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for sonBy Joseph Motta .

Jay Hoyle's voiceswells with pride whenhe speaks of his sonMark. He tells you thatthey shared some veryspecial times togetherand that he's "cherishedan the moments" withhis son.

Just a few years agoHoyle, a member of St.Dominic's parish, Swan­sea, and a fifth gradeteacher at Attleboro'sSt. John the Ev.angelistSchool, might neverhave giveria secondthought to writing abOOK.

But in 1985, MarkGardiner Hoyle, a he­mophiliac, was diag­nosed as having AIDS.The bright, popular andathletic boy had con­tracted the disease eitherthrough a blood trans­fusion or a factor VIIItreatment for hemophi­lia. He died October26, 1986, at age 14.

And Jay Hoyle re­cently became a pub­lished author.

His book "Mark'", ,puBlished earlier thismonth, is a testimonialto his son, to the boy'scourage in facing thefeared and always fatalsyndrome and to Swan­sea'sloving response tothe tragedy.

An area store carry­ing his book, Hoylesaid, sold out three ship­ments of 50 copies each

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2 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Sept. 16, 1988

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Patrick's parish, Wareham, "O.K.,God, Let's Talk (practical prayerexperiences for teens)"; Jo AnnMello, music director, Holy Ghostparish, Tiverton, R.I., "Lifting

. Voices in Prayer"; Msgr. John J.Oliveira, VE, "Confirmation: TheDream, the Reality, the Rite."

Also Father Robert A. Oliveira,diocesan director of continuing for­mation of clergy and laity, "RCIA(Rite of Christian Initiation ofAdults): Turning Values UpsideDown -,- The Call to Conversion";Sister Christopher O'Rourke, RSM,family therapist; "Parenting: DoingWhat Comes Naturally?"; Laura D.Ver Gow, director of religious edu­cation at St. John the Evangelistparish, Attleboro, "Storytelling forReligious Educators."

3-4 p.m. workshops: Jo Ann Melloand Father Robert Oliveira willrepeat their workshops, and SisterFleming will offer a second topic,"The Role of the Handicapped in theChristian Community."

Other presenter·s and topics willbe Jane Arsenault, coordinator, St.Ann parish, Cranston, R.I., "Prayerof the Imagination: A Vehicle To­ward Christian Conversion"; KathieBarboza and Margaret Travis, re­spectively religious education coor­dinators at St. John of God parish,Somerset, and St. Joseph parish,Taunton, "Kaleidoscope (classroomarts and crafts)"; Joanne Claussen,coordinator of youth services for theOffice of Youth Ministry at Cathe­dral Camp, "The Teen/ Adult Con­nection: Tuning in to Talk."

Betty Colgan, religious educationcoordinator, St. Pius X parish, SouthYarmouth, "Teaching a TraditionalReligion to Children of Nontradi- .tional Families"; Sister Mary Du­mond, OP, teacher at St. Anne'sSchool, Fall River, "Let the LittleChildren Come to Me (children'sliterature)"; Jerry and Scottie Foley,Office of Family Ministry programdirectors, "The Leaf Doesn't FallFar from the Tree (religious educa­tion and the family)"; Sister RobertaGianpaoli, SND, pastoral assistantat St. Raymond's parish, Providence,R.I., "Catechesis and the JuniorHigh Years"; Father Terence J. Kee­gan, OP, religious studies chairmanat Providence College, "Fundamen­talism and Catholicism."

Also Joan Robinson, religious ed­ucation coordinator, St. Pius X par­ish, South Yarmouth, "A SurvivalGuide for Beginners"; Elizabeth Sin­well, Sadlier consultant and teacher,"Using the Bible in Religious Educa­tion Classes"; Sister Theresa Spar­row; RSM, religious education co­ordinator, St. Julie Billiart parish,North Dartmouth, "Will You Makea Difference?" (for beginning teach­ers and others).

The "Sow Justice, Reap Peace"logo featured with this announce­ment was designed by artist DavidL. Erwin, a member of St. John·the Evangelist parish, Attleboro.

liturgy and Dr. Ford will speak at10 a.m.

Father James M. Krupa, SJ,who taught at Fall River's BishopConnolly High School from 1983to 1985, will offer a workshopentitled "AIDS: A Ministry ofPresence" to all convention partici­pants.

Father Krupa, a student at Wes­ton School of Theology, is a mem­ber of the Support Services Teamand the Pastoral Concerns unit ofthe AIDS Action Committee ofMassachusetts.

He will give basic informationon AIDS and on pastoral care ofpatients and their families, saidSister Elaine Heffernan, RSM, ofthe diocesan education department.

Afternoon sessions will givecatechists the opportunity to attendtwo of two dozen workshops onreligious education issues.

Advance registration may bemade at the Catholic EducationCenter,423 Highland Avenue, FallRiver 02722, tel. 678-2828.

Those wishing to make luncheonreservations should register in ad­vance; others may register Oct. I.

. Afternoon WorkshopsAfternoon workshops will be .

presented from I:45 to 2:45 and 3to 4 p.m. A listing follows.

1:45-2:45 workshops: Father FredBabiczuk, parochial vicar, EspiritoSanto parish, Fall River, "Ways toTeach Christ"; Michaela Burke,Sadlier Publishing representative,"Practical Methods of Teaching";Maureen T. Curtin, consultant forreligious education, Silver Burdettand Ginn, "First Things First," aworkshop for kindergarten teachers;Father Richard Delisle, MS, La­Salette Shrine, Attleboro, "What"Seems to· Work in Teaching Sev­enth, Eighth and Ninth Graders."

Father Lawrence J, Donohoo, OP,Providence College instructor ofphilosophy and religious studies,"Teaching Catholic Morality: Avoid­ing the Traps and Adopting a Strat­egy"; Sister Norma Fleming, RSM,Massachusetts Hospital School di­rector of guidance, "The Role of theLocal Catechist in the Third World";Sister Ann Miriam Gallagher,MSBT, grades seven thr<;lUgh 12director of religious education at St.

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Elinor R. Ford, Ed.D., presi­dent of Sadlier Publishing Com­pany, will be keynote speaker atthe fourth annual diocesan Relig­ious Education Day, to be heldOct. I at Bishop Stang HighSchool, North Dartmouth.

"Sow Justice, Reap Peace" willbe the topic of the former univer­sity professor and New York arch­diocesan school superintendent. Itis also the theme for CatecheticalSunday, to be observed this Sun­day.

The day celebrates the catechet­ical ministry of the church. It is anoccasion for formal commission­ing of those who proclaim theGood News ofthe Gospel throughthe teaching ministry and for re­minding all in the Christian com­munity of their own mission tospread the Word.

Many of those to be commis­sioned Sunday, including new andveteran catechists, will attend theOct. I gathering at Stang, designedto assist them in preparing fortheir responsibilities.

The program will begin at 8: 15a.m. with coffee and registration.Father Richard W. Beaulieu, direc­tor of the Diocesan Department ofEducation, will celebrate a 9 a.in.

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The proposal seems to indicateprivate institutions conducting fetalresearch would not be eligible forfederal funds of any kind. Morethan half of all research moneyused at medical schools is federalmoney.

The advisory panel is meeting atthe National Institutes of Healthin Bethesda, Md., to examine thescientific, legal and ethical issuessurrounding research use of fetaltissue obtained from induced abor­tions.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Aidesin the Reagan administration h'ave .drafted an executive order thatwould ban the use of tissue fromdeliberately aborted fetuses in allfederally financed experiments andmedical treatments.

Copies of a Sept. 2 letter on theproposed ban from Gary L. Bauer,assistant to President Reagan onpolicy development, were leakedto the press Sept. 8.

According to press reports,Bauer wrote to Health and HumanServices Secretary Otis R. Bowensaying the administration wantedto issue the directive "as soon aspossible."

The proposal was prepared priorto a meeting scheduled for Wed­nesday through today of a 21­member federal advisory panelcharged with examining the matter.

The draft order would make itfederal policy "that an unborn ornewborn child who has died as aresult of an induced abortion shallnot be used for purposes of researchor transplantation."

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At a Mass in Bulawayo Sept. 12,the pope expressed sorrow for the"many victims of violence" in the

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rone, Botswana, because ofreportsof storms in Maseru. When theplane made its landing approachin Maseru, the airport landingbeacons were out. The airport isflanked by mountains and the cloudlevel was repor,ted at 800 feet.

The pilot·had to make a hurrieddecision and decided on Johan­nesburg because of bad weather atother airports.

Meanwhile, the South Africangovernment said it was sending incommandos to help resolve thehostage situation in Maseru.

The hijacked bus was parkedoutside the British Embassy inLesotho. '

Gervaise Chavasse, Brit,ish Dep­uty High Commissioner, told re­porters in Maseru that a hostageWho escaped from the bus said theguerrillas claimed to be membersfo the Lesotho Liberation Army.The guerrilla group is the militarywing of the Lesotho CongressParty, exiled since 1970.

Church officials said the guerril­las boarded the bus dressed asnuns. They said 71 people were onthe bus, including 40 schoolgirls.

In ZimbabweIn highlights of his trip thus far,

the pope brought a message ofreconciliation to southern Zim­babwe where lingering tribal andland disputes have marred thenation's eight-year effort at recon­structing since the end of a guer-

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rennla) summarYoftbeph..sitions of the U.S. bishopsand the Democratic andRepublican parties on keyproblems facing the nationappears on pages 8 and 9.(:oncerned citizens shouldfamiliarize themselves withthe issues and shouldma~e~tJre they are regist~redt.pvote in November. Acrossthe commonwealth, the reg..istration deadline is Tues"day, Oct. 11.

Human rights also must be pro­moted, he added.

"Considering how important hu­man rights are to the human per­son, it is clear that they must bevigorously defended in every pro­gram of development/' he said.

Human solidarity is accomplish­ed "without distinction of creed,sex, race, nationality or politicalaffiliation," the pope said.

Also receiving papal praise wasCatholic Relief Services, the for­eign aid and development agencyof the U.S. bishops.

"In the case of Catholic ReliefServices, the American bishopsconceived and constituted a wholeecclesial program on the basis ofthe principles of interdependence,solidarity and collaboration," hesaid.

CRS programs are "carried outwith keen human sensitivity andthe full power of Christian char­ity," he added.

buses for the 360-mile trip fromJohannesburg to Maseru. He es­timated the trip would take sixhours.

The pope, informed of the di­version, remarked with a smile, "Itwasn't on the schedule," and con­tinued reading a book of philoso­phy.

Upon the plane's arrival, arme<;lguards quickly surrounded theplane, which also carried the pope'sentourage and 70 journalists.

At the airport, Foreign MinisterR.F. "Pik" Botha arrived and talk­ed briefly with the pope in the air­port's YIP lounge.

It was the first time a papalflight had been diverted to a dif­ferent country.

Pilot Robert Cartwright saidthe plane took off late from Gabo-

Bishop Cronin among prelatesmaking ad limina visit

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy(NC) - Pope John Paul II haspraised the growth of"a new moralconcern" among U.S. Catholics tohelp overcome world poverty andunderdevelopment.

"There is a growing conscious­ness that peace is indivisible andthat' true development is eithershared by all or it is not true devel­opment," he said Sept. 9 to agroup of U.S. bishops from NewEngland, Minnesota, North Da­kota and South Dakota. Theyincluded Bishop Daniel A. Cronin,who was accompanied by Msgr.John J. Oliveira, YE, chancellorand episcopal secretary.

The bishops were making their"ad Iimina" visits, required every'five years to report on the status oftheir dioceses. The pope spoke athis summer villa in Castel Gan­dolfo, 15 miles south of Rome.

The pope praised the U.S. bish­ops for their treatment of worldpeace and development issues intheir war and peace and economicpastoral letters: "The Challenge ofPeace" and "Economic Justice forAll."

"As pastors of God's people,you have asked them to reflect onthe indivisibility of peace and onthe consequences of economic in­terdependence," the pope said.

"From this point of view we seehow important economic and com­mercial relations are among thecountries and people of the world,and how important it is that justicebe observed in this sector," headded.

"On the international level theunderdevelopment of peoples isaccompanied and aggravated bythe immense problem of theircountries' debts," the pope said.,

JOHANNESBURG, South Af­rica (NC) - Bad weather forcedPope John Paul II's plane to landin South Africa, the country thathad been deliberately ,excludedfrom his Sept. 10-19 trip to fivesouthern African countries.

The papal flight was diverted toJohannesburg Sept. 14 because oflow clouds over the airport inMaseru, Lesotho, where the planewas scheduled to land in themorning.

The detour occurred as a hos­tage drama unfolded in Maseru.Armed men disguised as nuns cap­tured a busload of pilgrims ontheir way to see the pope. '

A spokesman for the SouthAfrican Foreign Ministry said thegovernment had provided the popeand his entourage with luxury

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"Whoever welcomes a child such as this for my sake welcomes me." Mk. 9:36

best advice you can give a young­ster is to read in whatever his orher present field of interest maybe. Interests may change but vo­cabulary, comprehension and con­fidence can only increase with in­creased absorption in the printedword.

It is true that videotapes havehad a positive impact on educa­tion, but,they have already con­ceded the battle to books. Eventhough youngsters prefer video asan educational instrument, whenthey are tested on comprehensionafter viewing a tape, they invaria-

.bly score lower than if they hadread just its audio portion.

A picture may be worth a thou­sand words, but a youngster's at­

. tention span is, so short that he orshe cannot simultaneously assimi­late images and words.

