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teanc 0 FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS
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UGive Thanks and Remember"
Thanksgiving ·1985
THE> ANCHOR~Diocese.of' Fall River-Fri.~- Nov:' -2·2; -1985"
THE NAVE of St. Peter's Basilica filled with cardinals on Oct. 11, 1962, for the historic opening session of the Second Vatican Council. Next week, Pope John Paul II will convene an Extraordinary Synod of Bishops to discuss Vatican II. (NC photo)
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Pope quiet on Synod agenda VATICAN C'ITY (NC) - Pope But he does not have a speci-
John Paul II, the key figure in fie agenda item in mind, such determining Ihow the Nov.-Dec. as the 'l'elationship between naB extraordinary Synod of Bish- tional bishops' conferences and ops wiU -affect the church, has the Curia, the church's cent'r'al kept publicly, silent about the admini!>trative offices, the press specific agenda he wants the spokesman said. synod. to tackle. "The pope likes to listen and
He has let others carry the gather the opinions of others," presynod debate over contro- said Navarro-Valls. veTsial questions. An array of church officials
The Synod revolves around and controversial church figures the pope because it. is an ad- have offered widely differing visory body. Its resolutions assessments of the post-concilihave no authority unless ap- ar church. proved and set into motion by Many have speculated on why the pontiff. the pope called the synod.
When Pope John Paul made At one end of the spectrum is his' surprise announcement of suspended Archbishop Marcel
'the synod last January, he said Lefebvre, who says the synod its aims would be to relive the is an effort to stifle all criticism atmosphere of the, Second Vati- of Vatican 'II. At the other end can Council, exchangeexperi- is Swiss-born theologian Father cnces about the applications of Hans Kung, who says the pope council teachings and ,deepen and the Vatican bureaucracy understanding of those teach- want to return to precouncil ings in the light of contemporary. days.
needs. Archbishop Lefebvre main-Since then, the pope has had tains that the documents of Vati
an ample opportunity to gather can II conflict with traditional opinions about the status of church teachings. He was susCatholicism 20 years after the pended from his priestly funcend of Vatican II. tions in 1976 by Pope Paul VI
Some of the voting members after he ordained priests against . of the synod have made specific Vatican orders.
proposals. These include re-ex., th I f 0 en . In 1979, the Vatican said thatammmg e ro e 0 w m m
the church, increasing lay train- Father Kung could no longer ing programs and establishing a teach as a Catholic theologian permanent body of bishops with because his views 'on papal inlegislative powers. fallibility differed from defined
church doctrine. "The pope hopes the synod .. will focus on two things: pastoral The public debates have been issues and ecclesiology," said "ample ,and lively" and have inJoaquin Navarro-Valls, Vatican eluded "polemical statemenfli of press spokesman, several days opinion," said, Archbishop Jan before the synod began. Ecclesi- Schotte, synod general secretary. ology is the study of the nature Throughout these debates, the and functions of the church. pOPe has remained neutral. He
The pope hopes that collegi- has constantly defended counality - the shared authority of cil teachings but also has urged the pope and bishops - wil! be that the documents be read so taken up in the ecclesiological that specific teachings are discussions, said Navarro-Valls.· understood in context.
.St. Vincent"s Home hosts conference
St. Vincent's Home is a resi St. Vincent's is associated dential treatment facility for with other similar agencies protroubled children and adoles . viding child care as :.a member cents sponsored by the Roman of ,the Massachusetts AssociaCatholic Diocese of Fall River. tion of Child Care Workers It celebrates 100 years of ser (MA'CCW). vice to orphaned and troubled As a part of St. Vincent's youngsteTs this year. As a treat Centennial Celebration, the ment center it services young home is hosting the Fifth Annual sters through a special educa Conference of MACCW today. tion program, structured living The .conference deals with issues environment and individual of concern for' child care incounseling..A program of posi cluding treatment of sexually tive behavior .reinforcementi.s abused youngsters, -crisis manoperative in aU components, ·agementand. behavior ·manager providing consistency for. the strategies. About. 150 particiyoungste'l'S. pants are attending.
. .Vocation information , .,
An Information Day on Diocesan 'Priesthood will be held froni2 to 8'" p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1 at· the Holy ""Name Church Ce,nter ,in New. Bedford...The progr:am, intended for young ,men showi~g .serious . interest. in a vocation, will be informal, consisting .oJ, presentations, dis- I
cussions, .a .que.stionand answer period and. pray.er.
It will conclude with a.supper .
served 'by the Serra Club of Ne~ Bedford.
Young men in their junior and 'senior years of high school and men of college age who want to seriously consider the call to priestho.od· may. contact Father John J. Smith, Vocations director, St. John the Evangelist. rec-, tory, 155 North Main Street, Attleboro. 02703. Tel. 222-1206. Registr~tion deadline: Nov.. 25.
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BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN, left, conferring with Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, general secretary of the United States Catholic Conference, at the recent Washington, D.C. meeting of the National Council of Catholic Bishops and the USCC. Photo by John Kearns of Prompt, Courteous, Professionalthe Diocesan Office of Communications, who represented the Anchor at the convocation.
TRANSPORTATION FOR THE ELDERLY ,Bishops' meeting re~ults
WASHINGTON (NC) - Here, at a glance, are the main results 'of the faU meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops-U.S. Catholic Conference Nov. 11-15 in Washington.
KEY STATEMENTS: - Showed overwhelming ap
proval of, a pastoral letter on campus ministry, voting for it 176-4. ,A mail vote will be need· ~
ed to complete the legal requirement of two-thirds approval (201 or more votes) of total conference membership. , - Issued a statement urging Congress to pass a farm bill that will help protect family farms.
- Called for an immigration bill containing liberal legalization provisions fpr illegal aliens and excluding expansion of foreign worker programs.
- Protested the "unjust, discriminatory and narrow" Supreme Court decision 'last summer striking down publicly funded remedial aid in parochial
. school classrooms. _ Approved "A Vision of
Evangelization," reaffirming the church mission of preaching the Gospel and ;Jinking it with the church's social justice ministry.
KEY DECISIONS:
- Approved a new Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities, updating anti-abortion strategy and other pro-life efforts since the first plan was issued 10 years ago.
- Established an ad hoc com.mittee to monitor U.S. ,government defense activity to see whether it still meets the con~ ditions described in the bishops' 1983 peace pastoral fora mor. ally acceptable nuclear deterrencepolicy.
- Elected as ,NCCB·USCC' secretary Auxiliary Bishop Eugene Marino of ,Washington, the first black to :hold one of the four top offiCes in the NCCB· USCC. '
KEY DISCUSSIONS: - Discussed pastoral letter,
on the U.S. economy, asking further refinements but indicating strong agreement with over'all thrust of the second draft.
- HeaT<! a special report on Catholic Relief Services by Car· dinal John Krol of Philadelphia, head of a special committee investigating allegations of CRS wrongdoing in Ethiopia. All serious allegations proved false, the cardinal said, hut his committee 'found some weaknesses in CRS policies and structures and recommended several changes to prevent future problems.
- With the world Synod of Bishops less than two 'weeks away, trends in the church since the Second Vatican Council and important issues in the church today - especially coHegiality - were topics of botl1 the opening address and a special report
Clothing drive "The generosity of the people
of the Fall River diocese has greatly helped" the world's Jess fortunate obtain greater comfort and relief, according to Father Thomas L. Rita, diocesan director of the annual Thanksgiving Clothing Appeal sponsored by,'Catholic Relief Services.
Father Rita said details of the collection have been announced in parish bulletins.
Practical clothing for childrenand adults, blankets and bolt material are desperately. needed by the poor and will be welcomed.
Lightweight clothing is pre· ferred since most areas assisted by CRS have mild olimates. ,
The area directors coordinating ,operations, in ,the dioceses's five, deaneries are Father Paul A.
,Caron, Attleboro area: Father John C. Ozug, Cape and IslandS; Father Richard' M. 'RoY, Taun· ton area; Father Rita, Fall River and New ,Bedford areas.
AND HANDICAPPED'TO: by Bishop James Malone of • Physician's Offices • HospitalsYoungstown, Ohio, NCCB presi • Clinics • Nursing Homes dent. Collegiality and the synod • Dialysis Centers • Airports was also the main topic of the • Radiation Centers • Private Functions ,address by Archbishop Pio Lag • Prosthesis Centers • Weddingshi, papal pronuncio to United • Physical Therapy c,enters • High Rise Apartments States.
