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By Dave Jolivet On Sept. 16 Hurricane Marilyn ripped through the U.S. Virgin Islands, leaving in her wake death, destruction and misery. Bishop Sean O'Malley, formerly bishop of the St. Thomas diocese, has appealed for aid for the victims.

"The islands are small and they have no fresh water ponds or lakes for drinking water. They rely on rain water for drinking and the high seas and salt-·contaminated rain have ruined their supply.

Therefore, the people want for the basic necessities," he sai~.

The bishop has contacted Boston Cardinal Law and Washington, DC, Cardinal Hickey to discuss strategies fOIf helping the victims and last Monday held a press conference for local TV stations and newspapers to publicize the need for aid.

"I'll be asking the pastors of all 112 parishes in the Fall River diocese to take up a spc:cial collection for the people. Also, donations may be sent to rhf: Virgin Island Relief Fund, cj 0 the Fall River Diocese, P.O. Box2:S77, Fall River, 02722," said the bishop.

He stressed that donations should be monetary because transporting supplies to the islands can be a problem. With money, supplies, food and medicine can

be purchased in the Caribbean area.

The island of St. Thomas took the worst hit from Marilyn with up to three-quarters o,f the homes destroyed or damaged. At least six people were killed and the island was left without water, electricity or phone service.

Bishop O'Malley recalled that he was on the island ofSt. Croix in the Virgin IslandS when it was rocked by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. "Eighty percent of the buildings were destroyed ahd many people lost everything they had. In some areas, electri~ity was out for nearly six months. We ate peanut butter without bread and canned baked beans," he said. The bishop also noted that there was a rash of suicides on the islands afterwards because some people lost not only their homes, but their livelihoods.

After the 1989 storm, Catholic schools resumed operations in tents, he added. A$ soon as possible, Bishop O'Malley traveled to the mainland to seek assistance for the victims of Hugo. Now Hurricane Marilyn has repeated the devastation of Hugo and the need for financial support is as great as in 1989.

"I know we can count on the generosity and prayers of the people in our diocese," said the bishop.

DR. MARY ANN GLENDON makes a point during a press conference on the last day of the UN World Conference on Women. (CNS/Reuters photo)

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Vatican d~legation head says her group was "voice in desert"

BEIJING (CNS) - Two weeks in Beijing was no vacation for Mary Ann Glendon. She spent a whole 15 minutes browsing in a hotel gift shop.

Dr. Glendon, a Harvard law professor, and the head of the Vatican delegation, said that the delegation was "a voice crying in the desert" at the Fourth World Conference on Women.

"We are obliged by our religion, I believe, to be active in the world, and we are supposed to speak the truth whether it's in or out of sea. son," she said.

"So, if we are a voice crying in the desert for the moment, that's all right," Ms. Glendon said during an interview with Catholic News Service.

She said the Vatican was not the focal point of any alliance of countries at the conference. On some issues Muslim, Latin American and African countries shared the Vatican's position; on others, more similarities were found with the U.S. delegation.

"We have stood alone at many points during this conference," she said, especially in calling for full fidelity to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including its recognition of parental rights and the need for special protection of motherhood and families.

While she was clearly weary at the end of the Sept. 4-15 coriference, she said the hours of talking BISHOP SEAN O'MALLEY explains the plight of Vir- and negotiating were worth the gin Islanders at a press conference at the Diocesan Office of effort.

"I think we caused some people Communications. (Jolivet photo)

to either have a kind of conversion, or at least to think a little more about democratic accountability," she said.

The battle almost done and disappointments acknowledged, the first woman ever to lead a Vatican delegation to an international meeting said she felt blessed.

Dr. Glendon described her fellow delegates as "21 extraordinarily gifted people with the most diverse backgrounds and life experiences of any delegation at this conference."

I n negotiating and finally accepting part of the final Beijing document, Dr. Glendon said the Vatican delegation was following the example of Pope John Paull!.

When "the truth is mixed with falsehood, good is mixed with evil and incompetence is mixed with intelligence," she said, the pope makes clear which is which.

Then, "he tries to find what is constructive, truthful and build on it to bring it to its fullest development," she said. "He does not say there are things in this document we don't like, so we walk away from it; at the same time, he doesn't say we'll pretend nothing is wrong."

The Vatican strongly supported the Beijing document's sections aimed at eliminating poverty, promoting development, expanding the access women and girls have to education and improving their economic opportunities; but strongly opposed the section on health because of its attitude toward sex-

uality and its unbalanced approach to human rights.

"All of our positions come out of the same teaching about the inherent dignity of the human person," said Dr. Glendon. "Out of that notion comes our respect for life, our respect for the mystery of human sexuality, but also oursocial and economic teaching."

She labels as "cafeteria Catholics" both those who think the church's social teaching is central to the faith and its teaching on sexuality is optional, as well as those who allow no room for dissent on teachings about sexuality but think the social teachings are just ideals or guidelines.

"We are saying 'This is all one teaching; it all comes out of the dignity ofthe human person,'" she said.

Even on those parts of the document the Vatican liked, it had some concerns.

The defect of the conference document and declaration "is that they remain on the superficial level.

Equality for women is not going to be achieved until you go to the root causes of women's inequality and those have to do much more with illiteracy and a lack of economic opportunity than they do with sexuality," explained Dr. Glendon.

On the human rights question and many other questions proposed for inclusion in an international document, the Vatican benefited Turn to Page 13

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Fri., 'Sept. 22, 1995

Could make bishops' L.abor Day message his platforrn

Beloved priest laid to rest ,

By Christine Vieira A breeze ruffled the black ribbons affixed to the St. Louis de France Church signboard on Buffington Street in Swansea and autumn flowers bloomed as mourners crowded into the church for the Sept. 16 funeral Mass of Father John R. Foister, its pastor, who died Sept. 12 after a battle with cancer.

Filled to capacity, the parish parking lot looked like an old-' fashioned fire muster with police cars, ambulances and fire trucks sharing space with automobiles.

Friends greeted one another tearfully, yet smiled as they recalled Father John's life of service.

"It was a tremendous loss to the community," said Pastor Tony Saraiva of the Christian Life Fellowship in Rehoboth. "Father Foister was a true servant of God, a man of mercy and compassion."

"It's tragic," said Fall River Fire Chief Edward Dawson. "He has made an imprint on the firemen and the community for many years to come."

The funeral procession into St. Louis de France, already crowded with delegations of parish and community groups and members of religious orders, was led by the seven-man honor guard of the Fall River Fire Department, which flanked the casket as 80 FoIster AMWAY庐 PRODUCTS MEAN QUALITY and personal ....ice.

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family members, city and state officials, firemen, emergency medical technicians, scores of priests and Bishop Sean O'Malley took their places in the church and. sanctuary.

Outside, loudspeakers broadcast the liturgy to the many Who could not be accommodated in the church. Of particular interest was how the readings reflected Father Foister's life: ," As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep. I will rescue them from'every place where they were scattered when it was cloudy and dark."

(Ez.34:12) In his homily, Bishop O'Malley, principal celebrant of the Mass, said, "Today we confront the death of a beloved brother in the priesthood, a pastor, teacher and a friend." Offering his condolences to Mrs. Joseph Foister, Father Foister's mother, and all other family members, he added, "Jesus describes death as His returning to take us home to the Father." After the Mass, Somerset Fire Chief Stephen Rivard read the Firefighters' Prayer, often read by Father Foister at firefighters' funerals.

Perhaps Fireman Tom Chippendale, leader of the Fall River Fire Department honor guard, best summed up the feelings of all those present when he said, "Father Foister was a great, great man and' he'll be missed."

Those, words were proved true two days later when a Somerset house fire left a man homeless and distraught. "If Father Foister had been here. he would ha~e been comforting this man," said Fire Chief Rivard.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) -Ata this country - in defending the time when common ground is key' interests of those who an~ not to so'ving the country's most defended by anybody else, in look. pressing problems, President Clining out for the poor, looking out ton told Catholic editors he sees for children, looking out for the the U.S. bishops' 1995 Labor Day future, trying to remind u~ tbat we statement calling for a renewed have more in common tha.n we social contract as a potential rehave dividing us - I think it's election platform: en?rmously important tha.t the . In a wide-ranging round-table Catholic community in this counsession, 20 Catholic newspaper try be immensely well informed editors from around the country about this debate and intl:nsely quizzed Clinton Sept. 15 on a var- involved in it."

THERESA M. Benevides, iety of subjects inclUding schools After touching on various other a secretary in the diagnostic vouchers, abortion policy, foreign issues, the final questioner, Robert imaging services department aid, his decision-making process B. Dylak, editor of the Catholic of Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall and his views on how the Demo- Advocate of the archdioce:se of Party can win back Catholic Newark, N.J., asked Clinton: "If River; has been chosen by her cratic voters. . you could do three things to precoworkers as hospital Empare the country for the future, Clinton emphasized areas ofcomployee of the Quarter, exem- monality with the U.S. bishops what would those be?"

First, Clinton responded, he'd ana with Catholic social teaching. plifying outstanding service.

The award entitles her to On abortion, where his policies like to guarantee "that ever~r percounter to church teaching, he son in this country could get a a $100 savings bond, a re- run made no apologies, but stressed high-quality education for a lifeserved parking space for three efforts begun by his wife, Hillary time." months, placement of her ROdham Clinton, to encourage Then, he'd want an economic name on an Employee of the a.doption by makin~ the process policy "that would raise the in<:omes of working Americans and bring Quarter plaque and eligibility Simpler.

Clinton referred to the Labor us back closer together," and do for an Employee of the Year. Day statement by the U.S. Catholic things legislatively that would proaward, to be presented next Conference Domestic Policy Com- tect the environment and public May. health. mittee when asked how he might "More important than any of .Described by her coworkers try to attract the Catholic vote in . that," he added, "is to affet:t the as a "Florence Nightingale of the next election. spirit of the American people:. The "Our fundamental obligation. the 90s," and as one who American spirit needs two things. to try to preserve this country for "consistently goes above and the future, to protect our children, People need to recover their optibeyond of what is required of ~ to help people who are trying to mism and their almost childish her," Mrs. Benevides is the help themselves and to help those wonder. We don't need cynical .wife of Gregory Benevides and who, through no fault of their kids....

"The truth is there are a bunch' the mother of son Ryan and own, are incapable of helping ofthings that I don't have a li.ck to themselves," Clinton said. daughter lenna.

"I think that is consistent with do with. This country starts ~very what Catholics in America have day with the hard work of ~very always believed, and with the basic American. But we need to develop ethical foundation for the Catholic a renewed sense in the minds of Church, faith," he said. "But I'm people who legitimately feel disennot so sure Catholic voters aren't franchised, that no matter what like a -lot of others. I think it's hard anyone else does, they still ha.ve to Sept. 24 to generalize. There are a lot of do their part."

1955, Rev. Joseph E.e. Bour- different kinds of Catholics just que, Pastor, Blessed Sacrament, like there are a lot of different Fall River' kinds of Baptists and a lot of different kinds of Jews..... Our reliSept, 26 gious faith affects how we vote, 1944, Rev. John J. Donahue but doesn't necessarily control it Assistant, St. William, Fall River' all." .

Clinton had referred earlier in Sept. 27 Our Lady of Fatil71a the session to the Labor Day state1991, Rev. John W. Greene ment, which discussed the benefits Most Holy Virgin, who S.J., former teacher at Bishop Con~ and the problems of an economy hast deigned to comE: to nolly High School, Fall Ri'ver based on service and information Fatima to reveal the tlreatechnology. ' Sept, 29 sures of graces hidden in "I could make the letter that the 1899, Rev. J.A. Payan, Founder, the recitation of the roslUY bishops put out on Labor Day my St. Mathieu, Fall River ' , plat.form for my re-election caminspire our hearts with a paign," he said. sincere love 'of this devo"I don't suppose I've read it with' tion, that meditating on the a Jesuitical care, but when I mysteries of our redernpskimmed it f didn't see anything I Sept. 25: Ezr 1:1-6; Ps , disagreed tion recalled therein, we with," said Clinton, a 126:1-6; lk 8:16-18 may obtain the conversion graduate ofJesuit-run Georgetown University. of sinners and the favors Sept. 26: Ezr 6:7-8,12b, In opening comments, the preswe ask you now for the 14-20; Ps 122:1-5; lk8:19-21 ident said the Catholic community greater glory of God, for has an important role as Congress Sept. 27: Ezr 9:5-9; (Ps) Tb your own honor, and for takes up its legislative agenda for 13:2-4,6-8; lk 9:1-6 the good of souls. AmeHI. the fall, particularly when it comes National Shrine chapel to welfare reform and other fiscal Sept. 28: Hg 1: 1-8; Ps concerns. prayer 149:1-6,9; lk 9:7-9 "If we forget why we're balancing the budget, if we forget the Sept. 29: On 7:9-10,13-14 ultimate objective, the values that or Rv 12:7-12a; Ps 138: 1-5; underlie it, our obligations to pro- 11I111I11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111II1111111111111111 In 1:47-51 ' THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second tect our children and our future . Clas~ Postage Paid at Fall River. Mass. then we are under serious risk," h~ Sept. 30: lee 2:5-9,14-15a; Pubhshed weekly except the week of July 4 s~id. "r think it's a very exciting and the week after Christmas at 887 High(Ps)Jer31:10-13; lk9:43b-45 . time.

