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Campaign against partial-birth abortion to continue This is how the Senators and Representatives in MClSsachusetts voted in the attempt to override President Clinton's veto oj a ban on partial-birth abortions (A 'yes" is a vote to overturn the veto; R路 Republican, D路Dem(,crat): Senate - Edward Kennedy (0), no; John Kerry (0), no. House of Representatives - Peter Blute (R), yes; Barney Frank (0), no; Joseph Kennedy (0), no; Edward Markey (0), no; Martin Meehan (0), no; Joe Moakley (0), yes; Richard Neal (0), yes; John Olver (0), no; Gerry Studds (0), no; Peter Torkildsen (R), no.

WASHINGTON (eNS) - The effort to end partial-birth abortions is not dead, church and prolife leaders agreed after the U.S. Senate failed to override President Clinton's veto of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban act.

As Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia and other religious leaders prayed in the Senate gallery Sept. 26, the Senate voted 57-41 to override the veto.

That was nine votes short of the two-thirds majority needed.

"Contrary to what pro-abortion forces may believe, we are not discouraged or disheartened by what happened today," said Father Frank Pavone, national director of Pr'iests for Lif~, in a Sept. 26 statement.

"It is not a black day for the pro-life movement," he added. "Indeed it is a day of victory. For we have never been as galvanized, as unified, and as energized as we are at this moment."

A week before the Senate vote, the House of Representatives had voted to override the veto, 285-137.

The legislation vetoed by Clinton in April would have banned a procedure used in late-term abortions in which the unborn child is partially delivered before surgical scissors are stabbed into the base of the Infant's head. The child's brain is then removed by suction, allowing for easier delivery of the rest of the body.

"No nation, no civilization that abandons its moral foundations by legally destroying its own children through such a barbaric procedure can possibly survive," said Cardinal Bevilacqua after the Senate vote.

The cardinal and other Catho-

lics joined Protestant and Jewish leaders in a prayer breakfast on Capitol Hill before the Senate vote.

He and seven other U.S. cardinals had been part, of an unprecedented campaign to override the Clinton veto. The effort included an interfaith prayer rally Sept. 12 on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and a postcard campaign to Congress urging the veto override.

Four senators did change their position on the Partial-Birth Abor-

tion Ban Act since the Senate first approved the legislation last December on a 54-44 margin.

Democratic Senators Sam Nunn of Georgia and Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont and Republican Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania all had voted against the legislation in December but voted to override the veto Sept. 26. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., had not voted in December but supported the veto override Sept. 26.

In addition, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., had opposed the legislation in December but said he now backed the veto override. He was not able to vote because he was hospitalized after a motorcycle accident.

When it became clear that there were not enough votes to override the veto, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi changed his "yes" vote to "no'~ so that he would be able, under Senate rules,

to bring the issue to a vote again before adjournment.

Cardinal Bernard路 F. Law of Boston, chairman of the U.S. bishops' -Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, pledged that the bishops would "intensify our educational efforts until there is no one left in this nation who does not know what a partial-birth abortion is and why it ought never to be allowed in any humane society."

Cardinal James A. Hickey of Washington noted in a statement that the three House members and two senators who represent parts of Maryland that are in his archdiocese had voted against the veto override.

"They ignored clear evidence from the medical community that this brutal procedure has no medical purpose whatsoever. They also ignored the will of hundreds of thousands of their constituents," Cardinal Hickey said. "Thoughtful citizens should keep this in mind as they ponder their choices on election day."

Bishop James T. McHugh of Camden, N.J., said he hoped the 1996 effort against partial-birth abortions will result in "a new commitment to upholding respect for human life from conception to natural death throughout our society."

"I also hope it will breathe new dedication and new energy into the pro-life movement and all those who worked so hard to achieve an override of President Clinton's tragic action that results in the death of so many children who were only moments from birth."

Virgil C. Dechant, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, said he was "certain the question of banning partial-birth abortion will soon be back before Congress. There is good reason to think the effort will succeed next time around."

Rep. Charles T. Canady, the Florida Republican who was chief sponsor of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, said he would reintroduce the legislation next year in the 105th Congress.

"With the groundwork that has been laid, 1am hopeful that we will be able to pass this legislation next year and put a stop to the atrocity of partial-birth abortion once and for all," he said.

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10th annual Walk For Life to be ·held this Sunday o.n Sunday, Oct. 6, several bus- director and Marian Desrosiers, loads of people frQm throughout assistant director of the dioce~an the Fall River Diocese are expected' Pro-Life Apostolate will again be to join thousands of individuals at among those representing ihe diothe Boston Common to take part cese. lit addition, this year; for the in the 10th annual Walk For Life, . first time, several diocesan schools sponsored by Massachusetts Citi- will send students to the event: St. zens For Life (MCFL). The pur- Paul's, Taunton; Santo Christo, pose of the walk is to raise funds to Fall River; and Bishop Stang High support crisis pregnancy centers, School, No. Dartmouth. counseling services, women's shelParticipants will meet at the ters and educational programs Boston Common for registration throughout Massachusetts. Walk- and an opening program at I p.m. ers.obtain pledges and donate the About an hour later, the 5K walk proceeds to one of 54 beneficiary begins and ends at the Parkman organizations, one of which is the Bandstand on the Tremont St. Pro-Life Apostolate for the Dio- side of the Common. Mrs. Desroscese of Fall River. iers stressed that the walk is peaceFather Stephen A. Fe~nandes, ful and family-oriented.

OBITUARIES Father Gamache Montfort Father Flavius Gamache, 83, of the Lourdes Shrine and Retreat Center, Litchfield, CT, died unexpectedly Sept. 26. He was born in Fall River May 17, 1913, the son of Henry and Olivine (Levasseur) Gamache. He made his first profession with the Montfort Missionaries at Nicolet, Que., in 1934 and was ordained in

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Ottawa,Ont., Feb. 17,1940. He served in World War II as an Army chaplllil), achieving the rank of Cllptain. During his chaplaincy he served under General George S. Patton in Europe and was among' the first to take part in liberation of the concentration camp at· Dachau, Germany. After leaving military service, Father.Gamache was novice master in Nicolet and . then at Hartford City, IN. He was named superior of the Montfort seminary in Litchfield in 1957, serving until 1962 and supervising erection of a new seminary wing and development of the Lourdes Shrine. ,:. 'Subseq'uentappointments took .. him to the toliege residence of the Montfort Fath'ers at St. Mary's, MO, to service as superior of his community's provincial residence in New York City, to the pastorate of St. Peter's parish, Dighton, and, in his last two assignments, to be bursar at the Montfort Center in Bay Shore, NY, and then for 12 years to the same post at the Litchfield Shrine and Retreat Center.

His Mass of Christian Burial was' offered Sept. 30 at St. Anthony's Church in Litchfield and interment was Oct. I in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Bay Shore, NY.

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Sister Catherine Marie Ellison, 91, a Religious of the Good Shepherd, died Sept. 25 at Cranberry Pointe Health Care Center, Harwich, after a long illness. The Mass of Christian Burial was offered for her Sept. 27 in Marlborough by Rev. John Coss, FMS I. A native of Milledgeville, GA, the daughter of Loretta (Berry) For further information, and Dr. William A. Ellison, aU .S. Army psychiatrist, she entered write to: religious life in 1923 at age 18 after graduating from high school.

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CARDINAL BERNARD F. Law, Cardinal Archbishop of Boston, celebrated MasH at St. John of God Church in Somerset Sept. 29 for the Benefactors of the Association for the Development of the Catholic University of Portugal, Inc. founded by the late Cardinal.

H umberto Medeiros, a Fall River native. Concelebrating with Cardinal Law were Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., and several diocesan priests. (Anchor/Mills photo)

Bishop's Charity Bal~ Jan. 10, 1997 The Diocesan family will be celebrating a' WINTER CARNIVAL on January 10, 1997, at the Annual Bishop's Charity Ball to be held at the spacious Venus de Milo in Swansea. The decorations committee is already hard at work devising a turquoise, white and silver decor to reflect the wintery theme selected for this year's mid. winter social celebration.

The ball, honoring the Most Reverend Sean P. O'Malley, OFM, Cap., which derives proceeds be used by offices, agencies and apostolates funded by .the .Catholic Charities Appeal, will once again be sponsored by' the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. Katherine Lancisi, of Saint John the Evangelist parish in Attleboro president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, and John Forte, of Corpus Christi parish in Sandwich, president of the Cape Cod Council of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society, will serve as co-chairpersons for this year's ball and will liccompany Bishop Sean in receiving .the 30 young ladies represel)ting parishes throughout the diocese who will be formally prisertted to the bishop in one of the traditional highlights of the annual winter extravaganza./ , Director of the Catholic Charities Appeal, Monsignor Thomas J. Harrington, reports that the general coordinating committee will be meeting on October 20 at the Holy Name· Parish Center in New Bedford at 2:00 p.m. Committee chairs will be presenting reports at this meeting and publicity concerns will be addressed.

The Catholic Charities Appeal provides essential funding for many diocesan endeavors, including the Catholic Social Services apostolate, which is engaged in several programs of special outreach to women in circumstances of particular need. Only last year, Bishop Sean presided at the dedi11111111111111111 f 111111111111111111 THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Periodical Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass.'Published weekly except for the first two weeks in July and the week after Chri'Sbnas at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02720 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River.

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cation of the beautifully-restored Saint Mathieu Residence in Fall River, which offers a safe and friendly residential environment for women. The opening of a,new facility, Saint Claire's House, on Cape Cod is anticipated. There women who have just completed prison sentences will be afforded a

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Thinks sex edmakes matters worse Dear Editor: It is imperative that' Catholic parents of children attending public schools where sex education courses are being taught be aware of a document issued by the Vatican Pontifical Council for the Family entitled "The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality, a Guideline for Education within the Family.!'Thisdocumentemphasizes that the parents' role in sex education is paramount!

Of course, the appointed so'called "sex engineers," now giving courses in this' field, are in disagreement with the above statement. However, a respected and well-knownjournalist in the field, one Barbara Whitehead, has written an article in the Atlantic Monthly, in which she "debunks" the myths claimed by the sex educators now giving courses in the . public schools. After a serious study, Ms. Whitehead has claimed that the sex educators have only made things worse for those taking these courses.

Your readers must be aware that so-called "sex education" courses were begun by Planned Parenthood, and by its offshoot, SIECUS. Promiscuity among our children is promoted, as Planned Parenthood reaps huge profits from selling its own products, such as condoms. Our public schools system, where sex education courses are taught to our young children, should be abolished for the moral

good of our young students! Let's leave this type of education to our parents, and parents alone! .Thomas A. Walsh Roslindale, MA

Include all s;d~es Dear Editor: I am dismayed that Stonehill College, a Catholic institution, is planning to host a debate between just two of the candidates for the office of United States Senator, Republican Governor William F. Weld and the incumbent, Democratic U.S. Senator John F. Kerry.

Mrs. Susan Gallagher of Milton, who is running as the candidate of the Conservative Party, has been excluded from the dc:bate.

Her name will be on the ballot in November because she has filed the required number of signatures.

Her exclusion is especially distressing because of the fact that both Mr. Weld and Mr. Kerry are 100 percent pro-abortion and Mrs. Gallagher is 100 percent pm-life.

Both Mr. Weld and Mr. Kerry fully approve ofthe barbaric ~lct of partial-birth abortion in which the live baby's head is gashed with a scissors and its brain suctioned out following which the abortion takes place. This despicable practice is close to infanticide. Naturally, Mrs. Gallagher abhors the above practice.

Considering the above facts, Stonehill College should demand that Mrs. Gallagher be includl:d in , the debate or withdraw as the site.

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The contributor is Ed ward M. the University of MassachusettsMurphy, first cousin to Msgr.

Dartmouth. Later he moved to the Thomas J. Harrington, pastor of south and in World War 1\ served Holy Name. "This is a very gener- . in the Army Engineers, After the ous and nice gesture," said Msgr. war he moved back to Salisbury, Harrington. "I'm proud of him for where for nearly 50 years he was his concern." affiliated with Proctor Chemical "The reason for the endowment Company, serving the textile induswas my desire to help people I try. couldn't assist directly. The Church Murphy became very success-

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ful, and he and his first wife Eleanor became active leaders within the Catholic Church in Salisbury.

