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FALL RIVER. DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS VOL. 36, NO. 41

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Friday, October 16, 1992

FALL RIVER, MASS.

Three stories for Mission Sunday

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNS) - During his visit to the Dominican Republic, which concluded Oct. 14, Pope John Paul II marked the 500th anniversary of evangelization in the Americas but also took the opportunity to urge Latin American Indians to forgive those who abused them and their ancestors during the past five centuries.

In a message to African-Americans, he called the slave trade a "shameful commerce in which baptized people, who did not live their faith, took part."

And two U.S. bishops visiting Santo Domingo commented that Latin American church leadership remains overwhelmingly white European, failing to reflect the region's Indian and African heritage.

In a message to 45 Indians active in church life, the pope pledged continued church defense of Indian rights, favored preservation of Indian cultures and said Catholic evangelization improved Indians' spiritual lives.

Vatican officials said the pope saw his meeting with the Indians as a gesture of recognition that Indians suffered heavily under Spanish and Portuguese colonialism.

Millions of Indians were killed or enslaved during the colonial period.

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Mission Sunday collections will be taken up at all diocesan Masses this weekend·. The following stories give a picture of how some of the funds donated by U.S. Catholics are expended. Hundreds more such stories could be told, all conveying the same message: your dollars go a long, long way in mission lands, witnessing to your concern that the Gospel be spread to lands that you yourself may never see.

During his years at Pius Seminary in Bombay, India, Savio Rodrigues would often think of the loving atmosphere of his childhood home. He recalls learning the prayers we all learned as children, but, he says, "my parents also composed simple prayers for us, thus helping us to see prayer as a friendly chat with God. Their kindness to the less fortunate helped evoke in us compassion for the poor and needy. Looking back now, I realize that all this helped to shape my vocation."

Each oftoday's more than 20,000 . mission seminarians has a story to tell. Agustinus Utomo, a student . at the Major Seminary in Malang, Indonesia, was moved by the great number of people cared for by just one priest.

Francis Agbleh, a student at St. Peter's Seminary in Cape Coast, Ghana, was first inspired by a seminarian who was sent to Francis' village shortly after the child's first communion.

In the 256 major seminaries in mission territories relying on aid through the Propagation of the Faith, seminarians come from many backgrounds. At St. Anthony's in Bukoba, Tanzania, 21 students come from parishes that have never before produced a vo~ation from among their own people; two students have nonChristian parents; five are from parishes closed for lack of priests.

In Tanzania, there are parishes that have as many as 60 outlying village missions, some of which can be visited by a priest only once a year.

All but seven of St. Anthony's 124 students come from families with a per capita income of roughly $100 a year. Yet the Lord who called poor fishermen still calls the poor today.

At St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary in Kerala, India, the students encounter the social, cultural and religious environments in which, as priests, they will proclaim Jesus Christ. During termtime and vacations, they engage in social work among the poor, visit the sick and the prisoners, and conduct study sessions for young people.

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The message said ti is impossible to forget "the enormous sufferings" of the Indians "during the era of the conquest and colonization," but added that forgiveness and reconciliation are the foundations for building "a more ju·st and fraternal society."

In his message to African~Amer­ icans, the pope called the slave trade which brought thousands of their ancestors to the New World "the gravest of injustices" and said it was "firmly repudiated by the church."

The message praised AfricanAmericans in Latin America for "contributing the richness of their culture" to the region.

However, Bishop Ricardo Ramirez of Las Cruces, N.M., a former chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Latin America, said he was saddened to see only two or three black bishops among the large group of Latin American bishops at the papal Mass celebrated in Santo Domingo Oct. II. "The fact that among all the bishops there were hardly any black bishops may be an expression of the discrimination that exists in the church in Latin America," said the Mexican-American prelate.

Bishop Donald Pelotte of Gallup, N.M., said he was disappointed that the papal Mass did Turn to Pal!e II

May innocent person be executed?

AN INDIAN seminarian gets a headstart on ministry among the poor as he instills drops in the eyes of a street person (top picture); below, a family in Zambia, a nation in southern central Africa. Both mother and father belong to the Association of St. Joseph that works among families. Their efforts and those of thousands of other workers in mission lands are assisted by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

Members of the Fall River diocese are asked to pray for missioners and those they serve and to contribute generously this weekend on World Mission Sunday.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - It is not a violation of constitutional rights to execute a convicted murderer if evidence brought out after his trial proves he was innocent of the crime, a Texas state prosecutor told the U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 7.

But a defense attorney said the Supreme Court should give federal courts the authority to stop executions if evidence of innocence is presented, a power they currently do not have.

The arguments were made as the Supreme Court heard the appeal of Leonel Torres Herrera, a Texas man whose execution was stayed when new evidence 10 years after his conviction alleged his now-dead brother committed the crime. A federal appeals court reversed the stay of execution, saying there is no constitutional protection from a death sentence if a conviction is based on a fair trial, even if innocence can later be proved.

Herrera was scheduled to be executed in February for the 1981 murders of two police officers.

Several people, including his

brother's lawyer and his son, who said he witnessed the crime at the age of 9, testified that Herrera's brother confessed to the crime.

Hours before the execution was to proceed, a Texasjudge granted a stay of execution to give Herrera a chance to prove his innocence.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned that ruling, noting that claims of new evidence are not recognized in federal appeals.

The legal debate focuses on the technical process for appealing death sentences and whether it protects constitutional rights. But Herrera's attorney sees the appeal as a matter of whether the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual Turn to Page II

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F ATHER SIMEON GALLAGHER, OFM Cap., recently preached parish missions on "The Spirituality of Relationships" at Christ the King, Mashpee; Corpus Christi, Sandwich; St. Anthony, Mattapoisett; and St. Patrick, Wareham. Bishop Sean O'Malley, also a Capuchin Franciscan, was principal celebrant for a Mass closing the mission at St. Anthony's, where Father Barry Wall is pastor.

Father Gallagher, a Philadelphia native ordained in 1971, is a member of the Mid-America Province of the Capuchins. Based in St. Louis, MO, he conducts retreats, renewal programs, religious education workshops and seminars. Through the Emmaus Spirituality Program he conducts retreats for priests, most recently in El Salvador and Europe.

Through his parish missions, Father Gallagher invited participants to "stop the busyness of our lives and appreciate the tremendous gifts God has given us in our relationships" to Him and to others. .

Relationships are sacred because they reflect "the very inner life of God," the Trinity, he said.

He outlined three forces-materialism, alienation and fatalism-that work against relationships; and three factors that can lead to "graced" relationships: a compassionate heart, an open mind, and an imaginative spirit. (Hickey photos)

Death penalty nixed

Obituaries Genevieve Ferreira Father Manuel P. Ferreira, pastor of St. Anthony's parish, Taunton, was principal celebrant last Monday at St. Peter the Apostle Church, Provincetown, of the Mass. of Christian Burial for his mother, Genevieve M. Ferreira, 82, who died Oct. 8.

Bishop Sean O'Malley was present for a Sunday evening prayer service and many priests concelebrated the Monday Mass.

A native of Provincetown, Mrs. Ferreira had been a nurse's aide for many years in an area nursing home. She was the widow of John Ferreira.

She is survived bya daughter, Elaine K. Cowart of Myrtle Beach, SC, and by three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews in addition to her son.

Eliza Canuel Father Robert T. Canuel' was principal celebrant last Tuesday at St. Anne's Church, Fall River, of the Mass of Christian Burial for his mother, Eliza Otis Canuel, 9 i, who died Oct. 10. Bishop Sean O'Malley presided at the Mass, concelebrated by many priests.

A native of Fall River, Mrs. Canuel worked in the city's textile industry and was active in St. Anne's parish. The daughter of the late Alfred and Eugenie (Ouellette) Otis and the widow of Theobald J. Canuel, she is survived by Father Canuel,.a parochial vicar at St. Anne's; another son, Paul Canuel, also of Fall River; a daughter, Lucille Fontaine of Swansea; four

grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Sr. Grace Carmel The Mass of Christian Burial was offered yesterday at the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, for Sister Grace Carmel, O. Carm., 70, the former Maria Lucy Frzop and the daughter of the late Anton and Matya (Radovcich) Frzop.

A native of Hoboken, NJ, she entered the Carmelite. Sisters for the Aged and Infirm in 1942. She had served at the Fall River nursing home for 29 years.

She is survived by her religious sisters in the Carmelite community.

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ATLANTA (CNS) - Capital punishment "often, in the name of justice, betrays justice and snares people in the trap of violence," said five Southern bishops who released a pastoral letter opposing the death penalty. "The respect with which we are bound to revere every human life as God's creation calls us to stand against the death penalty as a right and proper punishment for crime," the bishops said in a cover letter accompanying their pastoral. The bishops are Atlanta Archbishop James P. Lyke and Bishops Raymond W. Lessard of Savannah, Ga., F. Joseph Gossman of Raleigh, N.C., John F. Donoghue of Charlotte, N.C., , and David B. Thompson of Charleston, S.c.

Satan's Book "If Satan were to write a book it would be in praise of virtue, because the good would purchase it for use, and the bad for ostentation." - Charles C. Colton

By Catholic News Service Bishop Raymond A. Lucker of New Vim, Minn., told his people that he will ask his fellow bishops this November to drop their proposed pastoral letter on women's concerns.

The bishops are scheduled to debate ,and vote on the pastoral when they meet in Washington Nov. 16-19.

"In my opinion the fourth draft is worse than the previous drafts," Bishop Lucker wrote in the October issue of his diocesan monthly, Prairie Catholic.

"The document is itself, in my opinion, an example of sexism for it recognizes sexism in society but has a hard time admitting sexism in the church," he said.

