have to raise the consciousness of women everywhere" about women's full dignity and equality with men.

In today's ecclesiastical environment of stringent prohibitions against priests in politics, does he think he would be able to hold some of the public posts he held in the 1960s and '70s?

"I've never taken a job that I thought was not consonant with being a priest or being a president of a university. Every job I took, I tried to carry back the values or strength of that work to the university itself." And with every job he took, "I tried to make it a priestly work."

Despite the frequent travel and long days, "I've managed to do my Mass and breviary every day - I feel that's the core of my life.... I think that the priesthood is at the center of everything, and that's all I'm fundamentally and basically concerned about. All these (other) things become a priestly apostolate if you make them that. ...

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Old age is not a calamity but a precious gift and "I thank God for it every single day," actress Jane Wyatt recently told members of Catholic Golden Age, an organization for Catholics over 50.

She gave the keynote address at the organization's first national convention, held at Catholic University of America in Washington.

"I hope God will let me thank him until I'm 100. I'm dying to know what's going to happen, all the new discoveries. We might even discover peace," said Miss Wyatt, best remembered as Margaret Anderson, the television wife and mother of "Father Knows Best."

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mittees and everything, I'm almost always the only Catholic on there, and I figure this is a little pioneering because there'll be Catholics on there in the future.... I'm the only priest who's ever been a U.S. ambassador, for example [to the 1979 U.N. Conference on Science and Technology for Development]."

He acknowledges that Pope John Paul II has set a tone under which some civil posts he has held -such as chairman of the civil rights commission, where he held the power of subpoena - might today be considered offlimits for a priest.

But he distinguishe~ between public service and politics, saying, "For myself as a priest I would not be .involved in politics. And the reason is very simple. I think you become a priest to unify people."

space shuttle.... And we're told we're the healthiest older people alive. The longer we live, the more time we have to filL" The elderly can "plan wonderful trips to cities and countries but we can also take trips of the mind and spirit. We can sail off on a voyage of selflessness," Miss Wyatt said.

As the most exciting trip of all -life - "gets shorter," she added, "we need to take time to see that our spiritual selves are wellnourished."

The aim of the Catholic Golden Age convention was to increase effective leadership by members on the local level.

President Thomas Hinton said the CGA aimed to "be the voice for seniors" on relevant issues involving business, government, the medical community and the housing industry.

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"1 shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of reparation on the first Saturdays. If people listen to my requests, Russia will be converted and there will be peace:' Then again, on December 10, 1925, Our Lady appeared to Sister Lucia, one of the children of Fatima, and told her the following:

* * * * When Father Hesburgh retires next May he will come to a turning point in an unequaled career.

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"Announce in my name that I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, shall

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"Vocation Crisis: Moving Beyond" is the theme of the biennial convention of the National Conference of Religious Vocation Directors, to be held Sept. 15 to 19 in Cape May, N.J. Speakers will include Brother Patrick Hanson, CP, Father Howard Gray, SJ, Sister Maureen McCann, RSM, and Audrey E. Campbell, Ph.D. Information: NCRVD, 1307 "I n practically everything I've South Wabash Avenue, Suite 350, ever been on, commissions, com- Chicago,IL 60605.

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By Cecilia Belanger

..focUi . on youth What's on your mind?

Q. Whenever I come home and my mom thinks I could have done something, she demands me to empty my pockets and then she'l even body search me. What can I do to get her to leave me alone? I haven't done anything wrong. She doesn't trust me. I can be trusted but she doesn't care. (Ohio) A. Presumably your mother is searching you mainly for drugs, though there is also the slim possibility she thinks you may have some pornography or contraceptives on your person.

So much is said and written about these topics in our society that they may be constantly on your mother's mind.

Indeed she may love and care for you so much that she is frantic with worry that you will fall victim to something like drugs, which are so easily available in many schools.

Her frantic worry may lead her this constant searching. As your question shows, this must be very painful for you.

Her frantic worry may lead her to this constant searching. As your question shows, this must be very painful for you.

Tod, who does all my yard work, is a virtual expert on drugs because his parents made a great deal of information about drugs available to him. They got him some books at the library, and they called up the local drug crisis center to find where they could obtain other material.