Murphy became a civic leader as well, serving on boards and commissions in various capacities. "M y cousin Ed was a community leader, as a Catholic, in an area that didn't have many C'atholics in it at the time. It was very unusual," said Msgr. Harrington. "Both Ed and Eleanor were very good representatives· of the Catholic Church back then."

Eleanor Murphy passed away many years ago, and in her memory, Murphy has 'named his grant to Sacred Heart parish iii Salisbury the Eleanor C. M"urphy Educational Trust Scholarship. The New Bedford grant is the Yates-Murphy Educational Trust Scholarship in honor of his mother, Isabel Murphy, and his grandfather, Thomas Yates. Yates established a textile' trades training school in New Bedford, and his mother and Eleanor Murphy both taught there.

"My grandfather and mother were people who realized it takes . an education to bring people up from a common laborer, increase their ability to learn and improve the product they're making, specifically in the textile business," Murphy said in the Herald inter. view.

The grants are specifically for educational purposes, whether to help a child whose family cannot afford tuition, to enrich the education of a faculty IJ;lember, or to help a parishioner add to his or her education at a local college. "The money is not to be used for building, repairing or maintaining..

While those are important aspects, the primary focus will be on educating people," said Msgr. Harrington.

Holy Family-Holy Name School in New Bedford can expect to receive several thousand dollars every year fr.om the grant. Exactly how the money will be spent will be decided by Msgr. Harrington, HFHN principal Cecilia Felix and

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PLANNIN G FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM: Youth ministers from across the diocese gathered last week for'a retreat designed to plan activities that will carry youth ministry into the year 2000. From left are Mike Moseley, coordina.'tor of Parish Youth Ministry Services for the Center for Ministry Development and retreat guest speaker, Pauline Macedo, youth advisor at St. John Baptist in New Bedford, Rev. George Harrison, diocesan Secretary for Youth, Rev. David Costa, Director of Youth Ministry, Sister Marianna Sylvester, RS M, from Our Lady of Assumption parish in New Bedford, and seminarian David Sharland, Director of the Fall River Youth ·Apostles. (Anchor/Mills photo)

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There can be little doubt that we live in an age which threatens the very existence of the individual. Our governinent has approved late-term abortion; euthanasia is now a commOI! occurr~nce, even though· not yet approved by the Congress; suicide is rampant among our young people. , . In short, we have chosen to ignore the concept that whatever violates the integrity of the human person, whatever insults ,human dignity, and whatever reduces an individual's freedom and responsibility is intolerable and contemptible.

Somewhere in the proces,s of developing our present soc!al order, especially in the realm of political status, we have espoused a double standa~d. On the one. hand we are the defenders of freedom and on the other deny the right of the individual to life itself, let alone freedom. The current political campaigns provide 'examples' of platforms based on the idea that freedom is a license for doing whatever one pleases, no matter how evil and depraved.

It is imperative that our Church continue to uphold the true concept of freedom. From a' truly spiritual viewpoint; it is beautifully explained in the documents of Vatican II, in which the Council Fathers wrote that authentic freedom is an exceptional sign of the divine image within man and that God has willed that man be left "in the hand of his own counsel" so that Anchor/Mills photo he can seek his Creator spontaneously and come freely to S'EMINARIAN MIKE KUHN PAINTS THE FACE OF JONATHAN MANDEVILLE attain blissful perfection through loyalty to Him. OF ST. JOSEPH PARISH IN FAIRHAVEN ATA SCOUT RETREAT HELD LAST Hence man's dignity demands that he act according to an WEEKEND. KUHN, A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH APOSTLES AND FORMERLY informed and free choice. Such a choice is prompted from .

A CLOWN, GAVE A WORKSHOP AT THE:RETREAT ON CLOWN MINISTRY. within and results neither from blind impuse nor from external pressure.

"Behold, God will not cast away the upright; neither will he take the hand The .hitter concept is currently popular i~ America; for of the wicked. Once more will he fill your mouth with laughter, . example, politicians will say that privately they are against and your lips with rejoicing." Jb 8:20-21 abortion but publicly must approve it. The reason for this, of course, is' that they want to continue in power and to achieve this end they capitulate to what they see as public demand. In the end, 'they literally throw the baby out with the bath water at the same time demeaning themselves by acting against their , The Catholic A~tion League of ·liam Weld's' Commission on Gay budget so that each public high Massachusetts has criticized the and Lesbian Youth, which called school in the state could organize a own true convictions. recommendations ofGl?ver~or Wil- for d.oubling of the commission's' Gay/ Straight Alliance for students.

This sad situation dehumanizes all of u~ at a time when we The Action League called the' proposal "one more attempt to use the need wise people even more than in the past because of the minds of public school children discoveries that are being made in all fields. Our future on and the money of the taxpa.yers to planet Earth is imperiled by our lack ofwisdo!Jl. advance the homosexual agenda."

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-Catholic Action League Execuare expendable. From Jerusa:Iem to Tehran, we see a daily tive Director C. J. Doyle stated, outpouring of horror that may yet engulf all of us in disastrous "The ultimate goal of these recommendations is to make public warfare. In such a climate, individu;lls lose personal control schools a hostile environm.:nt for and become slaves of madness. .

Lord. Jesus Christ, we worship youJiving among who believe in traditional It is true that we currently enjoy a democratic way of life in . us in those moral values. The commission's the sacrament of your body and blood. May we offer to our this country, but let us be aware that if we continue to deny aim'is to censor, silence, and punbasic human rights to the unborn, 'the sick, the elderly: the ish critical evaluation of homoFather in heaven a solemn pledge of undivided love. May sexual behavior. This will result in homeless and the immigrant, if we ignore encroachments on an we offer to our brothers and sisters a life poured out in lovboth further limitations on free individual's right to privacy, if we take for granted the free an~ continued discriminaspeech choices we enjoy, it will be only a matter of time before we too fng service of that kingdom whe~e you live with the Father ' tion against Catholics and other are engulfed in horror. . religious believers. In April, 1994, and the Holy Spirit, one God, for'ever and ever. Amen.

Our founding fathers safeguarded our nation with a ConstiBoston Latin School teacher Owen O'Malley, a Roman Catholi,:, was tution and Bill of Rights currently being ignored on every level reprimanded by the Boston School . of government by legal maneuvers that deny to too maQY the Department for expressing a negabasic right of life. A house built on the sands of moral and tive view of homosexuality in a ethical exploitation is bound to fall. We are pursuing a most student newspaper. .dangerous course. . .

"This move underscores the One of the newest forms of outreach in the Fall urgent need for genuine freedom The Editor River Diocese has been the expansion of the Office ofch9ice in education, which \~ould of AIDS Ministry, directed by Krysten Winter-Green, allow parents to place their children'in non-public schools, :;afety Ph.D., to the very end of Cape Cod. Provincetown outside the reach of publicly'funded Mass:, was chosen 'as the site for the new offic~ homosexual proselytizing," because Of the high concentration of people living "The chairman of the Goverwith HIV and AIDS in that area. nor's Commission, DavidJ. LaFonAs its first program, the new office w'ill conduct a OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER taine, who is ostensibly charged with promoting tolerance, was one. healing and remembranCE:! service called "EmbracPublished weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River of the co-sponsors 'of the infamous ing the Mystery...· The service is open to family, P.O. BOX 7 887 Highland Avenue June 16, 1990, demonstration at Fall River, MA 02722-0007 Fall River, MA 02720 friends, caregiv~rs and all who are concerned or ,'Holy Cross Cathedral in Boston, Telephone 508-675-7151 affected in some way -by the disease. where cClndoms were thrown at , FAX (508) 675-7048 The service will be held at St. Peter the Apostle priests, and obscenities we.re shoutSend address changes to P.O. Box 7 or call telephone number above eq at worshipers. LaFontaim: was Church, 11 Prin'ce St., Provincetown, on Oct. 6 at 3 also arrested in 1990 for disrupting p.m. a press confe'rence in the Massll.chuGENERAl MANAGER EDITOR flOg' Information, C(!)i1t&C~ ~lIile Offlc~ @g AIDS Mlralssetts State House. He was subseRosemary Dussault Rev. John F. Moore try, tel. 674-5600. quently ordered to perform c:om~ l.9-AY PRESS - FAll AIVER. •

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190 BOY AND GIRL SCOUTS gathered last weekend for the 1996 Fall River Diocesan Scout Retreat sponsor~d by the Catholic Committee on Scouting.

Rev. Stephen B. Salvador, chaplain of the scouting program, is shown at left in scouting uniform; center, Seminarian David Sharland offers a workshop based on the retreat theme "A Scout is Loyal."; an impressive array of tents. (Anchor/ Mills photos)

Program offers insight 'into faith Approximately 200 adults have returned to the classroom to delve more deeply into the mysteries of the Catholic faith. The Diocesan Certification Program, Fundamentals of Faith. offers adults a systematic way tp gail) greater insight into the faith which they profess.

"The great response we have received makes clear the need, the necessity and the.intl~rest of adults to grow in their knowledge of the rudimentary elements of Catholic doctrine," states Lisa Gulino, director of Adult Education. "To see the enthusiasm on the faces of the

participating adtllts gives clear witness to the truth spoken so long ago by St. Augustine, '0 God, our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee....

Miss Gulino states, "We come to know God by listening to his' Word, by conversing with him in prayer, and 'by studying his truths".

The certification program provides adults with these opportunities. . To learn.more about upcoming class schedules please call the Adult or Religious Edu~ation Offices at 678-2828, The second fall session begins the week of October ~9th.

LISA M. GULINO, director of Adult Education, began the DiQcesan Certification Program, Fundamentals of Faith, this past Tuesday at St. Thomas More parish, Somerset.

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Corrections In the Aug. 30 issue of the Anchor, it was reported that Rev. Mr. Thomas M. Kocik was ordained to the transitional diacQnate at, and was assigned to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New Bedford. It should have read Seekonk. .

In last week's issue, Thomas Flatley's name was omitted as one of the co-chairs of the Catholic Schools Scholarship Fund dinner. In the same article, Fath.er Richard Beaulieu was incorrectly identified as dioc. esan Qirector of schools.

Also in last week's issue the paragraph identifying the last five pastors of Holy Ghost ChurCh, Attleboro was omitted. They are: Fathers Stephen J. Downey, Bento Fraga, Thomas C. Lopes, Raymond Robillard and Stephen B. Salvador.

THE DIOCESAN Council Of Catholic Women has sent representatives from the diocese to the National General Assembly which ends Oct. 6 in Portland, Maine. At right are' Mary Mikita, Pat Costa, .

Joanne Quirk and Betty Mazzucchelli (Cape Cod). Above from left are, Helena Luxton and M·aureen Papineau (Taunton), Terry Lewis and Helen Staeger(New Bedford).

Rear from left are Claudette Armstrong (Fall River), Dorothy 'Curry '(New Bedford), Cathy St. Martin and Kitsy Lancisi (Attleboro),' Bella Nogueira and Doris Poisson (Fall River). Not pictured are Vivian Cleary, Claire McMahon and Claire O'Toole (Fall River) and Lillian Plouffe (Taunton).

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With the tremendous overcrowding in New York City public schools, it's no wonder that Mayor Rudolph Giuliani welcomed a proposal, by the Archdiocese of New York, headed by Cardinal John J. O'Connor, to take up to 1,000 of the most poorly performing public school students and educate them in the city's Catholic schools with private funds. No public money of any sort-could or would be used for this.

The offer wasn't new. It's actually five years old, and never accepted out of fear that this wouldlviolate the separation ,of church and state. ,It only resurfaced now because of the public school population crisis.

The proposal parallels a IO-year-old private program called Student-Sponsor Partnership, founded by an investment banker in New York, in which students with potential, but with few resources, are given a chance to succeed. These disadvantaged stu~ dents apply for the program, and those accepted are put into Roman Catholic schools, with almost all expenses paid by private donors. The reason for choosing Catholic schools is their record of success.

What surprises me is the emotional response I've seen from a few people. They feel that any private 'money going for education should not be given to, help put a few students into a Catholic school. That money should go to help improve the public schools.

They argue that ~here's a hidden agenda here: to pit private schools against public schools, showing how poorly the latter do in comparison to 'the former. They say it's all a ploy to destroy the public school system.

I say, they're wrong.

The archdiocese's offer goes much farther than'the Student-Sponsor Partnership by stipulating that the 1,000 children they're willing to take must be the lowest performing students.

I don't think ther~'sany intent, here to denigrate public schools. The intent is to try to save youths who will end up discarded by society by changing their environment.

