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FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSEnS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS

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FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1981

IT WAS UP, UP ArtJD AWAY for youngsters at St. Michael's School, Fall River, who celebrated the school's 50th anniversary with a giant

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In conjunction with other diocesan efforts, The Anchor has sent the following letter to senators and representatives serving the area of the Fall River. diocese. Their replies will be published.

Dear (Senator, Representative): I am editor of The Anchor, the largest weekly newspaper in southeastern Massachusetts. We serve a diocese ove:r 64 percent Catholic (340,000 Catholics in a total population of 530,000), with 34 Catholic secondary and primary schools.

For the infonmation of our readers, your constituents, I should appreciate a statement on your stand with regard to tuition tax credits as a method of achieving freedom of choice and equity in education.

Specifically, I should like to know at the present time if you plan to support S.550 (the Packwood/Moynihan bill). (Representatives were asked their stand on HR 3665, the Ashbrook bill.)

In the interest of voter education, we will, of course, publish your reply.

Sincerely yours,

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J:hn F. Moore

Editor, The Anchor

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balloon send-up among many other activities, including a Mass offered

by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, former St. Michael's pastor.

New code, of canon law

gets it all together

By Father Kenneth J. Doyle ROME (NC) - An American member of the commission which finished its final review of the church's proposed new canon law code has called it "more pastoral and more flexible" than the 1917 code it would replace.

Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin of Cincinnati said the new code "reflects the thinking of Vatican II" and. "promotes the role of the laity."

Archbishop Bernardin was one of the 65 cardinals and bishops on the commission which met in Rome Oct. 20-28.

He said the proposed code would change experimental and streamlined American marriage annulment procedures, but this "should not be allowed to overshadow the fact" that the new document is basically a positive and progressive one. the draft code, expected to be promulgated next spring by Pope John Paul II, would with路 draw "American procedural norms" granted to the United States since 1970 and also been

granted to Australia. According to the norms a local diocesan decision approving an annulment does not have to be reviewed by a higher tribunal.

"We have been expecting this change for some time," said Archbishop Bernardin, "because we were told in the United States that these procedures were provisional and would cease with the promulgation of the new code." .

Archbishop Bernardin said that many other changes in the draft code simplify the marriage annulment procedure and that he hoped "that once adjustments have been made to the new mandatory review, our courts will be able to continue the good work they have been doing."

Offical figures show that in 1979 church tribunals worldwide granted 62,719 annulments, 51, 528 of them in the United States.

Msgr. John A. Alesandro, Archbishop Bernardin's canon law expert for the commission meeting, said that in the United States favorable annulment decisions are in fact already re-

viewed, first by the diocesan "defender of the bond," then by the local bishop and finally by officials at the Washington headquarters of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Regarding grounds warranting marriage annUlments, the proposed code is said to simply put into formal language principles in force for years.

The new text says that among those who are incapable of contracting a valid marriage are people "affected by a serious psychological disturbance" or those who "have a serious defect in their ability to understand the reciprocal rights and duties of marriage" or those who "because of a serious psychic anomaly cannot fulfill the essential obligations of marriage."

Msgr. Alesandro said that for . the last two decades the Vatican's marriage court, the Roman Rota, has incorporated the insights of psychologic!!l research and allowed annulments for such situations as the new text describes. Under the language of Turn to Page Three

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people/ placel/eventl GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala. (NC}-Church sources in GuatemaIa said survivors described details of a massacre of Indians in Quiche department (province) by troops an dthat the mHitary action Jeft about 160 homes detroyed and nearly 1,000 people dead. Qu.,iche Department, in west-central Guatemala, has been the scene of heavy fighting between guerillas and Guatemala's armed forces. Most missionaries have left the area after several priests were ki'Hed, with church sources generaUy believing the murders were committed by pro-government groups.

BOSTON (NC)-Cardinal Tomas O'Fiaich of Armagh, Nonhern Ireland, ha.iJed the recent appointment of two BJritish officials in Northern Ireland as signs of hope for the future of the troubled province. The appointments of James Prior as secretary of state for Northern Ireland and of DubLin-born Lord Gowrie as minister of state under Prior were evidence that Great Britain is trying to "rebuHd broken bridges," CardinaI O'Fiaich said in an interview with The Pilot, the Boston arohdiocesan newspaper.

"Both men are genuine1y trying," he added.

MILWAUKEE (NC)-Liturgical worship should change people's lives if it is effective, said Auxiliary Bishop Richard J. SkIba of Milwaukee at a meeting of diocesan liturgical :Ieaders. "We must see the Eucharist as the great response to what God has done for us, through us ... If these changes (in people's fives) don't take place, it's no assembly gathered in hi.s name," said 'Bishop SkIba in an address to the national federation of Diocesan Liturgica:l Commissions.

VATICAN CITY (NC)-Stressing the link between work and the family, Pope John Paul II announced the coming publication of a papal document on the family.

The pope emphasized "that lParticu'lar link which exi,sts between human work and famHy ute." "Work cannot break up the family, but must rather unitE!\ it, help to reo inforce it," he told 50,000 people in St. Peter's Square for his Sunday Angelus talk.

"May the family not becomE~, because of work, a superficial encounter of human beings, a transitory hotel only for meals and rest," the pope added.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. (NC)-路Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame since 1952, has agreed to remain president for another five years. Father Hesburgh, 64, had asked to step down in spring, 1982, and was expected to become the first chancellor of Notre Dame. Edmund Stephan, chairman of Notre Dame's trustees, said that a suitable successor has not yet been found to fi.Jl Father Hesburgh's position.

WASHINGTON (NC)-Bishop Anthony J. Bevrlacqua, chairman of the bishops' Committee on Migration and Tourism, has given quaHfied endorsement to the Reagan adminstration's proposal to grant amnesty to illegal aliens. ,Bishop Bevilacqua com路 mended the amnesty proposal for provisions whioh wou,ld eventually legalize up to 6 mHHon illegal aliens who are already in the United States. But he criticized a provision that would defer the granting of permanent residence status in many cases for a number of years. The bishop also criticized another proposal that would bring workers to the United States from Mexico for employment for a limited time. ~

TULSA, Okla. (NC)-Bislhop Eusebius Beltran of Tulsa has decided to ask permission to ordain a married man, a former Lutheran minister who has converted to Cathdlicism, to the priesthood. Bishop ,Beltran said the man's case has ibeen under consideration for several years. He did not reveal the man's name but said he currently Hves in Pennsylvania and is supporting his wife and two children by manual labor.

Though the case is unusual, :it is not unprecedented. Pope Pius XII quietly allowed several married Lutheran ministers who became Catholics to be ordained priests in West Germany after World War II. WASHINGTON (NC)-JDI'. Edmund .0. Pellegrino, president of the Catholic University of America in Washington, willI join the faculty of Georgetown University, also in Washington, in JUly 1982. Pellegrino, who announced in October that he would resign as president of Catholi<: University at the end of the school year, w.i!H become the first John Carroll university professor of medicine and medical humanities at Georgetown. Named for the first U.S. archbishop, also the founder of Georgetown, the faculty position addresses the growing emphasis on medical ethics.

THE BUSY SCHEDULE of Bishop Daniel A. Cronin recently included participation in a Mass at dedication of the new St. Anthony of the Desert parish center in Fall River (top) at a living rosary ceremony sponsored by the F~ll River District Council of "Catholic Women (center) and at a Bishop's Night program arranged by the Attleboro-Taunton Council, (bottom). With the bishop in Fall River, Mrs. Manuel Nogueira, Msgr.

Anthony Gomes, Mrs. Eugene Gagnon; in Taunton, Margaret McCarthy, Jane Selhnayer, Martina Grover, Janet Pion.

(UNDATED)-Two Marykndll priests thrown out of the Philippines earlier this year wiU be allowed to, return due to the intervention of Imelda Mar~os, wife of Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos, according Maryknoll officia~s. The priests, Fathers Edward Shellito and Ralph Kroes, 'plan to return soon, but no date has been set yet, said Michael Lavery, assistant director for media relations at the order's headquarters in Maryknoll, N.Y. Both men were accused of engaging in subversive activi,ties at the time they were expelled. The two pr,iests and their Maryknoll superiors denied the accusations. '

THE ANCHOR Thurs., Nov. 5, 1981 Continued kom page one the current core such cases are considered under the heading of "lack due discretion."

The new code creates "fraud, conscious deception" on a matter integral to the marriage as a new explicit ground, but under the former code such a marriage might have been invalidated under "lack of true consent," he added.

The draft code encourages the expanding role of lay people in the church. It include,s: - Use of lay people in marriage tribunal work as judges and defenders of the bond.

- Note of the importance of various parish and diocesan consultive bodies, such as pastoral and parish councils and financial advisory boards.

- In priest-poor areas, the possibility of allowing some pastoral work to be delegated to lay people.

"People are not going to be taken by surprise by what they read in the new COdl~. In many places it simply codifies what's been taking place already, such as with the renewal of the sacraments," said Archbishop Bernardin.

One section of the draft code deals with "ecclesias':ical penalties" which the church applies to acts especially reprehensible in its eyes. It reduces 3~' to six the acts for which autl)matic excommunication is incurred.

These are abortion, a violent attack on the life of a pope, the consecration by a bishop of another bishop without proper Vatican authority, the profanation of the species of the Eucharist, a priest's breaking the seat of confession and a priest's absolving in confession an accomplice in his own sin.

Excommunication is incurred only if the person committing the act is aware in advance that such a sanction applies to the act. Considered far more serious than the penalty is the fact that the sinful act itself fractures the individual's personal relationship with God. An excommunication is applied by the proposed code only when an act clashes with a value so strongly held by the church's believing community that persons performing the act choose thereby to separate themselves tfom the community.

In most dioceses in the United States priests have permission in the confessional to forgive a sin and remove its sanction at the same time.

Archbishop Bernardin thinks Catholics will generally be pleased with the final text of the code. He said that although some people who question the need for a code, "as a practitioner on the local church level, I see the need for and am grateful for a code which brings together all the laws of the church."

The text of the proposed code will incorporate the 2tmendments made at last month's meeting.

It will tqen be given for final approval tp Pope John Paul, who will det~rmine when to promulgat~ it. After the p:romulgation there will probably be a period of one year before most of the code goes into effect.

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HAPPy AT THEIR installation as acolytes are permanent deacon candidates Richard Murphy, Antonio Da cruz, Timothy Desmond, Robert Faria and Robert Lemay, meeting with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at the cathedral ceremony. (Torchia Photo)

Jesuits bear witness to 'fourth vow' ROME (NC) - Following the example of their ailing superior general, many Jesuits have reacted favorably to Pope John Paul Irs appointment of a personal representative as temporary head of the society of Jesus.