T od and his parents discussed what they both read, when any questions about drugs were unresolved, they sought an answer together. , His parents felt that this was th'e most and' the 'best they could do.

There have been no drug problems in his family, possibly because Tod is well-informed.

Might you and your mother do what Tod and his parents did?

If your mother's main concern is pornography or contraceptiv~s, could the two of you openly dIScuss questions such as these: What harm can pornography do? Why is it demeaning to the human person? What hanh can come from non-marital sexual activity in the teen years?

Your mother and you might reach greater understanding if you compare the dating and sexual customs of her teens to the ones in your world.

It would also be wise for you to talk to another adult - a counselor, a teacher or a priest - about your problem.

If the constant searching by your mother continues, you might find

By TOM LENNON

it helpful to read S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders." There is some violence in this book but also much wisdom.

Early in the book Bob, who comes from a wealthy family, is killed in a fight at 2 o'clock in the morning. Near the end ofthe book, we discover that Bob might never have been killed if his parents had learned to say "no" to him.

Bob yearned to hear them say "no" just once. It would show they cared. But they never said it, and Bob drank heavily to cover up his misery.

Perhaps your feeling of humiliation at being searched may lessen if you try to view your mother's action as a loud cry of "no." It may be an expression of love and care - even if it does seem to be a misguided expression.

Send questions to Tom Lennon, 1312 Mass. Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. :ZOOOS.

Notre Dame School Sister Helene Dussault, RJM, principal of Notre Dame School, Fall River, has announced that 340 students, from kindergarten through grade 8, have been welcomed for the new academic year.

Father Ernest E. Blais, Notre Dame pastor" will offer a Mass marking the opening of school for the student body at 9 a.m. today.

Parents and friends are welcome.

The school will hold an open house for parents from 7 to 8 p.m.

Sept. 9.

Three new teachers have joined the school staff. They are Ms. Lisa Texeira, kindergarten; Mrs. Patricia Ouellette, grade I and Mrs. Elinore Moran, grade 4.

Antidrug drive NEW YORK (NC) - Cardinal John J. O'Connor recently led an evening prayer vigil and rally in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral to launch a new campaign to unite New Yorkers against drugs. The Fifth Avenue block in front of the cathedral was closed to traffic for the event, which drew thousands.

Lights were dimmed at the Stat.ue of Liberty and doused at the Empire State Building to symbolize the destructiveness of drug abuse.

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An age such as ours is characterized by the heights ofQuman experience as well as its depths. High over the chasm of dread and disintegration of the fifth century was the mountain top of the achievement of Augustine's City of God. His work was written almost in the teeth of all evidence that everything was ending.

It's when people begin to lose their faith that everything ends for them. We go to the Bible. The rabbis said that Moses feared only one thing. He did not fear his many enemies, climate, wild animals, disease or poisoned wells.

He feared the people's loss offaith.

If his fear was realized, he would have lost everything. Anything else could be surmounted, Just as I find faith renewed in the lives of some, I also find a waning of faith in others.

Our lives have always had their ups and downs. There are many shattering experiences, and times of vulnerability when all one does is stumble. One listens to stories of inhospitableness, depression and grumblings and the feelings of being totally forgotten by God and humanity.

If one clings to one's faith, one will have an enriching experience.

We have read and heard of such things happening. We cannot depend entirely on institutions to

supply faith. Faith must be sought intensely and personally. Sometimes the way to Sinai and Bethlehem must be searched for again and again through a contemporary wilderness.

Hey, teach!

Now that young people in the diocese are back to school, it's time to acknowled ge their efforts and successes in The Anchor.

Administratorsand teachers, teU us about your students whoexcel in academics, sports, community service and, of course, those whoparticipatein religious activides at your school and in their parishes.

We'll be proud to pass along the word that you have special :·someoneil in your classrooms.

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There are too many easy-going Christian commitments, fringe involvement in the lessons handed down by the Master. People tend to make a deep and serious commitment or none at all. Last week someone told me he "was in the middle somewhere, not knowing which road to take."

