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Bishop launches "Called by N arne" "Called by Name:' a national vocation program, will be launched in the Fall River diocese the week of Oct. 7 by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. Initially to take place in the Attleboro and Taunton deaneries, it will subsequently be implemented in the Fall River, New Bedford and Cape Cod areas.

The program takes its name from the words of the Lord in the Old Testament book of Isaiah:

BISHOP CRONIN

"Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name: you are mine." (Is. 43: I) Develo'ped by Serra International, an organization dedicated to encouragement of vocations, and the National Conference ofCatholic Bishops' vocations committee, of which Bishop Cronin is a member, the unique feature of Called

by Name is its personal approach to young persons identified by priests and/ or laypersons as possessing qualities fitting them for the priesthood or religious life.

Inauguration of the program was preceded by a Sept. 18 meeting of the bishop with priests in the Attleboro and Taunton areas. At the meeting, the bishop encouraged full cooperation in "this very effective program" and noted that special prayers'by parishioners for its success are among its essential features.

He also urged the priests in attendance to forward to him the names of young people they felt might have an interest in the priestly or religious life.

Msgr. John J. Smith, diocesan

Peace vigil set "During these days of tension in the Middle East, with troops from many nations gathering in the region, it is more important than ever that we join our voices in prayer for peace," said Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in a letter to priests of the diocese announcing the annual Columbus Day procession and Mass for peace.

The bishop asked priests to "make every effort to encourage the participation of your parishioners" in the annual event, to begin this year at 6 p.m. Oct. 8, the legal observance of the holiday.

He noted that it would be "particularly appropriate to have parishioners who may have family members or friends serving in the armed forces to be present to pray for the well-being of their loved ones."

The traditional program will begin at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, and will see participants march from that site to St. Anne's Church, nearly a mile distant.

Parish groups should meet in the cathedral schoolyard prior to 6 p.m. Use of banners and flags is encouraged and participants are asked to bring candles.

During the procession to St. Anne's Church, marchers will recite the rosary and sing appropriate hymns in any language desired.

Wheelchair patients and others unable to walk should proceed directly to St. Anne's Church, where special accommodations will be available for them.

All priests are invited to concelebrate the Mass at St. Anne's, for which Bishop Cronin will be

principal celebrant. Deacons are also encouraged to vest and participate in the liturgy.

Parishes will designate men to carry the statue 'of Our Lady of Fatima, the focal point of the procession. Those designated are asked to wear distinguishing robes or insignia.

director of vocations, distributed suggestions and guidelines for the weekends of Oct. 6 and 7, 13 and 14 and 20 and 21, when parishioners in the Attleboro and Taunton deaneries will find a form in their bulletins requesting them to suggest names of young men and women 16 years or older whom they feel might be interested in considering life as a priest, sister or brother. The forms will be dropped into collection baskets or returned to the rectory and parishioners will not necessarily have to identify themselves.

On the designated October weekends, Mass h'omilies will address the topic of vocations and parishioners will be asked to pray for the success of Called by Name.

It is stressed that names of young people identified by parish priests or parishioners as possessing qualities needed in a future priest; sister or brother will not be forwarded to Bishop Cronin without their consent.

Pastors or parochial vicars will contact nominees personally to explain the vocation program and

ask permission to send their names baptism; to underscore the importo the bishop so that he can invite tant role of the entire Church to them to an informational program call forth and encourage vocations; that involves no obligation what- and, finally, to surface names of men and women who have the ever.

The bishop will then write to . qualities for and the interest in each nominee, extending the invi- priesthood and religious life." tation and congratulating him or As Called By Name begins, Bishher on being singled out by a priest op Cronin requests that all memor fellow parishioner. bers of the diocese, priests and For men, a program is sched- laity, pray for vocations and the uled for Sunday afternoon, Nov. success of this program.

25, Thanksgiving weekend, at St. Mary's parish in Mansfield. Details of a women's program are being finalized by Sister Noel Blute, RSM, the bishop's representative for religious, and will be announced shortly.

Both programs will include a meeting with Bishop Cronin and presentations by seminadans or religious. Each will conclude with a meal.

Msgr. Smith, quoting Francis J. McKeon Jr., president of Serra I nternational, which pioneered Called by Name in St. Louis in 1984, said that the program has a threefold purpose: "to d'eepen appreciation of our unique call in

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Pope issues "Magna Carta" for Catholic universities VATICAN CITY (CNS) -In a document described as a "Magna Carta" for church-run universities worldwide, Pope John Paul II has established norms that promote

orthodoxy in teaching and affirm a strong Catholic perspective in education.

The document, released at the Vatican Sept. 25, says the distinct

character of Catholic universities should be made clear - in ways that range from formal "mission" statements to encouraging Mass for Catholic students.

This "Catholic identity" should be reflected in universities' curriculum, teaching staffs, school administration and student life, it says.

The pope said he wanted to help ensure that the Catholic university remains "one of the best instruments that the church offers to our age, which is searching for certainty and wisdom."

The 49-page document, an apostolic constitution on Catholic universities titled "Ex Corde Ecclesiae" (From the Heart of the Church), follows more than a decade of preparation involving Vatican departments and Catholic educators around the world.

PRIESTS OF the diocese applaud Bishop Daniel A. Cronin on his 22nd arlOiversary as bishop after he celebrated a commemorative Mass at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, Sept.

12. (Hickey photo) .

The norms, listed in a relatively brief section of seven articles, are to take effect in the fall of 1991 and are to be written into the statutes of all Catholic universities established under church law. They also apply to colleges and universities linked to the church "by reason of an institutional commitment" rather than a strict legal bond.

Such institutions are to "guarantee the expression and the preservation of this identity" through structures and regulations consistTurn to Page II

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Police'who remo've pro-lifers called killing accomplices

Bp. Imesch sees women's pastoral consultation as good idea

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CNS) - Bishop Rene H. Gracida of Corpus Christi has said that, police officers who remove abortion protesters blocking entrances of abortion clinics "indirectly participate in the killing" of an unborn , child.

Bishop Gracida made the comment in a letter to local law enforcement officials.

"The church reminds all public officials that they must be able to stand before God with a clear conscience - able to say that they defended the rights of every member of the human family," said Bishop Gracida.

When a police officer removes a protester trying to prevent clients from entering an abortion clinic, "he becomes a party to the horrible act about to be committed against the child" in the womb of the woman approaching the clinic, he said.

"U ntil the path [into the clinic] is cleared, the child is safe. Once the path is opened, the child will die. Anyone who physically assists the abortionist in this way indirectly participates in the killing," said Bishop Gracida.

In his letter, the bishop said he and other U.S. citizens fought in World War II in order "to put an end to an evil regime which demanded unquestioning obedience to its laws, even though they clearly conflicted with natural law and the laws of God." Ruben Rodriguez, founder and president of a new national antiabortion group called Officers for Life, said the bishop's letter was a response to his request for an official statement of support for his group.

He said the purpose of Officers for Life was to unite law enforcement personnel who "have a common interest in the protection of life, especially pre-born infants."

,W ASHINGTON (CNS) - The chairman of the U.S. bishops' committee charged with writing the pastoral letter on women believes that consulting with other nations' bishops is likely to show that con- , cern on women's issues is evident beyond U.S. borders.

Sometimes "people think only Americans" feel strongly about women's concerns and "I don't TEA TIME: Officers of the Women's Club ofSS Peter and Paul parish, Fall River, display think that's true," said Bishop members' teacups. From left are president Dot Craddock, treasurer Frances Tyrrell, vice Joseph L. Imesch of Joliet, Ill., the president Mary Tyrrell and secretary Ruth Stankiewicz. (Hickey photo) committee chairman.

The consultation may give women's concerns more of a worldwide church forum, said Bishop Imesch.

He commented after it was anBy Marcie Hickey school and was invited to a tea- is the owner of the teacup from nounced that a planned vote this party, she didn't know what to do. China, which has been in her famIt wasn't exactly a matching set.

November on the pastoral letter With her teacup she went through ily for four generations. Its story The 30 teacups-some flowered, on women had been deferred after the serving line, accepting, in order, begins with a young couple in Irea Vatican suggestion that the U.S. some shamrocked; some of simple tea, sugar, lemon, and cream. land, a Catholic girl and a Protestbishops first consult with other design, others brightly decorated; "And then, of course, it curdled," ant boy whose parents disapproved some dainty and delicate and one a bishops' co'nferences. she recounted, but having no place of their relationship. The young Bishop Imesch told Catholic ceramic mug claimed by a "#1 to put down her cup, and not woman was sent to Fall River to News Service that the delay was Grandma"-on display at the seawanting to appear rude, "I drank it live with her uncle while the heartunrelated to concerns voiced by son-opening meeting of the anyway!" broken young manjoined the navy some U.S. bishops that the pas- Women's Club of SS Peter and The former nursing student fleshand ended up in China. toralletter would hurt the church's Paul parish, Fall River, created a ed out her story by showing her A few years later, he, too, came credibility because it insists on unique tea service indeed. school uniform, still as good as to Fall River (with the tea set he It wasn't exactly a traditional women's equality on the cine hand new, and sharing pictures of her had purchased in China), became but at the same time supports teaparty, either, but the elements recent class reunion, by which time, a Catholic and married, the young church positions that deny women were there: each participant had a she said, she had learned what to woman he had loved in Ireland. to tell, and tea was served, tale full equality in the church.

The tea set has been in the family put in tea. with strawberry shortcake on the Instead, he said, the decision Among family heirlooms were a ever since, a unique treasure. foiIowed correspondence from Card- side. teacup which came from Ireland , Whether an heirloom or a ceraAnd tales the club members did inal Agostino Casaroli, Vatican with a member's great-grandmother mic mug, each teacup is a treasure tell: of teacups, beloved not because secretary of state, which included and a I60-year-old cup from China. to its owner-not to be parted offancy designs or impressive price a "suggestion" that consultation with for all the teacups in China!

Club secretary Ruth Stankiewicz tags but because they hold more be conducted. than just tea.

Asked if it were a "strong sugEach held a story of a special gestion," Bishop Imesch said that an old friend, an annimemory: if a suggestion originates at the versary, an unforgettable event.

Vatican "I don't think it has to be Some members brought teacups strong. I think a suggestion is that had been in their families for sufficient." generations; others borrowed a born in Lawrence, the daughter of "I have no indication that Rome teacup from a friend to fit the bill the late Leonidas and Delphine is upset" about the second. draft, for the evening, and, of course, to (Boutin) Hamel. he said.

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A graduate of St. John's UniThe bishop said he had no reafrom lloston College and Harvard teacup' One member showed a The Mass of Christian Burial versity, Jamaica, N. Y., she entered son to believe the Vatican's views Medical School. from a set given to her parents on the Holy Union community in was offered last Saturday at Sacred on women's concerns differ markedDuring World War II, he receivtheir 50th wedding anniversary; 1917 and made final vows in 1925.

Heart Church, Fall River, for Sisly from those of his committee. ed a letter of commendation for another displayed a cup given her her teaching career she During Marie Dunnigan ters Lawrence Perhaps where a difference does on her 30th birthday by her and Germaine Alida Hamel. Both was assigned to St. Michael's and heroic action as a lieutenant in the exist, he said, is between church teacher's aide, a good friend, who Sisters of the Holy Union of the Sacred Heart schools in Fall River U.S. Navy. teaching and practice on women's died shortly after.

In Fall River, as an internist Sacred Hearts, they resided in and was principal at Sacred Hearts equality in the church. In the church who also worked in cardiology, can guess from whom And one Academy elementary school.

She at Sacred Hearts Conretirement "we say the right things but do not Number One Grandma received also taught in Taunton, Cambridge, Dr. Blute was an associate of Dr. vent, Fall River. always see them carried out," he her cup, and why.

John Corrigan. While in charge of Sister Dunnigan, 82, died Sept. and New York. said..

Other members told of special For many years, she and her sis- the contagious disease division of 18 and Sister Hamel, 90, died Discussion of women's concerns "causes divisions because people events associated with their tea- Sept. 20. Their Mass was cele- ter, the late Sister Bridget Joseph, theformer Fall River General Hoscups: one was purchased during a brated by Father Edward J. Bying- cared during the summer for the pital, he pioneered in treatment of have different opinions on what to Bermuda, another in Galtrip Holy Union Sisters' property at diphtheria with antitoxin. He was ton and Father Michael Camara, women should or should not be also associated with St. Anne's way, Ire la n d. '0 ne t eac u p OFM, was homilist.

St. James Convent, Tiverton. doing," he said. appeared, filled with flowers, on Hospital and the former Union In retirement, Sister Hamel The former Mary Cornelia DunHe said he was "obviously disthe bedside table of its owner 35 Hospital, both in Fall River. nigan was the daughter of the late enjoyed handcrafts. appointed we can't go forward years ago after she gave birth to Moving to Arizona in 1961, he She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Cornelius and Elizabeth (Farrell) with some kind of decision on the her first child. ' Dunnigan. A Fall River native, Hector Ouellette of Cambridge, was on the staff of St. Mary's and pastoral" in November, but at the Another member said her cup she entered the Holy Union com- and a niece.

St. Joseph's hospitals, a medical same time was "very happy about center and a clinic, all in Tucson. was purchased when her brother munity in 1926. ' the opportunity to discuss it beyond and built a new home 40 years ago He returned, to Massachusetts Her teaching career spanned 50 our own country." the family "went on a shopping years 路and included Holy Unionin 1977 and was chief of medicine Bishop Imesch said he expected spree" to furnish it.

The Mass of Christian Burial at Lakeville Hospital until his staffed schools in North Carolina, a vote on the women's pastoral was celebrated Saturday at Holy retirement in 1982.

A few members had unusual Baltimore, Md., and New York. next year.

He was a member of the Amerireasons for bringing their teacup: In the Fall River diocese she Trinity Church, West Harwich, Said one:, "It has shamrocks all taught at St. Mary's School, Taun- for Dr. James Francis Blute Jr., can and Massachusetts Medical Associations, a fellow of the over it, and I got it cheap at a flea ton, and at St. Michael's and Sacred 72, of Framingham, who died Sept.

BROOKLYN, 'N.Y. (CNS) 18 at Handmaker Geriatric Cen- American College of Physicians market!" Another participant ex- Heart schools, Fall River, in Fall Brooklyn Bishop Thomas V. Daily and former president of the plained that she had just moved River, she was also a librarian at ter, in Tuscon, Ariz. said that on a visit to Honduras he He was the husband of Rita M. Southern Arizona Heart Assand the teacup was one of the few Sacred Heart School. found signs of hope in the work of things unpacked.