Father Pedro Arrupe, who remains superior general but is partially paralyzed from a stroke, said, "I hope that the entire society of Jesus will be open to the decisions of the Holy Father, as I am."

On Oct. 31, Jesuit Father Paolo Dezza assumed governance of the 27,OOO-member society, representating the pope in preparations for a general congregation to elect a successor to Father Arrupe.

Named to assist the 79-yearold and nearly hlind Father Dezza, and to succeed him if he dies or is incapacitated, was Father Joseph Pittau, 53-year-old provincial of the Jesuits in Japan.

According to Jesuit sources who asked not to be named, Pope John Paul's move is seen as an effort to provide a more spiritual basis to Jesuit social works and also as a sharp reminder of the Jesuits' "fourth vow," that of special obedience to the pope. All Jesuits in governing offices have taken this vow.

"All of us are now called to witness in a unique way to the importance of our vow of obedience and of our oft-stated loyalty to the holy father," said Father John Blewett, a U.S. Jesuit working in Rome. "No previous generation of Jesuits has been given quite this unique opportunity."

Father Dezza, who helped prepare for the 1974-75 general congregation of the Jesuits as an assistant general, is "highly appreciated both within and outside the society," said Father Blewett.

Other Jesuits said the papal representative is a theological conservative who will be an intermediary between the society and the pope.

In a 1979 letter to all Jesuits, Father Arrupe said Pope John Paul had expressed concern about "secularizing tendencies, austerity and discipline in religious and community life, fidelity to the magisterium (teaching authority of the church) in doctrine, and the priestly character of our apostolic work."

The date for election of Father Arrupe's successor has not been announced but one indication that the preparatory process will be lengthy is the appointment of Father Pittau as Father Dezza's potential successor.

The naming of Father Pittau is interpreted as putting the spotlight on a man the pope considers an ideal Jesuit.

It has been reported that when the pope visited Japan in early 1981 and saw the effect of Father Pittau's leadership on Sophia University and the Jesuit community in Tokyo, he ex-

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claimed: "These are the true Jesuits!"

While studying at Harvard University in the late 1960s, Father Pittau completed a doctorate thesis on Japanese political theory in two years and won Harvard's ·annual prize for the best thesis in his field.

The Italian Jesuit could also serve as a link between the Vatican and China. Invited to visit Beijing last March, he was consulted by the Chinese education ministry on a variety of issues.

The preparatory period for a general congregation may also serve to test Father Pittau's abilities as the future superior general, several sources speculate.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has made the following appointments: Father John F. Andrews, ad· ministrator of St. Joan of Arc parish, Orleans, spiritual advisor to the Cape and Islands Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

Father Matthew Sullivan, 5S.CC., pastor of St. Mary's parish, Fairhaven, spiritual director of New Bedford Curia, Legion of Mary.

Father Roger J. Levesque, pastor of St. Joseph's parish, Attleboro, chaplain of Attleboro area Guild for the Blind.

Very Rev. John J. Smith, VE, pastor of St. John the Evangelist parish, Attleboro, chaplain to St. John's Council 404, Attleboro Knights of Columbus.

Father Roy A. Yurco, SS.CC., pastor of St. Boniface parish, New Bedford, co-friar with Father Thomas E. Morissey of Bishop James E. Cassidy General Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus.

Father Bo'uchard

Memorial Mass

Rev. Jean-Louis Bouchard, O.P., from 1971 to 1978 assistant director and director of St. Anne Shrine, Fall River, died Oct. 30 in St. Hyacinthe, P.Q., Canada, following a long illness.

Born in Newburyport, Mass, September 20, 1917, he entered the Dominican Order in 1942 and served in various posts in the Province of Quebec and in New England..

His funeral was held on Monday in St. Hyacinthe and a proburial Mass was offered at the same time in St. Anne Church, Fall River.

A Mass will be offered by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at 12:05 p.m. Monday at St. Mary's Cathedral for deceased bishops and ·priests of the diocese. Priests are invited to concelebrate and the faithful are urged to be present.

"Standing before God, the only thing we have to offer him is ourselves. And the extraordinary part is that this is exactly what he wants..... - Dom Hubert van Zeller

What He Wants

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the living word

themoori~ Listen to Their Plea The current Haitian situation is writing one of the most gruesome pages in this country's history of "concern" for the oppressed and downtrodden. The recent tragic death of 33 Haitian refugees at the very threshold of the luxurious condominiums of Florida's Gold Coast was the epitome of horror and terror. The mo~t that our government did for these poor souls was to remove their bodies from the beach. All that can be said is that this was but one more disastrous Washington reaction to a horrendous situation.

It is indeed strange that so little is being done by our federal government to help in this heartbreaking situation.

When refugees poured forth from Cuba there was a real spirit of benevolence and good will. In fact, these refugees became somewhat of a renewed symbol of American openness to the oppressed of the world.

This has not been the case with the Haitians. There can be little doubt that these people are fleeing political tyranny and dictatorial persecution. By virtue of the proverbial American sympathy for the low man on the totem pole, they should be treated as well as any other immigrants to our shores. Yet this is not the case, in spirit or in .action. • ' Packed aboard their unseaworthy boats, these destitute people seek liberty. But our government fails to help them. Could it be that they are considered somewhat different from other immigrants? Haitians are a black French-speaking people. Has there arisen a note of racial bias in our government's approach to them?

The present ridiculous government of Haiti is on the surface friendly to us, as opposed to Cuban officialdom.

But is it really in our best interests to continue supporting a government that views its own people as throwaways?

How many more bodies must be washed ashore before tpe American conscience becomes aware of Washington's injustice in this situation?

One could continue a litany of questions and reflections on the shame shared by Haiti and America, a shame not unnoticed by the caring people of this land and many other· nations.

Such awareness should be especially notable among American Catholics. Most of the poor souls so desperately trying to flee the terror and horror of Haiti are our brothers and sisters in the faith. They are the poorest of the" poor, the most abject of people.

If the Gospel message means anything, American Catholics must not shut their eyes to the bloated bodies in the Florida surf. We are compelled, if we say we are believers, to speak out and to help in whatever way we can to remove this latest stain of uncaring from the fabric of our history.

Often' we hear the word of the Lord but our ears are tired or indifferent, our hearts are leaden. If this is our case, may the words of Ecclesiastes reach us with renewed import: "Afflict not the heart of the needy and defer not to give him that is in distress. Reject not the plea of the afflicted and turn not away thy face from the poor."

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HAITIANS SEEKING REFUGE IN FLORIDA

'You shall not molest or oppress an alien.' Ex. 22:20

The simple way of love

By Father Kevin J. Harrington

Church worship B.nd doctrine often develop beyond the. original intention. For example, the feast of All Saints originally honored all the cano::lized saints, emphasizing the diversity among the canonized heroes and heroines of God. We now understand this feast in a broader sense as honoring all the blessed in heaven. This development has had a positive and negative effect.

Popular devotion to the saints has decreased dramatically since the Second Vatican Council.

While we all share in a vocation to holiness through Jesus Christ, the heroic sanctity of the relatively few canonized saints should edify rather than discourage us.

The saints, after all, have their human side which should make us feel close to them. The church honors men as diverse as St. Dismas, the Good Thief, and St. Francis of Assisi and women as diverse as St. Mary Magdalene and St. Therese of Lisieux.

This diversity demonstrates that we often mistake other things for holiness. Many Catholics define a good Catholic as one who attends Mass and receives Communion every Sunday. This is to mistake a means for an end. The grace of the sacraments should st:rengthen us to become holy. When they are seen instead as a reward for holy living, we start on that long road of heresy, known as Jansenism, on which many Catholics travel.

The one factor that all saints, or uncanonized, have >in ;common is their spontaneous generosity of love. It is no coincidence that Christ himself <:ondensed all the teachings of the law and the prophets into his one commandment to love God with one's whole heart and soul.

We many temporarily mistake other things foJ' holiness, such as slavish obedience to moral laws or conspicuous piety, but when we encounter authentic sanctity in a living pell'son, we are deceived.

True holiness is difficult but not impossible to achieve. However, no one achieves it without being tested. The book of Wisdom rightly speaks of the souls of the just as being like gold in the furnace to be proven worthy.

Sanctity requires imitation of the ~~Qnized

virtues exemplified in the life of Christ and his true followers.

Not every one has the chance of meeting living saints. On the contrary, we usually become disillusioned by the imperfections of our contemporaries. For this reason, it is good to have an abundant diversity of canonized saints to inspire us and remind us of the' great things God can accomplish through us. They challenge us with a call to holiness that should not be ignored.

One such challenge is contained in "The Story of a Soul" by St. Therese of Lisieux, a manifesto for loving others in simple ways. Our own answer to the call to holiness may be similar.

We may well fulfill our voca· tion to love through simple acts of kindness and trust in God.

We must ask to be the "GO,oD GROUN D" Qnd

Yield a fruitfUl harvestof kInDness.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 5, 1981

Waxing wroth I picked up a copy of Better Homes and Gardens at the supermarket recently and my adrenalin began to flow as soon as I turned the cover and read a beautiful twopage multi-color ad for shiny nowax flooring. It hit a not so shiny nerve. I detest waxing floors. The only thing worse than removing old wax and putting on new is digging fossilized popsicle out of little ridges in a sculptured linoleum prior to waxing it prior to removing wax and so on.

So, several years ago, we did as the ad promised a.nd bought a lifetime of no waxi::tg: "Never wax again," and "Say goodbye to dull floors forever," and a litany of like fictions. We also did as the ad suggested and paid a little more than we would have for the same floor that required waxing. A lot more.

And, since I was never going to wax again, we bought the sculptured floor with little swirls and spirals designed to capture and hold syrup, to granulate sugar, and to preserve the remains of leftover sneaker mud.

If, after all, I only need to "run a damp mop over my beautiful no-wax floor once a week or less," why worry about wax traps?

Well, count me in, P.T. Bar-

num. I was taken" A few years later, when the finish was gone from my lifetime of shiny flooring and I returned to the seller to ask what happened, he insisted that I must have taken improper care of it. "You'r~ not supposed to use anything but warm water on it," he told me.

"If the finish is dull, it's because you used harsh cleaners," I insisted I didn't. He insisted I did. I considered harsh language.

He insisted I was the only one who had ever complained.

