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Dominican Republic sticky wicket for pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II's 12th voyage to Latin America is an attempt to face the challenges of the future while overcoming the ghosts of the past.

The main aims of his Oct. 9-14 trip to the Dominican Republic are to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Catholicism's arrival and to help Latin American bishops set strategies for a new evangelization of the region.

This new evangelization includes tackling the region's social problems and erosion of Catholic church membership by sects and Protestant churches.

It involves refining the church's position on liberation theology and basic church communities. Both are inno'vative Latin American ways of meeting the social and evangelizing challenges of the

modern world, but have sparked debate as to whether they are too politically oriented.

Most of the pre-trip arguing, however, has focused on the controversies of the initial evangelization and its ties to Spanish and Portuguese colonialism.

The main event of the pope's 56th trip outside Italy is to be the Oct. 12 opening of the Fourth General Conference of the Latin American Episcopate in the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo.

The meeting, scheduled to end Oct. 28, was called to draft plans for the new evangelization of a region where most people are nominally Catholic.

The opening date was chosen because it marks the 500th anniversary of the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New

Bishop Angell to Burlington The Most Rev. Kenneth A. Angell, Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, has been named by Pope John Paul II to become the eighth bishop of the diocese of Burlington, Vermont.

He replaces the Most Rev. John A. Marshall who became bishop of the diocese of Springfield last December. As Ordinary of the diocese of Burlington, which takes in the entire state of Vermont, Bishop Angell will be responsible for the spiritual governance and welfare of nearly 145,000 Catholics.

Present plans call for the Bishop to be installed in Burlington on Monday, November 9. In Provi-

dence, a Mass of thanksgiving and farewell will be offered at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul at I p.m. Sunday, Nov. I. In congratulating Bishop Angell, Bishop Sean O'Malley wrote: "It is with great joy that I write to you today to offer my prayerful best wishes on your appointment by our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, as Bishop of Burlington.

"I join with the clergy, religious and faithful laity of the diocese of Fall River in expressing our prayerful support as you begin your new ministry in the diocese of Burlington. May Our Lord' fill you Turn to Page 13

World, the event that made evanking and queen of Spain, never gelization possible. , materialized.

The Vatican has tried to disBut many in the Dominican tance the pope from the Columbus Republic view Columbus anniversary celebrations as symbolic of controversy. He is not scheduled the abuses of Spanish colonialism. to participate in state ceremonies Several people have been injured at the lighthouse and his Mass is and two killed in protests oppos- not scheduled for Oct. 12, the ing the festivities in late September anniversary date.

The Dominican government has and early October. down played the protests and vioThe' quincentennial celebrations lence to foreign journalists, while began Oct. 6, with dedication at the same time warning its own inauguration of a controversial people that if protests occur durlighthouse honoring Christopher ing the pope's visit there could be Columbus. dire consequences.

Originally the inauguration was "He who dares attack or disturb scheduled for Columbus Day, Oct. the public order may have to pay 12, the actual 500th anniversary even with his life," Hector Garcia date, but Dominican President Tejada, the armed forces minister, Joaquin Balaguer's grandiose plans told reporters a few days after a for that day foundered.

Dominican human rights leader Touted visits of heads of state was killed during one of the street and foreign royalty, including the protests.

But Pedro Morales, a member of the government-appointed quincentennial commission, told Catholic News Service, "Everything is calm. This is the most tranquil nation in the Caribbean.

"The Ministry of Tourism has announced there are no more hotel vacancies during festivities. Restaunint owners are happy. Catholics are content the pope is coming," Morales said.

The pope has planned to celebrate an Oct. II Mass near the lighthouse despite the protests, said Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Vatican spokesman.

The site for the Oct. II outdoor Mass was chosen because of the open field in the area, not its proximity to the lighthouse, NavarroValls said at a Vatican news conference.

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Perot seen as underwhelming WASHINGTON (CNS) - Panelists at a 'national teleconference on the influence of the Catholic vote last week greeted the reannounced presidential candidacy of Ross Perot with little excitement.

"My first reaction is that there are now three guys I'm not enthusiastic about," said John L. Carr, U.S. Catholic Conference secretary for social development and world peace.

Texas businessman Perot's announcement that he would rejoin the presidential race against Republican President George Bush and Democr_at Bill Clinton came Oct. I in Dallas, while the teleconference on "Does the Catholic Vote

CARDINAL BERNARD LAW speaks at the rally preceding Sunday's Respect Life Walk in Boston, sponsored by Massachusetts Citizens for Life and benefiting more than 40 pro-life organizations statewide.

Participants, who came from all over the Fall River diocese, included Father Richard Andrade of St. Mary's Cathedral, with Joshua Caesar of Our

Count?" was taking place in Washington.

"I think it will hurt Clinton more than Bush. but it will not affect the outcome of the election," said sociologist and author Father Andrew M. Greeley of Chicago, another panelist.

Father J. Bryan Hehir, USCC counselor for social policy, pastor of St. Paul's Parish in Cambridge, Mass., and Catholic chaplain at Harvard University said Perot's proposed 50-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax increase and other tough economic measures raise "one of the most difficult issues of the campaign - taxes."

In the Catholic context, taxes are

"part of distributive justice" and "one of the ways you get to heaven," he said. Tax;:Ition is "a systematic way to fulfill our obligations to one another, and I think the church ought to address this," Father Hehir added.

Father Philip J. Murnion, director of the National Pastoral Life Center in New York and moderator of the panel, asked whether the panelists thought Perot would appeal to the Catholic "Reagan Democrats" who are expected to playa big role in the 1992 elections.

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Lady of Grace parish, Westport (left), and cathedral parishioners Madeleine and Richard Grace and their children Mary Ann, Benjamin and Elizabeth (front). At right, a group from Corpus Christi parish, Sandwich, led by Marian Desrosiers (center), Cape Cod deanery representative to the Diocesan Pro-Life Apostolate. (Lavoie photos)

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For most of his lifetime, this committed catechist has visited non-Christian villages, instructed the faithful in Catholic communities, and guided them at prayer meetings. A family man himself, his specialty has been visiting other families, bringing many to the faith.

Mathias' journeys echo the labors of four Salvatorian missionaries who arrived in Northeast India a century ago. They too went from town to town, reaching Gauhati on a February day in 1890 and Shillong six days later.

Salesian Archbishop Hubert D'Rosario of Shillong-Gauhati speaks of the "touring" of missionary priests through later years.

"People still remember them, how they sacrificed themselves. In those days there was the eucharistic fast.

They would say one Mass, then walk 20 kilometers or so and say a second Mass ...on an empty stomach, not even a drop of water."

Archbishop D'Rosario himself has long experience of village touring, much of it on foot. In his more than 20 years as a bishop, he says, "There has not been one dull day because I see how Christ is loved and wanted."

For 'many years, in most religious communities in the area, two sisters are assigned the special task of visiting the villages. They tour for seven to 10 days at a time, instructing in the faith, visiting especially the elderly and the sick, preparing people for the sacraments, teaching hygiene. Recently a community was founded whose sisters will stay in those remote areas, caring for the needs of the most abandoned of the people.

Today the church in ShillongGauhati serves in 29 parishes, in medical facilities, in various social services and in more than 950 schools, many of them primary schools. Bringing little ones to school, parents will say that they themselves cannot read, but they want learning for their children.

Among the missionaries of Shillong-Gauhati are the people. themselves. Father Thomas Manjaly, the local chancellor, describes the tribal society as very social. . "The people," he said, "share their faith with the members of the clan. For instance, when we have the annual eucharistic procession in Shillong, Catholics bring along some of their non-Catholic friends or relations."

From this often arises a longing in the guests to know Christ and the church.

Almost half of the baptisms in the area are of adults; sometimes an entire family or groups offamilies in a clan come at one time to the faith. Recently eight priests were ordained for this young church, all from among the local tribal people.

In November, 1990, after nine years of spiritual renewal, Shillong-Gauhati celebrated a century of faith. From village after village the people came, 150,000 of them, giving thanks for the gift of Jesus, the Savior.

In 1991, aid provided by the Propagation of the Faith to Shillong-Gauhati included $35,000 for catechist training and support, $94,500 for the education of 135 major seminarians (about $700 for each seminarian for the year), $20,400 for'the training of 68 religious novices (about $300 for each novice for the year) and $38,500 as basic support for the diocese's pastoral and evangelizing programs, including travels from village to village supporting people, priests, religious and lay catechists.

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NEW YORK (CNS) - Irish pop singer Sinead O'Connor left a TV studio audience stunned and sparked a flood of phone calls after she ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II on a national TV show as she said, "Fight the real-enemy."

The incident on the Oct.. 3 broadcast of"Saturday Night Live" left the audience in silence and NBC's switchboard jammed with nearly 500 calls of protest.

They included a statement from the Massachusetts chapter of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, which called the incident "yet another outpouring of vicious anti-Catholic bigotry, by one of the leading feminists in the rock music industry."

Catholic League executive director c.J. Doyle said, the singer's "vicious hate-mongering, with its implicit message of violence, has no place on television. NBC should apologize for this callous and calculated act of contempt for Catholics."

NBC spokesman Curt Block said Oct. 4 of Ms. O'Connor, "I think there will be discussions in the office about her future with the show. She certainly won't be back anytime soon." She had appeared twice previously on "Saturday Night Live" without incident.

The gesture sparked one of the largest reactions in the 17-year history of the show. Block said 98 percent of callers disapproved of Ms. O'Connor's action. Since the incident, hundreds of other protests have been received.

The New York Daily News called her a "holy terror" iJ;! its front-page report on the incident Oct. 5.

"It is a pity she embarrassed herself that way," said Frank DeRosa, a spokesman for Bishop Thomas V. Daily of Brooklyn, N.Y., of the incident.

DeRosa added, "She needs some professional help - and spiritual help wouldn't hurt, either."

The gesture came at the end of Ms. O'Connor's cappella performance of the Bob Marley reggae song "War." A chantlike protest of racism and other forms of injustice, it says in part: "U ntil the philosophy which holds one race superior and another

inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war. ... Until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes, I've got to say war!"

After Ms. O'Connor sang the concluding lyrics, "We have confidence in the victory of good over evil," she raised a picture of the pope and tore it in two while turning to the TV camera and saying, "Fight the real enemy."

Block said the insult to the pope was not scripted and took everyone at the show by surprise. At a dress rehearsal Ms. O'Connor had torn up a picture of a child at the end of the song, which also contains an exhortation against child abuse and urges, "Children, children, fight!"

"It was completely unauthorized," Block said. "It goes without saying that the network does not condone what Ms. O'Connor did," he added.

"Whatever her motivations, they were of a personal nature and certainly did not reflect the opinion of the network or the 'SNL' staff. We would never authorize anything like that."

Block said Ms. O'Connor was able to rip up the picture of the pope without the show's staff knowing ahead of time because the show is broadcast live rather than from tape.

Ms. O'Connor is no stranger to controversy.

Two years ago the shaven-headed 25-year-old singer threatened to cancel a New Jersey concert if "The Star-Spangled Banner" was played. Organizers acceded, fearing fans would riot if they did not.

Elaine Schock, Ms. O'Connor's publicist, said the singer had returned to Ireland and would have no comment.

Educated by nuns, Ms. O'Connor is opposed to church teaching on abortion, marriage and other social issues, and is reported to have had two abortions in the last two years.

An ABC spokeswoman said the network would show a recorded performance by Ms. O'Connor on the Oct. 9 installment of "ABC in Concert" despite the "Saturday Night Live" incident.

Pastoral ministry to sick to be topic at Wareham Mass and meeting All interested in pastoral ministry to the sick are invited by the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women to attend a Mass at 2 p.m.

Sunday~ Oct. 18, at St. Patrick's Church, Wareham. Father George C. Bellenoit, diocesan director of the Department of Pastoral Care for the Sick, will be principal celebrant and Very Rev. James F. Lyons, pastor of St. Patrick's, will be among concelebrants.

"I am hopeful that anyone concerned with the sick will attend," said DCCW president Mary Mikita. "This includes those working with the sick, those offering respite assistance to home caregivers and those who feel that such concern is part of being a good Catholic."

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Case review asked WASHINGTON (CNS) Seven organizations including the National Council of Churches have joined in a brief asking the Supreme Court to review the case of an Arizona deaf student who was refused a state-paid sign-language interpreter because he attended a Catholic school. James Zobrest sued the Catalina Foothills School District in Tucson, Ariz., for refusing to pay for his sign-language interpreter when he attended Salpointe Catholic High School. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in May ruled in favor of the public school district. The district had agreed to pay for the interpreter if Zobrest attended any non-religious private or public school, but contended that hiring an interpreter to work at a Catholic school constituted 'state support of religion.