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NEW YORK (CNS) - Cable viewers across the nation can enjoy complete live coverage of Pope John Paul II's visit to the United States wherever their local system carries Mother Angelica's EWTN orthe interreligious Faith & Values Channel.

Officials at both networks say they are also offering their coverage free to cable systems that do not normally carry them and that several systems have accepted.

EWTN, the Eternal Word Television Network, is also bringing translators from Me;dco City to provide simultaneous Spanish translation in a second audio feed, said produciton vice. president Michael Warsaw in Ii ·telephone interview from network offices in Birmingham, AL. In addition to 39 million households in all U.S. states except Idaho, viewers in 42 countries in Europe, Africa and Latin America have been able to get IEWTN since the network expanded in August.

And EWTN's shortwave radio subsidiary, WENN, will also broadcast its own separate coverage of the papal visit, Warsaw said. .

Giving virtually continuous coverage, EWTN will rebroadcast each day's events at night, while Faith & Values, which is based in New York and has a potential U.S .. audience of24 million households, will not do that. It plans a special effort to interpret Masses and other events of the papal visit to the total viewing audience. . . '~:r"'roughout3,~e ~\'~~tnot.o.nl)(1J the Catholic perspective but the ecumenical and interfaith perspective," Father Bernard R. Bonnot' told Catholic News Service. He is community relations director for Faith & Values and speciafconsultant for coverage of the papal visit.

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. (eNS)-A Catholic editor has repeated his request that Pope John Paul II meet with the Catholic press when he visits the United States this October. In an open letter in The Tablet, Brooklyn diocesan newspaper, editor Ed Wilkinson told the pope that the Catholic press "sure could use a shot in the arm right now." Wilkinson cited eco-

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nomic difficulties, including "whopping 40 percent to 60 percent increases in the cost of paper and the cost of mailing the newspaper," and discouraging decisions to close some Catholic publications. Wilkinson first proposed a papal meeting with U.S. Catholic editors last April before the planned Oct. 2023, 1994 papal visit, which was canceled.

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studio anchors for'the coverage: Jim Hartz, an Episcopalian who formerly hosted NBC's "Today" show and has done previous work for Faith and Values;Mercy Sister Sharon A. Euart, associate general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic BiShOps who is a canon lawyer frm Baltimore; and Bishop John J. Snyder ofSt. Augustine, Fla., a native of Brooklyn, chairman of the bishops' Committee on Women and member of FATHER HEBERT the Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. .

Some of the commentators will join them in the studio, and others will be interviewed on site. Father Bonnot said.

He said those already confirmed included Father Frank J. McNulty Father Gerard A. Hebert, who Roseland, N.J., who addressed h'as been parochial vicar at St. ' Pope John Paul on behalf of U.S. Patrick's parish, Falmouth, since priests during his 1987 visit; the 1992, has been named parochial Rev. Ashley Neale, ecumenical administrator at SI. Louis de officer of the Episcopal Diocese of France parish, Swansea, effective Newark; reporter Paul Moses and Sept. 27. columnist Bill Reel of Newsday; The son of the late Joseph L. St. Joseph Sister Elizabeth A. Hebert and the late Cora (ChamJohnson, religion professor at pagne) Hebert, Father Hebert is a Fordham University and current native of Attleboro. After graduapresident of the Catholic Theologtion from Providence College in ical Society; and the Rev. Eric W. 1977, he prepared for the priestGritsch. a Lutheran participant in hood at St. John's Seminary, the Catholic-Lutheran dialogue.

Brighton, and was ordained June The Rev. William Turpie. an 6, 1981, by then Fall River Bishop American Baptist who has preDaniel A. Cronin. viously done work for Faith & Prior to his assignment in FalValues, and A,tonement Father mouth, he was parochial vicar at James J. Gardiner, representing St. Thomas More parish, SomerCatholic prod ucers related to the set, Sacred Heart parish, Taunton, channel, arc co-prod ucers. and Our Lady of Grace parish, .

EWTN's anchors will be Msgr.

Eugene V. Clark. pastor of St·.. Westport. He holds a degree in canon law from the Catholic' UniAgnes 'Church in Manhattan,and John Haas, a former Episcopal versity of Am(:rica and is ajudge in the diocesan marriage tribunal. minister who teaches moral theolWhile at Our Lady of Grace he ogy at Philadelphi:fs archdiocesan seminary, St. Charles Borro- was spiritual director for tne Fall River area Ministry to the Separmeo in Overbrook, Pa. ated and Divorced, and in FalThey will be assisted by two mouth he has been chaplain to the reporters for on-site coverage: police department.

Former New Jersey Gov. ThoMark Zimmermann, editor of the mas Keari, an Episcopalian who is Washington archdiocesan weekly, now president of Drew University Catholic Standard, and Charles in Madison, N.J., will help proLewis, who now does executive vide commentary for the pope's recruitment in Philadelphia but arrival at Newark, N.J., and the has a background in secular and "Circle the date of Friday, Janwelcome ceremonies that are exCatholic communications. uary 12, 1996, on your calendar" is pected to include President Clinton.

Warsaw said EWTN also planthe suggestion of Msgr. Thomas J. Former New York Mayor Edned to enlist a number of comward Koch, who is J(:wish, will be . Harrington. recently named director of the diocesan Catholic a commentator for the Mass in . mentators, Catholic and non-Catholic. but could not yet confirm any Charities Appeal. The date is that Central Park, helping relate it to names. scheduled for the 1996 Bishop's other events that have been held Despite the diverSe assortment Charity Ball, an annual highlight there, Father Bonnot said. of anchors and commentators, both of the winter and holiday social The Rev. Joan Brown CampEWTN and Faith & Values say season. Thirty-seven young ladies bell, general st:cretary of the Na- they will not let analysis overshadrepresenting parishes from all areas tional Council of Churches, will ow the pope's presel1ce. of the diocese will be presented to join Father J. Bryan Hehir, CathBishop Sean O'Malley during the olic chaplain at Harvard UniverWeighty Matters evening's festivities. sity, in helping interpret Pope John The diocesan coordinating com"Ice cream doesn't put on weight Paul's appearance at the United mittee for th(: ball has begun preright away; it takeS a month of Nations. liminary planning. The event will Faith & Values has enlisted three sundaes."-Old Farmers' Almanac be cosponsored by the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and. the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. Proceeds go to the many charitable apostolates and institutions of the diocese.

The ball will be held at Venus de Milo Ballroom in Swansea. Couples, family units, clergy and othI ers from the Attleboros down to Provincetown, as well as from Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard .His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, QFM Cap., will gather in a celebration of the Bishop of Fall River, has announced the following app~intment: unity of the diocese. On that night all roads in southeastern MassaRev. Gerard A. Hebert from Parochial Vicar, SI. Patrick Parish, chusetts will wend towards SwanFalmouth, to Parochial Administrator, SI. Louis de France Parish, sea and the lights and music which, .

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The Virgin Islands: Praying for Help At a news conference which was well attended by the local media, Bishop O'Malley asked members of this diocese to. share in the effort to help the residents of the Virgin Islands to rebuild their lives. Each parish will be asked to encourage its people to contribute to a diocesan hurricane relief fund.

Such a response is common in our community offai"th, but what makes the present situation different is that before the bishop came to us he was the shepherd of the diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.

Thus what made the news conference more than routine were Bishop O'Malley's recollections of his own experi,ences during Hurricane Hugo, six years to the day before Hurricane Marilyn.

One aspect that the bishop emphasized was the aftereffect of the hurricane on the population of the Virgin Islands. He said that among the greatest problems was a rise in suicides, occasioned by a tremendous upheaval of society.

It was not just property loss, he explained, but that all the support systems of life suddenly disappeared. Jobs vanished, industry was shattered; people were forced to live in tent communities for months; and. in an area where even the availability of drinking water depends on the rainfall, nearly all life's necessities must be imported. In short, it takes a great deal of time for people to get their lives back on track, especially on islands where tourism is the major industry.

With this in mind it should be obvious that as much as the residents of the Virgin Islands need our material support, they also need our prayers. In the darkness of personal despair it is imperative to try to walk in the light, not that of a tropical paradise but that of the Light that is the 'way, the truth and above all the life.

As a church that should live the Beatitudes, we are bound to help the least of our brothers and sisters. We can never presume that we ourselves would not be plunged into the horror of a hurricane or another natural disaster. Someday we might be the people in need of help and prayers.

Let us give, but let us accompany our gifts with our prayers.

In this way we will exemplify the truth that all the faithful are in communion with each other in the Holy Spirit.

May the loving church family be one with the people of the Virgin Islands as they fight for survival in this darkest of times.

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Cohabitation topic of W orces~er parley

WORCESTER. Mass(CNS)Couples living together before marriage is a tough issue for Catholic pastoral ministers, but they need to focus more on a couple's attitudes than on their coh~bitation, according to a workshop speaker.

"Canon law indicates that we Father John FoIster should not 'impede the sacrament If there was one hallmark of Father John FoIster's priestly of marriage based solely on the life, it was his unlimited giving of self. A talented man, he grounds of cohabitation." said James Healy, the main speaker at worked tirelessly in all his official assignments from pastoring a recent program for 300 pastoral to serving for a year as acting editor of this paper. But he will be leaders in the Worcester diocese.

"The Catholic Church has to most remembered for his service to his fellow man. Unconcerned about race, religion or color, his chaplaincy of the Fall help people move from irregular River, Somerset and Swansea fire departments was marked by , to regular situations," he said. "We need to help in the transition from' his repeated physical and spiritual rescues under the severest of living together to marriage." circumstances.

The workshop - "Cohabitation: He had a special place in his heart for all in the emergency Issues in Marriage Preparation" medicine community and he devoted countless hours to assist- - was' held at Blessed Sacrament ing those in the greatest need. His energy and dedication to his parish. with Worcester Bishop Daniel P. 'Reilly participating and many ministries will be sorely missed by both his church and was cosponsored by the diocesan civic communities. offices for family life ministry and In his final days he fought the g'ood fight and gave priestly continuing education for the clergy. example to all. Many souls were touched in both his life and his Healy, director of the Center for Family Ministry for the diocese of death.

Joliet: Ill., is an adviserto the U.S. The Editor bishops' Committee on Marriage and Family Life. '''Cohabitation is a difficult subject to deal with," he said. "We need to focus more on the attitudes to commitment and lifeOFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER styles of cohabitors than we do on cohabitation," Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River "Faith readiness" is the biggest 887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 problem he encounters. He said Fall River, MA 02720 Fall River, MA 02722-0007 people who live together "tend not Telephone 508-675-7151 to be in the core of Catholicism FAX (508) 675-7048 but [are] marginal Catholics."

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He related" a story about the Catholic daughter of friends who had moved in with her Catholic boyfriend, though neither was actively participating in the church.

The parents asked Healy what they should do.

"The trick for parents," he told them, "is they must stay in good emotional contact with the child, but still remain true to their own beliefs," "If that is what we are asking the parents to do," he told workshop participants, "then that is what we should do as a church."

Healy said there have been dramatic changes in cohabitation over the past 25 years. Couples living together outside marriage tripled in the 1970s, and by 19905 percent of all couples were cohabiting. He also said that in 41 percent of cohabiting households, there are children under age 18, Couples who live together before marriage tend to be less religious, generally more liberal arid riskoriented, and sexually liberal. They have more financial problems and less regard for social norms, according to Healy, Workshop participants indicated .that from their experience of working with couples seeking marriage preparation, they are finding a high percentage of couples who come to them are already living together, anywhere from 60 percent to 100 percent. Healy said Catholics are not different from others in that regard.

