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Religious Programs Begin On Catechetical Sunday September 16 will be Cate- home. Our. parish. programs of chetical Sunday in the Fall River religious education underscore diocese, traditionally the begin- the roles of family members in ning date for parish religious the mutual encouragement of education programs.

Many growing in the faith. churches will offer a special "As we begin a new academ!c Mass during which parish CCD year, I urge your support of parteachers and other personnel ish catechetical programs - in will be comrilissioned as reli- religious education, in -parish gious educators. schools, in programs of adult forA letter from His Excellency, mation. By our dedication to the the Most Reverend Daniel A. continuing growth of all.members Cronin, to be read in all parishes of." God's people - in our homes this weekend, stresses the sig- and parish famiiles - we will nificance of the occasion. foster communities that reflect "On this weekend," he writes, the Gospel message of peace and • "as we celebrate Catechetical understanding."

Sunday, the theme, 'Bringing the In further observance of the Word to God's 'Family,' .reminds day, Rev. Michel G. Methot, dius of our awesome responsibility ocesan director of religious eduand !hope. We are called, as in- cation, will offer 11 a.m. Mass dividuals and as a parish family, on television Channel Six. to share the Word of God, and Youth Ministry we are privileged to' experience Also in connection with obthe consolation of Jesus' message servance of Catechetical Sunof love.

"At a time when family life is day, the department of religious experiencing much tension and education pas announced final need for support, each of us plans fQ':: a youth ministry trainmust become even more con- ing program. scious of our call to bring the Details were presented to the Gospel message to our own im- Youth Ministry Advisory Group mediate families as well as to at a recent meeting at St. Marfamiiles in general. garet's Church, Buzzards Bay. "The family should be" the pri- They were explained by Father mary place wherein the Word of Marcel Bouchard, director of God is h~ard, proclaimed, experi- youth ministry, and a planning enced an~ nurtured. The parish task force.

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Diocese Joins New England In Preparations for Pope Last week His Excellency, tinued the bishop, "prompts me given to our beloved Pope John Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, parti- to indicate to you my own de- Paul II. His historic visit will cipated, together with the Or- sire that as many priests as pos- thus be not only an event of dinaries of the other dioceses of sible plan to be personally pres- extraordinary joy, but also a New England, in a meeting at ent at the sacred liturgy on 'teachable moment' when we the residence of His Eminence, Boston Common. I urge you to can literally meditate upon the Cardinal Humberto S. Medeiros encourage your parishioners to wonderful gift which Almighty of Boston, to discuss plans for be present to greet the' Holy God has given to His Church in the forthcoming visit of Pope Father and to express in a tangi~ the person of Peter and his ble and enthusiastic manner our Successors."

John Paul II. Meanwhile iii Rome, at his In a letter to the clergy of loyalty and affection for the weekly general audience, Pope the, diocese, Bishop Cronin noted .Pope. that it is hoped that large and "Likewise, I urge all priests John Paul has asked American representative groups from every to make use of the remaining Catholics to prepare spiritually New England diocese will be at . weeks which precede the visit for his visit. , "I desire to assure all Amthe Boston Common for the pa- of Pope John Paul II to our area, pal Mass at 4:30 p.m. Monday, especially in homilies and in- ericans - Catholics, Protestants Oct. 1.structions at Sunday Masses in and Jews, and all men and wom"Great numbers," wrote the the parishes to focus upon the en of good will of my friendship, bishop, "will have a direct view unique role of the Papacy in the. respect and esteem," said the of the aItar which will be erected Church and to reflect upon the pontiff. "I ask my fellow Cathon the Common. Others will have extraordinary gifts of mind and olics in particular, in these days the opportunity to see the Holy soul which Almighty God has Tum to Page Seven Father as he travels completely around the perim.eter of Boston .

Common in an open car. As you have doubtless read in the news reports, plans have been made to . ~elevise the ¡Papal Mass On large screens placed on buildings in the viciriUy of the ComDUBLIN, Ireland (NC) ment, there are fears that the mon, so that all who are gather- Pope John Paul n is not expect- , violence wlil worsen. The IRA ed can view the Mass." ed to address himself directly~to seems determined to continue to Bishop Cronin said pastors the grave problems afflicting shoot policemen and British solare encouraged to~arrange trans- Ireland during his three-day tour diers and to bomb buildings. They portation for parish groups to of the country Sept. 29-0ct. 1. claim to be fighting for antiattend the Mass. Many parishes But the Irish Conference of Bish- colonial liberation - for Brithave already finalized such plans ops hopes that the spiritual re- ish withdrawal from Northern and others are in the process of newal that he. will stimulate will Ireland and the incorporation of doing so. help solve or ease them. the province into a united Ireland. . "Obvio~sly," the bishop Co?By far the most intractable tmued, you~~ and. old ":111 - problem is the violence in Northwa~t to partlc~p~t~ 10 the hls- em ireland. The bishops were. tonc papal VISit. He not.e~, appalled by the killing of Lord h~wever, that the Boston VISit Louis Mountbatten and 21 wIll focus on youth and h~ urged others by the Provisional IRA New York and Newark offi. that pastors make special ar- Aug. 27 and have appealed for rangements for young people to peace and respect for the sa- 'cials have said they are unwilling be present at the Common. credness of human life. The kill- to help the U.S. Census.Bureau To encourage .this, Father ings have been condemned by 'count illegal alie~s unless they George Coleman, diocesan di- the pope and are responsible for receive a guarantee that the fedrector of education, has an- his decision to exclude North- eral government will keep the nounced that all Catholic schools em Ireland from his itineraty. It information secret.

The Census Bureau has conwill be closed on Monday, Oct. had been proposed that he go to 1. Further details concerning Armagh, Northern Ireland, pri- tacted the National Conference parochial school participation in matial See of all Ireland for 15 of Catholic Bishops-U.S. Catholic Conference and some diothe papal visit will be forth- centuries. ceses asIqng for help with the coming.

The Provisional IRA and those 1980 census. According to Msgr.

At the meeting of the bishops it was announced that there will who shelter and support them are Thomas Leonard, NCCB-USCC be a special section reserved for Catholics, a small minority of associate general -secretary, the priests who wish to attend the the 500,000 Catholics or North- . conference does not have a policy Mass. Although it will not be ern Ireland. They seem to have concerning cooperation with the possible for priests to concele- become insensitive to appeals census, although he said a policy brate, all the clergy are heartily from the church and it is doubt- may be considered at a Septemencouraged to he present in ful whether even a direct appeal ber USCC Board meeting.

Msgr. A'nthony Bevilacqua, order to be closely united with from the pope would have any the Holy Father as he offers effect on the gunmen, though it director of the Migration and might win a response among the Refugee Office of the Brooklyn Mass.

"This historic visit of the Holy more religiously inclined of their diocese, said he would want a personal guarantee "at least Father to our country and speci- supporters.

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Irish Hope Visit of Pope Will Be Tension Easer

Leaders Dubious On Census Aid

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Sinful TV

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Policy a 'Disgrace

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - "Uncultured, irreligious and sinful" are just a few of the words veteran NBC newsman Frank Blair uses in describing some of the shows now being aired over commercial 'television. "Television is a powerful medium, and as such it should lead instead of follow," said' 'Blair in an interview with the Nashville diocesan newspaper.

LONDON-The bishops of England and Wales should set up a governing body to oversee recruitment, selection, training and employment of permanent deacons, according to a recommendation by the bishops' Commission for Priestly Formation.

Fair Housing

BOSTON - Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston has decided not to appoint a separate archdiocesan commission on women's issues, but has chosen to expand membership of the existing Justice and Peace Commission to handle matters pertaining to injustice toward women. The decision came in response to a request by the Priests' Senate of Boston asking establishment of a women's commission.

WASHINGTON-The Vatican has told U.S. church officials that special ministers of the Eucharist - -such as lay. men and women, - are not to be used at Masses celebrated by the pope in the United States in October. The move was intercepted by some as an effort to keep women from assisting at the papal Masses, but officials of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops stressed that the Vatican was following normal church regulations on the use of either men or women as special eucharistic ministers.'

WASHINGTON-U.S. immigration policy is a "disgraceful black mark for all of us," according, to Leonel Castillo, who is leaving his post as commisisoner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

He said America's 25-year-old immigration policies have left the country with millions of illegal aliens who are virtually "indentured workers" and criticized Congress for not acting on Carter administration proposals for revising immigration law.

Women's Issues

,WASHINGTON - Church, labor and civil rights groups are gearing up for a congressional push for what they describe ,as the most important civil rights legislation of the 96th Congress a bill to give the. federal government the power to enforce laws prohibiting discrimination in housing. Congress passed a federal fair housing law in 1968, but did not give the Department of Housing and Urban Development power to enforce the law.

Alleged Tortu re CARTEGENA, Colombia,- The priests and nuns of the Cartegana Archdiocese sa~ a young lay helper of Sister Herlinda Moises was tortured by military intelligence until he signed a confession implicating himself and the nun as subversives. Since the late August statement, a civilian Cl;lUrt has released Sister Moises hecause the alleged discovery of arms at a warehouse in which she stored relief supplies for the poor could not be substantiated.

Goes to Star WASHINGTON - Jim Castelli, federal reporter for National, Catholic News Service since 1974 and a regular Anchor columnist, has been named religion editor of The Washington Star. Castelli will be responsible for all the Star's religious news coverage, including its regular Saturday religious news pages.

Abortion Suit ORLANDO, Fla.-A physician who operates an abortion clinic in Orange County, Fla., has fHed a suit in U.S. ,District Court against two natioDlll organizations, three local hospitals, two lay persons and a Catholic bishop charging conspiracy to violate the physician's civil rights and violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Dr. Samuel J. Barr, who has operated the EPOC Clinic in Winter Park since 1974, has alleged that the defendants kept him from obtaining staff privileges at local hospitals.

A Bad Year UNIJlED NATIONS-The United Nations reported that in 1979, which is officially designated as the International Year of the Child, there are some 52 million children working' under often harsh and unpaid conditions, and that 400 million are not getting an education.

These statistics were presented during hearings in Geneva, Switzerland, by the U.N. Subcommittee on Prevention of Dis:rimination and f'rotection of Minorities.