When the bishops discussed the third draft at a national meeting in June, Bishop Lucker urged them to drop the pastoral, ·to issue a brief statement recognizing the value of the dialogue process and to commit themselves to continued dialogue.

In his October article he said that in light of the fourth draft he will "continue to urge" that approach.

He cited a number of passages that had been dropped between the third and fourth drafts and said that he will seek to have them reinstated through the amendment process that precedes a vote on any document the bishops issue.

The passages spoke of the importance of consultation, li~tenin? and learning; criticized sexist attitudes bluntly; and recognized the failings both of individual <:at~­ olics and of the church as an IOStltution in dealing with women.

He cited passages in support of establishing safe and affordable day care centers, and on Ma.ry as a model of discipleship, which he said should not have been dropped.

Also addressing the topic of women's concerns was Bishop Kenneth E. Vntener of Saginaw, Mich.,' who published a 2,000word article asking whether the church can ordain women as priests.

The question "clearly has arguments on both sides which cannot be taken lightly," he wrote in the fall issue of Seasons, a quarterly publication of the Saginaw diocese.

The "fundamental question," Bishop V ntener said, is whether the ban on women priests involves unchangeable "church doctrine," as has been argued in official church documents, or only changeable "church rules," as is argued by "some theologians and Scripture scholars."

The fall issue of Seasons, which appeared in October, was devoted

1993 marriage preparation booklet released The 1993 marriage preparation booklet has been sent by the diocesan Office of Family Ministry to all parishes and diocesan offices.

The booklet lists dates and locations of preparation programs required of all engaged couples planning church weddings and explains diocesan guidelines for reception of the sacrament of marriage.

The preparation program involves eight hours of instruction for engaged couples offered as one-day, two-day, or engaged encounter weekend sessions. Four programs are offered in Portuguese in addition to sessions in English.

Led by teams composed of a priest or deacon and several married couples, sessions include presentations by team members for private dialogue between the engaged man and woman. The engaged couples are encouraged to examine their attitudes toward such issues as religious faith, family backgrounds, abuse, communications, sexual intimacy, being parents, and financial values.

Copies of the marriage preparation booklet may be obtained by calling the family ministry office at 999-6420.

completely to the topic of"Women and the Church" and included several articles on women in church ministries, among them women who feel called to ordained ministry.

Bishop V ntener was at least the third V.S. Catholic bishop to raise the question of women priests in recent weeks.

In early September Bishop Michael H. Kenny of Juneau, Alaska, published an article in America, a Jesuit national weekly, in which he said he found Rome's arguments against ordaining women unsatisfactory.

Later that month Auxiliary Bishop P. Francis Murphy of Baltimore wrote in Commonweal, a lay-edited national Catholic magazine, that he believes women should be ordained because "justice demands it."

Bishop V ntener did not say in his article whether he himself accepts or rejects the possibility of ordaining women priests.

Instead, he laid out first the four main arguments from the 1976 Vatican declaration on the subject as to why the prohibition against women priests is a matter of doctrine, then the main counterarguments by scholars in response to the Vatican's position.

The four arguments involve what Jesus himself intended, whether the church's tradition in this area is normative, whether only males can act "in the person of Christ" as priests, and whether the bridebridegroom symbolism of Christ and his church is such that a priest must be male.

Last year in a more scholarly article in Worship, a national magazine on liturgy and theology, Bishop V ntener argued against the current interpretation of "in the person of Christ" as requiring male priests. He argued that the use of the phrase in traditional theological sources carried no implications of sexuality.

In his new article Bishop V ntener suggested that if the church were to move away from the position that the ban on women priests is a binding doctrine to a different position, it would not be the first time the church has made such a shift.

As an example he cited the teaching, once held firmly as doctrine but now repudiated, "that Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible."

Like Bishop Murphy, Bishop Vntener suggested that the question of women's ordination today is of major importance, "not unlike the early church when it grappled with the question of whether gentiles could be members of the church without submitting to Jewish law regarding circumcision and unclean foods."

"Jesus followed the Jewish law but did not speak explicitly on the question, so the early Christians did not know what he intended by his actions," he wrote.

"They had to struggle with the issues, and Peter and Paul had differing opinions during the struggle," he added.

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APPARENTLY sparked by the quincentennial celebration of the bringing of faith to the New World, the annual Columbus Day procession and Mass for peace attracted a larger than usual number of marchers last Monday. Some 3,000 marched from St. Mary's Cathedral to St. Anne's Church in Fall River, holding candles, singing hymns and reciting the rosary in many languages as they walked, then crowding into St. Anne's for the Mass. Speaking in English and Portuguese, Bishop Sean O'Malley stressed the necessity of prayers for peace in a world racked by war, hatred, racism, drugs and abortion. He likened each human life to a pilgrimage, saying that, like Columbus, all need guidance "to see us safely home."

Photos, top left, Msgr. John J. Oliveira and bishop at St. Mary's Cathedral at start of march; top right, part of crowd at St. Anne's Church; center left, bishop with quincentennial cross. The cross has traveled through the diocese during the past year and still has a few stops to make, said Father Jon-Paul Gallant, general chairman for quincentennial observances. It will then be displayed at the cathedral through 1992, he said. (Kearns photos) EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN JRIBUNAl FAll RIVER, MASSA.CHUSETTS Since the actual place of residence of JACOB KRIEGER is unknown.

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HELPING PLAN the annual Bishop's Charity Ball, to be held at 8 p.m. Jan. 15, 1993, at White's of Westport, is Mrs. Andrew W. Mikita, cochairman and president ofthe Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, shown withRev. Daniel L. Freitas, ball director and pastor of St. John of God parish, Somerset.

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themoorin~ Religious Tolerance So many Americans dismiss the horrors of BosniaHerzegovina as certainly a pitiful and hopeless situation, yet somehow unworthy of serious concern. Usually such a mindset is rooted in very culpable ignorance. Over the years we have focused our educational endeavors on the areas of mathematics and science. As a result, most Americans have little sense of place or historical perspective.

Because we have failed so badly in our attempts to teach history and allied subjects, our schools are producing tunnelvision scholars. When names such as Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia appear on our television screens, incomprehensible images are received by blank minds. The ignorance that persists with regard to the outrageous holocaust in the former Yugoslavia is more than appalling.

You can be sure that if this region possessed oil fields, our government would make sure the public was aware of that fact.

But the indifference that has been shown towards the carnage that is going on is but another reflection of the selfishness and callous attitude of our times.

Whether we realize it or not, it is important to note that the hatred demonstrated in Bosnia-Herzegovina stems from emotions found from Belfast to Beirut, from Boston to Bombay.

The battle areas of the world are more and more being drawn along religious lines. Ancient memories and myths are fueling strife among Muslims, Catholics, Croats and Orthodox Serbs.

If we are to be a catalyst in bringing peace to the former Yugoslavia, it is imperative that we know what we are doing, especially in regard to the religious emotions of the'area. It is obvious that military might will not stifle the feelings and aspirations of the people. After all, Russia and the dictator Tito tried to forge a common national identity in Yugoslavia and failed, succeeding only temporarily in keeping the lid on Pandora's box. But once the lid came off, the proverbial evils swarmed through the land. Old hates had not died and that fact is being demonstrated anew to the world.

The international community, especially its European members, is at a loss in the situation. Feeble attempts at UN peacekeeping and at mercy flights into stricken areas have been fiascoes. The prevailing wisdom seems to be that if the world family tries to ignore and minimize the situation, it will eventually go away. But it should be remembered that that's how World War I began. , As winter approaches, we should mount more vigorous efforts to encourage a peace that will stop the slaughter and suffering of innocents. The UN should be given the strength and resources to implement its peacekeeping mission. Deals aimed at supplying arms to the various factions should not be permitted. And the nations' of Europe should realize in their own interest that their economies will suffer if the war in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia is allowed to continue.

In all this, there is a lesson in religious tolerance. When we cut the one God into little pieces of our own making, we commit spiritual suicide. We believe that there are many mansions in our Father's house. Why can't we apply that belief here on Earth and look upon one another accordingly? When we fail to respect the God who made and loves each one of us, we destroy our own life.

Religious tolerance frees us all.

The Editor

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A LATIN AMERICAN INDIAN HOLDS A CANDLE AS HE PRAYS. INDIANS AND BLACKS HAVE SUFFERED THE MOST UNDER COLONIALISM AND FREQUENTLY REMAIN THE POOREST OF THE POOR

"Better is the .poor man walking in his simplicity t~an the'rich in crooked ways." Prov. 28:6

Thoughts on the quincentennial

By Father Kevin J. Harrington Commemoration of Columbus's voyage of 500 hundred years ago has been the focus of a great deal of soul searching. Some in the media have used the anniversary as an opportunity to engage in Columbus-bashing by stereotyping all early settlers as cruel destroyers of native people and culture. It is, of course, easier to point a finger of accusation with the benefit of hindsight than it is to address present-day shortcomings.

One of the more nonsensical activities associated with the quincentenary was construction of a $70 million lighthouse just outside Santo Domingo that shines a crosssha ped light visible some 150 miles to the east in Puerto Rico. Five hundred years have brought such a growth of technological knowledge yet so little growth in our understanding of the mystery of the cross!

Ironically, 1992 is the year the United States started a policy of turning away Haitia'ns desperately fleeing their homeland, the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere with one of the worst human rights records in the world. But it is easier to criticize Columbus' role. in the colonization of the island of Hispaniola, which encompasses the Dominican Republic and Haiti, than it is to justify our own policies.

United States citizens recently raised hundreds of millions of dollars to refurbish the Statue of Liberty while President George Bush with Congressional approval offered citizenship to foreigners able

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and willing to bring with them $1 million of investment capital!

