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Pope stresses positive, asks loyalty to faith

By NC News Service Pope John Paul II accentuated the positive in American Catholicism during his Sept. 10-19 visit to the United States while calling for closer adherence to church teachings under attack.

He praised American Catholics for their generosity in establishing social welfare agencies for the poor and needy, and lauded the extensive Catholic school system, the integration of minority groups into the church and the dedication of priests trying to come to grips with the concrete pastoral problems of their flock.

But he challenged Catholics to remain firm in the faith even when church teachings go against the grain of contemporary cultural and social values.

"The Gospel, in its continuing encounter with culture, must always challenge the accomplishments and assumptions of the age," he said.

He asked Catholics to reject "the ineffectiveness of divorce, and its ready availability in modern society."

He told young people to follow church teachings "that sex is a great gift of God that is reserved for marriage" even though their contemporaries will call them "backward" and "reactionary."

He told seminarians to embrace celibacy so that they can offer a deeper and more universal love to their parishioners when they become priests. He called on health workers to "show the love and compassion of Christ" to AIDS patients.

The trip was also a challenge to the entire American society to rediscover the religious roots of its political system which guarantees individual freedom and human dignity.

The pope often cited the spiritual and religious values enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

He told Americans to make a moral accounting of how they use their freedom.

The pope struck the dual note of encouraging and admonishing even before his plane landed in Miami, the first stop on his nine-diocese visit, and continued it throughout his journey.

Answering questions from journalists on the flight from Rome, the pope said the U.S. church is a "very good" church in which the "great silent majority" hew to doctrine even though dissent is a "serious problem."

Catholics who believe they can violate church teachings and still be good Catholics are mistaken, he said, because "it is necessary to follow the teaching of our Lord expressed through the church.".

He followed up on the pomt that evening at a meeting in St. Martha's Church in Miami with

OFF FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE experience are these youngsters from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, New Bedford, who were at last Saturday's papal youth rally in New Orleans and also attended the pontiffs Mass that evening. With them were Father James Ferry, Mt. Carmel parochial vicar, and Marie Macedo, wife of permanent deacon Paul J. Macedo, who serves the parish. (Rosa photo) 600 representatives of the 57,000 U.S. priests, telling them they must follow the magisterium even when dealing with "sensitive issues."

He praised a "merciful and gentle and forgiving" pastoral style, but if "what is claimed to be a gesture of mercy goes contrary to the demands of God's word, it can never be truly compassionate or beneficial."

A day later in Columbia, S.C., he praised the American tradition of freedom but called on Americans not to lose sight of freedom's "true meaning."

"We must account for the good that we fail to do and for the evil that we commit," he said at an ecumenical service which drew 60,000 to the University of South Carolina's Williams-Brice Stadium.

"America: You cannot insist on

the right to choose without also insisting on the duty to choose well, the duty to choose in the truth."

He said "sins against love and against life are often presented as examples of 'progress' and emancipation," and asked: "Are they not but the age-old forms of selfishness dressed up in a new language and presented in a new cultural framework?"

In New Orleans, he embraced leaders of the nation's 1.3 million black Catholics and told them: "Your black heritage enriches the church."

In meetings with Catholic educators the pope praised the involvement of laity in teaching and administrative positions as "full partners" in the church's education ministry. He also praised the

Catholic system's education of poor and minority students and children from broken homes, "even at the cost of great sacrifice."

But he told university educators that theological research should not stray from church teachings.

The role of theology is to deepen Catholic understanding of"the heritage of faith preserved, transmitted and made explicit by the church's teaching office," he said.

In a Mass homily, he challenged the view that church opposition to divorce lacks compassion..

The opposite is true, he said.

Divorce "o(ten develops into a bitter dispute about property and, more tragically, about children," he said.

"What must be seen is the ineffectiveness of divorce, and its ready availability in modern society, to

bring mercy and forgiveness and healing to so many couples and their children."

From New Orleans he flew to San Antonio for a visit which addressed concerns of the rapidly growing population of U.S. Hispanic Catholics.

He praised the contribution of Hispanic culture to the church, but also told Hispanics not to waver in their belief and if they have strayed from the churcJ;1 to return.

He supported the generosity of Catholics in setting up social services but said they should not forget to minister to the "spiritual impoverishment" of rich people who do not want to share their wealth with the less fortunate.

He told seminarians to embrace celibacy even though "this sacri¡fice is difficult because of our human weakness."

He called on everyone to participate more in individual confession. . Ministry to Hispanics was a running subtheme. In addition to the large Hispanic community in San Antonio, there are also sizable Hispanic communities in Miami, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Monterey.

In Phoenix the pope told Catholic health workers that among the new challenges facing them is acquired immune deficiency syndrome, a "crisis of immense proportions."

"Besides your professional contribution and your human sensitivities toward all affected by this disease, you are called. to show the love and compassion of Christ and his church," he said.

At a meeting with Native Americans, the pope said church blunders in its initial contacts contributed to European oppression of them.

At the same time, he said, there were always church people who defended Indian rights and today the church recognizes the contributions of Indian culture to the universal church.

"Your encounter with the Gospel has not only enriched you; it has enriched the church," he said.

Although the pope came on a pastoral visit - not in his role as head of state - President Reagan, accompanied by Mrs. Reagan, nevertheless flew to Miami to greet him.

The trip was the pope's second major U.S. visit since the beginning of his pontificate nine years ago, although he had touched down on U.S. soil briefly during flights to and from trips to other countries. He had been in the United States before becoming pope.

His earlier visit, in 1979, had taken him to the East and the Midwest. The itinerary for this trip spanned 5,331 miles.

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The Cost of the Visit The following editorial appeared in The Tidings, newspaper of the Los Angeles archdiocese. It is by managing editor AI Antczak.

HELPING HAND: President Reagan pulls down Pope John Paul II's wind-blo'Yn cape as the pontiff greets America on his landing in Miami Sept. 10. (NC photo)

Pope stresses positive Continued from Page One Overall theme of the visit was "Unity in the Work of Service."

The schedule called for the pope to deliver 45 speeches and homilies, and to listen to presentations by representatives of various groups.

As Pope John Paul moved out to meet American Catholics, there was an underlying Vatican concern over an apparent split between those strictly adhering to doctrine and those favoring more flexibility based on personal conscience.

The situation had caused some strained relations between American bishops and Vatican officials; who sometimes viewed dissent as a result of doctrinal leniency by bishops. Those tensions were on the unwritten agenda for a c1oseddoor meeting between the pope and most of the almost 400 U.S. bishops in Los Angeles midway through the trip.

Activities in Los Angeles included a teleconference with youths, a meeting with non-Christian leaders, and joining Nancy Reagan for an informal chat with Catholic students.

From Los Angeles, the pope's route turned north to Monterey where he celebrated Mass for Hispanic farmworkers, then went to the Carmel Mission basilica for a prayer at the grave of 18th-century missionary Father Junipero Serra.

manent Polish settlement in the United States.

From Detroit, the pope plans to fly to a meeting with Canadian Indians at Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories. He had to cancel a meeting with them in 1984 when heavy fog prevented his plane from landing, and he promised to return.

There were subthemes along the way.

In Miami, in addition to the pope's meeting with priests,' his agenda focused on Catholic-Jewish relations.

His meeting with 200 Jewish leaders was almost scuttled after he granted 路an audience to Austrian President Kurt Waldheim, accused by Jewish organizations of involvement with Nazi war crimes.

A series of meetings between U.S. Jewish leaders, Vatican officials and the pope prior to the U.S. trip headed off a boycott. It was clear that major problems remained, but Jewish leaders reacted favorably to the Miami meeting.

Pope John Paul defended the popes who ruled during the rise of Nazism and World War II as critics of its ideology and as people who opposed its persecution of Jews.

And although he supported security for Israel, he stopped far short of offering diplomatic relations and added that "the right to a homeland also applies to the Palestinian people."

In Columbia, the pope met for more than an hour with 26 leaders of other Christian churches and discussed ways to work together.

Hunger blemishes creation, says archbishop路

WASHINGTON (NC) and malnutrition remain ugly blemishes on the world God created," Archbishop John L. May of St. Louis declared.

Archbishop May, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, made the comment in a statement to mark the observance of World Food Day Oct. 16.

World Food Day was initiated In San Francisco yesterday, he addressed representatives of the in 1981 by the United Nations country's nearly 149,000 members Food and Agriculture Organizaof male and female religious orders tion to remind the world of the and met some 100 AIDS patients. millions of hungry people living This morning he met with U.S. mostly in the developing countries lay people who expressed concerns of Africa, Asia and Latin America.

The 1987 observance "comes at about their role in the church and a particularly critical time, when the world - the theme of the world Synod of Bishops scheduled most international food agencies to open shortly after the pope's and experts agree that the crisis of world food insecurity is worsenreturn to Rome. ing," Archbishop May said in his Tomorrow the pope will be in Detroit, his final U.S. stop. There statement, issued in early Septhe focus will shift to the role ofthe tember. permanent diaconate and church "Tragically and ironically, this social teachings. He will also meet . increasing hunger is accompanied Polish-Americans who have pre- by the accumulation of unmarketpared for weeks to greet him. Ear- able food surplus in exporting lier, in San Antonio, he met mem- countries like the United States, bers of the Polish community of where it contributes to our own Panna Maria, Texas, oldest per- 'farm crisis,' " he added. He said ~'Hunger

such a situation can only be called a "scandal."

Although "disturbing, graphic portrayals of starvation" are no longer prevalant, the archbishop said, hundreds of millions of hungry people "have been impoverished by the workings of the international economic system from which we in this country have benefited greatly."

Hunger is the "most obvious manifestation of economic injustice," he said, and the "corporal works of mercy must be accompanied by attention to public policy, to correcting the social and economic structures that perpetuate the hunger, poverty and powerlessness of the poor." Relief and prevention of hunger "cannot be left to the arithmetic of the marketplace," he said.

"From the Lord's command to feed the hungry, to the Eucharist we celebrate as the bread of life, the fabric of our faith demands that we be creatively engaged in sharing the food that sustains life.

There is no more basic human need," he said.

of the human person, like the poverty of those who live without perceiving the meaning of life, the poverty of a misguided or erroneWhen Pope John Paul II was on ous conscience, the poverty of his way to Mexico on his first broken homes ..."

Daily headlines spell out the papal trip, he stopped in Santo rest: abortion, drugs, teen pregDomingo on Jan. 25, 1979. There nancy, epidemic disease, abused he said, "I have come to these American lands as the traveler of and throwaway children, assaults, freeway shootings ... peace and hope, to participate in This society needs what the pope an ecclesiastical event of evangelistands for, what the pope preaches. zation inspired by the words ofthe And the poor? The pope is coming Apostle Paul: 'Yet preaching the for the poor, for this society, to Gospel is not the subject of a encourage, guide, teach, affirm and boast; I am under compulsion and revitalize the principles that prohave no choice. I am ruined if I do mote a live relationship to God not preach it.' " and a moral relationship between Since his election, Pope John peoples. This should also rekindle Paul has traveled to 35 nations. He concern and motivation for the has averaged four trips a year, except for 1981 when he was shot care of the materially poor, those who lack bread and shelter.

by Ali Agca.

And the security costs to the Some people question the cost of his trip to America. Cost must taxpayer? John Paul is a traveler for peace. Weigh the cost of probe measured against value received. tecting him for to days against the That is a valid principle to apply.

Does not the pope bring some- daily cost of the burden of armathing of value for which there is a ments. Is not peace worth something? great need?

There is great cost to the pope's The great cost of his visit is dictated by the demand of people to visit, and great value. But the greatsee and hear him, to see him "live," est cost, without a doubt, is to the to participate with him, to exper- 67-year-old man who endures an ience his presence in this com- exhausting daily schedule, who works and spends himself for'the munity.