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The Massachusetts Catholic Conference has issued the following statement with regard to fam- . i1y benefits for homosexual partners: The Massachusetts Catholic Conference is concerned that Gov.ernor Weld has· issued an executive order extending some family benefits to certain homosexual· political appointees who are living together as "domestic partners."

This action is u~just to true families and every other friendship that does not arbitrarily claim the title of"domestic partner." Family benefits are provided by the state LOOKING AHEAD to the annual Bishop's Charity BaH, because of the intrinsic importance of stable family life for the good of to be held at 8 p.m. Jan. 15, 1993, at White's of Westport, are society. That advantage is not a Leonard Nicolan event cochairman and' Fall River district . , . "right" that, by being given to one president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and Rev.. group, mU!~t be extended to all.

Daniel L. Freitas, ball director and pastor of St. John of God These benefits are given to the .family as a concrete expression of parish, Somerset. the state's commitment to protect ·and foster sound family life fOf the good of society. .

The extension offamily benefits to that small minority which wishes to express friendship through homosexual relations is an arbitrary and illogical act which directly WASHINGTON (CNS) - The sought refuge in the United States harms family life by making a speSupreme Court will review an order from political persecution since cial interest group equal to the

by President Bush requiring the the military in a coup ousted family. Why should special recogCoast Guard to turn back boat- Haitian President Father Jeannition and assistance be given to loads of Haitians fleeing their Bertrand Aristide Sept. 30, 1991. friends who happen to share the country.

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The Haitian refugee case ad- return to office.

As we said in our 1991 state- dresses a May 24 order by PresiThe U.S. Catholic Conference ment, Family: The Key to a Healthy dent Bush for the Coast Guard to has not joined in any brief in the Society, "No legislation should be turn back boatloads of people at- Haitian refugee case, but did refer passed and no program approved tempting to leave their country for to the order involving the forced that compromises the family or the United States. Previously, U.S. return of Haitians in a friend-oftakes from the family those roles policy had been to get involved the-court brief filed in a different and initiatives that are proper toit. only when the Haitians reached case involving the U.S. ImmigraThe extension of the title 'family' U.S. territory. tion and Naturalization Service to gay and lesbian couples and the Under the May order, Coast and Haitian immigrants this sumgranting of economic privileges to Guard boats patrol international mer. 'domestic partners' on an equal waters around Haiti and turn back "By simply turning back boats plane with true families must be Haitians before they reach the without an adequate opportunity opposed and rejected as underUnited States. The 2nd U.S. Cir- to hear claims, the Coast Guard is mining the family in our society cuit Court of Appeals ordered a likely to return people who would today." stop to the patrols soon after the be in grave danger and who merit We support equal civil rights for order was issued. But the Supreme asylum," the brief said in a referall persons. We oppose any and all Court on Aug. I said they could ence to the May 24 order. unjust discrimination against per- resume pending a formal petition In that brief, USCC and various sons who are homosexual. The to the entire court. religious, labor and human rights current executive order, however, Thousands of citizens of the groups said INS procedures failed and similar initiatives in our Com- Caribbean island-nation have to protect people who would be monwealth, confuse civil rights endangered by returning to Haiti. and family benefits. In so doing, they unjustly deprive the family of its rightful place in society and exacerbate social tensions that work to undermine the common Sister Antoinette Lord, SJA, is good. the Sisters of St. Joan of Sr. Margaret Wese~an leaving Arc convent at Notre Dame parSister Mary Margaret Weseman, ish, Fall River, to return to CanOP, better known as Sister Mar- - ada after serving for 29 years in the garet, died Sept. 29. A Hawthorne United States. She will be assigned Dominican, she had cared for to the Cathedral of Three Rivers, terminal cancer patients for 22 Quebec. years· at the Rose Hawthorne Sister Hortense Bouchard, SJA, Bishop Sean O'Malley will unveil Lathrop Home in Fall River. Earwho previously served at Notre and bless a statue of St. Maxi- lier she had served at similar homes Dame, will replace Sister Lord. milian Kolbe following 4:30 p.m. of her community in St. Paul, Mass tomorrow at Holy Rosary Minn., and Philadelphia.

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The value of the recent three-year study of u.s. religious orders lies in its prophetic message to the entire church. Its general conclusion is that most orders will survive only by making dramatic changes in their perception of their founding purpose. Indeed, the study clearly indicates that most of the nation's 900 religious orders have lost their way and their sense of purpose and feel alienated from the hierarchy and the Vatican.

This particular manifestation of post-conciliar doubt has had'a devastating effect on the American church. Since 1962, membership in religious orders has fallen 40 percent, while during the same time period the general Catholic population has increased 36 percent. As a result, a personnel vacuum has developed in the ranks of the priesthood and religious life, with . laypersons coming forward to fill many voids.

These facts are beyond dispute. Every survey and study in the last 20 years has pointed towards the current state of religious orders. Of course, diocesan vocation statistics have eNS! Robert Dell photo also plummeted, but the ~tate of the religious communities is PAULIST FATHER THOMAS HOLAHAN BLESSES THE WORLD'S LARGEST AIRPLANE, THE seemingly more confused and cumbersome simply because of UKRAINIAN AN-224 MRIYA, IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, AS IT READIES TO FLY FOR their structure and diverse charisms.

UKRAINE WITH RELIEF MATERIALS, INCLUDING AN AMBULANCE. THE Nevertheless, the new study should be viewed as a positive PLANE WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED TO CARRY A SOVIET SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER. statement of a basic problem in today's church. Among reli"If I take my wings early in the morning in the uttermost parts of the sea... gious orders, it is the more service-oriented groups that are even there shall thy hand lead me and thy right hand shall hold me." having the greatest difficulties, while the so-called monastic communities are for the most part faring quite well. Figures . Ps. 138:9,10 show an incredible awareness and acceptance of the monastic lifestyle by a growing number of young Catholics.

Communities which maintain a daily common prayer life are experiencing an increase in vocations. From the followers WASHINGTON (CNS) Job Corps graduate Cynthia to an aide to Rep . .James R. Olin. of Benedict to those of Mother Teresa, the Spirit is renewing Mister Smith goes to Washington.

Parker, who now holds a master's D-Va. many places on the face of the earth. It is obvious that prayerAnd so do Sister Smith. Father degree in counseling and develBill Frye told Olin aid Patricia oriented religious orders have something going for them.

Smith and Miss. Ms. and Mrs. opment, told the group. "I started H. Grondin, "I don't think there Smith.

In this connection, one recalls that in the exciting days out without even a dream of going are that many bills that would save They're all part of the phenoto college." us money." following the Second Vatican Council, many who fled to the menon known as citizen lobbying.

But she made the choice. she Other Groups apostolate ofthe marketplace forgot about returning regularly Lobbying in recent times has said. to "give up or grow up" and Bread for the World is not the to the mountaintop. The concept that one could be entirely been defined by power suits and enrollt.:d in Job Corps. Its value. only group doing grass-roots citifulfilled by being busy and would never need the silence three-martini lunches. But forciti- Ms. Parker said. is "evidenced by zen lobbying. zen lobbyists. plaid and polyester deceived many, who eventually left their orders and monastermyself and thousands of other Job Network, a Catholic social jusare just as fashionable as silk ties Corps graduates." tice lobby founded by nuns. has ies. Many communities have never recovered from this and double-breasted blazers beJoyce Robinson-Paul told of been at it for nearly 20 years. And situation. cause it's a matter of substance being a mother of two by age 20. "I pro-lifers have been lobbying law. It is true that some will challenge the findings ofthe religious over style. was a working parent trying to makers every Jan. 22 since 1974, orders study, but one cannot deny facts, figures and reality in Bread for the World. a Chrisstay away from going into the welthe year after the Supreme Court's tian citizens' lobby on hunger general. Many orders as we now know them will not be around fare system," she said. "I lucked Roe vs. Wade decision. issues. is among organizations. out" by finding a Head Start day Nellie Gray, who annually heads in another generation. Others will shine, rising to meet today's . regularly sponsoring lobbying days. care program that educates both the March for Life. said marchers challenges. inviting members to come to Washchildren and parents. have found effective ways to make One thing is more than evident: all efforts in the area of ington. at their own expense. to their point.

Her first two children have vocational renewal and development must be rooted not push for its legislative priorities.

"They go after the march. they grad uated from college. A third On one recent such day. Bread merely in Gospel-oriented service but in Gospel-oriented child is in college with dreams of go before the march," Miss Gray for the World pushed for the Every prayer. Orders directed to service should not be afraid to said, with petitions seeking enactbecoming a lawyer. Without Head Fifth Child Act, whose title emphament ofa Paramount Human Life return to their founding purpose, at the same time seeking to Start. Ms. Robinson-Paul said. sizes that one in five U.S. children Amendment. "the statistics say my children respond to today's human needs. grows up in poverty.

Some delegations hold breakwould not have made it."

Much of today's church ministry is indeed in the province of The act. supported by 250 fasts the day of the march to which Bread for the World presented a the laity, yet there remains the very special role of the sign, organizations including the U.S. role-playing situation of a citizen all their elected representatives are Catholic Conference, would insymbol and service that only dedicated religious men and invited; while Rhode Island prolobbyist meetinga lawmaker's aide crease funding for the Women, lifers host an issues forum. inviting women can offer to the church family. Let us hope and pray for and gave other hints for use at Infants and Children feeding protheir congressional delegation. lobbying meetings: renewed confidence in the unique dedication of religious life. gram. Head Start and Job Corps. l

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Bread for the World's strategy began with a seminar to inform some 100 members of the bill's status, and what was needed from their visit to Capitol Hill.

The seminar was held in the Cannon House Office Buildinga site arranged through Rep. Tony Hall, D-Ohio, chairman of the House Select Committee on Hunger.

Hall got a standing ovation from the citizen lobbyists. He called the hunger committee work "very fulfilling. It's very exciting. It's very scriptural to me.

"There are 2.800 verses in the Bible dealing with hunger~" Hall pointed out.

Bread for the World also brought out a Job Corps graduate and former Head Start mother to illustrate the success of the plans.

The "investment'" character of the funding. A U.S. General Accounting Office study of WIC's $296 million funding in 1990 showed a savings of $472 million in medical expenses in the first year, and $1.03 billion over the first 18 years of the children who benefit.

- To refute claims that the Every Fifth Child Act would swell a deficit budget, Ms. Pomroy reminded the group "the S&L people did not have to come up with where their money was going to come from."

- Leave behind a slim packet detailing the bill's highlights, and a thick packet of newspaper clippings about the Every Fifth Child Act. The clippings on top were from each lawmaker's home state.

Cost-effectiveness was played up -

The March for Life itself sends a dozen red roses to each member of Congress arid Supreme Court justice, and a bouquet of 100 roses each to the president and vice president.

Feedback on the roses is minimal, M iss Gray reported. Some representatives refuse them on the grounds that they accept no gifts.. and "I've never gotten anything from the Supreme Court. of course," she said.

Sister Richelle Friedman, one of Network's two registered.lobbyists. said 200 Network members took part in the group's last annual lobbying day.

She said some 300 congressional visits were made that day to push such issues as health care, housing. domestic economic conversion and development and Third World concerns.

put down the fundamentalist branches of the faith which emphasize a personal relationship with the Lord. Yet our emphasis risks the danger of regarding sacred actions as just some magic rites, put into play whenever we need grace. We forget the sacramentsin which we have so much confidence - only "work" because of a prior union with Jesus. Fortunately the author of 2 Timothy sees this very clearly.

Jesus: the one mediator 2 Kings 5:14-17 2 Timothy 2:8-13 Luke 17:11-19 Those engaged in holy activities must always overcome the temptation to behave as though what they are involved in comes from them rather than from God. We're "doing right" if. at the completion of any sacred action, we thank the Lord instead of the minister.

We definitely see this principle at work in today's readings.

Though Elisha seems to cure Naaman, the Gentile Syrian, of leprosy, the sacred author tells the story in such a way that we must give credit to Yahweh and not to the prophet. First, (in part of the story left out of our liturgical text) Naaman balks at the command to wash in the Jordan. He clearly was expecting the man of Yahweh to cure him by performing some eyecatching, stupendous deed. Only the urging of his servants pressures the army commander to do the unpretentious thing the prophet requires. The very simplicity of bathing in the Jordan demonstrates that God must be effecting the cure, not the prophet or the action itself.

