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Diocese gives $121,700 to quake aid

It was Christmas, the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving all in oneas the hostages came home.

Pope plans. to visit Anc.horageen route from Far East

Holy Family Cathedral before hegoes to a former airstrip for theMass, celebrated at a protectedaltar. .

"As far as Alaskans are con­cerned, we're used to coldweather," said a spokesman forthe Archdiocese of Anchorageabout plans for the outdoorMass.

On the day the announcementwas made, though, it was 42 de­grees Fahrenheit and raining.The average February tempera­ture in Anchorage is 18 degreesFahrenheit.

Archbishop Francis T. Hurleyof Anchorage expressed grati­tude on behalf of the Catholicpeople df Alaska and added,"We look upon this visit, how­ever, also as a civic event andinvite our Alaskan friends and

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women as second-class citizensor as man's chattel."

The Iranians "have a paranoidcoloring to their thinking andattitudes toward others. Theybelieve that two wrongs make aright, "an eye for an eye and atooth for' a tooth."

"They were rightfully criticalof the U.S. involvement in theinternal affairs of Iran and ofsome wrongdoings of the shaboHowever, their reaction and sub­sequent behavior indicated that'the pot was now calling thekettle black' and the oppressedwere now becoming the oppress­ors - just as evil, just as an­archic and just as cruel."

When they were first caJ.>tured,the hostages probably experi­enced shock and disbelief, Di­Francesco continued. "Not onlywas their freedom taken awaybut now faced the threat of be­ing put on trial and possibly ex­ecuted as spies."

As time went on, DiFrancescosaid, hostages felt anger and re­sentment toward the Iranians andtoward the U.S. government fornot preventing their capture.Still later, he went on, hostagesexperienced depression and asense of helplessness and hope­lessness.

During captivity, some hos­tages would sustain themselvesby faith in God, the psychiatristsaid. "Others would be continu-

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (NC)- Pope John Paul II will stopin Anchorage for about threehO\lrs Feb. 26 to refuel on hisway back to Rome from a tripto the Far East.

Vte stop - along with anearlier visit to Guam, a U.S.territory -' will mark the sec­ond visit by Pope John Paul tothe United States in 17 months.He visited six cities on the U.S.mainland in October 1979.

The papal trip to the Far Eastwill begin Feb. 16 and take thepope to the Philippines, .Japanand Guam.

The pope will leave Japan onFeb. 27 but arrive in Anchoragebetween approximately 9 and 10a.m. on Feb. 26 after crossingthe International Date Line. Amotorcade will take him todowntown Anchorage to visit

Hostages requireddecompression

BUFFALO, N.Y. (NC) - ABuffalo psychiatrist said the per­iod of decompression for the 52U.S. hostages released from Iranwas necessary because of "thescope of the traumatic ordeal"which they experienced. .

"It was not simply a case ofbeing held together in some nice,comfortable building by friendlycaptors who ministered to theirneeds," said Dr. Armand DiFran­cesco, a psychiatrist in privatepractice. "Rather, it was 444days of traumatic stress thatwas demoralizing and degradingto the human spirit."

DiFrancesco is also a column­ist for the Western New YorkCatholic Visitor. newspaper ofthe Buffalo Diocese, and his an­alysis of the hostages' experi­ence is scheduled for the Feb. 1issue of the paper.

On Jan. 23, three days after thehostages' release, Dr. JeromeKorcak, head of the State De­partment medical team exam­ining them in Wiesbaden, WestGermany, said some of themshowed guilt feelings and othersigns of temporary psychiatricillness.

Noting that the Iranian cap­tors were Shi'ite Moslems, Di­Francesco said they belonged to"a culture that condones thekilling of female adulterers,death by stoning, the cutting offextremities, tongues and headsfor various crimes, that treats

thing and acted as collectionagencies for area organi~ations

wishing to channel funds toItaly.

SiIDilar generosity was demon­strated in January, 1980, whenthe diocese contributed nearly$100,000 to the diocese of Angra,Azores, following a severe NewYear's day earthquake that lefttowns and villages on the islandsof Terceira, Sao Jorge and Gra­ciosa from 60 to 80 percent de­stroyed.

An earthquake relief collectionwas taken up in all parishes lastDec. 6 and 7. Additionally, mem­bers of the Italian parishes ofSt. Francis of Assisi, New Bed­ford, and Holy Rosary, Fall Riv­er, collected bedding and clo-

tribution, Bishop Cronin notedthat Bishop Edwin -J. Broderick,national director of Catholic Re­lief Services, had expressed grat­itude and delight at the. unprece­dented generosity of the 113 par­ishes of the diocese.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin an­nounced today that $121,700 hadbeen contributed by members ofthe Fall River diocese to earth­quake relief efforts in southernItaly.

The funds were transmitted toCatholic Relief Services, theoverseas aid agency of theAmeriqm 'bishops, which hasbeen in the forefront of effortsto alleviate effects of the deathand destruction caused by theearthquake. .

In praising the diocesan con-

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ARCHBISHOP John Roach, right, president of the National Confer­ence of Catholic Bishops, greets Archbishop Pio Laghi, new apostolic dele­gate in the United States. Center, Msgr. Clemente Faccani, delegation

. charge d'affaires. (NC Photo)

WASHINGTON (NC) -- The unsung heroes President Reagan spoke of in his in­augural address could be found in his own backyard, said March for Life presidentNellie Gray. Those heros, she ·said, are the tens of thousands of pro-lifers from acrossthe country who gathered in Washington Jan. 22 to march against abortion.

WASHINGTON (NC) -- More than a half dozen pro-life leaders met with Presi­dent Reagan at the White House Jan. 22 after the annual March for Life and said theywere satisfied with the new president's commitment to their cause. Declining to at­tend the meeting was Nellie Gray, leader of the march', who instead had wantedReagan to come out of the White House and speak to the thousands of participants.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Pausing during a March for Life vigil concert Jan. 21,singer Jeff Steinberg told about 300 right to lifers that each person is special, "cer­tainly not to he thrown in the trash can because he's not perfect." The singer wasborn without hands or arms and with malformed legs.

HORSE SENSE: Father John Archibald talks to horse owner JohnSchmitt at Thistledown Race Track, Cleveland. The priest is pastor of aunique "parish" of racetrack personnel for whom he says Mass each Sun·day in the grandstand and to whom he makes pastoral visits during the.week. (NC Photo)

WINTER PARK, Fla. (NC) - An Orange County physician who operates an abor­tion clinio has filed suit in Florida circuit court against two national Catholic organ­izations, Bishop Thomas J. Grady of Orlando and another doctor and his wife. Thephysician charges interference with his activities.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John PaulH and the Jesuit superior general, Father'Pedro Arrupe, met recently to discuss at length the process involved in the resignationof a Jesuit superior general. Last year the Jesuits announced that Father Arrupe hadbegun the resignation process but halted it "for the time being" at the pope's personalrequest. -SAN SALVADOR, EI Salvador (NC) - A dozen Catholic and Protestant groups,including the Confederation of Religious, said the Salvadoran insurrection against re­pression is just, although Christians abhor war and prefer to seek peace.

WASHINGTON (NC) - The Supreme Court has refused to honor a request byatheist Madalyn Murray C)'Hair that the word "God" be dropped from the traditionalopening of a session of a federal appeals court. The sessions traditionally open withthe words, "Oyez, oyez, God save our nation and this honorable court."

DENVER (NC) - "The disappeared" is a phrase that is becoming a symbol inLatin American countries, especially EI Salvador, where violence and political strifehave led to the disappearance of hundreds and the deaths of thousands, said VinceMcGee, U.S. chairman of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organiza­tion. He said Amnesty's U.S. section was particularly concerned about EI Salvador be­cause of the debate about whether or not the United States should help the Salvadorangovernment with money and arms.

SAN SALVADOR, lEI Salvador (NC) ~ At least five of 10 church camps for dis­placed persons have be,en searched or occupied by security forces during the rebeloffensive against the civilian-military government and at least two seminarians havebeen detained.

SPOKANE, Wash. (NC) - Bishop Lawrence Welsh of Spokane reported that hesaw "much evidence of llxtreme human suffering" during a visit to Guatemala, wherehis diocese sponsors missionary activity.

ROME (NC) - It~lly's Constitutional Court has dismissed as irrelevant or un­founded a series of lower court challenges to the constitutionality of tile country'sabortion law. The dismfssal means that for the time being the court will not have torule on the constitutionality of the law or its challenged provisions. .

VATICAN CITY (NC) - A group of Chinese Catholics recently told officials ofJesuit-run Vatican Radio that it is encountering "certain difficulties" in meeting to­gether to listen to the radio broadcasts.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (NC) - Argentina's military government is draftinga counterproposal to a plan submitted by Pope John Paul II to solve the border dis­pute between Argentina and Chile, according to the influential daily, La Prensa.

OITAWA (NC) - The Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops wants the rightsof unborn, native peoples (Indians and Eskimos) and denominational schools protectedin the proposed new Canadian constitution. The bishops outlined their position in a,brief to the Joint Committee on the Constitution of Canada which is drafting a pro­posed constitution.

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Two silver jubilees on Monday

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February 4Rt. Rev. Hugh J. Smyth, P.R.,

1921, Pastor, St. Lawrence, NewBedford - 1st Vicar General,Fall River 1904-07 - Adminis­trator of-Diocc!ie Feb, - July 1907

February 3Rev. Antonio O. Ponte, 1952,

Pastor, Our Lady of Angels, FallRiver

January 31Rev. Charles J. Burns, 1901,

Pastor, St. Mary, North Attle­boro

Rev. William F. Sullivan1930, Pastor, St. -Patrick, Somer­set

Rev. Manuel C. Terra, 1930,Pastor, St. Peter, Provincetown

February 1Rt. Rev. Michael J. O'Reilly,

1948, Pastor, Immaculate Con-ception, Taunton -

Rev. Anatole F. Desmarais,1975, Pastor, St. James, Taunton

Rt. Rev. Patrick Hurley, 1968,Pastor, St. Joseph, Taunton

February 2Most Rev. William Stang,

D.O., 1907, First Bishop of FallRiver 1904-07

Rev. Patrick F.. McKenna,1913, Pastor, Immaculate Con­ception, Taunton

Rev. John L. McNamard, 1941,Pastor, Immaculate Conception,Fall River

·Rev. P. Roland Decosse, 1947,Pastor, St. Hyacinth, New Bed­ford

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ously anxious and depressed,perhaps over a period of time de­veloping psychosomatic disor­ders, such as ulcers or hyperten­sion." The attempt of some hos­tages to survive "by developingempathy for their captors, byidentifying with them and theircause," he said, leads to "guiltfeelings and a conflict of loyal­ties."

The hostages lived "in a con­tinuous state of uncertainty"about their future, DiFrancescosaid. "They had no communica­tion of consequence from theoutside world; they were kept inisolation from each other mainlyand were subjected to frequentthreats, lies (one was told hismother had died); some werebeaten, and some exposed tomock execution rites."

Finally, the sudden transitionto freedom "can be just as harm­ful and psychologically stressfulas their imprisonment," the psy­chiatrist said.

Government health officers,drawing on the observations ofother hostages, prisoners of warand concentration camp survi­vors, the psychiatrist said, knewit was necessary to provide aperiod of observation and exam­ination, an opportunity to venti­late and talk out any concerns,and some briefing on how tocope with the mass media and"well-meaning individuals whowould barrage them.with inti­mate questions" making them re­live their captivity.-

THE ANCHOR - 3Thurs., Ja n. 29, 1981

EI Salvador's civil war.In a Jan. 18 c~ble to President

Carter and then-President-electReagan, the trio urged .an endto U.S. military aid to El Salva­dor.

"We are convinced and havecollected eyewitness evidencethat atrocities are regularly be­ing committed by the securityforces of the Salvador govern­ment," the three stated.

"Murder, rape, torture and theburning of crops are being in­flicted upon the Salvadoranpeople by the very troops nowreceiving U.S. military aid," theyadded.