There are 16,000 journalists ac- people, for peace, for goodness credited, so far, to cover. the pope among men, and for God. Two polls were reported recently, in the nine U.S. cities he will visit in September. He will give 45 one in the Los Angeles Times, the talks. He will listen to more than other in the Gospel. St. Matthew 40 speakers. These will not be reported a poll taken by Jesus near formalities, but substantial discus- Caesarea Philippi. "Who do you sions that bear on how people live say that I am," he asked. Peter got it right. "The son of God," he retheir lives.

In Los Angeles alone there will plied. On the other hand, ifthe Los be one main press center down- Angeles Times poll is right and town and nine satellite press cen- there is a lack of assent and fidelity ters at the site of papal events to . to the teachings of Christ, then the facilitate transmission worldwide visit here of John Paul II is urgently of what the pope says and does. He needed. will address himself to youth, for example, and to leaders of communications and entertainment WASHINGTON (NC) - The media whose influence is world- number of U.S. missionaries overwide. seas under Catholic sponsorship To Catholics John Paul is vicar has increased slightly after 20 years of Christ. People of faith see him ofdecline. The increase was among in that essence. But the Holy the findings of research for the Father's impact is not路 solely on 1987 Mission Handbook, the anCatholics. He,comes not for Catho- nual publication of the Washinglics alone but for all society, for ton-based U.S. Catholic Mission "all nations," for all the people of Association. "A slight increase in ' Southern California. There are personnel is noted this year [1987], overwhelming indications that they with 6,073 priests, religious brothwant to see and hear him. Tele- ers and sisters serving overseas," vision stations are planning exten- an association press release said. sive coverage. The city's two daily The figure still marks a decrease of newspapers are preparing special about 3,000 from the late 1960s, sections. when U.S. missionary efforts But what about the poor and the reached their high point. The asneeds of the poor? Mother Teresa sociation credited lay persons and has been in Los Angeles perhaps nuns for the rise. half a dozen times, not always publicly. She has seen this city from Skid Row soup kitchen to LOS ANGELES (NC) - Pope the Beverly Hilton. It was there in 1973 that she told an elegant John Paul II did not kiss the audience of caring for the poor, ground when he arrived in Miami the hungry and dying in Calcutta. .Sept. 10 because it was not his first But, she added, people in the West pastoral visit to the United States, suffer a poverty greater than empty said Joaquin Navarro-Valls, papal stomachs. That poverty, she said, press spokesman. is a lack of love, a desolation of The normal procedure is for the loneliness, a despondency among pope to kiss the ground only at the plenty, a despair over a loss of start of his first pastoral visit, he purpose in life, an emptiness, a said.

The pope's first pastoral visit poverty that bread alone cannot satisfy. Those who suffer this are was in October 1979. He kissed the ground then upon arriving in Bostruly poor, she said.

John Paul himself on Feb. 4, ton, his first stop.

In 1982 when the pope visited 1986, in Calcutta said, "The poor include all those who live without Switzerland, he did not kiss the the basic physical or spiritual ground even though it was his first necessities of life. . . . Our age trip because he was there as a head faces numerous kinds of moral of state to address an Internapoverty which threaten the dignity tional Labor Organization meeting.

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CATECHETICAL SUNDAY Sept. 20 is Catechetical Sunday, an occasion for many parishes to commission teachers of religious education for the eoming year. It will be followed on Sept. 26 by the annual diocesan religious edueation convention, to be held at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth. Information on both significant events appears on pages 8 and 9 ofthis issue of The Anchor. Following is Bishop Daniel A. Cronin's statement on Catechetical Sunday:

For several years the bishops ofthe United States have designated the third Sunday of September as Catechetical Sunday. As parishes throughout the diocese begin their efforts at catechesis once again this year, I assure you of my encouragement and prayerful support for this work you do in the name of Jesus and His Church.

This year's theme, "Serve together with generosity and forgiveness," should be deeply impressed into our minds and hearts, reminding us constantly of how important is the work we do.

May the Spirit of the Lord guide each of you in your gift of service to the Church.

Appointment BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN greets soccer cocaptains Gregg Giasson (left) and Matt Carroll before the first game on the new soccer field at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. The bishop blessed the facility and booted out the first ball. He also took the opportunity to announce a $100,000 grant from Catholic Charities Appeal funds to Connolly's current capital development campaign. With such a boost, Connolly players won their first game 3-1, playing against Cheverus High of Portland, Maine. (Burke photo)

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, has approved the nomination by the Very Reverend William Heffron, SS.CC., Provincial of the Sacred Hearts Community, and has appointed the Reverend Brian Marggraf, SS.CC., to be parochial vicar at St. Mary's parish, North Fairhaven. This assignment was effective September I, 1987.

Major gift to Connolly High announced With the announcement by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin of a $100,000 gift, the $1.6 million capital development campaign of Connolly High School, Fall River, has received a major boost.

In announcing the gift from funds generated by the annual Catholic Charities Appeal, the bishop noted that the Appeal assists many important needs, including' hospital work, family ministry, CYO, Catholic Social services, the television apostolate, continuing clergy education, campus ministry and retreat work.

He said that such a large commitment of "tightly-stretched resources" demonstrates the high priority the diocese places on the

Father Shults Very Rev. William Heffron, provincial superior ofthe Community of the Sacred Hearts, Fairhaven, was principal celebrant Tuesday at the Mass of Christian Burial for Father Joachim Shults, SS.Cc., 70, who died Sept. II. Father Daniel McCarthy, SS.Cc., was homilist.

Born iQ Rochester, NY, Dec. 25, 1917, Father Shults was the son of the late Edward and Magdalen (Biel) Shults. He was ordained to the priesthoo<J May. 22, 1945, 'in Washington, D.C. Thereafter he served in St. Mary's parish, Fairhaven; Our Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet; St: Anthony, Mattapoisett; St. Joseph, Fairhaven; and Our Lady of the Assumption, New Bedford, his last assignment.

Additionally, Father Shults taught young boys aspiring to become seminarians, preached retreats and promoted the devotion of Enthronement of the Sacred Heart in homes.

He is survived by a sister, Madeleine Shults of Rochester, and by several nephews and nieces.

work of Catholic schools. Pointing out that this is the second grant received by a diocesan high school within the past four years, the bishop expressed hope that area residents would put Bishop Connolly High among their giving priorities during its current campaign.

In 198~ the Appeal donated $50,000 towards construction of athletic facilities at C~yle and Cassidy High School, Taunton.

Following the bishop's announcement, campaign cochairmen Msgr.

Anthony M. Gomes and Richard L. Lafrance released a joint statement. In part, it reads: "This school bears, and proudly bears, the name of the beloved Bishop)ames Connolly. Even so, our steadiest and most generous friend for the past 17 years has been Bishop Cronin.

What he has done for us now,

marvelous as it is, is no surprise to those who knew how many ways and times this diocese and its chief shepherd have been good to our school.

"It is hard to imagine that there could be another diocese anywhere that 'comes through' for its Catholic schools as does Fall River. We are very grateful - and' the young people in the schools will be even more so."

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27, at White's restaurant, North Westport.

The ball, which benefits diocesan summer camps for underprivileged and exceptional children and other charitable apostolates, will be held Friday, Jan. 15, at Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth.

It will be cosponsored by the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

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the moorins.-, Congratulations and Regrets The church in this country certainly should offer sincere and heartfelt congratulations to Mother Angelica on her monumental television coverage of the papal visit. Aided by the Catholic Television Network of America and the United States Catholic Conference as well as by tremendous popular support, she has been able to fulfill a dream, bringing breathtaking television broadcasting and her own delightful (and brief) commentaries to millions of American cable viewers.

The offer by her Eternal Word Television Network of free television coverage to local cable stations was one of the most generous opportunities ever extended to the media. In our diocese alone, some 16 cities and towns carried the coverage only available from EWTN. The nun from Alabama deserves a great deal of credit for her determination against great odds. Many people really believed she would never get her media mission off the ground. For others she became a stone in a shoe, a media annoyance and they thought that if they ignored her she would go away.

Well, the Lord works in very simple ways not always fathomable by so-called sophisticated professionals. Mother Angelica is succeeding in her very special calling above all because she believes in what she is doing, namely evangelizing, not merely televising. So effective has been her witness that she is now preparing to go on air for the entire day. That's right -24 hours of Catholic television broadcasting. What a remarkable achievement!

EWTN's papal coverage has also in effect shown the country where the heart and mind of the secular media really are in reference to the pope and the church.

The skimpy and stingy coverage was flawed from its inception. From pre-visit programs to miniscule daily coverage the media have emphasized the negative, encouraged the divisive and promoted the secular. In fact, there are moments that are nothing more than contemptuous. Time and time again the pope's words are used completely out of context. The glaring lack of sensitivity to Catholic feeling is more than repugnant.

In short, the secular coverage of the pope has been anything but honest. All one need do is listen to the Holy Father on .EWTN, then view the major evening news programs. The reportage of ABC, NBC and CBS is appalling. Papal statements have been twisted and hacked to pieces to pander to the carping and critical.

But their treatment of the church solely as a dissident from .contemporary modes and manners has brought no credit to the networks. Their continual featuring of the opinions of "cafeteria Catholics" who dissent from one or many church teachings is not only ridiculous but wrong.

The premise that the U.S. church is like a broken hunk of peanut brittle is far from reality. That she has her internal difficulties not a Catholic in America would deny, but that she is a hopeless case is a mindless assumption.

In short, the Catholic faithful have been very poorly served by the narrow-visioned and culpably ignorant secular media.

The media shortcomings become all the more obvious to EWTN viewers who enjoy the freedom of watching intelligent coverage of the papal visit.

The obvious point of all this is that viewers should switch channels and support telecasting that has as its objective the truth that liberates.

Congratulations to Mother Angelica. Regrets to the secular media.

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Nicaraguan tug-of-war

. MIAMI (NC) - When Presi- the USCe. dent Reagan and Pope John Paul Such strong language is not new.

II met Sept. 10 at the Vizcaya In 1985, the bishops, represented estate in Miami, one of the things by Archbishop James A. Hickey on the president's mind was his of Washington, told Congress that opposition to Nicaragua's Sandi- "direct mili~ary aid to any force nista government. attempting to overthrow a governA Reagan administration offi- ment with which we are not at war cial, briefing reporters· after the and with which we maintain diplomeeting, said the president used matic relations is illegal and in our "discreet diplomatic language" to judgment immoral and therefore appeal for the pope's help in pres- cannot merit our support." suring Nicaragua to make demoReagan, meanwhile, has sounded cratic reforms. just as emphatic over the last sevAnd in Washington, Secretary eral years. of State George Shult~ was telling "As you know, I am totally Congress the same day that Rea- committed to the democratic resisgan plans to ask for another $270 tance - the freedom fighters million in new military and other and their pursuit of democracy in aid for the contras fighting the Nicaragua," he said in a major polNicaraguan government. icy address Aug. 12.

Though Reagan apparently did Congress has gone both ways, at not attempt to enlist the pope in his campaign to continue funding one point forbidding such assistthe contras, his determination on ance, only to turn around later and authorize it. the issue may be unmatched Now, as business resumes in unless one looks at the determinaSeptember on both Capital Hill tion from the other side of the and at the White House after sumissue by the U.S. bishops.

Just as Reagan has consistently mer recesses, the contra aid issue is back again. sought military support for the This time, however, the late sumcontras, the bishops have rejected military-aid, terming it "immoral" , mer appearance ofa Central AmerThe Editor ican peace plan adds new quesand "illegal." !

In a late summer legislative alert tions to the old debate.

