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Will set national standard

Oncology project starts today

Groundbreaking ceremonies currently has such a linear ac­for a state-of-the-art Oncologyl celerator in use. Radiation Therapy Center will be Also state-of-the-art is a. treat­held at 2 p m. today at St. Anne's ment simulator which provi4es Hospital, Fall River. diagnostic X-rays, .computes

When completed, the facility treatment plans and rehearses will house the most advanced suitable treatment techniques. radiation therapy equipment Since 1954 available for the treatment of Cancer care has been offered cancer and will be unduplicated at St. Anne's Hospital since 1954, in the nation at the community when orthovoltage equipment hospital level. . was in use, replaced in 1966 by

Participating in the ceremonies a cobalt therapy unit, which was will be Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; replaced in its turn in 1977, when Sister Dorothy Ruggiero, OP, an earlier generation linear ac­hospital president; Alan Q. celerator was acquired. Knight, hospital executive direc­ Even before, in 1975, the hos­tor; and Barbara Sullivan. ad­ pital established a regional on~

ministrative assistant to Mayor cology program affiliated with Carlton Viveiros, representing Boston University Medical Cen­the city of Fall River. ter. This innovative program,

Center equipment will include .Jater duplicated at other Massa­a rotational linear accelerator, chusetts community hospitalsj which delivers a high-speed, ac­ provided area cancer patients curately directed photon beam with sophisticated care close to current to cancerous cells in an home. effort to destroy them. Hospital At present the program serves officials note that the beam's patients in a. region extending accuracy permits a body area west to Providence, east to Cape being treated to receive maxi­ Cod, north to Brockton and mum dosage with minimum ex­ south to Newport. posure of normal tissue. 'In the beginning, care was

Only one other U S. hospital Tum to Page Six

l\'larriage defended at consecration

VATICAN CITY (NC) visit to Fatima to thank Mary Pope John Paul II defended the for his recuperation from gun­indissolubility of marriage and shot wounds suffered in 1981. consecrated the world to the During the Mass, several Blessed Virgin Mary at a Holy couples presented the pope with Year celebration for families gifts. Among them were John and March 25. Mary Welch of Chicago, mem­

After an outdoor Mass in St. bers of the lay Catholic Focolare Peter's Square attended by Movement. 150,000 people, the pope prayed In the afternoon, the pope met that Mary would help the world 9,000 people in the Paul VI avoid the "incalculable self­ audience hall to continue the destruction" of nuclear war. Holy Year celebration, which

During the Mass, Pope John was marked by testimonies from Paul stressed the importance of families and a ballet interpreta­remaining faithful to one's mar­ tion of significant moments in riage, and said married love is the life of Christ. . -.. meant to be prolonged by pro­ Also on the program was a creation. 30-minute play written by .the

At the end of the Mass, the pope while he was archbishop pope consecrated the world to of Cracow. Titled "The Mystery Mary as he knelt before a statue of Fatherhood," it examined the. of Our. Lady from the marian fatherhood of God through the shrine in Fatima, Portugal, eyes of two youths. which had been enshrined be­ World Peace? side the altar. With regard to the pope's con­

secration ')f the world to Mary,The pope had prayed before the same statue during his 1982 Tum to Page Two

Boston's new archbishop at his installation Mass

Archbishop. Law scores abortion '

Naming the darkness By C. M. Buckley individual conscience. in the In confronting abortion, "we

BOSTON (NC) - Newly in­tailed Archbishop aernard F. Law of Boston declared March 23 that abortion is the "primordial darkness" c1oudil,lg society's ability to effectively deal with such major problems as hunger, injustice and the threat of nu­clear war.

Archbishop Law laced the homily at his installation with

. references to light and dark.

paralysis of materialism, in the excess of sensuality, or in the consequence of sinful decisions, in hunger, poverty, discrimina­tion, war, abortion."

Discussing abortion, he add­ed: "This, I bel~eve, is the pri­mordial darkness of our time. This is the cloud that shrouds the conscience of our world.

"Having made our peace with the death of the most innocent among us," he continued, "it is

must speak the truth in love," he added. "Like Jesus, our pur­pose .is not to condemn but

• rather to persuade, to call to conversion."

Attending the installation ceremony in Holy Cross Cathe­dral were some 2,300 persons, including Archbishop Pio Laghi, apostolic delegate in the United States, seven carllinals, 130 bishops and archbishops, and about 300 priests and deacons.

"To be the light shining in the small wonder that we are so in­ Archbishop Laghi three days darkness, we must name the effective in dealing with hunger, later was named apostolic pro­darkness," he sa.id "The dark­ in dealing with injustice, in deal­ nuncio to the United States· ness must be named whether it ing with the threat of nuclear Episcopal Bishop John B. Co­-be the clouds which shroud the war." Turn to Page Two

ARCHBISHOP LAW. elevates host at consecration of his installation Mass (top) and greets well-wishers as he leaves Holy Cross Cath~dral. (Pilot Photos by Pat Garrity)

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Marriage. defended, Continued from page one in 1917. She is now a cloistered Father Pelletier said that in

Carmelite sister in Coimbra, October 1942, Pope Pius XII con­a retired Worcester priest re­Portugal. secrated the world, includingcently declared that conversion

Russia, ,to Mary. ­of Russia and an era of world • According to Father Pelletier, . peace may: occur if all' bishops Mary in 1929 t9lli Sister Lucia In 1982; Pope John Paul visit­join in the consecration. that if the world followed a for­ ed Fatima and again consecrated

mula she set forth,there .would the world to Mary, this time in A'ssumptionist Father Joseph be no punishment. However: if spiritual union' with the bishops A. Pelletier, Ii former adminis­ the world ignored her message, of the world. .trator at Assump~on College, there would be a world,war. Worcester, said he believes such On, neither occasion, however,

The formula conveyed required a cODSElCration, would fulfill a ,did the bishops join the -pope,the pope, in union with aU bish­formula for salvation revealed Father Pelletier said. ,If theyops, to 'Consecrate the world, and to SistElr I,.ucia dos Santos in now 'do; he added, I believe the especially Russia, to her Immacu­!929 by Our Lady of Fatima. formula will have been satisfied late Heart, Father Pelletier said. and Mary wiU keep her word." Sister Lucia was one of the Then, Mary promised, Russia

three ~ortuguese children to would be converted and there 'But~;he noted prudently, it whom Mary appeared beginning would be peace. would not, happen overnight.

Naming the darkness . Continued from page one He said he believes. in the

"fundamental equality we haveburn of Massachusetts .Ied more as children of God." However,than 80 Protestant, orthodox he said, "at the sam.e. time, the Christian and Jewish represen­tradition of the church is nottatives. Secretary of Health and mere biologism but rather ariHuman Services Margaret Heck­expression of Christ's will forler, a former Republican con· the church." gresswoman from Massachu­

setts, headed the contingent of Nonetheless, he promised to federal, state ana civic officials. help overcome discrimination in '

To his colleagues from other society. "I know we have failed Christian churches, Archbishop to grasp the vision in the church Law said that the welcome pres­ of men and women who are new ence of brothers and sisters in creations in Christ, that equality Christ with whom we share the that grants that we together are suffering of Christian division images of God," he said. "I will calls forth my pledge to pray, to work with you to eradicate that dialogue and to work in the quest discrimination from society and for that deeper communion which to make present your ministry is God's will." and talents in all areas of church

He also said he was "hearten­ ministry." ed by the presence of represen­tatives of the Jewish community. Archbishop LawThrough the law and prophets ours is a strong' bond which seeks ever-new expression. in Fall River

"I speak as both greeting and Since Archbishop Law's ar­an urgent prayer that hallowed rival in Boston he has visited the word: shalom," he added. graves of most of his predeces­

.The white-haired 52-year-old sors. archbishop, believed to be the On Wednesday morning he first Harvard graduate tQ head a came to St. Patrick's Cemetery U S. Catholic diocese, took can­ in Fall River to visit the simple onical possession of the Boston family plot where Cardinal Med­archdiocese at a vespers service eiros is interred and where some a day earlier for priests, deacons 200 people, led by Bishop Danie! and their wives and seminarians. A. Cronin, had gathered to await

his arrival.Archbishop Law, who succeed­ed the late Cardinal Humberto There the archbishop greeted Medeiros, who died last Septem­ members of the' cardinal's fam­ber, disclosed long-range plans ily and spoke of the cardinal's for convening an archdiocesan warmth to him as a young synod, reestablishment ,of the bishop. priests' senate as a "presbyterial "If the cardinal were here," cO),lOcil" and promotion of 'an he concluded, "I know he'd say archdiocesan pastoral council 'Bishop Bernie, you should pray." and parish councils. So let's do that now.'"

In his vespers homily, Arch­ After leading prayers at the bishop L!lw told the clergy that gravesite Archbishop Law join­"from the national disgrace of ed the priests in attendance in abortion to the scandal of world singing the Salve Regina, a tra­hunger to the spector of nu­ ditional Latin hymn asking clear warfare, I expect you to Mary's intercession at the time stand with me in giving voice to of death. the church's authentic teaching He then shook hands with all and legitimate concern." present, posing for pictures with

several youngsters. Urging young The homily prompted several Philip Silvia of Holy Name par­ovations at the vespers service. ish, Fall River, to look at theAt an informal reception after­,photographers instead of atward, Archbishop Law thanked him, the archbishop said, "Your the clergy for their action and

, confided, "The anxiety that mother will never forgive me if we don't get a good' picture." caused me to wake at 3 o'clock

As the prelate started to leave this morning dissipated once I the, cemetery, he was handedgot here." two roses. He turned back toA third installation celebration Cardinal Medeiros' grave, laidwas held at Holy Cross Cathe­them upon it and knelt for adral' for women Religiousc.March final prayer. 24.

.At an impromptu news con­At a reception later, Domini­ference, he was queried as tocan Sister Claire McGowan, re­his attitude on abortion.gional coordinator of the Leader­

"It's not just a Catholic but a ship Conferen<:e of Women Re­civil rights issue,"he declared.ligious, referred to the women's

The archbishop and the priests ordination issue. who' accompanied him from"Like Sarah of the Old Testa­Boston lunched with Bishopment, many of us conceived new Cronin at the ,bishop's residenc;e.life in our corporate old age, a

On his return trip to Bostonvision of a church in which wo­Archbishop Law stopped at themen ?ke our place as full part­Catholic Memorial Home in Fall ner in all of the church's minis­River to greet retired Bishopstries, in all of the church's de­James L. Connolly and James J. cisions, in all of' the church's Gerrard.life," Sister McGowan said.

Archbishop Law answered that he came "as one sent in the power and ministry of Christ THE ANCHOR lUSPS-545-(20). Second CI.IS

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CRS helps millions

Abp. Laghi , •pro,nunCIO

WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope John Paul II on March 26 made Archbishop Pio Laghi the first papal ambassador, or pronuncio, to the United States in 117 years.

A suave, self-effacing 32-year veteran of the papal diplomatic service, Archbishop Laghi has been in the United States since 1980 as apostolic delegate, or papal liaison with the U.S. Cath­olic Church.

His appointment as pronuncio came three weeks after the U.S. Senate confirmed William A. Wilson as the first modem-day U.S. ambassador to the Holy See.

Because of the U.S. position as the superpower of the West, Archbishop Laghi's new post is potentially one of the most sig­nificant and powerful in the pa­pal diplomatic corps, which mediates church positions on peace, justice 'and human rights with more than 100 governments around the world.

The American Bishops' Over­He will also continue as the Holy See's permanent observer seas Appeal will be held this

weekend in the Fall River dio­to the Washington-based Organ­cese. The annual national col­ization of American States.

Archbishop Laghi, 61, was lection supports efforts of Cath­olic Relief Services, Migrationborn in Castiglione, a small town and Refugee Services, the Holy in north-central Italy. Ordained.

a priest in 1946, he joined the Father's Relief Program, and the Offiee of International Justicepapal diplomatic corps in 1952. and Peace. .After a brief service in the

papal nunciature in Nicaragua, However, Catholic Relief Ser­in 1954 he began seven years as vices, the overseas relief and a staff aide at. the apostolic dele­ dey:eJopm~nt ~gency of the Am­gation jn.~,Washington". serving erican Catholic Church, is the under Ar~bishop Amle~Q Ciog­ princip~l :ben~fi~iiuy' .6f.,the bish­

ops' collection.,'·. . ' . '.nani and Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzl. In Africa, Asia, the Middle

Subsequent assignments saw East, and Latin America, CRS him in India, Rome, Jerusalem sponsors self-help developmentand Argentina before he return­ programs affecting the Uves of ed to the United States three millions. years ago. , One of these millions is 12­

In this country he has partici­ year-old Luis Romero of El Sal­pated in practically all ordina­ vador, an innocent victim of the tions of new bishops and is civil war which has .plagued his often a' speaker at national country for more than five years. meetings of major Catholic or­ Before fighting erupted, Luisganization's.

and his family were day laborers At a February press confer­on a large cotton plantation. The ence, Archbishop .Laglii told re­war disrupted their fragile sub­porters that his appointment as' sistence Uves. Luis attendedofficial Vatican representative to school for only one year ·before the U.S. government would not the fighting caused the school to mean a great change In his close. His mother became a ser­'work. vant for a wealthy family in the

"Before, when bringing mess­ capital city of San Salvador and ages from the pope, I used to go soon after his father was kilied through the' back door," he·said. in the fighting. "Now I will ge~ in through the

.Luis, his grandmother and two front door. I wUl also wear a brothers fled to a camp for dis­better suit," placed persons but when rumors spread in the camp that young

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~ope,. president to meei·'in: Alaska

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dent Reagan will meet Pope John Paul II in Fairbanks, Alaska, May.2, when one, is traveling to and the. other from the Far East, the White House has confirmed.