I can understand'the fear some have that this could pit the success of Catholic schools against i:he public schools and turn public support away from the latter. But I don't believe that's even"lemotely the motivation.

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By Antoinette Bosco Money'from private donors is 'never going' to be enough to solve the financial and other problems of the city's public schools. ' Those who want to reach out to help youth should be able to do so immediately. What's wrong with making life better for a few, even if you can't ,Qlve all the problems of a system?

I worked with a woman who had left Wall Street to go into journalism..The one thing she took. with her when she left New York was her conne,:tion to thl; student she was supporting, determined t,o get to her graduation.

That generosity had literally changed the woman's life, giving her'a firsthand experience of how important one single individ ual is and how necessary it is to give help one-to-0l,1e.

Cardinal O'Connor is to'be supported and thanked for the offer made. The New York school system should listen and re~pond, seeing this 'as a helping scholarship program and not a threat. , And once in place, what the archdiocese would be doing should become a model for similar programs all over the country, wherever needed.

Babies -need to· be held , Dear Dr. Kenny: Our'baby (6 months) cries a lot.

My husband and I tend to go to ~~~,an.d.h~ld.h,er;b.ut my·mothet:,says we are ,spoiling her and that she will never stop crying if we keep giving tier 'such atteri·' : tion. Who is right? ,Please aJ1swer as this-is our first baby and very important, to us. - Pennsylvania

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about other business, Carriers are indispensable for walking,'shopping or for use around the house. , Babies left aione in Ii ci'i'b' will cry'. They are asking to be held. They need to be held. They have no other way with which to communicate' this message, The cry is a clear request.

You are caught in the middle of an age-old dilemma - to let baby cry or to pick her up. We are 100 percent on your'side. Pick up your baby. If you consider the nature of infancy, I think you will understand why.

Crying bothers adults. Since this reaction is universal, we can interpret it as a natural <;>r built-in With Dr. James & signal: "This baby'is needful. Do something."

If you need further convincing that crying bothers' Mary Kenny us, observe older children. An adult might put off a crying baby, even claim that crying is "good" for baby. A child never, will. The child quickly announYou cannot spoil a baby, or anyone for thai: matces, "The baby's crying." ter, by giving her .what she needs. Indulgence is the One reason that adults may put off responding to a key with infants because needs and wants an: syncrying baby is that they see it as "bad" behavior. onymous at that time.

That's what critics mean whey they say, "Let your By age 18 months, adults may have trouble d.istinbaby cry or you'll spoil her." guishing between what a baby needs and what she Crying, however, is bad only from the adult's merely wants. Not so with infants. The possibility of viewpoint. From the ,baby's perspective, crying spoiling comes later. ¥oucannot spoil a baby with is cpmmunication. Baby is saying, "I have needs: to too much physical loving. be held, touched, comforted,' burped, diapered, loved." , .. _ ; Reader questions on (amily living and child c:ue to be answered in print are invited. Address quesl;ions: 'Does holding spoil babies? Look at nature. Young The Kennys, St. Joseph's College, 219 W. Harrison puppies or kittens snuggle close to their litter mates St., Rensselaer, I~d. 47978. ' , and stay with their mother almost constantly. Physi. cal separation from siblings or motheris,the ultimate distress. ' , In the animal ki~gdom, newborns need mother, 'not just when she has time for them, not on a fourhour schedule; ,but almost constantly. Why do we human beings think that our babies will be happier alone in a crib in a separate room? .' , Your baby needs to be held and touched. The skin is a bodily organ, Research suggests that skin stimu- lation is a need as vital as food and warmth.

The younger the baby" the greater the rleed to be held, This fits in beautifuliy with the mother's own need. In the 'early weeks after birth, she spends the mosJ time with" baby. . .

Mother can and should have an easy work sche, dule so that she can relax and enjoy her baby.lfmom is tired, she can crawl into bed with baby to rest or nap. A baby snuggled close to mom will often oblige by dropping off to sleep.

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Our Lady of· Guadalupe, Q. For many year!1 Our Lady of Guadalupe has had a special place in my prayers. Recently someone remarked that when she appeared to Juan Diego in Mexico, she was pregnant. Is that true? (California) A. It may be. A reeemt publication on Our Lady of Guadalupe (by Jeanc:tte Rodriguez, University of Texas Press) discusses at length 'the many Christian and Indian signs and symbols on the well-known image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Some of them would indicate a pregnant woman.

Around her waist is what appears to be a maternity band, or "cinta." In Spanish, "estar en cinta" means to be pregnant.

Below the band is a small flower which, to the Nahuatl Indians, signified the sun god. Its presence on her womb indic:ated to them that she was pregnant.

Some doubters maintain these items were added to the picture later. Many believe they were present from the beginning.

Up to now, at least, no one has found a way to be certain.

Q. Father Dietzen: I am writing from the American Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, (city of 700

mosques) about youII' column on possible Catholic unity with Muslims.

One paragraph in your response was unfortunate.

You remarked that a major obstacle to unity is Islam's "official emIllaasis on killing and violence. against those who oppose them."

To a hasty reader, It may confirm the stereotype that Muslims are terrorists bent on a crimson Jihllld.

Most Muslims are shocked at the use of terrorism and violence by somll - a small minority - of their co-religionists.

The Muslims I meet In Bangladesh are definitely open to dialogue with Christianity. Their doctrine that Muslims, Christians and Jews are all "people of the book" lays a foundation for Interfaith conversation.

I have found that one prerequlisite for a conversation is for the Muslim Interlocutor to perceive that tbe Christian's worldview Is actually founded on f~ith, rather than on secular pol.ities.

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By Father John J. Dietzen The lesson I have drawn from my conversations Is that the path to fruitful Muslim-Christian dialogue Is not theology or doctrine. After alll, either Mohammed was a prophet or he wasn't. The doctrine of the Trinity Is true, or not. These doctrines cannot be bridged.

The path to dialogue, rather, is through discussion of morals. Talk to a Muslim about MTV first. Let him realize you are commonly appalled.

A common issue begins the conversation, and a more accurate understanding fClllows. Then it is possible to see that more unites than divides our two faiths.

A. I noted in the column that certain aggressive commands in Islamic tradition are being taken literally by an increasing number of Muslim fundamentalists. That is true, I believe.

You point out the fact, however, that these groups constitute a small minority of world Muslims, so ~any of whom are as anxious as we are to find a peaceable way of living together.

Thank you for writing from your experience and drawing this hopeful truth to our attention.

Preparing to exercise can be exercise We all know eKercise is good for the body and good for the soul. And a large number of us - or is it a number of us who are large? - agree that the early morning workout is the quin!essential mode of exercise.

However, there is a recurring issue here - getting out of bed.

With this in mind, experts recommend three things: going to bed early, exercising with partners and preparing well the ~ight before.

The first is obvious. You need to rest so you will have the energy to eKcrcise, which will in turn generate energy so you will have a more productive day and then collapse.

The second is also straightforward. If you have a racquetball time at 6 a.m. with your parish priest, your broker or your boss, chances are you will get up.

The third, however - pre-alarm preparation calls for Some creativity.

One expert recommends (I have the story right in front of me) that you sleep in your exercise outfit if it is comfortable. I assume this expert is single or has become single.

1can hear him or her now, "Sorry, honey, 1 know my lucky T-shirt smells a little, but ..."

Or, "Did I accidentally kick you in the middle of the night with my shin guards again?"

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1916, Rev. Stephen B. Magill, Assistant, Immaculate Conception, North Easton 1987, Rev. Roland Brodeur, Uniondale, New York

October 7 1951, Rev. Caesar Phares, Pastor, St. Anthonyof the Desert, Fall River 1975, Rev. Msgr. ArthurG. Dupuis, Pastor Emeritus, St. Louis de France, Swansea 1988, .Rev. Andrew Jahn, SS.Cc., Sacred Hearts Semina.-y, Wareham October 10 1918, Rev. Jamc:s C.J. Ryan, Assistant, Immacu. late Conception, North Easton 1987, Rev. Boniface Jones, SS.Cc., Chaplain, Sacred Heart Home, New Bedford 1990, Rev. Joseph A. Martineau, Retired Pastor, St. Theresa, New Bedford

October il 1952, Rev. James A. Downey, Pastor, Holy Ghost, Attleboro

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Daily Readings Oct. 7: Gal 1:6-12: Ps 111:1-2,7-10: lk 10:25-37 • Oct. 8: Gal 1:13-24; Ps 139:1-3,13-15; lk 10:38-42 Oct. 9: Gal 2:1-2,7-14: Ps 117:1-2; lk 11:1-4 Oct. .10: Gal 3:1-5; (Ps) lk 1:69-75; lk 11:5-13 Oct. 11: Gal 3:7-14; Ps 111:1-6; lk 11:15-26 Oct. 12: Gal 3:22-29; Ps 105:2-7; 111: 27-28 Oct. 13: Is 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-6; PhiI4:1214,19-20; Mt 22:1-14 or 22:1-10

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Or, "Yeah, I probably should leave my spikes alongside the bed."

Clever alarm setting, though, is where it's at as far as I am concerned.

1 appreciate the expert who boldly recommends that snooze alarm addicts seek intervention. Crank up the buzzer alarm, and set the clock across the room, he says.

Personally, 1would count this as part of my warmI up period crawling across the room to snuff the alarm.

On the other hand, if you hid the clock from yourself in, say, the kitchen and set the alarm volume full blast - and on a radio station you hate - you might turn the waking-up session into a full aerobic workout.

"Sorry I'm not at my best game, Father O'Kneel, but 1already worked out at 5 a.m. sprinting around the house trying to hunt down the alarm clock and stomp it to death."

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put them here because they want them finally to learn' English."

On Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, six blocks north of St. Gregory's, sits the Holy Name of Jesus elementary school. It began serving the neighborhood's Irish and Italian immigrants almost 100 years ago; today 99.5 percent of its 600 students are black or Hispanic.

Thirty percent of the children are on welfare, 40 p,ercent are from single-parent families, and 98 percent are poor enough to qualify for the federally funded school-lunch program.

Holy Name's principal is Brother Richard Griecko of the De La

Sitting in an office cluttered with videotapes and papers, soft jazz playing in the background, Griecko explains how he managed to acquire the elaborate technology on a shoestring budget. "It's pretty simple: I have the freedom to control the budget and how our money is spent. I can see areas where we underspend, and I can transfer funds to another project - such as the computers." He also applies for private grants. Griecko estimates that the technology cost ,about $250,000 over eight years.

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The school has two computer labs, each with 30 state-of-the~art computers. Each classroom is also equipped with two computers, one for the students and one on the teacher's desk. A satellite dish on the roof receives interactive programming: the seven~h-grade English class can turn on the TV and receive a live lesson in poetry from a poet in Boston.

Some public schools have modern computer labs where the students play games while their teacher gets a, period off. At Holy Name, by contrast, the computers are an integral part of the curriculum. Students use them to write journals and reports, work with special educational programs, and learn comput,er.路languages. When I visited the school, I saw firstgrad~rs in the lab intently working on an IBM phonetics program called "Writing to Read."

Some came from homes where no English was spoken. Unlike the public schools"there's no bilingual program here. "We believe it's important to have the children reading and speaking English as soon as possible," Brother Griecko says. "Sometimes we take children from public school. The -parents

$30,000 each year for his dream project - proving again that when educators with a vision have freedom and the support of a community of parents and teachers, anytJting becomes possible.

Like Hurd, Griecko is grateful for his freedom from bureaucratic regulation in the selection of staff.

"Some of my best teachers don't have an education deg'ree, but they happen to be born teachers," he says. "Then you have teachers with all the credentials, but they can't manage a group of kids. Our curriculum is not that difficult to pick up. What can't路be learned is selfassurance and classroom management."

One ofthe uncredentialed teachers Brother Griecko hired was Frances O'Shea, a striking young blond woman born and raised in Limerick, Ireland. She arrived in America with a liberal arts degree from Dublin's University College.

In O'Shea's seventh-grade life-science ,C1as~, I observed the same combination of academic rigor and personal engagement I had seen in Susan Viti's classes at nearby St. Gregory's. Addressing the students in her rich brogue, O'Shea held forth on topics ranging from white and red blood cells to bacteria and infectious diseases. Her sense of humor livened up the proceedings: when a student got an answer completely wrong, she gently said, "Well, Steven, you are way out in the Wild West:" A slightly built black boy named --

Jonathan read a report he had researched on cystic fibrosis.