We are hearing more and more sermons on "end time" and we dO:l't know how to handle it. In St. Luke's gospel Jesus says, "Men and women will faint with terror at the thought of what is coming upon the world; for the celestial powers will be shaken." Apply that to today when every single aspect of life is in flux. We are on the edge of wonders and terrors, many of our own making.

We are alive in a period which bears all the marks of being in what is sometimes called an "endtime," but ever the optimist, I have my faith and my hope. There is a difference between "the apocalyptic voice" and "the prophetic voice."

The apocalyptic voice says that the world is coming to an end, while the prophetic voice says the world is coming to an end unless certain choices are made and carried out.

I hear the cynics saying that human beings are incapable of radical change. But in spite of all our faults there rests within us the image of God, and in Christ, God has l:ntered into human history to redeem it.

that $.oe:" ought to Jive it up••, Her boyfJ'iend suggests marriage as the best solution.

The young couple needs help and support from those at home as they try to make decisions.

Consequently. the girl pleads.

"Pap:a. don't preach" about right and wrong.. Criticism and jUdgment will llot aid the process of making a good decision.

By Chatlie Mattia Thj~ possibility of marriage deserves special consideration. However, teen couples can be as unprepared for marriage as they are for Pap. I know you're going to be upset becoming parents. Sucb marriases Cause I was always your Ilttlt girl are likely to encounter other probBut you should know .y now lems. Even when a decision is I'm not a baby reachl~d to keep the child. pregYou always taught me right from wrong nancy is not a good reason to I need your help,daddypl..se be strong choose marriage.

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But my friends keep tellfngme to ,.ve it up Sometimes the most difficult Saying ('m too young, I ought to Iivtit up yet mCl'st loving choice is to aUQw Wbat I nted'right now is . the child to be adopted by others Some lood advice, pl..se who ate more ready and able to Daddy; daddy it you eould only see provide for the child's care.

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FILM RATIN GS A-I Approved for Children and Adults Flight of the Navigator The Great Mouse Detective A Great Wall

Invaders From Mars The Karate Kid, Part II

Labyrinth Spacecamp

A-2 Approved for Adults and Adolescents Choke Canyon Desert Bloom Ferris Bueller's Day Off Haunted Honeymoon Jake Speed

Legend Lucas The Manhattan Project My American Cousin

On the Edge Poltergeist II; The Other Side Restless Natives Short Circuit

A-3 Approved for Adults Only

ANSWERS

Residents of Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven

Absolute Beginners American Anthem Armed & Dangerous Back to School Big Trouble Big Trouble in Little China Club Paradise Dangerously Close Fire With Fire

Ginger & Fred Gung Ho Hard Traveling Heartburn Legal Eagles Letter to Brezhnev Malcolm Manhunter Next Summer Nothing in Common (Rec.)

One Crazy Summer Pirates Pretty in J>ink Room with a View Stand By Me 3 Men & a Cradle Top Gun Under the Cherry Moon Vagabond

A-4 Separate Classification Left to right, top to bottom: JULIA STONE: "Our Blessed Mother is my saint.

I've gotten a lot offavors from her.

I've got great faith in her."

JOSEPH ARRUDA: "St. Joseph, because I was named after him. I have a lot of faith in him and admire him very much."

ALICE LeTOURNEAU: "St. Anne. I've always belonged to the Society of St. Anne at St. Joseph's parish, New Bedford.

"When I got married we went to Quebec for our honeymoon, and visited a shrine to St. Anne."

(Separate classification is given to certain films which while not morally offensive, require some analysis and explanation as a protection against wrong interpretation and false conclusions) Aliens Echo Park ,Hannah and Her Sisters At Close Range F-X JoJo Dancer, , Your Life is Calling

O-Morally Offensive About Last Night Femme de Personne Out of Bounds April Fool's Day A Fine Mess Psycho III Bliss Friday the 13th, Raw Deal Cobra Part VI Running Scared The Delta Force Howard the Duck Ruthless People Desert Hearts The Fly Sweet Liberty Down and Out in Love Songs The Texas Chainsaw Beverly Hills Maximum Overdrive Massacre, Part II 8 Million Ways to Die Mona Lisa Youngblood Extremities 9 1/2 Weeks (Rec.) after a title indicates that the film is recommended by the U.S. Catholic Conference reviewer for the category of viewers under which it is listed. Th6se listings are presented monthly; please clip and Save for reference. Further information on recent films is available from The Anchor office, 675-7151.