Sheridan Blute of Framingham ociation.

Retiring in 1978, she then became and the brother of Sister Mary lay delegates of the Word. They The owner of a teacup illustratIn addition to his wife, brother lead not only in the worship life of ing the children's story, "The House active in the Senior Group of Noel Blute, RSM, episcopal rep- and sister, Dr. Blute is survived by villages with no resident priest but that Jack Built" told of her initia- Sacred Heart parish. Among Sisresentative for religious for the two sons, Dr. James F. Blute III of also in church-sponsored develop- tion into the world of tea parties in ter Dunnigan's survivors are a sisFall River diocese, and Edward Tuscon and Joseph S. Blute of ment projects, he said. The bishop the 1930s: she had never been to a ter, Anne Hickey of Fall River, a M. Blute of East Harwich.

Okazaki, Japan; a daughter, Mary is a board member of Catholic teaparty, she said; at home her niece and a nephew.

A Fall River native, he was the Rita Blute of Baltimore, three' Relief Services and the agency's family drank warm milk or cocoa.

Sister Hamel son of the late James F. and Mary grandsons and numerous nieces Latin America committee....

So when she began nursing The former Albina Hamel was Ellen (Cox) Blute. He graduated and nephews.

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Special Medicare enrollment ending A special Medicareenrollment period for members of religious orders ends Sunday, according to Social Security Administration officials.

The officials say that religious community members who have taken a vow of poverty have until Sept. 30 to take advantage of a special enrollment period for Medicare medical insurance.

The change in the law affects certain members of religious orders who were considered an "employee" of the order under. the old rules. As employees, Medicare medical insurance would be their "secondary payer." This means that the employer health plan would be billed first. Based on this, some members decided not to enroll in Medicare medical insurance; others who already had Medicare coverage decided to end it.

However, the law was changed effective in December 1989 so that these members are not now considered to be "employees" of the reljgious order for Medicare secondary payer purposes. Therefore, Medicare would pay first.

Persons who had decided not to enroll or ended enrollment in medical insurance coverage based on the old rule are now being given an opportunity to enroll under the new rule through Sunday..

Generally, those who delay signing up for medical insurance pay a higher premium onCe they do sign up. But those affected by the new rule will not have to count the months they were covered under an employer group health plan when figuring if there is any premium penalty for delaying Medicare coverage.

In addition, those affected by this provision have the option of beginning their medical insurance coverage with the month they enroll, or getting retroactive coverage by paying the retroactive premiums. Such retroactive coverage can go back to Oct. I, 1989, or the first month of Medicare eligibility - whichever comes later.

This provision does not apply to: • Members of religious orders who have employer group health coverage based on current employment outside the religious order.

• Members of religious orders who have not taken a vow of poverty.

• Employees of religious orders who are not members of the order.

"New tyrannies" COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNS) Catholic schools must be preserved and supported in order to fight the "new tyrannies" of our age, Ohio's 17 Catholic bishops have said in a pastoral letter. Noting that the Catholic school system was first organized to protect "the faith of immigrant children against the tyrannies of religious bigotry and second-class citizenship," the bishops said that schools today must "nurture the faith of a people who will encounter new tyrannies" such as environmental plunder, a lack of moral values, human rights abuses and "technological idolatry."

Common Denominator "Divinity is so profound that it can be grasped only by the extremes of simplicity and wisdom. There is something in common between the wise and the simple, and that is humility." - Fulton Sheen

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ACCEPTING MEMBERSHIP in the Society of St. Michael, an organization for Catholic police officers recently established by Fall River police chaplain Father Edward J, Byington, left, is Fall River Police Chief Francis J, McDonald.

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The diocesan Office of Catholic Youth Ministry will observe World Youth Day with a youth convention from I to 8 p.m. Oct. 28 at Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton. The day's theme, used worldwide, will be "Building the City of God-Celebrating Our Heritage."

Keynote speaker for the event is Father Don Kimball of the diocese of Santa Rosa, Calif., founder and director of Cornerstone Media, Inc. in that city. A disc jockey for the radio program "Reflection: Music with a Message," he has 20 years experience in youth ministry and has written several books for· teenagers.

Ten workshops for high school youth will be offered during the day: "Chemically Dependent Families" by Deborah A. Scrima; "Teenage Sexuality," Ted Pirozzi; "Building a Parish Youth Group," Bobbi Paradise and youth group of Our Lady of Victory parish, Centerville; "Rock and its Role," Tony Medeiros; "The New Kids on the Block," Rev. John Oliveira; and "Suicide," Kate Knox.

For ninth and tenth graders, Janet and John Balutis will offer "Communicating with Your Parents" and Melodye A. Broadley will present "Self-Esteem." Juniors and seniors will be offered "Stress Reduction for Teens" with Dr. AI Ciri and "AIDS and Teenagers" with George Mulligan.

For adults, there will be "Dial-

oging with a Moving Target," Father Kimball; "Parish Youth Ministry: Overview and Consultation Process," Father Bill Baker; and "In God's Image: Male and Female," Sister Ann Miriam Gallagher, MSBT. A prayer service will be held at 5 p.m., followed by dinner and a dance.

Registrations must be made by Oct. 20 with the youth ministry office at Cathedral Camp; East Freetown, tel. 763-3137. One adult must be registered for each 10 youths.

In addition the youth ministry office has available suggestions for planning parish celebrations of World Youth Day and has scheduled two fall networking meetings designed to bring youth ministers together to build support, share ideas and pray.

The meetings will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at Our Lady of Victory parish, Centerville, and at the same time Oct. 17 at Cathedral Camp. Six more meetings are scheduled between January and June.

Information is also available at the youth ministry office on a national conference on Catholic youth ministry entitled "The Gospel Challenge: Ministry of Risk" to be held Nov. 28 to Dec. I in Rochester, N.Y.; and a national conference on youth retreat minis- . try to be held at LaSalette Center, Attleboro, April 26 to 28,1991.

Appointments Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has accepted the nomination of the Very Reverend Roderick A. Crispo, OFM, Provincial Minister of the Franciscan Province of the Immaculate Conception, and has appointed the Reverend Berard Tufo, OFM, as a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish, Seekonk. This appointment is effective October I, 1990.

The bishop has also appointed Rev. Marcel H. Bouchard as spiritual advisor for the Attleboro district of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

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The people supposedly have spoken and the political revolution is now underway in Massachusetts. This is how many view the recent primary election. The voting public created waves that left the professionals and the media struggling in the riptide oftheir own limitations. The results overwhelmed those groups. What they had expected and planned for simply did not materialize.

To save face; they conjured up excuses that ranged from deception at the polls to a sweeping tide of dissatisfaction with incumbents. Such responses, for the most part,路 are but a coverup for the flaws and failings that the political and media "experts" 路so visibly demonstrated at the primary itself and in their post-election self-justifications.

Few, however, have indicated any real understanding ofthe mind-set of the middle class, which clearly indicated how it felt, not just about the incumbents but about politics in general. .

The first big losers-in the primary were the limousine liberals of the Democratic party. The ordinary citizen clearly indicated that he or she had had it with those affluent suburbanites who want to give away other people's hard-earned money for programs that lack responsibility and ignore accountability. It is, of course, easy to spend money not your 'own when you are in an income bracket that is to all intents tax-exempt by virtue of the intricacies of the law.

The voters simply said enough is enough, not to candidates per se but to those they perceived as unwilling to listen to constituents.

Also a loser was the biased party convention system which supports only in-house political pals. This year, both parties saw their pre-election plans go down the tubes. Through their votes, the citizenry indicated that the convention system must be an open process, not a backroom bargaining session.

The third group of losers was made up of those government professionals who simply refuse to recognize that the ordinary hardworking citizens of this state will not continue to subsidize . their extravagances.

The middle class will take only so much. When it is pushed to the' wall, it will fight.

This was the deciding factor in the breakup of the old Beacon Hill gang. Too many politicians pushed too hard and the people said "enough." Indeed, the utter refusal of the legislative and executive branches of state government to meet the responsibilities of fiscal management and their arrogant assumption that they could pass the cost of their own failure on to the taxpayers was what broke the proverbial camel's back.

This is not to say that there are not inherent dangers in, for instance, Question 3 on the ballot, the demand of Citizens for Limited Taxation for a tax rollback. Reasonable as it may sound in theory, in practice a rollback could seriously endanger educational institutions such as our state colleges and universities and many worthy public assistance programs.

But voters are in a no-nonsense mood, especially as they share the national frustration of paying over $1.50 per gallon for premium unleaded gas. Hopefully, a balance will eventu~lly be reached but in the meantime many people could be badly hurt.

As we prepare for the November elections, let us hope that reason and justice will finally prevail.

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Discipline lack worries scholars WASH INGTON (CNS) Widespread dissent from church teaching and lack of "discipline within the church" have undermined the vitality of U.S. Catholicism in the past quarter-century, the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars said in a statement issued Sept.

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"If the unity of the Catholic faith is to be maintained, we believe that unity of discipline must be reestablished within the church," the I,OOO-member organization said.

"Ideally, preaching and teaching, sacramental life especially, take,precedence over law and discipline," it said. "But it is the lack of discipline - the refusal to obey - that has rendered ineffective the [church's] preaching, teaching and norms for worthy sacramental practice."

The fellowship said that since the Second Vatican Council, widespread "debate and doubt" in the Catholic academic world on a number of "binding teachings" of the church "weakened the unity, vitality and dynamism ofthe Catholic Church in the United States."

The fellowship, founded in 1977 to promote adherence to "the entire faith of the Catholic Church," issued its statement in the form of a 27-page booklet titled "Vatican II: Promise and Reality - The Catholic Church in the United States 25 Years after Vatican II." It said the reforms and updating of the church's self-understanding mandated by the council "have faithfully and, in the main, successfully been implemented." ~ut at the same time, it said, the

church in the United States has experienced "a multitude of dysfunctions" in the intervening years.

It said two "especially important" elements affecting the state ofthe church today are a decline in "the general religious observance of U.S. Catholics" and a "disarray in the contemporary church" due to "trends in Catholic academic circles since 1965.'; 'Among a "multitude of unacceptable theories" that "contributed substantially to this general weakening of the church," the fellowship cited theological dissent against church teaching on artificial路 contraception, proportionalist theories of morality and questioning by theologians of a number of church dogmas, doctrines and policies.

The statement also criticized "banal, free-wheeling liturgies" and pastoral practices that it said contributed to a decline in the sacrament of penance.

It said many religious communities, under the auspices of renewal, "abandoned religious life as defined by the church," and many Catholic colleges and universities "declared themselves free from oversight by the church's teaching office and have survived this schism without censure."

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The fellowship said the National Conference of Catholic Bishops contributed to problems in the church when, in preparing a major study on U.S. priests and national pastoral letters on peace, the economy and women, bishops relied on scholars "already well known for their disagreement with a variety of church teachings and norms."

"More than once bishops were urged to include on these drafting committees recognized scholars with different viewpoints.... This advice generally has not been heeded," the fellowship said.

Among problems in U.S. Catholic practice the fellowship cited declines in Mass attendance, nonadherence to church teachings on sex and marriage, sharp losses in religious vocations and the loss of "a generation of young people who had received inadequate, confused or contradictory religious instruction."

The fellowship compared the situation today with the "sorry state" of U.S. Catholic belief and practice at the beginning of the 19th century. It said that the bishops of the 19th century responded with strong leadership and legislation to form a church which, by the early 20th century, had become "a model of unity and piety for churches everywhere.

"The church's teaching office today should take a lesson from this problem and this solution of more than a century ago," it said.

"Courageous and wise leadership from diocesan bishops turned the tide then; it can turn the tide, we believe, now."

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·Exploring adoption. avenues Dear Dr. Kenny: My husband arid I have been married five years.

Shortly after our wedding we found we had a fertility problem.

After going through treatment and then being on a list of adoption agencies and doing our own networking, we adopted our daughter, Arielle.

We started taking care of our daughter in the hospital when she was 24 hours old. We met her birthmother and that was a positive experience.

We brought Arielle home when she was 3 days old. She is now a happy and beautiful 19-month-old toddler.

We are starting to do our networking to adopt a second child.

We can no longer be on many lists because we already have one adopted child. We realize that not every birthmother wants to go through an agency and may want the. child to be adopted privately. Weare open to any possibility to get another child. - Pennsylvania How wonderful to hear from

By Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY people who value the challenge of raising and loving a child, who even want "extras."

The culture of the '80s perceived children as a nuisance. I hope your interest is contagious.

Many states have interagency adoption councils. You may find a listing of the agencies and individuals who "do" adoptions.

As you already know, after you have completed your home study, the next s.tep is to get your name on the list of as many child-placing agencies as you can. Welfare departments are a good place to start for information.

Lawyers and social workers have gone into the business of private adoption. And it is a business.

They are competing in a scarce baby market.

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Some lawyers and social workers advertise. Some are listed in the Yellow Pages. Most of them you must find by word of mouth.

Foster parenting is another way to explore possibilities of adoption. Although most foster children today are older, you may care for a younger child who becomes eligible for adoption. Or you may care for a pregnant teenage girl and receive consideration to adopt her child.

You mention the positive experience you had meeting Arielle's birthmother. Many young unmarried mothers feel overwhelmed at the prospect of child care, but cannot face the reality of giving up their baby forever.

Some states grant post-adoption visitation rights. The birthmother retains certain specified rights after the adoption, much like visitation after a divorce. This is called cooperative adoption. Even if your state does not have a cooperative adoption law, you can offer the birthmother some form of continuing contact.

If you are willing to adopt a special-needs child, there is no waiting list. These' children are usually older (from 5 to 14), racially mixed or part of a family group.

They are usually listed on a statewide hard-to-place list and are available immediately to approved families.

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Taking a special-needs child can be difficult. Older children may present problems of bonding. You miss the baby years and may feel you have trouble making him or her "yours."

However, with a hard-to-place child, you are "special" too. You are giving a home to a child who might not have one otherwise.

Keep looking for your child.

May your love grow and may you be blessed with many adventures that come only to those who seek beyond themselves.

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Menu' for Christian 'computer buffs DETROIT (CNS) - Christians in contemporary society can now gather not at the river, but at an electronic bulletin board called Christian Crossroads.