The three, who returned to theUnited States on Jan. 19, saidthey interviewed a !)umber ofSalvadoran refugees at the Hon­duran border. The refugees, ac­cording to the congressmen, saidthey had been subjected to con,­stant harassment "aimed at de­stroying whole villages suspect­ed of harboring individuals inopposition to the current Salva­doran government."

The congressmen also said aUnited Nations agency has esti­mated that more than 15,000such refugees have fled the U.S.·backed Salvadoran government.

Sunday's observance is beingcoordinated by Catherine Poir­ier with Harriet Gray as chair­person of the ticket committee.

Somerset. In 1972 he was namedadministrator of St. Rita's par­ish, Marion, where he served un­til receiving his present appoint­ment.

Father Shovelton served forsome time in the 1960s as direc­tor of the Taunton Hispanicapostolate.

Born in Fall River, the son ofMr. and Mrs. AlbertE. Shovel­ton, the jubilarian attended theformer Coyle High School inTaunton and St. Charles and St.John's seminaries.

FATHER CLARK

Father ShoveitonFriends, family members and

area religious and fellow priestswill join St. Ann parishioners forFather Shovelton's Sunday cele­bration. It is noted that over 15of the pastor's years as a priesthave been spent in the Tauntonarea.

From April, 1960, to May,1971, he was associate pastor ofSt. MarY'1) Church, Taunton,where his duties included direc­torship of the parochial school.He has been pastor of St. Ann'ssince Sept. 11, 1974.

His other assignments includ­ed curacies at St. Patrick'sparish, Fall River, Sacred Heart,Oak Bluffs and St. Thomas More,

WASHINGTON :(NC)Three members of Congress, re­turning from a fact-finding tripto Central America, have dis­puted State Department assur­ances that an investigation intothe early December murders offour American Catholic womenmissionaries is taking place.

Reps. Gerry E. Studds (0­Mass.), Barbara Mikulski, (D­Md.) and Robert Edgar (D-Pa.)said they were told Jan. 16 byRobert White, U.S. ambassadorto EI Salvador, that no meaning­ful investigation is taking place.

"They're not doing a . . .thing to investigate," Studdsquoted White as telling the con­gressmen.

The assurance that such an in­vestigation was taking place wasone of the major justificationsgiven by the State Departmentfor the mid-January resumptionof military aid to EI Salvador.The aid was cut off afte.r thedeaths of the American women.

The delegation spent 10 daysin Central America, visiting Cos­ta Rica, Nicaragua and Hond­

_uras, including trips to the bor­der between EI Salvador andHonduras to meet refugees from

FATHER SHOVELTON

Father James W. Clark andFather Gerald T. Shovelton willmark their silver jubilee ofpriestly ordination on Monday.Both were ordained Feb. 2, 1956in _St. Mary's' Cathedral by nowretired Bishop James L. Con­nolly.

Father Clark, pastor of St.John the Evangelist parish, Po­casset, will defer public obser­vance of his anniversary untilSunday, April 26, when, withwinter weather behind them,parishioners will fete him at adinner dance at the Massachu­setts l\1aritime Academy in Buz­zards Bay.

The celebration for FatherShovelton, pastor of St. Ann'sparish, Raynham, will come onSunday. A 4 p.m. concelebratedMass of thanksgiving at St.St. Ann's will be followed by adinner at the Venus de Milo res­taurant, Swansea.

Father ClarkFather Clark was born July 21,

1929, in New Bedford, the son ofthe late James W. and Cather­ine Clark. A graduate of HolyFamily High School, New Bed­ford, he studied for the priest­hood at St. Charles College, Ca­tonsville, Md., and St. John'sSeminary, Brighton. .

He served as associate pastor'at St. Patrick's parish, Ware­ham, St. Joseph's, Fall River,

. and St. Mary'S, Taunton, beforebeing named administrator ofSacred Heart, Oak Bluffs in 1973.He was appointed to his presentposition Feb. I, 1977.

In addition to his pastoralduties, Father Clark was involv­ed in the Papal Volunteers forLatin America and ExtensionHome Volunteers programs.While in Taunton he was chair­

.man of the city's Drug Com-11;lission and president of theTaunton Clergy Association. In1978 he was appointed chaplainto Bourne Council, Knights ofColumbus.

The Pocasset pastor holds amaster's degree in counselingfrom Boston College.

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neighbors for this papal festi­val.

Archbishop Hurely empha­sized the ecumenical dimensionof the visit and said he hoped it"will move us another step for­ward on the road to unity inJesus Christ."

Bishop Paul C. Marcinkus,president of the Vatican Bank,who plans papal trips, ws:s inAnchorage early this ,month tomake arrangements for the visit.

Alaska is divided into the An­chorage Archdiocese, with 16,000 Catholics, the FairbanksDiocese, with about 14,000 andthe Juneau Diocese, with about5,000.

The papal visit to Guam isexpected to include an ope::t-airMass Feb. 23 preceded the nightbefore by a motorcade and par­aliturgical service.

Mrs. Michael J. McMahon ofSt. Mary's Cathedral pari,;h, FallRiver, treasurer of the J'i'ationalCouncil of Catholic Women, hasreturned from an executive com­mittee meeting of the organiza­tion held last week in Washing­ton, D.C.

She reported that cou::lcillorsparticipated in last Thursday'sMarch for Life and that it wasdecided to -change previouslyscheduled dates for the forth~

coming NCCW national conven­tion. It will now be held fromOct. 5 through 9 in Kansas City,Mo.

The convention theme will be"Sixty Years Reflecting Christ:Remembering, Renewing." Dur­ing last week's meeting, saidMrs. McMahon, a congratulatorytelegram was received fromArchbishop John R. Roach, presi­dent of the National Council ofCatholic Bishops.

He noted the 60-year- recordof the NCCW and praised its"continuing vitality, which prom­ises so much for the yearsahead."

In other business the executivecommittee reaffirmed support fora "paramount human life amend­ment" to the Constitution andappointed an ad hoc committeeon ethnic outreach to studyways of encouraging minoritygroup women to enter the main­stream of church service and in­volvement.

It was announced that $250,000 had been contributed toCatholic Relief Services ThirdWorld projects as a result ofprograms sponsored by theNCCW International AffairsCommission.

Affiliated groups were askedto participate in a study of thestructural elements of the Massinitiated by the American bish­ops' Secretariat on the Liturgy.

NCCW healdsmeet in D(:

EDITORRev. J<)hn F. Moore

'Love the light of wisdom, all ye that bear rule over peoples.' Wisd, 6:23

4. Pope Paul VI encour­aged the faithful to showexternal devotion to theBlessed Sacrament just be­fore reception of Commun­ion. A bow or the sign ofthe cross are the most com­mon gestures used.

5. One receiving in thehand should cross and ele­vate the palms and look atthe Host as the priest 0':

special minister holds it be­fore one. It is disconcertingif the communicant at­tempts to take the hosthimself or herself or if thehands are held at waist levelinstead of being raised.

pray in immediate prepara­tion for receiving Commun­ion. It is human to be dis­tracted but it is our duty tobe as prayerful as we canwhen we receive Commun­ion.

3. One's demeanor shouldbe reverent as one waits inline. One's hands shouldbe folded, not thrust inone's pockets.

6. One should say a pray­er of thanksgiving fat thewonderful opportunity ofencountering Christ in thesacrament of his body andblood.

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state of grace when receiVIngthe Eucharist is to flirt with thedanger of committing sacrilege.

Along with the lack of a senseof sin is the lack of a sense ofthe holy. Since man can ration­alize almost any sin, there islittle need for repentance. Yetdo-it-yourself spirituality isdoomed to fail. because the fo­cus of our faith is no longerGod, but man.

And nowhere is this more ob­vious than in the manner inwhich holy communion is re­ceived. The present procedureof distribution is not conduciveto the instilling of reverence.Much catechesis is needed inthis area.

There is little likelihood,however, that the church will re­turn to i,ts former way of dis­tributing Communion.

Although it is difficult to bereverent when the recipients be­fore and after you seem to be ina hurry, as frequently does alsothe priest or the extraordinaryminister or deacon, it is not im­possible.

Rather than simply be criticalof the present method of dis­tribution, I would like to sug­gest six ways to ensure morereveren reception of Communion:'

1. One should never ap­proach the Eucharist if onehas the slightest doubt asto whether h~ or she hascommitted a mortal sin.This should not make onescrupulous, simply hesitantto offend God by ignoring

.one's duty to repent andmake a good confession be­fore receiving Christ in theEucharist.

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HO~T toBy Rev. Kevin J. Harrington

The Bishops' '::;ommittee on theLiturgy has been a center ofattention in recent months. Con­troversy has erupted over thecelebration of holy days onweekdays and the presumed sex­ist wording of the Consecrationof the Mass. How many aretruly inconvenienced beyondrea~on by celebrating holy daysduring the wee'lI:? How many aretruly enraged by the use of "allmen" rather than "all" at theConsecration? I am sure thosewho raised these objections weresincere and goodwilled. How­ever, I wonder if they are truly

. concerns shared by the major­ity of the faWlful.

I suppose certain vociferousminorities will always be ca­tered to when they voice theirdiscontent in an organized man­ner. But there are many reasonsfor the faithfu:. to be discontent­ed at the present liturgy. ManyCatholics, however, are repulsedby the idea of lobbying thebishops as a :neans of express­ing their concerns. Yet it is theonly means they have of ex­pressing their discontent in aconstructive manner.

I have heard and frequentlyagreed with many of the petpeeves of such Catholics. I hopeI am doing. more here than in­dulging my own pet peeves. Ihope' I am expressing the feel­ings of many Catholics through­out the diocese when r'say, for,instance, that I share the con­cern of our present pope overthe decline in the numbers offaithful frequenting the sacra­ment of penance.

To dismiss in a cavalier man­ner one's obligation to be in the

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A decade ago, who would have dreamed that the workof a single nun would achieve the tremendous proportionsof growth and dedication it currently enjoys?

Few in the American church would have thought thatMother Teresa would be opening religious houses in a landthat was closing many of its own novitiates, convents andseminaries: In fact, the dynamism of the Missionary Broth­ers and Sisters of Charity has become a stumbling blockto many Americans who thought they had the answers toall social ills. .

In the rush to reform, many religious in this countryfled their mountain tops to flood the marketplace with agospel they called "relevant." The complexities of social jus­tice became confused and confounded in the mass dash to'get on the "do good" bandwagon. Thousands left the tra­ditional life to join in what was thought to be religioussocial work. In a sincere effort to be all things to all men andwomen, many lost all they had as religious and in somecases even themselves.

Somehow and somewhere along the line it became fash­ionable to b.e so involved in the marketplace that thethought of returning even occasionally to the mountain topwas seen as archaic and "pre-conciliar." The refusal even tolook back to the place they had fled left many religious wan­dering aimlessly in the twisting alleys of the marketplace.Many got lost.

Upon this scene of confusion imd in some cases evenconflict came a middle-aged nun from the slums of Calcutta.Her message was and is simple, direct and church. Shepreaches a gospel devoid of the esoteric and occult. She doesnot call endless meetings to permit the world to encountera beatitudinal church. To those who felt they had a particu­·lar··hold on the'social work in the marketplace, she has be­corne'a contradiction of conscience.

At first many in the United States felt that her ap­proach to servanthood was medieval, that it could workonly in India or some other Third World country. Never didher critics think that the so-called advanced nations of, theworld would be spellbound by Mother Teresa's words andwork. Today those same critics must stand in lonesomeamazement.

The efforts of Mother Teresa are successful because sheis a true servant of the church, with all that designation im­plies. She has never been a mere "religious" social worker.She has never substituted the word of Christ for the jargonof sociology. The motivating force for Mother Teresa's workand the reason for its incredible growth and acceptance areto be found exactly in the simplicity of prayer and work.

It would be well for us all to keep in mind a statementshe made to a group of Los Angeles women: "We thinksometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked andhomeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and un­cared for is the greatest poverty. The world today is hungryfor love. You and I cail meet this hunger if we give theworld the love of Jesus." .

May we who are baptized into the Lord, especially to­day's' religious, pray that the spirit of Mother Teresa'swords will be our spirit as we attempt to fulfill our owncommitment to Christ and his church.