Area Religious Broadcasting Ttte following television and radio programs originate in the diocesan viewing and listening area. Their listings normally do not vary from week to week. They will be presented in the Anchor the first Friday of each month and will reflect any changes that may be made. Please clip and retain for reference.

Each Sunday, 10:30 a.m WLNE, Channel 6. Diocesan Television Mass.

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MARY FERREIRA: "St. John. I've always belonged to St. John the Baptist parish in New Bedford."

EVELYN OLIVEIRA:

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"My favorite is St. Anthony because I'm forever losing things. I couldn't do without him. He's a great guy."

JANE SPARROW: Mrs. Sparrow, whose daughter, Sister Theresa Sparrow, RSM. is coordinator ofreligious education at St. Michael's parish. Swansea. notes that SS. Jude, Joachim and Anne are among her many favorites.

"I say a novena to them every day, and I enjoy listening to the mysteries of the rosary on my cassette tapes. They're terrific." ~

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Portuguese Masses from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford: 12:15 p.m. each.

Sunday on radio station WJFDFM, 7 p.m. each Sunday on television Channel 20.

Portuguese Masses from Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Anthony of Lisbon parishes, Taunton: 7 p.m. each Sunday and 6 p.m. each Monday on V.A. Columbia Cablevislon, Channel 27.

Mass Monday to Friday every week, 11:30 a.m. to noon, WXNE, Channel 26.

"Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday on Channel 6, Is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island, and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

"Breakthrough" 6: 30 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 10, a program on the power of God to touch lives, produced by the Pastoral Theological Institute of Hamden, Conn.

"The Glory of God," with Father John Bertolucci, 7:30 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 27.

"Maryson," a family puppet

show with moral and spiritual perspective 6 p.m. each Thursday, Fall River and New Bedford Cable Channel 13.

"Spirit and the Bride," a talk show with William Larkin, 6 p.m. Monday, cable channel 35.

On Radio Charismatic programs with Father John Randall are aired from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday through Friday on station WRIB, 1220 AM; Mass is broadcast at I p.m. each Sunday.

Programs of Catholic interest are broadcast at the following times on station WROL Boston, 950 AM: Monday through Friday 9, 9: 15, 11:45 a.m.; 12:15, 12:30, I p.m.

A Polish-language Mass路 is heard from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. every Sunday on station WICE, 550 A.M. Contemporary Christian rock music is heard at 5 p.m. each Saturday on WDOM, 91.3 FM, Providence College radio; also at 9 a.m. each Saturday on WSHL, 91.3 FM, Stonehill College radio. Produced by the Good News Catholic Radio Ministry of Taun~on and reaching diocesan listeners in TauMon, Fall River, Easton and Attleboro, the program also discusses artists, concerts and videos connected with this fast-growing sector of the rock scene.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 5, 1986

ST. JOSEPH, F AIRHAVEN Parish school opening Mass 9 a.m. Monday, school.

CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/MASHPEE Starting today, there will be allday First Friday exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Jude's Chapel, Cotuit, beginning after 8 a.m. Mass and continuing until 4 p.m. Benediction.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Choir rehearsals resume 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 9; youth group back to school meeting 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10, youth group room.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON Choir meeting 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15.

New members welcome; St. Jude novena 7 p.m. Mondays.

ST. ANNE, FR .

Father John R. Foister, pastor, invites parishioners i!1terested in service as a lector, song leader, usher or in other ministries to contact him at 674-5651.

Boy Scout committee meeting 7 p.m. Sept. 9, 574 So. Almond St.; Fellowship Palanca Mass 7 p.m.

Sept. II; Adult retreat weekend Sept.

12 to 14; Junior Girl Scout Troop 1009jSenior Cadette Troop 1147 registration 7 p.m. Sept. 16, school.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH . Adult choir rehearses 7:30 ·p.m.