Twentieth-century educatorsshould use the technology of thevideocassette recorder and thecomputer to supplement but neverto replace the book as the educa­tional instrument of preference.

What a debt of gratitude lowemy teachers for instilling in me alove of reading! Whenever I opena book I enter a new world. Televi­sion, on the other hand, robs oneof the ability to imagine the sightsand sounds conjured up so skill­fully by authors to transport oneinto another world.

.is the enemy and in my opinionnothing is more boring than televi­sion. I was recently randomlyselected to be a "Nielson family"for a week. Since two televisionsets were involved, I received twofresh $1 bills along with a viewer'sdiary to be filled out and returnedto the survey company. I wonder ifthe IRS will audit me if I fail toreport this windfall!

After I filled out the diary I wasastonished to discover that I watch­ed the boob tube as long as I did.The only two shows I watchedwere the McNeil-Lehrer report orthe then red-hot Red Sox, buttheystill consumed some 20 hO!Jrs ofmy week.

One of the more interesting non­fiction books I read this summerwas "What Do Our 17-Year-OldsKnowr' by Diane Ravitch andChester E. Finn Jr. It accuratelyassesses the pathetic state of highschool seniors' knowledge of his­tory and literature. It makes thestrongest case against televisionand for pleasure reading that Ihave ever seen. Student test scores,it pointed out, are inversely pro­portional to the hours they watchtelevision and directly proportionalto the hours they read for pleasure.

The study showed that theyoungsters most likely to neglecthomework were those who foundno time for pleasure reading butplenty of time for television. The

The joys of readingBy Father Kevin J. Harrington

This summer afforded me theopportunity to engage in more'hours of reading than do the otherseasons of the year. In our society,too often leisure spells boredom,but I am grateful that as a young­ster both an ability and an inclina­tion to read were nurtured by mygrade school teachers.

Perhaps parochial school grad­uates remember the Pope Pius XBook' Club, which awarded stu­dents certificates according to thenumber of book reports submit­ted. I remember in fourth gradebeing eliminated from the contestbecause all my books were biogra­phies.

My intellectual curiosity nowextends beyond biography, but Iremain more interested in humannature than in any other area ofhuman inquiry. This is probablywhy I am more engrossed by fic­tion than nonfiction. Truth is oftenstranger than fantasy but rarely asintriguing.

My nonfiction reading is mostly·in the area of scientific books thathardly qualify for the best sellerlists. If friends ask me what I'mreading' they are often astoundedby either its complexity or its sim­plicity. When I visit a library I'mas likely to be reading "Life" or"People" as "Scientific American.'~

I really do believe that boredom

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the moorina.-,Well-Being, Not Welfare

Once again we are hearing theO

old and tired campaignpromises that the government will take care of everyone andput a chicken in every pot. The litany of federal benefactionspours fourth to entice minorities, the homeless and the so­called disenfranchised.

Welfare becomes the all-encompassing bait to win voteswhile one gains power and we are assured a utopian statewhere everyone will eventually become someone. The truth isthat we would end up with a situation wherein no one would beanyone.

This indeed is the ultimate fallacy of government by BigBrother. When people are totally supported, they lose incen­tive, drive and dignity. Should the dream of utopia be fulfilled,we would be living a nightmare. The 'give-away philosophyadvocated by many politicians leads only to indolence andgood old-fashioned sloth.

Such a political platform just does not work. A give-awaygovernment destroys rather than rehabilitates. Those in chargeof such programs get rich and the poor keep getting poorer tothe extent that despite all the help they may receive, they arefor the most part psychologically incapable of casting aside thebonds that hold them generation after generation.

What is truly needed is a new issue; a new dream, a neweffort to make people understand that they and they alonemust break the chains of whatever negative lifestyle enslaves.them.

What's wrong with talking about values, work and personaleffort? Why are we afraid to admit that welfare does not solvepeople's problems? There are many, of course, who do indeedneed help and sustenance; but there are limits to governmentaid. There comes a point at which many have to learn that theymust roll up their sleeves and go to work. Personal pride in'holding ajo,b should be encouraged.

Too,many people have been written off as potential workersand we spend billions under the title of welfare just to keepthem in that position. Could we not sponsor programs that willfeed not only people's bodies but also their souls? Could we nothelp a person to build a home rather than give him or her aplace in a slum? Could we not encourage the real energy of thehuman heart rather than continue a process whicl) only breakshearts?

Some might say this is too ideal. Others act as if too manypeople are too far gone and no matter what they get fromgovernment, it won't change them. This is simply giving up onpeople and we have done too much of that by way of welfare asit is current!y dispensed.

What we need.in America is a good dose of the visionary.Too many supposedly fail-proof welfare programs have beenmiserable flops. The reason is simple. They have not beenaimed at helping people help themselves. They have as much assaid that people are incapable of change. To date, especiallyamong liberals, there has been little effort to help the needydream dreams that inspire hope. This ois disgraceful anddebasing.

If people are to have hope,they must have faith in them­selves, no matter what their background, faith in their talents,no matter how limited, and faith in a political system that willhelp them instead of using them. .

It boils down to well-being, not welfare, and it can beachieved. Isn't that what the American dream is all about?

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Judgment in specific instancesmust be worked out, of course,between the priest and the parents.

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worse. Finally, we told them thatgetting along and loving each otherwas their responsibility and webutted out. Guess what? Theystarted getting along and they'regood friends today."

Several parents have writtenabout serious illness in the familyand having to let go the notion ofrearing perfect children. Fromdiabetes and scoliosis to perman­ent scars and limps, they learnedto let go the idea that life wasabnormal and tragic for their chil­dren. Once they accepted adver­sity as a challenge rather than acurse, the child was also able toaccept it. .

A final letting go concerns fam­ily pride. A number of you havewritten about taking children backto the store where they shopliftedan item instead of rescuing themand of the profound effect thisexperience had on young children."I was crying inside as I took himto the detective 10 years ago but hetells me he stays away from anyteenagers who like to shoplift," amother wrote.

Thanks for all your letters.

Q. When attending a weddingMass on Saturday afternoon atthe hour one usually attends Mass(5:15 p.m. or later), is it still neces­sary to attend another SundayMass? (Missouri)

A. The bishop of each dioceseestablishes the time when anticipa­tory Sunday Masses may begin.Usually this i~ 4:00 or 4:30 p.m.,but you need to check with a priestin your diocese to be sure of theregulations for your area.

If one attends Mass after thatdesignated time, it may fulfill one'sSunday obligation. The Mass maybe for a wedding, funeral or otherspecial occasion. It need not be aMass with the official readingsand other prayers for that Sunday.

Q. If baptism is so important asacrament and gives us a new spir­itual birth, why is it that the Catho­lic Church refuses to baptize chil­dren born to divorced and remar­ried Catholics? (California)

A. There is no church law thatautomatically forbids baptism of achild born to a divorced and remar­ried Catholic.

Both in canon law and in the.instructions for conferring the sac­rament of baptism, the churchinsists that a priest cannot lawfullybaptize a child unless he has asolidly founded hope the baby willbe properly raised as a member ofthe 'Catholic faith.

If evidence for this hope is lack­ing, the priest must delay the bap­tism, explain to the patents whythis is being done and then help

Still it might be argued that the .them understand how they mightchurch is losing Hispanics despite change the situation.all these efforts. Since the bishops To establish this hope that theare the church's leaders, the blame child will be raised as a believingfalls on them. Other denomina- and practicing member of the

. tions are better organized when it Catholic faith, it is normally neces-comes to addressing Hispanic sary that at least one ofthe parentspeople, it is said. is here and now a practicing Catho-

I don't think it is a question of lie. Several times during the bap-being out-organized, however. No tism ceremony, the parents (or atsingle other denomination comes least one parent if the other is notclose to making the full impact Catholic) verbally express theirthat the combined efforts of organ- own faith and at least implicitlyizations like the campaign, Catho- promise to give an example of alie Charities and the Catholic good Catholic life to their child.Church Extension Society make Obviously this normally includeson the Hispanic population. regular attendance at Mass and

So, you ask, "where do we put the sacraments. Any child bap­the blame?" If there is to be blame tized into the Catholic faith de­l place it on the critics' who look at serves this. Parents have no rightonly one side·of the equation, the to bring their children into thenegative side, trying in this way to Catholic faith and then abandonfoment action. tliem to find. their way inh' living

Why not look' at the fullpicture that faith on their own.- the positive and not-so positive MllDY div9rced and refilarried- in order to build on hope. And Catholics, of course, find them-why must the bishops always be selves in jiisfthat situation. Theyblamed? have all but abandoned practice of

Aren't some of the critics lead- their faith.ers themselves? Let's hear some- 'Many others, however, and I'vething better from them. worked with, many like this, do

The Valley Interfaith Project is everything they can under theCir-an imaginative how-to-do-it plan. cumstances to live a full CatholicHow about the critics offering a life. For reasons which seem be-creative plan for reaching Hispanic yond their control, their marriageCatholics and putting it before a carinot be rectified in the churchgroup of peers to be tested. (validated) right now. Yet they go

Who knows what might happen to Mass each week, pray, partici~

to Hispanic ministry with such ( pate as much as possible in the life.cooperation? . of the church and the parish, and

hope someday to be able to returnto the sacraments..

Confronted by such a parent,the parish priest could easily andrightly)udge that there is_ ~very

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1954, Rev. Thomas F. McNulty,Pastor, St. Kilian, New Bedford

Sept. 181945, Rev. Luke Golla, SS.Cc.,

Seminary of Sacred Heart, Ware­ham

1964, Rt. Rev. EdmundJ. Ward,Pastor, St. Patrick's, Fall River

. . Sept. 191859, Rev. Henry E. S. Henniss,

Pastor, St. Mary, New Bedfor(J1985, Msgr. Arthur W. Tansey,

Retired Pastor, Immaculate Con­ception, Fall River

Sept. 201918, Rev. Simon A. O'Rourke,

Chaplain, United States Navy·1958, Rev. Orner Valois, Pastor,

Sacred Heart, New BedfordSept. 21

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projects funded by the campaignare similar stories of creativitythrough wise funding.

Of course there are other Catho­lic organizations, like the.CatholicChurch Extension Society andCatholic Charities, that have along list of successful projects.

ents write that their greatest suc­cess came when they let up on theirchildren, only to see them comeback when parental pressure waslifted. I have about 20 such letters.

One wrote, "Our five adult chil­dren range in age from 20-33 yearsof age. At one time or another allof them have 'taken a vacation'from the practice of their Catholicreligion. Some have taken longvacations, others brief leaves ofabsence. (I don't believe any ofthem /lave ever taken a vacationfrom their faith in God - a mostimportant distinction.)

"A parish Sister assured me thatwe had raised our children as lov­ingly as possible and now we wereto lead by example, say nothing,and rest secure in the faith andknojwledge that they would returnto the Church in God's time, notours."

This mother went on to say thather adult children gradually return­ed to the church, one leading theother. And she ended with, "I con­tinue to pray that my mouth doesnot get in the way of God's work."

Letting go appears in manyforms. One couple wrote that theirthree children had intense rivalryand nastiness.toward each other inearly adolescence.

"We made the mistake of get­ting into it, trying to arbitrate andreconcile, but it just made them

From time to time I hearfrom readers sharing theirmemorable successes in par­enting. Some are funny, some'sad, but all are interesting and Ithank those of you who take thetime to tell us what you did right inparenting.

Usually we focus on where wewent wrong and how we mis­handled situations instead of howwe dealt with them successfully.Hindsight is valuable in discussingsuccesseS because we're not surewe took the right direction untillater, sometimes years later.

In reading your letters, I amstruck by one recurring theme.Most of your successes had to dowith letting go - letting go ofchildren, power, responsibility, andguilt.

AOtypicalletter is from a motherwho wrote, "My most memorablesuccess came when I found a newly­packed suitcase in front of mydaughter's closet. I knew it wasready to go. I tied a note on thehandle reading, 'Just remember,Jane, we all love you.' The suitcasenever left her room. Nothing wassaid for a long time. Now we laughabout it. She says she will rememberthis when her daughter tries some­thing like that."

Parents who are struggling withyoung adults resisting church willbe happy to know that many par-

Losing Hispanics

Parental successes

Over the past 15 years theCatholic Church in the Uni­ted States has lost almost 1million Hispanic trien andwomen to Protestant denomina­tions, a' noted sociologist reportsin .a recent edition of Americamagazine.

The article then turns to the.church's leadership and says, "Itlives on its p~st reputation; anddespite its size and its strength itlacks the quickness and·the crea­tivity to respond to the challenges- finances, vocations, Hispanicdefections."

No one will deny that the prob­lem of Hispanic defections fromthe church deserves all the atten­tion and energy the bishops cangive to it. But anyone really famil­iar with the bishops' programscould not condemn them in thisway. Let's look at their Campaignfor Human Development as oneexample.,

This program funds projectsaimed at .helping needy people tohelp themselves. This year 'alonecampaign funding has directedmore than $800,000 to 24 Hispanicprojects.' The Valley InterfaithProject in the Rio Grande Valleyof the Dioc~se of Brownsville,Texas, is one such project, fundedthis year'for the third year. Thisyear it received $50,000, involving34 parishes and 600,000 people.

Funding was used to help anorganization which then workedto obtain $125,000,000 for schoolprograms and the upgrading offacilities within school districtspopulated primarily by poor His­panics.

Among its other credits, theValley Interfaith Project workedfor the implementation of legisla­tion that provides funds enablingundocumented Hispanics to receivemedical care.