Second, Naaman, believing Yahweh is God only of the actual territory of Israel, asks for "two muleloads of earth." This is a sign he has converted to Yahweh and not to Elisha. Only by "offering holQcaust and sacrifice" on this special dirt, can he be certain that the right God will hear him and grant his request.

Third - in a point we priests would like to overlook - Elisha refuses to accept a stole fee for his work. "As Yahweh lives whom I serve, I will not take it." To accept would imply the prophet had brought about the healing. And when (in another part left out of our text) Elisha's servant, Gehazi, runs after the Syrian and asks for the fee, he not only receives Naaman's money, he also receives his leprosy! (What a tremendous witness to God's power we priests and

Daily Readings Oct. 12: Gal 4:22-24,26-27, 31-5:1; Ps 113:1-7; lk 11:2932; or for quincentennial: Is 2: 1-5 or Zech 8:20-23; Rome 10:8-18 or Eph 2:13-22; Mt 28:16-20 or Mk 16:15-20 or lk24:44-53 or In 17:11,17-23 Oct. 13: Gal 5:1-6; Ps 119:41,43-45,47-48; lk 11:37-41 Oct. 14: Gal 5:18-25; Ps 1:1-4,6; lk 11:42-46 Oct. 15: Eph 1:3-10; Ps 98:1-6; lk 11:47-54 Oct. 16: Eph 1:11-14; Ps 33:1-2,4-5,12-13; lk 12:1-7 Oct. 17: Eph 1:15-23; Ps 8:2-7; lk 12:8-12 Oct: 18: Ex 17:8-13; Ps 121:1-8; 2 1m 3:14-4:2; Mk 18:1-8

By FATHER ROGER KARBAN ministers would become if we, like Elisha, also refused such payment!)

Certainly today's Gospel pericope conveys several theological messages on different levels. But, following our topic, Jesus' remark when the cured Samaritan leper returns is very significant. "Were not all 10 made whole?" he asks.

"Where are the other nine? Was there no one to return and give thanks to God except this foreigner?"

Luke is not concerned about good manners; he's concerned about good Christians. The cure does not make this Samaritan a disciple of Jesus; his acknowledgment that God is the agent of the cure does. All 10 had followed Jesus' command to perform the usual ritual for a leprosy healing, but only one went beyond the ritual and recognized that God was more important than the liturgical formula. Such an insight is the mark of- a_..Christian. .In typical Lucan fashion, Jesus proclaims, "Your faith has saved you." In other words, "Your ability to see God working beyond the externals is what brings you salvation."

Denominations like our own, which emphasize the sacramental dimensions of Christianity, often'

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For end to abortion Blessed are -you, Lord, Creator God. Hear my prayers of grief for your beloved children deprived of existence through abortion. Open the eyes ofthose blind to the vision of your love. Bring out oftheir prisons those whose view oflife is pinched or parched. R escue those who suffer violence or rejection. Calm the anxiety I feel for those in danger or despair. I ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

"If we have died with him," he writes, "we shall also live with him; If we hold out to the end we shall also reign with him." The author knows Paul proclaimed'Jesus, and his relationship with us, before anything else. The Apostle immediately conveyed the dying and rising of the Lord to everyone he evangelized. Nothing, or no one, should come between Jesus and the believer. He is the one mediator between us and God. Special persons and actions evolve only after we learn to join the Lord in his dying and rising. They must be seen and judged in the context of that relationship.

We rely on Scripture to teach the most essential points of faith.

Nothing can be more essential than making our relationship with God the most important part of ·our lives.

Editor's Note: Father Karban has received several letters frOIn a Mary Weaver commenting on his columns. He would like to respond to her but she has not included her address. So Mary Weaver, wherever you are, please contact Father Karban!

FATHER PAUL CANUEL, pastor of St. Joseph's parish, Attleboro, will direct a Diocesan Council of Catholic Women day of recollection themed "Being the Beloved" Oct. 24 at St. Joseph's. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and Mass and lunch are included.

Reservation deadline is Oct. 14. For information contact Theresa Lewis, 997-2405.

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Christians, especially Catholics, have been relocated to barren wastelands and left for dead, sources told Reuters, a British news agency. In one case, 70,000 Cath-

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By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

Is it possible that we are training children to be hostile from an early age? Just turn on Saturdaymorning television and you'll see.

The message children get is that this is a world where you don't trust anyone, that enemies are out to get you and you must strike back.

By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN Q: A question arose during a table discussion at our catechumenate program. I understand about group penance services and also know there is a need for personal reconciliation.

One of our teachers informed us that she and her husband goto confession together. She said that every priest would not allow it

By Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY Dear Dr. Kenny: My son fell asleep while driving home recently.

The car went off the road'and hit a tree. If he had not been seatbelted, he would have died in the crash.

No alcohol whatsoever was involved. He simply nodded off.

This is the third accident in recent weeks among our circle of

By DOLORES CURRAN

My son, who can make his computer, do everything but windows, informs me that my computer is an outdated wimp.

That's a pretty good description of me, I tell him. He rolls his eyes so I tell him about the eager young agricultural expert who visited an old farmer and spent an hour telling him about new techniques to' improve his productivity. The farmer listened politely and then replied, "Well, I'll tell you, sonny, I ain't farming half as good as I know how to now." My son gives up, I don't tell him that I'm as fast as I want and that a faster computer would pressure me to churn out

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Is hostility in the路 air. children breathe?

I wonder if we've set the stage for a few generations to come where hate will remain stronger than love, with outsiders always the enemy.

I saw a grandmother recently trying to hug her four-year-old grandson. She was smiling and telling him how much she loved him.

The child was smiling too, but I caught a meanness in his look. He was pinching her and kicking her and getting obvious pleasure from this action.

His mother didn't say a word at first, but then smiled at her smiling child and said, "Isn't he adorable?

Look at that beautiful face."

He didn't look beautiful to me at that moment, and I couldn't

understand what was' going on.

Were the mother and grandmother denying that the child was behaving atrociously? Or didn't they know the differences between a loving action and a hostile one?

We usedto say that children had to be taught to hate. Instead, I 'f h h b h won d ere d I t ey ave to e taug t to love. I hoped it wasn't the hate and meanness that come naturally.

But I began to appreciate more than ever the gift of grace from God that helps Us to choose good over evil. .

A friend at work told me of another incident. She had seen two girls about 8 years old picking up leaves and putting them by the

armfuls into a wheelbarrow. Then a boy about their age came along and asked if he could help them.

The girls consulted for a moment and then told him no.

The boy ignored their rebuff and began picking up leaves. At that, the two girls gathered bunches of leaves and began tossing them at the boy until he finally ran away.

My friend assumed the girls didn't want a male homing in on their territory. I doubted that': I assumed they saw him as an intruder and that it was yet another case of how human bei.ngnespond to one another all foo often with hostility. not acceptance.

While I was standing at a

bus stop, I heard a IO-year-old boy say that if anyone tried to touch his new watch he'd punch them out. I asked him, "Don't you think a schoolmate might just be curious to see your watch?" He shook his head no and told me that these days everyone is out to get you and you have to protect yourself.

If adults ever had a job to do, .one that is a matter of conscience, I think it is to chcwge the tone of hostility that has infiltrated television, schools. neighborhoods and . even families.

What the world needs now is love. But love seems to be in short supply in the air children breathe;

May couples go to confession together? and they had to find one that would. .'

She said she lIcnd her husband are so ~Iose' that they have no secrets and know what the other is thinking.

I really would have to disagree with that. All of us have a side that no one knows, and who is to say when situations or moods might influence actions that are foreign even to a devoted spouse?

Many couples have deep caring relationships, but all should still have .the freedom to sit before the priest for personal reconciliation and consultation about their insight into life.

Am I wrong? Is the practice of . couple reconciliation accepted?

At a recent reconciliation serIn spite of what your acquainvice where several priests were tance says, perhaps what they are available, this couple went together experiencing is not really the sacto a priest and he accepted them, . rament of penance. The priest'may visibly enjoying a friendly sharing be talking with them, and even among the three. (New York) sharing with them and for them a prayer offorgiveness and reconcilA. There is no provision whatiation without it being the sacrasoever in the church's liturgy for ment itself. sacramental confession of the type you mention. It seems to me no I have occasionally experienced priest has a right to introduce this a husband and wife coming together, particularly in a communtype of sacramental action. al penance service, Marriage EnAs you indicate, while there counter or other appropriate may be deep intimacy between a situation, wanting to speak oftheir husband and wife, they still have mutual concerns and faults and their individual relationships to asking God's forgiveness and God and that relationship must be healing. respected in the sacrament of penance.

Obviously this may be a beauti-

ful, spiritually enriching and forgiving experience for them as well as for the priest. According to the church's discipline, however, such an event remains distinct from the sacrament of penance.

As I said, the good that can be accomplished is attainable in other ways.

A free brochure answering questions Catholics l!-sk about Mary, the mother of Jesus, is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main' St., Bloomington, Ill. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to him at the same address.

How to avoid falling asleep at the wheel family and friends that was caused by fatigue. One of them was fatal.

Have you any suggestions to ma~e this less likely? (Indiana) Yes. At the first indication that you are sleepy, STOP! Take a break. Have a short nap. Then walk around or get physically active for 5-10 minutes.

Thank you for raising a problem as common as icy roads and as dangerous as alcohol.

Fatigue, like alcohol, when mixed with driving, is a killer. Fatigue and falling asleep are a very common cause of serious accidents.

We all suffer from drowsiness sometimes while we are driving.

Unfortunately, many of us try to

shake our head awake and ignore turns driving if you can. Talk to one another, especially if you think it. Here are some better suggestions.

-Take regular breaks. Don't the driver might be vulnerable to wait until you are sleepy and start sleep.

-Use your seatbelts. They may to nod off. Whether you think you need it or not, you should stop not keep you awake, but they are the No. I safety factor in avoiding every two hours.

Use the break to buy gas, have a fatalities.

-Stimulants may help. Coffee snack, go to the bathroom.

-Avoid long trips. Day-and- , and colas will aid in staying a wake, but can make you jittery. Consenighters are an invitation to tragedy. Eight hours, 10 at the quently they are more useful for longest, are plenty of driving time highway driving than for city' traffic. for a day.

-Be careful of the midnight -Keep a window open. Heat and hour. Most accidents due to fatigue stuffiness promote sleep. Fresh air occur between midnight and 3 helps you stay alert.

-Play the radio or a tape. LisA.M. -Drive with acompanion. Take tening to something is helpful in

staying awake. Perhaps you have an audiotape with some "stayawake" music.

My closest friend nodded off momentarily, just as the highway curved. He snapped alert, cut the wheel quickly and rolled the car three times. His seatbelt saved his life.

Fatigue is a little-discussed and underrated major factor in auto accidents. I hope your letter reminds us all to take sleepiness seriously.

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Slow's the way to go, says Dolores undeveloped ideas and sentences in a culture that's awash in them. I know it's passe but I like to think while I write. I like to see the words, not just on a monitor, but on paper as readers will see them.

So I write a draft, print it out, read it with a red pen, cross out, add" move paragraphs and then return the whole mess to the computer to print the final product. It works for me and that's what counts.

I'm leery of a society that presumes that because we have the means to escalate our lives we must do so. The 30-second sound bite replaces thoughtful reflection on issues. The catchy slogan becomes instant wisdom. "In depth" newspaper features consist of a jumble of quotes from authorities strung together with, "N ot all agree with her," ano "Another point of view is held by."

Editors prize these, citing marketing surveys indicating that the

average reader will spend only three or so minutes on the gross national deficit. Perhaps it would not be so gross if they offered information as well as titillating headlines.

The one-minute phenomenon is catching on: The One Minute Manager, and The One Minute Scolding and such. But life is meant to be lived, not spent. We now measure miles in time: how long does it . take to getthere? How fast, not how pleasant, becomes the relative measure of excellence from food to freeways to fax machines.

We're all victims of this slow-iswimpy national creed. Porch sitting is wasteful, but paradoxically we rush to movies that portray a simpler lifestyle of yore, intuiting, perhaps, that if we can't live that pace, at least we can enjoy watching people who did.

In the early twenties, a Methodist missionary traveling to her mission in Africa recounted that

her native bearers made excellent' time the first day and she praised them. But the next day they refused to move. When she asked them why, they explained, "We went too fast yesterday and now we must wait for our souls to catch up with our bodies:' How is it that these uneducated peoples under-

stood this, the missionary mused, while we supposedly literate folk don't?

So, in spite of the m~rvels of updated technology, I'm keeping my wimpy computer. It waits for my soul and my brain to catch up with its technology and we get along just fine, thank you.