"In many places around the country," he added, "the majority of people coming to marriage preparation are living together."

Reasons he cited for cohabitation include: fear of commitment, economics, insecurity, sexual freedom, a desire to get to know one

another better, a prior bad experience, lack of a solid re ligious foundation, and viewing it ~.s a rite of passage or playing house, "This generation has grown up in a divorced single family household," he said, "The young people of today still want a lifelong marriage but are fatalistic they can live it out."

The one relationship that breaks more than marriage is cohabitation, he said, Healy advise:d pastoraHeaders to be a ware that people who cohabit today view their situation as a moral step forward.

"Statistically," he said, "c:ouples who cohabit do not do well in marriage." Studies done in the mid-1980s showed that couples who cohabited were 50 percent more likely to divorce.

"We need to focus on the attitudes that carry people into cohabitation and into divorce than we do on cohabitation itselL" Healy's own surveys have shown that one-third of priests ch,:>ose to ignore the situation of cO:Jabitation. Others have tried the ultimatum approach. Neither approach is helpful. he believes.

His recommendations Wt:re: - Get to know the couple; try to find out where they are and where they are going, case by case.

- Focus on their secular and psychological readiness for marriage; don't set higher standards for them than for other couples.

- Find out what the:i have learned from living together.

"If we are going to invite a couple into the sacrament or marriage, we must celebrate it and do it openly and not grudgingly," he said. "We need to strengthe:n their possibility for success and maximize their experience. Our ultimate purpose is to save souls,"

S'ervloif fhe····..·:· dollar steals us from God Amos 8:41-7 1 Tim 2:1-8 Luke 16:1-13 In today's readings Amos and Jesus remind us that we cannot serve both God and money. Rather than vindicating worldly affluence and power, the God of Amos and Jesus rejects greed and the oppres-" sion of the poor. Let us pray in the words of this Sunday's responsorial psalm: R. Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor. He raises up the lowly from the dust; from the dunghill he lifts up the poor to seat them with princes, with the princes of his own people. (Ps 113:7-8) Amos threatens the greedy merchants who "trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land." During the new moons and sabbaths, mandated days of rest, these hypocrites calculate how long they must wait to resume their exploitation of the lowly. Their plans to "diminish the ephah," "add to the shekel,'" and "fix ... scales for cheating" are in direct violation of Israel's ancient laws in Deuteronomy.

You shall not keep two differing weights in your bag, one large and the other small; nor shall you keep two different measures in your house, one large and the other small.

But use a true and just weight, and a true and just measure, that you may have a long life on the land which the Lord your God is giving you. Everyone who is dishonest in these matters is an abomination to the Lord. (Deut 25: 1316) Amos simply has the courage to announce the Lord's inevitable judgment against such violations of the covenant.

The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Never will I forget a thing they have done! (Amos 8:7) I Timothy warns us not to extend Amos' strident judgment to all persons in power. Christians, although a religious minority in the Roman Empire, are instructed to offer intercession for all "especially for kings and those in authority."

Their maintenance of public order will enable Christians "to lead undisturbed and tranquil lives in perfect piety and dignity." The goodness and necessity of such prayer are rooted in God's desire for uni-

. tit' ilie" g()spel; "Jesli!; uses 'the" ' technique' in the Lukan parables shocking story of a dishonest ste- (see Lk 12: 17-19; 15: 17-19; 18:4-5). ward to warn his disciples that they cannot serve both God and "What shall I do next? My money. Although we may find the employer is sure to dismiss me. I cannot dig d)·tches. I am steward's financial dealings devious, the parable forces us to asha!T1ed to go begging. I have it! Here is a way to make sure identify with him when he is accused that people will take me into of "dissipating" (maybe simply their homes when I am let mismanaging) the rich man's propgo." erty. When asked to render an Scholars debate the exact nature account of his service, the steward realistically assesses his bleak sit- ofthe steward's "arrangement" with uation in a soliloquy, a favorite his master's debtors. Is his reduc-

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, WARREN AND CONNIE Bremer with James, Bethany Joy and Jenna. (eNS/Spencer photo)

Chinese baby girl finds new home in .Illinois EAST PEORIA, Ill. (CNS) ~ overwhelming number of children, At 10 months, Bethany Joy Bre- mostly girls, were available in mer is known for her smile - and China."

The number of orphaned or she has a lot to smile about these abandoned infant girls in China is days.

But she didn't have much going so great, Knapp said, that agencies for her at birth, because she was a which handle adoptions from China girl born in China, where the govern- cannot even estimate how, many ment usually givescouplesjust one there are, chance to have a child, and many "Their orphanages are bursting want that child to be a boy. at the seams," he said, "N 0 m'atter Her birth parents abandoned how many families we find, we her and she spent the first eight , won't meet the ne'ed completely." months of her life in an orphanage.

He attributes the massive numToday she lives with her adop- ber,of homeless baby gifts to the tive parents, Warren and Connie Chinese government's family planBremer, and her new brother and ning policy limiting couples to one sister in East Peoria, She has' child, For cultural, social and ecolearned to crawl, sit up and stand nomic reasons: he said, many couwith assistance, and her brother ples prefer that their child be male, and'sister sometimes fight over and if they have a girl, they may who 'gets to hold her, their mother attempt to get rid of her so. they says, can try again for a son.

In July the Bremers became the While many such girls are reportfirst couple.to adopt an infant edly aborted or killed at' birth, from China with assistance from , Knapp said numerous others, like the Peoria diocese's Catholic Social Bethany, are simply abandoned, Services, which recently launched The Bremers found out about a d rive to recruit families willing to Chinese adoptions when they spotadopt Chinese children, ted a newspaper ad placed by a The Bremers said that despite European adoption consulting the paperwork, travel and expense agency. inv"olved in adopting from China, 'Because, the couple wanted anothit pays off for couples eag<:r (0 er,child'~: they 'also have 'an 8adopt. . " year-old daughter, Jenna, a'nd a "We wanted another, baby, and. 6-year-o,ld son, James .,-:., they we 'know she didn't have much answen;:d the ad and asked Catholic 110pe for a future in China." Mrs. Social Services, to do their home Bremer told th'e Peoria diocesan study: altho~gh they are not Cathonewspaper. "It) ~eiL~worth it.:: ., lics.

The role Catholic Social Service As part oCthe application proplays in an adoption from .China cess, the Bremers had to write a or any foreign .count~y is tq conletter to Chinese authorities promduct the home :study, license the' ising to Clue for the child properly and to teachher,about her Chinese Home and help the adoptive family complete paperwork required by ~ heritage. the U.S. Immigration and ~'atu足 Adoption of- a Chinese infant ralization Service, according to via an i,nternati'onal adoption agen-, Joe Knapp, coordinator, of the cy' usually costs between' $12,000 <;atholicage'ncy's adoption pro~ "and $'17,000, according to Knapp. ' gram. " !'I would say that once the home The remainder of th~ process, study is. done, you're looking at including referral of the 'child and about four to eight months" before completio.ll of paperwork required a couple receives an adoptive child QY the child's' native country, is . from China, Knapp said. In con~ usually handled by an agency spe- trast, couples seeking to adopt c:ializing in international adoptions, healthy white Americ'an infants he added. via Catholic Social Services usuKnapp said Catholic Social Serv- ally face' a one- to three-year wait, ices began seeking adoptive fami- . he added. lies for Chinese infants after "we "This is a real good opportunity started getting i'nformation from , for families who have been hoping foreign adoption agencies that an for a child," said the coordinator.

Church survives ,betrayals Journalists have been writing violent excesses of the past carried about how this has become the out in the name of Christianity.

Peter wrote: season for apologies. They point "I must point out that the historto Russia's President Boris Yeltsin apologizing for the Soviet massa- ical examples I have given are of cre of 15,000 Polish officers during corrupted Christianity. They are World War II. In the United States not things that would have been there is Robert McNamara, admit- compatible with Christ. Such ridting in his new book that the war in iculousness came from a betrayal Vietnam was "wrong, terribly of Christianity. Christian spirit is sublime." , wrong," Peter went on to write: "Christ's Then there is Pope John Paul II, who has asked forgiveness for ex- influence was so great that it split cesses in the church's past, most time. He gave the world a message, recently for whatever role church a blueprint of how people should members played in obscuring the live and treat each other. People were inspired. From that point, equal dignity of women. the scope and extent of Christian I also was struck by Japan's recent admission of guilt for some growth is staggering. Untold numof its actions in World War II. bers of believers died heroically And Japan's Prime MinisterTomi- for their faith. So impressive were ichi Murayama apologized for his the many who gladly died for country's conscription of thousands Christ that they were more than women who were forced to be sex- 'replaced by fresh 'converts. In the fourth century apostolic Christianual playthings for military men. ity had conquered a great empire.

I think it's especially hard for we "When the Roman Empire diswho are Catholics to acknowledge integrated, Christianity hit a low our own people's participation in point, but did not die out. The violence at various points in the ,incredible ability of the faith to course of history. We try to live by periodically renew itself stands out the commandments of the Lord in history.... and the teachings of Jesus.

"The sublime Christian spirit is In the midst of thinking about seen in the inspired works of peoall this, I found a paper written by ple like St. Francis, St. Augustine, my late son Peter in December Gregory the Great, St. Ignatius, 1983. It utterly'amazed,me with its Pope John XXIII, Mother Teresa. !imeliness. He was writing about The same spirituality inspired

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people to build great cathedrals, pushing the technology of arch and buttress beyond their known limits. From that spirit ro:,e the great religious orders which still today are the leading organizations of humanita'rian and social services. Even exploration was greatly inspired by the desire to spread Christ's message.

"The skeptical may bru:;h off the miracles of Christianity a:; good public relations, but there is one basic undeniable miracle: that the small, motley, demoralized groups that Jesus left on earth ." developed the enthusiasm to swe:ep all obstacles before them in their bold, worldwide mission. A few disheartened followers were transformed into the most dynamic movement in the history of the world."

In the midst of the current spirit of "mea culpa" - which is important and deserves praise - I was happy to discover this testimony

by Peter that the accomplishments of the church have been sublime, and far greater than its sins.

We all fail sometimes Dear Dr. Kenny: I have no selfconfidence. I find myself dwelling on what others say to me or about me, reading in the worst possible interpretation. I'm always apologizing for myself, putting myself down. I wonder how much of this came from my childhood; since I recall that my parents were rather negative.

What can I do to improve my self-esteem? (Ohio) Self-esteem is two-edged, and for"that reason I don't like it as a goal. To esteem yourself, you must accomplish something worthwhile.

Too often your achievement falls short of your anticipation, and you are disappointed In yourself.

If you are regularly disappointed with yourself, then you are more apt to lose or lack theself-con, fidence to try things.'

Whatever happened or didn't happen in the past is still with you.

The putdoo,yns and .defeat, and even the abuse of childh.o.od can be 'dealt'with in its present-day manifestations.' , You may gain some satisfaction in knowing that your'self-attitude has roots i.1} the past.. However, such krioWledge fal1s far short of anychani'ein, the negative messages that 'you give yourself.

Approach the matter directly. ' Replace the negative messages with neutral, upbeat or positive ones. ,When you start doubting yourself and questioniQg your abilities, interpose a different notion. Say to yourself: "I'm OK." "God doesn't make junk'." "I can, yes I can.~~ Better still are ,statem,ents of self-acceptance. ,-Le,arn to accept' your mistakes, your mess-ups, your flaws. As one person told me: "I've come to love mysdf, warts and all." When you canbe comfortable with potential failure instead of fearing it, you will no longer hesitate before attempting to accomplish something. ' Failure is common. Yet, failure can have a posi'tive side. As one famous coach said: "When I win,

By I'm happy. When I lose, I learn."

Failing is not a reason to stop or Dr. JAMES & give up. Failing is what makes us human, the essence of our finiteness. Failing is certainly nothing MARY to be ashamed of.

Learn to laugh at' yourself.

KENNY Sometimes our blunders are ridiculous, like the time I spilled coffee all down the front of my new suit before I was to give a major talk. negative ones. Laugh at your flaws I felt so embarrassed, then started and fumbles. They are what make to laugh at my clumsiness. The au- 'you human and usually endear dience laughed with me. No doubt you to ot,hers. everyone there had had the same You don't have to esteem youror a similar experience. It was the self. Rather, begin where you are, best-received talk lever gave. and accept yourself. Laugh at your more ludicrous stumbles, and never Life is a come-as-you-are party.

Putting on a front, acting pom- give up.