Behind the other 23 Hispanic

Grace DavignonFather Philip A. Davignon was

principal celebrant Monday at theMass of Christian Burial for hismother, Grace A. Davignon, 75,who died Sept. 9.

The Mass was offered at St.John Evangelist parish, Attleboro,with Msgr. Henry' T. Munroerepresenting Bishop Daniel A.Cronin, in Rome for the quin­quennial ad limina visit to the Vat­ican required of all diocesan or­dinaries.

Mrs. Davignon died at the rec­tory of Our Lady of the Isle parish,Nantucket, where she was visitingFather Davignon, its pastor.

A native of Malay Falls, NovaScotia, and a daughter of the lateJoseph H. and Nellie K. (Malay)Malay, she had lived in Attleboro'53" yeats and was asalesperson forLondon's Departqlent Store in thecity.

The widow of Philip A Davig­non Sr., she is survived by FatherDavignon, another son, Warren J.Qavignon of Contoocook, N.H.;two daughters, Mary Lou Depotof Attleboro and Barbara Violetteof Millers, Md.; two brothers, bothin Nova Scotia, Seymour Malayof Halifax County and LloydMalay of Sheet Harbor; 10 grand­children and 3great-grandchildren.

that if Swansea didn't allow Markto go to school, he could attend St.John's," notes Hoyle in his book.

Three concerned mothers startedthe "Friends of Mark" to supportthe Hoyles. Meals were left for thefamily and raffles, a dance and adancing school show were held tobenefit the youngster.

Swansea's young people showedhow giving they could be, too.Friends and schoolmates were im­portant in seeing Mark throughhis struggle.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, whovisited Mark, the St. John theEvangelist School family and otherrepresentatives of the Catholicchurch were als'o of major comfortthrough the ordeal.

Yes, "Mark" is a tearjerker attimes. Knowing that this likableyoung man won't be with us by thetime the final page is read is hard.The book details his pain, hope,anger and those of his father andother relatives, especially his moth­er, Dale, and only sibling, Scott,'13, also a hemophiliac.

These tough-to-read pages ful­fill Hoyle's third reason for writ­ing. "I wanted to show what it'sreally like to live with AIDS," hesaid.

Some segments of "Mark,"though, find you laughing. Hoyle'stranscripts of the taped messagesMark and Scott exchanged whileMark was hospitalized are asamusing as they are touching.

The book, Hoyle said, has beencited by the National HemophiliaFoundation.

A note from the mother of a St.John's student told Hoyle howmuch it moved her. God "enlight­ened and strengthened" him towrite it after so much suffering,she said.

Jay Hoyle said Mark consideredhim his best friend. His son, hesaid, had a favorite saying: "Awinner never quits. A quitter neverwins. It's never too late to rally!"

With the publication of thisstrong and inspiring book, JayHoyle rallies.

Information on obtaining thebook is available from DiamondCommunications, P.O. Box 88,South Bend, Ind. 46624, .tel. (219)287-5008.

JAY HOYLE with a copy of "Mark," top, and in theclassroom at St. John's. (Motta photos)

.Jay Hoyle rallies for sonContinued from Page One released by the media until after

the day they were received and his death. "We just wanted to betold him it was theirbestsellerdur- .: private," Hoyle said. "We're nor-ing the first week of Septembe~. mal people:"

"There has been a lot of local The famIly was hounded by re-support for it," the store's man- , porters, though, sho~ly after theager told The Anchor. . . news that some~ne m Swansea

Hoyle, a youthful 41, began had AI~S broke m a local paper.writing "Mark" during late winter . ~oyle s second purpose was that1987. "I'd get home from school h.e wanted to show the com~~s­and I'd go right to work on it," he slon of the people of Swansea.·said. "I'd take a few hours and do The town ear~ed a gold star .schoolwork and then go back to it spot on .the Amencan map when,until two or three o'clock in the after bemg educated abo.ut AIDSmorning. . . a~ a meeting witlt heal~h profes-.

"I had to get it done as'a tribute slOnals and school offiCials, mostto Mark." ". of its residents opened their arms

Hoyle finished the book last to Mark: Hoyle'.. ' .Dec. 18.' . At tliat meetmg, Hoyle said,

During his Anchor interview at "My emotions were on a rollerSt. john the Evangelist School, coaster." .Hoyle, who glanced at the· watch Mark was the firstAIDS patientthat used to be Mark's to be sure in the United States knowinglyhe ~a~n't too I~te in getting back all0'Yed to attend public school.to his students, explained his three ' Not long before, 'Ryan White,reasons for writing the book. another hemophiliac AIDS victim,

First, he said, "Mark wanted to had been' barred from school inbe famous. He loved famous peo- Kokomo, Ind., by order of thepIe and collected autographs. May- local school superintendent. 'be I can make his wish come true." Sister Martha Mulligan, RSM,

Although his neighbors knew principal of St. John the Evange­his identity, Mark's name was not list School, "had said right along

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number of religious prisoners inCzechoslovakia has decreased, butthe government has turned to otherforms of harassment of religiousbelievers, according to a report bya lay Catholic human rights group.Children who receive religious edu­cation are discriminated against,adult Christians are denied goodjobs and the government interferesin the selection and training ofclergy, said a report by the Wash­ington-based Puebla Institute. Inaddition, it said, believers oftenare "charged with spurious crimi­nal offenses," then are kept undera legal shadow for years as trialsand appeals are postponed.

ently unconscious or seriously de­bilitated cannot be considered use­less if it maintains life and preventsdeath by dehydration or malnutri­tion," Archbishop Borders wrotein his capacity as a member of theboard of governors of the Mary­land Catholic Conference.

"The principal end of medicine,after all, is the sustenance of life,even in instances where health orthe 'quality of life' cannot be res­tored fully. Abandonment of thispurpose would amount to con­signing to death a very large num­ber of patients, including all thosewho have incurable physical ormental disabilities."

Archbishop Border's letter re­flected his views and those of thestate's other Catholic prelates. Rich­ard Dowling, executive director ofthe Maryland Catholic Conference,said Archbishop Borders and theother prelates commented because"the chief enforcement agencies ofthe state are looking at the issueand because at least four states ­New Jersey, Arizona, Washingtonand Maine - have affirmed deci­sions to withhold nourishment.We also know lower state and fed­eral courts are considering whetherhydration and nutrition should bewithheld from patients not termi­nally ill."

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of New York" Cardinal O'Connor'sstatement began, "I have tried inevery way I. know how to makecIearthe church's teaching on homo­sexuality. The chulch teaches thathomosexual behavior is sinful.

"As in every other situation,howevel," be continued, "thechurch never !':ondemns the sinner.only the sin. Some people seem toget tbis all mixed up. They take itupon themselves to condemn thesinner."

Cardinal O'Connor said therehad recently been several acts ofviolence in New York against "per­sons perceived to be homosexuals."

"These actions were 50 blutalthat they could bave resulted inmurder," he said. "As it is, onevictim is still hOipitalized in seriouscondition as a result of beatingswith a baseball bat 'and a knifewound in the lung."

The cardinal said he did notthink the perpetrators of the yio­lence had any motivation, but wereacting "out of pure malice.""I say to you who perpetrate vio­lence in any form against homo­5ell:ual persons that you are doingviolence against Christ himself,"Cardinal O'Connol said. "You doan evil thing. Whatever you pIe­tend to be, do not pretend to beChrilltians."

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NEW YORK(NC) - CardinalJohn J. O'Connor of New Yorksaid in a statement during hisSunday Mass Sept. II at St. Pa­tlick's Cath~ral that violent at­tacln against homosexuals amou ntto violence against Christ.

"I wish I had language strongenough to condemn this kind ofcruelty," he said. "Anyone Whodoes such a thing thinking it is jus·tified by church teaching abouthomosexual behavior is grosslyignorant of what the church actu­ally teaches."

Cardinal O'Connor wascelebrat­ing his first Sunday MaJs at St.Patrick's since an Aug. 22 incidentin whicb several teenage boys shout_ing antihomosexual epithets at~

tacked two men on a Manhattanstreet.

Representatives of the homOSex­ual community, which has beensharply critical of the cardinal forhis stance on a series of issues, hadcalled on him to condemn theviolence.

The cardinal's Sept. I I state­ment was called "an importantstep forward" by Thomas B. Stod­dard, director oftbe Lambda LegalDefense and Education Fund, Whohad written asking him to speakout.

"Since I have been archbishop

Cardinal condemns attackson homosexuals

Charity Ball meeting setA plannini meeting for the 34th

annual Bishop's Charity Ball willbe held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept.2:5, at White's restaurant, NorthWestport.

The ball, which benefits dioce­san summer camps for underprivi­leged and exceptional children andother charitable aposto)ates, willbe beld Friday, Jan. 13, at LinColnPark Banroom, North Dartmouth.

It will be cosponsored by theDiocesan Council ofCatholic Wo­men and the Society ofSt. Vincentde Paul.

At the Sept. 2:5 meeting, com- , _

THIS MILESTONE photo is of Bernard M. Balona, '52,the first graduate of Stonehill College, North Easton. andC}Jeryl R. Gardner, '88, the 10,OOOth. Balona, formerly of EastFalmouth and now of Brandon, Fla., traveled to thecommencement to meet his 10,OOOth follower, a resident ofRockland.

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Brother Robert Francoeur, aFall River native, a lawyer and aformer president of Walsh Col­lege. Canton, 0., has marked 50years as a Brother of ChristianInstruction.

Entering religious life in 1938,he taught in Maine elementaryand high schools, then at La Men­nais College. Alfred, Maine. Whenthe institution was reestablished asWalsh College in Canton, 0 ..Brother Francoeur was academicdean and then for seven years waspresident.

He returned to the classroom asa professor of philosophy andethics in 1980, after earning a lawdegree at the University of Akronand passing the Ohio bar. Theeducator also holds a doctoratefrom the University ofNotre Dame,a master's degree from BostonCollege and two bachelor's degreesfrom the University of Montreal.

Brother Francoeur taught juris­prudence at the University ofAkron law school last year andethics at an Elderhostel programin Alfred this summer.

On sabbatical leave next spring,he plans to study abroad.

Aneurysm "strokeof God's love"

CINCINNATI (NC) - Medi­cally, the attack that ArchbishopDaniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnatisuffered July 23 was a rupturedaneurysm in his skull.

Spiritually. however, accordingto the convalescing prelate, "it wasa special act of God's concern forme and my life. It was a stroke ofhis love!'

While on vacation with anotherpri~st, Archbishop Pilarczyk ex­penenced a headache and thenblacked out. Undergoing head sur­gery July 25, he was hospitalizeduntil Aug. II. "The operation wasa complete success and I was toldthat I will suffer no permanentimpairment of my faculties," hewrote.

"My head still hurts. My energyis still diminished. I still have someconvalescing to do," he wrote."But I have experienced the mys­terious power of God in my lifeone more time. God's love hasstruck me again. And forthllt I amgrateful."

Brother Francoeurmarks 50 years

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ublican PlatformReWe believe ... that the unborn child has a fundamental right

to jife. We therefore reafftrm our support for a hUfnanlife lunend­ment to the Constitution. We oppose use of public revenues forabortion and will eliminate funding for organillltions advocatingor supporting it.

Today, thousands of Nicaraguans are trying to free theirhomeland from totalitarianism. Republica.ns are committed toassist them with humanitarian and miliury aid and also pledgecontinued support to the peoples of the Americas who embrecedemOCratic principles in their self~govemment.

We will continue to solidify ·our strategic relationship withIsrael and to oppose creation of an independent Palestinian state.Republicans will work for peace between Israel and her Ara.bneighbors througb direct negotiations, We believe the PLO shouldhave no .role in the p~, process unless it recognizes Israel's riShlto exist and renounces terrorism. In Lebanon, the U.S. mus1strengthen the hand of citizens committed to an indepelldent,peaceful and democratic Lebanon.

Republican priorities in relations with Africa are ,to opp<lsethe farces of Marxist imperiali~m;develop and sustain democra·cie, on the continent; and offer humanitarian assistance to need:ynations. Republicans deplore apartheid and support black eCQ·nomic progreSS. We also SUpplJrf withdrawal offoreign forces fromAngola. independence for Namibia and free and fair elections inboth places:

We are committed to improving the quality and fmancing oflong-term care. We will wvrk for access .to health care for allAmericans through public and private initiatives. We endorseadequate care for expectant mothers. We will vigorously fightagainst AIDS.

We will promote free market reforms: lower marginal taxrates, les\; regulation, reduced trade barriers_ We support facilitat­ing repayment of loans, induding "debt for equit)·" swaps. Wepledge to continue international food assistance.

We welcome those ftom other lands, their ideals and theirindustry; but we insi~t on our country's right to control its borders.We call upon our allies to join us in the responsibility shared by alldemocratic nations for resettlement of refugees, especially thosefleeing Communism in Southeast Asia,

We support programs allowing low~i ncome families to earntheir homes through urban and rural homesteading, cooperativeconstruction and reha bilitation, and other projects [calling on] theprivate sector and individual initiative. We [will continue our)long~rangeprogram of tenant management and move toward resi_dent ownership of pUblic housing units.

Republicans defend the constitutional right to keep and beararms. When this right is abused, we caU for stiff, mandatorypenalties.... [We] oppose furloughs for criminals convicted offirst.-degree murder and others serving a life Sentence withoutpossibility of parole. We will reestablish the federal death penalty.