Daniel Behmer, an instructional computer teacher at Wayne State University in Detroit, told The Michigan Catholic, Detroit's archdiocesan newspaper, that he wanted a "Good News encouragement board" to counteract what he considers a preponderance of sex, violence and death in today's media.

Christian Crossroads allows users to share how Jesus works in their lives and learn of good things happening to good people, Behmer said.

He uses a cathedral analogy to describe Christian Crossroads' operation.

When users "sign on" to the board, they enter the church vestibule where they can share messages or greetings with Christians of various denominations. They can list prayer requests, send electronic mail or conduct a teleconference.

By advancing electronically down the church's long aisle, users can then enter one of several doors, among them "Catholic," "Baptist," "Episcopalian," "Lutheran" "General Protestant" and "Christians with AIDS."

praye~BOX o Great God in whom all perfections are infinite, I adore, praise, glorify and love you. I ask that you fill me with your perfections more and more each day that I may radiate your Son through the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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By doing this, the user becomes a member of a special' interest group, known in computer parlance as SIGs, and can communicate with members of the same denomination. News items or messages aimed specifically at a religious group can be listed or retrieved from the special interest groups.

"A Catholic, for instance, who enters the 'Catholic' corridor gets a completely different subworld" of information than those entering another special interest group, Behmer said. Each special interest group also features libraries with larger background documents.

Parishes and schools can retrieve information from the bulletin board for bulletins or class work, Behmer said.

All services are free. Behmer is absorbing operational costs.

He hopes other computer enthusiasts will help him run the 24hour system, either as heads of individual special interest groups or as part of an ecumenical board of directors. Behmer said he would eventually like to incorporate, expand from the current two telephone lines to 64, and add a tollfree number so people nationwide can call for free.

"My vision is to go across the. country with this service," Behmer said. "There is a real need for Christians of different denominations to be able to express what God has done through their lives and through acts of faith, hope and charity.

"Surely Christians have enough in common to pray and praise together," Behmer said. "We want to avoid contention and argument - we're exposed to enough ofthat in our daily lives. The idea is to use Crossroads as a means of sharing Good News stories and information with other Christians who are

Only This "This is what Yahweh asks. of you, only this: to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with your God." - Micah 6:8

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By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

Recently a very important anniversary received little attention in the media. 70 years ago, Aug. 26, 1920, the state of Tennessee cast a yes vote on the 19th Amendment.

With that vote, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the Anthony amendment, which Susan

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B. Anthgny, Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Carrie Chapman Catt and other suffragettes had worked for. That vote was the turning point, giving the 19th Amendment the required number of votes for ratification.

Finally it was acknowledged that women in America had brains, intelligence and were deserving of a voice in how they would be governed.

It was free-thinking Quaker housewife Lucretia Mott who is credited with being the first to conclude that women must gain political equality or they would never win reforms. She was 22 years old in 1815 when a Henry Cook of Effingham, Surrey, in England, sold his wife for 1 shilling. Cook was legally treat-

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The Quaker woman could not abide slavery of any sort. She persuaded her, husband to give up a business which depended on black slavery and then she went on to challenge slaver.y, bringing her abolitionist message to London and America.

Because she knew she was born equal to any man, Lucretia Mott started something bigger than she could ever have dreamed of - a movement that in the next century and a half would become known as the feminist revolution.

Interestingly, the women fighting for suffrage were, as one might expect, the minority. Many ofthem were opposed precisely for the reason cited by the powerful Horace

Greeley, founder of the New York Tribune, who stated that "the ballot and the bullet go together'...

Many non-suffragettes believed that one who couldn't be a soldier and fight for the country had no right to vote.

By the end of World War I, with more and more states siding with those in the suffrage camp, the National American Suffrage Association was confident that the Anthony Amendment would win ratification of 36 of the then 48 states - the three-fourths required to amend the Constitution.

The suffrage association, led by Carrie Chapman Catt, held a "victory convention" in Chicago in February 1920. On Feb. 14 members officially dissolved the association to re-form as the League of Women Voters, a group the mem-

bers felt would be needed to meet new challenges as 20 million women finally became eligible to cast ballots.

Six months later, their confidence was justified when Tennessee cast its vote.

In remembering this most important event, we should all pause for a moment to give thanks to those relentless workers for women's rights, and maybe worry a bit about why the precious cause they struggled for is so terribly taken for granted.

Considering that the 1988 U.S. presidential election had the lowest voter turnout since 1924, with only 50 percent of eligible voters of both sexes going to the polls, this anniversary comes with a dark cloud over it.

Can you have too ,many priests?

We definitely need more priests at this moment, not only for parishes, but also for a thousand other ministries. We also need priEUGENE ests dedicated to scholarship, who translate religious values into contemporary life, who teach in our HEMRICK seminaries and whose primary role is to study the new medical, eco_ logical and ethical problems of In a conversation,with a bishop modern society. years ago, I expressed concern But in listing the reasons why about the priest shortage. "We had priests are needed, we also create too many priests in the past," he expectations. We put'into people's replied almost offhandedly. minds the image of a multifaceted Lately I find myself suggesting priesthood expanding in all dithe same thing to reporters. Some rections. have done a double take at the In the past we came to look remark. ' upon the large number of pril,sts , Why was it made? as the norm. Priests were expected FATHER

to provide all types of services, from running the youth program to serving as fire chaplains, builders, school principals and social workers.

Large numbers of priests provided a variety of talents to choose' from. In some archdioceses, there were so many priests that some were encouraged to go to smaller dioceses. • We built up unrealistic expectations that the, priesthood would continue to grow and to provide even more services. The bishop's remark about too many priests smacks of the Old Testament prophets who implored the Hebrews not to take for granted the prosperity God gave them.

The prophets saw the weakening effects and the false triumphalism that are created when we have and expect too much. A cutback was interpreted as God's way of renewing a sense of appreciation and a spirit of steadfastness, and of preparing people to move toward the future.

The statistics on lay ministers give, us yet another approach to the bishop's remark. An old saying had it that the laity's role was to . "pray, pay and obey." The abundance of priests reinforced this idea. They represented a highly visible, cohesive force which only a few brave lay persons dared to challenge.

As the ratio of priests to laity diminished, a new¡force came into

play. It is not the laity who are the predominant force; it is the laity, permanent deacons, religious and priests working more closely together to give us a new type of Christian community and spirit.

The priesthood will never be the same as it was in the past. We are in for long rebuilding and needed reforms to help the priesthood better meet modern-day challenges.

The bishop's remark suggests to us, once again, that God works in strange ways.

We do need many more priests, but perhaps what we needmore, from God's vantage point, is an appreciation of those we have and a new sense of Christian community iilwhich we pull more closely together as one people of God.'

Letting Native Americans rest in peace, too By DOLORES

Writing about dead Native Americans or Indians may seem a strange subject for a family-oriented columnist but how we respect and bury our dead is a sign of a civilized society. It is also an integral part of our faith.

We've had strict burial niles 'in our church. When I was a child, a non-Catholic spouse could not be

By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN

Q. I am a widowed Catholic who married a twice-divorced Pro. testant in a civil ceremony.

He was baptized and married in the Lutheran Church. I was informed by my parish priest that my marriage could not be blessed nor could I receive the sacraments unless my husband pursued a petition of annulment.

If the church, in fact, does not recognize marriages performed out-

buried alongside a Catholic spouse in the Catholic section of our cemetery.

Until recently, cremation wasn't an option for Catholics. And when I was studying parish records for ancestry information, I was startled to find an entry for "Ben McCarthy's arm." Since it was dated 1874, which was many priests ago, I was unable to unearth information about Ben McCarthy or his arm.

I assume he lost it in an accident and had it interred. A priest friend tells me it probably goes back to a canonical law that held that the body is sacred and any part of it should be interred. But buried it was and noted in parish records.

These attitudes, strange as they now seem, speak to the respect we've traditionally awarded the dead. And that is why our church should stipport returning the bones of Indians from museums and private collections to tribes wishing to rebury them.

We have painstakingly retrieved the remains of our POWs and MIAs, yet more than 100,000 Indian remains are in collections as tribes unsuccessfully strive to reclaim them from the federal agents, museums and tourist attractions that seized them from battlefields.

Imagine the outcry if we ex-

humed the bones of our early patriots for display or immigrant ancestors to study bone structure.

The idea is so outrageous, we have to ask why we so easily ignore the d~sire of living Native Americans to'reclaim their dead.

Last year, Congress passed a law 'requiring the Smithsonian Institution to return many Indian remains to their tribes of origin.

Now, there is another bill in Congress which would require the same of other museums.

Strangely, the Society for Ame.rican Archeology and the American Anthropological Association oppose this legislation but, as Catholic Christians, I believe we

have a moral responsibility to speak out for the right of Indian tribes to rebury their dead. If this column spurs even a dozen readers to write to their congressional representatives in support of SB 1980, the Indian Repatriation Bill, it will have merited its space.

I would be pleased if legislators received letters beginning, "As a Catholic who believes in respecting the dead ......

Here is an issue where we can make our Catholic presence felt in a positive way. Lord knows, we've often been accused of supporting our own special interest issues. Let us now show Native Americans that we care about their dead.

. Why is an annulment needed in this case? side the church, why is it necessary to have a marriage annulled which, in the eyes ofthe church, was never performed in the first place? it is my understanding after speaking with others during my travels that this ruling is not consistent nationwide.

What is your opinion? (Iowa) A. You are mistaken in your assumption about the marriage of Protestants or others who are not Catholic.

It is true that every baptized Catholic who has not formally rejected the Catholic faith must be married before a priest (or bishop or deacon) to be truly married according to the laws of the Catholic Church.

That rule does not apply to those who are members of another faith, or who have no religion at all.

If neither marriage partner is Catholic and both are free to marry (if neither has a previous marriage, for example), the Catholic Church recognizes this union as a true" valid marriage.

If two Buddhists marry, for instance, before a Buddhist monk, we acknowledge that as a real marriage, uniting the two people in a marriage bond.

Even more, if both non-Catholic partners in a marriage are validly baptized Christians, such as two Lutherans or Methodists, we Catholics view that union as not only a

valid marriage but a Christian sacrament.

Hundreds of Catholics and others who become involved in a serious relationship with Catholics cause themselves much pain because they do not remember this simple but essential truth.

Most priests with even a little parish experience have had at least one couple approach them to be married with the nonchalant remark, "He was married before, Father, but it doesn't count because he's not Catholic."

The church honors every marriage, Catholic or not, as a sacred union that cannot be simply brushed off.

Thus, any previous marriage by one of the partners planning a

wedding must be dealt with in an appropriate way by the church before the forthcoming marriage can take place..

In thIS matter there is no difference between one part of our country, or the world for that matter, and another.

They are Catholic theology, and provisions of the law which governs the Latin-rite church.

A free brochure outlining marriage regulations in the Catholic Church and explaining interfaith marriage is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to him at the same address.

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A child and a pail Dear Editor: On a bright-blue day at Smugglers Beach I watched a small child, ponytail wagging, try with a small pail to convey all the water in the Sound to the hole she had dug in the sand. A wastrel gunned his cigarette boat in and out of the mouth of the river.

As I took a last look at the grand spectacle of the river merging with the sea, I saw a bumper sticker on a nearby car. It read "We brake for animals, we save whales, we murder unborn babies."

At that moment the car owners appeared. As I began to thank them, the father pointed to his teenage daughter and said "Don't thank me, thank her." Attired in a pullover carrying the same logo, she explained how she was one of a hundred students from Cathedral High in Springfield who joined the· Washington crusade against abortion last spring. I thanked her again.

I looked back at the child and her pail.

Imagine: over a million children per year in this country will never run into the water carrying pails.

But with youngsters like those from Cathedral High in Springfield, all is far from lost.

To her and them, my thanks.

Bernard McCabe South Yarmouth

Runners blessed Dear Editor: I would like to make you aware of a happening that took place on Aug. 18 in conjunction with the annual Falmouth road race that has become part of the social and· sports scene on the Cape.

A special 5:30 p.m. Saturday vigil Mass was held at St. Patrick's Church in Falmouth for the runners and spectators.

The church was overflowing with worshipers. Alberto Salazar and Joan Benoit Samuelson who have won many of the famous marathons throughout the world were lectors at the Mass, celebrated by Msgr. John J. Regan, pastor.

Alberto Salazar with the cooperation of Msgr. Regan initiated what he hopes will become a regular occurrence at all major road races: a Mass, followed by a blessing of the runners.

After this, the pastor had granted Salazar permission to talk about the alleged apparitions in Medjugorje and many of the crowd re-

Sept. 29 1899, Rev. J.A. Payan, Founder, St. Mathieu, Fall River Sept. 30 1963, Rev. John J. Griffin, Pastor, St. Paul, Taunton Oct. 2 1961; Rev. Joseph E. Sutula, Pastor, St. Casimir, New Bedford

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turned inside the church to hear Salazar witness about his conversion and return to the sacraments while on pilgrimage to this remote village in Yugoslavia.

Salazar, like so many, had not denied God, the church, the sacniments or prayer; he just ignored them. He had no time for them.

Some day, he thought, he would come back to all that.

He became convinq:d that what is happening in this small village was true. The Mother of God was really telling the world that God exists and that he has a plan for all of us. Salazar is in process of selling his restaurants. He will in conjunction with his color broadcasts of races seek out parishes and pastors willing to celebrate Mass and have blessings for runners.

The Massachusetts native expects to proclaim the message of Our Lady that the Holy Spirit has empowered us to evangelize the world. She said, "You have forgotten that with. prayer and fasting you can stop a war from happening. You can suspend natural laws."

We must pray constantly, say the rosary and attend Mass frequently; convert, change our lives, surrender to God's will; fast, sacrifice and implore Mary's intercession for peace; reconcile, be forgiving to one another, use the sacrament of reconciliation often.

David J. Dunne Jr. Somerset

Gift/or God Dear Editor: Have you ever thought of giving God a Christmas present? He is our best friend and closest relative.

He deserves to be at the top of our gift list.