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THOMAS

peration that caused the peasantuprising, in 1932, against the re­pressive reign in EI Salvador ofPresident Maximiliano Hernan­dez. Government forces killedsome 30,000 peasants. Can youimagine a social condition inMassachusetts so severe as toresult in the killing of 30,000people by the state police andNational Guard. In the streetsthe starving peasants cried,"Coffee eats men!" But whatwas that to the coffee oligarchyin EI Salvador that had confis­cated the communal lands of thepeasants in the first place. Andwhat is that to us, we Ameri­cans, even if we' had heard aboutit at all, over our morning coffeeand stock market reports?

Can you imagine a disputedplay in Schaeffer Stadium, Fox­boro, during a football game be­tween the New England Patriotsand the New York Jets, that willhave resulted in the killing ofsome 2,000 spectators and theinvasion of New York City by300,000 land and job-hungry cit­izens of the dispossessed lowerclasses of Massachusetts? - andyet this is exactly what happen­ed in the 1969 "soccer war" be­tween EI Salvac:lor and neighbor­ing Honduras. Imagine, ..in Mas­sachusetts, the army and policeattacking a body of studentsdemonstrating against a state ex­penditure of $3.5 million for aMiss Universe beauty pageantand showcase organized for pub­licity reasons in the midst ofnear starvation and universal un­employment. It happened in SanSalvador, 1975, and at the endof the attack 12 students weredead, 80 wounded, and 24 simply'disappeared,' never to be seenagain. It is the grave and indeedsinful temptation of North Amer­icans to say, ah, but we are civ­ilized and don't carryon in thatviolent manner of the ignorantmasses in Latin America, etc. Ifsocially rep res sed severelyenough, our isolate and lonelyand individual vxiolence couldcongeal fast enough into the kindof massive desperation that af­flicts EI Salvador and most ofCentral America today.

One of the great occurrencesin the history of the waning ofthe century has been little notedby the world at large: I mean theturning of the Catholic Churchin Latin America from centuriesof identification with the estab­lished and repressive govern­ments there to a point where theChurch itself has now taken onthe bloody sufferings of the poorand which now speaks and actson their behalf. Never has the

. Church been more thunderouslymoral and beautiful than it isnow, in this hemisphere, with itspenetrating concern to extendthe full implications of the Gos­pel of Jesus Christ to the de­spised and suffering poor.

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It is almost impossible forthe North American mind toaccommodate itself to anyreal notion of the miserythat is daily inflicted upon mil­lions of people in Latin America.The recent martyrdom in EI Sal­vador of two Maryknoll sisters,an Ursuline sister, and a laymissionary strikes us as some­thing very shocking, perhaps in­explicable, before we pause amoment or two and then switchchannels to catch the secondgame of a pro football double­header on Sunday television. Itmay even occur to us that, yes,wasn't there the slaying, by anunknown gunman, of some arch­bishop or other who was cele­brating Mass, early last spring,in the cathedral at San Salvador?Things like that, for certainlyyou must realize by now thatthis is the way it is in all those- you know - Banana Repub­lics south of the border. Well,anyway, so what?

So try to picture this. Massa­chusetts and EI Salvador, are justabout the same size, even to theextent of occupying roughly sim­ilar oblong chunks of geography,with equally approximate popu­lations. of five million apiece.This last statistic .may come assomething of a mild surprise, Ithink, especially when reportersand sociologists cite the popula­tion of El Salvador as the mostdensely populated country inC e n t r a I America. Curiously,however, it is in fact not muchmore densely populated thanMassachusetts itself. At thispoint, all similarity ends.

In an agricultural society, landis to the peasants the very meansof survival. The land is as im­portant to them as decent hous­ing, private property, and livingwages are to an industrializedsociety. Two percent of the peo­ple own 58 percent of the arableland in EI Salvador; and thelarge coffee, sugar, and cottonestates, since the 19th century,have been steadily reducing theresidual land plots left to thepeasants. Nearly half the peasantpopulation is unemployed andmore than half the poor are il­literate and exist - which isjust about all they can do - onan average monthly income oftwelve dollars. Almost all thechildren are undernourished.

Imagine, then, a similar stateof the suppression of blue-collarworkers in our own Massachu­setts. It is said by those who aresupposed to know about suchthings that extreme suppressioninduces a condition of inertia inthose repressed. One oughtn't togather from this, however, thatthe inertia of the suppressed isnothing more than mere servilityand a general incapacity to acteither in one's own interest orfor the benefit of improvingshared conditions. It was in factjust such a state of shared des-

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darkened world. They must learnhow to hold on to faith and trustin God even when an uninvited,terrifying sense of betrayal byGod overwhelms them. Theymust learn how to overcome therecurring feelings of powerless­ness that accompany the deathof .a child, emanating from thesense that their lives are manip­ulated by forces beyond theircontrol. They must learn to dealpatiently with the permanentlyhurting wound that won't close.They must choose to believeagain in the goodness of Godand life so that they can findjoy oncll more and maybe evenlaughter.

With so much to be done, tobe rebuilt, to be renewed, it is acompounded tragedy if grievingparents cannot take this newpath in strengthened together­ness.

In "The ·Bereaved Parent,'"Harriet Schiff gives powerful ad­vice: "Value that marriage. Youhave lost enough."

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"I find a lot of resistance tothe system surfacing and 1 don'tknow how to deal with it. Shouldwe stop talking about parentingand start talking about school,the church or whatever? Especi­ally if it ties in with families?"

"1 seem to have a clown inevery group. Just when parentsstart getting a handle on some­thing and begin to deal with itin depth, this guy makes a jokeof the whole thing. 1 suspect it'sbecause he can't handle his feel­ings on it."

"My groups want one easy so­lution: tell us a no-failure meth­od of rearing children, preferablyin one evening. How do we letthem know there are no easy so­lutions without scaring themoff?"

"How do you let people knowthat it's okay to disagree with­out being impolite? That we'renot asking for a consensus butfor ideas?"

"I wish I. could help my pa­rents get more enjoyment out ofbeing parents. They seem soscared and grim - always shar­ing problems but never talkingabout the fun in parenting."

These feelings become particu­larly destructive to the marriagewhen parents, unable to under­stand how it could be that theirchild died, begin to lash' out attheir spouse - sometimes evenblaming the other parent for thedeath. It is a compounded tra­gedy when a couple loses a childand each other too. It doesn'thave to be this way, and forsome parents, the marriage actu­ally becomes stronger. Whatmakes the difference might wellbe faith in the mystery that be­gan life.

When a child dies, the parentsface a difficult process. It be­gins with the acceptance of thereality that something very im­portant and beautifUL in theirlives, something they producedtogether has been wrested fromthem, leaving them with perman­ent emptiness and pain.

Their child has died. Now theymust continue functioning in a

stems from the searing, confusinghappening which appears to con­tradict nature itself. How can aparent outlive a child?

Mrs. Schiff speaks of this: "Tobury a child is to see part ofyourself, your eye color, yourdimple, your sense of humor, be­ing placed in the ground. It islife's harshest empathetic exper­ience and must therefore be thehardest one with which to deal.In reality, when children die, notonly are we mourning them, weare also mourning that ·bit of ourown immortality that they car­ried."

"My biggest problem is gettingmen to come. If they do come,they're either so resentful at be­idg forced by the institution ortheir wife to come that they justsit there sullenly with their armsfolded."

"How do you deal with thegroup monopolizer? There's al­ways one who wants to take thewhole time to talk about herproblems, her children, herself."

"The only thing parents areinterested in is discipline. Untilyou mention the word discipline,nobody is interested."

"My groups are fine as longas 1 keep doing all the work butthe minute 1 begin to expectsomething from the parentsthemselves, the group falters.How do we involve parents inthe leadership of a group?"

larly if we find ourselves playingsome of the games mentioned byprofessionals who work withgroups of parents. There isn'tspace here to go into solutionsbut here are the most commonlyshared problems. I'm thinkingyour group - sacramental prep,Marriage Encounter or familycatechesis - might find thesevaluable for discussion purposes.

'~Parents say they want helpand they may even come to thefirst meeting, but that's all. Yet,they say they learned a lot fromthat meeting. Why don't theycome back?"

Sam and Sara are! oldfriends of mine. They alwayshad trouble with their old­est son and often quarrelledbitterly over their inability toreach the boy.

Just before Christmas, thisson, 19, lost control of hiB car,hit a tree and was killed. Sixweeks later, Sam told Sara hewas leaving her _and getting adivorce. At a time when it ap­peared they need each othermore than ever, their marriagewas breaking up.

I wish I could say this is un­usual but I have fonnd it is acommon story. When parentslose a child, their marriage isaffected, often negatively.

"An astounding 70 percent ofmarriages, where children havebeen lost, become endangeredand end in separation or di­vorce," is the claim of Compas­sionate Friends, .a 12-year-oldself-help organization of bereav­ed parents. Founded by an An­gelican priest, Father SimonStephens, the society gives suchparents the chance to meet, inthe hope that grief shared withothers who understand is there­by lessened.

Why should there be suc:h astrain on marriage after thedeath of a child? In seeking theanswer, you soon discover thatthe why of it is tangled up withthe very nature of grief and itscomplications when grief iscaused by the death of a child.

The pain ex~~ri~~ced by pa­rents after thE.' death' of a child

When

"Parents are always bring­ing up sex but when we starttalking about it, they backoff," said a young nurse."Why? Are they afraid of it orreluctant to discuss it in a groupor what?

Heads nodded in agreement asshe voiced her frustration andpuzzlement. Then we moved onto the next member of the circle,a school counselor, who said,"My biggest problem is the so­cial barrier. I'm from II smallcommunity where there's a stig­ma attached if you go tl) a pa­rent class. People wonder what'swrong with you. Why do youneed a class? Are you a bad pa­rent or something?"

Again, there were wan smilesof agreement from others and wewent on around the circle. Wewere participants in a weekendworkshop on conducting parentgroups at a local Center for Pa­renting Education, and WE: learn­ed something valuable quickly:that we experience simi:lar re­actions and hear similar mes­sages from parents, whether weare in school, health, agency, orchurch work.

Just as parents voice commonfrustrations over children whilesharing solutions, so did Wl~, onlythis time parents were the sub­ject. 1 think it might be valuableto parents to hear wha.t the"teachers" say about us, particu-

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How to' run good meetings

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Also planned are animatedscripture lessons for children andecumenical programs featuringmusic, culture and art.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - JesuitFather Robert F. Drinan formermember of Congress, has joinedthe faculty of the GeorgetownUniversity Law Center, DeanDavid J: McCarthy Jr. announc­ed.

Father Drinan, who will teacha seminar in international hu­man rights, served in' the Houseof Representatives for 10 yearsas a Democrat from Massachu~

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ceedings to end their marriage."We have reached this decis­

ion together, with the under­standing of our children and af­ter pastoral counseling," theKennedys said, adding that inthe interests of their three chil­dren and other Kennedy familymembers they would decline fur­ther comment.

The Kennedys have been liv­ing in separate cities for severalyears. Mrs. Kennedy joined herhusband last year during hiscampaign for the Democraticnomination for president.

The statement said Kennedystill plans to seek re-election tothe Senate in 1982.

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ed divorce of Sen. Edward Ken­nedy (D-Mass) and his wife Joanshould be "responded to withunderstanding, compassion andsilence," according to the Arch­diocese of Boston.

The archdiocese made its re­marks in a statement issuedshortly after the Kennedy's an­nounced their plans to end their22-year marriage.

'\Few American families todayare free from the unfortunateexperience of divorce," thearchdiocese said, responding to"many questions" being askedabout the religious significanceof a divorce. The Kennedys areCatholic.

"No one should make a rashjudgemer:t about a family trag·

,edy which is surely marked bydeep personal pain," the arch­diocese added.

The statement pointed outthat a civil divorce does notfree Catholics for remarriage.But it also noted that a divorce,by itself.. does not make an in­dividual less a member of thechurch or deprive that person ofthe sacramental life of thechurch.

"If the church proclaims, asdid Christ, the binding nature ofChristian marriage, she also re­minds us of another teaching ofJesus: ',Judge not lest you bejudged,''' the statement said.