- Heard a blunt report by black bishops warning of an ex 675-1956plosive threat of racial strife in, America. The bishops gave the report in a session closed to the
Medicaid and Commission for the Blind approved.press, but it was made public 24 Hour advance notice for scheduling required. at the request of the rest of the bishops.
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the moorin&.-, A Relevant Reflection
We should be more than grateful this Thanksgiving week. In spite of the com'plaints and grumbling that permeates our national mood, we should never forget how well off we are as citizens of this Pilgrim land.
For us who live in the United States, the human tragedy Qf hunger and death that stalks so many areas of our world is almost unimaginable. Hunger and starvation with their accumulative fallout are a real and devastating taker of human life., As we gather to enjoy the plenty of America this Thursday, we might consider some of the following facts from the Catholic Relief Services.
Fifteen million people die of hunger every year or' over 40,000 a day. " , , Eleven million babies die before their first birthday each year. Seven times as many infants die in the poorest countries as in the richest. As of 1980, less than ten percent of child'ren were being immunized against the six' common diseas'es of , childhood; five million were killed by them. '
Two billion people do not have a dependable supply of safe' water to drink. Three-fourths of the so called· Third World have nG sanitary facilities. The same amount of people live on incomes below five hundred dollars per year. At least one person in five is trapped in absolute poverty, the "silent genocide." -
The horrendous facts are balanced by equally horrendous statistics concerning the arms race. "
Developed countries spend twenty times as much on military expenditures as they provide for economic aid. It is interesting to note that seventy percent of world military spending is by the six major military powers.
On a personal level, for' every soldier the average world expenditure is twenty thousand dollars. For every school age child, the average public education expenditure is three hundred and eighty dollars. For every 100,000 people in the world, there are 556 soldiers but only 8S doctors. What is so incredible to comprehend is that just one.fifth of the annual arms costs could abolish world hunger by the turn of the ,century.
All of this reminds us of the statement of Pope Paul VI: "When so many people are hungry, when so many families suffer destitution; when so many remain steeped in ignorance, when so many schools, hospitals and homes worthy of the name to be built, all public and private squandering of wealth, all expenditures promoted by motives of national or personal ostentation, every exhausting armaments race becomes an intolerable scandal." .
In recent years foreign assistance has been roughly mamtained at 1980 levels while many domestic social programs have been cut. During the same period;annual military spending has risen significantly. Rarely the issue is not o'ne of limited resources for human needs. Rather, it is whether to use our abundance to meet hum'an needs at home and abroad or to continue military buildup which only creates an obvious ~alse ~cm~.· '
Instead of pitting poor against poor, it is about time that we begin to see ourselves as an interdependent system whe,re tlie future prosperity of all nations depends on a more equitable distribution of the very fragile and finite resources which,the Good Lord has provided for all people; not just the very few.'
On Thanksgiving Day, as we give praise' and gratitude fOf our fullness and sufficiency, maywe also orice more renew our. comittment to the Gospel values which ·call us to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and care for the PQor among us..
The Editor
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,more change and controversy in the Church than the liturgy.
It seems there are 'two camps which have set against each other d~ring these painful years of change. Neither has found all the changes to their liking. These two groups can be roughly described ' as loners and group people.'
'One should never expect that 'with such diversity of preferences in politics. music, literature and art that one liturgy would pr6ve pleasing to all. The loner is at his best giving praise in private. He feels guilty in the presence of group people who celebrate with more outward vigor. At worst, he is skeptical of their enthusiasm. For him, a walk in the woods is more of a religious experience than an
hour in church. He prefers a Godmade cathedral to a man-made one, sensing that not only churches are sacred but that the whole earth is.
Loners are at a distrinct disad- , vantage 'because they cannot organize to promote their cause. If they could they wouldn't be loners. Group people often exploit this factor and vent their hostility against them. Group people who are so enamored with postconciliar em'phasis upon community
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THANKSGIVING DAY 1985
'For the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.' Ps. 14:7
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Liturgy for thesake of God By Father Kevin J. Harrington
Since the Second Vatican Council, there has been no area of
should realize that forced community is no community. I sense
,that those who talk about community incessantly are those who ex perience it the least.
Tolerance of differences is the 'key to balance .between group people and loners. The Church, if it really believes that all souls are worth saving, must be kind to both group people and loners, even whe,n the two camps find it, difficult to be kind to each other. The dangers are t.hat group people will take t.he form of worship which comes most natu'rally to them and say that. this is the way that everyone must do it, and that the loners will'further withdraw 'into solitude when confronted with mandates enforced by sanctions.
As a celebrant, I have had to intervene on two occasions on behalf of loners. Once a man became a self-appointed.usher and insisted that everybody vacate the bilCk pews and gather as close as possi!>le to the altar, and on another occasion a woman threatened to delay the Mass until everybody s~ng together.
One lady thanked me after Mass for defending her right l,o a back pew. She told me she sat there with her husband who had chosen it because a particular stained glass window appealed to him. She also said that all the other adjacent seats were obstructed by a pillar,
and that was the way she wanted it because she needed space to worship.
Along with space, people need freedom. Not everyone should be expected to join in singing. The best congregational singing occurs when people are inspired, not cajoled Or threatened.
Liturgists could learn a great deal from one of the greatest theologians of our century, Karl Rahner, S.l., who said: "The theological problem today is to find the art of drawing religion out of man, not pumping it into him. The redemption has happened. The Holy Spirit is in men. The art is to help me become what they are."
Everyone has different gift's. Loners and group people both have their own gifted paths of experiencing a.deep awareness of God. Liturgy is a precious tool that heightens our awareness of God's presence.
The challenge that confronts each celebrant is to'make every liturgy an instrument of praise to the author of life. Lit~rgy for its own sake is vanity. Liturgy for the sake of the participants reflects a thoughtfulness, a concern for others that is charity. For the sake of God, it is love. Anyone can celebrate a liturgy for its own sake, a good person can celebrate a liturgy for the sake of the participants, but it takes the greatness ofa saint to celebrate a litur-gy for the sake o( Ood,
Foul word's '. ,
There comes a time in family life when children tryout some of the four-or-more let ter words they hear on the playground. After an initial shock, parents ask, with a twinge of hysteria, "How do we handle this? Where did we go wrong?" They have visions of rearing foulmouthed children who are likely to let fly one of these words at grandma's or church.
How to deal with the situation? First, parents should expect it. Children use these words for shock value, often testing parents' reactions and right to monitor language which they feel should be theirs. It's a stand for independence and misguided maturity. They hear these words used by older children and adults so, to them, it's a sign of growing up.
Because it comes up so often, I've asked confident parents to share ideas on how they handled the bad word syndrome. "We found that our children didn't know the meaning of these words," said one mother. "So whenever they tried one, we insisted they find out what it meant. They had to go to the dictionary and write down the meaning and all the proper terms.
"Then we to'id them that if they felt they must use such words, it was okay with us but they had to
'use the proper word, not the obscene one. The pleasure disappeared."
Another parent said, "The biggest mistake is the one we made with our first child (isn't it always?). We said he couldn't play with children who used these words and this set up a real conflict situation. As the rest of the children came to the bad word stage, we said they could use such words but only at home 'and only in their room. If they felt they had the right to use them, then they would understand our right not to have to hear them."
One mother said they dealt with it by pointing out that the child must be hearing' bad words on TV and a't the movies because he wasn't hearing them at home. So they limited both for awhile. The obscene words quickly disap-'
. pea red from her son's vocabulary when he realized they meant it.
We went through it with our boys as they got into second and third grade, and we handled it by setting up a list of certain words that were taboo in all places and at all times. The rest, we said, were more fitting for the bathroom so
IFATHER
JOHN
By ..marrIage valid?
Is my
Roles of priests What can parishioners ex- ing the books are essential parts of
pect of their pastors and par- parish life.
ish priests? The following list Parishioners also expect their includes tasks frequently recom- priest to be part of the civic c,?mmended priests. munity. Town meetings, neigh
borhood councils or communityAbove all other functions, the projects should be included on the
priest should be a liturgist par priest's agenda. excellence. He should celebrate the liburgy reverently. When he Since good organization is the gives a homily, it should be mean- name of the game today, a good ingful and have a touch of the prie~t should be able to organize personal. programs in religious and adult
. ' . - education, lay, youth and familyA pnest s?ould be aV~llable. ministry and sacramental prepara-
Whe~ committees, councils an.d tion. He should be on top of the the like meet, he should le.nd .hls charismatic movement, as well a~ presence as a means of aff~rmmg Marriage Encounters and teentho~e who work closest with the agel's retreats. pansh.