O'Shea frequently asked him to stop while she made sure the students understood such concepts as the difference between malignant and benign tumors. At one point the coed class had a mature and unembarrassed discussion of the female reproductive system.

Yudelka Martinez, a divorced mother raising four children on her wages as a,day-care worker, enrolled her son Andres at Holy' Name because he was learning very little in public school. "He couldn't understand the teacher, and the teacher would saY,.'1 don't have time for him; there are too many children.'" In contrast, O'Shea made he~ son work very . hard, and at the beginning of the year called her several times a week. Martinez struggles to come' up with $150 a month for Andres' tuition, but she is determined to keep doing it: "I have to make the best for my son."

O'Shea told me that even if she had the credentials, she wouldn't consider teaching in a public school. "I just can't accept the lack of discipline. I am a believer in structure and self-control. The idea of a 14-year-old wielding weapons - I just can't adapt to something like that. We have the same children. They are very poor and their parents are scrimping..'But we think, they will overcome their bad surroundings. In the public schools little is expected of the 'children, and they sense that."

The success of schools like Holy Name and St. Gregory's, despite their penury, is no miracle. It's a matter of doing the right thing, the human thing: hiril1g teachers because they can teach, rather than for their credentials. It's also a matter of simple common sense.

Catholic schools' strong discipline rests not on an authoritarian ideology but rather on an age-old, well-tested understanaing of human nature. "The discipline in our school comes down to one word: respect," says Brother Griecko. "It is the respect ,of students for teachers and teachers 'for students. We expect the stude.nts to listen and be respectful in class, and if they can't do it, we will call in the parents.

And it really works."

Wltat is common sense in a Catholic school is almost unthinkable in the public school system, .with its crushing bureaucracy on the one hand and its exaggerated ideology of individual rights on the other. Catholic schools have all the freedom they need to keep things simple, to focus on the human encounter calle~ t~aching and learning. "We are here to educate and empower these kids, to do two things with them," says principal Pat Kelly. "One is to make sure that they learn how to read, write, and do math - every day.

The other is to form their charac'ter. We believe in the divinity of being; we believe in the holiness of our existence. That infuses the culturewe're in."

You might expect that liberals, self-styled champions of disadvantaged children, would applaud the commitment and sacrifice of edu.cators like Deborah Hurd, Richard Griecko, 'Susan Viti, Frances-'

O'Shea and Pat Kelly. You might even expect them to look for ways' of getting government money to these underfunded schools. Instead, they have done their best to make sure the wall of separation between'church and state remains impenetrable. Liberal child-advocacy groups tout an endless array of "prevention programs" that are supposed to inoculate inner-city children against delinquency, dropping out of school, and teen pregnancy - yet they consistently ignore Catholic schools, which nearly always succeed in preventing these pathologies.

Read the chapter on education in Hillary Clinton's It Takes a Village. The First Lady advocates an alphabet soup of education programs for poor children. She favors charter schools, public-school choice, and,. of course, her hus~ band's Goals 2000 legislation. But she says not one word about Catholic schools. Similarly, in his books on education and inner-city ghettos, Jonathan Kozol offers vivid tours of decrepit public schools in places like the South Bronx, but he never stops at the many Catholic schools that are succeeding a few blocks away.

Why are Catholic schools taboo among those who talk loudest about compassion for the down-' trodden? Certainly, the religious, tradition of the Catholic schools 'stands against the liberal agenda on issues like-abortion, feminism, and gay rights. And many liberal com'mentators may sincerely believe that the Constitution requires maintaining the "iron wall" of separation between religious schools and government. Yet these explanations seem inadequate to explain the total silence, the refusal even to admit that something worthwhile is going on behind the parochial school gates, from which we can at least learn.

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It's hard to escape the conclusion that one ofthe most powerful reasons that liberal opinion lead, ers and policy makers ignore Catholic schools "- and oppose government aid to them - is their alliance with the teacher];' unions; which have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the campaign coffers of liberal candidates around the country. Before the rise of the teachers' unions to political power, it was not unusual to see urban Democrats such as Hugh Carey and Daniel Patrick Moynihan support government aid to' Catholic schools. Mario Cuomo on,:e s,upported it too, and his flip-flop on this issue makes especially clear that the teachers' unions, rather than legal or philosophical objections, have been the chief barrier to government aid to Catholic schools. .

In 1974, when he first ran for public office, Cuomo wrotl: a letter to potential ,supporters: "I've spent more than 15 years ... arguing for aid to private schools," he said."U nfortunately, although there are millions of people in this nation who agree with this position, they've been outmusclo=d politically to the point where the Supreme Court of the United States was persuaded in a series of cases to take hard positions against various forms of aid. This is regrettable but it's no reason to surrender.... If you believe aid is a good thing, then you are the good peopl!;. If you believe it, th,=n it's your moral obligation, as it is my own, to do something about it.. ..

Let's try tax-credit plans and any-, thing else that offers any help."

Cuomo soon learned his It:sson.

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CHn holding two-day meeting in Hartford Today and tomorrow the Catholic Church's Campaign for Human Development (CH D) will convene low-income, community and church leaders in Hartford, CT, to discuss ways of increasing economic opportunity and development for poor people in New .

England.

The Campaign for Human Development is the nation's largest private funder of programs empowering the poor. In 1996 it is a warding a total of $531,500 to 20 organizing and economic development projects in the six New England states. Nationwide it allocates over $1.5 million annually for economic development projects.

"On the eve of the "November elections, and amid calls for job creation and economic development in the wake of welfare reform, the CHD convening will promote regional collaboration among community and church leaders in lowincome areas hardest hit by economic dislocation in New England," said Timothy Collins, CHD inter. im executive director.

More than 150 people representing 40 community organizations and II Catholic dioceses across IN THE AFRICAN Congo, a Daughter of Charity-walks the path of life and f~it~ with ~er New England are expected to attend sisters. On World Mission Sunday, we also walk the path of faith with our family 10 Chnst the two-day session at St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, CT. After throughout the world, as we pray and offer our financial sacrifices for the mission of Jesus "to developing an understanding of the ends of the earth:' the area economy, they will construct regional strategies aimed at building a more just economy in New England.

Thclse in mi~sion lands,. ,in U ~S .., shar'e their gifts:.. ·

Often the Daughters of Charity saw an elderly'lady sitting by the path as they made their weekly visit to Catholic homes> in a village in northern Thailand. As time went by, they observed her in the circle of those listening to their Gospel instruction. ' One day she was absent, weak from illness. With medicine, with help from the Sisters and with nourishing food, she 'became her old self again. Thinking over her experience, she asked her daughter, "Why do the Sisters care for us, we who are poor and forgotten?" The daughter had no answer, but one of the Sisters did: "Jesus has taught us to love one another."

Once again, the woman who had been helped joined the instruction class and at age 85 was baptized. Now she speaks of God's love for her, and of the presence of the Sisters in her life which "made all the difference." .

Sisters do make a tremendous difference.

In an isolated village in the African Congo, four Daughters of Charity touch virtually the whole of life. American Sister Evelyne, one of them, says their activities range from teaching young people about improved agricultural activities, to visiting the villages to care for the elderly, the blind and people with long-term and terminal illnesses. Another d.ay, a Sister might teach mothers how to prepare a special porridge for undernourished children. Not long ago, a request was made for a Sister who could teach religion in the village grade school. "After 25 years of Communist domination," Sister Evelyne says, "this was a real opportunity to bring the Word of

God back into the schools and we gladly accepted."

It is ajoy to see the Gospel lived by those who have heard it and taken it to heart.

Bishop Surasarang, bishop of Chiang Mai, Thaila~d, tells of walking to a remote community to celebrate Easter. On the path he met a young woman with her father. She was limping, the back of her foot bound in cloth. "What happened?" he asked. "I was helping my father to chop firewood," she said, "and the hatchet slipped and cut into my foot. i ' When the bishop sympathized with her, she responded simply, "Jesus was more exhausted and in greater pain than I am when he had to carry the cross. My pain is not much compared to his." Later in the day, as the bishop celebrated Easter, he thanked God and celebrated the spirit of the young woman who was walking the way of the cross.

These are just a few of many beautiful examples of faith in mission dioceses. Similar examples could be offered about grandfathers, brothers, sons, fathers, others, priests, deacons and catechists.

As we read and relish the stories that come to us from mission dioceses we realize all the more that we are one family engaged in a constant exchange of gifts. We offer financial support that makes' much of the work and service of mission dioceses possible, makes hopes a reality. Those who benefit from our gifts offer prayers for us, their unknown friends, who help provide them with a new mission station with a chapel, a primary

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school, perhaps with a medical dispensary and a place for the Sisters to live.

As believers in Christ, we are entrusted with his mission to the people of Thailand and the Congo, of Papeete and Bangladesh, of everywhere "to the ends of the earth." With the Catholics of the world, we are called to carry out this duty and privilege daily by our prayer and sacrifice. On World Mission Sunday, October 20, we celebrate this duty and privilege at the Eucharist as together we pray and sacrifice for our mission family.

"Over the past decade sense of economic insecurity has cast a shadow over New England," said Beth Siegel, who will speak Saturday. Representing Mt. Auburn Associates, an economic develop-

ment consulting firm, she cites market globalization, increased capital mobility, technological change, and changes in public resources and roles as contributing factors to this uncertain climate.

Michael Gritton, policy director at the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth, will examine economic trends in New England on the first day of the conference. "The challenge facing New England is to continue to raise worker prod uctivity - and to have workers share in the rewards of those productivity gains so that real wages can rise," he says, adding that "New England should not forget the enormous economic progress that was made in the 1980s when full employment conditions were reached and maintained."

Hartford Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin and Hartford Auxiliary Bishop Peter Rosazza will lead prayers and welcomes at parley sessions.

The Catholic bishops ofthe United States founded the Washington, DC-based Campaign for Human Developmentin 1970. It funds community-based, self-help projects controlled by IQw-income people and educates parishioners about Catholic social teaching and Christian responsibility to the poor. In its 26-year history, CH D has donated more than $200 million to over 3,000 community-based projects nationwide.

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"That's what we tried to do, and there is definitely an the kind ofmaterial they show, the Family Channel idenaudience out there," he added, quoting rattifie~ itself by the kind of audience it hopes to ingsgains of300 to 400 percent from attract. _-:::::::::::====::::::::::::::--~ one year ago. The bigger ratings Its season officially began on the movies get allow the Sept. 30 and'the Family ChanFamily Channel to promote nel has prepared an extenits other series and spesive slate of original movcials, which they hope in ies to show. turn will get bigger ratThe Sunday night ings. movies have "performed "When we first extremely well," said started out, we knew Gus Lucas, senior vice that we were trying to president of programchange the image ofthe ming for International Family Channel," Lucas , Family Entertainment, a said.

Family Channel subsidiary.

"The 'Hart to Hart' movOne image still lingers for HOLLYWOOD (CNS) ies have done very well for us. many - that ofa Christian fun'Night ofthe Twisters' was the No. damentalist network run by Nickelodeon cable channel presi, I movie in all ofcable with adults (ages) televangelist Pat Robe'rtson, who re- ' dent Herb Scannell does not watch 25-54 this past season. 'Stolen Memories' did signed from the ministry to seek the Republican his own channel at home all the , time. extremely well for us," Lucas said. . nomination for president in 1988.

"These movies have generated sonie significant ratAnd when he's not watching Thomopolous said that while Robertson is chairman ing power, and that's why we're increasing our movies. ofthe company, his son, Tim, runs the company on a day- Nickelodeon, he doesn't always It is a tough time period, I grant you," he added. The to-day basis. "There is no influence from a political or like what he sees. movie starts at 7 p.m. EDT, opposite such ratings powHe said he cringes when his kids religious agenda whatsoever from the Family Channel erhouses as "60 Minutes" and "America's Funniest turn on the TV at 8 p.m. and find standpoint, or from MTM's standpoint," Thomopolous Home Videos."

"Mad About You" on NBC. said.

Lucas works for Tony Thomopolous, chairman of Scannell, a .Catholic, took the "The money that is generated by this company is gen- broadcast networks to task for airMTM Entertainment, the studio once known for its quality comedies ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show," " The erated as a public corporation, and this goes to many share~ ing adult-themed programming at holders, not just to one individual," he added.

Bob Newhart Show") and dramas ("Hill Street Blues," '8 p.m. - 7 p.m. in the Central and "I have no problems whatsoever because what I do Mountain time zones.