Children are cancer victims SOUTH ORANGE,N.J.(CNS) - Children of immigrant farm workers are being born without fully formed brains and have a 1,200 percent higher rate of cancer than the rest of the country, Cesar Chavez told a recent national assembly of Pax Christi U.S.A. "There is one block [in a Southern California immigrant farm worker community] where every single family has at least one child who is dying or is dead from cancer," he said.

Chavez, president of the United Farm Workers of America, said

growers have been asked to stop using pesticides and the state has been asked to test them. "The [state] Department of Health is refusing to admit that a problem exists," he added.

Open Window "All one can do is leave open a window so the breeze of love may come in. If a window is open, the breeze may still not blow in' there is no guarantee. There is, ho~ever, one guarantee: if the window is not open, the breeze will not blow in."

- Joel Kramer

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Hospital plans talks on children The St. Anne's Hospital Pediatric Rehabilitation Program is offering a monthly Childhood Lecture Series in the Nannery Conference Room (room 134) of Clemence Hall at the hospital in Fall River.

At the next lecture, to be held Oct. 27, a panel headed by Pamela C. Begg, PT, will discuss "How We Grow - Your Child's Development." Tht: same group will discuss "Toys for Growing" on Nov. 17.

On Dec. 10, Harry Brown, MSW, LCS W, will present a seminar on "Positive Parenting - Helping Toddlers Manage Their Behavior."

For more information on the lecture series or the Pediatric Rehabilitation Program at St. Anne's, call Barbara Chlaupek, 674-5741 ext. 425.

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Assistant. I mmaculate 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 Oct. II 1952. Rev. .lames A. Downey.

Pastor, Holy Ghost. Attleboro Oct. 14

1918, Rev. Dennis M. I.ownev, Assistant. Sacred Heart. Taunta"n 1972. Rev. Msgr. Edward B. Booth. Pastor Emeritus, St. Marv.

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Rosary for life Dear Brothers and Sisters: I have been asked to write about the Rosary for Life, which will take place Oct. 10 nationally to pray for unborn babies, pregnant mothers, and a softening of the hearts of abortionists arid their supporters.

I share with you a meditation on the rosary from our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II: "Let us be diligent in the recitation of the rosary both in the ecclesial community, and in the intimacy of our families: in the wake of the repeated invocations it will unite hearts, rekindle the domestic hearth, fortify our hopes and obtain for all the peace and joy of Christ who was born, died and rose for us. Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Fair Love, protect our families, so that they may always be united, and bless the upbringing' of our children."

The Glorious Mysteries should be recited on this special day: the Resurrection, the Ascension, the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles, the Assumption of Mary and her Coronation as Queen of Heaven.

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CENTENARIAN Julia Catherine Shea O'Brien celebrates her 100th birthday with her daughter, Sister Catherine Mary, OP, of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena of Fall River. Born Sept. I, 1892, she came to Fall River from Illinois in 1894. During her working life, she owned a beauty parlor and later worked at the Newport Naval Station.

Until age 90, she was an active bowler with a Daughters of Isabella team and was the bowling league's treasurer. A member of St. Mary's Cathedral parish for 61 years, she was among the first tenants of the nearby O'Brien Apartments.

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DCCN plans parley, scholarships The Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses will host its fall conference, "Cancer in Women: An Overview," 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Oct. 24 at St. John the Baptist parish hall, Westport.

Presenters will be Brenda CurryMcKeon, RN, BSN,and Helen M. Sullivan, RN, BSN. Ms. Curry-McKeon, a family nurse practitioner, is a primary health care resource person. Ms. Sullivan is an oncology nurseclinician at Cardinal Cushing Hospital, Brockton. She coordinates care of oncology patients and conducts educational programs for hospital personnel and community agencies.

There will be presentations on ,cancer as a disease process, gynecological cancers, breast cancer, health care practices and nutrition and fitness as related to cancer.

There will be a film and la boratory demonstration on mammography and breast self-examination and a

discussion of "The Woman, the Nurse: Integrating Roles to Better Health."

Participants will earn 4.8 CEUs. To register, contact Alice LeBlanc, 64 Waldo St., New Bedford 02745

by Oct. 19.

The New England Council of Catholic Nurses will hold its annual meeting Oct. 16 to 18 at the, Marriott Hotel, Andover. The Boston Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Nurses will host the gathering, themed "God, Our Inspiration."

FRDCCN membershipapplications are available from Elizabeth Novacek at St. Anne's Hospital,.

Fall River, 674-5741 ext. 2081.

The FRDCCN awards three annual scholarships to young women pursuing a career in health care.

Applications for 1993 scholarships will be accepted until April I and are available from Joan Morin, P.O. Box 271, West Hyannisport 02672, tel. 775-3121.

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AIDS ministry directory published SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) The National Catholic AIDS Network has published a National Catholic HIV / AIDS Ministry Directory.

The 130-page book was published in cooperation with the Catholic' Health Association.

It lists more than 1,000 individuals, organizations and dioceses engaged in ministry and services to people with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or with HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes it.

Each listing includes the individual's or organization's address, phone numbers, religious affiliation or sponsorship and detailed information on the individual's or organization's work, services provided and persons served.

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Though focused mainly on Catholic or Catholic-related individuals and services, the directory also includes interdenominational and non-religious organizations as well as some international listings.

Founded in 1879, the Catholic Association of Foresters is a fraternal insurance organization of Catholic families offering social and spiritual benefits, charitable programs, scholarship awards and insurance plans for its members.

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Catechists urged to fight materialism

By Marcie Hickey In the center of the city was a this so-called great society a good society, one that reflects the vision Catechists - and indeed all the temple where the Gospel was disand values of the Gospel." baptized - have the responsibility played, open to the page which To do so, the speaker continued, of shouting the Gospel message of says, "If your hand causes you to members of the church must realize "lasting wealth" above the din of a sin, cut it off; if your eye causes that "we're related, dependent and culture that promotes individual- you to sin, pluck it out."

The pilgrim fled the city. responsible." ism over community, cynicism over Likewise, "when we feel the word He told of visiting the Oval the sacred, and materialism over the spiritual wealth of the king- of God is beginning to challenge Office of the White House on a dom of God, Bishop Sean O'Mal- us, we back away," said Bishop tour during Ronald Reagan's presiley and Father James Hawker told O'Malley. But "there are other dency and seeing a sign reading, religious educators of the Fall voices, other messages out there "You can be too big for God to River diocese at their annual and our young people are hearing use, but you can never be too all of this noise!" small." gathering.

The task of communicating the "To be a faith-filled disciple, "Proclaiming Lasting Wealth" was the theme for Religious Edu- sacredness of human life is "a mis- you have to realize how dependent cation Day, held Sept. 26at Bishop sion, a vocation...because when we are on God," said Father Stang High School, North Dart- teaching the lasting wealth of the Hawker. Jesus told his disciples kingdom we must be witness to a that "you didn't choose me, I chose mouth.

Bishop O'Malley celebrated the vision we see in our own hearts" you. And so the Lord has chosen conference's' opening liturgy with said Bishop O'Malley. "We are n~t everyone of us."

As Christians we are also responmore than a dozen diocesan just communicating information sible or techniques, but a friendship for one another, Father priests, and Father Hawker, director of religious education for the with the Lord that is part of our Hawker continued, relating the .

Gospel story of the paralytic who Boston archdiocese, delivered the daily lives."

"So many people see only the wanted to be touched by Jesus but keynote address.

Father Richard W. Beaulieu, surface - the lies, deception and could not get to where He was.

Eventually neighbors carried him director of the diocesan Depart- propaganda," the bishop conment of Education, reported that tinued. "We must see beyond that to the house where Jesus was and Bishop O'Malley was "over- - see the lasting wealth - the lowered him to the Lord from the whelmed" by the turnout for his wealth of God's kingdom" in which roof. Jesus told the paralyti~ that first religious education conference we are our brother's keeper, a· "because of their faith" he was as bishop of Fall River. The bishop "family of families" made up of healed, said Father Hawker.

"And that's what we're about in called the more than 900 regis- different races and cultures. catechetics. Everyone of us inditrants "an army of evangelizers to vidually is replaceable - but the proclaim the Good News."

Lord sends us together."

In his homily on the convention Finally, Father Hawker said, theme, Bishop O'Malley told catethe Church today is strengthened chists, "We know the voice of the by the "memory" of Jesus' words God of lasting wealth.. .is the and actions. only thing that's going to lead to "The Church without a memory meaningful lives and happiness." is the Church ~ithout identity," he The Gospel says that "you can't said, quoting' a statement of Carserve two masters, that it is easier dinal Joseph Ratzinger at a Vatifor a camel to pass through the eye can meeting the previous week. of a needle than for a rich man to As an example Father Hawker get to heaven," said the bishop, told of once meeting a wheelchairadding that "Chesterton once said bound James Brady at a Friendly that ever si nce our Lord proSons of St. Patrick gathering in nounced those words there have Washington, DC. been zoologists trying to breed "Before the Lord returned to the Brady, who was Ronald Reasmaller camels!"

Father," Bishop O'Malley con- gan's press secretary when he was Like the rich young man in cluded, He charged His disciples to Luke's Gospel, the bishop con- "go and teach the Gospel every- wounded in the 198.1 assassination tinued, we want to know what we where to everyone. That small attempt on the president, told the must do to be happy. The Lord group of followers did their job. priest, "Father, I want to walk, but answered that "you must try to live Today the responsibility is on our I'm crippled. Will you pray for a good life and to obey the com- shoulders. Jesus is counting on us me?"

Father Hawker replied that "only mandments," but one thing also to make his voice heard and to God knows how many people in remains: "you have to be able to let lead people to the lasting wealth." this country pray for you." go [of the material life] to look for Is Anybody There?

Brady smiled broadly and told that lasting wealth. Many people the priest, "I can feel the power of In continuing the day's theme, turn their backs and go away sad because they are not able to let keynote speaker Father James prayer!"

Hawker adopted a line from 1776, Later Brady's companion exgo."

"Wealth and materialism are a musical about the Founding plained to Father Hawker that Fathers' struggle to build a new Brady had suffered brain damage spiritual dangers," the bishop continued. "Judas sold the Lord for 30 nation: "Is anybody there? Does affecting his memory, and whatpieces of silver; today the Lord is anybody care? Does anybody see ever he learned in physical therapy what I see?" one day had to be painstakingly often sold for less."

"The church has so much to relearned the next.

Young people are bombarded "He had no memory," said with messages from bumper stick- say!" said Father Hawker. "I never cease to be amazed and in awe of Father Hawker. "But we have a ers, T-shirts and music that tell them "whoever dies with the the power of the word of Scrip- memory! And we are privileged to most money wins," said Bishop ture..We have so much richness, enter into that memory beginning but it's so difficult to get across with the celebration of the EuchaO'Malley. because our culture is so indiffer- rist, at which [Jesus commanded In one week, children see thouus to] 'do this in memory of me.''' sands of acts of violence on tele- ent to the Gospel."

As catechists, Father Hawker Father Hawker delineated what vision, the same medium which he called the "two languages" of told the audience, "You carry that transmits a "commercialized" view of human sexuality and in which today's culture, the "primary" one memory with you. You're infected "millions of dollars will be spent speaking of individualism, compe- carriers of the memory! How for a two-minute beer commer- tition, consumerism, relativism blessed you are to be invited to ("doing what everyone's doing") share the memory and tradition of PRO cial," added the bishop. what we'believe!" and materialism.

CLAIMING LASTING WEALTH at the annual Catechists must challenge that The convention, coordinated by The "secondary language" of religious education conference: (top, from left) Father Richard vision of reality with the Gospel personalism, cooperation', com- Father Beaulieu and Sisters Elaine W. Beaulieu, Sister Eugenia Brady, SJC, Bishop Sean O'Mal- message, he continued, but "we munity, absolute right and wrong Heffernan, RSM, and Eugenia ley, Sister Elaine Heffernan, RS M. have a fear of taking up the Scrip- and the value and dignity of every Brady, SJC, both associate direcKeynote speaker Father James Hawker,' Sister Muriel tures because the Good News is person, .he told catechists, "is the tors of religious education, conoften bad news first. We know we Lebeau, SS.Cc., principal of St. Joseph's School, Fairhaven, have to change our lives and language that you speak; and with- tinued with three workshop sesout it we would be so much poorer." sions at which nearly 50 workshops who presented a workshop titled ('Children of Passover: Chris- hearts."

In baptism, "we are touched by were offered for catechists. tian Seder."

