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Campaign going strong Under last Sunday's favoring skies thousands of We Care/We Share workers filled the streets of Southeastern Massachusetts.

They were visiting homes in'one of the most massive outreach programs ever 'attempted by a U.S. Catholic· diocese, distributing census cards to Catholic families and informational material to all others. Follow-tip calls to collect completed cards are being made this week. . First reports on the campaign were very encouraging, said Father Timothy J. Goldrick, We Care/We Share diocesan coordinator.

"One paster said that the first returned census card he opened ,was from a lapsed Catholic who wished to talk to a priest," noted the coordinator. "We hope that's

a good sign that many more will be reached, in 'line with what Bishop Cronin said at the volunteer commissioning ceremony: 'No alienated Catholic can ever say again that the church hasn't tried to reach out to him or her.' " Other pastors mentioned that early returns indicated "more Catholics out there than we thought." Since volunteers worked· in geographic areas rather than within parish boundaries, such discoveries were not uncommon.

"Some people were unfamiliar with the concept of a diocese," said Father Goldrick in noting that volunteers announced themselves as from the diocese rather than a parish, "and we think the visits raised their consciousness

a little about how the local church is set up."

He added that reception of volunteers was almost unanimously friendly, with non-eatholies ac c e p tin g informational prayer cards graciously and Catholic families cooperating in providing census information.

He is already receiving inquiries about We Care/We Share from other dioceses and from interchurch groups. He said that although the Fall River campaign is modeled on a national program developed by the U.S. bishops, the local project is more comprehensive in that it reaches all segments of the community: active and lapsed Catholics, members of other' faiths and ,the completely unchurched.

Marian Medals' for 98 Widespread attention is currently focused on the ~ Carel We Share campaign. But many members of the Fall River diocese have quietly cared and shared for years in a wide variety of parish apostolates. Ninety-eight of them will be recognized Sunday, Dec. 7, at the annual Marian Medal ceremony in St. Mary's Cathedral. Their names an4 parishes follow: Cape, Islands Area Mrs. James D. Bresnahan (Rose), St. Joan of Are, Orleans; Mrs. John Burns (Flora), St. Margaret's, Buzzards ,Bay; Mr. Myron Chaput; O.t. of Assumption, Osterville; Mrs. Joseph E. Colgnan '(Betty), St. Pius Tenth, S. Yarmouth.

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Mrs. Joseph Duarte (Louisa), O.L. of Victory, Centerville; Mrs. Albert Fournier (Corinne), St. Elizabeth, Edgartown; Mr. Frank Gonsalves, St. Augustine's, Vineyard Haven; Mr. Leo Gracie, St. Peter the Apostle, Provincetown.

Mrs. Ruth A. Hanlon, O.L. of the Cape, Brewster; Mrs. Patrick McDonnell ~Dorothea), St. Patrick's, Falmouth; Mr. Robert N. Mead, St. Elizabeth Seton, No. Falmouth; Mrs. Newell Percy (Geraldine), St. John the Evangelist, Pocasset.

Mrs. Daniel O'Connell (Marjorie E.), Holy Redeemer, Chatham; Mr. Joseph Souza, Saint Mary's, Nantucket;' Mr. Philip F. Tripp, St. Anthony's, East Falmouth; Mr. Stephen W. Willins,

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NC News Service Pope John Paul, II wooed and' won a s~eptical West Germany during his visit Nov. 15-19.

In a seven-city tour the pope confronted such tough church issues as Christian unity, priestly celibacy and theological freedom and the wider world themes of consumerism, peace and European unity.

When he arrived in Cologne Nov. 15 the mood waS colder in the Protestant community and in some Catholic circles than the 40-degree temperatures.

But when Pope John Pl:Iti' departed from the Munich airport five days later he left behind well over a million and a' half

O.L. of Lourdes, Wellfleet.

'Mr. DonaldF. Wolf, Holy Trinity, West Harwich; Mr. Eugene E., Young, St. Joseph's, Woods Hole.

Attleboro Area 'Mr. John J.Carroll, St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro; Mrs. Frank Curtis (Margaret), St. Mary's, No. Attleboro; Mrs. Leo Denis (Ethel L.), St. Mary's, Seekonk; Mrs. Juana Diaz, St. Joseph's Spanish Apostolate.

Mr. Clifford E. Duclos, Holy Ghost, Attleboro; Mrs. John Duphily (Anita), St. Joseph's, At-, tleboro; Mr. Paul Edward Fournier, Sacred -Heart, Attleboro; Miss Leona M. Kerr, St. Mark's, Attleboro Falls.

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people who had come out to see him, a new national ecumenical commission and an enthusiastic group .of journalists.

The change in the media may have been the best indicator of the pope's success ,in winning over the West German people.

One national newspaper that had been critical of the cost and preparations for the papal visit showed some sympathy shortly after Pope John Paul arrived. In a front-page headline, it expressed concern that the pope's "mammoth program" would not tire him out.

Several other newspapers described the visit as "the event of the century" and ,the 27 hours of live coverage of the pope's

moves ;by West German television received high rating.

Before the visit media attention ceptered primarily on expected ecumenical clashes at' scheduled' meetings Nov. 17 in Mainz with members of the Council of 'the Evangelical (Lutheran) Church of, Germany and with representatives of other Christian churches. . Instead, a Protestant spokesman said that as a result of the meetings "the climate has 'been changed" for ecumenical relations in' West Germany. He praised the pope's "will and openness and intention" to improve relations among Christians..~ Turn to Page Six

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THE ANCHOR"::"Oiocese of fall River-Thur., Nov. 27, 1980

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Will Pope John Paul II publish ~is second encyclical soon? Some Vatican sources believe that he will and that Its topic will be mercy. There is also a rumor that he is working on an encyclical about atheism.

. STUDENTS AT SS. Peter and Payl School, Fall River, express their gratitude to senior parishioners by sharing a pre-Thanksgiving luncheon with them. Carolynn Smith serves Caroline' Francisco as John Lyden, Mark Vaillancourt, Delia Belanger, Tracie Pavao and Rosemarie Arruda wait their turnS. (Torchia Photo)

WASHINGTON (NC)- The first observance of National Migration Week is scheduled for Jan. 5-10, the week after the feast of the Epiphany, Bishop Rene Gracida of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., announced. He heads the National Conference of Catholic -Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Migration and Tourism.

MILWAUKEE (NC) - President Carter has been urged by the head of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, to appeal to the British' government fQr reforms aimed at ending a hunger strike by seven prisoners in Northern Ireland.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Citing a growing number of victims of repression in El Salvador, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the Conference of Major Superiors of Men in the United States asked the Organization of American States to call for measures to "end this repression of a heroic and Christian people."

ROME (NC) - Spanish Jesuit Father -Urbano Navarette has been named, rector of the pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, one of the Catholic Church\s most prestigious institutions. . .~

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (NC) - For most of 1980 the gov'ernment has prevented Catholic missionaries from working in the Indian regions of Guyana, according to the Catholic Standard, a newspaper published in Georgetown.

MIAMI (NC) - The executive director of Catholic Charities for the Miami Archdiocese, Msgr. Bryan O. Walsh, said the treatment of Haitian refugees on the tiny island of Cayo Lobos by U.S. government agencies and the Bahamian government "raises serious questions regarding the human rights policies of both countries."

WASHINGTON (NC) - President-elect Ronald Reagan apparently agrees with President Carter that the execution of South Korea's leading dissident, Kim Dae Jung, would harm relations between South Korea and the United States. South Korean Catholic bishops have also requested that the military government rescind Kim's .death sentence.

MSGR. ERNEST J. FIEDLER, director of the Permanent DillConate Committee of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, addresses the presbyterate of the Fall River diocese at Bishop Connolly High School. {(Torchia Photo)

NEW YORK (NC) - The separation of church and state prohibits public schools from allowing groups of students to hold voluntary prayer meetings on school property, a federal appeals court has ruled.

NEW YORK (NC) - Father Hans Kung, the controversial Swiss-born theologian censured by the Vatican in December 1979, drew an estimated 1,200 persons to St. Joseph's Church in Greenwich Village, New York City, during a trip to the United States earlier this month. '~

LONDON (NC) - A young Irishman honored by the Massachusetts Legislature for heroism in "suffering over three years of torture and degradation" in a Northern Irish prison was deported from the United States and arrested on arrival in London, a British police official said Nov. 20.

WASHINGTON (NC) - The church in Chile is helping the Mapuche Indians to keep their communal lands and to acquire the skills needed to improve their lot, according to Mellilan Painemal, one路of their le,aders, who attended a seminar in Wash路ington. . ,

. AT INSTALLATION RITE for Bishop -Cassidy Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, from left, John Amaral, Faithful Admiral, New Bedford; Norbert Latimer, Faithful Navigator, New Bedford; Charles Yocum, Faithful CaptaiIl, Westport; Arthur GavoIli, Faithful Pilot, Fairhaven. (Rosa Photot -.

WARSAW, Poland (NC) - Jerzy Ozdowski, a prominent Catholic member of Parliament, has been named Polish deputy premier and is the highest-ranking Catholic 'official in the communist government.

NEW YORK (NC) - Singer-entertainer Pat Boone, newspaper columnist William Reel and shipping line board chairman Spyros P. Skouras have been honored by Morality in Media.

THE ANCHORThurs., Nov. 27,. 1980

Fr. Canuel Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was principal celebrant at .a funeral Mass last Saturday at St. Jean Baptiste Church, Fall River, for Father Henry R. Canuel, who died Nov. 17 in New Orteans.

Retired from active ministry in the Fall River diocese, Father .

Canuel was serving as chaplain to the Little Sisters of the Poor in New Orleans. His late sister, Mother Rose de St. Francois, had been assistant mother general ot the Little Sisters community.

Born in Fall River, Father Canuel entered St. Hyacinth Prep. aratory Seminary in Quebec from Henry Lord. Junior High School, and completed his studies for the priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary,B81timore. He was o'rdained June 6, 1936, by the late Bishop James E. Cassidy.

After serving as associate PliStor at parishes in Fall River, New Bedford, Attleboro and Westport, Father - Canuel was named pastor ot St. Hyacinth Church, New Bedford, where he served from 1960 to 1962. He was then pastor' of Sacred Heart Church, New Bedford, until 1972, when illness forced his partial retirement.

He then served as' chaplain at Marian Manor, Taunton, and undertook parttime parish work at Immaculate Conception Church, also in Taunton, until he retired to Florida some years ago. He was in Florida until May, ot this year, when he took up residence in New Orleans.

During· : his active ministry, Father Canuel was a Civil Air Patrol chaplain, holding the rank ot· major. In the 1940s he was diocesan director of the Holy Name Society and secre· tary for the Catholic Committee , on Scouting.

He is survived by two brothers, George of Fall River and Arthur of Melbourne, Fla; and six sisters, Miss AIdea Canuel and Mrs. Antoinette Lauzier of Fall River; Miss Jeannette Canuel, Mrs. Lillian O'Neil.1 and Mrs. Blanche Lapointe of 'Connecticut; and Mrs. Beatrice Crepeau of Tiverton.