Republicans will aggresSively punue fair and free trade for allU.S. products and will not use food as a weapon offoreign polit:y.We pledge early action to renew and improve the successfi.1! farmprograms set to expire in 1990. We will continue to support pro~

grams that enhance housing, business and industry opportunitiesfor rural Americans,

Quality neighborhood educatiQn should be available to allchildren. Federal policy should empower low·income families todemand quality and accountability in their children's school­ing.... We will increase Hcad Staet funding, continue to ~uppOrt

tuition tax credits, establish a public-private partnership toencour_ge youth to stay in school and graduate. [We] propose atoddler tax credit for child care available to all families of modestmeans and encourage employers to voluntarily address employees'child care needs,

We denounce those (who] practice or promote racism, anti­Semitism or religious.intolerance.. , . We will continue vigorousenforcement of statutes to prevent illega I discrimination onaccount of sex, race, creed or national origin. We renew ourhistoric commitment to equal rights for women.

We will redouble our commitment to correct a dangerousimbalance of conventional forces through negotiation and throughforce improvements. We must have a deterrenl capability; thatrequires modernization of our chemical weapons; but we must alsostrengthen our efforts to eliminate chemiclll and biological wea_pons. We wiJJ fig! ncgfJfj",te in areas which jeopardizeour security[or] compromise plans for research, testing or rapid and certaindeployment of SOl (Strateglc DefenSe Initiative.)

Republicanscall on the Soviet government to release politicalprisoners, allow freeemigralion for "'refuse niks" and introduce fullreligious tolerance. We find violation of human rights on the basisof religion or culture to be morally repuanant.

The best JOM program ... is lower taxes on people. Weadvocate a youth training wage to enable unskilled young people toenter the work foree. We will work to boost the incomes of theworking poor through the Earned Income Tax Credit. We willreform welfare to encourage work. We affirm the right of all freelyto j(lill or assist labor organization.. ta bargain collectively. We

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We believe in an America that will promote human rights,human dignity and human opportanity in every country on earth;that win decry oppression in all nations; that will encourage resolu·lion of differences over Northern Ireland and Cyprus; that willencourage the forces ofdemocracy in Eastern Europe and supportthe struggle for human rights in Asia,

We believe the Un.ited States must fully ~upport the CenttalAmerican Arias peace plan, which calls for an end to fighting,guarantees of justice and democracy and commitment by areagovernments to prevent use of their territor)' to de$tabilize oneanother. lmtead of military solutions, we support negotiations andincentives to encoura8~ free elections and security for all. We hope'to focus on the sQcial and economic needs ofthe region.

In the Middle East we hope to deliver the promise of peaceandsecurity through negoliations held out to Israel and its neighborsby the Camp David Accords. We support the sovereignty andterritorial integrity of Lebanon.

We believe the apartheid regime in South Africa to be uni·quely repressive and think it is time to declare South Africa aterrorist sute, to impose comprehensive san,tions upon its ~con­

omy and to determine a date by which U.S. corporations llIustleave South Africa. We further believe that we must press forNamibia's independence and must end our counterproductiveAngolan policy.

We believe that a national health prop;ram with federal coor~dination and leadership is necessary to restrain health costs whileauuring quality care and medical researcl).; that home and healthcare should be available to all senior and disabled citizens; thatevery family should have basic health insurance; and lhat theHIV·AIDS epidemic is an emergency requiring increitsed ~upport

for research, education, prevention and compassionate patientcare.

We believe that homelessness should be ended in America;that the supply of affordable housing should be expanded: thatemployer-essisted and non~profit housing should be encouraged:th.at public and subsidized housing should be renovated andincreased: that foreclosed government property should be restoredto use; and that first-time homebuyers should be assisted.

Democratic PlatformWe believe ... that the fundamental right of reproductive

choice should be guaranteed regardless of ability to pay.

We believe that our immigration policy should bereformed to promote fairness, nondiscrimination and fllmily reuni­fication and to reflect our constitutional freedoms of speech, asso­ciation and travel.

We believe [in] family farmers obtaining a fair price for theirproduclllnd thllt agriCUltural policy should include supply man­agement, price supports, soil conservation and protection of waterquality, credit and foreclosure relief and return of federaJly.heldforeclo!led lands to minority. beginning and restarling farmers.

We believe in maintaining a stable nuclear deterrent suffiCientto counter any Soviet threat, following up the INF treaty withmutual, verifiable and enforceable agreements that will reducestrategic weapon~, reduce conventional forces to lower and equi~

valent levels in Europe. entirely ban chemical and space weapons,initiate a mutual moratorium on mi~5ile flight testing and haltnuclear weapons testing.

We believe we can have a full-employment economy with anindex.ed minimum wage, training and employment programs, port~able pen!iom and an adequate Social Securily Syslem. with allworkers guaranteed the right to organize and bargain collectively.We believe that we can rebuild America, creating good jobs at goodwages ,thr<yf;8h a national reinvestment strateiJ to construct new_hl).l!~!~&,_~~~r ~\V~r~_, re~_1!i.!d.!!?adli_ ~~.!I~ r~p!ace .btid~s.: _. ~_.. ._..

We believe that education deserves our highest priority [and]pledge significantly increased federal funding for education,expllnded availability of preschool education and child care:in\'estment in teachers through training and enrichment; commit­ment to availability of college for all; and e"'panded support forbilingual education and anti-illiterllCY campaigns.

We believe that we honor our multicultural heritage byassur­ing equal access to government services, employment, housing,business enterprise and education to every citizen regardless ofrace, seJl:, national origin, religion, age, handicapping condition orsexual orientation. We believe that we must work for adoption ofthe Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

We believe that we must provide leadership. compassion andeconomic assi!tance to [struggling] nations and that we mu~t pro~

mote active agreements between developing and industrial coun·tries, and public and commercial lenders, to provide debt relief and[aid] economic growth and democracy in Latin America, Asia, andAfrica.

We believe that the federal government should provideincreased assistance to local criminal justiCe agencies, reinforcecommitment to help crime victims, and assume a leadership tole insecuring safety of neighborhoods and homes,

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While our goal remains a c(Jlllprehell~ive national health insur­ance program, immediate attention must be given to the needs ofthe rural and urban poor.

Public policy should: preserve, maintain and improve existingprivate and public low-cost, Oecent housing; develop programs toincrease the supply of quality low-income housing; encourageparticipation of tenants and community groups in housing l.!eci­sions; support effectiv,e public and private initiatives to build andmaintain affordable housing; and combat discrimination inhousing.

Those unable to work or find a job, should receive a decentincome. The federal minimum wage should be a livable wage.. :,We reaffirm church teaching regarding the responsibility ofgovernment to protect the right of workers 10 organize and bargaincollectively. Mandatory workfare programs are an unacceptablealternative to training and real jobs with fair compensation.

We support U.S. foreign assistance but not the heavy empha·sis on military assistance. We ~upport emergency food aid, but[warn against] lengthy emergency periods [Which] risk creatingdependency on foreign import~ and disincentives to local foodproduction. We are concerned about aspects of trade legislationthllt attempt to punish competitors and ignore social injusticescaused by some economic decisions.

We ate troubled by the plight of undocumented aliens and fearthey will become a ne~ underclass. The following principles shouldshape immigration legislation: family reunification; fair treatmentof all nations and their emigrants: phasing out of temporary litborprograms; promotion of just immigration laws.

We call for a national policy ... making elimination o!hunger a national priority'- We support an agriculturai systembased on small and moderate-sized family farms at home andabroad.

The Central Americ~1D pea<,;e plan (Esquipulas II) requiresevery possible support. We favor reduction in U.S. military aid toCentral America. Economic assistance should go to all CentralAmerican countries willing to comply with human rights criteria.

In the Middle East, we believe U.N. Resolution 242 outli~es apeace which would prOVide for secure borders for Israel and ahomeland for Palestinians, along with their panicipation in nego­tiations affecting their destiny. Lebanon should determine its owndestiny without olnside intervention.

In South Africa, we support more intensive econolllk safl<';~

tions 'as a nonviolent prenure for dismantling of apartheid.

U.S. Bishops

We advocate policies to improve educational opportunitiesavailable to economically disadvantaged persons and minorities,inclUding bilingual education. Wc also suppo'rt public mellflS toenhance education of children in private schools. We supportquality and affordable child-care services for the working poor.

We support control and eventual elimination of handguns.We advocate community~basedcorrectional facilities, programs ofeducation. rehabilitation and job training for offenders. and com­pensation of victims llnd crime. We oppose the death penalty.

The 1973 Supreme Court decisions on abortion and subse­quent d~i~ionswhich rely on them must be reversed and society'sresources should be redirected to solving the problems for whichabortion is mistakenly proposed as a solution.

OUf pastoral letter on peace concluded that nuclear deterrencewas morally acceptable only under strict conditions: that the com­ponents of the deterrent be limited and that the arms race bereversed through mutual, verifiable lHms control agrccments thatmake deep cuts in strategic weapon~. ban testinB of nuclear wea·pons, outlaw chemical weapons and reduce conventional forces.

Discrimination is a grave injustice and an affront to humandignity.

The United States must strengthen and expand internationalmechanisms protecting buman rights and lake seriously the humanrights dimensions of foreign policy.

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The new-service is a dramaticimprovement over the earlier sys­tem under which people request·ing a statement of earnings cred­ited to their Social Security recordsreceived only a summary of theirearnings from 1937 to present,with an annual breakout for thelast 3 years.

The new statement providessummary earnings for 1931-1950;annual earRings amounts from1951 to present; benefit estimatesfor retirement benefits at andbefore full mit-ernent age, and atage 70; and estimates of familybenefits should the worker die orbecome disabled.

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Dental hygiene tipsMassachusetts Executive Office

of Elder Affairs Secretary Paul J.Lanzikos reminds elders of theimportance of good oral hcaltlt.

"Often, older adults ignore animportant part of health, oralhealth," said Secretary Lanzikos."Part offeeJing good and enjoyingan active lifestyle means beingresponsible for proper dental hy­giene. The Massachusetts DentalSociety recommends you foHow aprogram that includes daily oralcare, nutritious meals and regulardental visits."

The Massachusetts Dental So­ciety can provide information andtips on good dental hygiene. Thesociety's speaker's bureau hasspeakers who, free of charge, willspeak to groups of elders. A slideshow on good ora\ health andnutrition practices is also available.

Modern dentistry can assistelden in maintaining bright,healthy smiles. The MassachusettsDental Society offen the follow­ing tips to elders:

- Although root surface decayis prevalent among older adults,fluoride products and new bond­ing techniques can protect teeth.

- Artificial salivas are nowavailable to alleviate dry mouthcaused 'by medical conditions orcertain medications.

- Adaptive devices such as ex·tenders for toothbrush handles andspeciaUydesigned floss holders canhelp individuals afflicted witharthritis, stroke or other medicalconditions.

- If conventional dentures donot function adequately, you mayqualify for a dental implant thatpermanently attaches replacemePtteeth to the gums or jawbone.

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. health. Formore information, con­tact Peg Polla nd at the Massachu­setts Dental Society between 10a.m. and 4 p.m., 651·7511 or1-&00-342-8747.

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Two retired priests raised ques·tions about the bishops' statementon retirement funding. Paragraph10 says the "priest should bear inmind responsible stewardship ofhis own resources.

"Participation in the Social Se­curity system, as' well as IRAs orother forms of savings, is consid­ered an essential element of thisstewardship. He should also bemindful of the needs of the localchurch in his last will and testa­ment."

Rev. Charles Eggert, episcopalvicar for retired priests in the arch­diocese ofSt. Paul and Minneapo­lis, said he suspected the norms"might be open to some question"on the matter of financial respon­sibility for retirees.

The paper"indicates that a priestis expected to take care of himself- not completely - but he isexpected to build up an estate forhimself so that in old age he willhave invested enough to take careof himself....

"Just suppose a priest does notlay up enough treasure for himselfon earth," he asked, "does thatmean tne bishop can be free ofanyobligation to retired priests?"

Rev. Edward Grzeskowiak, whoserved as the first vicar for retireesin the same see, agreed.. Salariesare better now, he said, but as apriest active for 45 years, herecalled when income was verylow.

However, both men liked thepositive tonc of the norms, FatherGrzeskowiak saying "all of thesethings should have been done longago.... It's an attempt to dealwith retired priests on the basis offairness."

The norms address other needsof Third Age priests, such as pro­visions for disability, a retirementcommittee, an index of seniorpriests, "efforts to provide suffi­cient medical insurance," and theirinclusion in spiritual growth andother programs available to allpriests.

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THERE'S NOTHING quite like a hug from Grandpa,says Sean. His grandfather, Mike Fitzpatrick of Spokane.Wash., was a recipient of the DeSmet Medal. the highesthonor of Spokane's Gonzaga University. He and his wifeYvonne raised 13 children and 27 loster children "with lots ofhugging and caring." (Ne/Up} photo)

ThirdAgepriests

Sometimes they live alone inhigh rises or apartments, some­times in private nursing homes orwith the LiUle Sisters of the Pooror, if they are lucky and haveplanned well, in special clergyhomes.

These Third Agers, who havedevoted their lives to serving Godas diocesan priests, now 75 yearsold, Of youngerif they are in poorhealth, make up the fastest grow·ing segment ofthe Americanclergy.

The Third Age label was offi­cially applied to these servants ofthe people of God at the annualmeeting of the U.S. hierarchy lastNovember. It appears in "Normsfor Priests and Their Third Age"adopted by the National Confer­ence of Catholic Bishops.