Last year I collected 417,000 prayers from people in 47 states, 6 provinces of Canada and 3 foreign countries. It was a gift very pleasing to God. If you would like to. participate in my 5th "Christmas Present for God," please say two Our Fathers a day, from now until Christmas, just to express love for God. It is an excellent preparation for Christmas, especially during the Advent season. Send your name and address and the date you begin the prayers to: Christmas Present for God Lucille A. Zimnotch 60 Lanc~ster Rd. Apt. 32 Wethersfield, Ct. 06109

"Guard the truth" OKLAHOMA CITY (CNS) To work for peace in the Persian Gulf, Archbishop Charles A. Salatka of Oklahoma City urged Catholics to "guard the truth," which he said often "takes a beating" in wartime. During wars and times of preparation for war, the enemy nation is frequently "painted in grotesque shapes," "wild rumors" are circulated and "ethnic groups, in the present case, Arabs, are insultingly treated in the various media as well as in everyday conversations," he said.

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Youth, church relationship is Chicago parley topic CHICAGO (CNS) - Many organizations have trouble regenerating their memberships, and the church is no exception, especially when it comes to young people.

Finding solutions to that problem will be the goal of some 400 youth ministry leaders, heads of national Catholic organizations, bishops and others who have been invited to Chicago for a symposium Oct. 5-7 on "Re-Generating Catholicism."

It's not just a Catholic problem that those born between 1946 and 1963 do not seem to attend church, Anne Demke, symposium project director, told Catholic News Service.

"All mainline religions," she said, are experiencing the same problem.

She said the average age of a Serra club member is 63, of a Masonic Shriner 62, of a registered Catholic 47, and of a U.S. resident 32.

Why that IS-year gap in age between the average Catholic and the average American? One explanation is that young adults have' "a need for privatization," and "no need to socialize," she said, telling of seeing young persons stopping in a video store for a night's supply of movies before going home from work.

"The question seems to be why can't these young adults relate to the traditional Catholic church?

They talk about human experience, but the experience of God needs to be mediated," she said, quoting Father John Cusick, a symposium organizer and director of the Chicago archdiocesan young adult ministry.

"We want these young adults to come back" to church, Ms. Demke said, "but what are we going to offer them? So many talk about

work and faith lives as closely related, but where can they experience God in their lives [and] not just in the pews on Sunday?"

"Despite the fact that young adults, 20-24 years of age, are a large segment of the population," a symposium news release said, "few Catholic organizations have enlisted their perspective, support and participation."

The sy.mposium will examine the problems and needs of young people and their potential contributions to the church.

"By the time the people leave the symposium, we want everyone to go back to their organizations and start implementing some of the ideas they have gotten from this conference," Ms. Demke said.

Asked if Re-Generating Catholicism would become an organization itself and not just the name of the symposium, she said that was a possibility.

Not recruiters WASHINGTON (CNS) - Vocation ministers are not recruitment officers, said the National Religious Vocation Conference's Board of Directors in a major statement on the philosophy of their organization. It said the role of a vocation director is to help a baptized person come to recognize whatever vocation -lay, married, single, religious or priestly - he or she is called to by God. Other approaches, the board said, "rest on a theology of vocation which is not consistent with that set forth by the Second Vatican Council."

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U.S'- church needs unity, holiness says theologian NEW YORK (CNS) - Jesuit Father Walter J. Burghardt, 76, noted theologian and author, has called for Catholics to seek a new type of influence on American society through a spirituality based on the Eucharist and on building community.

A polarization of American Catholics in recent decades has made it impossible, he said, for them to exercise the influence seen when they were more united in following clerical leadership and in forming a Democratic Party voting bloc.

Speaking at St. John's University in Queens last Sunday, Father Burghardt gave the keynote address for a week long seminar for Catholic hospital administrators cosponsored by St. John's and the Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens.

Father Burghardt, former theologian-in-residence at Georgetown University in Washington, is directing a project, "Preaching the Just Word," that deals with preaching on social justice themes.

Father Burghardt said the presence of rebellious individuals and groups had been a perennial feature of church life since New Testament times.

But he said today's bipolarization constituted something different, a "stunning change in the American church since the '60s."

"Today, we no longer enjoy the same unity," he said. "The Republicans no longer need fear a Catholic vote."

Torn by dissension, a church of more than 50 million members cannot command serious attention from politicians on matters such as school aid or the message of the bishops' pastoral on peace, Father Burghardt said.

But American Catholics· can change society despite their disagreement on specific issues, he said, if they let themselves be broken and given for the world as - Jesus broke and gave the eucharistic bread.

American society in general, he said, has developed a new character ideal centering on "personal fulfillment" and "the gospel of success," rather than service to the common good.

He cited surveys showing that the brightest college students increasingly rank financial success as their primary goal.

Although the Catholic faith might be expected to counter such trends in society, Father Burghardt said, American Catholics do not in fact appear to be exerting a major counterinfluence.

"We too remain in large measure a community of rugged individualism," Father Burghardt said.

He did note that the church has national groups such as the Catholic Hospital Association, rightto-life organizations and thousands of local service programs that exercise an impact on society. "Still, it is not enough," he said.

"What is missing?" he asked.

"The primary reason we cannot .change American society more profoundly is that too few of us are saints."

The way for Catholics to change American society, Father Burghardt said, is by making the Eucharist the center of their spirituality and building community on that basis.

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NEWLY ORDAINED Father Mark Stang at his first Mass. (eNS photo)

"Cancer is a. gift,." says. newly ordained priest ST'-NICHOLAS, Minn. (CNS) - Father Mark Stang, ordained last month as a priest of the diocese of St. Cloud, Minn., a year early because inoperable cancerous tumors were found in his abdomen, said in his first homily that "this cancer is a gift."

"This cancer isn't from God, but don't get me wrong, this cancer is a gift, because it gave me the gift of weakness and the gift of weakness gave me the gift of my priesthood," Father Stang, 32, told the congregation at St. Nicholas Church in his home town of St. Nicholas.

But perhaps most amazing of all is that two tumors have disappeared and the original tumor has shrunken - all after chemotherapy proved ineffective, prompting St. Cloud Bishop Jerome Hanus to move up Father Stang's ordination.

Father Stang planned to return to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., for more tests and to decide whether to resume treatments.

Many people, he said, have told him they are praying for a miracle.

"I am praying for a miracle also," Father Stang said. "But before that test, before we get those results, I already know themiracle has happened, but it may not exactly be the miracle we were actually praying for."

Father Stang said, "Who could want more to happen than a miracle to their soul? My body, I have to admit, will turn to ashes, but my soul, my spiritual vessel, will never turn to ash."

He added, "I see my life as a new beginning. I am a priest now. And I am a priest till I die. And I will be a priest forever. Celebrate with

me. There is not an ounce of sadness in my heart. There is not an ounce of despair. There is only joy.

So celebrate with me this new life.

Celebrate this miracle."

The cancer, first diagnosed in April, brought to fulfillment Father Sta!1g's desire to become a priest.

When Father Stang was ordained a transitional deacon June 24, his one expressed wish was to live long enough to celebrate a Mass.

"My one desire was to be able to offer up one Mass," he told the St. Cloud Visitor, diocesan newspaper, at that time. "I was just hoping to do that before I die, if death was a possibility. If I could do that it would all be worth it."

When he got word of the cancer.

"I was kind of numb to it at first," Father Stang said in June. "I kind of accepted it and started asking a whole bunch of questions, wanting to get more information. I really believe now, that through many, many people's prayer and Mass offerings, the most positive thing is going to happen."

Father Stang's mother, Edith, commenting on her son's medical prognosis, said "the cancer is still there," but "now they don't talk about months or years to live."

CTNA head quits WASHINGTON (CNS) - Father Bernard R. Bonnot, president ofthe Catholic Telecommmunications Network of America, has resigned, saying he WQuid "seek a ministerial assignment that is less administratively taxing." He has headed the network since 1987, when he succeeded Wasyl Lew, CTNA's founding president.

Pro-life activist gets her job back OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) - An Omaha woman ordered off her job for wearing a pro-life button and T-shirt returned to work Sept. 18 with permission to wear the disputed button.

Christine Wilson, a design information specialist with the U.S. West telephone company in Omaha, credited "excellent attorneys," nationwide Catholic media coverage and supportive telephone calls and letters from across the country as part of the effort that allowed her to return to her job.

"It's really God doing it," she . told The Catholic Voice, newspaper of the Omaha archdiocese.

Mrs. Wilson, 39, was ordered off her job at the communications - company Aug. 23 because she wore a pro-life button and T-shirt to work. She said that wearing the button, which she had done each day for two months prior to the U.S. West action, was part of a vow she made to the Blessed Mother. U.S. West officials called the articles "disruptive to the workplace."

An agreement worked out by Mrs. Wilson's attorneys and U.S. West representatives allows her to wear the two-and-a-half-inch ~ut-

Mrs. Wilson said she feels the ton - which shows an unborn baby at 18 weeks development and agreement was reached with U.S. reads "Stop Abortion" and West because "they were under so much pressure from all the sup"They're Forgetting Someone" port I·received." but no pro-life clothing.

She said calls and letters came in Attorneys filed a $1 million federal lawsuit on Mrs. Wilson's be- .after her story was published in half, alleging that U.S. West dis- other Catholic newspapers around criminated against her constitu- the United States. tional rights to free speech and Locally, Metro Omaha Right to religion.

Life urged people to discard their The Catholic Voice obtained a U.S. West telephone directories copy of the written agreement and pick up an alternative direcworked out with U.S. West, which tory available at local supermarkets said it was "applicable only to to protest the action taken against Christine L. Wilson in her present Mrs. Wilson.

She added that the Catholic position with U.S. West," not any League for Religious and Civil other employees.

In exchange, Mrs. Wilson is to Rights assisted her attorneys.

A resident of Council Bluffs, ask for dismissal of the U.S. District Court lawsuit "without pre- Iowa, and a member of Queen of judice," meaning that she can file Apostles parish there, Mrs. Wilson said she has received strength the lawsuit again.

She said she would continue to from all the support.

"For every friend I don't have pursue a religious discrimination claim filed with the Equal Employ- here" at U.S. West, she said, "God ment Opportunity Commission. A has given me 10 or 20."

Mrs. Wilson 'still faces trial Oct. ruling from the commission could mean she'd have to remove the 22 for her arrest on charges of button and return to work. If that criminal trespassing during a July happens, she said, she will refuse, pro-life demonstration outside an even if it means losing her job of 20 Omaha clinic where abortions are performed. . years.

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Cartoonist says Dick Tracy's boring NAPERVILLE, Ill. (CNS) Dick Locher, cartoonist for "Dick Tracy," can't explain the popularity of the character whose daily. exploits are followed by some 22 million people each day and were the subject of a hit movie this summer.

"It's goofy," said Locher, a rrt~m­ ber of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Naperville, part of the Diocese of Joliet.

"Dick Tracy himself is forthright, straight and boring," he said. "The characters and deaths make it good."

Since the "Dick Tracy" movie starring Warren Beatty and Madonna was released in June, the 61-year-old Locher has been e~tra . busy, designing everything from Dick Tracy wallpaper to greeting cards.

He thinks part of Tracy's appeal may come from the lack of drugs, sex and violence in its plot lines.

"We're selling uniqueness," he

said. "It's always been a strip where you can't guess what's going to happen next."

Locher, who inherited the strip from its creator, Chester Gould, isn't the only person involved in bringing Dick .Tracy to life.

He tells the story to Max Collins of Muscatine, Iowa, who turns the thoughts into prose. After Collins returns the words to him, Locher draws the comic strip frames and sends them to Susan Anderson of Naperville, who puts the lettering into the word "bu'bbles."

The Tracy-related tasks, however, take only a small part of Locher's workday, which he estimates lasts from early morning to II p.m.

An editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune daily newspaper, Locher also produces syndicated cartoons that ruil in more than 100 newspapers in the United States, as well as in many foreign countries. (One of his cartoons appears

on the Vatican View page of this issue of the Anchor.) In February, he closed a deal in which the Soviet newspaper Pravda will trade editorial cartoons with the Tribune.

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For that work, he reads four newspapers a day to discover new situations and get new perspec-' tives. But he tries to keep the message simple.

"I'm definitely' not writing for the Tribune CEO (chief executive officer)," he said. "I'm writing for the mailman."

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Investment banker bullish on greed

It's belt-tightening time for the U.8. bishops WASHINGTON (CNS) - The U.S. bishops are reviewing the structure and expenses of their twin conferences, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the U.S. Catholic Conference, in light of budget pressures in Washington and in their home dioceses.

The impact of potential changes would begin to be felt in 1992, with all changes fully in place by 1993, according to Father Dennis M. Schnurr, NCCB-USCC associate general secretary.

One possible outcome could be loss of jobs at the NCCB-USCC, Father Schnurr said. Other outcomes could incluqe an increase in diocesan assessments to fund, NCCB-USCC activities or a change in the assessment formula, which now taxes each diocese equally based on the number of Catholics.

Preliminary recommendations have been disclosed to NCCBUSCC office directors but not made public.

The review is taking place under the Conference Assessment Project or CAP. "Assessment" refers to the review of NCCB-USCC structures, not the assessment paid by each diocese to the NCCBUSCC general fund, Father Schnurr told Catholic News Service.

The diocesan assessment has risen steadily in recent years. In 1971, the assessment for each diocese was 6 cents per Catholic. In 1976, it was raised to 7 cents.

Those five years marked the longest period between assessment increases in the past 20 years.

In 1979, the assessment was raised to 8 cents per Catholic. In 1980, it increased to 10 cents; in 1983, to 12.3 cents; in 1986, to 13.3 cents. In 1989, the assessment was raised to 15.7 cents.

Diocesan assessments account for 78.2 percent of the 1990 NCCBUSCC general fund of$IO,379,325.

The NCCB-USCC also is operating under a hiring freeze. Vacant positions must be reviewed by the appropriate NCCB-USCC associate general secretary before they may be filled.

A "no-growth" requirement in effect for the past two years also stipulates that budgets are not to increase except for salaries and fringe benefits. ' When the NCCB-USCC assessment increase was discussed at the November 1989 NCCB general meeting, "some bishops said they might not be able to afford an increase," Father Schnurr said.

"They were even cutting back in their dioceses."

"If they were doing that in their own dioceses, then it wasn't right that the [bishops']' conference should escape a similar scrutiny," Father Schnurr said.

A "CAP committee" headed by NCCB president Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati and made up of the NCCB Executive Committee and the NCCB Committee on Priorities and Plans is overseeing the project.

Questionnaires were mailed May I to all U.S. bishops to poll them on their understanding of NCCBUSCC activities. They were also sent information booklets with brief sketches of offices' functions, sources of revenue, expenses and staffing levels.