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MUCH DIOCESAN IDSTORY is summed up in this piCture taken at the Dighton provincial house of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation. At a Mass closing a year of ~elebration of the coming of the community to the diocese to found St. Anne's Hospital were Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, Mother Ines Mercedes, Dominican superior general, Cardinal Humberto, Medeiros, -homilist and principal celebrant; Sister Mary Patricia, provin cial superior, and ~ti[ed Bishop James L. Connolly, a longtime supporter of St. Anne's Hospital. (Torchia Photo)

Baptism rite reaffirmed, WASHINGTON(NC) - The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has ~af­ finned the tradition of infant baptism, but said a request to baptize an infant should be refused if there is no assurance that the child will receive· "an authentic education in the faith and Christian iife."

The congregation's 4,500-word "Instruction on Infant Baptism," approved by Pope John Paul II, was published Nov. 21 by the Vatican and, in the United States, by the National Conference of Cat hoi i c Bishops (NCCB).

Reviewing ·the church's teaching ·through the ages, the document said, "Both in the East and in'the West ·the practice of baptizing infants is considered a rule of immemorial tradition ...

When the first direct evidence of infant baptism appears in the second century, it is never pre-. sented as an innovation."

The document cited the teaching of val'ious popes and councils of the church calling for the baptism of infants.

Explaining this teaching, the document recalled the words of Jesus telling the apostles to teach all nations and baptize ·them.

"The fact that infants cannot yet profess personal faith does not prevent the church from conferring this sacrament on them, since in reality it is in her own faith that she. baptizes them," the document continued.

Responding to various contemporary objections to the baptism of dnfants, the document said: - Baptism is not just a sign of faith but also a cause of faith.

- Parents are not restricting a child's freedom by having the child baptized because "even on the natural level; parents make choices for their child that are essential for its life and for its orientation toward t~ values."

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur'., Nov. 27, 1980

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There can be little doubt that the voters' of the COIl)monwealth made their will known as they approved the socalled Proposition 2~ mandating fiscally responsible taxation policies.

In the minds of many of those voters, the state has for too long been dubbed Taxachusetts. People have just had enough. They want· reform.

But what voters want and what they get are not always the same, at least in Massachusetts. rIowever, let it be understood that the ordinary Joe and Jill have clearly told Beaco.n Hill and its various satellites that they must' cut spending and try to live within th~ limits of budgetary responsibility.

As one might expect, the politicians have reacted to the voters' mandate with their usual cries of gloom an4 threats of doom. Almost as if in retaliation, they have told taxpayers that their schools will suffer, their protection will lessen and their garbage will be left uncollected.

Playing· upon the emotions of the poor and manipulating minority backlash for their own ends, many who. should be responding to the expressed will of the voters are unfortunately attempting to blackmail them into a ·change of heart.

Those elected to public office should clearly understand that the same old game can no longer be played In the same old way in this state. Perhaps one indication of willingness to implement Proposition2~ would be the selfrefo~ation of many now in political power.

Weekly one !:eads of indictments for political corruption and graft. Cost overruns on public. projects are commonplace subjects of court action. Payoffs and vice are fast becoming accepted practices.

Might it be that if such opportunities for easy money were less widely available, there would be fewer tl:!.kers for state, city and town po~itions?

Another issue surfacing in connection with 2~ is that of the desperate need for reform of the give-away mentality that has permeated the commonwealth. The state is too often seen as the godfather who takes care of the whole family. Even if one did not ask, one receives. If people sincerely want tax reform, they must roll up their sleeves and no longer expect governmen,t to supply their every need.

To these reflections might be added many others. What will be ,done about welfare abuse? Should city employes live in the area where they work? Does the commonwealth really need the divisiveness of the now existing county government bureaucracy? Have we too tp.any chiefs and not enough Indians in public works departments?

If government is sincere about heeding the mandate of · those who keep this state and its public officials well heeled, then it must face the challenge of such questions.

It is certain that we cannot continue business as usual in Massachusetts. There must be reform; even if this means painful surgery. The voters have spoken. The question now is whether government will respond.

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CHIWREN OF OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL SCHOOL, NEW BEDFORD, SHARE THANKSGIVING BOUNTY WITH THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN NEED

'Blessed is he ... who giveth food to the hungry.' Ps. 145:5,7

Challenges of stewardship

By Ethel Gintoft

ment or deny laymen their mission in the church, she said.

Sister Kane also called for a responsible divestment .of assets.

Christians are being called to review unnecessary possessions, she said, in order that others can hav~ a greater share of earthly resources.

Treasurers and fiscal directors of religious communities, as true' Christian stewards, will have challenges to face in the next decade, according to Sister Theresa Kane, administrator general of the Sisters of Mercy of the Union.

The challenge, she said, will 'The' challenges center on acknowledgements of the gifts of be to recommend creative alterthe laity in areas of finance and natives that will assure that ason a"Yareness of how fiscal po- sets which are divested are for licies affect the plight of the the poor of the world and do not. go into. "domineering. and oppoor.

Sister Kane was in Milwaukee pressive power systems with exas keynote speaker at the annual treme concern for material promeeting of the Conference of fits."

Religious Treasurers.

Also, she said, Religious treaStewards of congregations' fi- surers need to be alert to social nances must meet these challen- analysis, a ,tool being used by ges with a critical approach, a people concern~d about the poor sense of cOrI!passion for the suf- in industrialized and developing fering of others and a, sense of countries. Through it, she said confidence, she told the 500 fi- economic, political and religious nancial directors in attendance. systems are studied to see how "Vatican II called on us to be they either advance or hinder a church of the people of God the right of each person to the community,'; with emphasis on pursuit of life, liberty and sanc" reconciliation, respect for all tity. persons and I'ecognition of the She called for global consci· diversity of gifts, Sister Kane ousness with an awareness of said. the social dimensions of fiscal Religious should not be fear- stewardship. "Everything we do ful of positions given to the . must include a concern for laity. They should not make. the other:s," she said. mistake of thinking' laymen do At one time it was expected not possess the same commit· that the finance person would

take charge of the money and others would do the social con· cerns work, she said. "Your challenge is to reverse that be· lief with a global perspective on issues, systems and structures," she stated.

The relationship of economic systems to the perpetu~tion of war and other institutions of violence was another topic addressed by Sister- Kane. She quoted from a ~tudy of nations which concluded that an arms race is in itself an act of agression since it cimsts the poor to starve.

This concern cannot be delegated to only social justice people or arenas, Sister Kane said.

"You need to be linked closely to social justice persons so that a systemic, organized response to social injustice and evil can be made by the Christian com·munity."

In small group sessions the fiscal stewards explored strate· gic planning for disposition of property, health needs, social se· curity, taxes, salaries and cen· tralized banking.

Other general sessions dealt with the church as employer, ministry and Catholic institutions, financial forecasting and corporate responsibility and alternative investments.

She didn't' used to Thanksgiving again, and giving thanks is easy. It strikes me that sometimes it's easier to be thankful than not. How can anyone not :be thankful for health, love, family, faith, food, and work?

The real test, it seems to me, lies in recognizing gifts that come under other guises, layers that we must peel away' as we mature, revealing blessings we once considered otherwise.

We don't always recognize these as gifts when we first meet them. They're usualIy a pain in the psyche, something to endure.

It's only in later years that we come to appreciate them. Here are a few such gifts in my past, gifts I could have lived without, gifts I didn't used to value but which I thank God' for this Thanksgiving Day. I didn't used to be thankful for chores, rules, and discipline in my childhood. Not only were they unnecessary but oppressive as welI - the whims of insensitive and inhumane parents. Today, I am grateful for parents who loved me enough to say no, who cared enough about my future to try to make me a fit person to be around, and whose discipline instilled in me an eventual sense of self-discipline.

Nature

I didn't used to be thankful for things like vaccinations, dental appointments, and cod liver oil. Today, I'm grateful that society and parents cared enough about my health to furnish these, in spite of childhood mutters.

I didn't used. to be thankful for speIling lists and multiplication tables. But today, when I spend my days dividing sylIables 'and multiplying recipes, I thank God and teachers for burdening me with such etraneous knowledge.

I didn't used to be thankful for brothers and sisters. They were an endurance - an occasion of sin waiting to happen. "Bless me, Father, for I can't stand my brothers ... " but today they are my friends as well as my family, part of my children's roots, and just plain fun to be around.

I thank God for them all.

I didn't used to be thankful for practices and homework. A half hour of piano a day kept my friends away. Assignments interfered with ball games, ice skating, and the always beckoning book, but today I thank God for giving me those burdens. I learned early that to be better, I had to practice and that deadlines are a part of life.

I didn't used to be thankful for asparagus and broccoli. Or even, I'm chagrined to admit,

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The 'church's position: on artificial birth control got a lot of media attention at the time of the recent Synod of Bishops in Rome. Coincidentally, ~ . a colleague sent me a book whose title, in bold red letters, attracted me immediately: "NoPill No-Risk Birth· ControL" The book promises, "everything you need to know about postpoining pregnancy without using drugs, chemicals or barrier devices."

I opened the .. book assuming it was a Catholic publication.

But it was published by a secular house, Rawson Wade.

Its author is Nona Aguilar, who last year received a Science Writers Meritorious Achievement Award.

More surprising were the contents and conclusions. Ms. Aguilar is sold on natural family planning methods, claiming they are as 'effective as the pill. She makes other rather startling claims, based on her interviews with professionals and some 400 couples using n~tural methods.

Couples benefit in an "astonishing array" of beneficial ways when they follow a natural love style, she says. Shared responsibility makes couples closer.

Abstinence is seen as a sign of the couple's willingness to make a serious commitment to each other.

She quotes husbands and wives who say, "My spouse loves me for me and not' as a sex-bed partner." Couples continually report not only that "sex is bet, ter," but also that their interpersonal relationship has vastly improved. They cite improved com-

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municadon, trust, a dtlepening of marital joy and intimacy, greater affection, and greater satisfaction in marriage.

After the interviews, Ms. Aguilar reached a conclusion that contradicts the idea that freedom for women' must be equated with their right to be "sexually . free," without fear of pregnancy, free, that· i~, to use contraceptives. The author states: "All at once I knew, really knew, what was meant by many women's complaints that they had been turned into sex objects by men. With incredible clarity, I saw that natural family planning could restore both personhood and equality to women."

The author comes down against contraception by artificial means. She calls it a major cause of sexual boredom, impotence and frigidity, turning a: beautiful shared act into a technological performance.

One chapter is aptly titled, "Why We Hate' Contraception," Ms. Aguilar is not preaching or moralizing. The book is a complete, sensible, self-teaching guide for, couples who, fearing the pill and the intrauterine device (IUD), are turned off by contraceptive gadgets.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., Nov. 27, 1980

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for sirloin steak. As a farm child, oppressed by all three, I begged my parents, "Why can't we have good food like bologna?" Today, I don't know whether the quit at the very first hurt, or when I ever-so-rarely come upon ·clipboard sociologists have even after the fiftieth, or in the anything farm fresh, I thank hurts we suffer for measured the divorce rate thousand God for such a special treat. simply being human? It is shockI didn't used to be thankful among Catholics - especial- ing to have to come to the confor silence. It meant boredom, ly among our younger married clusion that what we most lack Catholics - in relation to the in the preparation for marriage the drags. Today I treasure a new requirements for getting is some kind of foundation for few days or even a few. hours married in the first place, but steady growth in emotional maof aloneness in a grassy setting my guess is there's no cause- turity - and this is an age when or even the utility room. and-effect improvement to be there's a clinical psychologist I didn't used to be thankful observed at this time. In short, lurking around every corner. . for sunsets which meant the end the Catholic divorce rate reof a .day's play, for ha~ests It was inevitable that people mains disturbingly high, as they which meant work, or for boots in the divorce ministry would say, and probably indicates in a which meant dry feet. I wasn't come up with a popular pamthankful for feeling good because parallel way the enormous breakdown of marriage in soci- phlet titled "Growing 'Through I had never felt bad. I wasn't ety at ·Iarge..