Three Good Signs

KITOVU; Uganda - The first native Ugandan priest.. Msgr. Victor Mukasa Womeraka, died at the age o( 97 at Kitovu MospitaI. He _had ,been a priest for 66 years. ,

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Archbishop Even Football Defers Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the WASHINGTON-The National Football United States, described three positive League agreed Sept. 7 to allow the Washdevelopments he sees among nuns in a ington Redskins to trade game dates with talk to a meeting of the Leadership Conthe Philadelphia Eagles to avoid conflrict- ference of Women Religious. He said the , ing with the papal Mass scheduled for developments were the renewal of prayer, Oct. 7 on the mall in Washington. Orig- both individual and communal; the coninally, the Eagles were scheduled to play tinuing concern with ministry and the in Washington Oct. 7, and the Redskins, emergence of new forms as "a result of were scheduled to play in Philadephia disc~rnment of spirits," and the growing , involvement of 'nuns in service to adults.

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BACKED BY THE COLOSSEUM, pilgrims from Holy Rosary parish, Fall River, are photographed in Rome during a trip to Italy that was part of the parish's 75th anniversary celebration and was led by Father Vincent F. Diaferio, pastor. Upcoming on Sunday, Sept. 23 is a 4 p.m. Mass at Holy Rosary Church, with 'Bishop Daniel A. Cronin as pri~cipal concele'-

, brant. A banquet at Venus de Milo restaurant, Swansea, will follow at 6 p.m. General renovations of the parish plant have also been 'part of the anniversary observance. In charge of arrangements for-the Sepl. 23 banquet is Msgr. Joseph R. Pannoni, pastor emeritus of, the Italian parish, "mother church" for St. Francis of Assisi parish, New Bedford. '

Regional izataon CLEVELANl)......iBishop James A. Hickey of Cleveland hasregionalize~ the 951,000 member Cleveland diocese into four regions, each with an auxiliarY bishop serving as vicar.

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Sister Barbara McCarthy, OP, prioress general of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena; Sister Marilyn Spellman, SUSC, provincial superior of the Religious of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts; and Sister Almerinda Costa, -SSD, provincial superior of the Sisters of St. Dorothy, were among religious from the FalI River diocese attending an assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious held in San Antonio, Texas.

With "Leadership as Leaven" as the assembly theme, delegates explored their capability for changing unjust social situations.

Speakers presented case histories of persons affected by social injustice in the areas of health care, youth justice, aging, nuclear development, welfare and minority status.

Gospel insights were brought to such situations by Sister Mary' Ellen Sheehan, IHM, keynote speaker, who discussed means of redressing wrongs.

Change strategies and methods of'social analysis were the topic of Sister Mary Trainer,RSM, whose presentation was followed by workshops during which delegates applfed the techniques she had discussed.

New LCWR officers are Sister Theresa Kane, RSM, president; Sister Clare Fitzgerald, SSND, vice-president; Sister Frances Cunningham, OSF, secretary; Si~ter Catherine Laboure Fitman, SP, treasurer.

Bishop's Ball The annual planning meeting for the Bishop's Charity BalI will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7 at White's restaurant, North Westport.

The balI will be held Friday, Jan. 11 at Lincoln ·Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth. It will be the 25th year the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the- Soeiety of St. Vincent de , Paul have cosponsored the winter social event.

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Leadership Topic Of LCWR Parley

Montforts Name New Superior

MAKING ARRANGEMENTS for the Taunton area jubileee banquet, to be held Sunday night, Sept. 30 at the Coachmen restaurant, Tiverton, are, from left, Martina Grover, publicity; Estella Margarido, program; Anne Franco, souvenirs; Adrienne Lemieux, general chairman; Eugene Alger, decorations. The banquet and a following dance will be preceded by an afternoon Mass at St. Mary's Church, Taunton, with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin as principal concelebrant. (Gilbert Photo)

Holy Family Initiates Hall of Fame New Bedford's Holy Family High School, oldest secondary school in the diocese of Fall River, will induct into a newlyestablished HalI of Fame six men and women who have made significant contributions to the school since its founding as St. Joseph's High School in 1883 and under its present title, given in 1904. , To be inducted at a dinner at White's restaurant, North Westport, on Saturday, Sept. 22, are Bishop James J. Gerrard, Rev. John F. Hogan, Sister Mary Virginia Quinlan, RSM, Sister Charles Francis Dubuque, RSM, Jack Nobrega, and, posthumously,' Sister Mary Rose Murray, RSM. The induction will begin with a 6:30 p.m. social hour and con· tinue with dinner at 7:30 p.m. and presentation of the honored guests.

SOUTH ATfLEBORO Council 5876, Knights of Columbus, has awarded scholarship grants of $500 each to five ,students. From left, K of C member Thomas Lowe; Leo Dery, educational aid chairman; Charles Brissette, Mary J. Sweeney, Gerard Turcotte, Cheryl Panzarella, Marc Tetreault, grant recipients; Americo Vieira, K of C.

Bishop Gerrard was pastor of St. Lawrence Church and Holy Family High School director for 16 years. Father Hogan also served as high school director.

Sister Virginia and Sister Charles FraJ;}cis were the last two religious principals of the high school, while Jack Nobrega was for' many years athletic director and coach, compiling an envialile record. in Bristol County basketbalI. Sister Rose Murray served at Holy Family from 1905 to 1934 and again from 1935 to 1?36.

Present Holy Family personnel Wish to honor the contribution made over the years by the school to both the Greater New Bedford community and the church. As part of their tribute they are recognizing by means of the HalI of Fame some of the many men and women important· to the school's grQwth and de·

THE ...ANCHOR will publish a special issue on Thursday, Oct. 4 in honor of Pope John Paul II's visit to the United States and more especially to New England.

We have already received many advertise· ments of congratulations and felicitations, on ,this historic occasion. If your business organization or parish would like to be included in this souvenir issue, sure to be kept for many years, please con· :act, by Saturday, Sept. 15: Rosemary Dussault Advertising Manager THE ANCHOR P.O. Box 7 Tel. 675-7151 FALL RIVER, MASS.

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The inductees will receive mementos and their names will be inscribed on a permanent plaque in the school. Also to be dedicated to them will be the Holy Family "Walk-a-thon '79," to take place Saturday, Oct. 6 and to involve faculty and students in a walk through New Bedford and Dartmouth.

Att,?rney Edwin J. livingstone Jr. is heading the HalI of Fame committee.

Kenneth L. Kramer, school vice-principal, is coordinating the walk-a-thon.

No Gratification "If you' would conquer your

weakness you must not gratify it." - William Penn

Father George J. Werner, SMM has been named superior of the American province of the Montfort Missionaries. In the FalI River diocese, the community staffs St. Peter's parish, Dighton.

Elected advisors to Father Werner were Rev. Eugene M. Lynch, SMM, pastor of St. Mary Gate of Heaven, Ozone Park, N.Y.; Rev. Donald Leclerc, SMM, pastor of Infant Jesus Church, Fort Jefferson, N.Y.; Rev. Peter Ballenger, SMM, pastor of St. Teresa's Church, St. Louis, Mo.; and Rev. William' Considine, SMM, novice director, Washington, D,C. Father Werner, originalIy of Ozone Park, was ordained in 1957. His Ministry has included preaching retreats and working in formation programs and in parish ministry.

St. Louis de Montfort founded the community of priests and brothers to "establish the reign of Jesus Christ through Mary."

Their ministry includes work with the poor sick and elderly, preaching, parish ministry and encouragement of devotion to Mary.

AN INVITATION Sung Vespers will be offered at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at St. Mary's Cathedral. All members of the diocese are invited to be present, especially those involved in the parish music apostolate.

Priests attending are -c(sked to wear cassock and surplice.

A coffee hour will follow in -the parish hall.

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themoorin~ Getting a Headstart In these days of outrageous prices in the marketplace and banditry by the oil companies, many families are taking a very hard look not only at their depleting bank books but also at their family goals and objectives for the future.

Many' families with children in high school, especially those who are unfairly treated because they choose to send their children to church affiliated schools, are wondering how they will ever afford a college education for their sons or daughters.

Realizing that the job market is becoming more and more limited and that fewer opportunities exist for young . people to get even parttime jobs to help finance future educational plans, it is becoming obvious that, young people who really desire to further their education on the college and university level must seek financial help beyond the normal family resources. For seniors entering their last year of high school the time for seeking is now.

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These young people and their families must keep in mind that the total cost of a four-year education at mo~t private colleges or universities presently far exceeds the $25,000 mark and is expected to continue to increase yearly.

Even the cost of pU,blic higher education with its tax-supported base is facing the same reality What this year's high school seniors should realize is that millions Qf dollars in public and private money are available to help students and their families.

However, if you want to share in these monies the time to act is now. In the past salad years, many students took much for granted when it came to meeting educational commitments. Today's economy has changed all that. Dad and Mom are' no longer able to "flip" all the bills. Other 'means must be sought at the earliest date possible if a present high school senior expects to receive . financial help.

Such a search should also be a family affair, not merely the province of an interested teacher or guidance department. In our growing social plight, none can go it alone more especially family units. One reason why some families have unduly burdened themselves financially is that they have been too proud to seek special help.

This, of course, is totally foolish. Every taxpayer 'should realize that in addition to the many private foundations willing and ready to help worthy students, Uncle Sam is into educational' financial aid in a big way.' Although unwilling to assist in primary or secondary-private or parochial education costs, he is ready to help undeI1graduate or graduate students with the expenses of a college of their choice. Both federal and state govern, ments have many tax-funded grant programs which can be ,explored witlr the aid of school guidance counselors.

Thus, a word of advice to high school seniors' desiring to better the world by means of a college education: get a headstart. Act now. Search and work. Ask and seek.

Pursue and investigate. Your entire 'future could depend on your decision to be. the early bird that gets the proverbial worm.

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Vatican Positilon Paper on Science Ambivalence in the use of science and technology "rests in 'UNITED NATIONS (NC) the attitudes which we human' The Catholic Church supports beings bring to the product of scientific and technological pro- scientific research and technogress which "truly serves the' logical development," added the good of the inhabitants of this paper. earth and does not deprive any"Therefore, before there can one of the just fruits of its adbe any evaluation of the worth vantages and growth." of this or that technology or this That was the tenor of a Vati- or that scientific achievement, can position paper for the Uni- there must be clarification of tel! Nations Conference on sci- the attitude of ourselves as huence and Technology held in Vi- man beings and as states who enna last month. carry responsibility and who The Vatican also cautioned have the obligation ,to insure that scientific and technological that the values which foster the progress is "ambivalent" and lives of persons and national listed conditions for transfer- activity guide our deliberation ring technology from the "haves" and choices," said the Vatican. ,to the "have-nots."