No' details on the 'location or other aspects of the meeting were announced. '

The pope will stop in Fair­banks on his way to SouUt Ko­rea. Reagan will be returning

ARCHBISHOPLAGm from China.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of fall River-fri., March 30, 1984

Iloly Year JO·uth. program

at New Bedford par~sh A Holy Year program for youth directed by members of the

and young adults (16 and over) GIIT program. This will be fol­will be held Sunday, April I, at lowed by a candlelight penance St. Mary's School, New Bedford. service at which priests repre­Beginning at 2:30 p.m. it will senting the various retreat pro­conclude about 6 p.m. with cele· grams will be available for cele­bration of the Eucharist. bration of the sacrament of pen­

This afternoon is sponsored ance. and coordinated by the Diocesan

Anyone 16 or over is weleome Department of Education in con­to participate in Sunday's pro­jUI1ction with various retreat -gram, which has been plannedmovements in the diocese, in­as an opportunity for those in­,eluding Emmaus, TEC, GIIT volved in youth retreats to cele­(from St. Anne's parish, Fall brate their oneness in the Lord River), ECHO and ECHO of as the whole church commem­Cape Cod. Music for the pro· orates the 1,950th year of re­gram will be directed by Rene demption.Lepage.

The afternoon will begin with Further information on the an audiovisual reflection on day is available at the diocesan Christ's redemptive death and Catholic Education Center, tel. his resurrection composed and 678-2828. '

Over 300 to malie pilgrimage boys were being "recruited" as soldiers, friends arranged for Between 300 and 350 Boy and portunity of receiving the sacra­Luis to live at Ciudad de -los Girl Scouts and members of ment of penance at St. Anne's, Ninos _ City of Children, a Camp Fire groups, with their the last church on the pilgrim­home for war-orphaned children leaders, will participate in a age. A 1:30 p.m. lunch break will run by Salesian Fathers. Holy Year pilgrimage from 11 . be held at St. Stanislaus Church.

Ciudad de los Ninos has been a.m. to 6:15 p.m. tomorrow in . Priests participating in theFall River. provided witt!, shoemaking, day will be Father Martin Buote, tailoring, carpentry and welding Beginning at St. Mary's Ca­ diocesan direcltor of Catholic workshops through a $36,000 thedral, .the youngsters will walk Scouting; Father Norman Buote, grant from eRS to purchase to St. Louis, St. Stanislaus and in charge of pilgrimage arrange­tools and equipment. St. Anne's -churches for a tour . ments; and Fathers Herbert Nich­

There Luis. has a secure, car-, of each church' and a talk on its ols, Jon-Paul Gallant, John J. ing environmeht._, iO Which to, histqry" followed by a medita­ Oliveira, ,Ste~hen Fernandes, learn and grow. Over 70'percent . tion on a1l:' aspect of .the Passion Robert Kaszynski, William of .Father Rossi's recent gradu- or .Resurrection of Christ. Baker and John foIster, all to ates have fq!Jnd. jobs so Luis has Participants will have the op- speak at pilgrimage churches. hope that he will be able to pro­vide for his family when he leaves.

eRS sponsors similar training programs for Salvadorans and Guatemalans in Honduran refu­gee camps. The agency is also assisting Lebanese war victims and those struggling through a drought and civil war in East Africa.

In more than 70 countries around the world, CRS sponsors ongoing projects in nutrition, clean water, leadership training and agriculture projects to as­sist Third World people to at; tain lives of greater justice, hope and dignity.

All this is made possible by the generous support of Ameri­can Catholics of the Bishops' Overseas Appeal. .

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the moorir'\9..-, The Revolution at Hand

As our nation moves into the waning years of the century, it is obvious that we' are on' the threshold of a 'new industrial revolution. '

I For those with only traditional labor skills, the outlook is grim. Workers depending on: labor unions to keep their

'.jobs for them have found themselveS in unemployment. lines. Plagued with limited vision and internal strife, the, unions have 'not been able to maintain their membership. ,

Union off~cials have for too long refused to recognize :radical changes in the rieeds of employers. ConsequeI)tly,' many men and :wpmen possessed of only traditional skills have been replaced by computers and ro~ots. Their natural reaction has been one of anger .and frustration. No union leaders even warned them of such 'developments, never mind helped them to seek' alternative careers.' .'

There can be little surprise at the ·general public's loss of confidence in unions, given their inability 'and/or refusal to be effective catalysts in today's 'job .revolution.

Yet it .would be ,unfair to blame all the difficulties of the job mark~t and, its paucity of _.tr~ined technicians, on union lack of ,forethought. The world of education should also be,held responsible for its in,ability to foresee . the dramatic changes in needed skills and techniques. Plagued with in-house philosophical disputes, politic~l

pressures, lack of direction and inadequate structures, much of America~ educatio~ can be compared to the proverbial dog chasing its own·'tail.

The general decline in discipline among pupils, parents and teachers alike has made a shambles of many school systems. As a result, many so-called graduates have been totally unprepared to enter today's highly skilled and competitive job market. Many stu<ients c~nnotevenread:

\ and write on the'level.demanded by employ~rs. Many kno,ck on doors but very, few are .chosen.

The high-tech industrial revolution forces us to be realistic about what is taking place. We cannot and must not pour new wine into old skins. Today's market is forcing all segments of labor and education to retool, renew and refurbish their goals and objectives.

The emerging job market will demand new skills. Among capabilities e.xvected to be needed in the years ahead are those in the fields of biotechnology, fiber op~ics,

the health professions and telecommunications. Laser technology is about to take a massive leap,

plastics have gained credibility once more, the medical field will encompass many new skills.

Man is ready to exploit the commercial possibilities of space, the computer is only scratching the surface of its potential and communications are about to leave Earth!

And if. ypu feel that these areas are too esoteric, just remember that people will be needed to install and repair all this new technology. Manual labor is becoming less and less needed. Shirt and tie-and the three piece suit are fast becoming the working man's uniform.

We should all become aware of what is going on in the marketplace, attempt to overcome our personal fears and support every effort to train and educate for the future which indeed is with us now.

Any other attitude is a disservice to today's worfd and the people who must live in it.

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The middle -cour,s,e By Father Kevin J. Harrington

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, archbishop of Chicago and chair­man of the bishops' pro-life com­mittee was a center of contro­versy after a widely-noted ad­dress in December at Fordham University. He argued for "link­age:' for a consistent ethic of life on questions ranging from abortion to nuclear war.

Certainly, if the bishops', moral teachings are to have an impact, consistency is crucial. However, many pro-lifers believe strongly in . the value of nuclear deter­ence.

·The bishops' pastoral letter on the nuclear i,ssue is far more open to nuance and interpreta­tion than is the church's pro­hibition on abortion. The fact that other episcopal conferences such as those of West Germany and France are much more com­fortable with the presence of a nuclear deterrent and far more concerned with a conventional Soviet invasion than is the U.S. conference is a clear indicator that there is great room for differences. In v)ew of Europe's long and bloody history, the .Jast ·40 years of' a peace bought at the price of the threat of war can still be seen as a "pax Americana.tt

In the case of church teach­ing on abortion, however, there is no room for deviation. No episcopal conference in any cor­

ner of the world questions the clear teachings of Pope John Paul on this issue. And the link­age argument' has the potential to wreak, havoc on the pro-life movement.

The majority of pro-life acti-. vists see little connection be­tween the taking of innocent hu­man life in a nuclear war and the killing of the innocent un­born. But there is a middle course which would serve both the Am­.erican bishops and those pro­lifers who share President Rea­gan's views on the need of a strong defense.

·Cardinal Bernardin's IOS1S­

tence upon consistency need not be compromised. The middle course is consistent and straight­·forward. It uses the principle of double effect, which is that· an action can be done which 'direct­ly produces both a good effect and an evil effect. However, this action must not be in itself evil nor 'must the evil effect be in­tended. Also, the good effect must flow directly from the ac­tion and there must be sufficient reason to justify such an action.

With reference to abortion, it has always been the church's teaching that medical treatment aimed at preserving the life of a pregnant woman is permissible, even when such treatment threatens the tife of an innocent embryo or fetus.

With reference to nuclear war, the following scenario may be

argued by those who believe that is is not better to be Red than dead: the first assumption would be that the Soviet Union 'is try­ing to bring about the enslave­ment of people through system­atic denial of human rights, in­cluding the inalienable right of freedom to worship. Many Eu­ropeans as well as Americans share this assumption which.. is not altogether based upon fan­tasy. •

Further, ,let us suppose that Russian command centers aim nuclear warheads at innocent civilians. Such an attack would not only threaten innocent lives but could bring enslavement of future generations deprived of knowledge of God and of his love for humanity.,

With such thoughts in mind, could not a "nuclear attack upon

. Soviet nerve' centers be consid­ered an action akin to that of treating a pregnant woman de­spite putting at risk the inno­cent life within her?

With the intention of bring­, ing about the good effect of pro­

tecting the innocent in the pres­ent and for generations to come, does not the unintended evil ef­fect, of killing innocent Soviet civilians become permissible?

Consistency and credibility are indeed partners. All who re­spect life should' be -linked by a bond of love to protect that life at all stages.

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Family Night OJ\. weekly at-home progralil for fainilies

sponsored hy the Dloeesan Offlee of Falllily Ministry

OPENING PRAYER Dearest Lord, keep us faithful

tQ our Lenten sacrifices and help each of us to grow 1n holiness as Easter approaches. Bless our Family Night this evening and help us to be loving and open to one another.

LESSON Young Family and Middle Years Family

The Pretzel Story: the pretzel has a deep spiritual meaning for Lent. It has been used in Lent for over 1500 years. The pretzel is made in the shape of the cross­ed arms, for in those days the people crossed their arms over their breasts while praying. The breads were called "little arms." Later the Germanic people coin­ed the term "pretzel" which we use today. Bake:

SOFT PRETZELS 1 cake yeast dissolved into11'2 cups warm water. Add 1 teaspoon saIt, and 1 tablespoon sugar. Blend in 4 cups of flour. Knead dough until smooth. Cut into small pieces. Roll into ropes, and twist into desired shape. Place on

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PRETZEL PRAYER: We beg you, 0 Lord, to bless these breads which are to remind us that Lent is a sacred season of penance and prayer. For this very reason, the early Christians started the custom of making these breads in the form of arms crossed in prayer. Thus they kept the holy purpose of Lent 'alive in their hearts from day to day, and increased in their souls the love of Christ, even unto death, if necessary. Grant us, we pray, that we, too, may \be

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word conjure up? Litter on a movie theatre floor? Nero's banquets? One who never stops eating?

When tve talked about the sin of gluttony in catechism classes of old, it always seemed to be tied into' food. Yet, the word embraces a much broader mean­ing. We talk about a glut on the market or remark, "He's a glut­ton for punishment."

In the family, gluttony show up in many shapes. I invite fami­lies to take this little test to­gether and talk about ways the sin of gluttony evidences itself in their family life.

1. Do we consistently use .food as entertainment and pleasure rather than sustenance? 2. Do we stop for a fast food fix two hours before dinner and then pick at the food prepared for us at home? 3. Do we demand separate dishes at mealtime whep we dislike what is being served? 4. Do we feel cheated if we miss our 6 p.m. cocktail?

5. Do we practice telephone gluttony, unhappy if somebody else wants to use the phone? 6. Do we practice TV gluttony, in­sisting that we have a right to watch anything at any time we want? 7. What about closet glut­tony? Are our closts full but we swear we have nothing to wear?

gluttony? Are we miserable if we miss a televised game because of a family or church activity? 9. Are we gluttonous talkers, monopolizing every conversa­°

tion? 10. Can we share the care with others in the family or do we feel deprived y/ithout one?