Thursdays. New members welcome; Women's Guild meeting Sept. 10 begins with 7 p.m. Mass, church.

Initiation of new members, a tea and guest speaker John J. S.wanson, ha~d­ writing expert, follow In Father Chnton Hall.

ST. KILIAN, NB Widowed support group meeting 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8, rectory basement.

Guest speaker: travel agent ,Jocelyn Howard. New members welcome.

Information: 998-3269.

CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, FR Fall River Catholic Woman's Club meeting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Holy Name School, Fall River. Entertainment by Rhode Island Sound and The Unichords. New members welcome. Masses for deceased members at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River: 12:05 p. m. Sept. 23, Florence Kennedy; 12:05 p.m. Sept. 24, Mary Cantwell. New officers are Mrs. Kenneth Leger, president; Mrs. William Paul, vice-president; Mrs. Belisario Almeida, secretary; Mrs. Henry Thomas, treasurer; Bishop's Night Oct. 14.

ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH Women's Guild meeting Sept. 15 begins with 7 p.m. rosary and Benediction, church. New members welcome.

NOTRE DAME, FR Choir rehearsals resume 7: 15 p.m.

Sept. 9, church cry room; CYO me~eting 7 p.m. Sept. 9, school, featu::-es nominations and election of 1986-87 officers; parish youth ministry members thank Paul and Pauline Berube for serving as Youth Center coordinators during the center's beginning months and welcome Bob and Connie Lajoie to the responsibilitif:s.

The parish recently dedicated a new electronic carillon, a gift of Dr. Orner E. Boivin and the late Laurette Boivin, in memory of the Boivin family. The carillon will ring the Ar.gelus, play pre-Mass hymns, toll for funerals and peal for weddings.

HOLY NAME, NB The Women's Guild season will opf:n with Mass at 7 p.m.-Monday.

To be installed are Anna O'Neil, president; Eileen McCann, vice-president; Barbara Brunette, secretary; Eleanor Jennings, treasurer.

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O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Prayers requested for the late Father Arthur J. Heamer, a retired priest from the Worcester diocese, who often assisted at the parish; parish council elections weekend of Sept. 13{14; First Friday Benediction 10 this morning; ultreya meets 7:30 tonight, parish center; First Saturday rosary of reparation and act of consecration to the Immaculate: Heart of Mary 8:40 a.m. tomorrow; Women's Guild meeting Sept. 8 begins with 6:30 p.m. Benediction.

S1.. RITA, MARION Mass and healing service with Father Albert Fredette, MS, 7 tonight, church. All welcome.

HOSPICE, WAREHAM AREA Wareham Area Hospice Association, Inc., fall volunteer training program begins I p.m. Sept. 23, Mattapoisett Town Hall. Information and registration: volunteer coordinator Evelyn Pursley, 758-3329.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Adult choir rehearsals wiII resume 7:30 p.m. Monday. New members welcome; Junior choir rehearsals resume II :45 a.m. Sunday. Children and teens welcome; parish youth center open regular hours for new season.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEEN School opening Mass 9 a.m. Monday;, parishioners who can donate blood to St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, are asked to contact Earl Faunce, 993-2061, for information and transportation.

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ST. STANISLA US, FR Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will rededicate the church at 10:30 a.m.

Sept. 14; parish school opening Mass 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Meet in school at 10:05 a.m. for procession; Holy Rosary Sodality meeting I:30 p.m.

Sunday, school; new Women's Guild members welcome. Information: Judy Dolan, 674-4293.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO David Irwin has prepared a new parish logo: a dove, symbol of the Holy Spirit, rests within a cross, symbol of the Christian life.

DOMINICAN LAITY, FR Meeting with Mass and reception of postulant 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12, Dominican Academy, 37 Park Street.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO 32nd annual Franco-American Pilgrimage Day Sept. 7 features 3 p.m. outdoor Mass, shrine Garden of Worship. Providence Bishop Louis E. Gelineau, will be celebrant and homilist. Music by LaSalette Chorale directed by John Travers.