With the benefit of hindsight, we can acknowledge the cruelty visited on native people 500 years ago. We need the foresight to recognize how poorly we treat the newer immigrants to our own country. The city has traditionally been the magnet that attracts those who come to the USA with the hope of finding a better life; but our cities face the most acute problems and receive the least attention from politicians.

Since the explosion five months ago in South Central Los Angeles, when have you seen a presidential candidate visit a decaying urban neighborhood to underline his commitment to revitalize the country's centers of population, culture and husiness?

The consensus of urban experts is that our city's problems admit no easy solutions. Nevertheless, problems too often are left Unsolved, not because of a lack of ingenuity but because of a lack of commitment. Politicians may find it lucrative to promise tax breaks for the middle class because demographically it is where voters are found, but they will never make an impact for the better until they make wise monetary commitments to our decaying cities.

It is one thing to be elected by saying what people want to hear; it is quite another thing to provide leadership that makes a difference.

Housing, health care, education and crime are at their worst in our cities and they are where vision

and resources are most needed. In this connection, the Roman Catholic Church's inner-city presence in health care and education as well as in charity certainly should be acknowledged as one of the bright points amidst urban darkness.

The planting of a cross by Columbus is a reminder of the parable of the sower and the seed.

True, the seed of the word of God often falls on unfriendly soil, but we must remember this parable does have a happy ending: "But the seed in good soil represents those who bring a good and honest heart to the hearing of the word, hold it fast, and by their perseverance yield a harvest."

The United States is a land incredibly rich in resources. It was that before Columbus, and it is now. When we acknowledge that its greatest resource is its people we are being true to the teachings of both Judeo-Christian tradition and our Founding Fathers. When we deny the sacredne'ss, the dignity and intrinsic worth of a single member of our society, we betray not only our faith but our country.

During 500 years there is a lot to be ashamed of and a lot to be proud of. During our next 500 years we can have a lot to hope for if we remain true to our Christian and American traditions.

Strand of the Web Man did not weave the web of life, he "is merely a strand of it.

Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself."-Chief Seattle

Distance • running required Exodus 17:8-13 11 Timothy 3:14-4:2

Luke 18:1-18 While coaching high school track years ago, I quickly learned that traits found in good sprinters differed from those needed in good distance runners. The former give their all in one spurt of power.

Always running as hard as they can, their every move is geared to speed.

The latter, on the other hand, must not only be fast, they must also know how to pace themselves.

They can never forget how far they're racing. Tempo and endurance are essential. They must master their minds as well as their bodies.

The same can be said about the early Christian community. Jesus' first disciples thought following him would be a sprint. They believed, following his death and resurrection, that he would return quickly and take them to heaven with him. Being a Christian was a matter of months; a few years at most. They worked as hard and as fast as they could to convert as many people as possible to this new way.

But by the 80's, when Luke writes, the Lord's followers are beginning to reassess their race.

His delayed Parousia is forcing them to focus on distance. Luke, believing no one in his community will live long enough to see Jesus' second coming, begins pointing out the traits necessary for those who are going to be Christians over the long haul.

He emphasizes two such qualities in today's gospel pericope: persistence and faith.

The widow's constant badgering of the corrupt judge personifies the kind of perseverance needed by the community. (Of course, God is not corrupt, nor have we been wronged by him. The evangelist's only point of comparison seems to be the woman's "never say die" spirit.) No matter how long it takes, God will give us "swift justice."

Yet Luke says we're posing the wrong question if we inquire about the Lord's delay. "When the Son of Man comes," Jesus asks, "will he find any faith on the earth?"

In other words, are we working to experience the Lord's presence and care right here and now, long before his actual Parousia? Or are

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Oct. 19: Eph 2:1-10; Ps 100:2-5; Lk 12:13-21 Oct. 20: Eph 2:12-22; Ps 85:9-14; Lk 12:35-38 Oct. 21: Eph 3:2-12; Is 12:2-6; Lk 12:39-48 Oct. 22: Eph 3:14-21; Ps 33:1-2,4-5,11-12,18-19; Lk 12:49-53 Oct. 23: Eph 4:1-6; Ps 24:1-6; Lk 12:54-59 Oct. 24: Eph 4:7-16; Ps 122:1-5; Lk 13:1-9 Oct. 25: Sir 35:12-14,1618; Ps 34:2-3,17-19,23; 2Tm 4:6-8,16-18; Lk 18:9-14

By FATHER ROGER KARBAN.

distance, the words, "stay with this task" are very meaningful.

Like Aaron and Hur supporting Moses' arms, the delayed Parousia means that those on the front lines need lots of encouragement and help. A battle, which should have ended quickly, goes on till sunset.

Without friends working together, no one person would have enough courage and stamina to see the struggle to its end.

Though important from the beginning, the Christian community became essential when the risen Jesus didn't return as expected. The distance demands assistance. Whether teaching or learning, we must always support one another. Those who forget to do so have forgotten how far we still must go.

we concentrating so much on the end of the world that we're ignoring the world which is now around us? Perhaps we already have the very things we look for, but they can only be perceived through eyes of faith.

Probably composing his work even later than Luke, the author of II Timothy must deal with the . On Oct. 25, the New England same issue. Writing in the name Viking Motorcycle Club will sponand person of Paul, he encourages sor its fifth annual Toy Run to Timothy to ..... remain faithful to gather new toys and games for what you have learned and believe." Christmas distribution by the dioceThen, after stressing the impor- san offices of Catholic Social Sertance of Scripture in a Christian's vices and the St. Vincent de Paul life, he pens the oft-quoted com- Society·. mand: .... .I charge you to preach Riders will meet at Battleship the word, to stay with this task, . Cove in Fall River at II a.m. and whether convenient or inconvenient travel through Fall River, Somer- correcting, reproving, appealing set, Swansea and Westport.

- constantly teaching and never The ride will conclude at lower losing patience." Nothing should Kennedy Park in Fall River, where ever stop us from proclaiming the general public is invited to God's word. gather at I: 15 p.m. for entertainOften, after 1 gave up my track ment and food. All are encouraged career and began teaching Scrip- to bring Christmas gifts for needy ture, I fantasized I could instruct children. everyone in the diocese about all Last year close to 300 motorcythe fundamentals of literary form clists from Massachusetts and and redaction criticism within a Rhode Island participated in the few years. Then I would begin event, collecting more than 500 leading them through the "higher gifts. For information contact Ray realms of biblical exegesis." NeedCaron, 674-2989, or Mary-Lou less to say, after 25 years I'm still Mancini, 674-4681. teaching lots of Scripture I 0 I. The higher realms are about as far Perennial Spring away as the Parousia. Havinggiven "Falsehood has a perennial up the sprint and settled into the spring." - Edmund Burke

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Two diamond jubilees in New Bedford ewe wasfoundedfor literary arid social advancement The Catholic Woman's Club of New Bedford began its 75th jubilee season Sept. 27 with a Mass at St. Lawrence Martyr Church, New Bedford, followed by a luncheon at Hawthorne Country Club, North Dartmouth.

Club moderator Father John P. Driscoll, pastor of St. Lawrence Church, was Mass celebrant and reception speaker. Father James F. Lyons, New Bedford area dean and moderator of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, offered the invocation and closing prayer.

New Bedford Mayor Rosemary S. Tierney, a Catholic Woman's club member, attended with her husband, Judge John A. Tierney, and presented a citation to club members.

Through the years the Catholic Woman's Club has provided a venue for women to meet for .informative lectures and enjoyable programs and to form strong and lasting friendships.

It was initiated in June 1918, when about 30 women met at the invitation of, Katherine H. Edwards, chairman of the St. Law-

rence Red Cross, to form an organization for literary and social advancement. .

Carolyn B. Manning was elected the club's first president in September 1918 and Bishop Daniel F. Feehan appointed as moderator Msgr. Hugh J. Smyth, then pastor at St. Lawrence. He was succeeded

by Father James M. Coffey, Msgr.

John F. McKeon, Bishop James J. Gerrard and now Father Driscoll.

A constitution and bylaws were drawn up and the club was placed under the patronage of St. Teresa of Jesus. Dues were $3 a year in addition to a $2 entrance fee.

From 1918 to 1920, membership grew from 30 to 250.

A scholarship fund, established in 1922, in 1929 became the student loan fund which continues to the present.

In 1942 the diocese purchased the former Delano mansion at County and Madison Streets for use as a club headquarters. Past president and interior decorator Mary A. Galligan took charge of furnishing the house, which for years hosted such events as fall teas, planning meetings and fun-

draising card parties. The property was sold in 1974 and meetings are now held at the Wamsutta Club.

Also a memory from bygone times are the annual charity balls, during which past and current presidents received guests in the Gold and Crystal Ballrooms of the New Bedford Hotel. Proceeds aided charitable events.

The balls were discontinued when the hotel closed.

Charitable work remains a priority of the Catholic Woman's Club with the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home the main recipient since 1934. Other causes aided over the years include the former St. Mary's Home in New Bedford, the Carmelite Sisters, Market Ministries, the Catholic Charities Appeal and the annual Bishop's Charity Ball.

There have b~en 49 presidents of the club, which now has about 280 members. Current officers are Joanne P. Long, president; Marguerite A. Ronan, first vice president; Dorothy A. Curry, second vice president; Mary A. Whelan,. recording secretary; Marianne T. Trundy, corresponding secretary; and Norma A. Winsper, treasurer.

Sacred Heart Home offers loving care for elderly Sacred Heart Home, New Bedford, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this week with a series of activities for residents to culminate with a Mass and banquet this weekend.

Tuesday was Autumn Day, with refreshments and entertainment for residents and staff all day in the auditorium. On Wednesday there was an anniversary Mass in the home chapel.

A luncheon for residents unable to attend this weekend's events was held on Thursday at the home.