11. Do we always have a soft drink or a cup of coffee in our hands? 12. Are we a glutton for cleanliness and order, re­fusing to allow others to be com­fortably homey? 13. 06 we hog the bathroom?

14. Do we refuse to share our clothing, bikes, books or toys with others in the family? 15. Do we rebel over a meal of left­overs? 16. In what other ways do we see ourselves as gluttons?

Gluttony in any of these forms can disrupt harmonious family life. Excessive accumulation leads to clutter and a constant desire for more, whether it's brand labels or uneaten food. Ex­cessive possession leads to self­ishness and an unwillingness to share, trait inherent in the very meaning of family. Excessive self-indulgence leads to self-love rather than love of others.

Gluttony, as we see by this' little test, is very much a prob­lem in today's families. We are manipulated by the media and societal pressure to buy, accumu­late, hoard, and collect, even though we do not need more. We

reminded by the sight of these pretzels to observe the holy season of Lent with true devo­tion and great spiritual fruit. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. (Taken from: Pret­zels for God, St. Francis Xavier Church, Phoenix, Arizona.)

Adult Family Materials: Bible, paper, pen.

Read aloud Ephesians 5:8-14, pause, share thoughts and feel­ings; read' John 9:1-41 or the shortened version John 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38. Together make up a list of ways the family lives in the light.

SNACK Pretzels and a beverage.

ENTERTAINMENT (optional)

SHARING Each shares a struggle he had

during the past week, each shares a high point and a moment he felt especially close to some par­ticular person in the family.

CLOSING PRAYER -Spontaneous: use prayer

jar. -Scripture: John 8:12. -Lord's Prayer and Hail

Mary.

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we possess more and we believeU. .

This takes a terrible toll on Christian family life because the very values we espouse as Chris­tian are opposed to gluttonous living. Families who attempt to live a Christian simplicity teach self-control - in food, clothing, records, sex and entertainment.

They don't believe a teen has to attend every rock concert or a parent see every televised game to be happy and fulfilled. They don't demand perfect meals and a full larder every day. They don't equate indulgence with satisfaction.

This family can be considered a counterculture family in a so· ciety that values upward mobil­ity in economic terms and prizes a flourishing consumer economy is implied if we're satisfied with few goods.

That's why it's so hard to practice Christian values in our society. It takes strongly com­mUted parents and children to be different, to be Christian. Yet such families are a sign to the rest of us and should be con· sidered among our national treas­

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God's three answers

There is a saying in my set: "Be careful what you pray for because God might give it to you." I heard that many times over the years be­fore I appreciated the wis­dom of it. Today I've come to understand it to mean that I should give a lot of calm con­sideration to any request to God. "Be correct in your judgment qf what pleases the Lord," as St. Paul put it so well. Is what I want really what God wants? I should be sure the answer is yes before I ask God .lor anything.

We were talking about prayer in the church basement the other night, and I heard another good one-liner. The guy talking was a very interesting character, by the way. He was tall, slim and had a heavy beard. He had a very good sense of humor. Be· fore I tell you his one-liner about prayer, let me pass along a little story he told on himself.

"I wanted to go to a big meet­ing in New Orleans in 1980," he said, "so I called my parole officer in Brooklyn and asked if it would be okay. He said he would call the authorities in New Orleans, and let me know what they said. I once had a spot of trouble with the police there. My parole officer called me back the next day and told me, 'I just spoke with New Orleans, and they told me that if you so much as set foot in the state of Louisi­ana they will throw you in with the crocodiles.' "

As the guy went on he spoke about how his life had changed, about how he had ,been trans­formed spiritually over the past half dozen years, about the deep and unshakable faith God had given him so graciously, about the retreats he regularly makes to rededicate himself to trying to do God's will in every aspect of his daily life. He spoke about the importance of prayer.

"Prayer is essential to my lif~." he said. "Concentration comes hard, but I keep at it."

Then came his great one-liner: "There are three answers that

God gives 'to my prayers ­°

'Yes,' 'Not yet' or 'I've got some-

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thing better for' you.' " Yes. Not yet. I've got some·

thing better for you. I could identify with his ex­

perftence. God has given me those answers, too. I've prayed for a certain thing to take place in my life, and God said yes right away. I've prayed for something to take place, and God let me say the prayer for five or six years before coming through.

I 'began asking God to release me from my compulsion to smoke cigarettes in about 1971, and God did it in 1977. He didn't want me to think He was a push· over, I guess.

My throat was raw and my nerves were ruined when God answered that prayer, He made me beg. Humility was good for me.

I've prayed for other things. and I can't even remember what they were, so I guess I got some· thing better from God.

Prayer is one of the reasqns why spiritual living is such a fascinating journey. I guess prayer is The reason, in fact. Communication with God is the basis of spiritual living, and com­munication with God is prayer.

Anything I might say ~bout

prayer probably seems aWfully obvious to many of you. Many of you, no doubt have prayed fruitfully under good spiritual direction for many years. I cer­tainly can't tell you anything you don't already know on the topic. .

But I share these observations for the benefit of beginners in spirituality like me and my friend the ex-convict who, only a few years ago, was unwelcome in whole states like Louisiana, but whom the Lord welcomed.

God is good.

(necrology) March 31

Rt. Rev. George C. Maxwell. Pastor, 1953, 55. Peter & Paul. Fall River

April 1 Rev. George A. Lewin, Pastor,

1958, 81. Mary, Hebronville Rev. Edwin J. Loew, Pastor,

1974, St. Joseph, Woods Hole

April 2 Rev. Adolph Banach, O.F.M.

Conv. Pastor, 1961, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, New Bedford

Rev. Donald Belanger, Pastor, 1976, 51. Stephen, Attleboro

April 6 Rev. Msgr. John A. Chippen­

dale, Retired Pastor, 1977, St. Patrick, Wareham

Rev. Lorenzo Morais, Retired Pastor, 1980, St. George, West­

8. And what about sposts are told we will be happier if ures. .port

6 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Marc'h 30, 1984

FALL RIVER AREA supporters of Birthright met at a recent- banquet marking the 10th anniversary of the preg­nancy aid organization in that section of the diocese. Seated, Father Thomas Rita, diocesan director of pro-life activities; Marcella J. Warrener, Birthright board vice­chairperson; standing, Diane Lambert, board chairperson; June Partridge, a founding member of the Fall River chapter. (Torchia Photo)

Layman named to NiCCB .. U8CC

post WASHINGTON (NC) -- For

the first time, a layman has been named an associate general 'sec­retary at the National Confer­ence of Catholic Bishops' and U.S. Catholic' Conference.

Francis X. Doyle, an' NCCB· ~SCC staff member for 13 years, most recently as director of fin­ance and administration at the bishops' conferences, was named associate general secretary, ef­fective April 1.

Also nanied associate general secretary was Father Robert N. ­Lynch' of Miami, who was na­tional coor4inaior of Pope John Paul II's 1979 visit to the United States. His appointment is ef­fective July 1.

The NCCB also announced that Father Ronald C. Anderson, an associate generai secretary since 1982, will leave the bishops' con­ferences to join the staff of Catholic Relief Services in New York.

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basis. However, it soon became apparent from the number of patients" treated that fulltime service was needed.

In 1979, therefore, the clinic program was staffed by Dr. Si­mon ~im, a radiologist, and Dr. Richard Hellwig, an oncology/ hematologist, both on a fulltime basis. '

Since -then the number of clinic patients has increased over 500 percent and oncology nurses, an oncology social

worker, an oncology dietitian and several radiation therapy techliicians have been added to the program.

In 1983 the excellence of the clinic was recognized when it was accredited by the American College of Surgeons.

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7 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., March 30, 1'984

Historian affirms peace pastoral By 'Robert JOImstOlll

BALTIMORE (NC) - Msgr. John Tracy Ellis, 78, elder statesman of U.S. Catholic his­torians, strongly affirms the U.S. bishops' war and peace pastoral and says any other course of action would be "a grave dere-' liction of duty."

"Don't you say the bishops have no business in politics. They , were not ordained to be left only in the sacristy and sanctu­ary," said Msgr. Ellis in atheo­logy lecture at St. Mary's Sem­inary in Baltimore.

He distinguished between "partisan politics" and political action that involves a "moral question," He quoted from a' speech by the century's "most other-worldly pope," St. Pius X, who told his cardinals in 1903: "The church cannot divorce poli­tics from the realm of faith and morals."

Msgr. Ellis recalled that Jesus said "Render to Caesar what is Caesar's," recognizing the legiti­macy of the civil order. "Since that time it's ,been impossible to keep priests and bishops out of political matters," he said.

The current involvement of the bishops in political issues is

not unique in U.S. history, al­though the fact that Catholics were a small minority muted the voice of the church in earlier times, the church historian said.

He cited several instances of "political involvements" by bish­ops, including the existence of a "Catholic ticket" in the 1841 New York City elections and bitter clashes between bishops over slavery during the Civil War.

"In my judgment, some were right and some were wrong," he said. "What I find in the record that is enlightening, though in a sad way, is the many times the bishops did not speak." The bishops failed when they did not speak out against the wars with Mexico and Spain and when they took no real stand against slavery, he said.

He called Vietnam a turning point for the U.S. Catholic hier­archy and described today's bishops as "very sensible, de­voted and dedicated men we can be proud of,"

The bishops may be "very troubled at times by the decis­ions 'they must make, but they are acting with balance and courage," he said.

Despite repeatedly demurring that he was "not a prophet," Msgr. Ellis gave' his views on many current issues in a ques­tion-answer session after his speech.

"I can't see the advantages" to the recently established U.S.­Vatican diplomatic relations, he said. He ventur.ed that only about 10 percent of the U.S. bishops support the move and ' said that it could "become em­barrassing and awkward."

The move for prayer in public schools "is a mistake," he said. "I don't want to discourage the growth of religious sentiment, but .. ~ the price will be too high. I would rather have after­hours instruction in the faith of the children,"

It is self-evident that "Cath­olics have arrived financially" in this country, "but they are paying the price for their afflu­ence," he said. "Divorce, abor­tion, family breakdowns are all signs of the times. And I fear the Master' (Christ) is turning his back on them for the poor,"

Msgr. Ellis said that "plain, simple people are the founda­tion of the church - not the rich, they won't save the church."

Small school, large impact ROME (NC) -- The Pontitical

Ecclesiastical Academy has few students ,but its impact is world­wide.

Its graduates form the diplo­matic corps which represents the Vatican to more than 100 coun­tries and to the bishops in those countries.

The academy is 'located in Rome and has 32 students, in­eluding four from the United States. One of them, Father Steven Otellini of the' Archdio­cese of San Francisco, recently described the process of diplo­matic education.

Among the courses the priests study are a variety of languages, international law, diplomacy, history, world culture, Latin cul­ture and diplomatic law.

The other U.S. students are Father Daniel Pater of the Arch­diocese of Cincinnati; Father Timothy Moran of the Archdio­cese of Boston; and Father Thomas Gullickson of the Di()­cese of Sioux Falls, S.D.

Students, who must be or­dained priests and no more than 31 years old when they enter the academy, attend, it for two to fOl;1r years, depending on their academic credentials at entrance.

All graduates must hold a doctorate so those who enter the acade!Dy without one must also study for that degree as they study diplomacy. Also required is a degree in canon law.

"The canon law degree is re­quired befause there is a lot of law involyed in the work," said Father Otellini. A doctorate is required ~cause it helps estab­lish credibility in government, church and diplomatic circles, he

added. He also said that training in­

'eludes development of a diplo­matic outlook.

"One of the primary obliga­tions of a diplomat is to insert oneself into the country as much as possible in order to under­stand the country. He does so not by speaking out but by listening to as many voices as 'possible. He does not have to be seen a great deal in public forums but he has to listen a great deal," said Father Otellini.

Academy appointments come through the Vatican Secretariat of State, the agency which over­sees Vatican diplomats and nun­ciatures, the Vatican term for embassies.

Graduates also work in the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, a sister office to the Secretariat of State which ex­amines questions involving church-state relations.

Current. academy students come from 16 countries. The four U.S. priests constitute the largest group after the 12 itali­ans.

Upon graduation, young diplo­mats usually join the staff of an apostolic delegate, someone who represents the Vatican to the bishops of a country, or of a nuncio or pronuncio who repre­

. sents the Vatican to the Jocal church, and is the diplomatic representative of Vatican City to the country. (Archbishop Pio Laghi, formerly apostolic dele­gate to the U.S. has just been named pronuncio to the nation.)

Diplomatic work may include negotiating a concordat treaty outlining the relationships be­

tween church and state in a given country or mediating dis­putes between nations.