Divorce," and it was almost as grateful for grownups, apprecialikely that it would be authored In those preconciliar days tive of poetry, blissful at bedby James J. Young, C.S.P., the · which are ancient history to us time; Paulist priest who specialies in now, we were familiar with the I didn't used to be thankful ministering to' divorced Cath· Legion of necency ratings that for any of the above but God is olics. The pamphlet and miniscautioned Catholic moviegoers patient and, as the poster says, try may be just fine, but I think against certain films that reflect He isn't finished with me yet. )hat Father Young's title is "the acceptability of divorce."

Someday I might even thank wholly on the side of illusion.

Him for TV football. But I Divorce, ironically, in those You do not grow through divdays, was still ·considered somewouldn't bet on it. orce any more than an unborn thing of' a minor scandal-- even child grows through abortion. among the Protestants who lived in the more affluent parts of The primary emphasis, again, town. The gay divorcee was, by ought to be on marriage. The definition, a woman of frivolous great pschiatrist Carl Jung,' in moral character. So it is all the dividing human experience ·intp By more astonishing tha't Catholics, the 'first and second, halves of who once avoided movies re- life, hit upon one of those inANTOINETTE flecting the acceptability of di- sights so obvious as to border vorce, have already produced a on wisdom. I can't think of anygeneration which fully accepts thing more valuable in the second BOSCO the idea of divorce as a readily half of life - in this case, of available solution to marital course, married life - than an problems. actively shared partnership in But before divorce, there was faith. That's why it has to be into life and health, no interrup- marriage. What's wrong with di- spired, nurtured, and kept alive tion of the sexual act and no · vorce has to be sourced in what in the first half of life as well permanent damage to fertility. has gone wrong with our mar- - wherein we may learn 'that Ms. Aguilar has become a riages - or" more accurately, love is n'ot fulfillment only, but lobbyist for nature,' believing what has gone wrong with the sacrifice. artificial birth control methods values of people who get marare a hindrance to the most vital ried. AIl the attention paid to exchange a couple can make. divorce and separation is' mis- ( ~) "Something curious happens to directed, I think, when it fails .to "a couple in the process of co- take into account that it is deal~ operating with nature. In the ing' with effects and not with .

December 6 end the two become mo.re fully causes. This failure also prespouses, friends, partners Rev. Joseph L. Cabral 1959, sumes that the agony and anthey can become most fully guish of divorce and separation, Pastor, Our Lady of the Angels, lovers." almost always expressed in Fall River An item on the back cover of those terms, are unique to this Rt. Rev. John H. Hackett, the book struck me as ironic. sort of divisive crisis and are 1966, Chancellor of Fall River Maxim Lewis of Family Circle not to be known i'n' any marital Diocese June-December 1966 magazine praises the volume, experiences which happen to Rev. Joseph Welch, 1971, Resaying: It is "a unique sexual survive such points of crisis. The tired Pastor, Our Lady of Vicprepareness guide that may prove fact is I wish to speak a word tory, Centerville to be the seed of a new sexual marriages that not only survive revolution - this time a change but somehow prevail and even December 7 of direction that will· restore flourish after many a day of Rev. Ambrose Bowen,' 1977, dignity and meaning to the cre- stress and travail.

Retired Pastor, St. Joseph, ative act," Only simpletons go around Taunton It sounds almost like a quote · saying that love is never having Rev. Thomas F. Daly, 1976, from "Humanae Vitae" or Pope to say you're sorry. We never Retired Pastor, St. James, New John Paul II! iove enough. The only cure for Bedford love, 'said Henry Thoreau of ConDecember 8 cord, is more love. I take him THE A~Cl!.oR Rev. John F. Roderick, 1940, to mean that the only cure for (USPS-545.020) the problems of love is to love Pastor, $t. Mary, South Dart-.

Second cress' Postalle Paid at Fall River. all the more. The massive self- mouth Mass. Published every Thursday at 410 indulgence of the age is the Hillhrand Avenue, Fall River. Mass. 02722 December ~1 greatest obstacle we have to by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of F.II River. Subscription price by mall, postpaid Rev. Edward L. Killigrew, achieving successful marriages. $6.00 per year. Postmasters send .ddress Where does it say in the marri- 1959, Pastor, St. Kilian, New ;hanges to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, F.II age vows that we are entitled to Bedford River, MA 02722 '

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Hand reception was requested MUNICH, West Germany (NC) - Pope -John Paul 'II may have given Communion in the hand during his visit to West Germany in response to a special request from several German bishops, said Father Romeo Panciroli, Vatican spokesman, who noted it was the first time the pope had distributed Communion in the hand during one of , his foreign trips.

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States Jast year, Father Panciroli said, "Maybe' the American Blam, at mU,SIC stand, dIrector of a cantor/songleader workshop at S1. Mary s Cathedral. bishops didn't ask him." , 'At the piano is Glenn Giuttari, Cathedral music director. (Torchia Photo) In Washington~ Father Daniel Hoye of Taunton, associate geneneral secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, agreed that there was no such request from the U.S. hierarchy.

It became clear jn the U.S., as Pope' John Paul on several occasions declined to give Communion in the hand, that he preferred placing the host on the recipient's tongue, Father Hoye . said.

The pope gave Communion _in the hand for the first time in public during a Mass at the Mainz-Frankfurt airport. He also distributed' Communion in the hand during other Masses in West Germany.

The practice has been allowed in West Germany for about 10 years.

In France earJier this year, Pope 'John Paul refused Com__munion in- the hand to the wife ,of French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing.

According to one ObserVer, Mrs. Giscard held out her hands but the pope refused and she received the host on her to~gue.

Family directors' form association MEMPHIS, Tenn,.' (NC) , Father Thomas L. Boland, director of family ministries for the Archdiocese .of Louisville, Ky., has been named first president of a new organization, the National Association of CatQolic Diocesan Family Life Ministers.

The association was formed at the National Family Life Conference's recent meeting in Memphis, which was attended by Father Ronald A. Tosti, director of the Fall River diocesan office of family ministry.

The new association is com-' mitted to developing family life ministry at all church levels. It also intends to respond to family life ministers' practical needs, to work with the church's hierarchy in family life ministry, to be an advocate and, to consult with individuals, organizations and institutions promoting mutual interests.

The national association ,selected (l board of directors to represeqt the 12 ecclesiastical regions of the United States, including Father Peter 'Casey, Boston. oJ'''

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About 47 percent of West Germany's 61 million people are Protestants, predominantly Lutheran. About 45 percent are Catholics.

There were few surprises in the pope's speeches... Which reiterated the" chUrch's 'opposition to abortion, the consumer mentality and changes in the current requirement for priestly celibacy.

'But the pope's talk Nov. :1'8 to leading West German Catholic theologians in Altotting may have implications for at least one ,theologian who was not present.

-In an indirect criticil>m, of Swiss-born Father Hans Kung, the pope said the teaching authority of the church only intervenes in theological matters when "the truth of the word of God ... is threatened by defor~ations and false interpretations."

Father Kung, whose authorlzation to teach as a Catholic theologian was withdrawn last December by the Vatican's Congregation for the -Doctrine of the Faith, continues ~to hold a post at the University of Tubingen in West Germany under an agreement worked out between the German bishops and directors of ,the state-run school. Under the a r ran g e mOe n t Father Kung teaches courses in ecumenism instead of Catholic theology.

But German Catholic sources said the papal speech indicated that ,Pope John Paul was not satisfied with the arrangement.

The last day of ·the visit brought a surprise when a young woman challenged the church's stands on, sexual morality and priestly celibacy..

"For youth, the church in West Germany. is hard to understand," ,said Barbara Engl,. chairwoman of the League of German Catholic Youth, in a departure from the text of her speech handed out by press representatives of the bishops. ~ "One gets the impression that it anxiously holds fast to traditional standards."

-But the talk did little to di· minish the upbeat mood in West Germany.

Mildred Scheel, wife of a former West German, president, summed up the predominant feeling, "It would be nice if he_ could stay."

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Marian Medals for 98 Continued from page one arty, St. Patrick's, Somerset. haven.

Mrs. Edmond Mesier (CatheMrs. Anthony Pannoni (Anne), Mrs. 'Manuel Correira (Sarine), St. Theresa's, So. Attle- Holy Rosary; Mr. RaYmond Pel- bina), Saint James, New Bedboro; Mr., Raymond S. Pelletier, letier, Our Lady of Grace, West- ford; Mr. Albert T. Coucci, Saint St. Stephen's, Attleboro; Mr. Er· port; Mr.·John E. Rego, St. Dom- Mary's New Bedford; Mrs. Eleannest- J. Precourt, Saint Mary's, inic's, Swansea; Mrs. Roland Ro- or Cyr, Saint Joseph's Fairhaven;, Norton. . billard (IJlerese M.), St. Roch's. Mr. A'drien A. Durand, Saint Mr. Manuel Piquette, Our Mr. John Rys, Holy. Cross; Mr. George's, Westport.

Lady of Mt. Carmel, Seekonk; Charles B. Sullivani' St. Ber- . Mr. Amedee Gautreau, St. Mrs. Alexander Salachi (Chris- nard's, Assonet; Mr. Joseph E. Francis Xavier, Acushnet; Mr. tina Mary), St. Mary's, Mans- Toole, St, Anne;, Attorney James Edgar L. Gobeil, Saint Joseph's, field. ' T. Waldron, Our Lady of Fatima, New Bedford; Miss Stella Gonet, Fall River Area Swansea; Mr. William Whalen, Saint Casimir's, New Bedford; Mrs. John W. Bates (Muriel), Jr., St. Louis.

Mr. Pedro deGraca, O.L. of AsSaint William's; Mr. Vincent R. Taunton Area~' sumption, New Bedford.

Boidl~u, St. Thomas More, SomMrs. Frederick Andrade (JeanMrs. Anth~ny Lima. ~Emma erset; Mr. Roland Brault, Bles- nine), Saint Jacques, Taunton; S.), St. FranCIS of AsSlSI, New sed Sacrament; Mr. Edward F. Mr. Edward J. Donnelly, Saint _ Bedford;' Mrs. Roger Menard Cote, St. Louis de France, Swan- Joseph's, No. 'Dighton; Mr. Rich- (Constance), Sacred Heart, New sea. ard H. Dooley, Jr., St. Paul's, Bedford;, Mr. Ge9 rge Mendonca, Mr. Raymond 'Po Dozois, Sa- Taunton; Mr. Edward S. Franco, O.L. ()f Mount Carmel; New Bedcred Heart; Miss Jean Drzal, St. Our. Lady of Lourdes, Taunton. ford; Mrs. Joseph Nowak (KathStanislaus; Mrs, Joseph Furtado Mrs. Francis Guay (Frances ryn), Saint Rita's, Marion.