Bishops were asked, among other

things, about their familiarity with each office's work; whether budget and staffing levels should change or stay the same; about each Qffice's work quality, productivity and contributions to the church's mission and its importance to the church on the national level.

According to Father Schnurr, 123 ordinaries and 43 auxiliaries responded. Results were compiled in time for the CAP committee's meeting after the bishops' June retreat in Santa Clara, Calif., he said.

At that time, the committee outlined recommendations for the NCCB-USCe. Those recommendations were reviewed Sept. 13 when CAP committee members gathered in Washington for the NCCB Administrative Committee meeting.

NCCB-USCC office directors were informed Sept. 19 of"suggestions that may have an impact on their offices and their programs," Father Schnurr said. The recommendations "could affect some departments rather substantially. The potential is there,',' he said.

NCCB-USCC office directors will discuss the recommendations with the standing bishops' committee w'ith which they work.

Father Schnurr said the directors would have a chance to give "persuasive argumentation why a proposal is workable or why it's not in the best interest of the conference."

Each NCCB or USCC committee will then give feedback to the CAP committee prior to its spring 1991 meeting, Father Schnurr said.

Final CAP recommendations will be the sole discussion topic at the NCCB's June 1991 meeting in Collegeville, Minn., which will be , closed to press coverage.

SIN GER, composer and recording artist Jon Polce will be speaker and music minister at a service at 7:30 p.m. Oct. ,II at St. Mary's Church, Seekonk, sponsored by the regional coordinating committee for the charismatic renewal and hosted by St. Mary's People of Hope and Joy prayer group. All are welcome to attend.

Polce, a resident of North Dartmouth, has written and recorded four albums of Christian music.

PERMANENT DEACON Robert Balderas of the New Orleans archdiocese has been named national director of the Apostleship of the Sea, the first permanent deacon to hold the office. , Seen above talking with a sailor aboard a ship docked in New, Orleans, Balderas worked in the maritime industry for 30 years, holding executive positions with steamship agencies. Since his ordination in 1981, he has been a pastoral administrator in Texas, director of offshore ministry for the Louisiana Catholic Conference and director of the Stella Maris Maritime Center in New Orleans. Married, he has four children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The Apostleship ofthe Sea, founded 70 years ago in Glasgow, Scotland, is devoted to the spiritual and pastoral needs of seafarers and their families.

The worldwide organization's U.S. office, part of the USCC Migration and Refugee Services structure since 1988, coordinates efforts of chaplains in ports and seafarer centers and assists them in their ministries. (CNS story and photo)

Brazilian bishops unlikely to censure Father Boff

BALTIMORE (CNS) - Greed can be good if one's business deal'ings are honorable and moral, says Frank Cappiello, investment banker and regular on PBS-TV's "Wall Street Week."

"A certain amount of greed means you have to be willing to go that extra mile," he said.

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Harvard University Business School, Cappiello is a visiting professor at Loyola College and a member of Cathedral of Mary Our Queen parish.

In an interview with Catholic News Service, he credited his Catholic education with teaching him "logic and how you think" in a way "I would not have gotten at another schoo!."

The church has also given him a "sense of permanence," Cappiello said. "The whole church is based upon [the belief] that there is something after death," he added.

"So even if you're in bad times, if you're in a bear market, as trite as it may sound, it's not the end of everything. Not that I pray for a bull market - although sometimes I'm tempted to." .

Asked his views of the U.S. bishops' 1983 economic pastoral, Cappiello told CNS, "My axiom is, give them [the poor) a net rather than supply them with fishes."

Although Cappiello lauds the bishops' charitable activities, he added, "Charity, yes, but you've got to work out there."

He is president of McCullough, Andrews & Cappiello Inc., which manages $1 billion in funds for institutions and individuals. He also is founder, director and vice president of Bank Maryland Corp., which has assets of up to $240 million.

"When I was 13 or 14, I bought my first stock," he said. "When I was in the Marine Corps I was, figuring [out] the stock market.

I've had a constant love affair with finance."

A typical day for Cappiello begins early with the newspapers, checking what's happened on the Tokyo and London markets. By the time he arrives at his office at 9 a.m., he has read the New York Times and the Baltimore Sun and is reading the Wall Street J ourna!.

Next he gets reports from his San Francisco office where there . are seven portfolio managers. Utility and board specialists also give him reports and recommendations.

Cappiello's clients include large medical clinics, shareholders in mutual funds, Catholic colleges and other Catholic groups. The average account, he said, is between $2 million and $5 million and the largest is $100 million. Individ ual accounts range between $600,000 and "one or two million." , Here his Catholic upbringing comes into playas well, he told CNS. "We view things on a more personal basis, at least I do," Cappiello said. "These are individ uals, not machines.... Not upper class, not lower class. All individuals."

WASHINGTON (CNS) - The duce the power of bishops' conBrazilian bishops' doctrinal com- ferences. mission is not apt to condemn In Rome, a Franciscan spokesFranciscan Father Leonardo Boff, man would not comment on the a prominent liberation theologian, Folha de Sao Paulo report because said Father Virgilio Uchoa, asso- he said it involved private correciate general secretary of the Bra- spondence between the Franciszilian bishops' conference. cans and the doctrinal congreThe Vatican has asked the Bra- gation. zilian bishops' conference to anaFrom April1985 to March 1986, lyze some of Father Boffs recent Father Boff was barred from lecarticles and punish him, but Father Boffs writings have been criticized turing and writing on theology after the Vatican declared his book, before, Father Uchoa said.

Cardinal Aloisio Lorscheider, "Church: Charism and Power," head of the doctrinal commission contained views that "endanger and a fellow Franciscan, probably the sound doctrine of the faith."

Father Boff said that from Auwould not condemn Father Boff, Father Uchoa said. In addition, he gust through December 19~9, he said, the commission and the Fran- agreed under pressure not to travel ciscan superior general, Father or grant interviews outside Brazi!.

He said he agreed to the condiJohn Vaughn, move slowly.

Father Boff does not get in tions with his provincial "to calm Rome, to quiet them" and to be trouble for writing about liberation theology, but because he allowed to continue teaching at "writes about the change of power the Institute of Theology in Petropolis, Brazil. in the church," Father Uchoa said.

In a September interview with A Brazilian newspaper, Folha de Sao Paulo, reported in August Catholic News Service, Father Boff that the head of the Vatican Con- called the recent Vatican action KANSAS CITY, Kan. (CNS) gregation for the Doctrine of the "especially perverse, because Rome is not taking a direct position."

- A new Brazilian bishop, born Faith, CardinalJoseph Ratzinger, sent a letter to Father Vaughn "They want my superior to take and raised in Kansas, left for his questioning three articles by Father a position," he said. "Then Rome adopted country determined to Boff. can say they aren't invoking it, and use his new post for the betterment In one of the articles, Father it's an internal problem among the of the Brazilian people. "I do plan Boff criticized the predominance Franciscans. This has to be de- , to use whatever political clout I of bishops' appointments from' nouced as a distorted mechanism can get," said Bishop Herbert among conservatives and described that provokes conflict between my- Hermes, new head of the Territorial Prelature of Cristalandia, Brazil.

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Maryknollers asked to help U.8. church evangelize MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (CNS)The head of the U.S. bishops' con- . ference has asked Maryknoll missionaries to help the U.S. church learn how to evangelize.

"For almost 80 years now you have been preachin'g the Gospel to the heathen whereas we seem to be just beginning," said Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati in a Sept. 24 talk to participants in the ninth general chapter of Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.

Arch bishop Pilarczyk is president ofthe National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the U.S. Catholic Conference.

"In the past we tended to identify the heathen w.ith the 'benighted natives' in faraway places like China and Africa," he said. "Now we are coming to see that the heathen may very well be dressed in a three-piece suit, live next door to us, and even come to worship in our parishes once in a while."

Archbishop Pilarczyk spoke at a pre-chapter session for delegates representing 970 Maryknollers in 27 countries. The chapter, held every six years, will open Oct. I. Speaking on the theme, "How is the Spirit now calling the U.S. church to mission and how can Maryknoll help?", Archbishop Pilarczyk said the church's role in U.S. society for most of the 19th century and the first six decades of the 20th "was for Catholics to stand apart from American society simply by practice of their faith."

"This period of the church's life in our country now seems to have come to an end," he added. "While it is true that we are still seeing the arrival of Hispanic and Asian immigrants and while anti-Catholicism is still a respectable prejudice, in many circles, Catholics generally are no longer looked on as foreigners and outsiders."

As Catholics have entered the

U.S. mainstream, however, "there has been a troubling tendency for them to take on the values of society rather than imbuing society with their own," the archbishop said.

Archbishop Pilarczyk said the new emphasis on evangelization in the U.S. church has stemmed from "the realization that our sick and soft society, in its heart of hearts, is looking for something more than material prosperity and comfort."

He discounted views of evangelization which would link it too closely with social ju~tice or deny any such link.

"The church is quite clear that social justice is not foreign to the Gospel," he said. "At the same. time, the church is also clear that the Gospel is not the same thing as social or political activism."

"We shouldn't profess our faith without an eye to the world, and we shouldn't look on the world without an eye on the risen Lord still to come," Archbishop Pilarczyk added. .

After the talk, the Cincinnati archbishop celebrated a Mass with the delegates in the Maryknoll chapel.

Among topics to be discussed at the general chapter were the role of Maryknoll missionaries - including lay missioners - in a rapidly changing world, the growth of Maryknoll's publishing house, Orbis Books, and the 1987 reorganization ofthe Maryknoll School of Theology.

A successor was to be elected to Father William M. Boteler, Maryknoll superior general, whose term will end one month after the chapter meeting closes.

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in a brief introductory essay, sayContinued from Page One ing that today's scientific and ent with that commitment, the 'technological advances must be norms say. balanced by a search for truth and Part I of the document explores meaning. Through its universities, the Catholic university's identity and mission. It say's Catholic insti- the church can offer a "wisdom tutions can have a particular impact without which the future of the world would be in danger," he on society by bringing a theological and ethical perspective to all says.

The goal is to educate students academic fields.

Part 2 lists the norms, which so that they are both competent in uphold the principles of academic their fields and "prepared to give freedom and institutional auton- the witness of their faith to the omy but assert the need for doctri- world."

An important point of the docnal fidelity. It says "the identity of is that Catholic social teachument a Catholic University is essentially ings can have a unique impact in linked to the quality of its teachers areas such as the dignity of human and to respect for Catholic life, promotion of justice, protecdoctrine." of nature, family life, and tion One norm explicitly states all economic and political questions., Catholic teachers, especially theolCompared to earlier draft proogians, "are to be faithful to ... posals prepared by the CongregaCatholic doctrine and morals in tion for Catholic Education, the their research and teaching," while new document is simpler, shorter non-Catholic teachers are called and less specific on many issues, upon to "respect" church doctrine. especially those of governance and In recent years, the Vatican has discipline. 'insisted that theologians teaching The document is positive in tone, under church mandate uphold Cathpraising efforts of Catholic educaolic teachings on faith and morals. tors. It makes no direct criticism of In one of the more famous cases, current practices in Catholic uniFather Charles Curran, was disversities. missed from Catholic University Reactions in Washington, because of his dissenting views on some theological U.S. reactions to the document and moral issues. were swift in coming, and used In addition to doctrinal content, words like "visionary," "challengthe norms list.other ways in which ing," "future-oriented" and "a call a university'S Catholic identity to renewal." should be preserved. The docuAmong those who welcomed ment says that: the document were some who had - Every Catholic university sharply criticized earlier Vatican should make known its identity in . drafts and participated in successa "mission statement" or other ful efforts to substantially alter the public document. final text.

"The document is a call to renew- While respecting individuals' freedom of conscience, "<;::atholic al. ... In gen~ral I'm pretty happy with it," said Ursuline Sister Alice teaching and discipline are to Gallin, executive director of the . influence all university activities."

Association of Catholic Colleges . Any "official action or commitand Universities. Her position ment" of the university must agree made her one of the chief coordiwith its Catholic identity.

- Non-Catholic teachers should nators of efforts by U.S. Catholic educators to get their concerns not constitute a majority within an recognized and incorporated into institution.

The norms make clear that the document. responsibility for preserving its "It's a challenging document in Catholic identity "rests primarily many ways," said Father William with the university itself."

J. Byron, Catholic University presIt adds, however, that if a probident. "I'm sure it will be received, lem arises, the local bishop should [by U.S. Catholic educators] as a "take the initiatives necessary to welcome call to renewal." resolve the matter," working with He said the final document did a university authorities and, if g~od job of incorporating recomnecessary; the Vatican. mendations made to the Vatican On academic freedom, the docby bishops and educators from 40 ument states, "Freedom in research countries at a 1989 meeting conand teaching is recognized and vened by the Vatican Congregarespected according to the princition for Catholic Education to ples and methods of each individdeal with criticisms leveled against ual discipline, so long as the rights the first two drafts of the document. of the individual and of the comFather Byron said the papal text munity are preserved within the incorporates a recommendation to confines of the truth and the emphasize "theology's critical imcommon good." portance" in a university's academic Theology has a "legitimate place" program and the recommendation among university disciplines, and that the document urge bishops to theologians "enjoy this same free- "encourage the creative work of dom," it says. But theologians also theologians." owe respect to the authority of Sister Gallin said she was pleased bishops and to Catholic doctrine that the introductory section of in general, it adds. the document, which is "the pope's The document stresses that Cathpersonal statement," draws heavolic universities should impart ily from the tradition of the educaknowledge in a context including tional philosophies of Sts. Augusfaith, ethics and theology and that tine and Thomas Aquinas and research must be carried out with Cardinal John Henry Newman. concern for ethical and moral She said the two areas that factors. "some people will not be happy Theology serves all other disciwith" are the document's approach plines, and every Catholic univer- to a university's "commi~ment to sity should have a faculty, or at the teaching authority of the least a chair, of theology, it says. church" and the requirement that The moral implicationsin each theologians in Catholic institutions field of study ,should be an "inte- have a mandate from the local gral part" of the teaching of that bishop to teach. subject, the document says.

Mercy Sister Sharon Euart, asThe pope underlines this point sociate general secretary of the

National Conference of Catholic Bishops-U .S. Catholic Conference and a canon law expert, said the norms are "very good" in their recognition of the diverse kinds of Catholic colleges and universities around the world.