Bishop Sean O'Malley will be principal celebrant for the home's jubilee Mass at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Sacred Heart Church, New Bedford, to be followed by a banquet at White's of Westport.

Early Years Sacred Heart Home was founded in 1917 by the Sisters of Charity of Quebec as a home for working young women of New Bedford.

Father Orner Valois, then pastor of Sacred Heart parish, obtained property on the corner of Summer and Austin Streets and requested that the Sisters of Charity staff the home. Bishop Daniel F. Feehan agreed and suggested the boarding house be called Sacred Heart Home.

The first five Sisters-Sister St. Alice Drolet, superior, and Sisters St. Germaine, St. Albert, St. Florence and St. Venant, arrived on Oct. 5, 1917, notably on the first Friday of the month, a day of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The large house was empty but for five beds and a few chairs from the church basement. A lack of kitchen accoutrements forced them to cook the soup for their first meal in a cake pan!

With their immediate needs soon met with the help of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, on Oct. 7 Father Valois introduced the sisters to parishioners at Sunday Mass, and ;

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The home was ready for occupants on Nov. 11,1917, and Father Valois celebrated an inaugural Mass in the chapel on Nov. 21. In three years, the number of residents, paying a $5-a-week for room and board, grew to 17.

Turnover was high, however, with 56 n.llmes registered in the records, and the cause of the working women was not popular in New Bedford, where residents felt a home for the aged was more urgently needed.

This sentiment shaped the future of Sacred Heart Home, as a new superior, Sister St. Thomas Aquinas Gagne, arrived in August 1920 with orders from the superior general to either discontinue the ministry that was outside the congregation's constitution, or convert the home to a residence for the elderly.

Bishop Feehan agreed to the new project, and in September Miss Marie Bonneau became the first aged resident admitted. She lived her remaining four years at the facility.

Thirteen elderly ladies celebrated the New Year of 1921 with the sisters, and with requests for admission increasing rapidly, a fundraising campaign, headed by parish vicar Father Philippe Ross, was launched for construction of a new building.

The French newspaper L'lndependent covered the entire campaign, printing the names of benefactors, and Sister St. Emmerari painted a beautiful mural on which Sister St. Thomas Aquinas wrote the donors' names. It may now be seen on the east wall of the auditorium.

Statutes for formation of a Corporation of Sacred Heart Home were approved June 25,1923. Construction of the new building began with the blessing of the cornerstone on July 22, 1924 by Msgr.

Jean Alfred Prevost, pastor of Notre Dame parish, Fall River, in the absence of the bishop.

The $111 ,055 in campaign funds were spent on construction of the first two floors; a loan of $135,000 was necessary to build the third and fourth floors and to furnish the facility.

Further fund raisers were held in the factories of New Bedford, which raised $2,200. It was noted that $1,000 was in dimes, $500 in nickels, and $98 in pennies; the rest was in quarters and half dollars.

The new building could house up to 120 residents and was deeded over to the corporation in 1925.

Also that year, the Society of Dames Patronesses, a group of local women who volunteered at the home, was formed. Two new sisters arrived in July, bringing the number to 12, and the first Mass was celebrated in the new chapel in August.

Bishop Feehan blessed the facility in a simple, private ceremony on Oct. 26, 1926. He sprinkled holy water in each of the rooms and a Benediction service followed.

The Thirties to the Fifties In 1930, the Knights of Columbus raised money through plays and minstrel shows to installlinoleum floors. The Knights were among numerous benefactors mentioned in the arlnals of the home, others including bakeries donating fresh bread, pies and cakes; the Elks Club giving 100 pounds of meat; factories giving thread, cotton and blankets; drugstores bringing in candy for Christmas; and free laundry services provided by Summer Street Laundry.

The Sisters of the Holy Cross were on hand to assist with music during liturgies, as were Simonne and Pauline Bellenoit, who sang at the home for 29 years, from 1917 to 1946.

CELEBRATING JUBILEE YEAR of the New Bedford Catholic Woman's Club are, from left, Joan Sylvia, Norma A. Winsper, Father James F. Lyons, president Joanne P. Long and Father John P. Driscoll, club moderator.

Below, past presidents Rita M. Zygiel and Mildred A. Barry look over NBCWC memorabilia.

In addition, the seven Vanasse boys-Offee, Hervey, Lucien, Leonard, Jean Paul, Richard and Joseph-served Mass each day in turn for 30 years!

tion was blessed by Bishop James E. Cassidy in August 1949.

For the centenary of the congregation, which also took place that year, Sister St. Ida had a commemorative album assembled.

At 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 12, 1931, It reported the number of sisters as residents and sisters gathered 22; men residents, 45; women resiaround the room of Miss Dube on dents, 120; and employees, 12. Fa4 Center, the proud owner of a ther Philippe Ross became the radio. There they heard the voice first resident chaplain in 1942. of Pope Pius XI over a New York The 1958 addition of a north station. It was the first program wing, called Pavilion D'Youville the sisters had listened to on a after the community's foundress, radio. required demolition of the four The garden was always a special "maisons." attraction. A report of the October It was not without some sadness 1932 harvest shows 10 bushels of that the sisters saw the disappearbeets, 300 bushels of carrots, 15 ance of Maison St. Antoine, the dozen cucumbers, 225 pounds of original structure they had entered string beans, six bushels of radin 1917. However, the new wing, ishes, 600 heads of lettuce, 270 blessed by Bishop Connolly, accompounds of rhubarb, 2,000 onions, modated 52 more residents.

2,050 tomatoes, 140 pumpkins and Golden Year 12 bushels of turnips.

The home's golden jubilee year After the death of Sister St. of 1967 was highlighted by conThomas Aquinas, the new super- struction of another wing, this ior/ administrator, Sister St. Albert time with 84 new bedrooms.

Mercier arrived on Dec. 29,1932.

The celebration culminated in Sacred Heart Home bought three September with a weekend of fesresidences on Austin and Cottage tivities that included a Mass at Streets during her administration. Sacred Heart Church celebrated They were called Maison St. Jo- by Bishop Connolly, a banquet at seph, Maison St. Anne, and Mai- White's, and a banquet at the son Notre Dame. The home's orig- home for residents unable to attend inal building was Maison St. the other events.

Thirty-six Sisters of Charity who Antoine.

The houses were used for lady had previously been assigned to boarders well enough to care for. the home traveled from Quebec by themselves. Between them they ac- bus to 'attend, with costs paid by commodated 40 residents, with proceeds from a bazaar held by the Dames Patronesses. one or two sisters in each house.

That group, it was noted, had Three additions were made to over the years purchased equipthe main building under superior Sister St. Ida Asselin. Construc- ment for the home and provided tion ofthe south wing provided 40 birthday presents for each resinew beds, plus a modern laundry dent. They also sponsored monthly Turn to Page 12 room in the basement. The addi-

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Abortion

Unequivocally opposed; su port passage of Human Life Amendment to fonstitution

Supports Human Life Amendment; opposes use of public revenues for abortion; would permit abortion in cases of danger to life of mother, rape or incest

Supports woman's right to choose, contraceptive research, family planning

Supports legalized abortion, sex education in schools

Arms

Nuclear deterrence moral! acceptable only under strict conditions; sup ort mutual, verifiable arms control agreem nts, outlawing of chemical weapons

Supports renewal and strengthening of Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, development and deployment of global defenses against ballistic missiles

Supports Comprehensive Test Ban on nuclear weapons, sanctions against companies that sell nuclear and chemical warfare technologies and strengthening of International Atomic Energy Agency

Would end construction of B-2 bomber and Seawolf submarine, reduce size of armed forces, require nations defended by U.S. to share costs of such defense.

Capital Punishment

Opposed, as leading to fur~her erosion of respect for life

Supports capital punishment for "most heinous crimes," including that of major drug trafficking

Discrimination

Hold discrimination and a ti-Semitism incompatible with Christian do trine

Opposes legalization of same-sex marriages; supports prevention of illegal discrimination based on sex, race, creed or national origin; rejects efforts to replace equal rights with preferential treatment such as quotas

Opposes discrimination on basis of race, gender, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation or other characteristics unrelated to ability; supports civil rights protection for gay men and lesbians and an end to Defense Department discrimination

Sensitivity to racial issues questioned after reference to NAACP members as "you people"

Economy

Urge shift in budget pri ntles from weapons to health care, housin and development aid for poor nations; w nt funding increases in nutrition for women, infants and children, Head Start and Job C9rps

Supports changes in tax laws to stimulate economy and create jobs; cut in capital gains tax; increase in personal in~ome tax exemption; development of federal enterprise zones

Supports investment of defense cuts savings in research, education and other productive programs; control of health care costs; making rich pay fair share of taxes

Wants less government spending, higher taxes, a balanced budget and payment of the national debt

Education

Support bilingual educatio , improvement of services to poor and minorities, availability of public program~ to private schools, affordable child-care $ervices for working poor

Supports choice in education, improvement of public schools, minimum regulation of private, independent and parochial educational establishments

Opposes private school vouchers, supports expansion of child health and Head Start programs, equal access of all children to affordable child care and a "world-class" education

Environment/ Food!

Agriculture

Call for making elimination of hunger a national priority; support agric~ltural system based on small and moderat¢-sized family farms at home and abroad

Says agriculturel and energy are building blocks of modern life; while supporting conservation rejects notion that there are limits to growth

Wants private! public partnership to ensure family farmers fair profits, provide safe, nutritious foods to consumers and invest in education, research and development to sustain rural communities. Would protect forests, critical habitats, wetlands, conserve soil, water and air and oppose new offshore oil drilling and mineral exploration and production in environmentally critical areas.