The Kennedys, in a joint an­nouncement issued by the sena·tor's office in Washington, saidthey would commence legal pro-

The network, to begin broad-, casting fOllr hours a day in June,

is seeking suitable programs andoffers an outlet to dioceses, reoIigious orders and other Cath­olic groups.

Proposed programs include re­treats for priests, religious,youth, married couples and elder.ly; programs for adults on pray­er, spirituality, meditation,

First CatholicBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (NC) ­

The first Catho:ic satellite tele­vision operation in the UnitedStates has been licensed by theFederal Communications Com­mission.

The FCC license was awardedto Our Lady of the Angels Mon­astery, Birmingham, whereMother M. Angelica has foundedEternal Word Television Net­work, Inc. hoping to supply·Catholic programs to cable TVsystems throughout the UnitedStates.

"We've always felt a deep de­sire to share the fruit of ourcontemplative :life with all thepeople of the Catholic Church -"­and with others as well," saidMother Angelica, who heads acommunity of 12 Religious.

Our Lady of the Angels hasfour printing presses, a completetelevision studio and mobile van,an $800,000 earth station cap­able of transmitting and receiv­ing satellite radio and televisionprograms and a network oflaity around the globe who dis­tribute Mother Angelica's evan-gelistic tracts. '

This all was accomplishedwithout an organized fund rais­ing campaign or as Mother An­gelica says, a "rich uncle."

There have been donationsfrom philanthropic foundations,but the backbone of the minis­try, Mother Angelica said, hasbeen regular contributions ofaverage Catholics who want tohelp reach more people with thewOrd of God.

When the nuns began a bookministry in 1974, and later, theirtelevision ministry, they had "noknowledge 0:: how to print,make or marI<et TV tapes. Wedepended on God's providence.We had no savings accounts andno investments," said Mother An­gelica.

.To preserve the contemplativelifestyle of her nuns, she recent­ly established a lay-oriented,non-profit corporation to handlebroadcasting and business af­fairs.

.MR. AND MRS. David C. Sherman of Pilgrim United Church are greeted by Mrs. Ail·

een Cabral of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church at service ~arking the Week of Prayer forChristian Unity. The observance at Mt. Carmel was one of a week-long series held inNew Bedford churches. (Rosa Photo)

5. List in first place the itemsrequiring board votes or otheraction. '

6. Make sure the president isnotified of any proposed addi­tions to the agenda. .

7. Guide discussion so thatmembers' comments are briefand to the point.

8. Do not allow one person todominate discussion.

9. Delegate questions requir­ing study to subcommittees forpreliminary work.10. Always end meetings ontime.

Mrs. Field cautions that therules are only guidelines, meantto facilitate meetings. Whenspecial circumstances require al­tering them, she does so. For in­stance, when members were de­bating whether to eliminateparochial school uniforms, onemeeting lasted four hours.

This parish leader says herservice on parish committeeshas taught her to respect thevalue of time - her own andthat of others. She believespeople are more willing to serveon committees when they knowtheir time will not be wasted.

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Mary Pat Field, a successfulparish council president, has puttogether some thoughts abouthow to run good meetings.

She notes, first of all, thatmeetings are held for a varietyof reasons: to identify and ex­plain goals and resources to setpriorities; to organize programsand activities; to evaluate pastactivities; to settle personnelproblems; to brainstorm for thefuture.

She points out, however, thatchurch gatherings should not belike corporation board meetings.All meetings should begin andend with prayer, she feels, say­ing that members want them toprovide an experience of Chris­tian community.

She believes, nevertheless,that the following guidelineshave helped her conduct moreefficient and effective meetings:

1. Always start meetings ontime.

2. Schedule meetings for amaximum of two hours.

3. Open meetings to the pub·lie.

4. Follow a written agenda,circulated in advance to allboard members.

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Your feature article of Jan.8, "New Right joins CatholicConservatives," raises .life anddeath issue, blindly neglected ...

We are charged, during ourspan on earth, with the mosttricky and dangerous task inthe history of the human species.Ever since we dropped atombombs on Hiroshima and Nagil­saki, and have now developed in­dividual weapons 1,000 timesstronger. we can destroy a ma­jor segment of the human popu­lation on this planet.

From a pro-life poi~t of viewa "fiddling while Rome burns"takes place, as two superpowersdevelop "first strike" capabilitieswith weapons we can no longercontrol. , .•

As a m~tier of common senseexpe'diency; before we try tolegislate morality, we had betterpray with all our might and con­centrate with all our energy in­to "beating our ~words intoploughshares."

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make sure tlie blind get to meet­ings, held at various areachurches where women's guildsare hostesses, outdoing eachother in providing memorablerefreshments.

An anticipated highlight 9f theguild year is Bishop'~AJay. Inthe early years members weregreeted personally on that oc­casion by Bishop Connolly; andfor the past decade Bishop cro­nin has carried on the tradition.

Over the years Mrs. Pion hasinvolved her husband, Roland,~nd her two sons in ber apos­tolate. Today one of the sons,possibly as a result of his yearsof learning to care for others,is the director of a half-wayhouse for the mentally ill.

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"A club is only as strong as itsmembers," said Mrs. 'Pion, mod­estly disclaiming the notion thatthe leadership of a group has todo with its success.

She hJis been involved withthe guild since J951, when she'tas among' a 'group of womenthat now- retired- Bishop JamesL. Connolly asked to form anorganwation ft>r the catholicblind of the diocese.'

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FATHER. VOORHES

October 1978 to begin doctoralstudies, Father Voorhes had nojdeJ that he would end up work·ing for the Vatican.

Several years before, he hadbeen considered for' a post inthe 'Vatican diplomatic corps,but he and his bishop decidedthat "pastoral work ha.d prece­dence."

Bt when he was recommendedfor the job in the bishops' con·gregation last,year, plans to re­turn to Buffato to work in theministry to separated and div­'orced Catholics were put oft-andhe agreed to stay in Rome atleast five years.

His day starts with a 7 a.m.concelebrated Mass at Villa-Stritch, a residence for Ameri­can priests 'at the Vatican.

ThE! rest of, his schedule isfleXible, including giving spirit­ual direction to seminarians, ten·nis, work on his' doctoral thesis,participation'in a priestly prayerfraternity called Jesus·Caritas,an' occasional movie and whatFather Voorhes calls his "minis­try of correspondence."

"People from my former par­ishes still write seeking coun­sel," he saia.

Although it's not what hewould have predicted for him­self a few years ago, FatherVoorhes likes life as one of theyoungest' staff members in theRoman Curia and he'd like tosee other U.S. priests join him.

he said. "I praise your active in­terest in assisting those in need,and I ask God to m8k.e your en·deavors prosper and to bless youand your dear ones." ,

McHugh had originally hopedto buy back the ring the popegave away in Brazil. But whenthat plan did not seem feasible,he asked Sid Thai, a Seattle- jew.

. eller, to make the new ring.Thai, who is Jewish, agreed onthe condition that he be allow·ed to donate it without charge.

The Seattle group also includ~ed two special fflends of Bish­op Walsh - Angela VierzorekCelmer, a Polish-American whowas housekeeper to two bishopsfor 20 years;' and Brian Abdo, a21.year-old whom the bishopdescribes as "the youngest 'pro­life- speaker on the West Coast."

Mrs. Celmer spoke to the popein Polish and presented bim witha loaf of Pol~sh bread,

VATICAN CI1Y (NC) ­Overseeing the appointments,transfers and. retirements of bish­ops'in nearly 270 dioceses seemsquite different from counsellingseparated and. divorced Cathaolics in the Diocese of Buffalo,N.Y.

But Father Fred R. Voorhes ­student, part-time chaplain toU.S. Navy families, spiritualcounselor and Vatican official- sees a lot of similarities.

line same bAic components- people, sacramental life, pas­toral needs ~ -are involved"in pastoral. work .and a post atthe Vatican, said the 33-year­old priest.

But at the Vatican Congrega­tion for Bishops, Father Voor­hesprimarily deals. with reportsresulting from the interpersonalcontacts of others, and some·times misses the close attach­ments he found working in Buf-falo parishes. " .. Now hl! d~s the advancework that leads to Pope JohnPaul II's decisions about creatingnew dioceses, accepting or reajecting retirements and namingnew bishops in Australia, Cana­da and the United States.

'Bishops' reports on the statusof their dioceses also cross hisdesk. As the only native :Eng·lish speaker in the congregation,he sometimes handles personalcorrespondence in English forthe prefect, Cardinid SebastianoBaggio, an lialian.

Father Voorhes is one of. abouta dozen U.S: diocesan priestsworking in the Roman Curia,"TheVatican's central administration.He joined the staff of the bish­ops' congregation full-time inSeptember after completing theclass work for a doctorate inmarriage ,and theology of thefamily.

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When Pope John Paul II pulledoff his papal ring and gave it tothe peOple of a Brazilian slumlast July, it made Seattle res­taurant owner Mick McHughthink about the blessings of hisown life.

So McHugh talkec\ to S9me of,his friends - Cat~olics, Protes­tants and, Jews - ltnd tl)ey de·cided ,to show the' pbpe whatthey - thought about his gestureon behalf of the poor.

The group ted by Auxiliary. Bishop Nicolas Walsh of Seattle

last week presented Pope JohnPaul with a new ring and a$100,000 contribution afte,r hisweekly general audience.- "The ring was a little toolarge, but he promised.that he'llwear it," said Bishop Walsh.

At the general audience, PopeJohn Paul made specia(mentionof the Seattle'group.

"I thank you for your visit,"

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ROME(NC) - When PopeJohn Paul II visited the NorthAmerican College in Roine, hewas the fifth pope in 121 yearsto do so.

The college, housing U.S. dio­cesan seminarians, is the larg­est of tile many national semin­aries 'in Rome.'

There are 165 students - forthe priesthJ and si~ priestsfinishing a fifth year of theologystudies living il\ its main resi- ing, humility," said Msgr. Mur-denee on Rome's Janiculum Hillphy. .directly overlooking the Vatican. "If a person comes in hereThe students include Stephen with the same level of under­Avila of St. John the Baptist standing and faith he had as aparish, New Bedford. child, and leaves with the same, '

III addition 52 priests at the there is a real problem," he said.Casa Santa Maria dell 'Umilta, The attitudes of today's stu­the former seminary residence in . dents have changed comparedthe center' of Rome, are doing with those of several years ago,graduate studies at various pon- the rector said.titical universities and institutes. "I'd say they are much more

The Casa also houses two spiritually attuned. They give__1_u r groups a year of ahout,35 priests 'prayer and spiritual direction' a

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I~ ing Theological Education. On the other hand, he de.. ' . • After the sharp post-Vatican scribed today's students as.~6 CHURCH STREET -:- NEW BEDFORD : n decline that reflected ,11 U.S.' "somewhat less scholarly" than: • seminaries, the North American previously. '• AUTO' PARTS - NEW - REBUIL.- USED • College is show~ng an enrollment "I'm making a major push for• AUTO GLASS = increase, said' Msgr. Charles students to stay the full frve_. - NEW - USED IN STOCK • MUrPhy, rector of the college, a

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. '-- I dence. With the, post-conclbar can College, also interact withvocations decline, it dropped to the seminarians, he said.a low of about 120. The' Casa, parts of which are

Msgr. Murphy said he sees the more than 403 years old, was" spiritual and pastoral formation originally a cpnvent." of the seminarians as the chief During the political turbulence

task of the 10-member faculty of the early 19th century, it wasof the seminary section. occupied by French troops' and

But that does not'mean the briefly by ItalIan revolutionary~ intellect is ignored: "We stress forces before Pope Pius IX dona­

the primacy of study. You have ted it to the U.S. Bishops into know 'why' before' you can 1859 'for a seniinary. 'know 'how,'" he said. - Pope Pius IX visited the sem­

, The academic side, however, inary' to celebrate Mass in 1860is basically handled by the pon- and 10 years later visited again-tificial universities in Rome. t,o meet with U.S. bishops in

Because the universities are to· Rome for the First Vatican' Coun- ,tally academic, the North Am· cil. He was the only Pope to'erisan College gives supplemen- visit the seminary when it wasbJry cou~s in pastoral coun- housed in the Casa.s~ling, homiletics, liturgy, cate·· The Casa served as the sem-chetics- and pastoral ministry. inary for nearly a century, but

It also provides a program of the new seminary on the Janicu­apostolic work after stUdents"are lum has begun to develop itsflettled i.n Rome and accustomed own history. , 'to Italian. Pope ~ius XII att-ended its, "Part of the process of spirit· dedication.in 1953. Pope John

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circumstance. Single parentsfind they need help most in thefirst year or ,two after a death,or divorce. PWP provides oppor­tunities to socialize, with andwithout children, through din­ner!> and outings.