Bishop O'Malley told the story' the Holy Spirit ofthe ~ord to proBelow, conference participants register; a workshop on of a pilgrim traveling to a moun. claim the secondary language of Willing Efforts "Welcoming Children with Disabilities" presented by Barbara taintop city where the people were "We are what we want to be by D' d' f h d' . ' reputed to be very holy. He arrived the culture, to proclaim Il!-sting 0t.Iung ue , coor mator 0 t e lOcesan Apostolate for Per- to find that everyone in the city wealth," said Father Hawker. "We the efforts we are willing to make." sons with Disabilities. (Hickey pnofos) .; . " . ,.•..,.v.v<.".hadjust one hand and one·eye. . want to do what we can to. ma.l<.Y.. ,. - St.,Julie Bjlli.art . ~ ..'... : ~ .....

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Unique case seen unlikely trendsetter WASHINGTON (CNS) - A ruling allowing a 12-year-old boy. to sever ties with his parents will not necessarily start a wave of similar actions by disgruntled children, according to legal observers.

A Floridajudge Sept. 25 granted the request of Gregory Kingsley to cut his mother's legal ties and allow him to be adopted by his foster parents. The case attracted widespread attention as the first known instance of a child initiating such proceedings.

While Gregory's case might induce some children in similar situations to try to take legal action, it's unlikely many will get far, says Thomas A. Nazario, law professor specializing in children's issues at the Jesuit University of San Francisco.

"Any child in a similar situation is there because they've either been forgotten by their foster families or the child welfare system," Nazario said.

Normally, the state, a temporary guardian or foster parents act on a child's behalf in asking that the natural parent's rights be severed.

"My guess is there would be no need for a youngster to terminate parental rights himself if he's being cared for properly by the system," he added.

Gregory, who now calls himself Shawn Russ, taking a new first name and his foster family's surname, called a lawyer himself when he learned his mother, Rachel Kingsley, was attempting to regain custody. Gregory, who had spent only seven months of the past eight years with his mother, told his foster parents, George and Lizabeth Russ, he wanted them to adopt him.

George Russ, a lawyer, testified at the two-day trial that he explained Gregory's rights to him and gave him the name of a fellow attorney to contact if he wanted to press his case.

The ruling of Florida Circuit Court Judge Thomas Kirk does not set a legal precedent unless it is affirmed after appeal to a higher court. Kirk himself made it clear that such cases must be reviewed individually to weed out frivolous claims.

"If a kid isjust unhappy at home ... it's not going to be enough by any means" to justify granting similar legal divisions, according to Nazario. Only in graver situations, such as if the child is being beaten, isn't fed properly or if there is illegal activity like drug use in the home will claims by children get a hearing, he predicted.

And in most such cases, the local welfare system ought already to be taking care of the child's interests.

Even then, "it is fairly difficult to terminate the rights of a parent," said Nazario. In most states, parents have a year or two to "clean up their act" before the state cuts off their parental rights permanently. Gregory's mother was at the end of such a grace period when the child sued to cut her ties, claiming she abused and neglected him.

"How many kids in a similar situation to Gregory's are going to have a handy family that wants to adopt them and a social services system that hasn't taken care of them?" Nazario asked.

Karen Adams, national coordinator for the National Child Rights Alliance, believes children going into the foster care system .ought

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GREGORY KINGSLEY, now known as Shawn Russ, confers with his foster father, Atty. George Russ, during a break in his court case. (eNS/ Reuters photo) to be informed of their right to an attorney even though they already receive a court-appointed guardian.

Gregory's mother said she herself is a victim of a social welfare system that paid for her children's foster care but would not provide her with financial help that might have helped keep her family together. Her lawyer said she would appeal the ruling.

Gregory went with his father after his parents separated, returning to his mother briefly five years later when she filed neglect and abuse charges against her husband, Ralph Kingsley.

Mrs. Kingsley was unable to care for Gregory and his two brothers consistently and he was shuttled between foster homes and institutions before the Russ family took him in a year ago. Gregory's brothers, Jeremiah and Zachariah, live with Mrs. Kingsley and her ·fiance in St. Louis.

The attention to h'oles in the foster care system made public by Gregory's lawsuit might have another positive effect, hopes Jim Weill, general counsel for the Children's Defense Fund, a children's lobbying agency.

Gregory's case could help focus attention on the foster care system at a time when Congress i.s considering a bill that aims to make the foster program more responsive to problems, Weill said.

The Family Preservation Act, which is included in both House

and Senate versions' of an urban aid bill, would address some ofthe problems raised by Gregory's situation.

Weill said the depiction of Gregory's case as a "divorce" from his parents was misleading.

The child was drifting through the foster care system without serious efforts to either reunify his family or sever legal ties, he said.

"We need a mechanism to bring this kind of case to resolution earlier," he said, noting that few children in situations like Gregory's would be either articulate or brave enough to take their parents to court.

Gregory has become the ninth child in his adoptive parents' family. When Judge Kirk ruled in favor of the adoption, the boy's eight new siblings presented him with a jacket and cap bearing the numeral 9.

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Churches unwelcome If I live to be 100 (and why notone of my aunts did), I'd like to get a lot more respect in the last quarter of my life.

I've got 25 years to go, having just reached my 75th birthday, but I'm not too optimistic about being placed on a pedestal. Respect for the elderly is not all that great in this country.

I figure I've got it coming because I spent most of my life working for newspapers and for the church.

These jobs usually get you more brickbats than bouquets, and I can ,show you a few scars.

"They Hate You Out There" is the title of a study published some years back revealing the low esteem in which those who write for papers are held-especially when they bring bad news. Even before newspapers, however, messengers carrying bad tidings sometimes had their heads cut off.

Can this attitude be changing? I read where September is now called "Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month." Honest! The observance is limited, however. It asks only that editors and writers "show uncommon courtesy toward each other."

That's not much. to ask, surely, but I suspect even that modest idea will be widely ignored. It came from the Lone Star Publications of Humor in San Antonio, Texas, and it does sound a bit tongue-incheek, right?

I'm not sure who ranks lower on the popularity scale, newspaper or church workers, but I was startled to learn the bitter opposition some churches face when they try to build new sanctuaries in some U.S. cities and suburbs.

Friendly feelings seem to prevail in rural areas when churches want to build, according to a recent Wall Street Journal, but some municipalities "are treating churches like toxic waste dumps," an Atlanta attorney said.

Journal religion writer R. Gustav Niebuhr told of the battle a Presbyterian church faced when it wanted to build in a San Diego, Calif., suburb. It would be the "quintessential good neighbor, offering day care, a pre-school, maybe some elder care," he wrote.

"But locals were aghast. .. Crowds of Sunday churchgoers would interrupt peaceful weekends by the barbecue. Car exhaust fumes would bring pollution',!he church would be an eyesore...

Other churches, including one Catholic and one Evangelical, want to build in the booming suburb.

An opponent ofthe Catholic church objected because people will "use it a lot," especially for weddings, funerals, early morning Masses and bingo.

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The opposition to church construction in residential or suburban areas concerns church-state experts. "If you cannot organize new congregations," one said, "then your denomination doesn't have a future," Such anti-ehurch militancy could erode the First Amendment right to free exercise of religion, another said. "A church should determine [its programs;] and not some zoning board."

I'm not sure how extensive路 this rejection is, but it is surely a sign of secularism gone mad. Churches used to be considered assets which raised property values!

Antagonism to newspapers is a lot older. It's less violent than it used to be, of course, as newspapers clean up their act. I've not heard of any editors being shot or horse-whipped in quite a spell.

One way for me to get a little more respect, I guess, would be to stop being a newspaper or church worker and really retire. Hmmm.

Do people die of boredom?

Bee careful, Sister Blee BALTIMORE (CNS) - Sister Agnes Blee wants to take the sting out of the bad reputation bees have been given.

"Bees are really not all that ferocious," said the Sister of Notre Dame de Namur. "And despite popular belief, they're not out to get you," When she's not busy with her duties as business manager for Maryvale High School in Baltimore, Sister Blee. 67, tends to a beehive that is home for about 70.000 bees. "!t's a fun hobby," said Sister Blee, who has been raising bees for the past II years.

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Many years later, as a biology teacher at Maryvale, Sister Blee had a student whose mother was a beekeeper.

"She came and spoke to the class and I asked her what it would take to start a beehive," the nun said. "She helped me get it going."

Getting started involved construction of a wooden hive about four feet high. Located in the woods beyond the lush lawn of Maryvale. it consists of three

"supers" which are boxlike structures. Inside each are frames with combs where the honey is made and stored.

Once a year, Sister Blee collects the honey from her hive. "This summer I got about 80 pounds of honey from the hive," she reported.

Sister Blee shares the honey with the other nuns and teachers at Maryvale and gives much of it away as Christmas presents.

When working at the hive, she dons a heavy white jumpsuit, a hat with netting and long gloves.

Has she ever been stung? "Oh sure, but beekeepers don't mind," she said. "In fact. I've heard that bee stings prevent arthritis."

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Dominican Republic sticky wicket for pope Continued from Page One

In his view, the church in the Dominican Republic has taken a clear "option for the poor," as was called for by the Latin American bishops at their general confer~ ences in Medellin, Colombia, and Puebla, Mexico.

Throughout the brutal regime of dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina, 1930-61, the Catholic Church was relatively quiet; but when the bishops issued a pastoral letter protesting mass arrests of government opponents in 1960, the dictator ordered a campaign of harassment against the church.

Only his assassination prevented his planned imprisonment of the country's bishops.

The Dominican bishops issued various statements in the 1970s and 1980s calling for respect for human rights and an improved standard ofliving for the majority.

In 1989, the bishops backed a 48-hour general strike called by the country's main labor federations and mediated the dispute between government and unions.

As president of the Dominican bishops' justice and peace commission, Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez of Santo Domingo opened a legal aid center for Haitian immigrants and Dominican workers who had no money to hire lawyers. He called the center "a practical way to bring justice to the poor and voiceless," adding that the alternative was "violence and subversion."

The seven-story, cross-shaped lighthouse was built by the government as a museum and as a mausoleum for the remains of Christopher Columbus, who landed in what is now the Dominican Republic in 1492. The government says it cost $13 million, but critics say the price was actually $100 million.

The homes of some 50,000 people were bulldozed to build the lighthouse. Shacks of about 3,000 Dominicans living nearby have been enclosed behind a IO-foot, 1.5-mile-long wall that has been dubbed the "wall of shame."

Franciscan Father Mariano Errasti, a Spanish-born social historian who works at a poor parish in Santo Domingo, told CNS that Columbus is less of an "abstraction" in the Dominican Republic - where he took over as the first governor - than elsewhere.

Columbus, who ruled the island of Hispaniola from the present site of Santo Domingo until 1499, established the "repartimiento" system of land settlement and native labor under which a European settler could be granted a large tract ofland together with the services of the Indians living on it.

Later, in 1503, the Spanish crown replaced "repartimiento" with the "encomienda" system, under which all land became in theory the property of the crown, and Indians were considered tenants on royal land.

Within 30 years of the EuroDuring the heated 1982 presipeans' arrival, the nation:s Taino Indian population was wiped out. . dential elections, Cardinal Lopez Historians blame labor abuse and Rodriguez pleaded for calm and disease. explained how communist theo"The pope is not going to render ries could not be reconciled with homage to Columbus," said Navar- Catholic teacHing. The Commuro-Valls. "He is going to celebrate nist Party had asked Catholics to with his brothers in the episcopate cooperate in the fight against social the beginning of evangelization in injustice.

America: North, Central and Father Vincent Kobida, a priest South." of the archdiocese of Milwaukee But Vatican officials acknowl- who works in a parish outside the edge that during his visit it will be southwestern city of Azua, said almost impossible for the pope not about 92 percent of Dominicans to mention Columbus or the anni- believe in the tenets of the church versary. He has often separated and profess Catholicism. evangelization and colonization, Roman Catholicism is the offisaying that the purpose of the church is to commemorate the cial religion of the Dominican Reanniversary of Catholicism's ar- public, established by a concordat with the Vatican. rival.

In the Dominican Republic, Early evangelization had its good and bad points, but there were Father Kobida said, "Catholicism "more lights than shadows," the is a lived religion, not a studied religion.... I see God playing a pope has said.

On his schedule are separate real strong part in their lives." meetings Oct. 13 with Indians and Dominican Sister Margarita' blacks, the two groups suffering Diaz, an anthropologist, told CNS most under colonialism. He will in a telephone interview that a give each a special message about combination of African-based voothe SOOth anniversary. doo and Catholicism remains popThe decision to write separate ular throughout the country. messages was made because the Increasingly priests and religious history of each group has impor- "respect and understand [voodoo] tant differences, said Navarro- as a form of popular religiosity," Valls. but the official church still rejects "Africans were brought against it as "black magic," said Sister - their will" as slaves, while Indians Diaz. were the natives, he said.