Msgr. Frederick McManus of The Catholic Unive'rsity of America, a canon law expert and a consultant to U.S. participants at the 1989 meeting in Rome, said that any national legislation the bishops enact would be "supplementary," and the norms take effect in 1991 whether or not episcopal conferences have done anything additional to apply them.

In the norms, he said, some issues about the relation of church authority to universities are still "left up in the air."

"But perhaps some of them are best left up in the air," he added with a laugh. "At the 1989 meeting we found that a number of other countries had even greater problems than we did on some of these" issues of legislative norms.

Sister Euart said it was too early to say what, if anything, the NCCB might do in the way of national legislation. One option, she said, is simply to say that implementation of the norms is up to each bishop locally.

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12 Church said ready to aid Hungary VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II says the Catholic Church is ready to help build a new, democratic Hungary and wants to make a special contribution to the nation's school system.

The pope also said he was looking forward "with joy" to his planned pastoral visit to the East European country next August.

The pope commented Sept. 15 in a welcoming address to Hungary's new ambassador to the Vatican, Sandor Keresztes. On Sept.

17, the pope met with Hungarian Prime Minister Joszef Antall to discuss plans for the trip and other issues.

In his talk to the new ambassador, the pope praised the democratic changes in Hungary, where communism was thrown off in 1989 and free elections were held earlier this year.

In the new climate, he said, the church expects to contribute to the "modern and dynamic" society sought by Hungarians, working in "cooperation" with the state.

In particular, he added, the church hopes to receive "the concrete means to revive scholastic and university institutions, through which it hopes to serve Hungarian youths." The pope's comment apparently referred to possible government aid for church-run schools.

The meetings came during a period of intense activity for the Hungarian church. In early September, optional religious instruction was adopted for Hungarian schools,. with priests and others as teachers. An effort to make the classes obligatory was defeated.

Hungary's bishops recently issued a pastoral letter on upcoming administrative elections, advising Catholics to look carefully at candidates' positions and behavior and to vote for those who are promoting religious values.

Cardinal Laszlo Paskai, leader of the Hungarian church, said in a Sept.. 16 interview that the main challenges facing the Hungarian church are a return of anticlericalism in the society at large, and the growth of Western-style materialism.

Neo-Catechumenates lauded by pope v ATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has praised the NeoCatechumenate Community, a lay movement that specializes in evangelizing adults, especially fallenaway Catholics.

The pope asked bishops to aid the 26-year-old organization and its "work for a new evangelization."

The praise came in a letter to Bishop Paul Cordes, vice president of the Pontifical Council on the Laity. The letter also approved the organization's evangelization system; an adaption of early Christian programs, which stressed a small-groupapproach to teaching and giving Christian witness.

The movement began in Spain and has spread to other European countries. It is composed of small· groups of members working within parishes. Some pastors and bishops, however have criticized its methods.

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Jesuits urged to strive against atheism VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has encouraged Jesuits worldwide t(l strengthen their work against atheism, especially in "new situations" where atheistic ideologies have collapsed.

In a letter marking the 450th anniversary of the founding of the Society of Jesus, the pope emphasized the order's traditional loyalty to.the pontiff "in all its activity."

He praised the Jesuits' social work and urged member's to follow the spiritual practices of their founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola.

The letter was reieased as Jesuits prepared to open a special "Ignatian year" of meetings, spiritual retreats and liturgical celebrations.

Next year marks the 500th anniversary of St. Ignatius' birth. "i want to especially recall to you the mandate you received from my predecessor, Paul VI, to join together in a vigorous resistance to atheism, which is a tremendous danger that threatens humanity," he said.

This task is particularly imporneglected by Jesuits today, the tant given the "collapse of atheistic , pope said. ideologies" and the new situations Jesuits' relations with the pope it has provoked, he said. The Jesuits and the Vatican were tested in have recently begun strengthening 1981 when the pope took the exthe preparation of priests who will traordinary action of naming a be sent to Eastern Europe and the delegate to run the order after its Soviet Union. superior general, Father Pedro The pope complimented the Arrupe, suffered a stroke.

Jesuits for their work in educaThat decision troubled some tion, preaching, scientific research, Jesuits, who saw the move as a missions, and the care of the poor lack of papal trust in the order. In and suffering.

1983, the current superior, Father He praised them for turning Peter-Hans.Kolvenbach, was electmore attention to the "daily tragic problem" of refugees, This is part ed during a generai congregation.

Father Giuseppe Pittau, a Jesuit of the Jesuits' laudable effort to integrate faith with promotion of official who assisted the papal delegate between 1981-83, said justice, he said.

The pope recalled at length the those days of controversy had spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius, passed.

"There are no tensions today a Spaniard who pursued a relibetween the society and the Vatigious vocation after being wounded in battle as a soldier. The saint's can. There is a continual dialogue at the highest levels and at lower insistence on self-mortification and frequent examination of conscience levels. The situation is healthy and beautiful," Father Pittau said at a represents a "precious way of sancRome press conference. tification" which should not be

Vatican-Orthodox meetin'g inconclusive v ATICAN CITY (CNS) - A tance they could to the Orthodox V.atican-Russian Orthodox meet- in speeding up completion of ing ended without a final agree- churches under restoration and in ment when the Orthodox demand- getting the government to open ed that two churches reclaimed by churches that were boarded up or put to nonreligious use.

Ukrainian Catholics be returned.

Because the Soviet government During the mid-September meeting in Moscow, Vatican and . technically owns all churches, the Ukrainian Catholic officials prom- Catholic participants could not ised to help the Orthodox find give them the two churches even if other places to worship, said Arch- they wanted to, Archbishop Casbishop Edward I. Cassidy, presi- sidy said.

Also, "it would be quite imposdent of the Pontifical Council for sible to ask the Catholics who just Promoting Christian Unity.

"We will help tbem get churches got these churches back to return as soon as possible, which we hope them," the archbishop said. "They would show them we are sincere," wouldn't understand."

Transfiguration is the largest Archbishop Cassidy said.

The Catholic and Orthodox operating parish in Lvov: It was delegates were completing an built by Ukrainian Catholics, but agreement when the Orthodox de- given to the Orthodox when the Ukrainian Catholic Church was manded the return oftwo churches in the western Ukraine - Trans- outlawed in 1946. figuration Church in Lvov and a Ukrainian Catholics reclaimed chapel known as the "bishop's it last October. Since Catholics church" in Ivano-Frankovsk, have· no seminary in Lvov, the 300 Archbishop Cassidy said. archdiocesan seminarians attend The Orthodox claim they have lectures in the church. .

Archbishop Cassidy said the no churches left in the western meeting was aimed at resuming Ukraine.

Archbishop Cassidy said that the work of a commission estabuntil the meeting broke off, it was lished in January to ease..Catholicunder_stood that the Catholic par- Orthodox tensions and to assign ticipants would offer any ass is- use of disputed church buildings,

The commission's work ended during its first session in March, when Ukrainian Archbishop Volodymyr Sterniuk of Lvov walked out in protest.

Archbishop Cassidy said he·still hopes the commission's work will resume, although some changes in membership may be necessary to give fuller representation to the Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox bishops whose dioceses would be affected by commission decisions;

First in 3 years VATICAN CITY (CNS) Vatican officials plan a mid-N ovember meeting with Jewish leaders to mark the 25th anniversary of the Vatican II document on relations with non-Christian faiths. An official said it was likely that participants would meet with Pope John Paul II.

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Media rapped for making si~ alluring VATICAN CITY (CNS) - By making sin attractive, television and other media have contributed to an "enslavement of the conscience even more potent and insidious than in the past," says Pope John Paul II. Media portrayals of "aberrant behavior are progressively imposed on public opinion not only with legitimacy," but in a way that makes acceptance of them seem to be "indications of an open and mature conscience," the pope said.

Pope John Paul spoke of modern challenges to announcing the Gospel during a mid-September Mass with almost 5,000 priests from 129 countries.

The Mass concluded a five-day worldwide retreat for priests, sponsored by Evangelization 2000 and held at the Vatican.

Evangelization means continu. ing the work of Christ to announce "liberation from many forms of slavery which weigh on individuals and which oppress entire peoples," the pope said.

"Slavery can be tied to socioeconomic situations, but also to cultures and ideologies which do not respect individuals and their personal dignity," he said.

"But the liberation which the Messiah came to announce also regards the most radical slavery which man can experience, that of moral evil, of sin.

"The Gospel of Christ must be announced today by the church as the source of liberation and salvation also in the face of these modern chains, which obstruct the natural freedom of man," he said.

The pope told the priests that "many times we all feel our poverty, inadequacy and impotency in the face of the extraordinary mission which the Lord entrusts to us."

Astrophysicists meet with pope CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) - Scientific research conducted "in a spirit of humility and reverence for the truth" can lead to· a greater appreciation of God as creator of the universe, Pope John Paul II told scientists.

Although religion and science use different methods, both are committed "to understanding the same universe," the pope told participants in a recent meeting ofthe International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics at the Vatican observatory.

"Our mutual concern for the full truth about the origins and destiny of the universe and of humanity can be both ·a foundation and stimulus for a more dynamic dialogue between religion and the natural sciences," the pope said.

Mutual forgiveness VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Czechoslovakian bishops have asked German forgiveness for the forced removal of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II. This was '~an application of the unjust principle of collective guilt, which struck even the innocent," they said in a Sept. 18 statement, reported by Vatican Radio. The statement was in answer to a March message by the East and West German bishops asking forgiveness for German crimes committed during the 1939-45 Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.

Food still problem in Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (CNS) - No encl,. appears in sight to the job of keeping more than 2 million Ethiopians from going hungry or in some cases starving.

Civil war and drought-caused crop failures in the northern provinces of Eritrea, Tigre and Welo continue to disrupt agriculture and rehabilitation efforts, according to aid agencies.

Neither the man- nor climatecaused troubles are abating. In fact, the government is rumored to be preparing for a major offensive against the rebels in the north.

Even the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait has caused problems. Oil shortages have made fueling food relief trucks a daily problem, say relief officials.

In addition, the trucks themselves have become a worry. Workers say both the need for more vehicles and the need to replace a fleet approaching the end of its useful life put extra pressure on the feeding program.

Officials of Catholic ReliefServices, the logistics and delivery arm of a relief partnership with Orthodox and Lutheran churches, say there is plenty of food to deliver; the big problem is getting enough vehicles to deliver it.

Trucks carry food to Tigre and Welo while a U.N.-sponsored airlift brings relief commodities to' Eritrea, the northernmost province. ' Relief programs are operated with the approval of the government and the two rebel forces - the Tigre Peoples Liberation Front and the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front.

Now, the war- and climate-battered provinces are approaching 1991 with no p'romise of relief from drought, agencies say.

Scanty and late rains have virtually assured there will be little food grown locally, they say certainly not enough to feed the vast majority of people.

The agencies are now gearing up for another massive emergency feeding effort.

CRS country representative John Wiater said that in July, the peak month for the relief operation this year, food was delivered to more than 1.1 million people in Tigre.

Despite the fuel shortage, he added, the agency had not missed a day of transporting food ,to Tigre for the past six months.

But he added, "we work from day to day" when it comes to finding gasoline.

The rations delivered to the northern provinces are spartan.

"These rations are survival rations," he said. "It's there to keep you alive ... until the next harvest."

Each person at the receiving end of the food line gets 31.6 pounds of wheat in grain or flour form, 2.2 pounds of a protein source such as powdered milk, and slightly less than 2 pounds of v~getable oil each month.

But recently in Eritrea, those rations were cut in half because one of the two relief aircraft was grounded with broken landing gear.

Wiater says the agency knows that the half rations are not even enough for survival over the long run.

"They can't do that forever," he said.

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Speakers list challenges facing U.S. bishops WASHINGTON (CNS) - According to sociologist Robert N. Bellah, the deep-seated individualism of American culture is the greatest obstacle Catholic bishops face as religious leaders and teachcrL

PERMANENT DEACON Mike Klempert, ordained since 1987, plays with one ofthe babies he has baptized. (CNS photo)

Permanent deacons: there for people who need them ST. LOUIS (CNS) - For three permanent deacons in the St. Louis archdiocese, their varied ministries come down to a common denominator: being there for people who need them.

For Mike Klempert, who works a 12-hour nighttime shift at a metals factory, the role is "to be a brother to people."

William Greif, who retired early because of a disability, said he reaches out to those who need a friend. And Henry Buckner, also retired, spends much time at a nursing home, bringing the church to people who can't get to a parish because of their health and age.

Like deacons across the country, those in St. Louis archdiocese serve in all kinds of capacities.

They proclaim the Gospel, preach, give catechetical instruction. They perform baptisms, marriages and funerals and conduct prayer services. They help the elderly, abused children, battered women, the blind, deaf, divorced, the dying, drug addicts, the homeless.

There are 9,400 permanent deacons in the United States - 60 percent of the 15,700 worldwide.

Constantino Ferriola, a deacon and executive director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for the Permanent Diaconate, attributes that . to the U.S. culture, noting that the lay catechist model is more common in Africa and the Far East.

Other than that, he said, it was "hard to say" why there are so many permanent deacons in the United States.

Deacons reflect the humanity of Jesus by "trying to be brother to people as Jesus would be, being with the.m in their good times and their bad times," he told the St. Louis Review, archdiocesan newspaper.

Klempert, 46, said deacons "come from the same world" as the people they serve.

"If they have problems in their marriage, I can relate to that - I have problems in my marriage," he said. "If one of them is out of work and their life is all busted up, I know what that's like."

Klempert admits he does not always have answers but he tries to "be there when they need someone to talk to."

He shares much of his ministry with his wife, Barbara. They have

three daughters ages 23, 21 and 19.

"The diaconate talks about how a man and woman in marriage both somehow become deacon," he said, "which is really so; it has to be that way. You can't stick something in a marriage without making it part of the whole marriage."

The Kiemperts are involved in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program and in prison ministry.

Greif, who preaches homilies and serves on nearly every committee in his parish, also visits prisoners, people confined to their homes with illness and those in nursing homes. He also has helped start a hospice program.

"Nursing homes break me upin tears and in laughter," said Greif, 54, who retired because he has had eight heart bypasses. "I cry with people every week. They sit down and tell me about how they miss their son or daughter and nobody's been to see them for awhile ... I kiss them and I hug them. I don't know if it helps them, but it sure helps me."

Greifs wife, Margaret, who is a nurse, often accompanies him on communion calls, checks people's blood pressure and attends to other needs.