Graduates of the 283·year-old academy generally are not as­signed to their home country for fear that they may not be able to maintain objectivity.

Father Otellini said that nun­ciatures vary in prestige and im­portance.

Assignment to the nunciature in the United States is very pres­tigious," he said, citing the U.S. position as a world power. "Paris is also significant, not so much for its current position in the world but because of its his­tory,"

An assignment in the Holy Land also is important.

"It's not a comfortable life," he said, "but whoever is there is going to have the confidence of the secretary of state."

There are approximately 230 active diplomats in the church's diplomatic corps.

Among U.S. diplomats are Archbishop Ambrose De Paoli of the Archdiocese of Miami, pro­nuncio to Sri Lanka; Msgr. Jus­tin Rigal~ of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, a staff member of the Secretariat of State; Msgr. James Harvey of. the Archdio­cese of Milwaukee, a staff mem­ber of the Secretariat of State.

Father Timothy Broglio of the Diocese of Cleveland, a staff member' of the nunciature in the Ivory Coast; Father Joseph Har­ris of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, a nunciature aide in Zambia; and Msgr. Edward Adams of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, a nunciature st~ff

member in Honduras.

But, he added, "Don't worry. Many of the wealthy will come around. The church has seen worse. Worry about the repub­lic; it has no guarantee of sur­vival,"

On women, in the church, Msgr. Ellis said, "The ladies are here and will be heard from and will have a much more promin­ent and meaningful role in the church. It's the wave of the fu­ture."

But women should not seek ordination during iPope John Paul II's lifetime because "he's adamant against women priests," he said.

He called it "preposterous that a few, mostly Italian, ce!ibates

should direct more than a mil­lion nuns" and said women re­ligious should have a greater voice in the Vatican's congrega­tion for Religious.

Asked if the increasingly powerful U.S. church would "challenge" Rome, Msgr. Ellis commented, "It has done so with the pastoral on war and peace. For the first time the American bishops took the lead on a crucially important world issue, and they were recognized for it."

At 78, Msgr. Ellis still lectures on church history at The Cath­olic University of America in Washington, where he is pro­fessor emeritus.

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ROME (NC) - "My vO,catiqn is to announce the Gospel and to help create a more human world" said Archbishop Helder Cama~a, the 5-foot-2-inch Brazil~ ian churchman whose criticisms of social injustice have made a giant-size impact on Latin Am­erica.

Archbishop Camara, head of the Archdiocese of Olinda-Re­cife in the ,poverty-stricken northeast of Brazil, was in Rome this month for ceremonies can­onizing Paola Frassinetti, found­ress of the Sisters of St. Dorothy. Members of the order work in his archdiocese.

"I was born in a poor area," the 75-year-old archbishop said. "When I was growing up, it was easy to see that local prob­lems could not be solved locally. I learned that prol?lems have a national and international dim­ension."

That awareness spurred Arch­bishop Camara to work for social change in Latin America. He said that he' will continue this work, even though his resignation, re­quested by' the Vatican of aU bishops of dioceses when ,they reach 75, has been submitted to Pope John Paul II.

"My resignation is only from the diocese. While God gives me life and health I will continue to work both inside and outside of Brazil," he said.

Archbishop Camara has be­come well known inside and out· side of Brazil for preaching non­violence' and pleading ~or the poor.

During the next few months, he plans to campaign in several countries to build support for a

, renegotiation of Brazil's $90 bil­lion foreign debt, the largest in the Third World. He criticized the foreign ,banks and multi­national 'Corporations to whom the money is owed, saying their stiff demands will weaken Bra­zil's economy and "crush" the people." '

Archbishop Camara' also re­iterated his call for distribution of unused Brazilian land to land­less peasants.

"The Brazilian government re­ports that there are millions of acres of ~and that are, not pro­ductive," said Archbishop Cam-_. ara. "Yet there are millions of Brazilians who don't have any land: We need a specific way, 'without violence, to obtain real land reform in Brazil."

Archbishop Camara blamed government emphasis on internal security for suffering in Brazil.

"The government is. making an effort to be more serious about abuses of human rights," he said, "but the greatest sym­bol of human rights would be for national security no longer to, be the supreme value. All people have the right and duty to defend themselves, hut to

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place national security as the supreme value is a great evil."

Archbishop . Camara said church people such as himself who criticize the political situa­tion are unpopular with govern· ment$.

"At' one time the Catholic bishops of Latin America thought 'it was a pastoral necessity to support government authority because without it there would be chaos. We supported the so­cial order and were close to the government and the rich so that

we could help the poor," he said. That changed "when we saw

'that two-thirds of the people' were living in terrible human conditions," the archbishop said.

"We realized," he ,-added, "that we were not supporting social order but social disorder."

Now, when bishops nonviolent­ly denounce injUStice and en­courage respect for human rights, "we are called 'subver­sive' and 'communists,';" he add­ed. "All we want is that people have human living' conditions."

u.s. gets new archdiocese WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope native of Guam and has been

John Paul II made the diocese of bishop of Agana since 1971. He Agana, Guam, an archdiocese has been a member of the U.S. March 24. Two other dioceses in National Conference of Catholic the 'Pacific will be suffragan Bishops, but now will join the 'sees to the new~ccesiastical pro­ Fiji-based Conference of the vince of Agana. Bishops of the Pacific, to which

Bishop Felixberto C. 'Flores of the bishops of Tarawa and the Agana will be the new U.S. arch­ Carolines-Marshalls already be­diocese's first archbishop. long.

Guam which the pope visited The situation is similar to that in 1981 as a stopover point be­ of the .church in iPuerto Rico,tween the Philippines and Japan, which because of its caribbean is a U.S. territory and a major location and Hispanic heritageU.S.. Navy base il\ the Pacific. has a separate bishops' confer­It is the largest and southern­ ence even though it is a U.S. most of the Mariana Islands, commonwealth. which are part of the new Agana archdiocese. Except for Guam, a self-governing U.S. territory, the Marianas ar:e part of the U.S. How to do itTrust Territory of the Pacific Is­lands. COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (NC)

- Evangelizers must "propose, Pope John Paul pl~ced the not impose the truth of the Gos­Diocese of Caroline-Marshall Is­pel," Archbishop Pio Laghi,lands and the Diocese of Tara­apostolic delegate in thewa, / Gilbe~ Islands, under the United' States, told Catholic In­new provIDce of Agana. Those

.dians 'and missionaries at theislands are also part of the Pa­1983 Tekilkwitha Conference.cific territory placed under U.S. The recent' meeting brought to­trusteeship by the United Na­gether more than 1,500 Native tions in 1947. Americans from 100 tribes,

Before it was made an arch­ along with Catholic bishops,diocese, Agana was part of the priests, religious and lay minis­ecclesiastical province of San ters who work with them. Arch­Francisco. The other two dio­ bishop Laghi celebrate4 an open­ceses were part of the province ing Mass with eight bishops, six of Suva, Fiji. Indian priests and a score of

Archbishop Flores, 63, is a missionaries.

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Media seen as way to support family values

By Cinday Liebhart

WASHINGTON (NC) - The Catholic Church must take an active role in finding ways that new media technologists can be used to promote traditional fam­ily values, participants in a re­cent Catholic Institute on the electronic media recommended.

The group also recommended that the church take an active role in helping families under­stand the impact of the electron­ic media on their lives.

The proposals were basic to a series of other recommendations offered by more than 80 Cath­olic religious educators, com­munications professionals, fam­ily life ministers and education specialists at a recent institute on the electronic media, popular culture and family life at the Catholic University of America in Washington.

The institute, sponsored by the U.S. Catholic Conference De­partment of Communication, featured presentations by execu­tives of commercial and public television networks, leaders in church communications and fam­ily life, and PfQfessors in the fields of communications and sociology.

Television (can) no longer be viewed as mere entertainment," said Eli A. Rubenstein, adjunct reearch professor of mass com­munications at the University of North Carolina. "The research has documented that television is an important part of the total process of child development."

But, he said, television pro­vides "rather few examples" of "healthy, creative family life." Even the television program "The Waltons," which revealed a "more sympathetic approach to the American family," still showed the "same striving for upward mobility.

"Thus, the children are des­tined to leave their parents be­hind in occupational status. By implication, if moving up is good, remaining at the working class level is not so good," Rubenstein said.

Rubenstein said stereotyping of individuals or groups on tele­vision programs produces atti­tudes about those people.

"The facts that women are usually portrayed as primarily homemakers, old people as help­less or confused, minority race individuals as either comic fig­ures or of lower socioeconomic status, all carry subtle messages about these groups," he said.

Because of the persuasive in­fluence of the electronic media on American culture and fami­lies, institute participants agreed the church must expand its ef­forts to educate the public on media issues and broaden its presence to the telecommunica­tions industry. .

They also called on the U.S. hierarchy to study the impact of the electronic media on society and families and urged issuance of a pastoral statement offer­ing a Catholic perspective on the

matter. Participants felt media train­

ing should be part of religious education programs to help peo­ple become aware of how they use the media in their own lives, and to help them interpre't media messages in Hght of church teachings.

Other recommendations in­cluded building a better relation­ship of church personnel with the telecommunications industry and disseminating existing re­search as well as conducting new research' on media issues.

Gene F. Jankowski, president of CBS Broadcast Group, told institute p'articipants that the media do not create or change va'lues but "are much more like­ly to reinforce existing values."

He said "values tend to be enduring," whereas opinions and beliefs are "momentary and sub­ject to change.

"For example, if you already use toothpaste you might change your brand because of some new information, but your . fundamental convictions about health care are not thereby changed," he said. ,

To assume that effectiveness of television in influencing peo­ple's buying habits has similar impa,ct on people's value sys­tems is a flawed argument, he said.

But Robert N, Bellah, profes­sor of sociology and comparative studies at the University of Cali­fornia at Berkley, said in a keynote address that the predom­inant messages of the electronic media are that "only material accumulation makes any sense and that no human relationships are reliable."

He said television fosters an'

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"endless catering to our own wishes and desires," and the tendency among many Americans to believe they are responsible only to themselves and to no one else. .

'Bellah said individual family efforts to counter the influence of television must be "nurtured and supported" by parishes and communities.

Anchor staffer aids select~on

A Catholic Press Association nominating committee that in­cluded Rosemary Dussault, busi­ness and advertising manager. of The Anchor, has presented a slate of officers to be voted on by members prior to CPA's an­nual convention, to be held this year in Chicago May 23 to 25.

Nominated as president with­out opposition is Msgr. John P. Foley, editor of the Catholic Standard and Times of the Phila­delphia archdiocese.

Candidate for vice president are Father Owen Campion, editor of the Tennessee Register of the Nashville diocese, and Moises Sandoval, editor of Maryknoll magazine and Revista Maryknoll.

Albina Aspell, editor of the Catholic Post of the Peoria di­cese, and Dennis Bednarski, vice president of marketing for Our Sunday Visitor, have been nom­inated for treasurer.

'Father John T. Catoir, director of The Christophers, New York, and Arthur Runnells, a perman­ent deacon and business mana­ger of the St. Anthony Messen­ger magazine, Cincinnati, have been nominated for sec~etary.

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A lifetime of resentment By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Mary: I think I need help. I'm hurting so much, and I seem to be filled with resentment and self-pity. The problem started 23 years ago when I first had ba­bies. Anytime I left the babies with my husband, he wouldn't watch them. He'd usually fall asleep'. Despite all my efforts to get him to care about his little ones, he never did.

After years of this, I noticed that whenever one of the older kids was near, my husband held in his temper. He'd occasionally" act nice to a younger chUd. He; still never corrected bad behavi­or, but he began to praise them. He wanted to be liked by them.

When I discovered my hus­band's .tacticswere working, I cracked. I couldn't stand the hurt I felt when I. discovered that he was succeeding in becoming Mr. Nice Guy. I hearne so filled with resentment I started "picking" at my husband - but the kids didn't know why, it was just an­other sign of Mom's meanness. I can't put up with his hypocrisy witbout some remark coming out

Sometimes I even think GOd is against .me. I can't sleep well, and now ~e'ssent me a knee condition, a bad. back and neck problems, aU in the past two years. My husband continues to sleep more than enough, never gets sick or has problems, looks

half his age. . at peace with himself and with I have to find a way to keep

from hurting so much over these things. - North Carolina.

You outline well the pain you are experiencing. At the same time, there are indications that you yourself recognize the cause and the potential cure for your pain.

Often people choose spouses who seem to be opposites. Such matches may be complementary rather than opposite, as though the partners recognize that they need someone to balance their own strengths and weaknesses. Such complementarity often .works well. Each, partnElr can benefit from the strengths of the other.

In your situation the differ­ences seem to be 'destructive. You perceive your husband's ef­forts to be nice as a tactic to win the children's affection and as a cover-up for his basic lack of concern. ' .