The nonns, drafted in compli­ance with the revised Code ofCanon Law. are the first to beapproved by Rome says Msgr.Colin MacDonald, himself retir·ing as executive director for theBishops' Committee on PriestlyLife and Ministry.

Tbe Third Age label was notadopted without debate. FormerBishop William Mc Manus of FortWayne-South Bend, IN, 74, saidhe was probably a member of thefourth or fifth age. Former BishopFrancis Reh of Saginaw, MI, 77.said he preferred the title of"senior priests."

Every U.S. bishop will get acopy of the norms, Msgr. Mac­Donald said, to inform him of thepolicies and practices outlined tomeet the needs of the growingnumber of retired priests.

"The diocese should provide var­ious options for the housing ofthird age priests, according todiocesan policy," the norms say."Normally, the retiring priestshould be given a choice in regardto his retirement housing."

On retirement funding, thenorms are more specific: "Eachdiocese should guarantee thatpriests be given adequate supportthrough a long~range, financiallyindependent and professionallymanaged pension fund:'

SALUTINGSENIORS

and did mending and sewing forthe residents. In her spare time,she kniued afghans and collectedand prepared used stamps for themissions. Furthermore, she wasalways the right hand for each suc­cessive superior and a ferventreligious."

Home employees bade a specialfarewell to Sister Cora at a recep~

tion at which the centerpiece was aship made by Sister Lafrance "tohelp keep her fond ..memories ofNew Bedford vivid in her mind."

Sister Cecile"Sister Cecile Fortin has termin·

ated eight years as superior of thesisters' community at Sacred HeartNursing Home. Sister arrived inNew Bedford on August 8, 1980.and served as superior, sacristan,eucharistic minister and devotedvisitor of residents.

'''She now returns to the MaisonMere Mallet in Quebec City for amuch~deserved rest.

"A native Canadian, born inSt­Rock-de~Aulnaies, L'Islet, Pro­vince of Quebec, Sister was aformer student of the Sisters ofCharity of Quebec. Having enteredthe novitiate in 1930, she pro­nounced her first religious vows in1932, and celebrated her goldenjubilee of religious life here atSacred Heart with Sister Cora in1982.

"Sister had a long career inCanada as a teacher, school prin­cipal and local and provincialsuperior. Here in New Bedford,adapting very well to out Ameri­can lifClltyle, Sister enjoyed ourculture, holidays and people ofevery nationality. Because of alanguage barrier, Sister Cecilecould hot hold a conversation witlieveryone with whom she came incontact, but one of her smiles wasworth a thousand words.

"We are saddened by ber leav~

ing as this means the end ofa rela­tionship which has become mean­ingful and dear to us. We shallnever forget her kind and gentlemanner when dealing with the sis­ters, the residents or the em­ployees."

Changes have been taking placeat Sacred Heart Home, New Bed­ford, where Sister Cora Asselinhas retired to the motherhouse ofthe Sisters of Charity of Quebecand Sister Cecile Fortin has con­eluded an eight-year term as super­ior of the sisters at the home.

Both sisters received lovingtributes in "Caring and Sharing,"the home's newsletter. ·Written bySister Rachel Lafrance, scq, theyfollow.

Sister Cora"On Monday, June 27th, we

said goodbye to our dear SisterCora as she' left to retire to the'motherhouse in Quebec City after51 years of service in the Dioceseof Fall River, 41 of which werespent here at Sacred Heart Nurs­ing Home.

"Sister Cora was born LaurettaAsselin in Quebec City and at­tended the local school of St. Sau­veur, conducted by the Sisters ofthe Congregation of Notre Dame.As the oldest daughter of 20 chil­dren, Lauretta learned. very youngthe art of housekeeping and rais­ing children. So she was ready toenter the Community of the Sis­ters of Charity in 1930, and pro­nounce her vows in 1932. Her first'five years were spent in her nativeCanada caring for small boys.

"Then in 1937 she was trans­ferred to 81. Joseph Orphanag~ inFall River where she took care ofAmeriQla orphan boys for 10 years.It was in 1947 that Sister Coracame to New Bedford where shehas lived and worked on 2 Centerever siDCilt{Xears went byand we atSacred Ifeart did celebrate her50th Golden Jubilee of religiousprofessio.dn 1982.

"In ~«hewChapter 6, V-I, weread 'IW",ul not to parade yourgOOd~."before men to attncttheir no . : This passage of theGospel' rates whatSister Corahas IDr the residents on 2Cent~, heremployea and forher religious companions. Beingself·eff:llced, industrious,efficient'lQu1 well-organized, shehas al"",,*bad time to help some­one in iieed without attractingattention. Plus, she holds the recordfor always being on time and neverbeing absent from work!

"Sister was a coordinator andsupervisor of the storeroom forhousehold provisions. She was incbarge of the cafeteria for 20 years

Tributes paid 2 sistersat Sacred Heart Home

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Get the giggles.Make weird sounds trying to

muffle yourself. Stop when yourfather whispers something in yourear about making this a RequiemMass if you don't shut up.

Hit your head 'on the. missalrack. Cry loudly. , '

Drop the song book on' thefloor. Drop the pew pencils on thefloor. Drop envelopes on the floor.Try to pick them up. Hit your headagain.

Stand on the kneeler when yourmom and dad want to go to com­munion. When they do, sit quietlyuntil they are near the front of thechurch, then giggle loud enoughfor them to hear.

When they get back, tell tnemyou feel carsick.

Send comments to Hilda Young,25218 Meadow Way N.E., Arling­ton, Wash. 98223.

talk at will, and you can leavewhen your daughter gets restless.

Since your daughter is ap­proaching the age at which she willlove stories, look for some goodreligious books for children. Per­haps your parish has a library.

What about discipline when'youattend church? First, do not be tooharsh on the persons who get irri­tated. A cryi"ng child may make itimpossible for them to hear, andthey miss out on an experiencethey cherish. Consideration dic­tates that the parent of a cryingchild remove the child immediately.

You can certainly wait untilyour child is 3 or older to bring herto church. When you bring a 3- or4-year-old, keep her close to youand talk softly to her. Do notexpect her to sit still while youpray the entire Mass in silencewithout so much as a glance di­rected her way.

If you choose to take yourdaughter to church when she is 2,expect her to be restless and beprepared to leave if she seriouslydistracts others. Meanwhile, beginher religious education where it ismeant'to begin, in the family.

Reader questions on family Iiv-,ing and child care to be answeredin print are invited. Address theKennys, Box 872, St. 'Joseph'sCollege, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

into Ms. Neal's life again "like amiracle." Sensing the actress' "inneranguish" - her husltand had justleft her - Ms. Cooper spoke toher of· God and told her of theabbey in Bethlehem. Going thereled Ms. Neal toward a major turn­ing point in her life.

Referring to that unexpectedencounter with Maria Cooper shewrites, "For all the great plans wetry to make in our lives, trulyimportant moments are always sur­prises."

Thinking of the years now goneby, Ms. Neal admits that "life getstough and sometimes it's hard tobelieve there's a light at the end ofthe tunnel. but you've got to havefaith that it must be there. Andsometimes, the only thing to do issmile."

Ms. Neal says that at this pointshe sees that the hand of God has_been at work in her life, weavingthe pattern that would finally bringher to peace.

By Hilda YoungHow to drive your parents crazy

at Mass:Two minutes after Mass begins,

ask them if it's almost over. Keepthis up at 90-second intervals. Oc­casionally substitute, "Are we goingto buy doughnuts after Mass?"

See if you can say the entire OurFather one word behind everyoneelse. ' '. Chew on your tongue until yourmother notices and says, "I thought1 told you not to chew gum inchurch!" .

Show her you are, not chewing,gum. Open your mouth ;is wide asyou can and say,."Ahhh.','

Fight with your brother overwhose turn it is to put the envelopein the collection basket. Sneezeloudly.

Make a face at your friend acrossthe aisle.

Young children naturally tendtoward spontaneous movement andtalking. They express what theyare thinking and feeling. This isnormal.

Attending Mass requires move- \ment and talking according to aprescribed ritual. This is fine foradults, who unClerstand what ishappening. It is alien to youngchildren.

You are anxious to introduceyour child to the faith, yet theMass is incomprehensible for a 2­year-old. What should you do?Begin to teach your child as chil­dren have been taught for centur­ies, within the family.

Saying grace is a simple anddesirable custom. Such prayer isbrief, it is accompanied by specialbody posture and it can be ex­pressed in simple. words. As youobserve, your daughter is alreadylearning the body posture of prayer.Invite your wife to offer grac;esometimes, thus showing yourdaughter that prayeris an activityfor all family members.

Nature is another source of God'srevelation. When you observesomething beautiful in nature, joinwith your daughter in a prayer ofpraise.

When you are out for a walk ordrive, take your daughter to churchfor a visit. There is no one to dis­turb, you can walk around and

Mass etiquette for kids

which led ,to a pregancy and anabortion. Cooper waited in the car

- for her while the abortion wasdone and Ms. Neal writes, "After- 'ward, we wept together."

She has regretted that decisionevery since. "For over 30 years,alone in the night, 1cried. If 1hadonly one thing to do over in mylife, I would have that baby," Ms.Neal writes.

To me the most remarkable thingin this book relates to the roleMaria Cooper, the actor's daugh­ter, played in Ms. Neal's life. Shewas the one person to have beenhurt the most from Ms. Neal's'affair with her father. Yet whenthe news media reported the actress'stroke, Ms. Cooper wrote to her.

, , "I cannot describe the feeling itsgenerous greeting imparted and 1

. will never forget its three mostimportant words: 1forgive you. It

. was from Maria Cooper," Ms.Neal writes.

Later Maria Cooper was to pop

By Antoinette BoscoNot long ago 1 interviewed ac­

tress Patricia Nealon the occasionof the publication of her autobio­graphy, "As 1 Am" (Simon andSchuster).

"I don't know why but my lifedidn't go the way 1 intended," shetold me. "When 1 was young 1thought life would be a miracle, sosensational. 1could hardly wait tolive it. Then these horrendoustragedies happened," she said. Shewaved a hand at her book indicat­ing the story was all in there.

Her book tells of a life that readslike a novel, one not overly kind tothe heroine. It tells of a womanwho loves but is rejected by a mar­ried man, who buries a child, whonearly loses another child in afreak accident, who is afflicted bya debilitating stroke and who thenfaces devastating rejection by herhusband, who leaves her for anoth­er woman.

Ms. Neal discloses that she wrotethe book at the suggestion of theabbess at the Benedictine Abbeyof Regina Laudis in Bethlehem,Conn.

Women 'who enter the conventwanting to be nuns are asked towrite a journal in order "to beginto understand who they are andwhat they are called to be in thislife," the abbess explained to Ms.Neal. At the time, the actress.said,"I was the most angry womanyou'll ever see in your life:'

But she listened to the ,abbessand wrote the book, a task tl1attook nearly five years. When it was'done, she dedicated it to the'abbessof Regina Laudis ,on her goldenjubilee "for insisting tliat 1remem-ber it all." ,

The actress, who won an Oscarfor her role in "Hud,'" has nowtaken the first steps toward becom­ing a Roman Catholic.

The biggest sensation caused bythe Patricia Neal story is the de­tailed account of her love affairwith Gary Cooper, a relationship

"Important moments are surprises"

By Dr. James and Mary Kenny

Dear Mary: My daughter is 22months old. When she was aninfant, I would take her with meoccasionally to Mass. As she gotolder, however, and more difficultto control, I have been leaving herat home. My wife, who is Luth­eran, offered to go to church withme to set an example for ourdaughter, but has not followedthrough.

I would like your advice onwhen to begin regular churchgoingwith my daughter. I would like togive her the experiences of theMass and learning about the Gos-

. pel. We do say grace at home, andshe folds her hands for the prayer.

Is it realistic to expect such ayoung child to understand theMass? I've heard that one couldwait until age 3.

Also, how do I handle any dis­cipline matters? People in churchthrow dirty looks in the directionof a crying or fidgety child. I'vetried the "cry room," but the placeis a zoo. - Indiana

Families seem to follow one oftwo paths regarding church andyoung children. Some take chil­dren every Sunday from birth;some attend church separately orleave children in a church nurseryuntil the child is approaching schoolage. Either approach can work.

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POPE JOHN PAUL II blesses water, carried in the traditional African manner, at thebeginning of a Mass attended by approximately 200,000 people at Borrowdale Race Course inHarare, Zimbabwe. (NC/UPI-Reuter photo)

Pope gets to South' Africa after all

Santa Susanna: Americanport of call in Rome

priests and Religious based inRome.

While Paulists often celebratethe Masses, guest celebrants includetop U.S. officials at the Vatican:Cardinal William W. Baum andArchbishops Paul C. Marcinkus,John P. Foley and Justin F. Rigali.

On any given Sunday the churchalso will contain a half dozenbemused Italians, whose ownchurches in the city center tendtoward more sober and moresparsely attended Masses.

Liturgies can be followed inimported missalettes, and an ever­changing music group featuresguitars and an organ. The "homefeel" includes a weekly bulletinand a coffee hour after the Mass.There are also a parish council andan active women's guild.

"My idea of the parish is that itshould be like a microcosm of theAmerican church," said FatherPietrucha. "I'm convinced there'snothing like the American churchfor meeting the needs of thepeople."