Would support energy-saving, recycling and anti-pollution measures'

Catholics are free to make health care decisions regarding use of extraordinary means to prolong a life in a terminal illness in accordance with Catholic moral teachings

Opposes assisted suicide and non-consensual withholding of health care or treatment because of handicap, age or infirmity

Families are the primary v!ital cell of society, bearing a valuable witne~s to Christ when they exemplify the ideals or. Christian marriage and practice good wOfks for the benefit of needy brothers and sistFrs

Every child deserves a loving, abuse-free home. We will promote family welfare through reforms in legal and tax codes and support adoptions through tax credits and insurance and legal reforms. We will support maternity homes to provide care for mothers and babies :iII1

Children should not have children. We need a national crackdown on deadbeat parents, enforcement of child-support provisions and encouragement of family life through pay equity

Maintain that adequate heal h care is a basic human right and support cbmprehensive national coverage

Offers comprehensive health care plan offering access and availability while preserving high-quality treatment through a system of tax credits and deductions

Would reform health care system by "squeezing out" waste, bureaucracy and abuse; improve primary and preventive care and health education; provide for full range of reproductive choice, expand medical research and long-term care

Housing

Existing private and public low-cost, decent housing should be maint ined and increased; tenants should particip te in housing decisions; discrimination il) housing I should be opposed

Best housing policy, especially for poor, is non-inflationary economic .growth with low interest rates

Supports affordable mortgages and home ownership for working families and reducing homelessness by expanding housing availability

No statement available

Human Rights

Support strengthening and international human rights mech urge sensitivity of government human rights dimensions of forei

xpanding nisms and fficials to n policy

Would continue drawing attention to human rights violations around world and opposing authoritarianism wherever it arises

Would support individual rights and respect for ethnic minorities and work against repressive acts such as torture and political imprisonment

No statement available

Immigration

Family reunification, fair tre tment of all emigrants, phasing out of l'emporar y labor programs and promotion of ust immigration laws should characterize ctivity in this field I

Illegal immigration undermines integrity of border and urban neighborhoods. We will strengthen the Border Patrol and reduce incentives to enter the U.S. through initiatives such as the North American Free Trade Agreement which create new eco~omic oppor-' tunities in other nations

We support immigration policies promoting non-discrimination and family reunification and reflecting constitutional guarantees of free speech, association and travel

No state'ment available

Refugees

Church looks on migration ith sympathy as a largely positive ph nomenon because it brings individuals an cultures closer together

We should resume offering sanctuary to politically oppressed people everywhere, be they Haitian refugees, Soviet Jews seeking aid in joining Israeli society or Vietnamese fleeing communism

No statement available

Regional Concerns

Favor reduction in U.S. milit.ry aid to Central America and economic assistance to nations in that area that comply with human rights criteria; support secure borders for Israel, a Palestinian homeland and the right of Lebanon to determine its own destiny; support economic sanctions in South Africa as a nonviolent pressure to end ap/lfrthe\d

Welcomes economic and political changes in Mexico; salutes recovery of free institutions in Panama, uphold~ U.S. access to Canal; hails thwarting of communism in El Salvador and Nicaragua; supports efforts to aid Somalia; sees "constructive engagement" policy of opposing apartheid while fostering peaceful change as successful in South Africa; supports Middle East peace process; opposes independent Palestinian state; believes Jerusalem should bean undivided city with free access by all to all holy places

Says foreign assistance programs in Latin America and elsewhere should aid democracies, not tyrants; supports Middle East peace process and an undivided Jerusalem with access to holy places; says sanctions and diplomatic pressure should continue with regard to South Africa until apartheid is abolished; would support efforts to combat poverty and disease in Third World nations

No statement available

We are committed to a drug-free America. We have increased fedenil operations against drugs and launched mandatory testing for employees in various fields. We support anti-drug education by states and communities

We will expand drug treatment and counseling and intensify educational efforts to the end that the U.S., with 5 percent of the world's population will no longer consume 50 percent of the world's illegal drugs.

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the helpless of America DAYTON, Ohio (CNS) - The only hope for solving the nation's ills is a change in the hearts and minds of Americans that will move people to help the helpless, former President Jimmy Carter recently told a crowd of 5,000 at the University of Dayton.

Until that happens 110 administration in Washington ,can change the poverty, homelessness and lack of hope in the country, he said.

Carter, visibly weary from a 10nation tour of Africa, spoke on social responsibility, and his talk was more a sermon than a speech.

Calling students at the Catholic university and others to action, he spoke of how his faith motivated

Habitat's renovation of a Dayton home for a low-income family.

Families chosen for Habitat homes typically put 300 hours of "sweat equity" into their home, and because no interest is charged, "even the poorest family can pay for a nice home."

"We don't give them anything but a sense of self-worth and partnership and love," Carter said.

Americans need to vote and to speak up, to set the standards by which government will operate, Carter said. "We have to raise our standards. We can shape our nation's policy."

Preserving and enhancing world peace should be among the highest ----hIm to-se.rve otbers~ -,---- ----- ---- standiias.- Carter~said. However: Since leaving office in 1981, as recent history has shown, "PresCarter has dedicated himself to idents know the most popular thing humanitarian causes including you can do with the American fighting disease in Third World people is to go to war." Carter countrieS. and seeking to resolve vigorously opposed the Persian deadly conflicts ignored by world Gulf War, which he said in a news governments and the United Na- conference preceding the speech tions. "was an unnecessary mistake."

Carter, who writes books for a "God has put us on earth for a living now, uses the Carter Center special reason.... We talk and talk, in Atlanta as his vehicle for hubut we don't walk the walk. And manitarian work. He still teaches walk with others," he said.

Sunday school at his Baptist church On his recent trip, Carter said, he was inspired by Baptist mis- in Plains, Ga., and is a distinsionaries in Togo, a family who guished professor at Emory Unileft Plains, Ga., for Africa the versity. same time he left the state for the White House. Since 1976, thefamily has dug more wells than the government and raised money to build a much-needed bridge.

"This shows you what a reliThe Diocesan Department of gious commitment can do, regardEducation is sponsoring several less of your own faith, to alleviate the suffering of people," Carter catechist and adult enrichment programs. All consist of four sessions said.

Elsewhere in Africa, he saw ever- offered 7 to 9 p.m.

"Christology," presented by present billboards touting American cigarettes, the "No. I killer of Father Robert A. Oliveira, diocepeople in the Third World." And san director of continuing formahe said billions of American dol- tion, continues Oct. .20 and 27 at lars go to buying weapons for St. Stephen parish, Attleboro, and nations instead of food for starv- Oct. 21 and 28 at St. Patrick Parish, Somerest. ing nations.

The program will also be offered "Are we [Americans] concerned Nov. 3,10,17 and 24 at Our Lady about the starvation of the people of the Angels parish, Fall River, of Africa? Not very much," Carter and Nov. 4, II, 18 and Dec. 2 at St. said, calling on people to become Anthony parish, East Falmouth. "global citizens."

A Scripture course. taught by He asked his Dayton audience Father James M. Fitzpatrick, chapnot to become complacent. "When lain at Cape Cod Hospital, Hyanwe stop searching, when we think nis, continues Oct. 22 and 29 at we've got it made, we lose the Our Lady of Victory parish, Centercommitment to learn more about ville.

God's world and the people around Scripture programs will also be n us. offered by Patricia Pasternak, Seek the "intangibles" of "jus- director of religious education at tice, truth, service, understanding, St. Thomas More parish, Somerset, compassion, love," Carter said.

Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, 12 and 19 at "Y ou can't see these things. But Sacred Heart parish, New Bedthese are the measures ofthe great- ford, and by Dr. Patrick Reid, ness of our lives." professor of theology at Providence Carter said' a sense 'of hopeless- College, March 1,8, 15 and 22 at ness in the country can be fought St. Paul parish, Taunton. with efforts such as Habitat for Humanity, a Christian nonprofit organization that buiJds homes in JAEN, Peru (CNS) - A Perupartnership with low~income peo- vian bishop has accused a Peruple, and the Atlanta Project, which vian firm with apparent strong pairs destitute Atlanta neighbor- links to the government of deshoods with corporations and peo- troying the rain forest in his ple with the resources to rebuild Amazonian region under the proneighborhoods, improve school tection of military and police offidistricts and create jobs. cials. "The church cannot remain Carter called homeless ness a silent before this situation of sin," great inj ustice in the nation.

Bishop Jesus Maria Izuzquiza HerWhen he was governor of Geor- ranz of the north Peruvian Aposgia, Atlanta had 1,200 homeless tolic Vicariate of Jean said in a people. That number has grown to letter to Peru's President Alberto 12,000 because of a 92 percent Fujimori. Bishop Izuzquiza said reduction in housing aid to low- that the firm INCAFOR, which income families, he said. That's owns the logging operation, is putwhere groups like Habitat can ting commercially attractive trees help fill the gap. Donations taken in danger of extinction through at Carter's speech will help pay for high volume harvesting.

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NORWALK, Conn. (CNS) Frank H. Brennan Sr., a nationally known pioneer in grassroots Catholic-Jewish dialogue, died of a heart attack Sept. 15 at age 70.

Brennan was "a gallant and committed Roman Catholic layperson"

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Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., will conduct a day of recollection for religious of the diocese II a. m. to 4 p. m. Oct. 31 at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown.

Registration begins at 10:30 a.m.

Bishop O'Malley will offer a reflection at II a.m., followed by lunch and talks and dialogue in the afternoon. The day will conclude with Mass.

Preregistration is requested by Oct. 26. For information contact Sister Mary Noel Blute, RSM, at the diocesan Office for Religious, 992-9921.

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FESTIVAL FUN: At the second annual "For Kids' Sake" Children's Festival at St. Vincent's Home, Fall River, Bishop O'Malley gets a hug from an enthusiastic young fan as home Qirector Father Joe Costa looks on. Meanwhile other youngsters help produce Calypso sound with Latin American/ Caribbean musical group Taino (top left) and enjoy the numerous game booths. Other entertainers were The Waldo Woodhead Show (above) and storyteller Valerie Tutson (bottom right).