The Vatican listed conditions The aim of the U.N. conference for expective transfer of techis to redress global imbalance nology to developing nations: - It must create, local embetwe'en developed and developing nations: Conference planners ploment.

- It must improve the desaw the imbalance as potentially more explosive than many other veloping country's ability to exissues which affect world peace. port goods competitively and True progress must be put at must stimulate its own evo~u足 the disposal of people without tion.

The paper cites a need to deprejudice, said the Vatican paper. velop centers for education and The importance of science and research so that people from technology for the development Third World countries will be of people "cannot escape the able to learn new. techniques concern and interest" of the and adapt them to their own (:ulchurch, said the paper, because ture'. it can provide material and ,Priority is given by the Vatican to developing "adequate and spiritual benefits.

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Priority should also be given to improving food production, "the one grand area which needs urgent and serious attention." added the Vatican.

Another first step toward self-reliance in the Third World, the paper said, is development of water resources. Inexpensive and quick improvements in water purificatiT' desalination and irrigation ar sorely needed, said the Vatica .

"The end of ekery power and every social a~on is the human person and the fulfillment of his potential on all levels of family and nation in such a way that he becomes a freer bearer of the values of his culture and his beliefs," said the Vatican.

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Catholic Power Dear Editor: I liked the picture of you and those other fine priests with our beloved Pope John Paul - and the other picture of Mr. Ferreira showing Pope John Paul extending his hand with that gracious smile on his face! So nice to see people of our diocese visiting ' the Vatican! ...

I also liked your editorial so well that I'm forwarding it to President Carter. I especially liked your words: "It certainly would be a horrendous situation if the present incumbent of the White House decided to receive Pope John Paul merely as a distinguished visitor."

If more of our clergy would speak out for the need to have our 50 million Catholics urge and work to have a full diplom~tic representative from the U.S. at the Vatican, it could be done....

In fact, the abortion issue in Congress and prayer in our schools as well would have long since received votes enough to have the Human Life Amendment passed and a return of school prayer.

It is the Drinan-Kennedy members of both houses who impede Catholic progress on these issues.... And Drinan is now. bemoaning treatment in South' Vietnam, the country he and Kennedy helped communize because of lack of financial or political support all ffirough the time our splendid young men were dying there!

But I can see millions of stupid, liberal-left political hacks' as well as voters supporting Ted Kennedy for the White House. ... A person's religion in politics means nothing to me - but what he stands for and tries to live up to does. ...

A:fter reading Greeley's latest book, one wonders why The Anchor bothers with his column. I feel much the same about Mary Carson and Jim Castelli.... Why not Patrick Buchanan's column?

He is an honest-to-God splendid Catholic!

Kathryn Nowak Marion

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Dear Editor: As I try to enlighten Catholics to the reality of abortion, I can draw but two conclusions. Either they are educated enough about it, are doing their utmost to end it and they need no further motivation; or they are so apathetic they couldn't care less.

Unfortunately.-the latter seems to be the case. Otherwise, why is the killing continuing un-' abated? If Catholics, and I include bishops and clergy, are fighting against this abomination, then why do we continually elect men such as Studds, Kennedy, O'Neill and Drinan? ...

It is one thing for those who profess to be Cathoiics to en-

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Dalai Lama Welcomed NEW YORK (NC) - Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York clasped the hand of the Dalai Lama, Tibetian Buddhist leader, as black -B~ptist minister' read St. Paul's hymn to love in First Corinthians 13.

The moment was a highlight of the "welcoming service for his holiness the Dalai Lama XIV by the religious .community of, New York."

St. Patrick's Cathedral was the site for welcoming the first Dalai Lama ever to visit the United States.

The cathedral, which seats 2,500 people, was packed, with hundreds standing.

The congregation, including many of the Dalai Lama's- American followers, was enthusiastic and responsive, frequently breaking into applause that was reinforced by Tibetian horns blown by two Buddhist monks.

In welcoming the Dalai Lama, Cardinal Cooke took note of the possibility that some people might fear such a service would promote indifferentism or syncretism.

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I pray constantly that we Catholics come to our senses.

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The Dalai Lama gave the beginning and ending of his address in Tibetian, translated into English by an interpreter. But the central part of his message was given in "my broken English."

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In Greeleyls Viewl Itls Lunatic Legalism

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Am I the only one who sees the conflict between the two most fashionable. current crazes in the Am-

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running around the country, formulating elaborate, detailed and moronic rules regulating administration of the sacraments. And some of the .evangelization enthusiasts are also guideline enthusiasts.

I doubt that the evangelizers are going to attract many people to or back t~ the church. But if they do, the evangelized will promptly encounter a system of "rule morality," more inflexible than anything previously devised , in the church.

You attract people' to the church on one hand, then frighten them away with inquisitorial rigorism' on the other. "Dumb" is the only adjective for such contradictory behavior.

One guideline enthusiast explained i1 to me this way: "If we are going to grant annulments on the grounds of psychological instability, then we simply have to screen people before marriage to determine that they are psychologically capable of get-. ting married."

The idea that it is the role of . the church or the parish priest to "psychologically screen" people who wish to marry is uncharitable, un-Christian and a violation of canon law. But the guideline enthusiasts have imposed regulations that make both the old canon law and Cardinal Felici's grotesque revised code look like exercises in liberal permissiveness.

The guideline nuts have revoked the ~ode of canon law and, as far as I <;an see, the Sermon on the Mount as well. They have turned, almost without anyone noticing it, American Catholicism into the kind of detailed Pharisaic oppression that both Jesus and St. Paul' condemned.

A recent issue of Aim had an article purporting to present a "moderate" view of the guidelines. The· perspective of the author is about as moderate as the Talmud and yet I hear no one complaining.

Ironically; the new hyperlegalism has come precisely when ·a lot of sometime-eatholics in their middle-30s are getting

ready to drift back into the church. They are discovering a more authoritarian and more oppressive church than the one they left.

The guidelines are mostly unenforceable. A lot of Catholic laity will not accept them and will simply not receive the sacraments. Others will shop around until they find priests who refuse to apply them. . \\lith the guidelines mania, American Catholicism has deliberately and consciously embarked on the path of crushing the bruised reed. It is melancholy to think that many of the guidelines nuts will not even understand what that last sentence,.. means.

But the other day I saw what may well be the hope 'of the future of the church. It wasn't a dramatic breakthrough or a big, bold, beautiful council of bishops.

It was one priest, a "!telp-out" at Sunday Mass. I never saw him before. Possibly I'll never see him again.

votion, openness, rapport" warmth " . . a sense of the theatrics that can make a Mass a beautiful drama to be shared.

"I'm afraid that "theatrics" will turn off some people but the Mass, after all, is the reenactment of a powerful drama.

And then suddenly that Sunday morning I found myself thrown into such a compelling force tha~ I was awed. The priest preached on "unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood" with such thought and preparation that the following week when the readings alluded to the gospel from the week before,' I had no difficulty remembering what it was! It was one of the few times I regretted a homilist coming to, the end of his talk.

ed on the efforts of one man.

Apparently this priest has taken that to heart.

How easy to excuse ourselves.

What can I do . . . alone? When thousands are needed, what can one person do?

This priest knows what one person can do,. . . the yery best he's able. He made a congregation feel, "This is something we're all part of . . . and proud of it!"

I hope he comes back sometime. There are two things I'd like to .do. l'd like to thank him personally. And I'd like to be assured it wasn't just a good dream.

There are times when I feel the Catholic Church is All he did was say a Mass on going down the drain and· a sticky, muggy Sunday mornnothing seems to stop it. ing. But he had enthusiasm! He During Vatica'n II I built,. up high hopes but I look at the church more than a decade later and wonder how much really has improved.

made me feel he was glad to be there. He seemed to be glad that every single person in the con· gregation was there.

He had a combination of de-

Have you ever been to Mas's where the celebrant' gave the impression it was a chore to be gotten out of the way? It seems to happen on days when a big game is scheduled on TV. I've sometimes had the feeling that a smaller congregation would be appreciated because communion would go faster.

I couldn't stop thinking about that priest. But he's' only one.

What can one priest do?

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Is It Time To' Normalize Relations with Vietnam?

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By MARILYN RODERICK

Very often we feel we're too busy to cook tasty meals during the working week and we rely on costly and unsatisfactory packaged foods aM quickie take-outs. But good cooking can be managed by the working woman and this is proved by Norma Camara of Santo Christo parish, Fall River.

Norma is not only one of the best Portuguese cooks in the area, she is also a working wom-

reactions from the public and the Congress, which is still angry about the way the administration handled recognition of the People's Republic of China.

Opposition to normalization of Vietnam stems partly from bitterness of America's involvement in the war there and partly from the fact that Vietnam is seen as the aggressor in Cambodia and as a Soviet ally.

But supporters of normalization offer a number of reasonS

for recognizing Vietnam, including the fact that Vietnam, with 50 million people, is the third largest communist· country in the world. If the United States can recognize China, the argument goes, why can't it recognize Vietnam?

an with four children ranging in age from 5 to 15.

"I love to cook," she said.

"When I get bored watching television I'll go out in the kit· chen and make a cake."

Planning is the key to Norma's ability to serve' even the most complicated ethnic specialties to her family during her work week.

"I start preparing a complicated dish the night before, then when I get home from work I just add the finishing touches."

Norma's love of good cooking came to her from her mother, who also worked while bringing' up her family. "At the age of 10' I -was shopping and cooking for six people," said Norma, "and

my own daughters help me today."

While .discussing ways of making Portuguese dishes, Norrna and her older daughter began preparing three bushels of hot peppers that in the next couple of days would become 21 large jars of ground peppers to be used during the winter as an essential ingredient in many recipes.

Norma explained that homeqlade peppers are tastier and less expensive than the store-bought variety.

"Assafroa is one of our most important spices," she said. Although it's expensive, it provides a special flavor for many dishes.

Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), a Vietnam veteran who was wounded twice, says. America's position has pushed Vietnam in-to a closer relationship to the Soviet Union than it wants.

Vietnam has a long historic animosity toward China and wants to limit Chinese influence in Asia. That is one reason why it has moved closer to the Soviet Union, but Murtha and others argue that official relations with the United States would have given Vietnam a better chance to rem'ain independent of Russia.

Rep. Paul Simon (D-IlI.) says, "It is possible that the present war in Vietnam almost a

classic case of the growth of war - would not have occurred had we recognized the government of VietnaID:.