Reader questions on family livpous, pretending you are better than others, all of these require too ing and child care to be answered much effort. And they all lead to in print are invited. Address questions: The Kennys; St. JOi,eph's your falling short at times.

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Building a perfe~t c,hurc]~ SAGINAW, Mich. (CNS) ,; Making Catholic churches schoolrooms of learning: arid at the same ' time unifying participants in wor-' ship, presents a complex set of coneerns, architects w~re told during a seminar on building and renovating Catholic,churches.

"How do you make a place'both intimate and stimulating (enough) for information such as the Word?" said Robert Rambusch 'during a seminar cal1ed "Art and Environment in Catholic Worship: It's More than the Building." , Speakers at the daylong seminar, sponsored by Saginaw's diocesan Office of Liturgy, included Rambusch, a member of archdiocesan 'liturgical and architectural: committees in New York and Detroit, Saginaw Bishop Kenneth E. Untener and Johann van Parys, an associate for liturgical 'art and architecture at the Notre Dame Center for 'Pastoral Liturgy.Rambuscl1' described Catholic

churchesassomeofthemostdiffi: cult' structures to design. HI~ said one of the biggest problems is "to satisfy the ful1riess the di vinity but (also) the fullness in h't::manity" or the differences bel:ween Chris't as God and Christ as'man.

Another area of conce:rn' to modern architects, he said, is to ensure active involvement of the congregation in the celebration, not just people watching a stage.

"We need a lay-oriented special arrangement that' supports' their common (worship) as a communal kind of action together," said Rambusch.

He 'showed slides of various examples for using church space, including handicap accessibility at every section of the building; convenience to the parking lot;'ga,thering areas and confessionals that are comfortable and promotl~ dialogue; and fonts and taberr.,acles that complement the altar and other parts of the church.

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Minors cannot be excommunicated Q. A few week.s ago you disagreed with a Catholic high school that proposed to establish a policy of expelling pregnant students after seven months of pregnancy.

As a mother, I agreed with your answer. However, our parish priest said you should have mentioned that this Catholic girl would be excommunicated if she had an abortion, and thalt this should affect our decisions on allowing her to continue in our schools.

This is out of my field. Is it really true that a high school girl like this would be excommunicated from the church because she had an abortion?

I find that hard hI believe. I find it harder to believe that a priest would feel this wa:)', and that somehow this should "affect our decisions" on how we deal with such children. Can you enlighten us on this? (Ohio) A. First let's look at the matter of excommunication.

Several lay people and some other priests directly or indirectly told me I should ha ve included the fact that the girl was excommunicated.

They are mistakt:n. I have learned over the years that a lot of people are misinformed about this.

According to the law of the church, if this student was not at

I don't have to answer a ringing phone It's not true I enjoy driving my neighbor (Bud) bonkers. "Enjoy" is too weak. Relish and revel are better.

Nor is it true this cheap entertainment is a primary reason I have chosen in recent times to let the answering machine do what it's paid to do when Bud visits.

I must confess, however, that watching Bud squirm while I ignore the ringing is an unexpected bonus.

For example. last Saturday the "thing" rang. After the second ring, Bud's eyes darted from the phone to me, then back and forth.

His mouth hung open mid-sentence about Randy Johnson and the Seattle Marim:rs. His unspoken question: "Are you deaf, Morris?

The phone is ringing."

Nonchalantly as possible, I finished his sentence: " ... and win the wild-card spot."

He didn't notice. "Do you want me to get that for you?" he asked, in a tone that meant, "because somehow, numbskull, you seem to be missing the fact your phone is ringing."

"Nah, the answering machine will get it," I told him.

I could tell this troubled him deeply - because his body English took on a nasty foreign accent.

I suspected it madle him feel like he was stuck in the shower while the Publishers' Cleari~ghouse people knocked at the front door with a $ I million check. Or like he had a vision of a 30-to-1 shot that would win the Kentucky Derby, but couldn't get anywhere to make a bet.

"But what if it's an important cam" he needed to know.

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least 18 years old, she was not, and could not be, excommunicated.

At the risk of being overly academic for a moment, let me be a bit more explicit about what Catholic Church law is in the matter.

It is true that according to the Code of Canon La w a person who procures a successful abortion incurs an "automatic excommunication."

Several other r~quirementsneed to be fulfilled, however, before any excommunication takes place, and one of them is age.

Concerning the age of excommunication for abortion, it is essential to keep in mind the following regulations.

Anyone who has not completed the 18th year of age (in other words, reached his or her 18th birthday) is legally a minor in the church.

Another law lists certain persons for whom a penalty "must be tempered or a penance substituted."

Among them are minors who have completed the age of 16 years, in other words, persons who are between 16 and 18 years old.

By DAN MORRIS

" The Slj.me law says that none of these persons, (including minors, therefore), is bound by any automatic penalty. Thus, a minor (anyone under the age of 18) does not incur the excommunication for abortion.

Even after reaching the age of 18, the excommunication would be incurred only if all other conditions are fulfilled.

For example, if the one procuring an abortion is unaware that he or she is excommunicated if the act is carried through, the excommunication would not be incurred.

To put it briefly, according to Catholic Church law no one under age 18 is subject to penalties like this one for abortion. Even after 18, several other req uirements must be present for that to happen.

I admit to feeling very uncomfortable speaking so legalistically of these matters as they involve high school students or older women who contemplate abortions.

Some Catholics seem almost anxious to declare people like this separated from the church.

I don't deny or belittle in any way the seriousness of excommunication. St. John and other New Testament writers speak of something similar.

Still, even were it true that young women like this are excommunicated, they are still our sisters as human beings and as Christians.

For them as for anyone else, to offer support, wise help and compassionate presence remains our first obligation in charity.

(For those interested in checking references, the sections of canon law referred to here are Canons 97, 1323, 1324 and 1398.

Note carefully the relation of Canon 1324.1.4 and Canon 1324.3.)

Stewardship....

A WAY OF LIFE tion about time-share properties in countries at warT' He gave me a dirty look. My wife's taped message came on, greeted the unknown caller and ended, "We'll call you back soon."

No message. .

Bud snorted. "Now you don't know who called."

"SoT' "SoT' he echoed. "Won't you go crazy for the next hour wondering who it was?" His voice rose.

"Doesn't it make you need to call everyone you know to find out if it was them?"

This was fun.

"Not even a little bit," I said.

The phone rang again. Bud's eyes widened. His mouth made movements like a hyperventilating guppy before sound came out.

"Y ou gotta answer this time," he insisted.

I smiled. "Relax, Bud. Think of the phone as your servant, not your master."

I think I saw the man's shoulders pitch forward to about his lower jaw as his tension level increased.

He left, mutterin~under his breath.

Later that afternoon from the garage I heard a partial message being recording: "This has been a message from Publishers' Clearinghouse. Sorry you were not home.....

I laughed as I recognized Bud's voice. At least I think it was Bud's voice: I called his house. The answering machine came on.

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I St. Anthony of Padua parish, New Bedford, will celebrate its centennial this weekend. Tomorrow there will be an open hOllse from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the public and all former students who wish to see their alma mater, St. Anthony School. On Sunday, the open house will continue from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. then everyone is welcome at a 10:30 a.m. Mass celebrated by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley and many area priests.

A noon banquet at the Century House in Acushnet will follow, with remarks from honored guests including Mayor o(New Bedford RosemaryTierney, Sister Gertrude Landreville, CSC, St. Anthony School's 1994 NCEA Distinguished Graduate, Rev. Bertrand Chabot, a former pastor, and Bishop O'Malley.

Of Romanesque style and Renaissance decoration, St. Anthony of Padua Church 'on Acushnet Avenue in the north end of New Bedford, has been recognized since its construction as one of the largest and most beautiful of New England Catholic churches. Over the years its pastors have continued to beautify it and oversee restoration and redecoration when needed.

Founded in 1895 by Rev. Hormidas Deslauriers, St. Anthony's first Masses were offered in a rented hall on Bullard Street with 300 families as members' and a barrel of sand for a pulpit. Six months later a two-story building, used for both church and school, was constructed and was blessc:d

by Providence Bishop Matthew ' Harkins on March 8, 1896.

As the north end expanded, so did St. Anthony's. In 1902, the church debt of$150,000 was cleared and there were 1,200 families in t'he parish.

A big milestone in parish history came in 1903 when the spectacular present church was begun.

Its co'rnerstone was laid June 5, 1904, with Bishop William Stang,

the first bishop of Fall River, officiating.

The superstructure of the church, now with 2,000 families, was completed in 1910 and the church was dedicated November 28, 1912.

Above its entrance is a Latin inscription composed by Father Deslauriers: "It is the working people of St. Anthony Church who have erected this temple to the Lord."

Father Deslauriers died June 16, ,1916, after 21 years of service.

On the day of his funeral, mills and stores in the city. were closed in 'tribute.

Father Deslauriers was followed,

by Rev. Louis A. Marchand, who was later assisted by Rev. Albert Berube. Father Marchand died June 25, 1941, but left behind a worthy monument: the 32-room St. Anthony School was completed in 1924, during his pastorate.

Constructed of gray and red brownstone, St.-Anthony's Church is 241 feet long and 80 feet wide with a transept measuring 135 feet, a main steeple 256 feet high and lower steeples rising 130 feet. The church cost $342,000 including ornamentation, furnishings, sacred .vessels and vestments.

In 1952, its somber interior paint was replaced with soft golds and pastels. Stations of the Cross were refurb'ished; marble columns were polished and six large murals were painted. A handsome pulpit and new stained glass windows were installed. Other outstanding features of St. Anthony's are a shrine of St. There,se and a,largestatuary of the Vision of St. Anthony, above ahd behind the main altar.

There are also four magnificent side altars.

Rev. Bertrand R. Chabot was named pastor in July, 1969, and supervised further restoration and renovation in 1982. Eight years later, the current pastor, Rev. Edmond Levesque, was named, a parish centennial committee was

formed in 1992, and preparations for this year's celebrations were begun.

St. Anthony's School also looks forward to celebrating its 100th year ,of continuous education in September, 1996. From 1940 through 1975 the school offered education from kindergarten through high school. Today it offers the elementary grades. Originally staffed by the Sisters of the Holy Cross and Seven Dolors, the school has about 4,000 alumni.

A special day came in 1994' when it was announced that Sister Gertrude Landreville, CSC, had received an NCEA Distinguished Graduate Award.

Not only is she a graduate of St. Anthony's, but Sister Gertrude has been a dedicated faculty member for many years. Although now retired, she is still serving St. Anthony's as librarian. She strongly believes that Catholic school education offers the knowledge and practice of the values that build sound Christian relationships. . These beliefs and values, she says, are the touchstones of a successful life.

Sister Gertrude is an example to both students and faculty and will be honored during an upcoming Teacher Appreciation Day luncheon by principal Elizabeth-Ann Lavigne.

The school has an experienced 13-member faculty with an aver- ' age of nine years teaching and seven years at St. Anthony',s. The student to teacher ratio is 22: 1and AN AERIAL VIEW ofSt. Anthony's Church and school. students come from the areas of Fairhaven, Acushnet, Freetown, New Bedford, Fall River, Westport and Wareham.

There is a varied curriculum that promotes a well-rounded edu-' cation. Religion, music reading, art, computer, physical education, social studies, language arts, mathematics, science and literature are among subjects offered. There are also special programs for instrumental music, peer, tutoring, and even prayer partners.

Today, although the high school has closed, St. Anthony's provides a pre-sch(jol, extended care before and after school program, a fullyequipped computer lab where all, grades receive weekly instructiQn, a science lab, basketball te.ams for girls and boys" instructional cheer, leading and a chorus. , The school's mission is to eduPATRICK WILKINSON leads his class iQ song during cate the whole child through' a the 1995 Black History Day. 1 partnership of 'principal, faculty and families; aiming to develop a sense of self-esteem and pride within each child while teaching Catholic beliefs and good moral values.