. . . If he has the talent to carry out .Bemg on c.allis a m~st. If pan- the above tasks well, the priest also
shlOners are III and deSire the sa~- should serve on aiocesan commitraments, they. should feel con~l- tees, the priests' senate or diocesan dent that a call t? the r~ctory WIll pastoral councils. Perhaps he will be responded to Immediately. be in charge of permanent deacons
A good priest should be ap- or vocation programs. proachable. Youth' need to feel there is no generation gap. Married couples should consider him .(necroloCiij)part of the extended family. The elderly should see hiin as one who
November 23understands age and its lesson in Msgr. Christopher L. Broderlife.
ick, .Pastor Emeritus, 1984, St. Some people in parishes have Pius X, South Yarmouth.
had unfortunate experiences with November 25marriage. Lest they be forgotten, a Rev. Phi lias Jalbert, Pastor,priest should recognize their mis 1946, Notre Dame, Fall River fortune and affirm their value as
November 26 persons. Rev. James R. Burns, P.R., Pas
Nor should he overlook those tor! 1945, Sacred Heart, Fall River who have chosen to remain single. November 27
Rt. Rev. Patrick E. McGee,A priest should be a good con Pastor, 1948, St. Mary, North·
fessor who can sympathize with Attleborothe weakness of humanity, yet able
November 28 ' to speak to its resurrected side as Rev. Adrien A. Gauthier, Paswell.
tor, 1959, St. Roch, Fall River On the practical side, parishion November 29
ers need a good administrator. Rev. Francis A. McCarthy, PasMaintaining buildings an~ keep~ tor, 1965, St. Patrick, Somerset
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DOLORES
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whenever they felt compelled to use these words, they had to go into the bathroom. It didn't tie up the bathroom long because the shock value disappears while saying them to a mirror.
My vote for the most creative approach goes to the parents who set a certain time of day when these words could be used. "We told our kids they could say bad words between 4 and 5 p.m. in the backyard or garage," said a dad. "This ended after a day or two."
All this presuines, of course, that parents don't use these words themselves. Occasionally I run into a parent who holds that it's his right to use them but not the children's. This just intensifies the message that use of foul language is a grownup activity and that's what attracts the kids in the first place. By refusing to be shocked, by being confident of our right to rear them to become socially acceptable adults and by monitoring our own language, we can deal with this stage comfortably.
you may still accept what he told you with good faith and honesty. '
If you are concerned for some By reason, ask a priest to clarify the
situation for you.
Q. My husband and I have beenFATHER married 36 years and have two fine married sons, both faithful Catho
EUGENE ·lics. However, we were married by a
HEMRICK justice of the peace. When he was 15 years old he married a young girl, was divorced and married her
As a safeguard to becoming too involved with parish or diocesan duties, a good priest should never neglect his family. He should perform baptisms, marriages and funerals for his immediate relatives.
In the midst of these pastoral duties, a good priest must find time to pray and continue his education lest he lose both the spirit ual and intellectual edge.
Finally, a good priest should die before he becomes too old lest anyone begin to feel he has reneged on any of the above expectations.
Do you think the above expectations sound ridiculous when taken together? Actually, it is not uncommon for priests to feel they have to try to fulfill them - or at least most of them.
Not long ago, the priests' senate in the Diocese of Charlotte, N.C., discussed the question of what parishioners expect of their priests. The senate published a statement of the results of its deliberations.
The North Carolina priests' senate may be just what is needed to lead priests and parishioners into a discussion of the roles of priests.
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again. 'fhe second time he married her, she insisted on a Catholic ceremony even though she was not a Catholic herself.
He was 19 when I met him and we were married shortly after.
Father, is there the slightest hope that we could be married in the church and receive Holy Communion like the other parishioners in our parish? My husband is a diabetic and has been very ill.
All our Catholic friends have been praying for him. We need something to hope for if it is at all possible for us to be full members of the Church again.
We have never talked to any priest about our problem until now, which is why I am writing to you. (Ohio)
A. There certainly is hope for you. I'm just sorry you waited so long. Much as I would be anxious to assist you directly, you must talk with a priest in your area, your pastor, another priest in whom . you have confidence or, failing one of these, at least to the tribunal (marriage court) of your diocese.
Someone must talk with you personally, first of all to obtain more specific jnformation necessary for a next step. Please do not delay further. I wish you good luck and will pray for you.
Q. You recently answered a question about Protestants receiving Communion at a Catholic Church. How about the opposite: Catholics receiving in a Protestant church? This happened at a memorial service for a dear friend. (Mas
, sachusetts) A. You may recall my answer
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indicating that one requirement for a Protestant to receive Communion with Catholics, even in the most urgent situations, is that his or her faith in the Eucharist must be in harmony with that of our Church.
This involves not only faith in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, but also the unity in faith that Holy Communion signifies for us.
In our Catholic belief, the eucharistic sacrifice and sacrament celebrates and symbolizes the oneness of faith among those who share it in that liturgy.
This same principle ans'wers your new question. Naturally every ceremony commemorating the Lord's Supper, even in a Protestant lchurch, ~as some similarities to 'our own Eucharist,
All Christi~n churches believe at least that eating the bread and drinKing the wine is a special way to recall the death of Jesus and unite us to him in faith.
It is' our belief as Catholics, however, that the fullest eucharistic celebration, one which involves the true transformation of the wine and bread into the body and blood or Christ, is possible only when that liturgy is presided over by one officially assigned to that ministry, in other words by a validly ordained priest.
This, along with other differences in faith and doctrine which are also relevant, means that there will be significant variations of belief between Catholics and the official positions of most Protestant churches about what is happening at a eucharistic liturgy and what the Eucharist is all about.
Thus, according to our understanding of the sacraments and our way of living a sacramental life, a member of our Church should not ask for the sacraments, especially the Eucharist, penance and anointing of the sick, except from a priest who has been validly ordained by the Church to minister these sacraments.
For anyone who wishes more details, these policies are spelled out in the Directory Concerning Ecumenical Matters of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, May 14, 1967. It is also discussed more explicitly in the Code of Canon Law, No. 844.
I also should po;nt out that the policies of other churches in this matter deserve, to be respected. Many Protestant churches practice "open Communion" in the sense that anyone, or almost anyone, is invited to receive Communion with their congregation.
However, some congregations and churches are not so permIssive. In addition to other considerations, it is a matter of basic courtesy to respect the beliefs and policies of those chuches whose regulations are similar to our own.
Q. I am concerned about the validity of my marriage. Eighteen years ago I married a convert to the Catholic faith who haeJ been previously married to a man who was either an atheist or an agnostic.
Their marriage lasted about 15 months. After instructions and her conversion to the Catholic faith, the priest looked into our marriage, said it was valid and that we need not question it.
We since learned that this priest left the priesthood and married.
, What is our' standing? We both want to be good practicing Catholics. (California)
A. My first reaction is that you should continue to follow the instincts which have guided you during the past 18 years and accept what the priest told you at that time.
The fact that the priest left his ministry since then does not nullify his advice to you. Unless you now have some P9sitive and substantial reason to think otherwise,
-6 Rise of sects •IS a concern-VATICAN CITY (NC) - Re
ligious'ignorance, parishes. that are too big and liturgies that are too formal leave some Catholics vulnerable to the appeal of sects, several bishops' conferences have told the Vatican.
The bishops were responding to a February 1984 survey on the .activity of sects undertaken by the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity.
"All conferences mentioned the aggressive proselytism of sects as a major problem," the Vatican agency said in a bulletin summarizing the findings. '
The survey asked episcopal conferences "what is lacking" in pastoral plans that leaves ,Catholics "so vulnerable to the action of sects."
Among bishops' responses, the secretariat said, were "religious' ignorance, an absence of community life and feeling, the great extension of parochial communities, and too-formal liturgical
. practice." The bishops warned of the
"political and economic connections" of many sects and of "their use of psychological pressure."
The· survey is only part of a larger and more complex" study of sects, the secretariat said. It added that other Vatican agencies working on the prol;>lem include the secretariats for Non-Christians and for Non-Believer~ and the Pontifical Council for Culture. The Vatican also has requested' the 'help of the Inten1a- ' ~ional Federation of Oa~oIic
Universities to develop II "more technical study of. the phenomenon of sects in the contemporary .world,". the secretariat said.