"Officials of Vietnam made clear their eagerness for improved relationships with us and their desire to maintain independence from the Soviets and the Chine~e. But we turned tIiem down and had no influence in Vietnam when the Soviets apparently encouraged Vietnam to move into Cambodia."

Here is, one of Norma's favorite recipes, using both hot peepers and assafroa.

Norma's Stuffed Eggs 1 dozen eggs (hard-cooked)

Y2' teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon parsley Salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 4 raw eggs

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1 tablespoon ground hot hot peppers 2 large onions, chopped 3 cloves garlic, chopped 2 tablespoons tomato paste Y2 teaspoon paprika Y2 teaspoon assafroa .

1 tablespoon chopped parsley 2 ,cups water Salt to taste Stuffing eggs yolks 1 heaping teaspoon ground red peppers Y2' teaspoon garlic powder

1. Make sauce by miXing ingredients in saucepan, bring to boil and simmer for Y2 hour.

2. Split hard cooked eggs in half lengthwise, remove yolks add to stuffing. To make stuffing, mash yolks and mix with, other ingredients.

3. Stuff whites of eggs, dip in the raw eggs that have been beaten well and saute in hot oil until golden on both sides. Dip eggs in sauce and arrange on serving dish. Cover with rest of sauce and decorate with parsley.

Cardinal Krol Backs SALT II WASHINGTON (NC) - Cardinal John KrQI of Philadelphia, representing the nation's Catholic bishops, has urged the Senate 'to ,ratify the second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty SALT II - as a "deceleration" of the arms race and "the beginning of a continuing and n,.ecessary process for obtaining meaningful and progressive re-, ductions" in nuclear stockpiles.

Cardinal Krol made' his comments in testimony before I the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

He made these main points in his testimony: not - The treaty does threaten U.S. security. ....;. Ratifying the treaty should not be used as an excuse to increase military spending.

- If the hope of reducing nuclear stockpiles ever disappears, the Catholic Church "would almost certainly" condemn -the possession of nuclear weapons as well as their use.

- New missile systems such as the MX mobile missile and the Trident II submarine "should be: considered as negotiable in return for equivalent concessions" by the Soviet Union in a / SALT III treaty.

The United States and Russia should consider lowering the number of warheads per missile in future SALT negotiations.

He said the position he presented was the majority, not the unanimous, position of the bishops' Administrative Board and not the unanimous position of American Catholics.

"It is, however," he said, "the official policy of the U.S. Catholic Conference and, in expressing it, we bishops seek to fulfill a role/of responsible citizenship as well as religious leadership."

Cardinal Krol rejected the argument that the treaty would threaten U.S. security by giving the Soviet Union a "first-strike capability" against American

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land-based ICBMs. He said it would be "insane" for the Soviet Union to launch such a strike and that even if it did have a~ first-strike capability against 'land-based ICBMs, it would still be deterred by U.S. air and sea-Iaun.ched missiles.

Pope Continued from Page One preceding my visit, to open wide their hearts to the purify!ng action of the Holy Spirit. What is needed, above all, is a spiritual preparation, so, that, when I come, we may fittingly celebrate together our unity in the love of God, the love of our Lord Jesus ' Christ.

"In a special way, I am coming as a servant of the Gospel of Christ on a pastoral visit to the Catholic Church in the United States to proclaim the uplifting and healing message of God's word," he added(

GEORGE ATTALLAHof Our Lady of Purgatory Church, New Bedford, at age 80 is older than his parish, for which he has been altar boy, sexton, caretaker, watchman and usher for 62 years. He lives acrQss the street from the church and often arises at 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. to make sure that all is well with it. (Rosa Photo)

Catechetical'sunday Continued from ·Page One Alive: Accepting the Challenge to Minister," the program is aimed both at adults interested in working with youth and selected youth leaders. It will be conducted in each area of the Diocese this fall and will consist of three two and a half hour , sessions.

During the sessions the art, attitudes, and task of .youth ministry will be discussed. Participants will have the opportunity to share iilformation, do joint planning, and contribute to each other's support.

Both the core groups making plans for each area and those who will conduct the sessions will be local people experienced in ministering to and with youth.

Three areas of the Diocese

have already set dates and places for these sessions: .....,. Taunton - Oct. II, 25, Nov. 8 - St. Mary's Hall.

- Ne~ Bedford - Oct. 9, 16, 23 - Kennedy Youth Center.

- Cape Cod - Nov. 19, 26, Dec. 3 - Our 'Lady of Victory Parish Hall, Centerville.

Dates for the Fall River and Attleboro areas have not yet been set.

Every parish is invited to participate in this program, and all who work with youth, or plan to do so, are urged to attend.

Information concerning registration will be forwarded to parishes in time to recruit and prepare their representatives to the program.

Those ~ho desire morl'! information at this time may ca,Il Father Bouchard at the Catholic Education Center, 678-2828.

In the forests of zaire, these Little Sisters ofJesus are bringing to the Pygmies, the healing news of Christ's love as they heal therr physical hurts. .

They are typical of the tho~sands of missionaries around the world who, In the name of Christ, are eager to serve their . suffering brothers- but need help to do so.

Could you help them heal the hurte of soul aDd body?

Census Aid Continued from Page_ One from the attorney general and· perhaps from the president himself - that information collected for the census would not be turned over to another government agency such as the Office of Immigration and Naturalization."

Father Franciso Dominguez and Father Nicholas Di Narzio of the New York and Newark archdiocesan migration offices also expressed concern that the census could be used against illegal aliens, as has Archbishop Robert ~anchez of Sante Fe, N.M., ch,airman of the NCCB's Ad Hoc Committee on Hispanic

Affairs.

Even if the government gives its assurance, Msgr. Bevilacqua said that the Brooklyn Diocese would not be involved directly with the Census Bureau, but would inform people and "encourage people to register.

He said he is concerned that a coincidental, routine arrest of illegal workers after the census might make the workers suspicious of the church as well as of the governmept.

However, in the Los Angeles Archdiocese, Mexican-American leaders have urged aliens to be counted, saying it will be for t'heir benefit.

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Jesus is different these days; he's gone modern (so they say). He no longer tells the woman caught in adultery: "<;To in peace and sin no more."

He tells her: "Do your own thing as long as it's done in love." , I know a young l11an who went to a priest for,confession; he and his girlfriend were going to try not to fall into bed with each other.

And this priest told him not to get too repressed and they should repent of guilt hangups' over the sex thing. .A youngster was saying how great it is the church no longer hangs an A for adultery around a woman's neck. Nowadays she wears a tee shirt which says on the front: "I am a virgin" and on the back: "This is . an old tee shirt."

Oh well, Jesus is different these days;' he's' gone modern (so they say). He says: "Be fulfilled, be whole, that's what perfect means."

And how can you be whole if you don't try everything out?

The Christian churches are studying the family; and they've got to have a gay couple and a liying together couple as.examples of family, so as not to be judgmental. After all, love is the Christian way, not judgment.

All the speakers agree the family is in a state of disarray. One speaker even suggested love would put the humpty-dumpty together again.

But what is love? What love? Don't mention Jesus or holiness that's passe, fundamentalist, narrow. He's different these days; he's gone liberal~ liberated; he doesn't want to intrude or give an opinion.

On the other hand, the chariSmatics, the renewed, the born again, the .pentecostals, the evangelists - they talk of Jesus all the time; they have him right in the palm of their hand.

They're not afraid to handle him; and they know they're saved; and going right to heaven; and they are always speaking infallibly with their tongues to themselves and to each other; they know the will of .God without even having 'to hear 'it Jesus is differen! these days. He can be tapped any time for the Gifts. He heals on demand. Jesus has gone charismatic..

My God, My God, My God, My God, My God. Why hast thou for-' saken us? Who shall rescue us from the deaths we have fallen into. Even nice respectable Christian deaths?

Come Jesus, Lord, and Lover, Unimaginable Other. You whom we cannot make into our own image. Incarnate yourself again in our poor said Christian lives. Be born again in us Thou Lord of Holy Love, Thou Present Tense, Thou Now, Thou Eternal One, Thou Refreshing Spirit, come.

WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM? "On the night he was betrayed, he took bread and gave you thanks and praise and said: Take this all of you and eat it. This is my body given for you. When supper was ended, he took the cup and again he gave thanks and praise, gave the cup to his disciples and said: take this, 'all of you, and drink from it: This is the cup of my blood; it will be shed for you and for all men so that sins may be forgiven."

AND WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM? "My beloved answered, he said to me: Rise up my darling, my fairest, come away, for now the winter is past, the rains are over and gone, the flowers appear in the countryside; the time is coming when the birds will sing and the turtle doves cooing will be heard in our land and the .vines give forth their fragrance. Rise up my dading, my fairest, come away." . .

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How can the parish support family life? Two principles. Family members need to be important to each other, and family units need to be important in the parish; The parish sholtld be careful about setting up activities that separate family members. We have the Holy Name Society for men, altar societies for women, CYO and CCD for youth. What is for the family- Mass, I guess, but many families split up even to go to Mass.

Once upon a time the family was together all week on the farm. Members needed a chance Sunday 'to get away from each other. That is no longer true.

The family is split during the week with .dad at.. work, the children at school, mom at work or home, and everyone participating in his or her own activities.

Church .might be- an ideal time to bring families together.

The family. should attend Mass together. Coffee and doughnuts after Mass is a good family activity. ' Religious education which divides families should be ques~ tioned. Each child is in a separate class and dad at adult education while mom stays home with the baby. If we really mean it when we say that the family is the first and foremost religious edu-' cator, then we must change this separation.

Suppose we divided the parish into small units of five to 10 families or religious education communities. Such small units could be responsible for religious education. The pastor and his teaching team might assist them.

Each unit would be called upon to plan and carry out its own program. Some might em路 phasize liturgy; others, discussion and education; others social action.

Religious educatibn would be carried on within a small but vital community. And families would be important.

Youths have been singled out as a special problem. How can we get them to attend CCDI CYO? Sports programs have been set up to attract them I suggest youths will participate in parish and familY activities when they are needed rather than provided for.

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I need them - to tell me which new records are worth hearing; to chauffeur younger members around; to cook certain meals; to keep the cars in repair, Not only do family members need to be important to' each other, but families need to be important as families. The parish should support a family-type apostolate.

Suppose the parish set up a family bulletin board. A family could post its proposed activity in an effort to attract company.

Projects might involve a simple afternoon of sledding or swim- ming or a more elaborate project such as a discussion group for parents of children about to make first Communion.