"St. Elsewhere") but now another subsidiary ofthe Famand what the people that work with me, do comes from ily Channel.

"What's on for kids? 'Mad "When Tony and I first talked about the types ofmov- how we serve the public interest best." , About YOll,' ~Melrose Place,' and 'Friends.' The broadcast networks' have abandoned kids at 8 p.m.," Scannell said.

Effective Oct. 7, Nickelodeon HOLLYWOOD (CNS) - Last against contemporary community sexual history" of having had only will counterprogram by putting its his wife and Courteney Cox's "Nick at Nite" sitcom reruns back year, NBC West Coast president standards.

Don Ohlmeyer told the nation:s, , The ~ p.ilot.episode linked the ,character as sexual,p'a~tn,~rs, Ii hisa half-hour and adding a ~Iock,of television critics that NBC could' Shooting' down of Gary Powers' tory Littlefield said' was'''oiie, of programs that ch'annel programnot base its programming deci- U-2 plane and the assassination of responsibility. " mers expect young audiences to sions on whether or not lO-year- President Kennedy to a governlike but that they also hope will On "Mad About You," Littlemental agency - not the kind of gi,ve their parents peace of mind olds were in the audience. field said, the Buchmans are "commitThe strategy, however' Oawed, thing to instill confidence in governwhen their children watch them. ted to marriage" and, as pregnancy ment. .

"Kids and families are truly worked for NBC because it moved becomes a storyline, "they're (:omAlso, aliens invade humans' underserved in prime time," Scanfrom second place to the top spot mitted to having a family. The of the broadcast' networks, and bodies, and one is shown extracted nell said. show deals with themes of responthis season seems assured ofanother in open-brain surgery, with the "Hey Arnold!" and "The Secret sibility, integrity, honesty, these first-place finish. . alien "ganglion" re路sisting. .

World of Alex Mack" will be are themes that family audiences But wait, there's more. The male But before there's a celebration s'hown twice a week on Nickeloeverywhere compel us to deal with." for NBC's dominance in prime lead ties up the female lead in a deon, while "Kenan & Kel," "KabLittlefield said, "We put on protime, it's worth taking a look at its chair' - against not only her will lam!" and "The Wubbulous World offerings during the would-be but that of the Alien which has grams that parent's and children of Dr. Seuss" will get weekly show"family hour," the first hour of invaded her. body - and injects watch together. There's 10 percent ings at 8 p.m. . nail polish in the back of her head of families that have children who prime time.

Scannell, a member ofSt. Hugh On Sundays, there's "3rd Rock to make herco.ugh out the ganglion. are from 6 to 12 years old. We parish. in Huntington Station, NBC's softening of standards can't only program for them." from the Sun," where half of the N.Y., hinted that another nightly discoveries made by its alien idiot has been hoted by other TV But he noted that NBC's teen savants seem to be about sex. ,executives. audience is growing while for other On Tuesdays, the're's "Mad CBS and the new WB network networks that audience is shrinkAbout You." Despite its perspec- have pledged to make all shows ing: "What we've been able to tive on 'the value of marriage, its during the first hour of prime time accomplish in a world where 50 creator and star, Paul Reiser, still family-friendly, if to counterpro- percent of the teenagers in Amerregards it as a 9 p.m. show - in the gram.

WASHINGTON(CNS)- Pope ica have their own teievision sets Eastern and Pacific time zones President Herb Scannell of the (is) w'e'reable to put programming John. Paul II's 50th anniversary as because of its adult themes.

Nickelodeon cable channel holds on where parents and kids come a priest will be celebrated in "John When it was moved to kick off up "Friends" and "Mad About together."

Paul II: A Light for the Nations," prime time for NBC first on You" as prime-time examples of He added, "I think most young an hour-long documentary proThursdays, then Sundays, and now, the networks' failure to air shows people in America talk about and duced by the Catholic CommuniTuesdays, Reiser said NBC pro- the whole family can watch. cation Campaign for the ABC-TV know about and are aware that gramming chief Warren ,Littlefield A more searing indictment comes network .. most adults have sex. 'Friends' told him, "Do not cliangea tone, from ABC Entertainment's new does it tend to be risque? SomeKarol Wojtyla was ordained a or a word, or an iota of the show. president, Jamie Tarses, who was times, yes. However, you may priest Nov. I, 1946, for the ArchLeave your show as it is." lured away from NBC. object to ajoke and if you feel that diocese of Krakow, Poland, where "The bar was lowered for us at, joke is inappropriate an'd if you he served first as a parish priest, "It's their choosing to put it where it is,~' Reiser said of NBC's NBC.",Tarses said. "You have a don't want to see that material, then as an auxiliary bishop, and scheduling of "Mad About You." show about six single people that you have a choice not to 'watch finally as archbishop of the Polish On Thursdays, there's the rat- are approximatalY 30 years old, that show." see. In 1978 he was elected pope, ings smash "Friends," where sex- you're going to be dealing with , Viewers have a choice indeed.' becoming the first non-Italian pope ual innuendo is common, which is adult themes." in over 400 years and the first one all the more problematic because Littlefield tried to blunt the critfrom Poland. it is one of the top 10 shows icism in an interview with Catholic The program will be distributed watched by adolescents.

News Service. to ABC affiliates on Sunday, Oct. The biggest offender, though, "You miss the big picture," he 13. Viewers should contact local insisted. "Let people criticize us may be a new show: "Dark Skies," stations for date and time of broadbecause we dealt with sex (on which airs on Saturdays. cast.

The hour-long drama depicts its 'Friends'), but I think they miss the "John Paul II: A Light for the two stars as being a live-in rela- point. We dealt with a theme and Nations" is the second of the fourtionship in the early 1960s, when we took Tom SeHeck (a guest star part "Vision and Values" series such an arrangement went way last season) and gave him ,that HOLLYWOOD (CNS) -

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Nickelodeon chief wants more family programm~rng ,

Has NBC's "family hour" sold out?

half-hour of children-oriented programming could be in the' works if the planned expansion of programming works well.

"I think there's some good TV (on the networks). It seems that it's more important (to them} to chase the demographics, the I B- to-49year-old young people, 'that networks are putting on shows for eight 'o'clock," Scannell said. "Why don't they chase that demographic at a different time - mayhe later?"

While cable stations of::en "nar'rowcast" - going after only one targeted demographic niche Scannell said he thinks "broadcasters are becoming more and more like narrowcasters.,., "They're just going ,after 'a' demographic, and they don't seem to think that having a family audience is important anymore," he added. "We offer an alternative.... Our audience is kids - kids who' are 6 to 14 years old:" : Scannell said he had no problem with the new federal mandate that broadcast networks air a minimum of three hours of children's educational programming each week. "We're fulfilling it every day" at Nickf;\odeon, he said.

Networks could meet the requirement in part by producing a news show for kids, Scannell feels.

"They claim they have the best news organizations in thl: world, that they each have unp2.ralleled resources and talent," he said.

"Why don't they use their worldclass news units to produc,: a news show for kids?"

ABC-TV special to focus on pope's 50 years as a prie~st offered annually to ABC~TV stations by the Interfaith Broadcasting Commission. The commission is a consortium of Christi.an and Jewish faith organizatio ns that prod uces religious documl:ntaries for distribution to TV stations.

Ellen McCloskey of the Catholic Communication Campaign., which funds media projects to promote Gospel and family values, is the show's executive producl:r, and Paulist Father John Gean,:y is its producer.

The campaign, which also operates a toll-free movie revi,:w line and a public service campaign called,"Good Values Make: Great Kids," is funded through an annual collection taken up in parishes nationwide.

Video copies of "John Paul II: A Light for the Nations" :and an accompanying study guide are available for purchase by calling (800) 235-8722, the U.S. Catholic Co~ference, after Oct. 13.

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Doctors have treated Pope John Paul II for a variety of ailments during his pontificate, but it seems he also subscribes to the: view that laughter is the best medicine.

A selective catalog of the comments the pope has made about his condition in the last 18 y.ears shows that he has a healthy sense of humor about aging and illness.

And like many people, he may resort to irony to defll:ct painful questions.

For example, when he met with Polish pilgrims in January 1995, he said despite growing older, he felt well.

"The hair is still in," he joked with his countrymen, "and the head isn't doing so bad either."

In the type of incident familiar to elderly people around the globe; the pope slipped and fell in his bathroom in late April 1994, fracturing his right thigh bone near the hip.

After a partial hip replacement, he was forced to walk with a cane for many months.

Conscious of the effect the cane might have dn young pl:ople gathered at a rally in Sicily the following November, Pope John Paul integrated it into his remarks.

"Some say the canl: has aged me," he observed. "Others say the cane has rejuvenated me."

He put the question to the crowd: "Does the cane make me older or make me yQunger? Are you procane or anti~cane?"

After gauging the applause which followed, the pope observed, "I see that you are pro-cane."

The walking stick was still with him on his n~xt trip abroad, which started in the Philippines, En'route to Manila the pope made his way to the back ofthe airplane to speak with'the Vatican press corps.

Responding to a reporter's question, the pope said earnestly that even nine months after hip surgery, his leg was still not strong enough to support him.

Then he offered an alternative

Thousands of people had re-, ' reason for keeping the cane: He could club people who do not obey mained in St. Peter's Square, conhim. For good measure, he added vinced that the pope would return that he might even use it on a to his balcony.

Twenty minutes later he'reapjournalist.

All of these exchanges show peared. But before resumin'g the that, in public, the pope can keep a greeting, he said, "You see, the brave face despite discomfort. But pope also has his weaknesses, but second hand account~ of things he's trying to res.ist." , That Christmas saw the inauguPope J ohrr Paul has said in private indicate that it's not just a good ration of the Vatican's -Internet performance by an accomplished site, which also offered ,an e-mail address for users. actor.

Several hundred people logged For example, on admission to on to comment on the pope's' sudthe hospital after his fall, the sixth time he was' hospitali~ed during den sickness. One of them was a young girl in the United States his papacy apart fro~ tests and named Sara, who advised the poncheck-ups, the pope told assembled tiff to drink chicken broth, get doctors and nurses: "You have to some rest and avoid worrying. admire my loyalty."

The pope's supporters also had Later, his press spo1<esman reoccasion to show off their wit in lated an exchange that took place their wishes for his recuperation between the pontiff aqd a doctor from the assassination attempt in treating his hip: "Both you and 1 1981. have only one choice," he said.

Of the numerous greetings sent "You must cure me, and I must from the United States, a standout heal, because there is no place for a was the "get-well scroll" created by retired pope." the Beth- Shalom Synagogue of Even the most dire episode, Jacksonville, Fla. It bore more wh.en a would-be assassin shot the than 10,000 grel:tings from people pope in the abdomen, hand aQd of all faiths. arm rytay 13, 1981, offered an Among them: "All the prayers opportunity latl<r for a revealing of Jacksonville are with you, even remark.

• the Baptists,''''Shalom, Mr. Pope, ' On release from the hospital get well soon ... Don't you hate Aug. 14, 1981, Pope John Paul hospital food?" and "Hope you visited the tombs of his three im- don't have to talk in front of I mediate predecessors, where he million people in your pajamas." . spent 10 minutes in sil'ent prayer.

Although he has had many reEmerging to a waiting audience cent reminders of his mortality, of cardinals, bishops and other some more serious than others, well-wishers, Pope Jo~n Paul ob- Pope John Paul has not been served that another tomb had near- prone to dwell on his inevitable ly been needed May 13. death. .

When comparatively mild illness But, he did mention, at that has struck, the pope hfls taken the meeting with Polish pilgrims back occasion to acknowle.qge tha't he is in January 1995, how he would every bit as human as the faithful. like to be recalled.

Reflecting on the lack of physiFor instance, last qecember he was suffering from' what was , cal activity that he observed among thought to be the flu, but was later the current crop of bishops, he diagnosed as recurring appendici- expressed his wishes for "what tis. Fever, and nausea forced him they should say about me in the to interrupt his traditional Christ- future: Not only was. he pope, but mas message, broadcast live world- , he skied and canoed. And 'sometimes he broke his leg." wide.

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Chmura volunteers with charilooked like ne'd be lucky to still be ties. He· appears with his wife, playing football today., But not Lynda and their son, Dylan, in ~n only is he a starter for the Green NFL-United Way public service Bay Packers, he's a Pro Bowl announcement that will air during player and one of the highest-paid games. He often donates equiptight ends in the game. ment to charity auctions, The fam~ Much has changed for Chmura since the Boston College AII-Ame'riily is ,active at Nativity parish in can was drafted in 1992 by the Ashwaubenon. , "A man only needs so much Packers. B~t one thing that hasn't money. I try to help thm~e who are changed is his strong Catholic faith. less fortunate," he said.