Also featured were food, face painting, a car show, a walka-thon, and a giant flea market and raffle. Proceeds will fund a group home for adolescent boys and other projects of the home. (Hickey photos)

May innocent person be' executed?

Continued from Page One punishm'ent would prohibit the execution of someone who is innocent despite a guilty verdict.

While saying innocence is paramount in the eyes of the state, Margaret P. Griffey, Texas assistant attorney general, disagreed with the contention of Herrera's attorney that federal courts should be able to consider evidence of innocence after the allotted period of time for presenting it has passed.

Innocence is constitutionally irrelevant once someone has been justly convicted and sentenced, she said.

Processes outside the court system such as the pardons board and executive clemency are sufficient to protect against executing the innocent, maintained Ms. Griffey.

"But is the Texas Board of Pardons authorized to allow an exe" cution to proceed even if they believe the defendant is innocent?" asked Justice Antonin Scalia.

"Yes," Ms. Griffey responded.

In fact, in the last 15 to 18 years the pardons board has not once exercised its right to grant clemency, she said in answering a question from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. It recently approved a three-day reprieve, but later auth-

orized the execution to proceed.

Texas has executed 51 people since 1977.

Several Supreme Court justices seemed concerned that if Herrera's efforts to present new evidence were successful, it would start a wave of similar claims by other death-row inmates or become a strategy of defense attorneys to withhold evidence hoping for a second chance at a reduced sentence.

Herrera's attorney, Talbot D'Alemberte, said he is less interested in having his client's conviction for murder overturned than in establishing that a likelihood of innocence is reason enough to revoke a death sentence.

When D'Alemberte cited rulings prohibiting execution of the innocent as cruel and unusual punishment, Mrs. O'Connor displayed some of the impatience the justices have expressed recently with the number of capital punishment appeals they receive.

"But we don't have an innocent person here," she said. "We have someone who's been convicted."

D'Alemberte said he believes if Herrera was tried a second time, the new evidence probably would result in a verdict of innocence.

The rule he asked the Supreme Court to establish would say that an inmate with a credible claim of innocence may not be executed without a hearing on the merits of that claim.

After the argument, Frank McNierney, national coordinator of Catholics Against Capital Punishment, said the Texas attorney general's argument abandons legal responsibility.

"If they leave a life or death decision up to the governor it's like going back to medieval times when the king ruled on whether someone lived or not," said McNierney.

He also took issue with the justices' worry that the court system would be clogged with similar appeals if they agreed with Herrera's claim.

"That's agood argument to do away with death row altogether," he said.

McNierney found hope in the attention Herrera's case is bringing to the fact that decisions to execute people hinge on legal mechanisms that may not prevent innocent death.

"Is it that important to make the legal machinery work" that society is willing to risk executing innocent people, he asked.

Lights, shadows mark visit Continued from Page One not appear to include any traditional Latin American Indian dance or incorporate any indigenous languages, many of which are still spoken in the region.

"Everyone sitting around me at the Mass was asking: 'Where are the indigenous peoples?''' said Bishop Pelotte, one of two Native American U.S. bishops.

Bishop Pelotte said it was crucial for the church to stand firm on behalf of the indigenous peoples of Latin America.

Five hundred years after the arrival of the Europeans in the Americas, it's "very clear" that the abuses against the Indian have not come to a halt, he said.

"Things are not much better than they were 500 years ago. We have a lot to do in terms of human rights," said the New Mexico bishop.

"Notice how white-skinned the Latin American bishops are" despite the fact that the vast majority of Latin American Catholics are of mixed Spanish, African and Indian heritage, he said.

Pope's Short Answer Despite negative criticisms, Pope John Paul's short answer to complaints about Latin America's checkered history of evangelization and colonization is "more lights than shadows."

The reply reflects his theological view that history's goal is to lead humanity to salvation.

From this perspective, any historical event intrinsically tied to the spread of Christianity has an overpowering positive aspect.

"With the arrival of the Gospel to the Americas, salvation history was extended," he told a major meeting of Latin American bishops.

To journalists flying with him to Santo Domingo he said that colonial abuses do not take away from the historical importance of Oct. 12, 1492.

"The evangelization of the Americas started with the discovery of the Americas," he said.

Papal speeches throughout the trip emphasized that colonial

abuses ~ere cominitted by Europeans who misunderstood their Christian faith. The pope called these abuses sins..

Evangelization, on the other hand, was independent of such abuses and helped native people progress by deepening their spirituality and purifying their customs, he said.

At a time when Columbus is being criticized as a symbol of colonial abuses, the pope praised him because, he said, the explorer wrote that spreading the faith was a goal of his expeditions.

In an effort to clearly distinguish between evangelization and colonization, the pope did not mention the initial unity of church and state in the New World and the later problems this caused the church.

A recently published two-volume series of papal documents from the era show that, at the start, evangelization and colonization were closely linked.

In 1493 Pope Alexander VI blessed colonization in the New World in exchange for royal pledges to spread Christianity, including the financial support of the church in the New World.

Pope Alexander threatened excommunication for any colol1ization or profit-making activity in the New World without the special permission of the Spanish and Portuguese crowns.

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Subsequent popes criticized colonial abuses and tried to separate evangelization from state policy, causing long periods of uneasy relations.

Pope John Paul's theological view emphasizes the positive light of evangelization, but many people see this darkened by the long shadows of colonization.

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Mission Sunday stories Continued from Page One Their rector, Father Elipulikattu says, "The whole purpose of seminary formation is to form true pastors after the example of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd." . Prime importance is given to spir. itual formation; therefore, the daily celebration of Eucharist is at the center of seminary life.

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About Families

By Father Janusz Gajda Pope John Paul II points out: "The family, the domestic church, is the privileged place for mission evangelization." The basic group of society is the family, and a good family strengthens the church.

- The concept guided the church in the African nation of Zambia during its 1991 celebration of a centenary of Catholicism. Begin, ning in 1989, there were preparations in all the small Christian communities where Christians meet and pray together. The main topic was marriage and family life.

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ph: and' prayer. 'And as the' pope was celebrated Sept. I, 1991 at a Mass during which marriage vows says: "The family is t~e privileged place for Mission Evangelization." were renewed by couples married for over 50 down to newlyweds.

The Zambian Church helps About Holy Childhood married couples develop their spirituality and also provides them In this age of quick fixes and with material assistance. Every quick turnovers, it can be difficult parish has many associations and organizations for families and it is to find something' enduring. But beautiful to see a fire in front of a you yourself may have been a part of something that's been around house as a sign of family unity, . for a century and a half, something especially during the evening meal.

After the meal members of the that your parents and grandparfamily chat with each other while ents may have also been a part of -and in which kids today still parthe fire lit.

Another admirable custom: the ticipate. What is this generationmother carries her baby on her spanning organization? back, thus he or she is always with 'y ou knew it as the Holy Childthe mother. Somebody said that hood Association, kids today know the best vitamin for a child is to be 'it as HCA: Young Catholics in always with the mother!

Mission, and if I mention the words "pagan babies" to you, I Parents teach children how to love God and believe in God as think some bells will ring. But they share their love, food and pagan babies are just a small part home. Indeed, the Christian famof the history of tis organization, ily spreads the Word of. God which begins celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. through instructions, good exam-

How to raise a child on $12 a month Here in America $12 a month will not even pay for school lunches. But overseas, $12 will work a miracle.

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Her only toys are a worn-out teddy bear and a ragged doll. Her secondhand dress is patched and too small for her. She desperately needs a better diet to build strong bones, medicine when she is sick, water that is not contaminated, and a chance to go to school.

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In developing countries, HCA has helped nurture thousands of children through infancy and childhood and into the teen years. Malnourished, abandoned, handicapped, orphaned, sick children whose poverty. would otherwise dictate a difficult existence have found a strong start in life through HCA. HCA members in the U.S. have helped build schools, orphanages, and day care centers that have provided and continue to provide the daily, continuous care so essential if youngsters are to feel loved and valued, if they are to grow, lellrn, and mature.

Continuing the journey of global understanding that began in 1843, H CA today leads the way in global awareness education. We don't run the pagan baby program anymore - today we offer special appeals, videos and kids' publications that help children appreciate the lives of peers in other countries.

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Another Quarter Century Under administrator Sister St. Marie-Vianney Dufault, the home named its first assistant administrator, Loretta Benedetti, in 1968.

She retired from that post in 1991 but is still a member of the board.

Sister Beatrice Duchesne became superior/ administrator in 1972.

Under her guidance the home was accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals in 1975. Professional and quality care became her main concern as she responded to requirements of city, state and federal regulations.

Among her innovations were the data processing center and dental services. When she died in 1985, a scholarship in her name was set up for nursing students.

Present administrator Sister Blandine D'Amours and assistant administrator William C. Moloney have overseen renovation of the kitchen, cafeteria and residents' sitting rooms. Food service is under direction of a registered dietitian.

Nursing is on an' around-theclock schedule of three shifts.

Three social workers meet the needs of residents, their' families, and employees, and there are weekly consults in physiotherapy and occupational therapy.

An activities department has been in operation since 1970, and there are weekly visits from a barber and hairdresser.

The home also publishes a monthly newsletter, ·"Caring and Sharing."

The home currently accommodates 179 women residents and 38 men residents, with a staff of 16 sisters and 300 lay employees. Father Paul Price, SS.Cc., is chaplain.

Informationfor this article was drawn from a history of Sacred Heart Home compiled for the anniversary by Sister Rachel Lafrance, who translated the Frenchlanguage annals kept by the sisters from the earliest days.