So I decided to do a kind of housewife research study and began asking others about their no-wax flooring. I soon discovered that indeed I was not alone and it was during a discussion with another renewed waxer that I discovered to my outrage that the same company that sold me my no-wax floor was selling a company wax specifically designed for the no-wax floor. At an exorbitant cost, to boot.

So when I opened my glossy magazine to find my company's ad with a large headline boasting, "The only no-wax floor with the richness of inlaid color," I looked for and found the legal safeguard in small print which read, "If a reduction in gloss should occur in heavy-traffic areas, our wax can be applied to help maintain the shine." As my

Dumb Catholics?

So it has come to pass, as we knew one day it must, that somebody should at last devise a study which purports to show that the children of Catholic mothers have the lowest IQ scores in comparison with the children of Protestant mothers in general. Our kids are right below the offspring of Baptist women, but the children of Presbyterian moms and of Episcopalian maters do much better - - and those of nonreligious mothers score the very best of all. This marvelous bit of current sociology was conducted in a Chicago-area test of 1,000 schoolchildren by somebody called Dr. Zena Blau of the University of Houston.

I have stated above that it was almost certain that such a study would come to pass. I say this because, since the phase-out of people 'like Paul Blanshard some postconciliar YI~ars ago, it has become more and more difficult for people like that, indeed, to find new ways to make the Catholic Church in America historically suspect among one's fellow-(and sister) citizens. The collective unconscious of latent anti-Catholicism in such a prolonged situation, therefore, would have to have gone to work all the harder in devising some new way to discredit the Church without the overt appearance that raw anti-Catholicism had any thing to do with it.

Academic respectabiEty - that's the answer! It would be academically acceptable _. why, of

course, it would - simply to demonstrate in a scholarly and dispassionate way that Catholics are not too bright, after all, just as the Harvard educational psychologist Arthur Jensen has "shown" that blacks, too, lack the smarts of us whites. It's the perfect answer and, you know, the old two birds with one stone.

Academic types, especially of the sociogical ilk (and a very strange ilk it is), will say of a response like mine that it is prejudiced in itself for not having examined the data compiled

by Dr. Blau. Well, the reason I haven't examined the disa and the data too closely is that I have been laughing too hard in the meantime. You have to figure, with a conclusion like that (Catholic mothers have dumber kids than anyone else), the motive had to be pretty damned ulterior in the first place. Honestly, though, Xreally did laugh in a manner most equinely when I read about the marvelous findings of Dr. Blau. I must confess I wasn't the least scientific about it and thought just wait until Greeley gets ahold of this one.

I thought, too, of my poor benighted Roman Catholic mother, a graduate of Harvard, by the way, and all tille dumb children she brought into this world a labor mediator, a businessman, a journalist, a nun, and a nurse - who nonetheless seem smart enough to have fulfilled their lifetime commitments with dignity, competence, and a great deal of love.

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By DOLORES CURRAN

dad used to say, '~Oh, if only we could have been in on it early enough to buy stock."

Anyway, the irony is that other soap and wax companies, realizing the money to be made off waxes designed for the no-wax floor, have jumped, on the nowax gravy train. Three full-page color ads in the same magazine offered waxes for the no-wax floor.

They don't call them waxes, of course. One is a freshener, as in, "Now! A Beauty Freshener for No-Wax Floors." That has a nice touch, like a facial.

Another promise: "At Last, No-Wax Floors Are Going from Dull to Brite!" Honest. Read it again and meditate on the message.

A third calls it a Plan: "At Last, a Floor Plan to Clean and Protect No-Wax Floors." Makes us sound like managers rather than waxers, doesn't it?

Me? I'm waiting for modern technology to come up with a no-wax morality. It ought to put a shine in the corporate conscience.

By THOMAS McDONNELL'

Genetically speaking, to return to the case at hand, I don't see what possible bearing a mother's religion can have on the biological and intellectual makeup of the offspring. And whatever happened to dear old Dad, where does he come into the picture, if at all, or has sociology decided that fathers have nothing to do with the case? Here, I've been going around with the curious notion that IQ tests, which I have never thought too much of in the first place, were supposed to measure inherent intelligence; but here comes Dr. Blau attaching all kinds of socio-economic determinants to such already dubious methods of testing, etc.

That's OK if she wants to do that, but it is not a good IQ test as such, in my view, but then I'm only a layman, Irish Catholic at that, and born of woman.

So what could I possibly know?

Incidentally, however, Dr. Blau's researches failed to include the testing of children in Chicago's parochial schools.

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Sean As Sean Donlon's star tum as ambassador of Ireland was not like anyone else's, his leavetaking has been out of the ordinary.

The other night, at one of many "wakes," this one at the home of Andrew Mulligan, a former captain of the Irish rugby team and press officer of the Common Market, guests were piped in by torchlight to the strains of "The Minstrel Boy." Inside, a harper plucked an ancient lament, duets were sung in Welsh and Irish. Recitations and choral singing were directed by the ambassador, who was toasted as "a peacemaker." It was not your typical Embassy Row farewell.

Donlon, a mirthful 41, was involved in American politics up to his bushy black eyebrows. He had no example to follow. His predecessors moved about building good will, talking up trade and tourism. Donlon led a crusade against terrorism in Ireland.

He went head-on against Noraid and the Irish National Caucus, providers of funds for the frflY. He took on Rep. Mario Biaggi, the Democratic congressman from the Bronx, who chairs the House Ad Hoc Committee on Ireland. At one point, Biaggi proposed a "peace forum" at which IRA gunmen would be invited to testify. ''These people," said Donlon, "are helping those who are murdering Irishmen and Irishwomen." His activities naturally incurred the enmity of Biaggi, who lodged complaints with the former prime minister, Charles Haughey. In the summer of 1980, Donlon was summoned home and told he must make his peace with Biaggi or lose his job. Donlon declined.

In an unprecedented intervention, House Speaker Tip O'Neill and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy sprang to his aid. They called Haughey in Dublin in the middle 'of the night and warned him that the dishing of Donlon would bespeak an abandonment of the moderate course. The speaker reproachfully told the sleepy prime minister that "Sean is a beautiful fellow." Haughey backed down.

Last June, Donlon's good friend, Garret FitzGerald, was narrowly elected prime minister, and soon after, Donlon was called home and offered the highest post in the Foreign Ministry, that of secretary of the department.

He goes back at a moment that is as promising as any in the last 10 years of bitterness and mayhem. It is true that the hunger strike, which unleashed a flood of worldwide sympathy - and funds - for "the boys" is over.

The IRA has returned to its loathsome violence. A recent example: An Ulster policeman was

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shot dead outside a Belfast maternity home as he was waving goodbye to his wife, who had just given birth.

What is hopeful is that Fitzgerald has taken a historic first step toward the possible reconciliation of North and South.

Speaking on Irish radio, he addressed the deep fears with which Ulster Protestants regard unification.

"If I were a Northern Protestant today, I cannot see how I could be attracted to getting involved with a state which is itself sectarian. Our love and our Constitution, our practices and our attitudes reflect those of a majority ethos which are not acceptable to Protestants in Northern Ireland."

He was conceding that the Republic is a theocracy - birth control and divorce are forbidden - and admitting that it must change if peacefUl progress toward unification is to be made.

He is the first Irish prime minister to give such assurances.

The Economist of London called his move "wildly daring" - he risks the wrath of Ireland's powerful hierarchy - and the initial response from Northern Ireland has been positive. The head of the Orange Order, the leading Protestant organization, the Rev. Martin Smyth, said "FitzGerald is at least opening up the debate" which for him was a very great deal to say.

In his new post, Donlon will have principal responsibility for the North.

The Anglo-Irish talks begun ,between Haughey and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will be resumed before the end of next year.

The American connection could be vital.

The hope is that Ronald Reagan, who boasts of being Irish and twice visited the embassy, will use his influence with Mrs. Thatcher, his fiscal soulmate.

He could help persuade her to find a political solution to the 700-year-old Irish problem.

The president has put his friend William Clark, the deputy secretary of state, in direct charge of the Irish question we still, after several embarrassing starts, have no ambassador in Dublin.

Clark will visit Ireland in December.

Donlon leaves behind a political network he helped to set up among pals on the Hill, the Friends of Ireland, with 100 members from other parties and House Majority Whip Tom Foley in charge.

They hope he'll be able to repeat at home the brilliant success he had here in changing people's minds. They know that in Ireland, it's much harder.

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Two Nazareths are located in Fan River and one in Hyannis.

The Hyannis school and one of the Fan River institutions serve exceptional children ages six to 14, offering them academic subjects as wen as classes in sewing, cooking, woodwork-

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Abbot Paschal Skutecky, 61, was elected to a six-year term succeeding Abbot Thomas Aquinas Keating, who had resigned.

Trappists, also cal:ed Cistercians of the Strict Observance, elected abbots for life until 1974, when they changed their constitution to allow abbeys to choose between a life term and a sixyear term.

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A sister who worked for 60 years in the nursery of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, :,s dead at age 94.

She is Sister Danielle Lizotte, OP, daughter of the late Jean Baptiste and Josephir.,e Lizotte.

Born in St. Constant, Canada, she entered the Dominicans of the Presentation in 1912 in Fall River and remained i::l the city throughout her religious life, retiring in 1972 at age 85.

Funeral services were held for her on Oct. 28 and interment was in Notre Dame cemetery, Fall River.

Msgr. Anthon.y M. Gomes, diocesan ban director, has announced that Channel 6 television Masses at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 20 and 27, will be offered for the intentions of ban supporters and beneficiar:ies.

Father Richard Chretien wi1l celebrate the Dec. 20 Mass and speak on the camps program, while Father Bento R. Fraga will offer the Dec. 2'7 liturgy and discuss the Nazareth apostolate.

Further information on the ball and on inclusion in a souvenir bill booklet is available at ball headquarters, 410 Highland Ave., Fall River, telephone 6768943.

St. Joseph Sisters open chapter The Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, who serve in Fall River and New Bedford in the Fan River diocese, opened a general chapter last Sunday at Mont Marie Center, Holyoke.

It will be in session through next August with sman groups examining community ministries in the light of the Gospel.

"We will be addressing some of the significant issues of the day," said Sister Kathleen Keating, congregation president, "examining ways to develop just structures and to express simplicity of life. It's a call to the congregation not only to examine ourselves but also to help to build the faith community. We wish to support the people of God and we need their support in our work."

General chapter assemblies wi1l be held in February, April and June and the small groups will meet throughout the year.

Here the community staffs St. Jean Baptiste School and St. Joseph Montessori School, Fall River, and St. Joseph School, New Bedford.

The first of a series of musical events open to the public wi1l be offered by St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, at 8 p.m.