"I grew up in a very religious .chmura has worn a scapular family. Both my parents are devoted Catholics. My four brothers since 10th grade, Father Jutt freand I were all altar boys. Some- 'quently sends him a new supply times four of us were all serving at because Chmura wears out several the same time," said Chmura, who each season because of t:eavy perserved Mass for 10 years at St. 'spiration during games.

James Church in South Deerfield, He also attends Mass before games and said, "If I don't see_ Mass.

"Mark is one of the best," said Father John Blaha going around Father Julius Jutt, pastor at St. blessing the Catholics before a A SALVADO RAN police~an displays more than 200 weapons turned in by civilians in James, where Chmura also mowed game, I panic until I find him." lawn. "Mark is an excellent Chmura doesn't consider himexchange for consumer goods Sept. 23 in San Salvador. Guns for Goods, financed by local the model 'cor the younger kids. They self a hero, but he kn'ows he's a role business leaders and the Catholic Church, was aimed at curbing rising viol~nce in £1 Salvador. just love him here." .model and' takes that seriously. " (CNS j Reuters photo) - "Everything that happens to me "Today's society puts ath letes on a is because of God," Chmura said. pedestal whether we wan:: it or not.

"He has a plan f-or me. I wouldn't I would not want my kids to grow be here today without him, Some- up to be like Dennis Rodman or times people at this level forget Charles Barkley," he said.

SAN SAL V ADOR (CNS) - In jority of violent crimes are carried branches ofthe major supermarket that. But there were.ttimes for me While it can be tough to be a the first stag~ of an ambitious out with illegally, held weapons chains, he explained. The weapons when it was rocky. I was almost role model because "you can't . were passed onto the D,efense out of the game, now I'm at the please everybody," Chmura said guns-for-goods campaign in EI Sal- dating from the war years. vador, some 350 different weapons Among weapons handed in over Ministry to be destroyed. top. I attribute that to my faith he does his best by working hard, Fernando Mateo, creator of the and belief in God." were turned in for groceries by the weekend at one church in San giving it his best, not giving up and unidentified Salvadoran gun own- Salvador were five hand~held U.S.-based foundation, "Goods for Chmura's first obstacle was in keeping his faith in God. ers. rocket launchers and more than 30' Guns," ,said Sept. 22 in the Sal- his rookie year, when he tried to "I consider myself a bl.ue-collar vadQran capital: "This (response) play through a weightlifting injury. player. I'm not a showboat. I give The campaign was organized by hand grenades. a group of business people and ,Hirlemann said each person who has been incredible. I'm very im- The next season, '1993, he missed 110 percent, do my job a od live to supported by the Catholic Church. turned in a weapon was given a pressed by the attitude taken by , two games with a shoulder injury play another day," Chmura said. ' "This has gone beyond all our voucher worth between 1,500 and the Salvadorans." and then played mainly on special "I want to show peopk that you 'Thecampaign is,dueto continue ,teams, catching only two' passes can accomplish anything with hard expe.ctations," said Arturo Hirle- 3,000'co~nes (US$I'72-$340), demann, coordinator of the Patriotic pending on the type of arm. The every second weekend until De- for 13.yards. work. If you take that approach, Movement Against Crime, a' pri- vouchers' can be exchanged iq cember, said the organizers.

In 1994, a hamstring injury everything will work out for the vate organization recently formed" ,forced him to miss part of training good." camp and the firs~ two games. But by businessmen and women in the ~ake of a wors~ning crime wave even with the departure of tight dE~bate hitting the country. ,end Jackie Harris to the Tampa 'PERTH, Australia (eNS) Bay Buccaneers, Chmura didn't "One weapon handed'in means many lives saved," he added. , . ' start until the last four games of The abortiei'n debate in 'Australia has been reignited by a dl:cision to Based on the model of a similar ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (CNS) immigration issue," Bishop Lynch the season. allow Australia's bishop~; and the campaign already carried out in _ Reports on the recent deporta- ,said. "Our common dignity as huLast season, Chmura became a the United States, the Salvadoran tion of 23 Mexican immigrants man beings calls us to respect the favorite target for quarterback Catholic health lobby to :.ntervene , in a current High Court case. This version took off the weekend of failed to mention "the human sto- alien among us, regardless of their Brett I:'avre, finishing the season is the first time in which the AusSept. 21-22 in the country's three ries behind that statistic," said status or social position." with 54 receptions for 679 yards tralian High Court will cons1der largest cities. Church buildings;' Bishop Robert N. Lynch of St. and seVen touchdowns.

The bishop said the immigrapoints of law with regard to the including the Metropolitan Cathe- , Petersburg in a letter condemning At long last he was showing why practice of abortion throughout dral in San Salvador, served as 'the "inhumane treatment" of the tion issue is "particularly thorny ... in an election year," but said immi-' he had caught a record 164 passes the country, The case is a n appeal collection points. alleged illegal aliens. grants "should not be used as at Boston College, good .for 2,046 ofa ruling of the New South Wales In his Sept. 22 homily ArchBishop Lynch wrote the Sept. pawns in the political arena....

Supreme Court in September 1995, yards and II touchdowns. bishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle of 17 letter to Catholics in' his diocese which found' 'a Sydney, medical During the off-season, the Pack"While I respect our nation's San Salvador called on gun owners following the detention and depor" ers signed him to a three-year, $4.8 company, Superclinics, liable for to hana over their weapons: . tation to Mexico of 23 workers at right to control its own borders, I not diagnosing the pregnancy of a "1\ weapon in the home is a a Clearwater laundry earlier in also recognize the right of each million contract, putting his pay as female' client in time for her to a tight end behind only Harris and human person trapped in a system temptation to resort to violence," September. ha.ve an abortion. In that ,decision, Eric Green of the Miami Dolphins. of injustice, massive pove'rty and "The fact that these deportees he said.

Back when injuries hobbled him, the court ruled ,abortion in the "A massive disarmament would were not alloweq to contact their oppression to seek relieffrom such state can sometimes be legal. "\ thought about quitting at times," really help things here," he added. families or retrieve any of their an inhumane situation," he said.

Official estimates 'are that more bel9ngings 'is particularly repre- "Crushing' poverty and lack of than 300,000 weapons remained in hensible," he said. "Within 24 , educational and employment ophands of civilians following the hours of their' arrest, they were portunities have led many to seek U.N.:sponsoredpeace settlement, returned to Mexico with only the , a better life for their families here which ended 12 years of civil war clothes on their backs and released in the United States." . in January 1992. into a remote area without food,' Bishop Lynch criticized as "deMany of the weapons had origi- water or the financial.means to plorable" recent immigration legnally been distributed by the army return to their towns." islation that ~',makes it practically to its civilian supporters during The effect of the morning raid at impossible for any immigrant 'to the war. ' the laundry, Bishop Lynch saJd', legally enter the ~ountry.

Under the pea.ce treaty, the gov:. was to separate wives from hus"Such restrictive immigration ernment committed itselfto a mas- bands and children fr9m their legislation is quite shameful and sive disarmament campaign, which mothers. so far has produced fe~ results. .

I n one case, a mother was thoroughly contrary to our tradiBenjamin Cuellar, head of the separated from her II-month-old tion," he said'.

Human Rights Institute at Jesuit- child and not allowed to contact I run Central American University, her family or check on the infant. said there are still thousands of In another; a young woman who arms unaccounted for, mainly due was the sole health provider to her '''Ask, and you to the lack of official control over husband who suffers from rheureceive.

Seek and you weapons. matic heart disease was jailed and GREEN SA Y Packer Mark Chmura says faith has helped will find. Knock and it will "Ahy 18-year-old can easily get notallowed to contact him. him through the rocky times in footbaJI when i~juries hambe opened to you. n " hold of a gun in a matter of hours "I me~tion only two of the 23 pered his play. Now on top of the NFL world, the tight end " , Mt7:7-g said Cuellar. stories of human suffering which Police sources say..that.the.ma~ .•... r.efIect the growing tragedy of the credits God for his talents. (CNSj-Matel'ski photo) ".,,,". I f

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The Invisible Miracle of Catholic Schools Continue<l from Page Eight phones and vigorous statewide support. It will also mean some money. I would have had them in 1977 [in his losing race for mayor] if it had not been for a clumsy meeting I had with [union leader Albert] Shanker. l must see that I don't make that same mistake again." .

tuition was "clearly constitutional" under a recent Supreme Court decision - but he refused to support such a plan.

To take Catholic schools' success seriously is to expose the fatal moral flaw at the heart of public school reform efforts. Reformers in Albany and New York City talk as if all that's needed is a change in

He didn't. In his 1982 campaign the balance of interests' among for governor, Cuomo gave a speech . those who control the school systrumpeting the primal:y of public tem. Some call for more mayoral education and the rights of teach- power. Others draw up plans for ers. He wOn the union's enthusias- school-based councils, assigning a tic endorsement against Ed Koch prescribed number of seats to the in the Democratic primary. Over various constituencies at the school: the next 12 years, in private meet- parents, teachers, supervisors, ings with Catholic leaders, Gover- 'other school workers. nor Cuomo would de<:lare that he These plans miss the point. In still supported tax relieffor pa- .all the ,Catholic schopls. I visited, rochial school parents. Then he there was a greater sense of comwould.take a completely different munity, of collaboration between position in public. For example"in teachers and parents, than in any 1984 he acknowledged that giving public school I know of. Yet St. tax credits for paro~hial-school Gregory's and Holy Name have no

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official school councilor even a parents' association. What t~ey have instead is a shared commitment that no interests matter but the children's. The idea that the interests of other "stakeholders" can supersede those of children plainly immoral when stated so bluntly - has 'no force in these schools.

Catholic schools work because they focus on the basic relationship that is at the heart of all good education. Says principal Pat Kelly: "Parents walk into my office once a week, twice a week, and I know they pay my s,tlary. They say, 'I want to know why Junior failed this lest. I want to know why J unior, has detention.' So I spend a lot of time dealing with families, who are the backbone of the school.

The school exists ,for their kids.

There's no other reason this school exists. None." . Politically controlled sch'ools are unlikely to improve much without strong pressure from outside. Thus, the case for government aid to Catholic schools is now more comWhen a New York City Council pelling than ever, if only to provide the competitive pressure to committee held a hearing recently on charter schools and other pubforce state schools to change. And the conventional wisdom that gov- lic school reforms, the United Federation of Teachers dispatched ernment is constitutionally prohibited from aiding Catholic five people to rail against reform.

Union officials said they were schools has been undermined by Supreme Court decisions such as "troubled and disturbed that the Mueller v. Allen, which approved . hearing was held at all." So much ' tax deductions for tuition and other . for meaningful dialogue.

To abandon the idea of aid to expenses in parochial sch'ools, and Witters v. Washington Department Catholic schools in the name of of Services for the Blind, approv- public school reform is a sucker's trap. We have ended up with no ing public financial assistance to a aid to Catholic schools and no real blind st~dent in divinity school. public school reform either. Thus, Since the powerful teachers' it's time to tear down the wall of unions vehemently oppose' any form of government aid to Catholic separation, to accept Cardinal O'Connor's offer, and ·to help schools, reformers are often skittish about advocating vouchers or Catholic schools benefit as many of New York's children as possituition tax credits, fearing that will ble. Government must rescue poor end the public school reform conversation before it begins. But try- children from failing public schools. It can do so In a variety of ing to placate the unions is futile. ways: providing a targeted student population with vouchers that can be used in Catholic schools, allow• program is an invitation to all who ing tuition tax credits for both would like to be involved in the secular and religious schools, esRenewal and to understand the tablishing cooperative ventures be'twe~n public and parochial 'schools, role of the Holy Spirit in our lives. and encouraging more private money to flow into Catholic schools.

Catholic schools are a valuable public resource not merely because they so profo,!ndly benefit the children who enroll in them. They also challenge the public school monopoly, constantly reminding us that the neediest kids are educable and that spending extravagant sums of money isn't the answer. No one who cares about reviving our failing public schools can afford to ignore this inspiring laboratory of reform.