Iteering pOintl PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN are asked to submit news Items for ,this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town should be Included, as well as full dates of all actlvIlles. Please send news of future rather than past events.

Due to limited space and also because notices of strictly parish affairs normally appear In a parish's own bulletin, we are forced to limit Items to events of general Interest. Also, we do nol normally carry notices of fundralslng actlvilles, which may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business office, telephone (508) 675-7151.

On Steering Points Items, FR Indicates Fall River; NB Indicates New Bedford.

NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING Series of four classes taught by Rita Quinn will be held 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 3, Dec. I, Jan. 5 and Feb. 2 in Clemence Hall at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. Information: Diane Santos, 674-5741 ext. 2480.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Parishioner Mary Proulx, coordinator of New Hope, Inc., seeks volunteers to help families in which children are at risk of abuse or neglect. Parent aides share parenting skills, experience in coping, and offer support. Information: 824-5205.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH The following items are requested this weekend by the food pantry: canned fruits, vegetables, soups, tuna fish, pork and beans. Also needed are empty egg cartons and shopping bags. Donations may be bro'ught to weekend Masses.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Donations of baby food will be colIected this weekend.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Adult education programs 8 to 9 p.m. Oct. 20 on relationships; Oct. 26 on parenting.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Sister Eugenia Brady, SJC, associate director of religious education, will speak on "Who shalI find a valiant woman" (Proverbs 31:10) at Women's Guild breakfast following II a.m. Mass Sunday.

CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE A four-week parenting education series wilI be followed by a monthly parent support group coordinated

by Joanne Claussen.

Education sessions are 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays Oct. 20, "Nurturing Children's Self-Esteem"; Oct. 27, "Discipline, Not Punishment"; Nov. 3, "Helping Children Deal with Feelings"; and Nov. 10, "Guiding Children Toward Autonomy."

The parent support group will be held 9:30 to II :30 a.m. first Tuesdays beginning Dec. 8. Babysitting will be provided during the programs. To register contact Mrs. Claussen at 833-0425.

MCFL Cape Cod Chapter of Massachusetts Citizens for Life will meet 7 p.m. Oct. 20, Stop & Shop meeting room, Independence Park, Rt. 132, Hyannis. All welcome'.

HOL Y NAME, NB Bishop O'MalIey wilI celebrate II a.m. Mass Sunday in honor of the 75th anniversary of Hyacinth Circle 71, Daughters of IsabelIa. SEPARATED/ DIVORCED CATHOLICS, CAPE Cape and Islands support group meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, St. Pius X parish center, Barbara St., S. Yarmouth. Seasonal desserts will be served and Oct. 3 conference will be discussed. New participants welcomed 6: 15 to 7 p.m. Information: 362-9873 or Father Richard Roy, 255-0170.

DCCW Bishop O'Malley will be celebrant of corporate communion Mass for Taunton and Attleboro Districts of Diocesan Council of Catholic Women 6:30 p.m. Oct. 20, St. Mary's Church, Mansfield. Dinner will follow in parish hall.

Fall Riv'er District living rosary 7 p.m. Oct. 22, Notre Dame Church, FR, followed by open meeting.

ST. ANNE'S HOSPIT AL, FR Junior volunteer program open to 14- to 18-year-olds in grades 9 through 12 to work 3 to 5: 15 p.m. once a week or 8 to 11:45 a. m. Saturday. Information: volunteer department, 674-5741 ext. 2080 before Oct. 23; office is open Monday through Thursday until 5 p.m.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Bishop O'Malley will celebrate Mass during a parish visitation at 7 tonight.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Rosary Walk 3:30 p.m. Sunday; reception will folIow in parish center. Paul G. Kirk, Jr., chairman of Democratic National Committee 1985 to 1989, wilI speak to the Men's Club 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21.

DAMIEN'S PLACE, WAREHAM A 7 p.m. concert Oct. 23 at Wareham Town Hall auditorium will benefit Damien's Place, a food pantry serving the greater Wareham area. Admission is two canned goods or non-perishable food items. The concert wilI feature The Mansion Heirs, The People of God's Love, and Lady K. Damien's Place, located on Plymouth Road (Rt. 6) is open 10 a.m. to I p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays.

Information: Sacred Hearts Retreat Center, Wareham, 295-0100.

ST. MARK, ATTLEBORO FALLS Pro-Life group will hold evening of prayer for life 7 to 8 p.m. Oct. 23.

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SACRED HEART, NB Vincentians are collecting food and children's outerwear such as hats, gloves, scarves and coats for the holidays. Baskets will be at front and rear of church.

ST. MARY, NORTON Pro-life committee will collect diapers for Birthright of Attleboro at all Masses this weekend.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 16, 1992 MARIAN MANOR, TAUNTON Volunteers are needed for various activities, including visiting the nursing home residents and assisting with recreation and special events.

Information: Alice Tiffany. 882-4885.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Fatima Feast celebration will take place at 5 p.m. Mass Sunday followed by rosary and candelight procession.

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Since our doors opened in September of 1971, over 2,000 graduates have experienced intellectual, spiritual, social, cultural, and physical growth in an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect. As we continue to work toward our goals of identifying and addressing the special needs of at-risk students and formulating activities for social interaction, we send our graduates into many area high schools and find they have achieved their goal of being independent and morally responsible young adults.

Since we are a diocesan school, not a parish school, while the majority of our students live in Taunton, many come from surrounding towns such as Easton and North Easton, Norton, Lakeville, Middleboro, Carver, Plympton, Plymouth, Dighton and Berkley. Bringing with them a variety of backgrounds, they create a fascinating student body fabric.

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In our community of 344 students, we maintain one fifth grade, the size of which varies from year to year. Grades six through eight have four classrooms each. Students are divided alphabetically into homeroom groupings and a 20minute homeroom period is Ii part of each day's schedule. This homeroom period facilitates an advisor-advisee program that responds to middlelevel age group needs. Each student in grades six through eight follows a homogeneously grouped program in reading and math and a heterogeneously grouped program in science, social studies, religion, language arts, art, physical ed ucation .and computers. There are sixteen teachers on staff, each working in his or her own subject area.

A rt students display schoolflag they designed with Mrs. Valerie Russell STUDENTS ARE encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities such as basketball, baseball, cheerleading, softball, art, student council, yearbook staff, drama club, intramural sports, band, chess club, bookstore, school newspaper, literary journal and socials and dances, in the hope these activities will improve their self-esteem.

School pride and spirit ar~ evident in all aspects of TCMS life, from caring for school property by keeping textbooks covered or picking up litter in the school yard to pride in one's appearance in a clean school uniform or in giving one's best efforts in a well-played athletic competition.

Our H orne and School Association is actively involved in the well-being of the entire school community. HSA parents are found at all school events assisting in every conceivable way.

THE SCHOOL community believes that isolation is not a solution to school problems and willingly makes use of other community institutions when needed. We consider Taunton Catholic Middle School an excellent example of site-based management and we are able and willing to undertake solutions to our problems. We recognize the middle grades as critical years and welcome the opportunity to practice what research indicates will work.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 16, 1992

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By Christopher Carsten~ Teens are the most idealistic people on earth. They want to help make the world a better place for all of us.

A recent picture in my morning newspaper showed a trainload of teens leaving California for Washington. D.C. The train was to make stops in six cities. At each stop the 150 students on board were going to hold workshops for other teens on becoming active in social and environmental causes.

The enthusiasm. idealism and good will of teens is a wonderful 'reservoir of energy for good. The trick is transforming that en,ergy into action that really makes a difference.

It isn't enough to wear a T-shirt that says "Save the Earth." You need to get involved.

Because the problems we face are so big, it can seem like only gigantic actions could d;o. much good. Homelessness. poverty and injustice hardly seem like the kind of things a few teenagers could take care'of all by themselves.

No, you can't take care of your town's homeless population or feed all the hungry children by yourself. No individual can be all of the solution. but we can each be part of it. And you don't need to wait for that train to come to our town before you get started.

Often small actions are more meaningful. more satisfying than big ones.

I worked in a parish project that provided vegetables for senior citizens. people living on very limited pensions. Together with a group of adults and teens. we'd weigh and bag carrots and tomatoes. and help carry them to cars or the bus stop., We'd smile and talk with the seniors. They knew our names and .we knew theirs. Fresh vegetables didn't solve all their problems. but our work made their lives a little fuller.

I left the project to be on the , board of directors of a big church .social agency. We had a $5 million

budget. and served hundreds of people in frce medical clinics. drug abuse programs. homeless shelters and work projects for the mentally ill.

But I hardly ever met the people we served. Instead. we sat through meetings at the big table in the board room. It wasn't all that satisfying. I really missed my senior citizens and their carrots. There 'was a lot more humanity in bagging vegetables than in voting on budgets.

As a teenager. you probably can't sit on the board of directors or lead big government committees. But you can, bag carrots.

Teenagers ·can help. and in meaningful ways. It's most rewarding when your efforts bring you face to face with real people and their real problems.

Our parish is near the Mexican border, and each year our confirmation classes help build decent homes for poor families in the slums of Tijuana. Some of our teens pound nails. some carry shingles and others just play with the kids in the hilltop neighborhoods. ' Your diocese is sure to have a St. Vincent de Paul Society or a 'Catholic Worker House where you can invest some of your time.

Get your youth 'minister involved. Maybe your group can clean up yards for aged or han'dicapped members of your parish. o~ gather food for the local shelter.

It's best if you get to hand it out yourselves. ' There's no problem so large that it can't be attacked a little at a time. And therc's no act of charity so small that it doesn't make a difference.

Be ready to start small and watch the seeds of kindness grow into abeatiful garden. .

