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Georgetown wins W. Germans grant , WASHINGTON (CNS) - The West German government will give Georgetown University $7.6 million over 10 years to develop a Center of Excellence for Gennan and European Studies, Jesuit Father Leo J. O'Donovan, Georgetown president. in accepting the second largest gift in the university's history. said the center would study the Federal Republic of Germany as it relates to Europe and the world, The center will be part of the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and will draw upon the disciplines of history. politics, economics. language and culture, and international affairs, Georgetown. founded in 1789, was selected from more than 10 U.S. universities that made proposals to West Germany last year for development of three such centers. Also selected were Harvard University and the University of California at Berkeley.

Pies for the poor Thanksgiving preparations for parishioners at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, included making "Pies for the Poor."

Donations of ingredients for apple and pumpkin pies left at the church earlier were distributed to volunteer bakers who returned them to the cathedral school for distribution by other parishioners to soup kitchens operated by Catholic Social Services, the Church of the Ascension and the Salvation Army. Thanks to the generosity of St. Mary's volunteers, over 100 pies were delivered for Thanksgiving dinners.

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MSGR. LUIZ MENDONCA accepts plans for parish renovations from Bishop Daniel A. Cronin (Rosa photo)

Renovations begin A renovation project at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish. New Bedford, began last month with two special Masses and a groundbreaking ceremony.

The renovations will involve an addition to the back of the church. t() comprise a new sacristy. a con'ference and office area and an elevator.

Several years have been spent in preparation for the renovation project. A fund raising campaign began in March with a kickoff meeting at which a video was shown telling the story of Mt. Carm'el from its founding and giving information on parish organizations, future expectations. and community ties.

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The video was later shown at the rectory and in homes of parishioners with the objective of informing church members of the renovation project and funding needs, Numerous meetings between architect Owen Hackett and the parish building committee produced the final renovation plans now being carried out. The fundraising campaign has currently raised $1.739,582 toward a goal of $3 million, " Bishop Daniel A. Cronin celebrated the II a.m. Mass on Nov, 12 at Mt. Carmel and remained for the 12: 15 p.m. Mass.

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ganizations were encouraged to attend the II a,m. English-language Mass, while persons involved in the fundraising drive and members of all parish societies were asked to attend the 12: 15 p.m. Portuguese Mass. which was aired on radio and television.

Bishop Cronin addressed parishioners at both Masses and officially presented the renovation plans to pastor Msgr. Luiz Mendonca. Following the Mass he participated with the architect and building contractor in a groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition. ' The renovations are scheduled to be completed withi'n a year.

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The Stone hill Chapel Choir of Stonehill College, North Easton. will present a service of Lessons and Carols. an Advent prayer for the town of Easton. the city of Brockton and the Stonehill community. at 4 p,m, Sunday at the college's Chapel of Mary. All are welcome to attend.

The music department of CoyleCassidy High School. Taunton, will present a concert featuring traditional carols and Christmas songs at 7 p,m, Tuesday, It is open to the public and refreshments will be served.

WASHINGTON (CNS) While political reform continued to sweep communist East Europe, the Catholic Church has kept up its push for greater religious freedom in the region. _ In one of the most dramatic theaters of change, the Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia was allowed by the crumbling hard-line government to broadcast a Mass for the first time since communist rule began. At that service, Prague's 90-year-old Cardinal Frantisek Tomasek threw the church's weight behind the reform movement.

On another stage, the Ukrainian Catholic bishops asked their Russian Orthodox counterparts to help press for legalization of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the Soviet Union.

From the Polish political front, the majority leader of Poland's equivalent of the House of Representatives said the Catholic Church in his country gives a "moral guarantee" to the country's evolution from a communist-dominated state. The legislator,' Solidarity'S Bronislaw Geremek, who was visiting Washington with Solidarity 'leader Lech Walesa, said Nov. 16 that the church is "building confidence toward the new government - which is led by Catholic intellectuals."

The biggest recent surprise in the string of sudden reforms in the East bloc was the shakeup Nov. 24 of the Czechoslovakian Communist leadership, including'the ouster of party boss Milos Jakes.

The shakeup was pushed by hundreds ofthousands ofCzechoslovakian citizens who took to the streets demanding reform. Many were Catholics, who comprise about 68 percent of the country's 15.5 million people.

In the Soviet Union. where a new law on religious freedom was being considered, the Ukrainian Catholic bishops asked Russian Orthodox Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow and other leaders of his church to help, "in the name of Christian justice." their campaign for legalization. The Catholics also asked for help in the return of church buildings given to the Russian Orthodox Church when Josef Stalin outlawed Ukrainian Catholicism in 1946,

On Nov. 21. a leading Soviet daily newspaper published a long article praising Pope John Paul as a "remarkable personality" dedicated to peace.

The article in the Komsomol Communist Youth league newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, also said "the Vatican is not calling PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) fora crusade against Communism Controversy over physician-assist- and we do not call religion 'opium' ed suicide took on new life in anymore." , Oregon as Democratic Sen, Frank Also last week, the Vatican's Roberts of Portland announced offic'ial newspaper L'Osservatore that when the legislature recon- Romano said in an editorial that venes in January he will introduce the reform movement in Eastern a bill to legalize euthanasia at the Europe showed that Co~munism request of terminally ill patients, and state atheism are on their way 11II11111I11II111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111,' out.

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Parley today facilitated by papal views on ideologies ROME (CNS) - Pope John Paul II's placing of Marxism and capitalism on the same ethical level helped make a papal meeting with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev possible, said the Soviet leader's top adviser on Catholic affairs.

This shows the new Catholic thinking on world issues initiated by the pope, said Anatole Kovalski, expert on the Catholic Church for the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party.

The decision to hold today's Vatican meeting also resulted from the "new political concepts" of the Soviet Union, said Kovalski.

The reevaluations show that the pope and Gorbachev hold many common positions' on world affairs, although they differ on the reasons, he said.

An interview with Kovalski appeared Nov. 25 in the Rome newspaper La Repubblica. The inter': view took place in Moscow.

Kovalski praised the pope's "new way of looking at the world, putting Marxist collectivism and capitalist economics on the same plane and placing Catholicism above. states and systems."

The pope's social encyclical, "On Social Concerns," which criticized Marxism and capitalism, "contains position~ which make a dialogue widely possible," said Kovalski.

Gorbachev's new concepts include "substituting dialogue for force, putting man and his rights at the center of everything, believing in the spiritual dimension of a new civilization, which points to a new international morality," he added.

"Today it is clear that direct dialogue between the Soviet Union and the Vatican has become possible because the heads of both states are two personalities such as Gorbachev and Pope Wojtyla," he said.

The pope's name before his election was Karol Wojtyla.

Although important differences remain, "we consider more important that which unites us to the pope than that which divides," Kovalski said.

Kovalski attributed much ofthe pope's new thinking to his being the first leader of the Catholic Church from Communist-ruled Eastern Europe.

"This pope could unite the concrete understanding of the socialist world with the conscience of the Western world," he said.

A common position held by the pope and Gorbachev is the need for a united Europe, he said.

"We and the Vatican say that there is a single civilization at the foundations of this Europe," Kovalski said.

"The Vatican puts the accent on Christianity," he added.

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Salvador, tied responsibility for At the Mass were New York their deaths to actions of the U.S. Cardinal John J. O'Connor, Archgovernment. bishop Renato R. Martino, Vati"Can we hand weapons to the can ambassador to the United Nabutchers of EI Salvador and remain tions, other prelates and rows of unstained by the blood of their • fellow Jesu'its, representatives of innocent victims?" he asked. other religious orders of men and His question, the ~Iimax of a women and diocesan clergy and series in his homily questioning lay peo·ple.