Unlike the average U.S. parish,Santa Susanna is characterizedprimarily by transience. FatherPietrucha said only five or six ofthe parish's families are long-termresidents of Italy. The rest aremost often embassy officials oremployees of international firmsand aid organizations on assign­ment for two or three years.

The special situation of Ameri­cans abroad was noted a few yearsago by what Father Pietrucha calls"the terrorist thing." Fearing at­tacks, many U.S. citizens chosenot to congregate with other Amer­icans, even for Sunday Mass.

Because his parishioners are con­stantly moving on, and perhapsalso because employees on over­seas assignment often are screenedfirst, they do not often require pas­toral services of a deeply personalnature, Father Pietrucha said.

Instead, pastoral needs run moretoward friendship and catechetics.Religious education classes forchildren and inquiry and continuedinstruction classes for adults are,offered despite an absence of meet­ing halls or conference rooms.

Father Pietrucha does not lackfor volunteers.

"People come here only for threeyears, yet get so involved," hemarveled.

The parish is also a source ofpasses to papal audiences, ji serv­ice which attraCts the bulk of itsvacationing visitors.

Having served at parishes inAustin, Texas, and Greeley, Colo.,'Father Pietrucha said Rome hasgiven him "a feeling for the inter.:'nationality of the church."

As .to whether Santa Susannawill ever become the official U.S.parish in Rome, he says it is up tothe U.S. bishops. For now, he isjust trying to keep a roof overeveryone's heads:

VATICAN CITY (NC) - WhenEnglish, Irish, German or FrenchCatholics come to Rome, they canfind a local church that is a homeaway from home, staffed by fellowcitizens and officially linked withtheir national churches.

U.S. citizens have their own par-,ish too - Santa Susanna. ButSanta Susanna has never had anyofficial status as "the Americanparish." Rather, in the best free­enterprise tradition, it is simplythe fruit of a 66-year Paulist com­mitment to serving Americans inRome. '

The pastor, Paulist Father ,Ed­ward Pietrucha, does not havemuch time to worry about SantaSusanna's status, or lack thereof.He has his hands full taking care of200 highly transient families, twochurches and other pastoral duties.

For most of its history, SantaSusanna parish has been based ina church of the same name. It for­merly was connected to a conventof Cistercian nuns, but in 1922Pope Benedict XV - at the requestof President Warren G. Harding- gave it to the Paulists to servethe American community.

Today the church is the titularsee"of Cardinal Bernard F. Law ofBoston. But it is also saddled witha decrepit roof and a potentialrepair bill of $1 million.

If that were not bad enoughnews to greet Father Pietruchaduring his first year on the job, thechurch is also the subject of a legaldispute regarding its ownershipand its relationship' with the Cis­tercian convent.

The church building now isclosed for safety reasons. DailyMasses are celebrated in the sa­cristy, next to the parish office-.But Santa Susanna's main SundayMass takes place in the baroqueChurch of St. Agnes, in historicPiazza Navonna. The piazza was astadium in the time of the EmperorDomhian, and St. Agnes was saidto have been martyred there. Herskull is preserved in a reliquary inthe church.

Most of the members of SantaSusanna parish - including theU.S. ambassador to the Vatican,Frank Shakespeare - now attendMass at St. Agnes. Its Sundaymorning liturgy attracts about 160ofthe parish's 200 families, as wellas numer'ous English-speaking

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Security has been a major con­cer~ for Vatican bodyguards onthis trip, be~ause the countries heis visiting are unused'to handlinglarge crowds.

The pope ended his talk with thenational salute ofjoy, "pula," whichliterally means "let there be rain."The call was echoed by the crowdofseveral thousand, many ofwhomhad come from tht: drought-proneagricultural region nearby.

During the first half of his Sept.10-19 trip, the pope several timesreferred to apartheid as a violationof basic human rights. He alsoaddressed the practical regionalproblems it creates. '

In Botswana, the refugee issuehas been aggravated by South Afri­can raids into the country againstmembers of ihe African NationalCongress, the outlawed SouthAfrican anti-apartheid organiza­tion. South Africa has claimed it isrooting out guerrillas who crossthrough Botswana on their opera­tions.

The pope arrived in Botswanaafter three days in Zimbabwe on atrip that took him to Lesotho yes- .terday and today and to SwazI­land also .today. He is scheduled:tobe in Moiambique;today throughMonday, when he returns to Rome.

In his airport ,speech in Bots­wana, he praised the landlockeddemocracy, saying it is an "islandof peace in a troubled sea" and.'a"ray of hope" for all Africa.

Before he spoke, however, hewas surrounded by joyful w~lI­

wishers who turned security toshambles in their welcoming ex­citement.

Spectators, photographers, danc­ers and a group of Poles wavingthe Polish flag overwhelmed Bots~

wana officials and Vatican secur­ity, surging around the pope.

rhe incident occu'rred after theofficial greetings, as the pontiffwas walking across the tarmjic

,-with Bishop Boniface Setlalekgosiof Gaborone.

Some who could: see .the pope

with the government in the nameof unity.

In BotswanaArriving in Botswana Sept. 13,

the pope gave strong support to.refugees from apartheid, sayingthe church must stand firm withvictims of racism and avoid com­promise with "any form of socialinjustice."

The pope made his remarks topriests, religious and laity during astop Sept. 13 in Botswana's capi­tal, Gaborone, just six miles fromthe South African border.

Earlier, at an-airport welcomingceremony, he heard PresidentQuett Masire denounce the racialpolicies of South Africa as "un­Christian" and "evil."

Many ofapartheid's victims, ~hepresident told the'pope, "are herewith,us today to see you and to askfo'r your blessing."

Church sources estimate thatmany thousand black South Afri­cans 'have crossed :into Botswanato escape the forced segregationistpolicies of South Africa's white-

. m,inority government. MQ,st of the, refugees continue on to settlements'in other countries.

At the meeting, the pope com­plimented church leaqers for show­ing solidarity with· the po~r andoppressed.

"You have witnessed the plightof those who are subjected by lawto discrimination. And I gladlysupport you in your desire to beclose to those who are unjustlydeprived of their legitimate rightsand lack decent living conditions,"he said.

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southern Zimbabwe's Ndebele mi­noritya full partner in governme,nt- which has been dominated bythe majority Shona tribe.

"You are trying to bring aboutthe fulfillment of the prophecy qfIsaiah, where he foretells thatpeople 'will hammer their swordsinto plowshares, their spears intosickles,' "Pope John Paul told thecrowd.

Some 4.0,000 people, ma~y ofthem children taking advantage ofa school holiday, greeted the popeat the dustblown race track at theedge of Bulawayo where the Masswas held.

Servants of Mary nuns dancedin swaying welcome as the pope'mounted the altar platform ,andgreeted the crowd in their nativetongue.': His sermon touched a sensitiven,erve in Matabeleland, which hasa, long hi~tory ,of. tribal.warfare.Bulawayo, the capital, means"Place of Massacres," a remingerof the deep rivalries 'that untilrecently marked everyday life here.

, Pope John Paul's remarks aboutproperty disputes underscored theresentment still felt by area farmersover government appropriation ofsome lands in the early 1980s. .

The region's new political op­timism was personified by JoshuaNkomo, the Ndebele leader whomet the pope at Bulawayo's air­port. A former political foe ofZimbabwe President Robert Mu­gabe, Nkomo recently committedhis opP,?sition party to join forces

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The book may be correct in sug­gesting that church leaders weretoo slow to support the UFWA'scourageous struggle. If so, thechurch - all the churches and thesynagogues as well - has longsince made up for it. Few recentsocial movements have had as muchpublic support from churches andchurch personnel.

The charge is sometimes madethat because of its suppo.rt' fromthe farm workers, the church isprejudiced against the growers. Itis absolutely unfounded.

The involvement of churchgroups in the farm labor disputehas only one purpose: helping farmworkers achieve the right to organ­ize into a union of their ownchoice, a right that has been legallyguaranteed workers of every othermajor industry for several decades.Once it has been effectively granted,the religious bodies will do every­thing they possibly can to pro­mote, in.a spirit of reconciliation,a constructive working relation­ship between the union and thegrowers.

The history of labor relations inthe United States makes it clear,however, that this kind of -rela­tionship, so long overdue in theagricultural industry, cannot beestablished until the workers aregranted the right to self-determina­tion and have acquired enougheconomic power to bargain as e­quals with their employers.

VFWA still struggles

CESAR CllAVEZ and his wife Helen at the Mass wherehe broke his 36-day water-only fast. (NC/ UPI photo)

By Msgr. George G. HigginsCesar Chavez, president of the

United Farm Workers of Amer­ica, ended a 36-day fast at an out­door Mass in which I was a con­celebrant in Delano, Calif., Aug.21. He undertook the fast not onlyto purify his own soul, but todramatize the need to eliminatethe use of poisonous, cancer-ind uc­ing pesticides in agriculture.

Despite his alarmingly weakenedcondition, Chavez took part in theMass wih full attention and deepdevotion. As I watched him fromthe altar, I recalled a happier daysome 15 years ago when Chavezand his wife, Helen, were receivedin private audience at the Vaticanby Pope Paul VI.

The Chavezes were accompan­ied on that occasion by the lateBishop Joseph F. Donnelly, chair­man of the Bishops' Committee onFarm Labor, by myself and two ofthe labor leader's aides. After chat­ting very cordially with us, thepope delivered a brief address ofwelcome and support for the workof the UFWA in which he praisedChavez for his "sustained effort toapply the principles of Christiansocial teaching" and for workingwith the U.S. bishops and theirfarm labor committee.

The pope closed by extendinghis prayerful best wishes for thesuccess of Chavez' efforts. "In thespirit of our predecessors in theSee of Peter," he said, "we renewthe full measure of our solicitudefor the human and Christian con­dition of labor and for·the genuinegood ofall those who lend supportto this lofty vocation."

Two European journalists, in arecent book about Chavez and theUFWA, treat Paul VI's statementrather cynically, trying to createthe impression that the pope cre­dited the American bishops forhaving started the UFWA when infact, they say. Chavez had to spendmuch time and effort getting thebishops to support the movement.

To suggest this is ridiculous aswell as unfair to Pope Paul. Heknew that the UFWA - more'than almost any other social move­ment in recent U.S. history - hasalways been and, please God, al­ways will be, a movement of, byand for the people it represents.

Rank-and-file farm workers builtthe UFWA, not clergymen.Churches and many other outsidegroups have assisted the move­ment at critical moments, but it isthe farm workers' movement andthey have every reason to be proudof it and of their leader, CesarChavez.

Experimental groupis discontinued

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (NC) ­Bishop Louis E. Gelineau has askedmembers of an experimental par­ish, the Genesis Community, toregister and become involved intheir local parishes.

Community members have de­cided to spend 40 days prayingabout and discussing their options,said Mercy Sister Irene M. Ner­ney, administrator of the G~nesis

Community."There exist erroneous attitudes

and theological principles uponwhich the Genesis Community hasbeen operating, and it is apparent .that there would be little possibil­ity of substantial change," the bish­op wrote in a letter explaining hisdecision to discontinue the com­munity. It was formed with BishopGelineau's approval in 1975 afterseveral families proposed it as analternative'to their parishes.

Membership in the Genesis Com­munity demanded a commitmentof time to religious education, com­munity decisions, liturgy and socialjustice.

Bishop Gelineau ·said his deci­sion to discontinue the experimentwas based on findings by a specialstudy committee after consultationwith the diocesan priests' council.

The committee's report on theGenesis Community identified fun­damental problems in three areas:understanding of the CatholicChurch, the Eucharist and cateche­tics.

"The study committee found thatmany members'ofthe Genesis Com­munity have problems with under­standing and accepting the priestas one who represents the hierar­chical church and the authenticteaching of that church," BishopGelineau's a_nnouncement said.

"Many would bind the priest inthe conscientious exercise of hisrole by community consensus orby majority opinion," he said. Thecommunity _was committed to ademocratic model ofdecision-mak­ing.

The study committee also found"attitudes and assumptions" aboutthe Eucharist and liturgy that "werenot in harmony with the teachingsof the church," the bishop said.

"Anything that that would bedivisive too the life and unity of thechurch, such as unauthorized sac­ramental inter-communion, is aserious liturgical abuse," the bish­op's announcement said.

"Anything that would trivializethe eucharistic sacrifice, anythingthat would promote a casual ap­proach to the celebration of theEucharist, anything that wouldpoliticize the liturgy in any way oremploy it as a didactic forum forextraliturgical concerns is intoler­able," he said.

Bishop Gelineau said the studycommittee found that "the cumul­ative and perduring effect of theattitudes of some members of theGenesis Communityconcerning thestructure of the church will have 1l

detrimental effect upon the overallcatechetical experience ofthe youngpeople of the community."

In his announcement, BishopGelineau said that on "many occa­sions" he had expressed his con­cerns to community members andhad "pleaded for conformity withthe church's teaching and practice."

"The study committee found thatthe attitudes of ma_ny, and the nowrather ingrained practices, do notadmit of any hope of substantialchange," he said.

--chusetts and Rhode Island com­munities.

• • •Joanne Beaupre has joined

Connolly's guidance staff. She is agraduate of Annhurst College andSt. Michael's College and has donegraduate work at Providence Col­lege. Ms. Beaupre has taught atTaunton's Co.,Yle an~ Cas'sidy HighSchool. '

Charles Dwyer will head theschogl's art department. He holdsa degree in art from Boston Uni­versity and has taught at the Uni­versity of Michigan, WesleyanUniversity and the' Rhode IslandSchool ofQesign. ' ,

The religion department gainstwo members, John Flynn, agraduate of Merrimack Collegeand Worcester State College, andFather Robert Levens;' SJ, whoholds degrees from Fairfield Uni­versity and We~ton College andpreviously taught at Fairfield Prepin Connecticut, where he was alsoa chaplain. '

Norwich University alumnus andarmy veteran Richard Mcintoshbegins science department teach­ing duties and Anthony Presto,who comes to Connolly fromSpringfield College and teachingin the Rockland school system,will teach physical education.