On Aug. 7, leaders of five Cento its diocesan constituency, the U.S. Catholic Conference noted it tral American nations, including repeatedly opposed the iIl- Nicaragua, agreed to a peace plan > ... .\ ' , . : "has conceived policy of waging unde- that calls for an end to U.S. aid to I~' .•.....•...• war against Nicaragua the contras, a cease-fire by Nov. 7, trl:.OFFJaALNEWSPAPEl OF THe DIOcesE OF FAU. RIVER . clared through the funding, arming and and democratic reforms by the 'Ilshed weekly by the Cotholic Press the Diocese of Foil Rive~ Nicaraguan Sandinista governtraining of the contra forces." : 4 1 0 HIghlond Avenue I The USCC is the public policy ment, which has been criticized by I Foil River Moss, 02722 675.7151 U.S. church officials and others arm of the U.S. bishops. t p.eUSHO "The policy has clearly violated for human rights violations.

Most Rcy. Daniel A. Cf01lin. D.O., S.U. Like their Central American laws and treaty obligations - and fiNANCIAL AOMINtSTlAl'OR EOIToa thus can be termed illegal - and counterparts, the U.S. bishops have Rev. Msgr. Jobn J. Regan Rev. JobnF. Moore fails on most criteria required to called for "political, negotiated set. . . . Leary t'reu....FaH IUver justify armed aggresson - and tlements of the conflicts" in Cencan thus be termed immoral," said tral America. "Continued U.S. fuel-

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ing of the contra aggression frustrates and may doom such efforts," the USCC summer alert stated.

Meanwhile, the fiscal 1987 allocation of $100 million for the contras is scheduled to run out by the end of September.

Initially, the White House had requested some $105 million in support for the contras in fiscal 1988, which begins Oct. I. But in mid-summer the Reagan administration announced it might seek as much as $140 million, to be provided over an 18-month period.

Conservatives, however, want the president to increase the contra aid proposal to $310 million.

Reagan, who had earlier said he welcomed the five-nation Central American peace plan - as long as it is "consistent with our national interests and our commitment to those fighting for freedom in Nicaragua" - promised to not abandon the contras in another address two days before meeting the pope in Miami.

"If the recent peace agreement does not work, let's resolve that they will be able to count on our continuing assistance until Nicaragua is a genuine democracy," he said that day. "We will not accept a mere semblance of democracy.

Let's be clear about one thing: We will not abandon our friends in Nicaragua."

Earlier this summer a delegation of U.S. bishops met with bishops of Central America and Panama and issued a joint communique recommending that the United States "give clear priority not to military aid but to economic assistance for development."

With its return to work, Congress will have a chance to show if it agrees.

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Mutual support There's good news this week: conflict between the young and old as groups in our society is not so serious as we have been led to believe by public figures and the media.

A survey commissioned by the American Association of Retired Persons, after hearing ominous reports that America's young and elderly are locked in a struggle for the nation's limited resource's, found that younger and older Americans are closer together in attitudes, values, and opinions than commonly portrayed.

"We had wanted to know not only whether there is an antielderly sentiment, but also how older Americans viewed other generations," AARP Executive Director Cyril F. Brickfield told a press briefing. "We hoped to find out if relations among the generations are improving or worsening."

Results are encouraging, contradicting claims of intergenerational conflict. In fact, there are no signs for waning support for programs for the elderly. 77 percent of young adults, ages 21 to 29, believe the government should spend more money on Medicare and 74 percent favor higher Social Security benefits.

Overall, 76 percent of young adults say the government is "not doing enough" for persons age 65 and older. Paradoxically, only 45 percent of older persons agree.

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And the survey found that most older Americans are sympathetic to the struggles faced by young families: a suffering economy, prohibitive housing and other costs and the pressures on two-earner couples. .

"We're getting off the subject of one generation versus another and on to the question of the needs of all generations," a Yankelovich researcher said. "Today the young worry about ·the old and the old worry about the young."

She explained that two issues of particular importance to the vast majority of Americans - the plight of children in poverty and the cost of long-term care and catastrophic illness - relate to opposite ends of the life spectrum and are evaluated on merits rather than age.

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problem of the homeless as an area in which government should get involved.

Of concern to many today is the emergence of a new pressure group, Americans for Generational Equity, which holds that the old are leeches on the young and claims to be working for increased fairness by attacking programs which help the old. This idea is not only based on questionable data, it poses a danger to citizens of all ages.

Frequently labeled the "Yuppie lobby" and "granny-bashers," this group of reformers may exacerbate issues between the young and old and even make such conflict a self-fulfilling prophecy.

We need to speak out against such inflammatory rhetoric and point to studies like the above that tell us the young do not perceive older Americans as a group of affluent idlers taking money out of the pockets of younger workers.

We can also point out that redistributing resources between generations doesn't guarantee fair treatment for poor citizens of any age.

Indeed, one of the most exciting findings in this study is that the young and old alike recognize the needs of the poor as paramount.

The study found that among Americans of all ages, the traditional Sense of family responsibility and interdependence remains strong. Only I I percent of the young said they feel grown children should not be expected to support their parents if needed and only 21 percent of older persons said they feel a parent's responsibility ends when a child grows up and leaves home.

Both young and elderly support an active government role in addressing social issues. Besides identifying poverty-level children and older ill Americans as top priorities for government aid, 75 percent of the res pondents singled out the

Word stories If someone were to say "Y ou are a very sincere person," how would you interpret the word "sincerity"? A clue to the word's meaning is found in ancient Roman history.

the "gerontes" were Greek elders who because of their age and wisdom were honored as part of the king's court.

Aristocratic families were once fond of giving their children names compounded from "hippos" which meant horse. During ancient times the horse was very respected. Most everyone can identify with a hippopotamus whose name is derived from the Greek "hipp" and "potamos," river, and means Iiterally a water horse.

And most marathon runners know of Phidippides, the Athenian courier who' ran to Sparta to seek aid against the Persians before the battle of Marathon. He is recognized as the first marathon runner.

If we switch to German, the word for reverence is "ehrfurcht."

It is derived from two words meaning "awe" and "fear." It suggests that reverence combines awe for a person's uniqueness with a fear that recognizes a distance, a space, between persons. .

Almost every word we employ has a story. An ideal of Greek education was to master words because this brought intellectual sovereignty.

I'd like to suggest another reason for mastering words. It is a habit that will bring you much enjoyment. As we move into the

During Rome's Golden Age there were many senators who commissioned marble busts ofthemselves.

The sculptor usually chiseled and polished the figure by hand until it was perfect. But as the sculptors received more orders from senators, the artists began to cut comers.

Instead of the required hand polishing they began to glaze over the sculptures with wax. But old Mother Nature exposed theirfraud by providing a scorching summer to melt the wax.

Outraged senators witnessing the disintegration of their images did what all outraged senators do.

They passed a law: From now on, all busts of marble are to be sculpted without wax.

In Latin, "sine" means without and "cera" refers to wax. And there you have it: "sine cera" or "sincerity." .

There are storie$ to be told about the origin of many words, and insights to be gained. For example, the Greeks believed surpassing strength and superiority were at the base ofleadership. The concept is summed up in the word "aristos" from which "aristocracy" is derived. We might use the word "aristocracy" in quite different ways IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII today. But in its origins, the word THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. referred to leaders in such a way as Class Published weekly except the week of July 4 to suggest that they ought to be and the week after Christmas at 410 Highpeople of true ability. land Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02720 by We derive the word "gerontology," a field of study dealing with the aged, from the Greek word "gerontes." Interestingly enough,

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fall season and turn our thoughts to education, why not go to the library or a good book store and find a book on the derivation of words.

Then start to make a systematic collectio.n of words with especially interesting stories behind them.

Tell the stories to your children or friends at the dinner table or at parties and watch how they enliven conversation.

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What we mean by salvation Q. I am Jewish and recently read your column of some weeks ago responding to a question posed by a rabbi regarding belief in Jesus as a requisite to salvation.

I see in your words a common Christian approach whenever an article of Christian faith or dogma is questioned, in particular by someone of the Jewish faith. This approach is to appear to be saying one thing when in reality you really mean something else.

You seem to imply that belief in Christ for salvation is a matter of choice and faith which in effect would preclude such a belief as a necessity for salvation.

However, further on you state an ancient principle of Christianity: "God's saving grace is there for anyone who does not deliberately place an obstacle to that gift."

By "saving grace" I assume is meant the sacrifice of Jesus as salvation for mankind and by "deliberate obstacle," I assume, is meant not believing. In reality, Christians must of necessity declare salvation only through Jesus Christ. (Florida) A. First,just a word about your last statement. We Christians (at least I speak for Catholic Christians and our entire tradition) do believe that salvation is only through Jesus Christ. That is far from the same thing, however, as saying everyone must have a direct personal faith in Jesus Christ to be saved.

We do not teach or believe, for example, that every man and woman who has never heard of Jesus, the Bible or perhaps even explicitly of God, (wh:ch today and through most of history would include most of the human race) is excluded from salvation.

Our understanding of"salvation through Jesus Christ" is quite different from that.

What you say you assume from what I said is not at all what I meant, nor what the Catholic Church means when it says that God gives grace; the gift of light for our intelligence and will and so on, to everyone on earth sufficient for salvation.

The meaning of this doctrine in Catholic tradition is simply that God gives to every person sufficient .opportunity to choose the good as that person sees it.

Some theologians have interpreted it through the centuries as "implicit faith in Jesus Christ."

That simply means that the individual's intention is to do all that God wills, to do whatever is seen as good and right.

Such a person, whether Jewish, Moslem, Hindu or animist, would be disposed to believe in Christ if he or she should come to see that belief in him as something God wishes and asks.

Obviously this is a far cry from the kind of Christian belief you assume in your question.

Q. My granddaughter who is Catholic married a Baptist man.

She is expecting a child in the next six months. Will she have trouble having her baby baptized as a Catholic? (Louisiana)

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FATHER JOHN DIETZEN A. If she herself is a practicing Catholic there should be no big problem. This would seem to fulfill the conditions required by our Catholic rite for baptism of a child.

I have explained these requirements much more at length in past columns and in my brochure on infant baptism which is offered free to readers.

A free brochure explaining Catholic teaching and practice on annulments is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.

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Cologne cardinal .resigns at 80 VATlCAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation ofCardinalJoseph Hoffner, the ailing 80-year-old archbishop of Cologne, West Germany, the country's largest and most influential See. At the same time the Vatican released the Latin-language text of a papal message congnitulating Cardinal Hoffner on the 25th anniversary of his ordination as a bishop.

Cardinal Hoffner was consecrated the bishop of Munster on Sept. 14, 1962, and has been archbishop of Cologne since 1969.

A Vatican statement said Cardinal Hoffner resigned under Canon 40 I, which governs resignations for reasons of age and health.

The cardinal was operated on in July for a brain tumor. While initial reports said the tumor had been successfully treated with radiation, he subsequently resigned as president of the German bishops' conference.

Thirty bishops, including Cardinal J ozef Glemp of Gneizno and Warsaw, Poland, along with Chancellor Helmut Kohl and other leading West German politicians, attended a Sept. 13 Mass celebrating Cardinal Hoffner's ordination anniversary. The cardinal himself was in the hospital and unable to attend.

Getting to the roots ROME (NC) - Speaking during an interview following the Irish bishops' official quinquennial visit to Pope John Paul II, Cardinal Tomas O'Fiaich, Primate of All Ireland, unveiled a unique project aimed at employing young Irish, hard hit by high unemployment.

The undertaking, computerization of all baptismal records in· Northern Ireland and the Republic, will aid Irish-Americans seeking their roots.

With his archdiocese of Armagh receiving 'seven to 10 letters of inquiry a week from Irish-Americans, computer files will ease the task of searching records, Cardinal O'Fiaich said.

With a computer, "in five minutes you can do the work that it would take an American visitor a month to do," he added.

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DURING A RECENT pastoral visit, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin is surrounded by clergy and altar boys at St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis.