Parish and school share a rich and adaptable tradition that is now looking towards - a' second century of successful Christian living,

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Thieves loot offices V A TICAN CITY (CNS) Thieves looted offices of two Vatican congregations, making off with paintings and other valuables, the Vatican said. The Vatican denied reports that confidential documents and mail" were also missing after the burglary. A Vatican spokesman, Father Ciro Benedettini, said the thieves forced their way into

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ence (most of whom! think may be women, if the gender pattern of church attendance matches the pattern of readers) more ammunition to laugh at Dad. This is no light matter. The authority and respect of the father in American family life have been destroyed. All anyone needs do is Dear Editor: look to the sitcoms on television as I am writing concerning a story a reflection on our sooiety. All the in the Anchor about Fr. Foister on men and all the fathers portrayed August 25. I would just like to say on television a re presented as that he is a saintly priest and in complete buffoons. Look at Homer great need of our prayer~. H is minon "The Simpsons," or Al Bundy istry was outstanding. on "Married with Children." One He was always doing things for can even go back a fe~ years to the others, whether he was ministering Cosby Show; although the father to his flock, lending a helping was a physician, he was portrayed hand to the victims of a fire, giving as the butt of most of what went on medical care to those a.t a city fesin his family life. Much has changed tival or procession, or going so far since the days of "Father Knows as to climb the mighty Braga Bridge Best." It is high time to recognize to remind someone about to jump this insidious process that has hurt that life is sacred and that God Christian family life. loves them. He told them that life' A kind, compassionate and wise was worth living and that, no matfather is central to a Christian famter what, God understood them ily. The Anchor has done a great and was there for them. disservice to the Christian families He seemed to be everywhere all who look to the newspaper for 'the time. He was there when his direction in their lives by running flock needed him. I sincerely ask Dan Morris's column. Male bashthat you remember him in your ing is not Christian and it's time to prayers. This is a wonderful man stop this abuse! who helped people and he is an Thomas E. Tobin, Ph.D. example of selfless giving that we Forestdale all should all remember.

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Dan's not amusing Dear Editor: I write to express my 0pllllOn about the column by lDan Morris in the September 8 issue of the Anchor.

His column angers me because he used the column to mock men.

This phenomenon, more commonly known as "male bashing," has destroyed the respect due to fathers and other men in our society. Dan just jumped on this trendy bandwagon and gave the re:ading audi-

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Dear Editor: The Sept. I st issue .of the paper was filled with articles I wanted to cut out, eight total. I usually clip Antoinette Bosco's column, my favorite writer, along with one or two others but thought you might like to know someone really appreciated Vol. 39, No. 34.

I plan to save the editorial to give my high school senior when she looks forward to college next year.

I pray more people read your press.

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Vengeful victim upsets: lives DUNGARVAN,ln:land(CNS) - Father Michael Kennedy got up in the pulpit Sept. 10 to warn the young men in his parish that a vengeful young woman with AIDS was intent on infecting as many of them as possible.

Father Kennedy, third cousin of the late President John F. Kennedy, said that five young men between the ages of 18 to 25 years had already tested positive for AIDScausing HIV and more than 60 others were awaiting test results.

He said the young woman had told him she had sexual relations with between 60 and 80 men in the area after he was given her name by some of her partners.

Doctors played down reports that the woman had infected all the men she had relations with.

The rate of AIDS tra.nsmission in a single episode of heterosexual sex is nowhere near 100 percent, Dr. James Walsh, former National Irish AIDS coordinator, indicated to reporters..

Father Kennedy said the woman had become infected herself while in London and had returned to her

native Dungarvan,a small southern coastal town, on her mission of revenge.

"The tragedy is tllat this poor girl was so demente'd .and she has left a trail oJ devastation," the priest said.

Nurses offer program for students ,

Catholic Nurses of New England are sponsoring a program aimed at the spirit!Jal needs of both patients and student nurses from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Cape Cbdder Hotel, Hyannis.

The first hour will consist of two student nurses presenting p~pers on spiritual needs of patients from the student nurse's perspective.

Discussion will follow. The second hour will focus on the theme "Your faith has been your salvation."

For pre-registration or more information, call Marylee Meehan, (508) 771-0546.

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Death doctor gets 25 years to life NEW YORK (CNS) - The doctor convicted of murdering a 33-year-old mother of four who died after he botched her abortion has been sentenced to 25 years to , life in prison.

In handing down the sentence Sept. 12, Justice Robert J. Hanophy of New York's State Supreme Court said that Dr. David Benjamin "chased a dollar and didn't care about his patient."

"I don't think you can find a better case for depraved-indifference murder," he added.

Benjamin, 58, was convicted in August of second-degree murder in the death of Guadalupe Negron.

Mrs. Negron died on the operating table in July 1993 at Benjamin's Metro Woman's Clinic in Queens after the doctor tore a three-inch hole in her uterus and vagina during an abortion.

Benjamin testified that he thought' M rs: ~egron was only 13 weeks pregnant and did not discover until he had begun the abortion that she was about 20 weeks along.

H is receptionist testified, however, that Benjamin knew Mrs. Negron was five months pregnant when she made the appointment and that he ignored the patient for more than an hour after he performed the abortion. When paramedics arrived, she was lying in a pool of blood and no longer breathing.

Benjamin's license to practice medicine had been revoked in June 1993 for "gross incompetence and negligence" related to other patients, but the state Administrative Board of Review allowed him to continue to practice while his case was on appeal.

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Pain Man.age.ment Center offers' shingle treatment Over 50 percent of elderly Americans will suffer from excruciating pain caused by shingles and postherpetic neuralgia unless they . receive appropriate treatment. The Pain Management Center of Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River, offers comprehensive treatment options to prevent and decrease the pain associated with these conditions.

Shingles is characterized by a painful eruption of the skin caused by the herpes zoster virus, the same virus which. causes chicken pox.

The pain associated' with shingles may' last after the .lesions have begun to heal and the individual develops postherpetic. neuralgia, which occurs in 50 percent of patients over 60 years old.

"Shingles presents itself as severe pain along the c~urse of a nerve.

Typical symptoms include fever, headaches and swollen glands. A skin rash consisting of fluid - filled cysts usually appears within four to five days. Shingles is extremely painful because the brain, spinal cord and nerves within 'the body may all be damaged," said Rene Boucher, D.O., chief of anesthesia and pain management at Saint Anne's.

The pain caused by shingles is often mistaken for other conditions including a heart attack, a gallbladder attack or appendicitis.

"Shingles can be difficult to diagnose until the vesicles (cysts) erupt," said Dr. Boucher. He added that "patients describe the pain as burning, continuous and occasionally stabbing. Individuals exhibiting these symptoms should consult with a physician at the Pain Management Center - the key to successfully treating shingles is to institute treatment as soon as possible."

The most effective form of treatment for shingles and postherpetic

neuralgia is the nerve block procedure, which involves injecting a local anesthetic into a nerve'reducing pain and speeding the healing process. "When nerve blocks are performed during the early stages of a shingles eruption they decrease the incidence oflongterm pain from 50 percent to 2 percent. Patients with symptoms for less than six months have an 85 percent success rate, while patients with symptoms for more than one year have a 55 percent success rate," Dr. BQucher said.

Additional treatments for shingles and postherpetic neuralgia at the Center include antiviral agents and pai"n medications. Zovirax, an antiviral agent, is typically prescribed for shingles patients·to decrease the duration of pain. Other common pain medications include narcotics, steroids and tricyclic medications, with the narcotics often r~quired to treat severe pain.

Steroids decrease inflammation and reduce scarring caused by shingles and the tricyclic medications reduce pain, help patients sleep and relieve pain-caused depression.

DR. EDWARD D. MACKLIN, honored for 50 years as a physician, with Sister Blandine d' Amours, seQ, administrator of Sacred Heart Home, New Bedford.

Sacred Heart Home honors physician for long servic·e·

The administration and staff of and a member of the home's utiliSacred Heart Nursing Home, New zation review committ"ee and since Bedford, recently honored Edward 1991 as medical director. He reD. Mackler, M.D~, Home medical ceived his medical degree in June,. director, on the occasion of his 1945 from Tufts University School 50th anniversary as a physican, of Medicine and completed his "50 years dedicated to healing, to internship at St. Luke's Hospital, easing pain, to offering comfort to New Bedford.

He began his medical practice in those who are ill or, perhaps harder yet, to those who love someone l'!ew Bedford in 1948, joining the who is ill," as Home Administra- St. Luke's medical staff and servtor Sister Blandine d'Amours, scq, ing as medical officer of the New said. Since Dr. Mackler's birthday Bedford Board of Health, and also occurred near the time of the medical consultant to the New testimonial, this event, too, was Bedford Public' Welfare Department. In addition, he has been celebrated.

Dr. Rene Bou.cher is a graduate of A buffet dinner was served in chairman of the St. Luke's Family the CollegeofOsteopathic Medicine, Des the nursing home auditorium and Practice Department and is past Moines, Iowa. He'completed his in- music for the evening was pro- president of the New Bedford Medical Society and Bristol South ternship at Des Moines General Hos- vided by the ACE quartet.

Medical Society, which includes pital and his residency in anesthesia Guests included family, friends, both New Bedford and Fall River. and pain management at Letterman . colleagues, area dignitaries, the Dr. Mackler is also a founding Army Medical Center, San-Francisco, board of directors and the admin- member of the Pilgrim Health Calif. He is bo~rd certified in anes- istration of the nursing home.

Services, now Pilgrim Health thesia and is a member of the AmeriA roast was conducted by Dr. HMO, and a fellow in the American Society of Anesthesiology, the Mackler's friends and colleagues can Association of Family PracMassachusetts Society of Anesthesiol- Drs. Franklin Berry, Robert Small, tice. He was also instrumental in ogy and the International Anesthesi- Alvin Simmons and David Con- sponsoring the first physician assisology Research Society. stantine. tant in Southeastern MassachuDr. Mackler, who is medical setts, Lonnie Houghton, who is For more information on shingles still in practice in his office and and postherpetic neuralgia, please call director of several other area nursthat of his son, Dr. Stephen Mackthe Pain Management Center of Saint ing homes in addition to Sacred ler, both part of the Hawthorne Anne's Hospital at (508) 674-4625 Heart. was at Sacred Heart for 25 years as an attending physician Medical Group. or 674-4626.

Bishop's council releases welfare reform statement MILWAUKEE (CNS) - Calls to affirm personal responsibility . must not be used as an excuse to abandon the needy, the Catholic bishops of Wisconsin said in a new statement on welfare reform.

"Calls for affirming personal responsibility must not become a signal to abandon the poor," it said. "Nor must the desire to foster .responsibility rationalize decisions by the coromunity to deny or withdraw its support from the needy when social and economic conditions prevent a poor person from being self-sufficient."

The 12-page statement was made public by Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee and Bishop William H. Bullock of Madison, president and vice president respectively of the Wisconsin Catholic Conference, during an afternoon press conference at the Shady Tree Family Resource Center.

The anti-poverty center, which receives funding from the Campaign for Human Development, the U.S. bishops' anti-poverty pro-

gram, provi~es counseling, crisis increases the abortion rate can be intervention, training in parenting . called successful," it said. skills and self-esteem, and referIn a six-point set of priorities, rals to community resources. the bishops said welfare reform The two bishops said the new must: statement was not a direct re,- Reduce poverty, especially sponse to Gov. Tommy Thomp- among children. son's Welfare Works reform plan - Be based on "a culture that values families, marriage and legitinor to any other reform proposal. macy."

Rather, Archbishop Weakland - Make use of the "social capisaid, it is "a plea that welfare reform address both economic in- tal of communities and neighborjustice and cultural disintegration, hoods."

- Emerge from "an economy that it affirms both rights and responsibilities, and that it em- that values work."

- Encourage the working poor. powers adults to reach their poten- "Discern differences among tial and entitles children to the individuals and families and avoid protection they deserve."

Particularly to be avoided are 'one-size-fits-all' approaches."

"A discerning welfare system any provisions that harm families or children, inclUding the unborn, will not stigmatize the poor," the bishops said. "On the contrary, it the statement said.

"No welfare reform effort that will affirm and challenge them. A increases the number or percen- discerning system will reject retage of children in poverty or forms that force the poor to wear visible badges oftheir poverty while embracing those that. call forth their potential."

Bis.hop Bullock said the Wis-

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consin Catholic Conference is "committed to support flexible reform that put children'and families first.

We will challenge unwise responses that replace one form of inflexibility with another and which leaves people - especially children worse off than they are now."

The bishop warned that welfare reform efforts will not be successful unless the values of the whole society are challenged.

"As citizens, we can no longer shrink from our common duty to address the social costs of children born to unmarried parents," said Archbishop Weakland. "But this trend affects all of us and is not ' confined to the poor. Indeed, the greatest increase of births to unmarried parents is found among the middle class and better educated.

"We cannot condemn the poor for having children out of wedlock if the celebrities of our nation, because they are wealthy, can do so with impunity," he added.

PORTLAND, Ore. (eNS) Anxiety about death amor..g elderly people who live in retirement communities is reduced significantly by participating in religious rituals, according to a U::liversity of Portland sociologist.