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The Diocesan Service Commit- "get to know" all the prayer groups tee (DSC) of the Charismatic Re- in our diocese and meet any needs newal of the Fall Rivl~r Diocese is or concerns that they might have. hosting a program entitled "GetThe "Getting. to Know You" ting to KnQw You" on Oct. 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at'Stanislaus Church, 36 Rockland St. Fall River. Guest speakers will be Fathers Robert Kaszynski, Andre WASHINGTON (CNS) - FaFaria and Jose Sousa. The theme ther Eugene F. Hemrick, head of for this day came about at a recent research for the National Confermeeting of the DSC. Father Andre Faria,' of Our ence of Catholic Bishops and U.S. Lady of Mt. Carmel, New Bed-. Catholic Conference, has left the ford, will give a teaching on Seek- job after 20 years the USCC ing Emotional and Spiritual announced.

Father Hemrick's "pioneering Wholeness in Christ. work will stand the church in good Father Jose Sousa, also from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, will 'stead for years to come," said present a teaching on Discerning Marks for Leadership - Healthy and Unhealthy Leade:rs.

Father Kaszynski is liaison to the Bishop for the Charismatic Renewal and works with the DSC. One of the goals of the DSC is to

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Golden anniversary ARLINGTON, Va. (eNS) M issionhurst priests gathered at their U.S. provincial house in Arlington Sept. 8 to mark the 50th anniversary of the congregation's arrival in the United States. Presiding at the Mass and ceremony were Cardinal Jan P. Schotte, a M issionhurst priest who is general secretary of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, and Bishops John R. Keating of Arlington and WaIter F. Sullivan of Richmond.

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The Chicago native joined the USCC Department of Education' in 1976 as research coordinator. In 1979, when the bishops set up research secretariat to serve the entire confen:nce, he was named its first director. Father Hemrick, 58, estimates that over the years he has helped produce 100 national studies. When we first began, he told CNS Sept. 13, "there was a big push on collaboration." . Father Hemrick said he always has followed that approach, completing research projects with the National Catholic Educational Association, the Life Cycle Institute of the Catholic University of America, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, the Glenmary Research Office, state Catholic conferences and universitie~a~ound the country.

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BISHOP FEEHAN High School Principal, Geo,rge Milot (left), stands with Kristin Dissinger of Mansfield and Marisa Cuce of North 'Attleboro, both NaiionalMerit Semifinalists, and Vice 'Prjncipal of Academic Affairs Pat Kelleher.

Bishop Feehan D.s.lists merit ~cholars Principal George Milot of Bish- take place at the Venus de Milo op Feehan High School has been restaurant in Swansea with pic, notified, by the National Merit tures at 6 p.m. followed by dinner Scholarship Foundation that sen~ at 7 and dancing from 8-12. iors Kristin Dissinger and Marisa Mr. Alden Harrison, ChairperCuce have been chosen as semi- son of the Theater Department, is finalists in the 1997 Nationlil Merit conducting auditions for the fall Scholarship Comp~tition. production, of Steel Magnolias.

The girls are two of 15,000 semi路 He has also indicated that addifinalists nationally out of I. r mil- tional sound and lighting'technilion students who took the test in cians are needed. The production October of their junior'year (1995). will be performed in the Feehan Kristin and Marisa will now com- auditorium on November 14 and petefora'finalist scholarship which IS at 7:30 p.m., and November 17 will be given -to 7,000 of the 15,000 . at 2:00 p,m. semifinalists.

Mr. Jeff Cavallo, moderator of Kristin is the daughter of Wil- Students Against Drunk Driving liam and Ann Dissinger of Mans- (S.A.D.D.)will besellingtee-shiits field ..She is- a member of the to 'raise money for the school's National Honor Society, the路 upcoming program of activities.

French National Honor Society, September 30 to Octob.er 4 was the Debate Society, school chorus Spir:it Week at the Attleboro camand th~. girls"swim team. An ac- 'pus" Students ,prepared for the complished cellist,.sheplays in the annual homecoming with a differWheaton College Orchestra, and: - ent theme for each day: Monday, the Boston Youth Symphony Or- Injilry-Day;Tuesday, Mystery Day; chestra. She is a member of S1. Wednesday, Colleg~ Day, featur~ Mary's parish in Man'sfield. Kris- ing tile annual-class versus class tin woul,d like to attend Yale Uni- College Bowl competition moder- . versity and study philosophy and ated by Director of Development music. . ' .' _' Chris Servant; Thursday, Crazy' M~n~a Cuce IS the daughter of . Sock Day; and Friaay featured a DomlDlca and Mary Ann Cuce of rally in the school's gymnasium. ' North Attleboro. She is a member 'Opening ceremonies and a paofthe National HonorSociety, t h e . ' '.'

Spanish and Latin National Honor Society and'a member Of the girls' . Stone hill College and. the E. , swim team. Outside' of school Marisa is on the Youth Advisory Nakamichi Foundation will preBoard for Sci-Tech, !sa.lifeguard sent a' CI~'ssical Music Concert at the .YMCA and teaches 3rd featuring cellist Laurien'Laufman, grade CCD at her parish, St. associate prRfessor of cello at the Mark's in Attleboro Falls. Marisa University of lllinois Schoolqf , ' would like to attend. Boston Uni~ Music. " The concert, sc\:ieduled for,Oct:' versity and study speech pathology.

On Septemberf6, the parents of 8 at 8 p.m., is free and the works by' the freshman class were the guests Spanish .composers 'such as Casof Principal George Milot at the sado will be perforined. ' , The show will be held at the annual Pot Luck supper. Milot used the occasion to introduce all Martin Auditorium on campus.

For information, call 525-1487. the freshmen homeroom teachers, and all the school administrators.

The festive evening was attended by well over 200 guests. ' Mrs. Nancy Mowry, Chairperson of the Physical Education department, and coordinator for the annual Father-Daughter Dance has announced that t,he,dance will I

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A Coyle and, Cassidy High School, Taunton, senior has been named a 'National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist. 17-year-old Kelly Karsner of Raynham, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Karsner, is one of 15,000 students chosen nationwide because of"exceptional , academic ability and potential for success," according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

"This puts Kelly in the top one percent of all high schoolseniors," , said Coyle and Cassidy Headmaster Michael Donly. "This is a great tribute to her!"

Karsner would like to further her education in Internatio'nal Relations at a school in the Washington, D.C. area.

She' attributes part of her success .1,0 the teachers at Coyle ,and Ca,ssidY,especially in math and foreign language. "The teacher.s," s~e says "take a personal interest in students and stay after school when extra help is needed."

Karsner also applauds j~er parents who steered her towa:rd reading~ a'ways encouraged he:r to do well in school, and stood by her career decision. She added', "I just consider myself to be in(:redibly lucky."

At Coyle and Cassidy, Karsne,r is involved in Leadership AsseIl)bly, Peer Leadership, the National Honor' Society, Spanish Honor Society, Food Pantry, and Taunton Youth Council.

Karsner and the other ac:ademically talented high 'schoolseniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for the approximately 7,000 Merit Scholarship awards~ worth about $27 million, to be offered next spring.: About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to meet the requirements for finalist. Every finalist will be considered for one of 2,000 NationarMerit $2000 Scholamhips to be awarded on a state representational basis.

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, rade of floats to Hayward Field for the Dartmouth-Feehan Homecoming game were on deck for Saturday and a special 'Mass for deceased alumni, teachers and friends of Feehan on Sunday an'd 'a dance completed the activities.

The first quarter Interim Report Day took place October 3 and Parent-Teacher cO,nferences will be held October 8 and 10 from 6:30-9:00 at. the school.

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, Getting to Know Our Seminarian Albertino DaSilva" , A Brazilian by birth,'Albertino , DaSilva feels, very much 'at home in the Fall River Diocese because so many, people 'speak his, native l,anguage, Portu~: guese..

DaSilva is originally from TabaHina, Brazil, and is the 'son. of the late Fernando . and Maria FranCisca daSilva. He is the . youngest of.15'brot~ers and sisters. . .' In 1994, DaSilyacame to the diocese after meeting with Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap. and Msgr. John Smith, Diocesan Vocation "" Director. ' ,.

DaSilva ,graduated from Luiz' Viana Filho High " School in 1987 and,five years later received a licentiate in philosophy from Unicap Catholic College of Pernambuco at Recife, Brazil. He has completed his theological studies at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, CT, and this summer ' began a pastoral year at the parish of St. Augustine in Vineyard Haven on Martha's Vineyard.

In Brazil; DaSilva taught reli- and practice the sacrament~~ mingion at St. Joseph High School for istry. It was Father Jose AIaujo, four years and history of philoso- , the vocation director in his home diocese,.who influenced his !!!!!!'!:~~~ ... deCision to enter the seminarY. The seminarians from . his home parish, al.so inspired hipt to consider a vocation, in his own Ufe by their work with people and their life of prayer. " DaSilva has also ex.periencedthe life of service by workIng in. various apQs, tolic' ministries, such as a soup' Iqtchen, hospital visitation, helping at an 9lphanage in Brazil, and nlJrsing home visits.. '

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He is drawn to the priesthood by a g~~at desire to help the sick

, A pl:iest or religiclUs in , today's world speneJ,s a lot of time outside the church building - in homes, hospitals, schools and Dlllrsing homes. They go where there is a need. It takes a special kind of love. Can you Iiv~ it? Consider a church vocation.

For more information, write: Father CraigA. Pregantl, Vocation Office, P.O. Box 2577, Fall River 02720.

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Reilly, a second year honors student at Providence College received $1,250. The daughter of Joseph and Alice Reilly of Fall River, Ms. Reilly is a 1995 graduate of Bishop Connolly High School.

Fragoza, a freshman at Providence College majoring in Biology, received $1,300. He is a 1996 graduate of B.M.e. Durfee High School in Fall River and the son of James and Maria Fragoza of Fall River.

Father Hogan, a 1939 graduate of Providence College, was a well known, charismatic and popular local priest who at the time of his death in 1986 was pastor of St. Julie Billiart Church in North Dartmouth. After his death the Rev. John F. Hogan scholarship THENURSEll Y Class at St. Joseph's School, Fairhaven, is learning to cook. For their first lesson they prepared and ate a . fund was established and placed in fruit Number Salad. The "Chef' is parent Mrs. Susan Leblanc Medeiros. trust at Providence College for administration by the college. The total value of the fund now exceeds $255,000 and since its inception has awarded more than $81,000 to deserving students from local communities.

'On behalf of all donors to the William J. Synnott, Chairman Rev. John F. Hogan Scholarship of The Rev. John F. Hogan ScholFund, Synnl;ltt congratulated each arship Fund reports that four area of the award recipients, expressed students attending Providence Col- the hope that each would make a lege have received awards totalling serious and earnest effort in their $6,550 for the 1996-1997 academic studies and endeavors at Provi' rather fantasize: about a "timeyear. dence College, and that each in less dream of light" and being Recipients are Keith Fragoza, their own way could well serve the "lost in a deep cloud of heavJennifer Azevedo, Joshua Des memory of Father Hogan by an

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Roches and Sheila Reilly. act of kindness to another.

However, a "forever" that Azevedo, the recipient oUI ,300 I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER endures gets rooted more firmly The Scholarship Fund Commitis a Providence College senior, in the ground of daily life than tee has completed its formal fundhonors student, majoring in Health Feels likE! I'm standing raising efforts but continues to in mood-altering dreams.

Policy Management. She is the In a timeless dream of light If you want your infatuation daughter of John and Cynthia' accept contributions. Anyone Mists of I)ale amber rose wishing to make a gift or in need of to grow into a Ihealthy, continuAzevedo of Westport and a 1993 Feels like I'm lost information may contact Proviing relationship, consider these graduate of Bishop Connolly High In a dee~1 cloud of heavenly scent dence .College or Attorney Wilsuggestions: School in Fall River.

Touching, discovering you liam J. Synnott, 398 County Street, 1. Talk about how each of Des Roches, the son of Conrad Those dElys of warm rains you has fallen in love. Appreand Florence Des Roches of New Bedford, MA 02740 or at Come rushing back to me (508) 999-1539. ciate the experience, for romanAcushnet, received $3,000. A gradMiles of windless summer night air tic infatuation can be fun. Realize Secret moments shared that the emotional highs cannot In the heat of the afternoon be sustained. They are only a Out of the stillness small part of a love that lasts.