The principal celebrant was Father Kenneth Gavin from the office of the Jesuits' New York provincial, Father Joseph Novak. Father * Quilted, Knitted Novak was in Ghana, where a Items Jesuit from the province was recentFlorist ly murdered in his sleep. by an Raffles intruder.

Sister Luise Ahrens, president Photos With First Week of Advent of the Maryknoll'Sisters, was the * Feehan Santa First lector. Her presence was a reminder Christmas that two of the four missionary Greenhouse * Yankee women killed in EI Salvador in General Store 1980 were Maryknoll nuns. *Money Raffles Cardinal O'Connor, who presided at the Mass, did not speak, * Country Crafts but in his homily Nov. 19 at St. *Trim The Tree Patrick's Cathedral he delivered a Christmas () 'fervent defl~nse of the bishops and Potpourri clergy of EI Salvador against accusations of leftist political involve- *SoupsToGo * Sundae ment.

Treats STIR UP thy power, They ha.ve been fulfilling the we beseech thee, 0 Lord, true mission of the church, he said, in working for justice and upholdand come: that from the ing the dignity of the human person. threatening dangers of At St. Patrick's, the cardinal our sins, by thy protecalso remarked on a letter received tion we may deserve to

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7:30 AM TO 3:30 PM Cardinal O'Con~or said the atAmen.

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the moorina-., A' Great Time For the best of reasons, Advent isjust about the best time of year. I n the order of nature, the darkness of winter begins to be displaced by light which seems to shine with a unique seasonal glow. For us New Englanders, the crisp air and brilliant stars lend spring to our steps. If snow covers the land our surroundings take on an unspoiled purity. All earth rejoices.

Our social life expands and constant comings and goings bring old friends together and provide the opportunity to celebrate with new ones. We treat each other with a little more care and courtesy. People want to be with people. We reach out to the lonely and homeless with more than mere words.

F or those with eyes of faith this is a time of hope. The church helps us remember that Advent is more than a time of preparation for Christmas. It is a time when the church, through the prophets and patriarchs, helps us prepare for our own encounter with Christ, our eternal hope. She brings before us the possibilities reflected in the magnificent procession of those who went before Jesus and who yearned for redemption, never losing hope.

For this reason we cry out, "Come, Emmanuel," not just today but forever.

The hope of the peoples ofthe Old Testament was undimmed by the darkness of their environment. Even at their lowest point, they kept the flame offaith alive. They never abandoned their belief in the Promised One. .

A similar story of faith fulfilled is being written today in Poland, Germany, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, where the' eNS/UPI photo hopes and yearnings of years of darkness are being dispelled, "Thou hast made Earth and all things that are in it and thou givest thanks to the endurance of the past and the determination of the present. ' liCe to all these things." 2 Esdras 9:6 .

The flame of faith was never quenched in those nations, although sometimes it seemed barely to flicker.

Brutal opposition .and inhumane oppression did not conquer the belief that some dayhop,e would b,e fulfilled.

Speaking of"the scourge of HIV NEW YORK (CNS) - CardiAs examples of saints who had In Eastern Europe, the,¢'hurch\the people of God, suffered nal Bernard F. Law of Boston says helped build "a civilization of love," (human immunodeficiency virus) most, but nothing prevented them' from clinging to the Lord as the church makes its primary con- Cardinal Law singled out the re- infection," which causes AIDS, the center of their lives and oftheir world. Today it seems that tribution to society through the cently canonized St. Gaspar Ber-' Cardinal Law said one of its "most the Lord has freed his people. lives of its saints, not through its toni, an Italian priest who founded desperate aspects" was that "its N one of us can foretell what the future will bring to our institutions or programs. the Congregation of the Sacred spread is due largely to immoral Speaking last month at Colum- Stigmata; St. Maximilian' Kolbe, a decisions." world; yet we know that things will never be quite the same. We The "unsung saints," he said, Polish priest who died at Auschdo not know where next the winds of change and freedom will 'bia University in New York, he are those who resist "the lie propasaid the church had been a part of witz; and Mother Teresa. blow; what we do know is that manmade barriers cannot every major effort of Americans' He also said saints were the gated by society which touts all forever withstand hearts that want to be free. for social justice and 'economic answer to such contemporary issues possible actions as good and enjoyable."

It is, however, difficult for some Americans to appreciate the improvement,and "must continue as abortion and AIDS. to be so."

"Such saints," he said, "stand as At a time when millions of human changes of our times. They have boxed themselves into a But the attempt to find a probeacons for those unfortunate othbeings are killed in the womb "for secularism that offers only a pessimistic and even despondent. gram to counter each social prob- convenience, for anguish, for fear ers whose very survival has been view of life. They have little hope because they have little faith lem, the cardinal'said, never pro- or for misguidance," he said, the compromised by a society which and very little light. . duces "a definitive solution." saints are a "poor woman" who lies to them."

They do not hear the voice of the prophet.

Speaking of recent developments "It is. in her saints that the chooses life despite not knowing how she will provide; a woman "of in Eastern Europe, Cardinal Law The tumultuous changes we are experiencing betoken a time church makes an invaluable consome means" who refuses to put attributed the breaks in the "curof hope and great expectations. A new Advent is being pro- tribution to this or any society," he said. "In our collective conceits we career opportunities ahead of inno- tain of iron" to saints in commuclaimed. God has heard the petitions of his people. can assume that our systems or cent life; a father who resists the nist countries who "risked everyLet us share the enthusiasm and fervor that are renewing the our nations are the purveyors of temptation to "walk away from his thing" to resist "the state's atheistic face of the earth by way of an active faith that dares to hope. creed." the good. We seem to have a penresponsibility." chant for impersonalizing."

"And I am sure," he said, "that it Advent this year is truly a great time.

"Moral goodness, however," he is only with that kind of holiness of The Editor continued, "is found always in the life that such changes as we have individual person. To recognize recently witnessed· will result in a Letters Welcome this is to recognize the dignity of true improvement, rather than in Letters to the editor are welcomed. All letters should be brief and the every h!1man being from the first just another round in the story of political dominations and cessions editor reserves the right to condense any letters if deemed necessary. All moment of conception to the momwhich is the human lot." ent of natural death." letters must be signed and contain a home or business address.

Cardinal Law delivered the anCardinal Law said Americans ual Merton Lecture sponsored by cannot assume their society is "on the Columbia Catholic Campus the ascendancy"just because MarxfJ'y.f!1iflJ~el tlJe~rc~7 Ministry in honor ofthe late Trapist ideology seems to be losing its ,,!~~{,~efend .~!i i,! b~tt{~. pist Father Thomas Merton, who ''le ~urprotecl1o,;"agai~t grip in Eastern Europe. converted to Catholicism in 1938 "We struggle with a loss of values, ~~ewickedne!i!iand- !ifJar~~ while he was a student there. the -family is under siege and the OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER \~~t4~ ~evi{1 f!1a)'((;~~~ff human person is often hostage to The cardinal said "the early Merprofit, to technology, to the life Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River ton" introduced him to the monas~!,k~ hi'!', ~e h!,m~/)'l?/~~f tic life, and the concept that the and death choice of another," he 887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 "lJrratloy,ou,O'pri"ce dlt~.~' heart of this life was "a singular said.

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Nowhere is there mention of Mary riding a donkey or giving birth in a stable or cave. There is reference to laying Jesus in a manger but, the professor pointed Advent, one I highly recommend out, there were mangers throughto parishes seeking ways out the town and in front of homes to observe the holy season. so the birth could have been anyAt the first session, before we where. read or discussed anything, the The wise men we've come to scripture professor gave us the lit- n~mber three were astrologers. At tle quiz below. I suggest you take it that time, discovery of a new star before you go on reading. meant birth of a king so we have I. What did Mary ride on the no idea how many journeyed to road to Bethlehem? 2. In what sort Herod, where the star guided them. of building was Jesus born? 3. We've come to assume three gifts What animals were present at the were mentioned. birth of Jesus? 4. How many wise There's no mention that the star men came to do homage to Jesus? was brighter than other new stars.