Robert W. Duff. with colleague Lawrence K. Hong of California State University in Los Angeles, interviewed 700 residents in six retirement communities, in Oregon and Southern California. Their findings are published as "Age Density, Religiosity and Death Anxiety in Retirement CCimmunities," an article in the September issue of the Review of Religious Research . .

The professors focused on resi,dents of retirement cominunities or neighborhoods where many elderly people live because they "are surrounded by neighbors and friends vulnerable to health problems and sudden death, ~Ind they may suffer death anxiety a nd stress as a consequence." The average age of study participants was 76.

In their paper. Duff and Hong . said two opposite .images of retirement communities had em.erged in previous studies. One suggested that 'high death. anxiety, among elde'rly residents may be the norm, creating an overall sense of doom.

The other suggested "that older people are more likely to be religious, and therefore less :.ikely to fear death," leading to a lower leve.1 of death anxiety.

The researchers said thf:ir study was an attempt to examine the two factors - age and religil)sity which were the basis for d.ifferent interpretations of death anxiety in retirement communities.

Participants were questioned on their feelings about death, how often they attended religi DUS services, the importance of rei.igion in their lives, how often they engaged in a private religious activity such as praying or reading thl~ Bible, how often they participated in group activities both ins::de and outside their community, a.nd how often they saw their close friends and children.

The researchers said tha·t nonreligious activities such as seeing children and friends or participating in social functions caused no variations in death anxiety, But they concluded that "frequency of attending religious services is significantly associated with low death anxiety."

"Rituals are the key," said Duff, explaining that ceremonial acts performed at religious servkes help develop a shared sense of meaning and a sense of co.ntinuity. "Rituals are a glue that binds us together.

We remember those who've passed on and the religious acts we shared with them."

"Rituals create both a sense of. belonging and a sense of transcendence," he said. . The study found that communities· with the highest rates of participation in religious services :,howed the lowest death anxiety. In fact, the community demonstral:ing the least death anxiety was oriented toward retired religious workers.

Its residents include retired ministers, missionaries, YMCA and YWCA directors. and religious educators.

"The research indicates t hat it is mainly ceremonial acts that provide the life-enriching effects of religion," Duff said.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 22, 1995 ter's degrees in social work and public administration, was chairman of the Africa Committee for Catholic Relief Services.

In his statement, Cardinal O'Connor said that Bishop Moore was proud of being black, but that his "attitudes transcended all racial differences." He said the bishop was in great demand to administer the sacrament of Confirmation in parishes all over the archdiocese and was popular with people of all ages and racial backgrounds.

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ROME (CNS) -- Abbot Primate Jerome Theisl:n, 64, a U.S. theologian who headed the world's Benedictine communities of men, died in Rome Sept. II of a heart attack. He had a history of tachycardia, an abnormally rapid heart beat.

He had been abbot ofSt. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., for 13 years when he was elected to a six-year term as abbot primate in 1992. He was only the second U.S. Benedictine to hold the international position.

A funeral Mass was held Sept.

15 at St. Anselm Abbey in central Rome. The abbot's body was returned to Collegeville for a funeral and burial at the abbey.

During his three years as head of the order, Abbot Theisen visited Benedictine communities worldwide. He also played! a leading role in the 1994 Synod of Bishops on religious life, held at the Vatican.

He lived at St. Anselm Abbey, serving as a liaison between the pope and 250 monasteries of Benedictine men. He also directed the College of St. Anselm.

Born in Loyal, Wis., Dec. 30, 1930, he entered St. John's Abbey in 1952 and was ordained in 1957.

He earned an undergraduate degree at St. John's University and a doctorate in theology from St. Anselm's in Rome.

He was later. a professor of theology and chancellor at St. John's. He was proficient in Latin, Greek, German, Italian and French.

Abbot Theisen's death "was a shock to our entin: community," said Father Daniel Durken, spokesman for. $t. John's Abbey. The priest described Abbot Theisen as "a calm and unflappable man who was recognized not just here, but internationally as a leader and teacher. Abbot Jerome 'knew the Rule of Benedict in his head and also lived it in his heart."

The Benedictine Confederation, which elected him in 1992, represents about 10,000 monks around the world. It was founded in the 1800s to bring greater unity to the order's monasteries, which operate independently.

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In an interview after his arrest, Abbot Francis Rossiter, presi- the bishop said there was a "logical dent of the Benedictine Congrega- progression" from his statements tion of England, w,ill temporarily . on apartheid to his act of civil take Abbot Thei$en's place in disobedience.

Rome, according to Father Jacques "It's a topic about which I feel Cote, procurator general at Benevery strongly. There has to be a dictine headquarters. witness of the church in this area," he said.

Father William Lewers, then head of the U.S. Catholic Conference's Office of International J ustice and Peace, praised the bishop's Auxiliary Bishop Emerson J. willingness to "lay himself on the Moore of New York, who had been an olltspoken opponent of line" against apartheid.

"When a bishop of the church South African apartheid, died feels so strongly in conscience Sept. 14 at age 57 after a lengthy about a matter that he engages in illness. civil disobedience, then the memHis fu'neral Mass was celebrated bers of the church should seriously

by New York's Cardinal John J. reflect on that issue and what their O'Connor Sept. 19 at St. Patrick's own response might be," he said in Cathedral. an interview.

The bishop's phY,sician listed the One month prior to his arrest, cause of death as unknown natural the bishop had asked the U.S. causes. bishops to develop a position on When he was appointed bishop withdrawing church investments in September 1982, Bishop Moore in "institutions that are exploiting was the sixth black Catholic bishop the apartheid situation" in South in the nation and the first black Africa.

Catholic bishop of the New York His suggesti9n developed into a Archdiocese.

Of the five blacl\ bishops who nearly two-year study by the were ordained before him, two USCC's Office of International have retired, two ,have died, and Justice and Peace before such a .only. Bishop J osep,h L. Howze of 'position was developed calling on Biloxi, Miss., remains active. Bish- Catholic dioceses and other church op Moore's death leaves II active entities to remove their funds from black Catholic bishops in the Uni- companies doing business in South Africa if apartheid continued. ted States.

Bishop Moore, who grew up in "Bishop Moore's death constitutes a great loss for' all the people the South Bronx, was born in Harof the Archdioces¢ of New York, lem on May 16, 1938. When he for the African-American com- was 17, he was the first in his fammunity throughbut the United ily to convert to Catholicism.

States, and i~ a cause of deep per- .Three years later, he entered the sonal sorrow to me," said Cardinal seminary.. , He was ordained a priest May O'Connor in a statement. '.

"I, perhaps, knew more intimate- 30, 1964, and named a monsignor ly than anyone how frequently he in 1978, becoming the only black tried to carry out his duties while priest in the United States at that suffering very quiet,ly, with great time with the title.

In 1975, then-Father Moore was 'pain," he said.

In 1984, Bishop~ Moore was the named pastor of St. Charles Borfirst U.S. bishop arrested for civil romeo parish in Harlem, where he disobedience after illegally block- personally welcomed the pope during the entrance to the South Afri- ing his 1979 visit to the United can consulate in New York in pro- . States and where he served as pas- . test against apartheid, the national tor until his death.

Bishop Moore, who had maspolicy of racial segregation and

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Pope, Our Lady' move into cyberspace WASHINGTON (CNS)- At least two Catholic figures have moved into cyberspace through the World Wide Web - Pope John Paul II and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The Catholic University of America in Washington is offering computer users access to on-line information about Pope John Paul H's upcoming U.S. visit through its World Wide Web home page.

According to the university, the page is called Catholic Bulletin and includes a schedule of the Oct. 4-8 papal visit and a list of university contacts who can discuss the visit.

Other Catholic University databases include CANTUS, :Which provides access to medieval chant manuscripts. Users can also learn more about the biblical studies department and can access the university library.

Catholic Bulletin can be accessed at http://www.cmi.edu.

1nformation on the Blessed Virgin Mary can be had byacccssing the University of Dayton's Mary Page on the World Wide Web at http://www.udayton.edu/mary. , Or it can be found by following the "teaching, research and support areas" link from the university's home page at http://www.udayton.edu.

Start-.up of the page - sponsored by the university's Marian Library-I nternational Marian Research 1nstitute - coincided with the Sept. 8 feast day that honors her birth and the Sept. 12 celebration of the Holy Name of Mary.

Mary is held in special regard a't the University of Dayton; the school was founded in 1850 by members of the Society of Mary.

And the Web page is another way to spread the message that Mary was the first and most perfect of Christ's disciples and a woman of faith who can be emulated, according to its organizers.

"There is great interest in Mary, and it's part of the mission of the Society of Mary to. make Mary known and loved," says Father Thomas A. Thompson, director of the university's Marian Library, which holds the world's largest collection of printed materials on Mary.

The images of Mary used to illustrate the Web page come from the library's extensive stamp collection.

Father Thompson expects a receptive audience on the Web. "There is a great spiritual longing in our age," he said in a statement announcing the home page.

"There's interest in the story of" mankind's search for God and a desire to be of union with God. Mary is the epitome of this union."

The first feature on the Mary Page is a list of 10 frequently asked questions. Designed to provide some basic information on Mary and the Catholic Church, they range from what kind of an example she is for today's woman to what Catholics. believe about her virginity.

Future features will in<:lude Mary's role in the liturgical sea- , sons and the tradition of using flowers to honor Mary.,

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Pope outlines pastoral plan for Africa Jo.HANNESBURG, South Africa (CNS) - Visiting Africa for the 11th time, Pope John Paul II outlined an ambitious pastoral plan of action for the continent and said its struggling peoples need the church as their "good Samaritan."

In stops in Cameroon and South Africa Sept. 14-17, the pope formally closed the African synod of bishops and urged church personnel to give spiritual and material help in the fight against poverty, war, disease and human ,rights abuses. He ended his visit with a three-day stop in Kenya.

As a trip to close the synod, this one dealt less with local church issues than with Africa-wide themes. The focus was the unveiling Sept. 15 of the pope's document, "Ecclesia in Africa," which summed up the themes of the synod, held in Rome last year.

The l49-page text outlined a plan of evangelization that combined the church's social teaching and energetic proclaiming of the Gospel. It included strong appeals for social and economic justice, debt relief, women's rights, political reform and church attention to AIDS sufferers. ' It delivered a sharp rebuke to violent Muslim extremists on the continent, saying God does not want killings in his name - an -apparent reference to recent attacks on missionaries in Algeria.

On the plane to Africa, the pope said the church wanted good relations with Muslims, but fundamentalists were making it difficult.

The main emphasis of the document, reflected also in the pope's talks throughout the visit, was on the "urgency of proclaiming the Good News to the millions ofpeopIe in Africa who are neit yet evangelized."

At a Mass in Yaounde, the Cameroon caPital, the pope said inculturation - the combining of local customs and traditions in faith and worship - was essential to the church's future growth in Africa. However, he stayed away from detailed discussions of specific liturgical or sacramental debates that arose at th~ synod. '

The Mass was attended by a group of indigenol!s Pygmies from eastern Cameroon, a people largely ignored by the government and discriminated against by society.

They had VIP seating at the Mass, symbolic of the church's pastoral outreach to their race.

The pope in Cameroon appealed to the international community not to forget Africa. His synod document said the continent was full of countless human beings "lying, as it were, on the edge of the road, sick, injured, disabled, marginalized and abandoned, in dire need of good Samaritans who will come to their aid."

The pope also appealed for an end to Africa's bloody civil wars, saying the time has come to forgive and rebuild society.

At a Mass in a Johannesburg suburb Sept. 18, the pope said the whole world - especially African trouble spots like Rwanda, Burundi, Algeria and Sudan - could learn from South Africa's peaceful process of reform. ' If they can imitate South Africa, he said, violence will give way to dialogue, and "the lives of innocent men, women and children will no longer be in danger for reasons which, more often than not, they neither share nor understand."

The Mass, attended by some 100,000 people, began with a spirited dance by a tribal "praisesinger," who moved up and down the altar steps in front of a smiling pontiff. Above the altar was a crucifix from a church in Soweto, the township that became a battleground in the anti-apartheid struggle.

That evening, presiding over a special synod session in the J ohannesburg cathedral, the pope appealed for an end to international exploitation of Africa, including

weapons sales; waste dumping; unjust trading relations; and overly demanding conditions imposed by economic adjustment programs.

He said that before implementing economic and other policies, African leaders should ask themselves what consequences economic and other policies will have on th~ir own people.