Tuesday.

At that time a concert of Renaissance and baroque music for harpsichord, recorders and voice will be presented in the cathedral Lady Chapel, featuring works of Telemann, Handel and Quentz. To be heard will be June Devine of the music faculty of Bristol Community College, Cheryl Teixeira, Clifford Teixeira, Rev. Sheldon Hurst, Karen Hurst, Brian Franco and Michele Shea.

Benefiting the Vienna Fund of theB.M.C. Durfee High School Orchestra, the diocesan choir and chamber orchestra will offer works by Handel, Haydn and Mozart at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, in the chapel. The program will be given the previous day at Barrington Presbyterian Church, Barrington, R.I. The annual service of Advent Lessons and Carols wi1l be sung at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, by the Cathedral Choir; and an allBach program, including the Magnificat, wi1l be given at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, by the Ned Bedford Choral Society with accompanying orchestra. Both presentations will be in the chapel.

A Messiah-sing will be presented Tuesday, Dec. 22, at Immaculate Conception Church, North Easton, with the Easton Chamber Orchestra.

Further information on all programs is available from Glenn Giuttari, 252-4304.

New editor for Boston's Pilot BOSTON (NC) - Father A. Paul White, 48, acting editor of The Pilot, Boston Archdiocesan newspaper since last July. has been named editor of the paper

by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston.

The cardinal, publisher of the 152-year-old newspaper, has also asked Father White to serve on a committee studying ways to improve technical and mechanical aspects of The Pilot.

Born in Milton, Father White is an alumnus of Boston College High School, Boston College and Columbia University Graduate School.

After studies at St. John's Seminary, the Boston archdiocesan seminary, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1959.

After serving as assistant director of the Archdiocesan Clergy Personnel Board, he was named associate editor of The Pilot in 1972 and later that year became executive editor.

New numbers The diocesan Office of the Permanent Diaconate has two new telephone numbers: in Fan River. 675-0211 and at the auxiliary office at the Family Life Center, Nor:th Dartmouth, 9939935. The Fan River address remains unchanged.

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The time is long ove:rdue for Catholics to become versed in what the term "pro-life" truly means. Its profundity, as your article indicates, far excleeds the crying need to stop abo::tions.

To give every child a right to life is a beginning and without that start we have nothing.

However, the majority of people of all religions and of none have never considered the matters raised in your editorial as being relevant. They are surely not separate components of what pro-life is all about, but an integral part of the gift of life from God and how it must be regarded, if we as a spE!cies are to survive.

The fact that 50 million people starve to death every year in other countries other than our own is very much our business.

The horrible truth that two-thirds of the world's population suffers from insufficient nutrition, improper health care and poor education has to do with thll dignity of life.

The present "guns before butter" policy, at a time when the superpowers can kill millions hourly, the good along with the bad, is not pro-life.

It will be refreshing if your editorials continue coming out boldly for those views you so courageously expressed Oct. 22.

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To ascend to sainthood, one must be filled with all the wonderful virtues God himself invented.

To lift the phone and criticize our neighbor is easy. To follow the crowd is less diffit:ult than speaking out for justice-. As the souls in purgatory lift their eyes to heaven, the saints eagerly wait to greet them in Paradise.

It is this hope that makes eternity seem beautiful.

So we too await that great reunion when we shall all be together again in God. Mrs. Jean Quinn South Dartmo\Jith

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Candlelight Ball to aid hO,spital The building fund of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, the only diocesan Catholic hospital, will benefit from the annual Candlelight ·Ball sponsored by the Friends of St. Anne's, the institution's auxiliary.

With the theme "Friendship: Old Friends and New," the ball will take place Saturday at the

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Cocktails at 6:30 p.m. will be followed by dinner and dancing to the Drew Corcoran orchestra.

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Mrs. Norman Marcoux is treasurer, special awards are being handled by Charles B. Gagnon Jr. and Dr. W. Robert Courey and Mrs. Aloysius J. Kearns and Mrs. Eugene J. Dionne are publicity chairpersons.

It also includes a controversial reiteration of the bishops' support for national health insurance. The _Catholic Health Association, representing 800 Catholic hospitals and nursing homes, once supported such insurance but now opposes it and wants the bishops to follow its lead.

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The 250 bishops who will attend the meeting also will vote on a proposed "20.1 million 1982 budget for their twin organizations, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Conference.

They will vote on four U.S. delegates and two alternates to the 1983 World Synod of Bishops in Rome, on a new set of accounting principles and reporting practices for dioceses and archdioceses and on the goals, objectives and mission of the NCCB and usee.

A report on the special committee of bishops studying the possibility of a major new pastoral statement on war and peace and a report on the new National Catholic telecommunications Network, expected to be operational in 1982, also are on the agenda.

The meeting will be the first general gathering of the bishops since last November. In recent years, the bishops had been meeting twice a year. A spring meeting was dropped in the interest of economy.

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• Anchor staffers; In Munich Msgr. John J. Regan, Anchor financial administrator, and Rosemary Dussaur.t, the paper's business manager, were among 30 members of the Catholic Press Association of the U.S. and Canada recently attending a conference of the International Federation of Chl:.rch Press Associations in Munich, Germany.

They said the importance of the diocesan press in West Germany was emphasized by Gunther Mees, editor of the Munich archdiocesan weekly, who said the weekly paper is apparently an "enduring communication link with Catholics who have stopped going to church."

The non-churchgoers "who are trying to loosen their con· nections with the church," said Mees, "don't want to go too far in their untying of the bond."

A sUbscription for the stay-athome Catholic, the German editor added, "is still a link between them and the church."

The visiting journalists were accorded a "royal welcome" by their opposite numbers in West Germany, said Miss Dussault.

In West Berlin, she noted, hotel accommodations were provided by the government and there was extensive official entertainment of the group, attesting to the importance placed on creating a favorable impression abroad and to the influence of the German religious press.

Journalists addressing the international conference, said the Anchor representatives, saw a need for the European church press to remain independent and to foster open discussion of church problems, including constructive criticism, while assur· ing church author::ties 'that such criticsm "need not be construed as dissent or rejection."

Discilssing the 25 percent decline in churchgoers in West Germany since World War II, Mees said that despite some ini-

tial losses the contemporary drop in church press circulation has become negligible.

He described the 22 German diocesan weeklies with a circulation of 1.8 million as "a large, uniform and influential group."

There are about 26 million Catholics in West Germany, totaling 45 percent of the population.

Redemptorist Father Kevin N. Donlan, editor of the Irish magazine, Reality, and vice president of the international federation, said that "a fundamental problem" facing the church and press in Ireland is "loss of faith on the part of the youn·g."

He said that 47 percent 'of Ireland's population of 3,368,217 is under 25 years of age.

The church in Ireland could fill the generation gap between youths and adults by allowing young people to speak in the press, said the Irish priest.

"We believe in letting the young people teach us about themselves and to get them to listen to their elders as well," Father Donlan said.

Father Pierre Chevalier, president of the International Union of the Catholic Press in Geneva, Switzerland, urged the journalists to work in close collaboration with the hierarchy and promote "a regular, unambiguous dialogue wit.h readers."

"Regular d.iscussion, especially with the hierarchy," Father Chevalier said, "would avoid misunderstar.dings like the one evidenced by the critical observation addressed to the Catholic press in the United States by the apostolic delegate."

The priest was referring to a recent letter sent U.S. bishops

by Archbishop Pio Laghi, apostolic delegate in the United States. The letter said that the Vatican had received complaints that some writers in the U.S. Catholic press were too critical

of the church and the pope, Prior to the conference many delegates participated in a study tour of sites in West Germany, East Berlin and Potsdam.

Miss Dussault commented on the immaculate condition and the abundance of flowers in German Cities. She said that in West Germany there were no traces of wartime destruction and that the overall impression was of a flourishing economy. A highlight of the study tour, she said, was a cruise on the castled Rhine River. A glimpse behind the Iron Curtain was afforded by a visit to East Berlin.

A darker side of the German scene was viewed by Msgr.

Regan, among convention delegates visiting. the Dachau concentration camp, preserved as a memorial to World War II victims of the Nazi regime. He said the experience wa~ unforgettable,

Two Stories "Faith in Jesus means retelling the Jesus stories that the life of the teller is interwoven with the tale. The core of the process is the interaction of two stories - the life story of the individual and the inherited story of Jesus." - Father ;rohn Shea

(necrology) November 6 Rev. Patrick S. McGee, 1933.

Founder, St. Mary, Hebronville November 11 Rev. A. Gomez da Silva Neves, 1910, Pastor, St. JoJm Baptist, New Bedford

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SISTER FRANCIS THOMAS, SSJ, of 3t. Joseph Montessori School, Fall River, storyteller Father John Shea and diocesan education director Father George W. Coleman at convention coffee break. (Torchia Photo)

Stories~ Bumper stickers on cars in the Bishop Connolly High School parking lot told the story. Sporting such slogans as "'iVave- of the Future: Holy Family High School," "Light up youl" life teach a child," "Catholic Schools - A plus for Americ:a" and "Teaching values for life Catholic Schools," they indicated that the annual Catholic Education Convention was going on inside the building.

Held Oct. 25 and 26, the program offered keynote :speakers each day, plus 14 Monday workshops on family, child and school concerns.

A commissioning ceremony for classroom and religious educators closed Sunday's agenda and Bishop Daniel A. Cronin celebrated an opening Mass on Monday. Exhibitions of art work _from diocesan schools decorated the Connolly walls during the convention, while over 50 exhibitors displayed educational materials in the school gymnasium.

Father John Shea of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, IlL, a nationally known lecturer and author, spoke on the role of storytelling in religion.

Declaring that the c:atechist should "pass on a rich, powerful, deep experience of life that gives that life a certain direction," Father Shea said his model of religious education is that of a multi-generation family gathered around a Thanksgiving table, telling stories of greatgrand par-

trees convention topics ents and grandparents. cast Samaritan was the last per"We sit around a table and son imaginable. Similarly, it was tell stories of Jesus as an inter- taken for granted that an adultesting person," he said. "We're ress should be stoned. ,But Jesus telling of the past, interpreting forced her accusers to look into the stories in the light of the their own lives by saying that present and of how they might the one without sins should cast the first stone. shape the future."

When stories are told, cau"Stories can make you examtioned Father Shea, "don't ask ine yourself in a new way," said what they mean. That wayan- Father Shea, encouraging their swers are 'right' or- 'wrong.' In- use by catechists as a teaching stead, ask what people thought tool. as the story was told and what Sister Ranges they are thinking about now as At the second day of the con- . they are chewing over the story.