The Community Service' Soci­ety in New York City encour­ages single parents to formneighborhood self-help groups to 'tackle such problems as baby- 'sitting. recreation, housing, legalservices and'health care.

Why should we share -prob= 'lems? Why ex~ ourselves tothe embarrassment of airing Qur,shortcomings, to the, nui$Bnce of,~

getting involved in other pe0­ple's proble~s? Perhaps ~usewe cope better anei make betterdecisions when we share prob­lems than when' . we strugglealone. Perhaps because we de­velop ties with 'Others not.through superficial small talk,but shared life experiences. '

Perhaps, when we come right. ,'.down to I it, because long agosomeone ,wisely advised us tobear one another's burdens•.

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DOROTHEA MOREFn;LD exults at news'of releaseof her husband, Richard, who was U.S. consul ~eneral inTeheran. Bishop Leo Maher of San Diego will celebrate aMass of ,thanksgiving tonight for the Morefield family.

death - family members stillhelp ,out, often coming manymiles to do so; but many fam­ilies struggle alone with the or­dinary, everyday problems. Pa­rents try to cope singlehandedwith child-care arrangements ordifficult teens. With no one toturn to, such common problemsbecome heavy burdens,

Why do families strugglealone? Perhaps they are reluc­tant to "bother" their friends.They do ,not feel comfortableenough to unburden their prob­lems. Perhaps they lack the -hu­mility to say, "We have a prob­lem and we don't know how tosolv~ it." More subtly, perhapsthey do not wish friends to both~

er them, and they re~lize thatasking for help usually meansrepaying the favor at some laterdate.' ,

Whatever. tbe reason, two­parent families might learn fromthe growing number of s~gle

parents in our· midst. Single pa­rents too may try to cope allalone. Out of sheer necessity,however, many join togetJter forphysical· and emotional support.

Parents Without Partners of­fers single parents the opportu­nity to share experiences andproblems with others in the same

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A A few decades ago:" insuch situations most falfiilieswould have turned to relatives.You might notllave followed allyour mother's advice about rear­'jng children, but you certainlytalked things over with her.,

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There is no shortage of voca­tions to the priesthood in theSoviet Union, says Russian Or­thodox Archbishop Chrysostom .of Kursk and Belgorod, deputyhead of the Department of Ex-'ternal Church Relations of theMoscow Patriarchate.

MARIA von TRAPP

Maria rapsfamily life

NEW ORLEANS (NC) - Thewoman known to millions asMaria in the movie "The Soundof Music" lives in Stowe, Vt., atthe Trapp Family Lodge, whichher son Johannes manages.

Although the lodge was recent­ly partially destroyed by fire, itwill remain in operation. Thedecision to continue was typicalof the Trapp family and its firm­willed matriarch, who survivedflight from Hitler's Germany tocome to the United States withher young family' and build anew life for them.

The young Austrian novice of"The Sound of Music" is todaythe grandmother of 30 childrenand great-grandmother of 11. Shehas a healthy, weathered, out­doorsy look and clear blue eyesthat reflect a lifetime of pur­pose and serenity.

Mrs. von Trapp shared somefirm views on contemporaryfamily life, calling the baby­sitter the "tragedy of our time.Time and again I say, 'Get themothers back in the home,'

"The babysitter is reading orwatching television. She hearsthe baby cry. She hates to bedisturbed, but she changes thebaby, then puts it back in itscrib and picks up a book or reo .turns to her program.

"When the mother hears thebaby cry, she picks up the babyand changes it, and she loves itand cuddles it. Because' it's herbaby,"

Divorce, she said, is about"the worst (thing) that can hap­pen. But it's almost a matter ofeveryday life now. It's verytragic."

The idea of working mothersis distasteful to her. "The moth­er belongs in the home. Theword 'babysitter' didn't existwhen we came to America (justbefore World War II). Now manymothers work for the secondcar. As a result, there's no fam­ily spirit.'"

At odds with each other, shesaid, are family faith and tele­vision. "There's no substitute forfamily prayer. 1 am amazed thatprayer should be consideredsomething exceptional.

"Television could educate anation in one year, could elevatea nation," she said. "And what_does it do? It plays to the mostbase instincts ... TV is the un­paid babysitter."

days, and at what time thoseMasses may be offered.

Q. I am a convert and stillunfamiliar with many things inthe Catholic Church. Threeplaces in our church there is apicture of an anchor. On one ofthem, in a window, is the letterE. I've seen this in other placesas well. Can you explain? (Cali­fornia)

A. Almost as far back as wego in human history, the anchor(used, of course, by sailors ap­parently since they began sail­ing the waters) has been a sym­bol - a sign - of security andhope. There is evidence .that theJews, even though they were nota seafaring people, used thissymbol even before the time ofChrist.

Understandably, the Christianpeople picked up this sign asexpressing their own hope andsymbolizing the security faithbrings in the ordinary difficul­ties and trials of life, as wellas in special times of persecu­tion. Often the anchor is joinedwith the fish, the symbol ofChrist (and of Christians). Thisjoint symbol expresses, ofcourse, the belief that our faithand hope, our anchor, is ulti­mately Jesus himself.

The author of the letter to theHebrews (6:19) uses this symbolexplicity, noting that our hopein Jesus Christ and in his highpriesthood are "like a sure andfirm anchor."

The letter E which often ac­companies the anchor is prob­ably an abbreviation for "elpis,"the Greek word for hope.

Questions for this columnshould be sent _to Father Diet­zen cIa The Anchor, P.O. Box 7,Fall River, Mass. 02720.

president, said the union receiv­ed information from Poland that'Solidarity was prepared to ex­amine Wesolowska's situation.

Miss Wesolowska's hungerstrike seems to have brought anabrupt end to U.N. SecretaryGeneral Kurt Waldheim's beliefthat quiet diplomacy could domore for the 36-year-old prisonerthan public protests and chal­lenges to the Polish government.

News of the strike was relay­ed to Western correspondents inWarsaw by her parents, who arepermitted to visit her in a ·max­imum security jail once a month.

In conversations with her pa­rents an~ in letters to friends inNew York, Miss Wesolowskasaid that the charges against herwere spurious and based mostlyon what her captors consideredquestionable conduct on herpart. .

After hearing reports of thehunger strike, Waldheim metwith Polish Charge d'Affairs Du­yonizy Bilinski and demanded"immediate access" by one ofhi!> aides to Miss Wesolowskato determine her present con­dition.

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UNITED NATIONS O~C) ­The reported hunger strili(e in aWarsaw, Poland, jail of U.N. em­ployee Alicja Wesolowska hasprompted her colleagues in NewYork to send another appeal toPope John Paul II to intervenewith the Polish government.

In a cable to the Holy See, theU.N. Staff Union asked the popeto "take effective measures andexercise your influence to gainfreedom for Alicja Wesolowskaurgently and assure her' returnto the United Nations." .

U.N. employees first raised theissue with the pope duling hisvisit to the United Nations inOctober 1979.

The union also sent a cableto Lech Walesa, leader of Soli­darity, the independent tradeunion movement in Poland, ask­ing his help "to end this unjustpunishment and to gain freedomfor Alicja."

Polish-born Miss Wesolowskawas sentenced last March to aseven - year prison term oncharges of spying for an un­named foreign power. She wasarrested in August 1979 whilevisiting relatHr~s in Pola:nd.

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By Father John Dietzen

Q. When a holy day ,)f ob­ligation falls on a Monday, arevigil Masses for that holy daypennitted on Sunday? May aperson go to Mass twi,ce onSunday - once for the Sundayand once for the holy day?(Louisiana) -

A. Masses are permitted onthe evening before the holy day,regardless of the day (If theweek, if. of course, the bishophas approved such Masses forthat diocese.

The character and disciplineof our observance of hol)r daysof obligation certainly leavesmuch to be desired litull:ically,particularly when the holy dayfalls on Saturday or Monday.The complications over whichMass to attend for which obli­gation can become almost ludic­rously legalistic.

A:ccording to current churchlegislation, however, it is pos­sible to do as you say - attendMass on Sunday morning foryour Sunday obligation :and inthe evening for the holy day ofobligation.

One might also attend theevening Mass on Sunday for theSunday obligation and attendMass the following day lfor theholy day.

It is certainly more appropri.ate to attend these respectiveMasses with the appropriatereadings and prayers (SundayMass for Sunday and helly dayMass for the holy day) but thisis not actually reqUired for ful­filling the obligation for eitherSunday or holy· day Masses.

As I mentioned, the bishop ofeach diocese determines whetherthere will be evening Ma.sses inanticipation of Sundays and holy'

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dates impressed many students."Our young people identifiedwith the older students and wereable to share so much withthem," Msgr. Lynch explained."If I had been saying the verysame things, they wouldn't havelistened so closely."

During the study portion oftheir training, the 8th and 9thgraders gathered each week inthe homes of parishioners whoguided them through a course ofstudy.

The entire class also met as agroup several times during theyear. At ThanksgiVing, for in­tance, members shared a sup­per and a prayer service and al­so prepared food baskets forshut-ins.

During the second year, theyouth and their parents metseveral times on Sunday morn­ing for a study session and lit­urgy.

Each student was asked todraw up a service contract, sinceconfirmation is a sacrament es­pecially tied to Christian ser­vice. Bill and some of his friendshelped with the parish bazaarand with decorating a Christmastree. Others aided the elderly byshoveling snow or playing cardswith them.

Msgr. Lynch said it is im­portant to follow up on the con­firmation experience. "We needto draw the students back to­gether and to develop a processwhereby the great things wetalked about op. the weekend willbecome real."

Sister St. Onge agreed. Shewants students to regard con­firmation as the beginning of anew way of life.

tive lives in a "dog eat dog"world.

Yet God calls Christians tolead lives marked by behaviOrthat is gracious, generous, andloving. Grace provides the meansto live this way. Grace, then,creates a special relationship be­tween God and people. The sac­raments are vital means of de­veloping the life of grace.

- Each sacrament revealssome special aspect of God's be­havior toward us and is a per­sonal call to commit ourselvesto this same kind of behavior.

1. In baptism, for example,God generously shares his lifewith us. This sacrament reveals

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Gracious living

We've only just begunB~, Lenore Kelly

"We've Only Just Begun,"sang confirmation candidates atImmaculate Heart of Mary Par­ish in 'Rutland, Vt.

The song reflects the students'intense involvement with theparish during the two years theyprepared for the sacrament. Dur­ing this time, they combinedstudy with service projects. Inaddition, a weekend experiencehelped them understand the valueof a Christian community.

Sister Martha St. Onge, theparish's director of religious edu­cation, explained: "We wantedthem to celebrate their faith andto be with other Christians. Theywere getting the message partin their classes. The notion ofChristian service had gottenacross through the various pro­jects. But t}1e idea of commun­ity was almost totally absent."

Girls and boys were equallyenthusiastic about "the weekendspent at a nearby retreat facility.Confirmation candidate Bill Mazzarillo said: "The great thingwas being split up into groupsand everyone getting the chanceto talk. I met a lot.of people andlearned -things I didn't know be­fore."

Student Tina Ploof referred toher small group as her family.She said: "I became pretty closeto them. I knew other peoplepared and I wanted to care too."

A former diocesan director forCursillo, Msgr. John Lynch, thepastor, beJieves such weekendexperiences are "the best edu­cation one can find." He feltthat discussion leaders only afew years older than the candi-

By Theodore Hengesbach

My daughter Heidi, 13, andson T.J., 14, often act graciouslytoward me even when I do notdeserve it. 1: may scold them be­cause I don't feel well or be­cause I had a tough day at work.Yet they often respond withlove.