5. Did a star guide them to Bethle- The shepherds learned of the birth hem? 6. How did this star compare from angels, not the star and there's in brightness to other stars? 7. no reference to Joseph's meeting Who else besides the wise men the wise men. witnessed the star? 8. Did the wise This is not to say we have to do men meet St. Joseph? away with tradition but that we At the close of the last session, can discover much about that first the teacher returned our quizzes Christmas by carefully reading and, predictably, we all failed. By 'scripture, preferably with the help then we were able to laugh at our of a good teacher who can supply answers because we had read closely historical data along with scripthe biblical accounts and found lit- ture text. tle in them to support our I learned that only two of the answers. gospt:i writers, Matthew and Luke, The point of the exercise was to included Jesus' birth in their gosshow us that much of what we pel accounts. The other two began believe has come from tradition', with the story of John the Baptist. legend and carols which have been And Matthew and Luke wrote for passed on from generation to gen- very different readers.

Matthew was a Jew writing foe eration.

Hiring freeze at NCCBjUSCC WASHINGTON (CNS) - TQe National Conference of Catholic Bishops-U.S. Catho.lic Conference has imposed a hiring freeze to contain costs, according tothe general secretary of the twin agencies.

The freeze will be in effect for "at least a year," said NCCB general secretary Msgr. Robert N. Lynch.

Under the freeze, job openings are to be reviewed by the NCCB office of the general secretary to determine if duties cannot be done by the remaining work force.

"N 0 position may be filled unless it's reviewed by management," Msgr. Lynch said. , Francis X. Doyle, an NCCB associate general secretary, told CNS the freeze came as.a result of NCCB-USCC budget deliberations during the NCCB's general meeting Nov. 6-9 in Baltimore.

The bishops approved a calendar-year 1990 NCCB-USCC budget of $31,655,756, about $1 million more than the 1989 budget, and a diocesan assessment of 15.7 cents per Catholic.

The bishops agreed to use up all income from the NCCB unrestricted reserve fund if necessary to balance the 199 I bud~et, but not to touch the principal of the bishops' investment fund.

Msgr. Lynch and Doyle said the freeze reflects' financial cutbacks in individual dioceses.

Many dioceses have reported deficits this year, inclUding-Chicago, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Tucson, Ariz., and Fresno, Calif.

NCCB executive officers, along with Msgr. Lynch and a member elected from the bishops' Administrative Committee, will meet next spring to analyze NCCBUSCC operations and expenses.

"The two largest costs, apart from salaries and fr,inges, are travel and meeting costs," Doyle said.

The NCCB has 358 employees, with about 260 in Washington and most others in migration field offices in New York, San Francisco, Miami and El Pasco.

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Because' of Jewish attitudes toward women at the time, Matthew knew Jews would'n't accept God's appearance, through His angel, to Mary - a mere woman - so he had God appear to Joseph in a dream instead. This would have been accepta.ble to Jews because God appeared to an earlier Joseph in dreams.

Luke, on the other hand, was a pagan writing for pagans so he didn't have to prove Old Testament references. It presented no problem to his potential readers that God appeared to a woman.

Our professor kept reminding us that the gospels were written 80 years after t!he birth of Jesus and' nearly 50 years after the resurrection so they were used to support and teach Jesus' message - that he came to save all peoples, Jews and pagans alike, and to give a new meaning to the long-awaited Kingdom of God.

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At St. Ignatius Loyola Church, Father O'Hare, president of Jesuitrun Fordham University in New York, noted the "special sense of solidarity" Jesuits of U.S. universities felt with the murder victims.

"In eliminating the rector and vice rector and some of the most distinguished members of the facul': ty of the University of Central America, the assassins of last Thursday cut out the heart of one of the most respected intellectual institutions of the co'untry," he said.

He said critics argue the El Salvador Jesuits would not have been killed if they had "remained within' the insulated safety of the library "and the classroom" and had not "meddled in politics."

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stands the nature of any university, and most certainly the nature of a Catholic university," he said.

"No university which identifies itself as Ca'tholic can be indifferent to the call of the church to promote the dignity of the human person.

NCCO president speaks Also speaking out on the EI Salvador situation was the president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. In a letter to Archbishop Arturo Rivera Damas of San Salvador, EI Salvador, Cincinnati A~chbishop Daniel E." Pilatczyk declared that those who attack the Salvadoran bishops "attack the entire church."

"In these times of trial, in the midst of so much suffering and loss, in the face of unjustified attacks, we stand with the bishops of EI Salvador in your defense of human life, human dignity and human rights, in your call for dialogue and negotiation in place of violence and war," said Archbishop Pilarczyk.

The letter was carried to EI Salvador by Archbishop Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles, who was on a Nov. 25 charter flight carrying food and medical supplies to the Central American nation. Archbishop Mahony is chairman of the USCe's Committee on International Policy.

Archbishop Pilarczyk, in his letter, told Archbishop Rivera Damas that reports of threats against him and Auxiliary Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chavez of San Salvador "have caused profound concern" in the United States.

The letter was written days after the Nov. 16 murders of six Jesuit priests in EI Salvador, along with their cook and her teenage daughter. The incident rocked the Salvadoran church and drew widespread outrage.

Archbishop Pilarczyk termed "highly inappropriate" public statements made by "certain members of the government of EI Salvador . concerning the role and teachings of the church."

He made reference to comments

by Salvadoran Attorney. General Mauricio Eduardo Colorado in a letter to Pope John Paul dated Nov. 18 in which he asked the pope to remove "some of the bishops" from El Salvador for their own safety and "the security and well-being of the parishioners of EI Salvador.

Without naming which bishops he meant, Colorado said these bishops have maintained "this questionable ideology of the 'Church

. Continued from Pag'€: Three that other philosophies and cultures have contributed to the formation of the European identity," he said.

"The pope has his own vision of socialism, while we have ours," he said.

"He often uses expressions which categorically denounce materialism as a danger which threatens the stability of the world. We say this is not so," Kovalski said.

In Marxist philosophy, the economic system is the basis of society.

What Marxist mean by materialism is a law of social relationships arising from the production of goods. Classic Marxism says individual consciousness is determined by the organization of production.

In the Christian view, the basis of society is the relation between . human beings and God. ' "All these differences are not an obstacle for mutual understanding at a time when the ideological dimension of relations between . states is disappearing," he said.

Kovalski said that the foundations for good relations began -1.0 years ago during- the era of Pope John XXIII, born Angelo Roncalli.

"Roncalli was the first pope who, in substance, abolished the prohibition against cooperation among Catholics and Communists," he said.

But relations became stagnant during the period of Pope Paul VI and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, he said. Brezhnev had "other problems in his heart," he said.

Pope Paul's writings held promise for improving relations but his efforts were "very small and uncertain," he added. . "In the Catholic world, where the church was dizzy with· problems resulting from the council, there were during that period forces which did not consider good relations with the Soviet Union necessary," said Kovalski.

"But the world changes," he said.

"We, as well as the pope, recognize that the spiritual experiences of both of us can be used for the benefit of all," said Kovalski.

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ofthe Poor.''' It was widely believed he was referring to Archbishop Rivera Damas, among others.

In his letter, Archbishop Pilarczyk said he wanted to assure Archbishop Rivera Damas that the U.S. bishops take "with utmost seriousness" these comments by Salvadoran government officials.

"We have communicated your concern to our own government.

We continue to call on the civil autporities of El Salvador and every other faction in this terrible conflict to act decisively and effectively to protect the church, her bishops, ministers and workers of every faith, and other innocent civilians," he said.