Speakers'list compiled by Family Office Attention, program chairpersons of diocesan guilds, clubs and other groups: Have you ever found yourself responsible for producing a guest speaker for a meeting, conference or enrichment day and not known how to begin? Help is at hand.

Compiling information contributed by directors of family life ministry in nine of the II New England dioceses, the Fall River Diocesan Office of Family Ministry has produced a handbook listing names, addresses and general information on 81 speakers on various aspects of family life.

Speakers from the Fall River diocese on the list are Rosa Neto Lopes, director· of New Bedford Catholic Social Services, who speaks on single parenting; Father Jay T. Maddock, Diocesan Tribunal vice-officialis, annulments; and Jerry and Scottie Foley, Office of Family Ministry program directors, recruiting and empowering lay leaders, marriage preparation and other topics.

Topics and formats offered by speakers on the list are varied.

Subjects include alcoholism, parenting, family spirituality, sexuality, issues of concern to families

and the divorced, communication, self-image, bereavement, leadership training and marriage enrichment.

Formats range from one-hour lectures to half or full-day programs incorporating hands-on experience, videos and small group work.

The resource list also notes

speakers' fees and delivery styles.

It is available to anyone in parish or diocesan ministry. Copies may be obtained by calling the Foleys at 999-6420 (leaving a message with the answering service after office hours) or at the Family Ministry office, 500 Slocum Road, North Dartmouth.

Irish emigrants to get aid DUBLIN, Ireland (NC) - The Irish Catholic Church will send priests to the United States and West Germany to help provide services to young Irish who have fled their homeland's faltering economy.

Father John Gavin, secretary of the Irish bishops' Commission for Emigrants, said six priests will be sent to Boston and New York to replace Irish priests already working in U.S. dioceses, so that those priests, who are familiar with immigration problems, could concentrate on welfare and advisory services for the youths.

Father Gavin estimated that about 140,000 young' Irish work illegally in those U.S. cities. Many could be expelled under tough new U.S. immigration laws, he said.

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In Munich, West Germany, a new Catholic chaplaincy to serve about 5,000 Irish immigrants opened in July, staffed by two Irish priests.

In Britain, a special ministry for young Irish is already in place.

KATHRYN Kelly, RN, BSN, has been appointed head nurse at a soon-to-open pediatric and adolescent psychiatric unit at St. Anne's Hospi-· tal, Fall River. The South Easton resident is helping plan the new facility's design and will work with pediatric/ psychiatric team members in program development and nursing staff training. Married and the mother of six, Mrs. Kelly holds a bachelor's degree from Boston College School of Nursing, where she is currently a candidate for a master's degree in psychiatric nursing.

WASHINGTON(NC)-Lowell native Father J. Bryan Hehir, secretary for the Department of Social Development and World Peace at the U.S. Catholic Conference, has been named full-time research scholar at Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics in Washington, effective Jan. l.

He will remain on the USCC staff as counselor for social policy, but will no longer have administrative duties.

Also at the USCC, Sharon Daly, staff assistant on health and welfare issues, has succeeded Ronald Krietemeyer as director of domestic social development, an office of the USCC Department of Social development and World Peace.

Krietemeyer has joined the faculty at the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.

Father Hehir, a native of Lowell, Mass., taught social ethics for many years at S1. John's seminary, Brighton. He has been a senior research scholar at Georgetown's Kennedy Institute since 1984.

Ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston in 1966, he holds a doctor of theology degree from Harvard Divinity school, where he specialized in ethics and international politics.

Adult children of alcoholics seminar topic The Fall River Council of Catholic Nurses will sponsor an all-day seminar on Adult Children of Alcoholics from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 3, at S1. John Baptist church hall, Westport.

The program will be presented by psychotherapist Jacqueline N. . Gauthier, MA, CAe. Open to all, with continuing education units available to health professionals, it will consider coping and adaptation strategies frequently employed by adult children of alcoholics and identify major characteristics and maladaptive behavior patterns often found among them.

Also discussed will be possibilities of treatment open to such persons, including self-help groups and individual therapy.

Ms. Gauthier, a graduate of Anna Maria College, holds a master's degree in counseling psychology and is a certified alcoholism counselor. She is associated with Counseling Affiliates in Worcester and is vice-president of Longview Associates Employee Assistance Program.

Information on registration for the seminar, which closes Sept. 26, is available from Sister Mary Margaret Mello, St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, or Barbara Gauthier, Morton Hospital, Taunton.

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TOKYO (NC) - Archbishop Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi of Tokyo said Japan is following a new "course to oppression" as he prayed publicly for forgiveness for Japan's actions in Asia and the Pacific d uring World Warii. The new oppression, he said, is shown in renewed militarism and ill-treatment of foreigners - particularly the fingerprinting of Korean-Japanese.

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The novena offers nine onehour scssions of story, prayer and song, featuring messages from Pope John Paul II, Mother Teresa and four U.S. cardinals: Boston Cardinal Bernard Law, Philadelphia cardinal John Krol. New York

Cardinal John O'Connor ilnd Chicago Cardinal Joseph Dec-' nardin.

Dale Francis, a veteran columnist for the Catholic press, describes the Caniker'S as the parents of 12 children who as a young couple decided to apply their knowledge of business systems to the service of tbe church.

Mtce Jerry Coniker spent two years as executive director of the Knights of the Immaculate, a Marian orpnization founded in Poland before World War II by St. Maximilian Kolbe, he and his wife organized the Family ConsecrB_tion Apostolate.

Ukrainian Catholics ask pope's help VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has received a decla~ ration by two Ukrainian Catholic bishops and 23 priests asking him to press the Soviet Union to legalil:e the Eastern,-rile Catholic Church, Vatican press spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said recently. ihe deWaration was forwarded to the pope by Ukrainian Cardinal Myroslav Lubachivsky, Romebased leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Navarro-Valls said he did no! know if the pope planoe4 to issue a public statement on the issue.

The Ukrainian church has beell illegal in the Soviet UIlion since 1946, when its members were told to join the Russian Orthodox Church. But it has continued to exist in the communist state as an underground church.

There are about 4.5 million Ukrainian Catholics worldwide.

That number includes the last count, in 1943, of 3.5 million in jurisdictions forced into the Orthodox Church. There are to bishops and about 1,000 priests who have been secretly ordained.

Today it is active in over 100 U.S. dioc~es and on five continents. "teaChing over two million hours a year of profound spiritual formation to children, adults and families."

Its current projc;ct, the "Be Not Afraid" novena includes fourpretltntations by Loretta Young, notes Francis. "Sister John Vianney of tbe School Sisters of Notre Dame presents that part of the novena which involves children," he continues.

"Cardinal Luigi Ciappi, the pope's theologian, is another bomilist along with Roman Curia mem, hers Cardinal Francis Arinze; Cardinal Edouard Gagnon, who is president ofthe Pontifical Council for the Family; and Archbisbop John Foley, president ohhe Pon· tifical Commission for Social Communications.

"Bishop John Donoghue of Charlotte, NC, plays a major role in the novena along with Msgr.

John Woolsey of the arcbdiocese of New York, who t~lks aboot tbe Right to Life movement.

"Also, as part of each ufthe nine programs, Bishop John Magee speaks. The personal secretary for three popes, he gives insights never heard'before.

"Father Patrick Peyton, founder of the Family Rosary Crusade, is featured in day five of the novena along with Mother Angelica, Father John Bertolucci and Father Gene Jakubek. S.J." Further information on the novena is available from the Apos- . tolate for Family Consecration, PO Box220, K~nosha, Wise. 53141.

Thousands at rites for dissident priest

WARSA W, Poland (NC) Bishops, Solidarity leader Lech Walesa and thousands of mourners from around Poland came to the Sept. 12 funeral of Father Teofil Bogucki, 79, a pro-Solidarity priest who was spiritual mentor of the slain Father Jerzy Popieluszko.

Pope John Paul II sent a telegram recalling his meeting with Father Bogucki during a visit to Poland in June and praising him for "his love, suffering and loyalty to the church and fatherland."

The priest died of a stroke in a Warsaw hospital Sept. 9, after a 10ng'ilIness. Many bishops atte":ded his three-hour funeral, except for Poland's primate, Cardinal Jozef "We ask Your Holiness to sup- Glemp, who was visiting Austria. port with all the means possible Father Bogucki was buried near the legitimate legalization of the Father Popieluszko on the grounds Ukrainian Catholic Church" in of Sf. Stanislaw Kostka Church the Soviet Union, said the declara- where both had worked. Father tion.1t was also signed by 186 relig- Popieluszko's parents were among ious and laity. the mourners.

The signers also said tbey'will Father Bogucki's expected sucpractice their religion openly in- cessor at the church, Father Zdzisstead of continuing to worship jn law Krol, said in a short address secret. that after his predecessor met the Thedeclaration marks "the going pope he said:" 'Now I can go.''' above ground of one part of the In his will, written a few days clandestine Ukrainian Catholic before his death and read to tbe Church," said the signers. funeral crowd, Father Bogucki The declaration was recently urged Poles to safeguard the idealB made public in Rome by Ukrain- for which he said Father Popieian Catholic officials. They said it. luskzo had become a martyr. had been read to them over tht Father Popieluszko, 37, an outtelephone by one of the signers. spoken government critic, was kidSigners also preaented a copy to napped and murdered by security the Supreme Soviet, the commu- police in 1984. He had held monthly _nist government's bighest ruling Masses for Solidarity, which Father body, said officials in Rome.

Bogucki had continued. Church The signers included Bishops sources said the Masses would Pavlo Vasylyk and Ivan Semedi. continue.

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R,eligious educators in 1981 are beingchallehged to "Serve Together with Generosity and Forgive~ ness," The concept of these unify. ing elements creates for me an image of the ideal parish with the ideal religious education program.

In my journeys throughout our diocese this past year, I witnessed many signs of dedicated service, abundant generosity. forgiving love and a real effort 10 unite in minis· try. Welcoming clergy showed concern for the needs of contempor· ary religious education; While directon, coordinators and catechists cooperated in living and spreading the Good News.

September is a time of new besinningl in the field of education. With -nature, we journey towards chanse and growth. For us religioQs educaton, it is a journey of faith towards a d~eper life in the Spirit.

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Continued from Page Eight members in this ministry, by pro. vidinsopportunitiea to enl'kh their spiritual lives and by training them 'in the skills needed for successful teaching. Thus we will meet the challenge of Vatican II to a three· fold mission of'holiness, ministry ,and <:omlJtunity.. . , When all parilhioners become responsible fOT pastoral care in thcir community, each parish wiJl become a vibrant force in Christian living.

Working in the diocesan office in Fall River this year has been an exciting experience for me. Ihave acquired firsthand knowledge as I visited parishes where religioused. ucation is a major concern. Many religious educators in our diocese have expres!lCd their vision oftotal rcligiouseducation for aJllevell of parish life. They have developed

FATHER Richard W. Beaulieu, top, director of the Diocesan Department of Education; below, Sister Eugenia Brady; SJC, left, Sister Elaine Heffernan, RSM, associate direetor"s' of religious education. (Motta photqs)

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Where does one gain the strength and courage to face these situations? Central to our ministry is our personal relationship with God. As we sit at the Lord's feet and learn from his generosity how to love, how to forgive and how to unite in service, we are renewed, encouraged and hopeful. because we do not trust in ourselves, alone.

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Looking toward the future

By Sister EI.ine Heffernan, RSM As the National Catcchetical Directory states: "Catechesis is a lifelong process for the individual and a constant and concerted pastoral activity of the church community'" These words give us much food for thought. I would like to !hare with you some of my insights as a

religious educator who worked in a parish setting for 15 years.

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By Dr, James and Mary Kena,

Dut Dr, Kenny: My wife's divorcllli me dter 12 y.ars of mamaee and t.ree cbUdrm, J a. just bepnning to put the pieces back toeetber.] have no"" acupted the divorce as inevitable, but still don't know how 10 deal with 101inc my children.