Father Kobida said in the south, "If the pope asks forgiveness, it where for decades residents rarely will be more in the name of whites saw priests, Dominicans formed than the church," said Navarro- "pious practices" that combine Valls. voodoo, the rosary, saints, incense and what they remembered of a Church Is Heard priest's visit in years past.

Father Errasti, told Catholic Many Dominicans prefer to pray News Service that the church plays to God through intermediaries, an important role in Dominican such as the saints, rather than society, frequently acting as in- directly, he said. The priest said termediary in labor disputes, for the practice is not much different example. from that of praying to St. Anthony "The church is listened to here. to help locate a lost article.

Committed priests, religious and Even today, the priest said, when Catholic university officials work a death occurs, a paid layperson hard for the less fortunate," said called a "rezadora" or prayer leader Father Errasti. is asked to pray over the corpse.

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"Usually the 'rezadora' mumbles, imitating the Latin of a priest that may have passed through years ago," he said.

Father Kobida said priests are viewed differently in the Dominican Republic than in the United States.

"In the United States the priest is seen as professional and as parish administrator. Here the people see us with all our faults. They don't want us for our Roman collars, but because they really believe we can help them become closer to God."

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De Vitoria: quincentennial good guy

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - If the Vatican had its way, Francisco de Vitoria would be a household name linked to the 500th anniversary of Latin American evangelization.

In papal speeches, at Vatican seminars and in church publications, his name pops up as an antidote to the "black legend," the current view of many that Spanish colonialism and evangelization were negative experiences.

De Vitoria was a 16th-century Spanish theologian who advocated religious tolerance and freedom at the time of the Spanish Inq uisition. criticized the conquest of the New World and taught that people 'should choose their own rulers.

Christianizing Indians was not a moral justification for abusing their human rights. taking away their land and denying them self-governIn the meantime. the pumpkins. ment. according to De Vitoria. beans. figs and flowers in the Although he never left Europe, he courtyard ofthe abandoned orphanattempted to forge moral guideage bloom and the sisters, supplied lines for the newly emerging relawith medicine and other necessitionships between colonists and ties by Mother Teresa. quietly' Indians being colonized. continue their work.

It was a new field for a theoloSome of the children. like Margian, and he became a forerunner tin. the only Christian. have severe of international legal scholars. disabilities: he is blind. deaf and De Vitoria. born in 1483, entered dumb. the Dominicans at an early age.

Samira. 13, is so badly crippled specializing in philosophy and that she spends much of her day on theology. In 1526 students elected a cot, while Haider, 12. shuffles on him to fill the main theology prohis bottom. trying to communi- fessorship at the University of cate with a mumbled "Marhaba" Salamanca, Spain's chief seat of - Arabic for "hello" - and an learning. He died in 1546. outstretched hand.

For 20 years, he expounded his views publicly but never published In the corner a cassette recorder his talks. His notes were subseplays "Love Me Do." a 1960s Beaquently printed by his followers. tIe classic.

Mother Teresa's nuns aid handicapped kids BAG H DAD, Iraq (CNS) - A stone's' throw from a Baghdad mosque, a garden blooms in the courtyard of an abandoned state orphanage.

An Indian nun in a blue-trimmed white habit pads through the greenery to a day room. where 18 severely handicapped children play quietly on the carpeted floor.

While a question mark hangs over the future of U. N. and other relief workers in Iraq. the six Missionaries of Charity sent there by Mother Teresa of Calcutta in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War have been told they can stay.

"The children have improved a lot since coming to us," says Sister Raphael, superior of the one Pol-. ish and four Indian nuns looking after the children.

She cites the case of 7-year-old Ahmed Mahmoud. He,like all but one of the children cared for by the nuns. is a Moslem. The program was set up based on the understanding that it was for humanitarian, not religious ends.

"When he came he would just lie there. Now he tries to give us things," Sister Raphael said.

The children. ages 2 into the teens, have a variety of physical and mental handicaps. Most are orphaned or abandoned.

M other Teresa, who won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the destitute of Calcutta. came to Baghdad last year. moved by reports of the plight of the Iraqi poor after the war, which left the country without power or drinking water.

The Baghdad children's home is one of 16 run by the order in the Middle East.

The work of the sisters in Iraq, like that of other non-governmental welfare organizations. was regulated by a post-war "memorandum of understanding" between Iraq and the United Nations.

But last June, at odds with the U.N. and resentful of the presence of U.N. guards on its territory.

Iraq refused to renew the agreement.

Diplomats said the nuns were among organizations asked to leave but the Chaldean patriarch appealed to Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz. who is also a Christian. and the nuns were allowed to stay.

The U. N. relief program remains at a standstill as the world body tries to renegotiate the memorandum of understanding.

Coordinator Gualtiero Fulcheri said he has only 75 staffers in Iraq. instead of the 1,100 running the the U. N. relief program last year.

"We just cannot get the visas." he said.

providing the basis for present- rule was legitimate only to the day reconstructions of his views. extent that it promoted their Among his promoters is Pope well-being.

John Paul II. who cited him last He rejected theological arguMayas an example of church con- ments that the primitive state of cern for protecting Indian rights.

Indians and their barbarous pracDe Vitoria held that Indians tices, such as human sacrifices, and Spaniards were fundamentally automatically justified Spanish equal and that Indians had basic domination. rights that could not be denied De Vitoria encouraged evangelthem because of infidelity, idola- ization, but not forced conversion. try and other offenses against God. They had to voluntarily accept the These were strong stands in the faith. he said.

Spanish Emperor Charles I 16th century. when other theologians were justifying violent con- sought De Vitoria's advice on moral quest of Indian lands in the name issues, but little of what the theolof spreading the faith. One such ogian taught was applied across justification was the "Requeri- the Atlantic. But his works show mento," a text read to Indians that, from the beginning. the abuses before Spaniards could enter bat- tied to colonization and evangelitle. It commanded Indians to accept zation were pricking Catholic conthe spiritual authority of the pope sciences and producing calls for and the political authority of Spain correction. on pain of being forced into submission, stripped of property and punished as rebels.

The text was based on papal concessions to Spain of Indian VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The lands in return for Spanish help in Vatican says recent leaks of pages converting Indians. Spanish authorfrom the new universal catechism ities interpreted this concession as meaning that war was morally jus- give an incomplete picture of the yet-to-be-published work. tified against Indians who refused to convert and that these Indians In a statement. the Vatican said could be made slaves because they it "deplored" the leaks as an "und ue were also rebelling against the violation" of church secrecy.

Spanish crown.

"It was made more serious by Against this, De Vitoria argued the arbitrary choice of some themes. that the papacy had no authority by the partial publication of outto assign rulers to the Indians, of-context paragraphs and by a therefore Spain could not cite papal questionable translation that is not concessions to justify its actions. always faithful to the original." the De Vitoria opposed slavery. He . Vatican statement said. said Spain could only rule with the Some contents of the catechism free consent of the Indians and its were widely reported in the world press after an Italian news agency published the material in midSeptember. The leaks focused on what the new catechism considers "modern" sins - including drunk driving, drug-dealing and tax evasion.

Vatican complains of catechism leaks

Also leaked were sections on the death penalty, the just war and suicide.

The 450-page Catechism of the Catholic Church took six years to prepare. It is currently being translated into several languages and is not expected to be published before the end of the year.

CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL student Kristen Diamond of Catonsville, Md., helps sort some of thousands of rosaries donated for over 6,000 participants in recent Marian International Conference in Baltimore. (CNS photo)

U .8. abbot to head world's Benedictines COLLEGEVILLE, Minn.(CNS) - Abbot Jerome Theisen. abbot of St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, has been elected to a six-year' term as abbot primate ofthe world's Benedictine communities of men.

Abbot Theisen, 61, was elected last month at the Congress of Abbots of the Benedictine Confederation in RonJe. becoming only the second U.S. Benedictine to hold the international position.

The position has been held mostly by Germans since it was established by Pope Leo XIII in the l890s. The other U.S. abbot primate, now-Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland. held the post from 1967 until he was named to head

the archdiocese of Milwaukee in 1977.

Abbot Theisen replaces German Abbot Victor Dammertz, who succeeded Archbishop Weakland.

Bishop Jerome Hanus of St. Cloud, also a Benedictine and head of the diocese where St. J ohn's is located, said the election was "a very fitting recognition of the talents and past achievements of Abbot Jerome·s .... He is a firstrate theologian and an accomplished administrator."

Abbot Theisen is a native of Loyal, Wis., who entered St. John's Abbey in 1952 and was ordained in 1957. He has an undergraduate

degree from St. John's University, holds a doctorate in theology from St. Anselm's in Rome and is proficient in Latin, Greek, German, Italian and French.

As abbot primate he will live at St. Anselm Abbey in Rome and be a liaison between the pope and 250 Benedictine monasteries throughout the world. He will also direct the College of St. Anselm.

The Benedictine Confederation was founded'99 years ago to bring greater unity to the order's farflung independent monasteries. It represents about 10,000 monks.

Also associated with the confederation are 20,000 Benedictine women religious.

Although draft versions of the catechism had already been leaked, the Vatican is postponing publication of the final text until all translations are completed. The final text, originally written in French, was approved by Pope John Paul II in June.

Church officials have stressed that the catechism does not contain any new church teachings, but applies existing principles to modern situations. It is designed to help bishops' conferences and dioceses prepare local catechisms.

Vatican honors U .8. sculptor PALM BEACH, Fla. (eNS)An American artist now has a permanent place of honor in the Vatican Museums. A newly remodeled wing of the Gregorian Etruscan Museum has been designated the Edward Marshall Boehm wing. It is the first time an American artist has been so honored. "It is really the first time for a nonpope, non-royalty or non-church family." said Helen F. Boehm of the honor bestowed upon her late husband.

Bishop Angell Continued from Page One with light, wisdom and happiness as you shepherd the flock entrusted to your pastoral care.

"I am certain that your 18 years as a member of the College of Bishops as Auxiliary Bishop of Providence will provide a firm foundation for your service fo your new flock. I look forward to our collaboration as fellow bishops in the Province of Boston."

Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin, who heads the ecclesiastical Province of Hartford, of which Providence is a suffragan see, noted in a congratulatory statement that Bishop Angell "has been an illustrious bishop in the Province of Hartford for 18 years. As he succeeds Bishop John A. Marshall in the see of Burlington, Bishop Angell will bring to his new diocese his many talents and priestly zeal for souls,'" continued the archbishop.

"To Bishop Angell, friend and fellow bishop of many years, I say 'ad multos annos,''' concluded the Hartford prelate.

Providence Native Kenneth Anthony Angell was born Aug. 3, 1930, in Providence, the son of the late Henry L. and Mae T. (Cooney) Angell. He attended East Providence public schools and St. Brendan's School in Riverside, RI, before entering Our Lady of Providence Seminary in 1945 for high school and the first two years of college. In 1950, he entered St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, to study philosophy and theology. He completed his fourth year of theology at Our

BISHOP ANGELL Lady of Providence Seminary while serving as a deacon prefect.

He was ordained to the priesthood on May 26, 1956 by the late Bishop Russell J. McVinney and celebrated his first Mass the following day in St. Brendan's Church, Riverside..

After assignments as a parochial vicar in Jamestown, Pawtucket and Newport parishes, in 1968 the future bishop was named assistant chancellor and secretary to Bishop McVinney, holding these posts until 1972, when the present Providence Ordinary, Bishop Louis E. Gelineau, named him diocesan chancellor.

In 1972 the Burlington bishopelect was invested as a prelate of honor to Pope Paul VI and in 1974 was appointed titular. bishop of Settimunicia and auxiliary to Bishop Gelineau. Also that month he was named Providence vicar

general. He was ordained to the episcopacy Oct. 7, 1974, and was appointed pastor ofSt. John's parish, Providence, April 4, 1975.

In a statement, Bishop Angell .said in part: "I look forward to my new ministry of service in the Green Mountains of Vermont and with God's help I shall try to serve with glad ness the People of God in the Diocese of Burlington.

"I have lived all my 62 years here in Rhode Island. This has been my home and it will be difficult leaving relatives and friends behind, but we priests are ordained for the service of the Church, and so I go willingly, knowing all the while that this is God's will for me.

"I very especially want to thank Bishop Gelineau who has been my mentor and my friend for these past 20 years. I know well the debt lowe him for all his goodness to me and I will continue to cherish his friendship."

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people ofthe diocese have for him.

Indeed, he has reflected to us the image ofthe good shepherd, a true disciple, a loyal apostle, and a faithful collaborator in the ministry of Jesus Christ."