"In standing against violence and injustice on every side, in standing for human rights and reconciliation for all," Archbishop Pilarczyk told the Salvadoran archbishop," you, Bishop Chavez and the entire church of EI Salvador are carrying out the mission of the church and the gospel of Jesus."

Telling Archbishop Rivera Damas he had the "Christian solidarity" of the U.S. bishops, Archbishop Pilarczyk expressed his "admiration for the witness of faith, courage and sacrificial love that the church in EI Salvador continues to offer the world."

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It was all a new experience and "'a number of times I felt afraid:' said Father James Barnett, SO. a Dominican who was under fire for portions of three days during the battle forSan Salvador.

Father Barnett left EI Salvador on Nov. 20 for safety's sake after four-andaoneahalf yea.rs in the country. He spoke to Catholic News Service while in Washington

Nov_ 22.

The priest described the seesaw battle for the crowded, impoverished north San Salvador neighborhood where he worked in the

parish of Santo Domingo.

Father Barnett said that on Sat-

urday, Nov. II, the day the rebel Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front launched its offensive, he and other priests of the parish listened to the sound of fighting grow closer.

The next morning. about 6 a.m., he said they woke to find armed rebels in the streets.

"They were walking around kind of nonchalantly, [as if] saying'hello, we're here,'" the priest said. There were "never more than 20 to 30 guerrillas in the neighborhood," he added. Most were in their 20s. although U[ saw one who looked about 16 years old: he said.

.Oncology course at St. Anne's Eight members of the nursing staff at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, recently completed a chemotherapy education series com· prised ofclass sessions and over 30 hours of supervised training in initiation and administration of chemotherapy, followed by an extensive written examination.

Certificates ofachievement were presented to RNs Erin McGoughSilva, Karen Rezendes, Cynthia Mae Arruda, Elizabeth Suegang, Beverly A. Lazarz, Kathleen M. Levesque. Diane A. Farias and Eileen Antonelli.

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He said the rebels told him, "We'd like you to be careful the next few days because it's going to be rough." Father Barnell said they were absolutely right.

The fighting was intense, with "heavy. heavy" fire from helicop· ters on the residential area, the priest said. About 20,000 people are packed into the slum area, some living in shacks ofcardboard walls, he said, all built on top of a former city dump.

By Sunday afternoon Nov. 12 the army had pushed the guerrillas out, Father Barnett said. But by Monday, Nov.13,at6a.m., "again the guerrillas were there."

Father Barnett spent most of Nov. 12 tending to wounded from the neighborhood. He said he knew five dead and 15 wounded were handled at the parish clinic, but was unable to learn the total casualties in the area.

"A majority of injuries were from helicopter fire," he said.

The next day, the gun and rocket fire was so fierce "we were pinned down on the floor of our house most of the day."

The death threat came on Tuesday night, Nov. 14, Father Barnett said, while he was out of the parish house.

The person who answered the telephone told him an unidentified caller with a "North American" accent said: "You tell Jim Barnett and [U .S. Lutheran minister) Bill Dexheimer if they don't leave the country they are dead....

Father Barnett said he did not conclude from the description of the accent that the caller was an American. A number of Salvado· rans who spent time in the United States could have acquired or imitated North American speech, he said.

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"I've got mixed~ feelings about leaving." Father Barnett said. In one sense. he said, "I kind of abandoned my parish [and) I wasn't able to say goodbye."

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Don't miss Advent Christmas season, when half of their yearly sales are often made. but I fume when mail order catalogs offer holiday specials in late summer.

'It's Jike whistling in the wind to nored by the pUblic at large. In the exp~ct the media· to devote space public media, which frame our and time to a church season that agendas, a few photos of Advent downgrades consumerism. when selling and advertising fuel the wreath lighting will appear, buried engines of capitalism. on the church page or at the tail end of the "news" and the season This lack ofattention may reflect the fact that the church has changed will be over. the focus of the four~week prepaIfs not that the media have anything against Advent. It's just that, ration for the coming of the Lord. like the rest of us, they are wholly Advent was strongly penitential caught up in the dash to Christ- when we were growing up and -mas. The expec13.hf husn of Advent- widelyviewed a.-a shurtversion of is engulfed by society's assault on Lent.

The length of the season changed our pocketbooks in the name of often in the history of the church yuletide giving.

I don't begrudge the right of after it was first observed in the merchants to make the most of the year 360 in a three-week format.

Four Sundays were settled on during the reign of Pope St. Gregory VII (1073-1085).

The penitential stress of early Advent observances reflects the dual focus of the readings beginSales and Service _ -.A .-tIIIIII! ning on the first Sunday of the for Domestic ~ and Industrial Church year. We are urged not only to recall the first coming of 995-1631 the lord but to prepare for his 2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE second coming in glory.

NEW BEDFORD Recent confusion over the correct color for Advent liturgies has also reflected the changing view of the season. A light blue color was proposed for vestments several EARN MflNEY . years ago by liturgists who believed We may cry" Advent is coming.

Advent is coming:' but few will hear us, and those who do 'v.iIl pay little attention to one Qf the most, secret seasons of the Church year.

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But violet, not blue, is the official color of Advent. the newsletter of the U.S. bishops' Committee on the Liturgy ruled in its September 1988 issue.

While banning blue, the newsletter explained t~at "the same effect can be achieved by following the official color sequence of the Church. which requires the use of violet for Advent and Lent. while taking advantage of the varying shades which exist for violet.

Hence. the bluer shades of violet might be used for Advent and the redder shades for Lent....

While the liturgists play with their palettes, the rest of us should not forget the true meaning of the Advent season. captured by its most popular hymn: o come. 0 come, Emmanuel.

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How can we be fair to each, if one wants to attend a private college, another a state school and a third doesn't want to go at this time? I'm sure other parents bave faced this problem, but perhaps not with as many kids. (New Jersey) You raise the two major problems for parents facing college costs: money and fairness. How to com~ up with a large amount of money and how to do so with young adult children who may have different needs with a different price tag?

The first thing is to rid yourself of the notion that you have an obligation to pay a child's entire college costs. You do not, either legally or morally. At 18 years of age they are considered adults, and parents no longer are responsible for their care and debts.

Most parents, however, would like to make college possible by guaranteeing a substantial part of the cost. This is different from promising to pay everything. It also is better for the child to pay part of his or her way. They are

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Step I is to agree on a fixed amount you will provide each child for four years. As an example,let's say you promise $4,000 per year for college expenses, whether the child attends a state. college or a private one.

Private college financilil officers often can find ways of equalizing the costs between state and private schools once they have determined the extent of the parental contribution. \ This is fair in many ways. First, it treats all your children the same.

Second, it allows you and your children to plan ahead, knowing exactly what is expected. It would be appropriate and fair to raise the fixed parental contribution each year in accord with an increase in the cost of living: Step 2 is to consider the financial assets of your children. Much college financial aid is based on need and your children will be expected to spend their own money first. You might talk to your four children about contributing their 9wn money to a simple irrevocable trust in order to make the money do double duty.

The children's resources (cash gifts from parents and grand par-

ents, for example) might be pooled in a simple trust. As the children reach college age, they can borrow from this trust at low interest, repaying after they complete college. The money is then available as the younger children come of college age.

When all have completed college or hav,e reached age 24, the trust dissolves and the remaining funds are distributed to the children, subtracting left over IOUs. Step 3 is to apply for all the financial aid your child can receive.

This includes federal and state grants, local and special scholarships, stud(:nt loans and workstudy grants. Normally, the financial aid offic(:r at your child's college will be knowledgeable about ways to finance a college education.

Finally, most colleges expect any student receiving financial aid to contribute personally to his or her educational expenses, usually at least $800 per year. Most young adults can earn this and more during the summer by working and living at home.

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Nothing will stop living languages from changing. To resist natural changes is reactionary, pedantic and a waste of effort.