J acree tbat de is the betler p.rent, but how ca.. 1 tell my kldslhat I am alvin. them up! Woa'ltbey feel tbat I've abandoned them!

Shoald I flabt for custody Just to show my kids I care! Tbey don't undentand wb, we are dlvorciDl, W~ luIn worked. out a Yel')' lilteral yillt.tion a.reemll.t wbere J see Jay kids ".etIcaly every weel, but I still '"I like I'm • deserter.

Please help. - New York A. First of all, tell your children why you are divorcing. They know all about stron, friendships that hreak up. Explain to them in terms that they can understand, but tell the truth.

"Why did you and mom ever get married?"' Tell them how you once were very much in love, how you planned on being together forever, how you never intended to ~plit.

"Then why are you divorcing now?" As best you can tell them what went wrong. Some lo,:es die

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dom. Others die more dramati· cally. fueled by affairs, alcoholism,

abuse and other compelling circumstances..

Be straight with your children.

The less thaI is left to their morbid fantasies, the more easily they will be able to adjust to the hard fact of divorce.

Ideally, you should tell tbem the story of your love and its breakup together. While, you may disagree

about how and why the marriage bas clldcd, better to make your points together tban for each of you to do separately aod with vindictinncli.

Of course, you will haye some disagreement about whyyour marriage ended. Almost every divon;e has a "Ieaver" and a "left." Those arc very different points of view, but your children will understand tbeir prcKntlltion better than your silence.

While you are at it, remind your children that you are not leaving tbem, that you will never divorce OJ u:parate from your children.

Remember, beins:a parcnt'means three things: providing 8 living, aiving lou of loving and tt;achiQ8 through example and discipline.

As a non-custodial father, you can be very strong on the first point:

continuing to provide the wherewithal to keep them' fed. snd warm and clothed and healthy. That is a large part of the father role. Do it generollsly and gracioulily.

Finally, remind your children that you wjll always be there for them, ell-p«:ially when they need you. One father was struck by the idea that "Bambi" is a story of divorce. He told his children the following: "Remember how in the movie the great stag and doe met and loved each other, and sbortly after, Bambi was born. Then tbe stag sce.m,w to disappear, but not really.

He could be seen in the woods, .framed on the hilltop. watching over the mother and Bambi down in the valley where they lived. aU warm and secure.

"Bambi grew up playful and happy, frolicking with his friends, Thumper the rabbit and Flower the skunk. But the ,reat sta, was there.

"Later on, wben a tragedy happens and the mother is killed by a hunter and a forest fire begins, it is the sreat stag who comes to rt:SClle Bambi and tell him bow he must be brave."

Reidel' questions on family liv~ iDI and dtilc1 care t. be ....wered in print are invited. Address tbe Kennys, Bo][ 872, St, Joseph's CoDe... Relll:lelaer,lnd, 47"•.

Telling children about death

By Antoinette Bosco A friend happl:ned ILl bedriving through the town of Woodbury.

Conn., the August morning when the late U.S. Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige was being buried there in his hometown. She had ke.r 5-year-olci son with her and he was curious about the crowds and the blocked streets which prevented them from driving their usual route.

She explained to her son that a very famous man had died. Only then did she realize she had never talked with him about death before.

When he asked, "What does to die mean'!'" she was at a lou.

She told him that dying meant a person l)topped living, like plants and animahi tnat die. She added that this is necessary. People and pets have to die to make room so new people and pets can have space on this earth. she said.

Later she admitted that this was a bungling answer because her boy simply said be thought that was terrible. He: didn't ClUe: if there was room or not for new people to come along. He'd rather che old ones, lik~ himself,just stayed. And, in a great example of how a c:llild's mind worb when it is resisting an idea, he asked his mother, "How does anyone know if that dead man is really in that box?"

As someone who raised six children, I'm the first to admit that answering questions about clcath was one of the most difficult jobs ofparntiD,. One explanation that J found particularly dangerous was given 1.0 a 6-ycar-old after his silter died; "God loved your sister so much he took her up to heaven." ·"hat boy grew up bclie'Ying that he was still on earth because God didn't love him. He felt for years that he was "bad."

The major problem in trying to explain deaths to.children is that untH children get to be over 10, they can't really grasp the reality of death. A Hungarian psycholo-

gist, Maria Nagy, studied children's views of death in the 19405. She: said her researcb showed children do not see death as sometbing irreversible and final until they are about 5.

And it's not until they're to or older. she added, that they come to an adult view of death, under· standing that it is the end of life's activities on earth and that someday they too will die.

I used to try to help my children see death as simply a stage in !ivina, that nothing created ever dies, and I used science lessons to verify this.

When people came to t~e end of Their life on earth, I tried 10 get my children to see this as the separatiol\ of the '"real" person - later I would use the word '"soul" -from the bodily person. I said, in simpler words. that thiS is a transition that

is necessary in order to pass through the barrier of time and get to heaven where God'~ perfect world exists.

One day I overheard my son explainina to a friend that when a person dJed, they were put into this box .that was really a time machine. It zoomed them right past earth and into heaven - a different world with no time. That's why they couldn't reverse the machine and come back.

The lesson for me then was, hooray for children. They have the innocence and simplicity to believe in life going on forever.

It seems to me that we ought not try to create elaborate theories about death to tell children. as my friend -did in saying we had to make room for others. We should just tell them about death as the way we break the time barriersoas to get to heaven.

Communications gap

by Hilda YOUDe from a card game to a zoo. The Monkeys then went toa pen which, I have discovered the newest of course, I recalled as a writing communicatiollS gap. It rivals the traditional teen-parent brand of instrument.

Strained for me is bow I feel miscommunica,ion. It knows no after exercise or,when car pooling race, creed or credit status, I have no doubt it will become the topic teen-agers. For my cousin. it's an of hundreds of talk shows as soon adjective for vegetables.

Is Teddy a Kennedy's first name as someone writes a book about it.

1 cd it the DIAPER - Don't or a railed, one-eyed object that a Infants Affect Parents' EDJlish Rad- toddler won't sleep without'!

For me, block: conDOtes an obieany? - gap. I stumbled upon it during a con~nation with my 26· ltacle in one's path; for her it is a . year-old e:ousin, the molher of,wo playpen toy....

Change to me IS a command toddlers. At one point we realized we weren't speaking tbc same lan- .directed at Ceemlsers after sending' guage. I was talkingaboutloads as them to the store to buy a gallon of a fee charged in the purchase of milk withaS20 hill. To my cousin, mutual funds. She tbought J was it is associated with diapers and is talking about something in a diaper. ~omething she and her husband It happened oveund over apin. argue abo,!,t.

I thought sesame was a seed inWe were close on rattle which is vented by the MI:Donald's people. something her IS-month-old plaYi Shethoughtit wasthefirstword in with in his pen and sometbing my a children's TV program. teens do to my cage. la her a crib was a place The I wonder if this will get me an Mpnkeys slept. My thoughts raced invitation for Donahue?

The Anchor Friday, Sept. 18, 1987

Priests discuss burnout

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ATPRESS CONFERENCE launching coalition opposed to surrogate motherhood, from left, Gena Corea, author of "The Mother Machine," and surrogate mother Mary Beth Whitehead. (NC/UPI photo)

Coalition organizers ask surrogate motherhood ban WASHINGTON (NC) - Calling surrogate motherhood a."new form of slavery" that has created a class of breeder women, organizers of a newly formed national coalition against the practice urged it be banned on state and federal levels.

The issue is a public policy concern of "enormous historical and worldwide significance," said author Gena Corea, one of the organizers. She added that the "industry" is part of the "industrialization of reproduction."

Ms. Corea and other coalition leaders were joined at a recent Washington press conference by surrogate mothers, including Mary Beth Whitehead, who now oppose the practice.

Last March Mrs. Whitehead lost a landmark custody battle in New Jersey over "Baby M," the child she agreed to bear for William and Elizabeth Stern for $10,000 but whom she refused to give up.

The validity of surrogate contracts had never before been upheld in U.S. court. It is estimated that 500 children have been born as a result of such aqangements.

In surrogacy, an infertile woman and her husband contract with another woman to be artificially inseminated with the sperm of the husband and carry and bear the child, then give up the child for adoption by the infertile couple. In many cases surrogate mothers provide the service for pay.

The Vatican has said surrogate motherhood "represents an objective failure to meet the obligations of maternal love, of conjugal fidelity and of responsible motherhood." Other Catholic leaders have said it also violates the marriage covenant, amounts to illegally trafficking in human lives and is "a legal outrage and moral disaster."

The practice is "part of the opening up of the reproductive supermarket" where customers get "the products they order," said Ms. Corea, the author of "The Mother Machine," a 1985 critique of modern reproductive technologies.

Used increasingly inconjunction with surrogacy, she noted, are other reproductive technologies, such as sex predetermination, embryo transfer, in vitro fertilization, and amniocentesis.

A tearful Mrs. Whitehead said surrogate motherhood should be stopped.

BALTIMORE(NC)- Burnout among priests - exhibited in sleepless nights, inability to deal with parish groups, displaced spiritual lives, and other symptoms - is a fact that affects an unknown number of clergymen, said priests interviewed by Baltimore's archdiocesan newspaper.

"To present priests as a group falling apart is not accurate," one expert on clergy personnel services told the newspaper, The Catholic Review.

The term "priest burnout" itself can cause heated reactions. It has been equated to exhaustion. Some say it is a term that simply replaces the old-fashioned nervous breakdown. Certainly severe stress is part of it.

"The workload has increased in the last IS years," said Father John Kinsella, secretary for planning at the National Conference of Catholic Bishops-U.S. Catholic Conference in Washington.

He pointed out that 20 years ago "for first communion the sisters prepared kids and the priest showed up on that Sunday to confer the sacrament. Now parents have to be prepared by the priests, and 'parents can request that first communion be held in the home."

He cited wedding preparation and counseling as another example of increased responsibility for priests.

The instability of modern life also takes its toll. A priest may

It is difficul~ to tell how many get treatment of some kind. Ofthe people who do, Father Madden said, "These are the people I admire.

They say, 'I'm not going to kill myself. This is not being a good priest. This is not being a good human being.' "

Call for effort COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (NC) - The Sri Lankan bishops have called for "maximum effort" to achieve "national reconciliation and harmony" following an administrative agreement to end a fouryear war. Other religious leaders in the island state also asked Sri Lankans to avoid violence following the recent agreement between President Junius Jayewardene and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The agreement brought hope for an end to Sri Lanka's four years of violence between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil guerrillas seeking independence. The violence claimed more than 6,000 lives. The bishops' statement, signed by its president, Bishop Frank M. Fernando of Chilaw, Sri Lanka, called for "maximum effort ... to remove any irritants, rehabilitate those who have suffered and bring about national reconciliation and harmony."

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But "I knew from the minute the baby was born it was wrong. Everything I thought I didn't want I enjoyed more than you can imagine," said Mrs. Whitehead, who vowed not to give up the custody fight for her daughter.

Spearheaded by the Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington, the National Coalition Against Surrogacy announced a fourpronged approach to its fight.

Legislation on various aspects of surrogacy has been proposed in a number of states but to date only Louisiana has a law dealing specifically.with the practice.

Louisiana lawmakers passed a bill earlier this year declaring surrogacy contracts null and void and "unenforceable as contrary to public policy," effective Sept. l.

He described the symptoms of burnout as no longer being able to be creative; having trouble sleeping; depression; no longer getting satisfaction from one's job; an inability to respond to people as before. A priest, he said, might, for instance, see one wedding as being just the same as another.

Father Madden said factors surrounding a person's life also playa major role in burnout. "Those with strong egos may hold up, but

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"It's about time everybody put an end to this. Let's stop it," she said. "It's not right. It doesn't help infertility. All it does is cause pain."