Soft spoken words 2. Avoid saying whatthe song Say, say It again The 1996-97 school year is off to 'grades 4-8 travelled to the Rhode states, namely, words such as Refrain: I love you always forever a busy start at Holy Family-Holy Island Convention Center to attend "forever" or "never." InfatuaNear and far, Name School in New Bedford. the American Smithsonian Exhition itself rarely lasts, even when Closer together everywhere Chess Club, Stamp Club and Jun- bition. Students viewed everything you are sure that it will. ConseI will be with you ior Choir have begun, with many from ancient artifacts to lunar quently, be careful about what Everything I will do for you new .members and interesting activi- modules to Dorothy's red slippers. you say to another. Love built You've got the most unbelievable ties.

Students were buzzing about the on feelings is bound to change.

Blue eyes that I've ever seen On the technological front, the things they saw for days!

If we are aware of this, infatuaYou've got me almost melting away A recently held "Reading Night" new computer network will be up tion is less likely to lead to hurt AI we lie there under blue sky and running in October, thanks to was a great success for grade K-4 and a broken heart. ' With pUl'e white stars the generosity of a few of our par- ·parents. HF-HN faculty were on 3. As you (:arry on the infatExotic sweetness ents.

Currently, students are explor- hand to share their expertise and uation, be clear about what A magical time ing a wide variety of programs on helpful tips on reading at home values are important to you. If Say, say It again computers located in individual and in school. you make choices that violate (Repeat refrain) Many other events are in store classrooms. As always, our MacInyour standards, the rq,mance for the upcoming months includSay, say you'll love me forever tosh Lab remains a favorite gathcosts you your own sense of ing a "Saint Extravaganza" and a Never stop never ering place for the students. self. While such a loss need not Whatever near and far and always On September 18, students in Family Dance. be permanent, your individualAnd everywhere and everything ity is a gift from God. Don't (Repeat refrain) broker it in exchange for the Written and sung by Donna Lewis, (c) 19~6 by "feel good" of infatuation.

Donna Lewis Ltd.lWarner Chappell Music Inc. (ASCAP), 4. Try to keep a sense of The National Honor Society Sarah Walde of Berkley, treasurer. (c) 1996 by Atlantic Recording Corp. for the Un,ted States humor about what eventually Chapter at Bishop Stang High Teacher moderators for the NHS and WEA International for the world outside the United States unfolds. If your love matures School, North Dartmouth, is spon- ate Manuel Medeiros and Nancy into a genuine, lasting bond, MAGICAL, ROMANTIC sweetness" and "magical." She soring a Blood Drive at the school Ann Mulcare. you will need to negotiate conmoments: Can they sustain a asks him to "say, say it again: I The NHS officers are coordinaton Wednesday, October 9. The flicts and problems. If the rorelationship? love you always forever," NHS Officers met with Mrs. Nancy ing the schedule for the day, and mance fizzles, you will still have Such experiences usually mean She believes that this "forVital ofttie St. Luke's Blood Bank. ask that potential blood donors gained new insights into relathat one has "fallen in love." ever" is certain and true. Rolast week to finalize details of the schedule an appointment in adtionships.

This seems to be the case for the mantic infatuation tends to feel upcoming drive. Students, faculty, vance. Hours of the drive are 8:30 Trust what happens. God will woman in Donna Lewis' debut this way. Yet, genuine love is parents, and grads are all invited a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and donor times guide you and help you turn this chart hit, "I Lovl~ You Always differerit. "Forever" gets remay be arranged through the NHS to be donors. experience into an important Forever." placed by one day at a time and The elected officers of the Na- officers or by calling the Develtime of learning.

Thi$ person exhibits many learning how to nurture a relational Honor Society at Bishop opment Office at Bishop Stang, Yourcomnients are always signs of infatuation. Her guy has tionship as it changes.

Stang coordinating the drive are: tel. 993-8959. welcome. 'Please address: "got the most unbelievable blue Of course, such an underKristen Koezera of Mattapoisett, Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box eyes that I've ever seen." Her standing wouldn't make for a pr<:sident; Elisha Nadeau ofTiverGOD'S ANCHOR 182, Rockport, Ind. 47635. rendezvous with him are "exotic pop chart hit! Most of us would ton, RI, vice-president; Heather HOLDS, Pierce'of Westport', secretary; 'lind

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Monday, Oct. 7 - Bishop's Day with the new pastors.

Wednesday, Oct. 9 - Professional Development Workshop - An As, sessment in Science and Mathematics, Dr. Katherine Stygall-O'Sullivan ofUMass Dartmouth Education Resource Center. Please call Sister Mary Owen, C.S.J. at 763-8874 for CNVS . more information.

The Catholic Network of Volunteer Services works with more than BCC CAMPUS MINISTRY 170 Catholic sponsored volunteer The Catholic Campus Ministry programs which place men and Office at Bristol Community Colwomen of all ages in- service to the lege, Fall River, is sponsoring a lecpoor and needy. Information: (800) ture entitled: "Church Annulments: 543-5046 or (202) 529.:1100.

What? Why? How?" by Father Jose NEW HOPE PARENT Sousa of the Diocesan Marriage AIDES PROGRAM Tribunal on Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Are you a caring volunteer willing Commonwealth College Center (parkto share parenting and coping skills ing lot 12). All are welcome and with families who may be at risk of there is no charge or prior registraabusing or neglecting their children? tion.

Call Bonnie Dittrich. tel. 226-4015, ST. ANTHONY, TAUNTON , to become a Parent Aide Volunteer.

Bishop Sean O'Malley will bless HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON and dedicate the parish's new center Have your pets blessed Oct. 5at at 6 p. m. Oct.. 13 and will then be II a.m. principal celebrant and homilist at a SECULAR FRANCISCANS 7 p.m. Mass. The annual parish canSt. Francis of Peace Fraternity of dlelight procession in honor of Our the Secular Franciscan Order will Ladyof Fatima will follow the Mass, hold its monthly meeting Oct. 13 at 2 with candles available at the church p.m. at Holy Trinity Church, West for participants. All are welcome to Harwich. Father Remi Goudreau, join the procession, to be followed OFM, will celebrate Mass and speak

by Benediction. on "The Ideals of St. Francis." A business meeting, discussion and re- LaSALETTE SHRINE, freshments will follow. The rosary ATTLEBORO Hispanic youth from Southeastwill be recited at I:30 p.m. to end abortion. Information: Mae Hall, ern New England are invited for a Hispanic Youth Rally on Oct. 5 tel. 432-5772. beginning at 10 a.m.

ST. VINCENT de PAUL LaSalette will hold a .Blessing of SOCIETY, TAUNTON Pets to commemorate the Feast of The monthly meeting will be held Francis Oct. 6 at 2 p'.m.

Oct. 7 after 7p.m. Mass at .Immacu- St.The of Our Lady of the late Conception parish in the church Rosary Feast wJll be observed Oct. 7 at the hall.

12: 10 and 6:30 p.m. Masses and a candlelight procession at 7: 15 p.m.

The Adult Education Series on "Spirituality and Mental Health" continues Oct. 9 from 7:15-8: 15 p.m.

HEATING, INC. The topic will be "Sexuality: Sacred Soles and Service Passion." For information on any for ~dtnestlc and Industrial LaSalette happening, call 222-5410.

011 Bumers ST. THERESA'S CHAPEL, 995-1631 ' SAGAMORE 2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE An afternoon of recollection for NEW BEDFORD women will be held Oct. 14 with confessions heard from 2:30 - 3:00 and again at 5 p.m. by a priest of Opus Dei. All area women are welcome.

OFFICE FOR YOUTH MINISTRY Bobbi Paradise, Frank Lucca, Pauline Macedo and Bud Miller will present two' workshops for youth ministers to share ideas on community building with youth: Oct. 7, 7-9 p.m. at Our Lady of Victory padsh, Centerville, and Oct. 28, 7-9 p.m. at Notre Dame parish, Fall River.

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CATHOmCCH.4RISM',(TIC,'(-:,,:N' NEW BEDFORD ULTltEYA PRAYER GROUP The New Bedford Regional U1join us in our"New Life" Catholic treya will meet at St. Joseph's Chapel, Charismatic Prayer Group. John New Bedford (rear door next to recPolce will perform Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. tory), on Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. Hosts at Coyle & Cassidy High School in for the evening will be Moe and Rita Taunton. All are welcome to this St. Laurent. Area Cursi.llistas are weekly prayer meeting. Bring a friend invited. and get your spiritual batteries re- ST. THOMAS MORE, charged! Information: call 824-8378. SOMERSET SACRED HEART, . Exposition of the Bles!led SacraN. ATTLEBORO ment will be held until? tonight, A First Friday celebration will'be closing with Benediction. held Oct. 4 with interce~sorY prayer WEDDING ANNIVERSARY at 6:30 p.m., liturgy at 7, a special CELEBRATION presentation by Marilyn Flynn and Bishop Sean O'Malley will celePat Stewart on Romans 8:28 at 8 brate a special Mass of Thanksgivand coffee and socializing at 9. All ing for couples observing 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries during are invited. , 1996 on Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. at St. ST. VINCENT'S HOME, FR St. Vincent's Sixth Annual Chil- Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Condren's Festival and 5K Road Race tact your pastor for an im:itation. has been postponed to Oct. 19. For ST. MA'RY, MANSFIELD more information, call St. Vincent's Adoration of the Blessl:d Sacraat 679-8511 ext. 328. ment will be held tonigh(u:lltiI7. The Blessing of Animals in obsc:rvance of ST. JOHN BAPTIST, NB On Oct. 6 at 4 p.m. Annemarie the Feast of St. Francis will be Oct. 5 Schmidt, a World War II concentra- at II a.m. in front of St. Francis' tion camp survivor,. will share her Shrine. . experience of life and her intense ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, FR love of Jesus Christ and Mary.

The Missa Angelis will be sung at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, by the INDEPENDENCE HOUSE Independence House provides Cathedral Choir. The Gregorian services to battered women, their chant liturgy is heard monthly and children and sexual assault survi- all are welcome to attend. The rosary vors on Cape Cod. They are in need will be prayed before the noon Mass of volunteers to work in non-client (11:45 a.m.) Mon.-Fri. The Rosary areas such as fundraising, clerical of Our Blessed Lady will also be and event organization. For further prayed prior to each Vigil :md Sun- . information, please call'Linda Hard- day Mass Oct. 5-6 to prayerfully ing at 777-6507. unite those who will travel to Boston CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES for the Respect Life walk.

An information evening, spon- OUR LADY OF sored by Catholic Social Services, MT. CARMEL, NB for persons interested in domestic All who are looking for a closer newborn, international and older/relationship with Jesus are invited to special needs adoption will be held a Life in the Spirit seminar Oct. 9 at 'on Oci. 8,7 p.m., at St. Mary's par- 7 p.m. in the church hall. Seminars ish hall, 41 HardingRd., Fairhaven. are 'conducted in English.

Call 674-4681 for directions and reg- HIS LAND - BETHANY HOUSE istration. Refreshments will be OF PRAYER, LAKEVILI.E served.

A Lif~ in the Spirit Seminar will DCCWLIVING ROS{\RY beheldOct.19-20from9:30a.m.-4 The 'Fall River Diocesan Council p.m. The series of six tall:s offers ·or-Catholic Women will have Iiv- help in finding a fuller release of the ing rosary and Benediction on Oct. 9 Holy Spirit in your life. To register at 7 p.m. at St. Louis de France or for more information, call Pat or Church, Swansea. Bishop O'Malley Norma 947-4704. will be the special guest. A brief bus- IMMACULATE CONCEI'TION, iness meeting to follow. All are N. ATTLEBORO ' welcome. .

Adoration of the Blessed SacraST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO ment will last until tomorrow at 8 Adoration of Blessed Sacrament a.m. in chapel at rear of church every . ST. STANISLAUS, FR First Friday, beginning after 7 a.m.

The Diocesan Service Committee Mass and ending prior to 9 a.m. for Charismatic Prayer Groups inSaturday Mass, with evening prayer vites members of all prayc:r group 7 p.m. on Friday and special prayers ministries to gather for prayer, at 8 a.m. Saturday. All welcome at 'praise, te!lching and sharing Oct. 5, any hour.

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DAY OF RECOLLECTION: The Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will hpld a retreat Nov. 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Stonehill College, Holy Cross Retreat House in N. Easton. Contact Catherine St.' Martin, tel. (508) 339-4946, by Oct. 21 to reserve your spot. From left, Catherine St. M~Lrtin, DCCW Church Commission Chairperson and Kitsy Lancisi, DCCW President. (Lavoie photo)