(Mary), Our Lady of the Angels; N.), St. Joseph's, Taunton; Mrs. Mr. Conrad Arthur Pelletier, Mrs. Christine Garcia, Espirito Cornelius Kiley (Julia M.), 1m- Our Lady of Fatima, New Bed: Santo. maculate Conception, Taunton; ford; Mrs. Doris Polycarpo, Saint Mr. Joseph Gonsalves, Our Mr. Alfred J. ''McGlynn, Saint Julie's, North Dartmouth; Mr. Lady of Health; Mr. Charles E. Mary's, Taunton; Mrs. Mary John L. Robinson, Saint AnthLavoie, Notre Dame de Lourdes; , Mello, Saint Anthony's, Taunton. ony's Mattapoisett; Mrs. Lionel, Mr. Roland LaFleur, St. Jean the '. Mr. Walter A. Plonka, Holy Robitaille ,(Bernadette), Saint Baptiste; Mrs. Paul Lamarre Rosary, Taunton; Mr. Clinton E. Anthony's, New Bedford.: ' , (Helena), St. Michael's, Swansea. Rose, Saint Peter's, Dighton; Mr. Mrs. Edward Roderick (GloriMrs. Edward LeBlanc (Flor- Thomas W. Telesmanick, Sr., anna), Saint Theresa's, New ence), Saint Mathieu's; Miss Saint Ann, Raynham; Miss Vir- Bedford; . Mrs. Roger Sansoucy, Anne Marie Lingard, St. Mary's ginia M. Waldron, Sacred Heart, Saint Kilian's, New Bedford; Cath~ral; Mr. Manuel Mattos, Taunton.

Miss Laura Vecchi, Saint PatSS. Peter and 'Paul; Mrs. Francis New Bedford Area rick's, ~areham; Mrs. Stanley Mr. Orias Babineau, Sacred Wojtunik (Gladys), Saint HedJ. McGrath (Mildred), H~ly Name.

Hearts, Fairhaven; Miss Bertha ,wig's" New' Bedford.

Mr. Joseph V. Medeiros, Santo C. Batalha, Immaculate ConcepMr. Charles Yocum,. Saint Christo; Mr. Leonel Souza Me- tion, New Bedford; Mrs. James John the Baptist, Central Vil· deiros, St. John of God; Mrs. Butler (Mary) Saint Boniface, lage; Mr. Anthony Zerbonne, Joseph E. Mello (Maria), St. New Bedford; Mrs. J~seph Ca- Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Elizabeth's; Mr. 'F,rank S: Mori- taldo (Ethel), Saint Mary's, Fair- New Bedford.

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A 76-PAGE SOUVENIR EDITION of The Anchor to be published Dec. 11 will mark the lOth anniversary of the installation of Bishop Daniel A. Cronin as fifth bishop of Fall River..

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lIn choosing the Bethlehem theme during the Year of the Family, the Shrine staff hopes to emphasize the need for renewed family prayer and to rekindle faith in the Lord who said: "lam the Living Bread come down from heaven."

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La Salette Shrine,' Route 118, Attleboro, will open its 27th Christmas Illuminations season~ at 4 p.m. Sunday.

The shrine's display of lights is the largest such exhibit in 'the eastern United States, drawing

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Mass will be celebrated and confessions will be heard every . afternoon and evening during the illuminations season, as is true throughout the year.

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Christmas Illuminations visitors from Canada and all parts of the eastern seaboard.

This year's display will be the largest to date, with "To Bethlehem" as its theme.

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LONDON {NC) - Mutual acts of penitence by Anglicans and Catholics would be a good way . of preparing for the visit 'of Pope John Paul II, suggested Archbishop Robert Runcie of Canterbury, primate of the (Anglican) Church of England.

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Music will be by the Reconcilers and by Father Andre Patenaude, M.S., recently named shrine director.

"TO BETHLEHEM" is the Christmas Illuminations theme at La Salette Shrine, Attleboro, here depicted by Mary and Joseph seeking a resting place.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - The Conference funds would be re- and travel expenditures for American bishops have been quired for financing, Father church personnel. .. . urged to look to the future and Dempsey stated.· Another possibility, said Faestablish a $3 million to $4 milVarious financial packages, in- ther Dempsey, is installation of lion satellite - centered "Nation- cluding sharing with another a facsimile letter system, enablal .Catholic Telecommunications group on a 50-50 basis, outlays ing bishops to communicate with Network" to assist in the by various groups together parishes simultaneously and inchurch's diverse ministry. and participation of investors stantaneously' at a cost of about At their general meeting in through a tax shelter plan are a half cent per page.

Washington, ·the bishops - heard being studied, Father. Dempsey Bishop Norbert Gaughan, chair- said: man of the U.S. Catholic Con"The money is now available ference Communication Commit- to build the entire' system," he tee and Father Michael Demp- said. He 'advised action soon: In a significant victory for sey, director of pastoral commu- "We've waited too long. We parochial schools, a federal apnications .for the Diocese of should have done what we're peals court has ruled that church Brooklyn. describe the virtues of doing now three or four years schools should not be forced to . satellite, communications to link ago." As space on satellites is pay unemployment compensadioceses and aid in such activ- grabbed, other potential users tion taxes for their employees. ities as evangelization, educa- like the USCC must wait in line, The ruling overturned' a detion, . cultural outreach, Catholic he said. . .

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by Secretary of Labor broadcasting and press efforts, ;I mtla y It. ·IS envlslo?e . at Ray Marshall that the schools national meetings, and providing ~e ~hurch would ~cqulre ~atel- . must ,be covered by state unemhigh-quality religious and non- lite tIme and send Signals via an . religious programming. uplink to downlinks in each par- ployment compensatIOn plans "Communications ;is our busi- ticipating diocese. The diocese and t ~us must pay unemployness. U's at the heart of all we would then redistribute the sig- men, axes. are and all we do as ministers nals via cable, broadcast or vid"If Congress desires to change of the Gospel," Father Dempsey, eotape systems. the established exemption of una USCC consultant on the develThe program would probably employment compensation covopment of a satellite system, initially provide five hours of erage- for elementary and second- . said. to share its message, the programming daily, two hours ary parochial school employees, church must use the best pos- of a religious nature and three it is well within its ability to sible communications tool. hours instructionai, for school amend the law to reflect that and that means a communica- use. desire by drafting a clear statetions satellite - he said.

There is also the possibility ment to that effect,:' ruled the He outlined a system involv- that satellites could provide an .appeals court. ing a satellite and, among other alt~nate to telep~one com~uni-. "But it is not the responsibiltechnical details, "downlinks" in ,catlOn betw~en dioceses..Blshop ity or function of this court to each . participating diocese as Gaug~an said that AT&T. had perform linguistic gymnastics in part of the network. told hlI~ 1?at the church, With. a order to upset the plain langThe cost of a satellite "dish" $110 mllll~n yearly phone bl1l, uage of Congress as it exists toor "downlink" receiver would be ~as the third largest phone user day," the court added. ' about $20,000 to each diocese In the country, exceeded only by with another '$10,000 in purchas- the federal government and GenCatholic school officials say ing assorted additio~l equip- eral Motors. they are not opposed to the right ment. Yearly expenses'.m techOnce -in place, satellite com- of teachers to collect unemploy~bout munication-should be less expen- ment, but see the key issue in nical operations would $3,000 per diocese, he sai4", The sive than telephone, it is esti- terms of the need to maintain cost of setting up the total' net- mated. There is also the possi- church-state separation. Cathwork tpthe church would be bility that television and satel- olic officials add that paying the an estimated $3 million to $4 lite "c~nventions" could be set tax would further burden the . million but no U.S. Catholic up, thus cutting down on time schools financially.

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A first for St; Bernard's More than 100 members of St. Bernard's parish, Assonet, recently participated ina fourweek program titled "We the Parish," aimed at strengthening parish and family unity through faith, love and mutual caring.

The meetings were especially noteworthy because they were held in the downstairs hall of the new St. Bernard's Church acquired from the members of the United Church of Assonet.

Father Leonard Mullaney noted the historical occasion. The pastor said he hoped the program would breathe into the parish a fresh spirit of warmth, joy, harmony and a sense of caring for fellow parishioners as well as for others.

Each Sunday night of the program, parishioners participated in sessions involving a personal sharing of experiences by volunteers, a writing session allowing reflection, group discussion and' a summation. ' ' The meetings were guided by parishioners Paul and Carol Levesque, Jane Wilcox, Bob and Joan Martel, Margaret and Ron Lyonnaise, Margot leBlanc, Phil and Shirley Carvalho, Cindy Levesque, Jim and Cheryl Quirk, Doug and Cindy Michaud, Margie .Copeland, Linda and Gary Marcondes, Elaine and Jon' Lucas and Phyllis and Ray Antunes.

The mood of each session was set with the aid of music, promoting a spirit of calm at the ,beginning and of joy and thanksgiving at the end. :Parishioners, including young confirmation candidates, were encouraged to put into practice the ideas discussed each week.

The first session c,entered on fond and warm memories of Sunday Mass. Following it, Mrs. Levesque urged participants to work at deepening their'sense of

family unity at home as well as in the parish community.

"The parish is people and people are the source of our 'fond memories," she said.

At the second session, those '. attending were asked to consider loneliness in the parish and to sensitize themselves to other's loneliness.

"We are busy and sometimes we simply do not notice," said Mrs. Levesque, "or if we do notice, we may still believe that it is 'none of our business' or there is nothing we can do about a person's loneliness. Make an ef,fort t6 care.'"

In the third session, understanding of the relationship of a parish and natural families was stressed as a means of growing in Christian love. One family can strengthen the other. "What makes a family is love," Mrs. Levesque pointed out.

Parishioners were asked to bring a sense of family to the parish, and work at strengthening the love in their own families by praise rather than criticism.

In the final session, title<! "A Spark of Life," parishioners discussed bringing happiness to their lives and those of others by giving instead of receiving.

"As a family we have a real responsibility 'to one another. It entails much more than simply not hurting people, or providing them with the necessities of life.

By being a 'Spark of Life' to someone we give love and hope that enriches, restores and encourages'. It comes from our decision to love and the moment of God's grace," said Mrs. Levesque.

Father Mullaney noted that there is more to a parish than simply attending services. Parishioners were ask~,dnot only

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ing her baby to another. / Every child has two sets of paDear Dr. and Mrs. Kenny: I rents; biological parents and foram the mother of an adopted ever·-parents. In most cases the child. When I read your recent two sets are identical. In the column (counseling a biological case of adoption, they are difmother who gave up her child ferent. 'Like it or not, adoption for adoption and now' wants t«;l involves ;i triangle: biological paknow about the child) I became rents, adoptive parents and the very confused and hurt. child. All have needs.

I raised a child I love, one of In our society abortion is comthe most important things in'my mon and socially acceptable. life. How would the biological The young. woman who ha-s a parent know the love shared in child and gives it up for adopthe sickness and hurts, being tion must -be courageous. Such there when the child needed courage is becoming increasingly , you? rare. She often has little support Raising a child takes love and from others and her needs have discipline and I have given both. often been ignored. Our previous Take my right arm, but let me· column was direCted to such a keep my child. mother, showing how she might ,This child has never mention- meet the needs she feels.