Bishop Gelineau pointed out that Burlington was his own home

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diocese and that "Vermont and the good people there are very special to me.... While it is a sacrifice for us to give an illustrious and beloved son'of Rhode Island to the people of Vermont, it is clearly God's will, and the whole Church will benefit from it."

Has Touched Lives "Bishop Angell has touched the lives of literally everyone in the Church of Providence," said Bishop Gelineau in commenting on his auxiliary's appointment to the Burlington diocese.

"People have constantly reported to me," continued the Ordinary, "about what a great impression he made at a certain ceremony, or as a speaker for a special event, or at a meeting where difficult problems were being addressed. His prayerful demeanor, his soundjudgmerH, his passion for charity and justice, his sympathy for those in special need, and his extraordinary and renowned sense of humor, have all led to the profound esteem all the

Ross Perot seen underwhelming Continued' from Page One Catholic appeal at all," said Father Greeley, who described himself as "pro-Clinton." The other panelists expressed no preference for any candidate.

Criticizing what he called Perot's "strongly fascist tendencies" and for. presenting himself as "a charismatic leader who's going to solve all of our problems,'; Father Greeley said, "We have enough of that in the church, we don't need it in society too."

Much of the discussion during the teleconference centered on how the Republican and Democratic platform positions agreed or differed with Catholic stands on various issues.

"I (you laid out a template" to compare Catholic positions with each party's platform, "neither of the platforms would be identical to it," said Father Hehir.

The fourth panelist, Commonweal editor Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, said she was uncomfortable with the way the Democratic Party dealt with the abortion issue and with the treatment Gov. Robert Casey of Pennsylvania, a pro-life Democrat, received at the Democratic convention.

"The Democrats have to do some serious adjustment on their cultural issues if they want to get those [Catholic] voters back," said Mrs. Steinfels.

But she said neither party truly reflects the majority viewpoint of most Americans and most Catholics who "have trouble with various aspects of Roe vs. Wade." Those voters have "nowhere to go if they want to treat this issue seriously," she added.

Carr, who said he came from a "mixed marriage" of Catholic par-. ents active in different political

parties, said the Catholic social justice agenda "does not fit anyone's political program. It's not Clinton, it's not Bush, it's not right or left."

Father Murnion mentioned during the teleconference that a letter sent out beforehand by Catholics for Bush-Quayle criticized the group as ':a biased panel of proClinton Catholics."

"The teleconference intends to convince Catholics that Clinton is sufficiently moderate for Catholics to vote for him," said the Sept.

18 letter from Robert Van Dine, national chairman of Catholics for Bush-Quayle. The letter encouraged "calls from concerned Catholics" to "balance the discussion."

All of the panelists but Father Greeley seemed to take offense at the suggestion that they were biased toward a particular candidate.

The teleconference, part of a National Pastoral Life Center's series, originated from the Washi ngton studios of the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America.

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in our schools Coyle-Cassidy High School Mark Doherty scored the win- for the Lady Warriors, while ning touchdown with 19 seconds Marybeth Thompson and Lisa left in the game to lead the Coyle- Freitas served well in the second Cassidy Warriors to a 14-6 upset game. win over Archbishop Williams.

The Coyle-Cassidy athletic deIt was the first varsity win for partment has set up a "Captain's new Warrior head coach Steve Conference" which involves the McGonigle. captains of all of the athletic teams.

Anthony Maffini scored the The conference, which meets twice Taunton high school's first touch- a month, helps build school spirit down on the Warriors' second and acts as a liaison between the play with a 38-yan;1 run. Quarter- student-athletes and the school' back Chris Pabst was outstandi'ng administration. on路 both sides of the ball with 92 Working with athletic director' yards rushing and 18 tackles, 14 of them unassisted. . . William Tranter and the coaching The big weekend began with a staff are football captains Mark rally and ended with. a Victory Doherty of Lakeville and Anthony Dance, both sponsrred by,the stu~ . Maffini ofPlymouth; cross-country captains Megan Lincoln of Taundent council.

The boys' soccer team earned a . ton and Scott Hughes of South 4-0 victor'y over West Bri'dgewater, Easton; volleyball captliinsJulie with senior captain Brendan Dev- Amber ofMiddleboro and jessica lin scoring two goals to pace the Wronski of Taunton; soccer cap~ Warrior booters. Captain Jason tains Katie Wapenski of Taunton, Osburn had a goal, as did junior Kristen Bracken of Plymouth, Chuck Shehadi. Junior Bill Fraz- Jason Osburn of Raynham, Michael Janicki of Raynham, and ier recorded the shutout in the net Brendan Devlin of East Taunton. with six saves.

The girls' volleyball team also * * * posted a' win, a 2-0 shutout of The school officially opened the Bishop Stang. Junior Laurie Poyant had a strong serving game new academic year on Sept. 30 cester, and Dansereau attends Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT. Bishop Stang High School, Faculty and staff began the North Dartmouth, began the aca- school year with the introduction demic year with a picnic for of "Sharing the Faith," a program members of the Class of'96 and on faith awareness. Its elements their families. are community building and disAll gathered on a sunny Sunday cernment and development of perand were welcomed by principal sonal faith.

Theresa Dougall, '64; assista,nt ' The program is being offered at principal Sister Judith Doloff; secondary schools throughout the director of recruiting AI Catelli, country in concert with the '67; and student council officer National Catholic Educational AsLauren Walsh. sociation, and Stang will continue Students enjoyed a scavenger the program during the six profeshunt on the school grounds while sional days this year.

Parentparents inet with faculty members teacher conferences will take place and other parents from the same from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 20. geographical area.

Transfer students also had the opportunity to become acclimated to their new school with a breakSt. John the Evangelist School, fast welcome in the library during Attleboro, joins other schools in the first week of' classes. There the Fall River diocese in celebratthey met with the administration, ing the 500th anniversary of the faculty and other new students.

Columbus voyage with the theme Bishop Stang joined Hurricane "Weaving a Tapestry of Cultures."

Andrew relief efforts with its North Students in grades 5 through 8 Dartmouth neighbor, NYNEX Infor- will take part in a social studies mation Resources. The Stang com- fair under direction of teacher Jay munity delivered cartons of toile- F. Hoyle on Oct. 13 in the school tries, baby supplies and towels to gymnasium. The fair will be open the NYNEX office for shipment to to the public during the school day Florida. and from 7 to 8 that evening.

Senior Alison Fleming and math Students have built and will teacher Joyce Menard have been display scale-model structures nominated as 1992-93 Tandy Scho- found in Attleboro or a country of lars in science, math and computer their choice. science.

Some Attleboro subjects are St. Miss, Fleming ranks third in her John the Evangelist Church, the class and has a grade point average post office, Sturdy Memorial Hosof 4.0. Her路extracurricular activi- pital, the AM-Track railroad staties include the math team. tion, Texas Instruments, LaSalette Mrs. Menard teaches AP calcu- Shrine, Bliss Brothers dairy, and lus and college placement math, Capron Park. coordinates the math lab and Other subjects include the Eiffel coaches the math team.

Tower, Big Ben, St. Peter's Basil1992 graduates Michelle Beau- ica, the Olympic Stadium, the pre and Chris Dansereau have Colosseum, Fenway Park and the been named AP Scholars by the Alamo. There will be 103 projects College Board for exceptional for viewing. achievement on the college-level Each grade is concentrating on Advanced Placement Examina- a different topic for the Columbus tions. II percent of those who Project: Kindergarten: collage in took the tests in May qualified for the shape of the Santa Maria. such recognition. Miss Beaupre Grade I: Transportation,' Explor~. attends Holy Cross College, Wor- ers, and Inventors. (hade 2: His-

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THREE PHASES of the St. Anne's School journey: cultural roots, depicted by family banner; spiritual roots, depticted by a mural and sailboat; the school family, represented by a "Spread the Good News" banner. .

St. Anne's School For students at St. Anne's School, Fall River, Advent 1991 marked the beginning ofajourney that will culminate in the annual peace procession in honor of Our Lady of Fatima that concludes at St. Anne's Church on Oct. 12.

The journey, commemorating the 500th anniversary of the evangelization of the Americas, was undertaken to help students develop a better understanding of their various faJ!lilies: spiritual,and parish; ethnic and cultural; and school.

The program began with a Jesse Tree celebration in Advent 1991..

Students and teachers traced their spiritual roots, held prayer services; and researched Bible readings to under~tand their identity as followers of Jesus Christ.

Students' spiritual family roots are represented in a display including a mural of the apostles standing on the banks of the Jordan River, created by kindergarten teacher Anne Marie Silvia. In front. of the mural is a sailboat whose sails are cross-stitched banners representing the 39 parishes which

have students attending St. Anne's School.

To depict their cultural roots, students created family banners detailing their ethnic heritage. 430 shields, representing 540 school children, are now on display at the school to recount various family traditions.

The school's 23 classes began the 1992-93 school year by com~ posing a "Spread the Good News" banner for which each classroom contributed an 8-by-1 O-inch square of fabric representing their role as part of the school family. .

Squares were sewn together by eighth grade class president Katie Menard, who with class vice president Andrea Case presented the banner to Bishop Sean O'Malley at the Mass''IIlarking the opening of the school year.

The banner now hangs in the school's main hallway beside the mural and boat. Classes are now constructing a school quilt that will combine the three phases of their journey into on'e symbol.

Plans are also underway for an Ethnic Day offamily celebrations.

St. John Evangelist

J COYLE-CASSIDY soccer captain Brendan Devlin sc()res the first of his two goalsin the team's 'win over West Bridgewater; .with the annual opening of school liturgy i'n the school's auditorium.

The Mass was celebrated by CoyleCassidy chaplain Rev. William L. Boffa.

First quarter Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Oct. 13 and 15 from 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. each day. tory of Christopher Columbus.

Grade 3: Indians and Their Contribution. Grade 4: Early Settlers of Attleboro.

Grade 5: Flligs of the World and the 50 U.S. States. Grade 6: Currencyand Different Forms of Payment in the World. Grade 7: Portugal - Customs, Dress, Food, etc. Grade 8: France - Customs, Dress, Food, etc.

Bishop Feehan Anand Sekhar, a senior at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, was among 109 students participating in the 10th annual Frontiers in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Program held for two weeks in July at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

The program provides promising high school seniors with hands-on experience with sophisticated scientific equipment and coursework in biology, chemistry, civil engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics or physics.

Sekhar was selected for the program based on academic performance and recommendations from teachers and guidance counselors.

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Taunton Catholic Middle School is offering the workshop "ParentingTeenagers" 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays Oct. 13, 20 and 27 in the school library. A previous session was held Oct. 6.

The workshop consists of a videotaped series combined with worksheets on "What Makes Your Teenager Tick?,"" Parenting: How Do You Rate?," "Communicating with Your Teenager" and "Your Teenager's Friends and Peer Pressure."

To register, contact the school office at 822-0491. Attendance at all sessions is not mandatory.

TCMS will sponsor its. annual walk-a-thon I to 4 p.m. Oct. 17 beginning at 'the school. Individuals and teams are invited to walk the 10 k (6.2 mile) course.

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in our schools Bishop Connolly High School Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, is joining the political scene this presidential campaign year with a mock election allowing students to vote on the national, state and local levels.

Each student must first register to vote in the school-wide election, at which time they will be supplied with information on the candidates and party platforms, The senior United States history honors class, taught by Allen Valcourt, is coordinating the event.

Senior David Silva, meanwhile, is involved in the real-life political process as a student intern in the re-election campaign of State Representative Albert Herren, Silva is responsible for polling, telemarketing, fund raising and answering the phone at the local office.

"A lot of my friends complain about how teenagers who don't have the power to vote feel neglected or alienated from the system," he said. "And this is one way to get into the system and find out how it works. Obviously, knowledge is power."

At Connolly, Silva is involved in Junior Achievement, the National Honor Society, and choir.

Senior Catherine Torphy has been named a commended student in the 1993 National Merit Scholarship Program. She is among 35,000 students in the nation who placed among the top five percent of the more than one million entrants who took the 1991 Preliminary Scholastic aptitude Test/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

The Connolly drama society has elected as 1992-93 officers Heather Fletcher, president; Sarah Thiboutot, vice president; Susan Soares, secretary; and Lauren Mack, treasurer. The society's first performance of the season will be an adaptation of the play "Fame" on Nov. 20 through 22. The group also plans to attend two Trinity Square Productions in Providence.

Connolly graduate Brian Michaud is offering an after-school music program. Plans include formation of a choral group and a band.