Families can make posters together for the church liturgy.

Families can run booths together at the church bazaar.

Engaged couples might eat and visit weekly with an established family for their pre-marital instructions. The experienced family would take time to discuss money, sex, in-laws and children with the young couple. At the wedding, the instructing couple might even be given a. special role.

The pastor might call on some of his strong families to help in counseling and support of a family in \. trouble. The troubled couple could meet with a' more stable couple or couples as they attempted to put their ownfamily back together.

Parish. families could provide a time-out refuge for a troubled teen if a cooling-off period of a few days were needed..

The pastor or certain parishioners could act as a facilitator in mobilizing a helpful network to meet needs in time of crisis.

When illness, death, loss of a job pr disgrace threaten an individual or family, other family units in the parish could provide vital care.

Families are called upon to support the parish. Now we need the parish to support families.

Reader questions on family living and child care are invited; Address to The Kennys; clo The Anchor, P.O.. Box 7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.

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Q. I find your questions and answers interesting and helpful for understanding my faith and our church. At our parish, there are five Masses on Sundays, and three priests in the parish. How many Masses is a priest allowed to say in one day?

Also, isn't it a rule that a priest must say Mass every day?

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A. According to general church law, priests are allowed to offer no more than one Mass each day, though bishops can permit them to offer two Masses on special feasts, and Sundays, when necessary.

The basic principle in such matters is that the reasonable needs of the people must be ·met, especially where Mass and the sacraments are concerned. Thus" it is not uncommon for priests to offer two Masses on weekdays, for example when a funeral Mass must be added to the daily Mass schedule.

Many priests also must frequently offer three Masses on Sundays to fulfill a minimum schedule of Masses in a parish church. Priests properly avoid this as much as' possible, but sometimes, if only a few prjests are available in a given parish, it must be done if the people are to be properly served. .

The church has no specific regulations on when a priest is required to offer Mass. The law says rather quaintly that priests should celebrate the Eucharist "several times a year, but the bishop or religious superior should try to see that they celebrate the liturgy at least on Sundays and holy days of obligation." Bear in mind, this is not the ideal, merely the minimum a priest is expected to do from the nature of his role in the church. Obviously, priests in pa""rishes will normally celebrate the Eucharist almost. every day.

Q. In the Gospel of Saint Matthew, Chapter 27, Jesus cries out on the cross, "Eli, Eli lama sabachthani - that is, My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" In what language did Jesus speak? Is it possible' he said rather, "My Godt where are you?" The Jesus I know would· never say he was forsaken, since he loved and trusted his father thoughout his life. (Fla.) A. This passage has puzzled Christians for centuries. There are at least two points that may be helpful in understanding it.

There is no doubt that Jesus did suffer much of our common human experience of desolation, grief and possibly even bafflement at the time of his Passion. It was torture so agonizing that it caused a bloody sweat and brought him close to a feeling of total dereliction.

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Our Lord has long been seen as possibly a wrenching prayer. using the 22nd Psalm, one of the graphic passages in the Old Testament which in an uncanny manner parallels the suffering of }esus on the cross. The words we are considering are the opening words of that psalm. The same psalm is quoted just a few verses before this passage !(verse '43), and the following verses about Jesus' thirst recall the. later words of that same psalm, "My throat is dried up like 'baked clay, my tongue cleaves to my jaws . . . they have pierced my hands and "my ,feet."

If it is true that" the 22nd Psalm was involved in this cry, as many Christian writers and biblical scholars' believe, the words become one of the most powerful acts of faith, love and victory ever uttered by Our Lord.

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Father Garrigou-lagrange . By Father Augustine Hennessy Genuine spiritual masters have in common one paradoxical insight. They realize that they anel the rest of us are both wonderful and miserable. God taught St. Catherine of Siena this when he told her who he is and who she was. "I am he who is,'~ he told her, "and thou art she who is not."

Dominican Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877-1964), a master of ascetical and mystical theology, was fond of quoting this lesson. His fondness for it stemmed, no doubt, from his philosophical turn of mind.

All his better-known路 writings in the areas of philosophy, apologetics, dogmatic theology or mysticism are geared to producing the same habitual pos-

ture in mankind's encounter with God. For me, the most memorable of Father Garrigou-Lagrange's books are: "The Love of God and the Cross of Jesus," "The Three Ages of the Interior Life" and "Providence." . In them, this great Thomist theologian stresses four realities which underpin Christian humility and Christian exaltation of spirit: (a) the gratuity of God's grac~, (b) the farreaching/efficacy of divine causality, (c) the sheer supernaturalness of the life of faith, and (d) the necessity of encountering the cross before acquiring that humble self-knowledge which is a prerequisite for the contemplation of God. In simpler terms, he is reTurn to Page Thirteen

Touching .Teens

By Father Joseph Champlin Kathy Franklin (a pseudonym) is a bright young woman, a senior in a large public high school.

Her sister has graduated several years earlier at the top of a class of 400 students and Kathy, too, will probably rank somewhere near the top.

She is also well-rounded, energetic, generous, questioning and Catholic.

During high school, Kathy ,has regularly attended Sunday Mass and religious instruction classes.

But difficulties' about, God, church and prayer have plagued her, not surprisingly, since she inherited her father's keen but skeptical mind.

That background should put this excerpt from a recent letter into perspective: "Well, I fimilIy made a Teen SeminAr and lthought you might like to know . . . It was fantas-tic, the best weekend in my whole life.

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been searching for God, but it all been in my head, not in my heart. A:nd now that I've "IT MAKES SENSE to find little time to meditate found him, I can look back and before each day begins." see that my problems could be ,related to the fact that I didn't know Jesus.

"I guess I've become a Jesus freak of sorts. I can't remember ever being this much at peace can be powerful ways of releasBy Father David Burrell with myself." ing me from my own preoccu"Naked I came from my pations - if I am also learning Like 'so many people today, , Kathy had an experience of God mother's womb, and naked shall how difficult it is to let go of arid Jesus. Through an intense, I return; the Lord gave, and the them. That is what meditation prayer-filled and reflective few Lord has taken away; blessed is all about; learning to reorgandays, an event similar to such be the name of the Lord" (Job ize the most distracting voices, programs as Marriage Encoun- 1,20). sort them out, and quiet them ter, Search, Capsule Weekend, T1}ese words of Job sum up so the Lord's can be heard.

Charismat'ic Seminars or Cur- well what meditation is all Static comes from preoccupasillo, this intelligent girl seemed' \ about, and why it makes sense to ion with "extras." Try as we to acquire a very personal rela- 'find a little time to meditate bemight. we cannot avoid being tionship with the Lord. She fore each day begins. A little moved by someone's status, achieved a closeness long de- time taken, between sleeping overlooking their unvarnished sired, but never attained, des- and waking, finds us alone, humaness.

College degrees, pite regular worship at路 Mass naked before the one who made income, arresting and fidelity to religion courses. us and who stands ready to re- monthly clothes, an aggressive manner I found Teen Seminar presen- new us each day. all these things affect us as tations sound theologically.

We can never be quite that we try to listen. , naked before those who come to Turn to Page Thirteen But there is another moveus in need, asking us to unhitch' ment we can make, besides the ourselves, from our cares long enough to listen to them. But yoga breathing. Our eyes norwe can try. We know that com- mally "process" another person, municating with another. is only scanning them with a rigid set minimally a matter of words. It of judgments. of his friends.

How often have we deliberThe disciples could not believe is even more a matter of attunately tried to respond to, each what the ing myself to hear their eyes. Jesus was their teachother as MarK tells us Jesus other person wants to say.

I er, their rabbi. But here he was washing their feet. In the houses find it helpful to do some yoga did with the rich young man: "He of the rich, it was slaves who breathing, to use that simple looked on him with, love."

"Try it once or twice. Sitting washed the feet of guests be- technique to help me locate my cause tl:le roads were usually own center, so that I' can listen in a room with a group, let your eyes light on each person in very dusty and people normally to the other person from there.

Listening and helping can turn, reflecting momentarily' on wore open sandals.

Peter was so astonished that offer another way of meditating, all that makes that person- lovbut only if we are becoming' able. A fascinating exercise, yet h~ tried to stop Jesus from washing his feet. "Peter, if you practiced in meditating as well. how counter it runs to our set don't let me wash your feet,' For it is too easy to pretend to ways of responding.

Where do these exercises you cannot be my friend," said listen, and common, enough to turn a helping hand into one yoga breathing and meditative Jesus.

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By Janaan Manternach The meal was to be very special. Jesus and his friends were clebrating the Jewish feast of Passover.

The low table was filled with traditional foods. Jesus and his disciples stretched out on mats placed around it. This was how everyone ate in those days.

Soon Jesus stood and took off his cloak. His disciples had no idea what lie was about to do. , . He tied a towel around his waist. Then he poured water into a large basin, knelt down and began to wash the feet of one

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The Book of Glory (John 1321) opens with the solemn pronouncement: "Before the feast of Passover, Jesus realized that the hour had come for him to pass from this world to the Father. He had loved his own in the world, and would show his love for them to the end" (13,12). Clearly, his death would be the ultimate proof of his love, and the mention of the betrayer in the next verse strengthens this impression. But he was to anticipate that act of love in a gesture which was more than just a lesson in humility and service.

The setting is the Last Supper.

Jesus and his disciples were reclining on cushions on the floor.

Suddenly Jesus stood up, removed his cloak and tied a towel about his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and knelt' to wash his disciples feet.

They must have been dumbfounded. It was cu~tomary for guests to be given water with which to wash dust of the street from their sandaled feet and sometimes a slave - but only a slave - performed this courtesy for them.' .

At times, too, a rabbi's disciples might wash 'his feet as a mark of great respect and affection. But Jesus, the master, was washing their feet, doing a slave's job.

The contrast is made even sharper by the introductory remark in verse three: "Jesus fully aware that he had come from God and was going to God, the Father who had handed everything over to him" - this same son of the Father was on his knees washing their feet.

This was too much for Peter.

Incredulous, he asked: "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

Jesus answered, "You may not realize now w!'lat I am doing, but later you will understand."