The forever parents are the ed wanting to see his biological parents, but when comments like real ones,' the ones who have the yours plant ideas in children's responsibilities and make the deminds, I am sure ~e Children cisions about what is good or will become confused too. I hope bad for the child. Consequently, some parents of adopted chil- we have always said that any dren will take a stand. Leave communication from the biological mother should be through well enough alone. (Delaware) , A. Thank you for expressing the forever parents, based on so well how some adoptive pa- their judgments about what rents feel. We too are adoptive would be good for tQe child and parents. Four of our 12 children the family.

As the forever mother, the came to us through adoption.

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If your child inquires about his biological heritage, he is not rejecting you but is asking about an important part of his life.

Curiosity about his heritage is, normal. If he questions you, he shows he trusts you enough to go to you for answers.

Sometimes an adopted child will tell the parents he wishes they had never adopted him.

Such talk may be a normal expression of adolescent frustration and rebellion.

Both adopted and biological adolescents express strong dissatisfaction at times. Try to understand that curiosity and frustration with parents are normal parts of growing up.

I fully agree· tha t you have given the nourishment, support, love, discipline and tears it takes to be a parent. You are the forever parent. Be confident of this:' Any challenges from your child or the outside world are not denials that you are truly the parent. They are merely problems to be worked out in the best and most loving way.

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The Advent tradition The obvious point of estabis to give the children something personal and I have found that lishing an Advent tradition is to In the years that we have these small gifts are often cher- share common values with the written for The Anchor, Marilyn ished after the more usual children on a day to day basis. and I have often talked about Christmas gifts have been for- Little children need to be with family and the importance of gotten. One year, for instance, I their parents, involved at their tradition in maintaining that- gave a little' metal bookmark to level, do something consistent family. one of the girls. To this day I ,with their understanding, and It is many years since we be- find it in her pile of. college share something beyond meals gan celebrating Advent with the books, when she comes home. and TV. children' but it really does seem like only yesterday, and it has to be one of the best things we ever did' as a family.

Forty young ladies represent- of the Cape, Brewster; St. AnThis Thanksgiving weekend, with everyone at home, we will ing 39 diocesan parishes and thony, E. Falmouth; O.L._ of the make pur Advent wreath with Nazareth Hall Vocational Center, Isle, Nantucket; Sacred Heart, greens from the yard and one Fall River, will be presented by Oak Bluffs; Assumption, Osterpink and three purple candles. their fathers to Bishop Daniel A. ville; Holy Trinity, West HarWe will also have an, Advent Cronin at a ceremony that is a wich; St. Elizabeth Seton, N. calendar, to be opened one day traditional highlight of the an- Falmouth.

Fall River Area: Blessed Sacat a time until Christmas. . . nual Bishop's Charity Ball, to Our dl\ughters at college will be held Friday, Jan. 9, at lin- rament, Espirito Santo, Holy not be at home for our daily coln Park Ballroom, North Dart- Cross, Holy Rosary, St: Elizabeth, St. Joseph, SS. Peter & celebration, but our son and god- mouth.

Mrs. James A. O'Brien Jr., Paul, S1. Roch, St. Stanislaus, all son will carry on the tradition.

Each night we open with a Fall RIver, will serve as chair- Fall River. simple prayer followed by a man of the presentee committee, St. John the Baptist, Central Bible selection chosen by the a post she has held for many Village; S1. John of God, S1. reader. The wreath is lit and a years. She will be assisted by Thomas More, Somerset; St. single piece of our creche. is Miss Claire O'Toole, Fall River; Louis de France, Swansea. placed beside it. We now hav.e Mrs. Vincent A. Coady, SomerNew Bedford Area: Immacuenough pieces for each night of set; Miss Ethel Crowley, West late Conception, O. L. of Fatima', Harwich; Mrs. William Grover, Advent. Following this a door O. L. of Perpetual Help, St. or window of the Advent calen- Dighton; Mrs. James Leith, New Anne, St. Hedwig, S1. Mary all dar is opened and the ceremony Bedford; and Miss Angela'Med- New Bedford. eiros, Seekonk. is complete.

• St. Francis Xavier, Acushnet; Each ye~r one third of the The ceremony is simple but S1.

Joseph, Sacred Hearts, Fair~ stirs up 'fond memories and we parishes in the diocese name often find ourselves remember- presentees. This year's parishes haven; St. Anthony, Matta' poisett. ing occurrence in Advents past. follow: Attle,boro Area: St. Joseph, Taunton' Area: Holy Family, On Dec. 6, St. Nicholas Day, we share presents. This is a fine Attleboro; S1. Mark, Attleboro East Taunton; Immaculate Con~ occasion because the presents Falls; St. Mary, Seekonk; St. ception, St. Anthony, Taunton; St. Ann, Raynham; Holy Cross, represent special thought rather Theresa, South Attleboro.

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who, in my situation, thinks that abortion is the practical, easiest and most reasonable way to solve any problem. I know by' my own experience' that once in the clinic everything sounds "secure, simple, fast, confidential, practical, almost painless, etc."

- You see so many womeo there, all ages, colorsano races, that you really believe temporarily that it is something normal to do; that it is the right thing to do. -But, once everything is 'done, 'once one is out of there, then we can't fool' our conscience, our principles.

It is impossible to ignore the conscience, to run away from it.

It is an eternal nightmare. It is like having always the need to reach that baby; not to let him go. But, no matter how hlP'd we try, we just can't reach him.

Yes, the procedure is fast but the pain and guilt are endless.

Don't think you have to accept' abortion to do it. ,I always thought ,I wouldn't do such a thing, but I panicked. I didn't have faith. I was desperate and now I am paying the consequences. No matter how much I cry day and night, I will always feel sorrow for what ,I have done.

Father, I hope you can tell me I can be forgiven or where to go.

Questions for this column. should be sent to Father Dietzen c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall ,River, Mass. 02720.

Dear Readers:· This column',;recelves numerous questions concerning abortion. Many require answers far too long for this space. Included are questions relating to the personal aftereffeets on a mother who has had an abortion.

Better than any reply I could give is the following letter which arrived in last week's mall. The mother who wrote it is not unique.

I have written her, assuring her of God's forgiving love, but I hope Our readers will remem·· her her and others like her in their prayerS: .

-Dear Father Dietzen: Please, father, don't throw this letter away. Let me talk to you. I need it, and perhaps if someone else in my· situation reads it, she won'·t do the same thing.

Mter finding out I was pregnant I panicked because I pictured a very insecure future for my children. 'I panicked because I thought we wouldn't have enough for everyone since now there are times we have just one complete meal.

So after coming back from the supermarket depressed because of -the prices and -the foods, I couldn't get for my children, I decided I couldn't ibring one more child into -this world and then not be able to offer him a stable future. I know I was a big coward, but ,I did it thinking that this was the best -thing to do for that baby and for the children I already have.

This was the hardest, the BILOXI, Miss. (NC) - "The most painful decision 1 have bishops need ,the Catholic press ever Piken in my life. to tell us when you thing we're I cried during the "proce- doing wrong," Archbishop-elect dure," as it is called by the so:, Oscar Lipscomb of Mobile, Ala., called counselors imd doctors. told Catholic Press Association With -that child went part of my members at their Southern reheart. ,I' thought I would over- gional meeting. _ come that - but ,nqw I know The archbishop-elect urged I just tried to fool myse)f. I delegates to function "not as can't stop thinking about that watchdogs but as honest exposi8-week-old baby I aborted. tors of truth."

He urged other 'bishops to 'I can't forget what I have done. U's just too much for one's "leave the editors alone. Realize conscience. Day and night I keep they ,should always fun<;p.<>n imagining. that baby crying, tel- within -the scope of the church." ling me to let him' live. I imagine And ,to editors, he said, "Realize the baiby felt as ,if he was being we can't have two people trying caught by a "blaek hole" when to run this place (the diocese)."

Calling the Catholic press a the surgical vacuum was taking him out of me. I'm scared to be . direct line to the people, he stressed the value and need of alone or in' the dark.

Believe me, Father, \( feel aw- the written word.

"Be fair and don't play ful. I truly regret what I have games," he said. "Operate in the done from the bottom of my heart. I ask God to please for- spirit of charity based on honesty and tm,th. Remember that is give me, to help me.

Christ alive and at work in what Instead of asking for ;that val- 'we're doing." . ium at .the clinic when I felt I Workshops throughout the just couldn't go ,through it, I three-day meeting (Oct. ) 29-31 wish that I would have had shared ways to implement the enough faith in God, in the theme of Improving Catholic world, and that I would have Connections. left that place.

Participants were offered techIs it possible that I can be niques on bridging the gap beforgiven - here on earth - at tween editorial and business least a little bit? 'I don't dare to concerns, establishing working go to church when there are iboards, increasing advertising people ,there. I pray alone and sales and providing coverage of ask God for forgiveness. state legislatures on matters Of I wish to advise any woman social justice.

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Last month she received an achievement award and a ' scholarship in recognition' of her courage. She credits her high morale to the support of her family and fellow students; saying that Holy Family High exemplifies its. name. "It's like a family, not a school," she declared.

"Everybody cares what happens to everyone else."

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know your faith· Bringing Gentiles into'the Community , By Father John J. Castelot

that the Gentiles become Jews first. Twenty years after the Pride dn ethnic heritage and in resurrection this was still the one's ancestral traditions can be accepted policy. a noble quality. But it can also Paul understood the practical be divisive, leading to bigotry, implications of Jesus' message. hatred, violence and war~' For him, salvation was a free There is no place for these gift of God's love offered to all in the reign of God which Jesus people. This was Paul's Gospel, inaugurated. By word and action the Good News! "he demonstrated his Father's indne of the clearest expressions discriminate love for, all human- of this is the passage in which ity. he proclaims: "AIl of you who.'

If there w~s enmity between have been baptized .into Christ Jews and Samaritans, Jesus, a have clothed yourselves with Jew, would engage in person-to- him. There does not exist among person theological dialogue with' you Jew or Greek, slave or freea .much-married , Samaritan man, male .or female. AIl are woman. Asked about· the limits one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians of neighborly love, Jesus tol~ ,il 3, 27-28). story about the extraordinary Obviously, baptism does riot care of a Samaritan for a bat- obliterate differences .' of race, tered Jew.; nationality, social ~tanding or His own discip'es .were not sex. Unity is not unilp,Eity.,But exactly quick to grasp this mes- these differences are' of no 'ac- . sage: They were devout Jews,' count; all that matters is that reluctant' to admit Gentiles into one be human. Paul 'Vias not the Christian community. If thinking of the annihilation of they did,. it was on condition differences but of divisive dis-' j

tinctions. In his. day, generally speaking, Jews hated ~ Gentiles and the. feeling was mutuaL Slaves. hated their masters and masters feared their slaves.

Paul believed this situation was radically transformed by what God had done for humanity in Christ Jesus.

As the Christian community has expanded, this principle has become increasingly important.

People enter the Christian c~ munity with all their inherited social conditioning,:' all in flat contradiction to' the nature ,of the' church. It is a scandal. to no~-ehristians when they see the attitudes and behavior of those who profess to foll~w Christ.