When asked why she signed a surrogate contract, Mrs. Whitehead said it had been 10 years since her last child was born, and she was convinced that at 28 she would not feel any attachment to Baby

The nonprofit foundation, a small public policy group, has been monitoring advances in reproductive technologies over the last路 decade.

Foundation president Jeremy Rifkin said at the press conference that the coalition of surrogate mothers, physicians, educators and feminists will push state governments and Congress to ban all commercial surrogate contracts in the United States.

worry ceaselessly about parishioners who c?me to him for help.

Father George B. Moeller, associate director of the Division of Clergy Personnel for the Baltimore Archdiocese, pointed out that in one of his parish assignments 61 percent of the children had only one parent.

"Kids would talk of second and third fathers, for instance," he said.

"All of this touches us in the hospitals, the sacraments, at death."

Father Dennis Madden, a psychologist at the University of Maryland, said, "Think of the people who call on a priest. Think of having 800 families. That's a lot of demands. I'm moved deeply at generosity of the clergy. By and large it's a very difficult task."

Priests are "human beings and don't have all the answers," said Father Madden. "You know, people who nurture a lot sometiI?es don't realize they need nurtunng themselves."

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 18, 1987

REPRESENTING their brethren throughout the nation, priests gathered in Miami to hear the pope speak on their vocation. (NCj UPI photo)

Excerpts from priest's address to the pope MIAMI (NC) - Here are excerpts from the speech by Father Frank J. McNulty who addressed Pope John Paul II on behalf of U.S~ priests.

I have titled my presentation "If Priests, Could Open Vp Their Hearts" and begin with a story.

After a large dinner at one of England's stately mansions, a famous actor entertained the guests with stunning Shakespearean readings. Then, as an encore, he offered to accept a request. A shy, grayhaired priest asked if he knew Psalm 23. The actor said, "Yes, I do and I will give it on one condition: that when I am finished you recite the very same psalm."

The priest was a little embarrassed, but consented. The actor did a beautiful rendition ... "My shepherd is the Lord, there is nothing I shall want," and on and on. The guests applauded loudly when the actor was done, and then it was the priest's turn. The man got up and said the same words, but this time there was no applause, just a hushed silence and the beginning of a tear in some eyes.

The actor savored the silence for a few moments and then stood up.

He said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you realize what happened here tonight. I knew the psalm, b~t this man knows the Shepherd."

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If priests could open up their

hearts and tell you of their priesthood, they would speak ofjoy and consolations. At times the responsibility to minister in the name of Jesus is awesome, but what a source of happiness: The longer we are priests, the more convinced we are that our lives make a difference.

Through our ministry of word and sacrament we are the instruments Jesus uses to nourish his people

spiritually and to build them up as a community of faith and love.

• • • • If priests could open up their hearts and tell you of their priesthood, they would speak of God's people. We are eyewitnesses to, wonderful things which do not get officially recorded: their enthusiasm, their spirit, their remarkable generosity and especially their genuine love for priests. They understand, our humanness, they forgive our failings and they are a constant source of joy. And, with all this, they constantly challenge us to be holy.

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• • • • If priests could open up their hearts and tell you of their priesthood, they could not do so without some controversial questions surfacing. In our country there is an attitude toward questions; it comes form our heritage, those historical events which help make us the way We are. We treasure freedom - freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, freedom of expression. Questions brought our nation into being. In such settings people do not run from questions about what they believe and how they live out those beliefs. Priests know well that there are no easy answers, but want to face the questions with honesty.

... even as we promote vocations, the celibacy question - as you so well know - continues to It has been encouraging to look surface. Its value has eroded and continues to erode in the minds of into the hearts of priests, but not many. This is of great concern to easy to articulate what is found us because it has serious implica- there. A poet once said it this way: Sometimes it happens in tions for the church.' We know, conversation: Holy Father, that you have been we stand facing truth and unequivocal in your support for lack the words, the celibate commitment which have no gesture, no sign; thousands of priests in the United and yet - we feel - no States have made 'and intend to word, keep. For your support we are . no gesture'or sign would grateful, because it is not easy to convey strive to be warm, loving and the whole'image... affective men'and yet remain faithThis is part of a poem called ful to that commitment. We can only ask you to continue alo'ng -"Thought's'Resistance to Words," paths of support and exploration. by Karol Wojtyla, And this too is Support for those who want to an encouraging note: that we have persevere; exploration of the gift a pope who is also a poet, because of celibacy, which has such a long poets know the human heart.

But most encouraging of all, tradition; exploration of how the discipline of celibacy can be most Your Holiness, is this moment, effectively implemented today; ex- this event. We and our priest ploration of how priests can help brothers throughout our country each other make it a transparent are touched that you care enough sign of pastoral charity and the to ask us how it has been for us. coming of the kingdom in the You have listened; we will do the pattern of Jesus Christ, our high same. Tell us what we can do to help build up the body of Christ, priest.

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MIAMI (NC) - Pope John Paul II Sept. 10 told American priests they play "an indispensable role" in the life of the church but that priests must reflect "the specific charism of the magisterium" or church teaching authority.

"Through the action ofthe Holy Spirit an immense amount of good has been done" via "authentic renewal" sparked by the Second Vatican Council, he said during a speech to 750 priests. ' His comments followed an American priest's plea that the church further explore issues of priestly celibacy, women's roles in the church, and other controversies.

The priest, Father Frank J. McNulty of Newark, N.J., told Pope John Paul that if individual priests could talk directly to him they would speak of their loyalty but also of their deep concerns.

The two men spoke at St. Martha's Church in metropolitan Miami, first stop on the pontiffs Sept. 10-19 V.S. trip;.

"Today there are indeed many sensitive issues which priests must deal with in their daily ministry," the pope said. "I know from listening to many priests and many bishops that there are different approaches to such issues."

"In this regard, however," he said, "it is important for us to realize that the same Holy Spirit from whom come all the different and wonderful charisms and who dwells in the hearts of all the faithful, has placed in the church the specific charism of the magisterium, through which he guides the whole community to the fullness of truth."

The pope praised the priests for "striving to be merciful and gentle and forgiving like the Good Shepherd whom you know and imitate and love and to whom you have pledged your fidelity."

"No other path is possible," he said. "Sometimes, however, what is asked of you in the name of compassion may not be in accord with the full truth of God...."

In fact, the pope added, if"what is claimed to be a gesture of mercy goes contrary to the demands of God's word, it can never be truly compassionate or beneficial to our' brothers and sisters in need."

Both he and Father McNulty, vicar for priests in the Newark Archdiocese from 1979 until earlier this year drew standing ovations after the speeches, and the priests stood on pews, snapped photos and cheered the pope's arrival as well. But Father McNulty's address was interrupted sev-, eral times by sustained applause, while the pontiffs remarks drew silence until the conclusion.

"These recent years have not , ' been easy for priests," Father Mc-

Nulty said in his speech, officially delivered on behalf of all V.S. clergymen.

Yet, despite 'some of the pitfalls priests have confronted, said Father McNulty, "if you looked into their eyes you would see a spark, a rejoicing in the Lord as their shepherd, a rejoicing in their love of ministry."

Through ordination, "we became co-workers with the bishop, collaborators in his mission and yours to continue the work of Jesus Christ," he said. "Thus our loyalty has ~ solid base and so does our desire for unity."

He said other priests once had advised him to "be honest but also be encouraging" in speaking to priests. "To be dishonest would be a terrible disservice to you and my brother priests," he told the pope.

He noted that priests are instructed at ordination to serve the people and said "because priests take that charge so seriously there are some serious concerns about our ministry."

While the church is "committed to a bold proclamation of the truth" it is "also a forgiving church," he said... It troubles us that people often do not perceive the church as proclaiming integral truth and divine mercy, but rather as sounding harsh, demanding."

Priests worry - and morale, suffers - because of the priests' shortage, he added.

"But even as we promote vocations, the celibacy question - as you so well know - continues to surface," he told the pope. He said priests know and are grateful for the pope's support for their celibate commitment "because it is not easy to strive to be warm, loving and affective men and yet remain faithful to that commitment."

However, he continued, "we can only ask you to continue along paths of support and exploration," including exploration of the celibacy tradition and "of how the discipline of celibacy can be most effectively implemented today."

He appealed similarly for attention to women's concerns.

Pope John Paul expressed understanding for the hardships of the priests' lives.

"I am very much aware that your fidelity to Christ's will for his church and your pastoral sensitivity will demand great sacrifice and generosity of spirit," he said.

"To all of you I express my gratitude for your ministry, for your perseverance, for your faith and love, for the fact that you are striving to live the priesthood, close to the people, in truth - the truth of being ministers of Christ the Good Shepherd," he said. "What ajoy it is for me to be with you today."

60 auditors named for laity synod VATICAN CITY (NC) - The largest number of observers ever appointed by a pope to a world Synod of Bishops is bound for the October synod on the role of the laity. Four Americans are among them.

The 60 men and women, called auditors in synod terminology, include African and Asian catechists, "an East European physician, union leaders, journalists and the founders of Catholic renewal movements.

The American observers include the president of the Catholic Press Association and the head of the Knights of Columbus.

The pope also appointed 20 "experts" to assist the synod's special secretary, including a U.S. Jesuit recently fired from his post as head of a San Francisco university institute.

The appointments were announced at a Sept. 8 press conference by Archbishop Jan Schotte, general secretary of the synod..

Among them are Albina Aspell, editor of The Catholic Post, Peoria, Ill., and president of the Catholic Press Association; Virgil Dechant, head of the Knights of Columbus, a U.S. Catholic fraternal organization, and his wife Ann; and Walter Sweeney, a permanent deacon who coordinates marriage preparation and natural family planning for the New York archdiocesan Department of Christian and Family Development.

Auditors are not voting members of the synod, a right reserved only to bishops. However, they will attend general sess"ions and the smaller working groups, according to Archbishop Schotte.

He added that synod planners are studying the possibility ofsome of the auditors addressing the synod's bishops directly during the general sessions.

Besides the four Americans selected by the pope as auditors, other appointees include Mario Agnes, publisher of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano; Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare renewal movement; and Jean Vanier, founder ofthe L'Arche communities which work with the handicapped.

The lay auditors chosen by the pope were selected in an effort "to create a group that truly represents the reality of the laity in the church," Archbishop Schotte said.

Of the 60 auditors appointed, II were from Africa, including six women; II from Latin America, including five women; seven from North America, including two women; 10 from Asia, including six women; 18 from Europe, including seven women; and three from Oceania, including one woman.

Five married couples, including the Dechants, and four superiors general of religious orders as well as the president and vice president of the International Union of Superiors General have been appointed.

Overall, 20 percent of those attending the synod will be auditors, Archbishop Schotte said.

Archbishop Schotte said the 20 experts will provide technical assistance to the synod's special secretary, Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum.

Among American theologians appointed as experts is Jesuit Father Joseph Fessio, head of Ignatius Press. In June Father Fessio was dismissed as head of the University of San Francisco's St. Ignatius Institute because of a

disagreement over management with the school administration.

Other American theological experts will be William May, a theology professor at The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and a member of the Vatican's International Theological Commission; and Sister Mary Milligan, a Religious ofthe Sacred Heart of Mary who is provost and a professor of biblical theology at I"oyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Of the 20 experts appointed, 14 are priests, three are lay men, two are lay women and one is a woman religious.

Two of the experts will serve as associate special secretaries: JeanLoup Dherse of France and Maria da Graca Sales of Portugal.

Archbishop Schotte said it was "the first time in the history of the synod" that lay people have been

appointed to such a post.

Dherse is executive president of the Eurotunnel project, a multibillion dollar joint venture between England and France to build a tunnel under the English Channel.

Dherse, a Frenchman, currently lives in London. He is a member of a charismatic prayer group.

Miss Sales is an official of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and a member of Schonstatt, a lay renewal movement founded in Germany.