Language changes when the change gains general acceptance.

Ultimately, there is a case to be

I recently had dinner with an English professor who considers herself a ~elf-appointed protector of the English language.

During the dinner conversation she went on about what she considers the assault against our precious language, citing one example after another. I listened silently, self-conscious that if I spoke I

By Hilda Young might make a linguistic fool of A thought struck me this mornmyself. ing as I was flinging a piece of toast After the salads arrived, the across the house with my best professor, proud that she is a underhand Frisbee motion at my "purist" when it comes to English, son, who stood poised at the front went on about the "vogue of creat- door ready to catch it in his teeth ing words from scratch that can be - book bag under one arm, PE expressed perfectly well without clothes under the other. them."

Neil Simon has missed a bet. He She gave examples, asking who could write a marvelous series of needs the word "terrible" when one-act plays about American one could simply say very, very mornings, especially the ones bad and why we invented the word launched by a father or mother "outage" to mean loss of power. rushing through the house yelling, Now I was, as they say, getting a "Get up, get up. The alarm didn't bit hot under the collar. She was go off. You've got eight minutes to treading into my business. I make get into the car," my living by using words and, like This is Simonesque America.

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This complete, he starts the car, racing the f:ngine in rhythm with shallow breathing and playing "Shave and a Haircut" on the horn. When he repeatedly forgets to add the '·'two bits" part at the end, the audience goes wild and gives hi.m a standing boo.

The mother mystifies the crowd by making bologna sandwiches (complete with mayo and mustard) with her hands while kicking books and school jackets into the air with her feet. The movie version will zoom into a tight shot of her hands shuffling bread and bologna like a blackjack dealer.

Younger children are carriers of doom and blame: "We'll never make it on time," "This wouldn't happen if someone had givf:n me a clock radio for Christmas." .

"If I am late again for first period, I'm dead."

"Donahue says children shouldn't be subj,~cted to this kind of stress."

We've bef:n working on this special effect where the oldest son catches the Itoast in his teeth at the front door; but our son needs more practice.

"You missed it again, cow slobberer - I mean, son," I told him this morning. "Neil Simon will. give the part to someone else if you don't get it.·' Curtain comes down on Act I as "Shave and! a Haircut" on a car horn fades gradually.

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VATICAN CITY(CNS)- Pope John Paul II condemned the assassination of Lebanon's President Rene Moawad, killed by a car bomb after 17 days in office, and said the killing deserved "only the strongest reproach."

"Once again violence and hatred have bloodied the land of Lebanon, and they threaten to keep up with their work of death," the pope said in a telegram to Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch, Archbishop Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir.

The Syrian-backed Moawad, a Maronite Catholic, was killed in a car bomb attack Nov. 22 along with 23 others. The pope offered his condolences to the late president's family and to those who lost relatives in the attack. He also expressed sympathy for the many wounded.

"In view of an act that deserves only the strongest reproach, I ask God to help all Lebanese reSist the temptation to despair and vengeance; and to take up the way of reconciliation," the pope said.

He added that peace in Lebanon should not be delayed. The coimtry has been devastated by fighting . for 14 years.

Moawad had been elected Nov. 5 by C1:Jristian,and Muslim'parli-< amentary deputies, meeti.ng un~er Syrian protection. H is election within the framework of an Arabsponsqred peace plan re~eived strong international. backing, but was strongly opposed by Gen. Michel Aoun, who heads an interim' government in ~ Christian .~nclave centered on east Be~rut.'"

Aoun commands an army of 15,600, mostiy Christians. .

On Nov. 24, Lebanon's Parliament elected another Maronite: Elias Hrawi, who also enjoys backing from Syria. Aoun denounced the new-election and said his forces would resist.

.Hungary-Vatican relations foreseen VATICAN CITY (CNS) -After three days of talks at the Vatican, a Hungarian official said full diplomatic relations between Hungary and the Holy See will be established early in 1990.

The Vatican, in a statement following the Nov. 21-23 meeting, said there had been a "conver-" gence of views" on reestablishing diplomatic relations, which were broken offin 1945.·1t did not mention a date, but said negotiations would continue in Budapest, the Hungarian capital.

The talks were conducted by Archbishop Francesco Colasuonno, the Vatican's special envoy for Easter Europe, and Barna Sarkadi-Nagy, a Hungarian vice minister. '. Sarkadi-Nagy said the next negotiating session is expected to be "conclusive." It will occur in January, after Hungary's Parliament passes a law on religious liberty.

• Once adopted, the new law will largely dismantle government con{'rols on church life, said SarkadiNagy. It will allow free functioning of religious orders, provide for appointment of bishops without government approval, allow. for more church-run social and educationiil institutes, and extend state subsidies to Catholic schOols.

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AMONG VATICAN art treasures on display in Baltimore are "The Vision of St. Francis" by Pietro daCortona (left) and a gol~and. ~nainel~d reliquary cro~s made in the ninth century for Pope Paschal I. (CNS photos)

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By Catholic News Service c While glasnost has helped more "han .100 works of Russian religi.ous art find a niche at tbe Vatican, another kind of openness has brought some ofthe Vatican's own treasures to Baltimore to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the first U.S. diocese.

In Baltimore "All the doors were opened," said Father William Au, Baltimore archdiocesan director of public relations, who with gallery director Robert Bergman visited the Vatican several times to selectobjects to be exhibited and to gain approval of bringing them to the United States.

"We were allowed to see parts of the Vatican you don't usually get to see," he said.

Two years of planning, research and cooperation between the Archdiocese of Baltimore and the WaIters Art Gallery went into the masterworks show which opened at the Baltimore gallery Nov. 5.

"The kindness and cooperation of our colleagues at the Vatican afforded us access to various privileged areas in the Vatican complex," Bergman said, "including the conservators' scaffolding at the level· of Michelangelo's ceiling, in the Sistine Chapel and guaranteed approval of our requ,ests."

"Splendor of the Popes: Treasures from the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums and Library" will run through Jan. 7.

The show includes tapestries, painting~, Bernini crucifixes, manuscript pages and vestments. It's displayed in a chapel-like setting..

On special display is a gold and enameled reliquary cross made for Pope Paschall (817-824). Designed to hold five fragments of the True Cross, the reliquary was originally decorated on both sides, but the'

front scenes have been lost. The back depicts five scenes from the infancy ofChrist. :. " .The reliqul!ry has never before been shown in the United States.'

Tapestries designed by Raphael are the most highly valued in "Splendor of the Popes." They depict the stoning of St. Stephen, the first martyr, and the conversion of St. Paul.

They were among 10 woven for Pope Leo X between 1513 and 1514 in the Brussels, Belgium, workshop of Pieter van Aelst.

Twice the tapestries were stolen and taken as far as Constantinople, Naples and Paris. In 1932 Pope Pius XI had them installed in the Raphael Gallery of the Vatican Museums, their current permanent home.

Pietro da Cortona's 17th century painting, "St. Francis' Vision of the Virgin and Child," has a special place in the gallery.

Pope Alexander VII' commissioned the painting for the chapel in the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, lta·ly.

The exhibit also includes two crucifixes by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), called the most important artist of the Baroque period. Depicting the living and dead Christ, they were commissioned for the altars of St. Peter's Basilica by Pope Alexander VII. Three illuminated manuscripts from the Sistine Chapel collection of the Vatican Library are also shown, commissioned by Popes Alexander VI, Leo X and Paul III. Vestments of gold, silver and silk threads commissioned by Ferdinando I de Medici, the grand duke of Tuscany, and presented to Pope Clement VIII about 1597, are exhibited along one wall of the gallery.

Truckloads of Glasnost As Americans view. the Balti-

more exhibit, Vatican visitors are The paintings were done between reveling in the most extensive col- the, 13th and 18th centuries when lection.of.,religious paintings ever .• Russian Onhodoxy was the domto leave Soviet territory. inant religion..