In 'a country like the United 'States, with its amazingly diverse population, the challenge .to the' Christian community is particularly serious and dem~nd­ ing. .Our credibility stands or falls' on our· efforts to achieve unity.

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deacon has been propitious for around .the .diimer table when AJfr,edo, his family and the they talk about what is imporI met Alfredo and Clarita Diaz church. Clarita and her children tant in the life of each member. for the second time during a have a husband and father who "Prayer is for me a 'conversation, . combined retreat·. and vacation. is happy in his work, the Hisa bringing out of all that is at an Indiana camp. panic community has found within us. I like to think of . The first time I had met them understanding and a listening prayer as a conversation with they were hosting a welcoming ear in Alfredo and the church God the same way I am talking party for a Hispanic committee has a committed son who has with you," explains Clarita. Such working oncatechetical mater- helped many people feel loved. openness gives the Diu family ials for migrant· workers. That by-God. a sense of security and confiwas in a suburb of Toledo, Alfred and Clarita feel that dence in each other.

Oli[o. That' day, Clarita sang the their strong family values flow Clarita and Alfredo were born songs she was preparing for a from their Hispanic heritage. in Texas of Mexican parents and regIonal talent show wh~re she Prayer for. this family is found moved to Ohio when young. They was to appear with her brother. in .the -atmosphere of sharing Turn. to Page Thirteen When we met in Indiana, AI-. fredo was preparing dinner for three families. Clarita, expecting her sixth child, was resting. We listened to a' tape of her performance at the Ohio festival back to 'shore.

By Janaan Manternach and I learned that her songs had As they neared land they noA little more than a week after ticed a man watching them. It been so well received that of 20 performers, only .she and a Jesus rose from the dead some was Jesus but they did not recgospel singer had been called of his disciples returned' to their ognize him. "Have you caught back for an encore. F0I'\.Clarita, homes near the Sea of Galilee. any fish?" the stranger called. that indIcated that she 'should Peter, James, John, Thomas, "No," they answered, "Not a put her musical talents at the ,Nathaniel and. two other dis- bite!" ciples were there. service of the church.

"Cast your net to the starboard One evening Peter said to the . side," he suggested, "and you'll Alfredo also dreamed of serving the church. And for three others, "I'm going out to fish." catcl1 something." The weary years he has be~n assistant pas- "We'll go with you," they re- disciples felt they knew more toral director for the Hispanic plied. So they set out in their about fishing than this stranger.

But their luck had been so bad apostolate in the Toledo diocese. fishing boat.

They fished all night, but did they' felt they had nothing to Previously he had been inspired by a friend to enroll in the' per- not catch a single' fish. They lose; So they cast their nets manent diaconate ..program. wondered .if they had forgotten back into the dark water.

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. secitism. Those remnants still determine relations in other _lam a second-generation Ital- countries. This may be why the ion"American who has always Catholic-Jewish dialogue has felt very Italian. Yet, when' I flourished in America as novisited Italy I was struck not by where else•. how Italian, but how American, Irish humor, Yiddish words, I am. At least once on .each of Italian opera, black' music and three trips, I was approached by sales people speaking English to even the Puritan work ethnic me. I was constantly amazed are shared by all of us. This is that they could tell I was Am- the positive side of our ethnic experience. And it is umque. erican just by looking.

But I wonder how many are This is not to say that Americans are not able to maintain aware of the' disapproval we yet their various ethnic heritages. harbor for those who are. "dif- .

But our ethnic identity is deeply ferent." Growing up in an italcolored by the American ex- ian family in an Italian. Brook- . perience that each' of our com- lyn neighborhorhood, where the munities has undergone. S~ few Irish, Jewish and Nor-' Irish-Americans enjoy the corned wegian children in school were beef and cabbage in Ireland but different, I did not recognize want steak at home. In other that I too was considered d,ifferwords, Americans have develop- ent by. the larger world around ed their own culture while in- me.

People, after awkardly stumbcorporating into it elements of ling over my name - A'mbrosimany nationality groups. for example, have a For most Americans this has ano been an unconscious process. We tendency to ask in an overly have learned from and been in- solicitous tone, "Oh, is that Ital- . fluenced by all ~hose who stand ian?" Then they may launch outside "our" gtoup yet live and into one of a remarkably limited work with us. A German-Am- number of variations on the erican on the assembly line next theme, "I once had a neighbor to a Polish-American can "know" who was Italian" or "some of that person in a way impossible my best friends . • . " While this is, I presume, for Germans and Poles in Europe, separated by bitter wars· meant to reassure me about the liberality of the speaker, it is and confliicting ideologies.

Catholics and Jews, forging embarrassing to be constantly the coalitions of the U.S. labor reminded that I am, somehow, movement, have transcended in one who needs to' be :'undertrust and shared experience the stood."

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o amor deve ser considerado em· duas dimensoes ou linhas dinamicas que resumem'todos os seus aspectos: 0 amor simplesmente humane e 0 amor humanocristao. 0 pr~meiro e 0 amor do simples homem que, no meio de tudo,sempre se buscaa si mesmo; 0 outro e 0 daquele que ama como Cristo amou, que' nao se.~uscou a si pr6prio, mas a felicidade dos outros. Estas maneiras de amar podem existir no homem totalmente compenetradas ate se poder afirmar quese trata de urn s6 amor.

A palavra amor significa sempre urna tendencia para 0 outro, para dar e receber. t': da essencia do amor ser circulante, 1hcluindo sempre, especialmente 0 amor dos namorados e dos ca' sados, uma tendencia a completar-se, a satisfazer a necessidade tao profunda que Deus colocou no homem: ser dois numa s6 carne ou, adaptando urna expressao de Jesus, ser urn como 0 Pai e 0 Filho sao Urn. Todo 0 amor exige urna respost~.

Sem ela, embora houvesse amor autentico numa das partes, nao haveria matrim6nio. o amor e urn impulso vital, que, 'nascendo de urna pessoa, empurra para fora, para a pessoa amada, a fim de. procurar 0 seu bern. t': urna inclina9ao consciente e activa que espera resposta para se sentir completa.

Todo 0 amor e criativo, mas 0 amor no namoro, porque esta destinado a terminar no matrim6nio, 'tem urn caracter de criatividade ern colabora9aO Deus, porque ama, cria 0 mundo s6; 0 homem, se quer criar por amor, fa-lo em colabora9ao. Duas pessoas que se amam , tendem a abrir-se a urn amor que se perpetua nos filhos. 0 horizonte novo e a paternidade e a maternidade. 0 amor que fechar voluntariamente este horizonte, deixa de ser criativo, deixa de ser amor; nao passa de mera. contempla9aO a dois. A doa~ao mutua requerida pelo amor ficaria reduzida a urn circulo estreito e fechado. o primeirp sinal do amor e dado geralmente por uma atrac9ao sensivel; aquele que come9a a amar. e.atraido por algum atributo sensivel da outra pessoa. Essa atrac9ao sensivel e urna linguagem que come9a a serfalada e entendida na adolescencia; esta linguagem agita a alma do adolescente, trazendo-lhe a mensagem do amor; sao as primeiras palavras. Com calma e equilibrio, o·adolescente que chega a jovem e 0 jovem que vai a caminho qa ~aturidade, iraQ decifrando os varios significados dessa linguagem.

Amar e dar-se para, do tu e do eu, criar 0 n6s, corn tudo 0 que se e com tudo 0 que se quer e se tern es~ pecialmente com aquelas ideias e sen timentos que interferem na vida. g urna doa9aO total e para sempre. o amor que Cristo teve aos homens levou-O a fazer urna alian9a com eles. ~ rna alian9a, nao de ·palavras, mas de obias: entregando-se por eles

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For children Continued from page twelve Suddenly they felt a' strong pull. The net was so full of fish they could not pull it into the boat.

Then John recognized the stranger. He shouted to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Peter was so excited that he dove into the water and swam ashore. The others towed the netful of fish behind their boat.

When they landed they saw a charcoal fire burning. Jesus was a. cooking breakfast for tqem. He had a fish on the fire and;some bread.

"Bring over some of the fish you just· caught," Jesus called to tpem. So they pulled the net ashore. It was full of large fish

Padrinos Continued from page twelve still speak Spanish with each other and the children.

When talking about the difficulties families fac~ today, Clarita expresses a belief that if young couples would cultivate openness with each other and have a close relationship with .an . older, more experienced cl'>uple there would not be so many broken marriages.

'It is a Mexican custom to have newly married couples select "segundos padrinos" (second godparents), a couple. whose relationship" has proven successful.

As I look at Clarita and Alfredo, I get the feeling that this couple, with their life of service and song, would make very good "segundos padrinos."

- 153 of. them. The disciples were surprised that so many had not torn "the net.

"Come and eat," Jesus inv.ited.

It was very good to be with Jesus again. He took the fish and ·bread from the fire and gave it to them.

They sat talking about all that had happened since they first met Jesus on that same shore.

They remembered the many meals they had shared with him and especially the last one before he died. At that special supper he had taken bread and after breaking it, had given it to them.

Ethnic Continued from page twelve Blacks, Hispanics, Jews, Poles and others will be all too familiar with this syndrome. I do not imply that one encounters it with every new acquaintance.

'But being visibly ethnic, one is made to feel if not unacceptable, at least on the fringe.

When I' married and assumed a new last name, some new revelations came iny way. In casual conversations I began to hear jokes and ethnic cracks that people would never have made to me before, knowing from my name that I was Italian.

I began to learn what people say about me and mine when I am not there. The experience has shed new Jight on how far we have come a.nd how far we have yet to go in America to perfect what is perhaps our greatest invention: pluralism.

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Jesus . My Brilliant Career Bon' 'Voyage, Charlie Brown Jesus' Star Trek :..Bugs Bunny ....,;..

The last Flight of The Motion Picture Road Runner Noah's Ark Touched by Love Herbie Goes Bananas i

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The Final Count Down The Fish That Saved.. , Pittsburgh

. A Force of One The Getting of Wisdom The Great Santini Hero at Large Hide in Plain Sight Just You and Me, Kid Kagemusha little Miss Marker Midnight Madness . Oh, God! Book II

Raise the Titanic Scavenger Hunt Somewhete in Time Sunburn The 39 Steps Tree of Wooden Clogs Watchet in the Woods When Time Ran Out Xanadu

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Angi Vera The Awakening Good Guys Wear Black .Head over Heels Battle Beyond the Stars Being There .

The Hearse Honeysuckle Rose The Big Red One Boardwalk' Hopscotch The Black Marble How to Beat the Blues Brothers High. Cost of living Bronco Billy The Human Factor The Hunter Brubaker .

The Idolmaker Can't Stop the Music It's My Turn The Changeling The Kidnapping of the Chapter Two President Coast to Coast Lost and Found Cuba Defiance The· Main Event A Man, AWoman and Die Laughing a Bank The Electric Horseman Melvin & Howard· The Elephant Man Meteor fatso Middle Age Crazy ffolkes Moonraker firsLDeadly Sin More American Graffiti The F.og My Body Guard foolin' Around Nothing Personal foxes The Nude Bomb The Frisco Kid Oh, Heavenly Dog Gilda live

Old Boyfriends Ordinary People The Outsider Patrick Raging Bull Resurrection Rich Kids . Roadie Rolle'r Boogie Rough Cut The Runner Stumbles Running The Seduction of Joe Tynan Simon Skatetown, U.S.A. Smokey and.the Bandit II Stardust Memories . Starting Over Time After Time .