Did you see the face on the TV screen Coming at you every Sunday?

See the face on the billboard That man is me On the cover of the magazine There is no question why I'm smiling You buy a piece of paradise You buy a piece of me 111 get you everything you wanted I'll get you everything you need You don't need to believe in hereafter Just believe in me.

'Cause Jesus he knows me And he knows I'm right I've been talking to Jesus All my life Yes he knows me And he knows I'm right And He's been telling me Everything is all right.

I believe in the family With my ever loving wife beside me But she doesn't know about my girlfriend Or the man I met last night Do you believe in God? Because that is what I'm selling And if you want to get to heaven I'll see you right You won't even have to leave your house ,Or get out of your chair .

You don't even have to touch that dial Because I'm everywhere.

Why find me practicing what I'm teaching Why find qle making no sacrifice? .

But I can get you a pocket full of miracles If you promise to be good and try to be nice God will take care of you Just do as I say, don't do as I do Well I'm counting my blessings Because I found true happiness Because I'm getting richer Day by day You can find me in the phone book Just call my toll-free number You can do it any way you want Just do it right away Let there be no doubt in your mind You 'believe everything I'm saying If you want to get close to him Get on your knees and start paying.

Written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherfor~.

Sung by Genesis (c) 1992 by Anthony Banks Ltd., Phd Collins Ltd., Michael Rutherford Ltd. I'M SURPRISED that "Jesus He Knows Me" is a hit. I would

not expect a parody on TV evangelism to have much appeal.

Perhaps it's just the Phil Collins-Genesis magic.

The song presents all the familiar images associated with a certain type of TV religion: the hi-tech marketing of salva,tion, personal deceit and the overall cheapening of the Gospel message. Heaven becomes not God's gift of love but a feeling to be bought for the right donation. .

I doubt. if many teens take that kind of TV religion very seriously. However. listening to the song did prompt 'me to wonder what place religion has in a teen's life.

The song points out that practicing religion and following the Gospel are not necessarily the same. One can be religious without being spiritual.

Jesus addressed the same type of spiritual bankruptcy in the religion of his day.

The message to these elements of his society was clear: You are like death itselfthat robs people of life. Your religion is not of God but of your own doing!

Yet, all of religion is not like that. True religion has to offer something to teens. It is a mistake to throw out one's Catholicism without understanding the benefits it can bring into your life.

One ofthe best ways for teens to be 'involved with religion is through youth ministry programs.

Youth ministry offers diverse opportunities for teens to talk together about value choices, find support for facing their own hurts and just bring together a group of peers for the sake of having fun. Youth min- . istry makes the spirit of the Gospel alive and meaningful in a teen's life.

For several years, I worked in a youth ministry retreat program. I saw firsthand how teens and adults can come together to make following Jesus an exciting part of each person's life.

As the song suggests, religion can be empty, boring and even hypocritical. However, this is not the whole picture.

Find out what is happening in the youth ministry programs in your parish or area. Discover how practicing Catholicism can add zest to your life.

Your comments are welcomed

by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 182, Rockport, In 47635•

Mark of Success "All that is undertaken and,His divine will and is 'marked by the sign of the Cross succeeds." - St. Julie Billiart ' .'

SCOUT CAMPOREE: Father Stephen B. Salvador, left, chaplain for the· diocesan Catholic Scouting program, speaks to participants during the annual Boy Scout weekend retreat camporee at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown. Soggy weather did not deter the slate of activities, including a log roll, above. Themed "A Scout is Obedient," the pr()gram included a video on "The Last Days of Christ," discussion ofvocatiolls and Scouting religious awards, and a new patch design contest. Seminarians speaking during the retreat were Charles Jodoin, Richard Wilson and Paul Brassil. (Studio D photos) ,

in our schools

Bishop Feehan

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 16, 1992

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The student council of Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, invites alumni, parents and friends to join in the annual Homecoming Est. 1962 Day celebration tomorrow. Ceremonies begin at II :30 a.m. on the Religious 102 Shawomet Avenue Feehan campus, followed by a Somerset, Mass.

Articles parade of class floats along N. Main St. to Hayward Field. The Tel. 674-4881 Books • Gifts day concludes with an Alumni 3V2 roam Apartment Memorial Mass at 4:30 p.m. in the Church Supplies 4V2 roam Apartment Nazareth Center.

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Bishop Feehan began the 1992508-775-4180 Mon.-Sat. 9-5 1993 school year with an enrollment of 730 students, up from last year's figure of 712. The freshman "Nell' England IWSI'tlcJltl)· class numbers 200. wllh a European Fla,r' The increase in enrollment can be attributed in part to an incr¢ase in financial aid. This year Feehan Sales And Service doubled the amount of financial Bed C9' Breakfast Fall River's Largest aid available to $87,000. Principal Brother Robert Wickman hopes Display of TV s to see that figure surpass the 495 West f,dmuuth lI,glllnl)' $100,000 dollar mark.

RCA· ZENITH· SYLVANIA (Ruute 28A) /'0 Box 1N5 Much is new at Feehan this 1196 BEDFORD STREET West FcJlmuurli, Ma. 025 7~ year, from the new intercom/bell 673-9721 system, to the 'recently redesigned Open year round (5081 540-7232 main office, to the welcome addition of a new administrator. Sister .

Maria Jude LaPoint, CSJ, is fill~ ing the newly-created position of vice principal for academic affairs.

She isjoined by seven other new faculty members: Christopher Grant, Joseph Gilmartin (serving as both teacher and varsity foot24-hour bankin~, ball coach), Susan McGuirk, John McKenna, Timothy Pollis, Scott Trach and Raymond Weicker.

Curriculum additions made since last year include advanced placement history, taught by Edward EOUAltOJSlllG Gagnon, and peer counseling, Member FDIC/DIFM LENDER taught by Patricia DeGrinney.

Activities were off to a good start on Sept. 22, when freshman parents gathered for a potluck dinner. It was an opportunity for parents to network, since the freshman class is comprised of students from two different states and 30 different communities as far away as Medfield. One freshman remarked that he has to leave his home at 6:30 each morning to catch a bus to Feehan, but it is well worth it.

On Sept. 29, the Mercy Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 32 new members. Senior Dana Alexander, NHS president, was master of ceremonies, assisted by fellow seniors Christine Atwood, vice president, and Richard Yngve, secretary.

Afterward about 100 parents, students and friends shared a potluck dinner and heard guest speak.er Brother Frederick Mueller, FSC, principal of La Salle Academy, Our 31,000 Providence, RL The Shamrock Parents' AssociSubscribers ation held the first in a series of parenting workshops at an Oct. 6 Want To Know meeting. "Parenting in the 90s" was presented by Sister Liz Engel, OP, a teen and adult counselor.

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NEWL Y-INSTALLED student officers at SS. Peter and Paul School, Fall River, are, from left, Joy Ainsworth, secretary; Kelly Ainsworth, treasurer; Maegan Carvalho, president; and Heather Rocha, vice president. At the installation ceremony, the officers asked the Holy Spirit to guide their actions and to unite their school community.

Bishop Stang High School Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, will celebrate Spirit Week Oct. 19 to 23 .. Stu~ dents will don outlandish attire beginning on Monday, Sock and Tie Day. Crazy Shirt and Sunglasses Day follows on Tuesday.

Wednesday is Clash Day; Thursday, Crazy Hat and Shoe Day;' and Friday, Salute Stang Day. A rally and football game against rival Dartmouth High caps off activities at 7 p.m. Friday.

The Rose Barker Library/ Media Center has received donations of a computer, software, and subscriptions to nine magazines and two daily newspapers. More such donations, as well as books, are still sought.

This year the library will be linked to the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth library via computer. UMass has also supplied Stang with a more recent version ofthe Dewey Decimal Classification.

UMass librarians Shaleen Barnes and Ross LeBough are scheduled to present a workshop for Stang faculty to enhance cooperation between the two libraries.

Survey Says...

A survey asking new students what they thought of their first few weeks at Stang elicited such responses as "I like it a lot. The teachers are really nice and make you feel comfortable." (Leslie Britto, New Bedford); "It's interesting. There's a lot to do." (John Loxley, Wareham); and "It's tough but it's cool!" (Brian Jusseaume, Westport).

Asked why she chose to attend Stang, Heidi Gonsalves of New Bedford responded, "To get a good ed ucation, and I like Catholic schools."

FreshmanJuIia Cardoza, meanwhile. is already planning for college!

She was one of two winners of

full-tuition scholarships to UMassDartmouth at the Sport-o-Rama sponsored by the university in conjunction with the New Bedford Housing Authority. She is a graduate of St. James-St. John School in New Bedford.

The grant will be held for Miss Cardoza until she is ready to enroll in college.

Adventures in Forestry Dodging foraging bears, guiding campers and shoveling snow on her birthday-Aug. 22-were the unlikely elements of summer vacations for math teacher Joyce Menard, who volunteered with the U.S. Forest Service in Hungry Horse, Montana.

Working five days a week at the Hungry Horse Dam Visitor's Center, located 10 miles from Glacier National Park, Mrs. Menard had the task of directing visitors to camping and recreational activities.

"Part of my job was to take hikes to experience what I'd be talking to visitors about," she said.

"The scenery was incredible. Seeing a mountain lion was kind of wild, as was walking up to a glacier at the top of the mountain. The area is the last stand of the grizzly bears in the lower 48 states."

She learned about the opportunity from AAA Magazine and declares, "I'm thinking about going back next year!"

TCMS The 20-minute homeroom period at Taunton Catholic Middle School has a different theme each day: business; skills; community, discussion and DEAR (drop everything and read). One day a week, each grade level has a "coffee break" during which they can enjoy juice and donuts.

With the school year in full swing, grade 5 is working on map skills and studying the presidential election. Computer students are

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