In Washington, the U.S. Catholic Conference had no immediate comment ori the survey.
Gospel challenge ROME (NC) - The growth of
sects and r~ligious fundamentalism shows that Europe is moving into a' post-secularist age" marked by 'a 'yearning for the transcendent," said Cardinal George Basil Hume . of Westminster, England. .This yearning challenges the Catholic Church' to preach the Gospel "as it~ never has been preached before," he said at a Rome press conference to C:liscuss the symposium of ·European Catholic bishops. Cardinal Hume is president of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences, whiCh organized the symposium:
FALlL RIVER AREA residents serving on various committees planning the 31st annual Bishop's Charity Ball include, seated from left, Raymond Lavoie, decorating committee; Mrs. Anthony J. Geary, Fall River District Council of Catholic Women president; Antone Pacheco, ushers' committee. Standing, from left, Mrs. Raymond Poisson, Diocesan Council of Catholic Women fifth Vice-president; Romeo Parent, decorating committee; Mrs. John J. Silvia, hospitality committee. (Gaudette p~oto) .
Bishop's Charity Ball
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chairman.appointed Mrs. Stanley Janick,. a mem op Daniel A. Cronin' wHl be ,the
ber of SS. Peter and Paul par ~ honored ·guest. ish; Fall River, has been appoint The decorating committee, ed to head the decorating com made up of over 125 people, is mittee for, the 31st Annual working hard to provide just the ;Bishop'~ Cha~ity ..Ball of the' right :atinosphere to 'best comDiocese of Fall River. plement the evening's theine, "A.
Mrs. Michael J.' McMahon, a touch of elegance." Over 2000 parishioner at St. Mary's Ca yards of cloth, in sweet pink, thedral, Fall River, and .Mrs. erin rose, pure white and silver John MacDonald. from Our lame colors, will be used for Lady of Grace parish, Westport, decorating. were designated as assistants to Information on tickets and Mrs. Janick. categories in the ball booklet
The Charity Ball, which bene may be obtained from members fits four diocesan summer camps . of the Diocesan Council of Cathserving exceptional ,and under olic Women or the St. Vincent privileged childre~ of every de Paul Society, honorary sponrace, color and creed in south-, sors of the ball, or from ball eastern Massachusetts, will be headquarters, 410 Highland held Jan. 10 at the Lincoln Park Avenue, Fall River. 02722, tel. Ballroom, No. Dartmouth. Bish- 676-8943 or 676-3200.
Marian statue attacked BALLlNSPITTLE, Ireland (NC) Various explanations of the'
Three men have been movements were offered, incharged with axing and hammer cluding that the 'lighted halo or
,ing a plaster statue of the shock waves from supersonic Virgin Mary beiieved by many Concorde airliners caused the to have miraculous powers. shimmering effect. One psy
The men were fined $1,400 chologist said the sightings each; and were sc~eduled tore could be the result of dndividual appear in court. ·or group hallucinations.
The three - including a self One woman .claimed to have described "Christian preacher" been cured of deafness after - had driven to the Marian praying at the shrine. A middleshrine outside the village of aged man died of a heart attack Balli~spittle in County Cork, while spending the night at the Ireland, Oct. 31. They jumped an grotto: electrified fence and attacked Bishop Michael Murphy of the statue with an ax and ham Cork and Ross has said that all mer. About 40 people were pray natural explanations would be ing at the shrine at the time. examined before declaring the
The statue, made in 1954, has movements supernatural. While 'attracted tens of thousands of not discouraging people from people since July 22 when Cath visiting the grotto, Bishop Murerine O'Mahony and her 17 phy encouraged them to do so year-old daughter, Clare, said in a spirit of prayer, devotion they saw the statue open its and respect. hands and move forward. Others The grotto committee will ask said they saw a shimmering ef the firm which made the statue fect around the statue's head. to restore it. . .\, . .. .,
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"Inspiring" Dear Editor:
Congratulations for your superb "Vocations" issue of The Anchor (Nov. 8). The 'personal testimonies of the priests, sisters ,and deacons were both interesting and inspiring. I read everyone of them.
Perhaps you would consider a similar format next time. May God continue to bless your efforts.
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LONDON {NC) - People are moral:ly bound to change the "crazy and deadly situation" of a world in which at least 750 million people went hungry last year while millions of tons of food were wasted, said Cardinal George BasH Hume of Westminster.
The cardinal, recently speaking to members of British aid agencies :Iobbying Parliament in Westminster, a section of Lon-, don, said 30 million Africans were near starvation while enough food was produced in the world to give everyone three meals a day with plenty to spare.
"We must look at ourselves and our lifestyles," he said. "We must examine and ch~nge the processes and structures of the world which at present promote division and ultimately bring death."
The cardinal also said the international debt borne by developing countries, totaling more than $60 bIllion, "is bringing death in its wake." Many African and South American countries cannot make the large :interest payments on their "oans, he said.
"We used to call the extortion of excessive interest 'usury.'''
'Cardinal Hume said. "It was condemned in Scripture and Christian tradition. Is it less evil today?"
He said the world community must choose between' the arms race ,and providing "basic needs for our global family."
"It cannot do both," he said. "Either we invest in arms and death, or we invest in aife and the future development of the peoples of the world."
Solidarity backed CASllELGANDOLFO,' Italy
(NC) '- Poland's communist government should allow Poles great~r self-determination by respecting the 1980 accords which spawned the now outlawed Jabor union Solidarity, said Pope John Paul II. The pope spoke !the day 'after the fifth anniversary of t'he signing of the accords which granted workers the right' to strike and to form independent unions.
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A" placque commemorating the formation of the Orner E. and Laurette M. Boivin Endowment Fund was recently unveiled at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, by the Catholic institution's president, Alan D. Knight, and Dr. Orner E.Boivin, retired Fall River physician. The fund has been established to further the' education of health care professionals at the hospital.
Dr. Boivin, 95, a member of Holy Name parish, Fall River, is a city native. He 'has been affiliated with every administration at the hospital since 1917. "There has been only one hospital in the city for me," Dr. Boivin has said. "It's this one."
He has served 'as president of the Fall River Medical Society" L'Union Medical de Fall River and l'Association Medical Franco-Americaine. A fellow of the Academy Industries of Medicine 'and an active member of the Richelieu Society and the Union of St. Jean-Baptiste, the chief of the urology department at 51. Anne's for 40 yea,rs helped found the hospital's School of Nursing, serving as its president in 1929.
* The Catholic hospital will
soon begin a program of loaning car seats to the parents of children five years of age or younger to protect them during travel home after discharge from inpatient care. The program will be co-sponsored by the Fall River Police.
Under state law, children are required to be seatbelted and/ or restrained while in an 'auto car seat to pr~vent injury while being transpor:ted. Hospitals are not allowed to discharge young patients without first checking for an I8dequate crash protection device (a cal' seat).
Ms. ,Sue Willem, RN, St. Anne's Hospital pediatrics, is the motivational force behind the program. With the suport of Chief Ronald Andrade of the Fall River Police Department, the Cal' Seat Program will begin Dec. 2.
Start-up costs, maintenance and administrative details are being handled on a volunteer
basis by the hospital's pediatric nurses.
* When hurricane Gloria recent
ly knocked out much of the Fall 'River ,area's power, it was an inconvenience to most, but for patients who depend on oxygen machines and other life support devices, the outage was a threatening experience.
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Mr. Norber-t Berube, director of maintenance at St. Anne's, was instrumental in getting an eight ton, 75,000 'Kw generator from the hospital to the Rose Hawthorne 'Lathrop Home, Fall River, which serves terminally ill cancer patients, during the hurricane crisi,s. The hospital donated their extra generator, which had been' in storage for a year, to the home during the crucial time, with moving and installation donated by the Power Equipment Corporation of Attleboro.
The generator, which had been used for only 300 hours at the time it was brought to the Lathrop Home, should meet ,the emergency electrical needs of the Institution, run by the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, for many years to come.
Newchancellor I!ISMAROK, N.D. (NC)
Lynn ClancY,a permanent deacon and president of the diocesan directors of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, was recently ,appointed chancellor of the Diocese of Bismarck, N.D.
Clancy is the first non-priest named to the position in the 75year history of ,the diocese. His appointment was announced by Bishop John Kinney, of Bismarck.