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When A Stranger Calls Where the Buffalo Roam Wholly Moses ' Willie and Phil Wise Blood Yanks'

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The gauntlet

By Cecilia ,Belanger

I enjoy the talks the pope gives to youth wherever he goes.

He has thrown the gauntlet before them as if to say, "This is your world. You have a job to do. You can do it."

God left us an unfinished world. He left us all with work to do. What a dull world this 'would be if God had done it all and we had nothing to do but to sit around.

At the time of the birth of Jesus as today there are those who merely wait around for "something to- happen." We must 8 - ~biectionable in Part for Everyone stop looking around for someone to rescue us from 'problems. This Mountain Men Guyana: Cult of Americathon is a task we must do ourselves!

1941 the Damned And Justice for All Night of the Juggler ·It is we, the people, to whom Happy Birthday, Gemini· Baltimore Bullet Heart Beat . .

One-Trick Pony" The Blue Lagoon God comes in unexpected ways, Penitentiary Heaven's Gate Caddyshack , directing us on the Way. Private Benjamin Humano'ds from the Deep Carney No one dreamed that the comProm Night In God We Trust theech & Chong's Saturn 3 The Island Next Movie ing of the Messiah would be The Serial The Jerk The Children quiet and natural, like the birth Sitting Ducks Jun The. Concorde of any other baby. What the .

The Shining Just Tell Me What.

Airport '79 people wanted was somebody A Small Circle of Friends You .Want Death Ship The Last Married Couple The Stunt Man Dracula who. ~ould, with one majestic Those lips,. Those Eyes in America Fade to Black sweep, correct the wrongs of The Tin Drum Legacy Fame the world. What they got was a Urban .Cowboy leo and Lorrie The Fifth Floor Up the Academy loving Couples French Postcards man of almost incredible love, Why Would I lie?

Mad Max From the life .of the humility and justice.

The Magician of Lublin' Windows . Marionettes The situation is much the same The Gong Show Moyie today. Some say, "If there is a God why doesn't he show him-' A-4 Separate Classifi~ation self in power? why doesn't he end evil? Why doesn't he wipe (A Separate Classification is given to certain films which while not out iIlness, hatred, greed and morally offensive, require some analysis and explanation as a proselfishness?" tection .against .wrong interpretations and false conclusions.)

Why don't we look at ourApocalypse Now Kramer vs. Kramer The Onion Field selves and ask: "Why don't WE The Chant of Jimmie The long Riders The Rose do it?" After all, that is why we Blacksmith· Nijinsky are here. Shall we be useless and spend our lives pursuing pleasC - Condemned ure? Or shall we pick 'up the Christ's gauntlet and go on to Motel Hell All That Jazz Friday the 13th finish his work? .

Night Games American Gigolo He Knows You're Alone We are Iik~ the people of old, Bloodline The' Stud The Hollywood Knights Cruising Used Cars life of Brian wanting fear and evil to disaplittle Darlings The Wicker Man Don't Go in the House pear without any help from us.

Dressed to Kill Luna Where does evil come' from?

Isn't it man who has desecrated this earth, brought murder (This listing will be presented once a month. Please clip and save and inhumanity into it? The for reference. Further information about recent films is available "love" we hear about is only on from The· Anchor office, telephone 675-7151.) the surface. It does not run

deeply enough. If it did we would have a better world.

Let us not wail, "Why doesn't God do something?" God is coniing to us daily in 1'.uman terms, coming into aU our l;ves. He encourages us to be brave, courageous, . creative: He encourages , us to have a sense of independenceanc4 self-assurance.

One can~ot be controlled by others or babied and still be creative. Domination of others is not ·of God. The human spirit must not be tampered with. , God's own humble, human entry into history is a clue to his character. Let us be guided by it. God does not interfere with free will. Let us not try to be bigger than God.

Holy F.amlely Holy Famdly student counciIlors and their.: advisor were among delegates to a Brockton meeting of the Southeastern Mass. Assn. of Sfudent Councils, where they attended workshops on fundraising, school spirit and community service programs.

And Gail Medeiros, presi~ent of the HF chapter of the National Honor Society, attended a meeting in Milton in preparaticn for a regional NHS conference to be held in January at Boston College. Gail is vice-president of the regional group,

CoyIe-Cassidy.

Following 'Christmas, solid color shirts will become part of the boys' uniform code at the Taunton High. It's therefore been - suggested that students "ask Santa to bring you a couple of shirts."

Founded last year by the Mothers' Club, the Coyle-Cassidy Memorial Fund is proving an appreciated way of memorializing deceased relatives and friends or of -honoring someone in a special manner. Thus far the fund has aided in providing new stage curtains, and will continue to be used to meet pressing needs as they arise.

Peter Bartel and Cheryl Allen have been named delegate and alternate to the annual Student Government Day' to be held in April 'at the State House.

Bishop Feehan Req!ntly elected freshman class officers are Brian Kirby, president; Brian Carroll, vice· president; Lee Nerney, treasurer; Kristen Dumouchel, secr,etary.

Representatives' for each. homeroom were also chosen.

David Nazarian will represent .the Attleboro school at Student Government day in Boston in April. A junior homeroom repre· sentative, he is an honor student and a member of the varsity football and track teams.

U's Writing Awareness Month, the Feehan Literary Club reminds students, with attention focused on student ef· forts by a bulletin board exhibit adjacent to the principal's office.

Feehanites observed Thanksgiving but remembered the needy· both by preparing and distributing food baskets and by participating in World Hunger Day on Nov. 20 by skipping at least one meal and donating money saved to Oxfam America.

, Interprets Iran Father Joseph Skaff; CSC, professor of Islamic studies at Stonehill College, North Easton, has been called on by the U.S. Air Force to tour its bases interpreting, Iranian issues to personnel. In his talks he stresses explanatory historical background to enable his bearers to better understand the complex Mideast situation. Of Lebanese parentage, he holds a master's degree in Islamic history from the University of Dacca.

Can't Do It "As if you could kill time without injuring eternity."

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tv, movie news Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PC-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

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

This week's' discussion will be on Advent and Hanukkah.

Sunday, Nov. 30, 9:30 a.m.

(ABC) "Directions." "Toward a New Brazil: A Venture in Faith" - ABC correspondent Robert Trout interviews two Protestant ministers who are advisors to Cardinal Paulo Arns of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Rev. Brady Tyson is a Methodist minister and professor of international relations at American University in Washington. The Rev. James Wright is a United Presbyterian minister on Cardinal Arn's Human RightsCommission. Filmed on location in Sao Paulo, this program highlights the ecumenical efforts of Christianity in the growth of Brazil.

Sunday, Nov. 30, 10:30 a.m.

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(CBS) "For Our Times." "Lu· cretia Coffin Mott: Truth for Authority" - The centenary of the death of this 19th-century Quaker minister provides the occasion for examining her contribution to the spread of Chris'tianity in America. Lucretia Cof· fin Mott was an abolitionist and feminist. Filmed in Philadelphia and Nantucket Island.with CBS correspondent Douglas Edwards.

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ision Two East Old Rochester Regional; Bob Carreiro, New Bedford High, and Bill Leggett, Old Rochester, fullbacks; Carlos Coelho, Old Rochester, Bill Isaksen, Dartmouth, and Abib Niang, New Bedford, halfbacks; Hector Gonzales, Old Rochester, New Films John Moniz, Dartmouth, Steve "Heaven's Gate" (United Art· Faulkner and Dave Desroches of ists): This lengthy Western takes Old Colony Yoke-Tech, forwards; - up the famiHar theme of ranchMike Medeiros, New Bedford ers versus settlers and sets it in Yoke-Tech, reserve. late 19th-century Wyoming with lavish attention to period auCoach Ron Norman, who pilot- thenticity. The characters are ed Old Rochester to a 10-0 rec- shallow, however, the story ord and the school's first ever _ lacks force and the whole thing league championship, was named is a bore. the all-star coach with New Excessive nudity and lack of Bedford High coach Manny Mat- any morai frame of reference oes as his aide. dictate ratings of Band R. Also given honorable mention "The Idolmaker" (llnited Art· are Dwayne Silvia, Gary Men- ists): Ray Sharkey is' a talented ard, Old Colony; Fernando SvengaH-like manager who turns Soares, Dartmouth; Joe Gardtwo marginally talented youngzina, Westport; Bill Worden, sters, Peter Gallagher and Paul Old Rochester; Ted DeCosta, Joe Land, into rock stars in the early Valente, New Bedford; Joe Lam60s. Although' the picture runs balot, New Bedford Yoke-Tech. ' out of gas about two-thirds of The Healer the way through, it is superior .

Feehan Big Winner "Earth has no sorrow that entertainment up to then. The The Bishop Feehan Shamrocks best season in the past four or use of sexul;ll material, though heaven cannot heal." St. blitzed the Stang Spartans, 35·0, five 'years. restrained, gives this film A3 Thomas More r. last Saturday in the season finale Feehan finished 7-3 overall, and PG ratings. for both teams. Bill Hyland 5-3 in Division Three (C) of the "Raging Bull" (United Artists): caught two touchdowns passes conference. Stang was 1-7 in that The best ,part of this biography and Mark Gaboury scored two division and 1-8-1 (won, lost, DOLAN-SAXON of fighter Jake La Motta is RobTDs. as the Shamrocks rang tied) overall. The injury-riddled down the curtain on what coach Spartans were no match for the ert De Niro's performance, but the character of La Motta, as Pat O'Boy said was Feehan's Shamrocks. shown, is thoroughly repulsive 123 Broadway and lacking dramatic substance.

Thanksgiving Lineup "Raging Bull" lacks compassion Durfee at New Bedford with seven ties. This is also a intelligence. The language, the New Bedford has won 50: Dur- non-league game. No. Attleboro violence of the fight sequences 824·5000 fee 29 and there were six ties won, 20-6, last year. and a graphic bedroom sequence in the rivalry that dates back to Dighton-Rehoboth at Seekonk are cause for A3 and R ratings.

1893 and is the oldest in South- - A Division Three (C) conferFilms on TV ern Massachusetts. This is a ence game. Seekonk has an 11·3 Sunday, Nov. 30, 7·10 p.m.

Cornwell Memorial "Super Division" game. Durfee edge in the series and was a (NBC) "King Kong" (1977) is 3-4-1, New Bedford 1-8-0. 14-0 winner last year.

Chapel New Bedford won, 6-0 last year.

Other Thanksgiving Day - This uninspire.d remake of the 1933 classic is moderately enterCase at Somerset ~ This ser- games: Dignified Funeral Service ies started in 1930. Somerset Conference Division Two (B) taining but neither its beauty WAREHAM has won 33, Case 16, and there - Fairhaven at Dartmouth Fal· nor its beast have any of the class of the original.

Some semiwere three ties. The winner gets mouth at Barnstable, D~nnis­ 295·1810 the Forty-Niners Trophy. The Yarmouth at New Bedford Voke- nudity and graphic violence.