Feuds in India NEW DELHI, India (NC) Pope John Paul II has proposed three national Catholic bishops' conferences in India to work on solving longstanding feuds among Latin and Eastern Catholic rites.

Rivalry among the rites has been expressed in their approach to evangelization.

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the archbishop is unable to carry out his duties. Elected administrator was Msgr. John F. McDoATLANTA (NC) - An Atlanta nough, the vicar general of the archdiocesan advisory body of archdiocese, who has been acting priests, concluding that Arch- on the behalf of the archbishop bishop Thomas A. Donnellan of since May. Atlanta is unable to fulfill his duties because of illness, has elected a diocesan administrator to act in his behalf. The archdiocesan ColCASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy lege of Consultors, which has (NC) - Pope John Paul II has responsibility under church law, encouraged the bishops of Nigeria acted after receiving a recent report to proclaim the Gospel and to condoctors who have cared for Arch- tinue seeking dialogue with Mosbishop Donnellan since he suffered lems and other non-Christians in a stroke May I. The medical their society. Speaking to the bishassessment led them to conclude ops at the conclusion of their quinthat the physical condition of quennial visit to Rome, the pope Archbishop Donnellan "has dete- also reiterated church opposition riorated so that he is presently to polygamy and divorce. He said unable to fulfill his pastoral func- he was aware "ofthe present diffition fully." Under canon law the culties that you are encountering consultors then elected a diocesan in proclaiming the Gospel and administrator who will lead the engaging in dialogue with the folarchdiocese during the time when lowers of other religions."

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14 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept; 18, 1987 WHAT CAN YOU do to pull yourself through life's down times? I thought about this as I listened to Ray Charles' and Billy Joel's new release "Baby Grand."

The song describes their love for the piano and how playing it has helped them handle difficult feelings.

"She would always be there, any day, any hour, all it takes is the power in my hands. This baby grand's been good to me."

We need to know what helps us manage the feelings caused by painful situations. During these times, any of us might overreact emotionally. Our feelings can get out of balance. We need to know what can restore them to a normal range.

Many individuals find that exerting themselves physically helps change their mental focus, thus providing a break from the emotional burden. Jogging, walking, swimming and many other types of physical exercise can be effective in switching our attention away from our problems.

Such activity is not an effort to deny our pain and problems but a way to gain perspective on our feelings.

Other people use music to achieve emotional balance, either playing an instrument as Joel and Charles do or simply taking time to listen to their favorite records or tapes. Music has a healing and calming effect, and can help us find the balance we need.

Still other people find emotional peace through quiet and prayer. God al~ays is ready to listen to whatever we feel and will strengthen us as we search for emotional balance. , Whatever we choose to do, it should be something that we enjoy, something that changes our mental focus and something that brings us back into emotional balance. All of us will face tough times. When we know ourselves well enough to have a resource to call upon at those times, we are better prepared to learn and grow from the challenges that we meet.

Your comments are welcome.

Address Charlie Martin, 1218 S. Rotherwood AYe., Evansville, Ind. 47714.

By Charlie Martin

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FEEHAN Student Council officers are, from left, John Mcintyre, Sean Coady, Christine Carges, Lauren Hickman and Douglas Adamic.

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Under direction of faculty mem- seminars at Merrimack College, bers Sister Patricill Harrington, North Andover, and the MassaRSM, and Alan Kazarian, the chusetts Maritime Academy and student council at Bishop Feeh!in has participated in the Governor's High School, Attleboro, is charged ,Alliance Against Drugs and alcowith maintaining school spirit, co- hol awareness programs. operating with the faculty in planMs. Hickman, a National Honor 'ning and executing student,activities and planning events 'such as Society member, last year attained Homecoming Week and an annual the high,est c\lmulative E'nglish 'liturgy for 'deceased faculty and average in the school. She is a track and volleyball,team member alumni. . ,j This year's student council of- , and has ta-ught religious ed ucation ficers an: John . Mcl':ltyr~, presi- .in her home parish. Active in Feedent; Douglas. Adamic, vice-presi- han theatre, she enjoys ballet, piano dent; Lauren HiCkman, recording and reading. secretary; Christie Carges" corre- , Ms. Carges is a member of the sponding, secretary'; and Sean ,,National and French honot societies and .the Latin Classical League.

Coady,. treasurer. , ' , ,She is secretary to a Medical McIntyre, is a math and science honors student, recipient of Fee- Explorers' Scout Post and plansto -han's "I Dare You" award and major in English at college.

Coady, ,also a National Honor scholarship and the Project Contemporary Competitiveness schol- Society member, plans a law ca~~er. arship. A coach of Special Olym- He earned, a' magna, cum laude pics participants, he plays basket- award in' a national Latin examination, plays basketball and football and holds a parttime job.

Adamic-is..foot-ball captain, has ball and captains Feehan's basecaptained the spring track team ,ball team. As a :community service and is' in.volved in local' sp,orts he provides ,lawn care to elderly lleagues. He plans a caree'r in persons.: Also serving, on the student 'engineering. .' ,,\ " He has,attended peer counseling ·council. are, 33- ,homeroom' representatives, nine seniors, 15 juniors and nine sophomores. Freshman representatives will be elected later '... . "'tnis'fall.

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CHiLD flinche's at pigeon's .... .......approach in Verii'ce, Italy:

Late at night When it's dark and cold I reach out For someone to hold When I'm blue When I'm lonely She comes through She's the only one who can My baby grand Is aU I need.

In my time I've wandered everywhere Around this world She would always be there Any day, any hour All it takes Is the power in my hands This baby grand's Been good to me.

I've had friends Oh but they slipped away And I've had fame But it doesn't stay I've made fortunes Spent them fast enough As for women They don't last with just one man But my baby grand Will stand by me.

'They say that no one's gonna Play this on the radio They said melancholy blues , Were dead and gone But only songs like these Played in minor keys Keep those' irtemories holding on.

I've come far From the life I strayed in '-And I've got the scars From those dives I played in Now I'm home And I'm weary , In my bones Every dreary one-night stand And my baby grand Is coming home with me, with me Ever since this gig began My baby grand's Been good to me.

Recorded by Billy Joel and Ray Charles, Written by Billy Joel, (c) 1986 by Joel Songs

What's .o;n your inind? :' Q. Howt~n you show your love

.for someone? (South naltota) , . '{!t{. The answer to this question will' be incomplete, and 1 hope in 'the weeks ahead readers will try to make it.more complete.

This will be simply a list of some ways that one can show love for ':another person. The answer will 'not'be limited to romantic love, ,but will extend to the other types of love that are a part of young people's lives.

So here are some suggestions about ltow to act toward the person or persons you love: I; Hug the person.

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2. When the person says something tactle~s, J)i~e y,our tongue and hold back the sarcastic remark that rushes to Y9ur lips.

3. Rake the leaves in the front yard :without the person asking you to.

4. Give the person a, compliment - but it must be a sincere one. ' 5. Buy the person a gift, one that you think the person really wants and will appreciate for a long time to come.

6. Clean and straighten up your bedroom well before the person tells you to do this chore.

7. If you think it would be

appreci;ated, give the person a great big kiss.

8. -If the person you love is having trouble with some kubject in school,. offer to help him or her with this subject in your spare time.

9. Whe~ the per-son you love has thoughtlessly hurt yo~ in a way that seems absolutely unforgivable, forgive her or him. This is ext,remely difficult to do and gives a.neW meaning to the phrase "tough love."

'10. Make time regularly to play or talk with your, younger brothers or sisters. ..

11.,Treat the person toa soda or sundae. . , 12. On an appr.opriat~occasion, say something like "I like you a lot" or "You're a real neat guy."

Don't make a big deal of this, however, and' don't let a tone of possessiveness slip into your voice.

Would you add anything to this list? What other ways can you think of to show your love for the many relatives, friends and acquaintances that are a part of your daily life?

The Anchor Friday, Sept. 18, 1987

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

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted. unsuitable for children or young teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; 4-separate classification (given films not morally offensive which. however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

Catholic ratings for television movies are those of the movie house versions of the films. .

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

DEACON BILL Pollack (right) and Captain Han Chun Yih on the deck of the Silver Clipper, out of Hong Kong, during the ship's recent stop at the port of San Diego. (NC photo)

Permanent deacon chaplain of port of San Diego POINT LOMA, Calif. (NC) Bill Pollock, a permanent deacon, watched ships in San Diego harborfrom the kitchen of his hillside home for 14 years. In February he started getting on them.

In recent months he has boarded 50 cargo and cruise ships, offering assistance to more than 300 seafarers as chaplain of the port of San Diego.

His work is directed by the Apostleship ofthe Sea, an international Catholic society, whose episcopal promoter in the United States is Bishop Rene Gracida of Corpus Christi, Texas.

Pollock helps seafarers survive the loneliness and boredom of spending up to 95 percent of their time on oceangoing vessels.

Foreigners without visas cannot leave their ships and are confined there for months at a time. Seeing the new face of a chaplain is a welcome change for them, says Pollock.

Two days a week he visits the ships from all parts of the world which dock in San Diego,mostly with cargo. He works with another local chaplain, the Rev. Bill KellyFleming, a United Church of Christ minister.

Pollock offers sailors religious items and videocasseUes, as well as such necessities as postage stamps, change for pay telephones and decks of cards. He has provided marriage instructions and shared in the excitement of....eunions of loved ones after weeks of separation.

He also gives rides to tourist attractions and shopping centers to those able to leave ships.

The deacon emphasized the need to build positive relationships with ship captains, some of whom dock in San Diego regularly.

Before embarking on his ministry, Pollock attended the Houston Chaplaincy Training School to learn principles of clinical pastoral education as they apply to seafarers.

He also heard from customs officials, immigration inspectors and cargo examiners, with special emphasis on seafarers' rights.

"Our mission is not to proselytize but to assist with people's immediate needs and extend a caring, non-exploiting friendship inspiring trust and confidence," said the deacon.

Many he helps are non-Christian Asians. "Some need counseling in their working relationships with other crew members," where dissension can arise among people of different nationalities, he said.

Pollock has lobbied the city of San Diego to provide a seaman's center, as many ports do, ·but so far he has been unsuccessful.

He views his. chaplaincy as a "new page in the book of my spiritualjourney," which includes obligations to St. Agnes parish on Point Lorna, where he preaches, gives sacramental preparation and administers baptism.

And nowadays he also keeps his kitchen binoculars at the ready, looking for "his" ships in the San Diego harbor.

New Films "The Rosary Murders" (New Line) - A priest (Donald Sutherland) tries to stop the mysterious serial killer of priests and nuns in his Detroit parish while wrestling with his conscience about revealing the clues obtained in the psychopath's confession. Eerie crime melodrama illustrates the rigors of and dedication to the priesthood but has several chilling murder scenes - one involving the nude body of a novice - and brief profanity. A3, R "In the Mood" (Lorlmar) - A teenage Lothario (Patrick Dempsey) hits the headlines during the mid- I940s war years by running away with an older married woman - twice. Fact-based farce indulges in some scenes of implied sex romantizing adultery. 0, PG-13 "Penitentiary III" (Cannon) A boxer (Leon Isaac Kennedy) fights his way out of a prison dominated by a wealthy degenerate inmate (Tony Ge~ry). Nightmarish plot absurdities, much violence and brutality. 0, R "Hamburger HilI"(Paramount) - A group of Ame,rican grunts rest, recuperate, talk about their differences and make 10 failed attempts to capture a Vietnameseheld hilltop before a final bloody assault. More a testament to blind obedience and the absurdities of war than to the virtues of teamwork and determination. Excessive violence and profanity, some nudity and false stereotyping. 0, R Films on TV Sunday, Sept. 27,7-8 p.m. EDT (ABC) - "Alice in Wond«land" (1951). Abridged Disneyanimated version of the Lewis Carroll classic. Whim~ical entertainment that

Mass time change Effective this Sunday, Sept. 20, the weekly diocesan television Mass will be shown at 11 a.m. on WLNE, Channel 6, instead of at 10:30 a.m.