What better place for this religThe exhibit demonstrates the ious glasnost than in the shadow cultural impact of the Russian of St. Peter's Basilica immediately Orthodox Church on national life, prior to' what Russian Cultural an impact never denied by the Soviet government, which has strict Minister J.S. Melentev described as the "historic meeting in the Vat- laws keeping icons from being ican" between the pope and Soviet exported and jealously guards them President Mikhail Gorbachev? in state museums as a part' of Pope John Paul II was among Soviet history and culture.

For decades ~he policy also fit the first viewers of the truckloads of art which arrived at the Vatican the Communist belief that religion on loan from Soviet museums. He was a thing ofthe past, suitable for walked with Melentev for 25 min-, museums but not daily life. utes as the minister described the Yet the Soviet tone is changing. works.

The exhibit appears at a time when In welcoming Melentev to the Soviet officials are considering a Vatican, the pope noted that the religious freedom bill. The new exhibition shows the religious spirit attitude also was evidenced by that is part of Russian history and Melentev. culture.

"The profound changes taking It is the first time anexchisively. place in our country are tied to a Soviet art exhibit has been dis- new thinking and also are a posiplayed in the Vatican. Both 'sides tive influence in the sphere of spirheralded it as a breakthrough in itual life," he said. the improving relations between The cultural heritage represented Catholicism and Communism. by the exhibit "is' especially imporThe main part of the Nov. 11- tant today, at the threshold of the Jan. 30 exhibit is composed of 100 21 st century and the third millenicons, religious paintings on wood nium of the birth of Christ, when panels used in Russian Orthodox humanity is seeking answers to churches especially on the screens eternal 'questions about the unithat separate the altar area from '-' verse and our future in this fragile the worshipers. home, the planet Earth," he added.

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Each Sunday, II :00 a.m Monday. cable channel 35. .

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"Be Not Afraid," IS minutes of Portuguese Masses from Our music and Gospel message hosted Lady of Mt. Carmel Church,

by Father James M. Fitzpatrick.

New Bedford: 12:IS p.m. each parochial vicar at St. John the Sunday on radio station WJFDEvangelist parish, Attleboro, is FM,7 p.m. each Sunday on teleheard at 8 a.m. Sundays on stavision Channel 20. tion WARA, 1320 AM. The CathPortuguese Masses from Our olic clergy. of the Attleboro area Lady of Lourdes and St. Ansponsor the program. thony of Lisbon parishes, Taun"The Beat," Christian rock ton: 7 p.m. each Sunday and 6 music and information produced p.m. each Monday on cable chanby Building Block Ministries of ne127.

Taunton. is broadcast at 6:00 "Connuence," 8:30 a.m. each a.m. Sundays on station WVBF Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel ' Boston, 105.7 FM, and may be program moderated by Truman heard in the Attleboro, Fall River, Taylor and having as permanent New Bedford and Taunton deanparticipants Father Peter N. Graeries. ziano, diocesan director of social Charismatic programs with services; Right Rev, George Hunt, Father John Randall are aired Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday and Rabbi Baruch Korff. through Friday on station WRIB. "TheBeat," produced by Build1220 AM; Mass is broadcast at 1 ing Block Ministries of Taunton p.m. each Sunday. and aired on many cable syst~ms "Topic Religion," presented by in the Fall River diocese feature~ two priests. a rabbi and a Protvideos from and information on estant minister. is broadcast at contemporary Christian rock art6:06 a.m. and 9:06 p.m. each ists. Check 10caiUstings for times Sunday on station WEEI Bosand dates. ton. ,590 AM. Mass 9:30 a.m. Monday to Programs of Catholic interest Friday, WFXT. Channel 25. ' are broadc'ast at, the following "Breakthrough" 6:30 a.m. each times on station WROL Boston.

Sunday, Channel 1O.,a program 950 AM: Monday through Frion the power of G09 to touch day 9. 9:15.11:45 a.m.; 12:15, lives, produced by the Pastoral 12:30, 1 p.m.

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A Polish-language rosary hour.

Conn. conducted by Father Justin, is "Maryson," a family puppet broadcast at 1:30 p.m. Sundays' shoW with moral and spiritual on station WALE, 1400 AM. perspective 6 p.m. each ThursA Polish-language Mass is day, Fall River and New Bedford heard from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

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AIDS costs soar VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The high cost of medical care is creating "surivival of the fittest" conditions for AIDS.patients, Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York told a recent Vatican conference.

"By 1991, the costs of treating AIDS in the city of New York alone will be $4.5 million every single day," he said. expressing "fear that the day will come when only a select number' of persons with AI DS will be given the treatment and care they need, and many will be denied help altogether. b,ecause of the great numbers."

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LOVE WILL BE OUR HOME If home is really where the heart is Then home mlclst be a place that we all share For even with our differences, our hearts are much the same And where love is we come together there Wherever there are children singing Where a tender heart 'is beating We can live together there Love will be our home With love our hearts can be a family And hope can bring this family face to face And even though we may be far apart Our hearts can be as one When love brings us together in one place Where there are words of kindness spoken Where a vow is never broken We can live together there.

Love will be our home Written by Steven Chapman sung by Sandi Patti (c) 1988 by Sparrow Song/New Wings Music .

THIS HOLInAY season I turn to the music of Christian pop artist Sandi Patti. Listening to "Love Will Be Our Home" brings two questions to mind for me: How have I received love during the past year? How can I now express my thanks for this love?

The'song describes finding love where "there is laughter ringing, someone smiling, someone dreaming." Most of us hope to find such experiences in our homes. Yet, as the son'gs'uggests, every family also faces

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Despite such problems, love still dominates many homes. If this has been true in your family, your words of appreciation and gratitude need to be spoken. This holiday season think first of those you live with.

The song includes an'old saying: "Home is really where the heart is." That leads me to ask, Who has welcomed you and supported you during the past year? '.'

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and care from certain teachers at school. Maybe a friend reached out to you with specjal and strong understanding. Others may have provided challenge, believing that much more of your potential and goodness could shine.

All such efforts are signs of love. All help us feel more at home with ourselves, our abilities and our dreams. . The song's ideas could easily be extended to the whole human family. As we look at life on our earth, this line seems so true: "Even with our differences, our hearts are much the same."

No matter what our country or culture, we humans often experience similar longings and desires. Each of us seeks the opportunity to freely explore our lives, to creatively develop the gift of being alive.

In my opinion, there is much to be grateful for as we look at the state of our world, despite our problems. This year's headlines told of drug cartels, terrorist attacks and suffering in many spots on our planet. However, we also have seen genuine movement toward reducing nuclear weapons, significant new advances in science and a deepening awareness of how we must care for our environment.

Perhaps it is a matter of perspective, but the holidays are a time to see the good in human life and to say thankyou to our Creator-God. His healing and renewing Spirit guides our human family.

M ore and more, we are discovering that love can be, and is, our real home. . .Your comments are welcomed

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in our schools St. Mary's SC.hool Fifth grade students ofSt. Mary's wea~~~~'~nd tools used by Indians School, New Bedford, recently took ~s w~1l as maps and student drawa field trip to Old Sturbridge .mgs.

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Computer teacher Marjorie . '. T~e school and parish celebrated their annual Thanksgiving pageant' Mello, grade 5 teacher Debra Letand Mass. on Nov.. 20,' the first endre and grade 6 teacher Jeanne anniversary of the dedication of Mendes took groups to workshops the new church complex. focusing on aspects of life in an Music was provided by the ad ult 1800's New England village. and children's choir. During a The groups worked on a printrendition of Neil Diamond's ing press and bound books by "Coming to America," students in hand; made apple fritters and tea; grades 3 through 8 entered the and stenciled a model of a chair church garbed as pilgrims, Indians with their own designs of fruit, and immigrants and gave thanks flowers and baskets. for their freedom ~s Americans.