A3 game's most valuable player is Tech.

Saturday, Dec. 6, 9-11 p.m. awarded the Nicholas Cariglia Conference Division Three (NBC) - "Semi·Tough" (1977)" Trophy. This -is a non-league (C) - 'Bourne at Wareham.

REBELLO'S game.

Hockomock League - Frank- - This comedy about pro footNorth Attleboro at Attleboro- lin at King Philip, Canton at ball has some funny moments NURSERY INC. In the 28 years of this series Stoughton, Foxboro at Mans- but its focus. is unclear, often "On The Cape" turning nasty and rely>ing for North Attleboro leads 24 to 7 field, Sharon at Oliver Ames.

"WE BEAUTIFY OUTDOORS" humor on foul language and nudEvergreens, Flowering Shrubs, Trees ity. C CYO Basketball . lawn Fertilizer· Loam • Annuals Religious TV Landscape Design Junior a~d Prep basketball teams while Espirito Santo and 442 MAIN ST., EAST FALMOUTH "Confluence," 8 a.m. each teams from Holy Name parish, St. Jean Baptiste have five Sunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m.

548-4842 Fall River began play this week, apiece. hoping to retain their city and • There are 21 junior boys each Tuesday on Chanttel 6, diocesan championship titles for teams, eight junior girls teams, includes Father Peter N. Grazithe second straight season.

11 prep teams and 16 senior ano, diocesan director of social OUR LADY'S Father Bruce M. Neylon, Fall teams in competition this year. services, as one of a permanent discussion panel of clergymen.

RELIGIOUS STORE River area C.Y.O. director, an936 So. Main St., Fall River nounced that 56 teams will take New team!! are Dominican (Corner Osborn St.l to the basketball floor at the Academy and .St. Jean's in the Fall River CYO hall this season. girls' junior division; Espirito With games' played seven days ADVENT WREATHS Holy Name leads all parishes Santo, Our Lady of Health: St. a week at the CYO hall, Father AND CANDLES sponsoring teams with nine, five Jean and St. Louis in the prep Neylon notes that over 500 chil11 :00 To 5:30 junior boys, one junior girls, division; and SS. Peter and Paul, dren and young adults are beneSunday Thru Saturday one prep, and two senior teams. St. Louis and St. William in the fiting from this recreatiopal proTel. 673-4262 ".

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Alex Carvalho of Holy Family High School and Joe Duchaine of Bishop Stang High School have been named to the New Bedford Standard-Times all-star soccer team.

Carvalho, a forward, scored most of the Blue Wave goals, 15 in all, including 13 of the team's 16 goals in the school's 10-game Southeastern Massachusetts Conference Division Two East schedule. He netted four goals in sparking Holy Family to a 7-3 decision over Greater New Bedford Yoke-Tech on Oct. 22. His next best performance came on Oct. 3 when he scored all the Holy Family goals in a 4·3 loss to Westport High.

Duchaine is a reserve fullback on the stellar aggregation. Given honorable mention are Mark Cathcart and Joe Pereira of Holy Family, Greg deMello and Dan Driscoll of Bishop Stang High.

Others on the all-star team are goalie Ron MacDonald of Div·

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At the first session Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, associate secretary BLESSED SACRAMENT, SACRED HEART, of International Justice and FALL RIVER FALL RIVER The Youth Ministry group will Family Advent wreaths will Peac.e for the U.S. bishops, will hold a Christmas party Friday, be blessed at 10 a.m. Mass Sun- discuss the social doCtrine of Dec. 5, at Bella and Tony's resthe church. In January Father day. taurant.

The Women's Guild Christmas Simon E. Smith, SJ, Jesuit missions executive secretary, will ALHAMBRA ORDER, party will be held at 6:30 p.m.

Monday in the cafeteria, with offer a theological reflection on REGION ONE Alhambra members will meet entertainment by David Nadien. his experience of Latin America; -and in February Sister Patricia at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5 at Wolf, RSM, of the N.Y. Coali· Bridgewater Knights of ColumOUR LADY OF FATIMA, tion for Responsible Investment bus Hall on Route 18.

SWANSEA Residents of the Swansea Rest will discuss the effect of multi- LEGION OF MARY, Home will be gu.ests of honor at national corporations on the FALL RIVER DIOCESE Latin' economy. . the Women's Guild Christmas The annual Legion reunion party to be held Monday night. ST. JOSEPH, for active members, spiritual The evening will include a family NEW BEDFORD directors and friends will take potluck supper and a musical In . conne~tion with We Carel place at 2 p.m. - Sunday, Nov. program. In lieu of exchanging We Share, a church tour will be 30, at Regina Pacis Center, New gifts, guild members will make conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Bedford. Following Benediction a donation to the Rose Haw- Nov. 30. A rosary and Benedic- and recitation of Legion ,prayers, thorne Lathrop Home. tion service will follow at 3 and a special hour will be held in refreshments will be served in the center's hall.

ST. THERESE, the church hall.

NEW BEDFORD ST. JOHN OF GOD, An Advent study program on ST. ANNE, . SOMERSET St. Luke's Gospel will begin Sun- FALL RIVER A prayer meeting Thursday, day, Nov. 30, continuing each The parish credit union will . Dec. 4 will begin at 7, p.m. with Sunday until Christmas from 6:30 hold its annual meeting at 2 Mass and will be followed by a to S p.m. p.m. Sunday in the school. social hour. .

The Holy Name SoCiety will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9 in the rectory.

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ST. PIUS X, SOUTH YARMOUTH The Women's Guild will meet Tuesday, Dec. 2 in the parish hall. Christmas gifts for nursing home residents and Birthright infants may be brought at this time.

The annual Holly Tea will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7 in the parish hall.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, GREATER FALL RIVER The annual communion breakfast will follow 8:30 a.m. Mass Sunday, Dec. 7, at St. John Baptist Church, Westport. Reservations should be made by Tuesday, Dec..2.

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Bishop's Charity Ball DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER For The Benefit Of The Exceptional And Underprivileged Chilt;lren Of Every Race, Color And Creed

FRIDAY EVENING~ JANUARY 9, 1981 LINCOLN PARK BALLROOM'.

DANCE MUSIC BY

AL RAINONE AND HIS ORCHESTRA IN COCKTAIL LOUNGE - 8 P.M. to 1 A.M. and FEATURING

THE MEYER DAVIS ORCHESTRA. UNDER THE PERSONAL DIRECTION OF EMER,Y DAVIS IN THE BALLROOM - 9 P.M. to 1 A.M. REMEMBER THE DATE: FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1981

CHARITY BALL SOUVENIR BOOKLET SEVEN CATEGORIES IN MEMORIAM· 4 Tickets· Admit 8 • $200.00 or more VERY SPECIAL FRIEND ·A Tickets· Admit 8 $150.00 or more .

GUARANTOR • 3 Tickets • Admit 6 $100.00

BENEFACTOR· 2 Tickets· Admit 4 • $100.00 (box holder) BOOSTER· 2 Tickets· Admit 4 • $75.00 SPONSOR· 1 Ticket· Admit 2 • $50.00 PATRON • 1 Ticket • Admit 2 • $25.00

GENERAL ADMISS~ON 1 TICKET $10.00 -' ADMIT 2 AVAILABLE AT ANY RECTORY IN THE DIOCESE DEADLINE FOR NAMES IN SOUYENIR .BOOKLET IS DECEMBER 30, 1980 Contact any member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Council of Catholic Women, Bishop's Ball Committee or call or mall name for one of these categories to: .

BISHOP'S CHARITY BALL HEADQUARTERS - P.O. BOX 1470 - TEL. 676-8943 410 HIGHLAND AVENUE - FALL RIVER, MA. 02722

This Message Sponsored by the Following Business Concerns in the Diocese of Fall River PAUL G. CLEARY & CO., INC. EDGAR'S FALL RIVER FEITELBERG INSURANCE AGENCY

GLOBE MANUFACTURING·CO. INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS UNION

GEORGE O'HARA CHEVROLET~ CADILLAC

ST. MARY, SEEKONK The Women's Guild Christmas party will be held Monday with Marilyn Leddy as chairperson.

During the party the name will be drawn of the girl to represent the parish at the Bishop's Ball.

ST.. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER The Czestochowa Confraternity will meet Wednesday for Advent spiritual direction.

The Menu's Club· will meet Sunday; Dec. 7, as will the Holy Rosary Sodality.

'HOLY NAME, FALL RIvER The parish We Care/We Share program will be held in the school at 3 p.m. Sunday and will consist of an explanation of. Advent customs, followed by refreshments.

DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA, ATTLEBORO Alcazaba Circle 65 will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4 at K of C Hall on Hodges Street. A Christmas party and gift exchange will be featured.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FALLRIVER The monthly CYO Mass will be offered at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Also on Sunday an evening of recollection will begin at '1:30 for ninth grade confirmation candidates. .

The spiritual life committee will meet in the rectory at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NEW BEDFORD· The Men's League will meet Sunday after 10 ~.m. Mass.

A We Care/We Share open house will take place from 2 to 5 -p.m. S.unday. Parishioners are asked to contribute pastries for the refreshment tables.

ST.. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Ar. "Advent experience" pre· senkd as' part of We Care/We ' Share will take place in the school hall from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday and will include a Mass.

Cub Scouts will meet in the hall from 6 to 8 p.m., also on Sunday.

ST. RITA, MARION Holy Day Masses Monday, Dec. 8 will· be held 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Tabor Academy chapel. Daily Masses are celebrated at the rectory during church renovation,s.

Children's poster contest win· ners at the annual parish fair were Racquel Rezendes, Christopher Thornell, Jeremy Hughes, Judy LeBlanc an'd Alexander Parsons.

A Girl Scout leader is needed for a small troop. Volunteers may call Janet Wallace 7480395.

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER, NEW BEDFORD A Marriage Encounter information night will take place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7 at Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford.

OUR LADY'S CHAPEL, NEW BEDFORD The .second annual Domini· can-Franciscan holy rosary hour will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7 at the chapel. Guests will include Blue Army and Legion of Mary members. Those unable to attend are asked to recite the rosary at this time.

BLESSED SACRAMENT, FALL RIVER The Youth Ministry Christmas party will take place Friday, Dec. 5, and the Women's Council party is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Mission. stats tell the tale WASHINGTON (NC) - For the 12th consecutive year the number of U.S. Catholic missionaries serving abroad or outside the 48 contiguous states has declined and the total is now lower than it was 20 years ago; according to figures published by the U.S. Catholic Mission Coun· cil (USCMC).

The total number of missionaries in 1980 is 6,393, which is. down 3,262, or about 30 percent from a 1968 peak of 9,655.

Members of religious orders make up the vast majority of U.S. foreign missionaries. The Jesuits are the largest missionsending order of men in the United States; with 574 priests and brothers in mission fields.

Maryknoll is second, with 570 priests and brothers abroad.

The Maryknoll Sisters have the largest number of nuns in the missions, 411, followed by the Marist Missionary Sisters with 90.

The Boston Archdiocese, with 21 diocesan priests serving in Alaska, Bolivia, Ecuador and· Peru, leads all U.S. dioceses in sending its own priests abroad. . The Archdiocese of St. Louis is second, with 14 priests serving in Bolivia and Venezuela.

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