Economic growth models unable to meet the real needs ofthe people are a "violence" against their dignity, he said.

He urged Africa and the world to provide better care for the millions of refugees on the continent, saying, "It is not a question of statistics. These are our brothers and sisters."

The synod ceremony included several talks by non-Catholic religious leaders, who said they welcomed the church's interest in their common problems and values.

"The pope has helped South Africa, in a way, just by refusing to visit before liberation. Now he's here and it's a wonderful thing," the Rev. Khoza Mgojo, a Methodist minister, said shortly before the pope arrived.

Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid leader, leaped to greet Pope ,John Paul when he walked in.

Church planners involved people of all faiths in the final celebration phase of the synod, saying ecumenical and interfaith dialogue must go hand-in-hand with evangelization.

A Methodist laym'an, Teboho Klaas, stood holding his 2-yearold daughter at the end of a long line outside the cathedral, unsure whether they would get inside for the event.

He said relations with Catholics are good, mainly because of the churches' common fight against apartheid.

"Our recent history in this country has brought us very close together, and taught us to respect each other," he said.

An hour later, as Klaas stood in the last pew of the church, Pope John Paul passed by and gave· his daughter a personal blessing.

WASHINGTON(CNS)-- Revelations surrounding O.J. Simpson's alleged involvemel1,t in a double murder may have focused the world's attention on domestic abuse this summer, but for several years Catholic organizations around the country have been quietly tackling the problem.

Training and awareness workshops, shelters for battered women, and the establishment of task forces or committees to direct church ,efforts are but a few of the ways in which U.S. dioceses have tried to address domestic abuse.

Many of the efforts fc,llowed publication of a 1992 statement by the U.S. bishops, "When I Call for 'Help: A Pastoral Response to Domestic Violence Again:;t Women," and the U.S. Catholic Conference's development of II video meant to help priests and deacons preach about a~>use.

Dolores Leckey, who heads the U.S. bishops' Family, Laity, Women and Youth Secretariat, said some dioceses are slowly incorporating elements of the bishops' statement while others have jumped in with wide-reaching eff,)rts to prevent abuse and get women out of dangerous situations.

In many dioceses, women's commissions have instigated the efforts.

- The Justice and Equality Committee of the Biloxi Diocese's Women's Commission brought together experts from Catholic: Charities, the Women's Shelter in. Biloxi and a Gulfport police officer at a workshop on domestic violence for pastoral associates and counselors. An abuse victim and an abuser also told their stories.

- The Cleveland Diocese's Office on Women in Chun;h and Society developed a Domestic Violence Awareness Proje(:t with the collaboration of the di ocesan offices for Continuing Education and Formation of Priests, Marriage and Family Ministry, Pastoral Ministry and Permanent Diaconate. The two-to-fi\'e-year project began with three daylong workshops and includes publication ofa manual of resources, with information about assistance: available in the community.

-In the Diocese of Crookston, Minn., Msgr. Roger Grundhaus includes discussion of abuse in marriage and baptism prepa.ration courses and maintains a list of resources for abused wome:iI. He suggested that couples in violent relationships may have been poorly advised in the past. "A lot of priests, -probably poorly instructed ones, have said, 'You have to go back and do the best you can in that situation....

Papal pogs planned CAMDEN, N.J.(CNS)-· Pogs, those small round disks that are popular with children, will soon bear the likeness of Pope John Paul'II. Some 50,000 cardboard pogs with the pope's face will he distributed to children in Clltholic schools and religious education programs in the Camden diocese to commemorate the pope's Oct. 5 Mass at Giants Stadium in 11Orthern New Jersey.

The pogs "are an excellent way to focus the children's attent.ion on this once-in-a-lifetime event." said Father Michael Orsi.

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POPE JOHN PA UL II greets altar servers at a meeting in St. Peter's Square. He told the young people, mostly from European nations, that serving at Mass was a "precious commitment." (eNS/ Mari photo)

Fear' builds as Russia deals with satanist cults MOSCOW (CNS) - A senior Russian legislator voiced deep concern over the growth of religious· sects in the country following the arrest of two satanists on charges of rape and murder.

In an interview with the independent weekly Russkaya Mysl, Vitaly Savitsky, chairman of the Religious Affairs Committee of the Duma, Russia's parliament, said the legislatun: is becoming increasingly worried about the proliferation of sects and cults.

He said that many of the groups espouse doctrines "close to the ideology of Goebbels."

Joseph Goebbels was head of Nazi Germany's propaganda apparatus, the National Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.

Savitsky also compared the activities of the groups to those of the Soviet-era seclret police, the KGB. Religious-type sects are defined as small groups which have broken away from an established church.

A definition of cult is a group whose followers have a devoted attachment to or admiration for a person, principle or lifestyle.

Savitsky's remarks came after the two satanist& were arrested in Kansk in Russia's calltern Krasnoyarsk region.

The newspaper 12.vestia reported that the men, aged 22 and 28, were believed responsible for the rape of at least 20 women between June and August, as well as the ritual killing of a 16-year·old girl.

The newspaper said both had committed the acts wearing black hoods and cloaks daubed with satanic symbols.

One of the suspects had willingly detailed the activities of his group, the Secret Satanist Club, in a local television interview, it said.

Izvestia said the club, established in Kansk in 1982, had targeted the girl from a list of potential ritual victims.

A draft law to prohibit apocalyptic sects, as well as movements "spreading anxiety and social-

religious tension$" or "placing pressure on their members and agitating among young people," was made public in May. Among other provisions, the proposed measure is expected to reaffirm clauses in a 1993 bill requiring foreign-based churches to have at least 10 Russian members and to bc linked to an existing Russian organization.

Beginning in 1994, an independent commission of lawyers, doctors and religious experts launched a study of the spread of sects.

The Russian Orthodox Church, which has repeatedly urged steps to control sects and cults, agreed in November 1994 With the Korean Council of Churches to monitor sect activities and demand an end to' government support for alternative religions in their respective countries.

Several of more than 400 sects believed active in Moscow alone are being investigated by city prosecutors. But legislators accused judicial authorities in July of terminating promised probes of the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo sect, following prohibition of the group.

The sect, suspected oflaunching a poison gas attack on the Tokyo subway, is believed to have recruited at least 5,000 Russians since 1992, and ,to have given money to senior government officials.

Savitsky said that his committee had also been alarmed by recent reports, of a new Siberia-based sect, the Church of Vissarion, whose members had been instructed to dispose of their property and await the end of the world.

"The danger of this sect is underlined by the fact that no one will talk about it," the committee chairman said.

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Beijing declaration: "Women's As she insisted throughout the rights are human rights and human interview, the Catholic Church is rights are women's rights," Dr. not concerned only about sex.

Glendon said, "that is half true.

And, truth be told, she's tired of Human rights are women's rights talking about it. because in the theory set forth in Navarro-Valls, the Vatican the preamble of the Universal Dec- spokesman, feels the same way. A laration of Human Rights it says physician, he told reporters he had that the source of all rights is in the never talked so much about sex inherent human dignity of every not even when he was studying man and woman. gynecology.

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The staff of the' Attleboro school's yearbook, the Flashback, recently attended a workshop sponsored by the Delmar Publishing Company at the Trinity-Pawling, NY,

A team of four students: Debra Wilkinson, Kara Svendson, Eleanore Sbardelli and Andrew Bellows, won first place amo:ng all participatillg, schools for their layout. Meijssa S,ieb,er took second place in a computer Jeopardy game.

Debra Wilkinson, managing The awards were accompani.ed by editor, Kara Svendsen, copy edia $250 rebate off the production tor, and staff members Sarah .cost of Feehan's 1995-96 yearbook.

Principe, Eleanor Sbardelli, Katie The school's competition majorSkitt, Andrew Bellows, Melissa ette team, captained byjunior Sharon Sieber and Jeffrey Bears attended: .

Dwyer began practice this week. accompanied by moderator Mrs. Its theme-is Native American music, Pat O'Boy, '. with selections from the Disney The students learned the mechan- product,ion •.Pocahontas. F'~ehan ics of putting together a yearbook, .comp~tes' in; the ,New England developing a theme, writing copy, , ~l!-j.oreiie, Associ,ation, The ,team and organizing a layout in addi- is coached by f\:1rs, Brenda Loition to some business management. selle (Fee,hap '69) and assisted by techniques and computer skills.

Kat~ Bra.ndley (Feehan '88).

Two graduates of Bishop Stang have been named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of 'their exceptional achievement on'the college-level Advanced Place.meni (AP) Examinations.

Approximately II percent of America's,graduating seniors took one or more AP,examinations in May, and only 12 percent of those students performed at a sufficiently high level t9 merit such recognition, Class Valedictorian Mark Oliveil''' of Acushnet received the AP Scholar Award which is granted to COYLE-CASSIDY students participate in start-of-school students who achieve grades of,) sports, rally at Hopewell P,ark, Taunton. or higher on at least three full-year, AP examinations, The AP courses for which Mark received the awards were English Literature, Calculus and Chemistry" ' A record-breaking number 'of" 75 minutes long and the remaining Sandra Pereira of New Bedford students at Taunton's Coyle and classes 50 minutes. Each student received the AP Scholar with Cassidy High School celebrated takes six major subjects and' has a Honor Award which is granted to, the new school year with a mirriber period for study and homework. ' students who achieve grades of 3 of events, ' " , "The focus this 'year," said acaor higher on at least four full-year ' The student body of 725 young demic principal, Dr. Donna A. AP examinations, and whose avermen'and women, the largest'enrollBoyle, "is to: have the students age AP examination grade is at ment in 'the school's 83-year his- realize that, they are responsible lease 3.25. Sandra received the tory, joined more than 75 shiff' for their own' education, We have award based on,her grades in the memo,ers'for the opening of school a great faculty, but they, are only AP courses English Literature; Mass concelebrated by' Father' facilitators'in the educational proBiology, Psychology and Calcu- John Denning, CSC, school chapcess, This new schedule 'gives our lus. lai'n, and Father O'enaro Aguilar, students more responsibility to be CSC, the new guidance counselor. in charge of what they learn," The liturgy was espeCially signif,"The 75-minute 'periods' allow icant as it was' celebrated 'on the more hands-on, real-life learning," feast day of 'c>urLady of Sorrows, she said.' "Teachers can, use the' patroness; of the; Orde'r 'of Holy' e~tra class time' to show the stu'George'Viveiros, athletic direc-' Cross, 'to which Fiitl1'er Derlnlng dents how' what they are learning' tor of the New Bedford Area CYO, and Father Akuilar belong. " , can be applied in every-day situa c has announced plans fot, the upLater in the day, the C-C com- tions." coming CYO basketball season, ' mun'ity kicked off the 1995 fall :"With this new 'schedule must He said that the CYO Hall at sports season at Hopewell Park. come a new mind~s,et," said, Dr. Kennedy Center on County St.reet Concluding the weekend was a Boyle, "Our teachers, in fact, all . wou'ld open Wednesday', Oct. 4, back-to-school dance, co-sponsorteachers whose schools utilize a, Coaches wishingjJractice time!> for, ed by the Leadership Assembly biock schedule mode cannot teach teams should attend a meeting at 7 and the junior class'. in 'the old style.' Fortunately,' p:m, Friday, Sept. 29, at the When the students returned to Coyle and Cassidy has: a dediKennedy Center. school they began a new' daily cated, unique and imaginative The CYO, open seven days a schedule, attending five'classes per group of teachers so that our new LEADING THE Feehan majorette competition tearr., this week, has five divisions: ' day with first and fourth periods schedule has worked beau,tifully." season axe, from left, Junior captain Sharon Dwyer and coach JUNIOR BOYS (C) Born on Brenda Loiselle. or after 1/ 1/84.

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Keelin A, Garvey, a senior at Bishop Connolly High,school, Fall River,'andLiliana H. Ibara,:now in the dual enrollment prog'ram at U-Mass Dartmouth, are among some 15,000 semifinalists in'the 1996 National'Merit Scholarship Program announced by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. The students will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for R~f*g~esaided more than 6,500 merit scholarships , .. ' " " worth, over $25 million, t,o':,be ROME (CNS) - The Jesuit - awarded'next spring: Rt:fugee Servic,e ~as,set up several,., At Connolly, Keel,in is a ,me~ber , ceilt'ers th,r,9ugho!Jt C;,r'oa,tia\Whe~p " : :' . ,,;,," ;" ',:,;' •

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I CAN LOV;E YOU LIKE THAT They rl~ad you Cinderella You hoped it would come true And one day a prince charming Would come rescue you You IiItC romantic movies And YO!' never will forget The way you felt When :Romeo kissed Juliet And all this time You've been waiting You don't have to wait no more , I can love you like that I can make you my world Both heaven and earth If you were my girl I will give you my heart Be all that you need Show you that you are everything That is precious to me If you give me a chance I can love you like that I never make a promise I don't intend to keep So when I say forever Forever is what I mean Well, I'm no Casanova But I swear this much is true 111 be Iholding nothing back When it comes to you You dream of love everlasting ~ell baby open up your eyes If you want tenderness I got tt!llderness And I see through To the heart of you If you want a man Who ,"viii understand You don't have to look very far Written by Steve Diamond/Maribeth Derry/Jennifer Kimball.