That way, there's no right or vention "Trees, Triangles and wrong and no dumb students." Temperaments" were discussed Stories have many meanings, by Sister Carol Ranges of the continued the priest. As an ex- Center for Family Learning, New ample, he told a folk tale of an Rochelle, N.Y." The trees, she explained, were old man ,who loved his native island of Crete so much that he family trees.

"What has happened elsewhere died clutching a handful of its earth. Until he opened his hand - in the family affects an individand let the earth fall, he was ual with a problem because we not' allowed to _ enter heaven. are part of an entire history," When at last he let go, he found she said.

She stressed that it is imporall of Crete within the heavenly tant to see a troubled child as gates.

The number of meanings for part of a family system and as the story suggested by the Con- at least partially the product of nolly audience amply proved the forces within that system.

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Triangles, she noted, are formStories, he said, give people ed by mother, father and child "freedom to investigate their and unresolved marital conown - lives and the connection flicts almost invariably affect the story might have with it." the child, while his or her temHe noted that many parables perament in turn affects the also forced people to look at life parents. in a new way. Jesus' hearers, for Children can be "difficult, instance, would have expected slow to warm up or easy," said the priest or the Pharisee to Sister Ranges, with each type come to the aid of the man left child eliciting a different rewounded by robbers. The out- sponse from his or her parents.

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Bud receives a disability pension and lives with his wife when he is not hospitalized. He manages in his small-town community because the people know him and tolerate ::nost of his eccentricities. Nevertheless, most people try to avoid him because of his forwardness, his loud voice, bad manners and frequent. efforts to borrow money.

Recently I was hospitalized for a few days with a kidney stone, not a dangerous ailment, but a very painful one. While I was sitting up in bed talking to my wife, who should come in but Bud. He gave me a vase with four fresh roses. He started to say something, then choked, took my hand for a minute,

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Dear Bud, . Your visit and gift in the hospital cheered me more than you will ever know. I put the roses on my desk at the clinic, where I can see them daily to .remind me of your kindness.

Part of the pleasure came from the surprise. I did not anticipate seeing you. Most people who came to see me, my wife, my children, my friends, were more or less expected. Your visit came from nowhere and was all the more appreciated.

I must confess that my immediate impulse was a shameful one. I thought, "Oh no. Bud's going. to bend my arm for hours.

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me." I was wrong. You came, you wished me well sincerely, and you left without asking anything of me.

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The vase and the flowers cost you several days of small pleasures. I admire your unselfishness and am honored to be the recipient.

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It warmed me too well when I ne9ded it most. Perhaps the only way I can repay you is by following your example and visiting those I know who become sick.

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By Father Pierre Lachance, OP Some time ago, a lady came to my office in tears. Her daughter, who had left the church and become a "born again Christian," had told her that she was not saved because she was not born again. The implicatioo was that Catholics are not "born again."

Such condemnation reflects ignorance but can cause so much hurt!

Let us be clear about one thing: alI Christians agree that to enter the kingdom of God we must be "born again." What this means, however, and how it is experienced are areas where Christians differ.

For Evangelical Protestants, bein~ born again is an adult conversioll experience. It implies believing in Jesus, repenting of our sins, accepting Christ as OUr L0r4 and Savior making a ~tIe­ cision for Christ" that marks the beginning of a new, vibrant and joyful relationship with the Lord Jesus.

Catholics, on the other hand, ,believe they were born again at baptism. They see the words of Jesus as applying to this, moment: "Unless one is born again of water and the Spirit he cannot see the reign of God." (John 3:3) Because of the very ancient tradition of baptizing infants, it is obvious that this new birth is not "experienced" at the moment it is received. But Catholics believe that because this new birth is a pure gift of God, he can surely give it even to a baby.

This new life is like a seed.

If yoU buy a packet of seeds and put it away in your drawer, you can leave it there 20 years and the seeds will remain totally inactive. Yet if you then

take them out, put them into the earth and water them, they wiIl begin to germinate and bear fruit. There was life in them all the while.

The seed of divine life deposited in the infant at baptism is much like that. It remains inactive until the day when the child begins to have the use of his faculties. A mother may then begin to water that seed with the Word of God as she telIs her child about Jesus, his love for us, and teaches that child to pray, to ta;k to Jesus and to love him. The seed of divine life germinates and begins to bear fruit.

Later in life, that child will need to accept the Lord Jesus into his conscious life as a mature adult. Confirmation should be that moment of decision'.

Young people often lack the maturity to make that sort of adult commitment to Jesus Christ, yet it is essential if one is to become a Christian fully alive. For Catholics, this moment of decision may come during a retreat or when charismatics are "baptized illl the Spirit." Christian writers often refer to such a happening as a second conver· sion. It seems incongruous to calI it another "rebirth."

There is still another difference among Christians in the way they experience "being born again."

EvangelicEll Protestants generally insist that being born again is a tremendous and beautiful experience that comes at a very precise moment of life, when they accept Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior. They feel their sins EIre cleansed in the blood of Christ. They know they are "saved.", Tremendous joy

fills their heart as they experience God's mercy, his fantastic love.

In the Catholic tradition we find, by and large, that for the normally devout person spiritual growth is a steady and progressive thing. As faith and love of God grow, so does commitment to Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

There are innumerable Catholic saints and mystics, for example, who would find it hard to put a specific date on a particular experience of the Lord of which they might say: on that precise occasion I was born again. Yet, who can doubt that they enjoyed a fervor and intimate union with God most of us will never attain.

Is the adult experience of being "born again" as spoken of by our Protestant brethren important to Catholics? Beyond any doubt. In the seven years of my involvement in the charismatic renewal, I have seen so many people who had been exemplary Catholics for years suddenly come alive spiritually in a, new and marvelous way.

They had until then folIowed what I call a "program religion": they believed the divinely revealed truths as taught by the Church, kept the commandments quite well, went to church and did it all that with sincere love of God. But Jesus was not a close, personal friend. Their Christianity focused too much on believing and doing the right things, not enough on the personal relationship with Jesus.

When they came to know Jesus and have a Christ-centered life, they also began to experience the power of the Holy Spirit and the joy of being fully alive in Christ.

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the Question Comer each week.

It helps me understand sonle of

the new things happening ill the church, and believe me there are many of them. One of the JlE!west to me is something I have seen in two churches recently. At communion tinte some people come up with their arms crossed.

The priest does not give them Communion but says a prayer.

Can. you tell me what this is all about? (Massachusetts) A. The relatively new practice you describe is observed in a number of parishes today. Those who are not receiving Communion, including young children and those of other faiths who wish to do so, approach the communion station with the rest of the congregation. As they reach the priest they cross their arms over their breast as a sign they do not wish to receive Communion.

The priest or other eucharistic minister places his or her hand over the head or shoulder of the individual, and says a brief blessing or prayer over the individual.

The prayer is simple and unformalized, for example: May Jesus our savior keep you always in his love. Amen.

As I indicated, the practice is far from common but is obsE!rved in a number of different parishes in different parts of the country.

The priest and people who take advantage of this opportunity see several good points to recommend it.

Perhaps most of all it gives Christians of other faiths, who cannot, of course, normally receive Communion at a Catholic Eucharist, a way of sharing in the communion part of the Mass in some manner.

Others point out it can be a reverent and humble way to acknowledge our religious divisions and our prayer that the Holy Spirit will heal the divis-

ions of the family of Christ on earth.

To my knowledge, two main objections have been offered against the practice. U has been suggested that having people come forward for a eucharistic blessing confuses the liturgical sign of the reception of the Eucharist, thus reducing the signif,icance of receiving Holy Communion itself.

The objection would seem to be logical, but having experienced this practice for several years in our own parish it seems that's not what happens. If anything it increases the awareness of the great privilege and reality of receiving the Eucharist, whether the individuals are children, adults who are preparing to embrace the Catholic faith, or others who for one reason or another cannot or do not receive the Eucharist. )\ more 'practical objection is that people who become accustomed to the practice in one parish will be confused or embarrassed when their request for a eucharistic blessing is not recognized or accepted in another.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 5, 1981

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By Lenore Kelly

A lot of parishes have an annual carnival or family day. But All Saints Parish in Denver sponsors a whole week of family fun each August.

The highly successful evening activities a wiener roast, square dancing, disco, sports, talent show, games and a concluding Mass and potluck supper - entice parishioners of all ages.

Held for "sheer fun" staff member Sister Mary Garascia thinks the week makes an important contribution to parish unity with its warmth and cheerfulness and its mixing of young and old and various ethnic groups.

Many activities have sprung up at All 'Saints Parish over the past few years. They tell a lot about the parish.

Several hundred people have participated in adult education groups, for instance.

Patti Linton, a parish staff member, is convinced that "people are hungry for adult education." She thinks adult education efforts benefit the whole parish.

As people in small groups "get to know others and feel secure in their group, they become a permanent part of the parish community," she explains. Many then go on to participate in other activities.

All Saints Parish began 30 years ago in a developing suburb of Denver, with young middle-class families. By the late 1970s, though, the parish had become more urban. Half its

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members are Hispanic-American and a third are elderly.

In 1978, to meet the needs of the sick and homebound, the parish issued a call for pastoral care ministers. Now a parishioner faCing a difficult illness' or an operation is assigned a pastoral care minister to stay with him or her throughout the ordeal.

The minister visits and prays with the sick person, counsels and sometimes carries out other helpful tasks. The ministers also meet regularly, offering each other support and discussing their efforts with parish staff members. About 60 people, trained by parish staff members, have Tum to page thirteen

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By Janaan Manternach It was a noisy party. Matthew had invited all his friends to a banquet for Jesus of Nazareth.

As a new follower of Jesus, he wanted everyone to meet him.

Matthew's friends were other tax collectors, and their families.

No one else would associate with him. In fact, most people looked upon the tax collectors as traitors and sinners. Orthodox Jews would not enter their homes.

As the banquet continued, some Pharisees saw Jesus eating with the tax collectors and other ioutcasts. The Pharisees were very devout Jews. They could not understand how Jesus, a Turn to Page Thirteen

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By Father John J. Castelot

What could St. Paul have in mind when he urges the people of Corinth to seek the gift of prophecy? Does he expect all Christians to be prophets?

The point comes up in Chapter 14 of Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians. But first Paul asks the people to "seek eagerly after love." This follows from all he has written in Chapter 13 abOut the primacy of love in the Christian life.

Love is by far the greatest of the spiritual gifts.