Connolly religious educationteacher John Dacey has beenappointed campus ministry pro­grams coordinator, and facultymember Cynthia DeCosta has·beennamed athletic director.

Mrs. DeCosta has announcedthat girls' soccer and JV softballhave been added at the school thisyear.

Search is the name of a retreatfor young people conducted insome dioceses.

Although she hesitated to clas­sify her son as a religious person,Mrs. Jeffrey said, "He does believedeeply and is a very loving and

,warmhearted person."The retreat weekend "really

meant a lot to him," she said. "Itgave him more focus and insightinto things."

The youngest of four children,, 23-year-old Jeffrey began diving

at the age of 13 at the MadisonYMCA, said Mrs. Jeffrey. Afterabout a year there, the mother ofone of his fellow divers saw hispotential and suggested taking himto Columbia University in NewYork City to be coached.

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Retreat trick aids Olympian

Father Stephen F. Dawber, SJ,principal of Bishop Connolly HighSchool, Fall River, has announcedappointment of Father Paul M.Sullivan, SJ, as the school's publicrelations coordinator.

Fall River native Father Sulli­van, a graduate of Worcester'sHoly Cross College, has.a!so stu-,died at Boston College, GonzagaUniversity, Spokane, Wash., andthe Jesuit School oJ Theology,Berkeley, ,Calif. ,He was ordainedin June' 1983 at Holy Cross byretired Worcester Bishop BernardFlanagan.. From 1984 to earlier this year,Father Sullivan was social studies'depart,IJientchairman and sportsinformation director at CheverusHigh Sch,9ol, Portland, Maine. At.Connolly he will be.a member ofthe social studies faculty and stu­dent government moderator.,'A member of the U.S. CatholicHistorical Society, the 'Maine·His­torical Society, the NationalCouncil for the Social Studies,and the Freetown HistoricalSociety, Father Sullivan was nameda Gov. John Hancock Fellow in1987 and participated in the GreatDebate of '88, a Maine-Mass­achusetts study project involvingstudents and faculty and culminat­ing in a reenactment of the ratifi­cation of the U.S. Constitution.

In June of this year his "Historyof St. Joseph's Parish, Eastport,Maine" was published in conjunc­tion with the parish's 160thanniversary.

• • •595 young men and women make

up Connolly's student body thisyear. They represent 24 Massa-

FACULTY members at Notre Dame School, Fall River,include, from left, Doreen Carberry, Lillian Taylor, SisterPauline Joyal, RJM, Stephanie Perra and, Lisa Texeira.

Stonehill College

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itual childhood, the way of trustand absolute self-surrender."St. Therese of Lisieux

MADISON, N.J. (NC) - Pa­trick Jeffrey, a member ofthe U.S.Olympic diving team scheduled to

595 new students have begun compete in Seoul, South Korea,studies at Stonehill College, North used a little trick he learned whileEaston. on a youth retreat to psych himself

573 are freshmen chosen from up for a recent meet.3,797 fall semester applicants. 22 His mother, Patricia Jeffrey, intransfer students were selected from a telephone interview with The222 seeking admission. Beacon, newspaper of the Diocese

The average freshmen ranked in of Paterson, N.J., said that beforethe top 22 percent of his/ her high the meet her son stopped in hisschool graduating class. 394 first- room, looked at himself in ,theyear students chose liberal arts mirror for two minutes and said,majors, I 17 business administra- _"You can do it!"tion and 62 the sciences. The strategy was something he

Stonehill's class of 1992 has 323 learned from Father Joseph For-women and 250 men representing tuna, who was associate pastor of12 states, Spain and Paraguay. 72 the family's parish, St. Vincentpercent cjf the students are from Martyr parish in Madison, whileMassachusetts and Connecticut, on a Search retreat weekend, saidRhode Island and New York are Mrs. Jeffrey.also 'well represented.

St. Joseph's SchoolThe Health and Safety Commit­

tee at St. Joseph's School, Fair­haven, is seeking recess and lunchsupervision volunteers. They willbe instructed in playground rulesand fire drill procedures and learnthe Heimlich Maneuver. An orien­tation breakfast will also be held.

Additional help at the school,now celebrating its 80th anniver­sary, is needed. Information isavailable from principal SisterMuriel Ann Lebeau, SS.Ce., 996­1983.

Beth, Fitzsimmons; gym; AnneMarie Dubeau, art; Paul Cinq­Mars, music; and Cynthia Nord­quist, computers.

Janitor Robert Easton also joinsthe school family.

The school's opening Mass willbe celebrated at 8:45 a.m. Sundayat St. John's Church. An openhouse will follow. The celebrationcoincides with the commissioningand open house of the parish relig­ious education program.

Volunteers are welcome at theschool. Information is availablefrom its office.

The sports committee will meetat 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Anyoneinterested in coaching basketballor otl!er sports is invited to attend.

Storyteller Len Cabral will visitthe school Tuesday, entertainingstudents at 9 and 10: 15 a.m.

,'St. John Eva'ngelist,brings back 'kindergarten

PRINCIPAL Sister Martha Mulligan and'teacher MaryEllen Joyce with the'inorning kindergarten crowd. (Mottaphoto). " '

After a lapse of more thanaquarter of a century, St. John theEvangelist School, Attleboro, againlias a kindergarten.

Sister Martha Mulligan, RSM,principal, has announced that 32,youngsters, who'll graduate highschool in 200 I, are enrolled in thenew program. A long waiting listexists, too, she said.

The school decided to reopenthe level, she said, after finding outthrough its recently completedself-study that both parents andteachers were in favor of theaddition.

St. John's began as a kindergar­ten/ first grade school in 1954.

Part of the school's cafeteriawas renovated to make the bright,cheerful classroom. The new roomfeatures carpeting and soundproofwalls which contain the joyful noisemade by students, who attend bothmorning and afternoon sessions.

"Many of the parents," SisterMulligan said, "donated furnish­ings and equipment. One of theschool mothers, Pauline O'Keefe,is painting storybook characterson the walls, and one ofthe fathers,Anthony Piva, made cases withcubbyholes and storage units forstudents' jackets and lunchboxes. ,

"It's really through their effortsthat we've been able to open' soquickly. It's, been a real groupeffort.", The walls went up in June, andmost of the other work followed.

Sister Mulligan said that the'opening is "exciting." ,

"It's gratifying to know," she c

said, "that the parents are so sup­portive and involved in the educa­tional process. It says a lot forCatholic education."

The 18 girl and 14 boy kindef- ,garteners are being taught by MaryEllen Joyce, a graduate of St. 'Mary's School, North Attleboro4-'now part of St, Mary-Sacred HeartConsolidated School, Attleboro'sBishop Feehan High School andNorth Adams State College.

Miss Joyce told The Anchorthat this is her first year teachingfulltime and that teaching kinder­garten has always been her goal.

Also new to the school staff aregrade eight teacher Caryn Stoller,a biochemistry' graduate of theUniversity of California at SanDiego, and four parttime teachers;

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Maureen Curtin, religious edu­cation coordinator at ImmaculateConception parish, North Easton,and a religion consultant for theFall River diocese for Silver-Bur­dett publishing addressed theschool staff on the religion curric­ulum, This is Our Faith, beingintroduced this year.

• • •

Parents who pick up students at2:30 p.m. are asked to do so in the,"hurch parking lot until furthernotice, due to construction at theformer Mt. St. Joseph School site.

Students can earn a certificateand a free fast food meal in anincentive program rewarding per­fect attendance and no tardinesseach quarter.

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Notre Dame School

SMU lecturesThe Catholic Campus Ministry

at Southeastern MassachusettsUniversity, North Dartmouth, hasannounced its 1988-89 NewmanLectl,lre Series schedule.

The lectures on topics of current,and .historic interest will beginMond~y' in, SMU's Student Cen­ter. All are welcome to the noon toI p.m. ga~herings.

" Coffee and tea is provided tolecture anendees, who may bring a "bag luncll or purchase a cafeteriameal. Parking is available in SMU'slots 4 and 5, visitors' parking areas.

Newman Association advisorDona'ld j, 'Mulcare may be' con­tacted at 999-8224 for furtherinformation: '

Lecture dates, topics and pre­senters are as follows:

Sept"19: Lumen Gentium: TheFirst 25 Years, Fatqer Richard,Degagne; Sept., 26: Pro~pect~ for 'Christian Reunion, Anthony J. John;Oct. 3: Reflections from the ThirdFloor, Martin Butler; Oct. II: AJewish Perspective on Catholicism,Robert Waxler; Oct. 17: ReligiousRevival and its Implications for theSecond Half of the 20th Century,Shaukat Ali.

Oct. 24: Christianity and Reason,John Fitzgerald; Oct. 31: talk byRev. David Buehler; Nov. 7: ATransition from Campus Ministryto Parish Ministry, Father RichardGendreau; Nov. 14: Another Chris­tian View of Life after Death, DavidFilipek; Nov. 21: A Brief History ofAnglo-Irish Relations and CurrentDevelopments within the Anglican'Communion, Rev. P. Jacobs.

Nov. 28 through Dec. 19: Adventseries; Jan. 23: Partners in theMystery of Redemption: A Pas­toral Response, Sister MadeleineTacy, OP; Jan. 30: UniversalAspects of Hinduism, Madhusu­dan Jhaveri; Feb. 6: The Road toEmmaus: A Civil Engineer's View,Thomas Jackivitz; Feb. 14 throughMarch 20: Lenten series. , '

March 27: The Sacred and theSecular, Victor Caliri; April 3: TheCall to Mission in the 1990s, FatherJames Nickel, SS.CC. April 10:Mary: A Contemporary Model ofFaithful Discipleship, Father RobertOliveira; April 18: History of ChurchArchitecture, Fred Wolock; April24: Peru: The Land - God's Gift,The People's Right, Father PaulCanuel; May I: Our Shared CampusMinistry, Donald Mulcare.

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Religious RadioSunday, Sept. 18 (NBC)

"Guideline" - Maryknoll FatherRonald Saucci, director of com­

.munication for Maryknoll and pub­lisher of Maryknoll Magazine, dis­cusses the communication and pub­lication efforts of his missionaryorder.

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Religious TVSunday, Sept. 18 (CBS) - "For

Our Times" - Douglas Edwardspresents a retrospective report onreligious beliefs and science com-

with his 16-year-old childhoodfriend (Loene Carmen). Sensitive,non-exploitive handling of pub­erty and a touching portrayal ofboy-girl friendship and first love.Some rough language and the expli­cit suggestion of sex and preg­nancy outside of marriage. A3, PO13.

Films on TVThursday, Sept. 29, 9-11 p.m.

EDT (CBS) - "Agnes of God"(1985) A psychiatrist (Jane Fonda)sent to a cloistered convent toevaluate the mental stability of anovice (Meg Tilly) accused ofstrangling her newborn baby pro­vokes the determined oppositionof the nun's superior (Anne Ban­croft). Although this pretentiousand shallow movie is not meant tobe anti-religious, some may be of­fended by its use of religious set­ting. A4, PG 13.

Saturday, Oct. 1.9-11 p.m. EDT(CBS) " Deal of the Century"(1983). Chevy Chase and GregoryHines play traveling salesmen seIl­ing bargain-basement weaponryto Third World governments andthose who are trying to overthrowthem. Disappointing, only sporad­ically funny, marred by some out­rageous stereotyping of Hispanics.A3, PG

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"Hot to Trot" (Warner Bros.)-A loony young man (Bob Goldth­wait) inherits a talking horse namedDon and half of his family's brok­erage firm from his mother. Thehorse provides some stock tips anda winning racing form that get hisdimwitted owner out of hot water.Knuckle-headed and unfunny.Much rough language laced withsexual vulgarities. A3, PG

"Stealing Home"(Warner Bros.)- Flashbacks detail a washed-upbaseball player's (Mark Harmon)lifelong infatuation with an olderfamily friend.(Jodie Foster) whoserved as his babysitter and lifeand love adviser. Upon her sui­cide, he returns home to bury herashes and ultimately put the piecesof his life back together with thehelp of his boyhood friend (HaroldRamis) and mother (Blair Brown).Brief nudity and several incidentsof explicit sexual promiscuity, one.including a minor and an adult.A3. PG 13.

"The Year My Voice Broke"(Avenue Pictures) - An involvingcoming-of-age drama set in Aus­tralia in 1962 focuses on a 15-year­old's (Noah Taylor) infatuation

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Symbols following film reviewsindicate both general and CatholicFilms Office ratings, which do notalways coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable forgeneral viewing; PG-13-parental gui­dance strongly suggested for childrenunder 13; PG-parental guidance sug­gested; R-restricted, unsuitable forchildren or young teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved forchildren and adults; A2-approved foradults and adolescents; A3-approvedfor adults only; 4-separate classifi··cation (given films not morally offen­sive which, however, require someanalysis and explanation); a-morallyoffensive.

Catholic ratings for televisionmovies are those of the movie houseversions of the films.