As a follow-up, the groups shared Children of grades I and 2 prestheir experiences with fellow' ented potted flowers during the students. offertory of the Mass.

At the conclusion ofthe celebraGrade 3 students spent Novembtion, thanks was given to veterans. er learning about Native AmeriParishioners representing various cans. In preparation for Thanksbranches of the armed forces giving, students in Sue Costa's attended in uniform and stood at class studied Indian housing, food, attention as the colors were presclothing, crafts and customs and ented to the congregation. Pariconstructed a miniature village with shionersjoined a recessional behind tepees, totem poles and canoes. the American and state flags as Also on display are headbands, "God Bless America" was sung.

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Amy Benedetti and Joseph ing ConnOlly Contacts, an after Hurta, seniors at Bishop Connolly business gathering for alumni, at High School, Fall River, ha've been 5:30 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Green Jade named Teenagers of the Month in' Restaurant, 357 Main St., Fall a program sponsored by Fall River River.

Elks. The program will end with the boy and girl Teenagers of the Retired Brothers of Christian Year being announced at a May Instruction David Touchette and awards dinner.

Robert Michaud will be honored Benedetti'has been a member of at a Connolly Century Club recepConnolly Student Government, the tion from 8 to 10 p.m. Dec. 6 at National Honor Society and the White's of Westport. All former Connolly Community Service Prostudents and friends of Connolly Here are some suggestions: gram. She has also participated in are invited. Further information . Both of you must listen to the soccer, Drama· Club, Yearbook can be 'obtained ·from the Conother. Really listen. ' staff, Speech and Debate Club, nolly Development Office, 676Both of you must be open to Amnesty International and the 1476. considering the viewpoint of the Foreign Language Club.

By other and never let your mind snap Hurta has participated in track, On Nov. 21, faculty and adminshut. the varsity tennis team and the istration members attended a drug TOM Do not conduct any of these National Honor Society. abuse program featuring represendiscussions when either of you is .. .. .. tatives from the Alcohol Council hungry, irritable or tired. Be espeLENNON Brian Ramos and Catherine of-Fall River and the Bristol County cially wary of that half hour before Torphy are November athletes of District Attorney's Office. supper. And it's really not fair to the month. Both are cross-country Brenda Austin, Associate direcmom to argue when she is driving. runners. tor of the Alcohol Council, desBoth of you. should avoid harsh Ramos, a senior, earned first cribed the work the council has expressions. Nor should you make a best seller, not about how to win place at the Division II Southeast- -been doing for 21 years and flat statements such as, "Well, I an argument, but instead. about ern Massachusetts Conference Chamaddressed recent developments in how to conduct an argument intelli- . think the pope is wrong (or right)." pionship and fifth place at the treating the whole family in cases I nstead, you should say, "Well, gently.

Catholic Memorial Invitational of addiction. The council offers I think the pope is wrong (or right)- Meet. Most recently he became There should be an'entire chapeducation and counseling programs because ...." Then you have to give ter in it devoted to arguments the first Connolly student to win a in area schools. a sound reason. about politics and religion. These State Class Meet.

Also at the program, Tom GibBoth of you must keep in mind two topics seem to provoke espeTorphy, a freshman, was beaten neyand Kim McLean of the Disthat sound reasons are what win cially hot debates for one reason only four times in league competitrict Attorney's office reported on or another. Some people have been arguments. Opinions, prejudices, tion this year and was the first drug use in Greater Fall River. fears, vague ideas and the like do heard to say, "I never talk about Connolly girl to qualify and comnot. , politics or religion. " pete in the state championship. otr~ Both of you should make freSo should you and your mother She earned first place at the State quent use of the phrase, "It seems Students at the Fall River school stop having your discussion?

Class Meet and has been selected to me... " Also useful are these Not at all. It's always better to an SMC all-star and a member of enacted the Gospel story of the ways of speaking: "I'd like to think multiplication of the loaves and keep the lines .of communication the New Bedford Standard Times about that for a while," and "Could fishes during a Thanksgiving eve' open. But it appears that what you All-Star Team. we talk about this some more later Mass at which the Notre Dame both need to do is to search for after I've read some more on this parish folk group provided music ways to make your talks more Sophomores Greg Czarkowski, topic?" and parishioners brought food and beneficial.

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By Father Joe Felker Did you know that this is National Take Your Priest to' Lunch Month? Never heard of it? Well, give it a try.

This month invite your parish priest along to lunch with some friends. What could you talk about?

School,jobs, family, friends, pressures and dreams for the future are a few things of interest. But, most important, you will give him an. insight into who you are and how the church can be part of your life, Here is how you do it. Call the rectory· to arrange a luncheon appointment. Get several members of the parish youth group to go.

Then plan where to go and how you will pay for it.

Tell father you just waht to spend some time with him, that most high school youth never spend more than five minutes in personal conversation with a priest a'nd you don't want to be part of that statistic. If you are lucky, he will buy lunch. I did. . Now the organizing part is done.

Then the q'uestion of what you should talk about comes up. Try asking father if he has heard of FLAM E. No, this is not ajoke or a light beer commercial. The letters in FLAME stand for the parts of a very good youth program: "Friendship." We all need help finding positive ways to relate, and the Bible gives a lot of qualities of friendship. Your parish can also help.

"Leadership." Adults have a role, but you can take ownership for activities. In a caring community we learn to be leaders who follow the Gospel call.

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1196 BEDFORD STREET We all have gifts of time,' talent ,,' __' (Hickey photo) and treasure to share with the par673-9721 ish. You could talk about being lectors, being involved in hospitalrity, outreach to the sick or needy and perhaps being peer ministers A l2-member evaluation team to others. from the New England Associa"Education." Every member of tion of Schools and Colleges visited , the parish needs more information Bishop Feehan High School, Attleabout the richness and depth of boro, during the week of Nov, 13 Christian life. Are your parents as the culmination of the' school's involved in their own Bible study? reaccreditation 'process, which Do the youth have one, and are began a year-and-a-half ago, The wishing to place greetings, Mass your issues covered in your proprocess has required evaluation of gram? Let father know what you schedules or holiday festivities in every aspect of the school by adminthink, istration, faculty and staff. either Christmas issue of The If he asks where you got all this Initially, a faculty committee information, tell him to read "The Anchor, to be pUblished Friday, reviewed the purpose and goals of Evangelizing Parish" by Father Bishop Feehan.

During the past Patrick Brennan. Brennan writes Dec. 15 and Dec. 22 academic year, faculty committees that the FLAME process "begins have studied the professional staff, with social and evangelization curriculum,decision-making proefforts, proceeds into deeper relicess and administration of the gious education and then goes on school. to discipleship, commitment and Input from parents, alumni, faministry." culty and students was n:quested All of this is good to know, The via questionnaires. Results of the real message is that youth have surveys shaped the faculty evaluafaith issues and great energy to tion of the school and their recomoffer a parish. Together we need to mendations for improvements. tap that energy and minister to Recommendations include estathose needs. We need to work blishment of an advanced placetoward commitment, discipleship ment program in several academic and ministry. areas, total replacement of typeSo, take your priest to lunch.. writers with computers within a Let him hear from you, know your few years, and establishment of a issues, find out about your family freshman science course which will and school life. Let your table talk teach proper use of laboratory help the parish. equipment.

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O.L. ASSUMPTION, OSTERVILLE Clothing drive for shelters for the homeless will continue until Dec. 10.

Donations may be left at the rectory garage.

LaSALETTE CENTER, ATTLEBORO Advent family retreat, Dec. 15-17, LaSalette Center for Christian Living. Information: retreat secretary, ST. VIN CENT de PAUL SOCIETY 222-8530.