Peter replied so typically: "You shall never wash my feetl" "If I do not wash you, you will have no share in my heritage." "Lord," Simon Peter said to him, "then not only my feet, but my hands and head as welL" Jesus told him, "The man who has bathed has no need to wash (except for his feet); he is entirely cleansed, just as you are; though not aIL" After Jesus had resumed his place, he explained the sig- ' nificance of what he had just done. It was intended as a dramatic example of the humble service they should render each other; It was a symbolic act and not meant to be taken as a lit- , 'eral ipjunction to mutual footwashing. What it did enjoin on , Christians was a practical imitation of the attitudes it expressed: humility, tender conTurn to Page Thirteen

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Father Garrigou-Lagrange Continued from Page Twelve minding us that God literally looks us int~ loveliness. He does not find beauty in us and love us for. our goodness; he first puts it in us and loves us as his own blessed workmanship. Even our -free acceptance of his gifts is already his merciful work.

Jesus usa parabolas, porque os Seus ouvintes nao teriam suportado que Ele apresentasse como urna lei e urna revelaf~o divinas as verdades que insinua nas suas narra~~es. o que facd.mente admitimos tratando-se da a-· Me~itating titude durn pastor para as suas ovelhas, es- _ Continued from Page Twelve candalizaria se afirm~ssemos que e 0 modo de bring us to appreciate the power proceder de Deus com os homens. E no entanto available in every helping role. esta parabola revolucionaria introduz-nos no From parenting to administracora~ao do Evangelho e faz-nos compreender ting, from morning to night, , para alguns, urna nova tao - bo a. each of us is constantly being porque e, asked to listen or help. .

Somos transportados a urn mundo novo, We can easily become weary paradoxal, onde os primeiros sao os ultimos of the whole thing; before long e os ultimos os primeiros, onde quem perde we feel like we are being eaten ganha, e quem quer salvar a sua vida perde-a. alive.. By focusing on the exerAdvinhamos qualquer c~isa da originalidade cises, I have suggested a couple do Reino e da alegria que a! reina: alegria of ways of turning a profit on that feeli~g. da liberdade, alegria da gratuidade,alegria For we are being eaten alive; da.miseric6rdia que confunde os outros e que but what if we could become Jesus censura aos fariseus, aos operarios da bread for others in the process? primeira hora e ao irmao mais velho do filho Doesn't that come close to what p~digo, per nlo a compreenderam nem partilha' it's all about? Isn't that the rem. point of our regular participaDeus e soberanamente livre; distribui tion in the eucharistic meal os Seus dons como the agrada, ao sabor da to become bread ourselves? _ We spend most of our waking Sua generosidade, segundo as Suas inven~~es hours working for ourselves and criadoras, fora de todos os calculos, infiniour families. We cannot avoid tamente alem de tudo 0 que se esperav~. Urna . that, but the Gospel keeps turnso coisa pede limitar a Sua liberalidade: a ing us around. It's not earning recusa a receber; ora, esta recusa, infelizbread so much 'as becoming mente existe muitas vezes nos justos que, bread that is at stake. It's not clothing ourselves but acceptper habito, fazem da sua virtude urna virtude ing our nakedness that' calls for pessoal. Embora n~o a tenham senKoda liberaour real effort. lidade divina, eles chegam a acreditar que Similarly, it's not using our lhes pertence de dire ito e iqdignam-se contra job to get ahead, but discovering aqueles que querem compartilha-la. it as a way of' serving others Censuram a Deus por ceder tao facilmente that will get us ahead. Happiness lies more in helping than e ser indulgente com os outros. Parecem esses achieving, but we keep diverting burgueses da segunda ou terceira gerafao que ourselves from the road we desprezam os novos ricos que, pelo seu traknow is the better one. Yet balho ou pelos seus ,meritos, chegam a posithere are ample opportunities to ., , 1 5ao que eles proprios a can~aram antes por, serve - to listen and to help meios nem ~empre melhores, por vezes, os piwherever we are. Perhaps if we could learn to see them as ocores. casions for meditating, we would Urn dramaturgo contemporaneo imagina not pass them up so easily. assim 0 ultimo julgamento: os justos estao ~ porta do Para[so, impacientes por entrar, quando, subitamente, se espalha urn rurnor enTeens tre eles: II Parece que Ele perdoa tambem os Continued from Page. Twelve outros!lI. Assombro, indignac;ao geral: proSessions touch on belonging, testam, zangam-se, lamentam-se: "Valeu bern prayer, family, Jesus, reconciliaa pena privar-se de tantas coisas boas! AM tion, sharing, God's gifts and Se tivessemos sabido! Deviam ter-nos prevecommitment. Films, individual nido. Tiveram sorte os outros!lI. Ent~o, deexercises and group techniques take the general notions of the satam em imprecafoes contra Deus, e s!o conlectures and render them real or denados nesse mesmo instante. \ personal for the participants. o julgamento fez-se: Deus manifestou-Se Follow-up meetings called como deveriam ter aprendido a reconhec~-Lo reality groups try to support the desde sempre: no perdao, que tantas vezes reTeen Seminar graduates in their ceberam, pela Sua misericordia, que tantas newly discovered love affair with vezes sentiram; mas perderam 0 sentido de the Lord.

How long their enthusiasm Deus, 0 gosto de Deus, e serao por isso e~r­ namente incapazes de se alegrar da alegria • will last remains an un'answered question, but people like Kathy de Deus, que e ter piedade e perdoar. return praying more easily, beate pecadores que se fecham a miserilieving more strongly and carcordia divina. Alguns es~ao tao cegos pelos ing more deeply. Those are seus,pecados, que julgam nao ter necessidade - strong indications of the Spirit's presence in the movement. dela; encontram-se muito bern no seu miseravel estado e _adm1ram-se de que se possa proMystery Realized per-lhes que mudem.

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And the intrusion of egotism into so many of our good works, blurring somewhat our openness to divine light,inevitably summons us to learn true wisdom through the cross.

In seeing the role of the cross in the life of the Christian as the cost of discipleship, Father Garrigou-Lagrange does not envision mystic crucifixion as an arbitrary burden laid upon his followers by Jesus himself. The cross is as native to Christian experience as having a head or being dependent upon a heartbeat. He puts this truth under penetrating light when he finds foqr reasons for the necessity of the cross: (a) t~ destroy the consequences of original sin in us, (b) to do away with the results of our own' personal sins, (c) to subordinate our natural activity perfectly to the life of grace, and .(d) to imitate Christ crucified and be associated with him in the work of redemption.

In wrestling with reality, it becomes, imperative to let prudence become "the coachman of all the other virtues."

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Jesus' friends listened carefully. They knew that he was not telling them just to wash each other's feet. Jesus meant that they should care for one another's needs and be willing to serve one another.

Then they ate and drank together, celebrating the' Passover meal. Jesus' friends never forgot what Jesus did and said that Thursday evening when he shared his Last Supper with them.

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ROME (NC) - In an unusual move, a Soviet magazine h~s sternly rebuked an English weekly for trying to tell Pope John Paul II what to do.

According to the Rome-based daily newspaper, II Tempo, the Soviet New Times recently defended the pope against criticism in the English journal, The Economist, about the papal trip to Ireland.

"The Economist imagines itself to be some kind of curia in Continued from Page Twelve reserve," said New Times. cern, 'loving service of each "Its editors expect no good other. Jesus' appeal was simple' to come from this trip and they and logical: If he, their teacher ring the death knell for it, fearand Lord, treated them in this ing that the papal visit will fashion, then surely they should draw new attention to the polideal likewise with each other. tical repression of London in This, however, was not the Ulster (Northern Ireland)," the only purpose of his action. It Soviet magazine added. had even deeper significance as New Times also accused The Economist of "a' total lack of a symbol of his death..

"Y~u .may not realize now' tact" and of "direct pressures" what I am doing, but later you on the Vatican, II Tempo said. will understand" (13,7). Especially strong is his admonition to Peter: "If I do. not wash you (not "If you do not let me"), you will have no share in my KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NC) heritage" (13,8).

If a constitutional convention His "heritage" was the glory were held today, Americans of his resurrection; if he did would favor constitutional not die for us, we should have ameriqments to give women no shaTe therein. Peter under- equal rights, ban school busing standably missed the point and for integration, permit prayer in asked for a complete bath; but the public schools and control if the foot-washing was a symbol hamlgun sales, but not to outof Jesus' death for him, then law abortions not needed to save that was more than' sufficient. a mother's life, according to a poll conducted by the Roper Organization.

The poll said the general pubContinued from Page Twelve lic would oppose an abortion each of his friends. When he amendment by 48-46 percent, was finished" he stretched out while taxpayers would oppose again on the mat by the table it by 50-44 percent. and talked with his disciples The amendment questions about what he had done. "You were asked in connection with call me "teacher," and "Lord," questions about a constitutional he said to them, "and that is convention to consider an what I am. If I, your teacher amendment to limit federal' and Lord, washed your. feet, spending.

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SHE BELIEVES IN ME

_4 KEVIN McLAUGHUN, II, of St. Michael, Minn., is working on a picture book on the life of Pope ~ohn Paul II. He has written to the Vatican requesting an audience during the pontiff's visit to the U.S. (NC Photo)

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By Cecilia Belanger I asked a young fellow why he w~s going to college this fall.

He-- answered, "To find' myself.

College will bring a change in scene arid friends. I need that. I know I will think more clearly if I get away from what is familiar."

Then there was the religious dimension. "At college' I think I can get this part of my life straightened out. So far it's been completely shattered. But people who say they can stand on their own two feet, without God, are crazy."·

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Another youth struggles with what he calls "the neutrality of God." "I believe that God is'neutral, that He created us neutral.

And I think that man takes . God's neutral supplies and combines them in such a way as to produce good or evil, love or hate .apd all the other opposites.

That's the only way I can figure it out," he says.

This youth often held other youth spellbound. He thought deeply and never accepted anything at face value or anybody's word as final in anything. An interesting youth. No pushover.

There was another· youth who said, "God is permissive." Why? "Because He will allow us to do anything we want. Anything that the mind oJ man can conceive, he is allowed to do. God will let it happen. That doesn't mean it's good or the right thing to do, but that's how I interpret "free will." More,. "The sins and evils of the world are responsibility we created them and we can get rid of them. We can stop anything anytime we want. Take it· from .me. I did."

These young people have", a point. What they see as the neutrality and .permissiveness of God means that our faith is one of great responsibility and respect. .

"I have' a favorite spot where music. She said that music was I sit to think and pray," from "natural" but singing was not. another student. "I've found that That when people sang they I can't tackle anything any more -..performed and that merely playwithout prayer." ing the music wasn't so much A young girl s~id that the big . a performance as is articulating question in her life is: "What do ·words.

I want out of it?" She said her .Her statement led to a conanswer is simple. It's 'happiness. versation on faith and music.