Buckner, who works at a nursing home, says, "it's evangelization."

He also helps distribute food, clothing and assistance with utility bills.

At the nursing home, "we talk and pray with anyone whorequests our prayers," he said. "They cannot go to church and we bring the church to them.... Even the nonCatholics enjoy the singing."

Buckner is anxious to spread the word about the permanent diaconate, which he thinks has something of an identity problem.

"M.ost people do not realize what we are, where we fit," he said.

"We're not mini-priests or glorified altar boys."

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Within the church, according to Jesuit Father John Coleman, the main leadership challenge bishops face is how to handle "massive personnel changes due to the shortage and graying" of priests.

Both men addressed the nation's bishops at a retreat-style meeting in Santa Clara, Calif., last June.

Texts of their talks were released later.

Bellah, coauthor of "Habits of the Heart," an acclaimed study of U.S. society, told the bishops that their first problem in teaching their religious message is both "theological and sociological: how to communicate the deep social realism of biblical religion to an individualistic culture.

"In its mistaken stereotype of authority, an individualist culture confuses it with power, with the exercise of arbitrary coercion," Bellah said.

In fact, he said, "authority is based on consent, and路 consent is gained through persuasion, not coercion."

He particularly praised the bishops for the way they challenged U.S. defense and economic thinking with their peace pastoral in '1983 and their economic justice pastoral in 1986.

In both areas, he said, the bishops have placed the vision of a faith

JESUIT FATHER Joseph R. Hacala, director of the National Office ofJesuit Social Ministries of the Jesuit Conference in Washington, has been named executive director of the Campaign for Human Development. CHD is the U.S. bishops' domestic anti-poverty program, which funds educational and selfhelp projects.

Since 1984, when he was named director of the social ministries office, Father Hacala has also been parochial vicar at St. Aloysius Church, Washington, has worked at a shelter for homeless men and has coordinated the 400-member Jesuit Volunteer Corps.

community up against the secular individualism of U.S. culture.

Father Coleman, a sociologist of religion, ranked the U.S. bishops high in leaderhsip in comparison with other national hierarchies and in comparison with leadership of other U.S. denominations, out also said they have a number of weaknesses as organizational leaders. . He criticized the bishops for lackof adequate research and planning, a tendency to react after problems arise rather than anticipating and preventing them, and a tendency toward safety and consensus rather than boldness.

He said the growing clergy shortage calls for the bishops to embark on "careful and open and comprehensive planning."

"The recruitment of priests, as always, but especially much more at this time the recruitment of alternative, non-ordained ministers - their training, placements, peer review, evaluation and accountability - is the major leadership issue facing American Catholicism in the next decade," he said.

He said Jesuit Father Thomas Reese's in-depth study of the work habits and leadership style of U.S. archbishops in the book "Archbishop" showed that they spend much time and energy on crisis management and not enough on broader issues and goals.

He said the bishops' "bias, as executors of unity and charity, toward forming consensus" often works against effective planning because it tends to favor the status quo until circumstances force a change.

Father Coleman urged the bishops to "nourish and cheer on champions," saying that the develop. ment of star leaders is essential for an organization.

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By Christopher Carstens the rest of us to watch this 6-footGetting this dog was not my 3-inch man-boy lurch across the idea. Dogs are a bother -'- an . floor, chased by a delighted and expensive one at that. They need barking flash of white.

Max has a special place for my to go to the vet, they get fleas and they are not exactly the tidiest of wife, too. Our teens keep growing up and we find ourselves dreading God's creatures.

Besides, our kids are both teen- the coming day when they will both be away in college. We figure agers. Teenagers are too old for dogs. The parents end up having we have about three years left to be to feed them and the kids ignore full-time parents and then we're out of children around here. them because they're too busy with Max is the only one who won't their own lives.

I was outvoted, three to one. No grow up and go away. He needs longer willing to live my life as the watching and feeding and the kind puppy villain, I finally relented of concern mothers give so well. and we' bought Max. Right now For me, Max is a link with my he's sitting at my feet as I type. own teens years. When I was young The kids have been remarkably the dogs ran along as we rode our responsible. They feed him when horses through the woods and it's their turn; they give him walks deserts of rural New Mexico.

The dogs we had when) was'a every day and there has never been even one argument about who was boy are long since gone, and the hijlsides where I rode most often supposed to give him his bath.

But what is more important is are now a housing tract. But Max the relationship each of us has brings back those memories. ) get developed with this little fur ball. the leash and he barks and heads He gives everyone of us something for the door, and everything about him says, "Let's run with the wind different.

Our daughter can fuss over him till we drop." ) didn't want a dog. But then we and he never gets fed up with her.

It's hard to find something that found Max. He has given each of us somewill tolerate as much care as she likes to give, and Max is just the thing; and it seems like he's given each one of us just what we need ticket.

Our son is 15 and Max provides right now.'

No, teenagers aren't too old for his chance to be a little boy for awhile. It can be disconcerting for dogs. Neither are their parents.

Sometimes I wonder If I'd ever make it through Through this world without having you I just wouldn't have a clue 'Cause sometimes it seems Like this world's closing in on me But there's no way of breaking free And then I see you reach for me Sometimes I wanna give up Wanna give in I wanna quit the fight â&#x20AC;˘ And then I see you baby And everything's all right Everything's all right When I see you smile I can face the world oh You know I can do anything When I see you smile I see a ray of light oh I see it shining right through the rain When I see you smile Baby when I see you smile at me Baby there's nothing in this world that could ever do What the touch of your hand can do It's like nothing that I ever knew And when the rain is falling I don't feel it 'Cause you're here with me now I wanna ask you baby When I see you smile I can face the world You know I can do anything When I see'You smile I see a ray of light I see it shining right through the. rain When I see you smile I see a ra'y of light I see it shining right through the rain When I see you smile Yea I can face the world oh You know I can do anything now When I see you smile oh yea Baby when I see you smile Smile at me

The song's story hints at romance, but its deeper message describes how caring in 'any form li(ts our lives. For the person in the song, this caring is found in the warmth of a friend's smile.

"When I see you smile) can face the world .... I see a ray of light ... shining right through the rain." Even when he wants to "give up" and "quit the fight," his friend's smile gives him the courage to keep on trying. . These lyrics remind me ofthe power we all have to affect other's lives in positive, constructive ways. Sometimes we forget that simple acts of kindness help others cope with life's difficulties.

Every school year begins with some new teens moving into your district. Think of the difference it could make for them if you took the small effort to introducl; yourself and welcome them to your school. Following this up with a hello and a smile , as you pass in the hall will help these teens feel a connection in an otherwise unfamiliar environment.

Even a simple act of kindness, such as sending a note to your grandparents. thanking them for the love they have shared with you in the past, can be cherished. Whose life can you brighten today?

Your comments are welcomed

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Oct. 3 in the Father Wolf Conference Room at the school. All alumni are invited .

Five students involved in Junior Achievement at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, joined fellow Junior Achievers from around the country at a nati()nal JA conference this summer.

Parents toured Taunton Catholic Senior Mike Nasser,junior CasMiddle School and met with teachsia Picard, and sophomores Miers' at an open house last night. chael Charkowski, Tonya DeMelo Principal Kathleen Simpson greetand David'Silva were selected from ed parents and new officers of the the local JA membership on the Home and School Association were basis of qualifying tests and acinstalled. They are president Julie complishments. .

Millington; vice presidents Laurie The conference, heisted by )ndiMontouri and Jean Catelli; secreami University, Bloomington, Ind., tary Connie Tuffile; and treasurers featured workshops, spe.akers, .Judy Gaudiano and Claudia Motta.

SIXTEEN BISHOP CONNOLLY juniors and seniors took their study of environmental competitions arid recreational acLast year the HSA raised over tivities. Cassia' Picard was selected biology to the ~h~)fe last week at Barney's Joy and Gooseberry Neck Marine Sanctuary in $5,000 for the school through vara semifinalist in a national.sales Westport. on a'trip arranged through the Departme?t of Environmental Management. Under iousfundraising activities, most of competition. the guidance of teacher George Angelo, the student biologists observed and collected samples which will be repeated this year. .. Senior Jennifer Amigone has of marine life, .includingjellyfish, prawns and crabs. Students participating were, back row, . Other programs were a science been selected for the 1991 edition from left, Tyler Carlson, Russell Houghton, Tim Manning, Tom Librera, Jamie Blackburn, fair, parents' information night, of "Who's Who Among American computer night, Teacher AppreciHigh School Students," which lists. Michael Bowman, Joel Andrade, John Faria, Tom'Gavriluk, Colin Confoey, Stephen Davis; ation Day, Helping Hands, a book front, from left, Kathy Teasdale, Sue H~rms, Nicole Raymond, Stacie Paquette, Christina swap and a graduation reception students outstanding in academics and. school and community infor eighth graders and their famCarroll. volvement. An honors student, she ilies. is a member of the. drama, foreign Fall River Commuity Soup Kit- for placing in the top five percent spices of the USA Rollerskating This fall, the HSA plans a par. of the more than one 'million stu- Confederation. Barbara, a junior, ents' program entitled "Self-Esteem language and ski clubs and the chen. basketball and spring track teams.

Seniors Eric Belanger, Erin dents who took the 1991 merit was a fifth place finisher in the and the Adolescent" to be held at 7 regional competition. Liz, a fresh- p.m. Oct. 18.

She holds varsity letters in track Geoghegan and Porsha Ingles have program qualifying test. and basketball and the school Barbara and Liz Peters traveled man, was a 1989 regional winner. been named Commended ScholParents wishing tojoin the HSA record in discus. A participant in ars in the National Merit Scholar- to Texas and Florida during the may contact Mrs. Montouri or * * * * the Connolly community service ship Program. About 35,000 stu- summer for national rollerskating Mrs. Millington through the school The Bishop Connolly Alumni program, she has assisted at the dents nationwide are being honored competitions conducted under au- Association will meet at 7 p.m. office at 822-0491.

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L1FESTORIES

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LENNY

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PARENTHOOD

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WORKING IT OUT

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E.A.R.T.H. FORCE

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TRUE COLORS

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AMERICA'S FUNNIEST PEOPLE

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GET A LIFE

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THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR

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LAW AND ORDER

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THE FANELLI BOYS

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MARRIED PEOPLE

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COP ROCK

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THE FLASH

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Gabriel Awards announced DAYTON, Ohio (CNS) - The ABC-TV news segment "American Agenda," and two ABC series, "China Beach," and "Life Goes On," will be honored Nov. 2 with Gabriel recognitions from UndaUSA, an association of church broadcasters.

The awards will be presented at Unda's general assembly in Portland, Ore. The association will present a silver Gabriel statue to" American Agenda," for "Family: Saving the Children."

Certificates of merit will go to "China Beach," for the Vietnam drama's episode "Souvenirs," and to "Life Goes On," for the premiere of the family show starring Chris Burke, a young man with Down's syndrome.

A personal achievement award. will go to Divine Word Father Derek Simons, founder of E'thnic Communications Outlet in Chicago, a production house dedicated

to Afro-American and Hispanic issues.

• Unda also named TV stations, WCVB-TV, Boston, and KGOTV, San Francisco, for outstanding achievement.

Other 1990 awards are: - Best information program: WGBH-TV, Boston, for "Christmas ilt Starcross: A Special Edition of the AI DS Quarterly."

- Best religious program: Parish of Trinity Church, New York, for "Faithful Defiance: A Portrait of Desmond Tutu."

- Best short feature: World Monitor Television, Boston, for "Kids Bridge."

Love "Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being until he loves him."-Viktor E. Frankl

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Symbols following reviews indicate both general and Catholic Films Office ratings, which do not always coincide, General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-13parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or young teens, Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; 4-separate classification (given films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive,

Heads new office WASHINGTON (CNS) - Father R. George Sarauskas, director of the Archdiocese of Chica-' go's Office of Research and Planning, has been appointed to head the new U.S"bishops' program for assisting the Catholic Church in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Uniol,1. He will serve an !1d hoc comn,tittee of bishops established to propose U.S. Catholic responses to' needs' of the church in those areas.

Always Hope· "There is nothing so base or low that it cannot be reconquered; there is no duty, however menial, that cannot be retrieved for sanctity; and there is nothing that is cast down that cannot be lifted ·up." - Fulton J..Sheen

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meeting Russian soccer players at a West German athletic facility and a three-day stay with a Dutch An open house for parents will family. be held at Bishop Stang High Kim Sutcliffe was one of 31 stuSchool, North Dartmouth, at 7 dent astronomers who toured the p. m. Oct. 2, beginning with a meetSoviet Union through the People ing in the gym, followed by parto People Youth Science Exchange. ents' meeting with teachers.

Living with a Soviet family, she "Stang International" got a firsthand look at Russian This fall Bishop Stang welcomes students from seven foreign na- life, and she and her companions partIcIpated in an Academic Olymtions. pics with their Soviet counterparts.

Natalia Gioni is a junior from Alison Gillespie spent four weeks Argentina whose family has a busin Jamaica with Visions, an organiness in Fairhaven. Also from South ization which aids underdeveloped America is Sandra Sarria, a freshcountries. man from Colombia who came to Her group of 30 teenagers and the United States in 1988 and five chaperones built a preschool attended schools in New York and in one town and a community New Bedford before coming to skills training center in another.

Stang.

Group members, who stayed on Dorthe Petersen, a senior from the grounds of a minister's home Denmark, is affiliated with the for two weeks and in a high school Academic Year in the U.S.A. stufor the next two weeks, worked dent exchange program. She is from 8 a.m. to noon daily and had staying in Marion with the family time for recreation in the afternoon. of Stang senior Jennifer Kenney.

Alumni News This is the second year at Stang 1988 graduate Lance Corporal for Agnes (Wei Man) and Eric Arthur Caesar Jr., is currently sta(Wai Kit) Fung of Hong Kong, tioned in the Middle East as part who came to the United States last of Operation Desert Shield. Famyear to learn English well enough ily members have asked prayers to attend an American university. for his safe return and urge They have an aunt and uncle in members of the Stang community New Bedford, and a cousin, Agnes to send him notes of encourageNg, is a Stang senior. ment. Letters may be addressed: Peter Fanous, a freshman from Lance Cpl. Arthur G. Caesar, the Middle East, is staying with Jr. 010-54-0853, VMGR 352 STS, relatives in Fairhaven.

FPO New York, NY 09503-6028.