You might try to see the good side of his change. He may be trying to imitate the loving con­cern you have shown for so long. Your husband's efforts may rep­resent more than "hypocrisy." Yo~r children, who live with

both of you daily and know you well, . like their father. Can you learn to see him through their eyes?

Furthermore, you recognize that your husband seems to be

life while you are consumed by pain and resentment. While much of life's pain is unavoidable, there is other pain which we bring upon -ourselves.

You indicate your pain is of the latter type. Do something about your pain and the insidi­ous resentment that causes it.

The pattern you have estab­lished has persisted for years. It will be difficult to change. Yet, since you say you cannot live with the pain and resentment you feel, you may have the strength and courage to change.

Certainly you need a personal adviser and. confidant to listen to you and to put your own judg­ments in perspective. Perhaps a confessor or a trusted friend can fill this role. Perhaps a mental health professional will be your choice.

Whoever you chopse, you will need openness to listen to other views and ·courage to recognize that your interpretations of your family life might not be the only one or the best one. When this proves difficult, remember that ridding yourself of resentment and pain is a goal well worth striving for.

Reader questions on family living or child ~e to be an­swered in print are invited. Ad­dress The Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, IneL 47978.

.Commonweal editorretires r

NEW YORK .(NC) - The Catholic magazine Commonweal still has many battles ahead for an "open and pluralistic" church, editor !ames O'Gara said as he announced his retirement in the March 23 issue of. the lay-run journal.

O'Gara, 66, joined Common­weal in 1952 as managing editor and has been its editor since 1967. He wrote a three-page farewell column in which he reminisced about his 32 years with the magazine and looked at challenges ahead.

He recalled the days when the epithet "Commonweal Catholic" was used to "indicate sqmeone whose theology was shaky at best and whose loyalty was du­bious."

Before the Second Vatican Council in 1962-65, said O'Gara, "Commonweal was often a lonely voice 'crying out on behalf of human rights, of ecumenism, of interracial harmony, of social justice, of intellectual integrity."

Since Vatican II "brought many things to pass that Com­monweal had been arguing for since 1924," the magazine has become "mu,ch more respect­able," he said. .

."Don't worry, though; we can easily blow that (respectability) any editorial day and probably will," he added.

Commonweal was founded in 1924 as a weekly magazine of opinion am~ commentary on so­cial, cultural and political issues in the light of Christian princi­ples. Many of the leadi~g Cath­

olic intellectuals of this century have been featured on its pages.

Passing the editorial reins on to Peter Steinfels, who joined the Commonweal staff in 1964 and is currently executive edi­tor, O~Gara said there are

. "plenty of critical issues" still facing the church. Among these he listed:

- The vocations shortage and questions of women priests and married priests;

- "Clerical refuseniks" who reject greater lay participation and responsibility in the church;

- Apathetic laity who do not want greater participation or re­sponsibility; ­

- "Lack of regard for a gen­uine lay vocation," not in the sense of "churchly (lay) minis­tries," but in the sense of "re­spect . . . for the layman's real work in his secular 'milieu;"

- The phenomenon of the, "communal Catholic" who still feels a Catholic identity but is not involved in the institutional church;

- The frustration of "Ameri­can Catholic women who are told they can't even see a girl serving on the altar."

On the plus side from the commercial perspective O'Gara said that "the church is seen increasingly as a church that exists to serve others. We still have a good way to go on this, but a start has been made."

He also had high praise for the U.S. bishops' 1983 pastoral letter on war and peace.· The document is "readable, moral,

nuanced and balanced - all in all, deserving of the compliment of the right-wing attacks it has been receiving," he said.

O'Gara said that in September he will begin a year as a fellow at the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at St. John's University in College­ville, Minn., '''pursuing a project in Catholic social thought, al­ways a favorite topic of mine."

He's Vatican ambassador now ROME (NC) - Ambassador

William Wilson has arrived in Rome to take up his position as the first United States ambassa· dor to the Holy See.

He and his wife were greeted March 21 at Rome's Leonardo da Viilci Airport by Father Mario Carlomagno of the Vatican Sec­retariat of State and U.S. Am­bassador to Italy Maxwell Rabb.

Ambassador Wilson, who had served as personal envoy· of President Reagan to the Vatican since 1981, made no statement to the press. In previous inter­views, he has indicated that his admission into the Vatican dip­lomatic corps will not substan­tially change his activities there,

Wilson 69, is a convert to Catholicism and a long-time per­sonal friend of President Reagan.

Not .Wasted "No act of kindness, no matter

how small, is ever wasted." ­Aesop

uestion corner By Father John Dietzen

Q. Wbatls the correct proee­dure concerning SJPODSOnl at baptism? I was told that one sponsor could be a non-Catholic. Is that correct? The baptism will actually take place In another state. WIll that make a differ­enee? (Indiana)

A. In the baptism of a Cath­olic there must be at least one sponsor who has received the three sacraments of initiation ­baptism, confirmation and the Eucharist - and who is living a faithful life as a practicing Cath­olic.

This makes sense, obviously, since the sponsor's responsibility is to guide the newly baptized child or adult in his or her faith and to give a good personal ex· ample of a Catholic life.

Only one Catholic sponsor is required, though there may be two. Instead of a second Cath· olic, a baptized Christian of an­other denomination may stand up for the child at baptism. The person is formally called a "Christian witness" to the bap­tism, and of course shares the responsibility to help the bap· tlzed person to live as a good Christian and even as a good Catholic, insofar as that Chris­tian witness is conscientiously able to do so.

There should be no difference in these procedures from one state to another. They are spell­ed out in the "Introduction to the Rite of Baptism," and the "Directory Concerning Ecumeni· cal Matters" of the Secretariat for Promoting. Christian Unity of May 14, 1967, which apply to the entire Latin Rite church.

Q. Our group has been dis·

cussing Lent. Where In Scripture can we find the words used'in the services of Asb Wednesday: "Remember, man, that you are dust and unto dust you shall re­tum?" (North Carolina)

A. The words (except for "Re· member, man,") are from the Book of Genesis 3:19. They ap­pear in the admonition to A'dam by God after the fall, and echo, of course, the words in the story of mankind's creation in the second chapter of Genesis, that God formed man out of the clay or dirt of the ground.

The theme is common in the Old Testament: The magnificent passage in Ecclesiastes 12:6-7, for example, which describes the decline of old age, ends with the words, "The pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the broken pulley falls into the well and the dust returns to the earth from which it was made."

Perhaps you know that many churches. no longer use those words during the distribution of' ashes. The sacramel}tary for that day also suggests the words, "Tum away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel." (See Mark 1:15) This type of admoni­tion is generally con~idered more appropriate for the purpose of Lent as a time of· repentance and renewal.'

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Dr. Melville CLA. spe~er Dr. Annabelle Melville, Com­

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setts, will speak on Biography as Church History at the 63rd an· nual nationa'l convention of the (:atholic Library ASsociation, to be held April 23 to 26 at the Park Plaza Hotel, Boston.

Dr. Melville, former chaiman of the social studies department at Bridgewater and the 1977· 1978 holder of the Catholic Daughters of America Chair of American Church History at Catholic University of America, is the biographer of Archbishop John Carroll ·of Baitiinor.e; Car­dinal Jean Lefebvre de Cheverus, the first bishop of Boston; and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. .

For her book on Archbishop Carroll, Dr. Melville was awarded in 1955 the John Gilmary Shea 'Prize of the American Catholic Historical Association. In 1983 she was keynote speaker at the 175th anniversary banquet of

. the Boston archdiocese, receiving at that time a plaque in recogni· tion of her research on the early. years of the see and her defini­tive biography of Cardinal Chev· erus.

She is at present completing a biography of William Valentine Louis DuBourg, a bishop of New arreans in the early 19th cen· tury, who was a mentor of St. Elizabeth Seton.

Some 1,000 Ubrarians are ex­pected at the CLA convention, which. will have as its theme "Freedom Our Heritage; Peace Our Challenge."

Presentations in addition to Dr. Melville's address will focus on concerns of librarians in academic, religious and public libraries as well as in the special­ized areas of I'eligious archives, technical services and computer technology.

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Children .. testifying against parents By AnY.

against their parents in our own courts have developed other priv­ Juveniles v. Commonwealth. conversations between children country's system of criminal jus­ leges - such ·as the one pro­ In that case a grand jury was and their parents. In compelling ARTHUR tice. A few months ago, in the tecting your relationship with investigating the possible murder the children to disclose what they case of Three Juveniles v. Com­ youi' attorney. of, a young woman by a Tufts had observed of their father and

MURPHY monwealth, the Supreme Judi­ Why do we have privileges? University professor. The pro- the young woman, the court did cial Court of, Massachusetts di­ Why should we refuse to com­ fessor .was the father of three not intrude upon, parent-child rectly confronted this issue. children, aged 12, 14, and 15, communications as such. Thepel what may be crucial testi­

who lived with their parents. distinction betwe~n nonconfidell­mony, when by so doing we riskIf you are called to testify in The grand jury asked the child- tial circumstances was crucial to allowing guilty defendants to go.a criminal trial or before a grand free? ' ren to testify before it about the court. jury you usually may not refuse

anything they might have heard So where do we stand? The to appear. The Commonwealth A privilege generally' repre-' and Any. or seen around the time of the decision was .as close as they- the public, which prosecutes sents a decision to protect and

woman's disappearance. come: four justices in favor,every. state criminal case- has encourage certain social and pro­RICHARD the right to hear relevant testi­ fessionalrelationships - even The children asked the court three opposed. We now know

mony from everyone. In a trial to the detriment of judicial truth­ to rule that they could claim a that there is no absolute privi­MURPHY a court searches for the truth, seeking. Most privileged relation­ privilege to .refuse· to testify leg~ protecting parent-child re­

and the truth is harder to dis­ ships require confidentiality in against their father. Their par- lations. But the court did not cover if the court is denied ac­ order to flourish. .In creating ents joined In the request. They determine whether confidential cess to potential helpful infor­ privilegesw.e respect the privacy urged the court to recognize a communications between child­mation. of certain intimate relationships parent-child testimonial privi- ren and parents might be privi­

and encourage open' communica­ lege, and argued that society's . ·lege~. The court sugg~sted thatPavlik Morozov is a hero Exceptions nonetheless exist tions within them. Interest in the preservation of the Issue might best be decidedin the Soviet Union. In 1932, to the general rule of compelled the family warranted such recog- by the legislature. .~

testimony. These exceptions, , Suppose the government forced dqring the Stalinist terror, nitlon. In America we do not admire called privileges, allow people clergymen to inform it of allthe 13-year-old lad de­to refuse to testify in criminal the' crimes - from parking vio­ The children and their par- Pavlik Morozov. Here we often

nounced his father 'to Commun­cases in certain circumstances: lations to unpaid taxes to mur­ ents lost. The court ruled that no deem qualities such as loyalty.

ist Party officials as an enemy of The . most famous privilege is ders - 'which they learned general privilege permits a child and trustworthiness more impor."

the state. Although his relatives, containe4 in the Fifth Amend­ abou~. 'How candid would you to refuse to testify against a tant than the duty to assist the

seeking vengeance, killed 'Pavlik ment to the Constitution. Whell be with your clergyman? Not parent in a criminal case. The state in prosecuting criminals

shortly afterwards, the boy lives som~one "takes the Fifth," he' very, one suspects. In privileging decision compelled' the children But in Massachusetts a child

on in Soviet lore as an exemplar asserts his privilege not to be your communications with' your to appear before the grand jury might be forced to testify about

of "devotion to the affairs of forced ..to ,be a witness against clergyman. the law protects your and to reveal everything they private 'Communications with his'

communism and' love of the himself in a criminal trial. priva~y - and encourages the knew. For the court, society's or her parent. The law is un­

socialist motherlarid." Soviet two of you "to build an honest need for relevant testimony out- clear. ,How important is our in­children know Pavlik's story by The .Massachusetts legislature and trusting, relationship. weighed the arguments in favor terest in hearing helpful evidence

heart, and each year they cele­ has created' severaI testimonial of creating a privilege. when balanced again!!t our de­brate the anniversary of his privileges. Certain communica­ What about children and par­

But the court left for another sire to foster strong parent-child death. tions between, you and your ents? Is society's interest in pro­day an impOrtant aspect of the relations? If you feel strongly, In George Orwell's nightmarish clergyman; for example, cannot tectirig child-parent relations Issue. The court. was careful to about this issue, your state legis­book, 1984, children' are en­ be used against your wiil in a stronger. ·than its need to hear