As chancellor he will be responsible' for carrying out the canonical duties of his office as well as administrative obligations assigned to the bjshop. He will be a member of severai diocesan boards and coordinate many services provided by the diocese: '
- He will 'also ,act as a liaison with priests and the people in the diocese.
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 22,1985
Press postal rates may increase 30 percent
WASHINGTON (NC) - A House-Senate conference committee agreement to give $820 million to the U.S. Postal Service to fund the subsidy for second, thiI'Ci and fourth class mail rates could mean a 30 percent rate increase for the Catholic press Jan. 1.
Accol'ding to (igures provided recently by the Catholic Press Association, the $820 million subsidy for fiscal 1986 would mean rates will stay at their present level through Dec. 31.
But rates are likely to go up to step 16 after Jan. I, according to the CPA figures. Catholic and other non-profit newspapers are now at step 14 of the 16step postal rate increase plan.
The conference committee approved the $820 million funding Oct. 30 for postal "revenue forgone," the, partial subsidy the Postal Service grants the non· profit press and others in the form of reduced mailing costs.
The CPA said the I8mount still falls short of the $879 mil-lion the Postal Service Board of
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The measure, part of an annual funding bill for the Postal Service and the Treasury Department, still needed the approval of the full House and Senate and President Reagan's signature before it becomes final.
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"Reporters were asking me the same question 20 years ago," he said in an interview with the Catholic Times, newspaper of the Springfield Diocese.
His answer was the same he gave 20 years ago; when people have something to sing about, they will sing.
"Music is an expression like' words," he said. "You don't express something until you have something to express."
Wise has been expressing himself musically since 1962, when he began writing music. In 1966 he began recording. He has written "Take Our' Bread" and "Gonna Sing, My Lord~'plus acclamations' "Christ Has Died, Alleluia" and "Dying You Destroyed Our Death." ,
His 1973 album, "Welcoming In," received a Grammy Award nomination for best album of inspirational music.
Wise noted that many people have no tro,uble singing with gusto at parties or sing-alongs, but a comparable atmosphere that would make people want to sing with gusto at Mass is absent in many parishes.
Wi~~ said in those parishes the basic problem is not in the singing, but elsewhere in the parish community. A big problem is that many priests refuse to sing, he
,said, and people quickly conclud~
they don't have to sing, either. But the basic problem goes
beyond that, he said. He said if people don't share their faith with each ofher outside Mass,- that is,
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if the parish doesn't function as a Christian community all week long - it's less likely that community feeling can be expressed on Sunday mornings.
And, he said, lyrics about loving people may not be appropriate for that congregation.
Wise referred to Father Eugene Walsh, author of "The Ministry of the Celebrating Community," who
'wrote in the 1970s that most Catholics still attended Mass not with something to do or celebrate but "to. have something done for them,"
Father Walsh~ noted Wise, call
ed on parishes "to engage in the ministry of hospitality" and said it is crucial for people to pay attention to one another and make one another feel welcome.
"It takes a lot ofcourag<; on .the " part of everybody, especially the leaders," Wise said. '
As a practical tip on community building, Wise suggested that 30 or 40 people arrive early for a Mass and engage in informal conversation in the parking lot. Theil as others arrive, if each person makes a point of meeting two new people, it won't take long for the community to begin coming alive.
Pope urges Catholic hos'pitals to use'more volunteer workers
VAT1CAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has urged Catholic hospitals to use more voluntary workers to improve health care and to become more closely united to the civic communities which they serve.
He made his remar'ks during an audience with about 1,000 participants at the recent Vatican-sponsored World Congress of Catholic Hospital and Health Care Workers.
"Voluntary service, if it is properly coordinated, can help to improve the quality of care provided, adding an extra touch of human warmth and attention which can obviously comfort the patients and probably also have a positive effect on the course of therapy," the pope said in the Paul VI audience hall, where the congress met last month.
The pope noted that many hospitals already use voluntary services, but said "now is tile time for an effort to make even greater use oft/le resources of generosity available in the community."
He said the objective is "a, health-care structure that is not
isolated but a vital. part of the social fabric ofthe neighborhood."
"An' active exchange' between the community of the healthy and the community of the sick cannot fail to prove a po'werful incentive to a general growth in charity," he said.
The present moment is full of great responsibilities for Catholic hospitals, and their survival depends upon how Catholics succeed in dealing not only with the sick of today, but'with all people of today," the pope said.
The pope also told the hospital workers to be aware of the effects of recent technological developments and to remain faithful to Gospel principles.
"No one escapes the technological evolution and the developments in the social, economic and political fields" which affect the life of hospital workers, he said. From them come the need (or updating technical and moral preparation of health-care personnel at all levels, he added.
Catholic hospitals should always
follow "Gospel values" which 'reflect official teaching of the church, he said.
They should not "allow themselves to be absorbed by systems which reflect only economic-financial components and clinical-pathological aspects," he said. Instead, they should always remain "close to the individual, helping him in the face of anxiety" and should "create a culture directed toward the humanization of medicine and the hospital atmosphere."
Pope John Paul said the sick "always have a priviliged place" in his general audiences and Pllstoral visits. .
The pope asked the sick to offer prayers and ~acrificefor the Church and to make their lives fruitful for ,Christ and for his mission of redemption of humanity.
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Seminarians
Numbers decline
WASHINGTON (NC) - The number of U.S. Catholic seminarians declined this year in all three categories - high school, colIege and theology - the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate said. .
The largest drop was in seminarians at the college level, which for the 1985-86 school year declined by 406, or 12 percent, from the previous year.' .
Benedictine Father Adrian Fuerst, CARA's specialist in seminary enrollment trends, released national figures for the 1985-86 school year in November. He said he was still analyzing details of the new data and preparing a commentary to be published in early 1986.
CA RA is an independent Catholic research agency in Washington.
According to the CARA figures: - The combined total of all
U.S. students for the priesthood declined from 11,585 in 1984-85 to 10,811 this year, down 774 or 7 per cent.
- At the college level, which in the previous two years showed very slight gains, enrollment dropped 12 percent, from 3,526 to 3,120.
- High-school seminaries showed a 4 percent decline, from 3,186 last year to 3,051 this year.
- The number of novices for male religious orders dropped from 703 to 577, or 18 percent, reversing slow gains made in the early 1980s.
SEMINARY ENROLLMENT
3,120 College
4,063 Theology
577 Novices
3,051 High School
1986 Total - 10,811
Sourc:t>: Center tor AppliKi Kt'~earch in the Apostolstt'
3,526 College
4,170 Theology
703 Novices
3,186 High School
1985 Total - 11,585
Pope pains over Colombia By NC News Service
Pope John Paul II has expressed his "deep pain" over the heavy loss of life caused by eruption of a vol- cano Nov. 13 in west-eentral Colombia.
He also asked the international community to provide "necessary aid in a spirit of generosity and Christian solidarity."
. The pope made the appeal in a telegram, released at the Vatican Nov. 15, to Archbishop Angelo Acerbi, papal nuncio to Colombia.
The telegram asked the archbi- . shop to convey the pope's sorrow to the victims of the eruption and to the relatives of those who died.
Colombian government and relief officials said more than 25,000 people died as a result of the eruption of the Nevado de Ruiz volcano about 85 miles. northwest of Bogota, Colombia's capital.
It was the volcano's first major eruption in almost 400 years.
The town of Armero, about 30 miles from the volcano, was reported to be 90 percent destroyed by rivers of mud caused by melting of the volcano's snow cap. The town is 80 miles north of Bogota.
A group of priests who had celebrated Mass the evening of the. eruption escaped death because they had left Armero's San Lorenzo
. Cathedral before the floods. Father Aristelio Monroig, direc
tor of Communications for the Colombian bishops' conference in Bogota, said the priests left the
cathedral for a home near the local cemetery.
The cathedral was-almost destroyed in the mud-laden floods, but the cemetery, which rests on top of a hill, escaped destruction, said Father Monroig.
He said Bishop Dario Castrillon, who heads the Colombian bishops' conference, had asked the country's bishops to take collections for the volcano victims in their local parishes.
The priest said Bishop CastrilIon had been in contact with international Catholic reliefagencies to
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A SOLDIER and civil defense volunteer carry a mudcovered survivor from the town of Armero, Columbia, following the eruption of a nearby volcano.'
coordinate distribution of aid to the stricken areas.
He said the Jewish community had also been helpful in donating materials and .assi~tingin its distribution.