Then she asked another ques-' We all know people who pretion: "What is happiness?" fer organ music to guitars at We discussed that and agreed Mass. They say that the organ that a life without too much makes them sense something tension makes for happiness outside and beyond themselves, also that pain doesn!t necessar- while the guitar is too much of ily mean unhappiness. this world. Musicians say that the best way they can communiOther things: to be calm and' unhurried is a worthwhile goal; cate with God is through their that we often get more done in music. this state of mind; that every ~ And a student majoring in music told me that in a way, music was her religion, that whenever she felt unhappy she SCHOOL NEWS turned to her music.

High schools of the diocese are invited to submit news and photographs for use on this page. The Anchor is published each Thursday. Material to appear in a specific issue should reach us by the previous Friday. so often we need to take our burdens to God's doorstep, as it were, and leave them there "especially those we can do noth· ing about.

I can recall dozens of moments while listening to beautiful music when' I was drawn away from myself, inspired,' elevated.

The ultiIl).ate elevation, of course, is a vision of God. I asked one young music lover what she thought of some of the turbulent "brain music" of· our turbulent times. Did it express faith of any kind? She said no.

She felt there was no vision in the music, just words and "human cages." "Many aren't even hopeful," she added.

While she lays sleeping I stay out late at night and play my songs And sometimes all the nights can be so long And it's good when I fin'ly make it home all alone.

While she lays dreaming .

I try to get undressed without 'the light Then quietly she says, "How was your night" And I come to her and say it was all right And I hold her tight. And she believes in me I'll never know just what she' sees in me I told her someday if she was my girl I could change the world with my little songs.

I was wrong but she has faith in me And so I go on trying faithfully And who knows maybe on some special night If my song is right I will find a way Find a 'Yay. While she lays waiting I stumble to the kitchen for a bite Then I see myoid guitar in the night Just waiting for me like a secret friend And there's no end.

While she lays crying 1 fumble with a melody or two Then I'm torn between the things that 1 should do Then she says to wake her up when 1 am through God her love is true.

While she ~aits While she waits for me. (c). 1977 by Angel Wing Music. World rights administered by Southern Writers Group USA. Kenny Rogers is one of the leading country recording artists.

Several of his recordings have crossed over into the Top 40 charts, spaces usually reserved for rock and disco sounds. "She Believes in Me" is his most recent Top 40 hit. It. describes the hopes of a beginning songwriter who receives great strength from his wife's faith in him but who seems so wrapped up in his own world that he fails to respond with sensitivity to her. Even though he is out late playing his songs, he continues to "f~mble with a melody or two" after he returns home, neglecting his wife's .needs.

His behavior indicates how easily we can lose our perspective on life experiences. We need to put considerable energy into reaching for our goals, but we must not do so at the cost of failing to respond to others.

The most powerful message in the song is its statement on how our belief in others empowers them to become their best selves.

Jesus shows us how we should place our belief in others. He accepted. people in their own state, mirrored to them their goodness, then challenged them to grow.

As Jesus' followers we are asked to do the same: believe strongly in our own self-value and further clarify this belief in the way we treat others. Jesus knew that belief in o'!eself was ~he foundation for growth. Our mission is to be the same type of hfegiving believer.

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Six new teachers have been offered music by Kenneth Meltz Another youth said that mu./ added to the faculty of Holy of the Boston Paulist Center.

Mr. William P. Gushue, new sicians today place themselves Family High School. They are:' principal, and his assistant, 'Kenat the center of their music. In Douglas Berry, history and physiMy young friend said she other words, some glory in cal education; Gary Brown, neth Kramer, welcomed the st.usometimes returned to pick up themselves rather than in their English; Gizela Cabral, Spanish; dent body,' including 70 freshthe burdens after she'd found a music.

Ruth Greene, librarian; Joseph men. solution! She thought that using An Indian poet put it this Menino, religion; and Charles God as a "dump-heap" wasn't way: "The sun and moon are Moszczenski, chemistry.

Gu~nea Resignation the thing to do. So it was a case VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope of "I'll leave this bundle here not mirrored in cloudy waters; Very Reverend John P. Drisfor a while, then I'll return for thus the Almighty cannot be coll, pastor of St. Lawrence John Paul II has accepted the mirrored in a heart obsessed by it."

Church and director of Holy resignation of Archb~shop Ray.the idea of 'me and mine.' " mond-Marie Tchidimbo as head Faith_and Musie The bottom line is that the Family High School, celebrated of the Archdiocese of Conakry, "I would rather hear the music music one creates in church is the Eucharist for the opening Guinea. The archbishop was rethan hear someone sing," said' a intended to uplift, not to en· of the school year. The glee cently freed after eight years of 12-year old, referring to church tertain. club, directed by Arthur Buckley, imprisonment in Guinea.'

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Sports

IN THE DIOCESE

By BILL MORRISSETTE

Conference Soccer Opens Wednesday The Southeastern Mass. Conference soccer season opens next Wednesday with Holy Family High entertaining Greater New Bedford Voke-Tech, Bishop Connolly High at home to Diman Voke and Bishop Stang High at Westport.

Other conference openers Wednesday list. Dennis-Yarmouth at Attleboro, New Bedford High at Somerset, Falmouth at Taunton, Dartmouth at Old Rochester.

In preparation for the. upcoming conference season, several

conference schools participated in .the Old Colony jamboree lastSaturday. Most schools' have engaged in pre-season exhibition games, including Voke-Tech at Old Colony today, Stang at 'Westport tomorrow.

Durfee having dropped the booting sport because of budget restrictions leaves Division I with only seven teams, Barnstable, Taunton, Falmouth, Attieboro, Somerset and defending co-champions New Bedford High and Dennis-Yarmouth. The other schools are in Djvision II.

Gridders Launch Season Saturday There will be plenty of action Saturday afternoon on area gridirons as the scholastic football season gets underway with virtually all schools involved in non-league games.

Coyle-Cassidy is the on~y diocesan school scheduled for a home appearance, hosting Seekonk. Stang will be at DennisYarmouth and Bishop Feehan High has a 7:30 p.m. game, at North Attleboro.

Other non-league games involving schools in the diocese have Attleboro at Walpole, Dartmouth at Algonquin, Fairhaven

at Somerset, Plymouth at Falmouth, Taunton at Boston Latin, Wareham at Barnstable, Case at Old Rochester, Bourne at Oliver Ames, Voke-Tech at W)itmanHanson, Bristol-Plymouth at Dighton-Rehoboth.

Also King Philip at Marshfield, Westwood at Foxboro, Norton at Mansfield, Apponequet at Middleboro, Abington at Rockland, Cohasset at Martha's Vineyard, Norwell at Nantucket.

New Bedford and Scituate steal the march on the other schools as they meet at 7:30 tomorrow night at Sargent Field in an exhibition game.

Cross Country Meet The Somerset Invitational Cross Country Meet, always an outstanding event, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Somerset High School.

In a surprise move, Bill Goncalo, who had figured importantly in plans for the Durfee High School basketball team for the coming season, transferred to Bishop Connolly High School.

Bill, 6-3, is quite likely to be an important cog in the Cougar's basketball fortunes.

Saturday is also the day for the Dennis-Yarmouth Cross Country Classic as well as the Northeastern University Meet.

The Hockomock League has already started its regular schedule in cross country and has four meets on tap for next Mon~ day: Foxboro at King Philip, North Attleboro at Canton, Oliver Ames at Franklin, and' Mansfield at Stoughton.

In cross-country,· the SmItheastern Mass. Conference will

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operate in three divisions. Division West opens Monday with Somerset at Coyle-Cassidy, Durfee at Attleboro and Seekonk at Diman Voke with Feehan having the bye.

Stang is at Wareham, Connolly at Dighton-Rehoboth in Small Schools Division. Case is at Bourne, Old Rochester at Westport in other opener. Division East also opens Tuesday with Falmouth at Barnstable, Dartmouth at Voke-Tech, Taunton at New Bedford and DennisYarmouth drawing the bye.

Bishop Gerrard, Bishop Feehan lUld Coyle-Cassidy, the diocesan highs with volleyball teams, still have a couple of weeks before they get into their conference schedules. All open on Oct. 2 with Gerrard at Dartmouth in the Cehtral Division, Feehan hosting Taunton and Coyle...cassidy at Seekonk in the West Division..

Center for Ha'itian Refugees MIAMI (NC) - A Haitian pastotal center for the Archdiocese will be opened here.

It will serve spiritual and social needs of Haitians who have fled their native land for a variety of reasons including unemployment and human rights problems.

Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy said' that two Haitian

priests will come into the archdiocese to help the director of Haitian ministry, Father Marcel Peloquin, OMI, who spent 28 years in the Haitian missions. ,In the past year, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization' Service has released. over 300 Haitian refugees to the Catholic Service Bureau.

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tv; movie Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Offi~e ratings, which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable' for .gen· eral viewing; 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; B-objectionable in part for everyone; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which,. however, . require ~ome analysis and explanation!: C-condemned.

New Films "Nest of Vipers" (Paramount) is a steamy melodrama about passions, frustrated and otherwise, in the Venice of the Fascist era. A young piano student has an affair with the mother of a fellow student, then abandons her for a beautiful young heiress only to have her resort t9 desperate measures to get him back or blight his prospects.

There are nice shots of Venice, but the characters are repellent and/or dull and the film is marred by nudity and graphic sexuality. R,B "Yanks" (Universal) is a long, beautifully photographed recreation of that era when American soldiers poured into England for the assault on Fortress Europe. The plot deals with three romances between the newcomers and English women.

One ends in marriage, one (an adulterous affair) in mutual reriunciation, and one in a separation caused by the force of events. Unfortunately, the film despite atmosphere· and excellent acting (Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Lis Eichorn), is skimpily plotted and doesn't go anywhere. The adult scenes and sometimes rough language make it mature viewing fare. R, A3 Made-for-TV Movies If the TV movies shown by the

networks this week are any indication of what is to come, itl is going to be a bad year for parents who are concerned about

the values of their children. Consider: - Sunday, Sept.. 16, 8-10:30 p.m. (CBS) "The Tenth Month."

A tearjerker starring Carol Burnett as a middle-aged, unwed mother who decides to keep her child. The story is a muddle of issues, which include abortion and extramarital affairs.

- Wednesday, Sept. 19, 9-11 p.m. (CBS) "Sex and the Single Parent." Intended as a "warmhearted" comedy about the troubles young divorced parents have in establishing new "meaningful" relationship, the film professes to worry a lot about what the kids will think of their parents' carryings-on. Not funny and definitely not for the kids.