Since it is a gift, it cannot be "earned." It must be given. But if Paul tells us to "seek eagerly after love," there must be something we can do. And there is: We can desire it and express that desire in earnest prayer.

We can open our hearts to receive it, open our hands to share it with others.

Love, paradoxically, increases to the extent that we give it

away. Perhaps this isn't so paradoxical, since its purpose is to enable us to give.

True, we cannot "buy" love.

But in a very practical way, we can "seek eagerly after" it.

In Chapter 12, Paul already has acknowledged the existence of a variety of gifts - charisms.

Now, immediately after his urgent plea that the Corinthians seek after love, we read: "Set your hearts on spiritual gifts above all, the gift of prophecy."

The word "prophecy" suggests to us the prediction of future events. However, in neither the Old or New Testaments is this the word's basic meaning.

In the Old Testament, prophecy involves interpretation of current events from God's point of view. ;Prophecy also hopes to change people's conduct communicating with them about God's will. So prophecy is directed to the present.

In the New Testament, prophecy seems to refer to the gift

of inspired preaching, the ability to move, edify and exhort. It was, accordingly, a gift carrying great benefits for the community.

This seems to be Paul's criterion in gauging the relative value of the spiritual gifts: their value for the community. He already has stated the general principle: "To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good."

Paul seems uneasy about a marked interest in the gift of tongues - the ability to speak in languages forbidden to the listeners. His uneasiness stems from a strong, well-grounded suspicion that in Corinth this gift owes its popularity to the awed attention it attracts.

A good many Corinthians are egocentric enough without this boost to their vanity. But Paul has other reasons, too, all connected in one way or another with the basic role of gifts "for the common good."

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"We don't need more activities," said a parish council leader at St. Patrick's Church in Yorktown Heights; N.Y. "We have most of the activities we need. We have to go deeper, not wider."

This kind of comment is heard often. While it is realized that parishes need a variety of activities, it is also known that more than activity is required for parish vitality.

A parish is a center of activity, but also a center of reflection. Perhaps we could say that

a parish should be a center of reflective activity.

Instructions on the liturgy, for instance, urge strong .efforts to ensure that each clebration of the Mass will be reflective, that it will be more a celebration of the entirEl parish than a private matter.

Probably the new Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is the best example of this emphasis on reflection in the church. .The new rite proposes that adults be initiated into the church during the Easter Vigil service.

Privacy; life's shock absorber •

Pastoral care ministers often feel they receive more . than they give.

By Theodore Hengesbach Daily life is often so tiring, even painful, that it can leave us feeling cracked and broken. Just as a car needs shock absorbers and a fragile purchase needs careful packaging, so each of us needs a cushion or two as a buffer during the day.

An easy chair helps. But more effective are times for personal privacy.

We need time for ourselves. I became aware of this rather obvious truth while participating . recently in a workshop on the management of conflict. As the workshop progressed, ~ discov-

ered that what makes me angry and uptight is not so much another person or the task at hand as the lack of space between one person or event and another in my life.

Without this space, people and events bump harshly into each other. There is no resiliency.

People's responsibilities and expectations start crashing into each other. It was this that made life painful and made me tired and irritable.

So I resolved to engineer my daily lifE~ more carefully by consciously building in a shock absorber: ~l measure of privacy.

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When this is done, parishes and their people become very thoughtful about what membership in the church means; and parishioners share the responsibility of introducing aspiring new members to the life of the church.

The process of preparation takes many months during which all parishioners are encouraged to consider how best to welcome the prospective new members.

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Times of privacy, I thought, should give people a chance to catch up with themselves, to stay on top of their lives, regain control and meet th~ next person or task with greater selfassurance and openness.

This private moment may be brief, as short as a deep breath.

Or it may last minutes or hours.

It can even be a half-day reo treat. Usually, however, private moments are shorter rather than longer - acting like the almost interceptible action of a good shock absorber.

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Continued from page twelve rabbi, could eat with people considered sinners.

The Pharisees asked Jfesus' disciples: "Why is the tellcher eating with tax collectors and those who disregard the blW?" Jesus' disciples tried to defend him. But the Pharisees were not convinced.

Jesus overheard the argument.

He raised his voice so all could plainly hear. "People who are in good health," Jesus said, "do not need a doctor. Sick people do."

The Pharisees loked at one another. They wondered what Jesus meaht. Were the t8)l: collectors sick? Was he a doc:tor?

No, Jesus was speaking a kind of parable. He was saying that the sinners with whom he was eating needed healing, just as a sick person needs a doctolr. Jesus was saying that his presence with the sinners would bring them healing, forgiveness, God's mercy.

Action Continued from Page Twelve for confirmation are encouraged to think carefully about the commitment expressed by recl!ivlng this sacrament. The emphasis on reflection is seen too when those receiving penance ponder ways this sacrament can help them grow in the Christian life.

Parishes are reflective whIm liturgy planning commissions dwell on Sunday readings in ord:er to find how the word of God speaks to the experiences of the Il,eople of this particular parish.

Parish social action programs are becoming more reflectivl~ too.

In San Antonio, parishioners involved in community organizing efforts have met to pray and to examine the relationship of their programs to the gospel message - in other words, to consider the kinds of community life they are trying to promote through their social-actio:n efforts.

One positive result of sUI:h reflection is that instead of "running programs" with the hope of attracting some interest, parishes are more apt to search out and try to fill the needs of people.

Activity and reflection. are complementary. In fact. it is usually true that when people reflect together on how to e):press their faith, they become more ready to put that faith into action.

At St. John the Baptist in Healdsburg, Calif., a group involved in an adult educ:ation program known as "Romans 8" went on from their discussions of faith to start two new programs by which they could reach out and help their neighbors.

A parish is a center of llctivity - the activity of Christ celebrated through the sacraments, through education, through charity and in many other ways.

But the parish is also a eenter of reflection. It is a people who are not only busy but loving and who need to think about what this means.

Without both love and faith, an activity will not last.

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The Pharisees were puzzled.

Would God forgive such people?

Would God show mercy to tax collectors who themselves were so heartless toward others?

Jesus continued. He reminded them of. a text from the great Jewish prophet, Hosea. "Don't you remember the word of the Lord?" Jesus challenged. "God said: 'It is mercy I desire and not sacrifice.'''

The Pharisees knew the text well. They had great reverence for God's word. Jesus was saying that God wanted his people to be forgiving.

Jesus added a final word of explanation: "I have come to call sinners."

With that the Pharisees went away. Jesus and Matthew's other friends continued to enjoy the party.

Activities Continued from page twelve served as pastoral care ministers.

Mary Lou Hogan, a nurse and minister, describes her role as "spiritua] nursing." Says she, "Many times I'm aware that I receive far more than I give."

All Saints' new pastor, Father Dorino DeLazzer, says he "wants to reinforce and affirm" the roles of pastoral care ministers, lectors, eucharistic ministers, youth ministers and others. To help maintain enthusiasm for such roles, he and other staff members are planning workshops on the theology and psychology of ministry.

Sister Garascia thinks parishes should provide many activities to meet different needs. Activi-

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Privacy Continued from page twelve not how long a private moment is. What matters is that there be such moments and that we take advantage of them regularly. Privacy helps renew us and energize us for more effective, efficient and pleasant personal and community life.

I like brisk walks. They give me time alone, greater physical energy and a chance for my hand to wash out conflicting thoughts.

I build these walks into my dar by parking my car a mile from work. The space this creates in my life helps me handle both family and workday events.

Mornings are busy in most households. I like to get up a half hour earlier than necessary so that there is enough time to handle potentially conflicting demands that may arise. This way, I find individual members of the family adjust better to lastminute circumstances.

As often as I can, I take business trips on public transportation. This is a kind of enforced "retreat," affording time to work but also time to simply relax and think.

Life is filled with activities and responsibilites. Moments of privacy help renew our ability to respond to the conflicting demands made on us.

Private space, then, is not opposed to community life, but rather supports it.

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THE ANCHORThurs., Nov. 5, 1981

CoyIe-Cassidy Ann Lamb, junior class president at the Taunton school, was among students across the state who attended a Massachusetts Leadership Seminar held last month in Boston. The event, intended to develop youth leadership through community service, was cosponsored by Taunton Jaycees and the Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundatoin.

Other student officers at C-C are Frank Biedak, student council president; Midhael Corey, senior class president; Christopher Lamb, sophomore president; and Christopher Rose, freshman president. Donna Brezinski heads the Math Club.

A student council dance is planned for 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday.

Holy Family

By Lisa cabana and Richard Bonneau

New faculty members at the New Bedford high school are Raymond Chausse, theology and French; Elizabeth Reed, biology and physiology; Michael Gonsalves, sociology, history and physical education.

HF juniors received their class rings at a blessing ceremony conducted by Father Thomas O'Dea. A party hosted by the senior class followed.

Blue Wave T-Shirts were the reward for students who participated in a recent fundraising walkathon.

Parents' nights held last month gave mothers and fathers the opportunity to observe many improvements in school facilities and meet their children's teachers.

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Beginning Monday, the Feehan Theatre Company will present 10 performances of "Room Service," a re-creation of the humor of the Marx Brothers. Over 70 students are involved in all phases of the production, directed by Alan Ksen, head of Feehan's theatre department. Reservation, date and time information is available at the Attleboro school, telephone 222-7950.

Twelve girls have been named to the freshmen cheering squad.

Among their first assignments was participation in last Saturday's parade of class floats, preceding a Case-Feehan football game.

Saturday's program also included crowning of a homecoming queen and celebration of an alumni Mass. It closed Feehan's 12th annual Homecoming Week, which offered a Twins' Day and Rock 'Em and Spook 'Em days as well as a pep rally and a student-faculty social gathering.

Sister Enda Costello, Feehan's yearbook advisor, was recognized for outstanding work in the yearbook field at the annual Columbia Scholastic Press Association yearbook convention, held at Columbia University. She addressed delegates on "Blessed Be the Tie That Binds," offering suggestions on yearbook theme selection.

At last Sundays Vo.cation Awareness Day at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton.

By Charlie Martin

BREAKING ALL THE RULES .We are the people one and all From deIlv'ranee to the fall From the battle and the heat To our triumph and defeat.

We are the only one,~ crying out Full of anger full of doubt And we're breaking all the rules Never choosing to be fools.

We are tired of being used We are C9DStantly excused In the battle and the heat In the shadow of retreat.

We are the people one and all From deIlv'rance to the fall From the bitter to the brave From the cradle to tIle grave.

Sung by Peter Frampton, written

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Peter Frampton and

Kenneth Reid, (c) 1980 by Almo Music Corp. and Frampton Music and Bluebeard Music Ltd.