The' New York-based Catholic Relief Services committed $100,000 in emergency relief Nov. 14 for victims of the disaster. The agency's Latin America regional director, Terry Martin, traveled to Colombia to assess further needs. Additionally, the Archdiocese of Chicago donated $25,000.
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Dear Dr: Kenny: I have played sports as a young man and now enjoy watching them constantly on television. Lately, though, I am not sure "enjoy" is the right word. I find myself becoming very tense, having' heart palpitations and becoming very depressed if my team loses. nam physically upset if my chosen team does not win the basketball championship. During baseball season I can feel myself getting all worked up wanting my team to win. I know it's silly, but I cannot seem to stop it. (New York)
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To make it even sillier. you are getting excited about a sport. a game. play. Your body is preparing to meet a crisis by raising your blood pressure a'nd heart rate when you are not even vitally
, involved. Yet you are far from alone.
Many of us today suffer the same anxieties watching our favorite teams perform. Why?
First of all; we live in a very competitive society where many rewards are limited and finite. ' Natural re~ources and money are good examples. There is only so much and no more. Whatever you get will not be available for me. so I'd better be there struggling for my share. or more than my share.
Sport is not in and of itself competitive. Gymnastics. bicycling. jogging, weightlifting, hitting golf balls. shooting baskets and many other sports activities can all be done for the physical joy 'of it. I suspect the el(:ment ofcompetition has been added by society to help prepare us for the larger struggle we face. '
Has it been overdone? Yes. The value of teaching competition through sports is greatly diminished by two factors today. First, good sportsmariship and gracious losing have given way to greed for money. And second, the anxiety
,over win'ning too often overwhelms the joy of watching or, playing. '
, You, like most of us, have identified with a team. Your excitement is heightened by the unc'easing sports-promotion hype portraying the game as alife-or-death
struggle. No wonder winning or losing arouses emotions usually reserved for situations involving life crises.
What can you do? First, you might meditate on some of the thoughts presented above.
If reflection and, insight do not help, I would stop watching the games. Instead involve yourself in healthy physical activities that are not so competitive. At present. your strong emotional energy is being spent in ways you would rather avoid. Use' it instead in vigorous physical activity. Begin to cycle, swim or jog on a regular basis. If you are over 35 or have a history of any health problems, a physical checkup before starting is wise.
Join with others such as family ,members, friends or an athletic club to experience the sharing of physical effort in a non-competitive way. Save your strong emotions for life situations which deserve them. Your personal and private world does not h~ve to be a competitive one.
Reader questions on family living and child care to be ariswered in print are invited. Address the Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.
The need to believe in ourselves By Antoinette Bosco
I have spent endless hours with 'students on a college campus. If I 'were to pick'one comm.on characteristic of students experiencing problems, it would be a loss o(
, faith in their personal worth. Students,express this many ways.
"Everything I do ends' up a mess." "I can't'make friends ...... got drunk last night." "What difference does it make?"
It's not hard to understand why these doubting times hit young people so hard. Consider where' they are: in transition, moving out. of the innocence of childhood and not sure where they want to go or where they will end up.
Today I sense that too many young people I talk with are defeated before they start: They can't seem to find any meaning in their lives. Sometimes they feel abandoned by adults, even by their parents.
In the past few weeks, I have talked many times with a' certain young woman. She is 20, the child of divorced parents: She is afraid of her father. She loves her mother, but she feels her mother deserted her in remarrying soon after the divorce. '
More than that, the young woman believes that she deserved to be shunted to third place in her mother's life. She has a very difficult time making friends. She asks, "Why would anyone bother with me?"
This young woman doesn't see that she is removing herself from relationships in order to protect herselffrom further rejection. Having little faith in her own worth, she drinks.
The priest who heads the Newman parish on campus sent the young woman to me. I gave her what she seemed to need - some attention and some time. I also showed her my belief in her and tried to give her my understanding of why she felt isolated.
Listening to her, I thought of something a priest once told me. He sjlid, "Listen to someone for five minutes and you11 hear they're asking you'for God." ,
Over several weeks, this young woman and I talked about Jesus, his message and the life we share in. We talked about people's intrinsic importance:
A few days ago, she dropped me a note, saying, "I'd like to thank you for helping me in a class that's
usually ignored in the university -life."
I hope that means that I helped' a lovely person believe in her own value.and worth once more.
In her book, '~The Coming Parent Revolution," Jeane Westin wrote: "We parents should be passing on to our children the best of
.our traditions, our wisdom, our strength. "
If we do that, we also will pass' on to our children the truth about their own importance.
Car-pool'heroine, By Hilda Young .
The media always pay atten~
tion to the flashy, dashy types or the unusual. That's OK, I guess,
, but a lot of unusung heroes and heroines get miSsed - those people who slug it out day by day.
One I would hate to see go unrecognized is Francine Labot, our neighborhood's car-pool queen. Francine is our drill sergeant. player-coach, inspiration, conscience and organizer.
She's a genius. On instant recall she can 'recite at least 75' mothers' names, phone numbers, children's names and ages, type of car and number of seat belts, addresses and directions to 200 parks, museums, theaters, soccer fields 'and miscellaneous locations.
She has spent so much time on the roads of our area that bus and
-taxi drivers nod in respect wheg she comes by.
,/ We are rarely distracted when she keeps checking left and right while she's talking to you..
We have come to depend on her to tell us who is taking whom where on what day and at what time. I have her phone number carved into the wall by the kitchen phone. _
•;Am I after school soccer for the
under-12s today or the sixth-grade field trip?" I asked .her in a panic this morning.
"Buckle your seatbelt and quit whimpering," she said firmly. "You are taking Rosemarie's Blue Birds' run because she had to take her kids to the dentist, so Suzanne will do the under-12 soccer, l'll do the field trip and next week when you take you Marie in for her physical, Betty will do the Saturday matinees."
"I had forgotten about the physical," I admitted. "I don't know how you do it, Francine."
"Not many people know this, Hnda," she said slowly, "but haven't always been this way. But once when my boys were young I
,realized I was supposed to have them at three different fields for three different Little League games at the same time. I started to crack, but somehow I pulled myself together and decided we could band together and conquer the system. "
In the background I could hear the familiar sound of Francine rattling parking meter change in her pockets. '
I wonder if we mothers could get ,together and get the president, to write Francine a letter.
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U.S. AIR FORCE Academy chapel parish council' members, from left, council president Mike Solorio, Shak Morgan, chaplain Father Dan Matusiewicz, Mary Elizabeth Donohue. (NC photo)
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At U.S. Air Force Academy
Catholic cadets lead strong faith life COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
(NC) - The four pillars of character at the U.S. Air Force Academy are the academic, military, athletic and spiritual aspects of a cadet's life, said Shak Morgan, a sophomore from Shreveport, La.
"We are told the last is not the least," said Morgan, one of 2,200 Catholic cadets, who form a large parish directed by Father Dan Matusiewicz.
Forty-eight percent of the cadets at the Air Force Academy are Catholic, nearly the same percentage as attend other service academies, the U.S Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (45 percent) and the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. (44 percent).
According to !he Air Force' cadets, a strong faith life begins with the "doolie" basic training. At basic training the cadets are driven .hard but are given time for daily Mass where many reflect on their decision to be at the Air Force Academy.
"It's a respite from the busy day and they know they're not going to get yelled at," said Father Matusiewicz.
"The doolies learn right away that the only thing they can lean on is themselves and their faith," said Mary Elizabeth Donohue, a "firsty," or senior at the academy.. Miss Donohue, from South Glen
Falls, N. Y., is one of the squadron reps on the academy's parish council.
According to members of the parish council and Father Matusiewicz, the 9 a.m., II a.m. and the 6:30 p.m. Masses are standing room only. Weekday Mass is held twice a day at the cadet chapel and brings 75 to 80 cadets to each liturgy.
The parish council is made up of 40 squadron reps, four members of the executive board who are called group representatives, four elected officers and three ministers
in charge of lectors, eucharistic ministers and acolytes.
"The pressures of being a cadet might heighten your awareness of a spiritual life," said Miss Donohue. "It just makes you stop and take a look," she said.
Gen. Winfield Scott, superintendent of the school, is a Catholic and attends daily Mass at the chapel whenever he is on campus.
"He is an excellent role model for the cadets," said Father Matsiewicz.
Among regular activitesare council dialogues, discussion groups and Scripture readings.