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School prayer: down' hut not dead, both sides say . By LIz Armstrong religious majority to undermine amendment. Another silent "I think that when you in­ free exercise of religion," ac­

the rights of a religious minority prayer' proposal, by Sen. Alan troduce religion into politics, cording to Mary A. Cooper, the WASHINGTON (NC) - Sen­ and to attack the Constitution's Dixon, D·I11., wa~ defeated in you're playing with fire," he NCC's assistant director.

ate defeat March 20 of a pro­ mandate against government es- the ~enate March 15, in part said. The American .JeWish Com­posed constitutional amendment tablishment of religion. because some senators wanted Some religious groups' hailed mittee said it was 'satisfied' by allowing VOluntary,' organized Votes crosse~ party lines. to get out of the way to aI­ the vote. the vote. prayer in public schools doesn't Thirty-seven Republicans and 19 Iowa vote on the stronger, ver­ The SenatE~'s action sends a Earlier, Rabbi Marc Tanen­kill ,the volatile issue, said both Democrats voted for the amend- bal prayer amendment. clear and powerful signal to all . baum, the AJC's director of in­supporters and opponents after merit; 26 Democrats ~nd 18 Re- However, Senate Majority those in and out of government ternational relations, agreedthe vote. publicans opposed it. Colorado Leader Howard Baker, R-I11., who would confuse politics and with amendment advocates that

In fact, some expressed either Sen. Gary Hart, 'a contender for who backed the verbal prayer prayer," the Lutheran Council "America is morally in deeppredictions or fears thai the con­ the Democratic presl~entlal proposal, said he has no plans of the USA said in a statement. trouble" but said school prayer troversy will hit the campaign nomination, cut short campaign- to schedule more school prayer 'Obviously; there is a time and a is no solution. trail. . ing to return to Washington in debate. place for both. What has been .If family, church and syna­

The 56-44 Senate vote left time to vote against the meas- Hatch said the "issue that upheld .. . is the rightful dis­ gogue "did their job more effec­

something for everyone: Back­ ure:"I'm not here for political tinction that each of these en­ tively, there would be no need ers of organized school prayer 'reasons" but "to do my duties really should be discussed. rather ioys.'; to suggest ritualistic prayers incould take heart 'that their views as a' senator;' he said. . than the form pray.er should The National Council of' state-run schools," he said. won most of ,the Senate, even if take, ill: ending the governmen-

The proposed amendment was tal prohibition against prayer." Churches "is grateful the Senate The U.S. Catholic Conference support did not re,ach the two­ backed by' President Reagan. has upheld and protected the had no comment on the vote. thirds majority needed for pass­ "This has been an important de-' Tbe Rev. Jerry Falwell,~leader

,age. bate 'revealing the extent to' of the Moral Majority, said Opponents claimed victory for which the freedom of religious voters would react to the Sen­ Keep. going, pope tells agedtheir side and the Constitution. speech has ,been 'abridged in our at~ actlonst the polls. "The While leaders of both pro­ nation's 'public schools," the overwhelming majority of those VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope porary society errs when it does

amendment and antiamendment president said after the vote. of us concerned a·bout our poli­ John Paul' II, 63, recently told a not affirm the value of the elder­forces in the Senate said they Nonetheless, "the issue of free tical leadership can do. some­ group of senior citizens that be­ ly.hope school prayer is not used religious speech is not dead" thing, and very quickly, this ing old is no reason 'to say "In this mentality of superflu­for political purposes. in the up­ 'and our struggle will go on,'; he November," Mr. Falwell said. "enough." ous consumerism and systematic coming election, the ll~ader of added. Sen. Lowell Weicker,R-Conn., "According to the divine plan, materialism, you can and must'the Moral Majority warned of . Another amendment backer, who led the fight against the. every single human being is a become elements of rebirth," herepercussions at the polls. Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., said, ~mendment, also said the issue life in growth, from the first

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it as m~ans of removing what Utah Republican'" Sen. Orrin ...~J~dvised against using the vote ,breath," the pope told the group The pope also told the elderly they see as an unfair prohibi­ Hatch, who argued on behalf of . 'as a political tool. of Italian pilgrims. not to succumb to temptations tion against religious expression .. the amendment, said he would .. 'W~lcker said the victors had "Nobody has the right to say to withdraw nor to feel aban­in public schools, as well as a now like to see the Senate fully ,~',.··theproduct - the First Amend­ 'enough,''' he said. "You should doned by a modem society. way of promoting morality. discuss proposals to allow silent.ment" behind· them and added not stop nor consider yourselves "You still have ~ mission to , Opponents regarded the pro­ prayer in 'public schools. Hatch ·th/l.t:.::Ulis ofs not a partisan is­ in decline." accomplish, a contribution to posal as a potential tool for a had' drafted .~ silent prayer stje~;~ "... . The pope' added that, contem- make," he said.

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Meetingwith pope asked by prelate ROME (NC) - A1"chbishop

Marcel Lefebvre, the suspended prelate who founded a movement opposed to many teachings of Vatican II, would like to meet Pope John Paul II during the papal visit to Switzerland June 12-16, said a spokesman for the archbishop. ..

S'uch a meeting "depends on the pope," said the spokesman, Father Klaus Wodsack, professor at the new St. Pius X seminary in Rome, 'March 20.

The seminary,is 'run by tlie Society of St.· Plus X,' foundee! by Archbishop Lefebvre' and headquartered in Econe, SWitzer- . land. .

Father Franz Schmidberger, a representative of Archbishop Lefebvre, "met· with people 'at the Vatican uriofficia11y" three weeks ago, said Father Wad; sack.

The Vatican press office had no comment on the matter March 20.

Currently, Cardinal Joseph. Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Is e~amining the case of Archbishop Lefebvre at the request of PQpe John \Paul.

Archbishop Lefebvre, a 78­year-old Frenchman, was sus­pended from his ministerial duties by Pope Paul VI in 1976 because he ordained priests in defiance of a direct papal order. He opposes Vatican II liturgical reforms and several key teach­ings, including the documents on ecumenism and religious free­dom. ' ..

In 1969 he founded the Society of St. Pius X for pirests who of St. Pius X for priests who seminaries and parishes in sev­eral countries including Switzer­land, West Germany, France and the United States.

Under his suspension, the archbishop continues to hold his ecclesiastical title but cannot licitly celebrate Mass, ordain priests or administer the other sacraments. The sacraments he administers, though illicit, are valid 'because they are performed by a validly ordained bishop.

Since his suspension, Arch­bishop Lefebvre has met Vati­can officials, including Cardinal Ratzinger, to discuss his sit\la­tion.

Bono win h~ad

NC Rome bure~u WASHINGTON (NC) - Agos­

tino Bono, foreign editor of the National Catholic News Service; will replace Father Kenneth J. Doyle as chief of NC's Rome bureau in July. '

Father Doyle, 44, has headed the ROme bureau since July 1981. He will return to the United States for family reasons.

Bono, 41, has been NC for­eign editor since October 1978. Previously he was a free-lance journalist in Latin America.

Before joinjng NC, Father Doyle was executive editor of The Evangelist, newspaper of the Dio~se of Albany, N.Y., and an attorney admitted to prac­tice in !)lew York state and fed­eral courts.

, SOME 2,000 Warsaw area students participate in ~ Mass protesting removal of crucifixes from'state-run schools in Poland. (NC/UPI Photo)

Pope' supports protesters

in school cross removals VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope

J~hn Paul II has expressed soli­darity with Poles who are fight­ing a government order to re­move crucifixes from schools and other public buildings.

Speaking in' his native Polish at a weekly general audience March 21, the pope referred to a Polish bishops' statement the previous week that called for the return of the crucifixes. It was the<-tirst time he had spoken publicly about the situation.

The pope said he wanted to express his "profound solidarity with the Polish episcopate and all believing society in the fatherland."

"Catholic society desires that the cross be found in places of education of the youth," the pope said. 'The good of the country requires tranquillity and this re­quires respect of civil rights of believers."

The pope termed the dispute, which erupted tnto protests by students earlier in March, a "very sOJ:rowful question."

Students at a. state agricul­tural school in Mietno, 40 miles southeast of Warsaw, staged a one-day occupation of their school March 7 to protest the government order that cruci­fixes be removed from class­room halls. The crosses have long been a fixture in many pub­lic buildings and had been re­moved from the Mietno school in December.

The executive council of the Polish bishops' conference later issued a statement saying the

crucifixes should.. be, returned. Authorities have vowed' "not' to change the polie:y,wtiich has ,been largely 'ignored through­out the country.

O~ March 20 in Poland Bishop Jan Mazur of Siedlce, the dio­cese that includes Mietno, said he had heard from authorities that signed statements proclaim­ing the secular nature of state schools would not be required of sudents' parents.

Authorities had' threatened to expel students of the Mietno school unless their parents sign­ed the statements, which pledge support for school rules.

Atheism critic gets jail ~erm

VATICAN CITY (NC) Father Joseph Krasovec, a theo­logian in Yugoslavia, was sen­tenced to a month in jail and a five-year suspended sentence for having given a conference on atheism that was critical of Yugoslavian authorities, Vati­can Radio reported earlier this month.

Father Krasovec, an Old Testa­ment expert, was sentenced by a court in Lubiana, Yugoslayia.

The conviction resulted from' his comments that atheists and communists promote beliefs which de-emphasize the impor­tance of the individual, Vatican Radio said.

The priest was 'arrested under a law punishing people who spread false news.

USSR religion

discussed SPOKANE, Wash. (NC) - The

Soviet Union still persecutes some religions and commonly uses tolerated church organiza­tions for .intelligence .gathering, according to a former member of the KGB, the Soviet secret poliice.

Vladimir . Sakharov, now a U.S..citizen and an agent for the Central Intelligence Agency, said Rl,1ssian Oithodox priests often report the names 01 people .attendiQg church services to government officials. '. :l3ecause the Soviet government

is afraid of the role of religiqn in people's lives, it has· kept some churches, under strict con­trol while persecuting others, he said.

The atheistic mentality. is so widespread in the Soviet Union, he added, that most citizens cori­sider God as no 'more than a fable.

Sakharov, who worked for the KGB in the Middle East, spoke in an interview published in the Inland Register,' newspaper of the Diocese of Spokane. He was in Spokane to le'cture at Gon­zaga University.

"If young people go to church, the priest will very often take their names and report them to the KGB. The lise 'of the church by the Soviet intelligence fac­tions is tremendous," said Sak­harrov.

He said the State Committee for Church Affairs, a liaison be­tween the' Communist Party and the church, is also active in jn­telligence work overseas.

Islam is tolerated more than Christianity while other religious groups such as the Quakers are prohibited by law, he said.

""Its members are persecuted, put in jail, sent to Siberia and killed," he said. ,.

"Anything that is uncontrolled within the Soviet system scares the Soviet leaders," he said.

Atheism is integrated into all school classes, he noted, and Soviet youths constantly hear "snide remarks about God" from their parents.

Sakharov described the U.S. as stronger militarily and econ­omically than the Soviet Union. But he also said he favored im­proved U.S.-Soviet relations, pointing out that they have sunk to a "dangerous" low and that, the U.S. should forgo its "hard­line" stance.

The United States should stress better diplomatic com­munication and "mingle 'with people in the public squares" in foreign countries, rather than rely on a handful of high-placed officials for information, he de­clared.

Many of' the Soviet Union's weaknesses, he said, are internal. They include virtually total government control over every aspect of life, a no-incentive work regime and a high rate of alcoholism.

"The young bureaucrats have no morals and no principles. Their basic goal is to get ahead, get a career, get a car and get as mU<;h money, prestige and power as they can," he said.

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Guidance counselor Jim Mc­Namee has been named Coun­selor of the Month by the Massa-' chusetts School Cou~selor Asso­ciation. He now moves on to state competition for School Counselor of the Year.

Bishop. Connolly Upcoming events at the Fall

River hlgh school include a clay of retreat April 5 at the Family Ufe center, North Dartmouth, aDd a career day Tuesclay, April 10, at which representatives of various QCCUpations ~ll .discuss their work with students.

".. Co~le·:Cassidy The Coyle-Cassidy varsity

.cheerleaders won third place at the North Attleboro High School cheerleading tournament held March 24 in North Attleboro. 14 squads were in competition.

They were judged on general appearance, execution of routine, coordination, difficulty, original­ity and general impression.

The contest ended the com­petition for this year's cheer­leading'squad. Tryouts for next year's squad will be held in May.

Truth By Cecilia Belanger

As I watched the candidates scurrying around the country I have waited for someone to ask them: "What is truth?" During the shifting of positions, tech­niques, strategy, 'language and slogans and the borrowing from hamburger commercials (and even getting that wrong) I kept thinking that these people want to run a country when they can't run themselves but instead keep leaning on advisers.

. AU these things that are going on are a far cry from the dignity Jesus talked about. He truckled to nobody. And he won!