PETER FRAMPrON once stood at the top of the rock pantheon, imitated by other musicians and idolized by the music press. But one disastrous movie and several personal problems brought his career down even faster than it rose.

Now he is back with his new album and single, "Breaking All the Rules."

Apparently the only way the people arl~ to deal with this confusion is to "break all the rules, never choosing to be fools."

Frampton does not say which J:ules, but his suggestion sounds like misplaced. energy.

Little is gained from impetuous decisions. It takes time and guidance to integrate our feelings with our thoughts. An effective way to do this is within the quiet of prayer, not the recitation of set words, but an honest sharing with God. If you are :feeling angry, doubtful or confused" tell God. His caring presence can encompass all of our feelings.

Prayer rarely brings immediate answers but it does give us strength to continue our struggle.

Reader comments are welcomed. Write Charlie Martin at 4705 Blvd. Place, Indianapolis, Ind. 46208. -

The Community Service Program at Connolly High in Fall River has opened its eighth year of serving area social needs.

Open to seniors and directed by Father Paul Carrier, the elective course requires class attendance, two hours of volunteer work per week, including vacation time, if necessary, reading and journalkeeping' assignments and attendance at all supervisory sessions.

Ptojects inolude grammar school tutoring, working at day care centers and aiding senior citizens. Special events thus far planned for the year are a Thanksgiving dinner for senior citizens and a Social Awareness Day for fellow stud~nts.

Students hit the road instead of the books last Friday as they participated in the annual Cougar walkathon. A preceding pep rally included talks by students and faculty members and a game between the girls' volleyball team and faculty "volunteers."

A year-long process of evaluation at the Fall River school began with an address to faculty

by Ralph West, director of evaluation for the New England Assn. of Schools and Colleges, the accrediting agency that will rate Connolly's performance in many areas including teaching, administration and cOQlJI1unity relations. Sister Norma Cormier is coordinating the school evaluation process.

The Ski Club has sponsored a spaghetti dinner and is currently scanning the sky for signs of snow.

Meanwhile, faculty-student teams are already visiting schools to recruit next year's freshman class. Also part of the recruitment program will be an open house Sunday, Nov. 22.

Christian Life Community members are soliciting donations for Thanksgiving baskets, hoping to exceed last year's total of 50 baskets distributed to the needy.

AFI'ER A TRIP to Sea Lab at Fort Rodman, New Bedford, fourth graders at St. Joseph School, Fairhaven, paint lighthouse models and add sand, stones and shells for a realistic effect. Both the fourth graders and kindergarteners also enjoyed a trip to an Acushnet apple orchard, where one tree is named the St. Joseph School Tree. The chilren were allowed to pick as many apples as they could carry and were also treated to fresh cider.

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portswQtch Fall Spc.rts Season Nears End As the fall season f<or high school spirits nears its end among already crowned champions are the Case High volleyball team in the Small Schools Division of the Southeastern Mass. Conference; the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High cross-country team, also in the Small Schools Division; the Durfee High swim team in the Southern Conference and the Durfee volleyball team in the Southeastern Mass. Conference Large Schools Division.

• Taunton High has clin<:hed the Division One (Super Division) conference football championship but the winners in Divisions Two and Three have ye:t to be determined. Undefeated Somerset High, now 7-0 overall on the season, is setting the Division Two pace with a 4-0 record and Falmouth is runnerup with a 3-0 slate. The top teams in Division Three are Wareham, 5-0, and Bourne 5-0-1 (won, lost, tied).

Saturday Somerset .is at Dennis-Yarmouth, Falmouth at Dart-

mouth, Wareham at Seekonk and Bourne is idle.

Yesterday was the deadline for, schools to qualify for' the Eastern Mass. soccer playoffs.

In the conference's Division One, New Bedford and Falmouth, first and second. respectively, in One East are the likely qualifiers in that division.

Dartmouth High, the leader in Division Two West, appears to ·be a qualifier. Bishop Stang High, the Two East leader, and Holy Family, the runnerup, along with Westport, the Two West runnerup, still had mathematical chances of making the playoffs.

Stang is host to New Bedford Voke-Tech, Holy Family is at Old Rochester, Westport at Diman Voke as the Divsion Two schedule ends today. The Division One schedule's last card of the season tomorrow has New Bedford at Dennis-Yarmouth, Falmouth at Barnstable and Somerset hosting Taunton.

Hockol1nock Grid Race Close The battle for the Hoc:komock League football crown tightened as a result of Canton's victory over No. Attleboro. They are now tied for first place with 10 points each. Canton is 5-0, No. Attleboro 5-1.

Foxboro has clinched the varsity and junior varsity soccer crowns, Stoughton is setting the pace in golf, Canton in field hockey, Foxboro in boys cross country, Sharon in girls cross country.

Stang's; Machado a Bomber Bishop Stang High's John Machado was outstanding in the Spartans' 27-22 win over the Coyle-Cassidy Warriors last Saturday. Machado scored four touchdowns. The victory broke a two-game losing streak for Stang, which had not defeated Coyle-Cassidy in footbaH since 1971.

The Bishop Feehan Sh,amrocks pulled out a 6-0 victory over Case's Cardinals on John Julius' touchdown, from one y;ard out, with only 27 seconds remaining in their Southeastern Mass. Conference Division Three game.

Another notable performance last weekend was that of Bob Perryman who sparked Bourne to a 27-22 decision oyer Old Rochester. He gained 2:3:9 yards in 30 carries, the fifth consecu-

tive game in which he has carried more than 200 yards. He has already more than 1,300 yards to his credit this season. Also notable performance was that of Jeff Perry who threw three touchdown passes as Fairhaven defeated Barnstable, 28-6. An appropriate showing on the occasion of Mothers' Appreciation Day at Fairhaven Stadium.

The New Bedford CYO Junior Basketball League will open its season next Monday. Players interested should report to the Kennedy Center. Meanwhile the league is conducting a week-long tournament.

CYO basketball is in need of referees.

Persons interested should contact Frank Britto at the center on County Street, telephone 996-0536.

Mar'ion Posts First Win Marion posted its first victory of the season, a 4-2 decision over Seekonk last Sunday night, in the Bristol Count:~ CYO Hockey League. In the companion game Fall River South blanked Somerset, 6-0, and moved up ahead of Seekonk as the pacesetter. ~eekonk dropped to second place. Defending champion New Bedford was idle.

Tonight's twin bill in the Driscoll Rinf, Fall River, stElrting at 9 o'clock, has Somerset vs. New

Bedford and Seekonk vs. Fall River South.

The standings: Fall River South 3-1-1 (won, lost, tied), Seekonk 3-2-0, New Bedford 2-20, Somerset 2-3-0, Marion 1-3-1.

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Catholic ratings: Al-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; ~bjectionable in part for everyone; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation): C-condemned.

New Films "All the Marbles" (United Art· ists): Peter Falk is the manager of Vicki Frederick and Laurene Landon, women wrestlers who battle in dingy areans while hoping for the big time. The mood wobbles between farcial and serious until an interminable championship match in Reno resolves everything as you might imagine. Because of violence, nudity and sleazy amorality, this is rated B,R. "Halloween D" (Universal): Further adventures of the homicidal maniac we grew to know and love in "Halloween." Some will no doubt say that this sequel is not up to the original, but I say it's even better more witless dialogue, sadism, tastelessness and nauseating violence. It's rated C. "Strange Behavior" (World Northal): A mad scientist is out for revenge in this horror movie set in a small Midwestern town.

It's essentially a fairly competent B movie but it piles on gruesome details most inappropriately. B "Looker" (Warners)": "Beverly Hills" foremost plastic surgeon" (Albert Finney) uncovers a plot by a research conglomerate (headed by James Coburn) to hypnotize television viewers into buying advertised products.

The scheme involves the murder of several actresses. A flashy, superficial movie to be avoided at all costs. Because of violence and nudity, it is classified A3, PG. "Stevie" (First Artists): This film biography of English poet Stevie Smith, based upon Hugh Whitemore's play, is unusual, extremely entertaining fare.

Glenda Jacks6n is marvelous as the tough but sensitive spinster who lived almost all her life in the same row house in a London suburb. Mona Washbourne is unforgettable as her loving aunt.

Highly recommended. A2, PG "Rich and Famous" (United Artists): Two very different women '(played by Candice Bergen and Jacqueline Bisset), both writers, are friends for more than 20 years, despite the strains caused by emulation and jealousy. This is glossy soap opera for the most part, with the sole redeeming feature being good performances by the stars. Because of its vapid amorality and two graphic sexual scenes, it is classified B,R.

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"Tattoo" (Fox): Bruce Dern, running a Hoboken tattoo shop, kidnaps model Maud Adams and decorates her. "Tattoo" is a predictable, dreary, pretentious movie. Because of its exploitative nudity and graphic sexuality, it is classified C, R. Films on TV Sunday, Nov. 8, 9 p.rn. (NBC) - "The Gauntlet" (1977) - A not-too-bright police officer (Clint Eastwood) is assigned to extradite a woman arrested in another state (Sondra Locke).

As it turns out, a lot of people don't want to see her make it back alive for trial. A shoddy, violent, and brutal movie with nudity and much obscenity. C, R Sunday, Nov. 8, 9 p.rn. (ABC) - "Grease" (1978) - John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John star in the film version of the long-running musical. Mediocre entertainment, relentless preoccupation with sex, vulgar lyrics and dialogue. B, PG Tuesday, Nov. 10, 8:30 p.m.

(CBS) - "10" (1979) - An aging songwriter (Dudley Moore) madly pursues the perfect woman (Bo Derek) even though she's on her honeymoon. The sometimes-funny comedy tries to have it both ways - satirizing modem promiscuity but throwing in much nudity. B, R Religious Broadcasting Sunday, Nov. 8, WLNE, Channel 6, 10:30 a.m., Diocesan Television Mass.

"Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m. each Tuesday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social services; Rev. Dr. Paul Gillespie, of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches; and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

This week's topic is "Death and the Faith Dimension."

Foiled again WASHINGTON (NC) Madalyn Murray O'Haire's effort to stop the Austin, Texas, city council's practice of opening its meetings with a prayer has been rebuffed. by the U.S. Supreme Court. The court also rejected a separate challenge by Mrs. 0' Haire to the annual display of a Christmas nativity scene and a Hanukkah menorah in Austin.

In both cases the court left intact lower court decisions that such practices do not violate the separation of church and state required by the Constitution.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 5, 1981

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 activities. please send news of future rather than past events. Note: We do not carry news of fundralslng activities such as bingos, whlsts, dances, suppers and bazaars.