A~_p,~ __T,awil marks jubilee _. -' Archbishop Joseph E. Tawil has marked his 25th anniversary as an eparch of the Melkite Rite, an Eastern Rite of the Catholic Church.
As an eparch, the equivalent of a Roman Rite bishop or archbishop, he' h~ads the Melkite-Greek eparchy or diocese of Newton.
The eparchy has a special tie to the Fall River diocese because Dr. Andre Petra'ky Nasser of Fall River studied for its permanent diaconate under auspices of the Fall River program. Dr. Nasser, ordained in 1980at St. Anthony of the Desert Maronite Church in Fall River, serves in that parish.
Archbishop Tawil, a native of Damascus, Syria, was ordained to the priesthood in 1936.
He held various offices in the Melkite College of Cairo until 1952, when he was named an archimandrite. In 1960 he was consecrated as titular Archbishop of Myra and Patriarchal Vicar of Damascus, where he served 10 years. . .
In 1970 the archbishop was installed as Melkite exarch for all U.S. Melkite Catholics and in 1976 was named to head the newlycreated Newton eparchy.
During his episcopacy the U.S. Melkite populate has considerably increased.
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DCCW, TAUNTON . Open meeting: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26,
St. Joseph's parish center, No. Dighton. Entertainment: Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School choral group, "Sound Impressions." All invited.
FAMILY LIFE CENTER, NO. DARTMOUTH
A Forum for Separated and Di"- vorced Catholics will be held at the . Family Life Center in No. Dart
mouth from to a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 30. Program includes four workshops. Information: 999-6420.
TEC boys retreat weekend begins F.riday; Nov. 22.
ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA ,
Adult Education Program for Advent will be held Nov. 26 at St. John of God Church; for information call 676-9481.
ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT ", Advent workshop for teen and
a9ult family members: 7-9:30 p.m.. Nov. 24 St. George school hall.
ST. MICHAEL, SWANSEA -Thanksgiving Eve celebration: 7
p;'m. Nov. 27. Includes blessing of Thanksgiving foods (bring your own to be blessed), distribution of breads to families and readings by parish children dressed as pilgrims. All are invited to share in the Mass and the
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·ST.JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN An ecumenical Thanksgiving ser
vice, sponsored by the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, CongregationalV.C.C., Lutheran and Unitarian churches in Fairhaven will be held at 7p.m. Nov. 26atSt. Joseph's Church, 17 Adams St. Bible readings, prayers, congregational singing and music ministry by the choir of the Unitarian Memorial Church will be included. Reverend Philip C. Jacobs Ill, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in No. Fairhaven, will deliver the sermon. All are welcome.
Marriage Enrichment'Night: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, rectory. A video by Father Chuck Gallagher willbefeatured. Information: John and Sue Negri, 996-2759.
Father M. Joseph, OC.S.O.; will celebrate Mass at 9 a.m. Nov. 26. Also, he will celebrate Mass at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 27 at St. Mary's parish in Padanaram.Trappist monks are cloistered for life but Father Joseph has been given the special privilege of offering these Masses. His pre-religious name was Frederick B. Stanton, a member of the Stanton family who ran the Berkshire Hathaway in' ~ew. ~edford. ",-' ". ".;.. i
CATHEDRAL CAMP E. FREETOWN,
"Let the Word Become Fiesh," an advent retreat for men ~'nd women,' will be offered by the staff of Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat Center at Cathedral Camp on Dec. 13 through 15'-Communal prayer, private reflection and group sharing' will be featured. Information: retreat coordinator Rick Sheridan, 7638874.
ST. STANISLAUS, FR November Day of Eucharistic Ad
oration and Prayer: 11:30 a.m (0 5:30 p.m. Nov. 24. Service of Evening Prayerat 5:30 p.m. will conclude the day. All invited.
LaSALETTE SHRINE't~.. ATTLEBORO·
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28 through Jan. I. Weekdays: 5-9 p.m. Weekends: 5-10 p.m.
Healing .service: 2 p.m. Nov. 24, People's Chapel. The service will be led by Father Leo Maxfietd, MS, of the shrine staff. Music ministry led by Sister Lucille Gauvin, OP, of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. All welcome.
COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS, GREATER FR/TAUNTON
Meeting: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 25, St. Louis de France School, Buffington. St., Swansea. Guest speaker: Donald P. Corriveau, Ph.D., director of Psychology Assoc., Fall River. Topic: "How to handle the holidays." All welcome. For information on' this self-help organization for bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings, call Sandra Sousa, 823-5240.
HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Adult Bible Class: 7:30 p.m. Tues
days, led by Father Gabriel Swol, ,OFM Conv., parochial vicar. All welcome.' -
WIDOWED SUPPORT, CAPE Cape Cod Widowed Support
Group: meeting 3 p.m. Nov. 24, Christ the King religious education center, Cotuit. 'Theme: "If Others Could Only Understand." Informa,tion: 428-7078 evenings. All are welcome.
ADORERS OF THE BLESSED , SACRAMENT', FAIRHAVEN
Holy Hour: 7 tp 8 p.m. Nov. 26, •Sacred ,Hearts Church, 382 Main St. , Fairhaven.. Father Jeremiah Casey,
SS.,CC., guest priest.
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They feel closer CHICAGO '(NC) - Catholics
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SISTER ADRIAN BARRETT with some ofthe children she helps send to the summer camp she co-founded. (NC photo)
Scranton's 'Mother Teresa' subject of PBS program
. WASflINGTON(NC)-Sister "Adrian Barrett of Scranton, Pa., called the "Mother Teresa ofScranton,"-will be the subject of a public television documentary.
The program, "Sister Adrian, the Mother Teresa of Scranton," will be broadcast by the Public Broadcasting Service Nov. 27.
The program was announced in Washington by the U.S. Catholic C~:mference. Fundingfor the development of promotion and .outreach material for the program was pro
vid~d by the Catholic Communication Campaign, the USCC said.
Sister Barrett, a member of the 'Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, is shown in the program as 'an example of how one person can make a difference in the lives of the poor and needy. The program follows the 4-foot-11 inch, 56-year-old nun as she works': among those in need, especially, the elderly and the young of northeastern Pennsylvania.
The half-hour production is nar- ~
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Pro-life movement gets better TV news coverage
A CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT LASTS
ALL YEAR LONG ... A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION
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RADNOR, Pa. (NC) - Nightly news coverage ofabortion by ABC, NBC and CBS has taken "a decided tilt" in favor of the pro-life side since the beginning of 1985, accord~ ing to a study by TV Guide magazine.
A report on the study, which reviewed network evening news coverage from 1983 to 1985, appeared in a recent issue of the magazine, published in Radnor.
To measure news coverage, the . article's author, Joanmarie Kalter
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ofTV' Guide, studied evening news stories from January 1983 through February 1985 and interviewed activists on both sides as well as reporters, sociologists and pollsters.
In 1982, the abortion issue received about 33 minutes of network news coverage all year compared to almost 53 minutes in .January 1985 alone, according to Ms~ Kalter.
The article said the abortion issue began receiving "media headlines" with the showing on all three networks of excerpts of the 28minute anti-abortion film "The Silent Scream," narrated by Dr. Bernard Nathanson, a former abor-
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Irving, _ tion activist who is now a prO-life Fall River Council representatives advocate. of the National Neurofibromato- "The Silent Scream~ is an ultrasis Foundation, Massachusetts Chap- sound videotape of a 12-week-old ter, will host a support group fetus being aborted. Pro-life groups m~eting.at their home for families, have praised it as an educational WIth a hIstory of NF at 2 p.m. Dec tool depicting fetal pain, but critI. . ~ _. _, ._._ _ ics have said the film is misleading.
NF IS a genetIc dIsorder, affect-, The article said however that despite gains mad~ in medi~ coverage the !lnti-abortion movement has "qtet with almost no real legislative or popular success."
But Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right to Life committee, commenting on the study, said the pro-life movement "has never been stronger in Congress."
In an interview he cited the advancement of initiatives to cut off tax funding of abortions and aid to organizations promoting abortion.
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Q. -What 'doesa' 'senior' girl mers ago when I was a junior in who doesn't have a date do?
(Texas) .. , . . hjg~.school.·I l)ad ~o. ?,on.ey and no job and was bored to death.