·Because of this, I soon feltsorry for the way I have treatedthem. Experiencing their gener­ous behavior, I am moved to al­ter my own ungracious variety.

This is striking because adultsoften do not expect such gra­cious behavior from one another.Much adult behavior is "tit fortat," with many people eventrained to live fiercely competi-

know your faith

There are choice, as to baptism,and in the manner of receivingFirst Communion, confirmationand the rite of reconciliation.

There is a need, it seems, todistinguish between making thesacraments more personal andmaking them private. Sacra­ments must be personal, but theyare not private.

Careful preparation, goodpreaching, participation by par­ishioners when possible and ap­propriate music are often count­ed among the elements that helpmake the sacraments more per-sonal. .

But in our culture, "personal"can come to mean "private." Itis easy to ignore the demandsof community or tradition and to

• create our own independentworlds. When sacraments be­come private, they can also be­come "trendy" or trivialized,with about as much lasting valueas the daily newspaper.

Many parishes :,ave found thatwhen parishioners help plan theliturgy, they often see moreclearly how the sacraments arecelebrations of the church com­munity.

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are for the sake -of the people.

Whose sacraments?By Father Philip J. Murnion

A young couple visits the rec­tory to arrange their wedding.The priest discusses Pre-Canaconferences with them and givesthem a booklet listing choicesin Scripture readings and otherparts of the wedding ceremony.

Two weeks later, the coupletells the priest they would likethe marriage to take place at areception hall. They also wantto use a selection from KahlilGibran's "The Prophet" in placeof Old Testament selections.

The priest, however, explainsthat the church is the normalplace for a wedding unlessspecial .permission is securedfrom the bishop to hold it else­where. He also explains that thereadings must be from the Scrip­tures. The couple is surprised.They had assumed they couldchoose any reading.

An unusual occurrence? Hard­ly. But many concerns and prob­lems related to the sacramentscan be identified in this all-too­familiar scene, which causes thepriest to recall the seminarymaxim: "The sacraments are forthe sake of the people."

The very fact that variouschoices are offered to people inliturgical matters underscoresthe church's desire to relate sac­ramental rites to varying situa­tions.

However. there are limits tothe choices available becausethe sacraments also belong tothe church and are part ofchurch tradition. They are notprivate celebrations of individ­uals.

In our story, the fact that theparish priest and the couple didnot really know each other madeit difficult to work through plan­ning problems.

Similar problems arc experi­enced with other sacraments.

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By Father John J. Castelot

One faction of the splinteredchurch at Corinth proclaimedloyal allegiance to Paul. Ratherstrangely, Paul says nothing di­rectly about the Apollos factionor the Cephas~Peter) faction.

Perhaps he did not want tobe trapped -into making, evenimplicitly, derogatory remarksabout either Apollos or Cephas,for whom he had the highest re­gard. To do so would make himguilty of the same immaturenastiness that was souring hisconverts. But he does ask, witha touch of irony: "Was it inPaul's name that you were bap­tized?"

Then Paul thanks God that hebaptized only a few of the firstcommunity members. Paul's rea­son for this seemingly strangeattitude is quite simple: "Christdid not send me to baptize, butto preach the GospeL" (1 Cor.1:17)

Over the centuries, the min­istry of presiding at the Euchar­ist and administering the sacra­ments has come to be consid­ered the primary function of theCatholic priest. Sometimes thisoccurs at the expense of theministry of the word. The ser­mon or homily is sometimeseven looked down upon as some­thing quite incidental.

However, the earliest Chris­tian ministers took very serious­ly thei):' role as ministers of theword.·' . --.

Still, if Paul has been sent topreach the Gospel, he does not

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By Janaan Manternach

During the quiet time he spentin the Arabian desert, Saulsensed God's call to him. He wasto be an apostle. He was to telleveryone about Jesus.

Saul was living in Damascus,where he had been baptized, withthe followers of Jesus whom hehad earlier persecuted. Graduallythey became convinced that hewas sincere and they acceptedhim.

Soon Saul began to preachpublicly about Jesus. Each Sab­bath he went to a different syna­gogue. Because he was known asa learned Pharisee, an expert inthe law, he was"usually invitedto speak.

Saul used each opportunity totell the Jewish worshipers about

. Jesus. Jesus was the Messiahand the Son of God, he told

.them.His hearers were amazed.

Jhey asked, "Isn't this Saul, thePharisee from Jerusalem? Isn'tthis the man who led the perse­cution of Jesus' followers?"

The synagogue leaders arguedangrily with Saul. They insistedthat Jesus was not the Messiah."How could a man who brokeGod's law be the Messiah?"they chall~nged' Saul. "How

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monly reported factors, accord­ing to the brochure, and at leastthree percent experience physicalviolence, rape, robbery or arrest.

Some 38 percent of runawaysreturn on their own initiative.For 22 percent it is the parentswho bring about the reunion.Eighteen percent of the time thepolice have been involved. In 14percent of the cases a relativeor friend helps bring the childhome.

Suggestions for parents ofrunaways include contacting.relatives, the child's friends orparents of friends and notifyingthe police, providing a recentphotograph.

Parents are advised to leavea message for the runaway atthe nearest runaway shelter orto call the National RunawaySwitchboard or OperationPeace of Mind for information.

If the runaway calls home, ex·press love and concern, notblame, the brochure suggests. Ifthe parents and child cannot re­solve the problems that led torunning away, professional helpor counseling should be consid­ered.

Where is he now?

Where do they go?BOYS TOWN, Neb. (NC) ­

Most runaways travel only shortdistances and return home with­in a few days after a rather un­eventful trip, according to aBoys Town Center brochure.

The brochure, "America'sRunaways," prepared in coopera­tion with the National PTA off­ice in Chicago, offers tips toparents whose children join theestimated 700,000 Americanyoungsters who run away eachyear.

Its statistical profiles are de­rived from studies funded bythe 1974 runaway Youth Act,said Boys Town Center sciencewriter Barbara Lonnborg whowith social scientist F. Ivan Nyeprepared the brochure.

"We wanted to give an ac­curate picture of the runawayproblem and offer suggestionsto parents on what they mightdo if this problem occurs in theirfamily," said Ms. Lonnborg.

She andNye said there are nosocial or economic lines when itcomes to runaways. The prob­lem confronts all groups andcuts across demographic lines.

Girls make up 47 percent ofthe runaways and boys 53 per­cent. The most vulnerable ageseems to be from 15 to 17.

Most youngsters are "goneonly a few days, and all but afew return within six months,"according to the brochure.

Forty percent of the childrenreturn within 24 hours; 20 per­cent in one to three days; 10percent in three days to a week;14 percent ·in a week to a month,and 11 percent in one to sixmonths. Five percent stay awayfor more than six months.

How far do they go? The bro­chure reports that one out offive stay within a mile of home;another third go no more than 10miles; 30 percent travel 10 to 50miles and 18 percent travel fur­ther.

What happens to theseyoungsters when they are on theroad? The majority (52 percent)apparently rated their experi­ences as "neutral" or even "posi­tive" (25· percent). One of five,however, admitted to a basically"negative" experience; three per­cent said they encountered vio­lence.

Hunger, cold or fear are com-

Continued from page twelvecould a man executed as a blas­phemer be God's son?" they ask­ed.

Saul was not discouraged. Heturned to the Hebrew Scripturesthey all knew and loved. He usedtext after text to show that Je­sus was in fact the long-awaitedMessiah.

Saul knew the Bible extremelywell. He was also very skilledin debate. Soon the Jewish lead­ers in Damascus dared not arguewith him.

People were torn. Some ad·mitted Saul's learning and sin­cerity. Some were excited bySaul's preaching about Jesus.Many remained unconvinced.Some grew more and more angryat Saul.

As the months went by, opposi­tion to Saul grew. But he con­tinued to tell everyone that Je­sus was God's chosen one.

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Like many an overweightgourmet, Father Donat Barrette,the. pastor, greeted the new yearwith a determination to shedexcess weight.

·But under an unusual plandreamed up by a parishioner themore he loses, the more he'llgain.· Parishioners have pledgedto make donations ranging fromone cent to $5 for each poundthe pastor loses. Proceeds willsalvage and refinish two stainedglass windows removed from thechurch during recent renova­tions.

GENEVA, Switzerland ~C) ­The Swiss Catholic Bishops' Con­ference and the International La­bor Organization have announc­ed that Pope John Paul II willvisit Switzerland in June. Thedate of the trip was not givenbut it is expected to take placeduring an ILO general assemblyschedulet for June 4 through23.

preach Christ crucified - astumbling block to Jews, and anabsurdity to gentiles, but tothose who are called, Jews andgentiles alike, Christ the powerof God and the wisdom of God.For God's folly is wiser thanmen, and his weakness morepowerful than men." (1 Cor.1:23-25)

To illustrate this paradoxPaul can point to the people'sexperience. Tremendous thingshave happened to them andthrough them as Christians. Yet,for the most part, they arepretty ordinary, a typical middle- .class city parish. .

Everything leads to one in­escapable conclusion: "God it iswho has given you life in ChristJesus." (1 Cor. 1:30)

Continued from P~ge Twelvethat life has direction, purposeand divine vigor.

2. In the sacrament" of recon­ciliation (penance), God revealshis forgiving behavior toward us.By the way he responds to thesinner, both the sinner and thetotal Christian community areencouraged to go out and tryagain.

If God continues to act. loving­ly toward us. how muc:h moreshould we be gracious lind' for­giving toward others?

3. The sacrament of marriagecelebrates the willingness ofcommunity members to developa particular sort of family life.At home, family members aretied together by affection. In thegive and take of everyday livingthey learn to treat each other inloving, forgiving and graciousways.

God's relationship with peopleis mirrored in the relationshipbetween husband and wife.

It is delightful to fanticize aworld full of people whose be­havior would reflect God's be­havior. What a different worIait would be!

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do so "with wordy 'wisdom,"Jest the cro.ss of Christ bll rim·dered void of its meaning!" (1Cor. 1:17) This is an indirectslap at the Apollos grou.p, socaptivated by the smooth elo­quence, the logical consistency,the wordy wisdom of the preach·er from Alexandria.

The Corinthians must realizethat the Christian messagl~ doesnot derive its truth and powerfrom the pbilosophical reason­ing of which the Greeks were sofond. Its power to transformcomes from a most unlikelysource according to worldlystandards: the cross of Christ.

Nothing was more calc:ulatedto demonstrate the uniquenessof Christianity than the central­ity of the cross. Nothing elsepointed up so forcefully the factthat God's way of doing thingsis almost incredibly differentfrom the world's.

With all the world's wisdom, ithad failed to recognize the mostfundamental truth of all: truthhimself, the one true God.

The gentiles sought thl~ well­reasoned, logical, airtight philo­sophical demonstration.

The Jews, of a differenl: mind­set, demanded miracles. Theyhad that all too common atti­tude: "Show me."

But Paul offered another ap­proach. He explained: "We

God's folly

Continued from page twelveue to be differences of opinionabout appropriate liturgy. Butthey can probably be workedout if the parish and its peopleremember that the sacramentsare

-actions of God,-thr9ugh the cllurch,-for the people,~nd if each celebration is

made as beautiful· an event aspossible.

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Seminarians

CoyIe-Cassidy

Personalholiness

Asks meetingWASHINGTON (NC) - Mai­

read Corrigan, co-winner of the1976 Nobel Peace Prize, has in­vited Pope John Paul II andQueen Elizabeth II of Englandto meet in Belfast, Northern Ire­land, during the pope's visit toGreat Britain in 1982. •

By Cecilia BelangerRecently I was invited' to

share some thoughts with ayouth meeting, a meeting towhich a minister had also beeninvited.

One youngster asked the min­ister what he found the mostdifficult sermons to preach. Hereplied that no sermon was easybut the ones in which he had toask for money were the hardest.

Asked how he resolved thishang-up, he replied, "When youstand in a pulpit time after timetrying with all that is in you tohelp people want to give theirlives to God, it seems to me ex­traordinarily thin-skinned for meto be overly concerned aboutasking those same people formoney to do those things forwhich the church was establish­ed."