Politicians :want to content the masses of peop.Ie. It doesn't seem to matter how fast and loose they play with the truth.

So .again, one. asks, "Ladies and gentlemen, what is truth?" Is it self-service? Sometimes I feel that the electorate is being crucified and' wearing .a crown of thorns. They are asked to bow the knee ,to mere men, they are mocked as if they knew nothing and had to be told how to vote, they are .surrounded by sham and show as. Jesus was, and when someone ,comes forward and tries to "cleanse the. temple"

he too is crucified. We need peo­ple with less ambition and more courage.

Who can say that our Lord's heart was not broken? Denied, betrayed, forsaken, he' was the victim of the envy of th~ priests, the mockery of Herod and the mob, the weakness of Pilate and the disciples. But for the women who' wailed over him, he had only tender words: "Weep not for Me, but for yourselves, and for your children."

He meant those words for us too. The nation should weep for what is happening to her children. Adults are so deadened that they no longer hear the children's cries.

Jeruslliem is here and every­where and always within the sound of Christ's voice. Let· 'Us listen to him.

Warning "It is our less conscious

thoughts and our less conscious actions whieh mainly mold our lives and the lives of those who spring from us." - Samuel But­

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FUTURE ARCHBISHOP? During his installation Mass at St. ~atrick's Cathedral, New' York Archbishop John .'1•. O'Connor tries his mitre. on lO-year-old namesake John J.

. ,O'Connor who was among ~he.Mass servers: (NC Photo) . " ,"

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. . negat,iye. Tblsyear's toplc wasBishop Feehan ''TJNlt there should be uniform . . ' rules of investigation In all crim­In the .pre1lmlnary rounds ofa Inal courts In the natioOo"- -,round robin tournament closing

~ 1983-84 season of the South . Shore, Debate League, Bishop Bishop:Stang

Feehan's B team captured sec-The North Dartmouth school- ODd piace tiophies lor the' affirm­

is in the midst of' its annualative and negative squads, Wbile' Manhattan program, offeringthe A afflnnatlve team earned a over 15 rooms of live profession­fourth place trophy. . al entertainment and varied eth­individual speakeni' trOphIes' nic refreshments. Begin,ning at'went to WIUlam Healy, Robert 6:30 each night, it was held last ,NIcastro, James Asplnall and Friday arid Satui'day and will be : Paul EhrllCh. repeated tonight and tomorrow. In the ~ round, the And, no _'April' foolin', it'll be, affirmative and negative A teams followed April 1. by a giant clean­placed' first, tile:B nePtive team up lasting from 10 a.m. until, placed fourth and the B .affinDa~ : t· ~ '". .tlve placed flftb. , . . _... ­ ,;:. Speaked trOphIes were merit­

ed bj.~ AsplnaU, first place; , Father Marcel BouChard, a Paul Ehrllcb, second place; and ~1964 Stang graduate, - Is the Jennifer Lucas; elghth place,"-all ,school's .new chaplain; In .addi­

': affirmative; - and. Robert Nlcas-­ tlon'to holding, the diocesan ~ tro, second' irtacei~and WIlliam posts of assistant dlrector. of fee

Healy, third PlaCe, both lllegative. llgloUs education and direetor of contlnulng education for the1bls was FeebaJi;' fiist ~

'In the SOuth Shore league; which clergy. J., . :'., ','';';!' .:. :': ''1 ~ .:p. ...' •~ bas a ~hlp of· six oth~

:: area high scboois. As ~, ,"Hey,.that's cooll" woul.d'Seem 'the Feehanltes competed' on the ,an ,app.ropriate ;. co~gratulati9n

. novice- .~, but most will ad- Jor ,Stangit~ Davi~ :Nizalowski, vance to\lntennediate l~eI next wh~ set a new Mass~~husetts

'. fall. . ~vldenClng tlietr '1AaecessM record'for ice Jislting in',January efforts, iiWdeTator aDd eo'adli Sis­ when h!3 caught a 6~: pound

: ter,M8;rg"ret'W~sh,'~; eimed .walleye ·with' ultra-light equip­_thQ . to1IpWnl!ni's"· OutSt8nding ment and a 6 lb. line.

... ,. . ..-.Coach a"Yard. Each ~eam, Uplainecll Sister Congratulations too to Stang

, Helen Bqrke, Feehan's news cor­ National Honor Society mem­- respondept,. 'bas fo':U' membe~ bers, some 30 of whom· are tu­

two In the affirmative side of toring classmates . in various the ~bate topic, _tWo. ~n the subjects.

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By Ch;arlle Martilll.

Please don't· ask me to stay I'm leaving this town Dco't wory now Believe me as I believe that . Luck is on my side The, future Is mine If I Can find '

. A way thr~ these strange days of my ·life. 'We live so fast . ,Mo#on, Motion No, time to waste

, Use It, use It . We live so fast Motion, Motion

. , ,lWake 'the. ~rst ~ep and reach out for tomorrow We live so fast, . ~otiOn; Motion

. W~ ,can~.~. stand stIll_ Move It, move it. ~e live -,so f~ '.!

-~ Motion, motion . . , ~ove.~, of~y ,,?~y It~s.,~e·to.~~ke li.~ppeD. "

The. streets deserted anCl cold ... ' , , . 'They're nOt paved with gold '.. . ~ ....

, ' But I don't·care . . .' , For" thoSe who thlnk yQUDg will stiU' sUrvive " Making theli- mo.ve '.; , .. . '.. ......

" . ',_ HoplDg to prove' '; .' .,.',I

. That Uley .~ face' ,:.". ., '-' ,'. ,. ~ bl~ city,' small world, bigtIme;"

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R~orded by Heaven 17, written'b~ Gl~'G~~ry,,'lan' ~~r!!b and· Martln Ware, (e) 1983 by· Virgin MuSic Pubilsher Lt~ ': I a~ Sound Diagrams .

_HEAVEN 17's ·release looks life ·becomes ~ continual s~arch at, fast living, in the - 1980s. for the next high or another ~'Motion, motion, move out of thrill? my way." The' song' suggests these 'an­

,Yet where does all this mo- s~ers: You end up ,nowhere with tion take,us? What happens when nothing gained. The'ultimate re­

wards' are streefs "deserted and cold." One's traveling compan­ions become emptiness and lone­

, liness. . _. There's more to life than

• thrills~' highs' fmd speed. People must look beyond themselves for 'lasting happiness. One thing to check is how, our goals affect

.others. - Have we attempted to blend

our dreams with the needs of others?

- Do we open our eyes to the pain of others?

..:.. Have we ever sidetracked our own journey to reach out to others? . '. By moving a little more slow­ly, we may discover that the streets of life are not so empty after all.

These questions ask _about generalities but answering them leads to specifics, such as our I'elationship, with God Ca.n we slow down enough to share feel­ings and thoughts with God? Do We thank him for the giftS of life?' . '

The next place to'sl~w down is at .home. Do we as;k' our par­ents how they, are doing? What can we do to help them? Sure this can cost tis some: time away from' friends' or 'activities. But what is gained' inay' be a more

·vibrant friendship ~tIi 'our par­ents. ' . • ' An~. what ,about school? Are

we., so. concerned about being in with our, friends that we seldom take' time, to· talk,·with others? Can we reach out ·to those who fit in with no group?

· What really, _counts~, ,Slowing down may change our perspec­

·tive on this a~d help us get a ·t,ota~ view.

Your ,conuitents are, welcome and may be used In future col­umns. Please address CharIl Martin, 1218 S. Rotherw Ave., Evansville, Inll 47714.

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North Wins Hockey Final Opener Fall River North defeated

Mansfield, 7:5, last Sunday in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River, in the opener of the ,best-of·three final in the Bristol County eyO Hockey League playoffs.

North, the regular season titlist, was given strong opposi­tion by Mansfield, the regular season runnerup, before riding to victory on a four-goal out­burst in slightly less than four minutes in the last period.

The only goal scored in the first period - Mike Cassidy on a pass from Dave Briggs at 7:20 - gave Mansfield a 1-0 lead. The North skaters tied the score on Larry Ferreira's goal at, 2:50 of the second period but Mans­field regained the lead on Cas­sidy's second goal of the game, again assisted by Briggs, at 8:30. Late in the period North's Den­nis Eisenhauer netted the first of his three goals on a pass from Marc Gallagher and the team

went into the last period tied at 2-2.

Thirty-eight seconds into the final canto Mansfield regained the lead for the last time on Rick Webster's goal on a pass from Jay Barron. Then came North's four-goal outburst started by Scott Wilkinson from Mario Pasque at 3:35 followed by goals by Eisenhauer from Gallagher, Gallagher from Eisenhauer, and Eisenhauer unassisted to give North a 6-3 lead.

Mansfield rallied to within one goal on a pair of markers by Gino Govoni but Gallagher's second goal of the contest ended the scoring and gave North an insurance goal.

North's goalie, Richard Viccio, was credited with 20 saves, 13 of them in the last period while Mansfield's goalie, Jim Rath­burn, had 17 including five in the last period.

The teams will meet again at 9 p.m. in the Driscoll Rink.

Diocesan Basketball Playoffs All three Fall River teams scorers for Holy Name with 13

posted victories in the Fall River and 11 points, respectively. CYO hall last Sunday in the Fall River's Our Lady of opening games of the' playoffs Health pinned a 71-62 decision for the basketball champion­ over St. Joseph, also of North ships of the Diocesan CYO. Dighton, in the prep division.

Kenny Souza set the scoringIn the senior division St. 'Jo­ pace for OLOH with 24 points.

seph's of Fall River romped to The best-of·three series in all a 90-64 victory over Our Lady three divisions resumed Tues­of Lourdes of Taunton. Joe Cam­ day night in the Taunton Cath­ara topped the North scorers olic Middle School.' The winnerswith 29 points and Darrin Doane in the senior and junior divisionscontributed 26. will meet the New Bedford cham­

Holy Name of Fall River pions in' the diocesan final. As fought off strong opposition from there is no prep division in New North Dighton's St. Joseph Bedford the winner of the Our team but. was victorious, 56-52, Lady of Health·St. Joseph series in the junior division. AI Bernier will be crowned diocesan prep and Jay.Carvalho were the high champion.

St. Vincent Hoop Tourney The fourth annual St. Vin­

cent's Home Basketball Tourna­ment will be held April 14 through 27 in' Bishop Connolly High School, Fall,River.

There will be three divisions: open, six feet tall and under, and juniors, 14 and younger. Team entry fee is $55 except for the junior division which is $40.

Rosters must be limited to 10 players. First and second place teams in each division will re­ceive trophies and all-tourney teams in aU divisions will be selected.

For information call Fran Des­marais at 678-1482 or Tom Dunse at 679-8511.

The Blld Pierce Hilltopper 10­mile road race is scheduled for 11 a.m.' today from the Luke Urban Field House, Durfee High School, fall River. A two-mile fun run i'l' set for 11:15 a.m. Post entries, $5, close at 10:30 a.m.

For information contact Ed Talbot at (617) 763-5355 or John Mullaly at (617) 673-9169.

Tickets are available for a testimonial dinner to be tendered state basketball champion Dur-. fee High School team in the Venus deMilo Restaurant, Swan­sea. They .may be obtained at the school's Campus Shop and the Community Development Recreation office in the Bank Street Armory" Fall River, among other locations.

Duty of Happiness , "The world would be better

and brighter if our teachers would dwell on the duty of hap­piness as well as on the happi­ness of duty, for we ought to be as clleerful as we can, if only because to be happy ourselves is a most effectual contribution to the happiness of others." ­John Lubbock

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Each Sunday, 10:30 a.m. WLNE, Channel 6, Diocesalll Television Mass.

Portuguese· Masses from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford: 12:15 p.m. each Sunday on radio station WJFD­FM, 7 p.m. each Sunday on tele­vision Channel 20. /

Mass Monday to Friday every week, 11:30 a.m. to noon, WXNE, Channel 25.

"Confluenee," 8 am. each Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Gra­ziano, diocesan director of social services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island; and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

"Breakthrough," 6:30 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 10, a pro­gram on the power of God to' touch lives, produced by the Pastoral Theological Institute of Hamden Conn.

"The Glory of God,'" with Father John Bertolucci, 7.30 a.m.

''MarySon, a family puppet show with moral and spiritual perspective 6 p.m. each Thurs­day, Fall River and New Bed­ford cable channel 13.

"Spirit and the Bride," a talk show with William Larkin, 6 p.m. each Monday, cable chan· nel 35.

Each Sunday (SPN) "New&­Front" - NC News weekly re­ports on religious, ethical and moral concerns..

Sunday, April 1 (CBS) "For Our Times" - A report on legal aid for the poor in Los Angeles.