A!. This afternoon I presented During sU~,mer va-cation. I. got your query :to some young peo-a book on' typing out' of the libpl'e and they were unariimous in rary 'and ·taught myself on a saying you should not spend beat-up,' secondhand typewriter Saturday night.'feeling sorry for my sister:had. This skill is imyourself. . portant for me. even now..
"CaU up some g,ir'lfriends," At the library you also can they urged, "and do something get, if you Wish, a book on yoga with them. Go to a movie or to exercises and have some unsome social event. There~s usual- usual fun teaching yourself this ly something going on. some-. relaxing activity. where.'
When I asked them to' say One. young man offered.. you more.' about th~t phras~ -"soCial ,this "advice, '''Tell heT to get' a event" they mentioned such good noveI." But on Ii lonely
·local.itemsas ·a. rock concert, an' Saturday night a nove} can be ox roast, a Greek Jestival,' .:the strangely urisa~isfying '- un
'nume.rotis parish :.festivals,an . 'Iess its 'a 'special one that .you evening at. "the skating rink .or .really: want ,to' read.
swimming pool and astrawberry The young people I talked .festival ·.at a nearby community. with ;thisafternoon were right
. . . On'e','; young w9man sal'd "she on the mark when they aoyised. ,
check¢:d . the local newspaper. avoid~n~. self-pity. T?~~'s' too every ;Sunday to see what was .' much else to d~, a~tlVlties that going .oii.in our area during '~e .' 'are fun ,~nd satlsfymg.
.coming~ee,k ..-;- just iIi case 'B.ut . sometimes that takes she.might want to· do something. thought, inventiveness, a some' evening. .' willingness ,to risk, a sense of . .All the youngpeopl~ men, adventure,a ,love of the new and .tioned the possibility of your a -dete~ination to m~J.te 'life meeting·,a·new.male;rrleno ·at""work.:.···~·, . -' .. . . one·.of- these social eve~ts; ,·...<.:-It.aisrim'ay require a spirit of
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CELEBRATE YOUTH I can see the older man looking at the younger man I can see the younger man looking, at the boy.: . Over there the older woman is looking at the younger woman
'][ can see the younger wom!1n looking at the girl. !Every woman sees in the younger girl a dream IBecause every man sees in the youngerman hope !Everyone Jives by the passion of the young : From' the . womb to the' tomb we will remember what remains Celebrateyo~th _. celebrate thoSe' who have it . Celebrate yolith - celebrate deep inside
. The future of the world is the children Celebrate yoUth - teach the world . Looking in a child's eye there's no hate and there's-no lie There's no black and there's no white .
; Sometim~s in'the older man I can still see the younger' boy Burning in his eyes· Locked up deep in our spirit There's a child locked up deep' inside and we all hear it Some of us always fear it and some of ·us will even cry.
THIS YOUNG LADY has more than one smile on her face.' Both seem to~ay "have a nice day." (NC photo)
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Wri~ten and sung by Rick Springfield. (c) 1985 by RCA Records
SEVERAL READERS asked', me to review Rick Springfield's "Celebrate Youth." The song celebrates the spirit of young people and acknowledges the -hope they give all of us. , Young people affect the world' in many positive ways. They offer us Ii vision ·and a hope that the world could be different. Too often, society gets caught in the practicalities and realities of life, 'limiting our vision of how life could be· imp,roved. .,
Young people possess .the gift of calling us to a better world - a place without more bombs,
Archbishop Helder Camara of Brazil recenUy visited Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, to celebrate Mass and 'address the Connolly comini£nity. ; ~'In just 15 years there will
come not '3. silver or golden anniversary but a divine jubilee," he' said. "2000 years of Christ!"
"Won't it be wonderful if the men and women who are the 1eaders of tha;t time accept God's .challenge to co-create life wi,th
Him!" "You," the thr~e-time Nobel
Peace Prize nominee told Con-Iiolly students, - "will be these men and women!"
•• $ $,
. The . Red CrossBloo~obile . einment- and will be honored for will be ~t Connolly froni..' 8:30he~' outstanding' ~contrll)ution to
'. t 130 .. "D' "5 C.on.no.lIy's· smooth transi'tiona.m. 0.: p;m.·· ec.· .' . . '. ,.. ., :.1)' fiom'an all-male school in the
. .Siudents w.ilj>eJforin: "ECldi'~ . "70s ·to its present status as a W H ,. I .,' .' . h '. '. co~ducational'iJlstitution.
as· ere:" a 'pay WIt .a· mes·· .. sage about substance. tlbu~~:at·D.·u.·ci~~tte. tb~· .puent of two 7:30' ,p.m. oec;!~ :in ~tlte·:'1ic.h60i ':;Conholly'!ilu'mni,: will he recog.
honor two teachers' and an alumni parent at a
.testimonial
Sunday. Veteran ,teacher Father Lau
renee C. Langguth, Sister Mary 'Lou Simcoe, SUSC, and Gerard I. Duquette will share accolades.
Father Langguth, Jesuit de-I .
sign consultant for the panmngof C.onnolly, has contin)Jed uninterrupted service' in both
.mathematics and physics since shortIyafter the school's 1966 opening. . Sister:: Simcoe has served as an
English 'and social studies teacher, yearbook moderator and facuIty:~dvisor to the student gov
obstacles..These special gifts help us to set aside fears and work to improve .the world together:
Young people are far less judgmental than adults. Often they 'look beyond the barriers that keep people apart. This helps keep the dream alive that the World can grow beyond hatred and disrespect for in·
'<Iividuals who look different. Young people also deserve a
respected place in the church. They need to have '3. voice in parish decision-making groups and other organizations. Their
racial barriers arid' economic op'" '. enthusiasm and dedication can , pression. ~ . bring ne~ life to Hturgies and
Yoting people teach us that can uplift community justice sheer driv~ and enthusiasm can concerns. Their spirituality' can ~arryus through all sorts of enrich our prayer.
.Bishop Connolly
• :t t q (4 (S,,. ~'~ ,~, •• ', .. , .'. II •• '.1, •• 1 , " ,'.'\' THE ANCHOR·--... 1~' \ Friday, Nov. 22, 1985 :)St. Mary School, New BedfordLet's hear it ANSWERS
from thekids Photos by Joseph Motta
QUESTION
What is Thanksgiving?
THE MORNING NURSERY group at St. Mary School, ~ew Bedford. M r. Dennis R. Poyant, principal, is behind the muscleman at left; nursery teacher Mrs. Pat Brown can be found in the back row, third from right.
TH~ ST. jJOSEPH SCHOOL, New Bedford, morning kindergartf;nclas·~.C~rnered by their students (fot the moment) , are Mr. Felipe M.· Felipe, principal, and kindergarten teacher Mrs. Judy Lally. :
St. Joseph School, New Bedford
ADRIAN CORREIA, top left: "Candy and turkey and In
·dians. I like turkeys who make eggs. When are you going to take our pictures?"
KRISTEN GELINAS, top right:
"The pilgrims on the boat had Thanksgiving. They sailed across in the Mayflower all the way t'o the land. '1 like the Indians, too."
JACLYN VENTURA, middle left:
"Turkey. Flowers. The Indians watched the pilgrims."
.JASON BEAULIEU, middle right:
"I know about the pilgrims and Indians. I went there. I know lots ofstuff. "
STEVEN AZAR, bottom left: "You give hearts to a per
son on Thanksgiving. Pilgrims had to go to another home and build their own' houses. They had a big celebration but there was no Shaw's or nothin'."
JIMMY SURPRENANT, bot·tom right:
"We're gonna have some chicken. Pilgrims went on boats with the Indians. Some people come over your house to eat."
KELLY TAVARES, top left: "Thanksgiving goes with tur
key, so people 'eat turkey."
TOMMY }<'ARLAND, top right:
"Turkey-time and pumpkin pie. The pilgrims left. their house because the governor wouldn't let them say their prayers the way they wanted."
VICTORIA JODOIN, middle left:
"I know about turkeys and I know about pilgrims. My teacher. learne.d about them and she told us about them."
LESLIE AVELAR, middle right:
'''1 know who celebrated the first day of Thanksgiving, The Indians.~' . '
" . PATRICK REEDY, bottom left: - .. :'
"We h'aVe candy in abag on " T~an~sglving. Wego:t'fso~~~
body else's hQus.e·and put costurries,oll··'~' ·t·, ~'-'.:, ,.
, . ':" ANDREA BORGES, b~tto~ right:
"We eat chicken and drink some wa~er or soda. God gave us food and· we' thank Him because we like Him." " :
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