A young girl asked aboutholiness. She said she was con­cerned with personal' holinessbut felt she fell far short in herefforts. The group assured hershe was not alone:

Someone else said he observedthat people fail to use prayer asa resource for living, that theyare ashamed to pray in publicif they are not in church.

A good point was made by anewcomer to the group, whosaid, "I think we make a mistakewhen we begin to compare ourpersonal holiness with' one an­other to se8" where we are onthe scale."

How right she was!It is, best to keep one's pro­

gress to one's self. All of us haveknown persons who have reopelled us with their determined"goodness," who have been sogood they were awful.

There can also be danger' inthe quest for personal holinessif it concerns us so much thatwe become blind to the evil

·around us.There was the slave ship cap­

tain described in "John Brown'sBody," sitting on the deck sing­ing "How sweet the name ofJesus" while poor human crea­tures rotted and died in the hell­holes below.

There was Sir John Bowringwho wrote "In the Cross ofChrist I Glory" while servingas the British Governor General .of Hong Kong and enforcing theopium trade in China.

There were the medieval mon­asteries, waxing fat as theygrabbed huge estates, exploitedthe serfs of Europe, and elab­orated, the liturgy until it lostall relevance to daily life andwork.

Such can be the abuses ofpersonal holiness, and we shoulddetermine not to repeat them inour own lives.

CHAPIN'S MUSIC is a re­minder that we -can enrich eachother's lives by sharing our ownstories.

Like many of us, Chapin hastold his stories in many places.He remembers the places and thepeople who listened to him.

Sometimes people are afraidto share themselves with others.

. They doubt that anyone wantsto listen or that their stories areworth much. But the truth isquite the opposite. Our experi­ences are our treasure.

In whatever ways we havelived, lessons have been learned.If we have reflected on theselessons, we now possess valuableinsights. And they become morevaluable when we .share themwith others.

What really is important inlife? As Chapin says, "the gloryjust doesn't last." What oncemay have seemed valuable, mayappear less significant at an­other time in life. And what weaccomplish today is importantfor what we are today.

So we don't need to under­value what is happening today.But it needs to be realized thatall today's relationships andgoals and situations cannot becarried into tomorrow.

Our future holds its own sur­prises and promises, and' thesetoo will help determine our fu­ture life.

It is important to live withtrust, belief and openness. Wecannot control all the situationsin our lives. But trust enables·usto make the best of them.

pressure ca~, take you down ifyou're not ,careful, if it's in anarea that's imp'ortant and criti­cal to you.

"Having a positive attitude insituations you can't control is ofcourse critical for growth,"Staubach sa.id. "It's so easy tobecome depressed, give up andget down."

He added, ''The way you havethat positive attitude is havingfaith, faith in almighty God."

Staubach who led the Cow­boys to the Super Bowl fivetimes and led the National Foot­ball LeagUE! in passing fourtimes, talked briefly about hisdecision to retire from profess­ional football.

"It was very trying for me to. make a decision," he said. "I,started out playing competitiveathletics when I was seven yearsold and on to the age of 38 and,all of a sudcen it's over and it'snot easy to get used to."

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and every day," he said.International and domestic

problems cannot be solved untileach person begins to solve him­self, he said. "One problem wecan solve and that's ourselves.We can control ourselves. Wecan't control a lot around us,but we can control ourselvesand we've got to .do it beforewe can' get involved in anythingelse."

He urged the youngsters to"practice what you preach." Intoday's society, "we have a tre­mendous credibility problem,people telling us one thing anddoing something else," he said."We've got to not only talk agood game, we've got to try our'very best to practice it."

Warning the youngsters aboutcompromising their· beliefs be­cause of peer pressure, Ttaubachsaid: "Peer pressure is over­whelming, being part of thegroup, being accepted ... Peer

ROGER STAUBACH ADDRESSES DALLAS RALLY

Oh, I've sung it all tonightAlmost every story that I knowAnd now when they tum out the spotlightI'm not sure where I'm supposed to goAnd I'm so hoarse I can't hit the high notesIt's just a whisper when I'm lowBut when you slng from the insideYou hope that something showsAnd that is whyYes, you are the only songThe only song I need.You're my laughterAnd you're my lonely song

. You're the harvest and you're the seedAnd you're my' first and my final songYou own me indeedYes, after all is said and doneYou're the one song that I needI've sung my songs to silence

, To empty clubs and crowded barsI've sung my Songs to standing roomEven sung them to the starS ,But the faces they fade togetherAnd the applause it's gone so fastAnd the story of every darkened stageIs that the glory just doesn't lastAnd that is whyYes, after all is said and doneYou're the one song that I need

Written and sung by Harry Chapin, ©1979, Chapin Music

Stand, up for beliefs., says Staul.ach

YOU ARE THE ONLY SONG

DALLAS (NC) - "Stand upfor what you believe in."

That was the message RogerStaubach, former star quarter­back of. the Dallas Cowboys,gave hundreds of youngsters ata Catholic youth rally in Dallas.

They greeted him with whistlesand cheers as he strode into thepacked auditorium at Jesuit Col­lege Preparatory SchooL

"I do appreciate that verymuch," he told them.

He recalled that he began hisathletic career in seventh. gradeat St. John the Evangelist gradeschool in Cincinnati. Later atPurcell High School, taught bythe Brothers of Mary, he switch­ed from halfback to quarter­back in his senior year.

Talking about an "area that'simportant in my life," his Cath­olic faith, Staubach stressed theneed for continual growth. "Ithink we have a responsibilityto Almighty God to grow each

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Thenumber of students for thepriesthood in U.S. seminaries hasdroppe~ by 226 in the last year,according to a report by the Cen­ter for Applied Research in theApostolate (CARA).

Seminarians froin. high schoolthrough fourth theology number­ed 13,037 for. t,~f ~980-81 acad­emic year, down, fTRW 13.263 in1979-80.

Stonehill College has receiveda $58,442 matching grant fromthe Commonwealth of Massa­chusetts, most of which will beused to provide assistance toneedy state residents attendingthe college.

The grant. is a partial match­ing of $337,350 Stonehill itselfprovided in aid to Massachusettsstudents during the 1979-80academic year. Seventy-five per­cent of the new funds will beused for new student· financialaid. The remaining moneys .willbe used for college renovationprojects.

College president Father Bart­ley MacPhaidin, C.S.C., said thatState grants help Massachusettsresidents attend the college oftheir choice without being bar­red by expense.

"They also help ensure thesurvival of independent collegesand universities in Massachu­setts," he added. "Also, by help­ing our independent colleges tocontinue to serve the common­wealth, the grants help bringmore than $2 billion into thestate economy.

"This 2 billion comes from outof state in the form of studentpayments, gifts and grants, andvisitor expenditures."

i A.n. energy· conSjlrvation pro­'gram' open to' 'parents, studentsand faculty will be held at 10a.m. Monday in the school audi­toriu,m.

Word has been received thatMary Pat Tranter, a member oflast year's senior class and itssalutatorian, has attained a 4.0average in her first semester atHoly Cross College, placingfirst in a class of 677 freshmen.

State grantto StonehiIl

Bishop StangBy Sandra Dutra

. "As we reach the midpoint ofthe school year, we see manygood things happening at Bishop

. Stang High School.The basketball team has kept

a steady record of 9-0; Topplayers of the "Rat Patrol" in­clude Karl Farnsworth, JohnMarkey, Mark McGraw, MikeO'Brien, Paul Downey and'MikeChandler. '

The Student Involvement Com­mittee is. planlling .. MoralityWeek, 'during wl\ich' those in­volved will help cleim up theschool and encourage. schoolspirit for all winter sports.

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According to FCC, the newpolicies will increase program­ming diversity and give thebroadcasters more flexibility tobe innovative. For example, inaddressing community needs thatwill be able to look at program­ming offered by other stationsand decide their own level ofsuch programming accordingly.

With other public interestgroups, the USCC has claimedthat reliance on the marketplacewill allow broadcasters to ignorethe needs of the poor, elderly,minorities and others not amongthe more affluent radio listeners.

"The commission's naive be­lief that the economics of themarketplace will maintain cer­tain standards regarding news,public affairs and related non­entertainment programming isnothing less than a substitutionof financial considerations forthe commission's regulatoryoversight responsibilities," hesaid in a statement.

Regulation, which had beendebated for more than a year,generated some 20,000 commentsfrom the puhJjc and interestgroups supporting or opposingthe plan. The U.S. Catholic Con­ference among others, attackedthe deregulation proposal, whilenoting the need for some reforms '-..of the rules governing broad­casting.

USOC Secretary of Communi­cation Richard Hirsch chargedthat the FCC action was "an ab­dication of the commission's re­sponsibility as mandated by Con­gress" and warned it was "sub­ject to legal review."

entertainment programming(which includes news, public af­fairs, religious, educational oragricultural and similar specialshows) and instead said thatstations must deal with commun­ity issues but can do so in theirown way - through news orother means.

The previous plan, still inforce until the administrator pro­cess for deregulation is finalized,called for eight percent of com­merical AM stations' program­ming and six percent of PM sta­tions' programming to be non­entertainment.

The FCC said that even with­out the guideline, stations wouldstill offer a wide variety of non­entertainment programming be­cause the public wants it.

While dropping the ascertain­ment requirement, which in­volved surveying the communityand was considered a paperworkburden by broadcasters, the com­mission stipulated the stationsseeking license renewal mustkeep, for public inspections, ashort list of "issue-oriented" pro­gramming responding to localneeds. It also said that elimina­ting the limits on commercialsaired will not lead to excessiveamounts of radio advertising be­cause most stations were alreadybelow the 18-20-minutes-per­hour standard and that the pub­lic won't stand for excesses.

Church rapsFCC action

Film on TVTuesday, Feb. 3, 9 p.rn. (CBS)

- "Who Is Killing the GreatChefs of Europe?" (1978) ­George Segal and JacquelineBisset play a fast-food fran­chiser and his ex-wife who be­come involved in a murder mys­tery involving the demise of astring of famous chefs. The filmis meant to be funny, but suc­ceeds only nQw and then. Somerough language and other crudi­ties. A3, PG

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheFederal Communications Com­mission (FCC) Jan. 14 approvedregulation of four key areas ofIcom",ercial radio po~icy, andwas criticized by the CatholicChurch and a public interestgroup.

Court challenges of the FCCaction are likely.

On a 6-1 vote, the commissiondropped rules specifying thatradio stations whose licenses areup for renewal as certain andaddress community needs, keepprogramming logs for the FCC,and keep the number of com­mercials aired to a minimum. Italso dropped guidelines callingfor a specific amount of non-

Symbols following film reviews indicateboth general and Catholic Film Officeratings, which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for gen­eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sug­gested; R-restricted, unsuitable forchildren or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: Al-approved forchildren and adults; A2-approved foradults and adolescents; A3-approved foradults only; B-objectionable in part foreveryone; A4-separate classification(given to films not morally offensivewhich, however, require some analysisand explanation); C-condemned.

New Film"Fish Hawk" (Avco Embassy)

This story about the friendshipbetween a farmer's young sonand an Indian in the Ozarks atthe turn of the century is anunremarkable but well acted andpleasant movie, especially goodfor young children. It has beenclassified A-l,G.

On TVA survivor of the Nazi death

camps returns to describe whatshe eperienced in "Kitty - Re­turn to Auschwitz," airingWednesday, Feb. 4, at 8-9:30p.m. on PBS.. The achievement of this docu­

mentary is providing an individ­ual dimension to the insanity ofmass murder. The viewer empa­thizes with the heart-breakingrecollections of a middle-agedwoman who, as a teen-ager inAuschwitz, lived with death foralmost two years.

Kitty, often in tears, describesthe beatings, roll-calls, selec­tions,lack of sanitation, crema­toria and explains how she sur­vived.

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are Roland Manny, ApponequetRegional; James Boscononi, Case;John Vilela, Dighton-RehobothRegional; John Darcy, Durfee;Matt Schultz, See)mnk; JamesRaposa, Tiverton; William Pick­ering, Somerset.

The winner of the award willbe announced at a dinner Feb.8, to be attended by all nomi­nees.