Other foreign nations' represCaesar's sister, Beth, is a senior ented at Stang are Portugal and at Stang.

Morocco.

Peter Koczera, '69, was nomiSeniors Rick Brown and Kim nated for an award for Best SpeSutcliffe and junior Alison Gilles- cial Effects for his work on singer pie were summer travelers.

Paula Abdul's video "Opposites Brown joined U.S. soccer play-_ Attract." The awards ceremony ers from around the country in an was held Sept. lOin New York.

American Ambassadors Sports Koczera has been in the winner's Program, which took him to Eng- circle twice- previously, most land, Holland, Belgium and West recently last year for his work on a Germany. He was goalie for the A "Magical World of Disney" video Team, which completed its 21- for Disney Studios. day, 9-game tour with a record of He lives in California and works six wins, one loss and two ties. for Composite Image Systems in Highlights of the trip included Hollywood.

Bishop Stang

Exploring soccer frontiers

By Hilda Young Who says there are no new frontiers? I happen to know there are several of them in our own country. They have built camouflaged soccer fields on most of them.

Take Twin River Blue Field No. 7. Please. Even if you do find the complex, you have to run from field to field looking for someone you recognize and then hope they are not as lost as you are.

Our l2-year-old soccer player was due there last Saturday at 11:30 a.m. for a 12:30 p.m. match that we knew would not start until after I p.m. because four games were scheduled before his.

We left home at 10:30 a.m. with a map sketched by the coach on the inside of a cheeseburger box.

After 20 minutes of driving, my husband and I exchanged nervous glances. We did not say it, but we were both thinking pC the story of the Midwest couple who left for a soccer match last fall and were found weeks later picking oranges in Florida to earn gas money to get back home. .

"Is this the same field we had so much trouble finding last season?" spouse asked.

"I'm not sure," I admitted. "As a matter of fact, I'm not sure we didn't take a left that was a dried onion skin and are headed toward

a grease spot instead of the field."

"If 'I'm late," our passenger whined, "the coach won't let me start."

The road turned to gravel. We were seeing more farms-than cars.

"I don't want to call your method into question, my Mr. Ward Bond, but I would humbly suggest we stop for directions."

"I would," grimaced Mr. Crockett, "but I don't speak fluent cow."

Fortunately, we came upon a mail carrier - one with a "U.S. Mail - Frequent Stops" sign in the back window of her 1973 Plymouth driven from the passenger side. .

"I don't meet many folks from your zip code," she' told us as she reviewed our cheeseburg'er box.

"You were right. Go back to the dried onion skin, then take the west bend of the Y near the ketch'up blotch and when you' hit Interstate 5' you are almost there."

Breathlessly, we pulled into the parking lot - a little late, but alive 'and ·unthreatened by any abusive orange grove field bosses.

Within moment's"'our soccer player was back in the car. "Gotta go to Lewis and Clark Park No. 3," he said. "They overscheduled this one. The coach gave me this map."

He handed me a piece of a grocery bag. .

1'6 'THE ANCHOR---':Diocese ofFall River-Fri., Sept. 28, 1990

. ORDER OFALHAMB'RA . ,', , .. 'HOLY ROSARY, FR路 HOI;Y GHOST, ATTI;EBORO Religious education classes begin' Meeting of Region One Council Women's Guild monthly meeting Oct. 2 and Oct. 6. Marian devotions of Caravans 8 tonight, Loyola Hall, 6:30 p.m. Monday, parish hall; new 7 p.m. Wednesdays in October, parHoly Cross College, Worcester. Regmembers welcome. Bishop Daniel ish center. ional director Ben Pasquariello will A. Cronin will bless the church's new preside and Leon Caravan 122 of elevator during 10:30 a.m: Mass ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR Fall River will host.

Oct. 7. The District Council of Fall junior volunteer program for Catholic Women will host a living high school students able to work VINCENTIANS rosary 7 p.m. Oct. 18 at the church. one day a week after school or on Taunton District Council Mass Saturday morning begins with 7:30 p.m. Monday, St. Mary's ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO orientation Oct. 20; information: Church, Taunton, followed by Choir rehearsals 7 t'o' 8:30 p.m.

DCCW SS PETER AND PAUL, FR monthly meeting in school hall.

Wednesday, parish center; informaThose wishing to join the Respect Diocesan Council of Catholic 674-5741 ext. 2080 before Oct. 15. tion: Jay Malone, 695-1877. Grade9 Women District IV, Attleboro, open ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON O.L. ASSUMPTION, Life Walk Oct. 7 may contact parish confirmation classes begin 6:30 MonOSTERVILLE Open house for prospective kinmeeting Oct. I, St. Theresa of the representative Ron Roy, 676-0854. day, parish center; parent's meeting dergarten students and parents 6:30 Child Jesus parish, S. Attleboro.

The Gleaners, a men's group which Confirmation retreat team will meet 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8. Parishioners wishDistrict V, Cape Cod, meeting 2 p.m. Sunday, CCD center. RCIA collects and delivers food to a food 6:30 p.m. Sunday, rectory. Women's ing to join the Respect Life Walk sessions begin Oct. 6. p.m. Sept. 30, St. Elizabeth's'parish, pantry, needs volunteers; sign up at Club meeting 7 p.m. Monday; memOct. 7 may contact parish represenEdgartown; the leadership team will bers asked to bring unwrapped gift ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET church. tative John Choberka, 695-5556. present "Getting to Know You." for silent auction. CYO meeting 7:30 Monthly prayer meeting will begin CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE Meeting for prospective altar boys, I Junior choir for boys and girls in District I, FR, welcomes new district p.m. Oct. 2, parish hall; registration with a Mass 7 p.m. Oct. 4, followed p.m. tomorrow, church. moderator Very Rev. Francis L. still open for students in grades 8 by fellowship in parish center. Bus third grade and older will rehearse Mahoney, pastor of Holy Name through 10. The CYO will do odd ST. ELIZABETH SETON, reservations for the annual Peace after 8:30 a.m. Mass Sundays beginning Oct. 7. Applications for ECHO Church, FR. jObs for seniors and disabled parishN. FALMOUTH Procession, Oct. 8, may be made retreats for high school juniors and ioners on Oct. 8; those interested O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Parish representatives J an and with Mary Sousa, 672-5763, or Mary seniors are available at parish office. may contact the rectory between Dale Fairhurst are taking registraCosta, 673-8215, by Oct. 6.

Marian hour of prayer sponsored 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. _tions for the Respect Life Walk Oct. ST. MARY, SEEKONK

by Knights of Columbus 7:30 p.m.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, 7; information: 563-6961.

Grade I parents' meeting 7 to 8: 15 Monday.

ST. ANTHONY, E. FREETOWN p.m. Sunday, parish center.

QUEEN'S DAUGHTERS, MATTAPOISETT NOTRE DAME de LOURDES, St. George's, Westport, weekend Quarterly meeting noon Oct. 6, FR Confirmation parents' meeting HOLY NAME, FR retreat Sept. 28-30.

Gondola Restaurant, Taunton; co7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, first First Saturday devotions will be Retreat renewal 6:30 to 9 p. m.

MIDEAST PRAYER chairs are Monica Goggin, Ann held beginning Oct. 6. Folk group Eucharist parents' meeting 7:30 p.m.

Corpus Christi prayer group notes Sunday, school. Newly-inducted Laughlin. Sister Beth Mahoney; rehearsals 7 p.m. Mondays, church Wednesday; church hall. youth group officers are David Crothat families with loved ones in the CSC, pastoral minister at St. Joseph's cry room; those wishing to sing or teau, president; William Sullivan, Middle East are asking for prayers parish, Taunton, will speak on play an instrument may join any at 7 p.m. daily for peace in the Gulf vice p~esident; Erica Lopes and Women Ministering in the 90s. time.

Deanna Ouellette, secretaries; Joel ~ 234 Second Street region.

Andrade, treasurer.

Reservation deadline Oct. 2. OfficST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA ~ Fall River, MA 02721 ST. MARY, NORTON ers are Marita Downing, president; 8 a.m. tomorrow, Renewal Mass ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, ~WebOffset Sept. 25 SMYLE youth group Kay McGuirk, vice-president; Mary followed by meeting for eucharistic SWANSEA _ _ Newspapers meeting has been rescheduled to McNamara, Betty Bird, Rosalie ministers.

Ladies of St. Anne Sodality ~ Printing & Mailing Oct. 2. Returnable bottles and cans Connors, secretaries; Elizabeth LaSALETTE SHRINE, inducted 10 new members and new IMIiIIiiiIIiI (508) 679-5262 may be left at parish center for Blount, treasurer.

ATTLEBORO officers Marcelle Gadbois, president; benefit of Catholic Relief Services.

Portuguese Pilgrimage Day SunSIGN-LANGUAGE MASS Laurette Messier, vice president; HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON day with recitation of rosary, sacraA sign-language interpreted Mass Muriel Haslam, secretary; and T rud y Communion breakfast following ment of reconciliation and procesis held 9:30 a.m. Sundays at St. Stanko, treasurer, at a recent meet8 a.m. Mass Oct. 14. sions beginning at I :30 p.m.; 3:30 Ann's parish, Raynham. ing. Plans for an Oct. 3 living rosary First Class Second Class p.m. Mass with celebrants Rev. John were discussed, CATHEDRAL, FR ST. MARY, MANSFIELD First Class Presort Carrier Route Coding Tavares of St. Francis Xavier parS~STEPHEN'S,ATTLEBORO Religious education grades 3 Catholic Women's Club executive Third Class Bulk路Rate Zip Code Sorting Women's Club welcoming tea, 7:30 - ish, E. Providence, and Rev. Henry through 8 parents' meeting 2 p. m. board meeting 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4, parArruda of St. John the Baptist parp. m. Oct. 8. Young ladies 16 or older Third Class Non Profit List Maintenance Sunday. ish center. ish, NB. All services in Portuguese. wishing to be parish presentee at the ST. JOSEPH, NB All TO USPS SPECIFICATIONS ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, FR Information: 222-5410.

1991 Bishop's Ball may contact the Those wishing to partiCIpate in Confirmation classes meet 6:30 to pastor. Deacon Bob Pelland, who Cheshire labeling on Kirk-Rudy 4-up ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, the Respect Life Walk Oct. 7 may 7:30 p.m. Mondays; all sponsor forms was at St. Stephen's 8 years before HYANNIS labeler. And Pressure Sensitive Labeling contact parish representative Thedue Oct. 15. Parents are reminded to assignment to St. Theresa's parish, Life in the Spirit Seminar begins 7 rese Tousignant, 995-0637. be sure children attend CCD and Inserting, collating. folding. will be honored at II a.m. Mass Oct. p.m. Oct. 9, church hall; sponsored confirmation classes regularly.

PariO.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE metering. sealing. sorting, addressing, 21 followed by a reception. All

by Spirit of Jesus Prayer Group. shioners interested in 'participating Parish family retreat, this week- invited. sacking. completing USPS forms.

Information: 775-8808. Those wishin the Boston Respect Life Walk end, LaSalette Center.

Five-mile walk direct delivery to Post Office ing to attend Respect Life Walk Oct. SACRED HEART, NB Oct. 7 may contact the rectory.

Men's to benefit Cape Cod homeless shel... Printing . .. We Do It AliI 7 may contact parish representative Parishioners wishing to attend Oct. Holy Name Society will attend 8 ters Oct. 14; information posted in John Boyle, 778-5651 or 775-6671.

Call for Details (508) 679-5262 a.m. Mass second Sundays; social church or available from Housing 7 Respect Life Walk may contact Paul and Rita Dupuis 993-4837.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS meeting will follow.

Assistance Corp., 771-5400.

New youth group officers are Amy St. Louis Fraternity Mass for Feast LeBeau, Robert Egan, Rebecca of St. Francis 6:30 p.m. Oct. 4, St. LeBeau and Aaron LeBeau.

Louis Church, FR. Father Frank ST. JOHN EV ANGELIST, Genevive, OFM, will be the main POCASSET celebrant and guest speaker for the The 15 mysetries of the rosary will meeting to follow in church hall. be prayed with meditations 10:30 AFTERNOON OF REFLECTION: a. m. to noon Oct. 13 on behalf of BEING A MISSIONARY unborn children. Religious educaA program exploring what it means tion classes begin this week; grades 5 to be a missionary, lay or religious, 1 to 8 will begin when there are enough to 5 p.m. Oct. 7, Cathedral Camp, E. teachers.

Freetown. Open to all, married or "People we've never seen ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM single, 18 and older. Information: CYO meeting Oct. 2.

Sister Ann Miriam Gallagher, 295before attended our event ST. MARY, NB 0780.

School 25th anniversary celebraST. PATRICK, FR 'after we advertised in the tion Oct. 7; 4 p.m. Mass followed by W9men's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m'. dinner at White's of Westport. ReserMonday; a living rosary will be folAnchor." vations may be made at school or lowed by a presentation on satanic rectory, mornings. First Friday cults by a Warwick, RI, police detecdevotions with 7 a.m. Mass, novena tive. to Sacred Heart, exposition of ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH Blessed Sacrament 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Confirmation II Day of recollecin memorial chapel, 7 p.m. Mass and tion Sunday. devotions, begin Oct. 5.

SACRED HEART, FR HOLY NAME, NB Women's Guild meeting follows 7 CCD classes begin Sunday: grades 1,2and6ameet 10:15a.m. Monday p.m. rosary and Benediction Oct. 2, classes: grades 3, 4, and 5, 3 p.m.; church. Hospitality cochairs Marilyn Audet and Helen Wilson will host a grade 8, 4: 15 p.m. Tuesday classes: hour for new members; presicoffee grades 6b and 7,3 p.m.; grade 9, 4: 15 dent Phyllis Peck will announce the p.m. year's schedule; entertainment by ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT Somerset Senior Chorus directed by Holy hour 7 tonight. Confirma- Jeanne Bienvenue. tion retreat this weekend, Cathedral Camp; retreat closing will be held 2 SACRED HEART, N.ATTLEBORO p.m. Sunday at St. George's. RCIA Catechists' and helpers' meeting 2 information night 7 p.m. Sunday. p.m. Sunday, rectory. Those wishST. JAMES, NB ing to join the Respect Life Walk CCD teachers' commissioning Oct. 7 may contact Florence BoeMass 9:30 a.m. Sunday; CYO meets hling, 699-2252.

2 p.m. Sunday, church hall; officers ST. THOMAS MORE, will be elected.

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