On Radio Charismatic programs are

heard from Monday through Fri­day on station WICE, 1210 AM; Father John Randall, 9 to 10 a.m. and 11 to 12 p.m.; Father Ed­ward McDonough, 8-12 a.m.; Father Real Bourque.

Father McDonough is also on WMYD from 1:30 to 2 p.m. each Sunday.

Sunday, April 1 (NBC) "Guide­line" - Jesuit Father William Byron, president of The Catholic University of America, discusses

each Sunday, Channel 27. the 'economics of hunger.

TV mission to be seen nationwide CHICAGO (NC) - p.: four­ p.m. EST.

part mission for Holy Week con­ The idea for' a televised mis­ducted by Cardinal Joseph L. Ber­ sion came from the Diocese of nardin of Chicago will be seen Albany, N.Y., where Howard on television screens nationwide. Hubbard conducted a five-night

The cardinal's reflections on series in 1979. forgiveness, beginning on Palm 18 to 20 minutes of each pro­Sun~ay night, April 15, will be gram will be devoted to the car­broadcast on WGN-TV, a station dinal's talk, with the remainder picked up by many cable sys­ of the time taken for dramatiza· tems. tions, visuals and newsclips.

A WGN spokeswoman said Part one includes a tape of the station reaches 3.5 million Pope John Paul II visiting his households locally and another would-be assassin Mehmet Ali 13 million nationwide via cable. Agca, and offering him forgive­

Titled "Forgiven," Cardinal ness. Cardinal Bernardin also Bernardin's mission is scheduled adds stories of forgiveness from for broadcast April 15-18 at 9 his own life.

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Scouts honor Ad Altare Dei founder By NC News Service

Sixty-eight' years after joining the Boy Scouts, Msgr. Louis Bar­celo, 80, founder of the organiza­tion's Ad Altare Dei award, will receive 'Scouting's highest hon­or, the Silver Buffalo.

He will receive the award at a national meeting May 21-25 in Salt Lake City.

When Msgr. Barcelo Intro­duced the A:d Altare Dei. (to the.' altar of God) cross to the scout­ingprogram, it was the first re­ligious program of any denom­ination in scoutlng. "Now there' are 17 or 18," said Msgr. Bar­celo.

The' emblem 'is awarded to Catholic Boy Scouts for comple­tion of a religious education program including service pro­jects and parish involvement.

"Hundreds of thousands of kids have gooo through the pro­gram," said John Farnsworth, representative for youth minis­try at the U.S. Catholic Confer­ence in Washington.

With Jesuit Father Edward Fuller, Msgr. Barcelo wrote "Scouting for Catholics" in 1937. It was a first for the Boy Scouts.

He also wrote' a number of other Catholic Scouting books, including a prayer book.

Msgr. Barcelo joined the Boy Scouts in Brighton, Mass., when he was 12 and rose to Eagle rank.

He was a scoutmaster and a lawyer in Boston before enter­ing the seminary. He was or· dained a Holy Cross priest in 1936 and later joined the Santa Fe Archdiocese, where although retired he still assists at parish Masses.

For children TUCSON, Ariz. (NC) - The

Casa de Los Ninos, a shelter for abused infants and children in Tucson, has been honored by legislators and imitated by cen­ters around the country. The A:rizona Senate honored Sister Kathleen Clark as an "unsung hero" for her work as founder of Casa de Los Ninos (Spanish for "house of children"). The home has become the prototype for 28 centers around the United States.

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On Steering Points items fR Indicates I!ram April 9 through 12 will ·be Information: 674-0180 after 4 fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford. Father, Edward Holleran, OFM, p.m. ,

Father Daniel Crowley, Sister Stations of the Cross andLaSALETTE SHRINE, Rita Pelletier, SSJ, and Deacon Benediction follow 7 p.m. Mass ATTLEBORO Leo Racine. A Holy Week pen­ each F·riday of Lent.

"The Look of Love" wUl be ance service is planned for 7 Children who sang for Christ ­the theme .of a Lenten day of p.m. ApTiI 18~ mas Masses aTe asked to attend recollection to be held ,at the Palm Sunday and Easter Sun­ST. THOMAS MORE, shrine from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. day rehearsals at 10:15 a.m.SOMERSETSaturday,' April 14. To. be con­ tomorrow. ducted by Fathers Donald Para­ Youth group organizational dis, MS, and Andre Patenaude, meting for youth and adults: ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN MS, the ·program will include 8 p.m. April 2. Stations of the Cross at 6:40 ,teaching, son, prayer and lit ­ Prayer group meeting: 7 p.m. will precede 7 o'clock Mass urgy. Further information: 222­ April 6, beginnIng with Mass~ tonight. 5410. ST. MARY, SEEKONK NOTRE DAME, 'FR

Stoles for parish choristersST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Prayer group meeting: 7:30 have been J:nadeby Mrs. Charles,Meeting for parents of first p.m. each Monday, church hall. Larrivee.

April 1, ,parish center. Women's Guild scholarship communion candidates: 6 p.m. All welcome.

Penance service for conflrma­Prayer meeting: 7 p.m. Thurs­ -applications close April 15. En_.lion candidates and sponsors:

day, April 5,beginning with tering freshm~n at Bishop Con­7 p.m. April 1. Mass. nolly or Bishop Stang High

BLUE ARMY School whose mothers are active FAw.uLY LIFE CENTER, Five':houT vIgil: 7 p.m. to guild' members are eligi'ble to N.DARTMOUm midnight Mass April 6, St. apply. '

Forthcoming events: weekend James Church, New Bedford. Stations of the Cross for the retreat for St. Francis P·rayer Marian Day: May 19, 9 a.m. new Notre Dame Church are Group begins tonight: 'day of to 4 p.m., 5t. Joseph's Hall, ,800 available as 'memorial guts. In.,.recollection for Mothers' Guild Tucker Rd., N. Dartmouth: In­ formation at rectory.

. of O.L. Lourdes .parish, Taun­ formation: Lucille Pimentel,ton, 2 p.m. April 1; Office of 9'92-5402; Ann Levasseur, 822­ ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH Family Ministry leadership 6866. Parishioners are asked to meeting, 7 p.m. Aprjl I: New share favorite ·recipes for a EngIand Directors of Family SACRED HEART,'FR planned ,Ladies" Guild cookbook. Ministry meeting, April 3 Mondays: exposition of ,the Information: Carol Wilder, 993­through 5: Bishop Connolly Blessed Sacrament following 7621. , High School ·retreat' day, 8:30 12:05J,l.m. Mass until 5 p.m. Lenten penance service: 7 am. to 2 p.m. April 5. Mass. p.m. April 9..

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Afternoon of ,recollection for parents of special needs chil ­dren and young adults: 2 to 6 p.m. April 1, parish center, end­ing with Mass, under direction of Father Bob Campbell, O.L. of Cape Church, Brewster.

CA'lIHEDRAL,FR The annual parish mission

will take place April 5 through 7.

D of I, ATTLEBORO ~cazaba Circle meeting: April

5, 7:3.0 p.m., K of C Hall, Hodges Street.

COUNCIL FOR OHILDREN. FR Foster. parents' ,tollfree b~t­

line, 1-800-792-5200, 1s avail ­able for belp in cases of run­aways, medical emergency, vio­lence -or problems with natural parents.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Mass intentions for neady

every weekend of 1984 apd through March of 1985 are al ­ready reserved. Parishioners are asked to make 1985 'reserva­tions at ,this time. '

Repeating a 1982 gift offer, parishionel"s subscribing to The Anchor ,this year will receive it free during 1985 as a gift from St. Stanislaus Church.

Youth ,Ministry meeting: 7:30 p.m. April 2. End-of-school and summer plans Vlill be discussed.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED, 'NB New Bedford area support

group: meetings 7:30 p.m. each Sunday, O.L. Chapel, New Bed_ ford. April topics: 1st, "Pro­bate and Family Court: An In­sider's View," talk by James Casey, chief probation and fam­Uy service officer: 8th, Mass, social ,hour: lSth, wine and cheese party: 22nd, Easter Sun­day, no meeting: 29th, "Children of Divorce," talk by AnthonyOliveira.

Counseling available at all meetings: annulment informa­tion sessions at 1 ·p.m. each Saturday.

ST.ANNE,FR Registration for 'baseball try­

outs: 9 a.m. to noon April 7" St. Anne's School. Tryouts: 1 to 4 p.m. April 8: 5 to 7 p.m. April 9 and 10. Parish children 7 to 12 eligible.

ST. LOUIS, FR 13 Tuesdays devotion honoring

St: Anthony: following 7· a.m. and noon Masses each Tuesdayuntil June 13.

Exposition of Blessed Sacra­ment and prayer fellowship: 7 p,m. April 2.

Bible service: 7 p.m; April 3. Stations of ·the Cross: 11:30

a.m. AprIl 6.

ST. ELIZABETH, FR Stations of the Cross: 5 p.m.

each Friday; preceding Mass.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SlVANSEA

Diocesan Council of Catholic , Women day of recollection: 9:30

a.m. to 4 p:m. April 7.

BL.SACIltAMENT,FR Parish council meeting: 7:30

,p.m. AprU 5, small chapel.

HOLY NAME, NB As part of the parish 75th

anniversary celebration, Father Robert Carson, O.Praem., will conduct a parish mission April 1 through 5, with a ·brief in­struction following 9 a.m. Mass and a major conference sched­uled for 7 .p.m. daily. The mis­sion will conclude with a pen­ance'service. All welcome.

ST. RITA, MARION PaJ;ishionel"s are asked to con­

tribute staples and canned goods in containers in the rear of the church to provide Easter food for the needy.

ST. PATRICK, FR Women's Guild meeting and

calendar party: 7:30 p.m. April , 2, school.

'Adult education group: 7:30 p.m. April 9, -rectory. Topic:Acts of ,the Apostles.

Instructions for converts will begin shortly. Those interested may call the rectory.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Reunion for those who have

made a parish renewal weekend: 7 p.m. April 1, Father Coady Center.

CYO Mass: 11 a.m. April 1. New Mass vestments have

been donated to the parish bythe Tyrrell family, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kelly and Mrs. Mildred Dempsey.

ALHAMBRA ORDER Region One Council of Cara­

vans meeting: 8:30 _p.m. April 6, Mercy Center for Disabilities, Worcester. Roger Ouellette of Leon Caravan, Fall River, will preside. '

BUllLDING BLOCK, TAUNTON The Building Block Youth

Group will sponsor a, large­screen video ·presentation of "Brother Sun, Sister Moon," an internationally acclaimed film biography of St. Francis of Assisi, at 7 p.m. April 7 at St. Mary's School, Taunton. The showing will ,be followed 'by a live concert by Jon Polce, Cath­olic music evangelist and re­cording artist who is heard daily of radio station WRCP-AM 1290.

The Building Block is a, youth prayer group wlthmembershlp from 12 Taunton -area parishes. It meets 'at 7 a.m. each Wednes­day at St. Mary's School. ,New members are welcome. '

The group will also sponsor a concert by Crossroads, an evan­gelical group, ·at 7 p,m. May 2, also at 81. Mary's School.

ST. 'JOAN OF ARC/ VISITATION, ORLEANS

A family Mass, the last o! such Masses until Fall, will be offered at 9 a.m. April 1 at Visitation Church, North East- , 'ham. T,he liturgy has· been planned by Visitation first com­munion candida.tes and their ,teacher, Walter Ross.

VINCENTIANS, FR Vincentian conferences will

meet at 7 p.m. April 3 at'Santo Christo Ohuroh, Fall River. Re­ports on a new emergency food and shelter. program will be submitted and needed improve_ ments to St. Vincent Camp, Westpor·t, will be discussed.

In South Africa CAPE TOWN, South Africa

(NC) - A government commis­sion has criticized the South ­African Council of Churches' involvement in political issues and said it was sympathetic to terrorist organizations through support of black liberation move­ments. The five·man commis­sion also said the church coun­cil exercised poor control over the millions of dollars, it bud­geted between 1974 and 1981. The commission report noted

, tension between the council and the white,minority government, with the two holding irreconcil-, able views on social justice.

EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL

FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS Since the actual place of residence

of FORREST SAMUEL STRElEY Is un­known.

We cite FORREST SAMUEL STRElEY to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Mon· day, April 2, 1984 at 1:30 p.m. at 344 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachu· setts, to give 'testimony to establish:

Whether the nullity, of the mar· riage exists in the KENNEY· STRElEY case?

Ordinaries of the place or other. pas- ' tors having the knowledge of the resi­dence of the above per$on, Forrest

,SamuelStreley, must see \0 it that he is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation. I

Henry T. Munroe Officialis

Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this, the 22nd day of March, 1984. .­