The award itself is a replica,except for size, of the one givennationally at the college level,and is the only such high schoolaward in the country.

portswQtchBucknEtr, Ernst Nominated

Scl1midt Still LeaderMark Schmidt of Bishop Fee- Connolly High, after five games,

han is the top basketba.1I scorer ranked fourth in Division Twoin the Southeastern Ma.ss. Con- with 95 goals and 19.0 average.ference. Over the first five con-ference games of the s,eason he Mark Dias, New Bedford High,

led Division One over the firstscored the most points, 139, andhad the best average, 27.8 per five games, with 105, 21.0, fol-game, leading not only Division lowed by Pete Laporte, Attle­Two but the conference as a boro, 98, 19.6; Sam Davis, Barn­whole. stable, 76, 15.2; Carlos Rod-

Paul Gomes, of Gre~lter New rigues, Taunton, 58, 14.5; RufusBedford Yoke-Tech, is setting the Russ, Barnstable, 68, 13.6.pace in Division Three with 76 Also in the top five in Di­goals averaging 25.3 in three vision Two are John Quinn,games. In that. division Keith Dartmouth, 104, 20.8; LeonFarnworth of Stang and Mike Perry, Wareham, 97, 19.4; MikeStrojny of Coyle-Cassidy are Rose, Falmouth, 88, 17.6. In Di­among the top five. For five vision Three Mike Barros, Oldgames Farnworth had 109 goals Rochester, had 110, 22.0, andwith a 21.8 average, Strojny 96 Mark -Bruce, Yoke-Tech, 103,for 19.2. Brian Shea of Bishop 20.6.

Conference Season Ends Next WeekWith the exception of one both at Westport tomorrow, Di­

game, conference basketball man at Seekonk, Case at West­ends next week and entering port, Bourne at Dighton-Reho­this week's action the pace-set- both on Tuesday.ters in all divisions - Barn- Sharon, which continues tostable in One, Feehan in Two, set the pace in Hockomock bas­Old Rochester in Three and ketball visits King Philip tomor­Dighton - Rehoboth in Four - row and entertains Mansfield onwere still undefeated,each with Tuesday. Other game~ tomorrowsix wins in as many outings. are Franklin at Oliver Ames,

Tomorrow, Feehan is host to Canton at Mansfield, StoughtonDartmouth and Connolly visits at Foxboro. Tuesday it will beFalmouth in Division Two en- No. Attleboro at Franklin, Fox­counters. Wareham, tied with boro at Oliver Ames and Stough­Connolly for second place as of ton at Canton.last Friday, entertains Fairhaven Defending champion New Bed­tomorrow. Next Tuesday Con- ford defeated Rochester, 3-1, andnolly is home to Fairhaven and Somerset tied Fall River South,Feehan to Wareham as Dart- 5-5, in Bristol County CYO Hoc­mouth hosts Falmouth. key League games last Sunday.

As the conference season Next Sunday's games are Roches­wanes ,Durfee is homE; to Barn- ter vs. Somerset at nine o'clock,stable, Attleboro at Taunton, New Bedford vs. South at 10 inSomerset at New .Bedf,:>rd tomor- the Driscoll Rink, Fall River. Arow, Durfee at Attleboro, Barn- victory over South' would givestable at Somerset and Taunton New -Bedford a repeat title.at New Bedford Tuesday, in Di- Entries close March 1 for thevision One. 22nd CYO Cheerleading Compe-

Stang, the runnerup in Divi- tition to be held on March 15 insion Three going into this week, the Kennedy Center, New Bed­is host to Coyle-Cassidy, Holy ford. Entries, in writing, shouldFamily is home to Dennis-Yar- be sent to CYO Cheerleading;mouth and Old Ro,:hester to 403 Anawan Street, Fall RiverYoke Tech tomorrow. Tuesday's 02720.games ~ave Stang at Holy Fam- Competition is open to gram­i1y, Yoke-Tech at Coyle Cassidy mar school, senior CYO, ninthand Old Rochester at Dennis- grade, and high school varsityYarmouth. Division Four games and jayvee squads throughouthave Bourne' lit> Diman Yoke, Southeastern Massachusetts andSeekonk at Case: "r>\~:'hton-Reho- Rhode Island.

George Buckner of Coyle andCassidy High School and ScottErnst of Bishop Stang HighSchool are among nominees forthe Vince Lombardi Block ofGranite Award.

Sponsored by the Greater FallRiver Chapter of the AmericanCancer Society, the award ismade to the football player se­lected by a special selectioncommittee as the outstandingschoolboy lineman, lining up asa down lineman, in the GreaterFall River area.

Nominees from other schoolseligible to submit nominations

16 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., Jan. 29, 1981

IteeringST. VINCENT DE PAUL,GREATER FALL RIVER

A council meeting will be heldTuesday at St. Mary's CathedralSchool, Fall River, following at­tendance at 7 p.m. Mass in thecathedral Lady Chapel.

Members will. attend a. month's mind Mass at 11 :30a.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, for the re­pose of Daniel Grace, past presi­dent· of the cathedral VincentianConference.

. ST. MARY,SEEKONK

The Women's Guild will spon­sor a fellowship coffee hour in'the church hail following 9 a.m.Mass tomorrow. Co-hostesseswill be Mrs. Betty Riley and herdaughter, Miss Linda Riley.

Plans for celebration of the75th anniversary of the parish'on Sunday, April' 5 include aMass at which Bishop Daniel A.Cronin will be principal cele­brant and preparation of a par­ish history, for which materialsare being collected by PatriciaCoyle.

Those wishing to serve on par­ish jubilee arrangements com­mittees are asked to contact therectory.

Senior citizens will be guestsof honor at the Mass, which will

pOintlbe followed by a reception in thechurch hall.

Parishioners contacted over1800 homes during the We CarelWe Share campaign. Some 1162followup calls will be made byFather Francis Mahoney, pastor,and continuing prayers are ask­ed for the success of the pro­gram.

A planning meeting for theevent will take place at 2 p.m.Sunday, Feb. 22 in the CCDcenter.

ST. STANISLAUS,..FALL RIVER

The second anniversary of theparish prayer group will be cele­brated today following 7 p.m.Mass. All parishioners are in­vited.

A Bible study series on Paul'sLetter to the Romans will beginSunday, .March I, continuingthrough Palm Sunday, April 12.

ECHO FOLLOWUP,ATTLEBORO

Young people who have maderetreats are invited to a follow­up meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tues­day at La Salette Shrine, Attle­boro. A Mass will be celebratedby Father Richard Roy, followedby a social hour. Participantsare asked to bring musical in­struments and refreshments.

SACRED HEARTS,FAIRHAVEN

The Adorers of the BlessedSacrament will s:::lOnsor exposi­tion Of the Blessed Sacramentfrom 8:30 a.m. urtil 9 p.m. Fri­day, Feb. 6 in Our Lady ofLourdes Chapel. Benediction willclose the devotion.

SS. PETER AND PAUL,FALL RIVER

Marking Catholic SchoolsWeek, parochial school childrenwill participate ~n Saturday'svigil Mass and the 9:30 and 11a.m. Sunday Masses. Schooltours and refreshments will fol­low each Mass.

New students will be regis­tered during school hours nextweek and an open house willtake place from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. Wednesday.

Alice Marum and Mary Feijoare co-chairwomen for a potlucksupper to precede the Women'sClub meeting at 6:30 p.m. Mon­day.. Aerobic dancing instructors

Cathy Lowney and Louise Eganwill attend a Senior CYO meet­ing at '7 p.m. Tuesday.

CATHEDRAL MeSIC,FALL RIVER

. Music for Sunday's' 10 a.m.liturgy will include Bach's "St.Anne Fugue," the PenitentialRite and Gloria by TheodoreMarier and "Prayer of St. Fran­cis" by Woolen.

The choir rehearses each Fri-'day night and singers for specialevents or regular membershipare welcome. Information isavailable from Glenn Giuttari,673-2833.

. ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA,•NEW BEDFORD

The parish choir is seekingsoprano, alto, tenor and bassvoices in preparation for HolyWeek services which will fea­ture Gounod's Mass for St. Ce­cilia.

EXECUTIVE BOARD,DIOCESAN COUNCIL

The Diocesan Council of Cath­olic Women will hold its thirdquarterly executive board meet­ing at 2 p.m. Sunday at St.Theresa's parish center, SouthAttleboro. Miss Adrienne Lemi­eux will preside and DistrictCouncil IV will be the host unit.

SACRED HEART,FALL RIVER

Second graders will begin pre­paration for reception of FirstCommunion on Sunday.

Boys and girls in grades 5through 8 interested in joininga new youth choir to be heardat 11 :30 a.m. Mass each Sundayare asked to meet at 2:45 p.m.Wednesday at the rectory.

Women's Guild board memberswill meet at 7 p.m. Monday atthe rectory. The sewing groupmeets at 1 p.m. each Tuesday,also at the rectory.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI,NEW BEDFORD

The Men's League will meetafter 10 a.m. Mass Sunday.

Throats will be blessed at allMasses this weekend.

ST. ANNE,FALL RIVER

Fall River area prayer groupswill meet at 7':30 p.m. Wednes­day, Feb. 11 in the shrine.

ST. JOHN OF GOD;SOMERSET

The Holy Ghost Society willmeet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in therectory.

Confirmation retreat for pa­rents and candidates will be heldat 1:30 p.m. each Sunday for thenext month.

A prayer meeting is scheduledfor Thursday, Feb. 5, beginningwith Mass at 7 p.m. and followedby a social hour.

HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

An open house for parents anda student talent show will beamong parochial school observ­ances of Catholic Schools Week.

ST. RITA,MARION

Prayer group members willmeet at the rectory at 6:45 p.m.tomorrow for a trip to a healingservice at St. Joseph's Hall,Tucker Road, North Dartmouth.

Parents of first communicants'will meet at the rectory at 7:30tonight.

Senior high discussion groupmembers '\vill meet at 7 p.m.Sunday, Feb 8, at the rectory.

ST. JOSEPH,NEW BEDFORD

Catholic Schools Week activ­ities will include a dress-up daywhen 1913 styles will be worn,commemorating the year St. Jo­seph's School was opened; aspirit day; an open house andpotluck supper; a "swap sched­ule" day and a closing Mass onFriday, Feb. 6.

SECONDARY SCHOOLSBishop Feehan High School, AttleboroBishop Connolly High Schoof, Fall RiverHoly Family High Schoof, New BedfordBishop Stang High School, North DartmouthCoyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton

SPECIAL SCHOOLSNazareth Hall, Fall RiverNazareth Hall-on.the-Cape, HyannisSt. Vincent School, Fall RiverS.t. Mary Home, New Bedtord

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTSAND EMPLOYEES

Schools in the Diocese 01 Fall River, to the extent required by Title IX, do not discriminate against any applicant} em·ployee because of sex. They do not discJiminate against any student because of sex in any educational program andactivity.

St. Michael School, Fall River .55. Peter and Paul School, Fall RiverSt. Stanislaus School, Fall RiverHoly Family-.Holy Name School, New BedfordOur Lady of Mount Carmel School, New BedfordSt. Anthony School, New BedfordSt. James-St. John School, New BedfordSt. Joseph School, New BedfordSt. Mary School, New BedfordSt. Mary-Sacred Heart Sc"ool, North AttleboroOur Lady of Lourdes School, TauntonSt. Mary Primary School, TauntonTaunton Catholic Middle School, TauntonSt. George School, Westport

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSSt. Francis Xavier School, AC'UshnetSt. John Evangelist School, AttleboroSt. Joseph School, FairhavenDominican Academy, Fall RiverEspirito .Santo School, Fall RiverHoly Name School, Fall RiverMount St. Joseph School, Fall RiverNo~re'Dame School, Fall River~t.Anne Schoo', Fall River _St. Jean' Baptiste School, Fall RiverSt. Joseph Montessori School, Fall River

Schoo!s in the Diocese of Fall River admit students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights,privileges. programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the schools.

They do not discriminate o~ the basis of race, c!llor, national and ethnic origin in administration of"educational policies,admissions policies, loan programs, and athletic and other school·administered programs.

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