Opus '92, Bishop Connolly's yearbook, has been selected by the Jostens publishing company as a "quality sample book." Company

representatives, will now use the yearbook for demonstrations in other schools.

Members ofthe foreign language department recently attended a day-long symposium on "Strategies for Building Proficiency in the Foreign Language Class" held at UMass-Dartmouth under the sponsorship of the Southeastern Mssachusetts and Aquidneck'Is-

land Academic Alliances. Department members Suzette Andrade and Suzi Silvia also attended the workshop "Immersion in Francophone / Hispanic Worlds" at Elms College.

Returning as a faculty member this year is Brother Daniel Caron, FIC, who will teach chemistry.

From 1968 to 1979 he was a bio~颅 ogy teacher and athletic director at Connolly, where he was instrumental in the building of the track, which was then named for him.

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St. James-St. John

Students in grades 4 to 8 at St. James-St. John School, New Bedford, are participating in a mock presidential election process that began with voter registration and will culminate in casting votes on Oct. 29. The students' votes will be tabulated along with those from other schools through 19 participating newspapers, and results will be announced on Oct. 30.

A T A recent liturgy at SS. Peter and Paul Church, Fall Eighth-graders are in the pro-, cess of publishing a school news- River, Father Gerald Barnwell presented the Msgr. George paper. Student reporters interview- Maxwell'Award to Peter Richard. Established II years ago, ed each teacher for a class-by-class the award is given each year to a young person who excels in report of activities, projects and religion, 'character and service. news.

The newspaper staff, advised by eighth grade teacher Lorraine Cormier, consists of reporters SS. Peter and Paul School, Fall top her Columbus, including a Dominique Ramos, Danielle Bill, River, is preparing to celebrate the coloring book, has been received Michelle Guilbeault, Melissa GonSOOth anniversary of Columbus' from Mexico. salves, Alex Aguiar and Willow An open house will be held at voyage to the New World, The Hoagland. Editors are Michelle school community will participate St. Pete's from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

BISHOP CONNOLLY DaSilva, Melissa Souza and Chanin the city of Fall River's Colum- Oct. 29. Each classroom will be ' High School junior Matthew tel Souza. Layout and graphics are bus Day parade on Sunday, using decorated as a different country, in the hands of Philip Pereira, Tracy has been named princia float to be assembled by parents with students and teachers cosBrian Chase, Brian Brocklehurst. tumed accordingly, An internatomorrow. pal violist in the Greater Bos- Alex Aguiar is responsible for Students will also perform songs tional potluck dinner will be held ton Youth Symphony Orches- assembly and distribution, and dances from various countries that evening.

Fifth grade teacher Lisa Villetra. in a production of "It's a Small Also a member of Connol- neuve is moderator for an afterWorld" on Oct. 22 and 23 in the school Spanish Club offered t(> ly's drama club and winter Henry Lord Middle School auditorgrades five and six, The program ium.

St. Jean Baptiste School, Fall and spring track teams, Tracy will introduce students to basic Students have been studying River, has received a $350 grant has been playing the viola vocabulary and pronunciation and various nations and their cultural from the Lions Club of Fall River progress to reading and writing in since seventh grade. He says traditions, with the third grade to enhance student's participation he was drawn to the unique- Spanish. class holding an English tea party in the Lions, Quest "Skills for St. James-St. John students ness of the instrument. and fourth-graders hosting an Growing" and "Skills for AdolesCathleen Furtado, Caitlin Grenon, Australian barbecue. cence" programs, which helps "There are very few violists Isabel Andrade and Alex Aguia..

Students have written letters to young people develop p'ositive in the world," he said. "It's volunteered on Friday afternoons Lions' Clubs all over the world one of the least common in- during the summer at the Kennedy- asking for foreign pen pals and social behaviors while making strong commitments to their famistruments played. In reading Donovan Center to foster friend- memorabilia. A packet on Chris- lies, schools and positive peers. ships with students they had met music for the viola, you also during the school year. The two read a different clef, a clef schools have been working togethelf that's unique." to promote friendships and awareThe G BYSO has two con- ness of and sensitivity toward the

By Dan Morris get any better than this. Brisk certs planned for December disabled.

He said: "I decided to tryout for autumn evening. Hard benches.

The St. James-St. John students and will travel to Chicago in football this fall." What he was Cozy blanket. Hot coffee. Watchparticipated in group activities at April. An end-of-the-season the center, such as making flags; thinking: "I've never played before. ing your son play stand-up footI don't know a nose guard from a ball." concert will be held in May at playing ball, cooking, coloring and She said: "All 1 saw was my face mask. I wonder if I will find reading. the Halfshell in Boston. out how a bug feels just before it baby boy disappear under a pile of hits the windshield." bodies. At least I th,ink that was 路 ..

His mother said: "I thought you h1m. were going to tryout for tennis," What she was thinking: "You What she was thinking: "No, men are wacko. Macho wacko. no, no. Not my baby. What have', And I 'notice they don't keep an done to deserve this? ambulance on standby at tennis 1 said: "Do you need to get a matches." physical and have insurance forms He said (later): "Did you see signed?" that sideline tackle I made, when I What' was thinking: "Yahoo! saved a touchdown and got my All right! You'll make lifelong bell rung?" memories - gut-wrenching wind What he was thinking: "What sprints, butterflies before the game. an adrenaline rush. I was a hero. the thrill of a bruising tackle, the This has to be better than even satisfaction of springing a buddy bungee jumping, If only we didn't loose witha good block ..... have to do wind springs at practice," His mother said: "Y ou know . She said:" Is that the play where yo'u have to keep your grades up to' you lay on your face until the get into college, and football takes co'ach, and trainer waved smelling a lot of time and energy." salts urider your nose and then Whai she was thinking: "I liked dragged you to your feet and helped tennis. Tennis balls don't break you stagger to the bench?" your legs. Your opponent isn't What she was thinking: "You bent on loosening the teeth we just bet I saw it. My heart stopped, My INSTALLATION of Father Damien Student Council-National Junior Honor Society had straightened." windpipe froze, My knees are still officers and members ofthe Safety Patrol was held Sept. 30 at St. Joseph's School, Fairhaven.

(Later) I said: "Did you see that shaking. It'll probably give me Chief Stephen L. Foster received the pledge of the safety patrol, and Father Patrick play? Did you see him stack up nightmares ...

Killilea commissioned students in both groups. that halfback in the middle?"

What he thought: "There's s'omeWhat I was thinking: "It doesn't thing not being said here."

Members of the safety patrol are at left with Chief Foster; student council members at right.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri.;Oct:9, 1992

ST. ANTHONY, TAUNTON Annual candlelight procession in honor of Our Lady of Fatima following 7 p.m. Mass tomorrow, Benediction of Blessed Sacrament after procession.

CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB,NB First meeting of season 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 14; singer Billy Walsh of Boston will entertain with songs and stories.

D. of I. St. Patrick's Circle Daughters of Isabella, Somerset, will meet 7 p.m.

Oct. 14 at Old Town Hall, Somerset.

A display of members' collections and hobbies will follow business meeting. Absorbent material is needed to make cancer pads for Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home.

Iteering pOint, NB NORTH END REGIONAL ULTREYA .

U1treya 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13, St. Joseph's Church, NB; enter by door at rear of church, near rectory. All· Cursillistas are welcome.

BIRTHRIGHT, ATTLEBORO Volunteers sought to work four hours a month at48 Bank St. office.

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ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH The St. Vincent de Paul Society will collect peanut butter and jelly this weekend for the Falmouth Service Center.

MCFL, TAUNTON Taunton chapter of Massachusetts Citizens for Life will present the video "Learn the Truth: Abortion Questions and Answers" 7 p.m. Oct. 15, P.A.e.e. Hall, School St. Taunton. A Taunto.n chapter of Massachusetts Teens for Life will be formed that 'evening; all interested young people are encouraged to attend.

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ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Rosary is prayed at 8:45 a.m. daily prior to 9 a.m. Mass; a receptacle for October rosary intentions is in front of statue of Blessed Mother. Vocation Awareness Team will sponsor Mass for vocations 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14.

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DCCW Attleboro District of Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will meet 7:45 p.m. Oct. 13, St. John Evangelist Church, Attleboro. Atty.

Gerald D'Avolio, counsel for the bishops of Massachusetts, will speak on "Political Concerns for Catholic Women in 1992." An open meeting of the St. John's Ladies Guild will precede the talk.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS St. Francis of Peace Fraternity of West Harwich annual mini-retreat 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 18, Sacred Hearts Seminary and Retreat- Center, Wareham. Father Thomas McElroy, SS.Ce., will preach on "What It Means to Be a Disciple." Information: 394-4094. . ECHO' RETREAT PROGRAM High school juniors and seniors from Cape Cod are invited to participate in 1992-93 retreats: for girls, Nov. 6-8, Jan. 8-10, March 12-14; for boys, Dec. 4-6, Feb. 26-28, April 2-4. Information: Mary Fuller, 7594265, or Father Richard Roy, 255-0170.

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ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN' Bereavement support meeting 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, rectory meet- . ing room; anyone who has lost a loved one or wishes to help someone through their grief is invited.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Devotions for the month of the rosary and respect for life, consisting of rosary, litany and Benediction~ will be held 7 p. m. Tuesdays throughout October.

VINCENTIANS, FR FR District. meeting 7 p.m. Oct. 14, St. Mary's Cathedral. Mass will be celebrated by cathedral rector Father Horace Travassos.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN RCI'A programfor adults wishing to learn more about Catholic faith or to. receiye sacraments of baptism, confIrmatIOn or Eucharist will be held 7:30 to 9 p.m. alternate Tuesdays beginning Oct. 13, rectory. Information: Sister Dolores Pavao ss.cc.,994-9714. ' . ST. JOSEPH, WOODS HOLE Video film series' will be offered 7 p.m. third Thursdays; Oct. 15 show will be "A Man for All Seasons" about St. Thomas More. Coffee and popcorn will be served.

STONEHILL COLLEGE, N. EASTON The Borromeo String Quartet (Nicholas Kitchen, Ruggero Allifranchini, En Sik Choi and Yeesun Kim) will perform the first in the E. Nakamichi Concert Series for 199293 in the Martin Institute Auditorium on campus. Selections will include works by Mozart, Schubert and Ravel. Information: 230-1487.

FATHER MATT LINN, SJ, will present the retreat "Healing Life's Hurts" Nov. 13 to 15 at Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown.

A member of the Association of Christian Therapists and board of the Journal of . Christian Healing, he is supervisor of training for . spiritual directors in the Cenacle Program in Minneapolis, MN. Father Linn has focused on integrating physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of healing in his work as a hospital chaplain, psychotherapist and retreat director. Since 1970 he has taught courses and given retreats on he.aling in over 40 countries.

Information on registering: Cathedral Camp, P.O. Box 428, E. Freetown 02717; tel. 763-8874.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO RCIA for adults wishing to join the Catholic faith or to receive sacraments of Eucharist and/ or confirmation will begin at noon Sunday. Rosary will be recited at 8:40 a.m. weekday Masses during October.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Our Lady of Victory, Centerville, retreat Oct. 10 and II; Emmaus Galilee reunion 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. II. SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS, NB Peg Hannigan will spe'ak on "Surviving the Holidays" 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 14, Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Rd., N. Dartmouth.

CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, FR The Fall River Catholic Woman's Club will receive new members at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13 in Holy Name school hall. Entertainment will be by . vibraphonist Victor Mendoza, who holds a degree in music education from Northern Arizona University and was a scholarship recipient at Berklee College of Music, where he now teaches. He has performed at jazz festivals in Montreal and Boston and as a soloist throughout the United States and in Brazil, Mexico and various European countries. He teaches master classes at major U.S. music schools and in Europe, including the London Royal College and Scottish Royal Academy in Glasgow.

Registrars will be in the school hall at 7 p.m. and tickets will be available for the club's annual Bishop's Night dinner.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, FR St. Clare Fraternity meeting 6 p.m. Oct. II, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home. 1600 Bay St. Profession ceremony will be held and refreshments will follow. All welcome.

COYLE-CASSIDY ALUMNI, TAUNTON 1982 alumni of Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton, will hold a reunion dinner and entertainment program at 7 p.m. Nov. 7, Columbia Cultural Center, Taunton. Information: David Diaz, 824-8086.

CONTROVERSIAL LIGHTHOUSE: A memorial to Christopher Columbus, this giant lighthouse is the scheduled site of an outdoor Mass to be celebrated 'by Pope John Paul II tomorrow in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The seven-story structure, built in the shape of a cross laid on its back, has sparked controversy in the poor nation, where some consider it an excessive expense. (eNS photo)