We are happy to carry notices of spiritual programs, club meetings, youth projects and similar nonprofit activities.

Fundraising projects may be advertIsed at our rellular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business office, telephone 675-7151 .â&#x20AC;˘ On Steering Points items FR Indicates Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford.

HOLY TRINITY. W. HARWICH The Ladies' Association will hold an open meeting tomorrow in the church parlors following 2 p.m. Benediction. A Scottish program will be presented by Mr. and Mrs. George Batchelor, aided by Mrs. Walter Mason. Refreshments.

CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB. NEW BEDFORD Guest Night will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Wamsutta Club. Walter Owen, lecturer and caricaturist, will entertain.

MASS. CITIZENS FOR LIFE. NEWTON Carolyn Gerster, MD, past president of the National Right to Life Committee, will be banquet speaker for the eighth annual MCFL dinner, concluding a day beginning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Sheraton Tara, Framingham. Other events will include a wide variety of prolife workshops with the theme "Massachusetts Comes to Life."

S-HOUR VIGIL. FR DIOCESE A monthly 5-hour vigil of reparation, beginning at 8 p.m. and concluding at 1 a.m., will take place tomorrow at Our Lady of Health Church, Cambridge Street. Fall River. It will include opening and closing Masses, a holy hour and the rosary. Refreshments. All welcome.

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DIVORCED. SEPARATED. 'NB A support group meets at 7:30 p.m. each Sunday at Our Lady's Chapel. 600 Pleasant St. Nov. 8; liturgy, social hour; Nov. 15: talk

by Dorothy Levesque, 'lIs It Possible To Dream Again?"; Nov. 22: talk by Probation and Family Service Officer James Casey, "Effects of Divorce on Children"; Nov. 29; talk by Father Edward, "What the Divorced Can Teach the Married."

Father Marc Bergeron conducts an annulment clinic at the chapel at 10:30 a.m. each Saturday.

Attendance by reservation only.

Call Father Edward. 996-8274.

FIRST FRIDAY CLUB, FR The club will meet at Bishop Connolly High School for 6 p.m.

Mass tomorrow. Supper and an address by Father Frederick J. O'Brien, SJ, Connolly principal, will follow.

DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA. ATTLEBORO Circle 65 will meet at 7:30 tonight in K of C Hall, Hodges Street, for a wine and cheese party.

HOPE. NORTHFIELD, MINN. This family-to-family Christmas program helped nearly 5000 families last year, mainly in Appalachia and the South. For many children and adults it provided the first Christmas gifts they had ever received. Full details from Verona Devney, Operation HOPE, Northfield, Minn.

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ST.AN'JIHONY,NB The parish choir, directed by Michel Labens, is seeking new members for i,ts soprano, alto, tenor and bass sections. Rehearsals are in progress for a Christmas midnight Mass to' be sung in French, Latin and English.

Sessions are held at 7 p.m. Tuesdays and following 10:30 a.m.

Mass Sundays. Labens may be called at 996-1686.

ADORERS. FAIRHAVEN AdOrers of the Blessed Sacrament announce exposition to take place following 8:30 a.m.

Mass to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Sacred Hearts Church, Fairhaven.

The church is also open for adoration daily except Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

ST. PATRICK. SOMERSET A Cursillo explanation program will take place at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the parish center.

All welcome. Refreshments.

BLUE ARMY. NB The Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima. will hold its monthly meeting at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Our Lady of Fatima Church.

Members promote the Fa,tima message of prayer and penance.

All welcome.

ECHO. FR' DIOCESE ,Applications are being accepted for an ECHO r~trea't for teens the weekend of Jan. 1. Information is available from Father Richard Roy, ,823-2521, or Marie Flinkfelt, 761-7070.

COHASSET To Kalon, meaning in Greek "ultimate beaut)'," offers retreats combining contemplation with experiences in the arts. Sister Gertrude Gaudette, OP, Anchor photographer and Bishop Stang High School faculty member, will be among those offering a basketry/Thanksgiving retreat Nov. 25 through 29 and a weaving/gift-giving weekend Dec. 11 through 13. Further information is avaEable from Ursula Ording, OP, 181 Atlantic Ave., Cohasset, MA 02525, telephone 383-6007.

DIVINE ATTRIBUTES SOCIETY, BOSTON This society, which has as chaplll.in Father Leonard Perotti, OFM, former superior at Our Lady"s Chapel, New Bedford, has for its purpose tt.e development of contemplative prayer among clergy and laity. Further information from 5t. Anthony's Shrine P.O. BOJi: 2278, Boston 02107.

VINCENTIANS. F.R Greater Fall River members will attend 7 p.m. Mass Tuesday at Our Lady of Angels Church, Fall River. A meeting will follow in the parish hall.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 AT 2:00 P.M. FE A'T U RED S p' EA K ER : MRS. SUSAN ANDERSON - Regional Birthright Diredor, and Member International Board of Directors.

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LOVE AFTER PREGNANCY'"

BIRTHRIGHT OF NEW BEDFORD CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT THIS POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE TO ABORTION.

ST. MARY. NB Parents are invited to a program on drug abuse to be presented by the New Bedford police department at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 17.

Choir rehearsals for Advent and Christmas services are held at 7 p.m. eac:h Wednesday in the church.

KC COUNCIL 86, FR T,he Knights of Columbus will honor department members at a Mass at 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at the Council Home.

SECULAR lFRANCISCANS. POCASSET St. Frands of the Cape fraternity will meet for Mass at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday at St. John's parish center. A talk on Franciscan hope will follow. Prospective members welcome.

HOLY NAME. FR Selection of a parish presentee for the Bishop's Ball will be made from among daughters of Women's Guild members. Those wishing to be considered may call Terry l~erland, guild president, 678-3094.

Girls in grades 6 through 8 wishing -to play CYO basketball should contact Father Bruce Neylon at the rectory.

ST, MICHAEL, SWANSEA Parishioners knowing of families in need of a Thanksl'(iving basket should contact Father Clement D'.lfour, pastor. Food donations may be made at any weekend Mass.

Veterans will be honored at 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday.

St. Michael's Follies members will perform Sunday for residents of the Catholic Memorial Home.

ST. JULIE. NO. DARTMOUTH A CCD teachers workshop will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the parish hall. Sister Frances Sidebottom, diocesan assistant director of religious education will speak on classroom manage~ ment, discipline and lesson planning.

Confirmation candidates and parents will meet in the hall at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18.

First communion candidates will be insc:ribed in the parish program at 11 :15 a.m. Mass Sunday.

ST. MARY, NB New members are needed for ,the choir, whi'ch rehearses at 7 p.m. each Wednesday. Information: Jackie Va.rdo, 995-2115.

ST. STANISLAUS. FR Confirmation candidates will make a day of recollection Sunday at Sacred Hearts Seminary, Wareham. . .

ST. JOHN OF GOD. SOMERSET A prayer meeting and social hour will begin at 7 tonight.

The youth group will sponsor a child care program beginning Sunday, offering babysitting for parents atte::lding 9:45 or 11 a.m.

Sunday Masses.

DCCW. FR DISTRICT Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, dioceson spiritual director for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, will speak at an open meeting of the District Council of Catholic Women at 7:45 tonight at St. Thomas More parish 'hall, Somerset.

ST. JOSEPH. FAIRHAVEN CCD teachers will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in the school.

A special intention is prayed for weekly by the charismatic prayer group. Parishioners are asked to join in the project by praying this week for AA and AI-Anon members that meet in the parish.

ST. DOMlNJ[C, SWANSEA Registr,aticlDs 'a,re open for kindergarten religion classes to begin in November Information: 675-7002.

New Youth Ministry officers are Jeff Thiel, president; Kim Castro, vice-president; Lisa Pelissier, secretary; Jim Thiel, treasurer.

LA SALETTE SHRINE. ATTLEBORO Deacon Paul Metilly of St. Theresa's parish, South Attleboro, and Edwina Carpells of Springfield will discuss widowhood at a day for widows and widowers from 1 to 5 Saturday at La Salette Shrine.

At 4 p.m. Mass will be celebrated by Msgr. Henri Hamel and dinner will follow in the shrine cafeteria. Further information: Father Paul Dalbec, MS, 222-5410.

Sunday will be a day of remembering living and deceased benefactors. with all friends o! the shrine and members of its Association of Prayer invited to a 3 p.m. liturgy to be celebrated

by Father Bernard Baris, MS, with music directed by Father Andre Patenaude, MS, shrine director.

"A procession of remembrance" around the shrine grounds will follow the Mass.

Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 11, Father J. A. Loftus, SJ, will conduct a series of evenings on the topic "How Do We Cope with Oppression?" A staff member of the House of Affirmation, Whitinsville, he holds master's degrees in philosophy, theology and psychology and is a candidate for a¡ doctorate in psychology. He notes that preventive mental health includes dealing with both inner and outer causes of stress. Further information: 222-8530.

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER A Marriage Encounter weekend will be held Nov. 13 through 15 at the Family Life Center, North Dartmouth. Information on it and on other scheduled weekends is available from Norm and Lucy Paul, 678-8694.

ST. PIUS X, SO. YARMOUTH Under the sponsorship of the Women's Guild, Francis Beary will speak and show slides of the Canadian Rockies at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday in the parish hall.

BLESED SACRAMENT, FR A Women's Guild communion supper will follow 6:30 p.m" Mass Wednesday.

Vacancies exist on the parish council, also help is needed on the Activities Committee and the parish newspaper. Further information at the rectory.

"Foundations" for deanery prayer groups, beginning Thursday Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m.

A teaching on prayer will be given by Father Raphael Flammia, SS.CC. Friday, Nov. 13, as will a "Foundations 2" course.

The latter, at 10 p.m., will continue each Friday. Information: Fred Demetrius, 644-2375.

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR A suicide intervention program for nurses will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow in Clemence Hall. Information: 674-5741, Ext. 258.

ST. THERESA. SO. ATTLEBORO Sister Elaine Scully, RSM, o! the faculty of Providence College will present a workshop on "Spiritual Formation of the Student" from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the parish center.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR New Junior CYO officers are Patrick Riley, president; Andrew Bissaro, vice-president; Carol DiNucci, treasurer; Rosemarie Arru_da, secretary.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS. FR Lectors are needed for weekend Masses. Volunteers may contact the rectory.

The parish council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16.

Canned goods are requested for Thanksgiving baskets to be prepared by CCD students.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET High school students and young adults are invJted to join the youth group, which meets in the parish center at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Sunday of each month.