New Films"The Big Blue" (Columbia) ­

Beautifully photographed tale of ayoung Frenchman who learnedfrom his sponge-fisherman fatherto dive deep. and long withoutbenefit of oxygen. A poorly realizedscript, two intense drowning se­quences, fleeting nudity in a brief,explicit sexualencounter and impli­cations of unwed pregnancy. A3,PG

"Eight Men Out" (Orion pic­tures) - An adaptatdn of EliotAsinofs 1963 book chroniclingthe 1919 World Series scandal thatsaw the bribe-taking Chicago WhiteSox lose to the Cincinnati Reds.Bogs down. in too much detail andtoo many indistinguishable char­acters. Some locker-room languageand threats of violent retribution..A3, PG

-He also offered a prayer that theGames would- become "a- testi­mony of a world without discrimi­nation, fear and hatred, where thehuman dignity of eve'ry person will .be defended and respected,andwhere individuals and nations willrespond to t'he proble.:n~ of ourtimes with a genuine sense of soli­darity and commitment to peace."

Cardinal Stephen Kim of Seoul'also has expressed hope that "theupcoming Seoul Olympics, a fes­tivity for peace for mankind, be anopportunity for harmony and ac­cord between North and SouthKorea.'"

The Archdiocese of Seoul hasassigned- nine Korean priests andsix. foreign priests to minister tothe needs of Catholic participants.

161 nations, the most in modernhistory, will compete in the Games,to take place for the first time onthe Asian mainland.

Of South Korea's estimated 42million population, 2.3 million areCatholic, according to official 1987church statistics.

Seoul will also host the 44thInternational Eucharistic Congressnext year.

Family Institutecampus opensin 'Washington -WASHINGTON (NC) - To

understand modern threats to hu­man life ~nd human dignity, "wemust look at the very origins ofhuman life itself in the mystery ofthe union between man and wo­man," said Cardinal William W.Baum, prefect ofthe Vatican Con­gregation for Catholic Education.

Cardinal Baum, presiding at aliturgy opening the North Ameri­can campus of the John Paul IIInstitute for Studies on Marriageand Family, prayed that the insti­tute would promote human dig­nity through its research andteaching.

"Each and every human being,as a person, as 'someone' insteadof 'something: is directly createdby God," said the cardinal, a formerarchbishop of Washington.

"All attempts to destroy thedignity of the human person," hesaid, begin with a refusal "to seethe creation of a human being as amystery of the creative powers ofGod's love: a mystery to be wel­comed, to be respected, to be caredfor as entrusted to us for care, notfor manipulation."

Establishment of the institute inWashington, Cardinal Baum said,will assist the church in the UnitedStates in "the proclamation of theliberating truth about the humanperson and respect for this truthby those responsible for cultureand society."

The Washington campus, locatedat the Dominican House of Stud­ies near The Catholic University ofAmerica, began classes Sept. Iwith funding from the Knights ofColumbus.

It is the first branch campus ofthe Institute for Studies on Mar­riage and Family at the LateranUniversity in Rome. The institutewas established by PopeJohn PaulII in 1982. Its Washingtoncampuswill offer studies leading to a licen­tiate in the theology of marriageand family. It will be headed byCarl A. Anderson, institute vice­president and K of C vice-presidentfor public policy.

Olympians' spiritual needsnof being overlooked

SEOUL, South Korea (NC) ­Organizers have not overlookedthe spiritual needs of the athletes .and officiiils who 'will participatein the 24th Olympic Games.:

Olympic organizers have set upfacilities and services for partici­pants, including a school that willserve as'a center where each relig­ious group has been given use of itsown hall. - -

Of 13,674 'athletes and officialsexpected to join the Games, whichbegin in Seoul Sept. 17 and -runthrough Oct. 2, Catholics make upthe largest single group -0-- about·34 percent..

Official sources say 16 percentof participants are Protestant, IIpercent Buddhist, II percent Mos­lem, 6 percent Anglican, and Ipercent Hindu.

Orthodox and Jewish believersare among the remaining 21 per­cent.. In a message for this year'sGames, Pope John Paul II extend­ed "cordial greetings and congrat­ulations to the international andKorean organizers of this univer­sal celebration of friendship andgood will among people."

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to return home to New Englandand the Fall River diocese."

Primacy acceptedWUHAN, China (NC) - Most

bishops in China accept the pri­macy of the pope in the universalchurch, said the Chinese-appointedbishop of Hankow. Bishop Bene­dict Dong Guangqing, said mostbishops "want ties and relations"with the Vatican. Bishop Dong,named in 1958" was the first main­land bishop elected and ordainedwithout Vatican approval after thegovernment-sanctioned NationalAssociation of Patriotic Catholicswas established and Chinese-Vati­can relations were severed in 1957.

"New civilization"LOS ANGELES(NC)-About

2,000 participants in the first LosAngeles archdiocesan HispanicYouth Congress were told thatGod has asked them to forge a ;"new civilization" to unite the best ~

of Latin America and the United'States. Father Virgil Elizondo, pas­tor of San Fernando Cathedral in.San Antonio, Texas, said God has;put Hispanic youth in "a newsituation that has no past prece­dent to forge a new civilizationthat can unite the best of LatinAmerica and the best of the UnitedStates, to form in every sense of .the word a new man and a newwoman, a new humanity."

. ·O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLECatholic nurses invited to 9:30

a.m. Mass Sunday, followed by re­freshments in the parish center. Par­ish council meeting 8 p.m. Sept. 20,religious education center.O.L. ASSUMPTION,OSTERVILLE

Adult choir resumes rehearsals7:30 p.m. Sept. 29. All welcome.DCCW,NB

Presidents' meeting, New BedfordDistrict Council of Catholic Women7:30 p.m. Sept. 22, Holy Name churchhall, Pleasant St.ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN

Catechists' commissioning 4:30p.m. Mass tomorrow, 9:30 a.m. MassSunday. Ladies of St. Anne corpo­rate communion 9:30 a.m. MassSunday; potluck supper and meet­ing Sept. 20, rectory. Donations ofclean used bedding welcomed by theparish cancer pad group.

CATHEDRAL, FRIn honor of the parish jubilee, a

Catechetical Garden of floweringplants will be blessed following II :30a.m. Mass Sunday. A social hourwillfollow.ECHO RETREAT

Girls' ECHO Oct. 7 to 9 at Briar­wood Conference Center, Pocasset.

Very Rev. Robert E. Manning,SJ, New England provincial of theSociety of Jesus, has appointedFather George P. Winchester,-SJ,rector of the Jesuit community atBishop Connolly High School, FallRiver.

He succeeds Father James Ben­son, S1-.

Originally from Osterville,Father Winchester was ordainedin 1965. He holds degrees in philo­sophy, theology and English.

Father Winchester has taught inJamaica, worked in communitymental health and spent a sabbati­cal year at Rome's GregorianUniversity.

.Most recently he directed cam­pus ministry at Loyola Universityof Chicago.

The priest notes that he is "happy

FATHER RAY Bourqueof Lowell's The Truth WillSet You Free TV arid RadioMinistry will speak .on OurLady of Guadalupe at 8 p'.m.Monday at St. Ann's Church,Raynham. Allare welcome tothe talk and to the 7 p.m.Mass it follows. Information:Mary Leite,·822-2219.

New Jesuit superior at Connolly

ST. JAMES, NBLadies' Guild meeting 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 21, church hall. Entertainmentby Sing-Along for God group.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTERMass of Anointing for elderly and

sick parishioners 2 p.m. Sunday.

FAMILY LIFE CENTER,N. DARTMOUTH

Marriage Encounter weekend be­gins tonight; Pastoral Care program7 p.m. Sept. 21.st. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN

Choir rehearsals each Monday7:30 p.m., church. Adoration until7:30 tonight; New Jerusalem prayergroup' meeting follows at rectory;school advisory council meeting 7:30p.m. Sept. 22, school. Adult educa­tion classes'7:30 p.m. each Tuesday,rectory.ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL,FA'LL RIVER

Magneticresonanc,e imaging serv­ices' will be available in late Sep­tember. The technique provides aharmless and superior alternative toX-rays. New techniques in cancertherapy will be discussed 8:30 a.m.to 4 p.m. Sept. 22 at White's ofWestport. The program, for healthprofessionals', will be presented by­James S. Sergi, RN, MSN, a clinicalresearcher and oncology nursingspecialist. Information 674-5741, ext.2480.NEWMAN LECTURE, SMU

Newman Lecture Series·at South­eastern Massachusetts Universitybegins tomorrow, with a noon to Ip.m. talk, "Lumen Gentium: TheFirst 25 Years," by SMU campusminister Father Richard Degagne;all welcome; information: 999-8224.

ST. WILLIAM, FRWomen:s Guild meetings each

second Wednesday. All women wel­come. Choir rehearsal 7 p.m. eachThursday.O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK

Children's Mass has resumed at 9a.m. each Sunday. Parents of firstcommunicants will meet tomorrow.Evangelization workshop 9 a.m. to 3p.m. Oct. 22 with Chet Stokloza ofthe Catholic Evangelistic Center.

LaSALETTE CENTER FORCHRISTIAN LIVING,ATTLEBORO

Retreat for adult children of alco­holics Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 led byNorene Dupre and· Father RichardDelisle, MS; information: Mrs. Du­pre, 222-8530.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE,SWANSEA

Ladies of St. Anne meeting 7 p.m.Sept. 21, beginning with Benedic­tion and reception of new members.Parapsychology demonstration byFather StephenA. Fernandes. Com­missioning and pinning ofcatechists9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. 5th graders'and Father Richard Beaulieu will beseen on the TV Mass at II a.m. Sun­day on Channel6, in observance ofCatechetical Sunday. Vincentianswill meet at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19. Choirrehearsals 7:30 p.m. each Monday.ST. MARY, SEEK'ONK

Women's Guild potluck supperand meeting 6:30 p.m. Sept. 19.Youth ministry softball 2 p.m. Sun­day, North School; Adventure Groupmeeting for officers and adult lead­ers 7 p.m. Sept. 20; membershipmeeting 7 p.m. Sept. 26.

ST. STANISLAUS, FRParents of parochial school chil­

dren wmmeet at 6:30 p'.m. Oct. 2. Acourse in human sexuality offered in .all grades will be explained and theschool policies and curriculum willbe ~viewed.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall Riv~r-Fri.,Sept. 16, 1988' 'ST. THOMAS MORE,SOMERSET

Catechists will be commissionedat 9 a.m. Mass Sunday. A brunchand business meeting will follow.Catechist formation program 7 p.m.Sept. 20 with Sister Joanne Fer­nandes,OP.SACRED HEART,N. ATTLEBORO

Catechists' installation 4 p.m. Masstomorrow; workshop for teachers7:30 p.m. Sept. 20. Father Marcel H.Bouchard, pastor, will be installed at10:30' a.m. Mass Sept. 25, by Msgr.John J. OlIveira. A luncheon willfollow in the church hall.CHRIST THE KING;COTUIT/MASHPEE.

Cereals and fruit juices are neededfor area needy families. Donationsmay be left at the church' entra·nce.Legion of Mary meetings 6:30 p.m.each Friday, St. Jude's CCD'center.ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM

Preschool program begins Sun­day during 10 a.m. Mass for 4 and5-year-olds. Installationof CYO of­ficers and chairpersons 10 a.m. MassSunday.DCCW, TAUNTON

District Council of Catholic Wo­men meeting for officers, commis­sion chairmen and presidents andpast presidents of affiliated guilds7:30 p.m. Sept. 22. St. Mary's School.Returns may be made for corporatecommunion supper to be held fol­lowing 6:45 p.m. Mass Oct. 20 atO.L. Mt. Carmel Church. Seekonk.ST. MARY, NB'

Youth group meeting for highschool and college students 7 p.m.Sept. 27, school cafeteria; electionsand approval of planned activities.St. Martha Society to aid in sacristyand Mass preparations is in prepara­tion. Information from any of thepriests. Reception honoring 'retiringSister Leocadia Millette, RS M, after11:30 a.m. Mass Oct. 2.ST. JOHN EVANGELIST,POCASSET

Women's Guild meeting 7 p·.m:Sept. 20. Little Rock Scripture studyprogram will begin in November;those interested in helping may callthe rectory. Father Rio ofthe Xaver­ian Fathers will speak at weekendMasses on the work of his com­munity.

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CATHEDRAL CAMPS,E.FREETOWN

Adult retreat, Holy Cross parish,S. Easton, this weekend; youth min­istry program for youth leaders andreligiouS education coordinators 9a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow with MikeCarotta of Boys Town; diocesanpriests' RCIA dllYs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Sept. 20, 22.ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH

Inquiry class for possible convertsbegins 7 p.m. Oct. 3, Family LifeCenter.ST. ANNE, FR

Parish'committee meeting, school,7 p.m. Sept. 19; open house, school;7 p.m. Sept. 22; fellowship meeting,school cafeteria 7:30 p.m: Sept. 29.ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO

Driver needed to transporta priestfrom Providence College for Sun­day Masses once or twice a month.Information at rectory.LaSALETTE SHRINE,

. ATTLEBOROTriduum of prayer honoring· Our

Lady of LaSalette now in progress;all welcome at 12: 10 and 6: 30 p. m.Masses. Healing service 2 p.m.tomorrow with Rev. Edward Mc­Donough, C.SS.R.; rain date 2 p.m.Sept. 24: 142nd anniversary of La­Salette apparition will be observedSunday with Bishop Daniel A.Cronin as principal celebrant andhomilist at 3 p.m. outdoor Mass.