Fall River District communion ST. JAMES, N B . breakfast, 8 a.m. Sunday, St. An- ~ St. Vincent de Paul Society meetthony de Padua Church, 48 Six-', ing 7 p.m. Wednesday, parish centeenth St., FR. Information: Arthur', ter. Food drive for the poor of the .'

Texeira, 674-3357. parish, next weekend. Choir mem.bers Taunton District monthly meet- are needed; information: Steven Masing and Mass, 7 p.m. Monday, Im- ~ud, 990-0806. Boy Scout meetmaculate Conception Church,- N. ings, 6:45 p.m. Dec. 4 and 12, parish Easton. hall. CYO council meeting, 7 p.m.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Tuesday, parish center.

First Friday. Mass, 7 tonight.

SS PETER AND PAUL, FR Ladies of the Sacred Hearts Associ,;'!'

School Advisory Council meeting ation will meet in the rectory meet- has been rescheduled to tonight at 7, ing room following Mas,-s. Family: rectory. Parish council meeting, SiunMass, 9:30 a.m. St~nday. Eucharistic day, parish J!..all. ministers, lecto~s and altar bo~s are :ciT. JOSEPH~'rAUN.TON_ . needed for Chnstmas Masses, con- _.. St. Joseph's Guild Christmas dintact the rectory. ner and party, Tuesday. Members ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, and guests will meet at the church at SW AN SEA -. --.. , 6: 15 p.m. Vincentians will be receivConfirmation I students and spon-- ing food donations this weekend; sors are asked to attend the路 5 p. m. baskets will be at the main entrance Mass Sunday; a short meeting will of the church. follow.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH First Friday Holy Hour, 7 tonight.

First Penance, II a.m. Sun~ay.. Movie retreat, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. toWomen's Guild monthly meeting, morrow' the film Jesus of Nazareth 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Mel Simon will be s'hown followed by a 4 p.m. will present "Golden Days of TV." Mass. Education board meeting, 9 Members are asked to bring layette a.m. tomorrow, lower rectory. Congifts for Birthright. The Christmas . firmation II Persons are Gifts proprojec~ ~or students in ~~ades 1-4 will gram, 2-5 p.m. Sunday; all students be a glvlllg tree. FamIlies are asked must attend and bring a small bag of to take an ornament from the tree wrapped candy. New gathering time and purchase a gift for a child as for youth prayer group, II a.m.indicated. Gifts should be left under noon Sundays. Advent Evensong, 7 the tree unwrapped and will be taken p.m. Dec. 17, in the church. to charitable organizations before Christmas. Saints and Singers 'con- ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT cert: A Christmas to Remember, 8 Children's choir rehearsals begin p.m. Dec. 16.

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Iteering pOintl HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO RCIA Inquiry session, I p.m. Sunday.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS NB group meeting 7-9 p.m. Dec. 13, Family Life Center, N. Dartmouth. Dorothy Levesque will speak on How to Survive the Holidays.

Information: 994-8676, 998-1313.

Attleboro area meeting, 7-8:30 p.m. Sunday, St. Mary's parish center, N. Attleboro. Information: 6956161. ~ 234 Second Street

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O.L. CAI'li:, BREWSTER Grade I family Mass, 8:30 a.m.

Sunday. Ladies' Guild board meeting, 9 a.m. Tuesday, rectory. Guild Christmas program meeting, with benediction in the church at 6:30 p.m. followed by a business meeting, Dec. 12. St. Vincent de Paul society will be collecting food donations this weekend.

SACRED HEART, FR CYO meeting, after 7 p.m. Mass Sunday. First Friday Club Mass, 6 tonight. Altar boy trip to Boston College-New Hampshire hockey game, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

SACRED HEART, TAUNTON First Penance, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Pilgrimage to LaSalette will leav\: from the church parking lot at4 p.m.

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HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Rosary Sodality meeting, 7:30 p.m. _ Tuesday, parish center.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Healing Service and Sunday Mass with Father William T. Babbitt, parochial vicar, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA Circle 65, Attleboro, meeting 7 p.m. Thursday, K ofC Hall, Hodges St. A Christmas Party will follow.

ST. MARGARET, BUZZARDS BAY Saints and Singers concert: A Christmas to Remember, 4 p.m.

Dec. 17. All are invited.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Cursillo reunion, 7 tonight, parish center. Advent evening of recollection led by Father Robert Oliveira, 7-9 p.m. Monday, parish center.

Saints and Singers concert, 8 p.m.

Thursday in the church. Cape Cod Council of Churches is collecting gifts, food and clothing for distribution through the foster children gift program. Contributions must be received at First Baptist Church, Hyannis, or St. John's Church, Hyannis,

by Tuesday. New items only; unwrapped.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB Any boy interested in becoming ari altar boy may contact Father Kenneth Delano, 997-7732.

ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH Bus trip to Holy Hour at the Cathedral in Fall Rive~ on Sunday will leave from St. Patrick parking lot. Information: Celine Holly, 5481520.

WIDOWED SUPPORT NB support group will meet for a Dutch treat dinner, 6:30 p.m. Dec. II, Michael's Restaurant, State Rd., N. Dartmouth. The dinner will replace the monthly meeting. Information: 998-3269.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Outdoor Christmas Lights display through Jan. I. Sunday-Thursday 59 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 5-10 p.m. Free admission an<;l parking.

CATHOLIC NURSES, NB Meeting 9:30 a.m. Dec. 9, Sacred Heart Nursing Home, NB; bring gifts for NB Market Ministries.

ST. PIUS X, S. YARMOUTH Saints and Singers concert, A Christmas, to Remember, 8 p.m.

Dec. 15, St. Pius X Church, Barbara St., S. Yarmouth. all are welcome to attend.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Grade 4 class Mass, lO'a.m. Sun:' day. Parish families are invited to bring gifts for unborn children to the altar at all Masses Dec. 7-10. Explorer Post I Youth Group general membership meeting, 7:30 p.m. Monday; new members welcome. Executive committee meeting, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. AA group meets 7:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, church basement.

CATHEDRAL, FR DCCW Holy Hour for victims in EI Salvador, 2 p.m. Sunday. Evening of prayer for first Sunday of Advent, 7 p.m. Cathedral Guild Christmas party, 6:30 p.m Tuesday, Cathedral school. Monthly Mass for those enrolled in Purgatorial Society, 9 a.m. tomorrow.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Advent retreat, sponsored by NB Deanery of the Charismatic Renewal, Dec. 8-10. Directed by Barbara Wright, renewal leader from Providence, RI. Information: Cathedral Camp, 763-8874.

HOLY NAME, NB 'Giving tree will be sponsored by the Women's Guild. Gifts may be purchased according to tags found on the tree. Wrapped gifts should be placed under the tree by Dec. 17.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Advent candlelight Eucharist, 4:30 p.m. tomorrow. Holy Rosary Sodality advent meeting and social, I: 15 p.m. Sunday, school auditorium.

ST. PATRICK, FR Choir members and altar boys are needed; contact Father William Norton, 672-2302. Women's Guild Christmas party, Monday.

SACRED I{EART, NB St. Vincent de Paul Society will be accepting canned goods throughout the Christmas season. Baskets for donations will be at the front and rear of the church.

ST. MARY,NB Parish retreat program, Jan. 2628 (women), Feb. 9-11 (men). Information: rectory or Normand Letendre, 998-1849. Advent spiritual program, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Dec. 4, II; 18.

HOLY NAME, FR Women's Guild Christmas program,7 p.m. Sunday. Rectory decoration open house, 6-10 p.m. Dec. 15. Advent night of reconciliation, 7 p. m. Dec. 18. Youth group trip to LaSalette, following 5 p.m. Mass at the school, Sunday.

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