Sung by AII-4-0ne,(c) 1995 by Atlantic Recording Corp., Brookhill Records Corp.

WHAT IS the power of a promise? Several promises are spoken in AII-4-0ne's "I Can Love You Like That." The guy in the song says, '" never make a promise I don't intend to

keep." What he promises is a love that is "everlasting."

He also promises tenderness and understanding, and to make his girl "everything that is precious to me." Is it possible

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We need to be careful with our' promises. Few things are more destructive to friendship than broken promises. We need to reflect seriously on what we promise befon: we speak.

In the song, do~s this person mean that he will always .be understanding and tender? If so, he's in trouble. None of us can always respond in these ways.

Furthermore, does he really mean to say that his romantic partner will provide everything that is precious in his life? If so, he's going to have a very limited life. The intensity of focusing one's whole life on a romance will smother the relationship.

All relationships require space and time apart: as well a.s closeness.

The true power of a promise depends on two qualities: an accurate assessment of what can be given and the full, faithful intent to do what one says.

"Forever" and "never" are words to keep out of our promises. Certainly, we can depend on God to be forever loving, understanding and helpful.

However, most of us will go through ups and downs in the ways we support others.

Loving someone does not mean doing everything perfectly.

Rather, love asks us to set high goals for our behavior. If we promise something and then blow it, we need to apologize, reflect on the mistake and then express our plan for keeping the promise.

Cinderella or Romeo and Juliet exist only in fiction, even though we learn valuable lessons from them. But in real life, learning how to give and receive love is a day-to-day, ongoing process.

Sometimes even the most well-meant promise' can't be kept. Nonetheless, it's important to remember this: Whether speaking to your parents, friends or someone you are dating, be very careful about what you promise.

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PARENTS, TOTS and teddy bears enjoy stqrytelling session at annual teddy bear picnic at St. Mary's School, New Bedford.

Teddy bears rule at St. Mary's School Driving by St. Mary's School, New Bedford, on a recent sunny Saturday, one saw the front lawn inhabited by dozens of teddy bears who had gathered with their human owners for the annual Teddy Bear Picnic for nursery school pupils.

Children, bears and parents were welcomed by St. Mary's new pastor, Msgr. John J. Oliveira, and school principal Angela L. Stankiewicz. After enjoying a story read by Ms. Stankiewicz, the chil-

dren were led in songs and finger plays by teachers I(athleen Desrosiers and Patricia Loveridge.

Parents were invited to assist with a craft project and there were treats for everyone.

On Sept. 6, 1965, St. Mary's school opened its doors for the first time with 22 kindergarten students and one teacher. As it grew and changed with the addition of grade.s, programs and tech-

nology, the founding philosophy remained: to teach as Jesus did.

When school opened this year, 280 students and 14 teachers gathered at an opening liturgy where faculty and students were welcomed back by Msgr. Oliveira who was himself welcomed to his first school year in the parish.

St. Mary's will celebrate School Spirit Week Sept. 25 to 29 with activities ranging from a family dance to a pep rally and a facultyproduced skit.

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By Amy Welborn During Monday morning prayer time, I often ask my high school students to reflect on their weekends.

Was there anything they did that they regretted? A nything they did that they needed to ask God's forgiveness for?

It's a humorous' moment. Of course, I don't intend it to be so, but it's difficult for teens in a small school who seem to be almost pathologically involved in each other's lives to stifle their giggles at the memory of last weekend's adventures.

But when the conversation gets serious again, you find that most teens realize when they do wrong.

What's more, when you strip away the bravado, they admit that they wish they were stronger.

They're surprised when they hear that someone writing almost 2,000 years ago was able to express exactly what they felt on Saturday night: "For I do not do the good I want but I do the evil I do not want" (Romans 7:19).

"So how can I make it happen?" they ask. There's a lot of pressure out there. Unspoken unrelenting pressure to turn from Christ. They ask, "How can I resist?"

After all, the "sinful" life seems so much more fun! They say, "All of those things I'm not supposed to do seem tons more fun and exciting than the good things."

Well, of course they do. That's why it's called temptation. Who would be tempted to do something that is boring, makes you miserable or makes life more difficult?

It's in the very nature of temptation to promise excitement, pleasure and easy living.

Let's stay away trom the obvious examples of sex, alcohol and drugs for a moment. It feels so good to dish about someone behind his or her back, doesn't it? There's that satisfaction of spreading the news of another person's misfortune and the pleasure of being the center of attention as you tell the story.

Or consider getting revenge. It can really feel good to bring down a person with the right insult or a right jab. Emotionally, it's more satisfying at that moment to let fly rather than control yourself.

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Did you catch that phrase, "at that moment"? Someone gave me a little snippet of moral wisdom a long time ago that sums up the problem of temptation and pleasure. "It's a trade-off," she said. "If you sin, what you get is short-time pleasure and long-term pain. If you do the right thing, you're in for short-time pain and long-term pleasure." .

She was right. If you're struggling with sexual temptation, for example, restraining yourself to a certain level of physical intimacy might be agonizing. You might think you're not strong enough to do it, but sexual restraint never killed anyone, and the pain really does pass. If the relationship doesn't survive, you can bet it wasn't a good relationship anyway, and you deserve better.

That leads me to my next helpful hint. Try to have some foresight, distance yourself from the situation with which you're struggling and try to imagine how you're going to feel tomorrow if you succumb to temptation. Whatever it is, you can't ever undo it. You can be forgiven, but the deed will be done, the words will have been said or the blow will have been thrown. Do you want that on your conscience?

How will you feel about yourself? Will you be able to sleep at night, look yourself in the mirror and be at peace? Or will succumbing produce anxiety, fear and shame? You choose the way you'd rather feel.

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. 16 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River''''':''''Fri.', Sept. '22, 1995'

Iteering pOint, , FAMILY LIFE CENTER, NORTH DARTMOUTH "Rainbows for all God's children," a diocesan program for children who have lost a parent through divorce, separation or death, will meet at the center on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 p,m, from Oct. 4 through Nov, 8. InforlIlation: Sister' Eugenia, tel. (401) 847-3637.

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The annual candlelight procession in honor of Our Lady of Fatima will take place Oct. 14, beginning with Mass at 7 p.m. at the church, Following the procession will be Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

All welcome.

CATHOLIC WOMEN'S .

CLUB,NB An executive board meeting will take place Sept. 27 at 7 p.m., St. Lawrence Rectory, 110 Summer Street, New Bedford. Information: Joan Sylvia, tel. 993-8825.

SACRED HEART WOMEN'S GUILD; FR The 1995-96 season opens with a coffee hour on Oct. 2, 7 p.m. at the church ha'lI, New members will be welcomed and a business meeting will follow.

HOLY TRINITY, WEST HARWICH 24-hour adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is held every Friday Qeginning after 9 a,m. Mass and continuing until Benediction on Saturday at 8: 15 a.m., followed by morning prayer Mass and the rosary, All are welcome.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, ' FALMOUTH Council813 will install officers on Sept. 23 after 6 p,m, Mass at St. Anthony's, E. Falmouth. Officers will participate in the opening procession of the Mass.

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EMMAUS The October Galilee takes place Oct. 8, from 6-9 p.m. at Cat~edr~1 Camp, East Freetown. BrotherChns Santangelo, SS.Cc. will witness.

ST. ANTHONY of the DESERT, FR Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Oct. I and Oct. 8, noon to 6 p.m. Holy hour 5 to 6 p.m., St. Sharbel chapel, 300 North Eastern Ave., Fall River. Exposition also every Monday, Tuesd~y ~nd Wednesday 9 a.m. to mldmght. All welcome.

FALL RIVER CATHOLIC DIOCESAN COMMITTEE ON SCOUTING A Girl Scout religious awards program will be held in the New Bedford area. An informational and registration meeting is Oct. 1,6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Assumption church, 47 S. Sixth St., New Bedford, for parents of girls interested in 'earning a Catholic Religious Girl' Scout, M6dal. Information: Joyce Metthe, tel. 999-5068.

OUR LADY'S CHAPEL, NEW BEDFORD Schedule of events for the feast of Our Lady of Good Voyage is: Candlelight Procession, Sat. Sept. 30 6:30 p.m., Solemn Feast Mass, Sun., Oct. I at 8 a.m. for the intentions of those who make their living on the sea, and ·Solemn Feastday ProcesSion, Sun., Oct. I at 2:30 p.m. All feastday activities will be held or begin at Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant St., (across from the public library).

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO The 21 st annual Portuguesespeaking Pilgrimage Day will 'be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sun., Sept. 24.

An eight-week series titled "The New Catechism- What's It All About?" will begin on Tues., Sept. 26 at 10 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. in the Shrine Theater. N'ewly-ordained Father Manuel Pereira, MS, will celebrate his fir~t Mass on Sept. 23 at 4:30 p.m. at the LaSalette Shrine Chapel. .

Reception will follow.

OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, TAUNTON A Life in the Spirit seminar begins Sept. 27, after the healing Mass, at 8:30 p.m. in the church basement.

The seminar runs for eight consecutive Wednesdays. The seminars, used world wide in the Catholic Church, help people deyelop a deeper relationship with Christ. All welcome.

H.O.P.E. PREGNANCY LOSS SUPPORT GROUP Meets 2nd Wednesday of each month at Falmouth Hospital.'-Information: Suzanne Cogswell, tel.

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ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER Parish mission, presented by Father Joseph Tagg III from Memphis, Tennessee, will be Oct. 1-4 at 7 p.m. each evening.

ST. JULIE'S, NO. DARTMOUTH A Mass celebrating the golden jubilee of Sister of Mercy TheresaSparrow, will-take place at the church at noon Oct. 8 when she and other sisters will renew their vows. A reception will follow in the church hall.

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HOLY NAME WOMEN'S GUILD, FR ' A tea and receptionfor new members will be held Sept. 24, 2 p.m. at. the school auditorium. Information: Claudette Montour, tel. 678-1507.

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Church backs amendme:nt passed in Senate WASHINGTON (CNS) - An amendment to restore aid to children born while their mothers are on welfare passed in the Senate Sept. 13 with the strong backing of the Catholic Church.

The 66-34 vote removed a national "family cap" policy from welfare legislation under consideration in the Senate. The legislation would still permit states to impose such a policy on their own.

Although: the family cap had been supported by a number of pro-life and, pro-family groups, the Catholic Church did not join in that support. The U.S. Catholic Conference, the bishops' public policy arm, issued a statement shortly before the Senate vote denying reports that the groups 'had reached a "new consensus" on . the issue.

"The bishops: conference opposed mandatory family caps,and child exclusion provisions in the House welfare' bill and continues to oppose such' mandates in the 'Senate bill, including amendments which offer mandatory child exclusion measures and optional vouchers," the statement said.

"The conference supports efforts to provide parenting education, skills training and appropriate adult supervision to teen parents," it added. "However, the conference believes that mandated child exclusion provisions should not be part of a genuine welfare reform bil\."

The House bill~ passed in March; included a family cap but would give women who have another child while on welfare vouchers to

purchase diapers, formula and other necessities to care for their newborns.

The Senate amendment to remove the family cap was pr'Jposed

by Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., who said the cap would nCit solve the problem of illegitima,:y and instead would force man)' pregnant teenagers to have abortions.

"Can we really believe that with the problems that teenagl~rs are having and the societal mix-up they find themselves in, that cash benefits are' going to keep them from getting pregnant?"'he asked.

But Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole of Kansas opposed the amendment, s'aying that "if we don't deal with out~of-wl~dlock births then we're really not dealing with welfare reform."

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Churches throughout the country played a role in the bOycotl: campaignsaid,Franciscan Sister Adela Gross- of the Office for P2,storal Care"for Migrants and Refugees at the U.S. Catholic Conferenl;e.