TEMPE, Ariz. (NC) - It is no the entire family can enjoy, espewonder catechists have a hard time cially the small fry. AI, G Sunday, Sept. 27,9-11 p.m. EDT determining what to emphasize (NBC) - "The Terminator"(1984). when there are such great extremes Violent sci-fi movie in which a kill- within the church they teach about, ing machine in the shape of a man said Bishop Raymond Lucker of (Arnold Schwarzenegger) comes New Ulm, Minn.

He spoke to the National Conback from the future to assassinate a young waitress destined other- ference of niocesan Directors of wise to bear a son who will lead R~ligious Education, meeting remankind in victory over the an- cently in Tempe.

Bishop Lucker said contrasts droids who rule a post-nuclear world. Taut, suspenseful action within the Catholic Church on a but its. violence and a bedroom wide range of issues make teaching difficult. scene are overdone. 0, R During the Second Vatican CounReligious TV cil at least two clear theologies Sunday, Sept. 20 (CBS) - "For were present, Bishop Lucker said.

Our Times" - In celebration of Those differences of opinion made the 200th anniversary of the Con- their way into the final documents, stitution, CBS News correspondent creating some apparently conflictDouglas Edwards presents a por- ing and ambiguous positions. trait of Rodeph Sholom Synagogue "On one hand, some people are in Philadelphia. It is the oldest strongly speaking of the church as congregation of Ashkenazie (Cen- 'the people of God: and on the tral European Jews) in the West- otber hand they talk about the ern Hemisphere, founded in 1795 church hierarchical structures," Bishand a product ofthe First Amend- op Lucker said. "No wonder we're ment. going through chaos. We shouldn't Religious Radio be surprised that there are tensions."

Sunday, Sept. 20 (NBC) Some factions say "we are an "Guideline" - Rebroadcast of an interview with David McDowell, eternal church" while others· say New Zealand's ambassador to the "we are a historical church," Bishop United ·Nations, discussing the Lucker said. He said there are special concerns of the South those who believe the church has Pacific and the role of the U.N. in all the answers and those who maintaining peace throughout the think questions need to be raised. world.

Other problems arise because of the church's changing geographic profile, with more influence from South and Central America and WASHINGTON (NC)-- Now other non-European nations, he that the door is opening again to said. allow Vietnamese to legally leave Although for hundreds of years their country, Catholic refugee of- Catholicism was rooted in Euroficials want to make sure the pro- pean culture and tradition, "we are gram runs smoothly from the U.S. at the beginning of a truly world side. Since the United States and church," he said. "It will never be a Vietnam do not have diplomatic church dominated by just one philrelations, Vietnamese who want to osophy." emigrate do so through what is Bisdhop Lucker, episcopal adviskns>wn as the Orderly Departure Program. The process of interview- er to the religious educators' coning Vietnamese who want to leave ference, told his audience that "as through this program was expected catechists we need to be aware of to begin again by early this month. these developments. We have to be In January 1986 Vietnam cut off at the forefront of articulating to interviewing for exit permits be- the people in leadership - particcause of a backlog of 22,000 peo- ularly the bishops - some of the ple who had been released for exit important things going on."

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ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT Mass for religious education staff 10 a.m. Sunday. A parish chorus is preparing a Christmas cantata to be presented Dec. 20. Meeting for Teen Club members and parents 7:30 p.m.

Monday, church hall; new members welcome; club officers will be installed at 10 a.m. Mass Sept. 27.

Planning meeting for parish events 7 p.m. Sunday, convent hall. Potluck supper 6:30 p.m. Sept. 28 precedes Women's Guild meeting in school hall. Guests welcome.

DCCW, FR DIOCESE The Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold an interpersonal communications workshop beginning at 9 a.m. Sept. 26 at Our Lady of , Grace parish center, Westport. The presentation will include patterns, types and styles of communication with others. Reservations close Sept.

22. Information: 672-6900.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Attleboro chapter of American Red Cross annual conference Sept.

18 through 22.

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR "Ease on Down the Road," a seminar on compassionate caregiving for health care professionals 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 8, Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown, sponsored by the hospital's education department.

Information 674-5741, ext. 2481.

DCCW, TAUNTON The District Council of Catholic Women will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sept.

24 at St. Mary's School. All presidents and past presidents welc0I?e.

SACRED HEART, FR Women's Guild bowling league seeks new members. Information: Claire Cantin, 678-0133. Annual senior citizens' birthday party Oct. 22, Sportsman's 2 restaurant.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON A parish center flagpole has been donated by the Kolbe Guild and a flag by Congressman Joe Moakley.

ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Religious education teachers' / music ministers' appreciation dinner 7 tonight, church hall.

ST. PATRICK, FR Holy hour 2 p.m. Sunday.

ST.ANNE,FR Adult retreat weekend begins tonight, closes 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, school. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament after I I:30 a.m. Mass today,. shrine; hour of adoration 2 p.m.

ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, POCASSET Upper Cape Ultreya meeting and celebr\ition 7:30 tonight, parish center. 55-and-Over-Family volunteers' meeting 7 p.m. Monday, parish center.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, POCASSET New novices include Deacon and Mrs. James Marzelli, Mr. and Mrs. Robert O'Brien and Marie Czarnetski.

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR 300 public school students will participate in religious education classes; teachers will be commissioned at 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. Catechists' planning session 7 p.m. Monday; Patricia Benoit will speak on The Nuts and Bolts of Good Lesson Planning.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH Adult education classes begin at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23 in Room 201, Bishop Stang High School. They will be held every other Wednesday.

Prospective converts and those wishing to prepare for confirmation are especially invited.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Catechists needed at Corpus Christi and St. Theresa. Information: Sister Doreen 888-8267. Choir rehearsals begin Tuesday, Contemporary Ensemble at 6:30 p.m., adult choir at 7:30 p.m. Children's choir practice 4 p.m. Sept. 25, Corpus Christi. Bishop Connolly K of C Council installation 7 p.m. tomorrow, St. Theresa's hall.

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ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Three CCD teachers needed. Information: Sister Rita, 992-8721.

CCD commissioning ceremony 4:30 p.m. Mass tomorrow, 9:30a.m. Mass Sunday. Congratulations to golden wedding celebrants Angelo and Dot Mello.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION TAUNTON ' Women's Guild meeting 6 p.m.

Tuesday, with spaghetti supper and flower arranging program. Farewell reception for Father Bento Fraga will follow morning Masses Sunday.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Patience is appreciated as the church doors are refinished!

ST. PIUS X, S. YARMOUTH Women's Guild communion breakfast will follow 9 a.m. Mass Sept. 22. Information: 398-2799.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Prayer course by Matthew and Dennis Linn, SJ, and Sheila Fabricant on Healing Life's Hurts, 6:30 to 9:30 tonight, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. tomorrow, led by Sister Lorraine E. Brooks of the Leaven of God's Love community, Scarsdale, NY. Information: 896-3309.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Exposition of Blessed Sacrament from II :30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. every Sunday in October for parish school and parish youth.

HOLY NAME, FR , Rose Hawthorne Home sewing group resumes meetings 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday in the school. Youth group officers' installation at 8:30 a.m.

Mass Sept. 27, followed by communion breakfast.

PRINCE HENRY SOCIETY, FR Concert 8 p.m. Sept. 26 at Bristol Community College with The New Orchestra of Boston and pianist Jose Carlos Sequeira Costa. Information: 673-3241.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET New Women's Guild officers: Mildred Travers, president; Mary Kelley, vice-president; Shelagh Mulready and Dolores Highsmith, secretaries; Helen Silvai, treasurer. CCD teachers will be commissioned at 9 a.m.

Mass Sunday and will then participate in a day of recollection at St. James Convent, Nanaquaket, Tiverton.

ST. JAMES, NB A hundredth anniversary calendar is in preparation, to include photographs and 1988 parish events. Pictures of parish organization members will be taken Sunday afternoon, beginning at 2 p.m.

The Prince Henry Society of Fall River in conjunction with Bristol Community College would be honored by your presence at its

Third Annual International Concert Saturday, September 26, 1987 at 8:00 p.m. featuring

BLUE ARMY Five-hour vigil beginning 7 p.m.

Oct. 2 at St. John Neumann Church, East Freetown.

The New Orchestra of Boston conducted by

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Friday discussion group begins after 9 a.m. Mass today in the education center. All welcome. CCD teach-

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ers will be commissioned at 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday (Our Lady of Victory) and 10 a.m. Mass (Our , Lady of Hope).

NOTRE DAME, FR Choir rehearsals resume 7: I5 p.m.

Sept. 22. Boy Scouts meet 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday, school. New members welcome. Youth Council meeting church hall 7 p.m. Sunday; meeting for potential adultadvisors 7 p.m. Sept. 25, also in hall.

L.SALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be principal celebrant and homilist at a 3 p.m. outdoor Mass Sunday marking the 141st anniversary ofthe Marian apparition at LaSalette, France.

The Mass will be preceded at 2 p.m. by a musical meditation o'n the rosary led by Father Andre A. Patenaude, MS, and Sister Lucille Gauvin, OP. Ceremonies will be held indoors in case of rain.

"I Have 3 Friend Who Worries about AIDS" program 7 p.m. Sept.

23, led by Rev. Alan Beauregard, MS, with AIDS patient Tony Mastrorilli as guest speaker.

BREAD OF LIFE, FR Bread of Life prayer group will sponsor a 7-week scripture study course on the Epistles to the Galatians and Romans, beginning at 7 p.m. Oct. 7 at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fall River. Registration'is requested by Sept. 25 by calling Blessed Sacrament rectory or 6442375.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Coffee and doughnuts will follow all Masses this Sunday. Parishioners Claudette Armstrong, Loretta Messier, Lillian Roberts and Lorraine Gagne are thanked for parish hall draperies; Lucia Marcille for blinds and drapes at the religious education center; Richard Dufour for silverplating the church chandeliers; Richard Boulanger for obtaining a large stove for the education center kitchen.

CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/MASHPEE Women's Club meeting 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 14, featuring Dorothy and Her Hats. All welcome. Men's night program planned for7:30 p.m. Nov. 18, St. Jude's basement. First communion I 1:30 a.m. Sept. 27, Queen of All Saints chapel. Choir rehearsal 7:30 p.m. each Tuesday, St. Jude's; children's choir begins rehearsals for Christmas 4 p. m. Oct. 17, St. Jude's.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Congratulations to parishioners Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rielly, celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. New Bedford Market Ministries express gratitude to parishioners for a large donation offood. A baby crib is needed by a parishioner. CCD teachers' workshop 7 p.m. Sept. 21, school. Day of adoration today until 7 p.m. Adult inquiry forum fOT nonCatholics 7:30 p.m. each Tuesday.

Special Guest Soloist

Jose Carlos Sequeira Costa, Pianist Bristol Community College Arts Center Elsbree Street, Fall River, Massachusetts Reception 7-8 p.m.

Hors D'oeuvres and Champagne

Tickets _available at: Bristol Community College • Mr. Rent-ACarlMr. Lease-ACar Lincoln Press Co., Inc. • Americana Travel • Also at door.

Donation: $20.00 Funded in part hy a Grant {rom N.E. Telephone. th(' National Endou'''H'1It for the Arts 01/(/ the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities thnJUgh the Nell' England Foundation for the Arts, This program is sponsored by the Mass. Arts Lottery as

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CROSSROADS music group will be heard at 4 p.m.

Sept. 26 in a garden concert at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro.

Members have recorded several albums of Scripture-inspired songs and have appeared on the Eternal Word television network. They will also lead music at a 7:30 p.m. twilight Mass following the concert.