- Wednesday, Sept. 19, 9.-11 p.m. (NBC) "l¥Irs. R's Daughter."

NBC describes this unpreviewed film as "an emotionally charged drama based on a true story of a mother's traumatic and frustrating battle to bring her daughter's rapist to trial." Need you know more?

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Thurs., Sept. 13, 1979 crises that made the multi-story format of "Emergency" so popular in the past. Adventure fantasy with a pro-social message.

Tuesdays, lo-n p.m. (ABC) "The Lazarus Syndrome." Starring Lou Gossett Jr. as a heart surgeon battling hospital admin.istration on behalf of his patients, this' dramatic series is a breath of fresh air in dealing realistically with medical care problems. One of the best of the new shows.

Wednesdays, 8:30-9 p.m. (CBS) "Struck by Lightning." The pilot has little to offer other than the comic mugging of veteran character actor Jack Elam, as the modern-day Frankenstein monster. That will be enough for some, but not enough to keep it on the air.

Thursdays, 8:30-9 p.m. (ABC) "Benson." A spinoff with the uppity black butler from "Soap," the series is tried and true TV comedy with Robert Guillaume funning the household of a wellmeaning but incompetent newly elected governor.

Saturdays, 10-11 p.m. (CBS) - Friday, Sept. 21, 9-11 p.m. "Paris." James Earl Jones makes (ABC) "Hiker." NO one will quar- his series debut as a police derel with the message of this tective who relies on his intellifilm: .hitchhiking is dangerous to gence rather than on his reyour health. The problem is that volver. Jones IS a strong actor it is conveyed on the saIl1.~_dumb who has created a credible charlevel as a 1950s "Beach Party" acter, but he will need better film. It is no great shakes, but . scripts than the pilot. at least you will have something to discuss with your teen-agers.

TV Movies Sunday, Sept. 16,9 p.m. (ABC) New TV Series Sundays, 10-11 p.m. (CBS) - "Annie Hall" (1977) - A romantic comedy written and di"Trapper John, M.D." This spinoff from the still popular rected by Woody. Allen, who also stars in it, this is the story "M-A-S-H" series teams the Korean War veteran surgeon of an on-again, off-again romance between a Jewish comewith a side-kick from a Vietdian from New York (Allen) and nam M-A-S-H unit in a contema WASP from the Midwest porary hospital setting. As long (Diane Keaton). Although the ,as the writers keep the comedyfilm is very funny, it falls far drama consistent with the charshort of its ambitious intention acters, it has a sure audience. of making a serious statement Mondays, 8-9 p.m. (ABC) "240- about human relationships. FinRobert." A crack team of para- ally, since it has rough language medics with guns assigned to the and much of its humor is sexL.A. sheriff's department makes ual it is very mature vieWing itself useful in the same kind of fare. PG, A3 Tuesday, Sept. 18, 8 p.m.

(CBS) - "The, Other Side of Midnight" (1977) - A French girl, left pregnant by an American flier at the outbreak of World War II, plots vengeance after she has become rich and famous. Vulgar melodrama that exploits nudity and graphic sexuality. R,C On Radio Sunday, Sept. 16 (NBC) . "Guideline" presents the first of a two-part series of talks on suffering by Passionist Father Flavian Dougherty, director of Stauros, an international organization for research on the ·Passion of Christ as it relates to human suffering.

Marriage RICHARD FISH (right), Cape and Islands district dep"Marriage is that relation heuty for the Knights of Columbus, presents Supreme Countween man and in which cil Columbian Award to Robert Anderson, left, counselor the independencewoman is equal, the for the Columbian Squires, K of C youth group sponsored dependence mutual, and the obby Father McSwiney Council, Hyannis K of C. (Poisson ligations reciprocal." - Louis K. Anspacher Photo)

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ST. JOSEPH, WOODS HOLE The winter Mass schedule is now in effect, with Masses at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Confessions are heard for one half hour before each Mass.

SACRED HEARTS, FAIRHAVEN A special monthly Mass for participants in the holy hour program of Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel will be celebrated at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18. Refreshments will follow in the church hall and the public is invited to attend. Those wishing to join the holy hour group may call Angelo Debortoli, 996-0332.

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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON OCD classes will begin Sunday, with grades 1 through 5 meeting at 9 a.m. and grades 6 through 9 at 10 a.m.

ST. JOSEPH~ NEW BEDFORD Senior Citizens will hold a social Thursday, Sept. 20 and a games and crafts meeting on Sept. 27.

The liturgy committee will meet at 7:45 p.m. Monday, Sept.

24 in the rectory basement.

Masses of healing will be celebrated at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19 and Wednesday, Sept.

26. A teaching will be held in ' the school following the Sept.

26 liturgy. Parishioners are welcome to bring friends to these services.

CURSILLO COMMUNITY, FALL RIVER DIOCESE Diocesan ultreya committees will meet at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, the weekend of Sept. 21 to 23. The n~xt Cursillo, for men, will be held Oct. 18 through 21 at La Salette Center, Attleboro. Deadline .for applications is "Saturday, Sept. 22.

Swansea Cursillistas will hold an ultreya at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 at 68 Macomber Ave. Joe Capostagno will be guest speaker. October ultreyas are set for the 5th, at 210 Pearse Road, and the 19th at 49 Macomber Ave.

DOMINICAN LAITY, DISTRICT COUNCIL, FALL RIvER .,FALLRIVER Dominican Laity. will open The Fall River District Council of Catholic Women will hold their season with a meeting at a - meeting for presidents and.. 1:30 p.m. Monday, beginning _delegates at 7:30 p.m. tonight in with Mass in the priests' chapel Immaculate Conception parish of St. Anne's rectory and continuing in the rectQry assembly center, Fall River.

Members of the Immaculate room.

Conception Women's Guild will ST. LOUI$ DE FRANCE be hostesses.

SWANSEA Ladies of Ste. Anne will hold ST. ANNE, their first meeting of the season FALL RIVER at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19 AU are invited to attend a Kennedy Fair Share general" in the p.arish hall. Following an meeting in the school cafeteria at opening Mass, a card party will 7:30 tonight. Neighborhood gang be held and refreshments will be and vandalism problems will be served. Mrs. Jeanne Dionne and Mrs. Janet Iwonski, chairdiscussed. persons, invite aU to attend.

Mrs. Jacqueline Brodeur has been named coordinator of the ST. STANISLAUS, parish CCD program. Classes FALL RIVER will" begin in the school at 2:45 The confirmation team will p.m. Monday, Sept. 17 for grades meet on the parish grounds 1 to 6. Dates for grades 7 and Sunday, Sept. 30 from 10:30 8 will be announced. New stu- a.m. Mass until 5:30 p.m. dents are a&ked to register at Christian living class i for the rectory or by telephoning grade students begin at 4 this 678-1510. afternoon. Registration for new A GIFT weekend for adults students will take place at 3:45 will be held at Peacedale, R.I. p.m. and parents of all public this weekend. Applications are school students are asked to availabl~ at the rectory. meet at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in the lower church.

ST. ANTHONY, Our Lady of Czestochowa MATTAPOISETT The faU and winter 'Mass Confraternity will meet Wednes$Chedule is as follows: 8 a.m. on day, Sept. 19. weekdays; 8 a.m., 4:30 p.m. and Young people who have been 7 p.m; on Saturdays; 8 a.m., confirmed will meet for' a pizza 9:30 a.m. (folk Mass)' and 11 party at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in . the school hall. a.m. on Sundays. "

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET ~ Grades 1 through 6 will .begin GCD classes Saturday, Sept.

22 at various hours and grade 7 will begin Monday, Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. Confirmation class meets at 7 p.m. each Wednesday. A commissioning rite for CCD teachers will take place at 7 p.m. Mass Monday, Sept" 17.

The Women's Guild will m,eet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.

19 in the parish center. All women of the parish are invited.

Miss Denise Patenaude will offer , a musical program and a sOcial hour will follow.

COUNCIL 86, FALL RIVER K of C Installation of officers will be held at a 4 p.m. Mass Saturday at Notre Dame Church, Fall River. A dinner will follow at, the council home on Meridian Street.

LA SALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO A triduum honoring Our Lady of La Salette will begin at 7:30 tonight at the shrine, continuing at 7:30 tomorrow and Saturday nights. Mass and a homily will be offered each night by Father Richard Delisle, MS, superior of the La Salette community in Enfield, N.H., who, was previously stationed at the Attleboro Center for Christian Living. The services will conclude with a candlelight procession. . The observance will continue at 3 p.m. Sunday with a Mass at which Bishop Daniel P. Reilly of Norwich, Conn. will preside and preach.

SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER' New CCD students should register Sunday morning. The program includes a pre-school level.

The Women's Guild will meet OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION, for rosary and benediction at 7 NEW BEDFORD p.m. Monday, Sept. 24. An open In conjunction with the Southhouse will follow in the school. eastern Massachusetts UniverAll parish women are invited. sity Division of Continuing A reception in the cafeteria Studies, the parish council anmor Michael Cote, former reli- nounces a values clarification gious education coordinator, workshop to be given by Sid Si· will follow 11:30 a.m. Mass Sun- . mon from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, day, Sept. 23.

Sept. 28 and 9 a:m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 29 at Alfred J. ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, Gomes School, 286 S. 2nd St., ,FM.L RIVER CeD registration will take New Bedford. Further informaplace from 10 a.m. to noon Sun· tion is available from SMU or day at the school. Classes will the rectory. begin Monday, Sept. 24.

Cathedral' Ch!>risters begin ST. MARK, their year at 10 a.m. Mass Sun- ATTLEBORO FALLS day. Competent singers from' The Women's Guild will open throughout the diocese are in-, its season at 6:30 p.m. Monday vited to join the group, directed with a potluck supper in the

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by Rev. Robert entertainment FALL RIVER and the "Parson's Ryder DIOCESAN CHOIR Diocesan choir auditions will Plunkers" will follow. be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary's School, Fall HOLY NAME, River, or by arrangement upon FALL RIVER calling the rectory. The unit will The sewing group making pads sing the Mozart Solemn Vespers for the Rose Hawthorne Lawith orchestral accompaniment throp Home reque~ts white cloth, Sunday, Nov: 4 as" the conclud- such' as old sheets and other ing musical observance of the linens. Donations may be left <;tiocesan jubilee year. at the parish school.

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